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Children :
i Hosea, b. Aug. 20, 1821, m. Julia Sturgis. He was a well known singing master and band leader; d. 1887.
ii Lawson, b. Jan. 25, 1823, d. Oct. 12, 1828.
iii John Bartlett, b. Dec. 30, 1824, d. Oct. 6, 1828.
iv Arvilla, b. Dec. 3, 1826. m. Albion Perry Blake of Bethel.
v Marcia S., b. March 18. 1829, m. Aaron J. Abbot, 1847.
vi John Bartlett, b. May 3, 1831. m. Dec. 11, 1856, Mary J. Went- worth of Vassalboro. He is a farmer in Pittston, Me.
vii Betsey M., b. Apr. 23, 1833, m. Edwin R. Abbot 1853.
viii Joseph Lyman, b. Aug. 9, 1835, m. Lucinda Holt 1861.
ix Nancy Dianna, b. Dec. 8, 1838. d. Oct. 27, 1844.
ROBERTS.
DR. THOMAS ROBERTS married Harriet M. Wilkins of Norway. He died June 8, 1876, aged 70 years. The entire family died within the space of a few years.
Children :
i Ann Sophia, b. Aug. 9, 1836, m. Mellen E. Bolster. died.
ii Lawson Granville, b. Oct. 5, 1838, d. young.
iii Sidney Irving, b. Oct. 18, 1841, d. unmarried.
iv Euthalius Channing, ) d. young. twins, b. Nov. 13. 1843.
V Euthalia Wilkins, in. Elisha F. Goddard.
JOSEPH H. ROBERTS was born in Rome, Me., in 1822, and mar- ried March 7, 1847, Harriet M. Delano, who was born Dec. 10, 1820. He died in Rumford Dec. 20, 1886.
Children :
i George W., b. Oct. 4, 1848, m. Lucena Edmunds.
ii Dudley F., b. Aug. 17, 1850, mn. Elizabeth II. Trask.
iii John P., b. May 24, 1852, m. March 7. 1880, Edith E. Marden, who was born in Weld. They have: Bertha A., (adopted) b. New Hampshire, June 26, 1884.
iv Loren H., b. June 16, 1855, m. Adell Farnum Nov. 9, 1881.
ROLFE.
BENJAMIN ROLFE of Concord, N. H., son of Nathaniel and Han- nah (Rolfe) Rolfe, and grandson of Henry, one of the grantees of Concord, whose wife was Judith Dole, married Molly Sweat and
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was early in Rumford. His wife was a daughter of Benjamin Sweat, Senior.
Children :
i .John. b. March 7, 1785, m. Betsey Abbot.
ii Judith. b. March 17, 1787, m. Jeremiah Hall, s. Rumford.
iii Nathaniel, b. March 27, 1789, m. Polly Glines. s. Rumford.
iv Isaar, b. Aug. 30, 1791. m. Mary Chase.
V Samuel Jones, b. Sept. 1, 1793, m. Eliza Hathaway.
vi Benjamin, b. Feb. 10, 1796, m. Mary N. Flanders.
HENRY ROLFE, brother of the preceding, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Rolfe, born in Haverhill, Mass., married Dorothy Elliot of Boseawin, N. H., who was the widow of Samuel Heath. He came to Rumford with the early settlers, and died here Dee. 19, 1823. His widow died Apr. 11, 1837.
Children :
i Henry Courrier, b. Apr. 7, 1799 m. March 23. 1825, Dorcas Wheeler.
ii Nancy, b. -. She was long a school teacher.
iii John Elliot, b. July 23, 1805.
JOHN ROLFE, eldest son of Benjamin Rolfe, married Betsey Abbott. He settled on a wild lot on the west side of Ellis river, three miles above the Point. He died Apr. 23, 1854, and his wife died Feb. 23,1860.
Children :
i Enoch C., b. Apr. 16. 1812, (M. D.) m. Emeline Small.
ii Betsen Carlton. b. Aug. 22, 1813, m. 1844, Capt. Peter Trask.
iii John Abbot, b. Jan. 28, 1815, d. March 17, following.
iv Ruth Lorejoy, b. March 6, 1816, m. Josiah Rogers.
V Samuel Preston. b. July 21, 1817, d. Aug. 10, 1817.
vi Benj. Moody, b. July 2. 1818, m. Hannah K. Searle. d. Oct. 20, 1882.
vii John Millett, b. July 25, 1820, d. Sept. S, 1823.
viii Henry Laurens, b. Oct. 23, 1822, d. Nov. 17, 1878.
ix John Abbot, b. June 8, 1821, m. Mary M. Thompson.
X Laura Hammond, b. Apr. 18, 1826, d. Sept. 16, 1826.
xi Hannah Abbot b. Apr. 4. 1828, d. May 19, 1859.
xii Clarissa De Wit b. Oct. 26, 1829.
xiii Oscar Dunreuth, b. Feb. 5. 1833, m. Elizabeth S. Curtis Nov. 4, 1867. She died March 8, 1875, and he married May 19, 1880, Mrs. Julia B., widow of Chas. R. Abbot, daughter of Reuben Foster, Esq .. of Hanover.
NATHANIEL ROLFE, son of Benjamin Rolfe, married Polly Glines, who was born in Loudon, N. H., July 7, 1793.
Enoch C. Rolfe, M. J.
(See page 256.)
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Children :
i Mary Atwood, b. Dec. 14, 1809. ii Judith, b. Feb 4, 1812. iii Jeremiah G., b. Oct. 4, 1814. iv Paulina, b. June 4, 1818, d. Feb. 26, 1835. v Miriam Lovejoy, b. Apr. 24, 1821. vi Charles Hiram, b. March 16, 1827.
HENRY C. ROLFE, son of Henry Rolfe, married Dorcas, daughter of Abel Wheeler. He lived many years at East Rumford and was a good citizen. For a time he was in trade at Bryant's Pond. He now (1890) lives with his daughter in Milton Plantation and is in his ninety-first year.
Children :
i Lusina, b. March 16, .1826, m. 1st, Jarius S. Bryant, 2d, Wm. H. Hemmingway.
ii Charles Henry, b. Dec. 25, 1829, m. Caroline Virgin, d. in California.
iii Arvilla Wheeler, b. July 9, 1840.
JOHN E. ROLFE married Joanna S. Douglass.
Children :
i Henrietta Dorothy, b. Feb. 24, 1840. ii Henry Andrew Jackson, b. May 24, 1842.
RUNDLETT.
JONATHAN P. RUNDLETT married Esther
Children on town records :
i Jerusha M .. b. March 25, 1821. ii Simon S., b. Oct. 1, 1824. iii Elbridge C., b. May 5, 1827. iv Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1829. v Jeremiah R., b. Feb. 24, 1834. vi Mary Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1836. vii Gardner Fairfield, b. March 12, 1840.
GEORGE W. RUNDLETT married Hannah -. Children on town records : 1
i Georgianna. b. Quincy, Mass., Dec. 25, 1846. ii Lewis C., b. July 16, 1848. iii Mary F., b. Sept. 10, 1850. iv Ann M. b. Aug. 6, 1852. v Hen- rietta, b. June 10, 1854. vi Ida Ann, b. Rumford. March 31, 1858. vii Frank, b. June 8, 1859.
SEGAR.
JOSIAH SEGAR, a brother of Nathaniel Segar of Bethel, born October 11, 1745, son of Josiah and Thankful (Allen) Segar of Newton, Mass., came to Bethel or Sudbury Canada, as it was then called, with the early settlers. He was married in Fryeburg in 1788, to Jane Meserve. He was a resident of New Pennacook in
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1792. The Rumford records do not show that he had children, and he may have left town quite early.
JOHN E. SEGAR, son of Nathaniel Segar, born 1803, married Lydia Farnum, who was born Dec. 23, 1803, and who died Nov. 5, 1864. He died Oct. 30, 1882.
Children :
i Ambrose Cushing, b. Sept. 30, 1833, m. Amanda A. Russell.
ii Jonathan Millett, b. March 11, 1836.
iii Jarvis M., b. Aug. 20, 1841; he was a soldier in the late war; r. Lowell, Mass.
AMBROSE C. SEGAR was married to Amanda A., daughter of Theodore and Lucy G. Russell, March 18, 1858, by Rev. Patrick Hoyt.
Children :
i Lydia A., b. Nov. 26, 1859, m. Sept. 2. 1882, Llewellyn D. Elliot.
SHORT.
SEBA D. SHORT married in 1835, Abbie A. Trumbull.
Children on town record :
i Jane, b. Feb. 12. 1836. ii Abbie A., b. Sept. 7, 1841. 1
SILVER.
NATHAN SILVER is the ancestor of the Silvers of this town. He married Sally Woodbury of Dunbartown, N. H. He died May 29, 1811, aged 42 years, and his widow in 1815, married Robert Hinkson. Children :
i Nathan, b. June 18, 1792, m. 1815, Sally Swain.
ii Polly, b. Apr. 8, 1794. m. 1818, David Elliot.
iii Hezadiah, b. March 31, 1798, mn. 1824, Lucy Virgin.
iv Betsey, b. Apr. 21, 1800.
V Melinda, b. Apr. 15, 1802. m. 1831, Otis Baker of Mexico.
vi Sally. b. Sept. 9, 1804.
vii Daniel, b. Aug. 22, 1806, m. 183-, Sarah Barron of No. 8.
viii James, b. July 12, 1808, m. 1831, Sarah l'. Elliot.
ix Lovina, b. Dec. 29, 1810.
NATHAN SILVER, JR., married Sally P. Swain.
Children :
i Mary, b. May 5, 1817. ii Sarah, b. July 24, 1819. iii Solomon, b. May 6, 1826. iv Charles W., b. Apr. 21, 1835. v Martha J., b. July 26, 1833.
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HAZEDIAII W. SILVER married Lucy Virgin, who was born in Concord, N. H., in 1806, and died at East Rumford, Aug. 13, 1883. He was living in Rumford in 1889.
Children :
i Charles H., b. Apr. 1, 1825, m. Harriet Buswell.
ii Lucetta G., b. March 4, 1827, d. 1829.
iii Jeneatte B., b. March 11, 1829, d. young.
iv Orin B., b. Nov. 18. 1832, m. Matilda Fillmore.
V Mary Ann V., b. Feb. 4, 1834, m. Charles Wilkins.
vi Hannah V., b. Nov. 1, 1838, d. Oct., 1862.
vii Jonathan, b. June 12, 1841, m. Abby Barker.
viii George T., b. Dec. 1, 1843, m. Antoinette Howe.
JAMES SILVER married Sarah P., daughter of Cotton Elliot. He was a farmer in Rumford, but at one time kept tavern at Bryant's Pond. He returned and died in this town. For second wife in 1867, he married Mary A. Lufkin.
Children :
i Delia C., b. Jan. 11, 1833, m. Rufus B. Howe.
ii George S., b. Jan. 20, 1835, m. Nancy S. Hutchins, d. 1883.
iii Addie E., b. March 15, 1838.
iv Frances M., b. July 4, 1840, m. Joel H. Hutchins.
v Annette G., b. Jan. 31, 1842.
vi Clara M., b. Aug. 28, 1845.
vii Emma S., b. Dec. 5, 1850.
SOLOMON SILVER, son of Nathan Silver, married Mary He moved to Aroostook County.
Children :
i Emma A., b. May 14, 1854. ii Charles W., b. March 6, 1857. iii Lafayette WV., b. Nov. 10, 1858. iv Edward S., b. July 23, 1860. v Mary S., b. Oct. 1, 1862. vi Annie IV., b. Dec. 28, 1864.
JONATHAN SILVER, son of Hazediah Silver, married Abby Barker of Hanover.
Children :
i Etta, b. June 13, 1869. ii Perley, b. Oct. 27, 1872. iii Minnie, b. Sept. 5,1876.
GEORGE TURNER SILVER, son of Hazediah Silver, married at Lowell, Mass., July 18, 1867, Antoinette M., daughter of Otis and Sarah Howe. He lives at Rumford Point and is a carpenter and farmer.
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Children :
i Cora A., b. Oct. 9, 1869. ii Ina M., b. Aug. 26, 1873. iii Albert HI., b. Nov. 29. 1874. iv Katie B., b. Dee. 15, 1876. v Hattie F., b. Aug. 3, 1880. vi Lewis E., b. May 26, 1887. d. JJan. 11, 1888.
GEORGE S. SILVER, son of James Silver, married Nancy Hutch- ins. He deceased several years ago.
Children :
i Fred II., b. June 2, 1857.
SIMPSON.
RENJAMIN SIMPSON married Polly, daughter of Nathaniel, and a sister of Benjamin and Henry Rolfe.
Children.
i Nathaniel, b. May 9, 1790, m. Lydia Elliot.
ii Paul Rolfe, b. Dec. 10, 1791, m. Hannah Thomas. d. 1881.
iii .John. b.
iv Joseph. b. - -, I. - , d. in Wisconsin.
V William, b.
vi Sally, b. -.
NATHANIEL SIMPSON married Lydia, daughter of Joseph and (Lydia) Goodwin Elliot of Concord, N. H. He died in Rumford Dec. 13, 1874, aged nearly 84 years. His wife died July 15, 1883, aged about 86 years.
Children :
i David, b. Sept. 15, 1820, m. Mary Newton.
ii Eleanor, b. July 4, m. John Dolley.
. PAUL R. SIMPSON married Hannah Thomas. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, in Capt. Bodwell's Norway Company.
Children :
i Abigail G., b. - , m. Lawson F. Clement. ii Willard E., b. - , 1825. iii Paul B., b. - , 1827. iv JJohn D., b. - , 1828. v Hannah Li. b. -- , 1831.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, brother of Benj. Simpson, m. Abigail -. Children :
i Dolly, b. - , m. Thomas Abbot, s. Oxford. ii Eliza, b. Canterbury, N. H., Apr. 23, 1801. iii Mary, b. July 5, 1803. iv Sarah, b. Rumford, July 19, 1806. v Benjamin. b. Apr. 8, 1809. vi John, b. Aug. 4, 1811.
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SMALL.
JAMES SMALL, son of James Small, born in Cape Elizabeth in 1784, married Lydia, daughter of Amos Howard of Lyman, Me. He moved to Limerick and then to Lisbon. In 1826, he came to Rumford and bought the Simon Virgin farm, the one next above the Keyes or Timothy Walker farm. He was an intelligent man, much employed in town affairs and a Justice of the Peace. He died in Newry Nov. 1, 1845, and his wife died July 16, 1834, aged 53 years. Amos Howard, father of Mrs. Small, was born May 2, 1752, and died in Rumford, Sept. 17, 1837. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
Children :
i Warren, b. Limerick, April 21, 1804, d. aged 20.
ii Sarah Sherburne, b. July 29, 1805, m. Amos Dwinel.
iii James, b. Lisbon, July 9, 1807, died at sea aged 20.
iv Lydia, b. Nov. 13, 1809, d. aged 4 years.
V Emeline, b, March 23, 1812, m. E. Carter Rolfe.
vi Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1814, m. 1st, Abial Stevens; 2d, Ezekiel Small.
vii Cyrus, b. Apr. 18, 1816. m. Ist, Lucy A. Kimball, 2d, Sarah J. Thompson, 3d, Polly Martin.
viii Sumner, b. Dec. 25, 1818, m. Eliza Morley, r. Massachusetts.
ix Mary Ann, b. Jan. 13, 1821, mn. O'Neil R. Hastings of Newry.
x Lydia Ellen, b. June 6, 1823, m. John Smith of Newry.
xi
Albert, b. Sept. 11, 1825, m. Sarah Hastings. Mr. Small settled at Newry. He was for several sessions, Secretary of the Maine Senate. He subsequently moved to Auburn, and was long a bank cashier. He died there and his widow became the second wife of Judge Charles W. Walton.
CYRUS SMALL, son of the preceding, married first, Lucy Ann Kimball, and second, in 1848, Sarah Jane Thompson. She died and he married 3d, Polly Martin. Mr. Small settled in Caribou.
Children :
i Eveline, b. Sept. 27, 1839.
HENRY A. SMALL of another family, married Fanny D. -. Children :
i Freeman E., b. Stoneham, July 24, 1854. ii Thomas H., b. - iii Cleveland P., b. -. iv James C., b. -. v Mary E., b. vi Edward I., b. -. vii Walter L.
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SNOW.
SAMUEL S. SNOW, born in Bethlehem, N. H., Sept. 20, 1802, married Mary S., daughter of Ezra Hoyt. He came here from Andover, Mass., and moved from here to Saccarappa. He was the son of Ono S. Snow.
Children :
i Benjamin Poor, b. Feb. 14, 1831, m. Annie Louisa Chandler.
ii Harriet Newell, b. Nov. 12, 1832, m. Andrew JJ. Patridge; she died at Waterville.
iii Temple Hoyt, b. July 8, 1834, m. Marriner.
iv Mary Annette, b. July 10, 1836, m. Llewellyn H. Drinkwater.
V Clarissa Ellen, b. June 6, 1838, m. - Stratton.
vi Caroline Elizabeth Smith, b. Apr. 12, 1840, m. Thomas H. Cruff, r. Oakland, Cal.
vii Edward Puyson, b. Jan. 30, 1842, d. 1876, unmarried ; served in 16th Me. Vols.
viii Ezra Hoyt, b. Feb. 14, 1844, m. Ella Stratton, r. Worcester.
ix Samuel Newell Whitney, b. Feb. 1, 1846.
SPOFFORD.
ELDAD SPOFFORD, born January 1, 1745, married Lucy Spauld- ing of Townsend, Mass. He moved to Temple, N. H.
Children ;
i Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1769, m. Asa Howard, s. Howard's Gore.
ii Jesse, b.
iii Eliphalet, b. - , m. Sally Russell.
iv Henry, b.
V Lucy, b. Apr. 8, 1777, m. Joshua Felt; 2d, Merrill Chase.
vi Hannah, b. -
vii Sarah, b.
viii Isaac, b. June 22, 1782, m. Ann Fish, s. Rumford.
ix Betsey, b.
x Milly, b.
xi Daniel, b.
xii Artemas, b.
xiii Earl, b.
STEPHENS.
JOHN EZRA STEPHENS, son of Ezra and Laura B. (Andrews) Stephens of Woodstock, and grandson of Benjamin and Abigail (Sampson) Stephens of Paris, worked three years in the watch factories of Waltham, Mass., and then came and commenced busi-
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ness at Rumford Centre. In addition to jewelry and watch repair- ing, he keeps a general store of goods, owns' half of the dowel mill, nad is also Postmaster. He married Oct. 6, 1883, Corry, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Swain.
Children :
i Glendon Webster, b. May 27, 1885.
ii Elizabeth Laura, b. Nov. 25, 1886, d. Feb. 19, 1887.
STEVENS.
JOHN STEVENS, called "Merchant," was one of the largest pro- prietors of New Pennacook, and his son, Stephen G. Stevens, settled here. John Stevens was the son of John and Lydia (Soley) Stevens, and grandson of John Stevens, who was baptized in 1696, was a sea captain and died Sept. 26, 1748. His son, who married Lydia Soley in 1746, left only one son, who is the John mentioned first, and died in 1749. His widow married Stephen Greenleaf. John Stevens graduated at Harvard College in 1766, married Sarah Wood, and moved from Charlestown, Mass., where his ancestors had long resided, to Concord, N. H. He was a merchant and a man of means and influence. He died Dec. 25, 1792, and his widow died May 11, 1804, aged 53 years.
STEPHEN GREENLEAF STEVENS was the son of John Stevens, merchant, of Concord, N. H., one of the proprietors of Rumford and a large owner of its lands. He was born Feb. 24, 1782. He married Ruth, daughter of Benjamin Elliot, in 1810. He once owned the land upon which Rumford Point Village now stands. Children :
i Grace Bradley, b. July 7, 1811, m. Wm. Mills, moved to Illinois.
ii Benj. Wood, b. Jan. 11, 1814, m. Harriet G. Frost of Andover; r. Somerville, Mass.
iii Stephen Greenleaf, b. March 12, 1816, m. Christiana Cushman of Oxford, r. Minn.
iv Francis Cushman, b. May 15, 1818, m. Betsey H. Lucas of Hartford, r. Canton.
V Thomas Jenners, b. Apr. 28, 1820, m. Linda M. Griffin, d. Canton in 1878.
vi Mabel Waite, b. March 7, 1826, m. first, Eugene Tufts of Saco, second, Sewall Thompson, r. Rumford.
vii Samuel Bradley, b. Oct. 22, 1828, moved to Minnesota.
viii William Freeman, b. Aug. 4, 1831, m. first, Susan Little of Cole- brook, N. H., and second, Arvilla E. McCrillis of Rumford.
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AARON STEVENS, born in Concord, N. H., January 8, 1785, married Sally, daughter of Israel Glines, of London, N. H., who was born there August 18, 1784. He came to Rumford about the year 1806, and became one of the wealthiest men in town. When advanced in years he moved to Auburn where he married a second wife. He died Feb. 7, 1877, aged 93.
Children :
i Eben. b. Louden, May 16, 1805.
ii Edward, b. Nov. 2, 1808. in. Sybil Bean.
iii Cynthia W., b. Feb. 9, 1813, m. Isaac Washburn of Paris.
iv Abial L., b. May 20, 1815, m. Elizabeth Small.
EDWARD STEVENS, son of Aaron Stevens, married Sybil, daughter of Luther Bean. He occupied a farm near the Corner, now occupied by his sons.
Children :
i Edward E., b. Mar. 23, 1838. ii Amos II., b. Mar. 15, 1840. iii Aaron E., b. July 2, 1842. iv Frederick M .. b. June 8, 1844. v George D., b. April 8, 1847.
PHINEAS STEVENS, born in London, N. H., Sept. 7, 1798, mar- ried first, Betsey -, who was born in Epsom, N. H., Aug. 26, 1796, and died in Rumford June 7, 1822. For second wife he married Mary S., daughter of Capt. Joseph Wardwell.
Children :
i Sally K., b. Concord, N. H., Oct. 19. 1818.
ii
Mahala G., b. Aug. 13, 1821, d. Feb. 15, 1822.
By second wife :
iii Daniel G., b. Jan. 14, 1826.
iv Betsey II., b. Feb. 19, 1828.
V Charles O. B., b. April 11. 1829.
vi James R., b. April 22, 1830.
vii Margaret Annette, b. March 27, 1832.
viii Nancy Jane, b. April 1, 1833, d. in Andover, May 4, 1860.
ix Josephine Murtha, b. Sept. 19, 1835, m. Jonathan K. Martin of Rum- ford.
x Francis R., b. Dec. 26, 1836.
SAMUEL STEVENS married Miriam This family did not long remain in town.
Children :
i Patty, b. Lewiston, Mar. 12, 1794. ii Sally, b. Oet. 25, 1796. iii Robert, b. Jan. 13, 1798. iv Mercy, b. June 2, 1800. v Joanna, b. July 14, 1802.
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vi Samuel, b. May 29, 1804. vii Haines, b. April 15, 1806. viii William Hinman, b. July 1, 1810.
HAINES STEVENS married Nancy Abbot.
Children :
i Viola M., b. April 28, 1830. ii Isaac S., b. Aug. 18, 1832. iii Mercy S., b. Aug. 11, 1834. iv William H., b. Aug. 5, 1837.
JONATHAN STEVENS married Elizabeth
- -. Children :
i Ezra Tucker, b. April 16, 1806, d. April 18, 1808.
ii James, b. - , d. May 15, 1808.
iii Betsey, b. Sept. 14, 1809.
BENJAMIN W. STEVENS married Harriet G. Frost.
Children :
i Francis, b. Nov. 17, 1839.
STILES.
ENOCH STILES, born in Bridgton Oct. 26, 1796, married Edna Dolloff, born June 6, 1789. He lived in Bridgton, Rumford, and Errol, N. H., then moved to Bethel and died there. His wife died in Bethel, and he married Maria, (Latham) the widow of Evi Needham.
Children :
i Miriam, b. Bridgton. Dec. 5, 1817.
ii Almira, b. Rumford, Nov. 20, 1821.
iii Enoch Davis, b. Errol, N. H., Oct. 31, 1829.
iv Richard Dolloff, b. July 29, 1830.
SWAIN.
JOHN SWAIN, son of John and Sarah (Richardson) Swain, born in Gilmanton, N. H., Jan. 22, 1793, married Rebecca D. Richards, who was born June 30, 1799. He died in Rumford July 22, 1861, and his wife died Oct. 17, 1868. John Swain, Senior, and his wife Sarah also died in Rumford.
Children :
i John Jr., b. June 30, 1821, m. Charlotte W. Kimball.
ii Hiram R., m. Elizabeth D. Kneeland.
twins, b. Jan. 1, 1823.
iii Francis R., ) d. Sept. 10 following.
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iv Levi, b. Feb. 14, 1825, m. Lucinda B. Kimball.
V Cordelia, b. Nov. 1, 1826, d. Jan. 13, 1833.
vi Roxana W., b. Dec. 28, 1828.
vii Amasa, b. Nov. 7, 1830. d. Oct. 12, 1831.
viii Oliver Q., b. Aug. 5, 1832, d. Apr. 3, 1834.
ix Edwin C., b. July 23, 1834. m. Mary A. Lovejoy.
x Philena J., b. Apr. 1, 1836, m. Jan. 13, 1858, Adam W. Kimball.
xi Loring F., b. March 28, 1838, m. June 22, 1861, Amelia A. Glover.
HIRAM R. SWAIN married Elizabeth D. Kneeland.
Children :
i Lucena R., b. Aug., 1848, d. Aug. 3, 1872.
Mary E., b. Jan. 3, 1851.
iii Sarah B., b. Sept. 28, 1854, d. June 24, 1877.
iv Corry, E., b. Apr. 12, 1858, m. John E. Stephens.
v Horace II., b. Oet. 8, 1859.
vi Wm. R., b. Nov. 29, 1861.
JOIIN SWAIN, JR., married Charlotte W. Kimball, Nov. 20, 1849. He died May 25, 1884.
Children :
i Roscoe E., b. May 23, 1856. ii Virtue K., b. July 10, 1858. iii John Marshall, b. July 26, 1860. iv Rosie L., b. March 23, 1864.
LEVI SWAIN married Lucinda B. Kimball, Oct. 3, 1853.
Children :
i Roger W., b. Nov. 2, 1857, d. Dec. S, 18GS.
ii Olive C., b. Sept. 16, 1861. m. Sept. 27, 1879, John H. Flagg.
LORING F. SWAIN married Amelia A., daughter of Livingston Glover, June 22, 1861.
Children :
i Roxie C., b. Sept. 19, 1862, m. Joshua H. Abbot.
ii Laura R., b. Dec. 31, 1864, m. Nial F. Hoyt.
iii Rebecca D., b. Feb. 16, 1867, m. Charles F. Lovejoy.
iv Hattie A., b. Sept. 1, 1871.
v Marcia C., b. June 26, 1873.
vi Nina J., b. June 6, 1875.
vii Edwin F., b. Sept. 11, 1877.
viii Gertie L., b. Dec. 9, 1879.
ix John R., b. May 30, 1882.
x Leon G., b. July 13, 1887.
EDWIN CHARLES SWAIN, brother of the preceding, is a photogra-
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pher at Malden, Mass. He married Jan. 24, 1870, Mary A. Love- joy of Vassalboro.
Children :
i Fred Allen, b. Apr. 3, 1871. ii Berton Smith, b. Nov. 25, 1873.
SWEAT.
BENJAMIN SWEAT from Concord, N. H., was among the early settlers of that town. He had been a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was a widower with one son, Benjamin Jr., when he came to Rumford. It is said that he married for a second wife Ruth Harriman of Dracut, who had been stewardess in the conti- nental army, and came to Rumford with one daughter, who married John Peabody, who settled on Howard's Gore. The elder Benjamin Sweat lived in Rumford a few years, then made him a home at "Fuller's banks," so called in Bethel where he died. He was in Rumford quite early, and his name is on the early petitions to the General Court. His second wife had the unsavory reputation of being a witch, and a noxious weed which appeared about that time was thought to have been sent by her to the neighboring farmers for some imaginary slight or offence. It was a variety of the nettle; and to this day is known in Bethel and vicinity as "Old Granny Sweat Weed." It is recorded on Fryeburg records that Benjamin Sweat of Rumford, and widow Ruth Harriman, were married there July 16, 1794.
BENJAMIN SWEAT, JR., son of the preceding, married Mary or Molly Harper, sister of the wife of William Godwin. He was a resident of Rumford a few years, and then moved to Bethel to a lot on the Paris and Rumford road, near the northern extremity of the "Whale's Back," so called. Here he cleared up a farm which at his decease, passed into the hands of his son Moses.
Children :
i Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1793, m. Daniel Glines.
ii. Dolly, b. Oct. 14, 1795, m. William Frost and d. May 26, 1863.
iii Mehitable, b. Jan. 6, 1798, m. John Delano of Mexico.
iv Abigail Andrews, b. Apr. 17, 1800, m. Wm. Delano of Livermore.
V Sarah, b. May 2, 1802.
vi Basmuth, b. Apr. 15, 1806, m. David York, s. Woodstock.
vii Benjamin, b. June 2, 1804, d. Dec. 9, 1806.
viii Asenath, b. Oct. 16, 1808, m. Piram Bisbee, d. Greenwood.
ix Moses, b. Oct. 3, 1810, m. 1841, Fanny Cummings of Albany ; r. Bethel.
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TAYLOR.
Families of Taylor have lived in Rumford, but no records of births have been received. Moses, William, Stephen, Jonathan C., Robert B., and Eugene Taylor are among those of this name whose intentions of marriage are recorded here. The records also show that Obed Taylor married Jerusha - -. Children :
i Theron M., b. Sept. 10, 1839.
ii Augustus D., b. Oct. 22, 1847, d. Apr. 3, 1887.
iii Edward T., b. Apr. 6, 1851.
iv Enoch A., b. Oct. 4, 1855.
THOMAS.
JOHN THOMAS, said to have been born at Brunswick, came to Norway in 1805, and there married Marian Crockett. He moved to Byron.
JOIN THOMAS, JR., born in Norway, July 4, 1809, married in Andover, Nov. 21, 1833, Lydia, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (Adams) Barrett, who was born in Nelson, N. H., May 8, 1815. They lived in Byron until 1836, when he bought the Daniel G. Abbot farm at East Rumford, where he died Oct. 12, 1864. His widow lives with her son, Peter C. Thomas, on the old Swain place. Children :
i John L., b. Byron. July 15, 1834, m. Rebecca B. Virgin.
ii Triphena, b. Rumford, JJuly 16, 1837, m. Martin L. Wyman.
iii Wilson, b. Oct. 5, 1839, m. Jan. 1, 1871, Etta Welch.
iv Warren B., b. Jan. 17, 1842. m. Mary Chisam of Boston.
V Susan M., b. Jan. 28, 1844, m. Rufus Maxwell of Litchfield, d. Sept. 3, 1885.
vi Lewis A., b. Feb. 25, 1846, mn. Mary A. Reed.
vii Lydia S., b. Feb. 11, 1848, m. 1st, Norman Moor, 2d, Charles L. Simpson.
viii Peter C., b. Apr. 24, 1850, r. Rumford, unmarried.
ix William Oscar, b. Apr. 14, 1852, d. Oct. 15, 1853.
x Edna F., b. Oct. 25. 1854, m. Fred O. Bartlett of Rumford, d. June 8, 1881.
xi Mary E., b. January 13, 1857, m. John C. Smith of Boston.
xii and xiii twins, d. day of birth, May 10, 1836.
JOHN L. THOMAS married Rebecca B., daughter of Charles E. Virgin.
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HISTORY OF RUMFORD.
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