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Susan, b. Plymouth, -, 1797, m. Joseph Briggs.
Harriet, b.
July 4, 1799.
John, b.
- -, 1801, m. Rebecca Mathews.
Sally, b. Paris, June 16, 1803, m. John Billings.
Hannah, b. Paris, Feb. 29, 1806, m. Elliot Smith.
Miranda, b. July 16, 1808.
Emily, b. 66 Feb. 20, 1810, d. March 19, 1830.
William, b. March 23, 1814, m. Charity Kyle.
JOHN COOPER, son of the preceding, m. Rebecca, dau. of Valen- tine and Sarah (Coburn) Mathews of Sumner. Late in life he moved to Ionia, Mich. Children :
John, b. Aug. 28, 1822, m. Ulvilda Monk. He was in the Mexican war, in Col. Wright's regiment of volunteers, who marched 1400 miles. He
d. soon after his return, July 19, 1848.
Olive, b. Feb. 3, 1824, m. Capt. Cyrus H. Ripley.
Eliza, b. March 20, 1826, m. Isaac H. Thayer, s. Ionia, Mich.
Sally, b. Feb. 17, 1828.
George, b. Jan. 27, 1830, m. Florinda Royal, s. Ionia, Mich.
Roxanna, b. Dec. 24, 1831. William K., b. Nov. 4, 1832.
Jeannette, b. Jan. 5, 1836.
Jarvis C., s. Ionia, Mich.
Arabella, m. George K. Jackson.
The father died in Ionia, Mich., Jan. 17, 1881.
WILLIAM COOPER, brother of the preceding, m. Charity, dau. of Amos Kyle of Peru. She was b. Dec. 15, 1817. Children :
Luella S., b. Sept. 17, 1843, m. George Cook.
Charles E.,b. June 21, 1845, d. Aug. 21, 1849.
Rowena H., b. Aug. 14, 1847, m. Seth Sieberling, s. Minot. Herbert, b. Jan. 14, 1849.
Albert E., b. March 3, 1851, m. Emily Pierson of Buckfield. Fred M., b. May 21, 1853, mn. Estelle Pierson of Buckfield. Willie E., b. Dec. 19, 1855.
Charles W ., b. July 30, 1857, mn. Anna McAllister. Della L., b. April 3, 1860.
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COOK.
GEORGE W. Cook, son of John and Jane (Linsey) Cook of Barre, Province of Quebec, was b. May 27, 1841, m. Luella S., dau. of William Cooper, June 23, 1869. Children :
Winslow Herbert, b. Sept. 4, 1870; Luella Mabel, b. May 25, 1872.
CRAWFORD.
CAPT. BENJAMIN F. CRAWFORD was the fifth generation from Aaron Crawford. who came to this country from the county of Tyrone, Ireland, in the summer of 1713, and was one of the first settlers of the town of Rutland, Mass. His grandfather was a cap- tain in the war of the Revolution, and assisted in the capture of Burgoyne. Alexander Crawford, his father, was a gunsmith by trade, and made the first gun manufactured by government at Springfield Arsenal. Benjamin F. Crawford was a shoemaker by trade. He was born in Oakham, Mass., Aug. 10, 1800, and came to Paris in 1820. He m. Sophia, dau. of Amariah and Abagail (Daniels) Harris, April 30, 1826, and settled on Paris Hill. He moved to No. Paris and then to W. Children :
Augustus Franklin, b. July 8, 1827, m. Frances S., dau. of Ebenezer Daniels, and settled in Kahakee, Ill.
Abbie Willis, b. May 4, 1829, m. B. Kendall Stearns, s. Mechanic Falls. Mary Augusta, b. March 15, 1836, d. April 10, 1848.
Sophia Harris, b. July 8, 1832, m. Horace Cushman.
Francis Bemis, b. Jan. 13, 1839, m. Susan J. Randall, s. Colebrook, N. H. The mother d. at Woodstock, June 6, 1873. The father d. April 5, 1869.
JOHN G. CRAWFORD of another family, came to Paris from Wor- cester, Mass., and settled on the lot since the homestead of his son, William. and now of his grandson John G. Children :
Ann. b. in Worcester, Aug. 2, 1801, m. Robinson Parlin.
William Stearns, b. in Paris, April 14, 1808, m. Charlotte Walker. The father d. Jan. 8, 1846.
WILLIAM S. CRAWFORD, son of John G., m. Charlotte, dau. of William Walker. Children :
Melinda, b. Sept. 30, 1836, mn. Henry M. Tuell.
Ellen, b. July 3. 1838. m. Benjamin C. Curtis of Woodstock.
John G., b. Aug. 13, 1845, m. Loretta Field.
CROCKER.
THOMAS CROCKER was the son of Roland and Mehitable (Merrill) Crocker, and was h. in North Conway, N. H., April 14, 1788. His
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first purchase in Paris was one-half of the store lot, Dec. 10, 1811. (See Personal Sketches. ) He m. Clarissa, dau. of William Stowell of Paris. Children :
Catherine N., b. Oct. 9, 1817, d. Oct. 17, 1833.
Thomas S., b. Aug. 27, 1819, d. Nov. 21, 1830.
Mary Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1822, m. Jesse Philip Daniel of Lafayette, Ala.
Annette Maria, b. Sept. 9, 1824, d. Nov. 20, 1829.
Charles Henry, b. July 30, 1827.
Thomas M., b. June 1, 1831, m. Harriet E. Clark.
Augustus G., b. Nov. 3, 1833, d. Sept. 8, 1837.
The mother d. April 23, 1843, and he m. second, Ahnira, dau. of Bailey and Hannah (Swan) Davis of Methuen, Mass., and had ;
Myra M., b. May 10, 1846, m. T. T. Snow of Portland; she r. a widow in Paris.
Augustus L., b. May 4, 1850, graduated Bowdoin College, civil engineer.
THOMAS M. CROCKER, son of Thomas preceding, m. Harriet Eliza- beth, dau. of James T. Clark. Settled on Paris Hill, is largely interested in Florida lands, spending his winters in that State. Children :
Thomas Stowell, b. Nov. 25, 1864; Harriet Clarissa, b. May 2, 1866.
CROCKETT.
MARTIN CROCKETT, son of John of Sumner, m. Desire Farrar of Buckfield, she died about 1844, and he m. second, Prudentia S., widow of William Morton and dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Sawin) Bates of Sumner. She was b. Oct. 1, 1810.
GEORGE B. CROCKETT, son of the preceding, b. March 24, 1847, m. Mary HI., dau. of Elbridge Fobes, and settled on Paris Hill, and is Treasurer of the Paris Manufacturing Company. Children :
Mabel A., b. Dec. 18, 1871; Prentiss F., b. April 17, 1873; Ernest P., b. Oct. 15, 1875; Lucelia E., b. Nov. 3, 1879; Leon E., b. Nov. 3, 1879.
CUMMINGS.
1 JACOB CUMMINGS of Sutton, Mass., m. Mary Marble, Jan. 21, 1741. They had a family of eleven children.
2 JESSE, the fourth child, was b. Nov. 6, 1745, and m. Mary Fitz, Aug. 29, 1771. His purchase and sale of land is given in another place. Children :
3 Mary, b. Sutton, March 24, 1772.
4 Louis, b. 25, 1774, m. Solomon Leland.
5 Jonathan, b. Sutton, Dec. 18, 1775, m. Lucy Armsby.
6 Jonas, b. Aug. 14, 1779, m. Betsey Hutchinson.
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7 Simeon, b. Jan. 2, 1783, m. Polly Cushman.
8 Nancy, b. Nov. 23, 1779, m. Nehemiah Packard.
The father d. Oct. 9, 1835. The mother d. June 22, 1832.
5 JONATHAN CUMMINGS, (son of Jesse 2) m. Lucy Armsby, Feb. 16, 1803. Children :
9 Jesse, b. March 4, 1805, m. Lucy Monk.
10 Russell, b. April, 1807, d. April, 1816.
11 Maria, b. Dec. 13, 1810, m. Issacher Stephens.
Married second, Susan, dau. of John Willis.
12 Horace, b. Dec. 12, 1819, m. Emeline H. Albee.
Married third, Huldah, dau. of Joseph Chesley.
13 Russell, b. Sept. 1825.
14 Francis, b. 1827.
15 Lucy Ann, b. March 15, 1829, m. S. U. Hawks.
16 James Hooper, b. June, 1832, d. Jan. 30, 1864, at Philadelphia.
17 George Henry, b. Jan. 2, 1834, m. Caroline M. Albee.
18 Joseph Chesley, b. May 7, 1843, m. Emma Turner of Hartford.
19 Charles Christopher.
6 JONAS CUMMINGS, (son of Jesse 2) m. Betsey, dau. of Bartholomew Hutchinson. Children :
20 Chandler, b. Oct. 30, 1805, d. Aug. 3, 1807.
21 Simon Hutchinson, b. May 10, 1809, m. Sybil Jackson.
22 Calista, b. Dec. 26, 1810, resides on the homestead.
23 Charles Fordyce, b. May 13, 1817, m. Cynthia E. Cushman.
The father d. Nov. 14, 1866. The mother d. March 8, 1861.
7 SIMEON CUMMINGS, (son of Jesse 2) m. Polly, dau. of Caleb Cushman. Children :
24 Simeon, b. April 17, 1812, m. Lucy Bent.
25 Benjamin Chandler, b. June 6, 1820, m. Anna Appleton Wells.
26 Enoch Lincoln, b. May 23, 1827, m. -- - Clifford.
The father d. Feb. 2, 1831. The mother d. Sept. 25, 1860.
9 JESSE CUMMINGS, (son of Jonathan 5), m. Lucy Monk. Children :
27 Robert Francis.
28 Francis.
29 Oliver P., b. June 12, 1830, m. Betsey Jane Cummings.
30 Ira L., d. May 8, 1838.
The father d. Oct. 9, 1835.
12 HORACE CUMMINGS, (son of Jonathan 5) m. Emeline H. Albee. Children :
31 Susan W., b. 1845, m. Albion B. Andrews.
32 Annie F., b. June 2, 1849, d. Jan. 8, 1850.
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33 Wallace H., b. 1857, m. Hattie A. Jackson.
34 Kendall F., b. June 14, 1861, d.
35 Bertie, b. 1865.
17 GEORGE H. CUMMINGS, (son of Jonathan 5) m. Caroline M. Albee. Children :
36 Willie E., b. Sept. 29, 1861, d. Sept. 14, 1863.
37 Fannie B., b. June 5, 1866, d. Dec. 11, 1877.
The mother d. Jan. 8, 1878, m. second, Nellie F., dau. of Asa Cummings of Albany, Dec. 30, 1880, b. Aug. 20, 1844.
21 COL. SIMON H. CUMMINGS, (son of Jonas 6) m. Sybil, dau. of Sylvanus Jackson. Children :
38 Edwin H., b. Nov. 1846, d. May 11, 1882, in San Francisco, Cal.
39 Lizzie, b. Dec. 26, 1848, m Charles Steel of Haverhill.
40 Isabelle J., b. Oct. 1850, m. Lysander T. Butterfield.
The mother d. Jan. 3, 1853, m. second, Mary, widow of Charles Q. Blake, and dau. of Isaac Cummings.
Col. Simon II., d. May 23, 1857. The widow m. W. W. Bowker.
23 CHARLES FORDYCE CUMMINGS, (son of Jonas 6) m. Cynthia E., dau. of Caleb Cushman. Children :
41 Charles, b. Jan. 2, 1850, d. July 25, 1872.
42 James A., b. June 26, 1852, d. Sept. 10, 1852.
The father d. Dec. 26, 1873.
24 SIMEON CUMMINGS, (son of Simeon 7) m. Lucy, dau. of Otis Bent. Children :
43 Mary Ellen, b. May 7, 1835, m. Rev. George Hunt.
44 Greenleaf, b. April 2, 1837, m. Sophia Kittredge.
The mother d. Nov. 1, 1842, m. second, Emeline, dau. of Dea. Levi Thayer.
45 Isa L., b. 1845, m. Wm. L. Warren.
46 Abbie A., b. 1847, m. IIenry A. Hersey.
47 Lizzie S., b. 1850, m. IIenry H. Lowell.
48 Anna Wells Clifford. b. May, 1852, d. Sept. 17, 1854.
The father d. Nov. 2, 1866. The mother d. Dec. 28, 1878.
29 OLIVER P. CUMMINGS, (son of Jesse 9) m. Betsey Jane, dau. of Jairus S. Cummings. Children :
49 Minnie K., b. Feb. 12, 1860, m. W. H. Robinson.
50 Charles C., b. Aug. 12, 1862.
51 Hattie I., b Jan. 12, 1864, d. July 5, 1865.
52 Frederic S., b. Oct. 2, 1866.
53 Lillie M., b. March 29, 1869, d. April 15, 1869. The mother d. March 23, 1875.
Married second, Nellie Rust Corliss of Wolfborough, N. H.
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ISAAC CUMMINGS of another family, son of Isaac of Gray, Me., formerly of Sutton, Mass , was b. Oct. 31, 1786, m. Aug. 26, 1810, Betsey, dau. of Captain Jairus Shaw. She was b. in Bridgewater, Mass., June 26, 1789. He settled on the lot now known as the Jabez Buck farm. Children :
Jairus Shaw, b. July 6, 1811, m. Merinda B. Dunham.
Arice P., b. June 24, 1813, m. Sampson Dunham. Aretas Haskell, b. Jan. 29, 1815.
Clarissa Shaw, b. Aug. 11, 1817, m. Daniel Staples.
Orpah Shaw, b. April 21, 1819, m. George Crooker.
Erastus King, b. Nov. 17, 1721, m. Huldah Bumpus.
Betsey Jane, b. June 20, 1824, m. Isaac C. Herrick. Cynthia Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1826, m. John G. Herrick.
Marzena Greenwood, b. Sept. 2, 1828, d. March 11, 1867.
Isaac Nelson, b. Feb. 15, 1831, m. Sarah Knight.
JAIRUS SHAW CUMMINGS, (son of Isaac) m. Merinda B., dau. of Eleazer Dunham, and settled at South Paris. Children :
Betsey Jane, b. Feb. 14, 1836, m. Oliver P. Cummings. Isaac Dunham, b. April 2, 1838, m. Sarah Hicks. Harriet King, b. July 20, 1843, d. Aug. 2, 1850.
William Henry, b. Dec. 7, 1850, d. Dec. 7, 1850.
Jairus Mellen, b. Jan. 20, 1853, m. Mary Tucker.
Sarah Ryerson, b. Oct. 29, 1844, (adopted) m. Charles Clark.
ISAAC D. CUMMINGS, (son of Jairus Shaw ) m. Sarah, dau. of Isaac Hicks. Children :
Freeland I., b. Dec. 27, 1862, m. Hattie G. Crockett.
Willie B., b. June 15, 1866.
Hattie Maud, b. March 10, 1871.
ERASTUS K. CUMMINGS, brother of the preceding, m. Huldah, dau. of Nathaniel Bumpus. Children :
Flora, b. 1850, m. Charles Stoddard.
Hattie, b. 1853, mn. John Davis.
Fannie, b. 1858.
JAIRUS MELLEN CUMMINGS, (son of Jairus S., ) m. Mary E., dau. of William Tucker of Buckfield. She d. Dec. 29, 1862. Married second, Mrs. Sylvia Dolly.
JOSEPH CUMMINGS, son of Joseph, formerly of Sutton, and Polly Ingersol, m. Ruth, sister of Isaac Thayer of Oxford. He bought out Cyrus Thayer, who traded in the brick store, Feb. 1836, and continued trade until he moved to Greenwood. Children :
Hiram Thayer, b. April 30, 1818, m. Eliza Cloudman.
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Allen Tewksbury, b. Jan. 8, 1820, m. Eliza Bryant of Greenwood.
Nelson Preble, b. Nov. 24, 1821, m. Mary Wood.
Harriet Thayer, b. Nov. 21, 1823, m. John Howe.
Roxanna, b. Dec. 26, 1825, d. Oct. 26, 1826. 1
Joseph, b. Sept. 25, 1827, m. Sardine Swan. Roxanna, b. Dec 3, 1829, m. Charles L. Elder.
Aura Whitney, b. Nov. 14, 1832, m. Gilman L. Blake of Bethel.
Ruth, b. May 16, 1834, m. - Glines, Greenwood.
Woodbury, b. May 5, 1837, m. 1st, Mary Hicks, Albany.
Wellington, b. May 22, 1840, d. Jan. 8, 1842.
The father died in Greenwood, March 9, 1876.
HIRAM THAYER CUMMINGS, son of the preceding, m. Eliza, dau. of Solomon Cloudman, April 30, 1842. She was b. in South Paris, in the house now the residence of S. H. Perkins. Children :
Georgianna, b. South Paris, Nov. 22, 1841, m. Andrew J. Knight.
Wellington, b. March 28, 1844, m. Mary Kenniston.
Hannibal, b. April 20, 1846, m. Maggie Larkin.'
Eliza M., b. Sept. 2, 1849, d. Nov. 9, 1853.
Mary Isabelle, b. Nov. 13, 1852, m. Augustus L. Ballard.
Charles Sumner, b. Sept. 25, 1856, Methodist minister.
Married second, Mary A., widow of Orison Ripley of Lincoln; maiden name, Mary A. Potter of Lee, b. May 21, 1836.
CAPT. BENJAMIN CHANDLER CUMMINGS, son of Moses of Wood- stock, and Lydia (Pratt) Cummings, and grandson of Isaac, Sr. of Gray, was b. July 21, 1816, m. Nov. 26, 1835, Almira, dau. of Moses Twitchell. Children :
Adaline, b. Nov. 6, 1836, m. Albert A. Huzzey of Windham.
Lydia, b. Jan. 11, 1839, m. Cyrus Twitchell.
Frederic Augustus, b. May 8, 1841.
Leri Lincoln, b. June 18, 1843, s. in Portland.
Charles Wesley, b. May 7, 1846, s in Buckfield, d. Oct. 17, 1880.
Abbie Eleanor, b. May 26, 1850, m. Charles E. Holt. Clarissa Ann, b. March 2, 1858, m. John Holt.
. The widow m. second, Josiah K. Weeks.
DANIEL CUMMINGS, son of Elisha, m. Abagail Bartlett, and lived on the farm now owned by Joseph Tufts. He had brothers, Calvin and John, and sister Charlotte, who m. Andrew Richardson of Greenwood, and Lucretia, who m. Elijah Jordan of Norway.
Almira, an only dau. m. Alvin Swift.
CURTIS.
NOAH CURTIS, JR., was the son of Noah of Pembroke, Mass., and Deborah Luce of Wareham. IIe was b. Nov. 27, 1786, and m.
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Abagail, dau. of John Tuell. He settled in Woodstock but exchanged farms with David Dudley, in Apr., 1823. Children :
Mahala, b. Oct. 10, 1808, m. Gilbert Dudley.
William, b. June 8, 1811, m. Marcella Swift.
Alonzo, b. Feb. 7, 1814, d. Aug. 25, 1862.
Columbia, b. Apr. 19, 1816, m. Joshua Crockett. Kingsbury, b. Aug. 16, 1818, m. Sophia Young.
Amanda, b. Apr. 14, 1821, d. Nov. 30, 1834.
Augusta, b. Nov. 23, 1823, m. Ansel G. Dudley.
Charles H., b. May 25, 1829, m. Lydia M. Tuell.
The father d. March 23, 1858. The mother d. July 29, 1858.
WILLIAM CURTIS, son of the preceding, m. Marcella, dau. of Caleb Swift and purchased the John Prince farm. Children :
Isabella A., m. Wallace W. Mitchell of Mexico.
Marietta A., m. Caleb Fuller.
William Eugene, m. Cynthia A. Warner.
Alvah.
CHARLES H. CURTIS, bro of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of Gilbert Tuell of Sumner. Children :
Mary Abbie, b. Oct. 30, 1858.
The father d. Oct. 30, 1864. The widow m. Edmund son of Daniel Cur- tis of Woodstock.
SETH CURTIS, nephew of Noah, Jr., son of Morton of Woodstock, m. Matilda, dau. of Job Lurvey, s. in Woodstock and removed to West Paris. Children :
Job Holland, b. Feb. 9, 1831, m. Eliza Walker of Paris ; Simeon Barrows, b. Sept. 17, 1833, m. Betsey Fickett; Levi Lurvey, b. Jan. 3, 1835; Benja- min Chandler, b. May 3, 1837, m. Ellen Crawford of Paris.
EDMUND CURTIS, nephew of Noah, Jr., and son of Daniel and Clarissa (Chase) Curtis, was b. in Paris, April 21, 1821, m. Irene D., dau. of Charles Young of Greenwood. She was b. Dec. 25, 1825 ; s. in Greenwood and moved to Paris in 1870. Children :
Emerson G., b. Nov. 15, 1846, m. Aramantha Jackson ; Isaac A., b. Dec. 20, 1849, m. Sarah Park, s. West Paris; Coleman A., b. Oct. 30, 1854, d. May 11, 1883.
The mother d. Sept. 11, 1869; m. 2d, Lydia M., widow of Charles H. Curtis and dau. of Gilbert Tuell.
JAMES CURTIS, nephew of Noah, Jr., and son of Charles and Jane (Deering) Curtis, was b. in Woodstock. He m. Lucretia, dau. of George Bridgham of Paris, and s. at South Paris. Children :
Mary Ellen, b. Feb. 22, 1864, m. George A. Haskell, d. Aug. 26, 1867 ;
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Louise Abbie, b. Nov. 19, 1850; Ella Frances, b. Feb. 21, 1852, m. George E. Wilson; Willard James, b. June 8, 1854; Anna Laura, b. Nov. 4, 1857, m. R. J. Everett ; Carrol Grosvenor, b. Oct. 9, 1859; Hattie Gertrude, b. May 10, 1861.
CUSHMAN.
Several branches of the Cushman family were among the early settlers of this town, all tracing their "title clear" to ROBERT, who came to Plymouth in the ship Fortune in 1621 .*
BARTHOLOMEW CUSHMAN, son of Thomas and Anna (Chipman) Cushman, the sixth generation from Robert, was born in Plympton, June 7, 1776. He came to Paris in Oct. 1793, and m. Lydia Dun- ham Fuller, April 3, 1800, and settled in what has since been known as the Whittemore district. Children :
George Washington, b. Feb. 8, 1801, m. 1st, Clarissa French; 2d, her sister.
Maria Chipman, b. April 29, 1802, m. Ezra G. Fuller.
Lydia Fuller, b. March 23, 1807, m. Joseph Hammond, s. Lincoln.
Thomas Chandler, b. June 5, 1816, mn. 1st, Huldah Fuller Jackson; 2d, widow Buck.
Jeanette Ann, b. May 30, 1825, m, John Rust Hammond, s. Patten.
The father d. in Woodstock, March, 17, 1856. The mother d. May 31, 1865.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CUSHMAN, son of the preceding, m. Clarissa Libbey French, Oct. 1827, and settled in Woodstock, and late in life returned to Paris and settled on the Cyprian Stevens farm. He was much in town office in Woodstock, a member of the Legislature, and Brigadier General in the Militia. He was a man of energy, and of marked ability. Children :
Samantha, b. Jan. 27, 1829, d. Jan. 9, 1832. .
Horace, b. Feb. 25, 1830, in. Sophia Crawford, s. Kansas.
George, b. July 18, 1833, m. Isabella Felt.
Anna, b. Sept. 23, 1844, in. Otis West.
Jane, b. Aug. 11, 1837, m. Benton Russ, s. Washington, D. C.
The mother died, and he m. second, Mary French, July 2, 1843.
Adna S., b. Aug. 1844, m. 1st, Viola N. Webber, and 2d, the widow of Sewall H. Webber, M. D., and daughter of Thomas N. Stowell.
THOMAS C. CUSHMAN, brother of the preceding, m. Huldah Fuller
*Robert Cushman did not remain here, but returned to England as agent of the Ply- mouth Colony, and died while in this service. While in Plymouth in 1621, he preached the noted lay sermon on the "The Sin and Danger of Self-Love."
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Jackson, Nov. 28, 1839, settled first in Woodstock, and afterward in Paris. Children :
Nancy Jackson, b. Sept. 3, 1840, m. Enoch Whittemore, Jr.
N. Johnson, b. Aug. 12, 1845, m. Emogene Andrews.
The mother d. Jan. 30, 1881, m. 2d, Lucretia, widow of Elbridge Buck, and dau. of Robinson Parlin.
NATHANIEL JOHNSON CUSHMAN, son of the preceding, m. Emogene, dau. of Jonathan Andrews. Children :
Mabel, b. June 22, 1869; Bertha, b. Aug. 6. 1870; Ernest, b. Nov. 17, 1876.
CALEB CUSHMAN, the fifth generation from Robert, son of Benja- min and Sylvia (Sampson) Cushman, was b. Jan. 24, 1750, m. Hepzibah, dau. of Gen. Isaac Bolster, June 19, 1783, and settled on the lot now the homestead of Hezekiah Lapham. Children :
Caleb, Jr., b. June 9, 1784, m. Thankful Spaulding.
Altan, b. Sept. 20, 1786, m Nancy Smith, s. Portland.
William, b. March 8, 1788, d. Sept. 1788.
Polly, b. May 20, 1787, m. Col. Simeon Cummings.
The mother d. Oct. 3, 1795, and he m. 2d, Aug. 28, 1796, Lucy Sinclair. Benjamin, b. June 1, 1797, d. March 11, 1803. He ran in the way where a brother was chopping wood and was killed.
Sally, b. May 20, 1797, m. Alden Fuller.
Elias, b. April 28, 1801.
Chandler, b. Feb. 19, 1804, m. Mary J. Prince.
Eliza, b. Feb. 28, 1806, m. Alfred Andrews.
Eunice, b. July 31, 1808, m. Timothy Ford.
The father d. March 16, 1833.
CALEB CUSHMAN, JR., m. Thankful Spaulding, Dec. 26, 1808. A sister Esther, m. Alexander Thayer. Children :
Henry H., m. Sarah Bakeman.
Cynthia E., m. Charles F. Cummings.
Clementine.
The father d. Feb. 13, 1863. The mother d. June 14, 1870.
CAPT. CHANDLER CUSHMAN, brother of the preceding, m. May, 1831, Mary, dau. of John Prince. Children :
Eliza Ann, b. May 18, 1832; Dorcas Jeannette, b. Sept. 17, 1833; Mary Frances, b. Feb. 19, 1835.
The father d. Aug. 21, 1840.
EBENEZER CUSHMAN of another branch, was b. in Kingston, Mass., July 19, 1782. He was a twin with Susanna, and was of the
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seventh generation from Robert. He m. May 19, 1805, Charity, dau. of David and Charity (Haywood) Benson of Bridgewater, b. Jan. 26, 1783. He was a mason by trade. He moved to Paris, Feb. 1815, and settled in the Mountain district near Streaked moun- tain. Children :
Albert, b. Kingston, Feb. 28, 1806, m. Rosetta Curtis.
Charity, b. Nov. 18, 1807, m. Alonzo Crafts, s. Hebron.
Caroline, b. April 7, 1810, m. Lysander Ricker, s. Hebron.
Keziah, b. Sept. 14, 1812, m. - Thompson, s. Dover.
Polly Thompson, b. Paris, May 26, 1816, d. Dec. 29, 1834.
Nelson, b. July 13, 1819, m. Julia Curtis, s. North Bridge- water.
Susanna, b. Paris, May 16, 1823, m. James Tarr, s. Monson.
The mother was killed by the kick of a horse, (see Annals) Aug. 11, 1840 ; m. 2d, Aug. 1841, Mrs. Celia Sampson of Leeds. The father died Nov. 26, 1854.
MAJOR ALBERT CUSHMAN, son of the preceding, m. Rosetta H., dau. of Ashley Curtis of Hebron, b. 1809. He was a mason by trade, and was long known as singing master Cushman. Children :
Caroline Elizabeth, b. Paris, May 9, 1829, d. Nov. 26, 1875.
Henry Clay, b. April 18, 1831, d. March 13, 1863.
Mary Barrows, Hebron, Sept. 7, 1833, m. Samuel P. Cushman, s. Hebron. Albert W., b. Aug. 9, 1835.
Delphina V., b. Paris, Jan. 15, 1838, m. Horatio Cushman, s. Hebron.
Hartly Corrydon, b. Paris, July 17, 1841, killed in the army at Front Royal, May 30, 1862.
Philetus Fales, b. Paris, Feb. 28, 1846, killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 12, 1862.
Helen R., b. Hebron, May 29, 1849.
George Wallace, b. Hebron, Nov. 14, 1851, mn. Alice Bearce, s. Hebron.
The mother died and he m. 2d, widow Mary Tubbs, dau. of James Dun- ham.
GIDEON CUSHMAN, of still another branch of the Cushman family, son of Caleb of Plymouth, Mass., was b. Nov. 1, 1750, m. Ruth Shaw, Feb. 5, 1773, and moved to Hebron in 1781, where he died May 7, 1845. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Children :
Levi, b. Aug. 14, 1773, m. Eleanor Buck.
Hosea, b. May 6, 1775, m. Lydia Barrows, s. Hebron. Hannah, b. April 16, 1777, m. Isaac Bolster, Jr., s. Paris. Caleb, b. Feb. 28, 1779, m. Polly Buek, s. Buckfield. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 26, 1782, m. Lucy Murdock.
Sarah, b. Dec. 29. 1783, m. David Bolster, s. Paris. Gideon, b. Nov. 13, 1786, m. Phebe Barrows, s. Hebron.
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Francis, b. July 28, 1789, m. Lydia Keyes of Rumford.
Ruth, b. Feb. 1791, m. Chesley Leighton.
Betsey, b. Oct. 24, 1793, m. Samuel Buck, s. Buckfield. Solomon, b. June 22, 1796, m. Harriet Adams, s. Monson.
Mary, b. May 6, 1799, m. Jonathan G. Hawkes, s. Minot.
ZEBEDEE CUSHMAN, son of Zebedee and Sarah (Holmes) Cush- man of Plympton, Mass., was b. Nov. 23, 1787, m. Mary, dau. of Sylvanus and Mary (Lander) Robbins of Paris, May 16, 1817, and settled in Oxford. Children :
Altin, b. May 1, 1818; Job, b. March 11, 1820, m. Eliza Harris of Oxford ; William E., b. Jan. 21, 1822, m. Rhoda J. Lee, s. at South Paris ; Mary A., b. Oct. 1823, m. Seth Eastman; inn Robbins, b. Sept. 10, 1825.
DANIELS.
JOHN DANIELS came to Paris from New Gloucester, moving in with his family between the births of David, who was b. in New Gloucester, and of Joseph, who was b. in No. 4, now Paris, in 1784. He was doubtless of Massachusetts, but the lineage has not been traced. Children :
John, b. June 8, 1772, m. Wealthy Hobbs.
Elizabeth, m. Joseph Blake; 2d, Asa Perry.
By a second wife he had :
Abagail, b. N. Gloucester, Feb. 25, 1775, m. Amariah Harris.
James, m. Rebecca Hammond.
David, m. Eunice Nelson.
.Joseph, b. Feb. 5, 1784, m. Sarah Thombs.
Ebenezer, m. Sally Haskell.
Eunice, d. about 1815, aged 25 years.
Sally, m. William Noyes.
Polly, m. Amariah Harris.
Jacob, m. Sarah Stearns. 1
JOHN DANIELS, JR., m, Wealthy Hobbs, Jan. 16, 1797. She was b. Feb. 10, 1774, and s. in what is known as the Daniels neighbor- hood. Children :
Betsey, b. Nov. 2, 1797, d. Aug. 1, 1798.
Anna, b. Dec. 20, 1798, m. Phineas Morse.
Charlotte, b. Nov. 28, 1800, d. Feb. 21, 1821.
Harriet, b. May 28, 1803, m. John Richards, afterward John Lee.
Clarissa, b. Jan 16, 1804, m. Luther Brett.
Eliza, b. April 29, 1806, m. Seward Porter, s. Portland.
Orren, b. July 10, 1808, m. Sarah Brett.
Lyman, b. Aug. 26, 1813, s. Andover and was a doctor.
"The father d. Sept. 30, 1849. The mother d. March 31, 1846.
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JAMES DANIELS, bro. of the preceding, m. Rebecca, dau. of Ben- jamin Hammond, and s. on the lot near the homestead. He also lived many years in Bethel, but returned and died here. Children :
Gilman, b. Nov. 10, 1806, m. Nancy Barbour; 2d, Mrs. Eliza Ann Hubbard.
Dexter, b. May 24, 1809, m. Harriet Crafts of Whatley, Mass.
Jacob, b. Dec., 1811, m. Mary Sturtevant.
Emeline, b. Jan., 1815.
James, b. April, 1819, m. Elizabeth Maxwell, s. Portland.
Augusta, b. June, 1823, m. George Plaisted, s. Biddeford.
The father d. Oct. 2, 1849. The mother d. in Bethel, April, 1846.
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