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DARRAH, OR DARROUGH, FAMILY.
1. Charles Darrah1 and Charles Darrah2, Jr., were here in 1741, and deeded Samnel MeAdams, 112 acres south of Cobbetts Pond, April 4, 1741 ; cost £201.
2. Arthur Darrah1 and Arthur Darrah2, JJr., probably of the same family as the above, were here after 1780. March 18, 1780, they deeded 60 acres to Daniel Mellvaine. I find this upon the records. He deeded Joseph Smith part of the farm now owned by E .- B. Smith.
3. Arthur3, son of Arthur2 and Mary-Ann Darrah, his wife, b. Aug. 19, 1779. The Darrah family removed to Litchfield.
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GENEALOGIES : WILLIAM DAVIDSON1.
DAVIDSON FAMILY.
This family is of Scotch descent. The ancestor in the early part of the 17th century passed from Scotland and settled in the North of Ireland. The father and mother of the emigrant, Wil- liam Davidson1, had taken a small Irish boy and brought him up from boyhood to manhood. His name, was McGraw (?). Ile left when a young man, but afterwards returned for a visit with a companion. The rest of the family were away, and the old people were alone, and they were invited to stay overnight, which invitation was accepted. In the silent night-watches these men arose from their bed, and with an axe killed their entertainers, robbed the house of money and valuables, set it on fire, and decamped. But justice slumbered not in the case of one of the assassins. When William Davidson1 returned the next day, saw his house, and the charred remains of his parents, and McGraw and his companion gone, search was instituted and McGraw captured. He confessed the whole, was tried, con- victed, and publicly gibbeted.
1. William Davidson1, fearing more trouble from the revenge- ful people by whom he was surrounded, with his wife and fam- ily, and other relatives, in 1728 came to America, and settled in Woburn, Mass. He was b. in Mennemore, in Ireland ; m. Mary Alexander, by whom he had 7 ch., b. in Ireland. He lived in Woburn some 17 yrs. and then settled in Tewksbury on a farm now within the limits of Lowell. His wife d. in Woburn Nov. 19, 1738. He m. 2d, Margaret McCartney ; 4 ch. ; he d. in Tewks- bury, June 6, 1757. Ch. by first wife, b. in Ireland : -
2. Robert2, m. Margaret Walker, of Woburn, and settled in Acworth about 1772. Ch .: Margaret3, James3, Margaret3, and John3.
3. Nathaniel2, m, Nov. 2, 1738, Mary Walker (sister to Mar- garet), settled in Billerica, Mass., afterwards in Windham, and Londonderry ; d. in latter place. Had a son, Nathaniel8, whose son Nathaniel4, lived in Concord, and descendants lived in Goffs- town a few years ago.
4. William2, m. ; settled in Douglass, Mass .; 1 son, Douglass8.
5. Elizabeth?, m. John Gorrell, of Salem ; ch. : John3, Joseph3, Mary3, Betsey3, and Sarah3.
6. John2 [13], b. Aug. 10, 1720; lived in Windham ; d. Sept. 27,1799.
7. George2 [23], m. Susanna Cristie ; lived in Windham.
8. Jane2, m. Thomas Campbell, and lived in Londonderry. Children by second wife : -
9. Mary2, m. Mr. Nichols, of Carlisle, Mass.
10. Alexander2, d. 1840, about 90 yrs. old ; m. Miss Mears, of Tewksbury ; one son, Alexander3. He m. 2d, Elizabeth Clark, b. July 6, 1760, whose dau. Mary m. James Lamson ; res. 1841, in Freedom, Me.
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GENEALOGIES : JOHN DAVIDSON2.
11. Francis-B.2, b. March, 1752; d. Feb. 16, 1827 ; m. Re- becca Richardson, of Chelmsford, Mass .; one child. He m. 2d, Janet, dau. of Joseph Eayers, of Dunstable, b. April 6, 1761, and d. Jan. 10, 1829.
CHILDREN.
1. Rebecca3, m. April 12, 1804, David, son of Samuel Anderson, of Lon- donderry, N. Il.
2. Frances3.
3. Sarah3.
4. Jane3, m. James Davidson; rem. to New Hudson, N. Y.
5. Hamilton3, b. Ang. 16, 1787; m. Dec. 17, 1811, Phebe Wilson, b. Hud- son, Dec. 15, 1785, who d. 1857. He d. 1847. Was a blacksmith and axe-maker; lived at Fessenden's Mills and carried on a good business. He had trip-hammers whose strokes could be heard distinctly for 3 miles ; rem. to Charlestown, Mass. ; ch. : Charles- H.4, b. Aug. 15, 1812; d. Dec., 1860, in Charlestown, Mass. ; m. twice ; 2 ch. Maria-S.4, b. Dec. 14, 1813; d. Charlestown, Mass., 1862; m. R .- G. Lockwood who d. 1872; ch. : Hamilton-D.5, Rhoda5, Frederick5, Mary-J.5, Phil-C.5. Herman-Elias+, b. Aug. 10, 1815; graduated at Harvard College about 1836; physician ; res. Gloucester, Mass. ; m. 1859, Sarah-M. Chamberlain, of Hop- kinton, Mass .; she d. May, 1880; 2 dans. : Alice-B.5.b. 1860; Edith-B.5, b. 1862. Eliza-Ann+, b. Jan. 1817; d. Gloucester, Mass., 1853; in. Thomas-A. Delano; 3 ch. Mary-Jane+, b. March 29, 1819; d. Dec. 17, 1826.
6. Loammi3, b. 1790; was the first lawyer in Windham; he d. May 11, 1819, æ. 29; he m. Mary - -, who d. Feb. 10, æ. 29.
7. Fanny3, m. Wm. Lancaster, of Acworth, b. 1784; rem. to Cuba, N. Y. ; ch. : Ann+, William4, Sarah+, Loammit, Fanny4, Thomas+, Corinna+, Daniel+, Harriet4, Georges, and Maria'.
8. Thomas3, went to the West Indies; m. a planter's dau. ; 2 ch. : Har- riet+ and Frances+; d. there.
9. Harriet3, m. George Reid, of Sullivan, Me., son of Gen. Geo. Reid, of Derry.
12. Margaret2, b. Tewksbury, about 1754; m. Abner Wilson and rem. to Cherry Valley, N. Y.
13. John2 [6] (William1). He was b. in Mennemore, North of Ireland, Aug. 10, 1720. He was 8 yrs. of age when his fam- ily came to America; was put out to work with Capt. Timothy Brooks, of Woburn, Mass., with whom he lived until Aug. 1741. March 25, 1745. he m. Sarah, dau. of James and Anna (Haines) McNutt, who emigrated about 1720 from the North of Ireland to Newton, Mass. She was b. April 30, 1722, and d. in Wind- ham June 4, 1806, æ. 84. Her mother, Anna MeNutt, d. in Windham Dec. 10, 1773, a. 92, and was buried in the old ceme- tery on the plain.
Soon after his marriage Mr. Davidson lived upon a farm in Tewksbury, Mass., which was known as the Bowland farm, and was owned in 1841 by Zadoc Rogers. He purchased land March 14, 1750, in Windham, and in May, 1752, he moved on to it. It is the farm now owned by B .- E. Blanchard, and adjoining land.
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GENEALOGIES : JESSE DAVIDSONS.
He was selectman in 1760, '61. He d. in Windham Sept. 27, 1799, æ. 79. She d. June 4, 1806, æ. 84. Children, four eldest b. in Tewksbury, others in Windham :
14. Sarah8, b. Jan. 23, 1746; m. Dec. 1764 (2d w.), Robert Alexander, b. May 16, 1725; res. in Bedford and Dunbarton. She d. Feb. 12, 1812. He d. March 3, 1818.
15. Anna8, b. Nov. 20, 1747; m. Dec. 25, 1770, Dea. John Anderson8, son of Samuel2 and grandson of James Anderson1, one of the first sixteen settlers of Londonderry, b. Londonderry about 1742. She d. July 11, 1805; he d. May 20, 1816; res. Windham. (See Anderson family.)
16. Jolin3 [38], b. March 5, 1750 (O. S.); m. Nov. 10, 1774, Mary Lancaster, b. June 27, 1747 ; d. Jan. 5, 1829.
17. James8 [47], b. Jan. 1, 1752; m. Feb. 10, 1778, Hannah Hemphill.
18. Mary8, b. March 17, 1754; m. Feb. 12, 1779, Samuel Anderson (a brother of Dea. John Anderson, of Londonderry), b. June, 1748; d. March 11, 1796; 6 ch. She m. 2d, Dec. 31, 1801, Dea. Robert Dinsmoor ("Rustic Bard "), and d. March 16, 1836 ; res. Windham. (See Dinsmoor family.)
CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND, BORN IN LONDONDERRY.
1. Sally4, m. Feb. 11, 1802, Wm. Gregg. (See Gregg family.)
2. Mary4, m. Feb. 14. 1804. JJames Wason; res. Hudson.
3. David1, b. 1782: m. April 12, 1804, Rebecca Davidson, of Dunstable.
4. Williams, m. Naney Williams, of Meredith.
5. Jane+, m. Nov. 7. 1809, Robert Holmes.
6. Patty4, m. 1814. her cousin Samuel Davidson, of Windham.
19. William3, b. May 3, 1756; d. May 5, 1761.
20. Jesse8, b. Oct. 19, 1758; m. 1786, Mary, dau. of Robert Dinsmoor, b. 1763, and d. Sept. 7, 1805. He m. 2d, March, 1806, Mrs. Rebecca (Burdett) Oakes ; res. Windham ; was a trader in Hudson, and rem. to Charlestown, Mass., where he d. Aug. 18, 1806. His first wife was a person of great strength of char- aeter ; d. of consumption at the home of her sister, Mrs. Samuel Armour, in Windham. His second wife d. Feb. 1820.
CHILDREN.
1. Margaret4, h. Windham, Oet. 5, 1788; m. John Coombs in Maine ; rem. to Cincinnati, O .; 5 ch .; Alfred survives ; lives in Spring- field, Ohio.
2. Sarah+, b. Windham. May 7, 1791; m Josiah Colby, of Bowdoin- ham. Me. He d. Nov. 1840; ch. : Josiah5, d. 1880. Sarah-E.5, in. Rev. Mr. Eaton. Rev. Louis', of Cambridge. Garner was one of the merchant princes of Boston, distinguished for his ability and benevolence. He endowed, in a princely manner, Colby University, of Waterville, Me.
3. Sophia+, b. Dec. 21, 1793; m. Simeon Booker; one son, Stetson5, h. Sept. 5, 1819: d. in San Francisco, Cal. She m. 2d, as 2d wife, Capt. David Storer, of Bowdoinham, Me. He d. June 8, 1841. She m. 3d, Aaron Ganno, of Hannibal, Me.
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GENEALOGIES : GEORGE DAVIDSON2.
4. Betsey+, b. Dec. 14, 1795 ; m. June 2, 1817, Jonathan Baker, b. Dec. 15, 1788, of Topsham; d. about Sept. 1839; ch. : George5, b. Oct. 21, 1818. Sarah5, b. July 10, 1820; d. Feb. 1821. John6, b. May 6, 1-22. James5, h. June 12, 1826. Charles6, b. Jan. 13, 1832. Mark5, b. May 25, 1836; d. Aug. 23, 1836.
5. Annis+, b. Aug. 21, 1801; d. Aug. 19, 1819.
6. Mary+, b. Oct. 22, 1802; m. Aaron Ganno, of Hannibal, Me .; she d .; one dau. d. in infancy.
7. Jesse-Oakes+, b. Feb. 1807.
21. William8 [56], b. Oct. 15, 1761 ; m. Dec. 14, 1790, Jane, dau. of John Barnet, b. June 24, 1765; d. May 23, 1832. He d. March 20, 1839.
22. Elizabeth8, b. May 14, 1766; m. Dec. 27, 1792, Eben- ezer Lancaster, b. Salem, Sept. 6, 1761. He d. Oct. 22, 1831. She d. Feb. 6, 1849. He rem. to Acworth, 1793.
CHILDREN.
1. John4, b. 1793; m. Mary Lemist; 3 ch.
2. Lucy+.
3. Daniel', graduated at Dartmouth College, 1821; became distinguished as a teacher and preacher ; author of History of Gilmanton, N. H.
4. Cynthia+.
5. Dorothy4.
6. Cyrus+, b. 1802.
7. Henry+.
8. Sarah+.
23. George2 [7] (William1) He was b. in Ireland ; lived in Tewksbury till Nov. 21, 1747, when he bought land, with build- ngs, near Stone Dam in Windham, of John Mackey or MeCoy. The place is now owned by Alpheus Goodwin. He m. Susanna Cristie. He was selectman 1751, and d. March 11, 1801, æ. 79 yrs. Children, b. Windham : -
24. Mary8 (or Margaret), m. James Dickey, and removed to Northport, Me.
25. Susanna3, b. Dec. 19, 1751; m. George Williams. (See Williams family.)
26. David3, b. Dec. 19, 1754; m. Elizabeth Dickey ; removed to Washington, N. H., and d. there; no ch.
27. Margaret3, b. May 11, 1757 ; d. young.
28. William3, b. April 10, 1760; d. young.
29. George3, b. Sept. 16, 1762. He lived near Beaver Brook and Pelham line, on the old road near the Mammoth. An old cellar and two large willows mark where the house stood. He was killed in Methuen in 1796, by falling under the wheels of his loaded wagon of grain as he was going to market at Salem, Mass. It was in the night, and when found in the morning the wheel was upon him, and he was dead and lying upon his face. He m. Janet, dau. of Col. James Gilmore, of Windham.
CHILDREN.
1. James-Gilmores, who was killed by the fall of a tree in Brooks, Me., In 1821.
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GENEALOGIES : DANIEL-GREGG DAVIDSON ..
2. Nancys.
3. Cristiet.
4. Susanna4, mn. Thomas Nesmith, of Belfast, Me.
5. George+.
6. Margaret4, m. - Flint, of Tyngsboro', Mass.
7. Nancys, m. and lived in same town.
30. Thomas8, b. May 2, 1765; m. Jennie Moore, dan. of Robert Moore, of Londonderry. She was b. June 7, 1769; d. JJune 22, 1841. He was a blacksmith and an excellent mechanic, and during the last years of his life he lived near No. 5 school- house, where his dau. Susan Davidson4 now lives. He d. Feb. 22, 1841.
CHILDREN, BORN IN WINDHAM.
1. Robert-M.+, b. Fcb. 3, 1792 : d. March 18, 1806.
2. Margaret+, b. Aug. 9, 1793; in. Sampson Marshall, of Hudson; d. Fcb. 9, 1877; 12 ch.
3. John-C.4. b. Dec. 17, 1794 : rem. to Utica. N. Y. : 12 ch. ; one son, Theodores, lives in Elinira, N. Y.
4. Mary-C.4, b. Aug. 16, 1796; m. Henry DeMerritt; res. Boston;
(. March 8, 1871. Ile d. Ang. 15, 1864, a. 65.
5. David-A.4, b. Nov. 4, 1798; res. Burlington, Vt. ; 3 sons.
6. Sarah+, b. Dec. 14, 1800; d. March 5, 1815.
William+, b. March 8, 1803; d. March 20, 1803.
8. Susanna+, b. March 28. 1804; res. in West Windham.
9. Mary-Anni, b. May 8, 1806; m. Israel Richardson, of Pelham. Ch. : Nehemiah-L.5. Ambrose5, Mandana5, Rhodas, Fidelias, and Joseph5. Robert-M.+. b. Oct. 4, 1808; dec .; res. N. Y.
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11. Smith-P.+, b. April 25, 1811; m. Miranda Savage, of Francestowu, b. April 17, 1822; d. March 3. 1858; m. 2d. Mrs. Lucinda-P. (Clement) Campbell, of Hudson, Sept. 13. 1870. He lived in West Windham, on McCoy farm; d. May 28, 1877; ch : Henry- I).5, b. Nov. 24, 1841 ; d. Nov. 13, 1845. Mary-J.5, b. Aug. 20, 1846; d. April 25, 1851. Albert-L.5, b. Oct. 4, 1849; m. 1881. Ida-F. Goss; res. Nashua. By second w. : Alice-D.5, b. March 19, 1872, and Jennie-L.5, b. Nov. 17, 1874.
12. Samuel-W.+, b. April 20, 1813; d. Jan. 13, 1862; in. Mary Kempton.
31. William8, b. Dec. 9, 1770; m. Anna, dau. of Dea. David Gregg; d. in Windham, June 11, 1828. She d. Feb. 22, 1844, æ. 81. Children of William and Anna (Gregg) Davidson, b. Windham :
32. Daniel-Gregg4, b. April 29, 1795; d. Nov. 13, 1836, æ. 41; m. Nancy, dau. of Henry Campbell. He started the tan- nery at Windham Centre, and carried on business. 3
Was suc- ceeded by his brother, David-A.4, and Algernon Nichols; was selectman 1827, '28, '29; d. where Mrs. Jane Cloyd lives.
CHILDREN.
1. Charles-Augustus5, b. Dracut, March 14, 1821 ; d. Oct. 27, 1825.
2. Daniel-Calvin5, b. Windham, Oct. 15, 1823; lived in West Windham ; d. 1876.
3. Isabella-Ann5, b. Jan. 1826; d. Aug. 24, 1827.
4. Hannah-Jane5, b. 1830; m. Ambrose Richardson. (See Richardson family.)
33. David-A.4, b. Windham, Aug. 6, 1798; d. Feb. 24, 1854.
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GENEALOGIES : DEA. JOHN DAVIDSON3.
Carried on the tannery business at the Centre, and was unsuccess- ful and closed it. He was made an elder in church in 1843, and was very active in church affairs. He m. Polly, dau. of James Clark. She m. 2d, R .- M. Campbell ; res. in Manchester; no ch.
34. Ann4, b. Feb. 7, 1800 ; m. Edward Fields, of Hudson ; 5 ch.
35. Nancy-S.4, b. Feb. 13, 1802; m. Levi Anderson, of Lon- donderry ; was a good singer, and member of the choir ; 2 ch.
36. Susanna4, b. June 13, 1804; m. Alfred Blodgett, of Charlestown, Mass.
37. William-C.4, b. March 18, 1807; lived at Charlestown, Mass.
38. Dea. John3 [16] (John2, William1) .*
He was b. in Tewksbury, Mass., March 5, 1750 (O. S.); m. Nov. 10, 1774, Mary, dau. of Henry4 and Dorothea (Harvey) Lancaster. He was of Amesbury, Mass .; b. 1742. Her father was son of John3, son of Joseph, Jr.2, son of Joseph Lancaster1, who was in Salisbury, Mass., in 1677, and was the first of the name in the country. Mrs. Davidson was b. in Amesbury, June 16, 1747 (O. S.). His father bought land in Belfast, Me., and gave to him. On May 20, 1770, he arrived in Belfast. It was then a wilderness, with only a few settlers living in their rude huts. John Tuffts, of Windham, was there. John Morison, of London- derry, had a lot of land alongside of Davidson's, and they built their camp together, and lived together one season. When the vessel which took them there arrived at Belfast, their goods were taken in a small boat and hurriedly unloaded on the beach, where the incoming tide would engulf them. It was then near sun- down, and their situation was perilous. No hut was reared ; no habitations near ; the raging sea on one side, and the howling
wilderness upon the other. With sad but not disheartened hearts they went to work, and before dark their goods were on high ground beyond the reach of the waves. They dared not strike a fire for fear of the Indians. Morison found his way to the house of Matthew Reid, four miles away. Davidson found shelter in the hut of John Barnet, two miles off. In two days they had their log-cabin built and covered with spruce bark, so as to be comfortable. Davidson then commenced elearing his land, cutting the cord-wood, and getting it to the landing. He got fifty cords ready for sale, but as coasters were unacquainted with the harbor, he could not make a sale for it; the wood was spoiled, and he burned it up to get rid of it. He returned to Windham in
* In the following sketch I give prominence to the details of his life, as it throws grent light upon the manners of the times, and the methods of life at that period. And his experience, too, shadows forth the hard- ships of his contemporaries ; and while all of this is of great interest now, it will be of much greater interest and value one hundred years hence. For the benefit and pleasure of those of the future, as well as those of the present, I have been thus minute in my delineation.
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GENEALOGIES : DEA. JOHN DAVIDSONS.
October, 1770, and spent the winter shoe-making. In the spring of 1771 he was again in Belfast, and by the following fall had land enough cleared to sow two bushels of rye, from which he raised about thirty-five bushels. In January, 1772, he started in a leaky vessel for Windham. After a ten days' voyage they arrived in Portsmouth, having suffered innumerable hardships. The next day after they landed the vessel sunk. To reach Windham he walked the entire distance, from forty to fifty miles, in the deep, light snow, and the weather intensely cold. In 1772 his framed house was built. In 1774 he was married, and his wife shared with him the hardships of a wilderness life. Soon after, the Revolutionary war broke in upon their life. The British were encamped near them, and they, rather than take the oath of allegiance to the British government, left their home and started for Windham. They came by water (with others), and at length arrived at Newburyport, and then at Haverhill. As soon as they arrived in Haverhill he went into the street to see if he could find any Windham man. He was fortunate in finding John Dinsmoor, Esq. He took them on board his ox-cart and brought them on their journey to the house of Dea. Samuel Morison (now L .- A. Morrison's), and they stayed over night at " Old Mr. William Thoms's" (now J .- W. Dinsmoor's), and the next day, July 9, 1779, he and his family reached his father's house near where B .- E. Blanchard now lives. Here they commenced life anew. Life was indeed before them; but their property had been left behind; their lands, their household furniture, their farming utensils, were left in the hands of the enemy. It was useless to repine, and Davidson went to work, as there was plenty to do. When work was searce he would go among the farmers and buy cloth and thread, and then he would go and peddle it, thereby making "an honest penny." In September, 1779, he and his brother Jesse bought a good quantity of cloth and thread, and then hired a horse, and they started for Thomas- ton, now Rockland, Me., where his cattle had been driven for security. There were no carriages in those early days, and peo- ple rode on horseback. So they journeyed along; one would ride and the other would walk. They reached Thomaston and found his cattle at Mr. John Dillaway's, in good condition. These he started for Windham. On the journey he sold one cow for money. Another cow and calf, which were not very good and were wearied with the journey, he swapped for a large, fine-look- ing horse, which the owner called valuable. It was a "horse trade," with which kind of trade few men, even of the present day, are satisfied. This horse had one fault, " it could n't eat hay."
He brought to his father's, in Windham, two pair of oxen, two cows, and three heifers. He sold a pair of fine oxen for paper money, which depreciated 66 per cent upon his hands. In April, 1780, he bought a small farm in town in "Goulding row," with miserable buildings, near where James Emerson now (1882)
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GENEALOGIES ; JAMES DAVIDSON4.
lives, in which he lived fourteen years. He was very poor and deeply in debt, and could hardly raise provisions enough for his family. About 1795 he bought the farm of "old Mr. Brown," near Pelham line, of sixty acres, for $750 "hard money," and six acres of meadow of Thomas Wilson for $19.66, and a second meadow of Wilson, of less than three acres, for $60, hard money.
In his journal he says : " I do desire the light of God's counte- nance more than any worldly prosperity. Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon me. Thou hast put gladness in my heart more than in the time when the corn and the wine in- creaseth. I trust and rejoice in the Lord under the various trials of life."
He was made an elder in the church in Windham during the ministry of Rev. Samuel Harris. The last years of his life he spent with his son William, in Lowell, having gone there in 1829, soon after the death of his companion. His wife, with whom he lived 50 yrs., d. in Litchfield Jan. 5, 1829. On the 25th of Octo- ber, 1835, his long and eventful life was closed, and full of years, at peace with God and man, his spirit passed into the invisible world to receive the reward for a well-spent life. Children : -
39. John4, b. Belfast, Sept. 18, 1775; m. Abigail Prouty, and settled in Aeworth in 1800.
CHILDREN.
1. Caroline5, b. Aug. 26, 1804; d. Aug. 31, 1804.
2. Orrin5, b. Sept. 22, 1805; d. Feb. 24, 1812.
3. Elvira5, b. May 6, 1808; m. Frederick Park ; settled in Springfield,
Vt .; one ch.
4. Caroline5, b. 1810; d. March 2, 1812.
5. Mary-A.5, b. Jan. 14, 1812; d. March 3, 1812.
6. Solon-D.5, b. Jan. 3, 1813; d. Oct. 26, 1815.
Helen-A.5, d. single.
8. Mary-L.5, b. Jan. 8, 1815; m. Amasa Woolson, Grafton, Vt.
9. George5, b. Dec. 18, 1818; d. July 19, 1825.
40. Dorothy4, b. Belfast, March 3, 1777 ; m. Thomas Tuffts, Jan. 28, 1800, b. May 27, 1774, in Belfast. (See Tuffts family.)
41. Sarah+, b. Belfast, March 11, 1779; m. Feb. 26, 1805, Allenson Senter, b. Oct. 25, 1779. (See Senter family.)
42. James4, b. Jan. 15, 1781, Windham. Settled in Acworth in 1806 ; m. Feb. 22, 1808, Jane Davidson, dau. of Francis, b. Dunstable, Dec. 26, 1785. She d. 1868, æ. 84. He removed to New Hudson, N. Y., in 1821, moving with his own teams 400 miles. The last ten miles he was obliged to ent his way through the woods, swimming his teams across a stream, and on an extempo- rized bridge carry over his goods. Among the savages in the wil- derness he made himself a home, and waited for civilization to reach him.
CHILDREN.
1. Summers, m. Sarah Ayers.
2. Mary-J.G, m. P .- B. Littlejohn.
3. Joshua-L.5, m. Phebe-A. Woodward.
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GENEALOGIES : DEA HENRY DAVIDSON4.
4. Stephen-1.6, m. Sarah Lancaster.
5. Rebeccas, m. N .- D). Bell.
6. Clarissas, m. Wmn. Mandeville.
7. Jamess, m. Melissa
8. John5, d. single.
43. Dea. Henry4, b. Windham, Jan. 30, 1783; m. Aug. 3, 1809, Jane-Wear, dau. of Dea. Robert Dinsmoor, b. Oct. 17, 1783; d. in Waldo, Me., April 5, 1817. He in. 2d, Sept. 9, 1819, Sarah her sister, b. Dec. 28, 1789; carpenter and farmer. After a few years' residence in Belfast, Me., he rem. to Waldo, and there his home was only half a mile from the Belfast line. Having quite a liberal education for those days, the various town offices fell to him, which he filled with great acceptance. He was justice of the peace; was postmaster for thirty years, and this position was not interrupted in 1847 by his removal to North Belfast, at the age of 75; in 1857, this office he resigned. He was a surveyor. He connected himself with the Congregational church in North Belfast, and was one of the foremost in carrying forward benev- olent enterprises, for which he contributed liberally of his means; was an elder in the church. He d. Jan. 26, 1864; she d. March 24, 1864.
CHILDREN.
1. Robert-Dinsmoor5, b. July 25, 1810; m. Oct. 26, 1834. Luey-A. Gid- ding, b. June 5, 1808 ; farmer; res. Chelmsford, Mass. ; ch. : Ma- ry-J.6, b. March 4, 1836; m. Nov. 23, 1856, Edward-Il. Ripley ; no ch. William-H.6, b. Oct. 15, 1840; d. at New Orleans, June 3, 1862. Sarah-A.6, b. Oet. 13, 1843; d. July 10, 1844. Abbie- Amelia", b. July 21, 1851 ; m. May 18, 1875, Randolph-W. Farley ; ch. : Bell-M.7, b. Oet. 1876; res Nashua.
2. John-Q .- A.5, b .. Waldo, Aug. 18, 1812; res. Belfast; m. Mary-E. Shep- ard, Dec. 13, 1842; b. Waldoborough, Me., Jan. 20, 1814: ch. : Janes, b. Oct. 22, 1843. Ann-S.6, b. Oct. 15, 1845. Mary-E.6, b. Oct. 8, 1847. John-S 6, b. Aug. 21, 1850; m. Mary-F. Smith, Aug. 3, 1873; res. Belfast ; one ch. : Morris-E , b. Aug. 23, 1874. Henrys, b. March 15, 1853. Lewis-F.6, b. Oct. 28, 1855. Wil- liam-R.6, b. June 12, 1859 ; d. Jan. 26, 1865.
3. Mary-E.6, b. Waldo, May 15, 1819; d. Ang. 19, 1825.
4. Sarah-J.5, b. Waldo, July 28, 1820,; m Alexander-Park Doak, of Bangor, b. April, 1810; d. April 15, 1876; she d. July 6, 1860; one ch. : Sarah-A.6, b. Dec. 28, 1856.
5. Clarissa-A.5, b. Waldo, March 17, 1824; m. Nov. 14, 1844, John Mc- Kinley, b. Feb. 23, 1822; res. Jackson, Me. ; ch. : Henry-D.6, b. Belfast, April 27, 1846. Anna-B.6, b. Aug. 24, 1850; m. Dec. 24, 1878, M .- C. Stevens; 2 ch. Clara-L.6, b. Dec. 14, 1852; m. Chas. - H. Merrian, of Templeton, Mass .; 3 ch. Margaret-II.º, b. April 8, 1858. John-H.6, b. Aug. 16, 1865.
G. Louisa5, h Waldo, April 7, 1825; m. Oct. 9, 1849, Jonas-B. Wilder, b. July 4, 1827; res. Gardner, Mass. ; ch. : Charles-W.c, b. Nov. 14, 1851 ; d. Oct. 2, 1852. Sarah-D.6, b. Nov. 14, 1851 ; m. Chas .- A. Spooner, Nov. 27, 1872; 3 ch. Harlan-P.6, b. Aug. 5, 1853. William-II.6, b. May 14, 1855.
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