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Elijah, bap. in Barnstable, Oct. 9, 1757, m. Phebe Hopkins, p. Apr. 8, 1780. Edward, bap. in Barnstable, Oct. 9, 1757.
Prudence, bap. in Barnstable, Oct. 9, 1757, m. Josiah Jenkins, p. June 15, 1776. Alice, bap. in Barnstable, Oct. 9, 1757, m. Enoch Frost, Apr. 24, 1780.
Temperance, b. in Barnstable, Nov. 11, 1759, m. Capt. David Harding, Aug. 19, 1781.
Isaac, b. in Gorham, Mar. 27, 1762, d. unm. June 20, 1839.
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David, b. in Gorham, Oct. 20, 1764, m. Martha, dau. of John and Tabitha Wat- son, June 12, 1788 ; one son recorded in Gorham, Elijah, m. prob. Abigail Moody of Gorham, p. Jan. 6, 1815 ; the family moved to Buxton where other children were born, and where Mrs. Davis d.
Rebecca, b. in Gorham, July 15, 1766, m. Geo. Knight of Windham, Mar. 14, 1787 ; 2d, David Harding, 181 1.
Thomas, b. in Gorham, May 10, 1768, d. unm.
Jonathan, b. in Gorham, July 10, 1770, m. Mary Murch, Sept. 22, 1796; 2d, Sally Murch.
Josiah Davis, the grandfather of Prince, was a soldier in the com- pany of Capt. John Gorham in King Philip's war in 1675.
Prince Davis died Sept. 17, 1819, at the age of 96. His wife died in 1804.
(2) Elijah Davis, son of Prince, married Phebe, daughter of Con- stant and Phebe Hopkins of Truro, Mass. He was a soldier in the Revolution. One child:
Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1781, m. Benjamin Emery of Buxton, Oct. 4, 1801 ; 2d, Simeon Bradbury of Buxton.
Mr. Davis died Oct. 5, 1783, and his widow married, July 14, 1785, Asa Whitney of Gorham.
(2) Jonathan Davis, son of Prince, married Molly, daughter of Daniel and Mary Murch of Buxton. They lived on his father's old homestead. Children .
Stephen, b. June 30, 1797.
Daniel, b. Oct. 18, 1798.
Elijah, b. Aug. 5, 1800, m. Mary A. Webster ; moved to Wilton; both d. in Jay.
Harriet, b. Nov. 12, 1802, m. Israel Hall of Saco, Nov. 25, 1827.
Sewall L., b. Dec. 4, 1804.
William, b. 1806.
Mrs. Molly Davis died Aug. 10, 1806, aged 38, and Mr. Davis married her sister Sally Murch, Dec. 24, 1807. Children :
Mary Ann, b. July 25, 1808, m. Thomas Magrath, Nov. 30, 1826.
John Colby, b. Nov., 1812, m. Harriet P. Erskins, p. Dec. 27, 1835.
Sarah, b. June, 1815, m. Stephen Emery. Sept. 18, 1834. Joseph, b. Oct. 12, 1817.
Jonathan Davis died Mar. 15, 1852, aged 81, and Mrs. Sarah Davis died Feb. 28, 1858, aged 81.
Josiah Davis also came from Barnstable. He was the son of John Davis, Jr. and his second wife, Anna, daughter of James Allen, who were married Mar. 25, 1736. Josiah came here about the year 1771, for we find his name in the tax bill for 1772. His first wife was Thankful Matthews, whom he probably married about 1754. His children by her were :
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Josiah, bap. in Barnstable, June 6, 1756, prob. d. young. Thankful, bap. in Barnstable, June 6, 1756.
Mary, bap. in Barnstable, Sept. 3, 1759, m. James Watson, June 30, 1785.
Mr. Davis married, May 3, 1760, Thankful, daughter of Ebenezer and Temperance Gorham of Barnstable, and sister to Temperance, wife of Jonathan Sturgis. Their children were :
Josiah, bap. in Barnstable, Oct. 11, 1761.
John, b. in Barnstable, about 1763, m. Molly Harper of Falmouth, Feb. 14, 1784; 2d, Patience Irish, Apr. 16, 1789; I'd in Buxton.
Sarah, b. in Barnstable about 1764, m. David Watts, Dec. 9, 1779.
Sylvanus, b. in Barnstable, 1767, m. Hannah Gorham, Nov. 19, 1789. Ch. b. in Gorham, Ebenezer, b. Sept. 4, 1790; Sarah Hoff, b. Mar. 4, 1792 ; this family moved to Buxton, where other ch. are on record. Mrs. Davis d. in Buxton in June, 1807, and Mr. Davis m. Apr. 24, 1808, Phebe Mc Donald.
Allen, b. in Barnstable, 1770, m. Martha Morris, July 8, 1792.
James, b. in Gorham, Sept. 27, 1773, m. Thankful, dau. of William and Sarah Paine, Mar. 21, 1793; moved to Standish. Ch: Josiah, b. Dec. 5, 1793, m. Eunice Frost ; Phebe, b. Jan. 31, 1795 ; Martha; Samuel, d. at sea. Joseph, b. in Gorham, Aug. 10, 1776, m. Abigail Whitney, Sept. 29, 1799. Solomon, b. in Gorham, Feb. 6, 1780, m. Salome, dau. of Josiah and Sarah Alden, p. Apr. 20, 1805; moved to Buxton. Ch : Julia A., b. Sept. 4, 1806, m. Mr. Rice, d. in Paris ; Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1807, d. in Buxton C'entre ; 'Josiah A., b. Nov. 25, 1810, m. Harriet J. Gale; Sarah, m. Horace Em-ry of Buxton, d. in Buxton Centre ; Salome, m. Charles Fogg, d. in Fairfield. Mrs. Salome Davis d. Feb. 3, 1816, aged 29, and Mr. Davis m. Susan Billings of Buxton, by whom he had Enoch, I's at Buxton Centre; Chas., d. in Portland; Mary I'd in Pittston, Me. Mr. Davis d. in Buxton.
Mr. Davis married a third wife, Mrs. Martha Hill of Buxton, Nov. 25, 1802. He died in Gorham Feb. 8, 1824, aged about 86. His wife, Martha, died Jan. 7, 1846, aged 75. Frederick D. Scamman, his great-grandson, now owns and occupies the old homestead, which has been in the family over a hundred years. The late Judge Wood- bury Davis of Portland was the son of Joseph, and grandson of Josiah.
(2) Allen Davis, son of Josiah, lived on his father's homestead. At one time (1803) he kept a hotel there, in the house where Mr. Scamman now lives. Mr. Davis married Martha, daughter of Charles and Rhoda Morris. Children :
Polly, b. Oct. 18, 1792, m. Edward Scamman of Saco, Sept 28, 1819. Rhoda M., b. Sept. 9, 1794, m. Joseph Libby of Portland, Oct. 30, 1822 ; d. Aug. 8, 1824.
Charles M , b. Jan. 20, 1797, m. Louisa Peabody, Sept. 4, 1822 ; d. in Portland, Jan. 20, 1876.
Anna A., b. Feb. 20, 1799, m. Edward Scamman (2d wife), Oct. 28, 1827.
Josiah, b. Nov. 3, 1801, d. at sea, Nov. 25, 1823.
Eliza, b. Jan. 28, 1803, m. Samuel S. Libby of Buxton, Aug. 10, 1835. Martha, b. Sept. 11, 1805, m. William Jameson of Bangor, Nov. 18, 1823. Emeline. b. May 13, 1808, m. Aaron Brooks of Buxton, Dec. 8, 1830. Frederick, b. June 6, 1811, I'd in Portland ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y. Ann Louisa, b. Apr. 5, 1813, m. Moses Buck of Stillwater, 1844.
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Allen Davis died May 22, 1818, and his wife, Jan. 9, 1847, aged 75.
(3) Josiah Davis, son of James, married Eunice, daughter of Wingate and Ann (Mitchell) Frost of Limington and lived in Standish till about 1840 when he removed to Gorham, and opened a store at the village. Children :
Charles O., b. Jan. 19, 1822, m. Mary Woodman, 1851 ; he was then of Georgia ; is dead. Mrs. D. d. Dec. 31, 1853.
Jas. Wingate, b. May 18, 1824, m. Rebecca Hatch of Richmond, Me .; d. Feb. 14, 1885.
Ellen A., b. Feb. 14, 1827, m. Thaddeus Irish, Nov. 29, 1848.
Harriet M., b. July 1, 1828, d. Sept. 7, 1832.
Frances .M., b. Apr. 30, 1833, d. unm. Dec. 20, 1859.
Frederick, b. July 13, 1835, m. Fannie Wilson of Bangor.
Julia E. b. June, 1841, d. Oct. 22, 1841.
Josiah Davis died Aug. 5, 1843, aged 49. Mrs. Davis died in Portland, July 19, 1861, aged 58.
Samuel Davis was in Gorham about the time of the Revolution. He was born in Barnstable, Sept. 13, 1734, and was the son of Dea. Gershom and Mary (Hinkley) Davis. He married in Barnstable, Dec. 22, 1757, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Temperance Gorham. Their six eldest children were baptized in Barnstable, while the youngest, Elizabeth, was born in Gorham. Children :
Ebenezer, bap. July 6, 1760, d. young.
Samuel, b. June 11, 1762, m. Mary Skillings, Nov. 11, 1784.
Mary, bap. Sept. 25, 1763.
Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 17. 1765, m. Mary Paine, Feb. 18, 1790; d. in Porter, N. Y. Prince, bap. May 17, 1767, m. Betty Cahoon, Jan. 3, 1797.
William, b. June 9, 1771, m. prob. Martha Kimball, June 5, 1796.
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 14, 1777.
Samuel Davis and his wife Mary settled in Gorham on the hundred acre lot 118, on land now owned by Edward Files, north of land owned by the late Samuel R. Clement, where the apple trees now stand. Mr. Davis was a Revolutionary pensioner.
(2) Samuel Davis, Jr., son of Samuel, lived on the farm above West Gorham, which was cleared by his father. He was a Revo- lutionary soldier in Capt. Whitmore's company. He married Mary, daughter of Isaac and Susanna Skillings. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1785, d. unm. Apr. 24, 1876.
Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1787, m. -- Frost ; m. 2d, Parsons Pingree of Denmark ; d. June 28, 1867.
Mary C., b. Sept. 8, 1788, d. unm. June 15, 1886.
Isaac, b. Mar. 28, 1790, m. Hadassah Shaw of Standish, 1817 ; 2d, Abigail (Whitney) Boucher ; d. in 1867.
Zachariah, b. Sept. 24, 1791, m. Susan Ingalls; 2d, Nancy Ingalls ; I'd in Bridgton ; d. Mar. 23, 1876.
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Daniel, b. Apr. 18, 1793, m. Rebecca Plummer, July 3, 1824; no ch; d. at White Rock, June 12, 1873 ; Mrs. D. d. Dec. 17, 1868.
Susanna, b. Feb. 3, 1795, m. William Barker of Bridgton, Feb. 18, 1820. Samuel, b. July 13, 1796, went to S. America, and was never heard from. John, b. Apr. 15, 1798, m. Nancy Whitten ; I'd in Naples; d. June 10, 1864. Joanna, b. June 19, 1800, m. Elder John Buzzell of Parsonsfield; d. in Gorham in 1880.
Tabitha, b. Oct. 10, 1801, d. unm. in 1831.
In March, 1803, Mr. Davis moved to Standish, and settled on the farm near the brick schoolhouse where his grandson Daniel S. Davis now lives. The remainder of his children, who were born in Standish, were :
Mark, b. Apr. 23, 1803, m. Lydia Staples; I'd in Naples ; d. in March, 1842. Martha, b. Jan. 11, 1805, d. unm. Jan. 10, 1864.
Hannah, b. June 28, 1806, m. Joseph Martin ; I'd in Naples ; d. July 26, 1888. Caroline, b. Jan. 25, 1808, m. Francis Kimball of Naples.
Infant, b. Oct. 20, 1809, d. Nov. 7, 1809.
At the time of Mr. Davis's death, Jan. 22, 1856, he was the last of the Revolutionary soldiers in Standish. His wife died April 25, 1852, aged 85.
(2) Prince Davis, Jr., son of Samuel, married Betty Cahoon. We know nothing of her, farther than that she is published as of Gorham, and they were married by Rev. Caleb Jewett. Their chil- dren, recorded in Gorham, are :
Samuel, Lewis,
b. Sept. 22, 1797.
Capt. Sylvanus Davis was born May 4, 1756, in Falmouth, Mass., from which place he came to Gorham in 1797. He owned the farm and house now owned and occupied by Jonathan S. Whitney. He had a large family, the first eight of whom were born in Falmouth, Mass., and the remaining six in Gorham. His first wife whom he married in Falmouth, Dec. 7, 1777, was Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Tabitha (Robinson) Dimick.
Sylvanus, b. July 6, 1780, d. Aug. 30, 1799.
Chloe, b. June 13, 1782, m. Alexander McLellan, Feb. 9, 1803.
Robinson, b. Apr. 28, 1785, m. Polly Gallison of Windham, May 1, 1809; I'd in Albion ; d. Sept. 10, 1879.
Ebenezer, b. Apr. 19, 1788, m. Betsey Mclellan, Apr. 26, 1809; went to Farm- ington about 1815 ; d. Dec. 30, 1831.
Walter, b. -, 1790, d. May 10, 1790.
Edmund, b. May 10, 1792, d. July 1, 1792.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis died July 24, 1792, aged 33, and Capt. Davis married Catherine Smith of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Chil- dren : ,
Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1794, m. Sophia A. Stewart ; 2d, Louisa Carsley; went to Farmington about 1819; d. Dec. 23, 1873.
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Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1796, m. Thos. W. Tobey; 2d, John S. Scales of Temple ; d. Feb. 4, 1892.
Nathan S., b. Feb. 1, 1799, m. Mrs. Betsey (Cooper) Dimick ; 2d, Eunice Bolan ; d. June 19, 1869.
Sylvanus, b. Mar. 31, 1801, m. Jane Carsley of Gorham ; d. in Farmington, Oct. 29, 1853.
Caroline, b. Nov. 19, 1804, m. Wm. Scales of Temple ; d. Dec. 31, 1891.
Abner, b. Jan. 17, 1807, m. Harriet Butterfield of Farmington ; d. Mar. 28, 1846, in Waldoboro.
Thomas C., b. Sept. 3, 1809, m. Rachel Carleton of Whitefield; both d. in Topeka, Kan.
Jabez, b. March, 1812, d. young in Gorham.
Capt. Davis moved to Farmington about 1815. He was killed in his grist mill by being caught in some of the machinery, Dec. 24, 1831.
Gershom and John Davis were both soldiers in Capt. Mclellan's company, in the Penobscot expedition. Gershom was also a soldier in Capt. Whitmore's company in 1776. He married, Dec. 26, 1779, Elizabeth, daughter of William McCollister. After living in Gorham for a few years, he left town. Of John we have no record.
Daniel Davis of Standish married, March 29, 1826, Miriam, daughter of Jonathan Stone of Gorham. After some years he moved to Gorham, and lived near Little river at Fort Hill, having purchased the saw and grist mill there. Children :
Aveline, b. Jan. 28, 1827, m. Daniel Billings.
Mary Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1829, d. May 25, 1886.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1833, m. Ansel Stevens.
Harriet M., b. Jan. 7, 1838, m. Francis Paine; 2d, David Moore ; d. May, 1877.
William S., b. Aug. 14, 1840, d. young.
Daniel Woodbury, b. Feb. 14, 1842, m. Emily Morton; 2d, Mary E. Watson, Oct. 22, 1870 ; ]'s in the house which his father occupied ; the building was moved back from the river in 1881 on to higher ground.
Daniel Davis died Jan. 2, 1873, and his wife, May 25, 1876.
DEERING.
Jeremiah and Samuel Deering were brothers. They came from Blue Point, probably about the year 1790, and cleared up the farm on which Jeremiah's grandson Charles W. Deering now resides. The first night of their occupancy they hung their beds from the trees and kept a fire burning all night to frighten away the wolves. The brothers built a saw mill and carried lumber to Blue Point to build vessels there and brought from that place hay for their cattle. At this time the only road out to Buxton was a path marked by "spotted " trees.
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Jeremiah Deering married, Mar. 14, 1793, Molly Sawyer of Bux- ton. Their children, born in what was then Scarborough, now Gorham, were :
Eunice, b. Mar. 20, 1794, d. young.
John, b. July 12, 1795, d. young.
Hannah, h. Jan. 12, 1797, d. unm., Jan. 8, 1877, in Gorham.
Jeremiah, b. Oct. 8. 1798, m. Sarah Varney, Feb. 21, 1832.
Abigail, b. June 4, 1801, d. unm., Feb. 21, 1825.
Mary, b. Jan. 7. 1802, m. Abram Winslow; d. Sept. 27, 1828.
Lois. b. Nov. 12, 1804, m. Levi Morrill of Cornish.
John, b. Oct. 19, 1806, m. Pauline Emery ; I'd in Fairfield; d. Jan. 9, 1859.
William, b. Mar. 30. 1809, d. young.
Isabella, b. Mar. 29, 1810, m. Almon Hanscom, Oct. 9, 1836.
William, b. Mar. 3, 1812, m. Betsey Larrabee of Scarboro ; I'd on a farm in the south part of the town, on South St. ; d. at No. Scarboro, Nov. 18, 1878 ; his wife d. in May, 1893. Ch: Caroline, b. Mar. 10, 1843, m. Frank Cram of Portland ; Abba, b. Oct. 30, 1844, m. Thomas J. Skillings of Chicago ; Belle, m. William T. Small of Portland; Luella, m. Winfield Smith of Portland; Addie, m. Nathaniel Knight of N. Berwick.
Charles, b. May 9, 1814, d. unm., Sept. 30, 1837.
Jeremiah Deering died Sept. 29, 1852, and Mrs. Deering, Oct. 24, 1857.
Samuel Deering lived for a time with his brother Jeremiah. At length, however, the brothers divided the farm, and Samuel went to the place where his son James has since lived. He married, June 4, 1794, Nancy Larrabee. Children :
Polly, b. - , m. Jonathan Burnham of Scarboro, Oct. 31, 1832.
Lois B., b. - -, m. Samuel Harper of Limerick, Dec. 30, 1822.
Lydia, b. July 24, 1800, m. Samuel Graffam.
Foxwell, b. Jan. 25, 1802, m. Susanna Harper ; 2d, Jane Meserve ; d. in Buxton.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 18, 1803, I'd near Fairfield.
Eunice, b. Mar. 1, 1805, m. Joseph W. Dresser of Scarboro, p. Feb. 4, 1832.
James, b. Aug. 27, 1807, d. young.
Nancy L., b. Nov. 18, 1808, m. John Woodman, Nov. 20, 1828 ; I'd in Fairfield. William K., b. Jan. 9, 1810, m. Mary A. Barberick ; d. Feb. 1, 1853 ; she, Feb. 16, 1849.
James L., b. Oct. 4, 1811, m. Louisa E. Libby, Dec. 12, 1833; 2d, Irene Hodgdon.
Miranda, b. Oct. 6, 1813, m. John Emery of Fairfield.
Martha M., b. Feb. 16, 1816, d. in Saco, June 10, 1837.
Frederic, b. Apr. 17, 1818, m. Maria Harmon ; I'd and d. in Scarboro.
Samuel Deering died in February, 1839.
(2) Jeremiah Deering, Jr., son of Jeremiah, lived on the farm cleared and occupied by his father. He married Sarah Varney of Windham. Children :
Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1832, d. young.
Mary J., b. Aug. 16, 1834, m. Samuel G. Boothby of Saco, Mar. 7, 1861.
Charles W., b. Apr. 30, 1837, m. Zilpah B. Watson of Hiram, Mar. 17, 1861. Ch : Lelia M., b. Jan. 31, 1862, m. Geo. Sawyer of Buxton; Frank H., b. Sept. 2, 1864, m. Helen M. Burnell, in 1888; Ruth Emma, b. July 8, 1866; Edwin W., b. Sept. 23, 1874, d. Feb. 5, 1880. Mr. Deering l's in
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the south part of the town, on the farm owned by his father and grand- father before him. In 1879, '80, and '81, he was a member of the Board of Selectmen of Gorham, and he has always taken a prominent part in the affairs of the town. It was largely owing to him that that part of Scarboro, known as the "strip," was set off and annexed to Gorham.
Jeremiah Deering, at the time of his death, Sept. 1, 1877, was the last member of the Society of Friends in Gorham. His wife died Dec. 24, 1884, aged 88.
(2) James L. Deering, son of Samuel, lived on his father's old place near the Buxton line, in the southwest corner of the town. He married Louisa E., daughter of Capt. Theodore Libby of Scar- boro. Children :
Caroline, b. Sept. 22, 1834, m. Wallace Phillips of Gorham.
Martin V. B., b. Apr. 7, 1837, m. S. E. Roundy ; I'd in Westbrook.
Samuel, b. Aug. 14, 1839, d. Mar. 10, 1849.
Theodore, b. June, 1849, m. Kate Skillings ; I's in Scarboro.
Mrs. Louisa E. Deering died Aug. 7, 1850, aged 39, and Mr. Deering married, May 18, 1851, Irene, daughter of Timothy and Nancy Hodsdon. Children :
Louisa, b. Aug. 18, 1852, m. J. Augustus Libby of Scarboro, Jan. 1, 1873.
Martha A., b. Sept. 30, 1854, m. David Aldrich.
Louville W., Oct. 16, 1858, m. Jennie Rowe of Baldwin.
Nancy J., b. Oct. 23, 1863, m. Eugene Libby of Scarboro.
Rena Etta, b. Jan. 20, 1868, d. Aug. 26, 1886.
James L. Deering died Feb. 18, 1901.
DOUGLASS.
Elisha Douglass of Limington married, Mar. 3, 1814, Betsey, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Fogg) Blake of Gorham. He came to Gorham and lived for a while on the farm of his wife's father, and then returned to Limington. Children :
Elias, b. in Gorham, d. in Cornish.
Orin, b. in Gorham, I'd in Sebago ; d. March 1898.
Freedom, b. Mar. 2, 1818, m. Elizabeth A. Knight.
Edmund, b. in Limington, m.
- Boody ; 2d, Eliza Mayberry ; I'd in
Windham.
Elisha, b. in Limington, Oct. 16, 1824, m. Ellen E. Patrick ; no ch.
Eliza, b. in Limington, m. David Davidson.
Lewis, b. in Limington, m. Hannah P. Patrick, June 3, 1855; 2d, Frances H. Fogg.
Leonard, b. in Limington, m. Mary Purinton.
Elisha Douglass married second, Salome Morton of Limington ; and died in that town. His children by his second wife were Charles and Almon.
(2) Freedom Douglass, son of Elisha, lived on the Standish road, above Saul C. Higgins's on the old Nathaniel Blake farm. He married Elizabeth A. Knight of Westbrook. Children :
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Orman L., b. June 3, 1842, d. in the army at Fort Laramie, Kansas, Oct. 21, 1864.
Edward K., b. Oct., 1843, m. Josephine Chick.
Elizabeth E., b. Sept. 1, 1844, m. Chas. B. Cotton, Oct. 25, 1862.
Geo. Henry, b. Mar. 15, 1846, m. Winfred Mclellan, Sept. 2, 1871.
Temperance, b. Oct. 25, 1848, m. Chas. P. Libby.
Hattie J., b. Oct. 31, 1850, m. Alfred B. Pride of Deering ; 2d, Fred A. Gammon, of Mich.
Elisha, 3d, b. Sept. 28, 1852, m. Mary Fields of Boston.
Etta, b. July 22, 1854, m. Newell B. Lowell.
Freedom L., b. May 31, 1859, m. Mrs. Nellie M. Jones.
Freedom Douglass died Oct. 24, 1886, aged 68. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Douglass died Aug. 12, 1885, aged 67.
(2) Lewis Douglass, son of Elisha, married Hannah P., daughter of Stephen A. Patrick of Buxton, and lived on the Standish road, about a mile above West Gorham village. Children :
Emma E., m. Dr. Albert W. Lincoln.
Clara E., m. Fred O. Sturgis, May 23, 1883 ; 2d, J. S. Leavitt, Jr.
Ada, m. George Alden, Nov., 1887.
Mary, m. Henry Mosher, June 1, 1892.
Mrs. Hannah Douglass died Dec. 31, 1874, aged 42, and Mr. Douglass married, Mar. 12, 1876, Mrs. Frances H. (Libby) Fogg, widow of Harmon Fogg. He died Aug. 3, 1902, aged 72.
DUNN.
Nathaniel Dunn came to Gorham from Long Creek, Cape Eliza- beth. Feb. 14, 1765 he purchased of Wentworth Stuart and Austin Alden the hundred acre lot 23. Dea. Alden in his diary under date of Aug. 7, 1765 says "Nathaniel Dunn worked for me." In Novem- ber, 1795 he sold his homestead, comprising some seventy acres of the above-mentioned lot, to Benjamin Fickett and his son Moses of Falmouth, and moved to the Blake neighborhood on to the farm now owned by Alonzo Wood, near the schoolhouse.' In 1812 he was a resident of Cornish. His wife was Mercy, daughter of Christopher Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. Children :
Christopher, b. -, m. Susanna Lombard, Feb. 3, 1782 ; 2d. Betty Fogg.
Mercy, b. m. James Emery of Buxton, p. June 14, 1783.
Nathaniel, b. , 1765, m. Betty Atkinson, May 3, 1787.
Joshua (?), b. , m. Rebecca Jones of Cape Elizabeth, Sept. 15, 1791.
Deborah, b. Feb. 6, 1771, m. Joshua Harmon of Scarborough, Jan. 28, 1790. Polly, b. Oct. 10, 1773, m. Abiel Briggs, Jan. 20, 1791. Jonah, b. Feb. 22, 1776.
Samuel, b. Mar. 15, 1778, I'd in Dover, N. H.
Betsey, b. June 17, 1780.
Benjamin, b. -.
David, b.
John, b. - -, m. Lydia Brooks.
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(2) Christopher Dunn, son of Nathaniel, was a soldier of the Revolution - a fifer in Capt. Richard Mayberry's company in 1779. In 1781 he bought of his father thirty acres of the hundred acre lot 23, and in 1785 he purchased sixteen acres of land, the part of the hundred acre lot 22 on which Strout lived. He married Susanna, daughter of Solomon, Jr., and Lydia Lombard. Children : .
Peter, b. May 31, 1782.
Rebecca, b. Apr. 10, 1789.
Lydia.
Richard, b. Jan. 9, 1792.
Christopher Dunn married second, Mar. 30, 1794, Betty, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Fogg, by whom he had Jeremiah, Nathaniel, George and Joshua. The family moved to Belgrade. Mrs. Betty Dunn died in 1848.
(2) Nathaniel Dunn, Jr., son of Nathaniel, was born in Gorham. He married Betty, daughter of Dea. Joseph Atkinson of Buxton Gore, near the Gorham line. After his marriage he bought the farm of Daniel Eldridge, Jr., a part of the hundred acre lot 58, and after- wards moved to Salmon Falls on the Buxton side where he went into trade.
(2) John Dunn, son of Nathaniel, lived for a time in Brownfield. In 1812 he returned to Gorham, exchanging his Brownfield place for his father's old farm, then owned by Benjamin Blake. He married Lydia Brooks of Portland. Children :
Samuel, m. Joan Roberts, Sept. 26, 1826; 2d, Martha Roberts.
Martha, m. William Smith, Oct. 21, 1830.
John, m. Mary E. Goold ; I'd in Buxton.
Sophia, d. unm. Aug. 1, 1860.
Mary Ann, m. Eli Wood, May 22, 1827.
Zebulon, S m. Jane Shepard ; d. in Piqua, Ohio.
Joseph, t. m. Mary Kimball; d. in Portland.
Charles, m. Nancy Taylor; 2d, Lucinda Johnson ; d. in Buxton. Enoch, d. in Dover, N. H.
Silas, m. Serena Dearborn ; d. in Oswego, N. Y.
John Dunn died Feb. 27, 1855, and Lydia his wife, Feb. 20, 1846, aged 76.
(3) Samuel Dunn, son of John, lived on the old place, where his father had lived. He married Joan Roberts of Buxton. Children :
Octavia R., b. Feb. 2, 1827, m. Seth Decker, July 30, 1843.
William F., b. June 29, 1828, d. Jan. 24, 1832.
Sarah, b. July 30, 1830, d. Jan. 10, 1832.
Andrew J., b. Mar. 4, 1832, m. Elizabeth Dodge.
Lydia A., { m. Elias Graffam of Limington, Sept. 9, 1852. Joan, b. Apr. 19, 1834, m. Ezra Flanders.
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GENEALOGY.
Mrs. Joan Dunn died Apr. 25, 1834, aged 31, and Mr. Dunn mar- ried Martha Roberts, (pub. Mar. 6, 1836). Children :
Emily J., b. Feb. 2, 1837, m. William Cloudman, 1856.
Sarah E., b. May 6, 1838, m. Andrew J. Sands of Buxton, June 27, 1858.
Freeman, b. Nov. 9, 1839, m. Carrie Walker ; d. in Harrison.
Harriet, b. , m. Lorenzo B. Emery of Buxton.
Alpha, b. Oct. 25, 1843, m. Lydia York of Waterboro.
William F., b. Oct. 14, 1845, d. at Cape Elizabeth, Apr. 14, 1865 ; member of 20th M. Vols.
Selinda, b. Mar. 5, 1847, m. Joseph Martin.
Samuel, b. Sept. 28, 1849, d. in Harrison, unm. July 23, 1872.
Melville, b. Oct. 4, 1852, d. Apr. 15, 1864.
Clarence, b. Apr. 15, 1855, m. Nellie Deguio; d. Oct. 27, 1882.
Mary E., b. Apr. 5. 1857, d. July 25, 1874.
Evelina, b. Apr. 22, 1862, d. May 27, 1866.
Samuel Dunn died Aug. 12, 1871, aged 70. His wife Martha died Apr. 9, 1893, aged 79.
DYER.
John Dyer of Cape Elizabeth, whose wife was Mary, daughter of Christopher and Mary Strout, received about the year 1760 from the estate of his wife's father a hundred and thirty acres of land in Gor- ham, comprising the thirty acre lot, 80, and the hundred acre lot, 22, which latter piece of land he divided among his children. John Dyer, Jr., had thirty acres from the eastern end ; to Bickford Dyer he gave the next lot of thirty acres; to William Weeks, who married his daughter Dorcas, the adjoining lot of twenty-four acres, and to Prince Strout and wife Christiana, the remaining sixteen acres. July 24, 1786, he gave his son Samuel a deed of his homestead property in Cape Elizabeth and it is supposed came to Gorham and made his home with his son John, Jr.
Bickford Dyer was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisting in Capt. Hart Williams's company, Col. Phinney's regiment. He and his wife Betty sold their land in Gorham Feb. 28, 1789, to Nathaniel Dunn, and probably left town about that time. He died in Baldwin, May 5, 1828.
Apr. 14, 1792, Benjamin Weeks sold to Abiel Briggs the lot and buildings which had belonged to his father and mother, William and Dorcas.
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