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2. Sally.
Joseph, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, Nov. 5, 1801, Betty, daughter of George and Lydia (Brown) Thomes of Gorham. This can hardly be regarded as a "love match," as, on the day the interesting event was to transpire, Mr. Brown said to a near neighbor, "I had rather go to the halter than to marry Betty." However, the ceremony took place, as advertised, and the happy couple located on a farm in Windhanı, near Great Falls, and appear to have done their part towards increasing the population of his native township, as will appear further on. He died Sept. 29, 1828, aged 68. His wife Betty's translation took place Nov. 29, 1863, at the ripe age of 84 years. They are buried in the Mayberry Cemetery, near where they lived and died. They had children, as follows:
1. George, born May 4, 1803.
2. Samuel, born July 25, 1805, d. Oct. 1, 1821.
3. Amos, born Aug. 11, 1807.
4. Ira, born July 17, 1809; d. May 4, 1871; a deaf mute.
5. William, born Jan. 2, 1812.
6. Peter, born Sept. 14. 1815, d. Aug. 2, 1822.
7. Isaiah, born June 13, 1818, d. Jan. 12, 1844.
8. Sarah, born Jan. 8, 1821, d. Nov. 2, 1840.
Mary, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- ried, Oct. 30, 1796, Ephraim, son of Capt. Ephraim and Eliza- beth (Harding) Smith of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls, where he died, Aug. 29, 1825. She died May 19, 1849. Had the following children :
1. Nancy, born May 12, 1797 ; m., in 1815, George Hacker, from whom she was divorced; went to Portland and died there.
2. Sarah G., born July 27, 1799 ; m., Dec. 16, 1818, Daniel II. Frost; died Apr. 29, 1831.
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3. Elizabeth H., born July 17, 1801; m., Oct. 11, 1823, Alexander Pray ; died Feb. 24, 1826.
4. Rebecca, born July 15, 1803, d. Nov. 1, 1823.
5. Ezra, born June 29, 1805, d. Oet. 26, 1826.
6. Lois, born July 9, 1807 ; second wife of Alexander Pray ; d. May 27, 1832.
7. Peter B., born May 20, 1811 ; d. June -, 1847; un- married.
8. Samuel, born Mar. 1, 1814 ; d. July 20, 1850; unmarried.
9. Emeline, born Dec. 24, 1816; m., Aug. 9, 1840, her cousin, Ezra Brown of Windham ; died July 29, 1848.
10. William, born Mar. 18, 1820; m. Margaret Murch ; died Apr. 14, 1860.
11. Albion E., born Jan. 29, 1824; d. Sept. 25, 1851; un- married.
William, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, Jan. 6, 1805, Hannah, daughter of William and Keziah (Han- son) Elder of Windham. He was born Aug. 22, 1782, and died Dec. 16, 1851. She was born May 2, 1784; died Mar. 21, 1849. They are interred in the Brown Cemetery at South Windham. He was much in public life, being seleetman in 1819, 1820. 1822, 1823, 1824, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1830 and 1837. He was Town Clerk in 1822, and a justice of the peace for many years. He was universally respected by young and old. Had the following children :
1. William E., born Apr. 8, 1806.
2. Ezra, born June 20, 1809.
3. Keziah H., born Sept. 5, 1811; d. July 8, 1883; un- married.
4. Lois G., born Apr. 22, 1820, d. Feb. 5, 1854.
5. Sarah G., (born Apr. 22, 1820, d. Sept. 23, 1820.
6. Hannah E .. born Nov. 3, 1826.
Sarah, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- ried, Dec. 25, 1803, Zebulun, son of James and Patience (Hun- newell) Pray of Windham. Settled in Albion, Me., where it is said they left descendants.
Caleb. son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married and settled in eastern Maine ; nothing is known about this family.
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Rebecca, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, July 26, 1807, Josiah Waterhouse, then of Standish, Me. He disappeared, leaving her with four children, and she afterwards became the second wife of Samuel Elder of Gorham. He died Sept. 22, 1860, aged 79. She died at Little Falls, June 6, 1875, aged 85 years. Children, all by first husband :
1. Sarah, died unmarried.
2. Harriet, 2d wife of Jonathan Loveitt.
3. Freeman, disappeared.
4. Peter B., married Martha Thurlow.
Amos, son of Ezra and his second wife, Sarah (Barker) Brown. entered his intention of marriage with Abigail H. Swett of Gorham, Dec. 13, 1827. He settled in Oxford County, Me., and died there. Had children, one of whom was adopted by Eliakim Nason, of North Windham, and he is known as Leroy B. Nason.
Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Barker) Brown, after living single until past middle age, was twice married. Her first husband was Joseph Shaw of Standish, who went to heaven, or elsewhere, in a few years; and she chose a second consort in the person of one Eben Moody, likewise of Standish. He, too, went the way of all mundane things; and she gave up the quest of further connubial felicity and departed this life, Mar. 3, 1899, at the ripe age of 93 years.
Joshua L., son of Ezra 3d, and Sarah (Lowell) Brown, mar- · ried, Dec. 14, 1828, Betsey Hawkes of Windham. He died Mar. 25, 1882. She was born Apr. 14, 1803; died Oct. 20, 1879. He was a shoemaker and carried on that business all his life. Lived for several years at Little Falls, and died there. He and his wife are buried in Hillside Cemetery. Their children :
1. Lendall, born Oct. 17, 1830.
2. Daniel S., born May 16, 1832.
3. Rebecca H., born Oct. 11, 1834.
4. Charles R., born May 26, 1836.
Sarah (or Sally), daughter of Ezra 3d and Sarah (Lowell) Brown, married. Feb. 17, 1831, Orren Smith of Hollis, Me. Had one child :
1. William, born Dec. 21, 1831.
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William E., son of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married, June 29, 1829, Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah A. (Higgins) Frost of Gorham. He died Sept. 29, 1851. She was born Nov. 7, 1807, but I can find no record of her death. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls. Had four children :
1. Sarah E., born Aug. 24, 1831.
2. Harriet F., born July 15, 1836, d. July 24, 1837.
3. Ann M., born July 12, 1838.
4. William H., born Apr. 28, 1840.
Ezra, son of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married, Aug. 9, 1840, his cousin. Emeline H., daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Smith of Gorham. She died July 29, 1848. He- died Oct. 9, 1858. Ile owned a large and valuable farm near Little Falls and was an active and influential citizen. He was Selectman in 1845, 1846, 1849 and 1850. He was Representa- tive to the State Legislature in 1842, 1843 and 1856. He was highly respected by all who knew him. He and his wife and children are buried in the Brown Cemetery. Had two children, as follows :
1. Mary A., born in 1841; d. June 5, 1860; unmarried.
2. Emeline, died Nov. 13, 1843; an infant.
Lois G., daughter of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married Freeman Brown of Raymond. It is believed that they were in no way related; lived on her father's farm and died there, Feb. 5, 1854. Had no children.
Hannah E., daughter of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married Hazen H. Whittier. He was born at Methuen, Mass., Nov. 14, 1829, died in Windham, Apr. 9, 1884. She died Sept. 20, 1890. They, with all their children, are buried in the Brown Cemetery. Lived on her father's farm near Little Falls. Had four children :
1. Mary Ella, May 23, 1857; d. in Westbrook, Aug. 12, 1894; unmarried.
2. Hannah J., born Jan. 30, 1859, d. same year.
3. William B., born Apr. 26, 1862.
4. Ezra H. B., born Apr. 17, 1866; d. Oct. 16, 1892; un- married.
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William, son of Orren and Sally (Brown) Smith, married, Mar. 31, 1851, Sarah A. Libby of Standish, Me. She was born Jan. 10, 1828, and died May 15, 1869; and he married Ella J., daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Latham) Bragdon of Wind- ham. She is now deceased. He was, for many years, an em- ployee of the Oriental Powder Co. at Gambo; but, after the death of his second wife, he went to live with his children at Westbrook. He became depressed in mind, which resulted in insanity and, on April 26, 1900, he committed suicide by hang- ing. Children by first wife:
1. Mary Jane, born Feb. 19, 1853.
2. Rosetta, born Dec. 18, 1854.
3. Arthur L., born Sept. 25, 1859.
Children by second wife:
1. Walter W., born Dec. 10, 1872.
2. Sarah E., born Oct. 18, 1876.
Sarah E., daughter of William E. and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown, married, Apr. 21, 1851. Eli, son of Peter and Enice (Whitney). Lived in Gorham. Their children :
1. William E., born Dec. 20. 1851, d. July 27, 1853.
2. Mary E., born Dec. 2, 1853.
3. Charles E., born Mar. 20, 1856.
4. Fred E., born June 13, 1857.
Amos, son of Joseph and Betty (Thomes) Brown, married Mehitable Wing. He died June 30, 1868. She died Feb. 17, 1872, aged 66 years. He was a farmer and lived on the place now (1904) owned by W. H. Mclellan, on Gorham side of Pre- sumpseot River, near Little Falls. They are buried in Hillside Cemetery. He was somewhat eccentric, but an honest, upright man and a good citizen. Had no children.
William, son of Joseph and Betty (Thomes) Brown, married, May 22, 1844, Sarah J. Brackett, of Westbrook. He died July 23, 1895. She died Dec. 19, 1892. He was a farmer and lived near Fort Hill, Gorham and died there. In 1839. for some reason never explained, he procured an act of Legislature and changed his name to Ezra Thomes. Had two children :
1. Llewellyn T., born Apr. 2, 1846 ; m. Rebecca Elliott ; lives on his father's place.
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2. Samuel B., born Apr. 22, 1853; is a physician ; lives in Portland, Me.
Lendall, son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married Evelyn, daughter of Almery and Betsey (Butterfield) Hamblen of Gorham. She was born June 14, 1842, and is now (1904) living in Minneapolis, Minn. He died June 23, 1893, aged 62 years. Was a shoemaker and worked at that trade more or less until his death. Had children.
1. Herbert, lives in Minnesota.
2. Ella, is married and lives in Minnesota.
Daniel S., son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married, Apr. 29, 1868, Ellen, daughter of Timothy D. and Catharine (Dingly) Burnham, of Gorham, formerly of Casco, Me .; resided at Little Falls; was a farmer and gardener. Had two children :
1. Alice, born Nov. 30, 1871 ; m. Frank E. Hall.
2. Lendall, born Nov. 15, 1874; is a physician at No. Ber- wick.
Charles, son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married, Oet. 30, 1877, Mrs. Maggie MeDavitte. He was a physician ; lived in Lynn, Mass .; died Mar. 21, 1907. Had no children.
Rebecca R., daughter of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married, Dec. 7, 1864, Dr. Nathan R. Morse, of Salem, Mass. ; lives in that city. Has four children :
1. Charles.
2. Henry.
3. George.
4. Ellen.
Mary E., daughter of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, married, June 29, 1870, Lothrop Files of Gorham. Had the following children :
1. William E., died in infancy.
2. William E.
3. Mabel L.
4. Annie L.
5. Fred W.
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Charles E., son of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, mar- ried, in 1879, Emma Thompson. Had one child :
1. Everett.
Fred E., son of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, married, June 30. 1881. Fannie L. Cash. Had one child :
1. Hattie M., born May 19, 1883.
William B., son of Hazen H. and Hannah E. (Brown) Whit- tier, married, Nov. 16, 1889, Fannie M. Gamman. He died June 29, 1890. Had one child :
1. Perey William, born Sept. 6, 1890.
From the old records of Windham, we learn that Ezra Brown, the first, had two brothers who either came here at the same time that he did or shortly afterwards. . Their names were Amos and William. Amos married, Sept. - 1768, Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Ephraim Winship; and, on May 15, 1775. he enlisted for three years in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., and was killed at the Battle of Hubbardstown. Of his children, if any, we are not informed.
William, brother of the above, appears to have settled, after the Indian wars, at Presumpseot Lower Falls, and I have not been able to learn anything whatever about him.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
Where this early settler came from, we have never been able to ascertain. The first notice we find of him occurs in the church records, under date of Apr. 22, 1754. IIe then lived on a farm on the easterly side of Canada Hill, where it appears he had a wife named Rachel, and the church book gives the following as their children :
1. A child not named, born Apr. 22, 1754.
2. Mary, born Feb. 26, 1758.
3. William, baptized by Rev. Peter T. Smith, Apr. 18, 1765.
Mr. Smith adds to the record of baptism that Mrs. Campbell died five days before. On May 19th Mr. Campbell, married a second wife, whose name was Elizabeth Brawn, then of Windham; and we find the following entry in the church book, dated Oet. 30,
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1785: "Baptized Elizabeth the wife of William Campbell, Jane, Lydia, Loranna, Joel Pike and Betty the children of William and Elizabeth Campbell." They also had a son named James, who married Peggy (or Margaret) Hendly, widow of Nathaniel Mugford in 1831, (intention entered on the Windham Records, Apr. 15th of that year.) This name is recorded as Campbell, Cambel, Camble and Camel. The family has been extinet in Windham for many years.
CARTLAND
John Cartland was the son of Charles and Mariam ( Robin- son) Cartland of Parsonsfield, Me., and was born in that town Nov. 30, 1820. He married Oct. 29, 1845, Nancy, daughter of Rufus and Jane Millikin, also of Parsonsfield. She was born Oct. 30, 1823. He was a well-known Quaker minister and died in Windham, Dec. 4, 1902, aged 82 years, 4 days. He came with his family to Windham and purchased the farm, formerly owned by Josiah S. Allen near Pleasant River, where he died at the above date. Children as follows :
1. Rufus.
2. Martha J., born May 1, 1849.
3. Miriam, born Feb. 1, 1851.
4. Mary E., born Apr. 25, 1855.
5. Lizzie A., born Nov. 30, 1857.
6. William, born Jan. 5, 1860.
7. Abbie D., born Oct. 19, 1863.
8. Emma, born Sept. 1, 1866.
CHADBOURNE
Joseph Chadbourne came here about the year 1790. He was a descendant of Humphy Chadbourne, who was a native of York Co., Me. He settled on a farm on the Duck Pond Road, about one mile from the old Province Fort; and here he built a large two-story house, which stood deserted and decayed as late as 1845. He was also a lumberman and, from a peculiar mark which he placed on his logs, was always known as "Old Crow- foot." He appears to have been an active, energetic man and accumulated a considerable fortune. The author of "Two Tons of Chadbournes," which appeared in the "Portland Sunday
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Telegram" of Jan. 15, 1911, says that Joseph Chadbourne mar- ried Lucy Berry, but the following entry on the Windham records seems to contradict his statement: "Mr. Joseph Chad- bum, and Miss Lucy Grant Boath of Windham Intend Marriage.
ABRAM OSGOOD,
Town Clerk."
Oct. 23, 1790.
We find that the above parents had three children born in Windham, as follows:
1. Benjamin, born June 22, 1791.
2. Timothy, born Mar. 14, 1793.
3. Lewis, born June 8, 1803.
Possibly there were other children born here, but these are all that appear on the records, and I am inclined to think that Mr. Chadbourne sold his property in Windham and moved else- where, about 1804.
CHASE
Eleazer Chase was an carly settler in Windham. He married Jane, daughter of Samuel Elder, and settled on Home Lot No. 58, as early as 1750. He probably came from Standish to this town. He and his wife Jane had four children :
1. Nathaniel, born July 14, 1750.
2. Joshua, born Feb. 25, 1752.
3. Mary, born Apr. 10, 1755.
4. Isaac, born Dec. 12, 1757.
Mrs. Jane Chase died about 1762, and Mr. Chase married for his second wife Mrs. Mary, widow of Ezra Brown, who was killed by Chief Polin, in 1756. They had a son, Joseph, baptized in Oet., 1766. The lot was the right of William Goodwin, one of the original grantees, of whom Mr. Chase purchased it. In 1759, the Committee of Investigation report that Mr. Chase had a house and nine acres cleared on this lot. He appears to have lived here until his children grew up. In March, 1781, his oldest son, Nathaniel, accompanied by Amos Brown and Daniel Crockett all of Windham, started in the early morning for Buckfield, intending to settle in that town. It is said there was
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a hard erust on the snow, that they each had their clothing, guns and provisions loaded on hand-sleds, and that they traveled forty miles that day. These men were among the first settlers in that town, and all had families. In one year Nathaniel Chase had cleared twelve acres of land and built a comfortable log house, into which he moved his father and mother in 1782. He gave them the lot and took up a hundred acres near by, and here he died. it is said at the age of 91 years.
Nathaniel Chase was a Baptist preacher and was said to have been the first one in that vicinity. He married a wife belonging to his native town, as we find on the records the following entry : "Aug. 23, 1783, Mr. Nathaniel Chase of a place called Buck- town and Miss Rhoda Ellet of Windham, Intend Marriage .- Richard Dole, Town Clerk."
Eleazer Chase served 3 years during the Revolutionary War; he was a private in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co., Benjamin Tupper's 11th Mass. Regt. Nathaniel Chase is also credited with 9 months, 10 days' service, but we do not know in what Co. or Regt.
HIRAM CHASE
He came from Waterborough, Me., where he was born, July 4, 1804. Ile died here Feb. 16. 1888. He married Jan. 19, 1829, Mary J., daughter of Hezekiah and Sally Smith. His wife died Jan. 26, 1885. He was a farmer and lived near the Adventist church in the south part of the town; and on this farm they both died, having spent long and useful lives. They had two childdren, as follows:
1. Lorenzo T .. born Dec. 25, 1829.
2. Naney B., born June 24, 1832, married May 8, 1853, George Hawkes.
Lorenzo T., son of Hiram and Mary J. (Smith) Chase, mar- ried Mary A., daughter of John and Martha M. (Mayberry) Webb, Nov. 25, 1855. He died Sept. 28. 1910; lived in Portland. Children :
1. Edward M., born Mar. 18, 1860, deceased.
2. Martha J., born Dee. 3, 1864, m. Dr. Patterson.
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CLOUDMAN
Nathan Cloudman was the son of Jesse and Hannah (Swett) Cloudman and was born in Gorham, Aug. 12, 1799. He came to Windham, when a young man, and settled on a farm near the schoolhouse in Distriet No. 9, where he lived and died. He married March, 1826, (intention entered Mar. 3d of that year), Elizabeth, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison of Windham. Children :
1. Abigail L., born Oct. 29, 1827, married William R. P. Cross of Portland, and died in that eity Apr. 12, 1895. Had four children.
2. Ann, born June 29, 1829. She was twice married. Her first husband was Jason Miller, who died in Oet., 1882, aged 49 years. Her second husband was Joseph Moore of Caseo. He died about 1886. She died July 26, 1909; no children.
CHIUTE
The first American ancestor of this family was Lionel Chute, born in Dedham, Essex County, England, in 1580. He married Rose, daughter of Robert Baker (or Barker) about 1610, and had children born in England.
1. James, baptized Feb. 3, 1613.
2. Nathaniel, born about 1613. died in Mass. in 1640.
3. Mary, baptized Nov. 23, 1619.
Lionel Chute emigrated to this country in 1634. He settled in Ipswich, Mass., and became the schoolmaster of that ancient settlement, first known as Agawam. He made his will in 1644, in which quaint document he calls himself "Lionell Chute of ye town of Ipswich. (Schoolmaster)." He died in 1645, leaving a respectable estate.
James Chute, son of Lionel and Rose Chute, brought with his parents to Ipswich, in 1634, married, abont 1647, Elizabeth Epps, and had one child :
1. James, born in Ipswich, in 1649, and married Mary Wood, daughter of William and Mary. He had four children born in Ipswich and five in Byfield parish, Newbury. There were six daughters and three sons. The sons were Lionel, James, and Thomas.
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Thomas, the third son of James and Mary (Wood) Chute, born in Byfield parish, Jan. 30, 1690, had a somewhat checkered carcer. In his youth he learned the trade of "Tayler," and evidently pursued that calling for some time in Boston, where he married, on Dec. 11, 1712, Mary Curtice. This ceremony was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D. He had children born there. From Boston he went to Marblehead sometime pre- vious to 1724, where we find him busy at his trade of tailoring, keeping a house of entertainment and serving as a deputy sheriff.
(For leading facts in Mr. Chute's career in Windham, see Chapter II.)
His wife, Mary (Curtiee) Chute, died, according to an entry made by Mr. Chute on the church records, July 30, 1762, aged 70 years,-and he adds, "Greatly lamented not only by her own family, but by all who had acquaintane with her."
Thomas and Mary Chute had nine children, all born in Massachusetts. They were as follows:
1. Mary, born Aug. 25, 1713, died soon.
2. James, born Jan. 1, 1715, died in Marblehead, 1730.
3. Mary, born Oct. 30, 1716, died in Boston.
4. Abigail, born June 7, 1718, married a Mr. Cobham, Fal- mouth, Me.
5. Thomas, born July 3, 1720, died young.
6. Edmund, born June 17, 1722, (baptized as "William.")
7. Rebecca, born Jan. 6, 1724; married, Dec. 14, 1743, John Bodge of Windham.
8. Mary, born Mar. 27, 1726.
9. Curtis, born Sept. 15, 1728.
Curtis, son of Thomas and Mary (Curtice) Chute, born in Marblehead, and baptized there in the first church, Sept. 15, 1729, came with his parents to New Marblehead, in 1739. He married, March 21, 1754, Mrs. Miriam (Carr) Worcester, widow of Josiah Worcester, and lived in Windham. He was instantly killed by lightning at Portland, June 5, 1767. Hlad six children :
1. Ruth, born Jan. 12, 1755; married Jeremiah Jordan in Windham, (intention entered July 29, 1775) ; had nine children ; died Apr. 16, 1803.
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2. James, born Apr. 9, 1757, died young.
3. Josiah, born June 2, 1759.
4. Thomas, born Feb. 19. 1762.
5. James, born Mar. 17, 1764.
6. John, born Apr. 26, 1767.
Josiah, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married, Sept. 11, 1781. Mary Noyes of Portland. He served with honor in the Revolution, was at the Battle of Hubbardton, where he was wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball, and at the Battle of Monmouth; spent the winter of 1777-8, at Valley Forge. He was honorably discharged, Dee. 12, 1779, and returned to his home in Windham, where, for several years, he was a trusted officer of the town. He died Oct. 21, 1834. His wife, Mary, died Nov. 19, 1843, aged 80 years. Children :
1. Curtis, born Dee. 15, 1782.
2. David, born Dec. 10, 1784, died at Point au Petre, Guadeloupe, W. I., Aug. 1, 1810.
3. Polly (or Mary), born Oct. 21, 1786; married Joseph Noyes, (intention entered Aug. 13, 1803.)
4. Josiah, born Sept. 11, 1789.
5. Nancy, born Oct. 28, 1792.
6. James, born June 28, 1796, died Jan. 9, 1798.
7. Dorcas, born July 9, 1799, m. Isaac Cobb.
8. Susan Osgood, born Nov. 19, 1802.
9. George W., born May 4, 1805; died Nov. 23, 1882; un- married.
Thomas, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married Mary Mayberry in 1782, (intention entered Nov. 22, 1782). She was the daughter of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry. He had a decided taste for military life, and was Colonel of Militia during the War of 1812, and later Sheriff of Cumber- land County. He died Sept. 4, 1816. Children :
1. Francis, born May 15, 1783.
2. Sally, born June 5, 1785, married Robert Loveitt, June 5, 1803.
3. William Carr, born Feb. 12, 1788.
4. James, born Mar. - 1790, died July 15, 1791.
5. Fanny, born May 12, 1792; married David Proctor, Sept. 19, 1813.
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6. Margaret, born Nov. 21. 1794, died Oct. 6, 1802.
7. Daniel, born Feb. 10, 1797.
8. James, born Aug. 12, 1801.
9. Thomas, born Aug. 12, 1803.
10. Curtis, born Oct. 2, 1806, died Oet. 11, 1806.
John, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married, Nov. 23, 1793. Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Watson) Andrew. He lived in Windham until 1816, when he removed to Naples, Me. There, for many years, he owned and kept the hotel known as the "Elm House," on the east side of Long Lake; and here he died. July 25, 1857, aged 90 years, 8 months. His wife died Oet. 22, 1843, aged 71 years. They had the following children, born in Windham :
1. John, born Sept. 22, 1794.
2. Betsey, born Dec. 6, 1795.
3. Abraham W., born June 7, 1797, died Oet. 29, 1874, aged 77 years.
4. Elizabeth, born Feb. 9, 1799.
5. Miriam, born Sept. 25, 1800; married Nathan Church ; died May 25, 1862. Mr. Church died Jan. 27, 1873, aged 79 years, 10 months, 11 days.
6. Jonathan Andrew, born Apr. 23, 1811, died in West- port, Missouri; where he was a practicing physician. His gravestone in the Chute burial ground at Naples bears the fol- lowing inscription : "In memory of J. Anderson Chute, M.D., youngest son of Mr. John Chute who died at Westport, Missouri, Oet. 1, 1838, aged 27 years." On the town records he is called Jonathan Andrew.
Curtis, son of Josiah and Mary Chute, married Susan Noyes of Falmouth, (intention filed Nov. 16, 1805.)
Josiah, Jr., son of Josiah and Mary Chute, married Catharine Clement. He died Feb. 1, 1837, aged 47 years. She died Dec. 13, 1877, aged 77 years, 5 months. They were, we believe, the parents of Joseph C. Chute, who married Sarah S., daughter of James and Hannah (Sylvester) Winslow, lived on the Wins- low place, and died there Jan. 7, 1886, aged 62 years. His wife. Sarah S., died Feb. 7, 1893, aged 66 years. They left a son, Edwin, who now (1912) lives on his father's farm.
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