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JOSEPH PENLEY, son of Enoch and Cynthia (Mitchell) Penley, b. Sept. 16, 1826, m. Olevia Ann, dau. of Benaiah Moody of Paris, June 22, 1855. Children :
Eliza M., b. April 20, 1856, m. Charles S. Bacon; Ellen R., b. July 1, 1859, m. Levi Bixby ; Ada I., b. Jan. 24, 1871.
PERHAM.
LEMUEL PERHAM, born in Upton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1760, son of Lemuel and Mary Butterfield, grandson of Benjamin and Esther, and the fifth in descent from John, of Chelmsford, Mass., who married Sarah Shepley in 1664, was early at. Paris, occupying the "Centre" lot on Paris Hill. His wife was Betsey Gurney, of Bridge- water. He subsequently moved to "High Street" in Paris, and in 1813 to Woodstock, where one or more of his sons had preceded him. Jotham Perhanı went there in 1808, and began on a farm in what has since been known as the "Perham Neighborhood." When his father went, he settled on adjoining land. Lemuel Perham was an only son, but his father had several daughters, who married and settled in Vermont, where their descendants now live. The child- ren of Lemuel Perham, born in Upton and Paris, were :
I Patty, b. in Upton, Mass., April 6, 1781, m. Ebenezer Tuell of Paris.
II Jotham, b. 66 March 22, 1784, m. Lucy Felt, s. Wood- stock.
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III Betsey G., b. in Upton, Aug. 28, 1787, d. June 7, 1788.
IV Lemuel, b. Nov. 10, 1788, mn. Sally T. Chase, went West.
V Lovicy, b. Paris, Feb. 20, 1794, m. Col. Cyprian Cole of Greenwood.
VI Joel, b. March 31, 1797, m. Sophronia Bisbee.
VII Azel, b. July 4, 1805, m. Elvira Bowker.
JOEL PERHAM, third son of the preceding, born in Paris, went to Woodstock with his father when he was fifteen years of age. When he became of age, he was married and lived at first in the Perham neighborhood, then built a house below the Stephen Packard place, where he lived a few years, and next moved to the Perham neigh- borhood, to the farm he bought of Rowse Bisbee, and on which John Nason made the first opening. He afterwards moved to the south part of the town, to the farm previously owned by John Bicknell. In 1856, he sold his farm and moved to Bryant's Pond. He was a good farmer, and very successful in sheep husbandry. Near the close of his life, he went to live with his son Kilbon, and died there. His wife died in 1865, and he in 1876. His children were :
Sidney, b. March 27, 1819, m. Almena J., dau. of Lazarus Hathaway of Paris.
Betsey Gurney, b. March 13, 1821, m. Merrill J. Rowe.
Kilbon, b. Aug. 8, 1822, m. Sarah J. Bryant.
Joel, b. May 8, 1826, now resides in Boston ; unmarried.
Viana, b. April 10, 1832, m. Joseph Churchill, who died in Aug. 1881.
Cynthia A., b. June 27, 1839, m. Dr. Wm. B. Lapham, r. in Augusta.
SIDNEY PERHAM, oldest son of the preceding, born in Woodstock, was a farmer and school teacher, and resided in that town until 1859, when he was elected Clerk of the Courts, and moved to Paris Hill, where he has since lived. (See Personal Sketches.) Child- ren :
Autrestus Sidney, b. Aug. 18, 1844. He served in the 23d Maine Regi- ment, and in the 7th Maine Battery during the late war. He has been connected with the Pension Department at Washington, as clerk and special agent for several years. He married 1868, Delia Haskell of New Gloucester, and has Ernest, b. Aug. 8, 1870, Schuyler, b. May 11, 1872, d. Aug. 6, 1872, and Sidney H., born Oct. 11, 1877.
Lucy Frances, b. Feb. 9, 1847.
Georgianna Sophronia, b. Feb. 6, 1852.
Herbert Morrill, b. Sept. 25, 1854, died at Paris, Nov. 21, 1861.
Willie Lincoln, b. Jan. 1, 1865.
PERKINS.
CORNELIUS PERKINS of Carver, Mass., born Dec. 25, 1775, m. Mercy Barrows of Middleboro, b. Jan. 5, 1775, and was among our
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quite early settlers. In 1803, he moved to Woodstock and settled on lot number six, of Smith's survey, in the east part of Woodstock, the grant to Gorham Academy. His father was Gideon, whose wife was Desire Dunham, and his grandfather Joshua, all of Carver. He was the delegate fron Woodstock to the convention which framed the Constitution of Maine. After the death of his wife, he came back to Paris and died here. His children, the three older born in Paris and the others in Woodstock, were :
I Luther, b. Dec. 10, 1797, m. Sally Durell. He was a Baptist clergy- man, and had several settlements. He died in Weld, where he had married a second wife, Olive Brown.
II Cornelius, b. Nov. 4, 1799, d. young.
III Gideon, b. Nov. 22, 1801, m. Polly Dunham. He was a Free Bap- tist minister ; he had a family, and among his sons were John W. and Joseph, well known merchants in Lewiston. He d. in 1883.
IV Seth, b. Sept. 2, 1803, m. Laodicea Dudley, daughter of David, and moved to Penobscot county.
V Mercy, b. Aug. 8, 1805, m. Isaac Davis.
VI Desire, b. Dec. 28, 1807, m. Harvey Berry, son of William of Paris ; r. Hartford
VII Daniel, b. April 23, 1810, m. Drusilla Fuller, daughter of Caleb of Paris.
VIII Cyrus, b. Jan. 14, 1812, m. Harriet Dunham.
IX Charles, b. Jan. 24, 1814, m. Amazina Cushman, daughter of John of Bethel. They went west.
x Cornelius, b. July 19, 1879, d. 1833.
CYRUS PERKINS, son of Cornelius, m. Harriet, dau. of Sebra Dun- ham, March 14, 1839. Settled first on the Dr. Kittredge farm, and afterward removed to Paris Hill. Children :
Diantha Mehitable, b. Oct. 10, 1841, d. June 20, 1842; Elizabeth D., b. Aug. 30, 1843, m. George P. Hooper, Jr., s. Paris Hill; Mary Louisa, b. July 10, 1847. d. March, 1853 ; William E., b. Dec. 20, 1849, m. Edna Web- ber.
The father d. April 12, 1881.
WILLIAM E. PERKINS, son of Cyrus, m. Edna, dau. of Jesse and Alice (Hammond, Webber of Lisbon. Settled on Paris Hill. Children :
Mary Alice, b. Feb. 5, 1872, d. Aug. 16, 1872; George Everett, b. June 16, 1873; Hottie May, b. Dec. 11, 1876 ; Lillian Lizzie, b. Aug. 18, 1879.
SIMEON PERKINS. son of Samuel, m. Nancy, dau. of Abijah Hall. He purchased the old Jackson mill on Stony Brook, and built the
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house, now the residence of William B. Royal. (See mills.) Children :
I Lydia Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1817, m. Wm. H. Caswell.
II Eliza Jane, b. March 1, 1819, m. Hiram Curtis, s. Boston.
III Miriam Morse, b. June 7, 1821, m. Asa S. Emery, s. Bloomfield.
IV Miranda King, b. Feb. 28, 1824, m. Charles Green, s. Norway.
V Mary Knight, b. March 10, 1826, m. Luther P. Brett.
VI Abagail Allen, b. Nov. 27, 1828, m. James Keen.
VII Simeon Horace, b. Dec. 3, 1833, m. Huldah Kendall.
The mother d. Aug. 13, 1835, m. 2d, Susan C., dau. of Holmes Thomas of Oxford, June 27, 1836. She was b. Sept. 2, 1796.
VIII William Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1838, m. Lucy A. Blake.
The father d. May 16, 1860. The mother d. June 16, 1884.
SIMEON HORACE PERKINS, son of Simeon, m. Huldah, dau. of Joshua Kendall of Milan, N. H., May 1, 1856, and settled on the Dr. Stevens farm, and afterward moved to South Paris. Children :
Martha Ellen, b. Oct. 26, 1857, m. Frank E. Kendall of Bethel; Lizzie Jane, b. Sept. 15, 1862; Mary Emma, b. May 21, 1865; Herbert Elmer, b. Dec. 29, 1867.
WILLIAM T. PERKINS, half brother of Simeon Horace, m. Lucy A. Blake, and settled on the homestead. Children :
William E., b. April 8, 1863; Frank W .; Sada.
SAMUEL PERKINS of Bridgewater, Mass .. came to Norway after the close of the Revolutionary war, in which he had served. He m. Oct. 31, 1787, Mchitable, dau. of Jonathan Shurtleff. Children :
Jonathan, d. young; Simeon, b. Nov. 26, 1792, m. Nancy Hall; Samuel, killed by a tree falling on him; Sarah, b. 1795, m. Peter Frost, s. Norway ; Eliza, 1797, m. Jeremiah Felt of Woodstock; Samuel, b. March 12, 1800, m. Isabella Drayton, s. Boston; Mary ; Almira; Giles, m. Abagail - s. Portland.
The mother d. March 4, 1858, aged 88 years.
PERRY.
ASA PERRY was born in Middleborough, Mass., 1761. He came to this township in April, 1797, and bought of Lemuel Jackson the north half of lot 13 in the 7th range, and in August following, the lot next north. This constitutes the homestead farm of his grand- son, Alexander S. Thayer. He built his log house a few feet back of the present house in which he lived until 1801, at which time his . youngest child was three years old. He then moved into the new
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house. He m. June 1, 1790, Patty Hannaford of New Gloucester, a sister to the wife of Simeon Walton. Children :
Patty, m. Samuel Chesley, s. Lincoln. Charity, m. John Thomas, s. Dixfield.
Caleb, b. April 6, 1794, m. Susan Hathaway of Paris.
Sally, b. Nov. 25, 1798, m. Levi Thayer, s. Paris.
The mother d. about 1800, and he m. 2d, Mrs. Betsey, widow of Edward Keith, and sister of Jarius Shaw, Esq. She d. June, 1820, and m. 3d, Nov. 19, 1820, Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Blake, and dau. of John Daniels, Jr. He d. June 18, 1844, aged SS years. His wife, Elizabeth, d. March 8, 1849.
JOSEPH PERRY, brother of the preceding, m. Betsey Tucker, and settled on the lot afterward the homestead of his son James, and now of Benjamin C. Briggs. Children :
Hannah, m. - - Stetson ; James, m. Ruth Bullard; Ruth, m. - Cooledge of Buckfield ; Moses, d. July 9, 1824, in Newbury, Mass. ; Joseph, Jr., was a carpenter by trade; Sally, m. Aretas Smith; Ezra, d. in New- bury, July 9, 1824 : Sophronia, b. June 13, 1806, m. Joseph Turner of Buck- field.
CALEB PERRY, son of Asa, m. Susannah Hathaway, Nov. 1815, and settled on the western portion of the homestead, and removed to the western part of the town. Children :
I Sarah, b. Sept. 1, 1821, m. Joseph G. Penley of Paris.
II Jennette Angie, b. June 13, 1826, d. April 12, 1854.
III Rachel Hathaway, b. May 26, 1830, m. Jesse, son of Cyrus Andrews, and had : Nettie R., b. Nov. 14, 1854, d. Nov. 20, 1856; Willie P., b. Jan. 26, 1856, m. Nancy Foss, s. Woodstock; Eddie, b. March 15, 1863, m. Jennie Allen, s. Woodstock; Nellie S., b. Oct. 22, 1868 ; Freddie E., b. Nov. 22, 1870, d. March 12, 1871 ; Johnny L., b. April 12, 1873, d. Feb .. 28, 1874.
IV John Thomas, a twin with Rachel II., m. Mary E. Griffin of Pros- pect, dau. of Samuel Griffin, Oct., 1876. He went to Boston in March, 1851, and is engaged in trucking.
The father d. Aug. 29, 1863. The mother d. Aug. 9, 1875.
JAMES PERRY, son of Joseph, was a carriage maker and carpenter. He m. Ruth Bullard, then of this town, and settled on the home farm. Children :
Angeline, m. Alexander S. Thayer; Albion, s. California; Sarah Jane, b. 1824, d. Jan. 25, 1845 ; Mary Ann.
The mother d. Oct. 12, 1837, and he m. 2d, widow Sophronia White, and dau. of James Waterman of Buckfield. James Perry d. July 24, 1844.
JOB PERRY of Norway, and originally from Plymouth County, Mass., come to Paris about 1818, and settled near Elbridge Gray's.
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He was a brotherof John, Zebedee and Joshua of Norway. He m. Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Allen of Buckfield. Children :
Bartle H., b. Paris, Feb. 2 1819, s. Woodstock.
Judith, b. Paris, Sept. 15, 1820, m. Oliver Robbins, s. Woodstock. Nathaniel H., b. Paris, June 3, 1822, d. in Belfast, Sept. 25, 1824.
Job T., b. Belfast, June 15, 1826, s. Mass.
Franklin W., b. Belfast, May 14, 1828, s. Mass.
Francis W., b. Belfast, May 14, 1828, s. Vt.
Nathan H., b. Belfast, Sept. 30, 1830, m. Estelle Robbins of Woodstock. She was b. Sept. 28, 1855. He settled in Paris. June, 1871. Is a min- eralogist and possesses extensive collections of rare minerals. He has : Lula E., b. Aug. 21, 1875 ; Bertha F., b. July 23, 1878.
Job Perry d. in Belfast, Oct. 20, 1830. .
SAMUEL PERRY m. Salome Moore. Children :
Francis Stevens, b. Jan. 7, 1824; Charles Erastus, b. Feb. 7, 1826; George Lewis, b. Aug. 14, 1828; Columbia Elizabeth, b. Aug. 11, 1831; Columbia Isabelle, b. Dec. 2, 1833; James Corrydon, b. May 1, 1836, m. L. Elphreda Swan.
The mother d. April 12, 1871.
JAMES CORRYDON, son of Samuel, m. L. Elphreda, dau. of Elijah Swan, and is a stone and marble worker near West Paris. Children :
A. Estelle. b. March 3, 1860, m. Henry D. Fifield, s. West Paris ; Jennie A., b. Nov. 19, 1865 ; Albert E., b. beb. 28, 1868.
PHELPS.
GEORGE GORDON PHELPS, son of William and Elizabeth (Gordon) Phelps of Piermont, N. H., was b. Oct. 4, 1807, m. Lucy Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter, N. H. She was b. Nov. 8, 1815. Their great great grandfathers on his mother's side were brothers, and their great great grandmothers on his mother's side were sisters. Settled first in Lowell, and in Dixfield, Wilton and Paris. Children :
I Mary Gordon, b. Lowell, April 30, 1841, d. Oct. 8, 1842.
II £ George Rodolphus, b. June 20, 1842, d. Jan. 4, 1843.
III Frank Gordan, b. Dec. 14, 1843, d. July 18, 1847.
IV Alice, b. Aug. 2, 1846, m. Frank A. Thayer.
V Josephine, b. Nov. 25, 1848, d. Nov. 10, 1849.
VI Fred, b. May 5, 1850, d. June 3, 1854.
VII Kate Gordon, b. Paris, Nov. 25, 1853, d. Sept. 13, 1861.
VIII William Gordon, b. Paris, Nov. 26, 1854, m. Lucetta L. Morgan, and has Mary Louise, b. Feb. 13, 1884.
IX Mabel Gordon, b. Paris July 3, 1859, m. Walter Z. Brown. x Jennie Mand, b. March 2, 1862, d. June 27, 1863.
The father d. Dec. 30, 1882. The mother d. Jan. 22, 1881.
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PIERCE.
NATHAN PIERCE, m. Mercy Rider, a sister to the wife of Peter Durell. she was b. July 19, 1763. They settled on the old town farm. Children :
Nathaniel, b. Nov. 29, 1786; Nathan, b. March 15, 1788; Mercy, b. June 11, 1790; Elias, b. Feb. 23, 1792; Abial, b. March 16, 1794; Polly, b. March 10, 1796; Samuel, b. July 5, 1798; Robert, b. July 8, 1800.
PIDGIN.
JOSEPH NOYES PIDGIN, M. D., of Litchfield, son of Rev. William Pidgin, m. Diantha, dau. of Abner Rawson of Paris. Children :
William Abner, b. March 25, 1833, (see Paris Newspaper Men.) Abba Jane, d. 1843.
PIKE.
HEZEKIAH PIKE; son of Zachariah of Hopkinton, N. H., was b. Nov. 4, 1786, m. Ann Jeffers Crafts of Jay, Oct. 18, 1811. She was b. in Jay, July 13, 1704. He settled March 19, 1821, on the Luke and Seth Bemis farm near Snow's Falls, previously occupied by Allen, who was drowned. Children :
Ann, b. March 1, 1813, d. June, 1821.
Elmira, b. Aug. 8, 1814, m. Nathaniel Fuller of Paris.
Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1816, m. William Collins, s. Newton, Mass.
Eliza Jane, b. Feb. 11, 1819, m. Henry Fuller, s. Newton, Mass. Catharine Crafts. b. Nov. 4, 1820, m. Amos C. Parker, s. Livermore.
Nelson, b. Jan. 1, 1823, m. Maria Sylvester, s. Jay.
Ann Crafts, b. Aug. 27, 1825, m. Francis Bryant, s. Jay.
Jennette, b. May 24, 1828, m. Joseph Osgood, East Andover, Mass.
Nathan, b. Aug. 4, 1830, m. Anna Woodcock, s. Boston.
Adeline, b. Oct. 21, 1832, m. Charles F. Tuttle, s. Newton, Mass.
The father d. Sept. 12, 1834. He broke his leg July 5, by a horse falling on him while plowing out corn, causing his death. The mother lived with her son-in-law, Dea. Nathaniel Fuller of this town, and died there in 1884.
PORTER.
RICHARD PORTER settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1635. He came the same year with Morse and Paine and was subject to like oath of allegiance to Church and State. (See Porter genealogy by Hon. Joseph W. Porter of Bangor, for an extended account of this family).
NEHEMIAH6 (Nehemiah5, Joseph4, John3, John2, Richard1) was b.
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in Scituate, Dec. 14, 1758, m. Joanna Barbour of Gray. Children, all born in Yarmouth :
Sylvanus, b. Oct. 11, 1783, m. Sylvia Bartlett.
Susanna, b. Aug. 24, 1785, m. John Hamilton.
Lucy, b. Sept. 21, 1787, m. Timothy Chase, s. Paris.
Lydia, b. May 30, 1789, m. Benjamin Herrick. Stephen, b. June 16, 1791, m. Rebecca Cobb. John, b. Oct. 13, 1793, m. Eunice Hicks, s. Paris. Charles, b. June 10, 1794, m. Rachel Hamilton. Benjamin, b. Dec. 10, 1796, m. Zeruiah Ring.
Joanna, b. Aug. 6, 1798, m. Wm. Stearns, Jr., s. Paris. Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1800, m. Benjamin Cole. Seward W., b. June 3, 1805, m. Eliza Daniels.
William Barbour, b. March 31, 1807, d. May 20, 1838.
Rufus, b. April 25, 1810, m. Mary Favor.
JOHN PORTER, son of Nehemiah, m. Eunice Hicks, Jan. 22, 1816. She was b. Sept. 27, 1790. He settled in what has since been known as the Porter neighborhood. Has been in town office, rebuilt the Baptist meetinghouse, Paris Hill, and has been identified with the business interests of the town. He d. Oct. 12, 1855. Children :
Sylvanus, b. March 31, 1817, m. Esther C. Millett.
Ezekiel L., b. Oct. 3, 1819, d. Jan. 14, 1869. John Barbour, b. Aug. 12, 1821, m. Maria Horne of Milan, N. H.
Harriet, b. Aug. 20, 1823, m. Solomon I. Millett, s. Norway.
Joseph Hicks, b. March 4, 1826, m. Sarah Holmes.
Franklin, b. Oct. 18, 1829, m. Martha M. Millett.
The mother is now living at the advanced age of 94 years.
CHARLES PORTER, brother of the preceding, m. Rachel, dau. of William and Rachel (Lufkin) Hamilton, of North Yarmouth, Jan. 21, 1816. She was b. July 19, 1794. He settled in the same · neighborhood with his brother, and moved to South Paris Village where he remained the rest of his life. Children :
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1817.
Lucy Hamilton, b. April 21, 1820, 'm. Hiram Knight of Paris, 2d, Wmn. Allen of Portland.
William Henry, b. May 8, 1822, m. Emeline Pratt.
Rachel Lufkin, b. Feb. 11, 1824, m. Thomas Witt, s. Norway.
Samuel Newell, b. May 4, 1826, d. 1827.
Charles Newell, b. April 7, 1828, m. Maria L. Millett.
Alvan H. b. JJuly 2, 1831, d. 1833.
Granville, b. June 11, 1833, d. 1856.
The father d. April 3, 1861. The mother d. Jan. 1, 1877.
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SYLVANUS PORTER, son of John, m. Nov. 10, 1842, Esther C. Millett of Norway. Children :
John, b. April 27, 1843 ; Eliza J., b. Nov. 28, 1844, m. Andrew J. Daniels ; Fatima, b. Jan. 27, 1853 ; Ezekiel, b. Nov. 13, 1857.
JOHN BARBOUR PORTER, brother of the preceding, m. Maria Horne of Milan, N. H., Nov. 9, 1853. Children :
Harriet, b. Oct. 1, 1854, m. J. Ferdinand King; Annie, b. July 5, 1858; Eunice, b. Aug. 31, 1864; Almon Farwell, b. Dec. 13, 1869.
FRANKLIN PORTER, brother of the preceding, m. Martha M. Millett of Norway, Sept. 15, 1858. Children :
Francis E., b. Oct. 5, 1861 ; James N., b. May 5, 1865 ; Joseph H., b. Jan. 23, 1869.
WILLIAM HENRY PORTER, son of Charles, m. Emeline, dau. of Benjamin Pratt, and settled on the homestead ; now resides in Nor- way. Children :
I Charles H., b. June 16, 1847, m. Miranda Philbrook of Farmington, resides in Boston, Mass.
II Servetus P., b. June 26, 1848, d. in New Portland, March 6, 1875.
III George G., b. Feb. 13, 1851, resides in Lynn, Mass.
The mother d. June, 1872, and he m. 2d, Eleanor, widow of Benjamin Dow, and dau. of Asa Packard of Greenwood, June 13, 1873. She was b. Jan. 19, 1830.
IV William Henry, b. Oct. 22, 1874, d. April 22, 1877.
. CHARLES N. PORTER, brother of the preceding, m. Maria L. Millett of Norway, March 24, 1852, and settled at South Paris. Children :
Millett N., b. Oct. 7, 1853; Frank L., b. June 29, 1855; Granville H., b. June 3, 1857, m. Ida M. Robbins of Norway, and had : Susie E., b. Aug. 1, 1882 ; Hiram, b. Nov. 15, 1883 ; Willie A., b. April 7, 1863 ; Nellie M., b. Aug. 26, 1866; Hiram N., b. Oct. 31, 1870; Hattie L., b. Nov. 1, 1872.
HON. WILLIAM R. PORTER, son of Captain Stephen, of the family of Nehemiah, which see, was born in North Yarmouth, May 20, 1825, graduated at Bowdoin College in 1843 ; in Maine Senate from Cumberland county in 1851 ; now banker; married Elizabeth H., dau. of James Deering of South Paris, May 21, 1846. Children :
William D., b. North Yarmouth, March 9, 1847, s. Chicago, Ill .; Eliza D., b. Portland, April 1, 1855 ; Frances R., b. Portland, April 25, 1857 ; Abby B., b. North Yarmouth, Aug. 17, 1859; James D., b. Westbrook, Feb. 3, 1865, d. Aug. 22, 1866.
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PRATT.
PHINEAS and JOSHUA PRATT came to Plymouth in the third Pilgrim ship, Ann. and were among the forefathers at Plymouth, and prob- ably ancestors of most of the name in the old colony.
LUTHER and NATHANIEL PRATT were of Middleborough, Mass., and were early settlers in the west part of the town. The wife of Capt. Jairus Shaw was a sister, as was also the mother of Governor 1 Albion K. Parris of Hebron. Luther Pratt m. Udora Leonard. Children :
Betsey, m. Jacob Winslow.
Leonard, m. Sally Gibson.
Calvin, b. May 17, 1797, m. Deborah Barrows.
Polly, m. 1st, Solomon Knight, 2d, George Knight of Poland, and was murdered by her husband, who is serving out a life sentence in the- State prison.
Martin, d. 1827.
Sally, b. 1801, m. - Ricker of Poland.
Eliza, b. Aug. 12, 1804, m. Nov. 4, 1825, Ansel Cushman of Hebron.
Nancy, b. 1806, m. Stephen Mitchell.
The father d. 1818. The mother d. 1818.
NATHANIEL PRATT, brother of the preceding, m. Lucy Shaw, a sister of Gilbert Shaw, and settled on the lot now the farm of Albert Winslow. Children :
Abagail, m. David Andrews; Cyrene, m. David Andrews, 2d wife; Lucy, b. July 17, 1797, m. William Cummings, s. ITamlin's Grant ; Nathaniel ; Lydia, b. April 15, 1801, m. 1st, Moses Cummings, 2d, Daniel Cummings.
LEONARD, son of Luther Pratt, m. Sarah Gibson of Waterford. Children :
Mary Jane, m. 1st, Ether Deering, 2d, Robert Skillings ; Sarah, d. young. The father d. about 1826. The widow m. Thomas Dunham of Hebron, and settled in Turner.
CALVIN PRATT, brother of the preceding, m. Deborah, dau. of Ansel Barrows. She was b. in Granby, Vermont, Oct. 22, 1799. Ansel Barrows came to Paris and lived in a log house near Elder Hooper's, and moved to Sumner. Children :
Oliver Leonard, b. May 2, 1820, m. Elizabeth Fuller of Woodstock.
Theodora Leonora, b. April 20, 1822, m. Richard H. Jordan of Bethel, and died some years ago.
Hannah Elliot, b. March 31, 1829, m. John C. Warren; she is also dead. The father d. May 15, 1871. The aged mother still lives with her son at. West Paris.
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OLIVER LEONARD PRATT, son of Calvin, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Lewis and Betsey (Dunham) Fuller of Woodstock, May 10, 1841. She was born Sept. 21, 1822. He. settled near West Paris village. Children :
Ansel Barrows, b. May 1, 1842, in. Eliza, dau. of John Cotton of Wood- stock, and had : Lizzie Agnes, b. Dec. 31, 1866; Eliza Jane, b. Ash- land, Mass., June 13, 1873. Married 2d, widow Nattie Barnum.
Llewellyn, b. Nov. 12, 1849, m. Pauline, dau. of Eliab C. Murdock, Nov. 8, 1871, and had : Sarah Maude, b. Oct. 19, 1872; Leonard Murdock, b. Aug. 30, 1879.
Mary Angeline, b. Jan. 18, 1854, m. Julian Francis Young.
STEPHEN PRATT, son of Benajah Pratt of Oxford, b. Dec. 12, 1778, m. Lucy, dau. of Col. Nathaniel Fuller of Oxford, b. May 12, 1783. He settled in South Paris village, and built his house on the lot included in the site of Jackson's saw mill of 1783. He was a carpenter by trade. Children :
Solyman, b. Oct. 20, 1809, m. Margarette Allen.
John Firman, b. May 1, 1811, m. Harriet Moors.
Stephen Decater, b. Dec. 30, 1812, m. Sylvia Lewis.
Arcilla, b. Aug. 16, 1814.
Sophia Whitney, b. Oct. 30, 1817, d. Feb. 3, 1819.
Francis, b. April 4, 1820, m. Fannie Clark.
Edwin Prescott, b. May 28, 1822, m. Elizabeth A. Gould.
Angeline, b. Aug. 12, 1824, m. Alexander Wentworth.
The father d. May 7, 1859. The mother d. May 17, 1854.
SOLYMAN PRATT, son of Stephen, m. Margaret, dau. of Edmund Allen, and settled at South Paris village. Children :
Augusta Maria, b. April 8, 1838, m. Charles H. Twitchell.
William H., b. June 30, 1840, m. Joanna Packard.
Infant, b. April 22, 1842, d. May 16, 1842.
Leri, b. June 11, 1843.
Francis A., b. June 11, 1848, m. Lucy E. Pratt.
Nancy, b. Dec. 1, 1845, d. Feb. 21, 1847.
Charles F., b. 1851.
The father d. July 16, 1835.
JOHN FIRMAN PRATT, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet Moors of Hebron. Children :
Julia, m. Charles Ripley, r. at Norway ; Hattie, m. Fred Burnell.
EDWIN PRESCOTT PRATT, son of Stephen, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, maiden name Gove, of Edgecomb, Me., May 8, 1845, b. Feb. 1823. Children :
Lucy E., h. June 15, 1858, m. Francis A. Pratt.
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George Edwin, b. Feb. 18, 1861, m. Anna M. Taylor of Charlestown, Mass.
The mother d. June 8, 1879.
FRANCIS A. PRATT, son of Solyman, m. Lucy E., dau. of Edwin P. Pratt. Children :
Benjamin Franklin, b. Feb. 14, 1878.
George Lester, b. June 8, 1879.
Birdie Madeline, b. Oct. 16, 1883, d. May 20, 1884.
GEORGE EDWIN PRATT, son of Edwin P., m. Anna M. Taylor. Children :
Hattie May, b. July 8, 1881.
George Edwin b. Feb. 1882.
BENJAMIN PRATT, of no known relation to the other families of this town, came to Paris and settled on the lot now the homestead farm of Captain William R. Swan. He m. Avice, dau. of Captain Jairus Shaw, Sept., 1809. Children :
Simeon, b. April 11, 1812.
The mother d., m. 2d, Almira Packard, Sept., 1814.
Avis King, b. June 3, 1815, m. Charles Bemis; Enoch Harlow, b. June 2, 1817, s. Brookfield ; Mary, b. June 11, 1822; Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1823; Ser- vetus, ; Emeline, m. Henry Porter; Zebulon, s. Chelsea.
The father d. about 1833.
CAPTAIN GUSTAVUS CLARK PRATT son of William and Zilpha. (Bryant) Pratt was born in Ilebron, March 18, 1829, m. Aug. 23, 1852, Sarah T., dau. of Joseph Penley of Paris. He settled first, on the Luther Winslow farm in Paris, afterward moved to Oxford and remained there twenty-one years ; returned to Paris in May, 1878, and purchased the Capt. White farm. (See Military Record.) Children :
Oramel G., b. May 24, 1853, m. Elsie F. Winslow; Wilba S., b. Jan. 1, 1855, d. Jan. 11, 1865; Eleanor, b. Feb. 23, 1867.
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