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William Hodgkins m. May, 1791, Susanna Doon of Mt. Desert.
Polly Hodgkins m. June 19, 1796, William Abbot
Lucy Hodgkins m. May 16, 1796, William Smith
Anna Hodgkins m. Oct. 31, 1801, Christopher Moon.
Gee Hodgkins m. Feb. 22, 1800, Hannah Young by Paul Gargent.
Philip Hodgkins m. Feb., 1807, Sally Moon
Samuel Hodgkins m. May 26, 1811, Abigail Smith
Samuel Hodgkins Jr. m. July 26, 1811, Sally Ford
Moses Hodgkins m. July 25, 1811, Polly Moon
Hannah Hodgkins m. Dec. 21, 1820, William Young, Tren- ton
Martha Hodgkins m. June 4, 1822, John Moon
Nathan Hodgkins m. Dec. 7, 1821, Harriet Googins, Trenton Gee Hodgkins m. Apr. 19, 1821, Phebe Noble Charlotte Hodgkins m. Oct. 9, 1822, Reuben Abbott
Eliza Hodgkins m. Oct. 31, 1823, George Frost
Philip Hodgkins m. Dec. 23, 1825, Mary Blunt, Trenton
Barnabus Hodgkins m. Nov. 19, 1827, Abigail G. Trufrey, Mt. Desert
Calvin B. Hodgkins m. June 30, 1852, Maria S., by J. Bel- cher, Ellsworth
Ann Hodgkins m. Dec. 11, 1847, Stillman Ashley
HIGGINS, Solomon A. b. June 18, 1810, Eden, his wife, Hannah E. b. Nov. 22, 1820, Eden, m. Dec. 29, 1848. Children: William M. b. Nov. 21, 1851; John M. b. May 24, 1849, both Eden.
HALL, Willard F. b. Sept. 14, 1820, his wife, Wealthy D. b. Feb. 22, 1818, Steuben; m. Jan. 7, 1844 by Charles Andrews. Children: John W. b. Nov. 13, 1847; J. Fletcher b. Feb. 7, 1850, both Sullivan.
HALL, Isaiah b. Sept. 2, 1794, his wife Abigail b. March 22, 1805, Steuben, m. by R. Y. Watson. Children: Henrietta b.
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Dec. 23, 1837, m. for his 4th wife, Joshua B. Johnson; Amanda S. b. Jan. 9, 1839, m. Philo Lewis, Steuben; 1 dau. Ella Lewis; Elizabeth Ann b. Mar. 3, 1842, unmarried; Sarah A. died. Harriet m. James Lord, one dau. Mary.
HANNA, HAVEY, JOHNSON, JELLISON, See genealogies.
EATON, William B. b. Jan. 1, 1840, d. Apr. 13, 1890. His wife was Nellie M. d. Feb. 20, 1895, age 43 years. Mr. Eaton was a member of Co. K., 13th Reg., Maine Volunteers. On his gravestone "Faithful unto the end". This is evidently the Mr. Eaton that Helen Smith speaks of in her article about Blake Hall, as playing in the orchestra.
LORD, Jason b. Mar. 1, 1799, S. Berwick, his wife, Mary Jane, b. Mar. 6, 1798; m. Feb. 8, 1824. Children: Mary Jane b. June 25, 1824; Delphina, b. Sept. 6, 1827, m. Capt. Wooster, their children: Arabelle m. Capt. Charles Higgins; Jason E. b. May 1, 1830; James Sullivan, b. Nov. 3, 1832; William J. b. June 21, 1835, m. Thankful Stevens, they have one dau. Belle, m. George Osgood, of Ayre, Mass .; John E. b. Apr. 17, 1838, d. at 3 yrs. Howard and Henry, twins both died 1863.
LYNAM, George b. 1820, Eden, m. Georgia Urann; lived and probably built the house now owned by Sumner and Florence Yorke.
LYNAM, Enoch H. b. April 11, 1824, Eden, his wife, Mary L Welch b. July 23, 1826, m. Jan. 9, 1853 by Rev. R. Y. Watson. LYNAM, Charles b. June 17, 1839, Eden, his wife, Eunice Ab- bott b. Aug. 5, 1841; m. Dec. 20, 1862 by A. Simpson, Sullivan. These three men were found frequently in the town records taking active part in administration.
MC CRATE, MARTIN. See genealogies.
MOON. In the town records Capt. Thomas Moon, was town clerk Jan. 14, 1802, also Mrs. Jane Moon and Joseph Moon at that date.
MOON, Calvin A. b. Oct. 12, 1834, Hancock, his wife Elmira J. H. b. Sept. 12, 1835, Hancock, m. Feb. 12, 1854 by Rev. R.
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Y. Watson; children: Victoria b. June 7, 1852 Sullivan, m. a Mr. Tilton, Franklin Falls, N. H .; Calvin P., Supt. in Stoning- ton ; Capt. Frederick H., Seattle, Wash.
MOON, Curtis E., wharf builder and ferryman, son of Samuel and Hannah (Thorn) Moon, m. Sept. 30, 1893, Rose, dau. of Charles and Emily (Springer) Hinckley of Franklin. Children: John C. m. Ethel, dau. of Daniel and Carrie (Hodgkins) Bunker. One dau. Marion, who m. Philip Rich.
MARTIN, ORCUTT, PREBLE, PERRY, FENTON (Phant on), PETTEE, ROBERTSON, SIMPSON, STOVER. See genealogies.
SPERRY, Ransom b. Sept. 10, 1818, N. H., his wife, Emily S. b. Jan. 13, 1812, Sullivan, m. Aug. 22, 1841 by Rev. L. Porter, Lowell, Mass. Children: George b. Sept. 10, 1842, Lowell, m. Phebe S. Ashley Dec. 23, 1867; Horace R. b. Feb. 28, 1845, Lowell; Adeline b. Jan. 17, 1848, Sullivan; Willis P. b. June 2, 1850, m. June 9, 1877, Maria A. Bunker of Gouldsboro, chil- dren: Horace, Sadie and Elliott; Mary L. b. June 2, 1852.
SPEIDELL, Louisa C. b. May 21, 1824, Germany; children : Louisa A. b. April 24, 1849, Sullivan; George W. b. July 22, 1850, became the foster son of Isaah Hall; Charles E. b. Nov. 25, 1852, m. May 14, 1878, Maria M. Blaisdell of Franklin.
SMITH, Sidney from Brooksville, mentioned in town records as Dr. Sidney Smith, his wife Mary A. of Sullivan; children: Catherine L., Edward, Jennie and Henry.
TRIPP, John M. b. April 10, 1937, of Trescott, his wife, Mary E. b. Jan. 17, 1845, Gouldsboro, m. Dec. 1, 1861 by Nathaniel Johnson Esq .; children: Sophronie L. b. April 30, 1862, Effie A. b. June 15, 1864, Sullivan.
TURNER. See story of Turner family.
TUFTS. Milton b. Oct. 12, 1812, Knox, his wife Hannah, b. April 4, 1818, Hartford; children: Rufus W. b. Nov. 1836. Belfast; Ezra W. b. Aug. 24, 1840; Mary S. b. June 29, 1842; Charles b. Oct. 13, 1843; Hannah F. b. March 1, 1847, all b.
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Belfast; Sarah P. b. March 1, 1855, Sullivan; From Town records June 13, 1859, "Inhabitants of Sullivan assembled at Milton Tufts Hall at half past twelve o'clock, it being the place which the meeting was called by the Selectmen."
THORN, Joseph b. April 29, 1792, Standish, N. B., his wife, Martha b. Nov. 20, 1800, same, m. 1818 N. S. Children: Joseph probably Abijah's son, b. April 18, 1847, Sullivan.
THORN, Abijah b. Oct. 8, 1820, probably son of Joseph and Martha, his wife Joanne b. Nov. 10, 1822, Hancock, m. Sept. 22, 1841 by Rev. R. Y. Watson. Their children: Prudence b. Sept. 5, 1845 Sullivan, George A. P. b. Feb. 29, 1848, Ellsworth. The Thorn farm and house was where Mrs. Sally Merchant lived, she was a Thorn and probably inherited the place, on the Tunk Lake Road, north of the Flanders Pond Road.
URANN see genealogy.
WOOSTER, Henry L. who was a Capt. b. Jan. 15, 1823 Han- cock, his wife, Delphina A. Lord b. Sept. 6, 1827, m. July 13, 1848 by John H. Swift in Philadelphia. Children: Arabella A. b. Nov. 24, 1849, m. Capt. Charles Higgins. Alice J. b. May 22, 1852, m. Alvin Wilson; Charles N. b. March 29, 1854; Lizzie B. b. May 3, 1858, m. Wilton Simpson.
RIDEOUT, Miles b. Oct 23, 1812, Mass., his wife, Margaret b. March 12, 1809, m. Dec. 14, 1837 by Hiram Emery Esq. Chil- dren: Mary A. b. Sept. 11, 1838, m. July 1860 Otis Downing; Susan M. b. Aug. 18, 1840, d. at 17 yrs .; Hellen C. b. April 11, 1843; William M. b. Sept. 5, 1846; Charles E. b. Dec. 18, 1848; Edmund M. b. Jan. 30, 1854, was active in the town school system, on school committee and school superintendent in 1896.
DOANE, Elijah S. and Sophronie. No more is said about them, but they lived in Sorrento and Doanes Point is named for them.
FORD, Oakman m. Abitha Bean. He built the Bridgham house, later the Holmes house and now Mrs. John Spring. He also built the grist mill on Flanders Stream. Children: Mary Jane
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C. b. June 2, 1821; Benjamin F. b. May 8, 1823; Ezra b. Feb. 8, 1825 and Henry A. b. Jan. 3, 1827.
MORANCY, John m. March 2, 1887, Emily Pettee, both of Sullivan. No more can be found about him, but Morancy Pond, Morancy Stream was named for him.
WILSON, Danial b. Jan. 2, 1816, his wife, Lorinda b. April 13, 1824, both of Bradford, m. June 17, 1844, by Alvin Trask Esq., Charleston. Children: Stanelous b. Sept. 14, 1845, m. Georgia Simpson; Alvin T., b. July 23, 1847, m. Alice Wooster; Harvey S. b. Feb. 23, 1850, d. at 9 yrs. all b. Bradford. Augustus H. b. May 9, 1852; Arabell C. b. Sept. 9, 1854, m. Capt. Charles Allen, his 2nd wife. Andulusia b. Dec. 19, 1856, d. 7 yrs .; Charles M. b. Aug. 25, 1858; John H. b. March 31, 1862, all b. Sullivan. (also Lena who is not recorded here) .
WILKINSON, Joshua b. Aug. 5, 1806, his wife, Hannah b. Aug. 5, 1806, both Sullivan; Children: Abigail b. Sept. 23, 1824; Joshua B. b. Aug. 7, 1837; Grandchild: Daniel S. b. Nov. 7, 1862.
WATSON, Charles b. July 6, 1823, his wife, Maria b. July 8, 1823, m. May 6, 1844 by William Moore of Sullivan; Children: George R. b. Nov. 11, 1851.
WELCH, WHITE see genealogy.
STIMSON. In 1910 census, Catherine A. (Eaton) Children: Lillie m. Sept. 14, 1887, George C. Emery, of Cambridge, went to Kansas City to live. Ida m. Dec. 31, 1887 Edgar Baiter, Isle au Haut. The Stimson house is now "High Banks" owned by Dr. Kilgus. The barn to the house was quite attractive, it had a cupola, which one could sit in and enjoy the scenery for miles around. It was razed in 1920.
THE DUNBAR FAMILY
George Humphrey Dunbar, was born in Steuben, Maine, Aug. 17, 1819; d. Sullivan, June 4, 1898; m. Oct. 14, 1852, Delilah Sargent; b. Gouldsboro, July 4, 1833; d. in Sullivan, Nov. 2, 1908. Resided Sullivan.
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Their 4 children: Charles, Emery, Harvey and Katherine.
Charles Woodman Dunbar, b. Nov. 20, 1853; d. m. 1st Dec. 25, 1880, in Bar Harbor, Lydia Jane Higgins, b. July 17, 1856; d. Bar Harbor, Nov. 3, 1891. They had 3 children, all b. in Bar Harbor: Percy Rogers Dunbar, b. Aug. 26, 1882, d. a young man. Letitia Frances, b. May 22, 1885, d. at 6 months old. Margaret, b. Sept. 17, 1886; m. Elton Charvoz in Arizona. They have 2 dau's, Sannett and Margaret. Charles Dunbar m. 2nd Kate Murray Alcorn, b. Nov. 25, 1863, Belfast, Ireland, in Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 21, 1875. They have one son, George Harvey Dunbar, b. Jan. 4, 1896; m. 1st Maxine Noyes, dau. of Nathanial and Hazel Leighton, (of Milbridge) Noyes. He is librarian at the Connecticut State Library. He m. 2nd Harriet.
Emery Bartlett Dunbar, b. Aug. 7, 1856; d. June 25, 1905; m. Fannie West Clark, Dec. 13, 1884 in Waltham, Maine. She was b. March 15, 1859; d. March 8, 1935. They had one dau., Nina Marie, b. April 21, 1886; she m. probably 1908 or 9, Fred Black of Steuben. They had one dau., Katherine. Both Marie and Fred d. when Katherine was a child and Katherine lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Dunbar. Katherine mn. Eric Abrahamson of Portland, Maine and they reside there.
Harvey Wilson Dunbar, b. Feb. 6, 1861; d. 1939; m. Oct. 17, 1906, Alice Viola Blaisdell, in Portland, Maine. They resided at Sullivan. Their children: Harvey Scot Dunbar, b. Aug. 13, 1908; m. Irene Hooper, dau. of Percy and Vera Butler Hooper. Their children: Allen Dunbar, now attending U. of M. Jane, m. Oct. 6, 1951, Herbert Gross of Lamoine, who served in Korea for 3 years, and now employed in Millinocket. Paula, 14 years of age and Philip Douglas 2 years. Scot is Supt. of Construction Co., Millinocket.
Katherine Alma, b. Dec. 5, 1865; d. in Pheonix, Arizona, and buried at Greenwood Memorial Park in 1946. She lived at her old home on the Franklin Road with her parents and two aunts. After they died, she m. Herbert Cleaves, b. 1851; d. 1923, and lived at The Bristol Hotel, which he owned and managed at that time and did until his death. Katherine then went to Pheonix, Arizona to live with her neice, Margaret, who lived
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with her after her own mother d. until she went west, to enter a training school for nurses.
THE TURNER FAMILY
Mrs. Alice Turner Curtis, has recently made a gift to the library of books from the new edition of her "Little Maid Series". Mrs. Curtis was b. in the house directly across the road from the Frenchman's Bay Library now Cove Knoll and owned by Jane and Myrtle Warren. In communicating with Mrs. Curtis we asked her for some memories of her childhood, which she has kindly written in this letter:
"I was glad indeed to receive your interesting letter. It sent my thoughts traveling back to my girlhood .-- No, the "Cooper Shop" is the building toward the "Cove", where Mr. Daniel Wilson used to make barrels, in the 1870s, which were loaded onto schooners and sent to various ports. The "Old Stone Store" must go back to the earliest settlement of the town. I always wondered about it.
My father, John Vinal Turner, was born in Bath, Maine; he, my mother and two older sisters came to Sullivan in 1851. At first they lived in the house on the Franklin Road, "The Dun- bar House", then father bought land of the Hinman's and built the house opposite the present Library. My elder sister, Anna, married William Pearsall of South Carolina; Ella, Ernest Benson, of Binghamton, N. Y.
When I was twelve my sister Ella, who then lived in Ashland, Mass., (she was eleven years older than I) had me go and live with her and attend a well known girls school for girls. After that, I was only home for vacations. I went to work at eighteen, as a filing clerk, in the office of The Youth's Companion; I began trying to write long before that, later on I worked as a reporter for The Boston Traveller, and was in my mid-twenties, Literary Editor for a year; then for seventeen years I was on the Editorial Staff of The Youth's Companion. After my father's death, my mother came to live with me.
My father was a sailmaker. As a young man, he went as sail- maker on long voyages on whaling ships, sailing out of New Bedford, Mass.
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When he came to Sullivan there were two ship yards there, one opposite the Hinman place, with a long wharf, and the other further down toward the little island. There was then, in the 1860s and 70s, a foot bridge to this island. On it were two solid buildings, one two story, had my fathers sail loft upstairs, the lower floor being used for storage of great rolls of canvas, ropes, etc. In those days the sails were all sewn by hand, and my father had two or three men working with him. A long wharf then ran out into the harbor, when the vessels were launched and rigged they would be towed to this wharf and the sails slid down from the wide upper door (As a little girl I loved to play among the canvas on which the men were at work). The other building was smaller and was used to store salt, great chunks, for fisherman. Those were the "prosperous" days for the town.
My mother, Susan Speare Staples, was born Montville, Maine. She knew many old poems, and used to repeat them to me so often, that I still remember them. She and my father were buried in York Hill Cemetery.
Well! This is a great deal about me and mine, but you know, you asked for it."
Mrs. Curtis wrote, The Little Maid Series, stories of various episodes in the history of Colonial America :
A Little Maid of Province Town.
A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony.
A Little Maid of Narragansett Bay.
A Little Maid of Bunker Hill.
A Little Maid of Ticonderoga.
A Little Maid of Old Connecticut.
A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia.
A Little Maid of Old Maine.
A Little Maid of Old New York.
A Little Maid of Old Virginia. A Little Maid of Maryland.
A Little Maid of Mohawk Valley.
A Little Maid of Monmouth.
A Little Maid of Nantucket.
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She also wrote, The Yankee Girl, books, dealing with different heroines. The books take a non-partisan view of the Civil War, using the events in their true historical significance.
A Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter.
A Yankee Girl at Bull Run.
A Yankee Girl at Shiloh.
A Yankee Girl at Antietam.
A Yankee Girl at Gettysburg.
A Yankee Girl at Vicksburg.
Mrs. Curtis lives in Boston, and is one of the most popular authors of books for children. She says:
"When I was a little girl, just as far back as I can remember, I thought a book was the dearest possession in the world."
"The Damariscotta River, Maine, is the river of which I write in 'Grandpa's Little Girl's House Party,' and there really are wonderful shell heaps at one place on the banks, and people come long distances to look at them, and scientific men have many theories as to their origin."
Mrs. Curtis has also written:
The Grandpa's Little Girl Books-6 Volumes.
The Little Runaways Books-4vol.
The Little Marjorie Books-4 vol.
The Outdoor Chums.
Ted Gilman.
Miss Ann and Jimmy.
The Frontier Girls-4 vol.
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THE WHITE FAMILY
John White (1) is first found in Lancaster, May 1, 1653. In the "Annals of Lancaster" he had twenty acres of land between the lots of James Atherton and John Lewis, where he built his house and resided. His house was burned first by the Indians in 1676 and again by accident in 1816; and rebuilt by Deacon Samuel F. White.
Aug. 1639, John White was an inhabitant of Salem, and grant- ed 60 acres of land. Feb. 15, 1642 and Jan. 30, 1643 was also granted land.
His wife Joane, was admitted to the first church in Salem, Feb. 26, 1642-3, where their children were baptized. She died in Lancaster, May 18, 1654.
John White (1) had property valued at 200 pounds. Their children were: John (2) Joanna, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Josiah, Ruth and Hannah.
Josiah (2) baptized 1st church of Salem, June 4, 1643, while a resident of Wenham, removed with his parents to Lancaster, before May 1, 1653. He m. 1st Mary, dau. of William and Anne Lewis of Roxbury, he m. 2nd, Nov. 28, 1678, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary (King) Rice, of Marlboro.
Josiah lived on the estate of his father, in Lancaster, Mass. He was prominent in the town serving in offices and committees. He died Nov. 11, 1714.
Children were: Sarah, Josiah, John (3), Thankful, Jonathan, 1692; killed by indians, July 16, 1707. Judith and Keziah.
John (3) b. in Lancaster, Sept. 20, 1684; m. Eunice, dau. of Lieut. Nathanial and Mary (Sawyer) Wilder. He was a cooper and blacksmith by trade.
Capt. John White and Capt. Lovell commanded scouting tours, by orders of the Governor, in search of indians and were instructed to kill all that they could find, as their diaries reveal. They were together when they "killed the ten indians". He d. when fairly young, leaving his widow with a young family. Eunice, his wife petitioned for assistance to the governor, be- cause of the faithful and difficult services that he had performed had undermined his health and they were pleased to grant her
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"250 acres of unappropriated lands for the education and bring- ing up of her children." Widow Eunice d. May 15, 1778.
Children: Eunice, John Jr. (4), Betty, Dorothy, Thomas, Lois, Mary and Nathanial.
Capt. John White Jr., b. in Lancaster, 1714; m. March 19, 1735, Lois, dau. of Judge Joseph and Lucy (Gardner) Wilder. He was a soldier in the Colonial War, was lieutenant in Capt. John Prescott's company, April 1775. July, 1777 Capt. John White's Co., marched to Bennington, Vt. A pay roll of Capt. John White's Co., in Col. Abijah Stearns' regiment of militia in the state of Massachusetts Bay. Doing duty at and near Boston from the first day of April until the second day of July, 1778, John White, Capt. (From Military annals of Lancaster) .
He d. in Lancaster, Feb. 23, 1797; his wife, Lois, d. Dec. 2, 1790.
Children: Tilley (5), John Jr., Abijah, Lois, Eunice, Lois, Eunice, Lucy, Lucy, Jonathan, Martha and Abijah.
Tilley (5), b. in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 3, 1736; int. pub. m. Oct. 1, 1761 with Katurah Soames of Harvard Mass. They re- sided for a time in Lancaster, then we find them in Addison, Maine, where he m. 2nd Tamson Willey. In those days when there was little travel and no letter writing, it was thought by Tilley's first children, who remained with their uncles, brothers of their father, that their father had died when they were young; but in his Father's will, written in 1797, he says: "To my son Tilley, one dollar, if he come for it within a year," which shows very plainly that he supposed his son Tilley to be living. Then on the Muster Rolls of Sea Coast Defense, we find Tilley White a private in Capt. Jabez West's Company from Oct. 19, to Dec. 6, 1776, also in Capt. Daniel Sullivan's company, Col. Benjamin Foster's regiment, time of service, one month, eight days; dis- charged Oct. 11, 1877, on duty in Machias. He settled in Addi- son, Maine where he d. Feb. 14, 1810. His wife Tamson d. Dec. 1825, age 76 years.
Children were: Abijah, Eunice, John (6), Rachel, Jonathan (6), Ephraim, Lucy, William, Lois, Elizabeth and Ichabod.
John (6) b. in Addison, Maine. Their was a tradition in the family that he was in the revolutionary service with his father,
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as the name John White was found in the regiment and company with Tilley, his father. John White was a resident of Sullivan in 1792. Nov. 3, 1792 he m. Millie Johnson first child to be born to John and Hannah (Young) Johnson after they moved here from York, Maine. They probably lived at Falls Point, for that was the first settlement in the town. In 1802 he is mentioned in the town records as receiving board for school master Mr. Cun- ningham at the point district. He held several offices in town. In 1833 finished the town house and furniture. In 1856 was taxed for 65 acres and buildings.
Children: Alpheus, no record, Asa A. and Nathan.
Asa A. (7), b. Feb. 17, 1796; d. April 24, 1872; m. March 21, 1825, Julia Ingalls; d. Aug. 4, 1853. 50 yrs. of age.
Children: Alame Ann, b. April 18, 1827; d. 15 years of age. Matilda, b. Dec. 11, 1832; d. Feb. 22, 1883; m. a Mr. Pool. Stillman F., b. March 5, 1837; d. 1882. In 1882 in town records shows unpaid taxes of Stillman White, new house and lot.
Nathan (7) m. Terzy Johnson, dau. of Stephen Johnson, and sister to Joshua Johnson, Feb. 15, 1821. He held several town offices from 1821 to 1873. Was county treasurer from 1847 to 1850. No date of his death can be found.
Children: Asa D., Watson E. and Newton C.
Asa D. (8), b. May 28, 1828; d. 1902; m. Jan. 18, 1863, by Rev. Blackwood of Sullivan, Mary W. of No. 7, b. 1829; d. 1915. Children: 1 dau., Harriet A., b. Oct. 25, 1863; m. Dr. Francis X. Corr, b. 1864; d. 1909. They lived in the first yellow house on the Franklin Road, in Sullivan Harbor.
Watson E. (8), b. Dec. 16, 1829; d. Jan. 18, 1877; m. July 1, 1854, by the Rev. R. Y. Watson of Hancock, Abitha Hannah Preble, b. Feb. 29, 1836; d. 1908. He was mentioned in town records as constable in 1865. Probably employed away from Sullivan.
Children: Julia A., b. Sept. 21, 1855; m. Dec. 9, 1886, David Connors. Ida Mahala, b. May 16, 1859; m. Henry S. Boynton, whose father was a ships chandler and merchant in Lamoine, coming from Wiscasset around 1840. The Boynton family came from England to Rowley, Mass. in 1838. They have one son, Henry Stanwood Boynton, b. in Sullivan, now practicing law
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in Kingsport, Tenn. Edgar F., b. Feb. 26, 1867, resided mostly in Boston, Mass.
Newton C. mentioned in town records 1877 as Selectman and in 1882 as moderator, no other records available. Data from Mr. Henry S. Boynton, in Tennesee, says: "The White Brothers were in the contracting business in Brockton, Mass. and in 1876 returned to build the Waukeag House.
In the town records, March 12, 1876, Art. 11: "To see if the town will vote to exempt from taxation for the term of two or more years the hotel now building by the Messers White Bros." Voted "That the Hotel now in process of erection by the White Bros. be exempt from taxation." 1879, Art. 19: "To see what action the town will take in regard to widening the road from the Waukeag House to the Livery Stable, occupied by Cook and ('leaves." Voted: "The Selectmen instruct the surveyors of Falls district to widen the roads in his district where necessary."
Jonathan (7) b. in Addison, Jan. 18, 1818; m. Nov. 14, 1845 in Rockland, Maine. Laura C., dau. of Albert and Mary (Jef- fers) Drew. Jonathan was a ship builder by trade; lived in Sor- rento, where he d. Feb. 1, 1892. Laura lived with her oldest son in Malden, Mass.
Children: George S., Charles A., b. Nov. 25, 1850 in Sullivan, a seaman; d. in New York City, July 18, 1896. Henry E., b. in Sullivan, Aug. 16, 1867; m. Sept. 15, 1888, Cora M., dau. of William and Mary (Butler) Donnell. They resided in Stone- ham, Mass.
THE PREBLE FAMILY By George Henry Preble, 1868
Abraham Preble, the common ancestor of all of the name in America.
Abraham Preble came over from England with the "Men of Kent" and settled about the year 1636, in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. He was one of the earliest settlers of Scituate and very soon after his arrival was married to Judith, the third dau. of Elder Nathanial Tilden, the descendent of a very ancient family in the County of Kent, England. Her ancestry is traced in
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Berry's County Genealogies to a William Tylden who paid aid for lands in Kent at the time of making the Black Prince a Knight in the 20th year of Edward III. Thus, by father and mother, the descendents of Abraham Preble may claim to reflect the eulegy of Fuller.
After his marriage, Abraham Preble removed to York or Georgiana as it was then called, in the Province of Maine, where in 1642, he purchased a tract of land of Edward Godfrey. York was incorporated a city by Sir Ferdinando Georges in 1641. This was the first city government established in New England and Thomas Georges was appointed the first Mayor under the charter. Sir Ferdinando also appointed for the little settlement of less than three hundred inhabitants, Aldermen, councillors and recorders; and, in fact, made it as much of a city as seals and parchment could make it. Abraham Preble soon rose into consideration and was early appointed Mayor of the city, and continued to sustain for the remainder of his life some of the most responsible and honorable offices of the Province. He was appointed in 1645 one of the Councillors or Assistants to Sir Ferdinando Georges government, and continued in that office until the dissolution of that government in 1649.
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