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Daniel Tyler, son of Abraham, was baptized in Scarborough, March 28, 1780. He married, Oct. 20, 1803, Mary Ann, daughter of Benjamin A. and Sarah Jordan, and made his home in Gorham in the Hurricane neighborhood. Children :
Sally, b. May 15, 1804, d. Sept. 11, 1809.
Lendall, b. Aug. 28, 1805, m. - , I'd in Milltown, Me.
Mary C., b. July 2, 1807, m. - Maddox.
Daniel, b. Apr. 28, 1809, was a sea faring man ; d. Apr. 15, 1864.
Sally, b. Aug. 16, 1811, m.
Allen, b. Apr. 2, 1814, d. unm. Jan. 24, 1896.
Abraham, b. Mar. 12, 1816, d. young.
Emily, b. Aug. 27, 1818, m .- -.
Martha, b. July 27, 1821, m.
Daniel Tyler died Sept. 26, 1822.
James Tyler, brother of Daniel, was baptized in Scarborough, Oct. 13, 1782. He married, July 4, 1804, Sally Jordan, sister to his brother's wife. We have no record of any family.
WALKER.
We find the names of Jabez Walker and Sarah Atwood, both of Cape Cod, on the Gorham records as married June, 1748, but have been unable to ascertain anything further concerning this couple.
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John Walker of Windham purchased in 1790 of Dr. Jeremiah Barker the seventy acre lot, 29. He was a farmer and made his home on this lot which is the farm now occupied by Van W. Carll. He was the son of George and Elizabeth (Snow) Walker of Falmouth, both of whom died before 1802. He married Elizabeth Grant of Westbrook, and his children were :
John, b. -- -, m. Apr. 22, 1821, Jane, dau. of Ebenezer and Jenny Lombard. Ch : Harriet; Lydia ; Joseph; James. Mr. Walker I'd on the farm where his father had I'd before him.
George, b. -, m. Hannah Bragdon ; I'd and d. in Saco.
Charles, b. -, m. Elizabeth Hooper ; I'd in Windham.
Betsey, b. July 27, 1789, m. Ezekiel Ward, Feb. 21, 181 1.
Lucy, b. , m. Benjamin Parker of Standish, p. May 2, 1812.
Abigail, b. , m. Aaron Parker (bro. to Benj.), Oct. 23, 1823.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker died July 15, 1828, aged 59, and Mr. Walker married, Oct. 11, 1828, Elizabeth Grover of Carthage. Children :
Mary, b. June 30, 1829, d. Oct. 20, 1829.
Ruth J., b. July 27, 1831, m. --- Morton ; I'd in Taunton, Mass.
Edsel, b. Dec. 4, 1832, d. in the Civil War.
Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1837.
Mr. Walker died in Standish, March 20, 1841, aged 77, and his widow married Simon Moulton of Standish.
WARD.
John and Joseph Ward were brothers, and came from Cape Cod. The name of John Ward first appears on the tax lists in Gorham in 1779. He lived between Great Falls and White Rock, on the place lately occupied by Mark Hicks. We have no record of his wife's name. He died Sept. 6, 1831. Children :
William, went to Thorndike; d. there.
David, went to Thorndike ; d. there.
Jonathan, m. Sally Hall of Standish, Dec. 21, 1793 ; I'd in Standish.
Jesse, m. Hannah Mitchell.
Mary, m. William Hall of Standish, July 14, 1800; both d. in Gorham.
Lucy, m. Nathaniel Hicks, p. Dec. 12, 1812 ; I'd on the old Ward place.
Ezekiel, m. Elizabeth Walker, Feb. 21, 1811.
Hannah, d. unm. Apr. 23, 1872, ag. 80.
Joseph Ward's name first appears on the tax list for 1780, where he is taxed for two polls, this being probably for himself and eldest son. He owned the hundred acre lot, 83, and also a part of the hundred acre lot, 84. We find no record of his family, but he had :
Nathan, m. Isabella, dau. of Lemuel Jordan, p. Sept. 30, 1797. Ch : Joseph, b. Jan. 3, 1800, m. May 1, 1823, Harriet, dau. of Jona. and Jane Emery, had two ch., was lost at sea, his widow m. Col. Daniel Parsons of Hart- ford, Me .; Simon, b. Jan. 17, 1802. Nathan Ward I'd on the hundred
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acre lot, 83, which he received from his father; this farm he sold to Abraham Dow; it has since been known as the Albion Wood place. Joseph, Jr., m. Hannah Lummus of Hamilton, Mass., p. July 12, 1800. " Mr. Ward at one time followed the sea. In 1796 he bought of Samuel Prentiss a quarter of an acre of land on the north side of Main St. at Gorham village. He d. before 1807, for in that year his estate was settled by his widow, and by Samuel Lummus of Hamilton ; in this set- tlement Ward is styled a trader, and of Gorham.
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Probably Joseph Ward had other children.
(2) Jesse Ward, born in 1771, son of John, was a farmer and lived near Great Falls. He married Hannah Mitchell. Children :
Martha, b. , m. Thomas Libby, Dec. 20, 1821.
John, b. Jan. 8, 1801, d. young.
John, b. 1805, m. Mary Gerrish of Windham, Nov. 19, 1826. Ch: Abbie E., d. y. ; Abby J., b. Dec. 27, 1828, d. y. ; Eliza J., b. Nov. 12, 1829, d. ag. 28 ; Lucy A., b. Apr. 10, 1832, d. Apr. 26, 1855; Lewis B., b. Jan. 20, 1835, d. Oct. 15, 1853; John H., b. Aug. 25. 1838, m. Mary S. Russell of Gray, June 29, 1861 ; Charles M., b. Mar. 28, 1840, k'd at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864; William W., b. Dec., 1844, d. in the army, Oct. 20, 1863. Mrs. Mary Ward d. Apr. 1, 1861, and Mr. Ward m. Mrs. Eleanor Webb. Mr. Ward d. in New Gloucester.
Joseph, b. 1807, m. Mehitable, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Nason, and I'd in the north part of the town. One child: Roswell, b. Sept. 30, 1833, m. Sarah J. Warren ; she d. Jan. 1, 1891, ag. 48 ; he d. Apr. 5, 1898. Joseph Ward d. Sept. 24, 1865; his wife, Mehitable d. Mar. 9, 1864, ag. 57.
Lucy, b. -, m. Israel H. Coates, Dec. 4, 1825.
Mary, b. , m. Lewis Brackett, Feb. 26, 1824; 2d, -- Walker.
Solomon, b. Dec. 22, 1816, d. unm.
Benjamin, b. Aug. 16, 1818. m. Mary M. Higgins of Standish, p. 1843.
Hannah, b. -, m. - Gerrish ; 2d, John Hamilton.
Delia, b. --- , m. - McKenny.
Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1822.
Abigail, b. 1829, d. young.
Abigail, b. 1830, d. young.
Jesse Ward died May 23, 1845 ; his wife died March 29, 1856. aged 83.
(2) Ezekiel Ward, born Sept. 4, 1786, son of John, was a farmer, and a tin peddler - a man noted for his strict honesty. He lived , about three-fourths of a mile from the railroad station at White Rock. He was a sergeant in Capt. Bettis's company in the War of 1812, and went to the defence of Portland. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Walker. Children :
Mary, b.Feb. 8, 1812, m. Miles Thompson of Standish, July, 1831 ; d. Mar. 23, 1895.
Rebecca A., b. June 4, 1813, m. Samuel Leavitt of Standish, June 19, 1831 ; d. Feb. 2, 1882.
Esther M., b. Aug. 7, 1818, m. Nathan Wood of Portland, May 3, 1838.
Zachariah B., b. Dec. 11, 1821, d. unm., Apr. 26, 1841.
Daniel D., b. Sept. 8, 1827, m. Frances P., dan. of Marrett Libby, Oct. 4, 1854. Ch : Clarence E., b. July 22, 1855, m. Ada B. Smith, Apr. 3, 1878. Mr. Ward I'd on the old David Harding place, near Gambo. He now I's in Standish. He m. 2d, Elizabeth Cannell.
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Ezekiel Ward died March 25, 1857; Mrs. Ward died Nov. 1, 1869, aged 80.
Daniel Ward is said to have been a cousin to Nathan and Joseph Ward, Jr. He was a blacksmith, and lived near the Buxton line. In April, 1798, he purchased the hundred acre lot, 60, of Mrs. Mary Perkins of Boston. This lot was set off to Mrs. Perkins as an heir of George Hancock. Mr. Ward married Phebe, daughter of Dr. Clement Jordan of Cape Elizabeth (pub. Nov. 22, 1783). Children :
Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1785, m. Hannah Davis of C. Cod; moved to Howland. Silas J., b. Dec. 15, 1786, m. Rachel Wood, Dec. 22, 1811 ; no ch.
Polly, b. Mar. 31, 1792, m. William McQuillan of Portland, Oct. 22, 1812. Daniel, b. Mar. 24, 1794, m. Eunice Spencer of Baldwin ; moved to Baldwin.
After the death of Mr. Ward his widow married, Oct. 13, 1811, Capt. Thomas Libby of Scarborough (Strip). She died March 26, 1822, aged 60.
WARREN.
James and Samuel Warren, brothers, were probably sons of Sam- uel Warren who went from Berwick to Saco about 1740-45, and married in 1749 Sarah, daughter of Robert and Janet Gray of Saco. Robert Gray came from Ireland and first settled in Berwick.
Samuel Warren in 1761 purchased of William Lakeman and Anthony Brackett the hundred acre lot, 66, in Gorham. It is not probable that he ever lived in town. His two sons, James and Sam- uel, came to Gorham from Saco about 1770. They settled in the westerly part of the town, near the Buxton line, on the Flaggy Meadow road, on the adjacent farms where their descendants now live. The land was then wild land, and the families found their way to the village by means of spotted trees.
( 1) James Warren at first built a log house on the southern side of the road, where he and his family lived until he built, opposite to this on the other side of the road, the large two-story house now occupied by his grandson James. He married, Dec. 30, 1773, Martha, daughter of Elder Hugh and Elizabeth Mclellan. Children :
Samuel, b. July 14, 1775, m. Anna Pinkerton of Derry, N. H., p. Nov. 28, 1798. Hugh, b. Aug. 18, 1777, m. Polly Foster of Buxton, Feb. 22, 1798. She m. 2d, in 1805, Benjamin Mosher.
James, b. Sept. 24, 1780, m. Patty Pinkerton, p. Apr. 3, 1805. She m. 2d, in 1821, Henry Whitney.
Alexander, b. Dec. 24, 1783, d. young.
Martha, b. Jan. 16, 1787, m. Nicholas Davis, Jr., Ang. 18, 1804.
Alexander, b. May 30, 1789, d. young.
Betsey, b. Dec. 2, 1791, m. Daniel Libby, Ang. 6, 1810.
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Jane, b. 1793, d. young.
William, b. Aug. 29, 1795, m. Sarah J. Googins, Feb. 28, 1822.
Mary, b. Sept., 1798, d. young.
James Warren died April 16, 1821, aged 71. Mrs. Warren died March 17, 1837, aged 82.
(1) Samuel Warren, Jr., settled on the hundred acre lot, 70, adjoining the farm of his brother James. On this lot he built, nearly a hundred and twenty-five years ago, the house now occupied by the family of his son David. This house is framed from the oak timber that grew upon the place. A cow was the price asked and received in payment for his work, by the man who framed the building. Mr. Warren married Sarah Gray of Saco. Children :
James, b. Dec. 10, 1780, m. Olive Elden, Sept. 27, 1810.
Sally, b. Feb. 4, 1784, m. Benjamin Richardson of Portland, Nov. 16, 1806; d. May 20, 1833.
Polly, b. Apr. 19, 1787, d. unm. Mar. 10, 1858.
Samuel, b. July 16, 1789, m. Mary Jewett; was a lawyer; d. in Portland.
Sophia, b. Mar. 6, 1794, m. Elijah North of Stevens' Plains, Dec. 9, 1835. David, b. Apr. 22, 1796, m. Sabra Hill, Jan. 3, 1840.
Samuel Warren died Jan. 17, 1837, aged 81. Mrs. Warren died Mar. 18, 1840, aged 79.
(2) William Warren, son of James, was a farmer and lived on the farm which his father had cleared and occupied. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving in Dyer and Leighton's detachment of cavalry. He married Sarah J. Googins. Children :
James, b. Dec. 24, 1822, m. Mary Parington, July 12, 1846; no ch; Mrs. W. d. Apr. 19, 1900.
Rebecca, b. Dec. 12, 1824, l's in Gorham with her brother, unm.
Mary A., b. May 15, 1827, m. Henry Jordan of Saco, Jan. 6, 1846.
Sarah Ayer, b. May 8, 1830, m. John L. Higgins, June 15, 1851.
Martha, b. July 23, 1836, m. James Hargrave of Kansas City.
Olive, b. Oct. 8, 1841, m. Robert L. Wilkinson of Ill .; d. in Iowa in 1894.
Major William Warren died March 9, 1879. Mrs. Warren died Aug. 5, 1873, aged 70 years.
(2) James Warren, son of Samuel, lived near Dundy Falls. He served in Capt. Bettis's company in the War of 1812. He married Olive, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Roberts) Elden of Buxton. Children :
John, b. June 25, 1811, m. Mrs. Sophia Pray, Apr. 19, 1835.
Nathan E., b. Aug. 11, 1813, m. Mary P. Cash, Sept. 23, 1839 ; d. May 26, 1896. Eliza A., b. Jan. 5, 1815, m. David Todd of Pownal, Mar., 1845.
Sarah, b. May 2, 1817, m. George Shedd, Apr., 1846; d. June 3, 1850. William, b. Aug. 21, 1820, I'd in Oberlin, O .; d. Aug. 22, 1896. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 16, 1822, d. Aug. 7, 1843.
Martha A., b. Jan. 26, 1825, m. Caleb Elder, June 14, 1854 ; d July 22, 1868. B. Franklin, b. Dec. 3, 1826, d. in Portland, unm. Apr. 21, 1872. David, b. Mar. 27, 1832, d. young.
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James Warren died Jan. 14, 1848, aged 68. Mrs. Olive Warren died Aug. 28, 1854, aged 64.
(2) David Warren, son of Samuel, lived on his father's homestead. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, being a member of Capt. Robie's company. He married Sabra Hill of Brownfield. Children :
Miranda M., d. May 11, 1896.
Rhoda A., m. Henry Day of Brownfield ; d. Aug., 1875.
Sabra S., I's on the homestead.
David, d. Sept. 8, 1894.
Julia J., I's on the homestead.
Sarah, I's on the homestead.
David Warren died Oct. 10, 1866. Mrs. Sabra Warren died May 9, 1899, aged 78.
(3) John Warren, son of James and Olive, lived near Dundy Falls. He married Mrs. Sophia (Crockett) Pray, daughter of Enoch and Drusilla Crockett of Gorham, and widow of Joseph Pray of Wind- ham. Children :
Joseph B., b. June 13, 1837, m. Susan E. Cloudman, Dec. 2, 1863; I'd in Port- land; d. Nov. 14, 1894.
James E., b. June 24, 1841, m. Martha J. Godfrey of Hampton, N. H., July 25, 1863.
Harriet A., b. July 2, 1849.
John Warren died March 16, 1873. Mrs. Warren died Dec. 9, 1901, aged 95.
Nathaniel Warren, son of Peter Warren, was born in Tuftonboro, N. H., from which place he came to Gorham. He lived near Mr. Nicholas Harding's farm. His wife was Margaret Haines. He had a son John, born Oct. 12, 1786, who married, Jan. 4, 1806, Sukey, daughter of William Adams; also a daughter Dolly who married Joseph Adams, son of William, and moved to Hiram. Nathaniel Warren also moved to Hiram, where he died Aug. 4, 1819.
John Warren was born in Berwick, March 5, 1731, and moved from that town to Falmouth. He married Jane Johnson. Three of his children married and lived in Gorham, Polly, who married Peter Crockett in 1782, James who married Rebecca Huston, and Jane who married John Brackett.
James Warren, Jr., born near Stroudwater, Jan. 25, 1769, married in 1806 Rebecca, daughter of Simon and Elizabeth Huston, and lived in Gorham near Horse Beef, on the place where the late Richard Willis lived. He afterwards moved to the farm south of the David Harding place, and lived in the house still standing on the knoll. It is now in the field on the east of the road, since the straightening of
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the road which used to run past it. From this place Mr. Warren moved to Otisfield, where he died Jan. 6, 1831. Children of James and Rebecca :
Elizabeth J., b. -- , m. David Purinton, Feb. 2, 1826.
Rebecca A., b. May 13, 1810, m. Calvin Emery, Nov. 8, 1830.
James Gardner, b. Jan. 28, 1813, m. - Edwards; 2d, Mrs. Waterhouse ; I'd in Otisfield ; was in the Civil War.
Simon H., b. May 27, 1816, d. when about twenty-one years old.
Mrs. Warren died in Gorham May 10, 1824, aged 50.
WATERHOUSE.
Joseph Waterhouse who came to Scarborough about 1733, was born in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1711. He was the son of Timothy and Ruth (Moses) Waterhouse, and grandson of Richard Waterhouse who emigrated from England and was a tanner in Boston in 1671, and in 1672 settled in Portsmouth. The wife of Richard was Sarah Fernald, daughter of Reinald Fernald, the first surgeon that emigrated to New Hampshire. Joseph Waterhouse married Mary Libby of Scarborough.
George Waterhouse, the ninth child of Joseph and Mary (Libby) Waterhouse, was born in Scarborough, Jan. 21, 1750. His brother Enoch settled in Machias, to which place George accompanied him, and came thence to Gorham about 1773 or 1774 and bought the farm in the south part of the town since owned by his grandson Benjamin. This farm, which was then wild land, he purchased in 1775 of Stephen Sawyer. Mr. Waterhouse was a soldier of the Revolution. He mar- ried, Nov. 23, 1775, Dorcas, daughter of Joseph Libby, who lived near Horse Beef Falls. Children :
Polly, b. Mar. 11, 1776, m. Capt. Thomas Libby of Scarboro, Sept. 6, 1825; d. Jan. 30, 1869.
Joseph, b. Apr. 16, 1778, lost at sea in 1803.
George, b. Nov. 3, 1780, m. Sukey Atkinson of Buxton, Mar. 3, 1805.
Charlotte, b. Oct. 19, 1783, m. Nahum Lord, July 11, 1802.
Betsey, b. June 2, 1786, m. Levi Harris of Westbrook, July 27, 1817.
Isaac, b. Nov. 9, 1789, I'd in Monmouth ; d. at Sabattisville.
David, b. June 6, 1793, m. Sophia Coolbroth, Mar. 15, 1817 ; 2d, Mary Roundy. Simon, b. Aug. 4, 1795, d. unm. Jan. 22, 1866.
Sally, b. Jan. 12, 1799, m. Meshach Rust, July 27, 1836.
Sargent, b. , m. Sarah Graffam.
George Waterhouse died Oct. 9, 1835, aged 87, and his wife, May 6, 1836, aged 77.
(2) David Waterhouse, son of George, was a farmer, and lived on the place cleared by his father. He married Sophia Coolbroth of Scarborough. Children :
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Benjamin C., b. Apr. 30, 1818, m. Martha A., dau. of Humphrey Pike. Ch : Clara, b. Sept. 21, 1848, m. Albert S. Riggs, June 12, 1879. Mr. Waterhouse d. Sept. 1, 1893.
George, b. July 20, 1821, m. Jane Jackson of Gorham; 2d, Sarah Grant of Bid- deford; I'd in Portland.
Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1824, m. Alexander Freeman, July 9, 1843.
Mehitable, b. Dec. 15, 1826, m. Leonard Roberts, 1845.
Mary A., b. Sept. 1, 1829, m. Chas. I. Moore, 1851 ; I'd in Portland ; d. in 1855. Thomas J., b. June 19, 1833, m. Ellen McNamara.
Horace, b. May 15, 1835, m. Eudora Mann, June 3, 1865 ; I'd in Wales ; d. Dec. 25, 1883.
Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1837, m. James A. Folsom, Sept. 4, 1856.
Rosalia L., b. Feb. 27, 1840, m. Henry W. Folsom.
Mrs. Sophia Waterhouse died July 3, 1853, aged 57, and Mr. Waterhouse married, Sept. 17, 1854, Mrs. Mary Roundy of Buxton. David Waterhouse died Nov. 29, 1867.
Joseph Waterhouse, born in Scarborough, Feb. 9, 1766, was the son of Timothy and Sarah (Small) Waterhouse, and grandson of Joseph and Mary (Libby) Waterhouse. He was a farmer and settled first at Great Falls, Gorham, and about 1795 moved to the south part of the town on to the place where M. C. Burnell now lives, where the remains of his cellar are still to be seen a little south of the present house. He married, Dec. 30, 1791, Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Mary (Burns) Larrabee of Scarborough. Children :
Olive, b. Jan. 11, 1793, m. Ai Waterhouse, Aug. 26, 1819.
Zebulon, b. Sept. 14, 1794, m. Anna Dyer of Danville; 2d, Matilda Goss; d. in Iowa, Feb. 26, 1879.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 7, 1796, m. Betsey Dyer of Danville; d. in Iowa in 1873; no ch.
Joseph, b. Aug. 6, 1800, m. Esther Penley of Danville; d. at Cloverdale, Ind., Apr., 1863.
Mrs. Elizabeth Waterhouse died Oct. 13, 1801, and Mr. Water- house married, May 2, 1802, Lydia Wescott, widow of Abner Wescott, and daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Roberts) Parker. Children :
Abner, b. Aug. 20, 1804, m. Mary Robinson ; I'd in Danville ; d. Feb. 1, 1895. Sally, b. May 16, 1811, m. Francis J. Knapp.
Lydia, b. May 1, 1818, m. Nathaniel Sawyer of New Gloucester.
In 1805 Joseph Waterhouse moved to Pejepscot, now Danville, where he died in April, 1844.
Ai Waterhouse born in Scarborough, May 21, 1792, was the son of Theophilus and Hannah (Goodwin) Waterhouse, and grandson of Joseph and Mary (Libby) Waterhouse. He was a farmer, and lived in a part of Scarborough now Gorham, and known as the " Strip." He married, Aug. 26, 1819, Olive, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Waterhouse. Children :
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Eli Leland, b. July 7, 1821, m. Martha J. Chapman. In 1864 he was largely instrumental in the passage of a bill setting off to Gorham a part of the town of Scarboro. He d. in E. Boston, Mass., Feb. 3, 1889.
Ai, b. Oct. 26, 1825, m. Sarah A. Goodwin ; served as surgeon in the Civil War ; removed to Jamestown, N. Y., where he died.
Amos, b. Aug. 4, 1 >28, m. Frances A. Fickett ; was a carpenter; while at work in Portland, fell from a staging, and was killed Oct. 10, 1865.
Ai Waterhouse died Sept. 19, 1867. His widow Olive died in Malden, Mass., Aug. 8, 1892, aged 99.
William H. Waterhouse, born in Scarborough, Oct. 14, 1779, was the son of Joseph, Jr., and Lydia ( Harmon ) Waterhouse, and grand- son of Joseph and Mary (Libby) Waterhouse. Joseph Waterhouse, Jr., was a Revolutionary pensioner. He died in Standish. William H. Waterhouse was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married, Jan. 31, 1802, Sally B., daughter of Capt. Ephraim Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse lived in Gorham in the house built and formerly occu- pied by Capt. Smith, about a mile west from Little Falls, and which is still standing near the Town Farm. Children of William H. and Sally B. Waterhouse :
Thomas S., b. Apr. 5, 1803, m. Miriam Estes, June 28, 1827 ; I'd in Standish; d. in Gorham, May 9, 1888.
Daniel, b. Sept. 25, 1805, d. Aug. 31, 1807.
Freeman, b. July 25, 1807, d. Oct. 9, 1809.
Levi H., b. Sept. 30, 1809, m. Elizabeth Watts of St. John, N. B .; merchant in St. John.
Samuel S., b. July 21, 1811, m. Ann Bolton, June 3, 1838; 2d, Eleanor Small; 3d, Priscilla Ward.
Gardner, b. Jan. 22, 1814, m. Jane W. Babb of Westbrook, 1843; 2d, Sarah Mayberry of Standish ; I'd in Standish ; d. Apr. 3, 1884.
Sumner, b. Oct. 31, 1816, m. Lydia A. Cummings of Albany, Me .; d. at the house of his brother Samuel, Aug. 13, 1868.
Elizabeth J., b. May 29, 1818, d. in Portland, unm. Dec. 10, 1853.
Prentiss M., b. Sept. 8, 1820, m. Sarah Rounds, Sept. 13, 1846; 2d, Sarah Libby.
Mrs. Sally Waterhouse died Oct. 10, 1843, aged 63, and Mr. Waterhouse married, Sept. 21, 1846, Mrs. Sarah Donnell of Portland. He died Nov. 4, 1867, aged 88.
(2) Samuel S. Waterhouse, son of William H., was a farmer, and lived on the farm that had belonged to his grandfather Smith. He was a captain in the militia ; and for four years one of the selectmen of the town. He married Ann, daughter of William and Eunice Bolton. Children :
Julia A., b. Aug. 21, 1840, m. Capt. Joel Wilson ; d. Nov. 28, 1874.
Elbridge H., b. Nov. 24, 1842, d. June 17, 1862.
Melvin C., b. Aug. 20, 1846, d. Dec. 19, 1864.
Charles M., b. Aug. 19, 1849, m. Emma S. Wescott, Dec. 22, 1872 ; is a tailor in Westbrook.
Mary Etta, b. June 19, 1854, m. Howard T. Small, Nov. 27, 1878; d. Nov. 13, 1880.
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Mrs. Ann Waterhouse died Oct. 24, 1859, aged 49, and Mr. Waterhouse married, Nov. 22, 1861, Mrs. Eleanor B. (Patten) Small, widow of Geo. Small of Raymond, by whom he had one child, Hattie C., born Jan. 8, 1865, and died Aug. 11, 1867. Mrs. Eleanor Waterhouse died May 19, 1872, and Mr. Waterhouse married Mrs. Priscilla (Libby) Ward, daughter of Marrett Libby. Capt. Water- house died Aug. 15, 1887, aged 76.
(2) Prentiss M. Waterhouse, son of William H., was a machinist by trade, and lived on a farm in Gorham. He married Sally Rounds of Buxton. Children :
Mary M., b. June 20, 1847, m. James H. Libby, Nov. 26, 1868.
Annie A., b. Jan. 11, 1850, m. Charles Cloudman.
Albert E., b. Nov. 4, 1853, 1's in the West.
Freddie P., b. Feb. 5, 1858, d. Sept. 29, 1860.
Mrs. Sally (Rounds) Waterhouse died Dec. 8, 1866, aged 42, and Mr. Waterhouse married, June 30, 1869, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Libby of Gorham. He died April 9, 1871.
WATERMAN.
Malachi Waterman was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in Capt. Whitmore's company, Col. Fogg's regiment. He married Mary Darker (pub. Dec. 21, 1776) as both of Gorham. There is no record of their marriage in Gorham, and they probably resided else- where for a time. The children recorded here are :
Sarah, b. July 22, 1785. Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1787. Statira, b. Sept. 25, 1791.
Ebenezer, b. Sept. 15, 1795.
John, b. June 19, 1797, m. Lydia Hamilton. Ch: Aaron, d. Oct. 6, 1844, ag. 23; Moses, I'd in Conn. ; John, m. Mary E. Smith of Westbrook, Mar., 1852 ; Reuben, I's in Conn .; Charles H., d. Oct. 9, 1837, ag. 9; Henry L., m. Martha Williams, d. Apr. 26, 1854, ag. 24; Mary Jane, d. Sept. 14, 1862, ag. 31 ; Lydia A., m. Arthur M. Drown, July 4, 1859; Maria E .; Emeline, m. Abraham Guptill ; Miranda, d., ag. 3; Charles F., k'd at Fort Pulaski, June 4, 1862, ag. 18. Mr. Waterman I'd for many years on South St., in the old Cary McLellan house, which was torn down a few years since by Freeman Higgins. He d. at W. Gorham, Mar. 13, 1870; his wife d. about 1872.
Malachi Waterman died in Baldwin, Feb. 12, 1824.
Dr. John Waterman came to Gorham from Windham. He was the son of John Waterman of New Gloucester, Me., in which town he was born in 1789. He practiced medicine here for many years, and was a wise and prudent practitioner. He was for some years Sec'y and Treasurer of the Maine Mutual Fire Ins. Co., and also of
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Gorham Academy. July 21, 1822, he married Ann, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, and granddaughter of Abra- ham Anderson and his wife Anna (Collins) (Cloudman), the widow of Edward Cloudman. Mrs. Waterman commanded the respect of all who knew her. Many persons, who were once members of her family in their school days, will remember her with love and grati- tude. The children of Dr. John and Ann Waterman, born in Windham were :
Lucy E., b. May 5, 1823, m. Rev. Edward S. Dwight, Nov. 13, 1849; d. Sept. II, 1861. John A., b. June 24, 1827, m. Evelina L. Pierce, June 23, 1853 ; 2d, Mary E. Smith.
Dr. Waterman died June 11, 1865; his wife died Sept. 7, 1871, aged 73.
(2) John A. Waterman, son of Dr. John and Ann (Anderson) Waterman, came to Gorham with his parents. After his graduation at Bowdoin, he commenced the practice of law in this place, which he continued till his death. (See Chapter XIV.) He became one of our most prominent citizens, and held many offices of trust. He was noted for his unfailing courtesy and strict probity. He was Judge of Probate for Cumberland County from 1863 to 1876, filling the office to great acceptance. He was Treasurer of Gorham Savings Bank. He married Evelina L., daughter of Hon. Josiah Pierce, and their children were : Eva L., died Jan. 7, 1878, aged 20; Fanny A., died Nov. 28, 1862, aged 3; Margaret P .; John A., m. Emma C. Shirley, Aug. 2, 1893 ; Lucy D.
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