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1. Julia, m. Royal T. Mayberry.
Albert Leonard Elder was a farmer and lived on the River Road, in Windham. IIe died May 21, 1906, aged 72 years, 3 months, 10 days.
ELLIOTT
Jacob Elliott was one of the early settlers of Windham. Just where he came from, we do not know. He bought Lot No. 10, second division of one hundred-acre lots in Windham near the Center, Apr. 3, 1793, and commenced to clear the land. This lot is included in the homestead of the late Hon. William Goold. He married, probably. Dorothy Pettingill. He is said to have been the first white man, who caught fish at White's Bridge. Ile died May 10, 1817, aged 88 years. His wife. Dorothy, died Feb. 9, 1808. Their children were as follows:
1. Dorothy, married Ebenezer Barton, in 1773.
2. Jacob, Jr., married Ann Baker of Falmouth, Nov. 25, 1787.
3. Anna, married Ichabod Hanson. Jun., Sept. 3. 1784.
4. Elizabeth, married John Cook, in 1786. They were the parents of Betsey Cook, who died in Windham, unmarried, Aug., 1861, aged 72. She had two brothers, John and Richard.
5. Daniel Pettingill, married Mitty Hall, Jan. 1, 1792.
6. Hannah, probably a daughter of Jacob Elliott, married Joseph Chase of Buektown (now Buckfield). in 1789, (intention entered on the Windham records Nov. 8th, of that year). He was the son of Eleazer Chase, who was an early settler of Wind- ham, but removed to Buckfield.
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EVELETH
John Eveleth, the well-known lawyer, was Town Clerk from 1823 to 1841, from 1843 to 1844; and in 1846, and 1848, his last service in that capacity being from 1850 to the close of 1854. He represented the town in the State Legislature in the years 1823, 1824, 1825, and 1826. He married Rebecca Merrill of New Gloucester, (intention entered Nov. 13, 1829). He died Sept. 17, 1859. Rev. Mr. Wiswell, in noticing his death in the Church Book, remarks that he had been a deacon of the Con- gregational Church for twenty years. His wife, Rebecca Mer- rill, died June 30, 1872. He had two children, both born in this town :
1. John Marshall, born Feb. 24, 1825; graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1845; studied medicine and located first at Mechanic Falls; removed from there to Hallowell, Me .; died there Oct. 26, 1894.
2. Samuel Archer, born Jan. 5, 1826; graduated from Bowdoin College, in the class of 1847. He was a lawyer at Windham Ifill; married Ellen White, daughter of John and ITuldah (Morrell) White of Windham. He died at the early age of 30 years. He was a man of true nobility of character, and his death was a loss to the community. Left no children.
FIELD
William Field came from Falmouth, and was probably a native of that town. He entered his intention of marriage with Annah Manchester, Feb. 26, 1785. She was the daughter of Stephen, of Indian fame, and his third wife, Mary (Bailey) Manchester, and was born in Windham. Feb. 13, 1765, and died Feb. 10, 1857, almost 92 years of age. Mr. Field settled first in Falmouth, where his two oldest children were born. About 1788, he moved to Windham and settled on a farm at East Windham, in what is called the "Ireland District." We have no record of the death of William Field, but his widow outlived him many years. They had twelve children, as follows:
1. Reuben, born Aug. 18, 1785.
2. Lucy, born Jan. 2, 1787.
3. Elias, born Mar. 4, 1789.
4. Peter, born Aug. 31, 1791.
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5. Jane, born May 17, 1793.
6. William, born Feb. 10. 1796.
7. Daniel, born Mar. 29, 1798.
8. Mary Ann, born May 12, 1800.
9. Ebenezer, born June 13, 1802, died young.
10. Isabella, born June 8, 1804.
11. Barbara, born July 13, 1806.
12. Ebenezer. born Aug. 9, 1809.
Mrs. Anna (Manchester) Field lived with her youngest son, Ebenezer, and died there. She was a woman of good natural abilities, warm-hearted, and generous in the extreme, and was greatly beloved, not only by her own family, but by a large cirele of friends and acquaintances.
FREEMAN
The first of the above name to locate in this vicinity is believed to be Samuel Freeman. He came from England, with emigrants who accompanied Governor Winthrop, in 1630. IIe settled in Watertown. Mass. His wife was Apphia,-but what her family name was, does not appear. They had a son, Samuel, born in Watertown, May 11, 1638, who married, May 12, 1658. Mercy Southworth of Plymouth. They had a son, also named Samuel, who was born in Eastham, Mar. 26, 1662. He married. first, Elizabeth Sparrow; second, Bathshua Smith, daughter of Barnabas Lathrop. By his second marriage he had twelve children, among them a son named Enoch. He was born in Eastham, May 19, 1706; graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1729. In 1742, Enoch Freeman came to Falmouth (now Portland), as agent for Gen. Waldo, who, by this time, had sue- ceeded in accomplishing the financial ruin of his former friend and partner, Col. Thomas Westbrook. On Aug. 31, 1742, he married Mary Wright, by whom he had seven children :
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1. Samuel, born June 26, 1743.
2. James, born Sept. 9. 1744, died Feb. 5, 1771.
3. Mary, born June 1, 1746, died Oct. 22, 1750.
4. William, born Nov. 13, 1747, d. June 6, 1765 (drowned).
5. Enoch, born Sept. 4, 1750, died Dee. - 1832.
6. Mary, born June 12. 1752. m. Thos. Child and died in 1832.
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7. Lathrop, born Mar. 27, 1753, died Apr. 26, 1753.
Mr. Freeman held many important offices during his life, which goes to show that he possessed the confidence of the public. Willis, in his "History of Portland," thus speaks of him: "He was a man of proud bearing and severe manners, which were more suited to the age in which he lived than in that which fol- lowed." He died Sept. 2, 1788, aged 82. His wife died Jan. 7, 1785.
Samuel, son of Enoch and Mary (Wright) Freeman, was one of the most useful and influential citizens that Portland had in its carly days. He was born in that city. June 26, 1743; and, when grown to manhood, he at once took a high position as an attorney. In 1775, he was chosen a delegate to the Provincial Congress and, for two years, was secretary of that body. He was re-elected to the Congress, in 1776 and 1778. While in Congress, he was appointed Clerk of Courts for Cumberland County and held that office for forty-six years. In 1776, he was appointed Register of Probate, and continued in that office until 1804, when he succeeded Judge Gorham as Judge of Probate. He served in this latter capacity until Maine became a separate State. He was chosen a deacon of the First Parish Church and remained as such for forty-five years. In 1802, he was chosen President of the Maine Bank. Also he was President of the · Overseers of Bowdoin College, and Treasurer of that Institution. He was also, for twenty-nine years, Postmaster of Portland. Samuel Freeman was twice married. His first wife was Mary Fowle of Watertown, Mass., to whom he was married. Nov. 3, 1777. By her he had three children :
1. Mary, born Sept. 21, 1778; married Jonathan Bryant; died July 31, 1832.
2. Samuel Deane, born May 29, 1781; graduated at Har- vard in 1800; died Sept. 15, 1831 ; unmarried.
3. William. born July 2, 1783; graduated at Harvard in 1804; married Clarissa Clark, of Boston, by whom he had a family ; was a lawyer; settled in Cherryfield, Me.
Mrs. Mary (Fowle) Freeman died Jan. 7, 1785; and, on Feb. 7, 1786, Mr. Freeman married Betty, widow of Pearson Jones and daughter of Enoch Ilsley. They had six children :
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1. Elizabeth, born Nov. 7, 1786; married, Aug. 28, 1786, Elnathan Duran ; died Aug. 28, 1815.
2. Dorcas, born June 30, 1789; married Henry Holmes of Boston ; died Apr. 23, 1813.
3. Henry, born Mar. 2, 1792; died Nov. 9, 1834; unmarried.
4. Charles, born June 3, 1794; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege, in 1812; settled in the ministry at Limeriek, Me., in 1820; died Sept. 19, 1853.
5. George, born Mar. 9, 1796; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege, in 1812; died May 27, 1815; unmarried.
6. Charlotte, born Mar. 6, 1800, married Rev. John Boyn- ton of Phippsburg, Me.
Enoch, son of Enoch and Mary (Wright) Freeman, married Mehitable Cushing. Settled in business at Saccarappa and died there, Dec. 4, 1832, aged 82 years. His wife, Mehitable, died at the same place, Feb. 27, 1844, aged 84. They are buried in the old Conant Burial Ground at Westbrook, where modest head- stones mark the spot of their interment. Children :
1. Abigail, born July 7, 1788, m. Daniel Babb.
2. Enoch, born July 14, 1790.
3. Nathaniel, born July - 1792.
4. Mary, born July 21, 1796, died July 15, 1844. She is buried in the Conant Yard, and her head-stone bears the follow- ing epitaph :
"Upon her grave shall blessings rest, Kind, good and pious were her days; They loved her most who knew her best And their affection speaks her praise."
5. Sally, born Oct. 27, 1797, died Sept. 7, 1815.
6. James, born May 29, 1800, died Apr. 8, 1833.
Another son of the second Samuel and Merey (Southworth) Freeman was named Constant. He was born Mar. 31, 1669, married Jane Treat. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Treat, pastor of the church in Truro, Cape Cod. His congregation was largely composed of Indians, for whom he translated the "Confession of Faith" into the Nauset dialect. Jonathan, son of Constant and Jane (Treat) Freeman, was born in Truro, June 9, 1710, married, Sept. 23, 1731, Rebecca Burney. Their
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son, Jonathan, Jr., born in May, 1739, married, Nov. 28, 1759, Sarah Parker of Falmouth, Me. They came to Gorham, about Nov. 25, 1762, and it is said that his father and mother came with them. Jonathan Freeman and his wife, Sarah, settled in the south part of Gorham, on land he purchased of Mr. Morton. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The date of his death is unknown. His children were:
1. Sarah, born May 9, 1761; married, Apr. 19, 1781, Isaac Larrabee of Searboro, Me.
2. Jenny, born July 28, 1763, died unmarried.
3. Benjamin, born June 18, 1765.
4. Rebecca, born July 28, 1767; married, Oct. 27, 1785, Josiah Harmon of Scarboro.
5. Susannah, born Oet. 8, 1769; married. Apr. 23, 1788, Dominicus Harmon of Scarboro.
6. Jonathan, born Feb. 8, 1773.
7. Ebenezer, born Apr. 8, 1775.
8. Apphia, born Dec. 6, 1777, died unmarried.
9. Joshua, born May 4, 1780.
Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married, in 1787, (intention entered Dec. 15th of that year), Eunice Seavey of Scarboro. He was a farmer and settled in that town. Had sons, Josiah and Samuel, (probably other children).
Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married, in 1794, Hannah Thompson of Falmouth. Had ehil- dren, as follows :
1. Samuel, died young, buried in Gorham.
2. William, died young, buried in Gorham.
3. Gardner, born Mar. 22, 1799; died in Gray, Me .; un- married.
4. Polly, born Aug. 25, 1801, married Rufus Knight, and died in Gray. The family moved to Windham, where a son, George, was born; thence to West Gray, where they had three more children, Naney, Samuel, and Ellen. Jonathan Freeman was the grandfather of George Freeman of West Gray and Mrs. Gardner Weeks, late of Gorham.
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Ebenezer, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married, Feb. 3, 1799, Polly Prentiss. Their children were:
1. Betsey, born July 12, 1799, m. - Plummer.
2. Prentiss, born May 25, 1801.
He moved to Parsonsfield and had five more children, born in that town :
3. Mary.
4. William.
5. Ebenezer.
6. Benjamin.
7. Samuel.
Ebenezer Freeman died in Parsonsfield, while yet in the prime of life.
Joshua, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, lived on the old homestead in Gorham. He married, Aug. 30, 1804, Hannah Harmon of Searboro. They were both charter members of the Freewill Baptist Church at South Gorham, and he was, for several years, its deacon. He died June 22, 1853. His wife died June 27, 1868. Had children, as follows :
1. Arthur, married Martha Davis of Boston; lived in that city.
2. Cyrus, married Elizabeth Mosher, lived and died in Farmington, Me.
3. Daniel, born in 1811; died Feb. 16, 1870; he married, in 1837, Martha J. Goldthwaite of Biddeford, and had two daugh- ters : Sarah C., born Aug. 25, 1839, married a Mr. Waterhouse of Fryeburg. Martha E., born May 20, 1841; married Melville C. Burnell; lives in Gorham.
4. Moses, married Rebecca Oliver of Boston, and died in Somerville, Mass.
5. Alexander, married, in 1843, Sally Waterhouse; moved to Wayland, Mass., and died there.
6. Samuel, died Oet. 1, 1835, aged 18 years.
7. Sarah, died Oct. 15, 1819, aged 6 months.
Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married Eunice Seavey ; lived in Scarboro, Me. I am unable to say how many children they had, but two of their sons settled in Windham, and they had probably more children. Those who came here were Josiah and Samuel.
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Josiah, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Seavey) Freeman, was born Oct. 10, 1791; married about 1815, Betsey Webb, born Sept. 9, 1786. She was the daughter of John Webb, who was born in England, Mar. 13, 1750, and died in Windham, Dec. 17, 1833. Josiah Freeman settled, first in Scarboro; but after- wards came to Windham and purchased a farm on the River Road, a few rods south of Calley Wright's, (now called Dole's) Brook; it being a part of the farm on which Capt. Thomas Chute made the first settlement in town. He served a term in the U. S. Army in the War of 1812. He was a man of indus- trious habits, somewhat reserved in manners; a good citizen, and greatly respected by his townsmen. He died on the farm where he settled in Windham, Mar. 28, 1868. His wife died at same place, May 19, 1873. They had five children :
1. Stephen W., born Jan. 17, 1817, in Scarboro.
2. Benjamin, born Oct. 8, 1818.
3. Thomas, born about 1821.
4. Elizabeth A., born in 1823; m. Jonathan Sanborn; died June 26, 1905; had children.
5. Lois, unmarried.
Samuel, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Seavey) Freeman, married, Aug. 10, 1823, Lorana, daughter of William and Ann (Webb-Bolton) Libby of Gorham. Settled at Gambo, in Wind- ham, where he worked for a long term of years in the powder mills. He and his wife have been dead for several years, but I am unable to find any date of their deaths; neither can I tell when any one of their six children was born. They were as follows :
1. Harriet, married, first, Samuel Nason; second, Josiah Swett of Standish. She is deceased.
. John.
3. Joseph.
4. Dorcas A., married John Richardson, and died in Gor- ham, Dec. 1, 1895. Had children.
5. Charlotte, married Newell Hanson of Windham. She is now (1906) living at South Windham. Has children.
6. James E.
Stephen W., son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, married, Jan. 10, 1841, Charity Ann, daughter of Thomas and
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Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge of Windham. She was born Sept. 16, 1818, and died Apr. 28, 1842. They had one child, a son named William B., born Apr. 17, 1842, and died in 1859 or '60. Stephen W. Freeman married a second wife, Miss Caroline H. Walker of Westbrook. He lived on his father's farm and died there, Aug. 26, 1897. His wife, Caroline, was born Feb. 26, 1826, and died about 1865. They had children, as follows:
1. Erving, born Sept. 6, 1847, died Sept. 20, 1849.
2. Ella M., born May 7, 1851, died about 1865.
3. C. Elizabeth, born Jan. 24, 1853, m. Frank Johnson.
4. Charles, born May 21, 1855.
5. Fred H., born Feb. 21, 1857.
6. Sarah, born Feb. 20, 1859; married Charles Clay; has children ; lives in Gorham.
7. Annie, born Apr. 26, 1861, married, Frank D. Guptill. He was instantly killed by a powder-mill explosion at Newhall, May 9, 1898.
8. Alice, died young.
Benjamin, son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, married Martha A., daughter of Peter and Martha Ingersoll of Windham. He settled, first in Windham; moved to Bethel, Me .; from there to Washington, D. C., where he was employed by the U. S. Government for several years. He afterwards re- turned to Windham and died Mar. 5, 1890. His wife was born in 1823 and died Mar. 18, 1863. Had children, as follows :
1. Melville, settled in Bethel, Me.
2. Franeena.
3. Ann M., died Mar. 25, 1847, aged 3 years.
4. Rose Elva, died July 4, 1852, aged 14 mos., 10 days.
5. Ina.
6. Howard, deceased.
Thomas, son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, mar- ried Abbie Proetor of Westbrook; lived several years after marriage in Windham; moved to Denmark, Me., where he pur- chased a farm, and where he and his wife died several years ago. Their children were:
1. Oscar, deceased.
2. Albert.
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3. William.
4. Ida.
John, son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, married Minerva, daughter of James and Ann (Bailey) Small. He worked many years at powder making at Gambo. Afterwards he settled on a farm near Little Falls and died there, June 28, 1890, aged 66 years. His wife died a few years previous. They had two children, both of whom died young, and a daughter, Annie, who married Angus Cameron. She lives in Portland and has a daughter.
Joseph, son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, was a powder-maker and lived at Gambo, where he died May 28, 1891. Ile married Susan Welch, a native of the British Prov- inees. After his death she moved to Everett, 'Mass., and died there. His children :
1. Lora.
2. Julia.
James E., son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, married, Apr. 9, 1859, Jane N., daughter of Joseph and Eunice (Lombard) Libby of Gorham. She was born May 11, 1841, and died Jan. 28, 1896. He worked for some time at powder making ; served a term of enlistment in the Union Army. Three children :
1. Horatio G., married Jan. 14, 1893, Clara E. Libby.
2. Minnie L., married Sept. 14, 1889, Edward Thompson.
3. Ethel M., married July 3, 1900, William J. Ranney.
Fred II., son of Stephen W. and Caroline II. (Walker) Free- man, married, Nov. 27, 1880, Sarah, daughter of Richard and Rosilla M. (Chute) Dole. She was born Aug. 25, 1860. He is a grocer; lives at Little Falls (on Gorham side). They have two children :
1. Bertha R., born June 30, 1886.
2. Harlan Dole, born Nov. 4, 1890.
Charles, son of Stephen W. and Caroline H. (Walker) Free- man, married Patience, daughter of Cornelius and Naney (Allen) Small of Westbrook. He is a farmer and lives on his
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father's farm on the River Road, Windham. They have two ehildren :
1. Irene.
2. Stephen.
FROST
Hezekiah Frost was born in Canterbury, Conn., in 1778. He graduated at Yale College in 1802, and located at Windham Hill, where he practised law until his death, May 27, 1827. He married, in 1807, Esther Clark of Plymouth, Vermont, and they had six children :
1. Jane Clark, born Nov. - - 1808.
2. Susan Farnham, born Sept. 25, 1810.
3. Louisa Bond, born Feb. 20, 1813.
4. John Clark, born Feb. 22, 1815.
5. Daniel, born June 22, 1817.
6. Hezekiah, born Apr. 7, 1819.
Mrs. Esther Frost died June 10, 1819; and, on Dee. 17, 1820, Mr. Frost entered his intention of marriage with Miss Hannah Brown of Windham, by whom he had three children, as follows:
1. Edward B., born Sept. 14, 1821.
2. Esther, born June 30, 1823, m. Josiah Turner.
3. Sereno Dwight, born Oct. 23, 1825.
FARROW
John Farrow, said to have been the third settler of New Mar- blehead, was a native of Tiverton, R. I. We do not know the date of his death, but it was sometime previous to 1759. His wife, Persis, died, according to the church records, May 12, 1758, and they were buried on their own land.
John Farrow, Jr., son of John and Persis Farrow, married Hannah and had the following children born here:
1. Abigail, born Feb. 3, 1746, died July - 1753.
2. Ezekiel, born Jan. 1, 1749.
3. Timothy, born Sept. 17, 1751.
4. Josiah Wooster, born Feb. 10, 1754.
5. John, born Apr. 25, 1756.
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6. Thomas, born Apr. 18, 1758.
7. Calvin, - baptized Apr. 8, 1764.
The name of Farrow has been extinet in Windham for many years.
GOOLD
In the year 1768, a young Quaker named Benjamin Goold, then twenty-one years of age, started from Elliott, Me., to Fal- mouth to make his way in the world. He had no means to begin with except his Yankee pluck. He found employment in Fal- mouth, where he remained until 1774, when he came to Wind- ham. There he worked for Daniel Hall, near Windham Center, for six years and earned his farm, it being the same afterwards owned by James L. Dunlap. He married, in 1775, Phebe Noble of Gray. Her father was Nathan Noble. He was a soldier and served at Louisburg, in 1745. He went on the expedition to the same place in 1757, and was in the army at Lake Champlain, in 1758 and 1759. In 1776, he served two months at the siege of Boston. Jan. 6, 1777, he enlisted for three years in Capt. John Skillings' Co., in Col. Ebenezer Francis' 11th Massachu- setts Regt. He took part in the retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, was in the battles of Hubbardton and Stillwater, and was killed at the Battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777, being at the time in his 55th year. Benjamin Goold's father and grandfather were named Benjamin, and both lived in Elliott. His grandfather went from Taunton, Mass., to Elliott about 1713. He was the son of John and Mary (Crosson) Gold. (Here the spelling of the name changed.) John Gold was the son of Jarvis Gold, who came from Kent Co., England, in 1625. first to Boston. Later he became one of the early settlers of Hingham, Mass., in 1625. He removed to Boston, where he died in 1656, aged 51 years. He was the emigrant aneestor of all of the name, who have ever lived in Windham. Benjamin Goold of Windham built a log house at first, but afterwards a frame dwelling. The cellar and well can now be seen, and there are also two or three of his apple trees yet standing; but they are back in the orchard, as the present road was not then built. He died in 1807, aged 60 years. He was an industrious and frugal man and acquired considerable land. He was an assessor and collector of taxes
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in Windham. His wife, was remembered by her grandson, Hon. William Goold, as a smart Quaker lady, who rode to meeting Thursdays and Sundays, on her pacing mare "Knitting Work." She died in a "sleeping lethargy," in 1817, aged 67 years. The children of Benjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, were as follows :
1. Simeon, born July 4, 1776; married in 1799, Bethiah Osgood ; was in the lumber business and built a sawmill at Great Falls. He resided on the Anthoine Road near Pike's Hill. Later he moved to Portland and died there, in 1835. Had three sons and one daughter, all buried in Portland.
2. Nathan, born Apr. 10, 1778.
3. Daniel, born July 10, 1780, d. Mar. 28, 1798.
4. Betsey, born Nov. 3, 1782; married Dee. 28, 1807, Ephraim Hodgdon. He was born in South Berwick, Apr. 23, 1777. He was a tailor by trade and lived at Windham Center. They had three children, as follows:
1. Julia, born July 11, 1808.
2. Daniel, born Dec. 3, 1809.
3. Eunice, born Apr. 3, 1812.
5. Mary, born Dec. 21, 1784, married William Pitt Freeze, (intention entered Feb. 12, 1814). He was killed by lightning at Sandwich, N. H., in 1829. She died in 1839, aged 54 years.
6. Ezra, born May 7, 1787, died the next year.
7. Ezra, born Mar. 16, 1789; married, about 1812, Betsey Shane, daughter of Richard Shane. Ezra Goold was a deputy sheriff and an ensign in the militia. He died in 1818, aged 29 years. His wife died in 1882, aged 93 years. They had one child, Louisa, who married, in 1838, Lieut. Col. John C. Jaquis. He died in Windham, June 13, 1895, aged 88 years, 2 months, 27 days.
8 and 9. Twins, who died when but a few days old.
10. Abner, born Aug. 31, 1792, was unmarried and when last heard from was in New Orleans, in 1836.
Nathan, second son of Benjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, was twice married. His first wife was Miriam Swett, daughter of John and Sarah Swett, to whom he was married, Mar. 13, 1803. She died in 1805; and, on Dec. 27, 1807, he was married by the well-known Rev. Caleb Bradley, of Westbrook, to Betsey Gowen, daughter of James and Edna (Knight) Gowen. She
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was a descendant of Nicholas Frost, the first settler in Elliott, where her father came when a young man. Mr. Goold bought in 1802 the farm, which was later occupied by his son, Hon. William Goold. Nathan Goold was chairman of the selectmen for eight years, represented Windham in the General Court of Massachusetts ; was Captain of the Town Militia in the War of 1812, and marched his company, in the alarm of Sept., 1814, to Portland to defend the town from an expected attack. He was a justice of the peace for many years, and died of consump- tion in 1823, aged almost 45 years. His children by both mar- riages, were :
1. John, born Dec. 25, 1803, died Jan. 21, 1806.
2. Benjamin, born Feb. 5, 1805; married, in 1826, Mary Ann Sargent, who died in 1890, aged 89 years. He lived in Windham until 1835, when he removed to Lynn, Mass., and died in 1863, aged 58 years. His children were:
1. Martha Ann, born Oct. 2, 1827. .
2. Ada Elizabeth, born May 29, 1829.
3. Sarah Kimball, born July 10, 1830.
4. William Benjamin, born in Lynn.
3. William, born Apr. 13, 1809.
4. Miriam, born Jan. 25, 1820; married John Brown, Jr., in 1849. She died in 1859. He died in Deering, Me., in 1890, aged 77 years. Their children were:
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