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(4) Reuben Elder, son of Reuben, lived in the Quaker neighbor- hood, where Howard Small now lives. He married Ruth M., daughter of Josiah Smith. Children :
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Wm. Sewall, m. Mrs. Bethiah (Bangs) Files, June 23, 1844 ; two ch., Everett and Mary.
George M., m. Harriet Bell of Portland; I'd in Portland.
Greenlief G., m. Sarah Parsons of Biddeford ; I'd in Deering.
Charles L., m. Roxanna Cummings ; I'd in S. Paris.
Harriet E., d. unm. in Gorham.
Edwin F., m. Emeline Harding.
Ruth M .. d. unm. in Gorham.
Esther E., m. Chas. J. Walker ; I'd in Portland ; d. in Gorham in 1898.
Frances A., m. B. F. Whitney.
Mary J., d. unm. in Portland about Feb., 1894.
Reuben Elder died in Gorham in 1866.
(4) Peter Elder, son of Samuel (3), lived at the north part of the town on the place now owned by William Fogg until about 1867 or '68, when he removed to Portland. He married Mary J., daughter of Rufus Harmon. Children :
Helen M., b. Feb. 20, 1841, d. young.
Mary C., b. May 12, 1842, m. William Cameron.
Clara M., b. Aug. 28, 1846, m. Herbert Sylvester.
Ida, b. July 28, 1851, m. James Pooler.
Ruth M., b. - , is a teacher.
Peter Elder died in Portland in 1880. His widow lives in Port- land with her children.
ELDRIDGE.
Daniel Eldridge came to Gorham from Wellfleet, Mass. He pur- chased of Enoch Freeman of Falmouth, Oct. 16, 1770, the hundred acre lot 58, which adjoins the eastern line of Narragansett No. 1, ( Buxton ). This lot is west of where the late Col. Colman Harding lived. In November, 1774, Daniel Eldridge sold a part of this lot to Zephaniah Harding. In January, 1774, his house was burned, and a son, seven years old perished in the flames. (See Chapter XVII.) Mr. Eldridge's wife was Abigail -- , whom he married before coming to Gorham. We have no record of their family. There is but one child recorded as being born in Gorham : Ebenezer, b. Mar. 26, 1771. Doubtless other children were born before the family came here. There was a son, Daniel, Jr., who married, Mar. 17, 1785, Phebe Cobb, and had a child, Sarah, born in Gorham. He lived in Buxton where he died June 10, 1832, leaving several children. We find on record the following, who were also, probably, children of Daniel and Abigail Eldridge : Deborah, married Jonathan Brown, formerly of Wellfleet, Aug. 1, 1779; Elizabeth, married Benjamin Woodman of Buxton, 1778. Capt. Daniel Eldridge was quite noted in his day as a song and ballad maker. He died, probably, in 1808 or 1809.
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ELWELL.
Jonathan Elwell is the first of the name we find in town. His name appears, for the first time, on the tax list for 1775 where he has no property, but is taxed a poll and two shillings for faculty which indicates a fair standing. He came from Cape Ann, Mass. He had a wife, whose maiden name was probably Horton. By her he had at least three children :
Rebecca, m. William Adams of Buxton, Dec. 13, 1786.
Sarah, m. Stephen Adams of Buxton, Apr. 14, 1782.
Isaac, m. Mary Butterfield of Standish, July 30, 1796.
Mr. Elwell's second wife was Sarah Brimhall. She was a sister of Sylvanus Brimhall, and Mr. Elwell probably married her in Fal- mouth. By her he had three children :
George, b. Oct. 31, 1775, m. Mehitable Cain of Buxton, Oct. 4, 1798.
Mary, b. May 2, 1778.
Mercy, b. Apr. 16, 1780, m. Joseph Adams, Apr. 12, 1802.
Jonathan Elwell married, Feb. 5, 1794, a third wife, Sarah Cotton, the daughter of William Cotton, the tanner. By her he had one child :
Abigail, d. unm., Apr. 25, 1827.
Mr. Elwell first settled in the Mosher neighborhood where he kept a tavern. In the year 1778 he kept a public house at Gorham Cor- ner where the store of R. G. Harding lately stood. We find meetings of the Proprietors notified to meet at his public house in Gorham. He died on the farm known as the Joseph Adams farm on the two rod road which then ran westerly from near the David Freeman farm, above Fort Hill, Sept. 30, 1818, aged 84.
Jonathan Elwell had a sister Rachel who married in Cape Eliza- beth, Thomas Morton, son of Capt. Bryant Morton of Gorham.
(2) Isaac Battle Elwell, son of Jonathan, married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Harding) Butterfield of Standish. Children :
David, b. in Standish, May 9, 1797.
John, b. in Gorham, Nov. 17, 1798.
Sally Adams, b. in Gorham, Aug. 28, 1802.
(2) George Elwell, son of Jonathan, lived on a farm not far above West Gorham, near the William Cotton place. The rising ground on which his house was situated is still known as Bramhall's Hill. He married Mehitable Cain of Buxton. Children :
Sally, b. -- , 1799, d. unm., Mar., 1883, in Gorham.
Mary, b. -, d. unm., in Gorham, July 29, 1842.
Ruth, b. , m. Thos. H. Davis of Buxton, p. Oct. 19, 1831.
Henry W., b. Feb. 24, 1809, m. Elsie Libby, Sept. 29, 1828 ; d. Mar. 30, 1863.
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George, b. Jan. 18, 1810, m. Nancy Smith of Standish, in 1836. Ch : Preston, b. June 4, 1837, m. Mary Cannell of Windham ; Benjamin D., b. Aug. 12, 1839, m. Martha Skillings of Westbrook ; Mary E., b. July 14, 1842, d. Oct. 12, 1859; Joanna F., b. Aug. 27, 1844, m. Josiah Marean, 2d, Winthrop Dresser of Standish ; Abigail H., b. May 23, 1847, d. ag. 19; Roscoe G., b. about 1849, d. ag. 17 ; Lovanthia J., b. June 1, 1852, m. Horace Cressey of Buxton ; Lendall J., b. June 30, 1854, m. Sarah Lamb of Windham, I's on the old Elwell place; Fannie F., b. Feb. 4, 1857, m. Clarence Marean of Standish. Mrs. Elwell d. in 1883, ag. 72 ; Mr. El- well d. July 25, 1895.
George Elwell was lost at sea in October, 1810. At the time of his death he was mate of the vessel in which he sailed, and was to have gone captain on the next voyage. Mrs. Mehitable Elwell died at the house of her son George, July 7, 1852, aged 76.
William Elwell purchased a saw and grist mill of Zephaniah Hard- ing at Great Falls in 1792. He married, June 12, 1792, Molly, daughter of John and Isabella (Martin) Sawyer of Buxton. Children recorded in Gorham :
Jabez, b. May 15, 1794. Joseph, b. June 9, 1796. Mary, b. July 11, 1798. John, b. Apr. 22, 1800.
EMERY.
John and Anthony Emery were sons of John and Agnes Emery. They were born in England, and came to America with their wives in the ship "James" of London in 1635. John finally settled in Newbury, Mass., and Anthony in Portsmouth, N. H., after having lived in Newbury, Mass., Dover, N. H., and Kittery, Me. From these two brothers are descended all the Emerys of Gorham and the neighboring towns.
John Emery's name appears on the tax list as having been a resi- dent of Gorham in 1776. Dec. 2Ist of that year he was published to Sarah, daughter of John, Jr., and Rebecca Phinney of Gorham. They have the birth of one child on the Gorham records : Benjamin, born May 11, 1778. There is no further record of the family, but it is probable that this was the John Emery of Gorham who was a pri- vate in Capt. Paul Ellis's company, and a Corporal in Capt. Samuel Whitmore's company, in the war of the Revolution.
James Emery, son of James and Mercy (Bean) Emery, was born in Buxton about the year 1763. He married Mercy Dunn, (pub. June 14, 1783). She was probably the daughter of Nathaniel and Mercy Dunn who were among the early settlers of Gorham. We have no perfect list of their children but there were :
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Nathaniel, b. July 15, 1786, d. in 1803.
Hannah, b. -, d. young in 1790.
Joshua, b. Sept. 9, 1792, d. Jan. 16, 1858.
James, b. Aug. 22, 1794, d. Nov. 22, 1844, in Tamworth, N. H.
James Emery married second, July 14, 1796, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Fogg of Gorham, by whom he had :
Martha, b. Nov. 4, 1797, m. Rev. Nathaniel Strout ; d. Feb., 1838.
Hannah, b. June 12, 1804, d. unm. Jan. 28, 1852.
Sarah, b. May 13, 1806, d. Apr. 29, 1877.
Joseph, b. July 4, 1808, d. Mar. 11, 1866.
Jeremiah, b. Aug. 13, 1812.
Mary, b. Nov. 4, 1814, d. unm. Feb. 16, 1848.
Mr. Emery moved to Limington, where most of his younger chil- dren were born. He died in 1844, and his wife, Dec. 22, 1840.
Stephen Emery, son of Stephen and Sarah (Hodgdon) Emery, was born December, 1753, and married, Sept. 8, 1775, Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Shackley) Emery, and second, Mar. 6, 1783, Mrs. Mary (Libby) Sharples, daughter of Capt. Thos. Libby and widow of John Sharples of Portsmouth. Mr. Emery joined the Shakers at Alfred, left them, returned, and again left them. He had a grist mill at Great Falls, and died in Gorham in 1830. He had ten children, none of whom were born in Gorham. Calvin, his youngest child, born in Biddeford, Dec. 3, 1806, married, Nov. 8, 1830, Rebecca, daughter of James and Rebecca (Huston) Warren of Gorham. Chil- dren of Calvin and Rebecca Emery :
Elizabeth J., b. Jan. 6, 1831, m, Albert L. Matthews of Windham, Oct. 15, 1859. Albert, b. Feb. 7, 1833, went to sea in 1852 ; was never heard from.
Charles F., b. Oct. 26, 1835, d. young.
Emily F., b. Aug. 22, 1841, d. Nov. 17, 1844.
Frank J., b. July 1, 1847, d. Oct., 1895.
Clara A., b. Sept. 3, 1850, m. John Chaffin of California.
Calvin Emery died at No. Windham about 1882. Mrs. Rebecca Emery died in Waltham, Mass., in February, 1897.
Joshua Emery, son of Stephen and Sarah (Hodgdon) Emery, lived for a time in Alfred where he had a pottery. He removed to Wind- ham and from that place to Gorham where he lived at Great Falls and ran a grist mill. He was a soldier in the Revolution in 1775. He married, Sept. 3, 1778, Tirzah Emery, by whom he had seven children :
Mary, b.
Hannah, b. -, d. young.
Sarah, b.
James, b. about 1787, m. Sally Bolton, Sept. 5, 1811.
Elijah, b. Jan. 3, 1793, m. Rhoda Parker, p. Mar. 22, 1817; 2d, Mrs. Miriam Leavitt.
Jane, b. about 1795, m. Levi Hall, p. Apr. 7, 1814.
Elisha, b. - , d. about 1850, unm.
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Joshua Emery married second, Mrs. Dolly (Hall) Woodward, widow of John Woodward, by whom he had :
Lucretia, b. May 15, 1814, m. William Rogers of Little Falls.
Hannah, b. May 16, 1816, m. Wm. Rich of Standish, Oct. 19, 1837 ; d. Nov. 17,1850.
Mrs. Dorothy Emery died Dec. 15, 1818, and Mr. Emery married Mrs. Abigail Whitney of Gorham, (pub. Apr. 3, 1819). He died in Gorham, Apr. 6, 1827.
(2) James Emery, son of Joshua and Tirzah Emery, married Sally, daughter of William and Ann Bolton. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He lived at White Rock, where his son Otis afterwards lived. Children :
Jane, b. about 1814, m. Tyng Wilson of Gray, July 2, 1837.
William, b. Aug. 7, 1816, d. July 7, 1817.
Martha, b. Nov. 25, 1818, m. Elias Sweetser ; I'd in Port Huron, Mich.
Otis, b. about 1821, m. Sarah E. Dudley ; d. at White Rock, Sept. 2, 1897.
Baxter, b. ., m. Mary Haley of Biddeford ; 2d, Jane Swazey.
Elizabeth, b. about 1826, d. Oct. 21, 1846.
Frances, b. about 1829, d. Aug. 25, 1832.
William, b. - -, m. Lydia Maddox; d. in Saco.
Frances E., b. April, 1837, m. William S. Edwards of Portland.
James Emery died in Gorham, Mar. 19, 1840, aged 52. Mrs. Emery died April 9, 1879, aged 89.
Daniel C. Emery, son of Jonathan and Jean (Stevens) Emery, was born in Buxton, May 2, 1803. He was of the eighth generation from Anthony Emery, the immigrant. He came to live in Gorham about 1823, and was for some time engaged in teaching. He was a prominent man in town affairs, and a good citizen, identified with the best interests of the town. He was a member of the State Leg- islature in 1843 and 1844. He was high sheriff in 1856; and was for some time treasurer of Gorham Academy. He married, Aug. 9, 1826, Lucia Jordan of Cape Elizabeth. Children :
Jesse Appleton, b. May 22, 1827, m. Phebe Brown, Ang. 22, 1848; d. May 22, I862.
Sarah Ellen, b. May 6, 1829, m. William S. Briggs, Oct. 5, 1847 ; d. Feb. 6, 1850.
Joseph Melville, b. June 1, 1831, m. Kate Bartlett, Jan. 5, 1853 ; d. July 24, 1855.
Mrs. Lucia Emery died Sept. 17, 1834, aged 36. Capt. Emery married second, Mrs. Mary A. (Barrett) Fogg. Children :
Eliza Barrett, b. Aug. 15, 1836.
George Barrett, b. June 28, 1838 ; a lawyer in Gorham ; d. unm. Aug. 11, 1898. Lucia Anna, b. Oct. 15, 1847.
Capt. Emery died June 1, 1881, aged 78. Mrs. Emery died Aug. 13, 1864, aged 58.
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ESTES.
Robert Estes and his wife Dorcas (Chestly) moved to Gorham in 1835. They had a family of ten children all born in Windham. Joseph their eldest son born Feb. 3, 1805, came to Gorham from Windham (Gambo). He was a stone cutter by trade. July 10, 1834, he married Maria, daughter of Samuel and Martha Edwards. Chil- dren :
Martha M., b. July 19, 1835, m. Wm. H. Jones, Jan. 20, 1861.
Albert S , b. Feb. 21, 1837, k'd at the battle of Manassas, Aug. 29, 1862.
Dana, b. Mar. 4. 1840, m. Apr. 11, 1867, Louise S. Reid, who d. Aug. 1, 1883 ; 2d, Nov. 10, 1884, Grace D. Couse; served in the Union army as a pri- vate in Co. A, 13th Mass. Inf. ; wounded at 2d. Bull Run; senior mem- ber of the publishing firm of Dana Estes & Co., Boston, Mass.
Abba A., b. June 13, 1842, d. July 16, 1862.
Mary H., b. Aug. 11, 1844, m. E. P. Pennell.
George H., b. July 10, 1847, d. young.
Ellen M .. b. June 14, 1849, m. Edward A. Hooper, N. Cambridge, Mass.
Harriet A., b. Ang. 12, 1851, m. A. P. Ayer of Windham.
Joseph Estes died May 30, 1892, and his wife Martha, Apr. 21, 1893, aged 84.
Levi Estes, son of Robert and Dorcas, was born Nov. 1, 1820. He married, Feb. 25, 1849, Hannah L. Cloudman. Children : Frank E., b. Aug. 25, 1854, d. young ; Ernestine, b. June 16, 1856; and Jesse C., b. Nov. 8, 1857. Mrs. Hannah Estes died Mar. 18, 1897, aged 73.
Abigail, born in 1810, and Charles H., born in 1827, children of Robert and Dorcas Estes, died unmarried in Gorham in 1846 and 1873, respectively.
Robert Estes died at Gambo, July 16, 1872, aged 95, and his wife Dorcas, Nov. 17, 1867, aged 87.
FARNHAM.
Simeon Farnham, a descendant of Ralph Farnham, the Welch emigrant who settled in Andover, Mass., and married Elizabeth Holt, came to Gorham from Andover as early as 1786. He was by trade a tanner. His tan yard was about where the house of the late Mrs. Stephen Hinkley now stands. He owned the lot of land from the Pierce house (now Mrs. Chesley's) to the old Clark lot (which is the Hinkley tan yard). About 1805 he built on the westerly end of his lot the large three-story brick house which was destroyed by fire in 1871, at which time it was used as a hotel. Mr. Farnham married in 1787, Elizabeth Johnson of Andover. Children :
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Simeon, b. Aug. 9, 1788.
John, b. Mar. 5, 1790, m. Ann March, Feb. 28, 1825.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1792, m. Col. Samuel L. Valentine of Bangor (Ist wife).
Roxana, b. Apr. 7, 1794, d. when a young lady.
Charles, b. May 8, 1796, m. Lucy ---; I'd and d. in Newburg, Me.
Henry B., b. Apr. 1, 1798, m. Harriet May of Winthrop ; d. in Bangor. Frederick, b. June 30, 1800, m. - ; I'd in Bangor.
Edward, b. Sept. 4, 1802.
Major Simeon Farnham died in Bangor.
(2) John Farnham, son of Simeon, was long a trader here. He was town treasurer for several years, and was postmaster at the vil- lage from 1857 to 1861. He married Ann, daughter of Col. James and Sally March. Children :
George V., b. Feb. 14, 1827, m. Jane Duran ; d. Nov. 18, 1863.
Henry B., b. Mar. 16, 1828, d. young.
Henry, b. May 10, 1829, d. young.
Sarah E., b. Feb. 1, 1832, d. Aug. 5, 1846, in Gorham.
Ann M., b. Nov. 15, 1835, in Bangor.
John C., b. Aug. 15, 1836, in Orono; m. Abby Y. Crooker of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; d. Mar. 1, 1888.
William H. P., b. Nov. 6, 1838, in Gorham ; m. Annie L. M. Farliss of Salem, Mass .; d. Aug. 23, 1891.
Capt. John Farnham died June 25, 1868. Mrs. Farnham died Jan. 18, 1892, aged 91.
FILES.
William Files, the ancestor of all the Files family in Gorham, was born in England in 1728. Having a step-father he ran away from home when but nine years old and hid himself in the hold of a sail- ing vessel. The captain of the vessel, finding him, landed him on Cape Cod where he sold him for his passage. The boy worked till he had paid up this debt and finally accumulated quite a property. He married Mrs. Joanna (Gordan) Moore of Cape Cod in 1756, and went to York, Me., where his two eldest children were born. From York he came to Gorham and bought from John Freeman thirty- eight acres of land, which was a part of the two hundred acres granted by the Proprietors to the two sons of Capt. Phinney, Edmund and Stephen. Here he made a clearing and built a log cabin in which he and his family lived. At a later date he built the two-story house now occupied by his great-grandson David F. Files. The site of the log cabin was a few rods south of that of the house, on the other side of the present road.
Mr. Files was in the English army at the capture of Fort William Henry on Lake George. In company with Zephaniah Harding of Gorham he was captured by the Indians, but by superior strength
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made his escape from the two Indians who had taken him. They pursued him for some time through the woods but at last he, in company with Zephaniah Harding who had also made his escape, eluded them by crawling into a large hollow log. The pursuers not finding them elsewhere cut several holes into the log, being of the opinion that their prisoners were secreted within, and even went so. far as to build fires at the ends of the log in order, if they were there to smoke them out, but the smoke would not draw into their hiding place. After trying in vain to dislodge them the Indians became con- vinced that they were mistaken and went off. When all was clear Files and Harding crawled out more dead than alive, and made their way through incalculable hardships through the wilderness to their homes, where they arrived so much emaciated and worn out that there was, as they said, scarce the form of a man to either of them. They were about a month in the woods with nothing on which to subsist save roots and berries, and often had to make a meal on browse ; had often to ford and swim rivers and make large detours to get around lakes and ponds, with shoes worn out and clothes literally torn from their backs.
On account of Mr. Files's service in the Regiment of Rangers he was known as "William, the old Ranger." He was one of the oldest members of the Congregational church in Gorham ; and was a man of the strictest honor, honesty and integrity. He is said never to have paid but twenty cents interest, so careful was he never to be in debt. He died Mar. 21, 1823, aged 95. Mrs. Files died January, 1816, aged 75. Children of William and Joanna Files :
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 24, 1758, m. Molly Elder, p. Apr. 8, 1780.
Samuel, b. Aug. 4, 1759, m. Esther Thomes, Sept. 28, 1780.
William, b. Aug. 15, 1761, m. Hannah Sturgis, Dec. 30, 1784; 2d, Mary McKenney.
Robert M., b. Feb. 13, 1764, m. Ruth Woodman of Minot, p. Dec. 10, 1808; she d. Sept. 13, 1809, and he m. Dec. 11, 1811, Sally, dau. of Gershom and Nancy Winship of Windham ; no ch. by either wife. Mr. Files I'd near White Rock on the farm since owned by Theodore Shackford; he d. Mar. 23, 1833, and his wife Sarah, Nov. 13, 1846, ag. 83. George, b. Feb. 2, 1766, m. Temperance Sturgis, Oct. 10, 1789.
Joseph, b Dec. 11, 1767, m. Anna Haskell. p. Dec. 22, 1798.
Polly, b. July 2, 1771, m. Daniel Small of Raymond, Nov. 14, 1819.
Joanna, b. May 11, 1774, d. young.
Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1779, m. Rev. Joseph Higgins of Thorndike, Jan. 3, 1804.
(2) Ebenezer Files, son of William, lived at West Gorham, where Everett Files now lives. He married Molly Elder. Children :
William E., b. Apr. 3, 1781, m. Abigail Shaw, May 8, '1803; 2d, Elizabeth Moulton.
Ebenezer, b. June 7, 1783, m. Sarah Stuart of Standish, Dec. 1, 1814.
Edward, b. Feb. 11, 1786, m. Hannah Shaw, June 27, 1810.
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Molly, b. June 7, 1789.
Joanna, b. Mar. 7, 1792, m. Peter Wardwell of Otisfield, 1813.
Esther, b. June 23, 1795, m. Jonathan Wardwell of Otisfield, 1816.
Ebenezer Files died Sept. 30, 1833, and his wife Molly, Feb. 28, 1833, aged 75.
(2) Samuel Files, son of William, was in the army of the Revolu- tion, having entered the service at the age of sixteen. He married Esther Thomes and lived on his father's place between West Gorham and Fort Hill, where David Files now lives. Children :
Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1781, m. Katie Linnell; 2d, Sarah Bryant of Raymond.
Thomas, b. - - -, 1783, m. June 11, 1807, Statira, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah P. Phinney of Standish ; most of their ch. were b. in Raymond ; they were, Mercy, d. y, ; Ebenezer; Thomas, I's in Deering ; Wentworth P., b. in Gorham, m. Ann Lombard, d. in Portland ; Elmira, d. unm ; Eunice, d. unm; Sarah, m. N. E. Ridlon of Portland; Caroline, m. Nathaniel N. Lang of Portland. Thomas Files d. in Portland.
Joseph, b. - -, 1785, m. Peggy Wescott, Jan. 22, 1810; 2d, Sally Morton ; went to Thorndike.
Robert, b. about 1787, m. Patience Phinney, Apr. 2, 1818 ; 2d, Ann B. Thomes. Abigail, b. about 1789, m. Luther Libby of Scarborough, Dec. 18, 1846; 2d, Rev. Sargent Shaw, July 19, 1860 ; d. July 27, 1880.
Eunice, b. about 1791, m. David Thompson of Thorndike.
George, b. about 1793, m. Anna Stone ; went to Thorndike.
Ebenezer S., b. about 1795, m. Patience Phinney, May 14, 1818; went to Thorndike.
Stephen, b. Feb., 1800, m. Eunice B. Freeman, Oct. 21, 1827.
Sally, b. -, 1802, m. Luther Libby, Jan. 22, 1843.
Samuel Files died Apr. 7, 1835 ; Mrs. Files died Mar. 1. 1844, aged 81.
(2) William Files, Jr., son of William, married Hannah, daughter of Jonathan and Temperance Sturgis. Children :
Jonathan E., b. Nov. 4, 1785, m. Esther Libby, Sept. 11, 1811 ; I'd and d. in Raymond.
Betsey, b. Apr. 21, 1788, m. Benjamin Leavitt.
Allen, b Feb. 4, 1791, was a F Bapt. minister; d. in Wales, Me.
Abigail, b. Dec. 14, 1793, d unm in Raymond.
Nathaniel S., b. July 12, 1796, was in Capt. Bettis's Company in the War of 1812 ; was a farmer; went to Ohio.
Hannah, b. May 18, 1799, d. Dec. 10, 1820.
Sylvanus, b. Sept. 22. 1803, m. Phebe Rounds, Mar. 1, 1827.
William, b. -, m. Roxana Libby, Sept. 27, 1827 ; I'd in Gorham where Greenlief Fickett now I's. Ch: Dorothy E .; Harriet ; Roswell. Mr. Files d. in Portland.
Mrs. Hannah Files died Mar. 13, 1811, aged 44, and Mr. Files married Aug. 30, 1812, Mary McKenney of Scarboro. William Files, Jr. died Apr. 8, 1834.
(2) George Files, son of William, lived above West Gorham in the Blake neighborhood, on the place where his grandson Wesley Files now lives. He married Temperance Sturgis, a sister of his brother William's first wife. Children :
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Temperance G., b. June 20, 1791, m. Eli Ayer of Buxton, Feb. 9, 1814.
Nabby, b May 3, 1794, m. Nathan Kimball of Buxton, Dec. 27, 1814.
Tahpenes, b. Aug. 8, 1796, m. Alexander Phinney, Jan. 21, 1819.
Sally, b. - , 1803, d. unm., Jan. 9, 1886.
Louisa R., b. -, 1806, d. unm., Mar. 21, 1896.
Jonathan S., b. - , 1811, m. Levisa A. Whitney, p. Feb. 15, 1835.
George Files died Jan. 7, 1853, and his wife Temperance, Sept. 19, 1824, aged 55.
(2) Joseph Files, son of William, lived at White Rock. He mar- ried Anna, daughter of John Haskell. Children :
Joanna, b. June 6, 1800, m. Daniel Fogg, Aug. 27. 1821.
Mary H., b. Feb. 1, 1802, m William Frost of Norway ; d. Apr. 11, 1850.
Mercy L., b. Feb. 14, 1804, d. June 23, 1810.
John H., b. Dec. 4, 1805. m. Dorcas Nason of Standish, Dec. 21, 1834; d. in Stoneham, Feb. 10, 1886.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1807, m. Ai Libby, Sept. 3, 1833; 2d, Samuel Johnson, Mar. 3, 1854.
Dorothy, b. Dec. 9, 1808, d. May 29, 1827.
Ruth W., b. Mar. 18, 1811, m. Francis Small, 3d, of Raymond, June 30, 1844 ; d. March, 1897.
Lydia P., b. May 23, 1813, m. Thomas H. Abbott of Saco, p, Ang. 7, 1836; d. June 23, 1849.
Daniel H, b. Mar. 18, 1815, m. Elizabeth Rich, p. Jan. 27, 1850; d. Oct. 21, 1891.
Patience P., b. Feb. 4, 1817, m. Gershom H. Skillings, Apr. 12, 1843.
Mark, b. Dec. 17, 1818, d. Nov. 5, 1842.
Martha A., b. Nov. 8, 1821, d. unm. in 1893.
Merrill T., b. Jan. 31, 1823, m. Martha Libby, Mar., 1853; 2d, Mrs. Mary E. Merrill.
Joseph Files died May 9, 1854. Mrs. Files died Oct. 13, 1862.
(3) William E. Files, son of Ebenezer, was for two years a Repre- sentative to the Legislature, and in 1838 was one of the selectmen of this town. He married Abigail, daughter of Sargent and Salome (Lombard) Shaw of Standish. Children :
Anna, b. Dec. 12, 1804, d. Jan. 22, 1807.
Ebenezer, b. Aug. 22, 1806, d. young.
Lothrop L, b. Jan. 19, 1808, m. Mary P. Merrill of Buxton, 1844; d. Sept. 27, 1870, leaving no chn.
Salome S., b. Apr. 29, 1811, d. unm., Sept. 25, 1869.
Josiah M., b. Aug. 29, 1813, d. young.
William E., b. May 27, 1815, m. Apphia H., dan. of Timothy and Susan Blake, Nov., 1837. Ch : Almon L., b. Apr. 6, 1840, m. Eliza Lombard ; Lothrop L., b. 1850, m. Mary Whitney, d. Aug. 25, 1892, she, Oct. 16, 1889. William E. Files, Jr., d. May 26, 1884; Mrs. Files I'd with her son Almon on the old homestead which had been owned by his grand- father William E. Files, where she d. Feb. 21, 1897, ag. 78.
Francis, b. July 13, 1817, m. Hannah Watts of Buxton, Oct. 29, 1844. Ch : Frank Augustus, b. May 26, 1846, m. Cornelia A. Watson, Mar. 4, 1873 ; Henry B., b. July 10, 1851, d. Mar. 12, 1876; Lewis L., b. May 24, 1856, m. Nellie J. Douglass, Dec. 30, 1878. Mrs. Hannah Files d. Oct. 17, 1860, ag. 42, and Mr. Files m. 2d, Harriet Hasty. Ch : Frederic H., b. Dec. 1, 1862, m. Mary B. Meserve, Feb. 11, 1890; Anna M., b. Oct. 13, 1867. Francis Files d. Nov. 26, 1880.
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