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2. John (6), eldest son, b. March 13, 1648.
3. Benjamin (554), eighth child, b. Dec. 20, 1661.
4. Timothy (593), ninth child, b. Nov. 17, 1663.
5. Nathaniel (601), twelfth child, b. July 15, 1671.
6. JOIN (2), b. March 13, 1648; d. March 19, 1721. Ile lived with his father in the garrison house; was employed in town business; often a selectman ; a deputy to the General Court ; chosen deacon of the South Parish Church at its organization in 1711. He min., Nov. 17, 1673, Sarah Barker, b. 1647; d. Feb. 8. 1729. Of their nine children one died young : the average age of the rest was 80 yrs., 3 mos.
7. John (10), eldest son. b. Nov. 2, 1674.
S. Joseph .(63S), second child, b. Dec. 29, 1676.
9. Stephen (649), third child, b. March 16, 1678.
10. JOIN (7), b. Nov. 2, 1674; d. Jan. 1, 1754. Ile settled with his father on the homestead ; was selectman ; deacon 34 yrs. He m., Jan. 6,
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1703, Elizabeth Harndin of Reading, now Wilmington. who d. Aug. 9. 1756. Of 6 children the two following have descendants in Wilton :
11. John (13), second son, b. Aug. 3, 1704.
12. Barachias (660), third son, b. May 14, 1707.
13. JOHN (11), b. Aug. 3, 1704; d. Nov. 10, 1793. He lived with his father on the homestead: capt .. 1754, in French and Indian war; select- man. He m., Sept. 28, 1732, Phebe Fiske of Boxford, b. Aug. 4. 1712 ; d. Dec., 1802. Of seven children three emigrated to Wilton, and became heads of families. John, the eldest son, inherited the ancestral farm and had 3 distinguished sons : John. Harv. Coll., 1784, Prof. in Bowdoin Coll. : Benjamin, Harv. Coll., 1788, 50 yrs. principal of Phillips Exeter Academy : and Abiel, Harv. Coll., 1792, D. D., minister at Haverhill and Beverly.
14. Abiel (17), third son, b. April 19, 1741.
15. Jeremiah (289), fourth son, b. May 25, 1743.
16. William (457), fifth son, b. Jan. 14, 1748.
17. ABIEL (14), son of John (13), b. April 19, 1741; d. Aug. 19, 1809. He was 5 yrs. a cooper in Andover. In 1764 he settled in Wilton on lot 1, range 3; on an acre previously cleared he in that year built a two-story house and a barn. Ile married in Andover, Nov. 20, and moved into the new house before its doors were hung. He was town treasurer in 1765 ; town clerk, 11 yrs. ; selectman, 11 yrs. ; representative ; on the Committee of Safety and numerous other committees; employed in town business every year more or less for 40 yrs .; capt., 1769; 2d major. 1776; 1st major, 1781; assistant assessor, 1798; a justice of the peace, 15 years; a deacon of the church, 16 yrs. ; a guardian of orphans and helpful to the poor and needy. On the advance of Gen. Burgoyne in 1777, among thousands of volunteers for the defence of Ticonderoga, "two companies, under the command of Maj. Abiel Abbot of Wilton, marched June 30 for the threatened fortress." See Hist. of Amherst, N. H., page 385. He m., Andover, Mass., Nov. 20, 1764, Dorcas. dan. of Benj. and Elizabeth (Abbot) Abbot. She was b. Aug. 1, 1744; d. Feb. 23, 1829. Children :
18. Abiel (30), b. Dec. 14. 1765.
19. Jacob (41), b. Jan. 7, 1768.
20. Benjamin (150), b. March 17, 1770.
21. Ezra (215), b. Feb. 8, 1772.
22. Dorcas, b. JJan. 30, 1774; d. July 16. 1847 ; m. Eliphalet Putnam. See Putnam gen. (127).
23. A son, b. and d. April 20, 1776.
24. Samnel, b. June 11, 1777 ; d. Jan. 10, 1782.
25. Abigail, b. JJuly 13, 1779 ; d. June 5. 1812; m. Jonathan Livermore. See Livermore gen. (16).
26. Persis. b. Dec. 25. 1781 ; d. Nov. 13, 1859; m. llenry Lovejoy. See Lovejoy gen. (37).
27. Rhoda, b. March 17, 1784; d. March 19, 1853; m. Ephraim Pea- body. See Peabody gen. (15).
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28. Samuel, b. March 30, 1786; d. Jan. 2, 1839. HIarv. Coll., 1808. For account of his life see page 261, and for his connection with the manu- facture of starch see page 163. He was an early mover for the Wilton centennial celebration, and his loss before it occurred was deeply lamented ou that occasion.
29. Phebe, b. June 25, 1788; d. Nov. 25, 1825; m. Ezra Abbot (513).
30. ABIEL ABBOT (18), b. Dec. 14, 1765; d. Jan. 31, 1859. Harv. Coll., 1787; D. D., 1838. For account of his life see page 269. He m .. May 19, 1796, Elizabeth Abbot of Andover, dan. of his uncle, Capt. John. and Abigail (Abbot) Abbot. She was b. Aug. 2, 1766; d. April 6, 1853. Children :
31. Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1798; d. Oet. 12, 1823; m., Oct., 1822, Rev. John Abbot Douglass of Waterford. Me .; n. ch.
32. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1799; d., Arlington, Mass., March 30, 1881.
33. Sarah Dorcas (34), b. June 22, 1801.
34. SARAH DORCAS (33), b. June 22, 1801; d. June 11, 1831; m .. 1828, Samnel G. Smith. a cotton mamifacturer of Peterborough, Warren. Md., and So. Berwick, Me., who d. Sept. 9, 1842, aged 43 yrs. Child :
35. Samuel Abbot (Smith) (36), b. April 18, 1829.
36. SAMUEL ABBOT (SMITH) (35), b. April 18, 1829; d. May 20, 1865. Harv. Coll., 1849; ordained, June 27, 1854, minister at Arlington, Mass. ; died at Arlington of a malarious fever contracted at Norfolk, Va., in rnis- sionary service to the army. Hle m., June 27, 1854, Maria Edes of Peter- borough. Children :
37. Abbot Edes (Smith), b. Sept. 20, 1855; Harv. Coll., 1877.
38. Maria Ellen (Smith), b. Feb. 13, 1857.
39. George 1. (Smith), b. Oct. 15, 1861 ; a chemist.
40. Samuel II. (Smithi), b. April 5, 1864 ; at the West.
41. JACOB ABBOT (19), b. Jan. 7, 1768 ; d. Nov. 2, 1834. For account of his life see page 270. After his resignation at Hampton Falls in 1826 he bought a farm in Windham, where he spent the rest of his life. He m., Feb. 11, 1802, Catharine, dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Thayer of Hampton. She d. Jan. 27, 1843, aged 63 yrs. Children :
42. Sarah White (53), b. Nov. 11. 1802.
43. Ebenezer T. (59), b. May 27, 1804.
44. Martha Thayer (67), b. March 29, 1806.
45. Catharine (86), b. March 18, 1808.
46. Elizabeth Dorcas, b. March 24, 1810; d. Sept. 13, 1879; m. Rev. A. A. Livermore. See Livermore gen. (18).
47. George Jacob (108), b. July 14, 1812.
48. Abigail (123), b. Sept. 29, 1814.
49. Phebe, b. and d. 1816.
50. Mary Ann Toppan (129), b. Dec. 2, 1817.
51. Lucy Eliot (132), b. May 22, 1820.
52. Charles Eliot (145), b. Nov. 5, 1822.
53. SARAH WIHTE (42), b. Nov. 11, 1802; d., Washington, D. C., JJuly 18, 1879. She m., Oct. 25, 1830, Robert Moore of Nashua, who was
Aliel Abbot
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b., Amherst, Nov. 16. 1798, and d., Nashua, Feb. 8, 1872. Children, all born in Nashua :
54. Catharine Eliot (Moore), b. Oet. 4, 1831; d .. Peterborough, June 9, 1848.
55. Sarah Helen (Moore), b. Jan. 30, 1834; m., April 23, 1855, Joseph Wall, who was b., London, Eng., Nov., 1815, and d. Sept. 4, 1879. She res. in Boston, Mass. ; has had four children : Alba Elizabeth, who was b. April 7, 1857, and m., Dec. 11, 1882, John C. Welwood, assistant minister of Christ Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y .; Anna Theodora, b., July 19. 1860; Amory Abbot, b. Feb. 5, 1862, and d. Aug. 14, 1877; William Liver- more, b. July 17, 1866.
56. Lucy Ella (Moore), b. March 1, 1836; m., April 18, 1883, Martin . Van Buren Wisker, who was b., New York City, Dec. 27, 1836; res .; Osceola, St. Clair Co., Mo.
57. George Henry (Moore), b. Feb. IS, 1839; m., May, 1867, Elizabeth Ileydon, who was b. 1843, and d. JJuly, 1874. Res. New York City.
58. Jacob Abbot (Moore), b. April 18, 1845; d., Washington, D. C .. Oct. 15, 1868.
59. EBENEZER T. (43), b. May 27, 1804; d. March 2, 1853. Res. on the home farm in Windham; energetic business man, successful farmer and good citizen. He m., Feb. 1, 1838, Elizabeth Nesmith. who d. Dec .. 1846; m., 2d, Aug. 29, 1849, Betsey Dow, who d. Dec. 27, 1854. Children, two by first wife, one by second wife:
60. Margaret Elizabeth (63), b. Sept. 9, 1840.
61. Katharine Thayer, b., Windham, Dec. 17, 1846; m , Nov. 13, 1867, Rev. Edward W. Hathaway of Princeton, Ill., who d. May 9, 1869. She In., 2d. Dec. 22, 1880, Rev. George A. Thayer of South Boston, Mass., now pastor of the Unitarian Society in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two children : Abbot Augustine (Thayer), b. July 8, 1882, and Gordon Woods (Thayer), b. April 5, 1887.
62. JJacob, b. June 17, 1850; d. Sept. 20, 1857.
63. MARGARET ELIZABETHI (60), b. Sept. 9, 1840; m., Dee. 13, 1860, Charles Putnam, son of Rev. Dr. Putnam of Roxbury, Mass. Res. Lex- ington, Mass. Children:
64. Lucy Abbot (Putnam), b. Sept. 30, 1866.
65. George (Putnam), b. April 18, 1869.
66. Anna (Putnam), b. July 30, 1872:
67. MARTHA THAYER (44), b. March 29. 1806; m., June 2, 1827, Nehemiah Porter Cram of Monmouth, Me., and Hampton Falls, N. II .. who was b. Aug. 3, 1799, and d. Nov. 11, 1879. Children :
68. Catharine Abbot (Cram) (73), b., Monmouth, June 25, 1828.
69. Sarah Thayer (Cram), b., Monmouth, Jan. 3. 1833; d., Hampton Falls, July 26, 1856.
70. Jacob Abbot (Cram), b., Hampton Falls, April, 1836; Harv. Coll., 1859; d., Chicago, IN., April 6, 1872.
71. Frank Porter (Cram) (79), b., Hampton Falls, June 5, 1843.
72. Elizabeth Abbot Livermore (Cram), b. Jan. 21, 1847; d. Feb. 17, 1879.
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73. CATHARINE ABBOT (CRAM) (68), b. June 25, 1828; m., Oet. 14. 1857, Samuel II. Folsom, who grad. Dart. Coll .. 1851; a lawyer; assist. register of probate. Res. Winchester, Mass. Children :
74. Anna Abbot (Folsom), b. Oct. 29, 1861.
75. Sarah Thayer (Folsom), b. Nov. 9, 1864; d. Feb. 3, 1869.
76. Fritz Porter (Folsom), b. June 29, 1866; d. Ang. 11, 1867.
77. Martha Thayer (Folsom), b. March 31, 1870.
78. Catharine Elizabeth (Folsom), b. Nov. 11, 1871.
79. FRANK PORTER (C'RAM) (71), b. June 5, 1843; m., Jan. 15, 1871, IIelen B. Tilton. Children :
80. Edward Tilton (Cram), b. Nov. 8, 1871.
81. George Porter (Cram), b. Oct. 17, 1874; d. Dee. 25, 1874.
82. Henry Porter (Cram), b. Nov. 11, 1875; d. Feb. 20, 1878.
83. Charles Abbot (Cram), b. April 18, 1879.
84. Robert Livermore (Cram), b. Feb. 17, 1881.
85. Florence Belknap (Cram), b. June 22, 1883.
86. CATHARINE (45), b. March 18, 1808; m., July 18, 1833, Hon. John Wm. Pitt Abbot of Westford, Mass .; Harv. Coll., 1827; Pres. of Stony Brook R. R. ; state senator, 1866. Ile d. Aug. 16, 1872. Children :
87. John William (94), b. April 14, 1834.
88. Julian Thayer, b. Jan. 20, 1836; d. March 10, 1836.
89. Julian, b. May 25, 1837 ; killed by accident on Boston & Lowell R. R., Dee. 30, 1857.
90. Sophia Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1841 ; d. Aug. 15. 1843.
91. Son, b. and d. Jan. 2, 1844.
92. George (101), b. Feb. 17, 1845.
93. Abiel Jacob (104), b. Jan. 8, 1850.
94. JOIIN WILLIAM (87), b. April 14. 1834; manufacturer in West- ford ; m., Oct. 21, 1857, Elizabeth R. Southwick of Boston. Children :
95. Catharine (99), b. March 28. 1861.
96. Emma S., b. July 17, 1863 ; m., June 5, 1888. Julian 1. Kebler.
97. Luey K., b. March 26, 1870.
98. John C., b. Feb. 25, 1872.
99. CATHARINE (95), b. March 28, 1861; m., Sept. 15, 1881. Abbot L. Kebler of Cincinnati, who d. Feb. 15, 1888. Child :
100. Catharine (Kebler), b., Cincinnati, June 22, 1885.
101. GEORGE (92), b. Feb. 17, 1845; Harv. Coll., 1864; res. in San Francisco, Cal., and Cambridge, Mass. ; in., Feb. 23, 1875, Elizabeth T. Daveis of Portland, Me. Children, b. in San Francisco :
102. Ethel Daveis, b. Oct. 18, 1876.
103. Gertrude Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1881.
104. ABIEL JACOB (93), b. Jan. 8, 1850: manufacturer at Westford, Mass. ; m., April 22, 1880, Mary Alice Mosely of Newburyport. Children :
105. Edward Mosely, b. Jan. 31, 1882.
106. John Mosely, b. April 27, 1884.
107. Alice Carnzu, b. April 4, 1886.
108. GEORGE JACOB (47), b. JJuly 14. 1812; d. Jan. 21. 1879. Harv.
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Coll., 1835. Opened and taught several years a school for boys in Wash- ington, D. C .; private secretary of Daniel Webster when he was see'y of state; connected with consular bureau at Washington; six years U. S. Consul at Sheffield, Eng. ; a professor several years in the Theological School at Meadville, Penn .; U. S. Consul at Goderich, Canada, where he died. He m., Aug. 30, 1841, Anna T. G. Emery of Portland, Me., who was b. May 15, 1815, and d. JJan. 31, 1861. Children :
109. Mary. J. C. (114), b., Washington, Dec. 30, 1842.
110. Anne Theresa (120), b., Washington, Aug. 15, 1846.
111. Julia Webster, b., Washington, July 1, 1848; in., Portland, Me .. June 23, 1884, Edgar H. Nichols of Saeo, Me. Reside in Cambridge, Mass.
112. Elizabeth Gilman, b. Feb. 7, 1852; d. Nov., 1852.
113. Charlotte Emery, b. Oct. 20, 1853 ; d. Oet. 20, 1883.
114. MARY J. C. (109). b. Dec. 30, 1842; m., April 8, 1868, Everett S. Throop ; brevet major, Sixth Regt., Ohio V .; lawyer in Cincinnati ; he d. Oct. 30, 1881. She has a school for young ladies at Worcester, Mass. Children :
115. Anne Abbot (Throop), b. Oct. 17, 1869.
116. Lucy Abbot (Throop), b. June 10, 1871.
117. Mary Susan Everett (Throop), b. Dee. 12, 1872.
118. George William (Throop), b. Nov. 9, 1875.
119. Everett Abbot (Throop), b. Ang. 23, 1878.
120. ANNE THERESA (110), b. Aug. 15, 1846; m., Portland, Me .. Feb. 21. 1877, Robert Swain Morison, who grad., Harv. Coll., 1869; Divinity School, 1872; at one time pastor of the Unitarian Ch. in Meadville, Penn. Children :
121. Ruth (Morison), b., Meadville, Pa., Nov. 24, 1877.
122. George Abbot (Morison), b., Peterborough, N. II., Aug. 5, 1879.
123. ABIGAIL (48), b. Sept. 29, 1814; in .. March 11, 1835, Rev. Iloratio Wood, who grad., Harv. Coll., 1827; was minister at Walpole, N. II., Tyngsborough. Mass., and, from 1844 to 1869, minister at large in Lowell, Mass., where they now reside. Children :
124. Horatio (Wood), b., Walpole, Oct. 23, 1835; Harv. Coll., 1857 ; carried on a private school for girls in Cincinnati, O., for some years : now lives in Lowell.
125. Son, b., Walpole, May 12, 1837 ; d. in infancy.
126. Abby Elizabeth (Wood), b., Tyngsborough. April 8, 1840; d. May 14, 1840.
127. Ella (Wood). b., Lowell, Sept. 3, 1848: m., Aug. 31, 1871, N. W. Appleton of Lowell; d. Oct. 21, 1875.
128. Grace Abbot (Wood), b. Oct. 6, 1852; teacher of music, Lowell.
129. MARY ANN TOPPAN (50), b. Dec. 2, 1817; d. Aug. 9, 1856. She in., as 2d wife, Feb. 22, 1844, James Walker, an eminent lawyer of l'eter- borough, who was b. March 10, 1784, and d. Dec. 31, 1854. Children :
130. Edith Abbot (Walker), b. Dec. 31, 1846; d. Sept. 2, 1848.
131. Martha Cotton (Walker), b. May 8, 1849; res. Lowell, Mass.
132. LUCY ELIOT (51), b. May 22, 1820; m., Lowell, Aug. 19, 1846,
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HISTORY OF WILTON.
John Kebler. who was born at Sulz-on-the-Neckar, Germany, Feb. 1.
1819; Harv. Coll., 1839; prominent lawyer in Cincinnati, O .; d. April 4. 1885. Children :
133. George Putnam (Kebler), b. Feb. 4, 1848.
134. John Eliot (Kebler), b. Dec. 15. 1849; d. May 13. 1851.
135. Frederic (Kebler), b. March 23, 1852; Harv. Coll., 1873; physi- cian in Cincinnati, O.
136. Charles Abbot (Kebler) (142). b. July 7, 1854.
137. Abbot Livermore (Kebler), b. Oct. 12, 1856; d. Feb. 15, 1888. 1 manufacturer. For marriage, sce Catharine (99).
138. Julian Abbot (Kebler), b. Nov. 4, 1858; civil engineer: m., June 5, 1888, Emma S. Abbot (96).
139. Eliot Abbot (Kebler), b. May 31, 1861.
140. Lucius (Kebler), b. and d. June 23. 1863.
141. John Thayer (Kebler), b. Aug. 19, 1865.
142. CHARLES ABBOT (KEBLER) (136), b. July 7, 1854; d. Nov. 23. 1887. A lawyer in Cincinnati. He m .. Nov. 1. 1877, Florence R. Leonard. who d. March 24, 1887. Children :
143. John Leonard (Kebler). b. Sept. 29, 1879.
144. Leonard (Kebler), b. Sept. 26. 1883.
145. CHARLES ELIOT (52), b. Nov. 5, 1822. He received an academic education ; was employed, 1845-6, on the N. E. Boundary Survey ; owned a store in Tyngsborough, Mass .; sold out in 1848, and in June, 1849, arrived in San Francisco. In different pursuits he acquired some wealth. which fire and flood swept away in 1853. He removed to Eldorado Co .: studied law ; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practised. In 1869 he removed to Nevada ; was judge of a local court, 1876-9; has since prac- tised law and operated mines. Ile m., May 15, 1867, Susan F. Osborn of San Francisco, who was b. Sept. 4. 1839, and d. at San Francisco in 1877. Children :
146. Charles Eliot, b., San Francisco. Feb. 7, 1868; drowned while bathing, July 11, 1886.
147. Homer Osborn, b., Elko Co., Nevada, July 2, 1871.
148. Lucy Catharine, b., Elko Co., Nevada, Aug. 9, 1873.
149. Son, b. and d. Oct. 5, 1875.
150. BENJAMIN (20), b. March 17, 1770; d. Sept. 10, 1823. A farmer. Settled, 1792, in Greenfield, N. H .; removed, 1798, to Wilton, and in Feb., 1803, to Temple. Me. He was an early settler there, only one framed house being then in the town. He cleared and made a good farm from the forest ; was prosperous; reared and educated well a large family: was a justice of the peace; a well-informed man, noted for love of truth and justice, uprightness in his dealings, skill and sound judgment in man- aging private and public affairs, and a benevolent regard for the welfare of all around him ; not ambitious for office or distinction, yet efficient in promoting the good order and prosperity of the town. He was greatly respected, and in deference to his character was often and worthily called the patriarch. He m., Jan. 17, 1793, Phebe AAbbot (622), dau. of Hon. Jacob Abbot of Wilton, N. H. She was b. June 25, 1774, and d. 1857.
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Three of his children were born in Greenfield. 3 in Wilton and S in Tem- ple. Children :
151. Phebe (165), b. March 25, 1791.
152. Hannah (170), b. July 6. 1795.
153. Doreas (178), b. Feb. 25, 1797.
154. Salva (196). b. Nov. 12, 1798.
155. Benjamin (198). b. Ang. 10. 1800.
156. Lucy. b. May 6, 1802; m .. 2d wife. 1824, Rev. John A. Donglass of Waterford, Me .; nine children. five not living; one is Dr. John A. Donglass of Amesbury Mills. Mass, ; a daughter is Harriet E. Douglass, preceptress several years of a Home School for Girls at Waterford.
157. Son, b. and d. April 19, 1801.
158. Lydia (205), b. Feb. 19, 1805.
159. John S., b. Jan. 6, 1807. Bowd. Coll., 1827; lawyer in Norridge- wock, Me., Thomaston, Me., and Boston. Mass .; m .. 1835, Elizabeth Allen.
160. Rhoda, b. Sept. 26, 1805; d. March 29, 1809.
161. Abiel, b. Dec. 28, 1809. After farming several years a long ill- ness impaired his constitution, and he read law with his brother JJohn at Thomaston ; opened an office in Boston, where his brother, JJohn, after- wards joined him; was an early treas, of the Northern Pacific R. R. Residence at Watertown. Mass .. where he d. March 21. 1884, leaving a wife and children.
162. M. George, b. Feb. 22, 1813; lawyer at Thomaston, Me .; m .. 1837, Melina Alden : d. Ang .. 1850.
163. Abigail (210), b. June 30, 1815.
164. Ezra, b. Sept. 18. 1817; Bowd. Coll .: a lawyer, Richmond, Me. : died.
165. PHEBE (151). b. March 25, 1794; d. March 6, 1843; m., 1813, John Barker, M. D .. of Wilton. Me. Children :
166. John Abbot (Barker), b. Sept. 16, 1814 ; d. May 22, 1817.
167. Benjamin Fordyce (Barker), b. May 2, 1818; Bowd. Coll., 1836 ; M. D .; settled in Norwich, Conn .; moved to New York City: an emi- nent physician ; m. Eliza Dwight.
168. Phehe Florella (Barker), b. March 7, 1820: m., in North Caro- lina, Chas. Clark.
169. Emily A. (Barker), b. May 10, 1824; m. A. Robertson, M. D .. Manchester. N. II.
170. MIANNAHI (152), b. July 6, 1795; m., 1820, Rev. Enos Merrill of Freeport, Me. Children :
171. Benjamin II. (Merrill). b. July 16, 1822.
172. Enos A. (Merrill), b. April 20, 1824; d. Feb .. 1843.
173. Edward T. (Merrill). b. July 15. 1826.
174. Hannah M. (Merrill), b. April 3. 1828.
175. Israel W. (Merrill), b. Dec. 16. 1830.
176. George D. (Merrill), b. AAng. 8, 1833.
177. John S. (Merrill). b. June 29. 1836 ; d. Sept. 20. 1840.
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178. DORCAS (153). b. Feb. 25, 1797; m., Dec. 30, 1817, LaFayette Perkins, M. D., who was b. March 26, 1786, at Castle William (Fort Inde- pendence) in Boston Harbor, and was son of the commander, Col. Wm. Perkins; obtained his medical education at Harvard Med. School and in Paris; settled, 1815, at Weld, Me., removing, 1836. to Farmington, Me., and d. May 9, 1874. Children :
179. Charles James (Perkins), h. Oct. 19, 1818; d. Feb. 12. 1813. Bowd. Coll., 1839; attended medieal lectures at Brunswick, Me., and at Philadelphia ; practised dentistry at Upperville, Va., and d. there.
180. John Warren (Perkins) (185), b. March 17, 1820.
181. Emeline Weld (Perkins), b. Feb. 24, 1822: d. Nov. 22, 1858. 1 pupil of the Spingler Institute, N. Y. ; teacher at Farmington. Me.
182. Benjamin Abbot (Perkins) (189). b. Oct. 20, 1823.
183. George Augustus (Perkins) (192), b. June 24, 1827.
184. Samuel Edward (Perkins), b. Nov. 7, 1830: druggist at Bangor, Me .; m .. Nov. 22, 1855, Alice T. Kendrick of that city; has res. for sev- eral years past at Farmington, Me.
185. JOHN WARREN (PERKINS) (180), b. March 17, 1820; druggist, Farmington, Me., and Portland, Me .; m., June 17, 1845, Margaret M. Hunter, who d. May 12, 1860. Four ch. d. in infancy: 1 son living. He m., 2d, Oct. 29, 1861. Eliza Bellows. Children :
186. Edward Warren (Perkins), h. Aug. 27, 1850: has been in mining, inill and cattle business at the West.
187. Mary Bellows (Perkins), b. May 14, 1863.
188. Maud Emeline (Perkins).
189. BENJAMIN ABBOT (PERKINS) (182), b. Oct. 20, 1823; druggist, Bangor, Me., New York City, and at Portland, Me., with his brother, J. W. Perkins; m., May 9, 1849, Augusta Bellows, who d. May 31, 1850; m., 2d, Sept. 5, 1860, Sarah W. Beals of Portland. Children :
190. Charles James (Perkins), b. April 1. 1850; in a drug store in Chicago.
191. Willis Fayette (Perkins), b. Jan. 23. 1862.
192. GEORGE AUGUSTUS (PERKINS) (183), b. June 24, 1827. Bowd. C'oll., 1849; Bangor Theol. Sem .. 1853; ordained missionary of A. B. C. F. M., May 25, 1854; went to Turkey ; returned 1859; taught Hebrew one yr. at Bangor; studied at New Haven; Prof. of Nat. Sciences in Robert College, Constantinople, 1863-65; returned to America, owing to ill health ; for tive yrs. principal of a Family School for Boys at Gorham. Me .; for 11 yrs, acting pastor of different churches. Since Jan. 1, 1884, settled at Harvard, Mass. lle m., July 17, 1854, Sarah E. Farrington. Children :
193. William Abbott (Perkins), b. Nov. 26, 1861; Bowd. Coll .. 1883 : teacher of mathematics in High School, Bath, Me.
194. Herbert Farrington (Perkins), b. Oct. 18, 1864. Yale Coll.
195. Carroll Augustus, b. Nov. 17, 1870.
196. SALVA (154), b. Nov. 12, 1798; d. 1867 : m., 2d wife. 1827, Rev. Charles Freeman of Limerick. Me .. who d. Oct., 1853. Child :
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197. Samuel (Freeman). b. March 17, 1830: Bowd. Coll., 1854; drug- gist, Chelsea, Mass.
198. BENJAMIN (155), b. Ang. 10, 1800: d. in 1861: a justice of the peace in Temple, Me .; moved to Farmington. and later to East Dong- lass, Mass., where he died. He m .. 1823, Mary C. Blanchard. Children :
199. Benjamin, b. March 9, 1825: d. Oct. 24. 1826.
200. Mary A., b. Aug. 11, 1827.
201. John, b. May 31, 1830.
202. William, b. Nov. 25, 1834.
203. George, b. July 24, 1837.
204. Phebe E., b. July 2, 1842.
205. LYDIA (158), b. Feb. 19. 1805; d. Dee. 26. 1883: m .. 1828, John Titcomb, Esq., of Farmington, Me. Children :
206. Elizabeth (Titeomb), b. Nov. 28, 1828.
207. Mary (Titcomb), b. Dec. 9. 1830.
208. John Abbot (Titeomb), b. Oet. 30, 1832.
209. Charles (Titcomb), b. Oct. 22, 1835.
210. ABIGAIL (163), b. June 30. 1815: m .. 1835, Hannibal Hamlin of Union, Me., and Boston, Mass. Children :
211. Abby F. (Hamlin), b. Oct. 22, 1837 ; m. Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D.
212. Ellen M. (Hamlin), b. April 26. 1839: d. March 12, 1844.
213. Hannibal (Hamlin), b. Sept. 26, 1841.
214. Cyrus (Hamlin), b. Dec. 24, 1843.
215. EZRA (21), b. Feb. 8, 1772; d. April 3. 1847. A farmer on the homestead. In the spring of 1812, as appears, he began the manufacture of potato starch in a small mill erected by him the fall before. See article on starch manufacture, page 163. He was a captain of the South co. of militia : a selectman; employed in the settlement of estates, and as guardian of minors; a deacon of the church for twenty-five years; pre- siding officer at the centennial celebration in 1839; a man of strict integrity, respected for his love of justice, probity of character. benevo- lence, and liberality in support of schools. libraries, and other institu- tions, religious and beneficent. He m., Oct. 6, 1799, Rebekah Hale, h. Jan. 9, 1781, dan. of Lient. JJos. Hale of Coventry. Conn., and niece of Capt. Nathan Hale. She d. May 5, 1860. Children :
216. Rebecca (229), b. July 16, 1800.
217. Son. b. and d. Sept. 13. 1801.
218. Joseph Hale (232), b. Sept. 25, 1802.
219. Dorcas, b. Jan. 24, 1804 ; m., Sept. 21, 1825, Ebenezer Bishop of Lisbon, Ct. A farmer, previously a teacher in Richmond, Va. He was b. in 1798, and d. Jan. 6, 1827. Mrs. Bishop returned to Wilton in May ; tanght school . with much acceptance several seasons in District No. 5 in Wilton ; also taught in Mason and Milford. In Nov., 1832, entered Miss Grant's school at Ipswich, Mass .; returned to Wilton sick about Oct. 1, and d. Nov. 2, 1833.
220. Ezra (266), b. Nov. 27, 1805.
221. Abiel, b. May 11, 1808; studied for college at Chelmsford and at Exeter: grad., Bowd. Coll., 1831: res. at Wilton. 1832: at Exeter and
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