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Abigail S., b. Mar. 10, 1819, d. Aug. 1, 1863.
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Mrs. Abigail Files died Mar. 13, 1819, aged 39, and Mr. Files married Nov. 4, 1819, Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Moulton of Standish. Children :
Lorenzo D., b. Oct. 31, 1821, m. Sarah Sturgis, June 17, 1855; 2d, Mrs. Etta Flood.
Albion K. P., b. May 19, 1824, m. Marilla M. Spear, Nov. 30, 1854. Ch : Hattie ; Mary L., d. Aug. 23, 1873, ag. 15; Emma, m. Geo. Evans of Somerville, Mass .; Lizzie S., d. Nov. 17, 1882, ag. 17. Mr. Files repre- sented the town in the Legislature in 1867-8. He d. Oct. 21, 1872, and his widow m. Wm. M. Dyer.
Elizabeth M., b. , d. young.
Harriet E., b. Apr. 9, 1827, d. unm. Aug. 31, 1849.
Cyrus, b. Jan. 11, 1832.
Juliette M., b. Jan. 2, 1838, m. William E. Files.
Mr. Files lived on the farm since owned and occupied by his grand- son, Almon L. Files, near W. Gorham. He died Dec. 24, 1843. Mrs. Elizabeth Files died Feb. 24, 1857, aged 62.
(3) Ebenezer Files, Jr., son of Ebenezer, lived where Everett Files now lives, near the cemetery at West Gorham. He married Sarah, daughter of Wentworth Stuart, Jr. Children :
Esther, b. Nov. 29, 1816, m. Ithiel Blake, Nov. 29, 1838.
Katherine, b. Oct. 28, 1819, m. Edward Boynton; d. about 1872 or '73. Eunice M., b. June 11, 1822, m. Solomon Strout of Portland, Dec. 29, 1845.
Edward, b. July 28, 1825, m. Jane, dau. of Edward D. and Apphia (Philbrick) Boynton, of Cornish, 1851. Ch : Adelaide, b. Sept. 25, 1851, d. Sept. 29, 1870 ; Charles G., b. 1853, m. Emma Woodman; Eugenia, b. 1857, m. James Harmon ; Everett, b. Apr. 13, 1859, m. Sadie Whitney; Sarah, b. Sept. 18, 1865, m. Levi Bemis; Ebenezer S., b. Sept., 1868, m. Bertha Vogal. Edward Files I'd where his father had I'd. He d. at W. Gorham, Oct. 26, 1874 ; his wife d. in California about 1891.
Peter W., b. Sept. 14, 1828, m. Irene C. Higgins; 2d, Mary Pride; 3d, Mrs. Mary Crockett.
Andrew H., b. June 9, 1832, m. Sarah Louise Yeaton of Newcastle, N. H., Mar. 4, 1859. Mr. Files was for many years a successful teacher in Portland. He d. in that city, May 7, 1894, leaving two ch., Minnie A., now a teacher in Portland, and George Taylor Files, Professor of Ger- man in Bowdoin College. -
Ebenezer Files, Jr., died May 3, 1872. Mrs. Files died Apr. 8, 1873, aged 78.
(3) Edward Files, son of Ebenezer, lived in the Whitney neighbor- hood where his son William E. now lives. He married Hannah Shaw of Standish. Children :
Ebenezer, b. Dec. 22, 1810, m. Bethiah, dau. of Joseph and Mary Bangs, May 28, 1837. Ch : James Milton, b. Feb. 22, 1838; Lucretia A., b. Jan. 5, 1840, m. Samuel Dingley. Ebenezer Files d. Nov. 8, 1842, and his widow m. William S. Elder.
Sargent, b. Oct. 9, 1812, d. Aug. 9, 1818.
Ann S., b. Sept. 12, 1815, m. Ezekiel Strout of Standish, p. Nov. 17, 1850. Edward, b. Feb. 26, 1818, m. Hannah, dau. of Enoch and Drusilla Crockett, June 22, 1845. Ch : Drusilla, b. Mar. 13, 1846, m. Henry Spear of Aroostook ; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 4, 1847 ; Herbert G., b. June 3, 1851, m.
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Nellie Douglass, 2d, Mrs. Jennie Manchester ; Horace W., b. Nov. 4, 1852; Atwood W., b. Dec., 1855, d. y. ; Sophia J., b. Mar. 22, 1857, d. Jan. 27, 1895; Sargent S., b. Sept. 20, 1861 ; Frank M., b. Dec. 22, 1865. Mrs. Hannah Files d. June 11, 1891. Mr. Files I's in the Whitney neigh- borhood on a part of his father's farm.
Sargent S., b. Apr. 8, 1820, d. in Saccarappa.
Joseph S., b. Oct. 6, 1822, d. Dec. 3, 1846.
Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1825, m. William Willis of Buxton, Apr. 7, 1853.
Betsey, b. Feb. 13, 1828, m. Mitchell Leavitt of Mass.
Salome,
Hannah L., b. Sept. 12, 1830, 3 m. Atwood Wright of Mass., Nov. 8, 1858. William E., b. Dec. 22, 1832, m. Juliette M. Files.
Edward Files died Aug. 3, 1867. Mrs. Hannah Files died Nov. 12, 1878.
(3) Robert Files, son of Samuel, lived on Fort Hill. He married Patience Phinney, daughter of Ebenezer, and sister to his brother Thomas's wife : Children :
Maria M., b. Apr. 9, 1819, m. Richard Sanborn of Portland, Nov. 21, 1847.
Aurelia C., b. Apr. 12, 1821, m. John Billings, Dec. 9, 1841.
Joan M., b. Jan. 10, 1823. d. Nov. 17, 1843.
Melville B. C., b. May 14, 1825.
Ebenezer P., b. July 6, 1827, burned to death with powder, Nov. 9, 1837. Robert J., b. Dec. 10, 1831.
William H. P., b. Jan. 28, 1833, m. Ora Holbrook of Rockland; d. at Cumber- land Mills.
Mary Coleman, b. about 1835, d. young.
Mrs. Patience Files died Sept. 16, 1850, and Mr. Files married Mrs. Ann (Berry) Thomes. He died Mar. 7, 1860, aged 72.
(3) Ebenezer Scott Files, son of Samuel, married Patience, daugh- ter of Joseph and Susan Phinney. Children :
Albert, b. Feb. 19, 1819, m. Sarah Hill of Gorham; d. in Bangor.
Mary A., b. Apr. 27, 1821, m. Joseph Temple.
Adeline, b. May 10, 1823, m. Rufus Roberts.
Harriet H., b. Dec. 3, 1825, m. Trueman Harmon.
Joseph P., b. Mar. 24, 1828, m. Rebecca Hill of Thorndike; 2d, Kate Libby, Oct. 19, 1855 ; 3d, Ada Roberts of Bangor.
Nancy. b. Sept. 9, 1830, m. Levi Temple; 2d, Mr. Hackett ; d. in Brewer.
Samuel, b. July 28, 1833, d. young.
Esther, b. - , m. I. S. Patten of Newport, Me.
Robert, b. , m. and l's in Charlestown, Mass.
Ebenezer, b. , m. Mary Plummer.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Files died in Detroit, Me.
(3) Stephen Files, son of Samuel, was a shoemaker. He lived between West Gorham and Fort Hill on the farm now owned by Charles E. Rolfe. He married Eunice B., daughter of David Freeman. Children :
David F., b. Mar. 3, 1830, m. Fannie Curtis, Jan. 1, 1857; 2d, Morgie Eastman. Hannah H., b. Nov. 16, 1832, m. Charles S. D. Prince, Mar. 28, 1850.
Charles, b. 1842, d. Apr. 21, 1843.
Susan A., b. Nov. 19, 1844, m. Paul R. Seavey of Bangor.
Stephen Files died Apr. 15, 1882, and Mrs. Files Jan. 6, 1885.
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(3) Sylvanus Files, son of William, Jr., was a carpenter by trade. He married Phebe, daughter of Abial and Mary Rounds. Children :
James R., b. May 29, 1828, was a physician ; d. in Monroe, aged about 40. Cyrus R., b. May 23, 1831, d. unm., Oct. 18. 1860; I'd on his father's place. Lucinda P., b. Jan. 24, 1835, m. Harvey W. Murch, Mar. 31, 1863.
Charles C., b. Oct. II, 1842, d. Sept. 11, 1856.
Mr. Files died Sept. 19, 1892, and his wife, Aug. 5, 1868, aged 63.
(3) Jonathan S. Files, son of George, lived on the place once owned by his father in the Blake neighborhood. He married Levisa A., daughter of Edmund Whitney. Children :
John Wesley, b. Sept. 23, 1837, m. Mary Susan Whitney.
Abra Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1850, m. Isaiah Cobb.
Jonathan S. Files died Oct. 9, 1890, aged 79. Mrs. Files d. Mar. 20, 1877, aged 66.
(3) Merrill T. Files, son of Joseph, is a trader at White Rock. He has been a member of the school committee, one of the Selectmen of the town, and Representative to the Legislature in 1873-4. In 1868 he was appointed postmaster at White Rock, which office he held until 1875. He married Martha, daughter of Solomon Libby of Naples. Child :
George Evans, b. May 18. 1854, m. Carrie Bradeen of Limington ; 2d, Mattie Page of Plymouth, Me.
Mrs. Martha Files died Feb. 16, 1859, aged 29, and Mr. Files married Nov. 10, 1861, Mrs. Mary E. (Meserve) Merrill. Child :
Annie E., b. Jan. 2, 1864, is a school-teacher.
Joseph Files, Jr., who was the son of Joseph and grandson of Samuel and Esther Files, was born in Thorndike. He married Hattie Holbrook of Rockland and moved to Gorham. He enlisted in the 25th Me. regiment during the Civil War, and afterwards was sergeant in the 32d. He was killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864, aged 30.
FLOOD.
Edmund Flood, who was born about 1760, lived several years in Gorham when a young man. He came here from Portland where he had a mother. His father, who was a sheriff, suddenly disappeared - it was supposed by some foul play. Edmund married Aug. 10, 1788, Martha, daughter of Calvin Lombard, and moved to Buxton, where he reared a large family of children. Simon E. and Lewis Mclellan are grandsons of Edmund and Martha Flood.
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Morris Flood came to Gorham from Buxton. He was in town as early as 1791. He lived at White Rock, where Ashley Plummer now lives. June 17, 1793, he married Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Roberts. Children :
Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1794, m. Parmelia Libby, Dec. 4, 1817; 2d, Mary -.
Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1797, m. Joseph Snow, p. Nov. 12, 1814.
Olive, b. May 14, 1799, m. Capt. Jethro Libby, Dec. 26, 1819.
Isaac, b. May 14, 1801, m. Glines of N. H. ; 2d, Susan Hicks.
Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1804, m. Isaac Parker, p. Sept. 13, 1823.
Edmund, b. Sept. 16, 1806, m. Dilla Hicks, Sept. 11, 1831.
Daniel, b. June 12, 1808, m. Harriet Bartlett of Portland ; went to Portland.
Silas, b. Nov. 10, 1812, m. Emily Parker, p. Nov. 4, 1838, dau. of Eleazer H.
and Betsey Parker; no ch. He I'd on the old place ; d. July 10, 1874 ; she d. at Great Falls, June 23, 1882.
Morris Flood died Sept. 28, 1851, aged 80 years.
FOGG.
The family of Fogg is of Welch origin; Samuel, the first one of the name known in this country, having come from Wales to Hamp- ton, N. H.
There have been several families of the name of Fogg among the earlier settlers in Gorham. Jeremiah Fogg, son of Samuel and Rachel ( Mariner) Fogg, born in Scarboro June 11, 1744, came to Gorham about 1776 and lived on the County road from Portland to Buxton, between the farm of Chas. Moulton and the Roberts place. He moved from there to the farm now owned and occupied by his grandson Rufus. He married Mary Warren, May 28, 1766. Their children were :
Sarah, b. June 20, 1768, m. James Emery of Limington, July 14, 1796.
Jeremy, b. Oct. 30, 1770, m. Dorcas Lombard, Dec. 24, 1794; I'd in Buxton ; d. Aug. 11, 1834.
Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1772, m. Christopher Dunn, Mar. 30, 1794.
Esther, b. Feb. 24, 1775, m. Joseph Waterhouse, Sept. 13, 1795; d. Apr. 26, 1826.
Anna, b. Sept. 2, 1777. d. Dec. 17, 1793.
Lois, b. Oct. 9, 1779, m. James McLellan, Dec. 5, 1802.
George, b. Jan. 11, 1784, m. Joanna Fogg, May 24, 1807.
Mrs. Mary Fogg died Dec. 19, 1800, aged 58, and Mr. Fogg married, June 22, 1801, Mrs. Molly Fickett of Falmouth. Jeremiah Fogg died Oct. 25, 1815, aged 71.
(2) George Fogg, son of Jeremiah, lived on his father's homestead. He married Joanna Fogg of New Gloucester. Children :
Sylvester, b. Jan. 25, 1808, m. Dorcas Edwards, Oct. 9, 1834 ; d. in 1892. Harriet S., b. Aug. 8, 1809, d. Apr 12, 1810.
Charles S., b. Jan. 15, 1811, m. Rebekah D. Blake, Dec. 25, 1834 ; d. in Salmon Falls, N. H.
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Asa Rand, b. Dec. 6, 1812, m. Elizabeth H. Babb in 1840 ; 2d, Isabella Smith in 1845; d. in Dayton.
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 8, 1815, d. May 14, 1816.
George W., b. Apr. 19, 1817, m. Jane Mclellan, Dec. 25, 1843 ; d. in Litch- field.
Grata Rand, b. Oct. 31, 1819, d. unm. May 27, 1847.
Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 15, 1821, d. unm. Sept. 6, 1855.
Elizabeth H., b. Mar. 21, 1824, d Mar. 10, 1825.
Samuel, b. Jan. 3, 1826, d. Aug. 3, 1850.
Rufus A., b. June 2, 1828, m. Mary Bray, Sept. 16, 1863.
George Fogg died Feb. 11, 1863, aged 79. Mrs. Fogg died April 11, 1861, aged 74.
(1) Moses Fogg, son of Moses and Lydia (Larrabee) Fogg, was born in Scarborough, July 2, 1762. He was a farmer and lived in the north part of Gorham, opposite where the late Theodore Shack- ford lived. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Larrabee's Scarborough Company, and drew a pension in his latter days. He married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Libby of Scarborough. Children :
Dorothy, b. Aug. 25, 1789, m. Israel Harmon of Standish, Nov. 5, 1812.
David, b. July, 1791, d. unm. June 27, 1865; served in the War of 1812.
Esther, b. , m. William Carsley of Harrison, July 2, 1823.
Daniel, b. July 9, 1797, m. Joanna Files, Aug. 27, 1821.
Sewell, b. , m. Dorcas Moody. Ch : Franklin E., b. Nov. 25, 1854, d. in 1865; Hannah F., b. May 24, 1856; Georgia A., m. Frank Llewellyn Libby, Sept. 8, 1880. Sewell Fogg I'd across the road from his father's place. He d. about 1865 ; his wife d. in 1898.
Abiel, b. - , 1811, m. Eliza A., dau. of Andrew Meserve of Scarboro, p. May 29, 1835. Ch : E-ther A., b. Jan. 13, 1837, d. y. ; Esther Ann, b. Jan. 15, 1838, m. Wm. E. Parsons of Vt., Sept 22, 1855; Harmon, b. about 1843, m. Frances H. Libby, Feb. 7, 1867 ; d. June 8, 1875; his widow m. Mar. 12, 1876, Lewis Douglass. Abiel Fogg was a farmer and I'd on the farm where his father I'd, until two or three y'rs before his death. He d. May 9, 1888, ag. 77; Mrs. Eliza A. Fogg d. Dec. 10, 1886, ag. 80.
Moses Fogg died Jan. 14, 1828; Mrs. Fogg died Nov. 5, 1853, aged 87.
(1) Daniel Fogg was a half-brother to Moses Fogg above. He was the son of Moses Fogg of Scarborough, and his second wife, Catherine Libby, and was born in Scarborough, Apr. 14, 1773. He was a carpenter by trade. After coming to Gorham he lived for many years on the Rice place. The last seven years of his life he passed at Fort Hill with his son Moses. He married Hannah, daugh- ter of Daniel and Mary Hanscom of Kittery. Children :
Eliza, b. -, m. Samuel Lincoln, July 8, 1827.
William, b. -- , 1804, m. Mary A. Bariett, May 23, 1830 ; d. Mar. 23, 1831. Mary G., b. Oct. 31, 1805, m. Charles Hunt, Dec. 31, 1831.
Moses, b. Mar. 16, 1809, m. Christiana O. Baker, Feb., 1839.
Catharine L., b. Apr. 17, 1811, m. Moses Starbird, Nov., 1831; 2d, Samuel Libby.
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Hannah H., b. July 18, 1813, m. Samuel R. Clement, Jan. 30, 1838. Martha, b. Aug. 19, 1816, m. Marshall Irish, Oct. 26, 1846.
Daniel Fogg died Oct. 23, 1829. His widow married Dec. 30, 1838, Jacob H. Clement.
(2) Daniel Fogg, Jr., son of Moses, lived during the latter part of his life on the farm now owned by his son William. He had pre- viously lived about half a mile above, nearer to Great Falls. He married Joanna, daughter of Joseph and Anna Files. Children :
Joseph F., b. Nov. 25, 1822, d. Sept. 19, 1828.
Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 27, 1824, m. Peter Hodgdon, Jan. 1, 1843.
Moses, b. Aug. 5, 1827, m. Rachel Blackwell, Dec., 1853.
Joseph H., b. Aug. 9, 1830, m. Hannah M. Harding, Sept. 11, 1851.
Mary Jane, b. Dec. 19, 1832, m. Everett Cole, Dec. 13, 1853 ; 2d, Chas. Wescott.
Tyng W., b. July 20, 1834, m. Isa Newhall of Vassalboro.
John H., b. Oct. 19, 1836, m. Helen Stront, 1864; 2d, Mary Bingham of West- brook; 3d, Ada Odiorn of Richmond, Sept. 15, 1897.
Almon L., b. Mar. 12, 1839, was captain in the 17th Me. Vols .; wounded at Gettysburg ; d. July 4, 1863.
Mark, b. Apr. 6, 1843, m. Mary Smith of Hollis, Jan. 14, 1874.
William C., b. Jan. 6, 1846, m. Hattie Heath, Oct. 14, 1873.
Daniel Fogg died Sept. 27, 1880. Mrs. Fogg died Nov. 2, 1879, aged 80.
(2) Moses Fogg, son of Daniel, Sr., was a farmer. He lived on Fort Hill, on the thirty acre lot No. 1, where Capt. John Phinney made his first clearing. He married Christiana O. Baker of Somers- worth, N. H. Children :
Elizabeth B., b. Mar. 6, 1843, d. Aug. 24, 1849.
Caroline B., b. Feb. 14, 1846, m. Albert Hussey, Jan. 1, 1868.
William M., b. Apr. 10, 1851, m. Caroline Tibbetts ; d. July 19, 1884 ; his widow married, Sept. 6, 1888, Dr. Wm. Watson.
Moses Fogg died Jan. 5, 1892. Mrs. Fogg died June 7, 1865, aged 53.
Daniel Fogg, son of Col. Reuben Fogg of Scarborough, married, Sept. 6, 1789, Eunice, daughter of Col. Samuel March of Scar- borough. Several of the children of this couple lived in Gorham :
Jane, m William Woodman of Buxton ; I'd for some y'rs in Gorham.
Ivory, d. unm. of smallpox, June 7, 1816, aged 24.
Margaret, m. - Sanborn ; I'd in Sebago.
Lydia, m. - Scribner; I'd in Boston.
Elizabeth, m. Timothy Bacon, Jr., of Gorham.
Daniel, m. Hannah Whitney, May 1, 1823.
Desire, d. in Boston, unm., a young woman.
Miriam, m. Elden Gamman of Gorham, May 13, 1832.
Daniel Fogg, 3d, was the son of Daniel and Eunice above. He came to Gorham when quite a young man, and worked for Saul C.
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Higgins. He afterwards lived in the north part of the town on a farm not far from Great Falls. He was frequently known as " Richard Daniel " to distinguish him from his neighbors of the same name as his own. He married Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah' (Snow) Whitney. Children :
Elizabeth, b. - -, m. James O. Longley of Waterford.
Harriet W., b. June 17, 1825, m. Wm. A. Monroe of Waterford.
Albert, b. Feb. 26, 1827, m. Addie Cass of Bridgton ; d. Jan., 1890.
Jane, b. , m. Isaac Webb of Bridgton.
Irene, b. Feb. 27, 1831, m. Geo. W. Bailey of Auburn.
Emily, b. Jan. 22, 1834.
Charles B., b. Dec. 27, 1835, m. Dorcas Libby of Gorham, July 11, 1861; 2d, Agnes Coburn of Boston.
Edwin A., b. Mar. 5, 1838, m. Myra Dresser of Bridgton; 2d, Mahala Cole.
Daniel Fogg died in Bridgton, and his wife in Waterford.
FOLSOM.
Dr. Dudley Folsom was a native of Exeter, N. H. He commenced practice and married his wife, Miss Lucretia Swazey, in that place, and there his oldest child was born. He came to Gorham about 1796, and was for many years a prominent and successful physician here, and a valued member of society. He was a Trustee of Gorham Academy, and represented the town for several years in the General Court of Massachusetts. He lived on South St., where Mrs. Tolford now lives. (See Chapter XVII.) The children of Dudley and Lucretia Folsom were :
Caroline, b. Jan. 17, 1796, d. unm.
Lucretia, b. Jan. 15, 1799, m. Stephen Waite, Jr., of Portland, Jan. 1, 1821.
Harriet, b, Sept. 19, 1800, m. Samuel Crockett, June 13, 1825.
Martha O., b. Aug. 15, 1802, m. Stephen Waite, Jr., of Portland (2d wife), p. Nov. 24, 1834.
Rufus D., b. Aug. 16, 1804.
Charles B., b. Mar. 18, 1806.
Dr. Folsom died Nov. 21, 1836, aged 67 ; his wife, Sept. 27, 1837, aged 65.
FOSTER.
William H. Foster, who was born in Boston, Jan. 20, 1780, came to Gorham when about twenty-one years of age, making his journey here on horseback. He was a cabinet maker, and his shop which has stood until within a few years was close to the sidewalk and east of his residence on Main St. His house which he built is now owned and occupied by his grandson, E. H. F. Smith. He was a most excel- lent citizen and an exemplary man. He was town clerk of Gorham
I Some of her descendants claim her name to have been Harriet, but the Gorham town records give it as Hannah.
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from 1817 to 1833. He married, May 20, 1804, Betsey, daughter of Capt. David and Temperance Harding. Children :
Elizabeth G., b. Oct. 14, 1805, m. Gardiner Kellogg, Nov. 9, 1828.
Mary Ann, b. July 2, 1808, d. unm., Mar. 1, 1881.
Temperance H., b. Sept. 1, 1810, m. Thomas Shaw, Sept. 7, 1835 ; d. in Ban - gor, Feb. 11, 1866.
Margaret H., b. Mar. 3, 1814, m. Gen. E. T. Smith, Nov., 1837 ; d. in 1897.
Mr. Foster died Sept. 23, 1838, aged 58, and his wife Betsey, Apr. 25, 1839, aged 52.
FREEMAN.
Major John Freeman of Eastham, Mass., a very prominent man in the Colony of Plymouth, was one of the soldiers in King Philip's war, and to him (his heirs) belonged the right No. 34 in Narragan- sett No. 7, granted to the Narragansett soldiers by a resolve of the General Court. These rights descended to the control of the eldest male heir. Nathaniel Freeman of Eastham was the son of John, and to him the right came by heirship. We know nothing of the other children of Major John, if any there were. Nathaniel, aforesaid, by his deed dated Aug. 1, 1739, conveys to his three sons, Nathaniel, John and Eleazer, they being grandsons of Major John, the aforesaid right being the one hundred and twentieth part of the township Narragansett, No. 7 ; and the deed says, " The above right or share being granted and made to my Honored Father, Major John Free- man of Eastham, deceased."
The thirty acre lot 34 is on the road leading from Fort Hill to West Gorham, being the second lot on the northerly side, adjoining the Motley lot.' John Freeman settled on this lot about the close of the Indian war. April 30, 1754, he purchased of John Phinney a hundred acres of land lying westerly and nearly joining by the cor- ners to his thirty acre lot 34. This John, being then quite an old man, we think must have been the son of Nathaniel aforesaid. By a deed dated Oct. 17, 1754, Nathaniel, Jr., John and Eleazer, all of Eastham, quitclaim to John Freeman of Gorham all right, title and interest in the thirty acre lot No. 34 near the Fort in Gorhamtown. The presumption is that Nathaniel, Jr., and John, last above said, were the sons of Nathaniel the grandson of Major John, and had the right of their father, which they together with their uncle Eleazer quitclaim to their uncle John. From the foregoing it appears that John Freeman who settled on the thirty acre lot 34 about the year 1750 was the grandson of Major John Freeman of Eastham. He was also the first of the name who settled in Gorham and the ances.
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tor of all the Fort Hill families of that name. His wife's maiden name was Bethiah Harding. When married to Mr. Freeman she was the widow of Nathan Cobb of Eastham. John Freeman came with his family consisting of a step-daughter Mary Cobb, and two sons and one daughter of his own.
Nathan, b. Dec. 5, 1744, m. Hephzibeth Whitney, Oct. 15, 1766.
Mercy, b. July 16, 1746, m. John Carsley, Apr. 5, 1764.
Betty, b. June 1, 1747, d. Dec. 7, 1748.
Nathaniel, b. Jan. 7, 1749, m. Mary Chase, p. Dec. 31, 1774.
Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1750, m. Samuel Elder, Mar. 3, 1774.
The step-daughter of John Freeman, Mary Cobb, daughter of Nathan Cobb of Eastham, was born about 1736. Her father died soon after her birth. In 1757 she married Joseph Melcher and moved to Brunswick where she died May 18, 1825.
(2) Nathan Freeman, son of John, lived on his father's place. He married Hephzibeth, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah Whit- ney. Children :
Bethiah, b. Mar. 5, 1768, d. Mar. 29, 1768.
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 4, 1769, m. Isabella D)yer of Cape Elizabeth, Aug. 26, 1792 ; this family settled in Westbrook ; one child on record in Gorham, Nathaniel, b. Aug. 27, 1794.
Samuel, b. Jan. 2, 1772, m. Olive Emery.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1773, d. Apr. 24, 1820.
Nathan Freeman married second, July 1, 1775, Lydia Doane of Gorham, by whom he had :
Hannah, b. Ang. 11, 1776. Ebenezer, b. July 12, 1780.
Nathan, b. Oct. 31, 1782, was a sea captain.
Nathan Freeman joined the Shakers with his family and lived at Alfred where he and his wife died. Two of his children, Nathaniel and Samuel, left the Community and married.
(2) Nathaniel Freeman, son of John, married Mary, daughter of Eleazer and Jane (Elder) Chase of Standish. He lived above Fort Hill on the old cross road which runs westerly between the thirty acre lots 61 and 63, nearly opposite the place where Woodbury Davis now lives. Children :
Jenny, b. Nov. 5, 1775, m. Ebenezer Lombard, Nov. 12, 1794.
Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1778, m. Joseph Whitney, Aug. 2, 1801.
Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1780, m. Gershom Hamblen, Sept. 12, 1802 ; 2d, Vincent.
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David, b. Nov. 26, 1782, m. Bethia Bangs, July 14, 1806.
Bethia, b. Sept. 12, 1785, m. Enoch Shaw, Apr. 26, 1812.
Hannah, b. Dec. 25, 1789, m. Stephen Whitney, p. Nov. 24, 1810.
Betsey, b. Sept. 4, 1792, m. Cyrus Hamblen, June 13, 1816. Eunice, b. Dec. 26, 1794, probably d. young.
John, b. July 31, 1797, m. Sally Hamblen, Oct. 20, 1816; I'd in Standish, Gor- ham and Poland.
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GENEALOGY.
(3) Samuel Freeman, son of Nathan, when a young man lived with the Shakers. His wife, who was Olive, daughter of Zachariah and Huldah (Bean) Emery, was also brought up by the Shakers. The young couple having fallen in love with each other ran away from the Society and were married. Mr. Freeman lived on the spot where Woodbury Davis now lives above Fort Hill. He had a brick- yard on his farm. Beside being a farmer he was also a sailor.
Children :
John, b. June 2, 1802, d. young.
John, b. July 14, 1803, d. when quite a boy.
Huldah, b. Apr. 23, 1805, m. Rev. Andrew Rollins ; I'd in Richmond, Me.
Samuel, b. Dec. 3, 1806, m. Martha K. Harding; I'd in Portland; d. Mar. 16, 1870.
Nancy, b. Feb. 19, 1808, m. Duncan Ross of Portland.
Jane, b. May 6, 1810, d. young.
Jane, b. May 6, 1812, m. Nathaniel Stevens of Portland.
Samuel Freeman moved to Windham, where he died July 15, 1842.
(3) David Freeman, son of Nathaniel, lived above Fort Hill on the west side of the road, on the farm where his son William B. after- wards lived. He married Bethiah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Bangs. Children :
Eunice, b. Feb. 4, 1808, m. Stephen Files, Oct. 21, 1827.
William B., b. July 1, 1811, m. Mary, dau. of Robert and Hannah Johnson , Dec., 1835. Ch : Hannah Frances, b. Sept. 9, 1841, m. Joseph Hanson, 1890, d. Oct. 6, 1894 ; Robert J., b. June 26, 1846, d. y. Col. Wm. B. Free- man d. Feb. 28, 1894; his wife d. June 8, 1888.
Mrs. Bethiah Freeman died May 21, 1875, aged 92.
Jonathan Freeman who married, Nov. 28, 1759, Sarah Parker of Falmouth, was the son of Jonathan, who was born in Truro, Mass., June 9, 1710, and married Rebecca Binney Sept. 23, 1731. Jona- than, Jr., was born May 18, 1739. He came with his family from Falmouth to Gorham about Nov. 25, 1762. His father and mother also came with him at this time.
Frederick Freeman in his " Freeman Genealogy " traces the line of Jonathan Freeman whose wife was Rebecca Binney to Samuel Free- man of Watertown (probably brother to Edmund) who came from England in 1630; but several authorities and the traditions of the family say that this same Jonathan Freeman, whose wife was Rebecca Binney, was the son of Jonathan Freeman and wife Mary and was born in Eastham, Mass. The parents of this elder Jonathan were Thomas and Rebecca (Sparrow) Freeman; and this Thomas was the son of Maj. John Freeman, whose wife was Mercy, daughter of Gov. Prence. This John was born in England in 1622, the son
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