SAMUEL THOMAS DOLE Windham in the Past SAMUEL THOMAS DOLE EDITED BY FREDERICK HOWARD DOLE AUBURN. MAINE MERRILL i. WEBBER COMPANY MCMXVI CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Township. CHAPTER II. The Early Settlers CHAPTER III. Indl\n Troubles and Military Affairs. CHAPTER IV. Ecclesiastical. CHAPTER V. Ecclesiastical (Continued) . CHAPTER VI. Division of the Common Lands. Disputed Boundary. Incor- poration OF the Town. Property of the Town. Poor Laws. General Characteristics OF THE Town. CHAPTER VII. Schools. CHAPTER VIII. Windham in the Revolution. CHAPTER IX. Windham in the War op 1812. CHAPTER X. Industries, Manufactures, Etc. g CONTENTS CHAPTER XI. Industries, ^Manufactures, Etc. (Continued). CHAPTER XII. Grocers and General Traders. Associations. CHAPTER XIII. AViNDHAM IN THE REBELLION. CHAPTER XIV. Early Homes, AIanners and Customs. Notable Incidents in THE Town's History. CHAPTER XV. Genealogy. APPENDIX I. Additional Genealogies. APPENDIX II. Town Officers. ilutrnfturtiflu by ttje iE&ttnr The following pages were written by the Author as a labor of love. During the last twenty years of his life, he was con- stantly collecting and arranging the material here presented to the reader. He had access to all of the town records, including those of the original Proprietors, of which he made a verbatim copy. Churches and Societies generously loaned him their record books. In the genealogical division of the work, he was, in most cases, assisted by the Windham representatives of those families whose record is given, where there were any such rep- resentatives left in the town. Church, town, and family records furnished his material for the genealogies of the older families, who had no present representatives in "Windham. He was pains- taking in establishing the truth of every statement herein made, and the keynote of the whole book is its absolute reliability. After the author's death, the AVindham Town History Com- mittee engaged the services of the present Editor to bring the History down to date (191-t), and to secure additional genealo- gies, either from those older families whom Air. Dole had not included in his work, or from those who had recently moved into AVindham. For this purpose, the Committee sent the Editor a list of about ninety names of representatives of such families, now resident in the Town. A printed request was mailed to each of these representatives to furnish such material as he wished included among the genealogies in this History. About four months later, the Editor made a personal call upon all of these people whom he was able to find at home, for the purpose of collecting this material. To the others he mailed a second request for the same. All who supplied said material have their genealogies included in Appendix I. In arranging these family records, however, the history of the family, prior to its entering AVindham, is, in most cases, omitted; except that the national origin has been given. Neither does the Editor claim to know, on his own authority, that the statements given in this set of 8 INTRODUCTION genealogies are correct; and the person who supplied the in- formation must, in all cases, be held responsible for their relia- bility. Both in the Author's behalf and his own, the Editor wishes to express his hearty thanks to those residents of Windham, past and present, who have assisted in maldng this History pos- sible, by furnishing material obtainable from no other source. As one who is no longer a resident and voter in the Town, the Editor feels perfectly free to congratulate the citizens of Windham for the practical interest which they have shown in the preservation of their town records, by voting funds for the publication of this work. Frederick Howard Dole. Medford, Mass., Jan. 17, 1916. WINDHAM IN THE PAST CHAPTER I The Township The history of Windham. Maine, commences on Thursday, Nov. 20th, in that far off year, 1734, when Abraham Howard and Joseph Blaney, Representatives of the ancient Town of Marble- head, presented a petition to the Great and General Court for His ^lajesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, in which they stated that said township was of very small extent and the inhabitants more numerous than in most towns of the Province, so that they were much straitened in their accom- modation. They, therefore, prayed for a "Tract of Land for a Township for such persons belonging to said Town of Marble- head as will settle thereon." Immediate action appears to have been taken on the foregoing petition, as the following entry in the Proprietors' Book of Records goes to show: "In the House of Representatives: Read and Voted: That there be and hereby is Granted a Tract of Land of the Contents of six miles square Lying Eastward and adjoining to the Township lately laid out to the Narragansett Grantees on the Back of Falmouth in the County of York. — And that John Wainwright Esqr., John Hobson and Daniel Epes Esqr., with such as the Honable Board shall appoint, be a com- mittee fully authorized to admit sixty inhabitants belonging to the Town of Marblehead that are most likely to settle and bring forward a new plantation, and that most need a grant of Land. And the Committee to lay out the said Township as also the first Division of Home Lotts in as defensible a manner as conveniently may be. The number of Lotts to be sixty-three, and to draw future divisions in equal proportions. Three of the aforesaid 1(1 WIiVDIIAVl IX 'I'lIK I'AS'l' Lotts or fliglits to be disposed of. One to the tii'st settled Min- ister, one to the Miiii«try. and the otlier to tlie use of the sehool. This to be eonfirnied iij)()ti the Grantees fulfilling tlie following eonditions. And for that l*urpose that the eonimittee shall have the sum of twenty-five pounds each for the perforrnanee. on con- dition that they he u])on the spot and have an house built eighteen feet square and .seven feet stud at the least, and also to have seven acres of Land brought to English Grass and fitted for mowing. That they settle a Learned Orthodox Minister and l)uild a con- venient Meeting-Ilouse for the publick worship of.(iod within five years of their admission and that each Grantee pay the said Committee five pounds upon their admission, which shall be used tor defraying the charge of the survey. The Remainder to tie improved for the publick Benefit of the Plantation and u{)0ii failure of the Performances. The Right of such as fail to revert to the Province as if no sudi Grant had l»^'en made. "in Council Read and ('oncurri-d and \VU,L1AM DUDLKV / ■ , , ^. Lsfiurs. are loxiird in the .\rrair. I'.BRNTRZF.R P(fRHU,r;\ ' ' ■■( 'on.sented to -I. Hki.ciikk. "Examined Pr. Thaodkis Mason l)e[)t. Secty." At the Massacliusetts State House the Court Reeords show that the petition was pasjsed in the House of Representatives De<'. 14, 1784. and in the Council, on the 17th. In accordance with the foregoing vote of tlie General Court, the Committee appointed for that purpose repaired to Marblehead and admitted sixty of the inhabitants as Proprietors or Grantees of the new Township. A list of these, with tlu^ nvnidier of their indivitiual lots, will be given later. Their next action was as follows: " W a meeting of several of the Grantees. Ebenezer Hawkes. .Mr. Thomas, and William Goodwin were appointed to accompany the Great and General Court's Committee to assist and advise in locating and laying out sd. Tract of Land with the First Division of Home-Lots." Accordingly, on April 19, 1735, they assembled at Marble- head, with .Ml'. Rowland Houghton as surveyor employed by the Court's committee who accompanied them. They repaired to the grant of laud and returned on the J7tli of Mav, 1735. TFIF. TOWXSIIIP 11 The following is Mr. Hougliton's report: "Province of Massachusetts Bay. — ^At tlie desire of the (,'oui- missioners of the Great and General Court Appointed in Decem- ber last to Lay out the contents of a Township six miles square with the first Division or Home liotts therein, on the Hack of the town of Falmouth in Casco l^ay. In answer to the Petition of Abraham Howard and Josepli Blaney Esqui-s. in Behalf of sun- dry inhabitants of Marblehead. 1 have repaired with said Com- mittee aecompani(Ml l)y a comiiiittee of the (irantees to the new G]-aiited Townsliip and hiid nut jtnd Plotted the same with the Home Lotts, having two eliHirmen to assist me namely Capn. Dominieus Joi-dan & Mr. Samuel Proctor, and in the proceeding therein 1 acted faithfully and according to my best skill. We began at a Place called Saearipy-Falls in tlie Presumpscot River and so as the River runs to a Great Pond called Great Sebago Pond — Thence North 45 Kast 4 miles 120 rods. Thence South 45 East to .Vth Yarmouth Back Line. — Thence .') miles south 45 west to the cornel- of North Yarmouth and Falmouth Bounds south 24. 20 minutes west 8 miles and 60 Rods to Sacaripy Palls. The Plan was taken upon a scale of 200 rods to the inch, and contains Twenty-five-thousand six hundred acres Ponds and Rivers included. And we judged according to our best observa- tion there was no more than the contents of six miles square of land in the Township Exclu.sive of water, wliicli is humbly sub- mitted. ■'By yr Hours most Obdt Servt RowhAXf) ILtT'OHTON'. May ye L"). 17:^5. ''Kxainined pr. Tii.\i>r)Rrs .Mason Dep. Secty.'' "hi the House of Re})resentatives June ye IS. 17:^5. tlie fore- going report was Read and it was Ordered that the Survey and Plott be and lierel)y is accepted and the Lands therein Delineated and Described are Accordingly Confirmed unto the Grantees Admitted by a Comtee of the Court On Petition of Abraham Howard & Joseph Blaney Esqrs. in of sundry Inhabitants of Marblehead in Dec. last. Their Heirs and Assigns forever Respectively. Provided the Petitioners their Heirs and Assigns Effectually comply with and Perform the Conditions afforesaid in all Respects. Provided also that the 12 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Plott exceeds not the quantity of six miles square Exclusive of Pond & Water & does not interfere with any other Grant. A true Copy. "Examined pr. Thaddeus Mason. Depty Secry." The foregoing action of the General Court is important and interesting, as it is the foundation on which rests all the land titles in Windham at the present time. On June 27, 1735, the committee appointed for that purpose met at Marblehead and proceeded to dispose of the sixty-three home lots as follows: The first lot, or Number One, was disposed of for the use of the school, "Bounded at the North-westermost end of sd. Division of Home-Lots at a Large Pine tree marked E. B. 1, and on the North Eastward on a Road or Highway, sd. Highway being about half a mile from Presumscot River, and on said Road or Highway to measure in breadth Ten Rods from sd. Pine tree, South East- ward, and from sd. Road or Highway and Return on Right angles and parallel lines home to Presumpscot River, be it more or less." The remainder of the lots were bounded in the same manner as Number One, each being laid out ten rods wide and ends bounded east by the main road and west by the Presumpscot River. These lots extended 630 rods on the main road, beginning at the pine tree that marked the "North-westermost" end of the home lots and ended near the present Westbrook line. The venerable pine stood nearly opposite the residence of the late John Webb, Esq., and was destroyed by lightning in the early part of the last century. Its site is marked by a stone monument placed there by the town authorities many years ago. The following is a list of the Grantees, with the lot drawn to each name: School. Calley Wright. Capn. Robert Parramore, Mariner. Revd. Mr. George Pigot. ^lieha Bowden, Carpenter. Samuel Stacey, tertiiis present, Master. Ebenezer Hawkes junr. Blacksmith. Richd. Dana, Gentleman. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. THE TOWNSHIP 13 No. 9. John Reed, Shoreman. No. 10. Thomas Wood, Sailmaker. No. 11. Robert Bull, Glazer. No. 12. Thomas Chute, Taylor. No. 13. Col. John Palmer. No. 14. Nicholas Edgeeome, Shoreman. No. 15. Capt. Peter Coleman. No. 16. James Sharrar, Servant to No. 17. Nathaniel Bartlett, Innholder. No. 18. Benjamin Dodge, Chairmaker. No. 19. Joseph Majory, Shoreman. No. 20. Jonathan Proctor, Shoreman. No. 21. John Stacey. Innholder. No. 22. Richard Reed, Sailmaker. No. 23. John Bailey, Brewer. No. 24. Ebenezer Stacey, Shoreman. No. 25. Thomas Bartlett, Fisherman. No. 26. James Perryman, Innholder. No. 27. Moses Galley, Shoreman. No. 28, RoberfHooper, Merchant. No. 29, Joseph Gallison, Shoreman. No. 30, Nathan Bowen, Gentleman. No. 31. James Skinner, Gentleman. No. 32. Abraham Howard, Esquire. No. 33. Ministry. No. 34. First Settled Minister (Rev. John Wight) No. 35. Nathaniel Cogswell, Joyner. No. 36. Benjamin Hendly. No. 37. Samuel Lee, Esquire. No. 38. Benjamin James, junr.. Fisherman. No. 39, Francis Bowden. No, 40. Rev. Wm. Edward Holyoke, No. 41. John Oulton, Esq. No. 42. Isaac Mansfield, Joyner. No. 43. Jedediah Blaney, Carpenter. No. 44. Joseph Howard. No. 45. Joseph Sweet, Merchant. No. 46. Samuel Brimblecome, Shoreman. No. 47. Joseph Griffin. No. 48. Capt. Joseph Smithurst, Mariner. 14 WINDHAM IN THE PAST No. 49. William Ingals, Shoreman. No. 50. Jeremiah Allen, Merchant. No. 51. John Felton, Shoreman. No. 52. Joseph Blaney, Esq. No. 53. Andrew Tucker. Shoreman. No. 54. Humphrey Devorix. No. 55. Nathaniel Evans. Chairmaker. No. 56. John Homan. No. 57. William Mayberry. Blacksmith. No. 58. William Goodwin, Carpenter. No. 59. Thomas Frothingham, Hatmaker. No. 60. Ebenez*^r Hawkes. Blacksmith. No. 61. Giles Ivreamy, Carter. No. 62. Isaac Turner, Joyner. No. 63. James Pearson. Painter. The residence of all these grantees was Marblehead. except Ben.iamin Dodge of Beverly, Nathaniel Cogswell of Haverhill, »nd James Pearson of Newbury. By an act of the General Court, June 19. 1735, the Grantees were empowered, as a cor- poi-ate body, to choose officers, hold meeting's, and ti'ansact the business of their township. By vii'tue of this act. the "Pi'0])i'ietoi's. " as they are styled henceforward, held theii- first rej^ular meeting at .Mai'blehead, on June 27, 1735. The following are the several votes then and there passed with reference to the improvement of the new town- ship: "Abraham Howard was Chosen Moderator for this Present Meeting. "William Goodwin was Chosen Props. Clerk. "Voted, that a Comtee be Chosen at this meeting. "Voted, that there be five men Chosen for a Comtee. "Voted, that William Goodwin, Joseph Blaney, Esq., Abra- ham Howard, Esq., John Oulton, Esq.. and Mr. Nathan Bowen be the Comtee. "Voted, that Joseph Blaney, Esq.. be Treasurer. "Voted, that the Comtee Draw up what they think proper for the best Method in order for the speedy Carrying on of the Settle- T 1 J K ■!'( ) W N S 1 1 1 1 • 15 ment for the good of the Propis. and report the same for their Consideration at the adjournment of this Meeting. "Voted, to adjourn to Friday next, being the fourth day of July next at four of the Clock in the afternoon. July 4, 1735." The Pro])rietoi's met. according to adjoni-ninent, and the Com- mittee appointed at the previous meeting reported as follows : "Whereas the Lot number one extends half a mile from Pre- sumscot River to a large Pine Tree Marked E. B. 1, being on the Northermost Corner of the Range of Lots on the Main Road, and by mistake of the Surveyor, the Main Road is ^o laid out that the other End of the Range of Lots measures at least three (juarters of a mile, which is a great inconvenieney, the furthermost End of the Road being so far from the River." In order to remedy this mistake it was "Voted, that for bringing Each of the Lots as near as possible to the contents of ten acres, the said Road or Highway be now Run. Beginning at the aforesd Pine Tree marked E. B. 1. and to Run straight such a Course, (as near as possible) on a parallel line with the Common Course of the River through the whole of the Lots, so as to make both Ends of the Range of the Lots on an equal depth from sd. River and that each Lot Shall Return at a Right Angle from the sd. Road to the River. "Voted, that Each Home Lot have Ten Acres more of Land added to it on the other side of the Main Road, at the front of sd. Lots and to correctly measure on the same lines and the same Breadth as they will be when altered according to the foregoing vote, and the sd. addition to be accepted by and Divided among the several Propts. of the Lots which are opposite to them. "Voted, that the Main Road at the front of the Range of Home Lots and the three roads from sd. Main Road to the River, Be as soon as Conveniently can be done Cleared and made as passable as may be thought proper for the present, at the General Charge of the Proprietors or Grantees that the bounds of each Lot may be easier found and Improved. "Voted, that for carrying on of the Proprietors ^leetings for the Future, that hencefoward there shall be Annually a Pro- prietors' Meeting Called on the first Thursday of the Month of 16 WINDHAM IN THE PAST March, until otherwise ordered by the Proprs and the Comtee for the time being are hereby Impowered to Issue out their Noti- fication signed by the Clerk pr. their Order for sd. Meeting, and at sd. Meeting to make Choice of a Clerk and any other Officers for the year Ensuing, and also Transact any other Business Sig- nified in the Notification; and this Comtee shall have power to call any other meeting or meetings as Occasion shall call for, always having regard to the several Laws made and provided in such cases. "Voted, that all the Notifications and Meetings of the Pro- prietors During the term of five years shall be at the Town House in Marblehead and not Elsewhere. "Voted, that when and as often as Ten or more of the Propers shall judge a Propers meeting to be necessary they signifying the same under their hands to the Comtee for the time being, with Reasons and Occasions thereof, the sd. Comtee shall within two days after such application made to them Order a notifica- tion for calling sd. meetings to act upon such affairs as shall be laid before them by sd. Proprietors." "Aug. 8, 1735, at a meeting of the Propers or Grantees held according to notification. "The notification Read: ^ "Voted, ^Ir. Richard Dana be Chosen ^Moderator for this pres- ent meeting. "Voted, whether a Sawmill ])e built at a General Charge. Passed in the Negative. "Voted, that the affair Relating to the Granting of a place for a Sawmill be omitted for the present, no person of the Proprietors appearing to undertake the same. "Voted, that this meeting be adjourned to Thursday the 21st Instant at 3 of the clock in the afternoon." "Aug. 21st, 1735. At the adjournment, it was "Voted, that the Affair of the Boundary lines between the Tract of Land and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth be Deferred till further Consideration. "Voted, that the affair of new Running the Roads at the head THE TOWNSHIP 17 of the Lots be Deferred till some persons present themselves to go on the Land in order to clear the Roads. "Voted, that the sum of Thirty Five pounds nine shillings be Raised on the Proprietors or Grantees in order to make up the sum to pay the several Accts. which are allowed. ''Voted, that the sum of Forty Shillings be added to the aforesd sum of Thirty Five Pounds nine shills To purchase a Suitable Book to Record all further Business Relating to this Society of Proprietors," "Dec. 13, 1735. At a meeting of the Proprietors according to Notification. "The Notification being Read ^Ir. John Bailey was Chosen Moderator of this present meeting. "Voted, that the Great and General Court be petitioned for the Effectual Establishing of the Bounds and line between the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth and the Tract of Land granted Proprs or Grantees. "Voted, that the Present Comtee, Viz: John Oulton, Esq., Joseph Blaney, Esq., Mr. Nathan Bowen, and William Goodwin, be and hereby are Impowered in the name and behalf of the Propers or Grantees to Petition the Great and General Court to appoint some Suitable persons to Establish & Settle the Boundary line between the sd Tract of Land and the head line of Falmouth & North Yarmouth and that the same be forwarded as soon may be. "Voted, that a sufficient Cart Bridge be built over the Pre- sumscot River at the General Charge of the Proprs or Grantees in the most Convenient place above Sacaripy Falls, and be built as soon as the season will permit. "Voted, that the affair of building the public ^Meeting House be Deferred till further Consideration. "Voted, that there be three suitable persons appointed to cversee and carry on and perfect the building of the aforesd Bridge and Likewise to new lay out the Home Lots and Clear the Roads according to former votes. "Voted, that William GoodAvin. ]\Ir. Isaac Turner and Mr. Ebenezer Hawkes be the persons appointed for sd. work. IS Wl.VnilWI IN THE PAST "Voted, tluit the sum of Twenty six shillings be Leveyd and Raised on each of the sixty drawn lots as an additional Tax to the Forty Shillings formerly voted, and the same to be paid into the Treasury at or before the sixteenth day of March next En- suing and to be drawn out for the Defraying the Charges which shall arise in the building of the Bridge and Clearing the Roads and new laying out the first Division of Home Lots. "March ye 3, 1737. At the Annual Meeting, Mr. Ebenezer llawkes was Chosen Moderator for sd. meeting. "Voted, Mr. William Goodwin be Clerk for the year Ensuing. "Voted, that Suiificient Bridges be Built over the Several Brooks or Runs of water so as to make passable for Carts from the Bridge over Presumseot River to the fartherCiSt home lot from sd. Bridge. "Voted, whether the Publiek Meeting House be Iniilt as soon as may be. Passed in the negative." The foregoing votes, copied verbatim from the Proprietors' P.ook of Records, give us some idea of the interest these men had in their grant, and the efforts put forth to effect its settlement. The three cross-roads mentioned ran from the main road to the Presumpscot River and were located as follows: The first, between Home Lots 12 and 13; the second, between 32 and 33; and the third, between 52 and 53. The locations of the first and last were changed in 1761 to suit the convenience of the settlers. The clearing of the roads and building the necessary bridges over the brooks, several of which existed wdthin the limits of the home lots, was doubtless a heavy tax on the Proprietors. Never- theless, on Dec. 11, 1735, they voted to ''build a Bridge across the Presumpscot above the falls at Sacaripy," as they believed their grant extended to that point. Accordingly, we tind that the bridge was built and henceforth known as the "Great Bridge." The cost of building the bridge and clearing the road to the home- lots was £293.18.9, and it was also "Voted, to allow John Giles and Nathan Millet £10 each for their labors, and in Recompence for the casualty that befell them in said service." What hap- pe)ied to these gentlemen, history saith not. but there the vote stands approved, after the lapse of nearly two centuries. The above bridge, while it was doubtless a great convenience to the ■nil-: •rdWNsiiiP 39 settlers of New iNIarblehead, as AViiidhaiii was then called, was also a source of much expense to them ; as, from spring freshets, floating ice and logs, it frequently sustained serious injuries. Hence it was never regarded with much favor by most of the Proprietors. The First Meeting House The Proprietors of New ilarblehead having thus partially fitted their grant for settlement, now took measures to fulfill another important condition imposed by the Great and General Court, namely: "To build a convenient Meeting House for the public worship of God." The first notice we fiiid of any action on their part in regard to this condition was on Dec. 11, 1735, when it was ''Voted, that the affair Of building the publick Meeting House be deferred for further Consideration." On ]\Iarch 3. 1737, a similar vote passed in the "negative." Put, on June 9th of that year, it was "Voted, that the Publick Meeting House be built as soon as may be." At the same time it was also "Voted, that the Present Comtee shall take under their Con- sideration of what dimension and form, with the price (as near as possible) of the Meeting House, and lay the same before the Proptrs or Grantees at the Adjournment of this meeting for their approbation." At tlie adjournment, tlu^ ('(Hiimittee tlicn i'e)>ofted tliat. in their o|)j)iion, "a meeting house suitable for sd. Township at present be about forty feet long and thirty feet wide and ten feet high from the bottom of the cell (sill) to the upside of the plate, the building of which so as to make convenient accommodation will cost near one hundred pounds." ''Voted, that the Publick Meeting House be built on the \\esternmost corner of the lot of ten acres to be laid to the min- isterial lot." This was on Home Lot No. 33. on the easterly side of the main road, near the residence of the late Col. Edward Anderson. "Voted, that a space of ten poles square be cleared arround 20 WINDHAM IN THE PAST or where sd. Meeting House be built, to prevent its being sett on fire by any fire that may happen in the woods. ''Voted, that the present Comtee Mr. John Bayley, Mr. Nathan Bow en and Capt. Benj. Hendley be and hereby are Im- powered to agree with and Oversee the Workmen in order for Erecting and Completing sd. house so far as shall be needful for the Present. "Voted, that the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds be assessed on the Proptrs or Grantees according to their several Kights and to be paid into the Treasury on or before the first day of August next for Defraying the Charge of building sd. Meet- ing House and Clearing the Land according to the aforesd votes, and that the Comtee be and hereby are Impowered to draw out of the Treasury the sum of sixty pounds for the carrying on of sd. work, and to lay their accounts before the propters or Grantees at a meeting called for that purpose for their acceptance and allowance. "Voted, that Mr. Thomas Chute be desired to inquire after any persons that may have or shall hereafter cut off any timber from the lands, and report the same to the proprietors." From the old Book of Records we learn that the committee for building the meeting house in a short time made a contract with Mr. Nathaniel Cogswell, one of the grantees, to build the meeting house according to the aforesaid votes. It also appears that Mv. Cogswell came here and commenced his work, and had made considerable progress, when the work was suddenly ar- rested by the Indians, who claimed the land on both sides of the Tresumpscot River. By threats and menaces they so frightened the workmen that they left the building in an unfinished state and returned to their homes. This unlocked for interruption so dis- heartened the Proprietors that they petitioned the committee for a meeting to consider the best course to be taken in the matter. The petition, which bears date of "March ye 16th, 1738," is as follows: "To Mesrs. John Bayley. Benj. Hendley and Nathan Bowen, the present Committee to the Proprs. or Grantees of the Tract of Land laid out on the back of the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth adjoining to the Presumscot River in the County of THE TOWNSHIP 21 York. The Desire of us the Subscribers, (being Propers, in Common to sd. Tract of Land), Humbly sheweth, that whereas Information hath been Given in a Letter from Mr. Thomas Chute of Falmouth, that the Indians hath forbid the proceeding of the workmen in Building the Meeting House on sd. Land which hath not only put a stop to said proceeding, but is also of great discouragement to those who designed Settlement on their several Lotts this Spring (The time being near Expiring for said settlement according to the Conditions of the Great and General Court). Wherefore our Desire is that a meeting of the Proprs. or Grantees be called as soon as may be, to consider and ■vote whether it be not most for the benefit of the Proprietors of said Land, that some suitable person or persons be appointed in the name and at the Charge of the said propers. To have some Confrence with the Indians who claim the sd. Lands, In order to know" their demands and Intentions That they may Lay the same before the Government for their advice and direction in our further proceeding in said Settlement. And to Choose a Collector in the Room or Stead of INIr. Michael Bowden, who Refuses to serve in sd. office, or Order and appoint some other way for Raising or Gathering sd. money for the payment of the several Accts. which have been accepted and allowed. "Marblehead, March ye 16, 1738. Ebenezer Hawkes, Richard Reed, Jeda. Blaney, Samuel Brimbiecom, Andrew Tucker, Joseph Sweet, Robt. Hooper Jr., John Palmer, Ebenezer Hawkes Jr.. Joseph Griffin. "A true Copy. Attest, William Goodwin, Clerk." In response to the foregoing petition, the committee issued a call for a Proprietors' meeting to be held at the town house in Marblehead, on April 3d, 1738. They met, accordingly, and chose Mr. John Bayley Moderator; and, among others, the fol- lowing votes were passed: "To see if there should be a Comtee chosen to treat with the Indians, and it was passed in the Affirmative. ''Voted, that there should be three men chosen for that pur- pose. 22 WIN'DIIAM l.\ THK PAST "Voted, that Joseph Blaney Esq., William Goodwin and Capt. Robert Parramore, or either two of them be. and hereby are appointed a Comtee in the name of the Proptrs to apply them- selves to his Excellency the Governor (and Council if need be) for his or their Advice and Direction for their proceeding in the most Effectual w^ay to treat with the Indians in order to know their Demands and Intentions, so as to bring the matter in Dis- pute betwppn thcrii and the Pi'opirs to a .speedy Issnt^ or Settle- ment. Nothing on the Px'oprietors" records appears to show tiiat any action w^hatever was taken in regard to the foregoing votes; neither do we find that ]Mr. Cogswell fully finished his contract, and the meeting house remained as he left it. a mere shell, desti- tute of floors, windows, and doors. The Indians, who gavr our aneivstors so inm-h trouljlc. were Chief Polin's band, who had their dwelling place around Lake Sebago and adjacent lakes and streams, and were the uncompro- mising foes of the w-hite settlers. We know but Utth- in regard to these Indians. Thomas L. Smith, in his "History of Wind- ham." calls them the Rockameecooks, and theii- chief. Poland, but fails to give his authority for these names. Sevei ill years ago. Rev. George M. Bodge, a native of Wind- ham, while searching among the musty archives of Massachusetts, found an ancient docuinenl. which ihrows considerable light on this hitherto dark subject. From this report, which i« entitled an ''Indian Conference." we learn that, on Aug. lOth. 17:^9. Polin accompanied Capt. Joi-- dan (Doininicus doubtless), whom he calls his friend, ami visited the Governor of Massachusetts. The Chief addressed the Governor and Council, thus proving that the meeting was at Boston. From the rough draft it appears that the clerks recorded the conversation as it went on. and after- wards wrote out a revised account of what M^as important. The following is a copy of the revised paper, and is entitled "Conference Between His Excellency Ye Govr. & Polin Sachem of Pesumscots." Govr. — "How do you do. I am glad to see you." Indian — "We have had a mind to wait on yo'r Excellency a great while and now are come to do it and Salute vou. ■I' I IK TOWN',-- 1 in* 23 "Your Excellency when ye Treaty was (iiscliar;j:(Ml was pleased to say yt if anything should hai)p(>n yt we conhl not understand or did not approve of wee should itiforni \i- Ex- cellency of it : and what we arc most agrieved at is that the River Pesunscot is dained up so that ye passage of yc Kish wch is our food is obstructed and yt Col. Westhi-ook did i)roinise abt two years ago yt he would leave o])cii a i)lacc in y c Dam and yc fish should have a free passage up ye sd Ri\ei- into ye Pond in ye proper Season but he has not |)e)'formcd. and yt wc ai'e thereby deprived of our propei- food. It was agieed yt y<' Bounds of ye Settlement made l)y >«' English ksliould lie known nnd yt the English are encroaching upon our Lands which wc never knew or understood was Lawfully piiich.-isrd :\i\(\ nm\r yi yc English may not be allowed to si'tth- any fm-rhcr as yd and yt yr (lov- ernment would put a stop to yc settlement on these Lands at present, and yet ye English I mpi-o\-ements eansed y Hunting to be very difficult so yt we cannot g(n our trade as usual, and we should be glad to have a trade on Lesnmscot Rivei-. "" Govr. — "How many fannlics have you at l*resumi)scot ? "' Indian — "About 25 nien besides women anlock-IIousc, and other Con- veniences for the use of the Inhabitants, Promising that they would build another ]\leeting-IIouse in case of want thereof at their own charge; And accordingly the said House was taken down by the settlers before the Grantees or Proprs could be assembled to act thereon; Whereby your Respondents acted nothing Relating to their Request or Desire & by this means only are they without a proper place to meet in as they com- plain. Notwithstanding your Respondents ai-e always willing to bear their proportionable Charge in Calling. Settling and Supporting a suitable Person to preach the Gospel among them Provided they as Inhabitants will agree with and Oblige them- selves to pay said Person. We the Nonresidents paying our part with them according to Our Several Interests, so far as is or shall be appropriated and laid out in particular by Butts and Bounds (although not improved) after the usual custom of Poles are Rated according to law. But we are not willing to pay any thing for our Right in the Common and Undivided Land, for that the Inhabitants have the whole benefit of it as also of the appropriated Land not fenced nor improved, belong- ing to the Nonresidents which we humbly leave to your Hours Judgment and Direction. Your Respondents further Humbly Petition this Honble Court That you would be pleased to In- form yourselves of the Present Condition of the Settlement made on Said Township. Agreeable to the Conditions of the Grant made by this Honble Court, and Confirm the said Grant to the Original Grantees and their Lawfull Representatives accordingly. And that your Hours would be pleased to incor- porate said Inhabitants into a Town or District, with all the powers and privilegs thereof, that they may Act within them- selves for the future as your Hours in your great Wisdom shall see meet. And in Duty Bound your Humble Respondents and Petitioners shall Ever Pray. . ^, 1 T^ 1 ij? "Ebenr Stagey, m the name and Behalf ^, -^ ..IT-, o ,, Nathan Bov^en, oi the Proprs &c, „^ WiLLM Goodwin. ECCLESIASTICAL 101 Upon the petition and answer given above, the General Court took action, and a committee of both houses was appointed to report. This report was to the effect that the original record of the grant was destroyed When the Boston townhouse was burnt, and it was asked that the Proprietors should lay before the Court their original grant at the next session. This report was accepted and passed both houses, on January 12, 1758. The settlers, however, had become impatient at the slow motion of both Proprietors and Court; and after waiting till near the beginning of another year, they sought again to move the Court with another petition, presenting their grievances in a somewhat new light. This, together with the answer of the Proprietors and accompanying papers, still preserved in the ilassachusetts Archives, gives us so many important facts relat- ing to the early history of Windham that we give them complete below. The death of Mr. Wight to whom the usual minister's right had been given was a great disaster to both Proprietors and Settlers. The Proprietors had fulfilled their obligations in set- tling a minister, and his right descended to his heirs. The Proprietors could not grant rights to successive candidates. They had no inducement for a second minister, and they felt it to be a hardship that the settlers should call upon them to make further sacrifices in settling another, as they were, in no wise, to blame for the loss of the first. To the General Court they presented the claim that they had fulfilled the condition of their grant, and their records show this conclusion. The records show also that they passed several votes appointing committees to investigate the condition of the settlement and the iiceds of the settlers, and granting them assistance in sustain- ing the ministry in the township ; but the committees failed to serve until the patience of tlic settlers was exhausted, and their discontent found expression in petitions, the result of which we see in the report of the committee previously given. John Wight, son of the first minister, being by his father's right a Proprietor, and also being well acquainted with the conditions of the settlement, became quite active as an agent for the Proprietors. He was chosen again, after the report made April, 1759, at a Proprietors' meeting held June 22, 1759, to collect the unpaid taxes of the delinquent Proprietors. His 102 WINDHAM IX THE PAST report is valuable, as showing the changes in proprietorship, which the first twenty years of the township had made. It will be noticed that many of the grantees had sold out entirely to new settlers or to other grantees, and that a majority of the original Proprietors were dead. The following is the report as it appears on the Proprietors' records: "Tax Laid Upon the Original Rights in New IMarblehead, June 22, 1759 "Lot No. 1. The Heirs of Galley Wright. 2. The Heirs of Robt Parramore. 3. The Heirs of Rev. George Pigot. 5. Michael Bowden. 6 & 24. Ebenr Stacey. 7. The Heirs of Ebenr Hawkes. Jr. 8 & 50. Richard Dana. 9. Capt. Dunn, Representative. 10 & 12. Thomas Chute. 11, 19, 26, 38 & 57. William Mayberry. 13 & 30. Nathan Bo wen. 14. Thomas Stevens. 15. The heirs of Peter Coleman. 16. The heirs of James Sharrah. 17. The heirs of John Farmer. 18. The heirs of Benj. Dodge. 20. Jonathan Procter. 31. Heirs of James Skinner. 34 & 35. Heirs of Rev. John Wight. 36. Abraham Anderson. 37. Heirs of Samuel Lee, Esqr. 38. Benjamin Wait. 40. Edward Holyoke. 41. John Oulton's heirs. 42. Isaac Mansfield. 43. Phineas Jones' heirs. 44. Joseph Howard. 45. Heirs of Joseph Swett. 46. Brown & Putnam. 47. John Stevens. 48. 53 & 56. Joseph Smithhurst's heirs. )t No. 49. 51. 52 22. 23. 25. 27. 28. 29, 54. 55. 58. 59. 62. 63. ECCLESIASTICAL 103 Heirs of Wni. Ingals. John Felton ; Harmson 's heirs. & 61. Joseph Blaney, Esqr. Major Richd Reed. The heirs of John Bailey. The heirs of Harmson. The lieirs of ]\Ioses Galley, Esqr. Robert Hooper, Esqr. 32 & 60. Ebenezer Hawkes. Humphrey Devorux. Nathl Evans. William Goodwin. Samuel Turner. William Knights. Timothy Pike." "Petition of the Inhabitants of New Marblehead "Province of the Massachusetts Bay. "To his Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr., Capt. General-in chief in and over the said Province, the Honble his Majesty's Council & house of Representatives in Genl Court assembled, Dec. 28, 1758. "The Petition of the Inhabitants of a place called New jMarblehead in the County of York. "Humbly Sheweth, That they labor under great Difficulties for want of having the Gospel preached amongst them having never had a proper Meeting-House at all nor a Minister these many years, for what the Proprietors formerly in part built and called a ^Meeting-house was nothing more than the name of one never answered the Purpose and is long since gone to Ruin; Neither have said Inhabitants had any Minister with them for these five years past, excepting one winter they themselves hired a gentleman to preach which they were poorly able to do, being but twenty-eight in number and in low circumstances. Their distressed condition they have often presented to the Proprietors and begged their assistance, but they altho' sixty in number are all non-Residents excepting four; and having given a small part of a right to some or other of the Inhabitants for settling, own more than three-quarters of the Township yet, and not- 104 WINDHAM IN THE PAST withstanding their unimproved lands are daily advanced in value by the Improvements made by the Inhabitants, yet they are deaf to all their Cries and refuse to be at any Expense that they may have a settled Ministry amongst them, by means thereof they have been obliged to live like Heathen, To remedy which, your Petitioners about two years ago applied to the Honble the Genl Court, for Relief, and the matter was then in part enquired into, but for wdiat Reasons your Petitioners can- not tell never came to an issue, so that they have remained in the same bad situation ever since. Your Petitioners are not only sufferers in the above particulars, but their children are also bred up in ignorance for want of a School, having never had one in the place since the first settlement thereof, altho' near or quite twenty years since. For not having incourage- ment of the Proprietor's the numbers of the Inhabitants have increased but slowly and not one-half requisite by law to trans- act Town affairs. Wherefore, it was not possible for them to legally raise money among themselves for the support of a school or any other Use that miglit be for the good of the whole. These difficulties your Petitioners have long suffered and must yet longer unless relieved by this Ilonble Court. Wherefore, they humbly your Excellencies and Honours, that a tax may be laid on the Non-Resident Proprietor's Lands, in said Town- ship, in Order to raise a fund for building a Meeting-House and supporting a Minister amongst them and that said Inhabit- ants may have power to Raise & collect money amongst them- selves for the support of a School in said Township, or any other use that may be judged by the major part of said Inhabitants for the benefit of the whole; or that they may otherwise have Redress, as to your Excellency and Honours known wisdom ?nd Goodness shall seem meet, and your Petitioners in duty bound will ever pray. "Abraham Anderson, John Farrow, John ^lanehester, Hugh Crague, Caleb Graffam, Robert Mugford, William Elder, Eli Webb, Zerubebel Hunnaw-el, Thomas ]\Iayberry, John Stevens, Junr., Samuel ]\Iathes, Samuel Webb, Curtis Chute, ECCLESIASTICAL 105 Ephraim Winship, John Bodge, Joseph Starling, Thos Chute, William IMayberry, Richard Mayberry. "In the House of Representatives, Jan'y 12, 1759. Read and Ordered that the Petitioners notify the Non-Resident Proprs of the Township of New Marblehead of this Petition, by insert- ing the Substance thereof in one or more of the Public Prints for three weeks successively; That they show cause (if any they have), on the second Wednesday of the next sitting of this Court, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. "Sent up for Concurrence. T. Hubbard, Spkr "In Council, Jan'y 15. Read and Concurred. A. Oliver, Sec'y- "In Council, June 13, 1759. Read again, together with the answer of the Non-Resident Proprietors, and Ordered that Samuel Watts and Benja Lincoln Esqrs, with such as the Honble House shall appoint, be a Committee to take this Petition and Answer under Consideration, and Report what they judge proper to be done thereon. "Sent down for Concurrence. Thos Clarke, Depty. Sec'y- "In the House of Representatives, June 13, 1759. Read and Concurred, and Mr. Bradbury, Colo Lawrence and Capt. IMorey are Joyned in the Affair. S. White, Spkr. ' ' "Falmouth, May 28, 1759. "We the subscribers being well acquainted with the House the Proprietors of New Marblehead built there designed for a Meeting-House, at ye Request of Mr. Abraham Anderson, one of the Inhabitants of sd New Marblehead, do Declare that the said House was never finished, nor was ye work done in a work- manlike manner, so far as was done ; no floor was ever laid, nor vv'indows to said House, neither was ye House ever underpinned, nor fit for ye people to meet in. Nathan Winslow, Isaac Ilsley, Thomas Haskell, Caleb Graff am." 106 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Massachusetts Archives. Vol. 117. pp. 416-420. To the foregoing statements of the Inhabitants of New Mar- blehead, the Proprietors returned the following answer: "Province of Massachusetts Bay. "To his Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esqr., Commander-in- chief, and to the Honorable, His Majesty's Council and House of Representatives, of said Province, in General Court Assem- bled, the sixth day of June A.D. 1759. "The Subscribers, a Committee of the Proprietors of the commoii and undivided lands in a Place called New Marble- head, in the County of York. Humbly Sheweth in their Behalf. That in Obedience to the Order of this Honorable Court of the 12th & 13th of January A.D. 1758, the said Proprietors, at a Diceting for that purpose, appointed a Committee with orders to repair to the said Place and take an exact account of condi- tion of the settlement in order to its being laid before this Honorable Court, which Committee, not attending to that service the said Proprietors at their meeting in March last, appointed Messrs. Jolni Wight and Samuel Turner to do it, who have accordingly been on the spot ; whose report, together with a true copy of the Original Grant of the sd Township, with a list of the Original Grantees, we now beg leave to lay before you. And in Answer to the Petitioners of the Inhabitants of that place, now depending before your Excellency and this Honble Court, we beg leave to say. That A.D. 1737, the Grantees of said Town- ship, at their own expense erected a Meeting-House there, 38 feet long, 28 feet wide and 14 feet stud. That A. D., 1743, they settled the Rev. John Wight, in the work of the Ministry there, who was ordained and continued there during his life, viz., till 1752, during which time he was supported wholly by the Grantees, to w^hich the settlers as such contributed nothing. That Mr. Wight made use of said Meeting-House and preached in it till the year 1746, when the Inhabitants pulled it down and afterwards met in the Fort or Block-House built there by the Government. That upon the Death of Mr. Wight, the Grantees apprehended that it was high time that the Settlement of sixty families enjoined by the Grant, should be compleated and that then it would be most fit that the Inhabitants should by them- selves choose and contract with a Minister and the Grantees ECCLESIASTICAL 107 as such should assist them in his support. This the Proprietors have been already to do, and had the settlement been com- pleted according to the Term of the Grant, or in many years after, the Inconvenience now complained of would not have happened; As to a Meeting-House the Block-House which they have used for that purpose ever since the Meeting-House was pulled down, will, we hope, be sufficient to accommodate the Families there till the number of the Settlers shall be compleated and the Inhabitants incorporated; which we hope by the Order of your Excellency and the Honorable Court will soon be effect- ed, and in the meantime, the Proprietors have at their last March meeting Ordered the payment of 60 dollars out of their Treasury to assist the Inhabitants in procuring preaching there ; And there is no reason to doubt but the said Proprietors will from Time to Time, as there may be occasion, make further grants for that purpose, which we apprehend will be the most Salutary Method of Supporting the Preaching the Gospel, there until the said Settlement be compleated and the Inhabitants be incorporated as aforesaid and then the Proprietors will readily contribute to assist the Inhabitants in the Rebuilding a Meeting-House and settling a Minister there ; and if they fail may be compelled. And as a number of Defective Grantees are in arrears of the several Taxes that have been laid on them and duly notified for bringing the Settlement and the conditions of the said Township by that means, remaining unpaid, we pray that the present assessors, Vizt Nathan Bowen, John Wight & Samuel Turner, or a Quorum of them may be authorized to sell and Legally convey as much of the Delinquent Rights through the Township as will pay said Arrears. And as the Boundary Lines betwixt the Township and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth have not yet been settled, the ascertaining of which is of great importance to this Township, we pray that your Excellency & Hours to order some proper methods for affecting the same. All which is submitted by your Excellency & Hours Most Obt Servants. ' ' Nathan Bowen, WiLLM Goodwin, John Wight, Samuel Turner." 108 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 117, pp. 421-423. From the Proprietors' records we learn that, on May 14, 1760, they voted to appropriate one hundred and twenty pounds to assist the inhabitants in settling and sustaining another minister for two years. They voted also to petition the Court to incorporate the inhabitants into a Town or District, and to settle the boundary between Falmouth and North Yar- mouth and New Marblehead. The following letter shows that a compromise between the Proprietors and the inhabitants took place during the winter of 1759-60. The letter is from Nathan Bowen, for the Pro- prietors, to Jacob Fowle, Esqr., who was in the House of Rep- lesentatives, and is dated at Marblehead, June 6, 1760. "We hereby Certifie that the Proprietors of New Marble- head at their meeting yesterday Granted £20 to be paid out of the Proprietors Treasury and applied to the assisting the Inhabitants of the Township to settle a Minister there and toward his support for one year to Commence and Accounted from the Ordination of such ^linister; and Sixty pounds per year more for the two years next coming after that time toward the support of sd Minister; Provided the Greate & General Court do not lay any Tax's on sd Proprietors or order any tax's to be laid on them during that time; Which Grant is to the Mutual satisfaction of the Proprietors & Inhabitants, who have agreed that the Petition of the Inhabitants now depending before the Greate & General Court do cease & be no further prosecuted. Marblehead, June 6, 1760. Nathan Bowen, in behalf of the Proprietors. Abraham Anderson for and in behalf of the Inhabitants." Rejoiced that the troublesome affair was at length satis- factorily adjusted, and encouraged by the liberality of the Pro- prietors, the people of New ]\Iarblehead began preparations to settle their second minister. To that end, a church meeting assembled on April 19, 1762, when it voted unanimously that "Mr. Peter Thacher Smith should be our Minister to dispense the Word of God to us and the inhabitants of this place." A few weeks later, on May 5, 1762, the church members and other inhabitants met at the Province Fort and ECCLESIASTICAL 109 '* Voted, by the former and unanimous vote of the Church, together with the unanimous vote of the majority of the In- habitants," that Mr. Peter Thacher Smith should be their min- ister or pastor to dispense the word of God to them. They also voted that Mr. Abraham Anderson, Mr. Thomas Mayberry and Capt. Thomas Chute be a committee to acquaint Mr. Smith of their choice, and report to the inhabitants in seven days. The chosen committee immediately gave Mr. Smith a most urgent call to become their pastor, saying among other things, "We hope you will not be discouraged from coming where you preached your first sermon to us, who always admired your person and your preaching to that degree, that we resolve to make trial of no other man for our ministry till you absolutely refuse to accept our call." Mr. Smith promptly accepted the call, so that the committee were enabled to report the fact to the inhabitants, on May 12, 1762. A committee was then chosen consisting of Dea. Thomas Chute, Abraham Anderson, Caleb Graft'am, and Thomas May- berry to confer with jMr, Smith in regard to his ordination ; also a committee from both the Proprietors and the inhabitants to settle the conditions of the salary and other matters relating to his settlement as pastor. The following is the agreement betAveen the inhabitants and Proprietors and Mr. Smith, as it appears on the records: "This Indenture Tripartite, made the twenty first day of September Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty two, and in the second year of his Majestic 's reign King George the third, betwixt Peter Thacher Smith of Windham in the County of Cumberland, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Gentleman, of the first part, of the In- habitants of the said Town of Windham by Abraham Anderson, Caleb Graffam, William Elder, John Farrow, John Bodge, Thomas Mayberry and Ephraim Winship, Agents for the said Township fully authorized in this behalf, of the second part, and the proprietors of the common lands of said Town, by Nathan Bowen, Jeremiah Lee and John Wight, their Agents in this Behalf, on the third part. Witnesseth, That the said Peter on his Part for the Consideration hereafter mentioned doth Covenant, Grant and Agree to and with the said Inhabit- 110 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ants and with the Proprietors severally in manner following, Vizt That he shall and will from the day of the date hereafter Enter upon, and Engage in the Office of Minister to Dispense the Word of God to the said Inhabitants; receive Ordination and Continue in that service there, and faithfully and to the best of his skill and power discharge the Several Duties of that Office, to the Church and Inhabitants of that Town, for not less than Twenty Years next Coming, his life and Health being so long continued; and the said Peter doth Hereby Acknowlege that he hath received this day Eighty three pounds Lawfull money of said Province, Vizt of said Proprietors such sum together with ninety six Acres of the one hundred Acre Lott Numbered Forty four hereafter I\Ientioned, in full Satisfaction for the Settlement of the sd Peter in the work of the Ministry there; and the said Peter doth hereby further Acknowledge that the annual payment of Eighty pounds hereinafter secured to be paid him yearly, is to his satisfaction for his Annual Sallary and Support. And the said Inhabitants by their Agents aforesaid, for the consideration aforesaid, do Covenant, Grant and Agree to and with the said Peter, to pay him Eighty pounds Lawfull Money of said province pr Annum yearly and every year, to be given and to be accounted from the day of the date hereof, and to be continued so long as he shall Continue in the Ministry at said Windham, as his yearly Salere for his feupport and maintainance. And the said Proprietors by their Agents aforesaid assisting and better enabling the said Inhabit- ants to Defray the Charge of Settling and Supporting the said Minister; do on their Part grant to the said Inhabitants the said sum of Eighty three- pounds, which they, the said Propri- etors have paid to the said Peter for his Settlement, the pay- ment whereof is hereby acknowledged by them ; And the said Proprietors hereby Covenant. Grant and Agree to and with the said Inhabitants that they will by the order of said Inhabitants, also advance and pay to him the said Peter, as part of said Eighty pound Salary in manner following, Vizt, for the year 1762, ensuing, the Twenty first day of September next, fifty three pounds six shillings and eight pence ; in the year 1763, fifty three pounds 6s. 8d. ; in the year 1764, twenty five pounds Bs. 8d. ; in the year 1765, twenty five pounds, which several pay- ments together with the Land hereinafter granted, they appre- ECCLESIASTICAL 111 hend will be a proper Encouragement and Assistance of the said Inhabitance in settling and Supporting the said Minister, And agreeable to the votes of the said Proprietors Relative thereto ; and the said Proprietors by their Agents as aforesaid for the Consideration aforesaid, Grant, Confirm and Convey to him the said Peter Thacher Smith, and his heirs and Assigns forever all the fore mentioned Hundred Acre Lott, Numbered forty four (44), in said Windham, formerly drawn for the School, and by order of the Great and General Court, to be applied to the Minister saving what is required thereout for public Town use, to be laid out in the ]\Iost Convenient and Suitable IManner to answer the use proposed, to Have and to Hold the same (reserv- ing as aforesaid), to him the said Peter Thacher Smith, and to his heirs and Assigns as an Estate of Inheritance forever. In Witness whereof the parties have hereunto Interchangably sett their hands and seals the day first above written. "Signed, sealed and "Peter Thacher Smith [seal] delivered in the presence Abraham Anderson [seal] of us. Caleb GRiVPFAM [seal] Hugh Crague, John Farrow [se.vl] Timothy Cloutman. Thomas Meayberry [seal] Nathan Bowen [seal] Jeremiah Lee [seal] John Wight." [seal] The preliminaries of his settlement having been adjusted, a council of the neighboring churches was called, which assem- bled at the old Province Fort in Windham, on September 22, 1762, and Mr. Smith was ordained pastor of the church. The following ministers were present with delegates from the several churches: Rev. ^Nloses Morrill of Biddeford, who made the first prayer; the Rev. Dr. Samuel Langdon of Portsmouth, who preached; Rev. Thomas Smith of Falmouth, who gave the charge; Rev. Nicholas Loring of North Yarmouth, who gave the right hand of fellowship; and Rev. Richard Elvins of Scarboro, w^ho made the last prayer. Other ministers present were Rev. Samuel Haven of Portsmouth and Rev. Joseph Jack- son of Brookline. The Rev. Peter Thacher Smith, the newly ordained pastor, was the son of Rev. Thomas and Sarah (Tyng) Smith, and was 112 WINDHAM IN THE PAST born in Falmouth, now Portland, June 14, 1731. He graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1753, at the age of 22 years. After leaving college he taught school a number of years, at the same time studying his profession, — part of the time in his native town and a considerable portion at Weymouth, Mass., at which place he was invited to settle in the ministry. He declined, and, as we have seen, selected Windham as his future field of labor. His ordination as pastor of the church here was a source of great gratification to his father, who thus expresses his pleasure on the occasion: "Ordination at Windham, a prodigious concourse of people, a great and admired solemnity. It was thought by all to be the most finished solemnity of the kind ever known." Now as there were but thirty-nine families in the township at that time, we cannot help wondering where this "prodigious concourse" came from, but we suppose some allowance must be made for the happiness of a fond parent. On the church records we find the following entry, evidently placed there by Mr. Smith : "The number of Church members living when I was Or- dained, Thomas Chute, Thomas Bolton, Abraham Anderson, Micah Walker, Curtis Chute. John Farrow. Thomas Haskell lived in Falmouth, Seth Webb lived in Gorham, both of whom concurred in my ordination. Females, Lois, the wife of Caleb Graffam, Bethiah, the wife of Thomas Meayberry, Rachel, the wife of William Bolton, Ann, the wife of Abraham Anderson, Mary, the wife of Thomas Bolton." "Families in the Town when I was ordained: Caleb Graffam, Zerubbabel Hunnewell, John Mayberry, Isaac Elder, Eleizer Chase, Abraham Anderson, Nathl Evins, Hate Evil Hall, Robert Mugford, Stephen Manchester, Thomas Bolton. John Farrow. William Bolton, William Mayberry, Hugh Crague, Richard Mayberry, John Stevens, Stephen Lowell, William Elder, Simon Noyes, Samuel Webb, Thomas Mayberry, Thomas Trott, Thomas Chute, Curtis Chute, William Campbell, Micah Walker, John Bodge, Joseph Starling, Ephraim Winship, James Bayley, William Maxfield, Gershom Winship. Eli Webb, Robert Miller, ECCLESIASTICAL 113 John Manchester, William Knight, William Knight, Jun., William Stinchfield." For several years, ]\Ir. Smith was very popular with his parish, and his ministrations were eminently successful ; the church grew in numbers, and we find that his salary was promptly voted each year and as promptly paid. At length, however, with the increase of the population came certain dis- satisfied ones, chiefly several families of Friends, who settled here during Mr. Smith's pastorate. These, according to their peculiar tenets, refused to pay the ministerial tax, and being joined by others not of the orthodox denomination, they rendered the last years of his pastorate almost useless. During this interval, several attempts were made to dismiss him, but all were unsuccessful. However, the feeling ran so high that, as early as July, 1776, it was voted not to pay the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith's salary that year; and, in 1778, the town "Voted, not to allow Mr. Peter T. Smith any money for the Depreciation of the Currency." However, at a town meeting held May 25, 1781, it was "Voted 80 pounds silver money, to pay the Rev. Mr. Smith's salary for the ensuing year." On March 22. 1784, the town voted 80 pounds for the Rev. Mr. Smith's salary; but, on ]\Iarch 22. 1785. they voted not to allow him any salary. The next year, however, they voted to allow him 80 pounds. Also, at a meeting held Nov. 11, 1786, it was "Voted, to raise one hundred and sixty pounds towards pay- ing the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith's back arrearages." At the same meeting they voted that Capt. David Barker and Mr. Paul Little be a committee to consult with ]\Ir. Smith concerning his salary for the future and make a report to the town at the next meeting. If this committee attended to their duty, they probably ob- tained no satisfaction, as we find that at a town meeting held Nov. 11, 1789, it was "Voted, to raise four hundred and thirty pounds to pay off 114 WINDHAM IN THE PAST the Rev. Peter T. Smith's arrears, for his preaching in This Town, and other charges attending the same. "Voted, to Dismiss the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith from his Pastoral office in this Town." This summary action must have been a source of amusement to Mr. Smith, for none knew better than he that the town had no authority to dismiss him unless he requested it, and then it would be necessary to call a council of the churches. Finding that they had proceeded illegally in the matter, the town, at a meeting on July 26, 1790, "Voted, to call a council to settle the affair between Mr. Peter T. Smith and the town. "Voted, Ezra Brown, Paul Little and David Barker be a committee to call a council, and also to call on Rev. Mr. Smith to request him to join the council between himself and the parish. ' ' The above committee at once approached Mr. Smith in a gentlemanly manner and readily obtained his consent to the above votes. Accordingly an ecclesiastical council consisting of the pas- tors and delegates of the following churches, the church in Biddeford, the church at Pepperelborough, the first church in Portland, the first church in Falmouth, and the church in North Yarmouth, met at the old Province Fort in Windham, on October 8, 1790, organized with Rev. Tristram Oilman as Moderator and Rev. Samuel Deane as Scribe. "When after solemn address to the throne of grace for direction and assistance and after serious inquiry and consulta- tion, we have agreed upon the followin result, That considering the state of affairs in this Town, the Rev. Mr. Smith be advised to ask a dismission from his pastoral office and give up his con- tract, excepting that he and his Estate be exempted from taxes for the term of seventeen years, in the same manner as they would have been by law, if he had continued in office ; and that he have the use of the parsonage lot of one hundred acres, on the main road until another Congregational Minister be settled in this Town, provided he make no unnecessary waste thereon. ECCLESIASTICAL 115 On the whole we declare that we have found no fault with the moral or ministerial conduct or character of the pastor, and that we can and do cheerfully recomend him to any place where he shall be providentially called. Finally we earnestly recomend to the Rev. Mr. Smith and the people, that they devoutly lay to heart the dealing of divine providence toward them, and that they strictly examine themselves to find wherein their conduct may have been contrary to the peacable spirit of the gospel ; that they repent of all they find amiss, and that they endeavor to join together in the resettlement of a gospel min- ister among them, and in order to promote their religious edifica- tion we think it Necessary that they build a house for public worship ; and it is our fervent prayer that God would be pleased to show to this people their best interest for time and Eternally guide them by his counsel and fit them for glory. Tristram Gilman, Moderator. By and in Samuel Deane, behalf of Scribe. the Council." In accordance with the decision of the Council, a settlement was made with Mr. Smith, and he promptly requested his dis- mission from the pastoral office. This was as promptly granted, as the following entry on the town records goes to show: "Nov. 18, 1790, at a Meeting held in the Friends Meeting house it was "Voted, to dismiss the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith from his Pastoral office in this Town, agreable to the advice contained in the sixth Article of the result of the Ecclesiastical Council in this Town on the 8th day of October, 1790. :\Ir. Smith having requested a dismission from his pastoral office in conformity to the aforesaid article. A. Osgood. Town Clerk." Thus was severed a connection, that had existed for 28 years and 2 months. ]Mr. Smith is described as a tall, portly man, of somewhat grave and dignified demeanor, but possessed of a ready wit and 116 WINDHAM IN THE PAST a keen sense of humor; and, when it suited his mood, he was one of the most agreeable of men. As a preacher, he was more doctrinal than practical, and, in theological belief, was a strict Calvinist. He was rather slow in delivery, but. at times, eloquent and always earnest in his appeals to his congregation. He did much to build up and strengthen the feeble church in this town. In fact, he was a good example of that body of stern New Eng- land clergy, who, devotedly attached to country and loyal to the ideas of religious as well as civil liberty, when the war for national independence came on, were among the first to shout, ' ' To your tents Israel ! " ; and who were ever ready, both by precept and example, to urge resistance to British tyranny. After his dismission, Mr. Smith continued to reside in Wind- ham in easy circumstances, and for several years exercised the functions of a civil magistrate. He died at his residence in the south part of Windham, Oct. 26, 1826, at the ripe age of 95 years, and his dust rests in a tomb which he built in the ceme- tery that still bears his name. CHAPTER V Ecclesiastical (Continued) Accepting the advice of the Council of 1790, the people of Windham began preparations to build what the old records call a "Decent house for the public worship of God." During Mr. Smith's pastorate at least two separate attempts had been made to build a meeting-house ; one in 1768, th-e other in 1783, neither of which had materialized; and they now determined to have a suitable place of worship. Accordingly a committee was chosen to decide upon the locality of the proposed house and other pur- poses connected with the enterprise. The committee selected a lot nearly opposite the dwelling of the late Thomas L, Smith, Esqr., and certainly no more beautiful location could have been found within the town limits. It contained two acres on the summit of a noble elevation of land, whence an extended view of the surrounding country Avas visible on all sides. The house was built, according to the vote, fifty feet long and forty feet wide, two stories high, with a double row of wundow^s, filled with seven-by-nine inch glass, and with a common pitched loof. When first built, it had a projecting porch, with a queer shaped roof, but some years later, this was removed, and the building was clapboarded and treated to a coat of white paint, which doubtless gave it an aristocratic appearance at the time. One single door led from the outside into the hallway which extended the width of the building, except that, at opposite ends, there were narrow stairw^ays leading to the singers' gallery. In a conspicuous place in the hall was fastened a wooden box with a glass front, in which the town clerk posted the names of those who were contemplating matrimony within three weeks. This piece of furniture was called the publishment box and was a source of unfeigned curiosity to all comers, young and old. On entering the lofty audience room, the first thing to attract attention was the pulpit, placed directly opposite the entrance, at least a dozen feet above the floor and reached by a narrow, 118 WINDHAM IN THE PAST winding stairway railed on either hand. The pulpit was up- holstered with scarlet cloth, which soon faded to a reddish brown. The top formed a sort of reading desk covered with a cushion of white velvet, on which reposed an ancient and well-worn Bible. From the four corners of the pulpit hung large crimson tassels, while, to complete the whole, a curiously carved sound- ing-board hung by a slender rod just above the minister's head. The pews were of the old-fashioned box variety, about four and one-half feet high, with seats on three sides provided with hinges, so that they could bo turned up to afford standing room during prayer time. Considerable taste had been displayed in finishing the pews with panel work, nicely adjusted doors, and a top rail or moulding, stained in imitation of mahogany. The singers' gallery was opposite the pulpit and was in per- fect keeping with everything else in the room. According to an ancient orthodox custom, no means of heat- ing the meeting-house was ever introduced, even in the coldest v/eather; indeed such a thing would have been regarded as the sum total of human depravity. A few families were provided Avith the old fashioned foot stoves, in which a few live coals or a heated brick was placed. These served to impart a slight degree of comfort to the owner's feet. The less fortunate ones were supposed to imbibe sufficient warmth from the two-hour sermon to keep the blood in circulation, and, aided by a large amount of faith, they appear to have been successful. This house was opened for public worship in 1795 and was the center of religious interest for nearly forty years. It remained on the spot where it was erected until 1861, when the society obtained an act of legislature to sell the ancient landmark. It was purchased by Mr. James Cash, who converted it into a barn, which is now (1910) standing on the farm owned by Gilbert Roberts, on the River Road at South Windham. The third pastor of the church in "Windham was Rev. Nathaniel Stone. He came here from Provincetown, Mass.. but whether he was a native of that town or not, I am unable to say. He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1795 and came here in 1798. On the church book I find the following entry: ''Nathaniel Stone was ordained pastor over the Church of Christ in Wind- ham in the County of Cumberland on the thirty first day of ECCLESIASTICAL 119 October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. Rev. Caleb Jewett, made the introductory prayer, Rev. Nathan Stone, the candidate's father, preached from 2d Corinthians 4th chap, and 5th verse, 'For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.' Rev. Samuel Deane, D.D., made the ordaining prayer and gave the charge ; Rev. Daniel Marrett gave the right hand of fellowship. Rev. Oilman, Rev. "Williams and Rev. Kellogg were sent to but did not come. The church appeared previously to ordination, consisting of Zerubbabel Hunnewell and Richard Dole. "They voted that there was existing in Windham a Church tho' very small. Paul Little. Elijah Hunnewell and John Chute were admitted to full communion, and Thomas Barker and James Paine were recommended from the several Churches to which they belong and were received into this. Barker belonged to the Salem Church and Paine to Limerick." Mr. Stone is said to have been an earnest, fluent, though a somewhat solemn preacher, spiritual-minded, and a consistent Christian gentleman. Although he was zealous in his endeavors to revive the weak church, a spirit of apathy seemed to have seized the minds of its members, from which his most fervid appeals failed to arouse them. So, after remaining in the pas- toral office about six years, feeling that his work with this church and people was done, he requested his dismission. The following entry on the church records gives us an insight into the condition of things as they existed at that time : "Feb. 3, 1805, Nathaniel Stone being dissatisfied with his situation on account of the inatention of the people to religion, and their neglect of their pastor, from duty to himself and family, took his leave of them, and preached his farewell ser- mon, previously, having given them notice a year before of his intention according to the purport of the contract when set- tled." Then follows what was probably the text of his farewell sermon, ' ' Spare thy people Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over thee. Turn ye even to me saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping, and with mourning, and send your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God." 120 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Mr. Stone was dismissed on Feb. 3, 1805, without any ecclesiastical formalities, according to a previous arrangement between him and the people. He removed to Naples, Me., and died there, sometime in 1848, full of years. The fourth pastor of this church was the Rev. Asa Lyman, l>orn in Lebanon, Conn., in 1777. He graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1803 and first came to Windham as a school teacher, during the spring of 1809 ; and was engaged to supply the \'acant pulpit through the summer months. In September of that year (1809), the church invited him to become their pastor. He accepted, and a council was called to consummate the con- templated union. On finding that it was not considered as a I)ermanent settlement, thej' declined proceeding; and on No- \ ember 30th, 1809, the church installed him. This is the only instance of the kind recorded in the annals of this church and society. After remaining with this people about six months, he was dismissed June 1, 1810, but for what reasons, we are not able to say. He shortly afterwards removed to New York State and died there in 1836, aged 59 years. The fifth minister settled in Windham was Rev. Gardiner Kellogg, a native of Hadley, Mass., and a graduate of Dartmouth College. After leaving that Institution, he studied divinity and, for a time, w'as settled in Thetford, Vermont. About two years after Mr. Lyman's departure, the people here invited him to become their pastor; and on April 25, 1811, he was duly in- stalled and for fifteen years, or until his death, he continued in that office. Mr. Kellogg was a man of more than ordinary abilities, sound in doctrine, a good scholar, a ready speaker, and, better than all, a faithful and sympathizing pastor, always ready and active in every good work. He did much to establish the church on a firm foundation. He w^as fond of out-of-door work and owned and cultivated the farm near Little Falls recently OAvned by the late Edwin A. Bodge. Here he fell asleep, on No- vember 29. 1826, aged 61 years. After his decease no one was settled here for about two years. At length the church called tlieir sixth pastor, in the person of Rev. William Gragg. He was born in Groton, Mass., September 22, 1786. He graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1820. He was ordained in Windham, October 15, 1828, BCC!LESIASTICAL 121 and was dismissed Aug. 31, 1831. He was the son of Thomas and Eunice (Lakin) Gragg, and his ancestors were among the early settlers of Groton and Londonderry, N. H. Rev. Mr. Gragg married, Jan. 29, 1833, Mary Pollard of Bedford, Mass. He was a man of scholarly instincts, quiet and reserved in manner, and not inclined to sociability. As a preacher he was logical in argument, precise in language, but rather dull and slow in delivery. No trouble existed between him and the people here during his pastorate, and we do not know the reason for his dismissal ; neither do we know where he went from here. He and his wife are buried in the cemetery at Groton, and a tablet erected to mark the spot bears this inscription : "In Memory of Rev. William Gragg, who died Nov. 19th, 1852, Aet. 66. Also His Wife Mary P. Gragg, who died Nov. 29, 1852, Aet. 65. "No terror on their brows was seen Their minds were peaceful and serene. Their Saviour's smile dispelled the gloom And smoothed their pathway to the tomb." The seventh in this list of worthies was Rev. Jonathan Lee Hale, who was born in Canaan, Conn., and graduated at I\Iiddle- bury College. He came to Windham from Crampton, N. H., and was ordained here September 12, 1832. One who remem- bered him well informed us several years ago that he was a man of superior intellect, a calm, sedate, but forcible preacher, and endowed with the most lovable qualities of both head and heart. Although never very strong physically, he was a tireless worker and was possessed of fine executive abilities. He was extremely popular with the church, and his pastorate bade fair to be one of unexampled success. He was instrumental in building the present meeting-house, which was commenced in 1831, but he did not live to see it finished. 122 WINDHAM IN THE PAST In the church book we find the following entry : "Rev. Mr. Hale's health declined in the autumn of 1834, and he was taken much from his labors. He went South in November, and died in Georgia, Jan. 15, 1835. Exposure prob- ably hastened his death." Mr. Hale went to Savannah, Georgia, in the hope that the mild climate would restore his health so that he could return to his beloved people here, but the fell disease had slowly but surely sapped the vital current, and. on the above date, he entered "the rest that remaineth for the people of God." His dust reposes in the soil of the beautiful City of Savannah, there to await the grey dawn of the resurrection morning. It may be said of him in the language of Holy Writ, "The memory of the just is blessed. ' ' In less than one year after Mr. Hale's death, the Rev. John W. Shepherd was called to the vacant pulpit. He came from Gilmanton, X. H.. and was ordained here, August 3, 1836. the exercises being held in the present meeting-house, which had been finished in the summer of 1835. "We know nothing whatever in regard to Mr. Shepherd's antecedents. He was a man of goodly presence and is said to have been an easy and eloquent speaker. Some trouble arose between him and some of his flock and cul- minated in his dismissal, on July 10, 1839. He went to other fields of labor, but just where no one seems to know. The ninth pastor w^as Rev. William Warren. We was born in Waterford, Me., October 21, 1806. He graduated at Bowdoin College in the class of 1837 (D.D. 1870) ; and from the Andover Theological School in 1838. In the language of the church records, ' ' Mr. William Warren came to Windham the 1st of Sept., 1839, taught a high school three months, and supplied the pulpit during that time. On the first of January, 1840, he returned to Windham at the re- quest of the society, to preach as a candidate for settlement. Accordingly at a regular meeting of the first Congregational Church in Windham, held at the new Cong. Meeting house in Windham, on Wednesday the 5th day of Feb., 1840, according TO notice previously given. It was "Voted, to extend to Mr. William Warren an invitation to ECCLESIASTICAL 123 settle as the pastor and minister over this Church and parish and preach in connexion with the church." At same meeting several other votes relating to his salary and settlement were passed; and he having accepted the call, an ecclesiastical council was called, and he was ordained in Feb- ruary, 1840. Rev. Mr. Warren was a man of rare intellectual qualities, a ripe scholar, a profound thinker, and a plain, practical preacher. As a teacher, he was an unqualified success, and dur- ing his residence in Windham, he probably did as much to pro- mote the cause of education as any other one man who ever lived here. For years after his departure for other fields of duty, our common schools bore the impress of his vigorous and tireless efforts in their behalf. He remained here about nine years and was dismissed, at his own request, in November, 1819, to become the pastor of a Con- gregational church in Upton, Mass. After seven years of faith- ful and efficient service there, he was employed for some time by the American Colonization Society. Afterwards, in 1867, he was appointed one of the secretaries of the A. B. C. F. M. and held that position until advancing years and enfeebled health compelled him to resign in 1878, with a record of un- wearied and faithful service. He spent his last years in Gorham, Me., and from that pleasant village his spirit took its upward flight in January, 1879. The tenth minister settled here was the Rev. John Perham. He came from Farmington, Me., where he had been a merchant for several years. Becoming convinced of his duty to preach the gospel, he studied divinity, probably at Bangor Theological Seminary. In the autumn of 1850, he received a call to the pulpit here made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Warren, which he accepted. He was ordained Jan. 22, 1851. Mr. Perham entered zealously upon his pastoral duties with good success. Several members were added to the church, and everything seemed to promise a prosperous pastorate; but his health suddenly failed and he was compelled to ask a dismissal, to the profound grief of his people. He was dismissed Sept. 19, 1854, and shortly afterwards went West. He died at Beloit, Wisconsin, Dec. 4, 1874, aged 68 years. Mr. Perham was 124 WINDHAM IN THE PAST greatly beloved by all parties in town, and his memory is still cherished as a true Christian gentleman and a faithful minister of the gospel. The eleventh pastor of the church in Windham was Rev. Luther Wiswell. He was born in Marlboro, Mass., in 1801. There his early life was spent in agricultural pursuits, but when about thirty-four years of age, he commenced the study of divinity and graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in the class of 1836. He was first settled at Brooks and Jackson, in the County of Waldo, Me., where he remained about seven jears. He then came to this town and was installed pastor Sept, 20, 1854, — probably by the same council that had dis- missed Mr. Perham the day before. No words of mine can do justice to the character of Rev. liUther Wiswell, yet I believe that every citizen of Windham who knew him will agree in saying that he was a great man. Great he most assuredly was in intellect, great in faith, great in works, great in goodness, and great in true Christian holiness. He came to this church in the prime of his stalwart manhood, and from that time until his "mortal put on immortality," he never failed in his devotion to its best interests. As a preacher, his sermons were faultless in composition, rich in practical advice, yet sound to the core on all questions of orthodox theology. His most thrilling and eloquent periods were invariably delivered in a calm and quiet manner without the least oratorical display, yet they never failed to interest and instruct his congregation, and some of the most helpful w ords we ever heard came from his venerable lips. In his private life he was irreproachable, and the people of this ancient township united as one man to do him honor. The church flourished during his pastorate, many were added to its numbers, and doubtless the time of its greatest prosperity was during his pastoral care of about thirty-one years. He continued his ministrations here until extreme old age, his last service on earth being held but two weeks previous to his death. On that occasion he administered the Lord's sup- per, after which he addressed his nuich-loved flock solemnly on their coming separation, as if in the spirit of prophecy. He passed away suddenly, on March 15th, 1885, at the patri- archal age of 84 years and three months. His remains are in- ECCLESIASTICAL 125 terred in the cemetery adjoining the meeting-house, in which he had so long broken the bread of life, and the people of this town have reason to be thankful, not only for his life, but that the dust of this eminent servant of God is sleeping in its bosom. Windham Hill, Maine After Rev. Mr. Wiswell 's death several candidates came here on trial during the spring and summer, among others the Rev. Robert John Kyle, who preached his first sermon to this people on June 1. 1885. This gentleman was born in Belfast. Ireland, in 1853. He came to Maine from Toronto, Canada. He had graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in the class of 1883, after which he preached for awhile in Brooks, Me., coming here from that town. His pulpit efforts being satisfactory to the people of this church and parish, he was invited to become their pastor. He accepted and was ordained on September 22, 1885. Rev. Mr. Kyle was well qualified as a minister, being a good scholar, a fine speaker, and, in private life, a most companionable man, and his pastorate was a successful one throughout. The records show that several members were added to the church during his stay here, and thorough repairs were made on the meeting-house. After remaining here about five years, Mr. Kyle resigned and was dismissed May 25th, 1890. He became 126 WINDHAM IN THE PAST pastor of the Congregational church in Ayer, Mass. He left many friends in Windham, who were pained to learn of his recent death. The thirteenth and present pastor is Rev. James E, Aikins. He was born in Aylmer, Province of Ontario, Can., Aug. 23, 1855. He graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in the class of 1885, was pastor at Cape Elizabeth, Princeton, and Vas- salborough. Me., from which last-named place he came to Wind- ham. He was installed pastor here in 1891. Mr. Aikins is an active, energetic, liberal-minded man, and, while devoted to the interests of the church, he is fully alive to all questions relating to the affairs of the town, especially to the cause of education, having served several terms as a school official. As a preacher, he is earnest and forcible, his sermons being more practical than doctrinal ; in his delivery he is easy and natural, using but few gestures and always speak- ing in a conversational tone. He has a large circle of personal friends in this vicinity, and the church has been prosperous under his ministrations. The parish has a fund derived, in part, from the land set apart according to the conditions of the grant in 1735, by which they were ordered to "set aside one lot or right to be disposed cf for the ministry," In other words, one sixty-third part of all the lands in the township was reserved for that purpose. But little interest appears to have been taken in regard to the lands drawn to the ministry for several years ; at length, how- ever, an investigation was made by order of the town, when it was found that considerable damage had been done by tres- passers, w^ho had cut and hauled away a large amount of pine and other valuable timber from the lot. It was, therefore, thought advisable to sell the lands and fund the proceeds. The first notice we find of the proposed action is the follow- ing entry on the town records: "At a Town meeting legally warned the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Windham, met together on Tuesday August 14, 1798 at the New Meeting House in sd Town, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and acted on the following articles. "Voted, Paul Little Esq. be Moderator. ECCLESIASTICAL 127 "Voted, to sell all the Lands belonging to the ministry in said Town, Excepting the one hundred acre Lott No. 5 in the first division of hundred acre Lotts in said Town; and the money be put to interest for the support of a congregational minister in this Town. ''Voted, Mr. Abraham Anderson, Paul Little, Esq., Mr. Josiah Chute, Mr. Thomas Crague, Capt. Thomas Chute, Capt. Thomas Barker and Dr. James Paine, be a committee to send a petition to the General Court for the above Purposes. ' ' After a number of articles in addition to the foregoing were disposed of, the meeting adjourned for one week, at which time they voted to further postpone the meeting to Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1798, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. "Agreeable to Adjournment," says the old record, "the Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the Town of Windham, met together at the time and place named, and acted on the following articles Viz: "Voted, to sell the Ministerial Lot No. 5 in the first division of hundred acre Lots in sd Town. Provided that Peter T. Smith Esq., joins in sending a petition to the General Court for that purpose. "Voted, to adjourn this meeting to Monday next at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the new meeting house in sd Town." It appears that the freeholders met, according to adjourn- ment, but apparently arrived at no definite conclusions, and w^e hear nothing further in regard to the matter until Feb. 16, 1801, when, at a town meeting, it was "Voted, to send a man to the Proprietors' Meeting to be holden at Boston on the 24th day of this Instant, February 1801, to see if the Proprietors will do anything for tlie Congregational Society in Windham. "Voted, to send Peter Smith, Esq., to agree with the said Proprietors. "Voted, to improve Peter T. Smith, Esq.. to transact any business with the Proprietors at their Meeting to be holden at Boston, on the 24th day of February, with Kespect to the Con- gregational Society in Windham." 128 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Mr. Smith attended the Proprietors' meeting, which, accord- ing to their records, was held on Feb. 26th, two days later than the town record gives it. The following appears on the Proprietors' Book of Records: "At a meeting held at Hatche's Tavern in Boston, Feb. 26th, 1801. "Voted, that the sum of five hundred dollars, be and hereby is granted unto the Congregational Parish in AVindham, to be paid as hereinafter mentioned from the funds of the Proprietors. That is to say, the interest of such sum shall be annually paid to the settled and ordained Minister of said Parish, and for use and account, to assist them in defraying the Salary of such Minister, and during any vacancy of that office in the said Parish, such interest shall be added to the principal sum in augmentation of this fund, until the said Proprietors shall vest and secure for the benefit of the said Parish and the purpose aforesaid an equal sum in some public Bank, or otherwise, of which the income shall be api)ropriated to be paid and employed as aforesaid. And it is intended that this sum shall remain to the first Congregational Parish as now incorporated, and for their use solely in case a Division of said Town for religious purposes shall hereafter happen." After various delays the ministerial lands were sold and the money funded, after which the Proprietors fulfilled their part of the contract, as we find by their records that "At a Proprietors' Meeting held in Boston at the house of Oliver C. Wyman, Feb. 16th. 1804. "Voted and agreed, that the Treasurer be authorized to vest in the Maine Bank in Portland in the County of Cumberland, the sum of five hundred dollars, granted by the Proprietors to the first Congregational Parish in Windham aforesaid, the in- come thereof to be appropriated for the benefit of the said Par- ish to aid them in the support of their Minister, according to the vote of the Proprietors at their Meeting holden Jan. 26, 1801." The foregoing is the origin of the Windham Ministerial fund. It has been increased by donations, notably by a gift ECCLESIASTICAL 129 of five thousand dollars from the estate of Mrs. Ann (Johnson) Walker, a native of Windham, who died Sept. 12, 1889, leaving by her will the above legacy to the church for the support of the settled minister. The fund is securely invested, and the income is regularly paid to the pastor. The second religious society to locate in Windham was the Friends or, as they are sometimes called, "Quakers." This sect originated in England in 1641, its founder being George Fox, who was born at Drayton in July, 1624. In about seven years the preachers of their faith had increased in number to such a degree that no less than sixty appeared in Great Britain ; and, before the close of that century, the doctrine was spread throughout Europe and America. Adherents to their principles first came to New England in 1656. Here, as well as in old England, they met with cruel persecution; nevertheless, we find that, before 1696, they held meetings as other Christians for the worship of God on the first day of the week; also at other times, as occasion required, in Boston, Lynn and vicinity. The first Friends' meeting in the State of Elaine was held in the upper part of York, in December, 1662, by three women, who had been whipped and driven out of Dover, N. H. They were Anna Coleman, Mary Thompkins, and Alice Ambrose. Soon after, another meeting was held at Berwick. No account of any other meeting can be found for more than sixty years, when, in October, 1730, one was held by a few families then living in Kittery. Between 1740 and 1743, a few families in Falmouth (now Portland) having adopted the Friends' doc- trine, a meeting was established there, and the rapid spread of their peculiar tenets greatly alarmed the Congregational churches in this part of Maine. Rev. Thomas Smith, in his journal, under date of July 30, 1740, says: "The church kept a day of fasting and Prayer on account of the spread of Quakerism. Mr. Jefferey and myself prayed A.M. Mr. Thompson preached. Mr. Allen and Mr. Lord prayed and Mr. Willard preached P.M." It appears, however, that this effort on the part of the Port- land church failed to produce the desired results, as we find that, in 1743, Mr. Smith says, under date of July 22d, "Many strange Quakers in town." !130 WINDHAM IN THE PAST In 1752, they built a meeting-house near the present village of Riverton on land then owned by James Winslow. The next regular meeting of this denomination was estab- lished at Windham, in 1779, Several families of Friends had settled here before this time, as we find by the town records that, at a town meeting held Oct. 13, 1774, it was ''Voted, that all those Persons who call themselves friends or Quakers, whom the Head men of that society shall own to be of their society shall be Exempted from Paying ministerial Taxes." Also, at a meeting held in the old fort, March 15, 1775, the following "Certificate" was ordered to be inserted in the records : "Pursuant to an act of the General Court to exempt the People called Quakers from paying Ministerial Taxes &c. and received in this Town December 26, 1774. We the Subscribers being chosen a Committee by the aforesaid Society who meet together for Religious worship on the first Days of the week in Falmouth, to exhibit a list or lists of the names of such Persons as belong to said Society or Congregation, Do certify that Ben- jamin Winslow and sons, Stephen Morrel, Daniel Hall, Isaac Allen. Jun., William Hall, Jedediah Hall, Andrew Hall of Fal- mouth, and Jonathan Hanson, Elijah Hanson, Nathaniel Ilawkes, Pelatiah Allen, Ebenezer Hawkes, Amos Hawkes, Chase Stevens and Daniel Cook, Do Belong to sd Society and Congre- gation, or do Frequently and usually attend with us in our meeting for Religious Worship on the first Day of the week we believe are of our Persuasion. "Signed by Elijah Pope, David Purinton, Committee. ' ' John Robinson, Shortly afterwards, several families professing like religious sentiments located here, and in 1793 a "Preparative" meeting was established; in 1801, a "Quarterly meeting," and a "Monthly meeting," in 1802. Their first meeting-house was erected near AVindham Center and stood nearly opposite the residence of the late Nathaniel Cobb. It was a small one-story building at first, but afterwards ECCLESIASTICAL 131 a two-story addition was built and fitted for an academy, in which, for several years, the higher branches of education w^ere taught by competent teachers. This was doubtless the first school of the kind in town, and we are told that, for several years, it was conducted with marked success. We have no means of knowing in what year the meeting-house or the academy was erected, as no reference to either is to be found in the society's records. The present large and commodious meeting-house of this people is pleasantly located on the main road near the village of Windham Center, and but a short distance from the site of their ancient tabernacle. It was built in 1849. The Friends, in all their history, have been noted for their sturdy adherence to the principles inculcated by the founders of the sect; hence they bear a positive testimony in favor of peace, religious and social liberty, equality of the race, and strict honesty in all their dealings. Many of their former customs have been somewhat modified of late years; and, at the present time, it is a rare thing to see a person wearing the peculiar garb that typified the Quaker of "ye olden time." The broad-brimmed beaver hat, the drab- colored coat and long vest, together with the modest but quaint dress invariably worn by the women have given place to gar- ments of modern design. A few of the older members still use the plain language of their ancestors, but these are rapidly passing away, and their places are being filled by young men who are fully abreast of the times. In a little while the stately and mellifluous "thee and thou," so dear to the early fathers of the society, will become a thing of the past, and English, as it is now written, will be used instead. Several Friend ministers have resided in Windham since about the year 1811, among whom are Obadiah Gould, Phebe Cobb, Pope Cobb, Lydia Allen, Amos Hanson, Joseph Pratt, Eunice Day, Elijah Cook., Phebe L. Pope, John Cartland, Silas F". Strout, and Thomas J. Ingram. 0. J. Hoffman is the present pastor. Their present membership is 77. The Methodists were never numerous in Windham, but they had a small meeting-house at Windham Center, erected in 1792. This house was abandoned several years ago and was taken down. Subsequently, they had one in the south part of the 132 WINDHAM IN THE PAST town. It stood on the land of the late Stephen Harris. It was, at one time, used as a schoolhouse and afterwards was moved to the farm of Jeremiah Brackett and converted into a work- shop by his son, ^Melville. At the present time they have no house for public worship in town. The Free Will Baptist Society in Windham dates from about the year 1820. when Elder Clement Phinney. a native of Gorham and a great-grandson of Capt. John Phinney, the first settler of that town, becoming a convert to the doctrines pro- mulgated by Benjamin Randall, the founder of the sect, came to this town and held religious services at the house of Josiah Little. Being a man of good education and persuasive elo- quence, he soon had a large following. In 1822, a meeting-house was erected on ]\Ir. Little's farm near the Mallison Falls. For several years it was filled to its utmost capacity with large and enthusiastic congregations. It does not appear that any church was gathered at this time, and the excitement seems to have, in a great measure, died out. On the first page of their "Book of Records" we find the following entry, which speaks for itself: "November 4, 1827, a church was organized in Windham, Maine, which is called the first Freewill Baptist church in Windham and is a member of the Gorham Quarterly Meeting. From the time the church was organized to August 17th, 1835, there has been no records kept, only a sketch showing that a church was organized at the time above named, and also the names of those persons who have become members of the church, and showing that some members have been dismissed, and some have been excluded. No person has taken the pastoral care of the church, and but little exertion has been made to establish and keep order ; some attempts have been made, but to little purpose. The church is now much scattered and the prospect very small ; notwithstanding the unfavorable appear- ance it is thought best by some to make some exertion and if practicable to establish order in the church. To this end a Church Meeting was called to be holden at William Bacon's Aug. 17, 1835. William Bacon, Clerk." ECCLESIASTICAL 133 "Aug. 17th, 1835. Met at William Bacon's for church meet- ing agreeably to appointment. Organized by choosing Sargent Shaw Moderator. 2d chose William Bacon, Clerk. 3d voted to dismiss Sarah Page from the church, at her request, to join with a Freewill Baptist church in New Market, N. H. 4th voted to Adjourn our meeting to the 31 inst. at the meeting house near Horse Beef. William Bacon, Clerk." The early Freewill Baptist preachers in this vicinity were Elders Clement Phinney, Joseph W^hite, Samuel Hathorn, Joseph Phinney, Andrew Rollins, Sargent Shaw, Charles Bean, Jeremiah Bullock, and David S^vett, none of whom, however, were settled as pastors of the church here. It was their usual custom to travel from place to place, preaching, visiting churches, organizing new ones, and baptizing those who were converted under their ministrations. In short, they were the avant couriers of the new doctrine ; and as such, in a self-deny- ing spirit, gave their earnest endeavors to promote its best interests. Between 1835 and 1839, Elder E. G. Eaton appears to have preached for this church and baptized several candidates. He afterwards went to other fields of labor. In 18-40, Dr. James M. Buzzell came here and commenced the practice of medicine. He was also an ordained minister of the Free Will Baptist denomination. Although in a short time he had an extensive practice as a physician, he accepted a call to become pastor of the church. He was liberally educated, pos- sessed an active, inquiring mind, and was gifted with the most generous instincts. His pulpit efforts were eloquent and often emotional, while, as a physician, he was an unqualified success. As a matter of course, he was extremely popular, not only with the church, but with the people generally. His fervid style of preaching attracted large congregations; and, in a short time, old meeting-house was filled to overflowing, and it became neces- sary to find other and larger quarters. So, in 1840-1, a lot of land was purchased at Little Falls on the Gorham side of the river, and a convenient meeting-house was erected, which they at once occupied. The old tabernacle at Horse Beef that had so often echoed 134 WINDHAM IN THE PAST to the eloquent words of the fathers of the denomination was left desolate and alone. It stood for several years unoccupied, but was finally taken down, and thus passed away the first Free Will Baptist meeting-house erected in Windham. The General, or Association, Baptist Society was the out- growth of a schism that took place in the Free Will Baptist churches, principally in York and Cumberland counties, in re- gard to an educated ministry, instrumental music, and choir singing, with some other minor points of church polity. An association was formed chiefly through the influence of Dr. Buzzell, who had sometime before this located at Limerick, Me., where he established a weekly newspaper called the "Free- will Baptist Repository," designed to be the organ of the new dispensation. Many of the churches were affected by the movement, the one at Little Falls among the rest. Some of its most valued and influential members favored the new scheme, but the majority adhered to the old order of things. The excitement ran high, and considerable ill feeling was manifested by both parties. This at last culminated at a meeting held April 20, 1847, when it was voted to dismiss twenty-nine members to join the associa- tion. The names of these seceders were: I. W. Leighton, Robert Cobb, E. J. Leighton, Comfort Cobb, Isaiah Hawkes, Vashti Cook, Rachel Hawkes, Thomas Smith, Mary L. Shaw, Susan Smith, Charlotte Thomas, Thomas Bodge, Russell Cole, Betsey Bodge, Elizabeth Cole, Liba Bachelder, Josiah Bodge, Rebecca Bachelder, John A. Bodge, Hiram Chase, Lewis Cobb, Mary J. Chase, Eliza Ann Dorset, Eliza Cloudman, Susan Williams, Esther Sanborn, Lewis Hanson, Reuben Elder, Rebecca Hanson. At the same meeting it was "Voted, that the Clerk should give them a line, all in one, to join the Association." This being done, they immediately withdrew ; and, in a short time, a church was organized in Windham, of which Hiram Chase and Robert Cobb were chosen deacons. For several years the new organization flourished under the preaching of Elders A. W^. Hobbs, Joseph Whitney, John A. Bodge, Walker Parker, Thomas Strout, and Orrison Gamman ; but, in the course of time, most of the older members died others moved away, and ECCLESIASTICAL 135 the church became nearly extinct. We have recently been in- formed, however, that there is a church of this denomination which has a meeting-house in the northern part of Windham, where religious worship is maintained each Sabbath under the preaching of Rev. George Stevens. The Free Will Baptist Church at Windham Center was or- ganized in 1878. as we find on the records of the church at Little Falls that, on April 16th of that year, they "Voted to dismiss the following members to form a Church at Windham Center: John T. Fellows, Daniel R. Tukey, Sarah E. Fellows, Walter Varney. Ellen Jordan, James Fellows, Ellen Hall, Adelia Fellows, Carrie Webb, Edwin IM. Varney, Martha Var- ney, Sarah Proctor, W. S. Proctor, Edgar Varney, Anna Whit- ney. ' ' No difference of opinion ever existed between these people and the parent body, and their first pastor. Rev. W. J. Twort, ministered to both congregations with good success for several jears. After his departure, several ministers of the denomina- tion occupied the pulpit for short periods, among them Mr. D. F. Small of Falmouth, who preached here for some time to the entire satisfaction of the people.- Since his tragic death they have had no minister. They have a convenient meeting-house at Windham Center, and their membership includes many of the best people in that vicinity. Universalists The records of this society begin on Feb. 8, 1840, when, at a meeting of the "First Universalist Society in South Wind- ham," held in the schoolhouse in District No. 2, it was "Voted, that Capt. James Loveitt be Moderator, "Voted, Thomas L. Smith, Clerk, Collector and Treasurer, and pay the subscriptions for the support of Rev. Leander Hus- sey to him and take his receipt for the same. "Voted, that Edmund Boody, Esq., Capt. James Loveitt, Gen. Elias Baker, Joshua Hanson and Joseph B. Harding be a committee to manage the prudential concerns of the first Univer- salist Society. "Voted, that James Loveitt, Ezra Brow'n and Charles Purin- 136 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ton be a committee to aseertain the cost of a lot for a site for a Meeting-house in Little Falls Village, also the size and cost of a meeting-house, the cost of pews, and the number persons who will subscribe for the same, and make a report of their doings to the society as soon as it can be conveniently done. At a subsequent meeting, Edward Anderson and William Silla were added to the building committee, it therefore consists of five members. Thomas L. Smith. Clerk." Their next meeting was held June 8, 18J;0, at which time the following report was made : "We, the undersigned, feeling anxious for the promotion of religion and morality, and feeling that the same might be p;reatly promoted by erecting a house for public worship in the Village of Little Falls, or its vicinity ; do agree to unite ourselves into a company for the purpose of building such a house as we may hereafter think proper; and further agree to establish and abide by the following laws. "Article 1st. This company shall be called the Little Falls Meeting-house company. "Article 2d. There shall be as many shares as there are pews in the house. "Article 3d. The first meeting shall be called by notice given by the three first subscribers. "Article 4th. There shall be a Clerk chosen, whose duty it shall be to make all records of the company when assembled for business. "Article 5. There shall be a Treasurer to collect all money due the company and pay over by the order of a committee. "Article 6. There shall be chosen a committee whose duty it shall be to purchase a site to set the house upon and attend to, and superintend the building of the house as the proprietors, or a majority of them may agree. "Article 7. Every subscriber shall be holden to pay for as niany shares as he subscribes for. ECCLESIASTICAL 137 "Article 8. Each share shall entitle its owner to one vote in all business of the company. "Article 9. When the house is completed there shall be a board of Trustees chosen to take charge of the house." The subscribers to the foregoing were : James Loveitt, John Webb, Jr., William Silla, Josiah Freeman, Charles E. Purinton, S. W. Freeman, Joseph B. Harding, D, W. & Richard Dole, George K. Harding. Freeman Harding, Ezra Brown, Jr., Joshua Hanson, Nathaniel Harding, Thomas L. Smith, Thomas Bodge, Jr., Daniel Libby, Mark H. Stevens, Hall Staples, Henry Kal- lock, Josiah i\Ioulton, Edward Anderson, Ebenezer Moulton, Sewell Boody, P. Jordan & Jefferson Mabry, Charles W. Hard- ing, William Smith, Edmund Boody, Fredrick Smith, Samuel Elder, Hiram C. Loveitt, Joseph W. Parker, John Goodale, David Purinton, John & N. Anthoine, Enoch White, Sumner Waterhouse. "At a meeting held June 15, 1840, the following proceedings were had. Viz : "The meeting was called to order by James Loveitt. "Chose James Loveitt, Moderator. "Chose Thomas L. Smith, Clerk. "Chose William Silla Treasurer. "Chose James Loveitt, Ezra Brown, Jr., Chas. E. Purinton, William Silla and Edward Anderson a committee to superin- tend the building of a meeting-house. "Directed the committee to purchase a site to set the house upon. "Directed the committee to build a house thirty-eight feet wide, and forty-eight feet long, with posts seventeen feet high. "Voted, to build the house with belfry, steeple, dome and spire. ' ' Directed the committee to finish the house in such a manner as they in their judgment may think proper. "Directed the committee to assess on the owners of shares a tax equal to twenty five dollars on each share, to be paid in four equal installments, to the Treasurer, the first installment 138 WINDHAM IN THE PAST on the first day of Sept, next, the second, the first day of Oct. the third, on the first day of Nov., the fourth, the first day of Dec. next." Agreeably to the foregoing votes and directions, the com- mittee at once purchased a lot on which to build the meeting- house at Little Falls, of William E. Brown, for the sum of one hundred dollars, said lot being more particularly described in Brown's deed to the company, "and said committee have also caused a meeting-house to be built and finished in conformity to the foregoing votes, said house containing fifty pews. The committee estimated the whole cost of the meeting-house and lot at fifteen hundred dollars." Their book of records contains the following notes in the handwriting of Thomas L. Smith, then Clerk of the Society. "The Universalist Meeting-house in South Windham was raised September 1, 1840. The frame, without the belfry, was raised in three hours and ten minutes ; the belfry in two hours. No accident occurred. Prayer was made by Rev. Leander Hus- sey. The company separated highly gratified after partaking of a eolation, and listning to the performance of several Anthems on the floor of the meeting house, under the direction of Edwin W. Quimby of Westbrook. Samuel Elder was the master framer. The meeting house was dedicated to public worship May 12, 1841. Rev. George Bates preached the dedica- tion sermon. Among the clergymen present were Zenas Thomp- f;on, Leander Hussey and Henry H. Baker." On May 22, 1841, the committee sold at auction the following pews: $ cts. for 32.50 40.50 35.50 35.50 39.00 47.25 48.00 44.50 35.75 16.75 ^0. 2. To Ezra Brown, " 5. William Silla. " 7. Ebenezer Moulton, " 9. Thomas Bodge, Jr., " 11. Samuel Elder, " 13. Charles Loveitt, " 15. Ezra Brown, Jr., " 17. Henry Kollock, " 19. Daniel Libby, Jr., " 21. David Silla, {y^ pew ECCLESIASTICAL 139 No . 24. T < t 25. ' ( ( 20. ' ( ( 18. ' < ( 16. ' < < 14. ' ( < 31. ' ( ( 12. " ( < 10. " < ( 8. " < < 6. " ( ( 45. " < < 43. " ( ( 41. " ( < 39. " ( < 37. " < < 35. " < ( 33. " < < 27. " ( ( 30. " < < 32. " ( ( 34. " < < 36. " ( ( 38. " ( ( 40. " ( < 42. " (( 44. " ( i 46. " 11 50. " tc 49. " t < 47. " To Hiram C. Loveitt, David Purinton, Sewell Boody, Josiah Moulton, James Loveitt, Charles W. Harding, Mark Knight, William Silla, Freeman Harding, J. & J. Parker, Mark H. Stevens, Sumner & Gardiner Waterhouse, Josiah Freeman, John Goodale, Wm. & Fredrick Smith, Charles E. Purinton, Jeff. Mabry & G. W. Tukey, Edward Anderson, J. Frink & E. Libby, John Webb, John Webb, Jr., G. & N. Harding, Stephen W. Freeman. Hall Staples, Edward Anderson. Joshua Hanson, Thomas L. Smith, Strong Cram, Richard & D. W. Dole, Thomas Webb, Enoch White. for 32.00 " 35.00 " 36.00 " 35.50 " 48.00 " 36.25 " 25.00 •' 36.00 " 38.75 " 35.50 " 31.121/2 " 31.50 " 37.50 " 38.00 " 37.50 '' 37.00 " 32.50 " 32.50 " 31.50 " 36.75 " 35.50 " 35.25 " 37.50 '' 44.00 ". 47.00 " 44.50 " 36.00 " 32.00 " 41.00 " 20.00 " 20.00." At a meeting of the proprietors held Feb. 1, 1851, the fol- lowing pews were sold. Viz. : "No. 14. To Jonathan Hanson, for $14.00 " 6. " John Frink, " 11.00 " 26. " Mathias Taylor, (since sold to Johnson K. Allen) " 10.00 1/2 of No. 21 to Mr. D. P. Caswell, " 5.00." No. 6 was formerly sold to Mark H. Stevens and No. 14 to 140 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Charles W. Harding, neither of which were paid for, and the title reverted to the proprietors. Their first pastor was Rev. Leander Hussey, but the records of the society give no information as to when he came here or how long he remained as pastor ; neither do we know positively who his successor in the pastoral office was, but we think it was the Rev. William Bartlett who was here in 1842-3. Later came Revs. Goldsmith, , Mass., Henry H. Baker, and others whose names are now forgotten, none of whom remained for any great length of time. During the early years of its history, this Society was pros- perous and maintained weekly services for several years, which were attended by large congregations of the most influential citizens of Windham and vicinity. In the course of time, how- ever, a reaction took place, their meetings were suspended, and their meeting-house unoccupied except for an occasional service for many years. Among the ministers who, at rare intervals, visited the Society and held a few meetings were William A. Drew, George W. Quimby, and H. J. Bradbury. In 1871, Rev. S. S. Fletcher of Exeter, N. H. came to South Windham and preached several times to the entire satisfaction of the Society ; and, at the annual meeting held January 6, 1872, it was "Voted, that S. S. Fletcher be hired on each alternate Sab- bath for one year." Rev. Mr. Fletcher first came to South Windham in the fall of 1871 and delivered a course of lectures on phrenology and, while here, preached to the Universalist people a few times. He gave so much satisfaction that he was invited to fill the vacant pulpit, which invitation he accepted according to the foregoing vote. He was an exceedingly eloquent and enthusiastic speaker, and that his ministrations were well received is confirmed by the following entry in their records, under date of Jan. 1, 1873: "The past year has been one noted for the prosperity of our Society; Brother S. S. Fletcher of Exeter New Hampshire, has supplied our pulpit on each alternate Sabbath for 15 dollars ECCLESIASTICAL 141 per Sabbath, and the Treasurer has his receipt in full payment. The Sabbath School has been highly pleased with their Superin- tendent, J. 0. Winship, Esq. Teachers and pupils interested, bills all paid. The Association met here in Oct. Bro. Gibbs, Bro. Bicknell, of Portland, present, and Bros. Thompson and Bradbury. ' ' Mr. Fletcher closed his engagement with the Society in De- cember, 1872, and we find the following entry, under date of Dec. 27, 1873: "The Universalist Society has had no settled pastor. They have employed this year, the following named Preachers, Viz: Rev. William A. Drew of Augusta, Rev. Anson Titus of Glouces- ter, Rev. Anson Titus of Gloucester, Rev. McKinney of Bridgton, Rev. McKinney of Bridgton, Rev. 0. G. Wood- bury of Salem, N. H., Rev. Lincoln of Boston, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Quimby of Augusta, Rev. Tucker of Biddeford, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Port- land, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland. During the year 1874, the following named clergy- men supplied the pulpit, Viz : Rev. George Bicknell, eight Sab- baths, Rev. Dr. George W. Quimby, one and Rev. Mr. McKinney, one." The next information we find on the records in regard to preaching in the meeting-house was, in 1876, when they appear to have had services several times between May 26th and Oct. 17th of that year. The ministers were: Rev. 0. H. Davis, who was there on three Sabbaths; Rev. B. H. Davis, one Sabbath; and Rev. George W. Bicknell and Rev. G. M. Bodge, each three Sabbaths. On Jan. 6, 1883, at the annual meeting, it was ^' Voted, to instruct the Finance Committee to engage Rev. C. A. Hay den to preach every other Sunday afternoon through the summer of 1883, at ten dollars per Sunday." In accordance with the foregoing vote, the services of Mr. Hayden were obtained, and he supplied the pulpit through that summer. 142 WINDHAM IN THE PAST We find that these were apparently the last services held until 1891, when the clerk notes, "We have had preaching, occasionally, by Rev. E. W. Web- ber and others." In January, 1893, the Rev. F. L. Payson, then pastor of the Universalist church in Westbrook, was hired to preach here every Sunday afternoon, which he did until Jan. 21, 1894. Mr. Payson was an ideal pastor and was greatly beloved by the people of South Windham. During his pastorate a church of ten members was organized, which held its first communion July 23, 1893. On the records we find the following entry, signed by F. H. Freeman, Clerk of the Society: "I would like to say that the ladies' circle held a very suc- cessful sale and fair on Christmas week last, netting about $170. In the summer of 1893, we repaired the church, building the spire and dome all over new, clapboarding the back end, painted it one coat outside, painted and papered the inside, whitewashed the ceiling, bought a new carpet and drapery curtains, the circle paying some $300 toward the expenses." Rev. Mr. Payson was succeeded by Rev. George E. Leighton, who preached his first sermon as pastor of the church, on Jan. 28, 1894. He remained with this people until Dec. 22, 1895, when he resigned and went to other fields of labor. The next pastor was Rev. Thomas Payne, who came here from Rumford, Me., and on i\Iay 3, 1896, assumed the pastoral care of the church. He remained here until April 25, 1897. He was also at that time pastor of the Universalist Church at Westbrook. After his resignation here he continued to preach at Westbrook and also supplied at South Portland, but soon afterwards went to Massachusetts as pastor of a church. From this time, for several years, they had no stated preach- ing, and the meeting-house was unoccupied except occasionally. In 1907, Rev. William H. Gould, pastor of the Church of the Messiah in Portland, assumed the pastoral care of the church at South Windham. Mr. Gould was an eloquent preacher, a liberal, broad-minded, and genial man, and the church enjoyed a season of prosperity under his ministration. Rev. Fenwick Leavitt supplies the pulpit at present. ECCLESIASTICAL 143 On Oct. 22, 1908, a fine bell weighing rather more than twelve hundred pounds was placed in the belfry of the church and was rung the first time, on Sunday, Oct. 31, 1908. It was purchased by contributions from all classes of citizens and is the first and only church bell in the village. The Second Adventist Society The founder of this religious denomination was William Miller, who, according to his life published in 1841, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 15, 1782. AVhen he was four years of age, his father removed to Hamp- ton, Washington County, New York. The country Avas then new, and his means of education, until he w^as nine years old, were very small. His mother, however, taught him to read, so that, when he was sent to the common school, he could read in the Bible, Psalter, and an old hymn book, which, at that time, con- stituted the whole of his father's library. He appears to have attended school from his ninth to his fourteenth year and was regarded as a good scholar in the branches then taught. At the age of twenty-tw^o, he was married and settled in Poultney, Vt., where he became acquainted with the deistical writings of Voltaire, Hume, Paine, and others of a like nature. He studied them carefully and became a professed deist. When the War of 1812 broke out, he received a captain's commission in the United States Army and served until June 25, 1815, when the war closed. He then moved to Low Hampton, where, in 1816, he was converted from deism to the Christian faith and united with the Baptist Church in that place. After a careful study of the Bible, he became convinced that it should be understood strictly in its literal sense ; and also that most of the prophecies were yet to be fulfilled; hence, by a course of mathematical calculations based mainly on the books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Eevelations, he claimed that the second coming of Christ would take place in April, 1843. So well grounded were his convictions in the truth of this theory, that, in 1833, he began to give public lectures on the subject. In the course of these he visited several New England cities and vil- lages, among others Portland, where he delivered a course of 144 WINDHAM IN THE PAST lectures in the Caseo Street Christian Baptist Church, and many were converted to the new faith. This was in March, 3 840. Mr. Miller lived to old age and died in the faith; but the date of his death we have not been able to ascertain. The first appearance of his followers in Windham was in the winter of 1841-2, when two young men, John and Henry Pearson of Portland, converts of ^Ir. Miller, came here by in- vitation of the late Josiah Little, who had become interested in the doctrine. Their first meetings were held in the old Free Will Baptist meeting-house at Horse Beef (now Mallison Falls), and afterwards in schoolhouses and private dwellings. These men were young, intelligent, and of a most pleasing address and persuasive eloquence; hence there were soon a considerable number of individuals, who were ready to adopt the doctrine they so ably expounded. The Pearson brothers remained here nearly all winter and, at times, were assisted in their work by Andrew Abbott, a carpenter, Gardiner Rich, a shoemaker, a Mr. Varnum, and a big burly old man named Harmon, all of Portland. In the spring of 1842, the excitement in a measure subsided, but the seed had been sown in good ground and bore fruit that grew and flourished among a certain class. Josiah Little, John Bodge, Jonathan Stevens, Joseph Parker, Andrew Bodge, Elijah Emery, Charles Walker, and Benjamin Hooper, with their families, became professed believers in the new order of things. In the fall of 1842, these men from Portland, reinforced by several other preachers, returned to Windham and held meet- ings, in which they urged their hearers to be in readiness for the last day, which, according to Mr. Miller's calculations, was to be April 24th, 1843. The believers waited in confident ex- pectation of its fulfillment at the appointed time, but April came and went, and day and night succeeded each other, as they had from the beginning of creation, to the great disappointment of the believers generally. A few in Windham and other places did not lose their faith, but expected the great event to take place at any time; others argued that the "Day of Grace" had passed, or in other words, that Christ had closed his mediatorial work, and that henceforth none would receive pardon for sin. These were known as the ECCLESIASTICAL 145 "Shut Door Party," and they claimed to be the chosen few who would live to w^itness the Lord's second coming. These all died in the faith, not having received the promise, but fervently hoped for it and continually looked forward to its fulfillment. Many of their descendants, however, have kept alive the faith they inherited from their ancestors, but modified in some respects; and, at the present writing (1910), there is in Wind- ham an active and prosperous body of Second Adventist be- lievers. In 1872, a free meeting-house was erected near the residence of the late Dea. Hiram Chase, which, at first, was occupied by the Adventists and General Baptists. The latter society having become extinct in this vicinity, the house has been occupied for several years by the former society. In June, 1886, a church body was organized, consisting of the believers in this vicinity. They have no settled pastor, but Rev. Alonzo R. Stevens, a resident minister of the denomination, supplies the pulpit part of the time, and they are often visited by preachers from other places, so that services are held there almost every Sabbath throughout the year. CHAPTER VI Divisions of the Common Lands. Disputed Boundary. In- corporation OF THE Town. Poor Laws. Gen- eral Characteristics op the Town It will be remembered that the first division of common land in Windham consisted of sixty-three ten-acre lots called the "home lots;" but, on July 4, 1735, the Proprietors at a meeting voted among other things, that "Each Home Lot have ten acres more of Land added to it (»n the other side of the ^Main Road at the front of sd Lots, and to correctly measure on the same lines and the same Breadth as they will be when altered according to the foregoing vote, and the sd addition to be accepted by and Divided among the several Propters of the Lots which are opposite to them. ' ' The "foregoing vote" referred to was to correct an error of the surveyor in laying out the original lots. Accordingly these lots were laid out, but so far as we can ascertain, were never regarded as a separate division and were not entered on the Proprietors' Records. This addition made the home lots one mile long and ten rods wide. The next information we find in regard to the common lands was on March 1, 1739, when, at a Proprietors' meeting, it was "Voted, that there be a further Division of the Common Land. "Voted, that there be an hundred Acres of Land laid out to each (Home) Lott. Each of sd Lotts to bound on Presumscot River, in proportion as near as can be, and lay out suitable roads through the same, from the Main Road at the head of the Home Lotts, in the most convenient manner as may be. "Voted, Messrs William Goodwin & John Reed be and hereby are appointed a Comtee with full power to lay out said Lotts, taking with them a Surveyor and two Chainmen who shall be upon Oath for the faithful discharge of their trust, and that DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OP TOWN, ETC. 147 a plan thereof be Returned to the Proprietors by the latter end of July next, in order to their proceeding in drawing said Lotts, and the Accts thereof to be laid before the Proprietors for their acceptance and payment." At the Proprietors Meeting held Nov. 20, 1740, the committee reported that they had laid out sixty-three one hundred-acre lots as near as might be to the home lots, Viz : "Beginning at No. 1 of the Home Lots, at the Large Pine Tree marked E. B. 1, and extending along the ]Main Road a little west of north, to Pleasant River. ' ' These lots contained some of the best farming land in the township. No. 1 was afterwards known as the Ray Place and has always been regarded as especially valuable. No. 2, known first as the Osgood farm, but later owned by Josiah Little, was thought to be a choice piece of property, and was granted to William Goodwin, in satisfaction for his services as Proprietors' Clerk for many years. These lots varied in width, according as the course of the Presumpscot River gave them a greater or less allowance in length. Thus, we find that No. 4, which embraced the lower por- tion of Black Brook (so called), was 122 rods wide; while No. 5, next above, was but 761/2 rods wide. Also a liberal allowance was made for brooks, rocky hills, and ponds, in the endeavor to make the lots of equal value. The upper river lot of this division was No. 9, the northern boundary of which was Pleasant River. No. 10 was laid out on the opposite side of the ^Main Road, with Pleasant River as its northern boundary, and the succeeding lots were run back on the road until the home lots were again reached. No. 17 was laid out opposite No. 1 and included the farm of the late John "Webb, Esq. Then a jump was made to Falmouth (now West- brook) line, as that line was originally laid, and No. 18 was laid out there. Succeeding lots were laid out on the back of the home lots just mentioned, Nos. 34 and 35 being bounded by Pleasant River ; thus they ran back and forth on the back of the last tier of lots from the old Falmouth line to Pleasant River, until 63 lots were laid out. No. 63 was in the fourth tier of lots, count- ing from the Main Road, its northern boundary leaving one lot between it and the river. 148 WINDHAM IN THE PAST William Goodwin, one of the committee, had charge of the work, and William Pote, Jun. was the surveyor. Probably Thomas Chute and W^illiam ^layberry were chainmen, and doubtless others assisted in the survey. Mr. Pote's plot and description bears date of Oct. 22, 1740, and the expense was something more than £80. The following appears on the Proprietors' records: "At a meeting held Dec. ye 4, 1740, Ebenezer Hawkes was chosen Moderator for said meeting. "Voted, that the Piatt of sixty three lotts of one hundred acres each, adjoing on and contiguous to the home settlements of our said Township laid out by William Pote, Junr, Surveyor and two Chainmen on Oath, Oct. ye 22, 1740, and Returned to us by William Goodwin, one of the Comtee appointed to lay out the same by a vote of said proprietors passed June ye 5, 1740, Be and hereby is accepted as the Second Division of the Common Land of the said Township and that every originall Proprietor of the Home Lotts shall have one of said Lotts Assigned to him or them in severalty, To hold to such originall proprietor and to his heirs and Assigns for Ever. The said Lott to be fairly drawn according to the number set in said Piatt, and Recorded to each Originall Right By Butts and Bounds, in the Proprietors' Book of Records, which shall be sufficient for Ever to determine each particular Proprietors' property in the Lands aforesaid." These lots w^ere drawn according to the above vote, the same day, as appears from the further record : "The sixty-three one hundred-acre Lotts adjoining on and contiguous to the Home Settlements of said Township, laid out by William Pote, Jun., and two Chainmen on Oath, and Re- turned to the Proprietors by William Goodwin one of the Comtee appointed to lay out the same and by them accepted Dec. 4th, 1740. "No. of Lot. No. 1. Draw to Capt. Benjamin Hendly. " 2. Allowed to William Goodwin. " 3. Drawn to Thomas Frothingham. "4. " " John Felton. " 5. " "the Ministerial Right. DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 149 No. 6. Drawn to Samuel Stacey. 7. ** " Thomas Chute. 8. " " Francis Bowden. 9. " " William Maberry. 10. " " Giles Ireamy. 11. " " Nathaniel Evans. 12. " " Capt. John Stacey. 13. " " John Bailey. 14. " " Nathaniel Cogswell. 15. " " John Reed. 16. " " Mr: Edward Holyoke. 17. " " William Majory. 18. " " Jeremiah Allen. 19. " " Ebenezer Hawkes, Junr. 20. " " Capt. Joseph Smithurst. 21. " " James Skinner, Esq. 22. " " Samuel Brimblecome. 23. " " William Ingalls. 24. " " Capt. Andrew Tucker. 25. " " Jedediah Blaney. 26. ** " Joseph Griffin. 27. " " James Ferryman. 28. " " Moses Calley. 29. " " Samel Lee. 30. " " Thomas Bartlett. 31. " " Nathaniel Bartlett. 32. " " Robert Hooper. 33. " " Richard Reed. 34. " " Isaac Turner. 35. " " Ebenezer Stacey. 36. " " Abraham Howard, Esq. 37. " " Joseph Sweet. 38. " " Jonathan Proctor. 39. " " Joseph Blaney, Esq. 40. " " Joseph Gallison. 41. " " Benjamin Dodge. 42. " " Isaac Mansfield. 43. " " Michael Bowden. 44. " " The School Right. 45. " " Calley W^right. 150 WINDHAM IN THE PART No. 46. Drawn to John Homan. 47. " " Rev. Mr. Pigot. 48. " " Benja James. 49. ** " James Pierson. 50. " " James Sharrar. 51. " " The first settled Minister. 52. " " Capt. Peter Coleman. 53. " " Richard Dana. 54. " " Robert Bull. 55. " " Capt. Robert Parramore. 56. " " Nathan Bowden. 57. " " Ebenezer Hawkes. 58. " " Coin John Palmer. 59. " " John Oulton, Esq. 60. " " Nicholas Edgcombe. 61. " " Humphrey Deverux. 62. " " Joseph Howard. 63. " " Thomas Wood." Nothing more was done in regard to the common lands in New Marblehead until Aug. 1, 1760, when, at a Proprietors' nieeting, it was "Voted, that there be a further Division of the Common Land in the Township." This was carried into effect, and the surveyor's report was returned to the Proprietors, on January 26, 1763. In his history of the town, Thomas L. Smith, Esq., gives the number of these lots as 126; but, according to the Proprietors' records, they numbered 140. The report of the surveyor, as it appears on the records, is as follows: "To Nathan Bowen, Jeremiah Lee & Isaac Mansfield, Esqrs., A Committee of the Proprietors of the Common Land of Wind- ham, in the County of Cumberland, Gentm Pursuant to your order to me in September last I repaired to that place, and with the assistance of William Stinchfield, Benj. Moody & others as Chainmen, I have laid out on the Common Land one hundred and forty Lotts of one hundred acres each, Exclusive of Water, and have numbered the same from one to one hundred and forty. DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 151 according to the plan herewith presented, which several Lotts are Butted and Bounded as they are particularly set forth in the following Book. "Marblehead January 26, 1763, per me Joseph Noyes, Sur- veyor. "A copy entered on Record by order of the Committee, per me William Goodwin, Clerk of the Propers." These lots were laid out at the head of the first division of hundred-acre lots, having Pleasant River as their southern boundary, and extended back and forth from the Presumpscot River to Gray line and northerly until the required number was made up. They were disposed of by lot, as will be seen by a reference to the old records: jot No. 1. Was Drawn to the Proprietors. 2. ' Proprietors. 3. 4. ' Proprietors. ' Proprietors. 5. ' Proprietors. ■ 6. ' ' Proprietors. 7. ' Proprietors. 8. ' Proprietors. 9. ' Proprietors. 10. ' Proprietors. 11. ' Proprietors. 12. ' Proprietors. 13. ' John Reed. 14. ' Isaac Turner. 15. ' James Pierson. 16. Drawn 1 Moses Calley. 17. ' Francis Bowden. 18. " * Joseph Griffin. 19. ' George Pigot. 20. ' Richard Reed. 21. ' Jeremiah Allen. 22. ' Joseph Gallison. 23. ' Abraham Howard. 24. ' Joseph Smithurst. 25. ' The School Lott, in Lieu of No 26. * Ja nie 3 Sharrar. 44. 152 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Lot No. 27. Was Drawn Ebenezer Hawkes. 28. ' John Palmer. 29. ' Benjamin Dodge. 30. ' Joseph Swett. 31. ' The Proprietors. 32. ' John Homan. 33. ' James Perriman. 34. * Joseph Blaney, Esq. 35. ' Benjamin James. 36. ' Robert Hooper, Esq. 37. ' Robert Bull. 38. ' John Stacey. 39. ' Galley Wright. 40. ' Jonathan Proctor. 41. ' Abraham Howard, 1 42. ' Robert Parramore. 43. ' to the ^Ministry. 44. ' Humphrey Deverux. 45. * Ebenezer Stacey. 46. ' Isaac i\Iansfield. 47. ' Nathaniel Cogswell. 48. ' Joseph Howard. 49. ' Nathaniel Bartlett. 50. ' Benjamin Dodge. 51. ' Benjamin James. 52. ' Joseph IMajory. 53. ' Thomas Bartlett. 54. ' First Minister. 55. " ' ' James Pierson. 56. ' Michael Bowden. 57. ' Thomas Chute. 58. ' Joseph Gallison. 59. ' William Goodwin. 60. ' Samuel Lee, Esq. 61. ' Robert Bull. 62. ' Peter Coleman. 63. • Galley Wright. 64. ' Giles Ireamy. 65. ' To the School. 66. ' Nathaniel Cogswell. Esq. DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 153 Lot No. 67. Was Drawn The first Minister. 68. ' William Ingalls. 69. ' James Sharrar. 70. ' Jedidiah Blaney, 71. ' Richard Reed. 72. ' Samuel Brimbleeom 73. ' James Perriman. 74. ' Robert Hooper, Esq 75. ' James Skinner, Esq. 76. ' To Proprietors. 77. ' Nicholas Edgecombe. 78. ' Joseph Swett. 79. ' John Homan. 80. ' Francis Bowden. 81. ' Jeremiah Allen. 82. ' William Maberry. 83. ' Moses Calley. 84. ' John Felton. 85. ' Nathan Bowen. 86. ' Peter Coleman, 87. ' Joseph Howard. 88. ' John Oulton, Esq. 89. ' Edward Holyoke, Esq 90. ' George Pigot. 91. ' John Felton. 92. ' Thomas Wood. 93. ' Ebenezer Hawkes. 94. ' Richard Dana, Esq. 95. ' Thomas Frothingham. 96. ' Andrew Tucker. 97. ' Edward Holyoke. 98. ' Joseph Smithurst. 99. ' Nathaniel Evans. 100. ' Joseph Griffin. 101. ' Ebenezer Hawkes, Jui 102. ' Benjamin Hendly. 103. ' To the I\Iinistry. 104. ' To the School. 105. ' Samuel Brimblecome. 106. ' Thomas Wood. 154 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Lot No. 107. W as Drawn Isaac ^Mansfield. '' 108. " Thomas Bartlett. '' 109. ' " Benjamin Hendly. " 110. ' " Richard Dana, Esq. " 111. ' " Joseph Majory. ' 112. ' " Nathaniel Bartlett. ' 113. ' " Samuel Stacey. ' 114. ' " Nathan Bowen, Esq. ' 115. ' " Humphrey Deverux. ' 116. ' " Nathaniel Evans. ' 117. ' " Thomas Chute. ' 118. ' " Giles Iremey. ' 119. ' " Isaac Turner. ' 120. ' " Joseph Blaney, Esq. ' 121. ' " Andrew Tucker. ' 122. ' " Joseph Skinner. ' 123. ' " William Goodwin. ' 124. ' " Nicholas Edgecome. ' 125. ' " William Maberry. ' 126. ' " Samuel Lee, Esq. ' 127. ' " Jedidiah Blaney. ' 128. ' " Thomas Frothingham ' 129. ' " Robert Parramore. ' 130. ' " Ebenezer Stacey. ' 131. ' '* Ebenezer Hawkes, Ju ' 132. ' " William Ingalls. ' 133. ' " John Stacey. ' 134. ' " Michael Bowden. ' 135. * " Samuel Stacey. ' 136. ' " John Palmer. ' 137. ' *' Jonathan Proctor. ' 138. ' ' " John Reed. ' 139. ' " John Oulton, Esq. ' 140. ' "To the Proprietors." The foregoing is a correct list of the one hundred and forty one hundred-acre lots taken from the Proprietors' "Book of Records," from Avhich we learn that fifteen of these lots were drawn to or retained by the Proprietors, in their corporate capacity. DIVISIOiV OP LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 155 From their records we find that, previous to this, they had admitted twelve persons as settlers in the township, and their agreement with the new comers, which is duly entered on the records, is as follows: "The Covenant or Agreement with twelve persons admitted to settle in the Township. "This Indenture made the Twenty Seventh Day of Septem- ber Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-two, By and between the Proprietors of Windham in the County of Cumberland and Province of ^Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land, by their Committee, Nathan Bowen, Jeremiah Lee and Isaac Mansfield all of Marblehead in the County of Essex and Province aforesaid, Esquires, Specially authorized and Im- powered by said Proprietors for and in behalf of them, the said Proprietors, to make this agreement, On the one part And Ben- jamin Wait, Joseph Noyes, Nathaniel Crudeleford, John Crocket, Joshua Crocket, Charles Lord, Benj. Moody, John Miller and Jethrow Starbird all of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland and Daniel Crocket, and William Stinchfield of Windham in the County aforesaid and Joseph Stanhope of Sud- bury in the County of Middlesex, and each of them on the other part. Witnesseth the following agreement. Viz: They, the Proprietors aforesaid, by their committee aforesaid, covenant, promise and agree to and with the said Benjamin, Joseph, Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, Jethrow, Daniel, William and Joseph and each of them for the considera- tions and upon the considerations hereinafter expressed that they the said Proprietors shall and will at their own cost and charge lay out or cause to be laid out within thirty days from the date hereof twelve lots of land, of the common and undivided lands of said Town of Windham, each containing one hundred acres, to be laid out in the middle of the two next ranges of hundred acre lots adjoing to the last range of hundred acre lots already laid out, and after said lots are so laid out and numbered that they shall be divided among the said Benjamin, Joseph, Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, Jethrow, Daniel, William and Joseph By lot, to be dra^vn by them and that each person's name and the number of the lot he draws as aforesaid, shall be entered in their, the said Pro- prietors' Book of Kecords and that entitles the drawer to the 156 WINDHAM IN THE PAST lot he 80 draws, and at the expiration of three years from the date hereof upon performance of the conditions hereinafter mentioned. That each and every one of the above named per- sons, his or their Heirs, Executors and Administrators shall have a good warranty deed from the said Proprietors, of the lott he draws as aforesaid. To have and to hold the same to him or them and his or their Heirs forever. And in case any of the above mentioned persons fail in the performance of the condi- tions hereinafter mentioned it shall not prejudice any of them that do not, and all that do not with respect to their particular lott shall have the benefit of this agreement. And in considera- tion of the premises the above named Benjamin, Jos., Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, Jethrow, Daniel, William and Joseph, Each of them for himself his heirs Executors and Administrators, Covenant, agrees and promises to and with the Proprietors aforesaid, by their Committee aforesaid. That he or they his heirs Executors or Administrators, shall and will within the space of thirty days after it shall be laid out and divided by lott as aforesaid, enter upon the lott which falleth to him, and within three years from the date hereof clear seven acres of his said lott, build a house of seven- teen feet square at least and settle a family upon it. And each of the above named twelve persons doth further covenant as aforesaid with the Proprietors as aforesaid to pay for his lott of land that falleth to him by lot as aforesaid: One hundred dollars in one year from the date hereof without interest, or if he do not pay at or before the expiration of said year he will allow interest for that sum until he does pay it. "And in witness of the above written agreement the Pro- prietors aforesaid by their committee aforesaid as also the above named Benjamin, Joseph, Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, Jethrow, Daniel, William and Joseph, and each of them for himself, his heirs. Executors and Administrators, have hereunto interchangably sett their hands and seals the Day and Year above written. "Sign'd Seeal'd and Benjamin Wait, [seal] Deliv'd in the presence of Joseph No yes, [seal] Joseph Noyes, Tho. Smith, Nathaniel Cruddiford, [seal] Jun. his John X Crocket, [seal] mark DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 157 "Sign'd Seal'd and Joshua Crocket, [seal] Deliv'd by Benj. Moody in Charles Lord, [seal] the presence of John Hig- Benjamin Moody, [seal] ginson, Edmund Kimball. John Miller, [seal] his Jethrow X Starbord, [seal] mark William Stinchfield, [seal] his Daniel X Crocket, [seal] mark Joseph Stanhope, [seal] "A true copy William Goodwin, Clerk. The last division of the common lands in Windham consisted of sixty-three seventy-acre lots. They adjoined the last division of one hundred-acre lots and were bounded westerly by Sebago Lake, northerly by Raymond line, easterly by Gray line, and southerly by the aforesaid hundred-acre lots. The Disputed Boundary and its Final Settlement. Petition for and Act of Incorporation Boundary lines have been a fruitful source of trouble in all the history of our race. Not only do we find this to be a fact as regards nations, but even individuals and insignificant town- ships are sometimes engaged for years in a controversy over a few acres of comparatively worthless territory, the actual value of which is less than the cost of an adjustment. The settlers of New Marblehead found themselves confronted by a boundary dispute at the very outset. It will be remem- bered that the surveyor's report says, "We began at a place called Sacaripy. in Presumpscot River." His reason for begin- ning at that point was probably caused by the somewhat ambiguous language of the grant or through ignorance of the true line of ancient Falmouth. However, no sooner was his report accepted by the Great and General Court and the grant confirmed to the Proprietors of New ]\Iarblehead. than the in- habitants of Falmouth, which then included the present cities 158 WINDHAM IN THE PAST of Portland and Westbrook. and also what is now the town of J'almouth, claimed the land from the point of the survey to Inkhorn Brook and forthwith served the Proprietors of New Marblehead with a notice to quit, on which notice they appear to have taken no action for sometime. The first notice we find concerning the matter recorded in the Proprietors' book was, on Aug. 25, 1735, when it was ''Voted, that the affair of the Boundary lines between the Tract of Land and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth be defered till further Consideration." But the trouble was by no means settled by this off-hand action, so, at a Proprietors' meeting held on Dec. 11, 1735, the Bubjeet again came up for discussion, and it was "Voted, that the Great and General Court be petitioned for the Effectual Establishing the Bounds and line between the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth and the Tract of Land granted to the Proprs or Grantees. "Voted, that the Present Comtee Viz: John Oulton, Esq., Abraham Ploward, Esq., Joseph Blaney, Esq., Mr. Nathan Bowen and AVilliam Goodwin be and hereby are Inpowered in the name and behalf of the Proprs or Grantees to Petition the Great and General Court to appoint some suitable persons to Establish & settle the Boundary line between sd Tract of Land and the head line of Falmouth and North Yarmouth, and that the same may be forwarded as soon as may be. ' ' Apparently, nothing was done in regard to the matter at the time, and, on Sept. 1st, the Proprietors passed a similar vote, of which no notice was taken. The boundary line thus remained an open question until June 5, 1761, when the Proprietors again "Voted, that Messrs. Nathan Bowen, John Wight, and John Ingalls, or any two of them be a Comtee to Prefer a Petition to the Great and General Court (now sitting) to order the settling of the boundary lines betwixt this Town and the Towns of Fal- mouth and North Yarmouth, and settle the same. ' ' This committee attended to their duty, with the result that, after mature deliberation, the Court passed the following act on November 26th, 1761. It is called DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 15D "The Settlement of the Bounds Betwixt the Town of Fal- mouth and this Township. "In Council November 26, 1761. "Upon the petition of Nathan Bowen and others, Grantees of a Township called New ]\Iarblehead in the County of Cum- berland and the report of a committee of the General Court, thereupon Resolved and Ordered that the bounds between the said Township of New Marblehead and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth, be as follows, Viz: Beginning at a White Ivock, by the waterside in Casco Bay, and running northwest ninety five rods to the stump of a red oak tree which was formerly marked F. and from thence northwest on the line between the Town of Falmouth and North Yarmouth, eight miles to a pine tree marked F, for the northeast corner of the said Town of Falmouth, and from thence and the line between said town of Falmouth and the said town of New Marblehead to run on a straight line, to come fifteen rods eastw^ard of a brook called Inkhorn Brook, below the mouth of said brook where it enters into Presumpscot River, To run again from said pine tree back on the line of Falmouth ninety five rods to the south- east corner of North Yarmouth being a stake; and from thence northeast three miles on tlie bounds between North Yarmouth and New Marblehead to the line of New Boston, and that the line between New^ ]\Iarblehead and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth be fixed and established as before mentioned. "Sent down for concurrence. A. Oliver, Sec. "In the House of Representatives, Nov. 27, 1761. Read and Concurred. "Consented to, "Copy Ex. per "A true Copy attest. Jame Otis, Speaker. Francis Bernard. In. Cotton, Dep. Secry. William Goodwin, Clerk." Thus this troublesome affair was finally settled without the intervention of armed forces by either party, which, as an old 160 WINDHAM IN THE PAST tradition relates, was at one time threatened; and although Windham lost a large tract of territory, the inhabitants accepted the award of the General Court like true and loyal citizens, and peace and prosperity have reigned along our borders since that far off year, 1761. The next move on the part of the Proprietors of New Marble- head was to have the township incorporated, and we find that, at a meeting held on June 5, 1760, it was "Voted, that Messrs. Nathan Bowen, John Wight and John Ingalls, or any two of them, be a Comtee to Prefer a Petition to the Great and General Court, (now sitting) Prajing that they would please to Incorporate the Inhabitants of said Town- ship into a Town or District, and that the Grant of said Town- ship may be Confirmed to the Grantees, or their heirs, or to such Grantees as have fulfilled the Conditions of the Grant." Accordingly, the committee above-named presented the fol- lowing petition: ' ' Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England. "To his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq., Governor in Chief. To the Honble his Majesties Council and House of Rep- resentatives of said Province. "Humbly Sheweth The Grantees of a Township Called New Marblehead in the County of Cumberland, That in Obedience to the Order of this Honble Court in October A.D. 1758, they sent to said Township Messrs. John Wight and Samuel Turner with orders to take an Exact Account of the State of sd Township, and the Progress made by each Grantee towards a Settlement, who made Report upon Oath, which was laid before this Honble Court, whereby it appears that twenty nine of the Grantees have settled Families there. The other Grantees tho, all of them (but No. 4 Drawn by George Pigot) have cleared Land on their Respective Lotts, have not settled Families there. By which neglect, the few families there have been Exposed to great Difficulties. That this small settlement have for many years past dwelt there without any Settled Gospel Ministry or any Civil Government among them. That the Grantees find it necessary that a further Division of a Lott of one hundred acre I>otts be laid out there, which cant be effected with any degree DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 161 of certainty until they Obtain a settlement of the boundary lines betwixt said Grant and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yar- mouth on which they join; which they apprehend cannot be Effected but by the aid of this Honble Court. Wherefore the said Grantees Humbly pray your Excellency and this Honble Court. "First: That the twenty nine Settled numbers, be Con- firmed to the Respective Grantees and their heirs, and the Non Settlers be Compelled, as soon as may be, to Complete their Settlement. "Second. That the said Boundary Line may be ordered, and "Third. That the Inhabitants there may be Incorporated into some form of Government, and as the Original Home Lotts were laid out but ten acres (to make the Settlement more Com- plete and Defeneible) which has greatly hurt and Discouraged the said Settlement, Your Petitioners now pray that the Non Settlers may be Compelled to settle on said ten acre Lotts, each of them having an hundred acre Lott adjoining to the said Home Lotts, already laid out, which will better suit them and serve the Township in general. "All of which is Submitted by your Excellency and Honors Most Humble Servants. Nathan Bowen, John Wight, John Ingalls. "And the said Comtee beg leave to further Inform your Excellency and Honors. That in the Original Grant of the said Township a Right thro the Township was Reserved for the first settled ^linister. Another for the Ministry and a third for the School. The first became the Property of the Rev. ^Ir. Wight, Deceased, as first Minister ; The Second in its present Rough and uncultivated State can be of Little use to the next Minister, at least for sometime, as the property will not be his. That the School Lott, No. 44, in the body of the 100 acre Lotts, already laid out, lays near the Centre of the said Lotts and where the settlements are most likely to be made, and therefore mos suit- able for the Meeting house and Commodious for the next Min- 162 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ister, if it be had for that purpose. Wherefore They pray That the said Grantees, or your Petitioners, their Committee, may be Impowered to transfer the said 100 acre Lott, No. 44, to the use afforesaid, saving four acres to Lay in Common for a Meeting- house, School-house, Burying place and other public use, and if your Excellency and Honors should think the Residue of the said School Rights; which will be near 300 acres, should be insufficient for that purpose, your Petitioners will take care that at their laying out the next Division a like quantity of Land shall be laid out and assigned to the said School Right as an equivalent thereto. "All of which is Hunbly Submitted. Nathan Bowen, John Wight, John Ingalls." Accompanying this petition was the following list of the 29 lots that were settled in New Marblehead in 1759, with the names of the original grantees, and also the names of those who settled them, taken by John Wight and Samuel Turner : "Lot Original Grantee Settled by 3. Robert Parramore Maxwell & Mayberry 5. ^lichal Bowden Ephraim Winship 6. Samuel Stacey, 3d Gershom Winship 7. Ebenezer Hawkes, Jr. Joseph Starling ]0. Thomas Wood John Bodge 12. Thomas Chute Curts Chute ]G. James Sharrar John Manchester 19. Joseph Majory Thomas Mayberry 21. John Stacey Samuel Webb 22. Richard Reed Samuel Mathews 23. John Bayley Seth Webb 26. James Perryman William ]\Iayberry 27. Moses Calley Richard Mayberry 30. Nathan Bowen John Farrow 32. Abraham Howard Stephen Manchester 38. Benjamin James, Jr. Abrm Anderson 42. Isaac ^lansfield Thomas Chute 44. Joseph Howard Zerubbabel Hunniwell DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 163 46. Samuel Briniblecombe William Elder 47. Joseph Griffin John Stevens, Jr. 48. Joseph Smithurst John Stevens, Senr, 49. William Ingalls Micker Walker 51. John Felton Hugh Crage 52. Joseph Blaney, Esq. Thomas Bolton 53. Andrew Tucker William Bolton 55. Nath. Evans Robert Muckford 57. William Mabery John Mabery 58. William Goodwin Elezear Chase 61. Giles Ivimy Caleb Grafton." The following is the action of the General Court in reference to the foregoing petition : "In Council January 8, 1761. Eead and ordered, That John Chandler, Esq., with such as the Honble Court shall join, be a Committee to take this Petition under Consideration, and Eeport what they judge Proper for the Court to do thereon. "Sent down for Concurrence. A. Oliver, Secry. "Read and Concurred, and Col. Clap and Major Gushing are joined in the affair. James Otis, Speaker." Report of Committee on the Above Petition "The Committee to whom was referred the within Petition, humbly report as their opinion that the Rights belonging to the twenty nine persons in the annexed List be confirmed to them, their heirs and Assigns forever, and that the Plantation be Erected into a District. That the other Originall Admitted Settlers, or those who hold under them, being thirty one, be allowed one year from this time to Comply with the Conditions of the Grant, and such of them as do not, their supposed share or Rights Revert to the Province, and be Disposed of as this Court shall order. That a Committee be appointed, at the charge of the petitioners, to fix and ascertain the Bounds of the Plantation adjoining the Towns of Falmouth and North 164 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Yarmouth, They giving proper notice of their meeting for that purpose, and the School Lott, No. 44, be apportioned for the Encouragement of the next Ordained Minister among them ; Reserving four acres thereof, for Erecting a Meeting-house in and for other public uses, and that previous to laying out any further division, a hundred acres of Good Land be laid out for the use of the School in Lieu of said Lott No. 44. Per order of the Comtee John Chandler. "In Council January 20th, 1761, Read and Accepted, and ordered that Richard Cutt, Esq., with such as the Honorable House shall join, be a Comtee to run the lines mentioned in said Report. "Sent down for Concurrence, A. Oliver, Secry. "In the House of Representatives January 20th, 1761, Read and Concurred, and Mr. Bradbury and Doet Sayer are joined in the affair. "Consented to. Francis Bernard. "Copy Examined pr. Inc. Cotton, Dept Secry." Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 117, pp. 431-3. Having at length settled all preliminaries and taken ample time for consideration, the Great and General Court granted the prayer of the Proprietors and passed the following act of Incorporation : "Anno Regis Georgii Tertii Secundo. [seal] "An Act for Incorporating the Plantation Called New Marblehead in the County of Cumberland into a Town by the name of Windham. AVhereas it is represented to this Court bj' the Grantees of the plantation called New Marblehead in the County of Cumberland, that the Inhabitants thereof labor under many inconveniences by their not being incorporated into and invested with the powers and privilegs of a town. DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 165 Therefore, Be it enacted by the Govenor, Council and House of Representatives, That the whole of the said plantation, bounded as follows Viz: Beginning at a pine tree marked F. standing Eight miles and ninety five Rods North west, from a White Rock by the Waterside in Casco Bay for the Northerly Corner of the Town of Falmouth, and from thence to run on a straight Line to come fifteen Rods to the Eastward of a Brook, called Inkhorn Brook, below the ]\Iouth of sd Brook, where it enters into Presumpscot River. To run again from sd Pine Tree back on the Line of Falmouth ninety five Rods to the Westerly Corner of North Yarmouth, being a Stake, and from thence North East, three miles, on the back of North Yarmouth to the Line of the Township called New-Boston. Westerly on the sd Presumpscot River to a greate Pond called greate Sebago Pond. Thence North East four miles & 120 Rods, thence South East to North Yarmouth back line ; Be and hereby is Erected into a Town by the name of Windham. And that the Inhabit- ants thereof be and hereby are invested with all the Powers, Privileges & Immunities that Towns in this Province by Law do, or may enjoy, and that Enoch Freeman Esqr be and hereby is Impowered to Issue his Warrant directed to some principal Inhabitant of sd Town requiring him to Warn the Inhabitants of sd Town qualified by Law to Vote in Town affairs to Assemble at Such time & place as he Shall appoint, then & there to Choose all Needful Town Officers, to remain and act till their Annual Town Meeting in March next, and the said Inhabitants So Con- vened shall be & hereby are Authorized and Impowered to choose such officers accordingly. Provided Nevertheless, that all Province & County Tax's already laid on the sd Inhabitants Shall be Collected & paid in the same manner as tho this Act had not been made. June 11, 1762. ' ' This bill having been read three several times in the House of Representatives Passed to be enacted. TiMY RuGGLEs, Speaker. June 11, 1762. "This Bill having been read three several times in Council, Passed to be enacted. A. Oliver, Sec. 166 WINDHAM IN THE PAST June 12th, 1762. "By the Governor, I consent to the enacting of this bill. Fran. Bernard." On receiving the act of incorporation, the inhabitants of Windham at once made preparations to hold their first meeting as a distinct municipality. The General Court had directed Enoch Freeman, Esq., to issue his warrant for that purpose; but, for some cause, he failed to do so, and the following appears on the first Book of Windham Town Records. [seal] "Pursuant to Warrant directed to Mr. Thomas Chute, Gentleman, you are hereby Requested in his Majesties Name to Notify and Warn the Inhabitants duly qualified to vote in Town affairs, to Convene at the Garrison house in Windham aforesd on Monday the fifth day of July next at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to choose the proper officers as the Law directs. Stephen Longfellow^, Justice Peace." July 5, 1762. The freeholders and other inhabitants having been duly Notified, in conformity to the Province orders, "Voted, Vizt: 1st. Mr. Abraham Anderson, present Mod- erator for sd Meeting. 2d. "Voted, Thomas Chute, being present, Clerk. 3d. "Voted, Caleb Graffam, Lieut. Thomas Mayberry, and Mr. John Farrow Select-men for said Town this present year. 4th. "Voted, Mr. Abraham Anderson be Town Treasurer for this present year. 5th. "Voted, William Elder be Constable this year ensuing, 6th, "Voted, that Simon Noyes be Sealer of Waits and Measures, 7th, "Voted, that Mr, Caleb Graffam and Joseph Starling, shall be wordens and Tything men this present year. 8th, "Voted, that John Bodge and John Stevens, shall be fence viewers this present year. DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 167 9th. "Voted, that Stephen Manchester and Hugh Crague be field drivers this year." In 1789 and 1790, there were 188 persons who paid a county tax ; and, in the latter year, the number of inhabitants was 938. In 1800 they had increased to 1.329; in 1810, to 1,630; in 1820, 10 1,793; in 1830, to 2,186; in 1840, to 2,274. In 1850 the re- turns gave the number of inhabitants in town as 2,380 ; in 1860, as 2,635; and in 1870, as 2,426. The census of 1900 gives the inhabitants of Windham as numbering 1,929 ; and that of 1910. as 1,954. From the incorporation in 1762, until 1789, the town meet- ings were held in the old Province Fort; but, as the first division of one hundred-acre lots were settled, it became necessary to find quarters to accommodate the increased numbers of voters. On March 30, 1789, the annual meeting w^as held, according 1o notification, "In the Schoolhouse, near Joseph Winslow's. " This house stood on, or very near the site of the present school building at Newhall and was used as a town hall, except on rare occasions, until 1796, when the meeting-house was used for that purpose. This edifice stood near the residence of the late Thomas L. Smith, Esq., and was the most capacious building then in town. In 1811, the Friends' meeting-house, which stood Town House 168 WINDHAM IN THE PAST nearly opposite the brick dwelling house of the late Nathaniel Cobb, was obtained, and here the town 's business was transacted for several years. The first notice we find on the old records relating to a town hall is, on April 5, 1814, when it was "Voted, to Build a Town house for to do the Town's business in." Nothing whatever appears to have been done in relation to the above vote for nearly twenty years, or until 1833, when the present Town House was erected in the village of Windham Center. The building is of brick and is fifty feet long by forty feet wade, with thirteen feet walls ; and is fitted with a fire-proof safe, and other modern conveniences for the transaction of the town's business. The town also owns a large and valuable farm near the Center, on which is the almshouse for the support of the poor. Before the farm was purchased for this purpose, the selectmen used to let out the poor to private individuals to maintain at so much per year; or, in other words, they sold them at public auction to the one Avho would take them at the lowest possible price. The first notice we find of an application for relief occurs in the warrant for the annual town meeting, in ]\Iarch, 1771, the 22nd article of which was: "To see what method the Town will take to support Ruth Hall and her children, who hath made application to us for Eeleaf." We have no means of knowing what action w^as taken in regard to the article, as nothing further appears on the records. Some time previous to 1795, one Hannah Starbird appears as a town charge, and, at the town meeting on April 6th of that year, it was "Voted, to set Hannah Starbird up at Vandue to the lowest bidder per month, till the Town can find some other Town she I'roperly belongs to, and that the above written vote be allowed. ' ' Also "Voted, that John Robertson be allowed six shillings per month for keeping Hannah Starbird for the future." DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 169 Thomas L. Smith, in his "History of Windham," says here, "Exit Hannah Starbird." However, Mr. Smith labors under a grave mistake; as, according to the old town records, she re- mained very much in evidence for several years later. On April 3d, 1797, it was "Voted, to allow Nathaniel Mug- ford two Dollars for keeping Hannah Starbird in the year 1796." At the town meeting held on April 2, 1798, she was set up at vendue, and the following is the disposition made of her at that time : "Mr. Thomas Crague bid off Hannah Starbird for three schillings per week, and is to find said Hannah, sufficient victuals and to keep her clothes as good as they are now, as long as she Tarry s with him." At the same meeting, it was ' ' Voted, not to allow Capt. Jona- than Loveitt 's account for keeping Hannah Starbird. ' ' She makes her "exit" from the Windham records, on April 1, 1799, when the assembled wisdom of the town "Voted, not to allow William ^Mayberry, Jr's, account for keeping Hannah Starbird." Neither history or tradition gives us the least hint of her final end. We find nothing more on the old records concerning the town's poor until April 7, 1817. At a meeting held on that date, it was "Voted, that the Poor be put up to vendue to be Struck off to the Lowest Bidder." At the adjournment of the above meeting, on May 5, 1817, the town appears to have held a wholesale pauper auction, as follows : "Voted, that Luce, a Negro girl, be put up to vendue, to be struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Dr. James ^Merrill, he being the lowest bidder, for thirty six dollars. "Voted, that Abigail Trickey, a white woman, be put up to vendue, to be struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Jonathan Hanson, for sixty one dollars, he being the lowest bidder. "Voted, that Thomas Barker and Family be put up to 170 WINDHAM IN THE PAST vendue, to be struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Timothy Hanson, for one hundred and fifty dollars, he being the lowest bidder." At the adjournment of the annual meeting, May -4, 1818, the following votes were passed: "Voted, that Luce, a Negro woman be put up to vandue, and struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Reuben Robinson for Forty nine dollars, he being the lowest bidder. "Voted, that Abigail Trickey be put up at Vandue, and struck off to the lowest bidder and struck off to Timothy Hanson for Eighty dollars, he being the lowest bidder. "Voted, that the Select-men purchase, or hire a piece of land for Wm. Young and family. "Voted, that Thomas Barker & wife & five children be put up to vandue and struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Timothy Hanson, for one hundred and sixty nine dollars, he being the lowest bidder." At a town meeting, held Nov. 2, 1818, it was "Voted, that the Overseers of the Poor build John Mugford a house on the land said Mugford now lives on." Also, "Voted, that the Selectmen repair John Chase's house and chimney." Evidently the better part of the citizens were beginning to show signs of dissatisfaction with the manner in which the unfortunate poor were disposed of each year, and we find that, at the above meeting, it was "Voted, that a committee to see what method is best for the support of the poor consist of five, with the Overseers of the poor. "Voted, Timothy Hanson, Thomas Little, Nathan Goold, Esq., Nathan Pope and Abraham Anderson, be the above com- mittee. ' ' At the adjournment, held May 3, 1819, the above committee reported as follows: "That we have duly considered the subject, and are of the opinion, that it is best for the overseers of the poor, to put out, all or such part of the poor children in the Town that they can DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 171 find suitable places for, so far as the interests of the Town re- quire it, and the Town to buy a farm for to place the remainder of the poor on under an Overseer if practicable, all of which we humbly submit. Timothy Hanson, Recorder. ''Voted, to accept the report of the Committee. "Voted, to choose a Committee of Three to purchase a farm for to put the poor on under an Overseer. ''Voted, Capt. Thomas Little, Robert Estes and Nathan Groold, Esq., be the above Committee, and make report to the Selectmen and the Selectmen to call a Town meeting. "Voted, that the Selectmen dispose of Thomas Barker and his family. "Voted, that Luce, a Negro w^oman, be put up at Vandue and struck off to the Lowest bidder, and struck off to Robert Estes, for thirty Eight Dollars, he being the lowest bidder. "Voted, that Abigail Trickey be put up to Vandue, and struck off to the lowest bidder, and w^as struck off to Thomas Millins, for Ninety Dollars, he being the lowest bidder. "Voted, that the Selectmen put out the rest of the poor, to the best advantage for the Town." The foregoing vote in regard to Thomas Barker and his family seems to have a sort of "off with his head" flavor about it; and, save that he turns up at the next annual meeting, we might be left to infer that the Selectmen fulfilled their instruc- tions to the bitter end. At a meeting held in the Friends' Meeting-house April 10, 1820, it was "Voted, to put Black Luce, up to vandue, to be struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to John Mayberry for thirty Eight Dollars, he being the lowest bidder. Voted to refer Thomas Barker to a Committee." So far as can be learned, this was the last time the paupers were "put up to Vandue," in Windham. Shortly after this the farm near the Center was purchased ; and, in the course of time, the old-fashioned farmhouse then standing on the premises was torn down, and the present large 172 WINDHAM IN THE PAST and commodious dwelling was erected in its stead. Here those who are unable to provide for themselves enjoy all the comforts of a well-ordered home, and the care which these unfortunates receive is highly creditable to the good old town. The grantees named their township New Marblehead. in honor of the parent town, where most of them belonged ; and we find from the records that they held at least four plantation meetings before the incorporation, and that the territory was then called New ]\Iarblehead. When, on June 11. 1762, the Great and General Court of the Province of Massachusetts passed an act incorporating said plantation, it received the name of Windham, though for what reason, or who suggested the name we do not know. Smith, in his town history, leaves us to infer that it was named from Wymondham, a town in Norfolk, Eng., but we have no means of knowing whether this is correct or not, so we leave the ques- tion for future historians to decide, and can only express our personal wish that our ancestors had retained the original name of New Marblehead. Windham was the sixteenth town incorporated in the State of Maine and had. at that time, as we have seen, thirty-nine families then living here. These increased each year until 1860, in which year there were two thousand six hundred and thirty-five inhabitants in town. The principal business of the inhabitants is that of farming. I'he land, for the most part, is exceedingly fertile and easily cultivated, the chief crops raised being hay in large quantities, corn, other grain of various kinds, potatoes, and other vegetables. In the central and easterly parts of the town are many apple orchards, which annually yield the owners good profits. Large numbers of neat cattle, including cows of high grade, are kept, and dairying is fast becoming an important branch of business among our farmers. Horses are numerous, and several pairs of fine oxen are now owned here. Sheep raising, which our farmers formerly considered a profitable business, has become almost a lost art, and but very few flocks are now to be found, where once they were kept in large numbers. Windham has been very fortunate in never having suffered from sickness of a serious epidemic nature, the general health of the inhabitants having been uniformly good from the first; and, as a people, they are contented and happy. CHAPTER VII Schools One important condition imposed by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on the Grantees of New Marblehead was that one right in the township should be disposed of for the use of the common schools; or, in other words, that one sixty- third part of the territory should be set aside for the above- named purpose. Accordingly, in the division of land. Home Lot No. 1 was drawn as the school lot ; and, in each subsequent division of the common lands, this Lot No. 1 drew its propor- tional part. These lots at that time were covered with a heavy growth of wood and timber, and being public property, but little interest was taken to preserve the growth from trespassers. One in- stance which we find recorded on the town books serves to illus- trate the little care our ancestors took of the town's property. William Maxfield, one of the early settlers, became the owner of Home Lot No. 2, adjoining the school lot. This gentleman appears to have used somewhat original methods in his transac- tions, and his ideas of the eternal fitness of things were evidently of a vague and undefined nature, especially in regard to bound- ary lines. It is a fact that, when he built his house, it stood one- half on his own lot, and the other half on the school lot. By virtue of this novel "livery of seizen," he kept possession for several years without being called to account; and he also claimed the right to operate on the hundred-acre lot drawn for the schools in 1740. This he proceeded to do for some time. At length the authorities, fearing that he might gain a possessory title to the entire township, ordered him to vacate the premises. This he refused to do, and so the matter rested for some years. Finding that he was likely to ruin the lot, the matter was brought before the town, at a meeting held on May 7, 1774, when it was "Voted, that William Elder, Richard Dole, and David Barker be a Committee to Sue William ]\Iaxfield off the School Lot, if 174 WINDHAM IN THE PAST he refuses to give it up, and Likewise to Draw so much Money out of the Treasury as is needful to carry on the same." This committee immediately notified Mr. ]\Iaxfield of the vote and informed him that they should at once proceed to enforce it according to law. Finding himself confronted by a probable law suit, after considerable bluster on his part, he finally concluded to vacate the disputed territory. The committee reported their success to the town in 1775, and we hear nothing more in- regard to the lot until 1802, when a petition was presented to the General Court, on Feb. 21th of that year, and the following is the action taken thereon : "Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "In the House of Kepresentatives, Feb. 21th, 1802. "On the Petition of Ezra Brown and others, a Committee in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Town of Windham in the County of Cumberland, praying for Liberty to sell and dispose of their School Lands in said Town and appropriate the use thereof to public schools in said Town, ''Resolved, for reasons set forth in said Petition, that the prayer thereof be so far granted, that the Inhabitants of said Town of "Windham, be and hereby are authorized to sell and dispose of the said School Lands, and that the net proceeds of the said sale be, and shall forever hereafter continue vested in some of the public funds of the United States, or of this Com- monwealth, or Mortgage of Real Estate, and the interest arising therefrom be applied tow^ards the support of the public Schools. "It is also further Resolved, that the Town Clerk, of said "Windham shall Procure of the Secretary an attested copy of these resolves and enter the same at full length on the Records of the said Tow^l of Windham, in order that the sale and appro- priation aforesaid may be known and the application thereof be better secured in future. "Sent up for concurrence. Edward Robbins, Speaker. "In Senate, Feb. 26, 1802. Read and Concurred. David Cobb, President. SCHOOLS 175 "Feb. 27th, 1802. Approved. C.VLEB Strong. "A true Copy attest. John Avery, Secretary. ''Richard Dole, Town Clerk." In accordance with the above action of the General Court, the lands were sold to the town for two thousand four hundred and forty dollars, at six per cent, annual interest, which is now divided each year among the common schools of Windham. At just what time a school was established in this town, we have no means of knowing. An old tradition asserts that Mrs. Mary Chute, wife of Thomas Chute, the first settler, gathered the few children belonging to the settlement into her own house, where she instructed them in the rudiments of an English education. If this is true, and we see no reason to doubt it, tlien to IMrs. Chute belongs the honor of establishing the first school in Windliam. Thomas L. Smith, on page 81 of his history of the town, says, "Samuel Webb taught the first school in the town in 1743." We think he is mistaken in the date, as considerable documentary evidence exists to prove that i\Ir. Webb did not settle here until 1744, and w^e find nothing on the old Propri- etors' records or those of the town to show that a school was kept by any one at that date. The first record we find in regard to the matter is, on Oct. 7, 1765, when, at a tow^n meeting, it was "Voted, that a school be kept in said Town of Windham till the next annual meeting. "Voted, that twenty-six pounds be alloAved to pay a School Master till March meeting next." No mention is made of who the master was, but, without doubt, it was Mr. Webb, as it is a well-authenticated fact that he was the principal, if not the only school teacher in this town for several years. At a meeting held in the old Province Fort, on ]March 26, 1766, 176 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ''Voted, that twenty pounds be allowed to pay a School Master this year." This was probably Mr. Webb's last term of school in town, as, in a short time, he moved to Deer Isle, Me., wiiere he died Feb. 15, 1785. He was born at Redriife, near London, Eng., on Christmas Day, 1696, and came to this country in 1713. He was the ancestor of all bearing the name in this vicinity. Who succeeded Mr. Webb as the town's school master we do not know. However, the records show that each year money was voted for the support of schools, but the names of the teachers are nowhere recorded. At a town meeting, on March 26, 1767, "Voted, that thirty pounds be Raised for the support of a school or schools the ensuing year, "Voted, that those people that live upon the Hundred acre Lotts, and have not had any Benefit of the Money raised for two years past, for the support of a school or schools shall have their Proper Proportion of said Money, which shall this present year be Raised for the use aforesaid, to be laid out for a school amongst their scholars." Up to this time, but one school was kept in the township, and it is said that, for lack of better quarters, one of the flankers of the old fort was used as a schoolroom. As the population increased, it was found necessarj^ to find better accommodations, hence the foregoing vote. At the same meeting it was "Voted, to hire a schoolhouse this Present year. "Voted, that Abraham Anderson, Caleb Graffam and Thomas Mayberry be a Committee to lay out a Proper Place to Build a School House or School Houses in Said Town. ' ' This committee reported at the annual town meeting, on IMar. 30, 1768, and the lot they had laid out was, in the language of their report, "In the Road, on the hill between Thomas May- berry's and Thomas Trott's. " Nothing more seems to have been done about the matter for tw^o years; when, at a meeting held Oct. 11, 1770, it was I SCHOOLS 177 "Voted, two hundred Pounds old tenor for to Build a School House. "Voted, that Micah Walker, Hugh Crague and Thomas Trott be a Committee to Build the School House as far as the money already voted will go. "Voted, twenty shillings per day for working on the afore- mentioned School House. Richard Mayberry, Town Clerk." According to the above vote, the schoolhouse was erected and partly finished in the fall of 1770 ; and, at the annual town meeting held according to adjournment from Mar. 28 to May 23, 1771, it was "Voted, that there shall be money enough assessed to sup- port a School the whole of the Present year, at fifteen Pounds, old tenor Per month, and four dollars Per month for board." At a meeting held in the meeting-house, Dec. 25, 1772, it was "Voted, that Mr. Richard Dole shall finish shingling and put Collars Round the Chimney and Clabboard the whole of the School-house, and that the said Dole shall provide stuff to do said work with, and do said work within three weeks from this 25th day of December 1772, and that said Dole shall be paid twenty Pounds old tenor for the above mentioned labor." It is in evidence that ]\Ir. Dole fulfilled his part of the con- tract, and that the house was finally finished in December, 1772. It stood in the ^lain Road, nearly in the center of the original home lots, and was the first schoolhouse erected in the township. While we do not know positively who taught the first term of school in the new building, it was doubtless either Benjamin ^NToody or John Patterson, as we find on the old town records that, at a meeting held Oct. 18, 1771, it was "Voted, that thirty-five Pounds Lawfull Money be Raised to pay Mr. Benjamin Moody for his keeping a school in this town in the year 1772, and Mr. John Patterson, for keeping a school in this town in the year 1773." Also, on the church book is the following entrj', under admis- sions to the Windham church: "June 23, 1771. Benjamin 178 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Moody of Newbury now residing here as a School Master." Mr. Moody probably taught here several yeai-s previous to this entry and may have succeeded Mr. Webb. John Patterson was a native of Ireland, and is said to have been a good teacher, although somewhat peppery in disposition and very severe in discipline. How long he remained here, or whither he went, we are unable to say, neither do Ave know who succeeded him in the pedagogical office. Possibly, however, it may have been Thomas Kennard, better known as ' ' Master Ken- nard." He was born in the north of Ireland, about 1734. At just what time he came here we do not know^, but he was employed as the town's schoolmaster for a long term of years. He was greatly beloved by his pupils, some of whom were living since the writer can remember, and they all united in saying that Master Kennard was the best teacher of their boyhood. He died here in 1818 ; unmarried ; aged 84 years. His remains were in- terred on the farm formerly owned by the late J. J. Bodge near Ijittle Falls Village, but no stone marks the spot. The only female teacher of that early period of our town's history was ]Miss Mary (or as it was frequently written, Molly) Legarde. It is said that she came here from Boston about the year 1785 and taught school for some time, but nothing positive is known of her antecedents. Her intention of marriage with Reuben Hill of Gray was entered on the Windham town records on December 4, 1790, and her residence was given as Windham. P'rom the Gray records we learn that she was married to Mr. Hill by Rev. Samuel Perley on December 23, 1790. At a town meeting held in the Block House, Oct. 26, 1778, it was Voted, To Build a School House at Gambo, in Proportion to what they paid towards Building the Town 's School House. ' ' This was accordingly done, previous to 1780, and, so far as Ave can learn, it Avas the second schoolhouse in toAvn. It stood on the spot Avhere the present one noAV (1910) stands, the land being at that time owned by Joseph WinsloAv. Until 1789, the entire tOAvnship formed one school district; but, owing to the increasing population, it Avas found necessary SCHOOLS 179 to take some action in the matter of schools, and the Selectmen laid out six districts, as follows, viz. : "One Division to extend from Inkliorn Brook, and to take in James Pray & from the corner by j\Ir. Smith 's to Falmouth line. "2d Do. to extend from said Pray's to Joseph Swett's on the main road on the road by Ezra Brown's to John Gallison's, and on the road to John Swett's. "3d District, to Extend from Joseph Swett's to Enoch Graffam's, and from the Widow Bolton's to Gambo Mills & from Joseph Winslow 's Corner as far as John Rand 's. "4th Do, to Extend from John Rand's to the County Roade by "Willm Proctor's and from Elijah Hanson's Corner to Gershom Rogers'. "5th Do, To Extend from Israel Hodgdon's on the County Roade to Falmouth line, and from the Northerly corner of No. 62 in the first Division by Jonathan Hanson's to the County Roade. "6th Do, To Extend from the westerly corner of No. 12, in the 2d Division to the line between this town and Gray. "Windham November 7th, 1789. "David Purinton, Paul Little, Selectmen. Joseph Hooper, A. Osgood, Town Clerk." This report of their officers was accepted by the town, and the six districts remained as they were laid out for several years. In 1793, the town voted 70 pounds for a school, and, at the same time, "Voted, to choose a School Committee to District the Town in proper order." Also, "Voted, that Abraham Anderson, Mr. Paul Little, Lemuel Jones, Winslow Hall. Thomas Crague, Elijah Kennard, and David Purinton, be a School Committee to District the Town, and to take charge of the School and Regulate it." It does not appear that these gentlemen took any action 180 WINDHAM IN THE PAST whatever in regard to the vote, and so we find that, at a town meeting held on April 2. 1798, it was "Voted, that Abraham Anderson, Paul Little, Esq., Joshua Roberts, Winslow Hall, Benjamin Morrill, Stephen Robertson, and David Purinton be a Committee to District the town into Proper Districts according to the 19th article in the warrant. "Also Voted, to raise 100 pounds for a school this year. ' ' Voted, to build a School-house in each District, ' ' for which purpose they voted to raise one thousand dollars. They also voted, "that the said School-houses be built by the first of October next." The following is the division of the town into school districts made by the committee, according to their report of April 2, 1798: "First District, To begin on the first road from Presumpscot River, at Inkhorn Brook, and to Extend on sd Road as far as James Pray's, including Amos and Ebenezer Hawkes' families, and Peter Morrill and William and James and John Mayberry, and from John Chute's to Benjamin Bodge 's. "Second District, To begin at Dr. James Paines and to Extend on the main Road to where William Knight formerly Dwelt, and from Barker's Shop up that road as far as John Gallison's and from Joseph Chesley's round that Road as far as John Swett's including Thomas Barker, Jun's place and Jona- than Stevens, Sarah Rea and John Knight and Isaac Clark. "Third District, Beginning at Thomas Crague's and to Extend on the main road, over Pleasant River as far as Isaac Cobb's place and from James Boulton's to Gambo, and from Joseph Winslow 's to John Rand's. "Fourth District, Beginning at Capt. Thomas Chute's and Roland Rand's and to Extend as far as Benjamin Means', and from Elijah Hanson's to William Proctor's. "Fifth District, Beginning at Joshua Lowell's and Extend to Daniel Pettingill's and on the County Road up as far as Nicholas Anthoine's, and from Ichabod Hanson, Jr's. as far as Samuel Dolley's. SCHOOLS 181 "Sixth District, Beginning on the County Road at Obadiah Goold's and to Extend as far as Edward Anderson's, and from Obadiah Goold's to Lewis Anderson's including Elijah Varney and Samuel Waterhouse. "Seventh, Beginning at Stephen Hutchinson's and to Ex- tend as far as Joseph Allen's and from Jonathan Varney 's to Silas Elder's, including Ezra Hanson and Jonah Austin. "Eighth District, Beginning at Gershom Manchester's, and to Extend by Winslow's Mill to the line of Gray, and from the mouth of the Road that leads by John Knight's to Gray line and on the Road by Varney 's as far as William Legrow's in- cluding Joshua Wilson, Josiah Mayberry and Jedediah Elliott. "David Purinton, Abraham Anderson, Paul Little, Esq., Joshua Roberts, Committee." Stephen Robertson, Benjamin Morrill, So far as we can learn, these schoolhouses were built accord- ing to the vote, and nothing of importance relating to school affairs appears on the records for several years. Each year, money was voted, sometimes liberally, and, at others, more spar- ingly. For instance, in April, 1802, it was voted to raise $150, and the next year it was voted to raise $1000 for the support of schools. At this last meeting, it was "Voted, that the School Committee shall divide the School Districts or make such Regulations as they think proper." On April 6, 1807, $1000 was voted for the schools; and in 1808, $500 for the same purpose. At the same time, it was "Voted, that Col. Thomas Chute, Abraham Anderson and Ezra Brown be a committee to take care," (or, as the clerk records it) " (Kear) of the School money this year." The following report appears on the town records, relating to the districts : "Windham April 25, 1808. "Your Committee appointed to make alterations in the School Districts Report as follows. 182 WINDHAM IN THE PAST "Ninth District, beginning at John Lunt's and from thence by Capt. Trott 's to the Road leading to Peter Morrill 's, and from thence to Falmouth line, with their building their own school house. "Tenth District, beginning at Robert M. ]\Iayberry's and from thence by Tate & Johnson's Store to Samuel Tukey's and from Tate & Johnson's Store to John Trickey's, including William Mayberry, Daniel Purinton, ]Moses !Mayberry, Noah J. Senter and Benjamin Waterhouse, with their Building their own School House. "Eleventh District, beginning at Pleasant River and from thence by Enoch Graffam's to Benjamin Loveitt's including William Mayberry 3d and Joseph Knight, with their building their own school house. "Twelvth District, beginning at William Elder's and from thence by William Fields' to Otis Baker's including John Man- chester, Richard Mayberry, Aaron Hunscom and Jonah Austin, with their building their own School house. "JosiAH Chute. JosiAH Webb. "A true Copy attest John Gallison, Town Clerk." At the annual town meeting, held April 3, 1809, $500 was voted for the schools; and in 1810, $700; a like sum in 1812; in 1813, $500. At a meeting, held Mar. 1, 1814, ''Voted, Jonathan Hanson, Noah Read, Thomas Chute, John Hussey, Timothy Robinson, Ebenezer Allen, Meshach Purinton, Nathan Pope, Rowland Rand, Reuben Robinson, Joseph Allen, Curtis Swett, Nathaniel Cobb, Elijah Hanson, Ezekiel Hanson, Robert M. Mayberry and John Swett, be set off into a District to be known by the name of the Centre School District. ' ' Also, "Voted, Mary Anderson, Montgomery Anderson, Noah J. Senter, Anthony Proctor, Israel Hodgdon, Isaac Stevens, Daniel Waterhouse, Ephraim Hodgdon, Joseph Fuller, William Hanson, Enoch Chesley, Nathan Goold, Daniel Hall, Comfort SCHOOLS 183 Hall, Moses Petengall. John Petengall. Ezra Goold, Nathan Petengall, Abner Goold, Jonathan Goold, Stephen Hall, Eben- czer Proctor, Sarah Varney, Thomas Varney, Benjamin Goold, Israel Hodgdon, Jr., Samuel Waterhouse, Simeon Goold and David Proctor be set off into a District to be known by the name of the Union District." Also, ''Voted seven hundred dollars for the schools." At a town meeting, held April 3, 1815, "Voted, one thousand dollars for support of schools. "Voted, that the Rev. Gardiner Kellogg, Hezekiah Frost, Noah Read, Chase Stevens and Joseph Pope be a general ex- amining Committee for the year ensuing, that all School ^Masters shall procure a Certificate of their having a good Moral Char- acters, good and Legal literary Qualifications, and being suitable persons to teach a good English School, that the Certificates shall be signed by at least three of said Committee; that the select men are prohibited from paying any School District any part of the School Money till the School Committee man of that District deliver to said Select Men such Certificate as a Voucher ; that it shall be the duty of said General Examining Committee to visit each School in Windham at Least twice each winter, and to give such directions to each School Master relative to the several modes of instruction as they shall deem advantageous to the Town and to purposes of Education ; that the said general Committee may divide said Districts into sections, each Com- mittee man to take a section to visit, if said Committee shall deem that measure most advisable ; that the requisite Certificate as aforesaid, be dated before each School begins in order to entitle any District to its Money. John Gallison, Town Clerk." The foregoing is the first mention we find of what was after- ward known as the Superintending School Committee- in Wind- ham. These gentlemen were considered to be the most learned men then in town and were all greatly interested in the welfare of the common schools. Since that time it has been the custom, at each annual meeting, to elect a committee of three to superin- tend the school affairs. The writer well remembers the awe with which these dig- 184 WINDHAM IN THE PAST nitaries w^re regarded by the average pupil, as, with slow and stately tread, they filed into the schoolroom and took their places behind the teacher 's desk ; and with what fear and terri- ble forebodings we awaited their questions in regard to our proficiency in the different branches then taught. Then how glad we were when the ordeal was passed and we were dismissed Avithout suffering positive shipwreck ! They were good men and had the real interests of the school at heart and performed the duties of their office without fear or favor; and although times have changed and different modes of instruction have been adopted in recent years, still our schools bear the impress of the early teachers and school officers of this town. In 1817, it was found advisable to revise the limits of the school districts, and a committee was appointed for that purpose, who reported at a meeting ]\Iay 4, 1818, as follows: "The Committee that was appointed to revise the limits of the several School Districts in the Town of Windham, ask leave to report that they attended to that duty and consider it expedi- ent to define the limits of the several School Districts as follows, Yiz : "One District, beginning at the corner of Westbrook and "Windham, on Presumpscot River, running thence by Westbrook line to the East corner of the lot on which Joseph Hawkes now lives, thence N. W. to the road near Peter ^Morrill's, thence S. W. by said road to the road between Peter T. Smith's and James Gowins land, thence N. W. by said road to the N. corner of the lot on which Ebenczer Freeman now lives, thence S. W. by the line of said Freeman's land to Presumpscot River, thence to first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one School District, and known by the name of the first School District in Windham. ' ' One • District beginning at the West corner of the first District on Presumpscot River, running thence N. E. adjoining the first District to the N. corner of the lot on which Ebenezer Freeman now lives, thence on the same course to the N. E. line of the lot on which John ]\Ia3'berry now lives, thence N. W. to the N. corner of the lot on which John Mayberry 2d now lives, thence Westerly to the corner of the lot that Hezekiah Smith SCHOOLS 185 now owns, thence S. W. on the rangeway to the N. corner of lot No. 17, and continuing the same course to Presumpscot River, thence by said River to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District, to be known by the name of the Columbian School District in Windham. "One District beginning at the W. corner of the Columbian District, running thence N. E. by said District to the N. corner of Hezekiah Smith 's land, to the N. W. corner of the lot on which Josiah Chute now lives, thence S. W. to the N. corner of the lot on which John Gallison now lives, thence Southerly to the N. corner of lot No 3, thence on the line between No. 3 and lot No. 1, to Presumpscot River, thence by said River to the first men- tioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District, to be known by the name of the second School District in Windham, ' ' One District beginning at the W. corner of the Second Dis- trict running thence by the said second District to the N. corner of the lot on which John Gallison now lives, thence to the W. corner of the lot on which Noah Read now lives, thence N. W. to Pleasant River, thence down said River to Presumpscot River to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District to be known by the name of the third School District in Windham. "One District beginning at the mouth of Pleasant River, where it runs into Presumpscot River, running thence N. E. by Pleasant River to the E. corner of the lot on which William Mayberry now lives, thence N. W. to the S. corner of the lot on which Francis Mayberry now lives, thence N. W, to Presump- scot River, thence by said Presumpscot River to the first men- tioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District to be Ivnown by the name of the fourth School District in Windham. "One District beginning at the west corner of the fourth District, running thence by the said fourth District to Pleasant River, thence to Ditch Stream, so called, thence by said Ditch Stream to the place where the Ditch mill formerly stood, thence Westerly to the north corner of lot 131, thence west to Pre- sumpscot River, thence by said River to first mentioned bounds, Excluding the S. E. half of the lot on which Isaac ]Mayberry now lives, all within said limits to form one District and be known by the name of the fifth School District in Windham. "One District, beginning at the N. corner of the third Dis- 186 WINDHAM IN THE PAST trict on Pleasant River, running thence by said third District to the west corner of the lot on which Noah Read now lives, thence to the N, corner of the Lot on which John Gallison now lives, thence N. Easterly to the N. corner of the lot on which Josiah Chute now lives, thence on a direct line to the E. corner of the lot on which Jonathan Hanson now lives, thence on a direct line to the S. corner of Lot No. 2, on which Stephen Hall now lives, thence by the road to the S. corner of Lot No. 1, en which Ebenezer Proctor now lives, thence on the line be- tween Ebenezer Proctor and Nathan Pope's land to Pleasant River, thence by said River to first mentioned bounds, includ- ing the S. E. half of that lot Isaac Mayberry now lives on, all within said limits to form one District, and known by the name of the Central School District, in Windham. "One District, beginning at the N. corner of lot on which Moses Hanson now lives, running thence on a direct line to the N. corner of the lot on which Josiah Chute now lives, thence to the N. corner of the lot on which John ]\Iayberry 3d now lives, thence to Westbrook line at the S. corner of the lot on which John Lowell now lives, thence on Westbrook and Fal- mouth line to the Duck Pond, thence by the side of said Pond, to the head thereof, thence on a direct line to first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District, and be known by the sixth School District in Windham. "One District, beginning at the W. corner of the lot on which Ebenezer Proctor now lives, at Pleasant River, running thence up said River to the N. E. line of lot No. 87, near the Ditch Stream, thence on a direct line to the N. corner of lot No. 40, on which James Hawkes, Jr., now lives, thence on a direct line to the N. corner of the lot on which Closes Hanson now lives, thence on a Direct line to the S. corner of lot No. 2. on which Stephen Hall now lives, thence by the road to the S. corner of the lot No. 1, on which Ebenezer Proctor now lives, thence by the line between Ebenezer Proctor and Nathan Pope's land to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District, and be known by the name of the Union School District in Windham. "One District, beginning at where the line of lot No. 87, crosses Pleasant River running thence S. Easterly on a direct line to the N. corner of the lot, No. 40, on which James Hawkes, SCHOOLS 187 Jr., now lives, thence N. E. by the road, to the E. corner of the lot on which Stephen Robinson, Jr., now lives, thence by the road, to the corner near Joseph Legrow's. thence N. W. by the road between Joseph Legrow's and Ebenezer Hawkes' land to Pleasant River, thence by said River to the first mentioned bounds all within said limits to compose one District, and be known by the name of the Seventh School District, in Wind- ham. "One District, beginning at the bridge over Pleasant River, called Chase Stevens' bridge, running thence S. E. by the road to the top of Manchester's hill, so called, thence N. E. to Gray line, thence N. W. on Gray line to the road near Maj. Joseph Staples', thence S. W. to the S. W. line of the lot on which Maj. Joseph Staples now lives, thence on a direct line to Wins- low's Mill, so called, on Pleasant River, thence by said River to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District, to be known by the name of the Eighth School Dis- trict in Windham. "One District, beginning at the N. corner of the 8th Dis- trict near Maj. Joseph Staples', running thence S. Westerly by the line of the 8th District to Pleasant River, thence down said River to the Ditch Stream, thence by the Ditch Stream, to Little Sebago Pond, thence by said Pond to Gray line, thence by Gray line to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to com- pose one School District and to be known by the name of the ninth District in Windham. "One District, beginning at the E. corner of the 8th District, on Gray line, running thence S. W. to the road near Ichabod Baker's land, thence by said road to the E. corner of the lot on which Stephen Robinson now lives, thence S. W. by the road, to the middle of the lot on which Jonah Austin now lives, thence S. E. through the middle of said lot to the S. E. line thereof, thence N. E. to Gray line, thence by Gray line to first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to compose one District, and be known by the name of the Tenth School District, in Windham. "One District, beginning at the E. corner of the 10th Dis- trict on Gray line running thence S. W. to the E. corner of the lot on which James Hawkes, Jr., now lives, thence S. E. to the head of the Duck Pond, thence by said Pond to Falmouth line, thence by Falmouth line to Gray line, thence by Gray line to 188 WINDHAM IN THE PAST the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to compose one District to be known by the name of the Eleventh School District in Windham. "One District, beginning at the E. corner of lot on which Joseph Hawkes now lives, running thence N. W. to the road near Peter Morrill's thence S. "W, by said road, to the road be- tween Peter T. Smith's land and James Gowen's land, thence by said road to the N. corner of the lot on which Ebenezer Freeman now lives, thence N. East to the east corner of the lot on which John Mayberry now lives, thence on a direct line to the S. corner of the lot on which John Lowell now lives, thence on Westbrook line to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to compose one District to be known by the name of the Twelfth School District in Windham. "All of which is most Respectfully Submitted. Windham May 4th, 1818. Nathan Goold, JosiAH Webb, William Brown. "Voted to accept the report of the above Committee. John Gallison, Town Clerk." Of these fifteen districts, three were given names instead of numbers, viz. : Columbian, Central, and Union ; and, for sev- eral years, they were so called. But in the progress of time, it became necessary to again revise the limits of the districts; and, sometime previous to 1840, this was done, and three new districts were formed, making a total of eighteen. In 1872, one other district was added, making the number nineteen. These districts were numbered from one to nineteen, and the old names were abolished. The Columbian district became Number Nine, the Union district was numbered Fifteen, and the Central, Six- teen, by which numbers they were ever afterwards known. All school districts in ]\Iaine were declared to be corpora- tions by the State laws, and were granted powers sufficient to enable the inhabitants to transact all matters pertaining to school affairs very much as they saw fit. Shortly after the annual town meeting in March, the Agent would notify the legal voters of his district by posting a written notice on the SCHOOLS 189 outer door of the schoolhouse, seven days beforehand, for them to meet and transact all business for the ensuing year. At the appointed time, the voters would assemble and prepare for ac- tion. The Clerk would then call the meeting to order and read the warrant, after which a Moderator was chosen to preside over the deliberations, then a Clerk was elected and finally an Agent, and frequently one or two committees for some special duty. This being done, the meeting would be declared open for the discussion of any question relating to the welfare of the school. Sometimes this part of the session would cause considerable excitement, and there might be no little ill feeling caused by a disagreement on the part of some of the voters, in the vain attempt to decide some trivial matter. The amount of sledge- hammer eloquence that would then be exhibited was, to say the least, amusing. But, as all things of an earthly nature are said to have an end, so these disputants, having talked them- selves hoarse, would finally subside into silence, and the meeting would adjourn sine die. The Agent was supposed to be the chief executive officer of the corporation, it being his duty to make and return to the authorities a list of all scholars in his district from four to twenty-one years of age, to hire the teachers, provide the fuel, and make all necessary repairs on the buildings; in short, he was the general utility man of the precinct. But two terms of school were kept each year, one in the summer and another during the winter months. The first was usually presided over by a woman teacher, the latter by a man; sometimes, however, a woman would be employed for both terms, but this was, by no means, the general rule. The course of study consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, and geography. Occasionally, a few of the more advanced pupils would add algebra a part of each term. The money voted annually for the schools was divided among the several districts, according to the number of scholars each contained; hence, the ones having the greatest number received a larger proportion of the school money, and, conse- quently, were enabled to have longer terms than their less for- tunate neighbors. This method continued in practice until 1893, when the Leg- islature abolished the district system ; and, according to the 190 WINDHx\.M IN THE PAST present laws, each school has terms of equal length, with a uni- form course of instruction in each grade. This arrangement has been found of great advantage to the rural townis, and our public schools are now in a more prosperous condition than ever before. Schools for instruction in the higher branches have at various times been established in Windham, all of which were successful in their day. We have already mentioned the Friends' Academy, which Thomas L. Smith, Esq., in his town history, says, "was the first and only one erected in the town." This, however, is a mistake, as it is a w^ell-known fact that Chase Stevens, at one time, had an Academy on the Ray farm, near the mouth of the road lead- ing from the Main or River Road to the present village of Malli- 8on Falls, where he taught the higher branches for several years. Unfortunately we have no records showing the precise time when this school was established, but it must have been at an early period in the town's history. In his boyhood the writer knew several aged men, w^ho, in their youth, had been students at the old academy, and they all spoke in the highest possible terms of ^Mr. Stevens as a faithful and efficient teacher. He was born in Falmouth (now Portland), Sept. 4, 17-46, and died in Windham. Apr. 6, 1819. On Sept. 1, 1839, William Warren, a native of Waterford, Maine, came to Windham and taught a high school for three months, during which time he supplied the Congregational Church, at that time destitute of a pastor. As a teacher. Rev. Mr. Warren was an unqualified success, and, during his stay here of about ten years, he served almost continuously as one of the superintending school committee. A few years later Josiah B. AVebb taught a high school in the brick schoolhouse knowni as "Knight's" in District No. 6. This was about 1846. Thereafter he kept the school in operation each fall for some years. Mr. Webb w^as a fine teacher, and many of his pupils afterwards filled important stations in the community. Rev. Edwin S. Elder, a few years later, had a large and iiourishing school which was kept in a chapel that stood on the Main Road in District No. 1, where he taught the higher branches. SCHOOLS 191 In the fall of 186-1:, Joseph W. Knight of Stanclish opened a high school in the town hall at Windham Center. ^Ir. Knight was a rare instructor and was greatly beloved by his pupils. The Friends of AVindham have always been noted for the interest they have taken in the education of their young mem- bers. The monthly meeting here has a fund, the income of Yviiich was formerly used to support an annual term of school about twelve weeks in length, where, under competent teachers, the pupils were fitted to enter their more advanced denomina- tional schools at Vassalborough. Me., or Providence, R. I. The Windham High School, established by the State laws of 1893, has been a success from the first, although its usefulness has been somewhat injured by lack of suitable accommodations, since it was obliged to be held in the old Town House for many Aears. At the annual meeting in 1910 the town voted to raise eight thousand dollars for the purpose of building a high school building. A large lot was purchased, and the w^ork of building was at once begun. This progressed so favorably that, on No- \ ember 28, 1910, the new edifice was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. It is located in the pleasant village of Windham (.'enter and is a large and commodious building of two stories in height, finished and furnished in a thoroughlv modern High School, Wiiulham, Maine 192 WINDHAM IN THE PAST fashion. It is an honor to the old sixteenth township, whose citizens have a right to be proud of their work. During its existence as a separate municipality, Windham has been the home of many persons, who have gained more than a local celebrity as educators and professional men. Among these we may mention Noah Read, noted as a disciplinarian ; Nicholas Anthoine, of whom it was said "that he knew a great deal about everything under the sun;" Stephen Webb, a man of rare intelligence, whose grave and dignified exterior con- cealed a heart full of the warmest sympathy for the timid pupil, while his few words of commendation were long remembered with the most fervent gratitude. There were also his brother, John W^ebb, who never failed in his endeavors to incite the most backward student in the class to make more earnest efforts for improvement in scholarship ; Oliver and Daniel W. Dole, both deservedly popular with all classes of pupils ; Thomas Bodge, Jr., a fine mathematician ; John A. Bodge, afterwards a Free Will Baptist clergyman ; Noah Hanson ; Timothy Kennard, a most excellent teacher, but a man whose quaintly humorou' sayings used to create a great deal of merriment in the school- room. In addition, we may name John W. Goodell. famous for his management of unruly schools ; Edwin Mayberry ; W^illiam F. Hall ; Amos B. Hall, of honored memory ; Nelson B. Loveitt; William B. Hamblen; Peter R. Hall, and Jacob Brown, both of whom afterward became lawyers. Later came Benjamin Morrill ; Oliver H. Lowell, the brave captain, who fell, while leading his men against the foe at Gettysburg; George F. Hanson; Francis Winslow; John J. Bodge; Lorenzo T. Chase; Elihu Libby; Peter A. Bodge; Edwin S. Elder; William A. Larry; Hiram C. Hawkes; Clarence W. Proctor, and Frederick H. Dole. Among the female teachers of note we may mention Sarah F. Dole. Huldah R. Hawkes, Abbie H. Little, Mary A. Smith, Sarah P. Webb, Margaret Loveitt. Betsey A. Hanson. Harriet Jones, Anna Hoag, Sarah A. Lowell, Abbie L. Larry, and Mary A. Webb. Of the present corps of instructors in Windham, we have no need to speak here. Suffice to say that they are an able, faithful and efficient body of gentlemen and ladies, earnest and energetic in their work ; and, under their management, the schools are better than ever before at any period in the town's history. CHAPTER VIII Windham in the Revolution The causes that operated to produce the rupture between this nation and the mother country are well known to every American citizen and need not be discussed at this time ; suffice it to say, that tyranny and oppression, on the one hand, and a sturdy determination to resist, on the other, brought about a long and cruel war, that finally resulted in the independence of the feeble colonies. The inhabitants of Windham, though few in number and poor in purse, were, nevertheless, extremely jealous of any infringe- ment on their rights and liberties, which they claimed were guaranteed them as British subjects, and which had been violated by unjust measures enacted by the home parliament. Seeing, therefore, that a war was inevitable, they made X^reparations as early as 1773, when, at a town meeting held Feb. 16th of that year, it was "Voted, to choose a committee to act on anything the town may think proper, in answer to the letter of correspondence sent by the town of Boston to this town, concerning the infringe- ments which are mad upon the rights and privileges we ought to enjoy, and to do any thing the town may think proper in answer to said letter." Richard Mayberry. Z. Hunnewell, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Trott. William Knights, and Hugh Crague were chosen a com- Diittee for the above-named purpose. The meeting was then adjourned to Feb. 25th, when the committee reported as follows, their report being accepted and ordered to be recorded in the Town Clerk's book: "To the worthy gentlemen who are the committee of corre- spondence for the town of Boston: "Gentlemen: We who are the committee for the town of Windham, have considered your pamphlet which you sent to 194 WINDHAM IN THE PAST tliis town, and we report as follows : We understand that many tow^ns older and much more capable of judging of affairs than we are. have fully investigated the subject; therefore we think it needless for us to be very particular in the affair. But we fully agree with you, gentlemen, in your sentiments concerning the liberties and privilege which we ought to enjoy, and the infringements wdiich are made on the same. ^Ve, the people of Windham, have suffered much by the Indians, and did expect no other from them if we fell into their hands. But little did we think that unconstitutional and unbearable measures would be taken by those whom we depended upon to protect and de- fend our interests and privilegs, both civil and sacred, even to bring us and our posterity into the greatest bondage, slavery and misery that people can well be under, even equal to or greater than the Egyptian bondage. "Therefore Resolved, That we declare ourselves to be true and legal subjects to our king, and are ready to do our utmost whenever we are called to defend his royal person and interest. "Resolved , That we look upon it our duty as well as interest, both for ourselves and posterity, to stand up in the defence of those privilegs and liberties that our goodly forefathers pur- chased for us at so dear a rate as the expense of their own blood, and that we used formerly and still ought to enjoy. ''Resolved, That the town of Windham returns humble and hearty thanks to the town of Boston for the care and regard that they discover for us and the whole province. "Resolved, That the foregoing resolves and proceedings be registered in the Town Clerk's office, that the rising generation may see Avhat care their forefathers have taken to defend their liberties and privilegs, that they may take the like care if they are called to it as we are. Richard Dole, Town Clerk." In January, 1774, a further communication was received from Boston relative to public affairs, and a town meeting assembled on Jan. 24. 1774, when it Avas "Voted, that the committee of correspondence of this town, WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 195 send to the committee of correspondence for the town of Boston, their sentiments relating. to our public affairs." This the committee accordingly did, expressing in bold and energetic language their determination to adhere to and support their brethren in every measure touching the rights and liberties of the country. We find that, at a meeting on Feb. 1-1, 1774, the proceedings of the committee were sanctioned and accepted by the town. On August 30, 1774. a meeting of the inhabitants of Falmouth (now Portland) was held, at which Jedediah Preble, Enoch Freeman, Stephen Longfellow, Enoch Ilsley, and Samuel Free- man were chosen a "committee to meet committees from the several towns in this county, to consider what measures it will be expedient to adopt for the general interest of the country, in the present alarming situation of our public affairs; and that the said committee write to the said towns acquainting them with this vote, and appointing the time and place of meeting." Agreeably to this vote, a convention of delegates from nine towns in this county met at the tavern of ]Mrs. Greele in Fal- mouth (now Portland), on September 21, 1774. The delegates were : ' ' From Falmouth, Hon. Enoch Freeman, Stephen Longfellow. Esq.. ]\Ir. Richard Codman, Capt. John Waite, ]\Ir. Enoch Ilsley, and Mr. Samuel Freeman; from Scarboro. Capt. Timothy ^McDaniel, Capt. Reuben Fogg, Mr. Joshua Fabyan; from North Yarmouth, ]\Ir. John Lewis. David ]\Iitchell, Esq., Jonathan ^Mitchell, John Gray, and AVilliam Cutter; from Gorham. Solomon Lombard, Esq., William Gor- ham, Esq., Capt. Edmund Phinney, Capt. Briant ]Morton, and ]\Ir. Joseph Davis; from Cape Elizabeth. Dr. Clement Jordan, leter Woodbury. Samuel Dunn. Capt. Judah Dyer. Dr. Na- thaniel Jones, Mr. George St rout ; from Brunswick, Samuel Thompson, Samuel Stanwood, Capt. Thomas Moulton; from Harpswell, ^h\ Joseph Ewing, Capt. John Stover, Mr. An- drew Dunning; from Windham, ^Messrs. Zerubbabel Hony- well, Thomas Trott and David Barker; from New Gloucester, Messrs. William Harris and Isaac Parsons. Hon. Enoch Free- man, Esq.. was chosen chairman, and ^Iv. Samuel Freeman, Clerk." After adjusting certain preliminary matters, the convention then formed themselves into a committee of the whole and ad- 196 WINDHAM IN THE PAST journed to the old "Town House" at 3 P.M., their deliberations tc be in public. The convention met according to adjournment, and it was ''Voted, That Mr. Samuel Freeman, Solomon Lombard, Esq., Stephen Longfellow, Esq., David Mitchell, Esq., John Lewis, Capt. John Waite, Samuel Thompson, Capt. Timothy McDaniel, Doct. Nathaniel Jones, Isaac Parsons, Enoch Freeman, Esq., David Barker and Capt. John Stover, be a committee to draw up the sentiments of this convention, and report the same at the adjournment." They then adjourned to Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, September 22, 1774. Having met according to adjournment, the committee pre- sented the following report, which after being read, paragraph by paragraph, was unanimously accepted: "The great concern with which the people of this country view the increasing differences, which now subsist between the mother country and the colonies, and the dark prospect which some late acts of the British parliament have in particular opened to them, has occasioned the several towns herein to choose committees for this convention. To consider what meas- ures it would be thought expedient to adopt for the general interest of the country, in the present alarming situation of our iniblic affairs. "We therefore, the said committees pursuant to the request of our respective towns, guided by a strong attachment to the interests of our oppressed country, think it proper with respec and deference to our brethren of other counties, to make known our minds as follows : We think it the indispensable duty of every subject of the English constitution, for our own sakes as well as that of future generations, to use his utmost care, and endeavour, accoi-ding to the station he is in, to preserve the same inviolate and unimpaired; for we regard it. not only as the foundation of all our civil rights and liberties, but as a system of government, the best calculated to promote the people's peace and happiness. "And we lament that in the present administration there are men so lost to all the principles of honor, equity and justice. WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 197 as to attempt a violation of the rights which we have long en- joyed, and which, while we profess ourselves, as we now declare we do, allegiant subjects to George the third, our rightful Sovereign, we have a right still to enjoy entire and unmolested, "And it is a melancholy consideration that the acknowledged head of this respected State should be induced to pass his sanc- tion to such laws as tend to the subversion of that glourious freedom, which preserves the greatness of the British empire, and gives it reputation throughout all the nations of the civilized world. "It is too apparent that the British ministry have long been hatching monstrous acts to break our constitution, and some they have at length brought forth. "We think the colonies deserve a better treatment from his Majesty than this which he assents to. We are his loyal sub- jects, and merit his regard, and cannot help thinking that if he would pursue his own unbiassed judgment, and lay aside the selfish council of wicked and designing men, he and his subjects would be mutually happy, and provocations on both sides cease. But since the ministry have borne their tyranny to such a length as to endeavor to execute their wicked designs by mili- tary force in our metropolis we fear it is their aim to introduce despotic monarchy. But though their tyranny and oppression seems now with hasty stides to threaten all the colonies with ruin and destruction, we hope no vengeance will affright, or wiles allure us to give up our dear bought liberty, that choicest boon of heaven, which our fathers came ii:!to these regions to enjoy, and which we therefore will retain, while life enables us to strug- gle for its blessings. "We believe our enemies supposed w^e must submit and tamely give up all our rights. It is true a vigorous opposition will subject us to many inconveniences, but how much greater vdll our misery be if we relinquish all we now enjoy, and lay our future earnings at the mercy of despotic men? We cannot bear the thought, Distant posterity would have a cause to curse our folly, and the rising generation would justly execrate our memory. ?We therefore recommend a manly opposition to these cruel acts, and every measure which despotism can invent 'to abridge our English liberties,' and we hope that patience will possess 198 WINDHAM IN THE PAST our souls till Providence shall dissipate the gloomy cloud and restore us to our former happy state. ' ' The late act for regulating the government of this province we consider, in particular, as big with mischief and destruction, tending to the subversion of our charter and our province laws, and in its dire example, alarming to all the colonies. This through the conduct of some enemies among ourselves, will soon bring us into difficulties which will require some able council i;o remove. "We therefore recommend to each town in this county to instruct their several Representatives to resolve themselves with the other members of the House, at their approaching session, into a provincial Congress for this purpose. "To this Congress we shall submit the general interest of the province, but for the particular benefit of this county, we do advise and recommend, ' ' 1st. That the justices of the sessions and court of com- mon pleas, and every other civil officer in this county, which no authority can remove, but that which constituted them agreeable to charter and our own provincial laws, would re- ligiously officiate in their several departments, as if the afore- said act had never been invented, and that every private person would pay a strict obedience to such officers, be always ready to protect and support them, and promote a due observance of our own established laws. And if any person whatsoever should henceforth in any manner dare to aid the operation of the said tyrannic act, they should be considered as malignant enemies to our charter rights, unfit for civil society, and un- deserving of the least regard or favor from their fellow country- men. "2nd. That every one would do his utmost to discourage law-suits, and likewise compromise disputes as much as pos- sible. ' ' 3d. That it be recommended to the Hon. Jeremiah Powell, Esq., and Jedediah Preble, Esq., constitutional counsellors of this province, residing in this county, that they would take their places at the board the ensuing session as usual. "4th. We cannot but approve of the recommendation given WINDHAM IN THE REV'OLUTION 199 by the convention of Suffolk county to the several collectors of province taxes not to pay one farthing more into the province ti-easury, until the government of the province is placed on a constitutional foundation, or until the provincial Congress shall order otherwise ; and we recommend the same to the several collectors of this county. But we think it the duty of the several collectors of town, county and district taxes, to perfect their collections, and pay the same into their several treasuries as soon as possible. And here we think it proper to observe, that though we do not coinside in every instance with our Suffolk brethren, which may be owing to a want of knowing all the cir- cumstances of affairs, yet we highly applaud their virtuous zeal, and determined resolution. "5th. We recommend to every town in this County, char- itably to contribute to the relief of our suffering brethren in our distressed metropolis. "6th. Lest, oppression, which maketh even wise men mad, should hurry some people into tumults and disorders we would recommend that every individual in the county use his best endeavors to suppress at all times, riots, mobs and all licentious- ness, and that our fellow subjects would consider themselves as they always are. in the presence of the great God, who loveth order and not confusion. "7th. That when a general non-importation agreement takes place, we shall look upon it to be the duty of every vender of merchandise to sell his goods at the present rates ; and if any person shall exorbitatly enhance the price of his goods, we shall look upon him as an oppressor of his country. And in order to prevent imposition in this respect, we recommend that a com- mittee be chosen in each town to receive complaints against any one who may be to blame herin. And if he shall refuse to wait en such committee, on notice given, or be found culpable in this respect, his name shall be published in the several towns of the county, as underving of the future custom of his countrjanen. "8th. That every one who has it in his power, would im- prove our breed of sheep and as far as possible, increase their number; and also encourage the raising of flax, and promote the manufactures of the country. 200 WINDHAM IN THE PAST "9th. As the very extraordinary and alarming act for es- tablishing the Roman catholic religion, and French laws in Canada, may introduce the French or Indians into our frontier towns, we recommend that every town, and individual in this county, should be provided with a proper stock of military stores, according to our province law, and that some patriotic military officers be chosen in each town to exercise their several companies, and make them perfect in the military art. "10th. Our general grievances being the subject of delib- eration before the continental Congress, renders it inexpedient to consider them particularly; on their wisdom we have great dependence, and we think it will be our duty to lay aside every measure to which we have advised, that may be variant from theirs, and pay a due regard to their result. "And now we think it proper to declare, that we have been recounting the hardships we endure by the machinations of our enemies at home, we cannot but gratefully acknowledge our obligation to those illustrious worthies, our friends of the min- ority, who constantly opposed those wicked measures, and would heartily wish that some great and good men would invent and mark out some plan that will unite the parent state to these its cclonies, and thereby prevent the effusion of christian blood. "Then Voted, that every member of this convention be sev- erally interrogated whether he now has, or will hereafter take any commission und the present act of parliament, for regu- lating the government of this province. (The members were accordingly interrogated, and each and every one of them answered in the negative.) "Voted, that the several committees which compose this con- vention, or the major part of each, be, and hereby are, desired to interrogate the civil officers and other persons whom they may think fit, in their respective towns, whether they now have, or will hereafter take, any commission under the aforesaid act. "Voted, That the whole proceedings of this convention be, by the clerk, transmitted to the press, and also to the town clerks of the respective towns of this county, as soon as may be. "Voted, That this convention be continued, and that the committee of Falmouth, or the major part of them, be, and WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 201 hereby are, empowered, on any occasion, that in their opinion requires it, to notify a meeting of the delegates thereof, at such time and place as they think proper, setting forth the occasion thereof. "Voted, That, the thanks of this convention be given to the Hon. Enoch Freeman, Esq., for his faithful services as chairman. "A true copy. Attest. Samuel Freeman, Clerk." Agreeably to the recommendation of the above convention, the inhabitants of Windham called a special meeting, which was held in the old Province Fort on Nov, 7, 1774, for the pur- pose of choosing "three officers to teach those, who are so in- clined, in the military art." At this meeting Richard May- berry was chosen Captain, David Barker, Lieutenant, and Edward Anderson, Ensign. At the annual meeting in March, 1775, "Voted, that twenty seven Pounds be Raised as soon as Pos- sible to Provide a Town Stock of ammunition for this Town. "Voted, to allow interest to any man that will let the Town have the money to Purchase a Town Stock of Ammunition for this Town. "Voted, that William Knights be Captain, for the militia for this town. "Voted, that David Barker, be Lieutenant. "Voted, that Richard Dole, be Ensign. "Voted, to choose a man to fix up the great Gun and Swivels, as soon as possible. "Voted, that Capt. Caleb Graffam be the man to fix up the Great Gun and Swivels, as soon as possible. ' ' The vote relating to the ordnance department of Windham w^ill doubtless excite the risibility of the men of modern times, but let us remember that these guns had protected the strong- hold of our ancestors during the Indian wars and had ever been regarded with a feeling akin to reverence, and the citizens now, in this hour of peril, determined that these should not be found wanting in case of emergency. All honor then to those sturdy 202 WINDHAM IN THE PAST men of old, for their forethought and true patriotism ! Such then were the preparations made by the people of Windham for the long expected conflict. Ten days after the battle of Lexington was fought, the authorities of Windham called a town meeting, and one of the articles in the warrant was, "To see if the town will agree on any method to provide a quantity of corn, or other bread kind, in times of distress by an enemy which appears to be very soon." The record of that meeting, if indeed it was ever held, was not copied into the town book, although a space was reserved for it which still remains a blank. When an attempt was made in ^lay, 1775, to capture the vessels of Capt. Henry Mowatt, in what has since been known as ' ' Thompson 's War, ' ' the Windham Company was there under Capt. Mayberry. From what we can learn, they, with the sol- diers of Col. Phinney's Regiment, were very active in sacking the Tory Coulson's house on King (now India) Street. At a town meeting held in the fort, Jan. 12. 1776, the follow- ing gentlemen were chosen a committee of safety: Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Thomas Trott, David Barker, Capt. Caleb Graffam, and Lieut. Richard Mayberry. Previous to this, in May, 1775, several Windham men had enlisted in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regiment and in July marched to Cambridge, Mass., where they served under Wash- ington, during that year in the siege of Boston. One of these men was Stephen Manchester, the slayer of Chief Polin, in 1756. He enlisted on May 12, 1775, in Capt. John Brackett's company, and was then 58 years old. He also had a long service in other regiments, and was, probably, the first man to enlist for field service from this town. The other men who served in this regiment from Windham were Daniel Crockett and John Loring, both in Capt, Brackett's Company. In Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Company were Rich- ard Preston, Amos Brown, Job Hall, George Teshary, and Caleb Graffam. Capt. Richard Mayberry joined Capt. Samuel Knight's Company in June, 1775, and served as lieutenant through that year, as a coast guard on Casco Bay. Edward Anderson was the WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 203 second lieutenant, and five other Windham men were in the Company. The war was now on, and the calls for men were almost in- cessant. In 1775, Windham is said to have had seven men at Cambridge for eight months; four men at Falmouth for eight months, and six men at Cambridge for two months. On Jan. 12, 1776, the town elected Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Thomas Trott, David Barker, Caleb Graflfam, and Richard May- berry a Committee of Safety. The town Company that year was the 1st in Col. Timothy Pike's 4th Cumberland County Regt. of Militia. Another Committee of Safety was elected March 19, 1776, consisting of Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Caleb Graffam, Richard Mayberry, Thomas Trott, and Isaac Hardy. At the same time it was ''Voted, not to send any Representative this year," doubt- less on account of their extreme poverty, as the towns then paid their representatives for their services. Windham's copy of the Declaration of Independence did not get into the hands *of the Town Clerk for weeks after its issue, but, when it finally came to hand, Richard Dole, then Clerk, transcribed it on the town book in a decidedly bold hand, where it still remains. This is the last entry in the handwriting of Richard Dole as Town Clerk during the war; as, in a short time afterwards he enlisted as a private in Col. Marshall's Regiment and served three years. It is said that the town had the following in the service in 1776, viz.: Thirteen men in the State's service at Peekskill for three months; nine men in the State's service at Dorchester for four months; six men in the State's service for twelve months; and four men in the State's service at Rhode Island for four months. The statement regarding the thirteen men being at Peekskill in 1776 has not been verified. It is probable that these men were in the army at Cambridge until August, when they marched to reinforce the army at Lake Champlam. The men did not go to Peekskill until 1778. Capt. Richard Mayberry was at Dorchester, a captain in Col. Ebenezer Fran- cis's Regiment, on Nov. 4, 1776, and these men may have belonged to his company. There were more than six men m the one-year regiments from Windham, in 1776, and men were sent 204 WINDHAM IN THE PAST to a militia regiment, probably Col. Wigglesworth 's, to the Northern Army, in the fall of that year. The following is a list of the tax payers of Windham for the year 1776, as given for the county tax. Timothy Pike, David Barker and lehabod Hanson were the assessors, and Daniel Pet- in gall, the collector. "Tax Payers OP 1776" "Anderson, Edward; Allen, Peltiah; Bodge, John; Boulton, AVilliam ; Barker, David ; Brown, Ezra ; Brown, Amos ; Barton, Ebenezer; Chase, Eleazer; Chesley, Joseph; Crague, Hugh; Crockett, George ; Crocket, Daniel ; Cook, Daniel ; Frost, Widow Joanna ; Graffam, Enoch ; Hutchinson, Richard ; Hutchinson, ►Stephen ; Hutchinson, Stephen Jr. ; Hall, Daniel ; Hall, Andrew ; Hall, Hat evil ; Hanson, Elijah ; Hanson, Ichabod ; Hanson, Samuel ; Hanson, Jonathan ; Hardy, Isaac ; Harris, Stephen ; Plawkes, Ebenezer ; Hawkes, Amos ; Hawkes, James ; Hawkes, Nathaniel; Hunnewell, Zerubbabel; Hunnewell, Elijah; Hutch- inson, Samuel ; Jonson, James ; Knight, William ; Lovett, Jona- than ; Legro, Joseph ; Legro, Elias ; Little, Paul ; Mabery, Mar- garet ; Mabery, Richard ; INIabery, John ; ]\Iabery, William ; Mabery, William Jr. ; Mabery, Thomas ; Millins, Robert ; Man- chester, Stephen Jr. ; ^Mathews, John ; Martin, Robert ; McKen- ney, William ; Muckf ord, Robert ; Muckford, Nathaniel ; Osgood, Abraham; Pettingall, Daniel; Pike, Timothy; Pray, James; Proctor, AVilliam ; Purinton, David ; Rand, John ; Robinson, John ; Roberts, Joseph ; Roberts, Jonathan ; Rogers, Gershom ; Sweat, John; Sweat, Joseph; Smith, Widow Lucy; Stevens, Chase ; Stevens, Jonathan ; Thurrell, James ; Trott, Thomas ; Woodman, Stephen; AVinship, Gershom; Webb, Eli; Woodman, David ; Waite, Benja. ; Waite, Enoch ; Loring, John. "The following were taxed for their ownership in mills in the town. Viz: Margaret Mabery, Richard Alabery, Samuel Eastys, Stephen Morrill, Benja. Winslow, Jr., William Hall, Isaac Allen, Jr., Benja. Winslow." The foregoing tax list gives us the names of the citizens of Windham in that interesting year of the war, 1776. It is of considerable historical value. Those men who were serving in the army were probably exempted from taxation. WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 205 In November, 1776, Capt. Richard Mayberry, of this town, enlisted a company for three years' service in the Continental Army, of which eleven members, including the captain, were Windham men. They were : Sergeant Josiah Chute, Corporal Ebenezer Barton, Privates James Jordan, William Mayberry, Robert Millions. John Swett, Peter Smith, Thomas Chute, David Mabury, and Benjamin Trott. This was the Fifth Company in Col. Benjamin Tupper's Eleventh Regt., and was in the left v/ing of the army commanded by Gen. Gates in the memorable campaign of 1777, which terminated in the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga, on Oct. 17th of that year. In 1777, the following appears on the town records : "Agreeable to an Act of the Great and General Court of this State, we, the Selectmen in Conjunction with the Committee of the Town of Windham, have mett and sett Prices to the Fol- lowing Articles, Viz : Good Fuld Cloth, Dyed Blue of the Best Quality, 18 shillings per yard. Farming Labor in the Summer Season, found as usual, 3 shillings 4 pence per Day. Good Merchantable W^heat at 8s. per Bushel. Good Rye at 5s. 4d. per Bushell. Indian Corn or Meal at 4s. 8d. per BushelL Toddy, West India, Is. per mug. New England at OVod. per mug. Sheep's Wool at 2s. id. per lb. Farming Labor 2s. 8d. in the winter season. Fresh Pork, well fatted GVod. per pound. Salt Do. in proportion to the price of Salt. Good yard wide, plain Cotton and Linen Cloath at -Is. 8d. per yard. Good grass fed Beef at 3i4d. per pound. Salted Do. in Proportion to the price of Salt. Raw hides 3d. per pound. Tanned hides at Is. 3d. per pound and Curried Do. in usual Proportion. Raw Calfskins at 6d. per lb. Good yard wide Woosted an Wool Flannel, Striped at 4s. 8d. per yard and other Woolens in Pro- portion. Good Linen and Woolen Cloath at 4s. 8d. per yard. Good Cheese at 8d. per lb. Butter at IQi/od. per lb. Good Merchantable Peas at 8s. per Bushel. Good Beans at 8s. per Bushel. Mutton, Lamb and Veal at 4d. per pound. Horse- keeping at Is. 6d. per Night or 24 hours. Keeping one yoke of Oxen 24 hours, the same. Potatoes of the bes Quality at 2s. in the fall of the year and not to exceed 2s. 8d. at any other season. Spanish Do. at Is. per Bushel, and not to exceed Is. 6d. at any other season. Men's Good yarn Stockings at 6s. 8d. per 206 WINDHAM IN THE PAST pair and Meaner Quality in Proportion. One Yoak of Oxen at 3s. 4d. per day. Men's Shoes of Neat's Leather at 8s. per pair, and other Shoemaker's shoes in Proportion. Good oats at 3s. per Bushell. Good Flax, well Dressed, Is. 4d. per lb. Good Tried Tallow at 9d. per lb. Turkeys, Dunghill Fowls and Ducks at 5d. per lb. Geese at -id. per lb. Milk at 3i4d. per quart. English Hay of the best Quality at 48s. out of the f eld & 60s. out of the Barn per tun. Good Merchantable White Pine Boards, at the Mills in this Town 24s. per Thousand. "Women's Shoes at 6s. per pair. Good ]\Ierchantable Shingles, Delivered at the old Fort at 12s. per Thousand. Good i\Ier- chantable Clabboards, at 48s. per Thousand. Good Flaxseed at 8s. per Bushel. Good Merchantable White Oak Hogshead Staves, Good W^hite Oak Barrell, at 4s. Good Turnips of the bes Quality at 2s. per Bushel. House Carpenters & Joiners at 4s. per Day, and if any person takes more, he or she subjects themselves to the fine set forth in said act. "Timothy Pike David Barker Select Men IcHABOD Hanson and ZoROBABEL HuNNEWELL Committee Caleb Graffam of Isaac Hardy Windham "Edward Anderson, Town Clerk." The Committee of Safety and Inspection in 1777, were: Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Abraham Osgood, William Knight, Daniel Petingall. Caleb Graffam. Sept. 24, 1777, the town paid for "mileage, to the Select- men, to Piekskill. Fishkill and Cambridge, 46 pounds 2 shill- ings." They doubtless visited those places to look after the Windham soldiers in the service there. The town in 1777 had three men in the State service at Rutland, Vt., besides those in the Massachusetts line, who were three-years men, and were the ones who saw the active service in the field. Windham had several soldiers who spent the winter at Valley Forge, where their sufferings were almost beyond human endurance. In Col. Benjamin Tupper's 11th Mass. Regt., the following soldiers were returned as in camp : ' ' Capt. Richard Mayberry, Josiah Chute, Ebenezer Barton, William Mayberry, Robert WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 207 Millions, Richard Mayberry, Jr., John Swett, Nicholas Hughes, Eleazer Chase, Peter Smith, Amos Brown, Stephen Tripp, (was reported as sick at Albany. New York.) Job Hill, of Col. Tap- per's Regt., Richard Dole, Edward AVebb, of Col. Alarshall's Regt., Eli Herbert, of Col. Brewer's Regt., Stephen ^Manchester, Enoch Graft'am, George Teshary of Col, Vose's Regt." Stephen Manchester. Jr., had died at Reading, Penn., Jan. 5, 1778, aged 26 years. He belonged to Col. Vose's Regt. The destitution of these soldiers at Valley Forge cannot be expressed by any language we possess. They were without sufficient food, clothing, and shelter; and yet they never complained, but en- dured all things that they might gain, not only for themselves, but for all coming generations, the blessings of liberty, and all which that word implies. The people of AA^indham heard of the sufferings of their townsmen in the huts of Valley Forge; and on April 14, 1778, $150 was voted "to defray the charge of providing shirts, stockings and shoes for the soldiers in the Continental Army," and 20 pounds was voted for the soldiers' families. At a meeting held in the Block-House on JNIay 15, 1778, "Voted, six hundred dollars for those three men that is Drafted to go to Fish Kill. "Voted, this six hundred dollars be assessed immediately." At a meeting held in the Block-House on May 27, 1778, it was "Voted, that Forty four pounds for each of those Alilitia men that is Drafted, to be given them as a bounty. These men were probably Thomas Chute. Benjamin Trott, and David P. Mayberry, nine-months' men. The Committee of Safety and Inspection for 1778 were Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Paul Little, and David Noyes. At the request of the General Court of Alassachusetts, Capt. Thomas Trott, of the Town Company, sent the following list of soldiers in the Continental Army, on Nov. 24th, 1778: "Col. Benjamin Tupper's 11th Alass. Regiment, Capt. Rich- ard Alayberry's Co., Capt. Richard Alayberry, Josiah Chute, John Swett, AVilliam Alayberry, Robert Alillions, Stephen Tripp, 208 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Joseph Thompson, Ebenezer Barton, James Rines, Eleazer Chase, all three-j'ears men. David P. Mayberry, Thomas Chute, both nine-months men. "Capt. Samuel Thomes' Co., Lonnon Rhode, had died Dec. 9, 1777. Amos Brown, killed at the battle of Ilubbardton. "Col. James Vose's 1st Mass. Regiment, Capt. George Smith's Co., Enoch Graffam, Stephen ^lanchester, George Teshary. "Col. Edward Wigglesworth 's 13th ^lass. Regiment, Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell's Co., Joseph Legrow, Elias Legrow, Col. Samuel Brewer's 12th Mass. Regiment. "Capt. Silas Burbank's Co., Job Hall. "Col. Thomas Marshall's 10th Mass. Regiment, Capt. Ben- jamin Walcott's Co., Richard Dole, Edward Webb." These were all three-years' men, making a total of 20 three- years' men, and 2 nine-months' men. Capt. Thomas Trott was commissioned in the Windham Militia Company in September, 1777, and it was still the First Company of the 4th Regt. of Cumberland County Militia. Timothy Pike, the colonel of this regiment, w^as a resident of Windham during the first four years of the war. The "Major" was William Knight, also of this town. January 12th, 1779, the town "Voted, 80 pounds for the support of the women whose husbands are in the army." At the ilarch meeting, the following were elected for the Committee of Safety and Inspection for that year: William Knight, David Barker. Daniel Pettingall. The price of labor on the roads was fixed at: "^len 30 shill- ings. Oxen the same, and 18 shillings for a plow, all per day." The year 1779, was an exceedingly hard one for all classes of people ; the currency was demoralized, and prospects of peace were poor. However, nothing daunted, the citizens of Wind- ham still kept on voting supplies to their brethren in the field. On May 24th, 1779, they "Voted, 300 pounds for the support of the women whose husbands are in the Continental Service ; ' ' and, on June 21, of the same year, voted, 13 shirts, 13 pairs of shoes, and 13 pairs of stockings for the army. Thirteen men at least were in the Continental Army from Windham at that time, and probably more. In June, 1779, came the Bagaduce Expedition, and on July WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 209 9th, 16 men were drafted for that service, and 960 pounds were voted for the same. The town records say that it was "Voted, to raise money enough to make up every man's wages that is detached and goes to Penobscot, or sends a man in his sted, thirty pounds per month for two months or in pro- portion if discharged sooner." Also, "Voted, that the town raise money and give Lieutenant Edward Anderson the same sum that the town is to give one of the soldiers for to go to the expedition to Penobscot. ' ' This expedition to what is now Castine proved a positive failure, and many of the soldiers perished from exposure to cold and hunger while making their retreat through the wilderness. After the defeat at Bagaduce. Falmouth Neck (now Port- land) was threatened; and on Sept. 10, 1779, 10 men from Windham were drafted to assist in guarding that place from any attack the British might make. This proved to be a false alarm, but Windham ''Voted, to make up thirty pounds per month, for the ten men that is to be stationed at Falmouth with what the State gives." Sept. 23, 1779, it was "Voted to raise money enough to make each of those men that went on the expedition to Penobscot, one hundred dollars per month during the expedition with what the State is to give them." The reason for such large wages was on account of the depreciation of the currency, which, at this time, had become nearly worthless. In September, 1779. the town supplied clothing for the army, through Col. Timothy Pike, as follows : " 5 Shirts, 60 shillings, 15 pounds 13 pairs Shoes. 60 shillings, 39 pounds 5 pairs Stockings 36 shillings 09 pounds Total 63 pounds" The town this year met with the loss of Col. Pike, who re- moved from here to Saccarappa. He had been a most useful citizen, and his removal was greath' deplored. 210 WINDHAM IN THE PAST The Committee of Safety and Inspection in 1780 were : Caleb Graffam, Paul Little, Zerubbabel Hunnewell. The price per day for town work in 1780 was, for a man or a yoke of oxen $30.00. Daniel Brown was allowed 16 pounds for services attending the County Committee at Portland. April 16. 1780, the town "Voted, $200 for each man that will go to the eastward." This was for the eleven men who enlisted in Capt. Isaac Parsons 's Co. in Lieut. Col. Joseph Prime's Regt., that served on tlie Maine coast that year. This company served from May 4t]i until Dec. 6th, and was probably at Camden. The men from Windham were : Sergt. Benjamin Trott ; drummer, Peter Smith ; privates: James Chute, Nathaniel Chase, Jacob Eliott, George Knight, Samuel Lord, Thomas Mayberry, John Mayberry, Samuel Tobin, and John Winship, besides Lieut. Ichabod Han- son. April 2-4, 1780, it was "Voted, Lieut. Hanson Two Hundred Dollars per month During the time he is in the service on the Expidition to the Eastward." June 14, 1780, the town supplied the soldiers with clothing tlirough Caleb Graffam, one of the Selectmen, as may be seen by the following statement: "9 shirts, 10 sh. lOd., 94 pounds, 10 sh. ; 14 pairs Shoes, 144 sh., 100 pounds, 16 sh. ; 7 pairs Stockings, 80 sh., 28 pounds ; Transportation, 75 pounds, making a Total of 298 pounds 6 sh." Sept. 25, 1780, 2760 pounds of beef were furnished the army; and on Oct. 25th, the town "Voted, 13,050 dollars to pur- chase beef for the army, as per state reqisition. " On Dec. 4th of the same year, 5011 pounds more of beef were furnished. The war had been in progress more than five years at this time, and the people were nearly penniless. In spite of this fact, however, they promptly honored every call for aid made by the Continental Congress. January 16, 1781, William Knight, Thomas Trott, and Ed- ward Anderson were appointed a committee to "agree with the men who will go into the army for three years as soldiers, about bounty and wages," and the town "Voted, 2280 dollars, silver money, for the soldiers that is to go into the army for three years." Also it was "Voted, that the soldiers shall be paid ten WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 211 dollars, in silver money, by the town per month and twenty dollars, in silver money, as a bounty," and "to pay them once in three months." The paper money had become of so little value that they were obliged to return to specie values in order to obtain the needed recruits for the service. Feb. 8, 1781, the town "Voted, 20,044 dollars paper money, towards the quota of beef affixed to the town by the resolve of the General Court." In March of that year, clothing w^as sent the soldiers in the army, according to the following statement of Jonathan Loveitt, one of the Selectmen : " 9 Shirts 40 pounds 360 pounds 9 pairs Shoes 40 pounds 360 pounds 9 pairs Stockings 24 pounds 216 pounds 12 miles travel 36 pounds 3 days time 63 pounds Total, 1035 pounds" The Committee of Safety and Inspection for 1781 were Abraham Osgood, Richard ]Mayberry, and Thomas Trott. The price of labor was fixed at $50 per day for a man ; and oxen the same ; while for the use of a plow $25 per day was allowed. July 14, 1781, it was "Voted, that the town will abide by the agreement the Committee shall make for 3 men to go into the Continental army, and 60 pounds was appropriated for beef." Paul Little, Ezra Brown and Richard ]\Iayberry were ap- pointed to purchase this ' ' as cheap as possible. ' ' The State tax for 1781 was 949 pounds, 6 shillings, and Abraham Osgood was the Town Treasurer. Aug. 27, 1781, twenty pounds was "Voted, to provide cloth- ing for the soldiers." 4 shillings, 8 pence was fixed as the price for all wool cloth after it was fulled for blanketing and made into blankets. Twelve shillings were charged for a pair of shoes made well of good leather, and six shillings for a pair of good stockings. The records show that at least four blankets were sent to the ai'my this year. With all these troubles on their liands. they still found time 212 WINDHAM IN THE PAST to look after other things relating to town affairs, and we find on the records that at a meeting held in the "Block-House" Oct. 15, 1781, they "Voted, that Edward Anderson, be an Agent for this Town to meet with the Agents of the neighboring Towns, to prosecute such measures as they judge best to obtain good and sufficient fish courses through the several Dams, on the Pre- sumpscot River." On Jan. 28, 1782, AA' illiam Elder was appointed agent of the town to procure one Continental soldier to fill their quota ; and, on March 1st. three soldiers were sent into the Continental Army for three years, and Alay 31st £173 was voted to pay them. At the Alarch town meeting the price for work on the high- ways was reduced to hard money, and 4 shillings was set for a day's work for men or oxen, and 2 shillings for a plow. Also, at this meeting " Voted, 40 shillings for wolves' heads." At the same meeting it was "Voted, to sell the old Fort, at public vendue." This was done shortly afterward, and Abraham Anderson became its owner. He demolished the time-honored structure and used its massive timbers for other purposes; and the only trace of the ancient stronghold is a slight depression in the ground where it stood. More money was voted at this meeting for the soldiers, and Paul Little was the Town Treasurer, in 1782 and 1783. The Committee of Correspondence and Safety for 1783 were Zerubbabel Hunnewell, David Barker. Thomas Barker. AVith the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, on Oct. 19, 1781, hostilities ceased. The war was then virtually over, and those who had survived the terrible ordeal returned to their homes. AVith that indomitable courage and iron determination that had sustained them on the weary marches, in the huts of A^alley Forge, and amid shock of many a hard-fought battle field, they took up the duties of civil life with renewed vigor. They were as "poor as poverty" itself; yet they possessed the proud con- sciousness of having performed their part in the great drama of national independence, and could leave to posterity the richest legacy a people ever had. Freedom and Union. Surely "there were giants in those days." WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 213 Two votes passed at a town meeting held on May 19, 1783, give us a hint of their patriotism and their poverty. "Voted, to give the Powder that was spent on the day of Rejoicing for Peace. "Voted, to send Mr. Thomas Barker, Representative the Present year, on Conditions that he will Endeavor to do all the Service that lays in his Power to serve the Town, and that he will not ask the Town any wages. Except the Town Please to allow him Something for his Services, and that he will give his Obligation to the Select men of the Town. "Richard Dole, Town Clerk." The women of "Windham were equally as patriotic as were the men ; they sent their husbands, sons, and brothers to join the army with words of ringing cheer. They spun, wove, knit, and sewed to furnish clothing for the suffering soldiers, and, in many cases, successfully conducted the business affairs of their absent husbands. They shrunk from no toil and hesitated at no sacrifice; but, with an unfaltering courage, did their part in the darkest hours of the American Revolution. May all future generations keep green the memory of their noble deeds. According to a list prepared by Mr. Nathan Goold of Port- land, the well-known historian, whose ancestors were former citizens of Windliam, the town had ninety-one soldiers in the service at different times during the war. Their names, together with their time of service, as found on the pay rolls, are as fol- lows: "Lieut. Edward Anderson, 12 mos. 17 days service. John Anderson, 11 mos. 6 days service. laeut. David Barker, 17 days service. Ebenezer Barton, 42 mos. service. Benjamin Bodge, 6 days service. Thomas Bodge, 3 mos. 17 days service. Thomas Bolton, 2 mos. 10 days service. Amos Brown, 3 years man, killed at the battle of Hubbardton. Amos Brown, Jr., 24 mos. service. William Campbell, 26 days service. Eleazer Chase, 36 mos, service. 214 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Nathaniel Chase, 9 mos. 10 days service. Joseph Chesley, 5 days service. James Chute, 7 mos. 23 days service. Josiah Chute, 46 mos. 5 days service. Thomas Chute, 11 mos. 17 days service. Thomas Crague, 13 days service. Daniel Crockett, about 8 mos. service. George Crockett, 11 days service. Philip Davis, 3 years man. Ensign Richard Dole, 3 years service as private and corporal. Isaac Elder, 2 mos. 15 days service. John Elder, 4 mos. 24 days service. Joseph Elder, 11 mos. service. William Elder, 4 mos. 10 days service. Chase Elkins, 4 mos. service. William Elkins, 5 days service. Jacob Eliott, 7 mos. 29 days service. Jedidiah Eliott, was a pensioner. Nathan Gamman, 2 mos. service. Caleb Graffam, Jr., 8 mos. 2 days service. Enoch Graffam, 50 mos. 13 days service. Enoch Hall, 3 years man. Job Hall, 4 years 71/2 mos. service. Lieut. Ichabod Hanson, 7 mos. 24 days service. Isaac Hardy 5 days service. Stephen Harris, 3 mos. 11 days service. Eli Herbert, 3 years man. Moses How, 4 mos. 24 days service. Elijah Hunnerwell, 11 days service. Richard Hunnerwell, 3 mos. 10 days service. Richard Hutchinson, 9 days service, Samuel Hutchinson. 4 mos. 4 days service. Nicholas Hughes, 3 years man. James Jordan, 3 years man, George Knight, 9 mos. 17 days service. Samuel Knight, 24 mos. 14 days service. Capt. William Knight, 16 days service. He was also a Major of militia. Charles Legro, 5 days service. Elias Legro, 3 years man. WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 215 Joseph Legro, 3 years man. Charles Lord, about 91/2 months service. Samuel Lord, 15 mos. 16 days service. John Loring, 8 months service. Stephen Lowell, 10 mos. service. Gershom Manchester, 26 days service. Stephen Manchester, 49 mos. service. Stephen Manchester, Jr., sent from Valley Forge to the hospital at Reading, where he died Jan. 5, 1778. David P. Mayberry, 16 mos. 5 days service. James ]\Iayberry, 2 mos. 17 days service. John ]\Iayberry, 7 mos. service. Capt. Richard Mayberry, 39 mos. 12 days service. Richard Mayberry, Jr., 39 mos. service. Richard Mayberry, 3d, 5 days service. William Mayberry, son of Captain Richard, 3 years man. Thomas Mayberry, about 20 mos. service. "William Mayberry, son of John, 26 days service. Robert Martin, a pensioner. John Mathews, •! days service. Robert Millions, 3 years man. John Mugford, 2 mos. 17 days service. James Pray, 5 days service. Richard Preston, 20 mos. service. Joseph Roberts, 19 mos. 17 days service. James Rines, 3 years man. Taken prisoner at Hubbardton July 7, 1777. Lonon Rhode, "a free negro," 3 years man, and died in the army Dec. 9, 1777. Joseph Swett, 5 days service. John Swett, about Sy^ years service. Peter Smith, (a negro) 43 mos. service. George Teshary, served, probably, 43 mos. 7 days. Joseph Thompson, 3 years man. Samuel Toben, 9 mos. 17 days service. Mathew Toben, 7 mos. service. Stephen Tripp, about 41 mos. service. Benjamin Trott, 9 mos. 17 days service. Capt. Thomas Trott, of the town Company. Edward Webb 3 years man. 216 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Eli Webb, 5 days service. John Winship, 7 mos. 26 days service. Caleb Young, 4 mos. 12 days service." In addition to the above, were the following : John Knight "of Windham" enlisted at Gorham. We do not know who this man was. Smith, in his "History of Windham," says that the colored men, Flanders and Romeo, served three years in the army; but Mr. Goold fails to verify the statement from any known record, and we have been unable to learn, either directly or indirectly, that any such persons ever lived in this town. He also gives the names of Richard Thurrell, Hezekiah Hall, William Cam- mett, Jeremiah Small, Samuel Chandler, Stephen Hutchinson and William Hardy as three years' men. Mr. Goold says of these men, "We cannot now say they were Windham men." Richard Thurrell appears to have lived here at one time. Stephen Hutchinson was a tax payer in 1789-90 ; Jeremiah Small and William Hardy were Westbrook men ; of the others named in this list we know nothing whatever. He also gives Joseph Hutchinson, John Young and Abraham Anderson as serving less than three years, which statement is not verified. In Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., in Colonel Edmund Phin- ney's Regt., in 1775, we find the name of John Young of Pear- sontown, now Standish. He also served in the 18th Continental Regt. in 1776. This is doubtless the John Young, who had a family here as early as 1771. Jonathan Knight of Windham enlisted at Falmouth and was a three-years' man. He removed to the town of Otisfield. John Farrow, Jr., moved sometime before the war to Bristol, ]\Ie., where his four sons, all born and raised in Windham, served in the army. Capt. Peter GrafTam, son of the old veteran Capt. Caleb Graffam, was born in Falmouth, Apr. 3, 1742 ; came to this town with his parents when a small boy, and grew to manhood here. He went to New Gloucester, where he settled and had a family. He enlisted in the army from that town and returned there after the war and there died. He always retained a warm affection for Windham, and, as often as once each year came here to visit his former friends and relatives. WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 217 Josiah Starling was born in Windham, Jan. 29, 1762. He v/ent into the army from Bristol, Me., to which place he had moved sometime before. Thomas ^Manchester, the first white child born in the town- ship, moved to New Hampshire and joined a regiment there. John Manchester, a half brother of Stephen, moved from Windham about 1762 and was one of the men that captured the British ship, " Margaretta, " at Machias in 1775. He afterwards served in the army. Doubtless there were others from Windham who did service in the war but whose names are unknown to us. Thomas L. Smith, in his town history says: "We may judge of the efforts put forth by the inhabitants of this town during the revolutionary war, from the facts that there was but one military company in town during the war; that the number of men enrolled at any time did not amount to fifty five, of whom more than thirty were known to be out in the Continental ser- vice and service of the State at one time, and during the war seventy-one men performed service in the continental army and drafted militia, being sixteen more than the number enrolled at any time, forty of whom served three years in the army." Certainly this is a grand record, and we doubt if any town in this State, with a like number of inhabitants, can present a better one. In the possession of the Maine Historical Society are two original pay rolls of Capt. Eichard Mayberry's Com- pany, for December, 1778, the next winter after their sufferings at Valley Forge. According to the payroll, the men were paid £'s follows: "Captain, £12 per month. "Lieutenant, £8 per month. "Ensign, £6 per month. "Sergeants, £3 per month. "Corporals, £2 1 sh. per month. ' ' Drum and Fife, £2 1 sh. per month. "Privates, £2 per month." Opposite Capt. IMayberry's name is written, "On furlough, Sept. 11th, by his Excellency Genl Washington without limit." The Regiment w^as then at West Point. Nicholas Hughes is reported sick at Valley Forge. James Jordan, it says, is "on command at the Lines." 218 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Kobert Millions was "on furlough by Gen. Patterson, Nov. 19th, for 90 days." John Swett was ' ' on command at the Line. ' ' Peter Smith was "sick in ye Hospital at Hartford." Corporal Ebenezer Barton was "on furlough for 90 days by Gen. Patterson." A tradition in the Millions family, which the writer has heard many times, relates that Robert ^lillions and Corp. Barton came home from the army together on furloughs and walked nearly all the way, excepting for an occasional short ride from some good-natured teamster on the road. Joseph Thompson is reported "On Duty." Thomas Chute is recorded there, and the other Windham men, David INlayberry and Benjamin Trott also. These three were nine-months' men, who entered the service in June, 1778. Josiah Chute was a Sergeant and had enlisted in the 11th Mass. Regt., Jan. 1, 1777, for three years. He was wounded in the shoulder by a musket ball, in the Battle of Hubbardstown, July 7, 1777. He was taken prisoner by the British, from whom he escaped and wandered for two weeks in the woods before he got into the American lines. He was in command of the Com- pany, when the rolls were made out, and brought them home with him. His discharge from the arm,v is written on the back of one of these, as follows: "Head Qurs. Robinson House Pickskills Dec. 12th, 1779. "Sergeant Josiah Chute of the Eleventh ^Massachusetts Regt., having Ben Represented as a faithful Soldier who has Ben wounded in Battle and thereby rendered unfit for Duty has Leave of abscence from Camp until the first Day of January next in the year 1780, as Ma jr. Knap has reported that the Time for which said Chute Engaged to Serve in the Army will Expire on the 1st of January next. He is not required to Join his Reg- iment, but to receive this as a discharge from the army of the United States of America, as fully as if it was given After his time of service had Expired. "By Command of Majr. Gen. Heath, The Cartwright Ade De Camp." WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 219 Josiah Chute, after his discharge, returned to Windham, and died on his farm, Oct. 21, 1831, aged 75 years. He was a man of honor and probity, and was respected by all who knew him. He is buried on his own land, where a stately monument has been erected to his memory. In the same cemetery also lies his neighbor and companion in arms, John Swett, who died ^lar. 23, 1845, aged 87 years. His grave is properly marked by a modest headstone. Lieut. Edward Anderson was buried at Windham Hill, and a durable slate stone marks the spot. Lieut. Ichabod Hanson's grave is in the cemetery that bears his name and has a suitable headstone. *Stephen Manchester was buried in the Knight Cemetery, near Button Hill, but no stone points us to the grave where the dust of this old hero reposes ''after life's fitful fever" was ended. In the Smith Burial Ground, in the southerly part of the town, are the graves of John Elder, who died May 15, 1828, aged 76 years, and William Elder, died Oct. 20, 1799, aged 74 years. Both of these graves are properly marked by old-fashioned head- stones. Capt. Thomas Trott, of the Town Company, has a fine granite monument on his lot in this yard. Here too are buried James ]\Iayberry. Benjamin Bodge, Thomas Bolton, William Bolton, and John Mayberry. None of these graves are marked as they should be. Capt. Richard Mayberry was killed by a falling tree in Ray- mond, Nov. 4, 1807, at the age of 72 years; is buried on Leach Hill in Casco. His son William, who served three years in his father's company, died June 8, 1850, at the great age of 91 years, and is buried on Mayberry Hill in Casco. Both of these graves are said to be properly marked. Corporal Ebenezer Barton, after a service of 42 months dur- ing the darkest period of the war, returned to Windham and, like his former captain, was accidentally killed by a falling tree, while clearing his land. This event took place on Apr. 15, 1785. His remains are interred in the private cemetery of the late Hon. William Goold near Windham Center. * See previous statement, rgarding monument erected to Mr. Man- chester, in 1915. 220 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Ensign Richard Dole returned to Windham, after his three years of service in the army, where he remained until 1803. He then went to Hebron, Me., where he died in 1825, aged 89 years. His remains are interred in that town, and we are informed that a headstone has been erected to his memory. Enoch Hall, a three-years' man, removed to Buckfield and died there Dec. 10, 1835. Samuel Tobin, a nine-months' man, also died in Buckfield, Dec. 29, 1834, and both he and Hall are probably buried in that town. .^ Edward Webb, who served three years in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Company, settled in Gorham and died there Nov 28, 18-40, aged 86. He is buried in the Sapling Hill Burial Ground near the Elaine Central R. R. station at White Rock, and his grave is marked by an old-fashioned slate headstone. John Winship, a soldier of the Bagaduce Expedition, and a native of Windham, removed from here to Otisiield, where he died in 18-48, aged 87 years. He is buried in that town. James Jordan, who served three years in the army, after- wards settled in Monroe and died there Mar. 31, 1813. Jonathan Knight went to Otisfield after the war, but prob- ably returned to Windham, where he died, Nov. 19, 1837, aged 78 years. His remains are interred in the Knight Cemetery in School District No. 6, and the above date is taken from the in- scription on his gravestone. There were several Revolutionary soldiers who settled in Windham after the war. Among them was Jonah Austin. He enlisted at Falmouth and served three and one-half years in the Continental Army, after which he came to Windham and settled en a farm in the easterly part of the town. He died Sept. 27, 1833, and was buried on his farm. Noah Read came to Windham from Attleboro, Mass. He served in five different companies for a total period of 10 months and 7 days. He was a Quaker of the most pronounced type and was very reticent in regard to his war record. He died in Windham, April 4, 1842, aged 87 years, and is probably buried in the old Quaker yard near Windham Center. Lemuel Horton, also a Quaker, came from Milton, Mass., to I'ortland and thence to Windham. He served in nine different companies for 23 months and 20 days. WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 221 Rufus Horton, his brother, served 24 months and 10 days in ten different companies, commencing when he was but sixteen 5'ears of age. He was wounded in the wrist and retired from the service with the rank of Sergeant Major. Many years have come and gone since the last soldier of the War for National Independence joined the silent majority; yet the memory of their sacrifices, sufferings and gallant deeds lin- gers with us today like a benediction. "On fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread. And glory guards with solemn round. The bivouac of the dead." CHAPTER IX The War of 1812 As previously stated, the close of the Revolution found the inhabitants of Windham in a state of poverty of which the pres- ent generation can have no adequate conception. They were heavily in debt, with scanty means to meet their responsibilities ; yet they met their difficulties like true and loyal men, and ad- justed their outstanding bills as soon as it was possible to do so. The soldiers were paid in the almost worthless government currency, and had returned home even poorer than their towns- men. It is a fact that many of these war-worn veterans were compelled for lack of means to travel on foot nearly all the way from the places where they were discharged to their homes, yet they at once took up the duties of civil life without a murmur, and began anew where they had left off their work to fight for national independence. One instance of how readily these old soldiers returned to their former occupations will serve as an illustration of their zeal and energy. The writer's great-grandfather, Richard Dole, arrived home from the army late in the afternoon, and the next morning, at sunrise, he was in his joiner-shop busy at work on a job he had left unfinished when he enlisted more than three years before. Others were equally energetic, and in a short time, a season of activity in all branches of business prevailed everywhere throughout the township. The population rapidly increased, more land was cleared and put under cultivation, while the lum- ber business, on which the inhabitants depended largely for ready money, flourished as never before. This condition of prosperity continued without interruption until a second war with Great Britain came on. This war was formally declared June 18, 1812. and the cause is fully set forth by the United States government as follows : "Firstly, For impressing American citizens while sailing on WAR OF 1812 223 the seas, the highway of nations. Dragging them on board their sliips of war and forcing them to serve against nations in amity with the United States, and even to participate in aggressions on the rights of their fellow citizens when not on the high seas. ' ' Secondly, Violating the rights and peace of our coasts and harbors, harassing our departing commerce and wantonly spill- ing American blood within our territorial Jurisdiction. "Thirdly, Plundering our commerce on every sea under pre- tended blockades, not of harbors, posts, or places, invested by adequate force. "Fourthly, Committing numberless spoliations on our ships and commerce, under her orders in council, of various dates. "Fifthly, Employing secret agents within the United States, with a view to subvert our government and dismember our union. "Sixthly, Encouraging the Indian tribes to make war on the people of the United States." In this war Windliam was not called upon to furnish any men for the army. The men needed were raised by voluntary enlistment. There were, however, twenty men belonging to this town, who enlisted for five years, or during the war, and served in the regular army. They were Timothy Chadbourne. Josiah Freeman. Jonathan l''reeman, Thomas Hardy, William Ingersol, Nathaniel Ingersol, James Jordan, Jeremiah Jordan, Thomas Jordan, ^Merrill Knight. William Knight, Joseph Knight, Samuel Libby. Joshua ^Mabury, George Mugford. John Pex^o. John Pettingill, Ephraim Winship, Isaac Varney, Daniel Knight. Of these men, Thomas Hardy and Isaac Varney died in the service; Joseph Knight was severely wounded; and Merrill Knight was killed in action. Several small enlistments of militia were made by order of the Governor of ^Massachusetts for short terms for the defence of Portland and vicinity. Near the close of the war the W^indliam Company, then com- manded by Capt. Nathan Goold, was detached and ordered to Portland for the defence of that place, in expectation of an attack by the British war vessels, then said to be on our coast. Capt. Goold received his orders at nine o'clock at night on Sep- tember 9. 1814. He at once collected his Company, and, at nine the next morning they were on ]Munjoy Hill in Portland, armed 224 WINDHAM IN THE PAST and equipped, ready for any service that might be required of them. Fortunately, however, this proved to be a false alarm; and, after remaining on duty until Sept. 24, 1814, they were mustered out and returned to their homes. The following is the muster roll of this company : "Nathan Goold, Captain. Noah J. Senter, Lieutenant. William Legrow, Ensign. "Sergeants, Elias Baker. Nathaniel Knight, John Crague. Jr., John Brown. "Corporals, Isaac Powers, Ezra Anderson, Benjamin Baker, Elijah Long. "Levi Morrill, Fifer. "Privates, Francis Jackson, Benjamin ]\Iorrill, Samuel Hamblen, Oliver Mabury, Abraham Anderson, Jr., James Crague, Philip Cobb, Daniel Waterhouse, Francis IMabury. "William Hearsey, Peter Knight, David Proctor, John Lunt, Thomas Stevens, Samuel Bolton, Benjamin Davis, Daniel Bolton, Josiah Crague, Roger Jordan, Jr., Timothy Haines, Daniel Knight, John French, Richard Lamb, Jonathan Freeman, Joshua Rogers, John Loveitt, James Lombard, John Goodale, Jr., Jonah Austin, Jr., Stephen ^lanchester, Benjamin Jordan. Ezra ^lugford. Caleb Graffam, Mark Crockett. John Bodge, John Anthoine, Joseph Crockett, Justus Law, Anthony Brackett, Nathaniel Hunnewell, Joseph E. Dolley, Joseph Brown, Abner Goold, William Austin, Thomas Leighton. Jonathan Goold, John Skillings, W^illiam Young, Israel Hodsdon, Jr., Aaron Hanscomb, Robert Wier. William Withington, Thomas ^labury, Ebenezer Smith, John Knight. Jr.. James Brown, Ephraim Brown, Nathan Hanscomb, John Brown, Jr., Daniel Bailey, Robert ^I. Mabury, William Cobbey, Jacob Pettengill. Benjamin Wliitmore. CHAPTER X Progress of the Town. Industries. ^Ianufactures, etc. Although the principal occupation of the inhabitants of AVindham has ever been that of agriculture, various other in- dustries have flourished here. We find that, previous to the Revolution, lumbering along the Presumpscot River was carried on quite extensively by the early settlers. During the colonial period, the English government reserved the best and largest - of the pine trees for use in the loyal navy, and all trees suitable for masts and spars were selected by an officer appointed by the crown for that purpose, and called a "forest ranger." At certain times he visited the woods in his jurisdiction, made his selection of a certain num- ber of trees, to each of which he affixed the mark of a "broad arrow," which made them government property. All persons were forbidden, under severe penalties, to cut one of the trees bearing this mark; but, when called for and cut under the direc- tion of the "ranger" and transported to a landing place, the government would pay a liberal price for the work. These landing places were located at convenient points on the rivers in the towns throughout the seaboard counties; the one in Windham being a few rods below the present woolen mill at Mallison Falls, and known as the "Royal ^last Landing." The logs were fioated down the river to tide-water, where they were loaded on board of vessels built expressly for the purpose and called "Alast Ships," and were transported to England. This business was a source of considerable revenue to the settlers, as the work was usually done in the winter time. Hence, it did not interfere with their farming operations, while the money received for their labor enabled them to procure many comforts and necessaries which they must have otherwise lacked. In former pages, we have given an account of the old sawmill at Horse Beef (noAv Mallison Falls), which was the first mill of any kind in this town. The next one was built at Little Falls by ]Maj. William Knight, sometime previous to 1756, and its site 226 WINDHAM IN THE PAST IS now occupied by the iiiill of the Androscoggin Pulp Company. ]\Iaj. Knight operated the mill for several years, and, it is said, had a house near his mill. He is claimed to be the first settler of Little Falls on Windham side of the river. He was succeeded by his son Nathaniel, who conducted the business with marked success for many years. He owned the farm lately owned and occupied by John J. Bodge. ]\Ir. Knight finally sold his property here and removed to Naples. ^le. We do not know to whom the mill was sold, but we do know tliat the privilege remained unoccupied for many years, except- ing for two small buildings erected by Jonathan Andrew near the present pulp mill. One of these was used as a grist mill and contained a set of old-fashioned granite stones. It had for its presiding genius a kindly old man named William Johnson, whose grey hair, bent form, and dusty clothes were familiar to the inhabitants of the village and vicinity, as he wended his way to and fro about his daily work at the mill. . The other building was occupied as a carding mill, where the farmers' wool was made into rolls for home manufacture. It was operated first by a man named Leonard Bacon, and after- wards by Lathrop Crockett. Both of these buildings were long since torn down to make room for improvements. In 1875, the water power on both sides of the river was pur- chased by C. A. Brow^n and Company, who erected a large brick Polp Mill, South Windham, Maine PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUPACTUREkS 227 iijill and commenced the manufacture of an article called "wood board." This they continued to do with marked success, giving employment to a large force of workmen, until the death of ]\Ir. Brown, which took place a few years ago. Shortly afterwards the property was purchased by the An- droscoggin Pulp Company, who have more than doubled the amount of business done l).y the former owners. They have oi'ected a large addition to the old mill, built of concrete and iron, have furnished it with the latest and most approved kinds of machinery, and give steady employment to a large number of workmen. They have also built several houses for tlieir em- ployees, Avhich add greatly to the comfort of the latter and also to the appearance of the village. The waterpower at Gambo (now Xe^vhall) was used for lumbering at quite an early date, but we are unable to say who built the first mill there. The first man of whom we have any record as using these falls was Jonathan Loveitt. His old ac- count book informs us that he was born at Cape Elizabeth in 1743, and came to Windham in 1769, where he ''bargained for a sawmill then standing on the falls, at Gambo," so it would seem that lumbering had been carried on there prior to his arrival. It is said the mill was owned by parties living in Bos- ton. However, ]Mr. Loveitt appears to have leased the property, and he occupied it for many years. He also, in connection with his lumbering operations, had a grocery store, in which he kept for sale everything from a mouse-trap to a hogshead of New England rum. Just how long ]Mr. Loveitt remained at Gambo we do not know, but, during that time, he purchased the falls that still bear his name, and built a sawmill there. In company with his sons, Benjamin, Robert and Jonathan, Jr., he carried on an extensive lumber business until his death, whicli occurred ^Mar. 19, 1819. His sons continued lumbering for several years, but finally gave it up and paid their attention exclusively to farming. We do not know who succeeded ^Ir. Loveitt at Gambo, but it may have been Peter Bolton ; as we know that ]\Ir. Loveitt, in addition to his sawmill, had a grist mill there, and employed Bolton as his miller. It is also said that Bolton afterwards owned the mills, but this statement we cannot verify. In 1817, Edmund Fowler and Lester Laflin came here from Southwick. ]\Iass., and bought 228 WINDHAM IN THE PAST the privilege and twenty-five acres of land on Gorhani side of the river. On this site they erected a line of mills for the manu- facture of gunpowder and put them in operation the next year. They continued in the business until the 22d of June, 1827, when both these men, together with their foreman. [Matthew ]\IcCully, were accidentally drowned in Sebago Lake. On June 13. 1832, Oliver ]\I. Whipple received a deed of the property from William Fowler and immediately took possession of the premises. He came here from Lowell, Mass., where he had been engaged in the manufacture of powder for some time ; find, believing there would be no limit for the demand of the article, he at once set about enlarging the business here. To this end. he purchased several tracts of land on Windham side of the Presumpscot.. including the entire waterpower. On this land he built several buildings, one of which was a large and substantial stone mill fitted up for tlie manufacture of wooden kegs, in which to pack the powder for sale in the various markets. These kegs were of different sizes, but none held over twenty- five pounds of the manufactured article. This rendered their tjansportation an easy matter. Mr. Whipple also erected a new line of mills on the site of Fowler and Laflin 's old ones, but the greater part of his business was done on Windham side of the river. He had for agent and superintendent of the works his brother Lucius, a man of fine executive abilities, and one who had the esteem and confidence, not only of the employees, but of the entire community. He remained here until his death and was succeeded by his brother, James Whipple, under whose judicious management the business went on with its accustomed regularity until Oct. 12. 1855, when a terrific explosion took place at the works, by which he and six others lost their lives. Among these was George, son of Oliver M. Whipple, the aged proprietor. Previous to this catastrophe, on Jan. 20th, 1855, Mr. Whipple had sold the entire property to G. G. Newhall and Company of Boston. The consideration named in the deed was $10,000, and the amount of land, 360 acres, more or less, together with all buildings thereon and all machinery connected with said premises. The new company added largely to the already flourishing l)usiness ; they at once repaired the damages caused by the late PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 229 explosion, and erected a new line of mills on Windham side of the Presumpscot, together with several large and commodious dwelling houses for their workmen. They purchased more land, introduced new and improved machinery, and more than doubled the number of men formerly employed by Mr. Whipple. This state of affairs lasted until July 21, 1855, when several new partners were admitted, and the Oriental Powder Company came into existence, Mr. William H. Jackson being appointed superintendent. Mr. Jackson was an energetic, far-seeing busi- ness man and a past master in the art of organization. He greatly improved the methods of his predecessors and soon made his personality felt all along the line. ]More land was purchased, better wages paid the worlvinen, and everything was done to promote the interests of the corporation. After the War of the Rebellion began, with his usual energy, Mr. Jackson obtained large government contracts; and, during the entire period of the war, the mills were run night and day, making immense quantities of powder of the different kinds used by the government. All of this was transported to Portland by horse teams, ]Mr. Andrew D. ^laxtield, the contractor, having several heavy four and six-horse teams, which he kept constantly at work hauling the deadly explosive. After the war closed, the business went along more quietly, but prosperously until 1873, when ]\lr. Jackson suddenly severed his connection with the company, and returned to his home in jMassachusetts. He was succeeded by Mr. Joseph Newhall, who remained here but a short time. His brother, Ezra F. Newhall, then became superintendent, and under his judicious management the busi- ness kept up its old-time record of steady prosperity. Finally, in an evil hour for Windham, the company consoli- dated their interests here with other manufacturers of powder farther west, with the result that they were compelled, on June 1, 1893, to suspend operations for nearly two years. On ]\Iay 23, 1895, the mills were put in operation and con- tinued to be operated until the latter part of July, when they were again shut down and remained idle until August, 1895. In the meantime Mr. J. B. Coleman had been elected presi- dent of the company, and "Slv. Karl Kaiser, a veteran poAvder maker, became superintendent. 230 WINDHAM IN THE PAST The mills started up under the new management on Sept. 10, 1895, Mr. Kaiser remained here in charge of the mills until 1902-3, when he left to take the superintendency of powder works at Oliphant Furnace, Penn. Mr. Howard M. Smith was placed in charge after ]\Ir. Kai- ser's departure. After several years he left Windham, and shortly after this the property was sold to the E. I. Du Pont .de Nemours Powder Co. Wood Pulp Mill of E. I. Diipoiit tie Nemours «S: Co., Newhall They converted it to the manufacture of wood flour, used in connection with dynamite, and so endeth the history of the old powder mills. Great Falls is the next waterpower on the Presumpscot to claim our attention. Here considerable lumbering was done on the Windham side, at an early date, the first man to occupy the falls being Mr. Zebulon Trickey, Sr. No one now living knows at just what time he came here, but the best informa- tion we are able to obtain places the time of his occupancy of the waterpower before the commencement of the last century. Their sawmill stood on or near the site of the house owned by the late John M. White, and we are informed that they operated it for quite a number of years. PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 231 The next man to improve the falls of whom we have any knowledge was Enoch White, who had a sawmill here in the early part of the last century. ^Ir. White appears to have been an active, enterprising man. It was said that he had a "gang of saws" in his mill, then a new thing in this part of the country. He gave employment to a large number of men and was suc- cessful in his business, by which he made a fortune. After this he retired and died many years ago. His brother, John White, purchased the privilege and for several years carried on lumbering quite extensively. He was a fine business man, of undoubted integrity. In addition to his mill, he was engaged in other money-making ventures, among them what is known as the "Eastern Land speculation." In this he made a fortune and shortly afterwards retired from active business. He also built the first and only grocery store on Windham side of the river, which he occupied for three or four years, selling to Winslow Hall in 1826. Mr. White died in the prime of life and was succeeded by his son, John jM. White, who did but little business on the falls, being possessed of an ample fortune. He was a very popular man and greatly respected by all who knew him. He died in 1892, leaving many friends to mourn his loss. In 1842. Walter Corey of Portland erected a large building on the south side of the town road near the Windham end of the bridge, in which he manufactured furniture of various kinds, one item of his business being an annual output of twenty thousand chairs. In 1856, he enlarged the mill to double its original capacity and gave employment to a large force of skilled workmen. He was a man of undoubted integrity and was em- inently successful in business. He remained here until 1870, when, his health having failed, he sold out to Mr. Charles H. Wright of ^Massachusetts. This gentleman operated the mill until the summer of 1872, when it accidentally took fire and was totally destroyed, together with a large four-tenement house and several other buildings belonging to the property. Mr. Wright did not rebuild, and nothing has since been done on the privilege. The entire waterpower on both sides of the river is now (1914) owned by the Cumberland County Power and Light Co., whose buildings are in Gorham. 232 WINDHAM IN THE PAST The Narrows, which is a waterpow^r at the foot of Little Sebago Lake, and one-half mile from the village of North Wind- ham, was first occupied by Gen. Moses Hunt, who erected a saw- mill here early in the last century, and, for several years was a successful lumberman. He was succeeded by his son Samuel, who ran the mill for a time and then sold it and engaged in farming. After remaining idle for a number of years, the privilege was purchased by Charles Rogers and Samuel Garland, in the sum- mer of 1858. They operated the mill until 1860 and then sold to Oliver and Joseph Pope. These men made preparations to do an extensive business, but by an oversight in building their dam, the pond broke out the next year, carrying away all their improvements, thus putting an end to all further work at the time. Nothing more was done on the privilege until 1871, at which time it was purchased by ^Messrs. Henry H. Boody. Charles Kogers, Jolm York, and a firm of lumbermen then doing business at Middle Jam. under the firm name of Goff and Plummer. This company built a large and well-appointed sawmill, to which they added a grist mill, and for several years they did a pros- perous business. But the death of some of the partners caused a dissolution of the company, and the property was sold to ^Ir. Pidw^ard J. Huston who occupied it for some years. It was afterwards occupied by Gerry and Cram ; still later by ]\Ir. John Gerry as a box mill. Recently, however, the mill was acci- dentally destroyed by fire, and at the present time nothing is done on the privilege. Pleasant River is a beautiful stream that takes its rise in the town of Gray and enters Windham near what is known as Jack- son's Falls. The river has a general westerly course of about eight miles through an exceedingly fertile part of the town, and joins the Presumpscot at a point midway between Loveitt's Falls and Ganibo. There are several fine waterpowers on the river, most of which have at different times been occupied as mill sites. On the upper, or Jackson 's Falls, ]\Ir. John A. Knight built the first mill of which we have any record, before the commencement of the last century. He had for a partner a Mr. Winslow, to whom he finally sold his right. This was a sawmill, with a grist mill PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 233 attached, and was operated by Mr. Winslow for many years. He had associated with him the late Benjamin M. Baker, and they ran the mill for some time, but finally discontinued opera- tions. The power then remained idle until about 1862, when Edward Huston erected a lumber mill on the site of the original one. Early in the last century, Samuel Varney had a sawmill near his house, at what is called the "Ox-bow" on Pleasant Eiver. There he carried on lumbering for a few years, his mill being known as the "Fly Trap." In 1781, Maj. Edward Anderson, a son of the fifth settler of AVindham, built a large sawmill on the falls that still bear his name, near Windham Hill. He was an active, energetic man, and did a large amount of lumbering, giving employment to many workmen. Finding his supply of water insufficient, he caused an artificial outlet to be made from the Collins Pond into Smith's Brook, which empties into Pleasant Kiver, for the pur- pose of obtaining the needed supply. Smith, in his "History of Windham" says, "This outlet increased in size until two saw- mills were erected upon it. On June 14, 1814, the water under- mined the mill dam, swept it and the mills from their founda- tions, disrupted the bed of the stream, rent with irresistible force tlie barriers of nature, and forced its way into Pleasant River. In a few hours the outlet was increased fifty feet in depth and two hundred feet in width." He also says, "The sudden eruption of this great body of water carried away one sawmill, one grist mill, and four bridges on Pleasant River, and the bridge at Gambo and ]Mallison Falls on the Presumpscot. " Among the mills carried away was j\Iaj. Anderson's, and so far as we can learn, they were never rebuilt. Several years later Moses Little, Esq., had a sawmill and a wool-carding mill on these falls, but no traces of either now re- main, and the privilege has been unoccupied for many years. About one mile above Anderson's Falls, a stream known as the "Ditch Brook" enters Pleasant River. Near its mouth is a mill privilege, where, as early as 1814, Abijah Varney had a saw- mill. This was afterwards owned by his son Joel, who sold it to the late Joseph Elder. He occupied it until his death, which 234 WINDHAM IN THE PAST took place Apr. 8, 1898. The property is now owned by Albert Sayward, who continues the business with good success. A short distance above the last named mill is a waterpower on w^hich the late Dea. Elijah Varney erected a lumber mill about 1862, which he operated until his death. He died Dec. 30, 1876, and his son Thomas, became owner of the property, where he still remains. He has considerably enlarged the build- ings, in which he manufactures various kinds of lumber. The falls next below Anderson's, on Pleasant River, known as "Pope's" were occupied as a mill site, as early as 1800. by Edward Cobb, who had a sawmill here in that year. How long he remained or where he went, we have no means of knowing, but he sold his mill and other property here to Nathan Pope, Sr., who was a clothier. He built a small mill in which he exercised that handicraft for many years with uniform success. When old age disquali- fied him for active business, he retired, having amassed quite a fortune for those times. In 1841, his three sons, Isaiah, Oliver, and Joseph, formed a company, under the firm name of Isaiah Pope and Co., and erected a building on the falls, fifty by sixty feet, and two stories in height, for the purpose of manufacturing woolen cloth. This was the first mill of the kind ever erected in Windham, and the machinery was all transported from North Andover, Mass., to Windham by horse teams. To this company was added, a few years later, a cousin, Robert Pope, and for some years they did a safe and money- making business. They also built a corn and flour mill, which they fitted up with the best machinery then obtainable, and made the attempt to compete with western mills. Not being successful in this venture, in a few years they sold the machinery and converted the building into a sawmill, in one part of which they had a grist mill containing one set of stones. In and around this mill they had a large force of men to whom they gave constant employment in the manufacture of various kinds of lumber. They also had other branches of business, which they carried on for some years with marked success. In 1859 or 60, two members of this firm, Oliver and Joseph Pope, purchased the waterpower at the "Narrows," for the pur- pose of lumbering, and intended to do a large business. They PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 235 at once began the erection of a stone dam, which was finished in the winter of 1860. Little Sebago Pond is a considerable body of water, being about eight miles in length and from one to three miles in width. It lies partly in Windham and partly in Gray, while its north- erly side touches the town of Raymond. The pond is an ex- ceedingly beautiful sheet of water and is a favorite resort of pleasure seekers, who. in large numbers, annually visit its shores for rest and recreation. At the foot, or outlet, the Popes built their dam, near the site of Gen. Hunt's old mill. The bottom of the stream, at this place, is composed of cobble-stones and sand; on this unstable foundation they built the dam of split stone without cement or sufficient piling. In the early spring, after the work was finished, the melting snow had filled the pond to highwater mark; long and heavy rains came on ; and all who were familiar with the conditions saw that, sooner or later, a catastrophe must occur. But, although frequently warned, the owners seemed totally unmind- ful of the danger ; and, as the water rose higher and higher, they sought to overcome the force of gravity by increasing the altitude of the structure with flush boards. The last days of April were noticeable for heavy rains ; on the fifth and sixth of May it rained continuously for forty-eight hours, and the end was at hand. The water in the pond was estimated to be from ten to fifteen feet higher than was ever known before, and the tremendous pressure it exerted was too much for the frail structure. On May 7, 1861, at 7 A.M., the dam gave way, and literally ' ' great was the fall thereof. ' ' The owners, who lived at the little village of Popeville, were notified as soon as possible, but refused to believe that any material damage would be done, and took no means to secure any part of their property. The news of the outbreak spread rapidly through the town, and several hours before the flood came hundreds of men came with offers of assist- ance in removing goods and machinery, but the owners steadily refused to allow this to be done. The writer was, at that time, employed as a clerk for the company and was an eye witness to what followed. At about ten o 'clock, a low, sullen roar, like the rushing of a 236 WINDHAM IN THE PAST mighty wind, gave evidence that the hour of peril was near at hand ; and in a short time, around a curve in the river came an immense wave bearing on its crest a large quantity of debris, consisting of stumps, the ruin of bridges, mill logs, cord wood and trees that had been torn up by the roots, all in one confused mass, and borne along with irresistible force by the rushing waters. It first encountered a strong double boom, where its career was for a moment cheeked, but only for a moment. The huge logs of which the boom was constructed snapped like pipe stems, and the confused mass, augmented by hundreds of mill logs, precipitated itself upon the mill dam. At one end of this stood a woolen mill filled with heavy machinery, a large building intended for a cotton mill and partly fitted up for that purpose, and a dye house, which con- tained all the appliances for coloring and finishing cloth. On the other end of the dam stood a sawmill, a joiner's shop, grist mill and stave mill, all in one large building. After remaining stationary on the dam for nearly- half an hour, the mass of ruins, with a mighty crash, started on its downward course, carrying with it the dye-house and town bridge, the splintered fragments of which were mingled with the already confused mass. The woolen mill remained firm and uninjured, but the cotton mill which stood at right angles with it was moved at least ten feet from its original foundation, and doubtless would have been destroyed had not the water forced a passage around one end and joined the main channel, leaving the building in compara- tive safety. However, as it was, the water rose to the second story of both these mills and ruined the machinery and a large amount of materials, and manufactured cloth. On the opposite side of the town road near the river's brink, stood a large store in which was kept an assortment of groceries, dry goods, and clothing; the water beat into fragments the base- ment of this building, but did not damage it otherwise. About one-fourth of a mile below Popeville stood the well- a])pointed sawmill belonging to Josiah S. Allen. This mill was said to be the best and most firmly constructed of any similar building in town. Having withstood the flood for some time, it was at length lifted bodily from its foundation, and floated out of sight apparently unharmed, and with the chimney stand- PROGRESS OP THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUPACTURES 237 ing. At some distance below, it was dashed into a thousand fragments by the mad rush of the torrent. In this wide-spread destruction, every bridge below the mouth of Ditch Brook to Presumpscot River was carried away, excepting the one on the New County Road, near the residence of the late A. J. Morrell ; .while, on the Presumpscot, considerable damage was done at Gambo, Little Falls, and Mallison Falls, the bridges at all these places being destroyed. Shortly after this catastrophe the Pope brothers rebuilt the mills, and repaired damages as best they could ; and, for a few years, continued to do business. But they never recovered their old-time prosperity, and having met with other reverses, they were finally compelled to suspend operations, and the property passed to other owners. A man named Garnier purchased the woolen mill and com- micnced to make extensive repairs, when it took fire and was totally consumed, together with one dwelling house, the store, and a building one hundred feet long, that the Popes had used as a storehouse. The sawmill on the opposite side of the river Avas bought by John Keene, who used it as a grist mill and also for a wool carding mill. He remained here for a few years, but this building accidentally took fire and was burned to the ground, and with it a dwelling house, formerly occupied as a boarding house, and a large stable that stood near by. Now nothing remains of this once busy hamlet, save a few charred and blackened timbers and the rapidly decaying logs of the old dam. In 1866, several gentlemen of Gorham and Windham pur- chased the waterpower on Windham side of the Presumpscot, at Horse Beef, and erected on the site of the first sawmill, a small woolen mill, which they fitted up with one set of machinery. In the winter of 1867 they obtained a charter in which they are fifyled the "^Mallison Falls ^Manufacturing Company." One of the incorporators was ]Mr. Algernon L. Cole, who had been fore- man of several mills in ]Maine and New Hampshire. He was chosen superintendent of the new mill, which was put in opera- tion in the spring of 1867. After running for about a year, from lack of capital they were unsuccessful ; however, the.v sold stock enough to enaljle them to continue business for about two A'ears, when the.v were compelled to close the mill. It then remained idle for some time. It was finallv leased 238 WINDHAM IN THE PAST to Joseph Hurst and William ]MeQuakcr, who ran it for one year, with good success. At the end of that time a mutual dislike existing between the partners caused a dissolution of the part- nership, and Mr. Hurst went to Buxton, Me., where he operated the Hall woolen mill for a few years. Mr. McQuaker being a stockholder, retained his grip on the mill at Mallison Falls, which he ran with what seemed at the time to be fairly good success. In October, 1879, Thomas L. Robinson came from Oxford and started up the mill, which then contained one set of cards, two hand spinning jacks, and seven old-fashioned Andover looms. He obtained more looms and other machinery and ran the mill until the next year, when he bought the property and built a large addition to the original building. He fitted it up with improved machinery and gave employment to between seventy- five and one hundred workmen. He also built four tenement houses to accommodate his employees and made other and vari- ous improvements on the property. He continued in business until Feb. 17. 1888, when the mills were totally destroyed by fire. Nothing daunted, how^ever, he at once commenced the erec- tion of the present brick mill. This he had nearly completed when he was suddenly smitten with illness which proved fatal ; and on June 22, 1890, he passed away. Mr. Robinson was an active, energetic man, endowed with a fine business capacity, and his death was a great loss to the community. Woolen Mill, ISoiith Wiiiilhani, Alaiue PROGRESS OP THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 239 His two sons, Joseph L. and Cliarles, completed the mill and started it in the autumn of 1891. For quite a number of years they continued to manufacture woolen goods of various kinds; but, owing to business depression, they were compelled to sus- pend operations a few years ago. The plant is now run by the Rindge Woolen Co. CHAPTER XI Industries, Manufactures, etc. (Continued) Among the industries carried on l)y the early settlers of Windham was that of tanning. The first person to exercise that handicraft in this town was doubtless John Robinson, a native of Dover, N. H., who came here about 1765, and bought the farm now owned by ^Ir. Joseph Nugent, on what is now called the "Gray Road." He had a small tannery which he operated in connection with his farm. He was a Quaker of the old school and died a worthy member of that denomination, Aug. 21, 1800. His son Timothy, born here in 1767, was also a tanner and currier ; and, in 1794, settled on the farm afterwards owned by his son, the late Oliver Robinson. Timothy had a tannery near Ihe town road directly in front of the well and near his dwelling house, where he carried on the business for many years. He was a Quaker, noted for his strict honesty and systematic meth- ods. He died June 5, 1851, and is buried in the old Quaker I*»urial Ground near Windham Center. Sometime about the commencement of the last century. Francis Osgood built a tan yard on the farm known as the " Josiah Little Place." It was built not far from the Presump- scot River, and traces of the old pits were plainly Adsible a few years ago. How long ]\Ir. Osgood remained here we do not know, but it is said that he Avas in Windham for a long time ; afterwards he removed to Portland, w^here he died. About the year 1827, David Allen, a Quaker, built a large building on the farm now owned by Royal T. ]\Iayberry, in which to exercise his trade as a tanner and currier. He carried on that business until his death, which took place Aug. 8, 1850. He was a fine workman and a man of undoubted integrity, and his death was deeply regretted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He was succeeded by Samuel ^layberry, who purchased the property in 1850-1, He operated it with good success for a long INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC. 241 term of years; but at length failing health compelled him to retire from active life. He died in 1889. No one has succeeded him, and the art of making leather cannot now be included among the industries of the town. The manufacture of boots and shoes was formerly carried on here quite extensively. Just who our first shoemaker was Ave cannot tell positively ; but it may have been Nathaniel Ilawkes. He was born in old ]\Iarblehead, Aug. 31, 1740. and came here before 1771 ; as in that year he was married. This event is duly entered on the Quaker records of the Falmouth Quarterly fleeting, and reads as follows : "Nathaniel Hawkes of Windhajii, in the County of Cumber- land, in the Province of ^Massachusetts Bay in New England, Shoe ]\Iaker, son of Ebenezer and Anna Hawkes of Marblehead in the County of Essex in said Province ; Ebenezer being de- ceased; and iMercy Jones, daughter of Lemuel Jones and Waite his wife, of Harpswell, 7th month 27th, 1771." ]Mr. Hawkes settled in the easterly part of the town, not far from the Westbrook line, and is said to have been a quiet, indus- trious man, and a worthy member of the Friends' Society. Here, let me say that the foot Avear of the early settlers was vastly different from that worn by their descendants ; modern boots were worn by ])ut few and were costly articles; hence, the greater part of the people Avore shoes made of stout leather and hand-scAved. Such a thing as a pegged shoe A\'as then unheard of. In the Avinter. men Avore heaA-y home-knit buskins, Avhi<'h effectually protected their ankles from the cold and snoAv. The Avriter Avell remembers scA'eral old gentlemen Avho could never be induced to Avear boots, but aaIio clung to the old-fashioned shoe and buskin as long as they lived, claiming that they Avere niore comfortable than that modern article, the boot. Timothy Robinson Avas a shoemaker, as Avell as a tanner, and united the tAvo trades, having a shop near his tannery and giving employment to a fcAV journeymen and apprentices. He AA^as succeeded by his son Isaac. Avho remained here a fcAV years. Isaac Robinson sold out to his brother Oliver, and located in some eastern toAvn Avhere he carried on the making of boots and shoes until his death. On coming into possession of the property, Oliver Robinson closed the old tanneiw and gave his attention to the manufacture 242 WINDHAM IN THE PAST of boots and shoes, which business he greatly enlarged. He built a new shop, in which he gave employment to a considerable number of Avorkmen and apprentices, and, in the course of a few years, became the principal manufacturer of men's foot wear in Windham. He was a pleasant, kind-hearted gentleman, and was highly respected for his honest dealings. He spent his entire life of nearly 80 years on the farm where his father first settled, and died there Mar. 5, 1890. For several years, Greenleaf Senter manufactured women's shoes at "Windham Hill, where he had a shop and gave employ- ment to quite a number of journeymen. He finally retired and died, leaving no successor. . Andrew Allen and his sons, Thomas and William H., at one time had a shop near Baker's Corner, where they manufactured boots and shoes, and also leather hose pipe for the Portland fire department ; but, in the lapse of time, they suspended operations and gave their time wholly to farming. The foregoing were the principal shoe manufacturers in town, fifty years ago, but the business has become a thing of the past, and the shoes worn by both sexes are now made almost entirely by machinery. In the early days it was customary for each householder to buy his own leather, and, at certain periods every year, to have a shoemaker come to his house and make the shoes for the family, big and little. This class of workmen used to go from house to house, carrying their tools in a stout bag or tied up in their h'athcr aprons ; while their advent into a household was always a source of great pleasure to the younger members of the family. This method was known to shoemakers as "Whipping the cat." Among those in this town who went about in this manner we remember Benjamin Goold, Peter Elder, Andrew Bodge. George Goold, and Frederick Smith, all of whom have been dead for many years. The first blacksmith to exercise that handicraft in Windham was William Mayberry, w^hose career in Windham is fully de- scribed elsewhere in this book. Col. Timothy Pike was a blacksmith. He was a native of Newbury, jMass., and had a shop in Portland, before 1764. He came to Windham, previous to 1777, but we do not know where he settled in this town, neither can we tell whether he ever INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC. 243 worked at his trade here, but it is quite likely that he did. He remained here until 1779, when he went to Sacearappa, and we think that he died there. Col. Pike was an active, influential n:ian, and through his removal the town lost a valuable citizen. Al)out 1800, Daniel Frost, a native of Gorham, had a black- smith's shop at Gambo, which stood near where the present schoolhouse stands. This he operated for many years. As early as 1825, Joseph C. Larry, also a native of Gorham, who had learned the trade of ]\Ir. Frost, built a shop and estab- lished himself as a blacksmith near the mouth of the "Horse Beef Road" in Windham. (See Larry genealogy.) In 183-3, "William Bacon had a shop at South Windham, where he worked at blacksmithing. It stood on the spot where the grocery store of AVilliam Bickford and Company now stands. ]\Ir. Bacon continued to work at his trade until 1843, when he sold his tools and leased his shop to John A. Bodge, who had been his apprentice. ^Ir. Bodge had as a partner James Crockett, and they carried on the business for one year, when they dissolved the partnership. Mr. Bodge then built a shop on land now owned by the pulp company, and for some time did a large amount of work, but he finally sold out, and both he and his former partner, Crockett, afterwards became Freewill Baptist clergymen. John Bacon, brother of William, came originally from Gor- bam and was a blacksmith. He owned a farm on the River Road at South Windham, where he built a shop, nearly opposite the residence of the late Jonathan Sanborn. He was a very indus- trious man, and loved farming better than he did his trade, and spent but little time at his forge. He lived to be quite aged and died in the winter of 1892. Elijah Pope, ancestor of the Popes of Windham, was a black- smith. He came to this town from Falmouth, about the year 1769, and purchased a farm near Pleasant River, it being the same on which his grandson, Oliver Pope, afterwards lived. He built a shop near the present Ijrick house, now owned by ^Ir. Peter Trickey, where he worked at his trade for a long term of years. He was a Quaker. He is said to have been a fine workman and had a large number of customers. About 1850, ]Meshach P. Larry erected a building where 244 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Oriental Hall now stands, at South Windham, and carried on blacksmithing for a few years. (See Larry genealogy.) Samuel Bragdon did the iron work for the Oriental Powder Company for a long term of years; he also had a shop at one time on the Gray Road opposite the residence of Fred A. Cash. Old age finally compelled him to retire from active life, and he died not long afterwards. During the period of their prosperity, Isaiah Pope and Co. gave constant employment to a blacksmith and had. at different times, Jason Knight, who afterward located at Windham Center ; Ransom Morton, a very ingenious workman ; Thomas Frost ; and George G. Young, in that capacity. A few years ago, George Long had a shop at South Windham, in which he worked at his trade of blacksmith, but he finally gave up the shop, and now does the iron work for the pulp company. William C. Jordan came here from Windham Hill and hired Long's shop, where he worked for a short time. He then built the shop that stands near the Universalist Church, and is the only iron w^orker on Windham side of the river. The other smiths in town are Linwood Rogers and L. ]\I. ^Morrill, at Wind- ham Center; Amos ^lann, W. H. Rogers, and Royal Edwards at North Windham. Elijah Varney was by trade a carriage maker and for several years manufactured different kinds of carriages at W^indham Center. He had in his employ a number of workmen, but gave up this occupation to engage in the manufacture of long and short lumber. In 1847, Edward T. Smith, who had been one of ]\Ir. Var- ney 's apprentices, located at Little Falls and commenced to manufacture carriages in William Bacon's old shop on Depot street. He remained there until burned out, when he purchased the shop built by M. P. Larry on Main Street, where he carried on business for nearly fifty years. He died July 6. 1909, aged 83 years. The first carpenter and joiner in this town of whom we have any knowledge was Nathaniel Cogswell, one of the original grantees. We find an account of him in Chapter IV. Another of the grantees, who is called "a chairmaker, " was Nathaniel Evans. He settled on Home Lot No. 55, and tradition asserts that he was a joiner as well as a chairmaker. He was INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC. 245 a native of Marblehead and died in Windham, in exti^eme old age. Richard Dole was a joiner, but sometimes calls himself "a chairmaker," which, w^e suppose, means more particularly a cabinetmaker. However, for many years he w^as the principal carpenter and builder in town. Samuel Dole, son of Richard, learned his father's trade and worked at the business until old age disqualified him for active life. He always lived in Windham and died there at the age of 79 years. James Loveitt, known as Captain James, a native of Wind- ham, in early life learned the carpenter's trade and, throughout his long life of 84 years, made it his principal occupation, even in old age being noted for the excellence of his work. Jonathan Stevens was a carpenter and millwright. His sons, William and Abner, were fine w^orkmen, both as carpenters and joiners. James Crague w^as a very ingenious w^oodw^orker, famous in his time for the manufacture of old-fashioned ploughs, ox-yokes, harrows, and other farming implements. He finally became totally blind and remained in that condition until his death, which took place Dec. 8, 1872. Calvin Emery came from some part of Massachusetts. He was a millwright by trade and worked many years for the powder company at Gambo, The late Thomas Bodge was a master builder and contractor. [See Bodge genealogy.) His son, Elbridge S. Bodge, also a carpenter and joiner, worked at that trade many years for the Sebago Wood Board Company, at South Windham. William Loveitt, son of Capt. James, and Charles B. Walker were both carpenters, joiners, and master mechanics, and were employed by the Oriental Powder Co. for many years. William A. Larry and Perley E. Mitchell are carpenters and joiners. Mr. Larry has built several houses at South Windham and was employed, for many years, as master workman by the "Robinson Woolen Company." Mr. IMitchell is employed by the ''Eastern Dynamite Co." at Newhall. Both these gentle- men are natives of this town, and reside at Little Falls. About the year 1825, John Goodell came to this town from 246 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Kennebunk, Me. He was a potter by trade, and so far as we can learn, the only one who ever exercised that handicraft in Windham. He located first, near the intersection of the Horse Beef and River Roads, on the eastern side of the latter, where traces of his workshop and the cellar of his house are yet to be seen, the lot being now included in the farm of the late John Webb, Esq. He remained there a few years and then purchased the farm on which Isaiah Staples now lives. There he built a large barn-like structure, one end of which was fitted up as a workshop, while the other contained the huge kiln, where, at stated intervals, he burned his old-fashioned brown earthenware. In this shop he constantly labored until his death in 1850. Shortly after the close of the Indian wars, when the inhabit- ants of Windham commenced to rebuild their dwellings, — which, as the old records tell us, they found "rotten down" on their return from the fort, — a brickyard was established on the farm now owned by ]\Ir. Lars Klagenberg, then a part of the ^layberry estate. This appears to have been a sort of neighborhood prop- erty, and tradition asserts that all the bricks used in this vicinity, previous to the Revolutionary War, were made in this yard. Traces of the old yard are still to be seen. In 1788-9, John A. Knight came to Windham from Falmouth and settled in the easterly part of the town. Among other occu- pations he had a brickyard on his farm near Pleasant River, in the northeasterly part of the town. He was a "brick-layer" by trade and made the bricks used in his business. His farm is the same now owned by his grandson, Albert Knight. In 1812, Thomas Bodge, Sr., had a brick-yard on the banks of the little brook that crosses the town road near where IVIr. John A. Cobb afterwards lived. This yard was on the northerly side of the road, and relics of the former occupancy are often brought to light by the plough. Joseph Cook, sometime between 1840 and 1850, made bricks on the farm now owned by Mr. Dana A. Lowell, near Popeville. We have been informed, that at one time, bricks were manu- factured quite extensively on the land of Ezekiel Varney; also that Oliver Winslow had a brick-yard near the banks of Calley Wright Brook, in the Hanson neighborhood; and that a Mr. Sawj'er had one near the residence of the late Heman Cobb. INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC 247 There may have been others, but those above-mentioned are all of which we have any positive knowledge in Windham. About 1850, Joel Allen erected a large building, on the easterly side of the Gray Road, near the mouth of the road leading to the village of Gambo, in which he manufactured ploughs and had at one time, an iron foundry attached. His son, Cyrus K. Allen, was associated with him, and for several years they did a con- siderable business. Mr. William F. Hall, an ingenious mechanic, had a shop on the Portland Road, near AVindham Center, where he made ploughs and various other farming tools for a long term of years. He was noted for his fine workmanship, and his ploughs were long regarded Ijy the farmers of Cumberland County as the best in use. Mr. Hall died July 10, 1911, after an active life of 90 years. In addition to John A. Knight, the masons and brick-layers in Windham have been: Allen Hamblen, his two sons, George W. and Byron, Richard Sylvester, and Edwin Cobb, all of whom have left specimens of their handiwork in various parts of the town. Formerly a large amount of men's clothing was made in this and the neighboring towns, for wholesale manufacturers in Bos- ton, New York and Chicago ; Isaiah Pope and Co. being the first to establish the business here, about 1850. Others followed their example, and, in a short time, a considerable industry grew up, which furnished employment for many workmen of both sexes. This continued until after the Civil War. In addition to the I'ope brothers, those in Windham engaged in the business w^ere S. H. Staples & Co. at Windham Center, Augustus H. Little at the Hill, and Rogers & Varney, afterward Rogers & Goold, at North Windham. CHAPTER XII Grocers and General Traders. Lawyers. Associations Physicians. Just who was the first grocer and general trader in Windham Ave have no means of knowing. A well-authenticated tradition asserts that the first settler, Capt. Thomas Chute, for several years, kept a small stock of groceries in his house, which he sold to his fellow settlers. If this tradition is true, ]Mr Chute must be regarded as the pioneer merchant of tlie town. It is probable that during the Revolutionary period there was a grocery store at ancient "Horse Beef." but it was, it is said, on Gorham side of the river. This, however, is purely traditional. In 1769, Jonathan Loveitt, a native of Cape Elizabeth, came to Windham and located at Gambo. (See Loveitt genealogy.) Probably the next grocer to locate here was Paul Little, a native of Newbury, Mass., from which place he came to Port- land, in 1761, and had a store on King (now India) Street. He traded there until the town was destroyed by Capt. ]\Iowatt, in Main Street, North "Windham, Maine TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 249 1775, after which he removed to "Windham, and we find him a taxpayer here in 1776. He purchased a large tract of land, including the farm now owned by Mr. Benjamin Spear, and the house which he built is still standing, and occupied by Mr. Spear. Tradition says that ]\Ir. Little built a store near his dwelling-house, but we are unable to locate the exact spot. We are also informed that he did a large amount of business as a grocer and general trader. He died in Windham, ^Nlay 23, 1818, aged 78 years. About 1792, Thomas Smith, son of the Kev. Peter T. Smith, had a store on the westerly side of the ]Main Road, nearly oppo- site the residence of the late Hannah E. Whittier. He, too, dealt in both dry goods and groceries and did a large business for those times. He continued in trade until his death, which took place Feb. 27. 1802. He is said to have been a very pleas- ant, warm-hearted man. and very popular with his townsmen. His death was the result of an accident, and his age was 32 years. Shortly after the death of ]\Ir. Smith, Jonathan Andrew (father of Gov. John A. Andrew) established himself in the grocery business at the corner of the road leading from the ]\Iain Road to Little Falls. There he remained several years, but he afterwards removed to the village and was the first trader in that place. His store stood nearly opposite what is known as the "Old Tavern." He remained here until about 1832, when he closed his business, and having amassed a considerable fortune, moved to Boxford, Mass., where he died, in 18-49. ]\Ir. Andrew was succeeded by Moses Little, a native of Windham, who commenced business in the Andrew store and traded there until his death, Sept. 14, 1843. Mr. Little was a general favorite with all classes, especially with young people. He was succeeded by Albert Webb, who purchased the stock of goods of Mr. Little's administrator and continued the busi- ness for a few years. Being desirous of a larger field of opera- tion, he moved to Portland, where, for a long term of years he was a successful wholesale grocer. He died in Windham, Mar. 7, 1900. The next grocer and general trader in Little Falls was Dea. William Bacon, a blacksmith by trade. Becoming tired of the anvil and leather apron, in the summer of 1845, he converted, his blacksmith shop into a store, purchased a stock of dry goods 250 WINDHAM IN THE PAST and groceries, and became at once a full-fledged merchant. Contrary to all expectations, he was successful, and in a year or two, built a store on the site of the Andrew store where he re- n^ained a short time, having as a partner, first, Alfred M. Bur- ton, and later, Albert Stevens, both of whom were wholesale dealers in Portland. In the mean time, Mr. Bacon's former blacksmith shop was destroyed by fire, and he moved his store to the lot on Depot Street, where he continued in business until old age disqualified him for active life. In 1845, Jonathan Hanson, who had kept a grocery store at ancient Horse Beef, on Gorham side, moved into the brick store on the corner of Main and Depot Streets, where he did a safe and remunerative business for a long term of years. On retir- ing, he moved to Portland, where he died several years ago. William Bickford came to South "Windham from Casco, Mar. 1, 1869. He purchased the Bacon property, removed the old store, and built on the same spot a large and commodious store in which he kept a full assortment of groceries, dry and fancy goods. His son, William H. Bickford, was his partner, and still continues the business. Mr. William Bickford died April 25, 1893. James A. Magnusson, a native of Sweden, has for several years kept a well-appointed grocery in the store where Jonathan Hanson formerly traded. Elias Strout kept a grocery store for a year or so on Main Street, but removed to Gorham side of the river, where he re- mained for a short time. George W. Swett kept the first drug store in South Wind- ham. After several years in the business, he sold out to Dr. Charles W. Bailey and shortly afterwards moved to Portland, where he died Jan. 20, 1903. He was a veteran of the Civil War and lost a leg at the Battle of Cane River. Dr. Bailey soon retired from business and was succeeded by F'aniel M. Rand, a native of the village, who remained here a number of years. Wishing for a more extended field of trade, he sold out to Andy L. Hoyt, who came from Dover, Me., and who is now the only druggist in town. F. W. Bryant had a store on IMechanic Street where he dealt in meats and provisions quite extensively. His son, Ralph Bryant, now carries on the business. TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 251 The first merchant and general trader to locate at what is now the village of "Windham Hill was Maj. Edward Anderson. (See Anderson genealogy.) Another early trader at, or near the Hill, tradition says, was William Mayberry. He was known as "Marchant Bill." We have not been able to locate the site of his place of business. Several years ago one of his descendants recited to me the fol- lowing couplet relating to this man, said to have been composed by a customer to whom he refused credit for a glass of liquor: ''Marchant Bill lived under the hill, Bought by the quart and sold by the gill. ' ' The inference to be drawn from this is that his commercial operations were not conducted on a very extensive scale, and also that his stock in trade consisted largely of liquid refreshments. Other early traders at the "Hill" were James Hawkes, Jr., Thomas Little, Samuel R. Hawkes, Samuel Hanson, and more recently, Charles H. Doughty, George W. Davis, and Samuel Garland. At Windham Center, Alley Hawkes had a grocery and gen- eral store which he operated for a long term of years. His store stood on the southwesterly corner of the Gray and Portland roads. At the time of his death i\Ir. Hawkes was probably the street in Windham Center 252 WINDHAM IN THE PAST best known trader in town. He died Oct. 24, 1890, at the age of 81 years, and was succeeded by his son, Fred S. Hawkes, who with his son William C. Hawkes, still continues the business. About 1849-50, several citizens living in the vicinity of Wind- ham Center formed a co-operative association, for the purpose of purchasing groceries and other goods direct from the manu- facturers and wholesale dealers, thus saving the retailers' profits. These gentlemen, who were quite enthusiastic over the new scheme, bought a lot, on which they erected a building. It stood on the spot now occupied by the establishment of Fred S. Hawkes, and was fitted up and stocked with the usual articles Icept for sale in country stores. Mr. Charles Jones was em- ployed as general manager, and for a short time everything went along prosperously; but after a year or two, the venture proved unsuccessful, and the association dissolved. The build- ing was sold to ]\Ir. Stephen H. Staples, who used it as a tailor shop and general store. ]Mr. Staples continued to operate this store until failing health compelled him to retire, and he died Oct. 14, 1888. The late Andrew J. ]Morrill had a grocery and general store about one mile from Windham Center, at the village known as "Morrill's Corner." His store is still standing on the corner of the Gray and Portland roads, and is owned and occupied by Foster Bros. & Co. ]Mr. ^Morrill was a very popular man in town and had many warm personal friends. He died in the prime of life and was succeeded by Charles Hasty, who, after remaining here a few years, went to Lewiston, Me., where he now resides. In the early part of the last century Ichabod Baker operated a grocery store at the little hamlet that still bears his name, in the easterly part of the town. He appears to have had quite an extensive trade for many years. His two sons, Seward M. and Isaiah H. Baker, succeeded him and did a large and success- ful business. Both are now dead, and their property has passed to other hands. The brothers Baker were very popular men in town. Seward M. was at one time Sheriff of Cumberland County. Isaiah Pope & Company, in connection with their manufac- turing interests, had a grocery store at the village of Popeville. This store, which stood on the westerly side of the road, near TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 253 the bridge, was. with other buildings, totally destroyed by fire a few years ago. -, ^ T/a? + At North Windham many traders have located at different times Columbus Hunt and John Collins were among the early .nerehants there. Charles and J. Reed Rogers came later. Several vears ago Henry H. Boody had a large store there and, at that time, was the principal trader in that part of Wnrdhaim L S. Freeman and W. H. Cram & Son are among the recent merchants, who are not now in business there *Thomks S. Nason and Howard H. Boody are the present merchants at North Windham. Mrs. Lizzie Pride Boody carries a line of millinery and fancy goods. Lawyers Several lawyers have, at different times, located in Windham. The first one of whom we have any record was Joseph Pope. He was born in the town of Spencer, Worcester County, Mass. ; graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1^98 ; and read law with Plinv Merrick of Brookfield. He was admitted to tire Cumberland bar in 1804 and opened an office for the practice of law at Windham Hill, in 1803. He delivered an oration before the citizens of Windham, July 4 1804. ^; ^^^o^ h^^ moved to Portland, where he remained until 181.3. He then "turned to Windham, where he resided until 1815; then went again to Portland and was living there m 1839. Hezekiah Frost was another lawyer in early times. (See Frost genealogy.) . i +^ ^,. +v,w Thomas Amory Deblois was the next lawyer to locate m this town. He was a native of Boston; graduated at Harvard Col- lege in the class of 1813; came to Maine ^^'^ ff''i^''\l'f;^ sion with Col. S. A. Bradley, of Fryeburg, and Gen. Samuel Fe. senden of New Gloucester. He commenced the practi e of aw m Windham in 1816. He removed to Portland m 819 ad spent the remainder of his life there. For many ^-is h iv joyed the highest reputation as a counsellor and had a laige I>ractice. . * Since the above .-as written, Warren Freeman has opened a general store at No. Windham. 254 WINDHAM IN THE PAST John Eveletli was born in New Gloucester and graduated at Bowdoin College in 1814. He read law with Samuel Fessen- den. He came to Windham and commenced the practice of law, Pec. 7, 1819, and spent the remainder of his life here. He was a wise and judicious counsellor, an honest man, and greatly respected. He died Sept. 17, 1859. David Porter Baker, son of Gen. Elias Baker, was born in AVindham, March 15, 1822. He read law with the firm of Wells & Sweat of Portland. After finishing his studies, he opened an office in his native town at the village of North Windham, where he remained until his death, May 23, 1860. Mr, Baker was a man of fine intellectual abilities, a ready and eloquent speaker, and a safe counsellor. He was greatly interested in our common schools and served several terms on the superintending school committee. His health, never good, finally gave way under the strain of his manifold labors, and he died of consumption at the early age of 38 years — a loss to the town. Peter Rowe Hall was the son of Gen. Daniel Hall and was born in Windham, Oct. 23. 1826. He began life as a school teacher, in which profession he was eminently successful. He afterward studied law and succeeded ^Ir. Eveleth at Windham Hill, He practiced his profession there six or seven years. Being chosen county treasurer, he removed to Portland, where he died July 28, 1869, aged 42 years. Col. John Clifford Cobb, son of Jonathan and Mary (Stuart) Cobb, was born in Westbrook. ]\lar. 3, 1837. He studied law and settled in Windham, where he opened an office at the ' ' Hill ' ' and remained there for a number of years. When the Civil War came, he enlisted in Co. D, 15th Me. Regt., and was chosen lieutenant of the company. Later he was promoted to be a colonel. After his discharge, he returned to Windham where he remained a short time. He then located in Portland and died there, April 2, 1910, after a successful life as an attorney and eounsellor-at-law. Thomas L. Smith, in his history of the town, gives the names of Barker Curtis and Asa Mitchell as lawyers. Of these men we know nothing whatever. He also mentions Thaddeus S. Chase, Freeland A. Staples, T. S. Brigham and John 0. Win- ship, as practicing lawyers here. With the exception of Mr. Chase, none of these remained but a short time. Mr. Chase had TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 255 an office at North Windham and died there. Jan. 28, 1876, aged 44 years. At the present time there is no lawyer located in town. Physicians The first physician to settle in this town was Dr. Caleb Rea (or Rhea). (See Rea genealogy.) Dr. James Paine was the second physician to settle in this town. He came from Limerick, Me., in 1797, within a year after the death of Dr. Rea ; settled at Little Falls, and remained here in practice until 1818. His health having failed he re- moved to Portland, where he died Feb. 22, 1822, aged 63 years. Dr. Paine built a house on the hill near the depot at South AVindham, which he afterwards sold to Jonathan Andrew, who occupied it until he removed to Boxford, ]\Iass. In this house his son, John A. Andrew^ afterw^ards Governor of ]Massachusetts, was born May 31, 1818. The other physicians who have located at Little Falls have been: S. W. Baker, Eli Edgecomb, James M. Buzzell, Isaiah Hedge, Silas E. Sylvester, Roscoe G. Millikin, Frank Carter, F. A. Harris, John Swan, and N. AI. ^Marshall. At "Windham Hill Dr. John Waterman resided for many years. He moved to Gorham and died there June 11, 1865. He was long the princiiial physician in Windham. Other physicians at the "Hill" were Drs. J. A. Parsons, Charles G. Parsons, Seth C. Hunkins, Lewis W. Houghton, T. S. Weston, James P. Webb, George L. Kilgore, Bertrand F. Dunn, and Isaac D. Harper. At North Windham Dr. Reuben B. Jordan, a native of Ray- mond, ]\Ie., who graduated at the Medical School of ]\Iaine in 1870, practised until his death. Dr. Charles F. Parker is now the only physician in North Windham. Public Houses For several years after Windham was first settled, there was no public house kept within its limits. Travelers were few in that day ; and, if any came, they were cordially welcomed and entertained by some one of the settlers. It is said that our first 256 WINDHAM IN THE PAST settler, Capt. Thomas Chute, for many years kept an open house for all comers, which is probably true. But, as the population increased, and roads were built to communicate with other towns, several public houses were opened in different parts of the town. AA^here the first one was located, we do not know ; ])ut in 1832 Andrew Libby opened a public house, (or as it was then called, a tavern) at Little Falls, where he remained a few years. He then sold to AVilliam Silla, who. in turn, leased the premises to Eben Hicks. The latter shortly retired, and Air. Silla again became the landlord. In 1840, the late Thomas Bodge refitted the house and re- mained in possession until 1848. when he retired, and Air. Silla again took possession. The old hostelry is still standing on the corner of Alain and Depot Streets. It has been used as a tenement house for many years, but is yet known as the ' ' Old Tavern. ' ' Another one of these old taverns was at North AVindham, and was kept by Edmund Boody for many years. This stood on the road leading from Portland to Bridgton. It was quite noted in its day, and, for many years did a flourishing business. It had several landlords after Air. Boody retired, among whom may be mentioned John York and a Air. Stanley. The old house was taken down several years ago, and its site is now occupied by the large store of Howard Boody. Sometime previous to 1839, James Greenough kept a public house at AVindham Center, in the building now owned and oc- cupied by Fred S. Hawkes. This house was built by Samuel Hanson, who died here, Alar. 31, 1813. Air. Greenough did not stay here long, and AVilliam H. Smith became the landlord and remained many years. He was noted for his genial manners and was exceedingly popular with his patrons; he afterwards went to the neighboring town of Ray- mond, where he kept the celebrated Longley tavern. At AVindham Hill, a public house was established early in the history of the town, but at what time or who the proprietor was we do not know. AVe have been informed that George AV. Davis was one of the early landlords; and that after him came Air. Jason AVebb, who is yet remembered by many citizens of this and the neighboring towns, as the genial landlord of the old hostelry. TRADERS. LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 2o7 In 1904, there were two hotels at the village of North Wind- ham, kept by L. S. Freeman and F. E. Yates. ]\Ir. Freeman is still in the business. It is possible there may have been other public houses in to\^Ti, but the above were the principal ones. Associations The first secret society organized in this town was known as the "Rechabites." This was a temperance society, having sick benefits attached. A lodge (or as they called it, a "tent") was organized at South Windham, about 1845. It was, we think, the only one in Windham. For two or three years they held stated meetings and did a good work for temperance and morality in general ; but, at length, the enthusiasm died out, and the society here disbanded. About 1848, a lodge of "Temperance Watchmen" was or- ganized at Little Falls, and, at about the same time, lodges of the order were instituted at Windham Hill and at East WMnd- ham. This was, as the name indicates, a purely temperance organization, and it was very popular through New England for several years. However, in the process of time, this society became a thing of the past, being succeeded by the "Good Templars," another temperance organization whose member- ship included people of both sexes. This order flourished for several years and was successful in the work of saving men from the evil efifects of intemperance. It at length ceased work as an organization, and we think there is no lodge of the order now existing in town. Presumpscot Lodge of Free and Accepted ^Masons was char- tered May 3. 1866, at Windham Hill. There they built a hall, in which they met for a few years ; but as many of the members lived in Raymond, the building was moved to North Windham. They have a fine location there and at present are prosperous and increasing in numbers. Their lodge number is 127 on the list of Maine lodges. They hold stated meetings the Saturday on or before the full moon in each month. On March 8. 1878, Oriental Lodge. Knights of Pythias, was instituted at South Windham, with 27 charter members. It is numbered 17 in the list of lodges of the order in ]\Iaine. This is a fraternal and benefit order, and. from the first, has been 258 WINDHAM IN THE PAST flourishing and deservedly popular. They have a large and com- modious hall at Little Falls in which they hold regular meetings. The other associations in town, at the present time are: Patrons of Husbandry at Pleasant River; the AA^oman's Relief Corps; United Order of the Golden Cross, and Improved Order of Red Men (Nagwamqueeg Tribe). CHAPTER XIII Windham in the Rebellion We have no need to recite the causes that operated to pro- duce the war between the North and South. They are matters pertaining to American history, and, as such, have been fully discussed. Suffice it to say that its principal cause originated in the well-known political doctrine called "State Rights," which asserted that the States had a legal right to secede from the Union. During this war Windham promptly honored every call for men for the Union Army, until there went out from this town 374 of her citizens. The following is a list of the men who served in the Union Army from Windham: First Regiment, Maine Volunteers Three-Months Men Albert Lowell, Company C. Isaac Whitney, Company C. Benjamin F. Whitney, Company C. William H. Brown, Company D. Amos H. Hanson, Company I. ]Mark S. Varney, Company I. Third Regiment Johnj Pettengill, Company H. James Murphy, Company A. Leon Duplais, Company A. Walter Wells, Company A. Fourth Regiment Seth C. Hunkins, Surgeon. George Johnson, Company H. George F. Johnson, Company K. Antonio Lopes, Company H. 260 windham in the past Fifth Regiment Daniel M. Wescott, Eegt. Band. Francis A. Cloudman, Regt. Band. Joseph W. Doughty, Regt. Band. Luther W. Wiswell, Regt. Band. Osgood W. Rogers, Company A. Clinton B. Hooper. Company A. John Rogers, Company A. Almon Shaw, Company A. Charles H. Wheeler, Company A. John G. Anthoine. Company Gr. Ambrose Anthoine, Company G. Benjamin C. Watson, Company G. Elisha W. Wallace, Company G. William K. Austin, Company H. Samuel Y. Shaw, Company I. Seventh Regiment Eben M. Field, Company G. Mark D. Swett, Company E. Adrial Leighton, Company E. Augustus Ardman, Company G. Gustus Herrick, Company G. George F, Hawkes, Company I. Tenth Regiment Benjamin F. Whitney, 1st Lieut., Company B. William R. Mabury, Company C. Amos K. Hodsdon, Company E. Moses Little, Company I. Frank Paine, Company I. Alonzo H. Quimby, Company I. Jeremiah P. W. Roach, Company I. William Bodge, Company B. Solomon Mains, Company G. Charles H. Wentworth, Company H. Francis G. Boody, Company C. Leonard Boody, Company C. Eleventh Regiment James W. Little, Company F. WINDHAM IN THE REBELLION 261 Albert Maxfield, Company H. John Jones, Company B. ^lichael Ryan. Company B. Joseph A. Graffam, Company G. William P. Knight, Company G. Albert L. Matthews, Company G. Charles A. Dalton, Company K. William P. Nason, Companj^ F. Robert H. Jackson, Company F. Eighth Regiment Nelson Mabury, Regt. Band. Ninth Regiment Sargent S. Freeman, Company K. Amos H. Hanson, Company K. Robert Graffam. Company K. Albert Graffam, Company K. Warren Howe, Company K. Stephen Libby, Company K. Elbridge Libby, Company K, Joseph K. Manchester, Company K. Frank Morton, Company K. Charles E. ]\Iorton, Company K, Nathan A. Strout, Company K. James L. Small, Coinpany K. Estes Strout, Company K. George H. Nason, Company K. ]\Iichael IMcGrath, Company B. Lewis D. Knight, Company B. John Brown, Company I. Twelfth Regiment Hamilton S. Low^ell, Company E., Lieut, promoted to Capt. John W. Lombard, Company G. Charles M. Akers, Company E. Edwin W. Thompson, Company E. Thirteenth Regiment Moses Hunt, Company F. 262 windham in the past Fifteenth Kegiment John C. Cobb, Company D., Lieut, promoted to Colonel. Elvin J. Maxwell, Company D., promoted to Captain. Jason Hanson, Company D, Lyman W. Hanson, Company D. Ephraim Legrow, Company D. John Mears, Company D. James L. Mabury, Company D. Daniel Tyler, Company D. Albert Authenrieth, Company D. Sixteenth Regiment Oliver H. Lowell, Company F., Capt. Isaac R. Whitney, promoted to 1st Lieut. Lorenzo D. Libby, Company F. Albert Powers, Company F. Edward L. Varney, Company F. Seventeenth Regiment Stephen T. Morton, Company B. George R. Cobb, Company B. Joseph Weseott, Company B. Daniel Cobb, Company D. Richard L. Libby, Company F. Charles J. Bond, Company H. Thomas H. Jordan, Company H. Uriah Cobb, Company H. Joseph G. Elder, Company H. Oliver R. Gallison, Company H. William S. Hanscomb, Company H. Meshach P. Larry, Company H. Elias H. Libby, Company H. Paul E. Little, Company H. George W. Rackliff, Company H. Royal Rand, Company H. Emanuel Thomas, Company H. Renselear Morton, Company H. Twentieth Regiment Randall B. Morton, Company D. Andrew D. Mabury, Company D. WINDHAM IN THE REBELLION 263 Eben F. Manchester, Company I. James R. Cash, Company I. George T. Bacon, Company A. Harrison Brazier, Company A. John A. Knight, Company A. Jvathan ]\Iason. Company A. George Brickett. Company A. Twenty-Fifth Regiment Samuel T. Johnson. Company F, 1st Lieut. Charles Jones, Company F, 2d Lieut. J. Doughty, Company F. Band. Webb Hall, Company F. Charles B. Hooper, Company F. Peter Stuart. Company F. Sumner C. Bolton, Company F. Charles L. Cobb, Company F. T'^ranklin Hanson, Company F. Charles E. Emery, Company F. Henry W. Allen, Company F. Alvin Allen, Company F. George W. Anderson, Company F. Thomas Anderson, Company F. George C. Andrews, Company F. James W. Anthoine, Company F. Joseph H. Anthoine, Company F. Cotton ]\I. Bradbury, Company F. Isaac Cobb, Company F. Charles A. Cobb. Company F. Charles H. Dial, Company F. Daniel H. Dole, Company F. Nathaniel Dolly. Company F. Stephen W. Elder, Company F. Robert Estes, Company F. Willard Fairbanks, Company F. Ezra D. Felker, Company F. William A. Field, Company F. John N. Graffam, Company F. Jason Hanson, Company F, 264 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Warren Hanson, Company B. Samuel V. Haskell, Company F. David A. Hatch, Company F. William H. Hawkes, Company F. Joseph Hill, Company F. William H. Irish, Company F. Bela P. Libby, Company F. Joseph Libby, Company F. Charles Lombard, Company F. Samuel Mabury, Company F. Nathan G. Nash, Company H. Charles Nash, Company K. Jason N. Pride, Company F. Alonzo Smith, Company F. Josiah W. Smith, Company F. David Stevens, Company F. Richard Sylvester, Company F. Daniel E. Tukey, Company F. Edwin H. Walker, Company F. David H. Watson, Company F. George N. Wheeler, Company F. Twenty-Ninth Regiment Greenleaf Manchester, Company C. Isaac Cobb, Company E. Daniel Libby, Company E. William Bodge, Company F. Jesse Bishop, Company C. Orchard N. Crummett, Company C. Charles L. Adams, Company G. Francis E. Butters, Company G. Samuel Hasselton, Company G. Henry Hill, Company G. Gorham M. McAllister, Company G. Warren ]\I. ^McAllister, Company G. Benjamin H, jNIcAUister, Company G. ScAvell W. Mason, Company G, JVIyrick F. Palmer, Company G. Andrew Hill, Company G. windham in the rebellion 265 Thirtieth Regiment James Larry, Company C. Josiah B. AVard, Company C. John G. Shaw, Company C. AYilliam S. Bessey, Company C. Edwin Legrow, Company C. George D. Hodsdon, Company C. Asa C. Cross, Company C. Robert A. Littlefield, Company C. Charles H. Dial, Company C. Samuel F. Simpson, Company C. Roswell P. Greeley, Company C. Joseph P. Tripp, Company C. James F. Tenney, Company C. John T. Brackett, Company I. Luther Wiswell, Jr., Company K. Emery 0. Walker, Company F. Thirty-Second Regiment Howard F. Robinson, Company C. Reuben Robinson, Company C. George W. Cobb, Company C. Joseph A. Graffam, Company C. James AI. Cook, Company C. First Regiment Veteran Infantry William A. Boyd, Company A. Ambrose Anthoine, Company B. William P. Nason. Company F. William P. Knight, Company F. First Regiment ALvine CAViVLRY Joseph Small, Company B. Wendell T. Smith, Company F. Albert Lowell, Company A. Second Regiment IMaine Cav^vlry Solomon H. C. Bailey, Company I. Levi Bragdon, Company I. Christopher C. Hunt, Company I. 266 WINDHAM IN THE PAST William H. Mabury, Company I. John C. Stevens, Company I. Daniel M. Wescott, Company I. Samuel K. Doe, Company B. William F. Hoyt, Company B, George C. Hoyt, Company B. 0. F. Jenkins, Company B. Jerome S. DeWitt, Company I. First Regiment D. C. Cavalry Nathan D. Dolly. First Battery Mounted Artillery Edward oManchester. George C. Andrews. Second Battery Mounted Artillery Cyrus T. Parker. Fourth Battery Mounted Artillery David Martin. John ]\I. Hawkes. Seventh Battery Mounted Artillery Benjamin R. Legrow. Joseph H. Anthoine. Ashley C. Rice. Citizens of Windham who enlisted in the organizations of other States and in the Regular Army and Navy : Oliver H. Lowell, Co. F, 16th Regt.. Gorham Quota. Solomon Mains, Co. G, 10th Regt., Gorham Quota. Joseph Small, 1st Cavalry, Gorham Quota. Luther Wiswell, Jr., Co. K, 30th Regt., Gorham Quota. Francis G. Boody, Co. C, 10th Regt., Portland. V/endell T. Smith, Co. F, 1st Cavalry, Portland Quota. William Bodge, Co. A, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. Isaac Cobb, Co. E, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. Daniel Libby, Co. E, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. Almon L. Varney, Co. D, 13th Regt., Brunswick Quota. Edward L. Varney, Co. F, 16th Regt., Brunswick Quota. WINDHAM IN THE REBELLION 267 George T. Bacon, Co. A, 20th Regt., Westbrook Quota. Randall B. Morton, Co. D, 20th Regt., Standish Quota. John T. Brackett, Co. I, 20th Regt., Searboro Quota. Charles H. Dial, Co. C, 20th Regt., Raymond Quota. Arthur Libby, Co. B, 3d Regt., Vermont Regt. Isaac W. Parker, U. S. Engineers. John Larry, Co. A, Mass. Regiment. Josiah F. Little, Mass. Regiment. Charles Graffam, Co. C, Mass. Regiment. Edward H. Trickey, Co. B, Mass. Regiment. Enoch Graffam, Mass. Regiment. Josephus Hudson, U. S. Army. Samuel Dolly, U. S. Army. Charles Anderson, U. S. Army. Ephraim Legrow, U. S, Army. William N. Little, U. S. Navy. George R. Read, U. S. Navy. Elias Elliott, U. S. Navy. Alphonso Merrill, U. S. Navy. Recruits for Windham, not native citizens: Henry Johnson, U. S. Navy. John Robinson, U. S. Navy. John Boyd, U. S. Navy. Michael Lanehan, U. S. Navy. Barnard Mooney, U. S. Navy. Edward Pryor, U. S. Navy. Andrew Shannon, U. S. Navy. July 17th, 1863, the government ordered a conscription and Windham's quota was 69 men. Of these, none entered the ser- vice. The town voted to raise the money and hire substitutes, which was accordingly done. 24: furnished substitutes of them- selves ; 28 were exempted for physical disability ; and 17 for other causes ; but the town 's quota was filled. Windham men killed in action or died of wounds and disease contracted in the service: Solomon IMaines, mortally wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17 and died Sept. 18, 1862, aged 44 years. 268 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Amos H. Hanson, killed at Morris Island, July 17th, 1863, aged 27 years. Paul E. Little, wounded at Chancellorsville, died in the hos- pital at Alexandria, Va., July 24, 1863, aged 33 years. Royal Rand, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, aged 38 years. Stephen T. Morton, wounded at Fredericksburg, Dee. 17, 1862 ; died in Falmouth, Va., Jan. 5, 1863, aged 19 years. Frank ]\Iorton, died of wounds received in battle. Died in hospital at Hampton, Va., Aug. 9, 1864, aged 20 years. Alonzo Smith, died of disease contracted in the service, in the hospital at Arlington Heights, Va., Dec. 3. 1862, aged 19 years. Albert Lowell, died of disease contracted in the service, Oct. 23, 1863, aged 27 years. Andrew D. Mabury, mortally wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, died in hospital July 5, 1863, aged 38 years. Joseph K. Manchester, mortally wounded in the assault upon Fort Wagner on ]\IoiTis Island, S. C, died in hospital at Beau- fort, S. C, Aug. 3, 1863, aged 21 years. Elias H. Libby died in hospital at Falmouth, Va., of disease contracted in the service, Feb. 17, 1863, aged 22 years. Stephen Libby, killed at Fort AVagner, July 11, 1863, aged 21 years. Arthur Libby died in Windham, Feb. 28, 1865, of disease contracted in the service, aged 25 years. Almon Shaw died of disease contracted in the service, April 2, 1863, aged 19 years. Sargent S. Freeman died at Fortress ]Monroe, Nov. 1, 1861, aged 23 years. George H. Nason died of disease contracted in the service, in the hospital at St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 5, 1863, aged 19 years. Samuel Y. Shaw, killed in action near Fredericksburg, May, 1863, aged 44 years. Charles H. Bodge died of disease contracted in the service, Nov. 29, 1863, aged 25 years. Oliver H. Lowell, killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, aged 33 years. WINDHAM IN THE REBELLION 269 Hamilton S. Lowell died of disease contracted in the service, Jan. 17, 1866, aged 2-1 years. Howard F. Robinson, killed in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., May 18, 1864, aged 17 years. Meshack P. Larry, killed in the battle of the Wilderness, ]\lay 6, 1864, aged 31 years. James Larry, wounded in action, died in hospital at New Orleans, July 6, 1864, aged 38 years. Wendell T. Smith, died of disease contracted in the service, in hospital at David's Island, N. Y., July 21, 1864, aged 29 years. Joseph Wescott died of disease contracted in the service, Dec. 11, 1864, aged 44 years. James R. Cash died in L". S. service, of disease. Mar. 27, 1865, aged 18 years. James M. Cook died in Windham, of disease contracted in the service, Feb. 24, 1866, aged 21 years. Nathan D. Dolley, killed in battle near Richmond, Va., April 6, 1865, aged 23 years. Charles H. Wentworth, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, aged 26 years. William P. Knight, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. n, 1862, aged 19 years. Harrison Brazier, killed in the battle of Five Forks, ]\Iarch 31, 1865, aged 44 years. Greenleaf H. ^lanchester, died in the hospital of disease, at New Orleans, Aug. 10, 1864, 35 years. Ambrose Anthoine died of wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness, May 10, 1864, aged 22 years. Josiah B. Ward died in General Hospital, Va., Mar. 25, 1865, aged 25 years. Eben ^I. Fields, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness and supposed to have died May 6, 1865, aged 27 years. John Y. Shaw, taken prisoner Apr. 8, 1864, at the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., and died of wounds in rebel prison four weeks after capture, aged 34 years. George D. Hodsdon died on board a transport near Cape Hatteras, July 15, 1864, aged 19 years. 270 WINDHAM IN THE PAST George F. Johnson, wounded at Gettysburg, leg amputated, and died immediately after, aged 20 years. Elisha W. Wallace, killed in action May 12, 1863, aged 22 years. Charles Nash, wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, died in the hospital at Richmond, Va., Aug. 10, 1864^ aged 26 years. Eandall B. Morton, wounded Sept. 30, 1862, died Oct. 15, 1862, aged 21 years. William S. Bessey died of disease contracted in the service. Mar. 6, 1865, aged 42 years. Edwin Legrow died of disease contracted in the service, May 17, 1865, aged 22 years. Edward L. Varney, taken prisoner at the battle of Gettys- burg and died in rebel hospital, Jan. 10, 1864, aged 21 years. CHAPTER XIV Early Homes, Manners and Customs. Notable Incidents in THE History of the Township The first settlers of Windham were men of limited means, financially speaking, whose only ambition was to make homes for themselves and families in the wilderness; hence they were often compelled to face difficulties that would have discouraged men of less sturdy mould. They were destitute of all the com- forts and even lacked the necessaries of life ; they had no roads, save mere foot paths through the forests, that everywhere sur- rounded the little settlement. So we find that the first four pioneers erected their dwellings on the banks of Presumpscot River, that being the most con- venient route to the white settlements. Several years later the Main Road was partially cleared and rendered passable to Sac- carappa Upper Falls, the Proprietors believing that their grant extended to that point. The settlers, however, for a long time continued to use the river as their principal highway. The houses which they built were of logs, roughly hewn on three sides, and firmly locked at the ends. The walls rose to the height of a single story. The roofs were covered with strips of birch bark, over which were laid long shingles, or splints, split from straight-grained pine logs. The doors were of rough boards; the windows small in size and few in number. The floors were constructed of small sticks of timber hewn flat and laid after the manner of boards; these were called puncheons, for want of a better name. The interior was divided into rooms, sometimes by boards, but more frequently by bed-quilts sus- pended from ropes, — a very convenient arrangement, we should imagine, in cases of emergency. The loft, or attic, which was reached by a ladder, was used for various purposes, but usually as a sleeping place for the children. At one end of the main, or living room, was a capacious fireplace built of flat stones laid in clay mortar, and, at a safe distance above the fire, was placed 272 WINDHAM IN THE PAST a stout pole from which hung the pots and kettles wherein the good wife cooked the family meals. Underneath the floor was the cellar, a simple excavation of sufficient deptli to insure safety from the frost and cold of winter, while over the fireplace, on stout wooden hooks, reposed the settler's best friend, the old flintlock musket, ready to be taken down at a moment's warn- ing, for defence against the savage red men, or to slay some four- footed denizen of the forest. The furnishing of these early homes was simple in the ex- treme. A few cooking utensils, common chairs, and home-made benches, a table or two, and a rude "dresser," on which were displayed the coarse crockery and pewter ware of each family, was about all. Remains of this old-time settlement still exist, as the cellars of the first four, viz. : Thomas Chute, William Mayberry, John Farrow, and Stephen Manchester, are plain to be seen, the best preserved one being that of Manchester on Home Lot No. 32. Here the original door-stone still remains, as he placed it more than one hundred and seventy years ago. Abraham Anderson was the fifth settler and located his dwelling on the Main Road, where, as Thomas L. Smith, Esq. says, ' ' He lived nearly two years before any other families came into town." We have no record that these first settlers possessed any do- mestic animals whatever, and probably they did not ; but by 1740 or a little later, several new families moved into town, and we find that a few neat cattle, sheep, and swine were owned here. These increased slowly at first ; but, in the course of a few years, the settlers had several herds, especially of sheep ; and now began to be heard the music of the spinning wheel and loom in nearly every dwelling throughout the settlement. Each year saw more land cleared and brought under culti- \ation; bridges were built and roads cleared and made passable for wheeled vehicles ; horses were introduced ; and large crops of corn, oats, barle.y, and vegetables were raised on the newly- cleared land. Rude plenty prevailed. This state of prosperity continued until the summer of 1745, when the Indian War broke out, and the settlers were compelled to take refuge in their fort, and leave their farms. If they EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 273 attempted to cultivate them at all, they were obliged to have the protection of an armed guard. During this period the affairs of the little colony were almost at a standstill; communication with the outside world was largely cut off. and the people here suff'ered severely. They maintained their rights, however, and taught the savage enemy to respect their prowess. At length, in 1756, the war closed, and they returned to their long-deserted farms, where, as the record tells us, they found their houses "Rotten down." Nothing daunted, they set about repairing the waste places. Fortunately, during this period, a sawmill had been erected and put in operation at Horse Beef, which enabled them to build better houses, and the settlement rapidly recovered from the ravages caused by the long and bloody wars. At this time a dense forest surrounded the settlement on every hand, through which roamed, in unrestrained freedom, the lordly moose and timid deer ; and here, too. the black bear, wolf and panther sought their prey in its gloomy recesses, undis- turbed by the hand of man. Some of these animals gave the settlers no end of trouble and compelled them to keep an almost constant watch over their flocks and herds; while others, like the moose and deer, were regarded as a constant food supply. So we find, that, at the annual meeting, on ]\Iarch 28. 1771, John Stevens and Nathaniel Evans were chosen "Informers of Deer and Moose this year." These men were chosen the next year as "Dear Reeves." At the March meeting, in 1773, Richard Dole and William ^laxfield were chosen ' ' Deer Reeves ; ' ' and, at the annual meeting held Mar. 6, 1776, Robert Mugford was chosen "Deer Reaf. " So far as we know, he was the last man to hold the office. We suppose that the duties of these officials were to prevent the indiscriminate slaughter of these valuable animals. In the case of wolves and wild cats, the town paid a bounty for their destruction. Thus, on Mar. 22, 1784, it was "Voted, two Pounds for a wolf's head this year;" and, at the same time, "Voted one Pound for a Wild Cat's head this year." In 1786, at the annual meeting, a similar vote was passed. How much longer this bounty was continued we are unable to say, but it doubtless had a tendency to alleviate the evil. 274 WINDHAM IN THE PAST The swine must have multiplied rapidly, and become a sort of nuisance, which the citizens sought to abate in some measure, by putting the unruly quadrupeds under guardianship. We find, by the old records, that, at the first meeting held after the town was incorporated, in 1762, they elected Mr. Thomas Trott as "Hog Eeeve." From that time until 1804:, they annually elected men to that office, and as regularly voted to "let the Hogs go at large being yoaked and Ringed according to law." It is presumable that the duty of these officials was to see that the law" was carried into eff'ect. In the above year, they voted "not to let the Hogs run at large," and in 1805 and 1806, they \oted again "not to let the hogs run at large," but chose four men as hog reeves during that time. In 1807, we find the same vote recorded; but in 1808, it was "Voted, to let the Hogs run at large, being sufficiently yoked and Rung." The last vote which we find recorded referring to this swinish matter was in 1820, when the town elected five men to the ancient and honorable office of "Hog Reeve." April 7, 1806, it was "Voted, to give twenty cents for Crow 's heads all the year round, ' ' and a similar vote was passed the next year. ' ' Tything men ' ' were annually chosen to see that people kept the Sabbath after the good old Puritan fashion. The first ones of whom we find any record were "Capt. Caleb Graffam and Mr. Joseph Starling," both elected July 5, 1762. Afterwards it became the custom to elect all the men in town who had con- tracted matrimony within the year as Tything men. The num- ber varied. Sometimes there would be five or six ; again, two or three ; and many amusing stories of the acts of these old-time officials are yet related. "Field Drivers" were chosen to look after the unruly cattle; "Fence Viewers," to see that the fences were built according to law; while the "Way Wardens" were supposed to keep the highways in a passable condition. All these old-time offices have become things of the past, and their several duties are now performed by the board of select- men. It is impossible for us of the present generation to realize fully the hardships and privations which our ancestors had to contend with in the early settlement of Windham. When EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 275 Thomas Chute made his first settlement here in 1738, the town- ship was an unbroken wilderness, and contained not an acre of cleared land where a white man had ever lived, nor a single inhabitant, except it might be a few Indians, who occasionally came here for hunting and fishing. The nearest English settle- ments were miles away through a dense forest, and were reached only by foot paths marked by "blazed" trees, or by the Pre- feumpscot River, up whose rapid current they transported their first supplies in rude boats. Bears broke down their fences and ravaged their growing crops ; wolves and fierce wild cats attacked and killed their sheep ; and sly foxes stole barn-yard fowls. Notwithstanding all these trials, they steadily continued the arduous work of clearing and improving the land. They foresaw that farming must be their chief dependence for many years, and every acre, when cleared, was sown with grass seed. In the process of time, English hay became plenty, which enabled them to keep more live stock, besides having a surplus, that found a ready market among the lumbermen, who had already began operations at various points on the Pre- sumpscot River. The land was new and produced good crops of corn, rye, barley, oats, peas, beans, and flax ; turnips, beets, and other gar- den vegetables were raised in large quantities. But few potatoes v/ere planted, as these were not regarded with much favor as an article of diet at that time, and tradition tells of a settler, who raised five bushels one year, and was at a loss how to dispose of his surplus crop, as he said that one bushel would be all that he and his family, consisting of seven grown persons, could possibly cat that winter. After the first two years, the settlers were able to produce nearly all their food and clothing from the farms ; but, until the first crops were harvested, they sometimes suffered for the bare necessaries of life. Their food during this period consisted principally of vegetables, with but little meat, unless they were lucky enough to kill a moose, deer, or bear. The river, however, abounded with delicious salmon, and the smaller streams with speckled trout, and these added greatly to their scanty fare. In fact, it was a time of rejoicing in the little settlement, when spring came and the salmon began to run. 276 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Their clothing, for many years, was manufactured at home from the wool of their own sheep, which was carded, spun, and woven by the wives and daughters of each household, and the music of the spinning wheel and hand loom was heard often- times far into the night. The yarn was woven on the old- fashioned hand loom, and was colored at home with dyes made of the barks of various forest trees. Garments for every day wear were coarse and heavy, and received no other finish than could be given by the good wife. A finer variety of cloth made of selected wool was sent to the cloth .dressers at Falmouth, or elsewhere, to be colored and finished for Sunday wear. The men wore breeches and coats, with ample skirts and low collars; the breeches reaching to just below the wearer's knees, \v^here they were fastened by bands or buckles of brass or some other metal. They also wore long, home-knit stockings and low shoes, fastened with broad steel buckles instead of laces. The boys wore jackets and trousers, instead of coats and breeches ; and, in the summer time, generally went barefooted. The women and girls dressed in homemade flannel expressly finished for that purpose, and dyed, usually some shade of brown. Their stockings, the product of their own skillful fingers, were knit from choice wool, dyed various colors to suit the wearer's fancy, while their shoes were made of the best calf- skin then obtainable. At this time, cotton had not come into general use, and the few articles manufactured from it were costly; hence a calico dress was regarded as a treasure, to be preserved with care and only worn to church, or on festive occasions. Coffee was an unheard of luxury, and tea was rarely tasted. Chocolate, however, was common and was used by nearly every family. Every farm had its patch of flax, from which the females manufactured linen cloth, which they made into pillow slips, sheets, table covers, napkins, and various articles of wearing apparel. Some of these were woven in beautiful and intricate designs. They bore their daily burdens with sublime courage ; and, although their days were dark and stormy, in the extreme, they never faltered, but did their whole duty and waited patiently EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 277 for better times. All honor, then, to those early wives, mothers, and daughters, who, while daring all things, even death from a cruel and relentless foe, did their part in making this wilderness blossom like the rose. Notwithstanding the early settlers were poor as they well could be, they were hospitable to a fault and were ready to share with others the little they possessed, one of their customs being to always offer refreshments of some kind to every chance visitor. It has been truly said that mankind is more or less super- stitious, and our ancestors w^ere no exception to the general rule. They confidently believed in w^itches, ghosts, various signs, and portents. In this, they simply followed the teachings of the most profound scholars and theologians of the age. Hence, indis- putable facts go to prove the falsity of the old idea that supersti- tion is confined to the ignorant classes alone. Who was it, we ask, who wrote page after page to prove the truth of witchcraft ? It was no less than Rev. Doctors Increase and Cotton Mather, two of the most learned divines and versa- tile writers of early New England. Who was it that sent many a poor wretch to the gallows for the same supposed crime? It was Sir Matthew Hale, called in history ' ' The Just Judge ; the light of the British Bar, the honest lawyer and the man without prejudice." Yet he could calmly pronounce sentence of death on innocent men and women, simply because he was superstitious enough to believe them capable of doing mischief through the medium of some diabolical agency. As late as 1790, Rev. Dr. Deane, second minister of Portland, wrote a long treatise full of words of "learned length and thundering sound, ' ' to prove that the best time to gather apples was on the first day of the full moon; though why the second or third would not have been equally favorable, it is hard to tell. He also gravely informs us that he invariably planted corn and potatoes on the increase of the same luminary. The fact is, whether we are willing to admit it or not, that nearly everybody has some particular sign or portent in which he puts more or less faith; so, if our ancestors were super- stitious, they had the law, civil and divine, as the foundatioi> stone of their belief. 378 WINDHAM IN THE PAST July 31, 1767, a violent hurricane, such as never was known here before, occurred. Thomas L. Smith, Esq., in the "History of Windham," says, quoting from another authority: "It commenced near Sebago Pond, took an easterly direction, passing through the north- easterly corner of Gorham, crossed the Presumpscot river at Loveitt's Falls, passed through the middle of Windham, directly over the Duck Pond, (now called Highland Lake,) through the north part of, and the south part of North Yarmouth to the sea. It appears to have been most violent in the town of Falmouth. It unroofed the house of j\Ir. Purinton, situated near the Duck Pond, and prostrated everything in its course except a few sturdy oaks, but abated in some measure after it entered North Yarmouth, so as not to do much damage in that town. It ex- tended in breadth about three fourths of a mile. ' ' This tornado is further described by an eye-witness, whose record tells us that he was at work with several men and four Gxen, rolling logs into the river at a place called Whitney's landing. This place is just below Loveitt's Falls and near where the late Israel Kemp lived ; and is a level space extending back from the river about ten or twelve rods to a steep bank fifty or sixty feet high, covered at that time with a heavy growth of trees. *He says, "The day was extremely hot and sultry all the morning and not a breath of air was stirring and the men as well as the oxen suffered greatly from the heat. Towards noon, while busy at work we w^ere suddenly startled by a strange rushing noise, to the westward of the place where we were at work; on which we clambered up the steep bank to ascertain the cause, and when at the top, saw with amazement and alarm, a portentious looking cloud rapidly approaching the spot where we stood. It appeared to be of a sulphurous color, that reminded us of the storm that overwhelmed the ancient cities of the plain, so vividly described in Holy Writ. "On it came with tremendous speed bearing before it large trees torn bodily from the earth, shattered limbs twisted from the parent stems, and in fact everything except large stones, * I very much regret that the Author does not give us the name of this eye-witness. F. H. D. EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 279 that happened to be in its track. Thoroughly alarmed at the awful sight, we hastened down the steep bank, and waited in mortal terror until the fury of storm had passed by, which it did in a short time, leaving the sky perfectly clear and cloud- less. Neither rain, hail, thunder nor lightning accompanied the hurricane. We found our oxen unharmed, but so hemmed in by fallen trees, that it took us several hours of hard work to liberate them." This is no doubt as correct a description of the occurrence as can be obtained at this time, and is probably all that will ever be known about the great ' ' Hurricane ' ' of that far-oft' year, 1767. In 1775, occurred an extensive forest fire, in speaking of ■which Mr. Smith, in his history, says: "It commenced at Gambo Falls on the Presumpscot, and passed through the town in the same direction, and following the course of the hurricane. This fire did considerable damage. It consumed seven dwelling houses and their contents, with other buildings ; four near the fourth Congregational Meeting-house stood, and three at Gambo Falls." We think that Mr. Smith is in error in regard to this event, it being a well-known fact that the great fire of 1775 originated in the northerly part of Gorham, and was started by Uriah Nason, an early settler. The story, as told by his descendants, relates that, for several years, he suffered greatly from the depredations of wild animals, which were then quite numerous. Especially black bears stole the old settler's calves, sheep, and pigs, besides making a general havoc among his growing crops, so he waged a war of extermina- tion against the whole tribe. He shot and trapped large num- bers each year. However, there was an old ranger that proved too much for the sturdy pioneer. He set numberless traps and artfully con- trived pitfalls; he watched night after night, rifle in hand, to compass the maurader's destruction, but all in vain. The old fellow kept at a respectful distance from the death-dealing rifle, while to escape the traps was mere child's play. Finally, Mr. Nason, after a long and patient search, dis- covered the bear's den among the debris of the hurricane; and, failing to drive him from his stronghold by any other means, he set fire to the mouth of the den. 280 WINDHAM IN THE PAST The wind was blowing a gale from the west, and, in a short time, a coniiagration of no small magnitude was raging all along the line. It followed the track of the hurricane, crossed the Presumpscot River at Loveitt's Falls, and swept through AVind- ham, until arrested by the Duck Pond. The statement made by Mr. Smith that ''seven dwelling houses, and other buildings" were consumed by this fire, we cannot now verify. Friday, May 19, 1780, is known throughout New England as the "Dark Day." This phenomenon has been described by various writers and scientific men, but none give a more vivid picture of the occurrence than Whittier, in his poem entitled ' ' Abraham Davenport. ' ' ' ' 'Twas on a May-day of the far old year Seventeen hundred eighty, that there fell Over the bloom and sweet life of the Spring, Over the fresh earth and the heaven of noon, A horror of great darkness, like the night In day of which the Norland sagas tell, — The Twilight of the Gods. The low-hung sky Was black with ominous clouds, save where its rim Was fringed with a dull glow, like that which climbs The crater's sides from the red hell below. Birds ceased to sing, and all the barn-yard fowls Roosted ; the cattle at the pasture bars Lowed, and looked homeward; bats on leathern wings Flitted abroad ; the sounds of labor died ; Men prayed, and women wept ; all ears grew sharp To hear the doom-blast of the trumpet shatter The black sky, that the dreadful face of Christ Might look from the rent clouds, not as he looked A loving guest at Bethany, but stern As Justice and inexorable Law." We can add nothing to the poet's words, save to say that they most graphically describe the condition of things as they existed in Windham on that memorable day. The people were compelled to light candles at noon-day, and a physician whose duties obliged him to be out that night, stated that it was so dark that he could not see his white handkerchief two feet from EARLY HOMES. MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTxVBLE INCIDENTS 281 his face, although it was the time of the full moon. People watched and waited all night in mortal terror, but the next morning the sun rose on a clear and cloudless sky, thus dispell- ing the darkness of the preceding day and night, and also the gloomy forebodings that had oppressed their minds. January 18, 1810, is memorable in the annals of New Eng- land as the ' ' Cold Friday. ' ' From tradition and a few printed accounts now extant, it would seem as if nothing like it was ever known before in this vicinity. It appears that the day previous vras warm, the thermometer ranging from 45 to 50 degrees above zero, with a southerly wind ; which, in the afternoon, changed suddenly to the north and commenced to blow with hurricane force. It continued to grow cold that night, and the next day the country was in the grip of a severe blizzard, with the mercury standing at 30 degrees below zero. The wind abated nothing of its force through the day, and the air was so filled with par- ticles of fine snow and hail that objects were rendered invisible at two rods distant. It seems to have reached its highest point of intensity in central New Hampshire, where buildings were blown down, and several people, together with large numbers of domestic animals, were frozen to death. In ]\Iaine, many sheep and cattle perished, but so far as we can ascertain, no human beings lost their lives. On the night of Nov. 13th. 1833, occurred a meteoric shower, said by astronomers to be the most brilliant one ever seen on this continent. It was visible from the Great Lakes to the equator. Phosphoric lines swept over the sky like the flakes of a snow storm. Large meteors darted across the heavens, leaving luminous trains behind them that were visible sometimes for half an hour. These generally shed a soft white light; however, yellow, green, and other colors varied the scene. It was observed in Windham by several people and is de- scribed as something truly appalling. Jonathan Loveitt, a well- known citizen, makes the following quaint entry in his diary: "Nov. 13, 1833, the stars fell as thick as they was in the skye." Another eye-witness, in describing the scene, said that the entire heavens seemed to be on fire from one end to the other, as far as he could see. Many were greatly terrified at the awful sight, thinking that the end of all things was at hand. 282 WINDHAM IN THE PAST There lived in Windham, at that time, a natural philosopher, who, on being awakened from a sound sleep by his wife, with tlie somewhat alarming intelligence that the Day of Judgment had come, calmly remarked that the Day of Judgment wouldn't come in the night. Having delivered himself of this pithy opinion, he turned over in bed and went to sleep, without even looking at the celestial display. How long this shower continued, we do not know ; but, with the coming daylight, it became invisible, and the fear and excite- ment of the scene died away. It w^as for a long time remem- bered and spoken of as "the night when the stars fell." Several freshets have occurred on the Presumpscot and Pleasant rivers. The first one of which we have any record took place April 25, 1827, and is noticed by Mr. Loveitt, in his diary, as follows: "Water very high, carried away Pleasant river bridge, Saccarap bridge, Congin and all below to the sea," and adds, "We have two thunder showers, with very sharp Light- ning." This was probably caused by a cloud burst on the head waters of the Pleasant River. Again on May 7, 1814, he writes, "Rainy to the 13th, very high water." The wdnter of 1842-3, was notable for the large amount of snow that fell. Many heavy storms were frequent through the winter, and, by the last of April, 1843, it was said that the snow was five feet deep on a level. This melted rapidly, and, in ]\Iay, caused freshets in various sections of Maine and New Hamp- shire. On the Presumpscot it did considerable damage at the powder mills at Gambo, besides carrying away several bridges below. Mr. Loveitt also notices two earthquakes, as follows: "Nov. 28th, 1814. At half past seven o'clock in the evening there was a very heavy shock of an earthquake, from S. W. to N. E." Again, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 1807, he w^rites, "There was an earthquake at 2 o 'clock in the afternoon. ' ' Major Edward Anderson, who had a sawmill on Pleasant River near the village of Windham Hill, caused an artificial outlet to be made from a small pond into Smith's Brook, which empties into the river, for the purpose of supplying his mill with an additional quantity of water. This outlet increased in EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 283 size, until two sawmills were erected upon it. On June 4, 1814, the water undermined the dam, swept it and the mills from their foundations, and forced its way into Pleasant River, and so to the Presumpseot. This freshet carried away one sawmill, one grist mill, four bridges on Pleasant River, and the Gambo and Horse Beef bridges on the Presumpseot, besides doing other damage. The great freshet which destroyed the Pope manufacturing plant has been described in a previous chapter. Between July 19, 1828, and Feb. 7, 1901, the powder mills at Gambo have had twenty-five explosions, by which forty-five men lost their lives, besides several others who were injured, but recovered. Mr. Jonathan Loveitt thus records the first explosion (July 19, 1828) in the following quaint language: ' ' The Powder mill to Gambo blew off and Seven men Blowed off. Their names as follows, Josiah Clark, Hanson Irish, Major jNIains, Wm. Moses, James Green, Noah Babb and Daniel Moses Badly burnt, ' ' others dead, and he adds ' ' all dead. ' ' Since the above date, the following persons have been killed while working in and around the mills: Oct. 17th, 1835, Charles Humphrey. Sept. 2d, 1847, Greenleaf Bachelder. July 18th, 1849, Dennis Hatch. Oct. Ist, 1850, Leander White. Sept. 22d, 1851, Thomas Bickford. Oct. 12th, 1855, Luther Robinson, Edwin Hardy, John Swett, Franklin Hawkes, Samuel Phinney, George Whipple, Jame Whipple. May 6th, 1856, Alfred R. Allen. Oct. 4th, 1856, George White, Oliver Gerry, Peter Ritchie. Jan. 15th, 1859, David C. Jones. July 9th, 1861, Charles Carmichael. July 7th, 1862, Augustus H. Little, Albert Glidden, Mark Varney. Nov. 15th, 1863, Haggart Freeman. Feb. 22d, 1869, Charles Charlow. July 2d, 1869, Benjamin Hawkes. Aug. 6th, 1870, Frank Jordan. 284 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Nov. 15th, 1871, John Densmore. Oct. 27th, 1879, C. P. Stokes, Clinton Mayberry. Jan. 31st, 1884, Reuben Kenny. Ma. 11th, 1886, Clarence Clay, Harry Hooper. Nov. 5th, 1888, Walter Childs, Edwin Williams. Dec. 3d, 1888, William Bamblet. May 9th, 1898, Walter Maxfield, Frank Guptill. Feb. 7th, 1901, Thomas A. Field, John Ross. There have been other explosions at these works, in which no person was injured, and of which no record has been kept. One that took place during the Civil War destroyed seven mills in less than twenty minutes. Fortunately, however, the workmen had finished their day's labor and left the mills a few minutes before and thus escaped injury. In the foregoing pages we have traced the history of Wind- ham, from the time when it was granted to sixty-three men of old Marblehead, to comparatively recent times. The territory thus granted was a dense wilderness, lying at the back of the little fringe of English settlements along the sea coast. It required men of steady nerve, undaunted courage, and strong determination to settle in this wilderness ; yet such un- doubtedly was the character of our ancestors. Cut off from home, friends, and all their early associations, under difficulties and dangers, such as we today can form no adequate conception of, they labored and sacrificed to lay the foundation of future success broad and deep, that their children might enjoy the blessings of liberty and civilization. The results are before us. In the place of the unbroken forest, we see well-cultivated farms ; and, in place of uncom- fortable log huts, are to be found well-built and even elegant dwellings, filled with everything that renders life comfortable and happy. Thriving villages have grown up where once the wilderness frowned; manufactories flourish among us, giving emplojanent to a large proportion of the inhabitants ; school- houses and churches dot the hillsides in every direction; books and newspapers adorn the homes ; and a high state of education prevails among the citizens. While thus in the enjoyment of these manifold blessings, let us not forget the debt we owe to those sturdy men of old, who laid the foundation of our present prosperity. GENEALOGY CHAPTER XV ALLEN Peltiah Allen, first of the name to settle in Windham, was the son of Francis and ]\Iary Allen of Kittery. He was born in that town, Dec. 14, 17-46 ; married, Apr. 20, 1766, Hannah, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Hall. From manuscripts in the possession of the Allen family, we learn that three brothers named Hall came to this country from England. One of them was drowned, and one returned to England; the third one, Ebenezer, settled on Martinicus Island, which, the manu- script says, ' ' he bought and paid for. ' ' By his first wife, whose name is not known, he had three children, Ebenezer, Susan, and Hannah. ]\Irs. Hall died when the last-named child was but one day old, and a ^Irs. Green was employed to nurse and take care of the motherless infant. Mrs. Green's husband dying about this time, Mr. Hall married her for his second wife, and they had three children, Peter, Phebe, and Tabitha. While the last children were quite young, the house was attacked by a party of Indians, Imt l)eing built of logs and constructed with refer- ence to probable attacks from the savages, it was successfully defended by the inmates, for three days and nights. Quiet having reigned outside for some hours, ]\Ir. Hall, thinking the Indians had gone away, ventured to take a look from the win- dow. The savages had not left, as he expected, but were hidden in ambush near by and immediately shot Mr. Hall dead. As he fell back into the room, the frightened children cried out, "Father is dead." The mother not being able to prevent their lamentations, the savages who were listening found out that the principal defender was either dead or mortally wounded. They at once renewed their assault, and, in a few moments, broke down the door and took the mother and the children prisoners. After this, they plundered the house of such things as they cared 286 WINDHAM IN THE PAST for, set fire to the buildings, and drove their captives before them to Canada. Williamson, in his "History of Maine," on Page 326 of Vol. 2, gives the following account of this event, which differs but slightly from the old manuscript: "On the first of June, 1757, a party of Indians beset the dwelling house of Ebenezer Hall, on the Island Martinicus, containing his wife and a young family of two sons, three daughters and a son-in-law. He was a man of courage and some distinction, having been a lieutenant at the reduction of Cape Breton. The attacks were renewed several days, and the house resolutely defended by him and his wife, at the imminent hazard of their lives, until the 10th; when he was killed, his house broken up, rifled of its contents, and re- duced to ashes. The brave Hall was then scalped, and his wife and children carried into captivity. At some place up the Penobscot, she underwent the painful trial of being seperated from them ; thence compelled to take up a tedious journey to Quebec. The fair captive was a woman of piety and charms, which attracted every eye. Captivated by her uncommon abilities and beauty, Capt. Andrew Watkins, in a spirit of honor and generosity, paid her ransom, amounting to 215 livres, and finding a vessel bound to England, procured a passage for her thither. From that country she re-crossed the Atlantic, return- ing by the way of New York to Falmouth, after an absence of 13 months — but notwithstanding her inquiries were pursued for her captive children, through a long life, with the energetic perseverance that marked her character, she could never gain the least knowledge of either. A son of 12 years old, by a former husband, Mr. Greene, who was in the house when it was assailed, escaped and hid himself, until the savages were gone ; and, after three days, he ventured with an old canoe into the bay, where he was taken on board of a vessel. Subsequent to the war, his mother and he returned to the Island, and dwelt there till her death." In a foot-note to the foregoing account, Williamson further states, that the son, Greene, was living, in 1825, on one of the Fox Islands, and his age was then 80 years, — also that his mother lived to a great age. Referring again to the Allen manuscript, we find the following: "In Canada they were sep- arated, and the children have never since been heard from. GENEALOGY 287 Mrs, Hall with other prisoners of war was afterwards ransomed and she made her way to Gorham, Me., and afterwards married Chipman Cobb. The older children, by his first wife, were all from home at the time of the attack on their father's house, and so escaped the fate that befell the rest of the family. Ebenezer was out fishing, the girls, Susan and Hannah, were living in Portland. Ebenezer, married and had fifteen children. He settled on the homestead at Martinicus Island, and reports came to his sisters, that he had deeded one-half of the Island to a man, (supposed to be a lawyer,) that represented to him, the said Ebenezer, that the title of the Island w^as defective, and that for one-half of it he would secure him in possession of the remainder. The girls, Hannah and Susan, never entered their claim for a share of the property, saying that their brother was in straitned circumstances, and that they were as well able to live without it as he was with it. The girls both married and settled in Windham, Cumberland Co., Elaine, where they have (Jan. 1, 1867) numerous descendants." It will be remembered that Williamson states that ]\Irs. Hall, and her son, Greene, returned to Martinicus and lived there until her death. This we think cannot be verified. Re- liable records show that she married on July 1. 1765, Chipman Cobb, the ceremony being performed in Portland, by Rev, Samuel Deane. They afterwards moved to Gorham, Me., and were both living in 1792. She was Mr. Cobb's second wife, and her maiden name was Mary Bloom. According to the record left by the late Isaac Cobb, of Portland, who was a great- grandson of Chipman Cobb, they are both buried in the old cemetery at Gorham Village. As stated at the first, Peltiah Allen married, Apr. 20, 1766, the before-mentioned Hannah Hall. She was of Falmouth, (now Portland). They were Quakers and were married in Portland, according to the rules of that society. They settled in Windham, soon after marriage. He owned the farm near Pleasant River, that was afterwards owned by his grand-son, David Allen, and more recently by the late Samuel Mayberry. On this farm he had a house as early as 1767. In that year occurred a terrific tornado, that did considerable damage in the towns of Gorham. Windham, Westbrook, and Falmouth. Mr. Allen's house stood in the path of the hurricane, and the 288 WINDHAM IN THE PAST family tradition relates that, on that day, Mrs, Allen and her infant son, Ebenezer, were alone in the house, her husband being absent at Portland. "While engaged in her household labors, she happened to look from the window, and saw the threatening cloud approaching with fearful rapidity ; and, being frightened, she caught up the infant, rushed out of the house, and took shelter behind a huge boulder that stood near by and escaped unharmed. The house was nearly demolished by the fearful gale. Afterward, INIr. Allen built another house on or near the site of the one shattered by the hurricane, where he died May 1, 1830. They had the following children, all born in Windham, according to the old records : 1. Ebenezer, born Mar. 17, 1767. 2. Mary, born Oct. 22, 1768. 3. Jedediah. born Mar. 27, 1770. 4. Joseph, born Jan. 7, 1773. 5. Peter, born May 5, 1775. 6. Phebe, born Jan. 1, 1778. 7. Cornelius, born Mar. 21, 1780. 8. Tabitha, born Aug. 26, 1783 ; d. Feb. 14, 1867 ; unmarried. 9. Lydia, born Nov. 30, 1785; d. Mar. 9, 1873; unmarried. Ebenezer, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, Oct. 29, 1794, Charity, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Pope, of P^'almouth. They were Quakers ; settled on the farm near Pleas- ant River, now (1905) owned by his grandson, Isaiah P. Allen. He also had a sawmill on the river near his house, and, for many years, carried on lumbering in connection with his farming operations. His first wife. Charity, died Apr. 21, 1814. He married for a second wife, on ^lay 1, 1816, Elizabeth Southwick, a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Southwick of Sandwich, Mass. His third wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Paul and Plannah Hussey of Biddeford, Me. Children by first wife: 1. David, born Aug. 12, 1795. 2. Mary, born Dec. 29, 1796. 3. Sarah, born Mar. 29, 1798. 4. Nathan, born Feb. 22, 1800. 5. Phebe, born Dec. 7, 1801. 6. Lydia, born Nov. 1, 1803. GENEALOGY 289 7. Joseph, born Oct. 1, 1805 ; d. Apr. 1, 1806. 8. Hannah, born Feb. 25. 1807. 9. Sibble, born Feb. 5, 1809; d. Mar. 5, 1880; unmarried. 10. Emma, born Jan. 14, 1811. 11. Tabitha, born in 1814, died when 4 days old. 12. Charity, born Mar. 16, 1814. By his second wife had one child, Josiah S., born Feb. 26, 1815. Mrs. Elizabeth (Southwiek) Allen, died Aug. 12, 1825. He died Feb. 25, 1851. Jedediah, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married Dorcas "Winslow, (intention entered on the Town Records of Windham IVIar. 16, 1798.) Her residence was given as Fal- mouth. They were Quakers, although evidently not married "in meeting," but their seven children are recorded in the Quaker book of births in Windham. They also appear to have lived for a while in Parsonsfield. He died July 11. 1857. His wife was born Mar. 6, 1776, and died Apr. 1, 1858. Their children were : 1. Isaiah, born Jan. 21, 1800; d. Oct. 12, 1802. 2. Joel, born Jan. 14; 1802. 3. Harriet, born :\rar. 12, 1804 ; d. May 2, 1888. 4. Lewis, born Feb. 9, 1806 ; d. Oct. 17, 1850. 5. Francis, born Oct. 13, 1808. 6. George, born Mar. 17, 1811. 7. Edwin, born May 15, 1816. Joseph, son of Peltiah and Hannah. (Hall) Allen, married, Jan. 30, 1801, Thankful, daughter of James and Elizabeth Winslow of Falmouth. She was born in that town, and died May 30, 1824. They were Quakers and appear to have lived first in Vassalborough, :\Ie. He then came to Windham, and died Apr. 8, 1861. They had children, as follows: 1. Phebe, born Nov. 17, 1802. 2. Lydia, born :\Iay 10, 1804 ; d. Jan. 16, 1825. 3. James, born Mar. 30, 1806. 4. Hannah, born :VIar. 1, 1808. 5. Asa Winslow, born Apr. 5, 1818 ; d. June 29, 1824. 6. Joseph Hall, born Jan. 16. 1815. Of the above children, the first four were born in Vassal- borough, and the remainder in Windham. 290 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Peter, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, Dec. 11, 1800, Patience, daughter of Stephen and Content (Ally) Robinson of Windham. She was born in Windham, June 25, 1778; died Nov. 2, 1817. He died Jan. 27, 1816. Had children, as follows: 1. Huldah, born Mar. 25, 1802; d. May 30, 1816. 2. Mary, born Feb. 21, 1804. 3. Stephen, born Dec. 17, 1805. 4. Peltiah, born Dec. 4, 1807 ; d. Nov. 13, 1826. 5. Mariam, born Dec. 4, 1809. 6. Content, born Jan. 22, 1811. 7. Patience, born Feb. 15, 1813. Cornelius, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, Aug. 28, 1808, Margaret, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Pattangall) Knight. She was born in Otisfield, Apr. 5, 1787. Their children were as follows: 1. Johnson K., born May 7, 1809. 2. Martha, born June 27, 1810. 3. Sarah K., born Sept. 3, 1813. 4. Huldah, born Apr. 15, 1816. 5. Mary, born Oct. 25, 1818; m. Nathl. Lowell. 6. Margaret, born Feb. 22, 1821. 7. Peter, born Feb. 17, 1825 ; d. Mar. 17, 1825. 8. Sarah W., born July 31, 1826. Cornelius Allen married for his second wife Mary Morrell, and they had one daughter, ]\Iaria, who died when a young girl. David, son of Ebenezer and Charity (Pope) Allen, married, Aug. 30, 1827, Phebe, daughter of Amos and Lydia Hawkes of AVindham. They were Quakers and lived on his grandfather's original farm. He carried on tanning and currying for many years. They had one child, William H., born Aug. 10, 1828, Mrs. Phebe Allen died, Nov. 11, 1829 ; and he married, Feb. 11, 1841, Eunice Stevens, and they had the following children: 1. Joseph M., born Dec. 19, 1842. 2. Lydia, born Jan. 11, 1844. 3. Phebe H., born July 29, 1845. 4. Moses B., born Nov. 31, 1846. 5. David, born Feb. 9, 1850. GENEALOGY 291 David Allen died Aug. 8, 1850, and his wife went to some Western State and died there, Dee. 6. 1894. Nathan, son of Ebenezer and Charity (Pope) Allen, married Mary Estes of Westbrook, Me. (Intention entered on Town records of Windham, June 25, 1828.) He was a farmer and lived near Windham Hill, the farm being afterwards owned by the late Isaiah Elder. He died July 22, 1857. She died Dec. 30, 1885, aged 81 years, 1 month, 1 day. Their children were: 1. Isaac E., born Oct. 16, 1828. 2. Henry W., born Aug. 15, 1830. 3. Isaiah P., born Mar. 15, 1832. 4. Oliver P., born Jan. 13, 1834. 5. Edward C. born Oct. 2, 1836. 6. Benjamin F., born Jan. 7, 1839. 7. Eliza E., born Sept. 29, 1843; d. Sept. 22, 1857; un- married. Josiah S., son of Ebenezer and his second wife, Elizabeth (Southwick) Allen, married, May 29, 1845, Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read of Windham. He owned a part of his father's farm, in- cluding the waterpower on Pleasant River, where he erected a sawmill, and for several years carried on lumbering. He also built the two-story house recently owned by the Rev. John Cart- land. On May 7, 1861, this mill was entirely swept away by what is now known as "Pope's freshet." Mr. Allen made no attempt to rebuild, but soon afterwards sold his remaining property here and moved to Boston, w^here he died. His wife was born in Windham, Jan. 26, 1820, and died, in Boston, Mar. 29, 1883. They had at least three children : 1. Jeremiah H., born Dec. 26, 1849; d. July 10, 1850. 2. William C, born Aug. 4, 1851 ; d. Apr. 1, 1852. 3. George, born June 11, 1853. Several of the descendants of Peltiah Allen still reside in Windham. 292 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ANDERSON FAMILY RECORDS Abraham Anderson, first of the name to settle in Windham, was a native of Groton, ]\Iass., and was born, if the inscription on his head-stone is correct, sometime in the year 1705. Smith, in his ' ' History of Windham, ' ' says, ' ' He went from Groton to Marblehead, and from there to Windham, in 1738." He settled on Home Lot Xo. 36, in the first division of ten-acre lots. This lot was the original right of Benjamin Hendly of Marblehead, one of the grantees of Windham, then called New Marblehead. Mr. Anderson was not a grantee but purchased this and several adjoining rights of the original owners. He was the fifth man to settle permanently in the new town, and the first to build his dwelling house on the road. (The first four settlers lived near the Presumpscot River.) He appears to have been a man of good abilities, sound in judgment, and of undaunted courage. In a warrant issued by Enoch Freeman Esq., in 1762, directing the people of New ]\Iarblehead to call their first town meeting, Mr. Anderson is called "the Principal Inhabitant." In the fight which resulted in the death of Chief Polin, he appears as the leader of the immortal four who fought the battle and con- quered the foe. He was married and had a family before he located in this town. From the church records we learn that he and his first wife, who was Bathshua Farr, had a daughter, Hannah, who was baptized Dec. 18, 1743, and who married, Nov. 18, 1764, Ebenezer Hall of Gorham, and probably settled in that town. They also had a daughter, Bathshua, who died Nov. 3, 1745, aged 13 years, and twin sons born here, Nov. 22, 1746. They were named Abraham and Isaac and died respectively ^lar. 7, 1747 and Oct. 22, 1748. :\Irs. Bathshua (Farr) Anderson died July 4, 1751 ; and he married for a second wife Mrs. Anna (Collins), widow of Edward Cloutman, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, in their attack on Gorham, Me., Apr. 19, 1746. He was drowned, with a Mr. Dunbar, while attempting to escape from captivity the next year. The children of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson were as follows: 1. Edward, born May 10. 1753. 2. John, born Nov. 7. 1755. GENEALOGY 293 3. Abraham, born June 19, 1758, — in the old Fort. Mr. Anderson died Dec. 25, 1768, aged 63 years. His widow died Dec. 1, 1802, aged 85 years, and their remains are interred in the now neglected burial ground on the farm they cleared from the wilderness, where an old-fashioned and badly shattered head-stone records their names and the dates of their deaths. The farm on which Mr. Anderson settled is now (1905) ow^ied by his descendants. Edward, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, married, Aug. 4, 1774, ]\Iary, daughter of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry, then of Windham. Her father commanded a company in the Revolution and was a brave and efficient officer. Upon the death of his father, Edward Ander- son came into possession of the old home farm, first settled by white men in 1738; and, in 1770, he built the house still standi ing there, on a site selected by his father, whose house was on the opposite side of the :\Iain, or River Road, a little east of where the present barns stand. In 1790, he exchanged the home farm for his brother Abraham's property near Windham Hill, and died in the large two-story house, on the Portland road at the brow of the steep hill just south of Pleasant River, where his descendants have ever since lived. He carried on lumbering, having a sawmill on the falls that still bear his name. He gave employment to a large force of me;i, who held him in great respect and esteem. He was much in public life from his early manhood. That he had a decided liking for, and a knowledge of military affairs is indicated by his being made Ensign in a board of three experts chosen by the town, on Nov. 7, 1774, "To teach those who are so inclined the Military Art." In 1776, with his two brothers, John and Abraham, he served a term in the Continental Army during the war for national independence. He was To^\^i Clerk from 1777 to 1782, inclusive, one of the Selectmen in 1781, 1787 and 1799, and the first post-master of Windham, in 1798. On July 1, 1781, he was commissioned a Major in the militia service of Cumberland County by Gov. John Hancock. He was a high- spirited, bold man, of great physical force, rather free and unguarded in his daily walk and conversation, but warm- hearted and generous to a fault. He died, according to the town 294 WINDHAM IN THE PAST records, May 17, 1804, aged 51 years, and his remains are in- terred in the cemetery at Windham Hill. The date of his wife's death is unknown to me. They had nine children : 1. Richard, born Dec. 23, 1776 ; d. Sept. 25, 1802 ; unmarried. 2. Abraham, born July 10, 1779 ; d. , 1859. 3. John, born Nov. 20, 1783; d. in Calais; unmarried. 4. Edward, born May 2, 1786 ; d. Apr. 8, 1876. 5. Montgomery, born Nov. 21, 1788. 6. Mary, born Mar. 14, 1791. 7. George, born Apr, 7, 1793. 8. Thomas, born Apr. 13, 1796. 9. William, born Sept. 5, 1798. Abraham, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) An- derson, married, Apr. 1803, Nancy (or Anne) Atkins. He was a farmer and lived near Windham Hill. He died there in 1859. He had two children, (possibly more) : 1. Richard. 2. Mary, died unmarried. Edward, son of ]\Iaj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married, in 1806, (intention entered Aug. 7th of that year), Olive Waterhouse, of Standish. They had seven children : 1. Edward. 2. John. 3. William. 4. Lydia, m. Nathaniel Berry 5. Mary Ann. 6. Lucy. 7. Charlotte. Montgomery, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Anderson, married, June 4, 1825, Sarah Babb. He lived in Westbrook and died there. He had five children, at least. Mary, daughter of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Anderson, married, in 1813, Noah J. Senter, (intention entered Apr. 17th of that year) . They had two children : 1. George Senter. 2. Mary Jane Senter. GENEALOGY 295 Noah J. Senter died when a young man. and. on Dec. 17, 1836, she entered her intention of marriage with Josiah May- berry of Windham. She died Dec. 3, 1846, aged 56, and is buried in the ]\Iayberry Cemetery, near Windham Hill. George, son of Maj. Edward and ]\Iary (^layberry) Ander- son, married, in Oct., 1816, Martha Waterhouse, of Standish, Me., (intention entered Oct. 12th of that year). He was a farmer and always lived on his father's place and died there. Had seven children : 1. George W., d. Apr. 16, 1888. 2. William, d. June -1. 1887, aged 67. 3. Montgomery, d. Mar. 9, 1900, aged 74, in Chelsea, Mass. 4. Mary E. 5. Laureta, m. Edwin R. Hamblin. 6. Thomas. 7. Emily, m. Webb Hall. Thomas, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married, Aug. 26, 1821, Mary Kilburn. Had six children: 1. Daniel. 2. Edward. 3. Sarah W. ; m. Charles H. Cressey ; d. July 7, 1851. 4. Emeline, 2d wife of Charles H. Cressey. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Frances. William, son of :\Iaj. Edward and :\lary (Mayberry) Ander- son, married Mar. 18, 1826, Eliza Webb. Had four children: 1. Abraham. 2. Harriet. 3. Martha. 4. Frances. John, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, was born in New Marblehead (noAV Windham), Nov. 7, 1755. He, with his older brother Edward, and his younger brother Abraham, was among the AVindham men who served less than three years, at one time in the Revolutionary army. He seems to have been, for sometime, a merchant at Windham Hill, in company with his brother, Maj. Edward, but afterwards moved 296 WINDHAM IN THE PAST to Saecarappa, and died there. He married, Nov. 20, 1777, i\nne Woodman, probably a daughter of Stephen Woodman, then of Windham. They had four children : 1. Thomas, born Oct. 25, 1778. 2. Ann. born Apr. 13, 1783. 3. Esther, born Oct. , 1786. 4. Hannah. Thomas, son of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, married, Nov., 1801, Hannah Hall of Standish, (intention entered Nov. 7 of that year). Had seven children: 1. Richard, born Nov. 19, 1802; d. unmarried. 2. John, born Mar. 1, 1805. 3. Charles, born Mar. 3, 1808. 4. Moses, born Aug. 5, 1811. 5. Stephen, born Aug. 3, 1813. 6. Joseph, born Aug. 5, 1816. 7. Lydia, born Aug. 14, 1822. Ann, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, n)arried a Mr. Lowe of Saecarappa. Had children. Esther, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, married a Mr. Ingalls of Saecarappa. It is said that she had children. Hannah, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Ander- son, married first, Asa Jordan of Portland, and had at least one child. Her second husband Avas Thomas Riggs of West- bi'ook, by whom she had no children. Charles, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, married, in 1829, ]\Iartha Hicks, daughter of Ephraim and Rachel (Morton) Hicks. She was born July 5, 1810, and mar- ried Mr. Anderson Feb. 15, 1829. She died Jan. 6, 1901. Their children : 1. William, married Julia Harmon. 2. C\mthia, married Amos Davis ; no children. 3. Abbie, married Albus Jordan. 4. Clara, married Benj. Rand. 5. Lizzie, married James Rand. 6. Valentine, lives at Windham Hill ; unmarried. 7. Charles, died in U. S. service ; unmarried. GENEALOGY 297 Moses, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, mar- ried ]\Iartha Blake. Stephen, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, married Huldah Potter. He lived and died at Great Falls, Gorham. Had no children. Joseph, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, mar- ried, first, Lucy Gordon, second, Emeline Hall. Lived in Ray- mond or Casco. Had children. Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, married Clement Blake. He was by trade a tailor. Lived many years at Great Falls, Gorham. They had two children : 1. Walter P. 2. Althea, m. Henry Plaisted; lives near Great Falls, Gor- ham. Abraham, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, married Aug. 13, 1788, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Peter T. Smith. She was born Aug. 24, 1769 ; died Apr. 17, 1844. He died Sept. o. 1844. He was a farmer and, at one time, owned a large tract of land and a mill privilege on Pleasant River, near the present Village of Windham Hill. This property he exchanged with his brother Edward, in 1790, by which he came into possession of the paternal acres, and lived and died there. He was a man of sterling qualities and had the respect and confidence of his townsmen to a marked degree. He and his wife rest in the Smith family vault. Had nine children, as follows : 1. William, died July (year obliterated), aged 3 months. 2. John, died Oct. 12, 1791, aged 7 months. 3. An infant, died Aug. 14, 1791. The foregoing inscrip- tion is on a small headstone of ancient date, near the family tomb of the Smiths in the old cemetery, and they are given as the children of Abraham and Lucy Anderson. Their other children were: 1. Peter S., born May 12, 1789. 2. John, born July 30, 1792. 3. Betsey, born July 23, 1795. 4. Nancy, born Nov. 6, 1797. 5. Edward, born Oct. 31, 1801. 6. Abraham W., born 1804. 298 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Peter S., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married, in 1810, Susannah, daughter of Maj. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, (intention entered Aug. 12tli of that year). He was a farmer and owned and occupied a fertile farm in the south part of Windliam, the same which his son Edward F. afterwards owned. He died in 1867. His wife Susannah died , and their remains are deposited in the Smith family vault. They had ten children : 1. Elizabeth W.. born May 6. 1811; d. 1893; un- married. 2. Thacher S.. born Apr. 9, 181:1; m. Lucinda Flint. 3. Abraham B., born Apr. 15. 1817 : m. 1. Eunice Sanborn; 2d Lucy Sawyer. 4. Lucretia C. born Mar. 20, 1820; d. June 18, 1891; un- married. 5. Lucy F.. born Apr. 3. 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1902; un- married. 6. Olive A., born Feb. 13, 1824: d. Oct. 22. 1843; un- married. 7. Edward P., born Aug. 25, 1827; d. Apr. 29, 1904; m. 1st, Mehitable Cole; 2d a Babbage. 8. Augustus B., born July 13, 1829; d. Dec. 26. 1901. 9. Susan M., born June 7, 1831; d. Aug. 14, 1849; un- married. 10. Sarah L., m. Charles Brackett. John, son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, mar- ried Mrs. Ann Jameson. He graduated at Bowdoin College in the class of 1813. Settled in Portland, where he practiced law for many years. He was much in public life, being a State Senator in 1824; Member of Congress from 1825 to 1833; U. S. Attorney from 1833 to 1836. He was Mayor of Portland in 1833 and 1842. On the death of his father, he purchased of the heirs the old homestead in Windham, on which he expended large sums in improvements, and resided here summers during the remainder of his life. He died in Portland, Aug. 21, 1853. His wife Ann ("Williams) Jameson, died at same place, ^lay 13, 1879. She was born Oct. 14, 1804. Some years previous to his death, Mr. Anderson built a massive granite toml) in the Smith Burial Ground ; and, in this tomb, he and his wife, with GENEALOGY 299 others of his family sleep, well and peacefully. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had three children : 1. Samuel J., born Dec. 11, 1824. 2. John F., born July 22, 1823 ; d. Dec. 25, 1887. 3. Edward W., born Dec. 9, 1828 ; d. Sept. 5, 1861. Edward, son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married Nov. 30, 1830, Louisa, daughter of Joshua and Olive fWilson) Berry. He was a farmer and owned and lived on the large farm formerly owned by his grandfather, Rev. Peter T. Smith. He was in public life for many years. He was one of the Selectmen of Windham in 1829, 1834, 1835, 1842, 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849. He also represented the town in the legislature, in 1844. He was interested in the State Militia and rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel. He died at his residence Oct. 7, 1867. His wife died July 1881, aged 77 years, and they are buried in the Smith Cemetery. Their children were : 1. Olive F. 2. Susan W., b. 1835; d. July 11, 1888; m. Chas. R. Goodell, 3. Lucy, a well known school teacher. Abraham W., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married Annah Tilson Waterman, daughter of Capt. John Waterman of New Gloucester. He chose the medical profession and graduated from the Maine Medical School in the class of 1829. He located at Gray Corner, where he spent a long and useful life. It has been said that no physician in Cumberland County ever had a more extended and successful practice than did he; and, from our own personal knowledge, we believe this to be true. He died in 1879. The date of his wife's death, 1 have not ascertained. Had six children, as follows : 1. Ann Jameson, born Apr. 4. 1831, married Charles G. Hanscome. He was killed by the Indians while crossing the Plains, in 1864. She lived at La Crosse, Wis., and died there but a few years ago, leaving one daughter. 2. Mary Waterman, Mar. 27, 1833; married M. G. Han- scome; died May, 1870. 3. Jane Thomas, born Feb. 1, 1835; married Charles Hop- pin, lived in Gray. 800 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 4. John Duguid, born Nov. 7, 1837. 5. Hannah Leach, born Feb. 12, 1839, married Charles B. White. 6. Wendell Abraham, born Sept. 6, 1810. Betsey, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married, June 6, 1820, John Farwell of Tyngsborough, Mass. Lived and died in that town. Had no children. Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, married, July 21, 1822, Doct. John Waterman. Settled first in Windham where he was the principal physician for many years. Afterwards he moved to Gorham, where he died Jan. 11, 1865, aged 76 years. His wife died Sept. 7, 1871, aged 73 years, 10 months. They are interred in the cemetery at Gor- ham Village. Had two children: 1. John A., born June 24, 1827 ; d. May 6, 1893. 2. Lucy E., born 1833; d. Sept. 11, 1861; m. Dr. D wight. Thacher S., son of Peter S. and Susannah (Bodge) Ander- son, married Lucinda Flint. Settled in Stetson, Me., and died there. Had no children. Abraham, son of Peter S. and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, married, first, Eunice Sanborn ; second, Lucy Sawyer. He lived several years at Westbrook. Moved to the town of Buxton, Me., where he died. Had four children; by first wife: Martha M. and Frank A. By second wife, he had Lucy Jane and George A. Edward F., son of Peter and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, married, first, Mehitable Cole; second, a widow Babbage. He was a farmer and lived on his father's farm. He died Apr. 28, 1904. His first wife died Apr. 23, 1883, aged 47 years. They had two children: 1. Willard E., m. Mrs. Minnie Leighton. 2. Susan M. Augustus B., son of Peter and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, married Ellen ]\loulton. He was, for several years, engaged in a cotton factory at Biddeford, Me. ]\Ioved to Old Orchard, where he was in business for several years, and died there, Dec. GENEALOGY 301 26, 1901. His second wife was Matilda Heath. Children, all by first wife : Flora M., Carrie J., and Luella. John Farwell, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Ander- son, born July 22, 1823, married Marcia Winter. He was a civil engineer. Lived for several years on the homestead, at Wind- ham. He died in Portland, Dec. 25, 1887. Had children as follows : 1. Annie H., married C. W. Lord. 2. Marcia W., married 1st F. J. Edmands; 2d E. J. Spring. 3. Isabel, died an infant. 4. Frances P., married C. T. Davis. Samuel Jameson, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Anderson, married Jane Dow of Portland. Graduated at Bow- doin College in 1844 ; was a lawyer. He died in Portland, Nov. 18, 1905. His children: 1. John. 2. Jennie. 3. Susie. Edward, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Anderson, married Frances A. Perley. He was a physician; graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1852 ; practiced his profession in Portland, where he died Sept. 5, 1861. His wife died in 1870, and their remains are deposited in the family vault. Had no children. John Duguid, son of Dr. Abraham and Anna (Waterman) Anderson, married Anna Thayer of Gray. She is not living. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1859, is a lawyer. During the Rebellion he served in the Union Army; was Lieutenant of the First Wisconsin Battery from 1861 to 1862; Orderly Sergeant in Thirty-Second Maine; and Lieuten- ant in the Third INIaryland Infantry; and Provost Marshal of the Third Brigade, First Division Ninth Army Corps, from 1864 to 1865; U. S. Pension Agent in Maine from 1886 to 1890; and Treasurer of Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., from 1890 to 1896. He now (1898) resides in Gray. Six children, as fol- lows : 1. Marcia Winter, born Jan. 5, 1870; married, Aug. 9, 1892, J. H. Pinkham. 302 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. John Wendell, born Dec. 25, 1871. 3. Annie Thayer, born Jan. 8, 1874, married Ralph Lewis. 4. Bion Bradbury, born May 9, 1876 ; married Grace Bailey. 5. Abraham Warren, born Jan. 11, 1878. 6. Bessie Waterman, born Apr. 24, 1879. Wendell Abraham, son of Dr. Abraham, and Anna (Water- man) Anderson, married, March 9, 1864, at Portland, Me., Susie M., daughter of John Small. She was born in Gray, Me., in 1840. Wendell A. Anderson entered Bowdoin College in 1861, but left during his sophomore year. He was a Medical Cadet, in the U. S. Army in 1861. Graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N, Y., in 1863. Was Surgeon of the Third Maryland Regiment from Apr., 1863 to 1865. Re- moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1866. President of the Board of Education from 1873 to 1877. United States Examin- ing Surgeon for Pensions. City Physician of La Crosse. Mem- ber of the Wisconsin State Medical Society. Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee from 1875 to 1876 and again from 1881 to 1885. He was nominated for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin by the Democratic party in 1881, but declined the proffered honor. Was United States Consul General at ]Mon- treal, from 1885 to 1889 ; and again, from 1893 to 1897, when he resigned. He resides (1898) at La Crosse. Has children as follows : 1. John Wendell, born at La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 25, 1867, Entered Cornell University in 1885. Graduated in the Law Department of the University of ^Michigan, in 1890. He prac- tices his profession at Detroit, Mich, Married there June 19, 1895, Gustava Doeltz. 2. Greely Spring, born at La Crosse, Jan. 2, 1873. Edu- cated in the public schools of his native place. Is now (1898) in the insurance business. ^Married at La Crosse, Nov. , 1893, Alice Carey Douglass. 3. Spencer Elwell, born at La Crosse, June 13, 1879. He is now (1898) in the High School of La Crosse. Dr. and Mrs. Anderson have lost three children, all of whom died in infancy. 304 WINDHAM IN TPIE PAST ANDREW John Andrew, with his wife, Elizabeth, and several children, came from Salem, Mass., and settled on the River Road, at South AVindham, where he resided until his death. He died Aug. 8, 1791, aged 47 years. His son Abraham, died here Apr. 19, ]795, aged 9 years, and they are both buried in the Brown Cem- etery, near Little Falls Village. On June 14, 1817, he entered his intention of marriage with IMiss Nancy G. Peircc of Bridg- ton, and, at about this time, purchased the residence of Dr. James Paine, where he lived until after the death of his wife, which occurred jMar. 7, 1832. Shortly afterwards he removed to Boxford, Mass., where he died in 1849, aged 67 years. He and his wife Nancy, had four children, all born in Windham. They were as follows: 1. John Albion, born Alay 31, 1818. 2. Isaac Watson, born Aug. 11, 1819; died in Andover, Mass., Mar. 1, 1895. 3. Sarah Elizabeth, born Sept. 6, 1822; died in Winchester, Mass., June 30, 1897; unmarried. 4. Nancy Alfreda. John Albion Andrew graduated at Bowdoin College in 1837, after which he read law and practiced his profession in Boston. He was Governor of ^Massachusetts from 1861 to 1865. and was known as the "War Governor." He died in Boston, Oct. 30. 1867. ANTHOIXE Nicholas Anthoine, first of the nan^e to settle in Windham, was born Oct. 12, 1761. Where he came from, we liavc not been able to ascertain, but we have sometiires thouglit. that the name was of French origin; possibly he iray have been a descendant of the Huguenots. He settled in the easterly part of the town and was one of the famous school-masters "of ye olden times." Of him it was said that he knew enough to build a ship and navigate it across the Atlantic Ocean. He married, Feb. 15, 1787, Anne Pattangall of Windham. She was born Apr. 3, 1764. and died Dec. 24, 1849. He died Dec. 30, 1831, and their GENEALOGY 305 remains are interred in the Knight Cemetery, in School District No. 6. They had nine children, all born in Windham: 1. John, born Apr. 9, 1788; died Sept. 5, 1791. 2. Daniel, born Feb. 19, 1790 ; died Sept. 3, 1791. 3. Amos, born Apr. 20, 1792 ; entered his intention of mar- riage with Lucy Hall of Windham, Apr. 18, 1818. 4. John, born May 9, 1794; married Mary A. Gilman, born 1815, died Nov. 12, 1869. He died Feb. 2, 1860. 5. Daniel, born May 22, 1796. 6. Nicholas, born July 11, 1798. 7. Anna, born June 29, 1800. 8. Rachel, born Mar. 23, 1803. 9. Patience, born Apr. 30, 1805. Some of the descendants of Nicholas and Anne Anthoine still reside in Windham. AUSTIN One of the Revolutionary Soldiers, who settled in Windham after the war, Avas Jonah Austin. He enlisted at Falmouth July 11, 1775, in Capt. Samuel Knight's Co. and served six months and six days. He enlisted again Jan. 20, 1777, in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt., and served until Dec. 31, 1779; and again served from Jan. 1, 1780, until the 30th of the same month. The Falmouth records say that Jonah Austin married, Feb. 9, 1779, Hannah ^Merrill, but the indications are that he was away in the army at that time. He married his second wife. Sarah Fairbanks, Jan. 29, 1784. She belonged in Cape Elizabeth, and survived him. He was in Windham before 1794, as he bought seven acres of land in lot No. 68, second division of hundred-acre lots, Aug. 16th of that year, and was "of Windham" at the time. In 1800, he bought fifty acres of Lot 43, which was near his first purchase. He lived near what is known as the "Ireland District;" and, on this farm, he died Sept. 27, 1833; aged about 80 years. On his old farm can now be seen from the road a little cluster of graves, and his is no doubt one of them ; but no stone perpetuates the memory of the old soldier. Jonah Austin and his wife Hannah (Merrill) Austin had three children: 1. Jonah, probably died young. 306 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Stephen. 3. Elsie, married Simeon Estes. By his second wife he had: 4. William. 5. Jonah. 6. Sarah, died Sept. 12, 1819, aged 30 years. 7. Hannah, married Richard Lamb. 8. Charlotte, married Abiezer Gray. 9. Alice, married Elijah Estes. Jonah, Jr., son of Jonah and Sarah Austin, married Esther :\Iorrill, about 1813. Children: 1. Stephen, born Dec. 1, 1814. 2. Jonah, born Mar. 18, 1819. 3. Sarah, married John Haines. AVilliam. son of Jonah and Sarah Austin, married Eliza King of Scarborough, IMe., in 1829, (intention entered on Windham records, Dec. 13, 1828) ; settled on the paternal acres; lived and died there. Had five children: 1. William K., resides Greenwood, Me. 2. Stephen, resides in California. 3. Eugene, deceased. 4. Charles. 5. Leander, died Mar. 23, 1855, aged 18 years. Stephen, son of Jonah and Esther (Morrill) Austin, married Hannah Gray. Had three children : 1. William M., deceased. 2. Willard Gray, deceased. 3. Addie, lives with lier mother in Portland. Jonah, son of Jonah and Esther (Morrill) Austin, married Menerva Ann Libby. Had children : 1. Esther, died 1870, aged 20 years. 2. Randall W., lives on his father's farm. 3. Greenleaf. 4. Melvin, lives in New Hampshire. 5. Bertdell, lives in Portland. Stephen, son of William and Eliza (King) Austin, married Lovisa, daughter of Ephraim Cobb of W^indham. GENEALOGY 307 BACHELDER Liba Bachelder was a native of Eaton, N. II., and was born in 1791. He eanie to Windham, when a young man, and mar- ried Rebecca, daughter of Hezekiah and Sally Smith, in 1833, (intention entered on Windham records, Aug. 23d of that year.) He was a farmer and stone cutter. Lived near the Second Adventist Chapel at South Windham, and died there Oct. 28, 1870. His wife, Rebecca, died at the same place May 18, 1893. Children : 1. Sarah E., born 1833 ; died July 23, 1899 ; unmar- ried. 2. William A., born 1835; died Nov. 2, 1907, in Portland. His wife, ^Mary (^IcLucas), died at the same place, Nov. 4, 1907. 3. Hiram F.. born 1839; died Nov. 12, 1896, in Windham. •4. Cynthia J., born 1842; died May 1, 1868. 5. Frederick, born 1842 ; died Sept. 28, 1846, in Wind- ham. 6. Sophronia, born 1845; died Oct. 30, 1859; un- married, in Windham. 7. Mary Ann. married ^Martin W. Best and lives in Port- land, Me. BAKER The first of the name in Windham, so far as Ave can learn, was Josiah Baker. Where he came from, we have never been able to learn ; neither do we know at what time he located here ; but, according to the town records, he married, in November, 1783, (day of the month not recorded) Elizabeth Legrow, and the residence of both is given as of Windham. He settled on a farm a short distance south of the little village that still bears the name of "Baker's Corner." He 'and his wife, Elizabeth, had four sons and three daughters. We are unable to give the dates of the births of these children, but their names were as follows : Ichabod, Elias, Benjamin, and William. Ichabod, son of Josiah, entered his intention of marriage with Sally Stuart of AVindham, on Alar. 16, 1811. lie was a 308 WINDHAM IN THE PAST farmer and merchant. Lived and died at Baker's Corner. Had two children, as follows: 1. Isaiah H., married Lydia Legrow, and had one child, Seward, who lives in Portland. 2. Seward "SI., did not marry, was, at one time, sheriff of Cumberland County. These gentlemen were farmers and mer- chants, and both are now deceased. Benjamin, son of Josiah Baker, entered his intention of mar- riage with Mary Allen Feb. 29. 1812. He was a farmer and lived near the Corner. Children: 1. Hannah, married Benjamin M. Baker. 2. Abigail, married Gilbert Small of Gray. 3. Elizabeth, married Emery Allen of Gray. 4. Josiah, died young. Elias, son of Josiah and Elizabeth Baker, married Margaret Morrill, July 14, 1817. He was a farmer and lived about half a mile south of Baker's Corner, on the Gray Road. He was quite a prominent man in town and was a Brig. General of the State Militia. Children : 1. David P., was a lawyer, married Emily Allen of Gray; lived at North Windham, where he died May 20, 1860, aged 38 years ; no children. 2. Benjamin M., married Hannah Allen. She was his cousin. He lived oji the Button Hill Road near the Gray line and died there, Aug. 12, 1899, aged 81 years, 11 months. He left several children: 3. Hannah, married Edmund B. Pride, lived at North Windham. 4. Elizabeth, married Loren Baker. William, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Legrow) Baker, entered his intention of marriage with Eliza Armstrong of Readfield, Sept. 30, 1825. He was a farmer and lived on the Gray Road near his brother, Elias. He had eight children, all of whom died of consumption. The daughters of Josiah and Elizabeth (Legrow) Baker married as follows: Polly, married William Lamb, (intention entered June 12, 1808.) GENEALOGY 309 Abigail, married Reuben Alen, (intention entered Mar. 16, 1811.) Susan, married Jacob Ward, (intention entered Jan. 11, 1823.) BARTON Ebenezer Barton, first of the name in Windham, belonged to the family of that name in Falmouth (now Portland). On Dee. 21, 1773, he married Dorothy, daughter of Jacob and Dorothy (Pettingall) Elliott of AVindliam, and lived near "Clay Cove," on Falmouth Neck. He served from July 14 to Dec. 31, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Noyes' Co., at Falmouth. At the burning of the town in 1775, his house was destroyed, and he and his wife, with their oldest child, walked from Falmouth to her father's house in Windham, Mr. Barton carrying on his back a feather-bed, which was probably nearly all which they saved of their household goods. He enlisted, Dec. 20, 1776, for three years, in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co. in Col. Ebene- zer Francis' Regt., afterwards commanded by Col. Benjamin 1'upper. He was in the battles of Hubbardton, Stillwater, and Saratoga,- being present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. He spent the winter at Valley Forge, and was a Corporal at the Battle of Monmouth. He was accidentally killed by a fall- ing tree in Windham, Apr. 15, 1785, aged about 35 years. His widow, Dorothy, died in the old house on the Goold farm, near Windham Centre, Feb. 12, 1842, aged 87 years. AVhen Nathan Goold, in 1802, purchased the Barton farm, he leased the widow one-quarter of an acre of land during her life-time. On this her friends put the old house, which sheltered her and her daughter Dorothy during their lives. At the end of ninety years, her grand-daughter returned the original lease to the grand-son of Nathan Goold. No rent was ever required of them during that time, and then the old house was taken down. They are both buried in the cemetery of Hon. William Goold. Chil- dren of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Elliott) Barton were: 1. Jacob, who was the child carried to Windham in 1775. He married Hannah Staples; lived in Poland, Me.; had six children. 2. Joseph, died at sea, unmarried. 310 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Sarah, married Benjamin Waterhouse, Apr. 28, 1800. 4. Ann, died young. 5. Dorothy Jones, who died Nov. 16, I860, aged 73 years 6 "months. She, with Betsey Cook for a companion, lived many years in the old house near Windham Centre. The Bartons of Casco and Raymond are descendants of Ebenezer and Dorothy. BANGS Benjamin Bangs probably came from Gorham, where he married Elizabeth Rand, (intention entered on the Gorham Records, Dec. 21, 1793) ; and had twin sons, John and Benjamin, born there July 26, 1794. He moved to Windliam, where, ac- cording to the town records, they had four children, viz. : 1. Stephen, born Oct. 24, 1799. 2. Robert, born Apr. 16, 1802. 3. Watson, born Dec. 8. 1804. 4. Lowena, born Feb. 22, 1806. We do not know what became of this family, as nothing more appears on the Gorham or Windham records concerning them, save that they had a daughter Harriet, who died in Wind- ham, Dec. 1, 1799. BACON John Bacon, son of Thomas and Sally (Burton) Bacon, was born in Gorham, June 26, 1806. He married, in 1829, Eunice Fennel, intention of marriage recorded Feb. 28, 1829. He was by trade a blacksmith, but settled on a farm on the River Road at South Windham. He and his wife died in the winter of 1892, within a few hours of each other, and were both buried the same day, in the Smith Cemetery at South Windham. They had children as follows, all born in Windham : 1. Sarah F., born 1831, married Ichabod Leighton, of Falmouth, and died several years ago. 2. Mary J., born 1833 ; married Stephen A. Cordwell of Cumberland Mills; died in 1856. 3. John A., born in 1834, died in 1843. 4. William, born about 1836 ; married Leighton ; is now (1911) living at Sebago Lake. GENEALOGY 311 5. Eunice M., born about 1838, married Edwin Aver, of Cumberland Mills. 6. George T., born about 1840 ; was a Union soldier ; wounded and had his leg amputated. 7. Albert, born 1844, died 1847. 8. John W. William, brother of John Bacon, was born in Gorham, ]\Iar. 1, 1811 ; married, Oct. 12, 1834, Jane W. Marston of North Yar- mouth. He settled at Little Falls village ; was a blacksmith and afterwards a merchant. He died Dec. 23, 1892. She died in 1890. They had no children. BAILEY Levi Bailey was born in Windham in June, 1804, married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Cobb) SaAv^^er of West- brook, intention entered June 26, 1835. He was a farmer and settled near the Second Advent chapel at South Windham, where he died July 25, 1884. His wife died Jan. 19, 1864, aged 52 years. They are both buried in the Knight Cemetery. They had two children: 1. Mary A., born 1836; married Joseph Knight of Limington; and died Sept. 29, 1869, aged 33 years, 6 months. 2. Levi, Jr., born Feb. 28, 1838, married Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Obadiah and his second wife Louisa (Hawkes) Whitney of Windham. ^ BODGE The ancestor of all bearing the above name in Windham and vicinity was John Bodge, who, according to the best authority now obtainable, was born in Dover, N. H., about the year 1714. A full account of his life is given in Chapter II. He and his wife, Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, had seven children: 1. Mary, born Dec. 19, 1744. 2. John, born Dec. 12, 1747 ; d. unmarried. 3. Sarah, born June 17, 1750. 4. Thomas, born June 1, 1752. 5. Abigail, born Feb. 8, 1754. — 6. Benjamin, born Jan. 6, 1756. 312 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 7. Rebecca, born 1760, married, Dec. 25, 1783, William Mayberry, 3d. Thomas, son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, married (according to the Portland records), Nov. 24, 1775, Abigail Thrasher, of that place. It is supposed that he located in some town in the eastern part of the State. Of his descendants, if there were any, we are not informed. In fact, he seems to cut entirely loose from his relatives here and, so far as I can learn, the record of his marriage is all that is known in regard to him. Benjamin, son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, married, Jan. 1, 1778, Susannah, daughter of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Cobb) Hunnewell. She died Sept. 9, 1787; and, on Jan. 29, 1789, he married Elizabeth Gammon of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived in Windham, about half a mile east of the River Road, in what was afterwards called '"the Bodge Neigh- borhood." Mr. Bodge was somewhat inclined to military life, and, in the ranks of the State ]\Iilitia, was commissioned as a major, and ever afterwards bore that title. He died at his home in Windham, Aug. 21, 1831, aged 75 years. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him, but the date of her death I have not learned. By his wife, Susannah, he had five children : 1. Eunice, born Mar. 10, 1778, m. Ezekiel Robinson. 2. Rebecca, born Aug. 9, 1779, m. Daniel Robinson. 3. Thomas, born Mar. 12, 1781. 4. Sarah, born Apr. 17, 1783, m. John Mayberry. 5. Zerubbabel, born ]\Iar. 12, 1785, died young. Children by wife Elizabeth: 1. Susannah, bapt. Oct. 17, 1790. 2. Olive, born 1792 ; d. May 22, 1876 ; unmarried. 3. John, born 1794. 4. Betsey, , died unmarried. 5. William, born Feb. 17, 1801. 6. j\Iary. ]\Iary, daughter of Jjhn and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- ried William Stinchfield. Of him I know nothing. They settled in New Gloucester, and died there. I have been told that they left issue. Sarah, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- GENEALOGY 313 ried, Dec. 8, 1774, John Worster. On the town records he is styled ' ' Resident of Windham. ' ' I have no knowledge of where he came from, or where he went to after his marriage. No per- son of that name has lived in Windham within the memory of any one now living. Abigail, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- ried, j\Iar. 24, 1774, Nathaniel Jordan. He was then of Wind- ham, but later settled in Raymond. He was a farmer in that town, and he and his wife died there at a good old age and left descendants. Thomas, son of Benjamin and his first wife, Susannah (Hun- newell) Bodge, married, Sept. 24, 1803, Betsey, daughter of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry of Windham. He died Aug. 6, 1856. She died Nov. 7, 1860, aged 84 years. From the time of his marriage until his death he owned and lived on a farm in the ' ' Bodge Neighborhood. ' ' He was a man of singular purity of character, a true and consistent Christian. Calm and quiet in his demeanor, warm-hearted and generous in his im- pulses, he endeared himself to all with whom he associated ; and when, on that pleasant autumn day, he was called to his reward, the entire community mourned the good man dead. He and his wife had ten children as follows : 1. Jane, born Jan. 8, 1804; married Alexander Pride of W^estbrook; died July 12, 1833. 2. Josiah, born Mar. 29, 1805. 3. Susannah H., born May 16, 1806 ; married Jan. 18, 1829, Thomas Smith ; and died Jan. 5, 1898. 4. Eliza A., born Sept. 13, 1807 ; married, Sept. 16, 1830, Daniel W. Dole ; died Mar. 18. 1832. 5. Andrew, born Jan. 20, 1810. 6. Thomas, Jr., born July 11, 1812. 7. John A., born ]\Iar. 31, 1814. 8. Charity A., born Sept. 17, 1816; married Stephen W. Freeman; died Apr. 21, 1842. 9. William, born Mar. 5, 1820; and died Oct. 21, 1843 ; un- married. 10. Eunice, born :\lar. 5, 1820 (twin with William). She married, first, Joseph Hawkes, (intention entered June 4, 1836). He died Jan. 19, 1844, and she married for her second husband William F. Sawyer. She died in Westbrook, Nov. 28, 1898. 314 WINDHAM IN THE PAST John, son of Benjamin, and his second wife Elizabeth (Gam- mon) Bodge, married, in 1827, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Millions of Windham. Their intention of marriage was entered on the town records, Feb. 3, 1827. He died Sept. 1, 1873. She died May 25, 1876. They settled on a farm near Little Falls and died there. They are interred in the Brown Cemetery near their home. Had five children as follows: 1. Mary E., born 1828. 2. John J., born Jan. 8, 1831. 3. Eunice R., born 1833 ; d. 1886 ; unmarried. 4. Louisa, , lives in Portland ; is now (1904) unmarried. 5. Albert, born July 1838. William, son of Benjamin and his second wife, Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, married, Sept. 17, 1826, Mary W., daughter of Robert and Sabra (Kendriek) Walker. He lived many years on his father's farm in Windham; but, about 1853, purchased a farm in Turner, Me., to which place he moved. There he died May 24, 1867. His wife, Mary, died in the same place, May 18, 1896. Had eight children: 1. Elizabeth Ann, born Mar. 22, 1827. 2. Mary, born July 27, 1830, died Feb. 27, 1831. 3. Sarah Olive, born Feb. 10, 1832. 4. Benjamin Atwood, born Oct. 20, 1835.) 5. Mary Jane, born Oct. 20, 1835. | 6. Samuel Walker, born Mar. 26, 1838, d. Feb. 6, 1839. 7. Abigail Cloudman, born Sept. 22, 1841. 8. Margaret Ellen, born Aug. 16, 1845. Susannah, daughter of Benjamin and his second wife, Eliza- beth (Gammon) Bodge, married in 1810 (intention entered Aug. 12, of that year), Peter S., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, of Windham. He died in 1867, aged 77, on the farm on which he settled near the old Congregational meeting house, at South Windham. She died at Westbrook several years later. Their remains were deposited in the Smith family tomb at South Windham. Mary, daughter of Benjamin and his second wife, Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, married James Merrill of Gray. Their inten- tion of marriage was entered on the Windham records, Oct. 18, GENEALOGY 315 18S4:. He was a woolen manufacturer and settled in Norway, Me., where he and his wife both died several years ago. They had three children (possibly more), as follows: 1. James. 2. Henry. 3. Hannah. Of this family I can learn nothing more. Josiah, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried, first, Aug. 10, 1831, Isabella Richards, of Portland. She died Feb. 10, 186-1, and he contracted a second jnarriage with Mrs. Eunice F. (Means) Emery. He owned and occupied a farm near Little Falls in Windham. His second wife survived him and died Nov. 17, 1902, aged 87. His children, all by his first wife: 1. George L., born Sept. 20, 1832, d. Mar. 29, 1833. 2. Edwin A., born May 18, 1835, d. Dec. 10, 1901. 3. Albert C, born Nov. 1, 1839, d. Nov. 16, 1840. 4. Ann E., born May 15, 1842. Andrew, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried, in 1832, Sally Manson. Intention of marriage recorded June 23 of that year. Settled first in Windham, where all their children were born. Removed to Leeds, Me., where he pur- chased a farm and where his wife died May 30, 1893. He died Oct. 31, 1899. Had children, as follows: 1. Eliza, born 1834, married, first, George F. Hanson; second, Albion Murch. She died several years ago. 2. Peter A., born 1836. 3. Charles H., born 1838, d. Nov. 29, 1863. He was a Union soldier. He enlisted, June 4, 1861, in Co. E., 5th Me. Regt., died of disease contracted in the service. He was un- married. 4. Susan J., born 1840, married, first, Charles B. Walker, of Windham, from whom she was divorced. She married for a second husband. Rev. Cyrus Ward, who died Jan. 11, 1901. Lives at Westbrook. 5. Eunice A., born 1843; married George Bickford, of Brownfield ; died Aug. 7, 1872. 6. William, born , married Josephine Tenney of Caseo. 316 WINDHAM IN THE PAST She is not living, and he has a second wife. He was a Union soldier, served in the 17th Me. Regt. ; has children. Lives in Lewiston. 7. Betsey, married Columbus Horsly. 8. Sarah, married Roscoe Wheeler. 9. Clinton F., born Jan. 16, 1854. Thomas, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried, Nov. 20, 1832, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Waterhouse) Nason, of Gorham. He was at various times a farmer^ merchant, hotel keeper, and contractor. He lived in the towns of Windham, Standish, Gorham, Westbrook, Portland, and finally settled on the farm where he was born, and died there Feb. 20, 1890. His wife, Abigail, was born in Gorham, Nov. 2, 1809, died in Westbrook, Feb. 27, 1892. Their children were: 1. Francis 0. J., born Feb. 10, 1835. 2. Joseph G., born May 22, 1836. 3. Louisa M., born Aug. 11, 1838. 4. William A., born Mar. 10, 1839. 5. Elbridge S., born Feb. 19, 1841. 6. Elizabeth E., born Jan. 9, 1843. 7. Emily J., born May 22, 1845, d. Apr. 20, 1846. 8. Abbie M., born Jan. 11, 1847. 9. James A., born Feb. 1, 1848, d. of smallpox at Wake- field. 10. Amelia A., born Nov. 17, 1850. 11. Andrew T., born Sept. 13, 1852. 12. Died young, borne on the family record as "Little Sister," born Oct. 1, 1855; d. Feb. 27, 1856 at Portland. John A., son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- ried Esther A., daughter of Elliott Harmon of Standish. He was by trade a blacksmith, and had a shop at Little Falls, where he carried on the business for a number of years. He finally became a Freewill Baptist clergyman and preached in many places, and was instrumental in bringing great numbers into that church. He was a forcible speaker, often eloquent, and always earnest in his appeals to his hearers. Being a fine singer, he was a power for good in the denomination. His children were : GENEALOGY 317 1. George M., born Feb. 15, 1840. 2. Mary, born , died, about 14 years old. 3. Emily J., born , married Melville Johnson of Gor- ham. 4. Henry W., born Nov. 12, 1850. 5. Edward, born Jan. 20, 1853. Mary E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, married William Clark of Portland. She died in that city, Sept. 4, 1895. Her children were : 1. Hattie L., born June 9, 1859. 2. William P., born Aug. 12, 1860, d. 1861. 3. Albert W., born Dec. 8, 1862. 4. Carrie L., born Dec. 29, 1869. John J., son of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, mar- ried, Apr. 18, 1858, Martha M., daughter of John Webb, Esq., and his wife ]\Iartha M. (Mayberry) Webb, of Windham. He was a farmer and a school teacher. He settled on a farm near Little Falls, where he died Oct. 15, 1901. His wife died June 8, 1900. Their children were as follows: 1. Lindley W., born Mar. 21, 1862, died Apr. 8, 1864. 2. Lincoln J., born ]\Iay 24, 1865. 3. Elizabeth, born ]\Iay 1, 18—. , 4. Eugene L., born Oct. 27, 1875. Albert, son of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, had three wives (not, let me hasten to add, all at once, but in the more commonplace and legal manner, one at a time) . His first wife was a Miss Mayberry. His second wife was Emily J., widow of Allen Pride, and daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Hawkes) Leighton. She died, and he married a third wife whose name we do not know. He died in Westbrook, Aug. 21, 1897. By his first wife he had two children : 1. Bertha, married Blanchard. 2. Minnie, married Blanchard. By his second wife he had one daughter named Hattie. Lincoln J., son of John J. and ]\Iartha M. (Webb) Bodge, married, July 16, 1893, Josephine King. He graduated from 318 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Bowdoin College in the class of 1889 and is a lawyer in Min- neapolis. His children, so far as we know, are : 1. Mary B., born May 30, 1894. 2. John L., born Apr. 19, 1897. Eugene, son of John J. and ^Martha M. (Webb) Bodge, mar- ried a daughter of Judge Charles P. Mattocks of Portland. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1897. He is a lawyer in Portland. Elizabeth, daughter of John and Martha M. (Webb) Bodge, is a graduate of Bates College. She married Scott Wilson, Esq., a well-known lawyer of Portland, and lives in the Deering Dis- trict. No children. William Henry, son of Alexander and Jane (Bodge) Pride, born June 30, 1828, married, first, Harmon of Gray; second, Rachel M. Peaco, daughter of Asa and Lucinda (Ed- wards) Peaco. She died not long after marriage, and he mar- ried a Mrs. Anthoine. In early life ]\Ir. Pride followed the sea, but, for many years, has been a farmer and stone cutter. He lives near the Duck Pond in Westbrook. Has three children, (possibly more) : 1. James. 2. Lottie. 3. Delia F. Joshua Thomas, son of Alexander and Jane (Bodge) Pride, born 1832, married ]\lary Jane Legrow of Windham. She died, and he married a second wife whose name we do not know. He is a stone cutter in Farmington. N. H. Children, so far as we know : 1. Henry W. 2. John P. Edwin A., son of Josiah and Isabella (Richards) Bodge, married, first, Mary, daughter of Amos and Cynthia (Robinson) Hanson, of Windham. They were married Jan. 1854. She died May 28, 1864, and he married Jan. 13, 1867, Esther A., daughter of Oliver and Nancy (Phinney) Haskell. He was a farmer and lived on his father's farm near Little Falls. He died there Dec. 10, 1901. Children by his first wife: GENEALOGY 319 1. George A., born Apr. 8, 1854, died July 15, 1864. 2. Frederick, born July 18, 1856; died Apr. 14, 1875; was accidentally drowned, in Presumpscot Kiver. Children by second wife: 3. Marj^ E., born July 10, 1868, in. Eugene Hawkes. 4. Charles, born Mar. 28, 1870, married Ermina Montgom- ery, on Mar. 18, 1896. He died May 16, 1907. No children. Ann E., daughter of Josiab and Isabella (Richards) Bodge, married Francis Cloudman ; lived in Westbrook, and died there Feb. 21, 1909. Had four children: 1. Cora, married Dr. Felix Barrett. 2. Frank, married Fannie Cordwell. 3. Andrew C, married, Aug. 10, 1892, ^Maggie Pride; lives at Westbrook. 4. Percy, accidentally drowned in Presumpscot River, when a young man. Eliza, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- ried George F., son of Joshua and Sally (Hill) Hanson. He was a school teacher; died Sept. 1, 1855, aged 25 years, 7 months. Mrs. Eliza Hanson married for a second husband Albion ]\Iurch of Baldwin and died there several years ago. (For children by both husbands, see Hanson family Records.) Peter A., son of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, married Amanda Dow. Resided, first in Portland, afterwards w^ent to Leeds, Me., where his wife died, and where he now^ lives. His children : 1. Charles Adelbert, — is married and has children. 2, Lillian Amanda, died young. Susan J., daughter of Andrew and Sally (]\Ianson) Bodge, married Charles B., son of Charles and Elizabeth (Hooper) Walker of Windham. They were divorced, and she married Rev. Cyrus Ward. He died at Westbrook, Jan. 4, 1901, aged 68 years. Her children, all by first husband, were : 1. Flora, married Blake. 2. Nettie, married Chas. Wentworth. 3. Lizzie, married . Eunice A., daughter of Andrew and Sally (^lanson) Bodge, 320 WINDHzVM IN THE PAST married George Bickford, of Brownfield, IVlje. He was killed by a powder explosion at Newburg. She died Aug. 7, 1872, Their children were : 1. Anne, married Alfred Allen. 2. Andrew Luville, married Grace Dejoy. 3. An infant son, not named. Betsey, daughter of Andrew and Sally (]\Ianson) Bodge, married Columbus Horsley of Leeds. Children: 1. William Clinton, married Ethel Chesley, 1900. 2. Freddie L., died aged about two years. 3. Linwood P. 4. Charles G. Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Sally (]\Ianson) Bodge, mar- ried, Aug. 1872, Roscoe P. Wheeler. Had children as follows : 1. Nellie L., b. Oct. 1878, married Eddie Raydon. 2. Fred L., b. Oct. 26, 1880. 3. Roscoe C, b. Sept. 1890. Clinton T., son of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- ried, Sept. 12, 1875, Alice Geneva Gordon. She died in June, 1884, and he married a second wife, whose name I have not learned, and from whom he was divorced. His third wife was Mrs. Lizzie Holmes, daughter of Charles and Emily (Rounds) Jones, of Windham. His children, all by first wife, were: 1. Lillian J., born Mar. 17, 1877. 2. Alice May, born Feb. 22, 1879, d. a young girl. 3. Charles, born Feb. 6, 1881. 4. Sybil, born Oct. 2, 1883. Francis 0. J., son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Martha E., daughter of Simeon Howard (Deer- ing District), where they now (1911) reside. Had one child: 1. William H. H., born Nov. 1, 1853. Louisa M., daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, first, Charles Kimball ; second. John P. Sawyer, son of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer; lived at West- brook. She died June 13, 1910. Children : GENEALOGY 321 1. Clarence, m. Louise Dunn. 2. Hattie, died young. Joseph G., son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, first, Sarah Manchester. She was born Apr. 22, 1836, and died in Portland, June 3, 1872. He then married Lizzie A. N., daughter of Rev. David Newell of Gorham. He was a carpenter and builder ; lived several years in Portland, after- wards in Little Falls, and died there Apr. 1, 1902. By his first wife he had one child: 1. Charles F., born Aug. 15, 1859 ; married Emily Z. Chad- well, of Windham; died July 21, 1882. Had children all of whom died young. William, son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Jennie L. Cartland. She died Feb. 27, 1868. and he married Eunice E. Mosher of Gorham. He died at Brunswick, Me., several years ago. She died Jan. 11, 1904. Children: 1. Cora, died young. 2. Ernest A., born Feb. 1868. These were both his first wife's children. Elbridge S., son of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, June 28. 1864, Elizabeth A., daughter of ]\Iarius and Judith (Partridge) Day of Bristol, Me. She died Aug. 16, 1908. They had three children : 1. Fred, born June 28, 1869. 2. Joseph P., born Oct. 22, 1872. 3. Maude E., born Sept. 20, 1874; married Albert Robinson; lives in Medford, Mass. Children, Marion Elizabeth; Donald E. Elizabeth E., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married, Nov. 1859, Nelson, son of Daniel and Hannah (Crague) Mayberry of Windham. They lived, first on his father's farm, afterwards moved to Cumberland INIills where he died ]\Iar. 2. 1905. Have three children, as follows: 1. Frank E., m. Helen K. Hall. 2. Edwin T., born Apr. 11, 1866, m. Helen Woodman. 3. Willard B., born Jan. 1, 1877. Abbie M., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 322 WINDHAM IN THE PAST married Isaiah Leighton of Westbrook, Me. She died ]\Iar. 2, 1910. Their children were: 1. Jennie A., married Ashton Leighton of Portland. 2. Emma E., died when about 16 years of age. 3. Martha E.. died an infant. 4. Bertha L. 5. Claire. Aurelia A., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Mahlon A. Jordan of Westbrook, Me. He died Sept. 17, 1903, aged about 45 years. They had no children. Andrew T., son of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, married Florence, daughter of George and Berthenia (Manches- ter) Heath of Little Falls. He is a carpenter, resides at West- brook. Has two children : 1. Harold H. 2. Percival T. George M., son of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, married Ellen W^entworth of Brunswick, Me. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1868. He first taught school ; was principal of Gorham Seminary, and also at West- brook Seminary. He then studied divinity and became pastor of a- Unitarian church at Dorchester, from there he went to Leominster where he was pastor several years. He died July 18, 1914 ; is buried at Leominster. His children were : 1. Mary, died July 2, 1896, aged 27 years; unmarried. 2. Claire. 3. Margaret. Emily J., daughter of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, married Melville Johnson of Gorham, Me. He is a farmer and lives at South Gorham. Their children were: 1. Katie, born Nov. 1, 1875, m. George E. Robinson. 2. Harold, born May 4, 1877; d. Oct. 3, 1898; unmarried. 3. Edward, born Oct. — 1879, m., Dec. 18, 1901, Ada L. Rock of Westbrook, Me. 4. Mary, born Apr. 9, 1882. 5. Esther, born Jan. 25, 1884. 6. Philip, born Oct. 31, 1887. GENEALOGY 323 7. George, born July 8, 1889. 8. Herbert, born "Slav. 18, 1891. Henry W., son of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, married Ella Snow. Lives in Boston. Has one child : 1. Wesley. Edward, son of John A. and Esther (Harmon) Bodge, mar- ried Aug. 1874, Deborah D. McLeod, a native of the British Provinces. He is a farmer and lives in Gorham, near the Standish line. They have three children : 1. Gertrude, born Feb. 13, 1876. 2. John D., born Mar. 18, 1881. 3. George M., born Jan. 5, 1893. Harriet A., daughter of Eunice R. (Bodge) and her first husband Joseph Hawkes, mai-ried, first. James Baxter Smith. They had one child: 1. Willie, died Sept. 25, 1864, aged 1 year, 9 months. She married for a second husband Levi E. Weymouth of Portland. They have two children: 1. ]\Iary, married William H. Wood. 2. Levi.. Ella M., daughter of William F. and Eunice (Bodge-Hawkes) Sawyer, married George Swett of Westbrook. He is a carpenter and lives at Westbrook. They have one child : 1. Bertha. Edgar F., son of William F. and Eunice R. (Bodge-Hawkes) Sawyer, married Gertrude Govv^en of Westbrook. He was a farmer ; died in 1885 ; had no children. William H., son of Francis 0. J. and Martha (Howard) Bodge, married, :\Iay 1, 1882, Lucy Smith, daughter of Osmyn Smith of Bethel, Me. He died Dec. 21. 1895; lived at Morrill's Corner, Westbrook. Children: 1. James H. H., born Feb.. 18, 1885. 2. Francis 0. J., born Jan. 12, 1888. 3. John L. L., born Mar. 13, 1889. 4. Wilfred P., born May 7, 1890, d. Apr. 3, 1891. 5. William H. H., born July 7, 1894. 324 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Martha E., born May 19, 1896. Charles F., son of Joseph G. and Sarah (Manchester) Bodge, married Emily Z. Chadwell of Windham. Lived at Little Falls. Had two children : 1. Joseph C, born Mar. 20, 1880, d. Aug. 20, 1881. 2. Alice, d. July 3, 1887. Clarence, son of John P. and Louise ^I. (Bodge) Sawyer, married Louise Dunn of Westbrook. Resides at Cumberland Mills. Has one child, John Philip. Fred, son of Elbridge S. and Elizabeth (Day) Bodge, mar- ried, Dec. 22, 1892, Lottie, daughter of James and Charlotte (Lovitt) Guptill, of Gorham. Has one child: 1. Wilbur G., born Nov. 1, 1894. Joseph P., son of Elbridge S. and Elizabeth (Day) Bodge, married, Oct. 24, 1900, Julia E. Plummer of Brunswick. He is a physician ; resides in Portland ; has one child. Mary, daughter of Edwin and Esther (Haskell) Bodge, mar- ried, Jan. 1, 1895. Eugene, son of John and Maria (Cobb) Hawkes of Gorham. He is a painter ; lives at Little Falls. Children : 1. Esther Maria, born July 20, 1895. 2. Edwin Percy. 3. El win. BOLTON Thomas Bolton, ancestor of the Windham and Gorham fami- lies of that name, came from the North of Ireland. Among his fellow-passengers was IMary McLellan, a sister of Hugh, of Gor- ham, and James McLellan of Saeo. She had married in Ireland a man named Crague, who had a son. John, by a former mar- riage. The family started from Ireland for this country, some- where about the year 1729 or 1730. During the voyage Mr. Crague, whose first name is not recorded, died, leaving his widow with two children, Jane or Jenny, as she was called, and Hugh, together with John by his first w^ife. Shortly after the ship arrived in Boston, Bolton married jNIrs. Crague and came to Portland, Me. He appears to have been a man of some means, and, after remaining there for some time, he exchanged his prop- GENEALOGY 325 erty for land in Windham and moved with his family to his newly purchased land. The Gorham History says, "This was before the year 1747." However, the report of the Proprietors' committee, made in 1759, locates him on Home Lot No. 52 ; with "a house rotten down," in 17-41. So it appears that he must have come before 1747. He also owmed Lot No, 54 in 1742. The Gorham History also remarks, that he had a garrison house on Lot 52, during the Indian war. This is a mistake ; the garrison house was on Home Lot 53 and belonged to his son, William. We have no record of the marriage of Thomas Bolton and Mary Crague, but their children were : 1. William, born in Portland, Apr. 15, 1731. 2. IMary, born , 1733, married , 1760, Robert Millions of Windham. 3. ]\Iartha, married Capt. Richard Mayberry of Windham, Feb. 21, 1756 ; died at the age of 90 years. William, son of Thomas and Mary (JMcLellan-Crague) Bol- ton, married. Mar. 17, 1757, Rachel, daughter of Thomas Haskell of Falmouth. She was born July 12, 1730, and died Nov. 7, 1812. He died Oct. 12, 1787. They had eleven children: 1. Thomas, born Feb. 25, 1758 ; died June 18, 1793 ; mar- ried, Jan. 24, 1782, Hannah Crockett. 2. William, born Jan. 1, 1760; died July 18, 1761 ; married Ann Webb, Jan. 5, 1780. 3. Sarah, born June 18, 1761 ; died Aug. 28, 1850 ; married, May 10, 1787, Edward Webb, of Gorham. 4. John, born Oct. 2, 1762 ;.died June 17, 1812 ; if married, left no children. 5. Peter, born June 2, 1764; married, :Mar. 19, 1787, Re- becca Cobb ; lived in Windham. 6. Anna, born May 1, 1766 ; died December 25, 1836 ; un- married. 7. James, born July 23, 1768; married. Mar. 10, 1796, Elizabeth Pettingal; went to N. Y. 8. Mary, born Aug. 14, 1770 ; died June 22, 1868 ; married, Apr. 10, 1794, Daniel Haskell of Windham. 9. Rachel, born Nov. 16, 1772, died Feb. 14, 1786. 10. Elizabeth, born Apr. 4, 1775, married Levi Estes. 11. Solomon, born Mar. 9, 1778, died Mar. 14, 1793. 326 WINDHAM IN THE PAST BRACKBTT Jeremiah Braekett, son of Capt. Joshua Braekett, was born in Gorham and came to "Windham, when a young man. He married, Mar. 24, 1816, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Cobb)) Cloudman of Gorham. He settled on a farm near the schoolhouse in District No. 9, where he spent his long life. He died Dec. 27, 1869, aged 74 years. His wife died Sept. 18, 1881, aged 81 years. His children were as follows : 1. Thomas, born July 26, 1816 ; died Dec. 24, 1885 ; married Martha, daughter of John and Martha (Stevens) Trott. He moved to Gorham and died in that town. His wife died in West- brook, Feb. 28, 1900, aged 83 years, 7 months. Had children. 2. John L., born 1827, married Caroline Moore. He was a manufacturer and trader in Portland, and died there, Oct. 4, 1907, aged 80 years, 7 months. Had one child, a son, named Charles. 3. Charles, born 1830; went aw^ay many years ago and has not been heard from since. 4. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 5. Melville Q., born Mar. 14, 1843, married, first, Hannah M. Mills of Oldtown, Me. ; second, Louise Mayberry, who died Feb. 22, 1899. By his first wife he had one child, Amelia F. There were no children by the second marriage. Mr. Braekett is a very ingenious mechanic, and noted for the excellency of this work ; lives at Little Falls, on Gorham side of the river. BROWN The ancestor of this Windham family was Ezra Brown. His origin has been a matter of question among his descendants, some claiming Rehoboth, INIass., as his birthplace. While this may be true, it cannot now be verified. It seems more than likely that he was a descendant of that John Brown, who was the first settler of Bristol, Me., in 1625, by virtue of a deed from that famous old chieftain, Samoset. It is also a matter of his- torical record that John Brown and Edward Bateman purchased of Robin Hood, another Indian chief, the territory then com- prised in the present town of Woolwich, Me. ; and the old records of that town state that Ezra Brown married Mary Boobier, of Georgetown, and moved to New Marblehead. Woolwich, was GENEzVLOGY 327 then a precinct of Georgetown. Of course this is simply con- jecture, but, in the absence of any positive proof, it seems to us to be the most likely solution of the matter. The first notice which we find of him in Windham is in 1750, wiiere he appears as a settler on Home Lot No. 59, in the first division of ten-acre lots. This had been originally drawn by Thomas Frothingham, a hatter of old Marblehead, and one of the grantees of Windham. JNIr. Brown also owned No. 21 in the first division of one hundred-acre lots, and here he was shot and instantly killed by Chief Polin, on May 14, 1756. His widoAv afterwards became the second wife of Eleazer Chase, and they moved to Buckfield, Me., and died there. The children of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, were as follows : 1. William, born , in Georgetown. 2. Ezra, born Apr. 3. 1750, in Windham. 3. Amos, born Mar. 3, 1752, in Windham ; went to Buckfield, and died there in 182-4. 4. Lydia, born 1755, in Windham. Ezra, son of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, was born Apr. 3, 1750. He married, Oct. 21, 1773, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graifam. He was a man of marked ability, and was much in public life. In 1797, he rep- resented Windham, in the General Court of Massachusetts, and was selectman for eighteen years. He was also instrumental in abolishing the union between church and state, a system that had been a prime factor in the New England economy from time immemorial. He died, respected by all. Mar. 31, 1826. He was twice married. His first wife, Sarah (Graff am) Brown, died Dec. 12, 1797 ; and, on Mar. 26, 1799, he married Sarah Barker of Windham. His children by first wife were : 1. Lois B., born July 31, 1774. 2. Ezra, born Dec. 22, 1775. 3. Joseph, born Oct. 16, 1777, 4. Mary, born Mar. 26, 1779. 5. William, born Aug. 22, 1782. 6. Caleb, born Aug. 17, 1784. 7. Sarah, born Jan. 31, 1786. 8. Peter, born Dec. 19, 1788. 328 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 9. Rebecca, born Aug. 5, 1790. Children by second wife : 1. Amos, born ]\Iay 6, 1802. 2. Ephraim, born July 15, 1804. 3. Lydia, born June 9, 1806. 4. Lois, born Mar. 30, 1809. 5. Hannah, born , 1811. Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, mar- ried, Apr. 6, 1780, George, son of Thomas and Mary ( ) Thomas of Gorham. He was born about 1745, and died Apr. 28, 1821, aged 76 years. She died May 13, 1822, aged 67. They are buried in the cemetery at Fort Hill, Gorham, near where they first settled. They had nine children: 1. Betty, born Mar. 1, 1781. 2. Ezra, born May 18, 1782 ; d. June 10, 1818 ; unmarried. 3. Mary, born Dec. 10, 1783, m. Jacob Emerson, of Harrison. 4. William, born Feb. 13, 1787; m., first, Mar. 18, 1817, Sally Plaisted ; second, Hannah Plaisted. 5. Amos, born Oct. 30, 1788; m.. Mar. 29, 1810, Abigail Higgins; settled in Harrison, Me. 6. Eunice, born Dec. 20, 1790; m., Dec. 5, 1820, Joseph Plaisted ; settled in Harrison. 7. Mehitable, born Dec. 7, 1792 ; m., John Johnson of Har- rison ; settled in that town. 8. Lydia, born Nov. 22, 1795; m., Sept. 24, 1821, Jeremiah Staples of Buxton, j\Ie. 9. Nancy, born June 3, 1799 ; m , 1821, Zebulon Johnson ; lived in Harrison. Lois B., daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- ried, May 22, 1796, Daniel, son of David and Sarah (Millett) Purinton; settled first in Windham; afterwards in Gorham. Had children, as follows: 1. Ezra, born May 8, 1797, disappeared. 2. David, born ]\Iay 1, 1800, m., first, Elizabeth Warren; second, Apphia Shaw. 3. Peter, born Sept. 11, 1801, m. Harriet Crockett. 4. Sally, born Aug. 31, 1804, m. Woodbury Rand, 5. Mary, born Feb. 27, 1806, m. Joseph C. Larry. GENEALOGY • 329 Ezra, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, Dec. 30, 1797, Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell of Windham. She was born May 21, 1777, and died Oct. 25, 181:1. He married for a second wife Hannah Higgins of Standish, Me. Children, all by first wife : 1. Joshua L., born Mar. 27, 1803. 2. Sally. Joseph, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, Nov. 5, 1801, Betty, daughter of George and Lydia (Brown) Thomes of Gorham. This can hardly be regarded as a "love match," as, on the day the interesting event was to transpire, Mr. Brown said to a near neighbor, "I had rather go to the halter than to marry Betty." However, the ceremony took place, as advertised, and the happy couple located on a farm in Windham, near Great Falls, and appear to have done their part tow^ards increasing the population of his native township, as will appear further on. He died Sept. 29, 1828, aged 68. His wife Betty's translation took place Nov. 29, 1863, at the ripe age of 84 years. They are buried in the Mayberry Cemetery, near where they lived and died. They had children, as follows: 1. George, born May 4, 1803. 2. Samuel, born July 25, 1805, d. Oct. 1, 1821. 3. Amos, born Aug. 11, 1807. 4. Ira, born July 17, 1809 ; d. May 4, 1871 ; a deaf mute. 5. William, born Jan. 2, 1812. 6. Peter, born Sept. 14, 1815, d. Aug. 2, 1822. 7. Isaiah, born June 13, 1818, d. Jan. 12, 1844. 8. Sarah, born Jan. 8, 1821, d. Nov. 2, 1840. ]\Iary, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- ried, Oct. 30, 1796, Ephraim, son of Capt. Ephraim and Eliza- beth (Harding) Smith of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls, where he died, Aug. 29, 1825. She died May 19, 1849. Had the following children: 1. Nancy, born May 12, 1797; m., in 1815, George Hacker, from whom she was divorced ; v/ent to Portland and died there. 2. Sarah G., born July 27, 1799 ; m., Dec. 16, 1818, Daniel H. Frost ; died Apr. 29, 1831. 330 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Elizabeth H., born July 17, 1801; m., Oct. 11, 1823, Alexander Pray; died Feb. 24, 1826. 4. Rebecca, born July 15, 1803, d. Nov. 1, 1823. 5. Ezra, born June 29, 1805, d. Oct. 26, 1826. 6. Lois, born July 9, 1807 ; second wife of Alexander Pray; d. May 27, 1832. 7. Peter B., born May 20, 1811; d. June , 1847; un- married. 8. Samuel, born Mar. 1, 1814; d. July 20, 1850; unmarried. 9. Emeline, born Dec. 24, 1816; m., Aug. 9, 1840, her cousin, Ezra Brown of Windham ; died July 29, 1848. 10. William, born Mar. 18, 1820 ; m. Margaret Murch ; died Apr. 14, 1860. 11. Albion E., born Jan. 29, 1824; d. Sept. 25, 1851; un- married. William, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, Jan. 6, 1805, Hannah, daughter of William and Keziah (Han- son) Elder of AVindham. He was born Aug. 22, 1782, and died Dec. 16, 1851. She was born May 2, 1784 ; died Mar. 21, 1849. They are interred in the Brown Cemetery at South Windham. He was much in public life, being selectman in 1819, 1820. 1822, 1823, 1824, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1830 and 1837. He was Town Clerk in 1822, and a justice of the peace for many years. He was universally respected by young and old. Had the following children : 1. William E., born Apr. 8, 1806. 2. Ezra, born June 20, 1809. 3. Keziah H., born Sept. 5, 1811; d. July 8, 1883; un- married. 4. Lois G., )born Apr. 22, 1820, d. Feb. 5, 1854. 5. Sarah G.,Jborn Apr. 22, 1820, d. Sept. 23, 1820. 6. Hannah E.. born Nov. 3, 1826. Sarah, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- ried, Dec. 25, 1803, Zebulun, son of James and Patience (Hun- newell) Pray of Windham. Settled in Albion, Me., where it is said they left descendants. Caleb, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married and settled in eastern Maine ; nothing is known about this family. GENEALOGY 331 Rebecca, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Grraffani) Brown, married, July 26, 1807, Josiah AVaterhouse, then of Standish, Me. He disappeared, leaving her with four children, and she afterwards became the second wife of Samuel Elder of Gorham. He died Sept. 22, 1860, aged 79. She died at Little Falls, June 6, 1875, aged 85 years. Children, all by first husband : 1. Sarah, died unmarried. 2. Harriet, 2d wife of Jonathan Loveitt. 3. Freeman, disappeared. 4. Peter B., married ]\Iartha Thurlow. Amos, son of Ezra and his second wife, Sarah (Barker) Brown, entered his intention of marriage with Abigail H. Swett of Gorham, Dec. 13, 1827. He settled in Oxford County, Me., and died there. Had children, one of whom was adopted by Eliakim Nason, of North Windham, and he is known as Leroy B. Nason. Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Barker) Brown, after living single until past middle age, was twice married. Her first husband w^as Joseph Shaw of Standish, who went to heaven, or elsewhere, in a few years; and she chose a second consort in the person of one Eben bloody, likewise of Standish. He, too, went the way of all mundane things; and she gave up the quest of further connubial felicity and departed this life. Mar. 3, 1899, at the ripe age of 93 years. Joshua L., son of Ezra 3d, and Sarah (Lowell) Brown, mar- ried, Dec. 14, 1828, Betsey Hawkes of Windham. He died Mar. 25, 1882. She was born Apr. 14, 1803 ; died Oct. 20, 1879. He was a shoemaker and carried on that business all his life. Lived for several years at Little Falls, and died there. He and his wife are buried in Hillside Cemetery. Their children : 1. Lendall, born Oct. 17, 1830. 2. Daniel S., born May 16, 1832. 3. Rebecca H., born Oct. 11, 1834. 4. Charles R., born May 26, 1836. Sarah (or Sally), daughter of Ezra 3d and Sarah (Lowell) Bromi, married, Feb. 17, 1831, Orren Smith of Hollis, Me. Had one child: 1. William, born Dec. 21, 1831. 332 WINDHAM IN THE PAST William E., son of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married, June 29, 1829, Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah A. (Higgins) Frost of Gorham. He died Sept. 29, 1851. She was born Nov, 7, 1807, but I can find no record of her death. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls. Had four children: 1. Sarah E., born Aug. 24, 1831. 2. Harriet F., born July 15, 1836, d. July 2-4, 1837. 3. Ann M., born July 12, 1838. 4. William H., born Apr. 28, 1840. Ezra, son of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married, Aug. 9, 1840, his cousin, Emeline H., daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Brown) Smith of Gorham. She died July 29, 1848. He- died Oct. 9, 1858. He owned a large and valuable farm near Little Falls and was an active and influential citizen. He was Selectman in 1845, 1846, 1849 and 1850. He was Representa- tive to the State Legislature in 1842, 1843 and 1856. He was highly respected by all who knew him. He and his wife and children are buried in the Brown Cemetery. Had two children, as follows: 1. Mary A., born in 1841; d. June 5, I860; unmarried. 2. Emeline, died Nov. 13, 1843 ; an infant. Lois G., daughter of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married Freeman Brown of Raymond. It is believed that they were in no way related; lived on her father's farm and died there, Feb. 5, 1854. Had no children. Hannah E., daughter of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married Hazen H. Whittier. He was born at Methuen, Mass., Nov. 14, 1829, died in Windham, Apr. 9, 1884. She died Sept. 20, 1890. They, with all their children, are buried in the Brown Cemetery. Lived on her father's farm near Little Falls. Had four children: 1. Mary Ella, May 23, 1857; d. in Westbrook, Aug. 12, 1894; unmarried. 2. Hannah J., born Jan. 30, 1859, d. same year. 3. William B., born Apr. 26, 1862. 4. Ezra H. B., born Apr. 17, 1866; d. Oct. 16, 1892; un- married. GENEALOGY 333 William, son of Orren and Sally (Brown) Smith, married, Mar. 31, 1851, Sarah A. Libby of Standish, Me. She was born Jan. 10, 1828, and died May 15, 1869 ; and he married Ella J., daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Latham) Bragdon of Wind- ham. She is now deceased. He was, for many years, an em- ployee of the Oriental Powder Co. at Gambo; but, after the death of his second wife, he went to live with his children at Westbrook. He became depressed in mind, which resulted in insanity and, on April 26, 1900, he committed suicide by hang- ing. Children by first wife: 1. Mary Jane, born Feb. 19, 1853. 2. Rosetta, born Dec. 18, 1854. 3. Arthur L., born Sept. 25, 1859. Children by second wife: 1. Walter W., born Dec. 10, 1872. 2. Sarah E., born Oct. 18, 1876. Sarah E., daughter of William E. and Elizabeth (Frost) Brown, married, Apr. 21, 1851. Eli, son of Peter and Enice (Whitney). Lived in (rorham. Their children: 1. William E., born Dec. 20, 1851, d. July 27, 1853. 2. Mary E., born Dec. 2, 1853. 3. Charles E., born Mar. 20, 1856. 4. Fred E., born June 13, 1857. Amos, son of Joseph and Betty (Thomes) Brown, married Mehitable Wing. He died June 30, 1868. She died Feb. 17, 1872, aged 66 years. He was a farmer and lived on the place now (1904) owned by W. H. McLellan, on Gorham side of Pre- sumpscot River, near Little Falls. They are buried in Hillside Cemetery. He was somewhat eccentric, but an honest, upright man and a good citizen. Had no children. William, son of Joseph and Betty (Thomes) Brown, married, May 22, 1844, Sarah J. Brackett, of Westbrook. He died July 23, 1895. She died Dec. 19, 1892. He was a farmer and lived near Fort Hill, Gorham and died there. In 1839, for some reason never explained, he procured an act of Legislature and changed his name to Ezra Thomes. Had two children : 1. Llewellyn T., born Apr. 2, 1846 ; m. Rebecca Elliott ; lives on his father's place. 334 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Samuel B., born Apr. 22, 1853; is a physician; lives in Portland, Me. Lendall, son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married Evelyn, daughter of Almery and Betsey (Butterfield) Hamblen of Gorham. She was born June li, 1842, and is now (1904) living in Minneapolis, Minn. He died June 23, 1893, aged 62 years. Was a shoemaker and worked at that trade more or less until his death. Had children. 1. Herbert, lives in Minnesota. 2. Ella, is married and lives in Minnesota. Daniel S., son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married, Apr. 29, 1868, Ellen, daughter of Timothy D. and Catharine (Dingly) Burnham, of Gorham, formerly of Casco, Me. ; resided at Little Falls ; was a farmer and gardener. Had two children : 1. Alice, born Nov. 30, 1871 ; m. Frank E. Hall. 2. Lendall, born Nov. 15, 1874; is a physician at No. Ber- wick. Charles, son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married, Oct. 30, 1877, Mrs. Maggie McDavitte. He was a physician ; lived in Lynn, Mass. ; died Mar. 21, 1907. Had no children. Rebecca R., daughter of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, married, Dec. 7, 1864, Dr. Nathan R. Morse, of Salem, Mass. ; lives in that city. Has four children : 1. Charles. 2. Henry. 3. George. 4. Ellen. Mary E., daughter of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, married, June 29, 1870, Lothrop Files of Gorham. Had the following children : 1. William E., died in infancy. 2. William E. 3. Mabel L. 4. Annie L, 5. Fred W. GENEALOGY 335 Charles E., son of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, mar- ried, in 1879, Emma Thompson. Had one child: 1. Everett. Fred E., son of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) "Whitney, married, June 30, 1881, Fannie L. Cash. Had one child: 1. Hattie M., born May 19, 1883. William B., son of Hazen H. and Hannah E. (Brown) Whit- tier, married, Nov. 16, 1889, Fannie M. Gamman. He died June 29, 1890. Had one child: 1. Percy William, born Sept. 6, 1890. From the old records of Windham, we learn that Ezra Brown, the first, had two brothers who either came here at the same time that he did or shortly afterwards. • Their names were Amos and William, Amos married, Sept. 1768, Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Ephraim Winship ; and, on May 15, 1775, he enlisted for three years in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., and was killed at the Battle of Hubbardstown. Of his children, if any, we are not informed. William, brother of the above, appears to have settled, after the Indian wars, at Presumpscot Lower Falls, and I have not been able to learn anything whatever about him. WILLIAM CAMPBELL Where this early settler came from, we have never been able to ascertain. The first notice we find of him occurs in the church records, under date of Apr. 22, 1754:. He then lived on a farm on the easterly side of Canada Hill, where it appears lie had a wife named Eachel, and the church book gives the following as their children : 1. A child not named, born Apr. 22, 1754. 2. Mary, born Feb. 26, 1758. 3. William, baptized by Rev. Peter T. Smith, Apr. 18, 1765. Mr. Smith adds to the record of baptism that Mrs. Campbell died five days before. On May 19th Mr. Campbell, married a second wife, whose name was Elizabeth Brawn, then of Windham ; and we find the following entry in the church book, dated Oct. 30, 336 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1785 : ' ' Baptized Elizabeth the wife of William Campbell, Jane, Lydia, Loranna, Joel Pike and Betty the children of William and Elizabeth Campbell." They also had a son named James, who married Peggy (or Margaret) Hendly, widow of Nathaniel ]\Iugford in 1831, (intention entered on the AVindham Records, Apr. 15th of that year.) This name is recorded as Campbell, Cambel, Camble and Camel. The family has been extinct in Windham for many years. CARTLAND John Cartland was the son of Charles and Mariam (Robin- son) Cartland of Parsonsfield, Me., and was born in that town Nov. 30, 1820. He married Oct. 29, 1845, Nancy, daughter of Rufus and Jane Millikin, also of Parsonsfield. She was born Oct. 30, 1823. He was a well-known Quaker minister and died in Windham, Dec. 4, 1902, aged 82 years, 4 days. He came with his family to Windham and purchased the farm, formerly owned by Josiah S. Allen near Pleasant River, where he died at the above date. Children as follows: 1. Rufus. 2. Martha J., born May 1, 1849. 3. Miriam, born Feb. 1, 1851. 4. Mary E., born Apr. 25, 1855. 5. Lizzie A., born Nov. 30, 1857. 6. William, born Jan. 5, 1860. 7. Abbie D., born Oct. 19, 1863. 8. Emma, born Sept. 1, 1866. CHADBOURNE Joseph Chadbourne came here about the year 1790. He was a descendant of Humphy Chadbourne, who was a native of York Co., Me. He settled on a farm on the Duck Pond Road, about one mile from the old Province Fort ; and here he built a large two-story house, which stood deserted and decayed as late as 1845. He was also a lumberman and, from a peculiar mark which he placed on his logs, was always known as "Old Crow- foot." He appears to have been an active, energetic man and accumulated a considerable fortune. The author of ' ' Two Tons of Chadbournes, " which appeared in the "Portland Sunday GENEALOGY 337 Telegram" of Jan. 15, 1911, says that Joseph Chadbourne mar- ried Lucy Berry, but the following entry on the Windham records seems to contradict his statement: "]Mr. Joseph Chad- bum, and ]\Iiss Lucy Grant Boath of Windham Intend ^larriage. Abram Osgood, Town Clerk." Oct. 23, 1790. We find that the above parents had three children born in Windham, as follows: 1. Benjamin, born June 22, 1791. 2. Timothy, born Mar. 14, 1793. 3. Lewis, born June 8, 1803. Possibly there were other children born here, but these are all that appear on the records, and I am inclined to think that Mr. Chadbourne sold his property in Windham and moved else- where, about 1804. CHASE Eleazer Chase was an early settler in Windliam. He married Jane, daughter of Samuel Elder, and settled on Home Lot No. 58, as early as 1750. He probably came from Standish to this town. He and his wife Jane had four children : 1. Nathaniel, born July 14, 1750. 2. Joshua, born Feb. 25, 1752. 3. Mary, born Apr. 10, 1755. 4. Isaac, born Dec. 12, 1757. Mrs. Jane Chase died about 1762, and Mr. Chase married for his second wife I\Irs. Mary, widow of Ezra Brown, who was killed by Chief Polin, in 1756. They had a son, Joseph, baptized in Oct., 1766. The lot was the right of William Goodwin, one of the original grantees, of whom :\Ir. Chase purchased it. In 1759, the Committee of Investigation report that ]\Ir. Chase had a house and nine acres cleared on this lot. He appears to have lived here until his children grew up. In March, 1781, his oldest son, Nathaniel, accompanied by Amos Brown and Daniel Crockett all of Windham, started in the early morning for Buckfield intending to settle in that town. It is said there was 338 WINDHAM IN THE PAST a hard crust on the snow, that they each had their clothing, guns and provisions loaded on hand-sleds, and that they traveled forty miles that day. These men were among the first settlers in that town, and all had families. In one year Nathaniel Chase had cleared twelve acres of land and built a comfortable log house, into which he moved his father and mother in 1782. He gave them the lot and took up a hundred acres near by, and here he died, it is said at the age of 91 years. Nathaniel Chase was a Baptist preacher and was said to have been the first one in that vicinity. He married a wife belonging to his native town, as we find on the records the following entry : "Aug. 23, 1783, ]\Ir. Nathaniel Chase of a place called Buck- town and ^liss Rhoda Ellet of Windham, Intend ^Marriage. — Richard Dole, Town Clerk." Eleazer Chase served 3 years during the Revolutionary War ; he was a private in Capt. Richard ^Nlayberry's Co., Benjamin Tupper's 11th Mass. Regt. Nathaniel Chase is also credited with 9 months, 10 days' service, but we do not know in what Co. or Regt. HIRAM CHASE He came from Waterborough, Me., where he was born, July 4, 1804. He died here Feb. 16. 1888. He married Jan. 19, 1829, Mary J., daughter of Hezekiah and Sally Smith. His wife died Jan. 26, 1885. He was a farmer and lived near the Adventist church in the south jiart of the town ; and on this farm they both died, having spent long and useful lives. They had two childdren, as follows: 1. Lorenzo T.. born Dec. 25, 1829. 2. Nancy B., born June 24, 1832, married May 8, 1853, George Hawkes. Lorenzo T., son of Hiram and ]\Iary J. (Smith) Chase, mar- ried ]\Iary A., daughter of John and ^lartha M. (Mayberry) Webb, Nov. 25, 1855. He died Sept. 28, 1910; lived in Portland. Children : 1. Edward M., born Mar. 18, 1860, deceased. 2. Martha J., born Dee. 3, 1864, m. Dr. Patterson. GENEALOGY 3'39 CLOUDMAN Nathan Cloudman was the son of Jesse and Hannah (Swett) Cloudman and was born in Gorham, Aug. 12, 1799. He came to Windham, when a young man, and settled on a farm near the schoolhouse in District No. 9, where he lived and died. He niarried ]March, 1826, (intention entered ]Mar. 3d of that year), Elizabeth, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison of Windham. Children : 1. Abigail L.. born Oct. 29, 1827, married William R. P. Cross of Portland, and died in that city Apr. 12, 1895. Had four children. 2. Ann, born June 29. 1829. She was twice married. Her first husband was Jason ]\Iiller, who died in Oct., 1882, aged 49 years. Her second husband was Joseph Moore of Casco. He died about 1886. She died July 26, 1909; no children. CHUTE The first American ancestor of this family was Lionel Chute, born in Dedham, Essex County, England, in 1580. He married Rose, daughter of Robert Baker (or Barker) about 1610, and had children born in England. 1. James, baptized Feb. 3, 1613. 2. Nathaniel, born about 1613, died in ^Mass. in 1640. 3. Mary, baptized Nov. 23, 1619. Lionel Chute emigrated to this country in 1634. He settled in Ipswich, Mass., and became the schoolmaster of that ancient settlement, first known as Agawam. He made his will in 1644, in which quaint document he calls himself "Lionell Chute of ye town of Ipswich, (Schoolmaster)." He died in 1645, leaving a respectable estate. James Chute, son of Lionel and Rose Chute, brought with his parents to Ipswich, in 1634, married, about 1647. Elizabeth Epps, and had one child : 1. James, born in Ipswich, in 1649, and married ^lary Wood, daughter of William and ^Nlary. He had four children born in Ipswich and five in Byfield parish, Newbury. There were six daughters and three sons. The sons were Lionel, James, and Thomas. 340 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Thomas, the third son of James and ^lary (Wood) Chute, born in Byfield parish, Jan. 30, 1690, had a somewhat checkered career. In his youth he learned the trade of "Tayler, " and evidently pursued that calling for some time in Boston, where he married, on Dec. 11, 1712, Mary Curtice. This ceremony was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D. He had children born there. From Boston he went to Marblehead sometime pre- ^ious to 1724, vs^here we find him busy at his trade of tailoring, keeping a house of entertainment and serving as a deputy sheriff. (For leading facts in Mr. Chute's career in "Windham, see Chapter II.) His wife, Mary (Curtice) Chute, died, according to an entry made by Mr. Chute on the church records, July 30, 1762, aged 70 years, — and he adds, "Greatly lamented not only by her own family, but by all who had acquaintane with her." Thomas and jMary Chute had nine children, all born in Massachusetts. They were as follows: 1. Mary, born Aug. 25, 1713, died soon. 2. James, born Jan. 1, 1715, died in Marblehead, 1730. 3. ]\Iary, born Oct. 30, 1716, died in Boston. 4. Abigail, born June 7, 1718, married a Mr. Cobham. Fal- mouth, Me. 5. Thomas, born July 3, 1720, died young. 6. Edmund, born June 17, 1722, (baptized as "William.") 7. Rebecca, born Jan. 6, 1724; married, Dec. 14, 1743. John Bodge of Windham. 8. I\Iary, born Mar. 27, 1726. 9. Curtis, born Sept. 15, 1728. Curtis, son of Thomas and Mary (Curtice) Chute, born in Marblehead, and baptized there in the first church, Sept. 15, 1729, came with his parents to New Marblehead, in 1739. He married, March 21, 1754, ]\Irs. ^Miriam (Carr) Worcester, widow of Josiah Worcester, and lived in Windham. He was instantly killed by lightning at Portland, June 5, 1767. Had six children : 1. Ruth, born Jan. 12, 1755; married Jeremiah Jordan in Windham, (intention entered July 29, 1775) ; had nine children; died Apr. 16, 1803. GENEALOGY 341 2. James, born Apr. 9, 1757, died young. 3. Josiah, born June 2, 1759. 4. Thomas, born Feb. 19, 1762. 5. James, born Mar. 17, 1764. 6. John, born Apr. 26, 1767. Josiah, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married, Sept. 11, 1781, Mary Noyes of Portland. He served with honor in the Revolution, was at the Battle of Hubbardton, where he was wounded in the shoulder Ijy a musket ball, and at the Battle of Monmouth ; spent the winter of 1777-8, at Valley Forge. He was honorably discharged, Dec. 12, 1779, and returned to his home in Windham, where, for several years, he was a trusted officer of the town. Ue died Oct. 21, 1834. His wife, Mary, died Nov. 19, 1843, aged 80 years. Children: 1. Curtis, born Dec. 15, 1782. 2. David, born Dec. 10, 1784, died at Point au Petre, Guadeloupe, W. I., Aug. 1, 1810. 3. Polly (or Mary), born Oct. 21, 1786; married Joseph Noyes, (intention entered Aug. 13, 1803.) 4. Josiah, born Sept. 11, 1789. 5. Nancy, born Oct. 28, 1792. 6. James, born June 28, 1796, died Jan. 9, 1798. 7. Dorcas, born July 9, 1799, m. Isaac Cobb. 8. Susan Osgood, born Nov. 19, 1802. 9. George W., born May 4, 1805 ; died Nov. 23, 1882 ; un- married. Thomas, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married Mary ]\Iayberry in 1782, (intention entered Nov. 22, 1782). She was the daughter of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry. He had a decided taste for military life, and was Colonel of Militia during the War of 1812, and later Sheriff of Cumber- land County. He died Sept. 4, 1816. Children: 1. Francis, born May 15, 1783. 2. Sally, born June 5, 1785, married Robert Loveitt, June 5, 1803. 3. William Carr, born Feb. 12, 1788. 4. James, born Mar. 1790, died July 15, 1791. 5. Fanny, born ]\Iay 12, 1792; married David Proctor, Sept. 19, 1813. 342 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Margaret, born Nov. 21. 1794, died Oct. 6, 1802. 7. Daniel, born Feb. 10, 1797. 8. James, born Aug. 12, 1801. 9. Thomas, born Aug. 12, 1803. 10. Curtis, born Oct. 2, 1806, died Oct. 11, 1806. John, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married, Nov. 23, 1793, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Watson) Andrew. He lived in Windham until 1816, when he removed to Naples, Me. There, for many years, he owned and kept the hotel known as the ' ' Elm House, ' ' on the east side of Long Lake ; and here he died, July 25, 1857. aged 90 years, 8 months. His wife died Oct. 22, 1843, aged 71 years. They had the following children, born in Windham : 1. John, born Sept. 22, 1794. 2. Betsey, born Dec. 6, 1795. 3. Abraham W., born June 7, 1797. died Oct. 29, 1874, aged 77 years. 4. Elizabeth, born Feb. 9, 1799. 5. Miriam, born Sept. 25, 1800; married Nathan Church; died May 25, 1862. Mr. Church died Jan. 27, 1873, aged 79 years, 10 months, 11 days. 6. Jonathan Andrew, born Apr. 23, 1811, died in West- port, Missouri ; where he was a practicing physician. His gravestone in the Chute burial ground at Naples bears the fol- lowing inscription: "In memory of J. Anderson Chute, M.D., youngest son of ]\Ir. John Chute who died at Westport, ^Missouri, Oct. 1, 1838, aged 27 years." On the town records he is called Jonathan Alidrew. Curtis, son of Josiah and ^lary Chute, married Susan Noyes of Falmouth, (intention filed Nov. 16, 1805.) Josiah, Jr., son of Josiah and ^lary Chute, married Catharine Clement. He died Feb. 1, 1837, aged 47 years. She died Dec. 13, 1877, aged 77 years, 5 months. They were, we believe, the parents of Joseph C. Chute, who married Sarah S., daughter of James and Hannah (Sylvester) Winslow, lived on the Wins- low place, and died there Jan. 7, 1886, aged 62 years. His wife, Sarah S., died Feb. 7, 1893, aged 66 years. They left a son, Edwin, who now (1912) lives on his father's farm. GENEALOGY 343 Susan, daughter of Josiah and Mary Chute, married, Jan. 1, 1826, Sydney Smith of Portland. Francis, son of Thomas and ^lary (^layberry) Chute, mar- ried Martha Mayberry, June 2, 1805. Daniel, son of Thomas and IMary (Mayberry) Chute, married Bathsheba :\Iayberry, Apr. 21, 1816. William Carr, son of Thomas and Mary (Mayberry) Chute, married Rosanna ^Mayberry, Sept. 10, 1809. CHESLEY Joseph Chesley was an early settler in this town, but where he came from, we are not able to say. The first notice we find of him is Dec. 25, 1766, when he was married to Abigail, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam. She was born in Falmouth (now Portland), Apr. 11, 1744. ]\Ir. Chesley settled on the farm afterwards owned by the late Thomas L. Smith, Esq., and his house stood near the present dwelling. He appears to have been a quiet, industrious man, but little inclined to mingle much in public affairs. No record of his death is known to exist, and the name is now extinct in Windham. He and his wife, Abigail, had eleven children, all born in Windham : 1. Hannah, born July 12, 1768, m. Isaac Elder. 2. Abigail, born Dec. 12, 1770, m. Silas Elder. 3. Isaac, born May 10, 1774; m. Wallace; settled in Westbrook. Had children. 4. Mary, born 1776. 5. Enoch, born Oct. 28, 1778, died Dec. 8, 1850, unmarried. 6. Dorcas, born Feb. 22, 1781, m. Robert Estes. 7. Rebecca, born July 19, 1783, m. Joseph Cobby. 8. Lucy, born Apr. 1786, m. Green. 9. Margaret, born Nov. 1, 1788, m. Wm. Elder. 10. Phebe, probably died young. 11. Moses, born June 12, 1802. COBB The ancestor of all bearing this surname in New England, and doubtless in America, was Henry Cobb, called in the old colonial records. Eld. Henry. He came from Kent Co., Eng- 344 WINDHAM IN THE PAST land, and settled in Barnstable, ]\Iass., in 1632. He was twice married, but the name of only one of his wives has been pre- served. She was Sarah Hinckley, laughter of Samuel and Sarah Hinckley, who came from Tenterden, Kent Co., in 1635. It is not known whether she was the first or second wife of Henry Cobb. He was tlie father of sixteen children, ten by his first wife and six by his second wife. His sixth son, Jonathan, was the ancestor of the Cobbs in "Windham, Westbrook, Portland, and vicinity. He married Hope Hutchins, and they had six children. His eldest son, Samuel, moved to Falmouth, according to Rev. Thomas Smith's Journal, from Middleborough, Mass., in 1717, and settled near Pride's Bridge, on what is still called "Cobb's Lane." His wife's name was Abigail, (maiden name unknown). She died Sept. 1766, aged 80 years. He died in 1767. They had seven children : 1. Chipman, (According to Rev. Dr. Dcane's Diary, he mar- ried, July 1, 1765, "Widow Hall." She was the widow of Ebenezer Hall, who was killed by the Indians at Martinicus Island, June 10, 1757.) They settled in Gorham, Me., and had children. 2. Ebenezer, died 1721, aged 33. 3. Samuel, (Rev. Thomas Smith, calls him "Capt." and says, under date of July 29, 1768, "He moved to New Casco," and further remarks, that he was a great ship-builder, and had two sons, Samuel and William). 4. Peter, born in Falmouth, 1720. 5. James, born 1723, in Falmouth. 6. Hope, married Benjamin Winslow, 1738. 7. Hannah, born in Middleborough, Mass., Apr. 1, 1712; married, first, John Swett; second, Zerubbabel Hunniwell, in 1754. She was Mr. Hunniwell 's second wife and died in Wind- ham, Apr. 24, 1791. He died Aug. 23, 1803, aged 89 years. Peter, son of Samuel and Abigail Cobb, settled in Windham, about the year 1767. His wife's name, we do not know, but their children were: 1. Joseph. 2. Peter. 4. Lydia. GENEALOGY 345 5. Chipman. 6. Thomas. 7. Elizabeth. Peter, son of Peter Cobb, married ^Margaret Crandall, daugh- ter of "Master Crandall," who came to this country from Ire- land, and was a noted schoolmaster. Peter Cobb settled in Westbrook and had nine children, as follows : 1. Philip. 2. Elizabeth. 3. James. 4. Joshua. 5. Solomon. 6. Peter. 7. Asa. 8. Kachel. 9. Elijah. Asa, son of Peter and Margaret (Crandall) Cobb, married, Jan. 1, 1823, Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (Win- ship) Dole of Windham. He was born about 179-i and died June 1, 1875, aged 81 years. She was born Mar. 10, 1796, and died ]\Iar. 19, 1865. They settled on a farm in Westbrook. They had eight children: 1. Albion, born Dec. 24, 1824. 2. Solomon, born July 26, 1826. 3. Apphia D., born May 12, 1828, married Amos Davis of Stan dish. 4. Amos, born Sept. 13, 1830, d. in infancy. 5. Sarah E. D., born Aug. 2", 1833, married Spofford Ben- nett of Denmark, i\Ie. 6. ]\Iary E., born I\Iay 7, 1835, died unmarried. 7. Oliver A., born Mar. 22, 1837. 8. Edgar A., born Sept. 1, 1846. Albion, son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, was a physician. He graduated from the Medical School of I\Iaine in the class of 1851. He married Louise A. Stockman, about 1852. Settled first at Bolster's Mills, in Harrison; afterwards removed to Webb's Mills, Casco. He enlisted Dec. 17, 1862, as Surgeon in the 4th Me. Regt. ; was severely wounded Nov. 6, 1863, at 346 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Bustow's Station. He afterwards served in the regular army as Assistant Surgeon and, from 1864 to 1865, was stationed at Harward Hospital, Washington, D. C. At the end of his term of enlistment, he was honorably discharged and returned to Caseo. Shortly afterwards he moved to ^Mechanic Falls, where he died Oct. 28, 1888. His wife died at Webb's Mills, June 24, 1903. They had children, as follows: 1. Albion Edwin, born July 10, 1853. 2. Carolus Melville, born Mar. 24, 1861. 3. Ernest Osborne, born Oct. 11, 1863, died Mar. 24, 1897. 4. Anson Augustus, born Jan. 31. 1868. These four sons, like their father, were all physicians. Solomon, son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, was a farmer and settled in Westbrook; went from there to Denmark, ]\Ie. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, in Co. H., 17th Me. Regt. ; served until July 2, 1863, when he was wounded in action, by which he lost one hand. He went to the regimental hospital, where he re- mained until his recovery. He was honorably discharged and returned to his home in Maine. After a few years spent as a traveling salesman, he died of disease contracted in the army. We have not the date of his death, but his wife died May 24, 1884. Her name was Abbie Bennett, of Denmark, Me. Their children were: 1. Moses. 2. Orrin E. 3. An infant. 4. Fred B. 5. Mary E. 6. Justus, resided in Saco, Me. Oliver A., son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, married Annie IMaxfield of Stroudwater. He is a man of fine intellectual capacity, and has been connected with the schools of Westbrook as a teacher and officer for a long term of years. He now (1912) resides at Cumberland Mills. Children as follows: 1, Charles M., born Oct. 29, 1866. 2, Alice A., born July 6, 1868 ; married Jame Hawkes ; died Aug. 9, 1908. 3, Grace E., born Nov. 7, 1870, married Lothrop Whelden. GENEALOGY 347 4. Leroy 0., born Oct. 20, 1872, d. Feb. 1909. 5. Henry, born Jan. 23, 1875. Edgar A., son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, married Ella Plaskell. He is a farmer and lives on his father's farm in Westbrook. Had children as follows: 1. Alfred E. 2. Orrinda. 3. John. 4. Apphia. 5. Clement. Apphia, daughter of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, married, Apr. 6, 1853, Amos Davis of Standish, Me. Settled, first in Westbrook; afterwards moved to Gorham, and owned a farm near "White Rock. He enlisted in the Union Army and served nine months; was honorably discharged; returned to Gorham, where he died. Children: 1. Emma L., born June 5, 1854, married Davis Small. 2. Lorenzo, born Apr. 16, 1856, married Delia Hamblen. 3. Charles, born June 17, 1858, married Lizzie Gray. 4. Albert, born July 11, 1860, married Emma Pride. 5. Nathan, born Apr. 18, 1862, married Nellie Leighton. 6. Parsons, born Oct. 6, 1864. 7. Nancy E., born Apr. 21, 1867, married William Grant. 8. Eliza C, born June 4, 1870, married Lawrence Walker. Sarah E. D., daughter of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, mar- ried Spofford Bennett of Denmark, Me. Both are now deceased. We have no connected record of their children, but, so far as we can learn, they were: 1. Arthur W. 2. Asa C. 3. Edgar C, accidentally drowned. 4. Walter, born Sept. 10, 1873 ; lives, it is said, in Denmark, Me. 5. An infant, not named, Charles M., son of Oliver and Annie (Maxfield) Cobb, mar- ried Dec. 25, 1888, Jennie F., daughter of Otis and Vienna fAmes) Hayford of Albany, Me. Child: 1. Guy Oliver, born Dec. 11, 1891. 348 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Joshua, son of Peter and ]\Iargaret (Crandall) Cobb, married Eunice, daughter of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes of Windham, (intention entered on the Windham records Nov. 29, 1822). He was a farmer and settled in Westbrook on the farm afterwards owned by his brother Asa, where he died. His children were: 1. Rachel A., born 1826, married Ryerson Pride, and died 1865. 2. jMargaret, born 1828 ; married James Field ; died June 9, 1892, aged 61. Ephraim, son of Peter, first of the name to settle in Wind- ham, married Sarah Parke of Falmouth. He lived and died on the farm afterwards owned by his son, Elias, and later by his grandson, Charles Cobb. The date of his death, we do not laiow, but he is said to have been quite aged. Neither have we any perfect record of his children, but, so far as we can learn, they were as follows: 1. Lydia, born July 6, 1780, married John Peaco July 6, 1802. 2. Peter, born 1782. 3. William, born 1785. 4. Tamson, married Benjamin Hawkes, Jr., Jan. 6, 1812. 5. Ephraim. 6. Samuel, born 1790. 7. Elias, died young. 8. Elias, born 1790. 9. Dorcas, born 1799, married Ebenezer Hawkes, Jr., Sept. 25, 1818. 10. Timothy. William, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, married Relief, daughter of Jonathan and Hope ■ Cobb. Her father was a grandson of Deacon Samuel, the first. William Cobb settled in Westbrook on the road between the Duck Pond and Pride's Corner, and lived there the most of his life. We was a farmer and butcher and a man of considerable property. He removed to Windham Center and died there, Apr. 13, 1869, aged 84 years. His wife, Relief (or, as the inscription on her grave stone has it, "Lepha") died May 8, 1861, aged 71. They had several children, among them a daughter, Harriet, who died I GENEALOGY 349 in Windham, Mar. 16, 1845, aged 20 years. Of the others, we know nothing. Peter, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, was married three times. His first wife was Sarah Hogdon ; his second, Elizabeth Bangs of Gorham, (intention entered on the Wind- ham records Dec. 28, 1825). His third wife was Sally Hussey of Buckfield, (intention entered Feb. 20, 1836). By his first wife he had three children, as f oIIoavs : 1. Ephraim, born Feb. 26, 1808. 2. Robert H., born 1813. 3. Herman W., born 1824. By his second wife, he had a son, Daniel, born 1826 or 7. By his third wife he had no children. We have no record of his death, but it took place many years ago. Samuel, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, married Mary Leighton. He was by trade a basket maker ; lived all his days in Windham, and died there Aug. 28, 1871, aged 81 years. We have no record of his wife's death. Their children: 1. Nancy, married Arthur Libby. 2. Sarah, married Ephraim Cobb. 3. Huldah, married James Elliott. 4. John. 5. Samuel, Jr. 6. Esther, married, first, James Wescott, second Dyer, and died Aug. 9, 1868, aged 48 years. 7. Dorcas, married Aaron Leighton. Elias, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, entered his intention of marriage with Susan Stevens, Oct. 23, 1825. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens of Windham, and was born in 1806. She died Aug. 23, 1863, aged 57 years. Elias Cobb was a farmer and lived on the farm which he inherited from his father, Ephraim, and was a man highly esteemed by his townsmen and neighbors for his honesty and upright character. He died Aug. 27, 1890, at the ripe age of 94 years, 8 months. Had but one child : 1. Charles, born Aug. 31, 1826. Ephraim, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, married Frink. He lived in Westbrook the greater part of his 350 WINDHAM IN THE PAST life, but afterwards came to Windham. We remember him as a big, burly man, of great physical strength, and a happy-go- lucky disposition, full of queer jokes and comical stories. He had a large family of boys and girls none of whom now reside here. He died in Windham several years ago. Timothy, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, entered his intention of marriage with Betsey Hawkes, Nov. 11, 1815, and they were then both ' ' of Windham ; ' ' but, after marriage, they always lived in Westbrook near the place known as the "Ledges" and died there many years ago. Had a large family of whom we know nothing. Ephraim, son of Peter and Sarah (Hogdon) Cobb, entered his intention of marriage with Sarah M. Cobb. She was his cousin, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Leighton) Cobb. He was a farmer and always lived near his wife's father. He died Dec. 11, 1875. She died June 1, 1900, aged 83 years. They had several children among whom we remember : 1. Lucy Ellen, died Nov. 28, 1843, aged 14 months. 2. Lovisa H., born 1847, died July 1. 1867. 3. Minerva, married Jason Shaw. There may have been other children. Robert, son of Peter and Sarah (Hogdon) Cobb, entered his intention of marriage with Miss Comfort Hawkes, Nov. 6, 1835. She was the daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca (Cobb) Hawkes, and was born Sept. 14, 1816. Robert Cobb lived many years in Windham, but finally bought a farm in Gorham and moved there, and died Aug. 24, 1901. We have no record of his wife's death. They had three children, born in Windham : 1. George. 2. Amos. 3. Isaiah. Heman W., son of Peter and Sarah (Hogdon) Cobb, married Bragdon. He was a farmer ; lived in Windham and had children, one of whom, Ellsworth, lives on his father's farm. A daughter, Ellen, married Stephen Webb. There were prob- ably other children. Heman Cobb died Mar. 29, 1900, aged 76. Daniel, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Bangs) Cobb, married GENEALOGY 351 Matilda P., daughter of John and Mary (Tinney) Morrill. Lived in Windham. Was a Union soldier and a member of Co. D, 17th Me. Regt. He died Aug. 21, 1891, aged 66 years, 8 months. His wife died Apr. 8, 1905, aged 71. They had sev- eral children, some of whom now live in Windham. John, son of Samuel and Mary (Leighton) Cobb, married Catharine Libby ; lived in Windham ; had one child : 1. Uriah. John Cobb died, while a young man, and his widow married for a second husband John Johnstone, commonly known as John Leighton. She died several years ago. Samuel Cobb, Jr., son of Samuel and ^lary (Leighton) Cobb, married Lucinda Libby. He was a farmer ; lived in Windham. Had a family of which we have no record. He died Aug. 13, 1896, aged 6S years, 5 months. His wife died Apr. 3, 1886, aged 61. Charles A., son of Elias and Susan (Stevens) Cobb, married Anistatia. daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Lord) Hale of Westbrook. He was a farmer and stone cutter. He inherited his father's farm, on which lie lived and died. Had several children, but we have not their record. ^Irs. Cobb died June 28, 1904, and he died very suddenly, while at work on his family lot in the Chase Cemetery, June 23, 1904, aged 79 years, 10 months. Benjamin Cobb, born Jan. 9, 1742, was a direct descendant of Dea. Samuel Cobb of Falmouth (now Portland) through his son, Chipman, who was born Mar. 5, 1708, married — 1731. Benjamin Cobb, married. Sept. 18, 1765, Mary Tobie. Had nine children : 1. Lydia, born July 18, 1766. 2. John, born Apr. 14. 1769. 3. Benjamin, born Mar. 14, 1771. 4. Hope, born Apr. 2, 1773. died young. 5. Sarah, born July 1, 1775. 6. Hope, born Nov. 25, 1777. 7. Eunice, born Oct. 17, 1782. 8. Stephen, born Sept. 7, 1785. 352 WINDHAM IN THE PAST John, son of Benjamin and Mary (Tobie) Cobb, married Miriam McKenney of Stroudwater. She was born Aug. 25, 1769, and died in Bath, Me., Aug. 1, 1817. He died at the same place, Jan. 17, 1817. They had ten children, as follows: 1. Mary, born in Windham, Apr. 25, 1793, died in West- field, Dec. 1, 1850. 2. Hannah C, born in Windham, Feb. 25, 1795, died in W^ells, Feb. 18, 1825. 3. Comfort, born in Danville, May 8, 1797, died in Bath, Aug. 18, 1844. 4. Isaac, born in Danville, May 1, 1799. '" 5. John, born in Gray, May 26, 1801. 6. Andrew, born in Gray, Aug. 13, 1802, died in infancy. 7. Andrew, born in Bowdoinham, Apr. 25, 1806, died in Bath, Sept. 23, 1827. 8. Tabitha, born in Bowdoinham, June 17, 1808. 9. William S., born in Bath, June 20, 1811, died in Gor- ham, July 13, 1895. 10. Lydia M., born in Bath, July 25, 1815, and is now (1912) living and in good health. Nathaniel Cobb was a farmer and lived in Windham. We do not know his parentage. He married Betsey Barbour, prob- ably of Westbrook. He was born about 1782 and died here, Mar. 24, 1825, aged 48 years. His wife died Mar. 27, 1874, aged 87. They had children: 1. Ansel, born 1809, died Apr. 29, 1877, aged 68 years. 2. Sally, : married Edmund Lord. 3. Louisa, born 1812; died Feb. 29, 1904, aged 92 years, 11 months ; unmarried. 4. Almira, born May 5, 1816, married Algernon L. Cole. He died Jan. 18. 1873. 5. Isaac, married Charlotte Anthoine, died Dec. 26, 1876. 6. Hannah, married Henry Kallock, died ]\Iar. 2, 1881. 7. Nathaniel, born 1825, married Nancy Smith. He died May 16, 1901, aged 76 years. 8. Caroline, born 1829, married, first, Dolley ; second, Edward J. Lowell. She died Aug. 15, 1896, aged 67 years. GENEALOGY 353 William S. Cobb, son of John and ^Miriam (McKemiey) Cobb, married, Nov. 15, 1832, Elvira, daughter of Hugh and Phebe (Hawkes) Crague. He was a farmer and stone cutter. He settled on a farm near his wife's father's house, where he lived for several years. He moved from there to a place near the Second Advent meeting-house, the same now owned by Rob- inson Pratt. His wife, Elvira, died Feb. 12, 1867, and he mar- ried Mrs. Rosilla Dole, widow of Richard Dole, Jr. Her maiden name was Chute, and she was of Casco. By his first wife Mr. Cobb had four children as follows : 1. Lucy M., born Mar. 19, 1833, died Sept. 20, 1860. 2. John A., born May 10, 1835. 3. Frank E., born Aug. 9, 1838. 4. Hugh, born May 13, 1842. Mr. William S. Cobb died July 13, 1895. His second wife, Rosilla Cobb, died Jan. 12, 1901, aged 71 years. John A., son of William S. and Elvira (Crague) Cobb, mar- ried Melissa J., daughter of Thomas and Susan (Bodge) Smith. He is a fine mechanic. He has been a school teacher and has served on the Superintending School Committee of Windham. He now lives in Windham. Had three children : 1. Annie L., born 1861, died Dec. 19, 1877. 2. Died in infancy. 3. Zelia, married Hiram C. Hawkes; has several children. Prank E., son of William S. and Elvira (Crague) Cobb, married, first, JMartha Frank; second, Lelia Parkhurst. He is a farmer and lives on the farm formerly owned by his grand- father, Hugh Crague. Has no children. Hugh, son of William S. and Elvira (Crague) Cobb, married ]\Iinnie Thurlow. He was for some years in the meat and pro- vision business in Portland. Has no children. Thomas Cobb and his wife, Mehitable, had three children born in Windham. We know nothing of his ancestry. His children, as they appear on the Windham records, were : 1. Rebecca, born Dec. 14, 1794. 2. Jeremiah, born July 27, 1800. 3. Reuben, born July 21, 1802. Thomas Cobb died Fek 22, 1818. His wife died Feb. 5, 1821. 354 WINDHAM IN THE PAST COBBEY The first of this name to settle in Windham was John Cobbey. Where he came from, we have never been able to ascertain. The family records state that his mother, Eleanor Stuart IVIitchell, was born in Ireland, in 1709, and came to this country with her parents, when about eight years of age. She died in Windham, Mar. 31 . 1810, aged 101 years, being the oldest person whose death is recorded in the town. The record further states that John Cobbey was born in 174:9 and died July 3, 1821. The date on his gravestone is July 14th of that year. His wife was Abigail Witham. She was born Mar. 28, 1749, and died Feb. 1, 1812. Children: 1. Samuel, born June 23, 1773. 2. Eleanor, born Mar. 23, 1775. 3. John, Jr., born July 10, 1776. 4. Jane, born Apr. 15, 1778 ; married Benjamin Larrabee ; settled on Deer Hill, Westbrook. 5. Eunice, born Oct. 28, 1779, died 1859. 6. Joseph, born Jan. 31, 1782. 7. Lucy, born Sept. 29, 1784, married Jonathan Loveitt, Jr., of Windham. 8. Abigail, born Oct. 25, 1786, married David Elder of Gorham. 9. William, born Sept. 25, 1789. 10. Thomas, born Aug. 2, 1792 ; went to Illinois, and there married Priscilla Mahon ; died there in 1860. 11. Mary, born July 26, 1796; married Eli Webb of Gor- ham ; lived near Gambo. William, son of John and Abigail Cobbey, moved to Texas, when a young man. and died there, but no date of his death can now be found. The family tradition is that he amassed quite a fortune during his lifetime, all of which fell to the Koman Catholic Church. Joseph Cobbey, son of John and Abigail Cobbey, married, Oct. 11, 1807, Rebecca, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Graf- fam) Chesley. She was born July 19, 1783, and died Aug. 30, 1863. They settled on the farm on the River Road near the Westbrook line, the farm being same now owned by Daniel GENEALOGY 355 Shaw. Joseph Cobbey died Apr. 21, ]837, aged 55 years. Children : 1. Eleanor, died unmarried. 2. Frances, born 1817, died Sept. 3. 1849; unmar- ried. 3. Thomas. The name is now extinct in Windham. COOK Daniel Cook, ancestor of all bearing the name in this vicinity, was born Feb. 22, 1732, probably in Dover, N. H. He went from there to Vassalborough, and from there to Windham. He was a Quaker. He married Annie Varney, who was born some- time in 17-40. He purchased the farm now (1905) owned by the Town of Windham as a home for the poor. No date of their marriage is known to exist, but their ten children were all born in Windham. Mrs. Annie (Varney) Cook died in 1782; and, in 1785, he married Mary (Westcott) Maxficld, who died Nov. 8, 1828, at the great age of 90 years. Daniel Cook died in 1800, and his remains are interred in the old Quaker burial ground, near where he settled. By his first wife, he had ten children: 1. Ephraim, born in 1760. 2. Mary, )born Oct. 29, 1762. 3. Elijah,^ born Oct. 29, 1762. 4. John, born May 25, 1765. 5. Nathan, born Sept. 15, 1766. 6. Daniel, born Mar. 30, 1770. 7. Annie, born 1771. 8. Hezekiah, born 1773. 9. Sarah, born 1775. 10. Abel, born 1777. Child by second wife : 1. Richard, born Aug. 11. 1786. Ephraim, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married Mary Goold. She was born in 1774 and died Nov. 15, 1868. He was a farmer and settled in Raymond, (now Casco) and died there July 21, 1853. Had seven children: 1. Robinson, born Mar. 16, 1802. 2. Martha, born Nov. 27, 1803. 356 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Elizabeth, bom Dec. 1, 1804. 4. Sarah, born June 15, 1809, m. Nathan ]\Iaxfield. 5. Levi, born Feb. 6, 1813. 6. Obadiah, born Jan. 12, 1815. 7. Stephen, born Apr. 13, 1817. Mary, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- ried, Aug. 26, 1798, Obadiah Goold. He was born Apr. 21, 1777, and died July 11, 1860. She was born Oct. 29, 1762, and died Mar. 21, 1835. She was about 15 years older than her husband. He was a Quaker minister in his early years. They had two children : 1. Anna, born June 12, 1799. 2. Isaiah, born Oct. 25, 1801. Elijah, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, first, Hannah West ; second, Mollie Thompson. By his first wife he had four children, as follows : 1. Joseph, born Feb. 13, 1802. 2. Mary, born Feb. 13, 1802. 3. Thomas, born July 25, 1805. 4. Winslow, born July 9, 1808. By his second wife he had seven children : 1. Eunice, born Jan. 22, 1813. 2. Lovina, born Oct. 22, 1814, m. Valentine M. Estes, 1851. 3. Noah, born Aug. 31, 1816. 4. Elijah, born July 22, 1818. 5. Sylvanus, born Aug. 21, 1820. 6. Louisa, born Oct. 18, 1822. 7. Adeline, born Mar. 13, 1825. Elijah Cook settled in Casco, where he died Dec. 25, 1846. His wife, Mollie, died Feb. 8, 1849. They were Quakers. John, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, Oct. 30, 1793, Sarah, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Pope of Falmouth. She was born Aug. 25, 1770, and died Nov. 24, 1835. He died May 15, 1834. They lived in Vassalborough, Me., and died there. Nathan, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married Polly, daughter of William and Mary (Wescott) Maxfield. She GENEALOGY 357 was born June 8, 1771. No record of any children. Settled in Casco, where he died Feb. 28, 1846. Daniel, Jr., son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- ried, May 29, 1800, Jane Whitney. She was born the 27th of Mar., 1782. Was a farmer ; settled in Casco. He died Oct. 11, 1858. She died July 29, 1871. They had children, as follows: 1. Huldah, born Apr. 6, 1804, m, Lemuel Jones. 2. Maria, born Mar. 26, 1806, m. Oliver Pope. 3. Emma, born Mar. 23, 1808, m. Wm. Hall. 4. Sarah, born Mar. 20, 1810, m. Isaiah Pope. 5. Salome, born June 13, 1813, m. Clark N. Maxfield. 6. Valentine, born Feb. 25, 1816. 7. Mary Jane, born Mar. 23, 1819, m. Jos. Douglass. Annie, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- ried Jacob Barton, sometime in 1799 ; lived in Casco. Hezekiah, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, about 1794, Sally Whitney; lived in Casco, where he died in 1863 ; and she died in 1858. Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- ried John Gammon. He was born July 11, 1771, died June 11, 1855. She died Aug. 27, 1849. Abel, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married Nov, 7, 1802, Olive Plummer of Scarborough, j\Ie. Settled, first in Madrid, Me., (then called No. 1 Plantation) ; afterwards they removed to Bloomington, 111.; he died in 1844; she, in 1843. Of their children, if any, we are not informed. Joseph, son of Elijah and Hannah (West) Cook, married, Nov. 30, 1826, Eunice, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Grant of Limington, Me. He was a farmer and lived many years on the place now owned by Dana A. Lowell, at Popeville. His wife, Eunice, died Apr. 29, 1864, aged 74. He went to Casco, married a Mrs. Spiller, and died there Apr. 5, 1890, aged 88 ; no children. Thomas, son of Elijah and Hannah (West) Cook, married, May 2, 1827, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Betsey Morton of Jackson. She was born June 15, 1800, at Limington. He died Feb. 20, 1849. Their children were : 1. William Henry, born Apr. 19, 1828. 358 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Mary Boody, born May 22, 1830. 3. Joshua C, born Nov. 1, 1832. 4. Edward C, born Feb. 7, 1835. 5. Phebe E., born June 12. 1837. 6. Joseph, born May 8, 1839. 7. Charles 0., born Jan. 3, 1844. 8. Oliver, born May 23, 1846. Mrs. Mary (Morton) Cook married for her second husband, Apr. 26, 1850, Robert, son of John and Sarah Cook; lived in Casco. Eunice, daughter of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married, Mar. 4, 1846, Daniel, son of Jonathan and Mary Libby of Standish. He died June 15. 1854. He was a farmer and lived for sometime in Gorham, Me. They had children : 1. James A., born Feb. 4, 1847. 2. Lovina A., born Apr. 2, 1851. Mrs. Eunice (Cook) Libby married for a second husband Levi Varney. Elijah, son of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married, June, 1842, Martha Manson. Had two children: 1. James M., born Jan. 26, 1843. He was a member of Co. H, 32d Me. Regt., in the Civil War, and died Feb. 24, 1866, of disease contracted in the service. 2. Martha L., born Sept. 12, 1844, died Sept. 17, 1891. Elijah Cook married for his second wife Abigail Jones. Their children are as follows: 1. George H., born Feb. 18, 1854, d. Jan. 31, 1869. 2. Edward, born Jan. 28, 1856, d. June 9, 1856. 3. Albert L., born Apr. 15, 1857, d. June 10, 1859. 4. Ellen M., born May 17, 1860, m. Chas. A.. Nichols. 5. Albert E., born Oct. 1. 1862. 6. Franklin J., born June 1, 1865. Sylvanus, son of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Blake) Sturgis of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and lived at Great Falls, Gorham; also lived many years at Windham Center. He had one child, whose name was Maria. She married W. Scott GENExVLOGY 359 Parker, and died at Great Falls, Dec. 16, 1882. Mr. Sylvanus Cook died Mar. 15, 1889. We have no record of his wife's death. Louisa, daughter of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married James Sturgis. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Blake) Sturgis of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and farmer; lived at Windham Center. They had one child, Mary E., who married George B. Hanson. Valentine, only son of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) Cook, married, Oct., 1845, Catherine, daughter of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen of Windham. He was a farmer. He settled first in Casco ; afterwards came to Windham and built the house near Gambo, where J. J. Grant now lives, and died there July 11, 1863. Had two children: 1. Charles H., born Feb. 21, 1847. 2. A son. born Aug. 21, 1848, died Aug. 30th, same year. Mrs. Catharine Cook had for her second husband, Samuel Bragdon of AVindham ; for her third, Josiah Prescott. She died at Little Falls, Feb. 9, 1893. Charles H., son of Valentine and Catharine Cook, married, Jan. 23, 1869, Ellen Wilson. She died Oct. 26, 1900. Children: 1. Henry W., born May 7, 1869. 2. Catharine M., born Apr. 4, 1872, married Dr. Leroy 0. Cobb of Westbrook. 3. Alice M., born Aug. 23, 1877, married Albert Morris. 4. Louisa Albina, born Oct. 29, 1880. 5. Charles V., born May 26, 1883, married Lelia Bryant, Oct. 29, 1904. 6. Lessie B., born May 4, 1889, died Aug. 24, 1889. Mr. Cook married a second time, but we do not know his wife's name. Franklin, son of Elijah and Abigail Cook, married June 30, 1899, Leora M. Frink. Have children, as follows : 1. Avis. 2. Orra, born Oct. 30, 1893. 3. Lewis F. Albert E., son of Elijah and Abigail Cook, married Callie Staniels. She died, leaving a son named George. Mr, Cook 360 WINDHAM IN THE PAST now lives on the old homestead, where he and his second wife care for his parents in their old age. Richard, son of Daniel Cook, senior, and Mary (Wescott) Cook, married. Apr. 30, 1811, Mary, daughter of William and Rebecca (Bodge) Mayberry; settled in that part of Casco known as "Shadigee;" and died there. CRAGUE The ancestor of this family in Windham, was Hugh Crague. (For an account of this man, see Chapter II.) He married Elizabeth Warren of Falmouth, Nov. 11, 1749, and they had eight children, all born in Windham: 1. Betty, born Dec. 26, 1750. 2. Mary, born Aug. 23, 1753. 3. Thomas, born Jan. 17, 1756. 4. Rebecca, born May 14, 1758. 5. John, born Jan. 29, 1764. 6. Jane, born July 10, 1766. 7. Hugh, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1768. 8. Martha, born Oct. 25, 1772. Hugh Crague died Nov. 19, 1777, aged 54. His wife, Eliza- beth (Warren), died in 1810, aged 83. Thomas, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Nov. 29, 1780, Prudence, daughter of William and Mary (Akers) Elder. She was born ]\Iay 21, 1759 and died Jan. 15, 1841. He died Sept. 28, 1807. He was a farmer and settled on the River Road near Little Falls Village. They had eleven children: 1. William, born Sept. 8, 1781, died May 13, 1824. 2. Hugh, born Jan. 17, 1783. 3. Elizabeth, born Jan. 17, 1783; died Oct. 19, 1858; un- married. 4. Thomas, born July 27, 1785, died Aug. 5, 1785. 5. Mary, born Sept. 11, 1786, died July 2, 1817. 6. Prudence, born Dec. 25, 1788, died Sept. 21, 1790. 7. Thomas, born Jan. 8, 1791, died Apr. 18, 1855. 8. Prudence, born Dec. 24, 1792, died Nov. 20, 1866, un- married. 9. James, died Dec. 8, 1872 ; unmarried ; blind for many years. GENEALOGY 361 10. Rebecca, born Mar. 10, 1797; died Sept. 9, 1874; un- married. 11. Martha, born July 20, 1799, died Oct. 9, 1870; un- married. Hugh, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Feb. 9, 1797, Phebe Hawkes. He was a farmer and lived on the farm now owned by his grandson, Frank Cobb. He died May 3, 1843. His wife died Sept. 10, 1857. Children : 1. Amos, born Dec. 19, 1797, died Dec. 9, 1801. 2. Benjamin, born Feb. 20, 1802 ; died Apr. 18, 1875 ; un- married. 3. Elvia, born Oct., 1804, married Nov. 15, 1832, William S. Cobb of Westbrook. 4. Lovisa, born Oct., 1807, married Ebenezer Frank of Windham, (intention entered Sept. 6, 1833.) 5. Thomas, born 1811; died Jan. 11, 1875; unmar- ried. John, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Aug., 1790, Alice Wilson. Had the following children: 1. John. 2. Betsey, second wife of Josiah Little. 3. Sally, married Reuben Elder, (intention entered Apr. 24, 1819). 4. Hannah, married Daniel Mayberry, (intention entered Apr. 3, 1824). 5. Josiah, married Hannah Neal, (intention entered Aug. 31, 1816). He settled, first on the River Road, where John F. Webb formerly lived, but sold his farm, about 1844, and went to some part of Oxford Co., where he and his wife both died. It is said that they had children. 6. Ezekiel, married Hannah Stone, (intention entered Aug. 25, 1817). He was a shoemaker; lived at Westbrook. 7. Ann, died Jan. 23, 1834, aged 33 years. Betty, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Jan. 22, 1770, James Hawkes. Mary, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Nov. 5, 1772, William Elkins. 362 WINDHAM IX THE PAST Jane, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, died unmar- ried, when about 16 years of age. Martha, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married Ezekiel Leighton of Falmouth, Apr. 2, 1795; settled in that town and died there. Thomas, son of Tliomas and Prudence Crague, married Mary Millions, (intention entered on the Windham records Dec. 6, 1828). He was a farmer and lived in the south part of the town, on the River Eoad, near the Westbrook line. He died Apr. 18, 1855. Had one child: 1. Elizabeth, born about 1830. After his death, his widow and daughter went to Westbrook, and both died there several years ago. Hugh, 3d, son of Thomas and Prudence Crague, married Mary Knight of Falmouth, (intention entered ^lar. 16, 1811). He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls on the farm after- wards owned by Edwin A. Bodge. He died Feb. 15, 1812. His widow afterwards married David Hawkes. Hugh Crague and his wife, ]\Iary. had one child: Peter, born 1811. John, son of John and Alice (Wilson) Crague, entered his intention of marriage with Mary Lombard of Gorham, June 21, 1817. It is said that they had children, but we are unable to learn anything furtlier about this family, Peter, son of Hugh, 3d, and ]\Iary (Knight) Crague, married, Feb. 21, 1841, Jane B., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Jackson) Elder of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls on the place where his daughter, Mrs. French, now lives. He died Apr. 23, 1873. His wife died Aug. 23, 1900. Had two children : 1. Stillman A., born Oct. 17, 1842. 2. Mary E., born June 6, 1845. Stillman A., son of Peter and Jane B. Crague, married, Dec. 25, 1863, Margaret A., daughter of Aaron and Fidelia (King) Hawkes of Windham. She was born July 17, 1839, and died June 13, 1901. He died July 7, 1908. Had six children : 1. Elmer F., born Nov. 6, 1864, married Lizzie Woodman. 2. Orville L. F., born Feb. 18, 1866, married Kate Wiswell. GENEALOGY 363 3. Flora M., born Oct. 20, 1867, married George Newcomb. 4. Clara J., born May 1, 1870, married Samuel Skillin. 5. Annie, born July 11, 1874, married Alphonso Small. 6. Clifford H., born July 24, 1877, married Jessie Nash. Mary E., daughter of Peter and Jane B. Crague, married George W. French. They live on her father's place. Have one child : 1. Howard P., married, Feb. 27, 1895, Florence Watkins of Casco. They have five children, as follows: 1. Daisy. 2. Edna. 3. Gladys. 4. Marion. 5. Bertrand. DOLE The ancestor of this family in Windham was Richard Dole. He was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Knight) Dole, and the great-grandson of the ' ' Emigrant Richard, ' ' who came from Bristol, Eng., in 1639, and settled in Newbury, Mass. Richard was born in Newbury, Feb. 3, 1736. He married Martha Merrill of that town, in 1757. He learned the trade of cabinet-maker, but sometimes called himself "a jojaier and chairmaker. " He came to Falmouth (now Portland), Mar. 29, 1760, where he purchased a lot of land and built a house. There he remained until 1769, at whicli time he purchased a farm in Windham and moved there. He was town clerk of Windham for twenty years, and a deacon of the first church nearly as long. When the Revolutionary War came on, he enlisted for three years, as a private, in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Co., Col. Thomas jNIarshall's Tenth Mass. Regt., and actually served two years, eleven months, and twenty-nine days. He w^as one of that brave band who suffered so terribly in the huts of Valley Forge, during the winter of 1777-8, and was then reported "on duty. ' ' He was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He fought on that sultry day, June 28, 1778, at ^Monmouth, and was at West Point Apr. 6, 1779. He was honorably discharged in 364 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1779 (probably at West Point), after which he returned to Windham. His wife died July 20, 1801, and her age was 61 years. On May 17, 1804, he contracted a second marriage with ]\Irs. Judith Holmes of Hebron, Me., and removed to that town, where he died in 1825, nearly 90 years of age. His remains were interred in Hebron. He and his wife, Martha (Merrill), had six children, as follows: 1. Ruth, born 1759, in Newbuiy; the family tradi- tion is, that she married a Mr. Butler; lived and died in New- bury. 2. Betty, born 1761, in Newbury ; married, Sept. 14, 1786, John Winship. The date of her death is unknown. Had four children. 3. Samuel, born Aug. 12, 1765, in Portland, Me. 4. Abigail ^lerrill, born Oct. 3, 1770, in Windham ; married, in 1788, William Spurr, of Otisfield. Their intention of mar- riage was entered on the Windham records, Dec. 20th of that year. Settled in Otisfield, and died there, Oct. 12, 1844. Had 12 children. 5. Polly, born Feb. 22, 1773, in Windham; married, Jan. 1, 1795, Job Winslow of Falmouth; settled in Windham and died there, June 8, 1797. 6. Martha, born May 20, 1775, in Windham; married, Oct. 7, 1798, Henry Knight of Otisfield ; settled in that town and died there; the date of her death is unknown. Had three children. Samuel, only son of Richard and Martha (Merrill) Dole, born Aug. 12, 1765, married, Nov. 7, 1787, Mehitable, daughter of Gershom and Nancy (Mayberry) Winship. She was born Mar. 26, 1766. He was by trade a joiner, but purchased Home Lot No. 2 and one-half of Lot No. 3, in the first division of lots in Windham. There he built the house, still standing, near the brook originally named "Galley Wright's," but Avhich has been called "Dole's" for many years. Here he spent his long life of seventy-nine years. He died Oct. 18, 1844. His wife died July 11, 1843. They had eleven children, all born in Windham, as follows: 1. Richard, born July 6, 1788. He did not marry; was a GENEALOGY 365 soldier in the War of 1812, and a pensioner; died in the town of Phillips, Me., May 27, 1875 ; is buried in that town. 2. Catharine, born Feb. 12, 1790, died Feb. 20, 1790. 3. Sally, born May 14, 1791, died June 28, 1801. 4. Apphia, born Aug. 24, 1793 ; died June 2, 1815 ; un- married. 5. Nancy, born Mar, 10, 1796 ; married, Jan. 1, 1824, Asa Cobb of Westbrook; settled in that town, where she died Mar. 19, 1865. He died June 1, 1875, aged 81 years. They had eight children. 6. Oliver, born Oct. 24, 1798; married, Nov. 18, 1827, Elizabeth, daughter of James 0. and Bathsheba Mayberry of Windham. He was a famous school teacher, and taught in Windham and Gorham with marked success. Afterwards he became a merchant in Otisfield, where he remained for several years ; but, his health failing, he returned to Windham, and died Mar. 1, 1838. His wife died Aug. 24, 1833. Had one child that died in infancy. 7. Enoch, born Oct. 20, 1801, died Oct. 28, 1801. 8. Polly, born Sept. 23, 1803, died Oct. 2, 1807. 9. Matty, born July 10, 1805, died Sept. 29, 1807. 10. Daniel W., born Nov. 29, 1807. 11. Sally F., born June 21, 1812, married her cousin, Rich- ard Winship, of Phillips, Me. They lived several years in that town ; then removed to Gorham, where Mr. Winship died Sept. 27, 1879. She died in Westbrook, Aug. 4, 1894. She was a well- known school teacher in Windham, Gorham, and other towns in Cumberland County. She and her husband are buried at White Rock, Gorham. Had no children. Daniel W., son of Samuel and IMehitable (Winship) Dole, was twice married. His first wife was Eliza A., daughter of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, to whom he was married Sept. 16, 1830. She died Mar. 19, 1832 ; and, on Dec. 31, 1835, he was united in marriage with Mary W., daughter of Daniel and Susan (Dow) Hasty of Standish, Me. She was born Sept. 19, 1815, and died May 14, 1872. He was a man of scholarly instincts, a ready debater, and an easy speaker. He had a decided love for books and possessed a large fund of general information. He was noted as a successful school teacher in 366 WINDHAM IN THE PAST his young manhood, being very popular with all classes of pupils. He was also deeply interested in the welfare of the old State Militia, in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served several terms as a justice of the peace and always per- formed the functions of that office with a great deal of dignity. For several years he was a grocer and general trader at Casco Village ; but finally settled on the paternal acres, in Windham, where he resided until the death of his wife Mary. He then went to reside with his sister in Phillips, Me., and died there, July -1, 1876. His remains were brought to his native towai and interred among his kindred in the old Smith Cemetery. Chil- dren by first w^ife: 1. Samuel T., born Jan. 17, 1831. 2. Richard, born Mar. 18, 1832. Children by second wife : 3. Oliver, born Oct. 19, 1837. 4. Eliza, born Nov. 20, 1839 ; unmarried. 5. Daniel H., born June 12, 1843. 6. Florence A., born June 5, 1846 ; married, Feb. 27, 1867, Leander, son of Josiah and Martha (Hasty) Moulton of Stan- dish. Had one child, Maude iMaria, born Apr. 12, 1872, died Mar. 17, 1889. 7. Susan M., born May 20, 1854; married, Dec. 26, 1875, Enoch, son of Jefferson and Lucretia (Swett) Mabry, of Gor- ham. She died Dec. 26, 1882. Had three children : 1. Georgia Lillian, born Apr. 24, 1877. 2. Harlan Jefferson, born Jan. 17, 1880, died Nov. 23, 1882. 3. Bertrand Dunn, born June 14, 1882, died Jan. 19, 1904. These are all buried in the cemetery near the village of Great Falls. Samuel T., son of Daniel AV. and Eliza A. (Bodge) Dole, married, May 1, 1853, Phebe C, daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry. She was born in Gorham, Nov. 28, 1835. She was possessed of fine literary abilities and was well known throughout New England as a magazine writer, poet, artist, and editor. She died in Windham, Apr. 26, 1909. He died at the home of his grandson in Melrose, Mass., Apr. 1, 1912. Had two children : 1. William B., born Apr. 23, 1854. GENEALOGY 367 2. George H., born May 1, 1856, died Sept. 2, 1864. Richard, son of Daniel W. and Eliza A. (Bodge) Dole, mar- ried, Nov. , 1853, Rosilla, daughter of Daniel and Bath- sheba (Mayberry) Chute. He was killed, while at work as a brakeman, on the Boston and Worcester Railroad, Aug. 9. 1864. Had three children: 1. Jennie, born Aug. 1856, died Oct. 11, 1863. 2. Frederick, born March 18, 1858, died March 28, 1858. 3. Sarah, born Aug. 25, 1860 ; married, Nov. 27, 1880, Fred H. Freeman, son of Stephen and Caroline (Walker) Freeman. He is a merchant at So. Windham. Children : 1. Bertha R.. born June 30, 1886. 2. Harlan D.. born Nov. 4, 1890. William B., son of Samuel T. and Phebe C. (Larry) Dole, married, ]\lay 15, 1874, ^lary Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon and Eleanor (Gerry) Brown of Gorham, Me. He died Jan. 4, 1887. Had one child: 1. Frederick Howard, born July 15. 1875. Oliver, son of Daniel W. and ]\Iary W. (Hasty) Dole, mar- ried, Apr. 19, 1865, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Susan (Kimball) Chaplin of Naples, ^le. She died Feb. 16, 1900, aged 59 years, 8 months, 2 days. He was a school teacher, a farmer, and, for several years, a trader and postmaster at Great Falls, Gorham, Me. He is still living at Sebago Lake. Had four children : 1. Lucinda H., born June 28. 1866; married. Dec. 19, 1886, Henry J. Hanscomb ; lives at Cumberland Mills. Has no chil- dren. 2. George H., born Sept. 25, 1869. 3. ]Mary L., born Nov. 5, 1871, married, May 3, 1898, Calvin C. AVescott. He was killed, while at work on JNIaine Central R. R. near Smith's Mills. Standish. Had four children: 1. Edward Dole, b. Sept. 16, 1898. 2. Guy Sterling, b. Dec. 20, 1899. 3. Rupert Jordan, b. June 22, 1901. 4. Calvin C. b. Mar. 17. 1904, d. July 16, 1904. 4. Edward A., born Aug. 7, 1873 ; accidentally killed, "Slav. 368 WINDHAM IN THE PxVST 27, 1896, while at work on the Elaine Central R. R., near White Rock, Gorham, ]Me. ; unmarried. Daniel H., son of Daniel W. and Mary W. (Hasty) Dole, married, Dee. 26, ISl-k, Margaret, daughter of William and Sally Bryant of Raymond, Me. He is a graduate of the ^Medical School of Maine, class of 1871. He practised his profession at Cape Elizabeth for some time, but is a teacher from preference ; has been principal of the Jackson Grammar School, Portland, Me., for many years. Had two children, both born in Portland: 1. Florence Mary, born Jan. 14, 1876; is a teacher in the Portland schools; unmarried. 2. Richard Bryant, born May 8, 1880. George H., son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Chaplin) Dole, married, Apr. 20, 1890, Elizabeth Sands Sawyer of Buxton, ^le. ; resides at Sebago Lake. Has one child : 1. Alfred Leander, born Dec. 21, 1891. Richard, son of Daniel H. and ]\Iargaret (Bryant) Dole, married, June 20, 1906, Huldah, daughter of Capt. Charles E. Humphrys of Brunswick. He graduated from Bowdoin in the class of 1902 ; is now in the employ of the U. S. Government as a chemist ; no children. Frederick Howard, son of William B. and Mary E. (Brown) Dole, married, Aug. 30, 1904, Hattie Louisa, daughter of Levi H. and Nellie (Kellogg) Boardman of Sheffield, ]\Iass. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1897 ; was assist- ant in German at Bowdoin one year after graduation ; taught in the public schools of Windham and Gorham, being Superintend- ant of Schools in Windham in 1900. He was Principal of North Yarmouth Academy for eight years; is now a teacher in the Boston Latin School; resides in Medford, Mass. Has two children : 1. William Levi, born Jan. 17, 1906. 2. Harold Frederick, born Mar. 4, 1908. DOLLEY The first of the name in Windham, so far as we can learn, was Jeremiah Dolley. We do not know where he came from. The Quaker records tell us that he was born Apr. 14, 1777, and GENEALOGY 369 died in Windham, June 3, 1863. His wife was Hannah Bailey, and they were married in 1803. She was born Jan. 28, 1782, and died Oct. 14, 1865. They had eleven children, born in Windham : 1. Catharine, born Xov. 9, 1804. 2. Joseph, born Mar. 20, 1806. 3. Patience, born Oct. 25, 1807. 4. Timothy, born Sept. 3, 1810. 5. Mary H., born May 20, 1812, d. Mar. 9. 1897. She mar- ried Elbridge Sayward. 6. Lydia, born May 1, 1814. 7. Jeremiah, born ]\Iar. 4, 1816. 8. Emma, born Oct. 2, 1818. 9. Stephen, born June 9, 1820. 10. John, born Apr. 10, 1822. 11. Ebenezer, born ^lay 25, 1824. Joseph Dolley, son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Bailey) Dolley, married, Aug. 29, 1833, Esther, daughter of Lemuel and Deborah (Hawkes) Jones; settled on a farm in the easterly part of the town. He died June 5, 1889. His wife, Esther, born May 31, 1806, died Feb. 1, 1871. They had seven children: 1. Deborah J., born Dec. 16, 1835 ; died in Westbrook, Aug. 11, 1899; unmarried. 2. Maria, born June 23, 1837, married Samuel Shaw of Standish. 3. Edward H., born Mar. 28, 1839. 4. Nathan D., born Feb. 8, 1841, died Apr. 6, 1865. He was a member of Baker's D. C. Cavalry; was killed in action near Richmond, Va. 5. Hannah, born Oct. 29, 1843, married J. Fickett. 6. :\Iary Jane, born Nov. 5, 1847, m. Allen. 7. Amelia, born Apr. 25, 1849, died 1867. Ebenezer, son of Jeremiah and Hannah Dolley, married, first, a Miss Small ; second, :\Irs. Ellen Dunlap. Had at least one daughter. Rose. Joseph Estes Dolley entered his intention of marriage with Esther, daughter of Gershom and Anne (Bunker) Manchester, Dec. 23, 1812. It is believed that he was not related to the 370 WINDHAM IN THE PAST above family of Dolleys. He settled in the north part of the town and died there. He had several children, among others a son, John (probably), who married, first, Huldah . Settled on a farm near Gambo. Had children : 1. Mary J., born about 1830; married Charles F. Hooper; died in Portland, Oct. 7. 1910. Had children. 2. Adeline, married ^lahlon Black. 3. Lucius W., died Sept. 28, 1893. Mrs. Huldah Dolley died ^May 22, 1856, aged 38 years, and Mr. Dolley married for a second wife Mrs. Nancy B. Loveitt, former wife of Charles Loveitt, and daughter of Thomas and Mary (McKenney) Jackson. Had two children: 1. Joseph E., died Aug. 29, 1863, aged 11 weeks. 2. Emma, married Charles Thayer. He died Oct. 22, 1889, aged 26 years, 3 months, 26 days. She lives on her father 's place at Gambo. Has one son. Charles, who lives with her. DOUGLASS David Douglass was a native of Durham, ile., and was the son of Joseph and ^lary Douglass. He was born Aug. 18, 1779, and died in Windham, Apr. 12, 1845. On Aug. 24, 1805, he married Waite, daughter of Nathaniel and ^lercy Hawkes of Windham, and ever afterwards resided in this town. His wife, Waite, was born July 3, 1772, and died Apr. 10, 1845. They were Quakers ; lived on the farm afterward owned by their son- in-law. ]\lark Knight. Children : 1. Mercy, born Jan. 26, 1808, m. Mark Knight. 2. Mary, born Mar. 10, 1810. 3. Nathan, born Jan., 1812. He Avas a noted Quaker min- ister. 4. Eunice, born Oct. 26, 1813. 5. Joseph, born Apr. 21, 1817. Joseph, son of David and AVaite (Hawkes) Douglass, mar- ried, Oct. 4, 1848, Mary Jane, daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) Cook of Casco. She was his second wife. He was a shoemaker and farmer ; lived for many years in Windham, where he owned the place near his old home, now the property GENEALOGY 371 of Horatio T. ]\Iorrill. Afterwards he moved to Brunswick, where both he and his wife died. Children : 1. Nathan, born Mar. 25, 1850. 2. Sarah M., born Feb. 14, 1851, d. Mar. 20, 1851. 3. Sarah M., born May 20, 1852, d. Nov. 3, 1862. 4. Charles, born June 22, 1854, d. Nov. 8, 1862. 5. Isaiah, born Aug. 24, 1856. 6. Phebe, born Dec. 1, 1858. Edmond Douglass was born in Limington, in 1819, and was the son of Elisha and Betsey (Blake) Douglass of that town. He married Eunice Boody; came to Windham previous to 1851, and purchased the farm formerly owned by Thomas Crague, on the River Road near the Westbrook line. There he remained a few years ; then sold the place and purchased the farm on the Gray Road formerly owned by John ]\I. Webb. His wife, Eunice, died May 30, 1851, and he married for a second wife Eliza, daughter of Thomas and ]\Iary (Trott) Mayberry. Chil- dren by first wife : 1. Edmond B., died June 8. 1901. 2. Henry B. 3. Luella, married Howard Ayer. By his second wife he had one child, 4. Thomas INIilton, who lives on the place formerly oAvned by his grandfather. Thomas Mayberry, on the River Road, in the Mayberry Neighborhood. Edmond Douglass was not related to the other family of the same name in Windham. ELDER Samuel Elder's life is described in Chapter II. His children were as follows : 1. ^Margaret, born in Ireland, married, first, in 1752, Samuel Watts; second, Nov. 9, 1759, James Gilkey of Gorham ; settled in Gorham. 2. William, born in Ireland, married Mary Akers; settled in Windham, died there. 3. Isaac, born in Falmouth, Jan. 19. 1839; married Mary Hunnewell, Oct. 16, 1761. 4. Elizabeth, born in Falmouth 1741 ; married, July 372 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 23, 1761, Simon Huston of Falmouth. About 1765, they moved to Gorham. 5. Eunice, born 1745; m. Jan. 1, 1767, Gary McLellan of Gorham, ]\le. 6. Samuel, Jr., born Aug. 29, 1748 ; married, first, ]Mar. 3, 1774, Hannah Freeman ; second, Mary Graffam of Windham. 7. Jane, married Eleazer Chase, then of Standish. Her name does not appear among the children of Samuel Elder, on the Windham records, but I am informed by members of the family in Gorham, that she was his daughter. Isaac, son of Samuel Elder, married Mary Hunnewell. She was the daughter of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Haskell) Hunne- well. The church records of Windham show that she was bap- tized by Rev. John Wight, first pastor of the Church in Wind- ham, Mar. 11, 1744. They lived in Windham till Mar. 8, 1781, when they moved to Gorham, Me., and lived many years on a farm on Queen Street, and died there. He died July 15, 1796, aged 57. She died Sept. 14, 1804, aged 60. They are buried in the old cemetery on South Street, Gorham Village. Their chil- dren were : 1. Hannah, born Feb. 11, 1762, d. Oct. 10, 1781 or 1789. 2. Mary, born Oct. 1, 1769; m.. Jan. 4, 1787, Daniel Gam- mon. 3. Anna, born Sept. 17. 1765; m., Dec. 20, 1786, David McDougal. 4. Matilda, born June 8, 1767 ; m., Dec. 8, 1785, William Hanson of Windham; died Sept. 15, 1818. 5. Isaac, born May 8, 1769, died young. 6. Samuel, born May 24, 1771, died young. 7. Elijah, born June 25, 1772. 8. INIargaret, born Dec. 22, 1774, m. Samuel Lummus. 9. Isaac, born Feb. 9, 1777, died in 1848. 10. Dorcas, born May 25. 1779, died young. 11. William, born Aug. 1, 1781, died young. 12. John, born Aug. 9, 1783 ; died July 18, 1816 ; unmarried. 13. David, born Feb. 6, 1786, m.. Mar. 26, 1826, Abigail Cobby of Windham. He died Dec. 23, 1869. She died May 16, 1852, aged 65. Had no children. William, eldest son of Samuel Elder, was born about 1726, GENEALOGY 373 probably in Ireland. His wife was Mary Akers, but of her par- entage, I can learn nothing. He died Oct. 20, 1799, aged 74. She died Aug. 1788, aged 58. They are buried in the old Smith Cemetery in the south part of Windham. They had twelve children, as follows : 1. John, born Aug. 20, 1752. 2. William, born Feb. 19, 1754. 3. Prudence, born June 30, 1756, d. July 9, 1756. 4. Joseph, born July 26, 1757. 5. Samuel, born July 26, 1757, d. Apr. 10, 1758. 6. Prudence, born May 21, 1759. 7. Samuel, born ]\Iar. 18, 1761, d. Mar. 30, 1761. 8. Reuben, born June 22, 1762. 9. Rebecca, born Aug. 27, 1764. 10. Charles, born June 29, 1767. 11. Silas, born Mar. 2, 1769. 12. Isaac, born Dec. 9, 1770. Samuel, son of Samuel Elder, married. Mar. 3, 1774, Hannah, daughter of John and Bethiah Freeman. He was a farmer and carpenter. In 1773, he purchased a farm near Gorham Village, and lived and died there. This farm was afterwards owned by his son, Simon, and is now (1898) the property of his grandson, Randall J. Elder. His children by his first wife were : 1. Eunice, b. Nov. 29, 1774 ; m. Nathl. Mosher, Jan. 20, 1815. 2. Ruth, b. Jan. 7, 1776, d. Feb. 10, 1786. 3. Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1777; m., first, Joseph Brown, Oct. 28, 1798 ; second, Elkanah Harding, Mar. 12, 1802. 4. Betsey, b. Oct. 4, 1779; m. John W. Morris, Nov. 18, 1798 ; moved to Limerick, Me. 5. Samuel, b. Sept. 2, 1781 ; m., first, Nancy Mosher, Jan. 1, 1805; second, Mrs. Rebecca (Brown) Waterhouse. Mrs. Hannah (Freeman) Elder died Apr. 22, 1786, and Mr. Elder married, Dec. 14, 1786, Mary, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, of Windliam. Their children were : 1. Peter, b. Oct. 5, 1787; d. Jan. 29, 1815; unmarried. 2. Ruth, b. Mar. 24, 1789; m, Simon Huston, May 28, 1812. 3. Simon, b. Dec. 4, 1791, m., first, Mary Hatch, Apr. 10, 1819; second, Elizabeth Johnson. 374 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 4. Lois, b, Jan. 13, 1797, died young. Samuel Elder died May 10, 1819. His wife died Aug. 27, 1829. Eunice, daughter of Samuel Elder, married, Jan. 1, 1767, Gary, son of Hugh and Elizabeth ]\IcLellan of Gorham ; settled in that town. Had children, as follows : 1. Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1767 ; m. John Clemons. Feb. 6, 1789 ; moved to Ohio. 2. Eunice, b. Aug. 13, 1769, died young. 3. Nancy, b. Mar. 17. 1772, died young. 4. Nancy, b. Feb. 13, 1774, m. Samuel Staples, Apr. 28, 1794. 5. Cary, b. Mar. 16, 1776, d. unmarried. 7. Eunice, b. June 16, 1778; m. Ai Staples, May 28, 1801. 8. Alexander, b. Feb. 28, 1780 ; m., first, Chloe Davis, Feb. 9, 1803 ; second, Belinda Donaldson. 9. William, b. May 14, 1782 ; m. Mehitable Harmon, Aug. 15, 1807. 10. Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1784; m., first, Sarah B. McLellan, Feb. 8, 1810; second, Rebecca McLellan; third, Tabitha Flood. Mrs. Eunice (Elder) McLellan died Aug. 18, 1784, and Capt. McLellan married a second time, and died Dec. 27, 1807, aged 52. Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Elder, married, July 23, 1761, Simon Huston, then of Falmouth. They settled first in that town and had one child born there, then removed to Gorham ; lived and died on what is now the Gorham Town Farm. Their children were as follows: 1. David, b. in Falmouth, Sept. 29, 1762, d. Apr. 18, 1782. 2. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 1, 1764; m. Reuben Elder, Feb. 4, 1787. 3. Eunice, b. Oct. 28, 1765 ; m. Samuel Harding of Buxton, Me., Aug. 5, 1790. 4. Anna, b. Dee. 26, 1767 ; m., first, Stephen Phinney, Sept. 22, 1788; second, Simeon Libby. 5. Simon, b. Oct. 1, 1769, d. July 3, 1773. 6. Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1771 ; m. Richard Mayberry of Wind- ham, Oct. 22, 1798. 7. William, b. Nov. 20, 1772 ; m. Hannah Waite of Port- land ; lived and died in that city. GENEALOGY 375 8. Rebecca, b. Dec. 25, 1774, m. James Warren, Jr., (inten- tion entered, Nov. 1, 1806). 9. Lydia, b. Nov. 21. 1776 ; d. July 13, 1806 ; unmarried. 10. Simon, b. Apr. 3, 1779; m., first, Betsey R. Whitmore, Mar. 22, 1801 ; second, Ruth Elder. Jane, daughter of Samuel Elder, married Eleazer Chase. The "History of Gorham" says, that he was of Standish, but they settled in Windham, and we find on the church records the births of the following children: 1. Nathaniel, born July 14, 1750. 2. Joshua, born Feb. 25, 1752. 3. Mary, born Apr. 10, 1755. 4. Isaac, born Dec. 12, 1757. John, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, June 21, 1781, Rebecca, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Ben- nett) Graffam. He was a farmer and owned the farm on which Mr. Frank Grant now (1898) lives, near the Windham line, and died there May 15, 1828. His wife, Rebecca, was born May 1, 1759, and died Oct. 5, 1829. They had no children. William, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married Keziah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Jenkins) Hanson, and granddaughter of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson of Dover, N. H. She was born in 1760; died Sept. 8, 1786. He died Nov. 15, 1786. They had two children : 1. Hannah, b. May 1784, m. Wm. Brown, Jan. 6, 1805. 2. William, born Aug. 2, 1786. Joseph, son of William and :\Iary (Akers) Elder, married, first, Jan. 1781, Hannah Conant and had two sons. 1. John. 2. Samuel. Mrs. Hannah (Conant) Elder died Apr. 9, 1785, and Mr. Elder married Ann Morrill. They had the following children : 1. Morrill, born Jan. 10, 1789. 2. Jacob. 3. Isaiah. 4. Comfort. 376 WINDHAM JN THE PAST 5. Ann. 6. Elijah. Reuben, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, Feb. 4, 1787, Elizabeth, daughter of Simon and Elizabeth (Elder) Huston. They settled in Gorham, on a part of the Gov. Shirley Grant. The farm is now (1898) owned by Howard M. Small. He died Sept. 7, 1830. She died Jan. 14, 1840. Had eight children, as follows: 1. Lydia, born Nov. 24, 1787, d. Mar. 4, 1806. 2. ]Mary, born June 7, 1789, d. Feb. 10, 1798. 3. Elizabeth, born Feb. 25, 1791; d. Oct. 5, 1873; unmar- ried. 4. Simon, born Feb. 15, 1793, d. Apr. 10, 1793. 5. Reuben, born Oct. 17, 1794, d. Apr., 1866. 6. Rebecca, born June 27, 1796, d. Feb. 17, 1798. 7. Simon, born Sept. 2, 1798, d. Mar. 26, 1826. 8. John, born June 8, 1800, died June 10, 1824. Charles, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, first, Betsey Kinsbury. Had one son, John. His second wife was Mary Millions. They had children, as follows : 1. Amos. 2. Betsey. 3. Rebecca. 4. Robert. 5. Louisa. 6. George. Silas, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, Sept. 21, 1790, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Graf- fam) Chesley. He was a farmer and owned the farm in Wind- ham, on which his father had settled, and died there, Sept. 16, 1841. She died June 3, 1853. They had ten children : 1. John, born Aug. 2, 1791, died Oct. 1, 1793. 2. Reuben, born Feb. 9, 1793, died Dec. 16, 1839. 3. Peter, born Dec. 12, 1794, died Dec. 2, 1859. 4. Abigail, born Nov. 9, 1796, died July 22, 1848. 5. Lois, born May 31, 1801; died June 10, 1874; unmar- ried. 6. Dorcas, born Aug. 5, 1803; died Nov. 2, 1833; un- married. GENEALOGY 377 7. Josiah, bom Oct. 1, 1805, died Apr. 12, 1882. 8. William, born June 19, 1809, died Nov. 9, 1809. 9. Mary, bom Oct. 11, 1810; married Solomon S. May- berry of Casco, Me. ; settled in that town and died there. Had no children. 10. Caleb, bora July 16, 1813, died June 22, 1885. Isaac, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, first, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam. He was a farmer and settled at East Windham, where he died Dec. 3, 1844. His wife, Hannah, died June 2, 1798. They had four children, as follows: 1. Joseph, born Feb. 1792. 2. Mary, born Dec. 30, 1793; married Maj. William Smith of Windham, Jan. 3, 1830; died Jan. 26, 1863. Had three children: 1. Nancy. 2. Angeline. 3. Mary Ellen, who died young. 3. Charles, born Dec. 1, 1795, married Esther ■; is said to have had six children, but I fail to find anything further in regard to the family. 4. Rea, born Nov. 8, 1797. Isaac Elder's second wife was Mary Jackson, by whom he had nine children : 1. Hannah, born Sept. 9, 1799 ; m. Amos Legrow, 1822. 2. Eleanor, born Feb. 16, 1801, d. unmarried. 3. Betsey, born Nov. 17, 1802 ; married Ezekiel Mayberry, Mar. 11, 1827. He died June 28, 1841. She died Aug. 11, 1874. Had children as folows : Mary Jane, Richard, Miriam, Edward, Fannie, John, and Wesley. 4. Lydia, born Apr. 8, 1805 ; died unmarried. 5. Richard J., born July 11, 1807. 6. Frances, bora Aug. 4, 1810, married Edward Mayberry in 1835, (intention entered Nov. 20, 1835). Had children: Frances, Louisa, and Mary Elizabeth. 7. Esther A., born May 21, 1813, married John Kemp. Had children : Henrietta J. and John A. 8. Jane B., born Nov. 28, 1817 ; married Peter Crague, Feb. 21, 1841. He died Apr. 23, 1873. She died Aug. 23, 1900. Their children were Stillman A. and Mary E. 378 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 9. Catharine, born June 6, 1820, married Ebenezer Field, (intention entered May 25, 1837). He died July 6. 1877. She died May 23, 1900. Children : Emeline M., William W., Charles H., Mary C, Josephine B., Isabel, and Charles. Prudence, daughter of William and Mavy (Akers) Elder, married, Nov. 29, 1780, Thomas Crague of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls, on the farm now (1905) owned by Charles L. Sawyer. He died Sept. 28, 1807. She died Jan. 15, 1841. Had eleven children: William, Hugh, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Prudence, Thomas, Prudence, James, Rebecca, and Martha. Rebecca, daughter of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married. May 15, 1788, Josiah Webb, son of James and Elizabeth (Mayberry) Webb; lived and died in Windham. He died Sept. 8, 1849. She died Oct. 6, 1838. Had seven children: James, William, IMary, Stephen, Josiah, John, and Eliza. William 3d, son of William 2d and Keziah (Hanson) Elder, married Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Graffam) Chesley. The date of the marriage, I am not able to ascertain. He was a farmer and lived in Windham, and died there Apr. 23, 1861. His wife, Margaret, was born Nov. 1, 1788, and died Mar. 18, 1868. Had children: 1. Keziah, born Sept. 11, 1810, married Benjamin R. Stur- gis of Gorham. Had six children: James G., William H., Mar- garet, Marshall, Mary Ellen, Fannie, and Granville. 2. Hannah, born Apr. 8, 1812, married Edmund Libby of Gorham. Had two children, Alfreda and Margaret. 3. William H.. born June 20, 1814. 4. Samuel H., born Aug. 25, 1816 ; married Susan Dorset of Gorham ; went to California ; died there ; no issue. 5. Eunice, born June 20, 1818; married, first, Jonathan Moore of Gorham ; second, Benjamin Rawsoii. Children, all by first husband, Harry, Daniel, and Jessie. 6. John, born Apr. 23, 1822; went to New York; married, and had two sons and two daughters. 7. Abbert, born Feb. 10, 1833, married and settled in Haver- hill, Mass. No children. Morrill, son of Joseph and his second wife Ann (Morrill) GENEALOGY 379 Elder, married, May 7, 1817, Hannah Legrow. He was a farmer and lived in Windham, near the Gray line. He died Mar. 18, 1863. She was born Apr. 27, 1797, and died Nov. 25, 1829. Had children, as follows : 1. Sarah J., born Nov. 3, 1817 ; married George Hamblen of Gorham; died Jan. 4, 1854. 2. Ann, born Nov. 23, 1819, died Apr. 9, 1843. 3. Joseph, born Aug. 27, 1821. 4. William, born Sept. 3, 1823, d. Jan. 10, 1899, in Gray. 5. Isaiah, born Sept. 29, 1825. 6. Caroline, born Oct. 27, 1817, married William Elkins of Windham. Had several children. Mr. Elkins died May 20, 1871. She died Mar. 21, 1865. They are buried in the May- berry Cemetery. Reuben, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Huston) Elder, mar- ried, Dec. 25, 1838, Ruth M., daughter of Josiah Smith. He was a farmer and lived on the farm in the Quaker Neighborhood, near Little Falls, the same where Mr. James Gup till, now (1905) lives. He died in 1866. No date of his wife's death can now be found. They had 10 children, all born in Gorham. I am unable to give the dates of their births, but their names were: 1. William Sewell, m. Mrs. Bethia (Bangs) Files. 2. George Marshall, m. Harriet Bell ; lived in Portland. 3. Greenleaf Greenfield, m. Sarah Parsons ; lived in Deer- ing. 4. Charles Leonard, m. Roxanna Cummins ; lived in So. Paris. 5. Harriet Elizabeth, d. in Gorham, unmarried. 6. Frederick Edwin, m. Emeline Harding. 7. Ruth Maria, d. in Gorham, unmarried. 8. Esther Etta, jn. Chas. J. Walker, d. in Gorham, 1898. 9. Frances Ann, m. B. F. Whitney; lives at Gorham Vil- lage. 10. ]Mary Jane, d. in Portland, in 1894; unmarried. John, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Huston) Elder, mar- ried, Jan. 21, 1822, Eliza, daughter of William and Anna (Ross) Thomas, of Gorham. Settled on a part of his father's farm. He was accidentally drowned in Little River (at Harding's Bridge), on June 10, 1824. Had three children: 380 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1. Sarah A., married Elisha Perkins. 2. John A., married Mary Hallowell. 3. Simon M., married Caroline Allen. Simon, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Huston) Elder, mar- ried, June 7, 1823, Hannah Edwards, and died ]\Iar. 26, 1826. I am not able to learn anything further in regard to this man or his family, if any. Joseph, son of Isaac and Hannah (Chesley) Elder, married Ruth Quint. I am not able to give any information as to her parentage or date of marriage. They settled in Anson, Me., where he died July 20, 1834. Their children were : 1. Mary. 2. 3. 4. Isaac. Luther. Hannah. 5. 6. 7. Emily Jane Esther. John. i Rea, son of Isaac and Hannah (Chesley) Elder, married Harriet Field, (intention entered on the Windham town records Nov. 13, 1819) ; lived in the easterly part of Windham. The date of his death and also that of his wife, I have not ascertained. Had children, as follows: 1. jMarion. 2. Isaac. 3. Eunice. 4. Hannah. 5. ]\Iary. 6. Rea Hugh. 7. Joseph. 8. Betsey. Richard J., son of Isaac and his second wife, Mary (Jackson) Elder, married, ]\Iar. 25, 1838, Roxellana Washburn of Port- land. He was a farmer and lived at East Windham, on the farm now (1905) owned by his son, Isaac L. Elder, Esq., of Portland. He died Jan. 21, 1877. His wife was born Feb. 28, 1810, and died June 11, 1866. Their children were as follows: 1, Cynthia J., m. Jordan McLellan. GENEALOGY 381 2. Isaac, born Mar. 6, 1840, died Mar. 24, 1840. 3. Stephen W., born June 30, 1841, died Feb. 3, 1843. 4. Mary L., born Feb. 19, 1843, died Apr. 9, 1873, 5. Almeda L., born May 29, 1844, died May 26, 1863. 6. Ellen Maria, born Sept. 16, 1848, died Mar. 31, 1851. 7. Stephen W., died May 18, 1908, aged 62. 8. Isaac L., born July 27, 1847. 9. Elva R. Samuel Elder, 3d, son of Samuel, 2d, and Hannah (Free- man) Elder, married Nancy, daughter of James and Abigail Mosher of Gorham. He was a farmer and carpenter ; settled on a farm in Gorham, near Great Palls ; died there, Sept. 22, 1860, aged 79. Mrs. Nancy (INIosher) Elder died May 2, 1837, and Mr. Elder married for his second wife Mrs. Rebecca Waterhouse, daughter of Ezra Brown of Windham, (intention entered on the town records of Windham, Oct. 14, 1837. She died at Little Falls, June 6, 1875, aged 85. Children, all by first wife: 1. Samuel H., born July 9, 1805 ; married, first, Sarah Ayer ; second, Sarah Kimball. 2. Freeman, born Nov. 10, 1806 ; entered his intention of marriage with Harriet Knapp of Standish, Oct., 1850. 3. Leonard C, born Oct. 15, 1808, married Caroline Stiles. 4. George G., born Jan. 18, 1811, married Annie Morrill. 5. Peter, born Mar. 11, 1813. 6. Ruth H., born July 11, 1815; married, first. Dr. Phineas Ingalls of Standish, Mar. 19, 1845; second, Lucius Bancroft, June 15, 1859; third, Jacob C. Baker, Aug. 6, 1861. She died Aug. 23, 1900. 7. Abigail, born June 14, 1819, married John Blair, (inten- tion entered Sept. 9, 1838). Simon, son of Samuel and Mary (Graffam) Elder, married, Apr. 10, 1819, Mary Hatch. She died Dec. 22, 1820, aged 24, leaving one child : 1. Mary Jane, born June 10, 1820, died Oct. 5, 1828. ]\Ir. Elder married. Jan. 26, 1823, Elizabeth, daughter of Randall Johnson of Westbrook. Children : 1. Miriam, born Nov. 18, 1823, died young. 382 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Catharine, born Nov. 1, 1825; d. Sept. 21, 1845; un- married. 3. Martha, born Nov. 5, 1827, d. July 27, 1851. 4. Henry, born Mar. 2, 1829, d. young. 5. Sarah J., born July 15, 1830; d. Apr. 28, 1854; un- married. 6. Eunice, born May 31, 1832^ d. young. 7. Randall J., born Nov. 3, 1833 ; m. Frances E. Roberts, Mar. 10, 1861 ; lives in Boston. 8. ^lary E., born Apr. 8, 1836 ; m. Henry M. Sweetsir, Dec. 29, 1889. 9. Edward, born Jan. 13, 1839, d. young. 10. George L., born Nov. 16, 1841, d. young. Simon Elder died May 4, 1862 ; his wife, Elizabeth, died Jan. 26, 1889. Peter, son of Samuel, 3d, and Nancy (Mosher) Elder, mar- ried, Nov. 25, 1839, Mary J., daughter of Rufus Harmon. He was a farmer and lived on the farm near Great Falls, now owned by William Fogg. About 1867 or '68, he moved to Portland, where he died in 1880. His widow was living there in 1902. Had children, as follows : 1. Helen M., born Feb. 20, 1841, died young. 2. Mary C, born May 12, 1842, m. William Cameron. 3. Clara M., born Aug. 28, 1846, m. Herbert Sylvester. 4. Ida, born July 28, 1851, m. James Pooler. 5. Ruth ]\I., is a teacher. Reuben, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, married Sally Crague, (intention entered on town records of Windham, Apr. 24, 1819. He was a farmer and lived on the River Road, in Windham and died there, Dec. 16, 1839. The date of his wife 's death, I am not able to find. Children : 1. Edward, born 1820, died Nov. 22, 1855. 2. Caroline, born 1824; d. July 31, 1845; unmar- ried. 3. Albert Leonard, born 1835, died May 21, 1906. Peter, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, entered his intention of marriage with Lj^dia Libby of Scarborough, Me., Aug. 18, 1824. She died leaving no children, and he married GENEALOGY 383 Ada Stratton of Colebrook, N. H. He was a farmer and shoe- maker. Lived on the River Road, where ]\Ir. Sicord now lives, and died there Sept. 2, 1859. His wife, Ada. died at the Old Ladies' Home in Lynn. ]\Iass., several years ago. No children by either marriage. Josiah, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, entered his intention of marriage with Jane, daughter of Paul and Annie (Staples) Stone, Mar. 16, 1829. He was a farmer and lived on his wife's father's farm on the River Road, near the Westbrook line. The farm is now OAvned by his son, ]Marshall. He died Apr. 18, 1883. Children: 1. Maria, m. William F. Weseott and died Dee. 1. 1901. 2. Marshall, born 1831, unmarried. 3. Hiram, died Sept. 18. 1887. 4. Sarah J., unmarried. 5. Abbie A., unmarried. Caleb, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, married, first, on June 14, 1854, ]\Iartha A. Warren of Gorham. She died July 22, 1868. Children: 1. Albion S. 2. Irving. Mr. Elder's second wife was Lucy Lenneton, to whom he was married, June 6, 1875. He died Jan. 22, 1885. His second wife was living a few years ago. William Sew ell. son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, married ]\Irs. Bethiah (Bangs) Files. He was a farmer and carpenter. He lived first in what is known as the "Branch Neighborhood," in Gorham; moved to tlie village where he and his wife both died. Children : 1. Mary Elizabeth, deceased. 2. Reuben Everett, deceased. George Marshall, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, married Harriet Bell of Portland. He was for many years a shoe dealer in that city, being one of the firm of Bell & Elder. Afterwards he went into business alone ; then, as one of the firm of Elder & Douglass, in ^Market Square. He died in Portland. Had one child : 1. Georgie ]\I.. married Robert H. Knight. 384 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Greenleaf Greenfield, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, married Sarah Parsons. He was a machinist ; retired from active business several years ago ; lived in Deering and died there. Had two children : 1. Annie, died in infancy. 2. Carrie L., married Benjamin ]\I. Richardson and has two children, Clifford and Leon. Charles Leonard, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (S"mith) Elder, married Roxana Cummins. He was a farmer ; settled in Paris, Me., where he died several years ago. Had four children : 1. Charles Roland. He is a lawyer in Massachusetts. 2. George. He is a lawyer. 3. Lot JMorrill ; was a medical student ; died before gradua- tion. 4. Nelson. He is a merchant. Frederick Edwin, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, married Emeline, daughter of Capt. Charles and Eliza Ann (Bailey) Harding of Gorham. He is a carpenter; lives in Lowell, ]\Iass., where he has been em])loyed by a corporation for many years. Has no children. Esther Etta, daughter of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, married Charles J. Walker, a well-known shoe and leather dealer of Portland. He died Jan. 8, 1898. She died Oct. 20, 1898, aged 65 years. One child: 1. Fred S., lives in Portland. Frances Ann, daughter of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, married Benjamin F. Whitney, of Windham. He was Lieutenant in the 10th IMaine Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, and served about two years. Afterwards in the boot and shoe Ijusiuess in Portland. Has been a deputy sheritf. Had two children: 1. Jennie Pierce, unmarried. 2. Harry Lincoln, died young. They now live at Gorham. Edward, son of Reuben and Sally (Crague) Elder, married Mary, daughter of John and IMartha (Stevens) Trott of Wind- ham. He was a farmer and lived on his father's farm on the GENEALOGY 385 River Road, and died there, Nov. 22, 1855. His wife, Mary, died in Lynn, ]Mass., several years ago. Had two children : 1. Edward. He is a carpenter and contractor in Lynn; married JMary, daughter of John and Lucy A. (Hasty) Webb. 2. Etta, married John Kenniston, lived in Lynn. A. Leonard, son of Reuben and Sally (Crague) Elder, mar- ried, first, Lydia, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Barbour) Hawkes, second. Marie Peterson. One child by first wife: 1. Julia, m. Royal T. ]\Iayberry. Albert Leonard Elder was a farmer and lived on the River Road, in Windham. He died I\Iay 21, 1906. aged 72 years, 3 months, 10 days. ELLIOTT Jacob Elliott was one of the early settlers of Windham. Just wiiere he came from, we do not know. He bought Lot No. 10, second division of one hundred-acre lots in Windham near the Center, Apr. 3, 1793, and commenced to clear the land. This lot is included in the homestead of the late Hon. William Goold. He married, probably, Dorothy Pettingill. He is said to have been the first wdiite man, who caught fish at White's Bridge. Pie died ]\Iay 10, 1817, aged 88 years. His wife, Dorothy, died Feb. 9, 1808. Their children were as follows: 1. Dorothy, married Ebenezer Barton, in 1773. 2. Jacob, Jr., married Ann Baker of Falmouth, Nov. 25, 1787. 3. Anna, married Ichabod Hanson, Jun., Sept. 3. 1784. 4. Elizabeth, married John Cook, in 1786. They were the parents of Betsey Cook, who died in Windliam, unmarried, Aug., 1861, aged 72. She had two brothers, John and Richard. 5. Daniel Pettingill, married ^litty Hall, Jan. 1, 1792. 6. Hannah, probably a daughter of Jacob Elliott, married Joseph Chase of Bucktown (now Buekfield), in 1789, (intention entered on the Windham records Nov. 8th, of that year). He was the son of Eleazer Chase, who was an early settler of Wind- ham, but removed to Buekfield. 386 WINDHAM IN THE PAST EVELETH John Eveleth, the well-known lawyer, was Town Clerk from 1823 to 1841, from 1843 to 1844; and in 1846, and 1848, his last service in that capacity being from 1850 to the close of 1854. He represented the town in the State Legislature in the years 1823, 1824, 1825. and 1826. He married Rebecca Merrill of New Gloucester, (intention entered Nov. 13, 1829). He died Sept. 17, 1859. Rev. Mr. Wiswell, in noticing his death in the Church Book, remarks that he had been a deacon of the Con- gregational Church for twenty years. His wife, Rebecca Mer- rill, died June 30, 1872. He had two children, both born in this town : 1. John Marshall, born Feb. 24, 1825; graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1845 ; studied medicine and located first at ^Mechanic Falls ; removed from there to Hallowell, Me.; died there Oct. 26, 1894. 2. Samuel Archer, born Jan. 5, 1826; graduated from Bowdoin College, in the class of 1847. He was a lawyer at Windham Hill ; married Ellen White, daughter of John and Huldah (^lorrell) White of Windham. He died at the early age of 30 years. He was a man of true nobility of character, and his death was a loss to the community. Left no children. FIELD William Field came from Falmoutli, and was probably a native of that town. He entered his intention of marriage with Annah Manchester, Feb. 26, 1785. She was the daughter of Stephen, of Indian fame, and his third wife, Mary (Bailey) Manchester, and was born in Windham. Feb. 13, 1765, and died Feb. 10, 1857, almost 92 years of age. Mr. Field settled first in Falmouth, where his two oldest children were born. About 1788, he moved to Windham and settled on a farm at East Windham, in what is called the "Ireland District." We have no record of the death of William Field, but his widow outlived him many years. They had twelve children, as follows : 1. Reuben, born Aug. 18, 1785. 2. Lucy, born Jan. 2, 1787. 3. Elias, born Mar. 4, 1789. 4. Peter, born Aug. 31, 1791. GENEALOGY 387 5. Jane, born ^May 17, 1793. 6. William, born Feb. 10, 1796. 7. Daniel, born Mar. 29, 1798. 8. Mary Ann, born May 12, 1800. 9. Ebenezer, born June 13, 1802, died young. 10. Isabella, born June 8, 1804. 11. Barbara, born July 13, 1806. 12. Ebenezer, born Aug. 9, 1809. Mrs. Anna (Manchester) Field lived with her youngest son, Ebenezer, and died there. She was a woman of good natural abilities, warm-hearted, and generous in the extreme, and was greatly beloved, not only by her own family, but by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. FREEMAN The first of the above name to locate in this vicinity is believed to be Samuel Freeman. He came from England, with emigrants who accompanied Governor Winthrop, in 1630. He settled in Watertown, ^lass. His wife w^as Apphia, — but what her family name was, does not appear. They had a son, Samuel, born in Watertown, ^lay 11, 1638, who married. May 12, 1658. ]\Iercy Southworth of Plymouth. They had a son, also named Samuel, who was born in Eastham, ^lar. 26, 1662. He married, first. Elizabeth Sparrow; second, Bathshua Smith, daughter of Barnabas Lathrop. By his second marriage he had twelve children, among them a son named Enoch. He was born in Eastham, ]May 19, 1706 ; graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1729. In 1742, Enoch Freeman came to Falmouth (now Portland), as agent for Gen. Waldo, who, by this time, had suc- ceeded in accomplishing the financial ruin of his former friend and partner. Col. Thomas Westbrook. On Aug. 31, 1742, he married Mary Wright, by whom he had seven children : 1. Samuel, born June 26, 1743. 2. James, born Sept. 9, 1744, died Feb. 5, 1771. 3. Mary, born June 1, 1746, died Oct. 22, 1750. 4. William, born Nov. 13, 1747, d. June 6, 1765 (drowned). 5. Enoch, born Sept. 4, 1750. died Dec. 1832. 6. Mary, born June 12, 1752, m. Thos. Child and died in 1832. 388 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 7. Lathrop, born Mar. 27, 1753, died Apr. 26, 1753. Mr. Freeman held many important offices during his life, which goes to show that he possessed the confidence of the public. Willis, in his "History of Portland," thus speaks of him: "He was a man of proud bearing and severe manners, which were more suited to the age in which he lived than in that which fol- lowed. " He died Sept. 2, 1788, aged 82. His wife died Jan. 7, 1785. Samuel, son of Enoch and >\lary (AVright) Freeman, was one of the most useful and influential citizens that Portland had in its early days. He was born in that city, June 26, 1743 ; and, when grown to manhood, he at once took a high position as an attorney. In 1775, he was chosen a delegate to the Provincial Congress and, for two years, was secretary of that body. He was re-elected to the Congress, in 1776 and 1778. While in Congress, he was appointed Clerk of Courts for Cumberland County and held that office for forty-six years. In 1776, he was appointed Register of Probate, and continued in that office until 1804, when he succeeded Judge Gorham as Judge of Probate. He served in this latter capacity until Maine became a separate State. He was chosen a deacon of the First Parish Church and remained as such for forty-five years. In 1802, he was chosen President of the Maine Bank. Also he was President of the Overseers of Bowdoin College, and Treasurer of that Institution. He was also, for twenty-nine years. Postmaster of Portland. Samuel Freeman was twice married. His first wife was INIary Fowle of Watertown, Mass., to whom he was married, Nov. 3, 1777. By her he had three children : 1. Mary, born Sept. 21, 1778; married Jonathan Bryant; died July 31, 1832. 2. Samuel Deane, born ]\Iay 29, 1781; graduated at Har- vard in 1800; died Sept. 15, 1831; unmarried. 3. William, born July 2, 1783; graduated at Harvard in 1804; married Clarissa Clark, of Boston, by whom he had a family ; was a lawyer ; settled in Cherryfield, Me. ^Irs. ]Mary (Fowle) Freeman died Jan. 7, 1785; and, on Feb. 7, 1786, Mr. Freeman married Betty, widow of Pearson Jones and daughter of Enoch ILslev. Thev had six children : GENEALOGY 389 1. Elizabeth, born Nov. 7, 1786; married, Aug. 28, 1786, Elnathan Duran ; died Aug. 28, 1815. 2. Dorcas, born June 30, 1789 ; married Henry Holmes of Boston ; died Apr. 23, 1813. 3. Henry, born Mar. 2, 1792 ; died Nov. 9, 1834 ; unmarried. •4. Charles, born June 3, 1794; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege, in 1812; settled in the ministry at Limerick, Me., in 1820; died Sept. 19, 1853. 5. George, born ]\Iar. 9, 1796; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege, in 1812; died May 27, 1815; unmarried. 6. Charlotte, born ]\Iar. 6, 1800, married Rev. John Boyn- ton of Phippsburg, ]Me. Enoch, son of Enoch and j\Iary (Wright) Freeman, married ]\Iehitable Cushing. Settled in business at Saccarappa and died there, Dec. 4, 1832, aged 82 years. His wife, Mehitable, died at the same place, Feb. 27, 1844, aged 84. They are buried in the old Conant Burial Ground at Westbrook, where modest head- stones mark the spot of their interment. Children : 1. Abigail, born July 7, 1788, m. Daniel Babb. 2. Enoch, born July 14, 1790. 3. Nathaniel, born July 1792. 4. Mary, born July 21, 1796, died July 15, 1844. She is buried in the Conant Yard, and her head-stone bears the follow- ing epitaph : ' ' Upon her grave shall blessings rest. Kind, good and pious were her days; They loved her most who knew her best And their affection speaks her praise." 5. Sally, born Oct. 27, 1797, died Sept. 7, 1815. 6. James, born May 29, 1800, died Apr. 8, 1833. Another son of the second Samuel and ]\lercy (Southworth) Freeman was named Constant. He was born Mar. 31, 1669, married Jane Treat. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Treat, pastor of the church in Truro, Cape Cod. His congregation was largely composed of Indians, for whom he translated the "Confession of Faith" into the Nauset dialect. Jonathan, son of Constant and Jane (Treat) Freeman, was born in Truro, June 9, 1710, married, Sept. 23, 1731, Rebecca Burney. Their 390 WINDHAM IN THE PAST son, Jonathan, Jr., born in May, 1739, married, Nov. 28, 1759, Sarah Parker of Falmouth, Me. They came to Gorham, about Nov. 25, 1762, and it is said that his father and mother came with them. Jonathan Freeman and his wife, Sarah, settled in the south part of Gorham, on land he purchased of ]\Ir. ]\Iorton. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The date of his death is unknown. His children were : 1. Sarah, born May 9, 1761 ; married, Apr. 19, 1781. Isaac Larrabee of Scarboro, Me. 2. Jenny, born July 28, 1763, died unmarried. 3. Benjamin, born June 18, 1765. 4. Rebecca, born July 28, 1767; married, Oct. 27, 1785, Josiah Harmon of Scarboro. 5. Susannah, born Oct. 8, 1769; married, Apr. 23, 1788, Dominicus Harmon of Scarboro. 6. Jonathan, born Feb! 8, 1773. 7. Ebenezer, born Apr. 8, 1775. 8. Apphia, born Dec. 6, 1777, died unmarried. 9. Joshua, born May 4, 1780. Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married, in 1787, (intention entered Dec. 15th of that year), Eunice Seavey of Scarboro. He was a farmer and settled in that town. Had sons, Josiah and Samuel, (probably other children). Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married, in 1794, Hannah Thompson of Falmouth. Had chil- dren, as follows: 1. Samuel, died young, buried in Gorham. 2. William, died young, buried in Gorham. 3. Gardner, born Mar. 22, 1799; died in Gray, Me.; un- married. 4. Polly, born Aug. 25, 1801, married Rufus Knight, and died in Gray. The family moved to Windham, where a son, George, was born; thence to West Gray, where they had three more children, Nancy, Samuel, and Ellen. Jonathan Freeman was the grandfather of George Freeman of West Gray and j\Irs. Gardner Weeks, late of Gorham. GENEALOGY 391 Ebenezer, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married, Feb. 3, 1799, Polly Prentiss. Their children were: 1. Betsey, born July 12, 1799, m. Plummer. 2. Prentiss, born May 25. 1801. He moved to Parsonsfield and had five more children, born in that town : 3. Mary. 4. William. 5. Ebenezer. 6. Benjamin. 7. Samuel. Ebenezer Freeman died in Parsonsfield, while yet in the prime of life. Joshua, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, lived on the old homestead in Gorham. He married, Aug. 30, 1801, Hannah Harmon of Scarboro. They were both charter members of the Freewill Baptist Church at South Gorham, and he was, for several years, its deacon. He died June 22, 1853. His wife died June 27, 1868. Had children, as follows: 1. Arthur, married Martha Davis of Boston; lived in that city. 2. Cyrus, married Elizabeth Mosher, lived and died in Farmington, Me. 3. Daniel, born in 1811 ; died Feb. 16, 1870 ; he married, in 1837, ]\Iartha J. Goldthwaite of Biddeford, and had two daugh- ters: Sarah C, born Aug. 25, 1839, married a Mr. Waterhouse of Fryeburg. Martha E., born May 20, 1841 ; married Melville C. Burnell ; lives in Gorham. 4. ]\Ioses, married Rebecca Oliver of Boston, and died in Somerville, Mass. 5. Alexander, married, in 1843, Sally Waterhouse; moved to Wayland, ]\lass., and died there. 6. Samuel, died Oct. 1, 1835, aged 18 years. 7. Sarah, died Oct. 15, 1819, aged 6 months. Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, married Eunice Seavey ; lived in Scarboro, Me. I am unable to say how many children they had, but two of their sons settled in Windham, and they had probably more children. Those who came here were Josiah and Samuel. 392 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Josiah, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Seavey) Freeman, was born Oct. 10, 1791 ; married about 1815, Betsey Webb, born Sept. 9, 1786. She was the daughter of John Webb, w^ho was born in England, Mar. 13, 1750, and died in W^indham, Dec. 17, 1833. Josiah Freeman settled, first in Scarboro ; but after- wards came to Windham and purchased a farm on tlie River Road, a few rods south of Calley Wright's, (now called Dole's) Brook; it being a part of the farm on which Capt. Thomas Chute made the first settlement in town. lie served a term in the U. S. Army in the War of 1812. He was a man of indus- trious habits, somewhat reserved in manners ; a good citizen, and greatly respected by his townsmen. He died on the farm where he settled in Windham, Mar. 28, 1868. His wife died at same place, May 19, 1873. They had five children: 1. Stephen W., born Jan. 17, 1817, in Scarboro. 2. Benjamin, born Oct. 8, 1818. 3. Thomas, born about 1821. 4. Elizabeth A., born in 1823; m. Jonathan Sanborn; died June 26, 1905; had children. 5. Lois, unmarried. Samuel, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Seavey) Freeman, married, Aug. 10, 1823, Lorana, daughter of William and Ann (Webb-Bolton) Libby of Gorham. Settled at Gambo, in Wind- ham, where he worked for a long term of years in the powder mills. He and his wife have been dead for several years, but I am unable to find any date of their deaths ; neither can I tell when any one of their six children was born. They were as follows : 1 . Harriet, married, first, Samuel Nason ; second, Josiah Swett of Standish. She is deceased. 2. John. 3. Joseph. 4. Dorcas A., married John Richardson, and died in Gor- ham, Dec. 1, 1895. Had children. 5. Charlotte, married Newell Hanson of Windham. She is now (1906) living at South Windham. Has children. 6. James E. Stephen W., son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, married, Jan. 10, 1841, Charity Ann, daughter of Thomas and GENExVLOGY 393 Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge of Windham. She was born Sept, 16, 1818, and died Apr. 28, 1842. They had one child, a son named William B., born Apr. 17, 1842, and died in 1859 or '60. Stephen W. Freeman married a second wife, Miss Caroline H. Walker of Westbrook. He lived on his father's farm and died there, Aug. 26, 1897. His wife, Caroline, was born Feb. 26, 1826, and died about 1865. They had children, as follows: 1. Erving, born Sept. 6, 1847, died Sept. 20, 1849. 2. Ella M., born May 7, 1851, died about 1865. 3. C. Elizabeth, born Jan. 24, 1853, m. Frank Johnson, 4. Charles, born May 21, 1855. 5. Fred H., born Feb. 21, 1857. 6. Sarah, born Feb. 20, 1859; married Charles Clay; has children ; lives in Gorham. 7. Annie, born Apr. 26, 1861, married, Frank D. Guptill. He was instantly killed by a powder-mill explosion at Newhall, May 9, 1898. 8. Alice, died young. Benjamin, son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, married ]\Iartha A., daughter of Peter and Martha Ingersoll of Windham. He settled, first in Windham ; moved to Bethel, Me. ; from there to W^ashington, D. C, where he was employed by the U. S. Government for several years. He afterwards re- turned to Windham and died Mar. 5, 1890. His wife was born in 1823 and died Mar. 18, 1863. Had children^ as follows: 1. Melville, settled in Bethel, Me. 2. Francena. 3. Ann M., died Mar. 25, 1847, aged 3 years. 4. Rose Elva, died July 4, 1852, aged 14 mos., 10 days. 5. Ina. 6. Howard, deceased. Thomas, son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, mar- ried Abbie Proctor of Westbrook; lived several years after marriage in Windham ; moved to Denmark, Me., where he pur- chased a farm, and where he and his wife died several years ago. Their children were: 1. Oscar, deceased. 2. Albert. 394 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. William. 4. Ida. John, son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, married Minerva, daughter of James and Ann (Bailey) Small. He worked many years at powder making at Gambo. Afterwards he settled on a farm near Little Falls and died there, June 28, 1890, aged 66 years. His wife died a few years previous. They had two children, both of whom died young, and a daughter, Annie, who married Angus Cameron. She lives in Portland and has a daughter. Joseph, son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, was a powder-maker and lived at Gambo, where he died May 28, 1891. He married Susan Welch, a native of the British Prov- inces. After his death she moved to Everett, 'Mass., and died there. His children : 1. Lora. 2. Julia. James E., son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, married, Apr. 9, 1859, Jane N., daughter of Joseph and Eunice (Lombard) Libby of Gorham. She was born May 11, 1841, and died Jan. 28, 1896. He worked for some time at powder making ; served a term of enlistment in the Union Army. Three children : JL. Horatio G., married Jan. 14, 1893, Clara E. Libby. 2. Minnie L., married Sept. 14, 1889, Edward Thompson. 3. Ethel M., married July 3, 1900, William J. Ranney. Fred H., son of Stephen W. and Caroline H. (Walker) Free- man, married, Nov. 27, 1880, Sarah, daughter of Richard and Rosilla M. (Chute) Dole. She was born Aug. 25, 1860. He is a grocer; lives at Little Falls (on Gorham side). They have two children: 1. Bertha R., born June 30, 1886. 2. Harlan Dole, born Nov. 4, 1890. Charles, son of Stephen W. and Caroline H, (Walker) Free- man, married Patience, daughter of Cornelius and Nancy (Allen) Small of Westbrook. He is a farmer and lives on his GENEALOGY 395 father's farm on the River Road, Windham. They have two children : 1. Irene. 2. Stephen. FROST Hezekiah Frost was born in Canterbury, Conn., in 1778. He graduated at Yale College in 1802, and located at Windham Hill, where he practised law until his death. May 27, 1827. He married, in 1807, Esther Clark of Plymouth, Vermont, and they had six children : 1. Jane Clark, born Nov. 1808. 2. Susan Farnham, born Sept. 25, 1810. 3. Louisa Bond, born Feb. 20, 1813. 4. John Clark, born Feb. 22, 1815. 5. Daniel, born June 22, 1817. 6. Hezekiah, born Apr. 7, 1819. Mrs. Esther Frost died June 10, 1819 ; and, on Dec. 17, 1820, Mr. Frost entered his intention of marriage with Miss Hannah Brown of Windham, by whom he had three children, as follows: 1. Edward B., born Sept. 14, 1821. 2. Esther, born June 30, 1823, m. Josiah Turner. 3. Sereno Dwight, born Oct. 23, 1825. FARROW John Farrow, said to have been the third settler of New Mar- blehead, was a native of Tiverton, R. I. We do not know the date of his death, but it was sometime previous to 1759. His wife, Persis, died, according to the church records, May 12, 1758, and they were buried on their own land. John Farrow, Jr., son of John and Persis Farrow, married Hannah and had the following children born here: 1. Abigail, born Feb. 3, 1746, died July 1753. 2. Ezekiel, born Jan. 1, 1749. 3. Timothy, born Sept. 17, 1751. 4. Josiah Wooster, born Feb. 10, 1754. 5. John, born Apr. 25, 1756. 896 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Thomas, born Apr. 18, 1758. 7. Calvin, baptized Apr. 8, 1764. The name of Farrow has been extinct in Windham for many years. GOOLD In the year 1768, a young Quaker named Benjamin Goold, then twenty-one years of age, started from Elliott, Me., to Fal- mouth to make his way in the world. He had no means to begin with except his Yankee pluck. He found employment in Fal- mouth, where he remained until 1774, when he came to Wind- ham, There he worked for Daniel Hall, near Windliam Center, for six years and earned his farm, it being the same afterwards owned by James L. Dunlap. He married, in 1775, Phebe Noble of Gray. Her father was Nathan Noble. He was a soldier and served at Louisburg, in 1745. He went on the expedition to the same place in 1757, and was in the army at Lake Champlain, in 1758 and 1759. In 1776, he served two months at the siege of Boston. Jan. 6, 1777, he enlisted for three years in Capt. John Skillings' Co., in Col. Ebenezer Francis' 11th Massachu- setts Kegt. He took part in the retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, was in the battles of Hubbardton and Stillwater, and was killed at the Battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777, being at the time in his 55th year. Benjamin Goold 's father and grandfather were named Benjamin, and both lived in Elliott. His grandfather went from Taunton, Mass., to Elliott about 1713. He was the son of John and Mary (Crosson) Gold. (Here the spelling of the name changed.) John Gold was the son of Jarvis Gold, who came from Kent Co., England, in 1625, first to Boston. Later he became one of the early settlers of Hingham, ]\Iass., in 1625, He removed to Boston, where he died in 1656, aged 51 years. He was the emigrant ancestor of all of the name, who have ever lived in Windham. Benjamin Goold of Windham built a log house at first, but afterwards a frame dwelling. The cellar and well can now be seen, and there are also two or three of his apple trees yet standing; but they are back in the orchard, as the present road was not then built. He died in 1807, aged 60 years. He was an industrious and frugal man and acquired considerable land. He was an assessor and collector of taxes GENEALOGY 397 in Windham. His wife, was remembered by her grandson, Hon. William Goold, as a smart Quaker lady, who rode to meeting Thursdays and Sundays, on her pacing mare "Knitting Work." She died in a "sleeping lethargy," in 1817, aged 67 years. The children of Benjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, were as follows: 1. Simeon, born July 4, 1776; married in 1799, Bethiah Osgood ; was in the lumber business and built a sawmill at Great Falls. He resided on the Anthoine Road near Pike's Hill. Later he moved to Portland and died there, in 1835. Had three sons and one daughter, all buried in Portland. 2. Nathan, born Apr. 10, 1778. 3. Daniel, born July 10, 1780, d. Mar. 28, 1798. 4. Betsey, born Nov. 3, 1782; married Dec. 28, 1807, Ephraim Hodgdon. He was born in South Berwick, Apr, 23, 1777. He was a tailor by trade and lived at Windham Center. They had three children, as follows : 1. Julia, born July 11. 1808. 2. Daniel, born Dec. 3, 1809. 3. Eunice, born Apr. 3, 1812. 5. Mary, born Dec. 21, 1784, married William Pitt Freeze, (intention entered Feb. 12, 1814). He was killed by lightning at Sandwich, N. H., in 1829. She died in 1839, aged 54 years. 6. Ezra, born May 7, 1787, died the next year. 7. Ezra, born Mar. 16, 1789; married, about 1812, Betsey Shane, daughter of Richard Shane. Ezra Goold was a deputy sheriff and an ensign in the militia. He died in 1818, aged 29 years. His wife died in 1882, aged 93 years. They had one child, Louisa, who married, in 1838, Lieut. Col. John C. Jaquis. He died in Windham, June 13, 1895, aged 88 years, 2 months, 27 days. 8 and 9. Twins, who died when but a few days old. 10. Abner, born Aug. 31, 1792, was unmarried and when last heard from was in New Orleans, in 1836. Nathan, second son of Benjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, was twice married. His first mfe was Miriam Swett, daughter of John and Sarah Swett, to whom he was married. Mar. 13, 1803. She died in 1805 ; and, on Dec. 27, 1807, he was married by the well-known Rev. Caleb Bradley, of Westbrook, to Betsey Gowen, daughter of James and Edna (Knight) Gowen. She 398 WINDHAM IN THE PAST was a descendant of Nicholas Frost, the first settler in Elliott, where her father came when a young man. Mr. Goold bought in 1802 the farm, which was later occupied by his son, Hon. William Goold. Nathan Goold was chairman of the selectmen for eight years, represented Windham in the General Court of Massachusetts; was Captain of the Town ^Militia in the War of 1812, and marched his company, in the alarm of Sept., 1814, to Portland to defend the town from an expected attack. He was a justice of the peace for many years, and died of consump- tion in 1823, aged almost 45 years. His children by both mar- riages, were : 1. John, born Dec. 25, 1803, died Jan. 21, 1806. 2. Benjamin, born Feb. 5, 1805; married, in 1826, Mary Ann Sargent, who died in 1890, aged 89 years. He lived in Windham until 1835, when he removed to Lynn, Mass., and died in 1863, aged 58 years. His children were : 1. Martha Ann, born Oct. 2, 1827. 2. Ada Elizabeth, born May 29, 1829. 3. Sarah Kimball, born July 10, 1830. 4. William Benjamin, born in Lynn. 3. William, born Apr. 13. 1809. 4. Miriam, born Jan. 25, 1820; married John Brown, Jr., in 1849. She died in 1859. He died in Deering, Me., in 1890, aged 77 years. Their children were : 1. Lizzie Goold. 2. Frederick James. 3. Annie Milliken. 4. Alice Francena, died young. 5. Nathan, born Dec. 19, 1821 ; married, first, in 1844, Mary Ellen Kimball. She died in 1873, aged 48 years. He then mar- ried Mary J. (Follansbee) Smith of Boston; moved to that city and was living there in 1897. His children were : 1. William Frank, who died young. 2. George Walter. 3. Ida Isabel, died young. Hon. William Goold, son of Nathan and Betsey (Gowen) Goold, born Apr. 13, 1809, when about 14 years of age, left his home in Windham, and went to Portland to learn the tailor's GENEALOGY 399 trade. He served seven years' apprenticeship with Seth Clark and became his partner, in 1830. In 1837. because of bleeding badly from his lungs he was obliged to give up business and re- turned to Windham. There he spent nearly seven years on the home farm ; but. recovering his health, he moved to Saco. On account of a freshet there, he did not find the situation satis- factory and, returned to AVindham. Next he moved back to Portland and engaged in business, where he remained until 1861. In that year he returned to his farm, spending the remainder of his life near the scenes of his childhood. He represented Windham in the Legislature, in 1866, and was a State Senator in 1874 and 1875. Though a man of but very limited school education, he was best known from his historical writings. He was the author of "Portland in the Past," and of fourteen papers read before the Maine Historical Society. Of this body he was a member for seventeen years, and was also a frequent contributor for the press on historical subjects. He married, Sept. 9, 1834, Nabby Tukey Clark, daughter of his former em- ployer, Seth Clark. She was born in Portland, May 27, 1816, and died at Windham, Sept. 27, 1897. aged 81 years. Hon. William Goold died in the house in which he was born, May 22, 1890. aged 81 years. Mr. and Mrs. Goold had eight children: 1. Alary Elizabeth, born in Portland, Sept. 20, 1836; mar- ried at AVindham, Nov. 11, 1869, George H. Harding. She died in Portland, June 12, 1881, aged 44 years. 2. Abba Louisa, born at Windham, Apr. 30, 1838 ; married there, Aug. 14, 1856, Aloses Woolson, then of Portland. He was born in Concord, N. H., Dec. 31. 1821; died in Boston, Jan. 17, 1896. She is widely known as Abba Goold Woolson, an authoress and a lecturer on history and literature. 3. Francis Clark, born at Windham, Mar. 10, 1840 ; married at Boston, June 17, 1880, Carrie E. Willard of Boston. He served more than a year on the U. S. S. Housatonic in the block- ade and bombardment of Charleston, S. C, in 1862-63. He was a volunteer, after the expiration of his term of service, in the night attack on Fort Sumter in Sept., 1863. He escaped un- harmed and now lives in Alassachusetts. 4. William Willis, born in Biddeford, Jan. 30, 1842; mar- ried, June 15. 1870, Louise T. Hitchings. of Portland. 400 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 5. Nathan, born in Windham, Jan. 8, 1844, died Sept. 25, 1846. 6. Nathan, born in Portland, July 8, 1846; married, Nov. 22, 1871, Elizabeth V. Giddings of Portland; died in 1914. 7. Ellen, born in Portland, Apr. 7, 1850. 8. George Mather, born in Portland, ]\Iay 15, 1856 ; married, May 11, 1881, Lizzie Sarah Sargent of Portland. Another Benjamin Goold came to Windham from Elliott later. He was the son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) Goold, and was born Dec. 3, 1782. He was a nephew of the first Benjamin Goold in Windham. He married Deborah Hatch, about 1805. She died in 1862, aged 72 years. They lived for several years in Windham and then moved to Denmark, Me., where he died in 1865, aged 82 years. Their children were: 1. Deborah, born Jan. 1807; married Henry Leach; moved to Raymond. 2. George, born Aug. 25, 1809. 3. Thaddeus, born July 7, 1812 ; went away when about seventeen years old and was never heard from afterwards. 4. Margaret, born July 15, 1815, married John Smith; went to Gray, Me., to reside. 5. Ambrose, born Sept. 1, 1817; was in the U. S. Navy and died in the service, in 1860. 6. Sarah, born July 11, 1820, married Nelson Babb ; lived at North Gorham ; died in 1864. 7. Rebecca, born Apr. 25, 1825, married, in 1845, Samuel Whidden ; lived in Denmark, Me. 8. Lorinda, born INIay 1, 1828, married Daniel Hutchins; lived at East Hiram, Me. 9. Joseph, born Oct. 2. 1830 ; married Ann P. jNIerrill ; lived at Mechanic Falls. George, son of Benjamin and Deborah (Hatch) Goold, mar- ried three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Rounds of Bux- ton. They were married in 1834, (intention entered Mar. 1st of that year). Their children were as follows: 1. Oliver, born June 10, 1835, died 1842. 2. Abigail R., born Apr. 10, 1836 ; married Joseph T. Jones ; died Feb. 26, 1910, aged 73 years. 3. Mahala R., born Oct. 8, 1837, died Oct. 19, 1842. GENEALOGY 401 4. Albert Ames, born Aug. 6, 1839, died Oct. 23, 1842. 5. Sarah R., born June 9, 1841, married Edwin W. Atkin- son. 6. Oliver Ames, born July 4, 1843, married Lucy, widow of Daniel Peaslee. She was the daughter of INIatthias ^lurch, a Revolutionary soldier. Oliver Ames Goold died in Boston, Feb. 23, 1905. Mrs. Mary A. (Rounds) Goold died Nov. 15, 1849, aged 40 years; and, in 1851, Mr. Goold married Sarah B., daughter of John and Hannah (Bangs) Hamblen of Gorham, by w^hom he had one child: 1. Hannah H., born Dec. 21, 1851; married, in 1869, Charles Albert Burrill; had eight children. She was burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene lamp several years ago. Sarah B., second wife of George Goold, died in 1853, and he married, in 1856, Sarah ]\Ioulton of Stan- dish, Me. He represented the Town of Windham in the Legislature in 1868, and died Dec. 26, 1895, aged 86 years. His third wife, Sarah Moulton, died Apr. 25. 1904, aged 86 years, 8 months. Nathaniel, son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) Goold, came from Elliott and lived at Windham Hill, but afterwards moved to Denmark. He married, in 1821, Dorcas Varney of Windham. He was born in Elliott about 1796. Had two chil- dren : 1. Moses. 2. Susan. Jonathan, son of Alexander and ^Margaret (Emery) Goold, was born in Elliott, Sept. 23, 1773 ; came to Windham and mar-> ried Charity, daughter of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam. She died in 1848, aged 53 years, and he married Sarah (Graffam) Cobb of Cape Elizabeth. He died Jan. 5, 1875, aged 81 years. His second wife died in 1894, aged 86. They had ten children of whom w^e know nothing. Obadiah Goold, was the son of Mussey and Elizabeth Goold of Dover, N. H. He was born Apr. 21, 1777, and died July 11, 1860. He married, Aug. 2, 1798, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Anne (Varney) Cook, who died ]\Iar. 21, 1835. He was a grand- son of Joseph and Bethiah (Furbush) Goold of Kittery, Me. 402 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Joseph was a brother to Benjamin, first of that name in Wind- ham, and son of John Gold of Taunton, Mass. Obadiah Goold was a Quaker minister and was said to be an eloquent speaker. He lived at one time at North Windham, but died in Casco. He had two children : 1. Anna, born June 12, 1799 ; married. Mar. 9, 1825, Ezekiel Varney. 2. Isaiah, born Oct. 25, 1801 ; married, Jan. 28, 1835, Katha- rine, daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Partridge) Maxfield; they had a large family. It was their son, Alpheus Goold, who was Town Clerk of Windham, in 1871. GALLISON Among the original grantees of Windham was Joseph Galli- son, a shoreman of old Marblehead. He drew Home Lot No. 29, in the first division of lots, but probably did not come here. The first of the name to settle in this town, so far as we are able to learn, was John Gallison, possibly a son of Joseph. He was born in Marblehead, Aug. 6, 1754, and died in Windham, Sept. 6, 1840, aged 86 years. His wife was Abigail, daughter of Ken- elm and Abigail (Bourn) Winslow. She was born in Marsh- field, Mass., June 28, 1758, and died in Windham, Apr. 14, 1836, aged 73 years. John Gallison settled on a farm near the old Congregational meeting-house, it being the same afterwards owned by his son, John, Jr. John Gallison, senior, was town clerk for sixteen consecutive years. He and his wife, Abigail, had nine children, all l3orn in Windliam, and Mr. Gallison records their births in the following manner: "1. Joseph, born Sept. 23, 1777. 2. John, born May 31, 1780, forenoon, 6 o'clock. 3. Abigail, born Mar. 13, 1783, morning. 4. Winslow, born Apr. 4, 1785, morning, 9 o'clock. 5. Polly Little, born Nov. 1, 1787, Sunday, 5 o'clock, after- noon. 6. Silvanus, born Jan. 25, 1792. 7. Charlotte, born Feb. 11, 1794, Tuesday. 8. Henry, born June 14, 1796, Tuesday. 9. Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1802, Wednesday." GENEALOGY 403 John, Jr., son of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, entered his intention of marriage with Snsannah Greenleaf, Sept. 16, 1815. Their children were as follows : 1. Winslow, born Apr. 23, 1816, died Feb. 14, 1819. 2. Henry, born Dee. 15, 1817, died several years ago. His wife was Sarah Parker. 3. John W., born Jan. 8, 1820, died July 17, 1848. 4. Sarah Cordelia Little, born Aug. 28, 1821 ; died Oct. 20, 1844; unmarried. 5. Nancy, born May 6, 1823, married Hiram C. Loveitt. 6. Susan E,, born July 26, 1825, married Mayberry. 7. Wellington, born 1828, died Apr. 4, 1851. 8. Cyrus, lived in Portland. 9. Oliver, born June 28, 1836. John Gallison died June, 1864, aged 84 years. His wife, Susannah, died July 25, 1845, aged 53 years. Joseph, son of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, was born in Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 23, 1777 ; married Hannah Atwood. He was a hatter by trade ; lived for a while in Wind- ham, where he had one child born. Afterwards he appears to have lived in Gorham. From there he went to Norway, Me., where he died, Dec. 6, 1867. No date of his wife's death can now be found. They had ten children : 1. Henry, died in childhood. 2. Hannah A., born July 8, 1810. She was born in Wind- ham and married Cyrus Clay. 3. Abigail W., married Richard Lombard of Gorham, Me. 4. Sophia, married Jefferson Gushing. 5. William, married Elvira Young. 6. Joseph H., married Lovina Hammond. 7. Charlotte, married Richard Buzzell. 8. John M., married Sarah A. French. 9. Edward A., married Belinda True. 10. Amanda M., married George R. Tourtilldott. Polly Little, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Galli- son, married. May 1, 1809, Robinson D. Davis. He was then "of Windham," and they had one child born here: 1. John Gallison, born Feb. 17, 1810. 404 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Probably they had others, but we think that the family left town and located elsewhere. Charlotte, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Galli- son, married, Dec. 29, 1866, James Loveitt. (See Loveitt record.) Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John and Abigail (Wins- low) Gallison, married Nathan Cloudman of Windham. Silvanus Gallison entered his intention of marriage with Eunice Barker Sept. 26, 1796, and he was then "of Marble- head," and she "of Windham." We do not know how he was connected witli the other Gallisons in Windham. He may, how- ever, have been a brother or cousin to the first John. He and his wife, Eunice, had four children born in this town : 1. John Merchant, born Feb. 20, 1797. 2. William, born Jan. 14, 1799. 3. Silvanus, born Oct. 8, 1803. 4. Eunice Barker, born Feb. 10, 1809. Silvanus Gallison, senior, died Feb. 4, 1814. His wife, Eunice, died Oct. 14, 1809. GRAFFAM Among the early settlers of Windham was Caleb Graffam. An account of his life will be found in Chapter II. His children were : 1. Peter, born Apr. 3, 1742. 2. Abigail, born Apr. 11, 1744, m. Joseph Chesley. 3. Hannah, born Mar. 31, 1746. 4. Mary, born Oct. 27, 1748, m. Samuel Elder. 5. Sarah, born Feb. 23, 1751, m. Ezra Brown. 6. Enoch, born Apr. 14, 1753. 7. Caleb, Jr., born Sept. 26, 1755. 8. Rebecca, born May 1, 1757, m. John Elder. 9. Lois B., born Apr. 30, 1759, m. Robert Mugford. 10. Elizabeth, born Apr. 30, 1765, m. Samuel Swett. Peter, son of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, mar- ried, Feb. 16, 1764, Mary Wilson. They were both "of Wind- ham," but afterwards went to New Gloucester, and died in that GENEALOGY 405 town. He was a Kevolutionary soldier ; no date of his death can now be found. In the Smith Burial Ground can now be seen a headstone with this inscription : ' ' Lois Graffam, daughter of Capt. Peter Graffam of New Gloucester, died May 21, 1788, aged 19 years." So it would seem that he retained his affection for his native Windham, long after he ceased to reside there. Enoch, son of Capt. Caleb, and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, was a soldier in the Eevolution. He served 50 months and 13 days; was a member of Capt. George Smith's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Mass. Regiment. He married, Aug. 1774, Charity, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Mayberry of Wind- ham, settled on a farm in the Mayberry Neighborhood and died there. They had twelve children, as follows : 1. Bathsheba, born Sept. 9, 1774, died Dec. 30, 1837 ; un- married. 2. Hannah, born Aug. 26, 1776, married Jedediah Lovell (or Loveitt) of Cape Elizabeth. 3. Caleb, born Oct. 17, 1780. 4. Peter, born May 31, 1783. 5. Enoch, born Aug. 27, 1787. 6. Rebecca, born Oct. 11, 1789. 7. Elizabeth, born Mar. 29, 1792. 8. Charity, born Aug. 31, 1794; married, Jonathan Goold, Apr., 1816. 9. Polly, born Aug. 31, 1794, twin with Charity. 10. John, born Sept. 16, 1796. 11. James, born Oct. 21, 1799. 12. Lois, born July 5, 1802, married John Anderson Lowe. Caleb, son of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, entered his intention of marriage with Eunice Bailey of Fal- mouth, Dee. 22, 1782. We have no record of him, save that it is said he settled in Falmouth. Caleb, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, appears on the records as a much-married man. His first wife was Polly Joseph, to whom he was married Apr. 2, 1801. She died June 11, 1807, leaving at least one child; and, Dec. 1, 1808, he married Polly Cloudman of Gorham. She was the daughter of Timothy and Katy (Partridge) Cloudman and was born in 406 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Gorham, July 13, 1779. She died Feb. , 1814, leaving three children. His next wife was Rachel Clay, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Gammon) Clay of Gorham. He married her, Mar. 17, 1815, and she died Feb. 13, 1816. His fourth and last wife was INIary B. Swett, daughter of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Bailey) Swett. Their marriage took place, Nov. 4, 1817. By her he had a large family. They lived for many years near the old North Schoolhouse in Westbrook. Peter, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, was a farmer and settled in Casco. He was twice married, but we do not know the names of his wives. We have been informed that, by his first marriage, he had children : 1. William. 2. Mary J. 3. James. Children by second marriage: 1. Betsey, married Proctor. 2. Henry. 3. Bathsheba, died young. 4. Mark. 5. Eliza Ann. John, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, mar- ried Margaret True of Sweden, Me., (intention entered Feb. 17, 1835). He lived many years on the road leading from the River Road to Windham Hill. Had nine children : 1. Enoch, died in the army. 2. Addison, married Patience Allen. 3. Albert. 4. Peter. 5. Robert. 6. Elizabeth, married William H. Allen. 7. Mary, married Jabez Dickey. 8. Ann, married Annis Campbell. 9. Ellen, married Kirkpatriek. We do not know the date of Mr. John Graffam 's death, but his widow, Margaret, died in Westbrook, July 8, 1895, aged 84 years. GENEALOGY 407 HACKER Jeremiah Hacker was born in Portland, Jan. 27, 1795, and died in Windham, Sept. 10, 184-1. He was a Quaker. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, to whom he was married, in Windham, Sept. 11, 1817. She was born Mar. 13, 1798 ; died June 16, 1839. They had ten children, all born in Windham, as follows: 1. Lydia, born July 8, 1818, died May 23, 1821. 2. ]\Iary Read, born Jan. 26, 1820 ; married Josiah S. Allen at Windham, May 1815 ; died in Boston, Mar. 29, 1883. 3. Emily Ann, born Nov. 22, 1821 ; was the second wife of William H. Cook; married at Westbrook, Apr. 29, 1863. 4. Hannah, born Sept, 16, 1823 ; married at Windham, Dec. 2, 1852, Stephen R. AVinslow of Westbrook. 5. Isaiah Noah, born Mar. 15, 1826 ; married Lydia M. Winslow of Westbrook, Mar. 2, 1859. 6. Francis, born Dec. 16, 1827; married, Nov. 1, 1857, Charlotte Hallett of Chatham, Mass. 7. Lydia, born Nov. 24, 1829, first wife of William H. Cook; married at Windham; died Nov. 4, 1859. 8 Abigail, born Aug. 24, 1832. 9. An infant, born in 1833, died same year. 10. Jeremiah Winslow, born Nov. 22, 1834; married Ma- linda Ellen Mark, of Superior, Douglass County, Wisconsin. Jonathan and ]\Iary Hacker appear on the town records as having had five children born in this town. We know nothing about this family, save the bare record. The children were: 1. Oliver, born Aug. 14, 1811. 2. Mary Ann, born Oct. 7, 1813. 3. Abigail C, born Apr. 10, 1819. 4 Sarah, born Mar. 8, 1821. 5. Moses, born May 19, 1832; died in Windham, June 24, 1834. HALL The ancestor of this family in Windham and vicinity was Hate Evil Hall. He was born in Dover, N, H., in 1707. He married Sarah Furbish of Kittery and moved to Falmouth, Me., 408 WINDHAM IN THE PAST and died there, Nov. 23, 1797, aged 90 years. The date of his wife's death, we do not know. They had thirteen children : 1. Dorothy. 2. Daniel. 3. Hate Evil. 4. j\Iercy. 5. Ebenezer. 6. Abigail. 7. William. 8. John. 9. Jedediah. 10. Andrew. 11. Nicholas. 12. Paul. 13. Silas. Daniel, son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, married Lorana, daughter of Job and INIargaret (Barbour) Winslow of Falmouth. They had the folowing children: 1. Winslow. 2. Mercy. 3. William. 4. Stephen. 5. Eachel. 6. Anna. 7. Betsey. 8. Simeon. Hate Evil, Jr., son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, married Ruth Winslow, sister of his brother Daniel's wife. She died, and he married for a second wife Ann Jenkins. His chil- dren were : 1. Job. 2. Euth. 3. Sarah. 4. Hezekiah. 5. Enoch. 6. Submit. 7. John. 8. Hate Evil. GENEALOGY 409 9. Abigail. 10. Nathan. 11. Dorcas. 12. Margaret. 13. Shadrach This was probably the Hate Evil Hall mentioned by the Kev. Peter T. Smith, as one of the thirty-nine heads of families in town at the time of his ordination, in 1762. Ebenezer, son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Abraham and his first wife, Bathshua (Farr) Anderson. He was born July 20, 1741, married Oct. 18, 1764. He died in Gorham, Aug. 6, 1807. No date of her death is known to exist. They had eight children, all born in Gorham. They were as follows: 1. Abraham, born Dec. 29, 1765 ; married, first, Elizabeth Sanborn, Apr. 18, 1790 ; second, Mary Giles. 2. Bathshuah, born Aug. 14, 1768, died young. 3. Isaac, born May 23, 1770 ; married, ]\Iay 19, 1793, Anna Whitney. 4. Dorothy, born Mar. 9, 1772; married, first, Oct. 6, 1791, John Woodward; second, Joshua Emery. 5. Israel, born Mar. 10, 1774, married Abigail Hutchinson, (intention entered, Sept. 11, 1795). 6. Ebenezer, born Sept. 19, 1777; married, Dec. 1, 1799, Susannah Hunnewell. 7. Bathshuah, born Feb. 21, 1781; married Mar. 2, 1805, Edmund Hall of Falmouth. 8. Daniel, born July 29, 1783, married Abigail Bragdon, William, son of Daniel and Lorana (Winslow) Hall, married Comfort Riggs of Falmouth, in 1790, (intention entered Apr. 3d of that year, and he was then "of Windham." He was a farmer and lived near AVindham Center. He died Oct. 6, 1813. Had nine children: 1. James, born Feb. 2, 1791. 2. Lorana, born Oct. 29, 1792. 3. Anna, born Oct. 29, 1792. 4. Lucy, born Aug. 18, 1794. 5. Thomas, born May 10, 1797. 410 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Mercy, born Apr. 17, 1800. 7. George, born July 25, 1803, d. Mar. 13, 1813. 8. Harriet, born July 29, 1808. 9. William Lewis, born June 3, 1811. Stephen, son of Daniel and Lorana (AVinslow) Hall, married Patience Pattangall of Windham, in 1790. (intention entered Dec. 18th of that year). She died Feb. 2-t, 1799. Their chil- dren were : 1. Rachel, born Oct. 15, 1792 ; married Jeremiah Hall, Jr., Jan., 1818. 2. Daniel P., born May -4, 1794. 3. :\Ioses, born Mar. 19, 1797. Stephen Hall's second wife was Nabby Clark, of Windham. Their intention of marriage was recorded Dec. 21. 1799. Their children were: 1. Patience, born Dec. 5, 1800. 2. Louisa, born Oct. 28, 1802, d. June 13, 1806. 3. Clark, born Jan. 1, 1805. 4. Louisa, born Mar. 31, 1807. She married, Feb. , 1827, Hall Staples, and they had these children : 1. Stephen H., died Oct. 14, 1888. 2. Albina. married, first, William Hooper ; second, Daniel Smith. 3. Clinton, married Martha Libby and died several years ago. 4. Abbie, who married Edwin H. Walker and died Aug. 29, 1908. 5. Frefland, went to California. Mrs. Louisa taples died Nov. 18, 1865, aged 58 years, 6 months. Hall Staples died Nov. 13, 1873, aged 68 years. Winslow, son of Daniel and Lorana (Winslow) Hall, mar- ried Mary Hussey, in 1781. Their children, as they appear on the town records, were as follows: 1. Hannah '^orn Dec. 22, 1782, d. June 28, 1793. 2. Lorana, be, i Dec. 2, 1784, d. Nov. 17, 1787. 3. Levi, ) / "^ Jan. 28, 1787. 4. Danie ^. ,i Aug. 17, 1789. GENEALOGY 411 5. Eunice, born Aug. 6, 1792 ; married Dee., 1815, John Colley of Falmouth. 6. Amos, born Sept. 4, 1795. 7. Paul, born July 31, 1798. 8. Winslow, born 1800. Levi Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, settled in Gorham (at Great Falls) and became an influential citizen of that town. He married. May 31, 1812, Hannah Harmon of Standish. She died July 25, 1813, and he married Jane, daugh- ter of Joshua and Tirzah Emery. Had the following children: 1. Winslow, born Mar. 1, 1815, lived in Dover. 2. Cyrus, born Dec. 27, 1816, d. in California. 3. Hannah N., born Jan. 20, 1819 ; married Rev, Almon Libby; died at Stroudwater, 1897. 4. Emeline, born June 5, 1821, d. Sept. 20, 1828. 5. Joshua E., born Dec. 15, 1823 ; married Lucy A. Kil- born, in 1851. 6. Ellen Jane, born 1826, d. Oct. 10, 1828. 7. Emeline, married Wm. R. Tapley. 8. Levi, born Apr. 20, 1832, married Caroline Harding of Gorham. 9. Freeman, born 1834. 10. John Milton, born Oct. 25, 1836, married Marion Whipple. Daniel Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, mar- ried Margaret Harmon of Standish, in 1815. He lived several years in Windham, where he held various town offices and was also a State Senator. He at one time, was c^ general in the militia. He removed to Gorham, about 1836, a: d carried on the business of brick making at the brick yard, £ -out half a mile from Great Falls. He went from here to Sebago, where he was engaged in lumbering. He died Jan. 9, 1864. His wife, Mar- garet, died July 31, 1860, aged 68 years. Their children were: 1. William M., born Dec. 31, 1815, m. Ann F. Reed of Westbrook. 2. J. Porter, born June 26, 1817, m. S h J. Gammon. 3. Otis T., born Apr. 30, 1819, m., first, S-^ah M. Harris; second, her sister, Harriet E. Harris. .^ 4. Valentine M., born Apr. 8, 1823, d. ^ r ' ^'2, 1841. 412 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 5. Abigail H., born May 31, 1824, d. Aug. 18, 1841. 6. Esther |born Oct. 23, 1826|died young. 7. Peter R.Jborn Oct. 23, 18265d. in Portland, July 28, 1869 ; was a lawyer. 8. Frances, born Dec. 25, 1828 ; lived in Dover. 9. Maria, born July 26, 1831, d. in Saco. 10, Helen M., born Nov. 17, 1834, d. Nov. 23, 1852. 11. Sarah C, born Aug. 27, 1839, m. Noah Ladd. Paul Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, married, Oct. 12, 1820, Huldah, daughter of Ezekiel Hanson of Windham. She was born Oct. 31, 1799. He lived on a farm near Windham Center. The dates of their deaths are unknown to us. Had six children, as follows: 1. Augustus Hanson, born July 20, 1821. 2. Amos Brayton, born Dec. 7, 1822. 3. Edwin Koss, born Aug. 7, 1821, d. Sept. 6, 1825. 4. Phinelia Elizabeth, born Nov. 9, 1825. 5. Mary Ann jMerrill, born Apr. 3, 1827. 6. George Edward, born Dec. 27, 1829. James, son of William and Comfort (Riggs) Hall, married, Oct. 1813, Hannah Lowell. They were the parents of our respected townsman, who died July 10, 1911, at the great age of 90 years and 8 months. HANSON According to the best information at present obtainable, this family originated with one Roger De Astrick, who lived in Eng- land, about the year 1251. He appears to have been a person of considerable importance, and owned land in various parts of Yorkshire, one of his estates being called "Astrick." One of his descendants, John de Astrick had a son, Henry, who, in turn, had a son, John. In those days, when only Christian names were used, the two Johns of Astrick were often confused; and, to designate them, the last John came in time to be known as Henry 's son ; then as Hen 's son ; and finally as Hanson. This is said to be the origin of the name, which came about the year 1337. How much truth there is in the foregoing statement, we have no means .^;'i knowing, but it appears to be the result of an GENEALOGY 413 investigation made by a member of the family many years ago, and has been generally accepted as correct. John Hanson, a descendant of the aforesaid Roger, left his home, when a young man, and went to London to seek his for- tune. He had a family, and his son, Thomas, is believed to have been the emigrant, who came to this country. This Thomas Hanson was granted land near Salmon Falls, in 1658, and was admitted a freeman, in 1661. He died, leaving a will, in 1666. His widow, Mary, was killed by the Indians in the attack on the Waldron Garrison House, on June 28, 1689. His son, Thomas Hanson, Jr., was born about 1648, and probably lived at Dover, N. H. His wife's name was Mary. No date of his death is known to exist, but his will was made in 1710. In the next generation was a Thomas Hanson, who was born, about 1680. (He may have been a son of Thomas Hanson, Jr.) His first wife was ]\Iargaretta Maul ; his second wife was named Mary . They were Quakers. He had. by his first wife, Robert and Timothy, and possibly other children. Robert mar- ried Lydia Varney in 1728, and they were the parents of Elijah Hanson, (who was probably the first of the name to settle in Windham), Samuel, Jonathan, and lehabod. The others of the name who settled in AVindham, were the sons of Timothy, and, consequently, nephews of Elijah. Elijah Hanson came to Windham, from Dover, N. H., before 1765, and had a wife named Martha. She died before Sept. 29, 1796. They were Quakers. He bought his farm in Windham, in 1765, and afterwards became a large land owner in the town. His first house was a one-story structure and stood in the present Quaker School District. During the Hurricane of 1767, it was partly turned round. Afterwards he built the two-story house (probably on the same lot) , which is known as the "John Hamil- ton House," and which was taken down in 1893. In 1817, he transferred his entire estate to Peter White. Reuben Robinson, and Hannah Hanson, they to care for him during his life. He died Feb. 28, 1820. His children were as follows: 1. Sarah, born Nov. 2, 1766, married, Jan. 1, 1790, Ebene- zer Morrell, son of Josiah and Hannah Morrell of Berwick, Me. He was born in Berwick, Sept. 22, 1765 ; died Apr. 22, 1842. 41-1 WINDHAM IN THE PAST She died Aug. 28, 1835. The Quaker records date their mar- riage one day earlier. They were Quakers and lived at Wind- ham Hill. Their two-story house was taken down to make room for Dr. B, F. Dunn's present residence. 2. Lydia, (no date of birth to be found), married, Sept. 29, 1796, Reuben, son of John and Tabitha (Winslow) Robinson, He was born in 1770 and died in March, 1833. She died in April, 1849. They lived on the farm now (1905) owned by Augustus Read. Had children. 3. Hannah, born about 1774, married, Jan. 11, 1824, John Hamilton. He was an Irishman and came to this country, when a young man. They lived in her father's house and died there. She died ]\Iar. 10, 1847, and the inscription on her headstone states her age as 73. Mv. Hamilton married a second wife, ^Irs. Hannah Gerrish, and died Oct. 30, 1880. No children by either marriage. 4. Huldah, born about 1776; married, Feb. 25, 1811, Peter White, who died Apr. 9, 1851, aged 75 years. She died in 1865, aged 89 years, after having been totally blind for more than forty years. They lived in the large two-story house near the fair-grounds, at Windham Hill. They had two sons, Hanson D. and Alexander. Neither of these married, and both are now dead. 5. Elijah, Jr., who died when about 17 years of age. Timothy, son of Robert and Lydia (Varney) Hanson, was of Dover, N. H. He was engaged in getting masts for the British government from Dover and vicinity, before the business w^as transferred to Falmouth (now Portland), about 1727. He married, first, Sarah Chesley, and second, Keziah Neal, who was much younger than himself. It is thought that he came to Windham wdth his children ; and, as he was doubtless over sixty years of age when they settled here, and as we tind no record of any land purchased by him, it is probable that he lived with one of his children. His children : 1. Samuel, born July 8, 1737. 2. Jonathan, born in 1738. 3. lehabod, born Sept. 22, 1741. 4. Hannah, married, Apr. 4, 1782, Joseph Libby. She was his second wife. He operated a sawmill at Horse Beef Falls. GENEALOGY 415 and died Feb. 5, 1801. She outlived him several years, and we have no record of her death, or of her children, if any. 5. Keziah, married Jacob Sawyer. 6. Joanna, married Timothy Varney, about 1770. He came from Dover to Windham, and died here, Sept. 14, 1796, She died Sept. 22, 1796. His will was dated Mar. 14, 1795, and he is said to be the first Varney to settle in Windham. Samuel, son of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson, born July 8, 1737 ; married, at ^ladbury, X. H., in 1759, Hannah Jenkins. She was born in 1744 and died in 1828. Her family was considered rich in those daj's, and her wedding outfit was very fine for the times. They came from Dover, in 1764, and lived at Windham Center in the house where John N. Swett now (1905) lives. Mrs. Hanson was, for many years, the only doctor in the neighborhood, and she rode far and near on horse- back with her saddle bags, to attend the sick. He commenced the construction of the house, now occupied by Fred S. Hawkes, which was finished by his son, W^illiam. He died Mar. 31, 1813, Had four children, as follows: 1. Samuel, died young. 2. William, born Jan. 18, 1762. 3. Kezia, born Sept. ■ 1764, married William Elder, (intention entered on the Windham town records Dec. 6, 1781). They lived near ''Baker's Corner." She died Sept. 8, 1786, aged 22 years. He died Nov. 15, 1786, although the town records say it was six days later. 4. Phebe, born in 1765 ; married, Feb. 10, 1785, Moses Hodg- don. They moved to Poland. Me., where she died Apr. 18, 1814. William, son of Samuel and Hannah (Jenkins) Hanson, came to Windham with his parents when but a child. He mar- ried, Dec. 8, 1785, ^latilda, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Hunne- well) Elder. They lived at Windham Center, in the house which his father had partially completed. He died Oct. 29, 1814, aged 52 years. She was born June 28, 1767 ; died Aug. 15, 1818. Their children were: 1. William, born Dec. 7, 1786, died Jan. 18, 1805. 2. Samuel, born Nov. 14, 1788. 3. Keziah, born Nov. 22, 1790, married, Sept. 27, 1813, Thomas Little. He was born Nov. 27, 1787, and died, in Port- 416 WINDHAM IN THE PAST land, June 19, 1857. She died Apr. 24, 1879, aged SS. Had children. 4. Eunice, bom Feb. 4, 1793 ; died Apr. 29, 1883, aged 90 years; unmarried. 5. Hannah, born Nov. 7, 1795, d. Dec. 19, 1798. 6. Isaac Elder, born May 30, 1798, died Jan. 25, 1805. 7. Hannah, born July 21, 1800, died Jan. 26, 1805. 8. Eleanor, born Sept. 8, 1803, )died Jan. 26, 1804. 9. Elijah Elder, born Sept. 8, 1803 ; tmarried, first, Jane J. ^McLellan ; second, Eunice Estes of Paris, Me. 10. John, bom Jan. 17, 1805, died Jan. 27, 1805. 11. Mary Ann, born Jan. 6, 1808, died Feb. 11, 1820. Samuel, son of William and Matilda (Elder) Hanson, mar- ried, first, in 1828, Statira, daughter of Reuben and Mercy Mor- ton. She died Aug. 12, 1836, and he married, Dec. 4, 1845, Persis Elizabeth Greeley, daughter Philip Greeley. She died June 10, 1883. He died Aug. 25, 1862. He was a merchant at AA^indham Hill for about four years, and then moved to Port- land. He visited England, and, while there, made investigations about the origin of the family and obtained what facts we have before given. He was a prominent merchant of Portland, and left a good estate. By his first wife he had three children, as follows : 1. Eliza Ann, born Apr. 13, 1829, died June 19, 1859. 2. Frances Ellen, born Sept. 16, 1830; married, June 22, 1859, Aaron Lucius Ordway of Providence, R. I. 3. Mary Caroline, born Mar. 16, 1834; married, Oct. 7, 1858, Ira Osmore Miller ; died Nov. 7, 1858. Children by second wife: 1. Samuel, bom Feb. 22, 1847; lives in Boston. 2. Philip, born Mar. 29. 1849; died June 18, 1853. Elijah Elder, son of William and Matilda (Elder) Hanson, married, first, Jan. 21, 1826, Jane J. McLellan, daughter of Capt. Wm. McLellan of Portland. She died Sept. 28, 1843, aged 38 years ; and he married for his second wife, Eunice Estes of Paris, Me. She died about 1894. He died in Portland, Apr. 10, 1876, aged 72 years, and is buried with his second wife at Bethel Hill. Eunice Estes was the daughter of Stephen and GENE.U.OGY 417 Nancy (Packard) Estes, and was born Aug. 21, 1822. She mar- ried for a second husband John M. Gallison. Children by first wife: 1. Lauretta McLellan, born Dec. 3, 1826, married Augustus Fox. He died Jan. 30, 1868, aged 38 years. 2. William McLellan, born June 25, 1832, married Mrs. Elizabeth Richards of South Paris, Me. He died in Portland, Feb. 21, 1896, aged 63 years. He served in the Civil War. No children. Children by second wife: 1. Albert E., born Nov. 17, 1848; m., Feb. 10, 1880, Mary E. Hawkes of Portland; resides there. No children. 2. Lotta, died in 1874, aged 15 years. Jonathan, son of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson, married, first. Hannah Hoag. second, Sarah Cressey. He came to AVindham before 1765, and, in that year, he is called "a Housewanght. " He and his wiie were Quakers. The farm on w^hich he settled w^as recently owned by Albert Sayward, but the house in which he lived was destroyed by fire several years ago. Had children : 1. Timothy, born Sept. 2, 1776. 2. Nathan, born Feb. 25, 1778. 3. Joseph, born Dec. 25, 1779. 4. David, born Aug. 3, 1783. 5. John, born Sept. 5, 1785. 6. Jonathan Jr., (by second marriage) born Aug. 18, 1809. Jonathan Hanson, senior, died very suddenly while at work in his field, July 7, 1818, aged 80 years. Timothy, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hoag) Hanson, married, May 1, 1800, Rebecca, daughter of Amos and Deborah Hawkes. She was born Nov. 2, 1775, and died in 1858. They lived at Little Falls, in the large brick house on the corner of :\Iain and Depot Streets. This house Mr. Hanson built about 1838, and it is now owned by his grand-daughter, ]Mrs. Ada ]\Iagnusson. He was Selectman in 1827; died in 1855. They are buried in Hillside Cemetery near Little Falls. Their chil- dren were : 1. Hannah, born Oct. 10, 1800; married James, son of •118 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Edmund and Hannah (^Morton) Wescott of Gorliam. She was his second wife. He died Apr. 3, 1870, and she died in 1886. No children. 2. Jonathan, born May 1, 1802; married Eliza Bartlett of Portland, (intention entered on the Windham Records, May 26, 1827). He Ivept a grocery store, first, at Horse Beef, afterwards, at Little Falls; moved to Portland, where he died Sept. 12, 1882, aged 80 years; no children. 3. Fanny, born Apr. 27, 1804; d. 1882; unmarried. 4. Amos, born July 7, 1806. 5. Jane, born May 1, 1810 ; married, first, June 5, 1831, Isaac Woodford of Westbrook. Had one son, Henry, w^ho went to California. Her second husband was C. Wesley Harding of Gorham. She died Oct. 25, 1886, aged 76 years. 6. Emily, born Sept. 15, 1814; d. 1884; unmarried. 7. Mary, born Aug. 19. 1819 ; married George W., son of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen of Windham. She died Feb. 23, 1888. Had one child. Ada, who married J. A. Magnus- son. Amos, son of Timothy and Rebecca (Haw^kes) Hanson, mar- ried, Sept. 29, 1831, Cynthia, daughter of Timothy and Salome (Kennard) Robinson. She was born Mar. 18, 1807. She died Jan. 20, 1869. He was a Quaker minister. He married, in 1876, a second wife, Eliza P. Gilson, a widow. He moved to Portland and died there Apr. 28, 1886, aged 79 years. Children, all by first wife : 1. Nathan, born Aug. 12, 1833; married, in 1859, Nettie Day. He died Aug. 4, 1876. She was born Apr. 29, 1835, and died Aug. 13, 1879. Had children, as follows: 1. Nathan Elwood, born Jan. 24, 1868. 2. Mary Ellen, born Nov. 12, 1869, died June 3, 1876. 2. Mary, born Dec. 30, 1836, died Feb. 20, 1838. 3. Mary, born Oct. 10, 1839 ; married, July 10, 1858, Edwin, son of Josiah and Isabella (Richards) Bodge of Windham. She died Ma,y 28, 1864. Had two children, George and Fred, both of whom are deceased. Joseph, son of Timothy and Hannah (Hoag) Hanson, mar- ried, Mar. 18, 1804, Lydia, daughter of Richard and Patience GENEALOGY 419 Hanson, of Dover, N. H. She was born there, Nov. 6, 1786. He died Feb. 1, 1866, aged 86 years. They were Quakers, and she was doubtless related to her husliand. We are not able to ascer- tain the date of her death, but she is said to have been quite aged. ^Ir. Hanson was a farmer and lived and died in the Knight School District. Their children were : 1. Cynthia, born :\Iar. 14, 1805; married, Sept. 29, 1839, Rev. Sargent Shaw ; had children. 2. John, born Dec. 25, 1806. died July 24, 1808. 3. Jane, born Aug. 9. 1809, died Oct. 29, 1809. 4. Charles, born July 21, 1811 ; died in the West; probably, never married. 5. Elvira, born July 24, 1813, died Sept. 24, 1813. 6. Noah, born Nov. 14, 1814. 7. James :\I., born July 6, 1817; d. Dec. 18, 1846; un- married. 8. William, born Nov. 11, 1819; d. about 1880; unmarried. 9. Louisa, born Oct. 27, 1822, m. Alonzo Cobb. 10. Ann Maria, born Nov. 27, 1826; d. Dec. 4, 1864; un- married. 11. Oliver, born Apr. 17, 1831. Noah, son of Joseph and Lydia Hanson, married, Oct. 29, 1847, Mary, daughter of James and Hannah (Sylvester) Wins- low of Windham. He was in the grocery business in Portland, ]\Ie. In 1857, he went to Kansas, where he located at Carson, Brown County, and died there. May 5, 1899. Had children, as follows : 1. Martha Ellen, born Aug. 23, 1848, married. May 15, 1870, Marshall J. Welcome ; had one child. Lillian Luella, born Feb. 23, 1871. She married, Feb. 24, 1891, Samuel Grant Fitch and has two children : 1. Littie May, born Jan. 23, 1892. 2. Mattie Florence, born Apr. 7. 1893, died Oct. 29, 1896. Mrs. ^lartha Ellen Wellcome married for her second hus- band, Mar. 27, 1887, John E. Mann, and they have one child, Mary Edna, born Apr. 12, 1892. 420 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Howard Byron, born Apr. 12, 1851; married, July 29, 1872, Rebecca J. Haj'^vard, children: 1. Elmer Alvin, born Apr. 5, 1873. 2. Lulu Alberta, born July 12, 1875. 3. Irving :Milton, born Oct. 4, 1853 ; married, Oct. 4, 1874, Lowvicia J. Bobbins. Children: 1. Frank Pratt, born Aug. 23, 1875, married, Sept. 29, 1897, Grace Barnum. 2. Mary Alice, born Jan. 27, 1877 ; married, June 6, 1894, William B. Mellenburgh. Their children: 1. Harold Alvin, born Jan. 11, 1895. 2. Francis Allen, born Dec. 12, 1896. 4. Walter Herbert, born Mar. 15, 1857 ; married, Sept. 12, 1882, Alice Sewell. Children: 1. Walter Claude, born Dec. 2, 1883. 2. Mabel Lillian, born July 11, 1887. 5. Oscar Alonzo, born Oct. 1, 1861. Oliver, son of Joseph and Lydia Hanson, married, June 9, 1860, Sarah J., daughter of Samuel and Keziah (Stuart) Libby. She was born Sept. 9, 1839, and was living in 1900. They lived near the head of the Duck Pond, on her father's farm. Oliver Hanson, was instantly killed by lightning, June 18, 1894. Children : 1. Samuel H. 2. Charles H. 3. Lester. 4. Orville. Nathan, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hoag) Hanson, mar- ried Dorcas True, probably of Lisbon, Me. (no date). She died about 1830, and he was twice married after her decease ; but who his last wives were, I am not informed. He settled, first, in West New Portland, Me.; afterwards lived at Kent's Hill. From there he removed to Lowell, Mass., where he died, but the date is unknown. Had eleven children, all by his first wife : 1. Hannah. 2. Nathan T. 3. Mary. 4. Sarah, d. in 1828. GENEALOGY 421 5. Ruth, born — 1810, died 1895. 6. John, born 1812, died 1887. 7. William, born 1814, died 1852. 8. Dexter B., lived in Boston. 9. The ninth child was Paulina, born, 1818, died 1843. 10. Susan B., born 1821 ; married, first, Mr. Emery; second. Col. Lee Strickland; lived in Auburn, Me. 11. Leonard P., born 1823, died 1898. William, son of Nathan and Dorcas (True) Hanson, born Aug. 30, 1814, married Alma Louisa Morse, daughter of Col. Elias Morse . of Livermore, Me. ; lived at West New Portland, and at the Forks; went to California in 1849. He died in Lowell, IMass., June 30, 1852. His children were as follows: 1. Flora, born Sept. 14, 1839, d. May 6, 1842. 2. William Henry, born Nov. 8, 1840. 3. Samuel Vose, born Aug. 10, 1842, d. July 30, 1885. 4. Llarriet S., born Feb. 6, 1844, d. Jan. 19, 1883. William Henry, son of William and Alma Louisa (]\Iorse) Hanson, married, Nov. 26, 1868, Lydia M. Walker of Embden, Me. They lived in Skowhegan. Their children were : 1. Alma L., born Oct. 15, 1869, d. Feb. 12, 1884. 2. Emma Stewart, born Oct. 6, 1871. 3. William Henry, Jr., born Feb. 4, 1876, died Jan. 9, 1880. Emma Stewart, daughter of William Henry and Lydia M. (Walker) Hanson, married, Oct. 10, 1894, Edward Archer Bartmess. They lived, about 1900, at Yonkers, N. Y. Jonathan, Jr., son of Jonathan and his second wife Sarah (Cressey) Hanson, married first, in 1837, Hannah Hussey of Ware, N. H. His second wife was Julia Atkins of Deering, Me. By his first wife he had one son, Henry, who went to Texas. Possibly there were other children. He was a farmer and lived near Windham Center; afterwards moved to Deering and died there, June 15, 1877, aged 67 years, Ichabod, son of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson, mar- ried, about 1762, Abigail, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth Hayes of Dover, N. H. He probably came to Windham, between 1760 and 1765, He was reared a Quaker, but seems to have apostatized, as we find on the Windham Church Book the fol- 422 WINDHAM IN THE PAST lowing entry made by Rev. Peter T. Smith: "Jan. 6, 1765, Bap- tized Ichabod Hanson, an adult person (educated a Quaker), and his son Ichabod, of Abigail his Avife." He was Selectman in 1774, 1775, and 1776. He was First Lieutenant in Capt. Isaac Parsons 's Co., Col. Joseph Prime's Regiment, and served over eight months on the Penobscot Bay, in 1780, for which ser- vice the town voted him tw^o hundred dollars per month, in the depreciated currency of the country. His farm was the one afterwards owned by his son, Ichabod, Jr., and later by his grandson, Joshua Hanson. He appears to have been an upright and honorable man and w^as greatly esteemed by his fellow townsmen. The Rev. Paul Coffin, first minister of Buxton, writes in his diary, under date of Aug. 18, 1800, as follows: "Rode to Windham, and lodged with Ichabod Hanson, who has had eleven children and never gave one a blow, and twenty grandchildren and never lost one." He died July 5, 1818, aged 76 years. His wife, Abigail, died Jan. 19, 1819, also aged 76. They are buried, with many of their descendants, in the Knight Cemetery, near the farm on which they settled. Their children were as follows : 1. Ichabod, Jr., born Aug. 1764. 2. Ezra, born Mar. 20, 1766. 3. Ezekiel. born Nov. 6, 1767. 4. Daniel, born Nov. 9, 1769 ; married, in 1793, Hannah Hicks of North Yarmouth. He was a tanner ; lived in "Windham in 1795, and in Lisbon, Me., in 1803. 5. Abigail, born Aug. 18, 1771 ; married, Jan. 23, 1813, Nathaniel Hatch of Falmouth. 6. Samuel, born Jan. 22, 1773; died in Durham, in 1803; unmarried. 7. Sally, born Oct. 4, 1774; married, Mar. 17, 1799, Dr. John Converse of Durham. He was the first physician to settle in Durham, and w^as highly esteemed. He died there Dec. 5, 1815, aged 45 years. He is buried at Durham, and his head- stone bears the following quaint epitaph : "Thousans of journies night and day I've traveled, weary all the way, To heal the sick, but now I 'm gone A journey never to return." GENEALOGY 423 Dr. Converse 's children were : 1. Orrilla. 2. Veranus. 3. Sally. 4. Mary. 5. IMinerva. 6. John Harris. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Harriet Laura. Possibly ^Irs. Sally (Hanson) Converse, married for a second husband, on July 9, 1817, Seth Chandler of Minot, Me. 8. Betsey, born May 6, 1776 ; married, Jan. 24, 1796, Joshua Roberts. He died Sept. 4, 1803. Their children were: 1. Betsey, born in 1796. 2. Rebecca, born May 12, 1800. 3. Nabby, born Sept. 30, 1803. Mr. Roberts may have contracted a second marriage. 9. Enoch, born May 15,- 1778. 10. Moses, born Jan. 10, 1780. 11. Benaiah, born Oct. 18, 1781. Ichabod, Jr., son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, married, Sept. 13, 1784, Annie, daughter of Jacob and Dorothy (Jones) Eliott. He came to Windham, from Salisbury, Mass., about 1764. Ichabod Hanson, Jr., lived on his father's farm and died there, May 28, 1853, aged 88 years. His wife, Anne, was born June 10, 1761, and died Mar. 23, 1853. They had ten children, as follows: 1. Sarah, born Apr. 23, 1785, d. Aug. 17, 1804, aged 19. 2. Thomas, born Mar. 25, 1787. 3. Anna, born 1789, married, 1810, Con- verse Knight of Portland. He was lost at sea. She died Aug. 28, 1831, aged 42 years. 4. Dorcas, married Abial Kendricks of Boston. Had children. 5. Lydia, born about 1793, married, in 1819, Nathaniel Walden of Westbrook.^She died Mar. 5, 1837, aged 44 years. He died Mar. 10, 1870, aged 78 years. 424 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Betsey, born Feb. 7, 1795; married, in 1810, Ichabod Powers. She died Sept. 26, 1821. Had five children. 7. Abigail, born Sept. 2, 1797; married, Oct. 1, 1815, Daniel Hall of Gray, Me. He was born May 4, 1794, and died Aug. 18, 1871. She died July 9, 1883, aged 85. They had children. 8. Mary, married John Clapp. 9. Rufus, married, in 1833, ]Mary Ann Strout of Windham. He died in Biddeford. 10. Joshua, born Nov. 18, 1803. Thomas, son of Ichabod, Jr., and Anne (Elliott) Hanson, married, first, Dec. 18, 1814, Hannah, daughter of James and Edna (Knight) Growen of Westbrook. She was born Oct. 24, 1787, and died Mar. 21, 1841. His second wife was Mrs. Eliza Kingman, to whom he was married in Sept., 1843. He lived at Windham Center, and the site of his house is now (1899) owned by his grandson, George B. Hanson. He was a very energetic man, fond of hunting and fishing, and is mentioned by Haw- thorne in his Journal kept at RajTuond. He lumbered near Lake Sebago, and, in 1828 or 9, excavated a section of the Cum- berland and Oxford Canal, through a deep rock cut. In 1834, he blasted out the ledge where the Post Office in Portland stands ; and, in 1839, cut a canal through a high ledge for the Saco Water Power Co. in Biddeford. In 1847 he purchased 30,000 acres of timber land in Bartlett, N. H., where he moved and en- gaged in the lumber business. He died there, Jan. 28, 1872, aged 84 years, .10 months. He was brought to Windham and buried by the side of his first wife in the Knight Burial Ground, that being his expressed desire. Children: 1. James Gowen, born Apr. 23, 1816. 2. William Henry, born Feb. 26, 1818 ; married, first, Mary Davis ; second, June 3, 1852, Juliette Smith of Standish, Me. ; lived in Biddeford; died Dec. 12, 1890, aged 72. 3. Edwin Winslow, born Sept. 1, 1820; married, first, Almira Knight of Gray ; second, Drusilla Roberts ; lived in Bid- deford. 4. John Waterman, born Sept. 1, 1820; married jNIary Ann Perkins ; died in 1 892 ; lived in Biddeford. GENEALOGY 425 5. Levi Gowen, born June 3, 1822 ; married Lucinda Thomp- son ; lived in Biddeford. 6. Betsey Ann, born Mar. 20, 1824, d. Sept. 3, 1826. James Gowen, son of Thomas and Hannah (Gowen) Hanson, married, July 16, 1843, Marcia Bishop, daughter of George Bishop, who lived for many years at Morrill's Corner, West- brook. He died May 28, 1873. He went to California in 1850 and remained there about four years; and again, in 1867, re- maining about three years more. After his return he lived on the farm near Windham Center, now owned by Frank N. Hawkes. His wife was living in 1898. Children: 1. Julia Ann, born Oct. 12, 1844; married, July 4, 1869, Jason Pride. They had two daughters, Alice Bishop and Edith G. 2. George Bishop, born Dec. 9, 1846 ; married Mary Emily Sturges, Nov. 30, 1871. She was a daughter of James and Louisa (Cook) Sturges. She was born Feb. 2, 1850. Have four children, as follows: 1. Fred Sturges, born Mar. 29, 1873, died young. 2. Harry Willard, born Oct. 24, 1876. 3. Susan Marie, born Sept. 15, 1883. 4. Marion Sturges, born Oct. 18, 1889. Joshua, son of lehabod, Jr., and Anne (Elliott) Hanson, married, Feb. 22, 1827, Sally Hill of Saco. She was born Dec. 1, 1805, and died Jan. 11, 1884. He lived on his grandfather lehabod 's farm, where he died Nov. 30, 1880. He and his wife are buried in the Knight Cemetery near his home. Their chil- dren were: 1. Betsey Ann, born May 12, 1828 ; married, Dec. 14, 1851, Charles Jones, son of Elisha. He was born in 1825, died in 1889. She died July 2, 1853 ; left a daughter, Annie, who died when a young girl. They lived at Windham Center. Mr. Jones was Lieutenant in the 25th ]\Iaine Regt. 2. George F., born Jan. 8, 1830. 3. Stephen Converse, born Dec. 29, 1831, d. May 13, 1834. 4. Hiram, born May 5, 1834; married Eunice Smith of Standish ; died May 19, 1893. 5. Sarah, born May 3, 1836 ; married, Jan. 22, 1861, Mark 426 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Jordan, of Windham ; lived at East Deering. ^Ir. Jordan died a few years ago. They had children. 6. Charles H., born May 4, 1838 ; married, Apr. 4, 1865. Hannah J. Tibbets of Sanford, Me. He died in Biddeford, Apr. 6, 1884. 7. Emily, born :\Iay 24, 1840 ; died in Westbrook, Feb. 24. 1898 ; unmarried. 8. Franklin, born May 5, 1842; married, Nov. 20, 1872, Elsie B. Seavey of Saco. He served in the 25th Maine Regiment. 9. Jason, born May 13, 1845, married Emma Devereaux of Castine, Me. He served in the 15th, 17th, and 25th ]\Iaine Regiments, during the Civil War. He died Nov. 20, 1881. He was 6 feet, 5 inches in height. 10. Mary Frances, born May 24, 1848. died when about six- teen years of age. George F., son of Joshua and Sally (Hill) Hanson, married, Mar. 21, 1852, Eliza, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge of Windham. He died Sept. 1, 1855, aged 25 years. Had children, as follows: 1. George F., Jr., born 1853. died Mar. 31, 1857,. aged 4 years, 3 months. 2. Annie, born Apr. 23, 1854, died Aug. 3, 1864. 3. Stephen Converse, born 1855, died Feb. 23, 1856, aged 8 months. Mrs. Eliza (Bodge) Hanson, married for a second husband, Albion P. Murch of Baldwin, and died several years ago. Ezra, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, married, Aug. 3, 1786, Catharine Hanscom of Gorham. She died Jan. 12, 1838, aged 72 years. He died Aug. 30, 1843, aged 77 years. He bought, in 1787, Lot 69, in the second division of hundred- acre lots in Windham ; and, in 1795, he added to it a part of Lot No. 68. He first built a log house by the road and, later, the two-story house, now (1904) standing near the Ireland Dis- trict. The house and farm buildings are fully half a mile from the town road, and, in 1899, were owned by Mr. George AV. Willey. The farm contains about 230 acres of excellent land, many acres of which, a few years ago, were covered with a mag- nificent growth of wood and timber. His children : 1. Salome, born June 7, 1789, m. John Rice of Gorham. i GENEALOGY 427 2. Stephen, bora Oct. 6, 1790. Stephen, son of Ezra and Catharine (Hanscom) Hanson, married, first, in 1830, May C. Putney. (She died June 30, 1831, aged 23 years). His second wife was Hannah Frank. She died May 29, 1838, aged 25 years. His third wife was Han- nah Kilborn, to whom he was married Nov. 3, 1842. She died June 10, 1873, aged 75 years. He lived on his father's farm in the primitive manner of his forefathers. He had neither paper nor paint on the inside of his house, had no stoves, but used the old-fashioned fire place with its huge crane ; and, it is said, the fire on his hearth never went out for thirty years. He lived about half a mile from any town road, went from home only when actually necessary, and took but little interest in the affairs of others. He was naturally reticent and somewhat eccentric, but had the respect of his townsmen, and was known to have been an honest and upright man. Pie died Dec. 23, 1872, aged 82 years, and is buried in his private yard on his farm. He left the town one hundred dollars in trust, the income of which is to be spent in caring for his family lot. Rev. Luther Wiswall, in his list of funerals, writes as follows: "Dec. 25, 1872, Funeral of Stephen Hanson, aged 82 years, 2 months, 17 days. He died in the house in which he was bora, and never slept in any other house but two nights. ' ' He had but one child, Cyrus, who died Apr. 23, 1840. aged 2 years. Ezekiel, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, mar- ried, Apr. 29, 1794, Mary Plummer. She was born Aug. 4, 1776, and died I\Iar. 14, 1868, aged 91 years. He lived on the farm owned by the late Albion P. Ayer, below Windham Center. He died Feb. 13, 1848, aged 80. Had children, as follows: 1. Lydia, born about 1795; married. Mar. 21,' 1815, David S. Hall. She died May 27, 1845. 2. Fannie, born about 1796 ; married, Feb. 5, 1818, Amos Hall. He died Nov. 27, 1832, aged 37 years. She died Dec. 2, 1827, aged 32 years. 3. Robert, born in 1798. 4. Huldah, born Oct. 31, 1799, married Oct. 12, 1820. He died Feb. 8, 1867, aged 68 years, and she married for a second husband George P. Holden of Otisfield, ]\Ie, 5. Benaiah, born in 1801, died July 7, 1825. 428 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Darius, died young. 7. Mary, died young. 8. Lovisa, born June 1, 1805 ; married, in June, 1832, Thomas, son of Benjamin and Ruth (Roberts) Hawkes. He died Jan. 31, 1861, aged 53. She died Dec. 10, 1893, aged 88. They lived at Windham Center on the place, where Jason Knight now (1904) lives. 9. Edmund, born :\Iar. 17, 1808. 10. Jason, born Feb. 22, 1810. 11. Veranus C, born about 1813 ; married, in 1836, Eliza, daughter of John Lowell of "Windham. She died Apr. 24, 1885, aged 75. He died May 14, 1871, aged 58 years. They lived first, in Windham ; then moved to Portland, where he was a shoe manufacturer. No children. 12. Harriet H., born Feb. 10, 1814 ; married, ]\Iay 20, 1834, Peter Trickey. He was born Jan. 31, 1804, and died Apr. 26, 1892. They lived at Great Falls, where some of their sons now (1905) reside. 13. Lorenzo D., born about 1816. 14. Amelia, born about 1819 ; married, first, Fraiildin, son of Benjamin and Ruth (Roberts) Hawkes of Windham. He was killed Oct. 12, 1855, by a powder mill explosion at Gambo ; his age was 43 years. She married for a second husband, Horatio G. Griffin of Portland. Robert, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson, mar- ried, in 1826, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Dorcas Merrill of Windham. She died i\Iay 7, 1887, aged 82 years. He kept the tavern at Windham Center, and is said to have been the first man in that business in the town to stop selling intoxicating liquor. He went to Pride's Bridge in 1836, to Allen's Corner in 1848, to Saccarappa in 1850, and to Portland in 1852, where he died, Aug. 6, 1865, aged 67 years, 6 months. He carried on the trucking business in Portland, where he was deacon of a church, and a respected citizen. His children were: 1, Arabella, born about 1827 ; married Reuben Waterhouse of Gorham ; lived in South Meriden, Conn. 2. Mary Ann, born about 1828; married, in 1850, Charles Gooding; lived in Portland. He died Apr. 10, 1856, aged 28 years. She died Mar. 25, 1853, aged 24 years. GENEALOGY 429 3. Charlotte, born about 1830; married Charles W. Elwell of Westbrook; both are deceased. 4. Benaiah, born in 1833, died at the age of 17. 5. Elbridge Merrill, born in 1835; married, in 1855, Lucy A. ]\IcKenney. He served in the 1st D. C. and 1st Maine Cavalry about one year. Had two children: 1. Eugene Melnot, 2. Myra Belle. 6. Harriet jNIerrill, born in 1837, died in 1852. 7. Francis Blanchard, born Oct, 27, 1838 ; married, Jan. 5, 1859, Sarah D. Prince of Portland ; was in the trucking business in Portland. Children : 1. Kobert Prince. 2. Francis B., Jr. 3. Philip. 8. Juliette, born in 1840, died in Jan., 1854. 9. Ezekiel Hayes, born Nov. 30, 1842 ; married, July 11, 1867, Mary M. Cox. He was in the trucking business with his brother, Francis, in Portland. He lived at East Deering, and was an alderman of the City of Deering. He served three years in the 10th and 29th Maine Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Had four children, as follows: 1. Harry Hayes. 2. Charles Ford. 3. Maude Merrill. 4. Fanny May. Edmund, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson, married, about 1832, Rachel D. Smith. She was born Dec. 19, 1813, and died July 6, 1897, aged 84 years, 6 months, 16 days. They were married in Bridgton, where they lived eleven years. They then moved to Windham, and lived for several years, on the farm recently owned by the late Samuel R. Kemp, at the head of the Duck Pond. Afterwards they moved to Gambo, and lived where his son, Melvin H., now resides. He died at Gambo, Feb. 28, 1884, aged 76 years. Had six children, as follows: 1. Frank Deblois, born Sept. 17, 1834; married, first, Lorette Hilton ; second, Alice Foster. They had eight children. 430 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Newell Plumnier, born May 14, 1836, married in 1856. He died Feb. 10, 1902. Had seven children. 3. j\Iary Elizabeth, born Apr. 12, 1838, married, first George Dennett. Had two children. Her second husband was Thomas Nelson. 4. Veranus Converse, born Dec. 31. 1839, married first, in 1862, Augusta Grossman ; second Edna Leavitt. Had five chil- dren. 5. ^Melville Hubbard, born Oct. 11, 1851, married Hermia Jackman. He lived on his father's place at Gambo ; had two children : 1. Edmund V. 2. Bertha J., deceased. 6. Ada F., born Mar. 8, 1859, died June 3, 1859. Jason, son of Ezekiel and ^Nlary (Plummer) Hanson, mar- ried, Oct. 1, 1839, Isabella, daughter of James and Eunice (Stuart) Mcintosh of Windham. She died Mar. 18, 1892, aged 72 years. He first lived at "Windham on his father's farm, and was a Selectman for five years. The last years of his life were spent in Portland, where he died July 19, 1880, aged 70 years. Children, as follows: 1. Ferdinand, died ]\lar. 19, 1842, aged 19 months. 2. Warren, born Dec. 26, 1842; married, July 23, 1867, Susan J. Shillings of Portland. She died June 16, 1873, aged 34 years. He served in the 25th ]\Iaine Regt., and died Feb. 20, 1874, aged 33 years. They had twins, Susie ^lay and Edgar H., both of whom died in 1873, when a few months old. 3. Ellen E., born May 3, 1845; married, Dec. 12, 1872, James B. Jameson of Portland. He died Aug. 5. 1893, aged 49 years. She died in Portland, Nov. 14, 1896. They had no children. 4. James M., born Oct. 29, 1847; unmarried; lived in Port- land. 5. Albert Trickey, died Oct. 31, 1852, aged 15 months. Lorenzo, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson, mar- ried. Mar. 3, 1839, Hannah Bragg. She died July 15, 1887. He was a shoe dealer in Portland, where he died Sept. 16, 1857, aged 41 years. Had children: GENEALOGY 481 1. Georgiana, born Aug. 27, 1838. 2. George Henry, born Oct. 14, 1842; married, in 1862, Julia M. Ware. He died in Cleveland, 0., Apr. 7, 1891, aged 48 years. His widow contracted a second marriage. 3. Charles W., born Aug. 30, 1844; married, July 12, 1868, Abbie Sarah Libby of Portland. She was born Feb. 7, 1844. He is a clergyman, and was, at one tim.e, pastor of a church at Damariscotta, Me. Enoch, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, mar- ried. May 13, 1810, Susan Hobbs. She was born in Falmouth, about 1790. He died June 8, 1840, aged 62 years; and she mar- ried, June 20, 1843, William Kyle of Rumford, and died June 17, 1858, aged 68 years, 6 months. Enoch Hanson first lived on the Sayward place, below^ Windham Center, near Calley Wright's Brook; and, soon after 1816, moved, it was said, to Otisfield. He lived at Greenwood, ]\Ie., in 1821. Had children: 1. William Porter, born July 11, 1811. 2. ^lary Hobbs, born Aug. 17. 1813, in Windham. 3. James Haze, born Feb. 10, 1816. in Windham; married and had eight children. 4. Dorcas AValker, born Alar. 22, 1821, in Greenwood; mar- ried a Mr. Frank. 5. Annie Alarston, born Oct. 27, 1830, in Greenwood ; mar- ried Aaron Virgin Farnum of Rumford. Ale. Had no children. William Porter, son of Enocli and Susan (Hobbs) Hanson, married, first, Fidelia, daughter of Virgil Wight. She died in 1859, and he married for a second wife Airs. Eunice (Loveitt) Johnson. He came to South W^indham, about 1857. where he lived until about, 1866. He died in Aug.. 1879, aged 62 years. Had seven children, all by his first wife, viz. : 1. Amos Hobbs, born in 1836. He served in the 1st Alaine Regt., and also in the 9th Alaine Regt., of which he was fife major. At the assault on Fort AA^agner, on Alorris Island, S. C. July 17, 1863, he was instantly killed by a shell. He was un- married. 2. Esther B., married, first. Alonzo AIcKenney, and had one child, Angie ; married for a second husband Samuel L. Brackett. Had two daughters, Leonice and Alice; lives now (1905) at South Windham. 432 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. ]\Iary Elizabeth, married, first, Thomas Spiller of Caseo, second, James Strout of Eaj^inond, ]\Ie. 4. George Kendall, born in 1841, married Ann Brackett of Caseo. He served three years in the 4th INIaine Battery. Had two daughters, Georgie, who married Charles Phinney, and Josephine, who married. May 22, 1897. John C. Nichols. 5. Lyman Wight, born Aug. 28, 1843 ; married, :\Iay 4, 1870, Lucinda, daughter of Royal T. S. Currier. He served four years and nine months in the 15th Maine Regt. He was a carpenter and lived in Portland. 6. William Edward, married, in 1869, ^Martha Varney of Portland. He served about four years in the 12th Me. Regt. 7. Chai'les Augustus, born Mar. 3, 1850; married, in 1875, Mary Coughlin of Caseo. He is now (1905) a contractor and builder in Portland. Moses, son of lehabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, mar- ried, first, Jan. 22, 1801, Sally, daughter of Capt. Abner and Mercy (Paine) Lowell. She was born Aug. 7, 1772, and died May 28, 1832. He married, second, June 5 or 13, 1836, Betsey Waterhouse of Westbrook. He lived on the Sayward farm, on the banks of Calley Wright's Brook, near Windham Center; then at Gambo ; and later at Stroudwater. He was a Quaker. He died Apr. 17, 1858, and was buried by the side of liis first wife at Windham. His children, all by first wife were : 1. Daniel Lowell, born May 3, 1803; married, Oct. 4, 1827, Mary E. Sawyer of Westbrook. She died Sept. 26, 1873, aged 58 years. He lived at Back Cove, Deering ; had sons, Alonzo and Alfred. 2. Celia L., born May 11, 1805; married, July 20, 1836, Alpheus Waterhouse, who died July 3, 1863. She died Jan. 20, 1873. They lived at Stroudwater and had four children. 3. Lewis, born Nov. 6, 1806; married, in 1833, Rebecca, daughter of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Bailey) Swett of Gorham. He lived at Gambo, where he died July 24. 1874. His wife died July 3, 1880, aged 71. They had no children. Lewis Hanson, was an honest, upright man, but rather eccentric, and was known among his acquaintances as "old December." His farm is now (1905) owned by his wife's nephew, Edmund D. ^lay- berrv. GENEALOGY 433 4. George, bora May 10, 1808, died Feb. 5, 1821. 5. :\lary Ann, bom Apr. 15, 1810, died Dec. 18, 1834. 6. John Lowell, born Feb. 15, 1813, married, first, Charlotte Kelley of Saco, Mar. 20, 1840; second, on Dec. 25, 1849, Kowena P. "Willard of Kennebunk. 7. ]\Ioses, born Jan. 28, 1816. married Frances Kelley of Saco. He lived in Boston, and died soon after his marriage. Had no children. Dr. Benaiah Hanson, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, married, ]\Iar. 7, 1801, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Abigail Woodman of Buxton, Me. She was born June 25, 1785, and died Nov. 6, 1861. He attended the old Fryeburg Academy, and the Phillips Exeter Academy. Studied medicine with Dr. Converse of Durham and Dr. David Hosack of New York. He was in Windham, in 1809, and at North Yarmouth in 1812, in which year he was commissioned, as a Lieutenant in the 33d LT. S. Infantry, but he never entered active service. At about this time he moved to Paris, Me., but was at Middle- bury College in 1814. He was preceptor of an academy in Stroudsburg, Penn., in 1821 ; and, the next year, he was in New York City. In 1827, he moved to western New York and died in York, Medena County, Ohio, on Nov. 1, 1858. He appears to have been one of those restless mortals who have, in all ages, been the pioneers of civilization. His children were : 1. Jane ]\Iaria, said to have been born in Paris, Me., Dec. 31, 1811. 2. Samuel W^oodbury, born Mar. 20, 1813, in Hollis, Me. 3. Julia Ann, born July 28, 1818, in Waybridge, Vt. 4. Frances May, born Aug. 20. 1829. in Fowlerville, N. Y. HARDY The ancestor of all bearing this name in Windham and vicinity was Isaac Hardy. Where he came from originall.y, we do not know positively, but quite likely it was from Rowley, Mass., where the name has been a common one for many years. He appears to have lived in Falmouth at first, and two children were born there. He came to Windham about the year 1766 and settled on the Main or River Road. His house stood a few rods north from the residence of the late Col. Edward Anderson, 434 WINDHAM IN THE PAST where the remains of his old cellar can yet be seen. His wife's name was Susannah. ^Ir. Hardy died in Windham, Oct. 3, 1820, aged 85 years. No record can be found of his wife's death. They liad eight children : 1. William, born Mar. 6, 1764, in Falmouth. 2. Eleanor, born Nov. 2, 1765, in Falmouth ; married in 1790. Nathaniel Wescott. (intention entered Aug. 14, of that year). 3. Lucy, born Mar. 31, 1768, died Aug. 25, 1772. 4. Susannah, born ^lar. 6, 1771, married Daniel Hardy of Bratlesened (wherever that was), in 1799. 5. Moses, born Jan. 8, 1773. 6. Daniel, born June 8, 1775. 7. Thomas, born July 11, 1777. 8. Eliphalet, born Mar. 31, 1780. Closes, son of Isaac and Susannah Hardy, married Jane Cambell of Windham. Apr. 29, 1801. Settled in Windham. Had no children. Thomas, son of Isaac and Susannah Hardy, married Pris- cilla Merrill of Falmouth, in 1806. He enlisted in the regular army in the War of 1812 and died in the service. His children: 1. Benjamin, born Oct. 31, 1807. 2. Susannah, born :\lar. 7, 1809. 3. Oliver, born Feb. 15, 1811, d. Feb. 3, 1893. 4. Thomas, born .Mar. 31, 1813. Daniel, son of Isaac and Susannah Hardy, was by trade a cabinet maker, and also a farmer. He married Hannah ^lars- ton, and lived near the Duck Pond Village, the farm being now owned by his grandson, James Hardy. He died, where he set- tled, many years ago, in old age. Had four children : 1. Amos. 2. Lewis. 3. Hannah, who married James Grant and died Sept. 9, 1893. 4. Francis, who died, when a young man. Amos, son of Daniel and Hannah (^Marston) Hardy, married Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Knight, in 1832, (inten- tion entered Dec. 31, 1831). He lived with and cared for his GENEALOGY 435 parents in their old age, and died several years ago. Had children : 1. Albion, died, when a young man. 2. Josephine, married John Abbott. 3. James, married Fanny Frank. Lewis, son of Daniel and Hannah (^larston) Hardy, married Betsey, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, in 1831. He was a farmer, a joiner, a land surveyor, and a mer- chant. Removed several years ago to the West, where he and his wife both died. Had two children : 1. Daniel F., born about 1831 ; married ^Melinda Silla ; had two children. 2. Hannah R., married George Lunt, died about 1896. HAMBLEN Allen Hamblen was the son of George and Sarah (Rich) Hamblen, of Gorham and was born in that toAvn, Feb. 27, 1789. He came to Windham and married Lydia, daughter of Joseph Winslow. She was born Dec. 5, 1791; died Mar. 29, 1872. He died Aug. 21, 1853. He was a mason by trade, in addition to which business, he owned and cultivated a large farm near Gambo. In his religious sentiments he was a Quaker, and lived and died a member of that church. They had seven children. all born in Windham : 1. Charles, born Sept. 9, 1817. 2. George W., born Oct. 1. 1819. 3. Franklin, born Dec. 10, 1821 ; went West. 4. Augustus, born Dec. 29, 1823. 5. Catharine, born Nov. 14, 1826; married, Oct. 2, 1845, Valentine :\I. Cook; died Feb. 9, 1893. 6. Ann ]\L, born Oct. 12, 1828; married John Douglass, Aug. 20, 1852; died at Newhall. Nov. 23, 1897. No children. 7. Byron, born Nov. 11, 1831. George W., son of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen, married, Sept. 20, 1847, ^Nlary J., daughter of Timothy and Rebecca (Hawkes) Hanson. He was a school teacher in his young days, but learned the mason's trade and exercised that handicraft for many years. He died at Little Falls, Sept. 8, 436 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1893. His wife had died Feb. 23, 1888. They had one child, Ada, who married James A. ]\Iagiiiisson, a merchant at Little Falls. Mrs. Ada Magnusson was born Sept. 21, 1852. Her hus- band was born in Sweden, Europe. They have two children, Carl and Victoria. Byron, son of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen, married, Sept. 2-4, 1859, Elizabeth Cartland, and they had one child, Allen, born Feb. 11, 1861. :\Irs. Elizabeth Hamblen died Apr. 10, 1862, and Mr. Hamblen married, Jan. 29, 1864, Mary, daugh- ter of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones of Windham. They lived first at Newhall ])ut moved to Gorham, where he died sev- eral years ago. His wife died in Lynn, Mass., June 19, 1906, aged 68 years. Their children were as follows : 1. Everett, born Dec. 31, 1864. 2. Howard, born June 6, 1869, d. Feb. 18, 1871. 3. Howard, born Nov. 7, 1873. 4. Maude, born Aug. 21, 1880. HAWKES The first Hawkes of whom we have any knowledge, in this country, was Adam Hawkes, who w^as born in England in 1608, He came to this country June 12, 1630, and settled in Saugus, Mass. His wife's name was Anne. They had several children, among others, a son named John, who had five sons and four daughters. Three of the daughters died in Nov., 1675, within a few days of each other. One of his sons, Ebenezer, was a minor at the time of his father's death in 1694. He afterwards inherited the old homestead, where his grandfather, Adam, had settled. Ebenezer Hawkes had three wives. He married, first in 1701, Elizabeth Coggswell, of Ipswich. Children: 1. Ebenezer, Jr., born July 14, 1702. 2. Elizabeth, born Apr. 24, 1704. 3. Samuel, born May 12, 1706. His second wife was Sarah . She died ]May 27, 1732 ; and, in 1743, lie married a third wife named Ruth . She died in 1760, aged 73 years. About the year 1712, Ebenezer Hawkes, senior, moved to ^larblehead, ^lass. In 1735 he and his son, Ebenezer, junior, were grantees of New Marblehead, GENEALOGY 437 and, ill the division of land in that township, he drew Home Lot No. 60, and he is called ' ' Blacksmith of Marblehead. ' ' His son, Ebenezer, Jun., drew Lot No. 7, and he is also styled "Black- smith." Although both of these men were large land owners in "Windham, neither of them settled here, but they took consid- erable interest in the town's welfare. Ebenezer Hawkes, senior, died in 1766, bequeathing his property in New Marblehead, to be equally divided between the children of his son, Ebenezer, Jun., and his daughter, Elizabeth Griffin. His property in Saugus he gave to his grandson, Samuel Hawkes, whose de- scendants still live in that town. Ebenezer, junior, died pre- vious to 1759, and four of his sons, Amos, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, and James, came to Windham and settled here. From them have descended a numerous posterity. Ebenezer Hawkes, junior, appears to have had, in addition to the above, a son, Benjamin; as we find that, on May 15, 1769, Joseph Sterling sold to Richard Dole Home Lot No. 7, in Windham, and describes it as being the same land he purchased of Ebenezer and Benja- min Hawkes ; and, in their deed to Sterling, they describe it as the original lot of their father, Ebenezer Hawkes, junior. It is probable that Benjamin did not settle here ; at least, we have no record of such an event. Ebenezer Hawkes, son of Ebenezer, junior, was born, accord- ing to the inscription on the Hawkes monument in the Smith Cemetery, in 1726. He married Sarah Griffin, born in 1730, and both died in 1805. Of their children no perfect record is known to exist, but they had a son named Joseph, born in 1768, died in 1837, married, Feb. 3, 1803, Rebecca Lowell, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (May berry) Lowell. They also had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Peter, son of John and Sarah Morrell of Falmouth, :\Ie., on Nov. 8, 1781. The children of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, w^ere as follows: 1. Daniel L., born Dec. 8, 1803. 2. Sarah, born Feb. 21, 1806; m., in 1828, Elias M. Babb; had children, Joseph H., Lizzie, and Irene. 3. Joseph, born Mar. 14, 1808, died Mar. 22, 1808. 4. Betsey, born Feb. 26, 1810; married, in 1831, Lewis Hardy of Westbrook, Me., (intention entered Nov. 12th of that 438 WINDHAM IN THE PAST year) . They had children, as follows : Daniel Francis and Han- nah Rebecca. Mrs. Hardy died in 1863. 5. Joseph, born Apr. 4, 1812. 6. Joshua Lowell, born July 30, 1814. 7. Ebenezer, born May 14, 1817. 8. Abner Lowell, born Dec. 21, 1819; d. 1841; un- married. 9. Harriet, born 1821, married James Cash. Daniel L., son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, married, in 1832, (intention entered INIar. 3d of that year), Abigail A. Pennel. He was a farmer and settled on the road leading from the River Road to Duck Pond Village, and died there ; but of the date of his death and also that of his wife, we are not informed. They had children, as follows: 1. Rebecca, married Nathaniel Shaw. 2. Clara, married Thomas J. Ward, 3. Daniel Winslow, married ]\Iartha Smith. Joseph, Jr., son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, married in 1836, (intention entered June 4th of that year), Eunice R., daughter of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge. He was a farmer and lived near his brother Daniel on the Duck Pond Road. He died Jan. 19, 1844. She died in Westbrook, Nov. 28, 1898. Their children were : 1. Joseph Thomas, born 1837, died Nov. 10, 1847. 2. Harriet Ann, born 1841 ; married, first, J. B. Smith; second, L. Eugene Weymouth. Joshua L., son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, married Sall.v, daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Trott) ]\Iay- berry of Windham. He was a farmer ; settled near his father and died there several years ago. His wife was born Mar. 17, 1816, and is now (1905) yet living. Their children were: 1. Abner. 2. 3. 4. 5. Joseph. Mary E.,) Neander, (twins. Sarah. 6. 7. Zelia, died young Clarissa. GENEALOGY 439 Ebeiiczer, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, mar- ried Ellen Wilson of Falmouth. He was a farmer ; inherited his father's homestead and died there. His wife is now (1905) living. Their children: 1. Wilson. 2. Wesley. Amos, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Anna Hawkes, was born in Saugus, Mass., Apr. 12, 1733, and died in Windham, Sept. 4, 1826, aged 93. His wife was Deborah (Flint). He settled on land bequeathed him by his grandfather, Ebenezer Hawkes, senior, of Marblehead, iNIass. His wife, Deborah, was born Feb. 13, 1739 ; died in Windham, Feb. 24, 1822. They had children, among them sons, Amos, Jr., and Benjamin, and doubt- less there were other children. Amos, Jun., son of Amos and Deborah (Flint) Hawkes, was born Oct. 19, 1762, and died Nov. 23, 1852. He married Lydia Winslow of Falmouth. She was born Oct. 24, 1769, and died Mar. 7, 1826. He was a farmer and settled on a part of the ancestral acres in Windham, near the Duck Pond. Their chil- dren were as follows : 1. Levi, born Oct. 1, 1789. 2. Elijah, born Nov. 21, 1791 ; lost at sea. Mar. 28, 1818. 3. Sarah, born Mar. 24, 1794 ; married, June 4, 1824, Elisha Jones, then of Brunswick, Me., afterwards of Windham, where she died June 20, 1857 ; left several children. 4. William, born July 3, 1796. 5. Mary, born Sept. 2, 1798 ; d. Dec. 19, 1828 ; unmarried. 6. Phebe, born Aug. 30, 1801, d. Nov. 11, 1828. 7. Thankful, born June 7, 1803; d. Sept. 17, 1875; un- married. 8. Samuel, born July 7, 1807, d. Aug. 21, 1896. 9. Oliver, born Jan. 15, 1811, d. Oct. 17, 1828; accidentally fell from a tree and was killed. Benjamin, son of Amos and Deborah Hawkes, married, in 1807, (intention entered Jan. 8th of that year), Ruth Roberts of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near the Duck Pond, where he died, Nov. 27, 1859, aged 87 years. His wife, Ruth, died Oct. 10, 1867, aged 80 years. I am unable to find any per- 440 WINDHAM IN THE PAST feet record of their children, but they had, at least, the follow- ing: 1. Thomas, horn in 1808, died Jan. 31, 1861. 2. Franklin, born in 1812 ; killed by the explosion of a powder mill at Gambo, Oct. 11, 1855. 3. Huldah, was a noted school teacher; married Royal Leighton of Deering, i\le., and died there. 4. Amos, born Feb. 27, 1815, died July 3, 1886. 5. Elijah, born in 1819, died in 1888. 6. Sarah M., born in 1826; died Oct. 24, 1894; unmarried. 7. Joshua R., born in 1828, died Mar. 18, 1902. 8. Oliver, born in 1830 ; died Oct. 29, 1857 ; unmarried. There may have been others, but I think not. It is also pos- sible that I have not given the names of these children in their proper order, as I give them from memory. James, son of Ebenezer, Jun., and Anna ( ) Hawkes, was born in Marblehead, Mass., (the exact date unknown). He came to Windham, and settled on land left him by his father. He married, ]\Iar. 22, 1770, Betsey or Elizabeth Crague, daugh- ter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague of Windham. He was bap- tized by Rev. Peter Thacher Smith, who records the fact on the Church Book, as follows: "May 11, 1766, Baptized James Hawkes, an adult person, who was educated a Quaker." He and his wife, Betsey or Elizabeth (Crague), had at least three children : 1. James, Jun. 2. Elizabeth, died unmarried. 3. Ann, married, in 1796, (intention entered Nov, 26th of that year), David Hawkes of Windham. James Hawkes, Sr., married for a second wife, ]\Iay 8, 1781, Margaret, daughter of Benj. and Keturah Estes, of Wells, Me., and had by her seven children: 1. Benjainin, born about 1783. 2. Ebenezer, born in 1785. 3. Eunice, married Joshua Cobb. 4. John, known as "little Johnnie;" m., in 1825, Clarissa Brown; died July 29, 1830; no children. 5. Isaiah. GENEALOGY 441 6. Betsey. 7. Aaron. James, Jun., son of James and Elizabeth (Crague) Hawkes, married Rebecca, daughter of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson. He lived in AVindhani; died May 21, 1857, aged 84 years. If this date, taken from his headstone, is correct, he was born in 1763. His wife, Rebecca, died Dee. 12, 1853, aged 80. They are buried in the old Quaker Burial Ground, near Wind- ham Center. Their children: 1. Samuel, born Sept. 21, 1799. 2. Solomon, born Feb. 18, 1801. 3. Betsey, born Apr. 14, 1803; married, Dec. 14, 1828, Joshua L. Brown of Windham ; had children, — Lendall, Daniel S., Rebecca. 4. Daniel, born Apr. 28, 1805. 5. Lydia, born Dee. 26, 1806. 6. James, born Nov. 5, 1808. 7. Alley, born Dec. 2, 1809, died in 1890. Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Anna ( ) Hawkes, appears on the Records of the Falmouth Monthly Meeting of Friends, or Quakers, as follows: "Nathaniel Hawkes, of Wind- ham in the County of Cumberland, in the Province of Massachu- setts Bay in New England, Shoe Maker, son of Ebenezer and Anna Hawkes of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, in said Province, — Ebenezer being deceased, and Mercy Jones, daughter of Lemuel Jones and Waite (Estes) his wife, married 7th month 27, 1771." She was of Harpswell, Me. Nathaniel appears to have been born in Marblehead, Aug. 31, 1740. His wife was born ]May 4, 1752. He settled on what is called the Highland Cliff Road in Windham, where the remains of his cellar are yet to be seen nearly opposite the present residence of Mr. Eugene Sawyer. While we have no connected record of his children, we know that the following were among them : Nathaniel. Ezra, married Winslow. Nathan, married Winslow. Lemuel, married, Oct. 30, 1799, Abigail, daughter of Job Winslow of Falmouth. Moses. 442 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Rachel, married, first. Feb. 27, 1804, Elihu Hanson; second, Dec. 23, 1823, William Peaslee of Vassalborough. Mercy, married, in 1815. James Lowell. Benjamin, son of James and ^largaret (Estes) Hawkes, mar- ried. May 14, 1812, Tamsin, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb. He was a farmer and lived on the Highland Cliff Road; his farm being the same afterwards owned by his grandson, the late Benjamin T. Leighton. No record of the death of either is known to me. Neither have I found any con- nected record of their children. They had, however, the follow- ing, possibly more: 1. ]\Iargaret, m. Andrew Leighton. 2. Gilbert, m., first, Cynthia Hawkes ; second, INIary J. Hawkes, daughters of Isaiah Hawkes, and liis cousins. 3. Emily, m. Winslow. 4. Elias, d. about 1844. 5. Eliza Jane, d. unmarried. 6. Louisa, second wife of Obadiah Whitney. Ebenezer, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes. born in 1785, married, Sept. 25, 1818, Dorcas, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb. She was born in 1800 and died May 12, 1896. He was a farmer and lived on the Highland Cliff Road, near his brother Benjamin. His house was taken down several years ago. He died in 1853. Their children were: 1. Sarah, born Apr. 22, 1819, m. William M. Smith. 2. Peter, born Sept. 24, 1821. 3. Eunice C, born 1823 ; d. 1844 ; unmarried. 4. Cyrus, born 1825. 5. George, born Oct. 4, 1828. 6. John, born :\Iay 1, 1831. 7. Mary Ann, born Jan. 27, 1833, m. Frank Sawyer. 8. Joshua, born 1836 ; m. Mrs. Whitten ; died in 1894; no children. Isaiah, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, born in 1792, married, Dec. 31, 1815, Rebecca Cobb. She was born in 1794, and died Feb. 19, 183 — . He was a farmer and stone- cutter. Lived on a farm on the easterly side of Canada Hill, near the Westbrook line, and died there Julv 3, 1858. He mar- GENEALOGY 443 ried for a second wife, Mrs. Kachel (Peaeo) Thuiiow, widow of Horatio Thurlow. She died Sept. 4, 1890. Children, all by first wife: 1. Comfort, born Sept. 14, 1816, m. Robert Cobb. 2. Cynthia, born Dec. 8, 1818, m. Gilbert Hawkes. 3. Lovisa, born Oct. 6, 1821; d. June 2, 1897; unmarried. 4. George C, born Apr. 12, 1825, d. July 23, 1828. 5. Thomas, born Apr. 26, 1828. 6. Mary Jane, born June 21, 1830. She was the second wife of Gilbert Hawkes, and, after his death, she married Elias F. Irish. Aaron, son of James and ^Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, married, Nov. 15, 1832, Fidelia, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Lar- rabee) King of Scarborough, Me. She was born in that town, Jan. 9, 1808. He was by trade a carpenter. He lived on the Gray Road, near the Friends' meeting-house in "Windham, and both died several years ago. Their children were : 1. Benjamin K., born Dec. 26, 1833. He was killed by a powder mill explosion at Gambo, July 22, 1868. 2. Henry T., born Sept. 8, 1835, d. 1868. 3. Hannah A., born Apr. 5, 1837 ; m. John Tenney ; died Apr. 21, 1860. 4. JMargaret A., born July 17, 1839 ; married Stillman A. Crague; died June 13, 1901. 5. William H., born Dec. 24, 1840. 6. Mary B., born Sept. 2, 1843, married McDavitt, lives in Vineland, N. J. Samuel, son of Amos, Jr., and Lydia (Winslow) Hawkes, married, in 1832, (intention entered Mar. 10th of that year), Eliza Barbour of Westbrook. He was a farmer and lived at first on his father 's farm ; afterwards purchased the Loveitt farm near the River Road, where he died. His wife died Apr. 16, 1887. Their children were: 1. Lindley, unmarried. 2. Mary, b. 1834, d. Mar. 4, 1902, m. Isaac Stevens. 3. Lydia, m. Albert L. Elder, d. Jan. 31, 1866. 4. Louisa, m. Henry Smith. 5. Hamilton, m. Caroline Smith. 6. George, lives in Westbrook. 444 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 7. Charles, d. Mar. 11, 1864, aged 15. Peter, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married Mary Bragdon of Scarboro. He was a farmer and lived in what is known as the "Land of Nod." He died Mar. 20, 1902. His wife died Nov. 9, 1875, aged 40 years, 5 months. Had children : 1. Albion, b. 1857, d. Dec. 8, 1902. 2. Emma. 3. Smith. 4. Bert. 5. Sadie, deceased. 6. Mary, deceased. Cyrus, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married Emily J., daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Walker) Cobb. He was a farmer and a shoemaker. He lived for many years near his father. His wife died June 28, 1883, aged 53 years, 11 months, after which he went to live with one of his sons at North Raymond, Me., where he died. His children : William. Ebenezer L. Frank, Perley, deceased. Annie G., b. 1856, d. Nov. 3, 1870. Myrtie L., b. 1871, d. Mar. 10, 1872, aged 7 m., 8 d. George, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, mar- ried, May 8, 1853, Nancy B., daughter of Dea. Hiram and Mary J. (Smith) Chase. He was a farmer and lived on the Chase farm, near the Second Adventist' meeting-house, on the Highland Cliff Road. Two children: 1. Jennie A., born June 24, 1855, m. Jerome Johnson, 2, Hiram C, born Apr. 20, 1861, John, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married Maria, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Walker) Cobb. He was a farmer and lived several years on his father's farm. He moved from there to Gorham, (Little Falls), where he died Nov. 12, 1910. His wife, :\Iaria, died Aug. 26, 1903, aged 76 years, 6 months. Their children: 1. Elmer, GENEALOGY 445 2. Alfreda, m., first Asa Brown; second, W. P. Partridge. 3. Emily. 4. Thomas, unmarried. 5. Augustine, hn. Alice Whitney. 6. Eugene, ^m. Mary E. Bodge. 7. John, m. Mayberry. 8. Frank, deceased. 9. Annie, deceased. Samuel R., son of James, Jr., and Rebecca (Robinson) Hawkes, married, :\Iareh 1827, Hannah Morrill of Wind- ham. He was a merchant for many years at Windham and afterwards at Great Falls, Gorham. He also owned and culti- vated the farm, where his son, Albert R., afterwards lived. His children : 1. David R., born Apr. 21, 1830, married Sarah J. May- berry, died in Somerville, ]\Iass., Dec. 3, 1903. Had two chil- dren. 2. Charles ^I., married Susan A. AVhitney and had five children. 3. Albert R., born 1834. 4. Lydia T., born June 20, 1837 ; unmarried; lives in Wind- ham. 5. Samuel, born Sept. 13, 1840; married Caroline AI. Skill- ings of Westbrook ; had five children ; died, at Waseca, ]\Iinn., Dec. 7, 1904. 6. Hannah M., born Sept. 5, 1842, married Col. John C. Cobb ; had seven children. 7. Huldah W\, born Mar. 25, 1844; is a teacher of languages in Portland. 8. James F., born July 31, 1846 ; married Ardella Fames of Portland ; has one child. Mr. Hawkes is a merchant in Portland. Albert R., son of Samuel and Hannah (^Morrill) Hawkes, married Sarah AI. Whipple, daughter of James Whipple, for- merly agent and superintendent of the powder works at Gambo. ]\Ir. Albert R. Hawkes was for many years an active, energetic business man in AVindham and Gorham ; but finally retired to his farm near Great Falls and died there, Alar. 24, 1908. aged 74 years. Had children as follows : 446 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1. Harry H., born July 29, 1859, was in business in New Yorlv, died July 24, 1910. 2. Emily W., born June 6, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes were married June 4, 1857. HOOPER Robert Hooper came to ^larblehead, ]\Iass., (probably from England), in 1660, and married Elizabeth Fletcher. They were the ancestors of all bearing the name in New England. Their son, Henry, married ]\Iary Norman, widow of Joseph Norman, and died in 1726. Henry Hooper had a son, Robert, born in Marblehead, in 1706, who died there, in 1763. He was a merchant, was one of the original grantees of Windliam, and, in the division of land here, he drew Home Lot No. 28. He married, Aug. 21, 1755, the daughter of Joseph Blaney, also one of the grantees and an extensive land owner in Windham. Robert Hooper and his wife, Abigail, had sons, William, Robert, and probably, Joseph. These sons inherited their father's land in Windham and settled there. Robert, after some years, re- moved to some part of eastern Maine. Mrs. Abigail (Blaney) Hooper died in Windham, about 1782. Their son, William, born in :\Iarblehead, Oct. 8, 1763. married, Oct. 18, 1787, Eliza- beth, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Vickery. She was born in Marblehead, Jan. 28, 1768, and died in Windham, Sept. 28, 1818. They came to this town about 1788 or 9 and settled on the Main Road near Gambo on land since owned by his descend- ants. Their children were: 1. Stephen Vickery, born in Marblehead, July 28, 1788; died unmarried, in Windham. 2. Sally, boi-n in Windham, June 29, 1791, died Sept. 17, 1816. 3. William Blaney, born Jan. 31, 1794. 4. Henry, born June 7, 1797. 5. Edward, born June 6, 1800, d. Oct. 20, 1805. 6. Benjamin, born Apr. 28, 1803. 7. Edward, born July 30, 1807. William Blaney, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, married, Dec. 3, 1818, Mary Griffin of Windham. He died while yet a young man, and his widow became the wife GENEALOGY 447 of Capt. James Loveitt. William Blaney Hooper and his wife ]\Iary had one child. Elizabeth, who married Charles Walker. Henry, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, married Olive Nason of Gorham, (intention entered on the Windham records ]\Iar. 8.. 1822). They settled in Raymond. Their children : 1. William. 2. Elizabeth. 3. George. 4. Sally. 5. Noah. Benjamin, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, married Jane AAHiite of Windham, in 1824, (intention entered Nov. 13th of that year). She died soon after marriage; and, on Apr. 23, 1829, he entered his intention of marriage with Lucy Griffin, also of Windham. Their cliildren were as follows: 1. Jane. 2. George. 3. Elizabeth. 4. William B., married Albina Staples; went to California and died there Oct., 1879. 5. Charles F., married Alary Jane Dolley, died Nov. 10, 1899. 6. Edmund, married, first, Amanda Wilder, second, a Airs. Drew. 7. Clinton B., married Harriet Fairbanks. He died Feb. 23. 1908, aged 67 years, 6 months. He was a Union Soldier, a member of Co. A, 5th Alaine Infantry. Edward, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, entered his intention of marriage with Alatilda Alains of AA^ind- ham, Dec. 31, 1832. He was a farmer and settled on a farm adjoining Pleasant River. He died Feb. 19, 1858, by his own hands. His children were : 1. Alajor AL, went South before the Rebellion. He served as an officer in the Confederate Army; d. Jan., 1905, at Atlanta, Ga., aged 70. 2. David, married Lucinda Si)iller. He was a merchant ; died Jan. 16. 1904. 448 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Helen M., died Apr. 25, 1861, aged 23 years. 4. Dorcas. 5. Oetavia A., born 1840, d. Aug. 21, 1908. 6. Elizabeth, died young. Mrs. Matilda (Mains) Hooper died in Portland, Aug. 4, 1883, aged 75 years, 11 months. Robert, son of Robert and Abigail (Blaney) Hooper, mar- ried, Sept. 21, 1777, Elizabeth Whittaker. She was born ]Mar. 27, 1757, and died May 13, 1783. The date of his death is un- known. He removed from "Windham to eastern Maine. He lived here in 1796. Abigail, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Whittaker) Hooper, was born in Windham, Dee. 19. 1778; married John Elder Chase ; died in Bangor, Jan., 1874. Her first husband died May 7, 1810. Hooper Chase, son of John Elder and Abigail (Hooper) Chase, married Susan H. Snell. and was living at Bangor in 1898. He had a daughter, Emeline, who married Closes Gid- dings of Bangor; and they had a daughter, also named Emeline, who married Rev. Dr. Henry S. Burrage. HUNNEWELL The ancestor of the Hunnewell family in Maine was Roger Hunnewell. Where he came from, we do not know, but he appears to have settled, first at Saco ; from that place he came to Scarborough, in 1654. Neither do we know whom he mar- ried, but he had, at least, two sons : 1. John, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Harris of Middleton and settled in Wethersfield, Conn. 2. Richard, known as "Lieutenant'' Richard, who settled in Scarborough, where, according to Southgate's history, he was one of the leading inhabitants. He married a daughter of Richard and Bridget ]\Ioore. Her parents came from Cape Porpoise, as early as 1665. During the Indian wars Richard Hunnewell was very active and relentless towards the Indians, never sparing one of the hated race under any circumstances whatever. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, and had com- mand of scouting parties sent out against the enemy. After GENEzVLOGY 449 performing many feats of daring, he finally lost his life at the hands of his red enemies. Williamson, in his "History of Maine," gives the date of his death as Oct. 6, 1703; but South- gate, who had better means of knowing the facts, places the date in the autumn of 1713 and says that out of the party of twenty, but a single survivor escaped. Of the children of Richard and Bridget (Moore) Hunnewell, but little is known. He had, how- ever, a son named Roger, who married INIary Adams. Roger Hunnewell died June 13, 1720. aged 45 years. We have no record of his wife's death, but, it is said that she outlived him many years. Their children were as follows: 1. Josiah. 2. Richard. 3. Elizabeth, married Robert Gilmore of Londonderry, N. H. 4. Zerubbabel, born Apr. 15, 1716. 5. Roger, born Dec. 28, 1719. Zerubbabel, son of Roger and ^lary (Adams) Hunnewell, married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and ]\lary Haskell. ^Ir. Haskell came from Gloucester, ]Mass., about 1726, and settled, first, at Falmouth Xeck, but appears to have moved from there to somewhei-e near the Windham line. ]\lrs. Hunnewell died and was buried on what is now called "Scotch Hill," at Sacca- rappa, Avhere her headstone was standing a few years ago, bear- ing the following inscription: "Here Lyes Buried the Body of ]\Irs. Hannah Hunnewell, wife of Zerubbabel Hunnewell, died July the 26. 1753, Aged 33 years." Their children were: 1. Roger, died Nov. 12, 1747, aged 7 years. 2. :\Iary, baptized Mar. 11, 1744. 3. AVilliam, born Jan. 17, 1746, bap. Feb. 2, 1746. 4. Elijah, born Dec. 27, 1747, bapt. Jan. 31, 1747. 5. Hannah, born Nov. 1749, bapt. Dec. 17. 1749. 6. Patience, born Apr. 27, 1751 ; bapt. May 26, 1751 ; mar- ried, Nov. 10, 1772, James Pray of Windham. Zerubbabel Hunnewell's second wife was Hannah, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Abigail Cobb of Falmouth. She was the widow of John Swett. She was married to Mr. Hunnewell in 1753, and they had, at least, one child, Susannah, born about •150 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1755. She married, Jan. 1, 1778, Maj. Benjamin Bodge of Windham. ]\Ir. Hunnewell came to Windham and settled on Home Lot No. 41 in the first division of lots in the town. Here we find him, according to the committee's report made in 1759, with a house and seven acres of land cleared, and the report gives the date of his settlement as 1756. He died here Aug. 23, 1803, aged 89 years. His wife died Apr. 21, 1791, aged 80 years. (These dates are taken from their headstones, in the Smith Cemetery.) Elijah, son of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Haskell) Hunne- well, married Rebecca Locke of Falmouth, in 1776, (intention entered Jan. 6th of that year) . He was a farmer and lived on the farm, on the River Road, that was afterwards owned by his grandson, Charles. He died ^lar. 19, 1815. His wife died Feb. 12, 1830. Their children Avere : 1. Susannah, born Jan. 21, 1777; married, in 1799, Ebene- zer Hall, of Gorham. 2. Hannah, born Jan. 29, 1778 ; married Jonathan Fogg, Dec. 1, 1795. 3. ]Mary, born Nov. 27, 1779 ; married John Sweat, in 1803. 4. Anne, born Mar. 23, 1781 ; married Peter Hall of Port- land in 1807. 5. William, born July 10, 1782; married Lucy Baker, ]\Iay 14, 1809. 6. Lucy, born Apr. 5, 1784, died Nov. 27, 1818. 7. Zerubbabel, born Nov. 6, 1784. 8. Nathaniel, born Jan. 15, 1788 ; lost in the Privateer Dash, in the War of 1812. 9. Patience, born May 2, 1790. Zerubbabel, son of Elijah and Rebecca (Lock) Hunniwell, married, Oct. 8, 1815, Anna Mitchell of Windham. He w^as a farmer ; lived on the paternal acres, and died there, but we have not the date of his death. His wife, Anna, died Sept. 6, 1835, aged 44 years. Their children were: 1. Elijah, born 1816, died Sept. 16, 1836. 2. Edwin, married Margaret, daughter of Capt. James and Charlotte (Gallison) Loveitt of Windham. He was a farmer; lived near his father, and died there several years ago. His GENEALOGY 451 wife, Margaret, died Feb. 17. 1909, aged S6 years; no children. 3. Charles, married Jerusha W., daughter of Asa and Patience (Knight) Small of AVestbrook. He lived on his father's farm, which he inherited. Had several children. His wife died Mar. 19. 1903, aged 73 years. He is now (1911) still living. JOHNSON The first of the family bearing this name in New England, so far as we can learn, was one. James Johnson, who probably wrote his name "Johnston." He came from the North of Ire- land, in 1733. He was born in Scotland and moved to Ireland, in 1692. He came to Spurwink, bringing his two sons with him, Avhere he was a ferryman a short time. Afterwards he ferried between Front's Neck and Old Orchard. He died in 1710, an old man. Nothing is known of his wife, but his two sons, who were born in vScotland. were named James and John. James was born in 1690 and died in 1774. His wife Avas named Jane, and they had six children, the fourth one being James. He was born Alar. 22, 1735 ; married Elizabeth Porter- field of Stroudwater. where they then lived. He, with others, among whom was Captain Richard Alayberry of Windham, com- posed the firm of mast cutters, known as James Johnson and Co. James Johnson served in the Revolution as lieutenant and captain in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., in 1775. He was Alajor in Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regt. of Alilitia, in 1779; and in Col. Joseph Prime's Regt., in 1780. In 1789, with Jesse Partridge and Aaron Chamberlain, he purchased eighteen hundred acres of land in Poland, then called Thompson Pond Plantation. He sold his farm at Stroudwater and moved there about 1791. He had eleven children: 1. William, born Aug. 16, 1759^ d. Apr. 9, 1845. 2. Martha, born Feb. 16. 1761 ; married, Air. AIcLaughlin, died June 9, 1851. 3. Joseph, born Feb. 10, 1763, d. Oct. 26, 1840. 4. James, born Alar. 1765, d. Alay 2 . 5. Catharine, born Dec. 16, 1766. d. Aug. 5, 1812. 6. Nancy, born Dec. 19, 1768; married a Air. Ilodgdon ; died Oct. 2, 1845. 452 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 7. Jeremiah, born Mar. 19, 1771, d. May 14, 1832. 8. Simon, born Apr. 13, 1773, d. Sept. 1841. 9. David, born Apr. 13, 1775, d. Aug. 15, 1839. 10. Charles, born May 18, 1777. 11. Ruth, born Apr. 22, 1780, d. Sept. 1, 1817. James Johnson died at Poland, June 16, 1831, aged 96 years. His wife died Sept. 14, 1812, aged 74 years. Charles, son of James and Elizabeth (Porterfield) Johnson, came, when a young man, from Poland to Windham, before 1805. Dec. 25. 1805, he married Ann Tate of Stroudwater, daughter of Robert Tate. She was a niece of Admiral Tate, of the Russian Navy, and was born Oct. 23, 1778. She died Apr, 30, 1853. Charles Johnson settled at Windham Hill and was well known as "Squire Johnson." He was a man of good natural abilities, and was greatly respected by all who knew him. He died Feb. 23, 1865, aged 88 years. His children were as follows: 1. Martha Tate, born Dec. 1, 1806, died Nov. 27, 1818. 2. Elizabeth, born June 22, 1808; married, Oct. 21, 1838, Dr. Madison J. Bray of Evansville. 111. 3. Ann, born Jan. 24, 1810; married, Feb. 13, 1834, Joseph Walker, Esq. ; died Sept. 12, 1889. Mr. Walker is the one who presented the City of Westbrook with its beautiful public library. He also aided the whole of Cumberland County with his benefactions. 4. George Tate, born Jan. 14, 1812 ; married, and died in Louisiana, Oct. 22, 1853. 5. Margaret, born Aug. 20, 1813, d. :May 20, 1814. 6. Charles Pope, born Jan. 1, 1814. 7. Samuel Tate, born ]\Iar. 27, 1819, married, first, Olive Coombs; second, Lucinda Trull. He was 1st Lieutenant in the 25th Me. Regt. and later was Assistant Provost ^larshal. He died in Nov., 1887, and is buried at Windham Hill. He had nine children, none of whom now live in Windham. Charles Pope, son of Charles and Ann (Tate) Johnson, lived in his father's house at Windham Hill. He married, Nov. 19, 1848, Harriet Rogers Berry of Denmark, Me. She was born at Westbrook, Mar. 3, 1815, and was the daughter of Samuel and Dorcas (Shattuck) Berry, who moved from there to Denmark. GENEALOGY 453 Charles Pope Johnson died Sept. 4, 1888. Had one child, Eliza- beth Bray Johnson, born Aug. 22, 1849. She has never mar- ried; lives in her father's house at Windham Hill, and her mother was living with her in 1897. :\Irs. Joseph Walker (Ann Johnson) gave to the Congrega- tional Church in Windham, by her will, the sum of five thousand dollars, and from her husband's estate the library at Windham Center received four hundred dollars, and that at Great Falls, (North Gorham), six hundred dollars. JONES On the records of the monthly meeting of Quakers at Fal- mouth, we find the following entry: "Lemuel Jones, son of Thomas Jones and Thankful his wife of North Yarmouth, and Wait Estes, daughter of Edward and Patience Estes of North Yarmouth, married 3d month 7th, 1751." This was, so far as we know, the first of the name to settle in this vicinity. He appears to have lived at that part of North Yarmouth that was incorporated as Harpswell. He had a family, among whom was a son, also named Lemuel, born Feb. 26, 1758 ; and died Apr. 5, 1845. He was twice married. His first wife was Catherine Allen. She was born Oct. 19, 1757, died Jan. 31, 1799. They had seven children : 1. Isaac, born Feb. 19, 1782. 2. Abigail, born Nov. 1, 1783, d. Apr. 10, 1785. 3. Robert, born Nov. 21, 1785. 4. Lydia, born Nov. 25, 1787. 5. Israel, born Dec. 17, 1789. 6. Thomas, born July 1, 1792. 7. Dorcas, born Apr. 2, 1795. Lemuel Jones's second wife was Deborah Hawkes, to whom he was married Oct. 9, 1800. She was the daughter of Amos Hawkes of Windham. By her he had five children : 1. Phebe, born Aug. 21, 1801, died Apr. 17, 1817. 2. Mary, born July 22, 1803, died Oct. 27, 1829. 3. Amos, born Apr. 27, 1805, died May 15, 1805. 4. Esther, born .May 31, 1806. 5. Lemuel, Jr.. born Apr. 16, 1808. ^Irs. Deborah Jones died Dec. 20, 1834. 454 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Lemuel, Jr., son of Lemuel and Deborah (Hawkes) Jones, married, Sept. 30, 1823, Huldah, daughter of Daniel and Jane Cook of Kaymond (now Casco). He was a farmer and was a very w^orthy man. He died Jan. 20, 1853, aged 44 years, 8 months. His wife, Huldah, died Mar. 7, 1874, aged 70 years. Their children were as follows: 1. Isaiah, born Dee. 14, 1831. 2. Daniel, born Mar. 27, 1833. 3. Mary, married Byron Hamblen. 4. Lindley H., born Apr. 4, 1843. Isaiah, son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones married, Nov. 10, 1853, Emily H., daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Horton) Read. Had five children : 1. Julia M., born Sept. 24, 1854. 2. Charles W., born Feb. 14, 1858. 3. Elma R., born Nov. 28, 1860, d. Dec. 30, 1861. 4. Ruth E.. born June 9, 1866. 5. Frank E.. born Jan. 3, 1871. Mrs. Emily H. Jones died in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 3, 1908, aged 77 years. Daniel, son of Lemuel and Pluldah (Cook) Jones, married. May 16, 1862, Abbie, daughter of Stephen and Jane (Young) Lord of Windham. He lived on his father's place and died there Jan. 19, 1891. His children: 1. Fred E., born Mar. 23, 1864. 2. Ellen H., born Nov. 23, 1867. 3. George L., born Mar. 20, 1874. Lindley H., son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones, mar- ried, Feb. 18, 1873, L. Maria Jepson of China, Me. Children: 1. Herbert L., born July 30, 1874. 2. Edith E., born Apr. 23, 1877. 8. Gertrude M., born June 27, 1884, died Dee. 2, 1884. Elisha Jones, son of Edward and JVIary (Tuttle) Jones, Avas born June 19, 1798. He married, June 4, 1824, Sarah, daughter of Amos and Lydia Hawkes. He was then of Brunswick, Me., but settled in AVindham. He became an influential and prom- inent citizen. He was a farmer, lived at East "Windham, and died there, June 20, 1857. He was a man of good natural abili- GENEALOGY 455 ties and of undoubted honesty and had many friends. In re- ligious belief he was a Quaker and lived and died an honored member of that society. His children were as follows : 1. Charles, born June 20. 1825, died 1889. 2. Lydia M., born Apr. 13, 1827, died Oct. 27, 1832. 3. Mary H., born Apr. 22, 1829. 4. Martha H.. born Aug. 2, 1831, died Nov. 4, 1832. 5. Amos H., born Dec. 11, 1834, died Aug. 23, 1861. 6. Martha E., born Apr. 29, 1837. Sarah, wife of Elisha Jones, died June 20, 1857, aged 63 years; and he married for his second wife Sarah, daughter of James Winslow of AVestbrook. She was the widow of Boody. She died in Casco, Me., Feb. 24, 1876. Joseph T. Jones w^as the son of Silas and his second wife, Lois (Brown) Jones. He was born Aug. 29, 1837; married, Apr. 1, 1863, Abbie, daughter of George and Mary A. (Rounds) Goold of "Windham. For several years he owned and lived on the well-known "John Robinson Place." They had one child: 1. Ormond, born Feb. 2, 1870, died Feb. 16, 1880. Mrs. Abbie (Goold) Jones died Feb. 26, 1910, aged 73 years, and Mr. Jones now lives in Auburn, ]\Ie. KEMP The ancestor of all bearing this name in Windham, Gorham, and vicinity, was Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Brad- street) Kemp of Groton, Mass. He was born Jan. 11, 1749. He married Relief Phillips of Groton, Aug. 31, 1773. He served in the Continental Army for a while, and, after his discharge, came to Otisfield, Me., where he purchased land of Joseph Pres- cott of Groton. He remained in Otisfield a few years and then sold his land there and purchased the farm in Gorham, which has ever since remained in the family. He and his wife, Relief, had seven children, as follows: 1. Elijah, born in Groton, 1777, died in Gorham, Oct. 7, 1846, unmarried. 2. Relief, born in Groton ; married John Brown of Gray, in 1807. 3. Mitty, , married Josiah Clark, in 1807. 4. Ebenezer, born Mar. 15, 1785. 456 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 5. ^lary, , married Levi Knight, probably of Westbrook, in 1804. 6. David, born in Gorham, about 1793 ; married, Oct. 20, 1819, Anna Humphrey. 7. Jonathan, born in Gorham, ; married ^lartha Humphrey of Gray, in ]May, 1825 ; moved to Otisfield, in 1846. After the death of liis wife. Relief, Mr. Kemp married, in 1800, Lydia Elder, of Windham. She died Apr. 18, 1825, aged 80 years. He died in 1833. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Relief (Phillips) Kemp, was the ancestor of the Kemp families of Windham. He married Eunice, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Tripp) Allen of Cum- berland. She was born July 28, 1788, and died Apr. 22, 1875. Several years ago Mr. Kemp started on a visit to some western state and has not been heard from since. It is thought that he was lost, while crossing the Great Lakes. He and his wife, Eunice, had nine children, as follows : 1. Mary Ann, born Nov. 7, 1808; married Ebenezer John- son; died Sept. 29, 1877. 2. Hannah, born Mar. 14, 1810, died in 1846. 3. Andrew, born Nov. 7, 1811 ; married Eliza A. Elwell ; died Oct. 1832. 4. Relief, born Jan. 4, 1814 ; married James Hollingsworth. 5. Abigail, born Jan. 3, 1816; married Stephen Lowell; died in 1839. 6. John E., born Jan. 4, 1819; married, first, Esther Elder; second, Mrs. Ella D. Nickerson; died Nov. 18, 1900. His wife, Ella, died June 27, 1906. 7. Jeremiah, born Aug. 24, 1823 ; married, first, Caroline Jones; second, Susan Hughie; third, Thirza Maxim. He died Apr. 24, 1901. 8. Ellen, born Aug. 26, 1829; married Alden G. Lowell; died July 9, 1869. 9. Samuel R., born June 13, 1831 ; married Lucretia, daugh- ter of Josiah and Lucy (Staples) Allen of Cumberland. He died Apr. 2, 1903. She is now (1912) living in Buxton. They had several children, none of whom now live in Windham. GENEALOGY -157 KENNARD The first of the name in Windham was Samuel Kennard. He was a Quaker and came from England to Kittery; from there he went to Falmouth and shortly afterwards settled in Windham. The family tradition is that, while living in Fal- mouth, he prepared the frame of a house, which he afterwards hauled with oxen through the woods to Windham. His wife accompanied him on the journey, bringing in her arms a young babe. He settled in the easterly part of the town, and his farm was afterwards owned by his son, Elijah, and, more recently, by his grandson, Timothy Kennard. His wife was Elizabeth Allen, probably of Kittery, by whom he had nine children : 1. Elijah, born Nov. 30, 1755. 2. Elizabeth, married Goddard. 3. Salome, married Timothy Robinson. 4. Tamsin, married Samuel Varney. 5. Jane, married ]\licajah Varney. 6. Lydia, married Abijah Varney. 7. Susie. 8. Peace. 9. Annie. Elijah, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Allen) Kennard, mar- ried Hannah, daughter of Timothy and Joanna (Hanson) Var- ney, Aug. 11, 1785. He died July 20, 1843. She died May , 1824. They had thirteen children: 1. Sarah, born July 20, 1786, d. May 5, 1869. 2. Mary, born May 25, 1789, d. Mar. 16, 1821. 3. Samuel, born June 8, 1790, d. Jan. 28, 1795. 4. Patience, born Feb. 23, 1792; married, in 1827, Nehe- miah Winslow. 5. Elijah, born Jan. 9, 1794, d. Nov. 18, 1883. 6. Timothy, born Aug. 10, 1795; was a well-known school teacher for many years. He married Mrs. Thompson, and died in 1880. 7. Anna, born Sept. 6, 1798, d. Feb. 20, 1825. 8. James, born Apr. 12, 1800, d. Nov. 21, 1824. 9. Lydia, born Oct. 6, 1802, d. Oct. 14, 1805. 10. Joanna, born Nov. 10, 1806, married, in 1831, Joel Allen, died Jan. 2, 1879. 458 WINDHAM IK THE PAST 11. Noah, born Sept. 6, 1808; married, in 1835, Esther lusher of Baldwin ; settled in that town and had two children, Dana, who died when a young man, and Hannah Persis, who died July 13, 1867, aged about 18 years. Noah Kennard died many years ago in the prime of life ; his widow died several years later. 12. John, born Apr. 9, 1810; married, in 1830, Phebe L. Crafts of Hebron, Me. 13. Emma, born Apr. 9, 181-1:; married Joel Rand; died July 8, 1895. "William Kennard of Windham entered his intention of mar- riage with Charity Winslow of Wcstbrook. Nov. 1-1, 1818. He settled at White's Bridge at about that time and lived and died there. Had. at least, two children : 1. Albert. 2. Maria, who married Leonard H. Moore of Standish. She was born about 1820 and died Oct. 8, 1895. He died Aug. 13, 1882. Albert, son of William and Charity (Winslow) Kennard, married Sarah, daughter of Ephraim ^lanchester. He inherited his father's farm at White's Bridge, and he and his wife both died there. Their son, Edward A. Kennard, now owns the place where his grandfather, William, sejttled in 1818. Mr. Albert Kennard died July 30, 1902, aged 81 years. KNIGHT John Akers Knight was the son of Moses and Hannah (Akers) Knight, who came to Falmouth, Me., from Newbury, Mass., about 1737. He was a direct descendant of John Knight, who came from Romsey, County of Hants, near Southampton, Eng., in the ship, James, in 1635, and settled in Newbury. He was a merchant tailor, and, so far as is now known, was the ancestor of all bearing the name in New England. John Akers Knight was born, about 1749, on what has since been known as the "Hart Place," near the present Adllage of Allen's Corner, in the Deering District, that being the farm on which his father, Moses, first settled. He married, Apr. 16, 1778, Keziah, daugh- ter of John and Sarah (Winslow) Morrill. She was born Nov. 19, 1759, and died Jan. 16, 1821. John Akers Knight came to GENEALOGY 459 Windham in 1788 and settled on the farm now (1912) owned by his grandson, Albert M. Knight, near Manchester Hill, in the easterly part of the town. He built a log house, back from road, not far from where the present dwelling stands. This he built a few years later. He was by trade a briek-layer and had a brick yard on the banks of Pleasant River. He also built the first mill at Huston's Falls on the river, sometime before 1793. He died July 10, 1831:, aged 85 years, and his remains are interred oji the land which he cleared from the wilderness. He and his wife, Keziah, had eighteen children, but four of them died young and were not named or recorded on the family record. Those whose names appear are as follows : 1. Abigail, born Dec. 27, 1778; married Francis Jackson, Jan. 20, 1805. 2. Moses, born Feb. 27, 1780, died Apr. 30, 1780. 3. Levi, born I\Iar. 24, 1781 ; married, in 1804, Mary Kemp. 4. Hannah, born Oct. 7, 1782 ; married, first, Apr. 14, 1803, Stephen ^Morrill ; second, Elvin Worth. 5. Samuel, born Feb. 20, 1785, died young. 6. Sarah, born Oct. 28, 1787; married, Sept. 9, 1807, Charles Doe. 7. Peter, born June 7, 1789 ; married, first, Aug. 8, 1816, Sally Elliott; second, in 1847, Ann H. King; moved to Illinois. 8. Peace, born Sept. 30, 1791 ; married, in 1808, Charles Doe, whose first wife was her sister, Sarah. 9. Hope, born Oct. 30, 1793, married Reuben Gardiner. 10. John, born Sept. 21, 1796. He went to Ohio, when about eighteen years old, and was never heard from. 11. Moses, born Jan. 1, 1798, married Rebecca Knight. 12. Samuel, born Aug. 24, 1800; died July 7, 1844; un- married. 13. Thomas, born Sept. 24, 1802 ; died Feb. 18, 1876 ; un- married. 14. Stephen, born Apr. 7, 1804; married, first, Eliza Doughty. She was born June 5, 1807, and died May 20, 1832. His second wife was Eliza Elkins, to whom he was married in May, 1834. Moses, son of John Akers and Keziah (Morrill) Knight, mar- ried, Sept. 18, 1823, Rebecca Knight. It was thought that they were not related, but probably they were distant connections. 460 WINDHAM IN THE PAST He lived and died in his father's house. She died Sept. 18, 1878. He died May 29, 1887. Their children were : 1. Horace Greenlief, born Apr. 7, 1824, died Feb. 28, 1847. 2. Elizabeth Maxwell, born Apr. 29, 1828; married. May 26, 1850. Daniel Hamblet. 3. Aurilla Rosina, born Sept. 29, 1830; married, Feb. 26, 1851, Elvin Jackson, died Sept. 20, 1863. 4. Moses Gardiner, born July 25, 1834; married, Dec. 11, 1859. Loanna Stevens. 5. Olive Cushman, born Nov. 24, 1836. died unmarried, May 23, 1877. 6. Stephen Huston, born Aug. 7, 1839, died Sept. 9, 1839. 7. Albert Melvin, born July 28^ 1844, married, Dec. 7, 1865, Clara, daughter of John Dole of Gray, Me. ; lives on the old homestead; has two children: 1. Lizzie J. 2. Mabel L. Jonathan Knight came from Otisfield to Windham, and mar- ried, Nov. 12, 1785, Sarah Pattangall. He was a farmer and settled on the Duck Pond Road, near the Knight Schoolhouse. He died Nov. 19, 1837, aged 78 years. His wife, Sarah, died June 29, 1839, also aged 78. Their children were : 1. Peggy, born Apr. 5, 1787, in Otisfield; married Cornelius Allen of Windham. 2. John, born Dec. 15, 1788, in Otisfield. 3. Patience, born Sept. 20, 1792, in Windham, married Asa Small of Westbrook in 1826. 4. Daniel, born Mar. 26, 1795 ; married, in 1829, Sally Hus- sey. 5. Katharine, born Oct. 7, 1797. 6. Anne, born July 19, 1802 ; married in 1832. 7. Mark, born about 1806. Mark, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Pattangall) Knight, married, about 1839, Emily Hobbs. She died Jan. 25, 1887, and he died Dec. 24, 1892. He was a farmer and lived, at first, on the farm where his father settled; but he finally sold it and purchased a farm near Little Falls. He and his wife, Emily, had several children, but we have no connected record of the GENEALOGY 461 family. From dates on their gravestones, and also from our own memory, we are able to give the following facts : 1. Jonathan, died Sept. 24, 1840, aged 3 months. 2. Mary, died Jan. 29, 1866, aged 22 years. " 3. Kufus W.. died May 19, 1856, aged 10 years. 4. Henry W., died May 6. 1856, aged 8 years. 5. Alfred, died Jan. 22, 1887 ; aged 34 years. 6. George T., died Sept. 10, 1911, born Oct. 29, 1850. He was a professor in Tufts College. In addition to the above, they had a daughter, Sarah, of whom we can learn nothing. There was another ]\Iark Knight in Windham, known as "Quaker Mark." He was the son of Daniel and Patience Knight of Alfred, Me., and was born in that town, Nov, 3, 1803. He died Dec. 19, 1860. He married Mercy, daughter of David and Wait (Hawkes) Douglass. She was born Jan. 26, 1808, and died Aug. 13, 1854. He then married her sister, Mary, Feb. 29, 1856. Children, all by first wife : 1. Mary Jane, born Aug. 2, 1828, died May 5, 1845. 2. Eunice, born June 15. 1830. 3. David D., born Oct. 15, 1831, died Apr. 20, 1845. 4. David D., born July 6, 1835. died Sept. 11, 1848. LARRY Joseph C. Larry, son of Stephen and Abigail (Hamblen) Larry, was born in Gorham, Me., June 15, 1804. He came to Windham, when a youth, and learned the blacksmith's trade of Daniel Frost, whose shop Avas near the present schoolhouse at Gambo. He afterwards established himself in the business, near the corner of the old Horse Beef Road and the ^lain Road, where he remained several years. He finally gave up his trade and engaged in other business ; at one time owning and cultivat- ing a large farm in the "Hurricane District," in Gorham. He was also a contractor on the Cumberland and Oxford Canal, and. for forty years, he did the iron work for that corporation. He was a man of great muscular strength and Avas very indus- trious ; rather quiet in demeanor and dignified in his bearing. He was exceedingly scrupulous in his dealings and throughout 462 WINDHAM IN THE PAST his long life, bore the deserved title of "an honest man." He married, Oct. 9, 1825, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Lois B. (Brown) Purinton of Windham. She was born Feb. 27, 1806, and died May 13, 1885. He died Sept. 8, 1888. They had nine children : 1. James, born Feb. 2, 1826. 2. Lois, born Oct. 1827, died Sept. 1828. 3. Daniel P., born Apr. 1, 1829. 4. Abigail L., born Nov. 11, 1830. 5. Meshach P., born Nov. 22, 1832. 6. Phebe C, born Nov. 28, 1835, m. S. T. Dole. 7. John P. H., born Dec. 2, 1843. 8. William A., born Jan. 20, 1850. 9. Charles J., born Apr. 29, 1853. James, son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, mar- ried, Nov. 14, 1853, Abbie Lucinda Emery of Falmouth. He was a farmer, and settled at Lagrange, Piscataquis County, Me. He enlisted for the Windham quota during the Civil War, in Co. C, 30th ]\laine Infantry. He was wounded in the Ked River Expedition and was sent to a hospital at New Orleans, where he died July 6, 1864. He had three children : 1. Frank H., born Oct. 29, 1854, died Sept. 22, 1864. 2. Charles A., born Dec. 7, 1859. 3. Edwin, born May 5, 1861, died Sept. 16, 1864. Daniel, son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, mar- ried, Mar. 9, 1851, Abigail, daughter of Eben and Susan (Parker) Hicks of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and worked at that business for several years in Windham, Gorham, and Lynn. When tlie Civil AVar came, being a fine musician, he enlisted in the band of the 5th ]\Iaine Infantry and served until discharged by Act of Congress, Aug. 7, 1862. He then returned to his home at Gorham (Little Falls), where he remained a few months. Then he moved to Lynn, ^lass., where he enlisted in the band attached to Gen. Grant's Headquarters, in which he served until the war ended. He was an eye-wdtness of the clos- ing scenes of Lee's surrender and the events that followed. He was honorably discharged and returned to Lynn, where he now resides. He had six children : 1. Alice W., born Jan. 16, 1852, at Windliam. GENEALOGY 463 2. Joseph ]\razzini, born Sept. 25, 1854 ; died in Lynn, Jan. 20, 1879 ; unmarried. 3. Mary Isabel, born May 7, 1857, died in Lynn, Jan. 31, 1860. 4. Clinton II.. born Sept. 10, 1859 | twins 5. Hattie Emma, born Sept. 10, 1059jdied Oct. 7, 1862, at Gorham. 6. Susan Phebe, born June 26, 1866, in Lynn. Abigail L., daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, was for several years a teacher in the schools of Windham and Lynn. She finally returned to ]\Iaine, and married, May 21. 1862, Samuel North, a merchant of AVestbrook. He died shortly after marriage, and she now resides at Little Falls. Aleshach P., son of Joseph and Alary (Purinton) Larry, was a blacksmith. He worked at that business in Windham and Gorham for several years. He then went to St. Paul, Alinn., where he remained a few years, after which he returned to Alaine, and had a shop at Little Falls. When the War of the Rebellion came, he left his business and enlisted in Co. H, 17th Alaine Regiment. He participated in all the campaigns of that regiment. During the terrible Battle of the Wilderness, on Alay 6, 1864, he was shot through the left breast and died in a Rebel hospital the same day, and was buried on the battlefield. He was exceedingly generous and warm-hearted in his impulses, and left many friends. He was unmarried. John P. H., son of Joseph C. and Alary (Purinton) Larry, married Alary, daughter of Rev. William P. and Anne (Stone) White. She was born in Pelham, Alass., Aug. 1, 1842, and died in Providence, R. I., Jan. 22, 1899. Air. Larry is gifted with rare mental qualities and has been a successful teacher in the schools of Alaine, New Hampshire, and Alassachusetts. During the Rebellion, he was Second Lieutenant of a Alassachusetts Co. of Heavy Artillery. He is a Congregational clergyman and resides in Edgeworth, R. I. His children : 1. Edith W., born Oct. 17, 1867; married, Nov. 18, 1890, Charles Lee. 2. Evangeline, born Nov. 1, 1872. 3. John De AA^tt, born Jan. 26, 1875. 4. Annie Alay, born June 1. 1878, m. Freeman Putney. Jr. 464 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 5. William Pemi, born Sept., 1879, died young. 6. Alice White, born Nov. 10, 1881. 7. Ralph Ernest, born July 26, 1884. John P. H. Larry's second wife was Georgie Frazier, to whom he was married Nov. 14, 1899. She was l)orn at New Glasgow, N. S.. July 21, 1862. William A., son of Joseph and Mary (Purinton) Larry, married, Sept. 6, 1873, Ellen, daughter of Edward and Alice (Blanchard) True of W^indham. She was born July 13, 1851. He is a man of good natural abilities and has been much in X^ublic life ; having been one of the selectmen of Windham, and also a member of the superintending school committee for many years. He is a farmer and carpenter ; resides on the River Road, near Little Falls. His children : 1. Alice Ethel, born Aug. 10, 1874. 2. Bessie May, born Aug. 29, 1886. Charles J., son of Joseph C. and ^lary (Purinton) Lari-.v. married, Aug. 31, 1873, Rachel M., daughter of Oliver P. and Nancy (Phinney) Haskell of Windham. She died July 12. 1905, aged 55 years. Their children: 1. :\rary Ella, born Nov. 26, 1874. 2. Edwin H., born Nov. 21, 1881. Charles J. Larry married foi* a second wife ^lary Hubbard of Guildhall, Vt. He is an ingenious mechanic, and, for many years, was a manufacturer of wood pulp and fibre board in Maine -and several western States ; resides now in Guildhall, Vt. LIBBY The ancestor of this family in America was John Libby, who came from P]ngland, during the winter of 1636-7, in the ship Hercules, W^illiam Chappell, Master. He came as an "em- ployee" of Robert Trelawney, who had a large grant of land at Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, and vicinity. He remained in the employment of Trelawney for some time and afterwards purchased land in Scarborough, becoming quite a large land owner. We have not the date of his death. His will, which for comprehensive brevity, recommends itself to all lawyers and testators as a model, is as follows: "In the name of God amen, GENEALOGY 465 Bee it known unto all unto whom this shall come that I, John Libby, Senior, do give unto my children five shillings apiece to every one of them & to my two younger sons, namely Mathew & Daniel to have fivety shillings out of ye estate, when they come of age, and my wife shall have it all, to her disposing to mantayn the children. Feb. 9, 1682. John Libby. Anthony Roe 1 ^^^.^ ^ ^ > Witnesses Left. Ingersollv Arthur Libby. first of the name to settle in Windham, was a direct descendant in the sixth generation from the above tes- tator and was born in Scarborough, Feb. 28, 1760. He died in Windham, in June, 1885. He married Mary, daughter of Isaac and Dolly (Leighton) Allen of Falmouth. He purchased a farm in Windham, near the hill that still bears his name; and, in 1802, built the house, still standing, on the westerly side of the road, which is now the property of his descendants. His wife, Mary, died in March, 1840. Their first six children were_ born in Falmouth, and four more were born in Windham. They were as follows : 1. William, born Dec. 6, 1786, m. Hannah Gould. 2. Abigail, born July 27, 1789, m. John Cummins. 8. Gideon, born Dec. 2, 1791, m. Jane Prince. 4. Isaac, born Apr. 1. 1794. m. Sally Humphre.v. 5. Asa, born June 15, 1797, m. Rachel Coombs. 6. Peter, born Mar. 1, 1800, m. Ann Knight. 7. Jam^cs, born June 15, 1808 ; d. unmarried, quite aged. 8. Martha, born June 2, 1805, m. Samuel Frank. 9. Betsey, born Dec. 24, 1808, d. when about 8 years old. 10. Lewis, born Oct. 20, 1811, m. Eliza Knight. Gideon, son of Arthur and Mary (Allen) Libby, married, Jan. 21, 1813, Jane, daughter of Sylvanus and Sarah (Boston) Prince of North Yarmouth. He settled at East Windham, where he died Aug. 12. 1870. His wife, Jane, died in Falmouth, May 27, 1877. Their children were: 1. Samuel, born Nov. 21, 1818. 2. James, born Nov. 19. 1815. 466 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Huldah, bom Sept. 1, 1818, m. Charles Black. 4. Martha, born Jan. 21, 1821, m. Asa Libby. 5. Sarah, born June 6, 1823, m. Joab Black. 6. Peter, born Mar. 14, 1826, m. Lucy A. Webber. 7. Bela Prince, born Mar. 25, 1829. 8. Gideon, Jr., born Dec. 30, 1831. Isaac, son of xVrthur and Mary (Allen) Libby, married, Nov, 16, 1817, Sally Hunii)lu-ey. She died :\Iay 29, 1858. He was living in 1882 ; settled at East Windham, where they had eleven children : 1. Mary, married James Libby. 2. Betsey, m., Nov. 25, 1849, Charles Deering. 3. Catherine, m. John Cobb. 4. Lucinda, m., Nov. 18, 1848, Samuel Cobb. 5. Elbridge, born Jan. 14, 1827, d. June, 1827. 6. Asenath, born Mar., 1828; m. William F. Sawyer, Aug. 7, 1853. 7. Susan, born Oct., 1832 ; m., Nov. 28, 1852, Joseph West. 8. Isaac, born Feb. 13, 1834; m. Mary A. Elliott, Jan. 2, 1859. 9. Joseph, born :\Iay 12, 1838; m.. July 4, 1862, Eliza Cash of Portland. 10. Caroline, died in infancy. 11. Daniel, married Nov. 24, 1867, Sarah A. Libby. Samuel, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby; married, in 1828, Keziah Stuart. He died at East Windham, Apr. 19, 1866. His children were as follows: 1. Sarah J., born Sept. 9, 1839, m. Oliver Hanson. 2. Ann M., born Sept. 18, 1842, d. Jan. 29, 1844. 3. Ann ]\I., born Feb. 18, 1844, d. May 7, 1863. 4. Patia Mcintosh, born Mar. 19, 1849, d. Jan. 10, 1866. 5. Frances E., boi-n Sept. 3, 1851; m., Feb. 17, 1872, Major H. Merrill. 6. Charles A., born July 31, 1855, d. Sept. 6, 1870. 7. James W., born Jan. 14, 1857. James, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, June 16, 1837, Mary Libby. Children: 1. Samuel, born Mar. 2, 1838. m. Mary E. Leighton. GENEALOGY 467 2. Elias, born Jan. 27, 1840, d. at Fredericksburg, Va. 3. Richard L., born Feb. 16, 1842, m, Anna Black. 4. Henry L., born Nov. 8, 1844. 5. Laura E., born IMay 19, 1847, m. Uriah Cobb. 6. Hannah E., born Jan. 14, 1850, m. Isaac Cobb. 7. Elnora, born Sept. 28, 1852, d. Apr. 17, 1878. 8. James D., born Feb. 8, 1855, d. Apr. 22, 1864. 9. Charles C, born Apr. 24, 1857. Peter, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, Jan. 22, 1852, Lucy A. Webber ; had nine children : 1. Charles, born June 23, 1853, d. Oct. 23, 1853. 2. Marcena B., born Sept. 24, 1854. 3. ]\Iillard F., born Dec. 26, died next day. 4. Edwin H., born Nov. 11, 1857. 5. Emma E., born Mar. 3, 1860. 6. William F., born Jan. 26, 1862. 7. Delia Ann, born Jan. 13, 1864. 8. Samuel P., born July 9, 1866. 9. Freeland Staples, born Oct. 23, 1868. Bela Prince, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, mar- ried, ;May 6, 1853, ^Mary S.. daughter of Rea and Harriet (Field) Elder. Children : 1. Lucius P., born Apr. 3. 1854. 2. :\Iarshall, born July 19, 1857. 3. Sumner, born Apr. 1, 1860. Gideon, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, Dec. 25, 1854, Betsey Elder. She was a sister of his brother's wife. Children : 1. Harriet Ellen, born Oct. 28, 1855. 2. Orren Wilson, born Aug. 9, 1858. 3. Flora Belle, born Feb. 23. 1865. Richard, son of James and ]\Iary Libby, married, Oct. 25, 1868, Anna Black. Children : 1. Alton, born Oct. 8, 1869. 2. Harlan C, born Oct. 11, 1872. 3. Walter, born Nov. 19, 1875. 4. Richard E., born Mar. 24, 1878. 468 WINDHAM IN THE PAST LITTLE Paul Little was born in Newbury, Mass., Apr. 1, 1740, and grew to manhood in that town. He was a goldsmith by trade. He was a valuable citizen of this town until his death. He was selectman ifi 1779, 1781, and 1790. He was a justice of the peace and did a large amount of law business. The Windham records show that between 1791 and 1813, he united in marriage one hundred and ninety-four couples. He died in Windham. Feb. 11, 1818, aged 78 years. ?klr. Little had three wives. His first wife was Hannah, daughter of Stephen Emery of New- bury, to whom he was married ^lay 20, 1762. They had two children : 1. Hannah, born ]\Ia.v 1763; married, in 1783, Stephen Emery of West Newbury ; died Aug. 24, 1839. 2. Paul, born Aug. 8, 1767. Mrs. Hannah Little, died Sept. 4, 1771, and, on Aug. 30, 1772, he married JNIrs. Sarah Norton, widow of Timothy South- ern. They had four children : 1. Mary, born Sept.. 1775, d. Nov. 10, 1786. 2. Timothy, born Oct. 27, 1776. 3. Moses, born Jan. 7, 1782. 4. Thomas, born Nov. 27, 1787. Mrs. Sarah, second wife of Paul Little, died Sept. 26, 1797, and he married, in 1799, Mrs. Sarah Emerson of Poland, Me. They had one child, Sarah, born Mar. 20. 1802, married Oliver Gerrish of Portland, June 6, 1825. Mrs. Sarah, third wife of Paul Little, died I\Iay 23, 1817. Paul, Jr., son of Paul and Hannah (Emery) Little, married, Apr. 22, 1792, ^lary, daughter of Abraham and Bathsheba (Mayberry) Osgood. She was born in Falmouth, Sept. 22, 1772. He was a farmer and lived in the house which his wife's father Irailt on the ]\Iain Road near Little Falls. He died Jan. 5, 1849. She died Sept. 16, 1819. Had three children: 1. Josiah, born Ai5r. 7, 1793. 2. Mary, born Oct. 4, 1798, died, unmarried. Sept. 4, 1869. 3. Moses, born Mar. 5, 1801. Timothy, son of Paul and his second wife, Sarah Norton (Southern) Little, married, in 1806. Elizabeth Lowell of Port- GENEALOGY 469 land. He was a noted physician, settled in Portland, and died there, Nov. 27, 1849. His wife, Elizabeth, died Nov. 24, 1853. They had five children, but we are not able to get their record. Moses, son of Paul and Sarah (Norton) Southern Little, married Hannah, daughter of Rufus Horton of Portland, in 1819, (intention entered Sept. 4th of that year). He settled at Windham Hill, where he died, July 31, 1866. Had three chil- dren who grew up : — Abbie, who was a school teacher and who died unmarried several years ago ; Augustus H., who was killed by the explosion of a powder mill at Gambo, July 7, 1862 ; and Moses, who lived on the paternal acres at Windham Hill. Prob- ably there were other children, who died young. Thomas, son of Paul and Sarah (Norton) Southern Little, married, Sept. 29, 1813, Keziah Hanson. He was, at one time, a merchant at Windham Hill. He died June 19. 1857. Had two children : 1. William Hanson, born Jan. 1, 1816. 2. Sarah Matilda, born Mar. 17, 1818. Josiah, son of Paul and Mary (Osgood) Little, was a farmer and lived on the "Osgood Farm," near Little Falls. He was twice married. His first wife was Barbara McI. Morrill, by whom he had three children : 1. Sarah E., died, June, 1882, unmarried. 2. John, married Jennette Hamblen ; went to Minneapolis, Minn. 3. Moses, married Crowley; was a lawyer in Min- neapolis. Josiah Little's second wife was Betsey Crague, to whom he was married Oct. 13, 1847 ; no children. He died Dec. 27, 1855 ; the dates of his wives' deaths are not known. Moses, son of Paul and Mary (Osgood) Little, was a mer- chant at South Windham. He married Nov., 1827, and died Sept. 14, 1843. His widow died Apr. 5, 1886. They had five children : 1. Mary E., born Sept. 6, 1828; died Sept. 14, 1851; un- married. 2. Paul, born June 3, 1830, married Rhoda Manchester. 470 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Was a Union soldier, and was killed at the Battle of Chaneellors- ville. 3. Josiah, married Cynthia Whipple. He was born Mar. 1, 1833 ; was a Union soldier. 4. William, born Mar. 27, 1834, married Susan Lucy Brim- blecom ; served in the U. S. Navy. 5. James W., born June 4, 1840, married Louise ^I. Wight; was a Union soldier; served in Co. F. 11th Me. Infantry; lives at Little Falls. LOVEITT The first of this name to settle in Windham, was Jonathan Loveitt. He was born at Cape Elizabeth, Me., Sept. 9, 1743, and died in Windham, Apr. 19, 1819. He married Mariam Mitchell. She was born Mar. 31, 1748; died Aug. 14, 1826. (For an account of his life, see Chapter X.) He and his wife, Mariam, had thirteen children : 1. Mary, born Apr. 14, 1769, d. June 10, 1852. 2. John, born Dec. 28, 1770, d. Jan. 19, 1785. 3. Kobert, born Jan. 8, 1773, d. Nov. 30, 1773. 4. Deborah, born Oct. 15, 1774, d. June 8, 1851, 5. Jonathan, born Aug. 19, 1776. 6. Robert, born Jan. 12. 1779. 7. Benjandn, born Feb. 6, 1781. 8. James, born Mar. 16, 1783. 9. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1785,) d. Apr. 12, 1838. 10. William, born March 20, 1785, Jd. June 1, 1848. 11. John, born Mar. 29, 1792, )d. June 1, 1818. 12. Mariam, born Mar. 29, 1792, |d. Nov. 13, 1876. 13. Israel, born Feb. 20, 1797, d. June 17, 1804. Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, married. May 17, 1816, Lucy, daughter of John and Abigail (Witham) Cobby of Windham. She was born Sept. 29, 1784, and died Oct. 14, 1862. He died Apr. 16, 1848. He was a lum- berman in early life, but later settled on the farm recently owned by his son, Hiram. Had children, as follows : 1. Hiram C, born Apr. 4, 1817. 2. Eunice C, born Sept 11, 1818, d. Sept. 5, 1896. GENEALOGY 471 3. Gardner, born July 6, 1821, d. May 10, 1853. 4. Mariam A., born June 14, 1827. 5. Nelson B., born Sept. 27, 1825. James, son of Jonatlian and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, had four wives in the course of his long life. His first one was ^Nlar- garet Mitchell, (perhaps his cousin). There is no date of the marriage nor of her death, but she died previous to 1818. By her he had two children : 1. Israel, married in Boston; went South many years ago, probably died there. 2. Asa, married Emeline Frost. He Avas killed by the fall- ing of a derrick, Nov. 17, 1857. On Dec. 29, 1816, James Loveitt married Charlotte, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, by whom he had four children, as follows: 1. :Mitchell, born Mar. 22, 1818; married Betsey Files of Gorham; went to Ohio and died there, in 1894. 2. John, born May 10, 1821. 3. Margaret, married Edwin Hunnewell. 4. Sarah, married a Mv. Hawkins. Mrs. Charlotte (Gallison) Loveitt died not long after the birth of this last child, and Mr. Loveitt entered his intention of marriage with ]\Iary Hooper of Windham, June 24, 1831. They had three children : 1. William, married, first. Flora Thompson; second, Mary Ellen Stu'rgis. He died in Gorham, June 3, 1907, aged 74 years, 11 months, 22 days. 2. Martha, married, first, Stiles; second, — • Ciphers. 3. Charlotte, married James Guptill of Gorham. James Loveitt 's fourth wife was a Mrs. Libby. Mr. Loveitt was a carpenter and joiner, in addition to which business he owned and cultivated the valuable farm, afterwards the property of the late Samuel Hawkes, in School District No. 9, in South Windham. He died Mar. 4, 1867. His third wife, Mary, died, according to the inscription on her gravestone, Nov. 2, 1854, aged 58 years, Robert, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, 472 WINDHAM IN THE PzVST married Sally, daughter of Col. Thomas and Mary (Mayberry) Chute. She was born in Windham, June 5, 1785, married Mr. Loveitt, June 5, 1803, and died Mar. 25, 1848. He was a lum- berman and farmer ; lived near Loveitt 's Falls on the farm afterwards owned by his son, Charles. He died Sept. 10, 1850. Had four children : 1. Daniel, born Aug. 13, 1804. 2. Thomas C, born July 22, 1809 ; drowned June 2, 1837. 3. Charles, born June 12, 1811, married Nancy B. Jackson. He died May 29, 1850, and his widow married John Dolley. 4. Margaret, born Dec. 2, 1818, married Frederick Purin- ton of Gorham. Benjamin, son of Jonathan and ]\Iariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, married Betsey Files of Gorham, (intention entered Oct. 5, 1810). His wife was born Apr. 21, 1788, died Jan. 25, 1859. He died Jan. 30, 1857. He was a lumberman and farmer, lived in the large two-story house near Loveitt 's Bridge, the same now owned by his grandson, Frank. Had two children: 1. Jonathan, born Aug. 17, 1812; died at Little Falls, Oct. 5, 1889 ; was, for several years, a grocer at that place. He mar- ried, first, Joan, daughter of Caleb Hodgdon, Esq. She died Feb. 17. 1867, aged 54 years, and he married Harriet Water- house, who died Mar. 27, 1882, aged 72 years. His third wife was Lizzie L. f'rawford. She died Aug. 1884. No children, 2. Sewell, born about 1817 ; married Sophia, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Kezia (Cash) Duran. She died Oct. 26, 1901^ aged 80 years, 3 months, 10 days. He died June 24, 1909, aged 92 years, 4 months, 27 days. He was a farmer and always lived on the paternal acres. Had two children : 1. Adelaide C, married William F. Mayberry, died Dec. 1, ]900, aged 57 years, 4 months. 2. Frank, married, first, Ella W. Libby; second Mary Duran; lives on his father's farm. William, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, married Patience Brackett, Feb. 1820. He died May , 1848. We have no record of his wife's death. Chil- dren: 1 . Caroline. GENEALOGY 473 2. Eliza. 3. Frederick. Hiram C, son of Jonathan, Junior, and Lucy (Cobby) Loveitt, married, in 1852, Nancy, daughter of John and Susan- nah (Greenleaf) Gallison. He was born Apr. 4, 1817. She was born May 5. 1823. and died Apr. 14, 1905. He died Apr. 30, 1901. Had four children: 1. Susan M., born Dec. 24, 1855, married Freeman Berry. 2. Lucy E., born Aug. 31, 1859, married, first, Rich- ardson, second, Charles Lovis. 3. Albion L.. born Nov. 1, 1863. 4. Ulysses G., born Dec. 3, 1865. LOWELL The ancestor of this family in Windham, was Joshua Lowell, son of Abner and Lydia (Purrington) Lowell. He was born, says the old Record, "Oct. 28th or Nov. 8th of a Sabbath day night, 1744, in Falmouth." He died in Windham, Nov. 22, 1839. He married, Oct. 27, 1768, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry. She was born in Windham, July 12, 1749, and died Aug. 1. 1838. Rev. John Wight's record of births and baptisms says that she was born, July 12, 1749, and baptized July 16th of that year. They settled in Windham, where he purchased two hundred acres of land, including Lowell's Hill, all of which is still held by his descendants. He was a " Housewright, " or joiner, and his brother, John, was his partner. He served awhile in the Revolutionary war. His children were as follows : 1. Abner, born in Portland, Oct. 18, 1769. 2. Thomas B., born in Portland, Aug. 18, 1772. 3. John B., born in Windham, Aug, 3, 1774. 4. Sarah, born in Windham, May 21, 1777; married Ezra Brown ; died Oct. 25, 1841. 5. Rebecca, born in Windham, Apr. 14, 1780; died Sept. 12, 1838 ; married Joseph Hawkes. 6. Dorcas, born in Windham, Oct. 22, 1782; died Feb. 14, 1870; married, Nov. 3, 1805, Capt. Daniel Smith of Hallowell, Me. 474 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 7. Betsey, born in Windham, Aug. 23, 1785, died Mar. 1807. 8. Daniel B.. born in Windham, Aug. 7, 1790. 9. Hannah, born in Windham, July 10, 1793, married James Hall, died Apr. 24, 1857. John B., son of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell, mar- ried Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison. She was born ^lar. 3, 1783, died July 27, 1840. They were mar- ried Mar. 14, 1802. Mr. Lowell died Sept. 22, 1859. Had seven children : 1. Hiram, born Sept. 11, 1804, married, in July, 1828, Eliza Leighton; lived at Pride's Corner; died Feb. 29, 1872. 2. Cyrus, born May 27, 1806, died May 1, 1829. 3. Thomas, born Oct. 14, 1808; married Harriet E. Prince; lived at Pride's Corner, where he died Oct. 9, 1887. 4. Eliza, born July 17, 1811; married, in ^lar., 1836, Veranus Hanson ; died Apr. 24, 1886 ; lived in Portland. 5. Darius, born Nov. 29, 1813 ; married, first, Lucy H. Davis; second, Clara S. Bickford; lived at Pride's Corner, where he died July 26, 1887. 6. Urban, born Jan. 2, 1816; married Mary J. Blake, Oct. 21, 1841. 7. Abner. born June 4, 1818, died Nov. 29, 1821. Daniel B., son of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell, married, in 1824, Betsey Hawkes. She was born Oct. 29, 1801, died Oct. 21, 1848. He died Nov. 25, 1865. Had the following children : 1. Sarah Ann, born :\Iay 5, 1826; married, Sept. 10, 1850, Josiah B., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) Webb of Wind- ham. She died July 5, 1900. 2. Capt. Oliver Hawkes, born Oct. 12, 1829; married. Mar. 15, 1859, Olive S., daughter of Otis and Jane (Tukey) Varney. She died Apr. 3, 1859. He was a graduate of Tufts College in 1859, and was a classical teacher in Gorham Seminary from 1860 to 1862. In the second year of the Civil W^ar, he enlisted in Co. F, 16th Me. Infantry, and was soon promoted to be Capt. of Co. D, same Regt. July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was mortally wounded and died the same day. 3. Cyrus Hamilton, born Mar. 4, 1834, died Sept. 2, 1837, GENEALOGY 475 4. Louisa Hawkes, born Sept. 9, 1837 ; died May 10, 1869 ; unmarried. 5. Mary Elizabeth, born Mar. 30, 1839, married, Apr. 15, 1875, George Albert Newell of Durham, Me. They reside on the old homestead, purchased in 1779. 6. Capt. Hamilton Smith, born Sept. 23, 1841, died in Windham, Jan. 17, 1866. He entered Bowdoin College in 1859, but, when the Rebellion broke out, he enlisted in Co. E, 12th Maine Regt. He was promoted to be Capt. of the same com- pany in 1862, while serving in Gen. Butler's Division at New Orleans. He served through the war and saw much active service. He was wounded at the Battle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. He was presented with a fine gold watch and chain for his bravery in capturing an English blockade runner ; in short, his military career was brilliant. He came home and died at the early age of 25 years. He was unmarried. James, son of John and Mary (Chapman) Lowell, was born in Windham, Mar. 20, 1789, died Feb. 23, 1884, married I\Iercy Hawkes. He learned the tailor's trade in Portland and settled, first in Westbrook; and, in 1825, settled on a farm in Windham. He and wife were honored members of the Friends' Society. She died July 13, 1862, aged 65 years, 9 months, and they are buried in Friends' cemetery near the meeting-house of that society. Their children were : 1. Jane, born in Westbrook, Nov. 26, 1815 ; married, Sept. 25, 1836, Joel Varney; died in Brunswick, Me., Oct. 28, 1867. 2. Nathaniel Hawkes, born in Westbrook; died in Wind- ham, June 2, 1889 ; married, Nov. 6, 1844, Mary P. Allen. She died in Windham, Dec. 17, 1891, aged 73 years. Their children : 1. Lindley N., born Oct. 10, 1846, died Sept. 15, 1849. 2. Charles N., born July 4, 1857. 3. Edw^ard Jones, born in Windham, Nov. 7, 1820 ; married, June 3, 1850, Augusta Bennett. She died Mar. 1, 1884, and he married, Jan. 4, 1887, Mrs. Caroline (Cobb) Dolley. He died Apr. 25, 1905. She died Aug. 15, 1896, aged 67 years. By his first wife he had one child: 1. Dana Pierce, born May 22, 1856. Charles, son of Nathaniel and Mary P. (Allen) Lowell, mar- 476 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ried in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 15, 1889, Ruby J. Croft. She was born in Centerville, King's County, N. S. He died in Fal- mouth, June 2, 1897. Had two children: 1. Mary Ruth, born Aug. 9, 1892. 2. Arthur William, born Apr. 22, 1896. Dana Pierce, son of Edward J. and Augusta (Bennett) Lowell, married, Apr. 17, 1880, Nettie F., daughter of Ira and Harriet (Hayden) Brown of Windham. He is a farmer and lives at Popeville. Had three children, as follows : 1. Grace H., born Mar. 23, 1881. 2. Fred S., born Dee. 18, 1886. 3. Gertrude B., born Apr. 17, 1889. She was accidentally drowned with three others in Sebago Lake, July 4, 1908. Children of Darius and his first wife, Lucy H. (Davis) Lowell : 1. Abner, born Jan. 14, 1848. By his second wife, Clara S. (Bickford) Lowell, he had two children, as follows : 2. Lucy Isabel. 3. Grace ^Marion. Children of Urban and Mary J. (Blake) Lowell, all born in Windham : 1. Abbie, born Feb. 21, 1844. 2. Emily, born Dee. 16, 1848, died Mar. 28, 1895. 3. John F., born Oct. 10. 1857, died May 9, 1864. 4. George W., born Nov. 9, 1856, died May 8, 1864. Alden G. Lowell was the son of Edward and Sally (Edes) Lowell and was born in Otisfield, Me., in 1827. He was a shoe- maker, and worked at that trade in Windham. He married Ellen J., daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice (Allen) Kemp, by whom he had one child, Clarence E. His wife, Ellen, died July 9, 1869, aged 39 ; and he married Almira Swett, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Lunt) Swett of Falmouth. They had no children, and he died, according to the inscription on his head- stone, June 7, 1878, aged 51 years. GENEALOGY 477 MANCHESTER Stephen Manchester, ancestor of the family in Windham, was born in Tiverton, R. I., May 23, 1717. He came to Wind- ham in 1738 (probably) and married Grace, daughter of John Farrow, the third settler of this town. He and his wife, Grace, had one child, Thomas, born in 1739, the first white child born in the township. ^Irs. Grace Manchester died about 1745, and was buried on their lot. She was about 26 years of age. He married, second, Seafair, daughter of William ^layberry, the second settler of the town, Dec. 21, 1749. She was born on the passage from Ireland, — hence her name. By her he had two children : 1. Stephen, Jr., born Aug. 9, 1751, who never married. He enlisted for three years, Jan. 1, 1777, in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Mass. Regiment, went to Valley P^orge, where he was taken sick, was carried to Reading, Penn., and died there Jan. 5, 1778, aged 26 years. 2. Abigail, born Nov. 9, 1753 ; married, Jan. 28, 1773, Davis Thurrel of Poland, Me., and died in that town. Soon after the birth of Abigail, ^Irs. Seafair Manchester died, Dec. 12, 1753, and he married for his third wife Mary Bailey, Apr. 9, 1758. She was born in ]\Iarblehead, ^lass., Nov. 4, 1726; being the daughter of Jolui and Rachel Bailey, Avho were of Marblehead, in 1726. She died in Windham, May 15, 1815, aged 88 years. By her Stephen ^lanchestcr had three children, as follows: 1. Gershom. born May 10, 1761. 2. Anna, born Feb. 13, 1765 ; married, in 1785, William Field of Falmouth; died in Windham, Feb. 10, 1857. 3. John, born about 1767. Stephen JNlanchester was a valuable addition to the weak settlement of Windham, as he was an adept in all manner of wood-craft and mortally hated the Indians, against whose dep- redations he proved himself more than their match. It was he who fired the well-aimed shot that laid low Polin, the war-like chief of the Pesumscots, and forever broke the power of that haughty tribe and gave peace to the settlement. He was in Capt. George Berry's Company of Scouts. He was also in Capt. Daniel Hill's Company from March to December, 1748. When the Revolutionary War came, probably Stephen ^Manchester was 478 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Manchester Monument GENEALOGY 479 the first man to enlist in the army from Windham. He was then 58 years old and enlisted in Capt. John Brackett's Com- pany, in Col. Edmund Phinney's 31st Kegt. of Foot, May 12, 1775, and he marched to Cambridge July 3d. where he served under Washington until Dee. 31. He enlisted Jan. 1. 1776, in Capt. Jonathan Sawyer's Co., in Col. Edmund Phinney's 18th Continental Regt., served through the siege of Boston, and was discharged Aug. 20, 1776. He was a soldier in Capt. George Smith's Company in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Mass. Regt., and served three years. He took part in the Saratoga campaign, was at the surrender of Burgoyne, spent the winter at Valley Forge, and returned home after his term of enlistment expired. (For other events in the life of Stephen ^Manchester, see Chapter n.) Gershom, son of Stephen and Mary (Bailey) ^lanchester, married July 23, 1787, and his wife's residence is given as Wind- ham. She died in 1842, aged 82 years. He lived, first near his father's at East Windham. Afterwards he moved to North Windham, where he died in 1853. aged 92 years. When eighteen years old, he enlisted in Capt. William Harris' Company and served twenty-six days at Falmouth Neck. The writer well re- members him as a man of medium stature, very erect at 90 years, and a great talker. He and his wife, Anne, had thirteen chil- di'cn : 1. Thomas, born Nov. 19, 1787, m. Elizabeth Dolley. 2. Isaac, born July 17, 1789. 3. Esther, born July 11, 1791, m. Joseph E. Dolley. 4. Mary, born Apr. 12, 1793. 5. Stephen, born Aug. 8, 1795, m. ^lartha Allen. 6. Meribah, born Aug. 4, 1797, m. Reuben Hackett. 7. Jacob, born July 4, 1799, m. Rutli Kilborn. 8. William, born Aug. 11, 1801. 9. Benjamin, born Feb. 13, 1803, m. ]\Iary Nason. 10. Nahum. born June 12, 1805, m. Lydia Austin. 11. Anna, born Aug. 13, 1807, m. Daniel Stevens. 12. Mary, born May 3, 1810. 13. Comfort, born July 8, 1812, m. Ebenezer Nason. John, son of Stephen and ]\lary (Bailey) ]\Ianchester, mar- ried, Feb. 8, 1795, ^lary Hannaford. He lived near his father 480 WINDHAM IN THE PAST at East Windham; afterwards moved to West Gray, and died there, Sept. 1839, aged about 72 years. They had nine children, as follows: 1. Abigail born Oct. 25, 1795. 2. Eunice, born Mar. 10, 1797. 3. Ephraim, born Feb. 17, 1799. 4. Iluldah. born Jan. 20, 1802. 5. Mary, born May 5, 1805, d. June 29, 1811. 6. Ebenezer, born June 12, 1807. 7. John, born Aug. 1, 1809. 8. :\lary Ann, born June 12, 1812. 9. Jane, born Aug. 29, 1814. We have recently o])tained the ancestry of Stephen .Alanches- ter, which we will insert here, as we believe it to be of interest to many Windham people. It is as follows: "Stephen ]\lan- chester's earliest known ancestor was Thomas ^Manchester, who had a grant of land at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. December 10, 1657. He married Margaret Wood, daughter of John Wood of Portsmouth. She died in 1693, and he was alive in 1691. The following were the names of his children : John, Thomas, Jr., William, Stephen, .Mary, and Elizal)etli. Stephen married, first, Sept. 13, 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of C4ershom Wodell of Ports- moutli. Slie died in 1719. and he mai'i'ied Demaris , her last name unknown. He was a freeman in 1684. and was an inhabitant of Tiverton, R. 1., at the organization of that town, ]Vlar. 2, 1692. His children were Gershom, born about 1687. and Ruth, boi-n May 27, 1690." Gershom, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Wodell) ^lanches- ter and father of Stephen of New ^larblehead (Windham), re- sided at Tiverton, R. I., and his wife was named Anne. They Avere married about 1707. They had five children, as follows: 1. Elizabeth, born Sept. 28. 1709; married, Apr. 28, 1730. John Tripp. 2. Hannah, born Feb. 4. 1711; married. Feb. 4, 1732, Othneal Tripp. 3. Stephen, born May 23, 1717; went to New Marblehead. 4 and 5. Alex and Ober, twins, born Apr. 14, 1723. Ger- shom IManchester married for liis second wife ^larv Farrow of GENEALOGY 48 1 Portsmouth, R. I., Dec. 16, 1731, and had one child. John, born Nov. 4, 1732. John Manchester, son of Gershom and ^lary (Farrow) Man- chester, and half brother to Stephen, was a small boy, when his father came to Windham, then called New Marblehead. In 1752. he took up Home Lot No. 16 ; and. before 1759, had cleared nine acres of land and built a house. In 1756 he married Com- fort Bunker of North Yarmouth, ]\Ie., but the tradition is that she came from Blount Desert. A few months after his marriage he joined the church, being then twenty-three years of age. He also owned Home Lots Nos. 14 and 15. "His first child," says the old record, "died about a fortnight oald. " He had daughters, ]Mar,y and Hannah, probably other children. He was a garrison soldier in 1757. under Sergt. Thomas Chute. In 1761 he sold his land in Windham, and probably w^ent then, or the next year, to Blount Desert, where he was living in 1790. :\IAYBERRY William Mayberry. ancestor of all bearing the name in Wind- ham and vicinity, was a native of the parish of l^allemoney, near Coleraine, Antrim Count.v, Ireland. The date of his l)irth we do not know, but he died in Windham, according to the church records, ]\Iar. 15, 1765. His wife was Bathsheba Dennis, to whom he was married in Ireland, and who accompanied him to this country. No date of her birth, death, or marriage can now be found. He was a blacksmith, and it is said that the cinders of his old forge are still to be seen at Ballemoney. He had two sons born in Ireland, John and Thomas. Thinking to better his condition, he took passage for this country and landed at ^larblehead, ]\Iass., sometime previous to 1735. During the long and wearisome passage, a daughter was born to ^Ir. and ]Mrs. Mayberry. wlio was given the significant name of Sea Fair. Just how long he remained in ^Marblehead is uncertain ; but, while living there, his son. Ricliard. was born. This was some- time in 1735. When the Great and General Court of ^lassachusetts granted to sixty inliabitants of ^larblehead the territory comprised in the present town of Windham, ^Ir. ^Mayberry had been a resident of the old burgh long enough to be included among the grantees 482 WINDHAM IN THE PAST of the new township. In the division of the home lots, No. 57 fell to his share. It does not appear that he settled on this lot, but on Home Lot No. 11, which he probably purchased of Robert Bull, the original owner ; and here he built a log house, in which his daughter Anne (sometimes written Nancy) was born, she being the second white child born within the limits of the town- ship. The time of his settlement is said to have been 1737. (For leading facts in Mr. Mayberry's Windham residence, see Chapter II.) William and Bathsheba (Dennis) ^Nlayberry had the following children : 1. John, born in Ireland. 2. Thomas, born in Ireland. 3. Sea Fair, born at sea on the passage from Ireland, 173 — 1. She became the second wife of Stephen Manchester, married Dec. 21, 1749, died Dec. 12, 1753, aged about 23 years. 4. Richard, born in Marblehead, in 1735. 5. Nancy (or Anne), born in Windham, May 23, 1740; married. June 27. 1759, Gershom Winship ; died Feb. 10, 1808. John, son of AVilliam and Bathsheba (Dennis) Mayberry, married in Marblehead, Elizabeth Dennis, probably his cousin. AVe are not able to give the date of their marriage. He settled on Home Lot No. 57, the original right of his father ; and the date of his settlement is given as 1751. He also owned the adjoining lot, No. 56. Like his father, he was a blacksmith and, throughout his life, exercised that handicraft more or less. He Avas an active, enterprising man and a good citizen. He died Mar. 2, 1805, aged 89 years. His wife, Elizabeth, died Nov. 21, 1800. They had five children: 1. Elizabeth, born in 1742, married James Webb, died in 1827, aged 85 years. 2. William, born in 1745. 3. Charity, married Enoch Graffam. 4. Bathsheba,) married James 0. Mayberry. 5. Rebecca, ttwin with Bathsheba, and died unmarried. Thomas, son of William and Bathsheba (Dennis) Mayberry, married, Jan. 17, 1745. Bethia, daughter of Capt. David Spear of Tiverton, R. I. She died very suddenly; the church records say, "in her sleep," June 14, 1769. The town records say that he married Anne Swett, Dec. 3, 1767 ; but, from other sources, GENEALOGY 483 we learn that Mrs. Bethia Mayberry died June 14, 1767, or one day after her son. John, was born ; and that ^Ir. ]\Iayberry mar- ried Annie Swett, Dec. 3, 1768. She, too, died suddenly, Apr. 6, 1770, and, on Sept. 9th of that year, he entered his intention of marriage with ^Margaret Weeks of Falmouth. We can find no record of the marriage here, but it doubtless took place in Falmouth (now Portland). She survived him several years, and was appointed administratrix of his estate in 1777. She died, according to the church records, Dec, 14, 1783. She is buried on the Weeks family lot in the old Eastern Cemetery in Portland, and her headstone gives the date of her death some- what differently, but we think the above is correct. Thomas Mayberry was a shrewd, enterprising man and accu- mulated quite a fortune for the times in which he lived. He owned Home Lots 17, 18, 19, and 20. and, during the last Indian war. had a well-fortified garrison-house on Lot 19. In 1773, he paid the highest tax paid by any single individual in town, his tax for that year being 7 pounds, 1 shilling, in addition to which he paid a tax of 12 shillings, 3 pence for a negro slave. The date of his death we do not know, but it was previous to 1777. By his first wife, Bethia, he had ten children, all born in AVindham : 1. William, born Feb. 1. 1745. died Api'. 25, 1745. 2. William, born Apr. 12. 1746. 3. John, born .Mar. 28, 1748, died Aug. 27, 1748. 4. Sarah, born July 12, 1749; married, Oct. 28. 1768, Joshua Lowell. 5. Thomas, born July 17, 1751. 6. Hathsheba, born July 14, 1753; married, Dec. 29, 1774. Abraliam Osgood. 7. David, born Alar. 8, 1756. 8. Alary, born Sept. 21, 1762, married Col. Thomas Chute. 9. Richard, born Aug. 1764. 10. James, born in 1766. 11. John, born June 13, 1767. Children by second wife, Anne Swett : 12. Hannah, born Feb. 1770, bapt. by Rev. Peter T. Smith, Feb. 18, 1770. By his third wife. Alargaret Weeks, he had : 484 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 13. Margaret, born Dec. 1771 ; baptized by Rev. Peter T. Smith, Dec. 8, 1771. What became of these two aaugh- ters, we have no means of knowing. Richard, son of William and Bathsheba (Dennis) ^layberry, married, sometime previous to 1756, Martha, daughter of Thomas Bolton of Windham. He settled on the paternal acres and cared for his i:»arents in their old age. In addition to his farming operations, he worked at wliat seems to have been the family trade, namely blacksmithing. When the Revolutionary War came, he left his business, enlisted, and was commissioned Captain of the Fifth Company in the Eleventh Regiment of Massachusetts Bay forces, commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper. He served for more than three years, was a brave and efficient officer, and received an honorable discharge. He returned to Windham and soon afterwards, sold his property here and re- moved to Raymond, Me., where he bought a large tract of wild land. While clearing it of the w^ood and timber, he was acci- dentally killed by a falling tree. This sad event took place Nov. 4, 1807. He and his wife, Martha, had children, as follows : 1. ]\Iary, born Nov. 10, 1756, married Edward Anderson. 2. William, born Dec. 12. 1758. 3. Thomas, born May 21, 1761. 4. Bathsheba, born Sept. 25, 1763, married Abijah Purinton of Windham. 5. Anne, born Feb. 28. 1766, died ]\Iar. 8. 1766. 6. Richard, Jr., born Apr. 25, 1767. 7. Anne, born Nov. 30, 1769, married P]zekicl Jordan. 8. Daniel, born Mar. 21, 1773. 9. Edward, born Sept. 28. 1775. William, son of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Mayberry, married, in 1763, Jane ^liller, (intention entered Feb. 26th of that 5'ear, and her residence was given "of Windham.") He was a farmer and settled on a farm, which he cleared from the wilderness, on the easterly side of "Canada Hill," the same being now (1912) the property of his grandson, William M Smith. He died there in 1829, aged 84 years. His wife, Jane, died Feb. 10, 1808. ^Ir. Mayberry was a large-framed man, exceedingly strong and muscular, and possessed of great powers of endurance. He was always called "Cash Bill," to designate GENEALOGY 485 him from others of the same name in the family. He and his wife, Jane, had eleven children, as follows : 1. John, born Oct. 20, 1763. 2. James, born July 26, 1765; died Apr. 17, 1830; un- married. 3. Richard, born :\Iar. 18, 1767. •4. William, born Jan. 29, 1769. 5. Jane, born Feb. 11, 1772; died Nov. 25, 1851; unmar- ried. 6. Samuel, born Mar. 1, 1775. 7. Betsey, born Apr. 25, 1776, married Thomas Bodge. 8. Andrew, born Apr. 9, 1778. 9. Charity, born June 30, 1780; died Apr. 23, 1855; un- married. 10. Josiah, born Jan. 27, 1783. 11. Sally, born Feb. 16, 1786, married William H. Smith. William, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) ]\Iayberry, mar- ried, Feb. 4, 1768, Rhoda (or Rose) Wolden. He was a trader near "Windham Hill," and was known as "Marchant Bill." His children, so far as known, were: 1. Bethia, born Aug. 10, 1768, married Ebenezer Proctor. 2. Anne, born 1770, married, probably, Amos Rogers. 3. David Spear, born May 1, 1772. 4. Robert, born Mar. 21, 1774. 5. Thomas, baptized July 1776. 6. Isaac, born in 1780. 7. Abraham, settled in Gorham. 8. Moses. 9. Sally, was a school teacher ; died unmarried. 10. Zephaniah, settled in Cumberland, Me. Thomas, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, mar- ried, Apr. 28, 1774, ]\Iary Worster. We know but little about this man, but are inclined to think that he was the Thomas May- berry whose death appears on the town records, under date of June 27, 1805. We have the record of five of his children, born in Windham, as follows: 1. Josiah, born Feb. 13, 1775. 2. Dorcas, born Aug. 15, 1777. 3. Lovina, born May 11, 1780. 486 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 4. Merriam, born Apr. 19, 1783. 5. Sally, born Aug. 12, 1789. Richard, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, married, Feb. 18, 1789, Merriam Thomson of Windham. He was a farmer and lived in the easterly part of the town. His children appear to have been Ezekiel, Edward, Amos, and five daughters : Rebecca, who married Nathaniel Knight, Polly, Mary, Nabby, and Hannah. David, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, mar- ried, Nov. 1781, Jemima Spurr of Windham. We are unable to give the facts about this man. On the town records appear the following children of David and Jemima (Spurr) Mayberry, born in Windham : 1. Joseph, born Oct. 26. 1782. 2. Polly, born Feb. 8, 1785. John, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, entered his intention of marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Mayberry) Webb, Dec. 13, 1788. He was a farmer and lived near the outlet of Collins Pond, then called the "Ditch Brook." The date of his death, we do not know, but his wife, Elizabeth, ("known as Aunt Betsey"), died in 1866, aged 98 years. Their children: 1. Bethia, married, first, Samuel Tukey, second, Hathaway. 2. Ezra, married Hannah Page, Nov. 7, 1822. 3. Rebecca, married. May 25, 1828, John O. Page. 4. Josiah. 5. Webb, died in infancy. John ]\Iayberry was an honest, upright man and was highly respected by his neighbors. He was always called "Paddlefoot John, ' ' though, for what reason, we do not know. William, son of Capt. Richard, and Martha (Bolton) May- berry, married, Dec. 25, 1783, Rebecca, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near Great Falls, the place being then called "Spruce Swamp." He afterwards moved to Casco, where he died in 1850, aged 91 years. The date of his wife's death, we do not know. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served three vears GENEALOGY 487 in his father's company. He was always called "Spruce Bill," He and his wife, Martha, had nine children : 1. Martha, married, Col. F. Chute. 2. Francis, married Susannah Stuart. 3. Benjamin, married, Lois Johnson. 4. Betsey, married Daniel Walker. 5. iMary, married Richard Cook. 6. Oliver, married Betsey Haskell. 7. Rebecca, died unmarried. 8. Lucy, died unmarried. 9. Nancy, married Charles Turner. Richard, Jr., son of Capt. Richard and ^Martha (Bolton) ]\Iayberry, married, Jan. 20, 1793, ]Mary Jordan. Their children were : 1. Mehitable. 2. Betsey. 3. Jordan. 4. Catharine. 5. Nathaniel. 6. Mary Ann. 7. Mary. 8. Martha. 9. Louisa. Daniel, son of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry, married Betsey Nash. Their children were as follows : 1. Ann, 2. Eliza. 3. Elijah. 4. Richard. 5. Samuel. 6. Daniel. 7. Martha. 8. Sophia. 9. Abbie. Edward, son of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) May- berry, married Mary Johnson. Children: 1. Martha Maria, married John Webb, Esq. 2. Eliza Ann, married Thomas Webb, 488 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Potter J. 4. Susan. 5. Alice, married Samuel Patch. 6. Edward. 7. Grinfill, died in infancy, 8. Grinfill, died in infancy. John, son of William and Jane (Miller) IMayberry, married, Oct. 9, 1788, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan and ]\Iary AVilson, then of Windham. She died Aug. 1, 1818, aged 47 years, and he died Apr. 1, 1841, aged 78 years. He was a farmer, and settled on the easterly side of "Canada Hill," near his father. He was a soldier in Capt. Isaac Parsons 's Co., Col. Joseph Prime's Regt., and served at Thomaston, then called "Baga- duce, " from ]\Iay 7, 1780. until Dec. 6. 1780, when the regiment was discharged. He and his wife, Rachel, had six children : 1. Polly, born ]\Iar. 8, 1789; married in 1809, Isaac, son of William and Rhoda (W^olden) ^layberry, (intention entered Mar. 8th of that year). Their children were: Moses, Alvin, Joshua, Peter, and Emily. 2. James, born July 2, 1790. 3. Joshua, born May- 18, 1792, enlisted in the U. S. Army during the War of 1812, and was never heard from afterwards. 4. Rachel, born Feb. 11, 1796, died unmarried. 5. Elizabeth, born Apr. 15, 1801, married, Lewis Verrill. Had children as folloAvs: Daniel. Laura, Charles H., Margaret, and Hannah. James, son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, did not marry. He inherited from his Aunt Rebecca the farm on which his grandfather, John, settled, and spent his long life in agri- cultural pursuits. He is said to have been of a calm, sedate temperament, and mingled but little with the outside world. He died Apr. 17, 1830, aged 65 years. Richard, son of AVilliam and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, was twice married. His first wife was ]\Iary Huston, to whom he was married Oct. 22, 1798. By her he had the following chil- dren : 1. Lydia H., born Aug. 8, 1799; married, Dec. 7, 1834, Mills H. Brown of Scarborough. geneajjOGY 489 2. Jane, born Oct. 31, 1801 ; married, Oct. 20, 1827, William Mayberry of Gray. 3. Simon, , died young. ■4. Stephen P., born Mar. 12, 1804; was drowned in Little River, June 10, 1824. 5. ]Mary Ann, born June 5, 1806, died Aug., 1827. Mrs. Mary (Huston) ^Mayberry died Nov. 7, 1826, aged 55 years; and Mr. Mayberry married, in 1828, Betsey Brackett of Limington. By her he had one child, Sarah Ann, who married Alpeus Wardleigh of Dayton, Me. Richard ^Mayberry settled on a farm in Gorham, near "Fort Hill." He was ahvays called "Uncle Dicky." He died Jan. 13. 1853, aged 87 years. William, son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, was twice married. His first wife was Mary Trott, to whom he was married Oct. 10, 1793. She died Feb. 10, 1820, aged 50 years; and he contracted a second marriage with her sister, Abigail Trott, who died July 7, 1832, aged 65 years. He died June 16, 1834. He was a farmer and settled on the banks of Pleasant River in the "Mayberry Neighborhood." He always bore the reputation of being an honest man and a kind neighbor. His farm is now owned by his great-grandson, Thomas Milton Doug- lass. From the fact that both his wives were named Trott, he was designated as "Trott" Bill. Children, all by his first wife: 1. Thomas, born Jul.y, 1796. 2. William, born Oct. 20, 1798. 3. Eliza, baptized June 21, 1801, died May 22, 1805. 4. Joseph, baptized June 12, 1803. 5. Sarah, born Sept. 15, 1806; died Sept. 16, 1883, aged 77 years; unmarried. Samuel, son of William and Jane (^liller) ]\Iayberry, married Sarah Pattengall. She died June 13, 1858, aged 82 years. He died Nov. 16, 1811, aged 36 years. He was by trade a rope maker ; lived in Portland and died there. His children were : 1. William, born in 1809, married, first, Martha Maxwell; second, Mehitable Lowell ; died in Westbrook several years ago. 2. Samuel, born 1811. 3. Jane, married Nathaniel Redlon. Andrew^ son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, mar- 490 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ried, Apr. 2, 1811, Margaret, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Sarah (Knapp) Trott of Windham. She was born Aug. 8, 1789, and died June 6. 1872, aged 82 years. He died June 23, 186-4, aged 86 years. He was a farmer and settled in the Mayberry Neighborhood ; lived and died there. Had eleven children, as follows : 1. Asa L., born Aug. 26, 1812. 2. Jane, born June 7, 1814; married Charles Paine of Westbrook; died Feb. 14, 1891. 3. Sally, born Mar. 17, 1816, married Joshua Lowell Hawkes of Windham, died Dec. 16, 1908. 4. Simon, born Mar. 15, 1818; married ]\Iary Hall; died in Westbrook, where he had lived many years, Oct. 1902, aged 84 years. 5. James L., born Mar. 1, 1820; died Sept. 27, 1843; un- married. 6. Margaret, born Apr. 2, 1822, married, first, Merritt Mayberry; second, George Mayberry. 7. Mary Ann, born Mar. 5, 1824 ; married Lorenzo Knight, died Feb. 14, 1906. 8. Andrew Dennis, born Dec. 28, 1825, married Strout. He was a Union soldier, a member of Co. D, 20th Me. Regiment; was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. July 2d; died in hospital, July 5, 1863, aged 38 years. 9. William Francis, born May 4, 1828 ; married Adelaide C. Loveitt; died Oct. 13, 1910; had no children. 10. Thomas J., born July 20, 1830, married Cynthia Humphrey of Gray. She died Dec. 19, 1896. Had two children. 11. John H., born Feb. 3, 1834, married Knight. He is a farmer ; lives in the Mayberry Neighborhood. Had two children : Jennie, Ernest. Josiah, son of William and Jane (^liller) Mayberry, born Jan. 27, 1783, died June 5, 1870. He had four wives. He mar- ried, first, Oct. 25, 1806, his cousin, Eunice Miller of Windham. She died Dec. 26, 1815, aged 33 years; and, on Jan. 24, 1818, he entered his intention of marriage with Eliza, daughter of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Bailey) Swett of Gorham. The mar- riage doubtless took place in that town, as we find no record of it here. She died Jan. 3, 1834, aged 39 years. Dec. 17, 1836, GENE.VLOGY 491 he entered his intention of marriage with Mrs. Mary (Ander- son) Senter, widow of Noah J. Senter of Windham. She died Dee. 3, 1846. His fourth wife was Rebecca Elkins, who died Nov. 10, 1859. Josiah Mayberry was a farmer and settled in the Mayberry Neighborhood on the same land now (1912) owned by his son Stephen. Children by first wife : 1. Andrew, born Mar. 12, 1807. 2. Charity, born July 8, 1808, first wife of Oliver P. Haskell. 3. Samuel, born 1812, died Dec. 20, 1837. 4. Robert, born Aug. 19, 1810. 5. Richard, born May 19, 1814. Children by second wife : 1. Eunice, born Dec. 4, 1820; married Joseph, son of Thomas and Mary (Trott) Mayberry of Windham; died Mar. 17, 1879. 2. Joshua S., born Dec. 27, 1822. 3. Stephen, born Feb. 25, 1825. 4. Sarah J., born Nov. 14, 1829, married David W. Hawkes. 5. Clark, died Dec. 15, 1836, aged 6 years. 6. Edmund D., born Oct. 31, 1832. James, son of John and Rachel (Wilson) Mayberry, married Sally Baker. July 3, 1820; settled in Portland and died there Oct. 3, 1856. She died Mar. 24, 1864. Daniel, son of John and Rachel (Wilson) Mayberry, married, Apr. 9, 1828, Charlotte Jane, daughter of Robert and Sabra (Kendrick) Walker; lived for several years on his father's farm; then moved to Westbrook, where his wife died Dec. 4, 1850, He went to Portland, where he married a second time; but finally returned to Windham and died there Feb. 3, 1883. His children were : 1. Sarah J., married Isaac Bailey. 2. Mary E., died, a young woman; unmarried. 3. Frances E. 4. Harriet. 5. Ann Maria. 6. Nathaniel, died in infancy. William, son of William and Mary (Trott) Mayberry, mar- ried Jane, daughter of Richard and Mary (Huston) Mayberry. 492 WINDHAM IN THE PAST He was for many years a grocer at Gray Corner ; moved to Cape Elizabeth and died there several years ago. We have no record of his wife's death. He was known as "Winking Bill," from an optical peculiarity. Had three children, all born in Gray; 1. Stephen, died ]\Iay 25, 1907, aged 74 years. 2. Mary Ann, died May 14, 1900. 3. Henrietta, died Jan. 31, 1910, aged 71 years. None of the above children were ever married. Thomas, son of William and Mary (Trott) Mayberry, mar- ried Mary Trott. She died Oct. 3, 1881, aged 83 years. He died Nov. 13, 1878, aged 82 years. He was a wealthy farmer, and lived on the land which his father cleared from the forest. He was a man of sound judgment and, in his early days, was, for many years, a town official. His children were: 1. Eliza, married Edmond Douglass; died July 2, 1886. 2. Mary J., married Richard Mayberry. 3. Joseph, died Jan. 26, 1888, aged 63 years. Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah (Pettingall) Mayberry, was twice married ; first to Jane Todd of Portland ; second to Helen, daughter of John and Rachel (Bolton) Morton of Gor- ham. She died Mar. 1, 1882. She was born Apr. 9, 1827. He was a tanner and currier and, for man.v years, carried on that business. He lived in the Quaker Neighborhood, on the same farm now owned by his son, Royal T. Mayberry. His wife, Jane Todd, by whom he had three children, died June 19, 1854, aged 32 years. He died in 1889, aged about 78 years. Chil- dren, by first wife: 1. Ellen, born May 22, 1847; unmarried. 2. E. Clinton, born May 9, 1849 ; killed by an explosion of powder mill at Gambo, Oct. 27, 1879. 3. Royal T., born Oct. 2, 1854; married Julia, daughter of Albert L. Elder; lives on his father's farm. Children by second wife, Helen Morton : 1. Jennie, born March 6, 1859; married Edward Robin- son, M.D., and died in Falmouth, Mar. 29, 1910, aged 51 years. 2. Alice, born 1865; married. May 16", 1893, Isaac D. Har- per, M.D. ; lives at South Windham. Asa L., son of Andrew and Margaret (Trott) Mayberry, GENEALOGY 493 married Sarah Wescott. He was a farmer, and lived in the Mayberry Neighborhood. He died Mar. 10, 1880, aged 68 years. His wife died Jan. 14, 1879, aged 69 years. Their children were: 1. John H. 2. Margaret A. 3. Lyman D., died Aug. 20, 1869, aged 18 years. Andrew, son of Josiah and Eunice (Miller) Mayberry, entered his intention of marriage with Rebecca Whitcomb, Mar. 12, 1833; settled in Bangor, Me., and died there, Nov. 4, 1861. Children: Mary E., Hattie. and Josiah. Robert, son of Josiah and Eunice (Miller) Mayberry, mar- ried Pamelia, daughter of James and Pamelia (Paine) Webb. He was a farmer ; lived in the ^Mayberry Neighborhood, and died there Dec. 30, 1854, aged 44 years. His children were: 1. Charity A., died Jan. 14, 1855, aged 15. 2. Mary E. D., died Sept. 27, 1855, aged 13. 3. Samuel, died Dec. 21, 1906, in Otisfield. Richard, son of Josiah and Eunice (Miller) Mayberry, mar- ried. Mar. 30, 1840, Mary J., daughter of Thomas and Mary (Trott) Mayberry. He was a farmer and lived in the ^lay- berry Neighborhood, where he died, greatly respected by all who knew him. Mar. 6, 1897, aged 82 years, 9 months. His wife died Oct. 12. 1900. Their children were: 1. Almeda E., born Dec. 14, 1848. 2. Mary A., born Aug. 30, 1854. 3. Frank N., born Oct. 22, 1858. 4. Frederick E., born Apr. 27, 1865. Joshua, son of Josiah and his second wife, Eliza (Swett) Mayberry, married Olive Emery. She died Oct. 22, 1855, aged 23 years, 6 months ; and he married Martha, daughter of Johnson K. Allen. He was a farmer, and lived near his father. By his first wife he had one child, Olive Ann, died May 1, 1855, aged 6 months, 10 days. By his second wife, he had four children, as follows : 1. Ida E., born Apr. 9, 1860, died Mar. 7, 1879. 2. Minnie Edith, born July 11, 1869, died Mar. 27, 1879. 494 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Rubie Bessie, bom Dec. 24, 1871, died Mar. 16, 1879. 4. Eliza, married Charles Irish ; lives in Gorham. Joshua S. Mayberry died July 1, 1905, aged 82 years, 6 months, 24 days. Edmund D., son of Josiah and Eliza (Swett) ]\Iayberry, married, Nov. 22, 1857, Sarah A. Knight of Westbrook. He was a farmer and lived near Gambo ; he died Apr, 23, 1910, aged 78 years. She died Mar. 17, 1894, aged 57 years, 10 months, 20 days. Children: 1. Melburn L., born Aug. 29, 1859, died Sept. 22, 1864. 2. Josiah, born Apr. 7. 1861, )died young. 3. Samuel, born Apr. 7, 1861, (died young. 4. Melburn E., born May 1, 1864. 5. Walter Seott, born June 1, 1867. 6. Howard Clark, born Sept. 17, 1869. James 0., son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) ]\Iayberry, married, Dec. 1, 1785, Bathsheba, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Dennis) Mayberry; settled on a farm on the southeasterly side of "Canada Hill," lived and died there. Children as fol- lows : 1. John, born Mar. 24, 1786. 2. Rebecca, born May 1. 1790. 3. Joshua L., born July 5, 1797, d. Jan. 31, 1808. 4. James, died Jan. 31, 1808. 5. Elizabeth, born July 3, 1801; married Oliver Dole; died Aug. 24, 1833. John, son of James 0. and Bathsheba Mayberry, married, Nov. 7, 1806, Sarah, daughter of Maj. Benjamin and Susannah (Hunnewell) Bodge. He was a farmer and spent his entire life on the land he inherited from his father. He died June 3, 1876, aged 91 years. His wife, Sarah, died July 22, 1869, aged 86 years. Their children : 1. James, died young. 2. David, died young. 3. Sarah, died young. 4. Rebecca, born 1808 ; married, in 1835, Alvin Mayberry, son of Isaac and Polly IMayberry; died Aug. 11, 1888, in Portland. GENEALOGY 495 5. Harriet, born 1817 ; married Lewis Cobb ; died Jan. 1886. 6. Caroline B., born 1822, died in 1843. 7. Eunice, died young. 8. Susannah, died young. 9. Susan A., born Aug. 1, 1827, died Apr. 11. 1908; un- married. Josiah. son of John and Elizabeth (Webb) ^layberry, mar- ried, first, Hannah Stuart, (intention entered, ^lar. 8, 1828). She died shortly after the birth of her first child, a daughter ; and he married, Mar. 24, 1832, Eunice York. He lived on his father's farm near the Ditch Brook in Windham, and died there several years ago. His children were : 1. Huldah, married Russell Kennard. 2. Elizabeth. 3. :\Iary. 4. Susan. 5. Emily. 6. Sidney. Alvin, son of Isaac and Polly ]Mayberry, married, in 1835, Rebecca, daughter of John and Sarah (Bodge) Mayberry; lived on her father's farm in Windham. He died Aug. 22, 1883, aged 76 years. She died Aug. 11, 1888, aged 80. Children: 1. Leonard R., born May 31. 1835, died Nov. 26, 1908. 2. Albert 0., born Jan. 1837, d. young. 3. James ^L, born Sept. 1840. 4. John W., died young. 5. John L., died young. 6. Carrie A., married Alden Verrill. She was born Sept 11. 1849; lived in Portland. Francis, son of AVilliam and Rebecca (Bodge) Mayberry, married Susannah Stuart, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Smalley) Stuart, of Gorham. Their intention of marriage was entered on the records of Windham, Feb. 4, 1810. lie lived for several years in Windham, whei-e a part of his children were born; afterwards moved to Casco, ]\Ie., and died in tliat town. Had nine children : 1. Caroline, born May 1, 1810; married Josiah Webb of Windham. 496 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Solomon, born July -1, 1811; married ^lary Elder. 3. Eliza Ann, married Ezekiel Jordan. 4. Francis, born 1816. 5. Martha, died when about 21 years of age; unmarried. 6. Joseph. 7. Hannah, married John ^I. Webb of Windham, ^le. 8. Benjamin B., born ]\Iar. 16, 1825. 9. Rebecca, married Samuel Sylvester. Francis, son of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) ^layberry, married Harriet Sylvester. Lived several years in Windham, then moved to Rhode Island, where he died Oct. 17, 1898, aged 82 years. Had three children : 1. Anne, born JNIar. 5, 1848; married J. T. Redmond. 2. Harriet E.. born May 22, 1851 ; married Ira 1^. Tyler. 3. Frank, born Dec. 30, 1855; married Elizabeth Fulton. Benjamin B., son of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) May- berry, married ^Nlrs. Eliza Linscott. He was a druggist for sev- eral years in Lowell, ]\Iass. ; afterwards a grocer at Little Falls, where he died Jan. 3, 1892. Had two children: 1. Fi'ank W.. who was buried in Hillside Cemetery July 12, 1908. 2. Fred \.. born 1859, died Apr. 12. 1906. Joseph, son of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) Mayberry, married Laura Jane, daughter of Oliver and Betsey (Haskell) Mayberry; settled in Caseo. Children: Susannah, P]tta, Anne, W^endell S., Howard, Cora, Abbert, Willis, Lctitia, and Solomon. Richard ^Mayberry, probably a younger brother of the "Emi- grant William," was in Windham previous to 1778. He also appears in Salem, Mass.. in 1740. On the Windham Records is the following entry: "At a meeting held in the Block House Apr. 14, 1778. Voted, that Richard Mayberry, Blacksmith be turned over to the Town of Salem, provided they keep him and his family from being Chargeable to this town for time to come and time past. William Elder, Town Clerk, Pro. Temporary." Richard INlayberry married in Salem, Feb. 7, 1740, Elizabeth Meek and had four children born there : 1. Sarah, bapt. Nov., 1740; m. Aug. 24, 1760, John White- foot, Jr. GENEALOGY 497 2. Jane, bapt. Sept. 12, 1742. 3. Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 5. 1743; m., June 14, 1763, Ebene- zer "Whitefoot. 4. Richard, bapt. Sept. 21. 1746; m., Sept. 3, 1765. Eliza- beth Reeves. MILLIONS Robert ^Millions was an early settler in Windham. "Where he came from, we have no means of knowing. He appears in this town previous to 1761 and lived and died here. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Bolton, first of the name in this town. Mr. Millions was a man of unblemished character and became quite wealthy for the time in which he lived. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served three years in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Company, Col. Benjamin Tupper's 11th ]\Iass. Regi- ment, and was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-8. He lived near where the old Congregational Church stood. AVe have no record of the death of either him or his wife ; but their children, as they appear on the town book, were : 1. Anne, born 1761 ; married Richard Stevens, of Windham. 2. ]\Iartha, born ]\lar. 10, 1763; married Jonathan Stevens of Windham, — was his second wife. 3. Thomas, born Sept. 18, 1765. 4. Robert, born Mar. 5, 1767, died 1856, unmarried. aged 87 years. 5. Mary, born Apr. 5, 1773; became the second wife of Charles Elder of WMndham. Thomas, son of Robert and ]\Iary (Bolton) Millions, married, Nov. 20, 1788, Elizabeth Ridley. He was a farmer and owned the place where the late John Bodge lived. Had two children : 1. Ebenezer, born Dec. 18, 1789. 2. Mary, born Nov. 9, 1793 ; married, in 1828, Thomas, son of Thomas and Prudence (Elder) Crague of Windham. Mrs. Elizabeth Millions died soon after the birth of Mary; and he married, Sept. 2, 1796, Mehitable, daughter of Jonathan and Mehitable Alacentire. by whom he had three children : 1. Elizabeth, born July 1, 1797; married, Feb., 1827. John, son of Maj. Benjamin Bodge. 2. Thomas, born Mar. 30, 1799. 498 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. :Mehitable, born Mar. 21, 1801 ; first wife of John Cram of Windham. Ebenezer, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ridley) Millions, married, Apr. 25, 1808. Deborah Newcomb, daughter of Enos and Thankful (Morton) Xeweomb of Gorham. She was born in that town Feb. 26, 1785. They had seven children: 1. Ebenezer. 2. Hannah. 3. Sarah, married John Larrabee. ■4. Elizabeth, married Solomon Downing, in 1838. 5. Mary. 6. George, married Ellen R. Ducker. 7. Harriet, married James Driver. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Deborah (Newcomb) Millions, married, Dee. 27, 1846, Tamei- Sprague Stodder; had one child, Frances Tamer. MUGFORD The first of this name to settle in "Windham, was Robert Mug- ford, a native of Marblehead, ]\Iass., where the family was highly respectable, and some of them quite noted. He married Mary (or Molly), daughter of Nathaniel Evans, one of the original settlers or grantees of Windham ; and his lot was No. 55, in the first division of home lots. Robert ]\Iugford settled on this lot about 1755, lived and died there, but we have no record of his death. His wife, :Mary, died :\ray 10, 1807. Their children were : 1. Robert, born Dec. 30, 1755. 2. John, born 1758. 3. Mary, bapt. Mar. 27. 1763. 4. Susannah, bapt. Mar. 17, 1765, 5. Lydia, bapt. Nov. 1. 1774. 6. Nathaniel. Robert, son of Robert and ^lary (Evans) ]\Iugford, married, in Nov., 1781, Lois, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam. He was a farmer; lived near Gambo ; was buried on his own land, where a modest headstone marks the spot, bearing the following inscription: "Robert ^lugford, died Feb. 14, 1835, GENEALOGY 499 aged 79 years." A similar stone marks liis wife's grave, with this inscription: "Lois, wife of Robert Mugford, died Feb. 10, 1820, aged 58 years." -This yard is now a public burial ground. They had six children : 1. Eunice Dimon, born Sept. 15, 1782; m., it is said, a Mr. Tubbs. 2. Hannah, born Dec. 18, 1784; married, in 1807, Nathaniel Knight, — was his second wife. 3. Peter, born Aug. 7, 1787. 4. Ezra, born Sept. 13, 1793. 5. Caleb, born Feb. 16, 1797. 6. Betsey, born July 18, 1800. John, son of Robert and Mary (Evans) Mugford. married, July 29, 1784, Mary Morton of Windham. He was a Revolu- tionary soldier and served 2 months and 17 days. On the Wind- ham Records, we find the following given as his children: 1. Elizabeth, born May 22, 1785. 2. Thomas, born July 2, 1786. 3. Wniliam. born June 23, 1788. 4. George Norton, born Sept. 16, 1790. Nathaniel, pi'obably the son of Robert and Mary (Evans) ^lugford. married Peggy Hendley, Aug. 29, 1796. Nothing is known of them, save that he died, and she married, in 1831, James Campbell ; had no children. Peter, son of Robert and Lois (Graffam) ^lugford, was a carpenter ; and we have been informed that he lived and died in Falmouth. Of his family, we know nothing. Ezra, son of Robert and Lois (Graffam) Mugford, married, in 1827, Sarah Richardson. She died Apr. 5, 1837, aged 37 years. He did not remarry, but lived the remainder of his life in Portland, where he and his pair of white cows, with which he used to do carting, were familiar figures on the streets for many years. We do not know the date of his death, but he and his wife are buried in the W^estern Cemetery in Portland. It is said they had children. Caleb, son of Robert and Lois (Graffam) Mugford. was a Methodist clergyman ; said to be ffuite eloquent and a consistent Christian gentleman. Whether he was ever married or not. no one now seems to know. He died many years ago. 500 WINDHAM IN THE PAST William, son of John and Mary (Morton) Mugford, married, May 10, 1811, Abigail Manchester of Windham; lived many years at Windham Hill. Had children: 1. William, born about 1812; went to Lowell, Mass., and married there. 2. Thomas, died at Windham Town Farm, in 1861 ; unmar- ried. 3. George, went to Lowell, Mass. 4. Mary J., lived in Portland. 5. Charlotte, lived in Portland. William Mugford, senior, married for his second wife Mrs. Betsey (Stevens) Bragdon, widow of Dominicus Bragdon. Nov. 3, 1844. He died Dec, 1860, aged 72 years. George ^lorton, son of John and Mary (^lorton) ^lugford, married Eunice ^lanehester, in 1821, (intention filed Jan. 27th of that year). It is said that he settled in Westbrook and died there many years ago. The name has been extinct in Windham for several years. NICHOLS Charles Nichols was a native of Berwick, ^le., and was born Dec. 28, 1811. He married, May 5, 1836, Esther Owen. She was born Dec. 27, 1808, and died Jan. 6. 1892. He died Nov. 24, 1887. By trade he was a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He lived several years at Popeville, where he was employed by the firm of Isaiah Pope and Co. as chief carpenter and builder. He afterwards moved to Little Falls, where he established himself in business as an undertaker, and conducted that business with success until liis death. He was an honored member of the Friends' Society, and died highly respected by all who knew him. His children were : 1. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1837; married, Nov. 24, 1881, William Perry ; died some years ago ; no children. 2. Phebe E., born Sept. 23, 1840; married, June 10. 1864, Ellery F. Sawyer, by whom she had tw^o children, Charles L., born Mar. 5, 1871, and Chester E. Her second husband was David Phinney. by whom she had no children. She died Sept. 11, 1894. 3. Charles A., born Apr. 22, 1842. GENEALOGY 501 4. Lucy A., born Dec. 20, 18-45; married, Mar. 7, 1867, Winslow Hawkes, of Manchester, Me. He was born Nov. 19, 1830, and died a few years ago. Had seven children : Nora L., born May 22, 1868, married Arthur W. Jones. Marietta, born Apr. 9, 1870, married George Moore. Gertrude M., born Jan. 10, 1873, married George Hal- lett. Arthur W., born Jan. 6, 1875. "Walter L., born July 27, 1879. George W., born Jan. 30, 1882. Emeline M., born Oct. 4, 1885. Charles A., son of Charles and Esther (Owen) Nichols, mar- ried, first, Emily F., daughter of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer of Standish, Me., by whom he had five children, as fob lOAVS : 1. Thomas B., born May 24, 1871. 2. John C. born Jan. 18, 1873. 3. Ernest L., born May 10, 1875. 4. Grace E., born Apr. 16, 1877; married Fred Frisbee; no children. 5. Alice L., born Sept. 14, 1882; married George E. M. Lundberg. He died in Quebec, Can., April 19^ 1910, aged 36 years ; one child. Charles A. Nichols's second wife was Ellen, daughter of Elijah Cook of Windham, by whom he had three children : 1. Esther J., born Feb. 21, 1891. 2. Ruth E., born Sept. 22, 1892. 3. Earle E., born Apr. 19, 1895, died in infancy. Charles A. Nichols died at South Windham, Feb. 11, 1908. He succeeded his father in the undertaking business, which he greatly enlarged and also added other lines of business. He was a Quaker and lived and died in that faith. OSGOOD Abraham Osgood was an Englishman and came to this country, when a young man. He was born, according to an entry made by himself on the town records, in Amesbury, Eng- land, Dec. 21, 1729. He appears to have settled, first in Fal- 502 WINDHAM IN THE PAST mouth (now Portland), and to have come to Windham about the year 1775. He settled on Lot No. 2 in the first division of hundred-acre lots in Windham, it being the same land after- wards owned by his grandson, Josiah Little. He built the large house, still standing on the brow of the hill, that is still called "Osgood's HilL" He married, Dec. 29, 1771, Bathsheba, daugh- ter of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry of Windham. He was an active, energetic man and a valuable citizen ; he was a Selectman in 1777, 1778, and 1782; Town Clerk in 1789, 1790, and 1791. He was also one of the Committee of Safety and In- spection, in 1777, and again, in 1781. He was also Town Treas- urer in 1781, and his name appears on various important com- mittees during the darkest period of the War for Independence. We have no record of his death or that of his wife. They had children : 1. Mary, born in Falmouth, Sept. 22, 1772 ; married, Apr, 20, 1792, Paul Little, Jr. 2. Elizabeth Reynell, born in Windham, Dec. 13, 1774; married, Oct. 21, 1792, William Knight. He died Jan. 19, 1797, and she married for a second liusband Rev. Thomas Robey, then of Windham. She had one child by her first husband, named William, born Feb. 11, 1795. 3. Francis, born in Windham, July 28, 1777. 4. Bethia, born in Windham, Feb. 8, 1779 ; married Simeon Goold of Windham. 5. Abraham, born June 5, 1784. 6. Elmira, born June 28, 1786. 7. Thomas, born Mar. 2, 1789. PEACO The first of this name to settle in Windham, was John Peaco. Where he came from, we do not know. His grandson, Wendell S. Peaco, of Otisfield, says that he was born Jan. 7, 1779, and lived in Westbrook. On the list of marriages solemnized by the famous Parson Bradley of Westbrook, we find the following entry: "July 6, 1802, married John Pico and Lydia Cobb, both of Windham." He was a farmer and settled on the northerly side of Canada Hill. He had three children as follows : 1. Asa, born Mar. 25, 1804. GENEALOGY 503 2. Rachel, born Sept. 15, 1809 ; married, first, Horatio, son of Isaac and Anne (Stevens) Thurlow, in 1832. He died while yet a young man, and she married Isaiah Hawkes and died Sept. 3. 1890. 3. Rebecca, born Jan. 23, 1812 ; married, in 1839. Israel, son of John and Mary (Tenney) Morrill. She died Apr. 19, 1844. When the War of 1812 came, John Peaco enlisted for five years— or during the war, — and served until peace was declared. After this it is said that he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, and, while on a voyage to some foreign port, he died of yellow fever. Asa, only son of John and Lydia (Cobb) Peaco, married, May 14. 1836, Lucinda Edwards. She was a native of Otisfield, but, at the time of her marriage, she was ' ' of Gorham, ' ' and he "of Windham." She was born Oct. 18, 1813, and died in 1875. He died in Feb., 1887. He first settled on the farm near the Second Adventist chapel in Windham, it being the same now owned by Robinson Pratt, and here his seven children were born. He afterward sold his property here, purchased a large farm in Otisfield, and moved there with his family. He was an honest, industrious man, and, by hard labor and careful man- agement, accumulated a large amount of real estate. They had children, as follows: 1. Wendell S., born Nov. 16, 1838. 2. Mary J., born Apr. 25, 1840; married Samuel Reed of Otisfield. 3. Phebe C, born Nov. 2, 1842 ; married her cousin, Robin- son Edwards. 4. Eli E., born Mar. 4, 1844; unmarried. 5. George W., born Apr. 13, 1846 ; deceased. 6. Merrill T., born Dec. 8, 1847. 7. Rachel M., born May 8, 1850; married, first, Cyrus H. Holden; second, William H. Pride of Westbrook; died Nov. 28, 1888. Wendell S., son of Asa and Lucinda (Edwards) Peaco, mar- ried, May 13, 1866, Emily, daughter of Jeremiah and Lydia H. (Caveland) Lovell of Otisfield. He is a well-to-do farmer of that town and an honest, upright man. Has had eleven chil- dren : 1. Lowell, died, aged 8 years. 504 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 2. Silas Morton, died, aged 5 years. 3. Carrie L., died young. 4. James L., deceased. 5. Horatio M., born Apr. 21, 1874. 6. Arthur B., born Oct. 31, 1875. 7. An infant son, born Mar. 29, 1877, died at birth. 8. Elsie A., born Feb. 6, 1878. 9. Wendell S., Jr., born Mar. 3, 1880. 10. Francis B., born Dec. 8, 1882. 11. Harlan S., born Apr. 13, 1884. POPE Joseph Pope was a native of England and came to this country, when a young man, in the ship, "Mary and John," about the year 1637. He settled in Boston and probably died there. The first of the name in this vicinity was one of his direct descendants, Elijah, who was born in Boston, Dec. 23, 1742. He went from there to Falmouth (now Portland), where, according to the Quaker records, he married, May 19, 1768, Phebe, daughter of Nathan and Charity Winslow of Falmouth. He came to Windham shortly after his marriage and located at the place now called Popeville in Windham, where, for many years, he carried on blacksmithing and farming. He died on the place where he first settled, Mar. 8, 1828, aged 85 years. His wife, Phebe, died Aug. 8, 1843, aged 90 years, 7 mos. He was a member of the Friends' Society in Windliam, as were most of his descendants. He and his wife, Phebe, had twelve children, all of whom grew up. They were as follows: 1. Robert, born June 7, 1769; married, Oct. 1, 1794, Mary, daughter of Peletiah Allen of Windham. 2. Sarah, born Aug. 23, 1770; married, Oct. 30, 1793, — Cook. 3. Charity, born Sept. 22, 1771 ; married, Oct. 29, 1794, Ebenezer, son of Peletiah and Hannah Allen of Windham. 4. Samuel, born Dec. 30, 1773 ; married Wing ; lived and died in New York. 5. Nathan, born Mar. 28, 1775; married, May 3, 1804, Phebe, daughter of Peletiah and Hannah Allen of Windham. 6. Phebe, born Oct. 19. 1776; married, Aug. 29, 1799, GENEALOGY 505 Edward, son of Samuel and Olive Cobb. He was then of Port- land. 7. Sibble, born Apr. 9, 1778 ; married, Dec. , 1802, Joshua, son of Elijah and Mehitable Jenkins of Berwick, Me. 8. Ebenezer. born Jan. 29, 1780; married Chase of St. Albans, Vt. 9. Joseph, born Oct. 17, 1781; married, Nov. 29, 1804, Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Taber of Portland. 10. John, born Mar. 11. 1783; married Taber. 11. Tabitha, born Jan. 8, 1785; married, Nov. 13, 1804, John, son of Joseph and Anne Cartland of Vassalborough, Me. 12. Elijah, born Oct. 12, 1786; married, Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Tabor of Vassalborough, ]\le. Nathan, son of Elijah and Phebe (Winslow) Pope, married Phebe Allen. He was a cloth dresser by trade and once told the writer that, when about 18 years old, he went to Beverly, Mass., walking all the way from Windham, and apprenticed himself to a clothier for five years. When his term of service expired, he returned to Windham and settled first in business, near Great Falls, where he remained a few years. He then purchased the water privilege at Popeville, on which he built a small mill. There he carried on business until old age disqualified him for active service, when he retired, having acquired a competency. He died Jan. 20, 1859. aged 83 years, 9 months, 22 days. His wife died Nov. 2, 1849, aged 77 years, 10 months. Their chil- dren were: 1. Isaiah, born July 5, 1805. 2. Oliver, born Nov. 28, 1807. 3. Joseph, born Dec. 5, 1809, died May 4, 1817. 4. Jane, born May 22, 1812, died Nov. 30, 1868; unmarried. 5. Elijah, born Apr. 18, 1814, died Oct. 27, 1814. 6. Elijah, born Sept. 7. 1815; was a dentist; died Jan. 2, 1856. 7. Joseph, born Aug. 1, 1817, died Sept., 1891 ; unmarried. 8. Nathan, born Dec. 30, 1819. 9. Hannah, born May 10, 1822, died Oct. 31, 1863; un- married. Isaiah, son of Nathan and Phebe (Allen) Pope, married, Aug. 28, 1839, Sarah W., daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane 506 WINDHAM IN THE PAST (Whiteney) Cook of C'aseo. She died July 5, 1850. He died Apr. 27, 1872. He was senior partner of the firm of Isaiah Pope and Company. Had five children: 1. Lydia A., born :\Iay 23. 1840, died, unmarried, Apr. 16, 1864. 2. Eliza, born July 9, 1842, died Nov. 24, 1864; unmarried. 3. Phebe, born July 25, 1844; lives in Parsonsfield; un- married. 4. Mary, born :\Iar. 30, 1847, died Jan. 10, 1848. 5. Mary, born Dee. 6, 1849, died Oct. 11, 1879; unmarried. Oliver, son of Nathan and Phebe (Allen) Pope, married, Oct. 27, 1848, ]Maria, daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) Cook of Casco. He was a member of the firm of Isaiah Pope and Company ; lived in the brick liouse built by his father at Popeville. Had one child, Nathan Oliver, born June 9, 1850. Oliver Pope died Feb. 18, 1883. His wife died 1888. She was born Mar. 26, 1806. Nathan, son of Nathan and Phebe (Allen) Pope, married. Dec. 30, 1846, Lydia, daughter of Josiali and Nanc.y (Partridge) Maxfield of Casco ; lived at Popeville. He died May 3, 1894. She died several years ago. Had no children. Robert, son of Robert and ]\Iary (Allen) Pope, came to Wind- ham from Durham and became a partner in the firm of Isaiah Pope and Company. He married, Nov. 5, 1849, Juliette, daugh- ter of Elijah and Luc}^ Kennard of Windham. He died Dec. 18, 1876. She died Jan. 4, 1876. Had four children: 1. Lucy, born Sept. 22, 1851, died Apr. 29, 1875. 2. Ellen P., born Jan. 27, 1854; is a nurse; lives in Port- land; is not married. 3. Charles F., born July 12, 1858. 4. Juliette K., born Dec. 10, 1860 ; died Jan. 10, 1894 ; un- married. PRAY James Pray was born in Scotland in 1725. He came to this country, when a young man, and settled in Windham, where he married, Nov. 10, 1772, Patience, daughter of Zerubbabel and GENEALOGY 507 Hannah (Haskell) Hunnewell. He settled on the farm after- wards owned by the late John Webb, Esq., and built the house, that stood on the hill, a few rods south of the present dwelling. This was sold in 1843, was hauled to Cumberland Mills, and is still standing there. He went to "Falmouth Neck," to defend the town against the British in 1775, and served 5 days. He and his wife, Patience, had eight children : 1. Anne Swett, born Apr. 7, 1773. 2. Peter, born Sept. 2, 1774. 3. Zerubbabel, born Aug. 13, 1777. 4. Sarah, born June 27, 1779. 5. Patience, born Mar. 16, 1781. 6. Polly, )born Nov. 18, 1784, died an infant. 7. Hannah, Jborn Nov. 18, 1784. 8. James, born Feb. 21, 1787, died May 3, 1805. Mrs. Patience (Hunnewell) Pray died soon after the birth of James, and, on Sept. 19, 1790, Mr. Pray married Lorana, daugh- ter of Eli and Sarah (Cloutman) Webb of Gorham, by whom he had six more children. They were as follows : 1. Polly, born June 15, 1791, d. Feb. 16, 1803. 2. Alexander, born Nov. 26, 1793. 3. William, born Mar. 7, 1798, d. March 9, 1816. 4. Joseph, born Mar. 30. 1801, d. Oct. 2, 1802. 5. Joseph, born Oct. 7, 1803. 6. Polly. Mr. James Pray died in Windham, Jan. 25, 1818, aged 73 years. Anne Swett, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married, Sept. 29, 1793, Nathaniel Ingersoll of Windham. He was a farmer and purchased two of the original home lots, Nos. 47 and 48, being the same formerly ' ' improved, ' ' as the old record says, by John Stevens, Sr., and John Stevens, Jr. We do not know the date of his death, but she died Apr, 12, 1815. Children : 1. John, born Oct. 24, 1793, d. Apr. 20, 1806. 2. Peter, born Nov. 25, 1794. 3. William, born Mar. 13, 1797. 4. Lydia, born Dec. 25, 1798. 5. James, born May 9, 1800. 508 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 6. Patience, born Jan. 9, 1802. 7. Hannah, born Nov. 6, 1804. Peter, son of James and Patience Pray, married in Vassal- borough, Me., died there. He had a son, Peter, and two daugh- ters, — possibly more children. 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. 1st 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 Avas 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 GENEALOGY 509 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 yeara 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 witchcraft 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. He 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, :\Iary 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. Karenhappuck, born in Falmouth, 1729 ; married, 510 WINDHAM IN THE PAST first, Joseph Hicks; second, her cousin, Anthony Brackett, in 1756. 8. Jemima, married 1755, William Gennis. 9. Dorcas, 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, wlio was killed by the Indians on ]\Iartinicus 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 Ham, 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 (]\Iayberry) Proctor, married Fanny Chute, in 1813. Elijah, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, went to New York State, married, and died there. Edmund ]\I., 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 Dec. 31. 1857, aged 18 years, 4 months. They also had daughters, Zilpha, Nancy, and Almeda. Their only son, Warren Scott, was lost on tlie steamboat, "Portland," Nov. 27, 1898. Probably they had other children. Susan, daughter of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proc- tor, married, May 12, 1815, James Nasoii of Gorham. GENEALOGY 511 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. His wife was Sarah, daughter 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 b.v 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, 1798, 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. He was born in 1734, and died Feb. 16, 1816, aged 82 years. His wife, Sarah, died :\Iar. 16, 1830. at the great age of 96. They had nine children : 1. ^lary, born Aug. 9, 1759; married Ca])t. Joshua Rogers, Jan. 16, 1783. lie was a sea captain; lived in Portland; no children. 2. Ezra, born Oct. 9, 1761. 3. Anna, born Aug. 29, 1764, died ^lay 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. ]\le. ; lived and died in that town. 6. ^leshach, 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 Levviston, where he married ^Nlrs. ^lavy ^leader, widow of Tobias ]\Ieader and daughter of Joseph and Eunice Field. He died' in Lewiston, Dec. 28, 1808. He and his wife. ^lary, had four children : 1. David, born June 19, 1796. 2. Joseph, born Dec. 1, 1798. 512 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 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 District" 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, ]\Ie. ; 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 W^indham. 5. Mary, born Feb. 27. 1806, mai-ried, 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 Enocli, who was a ])h.vsician and lived at Goodwin's ^lills and died there. ]\Ieshach, son of David and Sai'ah (Davis) Purinton, settled, first, in Durham. ^le., 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, Oct. 31, 1801. 2. Sarah, born in Durham, Aug. 20, 1803; married Jeremiah Lord of Scarborough. Mar. ■ — 1831 ; died ^lar. 2, 1877. GENEALOGY 518 3. Joseph, born Aug. 16, 1805, in Durham. 1. 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 WhitG 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 p]zra and ^lary (Meader) Purinton, married Hannah, daughter of Abel Goddard of Lewiston ; settled there and died :\Iay 26, 1848. His wife died May 20, 1875. Their children were : 1. Mary, born Aug. 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 ]\Iar,v (Meader) Purinton. married. July 1833, Caroline Dingle.v, daughter of William and Sally (Atkins) Dingley of Lewiston. She was born ]\Iay 15, 1811, and died Sept. 13, 1881. He died Sept. 28, 1842. Had five children : 1. Mary, born Dec. 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 ^lary (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 Arclier. He died May 3, 1880. Had two children: 1. William Archer. 2. Amelia Josephine. Ira. son of Ezra and ^larv (Meader) Purinton. married. 514 WINDHAM IN THE PAST first, Aug. 27, 1828, Dorcas, daugliter 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, ]\Iass., 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 :\Iay 10, 1888. Had four chil- dren : 1. Charles E.. born Dec. 11, 1837. 2. Tobias, born ^lay 31. 1840, deceased. 3. Arvesta, born Sept. 2, 1841, died Feb. 11, 1889. 4. Victoria, born June 18, 1843, died Dee. 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 lie 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. ^lary 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, :\Iay 27, 1870, p]llen ]\Iaria Yale. She was born in Winthrop, Me., Dec. 3, 1845. Has two children: Clarion 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 (Chute) Loveitt of Windham. He 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, Oct. 25, 1866, E. H. Sampson of Westbrook; died Dec. 31, 1896. 2. Georgiana, born .Mar. 12, 1846. GENEALOGY 515 3. Arabella J., born June 10, 1848; married Daniel Weseott of Gorham. Otis, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, married Lydia Small of Windham, July 9, 1843. He lived a few years in Farmington, ^le., 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, ]\Iary Chute of Westljrook, Me. 2. Ellen M., born Oct. 11, 1846; married. May 2, 1869, Emery 0. Walker of Portland. He was a Union soldier, a mem- ber of Co. F, 30th :\Ie. Regiment ; died :\lar. 15, 1887. 3. Albert X.. born :\Iay 11, 1857; married, Sept. 25, 1879, Abbie J. Grant of Saco. 4. Charles S., born June 14, 1859; married. Dec. 28. 1882, Carrie Kimball of Saco. ^leshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, in addition to the foregoing children, had a son, William, born Aug. 2, 1812. He was drowned, wliile driving logs, in Pleasant Rivei'. 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 mari'ied Capt. Thomas Lothi-o]), 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, Zerubljabel, who mari-ied ^largaret Rogers. Their children w^ere : Dr. Caleb. ^ Sarah, ^ twins. Moses, died in infancy. Hepzibah, married Joseph Elder. 516 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 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 Oct., 1783, and settled on Lot No. 1, in the first division of hundred-acre 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 phj-sician to locate in W^indham. He was a ripe scholar, 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 Dec. 29, 1796, aged 89 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 l-tth 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 W'indham. was the son of Noah and Abigail (Baldwin) Read, and was born in Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 21, 1757. He came to W^indham. and married, Nov. 26, 1790, ^lary, daughter of Jolm 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- GENEALOGY 517 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., ('ol. 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 Fislier's Co., in ]\Iaj. Bullard's Regt., thirteen days in the Rhode Island alarm of 1785. He was noted in AA^indham 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 518 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 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. Nancy 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 Dec. 20, 1878. Children: 1. Emily H., born Dec. 14, 1824, died Oct. 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 ^lary (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 Oct. 10, 1840. 4. Rufus, born Apr. 18, 1839 ; was a teacher in the Friends' GENEALOGY 519 School at Providence, R. I.; died, unmarried. Mar. 16, 1864, aged 24 years, 11 months. 5. Mary, born Aug. 3, 1847, married Ebenezer Lombard of Gorham. 6. Martha, born Sept. 27, 1848; married, July 29, 1879, Thomas Albert ]\loore of Indiana ; died in Portland. Dec. 8, 1909, aged 65 years. James Neal, son of Jolin and Nancy (Horton) Read, married, first, Oct. 1844, Rebecca Stevens; second, July 8, 1856, Alice Dow. He died in the winter of 1911-12. John H., son of John and his second wife, Eunice (Hodsdon) Read, married, June 27, 1854, Harriet B. Woodford. Joseph Warner, son of Nathan and Ruth (Horton) Read, married, July 9, 1863. Ellen Frances Jordan of Portland. In 1855, he went to Portland, where he was employed as a clerk in grocery stores until 1860, when he established himself in business, and carried on a substantial wholesale trade in gro- ceries until 1876. In that year he returned to Windham, mov- ing on to the old homestead of his father. In 1880, he was elected 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 office. He died at South Windham, Apr. 16, 1909, aged 74 years. His children: 1. Ellen Prince, 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 Aug. 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: 520 WIXDHAM IN THE PAST 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, Kufus, 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 Buckfield, 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 llambelton," and her residence is given as Windham. It is thought they w^ent to Buckfield. On Mar. 30, 1907, we received a letter from Thomas A. GENEALOGY 521 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 w^hich 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., Ave know nothing, and we do not think he Avas a Windham man. ROBINSON John Robinson, ancestor of all bearing that name in Wind- ham, was the son of Timothy and Mary Robinson of Dover, N. H. No record of his birth can be found. He came here sometime previous to 1766 ; as. on Apr. 8, 1766, he married Tabitha, daughter of Nathan and Charity Winslow of Falmouth. He Avas a Quaker and settled on the farm noAv OAvned by Joseph Nugent. He Avas also a tanner and currier. He died in Wind- ham, Aug. 21, 1800. She died Apr. 30, 1822, and they are buried in the old Quaker burial ground near Windham Center. Their children, so far as known : 1. Timothy, born Apr. 17, 1767. 2. Mary, born Nov. 26, 1768, m. Noah Read. 3. Reuben, born 1770. Timothy, son of John and Tabitha Robinson, married, Oct. 2. 1794, Salome, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Allen) Kennard of Windham. She was born Feb. 27, 1767. They were both members of the Quaker Society and lived and died in that faith. He was a farmer, shoemaker, and a tanner and currier; settled on the place afterwards OAAiied by his son, Oliver, and died there, June 5, 1851. His Avife, Salome, died Nov. 29, 1853. They had eight children, as follows: 1. Otis, born Sept. 15, 1795; d. June 20, 1799. 2. Nathan, born Apr. 10, 1797; went West, when a young man, and AA-as ne\'er heard from afterAvards. 522 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 3. Tamsoii, born Feb. 8. 1799, m. Cyrus Mitchell. 4. Mary, born Jan. 18, 1801. d. July 31. 1819; unmarried. 5. Isaac, born Aug. 21, 1802. 6. Anna, born Sept. 2. 1804. ni. David Rowland. 7. Cynthia, born Mar. 18, 1807, m. Amos Hanson. 8. Oliver, born Aug. 25, 1812. Reuben, son of John and Tabitha Robinson, married, Sept. 29. 1796, Lydia, daughter of Elijah and Martha Hanson of Windham. He was a farmer and lived on the farm where hia son, Elijah, afterwards lived ; and here he died Mar. 1833. His wife, Lydia, died in April, 1849. Their children were: 1. Ezekiel, born June 29, 1797. 2. Joel, born June 14, 1801. 3. Elijah, born May 8, 1804. 4. Huldah, born June 30, 1808; died Aug. 13, 1863; un- married. ,5. ]\Iartha, born Aug. 31, 1810, m. John W. Freeman of Falmouth, (intention entered Mar. 15, 1831). 6. John W.. born July 15, 1812. Stephen Robinson Avas the brother of John, senior, and was born in Dfiver, N. H., Feb. 14, 1742, 0. S. His wife was Content Alley. She was born July 23, 1752 ; and died in Windham, Nov. 1818. He died Aug. 23, 1820; was a farmer and lived and died at East Windham. Their children, so far as known, were as follows: 1. Rebecca, born about 1773, m. James Hawkes. 2. Stephen, born June 10, 1781, 3. Timothy, born 1785. 4. John, born 1787. 5. Miriam, born Sept. 26, 1790; m., Feb. 14, 1811. Charles Cartland. 6. Lydia, m., Feb. 8, 1816, Josiah Winslow of Westbrook. Stephen, son of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, married his cousin, Mary Robinson, born in Dover, N. H., May 15, 1784. He was a Quaker, lived at East Windham, and died there, Dec. 11, 1868, aged 87 years. His wife, ^lary, died at same place, Aug. 17, 1869, aged 85 years. They are both buried GENEALOGY 523 in Friends' burial ground, near Windham Center. Their chil- dren were as follows, all born in Windham : 1. Anna, born Dec. 14, 1804, d. July 1876; un- married. 2. William, born Dec. 18, 1806. 3. Ira, born Nov. 26, 1808. 4. Alley, born Jan. 9, 1812, d. Sept. 28, 1813. 5. Rufus. born Jan. 14, 1815. 6. Lewis, born May 1, 1817. 7. Stephen, born June 23, 1819; d. Feb. 23, 1866; un- married. 8. George, born May 10, 1821, d. Feb. 15, 1880. 9. Charles, born July 30, 1823. 10. Content, born Oct. 26, 1826, d. Mar. 23, 1828. John, son of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, mar- ried, July 11, 1812, Emma, daughter of Noah and Mary (Rob- inson) Read of Windham. He was a Quaker of the old- fashioned type and was noted for his strict observance of the rules of that society. He was a wealthy farmer and owned and occupied the farm recently owned by Joseph T. Jones, near Little Falls. His wife, Emma, died May 14, 1867. He died Oct. 10, 1864. They had five children: 1. Huldah, born July 15, 1813; died Aug. 25, 1837; un- married. 2. Otis, born Nov. 25, 1814 ; died Feb. 16, 1884 ; unmarried. 3. Noah, born June 19, 1816, died June 28, 1817. 4. Miriam, born Feb. 21, 1818; died July 14, 1834; un- married. 5. Mary Jane, born Dec. 16, 1819, died young. Timothy, son of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, married Sarah (Winslow), widow of Lane. He was a farmer and lived in the Quaker Neighborhood, on the place where his son, Henry, afterwards lived. He died Feb. 8, 1865, aged 80 years. His wife died Nov. 24, 1870, aged 92 years, 7 mos. 2 days. Children: 1. Harriet, born Dec. 9, 1816; m. John W. Robinson; died Oct. 8, 1889. 2. Edward, born Feb. 25, 1818. 3. Henry, born Mar. 26, 1820. 524 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 4. Elizabeth, born Apr. 27, 1822. She had three husbands. Oliver, son of Timothy and Salome (Kennard) Robinson, married Sarah 0., daughter of Jacob and Betsey (Jackson) Taber. He was the well-known boot and shoe manufacturer. He inherited his father's homestead and always lived there. He was a Quaker and was noted for his upright character. He died Mar. 5, 1890, aged 78 years. His wife died Dec. 4, 1906, aged 87 years. Children: 1. Charles 0., born May 7, 1840; died Dec. 24, 1910; un- married. 2. Ellen, born Sept. 13, 1841 ; died Apr. 4, 1869 ; unmarried. 3. Maria, born Mar. 17, 1852 ; married George Clark, M.D. ; died Dec. 8, 1879. 4. Annie 0., born Apr. 7, 1857; married Fred Hodge; de- ceased. Elijah, son of Reuben and Lydia (Hanson) Robinson, mar- ried Ermina Freeman of Falmouth. He was a farmer, and lived on the farm formerly owned by his father, Reuben, where he died Dec. 2, 1868, aged 60 years. His wife died May 29, 1877, aged 58 years. We have no connected record of his chil- dren, but he had Reuben, who served a term of enlistment in Co. C, 30th :\Ie. Regt., during the Civil War; and Howard P., who served in the same Regt. and Co., and was killed at the Battle of Spottsylvania, May 18, 1864, aged 17 years. There were also two daughters, Lovina, who married Benjamin Irish^ and Abbie, (possibly more). John W., son of Reuben and Lydia (Hanson) Robinson, married Harriet, daughter of Timothy and Sarah (Winslow- Lane) Robinson. He was a shoemaker and lived in the Quaker Neighborhood. He died Dec. 5, 1876, aged 64 years, 6 months. His Avife, Harriet, died Oct. 8, 1889 ; had no children. Henry, son of Timothy and Sarah (Winslow-Lane) Robin- son, married Lydia Varney. He was a farmer and lived on his father's place, on the Gray Road, which he inherited. He died Dec. 22, 1883. His wife, Lydia, died Dec. 22, 1886. They are buried in the Quaker burial ground near the meeting-house. Their children : 1. William H., born Sept. 25, 1854. GENEALOGY 525 2. Herbert W., born July 27, 1857 ; is a physician ; lives at Epping, N. H. 3. Edward F., born Mar. 17, I860; is a physician at Fal- mouth; married Jennie, daughter of Samuel and Helen (Mor- ton) Mayberry. She died Mar. 29, 1910. 4. Elwood, born Apr. 2, 1862. 5. Elma F.. born Apr. 3, 1864; married, Sept. 1, 1887, George P. Plaisted of Gorham ; lives in that town. RHODE Lonnon Rhode Avas the Negro slave of William Mayberry, the second settler of Windham. When, where, or how, he ob- tained this personal chattel, is lost in the dim mists of antiquity. Lonnon is said to have been very black, but tall and well-formed ; possessed of great bodily strength and a pleasant disposition, which rendered him a favorite with the children and young people of the settlement. He was devotedly attached to Mr. Mayberry, who trusted him implicitly, and was never dis- appointed in his truthfulness and lionesty ; hence a warm attach- ment existed between the two, which rendered the bondman's condition as a slave, merely nominal. Lonnon married, Dec. 8, 1763, Chloe , also a slave to W^illiam Mayberry. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Peter T. Smith, second minister of Windham, and is duly re- corded on the town records. An old tradition relates, that, when Lonnon and Chloe came to have the knot tied, they presented a somewhat grotesque appearance, she being short, fat, and sev- eral shades lighter than her soon-to-be husband. Swelling with his new-found happiness, Lonnon requested Mr. Smith to ' ' make dis twain one flesh." His Reverence was greatly amused and nearly bursting with suppressed laughter, but managed to per- form the ceremony with due dignity, and then said to the groom, ' ' Salute your bride. ' ' Drawing himself to his full height, with a tremendous flourish, the happy man replied, "After you is manners, Sar. " Rev. Mr. Smith used to tell this story with great glee at the minister's conventions, but never told whether he accepted the black man's challenge or not. ^Ir. William ]\Iayberry died ]\Iar. 15, 1765, leaving a con- siderable estate, in the division of which Lonnon fell to the share 526 WINDHAM IN THE PAST of Thomas, and Chloe to Capt. Richard, sons of William, in whose service they continued. To this couple were born four children, whose names are recorded in the Church Book. They were as follows: 1. Harry, Lapt. Oct. 1766, by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 2. Robin, bapt. Mar. 1768. by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 3. Lucy, bapt. Apr. 19, 1772, by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 4. Hagar, bapt. Jan., 1775, by Rev. Peter T. Smith. Mr. Thomas ]\Iayberry died previous to 1777, as, on Jan. 22d of that year, his widow, ^largarct, as administratrix of his estate, sold Lonnon, his freedom. The Bill of Sale was duly entered on the town records, and is as follows: "January 22, 1777. "Windham, Cumberland, ss. This may certify that I, Margaret Mayberry administratrix, hath received twenty pounds of my negro man, named Lonnon, it being the sum of his ap- praisal of Mr. Thomas ^layberry's estate, and I hereby certify that the above named Lonnon is free and his own man. ^lar- garet Mayberry. Witness, Richard Dole, Joseph Weeks." Two days previous to the signing of his certificate of free- dom, on Jan. 20. 1777, Lonnon Rhode enlisted for three years in Capt. John Skillings' Co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's 11th Mass- achusetts Regt. He was mustered into the service at Falmouth, by Major Daniel Ilsley, was paid his bounty of £26, and thus obtained the money to purchase his freedom. He was duly mustered into the Continental Army by Col. Varick, Muster Master. The company marched to Beverly, the home of the Colonel, and from there to Bennington. Vermont. He was at Bennington about Feb. 1st. They were at Skeensborough, N. Y., Apr. 3d, where Capt. Skillings was killed that day. Lieut. Samuel Thomes of Stroudwater was made Captain of the Com- pany, although Capt. Silas Clark had command for a time. The regiment marched to Fort Ticonderoga, where they were "mis- erably clothed." They were in the retreat from that Fort in the early morning of July 6, 1777, and fought in the Battle of Hubbardton the next morning. They had lost all their bag- gage in the retreat from Fort Ticonderoga. The Battle of Hub- bardton was bitterly contested, and Col. Francis was killed in one of the onslaughts. The regiment was in the Battle of Sara- GENEALOGY 527 toga, Oct. 7, 1777, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne ten days later. They marched soon after Oct. 28th and were at West Point Nov. 7th ; went into camp at Whitemarsh, X. J., Nov. 22d, thus joining Washington's army twelve miles north of Philadelphia, in sight of the British army. Lonnon Rhode died here Dee. 9, 1777. ten days b,efore the army mai'ched to Valley Forge, and is doubtless buried at the Whitemarsh en- campment. Rhode's service was from Jan. 20, 1777 to Dec. 9, 1777, a term of 10 months and 19 days, for which lie is credited on the records. What became of his family w^e do not know, excepting the third child, Lucy. She appears to have supported herself for several years, but, at length, became a town charge. She died at the Windham Town Farm, about 1837, and was buried in the Brown Cemetery near Little Falls; and, with her death, departed the last relic of chattel slavery in Windham. SHANE Among tlie men who located in Windham after the Revolu- tionary War was Richard Shane, who was of Irish nationality and by trade a tailor. His true name was Shehan. as that is Avhat he called himself, when we first hear of him. He came from Berwick, Ale., and had served in the Revolutionary Army from that town. He enlisted July 1, 1778, in Capt. Simeon Brown's Company, in Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regt., and was stationed at East Greenwich. R. 1. His service in this Company was six months and seven days, and he was discharged Jan. 9, 1779. His name then was Richard Shehan, and he was described as being 24 years old. 5 feet. 6 inches in height, and of light complexion. He enlisted again, Jul.v 28, 1779, in Capt. Closes Ashley's Co., in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Alass. Regt.. served nine months and twenty-six days, and was discharged May 23, 1780. He again enlisted from Berwick, Aug. 1. 1780, and marched to Springfield under Ensign Symonds on Aug. 31, 1780. and went into camp Sept. 7th. He was then said to be 26 years of age. 5 feet, 5 inches in height, and of light complexion. He served in Capt. Noah Allen's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., for nine months and twenty days, being discharged Apr. 20. 1781. 528 WINDHAM IN THE PAST During this last service, he was in the garrison at West Point on the Hudson River and overstaid his time. Richard Shane came to Windham soon after the War, and married Susannah Proctor, a daughter of William Proctor. He first bought land in Windham, in 1793. He was married Nov. 28, 1788, and lived in the southeast part of the town. He went to Hebron about 1807, and was there tlie next year, when he bought land in Raymond (now Casco). where he soon after moved. He conveyed land there, in the latter part of his life, to his son, Richard Shane. Jr. ; and the terms were that it was not to be conveyed out of the family for twenty years. He lived in what is called the "Dingle.v Neighborhood" at Casco. He drew a pension for his army services and died ^lar. 31, 1828. about 74 years of age. It is said that his wife outlived him. They had at least five children, possibly more. They were as follows : 1. Richard, Jr., whose wife was Betsey , and their children were : Charles, Samuel, Otis, Eliza Ann. Jane, who died young, Ellen, and Susan, (possibly others). We believe he has living descendants. 2. William; never married; lived at Casco, and died there. He was alive in 1865. 3. Samuel, was drowned in Sebago Lake, when a young man. 4. Betsey, married Ezra Goold of Windham. He died Sept. 22, 1818. She died May 26, 1882, aged 93 years, 4 months. They had a daughter, Louisa, who married Capt. John C. Jaques. She died in 1886, aged 72 years. He died in 1895, aged 88 years. 5. Sarah, born in 1800; married, Nov. 6, 1825, Nathaniel Hamblen of Gorham, and lived on Fort Hill. He was born Nov. 8, 1794, and died May 7. 1867, aged 73 years. His wife died ^lay 6. 1880. aged 80 years. Their children were: 1. Cyrus, born Jan. 23, 1827. 2. Levi, born June 30, 1828. 3. Archelaus L., born Aug. 30. 1831. 4. ]Maria L., born Nov. 13, 1836, married Leonard C. Roberts. 6. Margaret, said to have been living in Casco, unmarried, in 1864. GENEALOGY 529 SMITH The ancestor of the Smith family in Windham was the Rev. Peter Thacher Smith. He was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas Smith, first minister of Portland ; his mother was Sarah Tyng, Mr. Smith's first wife. He was born in Portland (then called Falmouth), June 1-4. 1731 ; graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1753 ; studied theology with his father, at the same time teaching school in his native town. He preached occasionally at Windham, to the great approval of the people, who had been destitute of a pastor since 1753, when their first pastor, the Rev. John Wight, died. In 1759, he was invited to preach here for six months, which he did; and in Nov., 1759, he received an urgent call to become their settled minister. He accepted, and, on Sept. 22, 1762, he was ordained in the old Fort, as "Pastor of the first Church and Parish in Windham." He continued in the pastoral office for nearl.v thirt,y years, until 1790. when he was dismissed. He died in Windham, Oct. 26, 1826. aged 96 years. His remains are entombed in the cemetery that still bears his name, where he had constructed a family vault several years before his death. Mr. Smith was twice married. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Wendell, daughter of Jacob and P]lizabeth (Hunt) Wendell of Boston, to whom he was married Oct. 8, 1765, in the Old South Church, Boston, by the pastor. Rev. Dr. Sewell. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eleven children, as follows : 1. Elizabeth Hunt, born Aug. 17, 1766. 2. Sarah, born Apr. 9, 1768. 3. Lucy, born Aug. 24, 1769. 4. Thomas, born Oct. 2, 1770. 5. John Tyng, born ^Mar. 6. 1772. 6. Mary^ born July 6, 1774. 7. Peter, born Nov. 6, 1775, died Nov. 9, 1775. 8. Ann Wendell, born :\Iar. 28, 1777. 9. Rebecca, born June 15, 1778, died Apr. 19, 1782. 10. Susannah Wendell, born Mar. 31, 1780. 11. Rebecca, born Sept. 25, 1783, died Oct. 31, 1808; un- married. Mrs, Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, died in Windham, Oct. 16, 1799. Mr. Smith's second wife was ^Irs. Jane Loring. third daughter of Shrimpton Hunt and widow of Dr. Loring of Bos- 530 WINDHAM IN THE PAST ton. The date of their marriage is unknown to me, but the in- tention was entered on the Windham Town Records, Sept. 12, 1801. She died Apr. 20, 182-t, aged 70 years. Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, it is said, married John Parwell of Tyns- borough, ]\Iass., and died there Noa'. 28, 1807. Sally, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, married 1797, Hezekiah Smith. He was a native of Truro, Cape Cod. Was a farmer and lived on the place now (1905) owned by George Haw^kes, where he died July 15, 1824. She died at same place, Jan. 3, 1854, aged 88 years. Their re- mains are deposited in her father's tomb. Their children were: 1. Peter, l)orn 1798, died same year. 2. AVilliam. born Oct. 21, 1799, died Oct. 25, 1799. 3. William, born Dec. 1801, baptized Jan. 10, 1802. ^ 4. Thomas, born 1803, baptized Jan. 24, 1804. 5. Rebecca, born Apr. 9. 1809, died May 18, 1893. 6. Mary J., born Jan. 14, 1811, died Jan. 26, 1885. Lucy, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (W^endell) Smith, married, Aug. 13. 1788, Abraham Anderson. He was the son of Abraham Anderson, fifth settler of Windham; was a farmer and lived on his father's place in the south part of the town. The farm is still owned by his descendants. He died Sept. 3, 1844; he was the last person born in the old Province Fort. His wife, Lucy, died Apr. 17, 1844, and their remains were deposited in the Smith tomb. They had children, as fol- lows : 1. "AVilliam. died July 7, (year obliterated), aged 3 mos. 2. John, died Oct. 12, 1791, aged 7 months. 3. An infant, died Aug. 14, 1791. Children of Mr. Abra- ham and Lucy Anderson." The above is the inscription found on a small, old-fashioned headstone near the Smith family tomb in the Smith Cemetery. The other children of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson were as follows: 1. Peter S., born May 12, 1789. 2. John, born July 30, 1792. GENEALOGY 531 3. Betsey, boi-n July 23, 1795, m. John Farwell of Tyngs- borough. 4. Nancy, born Nov. 6. 1797, m. Dr. John AVatennan. 5. Edward, born Oct. 30, 1801. 6. Abraham W., born 1804. (See Anderson Rec- ord. ) Thomas, son of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, married, Aug. 26, 1792, Polly, daughter of Capt. David Barker of Salem, Mass. He was a merchant and had a store nearly opposite the residence of the late William Brown on the River Road at South Windham. He died Feb. 27, 1802. aged about 32 years. His widow married for a second husband Robert Wyer. The date of the marriage cannot now be found, but the intention was entered on the Windham Town Records, on Nov. 26, 1809, and he was then "of Gorham." Robert Wyer died Aug. 30, 1835, aged 60 years. His wife. Polly, died Jan. 12, 1846, aged 75 years. They are interred in the Smith Cemetery, where modest headstones mark their last resting-place. It is probable that ^Ir. Smith's remains are in the Smith family vault, in the same cemctei-y. They had four children, as fol- lows : 1. Tyng, born Feb. 24, 1793. 2. Eliza W., born :\Iay 24, 1795 ; married, first, on Oct. 26, 1824, Thomas Stevens. Had one child, Mary Eliza. Her second husband was Alexander Pride of Westbrook, ]\le. She died June 22. 1866. 3. Thomas L.. born Nov. 3. 1797. 4. Mary Ann, born 1800, married Enoch White of Windham (intention entered Dec. 5, 1834). Had one son, William II. Thomas L., son of Thomas and Polly (Barker) Smith, mar- ried. Mar. 18, 1821, Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Abigail Chamberlain. He died Jan. 3. 1882. She died July 22, 1888. They had five children : 1. Mary Ann, born Dec. 10, 1823, died Oct. 26. 1867. un- married. 2. Edward Tyng, born Feb. 26, 1826. 3. Wendell T., born July 17, 1835, died Oct. 26, 1864. un- married. 532 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 4. Frances Elizabeth, born Aug. 23, 1837. 5. Eliza Wendell, born May 26, 1842 ; m. G. C. Hathaway of Natick; no children. John Tyng, son of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, married Mary Duguid. on Apr. 15. 1798. She was born at South Ronaldsha, in the Orkney Islands, about 1761. The family tradition is, that she was a daughter of Lord Duguid, a Scottish nobleman, and that she was a niece of Mrs. William Tyng. who was the daughter of Capt. Alexander and Elizabeth (Duguid) Ros.-}. Previous to his marriage, Mr. Smith purchased a tract of land containing aljout three hundred acres, which was originally granted to John Tyng, Esq., of Tyngsborough, Mass. This farm is now owned by the Rines Bros, and is one of the best in the Town of Gorham. Mr. Smith, in his young days, was greatly interested in military affairs and rose to the rank of Colonel. He w^s called to the defence of Portland in the War of 1812. He died in Gorham, Oct. 22, 1856. aged 84. His wife died at same place Jan. 19, 1855, also aged 84. They are interred in the cemetery at Gorham Village. They had seven sons: 1. William Tyng, born Sept. 21, ]800, died July 15, 1801. 2. William Tyng. born June 19. 1802. 3. Peter Wendell, born June 6, 1805. 4. Edward Tyng, born Dec. 17, 1807. 5. Arthur McL.. born Dec. 8, 1810, d. Aug. 4. 1847; un- married. 6. John Duguid, born Dec. 2, 1813, d. May 29, 1836, in Ala. 7. Thomas S.. born Oct. 17, 1816, d. Dec. 15. 1894; unmar- ried. Mary, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, married, Jan. 31, 1796, Jonathan Winslow of Albion. Me. ; settled in that town. Susannah Wendell, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, married. May 31, 1801, Dr. Calvin Thomas of Tyngsborough. Mass. Ann Wendell, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, married Charles Barker of Windham, (inten- tion entered Apr. 9, 1807). GENEALOGY 533 Tyng, son of Thomas and Polly (Barker) Smith, married Hannah Sparrow; had two sons: 1. Thomas. 2. Tyng. William, son of Hezeldah and Sally (Smith) Smith, married, Jan. 2, 1830, Mary, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Chesley) Elder of AVindham. He was a farmer; lived near Windham Center, and died there July 4, 1886. She died at same place, Jan. 26, 1863. They are buried in the cemetery on his farm, about half a mile from the Center. He was a captain in the old militia and rose to the rank of ^Vlajor. Had three children: 1. Nancy, m. Nathaniel Cobb. 2. Angeline, m. David Larrabee. 3. Mary Ellen, died young. Thomas, son of Hezekiah and Sally (Smith) Smith, married, Jan. 18, 1829, Susannah H., a daughter of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge of Windham. He was a farmer and lived in the Bodge Neighborhood on the farm now (1912) owned by his son-in-law. Dennis J. Sawyer. He died Feb. 2, 1885. She died Jan. 5, 1898, aged 91 years, 7 months, 15 days. They are interred in the Chase Cemetery near where they settled. Had six children : 1. Josiah W., born July 26, 1831. 2. George T., born Oct. 22, 1833, died in Deering District, July 14, 1910. 3. Melissa J., born Sept. 9, 1835, married John A. Cobb of Windham. 4. John A., born Dec. 23, 1836. 5. Abner T., born May 10, 1842. 6. Charity A., born Feb. 23, 1844, married Dennis J. Saw- yer. ]\Iary J., daughter of Hezekiah and Sally (Smith) Smith, married Hiram Chase of Windham. (See Chase Record.) Rebecca, daughter of Hezekiah and Sally (Smith) Smith, married Liba Bachelder, (See Bachelder record.) Edward T., son of Thomas L. and Eliza (Chamberlain) Smith, married, July 13, 1853, Eliza Marston of Yarmouth. He was by trade a carriage maker ; settled at Little Falls Village, 534 WINDHAM IN THE PAST where he worked in his own shop for fifty years. He died July 6, 1909, aged 83 years, 4 months, 10 days. His wife, Eliza, died Nov. 4, 1906, aged 84 years, 11 months, 3 days. They had no children. Josiah W., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, married, sometime in 1853, Caroline, daughter of Ira Bachelder, then of Windham. He was a Union soldier, and served nine months in the 25th Maine Regt. ; lives in Bridgewater, Mass. ; has one son, Charles. 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 ]\Ioses 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. He 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, GENEALOGY 535 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 1 have not learned, neither do I know if they had children. Edward T., son of John Tyng, and Mary (Duguid) Smith married, 1837. ^largaret. 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, ]\Iar. 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, Dec. 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) HaAvkes of Windham, about 536 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 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 Selectmen of Windham in 1867, 1868, 1869, and again, in 1872, and 1873. He and his wife arc now (1912) living in extreme old age on the farm where they first began their married life. Their children were : 1. George H., 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. Lucy, born Sept. 1, 1804. 5. Eliza, born Dec. 23, 1807. 6. Caroline, born Dec. 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 notice 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 Richard Dole, May 15, 1769, and the deed conveys "all buildings and fences now on said land." GENE.VLOGY 537 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, ]\Iay 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. 538 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Jonathan, son of John, Sr., and Hannah Stevens, married, in 1765, Mehitable Maekentire 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 Avife, 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 Oct. , 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 boi-n in "Windham : 1. John, born June 7, 1782. 2. Anna, born Apr. 3, 1784. 3. William, born July 12, 1786. 4. Betty, born Dec. 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. 4, 1746. He GENEALOGY 539 also notices that his father, John Stevens, died Dec. 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, Rebecca Estes. Two years previous to his marriage, he joined the Friends' Society, and nearly all of his descendants 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. Isaac, 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 chil- dren, as follows: 1. Elizabeth, born July 1, 1797. 2. Thomas, born Mar. 30, 1799. 3. Mehitable, born Mar. 21, 1801. 540 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and his first wife, Mehitable (Maekentire) 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. 4. 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 Peaeo and died while yet a young man. 2. Martha, married Peter B. Waterhouse ; lived in Portland, and died there. 3. ]\Iariam, 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 mari-ied, 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 GENEALOGY 541 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; nnmarried. 4. Martha, m. Thomas Bracket!. 5. Mary, m. Edward Elder. 6. Juliette. 7. John, born — : 1826, d. 1828. 8. William, born 1831, d. 1832. Jonathan, son of Jonathan and ^lartha (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, 542 WINDHAM IN THE PAST married Elias Cobb of Windham, 1824. He 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 ; w^as 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 Oct. , 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, ]\le. 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. Dec. 19, 1808. 2. Isaiah, born Dec. 27, 1809, d. Dec. 10, 1895. 3. Eunice, born Dec. 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. GENEALOGY 543 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 Rebeeea (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, ]829. 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 ^lary Libby ; lived for many years at Horse Beef. Ho died at Gorham Town Farm, Sept. 8. 1900. Had eight children, whose names are as follows : 1. Mary E., m. Moses Hawkes. 2. John C, m. Ella Hardy. 3. Myron. 4. Laura. 5. Althea. 6. Julia. 7. Angle. 8. Anna. Charles, son of John and Lydia (Jordan) Stevens, married, ]\ray 10, 1855, Susan Irish of Gorham. He was a carpenter; worked many years for the Oriental PoAvder Co. ; lived, first, at Little Falls, but now (1904), in Casco, ]\Ie. 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. Marv Eliza. 544 WINDHAM IN THE PAST William, sou 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 Dec. 30. 1869, in Windham. John, son of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, married Ann ^laria. daughter of John and Mehitable (^^lillions) Cram of Windham. He settled on his farm, where he lived sev- eral years; afterwards went to Cumberland ]\lills, wliere 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 Cram of Windham. He was a farmer. He 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. Horace G., born May 20, 1867. 4. Alice, born June 25, 1874; m., first. Roland V>rrill ; second, Charles Leighton. GENEALOGY 545 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. He was a coarse, rough, quarrelsome man, and was always called "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 Dec. 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 W^aterhouse. 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: 546 WINDHAM IX THE PAST 1. Hannahette, married, first, William Bachelder; second, Augustus Seabury ; has no children. Caroline, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, mar- ried a ]\Ir. 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 WHiitney, daughter of Obadiah and Louisa (Hawkes) Whitney. She died Oct. 4, 1899, aged 39 years, 9 months, 25 days. lie 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, ^lary 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 Isaac and ^lary (Hawkes) Stevens, married ^Matilda Como. He was accidentally killed while at work on the railroad, at Lowell, ]\Iass., 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 Rajonond. 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 Newbury port, Mass. He was married and had a family, previous to his settlement here. He was a GENEALOGY 547 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 ]\Iar. 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, Kebecca 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, ^lary, 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 Dec. 25, 1815; died :\lar. 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 W^indham. He was a well-to-do farmer and settled near his 548 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 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 Dec. 3. 1797, died Aug. 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. Luey 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. TRICKEY The earliest known ancestor of this family was Francis Trickey. who was at Kittery. Me., before 1659. He had a wife, whose name was Sarah and a son, John. He died before Apr. 11, 1682, as, oti that date, an inventory of his estate was made, the amount of which was £99, 7 shillings. The inventory may be found in the York Deeds, Book 5, part 1, page 7. Thomas Trickey had land granted him at Kittery before 1675, and was living there in 1707. Zebulon Trickey was at Kittery in 1725, and his wife's name was Eleanor; but whether he was a son of Thomas or not, we cannot say. He came to Fal- mouth (now Portland), in 1735, where his son, Zebulon, Jr., was born, July 26. 1736. Tradition says that he had another son, named David. Zebulon Trickey, Jr., married, Aug. 10, 1758, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Sawyer) Skillings. She was born June 15. 1734. Their children were as follows: GENEALOGY 1. Eleanor. 2. Rebecca. 3. Mary. 4. Zebulon, 3d. 5. John. 6. 7. Lucy, ) ^ . Susannah,^ 8. Eunice. 549 Zebulon, 3d, son of Zebulon, Jr., and Rebecca (Skillings) Trickey, was born Feb. 7, 1767 ; married, Dee. 15, 1799, Lucy Skillings. He died Aug. 23, 1847, and she died Mar. 28, 1863. Their children were: 1. Rebecca. 2. Samuel. 3. John. 4. James. 5. Edmund. 6. Robert. 7. Lucy. John Trickey, son of Zebulon, Jr., and Rebecca (Skillings) Trickey, was born Mar. 24. 1769; married, Dec. 31, 1798, Mary, daughter of Peter White, who lived at White's Bridge. They moved to Great Falls, Windham side of the Presumpscot River, where he built the house afterwards owned and occupied by John White. There he died, Apr. 5, 1811, aged 42 years. His wife was born Nov. 11, 1776, and died July 14, 1817, aged 40 years. They had five children: 1. Zebulon, born Oct. 22, 1799, died Oct. 16, 1800. 2. Zebulon, born Oct. 9, 1801, lived in Standish. 3. Peter, born Jan. 31, 1804. 4. Otis, born Feb. 3, 1807, lived in Westbrook. 5. Mark, born Sept. 16, 1809. Peter, son of John and Mary (White) Trickey, married. May 20, 1834, Harriet H., daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson of Windham. She was born Feb. 10, 1814; died Oct. 5, 1889, aged 75 years. He died Apr. 25, 1892, aged 88 years. They lived many years at Great Falls, where Mr. Trickey was engaged in the lumber business. In this he gained a competence on which he retired in his old age. He was a man of sterling 550 WINDHAM IN THE PAST character and had the confidence and respect of his fellow towns- men in a marked degree. Had children : 1. Albert. 2. Edward. 3. George. 4. Albert F. 5. John. 6. Otis, lived in his father's house at Great Falls, Windham ; and died there, July 20, 1907, aged 58 years; left children. 7. Charles. 8. Peter. He owns and occupies the old Pope farm. Has children. WEBB The ancestor of the Webb family in Windham and vicinity was Samuel Webb. A full account of him is given in Chapter II. By his first wife, he had two sons, Samuel and Thomas, who did not settle in Windham. His children by his second wife were as follows : 1. David, born July 1, 1727, in Tiverton, R. I. 2. Ezekiel, was a master mariner ; m. on Cape Cod. 3. John, born 1731. 4. Seth. 5. Susanna. 6. Eli, born Nov. 7, 1737. 7. James, baptized Jan. 27, 1745, in Windham. 8. Josiah, baptized Jan. 27, 1745, d. Nov. 3, 1749. 9. Abigail, d. when about 5 years old. 10. Elizabeth, baptized June 15, 1744, in Windham. David, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, Nov. 16, 1749, Dorothy Peabody, daughter of Francis Peabody of Middleton, i\Iass. He came with his parents to New ]\Iarble- head (now Windham), and his is the fourth marriage recorded on the church book. It was solemnized by Rev. John Wight, first minister of Windham. She was born Mar. 27, 1720, and was, therefore, about seven years older than her husband. They settled, first, in Windham ; but, on Jan. 5, 1756, he bought of David Gorham of Barnstable, "one hundred acres of land in Gorhamtown." This land was near the Westbrook line, and GENEALOGY 551 here he died, as it is supposed. He was living on Aug. 23, 1764. They had four children: 1. Dorothy, born Sept., 1750, bapt. Dec. 23, 1750, in Wind- ham. 2. David, born Jan. 31, 1752. bapt. Apr. 5, 1752, in Wind- ham. 3. Jonathan, born Nov. 25, 1756, in Gorham. 4. Bethia, born , 1758 ; m. Prince Hamblen, Mar. 22, 1781. John, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, in 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Amy (Pride) Lar- rabee. They settled on a farm near "Pride's Bridge" (now Riverton). where their farm buildings, in a dilapidated con- dition, stood on the westerly side of the Bridgton Road, since the writer's recollection. Mrs. Webb died in 1827. The date of his death I have not ascertained. They had children, as follows : 1. John, Jr., born May 19, 1754. 2. Anna. 3. Betsey. 4. Abigail, m. Ebenezer Cross of Portland. 5. Mary, m. Green Hannaford of Cape Elizabeth. 6. William, m. Moody; was a sea captain. 7. Susan. There were also two sons, Benjamin, who was married, l)ut left no children; he lived on the ancestral farm; and Thomas, who died unmarried. Ezekiel, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, was mar-^ ried and left one daughter. He was a master mariner, and lived on Cape Cod, but I am not able to give any further facts in regard to him. Seth, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, Nov. , 1759, Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Mehitable (Cutter) Winship. On Sept. 21, 1750, he was taken captive by the Indians on his father's farm (Home Lot No. 23). Prom a letter written by Capt, Thomas Chute to Col. or Maj. Freeman of Falmouth, it appears that Mr. Webb and his son, Seth, were engaged in building fence, and, having finished their work and returned to the house, they discovered that they had left the 552 WINDHAM IN THE PAST axe in the woods. ]\Ir. Webb sent his son to get it, and, while searching for the missing implement, the Indians came upon him suddenly and took him prisoner. The Indians carried him to Canada, where he remained for more than a year. I am well aware that the story of Seth Webb has been severely criticised, certain parties going so far as to assert that he never was cap- tured at all, while others have it that he was released in the course of a few days and came home. But, in the ]\Iass. Ar- chives, Vol. 64, Page 57, is to be seen the official record of Capt. Phineas Stevens, a Commissioner appointed by the General Court, to negotiate the release of captives held by the French and Indians, in Canada. We learn positively from this record that Seth Webb and Joseph Noble were at that date, (Feb. 1, 1752) prisoners among the Indians at St. Francois, and that their captors then refused to give them up. In June, 1752, the Indians decided to deliver them to Capt. Stevens, which they accordingly did, — hence, in fact, it was nearly two years before he was finally set at liberty. He was an inmate of Mayberry's garrison, in the last Indian w^ar ; and, on that eventful May 14, 1756, he was one of the brave band who sallied out and pursued the enemy. It is a well-known fact that he mortally wounded one of their number. In 1766, he removed with his family to Deer Isle, Me., and died there, but the date of his death I have never learned. The W^ebb family lecords, state that his family consisted of two sons and six daughters, but one of whom appears to have been born in W^indliam. On the churcli book, I find the record of the baptism of Hannah, daughter of Seth and Hannah Webb, on Mar. 20, 1763. It is said that several of their descendants still reside at Deer Isle. Eli, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, Apr. 20, 1760, Sarah Cloutman. daughter of Edward and Anna (Col- lins) Cloutman. She Avas born in Gorham, Feb. 5, 1742. He was a farmer and lived in Gorham near Gambo, where he ow^ned a large tract of land including the water power, now owned by the Dupont Co. His house is the same recently owned by Alonzo Libby, at Pleasant Ridge. Eli Webb was a soldier in the French and Indian wars. He also served a short time in the Revolution. GENEALOGY 553 He died in Goiham, Oct. 26, 1826, aged 89. His wife died Feb. 28, 1826, aged 84. They had children, as follows: 1. Edward, born Dec. 24, 1760. 2. Sally, m. Nathaniel Knight, Feb. 24, 1787. 3. Ann, born ]Mar. 10. 1763 ; m., first, William Bolton, Jan. 5, 1786; second, William Libby, .Alar. 30, 1797. 4. Lorana, born Jan. 14, 1766; m. James Pray, Sept. 10, 1790. 5. Mary, born ]\Iay 30. 1768; m. John Dam of Freeport, (intention entered Apr. 16. 1792). 6. James, born Sept. 20, 1770, d. in the West Indies. 7. Ezekiel, born Feb. 25, 1773; m. Sarah McDonald, (in- tention entered Mar. 17, 1797) ; lived in Brownfield. 8. Abraham, born Sept. 1, 1775; m. Lydia Waterhonse of Standish, (intention entered May 11, 1797). 9. Seth, born May 13. 1778; m. Polly Clements, Feb. 15, 1801. 10. Rachel, born July 2, 1781; m. James McDonald, Jan. 20, 1803. Susannah, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, Dec. , 1753, AVilliam ^laxfield of WMndham; lived in that town. Children of said Maxfield : 1. A son, not named, born May 2, 1754. 2. Elizabeth, baptized :\Iay 12, 1755, by Rev. P. T. Smith. 3. Daniel, baptized Dec. 24, 1769, by Rev. Peter T. Smith.— who says, in a foot note, that ]\Irs. Susannah Maxfield had died previous to this; and it appears that her husband married ^liss ^lary Wescott, then of Windham. Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) W^ebb, married, A])r. 1. 1767. Jonathan Roberts, then "of Windham." The family tradition it, that she had five sons and four daugh-. ters; also that they moved to Buckfield, Me., but, at what time, I am unable to say. By a reference to the town records we find [hat Jonathan Roberts and his wife, Elizabeth, had one child born in Windham : 1. Samuel, born Feb. 5, 1789. ejo'nathan. son of David and Dorothy (Peabody) Webb, mar- ried, ^lar. 4, 1781, Mary Coverly. He was, for many years, a successful lumberman at old Saccarappa, in which business he 554 WINDHAM IN THE PAST amassed a large fortune ; he also kept a public house in the vil- la{2:e, in the same building recently known as the "■ Presumpscot House." Had five children: 1. Joshua, born Jan. 12, 1782; married, Quinby; was a lumberman. He erected for his ])rivate residence the large brick house, now used as a boarding house by the West- brook Manufacturing Co. It is said that one of his sons was recently living in Lowell, ^Nlass. 2. ^lary, born Sept. 26, 1784; married Samuel Deane Pike, born in Windham. Apr. 18, 1777. He was the son of Col. Tim- othy and Elizabeth (Jones) Pike. Slie was the mother of Sam- uel G. Pike of Calais, ]Me. ; and, in the division of her father's estate, the well known "Pike field," now called "Scotch Hill," fell to hei- share. 3. David, born Nov. 30, 1786, married Jane Bailey. She died in 1848, and is buried at Saccarappa. The date and place of his death are both unknown. 4. Elizabeth, born Jan. 21. 1701; married Capt. Henry Babb of Saccara])pa. 5. Dorothy, l)orn Nov. 9, 1800; married Col. George Small of Westbrook. Slie died in Deering, .Me., aged 95 years. .Airs. :\Iary (Coverly) W^ebb died Dec. 20. 1803, and .Mr. Webb, married for his second wife Susannah, one of the twelve daughters of Capt. John Smith of Stoughton, ^lass. By her it is said he had two daughtei's, but of them I am not informed. Jonathan Webb died Apr. 8. 1810, and he and his wife, Mary, are buried in the old "Conant" yard at W^estbrook. His head- stone bears the following quaint epitaph : ' ' Jesus, I give my spirit up and trust it in thy hand, My dying flesh shall rest in hope and rise at thy command, Now" I renounce my carnal hope, my fond desires recall, I give my worldly interests up and make my GOD my all." On that of his wife may be seen the following : "Remember me as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now soon you must be, Prepare to die and follow me." GENEALOGY 000 John, Jr., son of John and Elizabeth (Larrabee) Webb, mar- ried, in 1777, Sarah Leighton. He was a farmer and settled near the Duck Pond, in Westbrook. This farm he gave to his son-in-law, Charles Jameson, who had married two of his daugh- ters, and it still remains in the family. His children were as follows : 1. Dorothy, m. Andrew Hunnewell of Durham, Me. 2. Elizabeth, m. Brackett Sawyer. 3. Abigail, m. John Lord of Falmouth. 4. Seth, settled in Penobscot Co. ; left descendants. 5. Lucy, m. James Lord of North Yarmouth. 6. Eunice, m. William Tobin of Durham. 7. Bethany (or Bethia), was the 2d wife of Chas. Jameson. 8. Phebe, m. Simeon Libby of Richmond, Me. 9. Ruth, was the 1st wife of Charles Jameson. 10. IMary, died unmarried. Edward, son of Eli and Sarah (Cloutman) Webb, married ]\Iay 10, 1787, Sarah, daughter of William and Rachel (Haskell) Bolton of Gorham. He served in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Co., Colonel Thomas Marshall's Regiment, in the Revolution. He spent that terrible winter of 1777 and 8, in the huts of ' ' Val- ley Forge. ' ' fought at ]\Ionmouth and at Saratoga ; witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne and was honorably discharged after a service of about three years. He settled on a part of his father 's farm, it being the same afterwards owned by his son Thomas; now owned by Orrin Leavitt. He was a pensioner and died on his farm, Nov. 18, 1846. His wife, Sarah, died Aug. 28, 1850, aged 89. Children : 1. William, born June 16, 1788. 2. Lydia. born Jan. 1, 1790; d. Aug. 11, 1877; unmarried. 3. Ann, born Nov. 14, 1791; m. Livy Buker, (intention entered Sept. 24, 1814). 4. Eli, born June 30, 1793 ; m. ^Mary Cobby, Jan. 30, 1820; died in Portland. They were the parents of Judge Nathan Webb of Portland. 5. :\Iary, born July 25, 1795, m. Rufus Morrill, Dec. 24, 1820. They were the parents of Ex-Gov. Morrill of Kansas. 6. Rachel, born Feb. 14, 1797, died aged 21. 556 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 7. James, born ^Nlar. 7. 1798; in. Clariss Kennev; settled in Bridgton, Me. 8. Thomas, born Jan. 14, 1800, married Eliza Ann May- berry of Caseo. He lived, at first, on his father's farm, after- wards, went to Piscataquis Co., where he remained several years. He is said to hsve returned and died in Caseo, ]Me. Had several daughters, but no sons. 9. Solomon, born Oct. 30, 1801, m. Mary W. Ryerson of Portland. Jan. 18, 1827. 10. Sarah B.. born Jan. 16, 1803; m. Rufus Morrill Feb. 21, 1836. She was his second wife. Seth, son of Eli and Sarah (Cloutman) Webb, married Polly Clements, but of her parentage, we are not informed. He lived on the home place until 1826, when he moved to Belfast. He died in Knox, aged 86. The date of his wife's death, we have not learned. Had children, as follows: 1. Child bcrn in 1802, died in 1801. 2. Samuel A., born Sept. 12, 1803, died in Knox. 3. Mary, born Dee. 12, 1806; m. Clement Wescott, in 1828. 4. Sophronia L.. born Sept. 29, 1811, m. Emerson. 5. Jeremiah, born Dec. 31, 1816, went to Belfast. 6. Amelia Ann, born Apr. 28, 1817. 7. Horace, died Sept. 13, 1828. William, son of Edward and Rachel (Bolton) Webb, married Ann, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Crockett) Bolton, Apr. 29, 1821. He lived near his father and died Oct. 5, 1841, aged 53. His wife died Jan. 29, 1871, aged 80. Children: 1. Emeline, born Apr. 17, 1823, m. Daniel Woodbury, 2. Sewell. born Sept. 30, 1825; m. Adeline S. Cook; died Aug. 4, 1900. 3. Lester, born Oct. 11, 1828, m. :\lrs. Mary Nason. of Ban- gor. 4. Mary W., born July 9, 1834 ; d. Feb. 19, 1859 ; unmarried. James, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, Oct. 19, 1762, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) ^layberry of Windham. They were married by Rev. Peter Thacher Smith, and theirs is the first marriage recorded after the incornoration of Windham as a town. I can find no GENEALOGY DO i record of his ])ii-th. but the church book states that he was bap- tized by Rev. John Wight, Jan. 27, 1745. He was a farmer and purchased one-half of Lot No. 16, in the tirst division of hundred- acre lots in town. This farm is now (19G5) owned by his great- granddaughter, Mrs. Matthew Johnson, and it has never yet been owned out of the family. He died in 1767, while yet a young man. Had three children: 1. John, baptized July 24, 1763, d. in infancy. 2. Josiah, baptized ]\Iay 10, 1765. 3. Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 23, 1767. Rev. ]\Ir. Smith here remarks that Mi'. AVeljb had died a few months before this child w^as baptized. ^Irs. Webb, contracted a second marriage with Stephen Hutchinson, on July 11, 1776, and by him had two children, Sally and Charity, both of whom mar- ried men named Fogg. No record of hei' deatli is known to exist, but she lived to be quite aged. Josiah, son of James and Elizabeth (^layberry) Webb, ac- cording to the family record, was born May 12. 1765. The cliurch record has it that he was bai)tized the tenth of that month. He married Rebecca, daughter of William and ]\Iary (Akers) 'Elder, ]May 15, 1788. She was born Aug. 27. 1764. and died Oct. 6, 1838. He died Sept. 8, 1849. He and his wife are both buried in the Bi'own Cemetery near Little Falls Village, and the inscription on his headstone gives his age as 84 years. He inherited his father's farm and lived and died there. He was a man of fine natural qualities of mind, and was called by his neighbors "Judge Webb," on account of his sound judgment and well-known integrity of character. Had children, as follows: 1. James, born Feb. 25, 1789. 2. William, born Feb. 5, 1791. 3. Mary, born Dec. 29, 1792; d. Oct. 25, 1857; unmarried. 4. Stephen, born Nov. 25. 1791. 5. Josiah, born Jan. 9. 1797. 6. John, born July 17, 1799. 7. Eliza, born Sept. 26, 1801. James, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) W^ebb, married Apr. 1812, Pamelia, daughter of Dr. James Paine. He 558 WINDHAM IN THE PAST was a farmer ; settled in Casco, ]\Ie. ; died there several years ago. Their children were as follows : 1. Pamelia, married Robert ^layberry of Windham. 2. Mary E., married Dr. Daniels. 3. Jason, married ]\Irs. Lovina Boody-Harding. 4. Josiah, married Maria Witham. 5. Sarah, died young. • 6. William, died young. 7. Rebecca, died young. 8. Sarah, married Silas Morton. 9. James, married Dorcas Nutting. 10. Seth, died young. 11. Stephen, died young. AVilliam, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, married Mehitable Mayberry. He was a farmer ; settled in Casco, and died there. Children : 1. Rebecca, died young. 2. Richard ^I., married Dorcas AVinslow. 3. Stephen, died young. Stephen, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, married, Dec. 29, 1822, Tabitha, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, of Windham. He was much in public life, and often oc- cupied places of trust in town. He w^as Selectman in 182-1, 1825, and 1829 ; and represented the town in the State Legislature in 1827, and again in 1828. He was probably the best school teacher Windham ever had, and his best w^ork was done in the interest of the common schools of his native town. He served many years as one of the Superintending School Committee, and his very presence in the schoolroom would inspire the pupils with confidence in themselves, and a desire to do their very best, in order to gain Air. Webb's approbation. In religious belief, he w^as a Friend, and died, an honored member of that society. He owned and cultivated a large farm, in the "Quaker Neighbor- hood," so called, and here he died Feb. 9, 1872, aged 77. His wife. Tabitha, died at the same place, July 1, 1887, aged 83. They are buried in the Friends' burial ground, near the meeting- house, in Windham. They had fourteen children: 1. xVlbert. born Feb. 28, 1823. 2. John M., born June 29, 1824. GENE.VLOGY 559 3. Josiah B., bom Jan. 19, 1826. 4. Caroline, bora Sept. 26, 1827; d. Aug. 4, 1845; un- married. 5. Noah R., bom May 16, 1829, d. Aug. 1, 1839. 6. Mary J., bora :\Iar. 7, 1831. 7. Nathan, bora Jan. 14, 1833. d. Jan. 28, 1868. 8. Eliza, bora Sept. 3, 1834, m. Alphonso Senter. 9. Stephen H., bora Jan. 25, 1836. 10. William B., bora Jan. 25, 1838; went to California; died there. 11. Noah, born Sept. 19, 1839; d. Dec. 18. 187U ; unmarried. 12. Benjamin R., born Sept. 13, 1841. 13. Emma, born Oct. 16, 1845. 14. ^laria. bora Aug. 5, 1841; m. Samuel V. Haskell; died Oct. 12. 1898. Josiah. son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webli, married, Oct. 31, 1841. Caroline, daughter of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) ^la.yberry of Caseo, ]Me. He was a farmer, and lived on the ancestral acres on the River Road. He was a person of quiet habits, a good neighbor, and an honest man. He died at his home, Sept. 1, 1870. His wife, Caroline, died Dec. 25, 1900, aged 90 years, 7 months, 24 days. They are buried in the Brown Cemetery. Had three children : 1. .Marshall .M., born Aug. 24. 1842; d. May 24, 1905; un- married. 2. Rebecca E.. born Sept. 18. 1847; m. ^latthew Johnson of Gorham ; lives in that town ; no children. 3. Jordan, born June 1, 1852, d. Sept. 16, 1870. John, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, married ]Martha ^laria Ma.vberry, (intention entered on the Windliam Records, Feb. 13, 1828). She was the daughter of Edward and ^lary (Johnson) ^layberrv of Raymond, now Casco. He was a man of sound judgment and well versed in public affairs. He kept a grocery store for a few years at ancient "Horse Beef, — was a fine school teacher, a land surveyor and justice of the peace, in which he did a large amount of business. He w^as one of the Selectmen in 1838. He represented Windham in the Leg- islature in 1834 and 1835; also, he was one of Gov. John Fair- field's ('ouncil, in 1839. He settled on Lot No. 17, in the first k 560 WINDHAM IN THE PAST division of hundred-aero lots in Windham, on the easterly side of the River Road. There, in 184:o. he erected the larg^e two- story house still standing, and he died there Sept. 23, 1877. His wife. :\[artha M., was horn Jan. 8, 1808, and died May 22, 188 — . They arc l>ui'icd in the Brown Cemetery. Had ten children, as follows: 1. Rebecca E., born Apr. 6, 182!); d. Sept. , 1848: unmarried. 2. Mary A., born Aug. 22, 18ol : in.. Nov. 25, 1855. Lorenzo T. Chase, and died Nov. 27. 1885. Two children. 3. Edward ]M.. born Sept. 11, 1833: was drowned in the Cumberland and Oxford Canal, July 11. 1852. 4. Alice A., ])()rn Se])t. 12, 1835; m. Charles E. Emery; died Jan. 28, 1874; had one child, that died young. 5. ^lartha ^I.. l)oi'n Jan. 1, 1838; m. Jolni J. Boilge ; died June 8, 1900; had four children. H. John P., boi-n Dec. 8, 1839 ; was a deaf mute; m. Harriet AVliitne.v of Gray. He was accidentally killed b.y a ^le. Cent. Rail Road train, Aug. 5, 1900; left a wife and children. 7. Annie p]., born Mar. 7. 1842, v.\. John Irwin. She was a deaf mute; died Jan. 19. 1903); had one son, who died when a young man. 8. Moses L., Ijoni Jul.v . 1844. died Jul.v , 1846. 9. Elizal)cth (or Susie Elizal)eth), l)orn 1815, died 1847. 10. Lindlcy ^1., born Alar. 7, 1847, m. Clara Cobb of (Ira.v. Ale. He is a lawyer; lives in I*ortland ; has children. Albert, son of Stephen and Talntha (Read) Webb, was a merchant, first at South Windham ; went to Portland, where ho was a wholesale grocer for many years; married Elizabeth Chad- bourne of York Co. He died in Windham, Alar. 7, 1900. Had no children. Josiah B., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) AVebb. was a school teacher; for many years Principal of Gorhain Seminary; removed to Deering, whei-e he died, Alay 20, 1899. He married Sarah A., daughter of Daniel and Betsey (Hawkes) Lowell of AA'indham. They had two children, whose names were, 1 think. Horace and Olivei'. GENEALOGY 561 John M., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) Webb, married Hannah, daughter of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) ]\Iayberry of C'aseo. He was a farmer, l)uteher and lumberman; settled, first, on a farm on the Gray Road, near Little Falls; afterwards moved to. the Village (on Gorham side), where he erected a dwelling house and barn ; died there, Sept. 20, 18')(). They had children as follows: 1. Ellen, m. Charles Hall. 2. Lucius, d. :\Iarch, 1888. 8. Carrie, m. Daniel Tukey. 4. Lida. 5. Rufus. m. ^lary Jordan; lives in Yarmouth. He is a dealer in lur.iber; has three childien, Charles R.. George R., and Lida. Sewell, son of William and Hannah (Bolton) Webb, married. Sept. 5, 1850, Adeline S. Cook. He was a farmer and lived at Pleasant Ridge; died there. Aug. 4, 1800. Had two children, Frank and Sumner. Eliza, daughter of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, mar- ried, in Nov., 1827, the son of Paul and Polly (Osgood) Little of Windham. He was a gi-ocer at Little Falls, and died there, Sept. 14. 1843, aged 42 years, 5 months. His wife died Apr. 5, 1886. Had five children : 1. ^lary E., born Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Sept. 14, 1851 ; unmarried. 2. Paul, born June 8, 1830, m. Rhoda ^^lanchester. He was a member of Co. H, 17th ^le. Volunteer Infantry; was severely wounded at Chancellorsville, and died in a lios])ital, July 24 1863. Had several children. 3. Josiah, born ]\Iar. 1, 1833; m. Cynthia Whipple of north- ern New Hampshire ; was a shoe makei- ; died several years ago. Had children. 4. William, born Mar. 27, 1834; went to Lynn, ]^!ass., where he married Susan Lucy Brimblecom. He disa])peared during the Civil War. 5. James W., born June 4. 1840. He married Louise ^1., daughter of Joseph Wight. He served in the Civil War, as a member of Co. F, 11th ^le. Regt. ; promoted to Sergeant ; wounded at Fair Oaks. He now (1905) lives on his father's place at Little Falls. Has thiee children. 562 WINDHAM IX THE PAST APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES ADJUTANT John Francis Adjutant, son of George W. and Lydia (Dorr) Adjutant, was born at Ossippee, N. H., Aug. 26, 1832 ; died Nov. 15, 1900, at Brownfield, Me. He married, Apr. 6, 1853, at Bidde- ford, ]\Ie.. Sarah Ann, daughter of Cushnian and Eliza (Brown) Thurston, born at Eaton, N. H., Mar. 3, 1835. She died Feb. 14, 1881, at So. Windham. They moved to Windham, Apr. 19, 187-4. To them were born : Elias Franklin, ^lar. 24, 1856. Nellie Eliza, June 14, 1859. George Plummer, Aug. 15. 1860. Sarah Caroline, Aug. 10. 1862; d. June 2, 1913. He married for his second wife Sarah E. Day of Brownfield, Nov. 6, 1881. Franklin married P^tta E.* Hanson of Windham, Sept. 24. ISlii. She died Nov. 11, 1887. He married Susanna Nelson of St. John, N. B., Jan. 26, 1 888. By his first wife he had : .Mabel L., born June 22, 1877 ; married Alton Libby of Wind- ham, Oct. 20, 1895. To them were born Everett. June 17, 1898; Etta, Aug. 26, 1904. Lottie A., l)orn Dec. 7, 1880; married Norris Libby of Wind- ham. Oct. 5, 1907. Frank W., born June 14. 1883; married Grace McCorey of Gray. June 10, 1911. Nellie married Herbert (lay of Windham, June 17, 1877. She married, second, Charles W. Bailey, :\I.D., Apr. 2, 1890. He died Feb. 11, 1907. at Naples. She married, third, Charles E. Plummer of Machias, :\Ie., :\Iar. 30, 1908. Children by first husband : Howard J., bora Aug. 26. 1878; died ^lar. 8, 1881. Ella, born Sept. 6, 1880. Chester H., born June 15, 1882; died Apr. 24. 1903. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 563 Frank R., born ^lar. 17. 1881; married Lillian R. Gilpatrick of AVestbrook, Jan. 26, 1913 ; born to them, :\Iarion, July 10. 1913. Children by second husband: Charles W., Jr., b. May 22. 1892; married Gertrude L. Web- ster of West Acton, Mass., Nov. 28, 1912. George, mari-ied Annie F. W^ade of Dungarvan. Ireland, Apr. 23, 1881. Child: George A., born Aug. 20, 1881. Sarah Caroline, married Owen E. Patterson of Alfred. May 30, 1881. Children: Byron H., l)orn Apr. 20, 1892; married Vera ^I. Sim- mons of Biddeford, June 1, 1911 ; died Oct. 2. 1911. All the family live in W^indham except ]Mrs. Patterson, who lives in Biddeford. AIKIXS James Edward Aikins was born in Aylmer, Province of On- tario, Aug. 23. 1855. He attended Oberlin College in 1880-82; graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1885. His his- tory as a pastor is given in the chapter on "Ecclesiastical" sub- jects. He married Cora Ellen, daughter of Rev. E. A. Harlow, Oct. 19, 1886. Children: Ellen M.. William E., Frederick H.. AValtcr B., Lincoln J.. Emil.v P., Nelson B., and Alice D. ATHERTOX Charles H. and Frank D. Atherton, children of Hcnrv and Betsy (Strout) Atherton, were born in Lawrence, Kansas. They came from Colorado to Windham to settle in Nov.. 1886. Charles married in Windham. Feb. 17, 1878, Fannie L. Jordan of that town. Children : 1. Guy C., b. Apr. 2. 1879; m., Oct. 7, 1912, E. Louise Lord of AVells. 2. Olive Idolyn. b. June 11, 1880; m.. Sept. 29, 1903, Fred D. Alorrill of No. Yarmouth. 3. Bessie J., b. June 19. 1881 ; m., Sept. Ki. 1906, AVinfield L. Turtlott of Cherrvfield. 564 WINDHAM IX THE PAST Frank D. Atherton married, Auji:. 6. 1882, Lueinda S. Lamb of Windham. Children : 1. Clifford X., b. Apr. 1-3. 188G; m. Apr. 7, 1909, Elsie L. Skillins of Windliam. Tlieir children are Doris M., Lois G.. and another daughter. 2. George AA^, b. Aug. 13, 1891, m.. Dec. 3. 1912. Geneva Fogg of Harrison. They have one daughter, Harriet E. 3. Charles P., b. Nov. 30, 1893; m.. :\Iay 21, 1914, Annie Burns of Waterville. 4. Flora L.. b. Jan. 14, 1898. 5. Eliza H.. b. Sept. 6, 1903. CHAFFIN Orin Chaffin moved from Littleton, Mass., to Windham, about 1828 or 1829. He married Dorothy Green at Standish, in 1824. Children: Susan. Robert, Anna. John, Frances, Smith G., and Orin P. Orin P. Chaffin was born at No. Windham, July 4, 1836. His first wife was "Slavy G. ^Manchester, by whom he had three children. Frank, Walter, and Henry. ^Irs. ^lary (^Manchester) Chaffin died at No. Windliam. In 1874, Mr. Chaffin married Emma A. J. Heath of Gorhani. By her he had four children, as follows : 1. LaForest. lives in California. 2. Gerald. 3. Winnie. 4. Angela, works in Boston. Mrs. Chaffin died several years ago. ^Ir. Chaffin now resides at No. Windham. FIELD The ancestoi' of the Windham Fields was William, Avho was born in Falmouth. 3Iay 9, 1763. He married Anna, daughter of Stephen ^lanchester, ^lar. 24, 1785. He cleared a farm in what has been known as the Ireland District. Children: Reuben, Lucy, Elias. Peter, Jane, William, Daniel, ]Mary A., Ebenezer (1st), Isabelle, Mcintosh, Barbara, Ebenezer (2d). Ebenezer Field (2d) married Catherine Elder, June 11. 1837. Children: L APPENDIX I. ADDITIOXAL GENEALOGIES 565 1. Emeline "SL, b. Mar. 20, 1838 ; d. Mar., 1900. 2. William Wallace, b. Feb. 21, 1810; m. Emily D. Lamb of Windham ; children : Beatrice B., Evelyn, Isa W., Charles AV. W. 3. Charles Harrison, b. Oct. 28, 1812; drowned in Little Duck Pond, Aug. 8, 1859. 1. Katie :\r.. b. Apr. 21, 1816 ; m. :\Iellcn Jose of Biddeford, July 22. 1873. 5. Josephine, b. Feb. 21. 1818; m., June 9, 1867, Alphonso S. Merrill ; children : Belle M. and Charles H. 6. Isabel F., b. May 19, 1850; m., Sept. 21. 1875, Jas. K. :\Iorrell. 7. Charles, b. Oct. 3, 1859; d. young. FOSTER Edward P. Foster and his wife, Clai'a H. (Leighton) Foster, had the following children : 1. Alice M., m. AValter Whitney of Gray. 2. George B., m. Emma ^Manchester of Windham. Has one child, Donald. 3. William K. ; m. Jennie Shaw of Windham. Has one child, Cedric A. 1. Lewis, m. ]\l,Yrtle Baker of Greenwood. ^lass. Has two children, Merle and Carl. 5. Oliver H. ; unmarried ; resides in Windham. 6. Frank W. ; unmarried ; resides in Roslindale, ]\Iass. 7. Effie G. ; m. Harry Graffam ; resides in Roslindale, Mass. This family has resided in Windham since ^lay, 1901. GILSON The Gilson family is of Scotch ancestry and settled in Maine about seventy-five years ago. Emerson F. Gilson came to W^indham from Raymond, Me., Apr. 1. 1881. His wife was Nellie ]M. Small of Raymond. She was born Nov. 29, 1860. Their marriage took place Apr. 3, 1876. Children: Serena :\r., b. Apr. 7, 1890; William E., b. Jan. 29, 1892. 566 WINDHAM IN THE PAST GRANT Andrew Grant eame from New York to ^Vlaine in the early part of the last century and settled in Penobscot Co. His son, Hiram, was, for a short time, a resident of Windham. Hiram Grant was the father of Jeremiah J. Grant, who was born in Patten, Maine, in 1852. Jeremiah J. Grant married Bertha Jaekman of Patten, a lineal descendant of the Standish and Bradford families of "Mayflower" fame. They had two sons, Adelbert and Harold; both now deceased. Mr. Grant married, second, Susan ^l. Jordan of New York City, a descendant of Rev. Robert Jordan, who settled in Spur- wink, in 1640. HASKELL Charles Augustine Haskell, wlio lived at East Windham for more than half a century, was an adopted son of the town. He was the son of Moses ^I. and Polenah S. (Mclntire) Haskell, and was born in New Gloucester, Ma.v 13, 1836. After leaving the district school, where he acquired his education, he learned the trade of horse-shoei' which he followed for six years in New Gloucester. He married. April 1-4. 1863, Hannah Allen Libby, the young- est daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Hawkes) Libby of Wind- ham. After their marriage, ]Mr. and ]\Irs. Haskell went to live in New Glouce^ster, where they remained until 1866, when they purchased the farm in Windham from Mrs. Haskell's father and removed there. This farm consisted of about one hundred fortA^ acres, forty acres of which Mr. Haskell placed in a high state of cultivation, and, for many years, successfully engaged in farming and butter-dairying. He has always been held in the highest esteem by all w^ho knew him. He served on the board of selectmen of Windham in the years, 1874-75, and again in 1901-2-3. In 1891, he served as collector of taxes of the town. In 1901, Mr. and Mrs. Haskell sold the farm to their oldest son, but continued to reside there until 1909, when they removed to Portland, where they are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell have four children : 1. Frederick Lincoln Haskell, born in New Gloucester, Sep- AfPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 567 tember 12, 1865; acquired his education in the common schools of the town and at Bridgton Academy ; and assisted his father on the farm until his marriage to Jessie A. LeGrow of Windham, on November 19. 1887. After his marriage, he purchased a farm in Cumberland, where he engaged extensively in potato raising and dairying until 1901, when he sold his farm in Cumberland and purchased that of his father in \Vindham, where he has since resided. ^Ir. Haskell has always taken a keen interest in public affairs. He served upon the board of selectmen in Cumberland, and has frequently been called for public service since residing in WindhauL He is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 127, F. & A. M.. Windham, Sebago Lodge. No. 38, K. of P., Gray, and Falmoutli Grange, P. of H., Falmouth. ^Ir. and Mrs. Fred L. Haskell have two children, viz: Walter Everett and AVinifred Hannah ; both are unmarried and live at the home of the parents in Windham. 2. Ella Florence (Haskell) Lamb was born in W'indham, October 30, 1867. She received her education in the common schools of her native town and at Bridgton Academy. For sev- eral years she taught with marked success in Windham. She was married to Eugene Brooks Lamb of Naples, September 14, 1892. They have one child, Luella Alay, who resides with her parents in Portland. 8. Frank Herbert Haskell was born in Windham, July 1, 1871. He graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1890 and from Bowdoin College with the degree of A.B. in 1895. After grad- uating from college, he taught for two years in the Arlington School at North Windham. He was admitted to the Cumber' land Bar at Portland, in April, 1899. and to practice in the United States Court, in May, 1900. On his admission to the bar he opened an office in Portland and from that time to the present has devoted himself to his profession with a degree of diligence that has placed his name among the most successful practitioners of the State. In 1895, he was elected a member of the school board for two years; from 1896 to 1900 he was collector of taxes; and, in 1901-02, represented the classed towns of Windham and Pownal in the Legislature. He is a Past Master of Presumpscot Lodge No. 127, F. & A. M., a Past Chancellor of Rocky Hill Lodge No. 51, K. of P., Portland, a member of Mount Vernon Chapter No. 1, Portland Council No. 1, and Deering Chapter k 568 WINDHAM IN THE PAST No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Haskell married, April 27, 1901, Martha Whitino- Howe of Fryeburg. 4. Alta Gertrude (Haskell) Cook was born in Windham, ]March 1. 1875. She graduated at the Windham High School in the class of 1897, after which she taught for several years with marked success in Casco. She married, December 25, 1899, AVilliam Jordan Cook of Casco, where they now live. Air. and Airs. Cook have two daughters, Alice Alarguerite and Helen Elizabeth. Daniel Haskell came from Gorham to Windham. Alaine. in 1813. He married Alary, daughter of William and Rachel Bol- ton, April 15, 1794. He had nine children: 1. James, born Feb. 10, 1796; married Lydia Elliot, Nov. 5, 1823. 2. Betsey, born June 8. 1799; married Oliver Alayberry. 3. AVilliam, born Jan. 17, 1802 ; died Feb. 10. 1803. 4. William, born Dec. 27, 1803; married Alargaret Alagill. 5. Anna, born Feb. 26, 1806; died Alay 30, 1829. 6. Oliver, born Feb. 26. 1808. 7. Eveline, born July 25, 1810; died April 26, 1888. 8. Daniel N., born Jan. 7, 1813; died April 25, 1838. 9. Rachel B., born Nov. 16, 1814; married Alarshall Thombs. Daniel Haskell died April 2. 1845, at the age of 77 years. Alary, his wife, died June 22, 1863, at the age of 93 .years, 10 months. Oliver P. Haskell, son of Daniel and Alary (Bolton) Haskell, married Charity Alayberry, Nov. 22, 1835, and settled on the farm of Daniel Haskell in WMndham. He had one son, Samuel A^alentine, born Feb. 14, 1838. She died Feb. 5, 1839. He mar- ried, second, Nancy, daughter of Josej)h H. and Sally Phinney, Alay 24, 1841. They had nine children: 1. Sarah Jane, born Alay 20, 1842; married Edwai'd T. Cloudman, June 4, 1868; settled in Gorham. 2. Ann Alaria. born Aug. 23. 1843; married Amos Alann, Oct. 29, 1865 ; settled in No. Windham. 3. Esther Elizabeth, born Jan. 10. 1845; married Edwin A. Bodge, Jan. 13, 1867 ; settled in So. AVindham. 4. Ella Alary, born Nov. 13, 1847 ; married AVm. H. AIcLell- an, Sept. 24, 1876 ; settled in Gorham. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 569 5. Rachel Medora, born Oct. 13, 1849; married Charles J. Larry, Aug. 31, 1873; died July 12, 1905. 6. Casandana, born Mar. 15, 1853; married John :\IcLellan, Aug. 8, 1875. 7. Oliver Daniel born June 9, 1856; married :\Iargaret Victoria Baker, Jan. 18, 1880. 8. Ada, born ^Nlay 27, 1858. Oliver P. Haskell died Jan. 8, 1893. Nancy, his wife, died Feb. 10, 1901. Samuel Valentine, son of Oliver P. and Charity Haskell, married ^^I. :\Iaria Webb, Dec. 31, 1871, and settled in Wind- ham. He had four children: 1. Lizzie Webb, born Aug. 30, 1873; died Aug. 15, 1883. 2. Albert Oliver, born Feb. 23, 1879, married Helen S. Phelips, Feb., 1906. 3. Emma ]\Iay, born July 25, 1885. 4. Orville Valentine, born Sept. 6, 1887. Oliver Daniel Haskell, son of Oliver B. and Nancy Haskell, married :\largaret Victoria Baker and settled on the original Haskell farm in Windham. He had four children : Harold Baker, born :\lay 8, 1882. Wort Chester, born April 2, 1883. Herman Phinney, born May 12, 1887. Kemis Louise, born Dec. 26, 1890. HILL Henry H. Hill married Fannie Haskell of Salem, Mass. He moved to Windham in 1871. Children: 1. Matilda, m., first, Rev. Orison Gammon ; second, Warren Libby; lives in Windham. 2. Frances M., m., first, Edwin Robbins of New York; second. Henry Johnson ; had one child, Frank 0. Johnson. 3. Drusilla, d. young. 4. Livilla P., m. Albert Rogers of Windham ; had children, as follows : Marshall H., Linwood A., Fannie, Charles C, Walter S., and Andrew. 5. George H., m. Miss I. M. Stiles of Gray. Children : 1. Herbert F., m. Edith Allen. Their children are 570 WINDHAM IX THE PAST ]\Iaynard, Xornian. Henry. ^lyrtle, Dorothy, and Ray- mond S. 2. Ethel E., m. Elmer E. Hawkes of Windham. 3. Bertha ]\I., unmarried. IRISH Henry ^1. Irish moved from Gorham into Windliam in 1884. He married Miss L. ^1. Moses. Children: G. H., Eva L.. Albert N., Velma :\I. JAQUIS John C. Jaquis came to Windham from Parishville, X. Y. His wife was Louisa, daughter of Ezra Gould. Children : 1. Adelaide, m. Chas. Shane of Casco. 2. John M., m. Jennie Senter. Theii- ehildi-en were Ade- laide, Florence, Maude, and Lester. 3. Margaret, m. Almanzer Kallock; was his third wife. 4. Sarah, was the second wife of Almanzer Kallock. 5. Walter S., m. Martha, daughter of Chester C. Smith of Brentwood. X. II. Children: 1. Mary L.. b. Jan. 2, 1878. 2. Alfreda I., b. :\Iar. 8. 1880. 3. Lucinda A., b. June 28. 1883. 4. Harvey A., b. Oct. 13, 1889; d. July 4, 1908. 5. George F.. b. Sept. 2, 1894. LAMB Richard Lamb was born in Windham, Mar. 17, 1777. On Sept. 11, 1805, he married Hannah Austin, who was born in Windham, Oct. 7, 1787. Richard Lamb died ^lay 4, 1863; and his wife died Dec. 22, 1871. Children: Stephen A., b. Jan. 14, 1806 ; d. Jan. 10, 1868, in Illinois. Samuel B., b. Jan. 8, 1808; d. May 2, 1857, in Calais, Me. Hannah P., b. Apr. 20, 1810; d. Jan. 21, 1862, in Otisfield. Lydia A., b. July 21, 1812 ; d. Oct. 25, 1888, in Otisfield. Sarah H., b. June 9, 1815; d. Jan. 9, 1901, in Otisfield. Richard, Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1818; d. Xov. 24, 1894, in Windham. William A., b. July 22, 1820 ; d. July 30, 1902, in Windham. Eliza R., b. Sept. 17. 1823; d. Mar. 27, 1914, in Windham. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 571 Of these children, Hannah married Daniel Shedd, of Otis- field ; Lydia married Lewis Sawyer, of Portland ; Sarah married John Scribner, of Otisfield ; Richard, Jr., married Mary L. Whit- tier, of Gray ; William A. married Emma Whitney, of Buxton ; and Eliza married William B. Lamb, of Windham, who was the son of William and ^lary (Baker) Lamb. William Lamb, father of William B. Lamb above-mentioned, was born in Windham. His wife, Mary Baker, was born Mar. 9, 1785, and died Oct. 10, 1871. Their children: Sallas. b. Apr. 27, 1814. Wm. B., b. Aug. 9, 1823 ; d. June 20, 1891. Sallas, son of William and Mary (Baker) Lamb, married Eliza Ann Dolley, June 2, 1833. She was born Nov. 12, 1813, and died Feb. 1, 1905. Children: Joseph W., b. Aug. 12, 1834; d. Jan. 22, 1869. Sylvanus B., b. Dec. 15, 1835. Melinda, b. July 24, 1838 ; d. Aug. 8, 1842. Mary M.. b. June 1, 1846; m. Oliver Walker; had children, Howard and Forrest Walker. Olive A., b. July 11, 1848; m. Elbridge Libby; had children, Sallas L. and William D. Libby. Sallas, Jr., b. Jan. 24, 1850; d. Apr. 10, 1863. Hattie J., b. Feb. 1, 1855 ; d. Apr. 18, 1863. Sylvanus B., son of Sallas and Eliza (Dolley) Lamb, mar- ried Harriet Elizabeth Hall, of Casco, Nov. 13, 1859. Children: Katie H., b. Jan. 6, 1861. Ralph, b. Aug. 18, 1869; m., first, Alice Lombard of West- brook, in 1903, by whom he had one child, Nadia H., b. Apr. 9, 1906; second, Agnes McKenzie, by whom he had one child, Alice, b. May, 1913. Jordan, b. Feb. 2, 1872. Freeman K.. b. May 14, 1875, m. Gertrude, dau. of Amos and Annie (Haskell) Mann; lives in Deering and has children. William B., son of William and ]\Iary (Baker) Lamb, married Eliza, dau. of Richard and Hannah (Austin) Lamb, of Wind- ham. Children : Leander, b. Dec. 9, 1845 ; d. Sept., 1863. Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1848; m. Willis Weeman, Jan. 1, 1872; d. June 21. 1913. 572 WJNDHAM IN THE PAST Willard, b. Apr. 9, 1850. Mary, b. Oct. 29. 1852 ; d. Oct. 30, 1861. Ferdinand, b. Apr. 30, 1855. Emily D., b. Dec. 29, 1857; m. Wm. W. Field. Oct. 10, 1882; lives at No. Windham. Lucinda S., b. Jan. 2, 1861 ; m. Frank Atherton, Aug. 6, 1882. Frank E., b. Apr. 30, 1863 ; unmarried. Ida M., b. May 31. 1866; d. Aug. 2, 1874. Flora ]\I., b. Mar. 1, 1869; unmarried. Willard. son of William B. and Eliza Lamb, married Annie L. Rogers. Dec. 24, 1878. Children: Mabel E., b. Nov. 3, 1879; m. John White, of Portland. Carrie P., b. Jan. 6, 1882; m. Archie Latfin, of Portland. Beulah, b. May 17, 1884; m. Clarence W. Proctor of Wind- ham ; has one child, Annie ; lives in Belfast, Me. William Lincoln, b. Sept. 6, 1886 ; unmarried. Ferdinand, son of WMlliam B. and Eliza Lamb, married Mary E. Smith, ]\Iar. 28, 1883. Had one son, Leander. Leander, son of Ferdinand and ]\lary (Smith) Lamb, mar- ried Geraldine Field, of Windham, June 10, 1908. Children: Lillian G., b. Dec. 8, 1908. Elva E., b. July 16, 1911. AValter W., b. Dec. 25, 1913. Wilbur A., son of William A. and Emma (Whitney) Lamb, was born June 9, 1882. He married Emma Libby and has three children. Lives in Windham. MAXFIELD William Maxfield, one of the first settlers of Windham, Maine, who came from Marblehead, Mass., with the family of William Mayberry, in 1737, was born about 1720. William Maxfield married Susannah Webb in 1753. Susannah Webb was the daughter of Samuel and Bethia Webb, and sister of Eli Webb, the grandfather of Judge Nathan AA^ebb. She died prior to 1763. Their children: • William, born Alay 1, 1754. Ann, birth not on record ; probably died before Nov. 1, 1767, APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 573 as a daughter of the second marriage born on that date was named Annie. William Maxfield married ]\Iary Weseott (born 1738), July 21, 1763, in Windham. Their children: Elizabeth, born :\lay 12, 1765. Annie, born Nov. 1, 1767. Daniel, born Dec. 24, 1769. Polly, born June 8, 1771. Josiah, born Mar. 31. 1773. Eliakim. born Jan. 2, 1775. William ^laxfield died prior to 1785, and his widow married Daniel Cook of W^indham. by whom she had one son Richard Cook born in 1786. She died in Casco, :\[e., Nov. 8. 1828, aged 90 years. William ]\Iaxfield, son of William and Susannah (Webb) jMaxfield, married Isabel Webster. Their children : Two sons, George and Webster; three daughters, Aphia, Susan and Eliza. Eliza married Captain Nathaniel Shaw of Portland, ^le., by Avhom she had one son, Daniel Winslow Shaw, who served in the Civil W^ar in Co. F, First Elaine Cavalry. The children of William and Mary (Weseott) JMaxfield mar- ried as follows : Elizabeth, to Mark Haskell, Sept. 17, 1795. Annie to Daniel Watson. Daniel to Lydia Bailey, Dec. 24, 1796. Polly to Nathan Cook, July 31, 1790. Josiah to Nancy Partridge, Feb. 21, 1802. Eliakim to Rebecca :\Iann. July 23, 1797. Children of Eliakim and Rebecca (Mann) Maxfield: William, born July 8, 1798. Polly, born June 18, 1799. :\Iiriam. born Sept. 15. 1800. Eliakim, born Mar. 10, 1802. Sally, born Nov. 11, 1803. Rebecca, born Nov. 10, 1805. Eliza Ann, born Jan. 9, 1808. Almira T., born Mar. 6, 1811. 67-4 WINDHAM IN THE PAST George W., born Mar. 13, 1813. James, born May 2, 1815. John, born Feb. 12, 1818. Kebecca Mann was born Oct. 28, 1776. Children of Eliakim and Rebecca (]Mann) Maxfield married, as follows: William, to Mary Waterhouse, Jan. 6, 1828. Polly, to Lewis Gay, Oct. 27. 1826. Eliakim, to Lucy "Wheeler, Jan, 1, 1835. Rebecca, to Joseph Skinner, May 8, 181:2. Eliza Ann, to Robinson Cook, Oct. 12, 1834. George W., to Rachel Jackson, Apr. 21, 1842. The others were not married. Children of Eliakim and Rebecca (^lann) ]\Iaxfield died as follows : William, on May 30, 1885. Polly, on July 13, 1891. Miriam, on June 14, 1818. Eliakim, on July 2, 1865. Sally, on Oct. 17, 1804. Rebecca, on Aug. 2, 1848. Eliza Ann, on Mar. 7, 1897. Almira T., on Oct. 15. 1894. George W., on July 25, 1851. James, on Sept. 19, 1880. John, on July 5, 1818. Eliakim Maxfield died Aug. 2, 1849. Rebecca (Mann) ^lax- field died May 8, 1842. Children of William and Mary (Waterhouse) ^Maxfield: Franklin, born June 4, 1829. Miriam, born Dec. 31, 1832. Sumner C, born Feb. 9. 1834. Albert, born Oct. 28, 1836. Infant son, born Apr. 14, 1839. Lydia Ellen, born July 20, 1840. Married, as follows: Sumner C, to Mahala Purinton, July 15, 1860. Lydia Ellen, to J. Bernard Chandler, Feb. 18, 1866. appendix i. additional genealogiks olo Military Record Albert Maxfield served in the Civil War in the Eleventh Maine Infantry from Feb. 27, 1862, to Feb. 2, 1866. He joined the regiment as a recruit, after it had been in Washington, D. C, four months. He served as private in Company C ; as Commissary Sergeant and Sergeant Major on the non-Com- missioned Staff; as Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant in Company I); and as Captain of Company H. Deaths : William .Maxheld. .May 80. 1885. Mary (Waterhouse) .Maxfield, .Alay 26, 1880. Their children : Franklin died Dec. 30, 1898. .Miriam died Apr. 10. 1833. Sumner C. died Sept. 10, 1903. Albert, still living (1914). Infant son died Apr. 14, 1839. Lydia Ellen, died Oct. 28, 1868. :\IERRILL Capt. Nathaniel .Merrill married Lois, daughter of Otis and Sarah (Allen) Baker, and settled on a farm ]nirchased of William Field, in Windham. Children: 1. Leonard R.. m. .Miranda Varney. 2. Cornelius B.. m. Sarah J. Mayberry. 3. Lyman P., m. ]Mary A. Hale. ■1. Alphonso S., m. Josephine Field. 5. Sarah R., m. Leonard x\llcn. 6. Eda .\., m. William H. Green. 7. Orrilla J., m. Henry W. Anthoine. 8. Lorana. d. young. 9. Harris, m. Fannie Libby. Of these children, all arc dead except Alphonso. who resides in Windham. :\10HRELL .\bout 1798, two brothers. Jacob and Thomas .Morrell, came to Windham and settled. Jacob bought a farm of Joseph Elder, 576 WINDHAM IN THE PAST who married his sister, Annie, and lived there until his death. Thomas settled in the northern part of the town, on the place now owned by Charles Bi"and. Jacob ^lorrell married, first, Hannah Brackett of Portland ; second, Mrs. Dorcas Plumley. His children by his first wife were : 1. Margaret, m. p]lias Baker of Windham. 2. Jacob, m. Jane Gilman. 3. Stephen, m. Lydia Ilawkes of AYindham. 4. Thomas, m. Lydia Plumle.v of Windham. 5. Eunice, m. Asa Legrow of Windham. Children by his second wife: 1. Hannah, d. unmarried. 2. ^lary A., m. Asa Legrow of Windham. 3. Sarah, m. Stephen Cleaves of Saco. 4. Benjamin, m. ^lary WHiipple of Sugar Hill, N. II. Children of Stephen and Lydia (Ilawkes) Morrell : L Elias, d. young. 2. Catharine H., m., tii'st, Marsliall Rogers; second, William Shaw, both of Standish. 3. Mai'.v E.. m. Isaiah Daniels of Portland. 4. Louisa, d. unmarried. 5. Cornelius X.. m. Annie L. Varney of Windham. 6. Jacol) B., m. Elizabeth Ilumjihrey of Gray. 7. Calvin, m. p]lla L. Baker of Windham. 8. James K., m. Isabelle Field of Windham. 9. .Afartha L., m. Edward Thayer of Gray. Children of James and Isabelle (Field) ^Ion-ell: L Elroy F., m. Eva ^lartin of Somerville. ^lass. 2. IMarian I., m. ^lartin Si)iller of Raymond. ( hildren of Jacob and Jane (Gilman) ^lori'ell : 1. Margaret, d. unmarried. 2. Mary J., m. Charles Bennett of Gray. 3. Mark C, m. Frances Webster. 4. W'illiam G., m. ^Irs. Louisa Gilpatrick of Windham. 5. Silas v., m. Rebecca Cobb of Windham. 6. Jacob N., m. Delphina Humphrey of Gray. 7. Dextei- J. APPENDIX I. — ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 1 I Children of Jacob N. and Delphina (Humphrey) ^lorrell. 1. Lott M., 111. Annie B. Thompson of Windham. 2. Susie, d. young. 3. JMary J., m. Howard Harmon of Windham. 4. Eugene, m. Annie L. Anthoine of W^indham. 5. Lizzie A. Children of p]ugene and Annie (Anthoine) ]\lorrelI : 1. Mabel. 2. Clifford 3. Philip. Children of Thomas and Lydia (Plumley) ^lorrell. 1. Andrew J., m. Mrs. Sarah Hasty of Standish. 2. John L.. 1.1. Alfreda Legrow of Windham. 3. Frances A., d. young. 4. Frances A., m. Eli Stone of Casco. Children of Andrew and Sarah (Hasty) ^[orrcll : 1. Annie, m. William Aiiderson of Freeport. 2. Isaiah, m.. first. Lulu Rankin; second. Mrs. Prudence Toothaker. 3. }iliklied, m. Harry Thompson of Deering. Cliild of Elroy F. and Eva (Martin) :\Iorrell : Elroy F.. Jr. NASH Barzilla Xasli, son of Samuel A. and Hannah (Humphrey) Nash, born in Gray, ]\Iarch 16, 1807, came from Portland to W^indham in 1817. He married Lovina Hicks in 1833. Chil- dren : Nathan G., Sara A., WMlliam S.. Charles P., Edward P.. John B.. :\Iary J., Isabel H. Edward P. Xash married Jose])hine Thompson, Feb. (i, 1876. Children: Howard E.. Lovina J., Clara A.. Julia ^L, Alice S., Herbert. XCGEXT Joseph C. Nugent was born July 7, 1859, at ^laple Grove, Quebec, being the son of William and Clementine (Campbell) Nugent. He married Annie B., daughter of Otis and Sarah (Dudley) Emery, of Gorham. :\Ie., July 1. 1886. Mrs. Annie 578 WINDHAM IN THE PAST (Emery) Nugent was born at Gorliam, Me., Mar. 21, 1864. Children : 1. Eva ]\I.. b. Aug. 13, 1887, in Gorham ; m. Leroy R. Var- ney of Windham, Nov. 16, 1907. 2. Morna L.. b. Nov. 21, 1888; m. LeRoi Harris of Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 28, 1912. 3. Arthur J., b. Sept. 12, 1891 ; m. Florence L. Jordan of Windham, Aug. 20, 1910. 4. Angelia M., b. Mar. 16. 1898. Mr. Joseph Nugent has resided in Windham since Apr. 7. 1891. SENTER Asa Senter was born in Center Harbor, N. H., in 1782, of English parents. Pie came to Windham Hill on horseback, when a young man, before there were any roads. He married Fannie Farnsworth, who was born in Groton, Mass., in 1791. He built a house in Windham in the woods and cleared a lot. This house was occupied by the Senter family for nearly a hundred years. It is now occupied by Horace Bromley. :\Ir. Senter died in 1866. His widow died in 1879. Chil- dren : Henry F., Greenlief, Caroline, Eveline, Laura F., William, Ann, Isabel, ^lartha. Henry F. Senter married Susan A. Leighton. Children-. Etta, Charles P.. Albion, Andrew, William II., Fannie E., Alfonzo, John G., George II. Etta Senter died in 1879 ; unmarried. Charles P. Senter married ]Mrs. M. ]\I. LiW^y ; no children. Albion Senter married Annette Leavitt of Naples. Children : Willis A., Walter II.. Howard E., Annie. He died Apr. 14. 1908. Andrew Senter died young. William H. Senter married Emily ^I. Whitcomb. They had one child, William, who lives in Bridgewater, Mass. Fannie E. Senter married T. E. Hanson. She died in 1888; no cliildren. Alfonzo Senter married Eliza Webb of Windham ; no children. John G. Senter married Albina C. Hall of Windham ; lives in Windham. Children: 1. Alice ]\1.. m. Joseph Partridge; lives in Gorham. 2. Nellie F. 3. Susie E. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 579 George Senter died, leaving no family, July 30, 1908. Henry F. Senter died Apr. 17, 1886. His widow died Mar, 5, 1905. Willis H., son of Albion Senter. married Annie Berry; re- sides in Chelsea, ]\Iass. Walter H., son of Albion Senter, married Edith Watson ; resides in Somerville, Mass. How^ard E., son of Albion Senter, married Annie Sprowl ; resides in Brighton, ]Mass. Annie, daughter of Albion Senter, married Harry Bakery resides in Portland, ]\Ie. THOMPSON William A. Thompson was born in Gray, ]\Ie., Sept. 7, 1847. Dee. 6, 1871, he married Clara Stevens of Windham; and, in 1873, he moved to this town. Children : 1. :\lartha J., b. Sept. 27, 1874. 2. Annie B., b. Oft. 24, 1876; m. Lott M. :\Iorrell of Wind- ham, Nov. 28, 1901. TUKEY F A:\IILY The Tukey family of Windham are descendants of John Tukey, a shipwright, who eame to what is now Portland, from England, about 1744 and was then twenty-two years of age. In 1749, he married Aibgail Sweetser. a daughter of Benjamin and Constance (Row^e) Sweetser. John Tukey died Dec. 19, 1803, aged 81 years; and his wife, Abigail, died Nov. 2, 1827, aged 97 years. John Tukey had fourteen children and eighty grandchildren. His son, Houchin, was born in 1759, and married, about 1776, Ehoda Blaisdell, a daughter of Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell. a captain in the Revolutionary army. Houchin Tukey served as a soldier in the army in the years 1775, 6, 7. and 1779 and died Dec. 15, 1787, aged 28 years. His cliildren were as follows : 1. Samuel Bangs, born about 1778. 2. John, born about 1781. 3. Emma, born about 1785. Samuel Bangs Tukey was a cooper. He married, first, Jan. 580 WINDHAM ]N THE PAST 11, 1805, Olive Smith; and, second, Jan. 2, 1825, Bethia ^lay-- berry, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Webb) INIayberry of "Windham. Samuel B. Tukey Avent to Windham. a])Out 1806, and bought two acres of land, near where Sidney A. ^layberry recently lived, where he lived and died. He bought seventy acres at Hubble Falls in 1807, which he sold in 1818. He died Jan. 13. 1852, aged 73 years, and was buried at Windham Plill. His children were: 1. Jane, who died young. 2. Sallcy, born Dec. -4, 1808; married, Jan. 22. 1835, Samuel Hurnell, Jr.: died in June, 1888, aged 79 years, lie died at Cape Elizabeth, Feb. 2'J:, 1870, aged 59 years. 3. Stei)hen, born Jan. 4. 1811 ; married in 1833, ^lartha Goldthwait ; died ]\Iarch 30, 18-46, aged 35 years. She died April 21. 1874, aged 62 years. He was a carpenter and lived on Spring Street in Portland. He had six children. 4. Jane, l)orn ^lay 5. 1812; married. Dec. 25, 1834, Otis' Varney of Windham. Theii" children were Olive Smith, Cyrus Bcde, and Augusta Fogg. ( yrus 15. is the only one living. 5. Joshua, born Jan. 1, 1814. 6. p]mnia, born April 9. 1815; died young. 7. Samuel, born Feb. 11. 1819; died young. Joshua Tuke.v nairricd, first, Sept. 9, 1840, Lydia Kennard, who was born ^larch 28, 1815, and died Jan. 8, 1872, aged 56 years. He married, second, ^lay 1, 1874, Mva. Louann (Stur- gess) Swett, the v.-idow of David P. Swett. She died Aug. 29, 1899. Mr. Tukey was a farmer and lived near Windham Centei". He was a substantial man, a deacon in the Congregational Chui'ch and was a selectman in 1870-1. He left a good name to his family. His children were all l)y his first v.ife and are as follows : 1. Daniel Rogers, born ^lay 1, 1841 : married, in 1871, Caro- line Webb; died Dec. 7, 1912. He served in the 25th Me. Hegt. He had one son, Ralph Hermon. 2. Alonzo Pease, born April 25, 1845 ; married, Aug. 8, 1871. 3. Harriet Frances, born May 17. 1847; died unmarried :\lay 19. 1882, aged 35 vears. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 581 4. Melissa Jane, born June 23, 1849 ; died unmarried Aug! 1, 1882, aged 33 years. 5. Olive Smith, born Nov. 21, 1851; died unmarried Aug. 19. 1891, aged 39 years. 6. Abbie Louise, born Aug. 14, 1855; died ]\Iay 27th, 1897. John Tukey, son of Houchin, born about 1781, married in 1803, ]\Iartha Mayberry, a daughter of Capt. Richard Mayberry so well-known in connection with Windham's Revolutionary history. She died Nov. 15, 1814, aged 34 years. He removed to Raymond, about 1804, and died there Mar. 5, 1816. Emma Tukey, daughter of Houchin, born about 1785, mar- ried, Sept. 18, 1808. Stephen Fellows of Wakefield. N. H. They had six children. Her son, John Tukey Fellows, lives at Wind- ham Center. He was born Nov. 9, 1820, married June 16, 1844, Sarah E. Hackett ; and has had three children. John Tuke.v, the emigrant, has other descendants in Windham through his son, Stephen, who was also a Revolutionary soldier. Stephen Tukey 's oldest daughter, Mary, married John ^lorton, who Avas a son of Capt. Briant ]Morton, the Revolutionary captain of Gorham, and they had five children. Her youngest son, William White Morton, moved to Windham and married Adeline Hale Barton in 1842. They lived near Windham Center, and it was their sons, Stephen Tuke,v ^lorton, killed at Fredericksburg in Dec, 1862, and Frank Clark Morton, who was killed before Richmond in 1864. Stephen Tukey 's daughter, Nabby, married Seth Clark of Portland, in 1808, and they were the parents of Xabby Tukey (Clark) Goold, the widow of the late Hon. William Goold of Windham, who died in Windham, September 27th, 1897. Besides Houchin and Stephen. John Tukey, the emigrant, had a son, Benjamin and another, William, who were Revolu- tionary soldiers. Benjamin, while in the service, was mortally wounded on Congress, near Franklin Street, in Portland, l)y the premature discliarge of a cannon, while celebrating the capture of Gen. Burgoyne's army, in October, 1777. William entered the service at fourteen and served until peace was declared in 1783. He lived until he was over ninety-two years of age, a respected citizen of Portland, and a pensioner for his service. 582 WINDHAM IN THE PAST VARNEY The first of his line to come to Windham was Timothy Var- ney, who came from Dover, N. H., in, or before. 1783. He died April 14, 1796. His wife, Joanna Hanson, died Sept. 22, 1796. His farm consisted of about 200 acres of land in the Kennard School District and comprised the farms now owned by C. N. Morrell, George Foster, I. R. Jordan, and Richard Libby. His family consisted of seven children, as follows : 1. Ichabod, enlisted in the Revolutionary Army; afterwards settled in Bovvdoin, Maine. 2. Micajah. m. Jane Kennard of Windham, >\Ie. 3. Ezra, m. Abigail Morrell of Windham, Me. 4. Patience, m. Silas Goddard of Windham, Me. 5. Hannah, m. Elijah Kennard of Windham, Me. 6. Samuel, m. Tamsin Kennard of Windham, Me. 7. Abijah. m. Lydia Kennard of W^indham, Me. Children of jNIicajah and Jane (Kennard) Varne.y: 1. Stephen, died unmarried, 24 years old. 2. Susannah, m., first, Morrell Elder of Gray; second, Peter Carroll. 3. Charity, m. William Haskell of Auburn, Me. 4. Nehemiah, m. Hannah Hanscomb of Windham. Children of Nehemiah and Hannah (Hanscomb) Varney: 1. Stephen, died 1851, 21 years old, unmarried. 2. Charity Ann. m. John Elliott of Falmouth, Me. 3. H. Miranda, m. Leonard Merrill of Windham. 4. Elijah K., m. Augusta Stanford of Windham. 5. Maria L., m. Eben ]\Ianchester of Windham. 6. Rebecca J., m. Benj. Whitney of Cumberland. 7. Juliet, died 1863, 15 years old. 8. Lorana F., m. Eugene Leighton of Gray. Children of Elijah and iVugusta Varney: 1. Charles S., m. Ann Field of Windham. 2. Annie, m. Edwin Brown of Westbrook. 3. Kate F., m. John Sayward of Windham. 4. Alena, died an infant. 5. Hattie H., m. Harry Willey of Windham. 6. Leadore N., m. Lilla Emery of Windham. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 583 Children of Charles and Ann Varney : 1. Randall L. 2. Robert E. 3. Geneva E.. m. Elmer Evans of Standish. 4. Ehvood C. 5. Harold W. 6. Cecil F. Children of Ezra and Abigail (Morrell) Varney: 1. Timothy, died young. 2. James, died young. 3. Abigail, died young. 4. Joanna, m. Theophilus Towle. Their children were: 1. Albert, m. Flavilla Purinton of Windham. 2. Ezra, m. a Miss Boody of Windham. 3. Abbie, m. Eliab Stevens of Rajmiond. 4. ^lartha Ann, m. Benj. Stevens, probably of Thorn- dike. ]Me. 5. Jeremiah, died an infant. 6. Jeremiah. 7. William Henry. 8. Josiah. Mr. Towle moved to the eastern part of the State — we think to Thorndike. Very soon after this, Albert and his family went West and settled. Children of Samuel and Fannie (Kennard) Varney: 1. Timothy, m. Peace Varney of Windham. 2. Hiram, m. Susan Green of Standish. 3. Jeremiah, m. Abbie Wiswell. 4. Jane, m. Wheelwright Stevens of Raymond. 5. Lewds, died unmarried, in Georgia, 24 years old. Children of Timothy and Peace Varney : 1. Cynthia J., m. William Ward of Freeport. 2. Lydia A., died in childliood, about 7 years old. 3. Johnson, m. Nettie Redlon of Gorham. 4. Charles L., m. Mary Thompson of Gray. 5. Lydia M., m. George Hawkes of Windham. 6. A. Franklin, m. Anna Maxwell of Freeport, 584 WINDHAM IN THE PAST Child of Johnson and Nettie (Redlon) Varney: Eva, m. Ori'en Libby of Windham. Children of Charles and Mary (Thompson) Varney: 1. Walter C., m. Carrie Allen of Windham. 2. Caribel J. 3. Wilber, died in 1880, about four years old. 4. ]\Iaud 31., m. Fred Manchester of Windham. 5. Frank. Children of Hiram and Susan (Green) Varney: 1. George Orson, m. Lueinda Young of Greenville. 2. Sarah Jane.h . , ,, ,. . t-twms, both died voung. 3. Angelme, { 4. Edwin R., m. Janet Rice of No. Gorham. 5. Sarah Jane, m. Dennis Sawyer of Windham. 6. Harriett N., m. Orren Watkins of Casco. 7. Laura E., m. Elbridge Libby of Windham. 8. Charlotte A., ni. Joseph Tukey of Windham. 9. ]\lark S., died unmarried in 3862, about 21 years old. 10. Annie L., m. Cornelius Morrell of Windham. 11. Sumner C, died in 1855, 9 years old. 12. Julia E., m. Stephen Knight of Windham. Children of Edwin and Janet (Rice) Varney: 1. Alice, died in childhood. 2. Wilson B., m. :\Iary Theall of Chelsea, :\Iass. Child of Dennis and Sarah (Varney) Sawyer: Eugene, m. Emma Thurlow. Child of Elbridge and Laura (Varney) Libby: • Laura, m. Daniel Cram of No. Windham. Children: Lizzie and Bertha. Children of Abijah and Lydia Varney : 1. Huldali A., m. Levi Varney, of Windham. 2. Anna, died in childhood, about 7 years old, 3. James, died unmarried. 4. Otis, died an infant, 5. Hannah, died an infant. 6. Mary, died unmarried, about 20 years old. 7. Isaiah, m. Susan Rogei's of Windham. APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 585 8. Joel, m., first, Jane Lowell, Windham ; second, Mrs. Jennie . 9. Otis, m. Jane Tukey of Windham. Children of Isaiah and Susan (Rogers) Varney: 1. Marcena. 2. Angelia. 3. Mary. 4. Oscar. 5. Alfred. Children of Joel and Jane (LoAvell) Varney: 1. Lois AVinslow, m. Dr. Horatio Tony of Naples. 2. Almon Libby, m. Hannah J. Gibson of ]\Iedford, Mass, 3. Edward Lowell, died unmarried; was a soldier in tho Rebellion. 4. Elma Dora, m. Gen. Alfred Mordecai, lives in Washing- ton, D. C. Children of Almon and Hannah (Gibson) Varney: 1. Gordon Edward, born in Medford, Mass. 2. Theodore, born in Leavenworth, Ks. ; m. Elizabeth P. Lyon of Indianapolis, Ind. Children of Otis and Jane (Tukey) Varney: 1. Olive Smith, m. Oliver H. Lowell of Windham. 2. Cyrus B., m. Laura J. Bangs. 3. Augusta F,, died 1860, 11 years old. Children of Cyrus and Lorna (Bangs) Varney: 1. Cora Augusta, m. W^m. M, Leighton of Portland, Me, 2. Elma Otis, m. Lena Estella Kenney. This line of Varneys goes back from Timothy, of the 5th gen- eration, to John, son of Ebenezer, son of Humphrey, son of William, who was the first Varney to come to this country, so far as can be learned. He came from England to Salem, Mass. ; lived in Ipswich, Mass., for a time, and died in Salem, in 1654. His wife. Bridget, died in Gloucester, in 1672. WINSLOW James Winslow moved from Westbrook to Windham in 1821. His wife was Hannah Sylvester. Children: 586 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1. Elizabeth, m. Daniel Hawkes of Windham. 2. Mary, m. Noah Hanson of "Windham. 3. Lucy A., d. young. 4. Rufus, d. unmarried. 5. Francis, m. Angeline Legrow ; children : William, Frank, Marietta, Flora. 6. Sarah, m. Joseph Chute. 7. Oliver, m. ^largaret J. Rhodes ; had one son, George, now deceased. 8. Louisa, d. unmarried. APPENDIX II. TOWN OFFICERS 587 APPENDIX I I . Lists of Town Clerks, Representatives to the General Court and to the Legislature, Selectmen. Town Clerks 1762-1765, Thomas Chute. 1766-1769, Abraham Anderson. 1770, Richard Mayberry. 1771-1773, Micah Walker. 1774-1776, Richard Dole. 1777-1782, Edward Anderson. 1783-1788. Richard Dole. 1789-1791. Abraham Osgood. 1792, Caleb Rea. 1793-1803, Richard Dole. 1804, Josiah Chute. 1805-1820, John Gallison. 1821, John Collins. 1822, William Brown. 1823-1841, John Eveleth. 1842, William Silla. 1843-1844, John Eveleth. 1845, Samuel Freeman. 1846-1848, John Eveleth. 1849, Samuel Freeman. 1850-1854, John Eveleth. 1855-1862, Howard C. Freeman. 1863-1864, Peter R. Hall. 1865-1867, George E. Hawkes, 1868-1870, John C. Cobb. 1871, Alpheus A. Goold. 1872-1889, Fred S. Hawkes. 1890-1893, Thomas S. Nason. 588 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1894-1898, Fred S. Hawkes. 1899-1912, John N. Swett. 1913-15, William C. Hawkes. 1916, Philip W. Hawkes. Representatives to the General Court of ^Massachusetts 1767-1768, Abraham Anderson. 1797, Ezra Brown. 1803, Peter T. Smith. 1805- '07- '09- '10- '11- '12, Josiah Chute. 1813-1815, Stephen Hall. 1816, Nathan Goold. 1817-20, Josiah Chute. Representatives to the Legislature of ]\Iaine 1821, Daniel Hall. 1822, Moses Little. 1823-1826, John Eveleth. 1827-1828, Stephen Webb. 1829, Moses Little. 1830, John Waterman. 1831, Daniel Hall. 1832, Elias Baker. 1833, None. 1834-1835, John Webb. 1836, Enoch White. 1837, Elias Baker. 1838, Allen Hamblen. 1839-1840, Sargeant Shaw. 1841, Thomas Hawkes. 1842-1843, Ezra Brown, Jr. 1844, Edward Anderson. 1845, None. 1846, Stephen Webb. 1847, Daniel Rogers. 1848, Asa Legrow. 1849-1850, Daniel Rogers. 1851-1852, Samuel Hunt. 1853, David P. Baker. APPENDIX II. — TOWN OFFICERS 589 1854, Ephraim Legrow. 1855, Oliver D. Dike, of Sebago. 1856, Ezra Brown. 1857, Jacob Marston. 1858, Stephen R. Porter, of Sebago. 1859, Seward :\I. Baker. 1860, William Haley, of Sebago. 1861, Seth C. Hunkins. 1862, Thomas L. Smith. 1863, James Gunnison, of Searboro. 1864, Jason Webb. 1865, Benjamin M. Baker. 1866, Horatio Hight, of Searboro. 1867, William Goold. 1868, George Goold. 1869, Seward B. Gunnison, of Searboro. 1870, Ebenezer H. Mayo. 1871, John C. Cobb. 1872, Benjamin M. Baker. 1873, Richard Mayberry. 1874-1875, Charles Rogers. 1876-1877, John T. Fellows. 1878, Lindley M. Webb. 1879, Andrew J. Morrell. 1880-1882, Frank H. Boody. 1883-1886, John :\I. White. 1887-1890, John W. Lombard. 1891-1892, Harrison R. Waterhouse. 1893-1894, Harlan B. True, of Pownal. 1895-1896, John J. Bodge. 1897-1898, Joseph L. Robinson. 1899-1900, Alroy Noyes, of Pownal. 1901-1902, Frank H. Haskell. 1903-1904. Fred S. Ilawkes. 1905-1906, Harry S. Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth. 1907-1908, Fred S. Hawkes. 1909-1910, Harry S. Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth. 1911-1912, Percival Greenleaf, of Otisfield. 1913-1914, Roland H. Soule. 1915-, Thomas Varney. 590 windham in the past Selectmen 1762, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Mayberry, John Farrar. 1763, John Bodge, Thomas IMayberry. Abraham Anderson. 1764, William Knight, Caleb Graffam, Richard ]\Iayberry. 1765-1766, James Bailey, Thomas Chute, Isaac Elder. 1767, Curtis Chute, William Knight, Thomas Mayberry. 1768-1769, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Mayberry, Abraham Ander- son. 1770, Caleb Graffam, Hugh Crague, William Knight. 1771, William Copprian, William Knight, William Elder. 1772, William Knight, William Copprian, Zebulon Hunnewell. 1773, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Mayberry, Richard ^Mayberry. 1774, lehabod Hanson, Hugh Crague, Thomas Trott. 1775-1776, Thomas Trott, lehabod Hanson, David Barker. 1777, William Knight, Abraham Osgood, Daniel Pettengill. 1778, Abraham Osgood, Timothy Pike, Thomas Trott. 1779, Timothy Pike, Paul Little, Caleb Graffam. 1780, Caleb Graffam, Jonathan Loveitt. Thomas Trott. 1781, Paul Little, Jonathan Loveitt, Edward Anderson. 1782, Daniel Pettengill, William Knight, Abraham Osgood, 1783, Gershom Rogers, Ezra Brown, Daniel Pettengill. 1784, Gershom Rogers, Ezra Brown, Joseph Hooper. 1785, Ezra Brown, David Purington, Gershom Rogers. 1786-1787, Edward Anderson, Ezra Brown, David Purington. 1788, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown, David Purington. 1789, David Purington, Paul Little, Josiah Hooper. 1790, Ezra Brown, Paul Little, David Purington. 1791, Winslow Hall, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown. 1792-1794, David Purington, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown. 1795-1796, Ezra Brown, Josiah Chute, Abraham Anderson. 1797, David Purington, p]zra Brown, Thomas Crague. 1798, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown, David Purington. 1799, William Hall, Thomas Crague, Edward Anderson. 1800, Ezra Brown, Josiah Chute, Thomas Crague. 1801, Ezra Bvown, David Purington, Elijah Kennard. 1802-1804, David Purington, Paul Little, Josiah Chute. 1805, David Purington, Josiah Webb, John Swett. 1806, David Purington, Josiah Webb, John Chute. 1807, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown, William Hall. J APPENDIX II. TOWN OFFICERS 51)1 1808, Josiali Chute, William Hall, Noah Read. 1809-1811, Josiah Chute, Josiah Webb, William Hall. 1812-1813, Nathan Goold, Josiah Webb, William Hall. 1814-1815, Nathan Goold, Stephen Hall, Josiah Chute. 1816, Nathan Goold, William Brown, Josiah Chute. 1817, Nathan Goold, AVilliam Brown, Timothy Hanson. 1818, Nathan Goold, William Brown, Josiah Webb. 1819, W'illiam Brown, Josiah Webb, Stephen Hall. 1820, William Brown. Joseph Staples. Stephen Hall. 1821, Nathan Goold. Thomas Little, Josiah Webb. 1822, William Brown, Ebenezer Hawkes, John Gallison. 1823, John Eveleth, William Brown, Ebenezer Hawkes, 3d. 182-4, William Brown. Ebenezer Hawkes, 3d, Stephen Webb. 1825, Stephen Webb, Daniel Hall, Joseph Staples. 1826, William Brown, Joseph Staples, Edmund Boody. 1827, William Brown, Ebenezer Hawkes, 3d, Timothy Hanson. 1828, William Brown, Elias Baker, Solomon Hawkes. 1829, Elias Baker, Stephen Webb, Edward Anderson. 1830, William Brown, Thomas IMayberry. Jr., John Read, 1831-1832, Tliomas Mayberry. Jr., John Read, John Waterman. 1833, Thomas ]\Iayberry, Jr., Elias Baker, John W^ebb. 1834, Thomas ^laybcri-y, Jr., Edward Anderson. James ?irin- tosh. 1835, Thomas Mayberry, Jr., Edward Anderson, Thomas Yarney. 1836, Stephen Webb. Allen Hamblen, Asa Legrow. 1837, AA^illiam Brown, Thomas Hawkes, Asa Legrow. 1838, Levi Tobie, Asa Legrow, Lewis Hardy. 1839, Thomas Hawkes, Levi Tobie, Lucius Whipple. 1840-1841. Thomas Hawkes, Lucius Whipple, William E. Brown. 1842, William Silla, Edward Anderson, Josiali Fogg. 1843, Lucius AVhipple, Thomas Hawkes, Thomas L. Smith. 1844, Lucius Whipple, Enoch Mayberry, Thomas L. Smith. 1845, Lucius Whipple, Enoch ]\Iayberry, Ezra Brown, Jr. 1846, Enoch ^layberry, Ezra Brown. Jr., Edward Anderson. 1847-1848, Edward Anderson, ]\Iark Knight, Thomas Hawkes. 1849-1850, Ezra Brown, Jr., Samuel Freeman, David P. Baker. 1851-1853, Thomas ]\Iayberry, Ephraim Legrow, Thomas Hawkes. 1854, Thomas Hawkes. Ephraim Legrow, Edward Anderson. 1855-1856, William Silla, Elisha Jones, Jason Hanson. 1857, Thomas ^layberry. Thomas L. Smitli, Jason Hanson. 592 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 1858, Thomas Mayberry, Charles Jones, Charles Rogers. 1859-1860, Oliver Pope, Jason Hanson, William S. Cobb. 1861, Samuel Freeman, William Silla, Abijah H. Purington. 1862, Samuel Freeman, Abijah H. Purington, Charles Hunne- well. 1863-1864. Abijah H. Purington, Charles Hunnewell, Isaiah Elder. 1865, William Silla, Charles Jones. Charles Rogers. 1866, Thomas L. Smith. William :\I. Smith, Andrew J. ^Morrcll. 1867-1869. Charles Jones. Charles Rogers. William M. Smith. 1870-1871, William H. Varney, Joshua Tukey, William S. Cobb, 1872-1873, William H. Varney, Charles Jones, William M. Smitli. 1874, Benjamin .Al. Baker, Joel Rand, C harles A. Haskell. 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885, 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 John T. Fello\<-s, Joel Rand, ( harles A. Haskell. John T. Fellows, Urban Lowell, Charles R. GoodcU. Charles R. Goodell, Urban Lowell, Thomas L. Allen. Charles R. Goodell, Thomas L. Allen, Frank H. Boody. Frank H. Boody, Thomas L. Allen, Urban Lowell. Charles R. Goodell, Charles Rogers, Joseph W. Read, diaries Rogers, Joseph W. Read. Elbridge Lord. Joseph W. Read, Elbridge Loi-d, Orin P. Chaffin. Joseph W. Read, Edwin A. Bodge. Cornelius X. ^Morrell. Cornelius N. ^Morrell, Charles Jones, Frank P. ilayo. Charles Jones, Edwin A. Bodge, Thomas L. Allen. Charles Jones, Edwin A. Bodge, Thomas S. Nason. Charles Jones, Thomas S. Nason. Sumner C. Maxfield. Charles Jones, Charles Rogers, Sumner C. ]Maxfield. C harles Jones. ( harles Rogers. Ilii am C. Hawkes. Charles Rogers, Harrison R. Watcrhouse, Samuel V. Haskell. 1891, Charles Rogei'S. Harrison R. Watcrhouse, Leroy B. Nason. 1892, Charles Rogers, Charles 0. Hawkes, Hiram C. Hawkes. 1893, Cornelius X. Morrell, Howard II. Boody. Peter Stuart. 1894, Ploward H. Boody, Peter Stuart, William A. Larry. 1895, Howard IT. Boody, Peter Stuart. Sumner C. Maxficld. 1896, Peter Stuart, Sumner C. :\laxfield, Cornelius N. :\Iorrell. 1897, Charles H. Anthoine, Edwin A. Bodge, Thomas J. INIann. 1898, Charles H. Anthoine. Cornelius X. Morrell, Thomas J. INIann. APPENDIX II. TOWN OFFICERS 7)9'.] 1899, Cornelius N. ^Morrcll, Charles II. Anthoinc, Thomas J. Mann. 1900, Thomas J. ]\Iann, George A. Newell, Charles H. Anthoine. 1901-1902, George A. Newell, Charles A. Haskell. Charles R. Moore. 1903, George A. Newell, Charles A. Haskell, George P. Jordan. 1904-1905, George A. Newell, George F. Jordan, Almanzer Kal lock. 1906, Howard H. Boody, Almanzer Kallock, Charles B. Walker. 1907, Howard H. Boody. Almanzer Kallock. Joseph L. Robinson. 1908, George A. Newell, Howard H. Boody, Eugene J. Sawyer. 1909, George A. Newell, Eugene J. Sawyer, AVilliam H. Cram. 1910, William H. Cram, Charles H. Anthoine, Jere J. Grant. 1911, George A. Newell, Jere J. Grant, Samuel Larrabee. 1912-1913. AVilliam H. Cram, Jere J. Grant, Charles II. An- thoine. 1914, William H. Cram, Ferdinand Sawyer. Samuel Larrabee. 1915. William H. Cram, Ferdinand Sawyer, Jere J. Grant. 191(i. W. IT. Cram. Ferdinand Sawyer, J. J. Grant. CORRECTIONS. Page 96, line 23. "He lured," should read "Allured." Page 304. line 6. For "he," substitute "his son, Jonathan." INDEX CHAPTERS I-XIV PAGE Adventist Society. 143-145 Aikins, Rev. J. E., 126 Allen, Andrew 242 Allen, Cyrus K., 247 Allen. David, 240 A^len, Isaac. Jr 130 Allen, Jeremiah, 14, 149, 151, 153 Allen, Joel 247 Allen, Peletiah, 130 Allen, Thos 242 Allen, Wm. H., 242 Anderson, Abraham, 38, 52. 54. 59, 61, 67, 69 fit', 71, 77, 83, 84, 93, 98, 102, 104. 105, 109, 111, 112, 127, 162, 166, 176, 179, 180, 181. 212. 272 Anderson, Ann, 112 Anderson 's Falls, 233. 234 Andrew, Jonathan, 226, 249 Androscoggin Pulp Co., 226, 227 Androscoggin River, 81 Bacon, John, 243 Bacon, Leonard 226 Bacon, Wm 132, 133, 243, 249 Bagaduce Expedition 208, 220 Bailey, Dr. C. W.. 250 Bailey, Jas., 112 Bailey, John, 13, 17, 20, 21, 31, 37, 53, 103, 149, 162 Baker, Benj. .^1., 233 Baker, David, 254 Baker, Elias, 135, 254 Baker, Ichabod, 252 Baker, Isaiah 252 Baker, Seward .M 252 Bangor Theological Seminary, 213, 124. 125, 126 INDEX 595 Baptists. Free AVill, 132, 183, 134, 135 Baptists, General, 134 Barker, David, 113. 114. 173, 195, 196, 201 fE Barker, Thos., 127, 212. 213 Bartlett, Nathaniel, 13, 149, 152 Bartlett, Thos 149. 152, 154 Barton, Ebenezer, 205 ff Bean, Capt., 61. 62. 79 Bernard. Gov. Francis, 159. 160, 166 Berry. Capt. Geo 38, 41, 59, 66, 68 Berwick, Town of 56, 61 , 62 Beverly, ]\lass., 14 Biard. Rev. Father 55 Bickford, Wm., 243, 250 Bickford. Wni. H 250 Blaney. Jedediah, 13, 21, 149, 153, 154 Blaney. Jos., 9, 11. 14, 17, 22, 54. 103. 149, 152, 154, 158, 163 Bodge. Elbridge S 243 Bodg-e, Rev. Geo. M., 22, 50 Bodge, John. 39, 50, 51, 53, 61. 65, 67, 69, 71, 78, 98, 105, 109. 112, 162. 166 Bodge, Rev. Jolm A., 134, 192. 243 Bodge, Rebecca (Chute) , 39 Bodge. Thos., 245, 256 Bolton, Mary. 112 Bolton. Peter, 227 Bolton, Thos., 38, 42. 47, 52, 54, 61. 67, 69, 70, 71, 77, 93. 112, 163 Bolton, Wm 47, 52, 54, 61, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, So, 81. 98, 163 Boody, Edmund 135, 256 Boody. Henry H., 232. 253 Boody. Howard H.. 253, 256 Boody, ^Irs. Lizzie (Pride) , 253 Bowden, Francis, 13, 39. 149. 151, 153 Bowden, Michael 12, 21. 43, 7y.l 102. 149, 152. 154, 162 Bowdoin College. 254 Bowen, Nathan, 13, 14, 17. 20. 31, 49, 54, 88, 89, 100, 107, 108, '. 109, 111. 150, 153. 155, 158-162 Bragdon. Samuel, 241 Bridge over Prcsumpscot. First, 17. 18, 28, 30 P>rimblecomb, Samuel, 13. 21. 47, 54, 149, 153, 163 596 INDEX Brown, Amos 208 Brown, C. A. & Co., 226 Brown, Daniel, 210 Brown, Ezra, 43, 45. 53, 83 ff.. 95, 102 Brown, Ezra, Jr., 114. 135. 137, 174, 181. 211 Brown, Mary (Boobier) 43, 95 Brown, Wm • 188 Brunswick, Town of 62, 81 Biyant, P. W., 250 Bryant, Kalpb. 250 Bnckficld. Town of 45 Bnll, Robert 13. 150, 152 Burrill, p]benezer, 10 Biizzell, Dr. J. M 133, 255 Galley, I\Ioses 13, 54. 103, 149, 153. 162 Galley Wright 's Brook. 246 Gampbell, Wm 112 Canada 47, 64. 66. 79, 81 Gape Elizabeth, 38 Carter, Dr. Frank 255 Gartland, John 131 Caseo Bay. 11 Caseo, Town of 47 Castine. :\Ie 209 Chase, Eleazer 44. 53, 54, 112, 163. 207 ff. Chase. Ilii-am 134, 145 Chase, Jane 44 Chase, Jos., 45 Chase, Nathaniel, 45, 210 Chase, Thaddeus, 254 Chute. Abigail 34 Chute, Curtis, 46, 51. 53, 61, 67. 69, 78. 95, 98, 104, 112, 162 Chute. Jas.. 210 Chute, Josiali 127, 182, 205 ff. Chute, Lionel, 33 Chute, ]\rary (Curtis) , 34, 46, 175 Chute, Thos.. 13, 20, 21, 33, 34, 39, 44. 46, 48. 51, 52, 53, 54, 60. 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 93, 94, 102, 105, 112, 127. 149, 152, 154. 162, 166, 181, 205 ff., 248, 256, 272, 275 INDEX 597 Chute, Wm. E., 33 Cloutman, Timothy, 83, 84 Cobb, Edwin, 234, 247 Cobb, John C, 254 Cobb, Fhebe, 131 Cobb, Pope, 131 Cobb, Robert, 134 Coggswell, Nathaniel, 13, 14, 20, 22, 26, 149, 152, 244 Cold Friday, 281 Cole, Algernon, 237 Coleman, J. B 229 Coleman, Peter 13, 102, 150, 152, 153 Collins, John, 253 Cook, Daniel, 130 Cook, Elijah 131 Cook, Jos., 246 Corey. "Walter, 231 Correspondence, Committees of, 193 ff. Crague, Elizabeth (Warren) 42 Crague, Hugh. 42 Crague, Hugh, Jr., 42, 52, 54, 69, 78, 98, 112, 163, 167, 177, 193 Crague, Jas., 245 Crague, Jane 42 Crague. ]\Iary (McLellan) , 42 Crague, P., 52 Crague, Thos.. 127, 179 Cram, W. H. & Son, 253 Crockett, Jas., 243 Crockett, Lathrop, 226 Crudleford, Nathaniel, 155 Cumberland Light & Power Co., 231 Dana, Richard, 12, 16, 102, 150, 153 Dark Day, 280, 281 Dartmouth College, 120. 253 Davis, Geo. W 251 Day, Eunice, 131 Deane, Rev. Samuel, 114, 115, 119, 277 Deblois, Thos. A., 253 Dedham, :\Iass 40, 89, 91 598 INDEX Devorix. Humphrey, 14, 103. 150, 152 Ditch Brook, 233, 237 Dodge, Benj., 13, 14, 102, 149, 152 Dole, Richard, 43. 119, 173, 175. 177, 194, 201. 203, 207, 208. 213, 245, 273 Dole, Samuel, 46, 245 Doughty, Chas. H., 251 Dover. N. H 39 Duck Pond, 278 Dudley, Wm., 10 Dunn, Dr. B. F.. 255 Du Pont de Nemours Co 230 Earthquakes, 282 Edgecomb, Dr. Eli 255 Edgecome, Nicholas, 13. 153, 154 Edwards, Royal, 244 Elder, Edwin S., 190, 192 Elder, Isaac 96, 112 Elder. Jacob, Elder. Joseph, 233 Elder. ^Mary, 47. 95 Elder, Robert, 38 Elder, Samuel, 38, 44, 47, 52, 93 Elder, Wm., 47, 52. 54. 69, 95. 98, 104. 109. Ill, 163. 166, 173, 212 Eliott, Jacob, 210 Emery, Calvin, 245 Epes, Daniel. 9 Evans, ^lary 45 Evans, Nathaniel, 14, 45, 48, 54, 103. 112, 149, 153. 163, 244, 273 Eveleth, John, 254 Falmouth (Portland), 11, 16, 20, 25, 32, 33, 37, 39, 41, 47, 57. 79, 112, 157 ff. 209 Farmer, John, 102 Farrow, Bethia, 35 Farrow, Hannah, 47 Farrow. John. 35, 36, 40, 47, 51, 54, 61, 67, 69, 71, 77, 83, 93, 98, 109, 111, 112, 162, 166, 272 INDEX 599 Farrow, John. Jr., 35, 37, 47, 51, 61, 67, 69, 78, 80, 95, 98 Farrow, ^lary. 38 Farrow, Persis, 35, 36, 40, 47 Felton, John 14, 54, 148, 153, 163 "Fish Kill," Town. 206, 207 Fletcher, Rev. S. S.. 140, 141 Forest Fire, Great 279, 280 Fowler & Lafiin, 227 Freeman. L. S., 253, 257 Freeman, Warren, 253 Free ^lasons, 257 Freshets, 235, 282, 283 Friends' Academy, 131, 190 Friends' Society 129 ff. Frost, Daniel, 243 Frost, Hezekiah, 1 83. 253 Frothingham, Thos., 14, 148 Gallison, John. . 182, 183 Gallison, Joseph, 13, 36, 149, 151 Gambo, 227, 232, 233, 237 Gammon, Rev. Orrison 134 Garland, Samuel, 251 Garnier, 237 Georgetown, Town of, 43 Gerry & Cram, 232 Giles, John, 18 Gilman, Rev. Tristram, 114. 115, 119 Golden Cross, United Order of. 258 Goodell. John, 245 Goodwin, Wm.. 10, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 45, . .48, 50, 54, 86, 87, 89, 90. 100, 103, 107, 148, 158, 159, 163 Goold, Nathan, 188, 223, 224 Goold, Nathan, Jr.. 213 Gould, Rev. W. H., 142 Gorham, Town of, 56, 59, 61, 62, 69, 72, 73, 78, 96, 97, 104, 123 Graffam, Abigail, 41 GraflPam, Caleb, 41, 53, 54, 66, 69, 80, 81, 105, 109, 111, 112, 163, 166, 176, 193, 201, 274 Graffam, Lois (Bennett) , 41, 95, 112 600 INDEX Gragg. Rev. Wm 120, 121 Great Falls. 230, 231, 279 Greenough, Jas., 256 Griffin, Joseph 13, 21, 54, 149. 151, 153, 163 Groton, Mass., 38, 121 Hale. Rev. J. L., 121, 122 Hall Andrew, . 130 Hall, Daniel. 130 Hall, Hate Evil, 112 Hall. Jedediah, 130 Hall, Job, 208 Hall. Wm 130 Hall, Wm. F., 247 Hall, Winslow, 179, 180 Hamblen, Allen. - 247 Hamblen, Byron, 247 Hamblen, Geo., 247 Hanson, Amos, 131 Hanson, Elijah 130 Hanson, Ichabod 206, 210 Hanson, Jonathan, 130, 250 Hanson, Joshua 135 Harding, Jos, B., 135 Hardy. Isaac, 206 Harper, Dr. I. D., 255 Harvard College, 40, 86, 91, 112, 118, 120, 253 Hasty, Chas., 252 Haverhill, ^lass., 14 Hawkes, Alley, 251 Hawkes, Amos, 130 HaAvkes, Ebenezer, 10. 14, 17, 18, 21, 27. 28, 29, 30, 31, 103, 150, 152 Hawkes, Ebenezer, Jr., 12, 21, 53, 102, 149, 153, 154, 162 Hawkes, Fred S., 252 Hawkes, Jas., Jr., 251 Hawkes, Nathaniel 130, 241 Hawkes, Samuel R., 251 Hawkes, Wm. C, 252 Hayden, Rev. C. A., 141 Hedge, Dr. Isaiah, 255 I INDEX 601 Hendly, Benj., 13, 20, 31, 38, 90, 118, 153, 151 High School, 191, 192 Hills, Capt. Daniel, 68, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78 "History of Windham," Thos. L. Smith's, 22, 33, 35, 10, 57, 63, 175, 190, 216, 217, 233, 251, 272, 278, 279, 280 Hobbs. Rev. A. W., . 131 Hobson, John, 9 Hodge, Nicholas 86 Hoffman, Rev. 0. J., 131 Holyoke, Edw., 102, 149, 153 Holyoke. AVm., 13, 39 Homan, John 11, 150, 152, 153 Hooper, Jos., 179 Hooper, Robert, 13, 21, 10, 103, 152, 153 Horse Beef Falls 21, 31, 225. 218 Houghton, Dr. L. W., 255 Houghton, Rowland, 10, 11 Howard. Abraham, 9, 11, 13, 11, 119, 151, 152, 158, 162 Howard, Joseph, 13, 54, 102, 150, 153, 162 Hoyt. Andy L., 250 Hubbardton, Battle of, 208, 213, 218 Humphreys, Thos., 39, 52 Hunneweil, Zerubbabel, 12, 52, 51, 59, 68, 104, 113, 119, 162, 193, 195 Hunkins, Dr. S. C, 255 Hunt, Columbus, 253 Hunt, :\Ioses, 232, 235 Hurricane, The Great, 278, 279 Hurst, Jos., 238 Hussey, Rev. Leander, . 138, 140 Huston, Edw. J., 232, 233 Incorporation of Town, 160-166 Indian Conference, 22 ff. Ingalls, John, 160, 161, 162 Ingalls, Wm., 14, 54, 103, 149, 154, 163 Ingram, Rev. Thos., 131 Inkhorn Brook, 63, 158, 159, 179 Ireland 35, 38, 39, 42, 47 Ivreamy, Giles, 14, 54, 119, 152, 163 602 INDEX Jackson, Win. H., 220 James, Benj 13, 38, 54. 150, 152 Jones, Chas., 252 Jones. Lemuel. 179 Jordan, Dominicus, 11, 22, 59, 60, 61 Jordan, Jas 205 Jordan, Nathaniel, 59 Jordan, Dr. R. B., 255 Jordan, Wm. C, 244 Kaiser, Karl 229, 230 Keene. John, 237 Kellogg, Rev. Gardiner 120, 183 Kennard, Elijah, 179 Kennard, Thos., 178 Kilgore, Dr. G. L., 255 Knapp, Jonas, 41. 52, 66, 69 Knight, Al)igail, 41 Knight, Albert 38, 246 Knight, Geo.. 210 Knight, Hannah Roberts 41 Knight, Jason, 244 Knight, John A 232, 246, 247 Knight, Joseph, 41. 63, 68, 81, 82 Knight, Jos. W.. 191 Knight, Mary Haskell, 41 Knight. Nathaniel 226 Knight. Wm 41, 53, 63, 103, 113, 193, 201, 208, 225 Knight, Wm., Jr., 41, 59. 63, 68, 113 Knights of P.vthias, 257 Kyle. Rev. R. J., 125 Langothe, Wm., 69 Larry, Jos. C 243 Larry, Meshach P 243, 244 Larry, Wm. A., 245 Leavitt. Rev. Fenwick, 142 Lee, Jere., 109, 111, 155 Lee, Samuel, 13, 38. 102, 149, 152, 154 Legarde, Marv, 178 INDEX 603 Legrow, Elias 208 Legrow, Jos., 208 Leighton, Rev. Geo. E., 142 Lexington, Battle of, 202 Lexington, Mass., -42, 46 Libby, Andrew, 256 Little, Augustus H., 247 Little, Moses, 233 Little, Paul, 113, 114, 119, 126, 127, 179, 180, 210, 212, 248 Little Falls, 41, 225, 237 Little Sebago Lake, 232, 234 Long, Geo., 244 Lord, Samuel, 210 Loveitt, Capt. Jas., 135, 137 Loveitt, Jonathan, 211, 227, 248, 281-283 Loveitt's Falls, 232, 278 Lowell, Stephen 112 Magnusson, Jas. A., 250 Majory, Jos 13, 53, 152, 154, 162 Mallison Falls, 24, 31, 81, 225, 233, 237 Mallison Falls Mfg. Co., 237 Manchester, Abigail, 37 Manchester, Anna, 37 Manchester, Gershom, 36, 38 Manchester, Gershom, Jr., 37, 51, 61, 67, 69, 71, 77 Manchester, John, 37, 51, 53, 69, 95, 98, 104, 113, 162 Manchester, Mary (Bailey) , 37, 38, 96 Manchester, Sea Fair (Mayberry) , 37 Manchester, Stephen, 35, 51, 54, 61, 67, 76, 78, 83, 84, 98, 112, 162, 167, 202, 208, 219, 272 Manchester, Stephen, Jr., 37 Manchester, Thos., 83 Manchester, Mass., 41 Mann, Amos, 244 IMansfield, Isaac, 13, 54, 102, 149, 154, 155, 162 Marblehead, Mass., 9, 14, 16. 26, 37, 48 Marshall, Dr. N. M., 255 Masse, Rev. Father, 55 Mathews, Samuel, 45, 53, 95, 98, 104, 162 604 INDEX Mayberiy, Bethia, 112 Maybeny, David, 205, 207 Mayberry, John, 53, 54, 210 Mayberry, Richard, 51, 54, 105, 112, 162, 193, 201 ff. Mayberry, Saiimel, 240 Mayberry, Thomas, 51, 53, 61, 67, 69, 70, 71, 80, 81, 98, 104, 109, Ill, 112, 162, 166, 176, 210 Mayberry, William, 14, 34, 35, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 61, 67, 69, 71, 80, 98, 105, 112, 149, 153, 154, 162, 163, 205, 206, 242, 272 Maxfield, Andrew D., 229 Maxfield, Mary ( Wescott) , 46 Maxfield, Susannah (Webb) , 46 Maxfield, Wm.. . 46, 61, 98, 112, 173, 174, 273 Maxwell, Wm., 50, 53, 61, 64, 67, 69. 71, 162 Mclntyre, Mary, 39 McQuaker, Wm., 238 Meeting House, First, 10, 17, 18, 19 ff. Meteoric Shower, 281, 282 Methodists, 131, 132 Middlebury College, 121 Miller, Robert, 113 Miller, Rev. Wm., 143, 144 Millet, Nathan, 18 Millikin, Dr. R. G., 255 Millions, Robert, 95, 205 ff. Minister. First Settled, 10, 13, 86, ff., 152,153 (See also Wight, Rev. John). Ministry, Grant for, 10, 13, 51, 57, 91, 148, 152, 153 Mitchell, Perley E., 245 Moody, Benj., 177, 178 Morrell, Stephen, 130 Morrill, Andrew J., 252 Morrill, Benj., 180 Morrill, L. M., 244 Moulton, Jeremiah, 57, 59 Mugford, Robert, 45, 53, 54, 104, 112, 163, 273 Nagwamqueeg, 24, 30, 31 Narrows, The, 232, 234 INDEX 605 Nason, Tlios. S., 253 New Boston (Gray) , i^O Newbury, Mass., li, 37, 86, 242, 248 New Gloucester, 39, 44, 80 Newhall (See Gambo). Newhall, Ezra F., 229 Newhall. G. G. & Co., 228 Newhall, Joseph 229 North Yarmouth, 11, 16, 20. 61, 62, 80. 82, 158 ff. Noyes, David, 207 Noyes, Jos 155 Noyes, Simon, . 112, 166 Old Tavern, 256 Oriental Powder Co., 229, 230, 244 Osgood, Abraham 179, 211 Osgood, Francis 240 Oulton, John, 13, 14, 17. 41, 102, 150, 153, 154, 158 Ovingham. Eng ^2 Paine. Dr. Jas 127, 255 Palmer, John 13, 21, 152, 154 Parker. Dr. Chas. F., 255 Parker, Rev. Walker, 134 Parramore, Robert 12, 22, 53, 102, 150, 152. 154 Parsons, Dr. C. G 255 Parsons. Dr. J. A., 2o5 Patrons of Husbandry, 258 Patterson, John 177. 178 Payne, Rev. Thos 1-12 Payson, Rev. F. L., 1^2 Pearson. Jas., 1-1, 152 Peekskill, Town, 206, 218 Penobscot 209 Pepperell, Wm 57, 59 Perham, Rev. John 123 Ferryman, Jas 13. 53, 149. 152, 153, 162 Pesumpscots, 22 Pettingall, Daniel, 208 Pigot, George 12, 27, 102. 150, 151, 153 606 INDEX Pike, Timothy, 103, 206, 209, 242 Pleasant River, 232, 233, 234, 282 Poland, Me., 37 Polin, Chief, 22, 24, 29, 43, 45, 82, 84, 85, 202 Pope, Elijah, 130. 243 Pope. Isaiah, 234, 244, 247, 252 Pope, Joseph, 183, 232, 234, 253 Pope. Nathan 234 Pope, Oliver, 232, 234, 243 Pope, Robert 234 Powder ]\Iill Explosions, 283 Powder Mill Explosions, Men killed in, 283-284,— (Not indexed individually) . Pownall, Thomas, 103, i06 Pratt, Jos., 131 Presumpscot Falls, 38 Presumpseot River, 11, 12, 14. 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33. 39. 49, 62, 81, 82, 84, 225, 233, 237, 271, 275, 278, 282 Proctor, Jonathan, 13, 88, 89, 102, 152, 154 Proctor, Samuel, 11 Province Fort, Old, 43, 52, 57, 60, 61, 64, 80, 83, 95, 108, 114, 167, 175, 207, 212 Purinton, Chas 135, 137 Purinton, David, 130, 179, 180 Rand, Daniel ^l 250 Rasle, Rev. Father 55 Rea, Dr. Caleb, 255 Read, Noah, 183 Rebellion, War of ( Causes) , 259 Rebellion, War of, Windham Soldiers in, 259, ff. (Not indexed individually) . Rechabites, Order of, 257 Red :\len, 258 Redritf, Eng., 39 Reed, John 13. 154 Reed. Richard, 13, 21, 53, 103. 149, 153, 162 Relief Corps, Woman 's, 258 Revolutionary War, List of Windham Soldiers in. 213 ff. (Not indexed individuallv) . INDEX 6U7 Rhode, Lonnon 208 Rinclge Woolen Co., 239 Hines, Jas., 208 Roberts, Joshua 180 Robertson, Stephen, 1 80 Robinson, Chas 239 Rolnnson, John, 130, 2-40 Robinson, Joseph L 239 Robinson, Oliver 240. 241 Robinson, Thomas 238 Robinson, Timothy, 2-40, 241 Rockameeeooks, 22 Rogers, Chas 232, 253 Rogers, Linwood 244 Rogers, J. Reed, 253 Rogers, W. H., 244 Rogers & Goold 247 Rogers & Vai-ney, 247 Roman Catholic Church, 55 Saccarappa. 11, 17. 18, 24, 35, 41, 49, 72, 73, 157. 209, 271, 282 Saco, 81 Saco River, ^1 Saw Mill, First Itj. 26 It'., 225 Scarborough 41 , 42, 56, 59 School Districts 180 ff. School Lot, 12, 50, 149, 151, 152, 153, 173 If. Sebago Lake, 11, 22, 82, 84, 228 Senter, Greenleaf , 242 Sharrar, James, 13, 53, 102. 150. 151. 153 Shepherd, Rev. John W., 122 Shirley, Gov. Wm., 22 if., 56, 57, 6S, 70, 71, 75, 82 Silla, Wm 137, 256 Skinner. Jas.. 13, 88, 89. 102, 154 Small, Rev. D. F 135 Smith Cemetery, 85, 91 , 219 Smith, "Capt.," 23 Smith, Edw. T., 244 Smith. Howard .AI 230 Smith, Peter, . 205 ff . 608 INDEX Smith, Kev. Peter T., 47, 108 If.. 127. 128 Smith, Rev. Thos., -46, 62. 81, 82, 86, 91, 111, 12!) Smith, Thos., Jr 249 Smith, Thos. L 185, 186. 187 Smith. Wm. H., 256 Smithurst, Joseph, 18, 44, 54, 102, 149, 151. 153 Spear, Bethia, 4(! Spear, David 40 Stacey, Ebenczer, .... 13, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 100. 102, 152, 154 Stacey, John, 13, 53, 149, 152, 154, 162 Stacey, Samuel 12, 53, 149. 151. 162 Staples, S. H. & Co 247 Starbird, Nathaniel, 40. 51 Starling, Joseph 48, 50, 58. S:i. 105, 162, 166, 274 Stevens, Abnev 245 Stevens, Rev. A. R 145 Stevens, Chase 181), 188. 1911 Stevens, Rev. Geo., 185 Stevens, Hannah ( Weseott) , 44 Stevens, John 44, 52, 59, 102, 112, 168, 166. 278 Stevens. John, Jr., 44, 52. 1 04, 168 Stevens. Jonathan, 245 Stevens. Nathaniel, 44 Stevens, Richard 44 Stevens, Tlios 102 Stevens, AVm 245 Stinchfiekl, Wm.. 118 Stone, Rev. Nathaniel 118 tt'. Strout, Elias. 250 Strout, Sihis F 181 Strout, Rev. Thos.. 134 Swan, Dr. John, 255 Sweet, Jos 18, 21, 47. 102. 149, 152, 153 Swett. Geo. W 250 Swett, John 205, 207 f£. Sylvester, Richard, 247 Tasco, ' ' Esqr., " 50 Tax Payers in 1776, 204 (Not indexed individually) . Temperance Associations, 256 INDEX 609 Teshaiy, Geo.. 207 ff. "Thompson's War," 202 Thurrel, Davis, 37 Tiverton, R. 1 36, 38. 39, 40, 47 Tobin, Samuel. 210 Town House, 168, 191 Triekey. Zebulon 230 Tripp, Stephen, 83, 207 Trott, Benj., 205 If. Trott, Thos., 96, 112, 177, 193, 195, 202 ff., 274 Tucker, Andrew, 14, 21, 54, 149, 153. 154, 163 Turner, Isaac, 14, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Turner, Samuel, 49, 50, 53, 106, 107 Twort. Rev. W. J 135 I'nivcrsalists 135 ff. Valle.v Foro-e, 207, 212. 217 Varney, Abijali, 233 Varney, Elijah 234, 244 Varney. Ezekiel, 246 Varney, Joel. . 233 Varney, Samuel 233 Varney, Thos 234 Wainwright, John 9 Wait, Benj., 1 02, 155 Waldo, Samuel, 57, 59 Walker, Chas. B 245 Walker, Micah 34, 43, 52, 54, 95, 112, 163, 177 Walker, Molly, 44 Walker, AVm., 44 Wallace, Lieut.; 47, 64, 65 War of 1812, Summary of Causes 222 if. War of 1812, Windham Soldiers in, 223, 224 (Not indexed in- individually) . Warren, Rev. Wm., 122, 123, 190 Waterman, Dr. John. 255 Webb. Albert 249 Webb, David, 61. (i7. 69. 70. 71 , 78 610 INDEX Webb, Edw., 208 Webb, Eli, 104, 112 Webb, Dr. Jas. P., 255 Webb, Jason, 256 Webb, John, 12, 61, 67, 69, 71 , 78 Webb, Josiah, 182, 183 Webb, Josiah B 190 Webb, Samuel, 39, 40, 51, 53, 61, 65, 67, 77, 104, 112, 162, 175, 176 Webb, Seth, 36, 40, 51, 53, 61, 65, 66, 67, 78, 80, 85, 95, 162 Westbrook, Thos., 23, 25 Weston. Dr. T. S., 255 West Point 217 Whipple, Jas., 228 Whipple, Olivei- M 228 White, Enoch, 231 White, John 231 White, John :M., 231 Wight, Benj., 91 Wight, Deliverance (Carpenter), 91 Wight, Eunice, 91 Wight. Rev. John, 37, 39. 40, 41, 44. 45, 52. 61, 67, 6S, 77, 88 ft"., 106,107, 161 AVight, John Jr.. 49. 50, 53, 91, 109, 111, 160, 161, 162 Willard, "Mr.," 23, 24 Winship. Lieut. Edw., 42 Winship, Ephraim, 42, 46, 50, 53, 83, If., 105, 109, 111, 112, 162 Winship, Gershom, 46, 50, 53, 83, 112, 162 Winship, John, 210 Winship, Nancy (Mayberry), 35, 46 AVinslow, Benj 1 30 Winslow, Oliver, 246 Wiswell, Rev. Luther 124, 125 Wood, Thos., 13, 53, 150, 153, 163 W^right. Galley, 12, 102, 149, 152 Wright, Chas. H 231 Yates, F. E., 257 York, County of, 21, 59, 61, 89 York, Jolni 232. 256 INDEX 611 Yorktowii, Surrender at, 212 Genealogy, 285 Appendix I., 562 Appendix II, 587 "s. APR 19b;