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Polly, b. Dec. 9, 1815, m. H. Hiram Heath, s. Sumner.
George, b. May 25, 1818, m. 1st, Melissa Buck; 2d, Mary H. Marshall. Sally, b. June 19, 1821, d. unmarried.
William D., b. Nov. 18, 1823, m. Joanna Lawrence, s. Sumner. Olive, b. Feb. 14, 1826, died young.
Elrecey, b. Feb. 16, 1828, died young.
Zeri, b. May 23, 1830, m. Elizabeth Ricker, s. Sumner.
The father died March 1, 1848. The mother died Dec. 6, 1857.
HARVEY BERRY, son of William, m. Desire, dau. of Dea. Cornelius Perkins. Children :
Lucinda, b. Aug. 31, 1839, m. Leonard W. Thompson, s. Hartford.
Hiram H., b. Jan. 18, 1843, m. Rosanna Robinson, s. Hartford and West Paris.
Elvesa, b. Sept. 7, 1844, m. Addison Tirrell, s. Auburn and South Paris. Charles Henry, b. Sept, 4, 1846, m. Abbie F. Robinson, s. Hartford.
HIRAM H. BERRY, son of Harvey, m. Rosanna Robinson of Hart-
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ford, and settled first in Hartford, and moved to West Paris. Children :
Rosa May. Edith Gertrude.
Perley. Percy H. Etta.
The mother d. March 31, 1883; m. 2d, Lucy B. Davis, maiden name Fickett.
GEORGE BERRY, son of Deacon William Berry, m. Melissa, dau. of Simeon Buck, July 28, 1844. Children :
Cynthia Ann, b. May 20, 1746, in. Addison J. Abbott.
The mother d. June 10, 1848; m. 2d, Mary H., dau. of Nathan Marshall, Jan. 7, 1850. Children :
Nathan Leroy, b. Dec. 20, 1850, d. Sept. 26, 1853.
Eleazer, b. Jan. 2, 1852, d. Oct. 2, 1853.
George William, b. Aug. 8, 1854, m. Emma Churchill.
Fred Leroy, b. Aug. 24, 1856.
Mary Lizzie, b. Sept. 11, 1858, m. John W. Carsley.
Russell Eddy, b. July 7, 1861.
Ella, b. Oct. 3, 1863.
Hiram Marshall, b. Feb. 17, 1866.
Jennie Eliza, b. March 26, 1868. Clara Etta, b. Feb. 10, 1873.
GEORGE WILLIAM BERRY, son of the preceding, m. Emma Churchill, s. West Paris. Children :
Loretta Churchill, b. Oct. 13, 1880. George Leon, b. April 17, 1883.
GEORGE BERRY, brother of Levi and William Sr., was born in Buckfield, July 30, 1787. He m. Sally, dau. of Elijah Swan of Paris. Late in life he lived on the lot where West Paris village is now situated. The house has since been owned by H. G. Brown. He died in Brownfield. Children :
Oliver F., b. July 2, 1813, m. Cynthia Lander, resides N. Y.
Edward L., b. Dec. 7, 1823, m. Carrie Case, d. N. Y. Abbre L., b. Feb. 2, 1823, m. James M. Marshall, s. Milford.
Wheeler F., b. May 19, 1825, d. July 5, 1851.
Betsey?J., b. June 8, 1827, mn. William Mooney, d. at West Paris. Elijah_S., b. Nov. 18, 1829, m. Miranda Parlin, s. Mechanic Falls.
Anna W., b. Aug. 11, 1833, m. N. T. Chapin of Milford, Mass; 2d, William R. Gray, M. D., deceased.
George L., b. July 9, 1836, d. June 22, 1857.
Hiram B., b. April 20, 1840, m. Fanny Merwin, s. New York.
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BESSEY.
1 JOSHUA BESSEY of Wareham, Mass., with his two sons, John and Joshua, Jr., and their families, came to Paris in 1793.
2 JOHN, with his father, settled on lot 9, in the 9th range, which was the next lot north of the farm of Silas Maxim. Joshua, Jr., bought lot 11, in the 7th range, Mch. 12, 1790, of Edmund Bowker. It is now the homestead of Wm. N. Daniels. His log house stood at the south end of the lot, and was afterward burned. The first singing school ever taught in town, was in the King district, by him. He m. Mercy Morton of Wareham, b. 1762. Children :
3 Putty, b. Wareham, Mass., 1787, m. Lewis Monk of Buckfield.
4 Betsey, b. Wareham, Mass., 1789, m. Isaac Jackson, 2d wife.
5 Anthony, b. Wareham, Mass., 1791, m. Thankful Stearns of Bethel.
6 Seth, b. Wareham, Mass., 1793, m. Susan Pratt.
7 Lydia, b. Paris, 1795, m. Mark Emery, s. Poland.
8 Mercy, b. Paris, 1795, d. Oct. 1816.
9 Polly, b. Paris, 1797, m. Theodore Stearns, s. Bethel.
10 Nancy, b. Paris, 1799, m. Jacob Jackson ; is now living.
The mother died. Married 2d, Mrs. Silence (Churchill) Benson.
11 Joshua 3d, b. Paris, May, 1802.
12 Charity, b. Paris, March, 1804, m. John Thurlow, s. Woodstock.
13 Mahala, b. Paris, May, 1806, m. Sumner Stearns, s. Bethel. The father d. in Bethel, Oct. 1835.
2 JOHN BESSEY, (son of Joshua 1) m. Hannah, dau. of Caleb Cushman of Hebron. She was born in Carver, Mass., Jan. 15, 1745-6. Children :
14 Lydia, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Joseph Bessey of Middleborough, Mass.
15 Sally, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Joseph Sturtevant.
16 Olire, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Wm. Bent.
17 Hannah, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Holmes Doton.
18 Lucy, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Joseph Cole.
19 John Jr., b. Wareham, Mass., Feb. 8, 1782, m. Betsey Tripp.
20 Caleb, b. Wareham, Mass., m. Abagail Packard.
21 Huldah, b. Wareham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1791, m. Joshua Benson.
The mother died in the road while she was returning home from Silas Maxim's, July 23, 1825. She left six children, 48 grand-children, and 45 great grand-children.
19 JOHN BESSEY, (son of John 2) m. Sept. 25, 1803, Betsey W., dau. of Elder John Tripp of Hebron. She was born in Edgarton, on Martha's Vineyard, July 5, 1785, and settled in the Mountain
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district. Late in life, he moved to Hebron. The mother died June
3, 1837. The father d. in Hebron, July 16, 1867. Children :
22 Erastus, b. July 26, 1804, m. Sally Smith.
23 Cyrus, b. Jan. 26, 1806, m. Mary Bemis.
24 Miranda Tripp, b. Sept. 13, 1807, died about 1822.
25 Olive, b. Oct. 30, 1809, m. Johnson Holt.
26 John Grafton, b. July 17, 1811, killed by steamboat explosion on the ; Mississippi.
27 Betsey Orson, b. June 5, 1813, m. Ethic Farrar, s. Buckfield.
28 Sylvester, b. June 25, 1815, Baptist minister, s. Lincoln, Me.
29 Roxalana, b. June 18, 1817, m. George Wight, s. Peabody, Mass.
30 Fessenden, b. April 29, 1819, m. Harmony Alger of Stoughton, Mass.
31 Henry Osgood, b. June 3, 1821, m. Almira Crooker, s. South Boston. Hannah, b. June 2, 1823, m. Henry Watkins, s. N. Y., now in Paris. 32
33 Sarah, b. June 18, 1825, unmarried in Bath.
34 Augustus Havelock, b. March 15, 1829, s. Danvers.
35 Charles Brainard, b. Sept. 11, 1831, m. 1st, Hannah Sophia Gallison, s. Mechanic Falls ; m. 2d, Aravesta (Whitman) Rawson.
22 ERASTUS BESSEY, son of John 19. m. Sally Smith. Children :
36 Joseph, b. - , 1834, s. in Tenn. Enlisted in a Minnesota regiment, and was killed in a battle with the Indians, Aug. 1861.
37 Hansard N., b. March 31, 1836. He m. Lucy Guptil of Abington, and had three children, viz. : Mabel, Everett and Elmer. He died Aug. 1874, of injuries received from a gasoline explosion in a shoe factory, of which he was superintendent.
38 Alden E., b. Jan. 1, 1838, m. Helen J. Morton.
23 CYRUS BESSEY, (son of John 19, m. Mary, dau. of David Bemis. Children :
39 Mehitable Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1843.
40 Julius Augustus, b. Oct. 11, 1835.
41 Francis Sidney, b. Feb. 21, 1832, d. June 24, 1837.
31 HENRY OSGOOD BESSEY, (son of John 19) m. Almira, dau. of Calvin and Almira (Thayer) Crooker. Children :
42 Alice L., b. April 17, 1852.
43 George H., b. May 6, 1859.
38 DR. ALDEN E. BESSEY, (son of Erastus 22) spent his youth in the family of Dea. Austin Chase of Paris. Fitted for college at Hebron Academy, and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, Me. Entered Amherst college in the winter of 1866, in the class of 1869. Remained in college two years, and then left to study the profession of medicine. Graduated at the Maine Medical School in June,
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1870. Practiced six months in Wayne, and then removed to Sid- ney, Me., where he remains in the successful practice of his profes- sion. He m. Helen J. Morton of Paris, May 4, 1863. Children : 44 Merton W., b. Oct. 30, 1868.
45 Earle E .. b. Jan. 19, 1871.
The mother d. June 10, 1873. Married 2d, May 28, 1874, Clara A., dau. of Elbridge Fobes of this town.
46 Lenora, b. June 11, 1876.
1 JOSEPH BESSEY of Middleborough, Mass., m. Lydia, dau. of John Bessey, and settled on the lot afterwards owned by his son, Capt. Alden Bessey. He was blind the last years of his life. Children :
2 Polly, m. Gershom Cole.
3 Warren, m. Margery Gammon.
4 Sally, m. Nathaniel Billings.
5 Laodicea, m. Ephraim Harlow, s. Buckfield.
6 Elisha. m. Mrs. - - Verrill.
7 John, m. Ruth Allen.
8 Hannah. m. Willard Andrews.
9 Joseph Jr.
10 Alden, b. April 16, 1807, m. Laodicea Benson.
3 WARREN BESSEY, (son of Joseph 1, m. Margery Gammon. Children :
11 Mary Lowell, b. April 18, 1816, m. Wm. MeKenney.
12 Sally, b. Jan. 19, 1818.
13 Warren Whitefield, b. March 5, 1821, now known as Hon. W. H. Vinton.
14 Albion K. Parris, b. Oct. 4, 1823, s. in California.
15 Charlotte A., b. Aug. 24, 1827.
16 Franklin, b. Jan. 3, 1831.
7 JOHN BESSEY, (son of Joseph 1 ) m. Ruth Allen of Buckfield : Children :
17 Clarissa Columbia, b. July 24, 1826.
18 Roxanna Whittemore, b. Dec. 13, 1829.
19 American Liberty, b. Sept. 7, 1833.
10 CAPT. ALDEN BESSEY, (son of Joseph 1) m. Laodicea, dau. of Elnathan Benson of Hebron, and settled on the homestead. He now resides in Buckfield. She was the grand-daughter of Elnathan and Sarah (Gibbs) Benson, b. March 25, 1807. Children :
20 Alden Marion, b. July 21, 1828, m. Josephine Waldron.
21 Florinda, b. Nov. 7, 1830, m. Aaron Cobb.
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22 Lydia, b. March 14, 1833, m. Shubal A. Baker.
23 Mary Helen, b. Dec. 16, 1835, m. Augustus Pearson.
24 Annie, m. Frank Merrill.
25 Alvin Sturtevant, m. Alfaretta Turner.
26 Fairfield.
20 ALDEN MARION BESSEY, (son of Capt. Alden 10) m. Jose- phine Waldron of Buckfield, and settled on the home farm. Children :
: 27 Lester Marion, b. Dec. 25, 1859.
28 Winfield C., b. Sept. 6, 1860.
Manley W., b. April 14, 1871.
The mother d. May 10, 1871. Married 2d. Sarah, dau. of Jacob Lane.
BICKNELL.
JOHN BICKNELL, son of John of Buckfield, m. Marcena Churchill. Children :
John, b. April 15, 1821, m. Eveline Cushman. Joseph Bearce, b. Sept. 1823, m. Adaline Woodman.
Emily, b. May 1826, m. Benjamin C. Lurvey of Woodstock. William Small, b. March 1830, m. Mary Whitman.
JOHN BICKNELL, JR., m. Eveline, dau. of Caleb and Eveline (Bridgham) Cushman of Buckfield, Feb. 20, 1859. She was b. May 28, 1840. Children :
Nellie, b. May 25, 1860. Agnes, b. Jan. 6, 1866. John Alton, b. June 14, 1868. Evelyn, b. May 27, 1873.
BILLINGS.
JOHN BILLINGS is said to have been brought up in the family of Peter Durell of Newton, Mass. He came to Paris with the early settlers, and married here, Phebe, daughter of Eleazer Cole. He was born April 30, 1771, and his wife, October 31, 1777. His three oldest children at least, were born here. He began on the place recently occupied by Jonathan Starbird, and moved to Wood- stock prior to 1815. Children :
Jonathan, b. Jan. 7, 1798, m. Betsey Felt.
Silas, b. March 24, 1800, m. first, Armina Whitman; second, Rebecca Whitman; third, the widow of Willoughby Russell of Newry, whose maiden name was Kilgore. He d. in Sept. 1884. Lucy, b. Feb. 22, 1802, m. Asa Thurlow, Jr.
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John, b. April 25, 1805, m. Hannah Cooper, dau. of Benjamin, and lived in Paris.
Charles, b. Oct. 20, 1807, lived in the family of his brother Jonathan ; was never married.
Samuel Dexter, b. Dec. 8, 1811, m. Lucy Swan, dau. of Gideon; lived in Paris.
Eleazer C., b. Jan. 22, 1817, m. Mary J. Nute.
JOHN BILLINGS, JR., m. Susan, dau. of Benjamin Cooper, Sept. 27, 1829. He lived several years at Macomber Corner in Paris. Late in life he went to live with his son, Simon S., in Oxford, where he died.
Emily C., b. Nov. 21, 1830, m. - Gorham.
Samuel Dexter, b. April 19, 1832, m. Abbie A. Partridge.
Simon S., b. Sept. 8, 1835.
Philantha, b. Jan. 28, 1841, d. Jan. 26, 1846.
The mother died Nov. 10, 1870. The father died Mch. 27, 1883.
LEANDER S. BILLINGS of another family, son of Charles and Eliza (Gould) Billings, was b. in Waterford, Oct. 10, 1838. Located at South Paris about 1870, and has continued to reside here. Married Flora A., dau. of Arba Thayer of this town.
BISBEE.
ROWSE BISBEE was b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 10, 1775. He was eight years old when his parents came to Maine. He married Hannah Carriel of Buckfield. He came to Paris in 1801, and lived at South Paris. He afterwards moved to Woodstock. He was a blacksmith and mill-wright, an ingenious man, and a man of ability, though eccentric. His first wife died, and he married widow Wash- burn, who survived him, and married next Enoch Knight, and then Foxwell Swan. The children of Rowse Bisbee were :
Sophronia, b. April 1, 1801. m. Joel Perham. Suel, b. August 13, 1803, m. Milla Whitman.
Desire, b. Jan. 31, 1805, m. William Chamberlain.
Piram, b. Oct. 8, 1809, m, Asenath Swett.
ROWSE BISBEE was the son of Charles and Beulah Howland, grandson of Moses, great-grandson of John, g. g. grandson of Elisha, and g. g. g. grandson of Thomas Bisbee (Besbedge), who with his wife, six children and three servants, came from Sandwich, England, to Scituate, Mass., in 1634.
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AMERICA BISBEE, son of Solomon of Sumner, and nephew of Rowse abovenamed, lived at North Paris, and was a blacksmith. He now lives in Norway. He married 1st, Olive Gurney of Hebron ; 2d, Cynthia C. (Buck), widow of Dr. Gilman Rowe, and 3d, Clara Tuttle of Buckfield. Children by first marriage :
Miriam, b. Dec. 1, 1832, m. Nathan D. Libby of Lewiston.
Wright, b. July 6, 1833, m. Georgie Lamb of Bennington, Vt., s. Norway.
JONAS BISBEE, brother of the preceding, b. April 27, 1818, was married to Mary J. Walker of Danville. March 15, 1840, by Rev. W. F. Eaton, and resided at North Paris. Children :
Ira W., b. Nov. 29, 1842, d. March 19, 1863; Mary J., b. Feb. 4, 1845, m. Charles E. Stephens, Oct. 2, 1865; Calvin, b. March 17, 1847, m. Fanny Churchill, Jan. 6, 1874; Esther A., b. March 18, 1849, m. Adna R. Tuell; William F., b. Aug. 19, 1855.
BIRD.
JOHN BIRD, son of Samuel and Mary (Carr) Bird, both of Eng- land, as he always stated, was born in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 2, 1774, and went with his parents to Quebec. The parents and four child- ren remained there, viz. : Samuel, Benjamin, Polly and Nancy. John came to the States, and in company with Jonathan Paine came to Paris. He worked for Daniel Stowell, and while there married the maid. Polly Churchill. She was of Hebron, formerly of Bridge- water. They were the second couple published after the organiza- tion of the town. They moved into the log house with Eleazer Cole in the Swift neighborhood, and afterward to a lot in Norway. Children :
Polly b. Nov. 20, 1796, m. William Churchill.
Nancy, b. Sept. 11, 1798, m. Daniel Cummings.
John Jr., b. Jan. 11, 1802, d. April 10, 1804.
Samuel, b. March 14, 1804, m. Lucy Dunn, d. Albany. John Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1807, m. Ann Young, 2d, Enima Mason.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 13, 1810, m. 1st, Levi Twitchell, 2d, Wm. Swan. Lyman, b. Jan. 23, 1812, m. 1st, Eliza Young.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1813, m. Harriet R. Millett, dau. of Nathan. Asaph, b. Dec. 12, 1817, m. Philena Tubbs, d. in Paris. Christiana, b. Dec. 1, 1819, m. Jacob Tubbs. The father d. 1862, aged 88 years.
JOHN BIRD, JR., m. Ann, dau. of Capt. Amos Young of Green- wood. Children :
Eliza A., b. Jan. 10, 1833, d. Aug. 25, 1850.
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II John M., b. Dec. 15, 1836, m. Eliza J. Jackson.
III Amos A., b. June 30, 1840.
IV Angerone A., b. Feb. 18, 1844, m. Cyrus H. Witt of Norway.
The mother died and he married 2d, Emma, dau. of Rev. Daniel Mason of Bethel.
V Amos A., b. March 20, 1846, m. Anna J. Edgerly.
VI James E., b. Sept. 4, 1850, m. Martha H. Gould of Bridgton.
VII Martha A., b. May 25, 1854, m. Charles H. Barnard of Bridgton.
ASAPH BIRD, son of John, Sr., m. Philena, dau. of Angier Tubbs of Norway, Dec. 12, 1841. She was b. Sept. 25, 1816. Children :
Marietta P., b. July 15, 1844, m. F. L. Willis, s. West Paris.
Emma Jane, b. Aug. 19, 1852, m. Eldron Stearns.
Orra Asaph, b. Nov. 10, 1854.
The father d. Feb. 16, 1879.
JOHN M. BIRD, son of John, Jr., m. Eliza Jennette, dau. of Lemuel Jackson. Children :
I Fred J., b. Jan. 4, 1868.
The mother d. Jan. 4, 1868. Married 2d, Rachel N. Monroe.
II Ella W., b. Nov. 14, 1869.
The mother died Nov. 1878 .. Married 3d, Margarette Holden.
III Anna, b. Feb. 23, 1881.
IV Mary W., b. Feb. 1884.
AMOS A. BIRD, son of John, Jr. m. Anna J., dau. of Horace Edgerly. Children :
Charles A., b. March 27, 1872, d. Aug. 27, 1872.
Lizzie F., b. Oct. 20, 1874.
John, b. Oct. 5, 1879, d. Jan. 7, 1880.
BISco.
NATHANIEL BISCO, the progenitor of the Watertown family, wrote his name Brisco, which is undoubtedly the true orthography. The coat of arms indicates that this is an ancient family. He was called the rich tanner, and was in Watertown as early as 1642. Children : John, (son of Nathaniel) b. 1622.
Thomas, (son of John) b. April 1, 1655.
John, (son of Thomas) b. Oct. 22, 1685, m. Feb. 1, 1710, Sarah Remington. Thomas, (son of John) b. Nov. 11, 1711, m. Abagail Mason.
JOSIAH BISCO, (son of Thomas) b. July 18, 1740. He m. Grace Whitney, and came with a part of his family in 1793. He was one of the original grantees, and assisted in lotting out the township.
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He was the first Town Clerk, and a prominent member of society during life, as shown by other references. Children :
Daniel, b. in Watertown, Nov. 17, 1765.
Grace, b. in Watertown, Oct. 2, 1767.
Thomas, b. in Watertown, Aug. 31, 1769.
Leonard, b. in Watertown, March 29, 1773. He m. 2d, Mary Mason.
Mary, b. May 3, 1775, d. 1776.
Jonas, b. Nov. 1, 1777, d. at Paris of fever, April 6, 1810.
Mary, b. May 1, 1783, m. Alanson Mellen. (See Mellen.)
Azubah, b. March 5, 1787, d. at the home of C. T. Mellen, Nov. 2, 1859.
The father died Sept. 3, 1812, aged 72 years. The mother died 1831.
BIXBY.
LEVI L. BIXBY, son of Russell H. and Caroline (Rowe) Bixby of Kirby, Vt., m. Ellen R., dau. of Enoch Penley of Paris. Children : Russell L., b. March 8, 1880.
Joseph Penley, b. June 26, 1881.
BLACK.
JOSIAH BLACK of Cape Cod, Mass., b. 1750, came when a young man to Wells, Me., and learned the blacksmith's trade. He m. Martha Cookson of Standish, and settled in Limington previous to the revolution. He was in the battle of Hubbardston, Vt., July 7, 1777, and with Stark at the surrender of Burgoyne, Oct. 17, 1777, and served through the war. He died at Limington, July 4, 1840, aged 92 years. Children :
Polly, b. Limington, m. Jacob Small of Limington. John, b. Limington, m. Nabby Small of Limington. Joab, b. Limington, m. Hannah Hamlin of Limington. Josiah, Jr. b. Limington, Aug. 31, 1873, m. Mary I. Libby, s. Scarborough. Martha, b. Limington, m. Amos Libby, s. Scarborough.
Aaron, b. Limington, m. Lydia Libby, s. Scarborough.
JOSIAH BLACK, JR., m. Mary I. Libby of Scarborough. She was born March 11, 1781. Children :
Zebulon, b. Limington, Dec. 12, 1808 m. Elmira Emerson, s. Newry.
John, b. Limington, Dec. 24, 1810, m. Roxanna Andrews.
Josiah S., b. Limington, Nov. 19, 1812, m. Eunice B. Smith, s. Newry. Martha, b. Limington, 1815, d. in infancy.
Martha, b. Limington, March 29, 1817, m. John I. Plaisted, s. Lynn, Mass. David I., b. Limington, Sept. 28, 1819.
Joab, b. Limington, Feb. 3, 1821, d. 1823.
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Almer, b. Limington, April 13, 1824, m. Betsey Bailey of Medford, and settled there.
Mary L., b. Limington, May 6, 1827, m. Lorenzo Goodwin, s. in Lynn, Mass.
The father d. July, 1864.
ALVAH BLACK, EsQ., (son of Joab who married Hannah Hamlen), was the youngest of seven children. He was b. Dec. 3, 1817, and mn. Persis S., widow of Hon. Charles Andrews, and dau. of William Sibley of Freedom. Children :
Charles A., b. July 2. 1856. He graduated at Bowdoin College, class of 1875. He was principal of the Paris Hill Academy one year, and one year of the Norway Liberal Institute. He then studied law, was ad- mitted to the bar, and having practiced one year, he resumed teach- ing, for which profession he has a natural taste and superior qualifi- cations.
JOHN BLACK, son of Josiah, m. July 17, 1839, Roxanna, dau. of Hezekiah Andrews of Bethel. She was b. Dec. 31, 1810. Settled at Snow's Falls in Paris, March 3, 1865. He was elected collector of the town of Paris in 1869, and still retains the office. Children : Olive, b. Feb. 10, 1840, d. Nov. 2, 1859, m. Charles S. Willis, s. Gorham,. N. H.
- Hannah, b. March 21. 1844, m. Lemuel B. Carter, s. Paris.
DAVID I. BLACK, son of Josiah S., who married Eunice A. Smith, was b. in Newry, Dec. 27. 1838. He married Hannah Locke of Bethel, and settled at Snow's Falls in Paris, and removed to Norway village. where he died April 3, 1879. He was Master of Paris. Lodge of Masons at the time of his death. His military service is. given in the record. Children :
Mabel, b. March 7, 1868.
BLAKE.
JOSEPH BLAKE of Cape Ann, came to Paris and settled on the lot next north of John Daniels, whose dau. Betsey he had married. He had two brothers, Isaac and Richard, who settled in New Gloucester. Joseph was a seafaring man, and to make the last pay- ment on his farm, he concluded to make one more voyage. He never returned. This was in 1808. The youngest child was born soon after he sailed. Children :
Betsey, b. Paris, July 24, 1794, d. March 21, 1814. She was to have been m. to John Thayer in two weeks.
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Richard, b. Paris, 1796, m. Sally Royal, a sister of Benjamin. Henry, b. Paris, 1798, m. Eleanor Cushman of Buckfield. Joseph, b. Paris, March 15, 1801, m. Mary Ann Whitney.
William, b. Paris, 1808, m. Sally Monk.
The mother married for her 2d husband, Asa Perry of Paris, as his 3d wife.
RICHARD BLAKE, (son of Joseph) m. Sally, dau. of Robert Royal of Yarmouth. Settled in Paris and moved to Freeport. Children :
Elizabeth, m. David Dyer, s. Bangor.
Frances Jane, nı. Daniel Gould, s. Bangor.
The mother d. Nov. 3, 1839. The father d. 1875.
JOSEPH BLAKE, JR., (son of Joseph) m. Mary Ann, dau. of John Whitney of Pownal, Me., March 13, 1824. She was b. Jan. 23, 1806, settled in Paris, living at one time in the Whittemore neighborhood. Removed to Minot, and remained there through life. Children :
William Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1824, d. in the army, Dec. 25, 1862.
John Whitney, b. June 15, 1826, d. April 1, 1841.
Emeline Whitney, b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. Charles B. Jacobs of Mechanic Falls.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1831, d. Dec. 25, 1831.
Jennette, b. March 21, 1833, d. Nov. 8, 1854.
Joseph Corrydon, b. June 18, 1834, d. in infancy. George, b June 4, 1837, d. Sept. 13, 1837.
George Freeland, b. Dec. 4, 1838.
The father died Oct. 28, 1871.
WILLIAM BLAKE, (son of Joseph) m. Sally Monk. Children : William Franklin, Caroline Elizabeth, Charles Augustus.
STEPHEN BLAKE of another family, was born in Barre, Mass., Sept. 18, 1749. He m. Abagail -, and settled in the Robinson neighborhood. A sister of Stephen m. Elijah Robinson, the father of the early settlers of that name. Children :
Aaron, b. Dec. 18, 1777. Susanna, b. Jan. 9, 1780, mı. John Robinson. Stephen Jr., b. Oct. 10, 1782, m. Sally Robinson. Adoniram, b. Aug. 28, 1785. Abner, b. March 25, 1788. Eliphalet, b. May 15, 1791. The mother d. Nov. 15, 1815. The father d. June 16, 1816.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
CAPT. STEPHEN BLAKE, JR., m. Sally, dau. of Stephen Robinson, and settled in the Robinson neighborhood. Late in life he moved to South Paris and bought the stand now the residence of his son, Wm. H. Blake. (See Military Record.) Children :
Erastus.
Abagail S., d. in Georgia, Oct. 31, 1843.
Charles Maguire, m. Mary Cummings.
Evelena, m. Daniel S. Hubbard.
Horatio Quincy, m. Damaris W. Eaton, s. Hallowell.
Apphia Robinson, b. Oct. 12, 1825, m. Hon. Geo. W. Burbank, s. Cal. Andrew Jackson, d. in California.
Augustus Serille, s. Clinton City, Ill.
Albert Eliphalet, s. Providence, R. I. William H., b. Jan. 23, 1837, m. Mrs. Ellen E. Lord.
CHARLES MAGUIRE BLAKE, son of Capt. Stephen, Jr., m. Mary, dau. of Isaac Cummings, Feb. 1845. Children :
Charles M., b. Dec. 7, 1847, d. Sept. 6, 1849.
The father died Oct. 1, 1847. The widow m. Col. Simon H. Cummings.
WILLIAM H. BLAKE, brother of the preceding, m. Ellen E., widow of Cyrus A. Lord, and dau. of Stephen and Lorinda (Wilkins) Lovejoy of Norway. She was b. Nov. 10, 1836. Children :
William Albert, b. May 17, 1871. .
Sarah Lorinda, b. Aug. 27, 1872.
BLOOD.
WILLIAM L. BLOOD, son of Heman L. and Lucy Ann (Lombard) Blood, was b. in Harvard, Mass., Jan. 10, 1847, m. Nov. 14, 1872, Sylvia, widow of J. Barker, and dau. of Jonathan Clark, and settled in Paris in 1873. Children :
Maud, b. April 4, 1874.
Fannie, b. Sept. 20, 1877.
BONNEY.
JOHN BONNEY, who lived several years in the Robinson neighbor- hood, was the son of Ichabod Bonney, Esq., the sixth settler of Turner. He m. Elizabeth Caswell of Harrison. He was Sheriff and Town Collector while he resided in town. His farm has since been known as the Mills place. Children :
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
John, b. Jan. 26, 1790, m. Lucinda Bearce.
Betsey, m. James Washburn.
Count de Grasse, s. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jane.
Chauncey, m. Betsey Thomas, s. Oxford.
Philip, m. Betsey Lowe of Gray.
Sophronia.
Marshall, m. Marcia Everson.
JOHN BONNEY, JR., m. Lucinda Bearce of Hebron, and settled on the farm with his father. Children :
Lucinda, b. in Turner, Aug. 26, 1814, m. Stephen Richardson, now of South Paris village.
Ransom Ripley, b. Feb. 5, 1816, m. Arvilla Bridgham, s. Oxford.
Apphia Robinson, b. Feb. 18, 1820, m. Elbridge Bridgham of Paris.
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