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Joseph, b. Oct. 11, 1782, m. Mary Bradbury (sister to Jos. B., Jr., above), Nov. 28, 1813.
Mrs. Tabitha Crockett died soon after the birth of her son Joseph, and Mr. Crockett married, Apr. 17, 1783, Elizabeth Fickett of Bux- ton, by whom he had :
John, b. - , d. yonng.
James, b. Dec. 14, 1785, m. Sally Poor of Portland.
John, b. Mar. 11, 1788, m. Sally Richards of Cape Elizabeth.
Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1790, m. Priscilla Harmon, Mar. 6, 1817 ; 2d, Harriet Fol- som.
Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1792, m. Col. Seward Merrill, Sept. 13, 1829.
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 22, 1794, m. Nancy Sisk ; 2d, Florinda True of New Glon- cester ; was a hard-ware dealer in Portland. . Silas, b. Aug. 5, 1796, m. Hannah Marriner of Cape Elizabeth ; she d. Dec. 28, 1853. ag. 65; he, in Dexter, May 24, 1868.
Daniel, b. May 21, 1800; m. Ellen Thomas of Charleston, S. C., Mar. 19, 1829; d. at St. Augustine, Fla.
Samuel Crockett died March 8, 1830, aged 78, and his wife Eliza- beth, March 6, 1845, aged 88.
(3) Samuel Crockett, son of Samuel, Jr., lived at West Gorham on his father's homestead, where his son George now resides. He married Priscilla Harmon of Buxton. Children :
Thomas H., b. Dec. 8, 1817, d. Oct. 27, 1839.
Eliza C., b. Apr. 26, 1820; m. Randall Johnson ; d. in Wisconsin, May 14, 1855.
Mrs. Priscilla Crockett died Nov. 5, 1822, aged 28, and Mr. Crockett married, June 13, 1825, Harriet, daughter of Dr. Folsom, by whom he had :
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George W., b. Apr. 16, 1826, m. Nancy, dau. of Luther Tappan, June 15, 1852. Ch : Chas. E., b, Mar. 12, 1853; Nelson H., b. Apr. 12, 1857, m. Ella Files, Jan. 13, 1885.
Edward C., b. Dec. 17, 1828, m. Martha Philbrick of Thorndike. Ch: George E., Hattie G.
Priscilla, b. Aug. 17, 1831, d. Ang. 1, 1853.
Capt. Samuel Crockett died Sept. 15, 1855. Mrs. Harriet Crock- ett died Mar. 23, 1851, aged 51.
Peletiah, Andrew and Jonathan Crockett, probably came from Stratham, N. H. Mrs. Eunice Hambury, daughter of Peletiah, said the three were brothers, and that they had a brother David, who lived in Ossipee, N. H., and who had a son David living (1878) in that town.
May 31, 1762, Peletiah Crockett of Stratham, N. H. bought one half of the hundred acre lot, 25. He also purchased, of Abel Whit- ney in 1764, five acres of land, " on the northerly side of sd Crockett's land " running " westerly 60 rods, and by the road so far north as to make up the five acres." On this latter lot he probably lived when he first came to town. He married Mary --- , and their children were :
Susanna, b. in Stratham, May 4, 1761, m. Joseph Phinney, June 18, 1780. Phebe, b. in Stratham, July 4, 1762, m. Moses Hanscom, Apr. 23, 1781. Rebecca, b. in Gorham, Feb. 26, 1767, m. Asa Hatch, May 6, 1783. John, b. in Gorham, Mar. 7, 1776, m. Betsey Hunt, Dec. 15, 1796.
There were probably other children, but there is no record of them. Martha Crockett, who married John Carsley, Jr., Apr. 16, 1790, may have been of this family. Mrs. Mary Crockett died Sept. 25, 1801, and Mr. Crockett married, July 18, 1802, Mrs. Lucy (Roberts) Seiver, daughter of Joshua Roberts, and widow of Philip Seiver. About this time Mr. Crockett moved on to a part of the old Mulloy place, near the brook. The children of Peletiah and Lucy Crockett were :
Eunice, b. June 8, 1803, m. Benjamin Hambury of Portland, Apr. 14, 1832. Caroline, b. Aug. 14, 1805, m. Levi Knight of Westbrook, p. 1835.
After Mr. Crockett's death his widow Lucy married Lieut. Silas Chadbourn, and 4th, Richard Edwards.
(2) John Crockett, son of Peletiah and Mary, married Betsey Hunt. They lived and died in Gorham. He died Aug. 8, 1843 ; she, Dec. 30, 1851, aged 73. Children :
Nabby, b. July 1, 1797, prob. m. William Frost, p. 1816.
Charles, b. July 23, 1799, d. young.
Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1802, m. Joseph Harmon, Aug. 24, 1820.
Caroline, b. Feb. 17, 1804, d. young.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE W. CROCKETT, WEST GORHAM.
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Angelina, b. Feb. 22, 1806, m. Eli Phinney, Feb. 23, 1828; 2d, Benjamin Phin - ney ; 3d, Mr. Magrath; 4th, Rev. G. W. Whitney.
Catherine, b. Feb. 29, 1808.
Albert, b Mar. 18, 1810.
Eliza, b. Mar. 8, 1812, m. Frederick Fogg of Saco, Sept. 15, 1830.
Martha, b. Apr. 17, 1814.
Daniel H., b. Oct. 16, 1816, d. young.
Susan, b. Nov. 22, 1819, m. and I'd in Mass.
Andrew Crockett purchased, Oct. 19, 1764, the eastern half of the hundred acre lot, 26. He is named in the deed as of Narragansett, No. 7. He was married, Nov. 8, 1764, by the Rev. Dr. Deane of Falmouth, to Rebecca Hunt, probably the daughter of Ichabod and Susanna Hunt, then of Portland, but afterwards of Gorham. Chil- dren, the oldest born in Falmouth :
Ephraim, b. Jan. 13, 1766, m. Martha Gray, Jan. 5, 1792.
David, b. July 21, 1768, d in Gorham.
Mehitable, b. July 21, 1771, m. Joseph Richardson.
Ebenezer, b. July 27, 1775.
Rebecca, b. Feb. 25, 1781, m. Isaac Libby, Dec. 20, 1798.
Mrs. Crockett died about the time of the birth of her daughter Rebecca and Mr. Crockett married (pub. Oct. 27, 1781) Abigail Wallis, daughter of John White of Cape Elizabeth. After Andrew Crockett's death, his widow Abigail married, Aug. 6, 1789, Nathaniel Chick of Falmouth, and died in Limington in 1820.
Jonathan Crockett we find, purchased of Solomon Lombard, Esq., the hundred acre lot, 28, (the old Daniel Merrill farm,) Dec. 11, 1772. He came to Gorham from Falmouth, where his oldest child was born. His wife was Anna Dearborn of Boston. Children :
David, b. Dec. 7, 1775, d. in Gorham in 1842.
Sarah, b. Mar 21, 1777.
Deborah, b. Mar. 21, 1779, m. prob. Francis York, Oct. 15, 1809.
Mehitable, b. Mar. 20, 1780.
Andrew, b. Jan. 17, 1785.
Nathaniel, b. Mar. 10, 1788, p. to Betty Crockett of Ossipee, Sept. 20, 1817.
Jonathan Crockett married, second, Ruth Foss of Stratham, N. H., Apr. 28, 1792. He died before 1835, as his estate was settled by his widow Ruth at that date.
We find on record the names of Joshua Crockit, who died Feb. 18, 1800, and his wife Elizabeth, who died September, 1798. Mr. Alden in his old records says this Joshua and his wife were very old. Whether they were the parents of Lieut. Joshua and came here with their son, we cannot say.
Lieut. Joshua Crockett came to Gorham and settled near the mouth of Little river. He purchased, Nov. 13, 1770, of Enoch Free-
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man, a lot of common land, lying at the mouth of the river, adjoining the Presumpscot. By his deeds Crockett at this time was of Wind- ham. This lot contained eighty-three acres, more or less, and it appears was also conveyed to Abel Whitney ; the Proprietors disput- ing Crockett's title, as coming from one who had no right to convey ; but finally they confirmed his claim. Joshua Crockett served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He was Ensign in Capt. Whitmore's company, Col. Fogg's regiment ; and commissioned as 2d Lieut., May 10, 1776. He was Ist Lieut. in Capt. Roger Libby's company, which he joined Oct. 1, 1779, and with which he served at the eastward, with a detachment of Cumberland County militia, under Nathaniel Jordan, Esq. July 1, 1781, he was commissioned as 2d Lieut. of Capt. Whitmore's company in Col. Phinney's 3d Cum- berland County regiment. Lieut. Crockett married Hannah, daugh- ter of James Babb of Falmouth, (pub. July 8, 1757 ). Children :
Peter, b. 1758, m. Polly Warren, p. Oct. 12, 1782.
Hannah, b. about 1760, m. Thomas Bolton, Jan. 24, 1782 ; 2d, Jos. Lombard, July 11, 1795.
Betty, b. - -, m. Benjamin Gammon, Oct. 21, 1787.
Joshua, b. June 4, 1765, m. Sarah Hamblen, Nov. 29, 1787.
James, b. Oct. 10, 1768, m. Sarah Sanborn, Dec. 25, 1796 ; 2d, Ruth Lord.
Enoch, b. July 3, 1771, m. Drusilla Sanborn, Sept. 13, 1801.
Miriam, b. Nov. 30, 1773, m. John Thomas, Jan. 17, 1796.
Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1775, m. Matthew Tobin of Windham, Feb. 6, 1800.
Abigail, b. Feb. 25, 1778, m. Abel Brown, Aug. 15, 1799.
William, b. July 19, 1781, m. Sally Thompson, Nov. 21, 1802.
Solomon, b. Sept. 17, 1784, m. Mary, dau. of Christopher and Rebecca Plum- mer, Sept. 14, 1809; no ch; I'd near Little Falls, on the road leading from Mosher's to Horse Beef ; was at one time tax collector; d. June 25, 1825. His wife d. June 13, 1875.
Lieut. Joshua Crockett died Jan. 6, 1809, and his wife, May 5, 1805.
(2) Peter Crockett, son of Lieut. Joshua, was a private in the Revolutionary army. He was mustered out of Gen. Thompson's brigade May 26, 1778, and delivered to Maj. James Johnson. He enlisted as a private in Col. Fogg's regiment, June 14, 1778, and was discharged at West Point, Mar. 14, 1779. He also served for a while in Capt. Richard Mayberry's company, 11th Mass. He lived at Sapling Hill, near the graveyard, next John Lord's. He married Polly, daughter of John and Jane (Johnson) Warren of Falmouth. Children :
Peter, b. Feb. 9, 1783, m. Molly Murch, p. Jan. 6, 1815.
Nancy, b. Oct. 3, 1784, m. Daniel Purinton, Nov. 17, 1814. Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1787, m. Jabez Clapp of Portland, p. Oct. 18, 1812. John, b. Jan. 25, 1789, m. Abigail Newcomb, June 22, 1815. Betsey, b. July 29, 1791, m. Solomon Lakeman, Dec. 8, 1814.
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Charlotte, b. Feb. 18, 1794, d. probably unm.
Mary, b. Mar. 23, 1796.
Enoch, b. July 7, 1799, m. Harriet Mann; I'd in Yarmouth.
Daniel, b. Sept. 11, 1802, m. Lydia Roberts, p. July 27, 1827 ; moved East.
Peter Crockett died Oct. 14, 1828, and his wife Mary, Sept. 13, 1824, aged 66.
(2) Joshua Crockett, son of Lieut. Joshua, was also a soldier of the Revolution, and served under Capt. Paul Ellis, in Col. Timothy Bigelow's regiment. He married Sarah Hamblen, who was born in Barnstable, and was the daughter of Samuel and Temperance Ham- blen of Gorham. There are two children on the Gorham records :
James, b. Apr. 24, 1789, m. Martha Pike.
Joshua, b. Jan. 14, 1791, m. Judith Pike.
The family moved to Hebron, where two sons, Samuel, and Lewis, were born ; thence to Norway, where other children, Solomon, Han- nah, Betsey, Sewall, and Sally were born. Joshua Crockett died Oct. 11, 1819. Mrs. Crockett died Sept. 8, 1848.
(2) James Crockett, son of Lieut. Joshua, lived on his father's farm, near the mouth of Little river. He married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Esther Sanborn. Children :
Vashti, b. July 3, 1800, m. Ira Cook, p. Mar. 3, 1821.
Twin Girls, b. - -, d. aged I year.
Mrs. Crockett died soon after the birth of her twins, and Mr. Crockett married, Oct. 26, 1805, Ruth Lord. He died June 10, 1846, aged 77.
(2) Enoch Crockett, son of Lieut. Joshua, lived near White Rock, on the place lately occupied by Freeman Hicks, and now by Reuel Smith. He married Drusilla, daughter of Joseph and Esther San- born. Children :
Harriet, b. Aug. 28, 1802, m. Peter Purinton, Jan. 25, 1830; went to Hartland. Statira, b. Feb. 21, 1804, m. Geo. Harrington, Sept. 1, 1858 ; d. Apr., 1883.
Sophia, b. Mar. 8, 1806, m. Joseph Pray of Windham, Oct. 15, 1828 ; 2d, John Warren, Apr. 19, 1835.
Mary, b. June 28, 1808, m. James Beck of Portland, Nov. 30, 1831 ; d. Mar. 28, 1842. Noah, b. July 7, 1810, m. Eunice True of Freeport, Nov. 14, 1836; d. Aug. 26, 1883.
Lot, b. Sept. 24, 1812, m. - Allen of Nantucket, June 14, 1840; lost at sea. Hezekiah, b. Apr. 20, 1815, m. Eunice Harmon, p. Nov. 28, 1839; 2d, Mary Grant.
James, b. Aug. 18, 1817, m. Mary Hall, dau. of David, Apr. 25, 1844; was a F. Bapt. minister ; d. in S. Gorham, Jan. 16, 1854.
Sarah Ann, b. May 26, 1820, m. Stephen F. Smith of Mass., Dec. 3, 1846; d. in Attleboro, Mass., Feb., 1882.
Hannah, b. Nov. 12, 1822, m. Edward Files, June 22, 1845.
Lorenzo D., b. June 24, 1824, m. Sarah B. Thayer, Aug. 18, 1849; d. in Lunen- burg, Mass.
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Enoch Crockett died March 15, 1860, aged 88. His wife Drusilla died March 18, 1842, aged 59.
(2) William Crockett, son of Lieut. Joshua, lived near Mallison's Falls. He married Sally Thompson. Children :
Sally, b. Sept. 15, 1803, m. Dennis Hamblen, p. Dec. 27, 1823.
Peter, b. Dec. 16, 1805.
Mary, b. Apr. 22, 1808.
John, b. Jan. 31, 1811.
Major, b. July 22, 1813.
Jane, b. Jan. 4, 1816.
Ann, b. Aug. 4, 1818.
This family moved to Wilton.
(3) Peter Crockett, son of Peter, lived at White Rock, on the farm where Elbridge M. Wilson now lives. He married Molly, daughter of Matthias and Polly Murch. Children :
Lothrop L., b. Dec. 10, 1815, m. Mary J. Libby, Mar. 24, 1842; d. in Naples, June 28, 1885.
Franklin, b. - -, d. on the Isthmus, on his way to California, about 1855.
Charlotte, b. -, m. David Harding ; d. Aug. 17, 1889.
Mary, b. about 1826, m. Austin Coburn ; I'd in West Fairlee, Vt. ; d. in 1892-3.
Peter Crockett died about 1827, and his wife Molly, about 1828.
(3) John Crockett, son of Peter, lived at White Rock, near Sap- ling Hill. He married Mrs. Abigail (Nason) Newcomb, daughter of Ephraim and Eleanor Nason, and widow of Solomon Newcomb. Children :
Mary Jane, b. Feb. 10, 1816, m. Ivory Lord, Nov. 26, 1834.
Abner W., b. Feb. 15, 1818, d. in 1822.
John Crockett died Dec. 11, 1827, aged 38. His widow Abigail died June 21, 1848.
(3) Hezekiah R. Crockett, son of Enoch, lived at White Rock. He married Eunice, daughter of Rufus and Eunice Harmon. Chil- dren :
Helen M., b. Mar. 18, 1841, m. Charles P. Haskell of New Gloucester, Mar. 5, 1868.
Mary F., b. Dec. 22, 1844, m. and I's in Georgetown, Me.
Veranus C., b. Apr. 5, 1846, 1's in Canada.
Abby V., b. Jan. 15, 1849, is dead.
James Leroy, b. Apr. 2, 1851, 1's in Mass.
Clarence O., b. Feb. 14, 1856, I's in Mass.
Mr. Crockett moved to Naples where his wife Eunice died, and he married second, Mrs. Mary Grant of that town. He died Jan. 6, 1882.
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William Crockett came to Gorham about 1836. He was a car- riage maker by trade. He built and for some years lived in the brick house on State St., now owned by Miss Sarah Robie, and his brother Daniel built the next house on the east, now known as the Paine house. He married in 1828 Mary J. Brackett of Westbrook, who was a descendant of Anthony Brackett. Their children were :
George W., b. Apr. 23, 1830, m. Eliza J. Newcomb, 1851 ; d. Dec. 22, 1892. William, b. May 13, 1831, m. Harriet M. Kemp; killed at Lookout Mountain. Silas B., b. Mar. 31, 1833, d. in 1841.
Edwin, b. Feb. 21, 1835, m. Susan A. Whitehouse of Gt. Falls, N. H .; d. Sept. 7, 1896.
Sarah A., b. Apr. 1, 1837, d. young.
Francis, b. Sept. 18, 1839, m. Hattie French of Gt. Falls, N. H.
Martha A., b. May 1, 1841, d. young.
Mary C., b. Apr. 1, 1843, m. Eben Meserve.
Martha, b. Apr. 28, 1845, m. James Moulton.
Charles, b. Mar. 29, 1847, m. Esther Plummer.
Mr. Crockett with his family left Gorham about 1852, and moved to Great Falls, N. H. After.an absence of about seven years he returned to Gorham, where he died Sept. 3, 1869, aged 63. His wife Mary died in Gorham, Aug. 17, 1888, aged 84.
CROSS.
In 1791 the name of Cross first appears in Gorham. There was a Thomas Cross and a Joseph Cross, father and son. Joseph's name disappears after 1793. Thomas Cross married, in Bradford, Mass., Lucy Hovey, and brought with him to Gorham a family of ten children, all born in Bradford :
Joseph, b. Dec. 31, 1768, m. Betsey Duston of Haverhill, Mass., p. Mar. 30, 1793; d. Oct. 29, 1819.
Thomas, b. Mar. 3, 1770.
Betsey, b. Feb. 11, 1772, m. Capt. Jonathan Stevens, Jan. 20, 1795 ; d. Nov. 13, 1838.
Rebekah, b. Jan. 20, 1774, d. Apr. 11, 1794.
Sally, b. Sept. 22, 1777, m. Capt. Enoch Preble, p. Aug. 22, 1800; d. June 20, 1848.
William, b. Aug. 21, 1779, m. Eliza Stevens, of Portland.
Lucy, b. Mar. 7, 1782, m. James Phinney, June 30, 1817.
Lois, b. Mar. 10, 1784, m. Allison Libby, June 27, 1812.
Leonard, b. May 8, 1786, d. Mar. 21, 1861.
Amos H., b. Oct. 20, 1790, d. at Harrison, Sept. 27, 1842.
Harriet, b. - -, d. Mar. 14, 1798.
Hannah, b. - , 1798, d. Oct. 16, 1799.
Mr. Cross settled on the thirty acre lot No. I, being the farm on which Capt. Phinney made the first settlement made in Gorham. For many years Mr. Cross kept a store near his house. This store stood over the spot where the first tree was cut in town for settlement
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purposes. Thomas Cross was made a deacon in the First Parish Church, and continued in office till his death. He died in Gorham Feb. 15, 1819, aged 78, and Mrs. Cross, May 21, 1821, aged 72. Of their children, the sons all settled in Portland where also two of their daughters found husbands. Sally, who married Capt. Preble, son of Gen. Jedediah Preble of Portland, was the mother of Eben Preble, late of Gorham, and of the late Rear Admiral Geo. H. Preble of the U. S. Navy. William, who married Eliza Stevens, was a sea captain. His daughter Eliza Ann, born in 1804, married Oct. 2, 1826, Tolman Cary of Sangerville, and second, John McLellan. Capt. William Cross died Feb. 14, 1819, the day preceding the death of Dea. Thos. Cross, and father and son were borne to the grave on the same hearse. William's widow, married November, 1828, Capt. Toppan Robie.
CURTIS.
Capt. John Curtis was among the earliest settlers of Gorham. He came here from Gloucester, Mass., but had formerly resided in Fal- mouth, Me., for in 1734 he, then of Gloucester, sold "the land in Falmouth on which he had once lived " to William Bryant of Fal- mouth. In August, 1739, Capt. Curtis and William Pote were appointed by the Proprietors a committee to lay out the two hundred acres of land granted to Edmund and Stephen Phinney. Capt. Cur- tis, then of Gorham, received Aug. 10, 1739, from Shubael Gorbam a deed of the right No. 74. This thirty acre lot was sold in 1760 by James Curtis of Falmouth, son of Capt. John, to Nathaniel Whitney ; and in 1761 the remaining one hundred and seventy acres of the right were sold by the heirs of Capt. Curtis to Bryant Morton. Capt. Curtis died previous to 1741, for Sept. 29th of that year his widow Jane was published to Dea. John Bailey of Falmouth. The children of John Curtis and his wife Jane were James and Daniel. In 1761, James was of Brunswick, and Daniel a shipwright in Newbury, Mass.
Capt. John Curtis, late of Gorham, was the son of Capt. John Curtis of Portland who was lost at sea in 1812 while in command of the privateer Dart. Capt. Curtis, the son, was himself for many years a successful master mariner. He married, May 22, 1823, Statira R., daughter of Ai and Eunice Staples, and made his home in Gorham on the farm formerly owned by his wife's father in the south part of the town and now owned by John Sanborn. Children :
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John L., b. May 12, 1824, m. Maria C., dau. of George W. and Sarah Waters, Sept. 9, 1845. Ch : Geo. L., b. Sept. 20, 1846, m. Louise I. Pitts, May 12, 1867 ; Mary E., b. May 16, 1848, m. Capt. Geo. Jacob Threstrup, Oct. 15, 1885 ; Statira E., b. Apr. 22, 1850, d. at Denver, Col., June 12, 1889 ; John, b. July 26, 1852, m. Sarah E. Lombard, May, 1876, d. Aug. 9, 1879; Chas. H., b. July, 1853, m. Ida B. Clark of Sandusky, O., Oct. 6, 1877, d. Jan. 12, 1897, at Denver ; Arthur G., b. Feb. 28, 1856, d. Nov. 30, 1856; Clara F., b. Apr. 27, 1857, m. Richard S. Storrs of Boston, Oct. 15, 1884; Edwin W., b. Sept. 28, 1858, m. Maria T. Peterson of London, Eng., July 24, 1877, d. at Brighton, Mass., Oct. 20, 1897; Hattie M., b. July 19, 1860, d. Oct. 21, 1861 ; Calvin A., b. Sept. 14, 1867, m. Lorena F. Fause of Chillicothe, O., Dec. 7, 1885. John L. Curtis d. in Casco, Me., Nov. 20, 1893.
Mary P., b. July 18, 1826, m. Calvin I. Crocker of Portland, Sept. 24, 1850.
Capt. Curtis died Jan. 7, 1869, aged 69 ; Mrs. Curtis died Jan. 16, 1883, aged 80. Mrs. Mercy, widow of Capt. John Curtis, Sr., mar- ried in 1822, Thomas Burnham of Scarborough. She died in Gorham at the house of her son Capt. Curtis, in June, 1867, aged 89.
DAME.
Theophilus Dame came from Rochester, N. H. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Thomes) Baker of Somers- worth, N. H. Mr. Dame was a farmer and lived for thirty years at West Gorham, on the Capt. John Lincoln place, (now occupied by Lewis Files). Children :
Caroline, b. July 25. 1825, m. John Sawyer ; I'd in Deering; d. Sept. 26,186r. Moses B., b. July, 1826, m. Susan W. Varney of Sandwich, N. H .; d. Feb. 20, 1868.
Mr. Dame died at his home at West Gorham, Jan. 29, 1875, aged
74. Mrs. Mary A. Dame died Dec. 24, 1878, aged 74.
DARLING.
John Darling was the first and only one of the name, who ever came to Gorham to settle. He was born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1758. His father was Jonathan Darling - the maiden name of his mother was Martha Bramhall. She was the daughter of Joshua Bramhall, and an aunt of Sylvanus (formerly of Gorham), also an aunt of Benjamin Bramhall for many years one of the managers of the old Plymouth Beach lottery. John Darling had four brothers and sisters -Lydia who married William Churchill, Benjamin who settled in the eastern part of the State, Sarah who married Lazarus Harlow and had a son who settled in Portland where for many years he kept a store at the corner of Fore and Union Sts., and Polly, long a suc- cessful school-teacher in her native town.
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John Darling was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and in 1777 was a member of Capt. Jabez Lane's company, in the 6th Mass. regiment; for which services his widow received a pension in her latter days. When about twenty-two years of age he came to Gorham. He had learned the hatter's trade in Plymouth ; and was the second one of that trade who established himself in Gorham. He first went into business at his house, then standing on the westerly side of the Fort Hill road on the top of the hill above the Fabyan (Dyer) place. He married, Oct. 14, 1785, Annah, daughter of Dea. George Lewis. About the year 1791 he moved to Gorham village and purchased and lived on the lot on the east corner of Main and Elm streets, after- wards owned and now included in the grounds of Ex-Gov. Robie. Here for many years he worked at his trade, which was then quite a business, as there was but small importation of hats and every village had its hatter, as well as blacksmith and shoemaker. Getting some- what out of fashion and others coming up who could make two hats of less wool than it took him for one, he gradually went out of the business. The house and shop in which he lived and worked, some- what altered and modernized, and now the property of Col. Robie, has been moved to a lot a few hundred feet farther down on the eastern side of Elm St. Mr. Darling was also a soldier in the War of 1812. He volunteered as a substitute for his son George, in the company of Militia ordered out under the command of Capt. Robie for the defence of Portland in September, 1814. Children of John and Annah Darling were :
John, b. June 6, 1787, d. Dec. 15, 1803.
Robert, b. May 6, 1789, lost at sea in 1805.
George L., b. Oct. 7, 1791, m. Mahala (Virgin) Hanscom, widow of Daniel Hanscom, July 13, 1834. Ch : Mary Anna, b. Aug. 31, 1837, m. Thos. J. Frothingham of Portland, d. Apr. 3, 1902; George L., b. Apr. 12, 1844, d. in Portland, Jan. 9, 1895. Mr. Darling was a cabinet maker; and owned and for many years worked in the shop on School St., now owned by Miss Mary Kelsey. He d. June 16, 1865. Mrs. Mahala Darling d. July 29, 1856, ag. 53.
Mary L., b. Oct. 8, 1793, m. James Smith ; d. in New York.
Martha, b. Aug. 4, 1796, d. June 7, 1801.
Sarah A., b. Apr. 17, 1799, d. Jan. 6, 1817.
Mehitable C., b. Nov. 16, 1801, d. unm, in Brunswick; Jan. 23, 1885.
Martha, b. Sept. 4, 1806, d. unm. in Portland, July 3, 1883.
Tabitha L., b. Sept. 3, 1808, m. Joseph Babb of Westbrook, Feb. 18, 1827; d. Mar. 19, 1865.
Abigail P., b. July 30, 1810, d. unm. in Portland, May 12, 1876.
John Darling died in Gorham in the house which he had occupied so many years, Apr. 7, 1832. His wife died, universally beloved and respected, at the house of her daughters Martha and Abbie, in Portland, Apr. 10, 1849, aged 81.
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GENEALOGY.
DAVIS.
Of the families of Joshua and Prince Davis we cannot tell which came to Gorham first. Joshua came from Scarborough, where he had two children born before 1762, and we find his name on a Gor- ham tax bill for 1763. His first child born in Gorham was born in 1762. He lived on the farm near where Fred Sturgis lived at West Gorham. It is believed there are none of this family now in town. His wife's name was Sarah ---. Children :
Hannah, b. Jan. 23, 1758.
Joshua, b. Mar. 1, 1760.
Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1762, m. Charles Wood, Sept. 17, 1786.
Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1764.
Mehitable, b. Sept. 20, 1767.
Joseph, b. Aug. 9, 1769.
Timothy, b. Oct. 18, 1772.
Gideon, b. Feb. 8, 1775.
Joshua Davis was a soldier in Capt. Mclellan's company, in the Penobscot expedition in 1779. He moved to Canton.
Prince Davis, son of Stephen, Jr. and Rebecca Davis, came from Barnstable, Mass., to Gorham about the year 1762. We find him taxed here in 1763. His wife, whom he married Feb. 15, 1750, was Sarah, daughter of Edward Colman of Barnstable, and niece of Martha Phinney, the wife of Capt. John Phinney, the first settler. The house which Mr. Davis built about 1764, or soon after he came to Gorham, stood till recently in a good state of preservation, three- fourths of a mile above the village near the spot where Almon Han- scom now lives on the Flaggy Meadow road, which was the old road to Buxton. When this house was built, on account of the price and scarcity of glass, the windows had only ten squares of glass in each ; two panes wide and five high of 7 x 9 glass. Mr. Davis made the bricks for the chimney himself on the cross-road, a few rods north of his house. Prince Davis was a house carpenter. He was a good citizen and a prominent man. He was several years one of the selectmen ; and we find his name often on committees of importance both in town and church affairs. The children of Prince and Sarah Davis were:
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