Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 130

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
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Royal Tyler, second son of James, lived and died at Blue Point, in Scarborough.

Abraham Tyler, probably son of Abraham; m. Martha -, and had children, baptized in Scarborough, as follows :

I. JOHN S., bapt. May 16, 1773.

2. DAVID, bapt. Oct. 3, 1773.

3. SON, bapt. April 9, 1775.

4. DEAN, bapt. Mar. 3, 1776.

5. ELEANOR, bapt. May 31, 1777.

6. DANIEL, bapt. Mar. 28, 1780.

7. JAMES, bapt. Oct. 13, 1782.

James Tyler, probably son of Abraham; m. Lydia Stone, of Limington, and lived in the north part of Saco, near the "Heath meeting-house." He had issue as follows :

I . MEHITABLE, b. April 20, 1779.

2. ELIZA, b. Nov. 9, 1780.

3. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 7, 1782.

4. HANNAH, b. Mar. 7, 1784.

5. ALLISON, b. Nov. 3, 1785.

6. JAMES, b. Jan. 1, 1787 ; m., Feb. 22, 1816, Deborah, dau. of Peter Cushing, who was b. in Exeter, N. H., June 12, 1791. Mr. Tyler settled on "Ossipee Gore," now Freedom, N. H., where he d. Aug. 2, 1858,

NOTE .- Job Tyler and wife Mary, probably from England or Wales, were in Andover before 1655 and had issue. William Tyler, of Boston, was, without doubt, ancestor of the Scarborough and Saco families. He was born 1687, died 1758: portrait owned by Genealogical Society of Bos- ton : was a prominent merchant. His son, Royal Tyler (an old Tyler name), was a member of the Provincial Council and a firm supporter of colonial rights. His son, Judge Royal Tyler, was a gentleman of very fine literary attainments. Ile was born in Boston in 1756, graduated at Harvard College in 1776, and died at Brattleboro, Vt., in 1826. He commenced practice in Port- land, but soon removed to Vermont. He married Mary H., granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Palmer, of Revolutionary fame. Gen. lohn Steele Tyler, a very prominent citizen of Boston, was son of the preceding.

Andrew Tyler, a merchant of Boston, married Miriam, dan. of William Pepperill, of Kittery, who was born Sept. 3, 1704 (?), and had issue, Andrew, Mary. Katherine, and Pepperill. William Pepperill left by will twenty pounds to each of the first three of these grandchildren, forty to the last. William Tyler, brother of Andrew, Sr., married Jane Pepperill, sister of Miriam.

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aged 71 years. His wife d. in her 80th year. He was a man of more than ordinary ability and was called to the town offices and to represent his townsmen in the Legislature. His judgment was clear and safe, his word to be relied upon ; a judicious and successful farmer. Chil- dren as follows :

I. PETER, b. Mar. 24, 1817 ; d. a child.

II. ABRAM, b. July 6, 1818; m., in 1842, Mary Ann Lovering, and lived on the "Sweat road" in Freedom. Children: James, George, Martha, who m. Dana Allard, and Elisa, who m: Augustus Miller.

III. JOHN L., b. Feb. 19, 1821; m. Hannah Harmon, and lived on the great hill about one mile from Freedom village. One child, Edson.

IV. WENTWORTH, b. Oct. 16, 1823; m., in 1849, Mary, dau. of Ezekiel and Sally (Bradbury) Andrews, of a Buxton family, and lives in Free- dom, about one mile from the village. Mr. Tyler is a man of pro- nounced principle and good ability. He has been selectman ; a good farmer ; respected citizen. Children : Franklin, m. Laura Libby ; Joseph H., m. Mary E. Young ; Nellie J., m Ansel Alley, and James, m. Rhoda Libby, now in Boston.

V. LYDIA S., b. May 14, 1827 ; m. Daniel Harmon.

7. LOUISA, b. Jan. 7, 1789.

8. ABRAHAM, b. Mar. 7, 1793; m. Eunice Seavey; lived at the "Heath," in Saco ; had children as follows :

1. JAMES, b. Nov. 6, 1815.

II. DAVID, b. in 1820.

III. ANDREW, b. Mar. 16, 1822.

IV. LYDIA, b. Oct. 15, 1828.

9. ABIGAIL, b. June 7, 1795.

Andrew Tyler, brother of James, who m. Lydia Stone, removed to Eastern Maine, and settled about sixteen miles from Bangor. He was for many years a sea-captain; subsequently carried on very extensive farming operations. He had a son ANDREW, also a seaman.

Samnel Tyler, of Saco, had, by his wife Lydia, children named as follows:

1. JOHN, b. Mar. 21, 1800.

2. GRACE, b. Sept. 9, 1802.

3. JAMES F., b. April 20, 1805.

4. DORCAS, b. Aug. 2, 1807.

Joseph Tyler, b. in Scarborough, Mar. 20, 1761 ; m. June 20, 1780, Jane March, who was born June 19, 1765, and settled in Limington as early as 1780-90. The names and births of ten children are recorded in Limington. According to church records of Scarborough, he returned to that town. Issue:

I. MARY, b. Oct. 13, 1785.

2. BENJAMIN, b. June 19, 1787.

3. ANNA, b. Nov. 2, 1788 ; m. Feb. 24, 1806, David Richardson.

4. ELIZABETH, b. April 10, 1791; m. Jan. 4, 1816, John Bickford, of Buxton.

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5. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 10, 1792.

6. MARTHA, b. Dec. 30, 1794.

7. ABRAHAM, b. Mar. 7, 1798.

8. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 7, 1800; "an old-fashioned preacher "; d. in Sebago, Oct. 13, 1867, "after a life of usefulness as a Christian teacher." He served as selectman and town clerk in Sebago. He left children.

9. JAMES, b. Feb. 1, 1801.

IO. JANE, b. May 12, 1802.

Abraham Tyler, probably brother of Joseph, before-mentioned, was in Limington as early as 1792, but I find no more mention of him there.

Mary F., m. to Reuben Cook, of Limington, Mar. 12, 1816.

Joseph, Jr., m. Peggy Libby, of Limington, Nov. 20, 1814.

"Capt. Joseph," land mentioned, Oct. 21, 1815.

Daniel, Esq., was a lawyer or magistrate and farmer in Limington; said to be brother of Rev. Joseph.

MARRIAGES IN SCARBOROUGH.

Abram to Mary Cumstock, June 13, 1788.

Mary to Benjamin Weymouth, May 8, 1782. Sarah to Peletiah Marr, Oct. 7, 1787. Eunice to Abram Libby, Aug. 11, 181I. Artinacia to James Fogg, Mar. 11, 1829.

Elizabeth to John Sawyer, Oct. 25, 1781.

Elizabeth to Allison Brown, Sept. 11, 1777. Anna to Daniel Small, June 14. 1782. Andrew to Hannah Seavey, Aug. 4, 1782. Abigail to Samuel Walker, Mar. 22, 1739. Mary to Moses Ayer, Aug. 2, 1782. James to Sarah L. Libby, May 23, 1878. Charles H. to Sarah (Jones) Libby, June 24, 1841.

Joseph to Margaret Libby, Nov. 20, 1814. Abram to Dorothy Libby, Apr. 14, 1825.

asher Family.

This English surname was derived from the office of Gentleman Usher connected with the parliament. The family is a very ancient one and has furnished eminent characters in Great Britain. ARNOLD USHER was one of the clerks of Chancery, represented as "a gentleman of good estate." HENRY USHER, brother of preceding, was Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, and was succeeded by JAMES USHER, son of Arnold, in this the highest

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otestant ecclesiastical office. He was born June 4, 1580, and entered col- lege at thirteen ; spent eighteen solid years in reading ecclesiastical history ; was "by common consent the most learned prelate that ever adorned the Irish Protestant Church"; was the associate of the most eminent scholars of his day ; an able and voluminous author whose works, in 16 vols., were pub- lished in 1841.

The first of this name to come to New England were ROBERTI and HEZE- KIAH1 USHER, who emigrated before 1650. Robert settled in Stamford, Conn .; Hezekiah, in Boston. His first wife was Frances, who d. April 25, 1652 ; he m. Elizabeth Symms, Nov. 2, 1652 ; third wife, Mary Butler. Issue as follows :

I. HEZEKIAH,2 b. 1639.

2. REBECCA.2

3. JOHN.2

4. ELIZABETH.2

5. JOHN,2 b. Apr. 17, 1648 ; m., first, Elizabeth Lidgett, Apr. 24, 1668, who d. Aug. 17, 1698; second, Elizabeth Allen, who d. Sept. 5, 1726, at Medford. He was lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire. Issue: Elizabeth,3 b. June 18, 1669, m. David Jeffries; Jane8; John,3 grad. Har. Coll. 1719 ; Hezekiah,3 m. Abigail Cleveland, June 20, 1728, and had Abigail,4 Hezekiah4 and John+; Elizabeth,3 and Frances.8

6. SARAH,2 m. Jonathan Ting.

7. Hannah,2 b. Dec. 29, 1653.

8. ZECHARIAH,2 b. Dec. 26, 1654; d. 1676.

The line of descent from Robert Usher to the Hollis families was as fol- lows :

I. Robert,1 m. Elizabeth, widow of Jeremy Jagger.

2. Robert,2 of Dunstable, m. Sarah Blanchard.

3. John,8 b. May 31, 1696, by Hannah had nine children. Their 2d son,

4. ROBERT,4 b. Apr. 9, 1730, of Merrimack, N. H. ; m. Sarah Stearnes of Bedford, and had nine children. His son,

5. ABIJAH 5 (EsQ.), b. Feb. 15, 1757, of Bedford, Mass .; was twice mar- ried. He was unsuccessful in business in early life and could not give his children the educational advantages desired. After the death of his first wife and when his eldest sons had established themselves in Hollis, on the Saco river, he came "down east" and settled on land about one mile southwest of Bonnie Eagle Falls, where his son, James Madison Usher, subsequently lived. "Squire " Usher was a man of active, enterprising habits, and soon founded a mill-village at the foot of the Killick pond, on the stream that issued therefrom. Here he built mills and carried on lumbering business; here the mill-men put up houses ; here the Towles built their old-fashioned tavern; here fields were cleared, trees planted, flowers cultivated, and the " Killick Mill Settlement " became well and widely known. He went represent- ative to the General Court of Massachusetts. By his first wife, Mary Wells, he had Ellis B.," Abijah," and Mary"; by second wife, Rebecca Kidder, he had Samuel," James M.," Drusilla," James M., 2d,6 and Robert.6

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Hon. Ellis B. Usher,6 son of Abijah and Mary Wells, his first wife, was b. in Medford, Mass., Nov. 7, 1785. He lost his mother when a child and went to live with his Grandmother Wells. His father, having failed in busi- ness, gave his two sons each a horse, and, at the ages of 12 and 10 respect- ively, they came, on horseback, to seek their fortunes in Hollis. Ellis B. worked for five dollars per month for Col. Isaac Lane and Paul Coffin, and forwarded half his earnings to his father. About 1804 he purchased a farm for his father, in Phillipsborough, now Hollis (near Bonnie Eagle), where his descendants have since lived. He also purchased an interest in a saw-mill and engaged in merchandising. Being successful in his small beginnings, he continued to enlarge his field of operation as he acquired means, until 1844, when a great freshet carried away his mills, dam, and $5,000 worth of logs were swept away, which, not being paid for, left him worse than nothing. He was not disheartened. His credit secured him financial aid; he rebuilt his mills on a larger scale with improved capacity, and thenceforward, until his death, continued his lumbering and mercantile business in Hollis, being one of the most extensive dealers on the Saco; became embarrassed in consequence of his connection with the " Eastern Land Speculation" in 1836. His creditors voted him an extension of five years' time, and he paid his own debts and $80,000 endorsed paper. His education was very limited, but he became a man of varied and accurate information by his extensive reading of the best specimens of literature, and was called to fill some high stations of trust; was a member of the General Court at the time Maine became an indepen- dent state, and was in the State Senate in 1823-24. Whig and Republican; liberal in religious sentiment, a good townsman, kind, helpful neighbor; in his family genial and indulgent, fond of children; died May 21, 1855, leav- ing a large estate and one of the most beautiful homes in the county at Bar Mills village, where his daughter now resides. He m., first, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Benjamin Randall, Nov. 22, 1812; she b. Mar. 31, 1792. By this union three children. She d. June 4, 1819. He m., second, Nov. 26, 1820, Hannah, dau. of Col. Isaac Lane, of Hollis, who was born Jan. 1, 1795. Seven children. She was living in 1880. Issue of Ellis B. Usher :

I. HENRY E.,7 b. Feb. 14, 1814; d. Apr. 27, 1827.

2. BENJAMIN J. R.,7 b. Dec. 25, 1815; d. Dec. 23, 1816.

3. SARAH E.,7 b. Oct. 20, 1817 ; m., first, Horace Sands, Aug. 2, 1836; he d. Jan. 24, 1837 ; she m., second, Dr. Elbridge Bacon, Oct. 6, 1841.

REBECCA R.,7 b. Aug. 31, 1821.

5. MARTHA H.,7 b. May 1, 1823 ; married, Sept. 27, 1848, Dr. Joseph G. Osgood, who d. Feb. 28, 1849.

6. ISAAC L.,7 b. May 12, 1825 ; in. Susanna, only dau. of Joseph Wood- man and Susanna C., dau. of Rev. Paul Coffin, June 3, 1851, in Hart- ford, Conn., and went West in 1853. He engaged in railroad building ; at hotel keeping at Muscatine, Iowa, for one year; was a member of the company that built the first twenty miles of railroad west of the Missis- sippi river. In 1855 he went to Wisconsin as agent for the late C. C. Washburn, afterwards governor of Wisconsin, in an extensive lumbering and pine land business, and continued in that relation until 1859. In 1860 he took an active part in the Lincoln campaign. He was sheriff of La Crosse county in 1863-4, and for a number of years later, as-

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sistant assessor of internal revenue. He was variously engaged in mercantile and lumbering business until 1879, when he assumed the editorial chair on the La Crosse Morning Chronicle, a daily newspaper owned and conducted by his son Ellis B. Usher, and continued in this position until his death, which occurred in the Fitchburg railway station, in Boston, on the evening of Nov. 7, 1889. He was a man of much natural force and talent, and attained to considerable prominence in the sphere of his labors. His wife died in La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 9, 1880. Children's names follow:

1. ELLIS B.,8 b. June 21, 1852, in Buxton. He settled with his parents in La Crosse county, Wis., in 1856, and received an academic educa- tion ; worked from the age of sixteen in various clerical capacities ; had an interest, as partner, in a real estate firm when eighteen, but sold and April 1, 1875, bought a half interest in the La Crosse Lib- eral Democrat, daily and weekly, and four years later became sole owner. He changed the name of this paper to The Morning Chroni- cle, and as such it is still conducted by him. In 1888 he was chair- man of the Democratic State Central Committee of Wisconsin, and was re-elected for two years, but in consequence of pressure of pri- vate business after his father's death he resigned in Jan., 1890; active in politics, but not a candidate for office; declined the chief clerkship of the Postoffice Department at Washington in 1885. He m., Nov. 27, 1888, Anna M., only dau. of Henry I. Bliss, of La Crosse, and has one dau., Dorothy B.,9 b. Mar. 16, 1892.

II. HERMAN,8 b. Oct. 7, 1853; d., 1854, in Muscatine, Iowa.

III. JANE M.,8 b. Jan. 3, 1858; in Onalaska, Wis., unmarried.

IV. LEILA W.,8 b. Aug. 26, 1859; in Onalaska, Wis., unmarried.

V. SUSANNA,8 b. Jan. 14, 1863 ; in La Crosse, Wis., unmarried.

VI. ELLEN B.,8 b. June 14, 1866 ; in Onalaska, Wis.

7. JANE M.,7 b. Dec. 1, 1828 ; d. Aug. 5, 1832.

8. HANNAH,7 b. Sept. 1, 1831; d. Aug. 21, 1832.

9. MARY,7 b. July 21, 1833; d. Aug. 8, 1833.

10. JANE M.,7 b. Oct. 12, 1836; m. June 17, 1867, to Nathan Webb, of Portland.

Col. Abijah Usher,6 son of Abijah and Mary Wells, was born in Medford, Mass., Dec. 22, 1788, and came to the Saco valley on horseback in company with his brother, Ellis B., when only a lad of ten years, and being full of en- terprise, which was attended with habits of frugality, he by small beginnings accumulated money which he prudently invested in valuable timber land that, by growth and the appreciation of values, became a rich inheritance to his children. He was early associated with John Lane in the lumber business at Bonnie Eagle. He also had a small store there, from which he supplied his workmen with groceries and that kind of liquid known to some as "O-be- joyful." He was a great reader of history and largely made good his want of education in early life. He was postmaster at Bonnie Eagle, colonel of militia, representative to the State Legislature in 1821 and 1822, senator in 1829 and 1830. He married Susan Nason, born Jan. 22, 1790, by whom ten children. He died Feb. 11, 1841.

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1. SUSAN D.,7 b. Feb. 25, 1811 ; d. Oct. 10, 1855.

2. ABIJAH,7 b. Feb. 2, 1813 ; always lived on the homestead ; engaged in farming and lumbering at Bonnie Eagle. He was educated in the common schools of his native town ; was early spoken about as a " likely young man "; was selectman in 1839-40-53-54-55 ; a good townsman who was public-spirited ; in political sentiment a staunch Republican. He m. three times ; first to Sarah A., dau. of David A. and Betsey (Gordon) Bradley (b. in Fryeburg, Feb. 13, 1825), Oct. 9, 1845. She d. Aug. 6, 1854. He m., second, Mary S., dau. of Asa and Abigail (Small) Boothby, of Limington, then a Widow Moody, Feb. 6, 1859. He m., third, Mrs. Abbie J. Rowell, dau. of Libeus and Catherine (Stewart) Bray, of Minot (she b. Dec. 22, 1828), June 6, 1870. Issue as follows :

I. CYRUS F.,8 b. Sept. 15, 1846 ; d. Jan. 15, 1849.

II. FREDERICK A.,8 b. Jan. 17, 1849.

III. ELLA E.,8 b. July 2, 1851.

IV. EDWIN F.,8 b. May 27, 1854.

V. PRESTON M.,8 b. Jan. 4, 1861.

VI. HOWARD S.,8 b. July 8, 1871.

3. CYRUS K.,7 b, Mar. 25, 1816 ; d. Mar. 11, 1842.

4. SARAH E.,7 b. Mar. 10, 1818 ; m. to Joseph Ridlon, of Hollis, now of Gorham, Me.

5. ELLIS B.,7 b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; m. two wives and settled on a part of his father's estate, on the river road, above Bonnie Eagle village; a farmer; - man of sound judgment and good ability; served as selectman. Several children, of whom no record.

6. MARY A. K.,7 b. Nov. 11, 1821 ; married.

7. EMILY C.,7 b. Feb. 22, 1824 ; d. Mar. 20, 1852.

8. HENRY A.,7 b. Sept. 9, 1826 ; m. - Martin, and built farm buildings on a part of the paternal estate. While a resident of Hollis, he was a useful townsman, serving several years as selectman. He moved into Buxton, latterly, and lived on the Jack Came farm, where he d. April 8, 1872. Henry was a man of superior natural parts, a reader who remembered what he found in the current publications, of keen percep- tion and foresight, full of good fellowship and genial; he made many cordial friends; had issue, of whom no record.

9. DORCAS M.,7 b. Mar. 23, 1829.

IO. NAPOLEON B.,7 b. June 6, 1832; d. Feb. 9, 1833. CHILDREN OF ABIJAH AND REBECCA:

1 SAMUEL.6

2. JAMES M.,6 d. young.

3. DRUSILLA,6 m. a Hamblin, who could not have been hung for his hand- someness with any show of justice - nor Drusilla. It was this man, who, when making "heading" by hand, said he had " one hunder pair all done but putting on the rubbin' stick." When Drusilla was seen at her best she was driving the oxen to plow, late in the fall, with her husband's old coat, hat, and mittens on; to see her thus across the hill-

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brow and against a clear twilight horizon was an event of one's life-time. But her "mainstay " deceased and Drusilla took to her heart and home one Joseph Riggs, of Bridgton, in which town she domiciled betimes.

4. JAMES M.,6 m. Sarah Usher (?) and lived on the old "Squire Usher" homestead, on the old Alfred road, half a mile southwest of Guide-board hill, where Uncle Dan Decker said the highway surveyor, in mending the road, "dumped a mud hole into a bog hole and made of it a quag- mire." Madison, called "Mad" for short, was a peaceable, comfort- able, consolable, commonplace sort of a townsman, whose ambition soared not to Alpine heights. He and good "Aunt Sara" left a dau., Emeline,7 of excellent amiableness.

5. ROBERT S.,6 built a house on the homestead and alternated in his home making between that place and Bonnie Eagle, where he kept a "gineral store " and sold at auction such " filthy lucre as could be found in any- body's back yard," said Uncle Dan Decker. His representative was fair-haired, blue-eyed Mary Ellen.7

Robert Usher, son of Robert, and a relative to " Squire " Usher, married Susanna McDonald, dau. of Robert, of Standish, and settled on the rising ground above the Bog mill, where his children were born. He died in life's prime, Oct. 22, 1824, and his widow m. Jacob Hamblin, of Limington, and had other issue. Usher children :

I. MIRIAM, b. Dec. 1, 1812 ; m. Elder Isaac Libby, June 4, 1837, and d. Nov. 16, 1840, in Lewiston.

2. BETSEY, b. Nov. 24, 1814; d. Jan. 22, 1815.

3. SCHOLLY, b. Dec. 18, 1815.

4. BETSEY, b. April 30, 1819.

5. BENJAMIN, b. June 28, IS21.

6. CAROLINE, b. Aug. 22, 1823.

LUTHER USHER married the widow of Joshua Larrabee, of Baldwin, and had issue. BARNARD USHER, a resident of Bridgton, was, I think, a brother of Sarah, wife of Madison Usher, of Hollis. ARTHERTON USHER, another brother, is said to have married the mother of George and Algenon Usher, but their father's name does not appear. Was it not Samuel, eldest brother of Madison?

Vaughan Family.

This distinguished family is of Welsh origin and of great antiquity, the first to be mentioned being SIR GEORGE VAUGHAN, of Glamorganshire, in Wales. English and American historic and genealogical literature abounds with notices of the family and their public services. We trace the Vaughans of Maine and New Hampshire as follows :

George Vaughan,1 bapt. Sept. 10, 1615; m. Mary Boxall, and d. April 15, 1696. Children :

1. WILLIAM,2 bapt. Jan. 3, 1640 ; m. Dec. 8, 1668, Margaret, dau. Richard Cutt, of Kittery, who d. Jan 22, 1690, aged 40 years. He was edu-

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cated for a merchant in London ; emigrated to Portsmouth, N. H., and engaged extensively in trade, by which he acquired great wealth for his time. He was distinguished for his ardent public spirit and the un- daunted firmness with which he resisted the claims of the proprietors of the territory. He was made freeman in 1669 ; was one of the first coun- cilors for New Hampshire, from 1680 until his death ; judge of Court of Common Pleas, from 1686 to 1688, and chief justice from 1708 to 1715. There were eight children.

2. MARY,2 bapt. Oct. 22, 1642.

3. JOANNA,2 bapt. Dec. 10, 1643 ; buried June 6, 1694.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND MARGARET :

1. ELEANOR,3 b. Mar. S, 1669-70.

2. MARY,3 b. Mar. 6, 1671-2.

3. CUTT,3 b. Mar. 9, 1673-4.

4. GEORGE,3 b. April 13, 1776 ; m .. first, Mary, sister of Governor Belcher, who d. with her only child; second, Elizabeth, dau. of Pres. Robert Elliot, Jan. 9, 1700 (she b. Apr. 8, 1683), by whom ten children, as will appear. He grad. from Harvard in 1696; was made councilor in 1715, and the same year succeeded Usher as lieut .- governor. He was agent for the New Hampshire colony in England. For some cause he gave offense to the governor, the council, and the assembly, and was removed from office in 1717, being succeeded by Wentworth. His commission as lieut .- governor, dated July 18, 1715, is in possession of Thomas Shannon, of Moultonboro, N. H.

5. BRIDGET,3 b. July 2, 1678.

6. MARGARET,8 b. Dec. 30, 1680.

7. ABIGAIL,3 b. Mar. 5, 1683.

8. ELIZABETH,3 b. Apr. 26, 1686.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE AND ELIZABETH:

1 . SARAH.4 b. Feb. 8. 1701-2; m. Dr. John Ross.

2. WILLIAM,4 b. Sept. 12, 1703; graduated from Harvard, in 1722, and studied for the legal profession. He was for many years a merchant in Portsmouth, but removed to Damariscotta, Me., where he was exten- sively engaged in the lumber and fishing business. He was one of the principal organizers of the Louisburg expedition of 1745, and as lieut .- colonel commanded a division under Sir William Pepperill. Previous to his departure he made his will, Mar. 23, 1744, by which he bequeaths property to mother, Elizabeth ; to his sisters and their husbands, John and Sarah Ross, William and Sarah Bennett, Hunking and Margaret Wentworth, Cutt and Mary Shannon; to his brother Elliot, and sister Jane. After the capture of Louisburg, he was induced to go to England by those interested for his promotion in view of his valuable services, and he died there of small-pox, in 1746, unmarried. He was a man of eminent ability and great strength of character, who gave promise of fill- ing high public positions.

3. MARGARET,4 b. April 21, 1705 : d. aged 13 years.

4. GEORGE, b. July, 6, 1706 : d. aged 22 months.

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5. ELIZABETH,4 b. Oct. 8, 1707 ; m. William Bennett.

6. MARGARET, 4 b. Mar. 11, 1709 ; m. Hunking Wentworth.

7. ELLIOT,4 b. Apr. 12, 1711 ; m. Anne, dau. of Timothy Gerrish, of Ports- mouth, and had issue, of whom more.

S. MARY,4 b. April 26, 1713; m. Cutt Shannon.

9. JANE,4 b. Dec. 27, 1714.

CHILDREN OF ELLIOT AND ANNE:

I. WILLIAM,5 b. Mar. 14, 1745; m., first, Abigail, dau. of Rishworth Jor- dan, of Saco, Nov. 3, 1768; she d. Aug. 6, 1771, aged 26 years, and he m., second, Elizabeth, dau. of Tristram Jordan, of Saco, Apr. 18, 1772, who d. Apr. 5, 1811. He d. June, 1826. He was a student of law, but followed the traditions of his family as a merchant in Portland, where he was held in high esteem as a citizen, and I suppose Vaughan's bridge was named after him. Issue:

I. GEORGE E.,6 b. Mar. 21, 1773; d. June 19, 1826.

II. ELIZABETH J.,6 b. Sept. 10, 1774; d. Jan. 7, 1820.

III. HANNAH G.,6 b. July 14, 1776 ; d. Feb. 10, 1839.

IV. ANN G.,6 b. Feb. 18, 1779; d. Oct. 24, 1854.

v. WILLIAM T.,6 b. June 5, 1781 : d. May 4, 1845.

VI. RICHARD C.,6 b. May 16, 1783; d. same year.

VII. OLIVER P.,6 b. Feb. 23, 1785 ; d. 1790.

VIII. SARAH E.," b. Mar. 6, 1787 : d. June 20, 1852.

IX. CHARLES H.,6 b. Aug. 9, 1789.

OLIVE S.,6 b. June 3, 1791.

XI. MARY B.,6 b. Jan. 7, 1793 (?).

2. GEORGE,5 b. in 1747. Of this man we have learned but little that is reliable. The name appears on the roll of eight months' men in the company of Capt. Abram Tyler, in Colonel Phinney's regiment, as a private from Scarborough, dated Oct. 26, 1775. He eventually settled in Boston, where he m. Sarah Duncalf between 1775 and 1778. The children of Elliot G. Vaughan, who visited their grandfather in Boston, found him confined to his room with gout. He and wife had a small store in part of their dwelling-house, where his wife was born and died.

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Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 130

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog] Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Portland, Me., The author Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
Number of Pages: 1424