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4. THOMAS BOOTHBY,2 son of Henry, born in Ireland in 1700; m. Lydia Came, in Kittery, intention recorded Jan. 8, 1725, and settled in Scar- borough about 1730-6 ; made his will Nov. 16, 1756 ; d. Mar. 25, 1758. He mentions sons Jonathan, Samuel, Joseph ; daus. Miriam, Eunice, Lois, and wife Lydia. He lived near the line between Scarborough and Saco, and I think the land mentioned in his will is now in the latter town. Children's names hereafter.
5. SAMUEL BOOTHBY,2 son of Henry. and only known brother of preceding, was born in Ireland, came to Kittery with his father's family in 1720 ; m. Esther, and settled in Scarborough in 1736, where seven children, six sons and a daughter, were baptized between 1736 and 1744. This man was the progenitor through his youngest son, as will appear, of nearly all of the name now living in Saco.
6. JANE BOOTHBY,2 supposed to have been a daughter of Henry, was pub- lished with John Moore, Jr., in Kittery, Dec. 18, 1742. Her numerous descendants are scattered through York county, Maine.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF HENRY OF WELLS:
I. THOMAS,3 born in 1735, in Wells; m. Hannah Downing in 1765. She d. Mar. 18, 1818, aged 83. He d. June 2, 1807, aged 72. Two sons.
2. . SARAH,3 b. June 26, 1736; m. Joshua Clark, Mar. 3, 1756.
3. BENJAMIN,3 b. Mar. 3, 1738; m. Elizabeth Trafton, of York in 1762 ; settled in Wells, and had issue, seven or more children, of whom here- after.
4. REBECCA,8 b. Aug. 18, 1741 ; m. to Heber Kimball, of Wells, Dec. 8, 1768.
5. PRUDENCE,3 b. Oct. 6, 1751 ; m. to Josiah Clark, Dec. 14, 1774.
6. OLIVE,8 m. to Reuben Hatch, Dec. 2, 1761. I do not know that she was a dau. of Henry.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS, OF SCARBOROUGH:
I. JONATHAN,3 b. Dec. 1, 1725, in Kittery; mentioned in his father's will, 1756, as "eldest son," of whom I have learned nothing more.
2. SAMUEL,3 b. Feb. 10, 1727; m. for first wife, July 3, 1752, Susanna Milliken, of Scarborough, by whom issue, four children. He m. second Nov. 14, 1765, Molly Deering, by whom four sons and a dau.
JOSEPH,3 b. May 19, 1729, in Kittery; m. Aug. 3. 1752, Susan, dau. of Brice Mclellan, of Portland, and lived in Scarborough; had five sons and three daughters.
4. MIRIAM,3 b. Apr. 17, 1733; m. to John Deering in Kittery (Int.), Dec. 7, 1754; mentioned in her father's will as his wife in 1756.
JOHN,3 b. Apr. 27, 1735 ; d. young.
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6. EUNICE,3 b. Nov. 22, 1736; m. June 20, 1754, to Philip Aubin, and was dead in 1756, when her children were mentioned in the will of her father.
7. LOIS,3 b. Nov. 22, 1736; m. May 29, 1764, to Isaac Deering ; men- tioned in her father's will, 1756.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL, OF SCARBOROUGH :
1. JONATHAN,3 bapt. Ang. 9, 1736.
2. ESTHER, 3 bapt. Aug. 9, 1736; m. William Holmes, Oct. 31, 1765.
3. SAMUEL,3 bapt. Nov. 14, 1736.
4. JAMES,3 bapt. Nov. 14, 1736; m. July 30, 1761, to Mary Stuart.
5. JOSIAH,3 bapt. Nov. 12, 1738; m. first, Oct. 28, 1760, Betsey Beard ; second, Sept. 19, 1765, Sarah Stuart.
6. HENRY,3 bapt. May 24, 1741.
7 . NATHANIEL,3 bapt. Apr. 1, 1744; m. Aug. 20, 1767, Susan Thompson, and had issue, eleven children ; d. Feb., 1829. He lived near Dunstan as farmer. The Boothby families in the city of Saco proper are de- scended through Nathaniel from the first Henry, of Kittery.
FOURTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, OF WELLS:
1. SARAH,4 b. Mar. 15, 1763.
2. JAMES, 4 b. May 10, 1766 ; m. Martha Thurston, of North Berwick; lived in Wells or Kennebunk, and had two sons.
3. HANNAH,4 b. Feb. 14, 1772.
4. BETSEY,4 b. Apr. 15, 1778.
5. MOLLY,4 b. Oct 3, 1780.
6. JOHN,4 b. Mar. 3, 1785; m. Lotta Thurston, sister of Martha as above, and had five children.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL, OF KENNEBUNK:
1. SAMUEL,4 m. Betsey Lowe, who d. Apr. 5, 1808. He d. Mar. 27, 1826, aged 47. Four children.
2. RICHARD,4 m. Sarah Peabody, July 23, 1801 ; settled in Kennebunk- port. Eight children.
3. MABEL, 4 m. - - Dighton.
4. ELIZABETH,4 never married; d. Apr. 8, 1849, aged 77.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL, OF SCARBOROUGH:
I. JOHN,4 b. Feb. 21, 1753; m. Nov. 24, 1773, Elizabeth Milliken, of Scar- borough, who d. Nov. 27, 1833, the mother of eight children. He d. Jan. 27, 1840,* aged 87; lived in Saco as farmer.
2. EUNICE, 4 b. Mar. 10, 1755 ; m. May 2, 1776, to Joseph Merrill and had a large family. She d. in Livermore, Me., Jan. 13, 1813.
3. SUSANNA, 4 b. Mar. 10, 1757 ; d. in 1773, single.
4. RICHARD, 4 b. July 22, 1766 ; m. Nov. 16, 1788, to Anna Staples, b. Aug.
NOTE .- Hannah Boothby was m. to Daniel Wells, of Wells, June 16, 1804. Levi Boothby m. Hannah Stevens there, Dec. 23, 1804 .- Kennebunk records.
* Records make her death December, 1833; his death 1838, aged 87.
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31, 1767 ; d. Oct. 2, 1853 ; settled in Saco and had issue, nine children. He d. Dec. 5, 1832.
5. PAULINA, 4 b. Apr. 5, 1771.
6. SUSANNA,4 b. Mar. 31, 1773 ; d. Apr. 7, 1805.
7. ANNA,4 b. May 19, 1775.
8. CORNELIUS,4 b. Nov. 18, 1777 ; m. Margaret, who was b. Oct. 7, 1784, and settled in Saco, where his seven children were born.
9. JEREMIAH,4 b. Sept. 30, 1780; m. Abigail M. E., who was b. Dec. 17, 1791, and had two children, b. in Saco. He d. Aug. 11, 1825.
10. LEMUEL, 4 b. Nov. 13, 1783 ; m. Jan. 30, 1803, Rebecca Moulton, who was b. Feb. 16, 1787, and d. Mar. 8, 1855 ; ten children. He settled on a farm near his birth-place in the upper part of Saco, about a mile from where his son Arthur resided, where he d. Nov. 21, 1837, aged 54. They were buried on the farm.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH, OF SCARBOROUGH:
I. JONATHAN,4 b. in Scarborough; was m. by Rev. Paul Coffin in Buxton, Jan. 1, 1778, and settled in " Little Ossipee," now Limington, as one of the first who took up land there. He was an ardent communicant of the Congregational church at Buxton, and "renewed his covenant" there Nov. 7, 1779; was called a "stiff Orthodox." His second wife was Anna, dau. of Dea. Timothy Hazeltine, of sound Orthodox stock, from Buxton, to whom he was m. July 14, 1782. His farm was near "Pine hill" and is now occupied by Albert Weeman, whose wife was a Boothby. The farm is one of the largest and most valuable in town. Here stands the great, wide, capacious, two-storied mansion, laid out for an old-fashioned Boothby family, and barns and other farm offices in proportion. Near is the family burying-ground, in which the mem- bers of the family were laid to rest .*
2. DAVID,4 son of Joseph, b. in Scarborough, May 6, 1759; m. Sally Sut- ton-some say Sarah Avery-and had ten children, b. in Limington. His farm was in the northwestern section of the town. He d. Nov. 4, 1812.
3. Lois,4 m. John Sutton, and had four sons and nine daughters. She d. April 14, 1841.
4. SUSAN,4 m. William Averill, Dec. 4, 1793.
5. THOMAS, 4 b. in Scarborough, Oct. 31, 1761 ; m. Mary Anderson in said town, Mar. 8, 1785 (she being a connection of the Andersons near Steep Falls in Limington), and by her had three children. She was b. Sept. 10, 1763 ; m. a Berry for second husband, and had several chil- dren; d. of old age, Oct. 5, 1843. Mr. Boothby was killed by a falling tree, April 8, 1789, one arm being severed from his body. He was buried on a knoll across the brook north of his home, being the first married man interred in the town. His farm was at North Limington, and is, I believe, still in possession of the family, owned by a grandson.
* He is said to have been a believer in special revelations from the Lord, relating to the common affairs of life. A man in Parsonsfield, taking advantage of this "article of faith," visited him and said: "Brother Boothby, I wanted to borrow a small sum of money, and the Lord re- vealed to me that I should get it of you." Mr. Boothby was not to be caught by this device, and replied: "Well, if your Lord told you that, he's a liar; you cannot have a cent of me."
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6. BRICE,4 b. in Scarborough, in 1755; m. Miriam, dau. of Jacob and Abigail (Eaton) Bradbury (bapt. 1758), in the year 1800, and settled in Buxton, on the hill below the Hains meadow, on the road leading from Shadagee to the "Old Corner." He d. May 12, 1819. Miriam d. Aug. 19, 1839, aged 81. These were buried at the Lower Corner churchyard ; ten children, of whom hereafter.
CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL, OF SCARBOROUGH:
I. SAMUEL,4 b. Feb. 4, 1767 ; d. Feb. 4, 1768.
2. SAMUEL, + b. Jan. 4, 1769 ; d. Jan. 4, 1777.
3. SARAH,+ b. Nov. 5, 1770; m. to Edward Foss, Apr. 21, 1791.
1. ESTHER,4 b. Nov. 17, 1772; m. to Samuel Burbank, of Parsonsfield, and had issue.
5. ROBERT,4 b. Nov. 7, 1775 ; m. Abigail Leavitt, Dec. 4. 1800, and resided in Saco. In the town records the mother of his seven children is named Betsey. Was she a second wife? He lived on Flag pond road.
6. NATHANIEL,+ b. Mar. 1, 1777; d. Mar. 1, 1779.
7. LEVI,4 b. Feb. 25, 1780.
8. NATHANIEL, 4 b. May 20, 1782 ; was four times married ; first m. Anna Milliken, by whom seven children ; she d. Apr. 8, 1821, and he m. sec- ond, Oct. 5, 1821, Sally Deering, by whom two children; she d. Mar. 21, 1825, and he m. third, Mar. 20, 1826, Betsey Leavitt, by whom one son ; she d. Jan. 30, 1840, and he m. fourth, Feb. 12, 1843, Margaret Harmon, of Eaton, N. H. He d. Mar. 26, 1860. He lived upon the farm occupied by his father, near the Scarborough line, on the road leading from Saco to Portland; was a successful farmer, attending per- sonally to all details so that his income supported his family, and perma- nent improvements were apparent every year. His education was par- tially obtained in the common school; much of it in the great, practical school of active life. He was a diligent student of the sacred records and was known and respected as an ardent defender of the doctrines taught therein. Being a prominent member of the Methodist church, he enjoyed reading the works of John Wesley and Adam Clark. He was so close an observer of the "Golden Rule" in his business affairs that he became known as a man of positive convictions, an uncompro- mising enemy to all wrong, and a fearless defender of what he believed to be right.
9. THOMPSON,4 b. April 10, 1784; d. 1787.
IO. SAMUEL, 4 b. June 2, 1786 ; m. Sally Hanson, who was b. in Milton, Oct. 1, 1786, and for a time lived in Shapleigh. He removed to Livermore between 1809 and 1811, and remained there till 1834, when he settled in Turner; from that town he removed to Athens, Jan. 1, 1846, where he d. June 19, 1847 ; his wife d. in Athens, Dec. 28, 1861. He was a man of medium height and weight; a farmer and cabinet-maker. Ten children.
II. ICHABOD,+ b. May 30, 1789; m. Charlotte, dau. of Stephen L. and Deborah (Titcomb) Knight, of Falmouth (b. July 10, 1796, d. Oct. 23,
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1848), Apr. 2, 1817 .* He d. Oct. 5, 1868 ; was one of the first mail- carriers in Maine, having driven stage from Portland to Portsmouth, and to Bath. He took the whip about 1806 and carried it about ten years. He subsequently settled in Livermore and engaged in making scythe snaths (what old farmer but remembers seeing his brand?), which business he carried on for many years.
FIFTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL, OF WELLS:
I. SAMUEL,5 b. Aug. 12, 1816; m. Apr. 22, 1841, Jane Gooch, b. Mar. 6, 1818, and had eight children. He was living at Kennebunkport in the summer of 1894, a feeble old man; farmer.
2. HARRIET,5 never married.
3. MAREL,5 remained single.
4. THOMAS,5 single man, d. in Saco.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD, OF WELLS:
I. ABBY,5 m. Jedediah Gooch.
2. HANNAH,5 m. Thatcher Cleaves.
3. SARAH,5 m. Harmon Warren.
4. JULIA,5 mn. Gilbert Webber.
5. ELIZA,5 m. Richard Peabody.
6. THOMAS,5 b. May 17, 1807; m. first, Lydia Larrabee, Feb. 10, 1830 (she b. Oct. 15, 1810 ; d. Apr. 25, 1853); second, Clarissa H. Whitcher, June 6, 1854, she b. June 12, 1800; third, Hannah Ayer, Sept. 26, 1877. He was 83 at death. Eight children.
7. CHARLES,5 m. Abbie Griegs.
S. HORACE,5 m. Laura A. Towne, and lives between Kennebunk and Kenne- bunkport; a farmer; house "off the main road." He is a slender man of nervous habits.
CHILDREN OF JOHN, OF SACO:
I. ISAAC,5 b. Oct. 10, 1774; m. Hannah Foss (who d. Dec. 27, 1838), and settled in Leeds, Me. With resolute will and strong arms, he swung the shining axe, adding clearing to clearing and field to field, until he had one of the largest and best farms in town. From him "Boothby's hill," north of Leeds Centre, took its name. He also engaged largely in the live stock business, and carried many a drove of sleek bullocks to Brighton market. With few advantages for education in the schools, he trained his mind to solve the most complicated problems with figures, and there was not an example in Kenney's arithmetic that he could not perform mentally, with more facility than most men with the slate and pencil. He was a man of solid build and constitutionally robust. Posi- tive and uncompromising, shrewd and cautious in business, industrious and frugal, he proved a success. He d. May 20, 1835, aged 61. Six children, of whom hereafter.
2. LYDIA,5 b. Jan. 25, 1777 ; m. Hamilton Jenkins.
* He m. second, Aug. 11, 1831, Rebecca Knight Jones, who was b. June 20, 1799, in Fayette, Me .. and d. Aug. 3, 1880.
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3. STEPHEN,5 b. Nov. 7, 1779; m. Susan Bussell, of Winthrop; settled in Leeds, Me., as farmer, and had three children. He d. June 5, 1871, aged 91 years and six months. He was an owner of extensive lands in Leeds and Wayne, which he sold to many natives of the Saco valley, who were induced to settle there ; mighty poor land, too.
4. SUSAN,5 b. Dec. 1, 1781.
5. REV. JOHN,5 b. Sept. 30, 1787 ; m. Anna Foss, Nov. 20, 1811, by whom issue, seven children. He d. in Saco, Apr. 4, 1878, aged 91. I think he spent some early years in Leeds, but returned to Saco in 1815, and made his permanent home on a large farm where a brick mansion was erected. He was converted during the "Grove Reformation," in Saco, in ISO8 ; was ordained by Elders Henry Frost and Moses Rollins in the town of Wayne, Oct. 12, 1812, the services being conducted out of doors in an ox-cart. He spent the early years of his ministry traveling as an evangelist, preaching in six states; saw his first revival in Eastport, Me., where a Christian church was organized. He served in the Legis- lature of Maine in 1851-52, and voted for the " Maine Law" framed by Neal Dow. 'He was engaged in the ministry more than sixty years ; one of the most extended terms of service in the sacred office of which we find record. At his funeral twelve elders took part in the services. Elder Boothby was a sturdy pillar in the church, uncompromising and undismayed, and his death was a denominational loss widely felt. He was not an eloquent preacher estimated by the popular standards, but was sound, logical, and at times profound and masterly ; his voice was deep, mellow, and of great compass, and was used by way of empha- sis upon his hearers with powerful effect. As a counselor in conven- tional assemblies he was cautious, discreet, and magnanimous. Being venerated by the younger ministers, they vied with each other to do the patriarch servant of the Most High honor. His stately presence at the conference, during his old age, was a benediction. As a farmer he was quite successful, and acquired a comfortable support. His frame was massive and his tall, erect form gave him a commanding and dignified personality. His visage was of elongated mould and his complexion swarthy. In his eye there was an expression of meekness and kindly light that was noticeable. He had his failings, but was a good and eminently godly man. It is related that his wife once expressed grave fears that he would be lost; that having preached to others, he would himself be a "castaway." He asked the reason for her anxiety and was answered on this wise : "John, you know a ' woe ' is pronounced against those of whom all men speak well, and you certainly belong to that class." On his return from his appointment soon after this conversation, he gravely informed his good wife that he saw some chance for him, for as he was passing a crowd of men while entering church, he overheard one say : "There goes that d-d old black John Boothby.
CHILDREN OF RICHARD, OF SACO:
I. MARGERY,5 b. Oct. 21, 1789 ; d. May 19, 1799.
2. SAMUEL,5 b. Jan. 29, 1792 ; settled in New York.
3. NATHANIEL,5 b. April 29, 1794; settled in New York.
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4. ENOCH,5 b. Nov. 7, 1796; m. first, Submit Woodsum, by whom seven children ; second, Hannah Towle; third, Harriet Babb. He seems to have moved "down east," where he lived several years, but finally set- tled in Buxton, where he lived some thirty years. Seven children.
5. ELEAZER,5 b. May 16, 1799 ; m. Elizabeth M. Sargent, May 22, 1825, and had issue, six children.
6. MARGERY, 5 b. May 31, 1801 ; d. May 9, 1804.
7. SIMON,5 b. Sept. 26, 1803 ; m. Polly Watson, Nov. 23, 1825, and lived on the homestead in Scarborough. He d. July 5, 1855; wife d. Nov. 6, 1880; twelve children.
8. NOAH,5 b. Dec. 12, 1807; m. Almira -; settled in Waterville as blacksmith ; had seven children.
9. MARY A.,5 b. Oct. 26, 1810; m. Simon Johnston, and had five sons. CHILDREN OF CORNELIUS, OF SCARBOROUGH:
1. MOSES,5 b. Oct. 7, 1812; m. and had two or more children.
2. SARAH,5 b. Oct. 16, 1814; never married.
WILLIAM D.,5 b. Mar. 3, 1817 ; a daughter, Annie, recently married. He is generally called " Deering Boothby."
4. ISAAC C.,5 b. Mar., 1819 ; had issue seven children.
5. MARGERY,5 b. June 23, 1821 ; m. Abram Boothby, of another branch of the family; no issue.
6. PAULINA,5 b. Feb. 15, 1824; m. Nathaniel Boothby, brother of Abram above; eight children.
7. HENRY H.,5 b. June 13, 1826; never married.
CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH, OF SACO:
I. JEREMIAH,5 b. Aug. 31, 1812.
2. ABIGAIL F.,5 b. Mar. 12, 1815.
CHILDREN OF LEMUEL, OF SACO:
1. MARY,5 b. Feb. 16, 1807 ; d. single, Mar. 11, 1854.
2. SUSAN,5 b. May 8, 1808; m. Jeremiah McKenney; d. Sept. 3, 188 1.
3. REBECCA,5 b. July 19, 1810; d. single, Sept. 28, 1837.
4. OLIVER,5 b. Apr. 8, 1812; m. Sarah Ricker and had issue; lived on the "Jenkins road," in the north part of Saco; d. in 1894.
5. EUNICE,5 b. June 22, 1814; d. unmarried, Oct. 8, 1837.
6. JOSHUA,5 b. Nov. 16, 1816; m. June 20, 1822, Catharine H. Seavey, dau. of Capt. Eli Seavey, of Scarborough, and settled in Saco as a farmer. He d. Sept. 14, 1882 ; wife d. June 15, 1893. Seven children, of whom hereafter.
7. ELIZA,5 b. May 18, 1819; d. June 26, 1833, single.
8. ANNA,5 b. Dec. 25, 1821 ; m. Joseph Bradbury, of Saco, and had eight children.
9. ARTHUR,5 b. Apr. 10, 1824; m. Rachel Scammon in 1849; settled on the "Jenkins road" in Saco as farmer; d. Feb. 7, 1892, leaving eight children.
IO. Lucy,5 b. June 17, 1826; unmarried; living.
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CHILDREN OF JONATHAN, OF LIMINGTON :
I. MARY,5 b. Oct. 18, 1778; was published to Samuel Berry in 1793 ; m. to Daniel Ayer, of Buxton, Oct. 26, 1797.
2. GEORGE,5 b. Apr. 11, 1784; m. and had issue, of whom here- after. His mother was a daughter of the good Orthodox Dea. Hazel- tine, of Buxton. He was widely known as "Jew George " throughout York county. This designation applied to him in consequence of the enormous, full, black beard worn by him at a time when others shaved. This was not the only peculiarity he developed. He wore clothes with- out being colored ; just the shade of the wool as it came from the flock. He was of wandering proclivities, and when approaching was a terror to school children and timid women. He was harmless, however. It has been reported that his father intended to make of him a sound Congregational minister, and to this end placed him under the tutorship of Parson Atkinson, of Limington. For a time all went well and George proved a very ready student of divinity; but when he reached his majority, and the parson assumed the prerogative of instructing him how he must vote, a storm gathered among the Limington hills and the student bolted for home, thus ending his theological course abruptly, to the chagrin of the minister and disappointment of his father. It has been said that he was once beguiled into a barber's shop, at Saco, where his big beard was mutilated or cut off, to his great sorrow; that when the operation was finished he refused to leave the place of his own accord, and those who had insulted him were obliged to carry him back to the street and put him down where they found him.
3. ASA,5 b. Dec. 1, 1788 : m. Abigail Small, Dec. 1, 1814, and settled on the homestead farm, in Limington. His wife was born Sept. 20. 1793, and d. Jan. 14, 1877. He d. July 17, 1877. These had eleven chil- dren.
4. MARGARET,5 b. Jan. 8. 1789 ; m. Edward Malloy, 1814.
5. ARTHUR,6 h. Jan. 6, 1793.
6. DEA. SAMUEL,5 b. Dec. 16, 1794; in. Olive Berry, Dec. 12, 1817, and settled at South Limington; was deacon of the F. B. church. He d. Dec. 20, 1860 ; wife d. July 23, 1862; both buried in a small enclosed lot on the road leading from " Barvel creek" to " Edgecomb's bridge," so-called. He was a man of deep piety and upright life ; a good towns- man and quiet neighbor.
7. EZEKIEL,5 b. Mar. 5, 1797 ; m. Jane Malloy, June 6, 1820, in Limington, Me .. and settled in Jackson "down east," where they resided the re- mainder of their lives. Mr. Boothby d. June 2, 1882 ; his wife d. Aug. 20, 1872. These were "members of the Society of Friends." Ten children, all b. in Jackson.
8. TIMOTHY,5 b. Feb. 9, 1800.
9. JOHN D., 5 b. Sept. 22, 1805; m. Mary Small, Jan. 27, 1827.
CHILDREN OF DAVID OF LIMINGTON :
I. ALEXANDER.6 b. Apr. 25, 1783 ; m. Sally, dau. of Robert and Betsey (Kennard) Staples (she b. Nov. 30, 1783,), Apr. 2, 1812, and settled in Limington, on the hill-side, half a mile west from the Cornish and
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Limington Corner road, where he owned a good farin. He and his wife (who d. Oct. 12, 1837,) were buried in a small enclosed lot on the crown of the hill above the farm-house. Four children, of whom here- after.
2. ISRAEL,5 b. Sept. 25. 1785; m. Sally Parker, Dec. 5, 1811, and lived at North Limington as farmer. He d. May 7, 1869, aged 83 years; his wife d. May 17, 1884, aged 89 years. 8 mos., 26 days; these lie buried in a lot enclosed by a stone wall, in the pasture, on left-hand side of the road leading from Cornish to Limington Corner. There are two old graves with unlettered stones at head and foot in this lot, which may be the resting places of Israel's parents ; also the graves of two children of Israel, of whom, with other issue, hereafter.
3. JAMES,5 b. Aug, 10, 1787 ; m. Rachel Cummings, of Standish, May 2, 1809. He d. Mar. 12, 1863 ; his widow d. Sept. 30, 1873, aged 84.
4. THOMAS,5 b. May 18. 1789.
5. JANE,5 b. Feb. 17, 1791 ; m. Timothy Anderson, May 7, 1818.
6. HANNAH,5 b. Dec. 18, 1792; m. Joseph Boothby, of Buxton, Mar. 4, 1810, and had issue.
7. DAVID,5 b. Dec. 10, 1794; m. Anna Parker, Nov. 3, 1816.
8. STEPHEN, 5 b. Jan. 21, 1797 ; m. Sally Avery. Oct. 21, 1818.
9. SALLY,5 b. June 27, 1799.
10. ANNA,5 b. Aug. 22, 1804; m. Putnam Seavey, Mar 30, 1825.
CHILD OF THOMAS, OF LIMINGTON :
1. THOMAS,5 b. July 16, 1789, three months after his father was killed. He m. Sally, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Watson) Dyer, b. in Cape Eliza- beth, May 25, 1790, and came to Limington with her parents when a child. Mr. Boothby lived on the homestead farm near " Ruin Corner," and died there Apr. 9, 1863 ; his widow d. Dec. 10, 1873. These were buried on a knoll in the pasture. Six children.
CHILDREN OF BRICE AND MIRIAM:
I. JOSEPH,5 b. Aug. 14, 1781 ; m. Hannah, dau. of David Boothby, of Limington, Mar. 4, 1810, and settled on the " Middle road," in Parsons- field, where he became a prosperous farmer; a man of very frugal and industrious habits, who could never bear to be idle, and who ever had an excuse for keeping a tight grip on the dollars that reached his hand. He d. in 1841 ; his widow d. in 1874. Ten children.
2. SUSANNA,5 b. Feb. 16, 1783.
3. NABBY,5 b. Oct. 20, 1784.
4. MIRIAM,5 b. Nov., 1786.
5. ENOCH,5 b. Nov. 19, 1788 ; in. May 18, 1813, Mary Leavitt, of Buxton, b. Oct. 27, 1792, by whom, who d. in Oct., 1826, he had several chil- dren. He. m., second, Jan. 29, 1828, Mrs. Harriet Johnson, b. May 2, 1804, and had issue. He owned a large and valuable farm in Buxton between Shadagee and the "Hains Meadow." For many years he kept large teams of great oxen, and hauled lumber from West Buxton to Portland ; since the building of the P. & R. Railroad to Buxton Centre
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and Bar Mills. He hired teamsters before his sons were of age to carry the goad stick. He invariably rode behind in a sleigh or wagon to watch the movements of team and teamster; and if the load went hard, his deep, hoarse voice would be heard from the rear, where he stood upon his feet and shouted "her-line" till the poor cattle were nearly frightened to death. He was a broad, very corpulent man, and, as " Uncle Enoch," considered quite a character.
At one time he was waiting for his team in the store of George W. Lord, and growled about the tooth-ache. Approaching him, Mr. Lord said: "Let me see the one that troubles you." Uncle Enoch opened his broad mouth and revealed several isolated and stately grinders. As- suming a sympathetic tone of voice, Unele George, whose hand grip was like a vice, seized the troublesome tooth and wrenched it from the jaw, while Enoch howled with rage, and menacing imprecations fell thick and fast from his bleeding mouth. It was amusing to hear either " Unele George " or "Uncle Enoch " tell this story; but woe betide the former if he mentioned it when in company, if the latter was present.
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