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Zerubbabel, son of James and Patience Pray, married, Dec. 25, 1803, Sarah, daughter of Ezra and Sarah Brown; settled in Albion, Me., where his descendants still reside. He changed his first name to Zebulun.
Sarah, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married, first, Jonathan Davis; second Thomas Forsaith of Portland.
Patience, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married, in 1804, Archibald Walker, (intention filed Apr. Ist of that year). He was "of Windham."
Hannah, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married Atwood Marwick, in 1805, (intention entered Aug. 11, 1805). He was a master mariner of Portland and died there Dec. - 1840. She died Sept. - 1865. Has descendants living in Portland.
Alexander, son of James and his second wife, Lorana ( Webb) Pray, married, Nov. 20, 1823, Eliza W., daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Smith of Gorham, Me. He had one child that died an infant, and she died soon afterwards. In Apr., 1828, he married her sister, Lois, (intention filed Apr. 11th of that year). They left no descendants.
Joseph, son of James and Lorana Pray, married, in 1828, Sophia, daughter of Enoch and Drusilla (Sanborn) Crockett of Gorham. They had a daughter, who became the wife of William Webb, and lived at Windham Hill, where she died Jan. 24, 1901, aged 71 years, 1 month, and 11 days. Mr. Joseph Pray died in Sept., 1831, and his widow, Sophia, married John, son of James and Olive (Elden) Warren of Gorham, by whom she had three children. John Warren died in Gorham, Mar. 16, 1873, and she died Dec. 9, 1901, aged 95 years, 9 months.
Polly, daughter of James and Lorana Pray, married George Granger, a native of Southwick, Mass. Their intention was entered on the town records as follows: "Mr. George Granger of Southwick in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, entered his
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intention of marriage with Miss Polly Pray of Windham, Nov. 7, 1829.
JOHN EVELETH, Town Clerk."
They were married Apr. 23, 1828, by Wm. Brown, Justice of the Peace, and were recorded by John Eveleth, Town Clerk. He was a farmer, lived near Gambo, and died there several years ago. Children :
1. Joseph, born Apr. 3, 1830.
2. Samuel, born Sept. 20, 1835.
3. James, born Mar. 18, 1840.
4. Adeline, died young.
PROCTOR
The ancestor of this family in Maine was Samuel Proctor, the son of John Proctor, who was executed for the supposed crime of witchcraft in Salem, Aug. 9, 1692; and whose wife was condemned, but not executed. They had sustained excellent characters, both in Ipswich and Danvers, where they had lived previous to the witcheraft delusion. Samuel was their eighth child. He was born in 1680 and came to Falmouth (now Port- land) from Lynn, between Sept., 1717, and Nov., 1719. Ho built a house on Fore Street, where he lived. He died Mar. 10, 1765, aged 85 years. He was a man of unblemished character and a valuable citizen. He married, previous to his settlement in Falmouth, Sarah, daughter of Anthony Brackett, by whom he had nine children :
1. John, born in Lynn, June 24, 1715; married, first, in 1743, Mary Tibbets; second, Mary Huston, in 1760; settled in Falmouth.
2. Benjamin, born in Lynn, Sept. 6, 1717 ; married, in 1740, Sarah Favor.
3. Samuel, born in Falmouth, Nov. 24, 1719; married, in 1745, Eliza Johnson.
4. Sarah, born in Falmouth, in 1723; married, in 1739. John Cox.
5. William, born in Falmouth, - 1724.
6. Keziah, born in Falmouth, 1727.
7. Karenhappuek, born in Falmouth, - 1729 ; married,
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first, Joseph Hicks; second, her cousin, Anthony Brackett, in 1756.
8. Jemima, married 1755, William Gennis.
9. Doreas, married Jonathan Paine.
William Proctor, son of Samuel and Sarah (Brackett) Proctor, married, first, in 1750, Charity Lunt. She died pre- vious to 1760, as, in that year, he married his second wife, Su- sannah Hall. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hall, who was killed by the Indians on Martinicus Island, June 10, 1757. William Proctor settled in Windham and died there, Feb. 14, 1807. aged 83 years. We have no record of his wife's death. According to the town records, they had six children :
1. Ebenezer, married Bethia Mayberry, (intention entered Nov. 20, 1790).
2. Anthony, married Mary Small, in 1794.
3. Jane, married Benjamin IIam, in 1783.
4. Hannah, married Ralph Jackson of Raymond.
5. Susannah, married, Nov. 28, 1788, Richard Shane, then "of Windham."
6. Keziah, married, Jan. 10, 1783, Samuel Dingley of Ray- mond.
David, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, married Fanny Chute, in 1813.
Elijah, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, went to New York State, married, and died there.
Edmund M., son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proc- tor, married Sarah Page. He was a farmer and carpenter ; lived near Windham Center; and died there, Nov. 26, 1868, aged 62 years, 4 months. His wife, Sarah, died Sept. 28, 1889, aged 75 years, 6 mos. It is said that they had nine children, but we have no connected record of the family. They had a daughter, Sophronia, who died Dee. 31, 1857, aged 18 years, 4 months. They also had daughters, Zilpha, Nancy, and Almeda. Their- only son, Warren Scott, was lost on the steamboat, "Portland," Nov. 27, 1898. Probably they had other children.
Susan, daughter of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proc- tor, married, May 12, 1815, James Nason of Gorham.
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PURINTON
David Purinton, first of the name in Windham, came from Salisbury, Mass., about 1763, and settled on the farm now (1912) owned by Rev. Elijah Cook. in the Quaker Neighborhood. Ilis wife was Sarah, danghter of Abel and Sarah (Millet) Davis. They were honored members of the Quaker Society. David Purinton appears to have been a man of many occupations, as we learn from his old account book still preserved by his descend- ants, that he was a farmer, shoemaker, tailor, and land-surveyor, all at the same time. He was one of the Selectmen of Windham in 1785, 1786, 1787. 1788. 1789, 1790, and chairman of the board in 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1797; third on the board in 1798; second, in 1801; and chairman again in 1802. 1803, 1804. 1805, and 1806. Besides this, his name often occurs on the town rec- ords as a member of various important committees. Ile was born in 1734, and died Feb. 16, 1816, aged 82 years. His wife, Sarah, died Mar. 16, 1830, at the great age of 96. They had nine children :
1. Mary, born Aug. 9, 1759; married Capt. Joshua Rogers, Jan. 16, 1783. He was a sea captain; lived in Portland; no children.
2. Ezra, born Oct. 9, 1761.
3. Anna, born Aug. 29, 1764, died May 7, 1777.
4. Phebe, born June 23, 1766; married, Hussey of Portland; no children.
5. Sarah, born Sept. 26, 1768; married, Apr. 24. 1799, Joseph Howland of Vassalborough, Me. ; lived and died in that town.
6. Meshach, born 1770.
7. Daniel, born Nov. 20. 1772.
8. Lorana, born 1775.
9. David, born Sept. 1. 1778. died July 10, 1793.
Ezra, son of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton, went to Lewiston, where he married Mrs. Mary Meader, widow of Tobias Meader and daughter of Joseph and Eunice Field. He died in Lewiston, Dec. 28, 1808. He and his wife, Mary, had four children :
1. David, born June 19, 1796.
2. Joseph, born Dec. 1. 1798.
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3. Tobias, born Mar. 19, 1801.
4. Ira, born Mar. 25, 1803.
Daniel, son of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton, married, May 22, 1796, Lois B., daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown of Windham. She was born July 31, 1774, and died June 16, 1807. He settled on the River Road, on the farm now owned by the children of the late Oliver Haskell. This place . he exchanged with Daniel Haskell for a farm in the "Hurricane Distriet" in Gorham. He and his wife, Lois, had five children :
1. Ezra, born May 8, 1797.
2. David, born May 1, 1800; married, Feb. 2, 1826, Eliza- beth J., daughter of James, Jr., and Rebecca ( Huston) Warren of Gorham. Had several children. His second wife was Apphia Shaw, by whom he had other children.
3. Peter, born Sept. 11, 1801; married, Jan. 25. 1830, Harriet. daughter of Enoch and Drusilla (Sanborn) Crockett of Gorham; settled in Hartland, Me .; was a wealthy farmer ; lived and died there; had at least two children, Enoch and Adeline.
4. Sally, born Aug. 31. 1804 ; married, Nov. 20, 1825. Wood- bury Rand of Windham.
5. Mary, born Feb. 27, 1806, married, Oct. 9, 1825, Joseph C. Larry of Windham.
Daniel Purinton's second wife was Nancy Crockett, the daughter of Peter and Polly Crockett of Gorham, to whom he was married Nov. 17, 1814. She was born Oct. 3, 1784. Had children : Lewis, Daniel, Lois, and Enoch, who was a physician and lived at Goodwin's Mills and died there.
Meshach, son of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton, settled. first. in Durham. Me., where he married Sarah, daughter of William Gerrish. He resided there several years, and his first four children were born there. About 1809, he returned to Windham and lived the remainder of his long life on his father's farm. He died in 1853, aged 84 years. His wife died Jan. 1, 1864, aged 82 years, 11 mos. They had children, as follows :
1. Lorenzo, born in Durham, Ocet. 31, 1801.
2. Sarah, born in Durham, Aug. 20, 1803 ; married Jeremiah Lord of Scarborough. Mar. 1831 ; died Mar. 2, 1877.
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3. Joseph, born Aug. 16, 1805, in Durham.
4. Esther, born Jan. 30, 1807, in Durham; married, Oct. 1832, Lemuel Sawyer of Standish; died Dec. 11, 1880. 5. Mary, born Feb. 20. 1810, in Windham; married, Nov. 8, 1834, John Sturgis of Gorham. He lost his life in his en- deavors to save property from a burning shoe shop, at White Rock, June 14, 1854; and his widow married Geo. Hammond of New Gloucester, and died in that town, Sept. 14, 1887, aged 77 years.
David, son of Ezra and Mary (Meader) Purinton, married Hannah, daughter of Abel Goddard of Lewiston; settled there and died May 26, 1848. His wife died May 20, 1875. Their children were:
1. Mary, born Ang. 17, 1820.
2. Anna V .. born May 8, 1822.
3. Ezra, born Sept. 19, 1824.
4. Louisa G., born Aug. 17, 1826.
5. David, born Nov. 18. 1828.
Joseph, son of Ezra and Mary (Meader) Purinton, married. July - 1833, Caroline Dingley, daughter of William and Sally (Atkins) Dingley of Lewiston. She was born May 15, 1811, and died Sept. 13, 1881. Ile died Sept. 28, 1842. Had five children :
1. Mary, born Dee. 18, 1834.
2. Almira, born Sept. 6, 1836, died Mar. 1. 1859.
3. Sarah, born Aug. 13, 1838.
4. William D., born Mar. 3. 1840. died Apr. 16, 1842.
5. Hattie, born Oct. 27, 1841, died Mar. 14, 1866.
Tobias, son of Ezra and Mary (Meader) Purinton, graduated at the Maine Medical School in the class of 1826; went to Wash- ington, D. C., about 1838, and served many years in the Treasury Department ; married in Washington, Amelia Josephine Archer. He died May 3, 1880. Had two children :
1. William Archer.
2. Amelia Josephine.
Ira. son of Ezra and Mary (Meader) Purinton. married,
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first, Aug. 27, 1828. Dorcas, daughter of Rev. Jacob Golden of Lewiston. She was born Sept. 30, 1809, died Dec. 27, 1830; had one child.
1. Minerva, born Mar. 1, 1829.
Ira Purinton's second wife was Almira Small of Fall River, Mass., to whom he was married in 1834, (intention entered July 27th of that year). She was born Jan. 2. 1806; died Jan. 4, 1891, in Auburn, Me. He died May 10, 1888. Had four chil- dren :
1. Charles E .. born Dee. 11, 1837.
2. Tobias, born May 31. 1840, deceased.
3. Arvesta, born Sept. 2, 1841, died Feb. 11, 1889.
4. Victoria, born June 18, 1843, died Dec. 14. 1843.
Lorenzo, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, married Sally Downes of Portland. He was a farmer and set- tled first in the "Mayberry Neighborhood;" but later sold his . property there and purchased the "Harris place," near White Rock, where he died, Mar. 8, 1881. His wife, Sally, died Jan. 10, 1881, aged 79 years. Their children were:
1. Abbie, died Jan. 10, 1881 ; unmarried.
2. Charles A., married Elmira Graffam; died at Cumber- land Mills.
3. Mary Ellen, second wife of George Patrick of Gorham. She died at Gorham Village, Feb. 16, 1910, aged 71 years, 10 mos.
4. Sidney, died aged about 22 years.
5. Moses D., born Dec. 2. 1840; married, May 27, 1870, Ellen Maria Yale. She was born in Winthrop, Me., Dec. 3, 1845. Hlas two children : Marion Ellen, born Sept. 17, 1872, and Flor- ence Edna, born July 3, 1878. Resides at Cumberland Mills.
Frederick, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, married, Sept. 25. 1843, Margaret, daughter of Robert and Sally (('hute) Loveitt of Windham. Ile was a farmer and lived near White Rock in Gorham. She was born Dec. 2, 1818. He died Apr. 11, 1897. Their children :
1. Sarah E., born Oct. 25, 1844; married, Oet. 25, 1866, E. H. Sampson of Westbrook ; died Dec. 31. 1896.
2. Georgiana, born Mar. 12, 1846.
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3. Arabella J., born June 10, 1848 ; married Daniel Wescott of Gorham.
Otis, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, married Lydia Small of Windham, July 9, 1843. IIe lived a few years in Farmington. Me., and in Portland, after which he purchased the farm formerly owned by his brother-in-law, Capt. John Sturgis, near the White Rock Meeting-house. He died Feb. 2, 1899. His wife died Dec. 18, 1894. Had four children, as fol- lows :
1. William G., born Mar. 13. 1844; married, June 29, 1873, Mary Chute of Westbrook, Me.
2. Ellen M., born Oct. 11, 1846; married, May 2, 1869, Emery O. Walker of Portland. He was a Union soldier, a mem- ber of Co. F. 30th Me. Regiment ; died Mar. 15, 1887.
3. Albert N .. born May 11, 1857; married, Sept. 25, 1879, Abbie J. Grant of Saeo.
4. Charles S., born June 14, 1859 ; married. Dec. 28, 1882, Carrie Kimball of Saco.
Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish ) Purinton, in addition to the foregoing children, had a son, William, born Aug. 2. 1812. He was drowned, while driving logs, in Pleasant River. Apr. 8, 1841 ; unmarried.
REA
The first American ancestor of this family, of whom we have any knowledge, was Daniel Rea, who came from England and was at Weymouth, Mass., in 1630. In 1631. he was living at Salem Village. afterwards known as Danvers, where he died in 1662, leaving a widow, whose name was thought to be Bethiah. He had a son. Joshua, and a daughter, Bethiah, who married Capt. Thomas Lothrop, a noted Indian fighter during King Philip's War. Joshua married Sarah Waters and had, among other children, a son, Daniel, whose wife was Hepzibah Peabody. Daniel Rea had a son, Zerubbabel, who married Margaret Rogers. Their children were :
Dr. ('aleb.) Sarah, (twins. Moses, died in infancy. Hepzibah, married Joseph Elder.
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Hannah.
Mehitable, married Jonathan Porter.
Anne, died young.
Doctor Caleb Rea, son of Zerubbabel and Margaret (Rogers) Rea, was born at Danvers, Mar. 8, 1758. He was a physician in the Revolutionary service. He married, Oct. 4, 1781, Sarah White of Salem : came to Windham between Feb. and Oet., 1783, and settled on Lot No. 1, in the first division of hundred-aere lots, it being the same afterwards owned by his son, Col. Caleb Rea. He built a large two-story house on or very near where the County farm house stands at the present time. He was the first physician to locate in Windham. He was a ripe seholar, a man of sound judgment, and noted as a skillful surgeon: During his practice here, he performed many important opera- tions. He was a generous, warm-hearted man, and his loss was greatly deplored by his townsmen and friends. He died Dee. 29. 1796, aged 39 years. His wife, Sarah, died Jan. 22, 1836. aged 78 years. They had six children, as follows:
1. Thomas, born in Ipswich, July 11, 1782.
2. Sally, born Sept. 27, 1785; married, in 1809, Dr. Jacob Hunt of Falmouth, (intention entered May 14th of that year).
3. Mary, born in Windham, Apr. 18, 1787; did not marry; was a school teacher.
4. Col. Caleb, born Apr. 11, 1789; was a farmer; lived on the paternal acres, and died there, Sept. 11, 1849.
5. Porter, born July 19, 1792.
6. Albus, born Feb. - 1795; was a physician in Port- land, and died there.
None of this family now reside in Windham.
READ-REED
Noah Read, first of the name to settle in Windham, was the son of Noah and Abigail (Baldwin) Read, and was born in Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 21, 1757. He came to Windham, and married, Nov. 26, 1790, Mary, daughter of John and Tabitha (Winslow) Robinson of Windham. He was a farmer and lived on the place where Joseph Nugent now lives, and died there, Apr. 4, 1844. His wife died Nov. 4. 1842. Previous to his settlement in Windham, he saw much service in the Revolution-
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ary War; but, in 1788, he joined the Friends' Society and be- came one of their prominent members. Being loyal to his faith, he apparently regretted somewhat his participation in the war, said but little about his military experience, and his descendants did not know of his service at all. A few years ago, however, his grandson, Mr. J. N. Read, obtained the following facts in regard to him, from which it appears that he served in six dif- ferent commands. He was first in Capt. Isaac Hodge's Co., Col. Francis's Regt., for five months, in 1776. He was in Capt. Richardson's Co., two months at Dorchester, during the siege of Boston, in 1776. He was in Capt. Samuel Cowell's Co., Col. Benjamin Hawes's Regt., thirty-five days, in 1777. He was in Capt. Alx. Foster's Co., Col. Dagget's Regt., at a. Rhode Island alarm, twenty-five days, in Dec .. 1777. He was in Lieut. Heze- kiah Ware's Co., Col. Wade's Regt., in the Rhode Island alarm of June 20, 1778. twenty-four days; and was a sergeant in Capt. Samuel Fisher's Co., in Maj. Bullard's Regt., thirteen days in the Rhode Island alarm of 1785. He was noted in Windham as a school teacher of the rod and ferule kind, not sparing either, but having the gift of imparting knowledge beyond the average teachers of that day. He and his wife, Mary, had ten children, all born in Windham :
1. Emma, born Apr. 25, 1792; married John Robinson of Windham.
2. John, born Oct. 8, 1793.
3. Nathan, born Mar. 2, 1795.
4. Huldah, born Apr. 15, 1796.
5. Sarah, born Mar. 13, 1798; married Jeremiah Hacker.
6. Lydia, born Mar. 2, 1802, died Feb. 18, 1842.
7. Tabitha, born July 17, 1804, married Stephen Webb of Windham.
8. Jane, born Apr. 27, 1806, married William Bailey of Windham.
9. Rufus, born Mar. 5, 1809.
10. Noah, born Dec. 19, 1810.
John, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married, Jan. 28, 1813. His wife died June 27, 1832, and he married for his second wife Eunice Hodsdon, Jan. 30, 1834. She died Nov. 19, 183 -. His third wife was Jane Woodford, to whom
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he was married, Nov. - 1849. Settled in Westbrook (now the Deering District) ; lived there and died, Aug. 10, 1889, at the age of 96 years. His children were:
1. Ann Elizabeth, born Nov. 4, 1818; married, Apr. 23, 1844, William M. Hall.
2. James Neal, born Oct. 17, 1820.
3. John H., born Sept. 12, 1828.
4. Noah, born Sept. 23, 1830.
5. Naney H., born Mar. 22, 1836, died July 20, 1844.
6. Daniel H., born June 15, 1838.
Nathan, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married, Jan. 28, 1824, Ruth Horton. He was a farmer and settled in the Quaker Neighborhood on the farm recently owned by his son, Joseph W. He died Dee. 20, 1878. Children :
1. Emily H., born Dec. 14, 1824, died Oet. 7. 1825.
2. Emily Hussey, born Aug. 30, 1826; married, Nov. 10, 1853, Isaiah Jones of Windham. Both are now deceased.
3. Julia W., born Sept. 1, 1831 : married Nathan R. Dyer; died Jan. 29, 1904.
4. Joseph Warner, born Nov. 9, 1835.
5. Charles Horton, born Nov. 17, 1840.
Rufus, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married, Aug. 12, 1833, Martha M. Gerrish; settled in Portland. Chil- dren :
1. Julia Adelaide, born Jan. 27. 1835.
2. Nathan G., born Dec. 9, 1837.
3. Ellen L., born Sept. 18, 1840.
4. Rufus S., born July 26, 1845.
Noah, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married, May 16, 1832, Sarah Mead. Settled in Windham. He lost his eye-sight by an explosion of powder, while blasting a well, and was ever afterwards totally blind. He died May 21, 1884. His wife, Sarah, died May 4. 1896, aged 91 years. 6 months. Their children :
1. George R., born Oct. 9, 1832.
2. Augustus, born Aug. 28, 1834.
3. Miriam, born June 22, 1838, died Oet. 10, 1840.
4. Rufus, born Apr. 18, 1839 ; was a teacher in the Friends'
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School at Providence, R. I .; died, unmarried, Mar. 16, 1864, aged 24 years, 11 months.
5. Mary, born Ang. 3, 1847, married Ebenezer Lombard of Gorham.
6. Martha, born Sept. 27, 1848; married, July 29, 1879, Thomas Albert Moore of Indiana; died in Portland, Dee. 8. 1909, aged 65 years.
James Neal, son of John and Naney (Horton) Read. married, first, Oet. 1844, Rebecca Stevens; second, July 8, 1856, Aliee Dow. He died in the winter of 1911-12.
John H., son of John and his second wife, Euniee ( Hodsdon) Read, married, June 27, 1854, Harriet B. Woodford.
Joseph Warner, son of Nathan and Ruth (IIorton) Read, married, July 9, 1863, Ellen Frances Jordan of Portland. In 1855, he went to Portland, where he was employed as a elerk in grocery stores until 1860, when he established himself in business, and carried on a substantial wholesale trade in gro- eeries until 1876. In that year he returned to Windham, mov- ing on to the old homestead of his father. In 1880, he was eleeted selectman. in which office he served four consecutive years, being Chairman of the Board the last two years. In 1889, he was appointed Postmaster for South Windham ; served, in all, fifteen years in that offiee. He died at South Windham, Apr. 16, 1909, aged 74 years. His children :
1. Ellen Prinee, born Apr. 15, 1864, died Sept. 3. 1864.
2. Charles Warner, born Feb. 13, 1866.
3. Elizabeth Horton, born May 22, 1868.
4. Mary Louise, born May 1, 1870, died Nov. 19, 1870.
5. Leonard Horton, born Jan. 2, 1872, died June 6, 1872.
6. Edward Jordan, born Mar. 22, 1875, died May 2, 1877.
7. Annie Jordan, born Jan. 4, 1883, died Ang. 5, 1886.
George R., son of Noah and Sarah (Mead) Read, married Sarah Abbie Rieker. He was by trade a shoemaker and worked at that business for several years in Lynn, Mass., but afterwards settled in Windham. He lived on the Gray Road near Little Falls. He served in the U. S. Navy during the Rebellion, and died in Windham Apr. 18, 1887, aged 54 years. 6 mos. Had two children :
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1. Alice, married George Farwell.
2. Howard.
Augustus, son of Noah and Sarah (Mead) Read, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sewell and Cornelia (Green) Boody of Windham. He was a farmer and shoemaker; lived many years in Naples, Me. He moved from there to Windham and lived on the farm in the Quaker Neighborhood, which had been his father's, and died there Dec. 25, 1908. We have no connected record of his children. However, his son, Edward, lives on the paternal acres, and his son, Rufus, lives on the farm" recently owned by the late J. J. Bodge, and known as the "William Bailey place." Both these sons are married and have families.
ROBERTS
Jonathan Roberts came to Windham previous to Apr. 1, 1768, as we find, that, on that date, he was married by Rev. Peter T. Smith to Elizabeth Webb, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb. His origin or where he located in town, we are unable to ascertain. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had one child born in this town, Samuel, born Feb., 1789. He appears to have moved to Buekfield, where he died. He was a Revolu- tionary soldier, as will be seen by the following entry on the Revolutionary Army Rolls, in the old State House in Boston : "Jonathan Roberts private in Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co. from July 8th to Sept. 25th, 1779. in the Penobscot Expedition. Dis- charged at Falmouth. Residence, Windham, Me."
Joseph Roberts, born at Brentwood, N. H., Feb. 6, 1756, enlisted from Windham, for eight months in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. Enlisted again for one year in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co. (afterwards com- manded by Capt. Jonathan Sawyer), Col. Edmund Phinney's 18th Continental Regt. Discharged at Fort George. He en- listed as a private in Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co., in June, 1779, for four months in the Penobscot Expedition.
We find on the town records that Joseph Roberts, then of Windham, married, Oct. 12, 1777, "Easter Hambelton," and her residence is given as Windham. It is thought they went to Buekfield.
On Mar. 30, 1907, we received a letter from Thomas A.
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Roberts of Lebanon, N. H., in which he sent a list of the soldiers of the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, who had lived and died in Buckfield, together with the battles in which they had participated and their estimated age at death. Among these veterans we find the following :
"Joseph Roberts, age 77, battles Bagaduce.
Joseph Roberts. Jr., age 90, battles Bunker Hill.
Jonathan Roberts, age 74, battles Bagaduce."
Mr. Roberts stated that the list was prepared "about sixty years ago by Hon. V. D. Parris." It is probable that the Joseph and Jonathan Roberts mentioned in the above list were Wind- ham soldiers. Of Joseph Roberts, Jr., we know nothing, and we do not think he was a Windham man.
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