Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 73

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
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4. EMILY,5 b. July 11, 1832; m. Sanford A. Morgan, Nov. 12, 1856.

5. MARY E.,6 b. Jan. 29, 1836; d. Dec. 2, 1883.

6. DANIEL W.,6 b. Aug. 23, 1840; in. Kate A. Colver, Nov. 25, 1863. He has been connected with insurance agencies : was appointed secretary of state of Connecticut, filling out Appelman's term under Jewell, in 1873. He m. second, July 5, 1889, Elizabeth Seymore.

7. EDMUND,6 b. Feb. 24, 1844; in. Alice Cornelius, July 2, 1865, and has Mary Edna,7 b. Apr. 5, 1876.

8. WILLIAM C.,6 b. Aug. 14, 1845; m. Anna White, Oct. 14, 1869, and has Clarence Standish,7 b. Feb. 2, 1878.

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND ABBY :

I. MARY A.,6 b. Aug. 17, 1827 ; m. William B. Smith, of Salem, Mass., and has children and grandchildren.

2. SAMUEL,6 b. May 16, 1830; m. Elizabeth Gallup, of Suffield, Conn., and has five children, Fannie M., m. Matthias Wisen Baker ; Eliza- beth C .. 7 m. Nathan Williams; Martha G.," Abby H.,7 Lorena P.3

3. HELEN M.," b. Nov. 21, 1835; m. Benjamin S. Kennicott, Apr. 6, 1868, and has three daughters.

4. JOHN H.,6 b. and d. at Ashford, Conn.

5. JOHN S.,6 b. Jan. 27, 1842 ; m. Julia Williams, who d. Aug. 13, 1871. He m., second, Adelaide Ferre, Agawaum, Mass., Oct. 25, 1872, and has issue, Charles F., Helena J.,7 and George S.7

CHILDREN OF GILBERT AND ELIZABETH:

1. LAURA S.,6 b. May 25, 1819 ; d. Oct. 16, 1847.

2. SARAH A.," b. Aug. 13, 1820; m. Justin Foote, Sept. 20, 1840; d. Oct. 3, 1851, leaving five children at Gratton, N. Y.

3. GEORGE G.,6 b. Mar. 16, 1822; m. Sarah S. Bowman, Mar. 6, 1848, and resides at Waverly, N. Y., on a farm. Five children as follows :

I. GEORGE F.,7 b. May 7, 1849; m. Teresa Hornbeck, Nov. 25, 1874, and has Ruth,8 b. June 13, 1881.

II. SARAH A.,7 b. Oct. 18, 1851.

III. ALICE,7 b. June 5, 1853 ; m. Addison Ellis, Mar. 6, 1874, and has three children.

IV. ELIZABETH,7 b. Dec. 10, 1855; m. Willie H. Swain, Apr. 6, 1881, and has issue.

V. NETTIE, b. Nov. 10, 1857 ; m. Theodore Hardin, Jan. 17, 1884, and has issue.

4. LEROY,6 b. July 15, 1823; m. Aletta Beecham, March 11, 1847, and resides on a farm at Waverly, N. Y., and rents houses. Issue, Addie C.,7 b. July 25, 1857 ; m. Frank M. Smith, Mar. 27, 1879.

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5. LUCY A.,6 b. Mar. 3, 1828 ; d. June 27, 1871.

6. HOBART,6 b. Jan. 29, 1830; m. Lucinda Hollenbeck, Oct. 27, 1851 ; she d. Aug. 20, 1883. He is a farmer in Waverly, N. Y. Children :

1. HARRIET E.,7 b. Nov. 6, 1853 ; m. Cyrus Johnson, Jan. 29, 1872, and has issue.

II. FRANCES J.,7 b. Feb. 20. 1856; m. Ira Lee.

III. GILBERT B.,7 b. July 17, 1869; m. Harriet Knapp, Nov. 6, 1891.

7. MARTIN V. B.,6 b. Oct. 23, 1832 ; d. Aug. 17, 1833.

S. DEWITT J.,6 b. Oct. 2, 1837 ; m. Irene R. Hedges, July 29, 1863, she b. in Barton, Tioga County, N. Y. They settled in Belvidere, Ill., in 1867 ; removed to Garden Prairie, Ill., March, 1881, where he resides ; blacksmith by trade. Five children :

I. INA D.,7 b. May 2, 1866; m. William Curtis, Oct. 5, 1893.

II. MARY E.,7 b. Mar. 27, 1868 ; m. Thomas Porter, Dec. 16, 1891.

III. NELLIE M.,7 b. Jan. 3, 1873.

IV. JOSEPHINE,7 b. Aug. 6, 1875.

V. JAY D.,7 b. Oct. 21, 1881.

CHILDREN OF ERASTUS AND ELIZA:

I. GILBERT W.,6 b. Aug. 4, 1835; m. 1863; farmer.

2. HELEN M.,6 b. Mar. 15, 1837.

3. ERASTUS, JR.,6 b. Jan. 3, 1839 ; d. Nov., 1889.

4 . ALBERT A.," b. Feb. 27, 1841; d. Sept. 18, 1842.

5. FRANCES, 6 b. Aug. 29, 1845; d. Apr. 29, 1846.

6. MARY F.,6 b. Dec. 17, 1861; m. Frank Watson, Sept. 23, 1879 ; resi- dence, Cortland, N. Y.

CHILDREN OF ISAAC AND CLARISSA:

1. CHARLES A.,6 b. May 9, 1829; m. Mary J. Tucker, Nov. 6, 1876, and resides on a farm in Spofford, N. Y. ; has Charles B.,7 b. July 25, 1882.

2. FRANCES J.,6 b. Nov. 23, 1830; m. Irving A. Wheeler, of Stonington, Conn., Dec., 1859, and lives in Providence, R. 1.

3. SARAH T.,6 b. June 16, 1832; m. Gilbert I. Honywell, in 1838, and lives at Homer, N. Y.

4. ISAAC,6 b. Oct. 16, 1834; m. Evaline D. Spencer, Mar. 13, 1861, and resides in Cortland, N. Y. His son, Ernest J.,7 b. Jan. 10, 1867, is now a lawyer at Syracuse, N. Y.

5 MARTIN, 6 b. June 7, 1836; m. Emily G. Merritt, Nov. 13, 1866. He is a shoe dealer ; residence, Cortland, N. Y. Six children as follows :

I. LENA E.,7 b. Dec. 23, 1867.

II. LOUIS E.," b. Aug. 24, 1869.

III. J. GRACE,7 b. Nov. 23, 1873.

IV. M. GLENN,7 b. Oct. 3, 1875.

v. ALLYN J.,7 b. Apr. 25, 1878.

VI. R. IRENE,7 b. June 28, 1891.

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6. GEORGE W., 6 b. Nov. 23, -; m. F. Endell Squires, July 9, 1872, and resides in Cortland, N. Y .; had James E.,7 b. July 9, 1873 ; d. Nov. 24, 1878.

7. C'LARK A.,6 b. Jan. 22, 1843; m. Addie Lyon. Nov., 1868 ; residence, South Frankfort, Mich. Children, Oliver C.,7 b. 1870 ; Addie A.,7 b. July 18, 1875.

CHILDREN OF NATHAN, SR., AND JULIA:

I. JULIA,6 b. Dec. 22, 1825; m. Cyrus W. Main, Oct. 27, 1847; d. in Providence, R. I., Oct. 23, 1870.

2. NATHAN S.,6 b. Nov. 4, 1827 ; m. Prudence M. Hallet, Aug. 5, 1852, who d. Oct. 15, 1878, leaving four children. He m. second, Oct. 24, 1882, Sarah J. Stuart. He is a farmer at North Stonington, Conn. Issue :

I. CYRUS H.,7 b. Dec. 23, 1855 : d. Jan. 15, 1863.

II. JULIA E.,7 b. Sept. 5, 1858; m. to John L. York, Sept. 12, 1882, and has children.

III. ANNIE H.,7 b. Dec. 10, 1863; m. Aug. 29, 1885, to John M. Brown- ing, of North Stonington. Children.

IV. HARRIE H.,7 b. Jan. 30, 1869 ; m. Dec. 26, 1889, Lillian L. Ross, and has issue; farmer at North Stonington.

3. HENRY C.,6 b. Feb. 17, 1830; d. Oct. 16, 1848, at North Stonington, Conn.

1. LYDIA E.,“ b. Apr. 18, 1836; m. Dec. 25, 1855, to Albert Nichols and has issue.

5. HOWARD M.,6 b. Apr. 2, 1845; m. Louisa S. Frink, Oct. 11, 1865; she d. Sept. 20, 1870, and he m. second, Sept. 12, 1872, Annie M. Frink, who d. Oct. 23, 1886, and he m. third, Mar. 12, 1888, Annette Lamb. He is a merchant at North Stonington, Conn. Children by sec- ond wife :

I. MARY L.,7 b. Oct. 13, 1874.

II. FRANK H.7

CHILDREN OF THOMAS J. AND MARY A .:

THOMAS," settled in Hartford, Conn.

2. WILLIAM,6 d. on his way to California, in 1849, aged 21 years.

3. BETSEY A.,6 m. Adoniram J. Coombs, and lived in Southbridge, Mass.

4. MARY J.,6 m. Daniel L. Wilcox and lived in Pawtucket, R. I.

5. JOHN F.,6 m. Martha Herron and settled in North Stonington, Conn.

6. HORACE B.,6 b. Jan. 6, 1848, in North Stonington ; m. Carrie A. Reed, of Pawtucket, R. I., Oct. 6, 1870, and has three children. He is by trade a sash and blind maker. His home is in Pawtucket, R. I.

SEVENTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF ROSWELL AND FANNY :

I. ADELAIDE H.,7 b. Jan. 6, 1866 ; a very successful teacher in the public schools for eight years.

2. WILLIAM A.,7 b. Sept. 2, 1867 ; m. Sept. 21, 1890, at Nashville, Tenn., E. Louisa Macon. He was a practical electrician, who managed the

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laying of the first electric railway between Marlboro and Boston when but 21 years of age. He was afterwards employed in Maryland, Illinois, and Tennessee, where he died.

3. HOWARD A.,7 b. Aug. 14, 1869 ; m. Nellie Whiting, at Groton, Conn., May 28, 1892. He is in the dry goods business, having been connected with some of the best houses in Brooklyn. N. Y., for a number of years; now with W. E. Landers & Co., of New London, Conn. ; has one child, l'iola,8 b. July 16, 1893.

4. ROSWELL S.,1 b. July 27, 1871 ; a mechanic in Essex, Conn.

5 FANNY A.,7 b. June 13, 1874; d. in infancy.

BY SECOND WIFE:

6. RUTH E.,7 b. in June, 1881.

7. HAROLD T.," b. Sept. 16, 1882.

CHILDREN OF HORACE AND CARRIE:

I. HENRY R.,7 b. Aug. 8, 1871 ; now ( 1894) assistant superintendent of the Kidder Press Co., with business in Boston.

2. HORACE A.,7 b. May 3, 1873; m. May 9, 1893, to Caroline H. Loring, of Alston, Mass. He is secretary of the Kidder Press Co., of Boston, where he resides.

3. ANNA C.,7 b. Nov. 5, 1883, unmarried.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND -:

I. HARRY H.,7 m. - Depra, of Allegheny City, Pa., and is now resid- ing in Baltimore, Md., where he is engaged in business ; has three chil- dren, Ruth C.,8 Guy,8 and Harry D.8

2. GURDEN G.7

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EDGECOMB FAMILY OF MAINE.

Nicholas Edgecomb, descended from a junior branch of the ancient and distinguished family in Devonshire, England, came to Blue Point, Scarborough, Me., as early as 1639, and opened a plantation on a tract of land, consisting of fifty acres, rented of Capt. Richard Bonython. He took the oath of sub- mission to Massachusetts, July 13, 1658. Probably continued at Scarborough till 1660, when he sold his house and land at Blue Point to Christopher Col- lins. He was a juryman in Biddeford, which then included Saco, in 1661, and Mar. 20, 1662, he purchased fifty acres of land on Goose Fair brook in Saco, to be paid for in good merchantable bread corn at the rate of five shil- lings sterling per year, and two days' work, one at planting and the other at harvest time. His wife's name was Wilmot. In a deposition by Judith Gib- bins, she stated that while at the house of Nicholas Edgecomb, about a month before his death, he declared that he wished his son ROBERT to have his prop- erty to maintain his mother. He died in 1682, and the following inventory of his estate funishes a hint of the material condition of the "common peo- ple " at that time :

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" INVENTORY OF NICHOLAS EDGECOMB, WHO DIED IN 16S2.

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Impremis: 20 acres Marsh land at

Impremis: 30 acres Upland at

I Cow and Calf at four pounds,

I Iron pot 8 shillings,

I Musket 15 shillings

Wearing clothes £5, 5 15 0

It has been stated in history that Nicholas Edgecomb was a man of fair ability and good sense, but from his having made his "mark " upon the docu- ments of his day, and because he did not share to any considerable extent in the government of the province, it has been assumed, and we believe correctly, that he had not enjoyed, or at least had not improved, the common advan- tages of education. The ability to write one's name clearly and gracefully was, from an early period in English history, considered an evidence of edu- cation and good breeding, and the influence of this opinion so far prevailed at the time of Nicholas Edgecomb's early life, that many by constant practice had acquired skill in using the pen who were, otherwise, quite illiterate. In the case of Nicholas Edgecomb, inability to sign his name could not be at- tributed to the trembling infirmity of old age; his failing to do so was no proof that he was not descended from a noble family; especially at the time when the advantages for education in England were not available to the mid- dle class of people.

The number of Nicholas Edgecomb's children cannot be ascertained with certainty. It seems probable that he was married and had sons born to him before coming to New England. I find the names of as many as six persons on the early records of Scarborough and Saco, who were probably his sons ; at least they were contemporary with him too early to have been his grand- sons. But we do not know what became of some of these sons; no evidence of their marriages have been found; their names early disappeared from the town record while those of other members of the family continued there. These sons were in Scarborough during the time of Indian hostilities; they may have been killed or driven away. I find a faint hint that one of this family early removed from the district of Maine. It is on record that a Nicholas Edgecomb, of Marblehead. Mass .. was one of the proprietors of Windham in this state. Now one of the daughters of Nicholas, ist, of Scarborough, MARY by name, married, for her second husband, John Ashton, who removed from Blue Point to Marblehead, and it seems plausible to assume that these two members of the Edgecomb family living in the same town and at the same time were relatives; probably brother and sister. But we shall never disperse all the obscurity that has gathered about family history, and we will now proceed to record the names of those whose fate is better known.

SECOND GENERATION. CHILDREN OF NICHOLAS, IST:

Robert Edgecomb,? said to have been the eldest son of Nicholas and Wilmot, was born at Blue Point in Scarborough, 1656; married Rachel,* daughter of James Gibbins, and settled on the homestead in Saco, having

* The mother of Rachel Edgecomb was Judith, daughter of Thomas Lewis, an original patentee of Saco, and through these connections at the partition of the ffibbins' estate, made in 1730, several shares were assigned to the children and other heirs of Rachel; her descendants have ever since lived on it.

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been chosen by his father to care for his mother in her declining years. His land was on Goose Fair brook, so-called in the records, but the location of the Edgecomb house is not known. His name appears on the records of the first church in Saco; of this he was a member. His wife died in 1724, aged 63 years; he died in 1730, aged 74 years. These were buried at Rendezvous Point, near the bank of Saco river. To this pair were born four children of whom we find record.

John Edgecomb,2 second son of Nicholas, born about 1658 at Blue Point, removed to Saco, and was selectman there in 1686. No record of a family.

Christopher Edgecomb,2 son of Nicholas, was an inhabitant of Scar- borough in 1675.

Michael Edgecomb,? son of Nicholas, was at Blue Point, Scarborough, in 1675.

Miles Edgecomb,2 son of Nicholas, aged 25 in 1676, in a deposition, stated : "I was at Black Point the day and tyme when nine of the Winter Harbor men were fighting with Indians upon the sands opposite said place." It may be that this name should have been Michael. It was clearly " Miles " on record.

Mary Edgecomb,2 danghter of Nicholas, born in Scarborough, Me., was married to George Page, of Biddeford, in 1664. After the death of Page she became the wife of John Ashton, of Blue Point; removed to Marblehead, Mass., where she probably died. She may have left descendants named Page at Saco, as persons of that name have long lived there.

Joanna Edgecomb,? second daughter of Nicholas, born at Blue Point, became the wife of Pyncheon, of Boston.

THIRD GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND RACHEL:

1. ROBERT,3 b. 1695. in Saco ; m. Sarah - , and lived in his native town. He had Goo acres of land laid out to him in 1720; was a member of the First Congregational church in Biddeford. He lived on the Ferry road in Saco; d. Sept. 25, 1764, aged 69 years. His children's names will appear with the fourth generation.

2. THOMAS,3 b. in 1698; m. Sarah, dan. of Pendleton Fletcher, 2d, Dec. 10, 1725. In 1728, he received as a gift, "thirty acres of land in the town common clear of all other grants." He was a farmer on the Ferry road, probably on the place since owned by Samuel Edgecomb. He d. Oct. 17, 1778, aged 80 years. His widow d. Aug. 16, 1790, aged 92. These were buried in the old Ferry burying-ground. Numerous chil- dren's names with fourth generation.

3. JUDITH,3 was m. to Abraham Townsend, of Biddeford, Dec. 8, 1720, and was the mother of a numerous race and her descendants are con- nected with nearly all of the old families in the lower Saco valley towns.

4. MARY,3 m. David Young, from York.

FOURTH GENERATION. CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND SARAH:

I . SARAH,+ b. Apr. 19, 1722, in Saco.

2. RACHEL,4 b. Aug. 20, 1727; m. William Haley, Oct. 26, 1746.

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3. JEMIMA, 4 b. Mar. 18, 1729; m. Benjamin Nason, of Biddeford, Dec. 4, 1747, and settled in Limington, where she d. Feb. 23, 1815, aged 86. This connection shows the relationship between the Nasons. Edgecombs, and Redlons.

1. MARY,4 b. Mar. 31, 1733; m. John Nason, June 6, 1751, being then of Biddeford. He settled in Buxton, where he was many years deacon of the Congregational church, and when old removed to Limington, where he died.

5. CHARITY,4 b. Oct. 6, 1735; m. Thomas Rumery, Jan. 28, 1758, whose numerous descendants are scattered through Biddeford and Hollis.

6. NICHOLAS,4 b. March 13, 1740, m. Mary -, and had issue, four chil- dren; probably more. His wife d. in Saco, May 28, 1774, and some say he m. a second time. He removed to Limington, and was chosen one of the first selectmen at the incorporation in 1792, but had settled several years earlier. There is an old burying-ground on the farm cleared by him, at South Limington, not far from the site of his house, now enclosed by a wall, in which he and his wife were interred, but only rough ledge stones mark the graves. Here many early members of the Edgecomb family lie buried, but only three graves have inscribed monu- ments erected to mark them. Children's names with fifth generation.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND SARAH;

I. THOMAS,4 b. Oct. 19, 1727 ; probably d. young.

2. RACHEL,4 b. May 23, 1730; m. Dec. 29, 1748, to Matthias Redlon, then of Saco, and settled in Narragansett, No. 1, now Buxton. after a resi- dence of thirteen years in Saco, in 1761, removing thence to the planta- tion of Little Falls, now Hollis, in 1782. His house and small store were located a little way back from the Amos Hobson homestead, where the cellar and an old apple-tree could be seen within the last thirty years. After the death of her husband, about IS10, she went across the Saco to live with her son Jacob Ridlon. There is one person still living who remembers her as a very aged woman who was carried over the river in a dug-out to visit her sons, in Hollis. She was about 90 years of age at decease ; buried by the side of her husband on a high knoll near the Nat. Haley homestead.

3. JAMES, 4 b. Nov. 28, 1734; m. Reliance Thompson, sister of Gen. Samuel Thompson, of Brunswick, in 1756, and lived at " Edgecomb's meadow," in Saco. During the Revolution his son James was sick at Yorktown, and he started to visit him, but was taken ill suddenly and d. on the journey. His widow m. Joseph Woodman, and had a child by him, b. Feb, 28, 1784. The descendants of James and Reliance are very numer- ous, and the name Reliance has been continued in nearly every branch of the family.

4. HANNAH,4 b. Sept. 20, 1735: m. Joseph Cousins, of Wells, June 28, 1754, and thus a connection between the families of Cousins, Edge- comb, and Redlon was formed.

5. JOHN,4 b. May 25, 1738. I find no mention of him afterwards and suppose he d. young.

NOTE .- G. Edgecomb, a woman, is mentioned on records, Dec. 9, 1674, and must have been a daughter of Nicholas, Ist.

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6. SAMUEL, + b. Aug. 29, 1739 ; m. Molly Deering, Dec. 7, 1762, and settled at Saco Ferry, where a numerous family of children were b. He died with lock-jaw, July 31, 1795 ; his widow d. Aug. 31, 1826, very aged.

7. GIBBINS, 4 b. May 9, 1743; m. Rhoda Elwell, in Saco, June 21, 1768, and had several children b. in that town. He was mentioned in con- nection with the expedition to Saratoga under Capt. Small, in 1778, and was probably at the defeat at Bagaduce, now Castine, in 1779. He and Rhoda "owned the covenant" of the First Congregational church of Saco, Oct. 15, 1769. He removed to Gardiner, Me., and d. there, Feb. 17, 1817, aged 84 years. His widow d. July 6, 1822. There were eleven children whose record will appear with the fifth generation.

8. ROBERT, 4 bapt. Oct. 27, 1745 ; m. Elizabeth Tarbox (tradition ) and lived in the McKenney neighborhood in the northern part of Saco. He and wife "owned the covenant " of the First Congregational church of Saco, Sept. II, 1771. Records of deaths do not appear. His children's names, far as known, with fifth generation.

FIFTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF NICHOLAS AND MARY:

I. MAJ. NICHOLAS,5 bapt. in Saco, Feb. 23, 1766; m. Sarah Tarbox, of Biddeford, June 20, 1789, and settled in Little Ossipee plantation, now Limington, before 1792, and there, as a farmer, spent the remainder of his days. He was captain in the old militia; afterwards major. His wife, Sarah, by whom issue, d. May 24, 1805, and he was three times afterwards married; to Eunice (Strout) Edgecomb, Oct. 17, 1805; to Rebecca Gilpatrick, Oct. 4, 1807; to Hannah Weatherby, April 1, 1810. Major Edgecomb lived on the road between Barvel creek and Edge- comb's bridge that crosses the Little Ossipee. He and wives were buried on the farm with others of the family, but their graves have no inscribed monuments. Names of twelve children with sixth generation.

2. ROBERT,5 bapt. in Saco, May 3, 1768; m. Susanna McKenney, of Lim- ington, Nov. 7, 1792, and is said to have emigrated to the Northwestern Reserve, in 1800, with the Townsends, Ridlons and other Saco valley families. I suppose the Edgecombs about Beaver Dam, Ohio, are his descendants. This family ordered portraits of Lord Edgecomb which they did not pay for, and promised full records of their connection which they have not furnished.

3 WILLIAM,5 bapt. in Saco, Aug. 19, 1770; m. Eunice Strout, of Limington, and settled in that town. He was killed by a falling tree when a young man, and his widow was m. to his brother Nicholas, by whom she had one son. William and wife had four children, two sons and two daugh- ters, whose names will hereafter appear.

4. MARY,5 bapt. Feb. 14, 1773; m. Benjamin Nason, of Limington, Dec. 20, 1793, and lived in that town.

5. SARAH,5 bapt. Nov. 16, 1779.

6. BENJAMIN,5 bapt. 1782.

CHILDREN OF JAMES AND RELIANCE:

1. JAMES, 5 b. July 25, 1757 ; m. Anna Burnham, of Saco, Mar. 30, 1784, she b. May 18, 1764, and settled on the old Edgecomb homestead in

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the north part of that town, an estate that was part of the Gibbins land inherited by the lieirs of Rachel Edgecomb. He was a soldier of the Revolution; member of the Orthodox church in Scarborough. He d. in 1835, aged 78 years; widow d. Sept., 1839. His children's names will appear with sixth generation.

2. THOMAS,5 b. Oct. 19, 1758, in Saco: m. Mary Foss, of Saco, Jan. II, 1781, and went immediately to Parsonsfield, where he took up an ex- tensive tract of land, from which he cleared a large and valuable farm, part of which, in the north part of the town, is still owned and occupied by his descendants. He was a Revolutionary soldier ; about 84 years of age when he died; wife about 75. These were buried somewhere on the farm, but the place is not known. Names of children with sixth generation.

3. RELIANCE,5 b. July 26, 1760; was burned to death in her father's house Apr. 10, 1767, together with two cousins, Mary Redlon and Elizabeth Fletcher. It is tradition that Mr. Edgecomb and his wife were away on a visit at the time, and did not know of the burning of the house and sad fate of the children until, on his return, he saw smoke rising from the ruins. The bodies were unrecognizable.

4. SARAH,5 b. April 2, 1762 ; d. May 6, 1766.

5. LYDIA,5 b. Sept. 22, 1763; m. Uriah Graffam, Sept. 14, 1784.

6. JOHN,5 b. May 19, 1765, and when young went down east and settled on a tract of land received from his uncle, Gen. Samuel Thompson, now North Bath, where he cleared a valuable farm now owned and occupied by his descendants. He m. Sarah Ham, b. Feb. 6, 1766, and had eight children, whose names will hereafter appear .. He d. June 22, 1843, aged 78 years ; his widow d. Apr. 19, 1847, aged 81 years.

7. AARON,5 b. May 8, 1767 ; m. Elizabeth -, b. in Brunswick, Oct. 25. 1768, and settled in the town of Topsham. He had a family of sons and daughters, whose names will follow with sixth generation, of whom, after much inquiry, but little could be learned.

8. PENDLETON,5 b. Apr. 26, 1770; m. Margaret Main, of Woolwich, and settled at Bath on the west side of the river, his land having been re- ceived from his uncle, Gen. Samuel Thompson. He hewed down the forest and cleared an extensive acreage, now owned and occupied by his posterity, where a great-great-grandson was born in 1893. This place has been named "Mount Edgcumbe" for the seat of the lordly Edgcumbes in Cornwall, England. Pendleton had hewed the timber for his house frame before burning over his "cut-down," and when the fire was put in it communicated with this, and it was only saved by a desperate effort. His children remembered the charred beams in the house where they were born. Mr. Edgecomb was a just and honorable man, highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and his memory was cher- ished with pride and affection by his children. Names of children will appear.

9. EZEKIEL,5 b. June 6, 1773: m. Alice Lane, of Buxton, May 17, 1794, who was b. Sept. 28, 1768; settled in Hollis, where his seven children were born, but I have not been able to trace his descendants down to the present with the fullness desirable.

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DANIEL,5 b. June 11, 1775 ; m. Lydia Peterson ( Patterson ? ) and settled in Bowdoin, where he resided several years. He removed to Lisbon, where he remained until his death, April 29, 1859, at the age of 84; spent his old age in the family of his son Daniel; is said to have been a "good man." Names of children with sixth generation.

IO. SAMUEL,5 b. June 22, 1777 ; m. Miriam Garland, of Buxton, Dec. IS, ISO2, and settled in Hollis, opposite the old town-house at Salmon Falls, on what was locally called "Brigadier hill," he having been a brigadier-general in the war of 1812 ; date of death unknown .* Names of his eight children hereafter.

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Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 73

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