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DANIEL SWIFT, son of Alvin, m. Susan H., dau. of Benjamin Jackson, July 7, 1850. Children :
Adna Jackson, b. May 2, 1851.
Arabella Almira, b. Aug. 5, 1852, mn. Geo. F. Robinson.
Daniel Cummings, b. Feb. 27, 1854, mn. Lydia E. Decoster. Benton Leroy, b. Sept. 13, 1855, m. Chloe H. Stone.
Herbert Llewellyn, b. July 28, 1857.
Ambrose Frank, b. Sept. 14, 1859, m. Mary E. Staples. Addie May, b. Feb. 2, 1862.
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ALVIN SWIFT, son of Alvin and Almira (Cummings) Swift, m. Caroline Paine. Children :
Charles, b. May 10, 1858; Linneus A., b. April 25, 1859; Melville D., b. April 25, 1864; Alice, b. Nov. 9, 1865; Daniel, b. April 16, 1867 ; Lottie, b. June 15, 1868; Alvah D., b. Nov. 19, 1872.
The mother d. Oct. 7, 1873.
ANSEL SWIFT, brother of the preceding, m. Mary Ann, dau. of Winthrop Matthews. Children :
Albert P., b. in Norway, Feb. 7, 1860, m. Georgie M. Chase, dau. of Granville M. Chase, and had : Mildred F., b. in Waterville, Sept. 8, 1883.
Winthrop, b. in Norway, Sept. 6, 1863.
Asa A., b. in Somerville, N. J., Nov. 25, 1870.
JOSEPH SWIFT, brother of the first Caleb, m. Lucy Holmes, 1788, and came to Paris and settled on the lot, and built the house now the residence of John Stevens. Children, all but the two oldest b. in Paris :
Joseph, b. Sandwich, Mass., m. Sarah Faunce.
Samuel, b. m. 1st, Statira Gammon, 2d, Nisa Russell, s. Oxford.
John, m. Joan Estes, s. Bethel.
Jonathan, m. Olive Wilkins, went into trade in Norway, and the locality is now called Swift's Corner.
Caleb, b. Feb. 17, 1797, m. Betsey Horr of Norway.
Seth, m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Dunn, and lived on the homestead. Both died, leaving Cyrus, whom. Joanna Jordan, and d. at New Orleans during the war, and Mary Elizabeth, who died of consumption, unmar- ried. Charles Fuller took the farm to support the old people. The mother d. July 4, 1850.
JOSEPH SWIFT, son of Joseph, m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel Faunce, and settled in Sumner. Children :
Joseph A., b. Sept. 8, 1814, m. Martha Faunce; Jairus S., b. March 7, 1816, m. Nancy J. Mann of Paris ; Lucy A., b. April 19, 1818, mn. Moses Houghton ; Sarah L., b. Aug. 11, 1820, m. Cyrus Richardson, s. West Paris ; Ira F., b. May 17, 1822, m. Ellen Packard; Rebecca C., b. Aug. 13, 1828, 11. Charles Thomas ; Greenleaf, b. March 7, 1836, m. Isabella Brown.
CALEB SWIFT, brother of the preceding, mn. Betsey, dau. of Dea- con John Horr of Norway, May 10, 1830, and settled on the Capt. Lemuel Holmes farm, having bought out the heirs, and remained on the same through life. He d. 1882. Children :
Freeman, b. May 9, 1831, d. Aug. 2, 1843.
Edwin, b. Feb. 3, 1832, d. Sept. 15, 1838.
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Henry F., b. Nov. 27, 1836, m. Elnora A. dau. of Joseph Tufts, and had : Flora Ellen, b. March 12, 1864; Bertha D., b. Aug. 22, 1865 ; Elizabeth Lucinda, b. Nov. 9, 1866; Henrietta Frances, b. May 28, 1875.
JOSEPH A. SWIFT, son of Joseph and Sarah (Faunce) Swift, m. Martha Faunce. Children :
Newton T., b. March 29, 1844; Flora A., b. March 29, 1853; Alva, b. July 15, 1860.
JAIRUS S. SWIFT, brother of the preceding, m. Nancy J., dau. of Deacon Isaac Mann of Paris. Children :
A. J., b. Jan. 6, 1845, commercial traveler; William C., b. Jan. 15, 1847, d. June 7, 1877 ; George H , b. Sept. 26, 1859, commercial traveler.
The mother d. June 9, 1879.
THAYER.
(For an extended account of the Thayer family, see Memorial of the Descendants of Richard and Thomas Thayer, from 1636 to 1874, by Bezaleel Thayer, published in 1874, from which these data are principally taken. )
ASA THAYER, the second child of Ichabod and Mary (Marsh) Thayer of Milford, Mass., and the seventh from Thomas the emigrant, b. Oct. 3, 1767, m. Lydia Chapin in 1790 ; she was b. in Jan., 1770. They settled on one of the lots in Buckfield, which was afterwards annexed to Paris. Children :
Leri, b. Oct. 23, 1793, m. Sally Perry.
Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1795, mn. Galen Field.
Diadamia, b. Sept. 9, 1797, m. Cyrus Keen, s. Sumner.
Lydia, b. July 3, 1799, m. Bela Farrar.
Ziba, b. Nov. 13, 1801, m. Almira Fobes.
Laura, b. Dec. 14, 1803, m. Austin Nelson.
Asa, b. April 2, 1808, m. Lucy M. Whitney of Worcester.
Arba, b. Jan. 6, 1809, m. Florilla Tuttle. The father d. Nov. 30, 1848.
DEA. LEVI THAYER, son of the preceding, m. Sally, dau. of Asa Perry of Paris, and settled first in Buckfield, and soon removed to Paris, to the Asa Perry homestead, where he remained through life. Children :
Alexander Sidney, b. Sept. 5, 1819, m. Ist, Angeline Perry, 2d, Ruth Marston.
Emeline S., b. Aug. 4, 1821, m. Simeon ('ummings.
Horace Chapin, b. March 6, 1824, m. Betsey Whitehouse.
The father d. June 5, 1875. The mother d. Sept. 7, 1864.
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ZIBA THAYER, brother of the preceding, m. Almira, dau. of Seth Fobes, March 13, 1826 ; settled on the homestead, and afterward moved to South Paris village, and built the stand now the residence of Mrs. Nancy Whitman. He represented the town in the Legisla- ture in 1847 and 1848. Children :
Laura N., b. April 11, 1827, m. Hezekiah Libbey, and s. Boston.
Henry O., b. Dec. 2, 1832, m. Sarah Hewett. (See Personal Notice.)
ASA THAYER, brother of the preceding, m. 1831, Lucy M. Whit- ney of Worcester, Mass., b. 1810. Children :
Caroline O., b. March 27, 1836, d. May 22, 1836; Lucy A., b. May 23, 1837, d. Oct. 16, 1858; Abbie O., b. May 1, 1839, d. May 14, 1842; Marintha A., b. April 19, 1842, d. May 5, 1842.
The mother d. Jan. 15, 1850, m. 2d, Lydia Frost of Boston, Mass. Asa Thayer d. in Gardner, Kansas, Aug. 23, 1854.
ARBA THAYER, brother of the preceding, m. Florilla, dau. of John Tuttle, Jan. 6, 1835. Settled in Sumner, removed to Oxford, and then to South Paris village, where he now resides. Children :
Rufus, b. July 9, 1836, d. Feb. 25, 1838.
Rufus K., b. Jan. 25, 1838, d. Sept. 30, 1867.
Flora, b. May 1, 1841, d. March 28, 1842.
Frank A., b. Nov. 22, 1847, m. Alice Phelps.
Flora A., b. Nov. 22, 1847, m. Leander S. Billings.
ALEXANDER S. THAYER, son of Deacon Levi Thayer, m. Angeline, dau. of James Perry, Jan. 16, 1842, and settled on the homestead. Has been prominent in town affairs, serving as Collector and Select- man. Children :
I Ellen Maria, b. June 21, 1843, m. Gideon W. Hammond, s. Buck- field.
II Florian Sidney, b. May 21, 1846, m. Charlotte, dau. of Winthrop Matthews, d. in Norway.
I11 Edwin Moulton, b. Aug. 21, 1848, m. Charlotte, widow of Florian Sidney Thayer.
IV Levi, b. March 20, 1851, d. Dec. 20, 1851.
The mother d. Aug. 9, 1852, m. 2d, Ruth, dau. of Brackett Marston of Norway. Children :
V Charles Emerson, b. Jan. 6, 1856, m. Lottie L., dau. of Hannibal Grover of Bethel, March 14, 1880.
VI Angeline Perry, b. Oct. 4, 1857, d. Oct. 5, 1864.
VII Theodore, b. Dec. 27, 1859, m. Georgie E. Farnum, and had : Charles Winslow, b. May 19, 1883.
VIII Theodora, b. Dec. 27, 1859, m. Walter W. Farrar.
Augustus S. Thayer, ell. I.
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IX May Florence, b. Oct. 26, 1861, m. Austin P. Stearns.
Y Persis Anna, b. Aug. 29, 1863.
XI Lincoln Ellsworth, b. Sept. 6, 1865.
XII Leri Marston, b. Sept. 21, 1867.
XIII Nellie Mabel, b. Nov. 8, 1869.
XIV Emeline Cummings, b. Dec. 22, 1871.
XV Sally Jennette, b. July 11, 1873.
XVI Sidney Alexander, b. July 3, 1875.
HORACE CHAPIN THAYER, brother of the preceding, m. Betsey Whitehouse of Vassalboro, Oct. 26, 1847. She was b. Sept. 24, 1822. Resided at Augusta, Lewiston and South Paris village. He was a carriage maker and painter, d. March 9, 1879. Children :
Emma S., b. April 15, 1849, m. George W. Hadden, r. Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles A., b. Feb. 9, 1851, d. 1855.
Horace A., b. April 2, 1853, m. Lillian E. Downing, and had : Ralph Ash- ton, b. Feb. 1881.
ALEXANDER THAYER. son of Ichabod and Mary (Marsh) Thayer, b. March 15, 1771, settled on an adjoining lot which was also set into Paris. He m. Esther Spaulding, June 28, 1798. He died sud- denly of fever, March 9, 1809, aged 38 years. His widow d. July 30, 1841. Children :
America, b. July 5, 1799, m. Caroline Prentiss,
Almira, b. Feb. 14. 1803, m. Cyprian Stevens.
AMERICA THAYER, son of the preceding, m. Caroline, dau. of Dea. Caleb Prentiss, and settled on the homestead, and died there. He was frequently in town office ; also County Commissioner and Rep- resentative. Children :
Julia Lauretta, b. Nov. 24, 1825.
Alexander Hamilton, b. May 27, 1827, d. July 6, 1868. He m. Augusta M., dau. of Hon. Noah Prince of Buckfield, and had : Charles Hamil- ton, b. Dec. 10, 1854, m. Clara Farrar, who had: Grace Augusta, b. Jan. 14, 1878.
Emily, b. Jan. 20, 1829, m. George W. Hammond.
Mary Prentiss, b. Dec. 12, 1831, mn. Henry Newell Hall. (See Hall.) .Julia M., b. May 7, 1833, m. Ransom Ripley.
Augustus Spaulding, M. D., b. March 28, 1835, m. Mary Marble, s. Port- land. (See Personal Notice )
Caroline Victoria, b. Nov. 2, 1837, m. Thomas E. Stearns.
Josephine Augusta, b. July 21, 1840, m. B. F. Bates.
Orlando America, b. Dec. 14, 1843, m. Dec. 2, 1872, Lizzie, dau. of Jarvis
C. Marble of Paris, and has: Jarvis C., b. Sept. 24, 1874; Caroline Prentiss, b. Oct. 31, 1877.
The father d. April 21, 1873. The mother d. Feb. 4, 1871.
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COL. EBENEZER THAYER, son of Isaac and Hannah Joyce Thayer, and the seventh in descent from Richard the emigrant, was b. Feb. 20, 1797, in Buckfield, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Faunce of Buck- field, and settled in Paris .. Children :
Mary Ann, b. Dec. 10, 1823, m. Nathan Chase, s. Paris.
Hannah A., b. March 15, 1825, d. Aug. 12, 1847.
Sarah J., b. Feb. 9, 1827, d. April 20, 1846.
Maria E. J., b. April 27, 1833, m. Wm. Rice, s. Paris.
Col. Ebenezer Thayer, d. Sept. 25, 1857. (See Annals, 1857.)
DEA. JOEL B. THAYER, brother of the preceding, was b. April 9, 1799, m. Mary, dan. of Josiah Dudley, Aug. 25, 1822. Resided at one time on the farm which he sold to the town. Children :
Alvin, b. Oct. 11, 1823, s. in Tiplon, Iowa.
Angeline, b. Dec. 2, 1828, m. Deacon Eldridge Fobes.
The mother d. March 30, 1831, in. 2d, Mrs. Louisa Griffin, widow of Rev. Caleb B. Davis. Deacon Joel B. Thayer, d. June 14, 1880.
TITCOMB.
ISAAC TITCOMB, b. in North Yarmouth, Nov. 9, 1774, m. Azuba Drinkwater of the same town, July 25, 1796. She was born April 24, 1779. They came to Paris Hill and moved into the Willis house, and from there to the Follett farm. He was in the company of Captain Uriah Ripley at Portland, war of 1812. Children :
Alexander, b April 16, 1798, went to Calais, Me., and was drowned.
Dorcas, b. May 7, 1800, m. Isaac Hall, s. in Harrison.
Rodney, b. July 25, 1807, m. Sally Smith.
The father d. 1852. The mother d. 1858.
RODNEY TITCOMB, son of Isaac, m. Sally, dau. of Timothy Smith. Children :
George, b. May 17, 1821, m. Lilla, dau. of Win. W. Durfee of Waterford; Isaac, m. Lydia Parsons, s. Norway ; Cynthia, d. about 1848.
The mother d., m. 2d, Elizabeth L. Dyer, and dau. of Stephen Paine. Charles, b. June 20, 1854; Lizzie Ellen, (adopted) b. July 19, 1861.
TRIBOU.
ADNA TRIBOU, son of Amasa, and grandson of Thomas Tribou, a native of France, who settled in Bridgewater as early as 1745, was b. Jan. 1, 1785, m. Hannah, dau. of Azel Kinsley of Bridge- water, afterward of Minot, and settled in Paris, and late in life moved to Auburn. Children :
Clarissa Jones, b. Minot, July 2, 1809, m. Sullivan Cushman, s. Minot. Silas Kinsley, b. Minot, Oct. 1, 1812, in. Marcia Bowles of Bueksport.
RESIDENCE OF DAVID N. TRUE, SOUTH PARIS.
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Abagail Kinsley, b. Minot, May 19, 1815, m. Aretas Mixer, s. Paris. Horace Adna, b. March 24, 1820, m. Ann Watts, 2d, Louisa Bumpus. Harriet Newell, b. May 20, 1822, m. Charles McKeen, s. East Hebron. Rhoda Cushman, b. Sept. 1, 1825, m. Judson Merritt, s. Columbia.
Charles Austin, b. Sept. 20, 1828, m. Lizzie Farwell, s. Unity. Eleazer Shaw, b. July 10, 1831, d. Aug. 20, 1855.
Hannah Louise, b. May 25, 1834, m. Alonzo E. Shurtleff. s. South Paris. The father died in West Auburn, July 18, 1876. The mother d. Feb. 29, 1876, death caused by clothing taking fire.
TRUE.
JOHN TRUE of Poland, was quite early in Paris, and also lived in Woodstock. He was the son of Jabez True, who came from Salem, Mass., to Poland, one of whose grandsons was Otis True, formerly of Norway. A Genealogy of the True family of New England has recently been written, which traces down' all the different branches from their common Massachusetts ancestor.
DAVID NELSON TRUE, son of Samuel and Mary (Haskell) True, was b. in Portland, July 17, 1834, and m. Oct. 17, 1855, Helen M., dau. of Noyes Fales of Thomaston, b. Dec. 26, 1833. He moved to South Paris in March, 1864, and purchased the stock of goods of James A. Holmes, and continued trade in company with Edwin Has- kell, for five years, and after the dissolution of the company, he continued the business for seven years longer. In 1876, he pur- chased the flour mill, which he is still operating. He was also one of the firm of the Jackson's Pulp Mill Co. He has served in town office, and two terms in the State Legislature, and is one of our most successful business men.
TUBBS.
EZRA TUBBS was b. in Berkley, Mass., July 4, 1792, m. 1819. Mary, dau. of Daniel Bartlett of Hebron. She was b. Feb. 25, 1798: They became residents of Paris in 1821. He was long known as school master Tubbs. Children :
Joel, b. June 3, 1821, s. in New York. (M. D.) Arden, b. Nov. 30, 1823, d. March 21, 1844. Oliver Thomas, b. June 24, 1845, m. Clara Butterfield. Margaret D., b. April 13, 1827, m. Joel Haskell. Emily Bartlett, b. July 6, 1830, m. John M. Hersey, s. Waterville. Mary Judith, b. Feb. 17, 1832, m. Royal Dyer of Farmington.
Luther Emerson, b. May 1, 1834, nı. Julia Benson. Ezra M., b. Sept. 10, 1837, d. Oct. 10, 1841.
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John L., b. Nov. 23, 1839, m. Martha C. Nash of Lewiston; was killed in the war of the Rebellion in the Wilderness. (See Military Record.) The father d. June, 1877. The mother d. June 7, 1868.
SAMUEL TUBBS, brother of the preceding, m. Sabra Hatch, and settled on the farm which he occupied through life. Children :
Olive Hatch, b. 1830, m. Alpheus Shaw; Jemima Stone, m. 1st, Henry Record, 2d, Joshua Welch; Louisa S., b. Jan. 23, 1845, m. A. J. Smith.
The father d. March, 1866. The mother d. March, 1878.
LUTHER EMERSON TUBBS, son of Ezra, m. Julia, dau. of Deacon Seth Benson, and moved to Minn., April, 1855, and returned to Paris, 1884. Children :
Mary L., b. May 10, 1856, m. John I. Bell of Minn. ; Winthrop Davis, b. Jan. 30, 1857 ; William, b. Sept. 3, 1866 ; Harden B., b. June 6, 1870; Julia, b. March 28, 1873.
TUCKER.
CHARLES TUCKER, son of Isaac of New Gloucester, and grandson of Lemuel of Gloucester, Mass., b. Oct. 19, 1807, m. Caroline, dau. of Joseph Hammond. Children :
Charles O., b. Sept. 27, 1829, m. Mary Franklin of East Hartford, and s. in Minn., removed to New York and d. there, Feb. 1874.
LEVI P. TUCKER brother of the preceding, m. Frances, dau. of Gilbert Evans. Children :
Jacob Walter, b. March 4, 1844; Josiah Prince, b. Aug. 4, 1848, d. Oct. 13, 1854; Eliza M., b. June 28, 1852; Arilla Amanda, b. Aug. 12, 1854.
TUELL.
JOHN and Lydia (Makepiece) TUELL of Taunton, came to this township about 1788, and located in what is now known as the Tuell neighborhood. He was born in Taunton, Mass., 1747. His wife . was b. 1751. Children :
John, m. Rebecca Doughty, May 3, 1796.
Lydia, b. Sept. 10, 1776, m. Jacob Gurney.
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1779, m. Ist, Patty Perham, 2d, Rebecca Curtis.
Charity, b. June 30, 1781, m. David Dudley.
Abiathar, b. Feb. 26, 1784, mn. Charlotte, dau. of Lemuel Holmes.
Abagail, b. Aug. 24, 1786, m. Noah Curtis, Jr.
Gilbert, b. March 4, 1788, m. Polly Benson, s. Sumner.
Polly, b. March 8, 1793, mn. Francis Keen of Sumner.
The father d. April 12, 1812, aged 65. The mother d. March 8, 1840, aged 89.
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EBENEZER TUELL, son of John, m. Patty, dau. of Lemuel Perham. Children :
Laura B., b. Feb. 25, 1805, m. Lewis B. Stowell. (See Stowell.)
Patty. b. June 25, 1806, m. Col. Cyprian Cole of Greenwood.
Caroline, b. June 29, 1808, m. Benjamin Ryerson, s. Auburn.
Betsey G., b. April 26, 1810, m. Samuel H. Houghton. (See Houghton.) The mother d. and m. 2d, Rebecca, dau. of Ashley Curtis of Hebron, b. Feb. 12, 1787.
Gilman, b. Sept. 2, 1814, m. Maria Houghton.
Ashley Curtis, b. July 10, 1816, d. May 12, 1837.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1818, d. July 24, 1837.
Herrick O., b. Dec. 3, 1820, m. Harriet Chandler.
Adaline, b. March 6, 1823, m. Abner Benson.
Benjamin F., b. June 1, 1826, d. July 3, 1828.
Horatio, b. Oct. 3, 1823, d. June 28, 1829.
The father d. March 20, 1869, aged 90.
ABIATHAR TUELL, brother of the preceding, m. Charlotte, dau. of Captain Lemuel Holmes of Paris, Sept. 30, 1806. Children :
Lemuel Holmes, b. July 28, 1807, m. Lydia H., dau. of Jacob Gurney. Orren, b. Nov. 1809.
Olice, b. Aug. 8, 1814, m. Thomas T. Lurvey.
Adoniran, b. Aug. 8, 1814, d. Sept. 20, 1817. He was kicked by a horse. John, b. 1820, d. Oct. 10, 1824.
Kingman, b. June, 1821, d. June, 1824.
Charlotte, b. 1824, d. Feb. 2, 1848.
Henry M., b. 1827, m. Melinda Crawford, and had : Elmer E., b. Feb. 12, 1858; Lena May, b. June 24, 1873.
The mother d. Oct. 9, 1836, aged 52 years, and he m. 2d, Phebe, widow of Nathan Knapp of Rumford. The father d. Feb. 4, 1876, aged 92 years.
GILBERT TUELL, brother of the preceding, m. Polly, dau. of Joseph and Silence Benson of Hebron, and settled in Sumner. Children :
Louisa, b. Oct. 26, 1811, m. George W. Buck of Buckfield.
Mary Ann, b. Feb. 24, 1814, m. Seth Gurney of Sumner.
The mother d. Oct. 7, 1817, m. 2d, Sally, dau. of Caleb Young of Buck- field.
Charles G., b. Aug. 2, 1819, m. Emily Stetson of Sumner.
Hiram, b. Oct. 11, 1820, d. July 26, 1824.
Benjamin Y., b. July 19, 1822, m. Belinda A. Heath. Abby, b. Nov. 28, 1824, m. Albion P. Bonney.
Lydia M., b. Nov. 26, 1826, m. Charles Curtis, 2d.
Henrietta, b. Oct. 23, 1829, d. May 11, 1854.
The father d. Oct. 28, 1861. The mother d. June 11, 1857.
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GILMAN TUELL, son of Ebenezer, m. Maria, dau. of Moses and Martha (Haskell) Houghton, June 11, 1836. Children :
Gilman R., b. Aug. 9, 1841, d. Sept. 25, 1843, from accident. (See Annals, 1843.)
Roscoe, b. March 15, 1842, m. Esther A. Walker, and had : Minnie C., b. Feb. 7, 1864.
George Corrydon, b. March 30, 1843, d. Aug. 30, 1864.
Eliza, b. Jan. 30, 1845, d. March 1, 1854.
Gilman, b. March 23, 1846, d. July 30, 1863.
Adna R., b. Sept. 20, 1847, m. Esther E., dau. of Jonas Bisbee, and has : Carrie Maxim, b. June 21, 1869; and Etta Frances, b. Oct. 5, 1875.
Horatio, b. June 12, 1854.
HERRICK O. TUELL, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet, dau. of Reuben Chandler, Oct. 24, 1847. She was b. July 25, 1825. Children :
Otho Fernando, b. Oct. 30, 1848 ; James Adrian, b. May 17, 1850; Ossian Eugene, b. June 26, 1853, d. July 30, 1856; Mary Abbie, b. Aug. 13, 1855; Addie Leslie, b. May 31, 1858.
LEMUEL H. TUELL, son of Abiatha, m. Dec. 1, 1831. Lydia H., dau. of Jacob Gurney of Hebron, b. Feb. 5, 1806. Children :
Greenwood B., b. Feb. 15, 1833.
Horatio R., b. June 15, 1836, d. in hospital at Washington, Feb. 16, 1864. The mother d. Nov. 15, 1838, m. 2d, Angeline A., dau. of Moses Buck, Nov. 28, 1839. She was b. March 28, 1811, d. Nov. 14, 1869, in. 3d, Lizzie A., April 24, 1870, widow of William H. Crawford, and dau. of Robert Tufton Seavey of Conway, N. H. She was b. Sept. 17, 1832.
TUFTS.
JOSEPH TUFTS, son of Joseph of Lec, N. H., and Rebecca (Stevens) Tufts of Middleton, N. H., was b. June 29, 1817 ; came to Paris in 1841, and m. Lucinda, dau. of Captain Micah Walker. Children :
Elnora Anna, b. March 29, 1842, m. Henry F. Swift, s. Oxford ; Adoniram Alden, b. Nov. 28, 1843, d. Feb. 15, 1871; Freeland Olban, b. April 2, 1852, m. Fannie, dau. of Job. H. Rawson, and had: Freeland Rawson, b. May 9, 1877 ; Leon Micah, b. Nov. 8, 1860, m. Mary Alice, dau. of Wm. Richardson of Greenwood.
TURNER.
ADAM TURNER, JR., son of Adam of Hebron, born in the "Old Colony," m. Bethiah Cole of Plympton, Mass., and moved into Paris in 1823, to the farm adjoining that of Peter Chase. He died here in 1839, aged 70 years. His wife d. in 1844. She was sister
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of Consider, Sampson, Daniel and Levi Cole, well known in Paris and Greenwood in the early times. Children :
Melzar: Minerva, m. Jacob Arnold and settled in Paris, but moved to Augusta : Sylenda; Joseph, formerly a well known Advent preacher in this town; Testa, d. young ; Betsey, m. Gilman Turner of Turner, and died in Augusta ; Lebbeus B., b. Feb. 16, 1816, m. Mary A. Pulsifer of Poland.
LEBBEUS B. TURNER m. Mary A. Pulsifer of Poland, who was b. Jan. 1, 1819. He lived in Paris until some thirty years ago, then moved to Augusta, and resides there. Children, the three oldest b. in Paris :
Sylenda, b. March 29. 1838, m. John H. Breen; Vesta, b. June 10, 1840, m. Melville C. Blackwell, r. Augusta ; Henry S., b. June 16, 1843, m. Carrie M. Pratt of Newport, r. Augusta; Fenelon, b. Jan. 26, 1847, d. Oct. 8, 1849; Willie F., b. Sept. 25, 1859.
TUTTLE.
JOHN TUTTLE, the ancestor of the New Hampshire Tuttles, settled in Dover, N. H., between 1633 and 1640.
DANIEL TUTTLE of the sixth generation from John1 (John5, John4, John3, John2, John1,) was b. in Dover, N. H., March 28, 1756, m. Lois Leathers, and came to Newfield, Maine. Children :
Sarah, b. May 12, 1780, m. Bane Teague, s. Buckfield.
John, b. Dec. 7, 1783, m. Polly K. Snell of Poland.
William, b. July 8, 1786, m. Dolly Chase of Buckfield.
Betsey, b. July, 1789, m. Josiah Smith, s. Buckfield.
Daniel, b. 1792, m. Hannah Chase.
Polly, b. 1795. m. Joshua Knox of Peru.
Lucy, m. Richard Anderson. .
JOHN TUTTLE, son of Daniel, m. Polly K. Snell of Poland, and became a resident of Paris about 1817. Children, the five oldest b. in Turner :
Tacy, b. Oct. 5, 1808, m. Asa Woodbury, s. Paris.
Florillo, b. Nov. 12, 1810, m. Arba Thayer, s. Paris.
Emeline, b. May 7, 1812, m. John Tucker, s. Norway.
Azel Snell, b. Sept. 30, 1813, m. Isabella Wing, s. Paris.
Robert Snell, b. Jan. 22, 1815, s. Skowhegan.
William Henry Harrison, b. Oct. 27, 1816, resides in California.
John Chandler, b. Dec. 14, 1818, s. Skowhegan.
Joseph Hutchinson, b. Oct. 7, 1822, m. Martha J., dau. of Ethiol Stevens of Greenwood, r. Cleveland, Ohio.
Benjamin Franklin, b. Aug. 29, 1825, m. and settled in California, and has been in the Senate of California, and State Commissioner of Rail- roads.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
Mary Ann, b. April 16, 1831, d. in California.
The father d. at South Paris, May 18, 1874. The mother d. at Skowhe- gan, Feb. 19, 1879.
AZEL TUTTLE, son of John, m. Isabelle, dau. of Calvin Wing of Wayne, Feb., 1846. She d. June 17, 1860, and he m. 2d, Ann Maria, dau. of Sylvanus Sturtevant, Nov. 24, 1861. He is the well known stage man and part owner of the route between Bryant's Pond and Andover. Children :
George H., b. July 8, 1864; Byron W., b. Feb. 2, 1872; Anna S., b. Aug. 3, 1873.
TWITCHELL.
JACOB TWITCHELL of Gray, m. Sally Matthews of Stroudwater. . He bought the westerly half of lots 9 and 10 in the 5th range, of Job Cushman of Hebron, Sept. 16, 1794, to which he moved his family. The land of lot 9 he deeded to his son Moses, and the other came into the hands of his son David. The date of his will was Sept. 5, 1812. His wife d. Jan. 1843, aged 90 years. Child- ren :
Moses, b. 1779, mn. Rebecca Monk ; Nicholas, s. Montville ; John. s. Mont- ville; Betsey, m. 1st, Carey of Otisfield, 2d, Isaac Knight, 3d, David Abbott, 4th, Deacon Randall of Freedom, 5th, - - Worthen of Mont- ville; Mark, d. 1808; Jacob, b. Nov. 15, 1791, m. Betsey Monk ; David, m. Lucinda Greggs; Cyprian, b. Nov. 21, 1797, s. Thomaston.
MOSES TWITCHELL, son of Jacob, m. Rebecca, daughter of Elias Monk. Children :
Levi L., m. Rebecca Bird; Sally, m. Samuel Fessenden Rawson ; Moses, b. Jan. 23, 1812, m. Eunice Monk ; Almira, b. Aug. 10, 1814, in. 1st, Benja- min C. Cummings, 2d, Josiah K. Weeks; Clarissa, b. 1820, d. Mar. 1, 1846. The father d. Sept. 9, 1859. The mother d. Feb. 15, 1873, aged 83 years.
JACOB TWITCHELL, brother of the preceding, m. Betsey, dau. of Elias Monk, and settled on land purchased of Caleb Perry, on the westerly end of the Asa Perry farm. Children :
Polly, b. April 14, 1816, m. Shepard Bucknam; Elsie, s. Portland ; Lucretia.
DAVID TWITCHELL, brother of the preceding, m. Lucinda, dau. of Gideon Greggs of Alstead, Vt. She was b. Oct. 9, 1791. Children : Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1820, m. Job Ryerson.
Benjamin F., b. Dec. 4, 1821, m. 1st, Lydia Hall, 2d, Elizabeth Allen. Harriet Frances, b. June 9, 1823.
Laurinda Greggs, b. Dec. 5, 1824, m. Calvin Bueknam, s. Hebron. Lucinda, b. April 22, 1826, d. Feb. 12, 1872.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
Martha Stevens, b. March 9, 1828, m. Emery Lombard, s. Turner.
Mary Louisa, b. Feb. 11, 1830, d. May 28, 1865.
The father d. Nov. 8, 1847. The mother d. Jan. 11, 1879.
BENJAMIN F. TWITCHELL, son of David, m. Lydia, dau. of Jeffer- son Hall, and resides on the homestead. Children :
Ellen Frances, b. April 18, 1853, m. Willis L. Getchell of Baldwin.
Ernest Franklin, b. Aug. 2, 1857.
The mother d. Nov. 24, 1858. He m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. Aaron Allen .of Gray, Me., May, 28, 1862. She was b. Dec. 10, 1835.
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