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1. Lizzie Goold.
2. Frederick James.
3. Annie Milliken.
4. Alice Francena, died young.
5. Nathan, born Dec. 19, 1821 ; married, first, in 1844, Mary Ellen Kimball. She died in 1873, aged 48 years. He then mar- ried Mary J. (Follansbee) Smith of Boston; moved to that city and was living there in 1897. His children were :
1. William Frank, who died young.
2. George Walter.
3. Ida Isabel, died young.
Hon. William Goold, son of Nathan and Betsey (Gowen) Goold, born Apr. 13, 1809, when about 14 years of age, left his home in Windham, and went to Portland to learn the tailor's
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trade. He served seven years' apprenticeship with Seth Clark and became his partner, in 1830. In 1837, because of bleeding badly from his lungs he was obliged to give up business and re- turned to Windham. There he spent nearly seven years on the home farm; but, recovering his health, he moved to Saco. On account of a freshet there. he did not find the situation satis- factory and, returned to Windham. Next he moved back to Portland and engaged in business, where he remained until 1861. In that year he returned to his farm, spending the remainder of his life near the scenes of his childhood. Ile represented Windham in the Legislature, in 1866, and was a State Senator in 1874 and 1875. Though a man of but very limited school education, he was best known from his historieal writings. He was the author of "Portland in the Past," and of fourteen papers read before the Maine Historical Society. Of this body he was a member for seventeen years, and was also a frequent contributor for the press on historical subjects. He married, Sept. 9, 1834, Nabby Tukey Clark, daughter of his former em- ployer, Seth Clark. She was born in Portland, May 27, 1816. and died at Windham, Sept. 27, 1897. aged 81 years. Hon. William Goold died in the house in which he was born, May 22. 1890. aged 81 years. Mr. and Mrs. Goold had eight children :
1. Mary Elizabeth, born in Portland, Sept. 20, 1836; mar- ried at Windham, Nov. 11, 1869, George H. Harding. She died in Portland, June 12, 1881, aged 44 years.
2. Abba Louisa, born at Windham, Apr. 30, 1838; married there, Aug. 14, 1856, Moses Woolson, then of Portland. He was born in Concord, N. II., Dee. 31, 1821; died in Boston, Jan. 17, 1896. She is widely known as Abba Goold Woolson, an authoress and a lecturer on history and literature.
3. Francis Clark, born at Windham, Mar. 10, 1840; married at Boston, June 17, 1880, Carrie E. Willard of Boston. He served more than a year on the U. S. S. Housatonie in the block- ade and bombardment of Charleston, S. C., in 1862-63. He was a volunteer, after the expiration of his term of service, in the night attack on Fort Sumter in Sept., 1863. He escaped un- harmed and now lives in Massachusetts.
4. William Willis, born in Biddeford, Jan. 30, 1842; mar- ried, June 15. 1870, Louise T. Hitchings, of Portland.
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5. Nathan, born in Windham, Jan. 8, 1844, died Sept. 25, 1846.
6. Nathan, born in Portland, July 8, 1846; married, Nov. 22, 1871, Elizabeth V. Giddings of Portland; died in 1914.
7. Ellen, born in Portland, Apr. 7, 1850.
8. George Mather, born in Portland, May 15, 1856 ; married, May 11, 1881, Lizzie Sarah Sargent of Portland.
Another Benjamin Goold came to Windham from Elliott later. Ile was the son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) Goold, and was born Dee. 3, 1782. IIe was a nephew of the first Benjamin Goold in Windham. He married Deborah Hatch, about 1805. She died in 1862, aged 72 years. They lived for several years in Windham and then moved to Denmark, Me., where he died in 1865, aged 82 years. Their children were:
1. Deborah, born Jan. - 1807; married Henry Leach ; moved to Raymond.
2. George, born Aug. 25, 1809.
3. Thaddeus, born July 7, 1812; went away when about seventeen years old and was never heard from afterwards.
4. Margaret, born July 15, 1815, married John Smith; went to Gray, Me., to reside.
5. Ambrose, born Sept. 1, 1817 ; was in the U. S. Navy and died in the service, in 1860.
6. Sarah, born July 11, 1820, married Nelson Babb ; lived at North Gorham; died in 1864.
7. Rebecca, born Apr. 25, 1825, married, in 1845, Samuel Whidden ; lived in Denmark, Me.
8. Lorinda, born May 1, 1828, married Daniel Hutchins; lived at East Hiram, Me.
9. Joseph, born Oct. 2, 1830 ; married Ann F. Merrill ; lived at Mechanic Falls.
George, son of Benjamin and Deborah (Hateh) Goold, mar- ried three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Rounds of Bux- ton. They were married in 1834, (intention entered Mar. 1st of that year). Their children were as follows:
1. Oliver, born June 10, 1835, died 1842.
2. Abigail R., born Apr. 10, 1836 ; married Joseph T. Jones ; died Feb. 26, 1910, aged 73 years.
3. Mahala R., born Oct. 8, 1837, died Oet. 19, 1842.
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4. Albert Ames, born Aug. 6, 1839, died Oct. 23, 1842.
5. Sarah R., born June 9, 1841, married Edwin W. Atkin- son.
6. Oliver Ames, born July 4, 1843, married Lucy, widow of Daniel Peaslee. She was the daughter of Matthias Murch, a Revolutionary soldier. Oliver Ames Goold died in Boston, Feb. 23, 1905. Mrs. Mary A. (Rounds) Goold died Nov. 15, 1849, aged 40 years; and, in 1851, Mr. Goold married Sarah B., daughter of John and Hannah (Bangs) Hamblen of Gorham, by whom he had one child :
1. Hannah H., born Dec. 21. 1851; married, in 1869, Charles Albert Burrill; had eight children. She was burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene lamp several years ago. Sarah B., second wife of George Goold, died in 1853, and he married, in 1856, Sarah Moulton of Stan- dish, Me. He represented the Town of Windham in the Legislature in 1868, and died Dec. 26, 1895, aged 86 years. His third wife, Sarah Moulton, died Apr. 25. 1904, aged 86 years, 8 months.
Nathaniel, son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) Goold, came from Elliott and lived at Windham Hill, but afterwards moved to Denmark. He married, in 1821, Dorcas Varney of Windham. He was born in Elliott about 1796. Had two chil- dren :
1. Moses.
2. Susan.
Jonathan, son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) Goold, was born in Elliott, Sept. 23, 1773; came to Windham and mar- ried Charity, daughter of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam. She died in 1848, aged 53 years, and he married Sarah (Graffam) Cobb of Cape Elizabeth. He died Jan. 5, 1875, aged 81 years. His second wife died in 1894, aged 86. They had ten children of whom we know nothing.
Obadiah Goold, was the son of Mussey and Elizabeth Goold of Dover, N. H. He was born Apr. 21, 1777, and died July 11, 1860. He married, Aug. 2, 1798, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Anne (Varney) Cook, who died Mar. 21, 1835. He was a grand- son of Joseph and Bethiah (Furbush) Goold of Kittery, Me.
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Joseph was a brother to Benjamin, first of that name in Wind- ham, and son of John Gold of Taunton, Mass. Obadiah Goold was a Quaker minister and was said to be an eloquent speaker. He lived at one time at North Windham, but died in Casco. He had two children :
1. Anna, born June 12, 1799 ; married, Mar. 9, 1825, Ezekiel Varney.
2. Isaiah, born Oct. 25, 1801 ; married, Jan. 28, 1835, Katha- rine, daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Partridge) Maxfield; they had a large family. It was their son, Alpheus Goold, who was Town Clerk of Windham. in 1871.
GALLISON
Among the original grantees of Windham was Joseph Galli- son, a shoreman of old Marblehead. He drew Home Lot No. 29, in the first division of lots, but probably did not come here. The first of the name to settle in this town, so far as we are able to learn, was John Gallison, possibly a son of Joseph. He was born in Marblehead, Aug. 6, 1754, and died in Windham, Sept. 6, 1840, aged 86 years. His wife was Abigail, daughter of Ken- elm and Abigail (Bourn) Winslow. She was born in Marsh- field, Mass., June 28, 1758, and died in Windham, Apr. 14, 1836, aged 73 years. JJohn Gallison settled on a farm near the old Congregational meeting-house, it being the same afterwards owned by his son, John, Jr. John Gallison, senior, was town clerk for sixteen consecutive years. He and his wife, Abigail, had nine children, all born in Windham, and Mr. Gallison records their births in the following manner :
"1. Joseph, born Sept. 23, 1777.
2. John, born May 31, 1780, forenoon, 6 o'clock.
3. Abigail, born Mar. 13, 1783, morning.
4. Winslow, born Apr. 4, 1785, morning, 9 o'clock.
5. Polly Little, born Nov. 1, 1787, Sunday, 5 o'clock, after- noon.
6. Silvanus, born Jan. 25, 1792.
7. Charlotte, born Feb. 11, 1794, Tuesday.
8. Henry, born June 14, 1796, Tuesday.
9. Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1802, Wednesday."
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John, Jr., son of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, entered his intention of marriage with Susannah Greenleaf, Sept. 16, 1815. Their children were as follows:
1. Winslow, born Apr. 23, 1816, died Feb. 14, 1819.
2. Henry, born Dec. 15, 1817, died several years ago. His wife was Sarah Parker.
3. John W., born Jan. 8, 1820, died July 17, 1848.
4. Sarah Cordelia Little, born Aug. 28, 1821; died Oct. 20. 1844; unmarried.
5. Naney, born May 6, 1823, married Iliram C. Loveitt.
6. Susan E., born July 26, 1825, married - Mayberry.
7. Wellington, born - 1828, died Apr. 4, 1851.
8. Cyrus, lived in Portland.
9. Oliver, born June 28, 1836.
John Gallison died June, 1864, aged 84 years. His wife, Susannah, died July 25, 1845, aged 53 years.
Joseph, son of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, was born in Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 23, 1777; married Hannah Atwood. He was a hatter by trade; lived for a while in Wind- ham, where he had one child born. Afterwards he appears to have lived in Gorham. From there he went to Norway, Me., where he died, Dee. 6, 1867. No date of his wife's death can now be found. They had ten children :
1. Henry, died in childhood.
2. Hannah A., born July 8, 1810. She was born in Wind- ham and married Cyrus Clay.
3. Abigail W., married Richard Lombard of Gorham, Me.
4. Sophia, married Jefferson Cushing.
5. William, married Elvira Young.
6. Joseph H., married Lovina Hammond.
7. Charlotte, married Richard Buzzell.
8. John M., married Sarah A. French.
9. Edward A., married Belinda True.
10. Amanda M., married George R. Tourtilldott.
Polly Little, daughter of John and Abigail ( Winslow) Galli- son, married, May 1, 1809, Robinson D. Davis. He was then "of Windham," and they had one child born here :
1. John Gallison, born Feb. 17, 1810.
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Probably they had others, but we think that the family left town and located elsewhere.
Charlotte, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Galli- son, married, Dec. 29, 1866, James Loveitt. (See Loveitt record.)
Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John and Abigail (Wins- low) Gallison, married Nathan Cloudman of Windham.
Silvanus Gallison entered his intention of marriage with Eunice Barker Sept. 26, 1796, and he was then "of Marble- head," and she "of Windham." We do not know how he was connected with the other Gallisons in Windham. He may, how- ever, have been a brother or cousin to the first John. He and his wife, Eunice, had four children born in this town :
1. John Merchant, born Feb. 20, 1797.
2. William, born Jan. 14, 1799.
3. Silvanus, born Oct. 8, 1803.
4. Eunice Barker, born Feb. 10, 1809.
Silvanus Gallison, senior, died Feb. 4, 1814. His wife, Eunice, died Oct. 14, 1809.
GRAFFAM
Among the early settlers of Windham was Caleb Graffam. An account of his life will be found in Chapter II. His children were :
1. Peter, born Apr. 3, 1742.
2. Abigail, born Apr. 11, 1744, m. Joseph Chesley.
3. Hannah, born Mar. 31, 1746.
4. Mary, born Oct. 27, 1748, m. Samuel Elder.
5. Sarah, born Feb. 23, 1751, m. Ezra Brown.
6. Enoch, born Apr. 14, 1753.
7. Caleb, Jr., born Sept. 26, 1755.
8. Rebecca, born May 1, 1757, m. John Elder.
9. Lois B., born Apr. 30, 1759, m. Robert Mugford.
10. Elizabeth, born Apr. 30, 1765. m. Samuel Swett.
Peter, son of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, mar- ried. Feb. 16, 1764, Mary Wilson. They were both "of Wind- ham." but afterwards went to New Gloucester, and died in that
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town. He was a Revolutionary soldier; no date of his death can now be found. In the Smith Burial Ground can now be seen a headstone with this inscription: "Lois Graffam, daughter of Capt. Peter Graffam of New Gloucester, died May 21, 1788, aged 19 years." So it would seem that he retained his affection for his native Windham, long after he ceased to reside there.
Enoch, son of Capt. Caleb, and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, was a soldier in the Revolution. He served 50 months and 13 days; was a member of Capt. George Smith's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Mass. Regiment. He married, Aug. - 1774, Charity, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Mayberry of Wind- ham, settled on a farm in the Mayberry Neighborhood and died there. They had twelve children, as follows :
1. Bathsheba, born Sept. 9, 1774, died Dec. 30, 1837; un- married.
2. Hannah, born Aug. 26, 1776, married Jedediah Lovell (or Loveitt) of Cape Elizabeth.
3. Caleb, born Oct. 17, 1780.
4. Peter, born May 31, 1783.
5. Enoch, born Aug. 27, 1787.
6. Rebecca, born Oct. 11, 1789.
7. Elizabeth, born Mar. 29, 1792.
8. Charity, born Aug. 31, 1794; married, Jonathan Goold, Apr., 1816.
9. Polly, born Aug. 31, 1794, twin with Charity.
10. John, born Sept. 16, 1796.
11. James, born Oct. 21, 1799.
12. Lois, born July 5, 1802, married John Anderson Lowc.
Caleb, son of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, entered his intention of marriage with Eunice Bailey of Fal- mouth, Dec. 22, 1782. We have no record of him, save that it is said he settled in Falmouth.
Caleb, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, appears on the records as a much-married man. His first wife was Polly Joseph, to whom he was married Apr. 2, 1801. She died June 11, 1807, leaving at least one child; and, Dee. 1, 1808, he married Polly Cloudman of Gorham. She was the daughter of Timothy and Katy (Partridge) Cloudman and was born in
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Gorham, July 13, 1779. She died Feb. -, 1814, leaving three children. His next wife was Rachel Clay, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Gammon) Clay of Gorham. He married her, Mar. 17, 1815, and she died Feb. 13, 1816. His fourth and last wife was Mary B. Swett, daughter of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Bailey) Swett. Their marriage took place, Nov. 4, 1817. By her he had a large family. They lived for many years near the old North Schoolhouse in Westbrook.
Peter, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, was a farmer and settled in Casco. He was twice married, but we do not know the names of his wives. We have been informed that, by his first marriage, he had children :
1. William.
2. Mary J.
3. James.
Children by second marriage :
1. Betsey, married - Proctor.
2. Henry.
3. Bathsheba, died young.
4. Mark.
5. Eliza Ann.
John, son of Enoch and Charity ( Mayberry) Graffam, mar- ried Margaret True of Sweden, Me., (intention entered Feb. 17, 1835). He lived many years on the road leading from the River Road to Windham Hill. Had nine children :
1. Enoch, died in the army.
2. Addison, married Patience Allen.
3. Albert.
4. Peter.
5. Robert.
6. Elizabeth, married William H. Allen.
7. Mary, married Jabez Diekey.
8. Ann, married Annis Campbell.
9. Ellen, married - - Kirkpatrick.
We do not know the date of Mr. John Graffam's death, but his widow, Margaret, died in Westbrook, July 8, 1895, aged 84 years.
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HACKER
Jeremiah Hacker was born in Portland, Jan. 27, 1795, and died in Windham, Sept. 10, 1844. He was a Quaker. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, to whom he was married, in Windham, Sept. 11, 1817. She was born Mar. 13, 1798 ; died June 16, 1839. They had ten children, all born in Windham, as follows:
1. Lydia, born July 8, 1818, died May 23, 1821.
2. Mary Read, born Jan. 26, 1820; married Josiah S. Allen at Windham, May - 1845; died in Boston, Mar. 29, 1883.
3. Emily Ann, born Nov. 22, 1821; was the second wife of William H. Cook; married at Westbrook, Apr. 29, 1863.
4. Hannah, born Sept. 16, 1823; married at Windham, Dec. 2, 1852, Stephen R. Winslow of Westbrook.
5. Isaiah Noah, born Mar. 15, 1826; married Lydia M. Winslow of Westbrook, Mar. 2, 1859.
6. Francis, born Dee. 16, 1827; married, Nov. 1, 1857, Charlotte Hallett of Chatham, Mass.
7. Lydia, born Nov. 24, 1829, first wife of William H. Cook ; married at Windham; died Nov. 4, 1859.
Abigail, born Aug. 24, 1832. 8
9. An infant, born in 1833, died same year.
10. Jeremiah Winslow, born Nov. 22, 1834; married Ma- linda Ellen Mark, of Superior, Douglass County, Wisconsin.
Jonathan and Mary Hacker appear on the town records as having had five children born in this town. We know nothing about this family, save the bare record. The children were:
1. Oliver, born Aug. 14, 1811.
2. Mary Ann, born Oet. 7, 1813.
3. Abigail C., born Apr. 10, 1819.
4 Sarah, born Mar. 8, 1821.
5. Moses, born May 19, 1832; died in Windham, June 24, 1834.
HALL
The aneestor of this family in Windham and vicinity was Hate Evil Hall. He was born in Dover, N. H., in 1707. He married Sarah Furbish of Kittery and moved to Falmouth, Me.,
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and died there, Nov. 23, 1797, aged 90 years. The date of his wife's death, we do not know. They had thirteen children :
1. Dorothy.
2. Daniel.
3. Hate Evil.
4. Mercy.
5. Ebenezer.
6. Abigail.
7. William.
8. John.
9. Jedediah.
10. Andrew.
11. Nicholas.
12. Paul.
13. Silas.
Daniel, son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, married Lorana, daughter of Job and Margaret (Barbour) Winslow of Falmouth. They had the folowing children :
1. Winslow.
2. Mercy.
3. William.
4. Stephen.
5. Rachel.
6. Anna.
7. Betsey.
8. Simeon.
Hate Evil, Jr., son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, married Ruth Winslow, sister of his brother Daniel's wife. She died, and he married for a second wife Ann Jenkins. His chil- dren were:
1. Job.
2. Ruth.
3. Sarah.
4. Hezekiah.
5. Enoch.
6. Submit.
7. John.
8. Hate Evil.
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9. Abigail.
10. Nathan.
11. Dorcas.
12. Margaret.
13. Shadrach.
This was probably the Hate Evil Hall mentioned by the Rev. Peter T. Smith, as one of the thirty-nine heads of families in town at the time of his ordination, in 1762.
Ebenezer, son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Abraham and his first wife, Bathshua (Farr) Anderson. He was born July 20, 1741, married Oet. 18, 1764. He died in Gorham, Aug. 6, 1807. No date of her death is known to exist. They had eight children, all born in Gorham. They were as follows:
1. Abraham, born Dee. 29, 1765; married, first, Elizabeth Sanborn, Apr. 18, 1790; second, Mary Giles.
2. Bathshuah, born Aug. 14, 1768, died young. -
3. Isaac, born May 23, 1770; married, May 19, 1793, Anna Whitney.
4. Dorothy, born Mar. 9, 1772; married, first, Oet. 6, 1791, John Woodward; seeond, Joshua Emery.
5. Israel, born Mar. 10, 1774, married Abigail Hutchinson, (intention entered, Sept. 11, 1795).
6. Ebenezer, born Sept. 19, 1777; married, Dec. 1, 1799, Susannah Hunnewell.
7. Bathshuah, born Feb. 21, 1781; married Mar. 2, 1805, Edmund Hall of Falmouth.
8. Daniel, born July 29, 1783, married Abigail Bragdon.
William, son of Daniel and Lorana (Winslow) Hall, married Comfort Riggs of Falmouth, in 1790, (intention entered Apr. 3d of that year, and he was then "of Windham." He was a farmer and lived near Windham Center. He died Oct. 6, 1813. Had nine children :
1. James, born Feb. 2, 1791.
2. Lorana. born Oct. 29, 1792.
3. Anna, born Oet. 29, 1792.
4. Luey, born Aug. 18, 1794.
5. Thomas, born May 10, 1797.
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6. Merey, born Apr. 17, 1800.
7. George, born July 25, 1803, d. Mar. 13, 1813.
8. Harriet, born July 29, 1808.
9. William Lewis, born June 3, 1811.
Stephen, son of Daniel and Lorana ( Winslow) Hall, married Patience Pattangall of Windham, in 1790. (intention entered Dee. 18th of that year). She died Feb. 24, 1799. Their chil- dren were:
1. Rachel, born Oet. 15, 1792; married Jeremiah Hall, Jr .. Jan., 1818.
2. Daniel P., born May 4, 1794.
3. Moses, born Mar. 19, 1797.
Stephen Hall's second wife was Nabby Clark, of Windham. Their intention of marriage was recorded Dee. 21. 1799. Their children were:
1. Patience, born Dee. 5, 1800.
2. Louisa, born Oet. 28, 1802, d. June 13, 1806.
3. Clark, born Jan. 1, 1805.
4. Louisa, born Mar. 31, 1807. She married, Feb. ,
1827, ITall Staples, and they had these children :
1. Stephen H., died Oet. 14, 1888.
2. Albina, married, first, William Hooper; second, Daniel Smith.
3. Clinton, married Martha Libby and died several years ago.
4. Abbie, who married Edwin II. Walker and died Aug. 29, 1908.
5. Fred'and, went to California.
Mrs. Louisa taples died Nov. 18, 1865, aged 58 years, 6 months. Hall Staples died Nov. 13, 1873, aged 68 years.
Winslow, son of Daniel and Lorana (Winslow) Hall, mar- ried Mary Hussey, in 1781. Their children, as they appear on the town records, were as follows:
1. Hannah horn Dee. 22. 1782, d. June 28, 1793.
2. Lorana, be, 1 Dee. 2, 1784, d. Nov. 17, 1787.
3. Levi, 1 , Jan. 28, 1787.
4. Danie ) Aug. 17, 1789.
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5. Eunice, born Aug. 6, 1792; married Dee., 1815, John Colley of Falmouth.
6. Amos, born Sept. 4, 1795.
7. Paul, born July 31, 1798.
8. Winslow, born 1800.
Levi Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, settled in Gorham (at Great Falls) and became an influential citizen of that town. He married, May 31, 1812, Hannah Harmon of Standish. She died July 25, 1813, and he married Jane, daugh- ter of Joshua and Tirzah Emery. Had the following children :
1. Winslow, born Mar. 1, 1815, lived in Dover.
2. Cyrus, born Dec. 27, 1816, d. in California.
3. Hannah N., born Jan. 20, 1819; married Rev. Almon Libby; died at Stroudwater, 1897.
4. Emeline, born June 5, 1821, d. Sept. 20, 1828.
5. Joshua E., born Dee. 15, 1823; married Luey A. Kil- born, in 1851.
6. Ellen Jane, born - -
1826, d. Oct. 10, 1828.
7. Emeline, married Wm. R. Tapley.
8. Levi, born Apr. 20, 1832, married Caroline Harding of Gorham.
9. Freeman, born 1834.
10. John Milton, born Oet. 25, 1836, married Marion Whipple.
Daniel Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, mar- ried Margaret Harmon of Standish, in 1815. He lived several years in Windham, where he held various town offices and was also a State Senator. He at one time, was a general in the militia. He removed to Gorham, about 1836, and carried on the business of briek making at the brick yard, & out half a mile from Great Falls. He went from here to Sebago, where he was engaged in lumbering. He died Jan. 9, 1864. His wife, Mar- garet, died July 31, 1860, aged 68 years. Their children were:
1. William M., born Dee. 31, 1815, m. Ann F. Reed of Westbrook.
2. J. Porter, born June 26, 1817, m. S h J. Gammon.
3. Otis T., born Apr. 30, 1819, m., first. Sarah M. Harris; second, her sister, Harriet E. Harris.
4. Valentine M., born Apr. 8, 1823, d. 2 1. . 12, 1841.
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5. Abigail H., born May 31, 1824, d. Aug. 18, 1841.
6. Esther born Oct. 23, 1826}died young.
7. Peter R. (born Oct. 23, 1826d. in Portland, July 28, 1869; was a lawyer.
8. Frances, born Dec. 25, 1828 ; lived in Dover.
9. Maria, born July 26, 1831, d. in Saco.
10. Helen M., born Nov. 17, 1834, d. Nov. 23, 1852.
11. Sarah C., born Aug. 27, 1839, m. Noah Ladd.
Paul Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, married, Oct. 12, 1820, Huldah, daughter of Ezekiel Hanson of Windham. She was born Oct. 31, 1799. He lived on a farm near Windham Center. The dates of their deaths are unknown to us. Had six children, as follows:
1. Augustus Hanson, born July 20, 1821.
2. Amos Brayton, born Dec. 7, 1822.
3. Edwin Ross, born Aug. 7, 1824, d. Sept. 6, 1825.
4. Phinelia Elizabeth, born Nov. 9, 1825.
5. Mary Ann Merrill, born Apr. 3, 1827.
6. George Edward, born Dec. 27, 1829.
James, son of William and Comfort (Riggs) Hall, married, Oct. - 1813, Hannah Lowell. They were the parents of our respected townsman, who died July 10, 1911, at the great age of 90 years and 8 months.
HANSON
According to the best information at present obtainable, this family originated with one Roger De Astrick, who lived in Eng- land, about the year 1251. He appears to have been a person of considerable importance, and owned land in various parts of Yorkshire, one of his estates being called "Astrick." One of his descendants, John de Astrick had a son, Henry, who, in turn, had a son, John. In those days, when only Christian names were used, the two Johns of Astrick were often confused; and, to designate them, the last John came in time to be known as Henry's son; then as Hen's son; and finally as Hanson. This is said to be the origin of the name, which came about the year 1337. How much truth there is in the foregoing statement, we have no means of knowing, but it appears to be the result of an
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investigation made by a member of the family many years ago, and has been generally accepted as correct.
John Hanson, a descendant of the aforesaid Roger, left his home, when a young man, and went to London to seek his for- tune. He had a family, and his son, Thomas, is believed to have been the emigrant, who came to this country.
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