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Clara, b. Paris. Sept. 16, 1822, m. Lucius Bonney, s. Sumner.
Clinda Rawson, b. Paris, April 27, 1824, d. Dec. 7, 1843. Britania. b. Paris, Mch. 10, 1826, m. Samuel Newell, s. Sumner.
Joseph Wilkshire, b. Paris, Jan. 10, 1829, m. Mary Dunn.
Caroline, b. Paris, July 14, 1831, d. April 10, 1854. The mother died April 25, 1857.
JOSEPH WILKSHIRE, (son of Jeremiah) m. Mary, dau. of Elias and Mary (Doble) Dunn, Sept. 7, 1853. She was b. Feb. 4, 1832. Children :
James Quincy, b. July 8, 1854, in. Ada F. Conwell, s. Franklin Plt.
Susan Ida, b. Sept. 27, 1856, m. James V. Colburn, s. Paris.
Clara Brittania, b. Nov. 27, 1858, d. Aug. 26, 1878.
Edward Everett, b. Feb. 14, 1863.
Gertrude W., b. July 19, 1867.
MICAH ALLEN was the son of Dr. Micah and his 3d wife, Margarette (Ford) . Allen of Sumner. He was b. Mch. 25, 1794, and m. June 20, 1824, Eliza (Battles), dau. of Thomas Dunham of Hebron. She was b. Mch. 20, 1804. He was a tailor by trade, and settled on Paris Hill. Children :
Augustus Coleman, b. May 15, 1825, d. Sept. 4, 1853, in New Orleans of cholera.
Avis Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1827, m. Gideon B. Bowker.
Francis Emery, b. Dec. 24, 1831.
Micah Cushing, b. Nov. 22, 1833, m. Mariah Bailey of Bangor.
William Knight, b. April 21; 1837. The mother died Dec. 8, 1840. Mar-
ried 2d, Atholinda, widow of Benjamin Russell, and dau. of Thomas Cushman of Greenwood, Oct, 8, 1843. She was b. Nov. 8, 1809. Henrietta Griffin, b. June 10, 1845.
Frederic Augustus, b. Feb. 21, 1849. The father died June 15, 1881.
Hannah, a sister of Micah, was long a resident of Paris Hill, and died there.
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JONATHAN ALLEN of the sixth generation from James Allen, the progenitor of the Allen family of Medfield, Mass., was the third son of Asahel and Patience Allen of Medway, Mass., b. April 1, 1780, m. Sarah Houghton of Princeton, Mass. He was a carpen- ter by trade, and came to Paris in the employ of Luke Bemis, and erected the buildings on the lot since known as the Pike farm-now owned by S. F. Briggs. After completing the buildings, he rented the farm and entered into sheep husbandry. The Bemis brothers stocked the farm with Merino sheep, believed to be the first of this breed introduced into .the town. He was drowned while washing sheep at Snow's Falls, June 5, 1815, and was buried in the Stearns neighborhood, where a suitable stone has since been erected by his son Otis. The children were :
Otis, b. Sept. 12, 1808. Settled in Lowell, 1828, and married Louisa Bixby of Litchfield, N. H., in 1831, and is now living in Lowell, Mass. He has been largely engaged in manufacturing, and has become wealthy.
Caroline, b. Nov. 8, 1809, m. Jonathan Stone, s. Hubbardston, Mass. Jonathan, b. Oct. 10, 1815, m. Allina Fuller of Norridgewock, Me. The widow, after the death of her husband, returned to Watertown, Mass. She died in Lowell, Mass., June 12, 1867.
AUSTIN.
REV. HENRY ALLEN AUSTIN was the son of John Austin of Becket, Mass. He was born Nov. 23, 1821, and settled in Pleas- anton, Mich. ; m. Caroline F. Maxim, Nov. 30. 1871. He died in Pleasanton, June 2, 1882, and the family returned to Paris in 1883. Children :
Rose Carrie, b. in Pleasanton, Mich., June 14, 1873.
Mary Hannah, b. in Pleasanton, Mich., June 12, 1876.
Henry"Prentiss, b. in Pleasanton, Mich., Oct. 14, 1878.
BACON.
BENJAMIN BACON, son of Benjamin of Westmoreland, N. H., and Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Lemuel Holmes of Paris, m. Elizabeth M., dau. of Samuel Bryant of Woodstock. Children :
Benjamin, m. Betsy Jane Chandler.
Samuel Bryant, m. Mary A. Chase. Isabella Jane, m. Greenwood B. Tuell. Sarah, m. David G. Swan. Laura N., m. Henry Madison Buck. Charles S., m. Eliza M. Penley.
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Lucy A., b. Nov. 4. 1847, d. Feb. 18, 1865. The mother died and he married 2d, widow of Levi Frank of Norway, and daughter of Joseph Churchill, July 28, 1867.
SAMUEL B. BACON, son of the preceding, m. Mary A., dau. of Solomon and Harriet (Churchill) Chase, May 1, 1864. He was a carpenter by trade, and built several of the buildings at West Paris. Children :
Carleton Hersey, b. Dec. 1, 1866.
John Clarence, b. Dec. 24, 1868.
Hattie Lunette, b. Dec. 14, 1870.
Anna Maud, b. Aug. 1, 1873.
Evelena, b. April 30. 1875.
Helena, b. June 18, 1878.
The father died Dec. 3, 1878.
BARBOUR.
LEVI BARBOUR was of Pownal, Me. Hem. Jane, dau. of Edmund Allen of Paris. Children :
Albert Gallatin, b. Nov. 2, 1832, m. Sarah A. Merrill.
Esther R., b. May 3, 1834, m. Horace N. Bolster.
He died in 1840, and his wife in 1879.
ALBERT G. BARBOUR, son of Levi, m. Sarah Abby, dau. of Moses Merrill. Children :
Addie, b. -, m. s. in Auburn.
Clarence, b. -, d. - , 1882.
Albert. George.
BARROWS.
Three brothers by the name of Barrows, came from Middle- borough, Mass. They were the sons of Moses and Deborah (Tot- man) Barrows of Plympton. Two of them, Asa and Malachi, settled in Paris, and Ansel in Sumner.
ASA BARROWS was b. July 28, and m. Content Benson of Middle- borough, Feb. 12, 1781. He settled on the lot, now the homestead of William A. King. He subsequently exchanged farms with Capt. Samuel King, and moved to High street, and afterward to "Hamlin's Grant." He was a prominent member of the Baptist church. Children :
Abijah, b. North Yarmouth, July 30, 1782. He was in the war of 1812, and died in the campaign in Northern New York.
Asa, b. in Paris, May 9, 1784, m. Anna Pike. He d. in Milan, N. H.
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Deborah, b. in Paris, May 21, 1786, d. -. Hers was the first burial in the Bisco cemetery.
Polly, b. in Paris, Sept. 22, 1788, m. Morton Curtis, a 2d wife, and died 1879, at the age of 91 years.
Hannah, b. in Paris, Aug. 5, 1790, m. Moses Robbins, s. Milan, N. H. Caleb Benson, b. in Paris, April 5, 1793, m. Abagail, dau. of Malachi Barrows, s. Hamlin's Grant; d. in Aroostook, aged about 90.
Rachael, b. in Paris, Aug. 3, 1795, m. John Ellingwood, s. Milan, N. H. The mother died, 1735, the father died at Morton Curtis' 1850.
MALACHI, a brother of Asa, settled on the lot now the homesteads of the brothers, Austin and Nathan Chase. His military record is referred to in another place. A daughter, Abagail, m. Caleb B., a son of Asa. We have no further record of the family.
CORNELIUS BARROWS, son of Dea. William and Sarah (Dunham) Barrows of Hebron, was born Mch. 10, 1793, and m. Anna, dau. of Ichabod and Rachael (Cole) Packard. She was b. Aug. 26, 1798. Children :
William Lewis, b. April 8, 1822, d. - , 1859, in Kansas. Ann Olive, b. Aug. 25, 1823, m. Sylvanus Bearce, s. Hebron. John Stuart, b. Dec. 20, 1824, m. Lucy Ann Hall.
Albert Cornelius, b. Aug. 23, 1826, m. Widow Elvira Latham, and dau. of David Morse of Norway, b. May 8, 1818, s. at So. Paris. (See Military Record.)
Elizabeth Maria, b. Nov. 6, 1829, m. Cyprian Hall.
Silas Maxim, b. Mch. 15, 1833, m. Lydia, dau. of Ephraim Packard of Blanchard and was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. The mother died in Paris, June 15, 1852, the father died in Hebron, July, 1869.
JOHN S. BARROWS, (son of Cornelius) m. Lucy Ann, dau. of Major Cyprian and Lucy (Brett) Hall, May 31, 1852, and settled in Paris in the Hall neighborhood. Children :
Emma Cora, b. June 19, 1854, m. Prince B. Waldron. She died April 26, 1876, in Paris.
Lucy Anna, b. Oct. 21, 1857, d. Dec. 21, 1878. Oscar Ellsworth, b. Feb. 27, 1861.
Edgar Floyd, b. Dec. 1, 1866.
HARVEY BARROWS was of Sumner, and passed his boyhood in the family of Elder James Hooper. He m. Hannah Beckler, whose grandfather was of German birth, and settled in Albany. Children :
Elizabeth, m. Sullivan Barrett, s. Sumner.
Hannah, m. Wm. Richardson, s. Greenwood. Sabrina, d. at the age of 13.
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James Hooper, b. Dec. 21, 1831, m. Mary P. Fuller.
George H., b. July, 1833, s. in Ohio.
Samantha, m. - Battles, s. Nebraska.
Abby Francis, d. at the age of 4.
Sabrina, again, m. Asaph K. Jackson. The father is now living in Ohio. The mother d. 1855.
JAMES HOOPER BARROWS, (son of Harvey) m. Mary P., dau. of Lewis Fuller. Settled in Paris in 1854. Has been largely engaged in the manufacture of chairs.
Ella M., b. Feb. 22, 1859.
ALONZO F. BARROWS, son of Joel and Damaris Barrows, b. in Hebron, March 17, 1835, m. Sarah J., dau. of Jonathan and Nancy Pulsifer. She was b. in Sumner, Aug. 19, 1839. He served in the war of the rebellion, is a blacksmith by trade, and settled at South Paris. Children :
Alberta J., b. Nov. 1, 1858, m. Charles Hemenway.
Freddie M., b. Feb. 13, 1860, d. Sept. 1861.
Frank E., b. June 25, 1866.
Charles A., b. March 25, 1868, d. July 15, 1884.
Fred M., b. July 31, 1870.
Sadie A., b. June 2, 1782.
BARRETT.
WRIGHT BARRETT was born in Sumner, Jan. 5, 1816, and m. Harriet, dau. of Sprague Churchill, April 4, 1841, and settled in. Bangor. Children :
Frank Winslow, b. Feb. 28, 1843, m. Georgia A. Young, s. Paris. The father d. in Bangor, May 15, 1845. The widow m. Solomon Chase.
FRANK W. BARRETT, son of Wright, m. Georgia A., dau. of George Young. Children.
George W., b. 1868. Mary P., b. 1869.
BARTON.
ASA BARTON, son of Aaron Barton of Bethel, formerly of New- ton, Mass., m. Lydia Chase of Livermore, and came to Paris Hill in 1820. He kept store in company with John Woodbury. His ' store was the building afterward the shop of John R. Merrill. He lived in the house of Thomas Chase, who then owned the Goodenow farm. Children :
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Lydia Flora, b. Hallowell, Mch. 24, 1819. Asa Bowers, b. Portland, April 9, 1811. Marion Concordia, b. Paris, June 3, 1823. Melvina Labertas, b. Paris, May 6, 1825.
BARTLETT.
TILDEN BARTLETT, son of Capt. Josiah, who came from Plymouth, Mass., to Norway, his mother a Holmes, bought lot number twenty- nine in the first range, and lived upon it a number of years, then moved to Hamlin's Gore, and from there to Bethel. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John and Abagail ( Irish) Buck of Buckfield. Several of the oldest children were born in Paris.
Rachel, b. June, 1808, m. Ximennes Philbrick of Buckfield.
Tilden, b. Sept. 1810, m. Sarah Eastman.
Martha, ) b. April, 1812, m. Adam Knight. -twins.
Abigail, ) b. April, 1812, m. Joseph Frye.
Benjamin, b. March, 1814, m. Hannah Brooks of Paris. Sylvia, b. Dec. 1815, m. Ferdinand A. Warren of Buckfield.
Sarah, b. Oct. 1817, m. Asa Record.
Abijah, b. Aug. 1819, m. Hannah Stevens.
Eliza, b. March, 1821, m. William Chase. Elmira, b. January, 1824, m. Alfred Harris. Enoch, b. Dec. 1825, m. Louisa Trask.
JOSIAH BARTLETT, JR., brother of the preceding, lived in Paris, and a neighbor to Tilden, for quite a number of years, and then moved to Reily Plantation. He married Hannah Tubbs of Norway. His children were Jacob, Robert, David, Josiah, Desire and Hannah. Desire married John York of Albany, and Hannah married a Morgan, and then Dennis Weseott.
BATES.
ELIJAH BATES lived in the northeast seetion of the town. He died May, 1826, leaving no children. He was a relative of the families that have since resided in Paris, being a brother to the grandfather of Benjamin F. and Daroma D. Bates.
BEMIS.
JOSEPH BEMIS was in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1640. He was b. in 1609, and d. Aug. 7, 1684.
JOHN, (son of Joseph) b. Aug. 1659, and d. Oct. 24, 1732, m. Mary Harrington.
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JONATHAN, (son of John) was born Nov. 17, 1701, m. Anna Livermore.
DAVID, (son of Jonathan) was b. Jan. 25, 1726, m. Mary Bowman.
JONATHAN, (son of David) was b. June 12, 1762, m. Sept. 22, 1781, Mary, dau. of Capt. Samuel Stearns of Watertown. He came to Paris in the spring of 1796, and settled in the Stearns neighborhood, and afterward moved to Paris Hill. His military service is referred to in another place. He was the first innholder, . and was an enterprising, public spirited citizen. Children :
Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1782, d. Mch. 28, 1807.
David,.b. April 24, 1784, d. April 14, 1839.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1786, d. April 5, 1866.
Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, 1788, m. Olive Hammond.
Henry, b. April 3, 1790, d. April 6, 1790.
James, b. March 26, 1791, d. Oct. 27, 1846. (Referred to in Military Record.)
Francis, b. Oct. 1, 1793. (Referred to in Military Record.)
Augustus, b. Paris, Dec. 9, 1796, m. Bathsheba L. Stowell. The father died July 5, 1828. The mother died Nov. 14, 1841.
DAVID BEMIS, son of Jonathan,' m. in 1805, Mehitable, dau. of Ephraim Field. She was born in Bridgewater, Mass. Children :
Charles W., b. Sept. 26, 1806, m. Avice, dau. of Benjamin Pratt.
Mary Vose, b. March 6, 1808, m. Cyrus Bessey.
Anna Richardson, b. Jan. 31, 1810, m. Charles Tribou.
Charlotte Field, b. Mch. 12, 1812, m. Cyprian Benson.
Jane Field, b. May 15, 1814, m. David Lurvey.
Hannah Richardson, b. June 17, 1816, m. Charles Woodbury.
David Waldo, b. Oct. 19, 1818.
Catherine Mehitable, b. Oct. 26, 1821, m. Charles Woodbury.
James Francis, b. April 3, 1824, d. May 7, 1832.
Abagail Bridge, b. Oct. 13, 1826, m. Isaac S. Curtis, s. Woodstock. The father died April 15, 1839.
JONATHAN BEMIS, brother of the preceding, m. Olive, dau. of Benjamin Hammond. Children :
Mary Stearns, b. July 22, 1821, m. John M. Hersey.
Elizabeth Hammond, b. Nov. 16, 1823, d. about 1836.
George Henry, b. Aug. 13, 1826. The father died in Biddeford, Sept. 25, 1851.
AUGUSTUS BEMIS, (bro. of the preceding) m. Bathsheba, dau. of Elias Stowell. Children :
Frederic Augustus, b. Jan. 29, 1821.
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BENSON.
1 ELNATHAN BENSON, b. in Wareham, Mass., Feb. 15, 1745, m. Sarah Gibbs, b. July 17, 1741. Most of the children were born in Wareham, Mass., previous to their removal to Hebron, Me. Children :
2 Jephthah, b. Sept. 24, 1763, m. Silence Churchill.
3 Maria, b. Aug. 17, 1765.
4 Elnathan, b. June 28, 1767.
5 Nathan, b. July 15, 1769.
6 Zepheniah, b.
7 Maria, b. - , m. Jabez Churchill.
8 Abner, b. Nov. 24, 1775, ni. Catharine Colburn, s. Paris.
9 Seth, b. Nov. 24, 1774, m. Esther Jackson, s. Paris.
10 Sally, b .- -, m. Benjamin Churchill.
11 Caleb, b. -, m. Margaret Farris.
12 Jonathan G., b. June 28, 1780, m. Lucy W. Heisler, s. Paris.
13 Joshua, b. - - -, m. Huldah Bessey, 1827, s. Paris. The father d. Aug. 10, 1814. The mother d. Nov: 25, 1823, hair unchanged at 83.
8 ABNER BENSON, (son of Elnathan 1) m. Catharine, dau. of Jerathmael Colburn of Paris. Children :
14 Clarissa, b. Nov. 17, 1809, m. John Chase, s. Bethel.
15 Sally, b. Sept. 13, 1811. Residence on Paris Hill.
16 Catherine, b. May 23, 1814 m. Rev. Marcus Wight.
The father died Nov. 17, 1814 or 1816. The widow m. 2d, John Butter- field.
9 SETH BENSON, (son of Elnathan 1) m. Esther, dau. of Samuel Jackson of Newton, Mass., May 31, 1798. She had two sisters that m. Durells. See Durell family. Children :
17 Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1799, d. Aug. 3, 1805.
18 Seth, b. May 21, 1800, d. about 1816.
19 Esther, b. Nov. 18, 1801, m. Sylvanus Dunham.
20 Elnathan, b. Nov. 19, 1803, d. Oct. 1805.
21 Sally, b. Aug. 21, 1805, m. Jacob Whitman.
22 Samuel Wood, b. June 6, 1807, m. Achsa Hammond of Woodstock.
23 Eliza, b. April 2, 1809, mn. Cyprian Whitman.
24 Gibbs, b. March 17, 1811, m. Lucinda Chase.
25 Cyprian, b. Dec. 21, 1812, mn. Charlotte Bemis.
26 Laura, b. Sept. 11, 1815, m. Phineas B. Warner.
27 Abner, b. - -, m. Adaline Tuell.
12 JONATHAN GIBBS BENSON, (son of Elnathan 1) m. Lucy W., dau. of Isaac Heisler, b. May 25, 1787, probably of German descent, settled near West Paris. Children :
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28 Sarah Gibbs, b. Aug. 6, 1807, m. Eleazer Austin Holmes.
29 Mary Heisler, b. April 22, 1809, living on the homestead.
30 Priscilla McIntyre, b. March 6, 1811, m. Edwin Farrar.
31 Ebenezer McIntyre, b. 1813.
32 Catherine Heisler, b. March 17, 1815, m. Ebenezer B. Humphrey.
33 Zepheniah, b. March 20, 1817.
The father d. Feb. 5, 1857. The mother d. Sept. 15. 1869.
34 JOSEPH BENSON, (son of Jephtha 2) m. May 26, 1820, Beulah, dau. of Solomon Bisbee of Sumner. She was b. Dec. 17, 1799. They settled on the farm, now the homestead of Abner Benson, and afterward moved to Sumner. Children :
35 Abel Stetson, b. April 2, 1821, m. Deborah Phillips.
36 Ruth Barrett, b. June 25, 1822, m. Benjamin Young.
37 I'm. Wallace, b. Nov. 30, 1823, m. Ann Dunham.
38 Fidelia, b. April 7, 1825, m. Asia Keen.
39 Mary Ann, b. Feb. 17, 1827, m. Israel Fletcher.
40 Benjamin F., b. July 1, 1828, died young.
41 Joseph Franklin, b. April 23, 1830, m. Sarah M. Ryerson.
42 America Bisbee, b. Oct. 21, 1831, m. Elizabeth A. Kilbreth.
43 Elbridge Stetson, b. April 25, 1833, m. Jane Loring Russell.
44 Thomas Benton, b. March 30, 1835, m. Amanda T. Cushman.
45 Sylvia Howe, b. Aug. 23, 1836, m. Decator Monk.
46 Calvin Bisbee, b. Aug. 27, 1838, m. Rosabelle Cushman.
47 Sophia Morton, b. Sept. 27, 1840, m. John Brown Hathaway.
48 John Morton, b. April 9, 1843, d. Oct. 24, 1862, in the army at New Orleans.
The father d. July 2, 1868. The mother d. Sept. 10, 1874.
24 DEA. GIBBS BENSON, (son of Seth 9) m. Lucinda, dau. of Merrill Chase of Woodstock, Nov. 3, 1833. He was chosen Deacon of the Baptist church, North Paris, in 1847, and faithfully filled the office up to the time of his death, April 7, 1881. Children :
49 Julia, b. Dec. 14, 1834, m. Luther E. Tubbs.
50 Seth, b. Aug. 28, 1836, m. Charlotte Chase.
51 Harden, b. June 8, 1838, killed in the army, June 1, 1864.
52 Jonathan G., b. July 28, 1840, d. July 26, 1842.
53 Adelia, b. Sept. 29, 1842, m. James R. Tucker.
54 Sophia C., b. Jan. 18, 1845, m. Wm. Dunham, d. Nov. 11, 1873.
55 Katie H., b. Nov. 10, 1848, m. Benjamin S. Doe.
56 Abbie F., b. June 20, 1850, m. Fred C. Low.
57 Gibbs Z., b. Dec. 18, 1852, m. Hattie Rowe.
58 Ida. L., b. Dec. 16, 1854, m. J. B. Field.
59 Emma A., b. April 26, 1860, m. F. L. Barrett.
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25 CYPRIAN BENSON, (son of Seth 9) m. Charlotte F., dau. of David Bemis. Children :
60 Abbie Josephine, b. 1844.
61 Charles Bemis, b. Feb. 27, 1846, m. Mary Emogene Hammond.
62 George Sanford.
The mother d. 1881.
27 ABNER BENSON, (son of Seth 9) m. Adaline, dau. of Ebenezer Tuell. Children :
63 Fortesque.
64 Leroy, m. Cora E. Lambkin.
The mother died. Married 2d, 1859, Mrs. Sobrina Dunham.
65 Juliette.
The mother died. Married 3d, Mrs. Sarah H. Child.
50 REV. SETH BENSON, (son of Dea. Gibbs 24) m. Charlotte, dau. of Sibley Chase of Paris, March 19, 1859. Children :
66 J. Ellen, b. Feb. 11, 1860.
67 Walter H., b. Sept. 13, 1861, d. Aug. 6, 1862.
68 Stella L.
69 Lida E., b. April 14, 1871.
70 Harden F.
The mother d. March 3, 1882. Married 2d, Hannah G., dau. of Jacob. and Sarah Emmons of Greenwood.
57 GIBBS Z., (son of Dea. Gibbs 24) m. Hattie E. Rowe. Children :
71 Harden G., b. Oct. 2, 1877.
61 CHARLES BEMIS BENSON, (son of Cyprian 25), m. Mary Emogene, dau. of George W. Hammond. He was admitted to the bar, and is in the practice of his profession at North Paris. Children :
72 Robert Sanford, b. March 2, 1880.
The mother d. March 24, 1880.
BENT.
WILLIAM BENT was born in Middleborough, Mass,, in 1767, and. m. Olive, dau. of John and Hannah (Cushman) Bessey of Ware- ham, Mass. He was a nail maker by trade. He came to Paris pre- vious to 1796. Children :
Olive, b. in Middleborough, Nov. 30, 1790, d. young. Otis, b. in Middleborough, Aug. 26, 1793, m. Hannah Walker. Orren, b. in Paris, March 27, 1796, m. Caroline Eaton of Rumford. Wm Jr., b. in Paris, March 24, 1798, m. Cynthia Russell. Olive, b. in Paris, Sept. 10, 1800, m. Mark B. Rawson.
Bethiah, b. in Paris, Oct. 5, 1802, m. Tristram Norton, s. Livermore ..
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Christiana, b. in Paris, March 4, 1805, m. Alanson Mellen Dunham. Almira. b. in Paris, March 14, 1807, m. Samuel Jackson Durell. John, b. in Paris, March 12, 1809, m. Dolly Keys. Lucy Cole, b. in Paris, Sept. 15, 1812, m. Simeon Cummings. The mother died -, 1851. The father died May 20, 1858.
OTIS BENT, son of William the preceding, m. Hannah. dau. of Richard Walker of Fryeburg. Settled on the farm now owned by Charles Felton, and afterward on the lot now known as the Bent farm. He sold the farm, and purchased the Richard Morton stand, South Paris, which he occupied through life. Children :
Clarissa Shaw, b. April 18, 1817, m. Charles Howe. Ann Chandler, b. July 12 1818, m. Wellington Dudley.
Daniel Chandler, b. - 1821, m. Harriet Hamlet of Epping, N. H .; 2d, Arabella Holmes.
Orren Webster, b. Jan. 31, 1824, mn. Mary Morse.
The father d. March 31, 1871. The mother d. June 1, 1877.
WILLIAM BENT, brother of the preceding, m. Cynthia Russell of Bethel. Children :
Angeline, m. Alexander Libbey ; 2d, Samuel Phinney.
Cynthia Augusta, m. Albert Livermore, s. Lowell, Mass.
Mary Jane, b. Sept. 1827, m. Frederic Libbey ; 2d, Albert Q. Felton. Elizabeth, b. - , 1829, d. in infancy.
Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1834, m. Horace Waldron.
Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1834, m. Augustus Knowles, s. Lowell, Mass. Olive Elizabeth, b -, 1836, m. Isaac Trask, s. Roxbury, Mass. William, b. July, 1837, m. Lucy Knowles, s. Lowell, Mass.
The mother d. - , 1843. Married 2d, Hannah Wardwell of Oxford. "The father d. Dec. 9, 1878. Hannah Bent, d. March 28, 1881.
15 ORREN WEBSTER BENT, son of Otis and Hannah (Walker) Bent, m. Mary, dau. of Dea. Elisha Morse. He is a cabinet maker by trade. He now resides at South Paris. Children :
Louisa M., b. Jan. 21, 1848, m. Charles E. Richardson. Otis Morse, b. May 26, 1850, d. June 16, 1881. Merchant at South Paris. Mary Ella, b. Oct: 13, 1853, m. George F. Wescott. Sarah!Lizzie, b. March 24, 1855, d. Aug. 6, 1856. Lillie H., b. May 6, 1858.
Anna Chandler, b. May 5, 1860, m. F. T. Crommett, s. Boston. "The mother d. April 18, 1883.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
BERRY.
DEA. WILLIAM BERRY, his wife Joanna Doane, came from Fal- mouth, and was one of the early settlers of Buckfield. His father was George, who married Sarah Stickney, his grandfather George, who married Elizabeth Frink and came from Kittery to Falmouth in 1732, and was proprietor of Berry's shipyard; also a major in the French and Indian wars. The parents of the last named George, were George Berry and Deliverance Haley of Kittery. Dea. William Berry had eleven children, all of whom grew up and had families. Three of the sons came to the north part of Paris.
LEVI BERRY, b. in Falmouth, April 28, 1777, m. Lusannah, dau .. of Soloman Bryant, and came to this town from Woodstock in 1811. His place was near West Paris Station. He died in Smyrna, Me., Feb. 8, 1854. Children :
Levi Jr., b. June 11, 1801, m. Polly Hammond.
Louvisa, b. April 9, 1803, m. John Lapham, son of Abijah. (See Lapham.)
William, b. April 4, 1805, m Sally Lovejoy of Norway. He has lived in Paris and Woodstock, and died in Norway. His children were Levi, died young ; Sarah J., m. James M. Abbott of Oxford; Elvecy, in. a Davis, who died, and she re-married and went to Massachusetts; Frank L., who has been twice married.
Leonard, b. Feb. 7, 1807, mn. Hannah Pool of Norway, dau. of Joshua, lived many years in Paris, and then went to Woodstock and died there. His children, born in Paris, were Edwin R., went to California, thence to Nevada and died there, leaving a family ; Julia, mn. Albion P. Cole of Woodstock; Albina S., m. Win. H. Cole; Cyrus P., m. Lucy Cole daughter of Col. Cyprian of Greenwood; Horace C., m. Angelia Cole, dau. of same; Geo. L., killed in the army; Flora J., m. Henry F. Cole of Greenwood, and Henry, who is married, and still resides in Woodstock.
Aurelia, b. April 29, 1810, m. Elijah Swan, Jr., of Paris. (See Swan.) Cordelia, b. Aug. 17, 1829, m. Abel Bacon.
LEVI BERRY, JR., who married Polly Hammond, lived in Paris a few years and then moved to Wilton. Being unsuccessful in busi- ness, he moved to Aroostook county soon after 1840. He settled in the town of Smyrna, then a wilderness, and cleared up a farm of several hundred acres. Besides extensive farming, he kept a store and public house, and engaged in lumbering. He died in 18 -. Children :
Thaddeus C. S., b. Aug. 24, 1823, m. Susan Oakes, May 19, 1844. He is a physician in Houlton.
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Lydia Jane, b. Aug. 9, 1826, m. 1st, Oliver H. Perry ; 2d, Wm. Winslow. Peleg H., b. Aug. 10, 1829, m. Caroline Estes, April 17, 1850. Arabella R., b. Dec. 29, 1831, d. Feb. 1, 1841.
Andrew J., b. Feb. 25, 1834, m. Julia E. Estes. He resides in Smyrna, and has been a member of the Legislature.
Eliza D., b. Aug. 16, 1836, three times married; 3d, to Rev. Philip Wheeler.
Samuel L., b. June 21, 1838, m. Nellie Anderson, April 27, 1869.
Mary Arabella, b. Feb. 15, 1842, m. Simon Adams.
Leri, b. July 7, 1845.
Polly Berry died in 1859, and for second wife Levi Berry mar- ried Apharinda Eaton, and had :
George D., b. Nov. 13, 1860. Charles H., b. Aug. 4, 1862.
WILLIAM BERRY, brother of Levi, Sr., was born in Buckfield, April 11, 1783. He m. Deborah, dau. of John and Mary (Cole) Drake of Buckfield. William Berry was a Deacon of the Baptist church for many years. He was the first settler in what was after- ward called the Berry neighborhood-West Paris, about the year 1800, beginning on the farm now occupied by Geo. H. Briggs, and lived here the rest of his life. Children :
Stillman, b. July 15, 1811, m. Persis Cushman; went West.
Harvey, b. May 4, 1813, m. Desire Perkins, moved to Hartford.
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