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Edith A., b. Oct. 16, 1868 ; John O., b. July 31, 1870; George H., b. Oct. 25, 1875.
The mother d. Nov. 9, 1875, and he m. 2d, Ella F., dau. of Alvan Howe of Buckfield, b. Aug. 30, 1859. Children :
Eliza E., b. Oct. 30, 1877; Osborne E., b. June 5, 1879; William W., b. Feb. 6, 1881; Lena M., b. Nov. 23, 1882.
ROBBINS.
SYLVANUS ROBBINS of Plymouth or Plympton, Mass., m. Mary Lander, said to be of Bedford. He settled on the farm in the Bisco district. Children :
Polly, b. April 9, 1793, m. Zebedee Cushman, s. Oxford.
Priscilla, m. William Yates, and resided at South Paris.
Louisa, died at the age of eighteen years.
Rebecca, m. John Lombard, who, after the decease of Rebecca, m. Polly,
the widow of Zebedee Cushman. She died at South Paris, June 19, 1874. (See Cushman.)
Benjamin, b. July 21, 1808, m. Eliza Bennett, s. Norway.
Alden, s. in Standish.
Sally, m. David Andrews. (See Andrews.)
Stephen, never m. died in Paris.
The mother d. and he m. 2d, Dolly Sargent.
ROBINSON.
ELIJAH ROBINSON of Barre, Mass., m. Sarah, a sister of Stephen Blake senior, and was an early settler in the Robinson neighbor- hood. His sons may have preceded him in coming to this town. Children :
Samuel, m. Sally, Rawson, s. Oxford ; Joel, m. Lucy ; Stephen, b. March 3, 1765, m. Jemima Haskell; Asa, m. Deborah Briggs, m. 2d, Eunice
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Woodward; Sally, m. Cyprian Stevens, M. D. ; Katie, m. - Merrill, s. North Norway; Alice, m. Ezra Brett; his father was a blacksmith and lived near the Robinsons ; John, b. 1771, m. Susanna Blake.
MAJOR JOEL ROBINSON, son of Elijah, m. Lucy -- , and settled on the lot now the Paris Town Farm. He engaged largely in lumbering operations, the logs finding a market at Brunswick. He was among our most prosperous farmers. Children. :
I Preston, b. Dec. 25, 1797.
II Milly, b. Nov. 21, 1800.
III Joel, Jr., m. in Wrentham, Mass., Ann Daniels, in. 2d, her sister.
IV Lucy Ann, m. - Claflin of Franklin.
The mother d. Dec. 29, 1815? m. 2d, Sally Eaton of Franklin, Mass.
v Sarah, m. Ezekiel Whitman Clark.
VI Amelia, m. - Pond, s. Wrentham, Mass.
VII George, went to sea and was never heard from.
The father d. Dec. 30, 1815. His wife died in Franklin, Mass., May 17, 1845.
ASA ROBINSON, brother of the preceding, m. in Turner, June 11, 1788, Deborah Briggs. She d. and he m. 2d, Eunice Woodward. She d. Sept. 20, 1817, and he m. 3d, Eliza, dau. of Ebenezer Raw- son. He settled on a lot near his brothers, and late in life moved to Paris Hill. (See sketch of village. ) Children :
Elizabeth Augusta, b. March 20, 1820, m. Nathan Emerson, M. D., of Orland; Augustus Gilman, b. July 23, 1835, graduated at West Point and is stationed in California.
The father d. of lung fever, Jan. 12, 1846.
STEPHEN ROBINSON, brother of the preceding, m. Jemima, dau. of Nathaniel Haskell of New Gloucester, April 4, 1792. She was b. Jan. 15, 1775. He settled on the lots now included in the farm of his grandson, Stephen Robinson Parsons. He was one of the most extensive farmers of the town. He ran a whiskey distillery, mostly potatoes of his own raising, having had one season twenty-eight acres. He also engaged in lumbering winters. Children : Anna, b. June 11, 1793, m. Deacon Daniel Stowell.
Sally, b. Dec. 25, 1794, m. Captain Stephen Blake.
Clarinda, b. Dec. 23, 1796, m. Rev. Joseph Walker.
Hannah, b. Jan. 15, 1799, d. March 21, 1809.
Paulina, b. Dec. 25, 1800, m. Billings Forbes. Apphia, b. Nov. 13, 1802, m. John Parsons. Stephen, Jr., b. May 16, 1805, m. Sophronia Cushman.
Elvira, b. July 11, 1807, mn. Oren Dwinall, s. Minot.
Adaline, b. May 25, 1809, m. Albert Quincy, s. Portland.
Harriet, b. Sept. 15, 1812, m. Daniel Parsons, s. Missouri.
Jane, b. March 27, 1815, m. Jonathan M. Knapp, s. Portland.
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JOHN ROBINSON, brother of the preceding, m. Susannah Blake, and settled on High Street. After his decease his son Preston suc- ceeded to part of the estate. The' old homestead was occupied by Simeon Farnum, and more recently by his son Sidney. Children : John, b. March 28, 1801, s. Calais.
Preston, b. Nov. 16, 1802, d. June 29, 1877. He was twice married, and lived on part of the homestead on High Street.
Milla, b. Aug. 16, 1805, mı. Simeon Farnum, s. Paris.
Sidney Smith, b. Oct. 22, 1807.
Roxalana, b. May 20, 1811, m. - Knight, now in Providence, R. I. Joseph.
Eliza Ann, m. John L. Sweney, s. Georgia.
John.
Mary Jane.
Angeline, d. when about twenty years of age.
The father d. June 19, 1818. The mother d. Jan. 27, 1832.
ROGERS.
CAPTAIN EDMUND ROGERS, son of Elkanah and Tamsin (Snow) Rogers, was b. in Petersham, Mass., m. Rebecca Woodward of Hardwick, or Ware, Mass. Settled in Paris on the Stearns Hill, and afterward moved to High Street. Children :
Rebecca Woodward, b. Watertown, Nov., 1820, m. Charles Williams, s. Petersham, Mass.
Eliza Ann, b. Watertown, Dec. 2, 1821, m. Abiezer Andrews, Jr., s. Portland.
Sarah Jane, b. Paris, Dec. 27, 1823, mn. Charles Wood, s. Medford.
Isabella, b. Paris, June 18, 1828, m. Samuel Millett, s. Norway.
Tamsin Snow, b. Paris, April 15, 1832, m. Joshua Young, s. Dedham.
Ellen Amanda, b. Paris, July 17, 1834, m. Sylvester Cushman, s. Fox- boro.
Edmund Makepeace, b. Paris, Jan., 1837, s. Gorham, N. H.
Daniel Webster, b. Paris, July 18, 1839, conductor on R. R. in N. Y.
ROUNDS.
ISAAC ROUNDS, M. D., son of Nathaniel of Gray, and Susan A. (Libbey) Rounds of Poland, was b. in Danville, Sept. 11, 1842. He m. Lydia A., dau. of Joseph and Sally F. (Thurston) Haskell, Oct. 14, 1874. She was b. Jan. 28, 1846. Children :
Susie Louise, b. Aug. 25, 1875; Frank Wendell, b. Nov. 23, 1882.
ROWE.
NATHANIEL M. ROWE m. Rhoda E. Niles. Children :
Sarah Eva, b. in Danville, Oct. 12, 1862; Sewall Millett, b. in Paris, Dec. 5, 1869.
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ROYAL.
WILLIAM ROYAL, the first known of the name in this country, was settled at Casco Bay as early as 1836. He was a "cooper and cleaver."
JOHN ROYAL, the early settler of this town, was the son of Eli of New Gloucester, and was b. Sept. 10, 1778. He was probably a descendant of William, ante. He m. Polly, dau. of Jesse Briggs, and settled in the Whittemore district. Children :
Solon, b. April 11, 1808, m. Mary Jane Allen.
Jesse, b. July 28, 1814, m. Susan Holland, s. Danville.
The father d. Aug. 30, 1843. The mother d. March 3, 1854.
REV. SOLON ROYAL, son of John, m. Mary Jane, dau. of Jacob Allen of Buckfield, was ordained as a Free Baptist minister in 1855 ; is a mason by trade. He served as County Treasurer in 1872. Children :
Florinda, b. April 22, 1833, in. George Cooper, s. Ionia, Mich.
Columbia, b. Dec. 17, 1833, m. William H. Cole, r. in Paris.
Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1836, m. George W. Davis of Haverhill, N. H.
Austin Wheeler, b. Aug. 5, 1840, m. Esther E. Rogers of N. Y.
John Colby, b. Sept. 23, 1847, mn. Maria Tuttle of N. H.
ROBERT ROYAL of Yarmouth. m. Anna Barbour of Yarmouth or Pownal. He had brothers, John of Pownal, Winthrop of Freeport, and Samuel of Danville. Children :
Benjamin, b. Dec. 26, 1796, m. Esther, dau. of Edmund Allen, June, 1829, and settled in South Paris village the same year. (See Mills.) He d. Dec. 28, 1855 ; Polly, d. young ; Sally, m. Richard Blake, s. Freedom; William B., b. Nov. 28, 1816, m. Abiah Cole.
The mother d. 1818, m. 2d, widow Miriam Weeks. Children :
Almira, m. George Noyes, s. Pownal; D. Chandler, m. Anna Alden, and settled in Dover; Mary Ann, m. Edwin Lathe.
The father d. Aug. 1855. The mother d. 1880.
WILLIAM B. ROYAL, son of Robert, m. Abiah, dau. of Levi Cole of Greenwood. (See Mills.) Children :
Oscar W., b. Nov. 16, 1847, m. Augusta, dau. of Hiram and Charlotte (Robbins) Warren, b. April 2, 1854, and had : Arthur T., b. Jan. 10, 1874; Lottie, b. May 3, 1875, d. Dec. 13, 1875 ; Esther E., b. Jan. 12, 1877 ; Anna J., b. June 26, 1878, d. July 25, 1879; Kate A., b. March 9, 1880; Effie E., b. July 19, 1882.
The mother d. March 13, 1849, in. 2d, Nancy, dau. of Edmund Allen.
Almira J., b. July 8, 1852, m. Joseph Augustus Kenney of Pownal, and has, Wm. E., b. Feb. 14, 1876.
Henry B., b. March 28, 1854, d. July 31, 1855.
Anno W., b. Aug. 25, 1857, m. Eugene Williams of Portland.
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Russ.
JAMES RUSS, b. 1804, m. Mary A. Adams of Boothbay, b. 1810 .. He formerly lived at North Paris. He was born in New Sharon. From here he went to Woodstock, and died there from the effects of disease brought on from exposure while serving in the 12th Maine Regiment. He had several children :
Benton, m. Jane, dau. of Geo. W. Cushman, and is warden of the jail. in Washington, D. C .; Samuel, m. Sybil Jones, dau. of Jeremiah Felt, s. Woodstock ; Henry H., m. Alice J. Colton, and Antoinette F., m. James. F. Bragg.
HORATIO G. Russ, brother of the preceding, was long a resident. here, was prominent in political affairs, served one term in the legis- lature, and was long a clerk at Washington, D. C. He m. Ist, Ruth, dau. of Moses Houghton, and 2d, Sarah A. Rust. He d. in Livermore in 1879.
WILLIAM Russ, perhaps brother of the preceding, formerly lived at the north part of the town. His wife was Miranda, who died Feb. 5, 1845. He d. July 16, 1849, aged 36.
HENRY RUSS, brother of James, m. Susan, dau. of Moses Hough- ton, and lived at North Paris, but d. quite early in life.
RUST.
WILLIAM APPLETON RUST, M. D., (William5, Col. Henry4, Henry3, Nathaniel2, Henry1,) (See Paris Physicians) was b. in Gorham, 1823, came to South Paris in 1847, and m. Frances J., dau. of Rufus K. Goodenow, in 1848. She died Oct. 18, 1849, and he m. 2d, Sarah J., also dau. of Rufus K. He built the stand now the residence of Henry Gary. Removed to Boston, Mass., in 1865. Children :
Frances J., Amelia II., Winnifred A., Philip Sidney.
RYERSON.
LUKE RYERSON was b. in Bergen County, N. J. He mn. Abagail, dau. of Dependence Ellery, Feb. 1, 1767, and settled in York County, where, probably, the first children were born. He moved to the Rounds place in West Buckfield, and d. there in 1812. Gen. George Cushman, then eleven years of age, and living in the Whitte- more district, is the only person now known, who recollects attend- ing the funeral. The family then followed the older sous, who had
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made settlements in Paris in the locality known as the Ryerson neighborhood. He had 23 children :
Abagail, d. young ; William, b. Aug. 4, 1769, m. Sally Parsons ; Luke, b. 1772, m. Keziah Cushman; Elizabeth; George, m. Elizabeth Jenks; Polly ; John; Joseph, died young; Samuel; Benjamin; Susanna, had. defective palate, m. John Bearce, s. Auburn; Abagail, m. - Irving, whose son John served his apprenticeship in the Democrat office, Paris Hill.
The mother d .; m. 2d, Sarah Coombs of York, b. Dec. 14, 1766.
Sarah, b. June 16, 1793, m. John Cole, s. Poland ; Joseph, b. Oct. 7, 1794, s. St. Albans, Vt. ; Howell, b. March 6, 1796, m. 1st, Churchill, 2d, Roberts, 3d, White; Nancy, b. March 9, 1798, m. Jonathan Pulsifer; Nehemiah, b. July 9, 1799, hotel keeper, Portland; Esther, b. March 6, 1801, m. John Moore; Redding, b. Aug. 20, 1802, m. Anna Whittemore; Nathaniel Osgood, m. Nancy Hersey ; Christiana, b. Nov. 20, 1804; Simeon, b. Aug. 20, 1807, m. Miranda Walker, s. North Paris; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 20, 1807.
The widow Sarah m. a Cox, and lived with her son Nathan Osgood, and d. there.
COL. WILLIAM RYERSON, son of Luke, m. Sally Parsons. She was b. Jan. 28, 1778. He was colonel, commanding in Portland, war of 1812. (See Military Record.) Children :
Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1797, m. Josiah J. Knight formerly of Paris, now r. in. Rumford.
William, b. Feb. 18, 1800.
Charles, b. Jan. 20, 1802, m. Lydia Ryerson.
Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1804, m. Hermon Proctor.
Charlotte, b. Aug. 14, 1806, d. 1820.
Joseph Parsons, b. May 3, 1808, 11. - Matthews, s. Sumner.
Caroline, b. June 10, 1811, m. Robert Skillings, s. South Paris.
Columbia, b. April 13, 1819, d. Feb. 23, 1837.
Col. William died May 18, 1838. Sally, his wife, d. July 24, 1826.
LUKE RYERSON, brother of the preceding, m. Keziah, dau. of Job Cushman of Hebron, Aug. 17, 1794. She was b. Jan. 11, 1774. Children :
Lydia, b. March 22, 1796, d. Dec. 28, 1805.
Clarissa, b. Dec. 28, 1797, m. Peter Denning of Poland.
Sally, b. Dec. 30, 1799, m. Simeon Denning, s. Poland.
Cushman, b. Oct. 20, 1801, m. 1st, Lovina Dunn, 2d, Eliza A. Dunn. Keziah, b. July 29, 1803, m. John Denning.
Samuel, b. May 13, 1805, m. Harriet Small.
Lydia, b. June 7, 1809, m. Charles Ryerson.
Benjamin, b. March 25, 1809, m. Caroline, dau. of Ebenezer Tuell, s. Auburn.
Alexander, b. Aug. 11, 1811, m. Columbia Stetson.
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Job, b. Feb. 13, 1815, m. Elizabeth Twitchell.
Lucy, b. May 18, 1817, m. - Moody of Mechanic Falls.
The father d. Jan. 1827. The mother d. March 26, 1857.
GEORGE RYERSON, brother of the preceding, m. Elizabeth Jenks, b. in Portland, Oct. 20, 1775. Settled first in the Ryerson neigh- borhood. He then built the V. D. Parris stand on Paris Hill, and after the sale of this to Alfred Andrews, he repaired the John Deming stand and remained here through life. Children :
George, b. March 10, 1800, m. - Hubbard, s. Boston, d. Jan. 16, 1837 ; Eliza, b. April 29, 1801, d. May 14, 1806; Nathan Parsons, b. Feb. 26, 1803, m. Hannah Milliken, s. Newry; Richard Jenks, b. Feb. 6, 1805, m. Sarah Emerson; Eliza Jenks. b. April 11, 1807; Harriet, b. Jan. 3, 1809, d. Nov. 20, 1836; Henry Jenks, b. March 26, 1811, d. July 22, 1840; Almira Thayer, b. July 12, 1814, d. Nov. 12, 1834; Jane Webb, b. April 20, 1818, m. Benjamin Walton ; Mary Ann, b. Aug. 18, 1819, m. Capt. Bezaleel White.
The father d. Dec. 10, 1838. The mother d. Jan. 9, 1858.
CUSHMAN RYERSON, son of Luke, m. Lovina Dunn and settled on the old homestead. Children :
I Julia A., b. June 13, 1828, d. Sept. 7, 1847.
II Charles W., b. April 7, 1830, in. Susan R. Marston.
III Fessenden, b. Dec. 25, 1831, d. Aug. 12, 1847.
IV Alvin M., b. June 23, 1834, m. Carrie HI. Barker, s. Skowhegan, one son, Charlie C., b. Sept., 1864.
The mother d. Dec. 16, 1835; m. 2d, Eliza Dunn, cousin of first wife, Dec. 20, 1836.
V Eliza L., b. Oct. 7, 1837.
VI George C., b. May 26, 1839.
The father d. May 25, 1862. His widow d. July, 1874.
SAMUEL RYERSON. brother of the preceding, m. Harriet Small of Norway, May 6. 1808. Previous to 1856, he had moved to South Paris Village, and built the house known as the Ryerson stand. He went West and settled in Ossage in 1866, where he d. May, 1879. His widow d. in Ossage, Oct. 6, 1884. Children :
Augustus, m. Geuevria F. Deering, s. Ossage; Ellen, m. L. W. Knowl- ton, s. Ossage.
COL. ALEXANDER RYERSON, brother of the preceding, m. Colum- bia, dau. of Col. Abel Stetson of Sumner, b. Dec. 24, 1812. Children :
Jennette II., b. July 22, 1833, m. James Heath.
Angelia, b. June 20, 1835, m. Lucius Buek, s. Lincoln.
Algernon S., b. May 3, 1837, m. Elizabeth Freeman, s. Hebron.
Hannibal H., b. April 2, 1839, d. July 3, 1842.
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Charles H., b. Jan. 17, 1841, killed at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1863. Gustavus H., b. May 30, 1843, m. Rosetta Heath, s. Sumner.
Elbridge S., b. Nov. 9, 1845, m. Adaline Pinkham, s. Lincoln. Herbert L., b. May 7, 1848, m. 1st, Susan Durgin, 2d, Nellie Pulsifer. Alexander E., b. April 30, 1850, m. Sarah Pinkham, s. Lincoln.
The mother d. Jan. 10, 1854, m. 2d, widow Elizabeth O. Morse, dau. of ( 'alvin Bucknam. Col. Alexander d. Aug. 11, 1874.
JOB RYERSON, brother of the preceding, m. Elizabeth, dau. of David Twitchell, and settled on a portion of the homestead. Child- ren :
Albert Fernando, b. Sept. 4, 1842, reported missing at Battle of Wilder- ness, May 12, 1864.
Leroy Alphonso, b. May 6, 1844, m. Laura Starbird.
Franklin C., b. July 6, 1846, m. Celia B., dau. of Howland Ford, and had : Perley A., b. Feb. 25, 1879.
Thomas Edward, b. Nov. 23, 1848, in. Ruby W. Ford, and had: Frank Leslie, b. Dec. 13, 1871, and Charles C. D., b. Sept. 13, 1879.
Ada Isabella, b. July 8, 1850, m. Isaac S. Ford.
Cora Ellen, b. July 25, 1854, m. James L. Whittemore.
Albert Milton, b. Sept. 4, 1863.
CHARLES W. RYERSON, son of Cushman, m. Susan R., dau. of Brackett Marston of Norway, May 1, 1859. Purchased part of his father's homestead, on which he erected buildings. He afterward sold and removed to Norway, and has become a prominent towns- man of the town. Children :
Lizzie J., b. in Paris, May 22, 1862, d. Feb. 27, 1865. - Lizzie C., b in Norway, May 20, 1866.
SHAW.
SOLOMON SHAW, b. in Bridgewater, July 25, 1749, m. Anna Hay- ward of the same town, and came to Paris about 1795, and settled on the farm next to Abner's. He died April 1, 1836. The mother d. July 25, 1838. Children :
Alpheus, b. Dec. 1784, m. Jane Doughty of Westbrook.
Loving, d. March, 1815.
Minerra, m. Isaac Leighton, s. Falmouth.
Solomon, b. Dec. 14, 1792, m. Mehitable Fobes.
Ruel, b. Dec. 26, 1799, m. Hannah Crabtree, s. Deering.
Edmund Howard, b. March 10, 1808, m. Miriam Lowell of Minot.
He was on the steamer North America that was wrecked. He died at Acapulco, Mexico, April 2, 1852, of fever.
SOLOMON SHAW, son of Solomon, m. Mehitable, dau. of Deacon
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Daniel Fobes. He settled first in Hartford, about 1815. Moved to Paris, and settled on the Keith farm in April, 1822. Children :
Luin F., b. Dec 29, 1815; Alpheus, b. Aug. 15, 1819, m. Olive Tubbs; Olive, b. July 23, 1826; Charles Henry, b. Oct. 20, 1831, m. Frances M. Millett, dau. of Calvin Millett of Minot, Nov. 1860. She d. May 11, 1862.
The father d. Oct. 9, 1873. The mother d. Nov. 17, 1872.
ALPHEUS SHAW, son of the preceding, m. Olive, dau. of Samuel Tubbs. Children :
Samuel Clinton, b. Sept. 1848, m. Georgie Verrill of Minot, and had : Mark Albert, d. April 4, 1873 ; Maggie, b. July 4, 1874; Viola May, b. July 5, 1876; Lottie, b. Aug. 1878, d. April 12, 1879.
ABNER SHAW, m. Abagail Eaton of Middleborough, and settled on the farm, now the homestead of his grandson, Soranus ; two of his children died on their journey to this town. He had but just. completed his house, when he was taken sick and died, June, 1803, aged about 54. His wife d. March, 1831. Children :
Lucy, m. Nathaniel Pratt; Gilbert, b. May 29, 1872, m. Silence Cole ; Abner, m. Hannah Carey ; Anna, m. Alva Shurtleff; Abagail; Francis, m. Olive Garland, s. in Greenwood.
GILBERT SHAW, son of Abner, m. Silence, dau. of Eleazer Cole. Children :
Polly, b. Dec. 7, 1797, m. Seneca Lander.
Joel, b. Sept. 11, 1799, m. 1st, Lydia Lane, 2d, Alice Locke.
Eliza, b. Sept. 2, 1801, m. Col. Samuel King, s. Portland.
Eaton, b. Nov. 14, 1803, m. Mary Roberts of Greenwood, s. Portland. Silence, b. Nov. 19, 1805.
Eleazer C., b. May 10, 1807, m. Polly Kinsley, r. Portland.
Abner, b. March 15, 1809.
Soranus, b. Oct. 17, 1811, m. Eliza E. Jackson of Woodstock.
Silence Jane, b. June 12, 1818, m. Captain Jairus H. King, r. Portland. The father d. Junc 6, 1843. The mother d. July 24, 1852.
ELEAZER C. SHAW, son of Gilbert Shaw, m. Polly, dau. of Azel Kinsley. He moved to Woodstock, and then returned to Paris Hill about 1837. He now resides in Portland, engaged in trade. Child- ren :
Charles H., b. Dec. 16, 1830; George R., b. May 5, 1844.
CAPTAIN SORANUS SHAW, brother of the preceding, m. Eliza E., dau. of Calvin Jackson of Woodstock, Dec. 2, 1832, b. Nov. 9, 1811. He settled on the homestead. Children :
Judson Ward, b. Oct. 6, 1833, m. Anna Barrows, r. Andover, Mass. ; George Boardman, b. Jan. 11, 1836, m. Esther Ann Rowe; Charles Edgar,
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b. July 4, 1838, d. 1842; Gilbert Eaton, b. Feb. 1, 1841, d. Feb. 29, 1884; Lucy Silence, b. May 19, 1843, d. Aug. 14, 1871 ; Mary Catharine, b. Aug. 16, 1844, d. March 15, 1857; William Calvin, b. April 5, 1847, m. Achsa Durell, s. Paris ; Eliza Jane, b. Feb. 16, 1850, d. Nov. 1850; Eliza Ann, b. Nov. 15, 1851, d. June, 1852; Abner Soranus, b. Oct. 25, 1853.
WILLIAM C. SHAW, son of Captain Soranus, m. Achsa, dau. of Ira Durell. Children :
Ira D., b. Aug. 28, 1872; Gertrude F., b. July 21, 1875.
GEORGE B. SHAW, son of Soranus, m. Esther Ann, dau. of Wm. and Sally Rowe of Woodstock, b. May 29, 1835. Children :
Mary Estelle. b. Oct. 24, 1860, m. George L. Dean ; Mark Prime, b. Feb. 10, 1863: Lilly Esther, b. Sept. 19, 1868.
The mother d. July 31, 1869, and he m. 2d, Anna Lucy, dau. of Franklin and Samantha Farrar, b. July 9, 1850. Children :
Georgianna, b. July 8, 1872; Ernest Ferdinand, b. April 6, 1875; Gilbert . Edgar, b. Aug. 19, 1876; Fred William, b. April 13, 1878; Charles Linwood, b. Aug. 15, 1880; Soranus, b. Jan. 22, 1882.
JAIRUS SHAW, Esq., was of Bridgewater, b. Sept. 28, 1755, came to Paris in the fall of 1793, with his family, and settled on the lot now known as the Emmor Rawson farm. His wife was Betsey Pratt of Plymouth, b. Oct. 20, 1761. There were but three fami- lies in the vicinity at that time ; Nathaniel and Luther Pratt, brothers of Mrs. Shaw, and Josiah Bisco. Children :
Marsena, b. Jan. 21, 1781, m. John Greenwood.
Sylria, b. June 27, 1782, d. July 28, 1732.
Arice, b. Dec. 4, 1784, m. Benjamin Pratt.
Jairus, b. March 25, 1787, d. June 30, 1813, killed by a pry.
Betsey, b. June 26, 1789. m. Isaac Cummings.
Clarence, b. Nov. 24, 1792, mi. Jonathan Keith of Bridgewater.
Orren, b. Sept. 21, 1797, m. Sally Doton.
Orpah, b. Jan. 4, 1805, m. Simeon Chipman.
SHURTLEFF.
WILLIAM SHURTLEFF, (Shettle, Shirtley), supposed ancestor of all the New England Shurtleffs, was apprenticed for the term of eleven years to Thomas Clark, carpenter, of Plymouth, Sept. 2, 1634. This is the first notice of him in the Plymouth Colony Records. He m. Elizabeth Lettice of Plymouth, and moved to Marshfield. He was there killed by lightning, while holding one of his boys in his a"ms. The boy was uninjured. (See Shurtleff Genealogy published in Maine Genealogist and Biographer in 1876.)
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
JONATHAN4, (Thomas', William?, William1) son of Thomas3 and Phebe (Shaw) Shurtleff, b. Dec. 4, 1727, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Giles Leach. Children all b. Middleborough :
Lucy, b. Oct. 9, 1751, m. Eleazer Cole, s. Paris.
Mary, b. June 7, 1753.
Thomas, b. April 3, 1756.
Simeon, b. June 23, 1758, m. Submit Kingman.
Elizabeth L., b. Feb. 8, 1761, m. Thomas Cowan, s. Norway and Paris.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 25, 1764, m. Mary Russ.
Anna, b. Jan. 10, 1766.
Giles, b. Jan. 19, 1768.
Mehitable, b. Feb. 23, 1770, m. Samuel Perkins, s. Paris.
Phebe, b. May 22, 1774.
JONATHAN SHURTLEFF, JR., m. Mary Russ, and moved to Paris about 1788, and settled on the south slope of the Durell Hill. Children :
Mary, b. Bridgewater, Oct. 5, 1786, m. David Clifford, s. Paris.
Rachel, b. No. 4, July 3, 1789, m. Haven Hall, s. Paris.
Nathan, b. " Dec. 25, 1791, d. Jan. 25, 1794.
Lucy, b. Paris, Sept. 15, 1795, d. Jan. 14, 1798.
Giles, b. " March 31, 1798, m. Clarissa Bullen.
Leonard, b. Paris, April 30, 1800, m. Eunice, dau. of Captain David Bol- ster.
Adolphus, b. Paris, July 2, 1804, s. in Oxford.
Eliza Leach, b. March 6, 1807, m. Silas Hall.
The father d. March 8, 1830. The mother d. Nov. 17, 1844.
ALVAH SHURTLEFF, son of Simeon and Submit (Kingman) Shurt- leff, b. May 30. 1786, m. Anna, dau. of Gilbert Shaw. Simeon Shurtleff was a brother of Jonathan, senior, and an early resident of Norway. Children :
Simeon, b. Feb. 1, 1812, m. Ist, Lydia Lombard, 2d, Harriet Adams of Andover, 3d, Hannah Hathaway of Paris, r. Portland.
Caroline, b. Feb. 1, 1813, mn. Samuel Damon.
Alva, b. Aug. 13, 1814.
Ambrose K., (see Personal Notices) b. Aug. 12, 1815, m. Lorinda, dau. of Seth Curtis of Paris, s. Portland.
Abagail, b. Aug. 12, 1815.
Alva, b. Oct. 24, 1817, m. Nancy Anna Jackson.
Elvira, b. Oct. 14, 1820, m. Winchester Whitman.
Submit K., b. Dec. 14, 1822, m. George W. Stevens. Aretas, b. March 23, 1824, m. Caroline Dresser.
Nancy, b. Aug. 3, 1826, m. A. M. Whitman.
Sylvan, b. Aug. 23, 1828, m. Martha E. Jackson, r. Portland. William, b. Oct. 11, 1831, d. May 21, 1857.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
GILES SHURTLEFF, son of Jonathan, m. Clarissa Bullen of Oxford. Children :
Harlan P., b. Sept. 23, 1837, d. in the army, April 11, 1863; Mary E., b. May 14, 1844.
ALVA SHURTLEFF, brother of the preceding, m. Nancy, dau. of Jacob Jackson, Oct. 24, 1841. He commenced to learn the shoe- maker's trade with Benj. F. Crawford, in 1833 ; began trade on Paris Hill in 1837 ; moved to South Paris in 1849, and commenced trade with Rufus S. Stevens in 1852. Children :
Abba Frances, b. Oct. 26, 1842, m. Charles D. Brown, s. Portland.
Charles Ambrose, b. Oct. 15, 1845.
Willie Kingman, b. Sept. 20, 1848, m. Hattie J., dau. of D. B. Sawyer.
ALONZO E. SHURTLEFF, son of Simeon, m. Hannah Louise, dau. of Adna Tribou, Nov. 15, 1854. Children :
Emma E., b. Sept. 1, 1855 ; Idella M., b. Aug. 20, 1858 ; Frank A., b. July 22, 1863; Arthur Kingman, b. July 12, 1881.
ISAAC SHURTLEFF, son of Zachariah of Plympton, Mass., came to Paris quite early, and died there. His wife was Abiah Soule of Plympton. He died in 1818, aged 44, leaving two daughters, one of whom, Sophia, married Henry Knight, then of Paris, since of Dex- ter, and Irene m. Moses Kilgore of Newry. Mrs. Shurtleff, after the death of her husband, became the second wife of John Kilgore of Bethel. She died in Dexter, April 4, 1875, aged 100 years, 6 months and 21 days. We have not been able to ascertain the rela- tionship of Isaac Shurtleff with the families heretofore given.
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