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John, Jr., b. -- , m. Joanna Rounds of Buxton, Feb. 25, 1762.
Robert, b. Jan. S, 1744, m. Mary Kendrick, July 1, 1770.
Mary, b. May 10, 1746.
Joseph, b. Sept. 3, 1748, m. Sarah Towel, p. Nov. 16, 1776. Peletiah, b. May 2, 1754, m. Elizabeth -; 2d, Dorcas Stuart.
Abner, b. , m. Polly Wiswell of Falmouth, p. July 21, 1781. Ch : Wil- liam, b. Mar. 13, 1782 ; Dorcas, b. Apr. 26, 1785; Sally, b. Sept. 16, 1787 ; Enoch, b. Sept. 11, 1790.
John McDonald died on his farm May 9, 1768.
(2) Robert McDonald, son of John, married Mary Kendrick of Pepperellborough, now Saco. Children :
Samuel M., b. Jan. 28, 1771, m. Anna Whitten, Dec. 25, 1794 ; I'd in Standish and Chatham.
John, b. Apr. 6, 1773, settled in Limerick ; State Senator five years; Maj. Gen. of militia ; was father of Moses McDonald, late member of Congress, and Collector for Dist. of Portland.
Robert, b May 3, 1775, I'd in Standish ; was drowned.
Abner. b. Jan. 14, 1778, m. Elizabeth (Dyer) Choat, dau. of Capt. Jonah Dyer, June 28, 18ot. Child : Charles, b. Jan. 29, 1802, m. Elizabeth Dyer, prob. went to the Provinces. Capt. Abner McDonald I'd in Buxton ; d. about 1803 ; his widow m., May 18, 1804, David H. Bradley.
Miriam, b. Jan. 21, 1782.
Benoni, b. Jan. 28, 1785, m. Hannah Emery of Buxton ; I'd in Hiram.
Susan, b. ---- , m. Robert Usher; 2d, Seth Hamblen of Limington.
Robert McDonald died in Limerick.
(2) Joseph McDonald, son of John, was one of the earliest settlers in the northeast part of the town. In 1779 he took part in the Bagaduce expedition, being a corporal in Capt. Mclellan's company. He married Sarah. Towel. She was the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Towel, and was born in Falmouth, Dec. 27, 1752. Children :
James, b. - , m. Rachel Webb, Jan. 20, 1803.
John, b. 1782, m. Betsey Jordan' of Poland ; d. in Standish, Apr. 8, 1857; she, Apr. 8, 1880, ag. 93 y'rs.
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Charles, b. - , m. Abigail Morse of Gray ; d. in Windham.
Joseph, b. 1788, m. Dolly Shaw, June 30, 1811.
Stephen, b. -- , was in War of 1812 ; d. in Sandy Hill, N. Y., in 1828.
Joseph McDonald died in 1815, and was buried in the graveyard near the site of the old church at White Rock. Mrs. McDonald died - Sept. 14, 1828.
(2) Peletiah McDonald, son of John, lived at West Gorham. He was a soldier of the Revolution. He married Elizabeth Children on record were :
William, b. at Fort Putnam, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1779.
Eleanor, b. at Gorham, June 14, 1785, m. Benoni Wood, Apr. 4, 1807.
Mr. McDonald married, Aug. 17, 1787, Dorcas, daughter of Wentworth Stuart. After this marriage he lived in Standish, where other children were born : Randolph, died at sea about 1805 ; Edmund ; Catherine, married Robert Nason of Hollis; George, I'd at Bonny Eagle ; Joanna, married Wm. R. Sturgis of Gorham ; Mary ; Francis ; Stuart; John, and Abner, who married Eunice Shaw, and second, Esther McDonald. Peletiah McDonald died near Bonny Eagle, Aug. 31, 1841, and his wife Dorcas, March 3, 1847, aged 80.
(3) James McDonald, son of Joseph, kept a hotel at Windham Upper Corner. He married Rachel, daughter of Eli and Sarah Webb. Children :
James, b. July 23, 1803, m. Abigail, dau. of James G., and Molly Sturgis, July 18, 1826. Ch : Martha E., b. Sept. 20, 1828, d. Sept. 20, 1832 ; Frances (., b. Aug. 6, 1829, d. Feb. 28, 1836; James G., b. Oct. 3, 1832 ; Sidney S., b. Nov. 24, 1834, m. Mary H. Bayley of Peru, Feb. 5, 1854, d. Oct. I, 1855 ; Sarah E., b. July 20, 1837 ; Mary A., b. July 23, 1839; Susan S., b. June 9, 1841, d. June 4, 1846. James McDonald, Jr., I'd near the
White Rock church ; d. Oct. 1, 1870, and his wife Abigail, Mar, 2, 1890. Betsey, b. June 16, 1805, d. June 30, 1828.
Eli, b. Aug. 8, 1807.
Abner, b. Jan. 6, 1810.
Edward, b. Jan. 29, 1812.
Thomas, b. Oct. 12, 1814.
Sally, b. Jan. 14, 1817.
Mary Ann, b. July 19, 1820.
Mr. McDonald died at North Windham.
(3) Joseph McDonald, son of Joseph, was for many years collector of taxes in Gorham. He lived in the north part of the town on a farm in the McDonald district, so called. He married Dolly Shaw of Standish. Children :
Edmund S., b. Aug. 25, 1812.
Esther P., b. Mar. 10, 1814, m. Nov. 17, 1853, Abner McDonald, (2d wife) ; I'd in Standish.
Alvah, b. Nov. 4, 1816, m. Hannah Harmon, 1844.
Joseph, b. May 10, 1819, m. Rose; I'd in Mass.
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Marshall, b. Aug. 11, 1822, m. Anna A. Fickett, Aug. 21, 1852 ; d. in Portland, July 8, 1896.
Zebulon, b. - -, d. young.
Enoch S., b. Sept. 17, 1829, m. Sarah Thomes of Harrison.
William F., b. - -, d. young.
Frances A., b. Mar. 31, 1835, m. John Higgins of Standish Neck.
Mrs. McDonald died March 31, 1845, aged 53, and Mr. McDonald married in 1846, Mrs. Agnes (Moulton) Harding, widow of William Harding. Joseph McDonald died Nov. 4, 1854.
Charles McDonald was probably a brother to John McDonald, Sr. He owned the thirty acre lot, 53, which lot he exchanged with John Cressey for a farm west of Little river, near where David Warren lived. Dea. Alden in his diary records the marriage of Charles " McDaniels." He married in Gorham, Jan. 21, 1762, Priscilla Davis of Gorham, probably the daughter of Capt. Simon and Priscilla (Hamblen) Davis of Barnstable, and sister to the first wife of Zeph- aniah Harding. Mr. McDonald was a private in Capt. Mclellan's company, Col. Mitchell's regiment, and took part in the Bagaduce expedition, in the Revolution. Children :
Meribah, b. Nov. 21, 1763, m. Cornelius Bramhall, Feb. 28, 1788.
Susanna, b. July 21, 1766.
Nancy, b. Aug. 10, 1769, m. William Dyer, Oct. 11, 1792.
Simon Davis, b. Aug. 19, 1773, m. July 16, 1800, Betty, prob. dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Brown. One child recorded, Joseph Brown, b. Sept. 19, 1801. Simon D. McDonald was a "mariner." He owned a part of the hundred acre lot, 64, on the Flaggy Meadow road, where he probably lived. This he sold July 8, 1802, to Joseph Cressey.
Jacob. b. Nov. 14, 1775, m. Betsey Morse (?) of Gray, p. Sept. 17, 1799.
Charles, b. May 16, 1777.
Joseph, b. Nov. 23, 1779.
Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1782.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 24, 1785.
McDOUGALL.
David McDougall was born in Stroudwater, about the year 1763 or 1764. He was the son of James and Mary (Patrick) McDougall. We do not know how much of a family there was, but David had a brother James. Their father, who was Scotch, died in Stroudwater, when David was a lad. He and his widowed mother were living in Gorham in 1779, for at that time he, with the consent of his mother, bound himself as an apprentice, to Cary Mclellan. His mother, Mrs. Mary McDougall, was a cousin to Charles Patrick, the mason, who came to Gorham from Stroudwater in 1776. She died in Gorham Feb. 1, 1815, aged 72. David McDougall lived on the farm lately owned by Charles Cushman, near the Buxton line. He married Dec. 20, 1786, Anna, daughter of Isaac and Mary Elder. She died July
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5, 1791, aged 26, leaving no children, and he married, Jan. 11, 1794, Phebe, daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Freeman) Paine, born in Eastham, Mass., March 23, 1771. Their children were :
Anna, b. Dec. 11, 1794, m. Nathaniel Hatch, p. Apr. 10, 1812.
Thomas, b. Dec. 2, 1795, d. young.
William, b. Mar. 1, 1797, m. Isabella Melcher of Brunswick. Two ch: one of whom d. y. ; the other, Rev. Edward McDougall, I's in Milton, Florida. William McDougall died in Alabama. Both he and his brother, Thomas, were graduates of Bowdoin College.
Thomas, b. Oct. 2, 1799, went to Alabama, when a young man, as an instructor in Greek and Latin. He d. there, unm.
David, b. Dec. 27, 1802, m. Minerva Garland ; went to Milwaukee, Wis., when- it had but twenty-three inhabitants; d. at Kenosha, Wis. ; no ch.
Mary, b. Sept. 8, 1803, d. July 26, 1805.
James, b. Apr. 13, 1805, m. Ann L. Tucker of Standish, Sept. 12, 1835. Ch. b. in Gorham : Mary Ann, b. Apr. 10, 1836, m. Henry Hills of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., 1862 ; Phebe P., b. July5, 1838, m. Elisha P .. Day of Nevin- ville, Iowa, 1860, d. in N. in 1861 ; David, b. Jan. 8, 1841, d. in the army hospital at Louisville, Ky., in 1865, unm. James McDongall I'd for some years in Gorham on the old place ; then moved to Nevinville, Iowa, in 1857, where he d. in 1874 ; his wife d. at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., in 1888.
Mary, b. Apr. 22, 1807, m. Chas. Wilder of Me ; d. in Mich.
Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1809, m. Rev. C. O. Libby, May 21, 1834.
David McDougall died Jan. 3, 1849, aged 85; Mrs. Phebe McDougall died Feb. 16, 1839, aged 68.
McINTOSH.
James McIntosh was a Scotchman. It is probable that Jane, Sophia, Catherine, and Polly McIntosh were his sisters : Jane married Asa Hatch, Dec. 9, 1792 ; Sophia married Dudley Whitmore, Nov. 24, 1796 ; Catherine married Dennis Mulloy, Oct. 2, 1796 ; Polly married Benjamin Patrick, March 27, 1796.
James McIntosh married, March 13, 1798, Peggy Patrick, daugh- ter of Charles and Mehitable, and sister of Benjamin Patrick. His farm was on the new road to Saccarappa, just east of the Mulloy place. Children :
Ann, b. May 22, 1800, m. Nicholas M. Knight; was burned to death. '
William, b. July 22, 1802, m. --; d. in Gorham, June 22, 1840.
John, b. Oct. 9, 1805.
Catherine, b. Mar. 21, 1808, m. Ephraim Rounds, July 14, 1835; 2d, Wm. Johnson of Bangor.
James, b. Ang. 9, 1810, d. Aug. 20, 1842,
Stephen, ( b. Dec. 18, 1814, ( d. unm. in Gorham in 188[.
Charles, m. Eliza Mitchell ; I'd in Portland.
Mary, b. July 18, 1816, m. Dr. Wadleigh ; I'd in Bangor.
Margaret, b. -, m. A. Hutchins.
George, b. June 9, 1820, m. Harriet Mulloy. He d. Feb. 15, 1857, and his widow m. 2d, Chas. Roberts.
James McIntosh died June 8, 1851, aged 83. His wife Peggy died March 4, 1863.
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McKENNEY.
The family of McKenney is of Scotch origin. It is claimed that the name is only another form of Mckenzie, and that the McKenneys are a branch of that clan. It seems probable, that John McKenney, who was in Scarborough as early as 1668, and who was the first of the name of whom we have certain record in this part of the country, is identical with John McKanne, whose name is found in a list of Scotch prisoners captured at the battle of Dunbar, and who came to America about 1651.
David Hasty McKenney, or as he always chose to write his name, McKenny, was of the sixth generation from John of Scarborough. His grandparents Humphrey and Elizabeth (Small) McKenney, were among the first settlers of the plantation of New Ossipee, now Lim- ington. He was the youngest child of Dominicus and Mary (Hasty) McKenney, and was born in Limington, Oct. 23, 1813. When about eighteen years of age, he came to Gorham, and learned the trade of tanning and shoemaking, then carried on here by Gen. James Irish, at which trade he worked for two or three years. Afterwards he engaged in the business of carpet-making, at first with Edward McDonald, and afterwards on his own account. The three-story building at the junction of Main and Portland Sts., was built by him for a carpet factory. Originally it faced on Main St., but was turned partly around when it was converted into a dwelling house. Con- nected with this was another large building, since removed, which was used for a dye-house. The house next east, now called the Odiorne house, was built by Mr. McKenney for his residence. After discontinuing the business of carpet-making, he spent two years in farming in Wisconsin, and several years in the manufacture of agri- cultural tools in Worcester, Mass., to which latter place he removed his family. Returning to Gorham, in 1867, he bought the Boynton place, so called, in the easterly part of the village. In this home he passed his declining years, dying Feb. 27, 1893. He married, July 6, 1841, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Mclellan. Their children were :
Sarah Louise, b. June 8, 1846, d. Aug. 25, 1849.
Howard Augustus, b. July 15, 1848, m. Alice I. West of Brandon, Vt., June 16, 1874; occupies the family home on Main St .; has been for many years a member of the school committee of the town.
Mr. and Mrs. McKenney were early and active supporters of the M. E. Church in this village. They were earnest workers for the erec- tion of the original church on High St., contributing liberally for
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that purpose, besides paying the first hundred dollars needed to secure the lot upon which to build it. Mrs. McKenney died March 7, 1892, aged nearly 76.
MCLELLAN.
The McLellans of Gorham are descended from Hugh and Elizabeth McLellan, whose children intermarried with those of Bryce Mclellan of Portland, and James McLellan of Saco. James was a brother and Bryce a cousin to Hugh. Hugh and Elizabeth were born and mar- ried in County Antrim, in the north of Ireland. Bryce Mclellan, the ancestor of the Portland branch of the family, came to this country several years before Hugh, and settled first in Wells, where he owned land July, 1720, and where several of his children were born and christened. He moved from that place to Cape Elizabeth, and about the year 1730 to Falmouth Neck.
Hugh was the son of Hugh, and Elizabeth was the daughter of Cary Mclellan. Their families were remotely connected, and were descended from Sir Hugh Mclellan of Argyle, Scotland, who was knighted in 1515. This branch of the Mclellans migrated from Scotland (probably the southern part of Ross, where the name is still numerous) to the north of Ireland, with a colony of Scotch, some seventy or a hundred years previous to the coming to America of Hugh and Elizabeth.
In the year 1733 with their first child, William, they sailed from Londonderry, and after a rough, stormy passage of two months arrived in Boston. On their voyage another child was born to them, who died in infancy. From Boston they went to York, Me .; thence to Wells, where they purchased land and remained for a time, but their farm proving to be poor and unproductive, they disposed of it and went to Saco, where Hugh's brother James lived. From Saco they went to Falmouth, where Hugh had a sister. Here they lived on Moses Pearson's farm at Back Cove, but fearing Indian depreda- tions, moved to Falmouth Neck. While living on the Neck, Hugh purchased a grantee's right of land in Narragansett No. 7, which right consisted of two hundred acres. For this grant he paid ten pounds, which was all the money he had. The deed was given by Shubael Gorham, Aug. 10, 1739. They took little with them besides a cow, a horse, and a few household goods. It was a wild, almost uninhabited region for which they started ; but as they were endowed with bold hearts and industrious hands, and trusted in God, there was nothing to deter them from their undertaking. They moved
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up in the winter of 1738-9, and at first lived in a logging, or hunter's camp, and for a short time were poor. During the French and Indian war, the family lived in the fort on the hill, which they entered on the 20th of April (old style) 1746, the day following the massacre of the Bryant family, and here their daughter Jane was born. After the war, or in about seven years, they returned to their log-house, and subsequently, by industry, perseverance and prudence, they accumu- lated a competency, and even became wealthy for the times. Hugh was a successful farmer and lumberman, and in 1763 and for many years thereafter, he paid the highest provincial tax then paid in the town. About the year 1770 he commenced the erection of the brick house which stands on the north side of the hill called Academy Hill ; it was not completed, however, until the expiration of about four years. It is the oldest brick house in the county. The bricks, used in the construction of the house, were made by the family on their own land near the brook. The old hunter's camp, in which the fam- ily first lived, stood on the eastern side of the road, nearly opposite the brick house, a few rods northerly from the house lately owned by Dr. Newman. They afterwards built a log-house, which was situated on the western side of the road, and a little northerly from the site now occupied by the brick house, where they lived until the comple- tion of the latter.
At the time of the Revolution they contributed largely of their means in aid of the cause. All their sons and sons-in-law were in the army. At a time when the families of the Gorham soldiers in the army were in great need, the town being poor in resources, and money hard to raise, through the means mostly furnished by Hugh McLellan, the town was enabled to purchase a cargo of corn for dis- tribution to the soldiers' families. Hugh Mclellan was a decided Presbyterian in belief, although he became a ruling elder in the Congregational church, which, however, for a few years after its organization in Gorham, leaned a little towards the Presbyterian style of church government, and made choice of elders to fill the offices afterwards held by deacons. He was universally considered, both within and without the church, an upright, conscientious man, hospitable and benevolent. No poor man ever went from his door without aid. The children of Hugh and Elizabeth Mclellan were :
William, b. in Ireland, Feb. 22, 1730, m. Rebecca Huston, Dec. 8, 1762.
Cary, bapt. in Wells, Nov. 3, 1734, d. young.
Abigail, b. in Portland, 1738, m. James McLellan, Aug. 26, 1756.
Mary, b. in Gorham, 1740, m. Joseph Mclellan, Sept., 1756.
Alexander, b. in Gorham, 1742, m. Margaret Johnson, Oct. 21, 1765.
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Cary, b. in Gorham, May 1, 1745, m. Eunice Elder, Jan. 1, 1767; 2d, Mary Parker.
Jane, b. in Gorham, Nov. 2, 1748, m. Actor Patten of Topsham, Nov. 20, 1766. Martha, b. in Gorham, 1750, d. aged 3 years.
Thomas, b. in Gorham, Oct., 1753, m. Jane Patterson, Nov. 29, 1777.
Martha, b. in Gorham, 1755, m. James Warren, Dec. 30, 1773.
Hugh Mclellan died Jan. 2, 1787, aged 77. His wife, who was a remarkably intelligent woman, retained her faculties down to a late period in her life. At the age of ninety she put the saddle and bridle upon her horse and mounting from the horse-block rode over two miles to the house of her daughter Mrs. Warren, spent the day, and returned alone. She died July 16, 1804, in the 96th year of her age. At the time of her death she had 234 living descendants. Both she and her husband are buried in the old cemetery at the village.
(2) William McLellan, the eldest child of Hugh and Elizabeth, was born in Ireland. He came with his parents to Gorham when about nine years old. His home lot was the hundred acre lot No. 2. When he commenced to clear this land it was covered with so dense a growth of timber that he was obliged to take off the wheels from his cart, and roll them in one by one, and to drive his oxen in singly between the trees, Here he built a large two-story house, on the west side of South St., about a mile from the village, where the cellar and the old orchard are still to be seen. This house was raised Sept. 15, 1763, and a jolly time they had. It was nearly, if not quite, the first two-story house raised in town, and company came to the raising from all the adjoining towns, and probably some didn't get home till morning. This house was taken down by Alexander McLellan, Esq. about the year 1826, and most of the material worked into the house, lately owned and occupied by Elder Joseph Colby, on High St., in the village, near where the Methodist meeting-house formerly stood.
Mr. Mclellan was a short, thick-set man, strong built, rough raised and scrubby. Early inured to hardship and toil, knowing nothing of fatigue, he was energetic and persevering, never giving up what it was possible to accomplish, brave and patriotic to the back-bone. Hospitable and generous, he cared but little about the rules of gen- teel society, would pay you every cent he owed you, feed you if hungry, clothe you if naked, house you if homeless ; but if able, you must work and earn your living; laziness he depised. His house was always full, if not of such as he would wish; they were of such as were picked up in the highways, and when well fed were required to work ; if they refused on top of a good square meal, they were ordered to march. If we should say he was a religious man, we should go
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too far ; if we should say he was a moral man, not quite up to the religious standard, probably we should be a little nearer the point, but his morals were of a peculiar kind ; - stick to his agreement when possible to do so. In point, when the frame of the meeting- house fell over, when Dr. Bowman and Mr. Tryon were killed, more timber of a nice and peculiar description was wanted. Mr. Mclellan agreed with the committee to get the sticks, and deliver them on the spot within a given number of days. Inadvertently the time was made to fall on Sunday. Mr. McLellan tried to get through Saturday, but the thing was not possible. The timber was hauled on Sunday and the committee called in to receive it. They objected, as it was Sunday. The reply was, "There's the timber, according to agreement made by yourselves. If you don't choose to take it, I will haul it home and when you want more timber, it's not I that will get it for you." This they knew was final, and they were compelled to let the necessity overcome the objection. The timber was received, and Mr. Mclellan went home satisfied, for he had done according to , agreement.
Mr. Mclellan was popularly known throughout the community as "Uncle Billy; " a name by which he is still known by the present generation. He was a large land owner, and owned mills. He kept a large stock ; at times over a hundred head of cattle, and milked thirty cows. He found it impossible to prevent them from sometimes getting into the road. One night his man came home and reported some of his cattle in Pound, at the village. This did not please him, although he would have been willing to give Mr. E. twice the amount of the fine if he had needed it. But having his cattle taken up, and then to be made to pay for it, went against the grain. He saddled his old horse, called his negro Prince, and with a stout lever on his shoulder, started for the Pound. The gate was made with one of the side pieces long and rounded at the ends. These ends were fitted to play in holes in the sill and cap-piece, thus making the hinge. The lever was applied, and with his shoulder under the cap-piece, he soon raised it so as to completely liberate the gate. The cattle were turned out, gate replaced all as good as new ; the animals were driven home, all put to rights, and Mr. Mclellan went to bed. He had not been there long, before the voice of Prince was heard calling, "O Massa Willum, get up, get up, trap spring. Got b'ar, got b'ar here dis time." No second call was needed, as Mr. Mclellan was quite a sportsman. All hands went to the corn field, back of the house, and sure enough, Prince had Mr: Bruin trapped fast. He was soon
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dispatched, brought down to the house, and properly dressed. While skinning the bear, probably Mr. Mclellan's conscience rather told him he had not done the right thing, and he said to Prince, " Prince, you take the old horse and take a quarter of the bear up to the Corner, and leave it at Mr. E.'s door, tie it to the catch, and mind you don't make any noise." "Yes, Massa Willum," said Prince, "if you say so, I jest does it, but I t'ink dis b'ar meat too good pay for pounding cows, any way; but Prince does dis job so easy you don't hear him more dan a mouse in de cheese." The job was done, Prince came back, and all went to bed. Next morning Mr. E. found his quarter of bear, took it in, found the cows were out of pound, smelt a rat, but said nothing. Soon after, he met Mr. Mclellan, took him by the hand, and pleasantly said, "Sorry I put you to so much trouble about the cows last night. I only stopped them in the road, and shut them up, that they might not run off. I did not put them in Pound, only shut them up. If you had just spoken to me, I would have let them out, without any trouble." This rather took Mr. Mclellan aback. He looked at E. and said, " Well E., if that is so, I like a kind act in a neighbor. You shan't loose any- thing." He paid him more than twice what the law would have claimed, well satisfied, as he did not have to pay for impounding his cattle. Mr. E. was a good neighbor, and had done him a kindness.
Mr. Mclellan was a lieutenant in Capt. Hart Williams' company in 1775 and '76, under Col. Edmund Phinney. He was one of the original trustees of Gorham Academy ; and was a man of great influ- ence and prominence in town affairs. He married Rebecca Huston of Falmouth. They had no children. Mr. Mclellan died Nov. 19, 1812, aged 83, and his wife, Oct. 13, 1823, aged 81.
(2) Abigail, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Mclellan, married James McLellan, son of Bryce of Portland, and settled in Gorham. James's house, which stood till within a few years, was situated on the easterly side of South St., about half a mile south of the village. The site of the house is now owned by Mr. Russell. The building of this house was a family affair; the timber was cut on their own land, and sawed in their own mills, and the house built for the daughter and her husband, as was their custom when one of the family " put out." Charles Patrick, who moved to this town from Stroud- water, plastered a room in this house, which was the first room plastered in the town of Gorham. James McLellan was a cooper by trade. He was an excellent man and a devoted Christian, and long a
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