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(2) Timothy Cloudman, son of Edward, was born at Presumpscot Lower Falls. He was much like his father, strong and daring. After his mother's second marriage he lived with her in Windham, where he was accustomed to go on "neighborhood scouts" against the Indians. He was with Anderson and a boy named Winslow when Manchester shot the famous chief, Poland. He was at that time a boy of fifteen ; and fired at the redskins with the gun his father had picked up in the saw mill, when he killed the Indian. He married, July 24, 1766, Katy Partridge. She is thought to have come from Marblehead, Mass. At the time of the Embargo, and consequent business depression, Capt. Joseph Partridge, who was a brother to Katy, owned ships which rotted at the wharves in Portland harbor. The young Cloudman couple settled on the old farm in Gorham, where Solomon and Edward T. Cloudman now live. Here they built a log-house for themselves, and a " hovel" for the cow. The house stood a little east of the present house, and the site is still marked by the uneven ground where the cellar was. The place produced only enough hay to winter one cow. This hay, when cut and made, Timothy and Katy carried into the " hovel " on a pair of hay-poles. At that time there were no roads near. The only high- way was the river, which ran behind the house. Timothy occasion- ally worked in the saw mill at Horse Beef Falls, when Mrs. Cloud- man was accustomed to send her little boys with their father's dinner ; they carrying his razor in their pocket for protection against wild beasts or Indians.
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Timothy and Katy Cloudman are the ancestors of all the Cloud- mans in this part of the country. They had eleven children, who were :
Betty, b. May 3, 1767, m. Barnabas Bangs, Nov. 1, 1789.
Nancy, b. May 7, 1769, d. in 1779.
Edward, b. July 5, 1771, went to New Hampshire.
Nathan, Jessee, b. July 27, 1774, 1
- m. Eunice Swett, p. Nov. 12, 1802; moved to
Stetson. m. Hannah Swett, March, 1798; 2d, Sarah Bacon.
John, b. Feb. 20, 1776, m. Elizabeth Cobb, July 2, 1800; 2d, Sarah Cobb. Polly, b. July 13, 1779, m. Caleb Graffam, Dec. 1, 1808.
William, b. Sept. 16, 1780, m. Sarah Hamblen, p. Jan. 12, 1804.
Thomas, b. Aug. 20, 1783, m. Martha Gilpatrick, p. Jan. 30, 1808.
Solomon, b. Dec. 4, 1785, lived in Cornish ; was a Bapt. preacher.
David, b. Sept. 16, 1788, lived in Portland.
Timothy Cloudman died Oct. 22, 1830, aged 91. Mrs. Cloudman died Mar. 24, 1832, aged 91.
Sarah, sister of Timothy Cloudman, born Feb. 5, 1742, married Eli Webb of Gorham, Apr. 20, 1760.
(3) Jessee Cloudman, son of Timothy, lived near the river, on the hill a little east of the house where his sons, Solomon and Edward, now reside. He married Hannah Swett of Standish Neck. Children :
Nathan, b. Aug. 12, 1799, m. Elizabeth Gallison, Mar., 1826; d. in Windham. Eunice, b. July 7, 1801, d. unm. Feb. 27, 1885.
Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1803, m. Moses Stiles, Dec., 1826; d. in Westbrook, Mar. 10, 1859.
David, b. May 19, 1804, m. Ellen M. Brown, 1832 ; d. in Little Falls, Jan. I, 1877. Ch : Eliza Ann, m. Harry Kingsbury; Sarah, m. John Lane ; Marcellus C., m. Helen Pierce ; William.
John T. S., b. Nov. 24, 1805, m. Mary G. Waterhouse, in Saco, Dec., 1827 ; d. in Westbrook, Jan. 15, 1852.
Susan, b. Aug. 12, 1807, m. Bartholomew Johnson of Pownal, p. Dec. 4, 1830. Josiah, b. June 10, 1809, m. Susan Babb of Westbrook, May, 1833 ; 2d, Huldah Estes, Nov., 1840; d. in Westbrook.
Abraham A., b. Feb. 14, 1811, m. Betsey Smith, Dec., 1840.
William, b. May 13, 1813, unm., I'd in California, d. in 1898.
L m. in Bath, May, 1853 ; d. in Westbrook, Dec.
Daniel B., b. Aug. 6, 1815, 1
15, 1853. Moses,
d. Oct. 19, 1815.
Mrs. Hannah Cloudman died Aug. 7, 1815, and Mr. Cloudman married, Aug. 22, 1822, Mrs. Sarah Bacon, widow of Thomas Bacon, and daughter of William Burton. Children :
Hannah, b. May 30, 1823, m. Levi Estes, Feb. 25, 1849.
Lucretia A., b. Jan. 13, 1826, d. July 17, 1826. Ch : Eleanor Solomon B., b. Mar. 27, 1827, m. Lucy 'Sweetsir, Nov. 22, 1854. L., b. 1855, is a teacher ; Marcia H., b. 1857, m. James Cook ; Fannie M., b. 1863, m. Chas. R. Dyer. Mrs. Lucy Cloudman d. Oct. 17, 1880, and Mr. Cloudman m. Jan. 21, 1882, Maria E. Trott, who d. Apr. 9, 1900, ag. 53. Mr. Cloudman has served several terms as one of the selectmen of this town.
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Edward T., b. Dec. 29, 1829, m. Sarah J., dau. of Oliver Haskell of Windham,
June 3, 1868. Ch : Harlan E., b. July 3, 1869, m. Bertha Mosher; Ella M., b. Jan. 13, 1874; Jesse F., b. Oct. 4, 1877 ; Merrill H., b. Jan. 14, 1880.
Jessee Cloudman died Jan. 25, 1848. Mrs. Cloudman died Mar. 23, 1869, aged 82.
(3) John Cloudman, son of Timothy, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Jedediah and Reliance Cobb. By her he had
Daughter
( m. Jeremiah Brackett, Mar. 24, 1816.
Elizabeth | b. Sept. 7, 1801, { d. in infancy.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cloudman died Sept. 16, 1801, and Mr. Cloudman married her sister, Sarah, Aug. 1, 1802. Their children were :
Reliance, b. Oct. 1I, 1803, m. Moses Quimby, Sept. 30, 1827.
Jane, b. Sept. 20, 1805, d. Jan. 15, 1807.
Paul L., b. June 29, 1807, m. Eliza B. Waterhouse, May 4, 1832 ; d. Apr. 23, 1864.
Esther C., b. Mar. 30, 1809, m. Aaron Quimby of Westbrook, Dec. 8, 1833.
Mark W., b. Mar. 5, 1811, m. Susan, dau. of Nathan Burnett, Sept. 30, 1835. Ch : Adeline, b. Jan. 10, 1836, m. Enos B. Hale ; Nathan B., b. Aug. 10, 1839, m. Helen P. Austin, 2d, Lizzie Judson, I'd in Mass., d. in 1895 ; Mary H., b. Sept. 8, 1842, m. L. C. Berry ; Edwin H., b. Aug. 21, 1844, m. Lizzie Brown, d. in Boston, Aug. 27, 1882 ; Charles, b. Feb. 13, 1850, m. Annie A. Waterhouse; Clara M., b. Dec. 15, 1856, m. Chas. Martin Libby, June 15, 1879. Mr. Cloudman I'd at Little Falls ; d. Sept. 13, 1892 .. Mrs. Cloudman is living (1902) at the age of 93.
Daniel C., b. Mar. 13, 1813, m. Esther Quimby, Dec. 1841 ; d. in Westbrook.
John, b. July 27, 1815, m. Eliza H. Stevens, Dec. 22, 1839 ; d. in Mass. Maria W., b. Feb. 8, 1818, m. Gibeon Plummer, Dec. 6, 1846.
Ruth C., b. July 7, 1820, m. Ansel L. Boothby, Jan. 4, 1850 ; I'd in Westbrook. Mary A., b. June 1, 1823, m. David M. Bean of Limington, Dec. 6, 1846.
Louisa B., b. Apr. 29, 1825, m. Charles L. Partridge, Feb. 27, 1849.
John Cloudman died Aug. 9, 1850, and his wife Sarah, Aug. 5, 1870.
(3) William Cloudman, son of Timothy, lived on the road leading from Gorham village to Little Falls, on the place near Little river now owned by his son William. He married Sarah, daughter of George Hamblen. Children :
Mahala, b. May 6, 1805, m. Geo. Harvey; I'd in Bath ; d. in Gorham, Oct. 21, 1884.
Patience, b. Apr. 8, 1807, d. in Gorham, unm.
George, b. Mar. 30, 1809, d. in Gorham, unm.
Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1810, m. Armand Hivert; d. in New York City.
Martha, b. June 30, 1812, m. Nathaniel Cobb ; d. in Portland.
Sewall, b. Apr. 25, 1815, m. Dorothy L. Tate of Westbrook, Mar. 30, 1842; I'd on the road from Gorham village to Little Falls, near the river, and nearly opposite the farm of his brother William. Ch: Horace A., b. Mar. 1, 1843, m. Lottie Lord of Portland, d. Feb. 22, 1893 : Howard B., b. May 14, 1845, m. Anna Sawyer of Gorham; Henry S., b. Oct. 9, 1846; Eugene . H., b. Sept. 10, 1848, m. Emma Wingate of Gorham; Alice F., b. Mar. 17, 1850, m. Capt. Wm. Adie, d. Nov. 21, 1899 ; Elma J., b. Jan. 23, 1852, m. G. L. Briggs of Portland; Sarah E .; Herbert S., d. Oct. 4, 1858 ; Cora C .; John A., b. Apr. 4, 1862. Mrs. Cloudman d. Aug. 22, 1883; Mr. Cloudman d. Dec. 30, 1900.
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Catherine, b. July 3, 1817, m. Stephen Whitney of Poland; d. in Auburn. Susan A., b. July 29, 1819, d. unm. in Gorham, Feb. 15, 1865.
Arthur, b. Jan. 2, 1821, m. Lizzie Perkins of Milltown.
William, b. Sept. 25, 1826, m. in 1856, Emily J., dau. of Samuel Dunn. Ch : Belle S., b. Sept. 28, 1857, m. Willard H. Deguio; Lizzie, b. Mar. 8, 1863, d. ag. 16; Bertha, b. July 22, 1871, m. Chas. Doyle ; Annie, b. Nov. 4, 1873, m, Edward Bardsley, d. in Biddeford. Mrs. Cloudman d. Aug. 29, 1876, ag. 39. Mr. Cloudman built the first dam that was ever built across Little river at the lower falls.
William Cloudman died Sept. 20, 1826, and his wife Sarah, Oct. 23, 1859, aged 74.
COBB.
Chipman Cobb, in common with the other Cobbs of Gorham, traced his descent from Dea. Henry Cobb of Eastham, who came from England in 1629, and settled finally at Barnstable, Mass. He was the oldest son of Samuel Cobb, who was born in Barnstable, April 6, 1686 ; married Abigail Stuart, and came with his family to Falmouth ( Portland), where he was one of the early settlers. Chip- man, born Mar. 5, 1709, came with his father, and was admitted an inhabitant of Falmouth, April 22, 1728, being then nineteen years of age. He married Elizabeth They were living on the Neck, east of Clay Cove in 1734. In 1765 he married a second wife, Mrs. Mary (Bloom) (Green) Hall, widow of Ebenezer Hall.
Mr. Cobb's name appears on a Gorham tax bill for 1773. A tax of £21, 198, 44, If, was levied for contingent expenses of the town, Dec. 28, 1775 : of this, Cobb's assessment was in all, 9d; no poll. In January 1783, he being then of Gorham, signs a deed to Jonathan Freeman, of land in Falmouth. He lived in Gorham with his son Andrew on a lot of fifty acres since owned by the heirs of Thomas Mulloy. His house stood on the southeast side of a small brook, a few rods from the town road, where the hollow left by the cellar may still be seen. His great-grandson, Isaac Cobb of Portland, tells us that the old gentleman well remembered the Indian wars, and used to relate many thrilling incidents in relation to them. He and his wife were taken care of in their last days by their grandson Ebenezer. They were both living as late as 1792, and probably died between that time and 1798. He was living in 1795. We have no record of the death of either. They were both buried in the old cemetery at the village.
The children of Chipman and Elizabeth Cobb were :
Nathaniel, b. in Falmouth, Jan. 19, 1731/2, m. Hannah Johnson of York ; I'd in Falmouth.
Andrew, b. in Falmouth, Mar. 27, 1734, m. Hannah Green, Feb. 21, 1754; 2d, Mrs. Hannah Fowler.
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HISTORY OF GORHAM.
(2) Andrew Cobb, son of Chipman, lived in Falmouth for some years. He moved to Gorham about 1767. He bought of Nathan Whitney, Oct. 3, 1764, the eastern half of the hundred acre lot, No. 38, on which he built and settled in 1767. He became dissatisfied with the ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Thacher, at the time of the New Light excitement, and was one of those exempted by vote of the town from paying a tax for the support of the settled ministry. He finally withdrew to the Free Will Baptist society, founded in 1781 ; of which denomination he became a most earnest and prominent member. (See F. D. Stuart's History of F. W. B., Vol. I, p. 89.) On a Sunday in June, 1798, while the men were away at a F. W. Baptist Convention, which was in session in another part of the town, and the women were busy preparing dinner for the large company that was expected to return with them from the meetings, Mr. Cobb's house caught fire and was burned to the ground. The same year he, and his son Ebenezer, built a house on the southeast corner of the hundred acre lot 39, which Andrew had purchased, Nov. 15, 1779, of Edmund Bramhall. His grandson says the rooms were made large, with especial reference to the accommodation of the " brethren and sisters, who were accustomed to hold their meetings at private houses." Andrew and his wife occupied the west end of the house, and Ebenezer and his wife had the east end, and their respective initials were built into the bricks of the chimney on the east and west sides of it. This house, now gone, was standing as late as 1889. Andrew Cobb married Hannah Green, the daughter of Mrs. Chipman Cobb, his stepmother, by her first husband Mr. Green. Their children, the last three of whom were born in Gorham, the others in Falmouth (Portland), were :
Daniel, b. May 7, 1755, m. Mary Brown, (b. in Gloucester, Mass.,) p. Oct. 5, 1776. Phebe, b. about Apr., 1756, m. Ephraim Chick of Limington, 1782.
Nicholas, b. Apr. 4, 1758, m. Abigail Chick, June 25, 1782 ; 2d, Desire Rogers, Sept. 29, 1797.
Hannah, b. m. Micah Whitney, Nov. 29, 1779.
Sarah, b. - -, d. young.
Andrew, b. Feb. 7, 1764, m. Betsey Irish, p. Dec. 14, 1782; 2d, Mrs. Mary (Cobb) Bangs.
Nathan, b. Mar. 3, 1767, m. Mary Sawyer of Limington, 1792.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1768, m. Sarah Hanscom, Jan. 8, 1792; 2d, Mary Larrabee. Chipman, b. Jan. 5, 1771, m. Rachel Brown (sister to Daniel's wife), Mar. 12, 1797 ; d. in Otisfield.
Mary, b. July 26, 1772, m. William Leavitt of Buxton, Jan. 10, 1796.
Mrs. Hannah (Green) Cobb died Apr. 30, 1803, aged 69. Mr. Cobb married, Apr. 21, 1804, Mrs. Hannah Fowler. Her maiden name was Hannah Whitney. October, 1755, she married Joseph Ham- blen of Gorham. He died in 1763, and she married, June 27, 1765,
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Moses Fowler of Falmouth. She was a zealous believer in the "New Light " doctrine. It is said that at one of their meetings she broke out into a song "I can jump, I can jump over the walls of Jericho." To which some one responded " No wonder, for the walls are broken down." Dea. Andrew Cobb moved to Limington, where he died with his son Andrew, July 22, 1822, aged 88. Mrs. Cobb died in Liming- ton, Feb. 10, 1820, aged 83.
(3) Andrew Cobb, son of Andrew, married Betsey, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Doane) Irish. He lived for some years in Gorham, but moved to Limington before 1787. Children, born in Gorham, were :
Dorcas, b. June 13, 1783, m. Samuel Dunn of Cornish.
Samuel, b. 1785, m. Ellen Neele.
Stephen, Levi, Andrew, Ebenezer, Dorothy and Desire were born in Limington.
Mr. Cobb married, Dec. 10, 1808, Mrs. Mary (Cobb) Bangs, daughter of Jedediah Cobb, and widow of Ebenezer Bangs.
(3) Ebenezer Cobb, son of Andrew, lived on his father's home- farm, on the hundred acre lot, No. 39. He was an honest, upright man, noted for scrupulous exactness in all his dealings. He married Sarah, daughter of George and Mary Hanscom. She was born in Scarboro. She died at the house of Dea. Andrew Cobb in Liming- ton about 1816, leaving no children. Ebenezer Cobb married, Jan.
4, 1824, Mary, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Larrabee. Children :
Isaac, b. Apr. 28, 1825, m. Louisa M. Richardson, Apr. 5, 1855.
Moses, b. Mar. 26, 1827, d. Apr. 23, 1846.
Ebenezer Cobb died Dec. 23, 1840, aged 72. Mrs. Mary Cobb died Sept. 8, 1859, aged 73.
(4) Isaac Cobb, son of Ebenezer, went in 1851 to Boston, in which city, and in New York, he spent several years. In 1865 he entered the office of the Portland Transcript, where he remained until his death. He was a writer of no mean repute, contributing in both prose and poetry to various periodicals. Some years since, he pub- lished a volume of poetry, entitled " Sylvan Songs." To the fondly remembered woods and fields of old Gorham he ascribed his poetic inspiration. He was deeply interested in all that related to his native town, and to him we are indebted for valuable assistance in collecting genealogical facts and items. He was a member of the Maine Genealogical Society, and a contributor to the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder. He married Louisa M., daughter of Isaac and Abigail Richardson of Gorham. They had no children.
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HISTORY OF GORHAM.
Mrs. Cobb died Dec. 14, 1889, and Mr. Cobb, Sept. 21, 1890. They were both brought to Gorham for burial.
Elisha Cobb was born June 6, 1736, at Eastham (Wellfleet). He was the son of Elisha and Mary (Harding) Cobb. Leaving Wellfleet, or Barnstable, with one of the Harding families, he came to Gorham as early as 1750. In 1758 he was a soldier in Capt. John Libby's company, Col. Preble's regiment - which regiment served in the French and Indian war, scouting back from the seacoast. I think he was then of Cape Elizabeth. He was also a soldier in the Revo- lution, a private in Capt. Hart Williams' company, Col. Phinney's regiment. In November, 1760, he married Elizabeth Murch. July 25, 1765, he bought of David Gorham the thirty acre lot, 37, and also a part of 39. Here he made his home. His house was nearly opposite to that of Prince Davis, on the Flaggy Meadow (old Buxton) road. Children :
Elisha, Jr., b. June 10, 1761, m. Molly A. Murch, p. Sept. 4, 1790.
Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1762, d. unm.
Ezekiel, b. June 10, 1764, m. Nancy Thompson Oct. 9, 1787 ; I'd in Hampden ; d. in 1816, and his widow m. Shebner Swett.
Phebe, b. Apr. 16, 1766, m. Daniel Eldridge, Jr., of Buxton, Mar. 17, 1785.
Reuben, b. Mar. 9, 1769, m. Sally Hatch, Apr. 5, 1801.
William, b. July 20, 1771, m. Nancy Poke of Biddeford, Mar., 1798 ; I'd in Bux- . ton.
Samuel C., b. Oct. 15, 1773, m. Tabitha Elwell of Buxton, Dec. 9, 1802. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1777, m. - -; was a carpenter ; d. in Alna, Me. Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1779, d. unm. in Gorham.
Elisha Cobb died at his home, June 11, 1794, in his 59th year. Elizabeth, his wife, died Sept. 6, 1798, aged 63.
(2) Elisha Cobb, Jr., son of Elisha, was a carpenter, or joiner. He was one of those who framed the present Congregational church edifice, in company with Samuel Elder and others. He lived on the old road to Buxton, half a mile above Gorham village. He married Molly Murch of Biddeford. Children :
Thankful, b. Nov. 12, 1791, d. in Saco, Apr., 1871.
John, b. Sept. 17, 1793, m. Abby Smith of Gorham ; d. in Lowell, Mass.
Elisha, b. Nov. 7, 1795, m. Abigail Ells of Freeport ; d. in Freeport in 1826. Betsey, b. in Limington, d. unm. in 1819, in Limington.
William, b. Feb. 19, 1801, m. Martha Libby of Limington in 1824; 2d, Lucinda Gilpatrick, 1837 ; I'd in Limington and Limerick.
Mary, b. March, 1803, m. John Skillings of Gorham, p. Apr. 6, 1822 ; went to Strong.
Hannah, b. Nov., 1805, m. --- McLaughlin of Boston; after his death she joined the Shakers in Alfred.
Elisha Cobb, Jr., died in Limington in 1809.
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(2) Reuben Cobb, son of Elisha, married Sally, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hatch. He lived for some time on his father's home-farm, then sold out, and about 1814 the family moved to Otisfield, where he died Dec. 15, 1831. His wife Sally died Oct. 21, 1828, in the same town. Children :
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 8, 1802, d. young.
Richard, b. Apr. 19, 1803, d. young,
Jerusha, b. about 1805, d. in Saco, unm., Apr. 12, 1835.
Reuben, b. Feb. 3, 1807, m. Nancy Moore of Naples, 1833 ; I'd in Otisfield.
Betsey H., b. -, m. Isaac Hall of Harrison about 18 31 ; d. in 1835. Sally B., b. - , d. in 1834.
(2) Samuel, son of Elisha Cobb, settled in Gorham on the farm where his father lived before him. In addition to carrying on his farm, he worked at the trade of a tailor, working at his home, and also going from house to house to work, as was the custom of those days. He was an active member of the Congregational church. He married Tabitha Elwell of Buxton. Children :
Edward, b. Sept. 4, 1804, m. Martha Frost, Nov. 24, 1825; 2d, Abigail S. Allen of New Gloucester, July 11, 1832 ; d. in Portland, 1879.
Eunice, b. Oct. 11, 1806, m. Nathaniel Frost, Dec. 28, 1826.
Joseph, b. June 3, 1808, § d. young.
Samuel, 5
m. Sarah M. Jordan, May 30, 1831 ; I'd in Portland. Lois MeL., b. May 3, 1810, m. Jonathan Redlon (3d wife) of Buxton, Mar. 13, 1849. He d. in Gorham, Nov. 6, 1865, and she m. 2d, Nathaniel .Strout of Casco.
Caleb J., b. June 4, 1812, m. Julia A. Cook ; I'd in Waterford, Vt. ; d. in 1878.
Samuel Cobb died Oct. 15, 1839, aged 66. Mrs. Tabitha Cobb died Oct. 24, 1839, aged 69.
Capt. Nathaniel Cobb, who came from Barnstable, where he was born Mar. 19, 1749, was probably the son of Nathaniel Cobb of Barn- stable, who married, Dec. 14, 1738, Susanna Bacon, born Dec. 24, 1718, daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Otis) Bacon of Nantucket. Nathaniel Cobb, Jr., was a sea captain. He lived near Mr. Sturgis at West Gorham, by the fork of the roads, close by Cobb's river. He was married in Barnstable, Apr. 30, 1772, to his cousin Olive, daugh- ter of Matthew and Polly (Garrett) Cobb of Barnstable, and sister to the late Hon. Matthew Cobb of Portland. They had one son :
James, b. 1772, m. Priscilla Brossard, p. Oct. 13, 1803. Mrs. Priscilla Cobb d. Sept. 14. 1808, ag. 50. James Cobb was a deaf mute. He I'd on his father's homestead. After his father's death, he sold the farm to Wil- liam Sturgis, but continued to make his home there till his death, June 12, 1847.
Capt. Cobb died Sept. 24, 1839, aged 90. Mrs. Cobb died May 17, 1830, aged 77. Mrs. Susanna, widow of Nathaniel of Barnstable, and mother of Capt. Nathaniel Cobb, died in Gorham, July 6, 1807.
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David Cobb, son of David Cobb of Barnstable, and his wife Lucy (Bickford) of Wellfleet, who were married in 1774, (pub. Apr. 23,) came to Gorham from Cape Cod. He lived on South St., in the house now occupied by Dr. Ridlon. This house when built by Mr. Cobb was one story and a half, and was altered by Col. W. B. Free- man to its present form. Mr. Cobb also built the house on South St., now (1902) owned by Mrs. Jas. Edwards. He drove for many years a stage between Portland and Gorham. Dec. 9, 1802, he mar- ried Sally, daughter of John and Tabitha Watson. Children :
Naaman, b. Sept. 24, 1804, d. Nov. 27, 1804.
Louisa P., b. Sept. 6, 1805, m. Henry Hodgkins, May 14, 1828 ; d. Feb., 1880. David H., b. Sept. 28, 1807, d. Apr., 19, 1808.
Mary A. M., b. May 18, 1809, m. Thomas J. Emery, Nov. 14, 1830.
Lot Davis, b. May 20, 1811, d. Feb. 27, 1813.
Francis B., b. Jan. 27, 1813, m .- - Bowers
Albert S., b. June 21, 1815, m. Abbie G. Libby, Oct. 15, 1840.
David Cobb died Sept. 27, 1837, aged 59. Mrs. Cobb dled Oct. 7, 1849, aged 65.
Jedediah Cobb, son of Ebenezer, married in Portland, Feb. 7, 1765, Reliance Paine. After his marriage he lived for a time on Falmouth Neck, in his father's house, on the north side of Queen, (now Congress) St. He was a housewright, and we find in Rev. Mr. Deane's Journal that he helped to build, in 1774, the gambrel- roofed house in which Mr. Deane lived while in Gorham. We find him first taxed in Gorham in 1780. He bought fifty acres of Shir- ley's Grant, not far from Horse Beef Falls. On this he built his house, which was at first of one story, but afterwards altered and enlarged to two stories. Here he lived and died. This house was in what is called the Quaker neighborhood, and close to the spot where Stephen Anderson now lives. Mr. Cobb was a Baptist in 1781, but afterwards became an honored and prominent member of the Society of Friends.
Children of Jedediah and Reliance Cobb :
Esther, b. about 1766, m. Josiah Lakeman, Dec. 24 ,1783.
William, b. Mar. 21, 1768, m. Lydia Cates, Jan. 1, 1792 ; 2d, Phebe Southwick. Polly, b. Sept. 6, 1770, m. Ebenezer Bangs, Dec. 30, 1787 ; 2d, Dea. Andrew Cobb of Limington, Dec. 10, 1808.
Anna, b. Feb. 7, 1773, m. Ebenezer Cates, Jan. 5, 1794.
Ebenezer, b. -, 1777, m. Peggy Rollins of Portland, Jan. 9, 1800.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 6, 1779, m. John Cloudman (Ist wife), July 2, 1800.
Abigail, b. , m. Moses Dow of Portland.
Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1783, m. John Cloudman (2d wife), Aug. 1, 1802.
Mrs. Reliance Cobb died Apr. 29, 1801, and Mr. Cobb married, July 29, 1803, Mrs. Sarah (Purinton) Ross. She died Oct. 22, 1822. Jedediah Cobb died Aug. 21, 1833, aged 91.
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(2) William Cobb, son of Jedediah, lived on the farm in the Quaker neighborhood now owned and occupied by Isaac L. Johnson. He was an influential and zealous member of the Society of Friends. He married Lydia, daughter of Elder Joseph Cates. Children :
Daniel, b. Nov. 14, 1792, m. Ruth Almy of Baltimore ; d. in Baltimore.
Esther, b. July 26, 1794, m. Chas. Horton.
James, b. Apr. 17, 1796, d. Sept. 16, 1796.
Mrs. Cobb died Sept. 10, 1796, and Mr. Cobb married, Dec. 7, 1797, Phebe Southwick of Gorham, who was born Mar. 1, 1770, and whose parents, Josiah and Elizabeth Southwick of Sandwich, Mass., came to Gorham from Portland about 1805. By his second wife Mr. Cobb had twin sons, born and died May 29, 1803. William Cobb died Feb. 12, 1844, aged 76. Mrs. Phebe Cobb died in Windham, Apr. 27, 1854.
COBURN.
Jacob Coburn came from Dracut, Mass. Before coming to Gorham he had kept a hotel in Newburyport, and also in Portland." He settled at Little Falls about 1824,and engaged in trade, and is said to have been the first trader to locate in that village. He was Agent of the mills of the Cumberland Manufacturing Co., and was also a large owner in boats on the Oxford and Cumberland Canal. He built at Little Falls the large brick house since occupied by Nathaniel Berry, and now owned by George W. Heath. Mr. Coburn's wife was Mary ---. Children :
Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1800, m. Byron Greenough, Nov. 10, 1822 ; d. Jan. 25, 1872 ; he d. Aug., 1871.
Jacob, b. Mar. 29, 1808, m. Evelina, dau. of Joseph and Esther Hamblen, p. Apr. 12, 1835 ; one child, Joseph H., b. Apr. 7, 1837, m. +liza J. Sawyer of Gray ; d. June 18, 1901. Mr. Coburn was a farmer and I'd for some years on the Royal Lincoln place. Mrs. Evelina Coburn d. Apr. 18, 1837, ag. 28, and soon after her death Mr. Coburn moved to Patten, thence to Otisfield, and finally to Mass. He m. 2d, Tryphena Hancock, and had one child, Henry C. Mr. Coburn d. in Winchester, Mass., Sept. II, 1882.
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