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One dau. Bertha 10 E. Mansfield (Robt 1) m. Feb. 1, 1905, Davis, son of Leonard and Nellie Smith of Dover. Children (Smith) born in Foxcroft, Everett N. m. Anna, dau. Rev. Louis and Anna Sauer Grunn Philip C, m. Mildred F. dau. Ned and Pearl French, John M. Ralph L.
Thomas 7 Mansfield (Robt 1) b. New Ipswich N. H. Sept. 8, 1775 : m. Hannah, b. 1781, dau Elisha and Silence (Harrington) Gibbs of Cam- den Me. They had thirteen children of whom the eldest son may have been the Thomas & N. Mansfield who m. Mercy Miller and lived in Sangerville. He d. at the home of his sister, Mrs. Silas Paul in Fox- croft. Rowena 8 (Robt 1) b. 1806 in Camden Me. m. Silas Paul of - Foxcroft. Rowena d. 1844. Jane H. b. Jan. 5, 1819, m. Silas Paul Aug. 11, 1844.
Ebenezar 8 B. (Robt 1) b. 1808: m. (1) Charity Mansfield, m. (2) Angelica Boggs. Eben was a resident of Foxcroft in 1840
MAYHEW
Robert 2 Mayow, heir of Dynton, son of Simon 1 Mayow, Gent. of Dynton, Wilts County, England, m. Joan Bridmore, dau. John of Tisbury, Wilts, Eng. Their grandson, Mathew 4 m. Oct. 2, 1573, Ales, dau. Edward and Edith Barter of Forest, Wilts Co. Thomas 5 Maow bp. Apr. 1593, m. 1617, Abigail, dau. of John Parkhurst of Ipswich, Eng. He was a merchant. Thomas 6 Mayhew, b. 1618, came to America with his parents in 1631. In 1647 he m. Jane, dau. of Thomas and Jane (Gallion) Paine of London. This is the Thomas Mayhew who later became missionary to the Indians at Mar- tha's Vineyard. Thomas 7 Mayhew b. 1650 in Chilmark, M. V. m. 1772, Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1646, dau. James and Margaret (Reeves) Skiffe. . James Skiffe was Sec'y. to Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower. Thomas Mayhew d. Chelmark July 21, 1719. Sarah d. Dec. 30, 1740. Zaccheus & Mayhew, b. 1684, m. Sept. 12, 1713, Susannah Wade. He was Judge of Common Pleas, Judge of Probate; Rep. Gen. Court. d. Jan. 3, 1760. She d. May 23, 1758. Ensign 9 Zaccheus b. 1727 : m. Sept. 6, 1750, Rebecca, dau. of Lemuel Pope of Dorchester Mass. She d. Nov. 22, 1767, age 40 yrs. Zaccheus d. July 11, 1775. William 10 Mayhew, b. 1760: m. 1783 Joanna They moved to
Buckfield Maine. William 11 Mayhew b. in Buckfield, Nov. 29, 1785 : m. Nov. 26, 1807, Anna b. Oct. 1786, dau. Edw. Packard (Samuel 1) of Hebron. They moved to Foxcroft from Cambridge in 1830. Wm d. Feb. 1, 1867. Anna d. Oct. 16, 1860. Foxcroft. Children : Alvan 12, b. Sept. 10, 1808; William 12 S., b. Mar. 18, 1810, m. d. Apr. 9, 1891, aged 91. Nancy 12 Ann b. Mar. 25, 1812; C. Augus- tus 12 b. July 6, 1814, d. Dec. 8, 1858. Prudence 12 b. Aug. 28, 1817, d. Nov. 24, 1831.
Danville 12 b. May 24, 1820: m. Mehitable; she d. Nov. 13, 1881. He d. Feb. 10, 1876 Franklin 12 b. May 24, 1820: m. (1) Elizabeth Jones, d. Feb. 14, 1865, m. (2) Harriet Thayer. He d. Mar. 31, 1899 .- Edward 12, b. June 3, 1822. d. May 27, 1823. Libbeus 12, b. Nov. 29, 1824: m. (1) Mary Thayer, a son Freeland. m. (2) Mary Dwinal .- Janette 12, b. Jan. 27, 1830, in Cambridge Me., m. Wmn. H. Chandler. She d. Mar. 26, 1907. Rufus 12, b. in Foxcroft, d. in infancy. Ex-
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perience 12, b. in Foxcroft, d. in infancy. Franklin 12 Mayhew (Sim- eon 1) b. May 24, 1820: m. Elizabeth, b. 1824, dau. Jacob H. and Han- nah (Bisbee) Jones of Foxcroft. She d. Sept. 14, 1865. m. (2) Harriet 3 L, dau. Charles 7 and Amelia (Towne) Thayer. Children by first wife, Mary 13, b. - m. Wallace & Thayer .- Ann 13, b. - m. William Gray .- Lizzie 13 b. - m. Nelson 8 Thayer. (See Thayer, Chandler and Faunce records.)
MAYO.
The emigrant ancestor of the Mayo family of Foxcroft was Rev. John Mayo b. abt. 1590. A graduate of the University of England he came to America as early as 1636 locating at Barnstable on Cape Cod. Nov. 9, 1655 he was settled over the Second Church of Boston. In 1658 he preached the annual electional sermon before the General Court. He m. Thomas in - who d. Feb. 26, 1682.
Samuel 2 b. in Eng. 1615 m. 1643, Thomasin b. 1626, dau. Wm. and Thomasin (Sturges) Lumpkin of Yarmouth. They lived at Barn- stable Mass.
John 3 (John 1) b. Dec. 15, 1652 m. Apr. 14, 1681, Hannah, b. Apr. 1662 dau. John and Mercy (Prence)} Freeman of Barnstable. He d. Feb. 1, 1725. She d. Feb. 15, 1743.
Deacon Joseph 4 (John 1) b. Dec. 22, 1696, m. Feb. 20, 1717 Abigail b. Dec. 22, 1696, dau. Benjamin and Rebecca (Doane) Merrick They lived in Brewster Mass. He d. 1772. She d.
Moses 5 (John 1) b. Feb. 1, 1720, m. Mar. 10, 1742, Phebe b. June 1, 1725, dau. Capt. Watson and Sarah (Gray) Freeman. He d. Mar. 1812. Phebe d. Jan. 6, 1791.
Issacher 6 (John 1) b. Apr. 2, 1755, m. Oct. 26, 1777, Deborah b. Apr. 2, 1761, dau. Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Godfrey) Gould of Acworth N. H. John 1 d. Dec. 19, 1819. She d. May 5, 1813.
John 7 Gould Mayo, b. at Acworth N. H. July 1799 m. Joan, b. 1805 dau. Capt. James and Rhoda Bacon of Freeport Me. Dea. Mayo d. at Foxcroft Dec. 9, 1879. Mrs. Mayo d. at Dover, Apr. 2, 1867. Children: Josiah Bacon b. Feb. 19, 1826; John Gould Jr. b. Jan 28. 1828; Mary & Elizabeth b. Feb. 2, 1840. m. Dr. J. H. Thompson. (See Thompson Record)
Josiah & Bacon Mayo (John 1) b. Feb. 19, 1826, m. at Foxcroft Sept. 5, 1848, Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 10, 1826, dau. Sprague of Pem- broke Me. He d. Sept. 17, 1918. She d. Jan. 10, 1909. Children : Eliza 9 Maria, b. Aug. 2, 1849: m. (1) Charles, b. 1848, son of Daniel and Rebecca (Woodbury) Wyman, m. (2) Frederick Chase of Fayette Me. She d. Mar. 12, 1929; George Freddie b. Feb. 3, 1852: d. 1863; Mary Ellen b. June 27, 1855, d. 1865; Edward 9 Josiah b. May 24, 1864: m. (1) Sept. 8, 1884, Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1858, dau. Lora and Elvira (Batchelor) Genthner. She d. June 3, 1926. m. (2) Feb. 2, 1928, Gertrude (Goodwin) Owen, dau. George and Hannah (Pollard) Good- win and widow of Blaine Owen of Augusta. Children, 1st m. George 10 E. b. June 30, 1885, m. (1) Sept. 1906 Blanche E. Whitney, one dau. Dorothy 11, b. July 7, 1908, m. (1) Jan. 1, 1927, Paul E. Garrison, one son, Paul Mayo 12 Garrison, b. Oct. 31, 1927; Divorced; m. (2) t Mayflower ancestry.
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July 5, 1932 Paul W. Etheredge, their adopted dau. Marilyn Joy, b. Apr. 29, 1932. George 10 m. (2) Oct. 6, 1913, Leila M. b. Jan 25, 1891, dau. of Henry W. and Eliza (Downs) Horne of Dover. George d. Oct. 27, 1918. One child11.
Josiah Bacon 10 b. - d. Sept. 17, 1889, Edward 1º Genthner, b. - d. Sept. 8, 1889.
John 8 Gould Mayo Jr. (John 1) b. Jan. 28, 1828, m. at Foxcroft, Delia A. b. Jan. 1, 1835, dau. M. L. and Cordelia Libby. He d. May 18, 1916, His wife d. July 13, 1894. Children: Mary 9 Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1857 m. July 9, 1884, Thomas Kitchen, b. Oct. 19, 1848. She d. Nov. 21, 1933. Thomas d. Oct. 23, 1919. One son, Everett 10 Mayo Kitchen, b. Feb. 26 1890, m. Nov. 3, 1915, Nina, b. June 14, 1890, dau. of Marcus and Laura (Davis) LaRoe of Sebec. Their son, John 11 Stuart, b. May 27, 1917. Mr. Thomas Kitchen was an expert workman in wood material, employed as such for over twenty-five yrs. in the Organ and Piano factory of Dyer and Hughes. Later associated under firm name of Lord and Kitchen in fine veneer work. Held in high esteem by fellow townsmen.
Francis 9 Chadbourne b. Feb. 15, 1859 d. Dec. 9, 1862
Walter 9 John b. Apr. 18, 1873, m. Apr. 29, 1902 Annie 9 Flora, b. Apr. 11, 1874, dau. of Maj. Wainwright and Flora (McIntire) Cushing of Foxcroft
Annie 9 Maude b. Apr. 2, 1876, m. Apr. 7, 1901, Harry Bentz. Children : Harry 10 Jr. b. Jan. 18, 1902, m. Oct. 12, 1927, Elsa Margaret Heins; John 1º Mayo b. July 24, 1903, m. Oct. 13, 1934 Madeline Fied- ler; Ruth 1º Gilder b. July 24, 1903, m. June 16, 1925, Lieut. Samuel Seldon Lamb, one son, Samuel 11 Seldon Lamb Jr. b. Mar. 12, 1928 in Cal.
I note that in the 4th generation, Dea. Joseph Mayo and his wife Abigail Merrick were born on the same day, of the same month, of the same year. In having handled thousands of dates, I never before came across a like incident.
MORSE
Joseph Morse came to Foxcroft first in 1805 and commenced an opening; In 1807 erected his log house and moved his family from Hopkinton Mass. consisting of his wife, Prudence and children, Rich- ard; Rachel; Amos born in Mass; and Eliza born in Foxcroft June 12, 1808; Charles, b. in Foxcroft Oct. 17, 1811; Sullivan b. Aug. 17, 1812
Richard ? Morse (Joseph 1) b. 1799 came to Foxcroft in 1807 with his father's family, m. Oct. 10, 1821, Mary C. b. 1801, dau. of Bela and Ruth (Cotton) Hammond.
Sidney 3 b. Sept. 3, 1824: Artemacia b. Feb. 15, 1827, m. May 7, 1857, Joseph W. Lane; Elbridge 3 b. July 9, 1837, m. his cousin Julia 3 Morse. Richard d. July 7, 1859: Mary d. Sept. 20, 1859.
Rachel ? Morse (Joseph 1) m. Jacob Cotton, settled in Foxcroft (see Cotton)
Amos? Morse (Joseph 1) b. in Mass. m. Lucy, b. Jan. 1804, dau. Jonathan Bullard.
Justina 3 b. Nov. 30, 1830: d. Oct. 20, 1894, unmarried.
Albion b. Mar. 14, 1832: d. Sept. 2, 1904. unmarried
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Sullivan b. Apr. 8, 1834, m.
Julia 3 b. Feb. 8, 1839, m. her cousin Elbridge 3, b. July 9, 1837, son of Richard and Mary (Hammond) Morse. She d. Aug. 8, 1873. Julia Morse was a most successful school teacher
Harriet C. b. May 8, 1844 Charles b. Oct. 8, 1851, m.
Elbridge 3 Morse (Joseph 1) b. in Foxcroft near Merrill Brook, m. (1) his cousin, Julia 3 A. b. Feb. 8, 1839, dau. of Amos and Lucy (Bul- lard) Morse of Foxcroft. Julia d. Aug. 8, 1873. Children Mary 4 : L. b. Sept. 20, 1860; Alice + J. b. Oct. 17, 1862, m. Sidney Neally. One child, Sidney 5 Neally, b. Aug. 16, 1893, m. Mary E. b. Dec. 17, 1892, dau. of Walter and Emma (Sanford) Blethen of Dover. Mary d. Aug. 14, 1935. Their dau. Margeret 6, b. Feb. 24, 1917.
MURCH
John Murch came to Foxcroft as early as 1828. The family name of his wife Sarah is not known. In April 1835 when Rev. Mr. Williams moved from town he rented his farm to Mr. Murch who continued a tenant until 1852, when the Williams heirs sold to Mr. W. H. Chandler. Children b. in Foxcroft, Thomas Williams, b. Feb. 18, 1833; Sarah Frances, b. Dec. 12, 1834; Hannah Jones, b. Dec. 24, 1838; m. Benj. Beland, d. May, 16, 1898; Mary Tower, b Jan 25, 1841, Jason F. Sept. 19, 1844.
Zebulon Murch, possibly a brother to John above, came here at the same date, 1828. His wife's name was Eunice. Their children were Joseph, b. Feb. 3, 1826; Charles Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1827. Mr. Murch later purchased the Benj. Hersey farm on the River road and his son Charles succeeded to it.
OAKES
Danville P. Oakes b. Nov. 19, 1829, son of James and Sarah Oakes of Sangerville, m. (1) Elizabeth Labree, b. - d. - One dau. Delia Elizabeth. m (2) Sybil P. b. Aug. 4, 1831, dau. of Artemas and Mary (Dennett) Spaulding of Dover Me. Hed. Aug. 16 1912. Mrs. Oakes d. Feb. 3, 1910. Always resided in Foxcroft, first, on the farm lot 3 in the 8th range (Steadman's Landing section) but in later life they moved to the village. Children all born in Foxcroft:
Nellie 9 b. May 29, 1854: m. (1) Sept. 13, 1872, Leroy, son of Jacob and Ruth (Daggett) Bolster of Foxcroft. Five children. m. (2) John Hennigan; m. (3) Charles Davey.
May, b. May 20, 1857 : m. Stephen Barber. She d. Oct. 3, 1914
Electra, b. July 8, 1860: m. Nov. 25, 1880, Rev. Fred Houston, b. Aug. 23, 1859, see Hilton rec.
Walter, b. Nov. 24, 1862: m. July 23, 1892, Mary E. b. Jan. 26, 1867, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Cressey) Philbrick (Jonathan 1 of Buckfield 1783). They have always lived in Foxcroft. He was a building contractor. Children: Edna, b. Feb. 18, 1893: m. Oct. 13, 1919, Charles Locke; Norman, b. Dec. 26, 1894: d. Dec. 13, 1909; Clyde, b. July 24, 1898: m. May 3, 1930 Marian, b. Oct. 8, 1900, dau. Capt. William and Blanche (Colby) Fox. She was graduated from Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain; Simmons College of Public Health,
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Registered Nurse and an executive of the Augusta Tuberculosis Pre- vention Service; Electra, b. May 6, 1903: m. June 7, 1930, Francis Merrill, son of Albert Merrill
(2) Hudson S. Oakes, b. July 16, 1838, son of James and Sarah Oakes of Sangerville, m. Caroline Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1845, dau. of Daniel W. and Nancy (Malcolm) Hayes of Sebec. They settled on a part of the farm cleared by Abel Turner, lot 16 in the 4th range and just south of Mrs. Oakes' brother, William C. Hayes. There a son and daughter were born;
Allie Eudora, b. Feb. 5, 1863, m. Samuel Preston White of Corinna, b. Nov. 18, 1856. One dau. Mildred Gertrude, b. Jan. 12, 1885, m. John Lamont Sherman. She d. July 27 1906. Their son Tharon Preston b. July 27, 1906 m. Oct. 5, 1936 Ethel M. Ramsey b. Jan. 21, 1904. Two dau. Jane M. b. Oct. 26 1929; Beverly Ann, b. Mar. 1935.
Alonzo Parsons, b. Nov. 14, 1866, m. Cordelia Wiley, dau. Preston and Olive Wiley of Bangor. He d. 1903. She d. July 30, 1899. One son, Roland E. b. Mar. 26, 1894, m. Res. Cal.
PARSONS
Isaac Parsons, b. 1825, son of Andrew and Rebecca Parsons of Mont- ville Me. m. abt 1843/4 Samantha b. Jan. 8, 1816, dau. of Barnabas and Mary Pratt of Foxcroft. Isaac purchased the John J. Folsom place at Folsom's Landing on Sebec Lake. Children : Mary E. b. Nov. 19, 1844: d. ; Lauriston b. Sept. 12, 1847 ; Joel B. b. Feb. 22, 1849: m. Augusta, dau. Linas Chase of Foxcroft, She d. Sept. 10, 1899, Joel d. July 31, 1928; Olivia b. Jan. 11, 1851; Anson F. and Addison W. b. Oct. 3, 1856. Ansel C. b. July 17, 1860; Samuel b. June 1862.
Ansel C. b. July 17, 1860, m. Mar. 27, 1887, Nellie, b. Jan. 9, 1867, dau. of Almon and Maria Vaughan (Cass) Parsons. Children : Hazel Florence b. Dec. 17, 1891, m. June 24, 1913, Herbert Lee Webster, four children, Donald P., Stuart L., George A., Louise F .; Erminie b. June 26, 1902, m. July 17, 1923, Charles L. Steeves, one dau. Beverly, b. Aug. 11, 1929.
Isaac, the father m. (2) Prudence Lavinia (Stedman) Pratt, widow of Noah Pratt.
William 2 Parsons, son of William 1 and Lydia Parsons, pioneer settlers of Sangerville, was b, Mar. 25, 1798, m. Dec. 6, 1824, Eliza, b. Aug. 19, 1806, dau. of Ellis and Rachel (Carsley) Robinson of Sangerville. Ellis Robinson was a descendant in the 7th generation of Rev. John Robinson, the famous and beloved pastor of the Pilgrims. in Holland on their way to New England. William Parsons cleared the south 12 of lot #9 in the 3rd range. The north 12 of the lot being the home of his father-in-law, Ellis Robinson Sr. He was one of the first members of the Congregational Meeting House Society, a member of the Church and a deacon for many years. He d. June 10, 1872. His wife d. June 7, 1886. In 1850 he purchased the Isaac Weston lot =13 in 2d range. Children b. in Foxcroft: Susan Woodman, b. June 1. 1827, m. Wellington Besse, May 24, 1846, She d. Jan. 21. 1859; Henry Leonard, b. Aug. 7, 1828, m. (1) Oct. 20 1850, Rebecca Dearth of San- gerville. She d. Feb. 18, 1856, m. (2), Nov. 1856, Mary Ann, b. Jan.
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7, 1838, dau. Daniel W. and Nancy (Malcolm) Hayes of Sebec. She d. Dec. 17, 1878, m. (3) May, 30, 1881, Cynthia E. dau. Allen and Olive (Buck) Chandler of Foxcroft. Henry d. Oct. 20, 1906; Philemon C. b. May 19, 1830, m. Miranda Dennett, b. Oct. 31, 1830, He d. Sept. 13, 1863. Civil War soldier, 4th Mass. Regt .;
Alonzo 3 Zephaniah b. Apr. 16, 1836, m. 1858 Lydia m., b. Apr. 8, 1840, dau. of Daniel W. and Nancy M. Hayes. Children : Hiram, b. Aug. 22, 1859, m., one dau. Ethel; Augustus G. b. Oct. 10, 1861 m. Jennie Children : Augustus G. Jr. b, d .; Marion C. b. Aug. 5, 1897; Frank b .; Ruth b.
Henry 3 Leonard, b. Aug. 7, 1828: m. (2) Nov. 1856, Mary Ann Hayes, b. Jan. 7, 1838, They lived on the home farm with his parents. Children b. in Foxcroft:
Anna 4 Estelle, b. Apr. 13, 1855, m. Dec. 1879, Henry F. Meade. They erected a house on a north section of her father's farm and there all but the two oldest children were born. Bertha Lottie 5 May, b. d. young ; Ola Ione, b. Sept. 7, 1883; Sara Ellen, b. July 27, 1885 : m. Les- ter A. Hanson, Oct. 28, 1925; Daniel Allen, b. Jan. 3, 1889: m. Annie I. Lary, June 7, 1913; George Parsons, b. Apr. 10, 1892: m. Cecile Petra Pearson, June 28, 1919; Mary Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1898: m. Charles Aura Hewett, Mar. 30, 1918. Anna the mother d. Oct. 2, 1917.
George 5 Parsons Meade, b. Apr. 10, 1892: m. June 28, 1919, Cecile Petra, b. Sept. 1, 1898, dau. Harry and Ethel (Thayer) Pearson. They settled on the home farm and there their children were born; Barbara 6 Priscilla, b. 1921, d. Robert Pearson b. Dec. 6, 1923.
Mary Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1898: m. Mar. 30, 1918, Charles Aura, b. Aug. 5, 1898, son of Albert and Alice (Powers) Hewett. Reside at East Dover. Children b. in Foxcroft: Eleanor Arlene, b. Feb. 6, 1920; Shirley Madeline, b. Dec. 14, 1921; Charles Aura Jr. b. June 25, 1923; James Albert, b. Mar. 30, 1925; Roland Everett, b. Jan. 9, 1927
Daniel Allen Meade, b. Jan. 3, 1889, m. June 7, 1913, Annie Irma, dau. Children b. in Foxcroft; Lloyd Ashley, b. Sept. 12, 1915; Thelma Irene, b. Aug. 15, 1917; Harold Melvin, b. Jan. 5, 1921; Daniel Allen, b. May 5, 1922; Virginia Margaret, b. Jan. 2, 1925.
William Henry 4, b. Jan. 3, 1857 : m. Nov. 23, 1884, Luella F. Gray. Children : Willis Henry b. in Foxcroft, Jan. 26, 1888, m. July 22, 1917, Marie Harper; Harold Gray, b. in Sacramento, Cal. Oct. 22, 1890, d. Nov. 12, 1918.
Mary Eliza, b. July 13, 1861, m. June 1883, Henry R. Beatty, b. 1861. One child, Henry Parsons, b. Nov. 21, 1889, d. Apr. 8, 1890. She d. Jan. 30, 1903: he d. 1890.
Philemon2 C. Parsons, b. 1802, m. Louisa, b. 1807, dau. of Magoun of Sangerville. They resided at Lane's Corner in Sangerville for many years where he carried on farming as well as a general store. Several times each year it was his custom to make a trip to Bangor with an ox team, taking down a load of country productions, such as knitted goods, butter, cheese, eggs and vegetables, and then returning with store supplies, and always a generous supply of good New England rum! His children educated, and in homes of their own, he sold his Sangerville property and purchased the Dr. Tucker place on the Guilford road, in
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Foxcroft. There he and his wife each passed away. They were members of the Methodist church and Mr. Parsons sometimes preached Children were all b. in Sangerville, but Mr. Frank Parsons, after marriage with his second wife, Miss Celeste Lowell, dau. of Wm. W .. and Fidelis (Cofren) Lowell of Dover, lived in Foxcroft for some time in the house now the home of Eugene Arnold. Mr. P. C. Parsons d. Jan. 8, 1887. His wife d. Mar. 1, 1893. Children : Francis D. b. Nov. 1838, d. Dec. 25, 1908, m. (1) Emma Starbird, b. 1839: m. (2) Oct. 24, 1874, Celeste D. Lowell, b. 1855, dau. Wm. W. and Fidelis (Cofren) Lowell of Dover. She d. July 20, 1933. A daughter by second mar- riage, Marion Parsons, b. Nov. 3, 1880, m. in 1908, Thomas Martin Powers, one child, Julia Celeste Powers.
PAUL
William 1 Paul, b. Sept. 1615 in Gravesend, England. Sailed in 1635 on ship "True Love of London" for America and settled in Taunton, Mass. 1637. Name of wife not known.
· Edward 5 Paul (James 4 James 3 James 2 Wm.1) b. in Dighton Mass. Apr. 10, 1749, m. Aug. 3, 1770, Elizabeth Short. Moved to Green- wich, Mass. Edward Paul * in Rev. War. with Washington at Valley Forge. Was living in Pomfret Ct. a neighbor of Gen. Putnam.
William 6 Paul (Wm.1) b. Oct. 5, 1780 in Greenwich Mass., m. 1805, Catherine Rice, b. in Brookfield Mass., Mar. 26, 1788. They moved first to Methuen then to Solon, Me. 1812. Silas 7 Paul (Wm.1) b. in Methuen, Mass. Jan. 4, 1806, m. (1) Rovena, b. 1806, Camden Me. dau. Thomas and Hannah (Gibbs) Mansfield. She d. 1844. Two children : Joel 8 -; Lydia, 8 m. William Wharf. Res. California. m. (2) Aug. 11, 1844, Jane Hosmer Mansfield sister of first wife, b. Jan. 5, 1819, Children : Lucy & b. m. Wm. Brown; Charles; Anna & b. 1847, m. Geo. B. Hussey, She d. June 5, 1928, he d. 1925; George b. 1855; Delia 8 b. 1857 m. Kilby P. Sargent, Three children: b. in Fox- croft, Kilby 9 P. Jr. b. Jan. 27, 1879, m. Sept. 6, 1905, Edith M. Marks, b. July 7, 1879 of Everett Mass. Two dau. Edith 10 MI, b. Dec. 21, 1906, m. Sept. 17, 1933, Walter E. Hurley b. Dec. 9, 1934; Elizabeth 10 M. b. Oct. 13, 1909, m. Aug. 4, 1934, William Archilles. Jenny 9 Hos- mer Sargent, b. Feb. 3, 1883, Foxcroft, m. Sept. 26, 1911, Willard B. Fowler, b. Nov. 29, 1885 of Everett Mass. Two sons, Paul 1º S, b. July 27, 1918; Willard 1º B. Jr. b. Nov. 28, 1920. George 9 Paul Sar- gent b. Aug. 20, 1885, in Foxcroft, m. June 5, 1915, Gertrude Peabody, b. June 7, 1894 of Everett Mass. Three Children : Betty 10 E b. Oct. 17, 1923; George 1º P. b. June 30, 1930; Donald 1º P. b. Apr. 4, 1933. Elizabeth $ Paul b. Apr. 28, 1859, m. Willis Hillman, one dau. Rovena ? b .- m. Leighton. Elizabeth d. Apr. 29, 1932, Willis d. 1922.
PHILBRICK
John Philbrick (Thomas 1) came here from New Sharon and pur- chased south 1/2 lots of No. 1 and 2 in the 4th range Mrs. Philbrick was Polly (Mary) Folsom, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah Robins Folsom of Mt. Vernon Me. and sister of Jackson Folsom. In 1832/3 Mr. Phil- brick moved his family here. Children, but the three younger ones
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were b. in New Sharon : Hellen b. Nov. 8, 1817, m. Charles Sherburn ; Clymena, b. Apr. 23, 1820: m. Charles Clark; Sarah Attaline b. Oct. 12 1822, d. unm .; Mary Josephine b. Aug. 15, 1825, m. George Colcord, res. in N. H .; John Greenleaf b. Dec. 19, 1828, went to Minnesota, d. unm .; Nathaniel F. b. July 8, 1831, d. unm. ; Caleb S. b. Nov. 22, 1833, d. unm .; Amanda b. Apr. 25, 1836, d. unm. James Austen b. Mar. 23, 1839, succeeded to the homestead.
PILLSBURY
William 1 Pillsbury the emigrant ancestor, b. in Staffordshire England abt. 1615, came to America 1640/41. He located in Dorchester and there in July 1640 m. Dorothy Crosby. In 1651 Wm. Pillsbury bar- gained for forty acres of land in Newbury on which was a house. There the family moved, consisting of parents and four children. In Newbury six more children were born. Of the ten children ;
Moses 2 b. abt. 1645 in Dorchester, m. (1) Susannah, dau. of Lionel Worth, in March 1668
Amos 3 the eighth child b. in Newbury, date unknown but he is men- tioned in his father, Moses', will, m. Elizabeth Stuart, pub. Feb. 23, 1706. They settled in Rowley and there their children were born.
John 4 Pillsbury (Wm.1) b. Nov. 17, 1723, m. Mar. 16, 1742, Ruth Brocklebank.
*Samuel 5 Pillsbury (Wm.1) b. in Rowley Dec. 22, 1752, Rev. War sol- dier, m. in Rowley Nov. 27, 1776, Elizabeth Pingree of New Chester, N. H. Soon after moved to Salisbury N. H.
Samuel 6 Pillsbury Jr. (Wm.1) b. in Salisbury N. H. Jan. 14, 1782, m. Nancy Evans of New Chester. Samuel Pillsbury Jr. was a Captain in the War of 1812 but did not take the field. Was postmaster and Justice of the Peace twenty years
Samuel 7 Pillsbury 3rd. (Wm.1) b. in Salisbury N. H. Aug. 16, 1806, d. in Foxcroft Me. May 1, 1887 : m. (1) June 1832, Martha W. A. Searle, b. 1812, of New Chester N. H. She d. Nov. 1862 in Foxcroft. Chil- dren :
Helen & F. b. in Hill N. H. May 8, 1834: m. Sept. 27, 1853, Samuel R. Crafts of Monson Me. They resided in Guilford not far from the Foxcroft line. Regular attendants and members of the Foxcroft Congregational Church. Six children: Charlotte, Herbert and Sam- uel, three died in infancy.
Evans & S. (Wm.1) b. in Monson Me. Aug. 8, 1839. Enlisted in Civil War service, Returned to Foxcroft and practiced law for a time. Went to California and married. Resided in San Francisco and be- came a man of wealth.
Mary A. b. in Monson Aug. 18, 1841 : m. Charles son of Benaiah P. and Elizabeth P. Sturgis of Foxcroft. They resided in Haverhill Mass. Three children.
Charlotte E. b. in Monson June 4, 1843: m. (1) --- Clement Galli- son, He d. She m. (2) --- John Ford, b. -- a descendant in the 8th generation of Richard Warren and Henry Sampson, Mayflower passengers. Also his gt. grandfather,* Abner Ford was in Rev. War service.
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Samuel 7 Pillsbury 3rd. m. (2) Mrs. Joan (Spaulding) Williams, b. in Dover Maine, Apr. 14, 1838, d. in Mansfield Mass. Oct. 6, 1908. One son was born of this marriage,
Samuel $ H. (Wm.1) b. in Foxcroft Dec. 29, 1873, m. June 1, 1912, Helen Farrington Walters, dau. Frederick and Walters of Bos- ton and Swampscott Mass Samuel H. Pillsbury Esq. was educated in the public schools of Foxcroft and graduated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard Law School. One of the eminent attorneys of the Boston Bar. Three children, Samuel 9 Walters, b. Mar. 1, 1913, Harvard College; Sarah b. July 6, 1914, Educated in Europe; Freder- ick Walters, b. Nov. 28, 1922, College Preparatory.
Mrs. Joan (Spaulding) (Williams) Pillsbury, m. (1) Jan. 19, 1806, Walter J. Williams. She resided in Foxcroft. They had three chil- dren ; Willis W. b. Feb. 23, 1859: d. in Foxcroft Feb. 24, 1926; Lena, b. Apr. 4, 1861 : d. Dec. 2, 1862; Lena May, b. Apr. 7, 1863, m. Nov. 23, 1887, Elmer Brintnell. Mrs. Pillsbury was a dau. of Artemas and Mary (Dennett) Spaulding and a grand-daughter of John and Betsey (Spaulding) Spaulding, two of Foxcroft's pioneer settlers, Mr. Spauld- ing being the contractor of the first dam and saw and grist mill in 1806. Mrs. Pillsbury was a woman of strong character and marked ability and her stories of those pioneer days as told by her grandparents. to her were vividly enlightening. Her gt. grandfather, *Eleazer Spaulding was Lieutenant under Col. Prescott in the Rev. War.
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