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Ebenezer, b. Jan. 25, 1806, m. Susan Wyman of Waltham. Martha, b. Jan. 2, 1810, m. Thomas Roberts of Bradford.
The parents moved to Greenville, Me., and recommenced pioneer life. The mother died Feb., 1834. He m. 2d, Mrs. Hannah Davis of North Salem. The father died 1837 or 1838.
DANIEL CARY, son of Ebenezer, worked for Amariah Harris of North Paris, from the time he was eleven years of age until he was sixteen. When he was twenty-one, he went to Waltham, Mass., and m. April 13, 1834, Harriet L. Dix of Waltham. Children :
Charles Henry, b. June 13, 1835, d. Nov. 6, 1844.
Martha, b. Feb. 6, 1842, m. Stephen A. Scripture of Lowell.
George W., b. Aug. 9, 1843, m. 1st, Sarah Wells, and 2d, Lucy Moore.
Daniel Cary is now eighty years of age, resides in Waltham, Mass., sur- rounded with all the comforts of family and home.
DEA. EZRA CARY of another family, came to South Paris from Turner, and purchased the stand since owned and occupied by Phineas Morse, and carried on the tanning business as given in the early industries of Paris. He was the first deacon of the church at South Paris, as stated in another place. Children :
Shepard, Darid, Tolman, Zachary and Ezra. The family all moved from town.
CLARK.
THOMAS CLARK, EsQ., was a bookseller in Portland in 1801. He m. Nov. 1802, Nancy Goodwin. and remained in Portland until about 1810, then moved to Lisbon, Me., and then to Paris Hill, March 13, 1816, where he remained through life. He was an influ- ential and capable man, and much in town and county office. The 4 oldest children were born in Portland, and the 3 youngest in Paris.
Thomas, Jr., b. Feb. 26, 1804, d. April 26, 1804.
Sally, b. June 10, 1805, d. Oct. 18, 1806. Louisa, b. July 28, 1807, m. Joseph Lindsey.
John Goodwin, b. March 21, 1808, d. March 24, 1808.
Nancy Goodwin, b. Lisbon, April 22, 1810, mn. Asa A. Ward of Dixfield.
Emily Poor, b. Lisbon, Dec. 13, 1811, m. Rev. G. K. Shaw.
Elizabeth, b. Hebron, Aug. 28, 1814, d. March 29, 1834. Ezekiel Whitman, b. Hebron, Dec. 1, 1815, m. Sarah T. Robinson. James Thatcher, b. March 13, 1818, m. Harriet B. Clark.
Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1819, d. Sept. 2, 1819.
Murcia, b. Aug. 24, 1819, d. Sept. 16, 1819.
The mother d. Sept. 8, 1828, and he m. 2d, Orissa Rawson. Shed. Sept.
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28, 1847, and he m. 3d, Sally, widow of Abiezer Andrews. The father d. Feb. 13, 1852. The widow m. Simeon Walton.
EZEKIEL WHITMAN CLARK, son of Thomas, m. Sarah T. Robinson, Oct. 1845. Children :
Charles, b. 1846, s. in Bois City, Idaho.
Sarah, m. Luther Stover, a blind music teacher.
Mrs. Stover is matron in the Royal Institute for the blind, under the patronage of Queen Victoria.
Thomas C., b. Dec. 7, 1853, is in Oregon.
Annie, b. 1855, d. Aug. 3, 1871.
Willie, b. Jan. 1858, d. Oct. 3, 1858.
The mother d. May 4, 1863. The father d. at Hilton Head, S. C., Oct. 4, 1865.
JAMES THATCHER CLARK, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet B. dau. of Cyrus Clark of Turner, b. Feb. 7, 1817. He was for many years a deputy sheriff, was officially connected with the Portland Custom House, and with government contracts for paper. He was an active politician, a genial friend and companion. Children :
Harriet E., b. July 27, 1842, m. Thomas M. Crocker.
George, b. July 3, 1846, resides on the homestead.
Mary Ella, b. July 11, 1855, resides on the homestead.
The mother d. Feb. 11, 1881. The father d. Jan. 16, 1884, at Washington, D. C.
PETER CLARK of another family, son of Samuel and (Han- son) Clark, was b. in New Durham, N. H., about 1775. He m. Rhoda, dau. of Tristram and Abagail (York) Richards of Middle- ton, N. H. She was b. Dec. 20, 1787. Peter Clark came to Paris in 1827, and lived near the location of the James Dennett brick house. Children :
Martha, b. New Durham, N. H., m. Thomas N. Stowell.
Jonathan, b. May 29, 1815, m. Fannie W. Rawson.
Samuel, b. 66
Hezekiah Crockett, b. New Durham, N. H., Sept. 2, 1817.
Sarah, b. 66 m. Horace Rawson.
66 m. Henry Folsom of Rox- Elizabeth, b. bury, Mass.
Peter H., b. in Durham, N. H., was deaf, and killed on the railroad.
The father d. about 1835. The widow m. Capt. Emmor Rawson.
JONATHAN CLARK, son of Peter, m. Fannie W., dau. of Levi Raw- son. Children :
Fannie, b. Sept. 11, 1840, m. Edward Z. Sawtelle, s. Roxbury, Mass.
Martha, b. Sept. 23, 1842, m. Samuel D. Weeks.
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Sarah Matilda, b. - , 1844, d. in infancy.
Charles S., b. Nov. 16, 1846, m. Sarah R. Cummings.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1848, d. 1858.
Arabella Holmes, b. Nov. 10, 1851, m. John S. Perry.
Sylvia Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1853, m. 1st, Jedediah Barker, 2d, Wm. L. Blood. James H., b. July 30, 1855, m. Emma Sawtelle.
The mother d. Oct. 26, 1876. Married 2d, Elizabeth Lafferty of Houlton, b. Aug. 28, 1827.
HEZEKIAH CROCKETT CLARK, brother of the preceding, m. Sylvia S., dau. of Capt. Emmor Rawson, April 16, 1837. Children :
Rhoda Jane, b. Jan. 17, 1839, d. March 17, 1854.
Clara E., b. Dec. 23, 1841, d. April 10, 1843.
Horace R., b. Dec. 22, 1843, m. Sarah P. Skillings.
Frances J., b. Dec. 14, 1849, d. April 26, 1852.
Edith I .. , b. Sept. 17, 1854, m. Thomas Johnson.
The mother died June 26, 1855, and he m. 2d, Sarah R., dau. of Samuel F. Rawson, Aug. 28, 1855.
Sarah E. A., b. May 8, 1856, m. Elliot E. Record.
Harry J. R., b. May 7, 1857. William S. D., b. March 7, 1859.
Hezekiah C., b. Sept. 4, 1861, d. Sept. 7, 1861.
The father d. Oct. 28. 1861.
HORACE R. CLARK, son of the preceding, m. Sarah P. Skillings. Children :
Frank S., b. Sept. 13, 1865.
CHARLES S. CLARK, son of Jonathan and Fanny (Rawson) Clark ante, m. Sarah R., adopted dau. of Jairus S. Cummings. Children :
Belle, b. Sept. 1874; Jennie M., b. Nov. 23, 1878; Anna L., b. June, 1881; Charles J., b. 1884.
CLEASBY.
IRA CLEASBY, son of Isaac and Mary (Prescott ) Cleasby of Rum- ford, formerly of Concord, N. HI., was b. March 13, 1814, m. 1840, Minerva, dau. of Seth Ford of Sumner, b. Sept. 8, 1811, settled at South Paris and built the house now the residence of William E. Cush- man. Children :
Timothy W., b. Feb. 28, 1842; Laura W., b. Feb. 18, 1845; Isaac, b. Apr. 3, 1847, d. Nov. 2, 1854.
CHASE.
BRADFORD CHASE of the fifth generation, from Aquilla Chase of
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Newbury, m. Abagail Sibley, June 21, 1763, and settled in Sutton, Mass. Children :
Nathan, b. Sutton, Apr. 18, 1764.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1766, m. Amariah Chase.
Elias, b. Feb. 16, 1768, m. Priscilla Bachelder.
Abagail, b. March 21, 1770, m. Elias Partridge, s. Paris.
Huldah, b. Jan. 31, 1773, d. Sept. 1777.
Peter, b. 66 Dec. 17, 1776, m. Rebecca Doble.
Samuel, b. 66 Oct. 28, 1778, m. Mary Weymouth.
Luke, b. May 15, 1782, m. Dorcas Stearns.
PETER CHASE, son of Bradford preceding, m. Rebecca Doble and settled in Paris. Children :
Sibley, b. Dec. 25, 1803, d. June 10, 1859.
Arvilla, b. March 22, 1805.
. Hiram, b. Feb. 28, 1806.
Rebecca, b. May 7, 1807, m. Rev Addison Abbott.
Leonard, b. March 11, 1810.
Solomon, b. Sept. 20, 1813, m. Mehitable Doble.
William, b. March 29, 1815.
Abagail, b. March 25, 1817.
Seth, b. Nov. 30, 1818.
Eliza, b. Dec. 14, 1821, m. Jonathan Abbott of Bethel.
Cynthia, b. Jan. 1826, d. June 25, 1847.
The mother d. Feb. 16, 1859. The father d. Feb. 29, 1860.
LUKE CHASE, bro of the preceding, m. Dorcas Stearns, Dec. 1, 1808. She was b. Aug. 8, 1780, and was a sister to Mary, wife of William of Paris. Children :
Bradford, b. Burton, Sept. 14, 1809, m. Mary Kimball of Rumford, s. in Grafton, Mass.
Austin, b. Benton, May 3, 1813, m. Lucy Bachelor.
Nathan, b. " Feb. 5, 1815, m. Mary Ann Thayer.
Elias, b. Barre, Apr. 19, 1818, m. Laura Clifford.
Luke, b. Jan. 25, 1821, m. Sarah Smith of Scotland, and settled in Lunenburg.
The father d. Sept. 25, 1839. The mother d. Aug. 6, 1859.
REV. SIBLEY CHASE, oldest son of Peter, m. Charlotte Heath of Sumner. Children :
Adaline Matilda, b. May 1, 1831, m. Henry E. Hammond.
Peter Farrington, b. March 28, 1833, m. Corinna Stowell.
Charlotte Heath, b. Dec. 17, 1836, m. Rev. Seth Benson.
Mary Ellen, b. March 24, 1852, d. Apr. 9, 1852.
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HIRAM CHASE, bro. of the preceding, m. and had the following children :
Frances Ann, b. Sullivan, Dec. 3, 1845; Hiram Wesley, b. Freedom, Sept. 28, 1847; George Olin, b. Paris, Jan. 25, 1852; Emily Eliza, b. Paris, Dec. 26, 1853 ; Harriet Beecher, b. Paris, Aug. 14, 1855; Freemont Lovewell, b. Paris, Aug. 4, 1860.
SOLOMON CHASE, bro. of the preceding, m. Mehitable Doble. Children :
Charles W., b. Dec. 28, 1838, married Mary T. Field.
The mother died, and he m. second, Harriet, widow of Wright Barrett, and dau. of Sprague Churchill, Oct. 28, 1845.
Freeman Hersey, b. Aug. 20, 1846, d. Dec. 21, 1846. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 19, 1847, m. Samuel B. Bacon. Clara Abba, b. Oct. 15, 1851, m. John C. Ridlon.
Freeman Hersey, b. Apr. 17, 1855.
Freddie, b. July 12, 1864.
DEA. AUSTIN CHASE, son of Luke and Dorcas (Stearns) Chase, m. Lucy, dau. of Dea. Mark Bachelor of Sutton, Mass., Sept. 21, 1837. She was b. June 8, 1812. Children :
Lucinda, b. July 27, 1838.
Lucy Jane, b. May 27, 1842, m. Randall B. Morton; 2d, George Tucker.
NATHAN CHASE, bro. of the preceding, m. Mary Ann, dau. of. Col. Ebenezer Thayer, Feb. 14, 1844. Children :
Charles Freeman, b. June 11, 1845, m. Clarissa S. Goodwin, s. Milton. Augusta S., b. July 19, 1850, m. Amos B. Chase of Lynn, Mass. Henry Edward, b. March 10, 1853, m. Lucetta E. Penley.
ELIAS CHASE, bro .. of the preceding, m. Laura, dau. of David Clifford, May 6, 1840. Children :
Henrietta, b. Aug. 25, 1841, m -
Clariman C., b. Feb. 5, 1846. Charles Leonard, b. Aug. 20, 1850, d. Jan. 9, 1851.
Cyrus Elias, b. Sept. 14, 1854, d. Apr. 18, 1855. Henry Walter, b. Sept. 19, 1857, d. Aug. 21, 1878 ; drowned.
The mother d. Jan. 27, 1861, and he married second, Eunice F., widow of George Rawson, M. D., and dau. of Alanson Mellen of Paris.
LUKE CHASE, JR., bro. of the preceding, m. Sarah Smith, who came from Scotland. They settled in Lunenburg, Mass. Children :
George Webster, b. Dec. 23, 1852, d. Apr. 25, 1861; James Henry, b. Feb. 1, 1855, d. Sept. 24, 1855; Willie Austin, b. March 30, 1856; Judson Eddie, b. Feb. 24, 1858; Charles Henry, b. June 10, 1860; George Edward, b. June 15, 1862; Emily Anna, b. March 30, 1864; Sarah Dorcas, b. July 16, 1867 ; Caleb Judson, b. JJune 2, 1869.
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TIMOTHY CHASE of another branch, son of Dr. William Chase of Falmouth, m. Lucy, dau. of Nehemiah Porter of the same town. Children :
Sewall, b. - m. Mary A. Trowbridge of Portland.
Mary Ann, m. Marshall Stearns.
Susan M., m. Lewis Sturtevant.
Hannah, m. Alfred Staples, s. Portland.
Edward P., b. July 17, 1818, m. Julia A. Dudley.
William, b. Nov. 1, 1820, m. Ellen Eaton.
Anna P., m. Daniel Hutchins, s: Boston.
Granville M., b. Dec. 2, 1828, m. Elizabeth Morse.
The mother d. Feb. 15, 1838, and he m. 2d, Lucy, widow of Otis Paine.
EDWARD P. CHASE, brother of the preceding, m. Julia A., dau. of Josiah Dudley of Paris. Residence in Portland. Children :
Albro E., b. in Paris, Oct. 9, 1844, m. June 30, 1870, Agnes Eliza Nichols of Cambridgeport, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College, class of 1865; studied law and was admitted to the bar, but preferred teaching. He has taught in the Portland High School since 1868. He was editor of the Maine Journal of Education, and is a member of the Maine Press Association. He has one child, Edward Nichols, b. Oct. 11, 1874.
WILLIAM CHASE, son of the preceding, m. Ellen, dau. of George and Elizabeth (Trowbridge) Eaton, Nov. 2, 1843. She was b. July 1, 1820. (See Personal Sketches.) Children :
Ellen V., b. March 28, 1845, d. in infancy.
George William, b. Aug. 25; 1846, d. July 14, 1862, drowned at Kent's Hill.
Charles H., b. Aug. 11, 1848, d. Aug. 23, 1849.
Edwin Augustus, b. May 26, 1851, m. Ella A. Sanderson.
Frederic Genness, b. March 17, 1854, d. July 14, 1855. Henry Moore, b. July 1, 1856, d. May 10, 1861.
Ellen Packard, b. Aug. 24, 1858, d. Jan. 26, 1866.
James Learett, b. June 11, 1861, m. Anna P. Rawson. William Trowbridge, b. Nov. 3, 1864, d. Jan. 22, 1866.
The father d. March 12, 1876, caused by accident. (See Annals.)
JOHN CHASE, of still another branch, son of Gilbert of Conway, N. H., was b. Dec. 7, 1816, m. Dolly Gile. He first rented the Dr. Kittredge farm when he moved to this town and afterwards pur- chased the farm, now his homestead. Children :
Hattie Atwood, b. in Conway, N. H., Feb. 24, 1840, m. Hezekiah M. Lapham. Phebe, b. Sept. 15, 1844, m. Aaron Edes of Canton.
Charlotte Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1847, m. Simon R. Ellis. Mary G., b. April 3, 1849, m. William Bradbury.
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Jane Dolly, b. May 22, 1851, m. Henry C. Hammond.
. Laura Ellen, b. April 6, 1854, m. Oliver Chase.
John, b. May 2, 1858, m. Edna Field.
Anna, b. - , 1863, m. Charles Kimball.
DANIEL CHASE belonging to another branch of the great Chase family, m. Lydia Lufkin, and moved to the north part of the town, east of where George Berry now lives. He died in Buxton. Sev- eral of his children died in infancy, and those who longer survived are as follows :
John, m. 1st, Clarissa Benson; 2d, widow Swan, r. Bethel.
Mary, m. Wadsworth Hayes.
Lufkin, lost at sea.
Louisa, m. Ebenezer Whitney ; r. Buxton.
Betsey J., ) twins ; d. young.
Lydia S., )
Lucy, b. March 15, 1823. She never married. She lived in the family of Eben. Drake of North Paris, for nearly 40 years; now lives in the family of Rev. Dr. Ricker, Augusta.
Jane, d. young.
William L., m. Lovina Gray ; r. Sumner.
CHESLEY.
NICHOLAS CHESLEY was b. in Dover, N. H., Nov. 1750, m. Sarah Hammond, a sister of Joseph and Benjamin Hammond of this town, and settled on the lot now known as the locality of Mt. Mica. Some of the sons moved to Lincoln. Children :
Benjamin, b. New Gloucester, April 21, 1780, m. 1st, Bethiah Keith, 2d, Polly Hathaway.
Sarah, b. New Gloucester, 1783, m. David Farrar, d. Aug. 1, 1810.
Betsey, b. Nov. 15, 1785, m. David Dinsmore of Minot. Samuel, b. No. 4, Oct. 31, 1788, m. Patty Perry, dau. of Asa Perry. Nicholas, b. " April, 1792, mn. Cynthia Partridge.
Jonathan, b. Paris, May 12, 1794, a graduate of Bowdoin College. Charlotte, b. Paris, April 21, 1797, m. Aaron Wait of Dixfield.
The mother d. May 21, 1797, mn. 2d, Mrs. Susanna Sawyer.
David, b. Paris, mn. Mary Knight.
William, b. Paris.
The father d. Oct. 14, 1827. The widow mn. Abijah Warren.
DAVID CHESLEY, son of Nicholas, m. Mary Knight. Children : Julia Ann, b. Sept. 26, 1824; William Henry, b. Feb. 1826; Joseph Mitchell, b. Jan. 23, 1828.
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CHIPMAN.
WILLIAM CHIPMAN was born in Mass., and m. a Miss Lane of the same State. He settled in Minot, Me. Children :
Seth, s. in Ill., and removed to Texas.
Joshua, s. in Hebron, removed to New Portland.
Simeon, b. 1787, m. Orpah Shaw.
Caroline, b. 1794, d. 1814.
Rebecca, m. 1st, Jonathan Glover of Hebron, 2d, Job Morton of Otisfield. Lucy, b. 1798, unmarried.
Charles, b. 1798, s. in Oxford.
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Amos, s. at Mechanic Falls.
Albion, s. in Halifax, Mass., d. in 1838, on account of accident.
Cyrus, b. March 31, 1807, m. Hepzibah B. Mann ; he is a blacksmith and resides on Paris Hill since 1799.
Sumner, b. in Oxford, s. at Gorham, N. H.
William, hackman in Portland.
SIMEON CHIPMAN, son of William, m. Orpah, dau. of Jairus Shaw, of Paris, and settled at South Paris village. He was a blacksmith by trade. His shop stood on the site of the I. O. Block, as described in another place. His house stood east of the road in which he kept tavern. Children :
Jairus S., b. May 5, 1824, died in 1863.
Rufus, b. April 3, 1826, drowned by falling off the logs in the Mill Pond. Altan or Albion, b. July 1, 1828. He was brought up by John Millett,
and became the stay and support of this childless family in their old age.
CHURCHILL.
JOSEPH CHURCHILL of Middleborough, Mass., m. Alice Drake of the same town. He settled in Hebron first but remained there only a short time and then removed to Paris and settled in the Swift neighborhood. Children :
Sprague, b. April 28, m. Harriet Holmes.
Polly, b. April 3, m. Daniel Dudley.
William, b. May 21, m. 1st, Polly Bird, 2d, Rebecca Churchill.
Sally, m. Shadrach Keen of Sumner.
Sullivan, m. Martha Smith.
Sophia, b. April 12, 1801, m. Nathaniel Libbey.
Burudel, (Burry) b. April 17, 1805, m. Jason Hammond.
Millicent, (Milly) b. April 25, 1808, m. 1st, Levi Frank, 2d, Benj. Bacon. The father went on a visit to Dunstable, Mass., about 1809, and d. there. The mother d. in Paris, April 18, 1823, or Aug. 17, 1831.
SPRAGUE CHURCHILL, son of Joseph, m. Harriet, dau. of Capt.
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Lemuel Holmes, and settled on the lot now the homestead of his- son Kingman. Children :
William, b. Sept. 5, 1814, m. Mary Libby.
Harriet, b. Sept. 28, 1816, m. Wright Barrett.
Polly, b. April 26, 1819, d. Oct. 12, 1838.
Clara, b. June 24, 1821, m. 1st, Joseph C. Tuttle, 2d, America Bisbee.
Kingman, b. June 18, 1823, m. Loretta Andrews.
KINGMAN CHURCHILL, son of the preceding, m. Loretta, dau. of David Andrews. Children :
Fannie W., b. June 26, 1852; Emma A., b. June 27. 1856; Abbie J., b. Aug. 16, 1859; Charles; Nellie.
WILLIAM CHURCHILL, second, son of Joseph, m. 1st, Polly Bird. She died without children. He married 2d, Rebecca Churchill of Buckfield. Children :
Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1828, m. 1st, Betsey Moody, 2d, Viana Perham. Calista, b. March 22, 1833, m. Calvin Richardson.
William, b. Jan. 22, 1837, m. Mary Penley of Norway, dead.
Ellen, b. Jan. 1, 1839, m. John Gerry, r. Norway, a widow.
JOSEPH CHURCHILL, son of William, was a tailor, and resided at. Bryant's Pond, and died in Norway, Aug. 16, 1881. By his second wife, Viana, daughter of Joel Perham of Woodstock, he had :
Walter Albert, b. Dec. 6, 1858, at Bryant's Pond, resides with his mother. in Norway.
CLIFFORD.
JOHN CLIFFORD of Minot had the following children, all born in. Minot :
Polly, b. Dec. 25, 1779, m. John, son of Edmund Allen.
John Sawyer, b. July 4, 1781, s. in Penobscot Co.
David, b. May 5, 1783, m. Mary Shurtleff, s. Paris.
Charlotte, b. Feb. 9, 1785, m. Moses Stearns, s. Minot.
Abagail, b. Oct. 23, 1787, unmarried d. in Minot.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 24, 1789, remained on the homestead.
Joseph, b. Feb. 29, 1792, s. in Pittsfield.
Margarette, b. May 26, 1795, m. Andrew Goodwin. Rizpah. b. May 23, 1797, d. in childhood.
The father was killed by a tree falling on him. The mother d. about. 1833.
DAVID CLIFFORD, son of John preceding, m. Mary, dau. of Jona- than Shurtleff, and settled in Paris on the farm previously owned by. Samuel Durell, on which he resided through life .. Children :
Lucy Rust, b. April 12, 1813, m. Joseph H. King.
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Laura, b. May 19, 1817, m. Elias Chase.
Elbert, b. March 3, 1819, m. Hannah Lander.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 1, 1821, m. Harriet N. Hall. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 10, 1824, m. Wm. O. King. Clarimond, b. Aug. 24, 1827, m. Orren Jones, s. Oxford.
Charles H., b. May 29, 1829, m. Wealthy Ann Brett.
The father d. March 1, 1865. The mother d. Nov. 7, 1868.
ELBERT CLIFFORD, son of the preceding, m. Hannah, dau. of Seneca Lander of Woodstock, late of Paris. Children :
Giles Kendall, b. May 21, 1844, killed in Battle of Wilderness. (See Record.)
Charles Kinsman, b. May, 1847, m. Ida Slater of China, Me.
Julia. b. Aug. 1852, m. Fred Johnson of China, Me ..
JONATHAN CLIFFORD, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet Newell, dau. of Maj. Cyprian Hall. Children :
Francis Edward, b. Nov. 17, 1850, d. 1876.
Henry Emerson, b. Sept. 19, 1853, m. Hattie Whitney.
Herman Wesley, b. July 29, 1855, m. Mary Sprague of Worcester, s. Nebraska.
Cora Emerson, b. July 11, 1857.
Joseph Metcalf, b. Jan. 24, 1860.
Katie Estelle, b. July 30, 1863.
Osmon Kendall, b. April 27, 1867.
CHARLES H. CLIFFORD, brother of the preceding, m. Wealthy Ann, dau. of Luther P. Brett, March 3, 1835. Settled on the homestead, now resides in South Paris village. Children :
George Herbert, b. March 5, 1856; Wallace Kendall, b. Aug. 22, 1862; Charles Alton, b. May 24, 1867; Carrie Belle, b. May 4, 1869; Laura Ellen, b. Aug. 15, 1870.
COLBURN.
JERATHMAEL COLBURN was born in Dunstable, Mass., in May, 1750, is said to have been born in a garrison during an Indian raid. He came to Paris with his family, in 1800, and settled on the lot now the homestead of W. W. Dunham. He and two of his sons, the Hutchinsons, Waltons and Jordans, were included in the exodus to Ohio. Children :
Thomas, b. in Merrimac, went west.
Oliver, b. in
Jerathmael, b. in Merrimac, Sept. 8, 1787, m. Eliza Warren.
Catharine, b. in - 1789, m. 1st, Abner Benson.
Francis, b. in Merrimac, s. in Kentucky.
Lucy, b. in 66 s. in New York.
David, b. in 66
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JERATHMAEL COLBURN, JR., m. Eliza, dau. of William Warren, Apr. 2, 1820. Children :
Arabella R., b. July 20, 1820, d. Apr. 4, 1839.
Prentiss Mellen, b. March 6, 1824, m. Aravesta D. Bowker.
Emerson J., b. Sept. 7, 1828, m. - Monk.
Elizabeth Augusta, m. George Abbott of Haverhill.
PRENTISS MELLEN COLBURN, son of the preceding, m. Aravesta D., dau. of James Bowker, March 8, 1858. Children :
Arabelle Carter, b. Aug. 19, 1865; Hattie Clark, b. May 3, 1868, d. 1881.
EMERSON J. COLBURN, son of Jerathmael, Jr., m. a dau. of Alfred Monk of Buckfield. Children :
James V., b. Dec. 15, 1855, m. Susan I. Allen; Frank Lester, b. June 6, 1859 ; Frances Clara, b. Jan. 27, 18-, d. Feb. 10, 1880.
The father was killed while walking on the railroad, May 27, 1877.
COLE.
ELEAZER COLE, son of Joseph and Mary (Stephens) Cole of Plympton, Mass., born April 8. 1747, married 1769, Lucy Shurtleff of Bridgewater, born Oct. 11, 1751, and came quite early to Paris. His place was one-half of number ten in the first range, his son Calvin owning the other half. He sold after a few years to Joel Robinson, and moved to Greenwood, where, and in Woodstock, many of his descendants still live. His children, all born before he came to this town, were :
Calvin, m. Betsey Swan.
Phebe, b. Oct. 31, 1777, m. John Billings.
Silence, (Tyla) m. Gilbert Shaw.
Cyprian, m. Ist, Lovicy Perham, and 2d, Patty Tuell.
Polly, m. Joseph Whitman.
Lucy, m. Lazarus Hathaway, Jr.
Jonathan, m. Abagail Whitman.
JUDGE JOSEPH GREEN COLE. son of Captain Abraham and Martha (Green) Cole, was b. in Wellfleet, March 16, 1801, m. Feb. 12, 1834, Mehitable, dau. of Nathan and Mehitable (Freeland) Marble. Children :
William Augustus, b. Nov. 18, 1834, d. July 20, 1850.
Martha Green, b. Aug. 19, 1836, d. Dec. 22, 1878. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1838, d. Feb. 22, 1842. Joseph Green, b. May 14, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1871. George Russell, b. Jan. 11, 1843, d. Nov. 8, 1874. Rollo Marble, b. Feb. 27, 1845, d. Sept. 13, 1868.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
Charles Abraham, b. May 23, 1846, m. Margaret Redman of Ellsworth. Anna Russell, b. Nov. 4, 1850, m. George H. Watkins; died. The father d. Nov. 12, 1851. The mother d. Sept. 17, 1869.
GERSHOM COLE, grandson of Joseph of Plympton, m. Polly, dau. of Joseph Bessey. Children :
Lorenzo, b. May 16, 1805, m. Hannah Robbins, s. Portland.
Lucy, b. May 28, 1808, m. Stilman Carter.
Raselas. b. Feb. 15, 1810, m. - Chase, s. Buckfield. George W., b. March 12, 1812, m. Miranda Cooper.
Sophia, b. Oct. 6, 1814, m. Albion Whittemore.
Chandler G., b. Dec. 31, 1817, now at Togus. Harrison, b. Aug. 31, 1819, s. Boston.
Mary Ann, b. Feb. 18, 1821, m. James Robinson, s. Portland.
Eunice, b. Nov. 29, 1823, m. Lewis Chase.
William Henry, b. Feb. 9, 1827, m. Columbia Royal. The father d. March 15, 1859.
GEORGE .W. COLE, son of the preceding, m. Miranda, dan. of Benjamin Cooper. Children :
George IT., b. Oct. 29, 1839, m. Alfaretta Reed.
Lydonia Adalaide, b. Aug. 26, 1841, m. John Record, s. Rumford.
Mary Louisa, b. Feb. 26, 1843.
James Edwin, b. July 24, 1844, mn. Lizzie M. Dow.
Martha Hooper, b. Feb. 13, 1846, m. Edwin I. Spofford.
Joseph Bessey, b. May 29, 1847, m. Emma J. Eastman.
Henrietta Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1850, m. Fred York.
Harrison Gray, b. Sept. 3, 1851, m. Susie R. Gilbert.
WILLIAM HENRY COLE, brother of the preceding, m. Columbia, dau. of Solon Royal. Children :
Ella E., b. Feb. 28, 1856, m. Oct. 24, 1880, Horace D. Tuttle of Lewiston. Emma M., b. July 28, 1858, d. Sept. 21, 1881.
Willie E., b. June 10, 1861, in. June 10, 1882, Gertie E. Whitman. Alice L., b. March 1, 1878, d. March 2, 1879.
CALVIN COLE, a brother of Gershom, m. Catharine, dau. of Ben- jamin Woodbury. Children :
Charles, b. March 27, 1806; Nancy, b. Sept. 1, 1807; Calvin, b. April 8, 1809; Sumner, b. Jan. 22, 1812; Hiram, b. Oct. 21, 1813; Catherine, b. Aug. 13, 1815; Louisa, b. May 13, 1817; Julia Ann, b. May 26, 1819; Lucius, b. April 17, 1821 ; Vesta, b. March 29, 1822 ; Harriet, b. Aug. 25, 1824; Charles, b. March 27, 1826; Nancy, b. Sept. 1, 1829.
COOPER.
BENJAMIN COOPER was the fifth in descent from John of Scituate. who m. in 1634, Priscilla, widow of William Wright, and dau. of
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
Alexander Carpenter of England, and sister of Alice the second wife of Governor Bradford. He m. Susanna King, a sister of Sally, the wife of Capt. Uriah Ripley of this town. He came to this town and settled on the western slope of Crocker Hill in the spring of 1802. He afterward moved to the lot now the homestead of his son William. Children :
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