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versation, he became a great favorite wherever he was known. Whoever was fortunate enough to get a " seat on the box" was sure to be regaled with pleas- ing conversation from the driver, which was spiced with many an interlude of mirth-provoking stories. He was an expert reinsman, and the crack of his long whip, as he came into town, rang out sharp and clear upon the morning air. He was greatly missed when, from a stroke of paralysis, he was incapaci- tated for "holding the lines" and compelled to retire to his home.
Benjamin Chadbourne, son of Joseph and Lucy Berry, of Windham, Me., was b. there, June 22, 1791. His grandfather, named Joseph, was a soldier of the Revolution, and d. of wounds received in the army. The subject of this notice m. Frances Holland, of Gorham (she was b. in St. John, New Bruns- wick, and d. in Standish, Apr. 16, 1846), March 9, 1815. He m. second, Dec. 28, 1846, Clarissa Howard, of Chelmsford, Mass., who d. in Standish, Jan. 30, 1874. Mr. Chadbourne setted on Standish neck in 1814, and there built the beautiful hotel and connected offices known as the " Lake House," which has since been owned by his son. This point on the shore of Sebago lake was long known as the "carrying place," and as the steamer " Fawn," which used to ply upon these waters, took and discharged passengers and freight here, it promised to become a place of considerable importance; but the steamer was improperly constructed and her trips discontinued ; this diverted the stream of travel toward the mountains and northern lakes, and, conse- quently, reduced the patronage of the "Lake House." Mr. Chadbourne was a popular and entertaining landlord, and his house became the resting place of many distinguished men when traveling for recreation. The mansion was surrounded by broad verandas from which extended and enchanting views across the lake were obtained. The locality was removed from the noise and bustle of the busy outside world and afforded a quiet, restful retreat for the care-worn and weary. Mr. Chadbourne d. Jan. 25, 1865. He had weighed about 300 pounds. His children as follows :
I. WILLIAM T., b. July 8, 1816, in Standish ; m. Eliza Wescott, of Gorham, Dec. 26, 1841 ; d. Feb. 15, 1855 ; kept the Lake House 45 years ago. He weighed 330 pounds; father of Benjamin F. Chadbourne, Esq., railroad commissioner for Maine, b. Mar. 10, 1849.
2. HENRY M., b. July 8, 1818; m. Emily Wescott (sister of Eliza), Jan. 14, 1844, and has been for many years proprietor of the Lake House. EDWIN, b. Jan. 19. 1821 ; d. in California, Nov. 20, 1852.
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4. LUCY A., b. May 28, 1823 ; m. Theodore M. Bradbury, Esq., of Standish, June 28, 1848.
5. GEORGE G., b. June 28, 1825 ; was killed in a mine in California, Jan. 28, 1853.
6. ELIZA T., b. Apr. 29, 1827 ; m. Hon. Mark D. L. Lane, known as Judge Lane, Apr. 28, 1854, and resides at Standish Corner.
Jeremiah Chadbourne, one of the family of giants, settled in Buxton on the road leading from "Shadagee " to Dearborn's hill. He m. Sarah and had issue, as will appear following. He was a big, jolly, old farmer, who took all the comfort he could, rain or shine, "while the days were going by" ; d. June 16, 1852. Six of the children were b. in Limerick, hence I suppose the parents did not remove to Buxton till after 1818.
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1. WILLIAM, b. July 15, 1806; lived just below Shadagee schoolhouse on the Saco road. He had a family of daughters; was an "easy-going" sort of man, quiet and unobtrusive, but did not take kindly to "back- aching" work. He used to "putter round" with a "second-handed horse," and managed by "hook and crook" to eke out a comfortable liv- ing. It was proverbial that " Uncle Bill Chadbourne " could hide away more food at a neighbor's dinner table than any man known. It was reported of him that having delayed payment for several barrels of flour which he had purchased " on tick " in Portland, for several years, and being reminded by his creditor of the indebtedness, he replied : "You said to me, sir, when you sold me the flour, that you would wait for your pay as long as I wished ; you haven't begun to wait yet."
2. PHEBE, b. Nov. 24, 1808.
3. MARY A., b. Aug. 3, 1811.
4. JEREMIAH, b. Jan. 2, 1814; lived on the homestead. He was a farmer who for many years followed teaming from the lumber mills at Moder- ation to Portland; latterly to Buxton Centre railway station. He was a large, powerful, blunt-spoken but good-natured inan, who held the respect of his townsmen. When the load went hard up Hancock's hill how Jere would shout : "Her, Goldin!" Mrs. Chadbourne d. Aug. 31, I854.
5. SARAH, b. May 19, 1816; d. Nov. 7, 1837.
6. HANNAH, b. Dec. 8, 1818; d. Oct. 30, 1839.
7. PAUL, b. Jan. 6, 1825; d. April 8, 1828.
SANFORD BRANCH.
Many sub-branches of this numerous family of Chadbournes have been planted along the Saco valley and in adjacent towns. It will be necessary to allow space for an extensive pedigree to secure intelligible connections.
James Chadbourne, b. Sept. 29, 1684, in Kittery; m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Hatch and the widow of Joshua Downing, Jr., by whom he had the following children, whose births are recorded in said town :
I. JAMES, b. May 23, 1714.
2. JOHN, b. Mar. 23, 1716; m. Mary Spinney, who was b. in 1722, and settled in Phillipstown, where he received by deed from his brother James one lot of land in 1757. He united with the First Congrega- tional church in Wells, Feb. 29, 1756. He served in Capt. Jonathan Bean's company from Dec. 10, 1747, to Mar. 15, 1748; was styled "blacksmith." His wife d. Jan. 10, 1789; he d. Apr. 5, 1789. Children :
I. ELEAZAR, m. Anna Greenleaf (?), Anna Harmon (?), and certainly a dau. of Deacon Hains, of Cornish, Me., about 1758. He d. about IS17, aged 60. Issue as follows :
(1). George, who lived at
(2). John, b. May 10, 1778; m. Sophia Littlefield; had issue, nine children ; d. Mar. 24, 1860. Wife d. June 20, 1860. He was ordained in 1818, in the second parish of Shapleigh, Me. He removed from the latter town to Sanford, near the "Corner,"
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thence to South Sanford, and afterwards to Hiram Bridge, where he is said to have d. Issue as follows :
(1). George, b. Apr. 11, 1798; settled at Great Falls.
(11). William, b. May 18, 1801 ; m. Betsey R. Rankin, and had five children ; lived at Amesbury, Mass.
(111). Joseph, b. May 18, 1801 ; m. Rhoda Telker; one child.
(IV). Ivory, b. Aug. 16, 1803; d. at sea in 1838.
(v). Samuel, b. Aug. 3, 1807 ; m. Sophronia W. Odione, and had seven children.
(VI). Mchitable.
(VII). John.
(VIII). Phobe.
(1x). Adoniram J.
(3). Samuel, d. unmarried in Sanford, Jan. 12, 1859, aged 84; an "insane man."
(4). William, d. unmarried, aged 20.
(5). Mehritable, m. - Grant.
(6. Olive, m. Dr. Linscott, of Sanford.
(7). Nephtali, b. Aug. 28, 1784; m., Feb. 19, 1811, Eunice Weymouth, of Berwick, who was h. Feb. 19, 1792, and d. in Boston, Oct. 7, 1874. He d. Dec. 10, 1843. He resided in Sanford, where his ten children were born.
(1). Harmon, b. Mar. 9, 1812.
(11). Horace P., b. May 17, 1813 ; m. Olive Murry, who was b. Sept. 19, 1813, and had one son, Charles F .. b. Feb. 26, 1852.
(111). Cyrus K., b. Nov. 17. 1815; d. unmarried, Nov. 22, 1839.
(IV). Bradford H., b. Apr. 8, 1819; m. Sarah Nowell, of York, Me .. who was b. Sept. 5, 1819. He d. Oct. 2, 1860; cabinet maker in Boston. Issue :
(a). Cyrus H., b. Mar. 19, 1844; d. Jan. 20, 1866.
(b). Charles H., b. Mar. 21, 1846; d. Feb. 5, 1863.
(c). Eliza E., b. Dec. 18, 1848.
(d). Hattie A., b. Feb. 25, 1852; m., June 3, 1874, Arthur J. Bates.
(e). Bradford, b. June 24, 1855; d. July 14th.
(f). Sarah, b. June 24, 1855.
(v). Ivory, b. Sept. 18, 1821 ; d. Apr. 4, 1826.
(VI). Otis R., b. Jan. 8, 1824; m. Patience E. Hobbs, b. in Sanford, Me., Nov. 22, 1824, and had two children : Webb HI., b. 1847, d. Dec. 25, 1863, and Harris, b. 1849.
(VII). Ivory II., b. Sept. 12, 1826; m. Sarah E. Watrous, b. in Bos- ton, Mar. 23, 1836 .; carpenter in Boston. Four children :
(a). Cora II'., b. Sept. 18, 1856.
(b). Ida IF'., b. Nov. 9, 1858.
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(c). Cosme I., b. Jan. 13, 1868.
(d). Grace E., b. Aug. 15, 1871.
(VIII). Mary A., b. Dec. 12, 1828; m. Joel Linscott, of York, Me., b. July 14, 1828, and had three children :
(a). Harmon C., b. Oct. 29, 1856.
(b). Emma II'., b. Dec. 4, 1858.
(c). Herbert, b. June 9, 1867.
IX ). William, b. Aug. 31, 1831 ; d. Sept. 18, 1832.
x). William L., b. June 16, 1833 ; m. Emily J. Shaw, of York, Me., b. Nov. 19, 1836, and had in 1877, two children. He has worked in Chickering's piano factory, Boston.
(a). Alice L., b. Aug. 24, 1864.
(b.) Chester E., b. Oct. 16, 1866.
REV. JOHN, b. Mar. 24, 1752; m., in Berwick, Me., Oct. 27, 1774, Elizabeth Grant, who was b. in Berwick, Jan. 9, 1852. He d. in Dix- mont, Me., Feb. 25, 1831 ; wife d. there May 23, 1837. He was a mill-wright by trade, and purchased a mill site in Dixmont in 1806. He left Harrison that year with his two sons, Daniel and John, and walked through the wilderness to his new land, where he immediately built a grist-mill. He was the father of nine children whose names will follow :
(1). Daniel, b. Oct. 3, 1775, in Sanford; m. Sarah Hardeson, and set- tled in Monroe Me., where he d. Jan. 5. 1848. Four children :
(1). Julia A., b. May 27, 1816; d. Apr. 11, 1842.
(11). Elizabeth, b. 1818.
(III). Mary S., b. Oct. 16, 1819.
(IV). John S., b. Nov .. 1821, at Dixmont.
(2). Eley, b. Nov. 27, 1777, in Sanford ; m. Samnel Shurburn and had children ; second, Robertson Whitney, by whom four children. She d. in Newburgh, in 1858.
(3). Polly, b. Aug. 2, 1780, in Sanford; in., July 3, 1803, Daniel Saw- yer and d. in 1843. Seven children.
(4). James, b. Jan. 12, 1783, in Sanford: d. in New Gloucester, Me., Jan. 1, 1835. He m. Betsey Beck, June 12, 1809, who d. Sept. 9, 1812, and he m., Apr. 20, 1814, Mary Beck, by whom he had ten children, all b. in Portland.
(5). Sarah, b. June 29, 1785, in Sanford; m. Benjamin Folsum, and d. in 1849.
(6). Eliza, b. Jan. 1, 1788; m. Sylvester T. Skinner, by whom she had issue. She d. in 1820.
(7). Jolin, b. July 21, 1790, in Cornish, Me .; settled in Dixmont in 1806; m. Betsey Stevens in Jan., 1819, by whom he had eight children. He d. Mar. 19, 1866; she d. Feb., 1840.
(8). Benjamin, b. Jan. 19, 1793, in Cornish, Me. He was drowned, Aug. 1, 1821.
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(9). Hannah, b. Oct. 1, 1795, in Bethel, Me .; m. Benjamin Grant, who was killed in the Mexican war.
III. JAMES H., b. Feb. 4, 1758; m. Deborah, dau. of Deacon Harmon, of Sanford, b. May 8, 1760. He d. in 1838. These had ten children.
(1). Benjamin H., b. Sept. 15. 1781 ; m. Polly, dau. of a Mr. Powers, who m. the widow of Samuel Harmon, of Sanford, and sister of Nathan Powers. He settled in Harrison, Me., as early as 1807, building his house on the northwest side of the " Hobb's hill," on land since owned by Stephen Whitney, and on the left side of the road leading from Anonymous pond to the " Old Baptist meet- ing-house," where the cellar could be seen in 1876. He was a mason by trade; a man of gigantic physical strength who had been known to carry two bushels of grain several miles on his shoulders. He walked from Sanford to Harrison when aged, took a violent cold, and d. Sept. 5, 1844. llis children, eleven in number, named as follows:
(1). Lowell P., b. Aug. 14, 1807; m. Darliska, dau. of Samuel Wil- lard. of Harrison (see Willard family), and d. in 1844-48. His widow m. to Daniel Scribner in 1848. One son.
(II). James M., b. July 5, 1809: m. Ruth, dau. of Nicholas Bray, and went to Whitefield, N. H. He afterwards returned to Har- rison, and thenc'e to Amesbury, Mass., where his descendants reside. No records of children.
(III). Hannah H., b. Nov. 18, ISI1; m. to Jeremiah Moulton, of Sanford, and lived there.
(IV). Benjamin H., b. Oct. 4, 1813; m. Jane Chase, of Edgecomb, and settled at Lancaster, N. H., where he kept a store, and filled the office of deputy sheriff. He afterwards went to Illi- nois, and during the war of the Rebellion sympathized with the South.
(v). Thomas II"., b. Nov. 23, 1816; m. Emma I). Arnold, Mar. 10, 1838, and resided in Rockland or Boothbay. He was police- man and high sheriff in 1858; afterwards m. a second wife and removed to Boston, where he was engaged in business with John Holman, his brother-in-law.
(VI). Nathan P., b. June 27, 1819; no other information.
(VII). Mary W., b. Sept. 28, 1821 ; d. unmarried.
(VIII). Deborah H., b. Apr. 13, 1825 ; m. John Holman.
(1X). Sarah P., b. May 5, 1827 ; d. in the East.
(x) Alfred H., b. Apr. 7, 1830: went to St. Johnsbury, Vt., and learned the moulder's trade, in the employ of the " Fairbanks' Scale Company," and afterwards served as clerk for a steam- mill company there. He subsequently went South and espoused the rebel cause, served in the Southern army, and, returning. went into business with his brother-in-law. John Holman.
(XI). Dorothy S., b. Aug. 8, 1862 ; no particulars.
(2). Levi, son of James, had two children, James and Mercy, of whom I know nothing.
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(3) George, son of James, b. Feb. 21, 1797 ; m. Asenath Hobbs, and had children named as follows : George, James, William.
(4) Mchitable.
(5). Anna.
(6). Mary.
(7). Theodate, m. Jonathan Moulton and had issue.
(8). William.
I. WILLIAM, son of Joshua, of Cornish, Me., m., first, Eleanor Wilson ; second, Lydia Hubbard. He had nine children by his first wife. He d. Dec. 2. 1827.
I. BETSEY, b. 1784; d. Nov. 12, 1820.
1I. JOSHUA, m. Judy Johnson. He d. July 23, 1818.
III. JOHN M., b. Aug. 6, 1786, in Cornish, Me .; m. Lydia Boynton, and had issue, six children. He d. about 1816; wife d. about 1827.
(1). Joseph, b. in 1812; d. 1868.
(2). Reuben, b. in 1814.
(3). Ellen, b. in 1816.
(4). Betsey, b. in 1818; d. 1853.
(5). John, b. in 1820. (6). George, b. in 1822 ; d. 1855.
IV. SUSAN, d. unmarried, Nov. 22, 1832.
V. GEORGE, d. unmarried, Nov. 24, 1820.
VI. NATHAN S., b. May 1, 1791, in Cornish, Me .; m. Feb. 12, 1818, to Abigail Boody (or Boothby). He d. in 1869. Seven children.
(1). Azariah B., b. Dec. 19, 1818 ; m. Ellen E. Goodwin in 1870, and had issue.
(2). Lucy A., b. Dec. 1, 1821, in Cornish, Me .; m. William Bickford, of Sebago.
(3). Lydia, b. Jan. 7, 1824; m. Reuben Sanborn, and had issue; d. Feb. 24, 1868.
(4). Nathan, b. Aug. 11, 1827 ; settled in Sebago.
(5). Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1829; m. E. R. Staples.
(6). Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1834; m. A. B. Sanborn.
(7). George MI., b. Mar. 23, 1836; m. Sarah T. Wiggin.
VII. SAMUEL, m., first, Dorcas Coffin, by whom three children ; second, Mary Staples, by whom three children.
(1.) Joshua, b. Jan. 9, 1816; m., first, Elizabeth Ellis; second, Sarah Ellis; resided in Biddeford.
(2). Hannah, b. May 17, 1818; d. Oct. 30, 1830.
(3) Dorcas, b. Nov. 1, 1820; m. Israel Smith.
(4) Eliza, b. 1826; m. N. W. Adams.
(5). William, b. 1828; m. Emily Hatch. One son.
(6). Susan, b. 1831 ; m. Henry Warren.
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VIII. SARAH, b. 1799, in Cornish ; unmarried.
IX. WILLIAM, b. 1803; m. Betsey Smith. One daughter, Mary B.
2. JOSEPH, son of Joshua, b. 1754; m. Elizabeth Ayer. He d. Dec. 24, 1844, aged So. Four children :
I. HUMPHREY A., b. Apr. 2, 1795, in Hiram. He removed to Fryeburg; m. Betsey Chaney, of Limington, by whom he had sixteen children.
II. BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 14, 1798, in Hiram, Me .; settled in Bridgton, and had a son. George E. Chadbourne, Esq., of North Bridgton.
III. MARTHA, m. Samuel Bradley.
IV. NANCY, m. Samuel Strout.
3. GEORGE, ) drowned together when young men, in Sanford (Mousam
4. JOSHUA, ยง river), where Joshua had a mill.
5. BETSEY, bapt. at Wells, Mar. 11, 1756 ; m. Joseph Thompson.
6. Lucy, bapt. at Wells, Mar. 11, 1756 ; m. Samuel Hanson.
7. SARAH, m. William Stover.
8. JERUSHA, m. Henry Cole.
9. SUSAN, m. William Hill.
IO. PATTY, never married.
Clan Family.
Clay, an English surname derived from the soil, and allied to Clayton and Clayfield. The race bearing this name is now represented in England by SIR GEORGE CLAY, Bart., eldest son of late SIR WILLIAM CLAY, Bart., M. P., of Fulwell Lodge, Middlesex. Two or more branches came early to the Ameri- can colonies ; one was established in the South and produced the HON. HENRY CLAY, statesman and orator; the other in the New England states, especially in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Richard Clay came early to Biddeford, and by wife Rachel had seven children born there. He was one of the earliest settlers in Narragansett town- ship, No. 1, now Buxton, having removed as soon as 1755. He d. Sept. 27, 1801, and the record reads: "Supposed to be the oldest man in town." Chil- dren's births recorded in Biddeford and Saco, the latter b. in Narragansett, and entered upon the town books, Sept. 24, 1768 " by desire of Mr. Clay."
I. RICHARD, b. June 3, 1739 ; served in Continental army.
2. JONATHAN, b. June 4, 1741.
3. SARAH, b. April 27, 1743.
4. DANIEL, b. July 12, 1745.
NOTE .- John and Joshua Chadbourne, of Phillipstown, now Sanford. united with First Con- gregational church in Wells, Me., Feb. 29, 1756. Samuel, Joshua, and John, of Phillipstown, served in the company of Capt Jonathan Bean from Dec. 10. 1747 to Nov. 15, 1748. James, of Kit- tery, took up lots of land in Phillipstown, 1739, and built a saw-mill on the Mousam river. He deeded a lot to John Chadbourne, blacksmith, of Phillipstown, in 1757. Joshua was living there in 1777. Samuel Chadbourne took up a lot in that township in 1739, which he sold in 1748. Two of the first settlers of this name lived for some time in a camp there.
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5. RACHEL, b. May 10, 1748; d. an infant.
6. THOMAS, b. Dec. 20, 1750.
7. BENJAMIN, b. June 7, 1753 ; served in Revolution.
8. MOLLY, b. July 1, 1756.
9. RACHEL, b. Jan. 5, 1759 ; m. James Rounds, Dec. 13, 1781.
10. JEMIMA, b. Feb. 15, 1761.
11. ABIGAIL, b. July 7, 1763.
12. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 11, 1765; m. Nathaniel Cole, Mar. 16, 1787.
Jonathan Clay, b. June 4, 1741 ; m. Esther Flood, of Buxton, Sept. 25,
1783. She d. Nov. 9, 1830; he d. Feb., 1839. Children, b. in Buxton :
I . ANNA, b. Mar. 20, 1784.
2. JOHN, b. April 1, 1786.
3. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 15, 1788 ; d. Apr. 30, 1872.
4. JAMES, b. Oct., 1790.
5. SAMUEL, b. Dec., 1797.
6. MARY, b. 1799.
7. SIMEON, b. Oct., 1801.
8. ESTHER, b. Aug., 1804.
Daniel Clay, son of Richard, b. July 12, 1745; m. Jerusha - , settled in Buxton, and d. there in May, 1810. His children were as follows :
I. SARAH, b. Nov. 17, 1772.
2. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 13, 1774.
3. RICHARD, b. Aug. 17, 1780; removed to Pittston, Me., in 1799; m. Olive Bradstreet, May 17, 1803 ; she d. in 1818, and he m., second, in 1819, Rebecca Purington. He lived in Gardiner; d. Sept. 29, 1848. Children :
I. NANCY, b. 1806; m. John Plaisted.
II. EMELINE M., b. 1808; m. Charles Gardner, of Boston.
I11. OLIVE, b. IS10; m. Loring Macomber, who d. in 1837, and she m., second, N. B. Norton.
IV. SARAH, b. 1812; m. Samuel Springer.
V. JAMES A., b. 1814 ; m. Emily S. Stevens, of Hallowell, and had James, b. Nov. 15, 1836; Clarentine, b. Oct. 11, 1838.
VI. HENRY T., b. 1817 ; m. Susan M. Sprague; moved to Boston in 1847. Children : Marcellus J., Sarah E., Josephine A., Ella E., Richard F.
4. MIRIAM, b. May 19, 1782.
5. HANNAH, b. Dec. 19, 1785.
6. DANIEL, b. June 3, 1788.
7. SAMUEL, b. May 17, 1791.
Rev. Jonathan Clay, son of Daniel and Jerusha, b. Dec. 13, 1774; m. Esther Thompson, of Buxton, Nov. 28, 1799, and had issue. He was well known as "Elder Clay," and the church where he preached as the "Clay meeting-house," which was at North Buxton. He was one of the " old school
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ministers," straight-laced, grave, and "solemn as eternity." His voice was deep, sonorous, and rose and fell like a boat upon gentle waves. A good man, "faults excepted." He d. Feb. 20, 1849 ; his wife predeceased him, June 22, 1843. Children :
I. JAMES, b. June 5, 1800.
2. SAMUEL b. Sept. 30, 1802; d. in infancy.
3. RICHARD, b. Feb. 9, 1804.
4. ELSEY, b. Mar. 20, 1807 ; d. Apr., 1810.
5. HARRIET, b. Oct. 16, 1809.
6. NANCY, b. Jan. 12, 1812.
7. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 25, 1816.
8. MARY, b. Aug.' 23, 1820.
9. JONATHAN, b. Jan., 1823.
Capt. Samuel Clay, son of Jonathan, Ist, b. Dec., 1797 ; m. Mary Watts, settled in Buxton, and had issue, born there. His wife d. Aug. 13, 1866 ; he d. Apr. 5, 1874. Children :
I. CHARLES W., b. May 23, 1830; d. May 15, 1832.
2. ABBY W., b. Mar. 30, 1832.
3. CAROLINE B., b. Aug. 10, 1834.
4. MARTHA E., b. Mar. 6, 1840.
James Clay, son of Jonathan, Ist, b. Oct., 1790; m. Ann -, and had children, b. in Buxton, whose names will follow. He d. Mar. 29, 1822.
I. JAMES, b. Apr. 7, 1814.
2. ELI, b. Jan. 16, 1817.
3. SUSAN, b. Apr. 12, 1819.
James Clay, son of Elder Jonathan, b. June 5, 1800; m. Eliza -- , and had a numerous family. His wife d. Feb. 15, 1849; he d. Apr. 4, 1872.
I. GRACE, b. Aug. 5, 1821; m. William Redlon, of Buxton.
2. HARRIET, b. Mar. 16, 1824; m. McCorrison ; d. Mar. 31, 1872.
3. ELIZA, b. Nov. 3, 1825 ; d. Sept. 17, 1865.
4. JAMES H., b. Nov. 26, 1827.
5. LYDIA A., b. June 5, 1831.
6. ESTHER, b. Mar. 21, 1833 ; d. Mar. 14. 1854.
7. JONATHAN, b. May 19, 1836 ; d. Aug. 25, 1837.
S. MARY E., b. Jan. 22, 1839 ; d. Apr. 30, 1854.
9. DANIEL F., b. Apr. 28, 1844.
James Clay, son of Jonathan, b. in Buxton, Aug. 6, 1789; m. Olive El- well, and in 1816 went to Chatham, N. H., to open a clearing in the wilder- ness for a home. He "pitched" on "Langdon's Location," so-called, a mile from any other settlement, cutting the first tree on the claim. Here he built a rude log-house and barn, and was taxed that year "on two oxen, one cow, one hundred and seventy-seven acres of land, and buildings valued at twelve dollars." He received a deed of his land from his father July 1, 1818, the same year of his marriage, and settled down to domestic life and hard work. He
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eventually engaged in lumbering and acquired a handsome competency. In 1833 he built the house where his son ITHIEL now lives, and made that his residence till his death, Dec. 29, 1865. His wife d. Sept. 27, 1862. A beau- tiful monument, erected in 1883, marks their place of rest. Children as fol- lows :
I. HON. ITHIEL E., b. in Chatham. N. H., Aug. 26, 1819; m. Oct. 26, 1862, Caroline C., dau. of Jonathan K. and Phebe (Clements) East- man. He was educated in the common schools and at Bridgton Acad- emy, and became a successful teacher; was two years clerk in a store at Lovell, Me .; engaged extensively in lumber speculation and has be- come a man of wealth, owning several farms and much wood and tim- ber land. He lost $30,000 worth of timber by a hurricane, in 1883, and by three failures $30,000 more ; is fond of fine stock and agricul- tural improvement, and calls his fine homestead "Winnecumet Farm"; was postmaster sixteen years; justice of the peace rising thirty years ; selectman and town clerk many years; representative in 1859-60 and from 1881 to 1884, serving on important committees ; was a recruiting officer during the Civil war; has been on the "Forestry Commission "; has been mentioned as a candidate for governor of New Hampshire; a man of pronounced convictions and strict integrity.
2. JOHN C., b. Sept. 4, 1821 ; m. Mary Bouzie and resides in New Jersey.
3. MEHITABLE E., b. Sept. 7, 1823; in. Alfred Eaton; lives in Stowe, Me.
4. MASON H., b. Mar. 14, 1826; m. Maria Carlton and settled in Chat- ham, N. H.
5. ABBIE A., b. Oct. 16, 1828; m. Francis Smith and lived in Hollis, Me.
6. MERRITT E., b. July 20, 1831 ; m. Maria Abbott; resides in Stowe, Me.
Clemons Family.
This surname is spelled variously as follows: Clemens, Clemons, Clement, Clemonds, and Clermont. It was probably derived from that of seventeen popes, of which Clemens Romanus, mentioned in the Epistle to the Phillippi- ans, is said to be the first. He was accounted as one of the Apostolic fathers. He died as bishop of the church of Rome in the year 182. Titus Clemens was a distinguished father of the Christian church who flourished at the close of the second and beginning of the third century. He was born at Athens. One of his hymns is preserved. The catholicity of his mind procured him the name of heretic, and lost him that of saint.
The family is now numerous in England and Ireland, and it is believed that the New England branches came from the former country.
John Clemons was a native of Danvers, Mass., where he m. Abigail South- wick or Sudrick, Oct. 27, 1757. He was a descendant of one of two children kidnapped on the coast of England and brought to Massachusetts, where they were separated never to meet again. John and Abigail came to Brownfield, east of the Saco river, in 1779, with six children. He settled near Island bridge
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and near Clemons hill. They were living in Brownfield on the dark day of 1780, but in October of that year came to Hiram. He and his family passed the first night at the log-house of Capt. John Lane on the west side of the Saco. As Capt. Lane had a family of twenty-two children and Mr. Clemons six, they could not all assemble at one table, consequently Mrs. Lane poured a couple of quarts of bean porridge into the depressed leather bottom of an old chair, around which the Clemons children gathered with clam shells or wooden spoons and ate their supper, an event they remembered well, and often related the circumstances to their descendants.
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