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of Edmund and Elizabeth Freeman, who came over from London in the ship Abigail, Capt. Robert Hackwell, in 1635, to Lynn, going from there to Sandwich, Mass., in 1637. It is probable that similar-' ity of names leads to this difference of opinion in genealogy.
Jonathan Freeman and his wife, Sarah Parker, settled in the south part of this town, near Stroudwater (Curtis's) river. Mr. Freeman purchased his farm of Mr. Morton, who lived on the Curtis farm (now owned by John Sanborn) and who was one of the old Proprie- tors ; deed dated November, 1762. This land remained in the Freeman name over one hundred years. Alexander, son of Joshua, sold the place in 1870 to Reuben Deering. Jonathan Freeman was a soldier of the Revolution, and was at Bunker Hill. The children of Jonathan and Sarah Freeman were :
Sarah, b. May 9, 1761, m. Isaac Larrabee of Scarboro, Apr. 19, 1781.
Jenny, b. July 28, 1763, d. unm.
Benjamin, b. June 18, 1765, m. Eunice Seavey, p. Dec. 15, 1787; I'd in Scar- boro.
Rebecca, b. July 28, 1767, m. Josiah Harmon of Scarboro, Oct. 27, 1785.
Susanna, b. Oct. 8, 1769, m. Dominicus Ifarmon of Scarboro, Apr. 23, 1788. Jonathan, b. Feb. 8, 1773, m. Hannah Thompson of Falmouth, 1794. Ch : Samuel and William, both d. y., and were buried in Gorham ; Gardner, b. Mar. 22, 1799, d. unm., in Gray ; Polly, b. Aug. 25, 1801, m. Rufus Knight, d. in Gray. The family moved to Windham where a son, George, was born; other children, Nancy, Samuel and Ellen, were born in West Gray. Jonathan Freeman was the grandfather of Mrs. Gardner Weeks, late of Gorham.
Ebenezer, b. Apr. 8, 1775, m. Polly Prentiss, Feb. 3, 1799. Ch : Betsey, b. July 12, 1799, m. - - Plummer; Prentiss, b. May 25, 1801 ; Mary; Wil- liam ; Ebenezer; Benjamin ; Samuel. Ebenezer Freeman d. in Parsons- field, while still a young man.
Affia, b. Dec. 6, 1777, d. unm.
Joshua, b. May 4, 1780, m. Hannah Harmon, Ang. 30, 1804.
(2) Joshua Freeman, son of Jonathan, married Hannah Harmon of Scarboro. Both he and his wife were members of the Free Bap- tist church on Fort Hill, and charter members of the Free Baptist church at S. Gorham. He was a deacon of this latter church. He lived on the old homestead. Children :
Arthur, m. Martha Davis of Boston ; I'd in Boston.
Cyrus, m. Elizabeth Mosher ; I'd and d. in Farmington.
Daniel, m. Martha J. Goldthwaite, of Biddeford, 1837; had two dau's, Sarah C., b. Aug. 25, 1839, m. Mr. Waterhouse of Fryeburg ; and Martha E., b. May 20, 1841, m. Melville C. Burnell. Daniel Freeman was born in 1811, and d. in Gorham, Feb. 16, 1870.
Moses, m. Rebecca Oliver of Boston; d. in Somerville.
Alexander, m. Sally Waterhonse, 1843; moved to Wayland, Mass., where he and his wife died.
Samnel, d. Oct. 1, 1835, aged 18.
Sarah, d. Oct. 15, 1819, aged 6 months.
Dea. Freeman died June 22, 1853, and his wife, June 27, 1868.
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Joshua Freeman of Harwich purchased of John Phinney a half share of right No. 88 in Gorham, it being the Bartholomew Hamblen share which Phinney had of Samuel Hamblen, dated Nov. 25, 1742.
FROST.
The first person by the name of Frost that came to Gorham was probably Nathaniel. It is supposed that he came to Gorham from Falmouth. He purchased the thirty acre lot No. 7 of Abraham Anderson and his wife Anna, (who was the widow Cloudman,) by deed dated Feb. 28, 1757. He was probably born Aug. 13, 1713, the son of James and Margaret (Goodwin) Frost of Berwick, and grandson of William Frost who was the son of George Frost who came from England to America. The name of Nathaniel Frost's wife was Elizabeth Children :
Abigail, b. about 1741, m. James Mosher, Dec., 1758.
Benjamin, b. about 1742, m. Susanna Frost, p. June 24, 1764.
David, b. about[ 1744, m. Mary Johnson, p. Apr. 10, 1766.
Peter, b. about 1746, m. Margaret
Nathaniel, b. about 1748, m. Polly Berry, June 3, 1780.
Enoch, b. about 1750, m. Alice Davis, April 24, 1780.
Elizabeth, b. about 1752, m. Benj. Adams, Nov. 26, 1778; 2d, Charles Patrick, Jan. 19, 1810.
Hannah, b. about 1754, m. Joshua Adams, Feb. 3, 1775.
Nathaniel Frost died Apr. 24, 1762. His wife survived him a few years, and was known as "Madam Frost." She died somewhere about 1768.
(2) Benjamin Frost, son of Nathaniel, owned and lived on the thirty acre lot No. 5, next north of his brother Col. Nathaniel, on the Fort Hill road. He married Susanna Frost, who is published as of Gorham but is said to have come from Falmouth. Children :
Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1765, m. Rebecca Hamblen, Apr. 5, 1792.
Betty, b. Aug. 31, 1767, m. Thomas Morton, Aug. 23, 1787.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 31, 1768, m. Pelina Rackley, p. Nov. 27, 1793.
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 5, 1769, m. Esther Hamblen, Feb. 16, 1797 ; I'd in the Elwell neighborhood in the north part of the town.
Benjamin Frost was drowned in the Presumpscot river in 1769 while engaged in driving logs. Dea. Alden records his burial on Oct. 19, 1769. After his death his administrator sold Nov. 16, 1774 his lot to Nathaniel. These two lots (7 and 5) continued in the family till about 1846. Benjamin's widow married Lemuel Hicks Nov. 5, 1778.
(2) David Frost, son of Nathaniel, lived north of the brook, on the road that passes northerly from the house of the late Capt.
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Nathaniel Frost past the Dyer and Jacob Hamblen houses, in the latter of which Henry B. Johnson now lives. He married Mary Johnson of Falmouth, probably daughter of John and Mary (Ander- son) Johnson. Children :
Polly, b. Apr. 17, 1767, m. Joseph Hamblen, Dec. 18, 1788.
John, b. Dec. 28, 1768, m. Jane Richmond; went to Norway.
David, b. Feb. 5, 1771, moved to Machias.
Jenny, b. Feb. 13, 1773, m. Nathaniel Webster, Oct. 13, 1799.
Nancy, b. May 13, 1775, m. Zachariah Weston of Norway.
Nathaniel, ( m. Content Hamblen, Apr. 4, 1802.
Benjamin, b. June 24, 1777, { d. July 20, 1779.
Eunice, b. Jan. 8, 1780, m. Samuel Andrews of Norway.
Robert, b. Mar. 28, 1782, m. Betsey Jordan of Otisfield; d. in Norway, Mar. 14, I868.
Charles, b. Aug. 6, 1784, moved to Portland.
Peter, b. Apr. 26, 1788, m. Sarah Perkins; went to Norway.
William, b. Oct. 24, 1790, m. Abigail H. Stevens of Cape Elizabeth, July 2, 1815: 2d, Sally Haskell, Feb. 26, 1836; 3d, Mary Files, June 3, 1839; 4th, Eliza Hamblen, Feb. 9, 1851 ; 5th, Lucy Witt of Norway, Mar. 9, 1855; I'd in Norway.
David Frost when quite an old man moved to Norway.
(2) Peter Frost, son of Nathaniel, settled on the thirty acre lot 89, near the old Shaker farm. His farm is now owned by Ezra Rich- ardson. He married Margaret -. Children :
Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1772, m. Samuel Lord, June 14, 1809.
Betty, b. Jan. 6, 1774, m. James Mosher, Jr , p. Oct. 5, 1793.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 9, 1775, m. Mercy Hamblen, Aug. 25, 1810.
Sarah, b. Nov. 19, 1777, m. Thomas Blake of Westbrook, Apr. 26, 1823.
(2) Nathaniel Frost, son of Nathaniel, lived on the old homestead of Nathaniel his father on the Fort Hill road, the farm recently owned by Daniel Billings. Col. Frost built the house now standing on the place. . The former house is still standing on the premises having been moved back. He was a soldier in the war of the Rev- olution, being commissioned May 10, 1776, as second lieutenant in Capt. Alexander McLellan's company in the 3d Cumberland Co. regt., and marched to Boston in August of that year. He was after- wards an ensign in Capt. Richard Mayberry's company. On June 1, 1787, he was commissioned Lieut .- colonel in the State militia, a position which he held for twenty-one years. He married Polly Berry of Falmouth, by whom he had :
Jeremiah, b. Aug. 31, 1780, m. Hannah A. Higgins, May 26, 1804. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1782, m. Colman P. Watson, July 25, 1802. Miriam, b. Jan. 23, 1785.
Col. Frost married second, Sally Brown of Falmouth, (pub. June 16, 1787). His third wife was Mrs. Rebecca Higgins of Standish, whom he married Nov. 7, 1801. She was the widow of Ebenezer
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Higgins of Standish, and came from Cape Cod. She died Dec. 25, 1820. Col. Nathaniel Frost died in May, 1838, aged 90.
(2) Enoch Frost, son of Nathaniel, lived at Gorham village. He was a carpenter by trade and built and lived in the Nathaniel Gould house (now Mrs. Sawyer's). In 1779 he served as sergeant major in Col. Jonathan Mitchell's regiment, and took part in the unfortu- nate Penobscot expedition. He married Alice, daughter of Prince and Sarah Davis. Children :
Rufus, b. Nov. 9, 1781.
Cyrus, b. May 1, 1784, d. young.
Rebecca, b. May 26, 1786, m. Silas White, July 10, 1804.
Polly, b. Oct. 20, 1788.
Mason, b. Dec. 19, 1790, m. Sarah Knight, May 18, 1817 ; 2d, Mary Knight. Colman, b. Apr. 13, 1793.
Nathaniel B., b. Nov. 25, 1797, m. Mary Elden of Portland, p. Apr. 17, 1824. Patty, b. June 29, 1799, m. Edward Cobb, Nov. 24, 1825.
Cyrus, b. June 23, 1802.
Mrs. Alice Frost died in 1802, aged about 45 years.
(3) Samuel Frost, son of Benjamin, lived on South St., in the old Waterman house. He married Rebecca, daughter of Daniel and Dilla Hamblen. Children :
Susanna, b. May 15, 1793, m. Moses Stone, p. Oct. 10, 1819; 2d, James M. Edwards.
Daniel H., b. Mar. 13, 1795, m. Sally G. Smith, Dec. 16, 1818.
William, b. Aug. 19, 1797, m. Abigail Crockett, p. Jan. 16, 1819.
Benjamin, b. May 8, 1800, m. Sarah Davis, p. Mar. 22, 1828.
Nathaniel, b. Mar. 19, 1803, m. Eunice, dau. of Samuel and Tabitha Cobb, Dec. 28, 1826. Ch : Naaman, b. July 31, 1827, d. Oct. 22, 1846; Charles, b. Apr. 12, 1829; Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1831 ; Martha, b. Jan. 8, 1833; Samuel C., b. Jan. 11, 1837, m. a dau. of Edward and Patty (Frost) Cobb ; Betsey L., b. Feb. 17, 1840; Franklin P., b. May 31, 1842, d. in Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 26, 1864; Ann M., b. July 25. 1844. Mr. Frost was a carpenter and joiner ; he d. in Gorham; his wife Eunice d. in Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 29, 1880, ag. 74.
James, b. Oct. 18, 1808, m. - - Libby of Westbrook.
Samuel Frost died Nov. 17, 1836. Mrs. Rebecca Frost died in 1841, aged 76.
(3) Nathaniel Frost, son of David, lived on the southerly side of Main St., half a mile below the village. The two-story house which he built and in which he lived stood in what is now the northwest corner of the cemetery. When the lot was bought by the town and added to the burying yard the house was purchased by the late John A. Waterman, Esq., and moved to the opposite side of the street. Capt. Frost married Content, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Hamblen, and their children were :
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Martha, b. Feb. 12, 1803, m. Meshach Rust, Nov. 25, 1821.
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1804, m, John Meserve, Feb. 28, 1830.
Johnson, b. July 4, 1806, m. Sarah C. Ross, p. Ang. 30, 1828.
Jacob, b Apr. 13, 1808, m. Susan Wiggin, p. Oct. 19, 1834.
Nathaniel, b. July 31, 1810, m. -; d. in Charleston, S. C., Mar. 25, 1835.
Almira, b. Apr. 10, 1812, d. Feb. 20, 1813.
Charles, b. Feb. 20, 1814, d. Sept. 29, 1815.
Almira, b. June 5, 1816, d. unm. Mar. 28, 1898.
Charles, b. Sept. 15, 1818, m. Eunice J., dau. of Ai and Eunice Staples, Aug. 14, 1848. Ch : Ellen S., b. May, 1849, d. Jan. 17, 1851 ; Charles F., b. May 17, 1851, d. July 12, 1871 ; George Ai, b. Jan. 19, 1853, d. Feb. 2, 1873, in Boston, Mass .; Ellen S., m. Walter Austin, d. in Boston. Capt. Frost was a sea captain ; he built the house on State St., since occupied by his widow, and now owned by Mr. Adams; he d. in Liverpool, Eng., May 29, 1859.
David F., b. July 31, 1820, m. Margaret J. (Libby) Cates, dau. of Jona. and Abigail Libby, and widow of James P. Cates. Ch: Howard S., b. May 12, 1849 ; Margaret A., b. 1853, m Wm. Ridlon, d. Nov. 9, 1874. David F. Frost I'd on his father's place ; he d. Apr. 8, 1859.
Mary J., b. Feb. 13, 1824, m. Henry L. McNish, June 17, 1862.
Capt. Nathaniel Frost died Feb. 9, 1830, aged 53; Mrs. Content Frost died Dec. 4, 1845, aged 67.
(3) Benjamin Frost lived and died on the farm of his father, Peter. He married Mercy, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Hamblen. Children :
Peter, b. Feb. 1, 1812, d. June, 1816.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 12, 1813, d. Feb. 7, 1836.
Randall, b. Nov. 5, 1815, d. May 13, 1840.
Joseph H., b. June 12, 1818, m. Francina Jackson, Dec. 6, 1840; d. July 12, 1845.
Margaret A., b. Mar. 30, 1820, d. Nov. 12, 1842.
Peter, b. June 10, 1822.
Benjamin Frost died Mar. 7, 1833, aged 58 years.
(3) Jeremiah Frost, son of Nathaniel, lived and died on the farm owned by his father and grandfather before him. He married Hannah A., daughter of Ebenezer and Rebecca Higgins of Standish, and step-daughter to Mr. Frost's father, Col. Nathaniel. Children :
Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1804, m. James Paine, May 4, 1831.
Harriet, b. Feb. 16. 1806, m. Charles Wyman, Jan. 14, 1836.
Elizabeth W., b. Nov. 17, 1807, m. William E. Brown, June 23, 1829.
Abigail H., b. Dec. 6, 1809, m. Isaac Johnson, Aug. 20, 1829 ; d. Apr. 15, 1852. Hannah, b. May 5, 1812, m. Abner Wescott, 1836.
Miriam, b. June 15, 1814, d. Jan. 9, 1816.
Miriam, b. July 12, 1816, m. William Merrill, Jan. 9, 1840.
Emeline, b. July 20, 1818, m. Asa Leavitt, Jan. 13, 1839; he d. in 1857, and she m. Isaac Johnson (2d wife).
Francis S., b. Apr. 23, 1820, m. Rebecca Libby, Oct. 15, 1842 ; d. in Scarboro, Nov. 23, 1900.
Catherine, b. Feb. 17, 1823, d. unm. Dec. 20, 1848.
Charles H., b. Ang. 8. 1826, d. unm. Oct. 29, 1855.
Jeremiah Frost died Feb. 7, 1845, aged 64. His wife Hannah died Sept. 27, 1856, aged 74.
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(3) Mason Frost, son of Enoch, was a carriage maker at Gorham village. He married Sarah, daughter of George and Rebecca (Davis) Knight of Windham.
Alice, b. June 16, 1819, m. Ezekiel Bradbury, 1847.
Mrs. Sarah Frost died in May, 1820, aged 29, and Mr. Frost married, May 20, 1821, her sister Mary Knight, by whom also he had one child :
George, b. Apr. 1, 1822, d. Aug. 31, 1840.
Mrs. Mary Frost died Sept. 16, 1838, aged 45.
Moses Frost came from Berwick to Gorham. He was born June 3, 1766, the son of Thomas who was born July 17, 1744, and was of the sixth generation in descent from George Frost the emigrant. He lived about a mile from West Gorham on the western line of the town. His farm joined the old Ward farm, where Abraham Dow and Albion Wood afterwards lived, and it also joined the farm of Timothy Bacon. He married, April 15, 1790, Sarah, daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth McKenney of Limington, who was born Mar. 10, 1766. Children :
Dorcas, b. Mar. 2, 1791, m. Nahum Patterson of Saco; d. Oct. 19, 1832.
Thomas, b. July 18, 1792, m. Esther Harmon, Nov. 1, 1815 ; I'd in Limington ; d. in Cornville.
Dominicus, b. Feb. 15, 1794, m. Susan Parker, Oct. 17, 1816; 2d, Mary A. Harding ; 3d, Susan Benson.
Charles, b. Jan. 12, 1796, m. Lydia Fernald, May 11, 1819 ; 2d, Lucinda Smith of Portland ; d. in Bethel, where for thirty y'rs he was a Cong'l minister. Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1798, m. Sophronia Irish, Nov. 28, 1821.
Eliza, b. Nov. 3, 1799, d. May 28, 1814.
James, b. Jan. 1I, 1802, m. Ruth Pennell, Mar. 31, 1826 ; I'd and d. in Skow- - hegan.
Susan, b. May 10, 1804, m. Calvin Kinsman, Oct. 8, 1840; d. in Gorham, May 7, 1842.
Mary Ann, b. June 5, 1806, m. James Bickford; d. at Buxton Centre, Aug. 7, 1868.
Moses Frost died Sept. 20, 1850, and his wife Sarah, Nov. 10, 1839.
(2) Dominicus Frost, son of Moses, married Susan Parker. Children, the oldest born in Waterford, the others in Standish :
Charles, b. Dec., 1818, m. Mary Jones of Brooks ; d. in Morrill, Oct. 12, 1875. Samuel P., b. Apr. 1, 1820, m. Harriet Hooper in Bangor, 1853 ; d. in Rockland, July, 1871.
Whitman S., b. -- , 1822, I'd in Iona, Mich.
Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 16, 1826, m. Isaac C. Walker in Bangor, Nov. 19, 1849 ; 2d, Thomas T. Tabor.
Maria F., b. June 12, 1829, d. in Oakland, Cal., Jan., 1886.
Isaac, b. Apr. 1, 1833, d. in Iowa.
Moses W., b. Oct. 26, 1835, m. Margaret Smith; d. in Belfast, Jan. 10, 1900.
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Mrs. Susan Frost died in Thorndike about 1838, aged 41, and Mr. Frost married, Mary A. Harding of Jackson. She lived but a few months, and he married, Sept. 12, 1843, Susan, daughter of James and Abigail (Dow) Benson of Limington. Children :
James B., b. in Gorham, July 20, 1845.
Justin, b. in Gorham, July 9. 1848, 5 d. June 6, 1849.
m. - Jones of Belfast.
Edwin, S
Mary Susan, b. in Gorham, -, m. Albion Rowe ; d. in Gorham.
Dominicus Frost died in Gorham Dec. 6, 1862, aged 69. Mrs. Susan B. Frost died Feb. 6, 1897, aged 83.
(2) Henry Frost, son of Moses, married Sophronia, daughter of Gen. James and Rebecca Irish. Children :
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1822, m. Theophilus Waterhouse of Standish, Feb. 25, 1845 ; d. in 1848.
Caroline E., b. Aug. 17, 1824.
Henry Frost died July 13, 1826, aged 28. His widow married, Sept. 23, 1829, Capt. John Wingate.
Love Frost, who married, Dec. 25, 1791, Nathaniel Wing of Limington, was probably a daughter of James Frost who lived for a short time in Gorham, and who was an uncle to Moses. She was born Dec. 1, 1771.
GAMMON.
Philip and Joseph Gammon, brothers, came from England to America, when quite young, and lived for a while in Cape Elizabeth. In 1757, Philip, then of Scarborough, moved to Gorham, where he bought, July 7, 1757, the hundred acre lot, 45, of David Gorham. His wife was Joanna ---. We find no perfect record of his fam- ily, but there were :
Philip, m. Sarah Crockett, p. Feb. 1, 1777; a soldier of the Revolution; on Windham tax list of 1790.
Nathaniel, bought land of Uriah Nason and I'd for a time in the upper part of the town ; left Gorham in 1781, going to Raymond. He m. Mary Lowell, Nov. 20, 1777; 2d, Sarah Hodgdon (?) ; had three sons and a dau. Sally. Mr. Gammon died in the town of Naples.
Joseph, b. in Gorham in August, 1758, was a soldier of the Revolution, and a member of Capt. McLellan's company in the expedition against Baga- duce. After the defeat, he and John Lombard made their way to Gorham through the wilderness; they were without arms, and suffered great hardships, but finally, after a long time reached home in safety. Mr. Gammon and Mr. Lombard went together from Gorham to Otisfield, and afterwards to Norway, where they settled on adjoining farms, and there spent the remainder of their days. Mr. Gammon m. in Otisfield, Drusilla Reed, who was b. in Groton, Mass., in 1769. Ch: Charles, Harriet, Seba, Maria, Pomelia and Joseph. Mr. G. d. in Norway, in 1855, ag. 97. Ruth, m. Thomas Clay, p. Oct. 15, 1781.
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Jonathan, m. Lydia Millett of Cape Elizabeth, p. Dec. 31, 1785; one child on record, Pelina, b. in Cape Elizabeth, Dec. 12, 1788, m. Thomas Akers, Sept. 25, 1806. Mr. Gammon prob. m. 2d, (p. Mar. 3, 1796,) Nabby Gammon of Cape Elizabeth.
Benjamin, m. Betty, dau, of Joshua and Hannah Crockett, Oct. 21, 1787; two ch. recorded, Hannah and Betty. Mr. Gammon left town about 1792. Betsey, m. Benjamin Bodge of Windham, Jan. 29, 1789.
Aug. 10, 1770, Philip Gammon sold to David Gorham his hundred acre lot 45, and bought of Gorham the thirty acre lot 96 and the hundred acre lot 49, and apparently moved on to the former lot, for in 1784 he deeded to his sons Jonathan and Benjamin one-half of this lot with half of his dwelling house and barn. The hundred acre lot 49 he sold in 1771 to John Brackett of Falmouth. He afterwards owned and lived on the seventy acre lot 63, which lot he and Thomas Clay bought of David Harding, Jr., in 1797. His half he and his wife Joanna gave in 1801 to their daughter Ruth Clay, " in consider- tion of the love he bore her." Philip Gammon moved to Windham, where his old cellar may still be seen. From Windham he went with his son Nathaniel to Raymondtown.
Joseph Gammon lived on a farm of twenty acres adjoining that of his brother Philip. This land he bought on Jan. 26, 1763 of John Phinney, it being a part of the hundred acre lot 44. This lot was one which was laid out to Phinney by the Proprietors, Sept. 26, 1751. Capt. Phinney had previously sold the northern half of this lot to a William Gammon of Falmouth who sold the land the following year, and of whom we have found no further record. Joseph Gammon and his wife Elizabeth were living on this farm (No. 44) as late as 1801. This is the farm afterwards owned by Daniel Gammon, and since known as the David Elder place. About the year 1792 Mr. Gammon purchased of Dr. Barker his dwelling house, which he hauled across the fields to his farm where it stood till destroyed by fire Dec. 21, 1889. For several years Joseph Gammon was constable and tax collector of Gorham. His children were :
Samuel, m. Susanna Perkins, p. Oct. 5, 1776.
David, m. Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Skillings) Doane, of Cape Elizabeth, p. May 3, 1777. One ch. on Gorham records: Daniel, b. Apr. I. 1779. David Gammon was a soldier of the Revolution - a member of Capt. Whitmore's militia company in 1777. He left Gorham about 1782. He d. in Buckfield.
Daniel, m. Mary Blanchard, Apr. 8, 1781 ; 2d, Polly Elder.
Joshua, m. Elizabeth Millet of Cape Elizabeth, May 17, 1787.
Joseph, m. Polly Patrick, p. Mar. 1, 1795; d. in Norway.
Chr stiana, m. Robert Knight of Otisfield, Dec. 22, 1796.
William, m. Molly Hasty of Scarborough, Dec. 8, 1798; d. in Stoneham.
John, m. Sarah Cook of Windham, June 15, 1797 ; d. in Casco.
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Mary, m. John Brown, Nov. 29, 1801 ; d. in Turner. Abigail, d. in Buckfield.
Apr. 29, 1799, Joseph Gammon gave to his son John Gammon of Gorham thirty acres, parts of the hundred acre lots 44 and 46.
(2) Samuel Gammon, son of Joseph, served in the Revolutionary army. In 1775 he was a corporal in Capt. Williams' company. He married Susanna, daughter of John and Charlotte Perkins. A few years after his marriage he moved to Otisfield, and from thence to Hartford, Me., where he resided many years and where he probably died. His children were Edmund, married, Dec. 24, 1809, Sarah Whitney ; Stephen, married - Beard of Yarmouth ; Samuel ; John ; Perkins, went South ; Susan, died, unmarried; Lavina, married Mr. Spurr of Otisfield ; and Nancy, married, May 4, 1809, John Phinney.
(2) Daniel Gammon, son of Joseph, was a member of Capt. Whit- more's militia company in 1777, and a soldier of the Revolution. He lived on the hundred acre lot 44 on the east side of the road leading from James Phinney, Jr.'s to Queen street. He married Polly Blan- chard. They had one child :
Simeon, b. June 13, 1782.
Mr. Gammon married, Jan. 4, 1787, Polly, daughter of Isaac Elder, by whom he had :
Hannah, b. Mar. 17, 1788.
James, b. July 8, 1790, soldier in the War of 1812.
Isaac, b. July 21, 1792.
Anna, b. Mar. 13, 1794, m. - - Thomas. Samuel, b. May 14, 1797, m. -; had four sons and one daughter; son Elijah H. Gammon was the founder of the Gammon Theological School at Atlanta, Ga.
Elijah, b. Jan. 6, 1799, m. - -; moved to Wilton and afterwards to Weld; had three sons and two daughters.
Ansel, b. Feb., 1806, m. Mehitable Young of Palermo, 1824 ; 2d, 1834-5, Elinor Young; had nineteen children, sixteen of whom lived to maturity.
Eliza, b. -- , m. Eben Stowers.
In 1810 Daniel Gammon sold his farm to Elijah and David Elder, brothers of his wife, and moved from town.
(3) Edmund Gamman, son of Samuel, and grandson of Joseph, was born in Gorham Apr. 7, 1778. About the year 1805 he returned to Gorham from Hartford, Me., where his father was then living. He opened a grocery store near the mouth of the Black Brook road and nearly opposite the house of the late Rufus Mosher, where was quite a settlement at that time. He afterwards removed to the village and lived for many years in the old Jacob Hamblen house, which stood
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GENEALOGY.
east of the house of the late Mrs. Stephen Hinkley. He married Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Betty Whitney. Their children were :
Elden, b. Nov. 5, 181 1, m. May 13, 1832, Miriam, dau. of Daniel and Eunice (March) Fogg of Scarborough. Ch : Helen, b. Apr. 21, 1833, d. Aug. 25, 1849 ; Edwin, b. Aug. 14, 1835, d. July 26, 1900, unm. Mr. Gamman was a skilled machinist, noted for the fine quality and accuracy of his work. He d. Mar. 15, 1884 ; his wife d. Feb. 10, 1895, ag. 87.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1824.
Edmund Gamman died Aug. 4, 1841. Mrs. Gamman died Mar. 19, 1875, aged 86.
GILKEY.
James Gilkey, who came here about the year 1750, was the first of the name in town. He married, Sept. 11, 1748, Martha Morton. He was a weaver by trade, came from the north of Ireland, and in relig- ious belief was a strong Presbyterian. At the time he came here he was probably about forty years of age. He first settled on the thirty acre lot, 29, which is the second lot westerly from the Fort Hill road, on the southerly side of the two rod road running westerly above the Isaac Dyer farm. Here marks of the old house and cellar are still to be seen. By his deed to Wentworth Stuart, then of Berwick, dated Jan. 23, 1753, he conveys to said Stuart this thirty acre lot, with the building and fences on the same. After this he settled on South St., on the thirty acre lot, 18, where he built a house, the same occupied by the late Dr. Dudley Folsom. This house was burned while occupied by Dr. Folsom. Mr. Gilkey's children by his first wife were :
Joseph, b. Apr. 27, 1751, m. Phebe Larrabee, Aug. 18, 1774.
Rebecca, b. Nov. 17, 1753, m. James Small, Apr. 4, 1787.
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