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Mrs. Joseph Walker (Ann Johnson) gave to the Congrega- tional Church in Windham, by her will, the sum of five thousand dollars, and from her husband's estate the library at Windham Center received four hundred dollars, and that at Great Falls, (North Gorham), six hundred dollars.
JONES
On the records of the monthly meeting of Quakers at Fal- mouth, we find the following entry: "Lemuel Jones, son of Thomas Jones and Thankful his wife of North Yarmouth, and Wait Estes, daughter of Edward and Patience Estes of North Yarmouth, married 3d month 7th, 1751." This was, so far as we know, the first of the name to settle in this vicinity. He appears to have lived at that part of North Yarmouth that was incorporated as Harpswell. He had a family, among whom was a son, also named Lemuel, born Feb. 26, 1758; and died Apr. 5, 1845. He was twiee married. His first wife was Catherine Allen. She was born Oet. 19, 1757, died Jan. 31, 1799. They had seven children :
1. Isaac, born Feb. 19, 1782.
2. Abigail, born Nov. 1, 1783, d. Apr. 10, 1785.
3. Robert, born Nov. 21, 1785.
4. Lydia, born Nov. 25, 1787.
5. Israel, born Dee. 17, 1789.
6. Thomas, born July 1, 1792.
7. Doreas, born Apr. 2, 1795.
Lemuel Jones's second wife was Deborah Hawkes, to whom he was married Oet. 9, 1800. She was the daughter of Amos Hawkes of Windham. By her he had five children :
1. Phebe, born Aug. 21, 1801, died Apr. 17, 1817.
2. Mary, born July 22, 1803, died Oet. 27, 1829.
3. Amos, born Apr. 27, 1805, died May 15, 1805.
4. Esther, born May 31, 1806.
5. Lemuel, Jr., born Apr. 16, 1808.
Mrs. Deborah Jones died Dee. 20, 1834.
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Lemuel, Jr., son of Lemuel and Deborah (Hawkes) Jones, married, Sept. 30, 1823, Huldah, daughter of Daniel and Jane Cook of Raymond (now Caseo). He was a farmer and was a very worthy man. He died Jan. 20, 1853, aged 44 years, 8 months. His wife, Huldah, died Mar. 7, 1874, aged 70 years. Their children were as follows:
1. Isaiah, born Dee. 14, 1831.
2. Daniel, born Mar. 27, 1833.
3. Mary, married Byron Hamblen.
4. Lindley H., born Apr. 4, 1843.
Isaiah, son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones married, Nov. 10, 1853, Emily H., daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Horton) Read. Had five children :
1. Julia M., born Sept. 24, 1854.
2. Charles W., born Feb. 14, 1858.
3. Elma R., born Nov. 28, 1860, d. Dec. 30, 1861.
4. Ruth E., born June 9, 1866.
5. Frank E., born Jan. 3, 1871.
Mrs. Emily H. Jones died in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 3, 1908, aged 77 years.
Daniel, son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones, married, May 16, 1862, Abbie, daughter of Stephen and Jane (Young) Lord of Windham. He lived on his father's place and died there Jan. 19, 1891. His children :
1. Fred E., born Mar. 23, 1864.
2. Ellen H., born Nov. 23, 1867.
3. George L., born Mar. 20, 1874.
Lindley H., son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones, mar- ried, Feb. 18, 1873, L. Maria Jepson of China, Me. Children :
1. Herbert L., born July 30, 1874.
2. Edith E., born Apr. 23, 1877.
3. Gertrude M., born June 27, 1884, died Dec. 2, 1884.
Elisha Jones, son of Edward and Mary (Tuttle) Jones, was born June 19, 1798. He married, June 4, 1824, Sarah, daughter of Amos and Lydia Hawkes. He was then of Brunswick, Me., but settled in Windham. He became an influential and prom- inent citizen. He was a farmer, lived at East Windham, and died there, June 20, 1857. He was a man of good natural abili-
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ties and of undoubted honesty and had many friends. In re- ligious belief he was a Quaker and lived and died an honored member of that society. His children were as follows :
1. Charles, born June 20, 1825, died 1889.
2. Lydia M., born Apr. 13, 1827, died Oct. 27, 1832.
3. Mary H., born Apr. 22, 1829.
4. Martha II .. born Aug. 2, 1831, died Nov. 4, 1832.
5. Amos H., born Dec. 11, 1834, died Aug. 23, 1861.
6. Martha E., born Apr. 29, 1837.
Sarah, wife of Elisha Jones, died June 20, 1857, aged 63 years; and he married for his second wife Sarah, daughter of James Winslow of Westbrook. She was the widow of Boody. She died in Casco, Me., Feb. 24, 1876.
Joseph T. Jones was the son of Silas and his second wife, Lois (Brown) Jones. He was born Aug. 29, 1837; married, Apr. 1, 1863, Abbie, daughter of George and Mary A. (Rounds) Goold of Windham. For several years he owned and lived on the well-known "John Robinson Place." They had one child :
1. Ormond, born Feb. 2, 1870, died Feb. 16, 1880. Mrs. Abbie (Goold) Jones died Feb. 26, 1910, aged 73 years, and Mr. Jones now lives in Auburn, Me.
KEMP
The ancestor of all bearing this name in Windham, Gorham, and vicinity, was Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Brad- street) Kemp of Groton, Mass. He was born Jan. 11, 1749. He married Relief Phillips of Groton, Aug. 31, 1773. He served in the Continental Army for a while, and, after his discharge, came to Otisfield, Me., where he purchased land of Joseph Pres- cott of Groton. He remained in Otisfield a few years and then sold his land there and purchased the farm in Gorham, which has ever sinee remained in the family. He and his wife, Relief, had seven children, as follows:
1. Elijah, born in Groton, --- 1777, died in Gorham, Oct. 7, 1846, unmarried.
2. Relief, born in Groton -; married John Brown of Gray, in 1807.
3. Mitty, - , married Josiah Clark, in 1807.
4. Ebenezer, born Mar. 15, 1785.
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5. Mary, , married Levi Knight, probably of Westbrook, in 1804.
6. David, born in Gorham, about 1793; married, Oet. 20, 1819, Anna Humphrey.
7. Jonathan, born in Gorham, -; married Martha Humphrey of Gray, in May, 1825; moved to Otisfield, in 1846.
After the death of his wife, Relief, Mr. Kemp married, in 1800, Lydia Elder, of Windham. She died Apr. 18, 1825, aged 80 years. He died in 1833.
Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Relief (Phillips) Kemp, was the ancestor of the Kemp families of Windham. He married Eunice, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Tripp) Allen of Cum- berland. She was born July 28, 1788, and died Apr. 22, 1875. Several years ago Mr. Kemp started on a visit to some western state and has not been heard from sinee. It is thought that he was lost, while crossing the Great Lakes. He and his wife, Eunice, had nine children, as follows :
1. Mary Ann, born Nov. 7, 1808; married Ebenezer John- son ; died Sept. 29, 1877.
2. Hannah, born Mar. 14, 1810, died in 1846.
3. Andrew, born Nov. 7, 1811; married Eliza A. Elwell; died Oct. 1832.
4. Relief, born Jan. 4, 1814; married James Hollingsworth.
5. Abigail, born Jan. 3, 1816; married Stephen Lowell; died in 1839.
6. John E., born Jan. 4, 1819; married, first, Esther Elder; second, Mrs. Ella D. Nickerson ; died Nov. 18, 1900. His wife, Ella, died June 27, 1906.
7. Jeremiah, born Aug. 24, 1823; married, first, Caroline Jones; second, Susan Hughie; third, Thirza Maxim. He died Apr. 24, 1901.
8. Ellen, born Aug. 26, 1829; married Alden G. Lowell; died July 9, 1869.
9. Samuel R., born June 13, 1831 ; married Lucretia, daugh- ter of Josiah and Lucy (Staples) Allen of Cumberland. He died Apr. 2, 1903. She is now (1912) living in Buxton. They had several children, none of whom now live in Windham.
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KENNARD
The first of the name in Windham was Samuel Kennard. He was a Quaker and came from England to Kittery; from there he went to Falmouth and shortly afterwards settled in Windham. The family tradition is that, while living in Fal- mouth, he prepared the frame of a house, which he afterwards hauled with oxen through the woods to Windham. His wife accompanied him on the journey, bringing in her arms a young babe. He settled in the easterly part of the town, and his farm was afterwards owned by his son, Elijah, and, more recently, by his grandson. Timothy Kennard. His wife was Elizabeth Allen, probably of Kittery, by whom he had nine children :
1. Elijah, born Nov. 30, 1755.
2. Elizabeth, married - Goddard.
3. Salome, married Timothy Robinson.
4. Tamsin, married Samuel Varney.
5. Jane, married Micajah Varney.
6. Lydia, married Abijah Varney.
7. Susie.
8. Peace.
9. Annie.
Elijah, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Allen) Kennard, mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Timothy and Joanna (Hanson) Var- ney, Aug. 11, 1785. He died July 20, 1843. She died May -, 1824. They had thirteen children :
1. Sarah, born July 20, 1786, d. May 5, 1869.
2. Mary, born May 25, 1789, d. Mar. 16, 1821.
3. Samuel, born June 8, 1790, d. Jan. 28, 1795.
4. Patience, born Feb. 23, 1792; married, in 1827, Nehe- miah Winslow.
5. Elijah, born Jan. 9, 1794, d. Nov. 18, 1883.
6. Timothy, born Aug. 10, 1795; was a well-known school teacher for many years. He married Mrs. - Thompson, and died in 1880.
7. Anna, born Sept. 6, 1798, d. Feb. 20, 1825.
8. James, born Apr. 12, 1800, d. Nov. 21, 1824.
9. Lydia, born Oct. 6, 1802, d. Oct. 14, 1805.
10. Joanna, born Nov. 10, 1806, married, in 1831, Joel Allen, died Jan. 2, 1879.
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11. Noah, born Sept. 6, 1808; married, in 1835, Esther Usher of Baldwin; settled in that town and had two children, Dana, who died when a young man, and Hannah Persis, who died July 13, 1867. aged about 18 years. Noah Kennard died many years ago in the prime of life; his widow died several years later.
12. John, born Apr. 9, 1810; married, in 1830, Phebe L. Crafts of Hebron, Me.
13. Emma, born Apr. 9, 1814; married Joel Rand; died July 8, 1895.
William Kennard of Windham entered his intention of mar- riage with Charity Winslow of Westbrook. Nov. 14, 1818. He settled at White's Bridge at about that time and lived and died there. Had, at least, two children :
1. Albert.
2. Maria, who married Leonard H. Moore of Standish. She was born about 1820 and died Oet. 8, 1895. He died Aug. 13, 1882.
Albert, son of William and Charity (Winslow) Kennard, married Sarah, daughter of Ephraim Manchester. He inherited his father's farm at White's Bridge, and he and his wife both died there. Their son, Edward A. Kennard. now owns the place where his grandfather, William, settled in 1818. Mr. Albert Kennard died July 30, 1902, aged 81 years.
KNIGHT
Jolin Akers Knight was the son of Moses and Hannah (Akers) Knight, who came to Falmouth, Me., from Newbury, Mass., about 1737. He was a direct descendant of John Knight, who came from Romsey. County of Hants, near Southampton, Eng., in the ship, James, in 1635, and settled in Newbury. He was a merchant tailor, and, so far as is now known, was the ancestor of all bearing the name in New England. John Akers Knight was born, about 1749, on what has since been known as the "Hart Place," near the present village of Allen's Corner, in the Deering Distriet, that being the farm on which his father, Moses, first settled. He married, Apr. 16, 1778, Keziah, daugh- ter of John and Sarah (Winslow) Morrill. She was born Nov. 19, 1759, and died Jan. 16, 1821. John Akers Knight came to
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Windham in 1788 and settled on the farm now (1912) owned by his grandson, Albert M. Knight, near Manchester Hill, in the easterly part of the town. He built a log house, baek from road, not far from where the present dwelling stands. This he built a few years later. He was by trade a brick-layer and had a brick yard on the banks of Pleasant River. He also built the first mill at Huston's Falls on the river, sometime before 1793. He died July 10, 1834, aged 85 years, and his remains are interred on the land which he cleared from the wilderness. He and his wife, Keziah, had eighteen children, but four of them died young and were not named or recorded on the family record. Those whose names appear are as follows:
1. Abigail, born Dec. 27, 1778; married Franeis Jackson, Jan. 20, 1805.
2. Moses, born Feb. 27, 1780, died Apr. 30, 1780.
3. Levi, born Mar. 24, 1781 ; married, in 1804, Mary Kemp.
4. Hannah, born Oct. 7, 1782; married, first, Apr. 14, 1803, Stephen Morrill; second, Elvin Worth.
5. Samuel, born Feb. 20, 1785, died young.
6. Sarah, born Oct. 28, 1787; married, Sept. 9, 1807, Charles Doe.
7. Peter, born June 7, 1789; married, first, Aug. 8, 1816, Sally Elliott ; second, in 1847. Ann H. King; moved to Illinois.
8. Peace, born Sept. 30, 1791; married, in 1808, Charles Doe, whose first wife was her sister, Sarah.
9. Hope, born Oct. 30, 1793, married Reuben Gardiner.
10. John, born Sept. 21, 1796. He went to Ohio, when about eighteen years old, and was never heard from.
11. Moses, born Jan. 1, 1798, married Rebecca Knight.
12. Samuel, born Aug. 24, 1800; died July 7, 1844; un- married.
13. Thomas, born Sept. 24, 1802; died Feb. 18, 1876; un- married.
14. Stephen, born Apr. 7, 1804; married, first. Eliza Doughty. She was born June 5, 1807, and died May 20, 1832. His second wife was Eliza Elkins, to whom he was married in May, 1834.
Moses, son of John Akers and Keziah (Morrill) Knight, mar- ried, Sept. 18, 1823, Rebecca Knight. It was thought that they were not related, but probably they were distant connections.
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He lived and died in his father's house. She died Sept. 18, 1878. He died May 29, 1887. Their children were :
1. Horace Greenlief, born Apr. 7, 1824, died Feb. 28, 1847.
2. Elizabeth Maxwell, born Apr. 29, 1828; married, May 26, 1850, Daniel Hamblet.
3. Aurilla Rosina, born Sept. 29, 1830; married, Feb. 26, 1851, Elvin Jackson, died Sept. 20, 1863.
4. Moses Gardiner, born July 25, 1834; married, Dee. 11, 1859. Loanna Stevens.
5. Olive Cushman, born Nov. 24, 1836, died unmarried, May 23, 1877.
6. Stephen Huston, born Aug. 7, 1839, died Sept. 9, 1839.
7. Albert Melvin, born July 28, 1844, married, Dec. 7, 1865, Clara, daughter of John Dole of Gray, Me .; lives on the old homestead; has two children :
1. Lizzie J.
2. Mabel L.
Jonathan Knight came from Otisfield to Windham, and mar- ried, Nov. 12, 1785, Sarah Pattangall. He was a farmer and settled on the Duck Pond Road, near the Knight Schoolhouse. He died Nov. 19, 1837, aged 78 years. His wife, Sarah, died June 29, 1839, also aged 78. Their children were :
1. Peggy, born Apr. 5, 1787, in Otisfield ; married Cornelius Allen of Windham.
2. John, born Dee. 15, 1788, in Otisfield.
3. Patience, born Sept. 20, 1792, in Windham, married Asa Small of Westbrook in 1826.
4. Daniel, born Mar. 26, 1795; married, in 1829, Sally Hus- sey.
5. Katharine, born Oct. 7, 1797.
6. Anne, born July 19, 1802; married in 1832.
7. Mark, born about 1806.
Mark, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Pattangall) Knight, married, about 1839, Emily Hobbs. She died Jan. 25, 1887, and he died Dec. 24, 1892. He was a farmer and lived, at first, on the farm where his father settled; but he finally sold it and purchased a farm near Little Falls. He and his wife, Emily, had several children, but we have no connected record of the
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family. From dates on their gravestones, and also from our own memory, we are able to give the following facts :
1. Jonathan, died Sept. 24, 1840, aged 3 months.
2. Mary, died Jan. 29, 1866, aged 22 years.
3. Rufus W., died May 19, 1856, aged 10 years.
4. Henry W., died May 6, 1856, aged 8 years.
5. Alfred, died Jan. 22, 1887 ; aged 34 years.
6. George T., died Sept. 10, 1911, born Oct. 29, 1850. He was a professor in Tufts College.
In addition to the above, they had a daughter, Sarah, of whom we can learn nothing.
There was another Mark Knight in Windham, known as "Quaker Mark." Ile was the son of Daniel and Patience Knight of Alfred, Me., and was born in that town, Nov. 3, 1803. He died Dec. 19, 1860. He married Mercy, daughter of David and Wait (Hawkes) Douglass. She was born Jan. 26, 1808, and died Aug. 13, 1854. He then married her sister, Mary, Feb. 29, 1856.
Children, all by first wife:
1. Mary Jane, born Aug. 2. 1828, died May 5, 1845.
2. Eunice, born June 15, 1830.
3. David D., born Oct. 15, 1831, died Apr. 20, 1845.
4. David D., born July 6, 1835. died Sept. 11, 1848.
LARRY
Joseph C. Larry, son of Stephen and Abigail (Hamblen) Larry, was born in Gorham, Me., June 15, 1804. He came to Windham, when a youth, and learned the blacksmith's trade of Daniel Frost, whose shop was near the present schoolhouse at Gambo. He afterwards established himself in the business, near the corner of the old Horse Beef Road and the Main Road, where he remained several years. He finally gave up his trade and engaged in other business; at one time owning and cultivat- ing a large farm in the "Hurricane District," in Gorham. He was also a contractor on the Cumberland and Oxford Canal, and. for forty years, he did the iron work for that corporation. He was a man of great muscular strength and was very indus- trious; rather quiet in demeanor and dignified in his bearing. He was exceedingly serupulous in his dealings and throughout
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his long life, bore the deserved title of "an honest man." He married, Oct. 9, 1825, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Lois B. (Brown) Purinton of Windham. She was born Feb. 27, 1806, and died May 13, 1885. He died Sept. 8, 1888. They had nine children :
1. James, born Feb. 2, 1826.
2. Lois, born Oct. --- 1827, died Sept. 1828.
3. Daniel P., born Apr. 1, 1829.
4. Abigail L., born Nov. 11, 1830.
5. Meshach P., born Nov. 22, 1832.
6. Phebe C., born Nov. 28, 1835, m. S. T. Dole.
7. John P. H., born Dec. 2, 1843.
8. William A., born Jan. 20, 1850.
9. Charles J., born Apr. 29, 1853.
James, son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, mar- ried, Nov. 14, 1853, Abbie Lucinda Emery of Falmouth. He was a farmer, and settled at Lagrange, Piscataquis County, Me. He enlisted for the Windham quota during the Civil War, in Co. C, 30th Maine Infantry. He was wounded in the Red River Expedition and was sent to a hospital at New Orleans, where he died July 6. 1864. He had three children :
1. Frank H., born Oct. 29, 1854, died Sept. 22. 1864.
2. Charles A., born Dec. 7, 1859.
3. Edwin, born May 5, 1861, died Sept. 16, 1864.
Daniel, son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, mar- ried. Mar. 9, 1851, Abigail, daughter of Eben and Susan (Parker) Hicks of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and worked at that business for several years in Windham, Gorham, and Lynn. When the Civil War came, being a fine musician, he enlisted in the band of the 5th Maine Infantry and served until discharged by Act of Congress, Aug. 7, 1862. He then returned to his home at Gorham (Little Falls), where he remained a few months. Then he moved to Lynn, Mass., where he enlisted in the band attached to Gen. Grant's Headquarters, in which he served until the war ended. He was an eye-witness of the clos- ing scenes of Lee's surrender and the events that followed. He was honorably discharged and returned to Lynn, where he now resides. He had six children :
1. Alice W., born Jan. 16, 1852, at Windham.
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2. Joseph Mazzini, born Sept. 25, 1854; died in Lynn, Jan. 20, 1879; unmarried.
3. Mary Isabel, born May 7, 1857, died in Lynn, Jan. 31, 1860.
4. Clinton H., born Sept. 10, 1859 )twins
5. Hattie Emma, born Sept. 10, 1059 (died Oet. 7. 1862, at Gorham.
6. Susan Phebe, born June 26, 1866, in Lynn.
Abigail L., daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, was for several years a teacher in the schools of Windham and Lynn. She finally returned to Maine, and married, May 21, 1862, Samuel North, a merchant of Westbrook. He died shortly after marriage, and she now resides at Little Falls.
Meshach P., son of Joseph and Mary (Purinton) Larry. was a blacksmith. He worked at that business in Windham and Gorham for several years. He then went to St. Paul, Minn., where he remained a few years, after which he returned to Maine, and had a shop at Little Falls. When the War of the Rebellion came, he left his business and enlisted in Co. HI, 17th Maine Regiment. He participated in all the campaigns of that regiment. During the terrible Battle of the Wilderness, on May 6, 1864. he was shot through the left breast and died in a Rebel hospital the same day. and was buried on the battlefield. IIe was exceedingly generous and warm-hearted in his impulses, and left many friends. He was unmarried.
John P. H., son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, married Mary, daughter of Rev. William P. and Anne (Stone) White. She was born in Pelham. Mass., Aug. 1. 1842, and died in Providence, R. I., Jan. 22, 1899. Mr. Larry is gifted with rare mental qualities and has been a successful teacher in the schools of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. During the Rebellion, he was Second Lieutenant of a Massachusetts Co. of Heavy Artillery. He is a Congregational clergyman and resides in Edgeworth, R. I. His children :
1. Edith W., born Oct. 17, 1867; married, Nov. 18, 1890, Charles Lee.
2. Evangeline, born Nov. 1, 1872.
3. John De Witt, born Jan. 26, 1875.
4. Annie May, born June 1. 1878, m. Freeman Putney. Jr.
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5. William Penn, born Sept., 1879, died young.
6. Alice White, born Nov. 10, 1881.
7. Ralph Ernest, born July 26, 1884.
John P. II. Larry's second wife was Georgie Frazier, to whom he was married Nov. 14, 1899. She was born at New Glasgow, N. S., July 21, 1862.
William A., son of Joseph and Mary (Purinton) Larry, married. Sept. 6, 1873, Ellen, daughter of Edward and Alice (Blanchard) True of Windham. She was born July 13. 1851. He is a man of good natural abilities and has been much in publie life ; having been one of the selectmen of Windham, and also a member of the superintending school committee for many years. He is a farmer and carpenter: resides on the River Road, near Little Falls. His children :
1. Alice Ethel, born Aug. 10, 1874.
2. Bessie May, born Aug. 29, 1886.
Charles J., son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton ) Larry. married, Aug. 31, 1873, Rachel M., daughter of Oliver P. and Nancy (Phinney) Haskell of Windham. She died July 12, 1905, aged 55 years. Their children :
1. Mary Ella, born Nov. 26. 1874.
2. Edwin H., born Nov. 21, 1881.
Charles J. Larry married for a second wife Mary Hubbard of Guildhall. Vt. He is an ingenious mechanic, and, for many years, was a manufacturer of wood pulp and fibre board in Maine and several western States; resides now in Guildhall, Vt.
LIBBY
The ancestor of this family in America was John Libby, who came from England, during the winter of 1636-7, in the ship Hercules, William Chappell, Master. He came as an "em- ployee" of Robert Trelawney, who had a large grant of land at Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, and vicinity. He remained in the employment of Trelawney for some time and afterwards purchased land in Scarborough, becoming quite a large land owner. We have not the date of his death. His will. which for comprehensive brevity, recommends itself to all lawyers and testators as a model, is as follows: "In the name of God amen,
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Bee it known unto all nnto whom this shall come that I, John Libby, Senior, do give unto my children five shillings apiece to every one of them & to my two younger sons, namely Mathew & Daniel to have fivety shillings out of ye estate, when they come of age, and my wife shall have it all, to her disposing to mantayn the children.
Feb. 9. 1682.
JOHN LIBBY.
ANTHONY ROE
LEFT. INGERSOLLS Witnesses
Arthur Libby, first of the name to settle in Windham, was a direct descendant in the sixth generation from the above tes- tator and was born in Scarborough, Feb. 28, 1760. He died in Windham, in June, 1835. He married Mary, daughter of Isaac and Dolly (Leighton) Allen of Falmouth. He purchased a farm in Windham, near the hill that still bears his name; and, in 1802, built the house, still standing, on the westerly side of the road, which is now the property of his descendants. His wife. Mary, died in March, 1840. Their first six children were. born in Falmouth, and four more were born in Windham. They were as follows:
1. William, born Dec. 6, 1786, m. Hannah Gould.
2. Abigail, born July 27, 1789, m. John Cummins.
3. Gideon, born Dec. 2, 1791, m. Jane Prince.
4. Isaac, born Apr. 1. 1794, m. Sally Humphrey.
5. Asa, born June 15, 1797, m. Rachel Coombs.
6. Peter, born Mar. 1, 1800, m. Ann Knight.
7. James, born June 15, 1803; d. unmarried, quite aged.
8. Martha, born June 2, 1805, m. Samuel Frank.
9. Betsey, born Dee. 24, 1808, d. when about 8 years old.
10 Lewis, born Oct. 20, 1811, m. Eliza Knight.
Gideon, son of Arthur and Mary (Allen) Libby, married, Jan. 21, 1813, Jane, daughter of Sylvanus and Sarah (Boston) Prince of North Yarmouth. He settled at East Windham, where he died Aug. 12. 1870. His wife, Jane, died in Falmouth, May 27, 1877. Their children were:
1. Samuel, born Nov. 21, 1813.
2. James, born Nov. 19, 1815.
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3. Huldah, born Sept. 1, 1818, m. Charles Black.
4. Martha, born Jan. 21, 1821, m. Asa Libby.
5. Sarah, born June 6, 1823, m. Joab Black.
6. Peter, born Mar. 14, 1826, m. Luey A. Webber.
7. Bela Prinee, born Mar. 25, 1829.
8. Gideon, Jr., born Dee. 30, 1831.
Isaac, son of Arthur and Mary ( Allen) Libby, married, Nov. 16, 1817, Sally Humphrey. She died May 29, 1858. He was living in 1882; settled at East Windham, where they had eleven children :
1. Mary, married James Libby.
2. Betsey, m., Nov. 25, 1849, Charles Deering.
3. Catherine, m. John Cobb.
4. Lucinda, m., Nov. 18, 1848, Samuel Cobb.
5. Elbridge, born Jan. 14, 1827, d. June, 1827.
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