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THE ASHLEY FAMILY
John Ashley, one of the first settlers of Morancy, m. Cather- ine Hiden, May 6, 1808. They lived near the mill, built by Ebenezer Bean who was b. Oct. 1, 1760. John and Catherine (Hiden) Ashley had fourteen children: 1. Asa. 2. Stafford. 3. Henry. 4. John Jr. 5. Frederick. 6. Stillman. 7. James. 8. Eben. 9. Mary. 10. Sophie. 11. Elizabeth. 12. Emily, no record of other two, and no record of 1. Asa, 2. Stafford, 3. Henry and 4. John Jr. Frederick Ashley m. Dec. 30, 1848, Abigail Jane Wal- ton of E. Sullivan. He purchased the first house lot sold by James Tufts and built a house on the road leading to Plantation No. 7, about one half mile from the main highway. When he d. the property was left to his son Henry. Frederick and Jane Ashley had four children: 1. Roland, who d. at the age of 92 years. 2. Mary Sophia, m. Henry Whalen, son of William of Steuben. They had one son, Leon, who m. Eva Yeaton. 3. Henry, d. in the old home, unmarried. 4. Abby Ashley, b. June 2, 1860; m. Fred Fuller. They had two children: 1. Leroy Fuller, m. 1st Hattie Allen; m. 2nd Eva Bennet. 2. Lena Fuller, m. Hayes Gortam, had two sons and two daughters. 6. Stillman, son of John Ashley, m. Dec. 11, 1848, Ann Hodgkins. One dau., Minnie, b. 1851; m. Ami Crosby in 1879; d. 1887. 7. James Ashley, m. had two daughters, Mary and Rebecca. Mary Ash- ley m. Jonas Lindsey. 4 children: Rebecca Ashley, unmarried; d. in young womanhood. 8. Eben Ashley, no record. 9. Mary Ashley, m. Reuben, son of Benjamin and Lucinda Smith; b. 1810. Steuben, resided in East Sullivan. Reuben and Mary (Ashley) Smith had two sons, Edward H. Smith served in the Civil War in the 26th Infantry, 1862. And Herman Smith (see Smith family). 10. Sophia Ashley, b. 1837 m. Francis Taft Bunker, Aug. 15, 1854. He the son of John L. and Mary Bacon Bunker, b. Aug. 6, 1829, Gouldsboro, Me .; d. Feb. 8, 1893, East Sullivan. Children were: Eben Francis, b. Feb. 28, 1864; d. July 29, 1930. Nathan, b. March 7, 1857. Katherine Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1866, Gouldsboro. Monroe Colby, b. 1872. Viola Frances, b. Jan. 22, 1883; d. Dec. 22, 1935 at Montclair, N. J .; unmarried. Katherine Mary Bunker, b. Aug. 6, 1866; m. March 8, 1886,
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Ira Robert, son b. March 15, 1862, son of William and Eliza- beth (Havey) Robertson. Children: (see Robertson family). 11. Elizabeth Ashley, m. March 31, 1847, Franklin Buckley; by Nathaniel Johnson, J. P. 12. Emily Ashley, m. Ransom Sperry. He served in the Civil War. (see Sperry family)
1849: At a town meeting voted that the selectmen lay out a road from John Ashley's house in Morancy to connect with the town highway.
THE MARTIN FAMILY
Three men by name Philip Martin settled here early and were granted land in 1803. One Philip Martin Lot of 50 acres No. 31, bounded on the S.W. by Frenchman's Bay.
Philip B. Martin, b. 1729. His children: Stephen D. Martin 1st d. 1803. 2. Roland Martin 1st, b. 1792; d. 1872. Sea captain. James H., b. Jan. 24, 1789. Sea captain. Mary, his wife, b. 1797; d. Jan. 31, 1869. James H. Martin Jr., d. March 5, 1862; m. Elizabeth P., dau. of Elizabeth F. Simons who was b. 1769 in Saco, Maine. Children were:
Rachel, b. 1832; m. --- Williams. Rebecca S., b. Jan. 22, 1823; d. Jan. 7, 1910. Stephen Martin, b. Oct. 27, 1829.
Rebecca S. Martin, m. Nov. 21, 1857, Samuel Gray Orcutt by Nathaniel Johnson, J. P. Samuel G. Orcutt, b. Aug. 5 1829. Their children were:
1. James Malcolm Orcutt, b. June 16, 1859; d. Jan. 1933; m. Alice Tuck; d. Jan. 1, 1917. 2. Roland Martin Orcutt, b. Jan. 26, 1864; d. April 11, 1942; m. July 10, 1898, Mabel Julia Norton, dau. of Elverdo and Sarah (Sprague) Norton, b. May 4, 1881 at Lubec Maine. Roland M. Orcutt was a blacksmith by trade also carpenter and mason. Their children were:
Richard Malcolm. 2. Doris Mae. 3. Vera Lydene. Richard M. Orcutt, b. May 8, 1900; m. June 27, 1925. Lois Edna Joy, b. Sept. 14, 1906. Their children: Kenneth Lee, b. Jan. 19, 1932; d. Jan. 19, 1932, Franklin. 2. Laurence Neal, b. Sept. 22, 1934, d. Sept. 22, 1934 at Franklin, Me. 3. Roland Seth, b. Nov. 16, 1935. 4. Barbara Anne, b. Aug. 2, 1938. Doris Mae Orcutt, b. Feb. 27, 1902, a graduate nurse of Ring Sanitorium and Hospital of Arlington Heights, Mass. Class of 1933. In ser-
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vice, War II. AAF. TTC, Dec. 4, 1942, Atlantic City, N. J. Entered the Army Nurses Corps, April 23, 1945, reporting to Fort Devens, Mass. 2nd Lieut. A.N.C., Squadron E. Lubback, Texas.
3. Vera Lydene Orcutt, b. Aug. 16, 1903; m. Jan. 21, 1922, Archie John Stewart, b. Aug. 15, 1897; d. Nov. 14, 1939. Their children: Everett Malcolm. Leta May, b. May 2, 1931; d. Dec. 30, 1933. Elizabeth Joyce Stewart, b. Aug. 28, 1928. The United States of America, Navy Department of Navigation. To Archie J. Stewart: W.F.L. who has completed the Course Boiler Care and Repair with a mark of 3.5 Awarded this 29th day of August 1929.
Signed D. C. Bingham, Captain, U.S.N.
R. D. Bell, Lieutenent, U.S.N.
Training Office
USSOGLALA.
His son, Everett M. Stewart, b. Sept. 9, 1922. Entered service World War II, March 1943, went overseas Oct. 1943, being in England until June 1944, was promoted and sent to France. Re- turned safely to his home in Sullivan. m. Dec. 25, 1941, Eleanor, dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Milton W. Torry of Winter Harbor, b. May 11, 1923. Children are: Beverly Ann, b. April 28, 1943. Brenda Mae, b. Oct. 18, 1946.
Vera Lydene Orcutt (Stewart) m. 2nd George A. Hutchens, March 10, 1945, at the Baptist parsonage in Bar Harbor, Me. Mrs. Hutchens is a graduate of University of Conn. George Arthur Hutchens, b. Oct. 1, 1893 in Orland, Maine.
Capt. Roland Martin 1st, son of Philip B. Martin, b. 1792; d. 1872; m. Mary -, b. 1791; d. Jan. 31, 1869. Their children were:
Sarah Jane, b. July 16, 1822. 2. Roland Martin Jr., b. 1836. 3. Elizabeth, b. June 20, 1827. Sarah Jane Martin m. William, son of Nahum and Hannah (Wooster) Hill, b. July 16, 1822. One son, Harry E., m. Emily, dau. of Ambrose and Della (Mc- Farland) Wasgatt of Prospect Harbor. He was keeper of Pros- pect Harbor lighthouse seven years. Harry had one dau. Leonice Hill. Roland Martin Jr., drowned at Pensacola Bay, Fla., Jan. 3, 1869, age 33 years. Elizabeth Martin, b. June 20, 1827; d.
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1922; m. Benjamin L. Robbins. They had one son, Frank B. Robbins, b. about 1860; m. Estella Handy of Gouldsboro, Me., who worked with his mother who had done millinery work many years in East Sullivan. They had one son, Fred Hill Robbins, b. July 23, 1888; m. Alice M. Tracy, b. in Steuben, July 11, 1884. They moved to California. Elizabeth (Martin) Robbins, m. 2nd Joshua Dunbar. He too d. and after Elizabeth Dunbar d. Frank and Estella Robbins went to California to be near their son, Fred and family. Estella d. there.
Francis Martin, son of Roland Martin m. Mary Jane Leigh- ton of Milbridge, Me. She d. Feb. 9, 1849, age 25 years. Their one son :
Charles Martin, b. Feb. 7, 1848; d. Aug. 25, 1926. Like the Martin ancestors they liked sailing over the deep blue sea. He m. 1st Amelia Inman of Franklin, b. 1852; d. June 31, 1897. Their children:
1. Howard L. 2. Fletcher F. 3. Sophronia and 4. Pearl L. Martin. Howard L. Martin, b. Oct. 27, 1873; m. 1st Edith Fielding, they had one son, Allen Martin. They were divorced. He m. 2nd Maud V., dau. of John U. and Louise (Goodwin) Small. They were later divorced. His 3rd marriage was to Mrs. Ruby Martin, dau. of Leonard and Clara (Ash) Bragdon, b. Jan. 18, 1886. Howard lived in the old Martin home. Like his father and the older generation he liked sea life. He usually sailed as mate on large vessels. He went as master on two foreign trips. He was a member of the David A. Hooper lodge F. and A. M. and a former member of John Dority grange. He d. June 30, 1948. 2. Fletcher F. Martin, b. June 7, 1875; m. Laura E., dau. of Wm. P. and Ophelia (Hodgkins) Whitten of Steu- ben, b. May 25, 1878. He shipped on coasting vessels from Sullivan. Was later in 1911, superintendent at the mill in East Sullivan. Their children:
1. Annie W. 2. Ruth A. 3. Gladys. 4. Friderick A. 5. Harry. 6. Leo. Annie W. Martin, m. Harvey Crabtree. They had eight children. 2. Ruth A. Martin, m. Earle Hasenden. Had two children. Gladys Martin, m. Lawrence Wilber. 4. Frederick A. Martin m. Mrs. Viola (Gorden) Carpenter, dau. of Tyler and Flora (Coombs) Gordon of Franklin. She had one dau., Eleanor
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Carpenter. Children of Frederick and Viola Martin: 1. Walter. 2. Gladys. 3. Carol. 4. Sally. 5. Wayne. 5. Harry Martin, m. Nina, dau. of Tyler and Flora Gorden. One dau., Flora Martin. 6. Leo Martin, served in World War II.
4. Pearle, son of Charles and Amelia Martin, b. June 5, 1897; m. Mattie Tracy of Unionville, Me. They had four dau's., 1. Vera. 2. June. 3. Juanita. 4. Jeanette. 3. Sophronia Martin, b. Dec. 8, 1882; m. Oct. 17, 1904, Harry Taylor Cummings of Brooklin, Mass. No children. He died in their early married life. Sophronia, after his death became an obstetrical nurse in Mass.
Daniel Martin, b. 1785; d. Jan. 26, 1850; m. July 2, 1808, Louisa Allston Booth. Their son, Philip Martin, b. 1809; d. Sept. 14, 1885. He was granted Lot No. 44 containing 50 acres at Morancy District, Sullivan. He m. Lucy S. Rand of Goulds- boro, b. 1815; d. June 10, 1898. Their children were: Wm. R. Algerias Martin who m. Margarett, dau. of Alexander and Sarah (Johnson) Pettee. Leander Martin, m. Mary Leighton of Milbridge, Me. Emma Martin m. a Pierce. Ellen Martin d. unmarried.
William R. Martin b. 1830; d. March 26, 1941; m. Emily J., dau. of Nahum Davis of Steuben, b. 1831; d. 1920. They resided on the Philip Martin farm where for many years he raised fruit and vegetables for the Bar Harbor market. They had eleven children.
1. Clarence Martin, b. Nov. 11, 1872; m. Nellie O., dau. of Hiram and Lenora (Merchant) Preble. Had two dau's Bernice and Maisie Martin.
2. William E. Martin, b. Nov. 19, 1874, a carpenter by trade; m. Feb. 17, 1900, Olive M., dau. of Adelbert and Lelia E. Gray, b. Oct. 25, 1881, Eden, Maine. They have five children:
Thelma E., b. Feb. 15, 1902; m. Norman Penny of Clifton, Maine. Vida L., b. Sept. 3, 1903; m. Roland Penny of Clifton, Maine. 3. Edward L. b. 1908; m. Alta, dau. of Dallas and Viola A. (McFarland) Hanna. 4. Lucy A., b. Aug. 31, 1909; m. Wilbert Whittier. 5. Corris, b. Sept. 1918; m. Clive, son of Henry S. Preble.
3. Linwood H. Martin, b. Jan. 14, 1876; m. Ruby, dau. of Leonard and Clara (Ash) Bragdon, b. Feb. 18, 1886. Had two
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children: Arthur and Arnold Martin. Linwood and Ruby Martin were divorced.
4. Louis A. Martin, b. Dec. 8, 1878; m. Katie, dau. of Francis and Mary (Prescott) Woods of Northport, Maine. Louis A. Martin d. May 4, 1948.
5. Gertrude Martin b. Dec. 27, 1881; m. Fred L., son of Talbot and Elizabeth Butler of N. Sullivan. 6. Margaret Martin, b. Dec. 10, 1884; m. Isaac Miles; resided Thomaston, Conn. 7. Ethel E., b. April 21, 1886; m. 1st Noyes, son of Dallas and Emma J. (Robertson) Haskell. Ethel and Noyes were divorced and she m. 2nd Tracy of Seal Harbor, 8. Ines L. Martin d. in young womanhood. 9. Sadie E., b. Oct. 23, 1893, resides with her brother Linwood. 10. Dora M. Martin, b. April 15, 1896; m. Frank, son of George and Alice A. (Ash) Farrin. They had four children: Clyde, Eugene, Emily and Ethel Farrin. 11. Philip N. Martin, b. Oct. 12, 1897; m. 1st Rena, dau. of Daniel Hartford. They had three children: Philip N. Jr. 2. Wilton E. and Lottie Martin. Philip N. Martin Jr. m. Barbara, dau. of Linwood and Mary (Gordon) Gray of W. Sullivan. 2. Wilton E. Martin, m. Nov. 9, 1947, Beatrice, dau. of Melvin F. Mitchell of Bath and Mrs. Vera Mitchell of South- west Harbor, Maine. Philip N. Martin divorced from his first wife, m. 2nd Mrs. Doris Ash, the divorced wife of George Wesley Ash, who had two sons, David and Austin Ash that went to live in the Martin family, with their mother, Philip and Doris have one son Peter Martin, Philip N. Martin Sr., purchased the Frederick Ashley farm.
2. Algerias, son of Phillip and Lucy (Rand) Martin b. at Frazier's Creek, Gouldsboro, July 22, 1834; d. March 31, 1907; m. Feb. 22, 1858, Margaret A. dau. of Alexander and Sarah (Johnson) Pettee of Sullivan, b. about 1840; d. Aug. 27, 1908. Their four children: Their first was still birth. 2. Ernest E., b. Jan. 18, 1861; d. Jan. 2, 1925; m. Mary J., dau. of Eri, and Sally (Rodick) Lynam. They had one son, Harlan L. Martin.
3. Richard E. Martin, m. Nellie M. Stevens, dau. of Rufus and Mary Frances Stevens. They had two children: Casper H. and Myra H. Martin. 4. Herbert A. Martin, b. Nov. 16, 1869;
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d. June 9, 1941; m. in 1900, Nellie, dau. of Henry and Elvira (Bragg) Bragdon.
Captain Philip Martin was granted Lot No. 37 containing 86 acres near the Gouldsboro line. He m. Prudence, dau. of Jotham Bragdon. Their children were: 1. Alfred and 2. Frank Martin who left Sullivan when quite young. 3. Caroline Martin, m. Ambrose, son of Alexander and Sarah (Johnson) Pettee. 4. Harriet Martin, m. George son of John Preble (see Preble family). 5. Charlott Martin, m. Stephen Johnson Jr. (see John- son family).
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CENSUS OF TOWN OF SULLIVAN-1865
Taken by J. S. Foster and W. B. McCrate. Copied by D. Simpson, Town Clerk
Lest we forget some of the old families.
ABBOTT, Nelson, b. Nov. 7, 1815, Hancock; his wife Harriet, b. Sept. 13, 1815. Children: Julia b. Aug. 28, 1846, Sullivan; Eustace b. Oct. 6, 1849; Ellen b. Sept. 4, 1856; Isabelle b. Dec. 12, 1858.
ASH, all recorded in family history.
ASHLEY, John b. July 29, 1787, Cherryfield; his wife, Catherine, b. July 18, 1790, New York. Children: Eben b. Sept. 13, 1829. ASHLEY, James b. Sept. 1815, Gouldsboro; his wife, Sarah b. Feb. 22, 1825, Hancock; m. June 1, 1845, Gouldsboro, by H. M. Soule. Children : Rufus P. b. Sept. 27, 1850; Charles b. May 14, 1853; Mary J. b. May 1, 1859; Rebecca P. b. Feb. 20, 1865, all in Sullivan.
ASHLEY, Frederick b. May 20, 1816; his wife, Jane b. Aug. 6, 1829; m. July 14, 1849, by H. M. Soule, in Gouldsboro. Chil- dren: Roland R. b. Sept. 25, 1852; Mary S. b. Nov. 24, 1855; Henry A. b. April 18, 1858; Abba A. b. June 2, 1860, all Sulli- van.
ASHLEY, John Jr. b. Aug. 20, 1821; his wife, Maria L. b. Jan. 1, 1822; m. Dec. 28, 1845, by H. M. Soule, in Gouldsboro. Chil- dren: Phebe S. L. b. April 18, 1847; Catherine M. b. Jan. 31, 1856, Sullivan.
ASHLEY, Stillman, b. 1823; his wife, Ann Hodgkins b. 1820; m. 1848, Sullivan. Children: Milley b. Aug. 2, 1852.
AREY, Thomas b. 1804; d. 1868; his wife, Elizabeth b. 1806; m. 1827. Children: Elsie b. 1828; Belinda b. 1830; Lydia Jane b. 1823, m. Oliver Bragdon; George b. 1835, lived with his sister, Jane; Betsey C. adopted; Lewis b. 1855.
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AREY, James b. July 18, 1823; his wife Elsie b. Mar. 30, 1826; m. Feb. 17, 1847 by D. Vinal, in Vinal Haven. Children: Thomas J. b. Dec. 30, 1850; Martha J. A. b. Feb. 24, 1856; Frederick N. b. July 1, 1861; all died in Nov. 6-11-10, 1862; Myri b. July 7, 1862.
ADAMS. Name appears in the first town report. John b. Dec. 16, 1824; Lucretia, his wife, b. Oct. 2, 1831; m. Feb. 1852, Ells- worth, by Rev. J. Belcher. Children: Livingston b. Nov. 2, 1853; Eudoria, b. Sept. 30, 1856; Anne B. b. Oct. 27, 1862, all Sullivan.
ARNOLD, Otis C. b. Dec. 29, 1837, Orland; his wife, Hannah M. b. July 4, 1841 ; m. April 27, 1861 by Rev. William Hibbud. ARNOLD, Frank b. Oct. 14, 1824; his wife, Anna W. b. June 22, 1827; m. July 4, 1849, Orland, by Rev. T. W. Perry. Chil- dren : Veleria b. Jan. 14, 1859, Boston.
BACON, George R. b. Mar. 14, 1814; his wife, Louisa A. Holmes b. May 2. 1819, Fredericksburg, Va .; m. Dec. 1, 1842 by R. Y. Watson, Sullivan. Children: Lizzie S. b. Feb. 14, 1844; Josephine E. b. Nov. 16, 1846; George A. b. Sept. 8, 1848; Anson J. b. Feb. 22, 1851; Charles F. b. March 10, 1853; Thomas B. b. April 20, 1855 ; Hattie A. April 28, 1856.
BAKER, Moses N. H. b. Sept. 30, 1810, d. 1906. He was men- tioned in the town records as holding office several times. No record of his first marriage but he had 2 children: Mary E. b. Aug. 14, 1848 and L. Green, b. Jan. 10, 1851, who m. Elizabeth -- from England, who as several remember, brought with her a very small piano. They lived in the house now owned by Kenneth and Frances (Urann) Drake, only it was a small house at that time. They had three children and Mrs. Elizabeth Baker is now living with her daughter, Elizabeth "Bessie" in California. Moses Baker m. 2nd. Lucinda M. b. Dec. 5, 1819; d. 1908. Children: Benjamin C. and Sophia. Benjamin C. b. Jan. 3rd, 1854; m. Effie A. Whitaker b. 1874, dau. of Nehemiah and Jennie (Franklin) Baker Whitaker of Franklin. No children. They lived in the house vacated by his brother Green and built the second story on it. Effie Baker taught school in Sullivan
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for years and is on the teachers retiring list. Sophia M. A. b. April 2, 1856; m. July 30, 1871, Francis M. Darling. She after- ward went to Boston, Mass. and attended the Tremont Church Bible School, and did church work. M. 2nd, a Mr. Temple of Boston. Many in Sullivan remember her interest in our Sunday School, often offering Bible prizes for awards of merit. Mr. Moses Baker was a soldier in the Civil War and they resided in a small house, now razed, that used to set on the old road op- posite the new picnic grounds.
Bragdon, Bunker, Bartlett and Bean are written in their geneal- ogy.
BUCKLEY, Elizabeth b. Sept. 4, 1826, m. Jan. 14, 1849 by H. Emery Esq., dau. Harriet E. b. March 18, 1855.
BLANCHARD, Stephen b. 1810; his wife, Maria b. Jan. 4, 1834, m. Sept. 26, 1847, Gouldsboro, by A. G. Guptill. Children : Roxanna b. July 4, 1848; Estella b. Nov. 29, 1849; Winfield b. Dec. 13, 1852; Ambrose b. Dec. 13, 1857; Georgia b. July 24, 1861, all Sullivan.
CARPENTER, John b. Dec. 1827, Swan's Isle; his wife, Abigail b. Mar. 31, 1836, Gouldsboro, m. Feb. 15, 1850 by A. G. Gup- till, Gouldsboro. Children: John R. b. June 20, 1856, Goulds- boro, m. Emma, foster dau. of John Tracy, who lived on Ashes Point, and in the house now occupied by Leeman Albee. John and Emma Carpenter lived in the house now occupied by George and Mary Andrews. He was on the tax list in 1872. John and Abigail had a stepchild: Charles L. Bunker.
CONNORS, Charles W. b. June 7, 1825, Nova Scotia, m. April 23, 1846 by J. Norton of Corn Wallace, N. S. Rebecca A. b. Feb. 24, 1827, of Nova Scotia. Children: b. Corn Wallace, N. S. Jerusha E. b. Oct. 15, 1849; David H. b. May 5, 1852 m. Julia A. dau. of Watson and Abitha (Preble) White. Children: Irene and Hattie. They lived next door to the Jane Pineo House. Martha J. b. July 15 1854, m. 1st a Mr. Goodale. Child: Fred b. 1875, d. 1927, he worked the most of his life with Herbert L. Cleaves in the Livery Stable business, both at Sullivan and Sor- rento. He m. Olive Morse. Children: Grace, Roger who is now
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in business in New York City, and Marion. Martha m. 2nd, Frank Carleton, a barber, b. 1857, d. 1937. He had his shop on the same site or near where Mrs. Watson Joy now lives. Children: Rae m. Dallas Ash of Gouldsboro and Bessie C. Chil- dren born Sullivan: Jessie b. July 27, 1856 m. William Law- reace. They lived in Sullivan, had a house on the site where Harold Hooper lives now, it burned. They also lived in Sor- rento, where he was the first Postmaster, and was Agent for Mr. Frank Jones and the Sorrento Land Co. He had a beautiful home there. Children: Cora Belle. Edward E. b. Feb. 14, 1860, m. Nettie Rolfe of West Sullivan. He had a store in Sor- rento for years, also a residence, and boarding house. Hattie b. June 14, 1864, no records are available. Lieut. James E. Con- nors, b. 1838 d. 1897, shares the same lot in York Hill Cemetery with the Connors family and is referred to as "Uncle".
CLAPHAM, William H. b. April 10, 1814 in China, Maine. His wife, Abigail R. b. Mar. 21, 1822 in Brooksville, m. April 10, 1838 by J. R. Redman, Brooksville. The old Clapham house is the one Linwood Gray lives in now. Children: William H. d. at 2 yrs. William H. d. at 1 mo. Georgia E. b. May 10, 1846. Marial, d. 6 yrs. Erastus R. d. 5 yrs. Edwin T. b. May 10, 1857 m. Maria S. Clapham of Carmel, they lived and probably built the house where Dennis and Ruth (Meynell) Vibert now live; Abba M. b. Sept. 11, 1860; Charles L. b. July 6, 1864; m. Maud Means, Aug. 14, 1887, dau. Florence who now lives in Boston. He m. 2nd Georgia Clapham of Carmel, Mar. 8, 1889. They lived in the homestead of his father, William.
CHILCOTT. See Chilcott family.
DOWNING, Richard F. b. Sullivan July 27, 1793, his wife Priscilla b. June 12, 1808, Gouldsboro; m. April 10, 1838 by Rev. Isaac Lord, Sullivan. Children: Theodosia b. Dec. 9, 1838 and Richard L. b. Jan. 31, 1846, m. Lucretia (French) (Kenniston 1st husband) they had one dau. Ethel, d. in girlhood.
DOWNING, John b. Mar. 7, 1799 Sullivan, his wife, Lucy W. b. June 6, 1807, Camden; m. Aug. 12, 1828, Surry, by Rev. Benj. Lord. She d. Dec. 13, 1835. Children: Lucy J. b. June
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17, 1829; Herman D. b. Dec. 25, 1830; Otis b. Aug. 12, 1833, m. Aug. 18, 1860, Mary A. Rideout, b. Sept. 11, 1838. John's 2nd wife, Mary Mayo b. Sept. 14, 1803, Eden.
DUNBAR. See family record.
DREW, Albert b. May 25, 1798, his wife, Maty b. May 12, 1799; m. Sept. 1827, Newport, Rhode Island.
DURNEY, James N. b. June 23, 1843.
JELLISON, Edward and Elvira Jellison, both b. Eastbrook. Children: Ethel m. Sidney Havey; Everard, went west, m., and resides there. Everett, d. about 1932, m. Della Hooper, d. 1949, have 1 son, George, m. Rae, dau. of Virgil and Grace (Goodale) Blaisdell, they have 2 children: Nancy and Edward; Herbert m. Roxy Tracy, of Eastbrook and they reside there; Martha d. 1950, m. Harvey Robertson; Elsie, died in girlhood.
FOSTER, Jabez S. b. Dec. 6, 1805, Milbridge, his wife, Emma b. Nov. 18, 1805, Sullivan; m. Dec. 19, 1828 by Hiram Emery. The Foster Home sat between the William Emery house where Wm. and Patricia Pedder now live and the Henry Preble house, where Warren and Nellie Smith live. It was razed in 1900. Children: Charles W. b. June 30, 1830; m. Mar. 21, 1835, Steuben; Sarah J. b. Mar. 21, 1835, Milbridge. Their children: Frank E. b. Sept. 16, 1856; Maybell b. March 3, 1858; Abba Edna b. Feb. 25, 1862. Flora M. b. April 8, 1832; George S. b. Jan. 22, 1834; Gilbert S. b. Jan. 18, 1836, m. Dec. 18, 1863, at Medford, Mass. by A. Biglow Esq. Harriet E. b. May 9, 1842; one son, Frederick W. b. Feb. 7, 1865. Ophelia E. b. Dec. 23, 1837; m. 2nd wife, Edwin Cleaves, Prospect Harbor.
FOWLES, J. P. b. Oct. 1, 1808, his wife Lucy B. b. June 18, 1827; m. Jan. 8, 1862. They are mentioned in the town record as having a store at East Sullivan in 1863. Children: Francis U. b. Jan. 8, 1865.
FISKE, Edward b. Sept. 2, 1832, Concord, Mass .; his wife, Adelaide P. b. Mar. 15, 1845, Milo; m. Milo, Oct. 13, 1863 by Rev. J. Spaulding. Children: George b. Oct. 14, 1855, Sulli- van.
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FRANKLIN, Capt. William b. Oct. 6, 1814, in Addison, d. Aug. 11, 1878; m. June 30, 1851, by J. Cummings, Mary A. b. Dec. 13, 1820; they had one son George b. Oct. 14, 1855. The Frank- lins lived in the Hinman house, and probably built it. It is now owned by the Osgood family, nee Belle Lord.
GORDON. See Gordon Family.
GRANT, Warren b. Feb. 3, 1832, Hancock, his wife, Lydia F. b. Oct. 30, 1846, Gouldsboro, m. July 13, 1861 by H. B. Moon Esq., Hancock. Children: Lewis W. b. Dec. 6, 1864.
GIBBS, Sylvenus b. Aug. 7, 1796, Gouldsboro; his wife, Joanna b. May 30, 1801; m. Mar. 16, 1823 by Hiram Emery.
GRAHAM, Aaron b. April 15, 1817, Ireland, his wife, Mary A. b. Mar. 8, 1820, Ireland. Children: b. St. John; Mary b. Feb. 25, 1842, m. Aug. 2, 1871, Edward Preble, Sullivan; Aaron b. Jan. 17, 1844, m. July 5, 1868, Henrietta L. Martin, they had two sons: Herbert, who is living in Bar Harbor, and Frank, who m. Margaret b. in Ireland. Frank d. but she is still living in Bar Harbor; Henrietta m. 2nd, Nov. 12, 1880 Benjamin Thomp- son; children b. Bangor: Martha b. April 11, 1849; Daniel b. Mar. 31, 1852; Sarah b. July 6, 1854, Sullivan; b. No. 7, Robert b. Feb. 23, 1857, m. Addie Rice of Swan's Island, one son, Claude, Robert d. soon after and Addie m. George Graham, his brother; George b. Mar. 30, 1862, No. 7, m. 2nd Mable, dau. of Harry and Nellie (Huckins) Urann, children: Harvard C. m. Katherine dau. of Wallace and Katherine (Robertson) Springer, and Marcia B. m. Edgar Baker of Bangor and lives in Hancock, children: Constance and Joyce. Florence m. Robert Begley of Middleboro, Mass. and are now operating the Maple Crest Nursing Home, in the house that was built by Clara Preble and after her death was owned and occupied by Simon and Mable Bunker.
HILL. See the Hill family.
HODGKINS. This family are among the first settlers, and when the property allotments were given out, they were given Falls Point, the very first settlement of the town. Neither from the
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census or the town report can the families be segregated. At the very first town meeting appeared: 1789, Samuel Hodgkins, collector of taxes, and Capt. Philip Hodgkins, surveyor of Roads.
Samuel Hodgkins m. Sept. 20, 1796, Tilly Smith
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