Genealogical Notes Of Durham, Maine.
By Everett S. Stackpole.
Published By Vote Of Town.
Lewiston: Press Of Lewiston Journal Company. 1899.

Genealogies, ADAMS to DAY

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

GENEALOGICAL NOTES In the following chapter something is said about the oldest families of the town. Especial effort has been made to trace their origin and give chronological data concerning the generations past. It is hoped that this may furnish the basis on which the present generation may build such a family register as every person should be interested to possess. To know one's lineage is the first step in historical study. Often such knowledge is a powerful incentive to good and great deeds. It is regretted that the information in some cases is scanty. In other cases the Town Records contain no register of births, and living descendants have not interested themselves to furnish the desired information. Some readers will be surprised to learn whence their ancestors came to Durham. Absolute accuracy in dates is impossible. Often the Town Records have one date, the family register another, the tombstone a third. In such cases the date is given which has the strongest evidence. ADAMS. Andrew Adams was born in Gloucester, Mass., 31 Jan. 1751, m. 23 Feb. 1774, Ruth Lufkin of Gloucester, Mass., who was born the same day as her husband. They both died the same days in Durham, 16 June 1832. He bought, in 1794, lot 56 of Jeremiah Mitchell, and lived there. Their chidren, besides several who died young, were: SUSANNAH b. 20 June 1778; m. Moses Haskell of No. Yarmouth; 4. 12 Jan. 1864. SARAH b. 7 July 1780; d. Sept. 1843. Unm. MARY b. 1 Oct. 1786; m. 23 Dec. 1806 Daniel Sutherland of Lisbon; d. 30 May 1826. DORCAS b. 27 Feb. 1789; m. James Wagg of Parkman. ANDREW Jr b. 27 April 1792; m. 31 July 1823 Dorcas Mann of Pownal; d. in Pownal 29 Oct. 1863. 6 ch. one of whom is John Q. Adams of Lisbon Falls. JANE b. 22 Oct. 1794; m. 1818 Joshua Douglas; d. 24 Feb. 1838. AYERS. Ebenezer Ayers was last taxed in 1799. The following children are recorded: RICHARD b. 28 Nov. 1788; John b. 18 Aug. 1790. ISALIAH b. 28 April 1792; Elizabeth b. 5 Aug. 1794. HANNAH b. 3 Sept. 1796. BAGLEY. All the Bagleys of Durham were descended from Orlando Bagley of Salisbury, Mass., who married, 6 Oct. 1654, Sarah Colby. Their son Orlando m. (1) 22 Dec. 1681, Sarah Sargent; (2) 25 Mch. 1704, Sarah Annis. Orlando 3d was born 14 Dec. 1682; m. 13 Feb. 1706, Dorothy Harvey, and d. 3 May, 1756. He was Town Clerk of Amesbury, Mass., forty-two years, Selectman and Trial Justice. He had several children, one of whom was Col. Jonathan Bagley. (See p. 10.) Another was Thomas Bagley, born 18 Jan. 1723. He m. 22 Jan. 1747 Ruth, probably dau. of Israel and Susannah Webster. Their children were Israel, Thomas, Philip, Sarah, Enoch, Dorothy and Susanna. Ensign Thomas Bagley died 15 Sept. 1771, aged 49 yrs. So his tombstone in Amesbury declares. O. Israel Bagley, son of Thomas and Ruth (Webster) Bagley, was born at Amesbury, Mass., 5 Nov. 1747. (The Records at Amesbury, say 25 Oct.) He m. 21 April 1768 Mary Snow, who was born at Kingstown, N.H., 19 May, 1747. He died 22 Aug. 1797 at Savannah. See p. 16. MARY b. in Salisbury, Mass., 22 Nov. 1768; m. 1 Mch. 1787 Edward Fifield. BETSEY b. in Salisbury 26 April 1770; m. 21 April 1794 Reuben Dyer. HANNAH b. in Royalsborough 14 June 1773; m. Enoch Newell. SUSANNAH b. 9 Mch. 1777; m. 15 Oct. 1797 Francis Harmon. THOMAS m. 22 Mch. 1801 Susannah Gerrish. He moved to Troy, Me. Had a large family. Only three of his children are recorded in Durham. O. ISRAEL b. 19 Sept. 1801; JOSEPH MITCHELL b. 16 March 1803; and GEORGE GERRISH b. 20 Jan. 1805. Enoch, brother of O. Israel Bagley, was born in 1756, in Amesbury, Mass. So. Hampton Records say that he married, 5 April 1781, Miriam Hoyt. They had eight ch. born in Durham. The family moved to Troy, Me., between 1797 and 1802. He died in Troy 30 Nov. 1842. His wife, born 1762, died 19 July 1844. JONATHAN b. 8 June 1782; m. 4 Oct. 1804 Eunice Reed of Pownal. He died 8 Mch. 1881. 7 ch. Enoch Jr. b. 1788; m. Rachel Reed, sister to Eunice; d. 16 Feb. 1864. RUTH b. 1790; m. John Work of Winthrop; d. 19 Dec. 1831. ISRAEL b. 1793; m. Lois Rogers (2) Azuba Gerrish; d. 27 Mch. 1868. THOMAS b. 1797; m. ---- Fairbanks; d. 18 Oct. 1877. REUBEN b. 1802; m. Sarah ----; d. 11 May 1892. MOSES b. 1798; m. (1) ---- Getchell (2) Mrs. Spencer; d. 12 Sept. 1869. SALLY b. 1805; m. Chas. Smith of Readfield; d. 24 Oct. 1882. BAKER. Dr. Symonds Baker was one of the first settled physicians of Durham. He was there certainly as early as 1798. He married (1) 26 Aug. 1796, Jane Gerrish; (2) Mary Booker. He built and lived in the house which is now the hotel at S. W. Bend. He came from Lisbon and returned there, dying 13 Mch. 1847. SYMONDS WILLIAM b. 18 Nov. 1799. M.D. at Bowdoin College 1824; m. Betsey Weeman 9 April 1737. Practiced medicine at Windham, Me., and Austin, Tex. Died 2 Mch. 1888. MARIA FLETCHER b. 7 July 1801; d. 29 Nov. 1805. MARTHA b. 29 July 1803; THOMAS b. 17 Nov. 1805. JOSEPH b. 20 Feb. 1808; AZOR b. 3 July 1810. BEAL. The American ancestor of the Beal family was Joseph Beal, who came with Capt. Mason to Portsmouth, N.H., in 1631. His son Arthur had a son William. William, Jr., married 6 Dec. 1719, Elizabeth Benson of Portsmouth. Their children were Joseph, Sarah, William 3d, Elizabeth, Jane, Samuel, Obadiah, JONATHAN, Mary, Richard, John and Lydia. Jonathan, born 22 Mch. 1737, married 31 Oct. 1760 Mary Joy of Berwick. Their children were Joanna, Sarah, Mary, JONATHAN Jr., Patience, Elizabeth, Samuel, Lydia, William, Thomas and Mary. Jonathan Beal, Jr., was born in Bath 13 Jan. 1767. He married 16 Jan. 1792 Lucy Doughty of Topsham, who was born on Great Island, Harpswell, 16 Aug. 1768. They settled in Durham with Jonathan Senr., on lot 61, about 1790. Jonathan Senr. moved to Monmouth about 1810, where he died. Jonathan Jr. died in Durham 13 Jan. 1847. His wife died 17 Jan. 1844. His family was as follows: HANNAH b. 14 Nov. 1792; m. 8 Oct. 1812 John Knight; d. 6 Nov. 1870. JOSEPH b. 17 July 1794, m. 24 Feb. 1820 Elizabeth Booker of Bowdoin; d. 15 Aug. 1845. Ch. Daniel B. b. 5 Dec. 1820; Mary B. b. 23 June 1827; Joseph O. b. 25 Nov. 1834. STEPHEN b. i7 Mch. 1796; m. 1818 Charlotte C. Goold of Lisbon; d. 26 April 1835. Ch. Ann, Moses, William, Mary E., Stephen, Sophronia, Charles and Charlotte. WILLIAM b. 14 Mch. 1798; m. 17 May 1820 Sarah Getchell; d. 17 Mch. 1865. Ch. J. Frank b. 11 Nov. 1854; Elisha W. b. 1 Oct. 1856; J. Lewis b. 6 Mch. 1858. JANE b. 6 Jan. 1800; d. 4 Jan. 1801. EPHRAIM b. 11 Sept. 1801; m. Mary Hatch of Lewiston; d. 10 April 1861. Ch. Bradford W., Leonard H., Benjamin R., Hannah, Harriet, Mary J., Jonathan, Bensoh, George D., James P., and Lucy. BENSON b. 13 April 1803; d. 7 Oct. 1825. ELISHA b. 27 Dec. 1804; m. 11 May 1830 Isabel Booker; d. 25 Dec. 1895. Ch. Emily J., and Horace M. JONATHAN b. 16 Sept. 1807. LUCY b. 28 July 1812; m. Joshua Douglas. Horace M. Beal, son of Elisha, married Mary C. Small of Bowdoin and lives on the old homestead. They have two children. OLIN R. b. 15 Feb. 1869. MELIE M. b. 14 July 1872. BLETHEN. Tradition says that John Blethen was born at Small Point, Phippsburg, and was in the garrison house at the age of four years when the Indians attacked it in 1722. A brother James m. 1757 Miriam Day of Georgetown and settled in Cape Elizabeth. Another brother Increase is said to have settled in Phillips, but this may have been a son. John Blethen is accredited with three wives, and twenty-seven children by first two marriages. His first wife's name is unknown. He m. (2) 1763, Dorcas Getchell of Brunswick; (3) 27 Aug. 1789, Hannah Hibbard of Durham. He bought lot 12 in 1770, afterward moved to Lisbon and died there at the house of his daughter HANNAH, who m. 1790, William Green. He also had children, REUBEN m. 28 Nov. 1799 Ruth Curtis of Little River; JOB of Lisbon; JONATHAN; INCREASE; JOHN m. 5 Sept. 1794 Sally Pomroy and lived in Lisbon; JAMES; SIMEON; and DAVID, d. young. The following were probably his daughters, MIRIAM m. 6 Dec. 1781 Nathaniel Getchell; WEALTHY, m. Josiah Day; JOANNA, m. 9 April 1808 James Estes; DORCAS m. Edsel Webber; PHEBE m. 1770, Charles Gerrish; POLLY m. 1795 Josiah True; AXIL, m. ---- Rideout; and RHODA m. 26 Dec. 1785 Simeon Kimball. James, son of John Blethen, married ---- Longley and lived in Durham as a farmer on lot 62. JOHN b. 6 Sept. 1789; m. (1) Rebecca Blethen who died 7 Jan. 1832, aged 36 yrs. (2) 30 Mch. 1834 Mary, dau. of John and Mercy (Dain) Blake, who was born 17 Dec. 1787. He died 3 April 1870. JAMES b. 14 April 1791; m. ---- Hacker. They had one son. SARAH b. 2 Feb. 1793; m. 17 Nov. 1812 Thomas Cotton of Lisbon. ANDREW b. 2 Jan. 1795; m. (Int. Rec. 12 Jan. 1820) Arzilla Gerrish. He was a Free Baptist minister. Lived in Foxcroft. REUBEN b. 14 Sept. 1797; m. 6 April 1820 Thankful Day. ABIGAIL b. 14 July 1799; m. Benj. Peterson of Lisbon. ISAAC b. 30 June 1801; settled in Dover, Me. Seven sons and two daus. GEORGE b. 28 July 1804; m. 13 April 1826 Ruth Booker of Durham. MARY m. (1) 17 April 1831 John Stoddard of Lisbon (2) Joshua Robinson (3) Wm. Young. Simeon Blethen, son of John, married 25 Dec. 1805, Dolly Strout. Lived in So. Danville, where Dea. Wm. Dingley lately lived. He died 25 Oct. 1846, aged 65 yrs. His wife died 27 May, 1849, aged 65. ASENATH b. 8 Sept. 1805; m. Bradbury Merrill, moved to Dover, Me. JOSHUA b. 5 Aug. 1807; drowned in Florida 9 Jan. 1846. JOHN b. 4 Mch. 1810; m. 30 Mch. 1834 Mary D. Blake of Durham. BETSEY b. 13 July 1812; m. 4 Dec. 1834 James Dingley. MARIA b. 9 July 1814; m. 16 Mch. 1837 Wm. Dingley; d. June 1898. DOLLY b. 14 Nov. 1816; m. 30 Mch. 1837 Jason Pettengill; d. 4 Mch. 1897. ABIGAIL b. 8 April 1821; m. Increase N. Kimball. JULIA ANN b. 17 Sept. 1823; m. Capt. Christopher Kilby; d. 2 May 1852. SIMEON JR. b. 27 May 1826; lived in Danville; d. 12 June 1862. BLISS. The name of the first American ancestor of the Bliss family of Durham was Elias. His son Samuel was born at Columbia, Conn., in 1758 and died in 1834. He was with his father at Valley Forge, his father being a Captain in the Army. He married, in 1780, Sarah Loomis, and had eleven children, of whom three lived in Durham, viz. Sophia b. 9 June 1790, d. 25 April 1845; Achsah b. 3 Jan. 1793, d. 30 May 1886; and Charles b. at Columbia, Conn., 1800, d. at Durham in 1873. The latter moved to Durham in 1836 and bought the old O. Israel Bagley farm. The house is the oldest one in Durham, and is still a fine building of heavy timbers and curious finish. Charles Bliss m. (1) 1825, Mary Webster of Conn. She died 13 Oct. 1833, leaving two daughters. CLARINDA b. 16 Aug. 1826; m. Wm. B. Thomas of Durham. MARTHA b. 11 April 1829; d. 15 Sept. 1848. He married (2) 1843, Lydia E. Cox of Brunswick who was born 29 Sept. 1814 and died 13 Oct. 1896. They had four children. MARY R. b. 1 Nov. 1844; d. 15 July 1856. CHARLES O. b. 9 July 1846; d. 16 Jan. 1847. HARRIET S. b. 13 Mch. 1848; d. 3 Aug. 1852. CHARLES H. b. 28 Aug. 1850; m. 6 April 1873 Etta L. Tracy, b. at Durham 3 June 1853. Lives on the homestead. Eight children. The first two died in infancy. Henry P. b. 13 Oct. 1875; Charles Fred b. 10 Feb. 1878; George Warren b. 20 Oct. 1879; Emma Tracy b. 17 Mch. 1883; Mary Fannie b. 31 Oct. 1885; Louisa Loringb. 28 Feb. and d. 9 Nov. 1892. BOOKER. John Booker came from England to York, Me., about 1707. He married Hester Adams of York, and had eight children, of whom James was born 18 Dec. 1723. He married Mercy Young, dau. of Benaiah Young, 11 Nov. 1747, and settled in Harpswell. They had eleven children, of whom Daniel was born 25 Feb. 1760. He married 12 May 1782, Mary Douglas. Their oldest son James was born in Harpswell 15 Sept. 1783. He married (1) Patience Dinslow; (2) Lydia Getchell. Settled in Durham as a farmer, where he died 2 April 1867. His first wife was born 6 April 1788 and died 30 Jan. 1826. His second wife, born 24 July 1795, died 24 Oct. 1870. 12 ch. ISAAC b. 3 May 1808; m. Hannah Harding; d. 27 May 1868. ISABEL b. 15 Nov. 1810; m. Elisha Beal; d. 23 June 1881. WILLIAM b. 21 Dec. 1812; m. (1) Hattie Dunning; (2) Martha Jones; d. 9 Mch. 1881. JANE b. 21 Mch. 1816; m. Luther Storer of Bath; d. 11 Feb. 1891. WASHINGTON b. 4 Oct. 1818; m. Sarah Owen; d. 8 Aug. 1890. RACHEL b. 6 April 1822; Unm.; d. 7 Mch. 1892. JAMES B. b. 23 Jan. 1826; m. (1) Abigail Coombs; (2) Widow Walker. ISAIAH b. 26 Mch. 1828; Unm.; d. in Iowa 5 Nov. 1891. ISRAEL b. 18 Jan. 1830; Unm.; d. 23 April 1855. ALBERT b. 6 Sept. 1832; m. Lydia E. Hayes. One son, Eugene L. Lives in Durham. MARCIA b. 2 Sept. 1837; d. 29 Jan. 1855. HARRIET b. 6 Jan. 1840; m. Oliver P. Snow; d. 4 Aug. 1876. The James and Mercy (Young) Booker mentioned above had a son James born in Harpswell 25 Dec. 1748. He married 23 Aug. 1792 Catherine Adams and had seven children, of whom the oldest was Daniel, born in Harpswell 21 March 1793. He settled in Durham about 1815 and spent fifty years there as a farmer. He married in 1816 Lorania Hacker of Brunswick. His second wife was Rhoda Graves, whom he married about 1825. She died in 1840. His third wife was Mary Farr Alexander, m. 1841, d. Aug. 17, 1873. He died at Lisbon Falls, 3 May 1880. Three ch. by 1st marriage. HARRIET b. 7 Oct. 1819; d. 15 Nov. 1819. OCTAVIA. b. 11 Nov. 1820; d. 11 Nov. 1841. MERCY b. 4 Mch. 1823; m. Rev. George A. Crawford. Five ch. by 2d marriage. ALFRED JAMES b. 14 Jan. 1826; M. Mary Ann Woodard. EMERY b. 1 July 1828; m. Elizabeth Woodard. LORANIA HACKER b. 20 Sept. 1830; M. James S. Campbell. Deceased. DANIEL ALVAH b. 8 Oct. 1832; m. (1) Nementhis Loring; (2) Emma Swift. JEREMIAH HACKER, b. 15 Aug. 1834. Deceased. Five ch. by 3d marriage. MARY Eliza b. 24 Oct. 1842; m. Wm. M. Hickok. AUSBON b. 8 Nov. 1846; m. Josephine S. Bessie. MELISSA ANN b. 11 Nov. 1848; m. Wm. L. Witham. ARTHUR WILDER b. 15 Feb. 1852; m. Mary Ella Libby. Deceased. CHESTER HERMAN b. 8 Jan. 1855; m. Rachel Murray. James, son of James and Catherine (Adams) Booker, before named, was born 8 Oct. 1798; m. 28 Nov. 1824, Emily, dau. of Thomas Pierce, Esq.; d. 25 June 1882. They lived in Durham and Lisbon. IRA P. b. 28 Nov. 1832; m. 21 Nov. 1855 Clara W. Whittemore. Res. Brunswick. LAURA A. b. 31 June 1827; m. 4 Jan. 1851 Edmund Berry of Lisbon Falls. BOWIE. George Bowie came from Scotland with a brother Alexander. He was a Revolutionary soldier. He married in Cape Elizabeth, 20 Dec. 1775, Rachel Strout and had children, George, Frank, Alexander, James, David, Nathaniel and Jane. He was drowned about 1793. Of his children Frank had daus. Betsey and Rachel; Alexander d. s. p.; James was imprisoned at Halifax in War of 1812, escaped, married in Nova Scotia and had several children there; Nathaniel had children, Alexander, James, Nathaniel and Rhoda. George Bowie Jr. was born at Cape Elizabeth 12 Dec. 1777. He came to Durham before 1800 and settled on the east end of lot 111. He married Betsey Stoddard, who was born at Charlestown, Mass., 12 Dec. 1777 and d. 22 Sept. 1856. He died 2 April 1863. Their children were: ARNOLD S. b. 20 July 1800; m. 1822 Deborah Ames; (2) 31 Mch. 1833 Jane Ridlon. ABEL S. b. 16 July 1802; m. 1827 Rebecca Nichols; d. in Portland 16 Feb. 1874. DAVID b. 13 July 1804. See below. DANIEL b. 24 June 1806; m. 16 Mch. 1837 Susan Turner; d. 4 June 1886. Had ch. Daniel, Charles M., William H., d. 9 Mch. 1875, Mary J., Willard, Sidney and Emily. ELIZA b. 18 Aug. 1808; m. David Farr; d. 5 May 1861. GEORGE 3d b. 16 July 1811; m. 11 Sept. 1831 Caroline Hunnewell. Had ch. Geo. Wesley, Edward T., Emerson, Melvin, Alonzo, James, and Eliza. David Bowie, born 13 July 1804, m. 1830, Betsey, dau. of William and Avis (Cushing) Mitchell, and spent his entire life on the homestead, as a farmer. He died 27 May 1884. He served on the Board of Selectmen and as an officer in the militia, and was a useful and respected citizen. His wife died 30 March 1898. Their children were: IVORY b. 8 Jan. 1831; m. Cordelia F. Parker. Res. Auburn. GEORGE W. b. 9 Oct. 1832; d. 3 June 1857. JAMES C. b. 16 Jan. 1834; d. 7 OCt. 1853. ELLEN b. 2 Nov. 1836; d. 27 April 1838. SUSAN C. b. 5 Oct. 1838; m. Frank Bowie. ROYAL b. 13 Dec. 1840; m. 24 Oct. 1872 Roxana Hilton. Res. Lisbon Falls. RACHEL b. 19 Aug. 1842; M. Lewis C. Robinson. CYRUS S. b. 8 Nov. 1844; d. 30 Sept. 1866. LEROY S. b. 21 Sept. 1848; m. 5 April 1875 Sabie E. Sylvester. Lives on the home farm and has five children. David, son of George and Rachel (Strout) Bowie, was born in March, 1787. He had the only public bakery Durham ever had. He m. 19 Dec. 1811 Nancy Ann Becket. He died in Danville 17 Dec. 1860. His wife died 3 Jan. 1854, aged 70 yrs. 10 mos. They had children: DAVID R. See below. ROBERT S. b. 14 Oct. 1818; m. 8 Nov. 1838 Mrs. Ann L., widow of Theophilus Miller. Has a son and two daughters. Res. Lisbon Falls. Has been since 1842 a licensed preacher in the Methodist and Free Baptist churches. SARAH, m. 17 May 1840 Wm. Wagg; lives in Lisbon. PAMELIA, m Charles Robinson. David R., son of David Bowie, was born in Durham 31 May 1810; m. Betsey F., adopted dau. of Dea. Christopher Tracy. He lived on lot 113. Moved to Phippsburg where his wife died about 1868. He married the second time and is still living. ELKANAH b. 23 June 1837; d. 27 Mch. 1841. FRANCIS W. b. 31 Mch. 1839. GREENFIELD H. b. 2 Oct. 1840. See p. 72. ELKANAH W. b. 28 Dec. 1842; d. 21 June 1843. GERALDINE H. b. 28 Feb. 1845. JOSEPHINE H. b. 10 Aug. 1848. ELERGENE b. 20 Mch. 1855; d. 1897. BRAGDON. There were several families of this name, but the records are scanty. Ebenezer, Ephraim, John and Jonathan Bragdon were taxed in 1799. Josiah, Gideon, and David appear before 1810. Ephraim and Gideon were brothers. Ephraim came from Scarborough. He married Abigail Hunnewell in Durham. Intentions recorded 15 April 1797. He lived near Parker Hill. Died 22 Sept. 1849, aged 77 yrs. DENNIS d. in Savannah at early age, leaving wife and child. JANE m. 13 Sept. 1840 Abram Libby of Freedom. MARY M. Robert Knight. Lived in Portland. ELIZA m. John Bragdon of Durham. GIDEON b. 6 Oct. 1804; m. Susan Staples of Freeport; d. 19 Feb. 1863. DORCAS, Unm. ELIJAH m. 1835 Hannah Libby of Freedom. PATIENCE m. Seward Hunnewell. ABIGAIL m. Luther Shaw of Portland. ELEANOR, Unm. Ebenezer Bragdon was born at York 6 May 1766. He married Huldah, dau. of Judah Chandler. The birth of one son is recorded, George, b. 7 Mch. 1796. George Bragdon m. 19 Mch. 1815 Nancy Turner. BURNHAM. John Burnham, grandson of John the emigrant, was born in 1738 and settled on Falmouth Neck in 1760. He was a cooper. Built the first wharf in Portland. Was on the committee for formation of the Constitution of Mass. Married 1 April 1762 Abigail Stickney and had eight sons and five daughters. Died 29 July 1798. His son, Josiah Burnham, was born 23 Jan. 1770, in Falmouth. He moved to Durham before 1793 and settled on the lower County Road. Farmer and cooper. He was Justice of Peace and Representative to General Court in 1803 and 1809. Served as Selectman twelve years. He returned to Portland in 1834 and died there 5 Aug. 1843. Was married four times. His first wife was Lucy Berry of Westbrook, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. She died in 1808, aged 45 yrs. He m. (2) Oct. 1808, Phebe Bishop of Freeport. His third wife was Ellen Jameson, and his fourth, Mary Baker of Portland. Eight children: JOHN b. 22 July 1797; m. 1823 Louisa Soule of Freeport. JOSIAH b. 14 April 1799. GEORGE b. 20 Aug. 1801; m. 1828 Margaret Burr of Freeport. Moved to Portland in 1825. Was forty-four years inspector of fish. Died 10 Oct. 1884. His wife b. May, 1807, d. 25 Mch. 1885. Ch. Margaret B., George, Perez B., Josiah and John E., all of Portland. HARRIET b. 14 Jan. 1805; m. Sept. 1825 Alfred Soule of Pownal. LUCY b. 24 Feb. 1807; m. 4 Nov. 1826 Perez Burr of Freeport. PHEBE BISHOP b. 21 Mch. 1814. ELEANOR JAMESON b. 10 Dec. 1815; m. Arnold Burrows of Charlestown, Mass. CARY. Nelson Howard Cary, son of Simeon, was born in Bridgwater, Mass. 5 Jan. 1807. He was descended from John Cary of Somerset, Eng., who came to America in 1634. See Hist. of Bridgewater. He graduated at the Medical School of Bowdoin College in 1828; married 13 Sept. 1829 Maria, dau. of William R. and Olive (True) Stockbridge of Yarmouth, who was born 1 Aug. 1806 and died in 1850. They were married at the Baptist Meeting House in Yarmouth. He practiced medicine successively in Gorham, Wayne, and Durham. He married (2) 1852, Julia Warren of Durham. He died in Durham 10 April 1877. His three sons were members of the 13th Regt. of Mass. Vols. in the Rebellion. Samuel was taken prisoner at the battle of Gettysburg and was twenty-one months in rebel prisons. Annie Louise Cary became the famous contralto. I remember in my childhood of hearing her sing in the choir of the Union church at S. W. Bend. She was thought then to possess a good strong voice, but most people can not tell diamond till it is polished. I remember, too, to have secured her services at the Commencement Concert at the time of my graduation at Bowdoin College in 1871, and I still preserve her autograph receipt for $250 paid. This was her first appearance in Maine as a singer, after her reputation had been established abroad and at home. Special trains were run for that Concert from Bath and from Lewiston. There was a crowded and delighted house. Miss Cary's encores of old familiar songs produced the greatest applause. The cultured were satisfied; the uncritical were charmed. Since a long sketch of her musical career has recently been published in the History of Wayne, her native town, I need say no more here. Her sister, Mrs. Ada Sturgis, became a singer of no mean reputation. The following is Dr. Cary's family. WILLIAM H. b. 24 Aug. 1830. JOSEPH S. b. 16 May 1832; m. Flora E. Harlow; d. s. p. in Boston 25 April 1877. MARCIA A. b. 23 May 1834; m. 26 Jan. 1855 John Cushing Merrill; d. 20 June 1897. ELLEN M. b. 11 Oct. 1837; m. (1) 15 Nov. 1855 John Q. Warren: (2) the Rev. W. H. Haskell, now of West Falmouth. SAMUEL G. b. 25 Dec. 1839; m. 11 April 1871 Catherine Lanning of Boston. One child, Annie Louise, b. 12 May 1872. ANNIE Louisa b. 22 Oct. 1842; m. 29 June 1882 Charles Monson Raymond, of New York. ADA was the only child by Dr. Cary's second marriage. She married Mr. Sturgis. CHANDLER. Judah Chandler (See Biog. Sketch) married (1) Martha Seabury; (2) Rebecca Seabury. They had at least nine children, eight of whom are recorded in North Yarmouth. MARY JOHNSON b. Oct. 25, 1745; EDMOND b. Jan. 7, 1747; JOHN b. Feb. 4, 1748, d. in Rev. Army in 1778; JONATHAN, b. Dec. 24, 1750; MERCY b. April 4, 1754; ABIGAIL b. Sept. 23, 1756; DORCAS b. Oct. 28, 1758, m. April 1, 1784. Isaac Davis; HULDAH b. Feb. 9, 1861, m. (Int. Rec. Dec. 1, 1787) Eben Bragdon; SARAH bap. June 28, 1767, m. Nov. 21, 1785 William Blake and moved to Ohio. CLOUGH. Samuel Clough came from Berwick. He married Sarah, dau. of Caleb Estes and settled on lot 16 in 1771. His will, made 10 Jan. 1799, mentions children Anne, Isaac, Joshua, Abigail, Tabitha, Patience, Esther, Isaiah, Elizabeth and Jeremiah. Isaiah married Mary Haskell and settled in Litchfield. For his family see History of that town. Tabitha married Ebenezer Bailey. It has been impossible to get full records of this family. COLLINS. Benjamin Collins came from England, settled in Salisbury, Mass., and married Martha, dau. of John Eaton of that town in 1668. His oldest son John, born in 1673, married before 1695. Elizabeth ---- (Barnard has been added in handwriting). Their son Tristram of Hampton Falls, N.H., married Judith ---- (Fowler has been added in handwriting) and had a son Samuel who married 3 Jan. 1759 Hannah, dau. of John and Patience Dow of Kensington, N.H. They lived in Weare, N.H., till about 1780, when they moved to Durham and settled on lot 15. He brought his family with four oxen, and seventeen hundred Spanish milled dollars in saddlebags on his horse. The children were: MARY, m. 8 Aug. 1787 at Harpswell Joseph Spaulding and lived in Dixmont; PATIENCE, d. unm. at age of 85 yrs; JOHN, m. Hannah Goddard; ESTHER, b. 17 Feb. 1770; m. 4 May 1797 Edward Douglas, settled in Brunswick; d. in Dover, Me. abt 1875, aged 97 yrs; PAUL, m. Mary Winslow, settled in Litchfield, d. at age of 93 yrs; JUDITH, m. 14 Mch. 1791 John Douglas, lived in Brunswick, d. at age of 76 yrs; BETSEY, m. ---- Bryant, remained in Weare, N.H.; HANNAH, M. Marmaduke Gifford, lived in Fairfield, d. at age of 80 yrs; LYDIA, m. Joslyn Allen of Durham; ABIJAH, m. Dolly Jones; HULDAH, unm. d. 22 Dec. 1860, aged 83 yrs. 8 mos. John, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dow) Collins, was born 14 Aug. 1765 and died in Durham 29 June 1845. He married Hannah Goddard, who was born 2 Aug. 1769 and died 31 Oct. 1850. Their children were: ZERUIAH b. 7 July 1790; m. 3 Dec. 1818 Wm. Porterfield; d. 19 April 1875. PEACE, b. 6 Sept. 1792; m. Waitstill Webber; d. 19 April 1877. SAMUEL b. 19 Feb. 1795; d. 1805. JOHN b. 10 Feb. 1797; m. Ann Lunt; d. 24 Oct. 1870. HANNAH b. 14 Jan. 1800; m. 26 Nov. 1835 Wm. H. Johnson; d. 30 Oct. 1882. MARK b. 1803; lost at sea. MAXIMILLA b. 15 April 1805; m. David Larrabee of Brunswick. JAMES b. 26 Feb. 1809; m. Dorcas Loring; d. 4 Dec. 1885. BETSEY, b. 20 Oct. 1811; unm. d. 30 Mch. 1887. Abijah, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dow) Collins, was born in Weare, N.H., 24 April 1780. He married 21 Dec. 1817 Dorothy Jones and settled in Durham. She was born in Durham 24 May 1795. He died 11 Aug. 1863. Their children were: SAMUEL b. 19 May 1818; d. 6 Nov. 1862. MARY b. 2 July 1820; m. 4 Nov. 1840 Bailey T. Royal of Pownal. PHINEAS b. 26 Feb. 1822; d. 10 July 1890. ALMOND b. 17 July 1824. HANNAH Dow b. 12 May 1826; d. 12 Aug. 1845. WM. HENRY b. 7 July 1828. PAUL b. 1 Aug. 1830; d. 14 April 1896. HARRIET STROUT b. 18 Sept. 1832. GEORGE ELBRIDGE b. 12 May 1835; d. 27 Dec. 1836. SARAH F. b. 17 July 1845; d. 26 July 1863. CONVERSE. Dr. John Converse settled in Durham before 1797. He lived first in the house now owned by Dea. Wm. Hascall when it stood north of "Eunice's Brook." He afterward built and lived in the house on the bank of the river where Simeon Bailey long lived. It was burned a few years ago. Dr. Converse still lives in tradition as a good citizen and skillful physician. He died 5 Dec. 1815, aged 45 years, and is buried in the old Cemetery near the North Meeting House. The epitaph on his tombstone reads thus: "Thousands 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." He married, 17 Mch. 1799, Sally, dau. of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson of Windham. She was born 4 Oct. 1774. Did she marry, (2) 9 July 1817, Seth Chandler of Minot? The children of Dr. Converse were: ORRILLA b. 14 May 1800; d. 7 April 1805. VERANUS b. 18 Oct. 1801; d. 22 April 1805. SALLY b. 28 March 1803; m. 13 May 1821 Winslow Haywood. MARY b. 19 Nov. 1804; m. 15 Oct. 1827 Edward Merrill. MINERVA b. 27 Feb. 1807; m. 28 Dec. 1829 Wm. R. Kendall of Freeport. JOHN HARRIS b. 27 Dec. 1808; d. 13 June 1880. Bowdoin Coll., 1830. Lawyer, Judge of Probate for Lincoln County. Left two sons. ELIZABETH b. 20 Aug. 1810; m. Dr. Durgin of Portland. HARRIET b. 16 April 1812; m. Capt. Howland of New Bedford, Mass. LAURA W. b. 27 Jan. 1814; m. Capt. James Currier and lived in Buxton. CRAWFORD. The Crawfords migrated from Scotland to North Ireland. George Crawford was born in Leitrim, Ireland, in 1787 and died in Durham 27 April, 1874. His wife, Eliza Ann, was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1790 and died in Durham 11 Dec. 1856. He married (2) 6 Dec. 1860, Catherine Newell. He settled in Durham before 1820, having lived for a short time in Bethel. He united with the M. E. Church in middle life, and his devout conversation attested the thorough transformation of his character. He was a well informed man and had a remarkable family. Four sons became preachers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. WILLIAM b. 4 Oct. 1821; d. 18 Feb. 1889. LEMUEL. Lost at sea. JOHN m. 4 Sept. 1842 Sarah A. Bonney of Durham. Resided in Brunswick. THOMAS M. 18 Dec. 1842 Thankful D. Johnson; d. 25 July 1852, aged 34 yrs. 7 mos. GEORGE M. (1) 15 Feb. 1848 Mercy H. Booker; (2) Mrs. Julia A. (Varney) Coombs; d. 25 Sept. 1878, aged 58 yrs. His second wife died in Cal. 2 April 1898. JAMES BARBOUR b. 22 Dec. 1822; m. 2 June 1855 Harriet A. Woodside of Durham; d. 31 Mch. 1869. DAVID F. d. 14 Sept. 1854, aged 28 yrs. He was studying for the ministry and had preached occasionally. ANN m. 22 Mch. 1837 Isaac Graves of Topsham. CROSSMAN. Two brothers, David and Solomon Grossman, came to Royalsborough, tradition says from Nova Scotia, before 1780. David lived on lot 44, where Frank Eowie now resides. He once planted fourteen acres of corn on that sand-hill, but no sand was then visible. The cutting of the primeval forest exposed the hilltop to the winds with disastrous result. David married Sarah Bounds of Maryland. A part of her dowry was three slaves, the only ones ever owned in Durham. The name of the female slave was Jennie Deshelle who married, 1808, Tobias Hill of Brunswick. Another slave was John Meshack, or Messick. The family of David Grossman is here given: SARAH b. 19 Aug. 1775. MARY b. 2 May 1777; m. Isaac Clough. COMFORT b. 21 June 1779; d. 5 Sept. 1865. Unm. KEZIA b. 1 July 1781; m. Walter Davis of Scituate, Mass. DAVID b. 28 May 1783; d. young. JESSE b. 10 April 1785. See below. BOUNDS b. 7 Feb. 1787; m. 19 Feb. 1808 Judith Dinsmore; moved to China, Me. ESTHER b. 16 Mch. 1789; d. 20 June 1879. Unm. CYNTHIA b. 16 Mch. 1789; d. --- April 1858. Unm. ABIGAIL b. 28 Dec. 1790; m. Amos Goddard of Pownal. EUNICE b. 18 Jan. 1792; m. Thomas Dinsmore of China. 11 sons. DAVID b. 23 Jan. 1797; m. 16 Feb. 1826, Mary, dam of Aaron True, of Litchfield. Lived on the homestead. LOIS b. 5 Dec. 1798; m. Samuel Beal. HANNAH b. 6 May 1804; m. Amos Goddard; d. 16 Jan. 1877. Jesse Grossman married Charity Goddard. He died 31 July 1867. She died 5 May 1866. 9 ch. ALMIRA b. 25 June 1809; m. 5 June 1836 John P. Sutherland. JOSHUA b. 18 Sept. 1811; m. 25 Dec. 1838 Mary Porter and L. in Wiscasset. WILLIAM b. 15 July 1813; moved to China, Me. LYDIA b. 20 Aug. 1815; m. Benj. Harmon of Brunswick. NARCISSA b. 6 June 1818. Unm. Living. Lucy b. 5 July 1820. Unm. Deceased. CHARLES b. 13 May 1824; died in Lynn, Mass., 4 Jan. 1899. GEORGE b. 23 Sept. 1826; m. Mary Jones. Res. Lisbon Falls. ISAIAH b. 13 Mch. 1829; m. Mary Spollett; d. in Lynn, Mass. Solomon Crossman, after living in several places in Durham, bought lot 24 of Nicholas Pinkham in 1794. He married Mehitabel Goddard, b. in Falmouth 20 April 1763. He m. (2) 5 Nov. 1820, Lucy Pierce. 7 ch. recorded among the Society of Friends. PRUDENCE b. 8 June 1788; m. John Baxter of Burnham. JOHN b. 2 Aug. 1790; m. Anna Field. NATHAN b. 6 Mch. 1793, m. and L. in Portland. PHEBE b. 27 June 1795; m. Abram Winslow of Limington. JESSE b. 11 Oct. 1800; m. Judith Goddard. ASA b. 5 May 1803; m. widow Abigail (Smith) Davis. LEVI b. 27 Jan. 1807; m. and L. in Portland. CURRIER. Jonathan Currier came from Salisbury, Mass., in 1780, and settled near Methodist Corner, on lot opposite Wm. Miller's. He m. 4 May 1775, Sarah Graves, in So. Hampton, N.H. He was killed by the falling of a tree in 1791. Lucy Currier, born in Salisbury, married Samuel True, 28 May, 1792. Sarah Currier of Durham married Josiah Mitchell of Lewiston 29 March 1792. The children of Jonathan Currier were: JOSEPH b. 17 May 1785; lived in Freeport. ISRAEL b. 17 May 1785; m. 5 July 1807 Mary Stover of Freeport; d. 1 Sept. 1812. She died 22 June 1813. JUDITH M. 11 Sept. 1813 Wm. Tyler of Pownal. SALLY b. at Salisbury, Mass. 23 June 1780; m. 27 Nov. 1800 Enoch Davis. CURTIS. Lendall Curtis, brother of Rebecca, wife of Elisha Stetson, was taxed in Durham 1799-1809. He married 9 March 1801, Sarah Randall. Nothing more is known of him. Abel Curtis, probably the son of William and Martha Curtis of Hanover, Mass., b. 10 Aug. 1752; m. 12 Feb. 1776 Ruth Turner, was in Durham earlier than 1788. Was last taxed in 1798. He had sons Gideon and Abel Jr. They built a mill at Lisbon Factory in 1801. Gideon, born 11 Jan. 1779, served as Selectman in Lisbon 1808-11. He was Selectman in Durham 1819-20. Moved to Kingfield. He had a son, Rev. Reuben B. Curtis of East Maine Conference, whose son is now Prof. Olin A. Curtis of Drew Theological Seminary. Gideon's daughter, Orpha, married Rev. C. D. Pillsbury, and moved to Wisconsin. Abel Curtis, Jr., m. 18 Oct. 1798, Tamar, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Strout. He lived just above the Bend till 1802 when he moved to a house still standing just across the river in Lisbon. Later he moved to Parkman and died there 7 Jan. 1862, aged 84 yrs. His wife died 14 June 1859, aged 77 yrs. Their children were: JOSEPH b. 1 July 1799; m. 30 May 1822 Julia Ann Macomber; d. in Bangor 21 April 1885. SOPHRONIA b. 29 July 1801; m. Rev. Isaac Lord; d. in Durham 28 Nov. 1865. ABEL d. 24 Oct. 1863, aged 60 yrs. RUTH M. --- Briggs; d. 17 Nov. 1855. TRUE G. d. June 1875. JAMES. WILLIAM d. 4 Sept. 1878, aged 65 yrs. CUSHING. John Cushing of West Durham was distantly related to the John Cushing elsewhere presented. He was second son of Adam Cushing of Cape Ann, some say of Abington, Mass., and grandson of Adam Cushing who graduated at Harvard College in 1714. John's brothers and sisters were Greenword, Ezra, Avis, Sarah, Mary, Adam and Hannah. John Cushing, born 24 Feb. 1746, was living in Royalsborough earlier than 1774, on lot 69. He married Silence Vining. They had five children: JOHN b. 15 Sept. 1700. See below. SILENCE b. 30 Nov. 1711; m. 7 Jan. 1798 Gershom Flagg of Clinton. They settled in Augusta. She died 28 May 1816. AVIS b. 1 Dec. 1774; m. 1797 Wm. Mitchell, Jr., of Durham. ADAM b. 21 Dec. 1782; m. 1816 Mary Thompson of Brunswick. He built the brick house where G. W. Wright lives. Died insane. A daughter Ruth taught school in Brunswick. A son Alonzo lived in Gardiner. JAMES M. 5 Feb. 1813 Nancy Newell and settled in Dover, Me. John Cushing, Jr., m. 28 Jan. 1791, Elizabeth, sister of George Goodwin. They lived on the homestead. He died 24 Dec. 1863, and is buried in Topsham. His wife died 26 May 1843, aged 76 yrs. SAMUEL b. 6 June 1791; d. 28 June 1791. POLLY b. 6 July 1792; m. 27 Mch. 1823 Wm. Fogg, Jr., of Wales. He was born in Scarborough and died in Wales 31 May 1876. JOHN b. 12 May 1794; d. 8 April 1796. BETSEY b. 9 April 1796; m. 30 Nov. 1821 Job Sylvester 3d; d. 26 May 1873. SALLY b. 21 April 1798; m. 30 Dec. 1818 Wm. Sylvester; d. 24 Nov. 1877. HANNAH b. 22 Mch. 1800; m. 27 Jan. 1825 Ebenezer, son of Enoch Strout of Wales. Judge Sewall C. Strout of Portland is their son. She died 5 Oct. 1873. Enoch Strout b. 29 May 1802; d. 1 June 1880. ANNA LOUISA b. 22 Feb. 1802; d. 6 Nov. 1876. Unm. JOHN 3d b. 12 Feb. 1804; d. 12 Jan. 1843. Unm. JAMES b. 9 Jan. 1809. Preacher. See p. 69. SEWALL b. 23 April 1806; m. 1834 Hannah Webster; d. 30 Jan. 1884. 6 ch., Royal J., John Wesley, Hannah E., Frances E., Harriet L. and Roswell S. KATHERINE b. 13 May 1814; m. Benjamin Flagg of Topsham; d. 22 Jan. 1871. He died 29 Feb. 1884, leaving one dau. Emma. IRENE b. 11 June 1816; m. Joel Bonney, M.D. Moved to Victoria, Texas. Died 3 May 1859. He died in Texas 28 Oct. 1853. 3 ch. The children of Hon. John (See Biog.) and Dorothy (Bagley) Cushing were: ELIZABETH b. in Salisbury 1 Sept. 1767; m. 1792 Wm. Hoyt of Durham. They had one son who d. at sea, and three daughters. Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyt d. at Freeport June 1858. DOROTHY A. b. 2 May 1769; m. 2 Feb. 1785, in New Gloucester, Roger Merrill. She died in Litchfield 28 Dec. 1863. JOHN b. 23 June 1771; m. Betsey Soule of Freeport. Died in Pownal. JONATHAN b. 14 Sept. 1773; m. 30 July 1794 Lucretia dau. of David Dennison of Freeport. Died in Freeport. EDWARD b. 17 Jan. 1778; d. 16 Jan. 1797. SARAH b. 12 Mch. 1785; d. same day. DAIN. John Dain (spelled also Dane and Dean) of Conn.(?) bought lot 67 in 1771. John, Jr., received it from his father and sold forty acres of it in 1778 to William McGray. His house stood opposite the old North Meeting House. Here McGray had his hotel. The main part of the house was carried to Brunswick by Nathaniel Lincoln and erected on Noble St. The part now standing, called the "Philip Douglas House," was built by Lincoln. John Dain, Jr., was a Revolutionary soldier. He married Elizabeth Proctor, moved to Lisbon and kept Dain's Ferry, 1799-1817. He died 4 Aug. 1837. His wife died 28 Sept. 1838. They were married in Portland, 24 Feb. 1778. Rachel Dain married, 27 Dec. 7770, Edmund Lane. Mercy Dain married, 23 July 1780, John Blake and lived in Lisbon. Joseph Dain was living in Durham in 1789. William Dain married Mary Wagg and lived in Lisbon. Hannah Dain married George Sawyer of Lisbon. Ebenezer Dean or Dain was a Revolutionary soldier and died in the Army. DAVIS. William, son of Nathaniel and Martha Davis, was baptized in Scarborough 26 July 7730. He married Judith ---. Their son, Capt. Isaac Davis, was born in Scarborough 26 Mch. 1758. He was a Revolutionary soldier and Capt. of militia. Moved to Royalsborough in 1780 and settled on lot 724. He married, 1 April 1784 Dorcas, dau. of Judah Chandler. He was selectman and Town Clerk sixteen years, one of the leading men of the town. Died 11 Nov. 1846. His wife, horn 28 Oct. 1758, died 26 Sept. 1842. JUDITH b. 11 Mch. 1785; m. 11 Dec. 1806 William Blake of Lisbon; d. 26 June 1863. MARY b. 29 Oct. 1786; m. 31 May 1806 Thomas Sawyer of Westbrook. PHEBE b. 20 Nov. 1788; m. 28 Sept. 1809 her cousin Jonathan Larrabee; d. 16 Oct. 1869 in Mexico, Me. WILLIAM b. 5 Oct. 1790; m. (Int. Rec. 72 Nov. 1814) Lydia Batchelder of Phippsburg. Killed by lightning 8 June 1819. MERCY b. 25 Mch. 1793; d. 28 Mch. 1796. JOHN CHANDLER b. 11 May 1795; m. (Int. Rec. 12 Jan. 1820) Betsey Booker of Durham; d. 26 Dec. 1835. MERCY b. 21 Dec. 1797; m. 15 Aug. 1819 William Roak. JOSEPH b. 23 Feb. 1802; m. 13 Oct. 1826 Sarah Vining. Joseph Davis, the last mentioned, lived as a farmer on the homestead. He died 28 Mch. 1873. Five ch. WILLIAM H. b. 5 June 1827; m. (1) Ann Doughty (2) Lucretia M. Robinson. WESLEY b. 3 Aug. 1829; m. Sarah Avery; killed on R. R. 10 Jan. 1856. WILLARD B. b. 26 Sept. 1834; m. Matilda Turner. WENDALL P. b. 27 June 1838; m. Mehitabel Hurlburt. WILEY L. b. 15 Sept. 1841; m. Nellie E. Merrill. Lives in Durham. There were other Davises in Royalsborough, but none seem to have remained long. Elias Davis is mentioned as early as 1775. His taxes were abated in 1791. The same year Joseph Davis was chosen moderator. Elias Davis' wife's name was Bethiah. Joseph may have been their son. They lived at S. W. Bend. In 1793 Elias Davis of Bakerstown (Poland) was warned to leave town. Moses, son of Michael Davis, is recorded as born 14 Oct. 1786. Enoch Davis, born in Wentworth, N.H., 24 Feb. 1772, married, 27 Nov. 1800 Sally Currier. Their children were Abel b. 10 Nov. 1801; Sally b. 9 May 1803; Lucy b. 2 April 1805. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Dorcas (Wharff) Davis of Pownal, was born 16 April 1803. He married 31 Dec. 1829 Patience Douglas. They lived on the old Douglas homestead in Durham. He died 21 Oct. 1862. His wife died 24 April 1887. 6 ch. DORCAS WHARFF, b. 13 Aug. 1831; m. 11 Jan. 1849 Joseph Tuttle; d. 27 Dec. 1888. MARGARET SNOW, b. 31 Aug. 1833; d. 16 Dec. 1854. Unm. JOSEPH HENRY, b. 2 Oct. 1835; m. (1) 24 Nov. 1864 Hattie W. Richardson of Brunswick; (2) Julia Ann Day. He is a carriage maker and farmer. Has been Selectman and Representative to the Legislature. Has only one child living, Hattie. LYDIA ELLEN b. 23 Nov. 1837; M. 17 June 1858 Samuel Webber of Guilford. WILLIAM PENN b. 15 May 1841; m. 16 April 1865, Louisa Day of Durham. Two children, Everett who lives in Bath, and Ella who m. Burton B. Brown of Durham. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN b. 5 Dec. 1843; m. 8 Sept. 1867 Augusta E. Record, born 18 Jan. 1844. He died in Freeport 30 Sept. 1880. One son, George, lives in Portland. DAY. The American progenitor of the Day family was Anthony Day of Gloucester, Mass. A branch of the family settled in Georgetown in the first half of the eighteenth century. Josiah Day m. 24 July 1770, Wealthy Blethen in Georgetown and settled in Royalsborough in 1773. He bought lot 21 of Job Blethen, 3 March 1777. He was Selectman and on the Committee of Safety. Died in 1837, aged about 95 yrs. JOSIAH JR. b. 11 Nov. 1774. See below. PHEBE b. 11 Dec. 1776; m. Joseph Hacker. ISAIAH b. 30 Sept. 1778; m. 1805 Deborah Philbrook; d. 20 Oct. 1819. His wife was born 19 July 1782 and died 2 April 1882. See below. CHARLOTTE b. 27 Aug. 1780; m. 1805, Caleb Estes; d. 12 Sept. 1821. WEALTHY b. 4 Nov. 1782; m. 2 Feb. 1806 Samuel Moulton; d. in Lee, Me., 17 Aug. 1849. LEVI b. 1784; m. Rebecca Spear; moved to Litchfield; d. 1829. For family see Hist. of Litchfield. SARAH b. ----; m. Joseph Philbrook. JEREMIAH, drowned in Sabattus Pond. Unm. JESSE b. 22 July 1788; m. Hannah Jones; lived in No. Brunswick; d. 1 July 1865. His wife was born 2 Nov. 1792 and died 12 Sept. 1893. See below. Josiah Day, Jr., born 11 Nov. 1774, married Jan. 1799, Mercy, dau. of Caleb and Peace (Goddard) Jones, and died 20 Oct. 1825. She was born in Brunswick 21 Jan. 1777 and died in Durham 15 Sept. 1861. THANKFUL b. 17 Nov. 1799; m. 6 April 1820 Reuben Blethen; d. 4 July 1880. ISAIAH b. 30 Oct. 1802. See below. SIMON b. 20 Oct. 1804; m. (1) Lucinda Graves, (2) Hannah Skolfield, (3) Kate Jordan. JEREMIAH B. b. 23 Feb. 1808; m. 4 April 1832 Mary Gerrish. Ch. Alonzo, Albert, Charles H., Harriet m. David Stackpole, Caroline m. Edward Crockett, and Wesley. PHOEBE b. 30 July 1810; m. Dec. 1830 Jeremiah Moulton. LORENZO b. 19 Dec. 1812. See below. JULIA A. b. 1817; m. 18 Dec. 1836 Isaac Hopkins. CHARLOTTE b. 1820; m. 17 Nov. 1847 Elisha Lunt; (2) 29 May 1869 Peter Swett. Family of Isaiah and Deborah (Philbrook) Day. CAROLINE b. 22 Dec. 1805; m. 30 May 1833 John Plummer; d. 26 Nov. 1882. WEALTHY b. 11 Aug. 1807; m. Elijah Jenkins of Rochester, N.H. JEREMIAH b. 12 Aug. 1809; m. (1) Caroline Gerrish; (2) Phebe Blake of Lisbon. LUCY b. 6 Jan. 1812; m. Nathan Douglas. GEORGE P. b. 27 June 1815; m. (1) Eunice Douglas; (2) Sarah P. Estes. Eunice d. 5 Nov. 1866. JANE b. 16 Feb. 1818; m. Waitstill W. Douglas; d. 28 Jan. 1892. SUSAN P. b. 17 June 1820; m. Joseph Cartland. Family of Jesse and Hannah (Jones) Day. LYDIA b. 8 May 1821; m. Charles B. Robinson of Brooks, Me. JAMES b. 1 April 1823. Unm. JOSIAH b. 14 July 1826; d. 18 Aug. 1850. Unm. LEVI b. 12 Sept. 1830. Unm. ELISHA b. 6 June 1832; m. Mercy E. Moulton; d. 4 May 1873. ALVAH b. 30 Mch. 1834; d. 12 Aug. 1860. Unm. ALMIRA b. 4 Jan. 183--; m. Stephen Cartland. Family of Isaiah and Mary (Hanson) Day. JOSIAH b. 21 Oct. 1832. GEORGE b. 22 Dec. 1833. LOVISA b. 25 Mch. 1835. ISAAC b. 7 Jan. 1837; d. 2 July 1854. FRANCIS b. 17 Dec. 1838; d. 5 Jan. 1879 in Cal. AUGUSTUS b. 21 Oct. 1840. JULIA b. 24 May 1842. MARY J. b. 7 July 1844. LOUISA b. 26 July 1846; d. 15 Nov. 1854. ISAIAH b. 6 July 1848. Lorenzo Day, son of Josiah, Jr., and Mercy (Jones) Day, was born in Durham, 19 Dec. 1812. He married 14 Feb. 1837, Mary Louise Hopkins of Brunswick, who was born 27 Oct. 1818, and died 8 April 1897. He was a shoe manufacturer at North Brunswick until 1850, when he moved to Brunswick village, where he continued that business till 1859. He opened a retail shoe store, 1850, on the corner of Maine and Mason Sts., in Hinkley Block, which after its partial destruction in 1853 he rebuilt under the name of Day's Block. Here he did business till 1877. He also had retail stores in Racine, Beloit and Jonesville, Wisconsin, and for a short time in Topsham, Me. He died in Brunswick, 27 March 1880. FESSENDEN IRVING b. 26 Nov. 1837; m. 20 Dec. 1861 Mary Alma Holland. He is a shoe-merchant in Lewiston, Me. LIZZIE HOPKINS b. 22 Aug. 1839; m. 4 July 1869 Elisha M. Whitten, M.D. MARIA LOUISE b. 12 Aug. 1841; m. 25 Nov. 1863 John Furbish. LEANDER HOWARD b. 23 Jan. 1844; m. 21 Oct. 1869 Nellie Seymour Phelps. MARY ELLA b. 14 April 1849; d. 23 Feb. 1852. ELLEN CARO b. 1 Jan. 1851; m. 22 Oct. 5879 Fred Burns Valpey. Two ch. Harold Day b. 22 Aug. 1880, and Frederick Louis b. 21 July 1882. Children of Fessenden I. and Mary A. (Holland) Day. HERBERT IRVING b. 15 Feb. 1864; d. 29 July 1864. DANIEL HOLLAND b. 19 May 1865. FESSENDEN LORENZO b. 18 June 1868. MARY ALMA b. 2 June 1872. ANNIE HOLLAND b. 19 Oct. 1873; d. 2 April 1875. HELEN LOUISE b. 8 April 1877; d. 29 July 1880. ETHEL WILSON b. 21 Aug. 1884. Children of Leander H. and Nellie S. (Phelps) Day. RENA ELLS b. 29 Oct. 1870. IRVING SEYMOUR b. 22 Sept. 1873; d. 23 Oct. 1895. BESSIE FLORENCE b. 27 Oct. 1875. JESSE GOULD b. 2 June 1882. Children of John and Maria L. (Day) Furbish. EDWARD PAYSON b. 12 Oct. 1864; d. 10 Aug. 1878. BENJAMIN LINCOLN b. 10 Dec. 1866. MARY ALICE b. 20 Sept. 1869. CHARLES WESTON b. 5 March 1872; d. 20 July 1872. SAMUEL BENSON b. 1 Aug. 1874. JOHN ARTHUR b. 14 Oct. 1878.