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DOW.
BENAIAH Dow came here from Paris in 1810. He was born in Exeter, N. H., July 25, 1770, and his wife, Joanna Mitchell, was born April 5, 1777. Benaiah Dow was a descendant of Jonathan, who was early at Exeter. He died in Woodstock, January 31, 1852, and his wife in 1859. He lived in the south- east part of the town, near Sumner. His children were :
I Huse, b. January 25, 1801, m. Zilpha Drake.
II Eleazer, b. December 24, 1803.
III Anna, b. September 19, 1807, m. Levi Andrews.
IV Benaiah and Jane (wins), b. October 12, 1809 ; he m. Anna N. Briggs, daughter of Luther, and she m. Cyrus Andrews; Olive, b. December 8, 1811; Pamelia, b. July 2, 1814, m. Joseph Dunham ; Dordama, b. April 25, 1815.
DAVID Dow, brother of the preceding, was living here at the time of taking the first census, but soon moved away. He was born July 12, 1782, and his wife was Elizabeth. Children recorded here: Lydia, b. December 26, 1804; Hannah, b. March 14, 1806; John, b. October 2, 1808; and Jane, b. No- vember 9, 1814.
DUDLEY.
LUTHER DUDLEY, of Natick, Mass., married Nancy Wellington, of Sudbury, and came to Paris, settling near the King place, on
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the old road between Paris Hill and the Cape. He died after two years, and his widow married Willian Cobb, of Hebron. His children came to this town, and were here when the town was incorporated. They were :
I Josiah, b. January 23, 1792, m. Polly Fuller, of Paris.
II Moses, b. October 11, 1794, m. Welthea Benson.
III Mary, b. March 3, 1797, m. Joel B. Thayer, of Paris.
IV Warren, b. July 4, 1800, m. Alvina Barrett, of No. 2, and went west.
v Nancy, b. June 26, 1809, m. Johnson Holt, of Paris.
VI Luther, b. December 10, 1811.
VII Martha, (date of birth not known) m. Otis Bicknell, of Buckfield.
JOSIAH DUDLEY lived for several years in the Dunham neighborhood, so called, in Woodstock. He was an enterprising and energetic business man, and during his residence in Wood- stock, was a leading and influential citizen. He was often entrusted with responsible town offices, which he always filled to the acceptance of his townsmen. His wife was Polly, only daughter of Aaron Fuller, who was one of the early settlers of Paris. Mr. Dudley subsequently moved to Paris and died there at an advanced age. He left a large property. His children were :
Wellington, b. June 8, 1817, m. Ann C. Bent.
Maria, b. March 11, 1819, m. Eben S. Chapin, of Stafford, Conn.
Emily, b. October 5, 1820, d. in 1838.
Julia A., b. March 20, 1822, m. Edward P. Chase, of Portland.
Mary, b. August 27, 1825, m. Josiah B. Snow, of Orleans, Mass. Smith, b. June 8, 1827, m. Lydia H. Stearns.
MOSES DUDLEY, brother of the preceding, remained only a few years in Woodstock, when be moved to Paris and died there, and his widow married William O. Pearson, who moved to the Sylvanus Bartlett place on the Gore. His children were : Charles, Mary A., James B., married Nellie Bryant, daughter of Dea. Christopher, and died on the Gore; Moses and Ruth. There may have been others, but all left town many years ago.
DAVID DUDLEY, as stated elsewhere, exchanged farms with Noah Curtis, Jr., and came here from Paris, in 1820. He was
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of Sudbury, Mass., and in early manhood came to Hebron. He married Rebecka Bucknam for his first wife, and for second, Charity Tuell, of Paris. His was the hill farm, still in the Dudley family. His children were :
I Daniel, m. first, Polly Churchill, second, Lovicy Hathaway.
II Rebecca, m. Eli Washburn, of Hebron.
III David; he went to sea and never returned.
IV Eliza, m. Aaron Davis, Jr.
Clarissa, m. Galen Soule, of Oxford.
Children by second wife :
VI Perrin, b. February 3, 1803, m. Paulina Dudley.
VII Laodicea, m. Seth Perkins.
VIII Arvilla, m. Elia Bryant.
IX Ann, m. John Day.
x Charlotte, m. John Day.
XI Alfred, died young.
XII Sidney, died young.
XIII Gilbert, b. November 25, 1819, m. Mahala Curtis; had Perrin, and perhaps other children.
XIV Alsina, b. March 14, 1823, unmarried.
XV Ansel, b. February 25, 1825, m. Augusta Curtis ; he resides in Paris.
XVI Josiah A., died young.
. DANIEL DUDLEY, oldest son of the preceding, lived for several years on the farm in the Curtis neighborhood, afterwards owned by Simon Ficket, and since by Simeon Curtis. He was twice married as stated, and had children; he left town many years ago.
PERRIN DUDLEY, brother of the preceding, has ever lived in Woodstock since his father moved here about the year 1820, occupying the old homestead. He has been one of our most valuable and esteemed townsmen, occupying positions of trust in town affairs for many years, and always acquitting himself to the satisfaction of his constituents. As a military man, he had marked ability. In the old militia company of this town he filled every grade of office, and subsequently held the posi- tions of Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of the regiment to which his company belonged. When the War of the Re-
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bellion broke out he was too old for active service, but he took command of a volunteer company, organized for drill at Bry- ant's Pond, and nearly every member of his company subse- quently entered the service. He was a prudent and industrious, as well as public-spirited man, and was able to give his children a good start in life, and what is still better, the legacy of a good name. May 30, 1828, he married Paulina Felt, daughter of Joshua, and had : Otis S., b. January 25, 1829, died May 2, 1830 ; Jairus, b. October 7, 1831, m. July 3, 1860, Amanda M. Clark, daughter of Norman, of Bethel; he died in Bethel, in 1881; Agelina, b. July 20, 1833, m. July 4, 1853, Albion P. Bowker; Clementine, b. May 8, 1835, d. August 15, 1838; Margaret, b. June 2, 1837, d. July 15, 1839 ; Otis S., b. April 11, 1839, m. June 21, 1862, Mahala Curtis; Adelia, b. March 29, 1841, m. Jeremiah Curtis, December 26, 1861; he died August 4, 1876 ; Ansel, b. April 11, 1844, m. March 4, 1868, Josephine E. Childs ; Amanda M., b. March 31, 1846, m. Janu- ary 1, 1868, James Sheran ; Evelyn O., b. December 20, 1849, m. Freeland Young, November 7, 1869 ; Perrin A., b. December 14, 1853, d. September 16, 1855.
DUNHAM.
WIDOW LYDIA DUNHAM was living in the Dunham neighbor- hood at the time the town was incorporated. She was the widow of Asa Dunham, who came from Plymouth County, Mass., to Norway, and who died at Burlington, Vt., during the war of 1812. Widow Dunham was born September 17, 1764, and her maiden name may have been Cobb. The following of her children are recorded on our records :
I Samuel, b. October 30, 1794, m. Maria Conant, of Sumner, and lived in Paris.
II Sylvanus, b. July 8, 1797, m. Esther Benson, of Paris, and lived there.
III Betsey, b. November 2, 1799, m. Lewis Fuller.
IV Polly, b. November 2, 1799, m. Gideon Perkins; he settled in Wood- stock.
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REV. RANSOM DUNHAM.
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v Daniel, b. September 19, 1803, m. Mary Durell ; second, Susan (Bailey) Smith : also lived in Woodstock.
vi Joseph, b. May 13, 1805, m. Pamelia Dow.
Mrs. Dunham also had a son Asa, and two daughters, who were not of her family at the time the first census of Woodstock was taken. The son settled in Paris, and the daughters were: Susan, m. Alexander Hill, of Paris ; Chloe, m. Antepast Durell.
REV. RANSOM DUNHAM was born to James Dunham and . Mary Ransom, at Hebron, Me., in 1798. His father, born in Bridgewater, Mass., February 9, 1754, married Mary Ransom, of Carver, born August 12, 1756. He was in the Revolutionary battles of Bunker Hill, White Plains and others. He had a large family, but only the one whose name is at the head of this article ever lived in Woodstock. He came to Paris Hill in 1816, and there learned the blacksmith's art, after which he set up there in the business for himself. He married Susan Jackson, daughter of Lemuel, Jr., of Paris, and in 1824 moved to Park- man, where he worked at his trade and also began to preach. In 1833, he moved to Bangor, and in 1836 to Woodstock. In 1835, he preached to the Baptist Church in Paris, and in 1836, he was ordained to the work of the ministry and installed over the Baptist Church in Hamlin's Gore and North Woodstock. He was the pastor of this church for twenty-five years, and of its original members only one survives. During these years he did much missionary labor, traveling and preaching through a large part of Oxford County, also in Hancock, York and Cum- berland. He administered the rite of baptism to over six hundred persons. He also worked at his trade, and engaged much in horticulture, of which he was very fond. Some thirty years ago he moved to Bryant's Pond and has since resided there. His garden of fruit, flowers and vegetables, in their season, has been visited by many persons. His children are :
I Mary R., b. 1822, m. Sullivan A. Estes, son of Stephen, and had Helen A., b. 1851, m. Austin F. Trull, died soon after; Harry M., b. 1860, and Hiram A., b. 1864.
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II Rufus K., b. April 11, 1824, m. Abbie B. Estes, daughter of Stephen, and had Emma F., b. March 2, 1853; May Louise, b. July 16, 1855, m. Albert C. Bolster ; Charles R., b. December 16, 1857, married and lives at Bryant's Pond ; also Eva. Rufus K. Dunham was the first station agent at Bryant's Pond and has filled the position ever since, besides being telegraphic operator and express agent. The com- pany never had a more faithful and conscientious employé. He was also in trade in the Crockett store with his brother-in-law, Albert H. Estes, for several years.
III Hiram, b. -. He married a daughter of America Farrar, of Buck- field; went early to California, and died in Arizona.
LEMUEL DUNHAM, son of Lemuel and Molly (Bisbee) Dun- ham, of Hartford, came to Bryant's Pond and married Lydia A. (Cummings) Clifford, of Woodstock, daughter of Daniel C., and had Jabez W., b. 1859, d. 1862; Carrie E., b. February 25, 1863; Elvira B., b. September 9, 1873.
DURELL.
SAMUEL DURELL, son of Peter, of Newton, Mass., born December 8, 1767, married Ann, daughter of Samuel Jackson, of Newton, and came to Hebron, thence to Paris and finally to Woodstock, settling in the Dunham neighborhood. His father, Peter Durell, of French descent, came to Newton from St. John, N. B., and lived in the family of Dr. Allen. He married Ruth Fuller, daughter of Isaac. Peter, Jr., came to Hebron, and has descendants in Oxford. For second wife, Samuel Durell married, in 1830, Mrs. Jemima Randall, of Poland. His children, all by the first marriage, were: Antepast, b. May 21, 1794, m. Chloe Dunham ; Lois, b. January 7, 1796; Nancy, b. June 13, 1797, m. Abel Bisbee, of Sumner; Sally, m. Luther Perkins ; Samuel J., m. Elmira Bent, of Paris ; Mary, m. Daniel Dunham ; Flavel, Isaac and Tristram. The Durell family was strong and influential in the east part of the town, but they went away many years ago.
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EDGERLEY.
SAMUEL and JOHN EDGERLEY, sons of Isaiah and Jennie (Libby) Edgerley, formerly of Buxton, and grandsons of John, of the same town, bought the Wm. Swan place in 1846. Samuel married a Gilbert, of Lawrence, Mass., and John a widow Ben- nett (formerly Fifield), of Greenwood. They carried on the farm a few years, and sold out to L. J. Gilbert. Samuel moved to Waterford, and thence to West Paris; John went to Green- wood, and died there. Isaiah Edgerley, the father, moved from Buxton to Greenwood; he was a long time miller at Locke's Mills.
ELLIS.
ELEAZER ELLIS, b. July 19, 1815, and Lucy Cary, his wife, of Hartford, b. May 13, 1818, came here from Canton or Peru. They lived in Sigotch, but remained here only a few years. Their children recorded here are: Lucy A., b. July 29, 1836, Abigail C., b. September 10, 1838, and Bethuel C., b. May 16, 1842. John Q. Ellis married Ruhamah Davis, daughter of Benjamin, in 1864, and went west.
ESTES.
Several persons by the name of Estes have resided tempora- rily in this town, all belonging to Bethel families.
ALFRED ESTES voted here in 1841, and has lived here at various times since. He married Abigail (Cole) Packard, from whom he was divorced, and married again. He was the son of Enoch, of Bethel, and grandson of Stephen, who married Relief Bartlett.
STEPHEN ESTES, son of Benjamin, of Bethel, came here in 1856, and he and his son bought the Gibson house at the Pond. + His first wife was Nancy Packard, daughter of Daniel, of Buck- field, and his children were Stephen, Jr., Eunice, Albert H., Abbie Louisa, Horace, Mary and Ebenezer. None of them were born
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here. For second wife, Mr. Estes married the widow of Stephen Packard, and lived at Pinhook, where he died, soon followed by his second wife.
ALBERT H. ESTES, son of the preceding, married Charlotte G. Goodrich, of Naples, and came here perhaps in 1855. He traded in the Crockett store, in company with R. K. Dunham. While here, he was Representative to the Legislature. From here he went to Portland, where he engaged in the commission business. His wife died, and he went to New York, where he married again, and went to Colorado.
SULLIVAN A. ESTES, brother of the preceding, married Mary, daughter of Rev. R. Dunham, and has been freight master at the Grand Trunk Railway station here most of the time since the road was opened. His oldest daughter, Helen A., married Austin A. Trull, and soon after died. He also has two or more sons.
HORACE S. ESTES, brother of the preceding, lived here several years after returning from sea. He lived near the Universalist Church, and died there. He was married, but left no children.
JOHN ESTES, son of Stephen, of Bethel, was a voter here in 1864. He was then quite aged, and had previously lived in Bethel. His wife was Sarah Andrews, daughter of Jeremiah, of Bethel, and he was the father of Rev. Dr. Hiram C. Estes, who married Sophia B. Foster, and is now the pastor of the Baptist Church at Paris. He graduated at Waterville College, and from Colby University, its successor, received the degree of D. D. John Estes also had James H., who lives on the Island Farm in Greenwood, and Charles F., who died in California.
SAMUEL K. ESTES, son of Alvah and grandson of Richard, of . Bethel, was here in 1865. He was a brick mason; his first wife a Spofford, daughter of Isaac G., of Milton Plantation ; his second, a Whitman, daughter of Elhanan, formerly of this town. He moved from here to Bethel.
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FARNUM.
JAMES H. FARNUM came here from Rumford in 1855, and lived in the Gibson house at the Pond. He had been Repre- sentative and State Senator. He was the son of David Farnum, who came from Concord, N. H., to Rumford, and of Dorcas Wheeler, his wife. He married Clarissa Hoyt, daughter of Ezra, who came from Concord, N. H., and settled in Andover, North Surplus. Mr. Farnum was a dealer in neat stock, and also engaged in trade with C. P. Knight. He died here of typhoid fever. His children, born in Rumford, were: Juliette, m. Charles P. Knight; Martha H., m. Thomas S. Bridgham ; Charles W., who married a Wardwell, daughter of Joseph, of Rumford, and who died in the army; Maria G., who married Thomas R. Day; Laura A., who married and lives in Ports- mouth, N. H .; Abbie, married Edmund M. Hobbs and moved to Providence, R. I .; and James H., Jr., who married a daughter of Elijah Day.
SAMUEL FARNUM, of Concord, N. H., was a voter here in 1843. He lived in the Billings neighborhood. He had sons, Nathaniel J. and Gilman, and a daughter Laura, who became the wife of Richard Estes.
NATHANIEL J. FARNUM, son of the preceding, married Basheba Buck, daughter of Simeon, and lived in the Billings neighbor- hood. He had Nathaniel, who married Deborah A. Tracy, David A., who married Frances E. Swan, Richard E., and daughters, Melissa J., married Charles J. Tracy, Sarah W. mar- ried Elbridge G. Buck, and others.
GILMAN W. FARNUM, brother of the preceding, whose wife was Amy Bean, daughter of Luther, has the following children recorded here : Lewis E., b. September 20, 1841; Sumner C., b. January 14, 1843 ; Luther B., b. September 25, 1845.
GILMAN FARNUM, brother of the preceding, married a daughter of Luther Bean, of Rumford. He has lived in this town and in
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Milton Plantation, and had several sons and perhaps daughters. One or more of his sons were in the Union Army in the late war.
FARRAR.
THOMAS FARRAR, JR., born in Scituate, Mass., September 6, 1775, married March 25, 1798, Desire Curtis, of Hanover, born February 1, 1778. He first moved to Townsend, then to Buck- field, Me., subsequently to Paris, and in 1815 to this town. He first lived in the house with Rowse Bisbee. Subsequently, he went back to Paris, and in 1818 returned here and com- menced on the farm on Billings' Hill, afterwards owned by Henry H. Packard. Then he moved to the place north of Pinhook, where he died. His children were:
I Freeman, b. May 2, 1799, m. first, Hannah P. Curtis, of Hanover, Mass., and second, Edna Johnson, of Jefferson. He spent most of his days in eastern Maine, but in old age he returned here and died on the old homestead of his father. He had George, b. 1825, and Allen B., b. in 1829.
II Judith, b. September 4, 1801, m. Calvin Jackson.
III Abigail, b. February 18, 1804, never married.
IV Thomas, Jr., b. May 22, 1806, m. Betsey Moody, daughter of Josiah. He has lived mostly away from this town. He had a large family, among whom were George H., Edwin, who married widow Dorcas (Bartlett) Haines, of Bethel, and was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, and Thomas, Jr.
V Rufus, b. December 18, 1808, m. Chloe Fuller, daughter of Consider. He has spent most of his life in town. His first wife died in 1881, and he married Lovicy (Whitman) Spofford, widow of Isaac G. Spofford. His children, all by the first wife, were: Lois, b. Au- gust 23, 1832, m. Sidney Farnum, of Paris, son of Simeon; Na- thaniel G., b. February 5, 1834, m. Martha Brown, of Paris ; Rufus, Jr., b. February 20, 1836, m. Angelia Whitman ; Algernon S., b. June 9, 1840, m. Helen M. Judkins ; Consider F., b. March 3, 1842, m. Mary Felt; Almon J., b. September 2, 1843, m. Henrietta Bishop, daughter of Cyrus, of Peru ; Leroy, b. July 22, 1845, m. Lucy Robinson, of Paris ; Elizabeth C., b. December 28, 1846, m. Enos C. Chamberlain, son of William, Jr. ; Francis R., b. Septem- ber 11, 1849.
VI Julia, b. May 18, 1813.
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VII Joseph, b. September 25, 1815.
VIII Benj. F., b. September 8, 1822, m., first, Semantha Rowe, daughter of William, and second, Dorcas W. Hanson. He has lived more or less in Woodstock, but has no children on record here. -
FELT.
JOSHUA FELT, son of Peter and Lucy Andrews Felt, of Lynn, Mass., afterwards of Temple, N. H., born in Temple, March 4, 1773, married Lucy Spofford, and previously to 1800 moved to Rumford, Me. His place was about two miles below Rumford Corner. In 1810, he came into this town and settled on a lot where John Beckler had made improvements. He died May 1, 1812, and his widow married Merrill Chase (see Chase). Their children were :
I Lucy, b. May 11, 1795, m. Jotham Perham.
II Jeremiah, b. February 20, 1797, m. Eliza Perkins.
III Artemas, b. October 15, 1800, m. Desire Stephens.
IV Sally, b. December 21, 1802, m. Christopher Bryant.
. Elizabeth, b. December 11, 1804, m. Jonathan Billings.
Polly E., b. March 4, 1807, m. Amasa Bryant.
VII John G., b. August 22, 1809, m. Ayer Lawrence, of Jaffrey, N. H.
VIII Paulina, b. August 7, 1811, m. Perrin Dudley.
JEREMIAH FELT, son of the preceding, married Eliza Perkins. He was a worthy member of the Society of Friends, the only one in town, and he lived up to the principles of the sect. He was much respected by his fellow townsmen. His children were: Alonzo, b. December 18, 1819, d. young; Samuel P., b. December 18, 1821, d. young; Earl, b. March 22, 1824, d. young ; Eliza A., b. March 22, 1827, m. Chester D. Fickett ; Lucy, M., b. April 29, 1829, m. Herrick C. Davis ; Mehitable, m. John Hathaway, son of Lazarus, of Paris ; Alonzo, b. Septem- ber 11, 1833, m. Emily Bryant, daughter of Dustin, of Green- wood; Isabella, b. July 16, 1836, m. George Cushman ; Mary P., b. December 20, 1838, m. Consider Farrar ; Sibyl J., b. Octo- ber 14, 1841, m. Samuel Russ, son of James.
ARTEMAS FELT, brother of the preceding, married Desire
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Stephens, daughter of Capt. Samuel. He early moved to Green- wood. He had a large family. His sons were Jesse, Samuel and Artemas, and his daughters, Desire, Lucy, m. Abner C. Libby, Betsey, m. Dr. O. K. Yates, and Eliza, m. Van Buren Stephens.
JOHN G. FELT, brother of the preceding, lived on a farm south of Jeremiah's. He married Ayer Lawrence, of Jaffrey, N. H., and had: Albert L., b. September 26, 1831, m. a Davis, of Massachusetts ; Amelia, b. June 7, 1833, m. Wm. H. Hemming- way; Granville, b. June 14, 1835, m. Clara Whitman, daughter of Jacob, Jr .; Adeline, b. November 17, 1837, m. Wm. H. Proctor; Christina C., b. January 12, 1840, m. Frank Proctor ; Eliza J., b. October 16, 1841, m. Francis P. Putnam ; Jeremiah, b. August 11, 1843, d. unmarried; Gracie, b. April 8, 1845, m. Jeremiah Verrill.
FICKETT.
JONATHAN FICKETT came here from Poland in 1818, and settled on what has since been known as the Nute farm. His first wife was Sarah Cox, and he had :
I Simon, m. Ruth Chase, daughter of Stephen.
II Woodbury, m. Sarah Smith, and went to western New York.
III Charlotte, m. Zenas Briggs.
IV Betsey, m. Samuel Nute.
v Judith, m. Thomas J. Dunbar, resides in Springfield, Mass.
By second wife, who was Betsey Bryant, daughter of Sol- omon, and widow of Dr. Peter Brooks, he had :
VI Jonathan, Jr., m. Betsey B. Fuller.
VII Joanna, m. John Herrick, of Poland.
SIMON FICKETT was an enterprising and industrious citizen. He lived in the Curtis neighborhood until near the close of his life, when he moved across the line into Paris. He was drowned in the Little Androscoggin River, at West Paris. By his wife, Ruth Chase, he had : Chester D., b. March 31, 1826, m. Eliza J. Felt; Charlotte, b. January 13, 1828, m. Levi T. Lurvey ;
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Betsey G., b. December 9, 1830, m. Simeon B. Curtis ; Peter C., b. November 9, 1834, is an Attorney at Law at West Paris ; Mary J., b. February 19, 1840, died young; Juliette, b. June 12, 1850, m. Hannibal Curtis.
JONATHAN FICKETT, half brother of the preceding, married Betsey B. Fuller, daughter of Consider, and had: Lucy, b. April 4, 1839, m. Aaron Davis, Jr .; William H., b. November 13, 1844, died young.
FOBES.
BENJAMIN FORBES born August 29, 1776, wife, Bethiah, born September 15, 1779, were in the east part of the town in 1815, but did not long remain. Their children were :
I Ann, b. August 4, 1801.
II Arno, or Arzo, b. April 22, 1804.
III William, b. July 31, 1806.
IV Bethiah, b. January 18, 1812.
v Nelson, b. March 23, 1814.
FRENCH.
JOHN S. FRENCH, from New Hampshire, whose wife was Polly Libby, was at Norway in 1825, and moved that year to Oxford. In 1843, he moved to North Woodstock, to the small house built by Joel Perham, near where the Woodstock town house once stood, and moved from there to North Woodstock by Gen. George W. Cushman. He died April 8, 1858, and his wife, April 16, 1857. Their children were; Abigail, b. January 1802, m. Nathaniel Millett, of Norway, afterwards of Greenwood ; Enoch, b. February 15, 1804, m. Harriet Rowe, of Norway ; Clarissa L., b. December 16, 1806, m. George W. Cushman; Joseph, b. December 12, 1809, m. Lorania Edwards, of Poland ; Mary, b. September 10, 1812, m. George W. Cushman ; John S. Jr., b. October 8, 1814; Sarah A., b. October 30, 1817, m. John
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M. Gallison, of Norway; Hannah L., b. June 4, 1820, m. Thaddeus R. Knight.
FRYE.
JOSEPH FRYE, a native of Durham, in 1854, or earlier, bought of A. K. P. Whitman most of the real estate where the Pond village now is. He was the first hotel keeper there. He after- wards built him a house, which was burned, and he built another. He was a mechanical genius, and spent some time in trying to perfect a wind-mill, but did not succeed. He had a son Oren, who was taxed here in 1855, but his house was burned and he moved away. Joseph Frye, for second wife, married widow Randall, of Freeport, whose maiden name was Lydia Mitchell, and several of her children came here with her. John and Rufus Randall were master mariners; Mary E., mar- ried Geo. E. Gibson and moved to Norway ; Susan J., married Francis B. Crawford and moved to Colebrook, N. H .; Sarah, unmarried. Mr. Frye's youngest son George, half brother to the preceding, went to Colebrook, N. H. Mr. Frye moved to Yarmouth and died there.
FULLER.
CONSIDER FULLER was among the early settlers here. About the year 1801, he built a log hut on Gore B, on the old County road, north of Solomon Bryant's, and moved there. He was born in Plympton, Mass., May 31, 1780. His father was Consider Fuller and his mother Lydia Bryant, daughter of Samuel and sister of Solomon, Senior. His father died, and his mother came with her family and joined the Shakers at New Gloucester. When Consider was of age, he left them and came to Paris, where he married .Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Cum- mings. He lived in Woodstock only a few years, and then moved to Greenwood. He died at West Paris in 1872. His children were :
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