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Samuel, b. May 25, 1790, d. unm.
Benjamin, b. Feb. 14, 1792, m. Sarah Green, Aug. 15, 1818.
Nathaniel, b. Jan. 11, 1794, d. unm. Mar. 26, 1828.
Hannah, b. Jan. 2, 1796, m. Elliot Fickett of C. Eliz'h, p. Dec. 25, 1821. Edmund, b. Oct. 11, 1797, d. unm.
Thomas, b. Mar. 18, 1799. Paul, b. Mar. 5, 1801, d. unm.
Isaac, b. about 1805, m. Hannah Hall, May 26, 1832.
Thomas Morton married, June 17, 1835, Lydia Cotton of Standish. He died June 19, 1846, aged 81.
(4) Major Morton, son of James, married Mary, daughter of Reuben and Abigail. Wescott. Children :
Susan, b. 1821, m. Zebulon Whitney, Apr. 24, 1839.
Abigail, b. 1823, m. Wm. S. Whitney, p. June 7, 1840.
Major Morton died May 13, 1825, and his wife Mary, Feb. 14, 1864, aged 67.
(+) Isaac Morton, son of Thomas, lived on his father's place. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas, and sister of Ebenezer Hall of Gorham. Child: Martha, born Jan. 19, 1833, married Capt. Marshall Phillips of Taunton, Mass.
Isaac Morton died Jan. 28, 1834, aged 28, and his widow married Naphtali Harmon, and died July 17, 1866, aged 54.
(4) John Morton, son of David, was a blacksmith, and lived at Winship's Corner, where his son William lately lived. He married Rachel, daughter of William Bolton. Children :
Mary Ann, b. Mar. 29, 1808, m. Daniel Elliott of Parsonsfield, p. Dec. 4, 1830; d. Dec. 17, 1865.
Jane McL., b. Feb. 20, 1810, m. Hugh W. Mosher, Jan. 22, 1835 ; 2d, Aug. 29, 1853, Freeman Harding.
William B., b. Feb. 6, 1812, d. Sept. 4, 1829.
Clementine, b. Feb. 1, 1814, m. Oliver Winship, Nov. 15, 1835.
Marshall, b. Mar. 16, 1816, m. Abigail, dau. of John and Martha Wescott, in 1844. Ch: Orlando, b. May 29, 1845, d. May 27, 1865; Emily, b. Apr. 19, 1848, m. Woodbury Davis (Ist wife) ; d. June 29, 1868. Mr. Morton d. Feb. 24, 1872, and his wife d. May 8, 1876, ag. 50.
Twin girls, b. Apr. 27, 1818, d. young.
Eli W., b. May 24, 1819, d. young.
R. Eli, b. Aug. 23, 1821, m. Louisa Rounds of Buxton, Mar. 12, 1843; I'd at Winship's Corner. Ch: John, b. Apr. 9, 1850, d. Sept. 5, 1898; Jenny M., m. Clarence E. Clay, who d. Mar. 11, 1886; Mary Ella, b. Oct. 26, 1856, d. Nov. 6, 1868 ; Annie W., m. O. P. Sargent of Portland. Mrs. Louisa Morton d. Apr. 14, 1860, ag. 38. and Mr. Morton m. Mrs. Sarah H. (Foster) Goshen, who d. Nov. 30, 1876, ag. 40; no ch. Mr. Morton d. Nov. 8, 1896.
Martha B., b. July 21, 1824, m. Albert B. Stevens of Windham, Apr. 26, 1846; d. Apr. 8, 1847.
Lucia H., b. Apr. 9, 1827, m. Samuel Maberry ; d. March 1, 1882.
William, b. Nov. 28, 1831, m. Mary B. Prince of Gray ; I'd at Winship's Corner, on his father's place. Ch : Charles F., m. Ada Paine; Walter H., m.
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Ida Walton ; Brandon K., m. Addie Meserve; Lena M., d. Feb. 8, 1871, ag. 8 ; Howard M., d. ag. about 22 ; Horace W .; Eveline. Mr. Morton d. Aug. 24, 1882, and his wife, Mar. 4, 1899, ag. 66.
John Morton died Aug. 31, 1833, and his wife Rachel, Aug. 26, 1874, aged 87.
MOSHER.
Daniel Mosher was the son of James, and grandson of Hugh Mosher, who came to this country about 1630, from Scotland. It is said that Hugh Mosher settled first in New London, Conn., and afterwards moved to Newport, R. I. In 1640 he, with Thomas Wise, received from George Cleaves and Richard Tucker a convey- ance of two hundred acres of land at Back Cove. This land is situated not far from the northern end of Tukey's bridge. The estate of Hugh Mosher was administered upon in 1666 by his son James.
Daniel Mosher was born at Falmouth, on what is now called the Deering farm. Here he lived with his family till he came to Gor- ham. He received from Shubael Gorham his first deed of a proprietor's right in this town Aug. 10, 1739. His homestead lot was the thirty acre lot No. 4, next south of the parsonage lot, on the western side of the Fort Hill road, and is the lot where Archelaus L. Hamblen now lives. This lot he conveyed, Nov. 9, 1761, to his son- in-law Moses Akers, with the buildings (houses and barn) thereon. He and his son James afterward moved to the place where Mark Mosher lately lived. In 1741 we find Daniel Mosher one of the committee appointed by the Proprietors to "lay out a road through the woods, from the end of Gorham street to Saccarappa mills," and in 1743 it was voted to "raise sixpence on a right, to pay Daniel Mosher, provided he look out and spot a road direct to Black Point." Daniel Mosher's wife was Jane Brackett of Falmouth, daughter of Zachariah, whose father Anthony was killed by the Indians in 1689. She was born Jan. 13, 1711. Children:
Hannah B., b. in Falmouth, Sept. 17, 1733, m. Moses Akers, Dec., 1753.
James, b. July, 1735, m. Abigail Frost, Dec., 1758.
Katherine, bapt. 1735, m. Joseph Weston, Sept. 3, 1755; 2d, William Haskell, Feb. 11, 1773-
A child, bapt. 1739.
We do not know when Daniel Mosher died, but it was previous to the year 1800.
(2) James Mosher, son of Daniel, purchased May 31, 1770, the farm since owned by his grandson Mark Mosher. This farm, con-
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sisting of eighty-eight acres and twenty rods, and located near what was the termination of " Gorham street " as originally laid out, was sold by Moses Pearson and Enoch Freeman, at a " public vendue " held on the above date at Capt. Joshua Freeman's house. About 1772 James built a house on the site of the present one, and moved there with his family from Fort Hill. His wife was Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel Frost. Children :
Susanna, b. June 17, 1759, m. Joseph Rounds of Buxton, Nov. 5, 1778.
Nathaniel, b. Oct. 21, 1762, d. Oct. 25, 1768.
James, b. Apr. 25, 1767, m. Betsey Frost, p. Oct. 5, 1793.
Nathaniel, b. May 5, 1769, m. Eunice Elder, Nov. 15, 1795. Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1771, m. James Phinney, Jr., July 17, 1791.
Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1774, m. Polly Warren, p. Nov. 23, 1805.
Jenney, b. Oct. 4, 1776, m. Isaac Carsley, June 18, 1797.
Betsey, b. Mar. II, 1780, m. Thomas Lothrop, Apr. 14, 1799; 2d, Uriel Whit- ney of No. Yarmouth, Aug. 7, 1819.
Nancy, b. Nov. 18, 1783, m. Samuel Elder, Jr., Jan. 1, 1805.
Daniel, b. Jan. 14, 1785, m. Octavia Woodman, Jan. 14, 1816.
James Mosher died Oct. 2, 1834, aged 99, and his wife Abigail, Oct. 24, 1815, aged 74.
(3) James Mosher, Jr., son of James, married Betsey, daughter of Peter Frost of Somersworth, N. H. About the year 1808 Mr. Mosher built on his farm the house since owned and occupied by Freeman Richardson. This house was not completed until 1831, when Joseph M. Gerrish of Portland bought the place and finished the house, throughout. Mr. Gerrish lived in Gorham until 1837, when he returned to Portland. About 1830 Mr. Mosher, with his wife and family, moved to Farmington, where many of his descend- ants are now living. He died about 1836, and his wife, May 13, 1850, aged 77 .. Children :
Samuel F., b. Apr. 28, 1795, d. Mar. 4, 1819.
Abigail, b. Apr. 24, 1797.
George, b. July 28, 1800.
William, b. May 28, 1802.
Esther F., b. Jan. 26, 1804.
James M., b. Sept. 5, 1806.
Elizabeth G., b. Nov. 28, 1808.
John, b. Sept. 3, 1810.
Catherine H., b. June 4, 1812.
Thomas, b. Aug. 1, 1814, d. Aug. 28, 1814. Samuel F., b. Mar. 4, 1819.
(3) Nathaniel Mosher, son of James, built the house now owned and occupied by Mrs. Rufus Mosher. This house he built in 1798, before which time he lived in the Joseph Gilkey house, which stood on the rising ground just east of his new house, and was torn down about 1815. He married Eunice, daughter of Samuel Elder. Chil- dren :
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Samuel E., b. Nov. 10, 1797, m. Martha Flood of Buxton, Jan. 21, 1826; was a Free Bapt. preacher.
James, b. Jan. 21, 1800, was lost at sea.
Nathaniel, b. July 30, 1803, m. Susan Barker, Dec. 2, 1824.
Hannah F., b. Apr. 21, 1805, d. unm. in 1823.
Edward, b. Apr. 1, 1807, d. unm. Dec. 12, 1837; k'd by an accident in Buxton. Mary G., b. Oct. 15, 1809, m. Capt. Joseph Alexander of Brunswick, in 1845.
Peter E., b. May 6, 1813, m. Catherine Edwards, p. Nov. 1, 1833; 2d, Lorana Hobson ; d. Sept., 1837, in Waterford.
Rufus, b. Mar. 31, 1815, m. Dolly Richardson, Dec. 25, 1844 ; 2d, Martha F. Woodman.
Nathaniel Mosher died May 29, 1848, aged 79, and his wife Eunice, July 29, 1852, aged 78.
(3) Benjamin Mosher, son of James, lived on the old place. About 1810 he and his brother Daniel built the large house where his son Mark Mosher lately lived. He married Mrs. Polly (Foster) Warren, widow of Hugh Warren, and daughter of Ezekiel and Ruth (Brad- bury) Foster of Biddeford. Children :
Cynthia, b. Aug. 11, 1806, m. James Phinney, Feb. 11, 1830.
Hugh W., b. Sept. 6, 1809, m. Jane M. Morton, Jan. 22, 1835.
Benjamin, b. May 28, 1813, m. Mary Elizabeth Merrill of Biddeford, 1839; was a sea captain ; d. Dec. 12, 1885.
Abigail F., b. Oct. 20, 1815, m. Dr. G. Thompson of Pownal, June 7, 1842; d. July 14, 1876.
Mark, b. July 5, 1818, m. Lydia McN. Smith, Jan. 11, 1849.
Meribah W., h. Aug. 9, 1820, d. Feb. 1, 1825.
Sarah W., b. Dec. 3, 1822, d. Aug. 24, 1846.
Benjamin Mosher died March 31, 1863, aged 89, and his wife Polly, Nov. 23, 1850, aged 68.
(3) Daniel Mosher, son of James, built the house, and lived on the place since occupied by his son Merrill. He married Octavia, daughter of Stephen and Ruth Woodman of Buxton, and half sister to his brother Benjamin's wife Polly. Children :
Merrill W., b. Out. 10, 1816, d. unm. in Deering, Mar. 25, 1880.
Augustus L., b. Oct. 20, 1818, d. at the Old Men's Home in Portland, in 1895. Ruth W., b. Sept. 7, 1820, m. Daniel C. Libby, Mar. 20, 1851.
Abigail P., b. June 15, 1822, d. Mar. 4, 1823.
Abigail, b. June 1, 1824, d. May 12, 1836.
Daniel, b. Apr. 4, 1827, m. Almaria C. Flint of Baldwin, Mar. 2, 1881.
Stephen W., b. June 26, 1828, d. Nov. 21, 1829.
Stephen W., b. Jan. 28, 1831, d. June 23, 1832.
Andrew J., b. July 28, 1833, m. Julia Woodford of Westbrook.
Elbridge, b. July 31, 1836, d. Nov. 18, 1837.
Capt. Daniel Mosher died Sept. 9, 1848, aged 63, and his wife Octavia, Jan. 3, 1853, aged 58.
(4) Nathaniel Mosher, son of Nathaniel, lived and died with his father, on the farm afterwards occupied by his brother Rufus. He married Susan Barker. Children :
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Frederic C., d. Aug. 26, 1832, aged 5 years.
Frances G., m. Dan Carpenter, June, 1847; I'd in Saccarappa.
Ellen, d. unm. in Saccarappa in 1849.
Nathaniel Mosher died Nov. 26, 1830, aged 27. His wife survived him for some years, and died in Saccarappa.
(4) Rufus Mosher, son of Nathaniel, married Dolly F., daughter of Isaac Richardson. Children :
Edward, b. Dec., 1845, d. Apr. 1, 1846.
Rufus, b. Jan. 17, 1847, m. Mary H. Finnard of Biddeford; d. Oct. 6, 1876; sbe, Nov. 8, 1878.
Mrs. Dolly F. Mosher died June 25, 1847, aged 25, and Mr. Mosher married, Dec. 17, 1848, Martha F., daughter of Stephen and Mehitable Woodman of Buxton. Children :
Edward F., b. Oct. 8, 1849, m. Hannah Everett of Boston, Dec. 24, 1877; d. Aug. 21, 1897.
Nellie E., b. Mar. 1, 1851, m. William A. Bodge of Portland, Nov. 14, 1875 ; d. Jan. 31, 1894.
Estelle W., b. Jan. 17, 1854, m. Reuben Wescott, Nov., 1876.
Florence F., b. Dec. 23, 1855, m. Horace L. Day, June 6, 1878. He d. at Castle Rock, Col., June 1, 1891 ; she m. 2d, Chas. Bailey of Westbrook, 1895; d. Sept., 1898.
Alice O., b. Sept. 14, 1858, m. B. Frank Andrews of Portland, Apr. 26, 1886. Freddie N., b. Jan. 17, 1861, d. at Butte City, Mont., Feb. 15, 1891.
S. Woodman, b. June 9, 1864, m. Gertrude I. Converse, Mar. 6, 1895.
Clifford, b. Apr. 8, 1867, I'd on the homestead ; was murdered Jan. 12, 1901.
Rufus Mosher died from injuries received from his horse, June 25, 1889.
(4) Hugh Warren Mosher, son of Benjamin, lived in the same house with his father. He married Jane McL., daughter of John Morton. One child :
Marshall M., b. Dec. 27, 1837, m. Sophia Burbank. He d. Apr. 7, 1863 ; she, Sept. 18, 1863, and their son Marshall M., Nov. 8, 1863.
Hugh W. Mosher died April 20, 1842, and his widow married Freeman Harding, Aug. 29, 1853.
(4) Mark Mosher, son of Benjamin, lived on the old Mosher place, on the old road to Saccarappa, at the mouth of the Little Falls road. He married Lydia McNab Smith of Biddeford. Children :
Sarah E., b. Oct. 19, 1849, d. Sept. 5, 1850.
Foster, b. July 3, 1851, d. May 19, 1862.
Wilhelmina, b. Aug. 24, 1853, d. Mar. 18, 1863.
Clinton, b. Apr. 1, 1856, 3
( m. Effie Stone of Westbrook, Oct. 27, 1886.
Clara, d. July 3, 1885
Albert H., b. Dec. 12, 1859, m. Mary E. Waterhouse of Westbrook, Dec. 25, 1890.
Susan S., b. Apr. 15, 1862, m. Frank Hopkinson, Dec. 21, 1896.
Mary Belle, b. Nov. 8, 1864, d. Aug. 23, 1865.
Harry, b. Sept. 21, 1866, m. Mary Douglass, June 1, 1892.
Thomas S., b. Dec. 16, 1868, d. Aug. 6, 1869.
Mrs. Lydia Mosher died Feb. 11, 1887, aged 59. Mr. Mosher died Oct. 12, 1901.
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MOTLEY.
John Motley came from Belfast, Ireland, and settled in Falmouth (Portland) before 1738. His grandson Robert Motley, son of Thomas of Portland, came to Gorham and lived on the farm on the northerly side of Fort Hill still known as the Motley place. He married his cousin Nancy, daughter of Daniel and Ann Marble of Portland, by whom he had one child :
Ann Harriet, b. in 1803, d. unm. Mar. 27, 1844,
Capt. Motley married second, Mary Ann Marble, sister of his first wife. Children :
George, b. about 1809, m. Harriet S. Stephenson, Dec. 18, 1850 ; d. in Lowell, Mass., Apr. 12, 1900.
Ellen W., b. Feb. 19, 1815, d. unm. Sept. 7, 1855.
Margaret R., b. Dec. 22, 1818, m. Rev. Jos. Bartlett, Oct. 26, 1847; he d. in Gorham Aug. 12, 1882, and she in Westbrook, in 1895.
Capt. Motley died at his home on Fort Hill, Feb. 27, 1848, aged 75, and Mrs. Motley, Sept. 13, 1871, aged 96. Mrs. Ann Marble, mother of Mrs. Robert Motley, died in Gorham, Jan. 17, 1830, aged 86. Richard Motley, brother of Capt. Motley, died in Gorham Nov. 19, 1848, aged 73.
MOULTON. 4
The Moulton family is of English origin, and is descended from several brothers who came from England and settled in and, about Hampton, N. H.
Daniel Moulton, who lived in the north part of the town, son of Peter and Joanna (Shaw) Moulton of Standish, was born April I, 1781, and married Anna, daughter of Sargent Shaw of Standish. Children :
Jonathan, b. Dec. 7, 1808, m. Lucy A. Hanson, p. Oct. 21, 1849 ; d. Oct. 8, 1852. Eben, b. Nov. 5, 18to, m. Abigail Moulton; moved to Harrison; d. Nov. 8, 1887.
Fanny, b. May 8, 1815, d. unm. in Gorham, Apr. 3, 1887.
Sarah, b. Aug. 26, 1817, 5 m. Geo. Gould.
. Mary,
Daniel, b. Feb. 2, 1820, d. young.
Daniel, b. Feb. 4, 1822, m. Mary A. Shaw.
Abigail, b. Apr. 2, 1824, m. Albion Rounds.
Hannah, b. June 15, 1826, m. Samuel M. Rand, 1850.
Daniel Moulton died Jan. 8, 1861.
Charles Moulton lived in South Gorham, on the place where his son Liberty now lives. He was a blacksmith by trade. At one time he was one of the selectmen of the town. He was born May 8, 1801, and was the son of Capt. Joshua Moulton, and a descendant of
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William Moulton, who came from England at the same time as John who was the ancestor of Daniel above. He married, Dec. 16, 1829, Hannah L., daughter of John Meserve of Scarborough. Children :
John B., b. May 8, 1831, m. Ada W. Adams.
Lydia, b. Feb. 2, 1833, m. Johnson Libby of Scarboro, Jan. 24, 1855; d. Sept. 8, 1884.
Esther J., b. July 17, 1835, m. Stephen F. Brown, Aug. 25, 1866.
Matthias, b. May 8, 1839, m. Rose A. Bean ; was a soldier in the Civil War. Olive, b. Oct. 14, 1841, is a teacher.
Charles I., b. Jan. 4, 1844, was a soldier in the Civil War.
Liberty, b. Jan. 24, 1847, m. Fannie O. McKenney ; has one son, Oren.
Charles Moulton died Feb. 14, 1891, and his wife Hannah, Jan. 17, 1884, aged 78.
Zelotes Moulton was the son of John S. Moulton of Scarborough, and a descendant of the immigrant, John Moulton of Hampton, N. H. Mr. Moulton built the house on Maple St. He married, Feb. 12, 1835, Almeda Weeks. Children :
Wendall S., b. Feb. 20, 1836, m. Ellen S. Symms, Aug. 13, 1864.
Charles H., b. Nov. 10, 1838, m. Esther Greene ; 2d, Abby
Caroline E., b. - , d. young.
Keene, b. Oct. 13, 1843, d. young.
James L., b. Jan. 9, 1845, m. Martha Crockett.
George, b. , d. young.
Lucy E., b. May 15, 1848, m. Joel Guptill of Portland.
John S., b. Feb. 14, 1850, I'd in Portland ; d. June 23, 1896.
Fred C., b. Mar. 9, 1852, m. Annie Parker.
Clara Etta, b. Dec. 11, 1854.
Frank R., b. Nov. 4, 1856, m. Katie Harrigan.
Marshall E., b. Dec. 18, 1858, m. Marcia V. Pillsbury, Feb. 18, 1883.
Zelotes Moulton died March 19, 1880, aged 66, and his wife Almeda, Aug. 26, 1878, aged 64.
MURCH.
A tradition has been handed down in the Murch family, that one man by the name of Murch emigrated from the north of England to America, settling probably on Cape Cod. This man is said to have had seven sons, from whom have descended all of the name in this country. Ebenezer Murch, born in 1786, son of Lieut. Ebenezer, affirmed that the four brothers, Walter, John, Samuel and Ebenezer, who came early to Gorham from Biddeford, were four of these seven sons. Another member of the family, Daniel Murch, settled just across the Gorham line in the edge of Buxton.
Walter Murch lived on the Flaggy Meadow (old Buxton) road, on the Dea. Paine place, now occupied by David Patrick. Mr. Murch married, in November, 1758, Jerusha Brown, and probably came to this town not far from that time. He was a lame man, and we find a
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record that the town of Saco in 1756 voted "to pay Dr. Samuel White, Esq. (physician and magistrate) of Portland, 26$-6ยช, lawful money for service done in dressing Walter Murch's leg." The children of Walter Murch and his wife Jerusha were :
James, b. Aug. 29, 1760, m. Jenney Bailey of Falmouth, 1785. Ch. on record in Gorham : Rebecca, b. Oct. 20, 1786, m. Jacob B. Owen, Nov. 27, 1808 ; Edmund, b. Feb. 13, 1788; William, b. Nov. 13, 1789, d. Mar. 1, 1831. About 1790 the family moved to Buxton, where other ch. were b.
Sarah, b. Dec. 4, 1762, m. William Irish, 1781.
Benjamin, b. Jan., 1765.
Susanna, b. Sept. 12, 1766, m. Joshua Newcomb, Nov. 26, 1789. (?)
Simeon, b. Feb. 24, 1769, m. Rachel Paine, Jan. 21, 1791. Ch : Rebecca, b. Nov. 11, 1791 ; Josiah, b. in Buxton, July 11, 1793, m. Olive Whitney, I'd in Unity ; Esther, b. at 25-mile Pond, Sept. 18, 1795; Ephraim, b. at 25-mile Pond, Sept. 4, 1798, I'd in Unity; Jepthah, went to Iowa; Bowdoin, was a lawyer at Belfast; Richard, I'd in Unity. Simeon Murch d. at Unity.
Zebulon, b. Mar. 19, 1771, m. Molly Pennell of Buxton, Oct. 23, 1794.
Affia, b. Apr. 12, 1773.
Joanna, b. Sept. 27, 1775.
Epbraim, b. Feb. 1, 1778.
Edmund, b. Jan. 27, 1780.
John Murch probably came to Gorham about 1760. His home was on the seventy acre lot, 48, at White Rock near where his great- grandson Caleb lately resided. His wife was Annah ---. Children :
Matthias, b. Mar., 1759, m. Mary Libby, Mar. 1, 1781.
Molly, b. May 7, 1761, m. John Silla, Dec. 15, 1786.
William, b. June 29, 1763, left town.
Eunice, b. Apr. 18, 1765.
George, b. Feb. 8, 1767, m. Hannah Roberts, Mar. 24, 1791.
Samuel, b. Nov. 29, 1769, m. Elizabeth Murch, May 6, 1798.
Tabitba, b. Apr. 17, 1773.
Joshua, b. Sept. 27, 1775.
Martha, b. July 27, 1777, m. Josedeck Sanborn, Sept. 22, 1796.
John Murch's name disappears from the tax list after 1792, and it seems probable that this is about the time of his death. His wife Annah died Nov. 15, 1815, aged 84. Both Mr. and Mrs. Murch were buried on their farm.
Samuel Murch married, Feb. 28, 1760, Deborah Emery of Bidde- ford. They lived in Gorham on the Flaggy Meadow road. (See below.) Their children, of whose birth we have no record, were, as far as can be ascertained :
Ebenezer, m. Hannah Lombard, Nov. 30, 1786.
Deborah, m. James Whitney, Aug. 15, 1785.
Mary, m. Benjamin Skillings of No. Yarmouth, July 10, 1794. (?)
Elizabeth, m. Samuel Murch, May 6, 1798.
We have no record of the death of Samuel Murch, but his wife Deborah died April 27, 1803.
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Ebenezer Murch and his brother Samuel settled on adjoining farms; Samuel where Wesley Murch now lives, and Ebenezer on the farm where Mr. Stokes lately lived, on the Flaggy Meadow road. This farm, which was the southern half of the hundred acre lot, 68, Ebenezer bought, March 26, 1761, of Abijah P. Lewis, he having purchased it of David Gorham, Esq. At the time the brothers came here and took up their land and erected their dwellings, they were entirely shut in by the thick woods. When they had succeeded in clearing away enough of the dense forest to enable them to see the light shining out from each others windows they said it gave them a very comfortable neighborly feeling. During the Revolutionary war Ebenezer Murch was first lieut. in Capt. Whitmore's Gorham com- pany of militia. In 1776 he enlisted as second lieut. under Capt. Paul Ellis of Falmouth. He was second in command of a company of soldiers, which was raised in Gorham in 1779, under command of Capt. Alexander McLellan, and joined the forces for the capture of Bagaduce (Castine). On the failure of that expedition he, with others of the company, made their way home through the woods. He married, Dec. 25, 1763, Margery Phillips of Pepperellborough. Children :
Joseph, b. Aug. 28, 1764, m. Mary Small; moved to Madison, where he d.
Jeremiah, b. Feb. 8, 1766, m. Ann Murch, Oct. 29, 1788. Ch : George, b. July 15, 1789; John, b. Sept. 3, 1790; Samuel, b. July 2, 1796. L'd for a time on his father's place.
Isaac, b. Nov. 23, 1767, m. Mary Murray, Sept. 12, 1790 (?) ; 2d, Charity Smith of Little Falls, Feb. 19, 1795 ; I'd in Skowhegan.
John, b. Sept. 14, 1769, m. Polly Boynton, May 3, 1801.
Lydia, b. Aug. 23, 1771, d. unm. May 3, 1853.
Moses, b. June 29, 1773, d. unm. Mar. 1, 1835.
Aaron, b. Mar. 8, 1777, d. unm.
Sally, b. Nov. 23, 1778, d. Nov. 13, 1841.
Betty, b. May 2, 1781, d. unm.
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 11, 1785, m. Annie Grant of Saco in 1809 ; moved to Unity ; d. in Plymouth, Me., in, 1867.
Lieut. Murch died June 16, 1824, aged 87. Mrs. Margery Murch died Oct. 20, 1829, aged 86.
(2) Matthias Murch, son of John, was a sea faring man previous to his marriage. He settled first at Horse Beef, where he married Polly, daughter of Joseph Libby, and owned and ran the saw and grist mills formerly the property of his father-in-law. From Horse Beef he removed to White Rock. He was in the Revolutionary war three years, serving in Capt. Williams' company, 18th Continental, and in Capt. Merrill's company, 12th Mass., and for these services received a pension from the government. Children of Matthias and Polly Murch :
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GENEALOGY.
William, b. -- , d. at sea ; was unm.
Matthias, b. May, 1789, m. Lydia Shackford, p. Sept. 11, 1819.
Mary, b. , m. Peter Crockett, p. Jan. 6, 1815.
Benjamin, b.
-, d. young.
Joseph, b. -
-, d. young.
Eastman, b. -, d. young.
Betsey, b. -- , d. voung.
Charlotte, b. -, m. Jacob Quinby, of Westbrook, Nov. 4, 1823.
Daniel, b. - -, m. Harriet Wescott, June 8, 1829.
Dorcas, b. Oct. 18, 1819, I'd in Portland ; unm .; d. in 1897.
Mrs. Mary Murch died Oct. 6, 1831, aged 70, and Mr. Murch married (pub. Oct. 26, 1833) Mrs. Hannah (Shackford) Boston, daughter of Paul Shackford, Jr., of Kennebunk. Matthias Murch died Aug. 9, 1842, aged 83. Mrs. Hannah Murch died July 9, 1848, aged 63.
(2) George Murch, son of John, married Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Roberts. In 1797 he sold one-half of the old place to his brother Samuel. Children :
Betsey, b. Nov. 29, 1791, m. Hosea White, p. Sept. 23, 1809. (?)
Sally, b. June 23, 1793.
Josiah, b. Jan. 23, 1796.
Eunice, b, May 15, 1797.
Dean, b. Dec. 21, 1800.
Reuben, b. Apr. 8, 1802, I'd in Portland.
Nancy, b. Feb. 20, 1803, m. Jacob Frost of Westbrook, p. Mar. 23, 1822.
Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1805.
Martha, b. July 15, 1807.
Melinda, b. Aug. 10, 1809, m. Nathaniel Babb of Westbrook, Nov. 5, 1827.
William, b. Nov. 11, 1811, I'd in Hampden.
Mrs. Hannah Murch died Nov. 18, 1831.
(2) Samuel Murch, son of John, purchased of his brother George, Nov. 10, 1797, a half of the seventy acre lot, 48, at White Rock. He married his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Murch. Children all born in Gorham :
Eliza, b. Aug. 11, 1799, d. unm. in Bridgton.
Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1801, m. Mary Norton of Baldwin ; I'd in Baldwin.
Pamelia, b. - -- , d. when a young lady.
Sewall L., b. July 10, 1807, m. Martha Tyler, 1846; one dau. Mary E., b. in Sebago, Sept. 24, 1847, m. Orin Leavitt of Gorham.
Haskett D., b. - -, m. Ann Cook ; I'd in Bridgton.
Samuel Murch about 1815 moved to Sebago, where he died in 1849 or 1850. Mrs. Betsey Murch died June 9, 1825.
(2) Ebenezer Murch, son of Samuel, lived on the homestead of his father. He married Hannah, daughter of Solomon, Jr. and Lydia Lombard, Children :
Lydia, b. July 9, 1787, m. James Grant, Jr., of Falmouth, p. Apr. 4, 1807; I'd in Westbrook.
Richard, b. Jan. 16, 1789, d. young.
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HISTORY OF GORHAM.
Lucy, b. Jan. 16, 1791, m. David Silla, p. Feb. 18, 1815.
Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1793, m. Daniel Lombard of Portland, p. Dec. 24, 1814.
Susanna, b. Feb. 6, 1795, d. Sept. 29, 1836.
Deborah, b. Jan. 20, 1797, d. unm. July 4, 1846.
Solomon L., b. Nov. 30, 1798, m. Mary Lowell of New Portland; d. Dec., 1869. Rachel G., b. June 27, 1801, d. July, 1815.
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