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Annie, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- ried Jacob Barton, sometime in 1799; lived in Casco.
Hezekiah, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, about 1794, Sally Whitney; lived in Casco, where he died in 1863; and she died in 1858.
Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- ried John Gammon. He was born July 11, 1771, died June 11, 1855. She died Aug. 27, 1849.
Abel, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married Nov. 7, 1802, Olive Plummer of Scarborough, Me. Settled, first in Madrid, Me., (then called No. 1 Plantation) ; afterwards they removed to Bloomington, Ill .; he died in 1844; she, in 1843. Of their children, if any, we are not informed.
Joseph, son of Elijah and Hannah (West) Cook, married, Nov. 30, 1826, Eunice, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Grant of Limington, Me. He was a farmer and lived many years on the place now owned by Dana A. Lowell, at Popeville. His wife, Eunice, died Apr. 29, 1864, aged 74. He went to Casco, married a Mrs. Spiller, and died there Apr. 5, 1890, aged 88; no children.
Thomas, son of Elijah and Hannah (West) Cook, married, May 2, 1827, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Betsey Morton of Jackson. She was born June 15, 1800, at Limington. He died Feb. 20, 1849. Their children were:
1. William Henry, born Apr. 19, 1828.
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2. Mary Boody, born May 22, 1830.
3. Joshua C., born Nov. 1, 1832.
4. Edward C., born Feb. 7, 1835.
5. Phebe E., born June 12, 1837.
6. Joseph, born May 8, 1839.
7. Charles O., born Jan. 3, 1844.
8. Oliver, born May 23, 1846.
Mrs. Mary (Morton) Cook married for her second husband, Apr. 26, 1850, Robert, son of John and Sarah Cook; lived in Caseo.
Euniee, daughter of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married, Mar. 4, 1846, Daniel, son of Jonathan and Mary Libby of Standish. He died June 15. 1854. IIe was a farmer and lived for sometime in Gorham, Mc. They had children :
1. James A., born Feb. 4, 1847.
2. Lovina A., born Apr. 2, 1851.
Mrs. Euniee (Cook) Libby married for a second husband Levi Varney.
Elijah, son of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married, June, 1842, Martha Manson. Had two children :
1. James M., born Jan. 26, 1843. He was a member of Co. H, 32d Me. Regt., in the Civil War, and died Feb. 24, 1866, of disease contraeted in the service.
2. Martha L., born Sept. 12, 1844, died Sept. 17, 1891.
Elijah Cook married for his second wife Abigail Jones. Their children are as follows:
1. George H., born Feb. 18, 1854, d. Jan. 31, 1869.
2. Edward, born Jan. 28, 1856, d. June 9, 1856.
3. Albert L., born Apr. 15, 1857, d. June 10, 1859.
4. Ellen M., born May 17, 1860, m. Chas. A .. Nichols.
5. Albert E., born Oct. 1, 1862.
6. Franklin J., born June 1, 1865.
Sylvanus, son of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Blake) Sturgis of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and lived at Great Falls, Gorham; also lived many years at Windham Center. He had one child, whose name was Maria. She married W. Seott
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Parker, and died at Great Falls, Dee. 16, 1882. Mr. Sylvanus Cook died Mar. 15, 1889. We have no record of his wife's death.
Louisa, daughter of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married James Sturgis. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Blake) Sturgis of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and farmer; lived at Windham Center. They had one ehild, Mary E., who married George B. Hanson.
Valentine, only son of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) Cook, married, Oet., 1845, Catherine, daughter of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen of Windham. He was a farmer. Hle settled first in Caseo; afterwards came to Windham and built the house near Gambo, where J. J. Grant now lives, and died there July 11. 1863. Had two children :
1. Charles H., born Feb. 21, 1847.
2. A son, born Aug. 21, 1848, died Aug. 30th, same year.
Mrs. Catharine Cook had for her second husband, Samuel Bragdon of Windham; for her third, Josiah Preseott. She died at Little Falls, Feb. 9, 1893.
Charles H., son of Valentine and Catharine Cook, married, Jan. 23, 1869, Ellen Wilson. She died Oet. 26, 1900. Children :
1. Henry W., born May 7, 1869.
2. Catharine M., born Apr. 4, 1872, married Dr. Leroy O. Cobb of Westbrook.
3. Aliee M., born Aug. 23, 1877, married Albert Morris.
4. Louisa Albina, born Oet. 29, 1880.
5. Charles V., born May 26, 1883, married Lelia Bryant, Oet. 29, 1904.
6. Lessie B., born May 4, 1889, died Aug. 24, 1889.
Mr. Cook married a second time, but we do not know his wife's name.
Franklin, son of Elijah and Abigail Cook, married June 30, 1899, Leora M. Frink. Have children, as follows :
1. Avis.
2. Orra, born Oet. 30, 1893.
3. Lewis F.
Albert E., son of Elijah and Abigail Cook, married Callie Staniels. She died, leaving a son named George. Mr. Cook
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now lives on the old homestead, where he and his second wife care for his parents in their old age.
Richard, son of Daniel Cook, senior, and Mary (Wescott) Cook, married. Apr. 30, 1811, Mary, daughter of William and Rebecca (Bodge) Mayberry ; settled in that part of Casco known as "Shadigee ;" and died there.
CRAGUE
The ancestor of this family in Windham, was Hugh Crague. (For an account of this man, see Chapter II.) He married Elizabeth Warren of Falmouth. Nov. 11, 1749, and they had eight children, all born in Windham:
1. Betty, born Dee. 26, 1750.
2. Mary, born Aug. 23, 1753.
3. Thomas, born Jan. 17, 1756.
4. Rebecca, born May 14, 1758.
5. John, born Jan. 29, 1764.
6. Jane, born July 10, 1766.
7. Hugh, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1768.
8. Martha, born Oct. 25, 1772.
Hugh Crague died Nov. 19, 1777, aged 54. His wife, Eliza- beth (Warren), died in 1810, aged 83.
Thomas, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Nov. 29, 1780, Prudence, daughter of William and Mary (Akers) Elder. She was born May 21, 1759 and died Jan. 15, 1841. He died Sept. 28, 1807. He was a farmer and settled on the River Road near Little Falls Village. They had eleven children :
1. William, born Sept. 8, 1781, died May 13, 1824.
2. Hugh, born Jan. 17, 1783.
3. Elizabeth, born Jan. 17, 1783; died Oct. 19, 1858; un- married.
4. Thomas, born July 27, 1785, died Aug. 5, 1785.
5. Mary, born Sept. 11, 1786, died July 2, 1817.
6. Prudence, born Dec. 25, 1788, died Sept. 21, 1790.
7. Thomas, born Jan. 8, 1791, died Apr. 18, 1855.
8. Prudence, born Dec. 24, 1792, died Nov. 20, 1866, un- married.
9. James, died Dec. 8, 1872; unmarried; blind for many years.
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10. Rebecca, born Mar. 10, 1797; died Sept. 9, 1874; un- married.
11. Martha, born July 20, 1799, died Oet. 9, 1870; un- married.
Hugh, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Feb. 9, 1797, Phebe Hawkes. He was a farmer and lived on the farm now owned by his grandson, Frank Cobb. He died May 3, 1843. His wife died Sept. 10, 1857. Children :
1. Amos, born Dee. 19, 1797, died Dee. 9, 1801.
2. Benjamin, born Feb. 20, 1802; died Apr. 18, 1875; un- married.
3. Elvia, born Oet., 1804, married Nov. 15, 1832, William S. Cobb of Westbrook.
4. Lovisa, born Oet., 1807, married Ebenezer Frank of Windham, (intention entered Sept. 6, 1833.)
5. Thomas, born 1811; died Jan. 11, 1875; unmar- ried.
John, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Aug., 1790, Alice Wilson. Had the following children :
1. John.
2. Betsey, second wife of Josiah Little.
3. Sally, married Reuben Elder, (intention entered Apr. 24, 1819).
4. Hannah, married Daniel Mayberry, (intention entered Apr. 3, 1824).
5. Josiah, married Hannah Neal, (intention entered Aug. 31, 1816). He settled, first on the River Road, where John F. Webb formerly lived, but sold his farm, about 1844, and went to some part of Oxford Co., where he and his wife both died. It is said that they had children.
6. Ezekiel, married Hannah Stone, (intention entered Aug. 25, 1817). He was a shoemaker; lived at Westbrook.
7. Ann, died Jan. 23, 1834, aged 33 years.
Betty, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Jan. 22, 1770, James Hawkes.
Mary, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Nov. 5, 1772, William Elkins.
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Jane, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, died unmar- ried, when about 16 years of age.
Martha, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married Ezekiel Leighton of Falmouth, Apr. 2, 1795; settled in that town and died there.
Thomas, son of Thomas and Prudence Crague, married Mary Millions, (intention entered on the Windham records Dec. 6, 1828). He was a farmer and lived in the south part of the town, on the River Road, near the Westbrook line. He died Apr. 18, 1855. Had one child :
1. Elizabeth, born about 1830. After his death, his widow and daughter went to Westbrook, and both died there several years ago.
Hugh, 3d, son of Thomas and Prudence Crague, married Mary Knight of Falmouth, (intention entered Mar. 16, 1811). He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls on the farm after- wards owned by Edwin A. Bodge. He died Feb. 15, 1812. His widow afterwards married David Hawkes. Hugh Crague and his wife, Mary, had one child : Peter, born - 1811.
John, son of John and Alice (Wilson) Crague, entered his intention of marriage with Mary Lombard of Gorham, June 21, 1817. It is said that they had children, but we are unable to learn anything further about this family.
Peter, son of Hugh, 3d, and Mary (Knight) Crague, married, Feb. 21, 1841, Jane B., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Jackson) Elder of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls on the place where his daughter, Mrs. French, now lives. He died Apr. 23, 1873. His wife died Aug. 23, 1900. Had two children :
1. Stillman A., born Oct. 17, 1842.
2. Mary E., born June 6, 1845.
Stillman A., son of Peter and Jane B. Crague, married, Dec. 25, 1863, Margaret A., daughter of Aaron and Fidelia (King) Hawkes of Windham. She was born July 17, 1839, and died June 13, 1901. He died July 7, 1908. Had six children :
1. Elmer F., born Nov. 6, 1864, married Lizzie Woodman.
2. Orville L. F., born Feb. 18, 1866, married Kate Wiswell.
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3. Flora M., born Oet. 20, 1867, married George Newcomb.
4. Clara J., born May 1, 1870, married Samuel Skillin.
5. Annie, born July 11, 1874, married Alphonso Small.
6. Clifford H., born July 24, 1877, married Jessie Nash.
Mary E., daughter of Peter and Jane B. Crague, married George W. French. They live on her father's place. Have one child :
1. Howard P., married, Feb. 27, 1895, Florence Watkins of Casco. They have five children, as follows :
1. Daisy.
2. Edna.
3. Gladys.
4. Marion.
5. Bertrand.
DOLE
The ancestor of this family in Windham was Richard Dole. He was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Knight) Dole, and the great-grandson of the "Emigrant Richard," who came from Bristol, Eng., in 1639, and settled in Newbury, Mass.
Richard was born in Newbury, Feb. 3, 1736. He married Martha Merrill of that town, in 1757. He learned the trade of cabinet-maker, but sometimes called himself "a joyner and chairmaker." He came to Falmouth (now Portland), Mar. 29, 1760, where he purchased a lot of land and built a house. There he remained until 1769, at which time he purchased a farm in Windham and moved there. He was town elerk of Windham for twenty years, and a deacon of the first church nearly as long. When the Revolutionary War came on, he enlisted for three years, as a private, in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Tenth Mass. Regt., and actually served two years, eleven months, and twenty-nine days. He was one of that brave band who suffered so terribly in the huts of Valley Forge, during the winter of 1777-8, and was then reported "on duty." He was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He fought on that sultry day, June 28, 1778. at Monmouth, and was at West Point Apr. 6, 1779. He was honorably discharged in
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1779 (probably at West Point), after which he returned to Windham.
His wife died July 20, 1801, and her age was 61 years. On May 17, 1804, he contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Judith Holmes of Hebron, Me., and removed to that town, where he died in 1825, nearly 90 years of age. His remains were interred in Hebron. He and his wife, Martha (Merrill), had six children, as follows:
1. Ruth, born 1759, in Newbury; the family tradi- tion is, that she married a Mr. Butler; lived and died in New- bury.
2. Betty, born 1761, in Newbury; married, Sept. 14, 1786, John Winship. The date of her death is unknown. Had four children.
3. Samuel, born Aug. 12, 1765, in Portland, Me.
4. Abigail Merrill, born Oct. 3, 1770, in Windham ; married, in 1788, William Spurr, of Otisfield. Their intention of mar- riage was entered on the Windham records, Dec. 20th of that year. Settled in Otisfield, and died there, Oet. 12, 1844. Had 12 children.
5. Polly, born Feb. 22, 1773, in Windham; married, Jan. 1, 1795, Job Winslow of Falmouth ; settled in Windham and died there, June 8, 1797.
6. Martha, born May 20, 1775, in Windham; married, Oct. 7, 1798, Henry Knight of Otisfield; settled in that town and died there; the date of her death is unknown. Had three children.
Samuel, only son of Richard and Martha (Merrill) Dole, born Aug. 12, 1765, married, Nov. 7, 1787, Mehitable, daughter of Gershom and Nancy (Mayberry) Winship. She was born Mar. 26, 1766. Ile was by trade a joiner, but purchased Home Lot No. 2 and one-half of Lot No. 3, in the first division of lots in Windham. There he built the house, still standing, near the brook originally named "Calley Wright's," but which has been called "Dole's" for many years. Here he spent his long life of seventy-nine years. Ile died Oct. 18, 1844. His wife died July 11, 1843. They had eleven children, all born in Windham, as follows :
1. Richard, born July 6, 1788. He did not marry; was a
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soldier in the War of 1812, and a pensioner; died in the town of Phillips, Me., May 27, 1875; is buried in that town.
2. Catharine, born Feb. 12, 1790, died Feb. 20, 1790.
3. Sally, born May 14, 1791, died June 28, 1801.
4. Apphia, born Aug. 24, 1793; died June 2, 1815; un- married.
5. Nancy, born Mar. 10, 1796; married, Jan. 1, 1824, Asa Cobb of Westbrook; settled in that town, where she died Mar. 19, 1865. IIe died June 1, 1875, aged 81 years. They had eight children.
6. Oliver, born Oct. 24, 1798; married, Nov. 18, 1827, Elizabeth, daughter of James O. and Bathsheba Mayberry of Windham. He was a famous school teacher, and taught in Windham and Gorham with marked success. Afterwards he became a merchant in Otisfield, where he remained for several years ; but, his health failing, he returned to Windham, and died Mar. 1, 1838. His wife died Aug. 24, 1833. Had one child that died in infancy.
7. Enoch, born Oct. 20, 1801, died Oct. 28, 1801.
8. Polly, born Sept. 23, 1803, died Oct. 2, 1807.
9. Matty, born July 10, 1805, died Sept. 29, 1807.
10. Daniel W., born Nov. 29, 1807.
11. Sally F., born June 21, 1812, married her cousin, Rich- ard Winship, of Phillips, Me. They lived several years in that town ; then removed to Gorham, where Mr. Winship died Sept. 27, 1879. She died in Westbrook, Aug. 4, 1894. She was a well- known school teacher in Windham, Gorham, and other towns in Cumberland County. She and her husband are buried at White Rock, Gorham. Had no children.
Daniel W., son of Samuel and Mchitable (Winship) Dole, was twice married. His first wife was Eliza A., daughter of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, to whom he was married Sept. 16, 1830. She died Mar. 19, 1832; and, on Dec. 31, 1835, he was united in marriage with Mary W., daughter of Daniel and Susan (Dow) Hasty of Standish, Me. She was born Sept. 19, 1815, and died May 14, 1872. He was a man of scholarly instincts, a ready debater, and an easy speaker. He had a decided love for books and possessed a large fund of general information. He was noted as a successful school teacher in
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his young manhood, being very popular with all classes of pupils. He was also deeply interested in the welfare of the old State Militia, in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served several terms as a justice of the peace and always per- formed the functions of that office with a great deal of dignity. For several years he was a grocer and general trader at Casco Village; but finally settled on the paternal aeres, in Windham, where he resided until the death of his wife Mary. He then went to reside with his sister in Phillips, Me., and died there, July 4, 1876. His remains were brought to his native town and interred among his kindred in the old Smith Cemetery. Chil- dren by first wife:
1. Samuel T., born Jan. 17, 1831.
2. Richard, born Mar. 18, 1832. Children by second wife:
3. Oliver, born Oct. 19, 1837.
4. Eliza, born Nov. 20, 1839 ; unmarried.
5. Daniel H., born June 12, 1843.
6. Florence A., born June 5, 1846 ; married, Feb. 27, 1867, Leander, son of Josiah and Martha (Hasty) Moulton of Stan- dish. Had one child, Maude Maria, born Apr. 12, 1872, died Mar. 17, 1889.
7. Susan M., born May 20, 1854: married, Dec. 26, 1875, Enoch, son of Jefferson and Lueretia (Swett) Mabry, of Gor- ham. She died Dec. 26. 1882. Had three children :
1. Georgia Lillian, born Apr. 24, 1877.
2. Harlan Jefferson, born Jan. 17, 1880, died Nov. 23, 1882.
3. Bertrand Dunn, born June 14, 1882, died Jan. 19, 1904.
These are all buried in the cemetery near the village of Great Falls.
Samuel T., son of Daniel W. and Eliza A. (Bodge) Dole, married, May 1, 1853, Phebe C., daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry. She was born in Gorham, Nov. 28, 1835. She was possessed of fine literary abilities and was well known throughout New England as a magazine writer, poet, artist, and editor. She died in Windham, Apr. 26, 1909. He died at the home of his grandson in Melrose, Mass., Apr. 1. 1912. Had two children :
1. William B., born Apr. 23, 1854.
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2. George II., born May 1, 1856, died Sept. 2, 1864.
Richard, son of Daniel W. and Eliza A. (Bodge) Dole, mar- ried, Nov. -- , 1853, Rosilla, daughter of Daniel and Bath- sheba (Mayberry) Chute. He was killed, while at work as a brakeman, on the Boston and Worcester Railroad, Ang. 9, 1864. Had three children :
1. Jennie, born Aug. 1856, died Oct. 11, 1863.
2. Frederick, born March 18, 1858, died March 28, 1858.
3. Sarah, born Aug. 25, 1860; married. Nov. 27, 1880, Fred H. Freeman, son of Stephen and Caroline (Walker) Freeman. He is a merchant at So. Windham. Children :
1. Bertha R., born June 30, 1886.
2. Harlan D .. born Nov. 4. 1890.
William B., son of Samuel T. and Phebe C. (Larry) Dole, married, May 15, 1874, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon and Eleanor (Gerry) Brown of Gorham, Mc. He died Jan. 4, 1887. Had one child :
1. Frederick Howard, born July 15. 1875.
Oliver, son of Daniel W. and Mary W. (Hasty) Dole, mar- ricd, Apr. 19, 1865. Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Susan (Kimball) Chaplin of Naples, Me. She died Feb. 16, 1900, aged 59 years, 8 months, 2 days. He was a school teacher, a farmer, and, for several years, a trader and postmaster at Great Falls, Gorham, Me. He is still living at Sebago Lake. Had four ehildren :
1. Lucinda H., born June 28. 1866; married. Dec. 19, 1886, Henry J. Hanscomb ; lives at Cumberland Mills. Has no chil- dren.
2. George H., born Sept. 25, 1869.
3. Mary L., born Nov. 5, 1871, married, May 3. 1898, Calvin C. Wescott. He was killed, while at work on Maine Central R. R. near Smith's Mills. Standish. Had four children :
1. Edward Dole, b. Sept. 16, 1898.
2. Guy Sterling, b. Dec. 20, 1899.
3. Rupert Jordan, b. June 22, 1901.
4. Calvin C., b. Mar. 17. 1904, d. July 16, 1904.
4. Edward A., born Aug. 7, 1873; accidentally killed, Mar.
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27, 1896, while at work on the Maine Central R. R., near White Roek, Gorham, Me .; unmarried.
Daniel H., son of Daniel W. and Mary W. (Hasty) Dole, married, Dee. 26, 1874, Margaret, daughter of William and Sally Bryant of Raymond, Me. He is a graduate of the Medieal School of Maine, class of 1871. He practised his profession at Cape Elizabeth for some time, but is a teacher from preferenee ; has been principal of the Jackson Grammar School, Portland, Me., for many years. Had two children, both born in Portland :
1. Florenee Mary, born Jan. 14, 1876; is a teacher in the Portland schools; unmarried.
2. Richard Bryant, born May 8, 1880.
George H., son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Chaplin) Dole, married, Apr. 20, 1890, Elizabeth Sands Sawyer of Buxton, Me .; resides at Sebago Lake. Has one child :
1. Alfred Leander, born Dec. 21, 1891.
Richard, son of Daniel II. and Margaret (Bryant) Dole, married, June 20, 1906, Huldah, daughter of Capt. Charles E. Humphrys of Brunswick. He graduated from Bowdoin in the elass of 1902; is now in the employ of the U. S. Government as a chemist ; no children.
Frederick Howard, son of William B. and Mary E. (Brown) Dole, married, Aug. 30, 1904, Hattie Louisa, daughter of Levi H. and Nellie (Kellogg) Boardman of Sheffield, Mass. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1897 ; was assist- ant in German at Bowdoin one year after graduation ; taught in the public schools of Windham and Gorham, being Superintend- ant of Schools in Windham in 1900. He was Principal of North Yarmouth Academy for eight years; is now a teacher in the Boston Latin School ; resides in Medford, Mass. Has two children :
1. William Levi, born Jan. 17, 1906.
2. Harold Frederiek, born Mar. 4, 1908.
DOLLEY
The first of the name in Windham, so far as we can learn, was Jeremiah Dolley. We do not know where he came from. The Quaker records tell us that he was born Apr. 14, 1777, and
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died in Windham, June 3, 1863. His wife was Hannah Bailey, and they were married in 1803. She was born Jan. 28, 1782, and died Oct. 14, 1865. They had eleven children, born in Windham :
1. Catharine, born Nov. 9, 1804.
2. Joseph, born Mar. 20, 1806.
3. Patience, born Oet. 25, 1807.
4. Timothy, born Sept. 3, 1810.
5. Mary II., born May 20, 1812, d. Mar. 9. 1897. She mar- ried Elbridge Sayward.
6. Lydia, born May 1. 1814.
7. Jeremiah, born Mar. 4, 1816.
8. Emma, born Oet. 2. 1818.
9. Stephen, born June 9, 1820.
10. John, born Apr. 10, 1822.
11. Ebenezer, born May 25, 1824.
Joseph Dolley, son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Bailey) Dolley, married, Aug. 29, 1833, Esther, daughter of Lemuel and Deborah (Hawkes) Jones; settled on a farm in the easterly part of the town. He died June 5, 1889. His wife, Esther, born May 31, 1806, died Feb. 1, 1871. They had seven children :
1. Deborah J., born Dec. 16, 1835; died in Westbrook, Aug. 11, 1899; unmarried.
2. Maria, born June 23, 1837, married Samuel Shaw of Standish.
3. Edward H., born Mar. 28, 1839.
4. Nathan D., born Feb. 8, 1841, died Apr. 6, 1865. He was a member of Baker's D. C. Cavalry; was killed in action near Richmond, Va.
5. Hannah, born Oct. 29, 1843, married J. Fickett.
6. Mary Jane, born Nov. 5, 1847, m. - Allen.
7. Amelia, born Apr. 25, 1849, died 1867.
Ebenezer, son of Jeremiah and Hannah Dolley, married, first, a Miss Small ; second, Mrs. Ellen Dunlap. Had at least one daughter, Rose.
Joseph Estes Dolley entered his intention of marriage with Esther, daughter of Gershom and Anne (Bunker) Manchester, Dec. 23, 1812. It is believed that he was not related to the
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above family of Dolleys. He settled in the north part of the town and died there. He had several children, among others a son, John (probably), who married, first, Huldah Settled on a farm near Gambo. Had children :
1. Mary J., born about 1830; married Charles F. Hooper ; died in Portland, Oct. 7, 1910. Had children.
2. Adeline, married Mahlon Black.
3. Lucius W., died Sept. 28, 1893.
Mrs. Huldah Dolley died May 22, 1856, aged 38 years, and Mr. Dolley married for a second wife Mrs. Nancy B. Loveitt, former wife of Charles Loveitt, and daughter of Thomas and Mary (MeKenney) Jackson. Had two children :
1. Joseph E., died Aug. 29, 1863, aged 11 weeks.
2. Emma, married Charles Thayer. He died Oct. 22, 1889, aged 26 years, 3 months, 26 days. She lives on her father's place at Gambo. Has one son, Charles, who lives with her.
DOUGLASS
David Douglass was a native of Durham, Me., and was the son of Joseph and Mary Douglass. He was born Aug. 18, 1779, and died in Windham, Apr. 12, 1845. On Aug. 24, 1805, he married Waite, daughter of Nathaniel and Merey Hawkes of Windham, and ever afterwards resided in this town. His wife, Waite, was born July 3, 1772, and died Apr. 10, 1845. They were Quakers; lived on the farm afterward owned by their son- in-law. Mark Knight. Children :
1. Merey, born Jan. 26, 1808, m. Mark Knight.
2. Mary, born Mar. 10, 1810.
3. Nathan, born Jan., 1812. He was a noted Quaker min- ister.
1. Eunice, born Oet. 26, 1813.
5. Joseph, born Apr. 21, 1817.
Joseph, son of David and Waite (Hawkes) Douglass, mar- ried, Oct. 4, 1848, Mary Jane, daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) Cook of Caseo. She was his second wife. He was a shoemaker and farmer; lived for many years in Windham, where he owned the place near his old home, now the property
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