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Gardner, Albert H., 7th Iuf .; must. 1861.
Greenie, Thomas, 7th Inf .; must. 1861.
Getchell, Joseph S., Co. F, Sth Inf .; must. Sept. 7, 1861; disch. Sept. 16, 1863. Greene, Wilson J., Co. K, 14th Inf. ; must. Dec. 21, 1861 ; missing Fel, 4, 1862. Greene, Joseph 11., Co. K, 14th Inf. ; nmust. Dec. 21, 1861; missing Feb. 4, 1862. Hatch, Ivory, 7th Inf. ; must. 1861.
Hatch, Sylvester, sergt., Co. F, Sth Inf .; must. Sept. 7, 18GI ; pro, to Ist sergt .; mis-ing in battle, May 16, 1864.
Hilton, Joseph, Co. F, 8th Inf .; must. Sept. 7, 1861 ; disch. June 26, 1865. Hatch, William N., Co. F, 8th Iuf. ; must. Sept. 7, 1861 ; dischi. Oct. 21, 1862. Hobbs, Andrew J., corp., Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Dec. 21, 1861 ; pro. to sergt., 1862; died from wounds at Baton Rouge, La.
Hubbard, Erastus, Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Dec. 21, 1861 ; disch. March, 1863. Hill, Jacob, Co. K, 14th lof. ; must. Dec. 21, 1861; re-en1. Jannary, 1864 ; trans. to 14th Inf.
Hatch, Augustus E., Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Dec. 21, 1861; re-enlisted; disch. March, 1864,
Hatch, Elijah F., Co. K, 14th Inf. ; must. Dec. 21, 1861; missing Feb. 5, 1862. Hill, Edwin, Co. K, 14th Inf. ; must. Dec. 21, 1861; disch. February, 1864.
Hilton, Elbridge, Co. K, 14th Inf ; must. Dec. 21, 1861 ; disch. August, 1862. IIdton, Horace, Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Jan. 18, 1862; disch. June 25, 1862. Hilton, Charles II., Co. K, 14th Inf. ; must. Jan. 18, 1862; re-enlisted.
Hill, Frederick R., sergt., Co. E, 27th Iuf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company.
Hatch, Elmore J., Co. E, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. Hatch, Joseph E., Co. E, 27th Iof .; must. Sept, 30, 1862; disch. with company. Hilton, John, Jr., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch, with company. Hubbard, Alonzo, Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch, with company. Hewey, George, 2dl Bat. M. Art .; must. Sept. 23, 1864.
Larrabee, Levi II., Co. F, 8th Iuf .; must. Sept. 25, 1862; trans. to Co. K ; disch. Angust, 1863.
Littlefield, Jonas C., Co F, 8th Inf .; must. Aug. 25, 1862; pro. to 2d lieut., U. S. Col. Troops, 1865.
Littlefield, Gideon R., Co. F, 8th Inf .; must. Aug. 19, 1862: pro. to corp .; miss- ing in battle, Oct. 27, 1864.
Littlefield, Horace P., Co. I, 10th Iuf .; must. Oct. 4, 1861 ; disch. with company, 1863.
Lewis, John B., Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Dec. 17, 1861 ; died at New Orleans, June 29, 1862.
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Larrabee, Horace T. H., Co. K, 14th Inf. ; must. Dec. 17, 1861 ; disch. Aug. 1862. Littlefield, Oliver B., Co. I, Ist Cav .; must. Oct. 3, 1861; disch. Nov. 25, 1864. Larrabee, Samuel C., recruit for 8th Iuf .; must. Aug. 10, 1802.
Littlefield, Albra, recruit for 8th Inf .; must. Aug. 20, 1862.
Littlefield, John A., recruit for 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 20, 1862. Littlefield, Jusias, Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch. with company. Littlefield, Joshua D., Co. E, 27th Iof. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch, with com- pany.
Littlefield, Jus. F., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch. with company. Littlefield, Ralph. Co. E, 27th Iof. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. Maxwell, George W., recruit for 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 20, 1862.
Maxwell, John S., recruit for Sth Inf. ; must. Aug. 20, 1862.
Murphy, Henry, Co. R, 30th Inf. ; must. Feb. 28, 1865.
Perkins, Moses, Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; died Dec. 28, 1862. Pike, George B., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. Quint, William, recruit for 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 25, 1862.
Rankin, Daniel, recruit for 8th Juf .; must. Aug. 19, 1862; died Nov. 3, 1864. Rhodes, Milea, Co. F, 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 25, 1862; disch. Sept. 16, 1863.
Rhodes, Israel K., musician, Co. E, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company.
Sherwin, William F., Co. F, 8th Inf .; must. Aug. 19, 1862; wounded May 9, 1864; disch. with company.
Stuart, Lyman C., Co. F, 8th Iuf .; must. Aug. 5, 1862; died at Andersonville, Ang. 25, 1864.
Smith, Charles H., Co. F, 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 19, 1862; disch. July 22, 1865. Shorey, IJenry P., Co. I, 10th Inf. ; must. Oct. 4, 1861 ; disch. with company, 1863.
Stuart, Ezra H., corp., Co. I, 1st Cav .; must. Oct. 31, 1861 ; missing March 13, 1862.
Smith, Samuel S., Co. E, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. Taylor, Calvin M., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch, with company. Taylor, George A., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. Tripp, Daniel W., Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Dec. 17, 1861 ; pro. to corp. ; re-en- listed ; wounded Sept. 19, 1864 ; trans, to 14th Inf.
Wilbur, James, Co. A, 8th Iof. ; must. Ang. 25, 1862; kiiled at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Wells, Alexander B., corp., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch, with company.
Wait, John H., Co. E, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. Wheelwright, Moses F., Co. E, 27th Juf .; must. Sept. 30, 1802; disch with company.
Winn, Oliver A., Co. E, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch, with company. Wentworth, Mark F., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; elected lieut .- col.
of regimeut, and must, with the field and staff ; pro, to col .; disch, with regiment.
Welch, Andrew J., 5th Bat. MI. Art .; must. 1861.
York, Enoch, Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch. with company. York, George F., Co. E, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company. York, William, Co. E, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch, with company.
FOREIGN ENLISTMENTS.
Abbott, Jairua C., 4th New Hampshire Volunteers. Butland, Robert O. R., U. S. Navy.
Cheney, Ebenezer, 7th New Hampshire Infantry.
Dennett, Simon L., U. S. Navy.
Dunnerson, Daniel, New Hampshire Volunteers. Enton, Horace M., Massachusetts Volunteers.
Lewis, Adoniram J., 16th Massachusetts Infantry. Littlefield, Andrew J , 11th Massachusetts Infantry.
Littlefield, Benjamin F., 3d Vermont Volunteers, Littlefield, Aduniram J., U. S. Navy.
Littlefield, Elisha J., U. S. Navy.
Littlefieldl, Joseph F., U. S. Navy. Moulton, Edwin A., 17th Massachusetts Infantry.
Smith, William H H., 14th Massachusetts Infantry. Smith, Oliver J., 14th Massachusetts Infantry. Ward, Octavius, U. S. Navy.
YORK.
Austin, Ezekiel, Co. - , 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 25, 1862 ; disch. June 11, 1865. Caldwell, Asbury, Co. - , 8th Inf. ; must. Sept. 2, 1862.
Centre, John W., Co. K, 27th Inf. ; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company, July 17, 1863.
Cushinan, William MI., Co. L, Ist Cav .; must. Feb. 11, 1864 ; taken prisoner, 1864; trans. to District Columbia Cav.
Carr, James P., Co. - , District Columbia Cav .; must. Feb. 4, 1864; trans. from 1st Me. Cav.
Freeman, John W., corp., Co. D, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; pro. to sergt. ; disch. with company, July 17, 1863.
Fitzgerald, David, Co. D, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862; disch. with company, July 17, 1863.
Gilchrist, William, Co. - , 8th Inf .; must. Sept. 6, 1862.
Hanson, Ole, Co. - , 8th Iuf ; must. Sept. 2, 1862.
Hodgkins, Joseph O., Co. - , 8th Inf .; must. Sept. 10, 1862.
Huntress, Henry O., Co. I, Ist Cav. ; must. Sept. 20, 1862; pro. to sergt. ; disch, May 28, 1865.
Hooper, Charles H., Co. K, Ist Cav .; must. Aug. 15, 1862 ; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.
MeIntire, Albert, Co. - , 8th Iof .; must. Sept. 25, 1862.
Moore, James, Co. - , 8th Iof .; must. Sept. 25, 1862.
Matthews, Isaac, Co. D, 27thi Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch, with company.
Monteith, Joseph, Co. G, 3d Inf. ; ruust. Oct. 3, 1863; trans. to 17th Maine Regt., 1864; conscript.
Miller, Joseph E., Co. A, 9th Inf .; must. Oct. 10, 1862; disch. June 22, 1865. McDonald, Angus, Ist Bat. M. Art .: must. Sept. 21, 1864; disch. July 15, 1865. Patch, Daniel, Co. H, 8th Inf. ; must. Sept. 25, 1862; died at Beaufort, Dec. 11, 1862.
Ramsdell, Paul R., Co. D, 27th Inf .; must. Sept. 30, 1862 ; disch. with company. Simpson, Daniel W., Cu. F, 8th Inf. ; must. Aug. 25, 1862; died at Point of Rocks, 1804.
Snow, Israel T., Co. B, 10th Bat. Inf. : must. Sept. 18, 1802; trana., 1864, to 29tl Inf.
Simpson, Josinh, Co. D, 10th Bat. Inf ; must. Aug. 1, 1861 ; disch. with company. Thompson, Charles, Co. K, 14th Inf .; must. Dec. 21, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Baton Rouge; disch. 1863.
Welch, Luther D .. Co. K, 14th Inf .; uinst. Dec. 21, 1861 ; missing.
Winn, Joseph, Co. - , 14th Inf.
Witham, Elliott, Co. K, 14th Inf. ; must. Dec. 21, 1861; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864; transferred ; taken prisoner, 1864.
Webber, Wilbur W., Co. B, 8th Inf .; must. Sept. 2, 1862; wounded May 16, 1863; pro. to corp .; disch, June 12, 1865.
Welch, Charles, Co. K, Ist Cav .; must. Ang 20, 1862; killed June 24, 1864. Woodbury, Joliusou T., Co. C, 30th Iof. ; must. Jan. 12, 1864 ; transferred.
FOREIGN ENLISTMENTS.
Bowden, Henry.
Bragdon, Charles, 13th New Hampshire Infantry.
Cochee, Joseph H., 13th New Hampshire lofantry.
Dunnerson, David, New Hampshire Volunteers.
Emerson, Andrew L., U. S. Navy.
Higgins, Daniel, 5th New Hampshire Infantry. Higgins, John W., New Hampshire Volunteers.
Hutchins, George, Massachusetts Volunteers. McIntire, Daniel H., 13th New Hampshire Infantry.
MeIntire, Jeremiah S., 13th New Hampshire Infintry.
Norton, Oliver A., 17th Massachusetts Infantry. Rowe, Moses, 13th Massachusetts Infantry.
Stacy, George W., Massachusetts Volunteers.
Welch, Jolin F., 13th Massachusetts Infantry.
CITY OF SACO.
ORIGINAL PATENTS.
AMONG the numerous patents granted by the Council of Plymouth were two upon the Saco River. The Bidde- ford patent, as we have called it in the history of that town, conveyed to John Oldham and Richard Vines a tract of land on the west side of the river extending four miles in width upon the sea and eight miles iuland. The other patent conveyed a traet of equal extent on the east side of the river to Thomas Lewis and Capt. Richard Bonython. These patents were both granted on the 12th of February, 1629, old style, equivalent to Feb. 1, 1630. The former was copied into the province records July 19, 1643; the latter, April 5, 1731. The patentees on the eastern side of the river arrived the year after the others, and took formal possession of their grant June 28, 1631, in presence of Capt. Thomas Wiggin, of Dover ; James Parker, Henry Watts, and George Vanghan, of Piscataqua; Ed- ward Hilton, acting as attorney for the Council.
GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES.
The colonists, upon the respective patents, settled down in a neighborly manner upon each side of the river, which divided their possessions, and all acted together in the prudential and municipal affairs of the settlement. The boundary lines of the town were assumed to be co-extensive with those of the two patents, and so remained till the whole line of settlements along the coast, from Kittery to Falmouth, had submitted to the jurisdiction of Massachu- setts, in 1658. The civil or municipal town of Saco was organized by the commissioners of Massachusetts at the time of the submission of Saco, and the towns westward of it, in 1653; but the geographical boundaries were not determined till Massachusetts had extended her jurisdic- tion over all the settlements within the limits of her charter (as then interpreted), and the whole territory east of Wells was assigned to a commission of the General Court to be divided into towns, as their discretion would seem to dic- tate, with some respect to the original patent boundaries, but not with absolute conformity thereto. This commis- sion consisted of Nicholas Shapleigh, Edward Rishworth, and Abraham Preble, citizens of York and Kittery. They made the following report Oct. 18, 1659 : " We, whose names are here underwritten, being appointed by the Gen- eral Court of Massachusetts, are empowered to lay out the dividing bounds between the towns of Cape Porpoise, Saco,
Scarborough, and Falmouth, and upon due consideration do determine as followeth : that the dividing bounds between Cape Porpoise and Saco shall be the river called Little River, next unto William Scadlock's new dwelling-house unto the first falls of the said river ; from thence upon a dne northwest line into the country until eight miles be
expired. The dividing bounds between Saco and Scar- borough shall be that river commonly called Little River next unto Scarborough, and from the mouth of said river shall run upon a dne .northwest line into the country unto the extent of eight miles."
These boundaries have been adhered to from that period to the present. The mouth of Little River, next to Scar- borough, having shifted its position from time to time, the bounds on that side have accordingly fluctuated, and it is now quite uncertain where the line as originally run met the sea. There is some reason to suppose that this small stream, or creek, formerly discharged at least one hundred rods eastward of the present line. Had the extent of the eastern patent been known, it is probable the commissioners would have made that of the town to correspond. The patent line was run in 1681. It is now about two hun- dred and twenty rods distant from the town line, causing more than three thousand acres of the township originally granted to Lewis and Bonython to lie in the town of Scar- borough, and being the source of great inconvenience, es- pecially to the early inhabitants, as the town line runs through many estates which were originally bounded by the patent line.
MUNICIPAL CHANGES.
The settlements on both sides of the river were at first known as Winter Harbor, the name given to the basin now called the Pool, in consequence of the wintering of Vines and his companions here in 1616, and it was a noted place from that time forward. In 1653 the settlements were or- ganized as Saco; in 1718 they were incorporated as Bidde- ford, and so remained, under one municipal government, till June, 1762, when the territory and inhabitants on the east side were incorporated under the name of Pepperell- borough, from Sir William Pepperell. On the 23d of Feb- ruary, 1805, the name was changed to Saco, which it has since borne, with the addition of a city government, which was chartered Feb. 18, 1867.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
Soon after the granting of the Lewis and Bonython patent, the record of book of a rate for the minister, in 1636, was as follows : Thomas Lewis, £3; Capt. Richard Bony- thon, £3; Henry Warwick, £1; Clement Greenway, £1 ; Henry Watts, £1 10s .; Richard Foxwell, £1 10s. The last two were located at Blue Point, and when the commis- sioners established the town line in 1659, they were left in Scarborough. These were probably some of the first set- tlers. For many years the inhabitants were located near the sea, at Old Orchard Beach, and towards the mouth of the river, and were chiefly descendants of the old families, as the Scammans, Edgecombs, Townsends, Youngs, Sharps,
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Bankses, Sands, and Googins, to whom were added respect- able Scotch emigrants, from the north of Ireland, that came over about 1718, and after. Capt. Seamman, and persons employed at the mill, with their families, were all that were settled about the Falls until 1731. During that year, Mr. Weare sold three-quarters of his right in land and mill to Richard Berry, John Elden, and John Sellea, and soon after, one-eighth to Thomas Dearborn, and the balance to Abra- ham Tyler and Jeremiah Moulton, who, with the exception of the two latter, became residents. In 1736, Sellea sold one-half of the lot lying above Main Street to Joseph Hill for £400, reserving twenty feet square for a burying-place. It was two miles in length and forty rods in width. The burying-place was on the lower side of Storer Street. But few, if any, headstones remain to mark the spot. Dearborn sold in part to James Berry in 1737, and Tyler and Moul- ton to William Berry in 1738. The Berrys all resided about the Falls.
Among the early colonists were men of much respect- ability, and some of no little note. Thomas Lewis, one of the original patentees and settlers, who lived a short dis- tance above the lower ferry, was beyond doubt a gentleman of more than ordinary consideration. He was the attorney of the Plymouth Council for giving possession of the Hilton patent at Piseataqua in 1631. He died between 1637 and 1640. Judith, one of his daughters, married James Gib- bins about 1647. Another married Robert Haywood, who lived at Barbadoes. Gibbins purchased his right to the estate of Mr. Lewis, and thus became sole proprietor.
Mr. Gibbins' name is frequently found upon the town records up to 1683. In that year he gave the town ten acres of upland and six of marsh for the minister. He re- moved to Kittery after that, and in 1690 he executed a conveyance of one hundred acres in that town to his daughter Elizabeth. He had eight children,-James, Eliz- abeth, Thomas, Charity, Rebecca (died in infancy), Rachel, Hester, and Anthony. Elizabeth married John Sharpe, in 1667, when she was but fifteen years of age. Rachel mar- ried Robert Edgecomb ; she died in 1724, and he in 1730, and were buried at Rendezvous Point. He is said to have been of noble descent. He was thought to have been a son of Nicholas, who moved from Blue Point to this town in 1660. There was a John Edgecomb selectman in 1686, who was probably another son of Nicholas.
Capt. Richard Bonython probably settled on the grant as early as did Mr. Lewis, although the first record of him is in 1636. He was one of Gorges' councilors in 1640, and present at the last court held under Gorges' authority in Wells in 1646. In 1647 he conveyed a piece of land, after which his name is not found on the records. He is not enumerated among the inhabitants in 1653, hence it is inferred he died between these dates. He seems to have attended to the duties of his office with great faithfulness and impartiality, entering a complaint against his own son for using threatening language to Mr. Vines. He was highly respected by the people and his associates in office. He had a son and two daughters, all born in England.
The house of Capt. Bonython was noted as being the place at which the first court in Maine was held. At this court, convened by the authority of Sir Ferdinando Gorges,
Richard Vines, Richard Bonython, Thomas Cammock, Henry Jocelyn, Edward Godfrey, and Thomas Lewis were sworn as councilors of the Province of New Somersetshire. They met at the house of Capt. Richard Bonython, March 25, 1636-all present but Vines-and held court several days. The records of this court do not extend beyond 1637 ; hence, it is uncertain whether it was held longer, till the new organization in 1640. Under this organization, courts were held till 1645, actions of which remain on record. In 1646, Rigby's claim to Lygonia, or the Plough Patent, was allowed, and George Cleaves, as deputy presi- dent, instituted the government of Lygonia. The first record of acts under this government bears date Sept. 22, 1648. Rigby died in 1650, and his son Edward succeeded him as proprietor. In 1653 Massachusetts assumed con- trol of the government.
The courts under these several jurisdictions afford some interesting records, most of which are found in their appro- propriate history in the general part of this work.
John, the son of Capt. Richard Bonython, bore an op- posite character to that of his father. The records of the eourt show him to have been a quarrelsome and violent man. So violent was his conduct, and so regardless of the consequences of his actions, that twice he was outlawed, and the last time a price set upon his head. His name is seldom found upon the town-book. In 1665 he was ap- pointed constable, but refused to serve, and was fined £4. He was bitterly opposed to the administration of affairs by Massachusetts, and attempted to aet independently of all au- thority. Hence he gained the sobriquet of " Sagamore of Saco," which gave rise to the lines said to have been en- graved on his tombstone :
" Here lies Bonython, Sagamore of Saco;
He lived a rogue and died a knave, and went to Hobomocko.">
He died about 1684. In May, 1683, he gave the town twenty acres of upland for the minister. He left six chil- dren,-John, Thomas. Gabriel, William, Winnifred, and Eleanor. The daughters became the wives of Richard Foxwell and Richard Cumming. Mr. Foxwell lived in the southeastern part of the patent, and was one of the first and most respectable planters in the vicinity ; was but little in publie life, but devoted his time mostly to the improve- ment of his plantation, which in time became a valuable legacy to his heirs. He died about 1677. He had three sons and five daughters. John, one of the sons, married a daughter of Richard Cumming, and dying young. left a son, Nathaniel, who removed to York. Deborah, Nathaniel's daughter, married William Corbaine, of Boston, and her right in the Foxwell estate was sold to William Pepperell, afterwards Sir William, in 1729. Of the daughters, Es- ther married Thomas Rogers, of Goosefair, in 1657. Mr. Rogers was here as early as 1638. He lived near the sea, at the mouth of Goosefair Brook, in the western part of what is now known as Old Orchard, near the centre of the patent, as the centre line of division started at his garden. The Indians destroyed his house in 1676, when he removed to Kittery, where he died not long after. He left two sons, Richard and John. Richard bought a tract
# Hobomocko-the evil spirit of the Indians .- Folsom.
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of Gibbins, in 1687, about a half a mile square, situated between Goosefair Brook and the centre line of division. He also removed to Kittery. His son Richard gave the land to Patrick Googins, in 1737. Patrick came from Ire- land quite young, was in the employ of Pepperell, at Kit- tery, married Richard's daughter, and settled on this tract. His descendants still occupy a portion of the old estate.
Of the daughters, Lucretia Foxwell married James Rob- inson, of Blue Point ; Susannah, an Austin ; Mary, George Norton, of York ; Sarah married Joseph Curtis, of Kit- tery, in 1678; her daughter, Eunice, was born Dec. 23, 1698, and married Richard Cutts, of Kittery, Oct. 20, 1720. They had eight sons and three daughters,-viz., Sarah, Robert, Joseph, Samuel, Edward, Foxwell, Curtis, Richard, Mary, Thomas, and Eunice. Thomas was the colonel of this town ; he was born April 5, 1736. Edward, born in 1728, was judge of Court of Common Pleas.
Capt. Bonython's second daughter married Richard Cumming, before 1647, who was a settler in Biddeford, but after the death of his father-in-law removed to Saco, and settled near Little River. His name is often found in the town records up to 1674. He died about 1675. He left a son, Thomas, one of the administrators of his estate, and a daughter, Elizabeth. The son did not long survive his father. The daughter married her cousin, John Fox- well, and after his death, John Harmon. By this mar- riage Harmon became heir to a large estate. His only daughter married Joseph Banks, of York, to which place Harmon removed before 1690. In this manner Banks became possessed of Harmon's right.
Henry Waddock was an active and useful citizen of the town for a long time. His house was at the lower ferry, on the road from Wells to Casco. His son John was among the principal townsmen in 1674.
Humphrey Scamman was born in 1640, it is supposed in Portsmouth, N. H. He lived at Kittery Point in 1677, where the birth of his son Humphrey was recorded. The name of his wife was Elizabeth. Their children were Hum- phrey, born May 10, 1677 ; Elizabeth, who married An- drew Haley, of Kittery, in 1697; Mary and Rebecca, whose husbands' names were Puddington and Billings ; and Samuel, born 1689. Mr. Scamman removed first to Cape Porpoise (Kennebunkport), where he received a town grant in 1679 ; he removed to Saco the same year, and pur- chased the estate of H. Waddock, and kept the ferry ; he was admitted to the enjoyment of town liberties, June 12, 1680 ; he was a man of influence, and was often intrusted with the management of town affairs; he died Jan. 1, 1727 ; few of the early settlers have a more numerous or respected posterity than he. His son, Capt. Humphrey, in 1717, bought of William Pepperell, Jr., one-fourth of the Blackman tract, and engaged in the lumber business ; he also was frequently a town officer; he died in 1734.
The lands and other property of Capt. Humphrey Scam- man were divided (in 1736) among his children, whose names were Humphrey, Dominicus, James, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah. Hum- phrey had a double portion ; Dominicus married Rebecca, daughter of Capt. D. Smith, in 1741, but both died in 1745, of a malignant fever, leaving two children, Domi-
nicus and Elizabeth ; James married, about 1739, Hannah, a daughter of Col. Plaisted, of Berwick ; he died in 1753, leaving two sous, James, known as Colonel, and Nathaniel and Hannah, who married Thomas Donnell; Betsey, who married Deacon Hill, of Berwick ; and Mary, whose first husband was Capt. Seth Mitchell.
The widow of James married Maj. Ebenezer Ayer, from Haverhill, in 1754, by whom she had several children. Nathaniel and Benjamin both died unmarried, one at Cape Breton, and the other of a fever contracted there. Hum- phrey, son of the captain, removed to Kittery, where he died quite aged.
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