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William, b. Guilford, Vt., Nov. 8, 1781, d. May 2, 1873, aged 92 years.
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Betsey, b. Paris, Oct. 5, 1785, m. Stephen Phelps of Gray.
Thomas Nixon, b. Paris, Jan. 12, 1789, m. Martha Clark.
Polly, b. Paris, Nov. 9, 1791, m. Henry Rust of Norway.
Clarissa, b. Paris, Feb. 21, 1794, m. Thomas Crocker. Sewall, b. Paris, Oct. 8, 1798.
DANIEL STOWELL, brother of the preceding, m. Lucretia Hough- ton of Lancaster, Mass., in Guilford, Vt., Sept. 12, 1782. She was b. Oct. 7, 1761. He came to Paris, 1786. He was long known as Esquire Stowell. He was often Moderator at town meetings, and performed a large part of the business that in later days fell into the hands of lawyers. Children :
Daniel, b. Guilford, April 7, 1784, m. Anna Robinson.
Eunice, b. Paris, Nov. 17, 178S, m. Russell Hubbard.
Sarah. b. March 26, 1792, m. Hon. Stephen Emery.
Leri, b. Jan. 14, 1794, m. Sarah
Eliza, b. 6: Jan. 30, 1797, m. Asaph Kittredge, M. D.
The father d. Sept. 20, 1828. The mother d. March 20, 1831.
ELIAS STOWELL, brother of the preceding, m. Polly Barnard of Worcester. Mass., and settled in South Paris village, in the winter of 1804. He was representative with Jonathan Bemis in 1806, and with Levi Hubbard in 1812. He represented the town alone in 1808-9, and in 1810, and 1811 unanimously. (See notice of South Paris and Mills.) Children, the first five b. in Worcester :
Samuel, d. in the Insane Asylum.
Lewis B., b. March 23, 1793, m. Laura B., dau. of Ebenezer Tuell.
Rufus, b. 1796, m. Sarah Robinson Stevens.
Sally, m. Abijah Hall.
Polly, m. John Dennett.
Bathsheba, b. July 3, 1805, m. Frederic A. Bemis.
John Barnard, b. July 3, 1805, m. Sarah Pottle.
Pamelia, b. July 21, 1807, m. Horatio G. Cole, s. Norway.
Harriet, b. July 28, 1814, m. Erastus King.
David Porter, b. Oct. 22, 1816, m. Sophronia Stanley, d. in Canton. (See Personal Notice.)
The father d. Oct. 26, 1839. His widow d. Aug. 23, 1849.
THOMAS N. STOWELL, son of William, m. Martha H., dau. of Peter Clark, and resided on the homestead. Children :
Harriet Newell, b. Jan. 16, 1834, m. 1st, Sewall H. Webber, M. D., 2d, Adna C. Cushman; Catharine Nixon, b. Dec. 12, 1836, m. C. C. Rounds ; Thomas N., b. 1838.
DEA. DANIEL STOWELL, son of Daniel, m. Anna, dau. of Stephen Robinson, Nov. 6, 1812. He settled on the north lot of the old
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town farm, and built the house now standing. The old house was moved from its location on the mountain road, and is the present porch. He moved one barn and built the other. Children :
Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 28, 1814, d. Sept. 8, 1816; Francis, b. April 8, 1816; Levi, b. May 17, 1818, d. Feb. 20, 1818; Edward Houghton, b. Dec. 23, 1819; Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1822, m. John E. Hyde, April, 1842; Maria, b. April 23, 1824, d. Aug. 26, 1825; Lucretia, b. July 26, 1826 ; Jane Robinson, b. March 29, 1820, d. June 30, 1847 ; Daniel, b. March 15, 1841 ; Adaline, b. Sept. 19, 1833; Maria, b. May 23, 1836.
LEWIS B. STOWELL, son of Elias, b. in Worcester, Mass., March 23, 1793, m. in Paris in 1827, by Elder Hooper, Laura B., eldest dau. of Ebenezer and Patty (Perham) Tuell of Paris, b. Feb. 25, 1805. He was at one time in trade at North Paris, and subsequently engaged in other business at the same place. Late in life the family went west. Mr. Stowell and his wife early embraced Millerism, and were ever after firm believers in the doctrine of the near approach of the second advent. She was well educated, formerly a school teacher, and a woman of uncommon ability as a public speaker. She died in Darlington, Wis., April 22, 1868. He is living in 1884, in Monroe, Wis., though blind and infirm. He served in the war of 1812. The children were all born in Paris, but those who married, except the 8th, were married in the west. Children :
Lewis Oswold, b. July 3, 1828, m. M. Bostwick.
Marian Concordia, b. Sept. 12, 1829, m. D. Truesdale.
Harriet Augusta, b. May 16, 1831, m. M. Barton.
Henry Prentiss, b. Nov. 18, 1832, m. Belle Lawrence.
Claraman Corinna, b. Oct. 25, 1834, m. Peter F. Chase.
Linus Barnard, b. Aug. 11, 1836, m. B. Hazelton.
Sarah Hall, b. Jan. 23, 1838, m. S. Barlow ; she died in 1865.
Elizabeth Anne, b. May 1, 1840, m. 1st, J. Frank Gilbert of Lawrence, and 2d, Thomas R. Day, r. Bryant's Pond.
Pamelia C., b. Sept. 27, 1841, d. Sept., 1846. Eliza E., b. Nov. 22, 1844,
Julia A., b. April 3, 1846,
MAJ. RUFUS STOWELL, brother of the preceding, mn. Nov., 1819, Sarah Robinson Stevens, dau. of Dr. Stevens ; settled at South Paris village, and operated the saw mill, and afterward bought the Bartlett farm, on which he lived through life. Children :
Elias, b. May 18, 1820.
Polly Dennett, b. Nov. 14, 1822, m. Nathan M. Crockett.
Sarah Robinson, b. Sept. 1, 1824, m. Joshua B. Crockett.
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Eliza Hooper, b. Dec. 23, 1826, m. Hiram Moore of Mechanic Falls. Julia C .. b. April 21, 1830, m. Orsamus Smiley, s. California. Simon Sterens, b. Aug. 27, 1831, m. Joan Reed Swett.
Rufus, b. Oct. 21, 1835.
Arabella Carter, b. Feb. 27, 1838, m. William H. Swett.
JOHN B. STOWELL, brother of the preceding, m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Pottle of Norway, b. 1807. Children :
John Barnard, b. July 7, 1835.
Elias, b. May 3, 1837.
George Henry, b. June 19, 1839, d. May 14, 1877.
William Henry Harrison, b. Oct. 31, 1841.
Benjamin Franklin b. June 7, 1846.
Edward Emore, b. Feb. 21, 1849, d. Feb. 25, 1851.
The mother d. March 1, 1850, m. 2d, Persis, dau. of Zadoc Allen of Poland.
Sarah P., b. Nov. 27, 1852, d. Dec. 30, 1852.
Edward Clinton, b. Dec. 1, 1853.
Sarah R., b. March 31, 1855, m. Charles D. Noyes, s. Portland.
Walter Sherman. b. Aug. 31, 1864, d. Sept. 10, 1868.
SIMON STEVENS STOWELL, son of Maj. Rufus, m. Joan Reed, dau. of Col. William Swett. He is a conductor on passenger train, Grand Trunk R. R. Children :
Amy Louisa, b. Paris, June 17, 1856, m. Walter P. Maxim, r. at South Paris; Charles Porter, b. Paris, Oct. 7, 1857, d. March 23, 1873; Fannie Gertrude, b. Paris, March 29, 1859, m. Henry F. Muzzey, r. South Paris ; Jarvis Stevens, b. Paris, March 23, 1861; Hattie, b. Island Pond, March 6, 1863, d. Nov. 3, 1884; Freddie Needham, b. Jan. 23, 1865, d. Feb. 2, 1868.
The mother d. at Island Pond, Vt., July 31, 1874.
STUART.
It is claimed that the Stuarts are descended from an ancient and distinguished Scottish family, through an ancestry that had settled in Ulster, Ireland, and the early Maine families were among the- Scotch-Irish immigrants that came over in 1718-20.
JOSHUA STUART, son of Joseph and Nancy (Lombard) Stuart of Gorham, Me., and grandson of Captain Wentworth Stuart of Truro, Mass., was born in Harrison, March 14, 1811, in. Caroline, dau. of Asa Hicks of Greenwood, Oct. 5, 1834. She was b. Oct. 16, 1816. Children :
Frances Ellen, b. May 9, 1836, m. George L. Robbins.
Abby M., b. Nov. 27, 1837, m. Charles H., Johnson. Talbot G., h. June 9, 1840, m. Luvia Alto of Canada. Martha C., b. Aug. 18, 1842, m. Converse L. Robinson.
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Grenfill B., b. Dec. 30, 1845, m. Kate B., dau. of Samuel P. Barker of Greenwood, and had : Olive May, b. July 8, 1874.
Whitefield, b. Dec. 30, 1845, m. Clara Knight, and had Mabel, b. Feb. 2, 1873; Madge W., b. March 25, 1875; Blanchard L., b. March 3, 1877 ; Charles S., b. May 10, 1881.
Henry Whitman, b. Feb. 17, 1848, m. Lizzie Bennett of Portland.
Lydia Jane, b. Oct. 25, 1850, d. Feb. 8, 1853.
The mother d. Feb. 8, 1853, m. 2d, Lydia J. R. Bullen of Oxford.
J. H. STUART, son of George W. and Mary A. (Sargent) Stuart, was b. Sept. 30, 1855, m. Mary C., dau. of John Whitman. Child- ren :
Herman H., b. Jan. 20, 1883; Willie Earl, b. Aug. 26, 1884.
STURTEVANT.
JOSEPH STURTEVANT, a Revolutionary soldier, was of Wareham, Mass. He m. Sarah, dau. of John Bessey, and came to Paris with his wife and four children, 1797, and bought the farm now the home- stead of William N. Daniels. He remained on this farm until about 1820. He fenced his farm with a combination of wall and rail : double wall at the bottom, and post and rails at the top. He was one of the nicest of farmers, and careful about many things, but failed to make it pay. About 1820, he had removed to the Solomon Shaw farm, and later, to the Record neighborhood in Hebron, where he d. March 20, 1836. The widow went to live with her son Leonard, in this town, where she died, by her clothes taking fire, March 24, 1857, aged 80 years. Children, the four oldest b. in Wareham, the others in Paris :
Joseph, m. Bethany Doten of Paris; Reward, m. Mary Bessey of Wayne ; Althea, m. Samuel Crafts, s. Milan, N. H .; Mary, m. Pitt Muzzey ; s. Mon- son ; Sarah, m. Moses Crafts, s. Monson ; Hannah, m. Isaac Record, s. Hebron ; Lucy, m. Calvin Washburn, s. North Paris; Leonard, b. May 31, 1805, m. Hannah E. Record of Hebron; Eliza, m. Andrew Record, s. Fox- croft ; Caleb, m. Nancy Wood, s. Mass. ; Vesta, m. 1st. - - Muzzey, 2d,
Moody, 3d, - Eastman ; Samuel, m. Jemima Depoy of N. Y., s. Wis.
LEONARD STURTEVANT, son of Joseph, m. Hannah E., dau. of Winslow Record of Hebron, b. March 29, 1808, and settled on the farm previously owned by Benjamin Faunce. Children :
William Augustus, b. Nov. 19, 1831, m. Aurelia V. Downing, and had : Wm. M., b. Dec. 26, 1858; Fannie Bell, b. Oct. 21, 1860; Herbert D., b. Oct. 8, 1863.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 21, 1833, m. 1st, Arba T. Keen, 2d, George McAllister.
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Joseph L .. b. Nov. 13, 1835, r. in Paris.
Samuel L .. b. March 6, 1837, m. Rachel, dau. of Nathan Maxim, and had : Georgianna, b. Jan. 4, 1865, and Elva Eugenia, b. Jan. 1, 1867. Lucy B., b. July 19, 1847, m. Jacob Lovejoy.
Jairus Almer, b. Oct. 13, 1849, m. Alice, dau. of Ethel Bumpus, and had : Ralph Almer. b. Sept. 25, 1880, and Virginia, b. April 3, 1883. The mother d. Oct. 27, 1884.
LEWIS L. STURTEVANT, son of Joseph and Bethany Doten, m. Saba Amanda, dau. of Ichabod Faunce, June 14, 1861. Children : Rosa A., m. Charles H. Merrill, s. Paris; Almon.
SYLVANUS STURTEVANT of Bridgewater, b. May 7, 1772, m. Jan. 24. 1802, Polly, dau. of Samuel Leonard of the same town, b. March 15, 1780. Settled in Paris about 1820. Children, the seven oldest b. in Bridgewater :
Deborah, b. Oct. 27, 1802, m. Isaac Doten, s. Hartford.
Lewis J., b. Feb. 26, 1808, m. Susan, dau. of Timothy Chase.
Sylvanus, Jr., b. March 8, 1808, m. Susan Follett.
Lorenzo, b. Oct. 3, 1810, s. Middleborough.
Polly M., b. June 16, 1813, m. Jacob Daniels, s. Paris Hill. Margianna, b. May 16. 1816, m. Algernon Allen.
Betsey Ann, b. July 24, 1818, m. Martin Leonard of Bridgewater.
Lucas C., b. Paris, June 15, 1821, d. April 20, 1822.
Derter M., b. .. Aug. 9, 1823, m. Harriet Keith.
The father d. on the James Penley farm, Dec. 31, 1830. The mother d. at Paris, April 17, 1860.
SYLVANUS STURTEVANT, JR., m. Susan, dau. of Lewis Follett of Paris, b. May 21, 1814, and settled in South Paris village. He worked in the foundry for Hersey brothers, in moulding the first plows manufactured by them. He built the brick house at the foot of the Morse Hill, and set out the shade trees standing in front. Afterward he built near the station, where he died Sept. 29, 1881, and his wife, Oct. 24. 1884. Children :
Ann Maria, b. June 27, 1833, m. Azel S. Tuttle ; George Webster, b. Oct. 20, 1835, d. July 13, 1861; Susan Ellen, b. May 14, 1837, d. Jan. 5, 1861.
ASA and FRANCIS STURTEVANT of Halifax, Mass., were the first settlers on lot 6, in range 9. They remained on this lot until about 1804. when each sold out to Deacon Caleb Prentiss, who moved the buildings where Francis lived at the south end, to their present location. This was the homestead of the late Julius A. King. Francis moved to Hebron and settled on the farm afterward owned by his son. Joseph. and now by his grandson James. Late in life
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he was living near Otis Swift's. While attending his funeral, the lightning struck the Isaac Smith barn, which was consumed, and killed a yoke of cattle belonging to James Longley.
FRANCIS STURTEVANT m. Lois Children :
Phebe, b. June 5, 1781; Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1784; Francis, b. June 30, 1786; Nathaniel, b. May 26, 1789; Joseph, b. May 9, 1792, m. widow Mary Dun- ham; Lois, b. April 23, 1797; Benjamin, b. Sept. 4, 1799; Polly, b. March 25, 1802.
ASA STURTEVANT, brother of the preceding b. in Halifax, Mass., 1760, m. Sally Washburn, June 3, 1786. She died Oct. 3, 1805, m. 2d, Ennice -, b. April 16, 1806. Children :
Mary A., b. Feb. 1, 1807 ; Mary L., b. Aug. 30, 1808 ; Azubah, b. Jan. 25, 1810; Eunice, b. Jan. 23, 1813.
The mother d. July 23, 1813. (Copied from an old bible in the posses- sion of A. S. Sturtevant, son of Benjamin Sturtevant formerly of South Paris village.)
SWAN.
WILLIAM SWAN was quite early in this town. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 1737, and was the son of John and Elizabeth his wife, grandson of Gershom and Sarah Holden, and great-grandson of John Swan, who came from England as a servant in the family of Mr. Thomas Bittlestone, in whose recorded will it is provided that his wife, Elizabeth, shall have the services of his boy, John Swan, and shall pay him five pounds. John Swan, the emigrant, married Rebecca Palfrey, and had a grant of land in Cambridge, of twenty acres. Some of his descendants settled in Woburn, and among them was William. He was a soldier in the war for independence, and a pensioner. He came to Paris with a large family, and lived here several years. About the year 1802, having sold out here to Lazarus Hathaway, he moved to Woodstock, accompanied by his son William, Jr., who was then married, and his grandson, Gideon. who was then fifteen years old. The child- ren of William Swan and Lucy Robbins, were :
Lydia, b. Nov. 16, 1761, never married; William, b. July 3, 1763, m. Bethiah Pratt; Betsey, m. Calvin Cole of Paris; Emma, b. Sept. 2, 1767, m. Samuel Stephens; Sally, b. Aug. 21, 1774, in. Solomon Bryant, Jr. ; Susanna, b. March 24, 1777, m. Christopher Bryant.
WILLIAM SWAN, JR., was married Oct. 15, 1790, by Ichabod Bon- ney, Esq., of Turner, to Bethiah Pratt of Paris. He lived to an
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advanced age, and died in Woodstock. His children, born in Paris and Woodstock, were :
William, Jr., b. May 18, 1792, m. Ist, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Barron Locke of Bethel, and 2d, widow Twitchell of Norway, whose maiden name was Bird, dau. of John of Norway.
Oliver, b. Jan. 15, 1797, m. Rhoda Bryant.
John, b. June 8, 1799, m. Louisa Briggs, dau. of Luther. He moved to Greenwood, where he died.
Moses, b. Dec. 1, 1801, m. Mary Locke, sister of his brother William's wife. He was a carpenter, and he and his wife went to California, and both died there.
Aaron, b. Dec. 1, 1801, d. Feb. 16, 1815.
Lucy, b. May 3, 1804, m. John R. Briggs, both deceased in Milan, N. H. Bethiah, b. May 3, 1804, m. Luther Briggs.
Emma, b. April 6, 1807, d. young.
Samuel S., b. April 10, 1811, m. 1st, Sabra Daicy.
Edmund, b. Feb. 14, 1814, m. Elmira Morgan of Greenwood, resides in Milan, N. H.
WILLIAM SWAN, JR., son of William, mn. first, Hannah, dau. of Samuel B. Locke of Bethel. After living several years in Wood- stock, he returned here, to a farm near the old road between South Paris and High Street. He was a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, indus- trious and thrifty, and demonstrated the fact that money can be made by farming. His children, all by the first marriage, were :
Lodiska, b. Sept. 28, 1820, m. James F. Penley of Paris.
Urania, b. Jan. 7, 1822, m. Horace Edgerly, formerly of Buxton, resides in Paris.
Lucetta E., b. Nov. 30, 1825, d. Sept. 10, 1827.
William Russell, b. Nov. 22, 1827, n. Mary A. Noyes.
Leander S., b. Jan. 24, 1830, m. Harriet A. Decoster ; he lives in Paris. Lucetta M., b. May 21, 1833, m. Jeremiah H. Winslow ; lives in Paris. Hannah E., b. June 19, 1835, d. March 12, 1842.
OLIVER SWAN, brother of the preceding, m. Rhoda, dau. of Sam- uel Bryant of Woodstock. He lived in Paris, then moved to Wood- stock, but returned here to a farm south of High street, and died here. His widow died in Woodstock. Children :
Fessenden, m. Helen M. Crockett, r. Woodstock; Oliver G., m. Lois Buck, r. Woodstock; Isaac r. Milan, N. H., unmarried; Gaius, C., m. Morgan, r. Charlestown, Mass .; Bethiah, m. John Boston, s. Kennebunk ; Lucy B., m. Elon G. Whitman, r. Woodstock ; Sardine, m. Joseph H. Cum- mings of Greenwood; Alonzo B., m. Betsey J. Lapham, r. Portland, and Moses, who is married and resides in Portland.
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CAPT. WILLIAM R. SWAN, son of William, Jr., m. Mary A., dau. of Daniel Noyes of Poland, now a resident of Chelsea, Mass., serv- ing on the city police force ; enlisted from Chelsea on the first call for men in the war, and was the first man commissioned. After serving his time. he volunteered on the quota of Paris, Dec. 13, 1861, Captain Co. K, 13th Maine Regiment. (See Record.) Children :
Mary Hannah, b. Jan. 29, 1856, m. Albert Blanchard of Chelsea; Anna Maria. b. April 5, 1860, d. July 20, 1879; Etta Augusta, b. Dec. 25, 1861; William Locke, b. Dec. 16, 1866.
LEANDER S. SWAN, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet A., dau. of Howard Decoster. He lived a few years in Woodstock, then returned here. Children :
Mary E., b. May 20, 1852; James H., b. June 6, 1853, m. Nina Mason, s. Norway ; Ida U., b. July 10, 1855, m. Eben E. Chapman of Gilead ; Edgar F., b. July 18, 1857 ; Abbie A., b. March 25, 1859; Horace L., b. May 25, 1861; Hattie C., b. May 9, 1864; Eli, b. Dec. 24, 1866; Ferdinand Favor, b. Nov. 30, 1870; Howard A., b. July 8, 1877. .
The mother d. Sept. 26, 1881, 111. 2d, - Taylor of Hebron.
ELIJAH SWAN, son of James of Bethel, previously of Methuen, Mass., and Fryeburg, born July 5, 1763, married Eunice, daughter of Asa and Mercy (Bartlett) Barton of Needham, Mass., born March 12, 1772. He came to Paris from Bethel, about the year 1822, and settled on part of lot 27-28 in the 4th range, the farm now owned by N. L. Marshall. He bought the land of Foxwell Swan, who had it of Wm. Berry. It was wild land when he first came to it. He and his wife both died here. This family descended from Richard of Boston and Rowley, and are not related to the other family. These two Swan families were carefully traced down from the emigrant ancestors a few years ago, and the result substantially as given here published in the Oxford Democrat. Children :
Polly, b. Dec. 4, 1790, m. Foxwell Swan.
Sally, b. May 13, 1793, m. George Berry. (See Berry.)
Oliver F., b. Aug. 16, 1797, m. and lived in Gardiner; d. in Boston.
Mercy Bartlett, b. Oct. 22, 1800, m. Merrill Chase.
Aaron Barton, b. July 4, 1801, m. Mehitable York of Bethel.
Elijah, b. June 11, 1804, died July 16, 1804.
Nancy Fenno, b. July 11, 1805, m. Moses Chandler of Bethel.
Betsey W., b. Aug. 30, 1807, m. Peter Ayer of Bethel; they went to Penn.
Abigail b. Jan. 1, 1810, d. Oct. 22, 1812.
Elijah, b. Oct. 9, 1812, m. Aurelia Berry.
RESIDENCE OF CAPT. WM. R. SWAN.
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POLLY SWAN, eldest child of Elijah, married Foxwell Swan, her cousin, son of James, Jr., and Hannah (Shattuck) Swan of Bethel. They lived on part of the Wm. Berry farm, on the east side of the East Branch, and she died there, and he married widow Hall. They had :
James W., m. Mercy Washburn.
Mary Ann, m, 1st, Isaac Dunham, 2d, Samuel Merrill, Jr.
Lorenzo D., m. Sarah H. Burnham of Hartford.
AARON BARTON SWAN, son of the preceding, married Mehitable, dau. of Job York of Bethel, who was born in 1802. Their place was near the Mineral Spring at North Paris. In his later years he was known as "Dr. Swan," his medicines being roots and herbs. He had the following children, all born in Paris :
Edward Fenno: Maria; Elisha T .; Charles, b. 1831; William, b. 1833; George, b. 1836; Oren, b. 1839; Ezra, b. 1841; Nathan, b. 1843; Sophia, b. 1846.
ELIJAH SWAN, JR., is the well known carpenter and builder at West Paris. With his son, Leonard B., he has built some of the best buildings in town. He m. Aurelia, dau. of Levi and Lusanna (Bryant Berry. Children :
Leonard B., b. Jan. 8, 1833, n. Mary A. Grover of Carthage; Peregrine D., b. Aug. 13, 1837, d. March 13, 1838; Lovicy Elphreda, b. July 27, 1839, m. James C. Perry of Paris ; Elijah C., b. June 17, 1842, died young.
LEONARD BERRY SWAN, son of the preceding, m. Mary Augusta, dau. of Edsel and Mary (Walker) Grover, April 31, 1860, b. Dec. 24, 1839, in Carthage. He is a carpenter and builder. Children :
Emma Aurelia, b. July 8, 1864; Gertie Mabel, b. Feb. 11, 1871; Birdie May, b. April 9, 1873, d. Sept. 20, 1873; Frank Leonard, b. Sept. 13, 1876.
SWETT.
COL. WILLIAM SWETT, son of Captain William Swett of Parsons- field, and Clarissa (Benson) Swett of Middleborough, Mass., was b. in Otisfield, March 4, 1804. He m. Amy, dau. of Sampson and Jane (Ellis) Reed, May 1, 1830. She was b. April 27, 1805, in Hartford. The family moved to this town in 1852. Col. Swett has been very prominent in agricultural matters, member of the Maine Board of Agriculture, etc. Children :
Levis Benson, b. Aug. 10, 1831, m. Harriet Smith.
Joan Reed, b. Aug. 28, 1833, mn. Simon S. Stowell.
William Harvey, h. May 13, 1836, m. Arabella C. Stowell.
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Harriet C., b. May 26, 1840, d. April 28, 1862.
The mother d. April 26, 1880, within four days of the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage.
LEWIS B. SWETT, son of Col. William Swett, m. Harriet, dau. of Timothy and Alice (French) Smith, Nov. 23, 1854. Children :
Ella Jane, b. Oct. 11, 1858; Estelle Frances, b. Oct. 11, 1858, d. Aug. 20, 1863; Carrie Benson, b. June 2, 1861 ; Alice Belle, b. Feb. 23, 1865 ; William Whitman, b. Nov. 13, 1867.
WILLIAM HARVEY SWETT, brother of the preceding, m. Arabella Carter, dau. of Rufus Stowell, Sept. 29, 1856, and resides on the homestead. Children :
Arthur Melville, b. April 22, 1857, m. Lizzie Frances Holmes, Nov. 3, 1879, and had : Ernest Holmes, b. May 31, 1883; Walter Harrey, b. Dec. 6, 1859; Julia Smiley, b. April 10, 1860, d. Nov. 27, 1868 ; Eugene Newhall, b. Aug. 18, 1866.
BENJAMIN SWETT, son of Moses of Bethel, and Fanny (Cummings) Swett of Albany, was b. in Bethel, April 23, 1843, m. Imogene Mercy, dan. of Ephraim Kimball, and Olive (Chase) Andrews of Milton Plantation, June 28, 1868. She was b. July 4, 1847. Child- ren :
Vernon Benjamin, b. May 3, 1870; Ludovic Perciral, b. Feb. 24, 1872; Rose Andrews, b. June 17, 1874; Ernest Melville, b. March 1, 1877; Olice Chase. b. May 22, 1881.
ISRAEL SWETT was b. in Standish, April 25, 1796, and m. widow Olevia Goold, and dau. of Captain Moses Libbey of Scarborough, and moved to Paris in 1837. Children :
Betsey, b. 1824, d. 1825.
John Goold, b. July 20, 1926, m. Lydia Ann, dau. of Ezra G. Fuller, Children : John H., b. March 4, 1856, d. April 28, 1861 ; Helen M., b. April 26, 1858, m. Charles F. Etter, s. Norway ; George E., b. Nov. 20, 1859 ; Fannie J., b. Jan. 6, 1862; John H., b. Jan. 29, 1864; Cor- delia E., b. Aug. 28, 1871 ; Charles F., b. Oct. 15, 1876.
Moses L., b. Nov. 1, 1827, lost in gale of 1821 on fishing banks.
Edward E., b Sept. 1, 1830, m. Rebecca Coffin, s. Kennebunk.
Henry L., b. June 1, 1834, m. Harriet Bryant.
Olevia, b. Sept., 1836, d. Aug., 1837.
SWIFT.
CALEB SWIFT, and Joseph, his brother, were early settlers in the Swift neighborhood. John also, a brother, settled in Norway. They came from Sandwich, Mass. Caleb first settled on the lot
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where Joseph Libbey lived. He afterward moved to the lot, now the homestead of his son Otis. He m. Phebe, dau. of Ichabod and Hannah (Rogers) Waterman of Kingston, Mass. She came to Paris with her sister Hannah, who m. Silas Maxim. She was the school teacher of that period. Children :
Altin, b. Nov. 10, 1799, m. Almira Bartlett Cummings.
Cynthia. b. Aug. 12, 1801, d. April 7, 1878.
Otis, b. Sept. 21, 1803, m. Adaline Walker. Horatio, b. Oct. 8, 1806, d. Feb. 7, 1870.
Nancy, b. April 23, 1809, m. Milo Hathaway.
Marcella, b. May 28, 1812, m. William Curtis.
Jairus, b. 1814, d. 1815.
Elvira. b. Dec. 8, 1816, r. in Portland.
The father d. Feb. 20, 1836. The mother d. April 28, 1845.
ALVIN SWIFT, son of Caleb, m. Almira, dau. of Daniel and Abagail Bartlett Cummings, Feb. 6, 1825, and settled on the Lebroke farm. Children :
Cyprian, b. Sept. 5, 1825, d. Nov. 18, 1847.
Daniel, b. Dec. 3, 1826, m. Susan Jackson.
Abby, b. May 28, 1828, m. Emery E. Lowell.
Kendall, b. Jan. 28, 1830. m. Ellen Tucker.
Altin, b. Aug. 14, 1831, m. Caroline Paine.
Andrew, b. Sept. 1, 1833, died in Panama, 1864, engineer on R. R.
Ansel, b. April 30, 1835, m. Mary Ann Matthews, s. Waterville.
Madison, b. April 18, 1837. e
Emeline, b. Aug. 6, 1839. m. Nelson Jackson, s. Greenwood. Chandler, b. May 18. 1841, m. Clara E. Rawson.
OTIS SWIFT, brother of the preceding, m. Adaline, dau. of Capt. Micah Walker, June 2, 1832. Settled on the homestead. Child- ren :
Cynthia Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1832, m. Thomas Nichols, s. Wisconsin. Amasa, Edes, b. Sept. 27, 1834, s. Euclare, Wis. Eliza Adaline, b. Feb. 24, 1840, m. John Smith of Dedham.
Nelson Otis, b. April 4, 1842, s. Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Sarah Lucretia, b. Aug. 25, 1847, m. Reuben Foss, d. Feb. 17, 1878.
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