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In a foot-note to the foregoing account. Williamson further states, that the son, Greene, was living, in 1825, on one of the Fox Islands, and his age was then 80 years,-also that his mother lived to a great age. Referring again to the Allen manuscript, we find the following: "In Canada they were sep- arated, and the children have never since been heard from.
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Mrs. HIall with other prisoners of war was afterwards ransomed and she made her way to Gorham, Me., and afterwards married Chipman Cobb. The older children, by his first wife, were all from home at the time of the attack on their father's house, and so escaped the fate that befell the rest of the family. Ebenezer was out fishing, the girls, Susan and Hannah, were living in Portland. Ebenezer, married and had fifteen children. He settled on the homestead at Martinicus Island, and reports came to his sisters, that he had deeded one-half of the Island to a man, (supposed to be a lawyer,) that represented to him, the said Ebenezer, that the title of the Island was defective, and that for one-half of it he would secure him in possession of the remainder. The girls, Hannah and Susan, never entered their claim for a share of the property, saying that their brother was in straitned circumstances, and that they were as well able to live without it as he was with it. The girls both married and settled in Windham, Cumberland Co., Maine, where they have (Jan. 1, 1867) numerous descendants."
It will be remembered that Williamson states that Mrs. Hall, and her son, Greene, returned to Martinieus and lived there until her death. This we think cannot be verified. Re- liable records show that she married on July 1, 1765, Chipman Cobb, the ceremony being performed in Portland, by Rev. Samuel Deane. They afterwards moved to Gorham, Me., and were both living in 1792. She was Mr. Cobb's second wife, and her maiden name was Mary Bloom. According to the record left by the late Isaac Cobb, of Portland, who was a great- grandson of Chipman Cobb, they are both buried in the old cemetery at Gorham Village.
As stated at the first. Peltiah Allen married, Apr. 20, 1766, the before-mentioned Hannah Hall. She was of Falmouth, (now Portland). They were Quakers and were married in Portland, according to the rules of that society. They settled in Windham, soon after marriage. He owned the farm near Pleasant River, that was afterwards owned by his grand-son, David Allen, and more recently by the late Samuel Mayberry. On this farm he had a house as early as 1767. In that year occurred a terrific tornado, that did considerable damage in the towns of Gorham, Windham, Westbrook, and Falmouth. Mr. Allen's house stood in the path of the hurricane, and the
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family tradition relates that, on that day, Mrs. Allen and her infant son, Ebenezer, were alone in the house, her husband being absent at Portland. While engaged in her household labors, she happened to look from the window, and saw the threatening cloud approaching with fearful rapidity ; and, being frightened, she caught up the infant, rushed out of the house, and took shelter behind a huge boulder that stood near by and escaped unharmed. The house was nearly demolished by the fearful gale. Afterward, Mr. Allen built another house on or near the site of the one shattered by the hurricane, where he died May 1, 1830. They had the following children, all born in Windham, according to the old records :
1. Ebenezer, born Mar. 17, 1767.
2. Mary. born Oct. 22, 1768.
3. Jedediah, born Mar. 27, 1770.
4. Joseph, born Jan. 7, 1773.
5. Peter, born May 5, 1775.
6. Phebe, born Jan. 1, 1778.
7. Cornelius, born Mar. 21, 1780.
8. Tabitha, born Aug. 26, 1783 ; d. Feb. 14, 1867 ; unmarried.
9. Lydia, born Nov. 30, 1785; d. Mar. 9, 1873; unmarried.
Ebenezer, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, Oct. 29, 1794, Charity, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Pope, of Falmouth. They were Quakers; settled on the farm near Pleas- ant River, now (1905) owned by his grandson, Isaiah P. Allen. He also had a sawmill on the river near his house, and, for many years, carried on lumbering in connection with his farming operations. His first wife. Charity. died Apr. 21, 1814. He married for a second wife, on May 1. 1816, Elizabeth Southwick, a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Southwick of Sandwich, Mass. His third wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Paul and Hannah Hussey of Biddeford, Me. Children by first wife:
1. David, born Aug. 12, 1795.
2. Mary, born Dec. 29, 1796.
3. Sarah, born Mar. 29, 1798.
4. Nathan, born Feb. 22, 1800.
5. Phebe, born Dee. 7. 1801.
6. Lydia, born Nov. 1, 1803.
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7. Joseph, born Oet. 7, 1805; d. Apr. 1, 1806.
8. Hannah, born Feb. 25, 1807.
9. Sibble, born Feb. 5, 1809; d. Mar. 5, 1880; unmarried.
10. Emma, born Jan. 14, 1811.
11. Tabitha, born in 1814, died when 4 days old.
12. Charity, born Mar. 16, 1814.
By his second wife had one child, Josiah S., born Feb. 26, 1815. Mrs. Elizabeth (Southwiek) Allen, died Aug. 12, 1825. He died Feb. 25, 1851.
Jedediah, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married Dorcas Winslow, (intention entered on the Town Records of Windham Mar. 16, 1798.) Her residence was given as Fal- mouth. They were Quakers, although evidently not married "in meeting," but their seven children are recorded in the Quaker book of births in Windham. They also appear to have lived for a while in Parsonsfield. He died July 11, 1857. His wife was born Mar. 6, 1776, and died Apr. 1, 1858. Their children were :
1. Isaiah, born Jan. 21, 1800; d. Oet. 12. 1802.
2. Joel, born Jan. 14; 1802.
3. Harriet, born Mar. 12, 1804; d. May 2, 1888.
4. Lewis, born Feb. 9, 1806; d. Oet. 17, 1850.
5. Francis, born Oct. 13, 1808.
6. George, born Mar. 17, 1811.
7. Edwin, born May 15, 1816.
Joseph, son of Peltiah and Hannah, (Hall) Allen, married, Jan. 30, 1801, Thankful, daughter of James and Elizabeth Winslow of Falmouth. She was born in that town, and died May 30, 1824. They were Quakers and appear to have lived first in Vassalborough, Me. He then came to Windham, and died Apr. 8, 1861. They had children, as follows:
1. Phebe, born Nov. 17, 1802.
2. Lydia, born May 10, 1804; d. Jan. 16, 1825.
3. James, born Mar. 30, 1806.
4. Hannah, born Mar. 1, 1808.
5. Asa Winslow, born Apr. 5, 1818; d. June 29, 1824.
6. Joseph Hall, born Jan. 16, 1815.
Of the above children, the first four were born in Vassal- borough, and the remainder in Windham.
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Peter, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, Dee. 11, 1800, Patience, daughter of Stephen and Content (Ally) Robinson of Windham. She was born in Windham, June 25, 1778; died Nov. 2, 1817. He died Jan. 27, 1816. Had children, as follows :
1. Huldah, born Mar. 25, 1802; d. May 30, 1816.
2. Mary, born Feb. 21, 1804.
3. Stephen, born Dee. 17, 1805.
4. Peltiah, born Dee. 4, 1807 ; d. Nov. 13, 1826.
5. Mariam, born Dee. 4, 1809.
6. Content, born Jan. 22, 1811.
7. Patience, born Feb. 15, 1813.
Cornelius, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, Aug. 28, 1808, Margaret, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Pattangall) Knight. She was born in Otisfield, Apr. 5, 1787. Their children were as follows:
1. Johnson K., born May 7, 1809.
2. Martha, born June 27, 1810.
3. Sarah K., born Sept. 3, 1813.
4. Huldah, born Apr. 15, 1816.
5. Mary, born Oet. 25, 1818; m. Nathl. Lowell.
6. Margaret, born Feb. 22, 1821.
7. Peter, born Feb. 17, 1825; d. Mar. 17, 1825.
8. Sarah W., born July 31. 1826.
Cornelius Allen married for his second wife Mary Morrell, and they had one daughter, Maria, who died when a young girl.
David, son of Ebenezer and Charity (Pope) Allen, married, Aug. 30, 1827. Phebe, daughter of Amos and Lydia Hawkes of Windham. They were Quakers and lived on his grandfather's original farm. He carried on tanning and currying for many years. They had one child, William H., born Aug. 10, 1828. Mrs. Phebe Allen died, Nov. 11, 1829; and he married, Feb. 11, 1841, Euniee Stevens, and they had the following children :
1. Joseph M., born Dee. 19, 1842.
2. Lydia, born Jan. 11, 1844.
3. Phebe H., born July 29, 1845.
4. Moses B., born Nov. 31, 1846.
5. David, born Feb. 9, 1850.
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David Allen died Aug. 8, 1850, and his wife went to some Western State and died there, Dec. 6, 1894.
Nathan, son of Ebenezer and Charity (Pope) Allen, married Mary Estes of Westbrook, Me. (Intention entered on Town records of Windham, June 25, 1828.) He was a farmer and lived near Windham Hill. the farm being afterwards owned by the late Isaiah Elder. He died July 22, 1857. She died Dee. 30, 1885, aged 81 years, 1 month, 1 day. Their children were:
1. Isaac E., born Oet. 16, 1828.
2. Henry W., born Aug. 15, 1830.
3. Isaiah P., born Mar. 15, 1832.
4. Oliver P., born Jan. 13, 1834.
5. Edward C., born Oct. 2, 1836.
6. Benjamin F., born Jan. 7, 1839.
7. Eliza E., born Sept. 29, 1843; d. Sept. 22, 1857; un- married.
Josiah S., son of Ebenezer and his second wife, Elizabeth (Southwick) Allen, married, May 29, 1845, Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read of Windham. He owned a part of his father's farm, in- eluding the waterpower on Pleasant River, where he ereeted a sawmill, and for several years carried on lumbering. Ile also built the two-story house recently owned by the Rev. John Cart- land. On May 7, 1861, this mill was entirely swept away by what is now known as "Pope's freshet." Mr. Allen made no attempt to rebuild, but soon afterwards sold his remaining property here and moved to Boston, where he died.
His wife was born in Windham, Jan. 26, 1820, and died, in Boston, Mar. 29, 1883.
They had at least three children :
1. Jeremiah H., born Dee. 26, 1849; d. July 10, 1850.
2. William C., born Aug. 4, 1851; d. Apr. 1, 1852.
3. George, born June 11, 1853.
Several of the descendants of Peltiah Allen still reside in Windham.
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ANDERSON FAMILY RECORDS
Abraham Anderson, first of the name to settle in Windham, was a native of Groton, Mass., and was born, if the inseription on his head-stone is correct, sometime in the year 1705. Smith, in his "History of Windham," says, "He went from Groton to Marblehead, and from there to Windham, in 1738." He settled on Home Lot No. 36, in the first division of ten-aere lots. This lot was the original right of Benjamin Hendly of Marblehead, one of the grantees of Windham, then ealled New Marblehead. Mr. Anderson was not a grantee but purchased this and several adjoining rights of the original owners. He was the fifth man to settle permanently in the new town, and the first to build his dwelling house on the road. (The first four settlers lived near the Presumpscot River.) He appears to have been a man of good abilities, sound in judgment, and of undaunted courage. In a warrant issued by Enoch Freeman Esq., in 1762, directing the people of New Marblehead to eall their first town meeting, Mr. Anderson is ealled "the Principal Inhabitant." In the fight which resulted in the death of Chief Polin, he appears as the leader of the immortal four who fought the battle and eon- quered the foe.
He was married and had a family before he located in this town. From the church records we learn that he and his first wife, who was Bathshua Farr, had a daughter, Hannah, who was baptized Dee. 18, 1743, and who married, Nov. 18, 1764, Ebenezer Hall of Gorham, and probably settled in that town. They also had a daughter, Bathshua, who died Nov. 3, 1745, aged 13 years, and twin sons born here, Nov. 22, 1746. They were named Abraham and Isaac and died respectively Mar. 7, 1747 and Oet. 22, 1748. Mrs. Bathshua (Farr) Anderson died July 4, 1751; and he married for a second wife Mrs. Anna (Collins), widow of Edward Cloutman, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, in their attack on Gorham, Me., Apr. 19, 1746. He was drowned, with a Mr. Dunbar, while attempting to escape from captivity the next year.
The children of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson were as follows:
1. Edward, born May 10. 1753.
2. John, born Nov. 7, 1755.
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3. Abraham, born June 19, 1758,-in the old Fort.
Mr. Anderson died Dec. 25, 1768, aged 63 years. His widow died Dec. 1, 1802, aged 85 years, and their remains are interred in the now neglected burial ground on the farm they cleared from the wilderness, where an old-fashioned and badly shattered head-stone records their names and the dates of their deaths. The farm on which Mr. Anderson settled is now (1905) owned by his descendants.
Edward, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, married, Aug. 4, 1774, Mary, daughter of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry, then of Windham. Her father commanded a company in the Revolution and was a brave and efficient officer. Upon the death of his father, Edward Ander- son came into possession of the old home farm, first settled by white men in 1738; and. in 1770, he built the house still stand- ing there, on a site selected by his father, whose house was on the opposite side of the Main, or River Road, a little east of where the present barns stand. In 1790, he exchanged the home farm for his brother Abraham's property near Windham Hill, and died in the large two-story house, on the Portland road at the brow of the steep hill just south of Pleasant River, where his descendants have ever since lived.
He carried on lumbering, having a sawmill on the falls that still bear his name. He gave employment to a large force of men, who held him in great respect and esteem. He was much in public life from his early manhood. That he had a decided liking for, and a knowledge of military affairs is indicated by his being made Ensign in a board of three experts chosen by the town, on Nov. 7, 1774, "To teach those who are so inclined the Military Art." In 1776, with his two brothers, John and Abraham, he served a term in the Continental Army during the war for national independence. He was Town Clerk from 1777 to 1782, inclusive, one of the Seleetmen in 1781, 1787 and 1799, and the first post-master of Windham, in 1798. On July 1, 1781, he was commissioned a Major in the militia service of Cumberland County by Gov. John Hancock. He was a high- spirited, bold man, of great physical force, rather free and unguarded in his daily walk and conversation, but warm- hearted and generous to a fault. He died, according to the town
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records, May 17, 1804, aged 51 years, and his remains are in- terred in the cemetery at Windham Hill. The date of his wife's death is unknown to me. They had nine children :
1. Richard, born Dec. 23, 1776 ; d. Sept. 25, 1802 ; unmarried.
2. Abraham, born July 10, 1779 ; d. - , 1859.
3. John, born Nov. 20, 1783; d. in Calais; unmarried.
4. Edward, born May 2, 1786; d. Apr. 8, 1876.
5. Montgomery, born Nov. 21, 1788.
6. Mary, born Mar. 14, 1791.
7. George, born Apr. 7, 1793.
8. Thomas, born Apr. 13, 1796.
9. William, born Sept. 5, 1798.
Abraham, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) An- derson, married, Apr. - 1803. Nancy (or Anne) Atkins. He was a farmer and lived near Windham Hill. He died there in 1859. He had two children, (possibly more) :
1. Richard.
2. Mary, died unmarried.
Edward, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married, in 1806, (intention entered Aug. 7th of that year), Olive Waterhouse, of Standish. They had seven children :
1. Edward.
2. John.
3. William.
4. Lydia, m. Nathaniel Berry.
5. Mary Ann.
6. Lucy.
7. Charlotte.
Montgomery, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Anderson, married, June 4, 1825, Sarah Babb. He lived in Westbrook and died there. He had five children, at least.
Mary, daughter of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Anderson, married, in 1813, Noah J. Senter, (intention entered Apr. 17th of that year). They had two children :
1. George Senter.
2. Mary Jane Senter.
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Noah J. Senter died when a young man, and, on Dec. 17, 1836, she entered her intention of marriage with Josiah May- berry of Windham. She died Dee. 3, 1846, aged 56, and is buried in the Mayberry Cemetery, near Windham Hill.
George, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married, in Oct., 1816, Martha Waterhouse, of Standish, Me., (intention entered Oet. 12th of that year). He was a farmer and always lived on his father's place and died there. Had seven children :
1. George W., d. Apr. 16, 1888.
2. William, d. June 4. 1887, aged 67.
3. Montgomery, d. Mar. 9, 1900, aged 74. in Chelsea, Mass.
4. Mary E.
5. Laureta, m. Edwin R. Hamblin.
6. Thomas.
7. Emily, m. Webb Hall.
Thomas, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married, Aug. 26, 1821, Mary Kilburn. Had six children :
1. Daniel.
2. Edward.
3. Sarah W .; m. Charles H. Cressey; d. July 7, 1851.
4. Emeline, 2d wife of Charles H. Cressey.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Franees.
William, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married Mar. 18, 1826, Eliza Webb. Had four children :
1. Abraham.
2. Harriet.
3. Martha.
4. Frances.
John, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, was born in New Marblehead (now Windham), Nov. 7, 1755. Hle, with his older brother Edward, and his younger brother Abraham, was among the Windham men who served less than three years, at one time in the Revolutionary army. He seems to have been, for sometime, a merchant at Windham Hill, in company with his brother, Maj. Edward, but afterwards moved
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to Saccarappa, and died there. He married, Nov. 20, 1777, Anne Woodman, probably a daughter of Stephen Woodman, then of Windham. They had four children :
1. Thomas, born Oet. 25, 1778.
2. Ann, born Apr. 13, 1783.
3. Esther, born Oct. -, 1786.
4. Hannah.
Thomas, son of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, married, Nov .. 1801. Hannah Hall of Standish, (intention entered Nov. 7 of that year). Had seven children :
1. Richard, born Nov. 19, 1802; d. unmarried.
2. John, born Mar. 1, 1805.
3. Charles, born Mar. 3, 1808.
4. Moses, born Aug. 5, 1811.
5. Stephen, born Aug. 3. 1813.
6. Joseph, born Aug. 5, 1816.
7. Lydia, born Ang. 14, 1822.
Ann, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, married a Mr. Lowe of Saccarappa. Had children.
Esther, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, married a Mr. Ingalls of Saccarappa. It is said that she had children.
Hannah, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Ander- son, married first. Asa Jordan of Portland, and had at least one child. Her second husband was Thomas Riggs of West- brook, by whom she had no children.
Charles, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, married, in 1829, Martha Hicks, daughter of Ephraim and Rachel (Morton) Hicks. She was born July 5, 1810, and mar- ried Mr. Anderson Feb. 15, 1829. She died Jan. 6, 1901. Their children :
1. William, married Julia Harmon.
2. Cynthia, married Amos Davis; no children.
3. Abbie, married Albus Jordan.
4. Clara, married Benj. Rand.
5. Lizzie, married James Rand.
6. Valentine, lives at Windham Hill ; unmarried.
7. Charles, died in U. S. service ; unmarried.
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Moses, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, mar- ried Martha Blake.
Stephen, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, married Huldah Potter. He lived and died at Great Falls, Gorham. Had no children.
Joseph, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, mar- ried, first. Lucy Gordon, second, Emeline Hall. Lived in Ray- mond or Casco. Had children.
Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, married Clement Blake. He was by trade a tailor. Lived many years at Great Falls, Gorham. They had two children :
1. Walter P.
2. Althea, m. Henry Plaisted; lives near Great Falls, Gor- ham.
Abraham, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, married Aug. 13, 1788, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Peter T. Smith. She was born Aug. 24, 1769; died Apr. 17, 1844. He died Sept. 3. 1844. He was a farmer and, at one time, owned a large tract of land and a mill privilege on Pleasant River, near the present Village of Windham Hill. This property he exchanged with his brother Edward, in 1790, by which he came into possession of the paternal acres, and lived and died there. He was a man of sterling qualities and had the respect and confidence of his townsmen to a marked degree. He and his wife rest in the Smith family vault. Ilad nine children, as follows:
1. William, died July (year obliterated), aged 3 months.
2. John, died Oct. 12, 1791, aged 7 months.
3. An infant, died Aug. 14, 1791. The foregoing inscrip- tion is on a small headstone of ancient date. near the family tomb of the Smiths in the old cemetery, and they are given as the children of Abraham and Lucy Anderson.
Their other children were:
1. Peter S., born May 12, 1789.
2. John, born July 30, 1792.
3. Betsey, born July 23. 1795.
4. Nancy, born Nov. 6, 1797.
5. Edward, born Oct. 31, 1801.
6. Abraham W., born- 1804.
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Peter S., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson. married, in 1810, Susannah, daughter of Maj. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, (intention entered Aug. 12th of that year). He was a farmer and owned and occupied a fertile farm in the south part of Windham, the same which his son Edward F. afterwards owned. He died in 1867. His wife Susannah died , and their remains are deposited in the Smith family vault. They had ten children :
1. Elizabeth W., born May 6. 1811; d. 1893; un- married.
2. Thacher S .. born Apr. 9. 1813; m. Lucinda Flint.
3. Abraham B .. born Apr. 15. 1817 : m. 1, Eunice Sanborn ; 2d Lucy Sawyer.
4. Lucretia C., born Mar. 20. 1820; d. June 18. 1891 ; un- married.
5. Lucy F .. born Apr. 3. 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1902; un- married.
6. Olive A., born Feb. 13. 1824: d. Oct. 22. 1843: un- married.
7. Edward F., born Aug. 25, 1827; d. Apr. 29, 1904: m. 1st, Mchitable Cole; 2d a Babbage.
8. Augustus B., born July 13. 1829; d. Dec. 26. 1901.
9. Susan M., born June 7, 1831; d. Aug. 14, 1849; un- married.
10. Sarah L., m. Charles Brackett.
John, son of Abraham and Luey (Smith) Anderson, mar- ried Mrs. Ann Jameson. He graduated at Bowdoin College in the class of 1813. Settled in Portland, where he practiced law for many years. He was much in public life. being a State Senator in 1824; Member of Congress from 1825 to 1833; U. S. Attorney from 1833 to 1836. He was Mayor of Portland in 1833 and 1842. On the death of his father, he purchased of the heirs the old homestead in Windham, on which he expended large sums in improvements, and resided here summers during the remainder of his life. He died in Portland, Aug. 21, 1853. His wife Ann (Williams) Jameson, died at same place, May 13, 1879. She was born Oct. 14, 1804. Some years previous to his death, Mr. Anderson built a massive granite tomb in the Smith Burial Ground; and, in this tomb, he and his wife, with
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others of his family sleep, well and peacefully. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had three children :
1. Samuel J., born Dec. 11, 1824.
2. John F., born July 22, 1823 ; d. Dee. 25, 1887.
3. Edward W., born Dec. 9, 1828; d. Sept. 5, 1861.
Edward, son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married Nov. 30, 1830, Louisa, daughter of Joshua and Olive (Wilson) Berry. He was a farmer and owned and lived on the large farm formerly owned by his grandfather, Rev. Peter T. Smith. He was in publie life for many years. He was one of the Selectmen of Windham in 1829, 1834, 1835, 1842, 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849. He also represented the town in the legislature, in 1844. He was interested in the State Militia and rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel. He died at his residence Oet. 7, 1867. His wife died July - 1881, aged 77 years, and they are buried in the Smith Cemetery. Their children were:
1. Olive F.
2. Susan W., b. 1835; d. July 11, 1888; m. Chas. R. Goodell.
3. Lucy, a well known school teacher.
Abraham W., son of Abraham and Lney (Smith) Anderson, married Annah Tilson Waterman, daughter of Capt. John Waterman of New Gloucester. He chose the medical profession and graduated from the Maine Medical School in the class of 1829. He located at Gray Corner, where he spent a long and useful life. It has been said that no physician in Cumberland County ever had a more extended and successful practice than did he; and, from our own personal knowledge, we believe this to be true. He died in 1879. The date of his wife's death, I have not aseertained. Had six children, as follows :
1. Ann Jameson, born Apr. 4. 1831, married Charles G. Hanseome. He was killed by the Indians while crossing the Plains, in 1864. She lived at La Crosse, Wis., and died there but a few years ago, leaving one daughter.
2. Mary Waterman, Mar. 27, 1833; married M. G. Han- scome; died May, 1870.
3. Jane Thomas, born Feb. 1, 1835; married Charles Hop- pin, lived in Gray.
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4. John Duguid, born Nov. 7, 1837.
5. Hannah Leach, born Feb. 12, 1839, married Charles B. White.
6. Wendell Abraham, born Sept. 6, 1840.
Betsey, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married, June 6, 1820, John Farwell of Tyngsborough, Mass. Lived and died in that town. Had no children.
Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married, July 21, 1822, Doct. John Waterman. Settled first in Windham where he was the principal physician for many years. Afterwards he moved to Gorham, where he died Jan. 11, 1865, aged 76 years. His wife died Sept. 7, 1871, aged 73 years, 10 months. They are interred in the cemetery at Gor- ham Village. Had two children :
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