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e BABB, WILLIAM, came from N. H. about the com- mencement of the revolution, and lived near the head of the town. In 1782, he married Jemima Durant, and shortly after returned to New Hampshire.
BAKER, WILLIAM, joiner, came from Kennebunk in 1836.
e BANKS, JACOB, came from Saco about 1818, and kept a livery stable. He subsequently removod to Orono.
e BARKER, ROBERT, fisherman, resided at Cape Por- poise about 1800, and moved to the eastward about 1810.
e BARTER, WILLIAM, was an inhabitant of this town in 1755. His father was a Welchman, and came to America in the same vessel with William Pepperell, father of Sir William, about 1675. Capt. Barter was born in Kittery, and married Mary Jones before his
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removal to Arundel. Ile was a ship master till he was deprived of the use of his limbs by the palsy. His children were Sarah, who married John Cleaves ; Ma- ry, John Hovey ; Martha, Samuel Stevens ; Catharine, David Hutchins ; Mark, Lydia Burnham ; Margery, (not married;) Henry, who removed to Portsmouth ; and William, who was not married.
Mark was married in 1779. His children were, Ma- ry, Sarah, Betsey, Nancy, William and James.
* e BARTON, EBENEZER, Nicholas and John, sons of William, returned to this town when it was resettled. They sold their land to Jacob Curtis in 1727, and re- moved from the town.
e BARTOW, NICHOLAS, resided near Turbat's creek in 1719, and was killed by the Indians in 1723.
e BAXTER, JOHN, came to this town when it was first . resettled. His wife, Sarah, was the daughter of Philip Durrell. She and hier only child, John, were murdered by the Indians in 1726. Mr. Baxter's second wife was Sarah Bayley of Portsmouth, whose children were, John, who died young; Sarah, m. Thomas Perkins ; Mary, m. Benjamin Carr ; Rebecca, and another daughter, who died young. Mr. Baxter removed from Durrell's bridge to Saco road in 1729, and died before 1744. His widow m. Samuel Hutchins, jr.
e BAYLEY, JOHN, came from Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, and was cast away at Pemaquid, in 1639, on his passage to this country and died in 1651. His son John settled in Newbury. Joseph, the fourth son of John jr. was born April 4, 1648. He bought land of Nicholas Morey in 1700, and resided in Arundel, till it was deserted in 1703. He returned in 1714, and was one of the selectmen in 1719; and was killed by the Indians, Oct. 1723, aged 75. His children were, Noah ; Daniel ; and Anna who married Joshua Lassel. There was a Joseph Bayley living in Falmouth in 1742, who owned land in this town. He was probably a son of Joseph of Arundel.
1. Noalı m. Mary Lassel in 1731. In 1739 he be- came chargeable to the town ; and was drowned, July
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10, 1749, to the eastward of Trott's Island. IIe left no children.
2. Daniel was a town officer in 1734, but nothing is known of his family.
e BEAN, JOHN, then living in this town, married Eliz- abeth Moody of Massabesic, in 1779.
e BEGGAR, FRANCIS, returned to Arundel, when it was resettled, but nothing more is known of him.
BELL, JOHN, joiner, came from Portsmouth, N. H. in 1801. He married Eunice Davis.
BELL, THOMAS HI. shipmaster, came from Ports- mouth, Vir. in 1819.
BENSON, HENRY, whose wife's name was Quint, went from Kittery to Biddeford before 1750. Several of his children married and settled in Arundel. Henry, m. Susan Fletcher ; Mary, Benjamin Littlefield ; Lucy, Benjamin Green ; Lydia, Timothy Crawley and James Adams ; and Olive, Isaac Curtis, Edmund Jeffery, and John Tarbox. Three of the sons remained in Bidde- ford, and one lived in Kittery. The children of Hen- ry jr. (of Arundel) were Henry, m. Hannah Huff ; Lydia, James Adams ; Betsey, (not married ;) Samu- el, m. Mary Huff; John, Abiel Springer ; Robert, Ly- dia Stone ; and James, and one other who died young.
BICKFORD, JETHRO, had a grant of land from the town in 1729, on Saco road, which was laid out in 1743. It is probable therefore he resided in this town. If he did he probably removed to Biddeford, as some of his des cendants removed from that town to Kennebunk- port ;- Percia about 1800, and Pelatiah in 1835.
BICKFORD, ELIAKIM, a ship master, who came from Salem about 1740, was licensed to keep tavern in Arundel in 1744. He was probably a descendant of John Beckford, (as the name was then spelt,) who lived in Durham in 1659. Eliakim died suddenly, March 22, 1748. His children were Joseph and Abi- gail. Abigail married John Cleaves. Joseph married Mary Averill, whose children were Eliakim, James, Thomas, Lucy, Abigail, Joseph, Hannah, Mary, John, George, William, and Gideon.
e BIRD, JAMES, an Irishman, kept a boarding-house about 1825. He removed to Boston.
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e BLANCHARD, CHARLES, schoolmaster, settled over the second baptist society in 1822.
e BLUNT, JOHN and James, came from Portsmouth about 1790. John, a ship builder, married Lydia Per- kins, and widow Sarah Perkins. He removed to Frenchman's Bay (Sullivan) about 1807. James, a boat builder, removed to Hollis about 1817.
e BOND, THOMAS, a fisherman, bought land in Saco _ in 1717. His son Thomas resided in Arundel, near Cleaves's cove, in 1724. The children of the latter were Willie and Rowlandson. Willie married Samuel Perkins. Rowlandson, who was a chair maker, mar- ried a daughter of Samuel Williams. He built the house, afterwards occupied by Thomas Wiswall, about 1743. He was a very athletic man and very quarrel- some. He attempted to drown his brother-in-law in Perkins's creek, in 1752. For this assault he was sentenced either to pay a fine of twenty eight shillings, or to receive ten stripes on his bare skin. A suit for damages also grew out of this transaction, which result- ed in depriving him of all his property ; and he re- moved to Cape Ann.
BOSTON, SHUBAEL and Thomas, brothers, came from Wells about 1785. Shubael married Rebecca Winn, and Thomas, Susan Gray.
BOURNE, SAMUEL, a ship carpenter, came from Wells in 1791. He married Mary Perkins.
e BOURNE, BENJAMIN and John, brothers, came from Kennebunk. Benjamin, a blockmaker, came to this town about 1802, and now resides in Bangor. John, shipmaster, settled here in 1809.
BOWDON, ABRAHAM, farmer, born in York, came to Kennebunk-port about 1817.
e BOYLS, ELISHA, came from Boston about 1765. He had but two children, Amelia and Sally. After the war, Mr. Boyls returned to Boston. Mrs. Boyls was living in 1812.
BRADBURY, SMITH, merchant, came from Newbury- port about 1790. He married Mary Hovey. His children were Harriet, Mary, Amelia, Charles and Caroline. He was a descendant of Thomas Bradbury,
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who was an agent of Sir Ferdinando Gorges in 1636, and who was admitted freeman at Salisbury in 1639.
BRAGDON, JOHN, shipmaster, came from York about 1798.
e BRIGGS, JOHN L. an Irishman, kept a public house about 1825. He removed to Portland.
e BROWN, ARTHUR, who had " been bred a merchant from his youth upwards,"* came to this country in 1643. His son Andrew lived in Scarborough, but re- moved to York, where he resided in 1699. Andrew bought land at Winter Harbor in 1717, and lived there a short time, but removed to Arundel before 1719, and was one of the Selectmen that year. He owned mills on " Brown's mill river," where he resided. He must have been a very aged man at the time of his removal into this town ; and he lived but a few years after that period. He left five children, Allison, Andrew, Mat- thew, Elizabeth who married Abraham Tyler, and a daughter that married Joshua Lassel.
1. Allison married Hannah, the daughter of Hum- phrey Scamman of Saco. He was styled Lieut. and was chosen to represent the town in General Court in 1723, being the first representative from the town. He died April 16, 1728, aged 71 years. His grave stones are still standing. Mr. Brown was the wealthiest citi-
zen of the town. His widow, who was nearly thirty years younger than himself, married John Treeworgy, who had for some time been a.hired man in Mr. Brown's service, much against the wishes of her friends. Mr. Brown's children were, Andrew, and four daughters. The daughters married, Carr, John Stackpole, Smith, and Joshua Lassel, jr. Andrew, son of Allison, married Elizabeth Harding, Nov. 5, 1747. He erected a house at the Mills, June 27, 1751, but subsequently resided on Neck Island. His children were Louisa, m. Adam McCulloch ; Allison, who m. Elizabeth Tyler, and removed to Scarborough ; Hannah, who m. Joshua Alley ; Andrew, m. Mary Webber and removed to Ken- nebec ; Mary, who was married five times,-to John Wakefield, Thomas Washburne, Joseph Parsons, Mr. Crosby, and Eliakim Bickford; Elizabeth, who m. Abner Huff; and four that died young.
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2. Andrew, the second son of Andrew sen. married the widow of Pendleton Fletcher, grandson of Bryan Pendleton. He died July 4, 1723, aged 65; and his widow died in 1726, aged 65. Their only child, Andrew, was never married, and died March 14, 1722, aged 31 years.
3. Lieut. Matthew Brown, the third son of Andrew sen. died before 1734, and left no children.
BROWN, JOSEPH, an Englishman, came to this town about 1796. He married Polly Ferran.
e BROWN, JACOB, shipmaster, came from Pennsylva- nia about 1815. He married widow Sarah Thompson. He was killed accidentally in 1833.
BURBANK, JOHN, of Rowley, 1640, is the only person of that name mentioned in Farmer's Genealogies. It is not known however that the family of this town de- scended from him. John, a millman, came from Brad- ford with the first settlers of Arundel. He was a Lieut. at the taking of Louisburg in 1745. He was concerned in fishing and coasting, and lost a large schooner in 1750, on her first trip to Halifax. His first wife was Priscilla Major, who died Nov. 2, 1730, aged 31 years. Her children were, Benjamin, Hannah, Asa, Priscilla and Mary. His second wife was Hannah, widow of Lemuel Perkins, whose children were Ruth, Miriam, Elizabeth, Sarah, Eunice, Samuel, John and Lois.
1. Benjamin m. Jane Sewall, Nov. 6, 1750, and re- moved to Brownfield. His daughter Mehitable m. Abel Merrill.
2. Hannah's first husband was Matthew Lassel, and her second Gideon Walker.
3. Asa had three wives. His first was Eunice Hutchins of Kittery, to whom he was married in 1751, whose children were Priscilla and Caleb, who died young ; Anna, m. Lemuel Miller ; Ruth, Noah Towne ; Asa, died young ; Asa and William, lost at sea. He married his second wife, Esther Emery, in 1767; whose children were, Joseph, died at sea ; David, married Su- san Stowell, and left no children ; Caleb, married Sally Littlefield and removed to Parsonsfield ; Joshua, mar- ried Sally Mitchell; and John, who married David's widow, and moved to Saco. His third wife was Han-
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nah Foster, whom he married in 1781. Her children were Ebenezer and Moses.
4. Priscilla married Charles Huff.
5. Mary married John Fairfield.
6. Ruth married Samuel Wakefield.
7. Miriam married James Wakefield.
8. Elizabeth married John Walker.
9. Sarah married Nathaniel Carl.
10. Eunice married Jotham Mitchel.
11. Samuel married Abigail Dearing, and lived in Kittery.
12. John's wife was widow Anna English, who had but one daughter, Sally, who married Joseph Taylor. John Burbank was on board the Bon Homme Richard, as Master at Arms, under the command of Paul Jones, in the desperate conflict with the Serapis and Count- ess of Scarborough. Mr. Burbank is still living in Lyman, with his son in law, at the advanced age of 85. His wife is also living.
13. Lois married John Carl.
BURNHAM, JAMES, was born in Wells, Sept. 1710; and he married Grace Delzell of that town in 1737. He removed to Arundel about 1739. His children were, James, Samuel, Isaac, Forest, (died young) Moses, Jacob, Elizabeth, Lydia, Forest, Anna, Seth, and Sarah.
1. James was killed in a skirmish with the English, on Goat Island, in 1782. Ilis first wife was Hannah Merrill, who died March 17, 1776. His second wife was widow Jane Wildes. His children were Mary, m. Benjamin Titcomb ; Susannah, died young ; John, m. Olive Pitman ; Hannah, John Fairfield ; James and Ezra, who died young ; Daniel, Seth and Moses, who died at sea.
2. Samuel married Susannah Lord, and removed to Alewife, where his descendants now reside.
3. Isaac married Anna Merrill, whose children were, Joseph, m. Susannah Gardner ; Betsey, Nathaniel Walker ; Benjamin, who left the town; Obed, who went to Ohio ; Mary, m. George Goodwin ; Hannah, Joseph Hutchins ; and Simon who died at sea.
4. Forest died young. 5. Moses was blind.
6. Jacob married Mary Goodwin, whose children
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were Bartholomew ; Jacob, who died at sea ; Nancy, Lydia, Sarah, Abigail, Betsey and Grace, that were not married ; and Polly, m. George Hooper.
7. Elizabeth married William Smith.
8. Lydia m. Mark Barter, and is still living. She has been blind for several years, but her faculties are but little impaired.
9. Forest had two wives, Catharine Watson and Susannah Deshon. Mr. Burnham's children by his first wife, were Samuel and Stephen, who died at sea ; Betsey, who married Timothy Ayer ; Susan, m. Dr. Ayer ; Sally ; and Anna, who married in Roxbury. His second wife's children, were Loratia, who mar- ried a Mr. Harmon ; Isabella; and Osea, who died young.
10. Anna married Joseph Whitten.
11. Seth * married Lydia Lassel. His children were Elizabeth, James, Israel, Lydia, Belford, Leon- ard, Seth, Owen and Jonas.
12. Sarah married William Fairfield.
e BURNHAM, THOMAS, married a sister of Abel Merrill, and was lost with him. His family of several children, moved to Portsmouth after his death.
e BURNHAM, FRANCIS, came from Ipswich about the close of the revolutionary war. He kept a public house at Cape Porpoise. His wife was Sarah Eveleth. Mr. Burnham and his only son were drowned off the cape. His only daughter, Sarah, married James Huff, 3d. His widow married Ebenezer Huff.
e BUTLER, STEPHEN, came from York before the close of the war. His wife was Martha Gray. His children were Michaiah, who married Susan Cleaves ; Daniel, Mary Taylor ; and Betsy, who married David Smith.
BUZZELL, SAMUEL, came from Wells in 1807. He married widow Edith Deshon.
e CAMPBELL, and CORNWALL, whose christian names are not given, were in this town in 1720, but whether as settlers, or joiners on Mr. Eveleth's house, is not known.
* Seth Burnham, Esq. is still living ; and the compiler of this work is much indebted to him, for the information which his long employment in town business enabled him to impart.
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e CARR, SAMUEL, was probably a descendant of George Carr, who lived in Ipswich in 1638. Samuel came from Newbury to Arundel about 1715. He had sons James and Benjamin and perhaps other children. James left no sons. Benjamin married Ruth Moody of Newbury. Their children were, James, John, Joseph, Joshua, Benjamin, Moody and Anna.
James, John and Joseph moved to the eastward. Anna married John Lewis.
1. Joshua married Gehanna (Joanna) Hamer, Feb. 7, 1751, and owned the farm of the late Ebenezer Per- kins. He was a Capt. in the militia, and the principal trader in town. He owned a sloop called the Joanna in 1764. His account book is now in the possession of one of his descendants. His children were Esther, m. Joseph Hutchins ; Elinor, John Emmons ; Lois, Sam- uel Watson ; and John who died young.
2. Benjamin married Mary Baxter. His children were John, who married Susan Currier and removed to Wells ; Eliphalet, who was not married, and who was on board the Chesapeake when captured by the Shan- non ; Ruth, and perhaps others.
3. Moody had three children. Eliphalet wasdrowned ; one daughter was never married ; and Molly married Samuel Brown. Mr. Carr was also drowned.
e CHADWICK, CHARLES, in 1774, lived in a house be- longing to Samuel Hutchins. It is not known what became of this family.
e CHATMAN, ABRAIIAM, was residing at the eastern part of the town as early as 1760. The maiden name of his wife was Higginson. His children were Jane, who married Edmund Littlefield ; Dolly, Abraham Lit- tlefield ; Lydia, John Varnum ; Sally, who died young, and Willburn. Willburn married Susan Jeffery, whose children were John, Edward, Abraham, Isaac, Benja- min, Susan, Mary, Sarah and Polly.
CHESLEY, JOHN, married Salome Winslow, both of Arundel, in 1793.
e CLARK, HENRY, merchant, came from Lexington, Mass. about 1804. He was cashier of Kennebunk Bank. He removed to Boston in 1833.
CLEAVES, ROBERT, came from Beverly about 1740,
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and bought land of Thomas Huff, near " Beaver pond." He was a blacksmith, and was licensed to trade in 1741. His first wife was Sarah Harding, and his second widow Mehitable Hall. His children were John, who was twice married,-to Sarah Barter and Abigail Bickford ; William, who died in the army ; Stephen, who married Alice Perkins ; Eaton, Miriam Smith ; Israel, Margaret Patten ; Sarah, Jonathan Downing ; James, whose wives were, Mehitable Webber and Mehitable Murphy ; and Elinor.
CLOUGH, JOHN, the present methodist circuit preacher, at Saco road.
CLUFF, or CLOUGH,* SAMUEL, came from Kittery about 1758. His wife was Hannah Hutchins. His children were Joseph, m. Elvira Hutchins ; Thomas, Hannah Good- win; Samuel, Lucy Wakefield ; Enoch, died at sea ; Noah, m. Mary Goodwin ; Joel, Dorothy Hutchins ; Rhoda, Paul March ; Martha, Thomas Huff; and Lyd- ia, Silas Abbot.
COES, BENJAMIN, sailmaker, came from Marblehead about 1785. He married Sarah Durrell.
e COIT, SOLOMON, came from Saco about 1797. His mother was the wife of Capt. James Perkins. He was a midshipman in the navy in the war of 1812, and serv- ed on the lakes. He afterwards commanded the privateer brig Mars of Portsmouth, which was lost with the whole crew.
COLMAN, ENOCH and Samuel, came from Newington, about 1800.
e COLE,t ISAAC, an old inhabitant of Cape Porpoise, had four sons who returned to this town when it was resettled. Philip died about 1725. His widow, whose name was Mary, survived him many years, and lived near Cleaves's cove. Joseph was living in 1740. John died about 1740. Benjamin was living in Manchester in 1734.
*It is spelt both ways on the town records. It ought probably to be written Clough. The name of Cluff is not to be found amongst the early settlers of Massachusetts. Isaac Clough was admitted freeman in Massachusetts in 1641; and John, one of the proprie- tors of Salisbury, in 1642.
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CONANT, ANDREW, came from Alfred in 1836, and purchased the farm of the late Robert Towne, Esq.
e COOK, GIDEON, the minister of the second baptist society from 1825 to 1828.
COUCH, SAMUEL, an Englishman, chief quarryman, came from New York in 1836.
COUILLARD, CHIARLES, came from Boothbay, about 1822.
e CROMWELL, JOHN, shoemaker, came from Berwick in 1811. He removed to Kennebunk, in 1820.
e CROMWELL, Mr. lived, before the revolution, on the point of land near the fish wharf of Capt. John Lord, then called Cromwell's point.
e COUSINS, SAMUEL and Elisha, lived in Arundel in 1764, as they paid a poll tax that year. Samuel mar- ried Susan Watson and moved to Cape Menan ; and Elisha married Bashaba Hamer and moved to Harps- well. They probably lived on Cousins's point, near Turbat's creek.
CREDIFORD, JOSEPH and John, brothers, came from England to Charleston, S. C. about 1725. Joseph came to Arundel, and settled on Kennebunk river in 1729. He married Esther Littlefield of Wells, and died in 1735, aged 35. His widow died in 1793, aged 90. Their children were, Abigail, m. Thomas Towne ; Jo- seph, died at sea ; Rebecca, m. Joseph Towne, (1750 ;) Lydia, Dummer Mitchell ; Abner, Ruth Watson; and Tabitha, Nathan Winslow. The children of Abner were, Joseph, m. Lucy Smith ; Daniel, Ruth Cousins ; Samuel, died at sea ; Ruth, m. Stephen Cooper ; and David, Mary Downing.
CURRIER, NATHANIEL and Abraham, brothers, came from Kennebunk. Nathaniel, whose wife was Hannah Patten, came about 1795; and Abraham, who married Lydia Kimball, in 1816.
CURRIER, WILLIAM, mast-maker, came from Ports- mouth, N. H. in 1810.
CURTIS, JACOB, came from Rowley, Mass. to this town about 1724. There were several of the name of Curtis, that settled early in New England. Deodate lived in Braintree in 1643 ; Henry in Sudbury in 1641 ;
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and Richard in Marblehead in 1648. Jacob of Arun- del was born about 1700, and married Abigail Bracy of York. He lived at Cape Porpoise, but subsequently on the place recently occupied by Capt. Daniel Tripp. In 1727 he purchased land on Kennebunk river, of Ebenezer Barton, and was admitted proprietor in Barton's right. His descendants still own the lot. Jacob's children were, Bracy, who died in the French war ; Jacob ; John, who was deaf and dumb ; Betsey, who married Asa Durrell ; Mary, Dixey Stone; Han- nah, Jeremiah Wakefield ; and Phebe, Moses Banks.
1. Jacob jr. was born April 10, 1746. He married Mehitable Walker. His children were, Bracy, Abigail, Jacob, Gideon, Daniel, Hannah, Ebenezer and Thom- as. "He died Dec. 14, 1786, near Newbury, in a violent storm, being in the prime of life, much lamented by his family and friends."* His widow married Eb- enezer Day, and is still living.
CURTIS, ISAAC, resided in Arundel in 1728, and was made a proprietor in 1731. He was probably the son of Joseph Curtis of Kittery, who married Sarah Fox- well in 1678. The estate of Foxwell, lying in Saco and Biddeford, was divided amongst his heirs in 1732, and a part allotted to the widow of Joseph Curtis. There was a Thomas Curtis residing in Roxbury before 1633, who had several sons, one of whom was Isaac.
Isaac of this town had three sons, Isaac, Ephraim and Bowery. The whole family removed to Biddeford. Isaac jr. who married Olive Benson, had two children, Joseph, who married Charity Goodwin; and Mary, who married Benjamin Goodwin. Joseph returned to Arundel about 1783. John, another descendant of Isaac, came into this town in 1834, and purchased the farm of Harrison Murphy.
e DANFORTH, FRANCIS, lived near the present dwell- ing house of Asaph Smith in 1732. He wife died in 1758. His children were Enoch, Isaac, Anna and per- haps others. Enoch removed to Topsham. It is not known what became of Isaac. Anne married David Hutchins.
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e DARLING, JOHN, a Scotchman, lived quite carly near Goffe's mill brook. He left the town.
DAVIS, TIMOTHY, Nathaniel and John were brothers, and were born in Arundel. It is not known who their father was, but it is highly probable that they were grandsons of Emmanuel .*
1. Timothy married Bethia White, Feb. 1, 1750. His children were Daniel, m. Susan Prince ; Benjamin, Esther Tarbox ; Dominicus, died in the revolutionary war ; Betsey, m. Mr. Gould ; Mehitable, Mr. Barker ; Olive, Mr. Swanton ; and Eliphalet, Eunice Huff. Mr. Davis, with his whole family, removed to Cape Ann about the commencement of the war. He and his sons served in the army. Mr. Davis and Eliphalet returned to this town from Dracut in 1790.
2. Nathaniel married Elizabeth Grant. He was in the service the whole war and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. His children were Nathaniel, who died in Canada ; Ichabod, who married Mary Cluff; and Benjamin, who married widow Eliza Mitchell.
3. John removed to Berwick.
DAVIS, JOHN and Samuel, brothers, remotely con- nected with the above family, came from Portsmouth. John, a boat builder, who married Mary Barter, came , to this town about 1795, and Samuel, joiner, in 1800. Samuel removed to Boothbay about 1832.
e DAY, JOTHAM, minister of the first baptist society in 1820. He removed to the eastward.
DAY, NATHANIEL, came from Kennebunk about 1832. DAY, JOSHUA, mariner, came from Limerick in 1829. e DAYTON, ISAAC, a tailor, came from Boston about 1800. He removed to Kennebunk about 1805.
DEARBORN, SOLOMON, laborer, came from Saco in 1837.
DEARING, HUMPHREY, was probably the son of Roger Dearing of Scarborough, whose garrison was attacked by the Indians in 1728. Humphrey was one of the selectmen of Arundel in 1719. He died in 1746. His children were, Humphrey, m. Abigail Donnel ; Abigail, David Hutchins ; Elizabeth, John Emmons ; Molly, David Thomas ; and one that married Andrew Lassel.
1. Humphrey's children were Ilannah, m. Mr. Lov- See page 78.
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et ; Sarah, Robert Patten ; James, Mary Nason and Betsey Wetherbee ; Abigail, Samuel Cousins ; Susan, Moses Wildes ; Mary, Moses Nason ; Esther, William Smith and John Hovey. Mrs. Dearing died in 1758.
1. The children of James, by his first wife, were Sally, Mary, Humphrey, Susan, James, Joshua, John and Seth ; and by his second, Jotham.
C DELZELL, FOREST, was born in Wells. He had a brother James residing in that town. Margaret, who lived in Arundel, was probably his sister. Another sister, Grace, married James Burnham. Forest was a saddler. He was never married and lived in this town but a short time.
e DEMPSEY, THOMAS, was an Irishman. He was sto- len by a master of a vessel when a boy, and brought to this country. His children by his first wife, were Mar- garet and Hephzibah. Margaret married James De- shon, jr. and Hephzibah, William Gillpatrick. Mr. Dempsey's second wife was the widow of Nathaniel Wildes who left no children. He died before 1775.
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