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2. Henry.
3. Hannah.
Of this family I can learn nothing more.
Josiah, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried, first, Aug. 10, 1831, Isabella Richards, of Portland. She died Feb. 10, 1864, and he contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Eunice F. (Means) Emery. He owned and occupied a farm near Little Falls in Windham. His second wife survived him and died Nov. 17, 1902, aged 87. His children, all by his first wife :
1. George L., born Sept. 20, 1832, d. Mar. 29, 1833.
2. Edwin A., born May 18, 1835, d. Dec. 10, 1901.
3. Albert C., born Nov. 1, 1839, d. Nov. 16, 1840.
4. Ann E., born May 15, 1842.
Andrew, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried, in 1832, Sally Manson. Intention of marriage recorded June 23 of that year. Settled first in Windham, where all their children were born. Removed to Leeds, Me., where he pur- chased a farm and where his wife died May 30, 1893. He died Oct. 31, 1899. Had children, as follows :
1. Eliza, born - 1834, married, first, George F. Hanson ; second, Albion Murch. She died several years ago.
2. Peter A., born - 1836.
3. Charles H., born -1838, d. Nov. 29, 1863. He was a Union soldier. He enlisted, June 4, 1861, in Co. E., 5th Me. Regt., died of disease contracted in the service. He was un- married.
4. Susan J., born 1840, married, first, Charles B. Walker, of Windham, from whom she was divorced. She married for a second husband, Rev. Cyrus Ward, who died Jan. 11, 1901. Lives at Westbrook.
5. Eunice A., born 1843; married George Bickford, of Brownfield; died Aug. 7, 1872.
6. William, born -, married Josephine Tenney of Casco.
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She is not living, and he has a second wife. He was a Union soldier, served in the 17th Me. Regt .; has children. Lives in Lewiston.
7. Betsey, - married Columbus Horsly.
8. Sarah, - married Roscoe Wheeler.
9. Clinton F., born Jan. 16, 1854.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried, Nov. 20, 1832, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Waterhouse) Nason, of Gorham. He was at various times a farmer, merchant, hotel keeper, and contractor. He lived in the towns of Windham, Standish, Gorham, Westbrook, Portland, and finally settled on the farm where he was born, and died there Feb. 20, 1890. His wife, Abigail, was born in Gorham, Nov. 2, 1809, died in Westbrook, Feb. 27, 1892. Their children were:
1. Francis O. J., born Feb. 10, 1835.
2. Joseph G., born May 22, 1836.
3. Louisa M., born Aug. 11, 1838.
4. William A., born Mar. 10, 1839.
5. Elbridge S., born Feb. 19, 1841.
6. Elizabeth E., born Jan. 9, 1843.
7. Emily J., born May 22, 1845, d. Apr. 20, 1846.
8. Abbie M., born Jan. 11, 1847.
9. James A., born Feb. 1, 1848, d. of smallpox at Wake- field.
10. Amelia A., born Nov. 17, 1850.
11. Andrew T., born Sept. 13, 1852.
12. Died young, borne on the family record as "Little Sister," born Oct. 1, 1855; d. Feb. 27, 1856 at Portland.
John A., son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried Esther A., daughter of Elliott Harmon of Standish. He was by trade a blacksmith, and had a shop at Little Falls, where he carried on the business for a number of years. He finally became a Freewill Baptist clergyman and preached in many places, and was instrumental in bringing great numbers into that church. He was a forcible speaker, often eloquent, and always earnest in his appeals to his hearers. Being a fine singer, he was a power for good in the denomination. His children were :
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1. George M., born Feb. 15, 1840.
2. Mary, born -, died, about 14 years old.
3. Emily J., born , married Melville Johnson of Gor- ham.
4. Henry W., born Nov. 12, 1850.
5. Edward, born Jan. 20, 1853.
Mary E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, married William Clark of Portland. She died in that eity, Sept. 4, 1895. Her children were:
1. Hattie L., born June 9, 1859.
2. William F., born Aug. 12, 1860, d. 1861.
3. Albert W., born Dec. 8, 1862.
4. Carrie L., born Dec. 29, 1869.
John J., son of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, mar- ried, Apr. 18, 1858, Martha M., daughter of John Webb, Esq., and his wife Martha M. (Mayberry) Webb, of Windham. He was a farmer and a school teacher. He settled on a farm near Little Falls, where he died Oct. 15, 1901. His wife died June 8, 1900. Their children were as follows:
1. Lindley W., born Mar. 21, 1862, died Apr. 8, 1864.
2. Lincoln J., born May 24, 1865.
3. Elizabeth, born May 1, 18 -.
4. Eugene L., born Oct. 27, 1875.
Albert, son of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, had three wives (not, let me hasten to add, all at once, but in the more commonplace and legal manner, one at a time). His first wife was a Miss Mayberry. His second wife was Emily J., widow of Allen Pride, and daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Hawkes) Leighton. She died, and he married a third wife whose name we do not know. He died in Westbrook, Aug. 21, 1897. By his first wife he had two children :
1. Bertha, married Blanchard.
2. Minnie, married Blanchard.
By his second wife he had one daughter named Hattic.
Lincoln J., son of John J. and Martha M. (Webb) Bodge, married. July 16, 1893, Josephine King. He graduated from
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Bowdoin College in the class of 1889 and is a lawyer in Min- neapolis. His children, so far as we know, are:
1. Mary B., born May 30, 1894.
2. John L., born Apr. 19, 1897.
Eugene, son of John J. and Martha M. ( Webb) Bodge, mar- ried a daughter of Judge Charles P. Mattoeks of Portland. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1897. He is a lawyer in Portland.
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Martha M. (Webb) Bodge, is a graduate of Bates College. She married Scott Wilson, Esq., a well-known lawyer of Portland, and lives in the Deering Dis- triet. No children.
William Henry, son of Alexander and Jane (Bodge) Pride, born June 30, 1828, married, first, Harmon of Gray; second, Rachel M. Peaco, daughter of Asa and Lueinda (Ed- wards) Peaco. She died not long after marriage, and he mar- ried a Mrs. Anthoine. In early life Mr. Pride followed the sea, but, for many years, has been a farmer and stone eutter. He lives near the Duek Pond in Westbrook. Has three children, (possibly more) :
1. James.
2. Lottie.
3. Delia F.
Joshua Thomas, son of Alexander and Jane (Bodge) Pride, born 1832, married Mary Jane Legrow of Windham. She died, and he married a second wife whose name we do not know. He is a stone cutter in Farmington. N. H. Children, so far as we know :
1. Henry W.
2. John P.
Edwin A., son of Josiah and Isabella (Richards) Bodge, married, first, Mary, daughter of Amos and Cynthia (Robinson) Hanson, of Windham. They were married Jan. -
1854. She died May 28, 1864, and he married Jan. 13, 1867, Esther A., daughter of Oliver and Naney (Phinney) Haskell. He was a farmer and lived on his father's farm near Little Falls. He died there Dec. 10, 1901. Children by his first wife :
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1. George A., born Apr. 8, 1854, died July 15, 1864.
2. Frederick, born July 18, 1856; died Apr. 14, 1875; was accidentally drowned, in Presumpseot River. Children by second wife:
3. Mary E., born July 10, 1868, m. Eugene IIawkes.
4. Charles, born Mar. 28, 1870, married Ermina Montgom- ery, on Mar. 18, 1896. He died May 16, 1907. No children.
Ann E., daughter of Josiah and Isabella (Richards) Bodge, married Franeis Cloudman; lived in Westbrook, and died there Feb. 21, 1909. Had four children :
1. Cora, married Dr. Felix Barrett.
2. Frank, married Fannie Cordwell.
3. Andrew C., married, Aug. 10, 1892, Maggie Pride; lives at Westbrook.
4. Perey, accidentally drowned in Presumpseot River, when a young man.
Eliza, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- ried George F., son of Joshua and Sally (Hill) Hanson. He was a school teacher ; died Sept. 1, 1855, aged 25 years, 7 months. Mrs. Eliza Hanson married for a second husband Albion Mureh of Baldwin and died there several years ago. (For children by both husbands, see Hanson family Records.)
Peter A., son of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, married Amanda Dow. Resided, first in Portland, afterwards went to Leeds, Me., where his wife died, and where he now lives. His children :
1. Charles Adelbert,-is married and has children.
2. Lillian Amanda, died young.
Susan J., daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, married Charles B., son of Charles and Elizabeth (Hooper) Walker of Windham. They were divoreed, and she married Rev. Cyrus Ward. He died at Westbrook, Jan. 4, 1901, aged 68 years. Her children, all by first husband, were:
1. Flora, married Blake.
2. Nettie, married Chas. Wentworth.
3. Lizzie, married -.
Euniee A., daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge,
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married George Bickford, of Brownfield, Me. He was killed by a powder explosion at Newburg. She died Aug. 7. 1872. Their children were:
1. Anne, married Alfred Allen.
2. Andrew Luville, married Grace Dejoy.
3. An infant son, not named.
Betsey, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, married Columbus Horsley of Leeds. Children :
1. William Clinton, married Ethel Chesley, 1900.
2. Freddie L., died aged about two years.
3. Linwood P.
4. Charles G.
Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- ried, Aug. 1872, Roseoe P. Wheeler. Had children as follows :
1. Nellie L., b. Oet. 1878, married Eddie Raydon.
2. Fred L., b. Oct. 26, 1880.
3. Roscoe C., b. Sept. 1890.
Clinton T., son of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- ried, Sept. 12, 1875, Aliee Geneva Gordon. She died in June, 1884, and he married a second wife, whose name I have not learned, and from whom he was divorced. His third wife was Mrs. Lizzie Holmes, daughter of Charles and Emily (Rounds) Jones, of Windham. His children, all by first wife, were :
1. Lillian J., born Mar. 17, 1877.
2. Alice May, born Feb. 22, 1879, d. a young girl.
3. Charles, born Feb. 6. 1881.
4. Sybil, born Oet. 2, 1883.
Franeis O. J., son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Martha E., daughter of Simeon Howard (Deer- ing District), where they now (1911) reside. Had one child :
1. William H. H., born Nov. 1, 1853.
Louisa M., daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, first, Charles Kimball; second, John P. Sawyer, son of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer; lived at West- brook. She died June 13, 1910. Children :
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1. Clarence, m. Louise Dunn.
2. Hattie, died young.
Joseph G., son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, first, Sarah Manchester. She was born Apr. 22, 1836, and died in Portland, June 3, 1872. He then married Lizzie A. N., daughter of Rev. David Newell of Gorham. He was a carpenter and builder; lived several years in Portland, after- wards in Little Falls, and died there Apr. 1, 1902. By his first wife he had one child:
1. Charles F., born Aug. 15, 1859; married Emily Z. Chad- well, of Windham; died July 21, 1882. Had children all of whom died young.
William, son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Jennie L. Cartland. She died Feb. 27, 1868, and he married Eunice E. Mosher of Gorham. He died at Brunswiek, Me., several years ago. She died Jan. 11, 1904. Children :
1. Cora, died young.
2. Ernest A., born Feb. 1868.
These were both his first wife's children.
Elbridge S., son of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, June 28, 1864, Elizabeth A., daughter of Marius and Judith (Partridge) Day of Bristol, Me. She died Aug. 16, 1908. They had three children :
1. Fred, born June 28, 1869.
2. Joseph P., born Oet. 22, 1872.
3. Maude E., born Sept. 20, 1874; married Albert Robinson ; lives in Medford, Mass. Children, Marion Elizabeth ; Donald E.
Elizabeth E., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, Nov. - -- 1859, Nelson, son of Daniel and Hannah (Crague) Mayberry of Windham. They lived, first on his father's farm, afterwards moved to Cumberland Mills where he died Mar. 2. 1905. Have three children, as follows :
1. Frank E., m. Helen K. Hall.
2. Edwin T., born Apr. 11, 1866, m. Helen Woodman.
3. Willard B., born Jan. 1, 1877.
Abbie M., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge,
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married Isaiah Leighton of Westbrook, Me. She died Mar. 2, 1910. Their children were:
1. Jennie A., married Ashton Leighton of Portland.
2. Emma E., died when about 16 years of age.
3. Martha E., died an infant.
4. Bertha L.
5. Claire.
Aurelia A., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Mahlon A. Jordan of Westbrook, Me. He died Sept. 17, 1903, aged about 45 years. They had no children.
Andrew T., son of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Florence, daughter of George and Berthenia (Manches- ter) Heath of Little Falls. He is a carpenter, resides at West- brook. Has two children :
1. Harold H.
2. Percival T.
George M., son of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, married Ellen Wentworth of Brunswick, Me. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1868. He first taught school; was principal of Gorham Seminary, and also at West- brook Seminary. He then studied divinity and became pastor of a- Unitarian church at Dorchester, from there he went to Leominster where he was pastor several years. He died July 18, 1914 ; is buried at Leominster. His children were :
1. Mary, died July 2, 1896, aged 27 years; unmarried.
2. Claire.
3. Margaret.
Emily J., daughter of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, married Melville Johnson of Gorham, Me. He is a farmer and lives at South Gorham. Their children were:
1. Katie, born Nov. 1, 1875, m. George E. Robinson.
2. Harold, born May 4, 1877; d. Oet. 3, 1898; unmarried.
3. Edward, born Oct. - 1879, m., Dec. 18, 1901, Ada L. Rock of Westbrook, Me.
4. Mary, born Apr. 9, 1882.
5. Esther, born Jan. 25, 1884.
6. Philip, born Oct. 31, 1887.
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7. George, born July 8, 1889.
8. Herbert, born Mar. 18, 1891.
Henry W., son of John A. and Esther A. (IIarmon) Bodge, married Ella Snow. Lives in Boston. Has one child :
1. Wesley.
Edward, son of John A. and Esther (Harmon) Bodge, mar- ried Aug. - 1874, Deborah D. MeLeod, a native of the British Provinces. He is a farmer and lives in Gorham, near the Standish line. They have three children :
1. Gertrude, born Feb. 13, 1876.
2. John D., born Mar. 18, 1881.
3. George M., born Jan. 5, 1893.
Harriet A., daughter of Eunice R. (Bodge) and her first husband Joseph Hawkes, married, first, James Baxter Smith. They had one ehild :
1. Willie, died Sept. 25, 1864, aged 1 year, 9 months. She married for a second husband Levi E. Weymouth of Portland. They have two children :
1. Mary, married William H. Wood.
2. Levi ._
Ella M., daughter of William F. and Euniee (Bodge-Hawkes) Sawyer, married George Swett of Westbrook. IIe is a carpenter and lives at Westbrook. They have one ehild :
1. Bertha.
Edgar F., son of William F. and Eunice R. (Bodge-Hawkes) Sawyer, married Gertrude Gowen of Westbrook. He was a farmer; died in 1885; had no children.
William H., son of Francis O. J. and Martha (Howard) Bodge, married, May 1, 1882, Lucy Smith, daughter of Osmyn Smith of Bethel, Me. He died Dee. 21, 1895; lived at Morrill's Corner, Westbrook. Children :
1. James H. H., born Feb .. 18, 1885.
2. Francis O. J., born Jan. 12, 1888.
3. John L. L., born Mar. 13, 1889.
4. Wilfred P., born May 7, 1890, d. Apr. 3, 1891.
5. William H. H., born July 7, 1894.
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6. Martha E., born May 19, 1896.
Charles F., son of Joseph G. and Sarah (Manchester) Bodge, married Emily Z. Chadwell of Windham. Lived at Little Falls. Had two children :
1. Joseph C., born Mar. 20, 1880, d. Aug. 20, 1881.
2. Alice, d. July 3, 1887.
Clarence, son of John P. and Louise M. (Bodge) Sawyer, married Louise Dunn of Westbrook. Resides at Cumberland Mills. Has one child, John Philip.
Fred, son of Elbridge S. and Elizabeth (Day) Bodge, mar- ried, Dec. 22, 1892, Lottie, daughter of James and Charlotte (Lovitt) Guptill, of Gorham. Has one child:
1. Wilbur G., born Nov. 1, 1894.
Joseph P., son of Elbridge S. and Elizabeth (Day) Bodge, married, Oct. 24, 1900, Julia E. Plummer of Brunswick. He is a physician ; resides in Portland; has one child.
Mary, daughter of Edwin and Esther ( Haskell) Bodge, mar- ried, Jan. 1, 1895, Eugene, son of John and Maria (Cobb) Hawkes of Gorham. He is a painter; lives at Little Falls. Children :
1. Esther Maria, born July 20, 1895.
2. Edwin Percy.
3. Elwin.
BOLTON
Thomas Bolton, ancestor of the Windham and Gorham fami- lies of that name, came from the North of Ireland. Among his fellow-passengers was Mary MeLellan, a sister of Hugh, of Gor- ham, and James McLellan of Saco. She had married in Ireland a man named Crague, who had a son, John, by a former mar- riage. The family started from Ireland for this country, some- where about the year 1729 or 1730. During the voyage Mr. Crague, whose first name is not recorded, died, leaving his widow with two children, Jane or Jenny, as she was called, and Hugh, together with John by his first wife. Shortly after the ship arrived in Boston, Bolton married Mrs. Crague and came to Portland, Me. He appears to have been a man of some means, and, after remaining there for some time, he exchanged his prop-
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erty for land in Windham and moved with his family to his newly purchased land. The Gorham History says, "This was before the year 1747." However, the report of the Proprietors' committee, made in 1759, locates him on Home Lot No. 52; with "a house rotten down," in 1741. So it appears that he must have come before 1747. He also owned Lot No. 54 in 1742. The Gorham History also remarks, that he had a garrison house on Lot 52, during the Indian war. This is a mistake; the garrison house was on Home Lot 53 and belonged to his son, William. We have no record of the marriage of Thomas Bolton and Mary Crague, but their children were :
1. William, born in Portland, Apr. 15, 1731.
2. Mary, born , 1733, married ---- , 1760, Robert Millions of Windham.
3. Martha, married Capt. Richard Mayberry of Windham, Feb. 21, 1756; died at the age of 90 years.
William, son of Thomas and Mary (MeLellan-Crague) Bol- ton, married, Mar. 17. 1757, Rachel, daughter of Thomas Haskell of Falmouth. She was born July 12, 1730, and died Nov. 7, 1812. He died Oct. 12, 1787. They had eleven children :
1. Thomas, born Feb. 25, 1758; died June 18, 1793; mar- ried, Jan. 24, 1782, Hannah Crockett.
2. William, born Jan. 1, 1760; died July 18, 1761; married Ann Webb, Jan. 5. 1780.
3. Sarah, born June 18, 1761; died Aug. 28, 1850; married, May 10, 1787, Edward Webb, of Gorham.
4. John, born Oct. 2, 1762; died June 17, 1812 ; if married, left no children.
5. Peter, born June 2, 1764; married, Mar. 19, 1787, Re- becca Cobb; lived in Windham.
6. Anna, born May 1, 1766; died December 25, 1836; un- married.
7. James, born July 23, 1768; married, Mar. 10, 1796, Elizabeth Pettingal; went to N. Y.
8. Mary, born Aug. 14, 1770; died June 22, 1868; married, Apr. 10, 1794, Daniel Haskell of Windham.
9. Rachel, born Nov. 16, 1772, died Feb. 14, 1786.
10. Elizabeth, born Apr. 4, 1775, married Levi Estes.
11. Solomon, born Mar. 9, 1778, died Mar. 14, 1793.
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BRACKETT
Jeremiah Brackett, son of Capt. Joshua Brackett, was born in Gorham and came to Windham, when a young man. He married, Mar. 24, 1816, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Cobb) ) Cloudman of Gorham. He settled on a farm near the schoolhouse in District No. 9, where he spent his long life. He died Dec. 27, 1869, aged 74 years. His wife died Sept. 18, 1881, aged 81 years. His children were as follows:
1. Thomas, born July 26, 1816; died Dec. 24, 1885; married Martha, daughter of John and Martha (Stevens) Trott. He moved to Gorham and died in that town. His wife died in West- brook, Feb. 28, 1900, aged 83 years, 7 months. Had children.
2. John L., born - 1827, married Caroline Moore. He was a manufacturer and trader in Portland, and died there, Oct. 4, 1907, aged 80 years, 7 months. Had one child, a son, named Charles.
3. Charles, born 1830; went away many years ago and has not been heard from since.
4. Elizabeth, died in infancy.
5. Melville Q., born Mar. 14, 1843, married, first, Hannah M. Mills of Oldtown, Me .; second, Louise Mayberry, who died Feb. 22, 1899. By his first wife he had one child, Amelia F. There were no children by the second marriage. Mr. Brackett is a very ingenious mechanic, and noted for the excellency of this work; lives at Little Falls, on Gorham side of the river.
BROWN
The ancestor of this Windham family was Ezra Brown. His origin has been a matter of question among his descendants, some claiming Rehoboth, Mass., as his birthplace. While this may be true, it cannot now be verified. It seems more than likely that he was a descendant of that John Brown, who was the first settler of Bristol, Me., in 1625, by virtue of a deed from that famous old chieftain, Samoset. It is also a matter of his- torical record that John Brown and Edward Bateman purchased of Robin Hood, another Indian chief, the territory then eom- prised in the present town of Woolwich, Me .; and the old records of that town state that Ezra Brown married Mary Boobier, of Georgetown, and moved to New Marblehead. Woolwich, was
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then a precinct of Georgetown. Of course this is simply con- jecture, but, in the absence of any positive proof, it seems to us to be the most likely solution of the matter.
The first notice which we find of him in Windham is in 1750, where he appears as a settler on Home Lot No. 59, in the first division of ten-acre lots. This had been originally drawn by Thomas Frothingham, a hatter of old Marblehead, and one of the grantees of Windham. Mr. Brown also owned No. 21 in the first division of one hundred-acre lots, and here he was shot and instantly killed by Chief Polin, on May 14, 1756. His widow afterwards became the second wife of Eleazer Chase, and they moved to Buckfield, Me., and died there.
The children of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, were as follows :
1. William, born , in Georgetown.
2. Ezra, born Apr. 3, 1750, in Windham.
3. Amos, born Mar. 3, 1752, in Windham ; went to Buckfield, and died there in 1824.
4. Lydia, born - -- 1 1755, in Windham.
Ezra, son of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, was born Apr. 3, 1750. He married, Oct. 21, 1773, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam. He was a man of marked ability, and was much in public life. In 1797, he rep- resented Windham, in the General Court of Massachusetts, and was selectman for eighteen years. He was also instrumental in abolishing the union between church and state, a system that had been a prime factor in the New England economy from time immemorial. He died, respected by all, Mar. 31, 1826. He was twice married. His first wife, Sarah (Graffam) Brown, died Dec. 12, 1797 ; and, on Mar. 26, 1799. he married Sarah Barker of Windham. His children by first wife were:
1. Lois B., born July 31, 1774.
2. Ezra, born Dec. 22, 1775.
3. Joseph, born Oct. 16, 1777.
4. Mary, born Mar. 26, 1779.
5. William, born Aug. 22, 1782.
6. Caleb, born Aug. 17, 1784.
7. Sarah, born Jan. 31, 1786.
S. Peter, born Dee. 19, 1788.
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9. Rebecca, born Aug. 5, 1790. Children by second wife:
1. Amos, born May 6, 1802.
2. Ephraim, born July 15, 1804.
3. Lydia, born June 9, 1806.
4. Lois, born Mar. 30, 1809.
5. Hannah, born - - , 1811.
Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, mar- ried, Apr. 6, 1780, George, son of Thomas and Mary (-) Thomas of Gorham. He was born about 1745, and died Apr. 28, 1821, aged 76 years. She died May 13, 1822, aged 67. They are buried in the cemetery at Fort Hill, Gorham, near where they first settled. They had nine children :
1. Betty, born Mar. 1, 1781.
2. Ezra, born May 18, 1782; d. June 10, 1818; unmarried.
3. Mary, born Dec. 10, 1783, m. Jacob Emerson, of Harrison.
4. William, born Feb. 13, 1787; m., first, Mar. 18, 1817, Sally Plaisted; second, Hannah Plaisted.
5. Amos, born Oet. 30, 1788; m., Mar. 29, 1810, Abigail Higgins; settled in Harrison, Me.
6. Eunice, born Dec. 20, 1790; m., Dee. 5, 1820, Joseph Plaisted; settled in Harrison.
7. Mehitable, born Dee. 7, 1792; m., John Johnson of Har- rison ; settled in that town.
8. Lydia, born Nov. 22, 1795; m., Sept. 24, 1821, Jeremiah Staples of Buxton, Me.
9. Nancy, born June 3, 1799; m ~, 1821, Zebulon Johnson; lived in Harrison.
Lois B., daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- ried, May 22, 1796, Daniel, son of David and Sarah (Millett) Purinton; settled first in Windham; afterwards in Gorham. Had children, as follows:
1. Ezra, born May 8, 1797, disappeared.
2. David, born May 1, 1800, m., first, Elizabeth Warren ; sceond, Apphia Shaw.
3. Peter, born Sept. 11, 1801, m. Harriet Crockett.
4. Sally, born Aug. 31, 1804, m. Woodbury Rand.
5. Mary, born Feb. 27, 1806, m. Joseph C. Larry.
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Ezra, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, Dec. 30, 1797, Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell of Windham. She was born May 21, 1777, and died Oct. 25, 1841. He married for a second wife Hannah Higgins of Standish, Me. Children, all by first wife :
1. Joshua L., born Mar. 27, 1803.
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