Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 52

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

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VII. REV. KINSMAN, b. Oct. 16, 1807, in Buxton, Me .; m. Dorothy M. Woods, niece of Dr. Woods, in June, 1839, and had ten children, of whom more hereafter. When six years of age he was carried by his parents to Eaton, N. H., where he lived until his eighteenth year, working on the farm in summer and attending school in winter. In 1825 he studied at Fryeburg Academy, and the following year entered the academy in Atkinson, N. H. During that year, while at Wen- ham, Mass., seeking for a situation as teacher, he was converted. From that time he became a diligent student of the sacred volume and an ardent advocate of the gospel. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and entered Bowdoin College in 1831 ; he joined the Junior class of Harvard in 1833, and was graduated in 1834. He studied theology at Andover. It is a tribute to his energy and perseverance, as well as to his abilities, that he paid his way through college and the seminary by teaching and yet maintained his standing in his class. Dr. Leonard Woods, who was professor at Andover while Atkinson studied there, paid him this tribute : " Kins- man Atkinson is a young man of refined feelings, ardent piety, and the best scholar in his class." He was ordained to the Congrega- tional ministry in 1838, and was settled with churches of that denomi- nation at Mendon and Washington, Mass. Not finding his station congenial to his views, he united with New England Conference of the M. E. church in 1843 ; was an active pastor until 1861, when he became a superannuate. He located in Cambridge, Mass., to afford his children superior advantages for education, and during his resi- dence there served as chaplain of the city almshouse and supplied for churches in Northville and Woburn. He was a man of vigorous intellect and a diligent reader of general literature all his life; was extremely conscientious in all relations, and was considerate of the rights and happiness of all his associaties. He was held in high esteem by his acquaintances. His most attractive characteristic was his deep humility and his unwavering faith in God. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 23, 1889.

" When standing at last on the cold river shore, Where voices beloved could gladden no more, Even then in the gloom of the gathering night, His last breath could whisper, 'The Lord is my Light.'"

Children surviving in 1879 as follows :

(1). Henry M., grad. of Harvard Coll., 1861. He did business in New York and resided in Passaic, N. J. He d. leaving eight children, five by first wife, three by second wife.

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(2). Mary, m. Rev. S. H. Noon; educated in Cambridge, Mass .; now living in Weston, Mass .; four children, one graduate, two under- graduates, of Yale Coll.

(3). Rev. Herbert, minister in Vermont Methodist Conference; no children ; married; educated at Harvard, but left two months before getting his diploma, in 1875.

(4). Margaret, educated at Cambridge; m. Thierry and has one son. She is missionary for Berkeley Temple in Boston.

(5). Leonard IV., educated at Cambridge and Boston University ; graduated in medicine in 1884; practised in Leicester, Mass., and Conway, N. H., where he now resides. He married a dau. of Edwin Snow, of Eaton, her grandmother being a dau. of John Atkinson; one dau., Leona Belle, six years old.

VIII. ELD. KING, m. Sally Sanborn, of Gorham, Me., and lived in Eaton, where he was for many years an active minister of the gospel, and his contemporaries now living speak of him as one of the best of men; his memory is indeed "blessed." He was an advocate of civil and relig- ious liberty, and dared to preach what he believed to be the truth. Six children, only one of whom, William P., a graduate of Dartmouth, is now living; the latter a physician and preacher, now residing in Eaton, N. H.

6. EUNICE, b. Nov. 16, 1757; m. Samuel Woodsum, May 28, 1783.

7 . THEODORE, b. June 2, 1760; m. Polly French, Nov. 23, 1786, and set- tled in 1786, on a tract of land in the "seven hundred acre " division in the south part of Buxton, near Saco line. The following records are all we have found concerning his descendants:

I. TRUE, son of Theodore, m. Eleanor - -- , and had children born in Buxton, named as follows :

(1). Mary A., b. Nov. 18, 1822.

(2). Paul R. C., b. Oct. 8, 1827 ; d. July, 1822.

(3). Charles, b. May 8, 1829.

(4). Jane, b. Jan. 1, 1831.

(5). Susan A., b. Jan. 25, 1833.

(6). Julietta, b. Apr. 3, 1837.

(7). Sally E., b. Jan. 23, 1840.

11. BRADBURY, son of Theodore, m. Eliza Peavy, of Hollis, Nov. 18, 1827. He d. Dec. 28, 1863. Children b. in Buxton, as follows :

(1). John S., b. Dec. 13, 1828 ; m. Orinda A. Atkinson in 1860.

(2). Mary E., b. Dec. 9, 1830; m. Joseph W. Burrows.

(3). Charles T., b. Sept. 29, 1831 ; d. Mar. 22, 1823.

(4). Charles T., b. Oct. 4, 1838 ; d. Aug. 28, 1849.

(5). Levi B., b. Mar. 15, 1841 ; d. in 1891.

(6). Alpheus II., b. June 15, 1843.

(7). Cordelia, b. July 4, 1845.

(8). Sarah O., b. Mar. 14, 1846 ; d. June 15, 18.47.

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8. MOLLY, m. Abiatha Woodsum. (See Woodsum.)

9. HUMPHREY, bapt. Sept. 8, 1765; lived with his brother John and d. in Eaton, N. H .; bachelor.

[The following matter reached me too late to be incorporated in its regular order. ]

Isaac Atkinson was a blacksmith, farmer, and deacon of the Freewill Bap- tist church in Eaton; represented his town in Legislature; was a man of respectability and parts. He died Nov. 14, 1885 ; his wife died Nov. 28, 1886.

Charles, son of Joseph, went to California about 1849 and entered the mines; came home and died June 24, 1858, aged 29 years.

Olive, dau. of John, Ist, was married to Elisha Hunt ; resides in Haverhill; has a beautiful home and interesting family ; a lady of remarkable intelligence.

Olive, dau. of Joseph, was the wife of John Dowd and resides in Eaton, N. H.

Nancy, sister of Olive, preceding, was the wife of Dr. William Mann, who lived in Lovell, Me. She was a remarkable woman, strong physically and intellectually. She could wield the narrow axe equal to the best woodsmen, and is said to have felled several acres of trees in clearing new land. She was highly respected by all who knew her.

Samuel's wife was Abigail March. His dau. Caroline married Thomas Burke and resided in Freedom, N. H. Mary A. married - Stanley, who is in trade at Rochester.

Henry A., son of Joseph, lives in Eaton, N. H. Ira is a merchant in Wakefield, Mass.

Charles Atkinson, of Buxton, and Cynthia Sanborn, of Baldwin, were published Apr. 25, 1834, and had children as follows :

I. PAULINA, b. Apr. 28, 1835 ; m. Arthur Mclellan, of Gorham, Me.

2. JOHN, b. Nov. 27, 1839.

Joseph T. Atkinson m. Caroline E. Knight, of Cornish, Aug. 8, 1858, and had George, b. June 12, 1859.

Ayer Family.

The ancestors of the families of this name, in the state, were early settled at Haverhill, Mass., and from that town came the Ayers of Biddeford and Buxton. JOHN was at Salisbury, 1640; at Ipswich, 1648; died at Haverhill, 1657, leaving numerous descendants. PETER AYER was admitted freeman at Haverhill, 1666; chosen representative, 1683-85-89-90. ROBERT and THOMAS were admitted freemen at Haverhill, 1668. MAJ. EBENEZER AYER was with Arnold in the Canada expedition through the wilderness of Maine, and dis- played consummate courage and great determination. He is said to have sawed off the pickets upon the enemy's breastworks to enable the soldiers to scale the walls. He afterwards served in the engineer department with rank of major. I suppose he settled in Buxton. PETER AYER was in Capt. John Lane's company, in 1756; also PHILIP AYER, who served as corporal; both were des- ignated "of Haverhill."

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Moses Ayer, b. Mar. 17, 1757 ; m. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1759, and had children, named as follows, born in Saco :

I. ELIZABETH, b. May 27, 1782.

2. JOHN, b. Sept. 27, 1783.

3. SARAH, b. Oct. 23, 1786.

4. HANNAH, b. Oct. 13, 1791.

5. ABIGAIL, b. June 13, 1793.

6. ANDREW, b. Mar. 18, 1795.

7. MOSES, b. Feb. 9, 1797.

8. TRISTRAM, b. Feb. 19, 1799. I suppose it was this man who married Frances, and had children, born in Buxton, named as follows :

I. MARY A., b. Sept. 19, 1821.

II. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 4, 1824.

III. SARAH E., b. Sept. 11, 1826.

IV. JOHN L., b. June 17, 1829.

v. MARIA G., b. Feb. 2, 1833.

VI. LYMAN G., b. Dec. 3, 1835.

VII. FRANCES J., b. Oct. 26, 1838.

VIII. CHARLES H., b. July 12, 1841.

Ebenezer Ayer,* m. Elizabeth Moore, Jan. 22, 1789, and had names and births of children recorded in Buxton. He, or another of the name, was on a committee to repair the meeting-house in Narragansett, No. I, Nov. 15, 1758. In 1798 the house of Ebenezer Ayer, of Buxton, was on lot 5, in the 3d division ; was of one story, covered 448 square feet, had 5 windows, and was said to be "unfinished." Issue :

I. ELI, b. Oct. 26, 1789.

2. REBECCA, b. May 8, 1791.

3. MARGARET, b. Dec. 24, 1792.

4. ELIZABETH, b. April 17, 1795.

5. SARAH, b. Mar. 25, 1797.

6. JANE, b. Apr. 17, 1799.

7. LUCY, b. Apr. 2, 1801.

8. MARY, b. Apr. 27, 1803; d. May 9, 1805.

9. MARY, b. May 23, 1805.

IO. PETER, b. Sept. 30, 1807; d. Oct. 12, 1809.

II. EBENEZER H., b. Aug. 6, 1809; d. Feb. 18, 1812.

* There was an Ebenezer Ayer in Saco, whose children, baptized there, were: Susanna, bapt. Dec. 25, 1764; Sarah, bapt. July 12, 1767; William, bapt. April 2, 1769. This was probably the father of Ebenezer of Buxton.

NOTE .- Elisha Ayer and Mary his wife had children baptized in Saco named as follows: Elisha and James, 1777; Patty, May 13. 1781; Jenny, July 13, 1782; Sally, May 5, 1786; Martha MI .. May 21, 1790. Jolin Ayer m. Patience Jellison, in Saco, Dec. 7, 1780; these " owned ye covenant," Feb. 24, 1782; their dan. Nancy bapt. there Feb. 24, 1782; Widow Patience was m. to Solomon Burnham, of Scarboro, June 17, 1787. Susanna was m. to Robert Cleaves, Sept. 3. 1777. Sally to David Warren, Dec. 3. 1785. Peter Ayer, of Buxton, in. Widow Sarah Junkins, Jan. 19, 1796.

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Daniel Ayer and Mary his wife of Buxton had :

I. NANCY, b. Nov. 25, 1798.

2. ISAAC, b. Feb. 26, 1800; m. Ellen, and had children, born in Buxton. He d. Mar. 24, 1836; Ellen d. Jan. 31, 1829. He had second wife, named Achsah, d. Sept. 27, 1843.

I. DANIEL, b. May 21, 1827 ; d. June 13, 1829.

II. DANIEL, b. Sept. 12, 1830; d. Aug. 9, 1832.

III. ELLEN, b. Apr. 12, 1832.

IV. ISAAC, b. Mar. 28, 1834.

V. BENJAMIN F., b. Jan. 19, 1835.

Timothy Ayer, m. April 9, 1807, Hannah Merrill, and had three children, born in Buxton. He is said to have removed to Otisfield.

I. BETSEY, b. May 1, 1808.

2. HUMPHREY M., b. Mar. 17, 1800.

3. AARON, b. April 3, 1812. He was a preacher of the gospel with the Free Baptists, and for many years an able and useful man. He became somewhat demented and the latter years were under a cloud. He was, however, as keen witted as ever and delighted in discussing "knotty questions." At one time a young.minister, who was then engaged in religious revival meetings, called on "Uncle Aaron," who was very well posted respecting the denominational prejudices existing in the community. Before leaving, the young man received this piece of good advice: "My brother, look out for the Methodists up there, for they are just like cattle in the woods ; they always stand with horns out." He did not favor denominational boasting, and hailing one of the prom- inent Methodist members as he was passing inquired: "Say, brother, which would you rather be, a Methodist or a Christian?" Some of the Adventists claimed to believe that man had no pre-eminence over the beast; in fact, that he has no soul. As one of the sisters of this sect was passing his field, Uncle Aaron put his foot on the wall and waving his hand for her to stop asked if her horse was going to heaven. When she replied that she did not know what he meant, he remarked that if man was not superior to a beast, "a good horse ought to go to heaven." He had a devoted, patient wife, who lived a life of sorrow for many years, for there were times when he became desperate and menacing; when for days and nights his neighbors had to take turns in watching him. There were two sons, Daniel and Aaron, the latter a fine scholar, who successfully taught school.

Dr. Aaron Ayer, son of the elder Timothy, m. Ruth Merrill, of Buxton, and had the names of the following children recorded in town :

1. ALVAN B., b. Dec. 18, 1809.

2. ABEL M., b. July 7, 1802.

3. NANCY, b. June 15, 1817.

Barrons- Barnes.

Abraham Barrons, b. January 17, 1756, probably in Wells, Me., came to Cornish about the time of leaving the Revolutionary army, say, 1778. I find the name of ABRAM BARNES in a list of soldiers from Wells, and think the two identical. He m. Margaret Stackpole (who was b. Nov. 12, 1755) and d. Oct. 24, 1819, aged 63. Wife d. May 22, 1846, aged 91. These had nine children named as follows:

I. LYDIA, b. Jan. 22, 1779; d. Jan. 23, 1830.

2. ABIGAIL, b. May 23, 1782; d. 1800.

3. POLLY, b. Aug. 4, 1784; d. Oct. 12, 1863.

4. SALLY, b. Aug. 26, 1786; d. Jaly 31, 1845.

HENRY W .. b. Sept. 9, 1788; d. Feb. 9, 1860.

6. ABRAHAM, b. Oct. 29, 1791; m. Jane Estes, of Cornish (b. Mar. 26, 1799,), and d. Jan. 23, 1867. She d. Aug. 3, 1865. He spelled the name " Barrons." Fourteen children as follows:

I. SARAH, b. Aug. 13, 1815.

II. ELI, b. Nov. 20, 1816; d. Oct. 25, 1854. He m. Cynthia, dau. of Noah Rendall, of Limington, sister of Noah, 2d, Nov. 12, 1845. He d. Oct. 25, 1854. She d. Nov. 26, 1893. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Barnes lived at Moderation and there brought up her little son. She was skillful as a seamstress and a worthy woman, re- spected by all. She lived to see her son become a successful man of business, who with proper filial attention cared for her in her feeble years. Children :

(1). John H., b. Aug. 25, 1847; d. Jan. 16, 1848.

(2). Almon H., b. Nov. 23, 1848; m. and is now living in Hollis with issue.

III. OLIVE, b. Oct. 13, 1818 ; d. May 7, 1848.

IV. NANCY, b. Feb. 8, 1821; d. July 13, 1837.

v. JANE, b. Dec. 9, 1823 ; d. Dec. 3, 1883.

VI. MARY A., b. Apr. 9, 1825 ; d. Mar. 24, 1850.

VII. ELIZA E., b. June 1, 1827.

VIII. SUSAN, b. Jan. 15, 1829.

IX. ABRAHAM, b. April 24, 1832.

x. HENRY, b. July 24, 1834; d. Feb. 10, 1893.

XI. HANNAH, b. Sept. 21, 1836; d. May 27, 1860.

XII. NANCY, b. Dec. 25, 1838.

NOTE .- The surname is now spelled Barnes by the younger generations. The change in the spelling, tradition says, was made at the instigation of a Methodist minister. I have found names of this family spelled Barons, Barrons, Barns, Barnes, and Barrows; the latter an error of the types. I assume that the surname is a transformation of LeBarren, which is French.

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XIII. JAMES L., b. Feb. 14, 1840; d. Sept. 10, 1849.

XIV. ADELIA H., b. Aug. 30, 1843.

7. HANNAH, b. Feb. 16, 1794; d. June 29, 1855.

8. NANCY, b. Nov. 3, 1797; d. Apr. 12, 1885.

9. ABIGAIL, b. Mar 26, 1799; d. Feb. 2, 1880.

Bean Family.

Tradition makes the ancestor of this family who first came to our shores a native of the Isle of Jersey, but I doubt the truth of the statement. I have not found the name, or one resembling it, in any record or book relating to Jersey. The surname Bain, and Bane, are derived from the Gaelic word bane which signified white or fair complexion, as Donald Bane, who usurped the Scottish throne after the death of his brother, Malcolm Canmore. An ancient branch of the family in Fifeshire, Scotland, have spelled the surname Bayne. The Highland MacBanes were a branch of the Macintosh clan, and their dis- tinctive badge was the red whortleberry. Naj. Gillies MacBane, chief of the clan in 1745, was a man of giant stature, being six feet four and a half inches in height. He brought a hundred MacBanes into the field, and at the battle of Culloden, being beset by a squad of government troops, he placed his back against a wall, and, though wounded in several places, fought with such des- peration that he laid thirteen of his assailants dead at his feet. An officer called to "save that brave man," but they cut him down. His widow is said to have composed the pathetic lament in Gaelic, entitled mo run geal oig, or. The following lines were found in a work called "The Gael":

"With thy back to the wall, and thy breast to the targe, Full flashed thy claymore in the face of their charge, The blood of the boldest that barren turf stain, But alas! thine is reddest there, Gillies MacBane!

Hewn down, but still battling, thou sunk'st on the ground, Thy plaid was one gore, and thy breast was one wound, Thirteen of thy foes by thy right hand were slain, Oh! would they were thousands for Gillies MacBane!

Oh! loud and long heard shall thy coronach be, And high o'er the heather thy cairn we shall see, And deep in all bosoms thy name shall remain, But deepest in mine, dearest Gillies MacBane?'"

The early generations of the New England family spelled the name Bane, and the almost universal sandy or fair complexion of the branch planted in York, Me., supports the statement regarding the derivation of the original Gaelic word Bhaenn. Moreover, the mental characteristics observable in the Maine families have indicated a Scottish origin. In York, they are early found in the neighborhood of Scottish settlers. We shall rest the question of nativity with this prophetic statement: If the ancestry of the Banes, early planted in old York, is ever traced by authentic documentary records, the cradle of the race will be found in Caledonia, the "land o' cakes."

Lewis Bane, who came to Boston about 1670, is denominated the ancestor of the principal Maine branches of the New England Beans. It is said that

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he died in Boston, leaving a widow and three sons who were afterward settled in York, Me. The sons were named Lewis, Ebenezer and Joseph.

Capt. Lewis Bane was b. in 1671, and d. in York, Me., June 25, 1721. The inscription on his monument reads as follows:

"Here Lyes Burried the body of CAPT. LEWIS BANE, ESQ .. Decd June ye 25th. 1721, In ye 51st year Of his age. Here Lyes Buried The body of MRS. MARY BANE Wife to CAPT. LEWIS BANE, Deed March ye 25th, 1723, In ye 58th year Of her age."

Capt. Bane was a man of prominence in the plantation and saw many vicissi- tudes and passed through many dangers in his pioneer experience. He made his will on a sick bed, and it was probated July 21, 1721. This instrument shows that he was living on land that was his father's; hence, I assume that his father had lived there. The estate inventoried £1175 15s. od. Bequeaths to "faithful, loving, and tender wife," dwelling-house and barn, and half of the "lower pasture." He mentions four sons then living, Jonathan, Lewis, John and Ebenezer; three daughters, Mary (Sayward), Eleanor and Mehitable; of these more, presently.

Capt. Joseph Bane was born in 1676. He was taken captive by the Indians, in 1692, at the age of sixteen, and remained with the tribe eight years, learning their language and afterwards acted as interpreter. There is a document in the Massachusetts archives written by him, April 25, 1755, which shows him to have been about So years of age. Col. Phillips, in his journal, now in the Massachusetts archives, date Jan. 24, 1698, mentions " Joseph Bean, of York, a young man," as then a captive with Indians. He was living in Falmouth as early as 1710 and had five children born there. the first three having been born in York. He was probably connected with the fort at New Casco; served in Indian war of 1722; was captain in 1724, in which year he and a file of soldiers had an engagement with about thirty Indians, killing their leader, whose scalp was carried to Boston, and Lieut. Bean re- ceived £100 bounty. He commanded a company in the Norridgewock expe- dition. Issue, as far as known, by wife Joanna :

I. ELIZABETH, b. May 21, 1704.

2. HANNAH, b. June 27, 1706.

3. TABITHA, b. April 29, 1708.

4. MARY, m. Hugh Barbour.

Ebenezer Bane was killed in York by Indians in 1692.

Lewis Bane, 3d, m. Abigail Moulton and lived in York; was a man of prominence; a witness to wills, appraiser of estates. Children as follows:

1. LEWIS, b. Sept. 17, 1722.

2. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 12, 1725.

3. CHARLES, b. Dec. 18, 1727.

4. TABITHA, b. Apr. 12, 1730.

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5. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 30, 1731.

6. JOSEPH, b. Mar. 10, 1733.

7. MIRIAM, b. Apr. 27, 1735.

Capt. Jonathan Bane, son of Capt. Lewis, was born in York as early as 1693; m. Sarah, the eldest dau. of Peter Nowel, of York; she received one hundred and fifty pounds by will of her father as "Sarah Bane " in 1738. He was a man of affairs in York as early as 1730, and his name appears on many early documents, showing how many positions of trust he was called to fill even when a young man; indicating that the public had confidence in his abili- ties and his integrity. He was captain as early as 1743. He seems to have continued his residence in York until 1756, when he appears as a justice of the peace in Narragansett, No. I, now Buxton; there he bound himself to set- tle lot 5, in range B, of the ist division. He was called to command at the Saco river block-house and made his home there for a number of years. For several years he had filled important positions in connection with Indian affairs on the frontier, having acted as commissioner. He received by his father's will, as eldest son, " land bought of Mr. Gooch"; half of " the lower pasture " and a third part of "the fresh meadows that lie in ye woods." His eleven children were as follows:

I. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 13, 1718, in York, was a lieutenant under his father at the block-house on Saco river. He m. and had issue.

2. DANIEL, b. Oct. 27, 1720.

3. MARY, b. Jan. 4, 1723; d. young.

4. SARAH, b. July 8, 1725.

5. JOSHUA, b. Mar. 29, 1728.

6. MARY, b. Oct. 7, 1730.

7. HULDAH, b. April, 1732.

8. ABRAHAM, b. Feb. 10, 1734.

9. EBENEZER, b. Jan. 20, 1737, of whom more.

IO. NEHEMIAH, b. Mar. 17, 1740.

II. CHARLES, b. Apr. 3, 1743.

Jonathan Bean, 3d, b. in the block-house Oct. 9, 1758; m. Phebe, dau. of John Brooks, of Narragansett, No. 1, Sept. 4, 1783 ; d. Oct. 10, 1829. He settled near where the old fortification stood, since Hollis, now Dayton, and had children born there as follows:

I. ISAIAH, b. Apr. 13, 1781 ; d. an infant.

2. DORCAS, b. Oct. 1, 1784; d. young.

3. MARTHA, b. Mar. 9, 1786.

4. JACOB, b. Dec. 25, 1790.

5. POLLY, b. Sept. 16, 1792.

6. JOHN, b. Jan. 6, 1795; d. an infant.

7. SALLY, b. Feb. 17, 1796; d. an infant.

8. DANIEL, b. Mar. 9, 1800 ; d. 1802.

9. ELIPHALET, b, June 28, 1803.

IO. LEWIS, b. Apr. 2, 1806.

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Capt. Stephen Bean, brother of Jonathan, 3d, was b. in the plantation of Little Falls, about 1780; m. Mary Smith, of that township, Oct. 9, 1792, and settled on the plains about a mile southwest of Smith's bridge that spanned the Saco. Around him were thousands of acres covered with pitch pine growth, and from this resinous wood he engaged in burning lampblack, which was then in great demand at tanneries for blacking leather. When he had burnt a large quantity of the "smutty dust," he left home with a two-horse team for a ped- dling tour to the "west'ard" as far as the state of New York. On the road he had regular stopping places and formed an acquaintance with many men. He kept a journal or note book with which he would refresh his memory in old age, when, surrounded by a group at his fireside, he related with great accuracy and fullness of detail incidents of his experience during his absence from home in early years. He was a soldier of the 1812 war, commanding a company. Capt. Bean was a man of fine intelligence, gentlemanly and cour- teous in his intercourse with men, of easy manners, graceful carriage, and at- tractive presence. Peaceful and unobtrusive in disposition, honorable and reliable in his dealings, he came down to ripe age respected and beloved by his fellow-citizens. He d. aged 93. (?) His eight children, born in Hollis, were as follows :

I. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 22, 1794; m. three wives. First wife, Sawyer, dau. of Tappin Sawyer. Children: Tappin, Randolph, Frederick, Mary, and Asahel.

2. SUSANNA, b. July 18, 1796; m. William West.

3. CYRUS, b. Jan. 24, 1799 ; m. - Page, and 2d, Ruth Hopkinson, of Limington. He lived on the "old Alfred road," more than a mile south of Bonnie Eagle in Hollis. No issue.

4. JOHN, b. July 3, 1801 ; m. Ruth Hancock; lived at Moderation at the foot of "Maddox hill"; was a great axeman and economist. He had John C., m. Emily Clark; Ruth, m. Osgood Boody ; Corlista, m. Tappin Bean, and Mary, d. unmarried.

5. MARY, b. Aug. 7, 1803 ; m. Phineas Hancock.

6. NAHAM, b. Mar. 5, 1806; m. - Hodgdon, and had Olive, m. David Martin ; Abby, m. - Chick; John, Deborah, Freeman, and Lewis.

7. ABEL, b. May 3, 1808 ; m. a daughter of Tappin Sawyer, and settled on "Bean street," near his birthplace. He had several sons; two were Edwin and Burnice.

8. CHARLES, b. May 17, 1811 ; had issue. He has recently died, being the last of his family.

9. STEPHEN, d. unmarried.

Ebenezer Bean, son of Jonathan, 2d, b. Jan. 20, 1737; m. Eliza Thomas in 1766; a soldier of the Revolution ; died in Limerick; several children.

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Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 52

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