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Sarah, b. 1809, m. Geo. Sanborn. James, b. 1810, m. Harriet B. Lord, dau. of Nahum ; I'd in Detroit, Me.
Charlotte, b. 1812, m. Benjamin Crawford.
Abigail, b. 1815, m. - Plumley.
Augusta, b. 1819, m. - Janvrin.
James Lord died at Lincoln, Me., Jan. 4, 1838.
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Anne Lord, sister of Nahum and James, married Austin Alden, April 12, 1814. They removed from Gorham to Pownal. Their eldest daughter, Sarah Alden, was educated in Gorham. She mar- ried Simeon T. Rice of Portland in 1855, and died in 1869, being buried in Gorham.
(2) Jeremiah Lord, son of Nahum, lived in the "heater piece," between the County road and the Gorham road to Scarborough, near what is now known as " Bobadill." He kept a store in the lower part of his dwelling. The building with its contents was destroyed by fire in 1841. After this fire the family moved to the eastern part of the State. Mr. Lord married Sarah, daughter of Meshach and Sarah Purinton. Children :
Charlotte E., b. Feb. 26, 1832, d. Aug. 17, 1855.
Harriet, b. Nov. 5, 1833.
Sarah F., b. Feb. 18, 1836. Charles F., b. Jan. 18, 1838.
Elice B., b. Aug. 25, 1840.
Mary S., b. Jan. 28, 1843.
Ivory Lord came to Gorham from Springvale. He married, Nov. 26, 1834, Mary Jane, daughter of John Crockett. They lived near White Rock on the place now owned by their son John A. Lord. Children :
Hannah P., b. Oct. 16, 1835, d. July 22, 1838.
Charles L., b. June 14, 1838, m. Frances Coburn of Vt., 1874.
Frances E., b. Dec. 17, 1840.
John A., b. July 7, 1843, m. Alice J. Tyler, 1873.
Sabin B., b. July 14, 1845, d. Nov. 14, 1863.
Otis, b. Mar. 24, 1851, d. Aug. 30, 1867.
Abbie, b. - , d. young.
Ivory Lord died May 3, 1891, aged 80, and his wife, Jan. 25, 1861, aged 45.
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Isaac, George and Samuel Lord were brothers; natives of Effing- ham, N. H., and sons of Isaac and Susan Lord of that place. Isaac Lord came to Gorham about 1845, and went into business with his brother-in-law, Rev. Mr. Jameson. He was acting postmaster at the. village at the time of his death. He married Frances Grant, and their children were Elizabeth F., married Geo. Sanborn, and 2d, Mr. Foster; Anna G., married Mr. Lincoln; Isaac; and Frank. Isaac Lord died suddenly, April 24, 1857, aged 53. His wife died in Boston.
Samuel W. Lord came to Gorham about 1846-7. He was in trade here with Mr. Jameson, and afterwards formed a partnership with James Mann, under the firm name of Lord and Mann. Their store
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was that which was burned in 1892 on the spot now occupied by that of F. H. Emery. He was postmaster at the village from 1853 to '57. He was also town treasurer in 1853 and from 1862 to '65. Mr. Lord built the house lately occupied by Dr. Straw on Main St. He married, Nov. 2, 1842, Ann, daughter of John and Huldah (Morrell) White of Windham. Children, all born in Gorham, but John who was born in Effingham :
John, m. Frances Bell of Kennebunk ; 2d, Ella Mason of S. Boston.
Charles, m. Mary Warriner of Fryeburg.
Helen A., d. March 8, 1850.
Annie, m. Fred S. Hawkes of Windham Centre.
Henry, m. Susie Richardson of Boston.
Samuel, m. Louise Jordan of Portland.
Edwin A., d. Mar. 28, 1857.
Fannie, m. Loring Hawkes.
Edwin, m. Lizzie Moore of Boston.
Frank.
Samuel Lord died in Windham in 1887.
LOWELL.
The Lowells of Gorham claim descent from Percival Lowell, who emigrated from Bristol, England, to Newbury, Mass., in 1639.
Stephen Lowell was the son of Daniel and Mercy Lowell and was born in Standish, Sept. 27, 1781. He married, Oct. 19, 1809, Wealthy, daughter of Joel Sawyer who was an early settler in Gor- ham. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell resided in Standish till about 1829, when they removed to Gorham. Their children were born in Standish. Mrs. Lowell was a worthy and consistent member of the Congrega- tional church in Gorham, and we find the baptisms of her children on the church books, recorded by Rev. Mr. Rand. These chil- dren were :
William, b. Nov. 17, 1810, m. Catherine Ramsey ; moved to Mass.
Amos, b. Feb. 9, 1814, m. Caroline Cutts ; I'd in Mass.
Mary, b. May 14, 1816, m. -
- Anderson of Windham; 2d, Henry Broad;
3d, Stephen Brown of Limington.
Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1819, m. Arthur M. Benson, Dec. 1, 1844.
George W., b. Jan. 29, 1822, m. Lucy J. Landers, Aug. 5, 1842; 2d, Sarah J. Lowell.
· Francis, b. Sept. 12, 1826, went whaling ; was lost at sea.
Stephen Lowell died at Gorham village, Aug. 7, 1848, aged 67. Mrs. Lowell died Sept. 18, 1859, aged 71.
(2) George W. Lowell, son of Stephen, was a builder and con- tractor, and designed a number of dwelling-houses and other build- ings in Gorham. He was also a member of the firm of Lowell and Shackford, lumber dealers. He married Lucy J. Landers of Buck- field. Children :
GEORGE W. LOWELL.
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Lucy A., b. Mar. 5, 1845, d. young.
Julia Ella, b. Nov. 8, 1847, d. Oct. 4, 1881.
Mrs. Lucy J. Lowell died Aug. 17, 1849, aged 24, and Mr. Lowell married, April 25, 1851, Sarah J. Lowell of Hiram. Children :
Lucy E., b. Feb. 19, 1852, d. Nov. 5, 1887.
Edwin H., b. Apr. 2, 1855, d. June 19, 1855.
Carrie F., b. Dec. 26, 1859, d. Jan. 8, 1865.
George A,, b. Feb. 13, 1867, d. Apr. 2, 1867.
Mr. Lowell died at his residence on Main St., April 10, 1897.
Another branch of the Lowell family came to Gorham from Hiram, about the years 1836-40. They were Reuben; Henry ; Mary Ann, who married Daniel Douglass; Sarah J., who married George W. Lowell; and Rhoda, who married Joseph Cressey, Jr., children of Reuben and Rhoda (Lord) Lowell of Hiram, and grandchildren of Jonathan K. Lowell of Flintstown who married, Dec. 11. 1783, Rachel Morton.
Reuben Lowell, born March 18, 1816, lived at West Gorham, where he kept a team-tavern for several years till the days of rail- roads destroyed the business of teaming. He married Abigail P., daughter of Greenleaf P. and Lydia Watson. Their children were Ellen A., Greenleaf, and Edward G., who are all dead, Charles who married Elizabeth Bean, and Abba A., who died young. Reuben Lowell died June 7, 1882, aged 66. His wife died Oct. 17, 1896, aged 80.
Henry Lowell, brother of Reuben, married Betsey, daughter of John Rice of Gorham. They lived where Mr. Bradbury now lives, on the new road to Saccarappa. Children :
John R., b. Dec. 2, 1842.
Sarah J., b. Oct. 7, 1845, m. James H. Merritt of Portland, Oct. 23, 1865.
Oscar A., b. Sept. 14, 1847, d. young.
Louis H., b. July 4, 1852, m. Annie S. Faulkner of Westbrook, May 2, 1874.
Mary L., b. Aug. 22, 1854, d. May 22, 1860.
Herbert H., b. Feb. 14, 1857, d. Aug. 26, 1863.
Arthur, b. Mar. 4, 1859, d. young.
Fred E., b. Aug. 24, 1861, d. July 11, 1880. (Drowned.)
Henry Lowell died Nov. 13, 1862, aged 43, and his wife Betsey, July 10, 1889, aged 69.
LOWREY.
Robert Lowrey was born in Belfast, Ireland. He was a carpet weaver, and spent some years at work at this trade in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he had relatives. He married Mary A. Neil, who was born in the Isle of Guernsey. Soon after their marriage Mr. and
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Mrs. Lowrey came to America. They lived for a time in Northamp- ton, Mass. where their eldest child was born. From that place they removed to Lowell where Mr. Lowrey was employed in the Talbot Carpet Factory. About 1835 he moved to Gorham to become the superintendent of the carpet factory which Gen. Irish was about put- ting in operation. Mr. Lowrey afterwards built a factory for himself, on the west side of Water St., near the house where he then lived. This house and factory were burned in June, 1844. When John Tyler became President, Mr. Lowrey presented to him a carpet of his own manufacture with Tyler's name woven in the pattern. The Pres- ident accepted the gift, invited the donor to dine with him at the White House, gave him a silver mounted cane, and an appointment in the Custom House in Portland. This office he held during Tyler's administration. On his return to Gorham he bought and occupied the Dr. Baxter house on South St. During the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan, Mr. Lowrey held an appointment in the Boston Custom House.
The children of Robert and Mary A. Lowrey were :
Frances, b. Sept. 30, 1825, m. Thos. Mulvey ; I'd in Hollis ; d. leaving two dau's. Sarah, b. July 6, 1827, d. unm. in Lewiston, Me.
James, b. Mar. 29, 1830, d. Aug. 8, 1841.
Robert B., b. Oct. 29, 1832, d. Sept. 17, 1856, in St. Louis, Mo.
Mary Ann, b. June 26, 1834, d. in Lewiston.
Margaret, b. June 2, 1836, is a milliner in Portland.
Julia A., b. Apr. 21, 1838, d. in Lewiston.
Jane, b. July 14, 1840, d. Mar. 7, 1842.
Ellen Jennie, b. June 18, 1842, d. July 9, 1868.
Elizabeth T., b. Nov. 9, 1844, d. in Portland, Apr., 1901.
John N., b. Nov. 27, 1846, d. Mar. 3, 1847.
Mrs. Lowrey died March 4, 1854, aged 48. Mr. Lowrey died in Augusta.
MANN.
William Mann came from England with some of the earlier settlers of Massachusetts and settled in Cambridge, and married Mary Farrel. Their only child, Samuel, born in 1647, was one of the first students of Harvard. He preached in Wrentham forty-seven years, and died in that town May 23, 1719. Daniel Mann was born in Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 25, 1770, and was probably the son of Daniel and great- grandson of Samuel above. When a young man he came to Gorham where he was for some time engaged in teaching. He married, Aug. 23, 1792, Hannah, daughter of Decker and Hannah (Hamblen) Phinney, and lived on Fort Hill in the old Decker Phinney house, then a one story dwelling. The graves still to be seen in the orchard
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on the easterly side of the Fort Hill road, just south of the residence of Mr. Palmer, are those of Decker Phinney and some members of the Mann family. Children of Daniel and Hannah Mann :
Edmund, b. Jan. 12, 1793, m. Sally Gould, Dec. 31, 1814.
Hannah, b. Mar. 2, 1795, no record, prob'y d. young.
Mrs. Hannah Mann died Aug. 14, 1795, aged 21, and Mr. Mann married, Elizabeth, daughter of Gershom and Deborah (Jenkins) Hamblen. Children :
Daniel, b. in Raymond, Dec. 26, 1803, m. three times ; was a physician.
Hannah Eliza, b. in Portland, - 1806, m. M. F. Haley ; d. in Salem, Mass., Aug. 20, 1844.
Katherine, b. in Portland, Apr. 9, 1809, m. Azariah Edwards of Lincoln ; d. June, 1870.
Mary Hamblen, b. in Portland, Nov. 21, 1814, m. Ivory K. Maxwell; d. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Jan. 12, 1853.
Daniel Mann removed to Raymond, and thence to Portland. On deeds of sale of his property in Gorham he is styled " mariner." He was at one time engaged in the coasting trade. He was a lieutenant and adjutant in the War of 1812, and died in the service at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1814. His wife Elizabeth died in Lincoln about 1850. His daughters Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Maxwell were authoresses of repute.
(2) Edmund Mann, son of Daniel, filled many offices of import- ance in town and State. He was selectman for eight years, and Representative to the Legislature in 1829-30. He was a member of Gov. Dunlap's Council, and also County Commissioner. He was a member of the Free Baptist Church, and took an active and promi- nent part in enlarging and improving the edifice which formerly stood on Fort Hill. He resided on Fort Hill in the house formerly occupied by his father, which he altered and enlarged to its present form. He married Sally Gould, and their children were :
Betsey P., b. June 21, 1816, d. May 10, 1834.
Hannah, b. Dec. 6, 1821, d. young.
unm. ; was a Dr. in Buffalo; was a Capt. in the
George, b. June 22, 1822, Confederate army, and was killed at Vicksburg. James,
m. Miriam F. Johnson, Nov. 25, 1841.
Hannah, b. Mar. 13, 1824, m. Rev. Peletiah Hobson, p. Mar. 8, 1846.
Hon. Edmund Mann died March 8, 1862, and his wife Sally, July 5, 1868, aged 79.
(3) James Mann, son of Edmund, lived for a time on Fort Hill ; (the house has since burned). He afterwards lived at the village in the house now owned by Elisha Douglass, and was engaged in trade with Samuel W. Lord, under the firm name of Lord and Mann. He was Representative to the Legislature in 1849-50, and State
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senator two years. He was also County Treasurer in 1862. In the War of the Rebellion he was appointed Paymaster in the Union army. After the close of the war he went South, and was elected to Congress from Louisiana. His wife was Miriam F., daughter of Robert R. Johnson of Gorham. Children :
Horace P., b. Oct. 23, 1843, m. Nellie Colby of Gorham.
James R., b. Dec. 16, 1851, m. Lottie Torrey of Deer Isle, Me.
George E., b. Aug. 8, 1853, m. Florence Green of Newton.
Hon. James Mann died in New Orleans, Aug. 26, 1868. Mrs. Mann died Jan. 8, 1902.
MARCH.
Col. James March was the son of Col. Samuel and Annah March of Scarborough, and was born in that town, Feb. 9, 1769. When but eleven years and three months of age, on May 15, 1780, he enlisted as a fifer in Capt. Jedediah Goodwin's company, Col. Jos. Prime's Mass. regiment, and served for six months under command of Brig. Gen. Wadsworth. About the year 1806 he came to Gorham where he kept the " Bell Tavern " in the three story brick house, afterwards known as the "Gorham House," and since burned. His mother, Mrs. Annah March, died at his home, Nov. 15, 1815, aged 84. July 9, 1800 Col. March was married by the Rev. Paul Coffin to Miss Sally Jose of Buxton. Their children, the first three of whom were born in Scarborough, were :
Ann, b. May 16, 1801, m. Capt. John Farnham, Feb. 28, 1825.
Abigail M., b. July 5, 1803, m. Daniel Marrett of Standish, Jan. 26, 1825; d. Mar. 15, 1856; he d. Dec. 3, 1875.
Hannah, b. Dec. 9, 1805, m. Dr. Wm. H. Peabody, Sept. 9, 1828.
Sarah J., b. Dec. 29, 1807, m. Col. Samuel L. Valentine of Bangor, Sept. 30, 1833; 2d, James Ginn.
Maria M., b. Jan. 21, 1809, m. Isaac C. Irish, Sept. 5, 1830.
Lucinda P., b. Oct. 6, 1812, m. John C. Proctor of Portland, Apr. 10, 1837.
Emily P., b. Nov. 6, 1814, m. Charles Robie, Sept. 2, 1835.
Caroline E., b. July 17, 1822, m. Augustus F. Gerrish of Portland, Dec. 27, 1848.
Col. James March died March 29, 1823, and his wife Sally, Aug. 22, 1863, aged 83.
MAYBERRY.
Richard Mayberry, the first of the name who settled in Gorham, was a descendant of William Mayberry, who came to this country from Ballemoney, County Antrim, Ireland, and settled in Windham, where he died in 1765. Richard was the son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, and was born in Windham, March 18, 1767. He married, Oct. 22, 1798, Mary, daughter of Simon and Eliza-
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beth Huston of Gorham. His home was on the now unused road in the Horton district, known as the Mayberry road, and was about a half mile west of the house of William Cobb, now occupied by Isaac L. Johnson. Here the remains of his cellar are still to be seen. Children :
Lydia H., b. Aug. 8, 1799, m. Mills H. Brown of Scarboro, Dec. 7, 1834. Jane, b. Oct. 31, 1801, m. William Mayberry of Gray, Oct. 29, 1827.
Simon, b. - -, d. young.
Stephen P., b. Mar. 12, 1804, drowned in Little river, June 10, 1824.
Mary Ann, b. June 5, 1806, d. Aug., 1827.
Mrs. Mary Mayberry died Nov. 7, 1826, aged 55, and Mr. Mayberry married in 1828, Betsey Brackett of Limington. Child : Sarah Ann.
Richard Mayberry died Jan. 13, 1853, aged 87.
Jefferson Mabry, son of Abraham and Ann Maberry, was born in Standish, Jan. 30, 1814. He lived at Great Falls, and was a lumberman and trader. In 1841 he married Lucretia, daughter of Col. Clark Swett. Children :
Martha E., b. Nov. 11, 1843.
Charles H., b. Sept. 13, 1845.
Georgiana, b. Aug. 14, 1847, m. Charles Nason, d. Apr. 23, 1875.
Enoch, b. Aug. 17, 1849, m. Susan Dole; 2d, Augusta E. Sprague.
Ella F., b. June 14, 1854, d. July 29, 1855.
Fannie A., b. June 28, 1863, m. Edward Moses.
Mr. Mayberry died Dec. 30, 1871, and his wife, July 3, 1885.
Henry Mayberry came from Windham in 1849 to Gorham, where he lives at Great Falls. He is a blacksmith. In 1879, '80 and '81 Mr. Mayberry was one of the board of selectmen of Gorham. He married Elizabeth A. Bennett of New Gloucester. Children :
Charles Fred. b. Jan. 13, 1850, is Prof. of Chemistry in Case School of Applied Sciences, Cleveland, Ohio.
Emma, b. 1856, m. John Dowling of Bridgeport, Conn.
Cora J., b. 1860, d. May 8, 1876.
Geo. W., b. 1862, d. Mar. 4, 1868.
McCORRISON.
Our old records have the name as McCallister. Whether this is the right spelling or not we do not say, but this we do say, that there are many names on the old records which differ surprisingly from the present mode of writing them. We find this name writ- ten McCallister, McCullister, McCollister, McCullison and McCorson. The latter was the usual name the Rev. James affixed to the marriage certificates he returned to the town clerk; but the descendants of
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William, after using various spellings, have finally settled down on McCorrison, by which name the numerous members of the family are known throughout the country; which name we shall adopt in this notice,
William McCorrison was one of the early inhabitants of Narragan- sett No. 7, or Gorhamtown, and was one of those who, with his family, lived in the old fort during the Indian war of 1746. Of his ancestors we know nothing. His family claim that they are English, but it will be seen that he was a Mac. Hence it appears very prob- able that his ancestors were either Scotch or Irish. His name does not appear on the old Proprietors' Records, but this is no proof of his not being an owner of land and an inhabitant. A proprietor purchased his right by the number of the right, with all the after divis- ions of land thereto pertaining, which would include his first thirty acre lot, which bore the number of his right, to which number would be drawn an hundred acre lot, and a seventy acre lot ; then he owned his share in all the gores, strips and other common land within the town. A person was not called a proprietor, by simply purchasing a piece of land, unless the settler conveyed his right as proprietor in all the after divisions. We have proof that William McCorrison cleared land and built a house here, although he may never have completed a purchase of land in Gorham ; for in a Proprietors' tax to raise the sum of £65 lawful money, to pay the debts of the proprie- tary, including the balance due the Rev. Solomon Lombard in the final settlement ; to build Little river bridge, and to repair roads, his name is not found. The first tax we find assessed to him is in the County rates for 1763, where he is taxed with two polls, with no real estate or personal property. One of these polls was for his son, who must have been between sixteen and twenty-one years of age. By reference to the Old Colony laws, it will be seen that poll taxes were assessed on all males, except Church Elders and magistrates ; minors between sixteen and twenty-one to be assessed to their parents or guardians. Mr. McCorrison's name does not appear in the bills for 1772, or after that time.
We do not know where or to whom William McCorrison was mar- ried. It is probable he came into town with a family, or at least with a wife. There was a Mary, who married William Irish, July 18, 1765 ; Elizabeth, who married a Gershom Davis, Dec. 26, 1779, and James, who married Deliverance Rich; consequently we come to the conclusion that Wiiliam had at least three children, all probably born here; whether he had more we cannot say. When or where William
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or his wife died we can find no record, nor have we been able to find any tradition touching the fact.
(2) James McCorrison, who was a prominent Free Will Baptist preacher of the old style, was the son of William. He was born in the old fort, on Fort Hill. Of the time we have no record, but some say it was March 4, 1750. It is more probable that he was born about the year 1747. From a careful examination and comparison of dates, we think Mary was born in 1745, James about 1747, and Elizabeth in 1758, or near to these dates. Report says James was married when about seventeen or eighteen years of age, and if we add eighteen years to the date of his birth, it would have him mar- ried in 1765, and at his death he would have been not far from 73 years of age. James married, Oct. 6, 1765, Deliverance, daughter of Lemuel Rich, who came to Gorham about 1762. The children of James and Deliverance McCorrison were :
Lemuel, b. Aug. 28, 1767, m. Mehitable Richardson of Standish, Dec. 6, 1792. Amos, b. June 16, 1769.
James, Jr., b. Oct. II, 1771, m. Dorcas Brackett of Falmouth, Feb. 19, 1801. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1774.
Patience, b. Feb. 22, 1776.
Betty, b. Oct. 27, 1779, m. Ebenezer Hamblen, Jr., Jan. 23, 1799.
When Deliverance died we do not know, but in 1782, Jan. 31, James married Mary Flood of Portland, a sister of Edmund Flood, late of Buxton, near Groveville. By her he had :
Benjamin, b. Jan. 10, 1783, m. Abigail Richardson of Standish, Sept. 8, 1805.
Hannah, b. Sept. 17, 1784.
Rebecca, b. Apr. 4, 1786.
Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1789, m. a Knight.
Nabby, b. Feb 13, 1791.
Isaac, b. Jan. 13, 1794.
Daniel, b. Jan. 26, 1796. Joseph, b. July 6, 1798.
Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1800.
After Mr. McCorrison's marriage with Deliverance Rich he pur- chased a part of the hundred acre lot, 81, next north of that part purchased by John Watson, and built himself a house as he thought on his own lot. This was before the roads in that part of the town were located. When the road from Watson's corner, running north- erly toward West Gorham, was opened, he found his farm on the west and his house on the east side of the road. By this arrange- ment he was either obliged to move his house, or purchase a house- lot. He took the latter course, and bought a small lot from No. 80. His house stood opposite where the house of the late Joseph Gilkey now stands, and where his old cellar is to be seen. When he made
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his clearing and built his house it was the most northwesterly of any in town. Mr. Watson had not at that time built on the southerly end of the lot. At this time the old fort was standing, and a part of it used for public worship, and being no longer of use for defensive purposes, it had several rooms which could be had rent free. They were often used by the settlers till they could put up houses on their lots. One of these rooms is said to have been occupied by Mr. McCorrison and his wife for a short time. The road running westerly from the Fort Hill road between the land now owned by Archelaus L. Hamblen and Mr. Dyer, past where Moses Whitney and John Cressey formerly lived, and where Charles Cressey has more recently resided, on to the saw mill which stood on the falls below what is now known as Stephenson's bridge, is a very old road, and is said to have been used before the road running northerly from where Samuel Cressey recently lived to the saw mill, was laid out. McCor- rison's usual track from the fort to his lot was across lots to John Cressey's, thence westerly down the hill to the mill, thence through the dark hole, so called, to his land. He must have been a man of some energy, for we find him in 1772, probably four years after he became of age, possessed of but little real, or personal estate, and with three children on hand ; and in the year 1780 he had increased in worldly goods to a respectable standing, and a family of six chil- dren, and was taxed for about one hundred and fifty acres of land, one house, one barn, one horse, one colt, two oxen, two cows, four young cattle, and ten sheep ; cut twelve tons of hay, and had fifty- six acres of tillage ; this would certainly indicate that he was a large cultivator of the soil, and one who attended well to his business.
Mr. McCorrison was from his youth, (so says our informer, who was a very near connection of his,) a very moral and upright man, early impressed with religious views, but could not make his ideals conform to the standard of the times. His belief was that religion should be of a free and easy kind ; that the teacher needed no edu- cation, and that religion should be under no restraint of forms and ceremonies. He thought that God would give utterance and find words for his preachers as they went along whether they were ignorant or learned ; that religious preaching and teaching should never be paid for; as they were doing God's work, he would abundantly provide for his ministers ; and that a paid clergy were an abomina- tion, and the hirelings of the devil. He was particularly down on the old standing order, and the learned clergy, and the payment of the ministerial tax. He was one of the Come-outers, as they were
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called. But with all this, Mr. McCorrison was an honest citizen, doing what he conscientiously thought to be right, according to the good book, as he believed its teachings to be. He died in Buxton, Oct. 14, 1820.
McDONALD.
The McDonalds, or McDaniels, as the name was often called, came to this country from Glencoe, Scotland, and landed on Cape Cod. John McDonald probably went to Wells in 1726. He was in the war against the Indians ; and finally came to Gorham, where he settled in the western part of the town, on a farm adjoining that of the late William Warren. He married Susanna , and had six children of whom we have record, the three eldest of whom were probably born in York :
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