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III. JOHN F.,6 b. Aug. 4, 1857; d. June 1, 1858.
IV. LAURA S. F.,6 b. Sept. 11, 1858 ; resides at Saxtons River. Vt.
V. HATTIE A.,6 b. Feb. 9, 1860; m. Nov. 18, 1885, Dr. W. L. Moon, of Fairhaven, Vt. She is a student of Boston Dental College, fitting for the profession of dentistry.
VI. MINNIE L.,6 b. Aug. 21, 1863; d. June 10, 1889, single.
4. LIBERTY G.,5 b. Apr. 6, 1826 ; m. Hannah N. Oakman, of Provincetown, Mass., Dec. 20, 1849. He was a master mariner and d. at sea June 5, 1860. His five children were b. in Provincetown :
I. GEORGE G.,6 b. Nov. 9, 1850; m. May 6, 1872, Elizabeth E. Gulliver, of Boston, and resides in Deerfield, Mass. One son, George J. O.,7 b. at Watertown, Mass., Oct. 24, 1873.
II. JOSEPH S.,6 b. Dec. 17, 1852; m. July 4, 1889, Mrs. Ella Phillips. No issue.
III. LAURA E.,6 b. Dec. 15, 1854; m. Apr. 23, 1874, Charles R. Smith, of Provincetown, and has three children.
IV. WILLIE O.,6 b. Dec. 22, 1856; d. July 4, 1858.
V. ORREN O.,6 b. June 26, 1859; m. Nov. 20, 1889, Hattie J. Park, of Deerfield, Mass., where he resides. One child, Francis P.,7 b. Nov. 18, 1890.
5. MARY E.,6 b. July 10, 1826; d. Nov. 7, 1851, unmarried.
6. SARAH S.,5 b. May 31, 1828 ; d. Apr. 19, 1852, unmarried.
7. JAMES S.,6 b. Apr. 23, 1830; m. Sept. 9, 1856, Isabella G., dau. of Alexander and Jane (Ross) Mckay. He d. at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 23, 1889. Six children; three d. unmarried.
I. ALFRED H.,6 b. Mar. 13, 1858; d. Nov. 28, 1861.
II. JAMES E.,6 b. Apr. 5, 1861 ; m. Hattie A. Newell, Aug. 2, 1887, dau. of Benjamin and Margaret, of Wolfborough, N. H. He is propri- etor of Milliken's Cambridge and Boston Express; has two children : Edward L." and Henry G.,7 twins, b. in Cambridge, Mass., June 9, 1890.
III. ALEXANDER,6 b. June 20, 1863 ; d. June 23, 1863.
8. HARRIET R.,6 b. Feb. 19, 1832 ; m. Charles R. Pierce, of Wethersfield, Vt., Dec. 8, 1853 ; had two children ; d. at Natick, Mass., May 23, 1890.
9. SUSAN S.,5 b. Jan. 30, 1834; d. June 15, 1861, unmarried.
IO. MARIA L.,6 b. Mar. 19, 1836; m., first, Tyler Joy, who was killed in battle of Fredericksburg; second, Alvin R. Hawkins, in 1870, who d. Aug. 27, 1889. She d. Aug. 5, 1894. One child.
II. JOHN S.,6 b. May 17, 1838 ; m. Olive - and d. Apr. 16, 1873. One child, b. after his death.
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12. MARTHA B.,6 b. Apr. 16, 1840; m. John Delehanty, of Fitchburg, Mass., where she d. One son.
13. CHARLES A.,6 b. May 27, 1844 ; d. at Charleston, N. H.
CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER AND JULIA:
I. MARTINEE D.,5 b. May 11, 1805; m. Harriet Foster, May 17, 1836 (she b. June 12, 1805), and resides at Clarendon, N. Y. Four children :
I. WILLIAM D.,6 b. Mar. 1, 1837 ; m. Jennie Nason.
Four children.
II. GEORGE A.,6 b. June 29, 1839.
III. MARY J.,6 b. July 17, 1847.
IV. SARAH A.,6 b. Sept. 18, 1849.
2. EMILY M.,6 b. May 9, 1807 ; m. Joshua Wyman, of Keene, N. H., May 3, 1827 ; d. Feb. 13, 1841. Issue.
3. JOSEPH B.,5 b. Sept., 1809.
4. EDWARD A.,5 b. June 13, 1813; m. Nov. 16, 1837, Susan A. Towne, who d. Oct. 14, 1842. Three children :
I. SUSAN E.,6 b. Mar. 11, 1839 ; deceased.
II. EDWARD A., 6 b. Dec. 14, 1840.
III. EMILY E.,6 b. May 1, 1842 ; d. Oct. 16, 1842.
NATHAN J.,5 b. Sept. 27, 1821 ; m. Nov. 21, 1853, Orline O. Sutton, of Romulus, N. Y., who d. Jan., 1894. He is a prominent and prosperous journalist of Canandaigua, N. Y. Four children, b. there :
I. CHARLES F.,6 b. Aug. 27, 1854.
II. GERTRUDE,6 b. Aug. 9, 1856.
III. MAY J.,6 b. May 5, 1866.
IV. ROY B.,6 b. Nov. 27, 1870.
CHILDREN OF CYRUS AND MARY :
I. ABEL B.,5 b. Apr. 15, 1822 ; m. Joanna Phillips ; lives in Brookline, Mass.
2. LAURA T.,6 b. Feb. 5, 1823 ; m., first, John R. Lord ; second, Sylvanus Rice; third, James T. Plaister ; resides in Dubuque, Ia.
3. FRANCES A.,5 b. May 31, 1825 ; m. Orville C. Walker ; lives in Algona, Ia.
4. LUTHER S.,5 b. July 29, 1826; m., first, Fanny Broadhead; second, Annie E. Hester ; resides in Franklinton, N. C.
5. HARRIET A.,5 b. Aug. 26, 1828; d. Mar. 3, 1867, unmarried.
6. REV. CHARLES E.,5 b. Feb. 5, 1830; m., first, Sarah F. Dunklee, of Francistown, N. H .; second, Mary F. Redington, of Littleton, N. H .; third, a dau. of Allen Folger, of Concord, N. H. He graduated at Har- vard in 1857 and is a Congregational minister at Swansy, N. H.
7. LYMAN B.,5 b. Apr. 30, 1834; m. Nancy P., dau. of Charles Twombly, of Saco, where he resides and is in the hardware business as successor to his father-in-law; has issue.
SIXTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF ROYAL B. AND SARAH:
I. JOHN,6 b. Dec. 13, 1834: a young lawyer of much promise and worth ; d. at Lawrence, Mass., May 12, 1861.
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2. SARAH E.,6 b. May 7, 1836; d. May 8, 1838.
3. DANIEL L.,6 b. Sept. 21, 1837 ; m. May 22, 1860, Manda F., dau. of Elijah and Louisa (Metcalf) Spencer, of Wilmington, Vt. He was for many years a newspaper and magazine editor, publishing in Vermont and Boston; was the first Vermont newspaper publisher to employ paid contributors and use illustrations; represented the city of Malden, Mass., in the Legislature in 1887 and 1888, where he was classed as "one of ten leaders of the House." He has delivered various addresses and written much for the press in prose and poetry. His pastoral poem, "The Valley Sunset," was highly commended by the poet Longfellow and other leading critics. Miss Julia C. R. Door characterized it as worthy to rank with Gray's "Elegy" and Buchanan Read's "Closing Scene." He has resided for the last twenty-one years at Malden, Mass. Three children named as follows :
I. HELEN L.,7 b. Jan. 5, 1864, in Brandon, Vt .; m. June 10, 1886, Edward A. Winchester, son of Fitz E. and Lydia (Smith) Winchester, of Malden Mass.
11. KATE L.,7 b. Dec. 2, 1866, in Brattleboro, Vt .; m. Oct. 14, 1891, Emery F., son of Franklin E. and Laura (Thomas) Bennett, of Guil- ford, Vt.
III. CARL S.,7 b. Jan. 27, 1876, in Malden, Mass.
4. ROYAL B.,6 b. April 15, 1839; d. unmarried at Brandon, Vt., Feb. 7, 1868; was Grand Lecturer for Sons of Temperance for Eastern New York. He was an able and eloquent speaker. He was a cripple from childhood, and went seven miles on crutches to care for wounded sol- diers on Antietam battlefield during the Civil war.
CHILDREN OF JAMES AND MARY A .:
I. ELBRIDGE G.,6 b. May 4, 1833; d. Aug. 3, 1859, unmarried.
2. SUSAN F.,6 b. Apr. 2, 1840, in Cavendish, Vt .; m., first, Hugh F. War- ner, Sept. 7, 1856, by whom four children; second, Dec. 24, 1870, Hiram H. Ames; residence, Worcester, Mass. Two children.
3. ALBERT H.,6 b. Sept. 6, 1841, in Chester, Vt .; m. July 18, 1862, Sarah M. Chapin (b. Apr. 24, 1836, at Concord, Mass.), and resides at Lowell, Mass. Two children, b. in Nashua, N. H .: Fred G.,7 b. Dec. 8, 1864, and Cora B.,7 b. June 1, 1868.
4. ANNIE C.,6 b. June 15, 1843, in Chester, Vt .; m. Nov. 9, 1867, Edwin Green, of Rockingham, Vt. One son.
5. KATIE E.,6 b. Aug. 12, 1845, in Charleston, N. H .; m. Oct. 23, 1869, John Frinney.
6. WILLIAM E.,6 b. Apr. 20, 1847, in Charleston, N. H .; m. June 20, 1875, Mrs. Hattie A. Bosworth.
7. LIZZIE J.,6 b. Jan. 9, 1849, in Charleston, N. H .; m. Oct. 27, 1867, George D. Clark and resides at South Acworth, N. H. Nine children.
8. JOSHUA R.,6 b. Mar. 23, 1851, in Charleston, N. H .; m. Mrs. Mary A. Allen (Noch ?), Nov. 4, 1874.
9. HATTIE R.,6 b. Mar. 9, 1856, at Acworth, N. H .; m. Dec. 24, 1872, Henry Walker, of West Gardner, Mass., and lives at Worcester.
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IO. CHARLES A.,6 b. Sept. 17, 1857 ; m. June 5, 1886, Eva Strickland; lives at South Acworth, N. H. Issue, Ethel L.," George L.," and Frank P.7
II. LIZZIE E.,6 b. Sept. 3, 1859, at Acworth, N. H .; m. May 2, 1882, Wes- ton O. Kemp., of Rockingham, Vt.
CHILDREN OF MOSES C. AND LUCINDA :
I. CHARLES E.,6 b. Nov. 6, 1839; m. Carrie M. Toman; d. Apr. 7, 1880.
2. GEORGE H.,6 b. June 6, 1841 ; m. Louisa J. Johnson; d. Sept. 10, 1869. One child.
3. SYBIL A.,6 b. Jan. 12, 1845; d. Apr. 3, 1846.
4. HATTIE A.,6 b. Sept. 24, 1846; m., first, June 11, 1862, Ruel W. H. Taylor, killed in second battle of Bull Run; second, Jan. 8, 1871, Hazen A. Barnard, of Marblehead, Mass. One child.
5. NELLIE M.,6 b. Aug. 24, 1848; m. Mar. 16, 1843, Charles H. Willard; residence, Shoshone, Nevada. One child.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM D. AND JENNIE:
I. DELVILLE H.,6 b. Oct. 16, 1867.
2. HATTIE B.,6 b. May 5, 1869.
3 LAURA L.,6 b. Apr. 25, 1871.
4. EDGUILLA,6 b. Feb. 25, 1873.
CHILDREN OF REV. CHARLES E. AND SARAH:
I. REV. CHARLES D.,6 b. Oct. 12, 1863 ; now a pastor in Canaan, Conn.
2. ADDIE M.,6 b. Oct. 12, 1863; twin sister of above.
3. EDWARD R.,6 b. Dec. 9, 1881 ; by a second wife.
MILLIKANS OF WASHINGTON, MASS.
Alexander Millikan1 was a Scotchman by birth, who came early to the north of Ireland and was at the siege of Londonderry in 1689. It is now reported that he came to New England before his sons, one of whom went South, one settled in New Hampshire, and one in Massachusetts. Of these and their descendants we shall have more to say in another place.
SECOND GENERATION.
William Millikan2 was born in the north of Ireland in 1726; married Mary, dau. of Robert and Morgan McKnight,* also of old Scottish stock and rigid Protestants. He came over with his two brothers early in the last cent- ury and first sat down at East Windsor, Conn. He and family went to Bel- fast, Ireland, to take passage on the same ship and with the same master with whom his wife's parents had come over the year previous. By some delay of the captain they were detained in Belfast six weeks at a heavy expense. Dur- ing the voyage there was a terrible storm, and for fourteen days and nights neither sun nor stars were seen. The voyage was long and dreary, and while
* Three Mcknight brothers-James, John, and Robert-came from Ireland to America. John was many years a merchant in New London, Conn. James settled in the western part of Wash- ington, Mass., where he died in 1799, aged 82 years; Sarah, his wife, died in 1812, aged 86. Robert McKnight married Morgan and settled in East Windsor, Conn., and soon sent for their daugh- ter Mary and her husband, William Millikan. Robert was born in 1699 and died in 1776, aged 77 years ; his widow died Jan. 22, 1801, aged 100 years and 10 months. A Scotch family.
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on the ocean Mary's first child was born, and buried beneath the waves. She was attended by a nurse of great skill and kindness and made as comfortable as circumstances would admit. From East Windsor these removed to Wash- ington, Berkshire county, Mass., about 1768, and were among the earliest set- tlers in that town. He died Mar. 6, 1788, aged 63. Mary, his wife, died May 10, 1813, aged 81. She spent her last days with the widow of her son Alex- ander, as did her mother, Morgan Mcknight. Children, far as known, as follows :
THIRD GENERATION.
I. JOHN,8 b. Nov. 22, 1755.
2. MARY,8 b. Nov. 12, 1757.
3. ISABELLA,8 b. Jan. 28, 1760.
4. WILLIAM,3 b. Mar., 1762 ; d. July 8, 1850, aged 88. Susanna, his wife, d. 1846, aged 85 years.
5. ROBERT,3 b. Aug., 1764.
6. SARAH,8 b. Feb., 1767.
7. ALEXANDER,3 b. Nov. 15, 1769; m. Hannah, seventh child of Daniel and Maria (Titus) Franklin, who was b. Aug. 17, 1769, and d. Dec. 14, 1863, in Albany, aged 94 years. He d. Apr. 30, 1803, aged 34 years.
8. MORGAN,8 b. June, 1773.
FOURTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER AND HANNAH:
I. ROBERT,4 b. Aug. 9, 1792 ; m. Amanda Childs, by whom one son. He m., second, Sally Wadsworth (b. in Washington, Mass., Aug. 27, 1797, and d. in Hinsdale, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1882), Dec. 20, 1821, by whom three daughters. Mr. Millikan was left fatherless at the age of ten, but his mother trained him to habits of industry and economy. At the age of thirty he made his way to Ohio on foot to visit his brother William and view the country. He soon after exchanged his property in Washington, Mass., for new land in Freedom, Ohio, intending to settle there, but changed his plans and bought a tract of heavily timbered land in Hins- dale, to which he moved in 1824, and lived there about thirty years. Failing health caused him to sell his farm, and he moved to Hinsdale village, where he died in 1867, aged 75. He was called to many town offices and represented Hinsdale in the State Legislature.
2. WILLIAM,4 b. Jan. 1, 1795; m. Dec. 16, 1819, to Pamelia Messenger, in Becket, Mass., by Rev. J. L. Mills. He immediately started for the "Western Reserve" on his wedding tour with an ox-team and sled, on which sat his young wife with all their earthly gear. They went directly to Windham, Ohio, where a colony of their relatives and friends from Washington and Becket, Mass., had preceded them. He was a thrifty farmer and a man of stable mind and good character, whose "word was law." He d. in 1853; his wife in 1870. Children as will follow.
3. DANIEL F.,4 b. Oct. 31, 1797; m. Jan. 6, 1820, Amelia Pease, of Stock- bridge, Mass., b. Aug. 7, 1801, d. Mar. 20, 1875. He d. Aug. 18, 1880. Six children were b. in Washington, Mass., whose names will appear.
4. ISABELLA, 4 m. Silas B. Hamilton and d. in Albany, N. Y., aged 93 years,
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leaving five children, all now living; the daughters, of whom one is Isa- bella, live at No. 3 Pine street, Albany, N. Y.
5. MARIA,4 m. a Mr. St. John and soon d.
FIFTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF ROBERT:
1. ALEXANDER,5 b. Apr. 7, 1817, and resides at Kinmundy, Ill., as a farmer. He has one dau. and four sons living. Robert6 and Charles" are mar- ried and live at Omega, Ill., William" is at Seattle, and Henry 6 at Green Horn, Col.
2. AMANDA,5 b. Nov. 1, 1822; m. Apr. 2, 1844, to S. J. Demming; lives at Austinburg, Ohio.
3. ISABELLA,5 b. Mar. 30, 1827; m. Dec. 4, 1850, to Henry A. Demming; d. at Oberlin, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1886.
4. SYLVIA S.,5 b. May 23, 1830; m. June, 1857, to Edwin Curtis and lives in Bedfield, Oswego county, N. Y. Six children.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM:
I. REV. WILLIAM F.,5 b. in 1823; was a Presbyterian minister who served as chaplain in the Union army and d. in 1887, leaving a widow (maiden name Mary Treat, niece of Selah B. Treat, secretary of the American Board), who is now living.
2. MARIA P.,5 b. in 1825; m. - Brigham and lives at Muskegon, Mich.
3. EDWIN A.,5 b. in 1829; d. aged 6 years.
4. HENRY A.,5 b. in 1831; killed in Civil war, 1864. He was m. and left two sons and two daughters. One son m. and has a son living, the last male in this family bearing the name.
5. MARY I.,5 b. in 1834; m. Dr. Eames, who was a surgeon in the army and two years in the Legislature of Ohio. He d. in 1884. The widow lives at Ashtabula, Ohio. Several children in good positions.
6. DR. ROBERT H.,5 b. in 1837. He was surgeon in the Civil war; was captured, but released to attend to the wounded; d. from the effect of service, issueless, in 1866.
CHILDREN OF DANIEL F .:
I. ELIZA P.,5 b. May 15, 1821 ; d. Sept. 5, 1822.
2. ROBERT D.,5 b. May 12, 1823 ; d. Jan. 13, 1828.
3. ELLEN D.,5 b. Mar. 24, 1825; m. Feb. 4, 1845, to George W. Fitch, who was b. Feb. 21, 1822, d. Aug. 10, 1887; resides at Lyndon, Ill. Eight children.
4. MARTHA A.,5 b. Jan. 25, 1832 ; m. Sept. 10, 1861, to Capt. John Whal- ton, who was b. Dec. 21, 1827, and has issue, one son.
5. REV. SILAS F.,5 b. Sept. 8, 1834; m. Sept. 13, 1864, Mary J. Andrews, b. May 3, 1834. He is now pastor of the Congregational church of Anamosa, Ind. Six children.
6. FREDERICK W.,5 b. Mar. 15, 1842 ; m. Mar. 26, 1863, Emma P. Stone, b. Sept. 27, 1843, d. Aug. 9, 1885. He m. second, Nov. 15, 1887, Mrs. Sarah L. Bond, b. Jan. 7, 1857 ; residence, Lyndon, Whiteside county, Ill. Three children in 1894.
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SIXTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF REV. SILAS F. :
I. ALLAN F.,6 b. May 6, 1866.
2. ROBERT A.,6 b. Mar. 22, 1868.
3. MAX F.,6 b. Mar. 10, 1870.
4. GRACE M.,6 b. Dec. 26, 1871.
5. MARJORIE A.,6 b. May 2, 1874.
6. MABEL A.,6 b. Nov. 20, 1877.
All unmarried in 1894.
CHILDREN OF FREDERICK W .:
I. WILLIAM F.,6 b. May 24, 1865.
2. EDWARD S.,6 b. Nov. 25, 1867.
3. DANIEL F.,6 b. May 21, 1891.
MILLIKENS OF SCARBOROUGH, ME.
Old Scarborough was remarkably well Millikenized; the descendants of those who settled there are more numerous than of any other branch of the family with whom our inquiry was concerned. Our treatment of their gene- alogy must begin with a transcript of some early records found in Boston as follows :
ROBERT MULLIKEN, son of Robert and wife Rebecca, was born Dec. 9, 1688. JOHN MULLIKEN, son of Robert and wife Rebecca, was born July 26, 1690. MARY MULLIKEN, dau. of Robert and wife Rebecca, was b. Sept. 26, 1692. THOMAS MULLIKEN, son of Thomas and wife Elizabeth, was born Apr. 27, 1693.
ROBERT MULLIKEN, son of Hugh and wife Eleanor, was born Aug. 9, 1681.
One Robert died June 11, 1741 ; the other Robert died June 19, 1756. From one of these were descended the Mullikens of Bradford, Newburyport, and Lexington, Mass., as will afterwards more fully appear.
Hugh Mulliken,1 before-mentioned, may be designated the head of the family known as the Alger-Millikens settled in Scarborough, Me. However, the connections between this man and the families alluded to have not been established by documentary evidences such as the candid writer wishes to possess. There can be no reason for doubt that he was a Scotchman, as the records show him to have been a member of the Scots Charitable Society of Boston in 1684. It will be observed that the name in the records was Mulli- ken, an orthography peculiar to the northern counties of Scotland. The early clerks would spell the name as pronounced by those who bore it, and a Scotch- man would give the latter form. Tradition makes Dea. Nathaniel Milliken, of Scarborough, mention his grandfather as Hugh Milliken, of Boston, and one of the deacon's daughters, married to Benjamin Milliken, who lived in her father's house, named one of her sons, born there, Hugh, in honor of her great-grandfather.
John Milliken,2 traditionized a son of Hugh, of Boston, may have been born in Scotland, as no record of such event has been found in New England.
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He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Wilmot Alger, of Boston, born 1669, and baptized in 1687 at the First church in Charlestown, where she was living with her uncle, Nathaniel Adams. No record of this union has been found. They resided for many years in Boston and their children were born there. In old documents he was styled "John Milliken, house car- penter, of Boston." After the death of John Alger he became possessed, in right of his wife, of extensive lands at Dunstan, in Scarborough, Me., and his name appears there in 1719 .* Mr. Milliken seems to have had broad ideas of farming and carried forward his agricultural undertakings on a scale of considerable magnitude for the times. In a letter written by him in 1746 he states : " I have cleared a great deal of land ; have made several miles of fence; this year have I planted as much land as three bushels of corn would plant, sowed as much as seven bushels of peas would sow, and as much as thirteen bushels of oats and barley would sow." In the year 1720, he and his son John were present at the reorganization of the Scarborough town govern- ment, when he was chosen for one of the selectmen. He was in Boston be- times as late as 1732. John Milliken died in 1749, and must have been born as early as 1664-5. His widow died Feb. 9, 1754, aged 85 years. It has been assumed that but four of the sons of John and Elizabeth were living at the time of their settlement in Scarborough. We shall now proceed with the genealogy and produce a copy of the Milliken records as found in the town and church registers of Boston.
CHILDREN OF JOHNt AND ELIZABETH:
I. JOHN,3 b. Dec. 27, 1691 ; of whom hereafter.
2. THOMAS,8 b. Apr. 27, 1693 ; no other information.
3. JAMES,3 b. Sept. 4, 1694 ; no further record.
4. JOSIAH,3 b. Nov. 25, 1696 ; no other mention.
5. BENJAMIN,3 b. Apr. 1, 1699; "a mariner."
6. SAMUEL,3 bapt. Sept. 21, 1701 ; more hereafter.
7. JOSEPH,3 bapt. Feb. 20, 1704; no other record.
8. EDWARD,3 bapt. July 6, 1706 ; of whom more.
9. NATHANIEL,3 bapt. Apr. 24, 1709 ; more presently.
IO. ELIZABETH,3 bapt. Dec. 16, 1711 ; m. Jonathan Furness.
JOHN BRANCH. THIRD GENERATION.
John Milliken, Jr.,3 born Dec. 27, 1691 ; m. Sarah Burnett, in Boston, Jan. 1, 1718, and by her had three children; second, Sept. 3, 1728, Rebecca
*"The Deposition of Jeremiah Moulton testifyeth and saith that about the year 1719, by ye request of Mr. John [Milliken] Jun., I went with him to renew his bounds at a place called Dun- stan in Scarborough, by virtue of an Indian deed, and accordingly we begun sixty rods above the first falls, Mr. Nathan Knight being our Pilot and one of the chain men, and from thence we went N. E. and said line came near a bridge and we came to the river that goeth near Joslin's hill, where it was pretty wide; it not being at the head of said river. The next day after we had done Old Mr. Milliken came home from the Westward and inquired what we had done. I accordingly told him: he made answer and said we had not done right for we should have gone sixty rods above the upper falls and would have me run it over again, but my business called me home and I could not go again : and further saith that there was nobody lived there then but Mr. Milliken and Col. Westbrook with his people a masting. Sworn by the deponent in Superior Court at York, May ye 14th. 1731."
t We shall divide the pedigree of descendants of John Milliken into four parts, using the name of each of the four sons who settled in Scarborough as a bead for that branch.
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Thomas who died in Scarborough, Apr. 25, 1760. Mr. Milliken was a saddler by trade and seems to have carried on his business for some years in Boston "at the corner going down Wentworth's wharf." He lived in the town of Scarborough about forty years, and died there during the Revolution, Sept. 8, 1779, aged 87 years. He purchased the right of his aunt, Elizabeth Palmer, to the Alger estate, and known as the "Palmer lot," Mar. 19, 1777. In com- pany with his brother, " Benjamin Milliken, mariner," he purchased, June 21, 1727, the right of his great-aunt, Jane Davis, widow of Andrew Alger, Jr., and a daughter of Dorcas Alger Collins. The same year, in company with his brother Samuel, he purchased the right of his great-aunt, Joanna Alger Mills. When the title to the estate was established John owned one-half of the origi- nal grant to the Algers and the Palmer lot, containing fifty acres. Although possessing so large a territorial estate in Maine he continued his residence at Boston until after 1744, when he located near Dunstan Landing. His house stood on the westerly side of the road, and the cellar was filled up about 1873 by Noah Pilsbury, who planted an orchard around the spot. The spring from which the family procured water is still in use. The subjoined letter shows that one man was under obligation to John Milliken.
"SITUATE, May ye 26, 1740.
MR. MILLIKEN :- Your good opinion of me in the first place seems to Ingage a grate Deal of Gratitude from me to you had but it lasted it would Certainly have Dobled my Ingagements so yt I Believe I should hardly Ever made satisfaction for it so long as I had been in this world had it pleased God to continue me to the age of Methusaler & Co. (Signed) JOHN DAGGETT."
FOURTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF JOHN AND HIS WIVES:
I. MARY,4 b. August 11, 1719, in Boston; m. Benjamin Furness,* son of Jonathan Furness, probably her cousin.
2. JOHN,4 b. Aug. 27, 1721, in Boston ; d. a child.
3. JOHN,4 b. Feb. 17, 1723, in Boston; m. Eleanor (Libby) Sallis, widow of Benjamin Sallis, of Black Point, Scarborough, Aug. 6, 1761. He d. in 1766, and his widow found it necessary to solicit aid from her father- in-law, as the following letter shows :
"SCARBOROUGH, ISth April, 1774.
HONORED SIR :- I ask the favor of you for liberty to inclose and improve the piece of land on that side of the Road where I live in order to raise some corn and roots, and hay for my Cow, towards support of myself and children, and pray you will sign your name to this paper, by way of consent to my request, that I may not be disturbed therein or prevented by others. Your granting my request in behalf of myself and your Grandchildren will much oblige your Daughter in Law.
ELENOR MILLIKEN.
To MR. JOHN MILLIKEN. (Signed) JOHN MILLIKEN."
4. THOMAS,4 b. May 31, 1724; m. Sarah Thompson, in Boston, Nov. 4, 1752, by whom five children; she died in 1774. We have no proof that he came east with his father's family. He was engaged in mer- chandising in Boston at the outbreak of the Revolution, and had a large
* THE FURNESS FAMILY in New England are descended from Sir Henry Furness, of Walder- shire, England, who by his second wife had a daughter Matilda, the wife of Lord Edgeumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe, whe had two sons, Lord Edgeumbe who d. s. p. and Commodore Edgcumbe who succeeded. Is it probable that this connection between the Furness and Edgcumbe fami- lies in Old England was continued by association in New England? Nicholas Edgecomb, of Scarborongb, and the husband of Mary Milliken, were related.
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