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(2) Thomas Bangs, son of Barnabas, was a drummer in Capt. Hart Williams' company, in the Revolutionary army. He married Hannah, daughter of William and Hannah Lakeman, and together with her, at the same time as his brother Barnabas, joined the Shakers ; afterwards going with the Family to Poland, where he became an Elder. Children :
Polly, b. Oct. 2, 1778, m. Joseph Bangs, Apr. 30, 1795.
William, b. Jan. 17, 1781, was a sailor ; d. unm. in a foreign port, of yellow fever.
Bethiah, b. May 25, 1783, ran away from the Shakers, m. David Freeman, July 14, 1806.
Josiah, b. July 27, 1786, d. aged 5 mos.
Nancy, b Nov. 22, 1787, ran away from the Shakers, m. Capt. Benj. Rolfe, Oct. 20, 1816.
Eunice, b. Apr. 20, 1790, I'd with the Shakers ; d. at Poland, Aug. 7, 1847. Josiah, b. Mar. 8, 1793, was a leading Elder in the Shakers; d. Oct. 20, 1877. Mehitable, b. Mar. 23, 1797.
Thomas Bangs and his wife both died with the Shakers, he, Aug. 12, 1824, and she, Nov. 1, 1827.
(2) Ebenezer Bangs, son of Barnabas, married Polly, daughter of Jedediah and Reliance Cobb. Children :
Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 1790, d. young.
Sylvanus, b. June 8, 1793, m. Almira Higgins, in Gorham, May 6, 1817 ; 2d. Hannah E. Bean ; 3d, Mrs. Rebecca Kezar ; d. in Limerick, Mar. 28, 1879. Ruhama, b. Feb. 16, 1795, m Daniel Bean, Apr. 29, 1813.
William Cobb, b. May 29, 1797, m. Mary Ann Spring; I'd in Brownfield, d. July 31, 1840.
Elizabeth C., b. Nov. 26, 1799, m. Nathaniel C. Bean ; d. in Limerick, July, 1846.
Ebenezer Bangs died Jan. 10, 1807, and his widow married, Dec. 10, 1808, Andrew Cobb of Limington.
(3) James Bangs, son of James, married Betsey, daughter of Josiah and Esther Lakeman. Children :
Louisa, m. Obadiah H. Whitney of Standish, Feb. 14, 1836; d. in 1852.
James, m. in Philadelphia ; d. there.
Esther L., m. Col. Lemuel Rich of Standish, Dec. 2, 1831.
Mary Ann, m. Solomon L. Libby, May 21, 1843; d. in 1874.
Elizabeth, m. Samuel E. Stone, Nov. 25, 1841.
William, d. at sea.
James Bangs lived on Bangs Island, in Portland Harbor, and was drowned with his brothers, Thomas, and Edmund, when near the island, by the upsetting of a boat, about 1822.
Heman Bangs, baptized at Harwich, Mass., Apr. 3, 1748, was the son of Joseph Bangs. He came to Gorham, and married, Jan. I, 1770, Molly, the daughter of William and Hannah Wood. Some claim that her name was Lakeman. She might possibly have been a widow, but we think not. Children :
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Joseph, b. Dec. 7, 1770, m. Mary Bangs, Apr. 30, 1795-
Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1772, m. Nathaniel Phinney, Apr. 30, 1792.
Hannah, b. Apr. 19, 1775, m. William Whitney of Limington, Oct. 11, 1792.
Nathan, b. Mar. 9, 1777, m. Sarah Bangs, July 15, 1798; moved to Farmington about 1815 or 1820.
Heman, b. May 9, 1782, I'd in Portland.
Mrs. Mary Bangs died Oct. 1, 1829, aged 84.
(2) Joseph Bangs, son of Heman, by their records of 1794 was a member of the Society of Friends. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Bangs. The ceremony was performed by Edmund Phinney, Esq. Children :
Thomas, b. Jan. 1, 1797, d. unm., May, 17, 1832.
Lemuel, b. Oct. 19, 1798, d. Feb 19, 1800.
Lemuel, b. May 25, 1800, m. Sarah Haley.
William, b. Mar. 28, 1802, m. Martha Preble of Portland, Apr. 17, 1825. Josiah, b. Feb. 19, 1804, d. Oct. 15, 1805.
Zilpha, b. Feb. 26, 1806, m. Bryant Morton, Dec. 26, 1825.
Lydia, b. Mar. 9, 1808, m. Frederick Gilkey, p. Nov. 7, 1829.
Heman, b. Nov. 29, 1809, d. Oct. 25, 1810.
Nathan, b. Aug. 5, 1811, m. Statira Whitney, p. Apr. 19, 1835.
Lucy A., b. Jan. 9, 1814, m. J. Noyes Libby, Apr. 13, 1834.
Bethiah, b. May 1, 1816, m. Ebenezer Files, May 28, 1837 ; 2d, Wm. S. Elder. Reuben,
Stillman, b. Apr. 1, 1818, S d. Apr. 22, 1818.
{ d. Apr. 24, 1818.
Reuben M., b. Aug. 11, 1820, m. Elizabeth M. Harmon, p. Apr. 22, 1849; d. Apr. 26, 1893.
Joseph Bangs died Mar. 18, 1853. Mrs. Polly Bangs died Oct. 5, 1857, aged 79.
(3) Charles C. Bangs, son of Nathan and Sarah, lived at Gorham village. He was town clerk in 1842. He married Emily A., daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Hatch. Children :
Elizabeth A., b. Apr. 14, 1839, m Dr. William Merrill.
Clarissa, b. Nov. 1, 1845, m. Wm. L. Shedd.
Alice B., b. June 22, 1848, d. Sept. 5, 1849.
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Charles C. Bangs died Feb. 17, 1869. Mrs. Emily Bangs died Mar. 23, 1899, aged 83.
BARBOUR.
Joseph Barbour, born in 1776, was the son of Joseph Bean Bar- bour, and a descendant of John, who came from Ireland to York and afterwards to Falmouth. He was for many years a well known merchant in Portland, from which place he came to Gorham, prob- ably about 1824, and lived on the place once owned by Hart Williams, until 1845, when he moved to the village. He married first, Lucy Potter of Kensington, N. H., by whom he had :
Caroline, b. about 1808, d. Sept. 6, 1832, ag. 24.
Francis, b. about 1811, d. Mar. 1, 1839, ag. 28; a graduate of Bowdoin, 1830 ; was a poet and artist.
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Henry, bapt. in 1819, m. Harriet D. Merrill.
Andrew, bapt. in 1819, d. in Mineral Point, Wis. about 1844.
Mrs. Lucy Barbour died in 1818, and Mr. Barbour married Judith Stevens of Portland. Child :
Lucy E., b. May 10, 1823, d. Dec. 14, 1880.
Mrs. Judith Barbour died in Gorham, Apr. 18, 1842, aged 62, and Mr. Barbour married, May 15, 1849, Mrs. Agnes (Archer) Preble, widow of Eben Preble. She died Feb. 25, 1889. Mr. Barbour died in Gorham, May 30, 1854.
DR. JEREMIAH BARKER.
Dr. Barker was for some time a citizen of Gorham, both in his early and latter days. He was born in Scituate, Mass., about the year 1751 ; was educated by the Rev. Mr. Cutter, the Congregational minister of that town, and received a thorough classical education, although he never entered college. Before the Revolutionary war he went to Cambridge, and studied medicine and surgery under Dr. Lincoln of that town, a man then eminent in his profession. After completing his studies Dr. Barker went into the practice of medicine in Barnstable, where he married Miss Abigail Gorham, daughter of David Gorham, Esq., Oct. 12, 1775. She was the sister of the Hon. Judge William Gorham, of Gorham, Me.
During the Revolutionary struggle he joined the American army as a surgeon ; some times on board of our armed ships. Dr. Lincoln and his pupil, Dr. Barker, were both in the famous Bagaduce expedi- tion. Dr. Barker was on board one of the ships that retreated up the river. He landed and made his way home through the woods with others, undergoing great hardships. At the close of the war, his brother-in-law, William Gorham, having settled in Gorham, the Doctor was induced to join him in the new town, which at that time was a place of great interest to the Gorham family. Though the Doctor while in the army had to administer to the wants of the sick and dying, still he did not neglect the main chance for his own living, and it was said that he accumulated quite a sum of money while in the service. We have no record showing the time of his coming into town. He owned an acre of land in the south corner of the thirty acre lot, No. 112, on the north side of the Portland road, and bounded east by the Horse Beef road (called the Black Brook road). Here he built a large two story house. This house was the next house westerly from that of Judge Gorham, and nearly opposite the house of the late Rufus Mosher. About the year 1790, when the
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Doctor and his wife were visiting at his brother Gorham's, his house took fire and was consumed. While the house was burning, Dr. Barker remarked to his wife, that the money they had saved in the war was going up pretty fast. Though he lost his house, he was not discouraged. He immediately rebuilt on the same spot, and around the old chimney. After the new house was completed, it was found that business did not settle in his part of the town, as he supposed it would, but Gorham corner took the lead, and he was rather out of its range. This induced him to sell out and move to Portland, which he did somewhere about the year 1792. The house was purchased by Mr. Gammon, and hauled across the fields to the cross road. It was afterwards known as the David Elder house.
Dr. Barker was a well known man in his profession - had a good practice, and carried on a large correspondence with the eminent practitioners in his own country, among them the celebrated Dr. Rush, and Dr. William Prentiss of Philadelphia, (the latter having married his wife's sister), as well as having several correspondents among the learned physicians of England. He was ingenious in his profession, and a man of deep thought. Many things which he labored hard to establish, but which were then thought not practicable, have since come in vogue and are now believed to be the true principles. And we can only conclude that he was a little ahead of his time.
Dr. Barker was a strict observer of the Sabbath, and was early in the temperance cause. Strict in doing his duty, soon after his return to Gorham from Portland he was chosen tithing-man. One Sunday morning, when coming up to meeting, he met a man from the country, his team loaded with produce, travelling toward Portland. He promptly ordered him to stop, and return to the village, and put up till Monday, as he would not be allowed to travel on the Sabbath. The man remonstrated, telling the Doctor he had no money where- with to pay his tavern bill. This made no difference; back he had to go. The Doctor carried him to David Cobb's tavern (the old Cary Mclellan house, where R. G. Harding lately traded). The traveller notified Cobb that if he put him up he could receive nothing, as he had nothing with which to pay. The man staid till Monday morning, took his team, and went on to Portland. Cobb made out his bill against the Doctor for keeping man and horse over the Sabbath, one dollar and fifty cents, then the usual price, carried it into the office of J. S. Smith, Esq., and ordered it collected. A letter from the lawyer soon brought the Doctor to the spot. He was
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compelled to pay the bill, and it was said that he did not meddle much with Sunday travel, after that. The Doctor was a member of the famous old " Sixty-nine" Society, in the days of the Rev. Asa Rand, probably about the year 1816, when all the stores in town were forbidden to sell intoxicating liquors to be drank on the premises. (See Chapter XVIII.)
In 1799 Doctor Barker bought land in Stroudwater, and built a large two story house, which is still standing. His children were :
Jeremiah C., b. about 1778, lost at sea, Dec. 19, 1810, aged 32.
Mary G., b. Aug. 20, 1781, m. at Stroudwater, Oct. 13, 1800, Daniel Johnson of Portland.
David, b. Mar. 7, 1784, m. Deborah Josslyn of Pembroke; was a physician ; I'd in Durham and Sedgwick ; d. in Sedgwick.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1787, m. Rev. Samuel Clarke.
Abigail, b. --- , m. John Johnson of Providence, R. I., May 19, 1817.
Mrs. Abigail Barker died in Falmouth, June 29, 1790, aged 40, and Dr. Barker married Dec. 17, 1790, Susanna Garrett, sister to Mrs. Judge Gorham. She died June 3, 1794, aged 25, and .he married third, Eunice Riggs, daughter of Jeremiah Riggs of Capisic. Mrs. Eunice Barker died Nov. 10, 1799, aged 29. July 2, 1802 we find the Doctor published to Mary Williams of Gorham, but can find no record of any marriage. Dr. Barker's brother-in-law, William Gorham, died in 1805, and on the 17th of March, 1808, he married Mrs. Temperance Gorham, Judge Gorham's widow, and moved back to Gorham and occupied the old Gorham homestead, where he died Oct. 3, 1834, aged 84. His widow after his death moved to Provi- dence, R. I., where she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Abby Gorham (Barker) Johnson, and where she died about the year 1840.
BARTLETT.
Samuel Bartlett came to Gorham from Cambridge, Mass. He was the son of Samuel Bartlett, Esq., Register of Probate, of Cambridge, and his sister Mary married Willard Buttrick, the clothier at Fort Hill. He married, Aug. 21, 1804, Sally C., daughter of Capt. Josiah Jenkins. Children :
Benjamin, b. Sept. 5, 1814, went to sea, and was lost.
Willard B, b. May 26, 1817, was a Methodist minister; d. at Mechanic Falls, June, 1898.
BAXTER.
Doctor Elihu Baxter was born in Norwich, Vt., Apr. 10, 1781. He was the son of Elihu and Tryphena (Taylor) Baxter. His father was one of the first of those patriotic men who responded to the call
RESIDENCE OF DR. ELIHU BAXTER.
James Phinney Bakter.
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for volunteers to repel the invasion of the British at the beginning of the war of the Revolution, and enlisted, April 4, 1776, in Capt. James Osgood's company, attached to the regiment of Col. Bedell of New Hampshire.
Elihu Baxter, Jr. received his medical education at Hanover, and immediately after his graduation commenced to practice at Lemington, Vt. Remaining there but a short time, he moved to Alna, Me., then to Wayne, and thence to Gorham where he remained till 1831. In that year he removed to Orono, and for nine years practiced succes- sively there and in Levant and China, in all of which places he was considerably interested in real estate. Desiring a broader field for the exercise of his talents, in the spring of 1840 he moved to Portland, where he at once entered upon an active practice, which he continued to pursue through the remainder of his life. He was married in February, 1806, to Clarissa Sims of Lemington, Vt., who was drowned six weeks later while crossing the ice on horseback. Aug. 17, 1807 he married Sarah Cone, a descendant of Daniel Cone, one of the Puritan founders of East Haddam, Conn. The children of Elihu and Sarah Baxter were :
Hiram, b. Aug. 17, 1808, was a physician in Orono; d. June 28, 1894.
Hartley W:, b. July 15, 1811, d. in 1840.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 17, 1813, m. Henry Gooding; d. Sept. 20, 1842.
Wm. Henry, b. Jan. 14, 1817, m. Mary A. Jackson, d. Aug. 3, 1888.
Sarah A., b. Oct. 9, 1820, m. Joseph M. Barry of Worcester; 2d, Mr. Raddin. James P., b. Mar. 23, 1831, m. Sarah Lewis; 2d, Mrs. Mehitable (Proctor) Perkins.
Dr. Baxter was a man of splendid physique, and possessed a most retentive memory, and powers unimpaired to the time of his death. He died of a sudden congestion, Jan. 23, 1863, aged 82 ; his wife died June 27, 1873.
James Phinney Baxter, the youngest son of Dr. Elihu Baxter, is a prominent and influential citizen of Portland. He has filled the office of Mayor of that city with much acceptance. To him the city is indebted for the beautiful building containing the Public Library.
BECK.
Thomas Beck, Jr. was a sea captain. He came to Gorham from Portland about the year 1813, and lived at what is now called Winship's corner, in the house now occupied by his great-grand- daughter, Mrs. Walter Mayberry. He married Jane Loring of Gorham, (pub. Nov. 19, 1808,) Nov. 19, 1808. Children :
James, b. Sept. 24, 1809, m. Mary Crockett, Nov. 30, 1831 ; I'd in Portland. Betsey J., b. Feb. 19, 1812, m. Geo. Dam of Portland.
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Mary J., b. Jan. 1, 1814, m. John Sanborn, Mar. 2, 1831.
Nancy, b. Oct. 18, 1815, m. John Swett of Westbrook.
Harriet, b. Feb. 4, 1817, m. Wm. B. Libby, Aug. 2, 1837; 2d, Thos. Hampson, Mar. 12, 1861 ; I'd in Biddeford.
Thomas, b. Dec. 21, 1818, went to sea; d. unm.
Capt. Beck died Aug. 18, 1818, aged 31, and his widow married Geo. W. Decker, July 1, 1827, by whom she had one child, Lucy E., b. Oct. 4, 1828, m. Alphonso Dam of Cal. Mr. Decker died May 1, 1828, from an accidental explosion of powder. Mrs. Decker died Aug. 21, 1868.
BENSON.
James Benson, who was born in Devonshire, England, in 1772, and landed in Boston in 1800, was a weaver by trade. He taught school in Gorham at one time in the Mosher District. He married Abigail Dow of Standish, daughter of Capt. Dow who served for seven years in the Revolutionary army. Arthur M. Benson, son of James and Abigail (Dow) Benson, was born in Limington, Sept. 21, 1821, and came to Gorham from that place, Feb. 10, 1839. He learned the tanner's trade with Mr. Hinkley, and worked thirty years as journey- man. He then formed a partnership with Seward Bucknam, under the firm name of " Bucknam and Benson," for carrying on the cur- rier's business. The firm built, for a currier's shop, the house on Water St., lately occupied by Daniel Carll. Later Mr. Benson moved to Portland, where he remained four years, in the firm of J. S. Ricker and Co. He afterwards returned to Gorham, and became a member of the firm of Hinkley and Co. He married, December 1, 1844, Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Wealthy (Sawyer) Lowell. Chil- dren :
Sarah E, b. Mar. 27, 1847, m. Chas. Usher, Jan. 30, 1879.
Laura J., b. Oct. 3. 1849, d. Oct. 8, 1850.
Arthur J., b. Feb. 15, 1858.
Mary Benson, daughter of James and Abigail, born Nov. II, 18II, lived for many years in Gorham, and died at her brother's, Oct. 21, 1882. James Benson died May 10, 1832. His wife Abigail died in Gorham, June 9, 1852, aged 68.
BERRY.
Joshua Berry, son of Obadiah, and grandson of George Berry, was born in Falmouth, June 8, 1767. He came to Gorham from Poland, in 1819, when he exchanged his Poland property with the Shakers in Gorham for that farm where the Shaker Family had lived, since owned by the late Nelson Merrill. On this farm Mr. Berry settled,
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and made his home. July 28, 1794, he married Olive Wilson of Fal- mouth, and their children were :
Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1794, m. William Burton, June 11, 1823.
Ann, b. July 24, 1798, m. Stephen H. Thomes, Feb. 10, 1839; 2d, Robert Files in 1851.
Alfred, b. Jan. 18, 1801, m. Jane M. Todd ; was a house builder; d. Nov. 10, 1851.
Henry, b. Feb. 7, 1803, d. in Windham, Mar. 18, 1847.
Louisa, b. Nov. 7, 1804, m. Col. Edward Anderson, Nov. 30, 1830.
Nath'l W., b. Dec. 4, 1806, m. Lydia, dau. of Edward and Olive Anderson of Windham, Jan. 15, 1833. Ch: Louisa A., b. June 14, 1835, d. unm. Jan. 4, 1890; Robert P., b. Nov. 5, 1837, d. Oct. 7, 1842 ; Mary Ann and Frances H., b. Jan. 11, 1840, both d. y. ; Charles J., b. Oct. 22, 1842, m. Sarah Crockett, d. in 1900 ; Olive J., b. Mar. 8, 1846, m. Gorham Nor- wood. Mr. Berry I'd near Little Falls ; he d. Feb. 17, 1871, and his wife d. Aug. 7, 1891, ag. 81.
Emily, b. Aug. 20, 1809, d. young.
Robert P., b. Jan. 14, 1812, m. Mary Ann Thurston.
Mrs. Olive Berry died in Portland, in 1815, and Mr. Berry married, Mar. 2, 1817, Hannah W. Chipman of Falmouth, who died in November, 1835, and he married, Oct. 3, 1838, Elizabeth Kelly of Saccarappa. He died in Windham, Oct. 15, 1842, aged 75 ; his wife Elizabeth died Aug. 17, 1860.
BETTIS.
Jacob P. Bettis came to Gorham from New Hampshire when quite a young man. He was a farmer, and had been a school teacher. He lived at White Rock, near where the Maine Central Railroad station is now located, where Edmund Brown now lives. In 1812 he was Captain of a Gorham company of militia, belonging to Col. Burbank's regiment, and marched to the defence of Portland in 1814. He married, in 1807, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Ephraim Smith, by whom he had the following children :
Frances, b. June 30, 1808, d. Apr. 30, 1831.
Fisher Ames, b. Ang. 5, 1813, m. Abigail Rounds of Boston, 1837.
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Hannah; Sarah J .; Charles F .; George; Mary A .; and William, who was born in Portland. About 1850 Mr. Bettis moved from Gorham to Saccarappa. Mrs. Bettis d. Aug. 25, 1862, ag. 45; and Mr. Bettis m. 2d, Margaret, dau. of Joseph Babb of Westbrook. Ch: Joseph A., d. y., and Lester.
Chas. Harding, b. May 22, 1815, d. Apr. 11, 1838.
Capt. Bettis died in Lynn, Mass., May 10, 1854, aged 79 ; his wife died Nov. 18, 1837, aged 53.
BLAIR.
Peter Blair was a native of Muirhouse, Scotland, and came over to America at the same time with the McIntosh family. He lived on the farm next above the place where the late Reuben Bangs lived,
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toward Standish. He married Ann Wood, (pub. Feb. 6, 1813). One child :
John, b. in Baldwin, Jan. 26, 1816, m. Abigail M. Elder, p. Sept. 9, 1838 ; d. Nov. 27, 1848 ; she, Aug. 31, 1854.
Peter Blair died March 6, 1848, aged 85.
BLAKE.
Ithiel, Nathaniel, Joseph, John and Benjamin Blake were the sons of Ithiel and Susanna (?) (Martin) Blake. These brothers all came early to town. They had sisters ; one of whom, Mehitable, married Benjamin Elwell, (pub. Dec. 27, 1788). Probably Elizabeth, who married, Apr. 11, 1776, Samuel Larrabee of Scarborough, Lydia, who married Jeremiah Rand, and perhaps Polly who married Jonathan Whitney of Buxton (pub. Nov. 24, 1781), were also sisters. The family is said to have come from Cape Cod.
(1) Ithiel Blake was in town before 1770. He bought his farm of Nathaniel Bacon. This was the northeast half of the seventy acre lot No. 114. The deed is dated June 3, 1780, and says " the division line to be the same as now fixed and settled ; said lot is same on which I now live, and the said Blake also." Henry Carll lately lived on the place. Ithiel Blake married, July 13, 1769, Apphia Higgins. She came from Cape Cod to Gorham with the Bacon family, when she was quite young. Children :
Apphia, b. July 23, 1770, m. Thomas Thomes of Buxton, Feb. 4, 1790. Betty, b. Dec. 15, 1772, m. Caleb P. Philbrick of Standish, p. Mar. 26, 1794. Martha, b. Feb. 19, 1775, m. Samuel Irish, July 8, 1792.
Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1778, m. Jonathan Shaw of Standish, p. Jan. 1, 1800. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 1, 1780, m. Rebecca Higgins, Nov. 26, 1801.
Lydia, b -, m. (probably) Samuel Bryant of Saco, May 18, 1800.
Freeman, b. July 25, 1786, m. Mary Whitney, p. Aug. 12, 1803. Timothy, b. May 26, 1789, m. Susan Higgins, Nov. 29, 18 10.
Fanny, b. -- , 1793, m. Saul C. Higgins, Mar. 25, 1816.
Israel, b. -, m. Mary Blake of Limington, p. Nov. 16, 1822.
(1) Nathaniel Blake lived in what is called the Blake neighbor- hood, above West Gorham, on the Samuel Stone farm. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and received a pension from Government for his services. He married, Sept. 25, 1777, Mary Fogg of Scar- boro. Children :
Seth, b. Apr. 26, 1778, m. Abigail Larrabee, Aug. 2, 1799.
Ithiel, b. Mar. 6, 1780, m. Eunice Phinney, Sept. 9, 1802.
Ruth, b. June 2, 1781, m. John B. Rand, July 15, 1799.
Benjamin, b. May 31, 1783.
Elias, b. Sept. 7, 1785.
Molly, b. Dec. 5, 1786.
Leah, b. Mar. 23, 1787. Ephraim, b. June 26, 1789, m. Desire Parker Higgins, Dec., 1813.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 7, 1791, m. Elisha Douglass of Limington, Mar. 3, 1814.
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Mr. Blake married second, Mar. 7, 1793, Hannah Wood. He died Feb. 28, 1843, aged 90. His wife Hannah died Feb. 24, 1849, aged 90.
(1) Joseph Blake lived at West Gorham on the farm since owned by Edward Douglass and Chas. B. Cotton. The buildings occupied by him are now gone. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and received a pension for his services. He married Hannah Hop- kins, (pub. Jan. 6, 1781). He and his wife at that time are recorded as being both of Pearsonstown, but they probably moved at once to Gorham. Children :
Adriel, b. Apr. 5, 1782.
Phebe, b. Dec. 7, 1783, m. Samuel Boynton, Sept. 26, 1804.
Hannah, b. Sept. 3, 1785, m. Joseph Sturgis.
Eunice, b. Sept. 8, 1787, m. Richard Paine, Dec. 19, 1813.
Lydia, b. Aug. 21, 1790, m. Thomas Paine, Dec. 1, 1808.
Lucy, b. May 9, 1793, m. Nathaniel Phinney, Jr., p. Aug. 26, 1815.
Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1800, m. Rebecca Moody of Limington, p. Dec. 27, 1823 ; d. in Portland.
Joseph, b. Apr. 15, 1803, m. Elizabeth Moody of Limington, p. Aug. 6, 1825; d. July 13, 1835.
Joseph Blake died Jan. 28, 1840, aged 83. His wife died Jan. 27, 1842, aged 78.
(1) John Blake probably came to Gorham about 1780. He lived where John Dunn lately lived, above West Gorham. He mar- ried Deborah Tuckerman of Boston, and their children, all born in Gorham, but Sally, who was born in Boston, were :
Sally, b. Jan. 13, 1782, m. Nathan Hanson, June 7, 1804.
Polly, b. Feb. 18, 1784, m. Ephraim Libby, Jan. 26, 1807.
Daniel, b. June 20, 1786, m. Thankful Davis, Dec. 16, 1813.
Samuel, b. July 31, 1788, I'd and d. in Brownfield.
John, b. Nov. 10, 1792, d. unm. July 15, 1818.
Thankful, b. Nov. 16, 1794, m. Peter White of Buxton, July 27, 1814; I'd in Sebago.
James b. June 7, 1796, m. Eliza Thorn, May. 28, 1829.
George W., b. Jan. 10, 1798, m. Eleanor Lombard, dau. of Daniel Murch of Buxton, and widow of Samuel Lombard, Jan. 11, 1825; I'd at West Gorham; d. in May, 1871 ; Mrs. Blake d. May 22, 1874, aged 85. Ch : Geo. T., m. Eliza Douglass, 2d, Martha Place of Saco ; Charles H., m. Abba Rand, Jan. 1, 1859 ; Harriet, m. Lorenzo D. Rand of Standish, p. Oct. 6, 1859 ; Ingalls.
John Blake was a Revolutionary pensioner. He died Mar. 21, 1826, aged 66 ; his wife died June 15, 1850, aged 91.
(1) Benjamin Blake's name appears on a Gorham tax bill for 1777. He lived above West Gorham on the John Dunn farm, where his brother John afterwards lived. He married, Oct. 20, 1785, Phebe, daughter of Jedediah and Susan (Dorsett) Lombard. Children :
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Jedediah, b. Mar. 14, 1786.
Edward, b. May 11, 1789, m. Rebecca Bacon, June 30, 1808 ; 2d, Apphia Bacon, July 20, 1818. (Dau's of Josiah Bacon of Gorham.)
John, b. Oct. 13, 1791, d. young.
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