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BILLINGS.
JOHN BILLINGS came here from Paris. He married Phebe Cole, daughter of Eleazer (see Cole), who was born October 31,
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1777. He was born April 30, 1771. He moved to the lot afterwards owned and occupied by Capt. Jonathan Cole. Most of his sons settled in the Billings neighborhood, on the Sigotch road, and he died there. His children were :
I Jonathan, b. January 7, 1798, m. Betsey Felt.
II Silas, b. March 24, 1800, m. first, Armina Whitman; second, Rebecca Whitman; third, the widow of Willoughby Russell, of Newry, whose maiden name was Kilgore.
III Lucy, b. February 22, 1802, m. Asa Thurlow, Jr.
IV John, b. April 25, 1805, m. Hannah Cooper, daughter of Benjamin, and lived in Paris.
v Charles, b. October 20, 1807, lived in the family of his brother Jon- athan; was never married.
VI Samuel Dexter, b. December 8, 1811, m. Lucy Swan, daughter of Gideon; lived in Paris.
VII Eleazer C., b. January 22, 1817, m. Mary J. Nute.
JONATHAN BILLINGS, son of the preceding, was the first set- tler in the Billings neighborhood. He married Betsey Felt, daughter of Jeremiah (see Felt). His children were Lorenzo, b. April 11, 1821, m. Mersylvia Hemmingway ; Phebe, b. April 25, 1823, m. Wm. G. Bryant; Augustus, b. November 2, 1827, m. Harriet Rowe; Lucinda, b. April 30, 1830, m. Timothy Rowe; Columbus, b. June 14, 1839, m. out of town ; Jonathan E., b. October 18, 1841, m. Anna Russell, daughter of Benjamin, of Greenwood, and lives on the old homestead.
SILAS BILLINGS, son of John, lived in Woodstock until late in life, when he moved to Oxford. He had three wives as stated, and several children, of whom Armina, m. John A. Clark, 1845; Rebecca, m. Deering F. Jackson, 1850; Jarvis C., who m. Sarah F. Kilgore, of Farmington, lives in Bethel; and a daughter Laura A., who m. Willison Rowe.
ELEAZUR C. BILLINGS, youngest son of John, married Sarah J. Nute, daughter of Samuel, of Woodstock. He lives near the homestead of his father. He had several children, Virgil D., who m. Sarah E. Dunn, of Peru, and moved to Boston; a daughter Roduska, who m. Elbridge G. Wing, and others.
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BISBEE.
ROWSE BISBEE, son of Charles and Beulah (Howland), of *Pembroke, Mass., afterwards of Sumner, Me., was b. October 10, 1775. He was eight years old when his parents came to Maine. He married Hannah Carrol or Carryl of Buckfield. He came to Woodstock about the year 1808, and built the first mill in town. It stood near Abel Bacon's, He afterwards moved to a farm in the Perham neighborhood, on which John Nason had made a beginning, and then to North Woodstock, being the first settler there. He was a blacksmith and mill-wright, and built a mill at Pinhook in 1820. He was an ingenious man, and a man of ability, though eccentric. In politics he was a whig, and for many years the only one in town. He always represented the wbig party of Woodstock in the party conventions of the county. His first wife died, and he married widow Washburn, who survived him, and married first Enoch Knight, and then Foxwell Swan. . The children of Rowse Bisbee were :
I Sophronia, b. April 1, 1801, m. Joel Perham.
II Suel, b. August 13, 1803, m. Milla Whitman.
III Desire; b. January 31, 1805, m. William Chamberlain.
IV Piram, b. October 8, 1809, m. Aseneth Swett.
All these are dead except Piram, who lives in Greenwood, and all left families.
Rowse Bisbee was the son of Charles, grandson of Moses, great-grandson of John, g. g. grandson of Elisha, and g.g.g. grandson of Thomas Bisbee (Besbedge), who with his wife, six children and three servants, came from Sandwich, England, to Scituate, Mass., in 1634.
HOSEA B. BISBEE, a blacksmith, was here in 1844. He came from Sumner. He was married that year to Elizabeth C. Clark. His residence was at the south part of the town.
BOLSTER.
LYMAN BOLSTER came here from Peru, and traded in the Knight store at Bryant's Pond. He was the son of Isaac and
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Hannah (Cushman), of Paris, and grandson of Isaac, who came from Sutton, Mass., and was early in Paris. Lyman Bolster, born March 29, 1809, married Betsey Knight, daughter of Daniel. He died here several years ago. Children: Mary Helen, b. December 23, 1846, m. Charles R. Houghton-she died No- vember, 1881; Albert A., b. April 13, 1850, m. May Louise Dunham, daughter of Rufus K., and lives at the Pond.
BOWKER.
CYPRIAN, EDMUND and HARVEY BOWKER, sons of James and Judith (Chase) Bowker, of Paris, have lived in Woodstock. Cyprian married Rachel Mayhew, of Buckfield, and had John, married Dolly Starbird; Cyprian married Abigail Robbins, James married Harriet Whitman, Rachel died young, Anna married Frank York, and there was also a William, who married. For second wife, Cyprian Bowker married the widow of Daniel Cole, a sister of his first wife.
EDMUND BOWKER, born October 3, 1798, married Mary A. Chase, daughter of Merrill. His son now occupies the homestead where he lived and died. He was a farmer and an inn-keeper. His children were : Esther C., b. June 11, 1827, m. Danville J. Libby ; Anson G., b. June 5, 1828, m. first, Martha J. Silver, second, Melissa Harlow; Albion P., b. May 17, 1830, m. Angeline Dudley, daughter of Perrin ; George W., b. September 7, 1831, m. first, Sarah F. Carter, second, Francis A. Hilton ; Henry, b. April 29, 1833, d. young ; Calista, b. August 11, 1836, m. Ambrose Curtis ; Charles H., b. October 24, 1839, m. Ellen Gilpatrick; Galen G., b. November 1, 1841, died in Maryland during the war ; Chauncey C., b. August 29, 1843, d. young ; James L., b. August 13, 1845, m. Ellen E. Davis.
HARVEY BOWKER married first, Phebe Proctor, and second, Diana Curtis, of Buckfield, daughter of Oliver. By first wife he' had Levi, who married first, Maria Keen, of Sumner, and
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second a Hasey. By second wife he had Phebe, died young ; William, died, aged 21; Edmund, had two wives, the last a daughter of William Brackett; Delphinas P., married Sarah Hopkins ; Kilbon, who married, and Martha E., who married Charles Gowell, of Sumner.
BRIGGS.
LUTHER BRIGGS, son of Ephraim, an original Shaker at New Gloucester, was born December 16, 1775. His family was from Plymouth County, Mass. He married Lydia Bryant, daughter of Solomon, lived in Paris, and moved into the town in March, 1799, to a lot in the " Thousand Acres." He sold out in a year or two to William Swan, and moved to lot number 12, in the south part of the town, now owned by Reuben Whitman, and died there January 1, 1840. His wife died February 3, 1861. His children, all except the oldest born in Woodstock, were:
I John R., b. in Paris, November 11, 1798, m. Lucy Swan, daughter of William, Jr., and lived many years in Woodstock; he was a trader at Woodstock Village, then near Abel Bacon's and at Pin- hook, the first Postmaster in town, Colonel in the Maine Militia, a Justice of the Peace, hotel keeper at Stephens' Mills and Pin- hook, and farmer. He moved to Dummer, N. H., and died at West Milan in 1881. His children were: Lydia A., b. April 8, 1821, m. Ezra Churchill; Eliza A., b. November 22, 1825, m. John Lucas; Cordelia, b. December 8, 1826, m. Levi Seavy; Columbia, b. October 13, 1828, m. Isaac Ellingwood; David, b. October 22, 1830, died, aged 16; Benjamin M., b. Feb. 25, 1833, m. Maria Gor- don; Bethiah S., b. Feb. 8, 1835, m. Anthony Nay; Uriah W., b. June 1, 1837, m. Mary Beal; John F., b. March 4, 1839, m. Mary Marshall; Lucy F., b. December 5, 1841, m. Nathaniel Gookin; Alfred H., b. January 22, 1844, m. Amanda Cotton; Luther, b. May 26, 1846, m. Dora Bean.
II Tabitha, b. October 24, 1800, m. first, Lemuel Dunham, of Hartford ; second, Daniel Coffin, of Greenwood.
III Louisa, b. December 14, 1802, m. John Swan; lived in Greenwood. IV Luther, b. June 14, 1806, m. Bethiah Swan. He lived in the north part of the town, above Bryant's Pond. He had a son George,
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who was killed while at work sawing laths at Locke's Mills, and Edwin R., who married a Dow, and lives with his father in Mason, Maine.
V David, b. July 26, 1808, left town when a young man.
VI George William, b. February 21, 1812, died young.
VII Anna N., b. December.2, 1815, m. Benaiah Dow.
Joseph H., m. first, Lydia Fuller, daughter of Consider; and second, Sally J. York. He lived in Albany.
Three children of Luther Briggs, viz: Calvin and Luther, twins, and Solomon, died in infancy.
JOSEPH BRIGGS, son of Jesse, of Paris, born March 27, 1797, married Susan Cooper, and moved to this town in 1822.
BROCK.
SAMUEL A. BROCK succeeded E. R. Knight in the stove and hardware business, at Bryant's Pond, and was very successful. He married Mandana Cross, daughter of Aaron, of Bethel, and had one child, Florence. He went from here to Bethel Hill.
BROOKS.
DR. PETER BROOKS (not in regular practice) came from Poland to Woodstock, and, after a short residence, moved to Greenwood. He married Betsey Bryant, daughter of Solomon (see Bryant), who survived him and became the wife of Jon- athan Fickett. His children were: Lucinda, born December 27, 1778, who became the second wife of Aaron Davis, Jr .; Charles B., married Christiana Fuller, daughter of Consider, and moved to Greenwood ; William E., who married Mehitable Emery; and Betsey, who never married.
CHARLES B. BROOKS, who married Christiana Fuller, had Eliza, married Azur Herrick, of Poland; Peter married first, Arvilla Buck, second, Hannah J. Swan; Charles B., married Loraina Cole, and lives in Greenwood; Samuel N., a Free Bap- tist preacher, and William E.
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WILLIAM BROOKS, born in Portland, Me., April 1, 1802, son of William C. Brooks, born in Malone, N. Y., March 27, 1777, and of his wife, Hannah Poland, born in Portland, October 20, 1780, married first, Dorcas R. Rawson, who was born in Graf- ton, Mass., March 20, 1793, and settled in Paris, where his parents came and settled when he was quite young. About the year 1837, he moved to the Gore and settled on the lot on the side hill south of the Ansel Moody farm. Previous to 1841, he moved to Woodstock, living at Pinhook, and afterwards between Pinhook and Bryant's Pond. He died in Harrison, December 26, 1877. His father died in Paris, January 12, 1850, and his mother February 8, 1864. By his first wife, Dorcas R. Rawson, he had :
I A son, died in infancy, unnamed.
II William Mark, b. Oct. 11, 1827, m. Mary A. Jordan ; lives Norway.
III Dorcas H., b. September 3, 1829, m. Hazen F. Barker, Rumford.
IV Augustus F., b. December 20, 1831.
For second wife, William Brooks married Lydia M. Russell, of Oxford, and had :
v Virintha, b. March 12, 1836, d. 1846. The above were all born in Paris.
VI Doran, b. on the Gore, December 20, 1837.
VII John Wesley, b. Woodstock, July 25, 1841.
VIII Anna M., b. Woodstock, May 10, 1843, m. Freeman Emery ; resides in Caribou, Me.
BENJAMIN B. BROOKS, brother of the preceding, married Jerusha Buck, daughter of Simeon, and moved from Paris to Iot No. 9 (Gore), where he lived a few years, and then to the place formerly occupied by his brother William. He then moved to Grafton and died there. His oldest daughter, Phebe, married Lysander Fuller, son of Harvey, and lives in Grafton. He also had sons, Otis, Aldana, Panama, and probably other children. In Grafton he was a farmer and hotel keeper.
JOHN W. BROOKS.
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BRYANT.
The Bryants were the first settlers in the west part of Wood- stock, and gave their name to our largest sheet of water, and one of them to the mountain on its western side. SOLOMON BRYANT was of that part of Plymouth, Mass., which is now called Plympton, where he was born to Dea. Samuel Bryant, and to Tabitha Ford, his wife, January 4, 1746.
He was the fourth in descent from John Bryant, mariner, of Plymouth, who married Abigail, daughter of Stephen Bryant, of Duxbury. Solomon Bryant married Elizabeth Curtis, of Han- over, Mass., and moved to Gray, then to South Paris, and about the year 1808, to Woodstock, where his three sons and several of his daughters had already settled. He moved from Wood- stock to Oxford, then back to Paris, and died there in 1826, three years after the death of his wife. He was one of the first millers at South Paris, the mill standing on the Little Andro- scoggin River. His children were as follows :
I Elizabeth, b. 1767, m. Isaac Cummings, of Gray.
II Betsey, m. first, Dr. Peter Brooks; and second, Jonathan Fickett.
III Christopher, b. March 26, 1774, m. Susanna Swan.
IV Solomon, b. October 30, 1776, m. Sally Swan.
v Lydia, b. March 30, 1778, m. Luther Briggs.
VI Samuel, b. May 9, 1780, m. Lucy Briggs.
VII Lusannah, b. May 31, 1785, m. Levi Berry.
VIII Abigail, b. - , m. Milvin Pool.
IX Joanna, b. September 27, 1791, never married.
x Martha, b. June 2, 1794, m. Thomas Winship. She died and was buried near Chesterfield Court House, Va., during the war. She left one child, Elvira, who married Thomas Chase, formerly of Farmington, now of Washington, D. C.
CHRISTOPHER BRYANT, better known as Dr. Bryant (he was a root and herb doctor), with his brother Solomon, came to Woodstock in 1798, being the first settlers. He married Susanna Swan, daughter of William, and settled on the "Thousand Acres," which had been lotted out for the Bryants and their relatives. He traveled much through the country in practice
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of the healing art, and was well known to many. After a few years he moved to Greenwood and died there. His wife survived him many years. His children were :
I Christopher, Jr., the first child born in town, m. Sally Felt and reared a large family.
II Amasa, b. July 11, 1804, m. Polly Felt; he went West.
III Daniel, b. October 19, 1807, m. Esther Holt. He lived in Greenwood and Bethel. His family went West after his death.
IV Horace, b. May 9, 1812, m. Jane Griffin.
V Belinda, b. May 9, 1812, m. Gilbert Chamberlain, son of William, of Rumford.
VI Susannah, b. - -. She was twice married, and never lived in Woodstock.
SOLOMON BRYANT, JR., brother of the preceding, settled near his brother, on the lot afterwards occupied by his son Eli, and grandson Alfred D. He also moved into Greenwood, but subse- quently came to live with Allen T. Cummings, and he and his wife died here. His wife was Sally, daughter of William Swan, and his children :
I Sally, b. January 1, 1797, m. Thomas R. Carman.
II Eli, b. May 15, 1815, m. Arvilla Dudley.
III Alexander, b. February 29, 1807, m. Cynthia Davis, daughter of Aaron, Jr.
IV Mahalon, b. July 25, 1810, m. Lydia Chase, daughter of Merrill.
SAMUEL BRYANT, brother of the preceding, came into town the next year after his brothers, and settled on what was called the Common lot. He afterwards moved to the south part of the town, and then to the head of Bryant's Pond, where he lived many years and died. He was three times married ; first, to Lucy Briggs, of New Gloucester, born September 29, 1776 ; second, to Sarah (Jordan), widow of Abijah Lapham, and third, to widow Grover of Bethel. His children, all by the first marriage, and all, except the oldest, born in Woodstock, were:
I Rhoda b. October 29, 1798, m. Oliver Swan.
II · Samuel, b. May 9, 1800, m. Rebecca Stevens.
III Solomon, b. March 11, 1802, died when 16.
Elizabeth, b. November 8, 1803, m. Benjamin Bacon, Jr.
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v Lydia, b. same date, m. Daniel Cummings.
VI Abigail, b. November 7, 1805, died unmarried.
VII Joseph, b. December 8, 1807, never married.
Joseph Bryant, Jr., was here in 1827. Reward Bryant, married Mary Cummings, daughter of George W., in 1835. John M. Bryant, of Woodstock, married Abigail Berry, of Ray- mond, in 1837, and his son John M. lived and died in this town. Cyrus S. Bryant, of Woodstock, married Louisa D. Chad- bourne, of Sumner, in 1847. Abijah Bryant lived in the east part. These were not of the descendants of Solomon Bryant.
BUCK.
JOHN BUCK was one of three brothers who first settled and gave the name to Buckfield. They were originally from New- bury, Mass., but lived in New Gloucester before coming to Buckfield, He married Abigail Irish, of Gorham, and lived many years in Buckfield. Toward the close of his life, he moved to the Gore, being one of the first settlers. He lived on the farm afterwards owned by Robert Bearce. He died insane. His children, all born in Buckfield, were: Sarah, m. Enoch Phil- brick, of Buckfield ; Abigail, m. Abijah Lapham, of same; Simeon, m. Lois Drew, of same; Esther, m. John Warren, of same; Eliza, m. Tilden Bartlett, of Norway; Annis, m. Levi Turner, of Buckfield ; Polly, m. Luther Turner, of same; and Phebe, m. first, Benjamin Brown, of Buckfield, and second, William R. Hemmingway, of Rumford.
SIMEON BUCK lived in Woodstock several years, on the old County road, south of Stephen Packard. He afterwards lived on the Gore, and died there. His wife was Lois Drew, of Buck- field, daughter of Stephen, and she lived to be ninety-four years of age, and died in Grafton. Their children were : Stephen, m. Ruth Cummings ; John, m. Hannah Cummings ; Eliza, m. Samuel
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Matthews, Jr., of Sumner; Harrison, went early to Aroostook County, and m. there ; Jerusha, m. Benjamin Brooks, Bathsheba, m. Nathaniel J. Farnham ; Elbridge, m. Parlin, daughter of Robinson, of Paris ; and Melissa, m. George Berry, of Paris.
STEPHEN BUCK, son of Simeon, lived on the Gore, and then moved to Greenwood. He had three sons, Franklin, who married Augusta Hobbs ; Lewis A., died of small pox, unmarried ; Cyrus, m. Lydia C. Bryant, a daughter Cordelia, who m. Dudley M. Needham, of Bethel; and another daughter, who m. Joseph Fairbanks.
JOHN BUCK, who married Hannah Cummings, has lived on the Gore a great part of his life, and reared a large family of children. Arvilla, m. Peter Brooks, Solomon, m. and lives in Canton, John A., m. Mary Lapham, Hannah J., m. Emery Swan, Charles H., m. an Estes, Elbridge G., m. Sarah W. Farnham, Harrison, m. a Bragg, Arabella, m. Josiah Estes, who died in the army, George deserted to Canada, during the war, to escape the draft, Jerusha, m. Joseph La Charité, and Lois, who m. Oliver G. Swan.
BURNS.
COL. JOHN G. BURNS came from Oxford. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Peter Kimball, of Hamlin's Gore, and Mr. Burns bought out the old Kimball homestead, and lived there. His children were: John; Joseph, who graduated at Bowdoin College, and went South; Mary, who became the wife of Fred M. Bartlett, of Woodstock; Etta; Eliza, who married Stillman B. Blanchard, and one other.
CARMAN.
THOMAS R. CARMAN, place of birth not known, was brought up and educated by Capt. Bearce, of Hebron. He was a soldier
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in the 1812 war. He had several brothers and sisters, but none of them came here. He married Sally, daughter of Solomon Bryant, Jr., and taught school many terms in Woodstock and the adjoining towns. Also served many years as a school offi- cer, here and in Greenwood, where he removed. After the death of his wife, he lived several years in the family of Dea. Christopher Bryant, at North Woodstock, and died there. His children were : Sylvester, Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane again, who married William Welsh, and moved to Portland; and Milton. Mrs. Welsh is the only one that survives.
CARR.
LYMAN CARR came here in 1861, and was in business with J. J. Cram. He married a daughter of Lawson Hill ; he moved from here to Mechanic Falls.
CARTER.
THOMAS B. CARTER was in town in 1837. He lived in the hollow, east of the Curtis School House. His wife was Sarah P. Green, daughter of Richard, and their children were: James, died unmarried ; Sarah T., who became the wife of Geo. W. Bowker ; and Lemuel B. They moved to Paris after 1860.
CHAMBERLAIN.
WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN, JR., came here from Rumford, and lived many years at North Woodstock. His wife was Desire Bisbee, daughter of Rowse who died, and he married a second wife, and moved from town. His children, by the first wife, were: Enos C., who married a daughter of Rufus Farrar, and lives in Bridgton ; and Austin F., who went to Texas and is a physician. For second wife, Wm. Chamberlain married Tamar Cushing and moved to Biddeford.
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CHASE.
The family of Chase has always been prominent in Wood- stock. Some member of the family have been almost con- tinuously in town office since the town was incorporated. Edmund Chase, the father of those who early settled in this town, was of Newbury, Mass., and a descendant of Aquila, the emigrant. He married, November 30, 1769, Esther Merrill, and later in life moved to Minot, Me., where he afterwards resided. His children were :
I Joanna, b. November 5, 1770.
II Stephen, b. January 14, 1772. .
III Merrill, b. October 17, 1773.
IV Priscilla, b. January 22, 1776.
Ruth, b. September 3, 1777.
VI Sally, b. September 5, 1779.
VII Abigail, b. April 17, 1781.
VIII Nathan, b. May 16, 1783.
IX Edmund, b. December 9, 1785; d. 1878, at Minot, Me., aged over ninety-two years, and had been seventy years a Freemason.
X Polly, b. September 28, 1787.
XI Charles, b. April 6, 1791.
XII Abner, b. April 28, 1793.
Of this family only two, Stephen and Merrill, came to this town.
STEPHEN CHASE married Ruth Tyler, of New Gloucester. He lived in Lewiston, in the employ of Michael Little, and was said to be the first millman there. He also had charge of the ferry across the river at that place. He was employed by Little, in assisting Mr. Greenwood, in lotting out the grant to Dummer Academy, and became familiar with the character of the town- ship. He finally purchased a lot, situated on the hill south- east of the Ricker farm, and his brother Merrill an adjoining lot. His journal during the first years of his residence here will be found interesting. He was the first Town Clerk, the first Justice of the Peace in town, and the first Representative to the
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Legislature. He was also agent of the Proprietors of the town. He was one of the early Deacons of the Baptist Church at Paris Hill, and a licensed preacher. About the year 1825, he moved to Lincoln, Maine, and died there. Children :
I Clarissa, b. September 22, 1799, m. Daniel Curtis.
II Ruhamah, b. June 28, 1801, m. Benjamin Davis.
III Ruth, b. July 6, 1803, m. Simon Fickett.
IV Betsey, b. December 28, 1804, m. Solon Gates.
Thomas H., b. December 22, 1806, m. Mary Gates.
VI Peter M., b. December 28, 1808, m. Mary Cole.
VII Cyrus H., b. November 30, 1810, m. Harriet Bailey.
VIII Stephen S., b. May 29, 1813, d. July, 1872.
IX Noah C., b. October 29, 1815, unmarried.
x Dudley P., b. February 14, 1817, m. Olivia Carpenter.
XI Abner B., b. December 12, 1819, m. first, Hannah P. Norton ; second, .
Frank Butterfield. Resides in Norway, Me.
None of the sons of Stephen Chase lived in Woodstock, after their father removed.
MERRILL CHASE married (I) Sally Tucker, March 3, 1796, and moved from Minot, Maine, to No. 3 Plantation, in 1802, with his brother Stephen, and settled on an adjoining lot. He succeeded his brother as Clerk of the town, and was a prom- inent man in town affairs for many years. He died in Paris, January 17, 1860. Children :
I Sally, b. February 20, 1797, m. Lemuel Perham.
II Merrill, b. March 20, 1799, m. Mercy Swan.
III Alfred, b. November 2, 1801, m. Elvira Perham; no children.
IV Mary A., b. August 5, 1803, m. Edmund Bowker.
Esther M., b. May 26, 1806, m. Galen Gates.
VI Edmund, b. September 20, 1808, m. Anna Spofford.
VII Lydia A., b. October 13, 1810, m. Mahalon Bryant.
Eliza, b. December 21, 1812, m. Zephaniah B. Whitman.
For second wife, Merrill Chase married Mrs. Lucy (Spofford) Felt, widow of Joshua Felt, of Temple, N. H., who died in Wood- stock, Maine, in 1812. Children by second marriage :
IX Lucinda, b. February 9, 1816, m. Gibbs Benson.
X Alden, b. June 5, 1819, m. Lucy Cole.
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MERRILL CHASE, son of the preceding, who married Mercy, daughter of Elijah and Eunice (Barton) Swan, of Paris, has resided in Woodstock, Sumner and Paris; now in Woodstock. He was the first settler, and built the first mill in that part of Woodstock known as "Sigotch." Children :
Eunice, b. December 29, 1820, m. Darius Sessions ; Olive, b. November 14, 1823, m. Ephraim K. Andrews; Elvira, b. May 4, 1828, d. young ; Elijah S., b. June 5, 1830, m. Augusta Nash ;
Merrill, Jr., b. June 5, 1830;
Elvira, b. April 17, 1833, m. Lucius Hackett ; Aravesta, b. May 13, 1836;
Thaddeus R., b. June 25, 1840.
EDMUND CHASE, brother of the preceding, married Anna Spofford, of Rumford. He was for several years a resident of Woodstock, and served one term in the Maine Legislature. He moved with his whole family to Wisconsin about 1853. Children born in Woodstock :
Earl S., b. November 10, 1832 ; Otis F., b. July 14, 1834 ; Florinda, b. August 28, 1836 Nicy M., b. September 19, 1838 ; Leroy C., b. May 16, 1840; Anne S., b. July 24, 1842 ; Loanza, b. January 8, 1846, d. young ; Lucinda, b. April 9, 1848. Arthur, b. May 3, 1853.
ALDEN CHASE, EsQ., brother of the preceding, married Lucy Cole, daughter of Capt Jonathan, and his children were: Lucy, M., b. May 10, 1841, died October 11, 1846 ; Alden Fitzroy, b. October 16, 1842, graduate of Middletown, Conn., University, and Professor of Mathematics in Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, m. Louisa F. Allen, daughter of Rev. Stephen ; Estella Ophelia, b. September 1, 1846, m. Rev. Albert A. Ford ; Aquila Montrose, b. June 22, 1854.
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