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II. GEN. WILLIAM, b. July 7, 1832 ; graduated at Bowdoin Coll. in 1853; admitted to the bar at Alfred in May, 1860. He enlisted as captain Sept. 7, 1861, in the 8th Me. Vol. Infantry, and rose by regular pro- motions to major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel until mustered out Jan. 18, 1866; was wounded near Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; brevetted brigadier-general to date from Mar. 13, 1865, for “merito- rious services during the war," which he declined; again brevetted brigadier-general to date from Mar. 13, 1865, "for gallant and meri- torious conduct in the battle of Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864, and in the action of Williamsburg road, Oct. 27, 1864." He was a repre-
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sentative in 1867, delegate to the national convention in 1868, and in 1869 a member of the state senate; now living on the homestead in Limington.
III. CATHERINE, b. Jan. 29, 1834; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, in 1853 ; d. at Limington, Nov. 30, 1864.
IV. DUNCAN, b. April 5, 1837. He was lost at sea from the ship "A. B. Thompson," on a return voyage from Havre, France, Mar. 1, 1854.
V. CHARLES S., b. July 9, 1839 ; entered Bowdoin Coll. in 1859, but did not complete his course ; now a lawyer in Cass Co., Mo.
VI. MALCOM, b. June 23, 1841 ; graduated at West Point Military Acad- emy in 1865, and had served as captain in the 17th Infantry, U. S. Army. He d. Jan 12, 1886.
4. JAMES, EsQ., b. in 1792, and d. June 26, 1877. His wife, Mary, d. June 3, 1881, aged 83 years. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and, I think, kept a general store at South Limington. Of his children:
CHARLES S., d. Aug. 27, 1834, aged 21 months.
I. JOHN, d. April 5, 1893, aged 63 years and 9 months.
II.
5 MARGARET, dau. of John, was the first white child born in Limington. She was m. Dec. 25, 1807, to Benjamin Libby, lived at South Liming- ton, and d. there June 30, 1814, and he m., second, Patience, dau. of Matthias Ridlon, of Saco.
6. ELENOR, dau. of John, was the wife of Mangus Ridlon, who settled in Durham, Me., and spent his days there, where she died. He married a second wife in Auburn.
7. CATHARINE was the wife of Hiram Staples. I suppose she was a sis- ter of the preceding.
Mac Donald Family.
MacDonald is an ancient Highland Scotch name, and the prefix should always be spelled Mac, which means, in Gaelic, son of Donald. No Scotch- man would use the abbreviated orthography. Some of the MacDonalds of Scotland removed to Ireland and settled in Ulster when that province was planted ; their posterity Irished the name, and, hence, we have McDonald among the Scotch-Irish who came to America. Some branches of the old sept have Americanized the transformed Scottish name by dropping the whole prefix, and are now known as Donalds and Donnells. The clan MacDonald became so numerous that it was divided into several tribes and subdivided into as many lesser branches which derived their generic name from Donald, eldest son of Reginald, second son of the celebrated Somerled of Argyle, Lord of the Isles. Some genealogists have assigned to them a Norwegian, and others a Pictish, origin ; the antiquity of the clan cannot be doubted, and their pedigree has been traced to the sixth century.
The Glengarry branch of the family have long spelled the name MacDonnell. The name Donald, derived from the Gaelic word Dhonvill, means the " brown
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eye." This branch, as well as the Clanranald branch, is descended from Reginald or Ranald, through Allister, second son of Donald. The MacDoug- alls or MacDowalls have the same origin. The distinctive badge of this clan was the bell-heath, but the principal branches-the Clanranald MacDonalds and Glengary MacDonnells-now wear different tartans .*
The saddest event connected with the history of the clan was the unmerci- ful massacre of the MacDonalds of Glenco, one of the wildest of the mountain passes in the Highlands, by royal authority. Here lived an aged chief with his sons and many families of the name. While they were hospitably entertain- ing, with meat, drink, and shelter a detachment of soldiers who had been sent to exterminate them, but who assured them that they came with only peace- able intentions, the MacDonalds were set upon while in their beds and nearly all butchered in cold blood. Some of the women and children escaped to the hills and were overcome with hunger and cold, only to sink down and die there ; but two of the chief's sons survived to gather the scattered remnants of their clan, and they afterwards so increased in numbers that they were a formidable people. No descendant lives in the wide world today whose anger does not burn at the mention of Glenco. The blackened walls of a few of the dismantled huts once occupied by the Mac Donalds remain as mute reminders of the terrible massacre, but now only the bleating of lambs or the shepherd's voice is heard in the lonely vale.
The family whose records follow hold the tradition of a Scottish ancestry. Families of this name were early settled in Buxton and Gorham, near each other, but I do not know if they were related.
Charles McDonald married Priscilla Davis and had eight children, born in Gorham between 1762 and 1785, named MIRABAH, SUSANNA, NANCY, SIMON D., JACOB, CHARLES, JOSEPH, MARY.
Robert McDonald married Mary Kendrick and had eight children, born in Gorham, named as follows:
I. PELETIAH was probably the eldest son, but I did not find his birth in the records of Gorham. He had a son in the Revolutionary army, at Fort Putnam, on the Hudson, in 1779, at which he, Peletiah, was sta- tioned at the same time as a Continental soldier. He m. Aug. 6, 1787, Dorcas, dau. of Capt. Wentworth Stewart, of Gorham. She must have been a second wife. By her he had four sons, b. in Standish. He lived on the road between Bonnie Eagle and York's Corner, where he died and was buried. When an old man he walked with a heavy cane in which was a sword. Children hereafter.
2. SAMUEL M., b. 1771; m. - Whitney and settled in Standish, near Bonnie Eagle, where he and his brother Robert built a saw-mill and grist-mill.t He sold out his interest to his brother about 1815 and re- moved to a tract of wild land in Chatham, N. H. He was a mill-wright
* When passing through the Caledonian canal from Fort William to Inverness, we carried a heavy Clanranall tartan wrap purchased in Glasgow. It lay on the deck-side with other luggage and was noticed by a burly Highlander and his wife. Observing that we had charge of this wrap, he approached and asked: "Are you a MacDonald?" When we answered him in the negative, there was fire in his eye as he asked : " What 'n hell have ye that tartan for?" We replied that it was purchased and paid for. On learning that I was an American he offered an apology for his impertinence, which I did not accept.
t I have recently learned that these mills were built on the Bunts falls, some distance below the present road and on the island side.
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by trade and while employed in Milan, near the Umbagog lakes, was taken ill. He lay down before the open fire and died (?). Word was sent to his sons and they made a journey of one hundred miles, only twenty-seven of which they could ride, in a day. A box was made and he was interred-body, soul, and spirit-in the forest. The following spring, when his body was exhumed for removal to the homestead, it was found that he had turned over and during his struggles for liberty he had gnawed the boards of his narrow prison-house. The most crea- tive imagination is incapable of realizing the horrors experienced by a conscious existence, even for a few moments, under such conditions.
3. GEN. JOHN, b. Apr. 15, 1773 ; settled in Limerick and became a dis- tinguished man. He was for many years a merchant, a member of the court of sessions, state senator from 1820 to 1825, and major-general of the state militia; d. in 1826. He had sons: John, a merchant in Portland ; James, a minister; Abner, and Hon. Moses, member of Con- gress and collector of the district of Portland.
4. ROBERT, b. 1775; settled in Standish, where he owned mills with his brother Samuel. He was drowned by falling from a stringer while at- tempting to cross the river with a heavy chain laid over his shoulders ; this carried his head instantly to the bottom and he was dead before his body could be reached. Nothing is known of a family.
5. ABNER, lived in Buxton.
6. BENONI, m. Hannah Emery, of Buxton, lived in Hiram, and had Robert, d. young ; Miriam, m. Marshall Richardson, of Standish; Hannah, m .; Harriet, never m .; Mary, m. - Tyler, of Sebago, and Benjamin, m. Pike, of Sebago.
7. MIRIAM.
8. SUSAN, m. Robert Usher and lived at Bog Mills in Buxton. After her husband's death she m. Seth Hamblin, of Limington, and had issue.
CHILDREN OF PELETIAH, OF STANDISH:
I. WILLIAM, at Fort Putnam in 1779.
2. FRANCIS, b. June 5, 1801.
3. STUART, b. May 29, 1803.
4. JOHN, b. June 5, 1806, went to Minnesota about 1856, and d. in Otsego in 1886, leaving a family.
5. ABNER, b. Aug. 8, 1808 ; m., first, Eunice Shaw, who d. 1851 ; second, Esther McDonald. He d. near Sebago lake, Dec. 20, 1887.
6. GEORGE, birth date unknown; m. Palmer, sister of Stephen and John (who shot the bear), and had several children who early went away. He spent his last years in a small house near the New river bridge at Bonnie Eagle.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL, OF CHATHAM:
I. MARY, m. John Bryant, of Chatham, N. H.
2. FREDERICK, m. Lucinda Usher, lived in Chatham, and had issue, Esther, Lucinda, Abbie, and Norris.
3. BETSEY, m. James Osgood, of Fryeburg.
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4. NOAH, m. Abby Durgin and lived in Porter, Me.
5. JOHN, m. Patience Gray, of Hiram, and lived near the bridge there. He was a dealer in cattle.
6. MARIA, never m.
7. ABNER, b. July 6, 1808, in Standish; was m. in Porter, Nov. 2, 1828, to Naomi Durgin (b. in Hiram, June 18, 1809) by Elder James Fly. He has been a farmer in Hiram and Porter; now living, at the age of 86, and distinctly remembers riding from Standish to Chatham on a horse behind his father when a boy. He is a man of remarkable activity, who regularly works in the fields from day dawn till evening. Ten children as follows :
I. PHEBE, b. Oct. 20, 1830, in Hiram; m. Samuel Stacy, of Porter.
II. ANN M., b. Sept. 27, 1832 ; m. Oliver Stacy, Jr., of Porter.
III. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 7, 1834; spinster at home.
IV. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 25, 1836; m. Eliza Bradeen, of Porter.
V. FREDERICK, b. Feb. 9, 1838 ; m. Amanda Walker, of Biddeford, de- ceased ; has Amanda.
VI. ABNER, b. April 15, 1840; m. Clara Rogers.
VII. LUTHER P., b. Aug. 15, 1842 ; m. Mary Perry.
VIII. JEFFERSON, b. Oct. 22, 1844; m. Abby Rogers.
1X. WINFIELD S., b. Feb. 15, 1846; m. Ellen Ridlon.
x. MARY E. B., b. Sept. 6, 1850; m. John Lord.
Robert McDonald was an early settler in Buxton, on the east side, and I find the baptism of two children, SUSANNA and MARY, Oct. 21, 1799.
John McDonald and Hannah, of Buxton, had children baptized there by Rev. Paul Coffin named as follows: April 10, 1777, PHEBE, SARAH, and JOSEPH ; Nov. 23, 1779, HANNAH ; Feb. 15, 1782, MARY ; Aug. 21, 1785, JOHN.
Mansfield Family.
Samuel Mansfield, ancestry unknown, was an early settler in Henniker, N. H., where he was for many years chorister, chosen to "tune the Psalms," for which service he was paid three shillings annually. Some members of this family settled in Brownfield, Me., alongside their old neighbors who had removed thither.
I. WILLIAM, b. July 25, 1776, and wife Mary (b. Dec. 25, 1779, d. Sept.
4, 1823) had children, b. in Brownfield, as follows :
I. LOIS, b. Nov. 24, 1798.
Il. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 12, 1800.
III. THOMAS, b. June 25, 1802.
IV. SIMEON, b. Nov. 18, 1805.
V. SUSANNA, b. May 13, 1807.
VI. SARAH, b. Nov. 17, 1809.
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2. ASA, b. in Lynn, Mass., Oct. 19, 1778; wife Jane b. Sept. 29, 1778, d. Sept. 3, 1802; Sally, probably second wife, b. Sept. 12, 1781, d. June 12, 1815. He d. Dec. 11, 1848. Children, b. in Brownfield:
1. ALPHONSO S., b. Dec. 23, 1805 : d. May 29, 1877.
II. JANE O., b. Sept. 18, 1807.
III. EBENEZER, b. May 8, 1809.
IV. ELIZABETH, b. May 14, 1811.
V. MARY, d. Nov. 18, 1815.
3. DAVID, b. May 27, 1783, and wife Naomi, b. May 21, 1785, had Daniel, b. in Brownfield, Feb. 6, 1808.
4. JOHN, b. Oct. 3, 1791, in Henniker, N. H. He m. Polly Fessenden, b. in Fryeburg, May, 8, 1786, and d. in Brownfield, Me., Feb. 16, 1829. Their children were :
1. CLARISSA A., b. July 14, 1814.
II. JOSEPH B., b. May 23, 1816; d. June 16.
III. JOSEPH W., b. May 22, 1817.
IV. STEPHEN P., b. Jan. 2, 1820.
v. SAMUEL, b. May 2, 1821.
VI. JOHN, b. Dec. 2, 1822 ; d. June 2, 1855.
The well-known landlord of the Mt. Cutler House, at Hiram Bridge, was of this family and I believe his name was Simeon. He had two sons.
Manson Family.
This surname is a contraction of the Scandinavian patronymie Magnusson, and is common in the Orcadian and Shetland Isles from whence the New Eng- land Mansons, called Scotchmen, came. Persons of this name were of Kittery, previous to 1694, and that year BENJAMIN MANSON was a representative to the General Court from that town. From Kittery GEORGE, JOHN, and MARK MANSON removed to the plantation of Little Ossipee, now Limington, before 1790, and their descendants, some of them, lived there.
John Manson, a son of George, of Limington, settled in Effingham, N. H., about 1800; served in the war of 1812 ; was a drover, and when peace was declared was in Brighton with a large herd, and in consequence of sudden fall in prices lost heavily. He was said to be a sociable and agreeable man; twice married. He removed to Eaton, about 1820, and the place of setttlement was known as " Manson's hill." He was deacon of the Baptist church ; had eleven children. His sons BENJAMIN and MARK were Free Baptist ministers. JACOB, son of John, born in Eaton, Feb. 11, 1828, remained there until 1839; was a drover, farmer, and trader; collector of taxes, selectman, and representative two years. He was county treasurer two years; engaged in woolen manufac- turing at Effingham Falls in 1863 ; merchant eleven years; removed to Ossi- pee and took charge of county farm in 1874.
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Stephen Manson removed from Limington to Waterford, Me., where he and wife lived with their son FREEMAN in old age. He was a man of quiet habits, peaceable and honest. Freeman was a carpenter, and learned his trade of Nicholas Manson, at Moderation Mills; now living in Norway; twice married and has issue.
Nicholas Manson, I think born in Kittery, came to Moderation as early as 1850, and built a house on the river road above the saw-mills. He married a Clark and had four children: GEORGE, CHARLES, JOHN, and ELIZABETH. Mr. Manson was an excellent mechanic, but devoted his time latterly to farm- ing. His elder brother JOSEPH lived several years at Moderation. By the death of a brother in California, these families became invested with consid- erable money.
Starr Family.
The name Mar or Marr was derived from a district in Aberdeenshire, between the rivers Don and Dee, in Scotland. This ancient division was called a marmordom. The earliest mention of the territory under this distinc- tive name was in 1065, when the marmor of Marr witnessed a charter. From this remote ancestor down through a long line of titled members of the family the estates passed to the Erskines, who became the Earls of Marr. The possessors of the estates, who lived during the stormy periods of Scottish history, experienced many vicissitudes of fortune, being involved in the wars there. Some representatives of the family during the earlier successions ap- pear to have been very able and worthy men, and for services rendered the crown were invested with many honors and titles. When the Lord of the Isles advanced upon Aberdeenshire, intending to ravage the country, with his 10,000 men ; when he had reached the district of Marr he met stubborn resist- ance from the earl of that name in an engagement called, "The Battle of Harlaw," as celebrated in the old ballad, which runs as follows:
"To hinder this proud enterprise, The stout and mighty Earl of Mar,
"And thus the martial Earl of Mar Marcht with his men in richt array,
With all his men in arms did rise, Before the enemy was aware,
Even frac Curgarf to Craigievar. His banner bauldly did display,
And down the side of Don right far. For weel eneuch they knew the way, Angus and Mearns did all convene And all their semblance weel they saw,
To fecht, or Donald came sae near, Without all danger or delay
The royal burgh of Aberdeen. Came hastily to the Harlaw."
The first of the Erskine family acknowledged to be Earl of Mar was John, in 1571, whose portrait is in the author's collection. He was called the fifth Earl of Marr. His son John, the second Earl of Marr of the Erskine family, was probably the most distinguished of the line and was educated under Buchanan with King James VI at Stirling castle. He was a gentleman of remarkable diplomatic sagacity who was exalted to high honors. By his class- mate, James VI, he was called "Jocky o' Sclaittis," that is, of the slate; and when he claimed the hand of Lady Mary Stuart, who declined to bestow the same, the king interceded successfully and in his matter-of-fact way said: "I say, Jock, ye sanna die for ony lass in a' the land." We have his portrait.
NOTE .- As a genealogy of the Manson family is being compiled by a son of the late Rev. Benjamin Manson, of Boston, I have not sought for family records .- Author.
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AMERICAN FAMILY OF MARR.
It is the tradition in the New England branch of this family that the Hon. Edward Erskine was a younger scion of the house of Alva and settled at Gateshead, on the river Tyne, in England, where he died Aug. 8, 1723; that his second son. John Erskine, fled to America at the close of the Rebellion in 1717 and landed at Portsmouth, N. H., where he married Catherine, only daughter of John and Elizabeth Surplus, July 16, 1719, and that she after- wards became the wife of William Godsoe, of Kittery. It is said that this John Erskine assumed the name of Marr immediately after his arrival. Children :
I. JOHN,2 b. Aug. 3, 1720; m. Mary Chandler and settled on the home- stead with his mother. He d. sine prole, in 1777, and was buried with his wife in the Dane burying-ground; was styled "weaver."
2. JAMES,2 settled in Falmouth, now Cape Elizabeth; m. Jan. 1, 1752, Lydia, dau. of Joseph Hill. He had no less than nine children.
3. WILLIAM,2 m. Ruth , settled in Kittery, and had as many as five children. This family principally removed to Georgetown, Me., where descendants remain.
4. SURPLUS,2 b. Sept. 15, 1729; was m. Nov. 15. 1750, to Sarah H -: second, to Rachel Shirley. He had issue, eleven children: William,3 Thomas,3 James,8 Ichabod,3 Lydia,3 Mary,8 Abbott,3 John,8 Betsey.3
5. DENNIS,2 b. July 10, 1735; settled in Scarborough. His first wife was Phebe (Winter) Larrabee; second wife, Sarah Hutchins, formerly Man- son, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Parker) Manson, b. Nov. 10, 1741, and had as many as eleven children. He owned two slaves, whose remains were interred in the family burying-ground in Scarborough.
6. JANE,2 m. Thomas Chandler and had six children.
7. ELSIE,2 m. Thomas Rogers; second, Nathan Dane. Three children.
CHILDREN OF JAMES AND LYDIA :
I. JOHN,3 bapt. in Scarborough in 1752; m. Sarah Jordan.
2. JAMES,8 bapt. in Scarborough in 1754; m. Lydia Libby and removed to Limington with relatives, where he spent the residue of his days. He had four sons and a daughter whose names follow :
I. JAMES,4 m. (Int.) Lydia Hobson, of Buxton, Oct. 11, 1811. He m. Elmira, dau. of Isaac Sawyer, Esq., Oct. 10, 1819; was pub. with Susanna Sutton July 13, 1818.
II. JOSHUA,4 m. Mary McKenney, of Limington, Oct. 19, 1820, and had Mary,5 Elmira,5 and Samuel.5
III. WILLIAM,4 m. Mary Sutton (Int.) Mar. 19, 1815, and had issue.
IV. BENJAMIN,4 m. Almira Norton, of Limington, Oct. 30, 1831.
V. LYDIA,4 m. - Fogg (Israel Small, Jr., Feb. 17, 1822 ?).
3. MERCY,3 m. Reuben Libby, of Scarborough.
4. WILLIAM.3 d. young.
5. LYDIA,8 m. George Fogg, of Scarborough.
6. CATHERINE,8 unmarried in 1804.
7. ABIGAIL,8 m. Joseph Calef, Dec. 29, 1797.
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8. DANIEL,8 m. Elizabeth Libby, of Scarborough, and removed from that town to Wales, Me., in 1800; was a carpenter ; had (three ?) sons and (three ?) daughters.
9. Rurus,3 b. in Scarborough, Oct. 28, 1774; m. Lucy, dau. of Col. Sam- uel March, of Scarborough (one report says "of Limington"), in 1796. These settled near Sabattus lake, in the town of Wales, Androscoggin county, Me., in the year 1800; carpenter by trade. Eight children :
I. MARY M.,+ b. Nov. 24, 1796, in Scarborough ; d. Nov. 6, 1798.
II. WILLIAM M.,4 b. Mar. 29, 1800, in Wales; m. Ruth May, of Winthrop, and settled as carpenter at Winthrop village. He subsequently re- moved to the city of Auburn, where he d. Aug. 1, 1874. Children : (1). Henrietta,5 m. Capt. Freeman L. Givin, of Wales ; resides in Texas.
(2). Hattie A.,5 m. John Adams, banker; resides in Massachusetts.
III. COL. HENRY, 4 b. Feb. 15, 1802, in Wales; m. Catherine F. Marr, of Webster, Me., Nov. 25, 1847. He was a carpenter and farmer; had two sons, namely :
(1). Henry S.,5 m. Annie E. Ham, of Wales, Mar. 27, 1881, and re- sides on the homestead.
(2). Frank E.,5 m. Mrs. Luella Woodside, of Greene, Jan. 13, 1892, and resides at Cape Elizabeth.
IV. MARY M.,+ b. Aug. 23, 1804; m. Ezra Ricker, of Wales; afterwards Henry Ricker, of Greene. She left two children by first husband.
v. DENNIS,4 b. Apr. 3, 1808, in Wales; d. Sept. 19, 1829.
VI. FOXWELL C.,4 b. Apr. 17, 1810; m. Rhoda Jordan, of Webster, and settled in Wales as carpenter and farmer. Four children :
(1). Dennis,5 went to Arizona many years ago and successfully en- gaged in stock raising ; resides there now.
(2). Josiah,5 went to Arizona and has been a successful ranchman.
(3). Martha,5 m. and resides in the West.
(4). Bell,5 lives in Lisbon, Me., unmarried.
VII. LYDIA H.,4 b. July 28, 1813, in Wales; m. Samuel Gatchell, of that town; afterwards moved to Litchfield, where she d. Aug. 1, 1874, leaving five daughters.
VIII. LUCY A.,4 b. May 12, 1818, in Wales; m. Cornelius Libby, of Scar- borough, May 3, 1841, and had two daughters. She d. July 20, 1891 ; he survives as one of the oldest men in Wales.
CHILDREN OF DENNIS AND SARAH:
I. ELIZABETH,3 b. Dec. 23, 1761.
2. MARY,3 b. Aug. 30, 1763.
3. PELETIAH,8 b. June 19, 1765; m. Sarah Tyler (b. in Scarborough, Apr. 4, 1768) and settled in the plantation of Little Ossipee, where he d. Nov. 27, 1826; wife d. there Feb., 1820. Children :
I. PELETIAH,4 b. Sept. 17, 1791 ; d. Sept. 17, 1791.
II. ISAAC,4 b. Sept. 16, 1792 ; m., first, Sally Stone; second, Elizabeth Edgecomb ; third, Eliza Morton. He died in Limington, in 1866-7, aged. Issue :
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(1). Betsey,5 m. Oct. 20, 1816, Reuben Gilkey; lived in Gorham.
(2). Phebe,5 m. May 11, 1831, - Gilkey; lived in Gorham.
III. LAVINIA,4 born April 13, 1793; m. Samuel Wiggin, Dec. 31, 1818 ; died in 1825.
IV. WILLIAM,4 b. Oct. 20, 1794; d. Oct. 28, 1794.
V. ADALINE, 4 b. Apr. 13, 1796; . m. Nov. 11, 1817, Rev. Andrew Hobson (?).
VI. DENNIS,4 b. Oct. 24, 1799 ; d. May 1, 1830.
VII. SALLY,4 b. Jan. 10, 1802; d. May 1, 1829.
VIII. PARKER,4 b. July 29, 1803.
IX. TYLER,4 b. Mar. 5, 1805.
x. WILLIAM,4 b. Oct. 20, 1806; d. July 5, 1828.
X1. MARTHA,4 b. Nov. 17, 1808 ; d. Aug. 30, 1837.
XII. REBECCA,4 b. June 17, 1809.
XIII. LYDIA,4 b. Nov. 17, 1812 ; d. Dec. 15, 1835.
4. ISAAC,3 b. Apr. 24, 1767.
5. MARK,3 b. May 4, 1771, in Scarborough ; in. April 8, 1792, Dorothy Meserve, born in Scarborough, April 4, 1767, and settled in Limington about 1793, where he d. Apr. 7, 1826; his wife d. Jan. 21, 1851. He lived on a farm in the north part of the town, where his grandsons now reside. He was killed when on his way to mill, by being thrown from his wagon on Hanscomb's hill and fractured his skull. Children :
I. WILLIAM P.,4 b. July 26, 1822, in Scarborough; m. Annie Sawyer, settled in Limington and resided there until 1864, when he removed to Freedom, N. H., where he d. in June of that year. His wife d. in Limington, Apr., 1860. Children :
(1). Catherine,5 m. Christopher D. Sawyer and lives in Baldwin.
(2). Abigail,5 m. Nathaniel Boynton ; now living, a widow, at Kezar Falls.
(3). Dorothy,5 deceased.
(4). Eliza,5 deceased at age of 20.
(5). William,5 d. in childhood.
(6). Annis,5 d. in childhood.
(7). Mark,5 m. Martha Brooks, of Freedom, N. H., in Nov., 1850, and lives in Bridgton. Two children, Frank L.,6 married and lives in Sumner, Mass., and a daughter, deceased.
Il. POLLY,4 b. Oct. 17, 1794, in Limington ; d. unmarried, Sept. 14, 1846. ABIGAIL,4 b. May 14, 1797; m. William Meserve, Oct. 2, 1824, and had five children; d. Sept. 20, 1892; he d. in 1884.
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IV. DENNIS,4 b. May 25, 1800; m. Phebe Lord, Nov. 8, 1827, she born in Brownfield, Nov. 7, 1803. He settled in Limington as a farmer, where he d. Oct. 25, 1862. His widow d. in Portland, Apr. 6, 1876. Children :
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