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Emily Ann, b. Paris, Sept. 25, 1828, clerk in Washington, D. C., d. (See Personal Mention.)
The father d. March 24, 1863. The mother d. Oct. 1863.
Goss.
DR. EBENEZER H Goss was the son of Rev. Thomas Goss, who graduated at Harvard College in 1737, and was for many years the able, though somewhat eccentric minister at Bolton, Mass. Parson Goss of Bolton, accumulated quite a property, which by his will, he bequeathed to the male heirs of Samuel Goss, an early settler of Bethel, who was a brother of Dr. Ebenezer. But the will was so worded, that the said Samuel was to have the management of the property and his maintenance out of it, and none of it ever came to his children. He exchanged a fine estate in Bolton, for wild lands in Sudbury, Canada, and too late in life he found he had swapped himself out of house and home. The doctor was settled awhile at Concord, N. H., and about 1790, he was settled at Brunswick, Me. He removed to this town and lived with Gustavus A. Goss on High street, and afterward, till the time of his death, on the Ebenezer H. Marshall farm, which he owned. Children :
Gustavus Adolphus, m. Betsey Howe.
Sarah, educated at Brunswick, and was engaged, as was said, to Jairus Shaw, who was killed by a pry. She m. David Marshall. The doctor d. Sept. 26, 1825.
GUSTAVUS A. Goss, son of Ebenezer H., m. Betsey Howe of Rumford. He was educated at Philips Academy, Andover, Mass., and became a prominent man in town affairs. Children :
Mary, b. in Bethel, Jan. 9, 1800, d. Jan. 4, 1806.
Nancy, b. April 26, 1801, d. Jan. 7, 1806.
Mary Walker, b. in Bethel, Oct. 28, 1806, m. John Howe.
Charles Humphrey, b. in Paris, April 27, 1808, m. Fear M., widow of Samuel S. Bicknell, and dau. of Jacob Decoster of Hebron, Dec. 17, 1842. She d. June 14, 1879. He traded at one time at North Paris, but lived many years on a farm on High street.
Nancy Atherton, b. April 1, 1811, m. Jacob Parsons of Norway.
The father d. April 21, 1822. The mother d. at the residence of her son- in-law, John Howe, in Stoneham, Dec. 30, 1861.
GOSSOM.
THOMAS GOSSOM was in the war of 1812, and lost an arm. He m. a sister of Mrs Daniel Noble of Norway, who was a Knight. He settled on a place near Otis Swift's. Children :
Mary, Sabie, Abiel, Catharine, Calvin and Henry.
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GRAY.
JOHN GRAY was b. in Worcester, Mass., Aug. 16, 1763, and came to Paris, then No. 4, and located on the lot, since the farm of Eben- ezer Tuell, and afterward moved to the farm, now the homestead of E. S. Dean. He m. Jan. 11, 1790, Rhoda, dau. of David Andrews. The children were all living at the time the parents died, in 1841. Children :
John, b. April 16, 1791, m. Susan Austin.
Leri, b. Feb. 15, 1793, m. Betsey Harlow, s. Sangerville.
Lorina, b. Nov. 24, 1794, m. Stephen Chandler, s. Sumner.
Abiezer, b. Sept. 13, 1796, m. Charlotte Austin, s. Prospect. Naoma, b. Oct. 12, 1798, m. Ira Gardner, s. Buckfield.
Orren, b. July 4, 1800, m. Sarah E. (Young) Rich.
Robert, b. April 6, 1802, m. Betsey Ellis.
Ruel, b. Feb. 2, 1804, m. - Crockett, s. Prospect.
Sewall, b. April 2, 1806, m. s. Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Arcilla, b. Jan. 4. 1808, m. Albert Fisher, s. Dedham, Mass.
Alonzo, b. Oct. 2, 1810, went with Fremont to California.
Learned, b. Feb. 13, 1813, s. Prospect.
Oleria, b Oct. 5, 1814, m. Sullivan Andrews.
Elbridge, b. Jan. 28, 1817, m. Abagail Lethbridge.
Columbus, b. April 4, 1819, m. - - Gay, s. Wilton.
The father d. Aug. 30, 1841. The mother d. Nov. 10, 1841.
JOHN GRAY. Jr., son of the preceding. m. Susan Austin, settled" in Woodstock, but was set off into Paris in 1825. Children : Aurelius A., b. Aug. 28, 1816, m. Sarah Daicy, s. Woodstock.
Albion Holmes, b. Oct. 14, 1818, d. March, 1832, of canker rash. Susan Ann, b. Aug. 16, 1820, d.
Adrian Lucellius, b. Aug. 16, 1822, d.
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Emeline, b. Feb. 26, 1827, m. George Merryfield, .s. Woodstock. Thomas Jefferson, b. 1829, d. March 21, 1832, of canker rash. Julia, b. 1831, d. April 2, 1832, 66
Six out of the eight children died within a period of ten days.
ELBRIDGE GRAY, brother of the preceding, m. Abagail, dau. of William Lethbridge, July 18, 1836, and settled on the homestead of his father-in-law. He has been collector, serving eight years in that capacity. Children :
James Madison, b. April 1, 1837, d. Dec., 1842.
Dexter, b. June 28, 1838, m. Carrie Kneeland of Prospect, and s. in Mas- sachusetts, d. there.
Salina, b. Dec. 18, 1854, d. Oct. 1860.
Infant, b. Dec. 14, 1856, d. in infancy.
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William L., b. May 7, 1848, m. Matilda M. Morse.
Rhoda A., b. June 20, 1833, d. June 28, 1853.
Mary K., b. Sept. 18, 1834, m. Frank Robbins of New Jersey.
ORREN GRAY, brother of the preceding, m. Mrs. Sarah E. Rich, dau. of Joshua Young of Woodstock, who was the son of Job Young of Gray. Children :
Edwin E., b. 1833, m. Mary Ann Bates.
Lavina N., b. Aug. 27, 1835, m. William Chase, s. Sumner.
Nancy W., b. June 20, 1838, m. Aretas Damon,
Abagail L., b. Nov. 19, 1840, m. Mellen Bates,
Sewall C., b. Aug. 5, 1843, d. Sept. 8, 1864. (See Military Record.)
WILLIAM L. GRAY, son of Elbridge Gray, m. Matilda M., dau. of Carlton Morse of Woodland, Aroostook Co. Children :
Dexter W., b. May 26, 1868; Walter L., b. Jan. 24, 1870; Roscoe C., b. April 10, 1873; Charles, b. April 12, 1878; Carlton, b. Jan. 5, 1880; Clara A., b. Sept. 18, 1883.
ROBERT GRAY, brother of Orren, ante, m. Betsey, dau. of Perez Ellis of Hartford, and settled on the homestead. Afterward moved to South Paris village, where he now resides. Children :
Robert Williams, b. Nov. 2, 1835, m. Mrs. Anna (Berry) Chapin.
Olevia, b. Jan 8, 1837, m. Robert H. Greenleaf.
Julia, b. Feb. 9, 1839, m. John Henry Haimilier.
Persis A., b. June 18, 1842, m. Alfred P. Andrews.
Fannie J., b. July 19, 1845 d. Jan. 9, 1867.
GREEN.
NATHANIEL GREEN m. Polly, dau. of John and Patience Willis, and settled at South Paris, owning and occupying the house since known as the Phineas Morse stand ; also at one time an owner and resident of the Mellen stand on Paris Hill. Children :
Edwin, b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. Pamelia Kendall; Daniel, b. June 19, 1820; Charles, b. April 25, 1823 ; Mary, b. March 15, 1826.
EDWIN GREEN, M. D., son of the preceding, m. Pamelia Kendall of Berlin, N. H. He practiced his profession in Woodstock, and later in Paris. Children :
Parker Cleaveland, b. Woodstock, Oct. 16, 1845; Daniel Webster, b. Sum- ner, July 21, 1847; Nathaniel Willis, b. Sumner, Nov. 27, 1860; Edwin Gardner, b. Paris, Oct. 18, 1869.
WILLIAM K. GREEN, son of James Green of Farmington, formerly of Groton, Mass., and Eunice (Bacon) Green of Vassalborough, was b. in Byron, Oct. 12, 1821. He m. Maria, dau. of Nehemiah
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and Sophia (Hardy) Hunt of Wilton, Nov. 25, 1847. She was b. May 25, 1824. Settled in Peru and moved to Paris Hill, Dec. 1875. Served in town offices in Peru, Register of Deeds by appointment, of Oxford county. Children :
William L., b. June 16, 1850, s. Revere, Mass.
Frank P., b. Dec. 22, 1852, m. Millie W. Atkins, s. Hyde Park, Mass.
Flora A., b. July 28, 1855, d. Sept. 21, 1861.
Roscoe L., b. Oct. 25, 1859, d Sept. 6, 1861.
The mother d. March'27, 1862, m. 2d, Mary, dau. of Abel and Eliza (Par- lin) Houghton, Aug. 10, 1862. She was b. Sept. 26, 1828.
GURNEY.
JACOB GURNEY was the son of Elisha and Jane (Kingman) Gur- ney of Bridgewater, Mass., and was born there in 1763. He was early in Hebron, and came from there to this town. He bought several proprietors' rights or parts of rights, and was quite an exten- sive dealer in Paris lands. He sold the Center lot to Lemuel Per- ham, whose wife was his sister, and quite a number of the early set- tlers held their titles from him. He married Lydia, daughter of John Tuell of Paris, and had children, the oldest b. in Paris, the others in Hebron, where the family moved :
Harmony K., m. Ebenezer Drake; Louisa, m. Win. Cobb, Jr. ; Harriet, m. John Hall; Anna, m. Seth Bearce; Ansel, m. Sophronia Chipman; Lydia, m. Lemuel Tuell; Olive, m. America Bisbee; Jacob, Jr., m. Sarah Stevens ; Elizabeth, m. Rufus Lombard ; John, m. Susan Merrill.
HALL.
JONATHAN HALL of Hopkinton, Mass .. b. Feb. 18, 1736, m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph Haven of Dover, N. H., Aug. 19, 1762. She was b. Aug. 26, 1744. He was a wheelwright by trade, and when they came to this town they settled on lot No. 4, range 4. Children :
I Abijah, b. June 30, 1763, m. Charlotte Mathews.
II Miriam, b. April 8, 1765, m. Seth Morse.
III Lydi7, h. March 22, 1767, m. James Morse.
IV Joseph Hacen, b. Feb. 18. 1777, d Dec. 10, 1806.
V Sally, b. March 2, 1779, m. Samuel King.
VI Polly, b. Jan. 25, 1781, m. George King.
VII Nancy, b. March 3, 1790, mn. Simeon Perkins.
The father d. Sept 26, 1803. The mother d. Dec. 11, 1823.
ABIJAH HALL, son of the preceding, m. Charlotte, dau. of Asa Mathews of Southborough, Dec. 19, 1787, she was b. April 7, 1767. He settled on lot 4, range 5. Children :
I Haven, b. Southborough, Oct. 24, 1788, m. Rachel Shurtleff.
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II Frederic Newton, b. No. 4, May 26, 1791, m. Sally Hammond.
III Cyprian, b. No. 4, Dec. 17, 1792, m. Lucy Brett.
IV Abijah, b. Paris, Dec. 9, 1794, m. Sally Stowell.
V Joseph Haven. D. Paris, Dec. 17, 1796, was a Theological student at Bangor, d. Nov. 21, 1821.
VI Charlotte, b. Paris. May 28, 1799, m. Gideon Bolster.
VII Newell, b. Paris, Feb. 11, 1801, m. Alzina Dickenson.
VIII Orra, b. Paris, Nov. 11, 1802, m. Phebe Bumpus.
IX Olive Orrilla, b. Paris June 10, 1810, m. Solomon C. Bolster.
The mother d. Feb. 13, 1820; m. 2d, Eleanor, widow of Geo. Barrows, and dau. of Hawkes.
Clarissa Robinson, b. May 1, 1822, m. Gilman Records of Hebron. The father d. August 22, 1840.
HAVEN HALL, son of the preceding, m. Rachel, dau. of Jonathan Shurtleff, Feb. 28. 1811. Children :
I Joseph Haren, b. Dec. 19, 1811, m. Sophia Valentine, s. Minot.
II Jason, b. Oct. 8, 1813, m. Roxana Rose of Leeds, s. Minot.
III Louisa, b. June 1, 1819, m. Lawson Hill.
IV Lorania, b. June 14, 1821, m. Jairus H. Jackson.
V Augusta, b. April 17, 1827, d. Jan. 16, 1829.
VI Henry Newell, b. June 5, 1830, m. Mary P. Thayer. (See Musical Celebrities.)
The father d. about 1860. The mother d. April 20, 1879.
CAPT. FREDERICK N. HALL, brother of the preceding, m. Sally, dau. of Benjamin Hammond. Children :
I Lyman Newton, b. Oct. 12, 1815, m. Catharine Packard of Auburn.
II Sally Jane, b. Aug. 8, 1817, m. Henry McKenney.
III Frederic Mathews, b. Sept. 21, 1822, d. May 14, 1823.
IV Milton, b. May 4, 1824, mn. Hannah Howe, s. Barre, Mass.
V Columbia, b. May 13, 1827, m. Rev. Francis Muzzey.
VI Alzina, b. April 19, 1813, m. Matthias MeKenney.
The mother d. 1851, m. 2d, Almira, widow of Caleb Prentiss, and dau. of Isaac Wheeler of Garland. The father d. July 29, 1866, in Reading, Mass.
MAJOR CYPRIAN HALL, brother of the preceding, m. Lucy, dau. of Luther Brett, Dec. 21. 1817. He was a carpenter and builder. He settled at South Paris village, and afterward returned to the homestead, where he remained through life. Children :
I Nancy P., b. April 28, 1819, m. Daniel K. Hill.
II Cyprian, b. Feb. 1, 1821, m. Charlotte Bolster.
III Joseph, b. April 7, 1823, mn. Lydia Huzzey.
IV Harriet Newell, b. Dec. 5, 1825, m. Jonathan K. Clifford.
V Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 4, 1828, m. John S. Barrows.
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VI Abijah C., b. May 5, 1833, m. Mary Bartlett of Oxford. The father d. April 25, 1873. The mother d. Oct. 18, 1878.
ABIJAH HALL, JR., brother of the preceding, m. Sally, dau. of Elias Stowell, and settled in South Paris village, and was engaged in trade the greater portion of his life. He bought his lot on which he built, of Col. Henry R. Parsons. From this lot he deeded the land on which the Congregationalist church is built. The house which he built and occupied through life, is now the residence of Mrs. E. W. Haskell. He was prominent in church and society. He d. June 14, 1871. Mrs. Sally Hall d. Jan. 3, 1873.
ORRA HALL, brother of the preceding, m. Phebe, dau. of Nathaniel Bumpus. Me was a carpenter and millman, and settled at South Paris village. Children :
Charlotte Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1832, m. William R. Howe.
Augusta Patience, b. Aug. 10, 1835, m. Charles Walker, s. Lewiston. Rodney N., b. Nov. 8, 1838, m. Caroline Justina Skillings. The father d. March 3, 1873.
DEACON JOSEPH H. HALL. n of Haven, m. Sophia, dan. of John Valentine, April 23, 1839, and settled at Mechanic Falls. Children : Francis Haren, b. Feb. 9, 1841; Charlotte E., b. Feb. 20, 1844.
JASON HALL, brother of the preceding, m. Roxanna Rose of Leeds, Sept. 2, 1839. Children :
Laura Ann.
MILTON HALL, son of Capt. Frederic Hall, m. Hannah, dau. of Artemas and Sophia Howe Hall, May 10, 1848. She was b. Dec. 30, 1826, settled in Barre, Mass. Children :
Charles Marshall, b. in Barre, Jan. 12, 1855, graduated at Massachusetts Theological School; is a Methodist minister.
CYPRIAN HALL, JR., son of Major Cyprian Hall, m. Charlotte E., dau. of Capt. Gideon Bolster, Oct. 5, 1843. Carpenter and builder. Children :
Olerio A., b. June 11, 1845.
The mother d. Aug. 15, 1847, m. 2d, Elizabeth M., dau. of Cornelius Bar- rows, April 30, 1849.
Charlotte Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1850.
The inother d. July, 1850, m. 3d, Sept. 30, 1851, Maria A. G., widow of Henry M. Packard of Blanchard, and dau. of Sylvanus Bearce of Hebron. Cyprian Hall died. Maria A. G. Hall d. Dec. 9, 1869.
JOSEPH HALL, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia Huzzey of Barrington, N. H. Children :
Roderick Floyd, b. 1855, graduated at Dartmouth College; Lulu, b. 1865.
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ABIJAH C. HALL, brother of the preceding, m. Mary, dau. of Deacon Ezra Bartlett of Oxford. She was b. Feb. 16, 1837, s. on the homestead, and afterward built a residence in South Paris village. Children :
Herbert F., b. Nov. 25, 1858.
Lillian May, b. May 8, 1863, m. Herbert C. Ripley, s. South Paris.
RODNEY N. HALL, son of Orra, m. Justina C., dau. of Robert Skillings, Jan. 14, 1865. Children :
Carrie Robertine, b. Jan. 21, 1866; Gertrude Augusta, b. Jan. 8, 1872; Nelson True, b. Oct. 14, 1876; Fred Ellison, b. Oct. 14, 1876; Katie Skill- ings, b. June 19, 1882.
ANDREW J. HALL of another family, son of Noah Hall of Buck- field, m. Mary, dau. of George P. Hooper of Paris, Jan. 9, 1851, settled in Buckfield where the children were all born, moved to Paris and settled on the Hooper homestead. Children :
Mary Abby, b. Jan. 13, 1852, m. Wm. L. Harlow, s. Buckfield; Georgie I., b. March 17, 1854, m. A. H. Elwood, s. Buckfield; Arthur S., b. May 26, 1864; Mattie G., b. Oct. 27, 1866; Harry L., b. Aug. 23, 1868.
HAMMOND.
BENJAMIN HAMMOND was the thirteenth settler in New Gloucester, moving there from North Yarmouth. Mention is made of him that he came to the block house or garrison, with his wife Sarah, and there temporarily remained until a log house was built on the top of Harris Hill, where he made a home. He entered the service in the Revolution and was commissioned Captain in the Continental army. He died from sickness, at Ticondiroga, in the prime of life, leaving a widow and family of three sons and four daughters. Ile was a famous Indian scout, and a "mighty hunter." Four of his children were among the early settlers of Paris. The mother died in her old home at the advanced age of ninety years, and six months. By wife Sarah Craigie, he had the following children :
I Benjamin, b. July 13, 1760, m. Rebecca Smith, s. Paris.
II Sarah, b. 1763, m. Nicholas Chesley, s. Paris.
III Susan, b. 1765, m. Lemuel Jackson, Jr., s. Paris.
IV Hannah, b. 1767, m. Jacob Parsons, s. Norway.
V Bela, b. 1769, s. Foxcroft.
VI Joseph, b. Nov. 27, 1771, m. Lydia Parsons, s. Paris.
VII Polly, b. 1773, m. - - Cotton, s. New Gloucester.
BENJAMIN HAMMOND, JR., m. Rebecca, dau. of Josiah Smith. She was b. in Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1763. They settled in Paris about 1785. Referred to in another place. Children :
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I Rebecca, b. New Gloucester. May 27, 1783, m. James Daniels.
II Esther, b. Paris, May 29, 1786, m. Humphrey Merrill.
III Benjamin, b. Paris, Sept. 10, 1787, m. Ruth Hersey, s. Lincoln.
IV Moses, b. Paris, June 2, 1791, m. Mehitable Keith.
Sally. b. Paris, Dec. 20, 1793, m. Frederic N. Hall.
VI Ezra, b. Paris, May 21, 1796, m. Betsey Town.
VII Olive, b. Paris, Dec. 11, 1798, m. Jonathan Bemis.
VIII Bela, b. Paris, Aug. 27, 1801, d. April 4, 1803.
The father d. Feb. 28, 1838. The mother d. Feb. 12, 1844.
JOSEPH HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of Captain William Parsons, Oct. 31, 1796. She was b. Oct. 28, 1777. He purchased the farm of Dr. Brooks where he made his home. It is now the farm of Hiram T. Cummings. Children :
I Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1797, d. Nov. 19, 1816.
II Polly, b. April 17, 1799, m. Levi Berry, Jr., s. Smyrna. (See Berry.)
III Lydia, b. April 17, 1801, d. Dec. 4, 1805.
IV Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1802, m. Lydia Cushman, s. Lincoln.
Caroline, b. July 11, 1804, m. Charles Tucker.
VI Eliza, b. Jan. 10, 1806, d. Oct. 25, 1806.
VII Peleg Benson, b. Jan. 6, 1808, m. Emeline Irish.
VIII William Parsons, b. Sept. 27, 1809, m. Lucy Whittemore, s. Buck- field.
IX Susan, b. Nov. 3, 1811, d. Aug. 14, 1825.
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Henry Rust, b. Sept. 17, 1813, d. Feb. 3, 1816.
Lydia Jane, b. July 5, 1815, m. Bradford Morse of Dedham, s. Buckfield.
XI XII Sarah, b. Aug. 14, 1817, m. John M. Cummings, s. Belfast Twins Acd. grant. b. Aug. 14, 1817, d. in infancy.
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XIV Mercy Ann, b. Nov. 25, 1819, m. Joseph Staples.
XV John Rust, b. May 18, 1822, m. Jennette A. Cushman, s. Patten. XVI George W., b. Nov. 14, 1826, m. Emily C. Thayer.
MOSES HAMMOND, fourth child of Benjamin, Jr., m. Mehitable, dau. of Edward and Mrs. Betsey (King) Keith. She was b. Dec. 19, 1794. No man of his time was more identified with the business interests of the town than the above named. Children :
Elizabeth Shaw, b. Oct. 19, 1819, m. Rev. John Calvin Prince.
Jairus Keith, b. Nov. 12, 1822, m. Eliza Hooper.
Juliette, b. Jan. 25, 1825, m. Thomas H. Brown, M. D.
Albert M., b. June 13, 1827, d. Sept. 20, 1827.
Albert Moses, b. Feb. 16, 1829, m. Julia Morse.
Frances Adelia, b. Sept. 16, 1631, d. Jan. 30, 1832.
Frances Augusto, b. July 11, 1833. Owns and occupies the homestead. The mother d. July 13, 1867. The father d. April 10, 1871.
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EZRA HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. Betsey, dau. of Samuel Town of Albany, and settled on the home farm. Children :
George Francis, b. June 16, 1825, m. Julia A. Albee.
Henry Edwin, b. Sept. 12, 1827, m. Adeline M. Chase.
William Griffin, b. May 4, 1830, m. Frances Albee.
The father d. March 22, 1863. The widow m. Oliver Porter of Waterford.
JOSEPH HAMMOND, son of Joseph, m. Lydia, dau. of Bartholo- mew Cushman of Paris, Jan. 17, 1830, and settled in Lincoln. Children :
George, b. Nov. 20, 1830; Ira Fish, b. April 23, 1831 ; Andrew, b. Nov. 17, 1834; Marion Wallace, b. April 17, 1837; Sarah Eliza, b. June 11, 1840; Bartholomew Cushman, b. Feb. 27, 1843. The father d. June 21, 1883.
PELEG BENSON HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. Emeline, dan. of John Irish of Buckfield. She was b. 1809. He settled first in Hebron, removed to Paris about 1844, and purchased the Ebenezer Rawson farm, on which he remained through life. Child- ren :
Lowena A., b. Hebron, Aug. 7, 1833, d. May 3, 1854.
Myrtilla C., b 66 March 3, 1835, d. Dec. 19, 1861.
Albina E., b. .6 July 1, 1838, mn. Edwin B. Stearns.
George R., b.
March 18, 1841, m. Emma L. Bennett.
Peleg B., b. March 18, 1843, m. Hannah A. Dunham.
Henry C., b. Paris, May 28, 1845, m. Jennie Chase, Adalaide C., b. Paris, d. June 29, 1854.
Ellen F., b. Paris, Nov. 18, 1850, m. Osborn Ripley.
The mother d. March 24, 1872. The father d. Jan. 11, 1834.
WILLIAM PARSONS HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. Lucy, dau. of Isaiah Whittemore, and settled in Buckfield. Children :
Roxanna, b. April 1, 1832, m. Alfred Mylod, s. Dedham; Arabelle, m. Gilbert Evans; Eliza Ann, m. Harrison Farrar; Edith P., m. Homer Record, s. Turner; Gideon W., m. Ellen M. Thayer; Mary Estelle, d. in infancy.
JOHN RUST HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. June 25, 1849, Jennette, dau. of Bartholomew Cushman, and settled in Patten, and has become one of the most successful farmers of that section of country. Children :
Susan M., b. May 26, 1850, d. June 24, 1868.
Dora A., b. April 7, 1852, m. Lonson M. Grant. Adna O., b. Dec. 10, 1856, d. Nov. 8, 1862, of diphtheria. Mary E., b. Sept. 9, 1862, d. Nov. 15, 1862.
Florence M., b. Nov. 3, 1863, m. George F. Merrill. Nettie M., b. March 10, 1871, d. in infancy.
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GEORGE W. HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. Emily C. Thayer, Nov. 30, 1852, went to California by the way of Cape Horn, in the early days of the gold fever. After his return settled on the Ziba Thayer farm, moved to Snow's Falls, has been Super- visor of schools and Representative. Children :
Mary Emogene, b. March 17, 1856, m. Charles B. Benson, s. West Paris. Caroline Prentiss, b. March 26, 1865.
JAIRUS K. HAMMOND, son of Moses, m. Eliza Hooper, Feb. 25, 1849, has been prominent in the affairs of the town-see records. Children :
Charles A., b. June 7, 1851, d. Feb. 24, 1861.
Herbert P., b. Feb. 7, 1855, m. Katie E. Jackson.
Fred, b. Jan. 5, 1860, d. Feb. 16, 1869, killed by sliding.
The mother d. Aug. 30, 1865, m. 2d, Sarah L. Dunham.
Helen, b. June 24, 1879.
GEORGE FRANCIS HAMMOND, son of Ezra, m. Julia, dau. of Peter H. Albee of Bethel, Nov. 22, 1846. She was b. Feb. 28, 1829. Settled on the Smith farm, has been prominent in the offices of the town and county, serving as Selectman and County Commissioner. Children :
Lowell Fletcher, b. Paris, Aug. 19, 1847, (see military record), d. in Cheyenne city, Wyoming Territory, Dec. 25, 1875.
George Lincoln, b. Andover, Mass., April 2, 1849, m. Nellie Graham of Boston, s. in Memphis, Tenn.
Katie Ellen, b. Andover, Jan. 17, 1852, d. March 7, 1852.
Charlotte Fronces, b. Andover, Feb. 4. 1855, in Wellesley College, Mass. Frank Bates, b. Paris, Oct. 11, 1861.
Fred Porter, b. May 31, 1863, d. Oct. 15, 1864.
Fred Porter, b. Paris, May 22, 1866.
Laura Kimball, b. Rumford, Dec. 20, 1869, d. Dec. 21, 1870.
HENRY EDWIN HAMMOND, brother of the preceding, m. Adaline M., dau. of Sibley and Charlotte (Heath) Chase, Sept. 7. 1851, and settled on the homestead farm, has been prominent in the affairs of the town, serving as Town Clerk, Selectman and Repre- sentative. Children :
Addie Isabelle, b. July 7, 1852, m. J. A. Kimball, s. Boston, Mass. ; Alice Kimball, b. March 24, 1854; Henry Davis, b. June 7, 1858; Lizzie Prince, b. Nov. 24, 1861; Charlie, b. May 27, 1870.
GEORGE R. HAMMOND, son of Peleg Benson, m. Emma L., dau. of George Bennett of Buckfield, Dec. 12, 1869, is a carpenter and builder. Children :
Augustus E., b. April 15, 1872; Albert M., b. Jan. 14, 1876; Agnes May, b. Nov. 14, 1878.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
PELEG B. HAMMOND, JR., brother of the preceding, m. Hannah A., dau. of Thomas Dunham, and s. on the homestead farm. Children : Charlie, b. Aug., 1874.
HERBERT P. HAMMOND, son of Jairus K., m. Katie E. Jackson, and settled on the homestead. Children :
Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 7, 1880; Keith Bartlett, b. July 5, 1881.
HAMLIN.
The ancestor of the distinguished Paris family of this name, was. probably James Hamlin1, (variously spelled Hamblen, Hamlen, Hamlin and Hamlyn) who came from England and settled at Barn- stable, on Cape Cod. It has been said by some, that he first came to Scituate, and from thence, moved to Barnstable with Rev. John Lothrop and that portion of his church which went there in 1639- 40. This theory has been disproved by the researches of Prof. Charles E. Hamlin of Harvard College, who shows that he came from London to Barnstable. Several generations of his descendants lived in Barnstable, and persons bearing this name are now scattered throughout the country. He had by wife Anna, 9 children, some of the oldest having been born in England. He died in Barnstable in 1690.
The father of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, our first Clerk of the Courts, was Eleazer, and the line of descent between James' the emigrant, and Eleazer, though a subject of much careful investigation by Prof. Hamlin and others, is still in doubt. Mr. Talcott, in his "Notes on New York and New England Families," makes Eleazer the son of Benjamin3, and his second wife, Anna Mayo, and grandson of John? and Sarah Bearce. But further investigation shows that this Benja- min never had a second wife; that he married Hope Huckins and had deceased in Barnstable, prior to 1718, and that he had no Elea- zer among his children. .
JAMES HAMLIN, JR2., married Mary Dunham and had a son Ben- jamin3, bap. 1685, who went to Eastham and married there Anna Mayo. This Benjamin3 had a son Eleazer4, who may have been the father of Dr. Cyrus, etc., but we are obliged to say that it lacks confirmation, and may be entirely set aside by farther examination. Investigation is still going on, and we regret that the facts could not have been brought out in season for this volume. The trouble con- sists in the fact that three Eleazers were born in different branches of the family about the same time, rendering it difficult in the
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