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Rufus Harmon died in Harrison. Mrs. Harmon died in Gorham at the house of her daughter Betsey, Nov. 29, 1850, aged 74.
Israel Harmon born in Standish, Jan. 17, 1790, the son of Eliot Harmon, and a nephew to Rufus Harmon, above, married, Nov. 5, 1812, Dorothy, daughter of Moses and Hannah Fogg of Gorham. Not long after his marriage he removed from Standish to Harrison, where he resided for some years. From Harrison he came to Gor- ham, where he lived in the north part of the town. His farm joined the Standish line. He was a farmer, and also kept a store for many years near his house. The children of Israel and Dorothy Harmon were :
Moses, b. in Standish, July 8, 1814, I'd on his father's farm ; was deaf and dumb;
d. June 11, 1897.
Hannah, b. in Harrison, Nov. ,8, 1816, m. Alvah McDonald, Apr. 14, 1844.
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Mary H., b. in Harrison, Aug. 31, 1821, m. Jos. M. Plummer, Sept. 22, 1843. Franklin, b. in Harrison, Feb. 24, 1825, d. in Harrison, July 11, 1828.
Israel Harmon died at his home in Gorham, Dec. 19, 1876, aged 87. Mrs. Harmon died Sept. 27, 1875, aged 86. Mr. Harmon's place is now owned and occupied by Rev. John A. Bodge, who mar- ried his sister, Esther A. Harmon.
HAT HARRIS.
Stephen Harris probably came to Gorham from Windham. He enlisted from Windham in the Revolutionary army as a private in Capt. Mayberry's company, Col. Francis' regiment. In 1783, Mr. Harris, being then of Gorham, bought of Decker Phinney and Cary McLellan the seventy acre lot No. 60, which Phinney and Mclellan had purchased of his Excellency, John Hancock. He also owned lots 58 and 73. His home and buildings were on lot 58, situated about one-half mile from Sapling Hill. The place is now owned by Frank Mayberry. Mr. Harris was a member of the Society of Friends in Gorham. He married Sarah, daughter of William and Jemima (Proctor) Gennis of Windham. Children :
Mary, b. Feb. 25, 1786.
William, b. Mar. 17, 1788, m. Annie Collins, Oct. 1, 1817.
Levi, b. May 27, 1790, m. Betsey Waterhouse, July 27, 1817.
John, b. Oct. 15, 1792.
Rebecca, b. May 3, 1795, d. unm.
Owen, b. July 15, 1797, m. Mary Harding, June 10, 1821 ; I'd in Oshkosh, Wis. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 3, 1800, m. - Foster ; 2d, Mrs. Sally Harding ; d. Nov. 5, 1847.
Mr. Harris died Aug. 1, 1831, and his wife Sarah, March 3, 1852, aged 95.
(2) William Harris, son of Stephen, lived near his father, not far from Sapling Hill. He married Annie Collins of Portland. The marriage took place in the Friends' Meeting House in Gorham. Their children were :
William Cobb, b. Aug. 10, 1818, d. Jan. 25, 1821. Huldah A., b. July 8, 1821, d. Oct. 11, 1832.
Sarah M., b. Oct. 4, 1822, m. Otis T. Hall.
Phebe S., b. June 23, 1824, d. Feb. 3. 1825. Harriet E., b. Oct. 4, 1829, m. Otis T. Hall (2d wife).
Isaiah W., b. Apr. 17, 1835, d. young.
Huldah Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1836, d. young.
William Harris died June 25, 1845, and his wife, Jan. 19, 1839, aged 39.
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HASKELL.
William, Roger and Mark Haskell came from England in 1656. William settled at Cape Ann. His son Benjamin, born in 1648, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Riggs of Gloucester, Mass. Thomas, son of Benjamin and Mary, was born in Gloucester in 1689 and came in the year 1726 to Falmouth Neck. From him the Has- kells of Gorham descend. He was one of the first embodied into the church on the settlement of Mr. Smith in 1727, and was one of the selectmen of Falmouth in 1731 ; a very respectable, worthy and influential citizen. Parson Smith in his Diary for 1726, in speaking of his coming to Falmouth, says, "One Haskell, a sober sort of man with his family." We find that he was a Proprietor in Gorham in 1758, in which year he sold the right No. 76 to Solomon Haskell. He married Mary Parsons of Cape Ann. Children :
Hannah, b. in 1720, m. Joseph Scott; 2d, Zerubbabel Hunnerwell of Windham ; d. July 27, 1753.
Mary, b. Apr. 22, 1722, m. Joseph Quimby, p. Sept. 28, 1740.
Benjamin, b. about 1725, m. Abigail Parsons of Gloucester, Mar. 10, 1752 ; 2d, Lydia Freeman of Cape Cod ; was a Proprietor in Gorham in 1764; d. Oct. 14, 1785, aged 60.
Solomon, b. about 1726, according to his own deposition given in 1805. His name often appears in town affairs in that part of Falmouth, now Sacca- rappa. He d. May 22, 1816.
Thomas, b. - , m. Isabel Winship of Windham, May 10, 1766.
William, b. July 25, 1728, m. Margaret Frost, June 18, 1752 ; 2d, Mrs. Weston. Rachel, b. July 12, 1730, m. Wm. Bolton, Mar. 17, 1757.
Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1732, m. Samuel Gookin, 1754.
John, b. Aug. 25, 1735, m. Abigail Libby, June 15, 1758.
Anna, b. Apr. 27, 1737, m. Peter Babb of Saccarappa, June 24, 1760.
Thomas Haskell moved from Falmouth to Gorham, and lived nearly opposite the Col. Tyng place, very near the spot now occupied by the house built by the late Samuel E. Mclellan. It seems probable that he lived with one of his sons, William or John, prob- ably with the latter. He owned a negro slave, Prince, baptized July 21, 1751, by the Rev. Mr. Wight of Windham. Mr. Haskell died Feb. 10, 1785, aged 96, leaving, it is said, seventy-nine grandchildren and fifty-eight great-grandchildren.
(2) William Haskell, son of Thomas, lived on a lot near that of his brother John, and just west of David Webb's. He married Margaret, daughter of James and Margaret (Goodwin) Frost of Ber- wick. They were married in what is now South Berwick, by the Rev. Jeremiah Wise. We have been unable to find any perfect record of his children, but there were :
Anna, m. Thomas Paine, Dec. 6, 1781 ; I'd in Pownal.
Enoch, m. Hitty Swett ; I'd in N. Harrison.
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John, m. Mary Paine, p. Feb. 10, 1781.
Jacob, m. Mary Whitmore, Dec. 29, 1785.
Stephen, m. Rebecca Marston of N. Yarmouth, p. Mar. 5, 1791. Daniel, m. Mary Bolton, Apr. 10, 1794.
William Haskell married second, Feb. 11, 1773, Mrs. Katherine (Mosher) Weston, daughter of Daniel and Jane Mosher, and widow of Joseph Weston. One child was born to them in Gorham :
Susanna, b. Jan. 22, 1775, m. Oliver Pierce of Harrison.
Mr. Haskell died April 6, 1777. His name is on the tax list in 1777 for two polls, and in 1779 his widow Katherine is charged for two polls. In 1779 also, his widow Katherine executed a mortgage on her late husband's farm in Gorham, and settled his estate.
(2) John Haskell, son of Thomas, lived in Gorham as early as 1765. The house in which he lived stood on the old road, just west of the town line between Gorham and Westbrook. It has since been moved to Cumberland Mills, and is still standing, just west of Kim- ball Eastman's store. John Haskell married Abigail, daughter of John and Mary (Miller) Libby of Scarborough. She was born Dec. 18, 1739. Children :
Samuel, b. Mar. 24, 1759, d. Dec. 25, 1775.
Benjamin, b. Feb. 14, 1761, m. Sally Berry, p. July 24, 1784 ; I'd in Standish.
John, b. Dec. 24, 1762.
Jonathan, b. Mar. 24, 1765, m. Martha Phinney, Sept. 19, 1793.
Mary P., b. Apr. 10, 1767, d. Dec. 26, 1781.
Thomas, b. May 1, 1769, I'd and d. in Pownal.
Reuben, b. Mar. 24, 1771, I'd and d. in Pownal.
Abigail, b. June 18, 1773, m. David Plumer, July 2, 1799.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 7, 1775, d. Dec. 24, 1776.
Samuel D., b. Sept. 12, 1777, m. Lydia Plumer, Mar. 17, 1799 ; I'd in Wilton. Infant, b. Aug. 18, 1779, d. Aug. 28, 1779.
Rebecca, b. May 15, 1781, d. July 18, 1783.
Mary P., b. Apr. 19, 1783, d. Apr. 6, 1786.
Rachel, b. Jan. 1, 1786, m. David Grant of Falmouth, Nov. 14, 1802; 2d, Michael Dyer of Pownal; d. Aug., 1885.
(3) John Haskell, son of William, lived in Gorham in the White Rock district. He was a Revolutionary soldier. On April 1, 1776, he enlisted to serve one year under Capt. Paul Ellis in Col. French's regiment, and participated in the siege of Boston. He was after- wards a member of Capt. Mayberry's company, of the 11th Mass. He married Mary Paine. Children :
Anna, b. Feb. 23, 1782, m. Joseph Files, p. Dec. 22, 1798.
John, b , m. Anna Harmon of Standish, Feb. 7, 1805.
Nathaniel, b. , m. and I'd in the eastern part of the State.
Joseph, b. - -, m. Mrs. Jerusha Moore of Otisfield. Susan, b. -, m. Joseph Cram of Thorndike. Mary., b. - -, m. Jacob Sovereign of Thorndike.
A daughter, b. -, m. a Mr. Roberts in the eastern part of the State. Jacob, b. -- , I'd and d. in Kansas.
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John Haskell and most of his family moved to Thorndike. John Haskell died in Knox Sept. 22, 1819.
(3) Jacob Haskell, son of William, married Mary, daughter of Capt. Samuel and Mary Whitmore. Children :
Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1786.
Eunice, b. Oct. 7, 1788, m. Nathaniel H. Elden of Buxton, Nov. 29, 1810.
Jacob, b. Oct. 3, 1790. William, b. Feb. 28, 1793.
Sally, b. May 18, 1795.
Joel, b. June 8, 1797.
Eliza, b. May 13, 1799.
(3) Daniel Haskell, son of William, was born Oct. 11, 1768. He married his cousin Mary, daughter of William and Rachel (Haskell) Bolton, and settled on a farm on the Hurricane road. This place he exchanged with Daniel Purinton for the place in Windham now occu- pied by the family of his son Oliver. The Gorham farm is now owned by Israel Kemp. The buildings are unoccupied, and are fast going to decay. Children :
James, b. Feb. 10, 1796, m. Lydia Elliott of Portland, Nov. 5, 1823. Ch : Gilbert M., b. Aug. 30, 1824, d. in Florida, about 1897 ; Mary Ann, b. Mar. 29, 1826, d. Apr. 18, 1849; Wm. Nelson, b. Sept. 15, 1828, k'd by Indians while on the way to Cal. ; John L., b. Mar. 12, 1838, m. Harriet Libby, 1861, went to the Black Hills ; Jas. Edwin, b. June 1, 1842, k'd at Fred- ericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. James Haskell I'd on the Webb place, at Winship's Corner; he was a Free Mason, and a charter member of Harmony Lodge; he d. in Florida, Feb. 21, 1878; Mrs. Haskell d. in Deering, Jan. 8, 1895.
Betsey, b. June 8, 1798, m. Oliver Mayberry ; d. Jan. 21, 1879.
William, b. Jan. 17, 1802, d. Feb. 10, 1803.
William, b. Dec. 27, 1803, m. Margaret McGill; d. Feb. 1, 1840.
Anna, b. Feb. 26, 1806, d. unm. May 30, 1829.
Oliver, b. Feb. 26, 1808, m. Charity Mayberry, Nov. 22, 1835 ; 2d, Nancy G. Phinney, May 25, 1840; d. Jan. 8, 1893.
Everline, b. July 25, 1810, d. unm. Apr. 26, 1888.
Daniel M., b. Jan. 7, 1813, d. Apr. 25, 1838.
Rachel, b. Nov. 16, 1814, m. Marshall Thomes; d. June 1, 1840.
Daniel Haskell died in Windham, April 2, 1845, and his wife Mary, June 22, 1863.
HASTY.
William and Thomas J. Hasty, sons of Robert and Margaret (Patterson) Hasty, were born in Scarborough ; William, June 6, 1799, and Thomas, Aug. 6, 1804. Their great-grandfather, Daniel Hasty, was probably the first of the name in New England, certainly the first in Maine and New Hampshire. He came from Ireland with his wife and family to Portsmouth, N. H., and removed thence to Scar- borough about 1731-2.
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William Hasty went into the tanning and leather business in Gorham with John Wilson, a native of Londonderry, N. H. The remains of their tan-pits have been in existence until very recently on the east side of School St., just north of the residence of Mrs. Harmon. Mr. Hasty died in Gorham.
Thomas J. Hasty lived at West Gorham, where he kept a store for some years. He took an active part in town affairs, and was at one time town collector. He was postmaster at West Gorham at the time of his death, Mar. 1, 1873 ; - his wife died Sept. 7, 1883. He mar- ried, Nov. 25, 1832, Sally D. Watts of Buxton. Children :
Edward, m. Lizzie Copp of Cumberland.
Thomas J., Jr., m. Edith Lombard; d. Oct. 12, 1876.
Harriet H., m. Francis Files.
William, m. Lettie Varley.
Eliza Ella.
Sarah, m. Frank Hoyt of Winthrop.
HATCH.
The descendants of Joseph Hatch claim descent from Elder William Hatch of Kent County, England, who came with his wife Jane and five children to New England in 1634 in the ship " Hercules," and was one of the early settlers of Scituate, Mass. He died in 1651.
Joseph Hatch came to Gorham from Barnstable. His wife was Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Sawyer, and sister of Capt. Jonathan Sawyer of Gorham. Their children, recorded as being born in Gorham, were :
Nathaniel, b. Sept. 27, 1749, m. Elizabeth Hatch, June 12, 1777; 2d, Abigail Nason,
Ezekiel, b. Nov. 16, 1754, joined the Shakers.
Asa, b. Jan. 30, 1757, m. Rebecca Crockett, May 6, 1783 ; 2d, Jane McIntosh. David, b. Apr. 6, 1759.
Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1764, joined the Shakers at Alfred; d. Oct. 12, 1817.
Ebenezer, b. May 13, 1767, m. Elizabeth Mclellan, Feb. 7, 1802.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1770.
Find no record of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch.
(2) Nathaniel Hatch, son of Joseph, was for many years a sea captain. In 1777 he sold to Joseph Gilkey the half-house, farm, etc., which he had purchased a few months before of his grandfather, John Sawyer. This was one-half of the thirty acre lot 113. About 1779 he moved to Falmouth (Cape Elizabeth), but returned after some years to Gorham, living probably on the hundred acre lot 41. This lot he sold in 1787 to his brother Asa. Capt. Hatch afterwards removed to that part of Falmouth which is now Westbrook, where he
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built the two-story brick house on the Saco road, still known as the Hatch house, and occupied until very recently by his descendants. In his later years he became a preacher of the Methodist denomination. Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hatch) Hatch were:
Betsey, b. in Gorham, Apr. 14, 1778, m. Wm. Roberts ; d. Dec. 7, 1815. Hannah, b. in Cape Elizabeth, Apr. 22, 1780, m. Jeremiah Johnson of West- brook.
Sally, b. in Cape Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1783, m. Reuben Cobb, Apr. 5, 1801. Nathaniel, b. in Gorham, Sept. 30, 1789, m. -; d. in Virginia.
Harriet, b. Sept. 5, 1794, d. Nov. 4,. 1811.
George, b. Nov. 3, 1797, m. Mary Staples ; 2d, Emily Higgins ; I'd in West- brook.
After the death of his wife Betsey, May 24, 1812, Mr. Hatch married Abigail Nason. He died, Apr. 2, 1832, aged 82.
(2) Asa Hatch, son of Joseph, married Rebecca, daughter of Peletiah and Mary Crockett. Children :
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 30, 1783, m. Anna, dau. of David and Phebe McDougall, p. Apr. 10, 1812. Ch: the five oldest b. in Gorham, the remainder in Eastport, to which place Mr. Hatch removed : David, b. 1814 ; Nathaniel, b. 1815, taught school at one time in Gorham; Ann, b. 1817; Rebecca, b. 1818; Ezekiel, b. 1820; Phebe, b. 1822, m. Simon Stevens ; Mary Jane, b. 1825; Catherine, b. 1827 ; William, b. 1830; James, b. 1832 ; Elizabeth, b. 1834; George, b. 1837. Mr. Hatch was for some years a trader in Gorham. He d. in 1853, and his wife Anna, in 1867, ag. 73. Stephen, b. May 10, 1786, m. Mercy Dyer, p. Feb. 14, 1807.
Mrs. Rebecca Hatch died about 1790, and Mr. Hatch married, Dec. 9, 1792, Jane McIntosh, by whom he had :
Catherine L., b. 1793, m. Clark Dyer, Jan. 29, 1814.
Mary, b. 1796, m. Simon Elder, Apr. 10, 1819.
Jane, b. 1798, d. unm. Dec. 16, 1834.
Asa Hatch died Dec. 25, 1798, and his wife Jane, June 5, 1844, aged 85.
(2) Ebenezer, son of Joseph Hatch, was for many years a sea captain. After leaving the sea he went into trade at Gorham village. The Hatch store built by Capt. Hatch about 1810 was burned Aug. 15, 1846. Capt. Hatch owned and occupied the house on Main St. lately occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Emily (Hatch) Bangs. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Jenny Mclellan. Children :
Joseph McL., b. May 13, 1806, m. Sarah - -- -; d. in Boston, 1869.
Thomas McL., b. Mar. 9, 1808, d. young.
Hugh McL., b. Dec. 12, 1810, d. Ang. 19, 1831.
David, b. Nov. 5, 1812, d. Oct. 2, 1815.
Emily, b. June 13, 1815, m. Charles C. Bangs, June 18, 1835.
Angelina, b. Oct. 11, 1818, d. Dec. 3, 1824.
Capt. Ebenezer Hatch died July 6, 1818, and Mrs Hatch married in 1822 Nathaniel Phinney, Esq. She died Oct. 1, 1864, aged 84.
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HERSEY.
Seth Hersey came to Gorham from Hingham, Mass., about 1810, and purchased of Gen. James Irish the farm on the Flaggy Meadow road which had been Gen. Irish's homestead, and is now owned by Mr. Grouard. He married Tamsin Cushing, and their children were :
Rebecca, b. - , m. John McLellan of Cornish, Mar. 31, 1831. Seth, b. - , m. Nancy Davis, p. Dec. 5, 1832 ; I'd on his father's place. Ch : William P., b. Aug., 1834, m. Lydia M. Fuller; Seth C., b. Dec. 13, 1837, d. May 28, 1842 ; Thomas H., b. Dec. 31, 1839 ; Rebecca, b. July 22, 1842, d. Feb. 15, 1850; Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1844, m. Edward Estes ; Clarissa A., b. Nov. 29, 1847, d. Feb. 17, 1850. Seth Hersey, Jr., d. Aug. 18, 1857, aged 50, and his wife d. in August, 1893 ..
Theophilus C., b. Dec. 12, 1812, a merchant in Portland, where he died.
Thomas C., b. Oct. 29, 1816, d. Apr. 11, 1841.
Mrs. Tamsin Hersey died Dec. 28, 1839, aged 60, and Mr. Hersey married in 1840 Mrs. Rebecca Whitten of Hingham. She died Jan. 12, 1853, aged 70, and Mr. Hersey died Dec. 5, of the same year, aged 78.
HICKS.
Lemuel Hicks came from that part of Falmouth which is now Woodfords Corner. He lived in the north part of Gorham in what is known as the Nason district. The house is gone and the place is now owned by Henry Plaisted. He married Mary, daughter of Lemuel Rich, (pub. Apr. 20, 1771). Children :
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 9, 1774, m. Heman M. Brown, Dec. 20, 1802. Lemuel, b. May 9, 1776.
Mr. Hicks married, second, Mrs. Susanna (Frost) Frost, Nov. 5, 1778, widow of Benjamin Frost. Children :
Hannah, b. Mar. 4, 1781, m. William Wood, Jan. 28, 1807.
Ephraim, b. Mar. 23, 1783, m. Rachel Morton, July 10, 1804.
Nathaniel, b. Sept. 27, 1784, m. Lucy Ward, p. Dec. 12, 1812.
Isaac, b. Apr. 15, 1786.
Abigail, b. Apr. 25, 1789, d. May 28, 1827.
(2) Ephraim Hicks, son of Lemuel, lived toward White Rock, in the Nason district. He married Rachel Morton. Children :
Lemuel,
m. Esther Files of Thorndike; d. Dec. 15, 1863.
Susan, b. Dec. 27, 1807,- ( m. Isaac Flood, Apr. 1, 1837.
Dilla,
m. Edmund Flood, Sept. 11, 1831.
Martha, b. July 5, 1810, m. Chas. H. Anderson of Windham, Feb. 15, 1829. Eliza, b. Jan. 9, 1820, m. - Cole of Windham.
Ephraim Hicks died Dec. 14, 1835, aged 52, and his widow mar- ried, second, Edward Harmon of Gray.
m. Susan Parker, Dec. 1I, 1825; d. May 21,
Ebenezer, b. May 26, 1805, 3 1844 ; she, Sept. 5, 1873. .
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(2) Nathaniel Hicks, son of Lemuel, lived near his brother Ephraim, on the old Ward place. He married Lucy, daughter of John Ward. Children :
Mark, m. Sally Hooper. She d. July 27, 1895, ag. 71.
Isaac, m. in Norway ; d. there.
Mary Ann, d. unm. Jan. 9, 1888, ag. 62 ; I'd in Windham.
Joseph, d. Aug. 23, 1821.
Nathaniel Hicks died Feb. 17, 1870, aged 86, and his wife Lucy, Feb. 28, 1837, aged 57.
HIGGINS.
Capt. Joseph Higgins, born Nov. 20, 1750, came from Eastham, Mass., to Gorham in 1778. His wife's maiden name was Mercy Cook, and she was born Jan. 6, 1755. Joseph Higgins was a sea captain, and was lost at sea by the foundering of his vessel in January, 1804. He left a wife and ten children ; the oldest, Joseph, born in Eastham, the others in Gorham :
ยท Joseph, b. Aug. 16, 1776, m. Elizabeth Files, Jan. 3, 1804.
Mercy, b. Aug. 6, 1778, m. Daniel Lowell, Jr. of Standish, Mar. 18, 1799; d. Jan. 15, 1814.
Isaac, b. Dec. 16, 1780, m. Esther Parker, Nov. 27, 1800; 2d, Mrs. Ruth (Prince) (Langworthy) Kent; d. in Thorndike, Dec. 19, 1855.
Barnabas, b. Jan. 28, 1783, d. unm. Feb. 16, 1816.
Dorcas, b. May 12, 1785, m. Moses Rich, p. Oct. 21, 1806.
Mary, b. Apr. 2, 1787, m. Nathaniel Thomes, Jan. 29, 1807.
Enoch F., b. July 13, 1789, m. Miriam Deane, Nov. 6, 1813.
Abigail F., b. Sept. 23, 1791, m. Amos Thomes, Mar. 29, 1810. Saul Cook, b. May 11, 1794, m. Fanny Blake, Mar. 25, 1816.
Elmira, b. Apr. 21, 1797, m. Sylvanus Bangs of Limington, May 6, 1817; d. July 16, 1825.
Mrs. Mercy Higgins died in Gorham, Dec. 19, 1843, leaving one hundred and twenty-eight descendants.
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The oldest son, Joseph, became a minister of the Free Baptist denomination. In 1797 he went to Thorndike, then Lincoln Planta- tion, where he died Feb. 5, 1867. His wife, who was Elizabeth Files of Gorham, also died in Thorndike. Mrs. Roscoe G. Harding and Miss Sibyl Higgins of Gorham are their grandchildren. Capt. Barnabas Higgins commanded one of the Gorham companies of militia that were called out for the defence of Portland in 1814. Enoch Freeman Higgins moved to Standish, and married Miriam Deane of that place. He was the father of the late Mrs. Mary Tyler and Mrs. Lucian Hunt of Gorham.
Saul C. Higgins, the youngest son, married Fanny Blake of Gor- ham. He lived and died on the old homestead above West Gorham which was cleared by his father about 1794. During the War of
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1812 he was a sergeant in his brother Barnabas' company of militia, and went to Portland with the rest of the regiment to repel the threatened attack of the British in 1814. He was an earnest, faith- ful member of the Methodist church for forty-five years. He died Feb. 16, 1895, having reached the age of 100 years and 9 mos., and having enjoyed almost perfect possession of his faculties to the end. His wife Fanny died June 22, 1878, aged 85. Capt. Saul Higgins and his wife had no children, but left an adopted son, John Lowell Higgins, who resides on the old homestead.
John L. Higgins, who was born in November, 1829, was the son of John Lowell, and grandson of Daniel and Mercy (Higgins) Lowell of Standish. He was left an orphan at the age of six months, and was adopted by his uncle, Saul C. Higgins. When a young man he went to the West where he remained until 1877 when he returned to Gorham and settled on the old farm. He married, June 15, 1851, Sarah A., daughter of Maj. William Warren of Gorham. They have had four children, of whom one, Fannie, is now living. She married, Jan. 9, 1897, Leander M. Boothby of Gorham.
Ebenezer Higgins came to Pearsonstown from Cape Cod about 1781-82. His wife's name was Rebecca Children :
Ebenezer, b. in Truro, July 24, 1775, I'd at Castine ; was a sea captain, and was lost at sea.
Rebecca, b. in Provincetown, Apr. 11, 1780, m. Nathaniel Blake of Gorham, Nov. 26, 1801.
Hannah A., b. in Pearsonstown, Aug. 20, 1782, m. Jeremiah Frost of Gorham, May 26, 1804.
Martha, b. June 21, 1784. m. John Cressey of Gorham, Apr 8, 1812.
David, b. Nov. 3, 1787, m. Catherine Jordan of Otisfield ; I'd on the Fort Hill road, just north of the old Col. Nathaniel Frost place. Ch. b. in Gor- ham : John C., b. Aug. 4, 1827; Samuel H., b. June 1, 1831 ; Tabitha, b. June 11, 1833. This family moved to Illinois, where other ch. were b .; a son, David, Jr., was a clergyman.
Susanna, b. Apr. 14, 1789, m. Timothy Blake of Gorham, Nov. 29, 1810.
Desire P., bapt. May 19, 1793, m. Ephraim Blake of Gorham, Dec., 1813.
After the death of Mr. Higgins, his widow Rebecca married, Nov. 7, 1801, Col. Nathaniel Frost of Gorham. She died Dec. 25, 1820.
John and Seth Higgins were brothers, and sons of Seth and Experience (Higgins) Higgins. Seth Higgins was born in Septem- ber, 1776, and was the son of Seth and grandson of Ebenezer Higgins. Experience Higgins was the daughter of Timothy and Reliance Hopkins ( Yates) Higgins, and granddaughter of Freeman Higgins. The family came to Standish from Eastham, Mass. Seth Higgins, the husband of Experience, was lost at sea, on the
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HISTORY OF GORHAM.
same vessel with Capt. Hinkley, and his widow married, July 7, 1814, Daniel Lowell, Jr., of Buxton.
John Higgins was born in September, 1803. He lived in Gorham, where he ran the mill near Stephenson's bridge. The house in which he lived has since been removed. He married Martha, daughter of Luther and Mary Tappan of Baldwin. Children :
Mary E., b. Aug. 1, 1837, m. Edmund Clement of Baldwin.
Julia M., b. Nov. 25, 1841, 1's with her sister, Mrs. Bean.
Emeline, b. Mar. 13, 1845, m. Levi H. Bean.
John Higgins died Sept. 27, 1885, aged 82. Mrs. Martha Higgins died Mar. 26, 1880, aged 66.
Seth Higgins, brother to John above, was born in 1805. He was a blacksmith at West Gorham, and built the brick house on the road which runs from that village to Fort Hill. He married Rebecca Shaw. They have two children now living, Henry A., born in 1836, married Maggie Chase, and Albert, born in 1840. Seth Higgins moved from Gorham to Standish in April, 1844.
HIGHT.
George Hight, son of George and Eliza (Pike) Hight, was born April 27, 1792, in Scarboro. From that place he removed to Gorham about 1815. He was a blacksmith, and worked in a shop which stood on School St., opposite the Congregational church. This build- ing formerly stood on the Parish lot and was the old schoolhouse which was built and used as a meeting house by the Townsend party. It has been removed for many years. Mr. Hight built the house on High St., lately occupied by Dr. John Waterman. He afterwards built the house on Church St., which is the present Congregational parsonage. Here he lived until his removal to Castleton, Vt., about 1859. He and his wife were most worthy Christian people. He married, Nov. 25, 1815, Mary R. Haines of Scarboro. Children :
Martha, b. Dec. 30, 1816, m. E. A. Holmes of Paris, June 1, 1853; d. in Norway, June 3, 1887.
George, b. Aug. 25, 1819, d. young.
William H., b .. Dec. 1, 1821, d. young.
Mary E., b. Mar. 9, 1826, m. William Guernsey, of Castleton, Vt., Dec. 25, 1855; d. Apr. 16, 1873.
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