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i. JANE, bapt. 28 Sept., 1780; m. at L. 5 Jan., 1786, Joseph White, son of John and Elizabeth (Cole) White of L .; resided in Ossi- pee, N. If.
ii. REUBEN HULL, bapt. 28 Sept., 1780 ; m. at L. 11 April, 1788, Elean- or Rugg; resided in L. He d. while on a visit in Chandlersville, Me., 2 Sept., 1840, æ. 75 y., 6 m., 24 d. ; she d. 27 June, 1837, æ. 69 y., 7 m., 22 d.
iii. SAMUEL, JR., bapt. 28 Sept., 1780; m. at L. 21 Aug., 1794, Mar- garet Rugg; removed to Central Maine.
iv. SARAII, bapt. 28 Sept, 1780; in at L. 31 Dec., 1801, Joshua, s. of Thomas and Anna (Hodgdon) Goodwin; resided in L.
V. DODAVAH, bapt. 28 Sept., 1780; removed to Wakefield, N. H.
vi. HANNAII, bapt. same time ; m. pub. 10 Nov., 1806, to Elijah Rick- er of L.
vii. GEORGE, bapt. same time; m. 8 Nov. 1798, Sally, daug. of Thomas and Anna (Hodgdon) Goodwin.
viii. JONATHAN, bapt. same time ; m. at L. 4 Feb, 1802, Mary Church- well; resided in Ossipee, N. H.
ix. ROGER, b. 21 May, 1781; bapt. 22 July, 1781; m. (1) 2 Aug., 1802, Mary Lord ; m. pub. (2) 24 March, 1810, to Abigail, dang. of Rev. John and Abigail (Legro) Blaisdell of L .; an active member of First Free Baptist Church as early as 1812; or- dained a Free Baptist clergyman in 1822; resided in town until 1834, when he removed to Chandlersville (now Detroit) Me., where he continued to preach until his death which occurred after 1853.
X. BENJAMIN HAYES, bapt. 7 Sept., 1783; m. at L. 29 June, 1806, Hannah, dang. of Samuel and Sarah (Hodgdon) Goodwin of L .; resided on east side of the Copp homestead, and later removed to Central Maine.
CORSON (COURSON.)
13. AARON CORSON (Courson) came to L. from Rochester, N. H., about 1769. His brother Samuel Corson came to this town
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about 1760 and d. in 1785. Aaron was a Corporal in Capt. Jede- diah Goodwin's Co. of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Reg't. The roll shows that he was discharged at Albany, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1776.
He was an original settler of the farm now (1896) owned and occupied by the widow of William A. Corson. He was buried in "Camp Hill" Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
He had a son John Sr. who m. at L. 13 Nov., 1794 Tamson Hodgdon ; he d. 18 April 1855 ae. 82 years (g.s.) ; she died 10 July 1865, ae. 91 yrs. 1 mo. 16 ds. (g.s.).
He had another son Enoch who m. Betsey daug. of Daniel and Dorothy (Tuttle) Lord of L. His daughter Dorcas, died unmarried.
14. JOHN CORSON (Courson) of Lebanon enlisted 20 May, 1775 in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Co. of Col. James Scammon's Reg't. Scammon's Reg't. of Maine men was on Bunker Hill while the battle of 17 June, 1775, occurred on Breed's Hill. Corson was a private and died in the army 27 July, 1775. His parentage I have been unable to learn.
15. MOSES CORSON (Courson) of Lebanon m. at L. 15 May, 1769, Elizabeth Perkins, the Rev. Isaac Hasey performing the marriage.
He enlisted (See Mass. Archives, Vol. 56, p. 196,) in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Co. of Col. James Scammon's Reg't. Scammon's Reg't. composed of Maine men, was at Bunker Hill 17 June, 1.775, and witnessed the memorable battle of that day. On 18 May, 1775 Rev. Isaac Hasey wrote in his diary, "Mose Corson sowed and harrowed ¿ bushel of peas" [for me]. On 18 June 1775 Mr. Hasey wrote, "Bill up by Elizabeth Corson for her husband in ye Army ;" and 2 July, 1775 he again wrote, "Moses Corson Came from ye Army."
COWELL.
16. ICHABOD COWELL was b. 25 Dec. 1734. (g. s.) He is first mentioned at Rochester, N. H., where the Rev. Amos Main as a physician charged him for medical attendance 18 Sept., 1756. At a town meeting held at Rochester in 1762 he was chosen field-driver.
He removed to L. soon after 1762 where he became an original settler in the First Division of Home-Lots. The farm he first cleared is now (1896) owned by Warren Jones of Rochester, N. H.
He was twice in the Revolutionary army. In Capt. David Copp's Co. mustered by Capt. George Turner 25 Nov., 1775, he was No. 45. This company of "minutemen" was raised pursuant to an order of the Committee of Safety given 12 Oct., 1775, and a portion of the men went to Winter Hill, Charlestown, (now Somer- ville) to take the place of the retiring Conn. troops in Dec. follow- ing.
On 22 July, 1776, he enlisted at Berwick, Me., as a lieutenant in Capt. Jedediah Goodwin's Co. of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's
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Reg't. from which he was discharged at Albany, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1776.
The Rev. Isaac Hasey wrote in his diary on Sunday 21 July, 1776 : "Bill up by Ichabod Cowell for himself and son [John] going into ye army." On the day following the "Parson" records : "Rode to Cocheco, and Berwick where lo[d]ged at Col. [Jedediah ] Goodwin's ; our men with Lieut. Cowell set out for Canada."
His farm in the First Division he sold, presumably to Col. John Goodwin who was its owner in 1782. After his return from the army he removed to the Second Division where he purchased and cleared "Lower Lot No. 7." "Parson" Hasey recorded that his house was raised 4 Oct., 1788. On this lot now (1896) owned and occupied by Isaac Chamberlain he established the first grocery store in the western part of the town.
He was chosen a selectman in 1769, 1770, 1773, 1774, 1779, and 1785. He joined the First Parish church of L. 11 July, 1773, and on the same day his sons were baptized. His wife, the mother of these children, bore the given name Priscilla. He d. at L. 9 Jan. 1823 (g. s. ) and was buried in the family lot of David Legro.
During the Revolution Legro was his waiter in the army and the friendship there formed become so strong that "Squire" Legro fre- quently invited his master to his own home. While on a visit Lieut. Cowell was taken ill and died at Legro's. He was buried in the Legro lot, at the foot of Gerrish's Hill. There the master and the servant-heroes of the Revolution-lie side by side.
Issue by wife Priscilla :
17. i. JOHN, bapt. 11 July, 1773; enlisted as private 22 July, 1776, at Berwick, Me., in Capt. Jedediah Goodwin's Co. of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Reg't .; set out with his father for Canada; discharged at Albany, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1776; m. at L. I Dec., 1783, Martha Kilgore.
ii. SAMUEL, bapt. 11 July, 1773; m. at L. 14 April 1787, Amy Kil- gore; resided in the northerly part of the town; "Cowell's Mountain" perpetuates his name.
iii. EDMUND, bapt. 11 July, 1773; b. 1 Nov., 1766; m. at L. 1 Jan., 1787, Comfort, dang. of Samuel and Molly Corson of L .; he d. 24 Nov., 1850, æ. 84 y., 24 d. (g. s.); she d. 25 Jan., 1856, æ. 89 y., 9 m. (g. s.) He was an active member of the First Free Baptist Church of L. into which he was bapt. I Aug., 1804 ; his house was raised 30 Sept., 1788; he was for ten years a se- lectman in 1813, '14, '16, '17, '19, and from 1821 to 1824, inclu- sive ; he resided on the lot now (1896) owned by the heirs of Levi Cowell, who was a grandson; his sons were Isaac, a mer- chant, Edmund Clark, a farmer, and David Blaisdell, a Free Baptist clergyman, born 20 Dec., 1806, and who died 15 April, 1884. (g. s.)
DOOR (DORE, DORR).
18. BENIAH DOOR (Dore, Dorr, ) of Lebanon, and of Milton, N. H., was a son of John and Charity (Wentworth) Door, early settlers of Lebanon. He was born at Lebanon about 1765 ; enlisted as a private 9 July, 1780, in Capt. Timothy Emerson's Co. of Col. Thomas Bartlett's Reg't, raised in New Hampshire to join the Con-
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tinental Army for the defence of West Point. He was discharged 20 Oct. 1780.
He enlisted again, in 1781, from Lebanon for three years ; marched to Boston; then to West Point where he joined the army ; was in Capt. John Fuller's Co. of Col. Sheppard's Fourth Mass. Reg't. ; the war closed and he was discharged before his term expired.
He resided in Milton, N. H., many years and was living there in 1838, a Revolutionary pensioner under the law of 18 March, 1818. He had a son Richard who lived in Acton, Me. He m. at Berwick, 1 Oct. 1786 Experience Andrews of Berwick.
19. JOHN DOOR of Lebanon, either the son of Philip and Sarah Door of Rochester, N. H., or the son of John and Charity (Went- worth) Door of Lebanon. He was either father, or brother, to Beniah and Jonathan Door, as both were named John, and were living in Lebanon in 1776.
John, the Revolutionary soldier, enlisted as a private 24 Sept., 1776, in Capt. Abraham Perkins's Co. of Col. Pierce Long's Reg't., stationed at New Castle, N. H. He served until 7 Jan'y, 1777, and received advanced pay from 7 Jan'y, to 7 Feb .. 1777 ; but refused to march to Ticonderoga with his company, claiming that he be- longed to Mass. and not to New Hampshire.
He was No. 41 on 24 Sept .; later No. 39, then 42 ; and from 7 Jan'y, to 7 Feb., 1777, he was No. 30 of his company. John Door Sr. lived at South Lebanon on the farm now (1896) owned by the heirs of Moses E. Varney.
20. JONATHAN DOOR of Lebanon, and of Milton, N. H., was a son of John and Charity (Wentworth) Door of Lebanon where he was born about 1759.
He enlisted in Capt. Caleb Hodgdon's Co. 9 July, 1776. This company was commanded by Capt. Abraham Perkins after 19 Sept., and it belonged to Col. Pierce Long's Reg't, stationed at New Castle, N. H. Mr. Door served until 7 Jan'y, 1777 when he received ad- vanced pay for one month at Portsmouth, N. H. ; but refused to march to Ticonderoga with his company, claiming that as he was a citizen of Mass., he was not under the laws of New Hampshire. He was discharged for refusing to march, and again enlisted in May 1777 as a private in Capt. Samuel Grant's Co. of Col. Titcomb's Reg't. He served two months and 18 July, 1777 received pay for services and travelling to and from Rhode Island.
When, on 9 Aug., 1777 the General Court issued a draft for able bodied, effective men, the towns of Lebanon and Kittery (including Eliot) furnished one company of 52 men with Elisha Shapleigh as captain, and Jonathan Doore as lieutenant. Mr. Hasey wrote on 19 Aug., 1777, * * "every Sixth Man Draughted to go to * war."
Again the Mass. Archives, vol. 37, p. 108, shows his name as private, belonging to Lebanon, in Capt. John Goodwin's Co. "in a
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detachment of militia from the County of York under command of Major Daniel Littlefield on an expedition to Penobscott, in compli- ance with a resolve of the Council of Mass. passed June ye 29, 1779." On this expedition Mr. Door travelled 210 miles.
In the autumn of 1779 he enlisted on board the "Ranger ;" sailed from Portsmouth to Boston; from Boston the "Ranger" in company with the "Warren" and the "Queen of France" put to sea ; sometime later they took a British privateer; and on the day fol- lowing, came in contact with the "Georgia Fleet." It was under convoy and they took nine or eleven sail of the "Fleet." They re- turned to Boston and then to Portsmouth where Door was discharged after a service of five months. He served as a marine on the "Ranger," Thomas Simpson, commander.
His last enlistment was as a private 9 July, 1780, in Capt. Timothy Emerson's Co. of Col. Thomas Bartlett's Reg't. raised in New Hampshire to join the Continental Army for the defence of West Point. He was discharged 26 Oct., 1780.
He returned to Lebanon where on 24 Aug., 1786 he was united in marriage with Rebecca Garland by "Parson" Hasey. In 1786 or 1787 he removed to Milton, N. H., (then Rochester) where he was residing in 1838 at the age of 79 years.
21. PHILIP DOOR, son of Philip and Lydia (Mason) Door of Rochester, N. H., Lebanon and Shapleigh, Me., enlisted 22 July, 1776, as a private in Capt. Jedediah Goodwin's Co., of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Reg't.
On 22 July, 1776, he "set out for Canada," as Hasey says, and was discharged at Albany, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1776. On 8 Sept., 1776, "Parson" Hasey wrote in his diary : "Bill up by Molly Door for her husband in ye army."
He was married at Lebanon 1 June, 1769, to Mary, daughter of James and Mercy (Foss) Locke of Barnstead, N. H. The First Parish records contain the following baptisms of their children :
i. SiMiox, bapt. 10 Oct., 1773.
ii. HANNAH, bapt. same time.
iii. JOSEPH, bapt. 21 May, 1775.
iv. MERCY LOCKE, bapt. 2 Nov., 1777.
V. EDWARD LOCKE, bapt. 22 Sept., 1782.
vi. JAMES, bapt. same time.
22. RICHARD DOOR was either the son of Philip and Lydia (Ma- son) Door of Rochester, N. H., or the son of Richard and Patience (Tebbetts) Door of Lebanon. From data at hand I cannot deter- mine whether he was the father Richard, or the son Richard living in Lebanon in 1776.
Richard, the soldier, enlisted as a private 3 Sept., 1776, in Capt. John Brewster's Co. of Col. Pierce Long's Reg't, stationed at New Castle, N. H. He was in the service 95 days.
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FALL.
23. GEORGE FALL of Lebanon, a son of Betsey Fall, who re- moved to Lebanon in 1760, was born about 1755. He enlisted from the towns of Wakefield and Somersworth, N. H. On 7 March, 1775, he went to Wakefield, where he was employed to work for Samuel Hall until Nov.
He first enlisted as a private in Capt. David Copp's Co., Nov. 5, 1775, and was first stationed at Pierce's Island. His company of "minutemen" was raised by order of the Committee of Safety, is- sued 12 Oct., 1775 ; and a part went to Winter Hill, Charlestown (now Somerville) in Dec. to take the place of the retiring Conn. troops. His mother declared, 27 Sept., 1781, that he went from the Island to Cambridge where he enlisted in Capt. [Jonathan ?] Went- worth's Co. for one year.
He enlisted at Somersworth, N. H., 12 March, 1777, in Capt. James Carr's Co. of Col. Enoch Poor's Reg't. On another mus- ter-roll he is described as of Wakefield, N. H., enlisting for three years in Capt. Carr's Co. of the Tenth Reg't of New Hamp- shire Militia, commanded by Col. Joseph Badger, in a return dated 19 June, 1777.
He was a Sergeant in Capt. Carr's Co., and at one time he was at- tached to the Second Reg't of the New Hampshire line under Col. Enoch Poor; later under Col. George Reid. In March, 1781, he returned to L., having served more than three years. In his affidavit he states that he served continually until 6 June, 1783, when he re- ceived his discharge bearing the signature of General Washington. He was a pensioner from 3 Aug., 1829, until his death. (Land Of- fice Files No. 144, Augusta, Me.)
He resided in the northerly part of the town on the "Durrell place," and was buried in the field now (1896) owned by Frank Lord. His grave is unmarked.
Hc m. (1) - Kenniston; m. (2) widow Dorcas Kenney of Ossipee, N. H. The following imperfect family record is submitted. Children by first wife :-
i. IVORY, m. Lydia, daug. of Noah and Keziah (Brackett) Lord of L. ii. * GEORGE, JR., b. 12 Nov., 1791 ; m. pub. 24 Sept. 1814, to Mary, dang. of Gershom Lord; she b. 24 April, 1791. George, Jr., was selectman of L. in 1831, 1832 and 1833.
iii. MARY (Polly) m. Daniel, bapt. 9 July, 1801, son of Thomas and Anna (Hodgdon) Goodwin; resided in L.
iv. ABRA, m. Nathan, Jr., s. of Nathan and Mercy (Knox-Downs) Lord; resided in L. and Somersworth, N. H.
V. JAMES, removed from town to Lynn, Mass., where he resided.
vi. JonN, a blacksmith, went to Mass., but returned to L .; joined First Church 11 Feb., 1824.
vii. MERCY, h. 1791 ; m. Benjamin, son of Nathan and Mercy (Knox- Downs) Lord; resided in L. ; d. 6 Feb., 1867, æ. 76 yrs., 2 mos. (g. s.)
*NOTE-The Wentworth Genealogy gives George Fall, Jr.'s marriage 10 April, 1819, to Tamson, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Stimpson) Went- worth of Berwick, (or Shapleigh) Me., but I cannot verify Wentworth.
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viii. REBECCA, m. Jonathan, s. of Josiah and Patience (Hanson) Clark of L .; pub. 15 Jan., 1820.
ix. ISAAC, resided in Garland, Me.
X. JACOB, the youngest son, m. Narissa, daug. of Samuel Jones ; re- sided in L.
FARNHAM.
24. DAVID FARNHAM son of Matthew and Dorothy (Web- ber) Farnham of York, Me., was born in 1749 ; enlisted 5 May, 1775 in Capt. Eben'r Sullivan's Co. of Thirteenth Reg't. of Foot commanded by Col. James Scammon of the Army of the United Colonies of North America. He m. (1) at L. 26 Mch., 1779, Anna daug. of Samuel Wingate of Rochester, N. H., she d. 5 Mch., 1788, ae. 45 years, 6 mos. (g. s.) He m. (2) Mrs. Abigail (McDonald or Donald) Smith or Mrs. Abigail (Smith) Donald who d. 30 Sept., 1846, æ. 92 years, 3 mos. (g. s.)
Mr. Farnham resided in the westerly part of the town on the farm now (1896) known as the Mathew Farnham farm. He d. 6 Sept., 1814, ae. 65 years, (g. s. ) and is buried in the "Camp Hill" Cemetery. Children by wife Anna :
i. ENOCH, h. 17 June, 1779; bapt. 22 Oet., 1780.
ii. SAMUEL WINGATE, b. 30, (month not given) 1781 ; bapt. 30 June, 1782; m. 5 Feb., 1808, Kate Wentworth; removed to Lewiston or Skowhegan, Me.
iii. JEREMIAH, b. 21 July, 1784, ; bapt. 28 July, 1786; resided in Somersworth, or Dover, N. II.
iv. ANNA (or Naney) b. 24 Feb., 1788; bapt. 20 Sept., 1789 ; m. John Libby of Lebanon.
Children by wife Abigail :
V. DAVID, JR., b. 23 March, 1790; bapt. 5 Sept., following: m. at Lebanon 29 Nov., 1810, Elizabeth, daug. of Jonathan and Eliza- beth (Witherell) Burrows of Lebanon; he was drowned 21 April, 1824, æ. 34 years; she d. 28 Feb., 1840, æ. 51 years.
vi. JOHN, h. 5 Feb., 1792; bapt. 31 July, 1793; resided in Lee, N. H.
vii. JOSEPII, bapt. 4 July, 1795 ; killed by a falling frame, when young. Twins, b. 1 April, 1793.
viii. BENJAMIN, | bapt. 4 July, 1795; m. Susan Downs of Milton, N. H. ix. MATHEW, b. 7 Aug., 1797; bapt. 29 Sept., 1797 ; resided in Mass. married, and returned to L.
X. ABIGAIL, b. 12 Feb., 1798 ; bapt. 8 June, 1800; m. Thomas Wright of Dover, N. 11.
xi. DOROTHY, b. 6 Jan., 1802; bapt. 15 Aug., 1802; m. Ivory Ger- rish of L.
25. NATHANIEL FARNHAM of L. b. about 1752; described on the New Hampshire war rolls, as a "husbandman," "23" years of age ; was in Capt. Jonathan Wentworth's Co. 13 June, 1775. This company was composed of men from Somersworth and Rochester, N. H., and from Berwick and Lebanon, Me. He was a private, living in Maine in 1820, as a pensioner. The Rev. Amos Main made the following entry in the Rochester First Church records : "1757, [April] 24 Baptized at Towow [Lebanon ] Nath'l. Farnam."
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He resided near the Moody Town Farm, but removed from town early, perhaps to Alfred, Me., where I find a Nathaniel Farnham resided in the last century.
He was of Lebanon when he m. at Berwick, Me., 1 March, 1779, Elizabeth Lord of Berwick.
26. RALPH6 FARNHAM (Paul5, Ralph4, Ralph3, Ralph2, Ralph1,) son of Paul aud Elizabeth (Door) Farnham, became in 1778 one of the settlers of the West Parish, Shapleigh (now Acton) Me. His father Paul was a native of York, Me., where he was b. 20 Apr., 1730, but he d. at Acton, Me., in 1820. Paul Farnham was one of the original settlers of Lebanon where his son, the sub- ject of this sketch. was born 20 June, 1756. The Rev. Amos Main of Rochester, N. H., bapt. him 5 Sept. following.
He enlisted 15 May, 1775, in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Co. of Col. James Seammon's Reg't. This regiment was stationed on Bunker Hill on the ever memorable 17 June, 1775.
A second time he enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel Grant's Co. of Col. Oliver Titcomb's Reg't and received pay 18 July, 1777, for services for two months and for travelling to and from Rhode Island·
About 1778 he, his father Paul, his brothers Dummer, and Paul Jr. his uncle Ralph and his grandfather Philip Door removed from Lebanon to Shapleigh, Me. He resided on "Fox's Ridge" (now Acton) on the farm now (1896) owned and occupied by Charles Reynolds. In 1860 he visited Boston after Charles Sumner, in a speech delivered in Boston, had said that the last survivor of the Battle of Bunker Hill was dead : but the statement of Mr. Sumner was soon literally true. Ralph Farnham according to Mrs. Thomas Sherman's diary, died 9 Dec., 1860, ae. 104 years, 5 mo. 19 days. Children :
i. BENJAMIN, who lived and died in Lebanon.
ii. JOHN, m. widow Merrill and lived in Acton, Me.
iii. DANIEL, who d. unmarried.
iv. RALPHI, JR.
v. HANNAN, who m. Samuel Reynolds.
vi. MARY, who m. Job Ricker.
vii. JOANNA, who lived and died about 1875 in Boston, Mass., un- married.
FOSS.
27. - Foss, son of Benjamin Foss of Lebanon, was in the service in 1776 ; for, the Rev. Isaac Hasey recorded in his diary 14 Jan. 1776 . . . . "bill up by Benj. Foss for his son sick in ye Army." More I cannot state positively.
FROST.
28. MARK FROST, a native of Berwick, and a resident of Leba- non and Belgrade, Maine, was born about 1749; enlisted as a private April 1782 for three years, in Capt. John Williams's Co. of
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Col. Joseph Vose's Reg't of the Mass. line; served two years, 7 mos., 26 days until 24 Dec., 1783; discharged at West Point by Gen. Henry Knox, commanding the American forces on the Hudson ; applied for and received a pension 16 April, 1818; died at Belgrade, 5 Oct., 1835. His widow Hannah received the State bounty under the resolves of 1835-6.
In the Mass. Archives Vol. 34, p. 589 is the following : "Lebanon, May 27, 1782-Received of Mr. Ichabod Cowell, Chairman of Class No. 2 in Lebanon, £124 10s. in full for my bounty for engaging to serve three years as a Continental soldier for said Class. Witness : John Goodwin. (Signed) Mark frost." He m. at Berwick, Me., 25 Sept., 1770, Hannah Hersom.
He resided in Lebanon in the easterly part of the town on the farm now (1896) occupied by Frank Gerrish. He was a tithingman in the First Church, Lebanon, early in this century.
FURBISH. (FURBUSH.)
29. BENJAMIN FURBISH, Jr. was the son of Benjamin and Han- nah Furbish who were the first of the name to settle in town, probably coming from Kittery, Me.
He enlisted 3 Sept, 1776, for 95 days in Capt. John Brewster's Co. of Col. Pierce Long's Reg't, stationed at New Castle, N. H. He was a private No. 54 of his Co. and received pay for extra ser- vices from 7 Dec., 1776, to 7 Jan'y, 1777.
He enlisted a second time as a private in Capt. Samuel Grant's Co. of Col. Oliver Titcomb's Reg't and received pay 18 July, 1777, for services for two months and for travelling to and from Rhode Island. On 18 May, 1777, Rev. Isaac Hasey recorded in his dairy : "Bill up by Furbish for himself gone into ye Army ;" and again, 31 Aug., 1777, Mr. Hasey wrote :- "bill by Ben Furbish for his son gone in ye Army ;" and again 5 Oct., he wrote : "Bill by Ben Fur- bish for his son in ye Army." On 7 Dec., 1777, Mr. Hasey re- corded : "Bill of thanks by Ben furbish for his return from the Army." Often in his dairies Mr. Hasey called these men Furbish Sr. and Furbish Jun. On 28 March, 1776, he wrote ; "Ben Furbish raised an House." The Rev. Isaac Hasey married on 7 Feb., 1781, Benjamin Furbish Junr. to Lydia Hussey at Robert Hussey's in Leb. (44). This man lived for some time on a lot situated in the westerly part of the town and about half way between the "Carr place," so called, and the farm now (1896) owned and occupied by Daniel Furbush. He removed from town eastward and none of his descendants are living in Leb. or vicinity, so far as I have opportunity to know.
GOOD WIN.
30. JAMES GOODWIN was a private in a detachment of militia from the County of York under the command of Major Daniel Littlefield "on an expedition to Penobscott in compliance with a
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resolve of the Honorable, the Council of this State [Mass. ] passed June ye 29, 1779."
He enlisted 10 July ; travelled 210 miles ; served one month and twelve days; and was discharged 22 Aug., 1779.
He resided at West Lebanon on the farm now (1896) owned and occupied by Charles S. Orrell; but later removed to Berwick, Me., or Somersworth, N. H.
He married at Lebanon 1 Feb., 1781, Sarah, daughter of Tristam and Martha Copp of Lebanon. She was baptised 13 June, 1773, by Rev. Isaac Hasey.
31. JOHN GOODWIN was a captain of a company composed of Lebanon and Berwiek men, "in a detachment of militia from the County of York under the command of Major Daniel Littlefield [of Wells ] in an expedition to Penobscott in compliance with a resolve of the Honorable, the Council of this State [Mass. ] passed June ye 29, 1779." He served from July 10, to Aug. 22, 1779.
He was a selectman in 1775 and 1776 ; and in 1782 he owned and occupied the original Ichabod Cowell farm which he exchanged in that year with Capt. William Chamberlain for his farm, the original David Twombly farm, near "Adams's Corner," in Rochester, N. H.
He removed to Rochester in Jany., 1783, and lived on that farm until about 1808 when he sold and moved away. He was called "Col." in 1782. He had sons John Jr., Joseph, and Benjamin. He had a sister Keziah who died ummarried.
On 18 April, 1776, "ye training band [of Lebanon] Chose John Goodwin for Capt." and on 19 May, 1778, Mr. Hasey wrote : "Capt. Goodwin draughting men." He seems to have been one of the most active men in the town during the Revolution according to Rev. Isaac Hasey's diary.
32. REUBEN GOODWIN, born about 1765, was a native of Ber- wick, Me., and a twin brother of Simeon (34).
He enlisted first in Capt. John Goodwin's Co. in "a detachment of militia from the County of York under the command of Major Daniel Littlefield on an expedition to Penobscott in compliance with a resolve of the Honorable, the Council of the State of Mass. passed June ye 29, 1779." He travelled 200 miles ; was detached 10 July, 1779, and served two months. (See Mass. Archives, Vol. 37, p. 108).
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