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Rebecca, b. Jan. 26, 1790, m. Daniel Davis of Standish, July 3, 1824 ; I'd and d. at White Rock.
Christopher, b. Aug. 27, 1791, m. Mary Rounds, Mar. 12, 1821.
Isaac, b. Dec. 31, 1793, m. Sarah Harmon ; 2d, Margaret Smith.
Ann, b. Oct. 21, 1795, d. unm. Jan. 12, 1879.
Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1802, m. Russell H. Cole, May 8, 1836; d. May 18, 1875.
Christopher Plumer died Dec. 17, 1846, and Mrs. Rebecca Plumer, Feb. 15, 1847, aged 80.
(2) Christopher Plummer, Jr., son of Christopher, lived at one time where William Purinton now lives at White Rock. He married Mary, daughter of Abial and Mary Rounds. Children :
Lucinda, b. Dec. 7, 1821, m. ---- Noyes of Portland.
John G., b. Nov. 4, 1825, was a physician ; d. unm. May 12, 1869.
Christopher Plummer, Jr., died Oct. 22, 1825, aged 34, and his wife, Oct. 22, 1846, aged 49.
(2) Isaac Plummer, son of Christopher, lived on the old place, which is now occupied by his son Gustavus. Both Isaac and Christopher were members of Capt. Bettis's company, and marched to Portland, in the fall of 1814. Isaac Plummer married Sarah Harmon of Ray- mond. Children :
Joseph M., b. Aug. 8, 1820, m. Mary H. Harmon, Sept. 22, 1843; 2d, Mrs. Rand.
Albion K. P., b. Feb. 20, 1823, m. Mary A. Nason, Oct. 31, 1847 ; d. May 7, 1894. Mary A., b. Feb. 27, 1827, m. Robert Barbour, p. Jan. 7, 1849 ; d. July 19, 1852. Elizabeth J., Dec. 16, 1829, m. B. Frank Harmon of Thorndike, 1851.
Mrs. Sarah Plummer died Nov. 14, 1832, and Mr. Plummer married, Margaret Smith of Raymond. Children :
Nehemiah, d. in Otisfield. Christopher.
Sarah H., m. Joseph T. Wentworth, Oct. 11, 1868 ; d. in Saco.
Daniel D., m. Albina Plummer of Foxcroft.
Esther, m. Charles Crockett.
Russell C.
Elias, m. Nellie Storer.
Gustavus, m. Lizzie A. Carll, Oct. 25, 1870. Ellen, m. Henry Carll.
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Isaac Plummer died May 27, 1883, and his wife Margaret, Aug. 26, 1884, aged 75,
(3) Joseph M. Plummer, son of Isaac, lived in the north part of the town, where he kept a store for some years. He was one of the selectmen in 1848, '49 and '50. He married Mary H., daughter of Israel Harmon. Their children were Clara M., Henry A., Mary E., Clara E., all of whom are dead, and Isabelle M. Mrs. Mary Plummer died Sept. 19, 1871, aged 50, and Mr. Plummer married Mrs. Chris- tiana (Stone) Rand. By her he had one child, Joseph Wilson, who married Lottie C. Williams, May 12, 1897.
Ai Plummer of Scarborough, who was born Aug. 22, 1764, was the son of Moses and Mary Plummer, and a brother to Aaron, Isaac and Christopher who came to Gorham. He married, March 15, 1787, Elizabeth Plummer of Scarborough, and their son Alvin, born March 16, 1807, married, Nov. 21, 1833, Sally, daughter of Robert Weeks of Gorham, and moved to Gorham, where he lived on South St. Children of Alvin and Sally Plummer :
Sampson, m. Frances Moody; 2d, Emma Dudley.
Susan, m. George Rust ; d. Dec. 5, 1874.
Robert, m. Georgiana Boody.
Ellen, m. Edwin R. Smith; 2d, Alvin Libby.
Dana, m. Carrie Belle Sargent.
William, m. Etta Clay of Buxton.
Marietta, m. Edward Weeks, Dec. 19, 1874.
Alvina, m. George Libby of Scarboro.
Alvin B.
John D., d. Nov. 16, 1864, ag. 13.
Alvin Plummer died Nov. 26, 1886, aged 79. His wife Sally died June 27, 1879, aged 62.
POLAND.
John Poland lived on a part of what is now the farm of Frank Hopkinson. He married Fear Brown, daughter of Sylvanus and Fear Brown who lived near what is now called West Gorham. Their children were :
Moses, b. June II, 1791.
Sylvanus, b. Jan. 2, 1793. Arvada, b. May 9, 1795, in Hartford.
Dorcas, b. June 19, 1798.
Zoe, b. July 19, 1800, in the woods.
John, b. May 5, 1803.
Moses Poland of Gorham, who served in the Revolution as a private in Capt. Jenkins' company, 12th Mass. regiment, in 1777, was probably the father of John Poland above.
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Francis Poland was born in Portland April 19, 1788. He was the son of Benjamin and Sarah ( Magory) Poland. He married, April 2, 1810, Nancy, daughter of Capt. Josiah and Mary (Chipman) Jenkins. Children :
Aurelia, b. Aug. 16, 1811, m. Jonathan Buck, Jr. of Buckfield, Mar. 20, 1837 ; d. Oct., 1902.
John Calvin, b. July 5, 1814, m. Celia Stearns of Lovell; d. in Boston.
Mr. Poland was in the War of 1812-14. He was on board a privateer, and it is supposed was lost. He was traced as far as the coast of Spain, but nothing further was ever heard from him. Mrs. Poland died in Gorham, June 6, 1861.
POMEROY.
Rev. Thaddeus Pomeroy was minister of the First Congregational church in this town from 1822 to 1839. He was the son of Ebenezer and Experience Pomeroy, and was born at Southampton, Mass., Feb. 28, 1782. He married at Newburyport, April 23, 1816, Catherine, the daughter of John and Hannah Pearson of that place. She was born Sept. 26, 1794. Children :
Hannah P., b. Apr. 3, 1821, m. Rev. Elijah Kellogg of Harpswell; d. at Harpswell.
Thaddeus, b. 1822, d. Jan. 14, 1831.
Edward, b. -- -, d. young.
Mary H., b. Apr., 1824, d. Feb. 7, 1825.
John P., b. 1825, d. Sept. 26, 1826.
Edward P., b. Nov. 13, 1827, d. June 4, 1888 at Harpswell.
Catherine M., b. July 17, 1830, d. May 16, 1831.
Mrs. Catherine Pomeroy died Sept. 11, 1831, and Mr. Pomeroy married Harriet Ruberry of Charleston, S. C., by whom he had one child :
Thaddeus R., b. May 16, 1833, d. Oct. 27, 1833.
Mrs. Harriet R. Pomeroy died Dec. 27, 1833, aged 26. Mr. Pomeroy then married Mrs. Emily Sweetsir of Gorham, (pub. Oct. 9, 1 1836). Children :
Allen Ruberry, b. 1837, d. Jan. 29, 1838.
Charles, - S d. Apr. 15, 1839.
Thomas R., S b. Mar. 25, 1839, 1 d. Sept. 5, 1839.
Rev. Mr. Pomeroy died at De Witt, N. Y., April 14, 1858, aged 76.
POTE.
William Pote, Jr., came from Marblehead, Mass., to Falmouth (Portland) about 1728, and was the ancestor of all of the name in
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this region. He was the son of William and Ann (Hooper) Pote, and was born in 1689. Mr. Pote appears to have been a citizen of Gorham as early as 1741. He was living in Gorham in 1743, for in that year we find the Proprietors notified to hold meetings at his dwelling house in this town. He owned the right No. 73, on the thirty acre lot belonging to which it seems probable that he made his home. At the time of the French and Indian war, Mr. Pote with his family returned to Falmouth, where he died. His wife was Dorothy Gatchell, whom he married June 2, 1715. Children :
Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1716, m. William Buckman, p. Jan. 15, 1736.
William, b. Dec. 15, 1718, d. unm.
Gamaliel, b. Oct. 11, 1721, m. Mary Irish of Gorham, Aug. 7, 1743; d. in New Casco.
Jeremiah, b. Jan. 18, 1724, m. Elizabeth Berry of Falmouth ; d. in St. Andrew, N. B., Nov. 23, 1796.
Elisha, b. June 14, 1726, d. unm.
Increase, b. Sept. 15, 1728, d. young.
Samuel, b. Oct. 5, 1731, d. in Marblehead, Sept. 12, 1789.
Thomas, b. Feb. 25, 1734, m. Sarah Merrill, 1757.
Greenfield, b. May, 1736, m. Jane Grant, 1758, I'd in New Casco; d. Sept. 29, 1797.
Of these children of William Pote, Jr., three, Gamaliel, Jeremiah and Elisha took part in the successful expedition against Louisburg in 1745. The eldest son, William, while in command of the schooner Montague, engaged in carrying supplies and workmen for the repair and defence of the fortifications at Annapolis Royal, was captured in Annapolis Basin on May 17, 1745, by the French and Indians and carried to Quebec. He was confined there for a little over two years, during which time he kept a journal of the daily happenings. In this he makes mention of the Gorham captives, Cloutman, Read and Mrs. Bryant. This journal, which is still in existence, has lately been published.
(2) Thomas Pote, son of William, Jr., was living in Gorham as early as 1762, probably on a part of the hundred acre lot, No. 9, which had belonged to his father's right, the title to which he had acquired partly as one of his heirs and partly by purchase from the other heirs1. In 1769 Thomas sold twenty-five acres of this lot to. Joseph Roberts, and in 1771 he sold a like amount to Benjamin Roberts, brother of Joseph. In 1782 he disposed of the west half of the lot to Isaac D. Holbrook. Mr. Pote married Sarah Merrill. Children, the two oldest baptized in Falmouth :
Samuel, bapt. 1758, m. Priscilla Douty, Oct., 1779.
Hannah, bapt. June 3, 1759, m. Wm. Proctor, Jan. 11, 1778.
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Judith, b. May 16, 1762.
Elisha, b. July 25, 1764, d. with the Shakers, July 14, 1845.
Dorothy, b. Oct. 29, 1766, d. with the Shakers, Jan. 10, 1843.
James, b. Aug. 7, 1768.
Deborah, b. Nov. 21, 1774.
Betty, b. July 31, 1780.
About the year 1782, Elisha, son of Thomas, who had been a sailor, became converted to the doctrines of Shakerism. His father and mother soon afterwards embraced the same faith, and with their family joined the Shakers at New Gloucester. Thomas Pote died there in 1816, aged 83.
PREBLE.
Eben Preble came to Gorham from Portland, where he was born Oct. 10, 1802. He was the son of Capt. Enoch and Sally (Cross) Preble, and grandson of Gen. Jedediah Preble. He was a merchant, and traded in a store which stood on the spot where F. H. Emery's store now stands. At the time of his death he was town clerk of Gorham. He married, June 20, 1829, Agnes D. T. Archer of Salem, Mass., daughter of Samuel and Deborah (McNutt) Archer, and adopted daughter of Gen. Amos Hovey of Salem. Children :
Sarah Ellen, b. June 18, 1830, d. July 30, 1832.
Mary Elizabeth, b. June 24, 1833.
Mr. Preble died Jan. 17, 1845, and in 1849 Mrs. Preble married Joseph Barbour. She died Feb. 25, 1889, aged 80.
PRENTISS.
Samuel Prentiss was born in Cambridge, Mass. The name was at that time spelled Prentice. He was a grandson of Dea. Henry Prentice who came from England and who owned the Fresh Pond property in Cambridge, near Mt. Auburn, and afterwards built a mansion in Cambridge, near Brattle Square, long known as the Prentice house. The father of Samuel was Caleb Prentice whose first wife was Lydia Whitmore of Cambridge. His second wife was Rebecca Rockwell of Charlestown, Mass. Children of Caleb and Lydia Prentice :
Caleb, b. Apr. 17, 1745, d. young.
Caleb, b. Nov. 14, 1746, m. Judy Mellen (sister of Hon. Judge Mellen) of Portland, and was for thirty-one years minister in Reading, Mass.
Betsey, b. Sept. 24, 1748, m. Mr. Hill.
Samuel, b. Feb. 10, 1750, d. young.
Samuel, b. May 26, 1753, m. Dolly Day; 2d, Rebecca Cook.
William, b. Dec. 1, 1754, m. Mary Gorham of Barnstable, Mass., sister of Hon. Wm. Gorham and of the first wife of Dr. Jeremiah Barker of Gorham ;
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was a physician of good standing in Philadelphia and in practice at the time of the plague there. He died in London.
Henry, b. Feb. 4, 1757.
Lydia, b. Jan. 27, 1759, m. S. S. Smith, a merchant of Cape Ann, Mass.
Samuel Prentiss was a graduate of Harvard, of the class of 1771. His first business after leaving college was teaching. He taught for a time in Kennebunk, and was the first commissioned Justice of the Peace in that town. He married, Oct. 24, 1776, Dolly, daughter of Benjamin Day of Kennebunk. Children :
Mary, Lydia, b. Mar. 2, 1778, m. Ebenezer Freeman, Feb. 3, 1799. m. Joel Watson of Providence, Jan., 1798; 2d, Jotham Partridge of Westbrook, about 1809; 3d, Thomas Shaw of Standish, Mar. 9, 1826 ; d. Apr. .3, 1858.
Sargent S., b. - , d. at sea, on his passage home from Surinam, ag. about 20. William, b. Oct. II, 1782, m. Abigail Lewis, Dec. 11, 1804. Elizabeth S., b.
Dolly, b. Feb. 29, 1785, d. young.
John, b. about 1787, d. young.
Mrs. Dolly Prentiss died May 23, 1787, and Mr. Prentiss married, Nov. 29, 1787, Rebecca Cook of Gorham. Children :
Hannah, b. July 2, 1788, d. in Gorham, June, 1816.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1790, m. Geo. Rounds, Mar. 17, 1818; I'd and d. in Bridgton.
Phebe, b. Dec. 14, 1791, d. in Gorham, Jan. 29, 1810.
Joanna, b. Nov. 5, 1793, m. Thomas Burnham, Feb. 10, 1828; I'd in Bridgton. Betsey, b. Sept. 3, 1795, m. James Deering of Denmark, Me., Mar. 27, 1822. Frances, b. Nov. 13, 1798, d. in Bridgton.
Samuel Prentiss came to Gorham about the year 1776, in which year we find him licensed here as an inn-holder. He soon went into mercantile pursuits. He bought of Isaac D. Holbrook the seven acres of land on the north side of Main St., still known as the Pren- tiss lot, together with the house and barn standing on the lot, and the right and privilege in the well on the opposite side of the road. On this lot, on the northeast corner of the Portland and the then Standish road, he built a store, known for many years afterwards as " the Old Yellow Shop." This building becoming dilapidated was probably set on fire, and was burned in 1859. His house was a one- story building on the Portland road, directly east of the store, and near thereto. It stood high up from the street on a bank made with logs, and was always called the old Prentiss house. This house stood where the store occupied by J. C. Summersides now stands, and was taken down and disappeared many years before the old store was burned. Mr. Prentiss traded in his store quite a number of years. His property finally came into the hands of Hon. Lothrop Lewis, and a part of it is still owned by the Lewis heirs. This
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Prentiss, or corner lot, was sold by Bryant Morton to Caleb Chase, Oct. 13, 1769. He only says a "barn on it." Caleb Chase sold the lot to Isaac Doane Holbrook, Oct. 21, 1778. He says "house, barn and shed." Holbrook sold it to Samuel Prentiss with "house and barn," Aug. 2, 1784.
In September, 1797, Mr. Prentiss was appointed the first post- master at Gorham. This office he held for ten years.
Samuel Prentiss died at West Gorham, at the house of his son Capt. Wm. Prentiss, Jan. 10, 1815, aged 63. Mrs. Rebecca Prentiss died in Bridgton, at the house of her daughter Mrs. Burnham, in 1844, at the age of 88.
(2) William Prentiss, son of Samuel, was a successful sea captain for many years. He resided in Portland till about 1812, when he returned to Gorham and purchased a farm at West Gorham near that of his father-in-law, Maj. George Lewis. Upon this lot he built a large two-story house which is still standing. The place was after- wards owned by Zebediah Jackson and Joseph Gilkey, and later by Mrs. Cyrus Rounds. Capt. Prentiss married Abigail, daughter of Maj. George Lewis. Children, the first four born in Portland :
Caroline, b. Dec. 29, 1805, d. in 1810.
William J., b. Aug. 5, 1807, m. Angelina Hunt of Gorham, Sept. 12, 1834; was a merchant in New York ; d. Dec. 7, 1867; Mrs. P., Aug. 23, 1885.
Seargent S., b. Sept. 30, 1808, m. Mary J. Williams of Natchez, Miss., Mar. 3, 1842.
Samuel, b. Apr. 29, 1811, resided in Missouri.
Mary C., b. Mar. 16, 1813, d. Mar. 18, 1815.
Abigail L., b. Nov. 3, 1814, d. unm. Jan. 30, 1847.
George Lewis, b. May 12, 1816, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edward Payson, D. D., of Portland, Apr. 16, 1845.
Hannah S., b. Feb. 21, 1818, m. Rev. Jonathan F. Stearns, D. D., 1843 ; d. in Newark, N. J., Jan. 2, 1869.
Mary S., b. Jan. 10, 1821, d. unm. May 10, 1881.
Capt. Prentiss died at his home, Feb. 23, 1826. After his death his widow sold the farm to Thomas S. Bowles, and moved to the village, and after some years to Portland. She died in Newark, N. J., Aug. 9, 1865.
(3) The history of Gorham would not be complete without a notice of him who was perhaps the most widely known of all her citizens - Seargent Smith Prentiss, son of William and Abigail (Lewis) Prentiss. He was a student of Gorham Academy, and received the thorough training of Rev. Reuben Nason who gave so many boys of this town their mental outfit for Bowdoin. At fifteen years of age Seargent entered the Junior class at that college, and graduated in 1826. He at once entered the law office of the late Judge Pierce of Gorham,
WILLIAM PRENTISS.
1807 - 1867.
SON OF CAPT. WILLIAM AND ABIGAIL PRENTISS.
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and there began his legal training. At the completion of his law studies he went to Mississippi, and in a very few years he had not only risen to the leadership of the bar in that State, but he had made himself one of the most famous and forcible orators in the whole country. Of course he entered political life, and there he became one of the leaders of the leaders of his party. Men like Webster and Clay often sought his counsel though he was far younger than they. As a platform speaker with power to sway an audience he has perhaps had no superior in the whole nation. The young and the illiterate were fascinated by his eloquence, and grave judges and senators were glad to be swept along on the rich tide of his reasoning. In the too few years of his life the whole South came to know him well and to be very proud of him. While born in the North, the warm and impulsive South was his true home. There his heart went out to the people, and theirs to him. In nearly every cabin of the Gulf States his name was familiar, and his influence as wide as the United States. The Whig party of this country lost a great man and a brilliant champion when S. S. Prentiss died, July 1, 1850.
(3) George L. Prentiss, son of William and Abigail, has been for many years a resident of New York City. He fitted for college at the Academy in Gorham, and graduated from Bowdoin in the class of 1835. After teaching for awhile in the Academy of his native town, he studied for a considerable period in the city of New York, and then continued his theological studies in the universities of Halle and Berlin. He became a scholar of very rare and high attainments, the associate, friend, and peer of many in Germany and in England whose reputation is world-wide. In 1845 he assumed the pastoral charge of a church in New Bedford, Mass., from which he was soon called to the Mercer St. Presbyterian church in New York City, and from that to the Church of the Covenant on Murray Hill. In 1873 he was invited to the Professorship of Pastoral Theology in Union Seminary, which chair he filled with great honor until his voluntary retirement in 1897. Many of his addresses have been printed and widely read, and the memorial volumes he has published of his wife, Elizabeth (Payson) Prentiss, and of his brother Seargent, are models in that class of literature.
PURINTON.
The Purinton family is said to be of Welch origin. The Purintons of Gorham are descended from David Purinton who came from
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Salisbury in 1763, and after remaining for a time in Falmouth, settled in Windham, of which town he became a prominent citizen.
Meshach Purinton, the sixth son of David and his wife, Sarah (Davis), married Sarah Gerrish of Durham. Their oldest son, Lorenzo D., born in Durham, Oct. 31, 1801, came to Gorham where he owned and occupied the old Harris place near Pleasant Ridge, now in the possession of Frank Mayberry. He married Sally Downes of Portland. Children :
Charles A., m. Elmira Graffam of Moderation ; d. at Cumb. Mills.
Abba, d. unm. on the Harris place.
Sidney, d. unm. in Windham, aged about 22.
Mary Ellen, m. George Patrick of Gorham.
Moses D., m. Ellen Yale.
Lorenzo D. Purinton died March 8, 1881, and his wife, Jan. 10, 1881, aged 79.
Frederick Purinton, son of Meshach, born in Windham, May 20, 1815, married Margaret C. Loveitt. They lived at White Rock, near the church. Children :
Sarah E., b. Oct. 25, 1844, m. Ed. H. Sampson of Westbrook ; d. in 1896. Georgiana J., b. Mar. 12, 1846.
Arabella J., b. June 10, 1848, m. Daniel Wescott.
Frederick Purinton died April 11, 1897.
Otis Purington, youngest son of Meshach, born in Windham, Feb. 15, 1819, married, July 9, 1843, Lydia Small. Mr. Purington, after living for a time in Farmington and Windham, removed to Gorham, where he spent the remainder of his life, with the exception of two. years spent in Portland. He purchased the farm formerly owned by his brother-in-law, Capt. John Sturgis, at White Rock, and died there, Feb. 2, 1899 ; his wife died Dec. 18, 1894. Children :
William G., b. Mar. 13, 1844, m. Mary Chute of Westbrook, June 29, 1873. Ellen M., b. Oct. 11, 1846, m. Emery O. Walker of Portland, May 2, 1869. Albert N., b. May 11, 1851, m. Abbie J. Grant of Saco, Sept. 25, 1879.
Charles S., b. June 14, 1859, m. Carrie Kimball of Saco, Dec. 28, 1882 ; select- man in 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901.
RAND.
The name of Rand appears quite early in the history of the town. Lazarus Rand enlisted in the Revolutionary army in Capt. Abraham Tyler's Scarborough company, Col. Phinney's regiment, in 1776. The tax lists show that he was of Gorham as early as 1780. From this town he probably removed to Windham. Christopher Rand was in town before June, 1789, for at that time he bought land in
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Gorham of Joseph Fogg, and gave his residence as Gorham. His wife was Hannah -. Previous to coming to Gorham he lived in Scarborough, where his daughter Poline was baptized in 1773.
Jeremiah Rand was in town as early as 1777, for we find his name on a tax list for that year. He married Lydia Blake, probably the daughter of Ithiel and Susannah (Martin) Blake. The record of their children is imperfect, but there were :
Lydia, b. - -, m. Jedediah Lombard, Jr., July 12, 1785.
Jeremiah, b. about 1769, m. Apr. 14, 1791, Lydia, dau. of Henry and Lydia Jones. Ch: Mary, b. Nov. 17, 1791, m. Jonathan Sparrow of Standish, Feb. 23, 1813, (?); Henry, b. June 30, 1794 ; George, b. Dec. 11, 1796 ; Sally, b. Apr. 15, 1799; Ephraim Jones, bapt. by Rev. Asa Rand, May, 1811 ; Lucinda, bapt. by Mr. Rand, Oct. 7, 1812; Stillman. This family moved to Thorndike.
Betsey, b. Nov., 1774, m. Eleazer Parker of Standish, Nov. 20, 1794.
Mary J., b. , m. Noles Higgins of Standish, Mar. 26, 1795.
John B., b. Oct. 10, 1781, m. Ruth Blake, July 15, 1799.
Jeremiah Rand died Oct. 17, 1818, aged 76.
(2) John B. Rand, son of Jeremiah, lived about two miles above West Gorham village, on the main road to Standish. He married Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Blake. Children :
Hannah W., b. Dec. 10, 1799, m. Seth Blake, Jr., of Limington, Nov. 29, 1821. Ithiel, b. , I'd in Saccarappa.
Jeremiah, b. , d. young.
Diadema, b. , m. Levi Elwell.
Leah B., b. about 1806, d. unm. Mar. II, 1845.
Ephraim, b. -, I'd and d. in Phillips.
Noles H., b. about 1810, m. Ann Ridion, 1838. Ch : Abigail. b. Oct. 5, 1838, m. Chas. H. Blake, Jan. 1, 1859; Freedom D., b. Jan. 15, 1840, k'd at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864; Ephraim, b. May 21, 1844, d. Dec. 18, 1848 ; Emily R., b. July 25, 1847, m. Charles J. Clement ; Ephraim, b. Nov. 14, 1851, m. Sarah Ray of N. H. Noles H. Rand I'd on his father's place. He d. Jan. 3, 1872; Mrs. Rand d. Sept. 7, 1881. Mary, b. -- , m. Nicholas Ridlon of Buxton, 1836.
Esther, b. about 1817, m. Charles Lewis of Harrison, 1847.
Abigail L., b. about 1821, d. Nov. 15, 1832.
John B. Rand died June 18, 1863 ; his wife survived him some years.
Rev. Asa Rand was born in Rindge, N. H., Aug. 6, 1783. He was settled over the First Parish in Gorham, Jan. 18, 1809, where he remained till he resigned the pastoral office, June 12, 1822. He married, Nov. 6, 1812, Grata, the daughter of Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., of Rindge. Children :
Harriet N., b. Dec. 8, 1814, m. Jan. 22, 1841, Rev. Russell S. Cook, Sec'y of Am. Tract Society ; d. Feb. 15, 1843.
William W., b. Dec. 8, 1816, m. 1841, Marcia S. Dunning of Brunswick, Me.
Mrs. Grata Rand died April 29, 1818, and Mr. Rand married, Feb. 8, 1820, Clarissa, daughter of Capt. Nicholas Thorndike. Children :
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Thorndike, b. Nov. 15, 1820, m. Hannah P. Nourse; d. at Bahia, Brazil, in 18 54.
Charles Asa, b. May 21, 1822, d. in Brownville, Texas, July 7, 1863.
Annie T., b. Oct. 26, 1824, m. John F. Nourse. He d. Jan. 17, 1854; she m., 2d, Wm. Endicott, Jr., of Boston.
Mrs. Clarissa Rand died July 7, 1825, and Mr. Rand married, July 6, 1826, Mrs. Mary (Cushing) Coolidge of Ashburnham, Mass. She died June 12, 1871. Mr. Rand died in Ashburnham, Aug. 24, 1871.
RICE.
The Rice family are descended from two emigrants, Edmund and Thomas, who came to this country from Wales. They were probably brothers, or uncle and nephew. One stayed in Massachusetts, and the other, Thomas, came to Kittery, Me.
Lemuel Rice, the grandson of Thomas, was the son of Joseph and Ruth (Thompson) Rice, who were married Aug. 12, 1755. Lemuel, who was born May 2, 1756, enlisted from Scarborough in 1775 in Capt. John Rice's company, Col. Phinney's regiment, and served five years in the army, being among other places at the siege of Boston, at Valley Forge, and at Saratoga. From Scarborough he came to Gorham, where he purchased a tannery. He' lived nearly opposite what has since been known as the John Rice place. His wife, whom he married April 3, 1777, was Anna Stone of Scarborough. Children born in Scarborough :
George, b. Sept. 21, 1780, m. Hannah Hanscom, 1807 ; 2d, Dorcas Larrabee. Ruth, b. Dec. 7, 1781, m. Thomas Fickett, July 23, 1807 ; I'd in Durham.
John, b. Oct. 7, 1784, m. Mary Hanscom, Nov. 12, 1812; 2d, Salome Hanson ; 3d, Mary Kilbourn.
Moses, b. -, m. Mary, dau. of Matthias Libby of Scarboro, Aug. 7, 1815. Lemuel, b. about 1790, m. Catherine Noyes ; 2d, Mary J. Cushman ; d. Mar. 18, 1870.
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