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Jacob (Asa 1) Sprague b. May 8, 1810; m. Nov. 26, 1837, Harriet, b. May 4, 1816, dau Jabez and Sarah (Davie) Barrows of Dover. Chil- dren: Bela, Charles, Clarence. Jacob Sprague purchased in the Nathaniel Chamberlain farm at Pratt's Cor. (Sebec Lake road) Fox- croft and he and his wife each d. there.
STEDMAN
Dea. Wm.1 Stedman of Hebron m. Aug. 6, 1793 Cynthia Gardner of Turner Maine. Her parents were from Hingham Mass, I believe. The names of their children: John b. June 19, 1794: Samuel Whitte- more b. Dec. 18, 1795; Amasa b. Apr. 8, 1798; Lydia b. Dec. 29, 1800;
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Lavinia b. July 4, 1803; William b. June 10, 1805; Hiram b. May 22, 1807; Walter b. Aug. 16, 1809. Mr Stedman came to "Old Fox- croft" in 1824 with his son Amasa and settled on lots A and 1 in the 9th range. Amasa did not remain long. Later, William Stedman Sr. moved to lot 3 in the 9th range This section of town was then known' as Stedmans Landing, because of the horse boat owned and run on the lake by Wm. Stedman Jr. He later sold to Ancil Crockett. Soon the progressive Mr. Crockett introduced steam and with Wm. C. Hayes as engineer ran a boat on schedule up and down the lake.
John 2 son of Dea. WVm.1 Stedman of Hebron b. June 19, 1794 m. Patience (Whittemore) Sewell. They moved to "old Foxcroft" in 1821 and settled on lot John Stedman was drowned in the flume at the mill May 23, 1827. Children : John 3 Sewell b. Jan. 20, 1819 in Hebron; Samuel 3 Whittemore b. May 1, 1821, Hebron; Patience 3 Sewell b. Dec. 31, 1823 in Foxcroft, d. Feb. 9, 1892; Prudence 3 Lavinia b. June 28, 1826; Lydia ? (William 1) b. Dec. 29, 1800, m. in Foxcroft, William Pratt, son of Wm. and Martha Pratt of Foxcroft. Lavina ? (Wm 1).b.July 4, 1803, m. Feb. 28, 1822, Lloyd Andrews. She d. 1826, Children : Seth 3 Dean, b. Nov. 12, 1822; Angelina 3 b. Aug. 20, 1824.
William ? (Wm 1) b June 10, 1805 in Hebron, m. Nov. 29, 1827 in Foxcroft, Olive G. b. June 10, 1807 in No. Bridgewater Mass. dau. of
t William and Sarah Sampson of Dover Me They settled on north lot 4 in the 8th range. Wm. d. Oct. 13, 1892, Sebec. His wife d. July 23, 1885. Hiram ? (Wm 1) b May 22, 1807, m. Ann Hazeltine, dau of Timothy Hazeltine Sr. of Foxcroft. Res. Charleston. Walter 2 (Wm1) b. Aug. 16, 1809 in Hebron m. (1) Abt. 1833, Sarah b. Mar. 9, 1809, dau. of Benj. and Sarah Leavitt. He d. in Foxcroft Dec. 21, 1879, She d. in Foxcroft 1835. One son James 3 M. b. Aug. 22, 1833. Moved to Bridgton. Walter m. (2) 1840, Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1819 in Sebec, dau. of John and Betsey (Rowe) Crommett of Sebec. She d. in Foxcroft May 16, 1890. Children b. in Foxcroft, Edmund 3 F. b. Jan. 18, 1841, m. Lucetta Twombly; Sarah 3 A. b. Mar. 17, 1842, m. George Edgerly of Sebec; Mary 3 Melinda b. July 10, 1846, m. Frank Severence; Hiram 3 Perley b. Oct. 20, 1848, m. Delia Woodbury of Dover; Anna 3 Augusta b. July 5, 1854, m. Charles W. Campbell of Sangerville. She d. Mar. 12, 1917. One son, Fred 4 Campbell of Dover; Charles 3 Walter b. Mar. 9, 1865, m. June 2, 1897, Delora M. Merrifield of Hartland. Sons, Walter + L. b. Mar. 18, 1903; John 4 C. b. Sept. 27, 1906, d. Aug. 2, 1909. Mr. Charles Stedman and Son have a large dairy farm in Foxcroft, formerly the Andrew Hammond farm on the Guilford Road.
THAYER
The ancestors of the Thayer families of Foxcroft were Thomas 1 and Margery (Wheeler) Thayer from Thornbury Eng. who in 1640 came to Braintree in Massachusetts. Thomas was a shoemaker. He d. 1665. His wife d. Nov. 12, 1672
Shardrach 2 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. in England abt. 1625, m. (1) Jan. 11, 1654, Mary Barrett, d. in Braintree Mass, 1656. m. (2) July 12, 1661, Deliverance, b. 1644 dau. James and Elizabeth Priest of t Mayflower ancestry.
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Weymouth. Shadrach d. Oct. 19, 1678: Deliverance d. Jan. 17, 1723. James Priest mentions in his will, son-in-law Shadrach Thayer. This bars Mayflower ancestry.
Ephraim 3 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Nov. 17, 1669: m. Jan. 7, 1692, Sarah, t b. Mar. 1672, dau. John and Ruth (Alden) Bass of Braintree. They resided in Braintree. Ephraim d. June 15, 1757 : Sarah d. Aug. 19, 1751.
Shadrach 4 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Apr. 18, 1701: m. 1723, Rachel, b. May 2, 1703, dau. Samuel and Anna ( ----- ) White of Braintree. Shadrach d. Feb. 17, 1783: Rachel d.
Uriah 5 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Oct. 15, 1724: m. 1748, Deborah, b. 1728, dau. Samuel and Mary (-) Copeland. They settled in Braintree. Uriah d. Mar. 10, 1797 : Deborah d. Oct. 21, 1805.
* Abner 6 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Sept. 28, 1760: m. 1790, Persis, b. May 22 1770, dau. of Charles (Charles 1) and Persis Turner of Turner Maine. Abner and Persis (Turner) Thayer settled in Turner Maine where their seventeen (17) children were born. He was a farmer and house carpenter. . Abner d. July, 31, 1831 Persis d. 1863. Rev. War record.
:Charles 7 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. in Turner Aug. 6, 1798, m. in Fox- croft Maine, Feb. 12, 1829 by Rev. Thomas Williams, Aurelia, b. Oct #24, 1808, dau. Moses and Betsey Towne of Foxcroft. Charles Thayer purchased in 1825 lot #3 in the 6th range and it is believed that they cleared a small piece and settled there, but in 1840, Mr. Thayer pur- chsed the north 12 of lot #13 and #14 in the 6th range erected a set of buildings and there he and his wife each died. His son, Wallace suc- ceeded to the home farm. Children all b. in Foxcroft: Persis & Turner b. Mar. 24, 1830, m. James Tyler. She d. Nov. 12, 1892; Emma, b. Apr. 7, 1832 d. May 30, 1833; Emma, b. May, 9, 1834: m. Sylvester Eldridge; Harriet, b. Feb. 9, 1836, m. Franklin A. Mayhew. Charles A. b. June 8 1838. m. Ruth Whittier; Almira b. June 5, 1840: d. Sept. 29 1852; William Wallace, b. Dec. 2, 1844: m. (1) Mary Mayhew, m. (2) Flora Harrington; Frank A. b. Oct. 10, 1850: d. Sept. 14, 1852; Charles d. July 22, 1875 ; Amelia d. Dec. 17, 1881.
Emma 8 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. May 9, 1834: m. June 1, 1861, Sylvester Eldridge, b. Sept. 27 1833. They settled on the farm formerly owned and cleared by Thomas Wentworth in the Allen Chandler neighborhood. He d. May 27, 1875 : she d. July 2, 1904. Children : (Eldridge) Lilla 9 M. b. Mar. 17, 1866, m. Thomas Friend, Edwin 9 b. Sept. 4, 1868: d. Sept. 19, 1932; Charles 9 T. b. June 2, 1872. Children. Charles m. June 5th 1901 to Margaret A. Colby of Hancock Maine. Children Cecil D. born March 30th 1903. Colby S. born Aug. 18th 1905. Elizabeth F. born Jan. 11 1915. Cecil D. m. Kate MacPherson of Mexico Maine Apr 16th, 1927, two children. Mar- garet D. born Feb 4th 1928. William T. born Sept. 12th, 1929. Colby S. m. Margaret C. Mckenzie of Rumford Maine, June 30th 1930, one child :- Nancy B. born March 31st 1931. Elizabeth F. m. James McDonald July 14th 1934.
Charles 8 A. Thayer (Thomas 1) b. June 8, 1839: m. Nov. 3, 1866, Ruth, b. May, 24, 1841, dau Ira and Mary Ann (Fogg) Whittier of
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Foxcroft, They purchased of Mrs. Sarah J. J. Goodwin a small farm near the village upon which he erected a house. There Mr. and Mrs. Thayer passed away. Mr. Thayer was an excellent carpenter as well as farmer. Children all b. in Foxcroft: Mary 9 A. b. - - George W. b. Oct. 14, 1872: d. in Mass .; Ethel A. b. Apr. 16, 1876: m. Harry Pearson ; Herbert E. b. July 14, 1878: m. Sept. 4, 1907 Maggie Grim- shaw. dau. Aaron and Ann Grimshaw of Lancashire, England.
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Ethel 9 A. Thayer (Thomas ') b. Apr. 16, 1876: m. 1897 Harry, b. July 21, 1872, son of Nathaniel and Ella (Smith) Pearson. Ethel d. May 27, 1918. Children b. in Foxcroft (Pearson) Gertrude 1º Ruth. b. July 25, 1897 : m. May 1, 1920. Walter, b. Apr. 28, 1899, son of J. Ward and Lillian (Wellman) Skinner. They live in Guilford. One child, Pauline 11 Skinner, b. Nov. 25, 1928. Cecile 1º Petra, b. Sept. 1, 1898 : m. June 28, 1919, George Parsons, b. Apr. 10, 1892, son of Henry and Anna (Parsons) Meade. One child, Robert 11 Pearson Meade, b. Dec. 6, 1923. Vivian 1º Ella, b. Oct. 9, 1900: m. Sept. 16, 1921, Carl H. b. May 6, 1900, son of Ezekiel and Edith (Mitchell) Cram. They live in Waterville. Children (Cram) Geneva 11 Ethel, b. Julv 4. 1925; Kathryn Anne, b. July 28, 1930. Marguerite 1º Ella, b. Aug. 25, 1913 : m. Oct. 20, 1920, Horace A. b. Oct. 10, 1901, son of William and Mary Butler of Foxcroft.
William 8 Wallace Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Dec. 2, 1844, m. (1) 1870, Mary, b. - dau. Franklin and Elizabeth C. (Jones) Mayhew of Fox- croft. m. (2) Flora, b. - - dau. of Wesley and Hannah Harrington of Parkman. One daughter by 1st marriage.
Mary 9 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Dec. 28, 1871: m. Nov. 25, 1897, Charles, b. Dec. 9, 1869, son of Adoniram J. and Sophia (Brown) Pratt of Foxcroft. They live on the Franklin Mayhew farm. The farm cleared in 1811 by Walter and John Carpenter. Buildings believed to have been erected by James Call. Children b. in Foxcroft (Pratt), Miriam 1º Hortense, b. July - Flora Harriet, b. ---- Roy Edmund, b. - -. One son by m. (2) Harry 9 W. Thayer (Thomas 1) b. Apr. 19, 1875 m. (1) Oct. 26, 1898, Alice, b. July 10, 1869, dau. William and Hannah Greeley of Atkinson. Alice d. One dau., Mildred 10 Alice, b. Mar. 5, 1906 m. Dec. 2, 1935 Lt. John F. Wyman. m. (2) Sept. 10, 1913, Bertha M. dau. John P. and Lydia Crocker of Dover.
Rushbrook 7 Thayer (Thomas 1) b. May 23, 1800, son of Abner and Persis (Turner) Thayer of Turner Me. m. June 18, 1833, Harriet N. Walker, b. Apr. 10, 1810. Mr. Thayer became a resident of Foxcroft in 1825. That year he purchased of John F. and Anna (Washburn) Chandler, forty acres of land in Foxcroft on the road leading from the "John Chandler place" to the "North Center road". Mr. Thayer taught for several winters the school in the Chandler District. Chil- dren: Rushbrook $ Jr. b. Mar. 27, 1834: d. Nov. 17, 1865; Abner, b. June 15, 1835: d. Sept. 16, 1836; Abner (again) b. Dec. 22, 1836: d. May 7, 1837; Martha, b. Mar. 23 1838; Mary, b. Mar. 8, 1840; William, b. Jan. 17, 1842; Abner (again) and Persis, b. Apr. 27, 1844: d. May 31, 1846; Ellen, b. Apr. 10, 1846: m. Decker, Lagrange Me .; Eunice b. Aug. 3, 1847 : d. June 23, 1865; Nelson S. b. Apr. 26, 1850: m. Lizzie Mayhew.
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Franklin A. and Elizabeth C. (Jones) Mayhew. They purchased the * Charles Thayer farm on Hosmer Hill in Foxcroft and there each passed away. He d. June 24, 1892: His wife d Feb. 15, 1920. Children : Orman 9 b. May 9, 1877: d. Nov. 30, 1915; Annie, b. Apr. 26 1881: m. June 7, 1906, Charles A, b. Mar. 21, 1871, son of Joseph and Martha (McCoomb) Foss of Guilford Me. Annie d. Jan. 9, 1916. Children (Foss) Martha 1º b. Feb. 14, 1907: m. Guy Russell, one child, Marthalie Russell, b. Aug. 22, 1929; Everett 1º Thayer, b. Mar. 19, 1908: m. Gladys Russell, two children, Warren 11 A. Foss, b. Sept. 5, 1931; Infant
Among the pioneer settlers of old Foxcroft was one William Thayer and his wife Polly Cushman. William " Thayer was the son of Peter who d. in Shepardsfield, now Hebron, Feb. 2, 1788 and a descendant in the 6th generation of Thomas and Margery (Wheeler) Thayer of Braintree. Peter's son Isaac succeeded to the home farm in Hebron near the Paris line. Wm. Thayer settled in Foxcroft as early as 1811. Mr. Thayer cleared a small opening and built a log house on the place later known as the Dwinel farm. His name was continuously on the list of voters until 1845. He m. Polly Cushman. Children b. in Fox- croft: John 8 b. Jan. 25, 1816: m. (1) Alma L. Hersey. (2) Mary Jones; Christianna, b. Oct. 23, 1817, m. Peleg Weston, divorced, m. (2) Josiah Cole, m. (3) Sawyer ; Harriet, b. Jan. 7, 1820; Marcy b. June 20, 1822, m. Libbeus Mayhew; Abigail, b. July 27, 1824: m. Nathaniel Gray; Ruth Margaret, b. May 17, 1827.
John & Thayer (Thomas1) b. Jan. 25, 1816, m. (1) Alma A. L. Hersey, dau. Sylvanus & Rhoda (West) Hersey, children Sarah 9 Antonnette, b. Nov. 24, 1848; Edwin Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1850, m. (2) Mary Jane, dau. Jacob H. and Hannah (Bisbee) Jones of Foxcroft, children Frank and Fred, b. Jan. 4, 1857; John Eugene, b. Dec. 4, 1859.
THOMPSON
Archibald 1 Thompson, b. in Scotland and a Presbyterian, but, as an inhabitant of North Bridgewater he gave wholehearted support to the Congregational minister of the town. He probably manufactured the first foot spinning wheel in New England, according to the historian Mitchell of Bridgewater. Of the six sons and four daughters of Archi- bald Thompson and his wife, Robert 2 was b. in North Ireland and came to America with his parents in 1724. He m. in Nov. 1754, Margaret Smith, dau. of Jeremiah and Rachel Smith of Milton Mass. By will Jeremiah Smith mentions "my beloved daughter Margaret Thomson". James 3 the son of Robert and Margaret (Smith) Thomp- son was b. in Londonderry N. H. Aug. 18, 1794. When a young man he cleared a farm and spent the remainder of his life in Buckfield Me. By his second wife Martha, m. in 1773, dau. of Whitefield and Margaret Gilmore he had twelve children, four of whom settled in Sangerville, later, two moved to Foxcroft while a son and granddaughter of a third are among our towns people. Whitefield + Gilmore, b. Londonderry N. H. Sept. 13, 1795, m. Eunice Hill Coy, b. Aug. 15, 1808 Minot Me. They came to Sangerville and cleared the farm still in the family. A son. (1) Dr. James Henry Thompson was a most efficient army sur- geon ; and was cited in Army orders for professional and hospital distinc-
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tion. At the close of the War, having married Mary & E. Mayo, dau. of John 7 G. Mayo of Dover, Dr. Thompson located in Foxcroft purchasing the house now the Cong. Parsonage. But army life made him restive and he felt a call to Wisconsin. He located in Milwaukee where he was head of the Soldiers Home. He was universally beloved. Two sons, Henry 6 M. b. Dec. 23 1861 m. Stella Dessert dau. of Joseph & Mary E. (Sanford) Dessert and John 6 G. b. Aug. 18 1866 m. Gertrude B. Libby- Newton Mass. Another son, (2) Freeland 5 D. b. Dec. 13, 1841 m. Dec. 13, 1870 Emily Knowlton, b. July 28, 1841 dau. of Williamt and Janet (Waterman) Knowlton of Sangerville. Their son, Frank, moved to Milo, where he is a prominent citizen. Their dau. Mary 6 E. b. Sept. 19, 1873 m. Dec. 13, 1898 John W. Leland, b. Jan. 7, 1874 son of Jedidiah P. and Hannah (Mitchell) Leland of Sangerville. They have five sons: Walter 7 Gilmore b. June 14, 1900, m. July 17, 1922, Jennie Hall, Children, Walter & G. and Delmont & E .: Gilbert 7 Metcalf b. Aug. 11, 1901 m. Aug. 6, 1922, Gertrude Flanders, one dau. Janet 8; Willard 7 Thompson b. Feb. 6, 1903, m. Jan. 6, 1925, Iva Crabtree, two sons, Thompson 8, d. 1929, Trafford 8 ; John 7 Winthrop Jr. b. Sept .. . 27, 1904, m. June 17, 1927 Gladys Peirce, dau. Gloria 8; Henry 7 Delmont b. Dec. 14, 1906, d. July 12, 1917 ; Laurence 7 Francis b. Jan. 28, 1912
Whitefield Gilmore Thompson was commissioned by Gov. Parris Lieutenant of 1st. Brigade, 2d. Regt. Maine Infantry. Hon. and Mrs. Leland moved to Foxcroft some years ago purchasing the former home of James S. Holmes, Esq. Mr. Leland, a strong Republican has represented this section of Piscataquis County in each branch of the State Legislature and is Director of Rural Service for New England Public Service Co. in Augusta.
Jeremiah 4 Smith Thompson, b. 1797, m. Keziah 8, b. Sept. 14, 1812, dau. of Ebenezer 7 f and Charity (Benson) Cushman of Paris Me. Ebenezer was the 7th generation from Robert Cushman. Keziah d. Apr. 30, 1877. After passing a few years on a farm in the Burrough Road section of Sangerville, Mr. Smith Thompson, as he was known, moved to Dover and engaged in the tanning business. He soon pur- chased a residence in Foxcroft, one of the then, finest, on upper Main St. known later as the Stubbs place. He and his wife each died there. Children: Sumner 5-9, b. Sangerville Apr. 25 1837 m. Oct. 18, 1882 Nellie Rand b. 1855 in Concord, N. H. dau. of Jacob B. and Belinda (Thayer) Rand and niece of Parson Peter B. Thayer of Garland. Mr. Thompson d. in Concord N. H. Oct. 11, 1903 : His wife d. Washing- ton, D. C. June 25, 1928. The son Clinton 6 R. Thompson b. in Concord, N. H. May 5, 1884: m. Oct. 29, 1913. at Washington D. C. Isabel Drummond Atkinson b. in Washington D. C. August 20, 1890, dau. of Charles & Ida (Cudlipp) Atkinson Mr. Thompson is in the office of the Washington R. T. Co. an important position which he has filled for several years. Children : Franklin 7 Atkinson b. June 29 1915 : Joan, b. Jan. 31, 1917 : Clinton Paul, b. Jan. 3, 1928.
Mary Jane b. Sangerville July 31, 1839 m. Jan. 17, 1866, John R. b. - son of Rowland Crocker and Mehitable (Merrill) Crocker of North Conway N. H. John d. May 19, 1881. Mary Jane d. Jan. 1, 1916. t Mayflower ancestry.
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Two dau. Annette 6 Lyman Crocker b. Dec. 11, 1866; A. B. Radcliffe 1896; Compiler of series of Arithmetics for Philippine Islands.
Keziah 6 b. June 23 m 1876 in Foxcroft m. July 15, 1914 at Concord N. H., David Sherman Burdick, b. Alfred N. Y., Aug. 12, 1860, son of Milo and Sarah (Sherman) Burdick Mrs Crocker d. Alfred N. Y. Jan. 1 1916: Mr. Crocker d. May 19, 1881.
William 4 Nelson Thompson b. Oct. 29, 1806, m. Dec. 1, 1833, Sarah Whitney, dau. of Jonathan W. and Sarah (Whitemore) Whitney, b. May 31, 1816. On leaving Buckfield they located on a farm just over the Foxcroft line in Guilford, but soon moved to the village, purchasing the Lothrop Jones house on North St. now the home of Wm. Thomp- son's grand daughter, Mrs. John White. Their children were, Martha 5 b. Sept. 17, 1834: m. Jan. 17, 1856, Geo. W. Gilman. She d. Aug. 17, 1868. Two children b. in Foxcroft: Abbie 6 Adele Gilman b. Oct. 25, 1857: m. June 12, 1881, Charles F. Osgood. She d. Jan. 16, 1916. Two children: Martha 7 Thompson Osgood, b. May 9, 1883, m. June 22, 1910, George P. Miller : Wm. Thompson Osgood b. Apr. 5, 1888: m. May 1. 1915, Mary Faye Alt. .. George 6 Thompson Gilman b. Nov. 29, 1859: m. Jan. 24, 1889, Ella M. Chinn. He d. Jan. 6, 1929. One dau., Abbie 7 Lou Gilman b. Apr. 30, 1901, m. Nov. 8, 1922 John J. Shepard. William 5 Gilman b. May 22, 1836, m. 1865 Sarah Hoyt. Their chil- dren, Whitefield 6 Nelson b. Oct. 2, 1865 m. Sept. 1893 Ida M. Skinner of Germantown Pa. Whitefield was graduated from Medical School, Ass't Supt. Hospital for Insane. Brattleboro Vt., Supt. Hart- ford Retreat. Martha 6 O. b. May 22 1867, m. Nov. 1887, Wendall P. Hubbard of Newport Me. She d. 1887. William 6 H. b. Aug. 2, 1871, m. (1) 1890 Mary Maude Lougee of Dover. Divorced, m. (2) Nov. 1912 Mary O'Halloran. Elizabeth 6 b. June 14, 1873 m. June 1897, . John W. White of Enfield N. H. Res. Wm. Nelson Thompson home- stead in Foxcroft.
Mary 6 H. b. Jan. 29, 1877, m. Jan. 1907 in Wharton N. J., James Walters. Elbridge 6 A. b. Jan. 12, 1879 m. 1915, Abbie Bray of Beverly Mass. Two dau. Evelyn 7 b. Nathalie 7 b. -. Res. Massachusetts. Charles 6 H. b. Sept. 2, 1881, m. in Foxcroft Apr. 1912, Nina B. Small of Newport Me. Two dau. Barbara 7 E. b. Shirley 7 b. --- Res. Waterville.
John 1 Thompson, b. 1616 in North Wales, came to this Country with his mother and step-father (name unknown) when a child of six years. Landed at Plymouth 1623. From his will it seems that he was a carpenter by trade. He m. Dec. 26, 1645, Mary, b. at Plymouth 1626, dau. of Francis Cooke (Mayflower). They Lived at Sandwich Mass. He was given title of Lt. John. He d. June 16, 1690 Mary d. Mar. 21, 1714. They had 12 children.
Jacob2+ (John ') Thomson, b. Middleboro Apr. 24, 1662: m. 1686 Abigail, b. Oct. 25, 1670, dau. Dea. John and Abigail Wadsworth of Duxbury. Jacob d. Sept. 1. 1726. His wife d. Sept. 15, 1744.
Caleb 3 Thompson (John 1) b. Nov. 4, 1712: m. 1736, Abigail, b. 1713, dau. John Crossman of Taunton. They resided in Middleboro on a farm. Caleb d. Jan. 19, 1787 His wife d. Nov. 23, 1791. t Mayflower ancestry.
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Capt. William 4 Thompson (John 1) b. in Middleboro Feb. 15 1748: m. Nov. 16, 1770, Deborah, b. at Halifax Mass. Sept. 3, 1748, dau. Lemuel and Deborah (Briant) Sturtevant. Lemuel was a blacksmith. William was Captain of a Co. at Battle of Bunker Hill. Capt. Wm. d. Mar. 14, 1816. His wife d. Dec. 25, 1842. They had eleven children of whom
*Ira 5 (John 1) b. Aug. 8, 1780: m. Sept. 25, 1802 in Kingston, Sophia, b. Oct. 15, 1782, dau. Job and Thankful (Delano) Drew. They lived Hartford Me. Hed. Feb. 13, 1857. His wife d. Jan. 29, 1856. Chil- dren, eleven in number :-
Elbridge Gerry (John 1) b. in Livermore Me. June 29, 1807: m. 1833, Sarah, dau. Seth Ballou of Turner Me. They moved to a farm in Guilford In 1843 they purchased the Dover Tavern and in 1850 sold and "moved to the Foxcroft Tavern near the Academy", now owned by Mrs. Frank Mason. Later they purchased of Dr. J. H. Thompson the house next the Academy Campus, now the Congregational parsonage. Children : Boadicia, b. - , m. Sewell Gray, m. (2) Lemuel Dinsmore. She d. Dec. 26, 1934. Sarah Abby, b. - , m. a Jameson and res. in California. Elmer b. -- , m. Mary Rollins; Lelia Mina, b. -- , m. William Elliot.
TOWER
Daniel 6 Tower (Samuel 5 Daniel 4 Daniel 3 Ibrook 2 John 1) b. July 27, 1787, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Nichols) Tower, m. Feb. 4, 1816, Mary, b. July 5, 1795, dau. of Nicholas Colby Buswell. Daniel d. in Peoria Ill. Mar. 13, 1865. Mary, d. Dover, Me. May. 17, 1873. Daniel Tower was at Foxcroft as early as 1838 and purchased the Thatcher Blake farm now known as the Charles Pratt place. Mr. Tower and wife Mary and eight children came from Peacham Vermont. He sold the farm and moved to the large homestead (even today) known as the Sewell Cochrane place and over which so much controversy has arisen because the town line placed a corner of the house and large slice of land in Dover. Mr. Tower also at one time owned the grist mill. Their children b. in Peacham Vt., Silas Buswell, b. Dec. 22, 1816 .- Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1818 m. C. H. B. Woodbury 1st wife Jan. 31, 1849-she d. Sept. 16, 1854 .- Flora Maria, b. July 31, 1820 .- Rebecca Buzzell, b. May 14, 1825 .- Mary, W. b. Aug. 10, 1827 m. John P. Huntting. Res. Kansas .- Lucinda Eastman, b. June 28, 1829 .- m. C. H. B. Woodbury, 2d wife-Levi Nicholas, b. Mar. 6, 1834 .- Abba Frances, b. Dec. 31, 1836 m. - Dakin,
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TRUE
The ancestors of the True family of Foxcroft were, Henry and Israel Pike True, married at Salem Mass. 1643. No other authentic dates.
Henry 2 (Henry 1) b. in Salisbury Mass. Mar. 8, 1644 or 1645, m. in Salisbury, Mar. 15, 1667 or 1668, Jane, b. May 11, 1646, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Bradbury. He d. in Salisbury, Sept. 18, 1735. She d. Jan. 24, 1729.
William 3 (Henry 1) b. in Salisbury June 1670, m. in Salisbury about * Revolutionary War.
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1692, Eleanor, b. Jan. 2, 1675 in Salisbury, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah (Barnard) Stevens. He d. in Salisbury Mar. 18, 1733 or 1734. She d. in Salisbury Apr. 29, 1768.
William 4 (Henry 1) b. in Salisbury Nov. 16, 1700, m. there Nov. 9, 1721, Anna, b. Sept. 3 1702, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stockman) Bradbury. He d. in Salisbury June 10, 1768. She d., Salisbury, Mar. 18, 1774.
*Bradbury 5 (Henry 1) b. in Salisbury, July 29, 1738, m. (1) Apr. 9, 1766, Sarah Parsons of New Gloucester Me. She d. in North Yar- mouth Me. June 1, 1767. m. (2) May 26 1768, Sarah Pettingill of No. Yarmouth who survived him. She d. in Lewiston May 15, 1795.
Jacob 6 True (Henry 1) b. in North Yarmouth Me. Aug. 1, 1770, m. Oct. 30, 1794, Susanna Curtis. He d. in No. Yarmouth Apr. 7, 1817. She m. (2) Dea. Daniel Wallace of Bangor Me. and d. there in 1838.
Jacob 7 True, (Henry 1) b. in No. Yarmouth Sept. 3, 1805, m. (1) in Guilford Me. June 11, 1826, Hannah Stockbridge, b. June 12, 1807, dau. of Joseph Coombs, (Said to be b. in Brunswick, but it is not re- corded) She d. in Guilford, Nov. 6, 1848. m. (2) Elvira, b. in Buck- field Me. Apr. 26, 1806, dau. of Moses and Olive Buck of Foxcroft. He d. in Foxcroft Oct. 4, 1878. She d. Foxcroft, Sept. 8, 1889.
Caleb 8 Weston True (Henry 1) b. in Guilford Me. July 4, 1833, m. in Guilford May 3, 1859, ¡Ellen Catherine, b. Sept. 29, 1832 dau. of Charles and Louisa (Smith) Loring. He d. in Foxcroft Nov. 10, 1902. She d. in Foxcroft May 19, 1905, Children: Willard 9 Herbert, b. in Guilford Feb. 13, 1861, m. Sept. 6, 1884, Ada J., b. July 31, 1863, dau. of Edmund and Esther (Genthner) French. He d. Biddeford Me. Sept. 24 1921. Two children: Edna Mae, b. Sept. 18, 1885, m. Aug. 10, 1910, John Lamont Sherman d. June 26, 1920; three children, Hollis. Lamont, b. Mar. 9, 1911, d. July 2, 1911; Madelyn Louise, b. Apr. 7, 1913 m. Sept. 18, 1934, Herbert C. Thompson ; Herbert Marlin, b. Feb. 8, 1915. Harry Willard True, b. Dec. 12, 1887, m. Sept. 24, 1909, Helen Francis Murray. She d. June 1932. Children : Harry Murray, b. Nov. 4. 1910, m. Madelyn 1928, three children Helen Esther, b. Feb. 1, 1929; Alice Elizabeth, b. Feb. 13, 1930 Barbara Elaine b. Nov. 3, 1931. Revello Herbert, b. June 12, 1912, d. Apr. 7, 1913. m. (2) 1934 Mary MacDonald.
Walter 9 Eugene True, b. Feb. 23, 1865, m. May 29, 1886, Jennie, b. Apr. 21, 1863, dau. of Albion and Ellen (Nelson) Ladd. She d. Nov. 1, 1933. Children: Mabel 1º Ladd, b. Dec. 13, 1887; Harold 1º Eugene, b. July 10, 1889, m. (1) July 10, 1913, Amanda H. b. Dec. 11, 1886, dau. of James and - Brown of Robbinston Me. She d. Aug. 14, 1915. One son, Spencer, b. Aug. 1915, d. Oct. 1915. . m. (2), in Foxcroft, Aug 17, 1921, Wilma, b. June 29, 1898, dau. of Aura and Elizabeth (Daggett) Sturtevant, d. July 4, 1925. One son. Paul Richmond, b. Dec. 9, 1922. m. (3) May. 30, 1929 Dorothy, b. Oct. 21, 1900, dau. of Aura and Elizabeth (Daggett) Sturtevant. One son, David Loring, b. Jan. 17, 1931.
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