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Amos, Jun., son of Amos and Deborah (Flint) Hawkes, was born Oet. 19, 1762, and died Nov. 23, 1852. He married Lydia Winslow of Falmouth. She was born Oct. 24, 1769, and died Mar. 7, 1826. He was a farmer and settled on a part of the ancestral acres in Windham, near the Duck Pond. Their chil- dren were as follows:
1. Levi, born Oct. 1, 1789.
2. Elijah, born Nov. 21, 1791; lost at sea, Mar. 28. 1818.
3. Sarah, born Mar. 24, 1794; married, June 4, 1824, Elisha Jones, then of Brunswick, Me., afterwards of Windham, where she died June 20, 1857 ; left several children.
4. William, born July 3, 1796.
5. Mary, born Sept. 2, 1798; d. Dee. 19, 1828; unmarried.
6. Phebe, born Aug. 30, 1801, d. Nov. 11, 1828.
7. Thankful, born June 7, 1803; d. Sept. 17, 1875; un- married.
8. Samuel, born July 7, 1807, d. Aug. 21, 1896.
9. Oliver, born Jan. 15, 1811. d. Oet. 17. 1828 ; accidentally fell from a tree and was killed.
Benjamin, son of Amos and Deborah Hawkes, married, in 1807, (intention entered Jan. 8th of that year). Ruth Roberts of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near the Duck Pond, where he died, Nov. 27, 1859, aged 87 years. His wife, Ruth, died Oct. 10, 1867, aged 80 years. I am unable to find any per-
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fect record of their children, but they had, at least, the follow- ing:
1. Thomas, born in 1808, died Jan. 31, 1861.
2. Franklin, born in 1812; killed by the explosion of a powder mill at Gambo, Oct. 11, 1855.
3. Huldah, was a noted school teacher; married Royal Leighton of Deering, Me., and died there.
4. Amos, born Feb. 27, 1815, died July 3, 1886.
5. Elijah, born in 1819, died in 1888.
6. Sarah M., born in 1826; died Oct. 24, 1894; unmarried.
7. Joshua R., born in 1828, died Mar. 18, 1902.
8. Oliver, born in 1830; died Oct. 29, 1857; unmarried.
There may have been others, but I think not. It is also pos- sible that I have not given the names of these children in their proper order, as I give them from memory.
James, son of Ebenezer, Jun., and Anna (-) Hawkes, was born in Marblehead, Mass., (the exact date unknown). He came to Windham, and settled on land left him by his father. He married, Mar. 22, 1770, Betsey or Elizabeth Crague, daugh- ter of Ilugh and Elizabeth Crague of Windham. He was bap- tized by Rev. Peter Thaeher Smith, who records the faet on the Church Book, as follows: "May 11, 1766, Baptized James Hawkes, an adult person, who was educated a Quaker." He and his wife, Betsey or Elizabeth (Crague), had at least three children :
1. James, Jun.
2. Elizabeth, died unmarried.
3. Ann, married, in 1796, (intention entered Nov. 26th of that year), David Hawkes of Windham.
James Hawkes, Sr., married for a second wife, May 8, 1781, Margaret, daughter of Benj. and Keturah Estes, of Wells, Me., and had by her seven children :
1. Benjamin, born about 1783.
2. Ebenezer, born in 1785.
3. Eunice, married Joshua Cobb.
4. John, known as "little Johnnie;" m., in 1825, Clarissa Brown; died July 29, 1830; no children.
5. Isaiah.
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6. Betsey.
7. Aaron.
James, Jun., son of James and Elizabeth (Crague) Hawkes, married Rebecca, daughter of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson. He lived in Windham; died May 21, 1857, aged 84 years. If this date, taken from his headstone, is correct, he was born in 1763. His wife, Rebecca, died Dec. 12, 1853, aged 80. They are buried in the old Quaker Burial Ground, near Wind- ham Center. Their children :
1. Samuel, born Sept. 21, 1799.
2. Solomon, born Feb. 18, 1801.
3. Betsey, born Apr. 14, 1803; married, Dec. 14, 1828, Joshua L. Brown of Windham ; had children,-Lendall, Daniel S., Rebecca.
4. Daniel, born Apr. 28, 1805.
5. Lydia, born Dee. 26, 1806.
6. James, born Nov. 5, 1808.
7. Alley, born Dec. 2, 1809, died in 1890.
Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Anna (-) Hawkes, appears on the Records of the Falmouth Monthly Meeting of Friends, or Quakers, as follows: "Nathaniel Hawkes, of Wind- ham in the County of Cumberland, in the Province of Massachu- setts Bay in New England, Shoe Maker, son of Ebenezer and Anna Hawkes of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, in said Province,-Ebenezer being deceased, and Mercy Jones, daughter of Lemuel Jones and Waite (Estes) his wife, married 7th month 27, 1771." She was of Harpswell, Me. Nathaniel appears to have been born in Marblehead, Aug. 31, 1740. His wife was born May 4, 1752. He settled on what is called the Highland Cliff Road in Windham, where the remains of his cellar are yet to be seen nearly opposite the present residence of Mr. Eugene Sawyer. While we have no connected record of his children, we know that the following were among them :
Nathaniel.
Ezra, married Winslow.
Nathan, married- Winslow.
Lemuel, married, Oet. 30, 1799, Abigail, daughter of Job Winslow of Falmouth.
Moses.
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Rachel, married, first, Feb. 27, 1804, Elihu Hanson ; second, Dec. 23, 1823, William Peaslee of Vassalborough.
Merey, married, in 1815. James Lowell.
Benjamin, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, mar- ried, May 14, 1812, Tamsin, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb. He was a farmer and lived on the Highland Cliff Road; his farm being the same afterwards owned by his grandson, the late Benjamin T. Leighton. No record of the death of either is known to me. Neither have I found any con- nected record of their children. They had, however, the follow- ing. possibly more :
1. Margaret, m. Andrew Leighton.
2. Gilbert, m., first, Cynthia Hawkes; second, Mary J. Hawkes, daughters of Isaiah Hawkes, and his cousins.
3. Emily, m. - Winslow.
4. Elias, d. about 1844.
5. Eliza Jane, d. unmarried.
6. Louisa, second wife of Obadiah Whitney.
Ebenezer, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, born in 1785, married, Sept. 25, 1818, Dorcas, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb. She was born in 1800 and died May 12, 1896. He was a farmer and lived on the Highland Cliff Road, near his brother Benjamin. His house was taken down several years ago. He died in 1853. Their children were :
1. Sarah, born Apr. 22, 1819, m. William M. Smith.
2. Peter, born Sept. 24, 1821.
3. Ennice C., born - ---- 1823; d. ----- 1844; unmarried.
4. Cyrus, born 1825.
5. George, born Oct. 4, 1828.
6. John, born May 1, 1831.
7. Mary Ann, born Jan. 27, 1833, m. Frank Sawyer.
8. Joshua, born - 1836; m. Mrs. - - Whitten ; died in 1894; no children.
Isaiah, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, born in 1792, married, Dec. 31, 1815, Rebecca Cobb. She was born in 1794, and died Feb. 19. 183 -. He was a farmer and stone- cutter. Lived on a farm on the easterly side of Canada Hill, near the Westbrook line. and died there July 3, 1858. He mar-
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ried for a second wife, Mrs. Rachel (Peaco) Thurlow, widow of Horatio Thurlow. She died Sept. 4, 1890. Children, all by first wife :
1. Comfort, born Sept. 14, 1816, m. Robert Cobb.
2. Cynthia, born Dec. 8, 1818, m. Gilbert Hawkes.
3. Lovisa, born Oct. 6, 1821; d. June 2, 1897 ; unmarried.
4. George C., born Apr. 12, 1825, d. July 23, 1828.
5. Thomas, born Apr. 26, 1828.
6. Mary Jane, born June 21, 1830. She was the second wife of Gilbert Hawkes, and, after his death, she married Elias F. Irish.
Aaron, son of James and Margaret ( Estes) Hawkes, married, Nov. 15, 1832, Fidelia, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Lar- rabee) King of Scarborough, Me. She was born in that town, Jan. 9, 1808. He was by trade a carpenter. He lived on the Gray Road, near the Friends' meeting-house in Windham, and both died several years ago. Their children were:
1. Benjamin K., born Dec. 26, 1833. He was killed by a powder mill explosion at Gambo, July 22, 1868.
2. Henry T., born Sept. 8, 1835, d. 1868.
3. Hannah A., born Apr. 5, 1837; m. John Tenney; died Apr. 21, 1860.
4. Margaret A., born July 17, 1839; married Stillman A. Crague ; died June 13, 1901.
5. William H., born Dec. 24, 1840.
6. Mary E., born Sept. 2, 1843, married McDavitt, lives in Vineland, N. J.
Samuel, son of Amos, Jr., and Lydia (Winslow) Hawkes, married, in 1832, (intention entered Mar. 10th of that year), Eliza Barbour of Westbrook. He was a farmer and lived at first on his father's farm; afterwards purchased the Loveitt farm near the River Road, where he died. His wife died Apr. 16, 1887. Their children were:
1. Lindley; unmarried.
2. Mary, b. - 1834, d. Mar. 4, 1902, m. Isaac Stevens.
3. Lydia, m. Albert L. Elder, d. Jan. 31, 1866.
4. Louisa, m. Henry Smith.
5. Hamilton, m. Caroline Smith.
6. George, lives in Westbrook.
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7. Charles, d. Mar. 11, 1864, aged 15.
Peter, son of Ebenezer and Doreas (Cobb) Hawkes, married Mary Bragdon of Scarboro. He was a farmer and lived in what is known as the "Land of Nod." He died Mar. 20, 1902. His wife died Nov. 9, 1875, aged 40 years, 5 months. Had children :
1. Albion, b. 1857, d. Dec. 8, 1902.
2. Emma.
3. Smith.
4. Bert.
5. Sadie, deceased.
6. Mary, deceased.
Cyrus, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married Emily J., daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Walker) Cobb. He was a farmer and a shoemaker. He lived for many years near his father. His wife died June 28, 1883, aged 53 years, 11 months, after which he went to live with one of his sons at North Raymond, Me., where he died. His children :
William.
Ebenezer L.
Frank. Perley, deceased.
Annie G., b. 1856, d. Nov. 3, 1870.
Myrtie L., b. 1871, d. Mar. 10, 1872, aged 7 m., 8 d.
George, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, mar- ried, May 8, 1853, Nancy B., daughter of Dea. Hiram and Mary J. (Smith) Chase. He was a farmer and lived on the Chase farm, near the Second Adventist meeting-house, on the Highland Cliff Road. Two children :
1. Jennie A., born June 24, 1855, m. Jerome Johnson.
2. Hiram C., born Apr. 20, 1861.
John, son of Ebenezer and Doreas (Cobb) Hawkes, married Maria, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Walker) Cobb. He was a farmer and lived several years on his father's farm. He moved from there to Gorham, (Little Falls), where he died Nov. 12, 1910. His wife, Maria, died Aug. 26, 1903, aged 76 years, 6 months. Their children :
1. Elmer.
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2. Alfreda, m .. first Asa Brown; second, W. P. Partridge.
3. Emily.
4. Thomas, unmarried.
5. Augustine, /m. Alice Whitney.
6. Eugene, Sm. Mary E. Bodge.
7. John, m. --- Mayberry.
8. Frank, deceased.
9. Annie, deceased.
Samuel R., son of James, Jr., and Rebecca (Robinson) Hawkes, married, March 1827, Hannah Morrill of Wind- ham. He was a merchant for many years at Windham and afterwards at Great Falls, Gorham. He also owned and culti- vated the farm, where his son, Albert R., afterwards lived. His children :
1. David R., born Apr. 21, 1830, married Sarah J. May- berry, died in Somerville, Mass., Dee. 3, 1903. Had two chil- dren.
2. Charles M., married Susan A. Whitney and had five children.
3. Albert R., born - 1834.
4. Lydia T., born June 20, 1837 ; unmarried; lives in Wind- ham.
5. Samuel, born Sept. 13, 1840; married Caroline M. Skill- ings of Westbrook; had five children; died, at Waseca, Minn., Dec. 7, 1904.
6. Hannah M., born Sept. 5, 1842, married Col. John C. Cobb; had seven children.
7. Huldah W., born Mar. 25, 1844; is a teacher of languages in Portland.
8. James F., born July 31, 1846; married Ardella Eames of Portland ; has one child.
Mr. Hawkes is a merchant in Portland.
Albert R., son of Samuel and Hannah (Morrill) Hawkes, married Sarah M. Whipple, daughter of James Whipple, for- merly agent and superintendent of the powder works at Gambo. Mr. Albert R. Hawkes was for many years an active, energetic business man in Windham and Gorham; but finally retired to his farm near Great Falls and died there, Mar. 24, 1908. aged 74 years. Had children as follows:
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1. Harry H., born July 29, 1859, was in business in New York, died July 24, 1910.
2. Emily W., born June 6, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes were married June 4, 1857.
HOOPER
Robert Hooper came to Marblehead, Mass., (probably from England), in 1660, and married Elizabeth Fletcher. They were the ancestors of all bearing the name in New England. Their son, Henry, married Mary Norman, widow of Joseph Norman, and died in 1726. Henry Hooper had a son, Robert, born in Marblehead, in 1706, who died there, in 1763. He was a merchant, was one of the original grantees of Windham, and, in the division of land here, he drew Home Lot No. 28. He married, Aug. 21, 1755, the daughter of Joseph Blaney, also one of the grantees and an extensive land owner in Windham. Robert Hooper and his wife, Abigail, had sons, William, Robert, and probably, Joseph. These sons inherited their father's land in Windham and settled there. Robert, after some years, re- moved to some part of eastern Maine. Mrs. Abigail (Blaney) Hooper died in Windham, about 1782. Their son, William, born in Marblehead, Oet. 8, 1763. married, Oct. 18, 1787, Eliza- beth, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Vickery. She was born in Marblehead. Jan. 28, 1768, and died in Windham, Sept. 28, 1818. They came to this town about 1788 or 9 and settled on the Main Road near Gambo on land since owned by his descend- ants. Their children were:
1. Stephen Vickery, born in Marblehead, July 28, 1788; died unmarried, in Windham.
2. Sally, born in Windham, June 29, 1791, died Sept. 17, 1816.
3. William Blaney, born Jan. 31, 1794.
4. Henry, born June 7, 1797.
5. Edward, born June 6, 1800, d. Oct. 20, 1805.
6. Benjamin, born Apr. 28, 1803.
7. Edward, born July 30, 1807.
William Blaney, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, married, Dec. 3, 1818, Mary Griffin of Windham. He died while vet a young man, and his widow became the wife
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of Capt. James Loveitt. William Blaney Hooper and his wife Mary had one child, Elizabeth, who married Charles Walker.
Henry, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, married Olive Nason of Gorham, (intention entered on the Windham records Mar. S. 1822). They settled in Raymond. Their children :
1. William.
2. Elizabeth.
3. George.
4. Sally.
5. Noah.
Benjamin. son of William and Elizabeth ( Vickery) Hooper, married Jane White of Windham, in 1824, (intention entered Nov. 13th of that year). She died soon after marriage; and, on Apr. 23, 1829, he entered his intention of marriage with Lucy Griffin, also of Windham. Their children were as follows:
1. Jane.
2. George.
3. Elizabeth.
4. William B., married Albina Staples; went to California and died there Oct., 1879.
5. Charles F., married Mary Jane Dolley, died Nov. 10, 1899.
6. Edmund, married, first, Amanda Wilder, second, a Mrs. Drew.
7. Clinton B., married Harriet Fairbanks. He died Feb. 23. 1908, aged 67 years, 6 months. He was a Union Soldier, a member of Co. A, 5th Maine Infantry.
Edward, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, entered his intention of marriage with Matilda Mains of Wind- ham, Dec. 31, 1832. He was a farmer and settled on a farm adjoining Pleasant River. He died Feb. 19, 1858, by his own hands. His children were:
1. Major M .. went South before the Rebellion. Ile served as an officer in the Confederate Army; d. Jan., 1905, at Atlanta, Ga., aged 70.
2. David, married Lucinda Spiller. IIe was a merchant ; died Jan. 16. 1904.
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3. Helen M., died Apr. 25, 1861, aged 23 years.
4. Doreas.
5. Octavia A., born - 1840, d. Aug. 21, 1908.
6. Elizabeth, died young.
Mrs. Matilda (Mains) Hooper died in Portland, Ang. +, 1883, aged 75 years, 11 months.
Robert. son of Robert and Abigail (Blaney) Hooper, mar- ried, Sept. 21, 1777, Elizabeth Whittaker. She was born Mar. 27, 1757, and died May 13, 1783. The date of his death is un- known. He removed from Windham to eastern Maine. He lived here in 1796.
Abigail, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Whittaker) Hooper, was born in Windham, Dec. 19. 1778; married John Elder Chase; died in Bangor, Jan., 1874. Her first husband died May 7, 1810.
Hooper Chase, son of John Elder and Abigail (Hooper) Chase, married Susan H. Snell, and was living at Bangor in 1898. IIe had a daughter, Emeline, who married Moses Gid- dings of Bangor; and they had a daughter, also named Emeline, who married Rev. Dr. Henry S. Burrage.
HUNNEWELL
The ancestor of the Hunnewell family in Maine was Roger Hunnewell. Where he came from, we do not know, but he appears to have settled, first at Saco; from that place he came to Scarborough, in 1654. Neither do we know whom he mar- ried, but he had, at least, two sons:
1. John, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Harris of Middleton and settled in Wethersfield, Con.
2. Richard, known as "Lieutenant" Richard, who settled in Scarborough, where, according to Southgate's history, he was one of the leading inhabitants. He married a daughter of Richard and Bridget Moore. Her parents came from Cape Porpoise, as early as 1665. During the Indian wars Richard Hunnewell was very active and relentless towards the Indians, never sparing one of the hated race under any circumstances whatever. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, and had com- mand of scouting parties sent out against the enemy. After
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performing many feats of daring, he finally lost his life at the hands of his red enemies. Williamson, in his "History of Maine," gives the date of his death as Oet. 6, 1703; but South- gate, who had better means of knowing the facts, places the date in the autumn of 1713 and says that out of the party of twenty, but a single survivor escaped. Of the children of Richard and Bridget (Moore) Hunnewell, but little is known. He had, how- ever, a son named Roger, who married Mary Adams. Roger Hunnewell died June 13, 1720. aged 45 years. We have no record of his wife's death, but, it is said that she outlived him many years. Their children were as follows:
1. Josiah.
2. Richard.
3. Elizabeth, married Robert Gilmore of Londonderry, N. H.
4. Zerubbabel, born Apr. 15, 1716.
5. Roger, born Dee. 28, 1719.
Zerubbabel, son of Roger and Mary (Adams) Hunnewell, married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Mary Haskell. Mr. Haskell came from Gloucester, Mass., about 1726, and settled, first, at Falmouth Neek, but appears to have moved from there to somewhere near the Windham line. Mrs. Hunnewell died and was buried on what is now called "Seotch Hill," at Sacca- rappa, where her headstone was standing a few years ago, bear- ing the following inscription : "Here Lyes Buried the Body of Mrs. Hannah Hunnewell, wife of Zerubbabel Hunnewell, died July the 26, 1753, Aged 33 years." Their children were:
1. Roger, died Nov. 12, 1747. aged 7 years.
2. Mary, baptized Mar. 11, 1744.
3. William, born Jan. 17, 1746, bap. Feb. 2, 1746.
4. Elijah, born Dee. 27, 1747, bapt. Jan. 31, 1747.
5. Hannah, born Nov. - 1749, bapt. Dec. 17. 1749.
6. Patienee, born Apr. 27, 1751 ; bapt. May 26. 1751 ; mar- ried, Nov. 10, 1772, James Pray of Windham.
Zerubbabel Hunnewell's second wife was Hannah, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Abigail Cobb of Falmouth. She was the widow of John Swett. She was married to Mr. Hunnewell in 1753, and they had, at least, one child, Susannah. born about
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1755. She married, Jan. 1, 1778, Maj. Benjamin Bodge of Windham.
Mr. Hunnewell came to Windham and settled on Home Lot No. 44 in the first division of lots in the town. Here we find him, according to the committee's report made in 1759, with a house and seven acres of land cleared, and the report gives the date of his settlement as 1756. IIe died here Aug. 23, 1803, aged 89 years. Ilis wife died Apr. 24, 1791, aged 80 years. (These dates are taken from their headstones, in the Smith Cemetery.)
Elijah, son of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Haskell) Hunne- well, married Rebecca Locke of Falmouth, in 1776, (intention entered Jan. 6th of that year). He was a farmer and lived on the farm, on the River Road, that was afterwards owned by his grandson, Charles. He died Mar. 19, 1815. His wife died Feb. 12, 1830. Their children were:
1. Susannah, born Jan. 21, 1777; married, in 1799, Ebene- zer Hall, of Gorham.
2. Hannah, born Jan. 29, 1778; married Jonathan Fogg, Dec. 1, 1795.
3. Mary, born Nov. 27. 1779; married John Sweat, in 1803.
4. Anne, born Mar. 23, 1781; married Peter Hall of Port- land in 1807.
5. William, born July 10, 1782; married Lucy Baker, May 14, 1809.
6. Lucy, born Apr. 5, 1784, died Nov. 27, 1818.
7. Zerubbabel, born Nov. 6, 1784.
8. Nathaniel, born Jan. 15, 1788; lost in the Privateer Dash.
in the War of 1812.
9. Patience, born May 2, 1790.
Zerubbabel, son of Elijah and Rebecca (Lock) Hunniwell, married, Oct. 8, 1815, Anna Mitchell of Windham. He was a farmer; lived on the paternal aeres, and died there, but we have not the date of his death. His wife, Anna, died Sept. 6, 1835, aged 44 years. Their children were:
1. Elijah, born 1816, died Sept. 16, 1836.
2. Edwin, married Margaret, daughter of Capt. James and Charlotte (Gallison) Loveitt of Windham. He was a farmer; lived near his father, and died there several years ago. His
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wife, Margaret, died Feb. 17, 1909, aged 86 years; no children. 3. Charles, married Jerusha W., daughter of Asa and Patience (Knight) Small of Westbrook. He lived on his father's farm, which he inherited. Hlad several children. ITis wife died Mar. 19, 1903, aged 73 years. He is now (1911) still living.
JOIINSON
The first of the family bearing this name in New England, so far as we can learn, was one, James Johnson, who probably wrote his name "Johnston." He came from the North of Ire- land, in 1733. He was born in Scotland and moved to Ireland, in 1692. He came to Spurwink, bringing his two sons with him, where he was a ferryman a short time. Afterwards he ferried between Prout's Neck and Old Orchard. He died in 1740, an old man. Nothing is known of his wife, but his two sons, who were born in Scotland. were named James and John.
James was born in 1690 and died in 1774. His wife was named Jane, and they had six children, the fourth one being James. He was born Mar. 22, 1735: married Elizabeth Porter- field of Stroudwater, where they then lived. He, with others, among whom was Captain Richard Mayberry of Windham, com- posed the firm of mast entters, known as James Johnson and Co. James Johnson served in the Revolution as lieutenant and captain in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., in 1775. He was Major in Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regt. of Militia, in 1779; and in Col. Joseph Prime's Regt., in 1780. In 1789, with Jesse Partridge and Aaron Chamberlain, he purchased eighteen hundred acres of land in Poland, then called Thompson Pond Plantation. He sold his farm at Stroudwater and moved there abont 1791. He had eleven children :
1. William, born Aug. 16, 1759, d. Apr. 9, 1845.
2. Martha, born Feb. 16, 1761; married, Mr. MeLaughlin, died June 9, 1851.
3. Joseph, born Feb. 10. 1763, d. Oct. 26, 1840.
4. James, born Mar. - 1765, d. May 2
5. Catharine, born Dec. 16, 1766, d. Ang. 5, 1812.
6. Nancy, born Dec. 19, 1768; married a Mr. Hodgdon; died Oct. 2. 1845.
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7. Jeremiah, born Mar. 19, 1771, d. May 14, 1832.
8. Simon, born Apr. 13, 1773, d. Sept. - 1841.
9. David, born Apr. 13, 1775, d. Aug. 15, 1839.
10. Charles, born May 18, 1777.
11. Ruth, born Apr. 22, 1780, d. Sept. 1, 1817.
James Johnson died at Poland, June 16, 1831, aged 96 years. His wife died Sept. 14, 1812, aged 74 years.
Charles, son of James and Elizabeth (Porterfield) Johnson, came, when a young man, from Poland to Windham, before 1805. Dee. 25, 1805, he married Ann Tate of Stroudwater, daughter of Robert Tate. She was a niece of Admiral Tate, of the Russian Navy, and was born Oct. 23, 1778. She died Apr. . 30, 1853. Charles Johnson settled at Windham Hill and was well known as "Squire Johnson." He was a man of good natural abilities, and was greatly respected by all who knew him. He died Feb. 23, 1865, aged 88 years. His children were as follows:
1. Martha Tate, born Dec. 1, 1806, died Nov. 27, 1818.
2. Elizabeth, born June 22, 1808; married. Oet. 21, 1838, Dr. Madison J. Bray of Evansville, Ill.
3. Ann, born Jan. 24, 1810; married, Feb. 13, 1834, Joseph Walker, Esq .; died Sept. 12, 1889. Mr. Walker is the one who presented the City of Westbrook with its beautiful publie library. He also aided the whole of Cumberland County with his benefactions.
4. George Tate, born Jan. 14, 1812; married, and died in Louisiana, Oct. 22, 1853.
5. Margaret, born Aug. 20, 1813, d. May 20, 1814.
6. Charles Pope, born Jan. 1, 1814.
7. Samuel Tate, born Mar. 27, 1819, married, first, Olive Coombs ; second, Lucinda Trull. He was Ist Lieutenant in the 25th Me. Regt. and later was Assistant Provost Marshal. He died in Nov., 1887, and is buried at Windham Hill. IIe had nine children, none of whom now live in Windham.
Charles Pope, son of Charles and Ann (Tate) Johnson, lived in his father's house at Windham Hill. He married, Nov. 19. 1848. Harriet Rogers Berry of Denmark, Me. She was born at Westbrook, Mar. 3, 1815, and was the daughter of Samuel and Doreas (Shattuck) Berry, who moved from there to Denmark.
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Charles Pope Johnson died Sept. 4, 1888. Had one child, Eliza- beth Bray Johnson, born Aug. 22, 1849. She has never mar- ried; lives in her father's house at Windham Hill, and her mother was living with her in 1897.
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