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6. Asenath, born Mar., 1828; m. William F. Sawyer, Aug. 7, 1853.
7. Susan, born Oct., 1832; m., Nov. 28, 1852, Joseph West.
8. Isaac, born Feb. 13, 1834; m. Mary A. Elliott, Jan. 2, 1859.
9. Joseph, born May 12, 1838; m .. July 4, 1862, Eliza Cash of Portland.
10. Caroline, died in infancy.
11. Daniel, married Nov. 24, 1867, Sarah A. Libby.
Samuel, son of Gideon and Jane ( Prince) Libby; married, in 1828, Keziah Stuart. He died at East Windham, Apr. 19, 1866. His children were as follows:
1. Sarah J., born Sept. 9, 1839, m. Oliver Hanson.
2. Ann M., born Sept. 18, 1842, d. Jan. 29, 1844.
3. Ann M., born Feb. 18, 1844, d. May 7, 1863.
4. Patia MeIntosh, born Mar. 19, 1849, d. Jan. 10, 1866.
5. Frances E., born Sept. 3, 1851 ; m., Feb. 17, 1872, Major HI. Merrill.
6. Charles A., born July 31, 1855, d. Sept. 6, 1870.
7. James W., born Jan. 14, 1857.
James, son of Gideon and Jane (Prinee) Libby, married, June 16, 1837. Mary Libby. Children :
1. Samuel, born Mar. 2, 1838, m. Mary E. Leighton.
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2. Elias, born Jan. 27, 1840, d. at Fredericksburg, Va.
3. Richard L., born Feb. 16, 1842, m. Anna Black.
4. Henry L., born Nov. 8, 1844.
5. Laura E., born May 19, 1847, m. Uriah Cobb.
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Hannah E., born Jan. 14, 1850, m. Isaac Cobb.
7. Elnora, born Sept. 28, 1852, d. Apr. 17, 1878.
8. James D., born Feb. 8, 1855, d. Apr. 22, 1864.
9. Charles C., born Apr. 24, 1857.
Peter, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, Jan. 22, 1852, Luey A. Webber; had nine children :
1. Charles, born June 23, 1853. d. Oct. 23, 1853.
2. Mareena B., born Sept. 24, 1854.
3. Millard F., born Dec. 26, died next day.
4. Edwin HI., born Nov. 11, 1857.
5. Emma E., born Mar. 3, 1860.
6. William F., born Jan. 26, 1862.
7. Delia Ann, born Jan. 13, 1864.
8. Samuel P., born July 9, 1866.
9. Freeland Staples, born Oet. 23, 1868.
Bela Prince, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, mar- ried, May 6, 1853, Mary S., daughter of Rea and Harriet (Field) Elder. Children :
1. Lucius P., born Apr. 3, 1854.
2. Marshall, born July 19, 1857.
3. Sumner, born Apr. 1, 1860.
Gideon, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, Dec. 25, 1854, Betsey Elder. She was a sister of his brother's wife. Children :
1. Harriet Ellen, born Oet. 28, 1855.
2. Orren Wilson, born Ang. 9, 1858.
3. Flora Belle, born Feb. 23. 1865.
Richard, son of James and Mary Libby, married, Oct. 25. 1868, Anna Black. Children :
1. Alton, born Oct. 8, 1869.
2. Harlan C., born Oet. 11, 1872.
3. Walter, born Nov. 19, 1875.
4. Richard E., born Mar. 24, 1878.
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LITTLE
Paul Little was born in Newbury, Mass., Apr. 1, 1740, and grew to manhood in that town. He was a goldsmith by trade. He was a valuable citizen of this town until his death. He was selectman in 1779, 1781, and 1790. He was a justice of the peace and did a large amount of law business. The Windham records show that between 1791 and 1813, he united in marriage one hundred and ninety-four couples. Ile died in Windham. Feb. 11, 1818, aged 78 years. Mr. Little had three wives. His first wife was Hannah, daughter of Stephen Emery of New- bury, to whom he was married May 20, 1762. They had two children :
1. Hannah, born May 1763; married, in 1783, Stephen Emery of West Newbury ; died Aug. 24, 1839.
2. Paul, born Aug. 8, 1767.
Mrs. Hannah Little, died Sept. 4, 1771. and. on Aug. 30, 1772, he married Mrs. Sarah Norton, widow of Timothy South- ern. They had four children :
1. Mary, born Sept .. 1775. d. Nov. 10, 1786.
2. Timothy, born Oct. 27, 1776.
3. Moses, born Jan. 7, 1782.
4. Thomas, born Nov. 27, 1787.
Mrs. Sarah, second wife of Paul Little, died Sept. 26, 1797, and he married, in 1799, Mrs. Sarah Emerson of Poland, Me. They had one child, Sarah, born Mar. 20. 1802, married Oliver Gerrish of Portland, June 6, 1825. Mrs. Sarah, third wife of Paul Little, died May 23, 1817.
Paul, Jr., son of Paul and Hannah ( Emery) Little, married, Apr. 22, 1792, Mary, daughter of Abraham and Bathsheba (Mayberry) Osgood. She was born in Falmouth, Sept. 22, 1772. He was a farmer and lived in the house which his wife's father built on the Main Road near Little Falls. He died Jan. 5, 1849. She died Sept. 16. 1819. Had three children :
1. Josiah, born Apr. 7. 1793.
2. Mary, born Oct. 4, 1798, died, unmarried. Sept. 4, 1869.
3. Moses, born Mar. 5, 1801.
Timothy, son of Paul and his second wife, Sarah Norton (Southern) Little, married, in 1806. Elizabeth Lowell of Port-
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land. He was a noted physician, settled in Portland, and died there, Nov. 27, 1849. His wife, Elizabeth, died Nov. 24, 1853. They had five children, but we are not able to get their record.
Moses, son of Paul and Sarah (Norton) Southern Little, married Hannah, daughter of Rufus Horton of Portland, in 1819, (intention entered Sept. 4th of that year). He settled at Windham Hill, where he died, July 31, 1866. Had three chil- dren who grew up :- Abbie, who was a school teacher and who died unmarried several years ago; Augustus H., who was killed by the explosion of a powder mill at Gambo, July 7, 1862; and Moses, who lived on the paternal acres at Windham Hill. Prob- ably there were other children, who died young.
Thomas, son of Paul and Sarah (Norton) Southern Little, married, Sept. 29, 1813, Keziah Hanson. He was, at one time, a merchant at Windham Hill. He died June 19, 1857. Had two children :
1. William Hanson, born Jan. 1, 1816.
2. Sarah Matilda, born Mar. 17, 1818.
Josiah, son of Paul and Mary (Osgood) Little, was a farmer and lived on the "Osgood Farm," near Little Falls. He was twiee married. His first wife was Barbara Mcl. Morrill, by whom he had three children :
1. Sarah E., died, June, 1882, unmarried.
2. John, married Jennette Hamblen; went to Minneapolis, Minn.
3. Moses, married Crowley; was a lawyer in Min- neapolis.
Josiah Little's second wife was Betsey Crague, to whom he was married Oct. 13, 1847; no children. He died Dec. 27, 1855; the dates of his wives' deaths are not known.
Moses, son of Paul and Mary (Osgood) Little, was a mer- ehant at South Windham. He married Nov., 1827, and died Sept. 14, 1843. His widow died Apr. 5, 1886. They had five children :
1. Mary E., born Sept. 6, 1828; died Sept. 14, 1851; un- married.
2. Paul, born June 3, 1830, married Rhoda Manchester.
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Was a Union soldier, and was killed at the Battle of Chancellors- ville.
3. Josiah, married Cynthia Whipple. He was born Mar. 1, 1833; was a Union soldier.
4. William, born Mar. 27, 1834, married Susan Lucy Brim- blecom ; served in the U. S. Navy.
5. James W., born June 4, 1840, married Louise M. Wight ; was a Union soldier; served in Co. F. 11th Me. Infantry ; lives at Little Falls.
LOVEITT
The first of this name to settle in Windham, was Jonathan Loveitt. Ile was born at Cape Elizabeth, Me., Sept. 9, 1743, and died in Windham, Apr. 19, 1819. He married Mariam Mitehell. She was born Mar. 31, 1748; died Aug. 14, 1826. (For an account of his life, see Chapter X.) He and his wife, Mariam, had thirteen children :
1. Mary, born Apr. 14, 1769, d. June 10, 1852.
2. John, born Dec. 28, 1770. d. Jan. 19, 1785.
3. Robert, born Jan. 8, 1773, d. Nov. 30, 1773.
4. Deborah, born Oct. 15, 1774, d. June 8, 1851.
5. Jonathan, born Aug. 19, 1776.
6. Robert, born Jan. 12. 1779.
7. Benjamin, born Feb. 6, 1781.
8. James, born Mar. 16, 1783.
9. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1785,d. Apr. 12, 1838.
10. William, born March 20, 1785, Sd. June 1, 1848.
11. John, born Mar. 29, 1792, )d. June 1, 1818.
12. Mariam, born Mar. 29, 1792. (d. Nov. 13, 1876.
13. Israel, born Feb. 20, 1797, d. June 17, 1804.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, married, May 17, 1816, Lucy, daughter of John and Abigail (Witham) Cobby of Windham. She was born Sept. 29, 1784, and died Oct. 14, 1862. He died Apr. 16, 1848. He was a lum- berman in early life, but later settled on the farm recently owned by his son, Hiram. Had children, as follows :
1. Hiram C., born Apr. 4, 1817.
2. Eunice C., born Sept. 11, 1818, d. Sept. 5, 1896.
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3. Gardner, born July 6, 1821, d. May 10, 1853.
4. Mariam A., born June 14, 1827.
5. Nelson B., born Sept. 27, 1825.
James, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, had four wives in the course of his long life. His first one was Mar- garet Mitchell, (perhaps his cousin). There is no date of the marriage nor of her death, but she died previous to 1818. By her he had two children :
1. Israel, married in Boston; went South many years ago, probably died there.
2. Asa, married Emeline Frost. He was killed by the fall- ing of a derrick, Nov. 17, 1857.
On Dec. 29, 1816, James Loveitt married Charlotte, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, by whom he had four children, as follows :
1. Mitchell, born Mar. 22, 1818; married Betsey Files of Gorham; went to Ohio and died there, in 1894.
2. John, born May 10, 1821.
3. Margaret, married Edwin Hunnewell.
4. Sarah, married a Mr. Hawkins.
Mrs. Charlotte (Gallison) Loveitt died not long after the birth of this last child, and Mr. Loveitt entered his intention of marriage with Mary Hooper of Windham, June 24, 1831. They had three children :
1. William, married, first. Flora Thompson; second, Mary Ellen Sturgis. He died in Gorham, June 3, 1907, aged 74 years, 11 months, 22 days.
2. Martha, married, first, -
Stiles ; second, Ciphers.
3. Charlotte, married James Guptill of Gorham.
James Loveitt's fourth wife was a Mrs. Libby. Mr. Loveitt was a carpenter and joiner, in addition to which business he owned and cultivated the valuable farm, afterwards the property of the late Samuel Hawkes, in School District No. 9, in South Windham. He died Mar. 4, 1867. His third wife, Mary, died, according to the inscription on her gravestone, Nov. 2, 1854, aged 58 years.
Robert, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt,
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married Sally, daughter of Col. Thomas and Mary (Mayberry) Chute. She was born in Windham, June 5, 1785, married Mr. Loveitt. June 5, 1803, and died Mar. 25, 1848. He was a lum- berman and farmer; lived near Loveitt's Falls on the farm afterwards owned by his son, Charles. He died Sept. 10, 1850. Had four children :
1. Daniel, born Aug. 13, 1804.
2. Thomas C., born July 22, 1809; drowned June 2, 1837.
3. Charles, born June 12, 1811, married Nancy B. Jackson. He died May 29, 1850, and his widow married John Dolley.
4. Margaret, born Dec. 2, 1818, married Frederick Purin- ton of Gorham.
Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, married Betsey Files of Gorham, (intention entered Oct. 5, 1810). Ilis wife was born Apr. 21, 1788, died Jan. 25, 1859. Ile died Jan. 30, 1857. He was a lumberman and farmer, lived in the large two-story house near Loveitt's Bridge, the same now owned by his grandson, Frank. Had two children :
1. Jonathan, born Aug. 17, 1812; died at Little Falls, Oct. 5, 1889; was, for several years, a grocer at that place. He mar- ried, first, Joan, daughter of Caleb Hodgdon, Esq. She died Feb. 17. 1867, aged 54 years, and he married Harriet Water- house, who died Mar. 27, 1882, aged 72 years. His third wife was Lizzie L. Crawford. She died Aug. 1884. No children.
2. Sewell, born about 1817; married Sophia, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Kezia (Cash) Duran. She died Oct. 26, 1901, aged 80 years, 3 months, 10 days. Ile died June 24, 1909, aged 92 years, 4 months, 27 days. He was a farmer and always lived on the paternal acres. Had two children :
1. Adelaide C., married William F. Mayberry, died Dec. 1, 1900, aged 57 years, 4 months.
2. Frank, married, first, Ella W. Libby; second Mary Duran ; lives on his father's farm.
William, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, married Patience Brackett, Feb. 1820. He died May -, 1848. We have no record of his wife's death. Chil- dren :
1. Caroline.
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2. Eliza.
3. Frederick.
Hiram C., son of Jonathan, Junior, and Lucy (Cobby) Loveitt, married, in 1852, Nancy, daughter of John and Susan- nah (Greenleaf) Gallison. He was born Apr. 4, 1817. She was born May 5, 1823, and died Apr. 14, 1905. He died Apr. 30, 1901. Had four children :
1. Susan M., born Dee. 24, 1855, married Freeman Berry.
2. Lucy E., born Aug. 31, 1859, married, first, - -- Rich- ardson, second, Charles Lovis.
3. Albion L., born Nov. 1. 1863.
4. Ulysses G., born Dec. 3, 1865.
LOWELL
The ancestor of this family in Windham, was Joshua Lowell, son of Abner and Lydia (Purrington) Lowell. He was born, says the old Record, "Oct. 28th or Nov. 8th of a Sabbath day night, 1744. in Falmouth." He died in Windham, Nov. 22, 1839. He married, Oct. 27, 1768, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry. She was born in Windham, July 12, 1749, and died Aug. 1, 1838. Rev. John Wight's record of births and baptisms says that she was born, July 12, 1749, and baptized July 16th of that year. They settled in Windham, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, including Lowell's Hill, all of which is still held by his descendants. He was a "Housewright," or joiner, and his brother, John, was his partner. He served awhile in the Revolutionary war. His children were as follows:
1. Abner, born in Portland, Oet. 18. 1769.
2. Thomas B., born in Portland, Aug. 18, 1772.
3. John B., born in Windham, Aug. 3, 1774.
4. Sarah, born in Windham, May 21, 1777; married Ezra Brown; died Oct. 25, 1841.
5. Rebecca, born in Windham, Apr. 14, 1780; died Sept. 12, 1838; married Joseph Hawkes.
6. Dorcas, born in Windham, Oct. 22, 1782; died Feb. 14, 1870; married, Nov. 3, 1805, Capt. Daniel Smith of Hallowell, Me.
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7. Betsey, born in Windham, Aug. 23, 1785, died Mar. 1807.
8. Daniel B., born in Windham, Aug. 7, 1790.
9. Ilannah, born in Windham, July 10, 1793, married James Hall, died Apr. 24. 1857.
John B., son of Joshua and Sarah ( Mayberry) Lowell, mar- ried Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail ( Winslow) Gallison. She was born Mar. 3, 1783, died July 27, 1840. They were mar- ried Mar. 14, 1802. Mr. Lowell died Sept. 22, 1859. Had seven children :
1. Hiram, born Sept. 11, 1804, married, in July, 1828, Eliza Leighton ; lived at Pride's Corner; died Feb. 29, 1872.
2. Cyrus, born May 27, 1806, died May 1, 1829.
3. Thomas, born Oct. 14, 1808; married Harriet E. Prince ; lived at Pride's Corner, where he died Oct. 9, 1887.
4. Eliza. born July 17, 1811; married, in Mar., 1836, Veranus Hanson ; died Apr. 24, 1886 ; lived in Portland.
5. Darius, born Nov. 29, 1813: married, first, Lucy H. Davis: second, Clara S. Bickford; lived at Pride's Corner, where he died July 26, 1887.
6. Urban, born Jan. 2, 1816; married Mary J. Blake, Oet. 21, 1841.
7. Abner, born June 4, 1818, died Nov. 29, 1821.
Daniel B., son of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell, married, in 1824. Betsey Hawkes. She was born Oet. 29, 1801, died Oct. 21, 1848. He died Nov. 25, 1865. Had the following children :
1. Sarah Ann, born May 5, 1826; married, Sept. 10, 1850, Josiah B., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) Webb of Wind- ham. She died July 5, 1900.
2. Capt. Oliver Hawkes, born Oct. 12, 1829; married, Mar. 15, 1859. Olive S., daughter of Otis and Jane (Tukey) Varney. She died Apr. 3, 1859. 1Ie was a graduate of Tufts College in 1859, and was a classical teacher in Gorham Seminary from 1860 to 1862. In the second year of the Civil War, he enlisted in Co. F. 16th Me. Infantry, and was soon promoted to be Capt. of Co. D, same Regt. July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was mortally wounded and died the same day.
3. Cyrus Hamilton, born Mar. 4, 1834, died Sept. 2, 1837.
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4. Louisa Hawkes, born Sept. 9, 1837; died May 10, 1869; unmarried.
5. Mary Elizabeth, born Mar. 30, 1839, married, Apr. 15, 1875, George Albert Newell of Durham, Me. They reside on the old homestead, purchased in 1779.
6. Capt. Hamilton Smith, born Sept. 23, 1841, died in Windham, Jan. 17, 1866. He entered Bowdoin College in 1859, but, when the Rebellion broke out, he enlisted in Co. E, 12th Maine Regt. He was promoted to be Capt. of the same com- pany in 1862, while serving in Gen. Butler's Division at New Orleans. He served through the war and saw much active service. He was wounded at the Battle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. He was presented with a fine gold watch and chain for his bravery in capturing an English bloekade runner; in short, his military career was brilliant. He came home and died at the early age of 25 years. He was unmarried.
James, son of John and Mary (Chapman) Lowell, was born in Windham, Mar. 20, 1789, died Feb. 23, 1884, married Mercy Hawkes. He learned the tailor's trade in Portland and settled, first in Westbrook; and, in 1825, settled on a farm in Windham. He and wife were honored members of the Friends' Society. She died July 13, 1862, aged 65 years, 9 months, and they are buried in Friends' cemetery near the meeting-house of that society. Their children were:
1. Jane, born in Westbrook, Nov. 26, 1815; married, Sept. 25, 1836, Joel Varney; died in Brunswiek, Me., Oct. 28, 1867.
2. Nathaniel Hawkes, born in Westbrook; died in Wind- ham, June 2, 1889 ; married, Nov. 6, 1844, Mary P. Allen. She died in Windham, Dec. 17, 1891, aged 73 years. Their children :
1. Lindley N., born Oct. 10, 1846, died Sept. 15, 1849.
2. Charles N., born July 4, 1857.
3. Edward Jones, born in Windham, Nov. 7, 1820; married, June 3, 1850, Augusta Bennett. She died Mar. 1, 1884, and he married, Jan. 4, 1887, Mrs. Caroline (Cobb) Dolley. He died Apr. 25, 1905. She died Aug. 15, 1896, aged 67 years. By his first wife he had one child :
1. Dana Pierce, born May 22, 1856.
Charles, son of Nathaniel and Mary P. (Allen) Lowell, mar-
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ried in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 15, 1889, Ruby J. Croft. She was born in Centerville, King's County, N. S. He died in Fal- mouth, June 2, 1897. Had two children :
1. Mary Ruth, born Aug. 9, 1892.
2. Arthur William, born Apr. 22, 1896.
Dana Pierce, son of Edward J. and Augusta (Bennett) Lowell, married, Apr. 17, 1880. Nettie F., daughter of Ira and Harriet (Hayden) Brown of Windham. He is a farmer and lives at Popeville. Had three children, as follows :
1. Grace II., born Mar. 23, 1881.
2. Fred S., born Dee. 18, 1886.
3. Gertrude B., born Apr. 17, 1889. She was accidentally drowned with three others in Sebago Lake, July 4, 1908.
Children of Darius and his first wife, Lucy H. (Davis) Lowell :
1. Abner, born Jan. 14, 1848.
By his second wife, Clara S. (Bickford) Lowell, he had two children, as follows :
2. Lucy Isabel.
3. Grace Marion.
Children of Urban and Mary J. (Blake) Lowell, all born in Windham :
1. Abbie, born Feb. 21, 1844.
2. Emily, born Dec. 16, 1848, died Mar. 28, 1895.
3. John F., born Oct. 10, 1857, died May 9, 1864.
4. George W., born Nov. 9, 1856, died May 8, 1864.
Alden G. Lowell was the son of Edward and Sally (Edes) Lowell and was born in Otisfield, Me., in 1827. He was a shoe- maker, and worked at that trade in Windham. He married Ellen J., daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice (Allen) Kemp, by whom he had one child, Clarence E. His wife, Ellen, died July 9, 1869. aged 39; and he married Almira Swett, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Lunt) Swett of Falmouth. They had no children, and he died, according to the inscription on his head- stone, June 7, 1878, aged 51 years.
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MANCHESTER
Stephen Manchester, ancestor of the family in Windham, was born in Tiverton, R. I., May 23, 1717. He came to Wind- ham in 1738 (probably) and married Grace, daughter of John Farrow. the third settler of this town. He and his wife, Grace, had one child, Thomas, born in 1739, the first white child born in the township. Mrs. Grace Manchester died about 1745, and was buried on their lot. She was about 26 years of age. He married, second, Seafair, daughter of William Mayberry, the second settler of the town, Dec. 21. 1749. She was born on the passage from Ireland,-hence her name. By her he had two children :
1. Stephen, Jr., born Aug. 9, 1751, who never married. He enlisted for three years, Jan. 1, 1777, in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Mass. Regiment, went to Valley Forge, where he was taken siek, was carried to Reading, Penn., and died there Jan. 5, 1778, aged 26 years.
2. Abigail, born Nov. 9, 1753; married, Jan. 28. 1773, Davis Thurrel of Poland, Me., and died in that town. Soon after the birth of Abigail, Mrs. Seafair Manchester died, Dee. 12, 1753, and he married for his third wife Mary Bailey, Apr. 9, 1758. She was born in Marblehead. Mass., Nov. 4, 1726; being the daughter of John and Rachel Bailey, who were of Marblehead, in 1726. She died in Windham, May 15, 1815, aged 88 years. By her Stephen Manchester had three children, as follows:
1. Gershom, born May 10. 1761.
2. Anna, born Feb. 13, 1765; married, in 1785. William Field of Falmouth : died in Windham, Feb. 10, 1857.
3. John, born about 1767.
Stephen Manchester was a valuable addition to the weak settlement of Windham, as he was an adept in all manner of wood-craft and mortally hated the Indians, against whose dep- redations he proved himself more than their match. It was ho who fired the well-aimed shot that laid low Polin, the war-like chief of the Pesumscots, and forever broke the power of that haughty tribe and gave peace to the settlement. He was in Capt. George Berry's Company of Scouts. He was also in Capt. Daniel Hill's Company from March to December, 1748. When the Revolutionary War came. probably Stephen Manchester was
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STEPHEN MANCHESTER FOURTH SETTLER OF WINDHAMS BORN 1717 -- DIED JE07 EVS KILLED IN, BATTLE CHIEF POLIN 3 MAY 74 1756, ENDING THE NHẬN HAP IN THIS SECTION SERVER FIY YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS IN THE REVOLUTION AFTER GO YEARS OF AGE WINTERCOAT VALLEY FORGE HIS DESCENDANTS ERLOT . HIS. MONUMEN" TO HIS MEMORY 19.5 :
Manchester Monument
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the first man to enlist in the army from Windham. IIe was then 58 years old and enlisted in Capt. John Brackett's Com- pany, in Col. Edmund Phinney's 31st Regt. of Foot, May 12, 1775, and he marched to Cambridge July 3d, where he served under Washington until Dec. 31. He enlisted Jan. 1. 1776. in Capt. Jonathan Sawyer's Co., in Col. Edmund Phinney's 18th Continental Regt., served through the siege of Boston, and was discharged Aug. 20, 1776. He was a soldier in Capt. George Smith's Company in Col. Joseph Vose's Ist Mass. Regt., and served three years. He took part in the Saratoga campaign, was at the surrender of Burgoyne, spent the winter at Valley Forge, and returned home after his term of enlistment expired. (For other events in the life of Stephen Manchester, sce Chapter II.)
Gershom, son of Stephen and Mary (Bailey) Manchester, married July 23, 1787. and his wife's residence is given as Wind- ham. She died in 1842, aged 82 years. He lived, first near his father's at East Windham. Afterwards he moved to North Windham, where he died in 1853. aged 92 years. When eighteen years old, he enlisted in Capt. William Harris' Company and served twenty-six days at Falmouth Neck. The writer well re- members him as a man of medium stature. very erect at 90 years, and a great talker. He and his wife, Anne, had thirteen chil- dren :
1. Thomas, born Nov. 19, 1787, m. Elizabeth Dolley.
2. Isaac, born July 17, 1789.
3. Esther, born July 11, 1791, m. Joseph E. Dolley.
4. Mary, born Apr. 12, 1793.
5. Stephen, born Aug. 8, 1795, m. Martha Allen.
6. Meribah, born Ang. 4, 1797, m. Reuben Hackett.
7. Jacob, born July 4, 1799, m. Ruth Kilborn.
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8. William, born Aug. 11, 1801.
10. Benjamin, born Feb. 13, 1803, m. Mary Nason.
Nahum, born June 12, 1805, m. Lydia Austin.
11. Anna, born Aug. 13, 1807, m. Daniel Stevens.
12. Mary, born May 3, 1810.
13. Comfort, born July 8, 1812, m. Ebenezer Nason.
John, son of Stephen and Mary (Bailey) Manchester, mar- ried, Feb. 8, 1795, Mary Hannaford. IIe lived near his father
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at East Windham; afterwards moved to West Gray, and died there, Sept. 1839, aged about 72 years. They had nine children, as follows:
1. Abigail, born Oct. 25, 1795.
2. Eunice, born Mar. 10, 1797.
3. Ephraim, born Feb. 17, 1799.
4. Huldah, born Jan. 20, 1802.
5. Mary, born May 5, 1805, d. June 29, 1811.
6. Ebenezer, born June 12, 1807.
7. John, born Aug. 1, 1809.
8. Mary Ann, born June 12, 1812.
9. Jane, born Aug. 29, 1814.
We have recently obtained the ancestry of Stephen Manches- ter. which we will insert here, as we believe it to be of interest to many Windham people. It is as follows: "Stephen Man- chester's earliest known ancestor was Thomas Manchester, who had a grant of land at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, December 10, 1657. He married Margaret Wood, daughter of John Wood of Portsmouth. She died in 1693, and he was alive in 1691. The following were the names of his children: John, Thomas, Jr., William, Stephen, Mary, and Elizabeth. Stephen married, first, Sept. 13, 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of Gershom Wodell of Ports- mouth. She died in 1719, and he married Demaris -- , her last name unknown. He was a freeman in 1684. and was an inhabitant of Tiverton, R. I .. at the organization of that town, Mar. 2, 1692. His children were Gershom, born about 1687, and Ruth, born May 27, 1690."
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