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George T., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith. married Orrissa D., daughter of Rev. Elliott and Julia (Stanley) Lamb. She died in Portland (Deering District) May 10, 1909, aged 73 years, 7 months, 6 days. He died at the same place, July 14, 1910. They had one daughter, Winifred, who married H. F. Goding.
Melissa J., daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, married. John A. Cobb, (for children see Cobb record).
John A., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, mar- ried Ellen, daughter of Moses Hanson of Portland. He is a farmer and lives at Allen's Corner. Has two children :
1. Lincoln J., born June 15, 1863.
2. Mary E., born - 1870; married, Edwin Burnham ; no children. She is the well-known Police Matron of Portland.
Abner T .. son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, mar- ried Mary E. Littlefield. Ile was for several years a trader in Portland ; lived at Allen's Corner, where he had a large farm. He now resides in Gray, Me. Had two children :
1. Ernest T.
2. Jennie.
Charity A., daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, married Dennis J., son of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer of Standish, Me. They lived on her father's farm, in the Bodge Neighborhood. Had three children :
1. George Thomas, born Aug. 12, 1865.
2. William Arthur, born July 15, 1873.
3. Annie Luella, born June 19, 1884.
Wendell P., son of Col. John T. and Mary (Duguid) Smith,
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married Mary Shaw. He was a Brig. Gen. of militia, also Sheriff of Cumberland County. He lived in Portland, where he died Mar. 28, 1862. His wife died in 1892. They are buried in the cemetery at Gorham Village. Had one child, (possibly more), Fanny ; lives in Portland; unmarried.
William T., eldest son of Col. John Tyng and Mary (Duguid) Smith, married Margaret, daughter of George W. Duncan. He was a lawyer, lived in Portland, and died there. The date of their deaths I have not learned, neither do I know if they had children.
Edward T., son of John Tyng, and Mary (Duguid) Smith married, 1837. Margaret, daughter of William H. and Betsey Foster of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived near his father. He was also a militia officer and rose to the rank of Brig. General. He died in Gorham, Apr. 20, 1885. His wife died July 27. 1897. They had two children :
1. Mary D., born May 8, 1839; married William H. White of Windham ; died July 30, 1869.
2. Edward H. F., born Aug. 30, 1844; married Bertha Humphrey of Yarmouth; died at Gorham Village, Mar. 2, 1905.
William H. Smith was the son of James and Mrs. Mary (Brackett) Halliday, daughter of Anthony and Kerenhappuck Brackett of Portland. Their son, William H., was born about 1787 ; married, Dee. 25, 1810, Sally, daughter of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry of Windham. He was a joiner by trade; lived in Gorham and Windham. They had children, as follows :
1. Samuel, settled in Dixfield.
2. Simon, settled in Dixfield.
3. Jane, married J. Porter Hall.
4. William M., born Dec. 14, 1822.
Mrs. Sally Smith was born Dec. 16, 1786, and died Oct. 30, 1823. Oct. 27, 1825, Mr. Smith married for his second wife, Esther, daughter of Cornelius and Meribah Branhall. He went to Dixfield and died there. It is believed that he was in no way related to the Smiths of Windham.
William M. Smith, son of the above, married Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes of Windham, about
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1846. He is a farmer and owns the farm which his grandfather, William Mayberry, cleared from the forest. Mr. Smith has been an active, stirring man all his life, and a good citizen. He was one of the Seleetmen of Windham in 1867, 1868, 1869, and again, in 1872. and 1873. He and his wife are now (1912) living in extreme old age on the farm where they first began their married life. Their children were:
1. George II., born 1848; was a mason in Boston several years, and died there Oct. 8, 1905; unmarried.
2. Cyrus, married Miss Cobb.
3. Eunice, married Frank Grant of Westbrook; and is de- ceased.
4. Simon, married Ida Baehelder.
5. Ida E.
STAPLES
On the old town records of Windham appears the name of Joseph Staples. We do not know anything of his origin nor in what part of Windham he located. He and his wife, Betsey , had seven children, born in this town :
1. Jane, born June 1, 1797.
2. Jeremiah, born Sept. 6, 1799.
3. Joel, born July 9, 1802.
4. Luey, born Sept. 1, 1804.
5. Eliza, born Dee. 23, 1807.
6. Caroline, born Dee. 25, 1809.
7. Rhoda, born Sept. 23, 1812.
STARLING
Among the early settlers of Windham was Joseph Starling. Where he came from, we do not know. The first notiee we find of him was in 1751, when he owned and lived on Home Lot No. 7, in the first division of ten-acre lots. This land he purchased of Ebenezer and Benjamin Hawkes, sons of Ebenezer Hawkes, Jr., it having been his original right as one of the grantees. Joseph Starling also owned Lot No. 8, in the same division, which he bought of John Bodge. His house was on the Hawkes Lot. He sold the land here to Riehard Dole, May 15, 1769, and the deed conveys "all buildings and fences now on said land."
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He moved from Windham to Bristol, Me., and died there, in 1780. His wife's name was Mary - -, and they had seven children recorded on the Windham records.
1. Miriam, died Sept. 4, 1751, aged 7 months.
2. Abigail, born Nov. 13, 1752.
3. Elizabeth, born Sept. 1, 1755.
4. Jemima, born Oct. 4, 1759.
5. Josiah, born Jan. 29, 1762.
6. Dorrity, born Apr. 29, 1764.
7. Mary, born Aug. 11, 1766.
The name has been extinct in Windham for many years, but some of this old settler's descendants live in Portland and have in their possession his family Bible containing the births of his children. This record corresponds with the Windham record given above. The Bible was found some years ago on Peak's Island. His descendants now write the name "Sterling."
STEVENS
The ancestor of this family in Windham and vicinity was John Stevens. (For an account of him, see Chapter II.) His wife's name was Hannah, but her maiden name is unknown. They had six children (possibly more) one of whom, at least, was born here. They were:
1. John, Jr.
2. Jonathan.
3. Agnes, married, May 1, 1766, Edward Gilman.
4. Chase.
5. Sarah.
6. Nathaniel, born May 7, 1751, in Windham.
John, Jr., son of John and Hannah ---- Stevens, married, Oct. 10. 1763, Hannah Westcott, (or, as the old record has it, "Westcoat.") Their intention was filed Aug. 28th of that year, and the residence of both is given as Windham. They had two children :
1. Richard, baptized Apr. 7, 1765.
2. Mary, baptized Oct. -, 1766.
Possibly they had other children, but none appear on either town or church records.
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Jonathan, son of John, Sr., and Hannah Stevens, married, in 1765, Mehitable Mackentire of Falmouth, (intention entered on town records Dec. 7, 1765). The marriage doubtless took place in Falmouth, as I find no record of the event in Wind- ham. He was a farmer and appears to have lived for a while at Mount Desert ; but finally settled on the hundred-acre lot afterwards owned by his son, Jonathan, and later by his grand- son, John. Here, with many of his descendants, he lies interred in a now deserted lot of land he set apart as a family burial place; but no stone marks the spot, and the date of his death is long since forgotten. His wife, Mehitable, died Nov. 29, 1780; and, on May 2, 1782, he married Martha, daughter of Robert and Mary (Bolton) Millions of Windham. She was born Mar. 10, 1763, and died Oet. - -, 1849. Jonathan Stevens had by his first wife six children, and by his second wife ten more. Children by first wife were as follows :
1. Jonathan, born Mar. 16, 1767, in Windham ; he probably died young.
2. John, born Jan. 22, 1769, at Mount Desert; probably died young.
3. Mehitable, born Feb. 15, 1771, in Windham.
4. Sarah, born Aug. 11, 1773, in Windham.
5. Hannah, born Nov. 16, 1778, in Windham. She was for many years insane; died in 1849.
6. Mary, born Nov. 20, 1780.
Children by second wife, all born in Windham :
1. John, born June 7, 1782.
2. Anna, born Apr. 3, 1784.
3. William, born July 12, 1786.
4. Betty, born Dee. 17, 1788.
5. Martha, born June 10, 1791.
6. Jonathan, born Sept. 22, 1793.
7. David, born June 5, 1796, died unmarried.
8. Robert, born Dec. 20, 1797.
9. Nathaniel, born Jan. 2, 1804.
10. Susan, born 1806.
Chase, son of John and Hannah Stevens, according to an entry in his journal now in the possession of one of his descendants, was born in Falmouth, Me., Sept. 1, 1746. He
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also notiees that his father, John Stevens, died Dee. 18, 1786, in the 80th year of his age. However, the Windham records give the date of his death as Dec. 19, 1788. Chase Stevens mar- ried, Jan. 1777, Rebecea Estes. Two years previous to his marriage, he joined the Friends' Society, and nearly all of his deseendants have been identified with that religious denom- ination. He was a noted school teacher in his day and, at one time, had an academy near the mouth of the old "Horse Beef Road," where he taught the higher branches for several years. He was also a noted land surveyor, and was a valuable citizen of the town. He died in Windham, Apr. 6, 1819. He and his wife, Rebecca, had nine children:
1. David, born Dec. 2, 1777.
2. John, born Aug. 1, 1779.
3. Benjamin, born June 28, 1781.
4. Nathaniel, born May 20, 1783.
5. Keturah, born Mar. 18, 1785.
6. Isaae, born Jan. 12, 1787.
7. Chase, born Sept. 10, 1789.
8. Hannah, born Oct. 3, 1791.
9. Nathan, born Oct. 14, 1793.
Richard, son of John, Jr., and Hannah (Wescott) Stevens, married Annie Millions, Aug. 1, 1785. He was a farmer and lumberman. Had children, as follows:
1. Isaac, born 1786 or 7.
2. Hannah, born Nov. 22, 1789.
3. William, born Apr. 2, 1791.
4. Thomas, born Sept. 5, 1793.
5. John, born 1794.
Mary, daughter of John, Jr., and Hannah (Wescott) Stevens, married, Nov., 1792, Jonathan Libby. (No further record.)
Mehitable, daughter of Jonathan and his first wife, Mehitable (Mackentire) Stevens, married, Sept. 2, 1796, Thomas Millions. He was a farmer; lived and died in Windham. Had three ehil- dren, as follows :
1. Elizabeth, born July 1, 1797.
2. Thomas, born Mar. 30, 1799.
3. Mehitable, born Mar. 21, 1801.
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Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and his first wife, Mehitable (Mackentire) Stevens, married, July 11, 1797, Thomas Trott, Jun. He was a farmer; lived in Windham. Had children :
1. Mary, born May 30, 1798.
2. Mehitable, born Nov. 2, 1799.
John, son of Jonathan and his second wife, Martha (Millions) Stevens, married, Nov. 6, 1803, Sally (or Sarah) Trott. He was a lumberman; carried on that business at Ammoncongin, (now Cumberland Mills) for many years and died there. He was nicknamed "Merino John," but, for what reason, is not known; his children :
1. Daniel, born Nov. 17, 1803.
2. Eliza, born 1805.
3. Lois, born 1808.
. William H., born 1810.
5. Mark, born 1814.
6. Caroline, born 1817.
Anna, daughter of Jonathan and his second wife, Martha (Millions) Stevens, married, Feb. 28, 1808, Isaac Thurlow of Raymond, Me. He was a farmer ; settled in Windham, and died there. Their children :
1. Horatio, married Rachel Peaco and died while yet a young man.
2. Martha, married Peter B. Waterhouse ; lived in Portland, and died there.
3. Mariam, married Joseph Parker of Standish; and died several years ago.
4. Cyrus, married a Miss Abbott of Westbrook; died at Allen's Corner.
5. Susan A., died unmarried.
Betty, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, was twice married, first, to Dominicus Bragdon, to whom she was married, Nov. 6, 1827. Her second venture was with William Mugford. This union took place Nov. 3, 1844. He died Dec. , 1865, and she died a few months later. Lived at Wind- ham Hill. Had no children by either marriage.
Martha, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, married, Nov. 18, 1810, John Trott, Jr. He was a
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farmer; lived in Windham, and died in 1832. She died in 1881. Children :
1. Jane, born - 1811; d. - 1876; m. a Mr. Foss.
2. Abigail, (no record).
3. Sarah, born 1814; d. 1887 ; unmarried.
4. Martha, m. Thomas Brackett.
5. Mary, m. Edward Elder.
6. Juliette.
7. John, born 1826, d. 1828.
8. William, born 1831, d. - 1832.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, entered his intention of marriage with Thankful Newcomb of Gorham. Oct. 21, 1824. She was the daughter of Enos and Thankful (Morton) Newcomb. She was born June 23, 1794, and died Feb. 20, 1869. He was a farmer and carpenter; lived on the farm where his father settled in Windham; and died in the house in which he was born, Nov. 27, 1849. Had the follow- ing children :
1. William, born Oct. 22, 1825.
2. Sarah, born Mar. 22, 1827; d. 1849; unmarried.
3. Abner, born Mar. 14, 1828, died Apr. 30, 1906.
4. John, born June 23, 1829.
5. Martha A., born July 1, 1831, died Sept. 14, 1909.
6. Isaac, born Jan. 29, 1834.
7. Eliza, born Oct. 10, 1836; d. 1849 ; unmarried.
Robert, son of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, married, first, Louisa Whitney ; second Jane Freeman ; two chil- dren by first wife:
1. Loraine.
2. Clarinda ; lived in Portland.
Nathaniel, son of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, married Ann Fernald. He was a wool puller; settled in Port- land, and died there. Had children :
1. Joseph.
2. James.
3. Mary.
4. Martha.
Susan, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens,
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married Elias Cobb of Windham, - 1824. IIe was a farmer and lived and died on the farm now (1904) owned by his son, Charles. She died Aug. 23. 1863, aged 57 years. He died Aug. 27, 1890, aged 94 years, 8 months. They are buried in the Chase Cemetery at South Windham. Had one child :
1. Charles, born Aug. 31, 1826. (See Cobb record.)
John, son of Richard and Anne ( Millions) Stevens, married Lydia Jordan. He was a lumberman; was a tall and finely- formed man with a decidedly military gait, and a dignified de- meanor. He was known among his acquaintances as "Majestic John." He lived at old Horse Beef and died there, Mar. 6, 1841. His wife survived him, and died in Westbrook a few years ago. Had two children :
1. William Perry, born Oet. --- , 1816.
2. Charles, born Mar. 23, 1826.
John, son of Chase and Rebecca (Estes) Stevens, married Mary -~. The Quaker Records give their children as fol- lows :
1. David, born Mar. 5, 1808, m. - Cobb.
2. Rebecca, born Jan. 26, 1810, m. -- Patten.
3. Sarah, born Feb. 29, 1812, m. Moses Maxwell.
4. Phebe, born Feb. 21, 1815, d. July 24, 1816.
5. Anna, born Jan. 22, 1818.
6. Mary, born July 16, 1820.
Nathaniel, son of Chase and Rebecca ( Estes) Stevens, mar- ried, March 3, 1808, Molly, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail Cobb of Limington, Me. He was a farmer and lived in the northeasterly part of Windham. He was a member of the Friends' Society. He died Mar. 3, 1858. His wife, Molly, died Mar. 29, 1883, aged 96 years. They had eleven children, as fol- lows :
1. Lydia, born Nov. 16, 1808, d. Dee. 19, 1808.
2. Isaiah, born Dee. 27, 1809, d. Dec. 10, 1895.
3. Eunice, born Dee. 31, 1811, d. Dec. 6, 1895.
4. Franklin, born May 21, 1814, d. June 21, 1886.
5. Chase, born Jan. 1, 1815, d. Jan. 17, 1815.
6. Benjamin, born Aug. 18, 1816, d. July 25, 1859.
7. Nathan, born Apr. 24, 1819, d. July 2, 1884.
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8. Joshua, born Apr. 22, 1821, d. May 16, 1868.
9. Desire C., born July 26, 1823, d. Mar. 27, 1861.
10. Abigail, born July 21, 1825, d. Jan. 24, 1829.
11. Moses Cobb, born Jan. 5, 1827.
Keturah, daughter of Chase and Rebecca ( Estes) Stevens, married John Clark ; died Oct. 20. 1837. He died Oct. 10, 1837. Had three children :
1. Stephen, born Oct. 6, 1816. d. Feb. 15, 1829.
2. Caroline, born Apr. 1, 1818.
3. Emily, born Oct. 21, 1820.
Franklin, son of Nathaniel and Molly (Cobb) Stevens, mar- ried, Oct. 21, 1842. Salome B. Hall. He was a farmer and lived in the northeast part of Windham. Children :
1. Adelaide A., born Oct. 27, 1843.
2. Abbie Ella, born Jan. 28, 1849.
William Perry, son of John and Lydia (Jordan) Stevens. married Mary Libby; lived for many years at Horse Beef. He died at Gorham Town Farm, Sept. 8, 1900. Had eight children. whose names are as follows :
1. Mary E., in. Moses Hawkes.
2. John C., m. Ella Hardy.
3. Myron.
4. Laura.
5. Althea.
6. Julia.
7. Angie.
8. Anna.
Charles, son of John and Lydia (Jordan) Stevens, married, May 10, 1855, Susan Irish of Gorham. Ile was a carpenter ; worked many years for the Oriental Powder Co .; lived, first, at Little Falls, but now (1904), in Casco, Me. Has one child :
1. Lizzie, born Oct. 14, 1857, m. Irving Kemp.
Hannah, daughter of Richard and Anne (Millions) Stevens, married. Nov. 29, 1810, Samuel Bridgeham. (No further rec- ord.)
Thomas, son of Richard and Anne (Millions) Stevens, mar- ried, Oct. 26, 1824. Eliza H. Smith ; had one child :
1. Mary Eliza.
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William, son of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, married Rebecca Raynes, in March, 1854. He was a farmer and carpenter; worked for many years in Portland, afterwards in Bangor; later he came to Windham and purchased the farm on which he died June 19, 1892. Children :
1. Alonzo Raynes, born Apr. 16, 1855, in Portland.
2. William, born Aug. 11, 1857, in Bangor.
3. Fannie Ellen, born Apr. 6, 1861, in Windham.
4. George Hill, born Feb. 25, 1863, in Windham.
5. Annie Raynes, born May 18, 1865, d. Nov. 26, 1883.
6. Ella Jessie, born Dee. 30, 1869, in Windham.
John, son of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, married Ann Maria, daughter of John and Mehitable (Millions) Cram of Windham. He settled on his farm, where he lived sev- cral years ; afterwards went to Cumberland Mills, where he now resides. Had children, as follows :
1. Caroline, died young.
2. Frank, d. Sept. 27. 1870, aged 13 yrs., 5 mos.
3. Walter, d. young.
4. Howard.
5. Annie Bell.
Martha A., daughter of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, married, Sept. 10, 1856, John ('ram of Windham. He was a farmer. Ile died Jan. 31, 1865. She is not living. Had the following children :
1. Eliza, born May 26, 1858.
2. John, born Nov. 28, 1860, d. Jan. 13, 1861.
3. Frank, born Feb. 26, 1861, died in infancy.
4. George, born Nov. 30, 1863.
5. Mary, born Aug. 13, 1865.
Isaac, son of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, married, Nov. 9, 1862, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Barbour) Hawkes of Windham. He is a carpenter and farmer and lives near Little Falls. Had children, as follows :
1. Freddie, born Feb. 11, 1863, d. May 19, 1863.
2. Charles, born Nov. 27, 1865.
3. Horaee G., born May 20, 1867.
4. Alice, born June 25, 1874; m., first. Roland Verrill ; second, Charles Leighton.
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Daniel, son of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married, Apr. 13, 1834, Ann Manchester. He was a lumberman and lived in several places in Cumberland County. IIe was a coarse, rough. quarrelsome man, and was always ealled "Old Turk." Had several children, among others a daughter named Sally Ann. and a son named William. In the cemetery at North Wind- ham, I find the following inscriptions: "George W., son of Daniel and Ann Stevens, died Dee. 19, 1844, aged 3 years, 3 months." Also, "Caroline D., died Apr. 17, 1850, ae. 2 yrs., 11 ms. Alfreda M., died Oct. 5, 1850, ae. 14 months, children of Daniel and Ann Stevens." There may have been more, but, if so, I am not informed.
Eliza, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married, July 4. 1824, Samuel Waterhouse. I have no knowledge of his origin. In the Stevens family burial ground I find the follow- ing inscriptions: "Eliza Waterhouse, wife of Samuel Water- house, died Sept. 23, 1824, aged 19 years." Also, "William P., son of Samuel and Eliza Waterhouse, died Sept. 23, 1825."
Lois, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married Isaac, son of Benjamin and Jenny (Libby) Irish of Gorham. He was a farmer, and they lived on her father's farm in Wind- ham. She died Apr. 24, 1868, aged 60 years. He died Nov. 25, 1884, aged 83 years. Their children were :
1. John, m. Emily J. Leighton.
2. Benjamin, m. Lovina Robinson.
3. Elias F., m. Mary J. Hawkes.
4. William, m. Georgie Prince.
5. Etta, died an infant.
6. Mary, m. George Spear.
7. Gilbert, is unmarried.
8. Eliza Ann, m. William Spear.
William H., son of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married, Aug. -, 1836, Hannah Graffam. He was a lumberman and settled in Waterville, Me. Had children, of whom I can learn nothing.
Mark, son of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married Bet- sey, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Paddon) Webb of Wind- ham. He died Sept. 11, 1879. Had one child :
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1. Hannahette, married, first, William Bachelder; second, Augustus Seabury; has no children.
Caroline, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, mar- ried a Mr. Crocker of Boston, and had two or three children. About 1850, while on a visit to her relatives in Windham, she eloped with a man named William Gilman. Her husband came here and took the children, but made no effort to ascertain her whereabouts, and so she disappears from the family history.
Alonzo R., son of William and Rebecca (Raynes) Stevens, married, Nov. 23. 1878, Louisa Whitney, daughter of Obadiah and Louisa (Hawkes) Whitney. She died Oct. 4, 1899, aged 39 years, 9 months, 25 days. He is a Second Adventist minister ; lives on his father's farm. Has not remarried and has no chil- dren.
George, son of William and Rebecca (Raynes) Stevens, mar- ried, Feb. 2. 1884, Mary Susie, daughter of Charles and Anistatia (Hale) Cobb. He is a General Baptist minister and farmer; lives in Windham. Has one child :
1. Clarence W., born Feb. 15, 1891.
Charles, son of Isaae and Mary (Hawkes) Stevens, married Matilda Como. He was accidentally killed while at work on the railroad, at Lowell, Mass., Feb. 3, 1892. Had one child, now deceased.
Horace G., son of Isaac and Mary (Hawkes) Stevens, mar- ried, Dec. 30, 1893, Tura Tandburg. She was born in Norway, Europe, July 17, 1875. He is a farmer and carpenter. Lives near Little Falls, Gorham. Has children.
John, son of William Perry and Mary (Libby) Stevens, mar- ried Ella Hardy of Raymond. He was an employee for the Oriental Powder Co .; was instantly killed by the premature dis- charge of a cannon, while firing a salute, July 4, 1879, aged 36 years, 6 months. Had no children.
SWETT
The first man of this name to locate in Windham was John Swett. He came from Newburyport, Mass. He was married and had a family, previous to his settlement here. He was a
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farmer and lived in the central part of the town. His wife's name was Sarah. He died Apr. 24, 1800, and she died Jan. 9, 1810, aged 92 years. Their children appear on the town records as follows :
1. Sarah, born Mar. 9, 1755, in Newburyport.
2. John, born Apr. 10, 1757, in Newburyport.
3. Samuel, born June 8. 1759. in Newburyport.
4. Joseph, born May 12, 1762, in Newburyport.
5. Moses, born Aug. 12, 1764, in Newburyport.
6. Curtice, born Aug. 12, 1766, in Windham.
7. Miriam, born Feb. 14, 1768, in Windham ; married, Mar. 13, 1803, Nathan Goold of Windham ; died Feb. 15, 1805.
Samuel, son of John and Sarah Swett. married, probably, in 1793, Rebecca Drew of New Hampshire.
John. son of John and Sarah Swett, was a Revolutionary soldier. He served for three years and six months, in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co .. Col. Benjamin Tupper's Regt. He was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-8, took part in all the campaigns of the regiment, and was honorably discharged at the close of the War. He returned to Windham, where he spent the remainder of his days. He married, Mar. 27, 1803, Mary, daughter of Elijah and Rebecca (Locke) Hunnewell of Wind- ham. She was born Nov. 27, 1779, and died May 5. 1863; was the last of the Revolutionary pensioners in Windham. He died Mar. 23, 1845. Their children :
1. John, born July 12, 1804, died Jan. 18, 1806.
2. Caroline, born Nov. 13, 1807, died Nov. 29, 1811.
3. John, born Aug. 31, 1809, died Dec. 4, 1811.
4. Mary A., born Dec. 12, 1810, died Dec. 3, 1811.
5. Emily, born Sept. 21, 1812; died June 18, 1848; un- married.
6. Mary Ann, born Dee. 25, 1815; died Mar. 22. 1888; un- married.
7. Nathaniel, born May 29, 1818.
8. William C., born July -- , 1822; died Mar. 31, 1883; unmarried.
Curtice, son of John and Sarah Swett, married, Sept. 17, 1797, Loraine, daughter of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton of Windham. He was a well-to-do farmer and settled near his
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father. We do not know the date of his death, but his wife Loraine, died July 26, 1873, aged 98 years. Children :
1. David, born Dee. 3. 1797, died Ang. 9, 1801.
2. Mary R., born Aug. 28, 1799.
3. Anna, born June 15, 1801.
4. Phebe P., born Apr. 9, 1803.
5. Miriam, born June 6, 1805.
6. Lucy H., born July 7, 1807.
7. David, born July 17. 1809.
8. John, born Feb. 9, 1814.
9. Sarah, born May 8, 1819.
David, son of Curtice and Loraine (Purinton) Swett, mar- ried Loann Sturges. He was a farmer and owned the farm that. after his death, became the property of J. J. Bodge. He died Oct. 1, 1847, aged 37 years. We have no connected record of his children. He had a son, Albion, who died Mar. 6, 1855, aged 17 years, 9 months; and the recent popular Town Clerk of Windham, John N. Swett, is his son. Mrs. Loann Swett mar- ried for her second husband. May 1, 1874, Joshua Tukey of Windham, and died Aug. 29, 1899, aged 85 years, 7 months, 18 days. She was born in Gorham, Me.
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