Old Foxcroft, Maine : traditions and memories, with family records, Part 27

Author: Lowell, Mary Chandler, 1863-1949
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: Concord, N.H. : Lowell
Number of Pages: 552


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PRATT


John 1 Pratt was at North Bridgewater as early as 1737. Wife's name unknown, but he had children, Barnabas, John, Thomas, Con- sider, Jesse, Margaret and Priscilla.


Barnabas 2 Pratt, m. 1750, Isabel b. abt. 1727 in Scotland, dau. of Walter Downie. The mother had d. in Scotland. Isabel lived to be over 102 yrs. of age, d. in Maine. Moved there with her dau. and hus- band Susannah and Simeon Davie. Barnabas d. in 1788. (See Davie Rec.)


*Thaddeus 3 Pratt (John 1) b. abt. 1753, m. 1777, Rachel b. in Bridgewater Mass. Oct. 7 1754, dau. of Jabez and Alice (Briggs) Churchill, (see Churchill rec.) Thadeus in Rev. War from Hebron. Children : William b. 1779; Josiah, b. 1783; Barnabus b. 1790; Cyprien b. 1797 and probably Azel and John G.


William 4 Pratt (John !) b. 1779 came to "old Foxcroft" from Hebron as early as 1823 and made an opening on lot #10 in the 4th range, now . known as the Goff farm. He erected a house and there spent the remaining years of his life, much esteemed and respected. His wife was Martha. Children: William Jr. b. Feb. 2 1805 m. Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1800, dau. Wm Stedman; Cyprien b. Sept 10, 1806; Franklin b. Aug. 22, 1808; Austin b. Dec. 26, 1811; Rachel C. b. Mar. 29. 1814; Horatio b. July 12, 1818; Albert b. Apr. 2. 1821.


Austin 5 (John 1) b. Dec. 26, 1811, m. Betsey, b. Dec. 16, 1811 dau. of Jabez and Sarah (Davie) Barrows. Children : Henry Clay b. Jan. 19. 1836; Benjamin Franklin b. Jan. 18, 1839; Ozen Gurney b. Dec. 31, 1841


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Horatio 5 (John 1) b. July 12, 1818: m. Oct. 9, 1842 Mary Kimball of Foxcroft. They lived on road from North Cant to East Dover. Children: George W. b. Sept. 1843. He read law with Hon. A. G. Lebroke and was in partnership with him for a time, m. Lavinia, dau. of John and Abigail Woodbury of Dover; Charles W. b. Aug. 26, 1845. He ran the Jordan grist mill before it was sold to A. W. Gilman. m. , Garland; Deborah J. b. Aug. 4, 1850; Jennie W. b. Dec. 18, 1852, m. Colby Weston. They lived on the Rushbrook Thayer farm (now Mitton) ; Lizzie b. Dec. 1854, m. Moses Cross. The father, Horatio, lived with them. Fred M. b. Dec. 27, 1860: d.


Josiah 4 Pratt (John 1) b. 1783 was at Foxcroft as early as 1823 with his brothers William, Barnabas and Azel. He m. Sybil Gurney b. 1788, dau. of John 5 (Richard 1 of Braintree) and Mehitabel (South- worth) Gurney of North Bridgewater. Mr. Pratt was a deacon in the Baptist Church, indeed, Dea. Pratt and his brothers Barnabas, William, John C. and Azel were members of the Foxcroft Baptist Church in 1832 when it was organized. Children: Noah5 m. Prudence Lavinia Stedman, dau of John Stedman; Josiah, Warren, Melvin, Samuel, Mehitabel. Sybil, the mother d. Jan. 20, 1848. Dea. Josiah d.


Noah 5 B. b. Oct. 5. 1815 in Hebron, m. 1838 Prudence L. Stedman. b June 28, 1826. They resided in Dover. Children: Rosella m. Thomas Knowlton son of Isaiah of Sangerville. Their dau. Annie m. Fred Crockett, Dover; Mehitabel m. Charles Hammond; Charlie d. in infancy; Leonard m. Lizzie Lyford, dau. Eleazer and Mary (Harriman) Lyford of Sebec; Henrietta, m. John Bailey; Jackson m. Mary Hibbard; Samuel m. Myra Booker; Clara and Laura, twins, Clara m. George Burrill, Laura m. Russell Folsom; Ada m. James Plunimer; Eva d. in infancy. Noah d. Aug. 2, 1887. His widow m. Isaac M. Parsons. d. Nov. 9, 1905.


Barnabas 4 Pratt (John 1) b. 1790 m. Polly (Mary) Came to Foxcroft as early as 1823 and settled in the North Cant section. I find the name of his son Cyrus Grosvenor on the school list of that district for 1844, aged 12 yrs. His children (I copy the spelling from original list before me) Sirmantha 5 Granville, b. Jan. 8, 1816, m. Isaac Parsons (see Parsons rec) ; Adoniram Judson b. Dec. 6, 1817; Roswell Barrows b. Nov. 1, 1820, m. Eliza Pamelia Bartlett (see Bartlett rec) ; Emery Osgood b. in Foxcroft Sept. 26, 1824; Parthea Nelson b. in Foxcroft Apr. 17, 1827; Cyrus Grosvenor b. Foxcroft, 1832; Asenath b. 1830, m. John P. Folson.


Adoniram 5 J. Pratt (John 1) b. in Hebron Me. Dec. 6, 1817, m. Sophia Brown b. They settled at North Cant. Children: Estes 6 A. b. July 9, 1855 ; Emery O. b. Oct. 8, 1860; Nellie L. b. July 6, 1863; Hattie A. b. Apr. 25, 1866; Charles S. and Henry B. (twins) b. Dec. 9, 1868. Chas. S. m. Mary Thayer, dau. Wallace W. and Mary (Mayhew) Thayer (see Thayer rec) Henry d. ; Willie b. Apr. 16, 1873; Mary E. b. Apr. 19 1876


Roswell ' Barrows Pratt, b. Nov. 1, 1820, son of Barnabas and Polly Pratt, m (1) Cynthia, b. 1823, d. Apr. 1844; m. (2) Eliza P. b. 1818, dau. Alva and Lucy (Lothrop) Bartlett of Foxcroft. He d. May 23, 1881. Eliza d. Jan. 31, 1879. Mr. Bartlett, at the time of his death lived on


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Lincoln St., the house now known as the "Kenny House" Children, (Pratt) Jennie, b. -


Cyrus 5 Grosvenor (John 1) b. in Foxcroft 1832: m. June 29 1859, Ann L. Besse, b. dau. Besse. Children : Herbert G. b. Jan. 16, 1861, m. Maria, dau. of Orin and Charity (Glidden) Dunham of Fox- croft (see Dunham rec.) Herbert d. Sept. 4 1911; Waldo P. b. Apr. 23, 1867; Stella M. b. Mar. 31, 1865, m. Frank Carleton of Dover d. Dec. 16, 1932; Adelbert C. b. Mar. 27, 1870 d. 1935; Winifred A. b. Apr. 8, 1875, m. Howard Plaisted; Elmer E. b. Oct. 22, 1878, d. June 2, 1929.


Azel 4 Pratt (John 1) b. --- son of Thaddeus and Rachel (Churchill) Pratt, m. Mary They settled at North Cant section in 1823. Children : Noah Hersey, b. May 2 1834; Marcellus Howard b. Jan. 17, 1836; Wilson Colcut (Colcord?) b. Sept. 25, 1838; Richmond Emery b. Apr. 1840.


Cyprien 4 Pratt (John 1) b. 1797, m. Elizabeth Came to "old Foxcroft" with brothers 1823. Children born in Hebron, Fes- senden 5 G. b. Jan. 6, 1819; Betsey Jane, b. Sept. 3, 1821; Cynthia b. Sept. 11, 1823.


John 4 C. Pratt (John 1) b. -- m. Cynthia. They too settled in North Cant section as early as 1831. Three of their children's names on school list for 1844. Children b. in Foxcroft, John C. Jr. b. Dec. 3, 1835; Mary Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1837 ; Alanson b. Sept. 1, 1840; Leonard b. Feb. 6, 1843, went to Minn .; Hiram S. b. May 20, 1846: d. m. Sarah b. - - d. Jan. 27, 1845; William b. - - d. Sept. 13, 1839.


(1) Paul Pratt moved from Kirkland in Penobscot County to Fox- croft in 1835 and purchased of Francis Towne the farm now on the Milo road, (cor. road from North Cant to East Dover) His wife's name was Kezia, by whom he had at least seven children,-Shepard . Bean, b. June 24, 1809 .- Henry Paul, b. June 26, 1813 .- Christopher Columbus, b. Aug. 4, 1815 .- Banaiah, b. Jan. 16, 1818 .- Sabra Works, b. Feb. 26, 1820 .- Hiram Chandler, b. Nov. 13, 1823 .- Hannah Snow, b. Jan. 1 1825 and an adopted son, Franklin, 1842.


(2) Christopher Columbus, b. Aug. 4, 1815: m. A church elder. Lived on road from North Cant to East Dover.


Thomas Pratt, born in England, came to Watertown Mass. in 1647. Admitted a freeman 1652 and had "religious privileges" in Sherburne. In 1679, Thomas Pratt and sons purchased "Pratts Plains" so called, now "State Muster Grounds" in Framingham. Mr. Pratt d. 1692. His wife, Susannah survived him.


Jonathan 2 Pratt (Thomas 1) b. Watertown 1660: m. Sarah Gale. They settled in Oxford, Worcester Co. His will approved Feb. 25, 1735 mentions son Joseph.


Joseph 3 Pratt (Thomas 1) b. 1712 in Oxford : m. Dec. 15, 1707, Sarah b. Mar. 23, 1719 dau. Thomas and Rachel Hunkins of Oxford. Joseph Pratt's will also mentions his son Joseph Jr. Joseph d. Sept. 16, 1796: Sarah d. Mar. 19, 1749/50.


Joseph Pratt 4 Jr. (Thomas 1) b. Apr. 1, 1748: m. Mar. 24, 1771, Es- ther, b. Jan. 4, 1748, dau. Isaiah and Martha (Thompson) Blood of Charlton Mass. Isaiah Blood m. Jan. 19, 1743, Martha Thompson, b. 1723.


Joel 5 Pratt (Thomas 1) b. Mar. 5, 1776, m. Feb. 16, 1801 in Charlton,


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Sarah, b. sept. 23, 1777, dau. Seth and Mary (Daggett) Jones of Charlton. They moved to Clarksburg, Vt. where three children were b. Reuben 6, b. Nov. 13, 1803, Nelson, b. July 14, 1805, Seth Corbett, b. Sept. 7, 1807 In June 1808, Mr. Pratt moved his family to Foxcroft where on Oct. 13, in 1st. range, he established his home in which he d. - -. His wife, Sarah d. there. Children b. in Foxcroft, Lawson,


b. Sept. 13, 1810, Esther, b. Dec. 12, 1812 the third white girl b. in town. Marilla, b. Sept. 3, 1814, d. May 4, 1838. Joel Jr. b. Sept. 3, 1817, d. Aug. 25, 1822. Sarah Jones, b. Oct. 21 1819, d. Aug. 30, 1822.


Reuben 6 Pratt (Thomas 1) b. in Clarksburg Vt. Nov. 13, 1803, came to Foxcroft with his parents in June 1808. He m. Mary T and they lived in town several years. Children, Joel True, b. Sept. 27, 1830, Mary Esther, b. Aug. 22, 1834 Elbridge Jacob, b. Dec. 12, 1838, Reu- ben Nelson, b. Dec. 27, 1840. Seth 6 Corbett Pratt (Thomas 1) b. Clarksburg Vt. Sept. 7, 1807 came to Foxcroft in June 1808 with his parents He m. Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1813 dau. Robert Herring of Guilford. They settled on the home farm, building a house a short distance from his father's, Joel, now the Roderick home. And there they lived and died. Mr. Prattd. June 2, 1883. Mrs. Prattd. Nov. 22, 1895 "Their children, all b. in Foxcroft, Cynthia 7 J. Pratt b. May 21, 1835, m. Jan. 13, 1857 George D. B. Herring, son of Isaac and Dorcas Herring of Guilford. One son Freeland S. b. June 1858, unm. Res. on the home farm. George W, b. Aug. 19, 1836, died - - Henry Otis, b. Feb. 11, 1838, and eminent minister in Iowa. Geo. W, b. Oct. 13, 1840 a brilliant lawyer in Iowa. Emma, b. -- , m. Henry B. Stan- hope, d. in Foxcroft 1833. Lawson 6 (Thomas 1) Pratt, b. in Foxcroft Sept. 13, 1810 resided here several years, then moved to Mass. He m. Caroline and they had a son, Eugene Abba, b. July 14, 1837. Esther 6 Pratt, b. Dec. 12, 1812: m. Jan. 1, 1833, Daniel, b. in Camden Me., Dec. 20, 1809, son of Daniel and Mary (Gibbs) Mansfield.


Nelson C. Pratt, b. - --- , son of Joel and Sarah Jones Pratt, m. Artemacia Morse. Children, Sarah Jones, b. May 13, 1828; Martha Baker, b. Nov. 7, 1830


PRENTISS


Dea. Caleb1 Prentiss of Reading Mass. was b. 1771. He moved to South Paris early in the history of that town and had a general country store. Was first postmaster and a leader in church affairs. A man of fine intellect and very public spirited. He m. Jan. 16, 1798, Mary Web- ber Morgan of Gloucester Mass. Their children : Polly 2, b. Dec. 27, 1798: d. Nov. 16, 1836, Bangor,-Caroline,2 b. Oct. 4 1800: m. America Thayer,-Miranda 2, b. Oct. 8, 1802 : m. Alonzo King, -Caleb", b. Jan 9, 1806, m. Almira S. Wheeler,-Arthur 2, b. Feb. 1, 1808: m. Lucinda Blaisdell,-Horatio 2, b. Nov. 2, 1809, d. Dec. 11, 1832,-Augusta 2 L. b. Feb. 4, 1812 : m. Sylvanus Herrin,-Addison 2, b. June 13, 1814: ın. Sophia Coffin,-Joseph 2 Webber, b. Sept. 8 1816,-George 2 Mellen, b. Jan. 23, 1819: m. Emily Cleaveland. Dea. Caleb d. in So. Paris Oct. 1838.


Caleb 2 Prentiss, b. Jan. 9, 1806: m. Dec. 6, 1832, Almira 6 S. b. July 17, 1814, dau. Isaac 5 (Richard 1) and Betsey (Murray) (Col. John 1) Wheeler of Garland Me. They resided in Foxcroft. Childern born in


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Foxcroft, Augusta 3 Mellen, b. Mar. 3, 1834, m. Silas P. Maxim of Paris, -Caleb 3 Henry, b. Apr. 17, 1836: m. Ellen M. Jordan,-George 3 Addison, b. Mar. 8, 1839: d. July 14, 1841,-Edwin 3 Charles, b. June 2, 1842: m. Celia & A. Cushing,-Mellen 3 Grenville, b. Dec. 17, 1844: m. Lydia R. Merrill. Caleb 3 Henry Prentiss b. Foxcroft, Apr. 17, 1836: m. May 19, 1859, Ellen 7 Martha, b. Sept. 5, 1837, dau. of Dea. Joshua 6 and Martha (Merrill) Jordan. One child, Mary 4 Abby. Caleb Henry d. Apr. 21, 1821. Ellen d. Dec. 7, 1916.


Edwin 3 Charles Prentiss, b. Foxcroft June 2, 1842 m. June 25, 1869, Celia 8 A. b. Mar. 17, 1847, dau .- Joseph 7 and Anna (Morrill) Cushing of Sebec. Children : Mabel 4-9 Anna, b. June 1, 1871 : d. Mar. 29, 1873, -Caleb 4 Arthur, b. Apr. 23, 1875: d. July 13, 1876,-Edwin d. at Brighton Mass. Dec. 25, 1880.


Mellen 3 Grenville Prentiss, b. Dec. 17, 1844: m. Aug. 23, 1866, Lydia Rebecca, b. Oct 1, 1844, dau. Russell and Lydia (Hatch) Merrill of Foxcroft. She d. Mar. 17, 1917. Children: Harry 4 Mellen, b. Oct. 15, 1867 in Foxcroft, m. Dec. 15, 1895, Sarah W., dau. Thomas and Marilla (Shaw) Francis,-Charles + Fred, b. Apr. 10, 1874: m. Dec. 3, 1895, Grace b. Mar. 2, 1873, dau. Charles and Elizabeth Sar- gent of Brewer Me.,-Anna 4 May, b. Jan. 11, 1876: d. Aug. 17, 1876, --- John 4 Caleb b. Dec. 18, 1877 : d. Mar. 23, 1878,-Mildred 4 Louise b. July 27, 1887: m. Oct. 21, 1914 Harold W. Wright of Bangor. Mil- dred was graduated at University of Maine class 1911. Two children -Mary 5 Louise : William 5 ---


PULLEN


Nicholas 1 Pullen of Attleboro Mass. m. Jan. 19, 1709, Mary Tucker. They had eight children.


James 2 Pullen, b. June 28, 1720, m, Lydia Woodcock, perhaps of Attleboro Mass. They had seven children.


James 3 Jr. their fourth child, b. July 16, 1749, m. (1) Eleanor Ca- pron of Attleboro Mass. m. (2) Phoebe Stanley in Winthrop Maine. He d. in Waterville Me. Feb. 1, 1829. She d. in Waterville Sept. 22, 1821.


Jonathan 4 Pullen, called "Capt. Jonathan" also Jonathan 2rd., was b. 1775, m. Aug. 5, 1800 Lucy Barrows, dau. Capt. John and Sarah (Morton) Barrows of Middleboro Mass. b. 1779. Jonathan Pullen first tried merchantile life but in 1806 decided to take up farm- ing. He became a progressive farmer, giving much attention to or- charding and the improvement of the breed of horses. The "Goodale Orchard" in Winthrop was planted by him. He d. Nov. 30, 1828. His wife d. Oct. 25, 1847.


Thomas ' Stanley b. Jan. 21, 1804, m. (1) Feb. 15, 1831, Lavinia Chandler, dau. of John and Hannah (Streeter) Chandler. She d. Sept. 21, 1834. m. (2) 1836, Harriet Bailey, b. July 27, 1814. He d. at Fox- croft Feb. 28, 1865. She d. at Foxcroft Oct. 14, 1898.


Stanley 6 Thomas Pullen b. at his father's farm in Guilford Me. Aug. 6, 1843. His father moved to Dover when Stanley was but two years old very soon to Foxcroft to the house on Lincoln St. that still bears the family name. Thomas S. Pullen of Guilford had for several years been interested to some extent in real estate and in 18- decided


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to move his family to Foxcroft. He first moved to the house then standing on the present Hughes site, corner of Main and Winter St. but an opportunity to dispose of that residence sent him to the one on Lincoln St., still known by his name. There his daughters were mar- ried and there he and his wife each passed away. Mr. Pullen was long a resident of "old Foxcroft. His sound judgment and undoubted in- tegrity led to his being placed in many and various positions of trust by his fellow citizens. At the time of his decease he held the office of Judge of Probate for Piscataquis County, a position for which he was eminently fitted. The children each were educated in the public schools and Foxcroft Academy, Stanley later going to Colby College where he was graduated 1864. The following year he was Preceptor of Foxcroft Academy, reading law in spare moments in the office of Hon. A. G. Lebroke, admitted to the Bar of the State in 1866. He com- menced his law practice in Foxcroft. In 1869 he formed a partnership with Judge Percival Bonney of Portland. In 1872 Mr. Pullen pur- chased a controlling interest in the Portland Daily Press which paper he edited fearlessly and independently for eleven years. At that time he was about to engage in the banking business with Edmund C. Sted- man, the poet and financier, when blindness overtook him. Always a Republican, Stanley Pullen was an intimate friend of Speaker Thomas B. Reed. For many years an earnest member of the Portland School Board, Trustee of the State Normal School, Surveyor of Customs, In- corporator of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. An interested member of the Masonic order and many clubs. In 1894 Mr. Pullen m. Elizabeth Cavazza, a native of Portland, dau. of Charles A. Davies-Jones. She was an author of several novels and wrote many poems, notably those which were read at the unveiling of the Maine monument to the soldiers of Maine who died at Valley Forge, the Longfellow monument in Portland and a poem read at the Longfellow centennial celebration. Stanley Pullen d. in Portland Feb. 15, 1910.


Harriet L. oldest daughter of Thomas5 Stanley and Harriet B. Pullen, b. Jan. 12, 1841, m. Dr. Hiram C. Vaughan, b. May 11, 1837. He was a Surgeon in U. S. Navy and a veteran of the Civil War. He d. Aug. 19, 1895. She d. Jan. 8, 1912.


Emma C. second daughter, b. Nov. 6, 1847 m. May 11, 1871, Charles H. Dennett. b. June 24, 1829. son of Daniel & Fannie K (Sawyer) Dennett of Milo.


Clarence E. b. Mar. 29, 1850, d. Oct. 8, 1902. A civil engineer and a writer of much merit and a prominent newspaper man. Surveyor Gen. to New Mexico. A very popular lecturer and campaign speaker. Lt. Fred H. U.S.N. b. Oct. 31, 1857, d. in service Oct. 12, 1898.


Emma 6 Charlotte b. Nov. 6, 1847, m. May 11, 1871 Charles H., b. June 24, 1829, son of Daniel and Fannie K (Sawyer) Dennett of Milo Me. Mr. Dennett d. Mar. 1, 1898. His wife d. Sept. 16, 1931. A woman of strong personality and endearing charm. The Dennett's were among the Piscataqua Pioneers, members of the family name settled on either side of the river where a fine type of old houses still bear the "Dennett" name. Daniel Dennett, the father of Chas. H. m. Nov. 17, 1811, Fannie K. Sawyer and they settled in Milo Me., in


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1831 where, he d. Sept. 23, 1878. Mrs. Dennett d. Jan. 30, 1881. There were nine children of whom Mrs. Charles Everett, formerly of our sister town of Dover was a daughter. Mrs. Emma Pullen Dennett, through her maternal ancestry was descended from John 1 and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden, the line being, John It and Priscilla Alden; Ruth 2 Al- den, m. John Bass; Sarah 3 (Bass) m. Ephraim Thayer; Peter 4 Thayer m. Anna Horton; Phoebe 5 Thayer m. Abraham Cummings; Phoebe 6 Cummings m. Isaac Bailey; Harriet 7 Bailey m. Thomas Stanley Pullen; Emma 8 Pullen m. Charles H. Dennett, res. Bangor Maine. Two sons, Stanley 9 Pullen Dennett b. June 8, 1872, m. Oct. 19, 1918 Dorothy Stowell. She d. May 5, 1919. He resides in Bangor. Carl 9 Pullen Dennett b. July 14, 1874, m. Sept. 9, 1905, Maria Griffin of New York. Reside in Boston and Manchester North Shore. Two dau. Anne 1º Balen Dennett, m. Sept. 1, 1928, William Chase Paulton of Santa Barbara Cal. Divorced in 1930 and m. Feb. 21, 1935, John Summerfield Blyth of New York; Priscilla 1º Alden Dennett lives at home, unm.


ROBINSON


The famous pastor of the Pilgrims Rev. John 1 Robinson was b. at Sturton, County Nottingham England 1575. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, being graduated 1592. He m. Bridget White Feb. 16, 1603/4, dau. of Alexander White of Sturton.


Isaac 2 Robinson (John 1) b. abt. 1610 at Leyden, Holland, came to New England in "Ship Lyon " 1631, making his first home at Plymouth -- later moving to Duxbury 1634; Scituate 1636; Barnstable 1639 and finally to Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard abt. 1671. He m. Margaret Hanford, dau. Theophilus and Eglin (Mortimer) Hanford. She d. 1649.


John 3 Robinson (John 1) b. Apr. 5, 1640: res. at Falmouth, m. May 1, 1667, Elizabeth, b. 1648, dau. Wm. Weeks.


Timothy 4 Robinson (John 1) b. Oct. 3, 1671: m. May 3, 1699, Mehitable, b. Oct. 16, 1671 dau. Wm. Jr. and Mary (Robinson) Weeks. Thomas 5 Robinson, b. -- 1703: m.


Zephaniah 6 Robinson (John 1) b. July 26, 1729: resided on Elizabeth Islands but moved to Livermore Me. where he d. Mar. 27, 1805: m. (1) Feb. 27, 1757, Anna Hatch m. (2) 1776 Jedidah West, b. Oct. 4, 1752. Ellis 7 Robinson (John 1) b. July 2, 1783: m. Rachel Carsley, b. 1780. She d. Sept. 2, 1870: Ellis d. Aug. 5, 1832 at Foxcroft. Mr. Robinson moved from Sangerville (the Waterman farm) to Foxcroft in 1825 and opened lot 9 in the 3rd range. Children b. in Sangerville, Eliza & b. Aug. 19, 1806: m. Wm. Parsons; Zephaniah 8 b Aug. 17, 1808; Ellis b. Nov. 20, 1810: m. (1) Susan - - m. (2) Asenath - -; Leonard b. June 14, 1813 : m. Mary Purington ; Alethea Bradbury b. Nov. 22, 1816; m. Hiram Douty; Mary b. Dec. 20, 1818; m. Moses Swett. Shed. Mar, 30, 1850. West, b. Feb. 4, 1822, m. (1), Celia Besse, m. (2) Lydia Greeley


Ellis 8 Robinson Jr. (John 1) m. (1) Susan, b. 1815: d. Oct. 6, 1857. m. (2) Asenath - ----- Ellis, d. Dec. 23, 1867, Children : 1st. m. Marcelia 9 Melvina, b. Aug. 23 1838, mn. George Holmes, son of Salmon and t Mayflower ancestry.


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Abigail (Blake) Holmes (see Holmes records) ; Freeland 9 Ambrose, Apr. 19, 1840; Sumner ' Frank, b. -: Cordelia 9, b. 1842, d. Mar. 9, 1858. 2rd. m .; Eliza 9, Julia 9, George 9, Carrie 9, b. 1861


Leonard 8, b. June 14, 1813 : m. -- Mary Purington, Two children : Hiram 9 b. 1842. d. at 12 yrs. ; Henry 9, a dentist, always lived in Fox- croft, m. Addie Stacy, dau. Hiram Stacy. Two children, Leonard 10, 2rd. b. Oct. 11, 1861, m. Alice Noyes and Alice 10. They live on their grandfather's home place


West Robinson, b. Feb. 4, 1822. m. (1) Oct. 1, 1849, Ceclia, b. dau. Besse. Children : Mary, who m. Warren Weymouth and Emma who m. Charles Dunning. m. (2) Lydia Greeley b. Children: Willard, m. (1) Millie Leach, m. (2) Annie Dyer; Susie, unm .; Eugene, m. (1), Lottie Bearce, dau. Noah Bearce; Harry, unm .; Carrie, m. Fred Barrows. See Barrow Rec.


SHAW


William Shaw came here from Buckfield abt. 1826 and purchased of Thomas Wentworth Treasurer of the "Ministerial & School fund-lot 6 in the 4th range-now the Hilton farm. His wife's name was Belusah. "She d. and Mr. Shaw m. Rebecca b. 1790-by whom he had a son George. She d. Mch. 17, 1879. Children of William and Belusah Shaw, b. in Buckfield : Africa, b. Sept. 27, 1817,-Caroline, b. Aug. 25, 1819,-Danville, b. Nov. 10 1821,-Azuba, b. Sept. 7, 1823,-Cyrus, b. July 30, 1826,-Adeline, b. in Foxcroft 1830.


SNOW


Nathaniel Snow came here from Vassalboro in 1828 and purchased south 12 of lot 11 in 3d range. His wife's name was Tryphema. Chil- dren, all born in Vassalboro : Paulina, b. Aug. 14, 1795,-Sophia, b. Aug. 5, 1796,-Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1797,-Sally, b. Jan. 14, 1800,-Syntha Sabra, b. Sept. 29, 1801,-Betsey Hoyt, b. Apr. 15, 1803,-James Peltiah, b. Oct. 13, 1804,-Calvin Ballard, b. Sept. 15, 1806,-Hannah Ballad, b. June 28, 1808,-Alphia, b. Dec. 31, 1810,-Thankful Perry, b. Jan. 1, 1812,-Samuel Blish, b. Nov. 20, 1813,-Doan, b. June 8, 1816,-Alethea Weeks, b. Sept. 28, 1818.


SPAULDING


Edward 1 Spaulding came to America between 1630-33 settling in Braintree Mass; m. (1) Margaret and m. (2) Rachel.


Andrew 2 (Edward 1) son of Edward and Rachel, b. Nov. 19, 1652, m. Apr. 30, 1674, Hannah Jefes, dau. of Henry of Billerica Mass. He d. May 5, 1713, she d. Jan. 21, 1730.


Henry 3 (Edw.1) b. Nov. 2, 1680 in Chelmesford Mass., m. in 1703, Elizabeth Lund, b. Sept. 29, 1684, dau. of Thomas Lund of Dunstable Mass.


William 4 (Edw.1) b. Mar. 17, 1711, m. Jan. 6, 1731, Hepzibah, dau. of Joseph Blood of Groton Mass. Wm. d. June 21, 1780: his wife d. Feb. 1, 1787.


*Eleazer 5 (Edw.1) b. May 26, 1733 in Groton Mass, m. Mary Shep- ley of Groton. They moved to Norridgewock Maine 1778. Rev.


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OLD FOXCROFT


War; service also French War. He d. June 1813, Mary d. 1822, in Norridgewock.


John 6 (Edw.1) b. May, 12, 1770 in Pepperell, Mass. m. 1793 Betsey, dau. of Wm. and Mary (Green) Spaulding. In March 1805 he moved his family to a temporary habitation near Eli Towne's in East Dover. In 1806 he moved into a log house near the Falls. There they resided for four years and their son Joseph Foxcroft Spaulding was b. Apr. 16, 1806, the first birth in the settlement. He d. April 18, 1811. Mr. Spaulding commenced on his contract for the dam and mills (grist and saw) May 1806. They were late in finishing the dam and obliged to work in water after ice was forming. It was a great undertaking and wonderfully performed. The saw mill was the third in the county. He sold out and moved to Dover, but in 1843 came back to Foxcroft. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding were each old and had to be cared for by their daughter and husband, Isaac and Roxinda Bearce on their farm, lot 3 in the 8th range, later the Danville Oakes farm.


Artemas 7 (Edw.1) b. Nov. 24, 1793 : m. Oct. 30, 1822, Mary Dennett, b. Nov. 10, 1799 in Lyman Me. He d. Aug. 7, 1866, she d. Mar. 1, 1857 on their farm in Dover.


Randall & Hutchinson (Edw. 1) b. Jan. 16, 1826 in Dover, m. Nov. 16, 1851, Calista, dau. of Syria and Abigail (Plummer) Bearce of Fox- croft. She d. Sept. 18, 1907. They settled on the farm adjoining her father, lot #4 in the 7th range. He enlisted in Foxcroft July 16, 1862, private in Co. B, 20th Regt. Me. Vols., served to the close of the War. He d. Jan. 18, 1898. Children all b. in Foxcroft; Albina b. Jan. 24, 1855; Ella, b. Mar. 13, 1857, b. m. Oct. 29, 1890, Frank Ball, resided in Milo, she d. 1935; Charles Randall, b. June 29, 1866, m. June 11, 1892, Nellie b. Mar. 19, 1872, dau. Lew. and Mary Walker; Edith, b. Mar. . 4, 1874, m. Dec. 22, 1896, George Edgerly.


SPRAGUE


Asa Sprague, b. July 20, 1768, was an early settler in Dover. Whether he was a descendant of Francis of Plymouth, 1623 or Wil- liam of Hingham, 1628, I am not able to determine. The weight of evidence is in favor of the former. I Mariam, b. Sept. 1, 1772. She d. Mar. 1, 1843 Hed. Jan. 30, 1855. Children : Emma C, b. Apr. 5, 1799; Marian, b. May 20, 1802: d. July 30, 1802; Sarah S. b. Oct. 20, 1804 m. Charles Hammond; Charles b. Aug. 29, 1806; Bela Tower, b. Mar. 13, 1809; Jacob, b. May 8, 1810; Abigail, b. June 2, 1813; Thomas W. b. Oct. 15 1816.




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