The history of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, 1776-1885, Part 25

Author: Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930; Hillsborough (N.H. : Town)
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Manchester, New Hampshire, John B. Clarke Company, printers
Number of Pages: 820


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do. do. do. Louis Voter.


Peter Corbett. Jotham Smith. Supply Belcher.


Ezekiel Porter. Enoch Craig.


George W. Whitney.


332


HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.


1800 Peter Corbett. Ezekiel Porter. Jotham Smith.


1813 Leonard Merry. John F. Woods. Jere. Stinchfield.


1801 Benjamin Whittier. John Holley. Ebenezer Norton.


1814 Jere. Stinchfield. Job Brooks. Oliver Bailey.


1802 Solomon Adams. 1815


Jonathan Cushman. Thomas Hiscock.


Jere. Stinchfield. Job Brooks. Stephen Titcomb.


1803 Reuben Lowell. Enoch Craig. Elijah Norton.


1816


Jere. Stinchfield. Job Brooks. Stephen Titcomb.


1804 Elijah Norton. John F. Woods. Jabez Gay.


1817


Joseph Fairbanks. James Butterfield. Jotham Smith.


1805 Elijah Norton. 1818


John F. Woods. Samuel Lovejoy.


Joseph Fairbanks. Thomas Parker. Benjamin Butler.


1806 John F. Woods. Oliver Bailey. Lemuel Perham.


1819 Joseph Fairbanks. James Butterfield. John Russ.


1807 Elijah Norton. Oliver Bailey. Thomas Wendell.


1820 Joseph Fairbanks. James Butterfield. John Russ.


1808 Oliver Bailey. Thomas Wendell. Jere. Stinchfield.


1821 James Butterfield. John Morrison. Joseph Fairbanks.


1809 Oliver Bailey. Elijah Norton. Jonathan Russ.


1822


John Morrison. Benjamin M. Belcher. Thomas Parker.


1810 Oliver Bailey. Elijah Norton. William Gould.


1823


Thomas Parker. Benjamin M. Belcher. Jere. Stinchfield.


18II Leonard Merry. Thomas D. Blake. Oliver Bailey.


1824


Jere. Stinchfield. Benjamin M. Belcher. Joseph Fairbanks, Jr.


1812 Leonard Merry. John F. Woods. Jere. Stinchfield.


1825 Joseph Fairbanks, Jr. Thomas Parker. John Russ.


APPENDIX. 333


1826


Joseph Fairbanks, Jr. Thomas Parker. John Russ.


1839


James Butterfield. Joseph Fairbanks. Alanson B. Caswell.


1827 Thomas Parker. John Russ. John Church, Jr.


1840


Alanson B. Caswell. Brilsford Pease. William Tufts.


1828 Thomas Parker. John Russ. John Church, Jr.


1841


Alanson B. Caswell. Brilsford Pease. Eliab Eaton.


1829 John Russ. James Butterfield. Francis Butler.


1842 Samuel Stanley. Eliab Eaton. Amasa Corbett.


1830 John Russ. James Butterfield. Francis Butler.


1843 Samuel Stanley. Eliab Eaton. Amasa Corbett.


1831 James Butterfield. Francis Butler. Samuel Stanley.


1844


Amasa Corbett. Alvan Currier. Moses Chandler.


1832 James Butterfield. Francis Butler. Samuel Stanley.


1845


Moses Chandler. Alvan Currier. Henry Russ.


1833 Thomas Parker. Henry Johnson. Isaac Tyler.


1846 Samuel Stanley. Peter P. Tufts. Henry Clark.


1834 Thomas Parker. Francis Butler. John Russ.


1847 Peter P. Tufts. Henry Clark. David C. Morrill.


1835 Thomas Parker. Samuel Stanley. James Butterfield.


1848


Henry Clark. David C. Morrill. Nathan W. Backus.


1836 Thomas Parker. Joseph Fairbanks. John Morrison.


1849


1837 Thomas Parker. Samuel B. Norton. Benjamin Sampson.


1850


David C. Morrill. Nathan W. Backus. Alanson B. Caswell. Jotham S. Graves. Alvan Currier. Benjamin Sampson.


1838 John Jewett. Moses Chandler. Alanson B. Caswell.


1851 Alvan Currier. Benjamin Sampson. William S. Gay.


43


334


HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.


1852 Alvan Currier. 1865


Benjamin Sampson. William S. Gay.


Alvan Currier. Francis G. Butler. Zina H. Greenwood.


1853 Benjamin Sampson. Louis Voter. Joseph Norton.


1866


Francis G. Butler. Zina H. Greenwood. Elmon J. Dyar.


1854 Louis Voter. 1867


Joseph Norton. Jonathan Russ.


Francis G. Butler. Zina H. Greenwood Elmon J. Dyar.


1855 Jonathan Russ. Leonard Keith. John Backus.


1868


Zina H. Greenwood. Elmon J. Dyar. Frederic C. Perkins.


1856 John Backus. Samuel Daggett. Peter R. Tufts.


1869


Elmon J. Dyar. Frederic C. Perkins. Jonathan Russ.


1857 Samuel Daggett. Peter R. Tufts. Henry B. Titcomb.


1870


Frederic C. Perkins. George Gower. Reuben Fenderson.


1858 Peter R. Tufts. 1871


Reuben Fenderson. George W. Davis. Francis G. Butler.


1859 Leonard M. Hiscock. 1872


Isaac Tyler. Allen Bangs.


George W. Davis. Francis G. Butler. George W. Cothren.


1860 Alvan Currier. Allen Bangs. Hiram Russ.


1873 George W. Cothren. Frederic C. Perkins. George Gower.


1861 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Reuben Cutler.


1874 Frederic C. Perkins. George Gower. Charles B. Russell.


1862 Alvan Currier. 1875


Hiram Russ. Hiram B. Stoyell.


George Gower. Charles B. Russell. Benjamin Goodwin.


1863 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Hiram B. Stoyell.


1876 Charles B. Russell. Benjamin Goodwin. Zina H. Greenwood.


1864 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Hiram B. Stoyell.


1877 Benjamin Goodwin. Zina H. Greenwood. Charles B. Russell.


Henry B. Titcomb. Leonard M. Hiscock.


335


APPENDIX.


1878 Charles B. Russell. Frederic C. Perkins. William B. Gilman.


1879 Charles B. Russell. Frederic C. Perkins. William B. Gilman.


1880 Seth C. Burnham. Robert McCleery. George W. Cothren.


1881 Joseph C. Holman. Charles B. Russell. William B. Gilman.


1884


William B. Gilman. George W. Wheeler. Charles B. Russell.


1885 George W. Wheeler. Elmon J. Dyar. Samuel G. Craig.


REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.


1798 Supply Belcher.


1799 Ezekiel Porter.


18II Nathan Cutler. Timothy Johnson.


1800 Stephen Titcomb. 1812 Leonard Merry. Timothy Johnson.


180I Supply Belcher.


1802 Voted not to send Repre- 1813


sentative.


Leonard Merry. Asahel Gross.


1803


Voted not to send Repre- sentative.


1814


Voted not to send Rep- resentative.


1804


Ebenezer Norton.


1815


1805


Ezekiel Porter.


1806 Moses Chandler. 1816


1807


Zachariah Norton.


1808 Samuel Butterfield. 1817


Voted not to send Rep- resentative.


Nathan Cutler.


1818


1810 Nathan Cutler.


Joseph Norton.


1819


Voted not to send Rep- resentative. Nathan Cutler. Joseph Fairbanks.


REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO THE MAINE LEGISLATURE.


1820 Jabez Gay.


1827


Joseph Johnson.


1821 Hiram Belcher.


1828


Hiram Belcher.


1822 William Gould.


1829


Joseph Johnson.


1823 James Butterfield.


1830


John Russ.


1824 James Butterfield.


1831


Hiram Belcher.


1825 Edward Butler.


1832


Francis Butler.


1826


Edward Butler.


1833


Isaac Tyler.


Voted not to send Rep- resentative.


Meeting adjourned with- out day.


1809 Supply Belcher.


1882 Joseph C. Holman. Charles B. Russell. William B. Gilman. 1883 Charles B. Russell. Henry M. Howes. George W. Wheeler.


336


HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.


1834 Moses Butterfield.


1859


Philander Butler, of New Vineyard.


1835 Joseph Russell.


1836 Samuel Stanley. 1860


1837 Josiah Prescott.


1861


Hiram B. Stoyell.


1838


Samuel B. Norton.


1862


John L. Blake.


1839 Alanson B. Caswell.


1863


John J. Stewart, of New Vineyard.


1840


Samuel Belcher.


1841


Moses Chandler.


1864


Joseph W. Fairbanks.


1842 John Jewett.


1865


Joseph W. Fairbanks.


1843 Nathan Cutler, elected Apr. 29, 1844.


Orrin Hall, of New Vine- yard.


1844 James A. Dunsmore, of Temple. 1868


1867


Stillman Tarbox.


1845


Eliab Eaton.


1869


John McLain, of New Vineyard.


1847


John Dunsmore, of Tem- ple.


1870


Frederic C. Perkins.


1848


Samuel Belcher.


1872


Thomas Croswell.


1850 William Nye, of Temple.


1874


Lucien B. Pillsbury.


1852 Alvan Currier.


1875


Lucien B. Pillsbury.


1853 Francis G. Butler.


1876


Benjamin Goodwin.


1854 James J. York, of Temple.


1877


Asa M. Adams, of Per- kins Plantation.


1856


John B. Morrison. 1879


Cyrus A. Thomas.


1857


John B. Morrison.


1880 John J. Linscott.


1858


Samuel F. Small, of 1882


John J. Linscott.


Temple.


1884


Edward P. Davis.


Senators elected to the Maine Legislature from Franklin County since the Apportionment of 1840.


1841 John A. Barnard,


Strong.


1842 Daniel Merritt,


Jay.


IS43 Varnum Cram,


New Sharon.


1844 Moses Sherburne,


Phillips.


1845 Lemuel Bursley,


Farmington.


1846 Lemuel Bursley,


Farmington.


1847 William Tripp,


Wilton.


1848 William Tripp,


Wilton.


1849 Newman T. Allen,


Industry.


Edmund Russell.


1846


Peter R. Tufts.


1871


Frederic C. Perkins.


1849


Samuel Belcher.


1873


Thomas Croswell.


1855


Z. Morton Vaughan, of New Vineyard. 1878


Cyrus A. Thomas.


1866


Hiram B. Stoyell.


337


1850


David Mitchell,


Temple.


1852 George W. Clark,


New Vineyard.


1853 John L. Cutler,


Farmington.


1854 Alvan Currier,


Farmington.


1855 1856 Joseph G. Hoyt,


Wilton.


1857 Joseph G. Hoyt,


Wilton.


1858 Jeremy W. Porter,


Strong.


Jeremy W. Porter,


Strong.


1859 1860 Z. Morton Vaughan, 1861 Z. Morton Vaughan,


New Vineyard.


1862 William H. Josselyn,


Phillips.


William H. Josselyn,


Phillips.


1863 1864 1865 1866


Cornelius Stone,


Jay.


Cornelius Stone,


Jay.


Joseph W. Fairbanks,


Farmington.


1867


Joseph W. Fairbanks,


Farmington.


1868


Reuel B. Fuller,


Wilton.


1869 Edwin R. French,


Chesterville.


1870


Edwin R. French,


Chesterville.


1871 Francis M. Howes,


New Sharon.


1872 Francis M. Howes,


New Sharon.


1873 Albion Dyer,


Strong.


1874 Albion Dyer,


Strong.


1875 Ebenezer S. Keyes,


Jay.


1876 Ebenezer S. Keyes,


Jay.


James Morrison, Jr.,


Phillips.


1877 1878 James Morrison, Jr.,


Phillips.


1879 George R. Fernald,


Wilton.


1880 George R. Fernald,


Wilton.


1882 Philip H. Stubbs,


Strong.


1884 Philip H. Stubbs,


Strong.


Officers of Franklin County since its Organization.


SHERIFFS.


James Stanley,


Farmington. 1838-1839.


Joseph Johnson,


Farmington. 1839-1841.


James Stanley,


Farmington. 1841-1842.


Samuel Daggett,


New Vineyard. 1842-1846.


Daniel Merritt,


Jay.


1846-1850.


Francis G. Butler,


Farmington.


1850-1854.


APPENDIX.


Francis G. Butler,


Farmington.


New Vineyard.


338


HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.


John Trask,


New Sharon. 1854-1856.


William Whittier,


Chesterville.


1856-1857.


Samuel Daggett,


Farmington.


1857-1859.


Frederic V. Stewart,


Farmington. 1859-1863.


Orrin Daggett,


New Sharon.


1863-1864.


John B. Daggett,


Farmington.


1864-1865.


Seward Dill,


Phillips.


1865-1869.


Andrew T. Tuck,


Farmington. 1869-1871.


Orrin Tufts,


Kingfield.


1871-1873.


Gilbert Miller,


Wilton.


1873-1877.


Orrin Tufts,


Kingfield.


1877-1879.


Zaccheus A. Dyer,


New Sharon.


1879-1885.


Ephraim F. Conant,


Temple.


1885.


ATTORNEYS.


Moses Sherburne,


Phillips.


1838-1843.


John L. Cutler,


Farmington.


1843-1849.


Joseph A. Linscott,


Phillips.


1849-1850.


William Tripp,


Wilton.


1850-1854.


Oliver L. Currier,


New Sharon.


1854-1860.


Sewall Cram,


Wilton.


1860-1863.


Samuel Belcher,


Farmington.


1863-1866.


Andrew C. Phillips,


Phillips.


1866-1869.


Robert Goodenow,


Farmington.


1869-1870.


Philip H. Stubbs,


Strong.


1870-1876.


Elias Field,


Phillips.


Joseph C. Holman,


Farmington.


1876-1882. 1882.


CLERKS OF THE JUDICIAL COURTS.


Jesse Huse,


Wilton.


1838-1839.


Francis G. Butler,


Farmington.


1839-1841.


Jesse Huse,


Wilton.


1841-1842.


Alanson B. Caswell,


Farmington.


1842-1849.


George W. Whitney,


Phillips.


1849-1853.


Isaac Tyler, Weld.


1853-1859.


Alanson B. Farwell,


Farmington.


1859-1861.


Simeon H. Lowell,


Phillips.


1861-1874.


Joseph C. Holman,


Phillips.


1874-1880.


David H. Chandler,


Farmington.


Josiah H. Thompson,


Kingfield.


1880-1883. 1883.


339


APPENDIX.


JUDGES OF PROBATE.


Thomas Parker,


Farmington. 1838-1845.


Moses Sherburne,


Phillips. 1845-1852.


Samuel Belcher,


Farmington. 1852-1857.


Philip M. Stubbs,


Strong.


1857-1869.


Oliver L. Currier,


New Sharon.


1869-1871.


Horace B. Prescott,


New Sharon.


1871-1880.


Samuel Belcher,


Farmington.


1880-1884.


James Morrison, Jr.,


Phillips.


1884.


REGISTERS OF PROBATE.


Holmes A. Boardman,


New Sharon.


1838-1839.


William Dickey,


Strong.


1839-1841.


Holmes A. Boardman,


New Sharon.


1841-1842.


Sewall Cram,


Wilton.


1842-1846.


Joseph D. Prescott,


Chesterville.


1846-1850.


Joseph A. Linscott,


Phillips.


1850-1854.


Benjamin Sampson,


Farmington Falls. 1854-1856.


Samuel S. Lambert,


Phillips. 1856-1857. 1857-1862.


Benjamin Sampson, Farmington Falls.


Benjamin F. Atkinson,


Chesterville.


1862-1876.


James B. Severy,


Farmington. 1876-1880.


John G. Brown,


New Sharon.


Elmer E. Richards,


Farmington.


1880-1884. 1884.


REGISTERS OF DEEDS.


Jesse Huse, Samuel Baker,


Wilton. May 10, '38-Oct. 16, '39.


New Sharon.


Oct. 16, 1839-Jan. 1, 1848.


Charles J. Talbot,


Wilton. Jan. 1, 1848-Jan. 1, 1858.


Samuel P. Morrill,


Farmington.


Chesterville. Jan. 1, 1858-Jan. 1, 1863. Jan. 1, 1863-Jan. 1, 1868. Jan. 1, 1868-Jan. 1, 1869.


Chesterville. Wilton. Jan. 1, 1869-Jan. 1, 1883.


James S. Brackett, Phillips. Jan. 1, 1883-Oct. 28, 1884. Josiah H. Thompson, Kingfield. Ella R. Brackett, Phillips. Oct. 28, '84-Apr. 27, '85. Apr. 27, 1885.


Ebenezer Childs, Nathan Cutler, Jonathan Russ,


TREASURERS.


Farmington. 1838-1839.


Farmington. 1839-1843.


New Sharon. 1843-1844


Jotham S. Graves, Samuel P. Morrill, Jotham S. Gould,


340


HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.


Zachariah T. Milliken,


Farmington.


1844-1846.


Peter W. Willis,


Industry.


1846-1848.


Edward Butler,


Farmington.


1848-1850.


Samuel B. Norton,


Farmington.


1850-1853.


Francis B. Field,


Farmington.


1853-1855.


Albert G. Wheeler,


Farmington.


1855-1856.


Francis Knowlton,


Farmington.


1856-1857.


Albert G. Wheeler,


Farmington.


1857-1858.


Jotham S. Graves,


Farmington.


1858-1859.


Leonard Keith,


Farmington.


1859-1866.


Robert Goodenow,


Farmington.


1866-1868.


Winthrop Norton,


Strong.


1868-1869.


I. Warren Merrill,


Farmington.


1869-1876.


David H. Knowlton,


Farmington.


1876-1880.


Edward K. Hitchcock,


Strong.


1880-1881.


Daniel M. Bonney,


Farmington.


1881.


Vote of Farmington for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Mas- sachusetts. The elected in Small Capitals.


GOVERNOR.


LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.


1794


SAMUEL ADAMS,


70


Moses Gill, 35


I795 SAMUEL ADAMS,


30


Moses Gill, 16


Robert Gower,


21


Edward H. Robbins, 12


Stephen Titcomb,


23


1796


SAMUEL ADAMS,


45


Moses Gill,


38


Increase Sumner,


4


1797 INCREASE SUMNER,


52


Moses Gill, 56


James Sullivan, 3


60


Moses Gill,


48


1799 INCREASE SUMNER,


45


Moses Gill,


32


Supply Belcher,


I3


Samuel Phillips, 36


28 Moses Gill,


27


Elbridge Gerry,


22


Edward H. Robbins,


17


1801 CALEB STRONG,


59


Edward H. Robbins,


44


Elbridge Gerry,


33


William Heath,


30


1802 CALEB STRONG,


63 Edward H. Robbins,


59


Elbridge Gerry,


35 William Heath,


40


1803 CALEB STRONG,


45 Edward H. Robbins,


5 1


Elbridge Gerry,


II James Bowdoin,


13


1804 CALEB STRONG,


67 Edward H. Robbins,


68


1798 INCREASE SUMNER,


1800 CALEB STRONG,


APPENDIX. 34


James Sullivan,


92


William Heath, 92


1805


CALEB STRONG,


44


Edward H. Robbins, 37


James Sullivan,


126 William Heath, 128


1806 CALEB STRONG,


55 Edward H. Robbins,


49


James Sullivan,


139


William Heath,


150


1807


JAMES SULLIVAN,


184


Edward H. Robbins,


44


Caleb Strong,


46


Levi Lincoln,


178


1808 JAMES SULLIVAN,


165


Levi Lincoln,


161


Christopher Gore,


52


David Cobb,


45


1809


CHRISTOPHER GORE,


131


Joseph B. Varnum, 136


Levi Lincoln,


135


David Cobb,


127


1810


ELBRIDGE GERRY,


150


William Gray,


I56


Christopher Gore,


II7


David Cobb,


108


1811 ELBRIDGE GERRY,


123


William Gray,


129


Christopher Gore,


77


William Phillips,


69


1812


CALEB STRONG,


95


William King,


154


Elbridge Gerry,


I70


William Phillips,


89


1813 CALEB STRONG,


II7


William King,


172


Joseph B. Varnum,


I77


William Phillips,


116


1814 CALEB STRONG,


II2


William Phillips,


1 09


Samuel Dexter,


125


William Gray,


120


1815


CALEB STRONG,


129


William Phillips,


127


Samuel Dexter,


I35


William Gray,


I35


1816 JOHN BROOKS,


132


William Phillips,


127


Samuel Dexter,


155


William King,


144


1817


JOHN BROOKS,


125


William Phillips,


114


Henry Dearborn,


I27


William King,


122


1818 JOHN BROOKS,


94


William Phillips,


84


Benj. W. Crowninshield, 104


Thomas Kittredge, 109


1819 JOHN BROOKS,


85


William Phillips, 83


Benj. W. Crowninshield, III


Benjamin Austin,


III


Vote of Farmington for Governor of Maine.


1820


WILLIAM KING,


139


1824


ALBION K. PARRIS, 136


Samuel S. Wilde,


64


1825


ALBION K. PARRIS, 106


1821 ALBION K. PARRIS,


129


1826


ENOCH LINCOLN, 80


Ezekiel Whitman, 51 1827 ENOCH LINCOLN,


209


1822 ALBION K. PARRIS, 134


1828


ENOCH LINCOLN,


138


Ezekiel Whitman, 48


Joshua Cushman, II


1823 ALBION K. PARRIS,


148 1829


J. G. HUNTON, 154


William Gould, 4


Samuel E. Smith, 197


44


342


HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.


1830 SAMUEL E. SMITH, 224 Jonathan G. Hunton, 190


1831 SAMUEL E. SMITHI, 193 Daniel Goodenow, 149


1832 SAMUEL E. SMITH, 230 Daniel Goodenow, 144 Moses Carleton, 20


1833 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 138 Daniel Goodenow, 118


Thomas A. Hill, 29


1849


Samuel E. Smith, 37


1834 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 22 I Peleg Sprague, 184


1835 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 179 William King, 95


1836 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 187 Edward Kent, 135


1837 EDWARD KENT, 204


Gorham Parks, 183


1838 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 282


Edward Kent, 260


Anson G. Chandler, 119


1839 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 282


Edward Kent, 218


1840 EDWARD KENT, 266


Ezekiel Holmes, 61


John Fairfield, 3º3


Anson P. Morrill, 117


1841 JOHN FAIRFIELD, Edward Kent,


302


1854 ANSON P. MORRILL, 386 Albion K. Parris, 86


Jeremiah Curtis, 19


Isaac Reed, 39


Shepard Cary, 25


Edward Robinson, 148


1855


SAMUEL WELLS, 221


James Appleton, 40


Anson P. Morrill, 384


Isaac Reed, 36


1843 HUGH J. ANDERSON, 164 Edward Robinson, 99


James Appleton, 72


George F. Patten, 20


1844 HUGH J. ANDERSON, 274 1857 LOT M. MORRILL, Manasseh H. Smith, 211 LOT M. MORRILL, 437


Edward Robinson, 212 James Appleton, 57


1845 HUGH J. ANDERSON, 195 Freeman H. Morse, 149 Samuel Fessenden, 55


1859


1846 JOHN W. DANA, 141 David Bronson, 177


Samuel Fessenden, 114


1847 JOHN W. DANA, 138 David Bronson, 127


Samuel Fessenden, 61


1848 JOHN W. DANA, 238


Elijah L. Hamlin, 175 Samuel Fessenden, 89


JOHN HUBBARD, 253 Elijah L. Hamlin, 171 George F. Talbot, 112


1850 JOHN HUBBARD, 229


William G. Crosby, 186 George F. Talbot, 64


1851 No election. Governor of 1850 held over.


1852 WILLIAM G. CROSBY, 159 John Hubbard, 290 Ezekiel Holmes, 16


1853 WILLIAM G. CROSBY, 193 Albert Pillsbury, 200


224


1842 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 249


1856 HANNIBAL HAMLIN, 452 Samuel Wells, 186


Edward Kavanagh, 30


354


1858


Manasseh H. Smith, 264 Lor M. MORRILL, 399 Manasseh H. Smith, 250


343


APPENDIX.


1860


I. WASHBURN, Jr., 428 1873


Ephraim K. Smart, 277


1861 I. WASHBURN, Jr., 346 Charles D. Jameson, 192 John W. Dana, 43


1862 ABNER COBURN, 304 Bion Bradbury, 225


Charles D. Jameson, 34


1863 SAMUEL CONY, 406 1877 SELDEN CONNOR, 348


Bion Bradbury, 267


1864 SAMUEL CONY, 373 Joseph Howard, 216 1878 ALONZO GARCELON, 176 Selden Connor, 393 Joseph L. Smith, 208


1865 SAMUEL CONY, 338 Joseph Howard, 164


1866 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 433 Eben F. Pillsbury, 259 1867 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 393 Eben F. Pillsbury, 234 1868 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 452 Eben F. Pillsbury, 305 1869 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 318 Franklin Smith, 183


1880 HARRIS M. PLAISTED, 430 Daniel F. Davis, 457


1881


No election.


1882 FREDERIC ROBIE, 434 Harris M. Plaisted, 429


1883


No election.


1870


Nathan G. Hichborn, 41 SIDNEY PERHAM, 405 Charles W. Roberts, 245


1871 SIDNEY PERHAM, 405 Charles P. Kimball, 262


1872 SIDNEY PERHAM, 466 Charles P. Kimball, 277


NELSON DINGLEY, Jr. 381 Joseph Titcomb, 240


1874 NELSON DINGLEY, Jr. 370 Joseph Titcomb, 265


SELDEN CONNOR, 451


1875


Charles W. Roberts, 3º7 SELDEN CONNOR, 499 John C. Talbot, 311


1876


Joseph H. Williams, 249 Henry C. Munson, 79


1879 DANIEL F. DAVIS, 439 Joseph L. Smith, 265 Alonzo Garcelon, I35


1884 FREDERIC ROBIE, 473 John B. Redman, 362 Hosea B. Eaton, 26


Genealogical Register.


" Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time."


GENEALOGICAL REGISTER


OF THE


EARLY FAMILIES OF FARMINGTON.


THE following register is intended to include the families of the early settlers in Farmington who have descendants of the name living in town. In a few instances, families mov- ing into town at a later day have been inserted.


It is perhaps too much to expect that complete accuracy has been obtained in a work necessitating the use of thous- ands of names and dates ; but no pains have been spared to obtain and verify information in order that these tables may go into the hands of those interested in them, free from error.


The method of arrangement is similar to that adopted by Hon. Ezra S. Stearns in his admirable History of Rindge, N. H. The surname of each family will be found in "Old English" at the beginning of every family sketch. The full name of the founder of the family in Farmington appears in small capitals below. The christian names of children alone are given, and are numbered consecutively in Roman numerals, 1, II, III, etc. Whenever the names of grandchil- dren of the person whose name introduces the paragraph appear, they are numbered in Arabic numerals. In the case


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of grandchildren in the female line, the surname is given. The numbers in the margin are consecutive, and persons bearing the same family name, are numbered in the order in which they are introduced. An asterisk (*) preceding a name indicates that the name is repeated as the head of a family, and can easily be found by following down the margin until its number appears again, in parentheses.


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[ ABBREVIATIONS: b. stands for born; d. for died; md. for married ; unmd. for unmarried ; chil. for children ; dau. for daughter; pub. for published ; s. p. for sine prole, or without offspring ; q. v. for which see, refers to the name of the person in his or her own family register.]


Abbott.


Several persons bearing the name of Abbot emigrated to New England in the seventeenth century. We are concerned with but two: George Abbot, who came from Yorkshire, England, probably about 1640, and was one of the pioneer settlers at Andover, Mass., in 1643 ; and George Abbot, who with three sons, Thomas, George, and Nehemiah, settled in Rowley about the same time, and died there in 1647. The former, George Abbot of Andover, is the ancestor of the Jacob Abbot family, and the latter, George Abbot of Rowley, the ancestor of the Asa Abbot family. No kinship is known to exist between the two, but there is a tradition that the Andover George Abbot was a nephew of the Rowley George Abbot. The fact that two bearing the same name came to America at so nearly the same time and settled so near together, as well as a marked resemblance in the character and tastes of their descend- ants, tends to prove the truth of the tradition. Few of the early families, with so numerous a posterity, have preserved so unsullied a name as the family of Abbot. Not many have been called to important offices in the State, but in the quieter walks of literature and the pulpit they have won enviable fame. Wherever found, their influence is cast on the side of good morals and sound learning. The name probably occurs in college catalogues more frequently than that of any other New England family, and several hundred of the descendants of the George Abbots are reckoned among the alumni of American colleges.


George Abbot of Andover married in 1647, Hannah Chandler, daughter


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of William and Annis Chandler of Roxbury. llis house, one of the most substantial of that time, was used as a garrison for many years. He died Dec. 24, 1681. and his widow married Rev. Francis Dane of Andover. She died June 11, 1711, aged 82.


The twelfth of the thirteen children of George and Hannah Abbot was Nathaniel, born July 5, 1671. He resided in Andover, was a member of Rev. Thomas Barnard's church, and died Dec. 12, 1749. He married, Nov. 1, 1695, Dorcas Hibbert, and they were the parents of eleven children. Joseph, the fourth child of Nathaniel and Dorcas Abbot, was born Feb. 2, 1705, and lived in Andover until about 1776, when he removed to Wilton, N. H., where his son had previously gone. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church, and respected for his piety. His wife, whom he married Aug. 12, 1731, was Deborah Blanchard, who died in 1773. He died in Wilton in 1787. The tenth of the fourteen chil- dren of Joseph and Deborah Abbot, was Jacob, who was born March 22. 1746, and removed to Wilton, N. H., when a young man, and built the first mills on the Souhegan River in Wilton. He first represented Wilton in the General Court, was the first Justice of the Peace, and was also Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Councillor of the State. Ile removed to Andover, Mass., where he was a trustee of Phillips Academy, and in 1797 made a residence in Concord, N. H., which town he repre- sented in the General Court for three terms. In 1802 he moved with his family to Brunswick, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a Senator in the Maine Legislature, and a member of the Board of Over- seers of Bowdoin College. He married Lydia Stevens in 1767, who survived him. His death occurred March 5, 1820. Of the ten children of Jacob and Lydia Abbot, only five lived to adult life, and of these, three settled in Franklin County. Lydia, the oldest, married in 1789 Thomas Russell of Temple. Phebe, married Benjamin Abbot of Temple, a distant kinsman, and was the mother of a noble family of twelve children, among whom were Phebe, wife of Dr. John Barker of Wilton, and mother of Dr. Fordyce Barker, a distinguished New York physician ; Hannah, . wife of Rev. Enos Merrill, and mother of E. I. and 1. W. Merrill of Farmington ; Dorcas, wife of Dr. Lafayette Perkins of Farmington ; Salva, wife of the Rev. Charles Freeman, formerly of Limerick ; Benjamin Abbot, Esq., late of Temple; Lucy, wife of Rev. John A. Douglass, formerly of Waterford; Lydia, wife of John Titcomb of Farmington ; John S. Abbot, a well-known lawyer, late of Watertown, Mass. ; Abiel Abbot, formerly a resident of Watertown, Mass .; and Abigail, wife of Ilannibal Hamlin of Boston. Jacob, eldest son of Jacob and Lydia Abbot, will be hereafter noticed.


Of the three sons of George Abbot of Rowley, the oldest, George, settled in Andover in 1655, where he married, in May, 1658, Sarah Farnum, and died March 22, 1689. The fifth of the ten children of George and Sarah Abbot, was Nehemiah, a deacon in the church at




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