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THIRD GENERATION. CHILDREN OF JOHN AND SUSAN:
1. JOSEPH,3 b. July 28, 1788; married Jane Milliken and lived in Portland, where he died.
*CAPTAIN MALCOMB, father of Mrs. Haley, sailed from Boston as master of a vessel and was captured on the coast of Algiers and made to work as a slave in the mines for eighteen years, when he escaped and made his way home. Supposing him to have been dead his wife had married again, and the captain was, practically, a widower. Tradition does not state how this domestic skein was untangled.
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2. SARAH,3 b. April 11, 1792; m. Levi Berry, of Bridgton, where she and husband died.
3. JOHN,8 b. Apr. 13, 1792; d. in infancy.
4. BENJAMIN,3 lived in Limington ; his wife d. in asylum for insane, at Augusta.
5. WILLIAM,3 b. Feb. 13, 1796, in Waterborough; m. Polly Johnson, dau. of Dennis and Rhoda (who was b. in Limerick, Feb. 23, 1794), April 13, 1815, by David Boyd, Esq .; moved to Sebago, Mar. 10, 1818, then part of Flintstown or Baldwin, where, in the wilderness, they began life in earnest. There were no carriage roads, and their nearest neighbors two miles away across the woods. To reach Hiram they had to cross the outlet between Southeast and Basket ponds. A bridle path was soon cleared to the Bridgton road and other families came from Liming- ton to settle around them. The neighborhood has ever since been called New Limington. A Freewill Baptist church was organized Nov. 19, 1826, by Elder John Stevens. William and Polly Haley were char- ter members. He was chosen deacon and continued in the sacred office until his death, Oct. 18, 1877; a worthy man, who was well and widely known and respected for his upright character and exemplary example as a Christian ; wife d. Mar. 17, 1874. Eleven children; three d. in infancy.
6. MARY,3 b. Oct. 28, 1798 ; m. Strout and had two children ; second, John Usher ; lived and died in Bridgton.
7. RUTH,3 b. Sept. 1, 1800; m. Noah Randall, of Limington, and had issue. See Randall family.
8. PHEBE,3 b. Feb. 20, 1802; m. Eliakim Cobb; lived in Hart's Location, N. H .; died there.
9. JOHN,3 b. Nov. 23, 1803 ; m. Eliza Goodwin; second, Sarah Tripp, of South Hiram.
IO. OLIVER,3 b. June 6, 1805 ; m. Mary -; lived and d. in Waterborough.
II. DANIEL,3 b. Sept. 23, 1806; m. in 1838, Martha L. Adams, of Sebago, who was b. April 13, 1809, in Tamworth, N. H. He d. April 9, 1879, at Bridgton ; his widow d. there, Oct. 27, 1885. Early in life he settled in Biddeford, where he served as watchman in the mills eleven years; removed to Sebago, where some children were born. Posterity.
12. ELIZABETH,3 b. Aug. 8, 1808 ; d. young.
13. BARZILLAI,3 b. Aug. 8, 1810; d. young.
CHILDREN OF CAPT. WILLIAM AND JERUSHA:
MARY,3 b. Aug. 20, 1805; m. Thomas T. Kendrick, and d. April 3, 1867, in Hollis.
2. SALLY,3 b. in 1807 ; m. Joseph Banks, of Hollis; removed to Pough- keepsie, N. Y., where she died.
3. ABIGAIL,3 b. Aug. 14, 1809; m. Joseph Dyer, of Hollis, May 4, 1831; d. May 4, 1841.
4. OLIVE,3 b. June 14, 1812; m. Joseph Banks, as his second wife. She lived at Omro, Wis .; d. Sept. 10, 1881.
DORCAS, 3 b. "May 25, 1815; d. Aug. 25, 1855, single.
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6. WILLIAM,8 b. Jan. 1, 1819; m. Harriet Chadbourne, Oct. 29, 1851 ; d. in Hollis, June 1, 1888. He had always lived in his native town.
7. ASENATH,8 b. Mar. 20, 1821 ; m. Ezekiel Laiten, and d. at Omro, Wis., May 27, 1889.
S. JOSEPH D., b. Apr. 21, 1824; d. Mar. 25, 1864; was always a resident of Hollis; unmarried.
9. JOHN M .. b. Apr. 22, 1824; m. Lydia S. Chadbourne, May 22, 1849; she d. Aug. 16, 1869, and he m. second, July 2, 1876, Widow Hannah Abbott, who is now living. She was wife of Napoleon B. Abbott, whose mother was a daughter of Col. Usher, of Hollis, who was killed in the war of the Rebellion. Mr. Haley lives on the old homestead, where he has carried on farming and blacksmithing.
10. SUMNER, 3 b. Feb. 8, 1827 ; d. July, 1832.
11. FRANCIS P.,3 b. Feb. 22, 1830; now living, not married.
FOURTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND POLLY:
1. JOHN J., + b. Aug. 7. 1816. in Limington ; m. Thankful Gray, of Hiram, and when returning from California was taken down with small-pox and d. at Cornish, May 4, 1869. His wife d. Aug. 4, 1857. Two chil- dren, namely, Emily C.,5 m. Frank Osgood, of Hiram; Charles W7 .. 5 went to California and d. there, leaving two children.
2. JAMES, 4 b. July 10, 1818, in Sebago: m. Cassandra Fenderson, of Par- sonsfield, and settled in Sebago, where he d. May 23, 1877 ; his wife d. Jan., 1889. Four children : Rose,5 m. Alvin Gray, of Hiram ; Augusta 11.,5 m. Josiah Sawyer and died ; James R.,5 m. Anna Haven, of Hiram ; William B.,5 at home, single.
3. IRENE M.,4 b. Dec. 2, 1820; in. Seth Douglass. Sept. 7, 1846, and lives at West Gorham. Me. Four children.
4. WILLIAM,4 b. July 2, 1825; m. Miriam Pugsley, of Sebago, May 14, 1849. Four children: Algica M.5 m. Oren A. Douglass, of Sebago ; John F.,5 Sarah D.,5 William IT'.,5 unmarried.
5. MARY, 4 b. Aug. 7. 1827 ; m. Charles Davis, Oct. 14, 1859, at St. Louis, Cal., and lives in Sebago.
6. DAVID, + b. Jan. 31, 1831; m. Hitty Hanson and lives in Sebago, where his four children were born: Frank S.,5 George,5 m. Alice Moulton, of Bridgton ; Nettie M5 and Charles,5 at home.
7. SARAH,+ b. Nov. 14, 1835; m. Jonas Dorman, of Sanford, in Dec., 1858; d. May 30, 1859.
8. RHODA J.,4 b. Nov. 14. 1835; m. George Jewell, of Sebago.
CHILDREN OF DANIEL AND MARTHA:
I. IRA H.,4 b. Dec. 19, 1840; m. Nettie M. Ward, in Waterford, June 9, 1878, and lives in Bridgton. Children: Everett L.,5 b. May 24, 1879 ; Alice 2.5 b. June 30, 1882.
2. IZAH W., 4 b. Jan. 23, 1843 ; m. Asa H. Milliken, of Harrison, July 4, 1874; d. in Bridgton, Aug. 28, 1876.
3. MARY B.,4 b. Jan., 1845 ; d. in infancy.
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4. __ MARY A.,4 b. Jan. 27, 1846; in. Charles L. Walker, of Harrison, May 29, 1883, where she lives.
5. JOHN D.,4 b. Sept., 1847 ; d. in Mar., 1853, in Sebago.
6. . DAVID M.,4 b. Dec. 6, 1852 ; resides at Sandy Hill, N. J.
Benjamin Haley had a grant of land on the Saco road, in what is now Kennebunkport, in 1728; probably identical with Dea. Benjamin, of Saco, joiner. He built the meeting-house at Winter Harbor, and was probably employed for the same purpose in Arundel ; moved to Marblehead in 1745, at the commencement of the Indian war, and died at Cape Breton, the same year. His son JOHN married a daughter of Capt. John Fairfield, and was living in Arundel, in 1764. His son JOHN, a clothier, married Ruth Towne and moved "down east."
Pelatiah Haley, b. in Kittery, Oct, 8, 1740; m. Elizabeth Lewis, who was b. April 9, 1743, and d. Feb. 19, 1836. These removed to Topsham in May, 1761. He died there Oct. 29, 1819. Children :
I. SUSANNA, In. Lemuel Thompson, Sept. 27, 1792.
2. PELATIAH.
3. ELIZABETH, m. Andrew Whitehouse, Apr. 3, 1795.
4. MARY, m. David Alexander, Nov. 30, 1800.
5. JOHN, m. Nancy Higgins, Sept., 1827, and d. issueless, Oct. 23, 1832.
Joseph Haley, supposed to have been a brother of Pelatiah, above-men- tioned, was b. in Kittery, in 1738; m. Mary, sister of Samuel Goodwin, of Wells; removed to Brunswick and settled on a "fifty-acre lot," which was conveyed to proprietors Aug. 5, 1768, near the old yellow Baptist meeting- house which was built by him. He signed a remonstrance, with other fathers of the town, protesting against unequal taxation for supporting the ministry and for other town charges, which was dated May 4, 1768. He d. in Tops- ham, in May, 1800. Children :
I. SUSANNA.
2. JOSEPH, moved to Lewiston.
3. MARY, m. a Goodwin, of Wells.
4. JOSHUA, settled in Lisbon.
5. JOHN, b. in 1777.
6. SAMUEL, settled in Lewiston.
7. MOSES, a carpenter, settled in Bath.
Joseph Haley m. Esther Towne, of Kennebunk, and settled in Tops- ham, where he carried on the clothier business. To distinguish him from the kinsman of the same name, he was called " Fuller Haley." He received a grant of a two-acre lot August 18, 1790, for consideration of £14, "on the road from Dunlap's." He d. September 29, 1832. Children :
1. JOHN, b. May 4, 1777; m. - Milliken, of Scarboro.
2. OLIVE, b. Jan. 22, 1779 ; m. May 19, 1796, Obed Burnham.
3. JESSE, b. Sept. 8, 1780 ; never married.
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4. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 8, 1783 ; m. David Foster.
5. SARAH, b. July 22, 1784; in. Actor Wilson.
6. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 6, 1785 ; m. - Towne, of Kennebunk.
7. ESTHER, b. May 6, 1787 ; m. Timothy Foster.
S. REBECCA, b. Dec. 1, 1788 ; died single.
9. JAMES, b. Oct. 26, 1790; m. - Durrell, of Woodstock.
10. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 2, 1793 ; died single.
II. ABNER, b. March 30, 1795.
12. RUTH, b. Nov. 4, 1796; d. unmarried.
Joel Haley,1 son of John Haley, of Kittery, was baptized in that town Sept. 30, 1744; he was published with Lucy Fernald, of Kittery, in that town, April 28, 1768, and married her in due time. He had a large family, of whom three sons moved to Frankfort, Maine, and their genealogy will follow :
1. TOBIAS,2 b. Nov. 7, 1768; m. Sally Blaisdell, of York, and d. Nov. 11, 1840. His wife d. July 7, 1844.
2. JOHN,2 b. Feb. 16, 1788; settled in Levant, and had a numerous fam- ily, nearly all deceased. Names : John,8 William,3 Nancy,3 Olive,3 Mary A.,3 Charles,3 Henry,3 and Sarah.3
3. JAMES,2 b. Sept. 21, 1792 ; m. Abigail Emery, of Hampden, Me., and d. July 9, 1857. Seven children, of whom hereafter.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF TODIAS AND SALLY:
I. EBENEZER B.,3 b. Nov. 17, 1798 ; m. Joanna Lombard, and had a large family. He was 79 at his death. Names of children: Albert T.,4 Maria,+ Cyrus,4 Elvira,4 Jocl,+ Caroline,4 Minerva,4 Mary.+
2. MARY,3 m. Isaac Jackson and had six children.
3. LYDIA,3 mn. John Sweetsir, of Newburgh, Me., and had two sons, Charles+ and George .**
7. SARAH,3 mn. Sewall Simpson, and had six children.
5. OLIVER,8 b. April 13, 1807; m. Lucy Homer, and by her had six chil- dren, four deceased (in 1893).
6. JOEL,8 d. unmarried.
7. JOHN,3 b. April 7, 1809 ; in. Ist, Isabella Bartlett, by whom three chil- dren, all dead. He m. second, Lucy Wiswell, by whom three sons and three daughters.
I. FRANK W.,4 m. Fanny Goodwin, and has Willie5 and Charles.5
1I. JOHN L.,4 m. in Ohio, and had six children.
III. CAROLINE P.,4 m. Leonard Cooker, of Newburyport.
*GEORGE SWEETSIR, EsQ., formerly of Newburgh, now of Hampden, Me., has had an eventful life, having spent his earlier years " roughing it " in the mining camps in the far West and on the Red river of the North. He came home with considerable money and fitted up a beautiful home; was in the State Legislature ; a man of good judgment and business parts; a genial, kindly person, who has many warm friends.
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IV. ALICE,4 m. Alphonso Emmons, of Biddeford.
V. Lucy,4 d. unmarried.
8. JAMES,3 b. April 21, 1811; m. Elizabeth Lewis, and had five children. He settled in Winterport, Me., where he was living in 1893. He, like his brother, was a man of superior intelligence and business ability. Issue as follows :
I. CHARLES,4 b. July 21, 1837.
11. JAMES A.,4 b. Feb. 5, 1840; m. Lydia Ricker, and had a son Arthur ,5 resides in Prospect, Me.
III. LATHLEY L.,4 b. April 18, 1841; m. Lucy A. Rich, Oct. 22, 1863, and has a dau., Mrs. Carrie M. Rowe,5 in Waldoborough, Me.
IV. WALTER, 4 b. Nov. 18, 1842 ; m. Julia M. Powers, Nov. 26, 1867, and has two daughters, Elizabeth,5 wife of George G. Bean, of Farming- ton, Me., and Clara.5
V. LIZZIE,4 b. July 18, 1845.
CHILDREN OF JAMES AND ABIGAIL :
I. GEORGE,3 b. Sept. 21, 1824; m. Harriet J. Carns, and resides in New York. Two daughters, Mrs. David Giles,4 Tennants Harbor, Me., and Mrs. Abby Allen.+
2. MARY,8 m. G. P. Simmons, of North Anson, Me.
3. JULIA A.,8 b. July 6, 1826 ; m. James Haley, of Winterport, Me.
1. CHARLES,3 has no family.
5. JAMES,3 m. Helen Long, and settled at Fort Fairfield, Me. He m. second, Emma Staples, of Dexter, Me .; has a dau. Mrs. Albert Davis,4 of Tennants Harbor, Me.
6. SARAH T.,3 m. John Wharff, of Massachusetts.
7. MARTIN,8 m. Minerva Cowan, and lives on the homestead in Hampden, with children, Frank+ and Emma.+
Damlin Family.
This English surname has been spelled variously, as Hamblin, Hamlin, Hamlen, and Hamlyn. The first known ancestor of the family in this country was JAMES HAMLIN, who came from London to Barnstable, Mass., and had, by wife Anna, nine children, some of whom were born in England. A branch of this stock was early planted in Gorham, Me., from whom those who are embraced in our present inquiry were descended. Of this same race were the Hamlins settled in Waterford and Paris, of whom the HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN and DR. CYRUS HAMLIN, formerly missionary to Turkey, were well-known representatives.
Gershom Hamlin, a native of Gorham, Me., was an early settler in Lim- ington, and the locality where he sat down became "the Hamlin neighbor- hood," now known as " Wheelwright's Corner," in the east section of the town;
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here several of his sons settled. His wife was (probably) Deborah Jenkins, and his children were named as follows :
I. ERENEZER.
2. JACOB, b. May 4, 1783 ; m., first, Jane Small (b. Feb. 28, 1789), Nov. 24, 1808; second, Susan, widow of Robert Usher, of Buxton, Mar. 18, 1838; wife Jane d. Mar. 24, 1836; wife Susan d. Sept. 8, 1852. Mr. Hamlin d. Feb. 5, 1866. He lived in Limington, where his eleven children were born.
3. SAMUEL, twin brother of Jacob, m. Hannah Whittemore.
4. DANIEL, m. Polly Clark, and lived only a short distance from his brothers, in Limington.
5. HANNAH, m. Joab Black, of Limington.
6. ELIZABETH, mn. Daniel Mann.
7. MARY, was the spinster.
8. STATIRA, m. Rev. Andrew Hobson, of Steep Falls.
9. ICHABOD, m. Lydia Fickett, of Cape Elizabeth, and settled in Liming- ton, as farmer and carpenter, but afterwards removed to Lovell and purchased a farm there, on the road between the Centre and North Lovell. He and wife went to live with their daughter, Mrs. Pottle, when advanced in years, and he died there; his widow afterwards lived with another daughter, Mrs. Russell.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF JACOB AND JANE:
I. JOSHUA, b. April 18, 1810; m. Sally Boothby, of Limington, and d. May 24, 1873.
2. LEONARD, b. Nov. 5, 1811; m. Sally Thaxter; second, Rosanna Eames, and lived at Bangor, where he d. April 3, 1846.
3. EMILY, b. Sept. 11, 1813 ; d. a child, Jan. 21, 1814.
4. EMILY, b. Nov. 20, 1814; m. Henry Lord, as his second wife, Aug. 20, 1837, and settled on the farm now owned by Dea. Cyrus Andrews, in Lovell, where they lived many years; she now homes with her son, at Kezar Falls, Me.
5. SAMUEL, b. May 13, 1817 : drowned July 14. 1834.
6. JACOB, b. Sept. 25. 1819; m. Augusta Bussey, and lived at North Adams, Mass. ; d. June 4, 1891.
7. JOHN A., b. Jan. 25, 1822 ; m. Rosanna (Eames) Hamlin, his brother's widow, and lived at Bangor, where he d. Aug. 31, 1892.
8. TIMOTHY F., b. Mar. 25, 1824 ; d. at the age of 5 years, Dec. 25, 1829.
9. MARY J., b. May 18, 1826; m. Theophilus Barker, and lived in Bridg- ton, where she d. Dec. 18, 1879.
IO. JAMES P., b. July 8, 1829 ; m. - Hopkinson, of Limington, who had issue, and d. in Galesburg, Ill., where the family settled some twenty- eight years ago.
II. TIMOTHY F., b. Oct. 8, 1831; m. in the West; now living at Louis- ton, Ill.
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CHILDREN OF ICHABOD AND LYDIA :
I. SARAH, m. Martin Fickett, her cousin, and lived in Cape Elizabeth and Lovell.
2. MARTHA, m. Jacob Andrews, of Lovell, but removed to the West.
3. CHARLES, m. Sarah Russell; second, Widow Horr, and was a farmer in Lovell, Me.
4. JULIA A., m. John McDaniel, of Lovell, and emigrated to the West.
5. REV. ISAAC, m. Elizabeth Thompson. He is a Baptist preacher.
6. GERSHOM, m. first, Amanda Plummer, of Waterford ; second, her sister Nancy, and had issue.
7. SAMUEL, m. out West, name of wife not known.
8. ELLEN, m. Benjamin Russell, of Lovell, and resides there.
9. NANCY, m. Elder John Pottle, of Lovell, where she now lives.
IO. WINFIELD S., m. - Ayer, and lives in Pennsylvania.
Bancoch Family.
Originally an English family, cadets of which early settled in Ireland; from these some of the American branches are descended. In England the family is now represented by SIR SAMUEL HANCOCK, whose father of the same name was a merchant of London; and CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, ESQ., of Hendon Hall, Middlesex.
Among those who came early to New England was NATHANIEL HANCOCK, of Cambridge, Mass., 1635, who died previous to 1652. His son of the same name married, Mar. 8, 1664, Mary Prentice, and had NATHANIEL, born and died 1665; MARY; SARAH; NATHANIEL, 2D, born Oct. 29, 1668 ; ABIGAIL; SAMUEL, born Jan. 2, 1673; ABIGAIL, ELIZABETH, EBENEZER, and JOSEPH. REV. JOHN HANCOCK, born 1671, was probably another son, but no record of birth could be found. He was father of REV. JOHN HANCOCK, of Brain- tree, whose son JOHN, born Jan. 12, 1737, was president of the Congress, when the American colonies were declared free and independent states, July 4, 1776. GEN. JOHN HANCOCK, said to have been cousin to the preceding, lived in Boston, but subsequently settled in Maine. He was all through the war of the Revolution. It is related that during the war of 1812 a regiment of British soldiers landed at Castine and passed through Orland on their way to Bangor. While General Hancock sat before his door, an officer rode up and asked if he "ever saw anything equal to that ?" " Yes," replied the old hero, "at Lake Champlain." He had a family of twelve children, and the old Hancock Bible containing records of their births has been preserved at Orland. The dates run from 1661 to 1783. Three were born in Boston, the others at " East River." .
William Hancock came from Londonderry, Ireland, and first sat down at Portsmouth, N. H. He was styled of Haverhill, Mass., when he purchased his right of land in Narragansett, No. I, now Buxton, Oct. 14, 1749. On this
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land he settled as early as 1750. His residence was on the right-hand side of the road that leads from the old meeting-house to Salmon Falls. He was a man of respectability, who died in middle life. In his will, made in 1769, he mentions his "flanker house," which was, of course, a house stockaded as a defense against the Indians. He is said to have taken the first news- paper that came to the township, printed in Portsmouth. The family burying- ground was in the pasture, and the graves could be seen not many years ago, though without monuments. Mr. Hancock's estate inventoried £178 : 13 : 93. His wife's name was Sarah. There were two sons :
I. JOHN, was a hunter and trapper, whose favorite hunting-ground was about the ponds and streams of the present town of Hiram. The two Hancock ponds and Hancock brook in that town were named for this man. He disappeared suddenly, and the searching party found only his camp and a spoon on the west side of Great Hancock pond; no trace of his body, gun, or traps could be found. It was reported that one John Brown, of Scarborough, appeared in Buxton with a hand-sled loaded with furs, wearing a coat supposed to have been Hancock's. The peltry was disposed of at Portland and Brown was not again heard from in that vicinity.
2. ISAAC, second son of William and Sarah, m. Joanna, dau. of Capt. John Lane, Dec. 15, 1756. He owned a farm on the easterly side of his father's and resided there. There were conflicting statements respect- ing the cause of his death. One is that he was accidentally killed by a falling limb or tree while looking after his workmen, who were cutting timber; the second tradition, and the most probable one, is that he d. from drinking a large quantity of brandy on a wager. This last state- ment was supported by persons of reliability who were conversant with all the circumstances. He was a lieutenant under the first Capt. John Lane in 1755. His widow, who was a woman of superior mind, was m. second, in 1765, to John Garland, who kept the "Garland Tavern" at Buxton Old Corner. The inventory of his estate follows :
"To I half of the land in a Right in Narragansett of the undivided (lands), $ 40:0:0 To I half of a second Division Richard Brewer being the original (proprietor), . $ 50:0:0 To I whole second Division John Andrews being the
original (owner),
$100:0:0
To 28 acres of first Division, being second and in letter E with House and Barn, $900:0:0
To 3 acres of land lying near the meeting house which Mr Hancock had in exchange for the land on which said house stands, . $ 30:0:0
3. MARY, eldest dau. of William and Sarah, m. John Boynton, of Buxton. Issue.
4. ELIZABETH, dan. of William and Sarah, m. Capt. John Lane, 2d; had issue.
5. AGNES, dau. of William and Sarah, m. to - Hayes.
ANN, dau. of William and Sarah. 6.
John L. Hancock, son of Isaac and Joanna, born 1757 ; married Hannah Prescott. He entered the Continental army in May, 1775, for eight months' service and was stationed at Cape Ann. At the expiration of this term he
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enlisted for a year and was on the march through Rhode Island to Long Island, participating in the battles before the retreat of the army to New York city; also at the engagement at Harlem Heights. His second term expired after the retreat to New Jersey, and he enlisted for one month, to February, 1777. He then enlisted for nine months and served at West Point and vicinity in the regiment of Colonel Poor. A monument in a burying-ground in the " Boulter neighborhood," Standish, erected by Mr. Hancock's daughter, A. Pierce, has the following inscriptions :
" JOHN L. HANCOCK Soldier of the Revolution Died Sept. 6, 1835 Aged 78. HANNAH PRESCOTT His wife died Dec. 10, 1847 Aged 79."
Mary Hancock, dau. of Isaac, bapt. in Biddeford, July 15, 1759 (b. Jan. 22, 1758), and was married to James Woodman, of Buxton, Mar. 12, 1778; d. Mar. 6, 1838. Issue.
William Hancock, son of Isaac, m. Elizabeth Leavitt, Aug. 22, 1783. He served in the army of the Revolution, in Capt. Daniel Lane's company. from Jan. 20, 1777, to Feb. 20, 1780. He was accredited to Stroughtonham ; bounty, twenty-five pounds; was a farmer in Buxton; received a tract of land by his grandfather's will, in 1729, and settled, I suppose, on "Hancock's hill," not far from "Smith's bridge," where his descendants have since lived. Large family of children, as will presently appear.
I. DEA. ISAAC, m. -- Rand, half-sister of Robert Rand, and lived on the Hancock hill homestead. No issue.
2. PHINEAS, m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Stephen Bean, of Hollis, and lived in the great, two-storied mansion since owned and occupied by his sons.
3 JOHN, called "Governor John," built a house against the side of the ledge at the hill-side, just below the old " Fayette Mace" farm-house, and against this rock he kindled his fires. He subsequently built a house on a small lot he had cleared between the brook and the hill, on the road leading from the old Abram L. Came place to Bonnie Eagle. I find no mention of a family and suppose he lived alone. Where was he buried ?
4. WILLIAM, lived in Limerick, and when advanced in life married the widow of Isaac Ridlon, whose mother was his sister (m. Elizabeth Lord, April 19, 1819, of Parsonsfield).
5. MOLLY, m. John Foster, of Parsonsfield, and had several sons and daughters.
6. HANNAH, m. Nicholas Ridlon and had a numerous family.
7. MERCY, m. Isaac Ridlon, of Baldwin, and had sons and daughters.
S. PATTIE, m. Thomas Hains, of Buxton, and had children.
9. JOANNA, m. Eleazar Kimball, of Hollis, and had three sons.
IO. BETSEY, m. Jabe Hobson and had sons and daughters.
II. RUTH, m. John Bean, of Hollis, and had a son and daughters.
Dastie and Dasty.
"That wee bit house of Histie stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble."
- Burns.
HASTIE is a Scotch surname and was derived from something dry or barren, as the stubble left by the reapers. Some members of the Scottish family of Hastie went over to the north of Ireland at the Ulster plantation, and de- scendants have sacrificed the more euphonious name "Hastie" for " Hasty." Few of them reached distinction. ALEXANDER HASTIE, of Carnock, Fife- shire, Scotland, was a merchant of Glasgow and lord provost of that city. He sat in Parliament from 1847 to 1857, but died in 1864, leaving a widow and two daughters, now of Carnock. The earliest known New England set- tler was
Daniel Hasty, who came from old Ireland with a wife and children. He was in Portsmouth for a time, but bought land in Scarborough in December, 1731, and became a permanent resident there. He died Aug. 3, 1756; his widow died Feb. 8, 1758. His children were named as follows:
I. MARTHA, b. 1711 ; m. Dea. Jonathan Libby.
2. WILLIAM, b. 1718; m. first, Hannah Fogg; second, Agnes McCartney ; she d. Jan. 8, 1787; he d. Oct. 11, 1787, leaving issue.
3. ROBERT, m. Hannah Jordan ; second, Elizabeth (Larrabee) Watson, who d. in Limington, Jan. 24, 1819. Three children by first wife, five by second wife.
4. MARY, m. John Harmon, Dec. 2, 1742.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND WIVES:
1. ANNA, b. June 7, 1744; m. John Hoyt, of Durham.
2. HANNAH, b. May 13, 1747 ; m. first, Capt. John Skillin; second, Capt. Benjamin Larrabee.
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