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ANNALS OF OXFORD, MAINE, FROM ITS INCORPORATION, FEBRUARY 27, 1829, TO 1850. — PREFACED BY A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE — SETTLEMENT OF SHEPARDSFIELD PLANTATION, NOW HEBRON AND OXFORD, — AND SUPPLEMENTED WITH — GENEALOGICAL NOTES FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDS OF BOTH TOWNS AND OTHER SOURCES. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY MARQUIS FAYETTE KING, PORTLAND, MAINE, M D C C C CI I I . INDEX. Abbott, 66, 72, 73, 78, 122, 126 fam., 127. ACKLEY, 281. Adams, 17, 123, 124, 167, 211, 239. AiNSWOKTH, 120. Alden, 265. Allen, 6, 27, 36, 41, 43, 45, 52. 53, 55,60, 61, 70, 72, 73, 75, 81, 82, 83, 84, 92, 93, 127 fam., 128, 129, 141, 146, 147, 210, 211, 239;., 247, 248, 252, 270, 292, Ambrose, 188. Ames, 241. Anderson, 46, 65, 66, 67, 81, 85. Andrews, 27, 75, 99, 129 f.im., 130, 131, 142, 159, 243. 252, 261, 270, 271, 2S0, 285, 2S7. Appmlton, 65, 66. Archibald, 131 fam., 17S, 216, 219, 293- ashburton, 59. Aspen, 260. Atwood, 132. Austin, 73, 131 fam. liABSON, 239. Bacon, 159. BagleY; 163. Bailey, 64, 93, 94, 130, 150, 219. Baker, 92, 106, 132 fam., 184. Bancroft, 150. Banks, 143 fam, Barbour, 203. Barker, 102, 255. Barns, 226. Barrett, 262. Barrows, 5, 7, 13, 18, 19, 28, in, 130, 132 fain., 133, 134, 135, 136, 137. '39. '46, 152, 154, 176, 200, 218, 227, 230, 137, 241, 250, 256, 273, 278, 279, 292. Bartlett, 16, 27, 36, 39.41-42, 45. 72, 73. 75. "4, 136 fam , 137, 143.245. 246, 257, 295. Bassett, 183. Batchelor, 218, 253. Beal, 41, 75, 77, 13s, 137 fam., 138, 276. Beaman, 78, 138 fam. Bean, 27, 138 fam. Bearce, s, 6, 7, 13, 16, 28, 29, 77, 86, 133, 138 fam., 139, 140, 141, 146, 147, 152, 157, 158, 172, 182, 185, 188, 190, 198, 213, 214, 229. 230, 237, 243, 284, 286. 292. 295. Ben.nett, 137, 159. 200. 219, 243, 267. Benson, 7, 27, 28, 83, 137, 142 fam., 143. 148, 152, 185, 230. Bent, 150. Berry, 45, 127. Bessee, 28, 142, 143 fam., 155, 192, 219, 232, 250, 278. Best, 265. Bickpord, 73, 93, 143 fam., 221, 24S. BiCKNELL, 6, 12, 16, 28, 143 fam., • 44, 151- 17S. 262, 265. Billings, 200, 263. liiSBEE, 144 fam., 198, 253. BlXBY, 296. Blair, 27. Blake, 132, 145 fam., 174, 179, 206, 207, 222, 233, 266. Blankenburg, 277. BoiJVVELL, 195. BOLLES, 152. liOLSTLR, 8i, 95, 145 fam., 174, 177, 268. Bonnky 103, 145 fam., 219,283, 288. BOODY, 215. BOOTHBY, 75, lOI. Bowdoin, 159. liOWERS, 164. Bowker, 139, 146 fam., 241. BOWLEY, 156. Bowman, 150. BOYDEN, 152. Brackett, 78, 249, 276. Bradford, II, 28,224. Bradley, 133. liRADMAN, 234. Bramhall, 257. Bray, 242. Breslin, 161. Brett, 27, 138. Brickett, 117, 259. IV INDEX. Bridge, 9. Bridges, 97, BRlDCiHAM, 6, 7, 1 I, 26, 28, 132, 146 fam., 147, 160, 177, 184,197,238. Briggs, 68, 73, 140, 147 fam., 220, 285. Brock, 219, 285, 295. Bko.nson, 68, 69. Brooks, 49, 59, 65, 101, in, 147 fam., 172, 185, 225. Brown, n, 27, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67,68, 69. 72, 73. 75. 77.85, 112, '22, 123, 124, 148 film., 149, 153, 162, 165, 173, 179, 195,205, 207, 212, 215, 226, 251, 283, 288. Bruck, j6o. 273. Bryant, 28, 72, 73, 75, 143, 149 fam., 150, 151, 158, 199,225,238, 250. 257, 258. Buck, 134, 170, 174, 242. Bucklkr, 193. BucKNAM, 7, 16, 132, 133, 134, 140, 142, 151 fam., 152, 153, 165, 181, 200, 233, 244, 252. BULLARU, I I. BuLLKN, 12, 41, 42, 64, 153 fam., 204, 231, 243, 245, 257, 266. BuMTAS, 16, 28, 150, 153 fam., 154, 155, 170, 213, 228, 230, 233, 254, 284. 285, 291, 298. BuiUi.VNK, 314. BUR(,ESS, 244. BURI.EUiH, 217. BUKMIAM, 26, 259, 272, 286. Burns, 51, 59. 72, 73, 75, 78, loi, '55 f^i'Ti-. '56, 234, 255. BUTLEli, 184. Butters, 86. Byram, 274. Byron, 95. Cain, 95, 189. CaLDU ELL, 6, 16, 36, 38, 41, 44, 46, 50. 53. 55. 57. 58,60,61, 62, 66, 68, 71, 72, 73. 76, 79, 80, 93. 95. 115, 140, 156 fam., 157, 159, 238, 243, 246. Call, 282. Camphell, 95, 200, 213. Carlton, 61, 63, 64, 66, 85, 86, 93, 106, 107, 143, 158 fam., 232. Carman, 12, 28, 36, 49, 50, 53, 57, 59, 60, 6a, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 86, 88,90, 92,98, 101, 103, 105, 107, 131, 144, 158 fam., 159, 191, 192, 211, 219. Carr, 73, 148, 159 fam., 228, 261. Carter, 56. Carv, 19, 24, 62, 72, 73, 76, 78, 127, 160 fam., 161, 265, 295. Cask, 263. Cash, 143. Caswell, 161 fam., 286. Cates, 59, 76, 77, 84, 86, 161 fam., 233, 265. Chadhourne, 27, 46, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 67, 68, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, idi fam., 163, 188, 203, 2J2, 231, 282, 283, 286, 287. Chai hiN, 66, 67, 69, 72, 76, 77, 78, 84, 90, 104, 106, 108, 163 fain., 164, 212, 239. Cham)!HKLain, 136, 271. Chambers, 128. Chandler, 26, 29, 85, 95, 135, 181, 205, 273, 285. Chai'LN', 118, 238, 239. Chai'lln, 59, 127. Chai'AL\n, 85, 99, 164 fam., 297. Chase, 94, 117, 159, 177, 260. Cheever, 235. Cheney, 9. Chesley, 26, 73, 79, 148, 165 fam., 219. Child, 9, 287. Chipal'VN. 42, 62, 77, 165 fam., 166, 173, 186, 196, 198, 230, 231. Chitma.v, 64. Chi'TE, 54, 83, 84, 85 fam., 93, 104, 106, 107, 270. Churchill, 12, 135, 142, 153, 156, 166 fam., 181, 182, 186, 238, 250, 276. ClA}'!', I 14, 160. Clark, 6, 28, 114, 146, 157, 167 fam., 190, 207, 291, 296. Cleavei^and, 82, 86, 90, 167 fam., 172, 212, 223, 249. Cleaves, 217. Clifford, 129, 167 fam., 168, 212. Clough, 188. COLB, 16, 85, 168 fam., 198, 213, 216, 225, 265, 267, 280. COLliURN, 142. Cole, 133, 134, 168 fam., 217, 240, 273, 280, 297. Conant, 24, 243. Connor, 137. Cook, 187, 247, 287. CooMiis, 169 fam. Coi'ELA.ND, 265. COKDWELL, 147, 294. Corey, 168 fam. Corliss, 169 fam. Cotton, 146, 231, 276, 284. couillard, 154. Courser, 59, 186. Cousins, 120, 132, 259. Cox, 149, 169 f^m., 199,214. INDEX. Coy, 72, 102, 137, 169 fam., 170, 287. Crafts, 16, 28, 146, 155, 170 fam., 210. Craigie, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 38, 46, 80, 96, 114, 121, 122, 123, 141, 205, 256, 285. Cragin, 282. Crockett, 36, 38, 47, 48, 53, 55, 57. 59. 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 76, 171 fam., 231. 233, 248, 279, 282, 290. Crocker, 42, 46, 59, 60, 72, 73, 76, 79. ^3. 84, 90. 91. 92, 139. 141, 152, 167, 171 fam., 172, 204, 214, 233, 235, 257, 258, 264, 271, 293. Crosby, 71. Cross, 159. Crowell, 270. CuMMiNGS, 26, 73, 76, 85, 145, 195, 230, 233, 275, 291, 298. Currier, 187, 29^. Curtis, 28, 63, 124, 172 fam., 187, 191, 267. CUSHMAN, 6, 7, 12, 13, 16, 19, 26, 27, 28, 31, 36, 37, 38,41,42,43, 44, 45, 47. 48, 49, 62, 72, 73, 76, 95, 103, 109, 130, 134, 135, 137, 141, 143, 144, 153, 170, 173 fam., 174. 175. 1S5, 189, 191, 192, 193, 195, 200, 205, 219, 222, 223, 227, 231. 235, 238, 243, 246, 252, 254, 272, 279, 284, 2S5, 289, 291, 293. Cutter, 118. Dame, 90, 177 fam. Dana, 68, 69, 70, Daniels, 76, 221. Dascombe, 9. Davee, 28, 133, 135, 176 fam., 233, 243, 250, 276. Davis, 176 fam., r8o, 184, 188, 242, 244, 262. Dawes, 224. Day, 294. Dean, 13, 27, 36, 40, 43, 56, 59, 61, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 91, 92, 95, 129, 137, 148, 166, 177 fam., 183, 187, 195, 217, 219, 265, 268, 274. 293. Dearborn, 150, Deblois, iio. Decoster, 28, 43, 143, 178 fam., 210, 262. Deering, 221, 293. Denkin, 74, 76, 77, 78, 84, 95, 120, 148, 179 fam., 192, 220, 233, 250, 252. Dennett, 158. Densmore, 70, 71, 76, 79, 179 fam. Dexter, 249. Dicker, 137. DiNGLEY, 161, Dix, 9. DOBLE, 262. Dodge, 249. Doe, 179 fam. Dole, 206. Dorr, 270. Doughty, 265. Douglass, 83, 84, 138. Dow, 181. Downie, 250. Downing, 72, 74, 180 fam., 219, 253- Downs, 245. Drake, 7, 12, 28, 74, 94, 180 fam., 181, 198, 215, 226, 262. Draper, 9. Dresser, 277. Drew, 148. Drinkwater, 234. Dudley, 16, 28, 72, 74, 76, 95, 96, 144, 152, 164, 169, 181 fam., 182, 269, 206, 287. Dunham, 12, 13, 16, 28, 57, 81, 132, 175, 182 fam., 183, 228, 241, 250, 273, 279. Dunlap, 49, 51, 52, 53. Dunn, 27, 65, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 99, 177, 183 fam., 228, 285. Durell, 6, 65, 69, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 79, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 100, 104, 108, III, 112, 124, 13S, 184 fam., 218, 251, 29T, 296. Dustin, 297, Dwinal, 145, 184 fam., 245, 292. Dver, 184, 223, 236, 263. Eames, 159, 214. Eastman, 174, 234. Eaton, 116, 229, 263, 265. Edes, 247. Edgecomb, 102. Edson, 287. Edwards, 74, 137, 157, 167, 174, 185 fam., 190. Elder, 285. Eldridge, 120. Elliot, 215. Ellis, 158, 202, 219. Ellsworth, 282. Elms, 243, 244, 251. Elwell, 76, 156, 215, 216. Emery, 27, 59, 76, 172, 185 fam., 216. Erskine, 190. Estes, 289. , Evans, 185 fam. Eveleth, 229. VI INDEX. Everett, 40, 41. Fairbanks, 181. Fairfield, 57, 59. 60, 62, 63, 64, 115- Farquhar, 389. Farrkr, i83. Farrington, 157, 197, 202, 238, 260. Faruis, 27, 28, 45, 74, 76, 78, 86, 123, 139, \Ui, 166, 169, 185 fam., 1 86, 203, 209, 226, 233, 258, 282. Farwell, 28, 163, 240. Faunce, 36, 48, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 70, 71, 72, 74.76, 77, 78, 79, 105, 135. 162, 177, 1H6 fam., 187, 188, 189, 219, 222, 274, 287. Fay, 232. Fernald, 133. Fessenden, 67, 68, 69, 70, no, 133. Field, 85, 233, 273, 285. Fish, 189 fam. Fisher, 202. FisK, 154, 281. Fitz, 76, 86, 189 fam., 211. Flaherty, 162. Flemming, 164. Fletcher, 181. Flint, 84. Flood, 161. FoiiES, 83, 181. Fogg, 72, 76, 138, 174, 189 fam., 215, 218. Ford, 78, 189 fam., 213. Forester, 187. Foss, 253, 277. Foster, 22, 23, 24, 38, iii, 121, 257> 295- Fo.x, 123, 1H8. Fran'cis, 74, 283. Frank, 136. Freeman, 297. Fkknch, 59, 69, 74, 150, 174, 189 fam., 190, 232. Frost, 78, 85, 86, 109, 190 fam.,' 226, 257, 263, 295. Fri'ean, 226. Frye, 24, 180, 283. Flllek, I, 6, 10, II, 13, 27, 28, 57, 59, 61, 72, 74, 76, 95, 121, 124, 14S, 158, 166, 172, 175, 179, 191 fam., 192, 193, 205, 208, 210, 2T9, 230, 231, 248, 251, 263, 274, 279, 2S4, 291, 293. Fl'riikr, 220. FURBUSH, 188. Gammon, 27, 50, 55, 59, 60, 74, 76, 77, 78, 86, 90, 194 fam., 195, 204, 255, 274. Garcelon, 188, 202, 212. Gardner, 36, 43, 50. 55. 57. 60, 61, 62, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78, 148, 158, 178, 195 fam., 262, 270, 271. Garland, 201, 203, 288. Gerrish, I, 148, 231. Gerrv, 145. Getchell, 175. Getty, 239. GiuBs, 142. Gilbert, 195 fam., 209. GiLLETT, 97. Gilman, 195, 227. GiLMuRE, 214. Gladding, 218. Glover, 28, 153. i95 f<^iv.-* INDEX. vu Hamden, 27. Hamlin, 19, 24, 70, 71, 171, 200 fam., 207. Hammill, 155. Hammond, 142, 146. Hancock, 17, 83. Hannaford, 200 fam., 233. Hanscome, 155, J99 fam., 212, 221. Hanson, 59, 78, 153. Hardy, 26. Harlow, 141, 161. Harmon, 161, 285, 296. Harper, 99. Harris, 15?, 174, 223, 241, 285. Hart, 97, 164. Harvey, 58. Haskell, 72, 74, 76, 182, 203, 212, 223, 224, 23.^, 240, 267, 280. Hathaway, 130, 135, 152, 182, 200 fam. Haven, 24, 38, 98, 295. Hawkins, 59, 63, 64, 65, 67, 74, 79. }Iawks, 72, 74, 130, 133, 152, 160, it4, 200 fam., 201, 219. Harden, 7, 172. Hayes, 27, 36, 57, 59, 69, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 97. 9^, 100, 103, 109, 145, 175, 190, 201 fam., 231, 265. Hayford, 171. Hazeltine, 271. Hazen, 247. Hazlett, 163. Heath, ^60. Hechabarria, 224. HeISLER, 1^12. Hemingway, 22S. Herriciv, 148, 162, 18S, 194, 219, 236. HEr.RiN, 27, 175. Hersey, 106, 202 fam., 203, 216, 229, 294. Hicks, 115, 203 fam. HiCKSON, 85. HlLBORN, 27, 36, 40, 42, 50, 55, 63, 72, 74, 76, 77,-78, 79, 123, 150, 153. 195. 203 fam., 204, 234, 204. Hildreth, 164. Hill, 5,6,31, 32, 59, 12S, 204 fam., 248, 262, 281, 290, 295. HOBBS, 224. HODGDON, 214, 284. HODGKINS, 228. HOGAN, 102, 285. HOLBROOK, 27, 44, 47, 49. 54, 55, 60, 72, 74, 76, 102, 103, 104, 114, 205 fam., 206, 208. HOLden, 131, 258, 294. Holmes, 27, 35, 41, 45, 47, 52, 53, 55, 56, 5S, 60, 61, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 84, 96, 124, 163, 173, 205, 206 fam., 256, 268, 269, 270. Hood, 36, 61, 72, 74, 78, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90, 208 fam., 236, 239- Hooper, 19, 26, 88. Hopkins, 208, 249. Horne, 208 fam. Houghton, 135, 164, 209 fam., 212, 245. House, 282. Hovey, 253. Howard, 152, 209 fam., 245,-273, 280. Howe, 134, 194, 209 fam. Howland, 245. Hl'B]5ARD, 71, 121. Hudson, 228. Huff, 224. Humfrey, 217. Hunt, 20, 22, 120. Ilsley, 286. Ingalls, 1 28, 159, 170, 210 fam. Ingham, 210. ^ Irish, 28, 144, 178, 210 fam., 227, 22S, 233, 262. Jackson, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 22, 76, 86, 142, 183, 184, 189, 206, 210 fam., 227, 230, 249. Jacobs, 145, 259. Jefferson. 25. Jenkins, 140, 175, 202, 211 fam., 215, 244, 251. Jennings, iSS. Jewell, 172. Jewett, 239. Johns, 146. Johnson, 8t„ 84, 109, 127, 152, 201. Jones, 68, 69, 70, 76, 78, 81, 82, 97, J27, 141, 160, 163, 175, 183, 199, 211 fam., 213, 228, 253. Jordan. 16, 43, 45, 47, 55, 74, 134, 135, 151, 162, 191, 194, 200, 212 fam., 233, 244, 248, 287. Joyce, 171, JUDKINS, 201. Kavanough, 65, 155, 213 fam. Keene, 27, 28, 40, 44, 56, 59, 60, 62, 72, 74, 76, 77, 141, 169. 172, 180, 182, 187, 192, 209, 212, 213 fam., 214, 215, 228, 240, 255, 262, 268, 272, 273, 274. Kelley, 67, 72, 248. Kempton, 149. Kendall, 227. Kennard, 170. VIU INDEX. Keith. 28, 35, 37. 38, 42, 43. 44, 46, 47, 4"^. 49. 50, 51. 52, 55. 50. 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 72, 79, 83, 84, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93. 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, no, 201, 202, 216 fam., 224, 239, 240, 248, 249, 265. Kennev, 162. Kent, 53. 55, 57, 60, 62, 63. KiLGOKE, 120, 266. Kimball, 136, 139, 156. King, 6, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 3S. 40, 42, 43. 44. 45. 46, 47. 4^. 49. 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 64, 65, 66, 72, 74, 76, 78, 85, 86, 89, 90, 9f, 92. 93, 96, 97, 99, i<^, '°4. 105, 108, no. III, 112, 113, I2t, 122, J24, 139, 146, 149, 160, 184, 207, 211, 217 fam., 218, 232, 265, 273, 277, 295. Kingman, 198. KiNGSiiURY, 271. Kinsley, 154, 175, 219 fam. Kinsman, 114. Knapp, 227. Kneeland, 259. Knight, 59, 74, 78. 180, 183, 208, 219 fam., 220, 235, 266, 276, 2Sr, 290. Knowlton, 226. La Croix, 292. Lamar, 250. Lamb, 45, 97, 220 fam. Lander, 209, 220 fam., 284. Lane, 74, 77, 133, 146, 162, 165, 175, 204, 210, 219, 2 20 fam., 233, 290. Larraeee, II, 289. Lawrence, 150. Leach, 221 fam. Learned, 24. Leavitt, 180, 221 fam., 246. Lebaxon, 154, 221 fam. Lee, 50, 51, 52. 53, 54. 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 76, 79, 173, 174, 219, 221 fam., 256, 289. Legrow, 209. Leigh roN. 215. Leonard, 217, 244. Lewis, 244, 259, 261. LiBBY, 59, 74, 76, 97, 98, 161, 204, 222 fam., 294. Lincoln, no, in. Linnkll, 59, 74, 77, 90, 156, iSS, 222 fam., 223, 255. Litchfield, 159, 222, 225. Little, 41, 140 LlTTl.EFIELD, 27, 4I, 72, 74, 95, n8, 149. LiTTLEHALE, I50. Lockvvood, 283. Lo.MHARD, 36, 76, 77, 78, 79, 86, 127, 153, 162, 167, 198, 222, 223 fam., 224, 240, 265. Long, 56, 243. Longfellow, 22, Lord, 59, 74, 86, 90, 92, 93, 219, 224 fam., 227, 245. Loring, 223, 224 fam., 225, 238. LovEjoY, 127. LOVELL, 167, 289. lovering, 272, 283. Lowell, 203. Lucas, 86, 225 fam., 259, 260, 280. Lund, 150. LuNT, 49. 72, 225 fam., 235. 2S7. ^L\COMliKR, 132, 146. Maddo.x, 27, 72, 76, 225 fam. Malcolm, 187. Mancilla, 119. Mann, 257. Manson, 104, 202. Marble, 148. March, 260. Mark, 74, 105, 226 fam., 249. Marriner, 74, 76, 181, 226 fam. Marshall, 28, 36, 42, 72, 78, 154, 160, 184, 200, 210, 215, 227 fam., 240. 250, 293. Marston, 130, 193, 235 fam., 269, 2S6, 287, 297. Martin, 76, 79, 128, 145, 228 fam., 229, 255, 259, 263. Mar wick, 250. Mason, 176, 183, 227. Masters, 226. Matson, 187. Maxim, 129, 139, 214, 241. Mayberry, 71, 202, 229. Mayhew, 241, 256. Megquire, 243, 244, 245. Mkllen, 26, 234. Merrill, 28, 36, 57, 72, 74, 76, 77, Si, 117, 141, 142, 152, 154, 157, 158, 162, 192, 193, 198, 229 fam., 230, 231, 232, 243, 2h6, 2;^3, 259, 292, 204. Merkow, 259. Mesrrvey, 136. McAllister, 162, 163, 171, 186, 201, 231 fam, 2S9. McCarty, 9. McClure, 246. .McCullam, 138. McCl'rdy, 226, 2 IQ. McIntirk, 122, 263. McKenney, 78. McKl'hn, 258. INDEX. IX McMahon, i88. MiLiKEN, 232 fam., 282. Miller, 189, 223, 224, 283. MiLLETT, 137, 152, 169, 171, 231 fam., 261, 2S8, 292. Mitchell, 153, 159, 200. Mixer, 27, 47, 60, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 89, CO, 91, 92, 93, 113, 232 fam., 263, 267, 270. Monk, 152, 155, 186, 232. MooDV, 244, 209. Moore, 27, 36, 72, 76, 161, 233 fam., 280. Morey, 74, 234 fam., 270. Morgan, 2S, 218, 2^4 fam., 262. Morrill, 71, 136. Mouse, 67, 74, 76, S3, 84, 123, 124, 133- 153. 161, 2cS, 213, 231, 234 fam., 235, 248, 257, 264, 271. -Morton, 27, 28, 29, 65, 84, loi, 185, 187, 196, 225, 235 fam., 236, 246. I\IoTLEV, 292. ivioulton, 36, 76, 237. Mugford, 279. Murdock, 236 fam., 2S7. MURRY, 127. Muzzey, 37, 51, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90, 92, 105, 208, 236 fam., 237, 295. Myrick, 7, 13, 28, 31, 32, 135, 196, 237 fam. Nelson, 27, 62, 74, 76, 79, 84, 85, 86, 118, 150. i;2, 173, 224, 237 fam., 238, 239, 277, 281, 292. Newhall, 74, 160, 239 fam. Newland, 207. Newman, 41, 181, 214, 273. Newton, 228. Nichols, 249. Nickerson, 253. Noble, 149, iSo, 245. Norris, 208. Norton, 28, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39, 43, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 74, 76, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 100, IC2, 105, 106, no, 114, 127, 216, 239 fam., 240. Noyes, 76, 122, 240 fam. Nutter, 184. NvTTiNG, 129. Nye, 181. Oliver, .:9, 55, 56, 60, 72, 76, 12S, 240 fam., 253. Ordway, 22S, 24S, 256. O.SGOOD, 290. Otis, i, 2, 212. Owen, 130. Page, 74, 14S, 187, 275. Paine, 35c, 2:9. Packard, 12, 16, 29, 133, 134, 143, 144, 146, 147, 155, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 176, 182, 183, 228, 240 fam., 241, 242, 277, 285, 290, 292. Palmer, 220, 242 fam., 292. Paris, 13, 19, 24, 56, 62, 142, 242 fam., 279. Parish, 86. Parker, 6, 294. Parks, 55. Parrott, 261. Parsons, 51, 85, 161, 225, 231, 266, 277. Partridge, 187, 237, 252. Patch, 291. Pattke, 155. Patten, 206. Pay SON, no. Pearl, 86. Peck, i6u. Peckham, 81, 82. Penuextek, 1S4. Penley, 27, 127. Pekki.ns, 27, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45. 59, 62, 72, 74, 76, 79, Si-, 97, 130, 13!, J53. 157, 173, 192, 217, 237, 240, 243 fam., 244, 245, 270, 276, 2S6, aS8. Pekley, 133.. Perry, 27, 3^, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 5<^, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 79, Si, 85, 95, 100, loi, 105, 115, 116, 127, 137, 157, 195, 199, 230, 235, 240, 245 fam., 246, 248, 2}9, 253, 290. Peterson, 45, 123, 166, 219, 243, 245, 247 fam., 251, 257. Phillips, 5, 6, 196, 224, 265. Phipps, 9. Pickering, 201. Pierce, 84, 98, 263, 291. Pike, 41, 55, 74, 76, 79, ^37, 167, 171, 186, 205, 212, 248 fam., 249, 263, 267, 282, 2S5. Pingree, 76, 78, 90, loi, 105, 249 fam. Piper, 162. Plaisted, 217. Plummer, 258. Pratt, 9, 12, 26, 27, 29, 37, 38, 43, 44, 45, 49, 59, 64, 66, 67, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 90, 92, 96, 99, 123, 126, J32, 134, 137, 14S, 150, 192, 195, 22S, 242, 247, 250 fam., 251,252, 25S, 271,273,275,286. Pray, 252 fam. INDEX. Prentiss, 8i, 218, 273. Prescott, 143. Prin-ce, 36, 73. 74, 76, 79. I47, 191. 252 fam. POMPILLV, 166. POMROV, 81, 82. Pond, 223. Pool, 81, 267. Poor, 128. Porter, 18. Potter, 148- Pottle, 137, i7i- PuLSiFER, 252. PUTNAN!, 148, 290. Ramsdell, 204. Rand, ii4- Randall, 129, 152, 182, 209, 252 fam., 271. 273- Ransom, 182, 23a. Rawson, 26, 59. 73. 99, 105, 153, 180, 192, 202, 206, 207, 212, 233. 253 fam., 260. ^ Rays, 296. Reardon, 128. Record, n, 43, 47, 61, 68, 73, 74, 78, 79, 86, 90, 154, 174, 196, 198, 245, 253 fam., 254, 279, 285. Reed, 153. 158, i59, 227, 258. Rice, 19, 253- Rich, 50. 5i. 59. 73. 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 212. 216, 228, 229, 238, 254 fam., 255, 256, 292. Richards, 36, 45, 49, 52. 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73. 74, 75. 77. 167, 188, 221, 238, 246, 256 fam., 287, 290, 294. Richardson, 26, 29, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 116, 228, 256 fam. Richmond, 16, 27, 41, 95, 103, 149, 150, 153, 190, 256 fam., 257, 258, 260, 261, 294, 296, 297. Ricker, 137, 156. 160, 209, 210, 218, 258 fam., 275. RiDEOUT, 247. Rider, 296. Riggs, 27, 203. Ring, 173, 243. Ripley, ioi, 219, 277. RoBuiNS, 27, 42, 174, 223, 225, 259 fam, 260, 297. RoHERTS, 134, 212, 237, 259 fam. RoDiNSON, 6, 13, 26, 27, 29, 36, 41, 43, 46, 48, 49, 51, 54, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 73, 75, 77, 79, 92, 96, 97. 98. 99. 131. 138, 237, 258, 260 fam., 297. Rock, 127. Rogers, 187, 220. Rollins, 184. Root, 161. Ross, 170, 196. Rounds, 77. RowE, 12, 27, 29, 36, 41, 45, 73, 75, 77, 79, 8r, 82, 84, 137, 166, 172, 178, 180, 190, 216, 227, 232, 234, 2.;8, 261 fam., 262, 263, 269, 270, 274, 280, 283, 289, 290. Royal, 219. Russ, 140. Rl-ssell, 27, 59, 75, 77, 78, 147, 221, 233, 245, 250, 264 fam., 274. Ri'ST, 26, 31, 267. RVERSON, 26, 30, 179, 250. Safford, 220. Sami'SON, 59, 73, 75, 86, 126, 134, 165, 219, 264 fam., 271, 272, 296. Sanborn, 75, 77, 79, 204, 264 fam., 294. Sands, 258. San ford, 259. Sargent, 224. Saunders, 255, 264 fam. Savage, 296. Savery, 257, S.\\vy'er, 162, 187, 249. sckibnlr, 156, 194, 239, 252, 283. ScHOFIELD, 212. Scott, 58. Sears, 277. Seavey, 152, 290. Sennet, 231. Seymour, 184. Shapleigh, 226. Shattuck, (63. Shaw, ii, 23, 27, 35, 36, 40, 42, 43, 48, 87, 88, 94, 95, 1C5, 106, 109, no, III, 113, 116, 117, 119, 135, 161, 174, T90, 197, 201, 203, 205, 217, 222, 223, 265 fam., 275- Shepard, I, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21, 27, 41, 80, 115, 152, 172, 191, 2c6, 213, 237, 261, 266 fam., 280. Sherburne, 97. Shurtlefk, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44. 45. 47, 49, 50. 51, 53> 54, 55, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 9', 92, 105, 153,245, 266 fam., 291. Sinclair, 18S. Small, 98, 103, 216, 2S7. Snell, i6, 148, if-<5, 214, 215, 268 fain., 291. Snowman, 154. Somes, 75, 26S fam., 275. INDEX. XI I Smith, 40, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 59, 61, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75. 77, 78, 79. 82, 112, 132, 133, 137. 149. 167, 168, 190, 200, 204, 208, 218, 224, 232, 248, 257. 259, 267 fam., 268, 277. SoPER, 26S fam. SouLE, 27, 44, 62, 75, 77, 78, 84, 85, 86, 96, 169, 181, 219, 237, 243, 251, 266, 268 fam., 269. Sparrow, 153. Spaulding, 154, 269 fam. Sprague, 5t, 204. Spring, 10, 92, 230, 239. Spi'rr, 81, 141, 216, 236. Standish, 296. Stanley, 131, 240, 263, 269 fam., 270. Stanton, 75, 77, 231. Staples, 27, 36, 37, 44, 45, 60, 63, 71, 73. 75. 77, 78, 162, 183, 195, 224, 232, 234, 243, 270, 271, 2S7. StAREIRD, 2X2. Starr, 94. Steadman, 6, 13, 29, 45, 123, 130, 151, 216, 225, 227, 251, 269, 271 fam., 272, 2S6, 292. Stearns, 197. Stetson, 143. Stevens, 40, 41, 78, 97, 137, 175, 187, 108, 204, 219, 263, 272 fam., 286, 2S9. Stinchfield, 149, 176, 225. Stockbridge, 159. Stockman, 203. Stone, 69, 75, 194, 208, 228, 234, 272 fam. Stowell, 26, 289. Strickland, 58. Stkoxg, 26. Stkout, 183. Stuart, 201. Stuudevant, 29, 99, 143, 150, 154, 170, 182, 209, 236, 241, 250, 254, 262, 273 fam., 2S5. Styles, 25S. Sutton, 119. Swallow, 269. Swan, 158, 253. swedeneorg, 249. Sweeney, 204. Sweet, 162, 274. SwETT, 150, 201, 277. Swift, 75, 1S7, 274 fam., 289. Sykes, 160. SvMONDS, 75, 239, 240. Taft, 137. Talbot, 71, 220. Tareell, 163. Tarbox, 27, 59, 60, 215, 248, 262, 274 fam., 286. Taylor, 59, 73, 75, 77, 79, 94, 181, 275 fam. Teague, 224. Tellier, 296. Tenney, 267. Tewksbury, 35, 36, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 61, 73, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 98, 100, 103, 105, no, 112, 117 fam., 118, 119, 205, 212, 226, 238, 266, 274. Thatcher, 120. Thayer, 27, 36, 47, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 69, 73, 75, 77, 95, 103, 130, 137, 219, 238, 251, 275 fam., 276, 277. Thomas, 16, 36, 57, 61, 62, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75. 99, 113, 219, 236, 237, 276 fam., 277, 279, 280. Thompson, 138, 197, 278 fam. Thorp. 195. Thurlow, 214. Thurston, 50, 70, 75, 83, 84, 248, 278 fam. Tibbetts, 181, 259, 278 fam. ToBiE, 201, 231, 245. Tourtellotte, 259. TOWLE, 184. townsend, 167. Tribou, 174. Tripp, 18, 19, 94, 143, 154, 175, 254, 278 fam., 279. Trott, 193, 203. True, 136, 148. Truet, 49, 77, 279 fam. Trull, 120. Tubes, 28, 42, 70, 71, 132, 136, 137, 168, 182, 198, 209, 253, 279 fam., 280, 285. TUELL, iSl, 198. Tucker, 102, 152, 206, 267, 288. Tufts, 77, 78, 280 fam. Tupper, 183. Turner, 7, 11, 13, 27, 28, 31, 32, 195, 219, 228, 236, 249, 280 fam., 2S1. Tuttle, 276. Twitchell, 152. TwoMBLY, 281 fam. Upham, 9. Valentine, 208. Van Antwerp, 207. Vance, 130. Vaux, 287. Verrill, 63, 75, 102, 191, 234, 282. Virgin, 97. Vose, 30, 208. Xll INDEX. Wadsworth, 165. VVagg, 193. Waite, 244, 276. Walcott, 75, 78, 163, 165, 248, 2S2 fam. Walker, 81, S2, 83, 84, 85, 86, 103, 156, 160, 200, 221, 277, 283 fam., 286. Ward, 218, 292. Wardwell, 40, 41, 43, 45. 46, 57. 61, 66, 73, 75, 77, 78, 145, 163, 245, 254, 283 fam., 287. Warren, i, 85, 86, 92, 93, 127, 154. 239- W.\SHBUKN, 6, 7, 13, 16, 27, 29, 39, 47. 57. 73. 75. 77. 79. Mi. I55. 163, 181, 187, 191, 192, 219, 220, 221, 241, 243, 245, 249, 251, 256, 270, 271, 274, 284 fam., 285, 286, 287, 288. Water HOUSE, 108, 160, 203. Waterman, 27, 148, 288 fam. Watson, 169, 184. Webb, 159. Webber, 36, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 63, 65, 68, 69,70,73,75, 77, 78, 84, 100, 204, 221, 231, 263, 288 fam., 2S9. Webster, 59, 134, 203, 224, 240 287. Weeks, 261. Weeman, 157, 271. Welch, 55, 59. 64, 73. 75, 77, 79. 86, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99, 102, 120 fam., 122, 123, 124, 137, 158, 169, 176, 220, 251. Wellington, 22. Wells, 289 fam. Wesley, 160, West, 6. Weston, 27, 248, 290 fam., 292. Weymouth, 259. Wthichurch, 223. Whitcomb, 290. White, 216, 219, 234, 257, 265. Whitehead, 212, 2S9. Whitehouse, 36, 38, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 73. 75, 77. 78. 79- 204, 220, 230, 263, 290 fam., 291. Whitman, 19, 154, 155, 176, 217, 235, 242, 252, 267, 291. Whitney, 5, 19, 23, 25, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44. 45. 60, 68, 70, 71. 75, 96, 116, 121, 131, 140, 145, 156, 160, 171, 177, 192, 205, 209, 243, 256, 258, 272, 391 fam., 292, Whittemore, ir, 13, 16, 29, 41, 42, 82, 129, 133, 139, 177, 191. 196, 219. 228, 231, 238, 263, 271, 292 fam., 293. Whyte, 261. Widgery, 15, 16, 17. WiGGiN, 259. Wight. 133. 170, 283. Wilder, 164. Willakd, 9. Wn.LiAMs, S3. 84, 85, 86, 193, 260, 288. Willis, 12, 198, 293 fam. Wilson, 56, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 73, 75. 294 fam. Wing, 159. Winkley, 168. Winship, 79, 219. Win slow, 77, 180. 226, 294 fam. Winsor, 165. WiSWELL, 295. Witha.m. 203, 257, 294 fam. Witt, 227. Worcester. 257. Work, 59, 73, 75, 77, 296 fam. Worth LEY, 136. Wood. 27, 140, 166, 176, 227, 248, 258, 261, 281, 294 fam., 295. Woodbury, 98, 124, 246. Woodruff, 219. Woodsome, 270. Woodward, 48, 50, 53, 59, 73, 75, 78, S6, 90, 91, 92. 98, 99. Ill, 151. 157, 191, 295 fiirn. Wright, 27, 36, 37, 38, 43, 49, 50, 5^, 64. 73. 75. 75>. 93. 99, 123, 153, 219, 257, 264, 296 fam., 297- Wyman, 257. Yeaton, 59, 86, 90, 133, 298 fam. Yeats, 51, 77, 78, 79, 148, 297 fam. York, 155, -21, 268, 29S fain. Young. 75. 81, 170, iSo, 268, 275, 398 fam. T'ut luJtr the ibadc c/f/j bramhci liucili ai:rtt*r fici, %s^U/ etitr ottl/w/*.; anJ lenjiface,'' ANNALS OF OXFORD. CHAPTER I. SHEPARDSFIELD. b-frtiii:^ tract oi If .'tid granted by the General Court of Massa- yljl chusetts to Alexander Shephard Jr., lies between 44° 3/ Qj^ and 44" 14/ K. latitude and between 6° 20/ and 6° 40/ E. %" longitude from Washington. This territory being so nearly equidistant from the equator and the pole, is not sub- ject to long continutjd or excessive heat or cold, and as the wind seldom comes from any one point for more than three or four d.iys successively, the various climatic changes atten- dant upon the wind, follow one another in rapid and agree- able succer^sion. The title of the Commonwealth to this district is based upon ancient grants, "lor the advancement of the Christian religion and the glory of God, and to replenish the deserts with peo- ple who would be governed by laws and the magistrates," irom the crown of England, in exercise of the right of emi- nent domain. Unlike most legislative grants, thiy to IMr. Shepard was for a tangible consideration, as tha following abstracts from the records of the Court will shov/. Resolved, That there be granted to Alexander Shepard Jr. and to his heirs, the unappropriated lands lying in the county of Cumberland in the Province of Maine, between a township of land granted to the Honorable James Warren Esq. and others, called Sylvester Canada ; a township grant- ed to Joshua Fuller and others, ca.lled No. 4 ; a tov/nship granted to the Honorable James Otis Esq. and others, and a township granted to Joseph Gerrifh Esq. and others, called Bakerctov.-n ; containing about three square milci, exclusive 3 Annals of Oxford* of the allowances of ponds, rivers, sag of chain, etc., bound ed as followeth, viz. besrinning at a stake and stones in the line of Sylvester Canada aforesaid, near the bank of little Wilson pi^nd, thence north 70 degrees west to the line of No. 4 township on the south sicle of Streaked mountain, thence on the line of said township to the south west corner thereof, thence on land granted to Jeremiah Green, to th6 north west- erly corner of said grant, thence south westerly to the north east corner of the township aforesaid granted to the Honor ubie James Otis Esq., thence on the easterly line of said town ship to Bakerstown, thence on said Bakerstown north line to Sylvester Canada aforesaid, thence on wSylvester Canada line to the stake and stones first mentioned. Provided, The said Alexander Shepard Jr. shall deliv- er in to this Court to their acceptance, on or before the last day of September next, an accurate map of all the late Prov- ince of Maine, therein distinguishing the appropriated from the unappropriated lands, the lines of the several counties, all the rivers, distinguishing how far navigable, all tha islands, towns, harbors, I'ocks, shoals, inlets, creeks, bays, lakes, promontories, capes, mountains, peninsulas, etc. in said Province. Provided, Also the said grrantee settle ten families in s;iid tract within ten years; and also that said tract doth not in- terfere with any former grant. March 7, 1777. Pvesolve accepting Mr. Shepard's map and confirming to him the grant of 1777, passed June 24, 1779. ^^'HEREAS, The General Court of this State, did an the feventh day of March 1777, grant unto Alexander Shepard Jr. a certain tract of land, lying in the county of Cumberland, upon certain conditions, one of which was that the said i^hepard should furnish this State with an accurate plan of all the late Province of Maine, to the acceptance of the Gen trill Court; and whereas the said Shepard has executed a I- Ian of the said Province of Maine and presents it for accept- iince : therefore, ^FvLsoLvi-D, That the said map of the late Province of ^^ai^e, presented to this Court by Alexander Shepard Jr. tc, and hereby is accepted, and it is further, Resolved, 'I'hat the trajt of land gr i.itsd to the said Alexander Shepard Jr. by the General Court of this State culhe iicvtuuiciay of Mar^^h xy;;, be and hereby is confirm- 4 Annals of Oxford. to hrm the said Alexander Shepard ""r. , his heirs nnd as- signs forever, I y thj f cJ))'.ving bounds, vi/. Be^jinin-^ at a slake and ttut:es vupp' aed to h c'usive of grants already made t-> JwnaLhan Greenh af Esq., and J. Green; and provided it cois rot interfere \\i h any former grant, and he the said '/hepard fulfilling the ccnditions oJ his giant. It will I e ojser\ e 1 that t'le descriptions in the act of 1777, and that 01 1779, do not exactly agree. althou'.;h it is mo.'st likely tr.atboth act? were drawn, by Mr. Sliepard himself, with uie intent of t;ecuring all unappropriated la^ids enclos- ed by the circuit of townships nau^ecl, and this accounts for the large ruinber oi angles, and the irregular shaje of the grant, i^ut with all his skill in engineering, Mr. Saeoard appears to have been unable in this case to hav.i given meets and bounc's si ffioienliy accurate to prevent iuiure di i.jention. 'I he map which appears to have been the important con- sideration, ahhough accepted hy the Court, could hardly have fulfilled tb; very specific concdtio.is of the act, for a map answering these reipurements has not yet been made. We may tl e.efore lujjame that Mr. Shepard tnjoyed con- siderable influence, and while proftdsedly a yeoman, he was much en^ployed iu t,urvcyiag "eastern lands", and both he and his father were active promoters cf their settlement. Neither appear to have gained wealth thereby, in fact, the probate records oi Middlesex county show that Alexander Shepard Jr. had be-^n financially embarrat^sed for sometime i:e; ore his death, and his son-in-law Simon Jackson, who had on petition of widow Sli^abetii, been appointed adinin- isirator April 2, i7oi5, repori^d the e&tate insolvent Dec. 4, Annals of OJLford. 6 1788; William Hill and Timothy Jaclson were appointed appraisers, and Sept. 2, i^Sg, they presented Mst of claims aggregating- £ 2598. The following year notice of intention to piosecute was served by creditors whose claims had not been ailov/ed. The inventory nientions about 40 promisory notes; most of them payable in either corn or wheat, and appraised £ 685. 'The Eastern lands not appraised by rea- son of a dispute relative to the title. Sept. 2, 1789, Asa Bearce, William Darrows and John Grienwcocl, all of tlie Shepardsfield plantation, were appointed to apnraii^e the lands in Maine. The plan on page 3 is from the one proba- 1 Iv made for this commission, although it is likely tha^^ some names were added subsequendy by ]\Ii. Greenwood, and as the ancient plan has beconjc, in some parts, illegible, names h ive b:en supplied from other plans, evidently of later dato, and now in the possession ot Mr. Whitney. The inventory represents 29 lots in tb.e ist. Div. £579- 31 lots in the 2d. Div. £498., and un Hvided lands £922. was presented by Mr. Jackson, who staged that Mr. Shepard had sold some lot--, and that deeds should be given to the buyers. May 3, 1791 Mr. Jackson was licenced to sell land to the amount of two thousand pounds, to pay debts. In February 1792, Samuel Phillips, the Trustees of Har- vard College and other creditors, entered complaint, pray- in 300 acres, being that granted to Jenmiiah Green, of Boston. 'April 22, 1778 he conveyed to Daniel Buckiiam Jr. of Sutton, 300 acres. Bog Brook being nuntioned in the description of the purchase, and Nov. 12, 1779, Mr. Shep- ard gave to Phebe Bucknam, lot 10 in third range, second division, "in consideration of the regard I have for her in consequence of her unexampled industry." This deed was recorded in 1795 ,BoiTedell Jackson deposing that she was . present and witnessed the signing of the same. The ambi- tion 01 the founder of the town is shown in a deed to Adam Turner, of Pembroke, one of the provisions being that the grantee shall ^ ay to the treasurer, who ma; be appoiitcd by the inhabitants, one shilling sleiliug, silver money, an- nually, until there shall have been raised one thousand pounds, sterling money, in gold or silver for the sole pur- pose ot purchasing a Library for the use of the inhabitants of the town. In July 1785, Mr. Shepard conveyed to Joseph Barrows, Job Cushman and William Barrows, land on the biook or inlet to Mathews Pond, condhioned upon their building a good saw-mill ; and the November following, he sold three lots to Asa Bearce of Sheparostield, for £37. los. provided the said Bearce shall clear 12 acres of land in the township, of a'l the wood and brush, standing, lying or growing upr n the land, and shall seed the same with clover and heids-grass seed in a good and suitable manner. The income of this lot to be appropriated for tiie support of a learned public teacher of piety, relig'on and morals, and when a public teacher shall be regulaiiy ordained or install- ed for tlie purpose aforesaid, shall peaceably and quietly deliver the said 12 acres, well grassed, clear ot brush and well fenced to the trustees appointed to see to, and regulate the aj-jpropriation of the income of said land. Qi ite a number of the setth is received dee Is from Simon Jackson, adm'r. , about the tin e of the incorpoi a ion of the town ; and in 1796, on petition, the Gei eral Court authorized him to give good and sui.icitnt t^ths to John Washburn, Eben. Drake, Klisba Hayden, jeptha Benson, Bezaleel Myrick, John Biidgham and John Bridgham Jr. \ 3 Annals of Oxford; • i^ As an indnccmeiit to setfkrs the proprietors of Number A (now Paris) laid out a road in 1774, from their Uami- bhip, 10 New Gloucester, then a Ironlier town, and quite a riillying point for pioneers, a home for their lamiiies, wlHl-e in- e:.limable gifts of the Creator to the creature; lanJ, air, water. John Gieenwood, slep-son of Mr. Shcpard, is credi ed with being the first settler, and Greenwood iiiil was named lor hinr ; others may have come with him. Annals of Oxford. Alexander Shepard Jr., was born in Newton, Mass. Sept. 9, 17 41, the eldest son of Alexander and Mary (Wil- lard) Shepard. His father was an intelligent iariner, an influential citizen, serving his town as Selectman etc. In 1772, he was on the committee appointed by the town to consider and report on the prt^sent unhappy situation of the country. The rcj ort of the committee was exh tustive, and was probal>ly considered by tlse tories as decidedly seditious. In 1777, he was named first on a committee of eight, of which his son Alexander was one, to hire such number of soldiers as shall froai time to time be rcquiied of the town during the present war. He was 01 e of tiie proprietors of towruship No. 4, and on the 29th diy qf Jumary, 1788, he was chosen clerk, in place of his son Ale iander, deceased. June II, 177 1, the General Court granted to David Phipps Esq. and others, a township which became known as Phipps Canada, and now comprises tlie towns of Canion and Jay, This township like No. 4, was granted in lieu of prior granis, made of v/hat proved to be New Hampshire lands, to the descendants of those who took part in Sir William Phipps expedition against Canada in 1690. Mr. Shepard, with Nathaniel Bridge and Jonas Dix, both of Waltham, were the committee of the proprietors to make sale of proprietors' rights. October 10, 1787, Mr. Shepard, in his owu right, convej^ed to Thomas Dascombe Jr., of Needham, 200 acres of hind in Phipps Canada, at a price which appears nominal, and on the same date he conveyed 100 acres to Daniel Dascombe of Cambridge. In 1790, he removed to this plantation himself, where he died, probably in 1795. He was married four times, ist with fAR-:y Wil- lard who died in 17^6, 2d Ann Pratt of Needham, died in 1762, 3d Abigail Draper of Dedharn, died in I779> 4th in 1780, with M::ry Cncney. Other children: Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1742, m. 1762, Thomas Dascom.! e. Edward, b. Aug. 29,1744, m. Jane M^Carty and 2d Eunice Hide. Ann, b. April 19, 1746, m. William Uphanio Abigail, b. Dec. i, 1747. Daniel Willard, b. M:iy 5, 175 1. Catherine, b. May 25, 1753. John, b. Nov. 26, 1754, "''• ^777' Lucy Chill, d. 1785. He was a founder of the Bajtist Church in Newton, and its first Deacon and Trtasurei-, 10 Annals of Oxford. Alexander Sh^pard Jr., was a man of superior natural and acquired ability, his chirography was elegant, and the commission given him by tlie General Court is a testim.ony of public confidence in his practical skill in civil engineer- ing. Me was among the first to respond to the call to arms, in ihe struggle for Independence, sei*ving in the ranks of Capt. Amariah Fuller's Company, which marched on the Lexington Alarm of Anil 19th, from Nev/ton to Cambridge, and his name is frequently mentioned on the rolls of Massachusetts soldiers. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard are named in the bst of original members of the West Parish, and he was its first Clerk. He was tiie owner of a large farm in Newton, near Au- bvirndale, upon whieh he built a good dwelling-house and extensi\ e out-buildings, the same being under lease to his son-in-law, as previously mentioned. In 1764 he married Elizabeth, (Jackson) widow of John Greenwood, and died January, 1788. His wife was born October 27, 1728, and continued his widow, spending her declining j^ears with her son John Greenwood, at Hebron, wliere she died October 27, 1801. Two ch ildren are cred- ited to them at Newton, viz : — 'Borredell, b. Oct, 25, 1765, m. Feb. 1786, Capt. Simon^ Jackscn, ( Col. Michaels, Michael*, Edward^, Sebas% Edward'.) Siivoa was a captain in his father's regiment in the Revolution, and five of his father's brothetvC, and four of his own were also in the service. Their cln'biren born in Newton, w^ere — Borredell, b. March 7,1787. Alexander S. b. June 5, 17S9. Charles A. b. Aug. 10-^ 1790. ]\Iichael, d. young. Ann Maria S. b. June 13, 1792. He m. 2d. Sally Spring of Watertown, and had Susan, b. Sept. 13, 1805. Sarah S. b. Nov. 8, 1809. He died Oct. 17,1818. "Alexander, b. Jan. 26, 1769, d. 1774. The death of this boy was a sore affliction to his father, and his disappoint- mi nt at the loss of the heir to his name and estate sought relief in the formal adoption of one of his step-sons ; the General Court perfecting the arrangement, in 1781, by changing the name of Thomas Jackson Greenwood, to Alexander Shepard. The solace was however of brief diuation, for this promising young man was removed by dccttli in 1783, while a Sophmore in Harvard College. Madam Shepard was a daughter of Capt. John Jackson Annals of Oxford. U the largest tax-payer in Newton. The industrious accumu- lations of his grandfather Dea. John, materially increased by his father Abraham, and his mother's share in her fa- ther Bisco's estate, mainly centered in him. He died Sept. 9» 1755' aged 73, demising to his dau. Elizabeth Greewood £400. She m. ist, March 1748, John, son of Dea. Thom- as Greenwood of Newton. Children : *John, b. Sept. 2, 1750; with the Newton men who re- tpoi.ded to the Lexiagton alarm. ^Elizabeth, b. Jan. 31, 1755, d. young. 3Thon a? Jackson, b. May 17,1757, adopted by Mr. S. ''Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1760, m. Capen. The father died in 1763, aged 39. John Greenwood, ( John*, Thomas^ Johii% Thomas',) the first settler of Hebron, and one of its most honored citizens. His wife was Lucy, daughter of Isaac and Ru'h ( Bullard ) Whiltemore, born in Weston Mass., July 20, 1756, and died at Hebron, March 6, 1843. Mr. Greenwood died April 6, 1807, and was buried near his mother in the field near the homestead, where many dear friends and neighbors likewise found rest. Their children were : — 'Alexander, b. Aug. 8, 1775, m. Polly Crown, May 23 1798. In connection with farming he was a land sur- veyor and lotted several tov/nsliips. Greenwood was named for him. He was Representative four terms, and a member of the Constitutional Convention. He removed to Mongon in 1822, where he was killed by the falling of a tree in 1827. ='Borredell, b. Aug. 19, 1777, d. next year. 3john, b. Oct. 24, 1780, m. Marsena Hiaw of Paris Sep. 25, 1800. She d. May 4, 1833, he d. Aug. 25, 1844. -♦Eonedell, b. Dec. 8, 1783, m. Alvin Turner of Hebron, March 21, 1805. sElizabeth, b.Oct. 6, 1785, m. John Bridgham 3d of Mi- nct, Jub/ 4, 1804. ^Lucy, b. Sept. 17, 1799, m. Doctor Philip Bradford of Turner January 18,1816. ^Anna, b. March 30, 1791, m. Samu^el Larrabee of Paris P'ebruary 22, 1818. ^Thomas Jackson, b. April 7, 1794, m. ist ?»lartha Ful- ler March 19, 1818, she d. Feb. 28, 1823. He m. 2d Eliza S. Turner May 8, 1825. Both were of Hebron, 9Simon, b. Dec. 24, 1796, m. Rebecca Records of Hebron, October 18, 1818. 12 Annals of Oxford. '°Verres, b. May 8, 1800, m. Sally M. "Willis of Hebron Feb. 5, '24. He d. Feb. i, '26, she d. May 10, 1827. The records of Shepardsfield plantation are not in the office of the town clerk of Hebron, and he has no informa- tion in regard to them. In the oldest book in his possession there are the records of the proceedings of a meeting of the freeholders and others, immediatly preceeding the records of the first town meeting of Hebron, after its incorporation, and are essentially as follows : — To the Assessors of the plantation of Shepardsfield : We the subscribers, being ten of the inhabitants of the said plantation, request you to call a meeting of the free- holders and other inhabitants of the said plantation, en Wednesday the tweniy-eighth day of December current, at the dwelling house of John Greenwood, at nine o'clock A. M. for the following purposes, viz : First. To chose a Moderator. Second. To see if the inhabitants are of opinion to peti- tion the General Court for an incorporation, also to see if they will agree to petition the General Court to have their taxes abated, and to act on any other business they may think proper at said meeting. Reuben Packard. Stephen Gurne^'. Caleb Citshman. Zackeus Rowe. JosiAH Churchill. Thaddeus Pratt. Eben'r Drake. Ichabod Packari. John Bicknell. Thomas Carman. Shepardsfield December 19,1791. 00000 Agreeably to the foregoing request, the freeholders and other inhabitants of the plantat on of Shepardsfield are warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes before mentioned. John greenwood. ) James Donham. > Assessors of Shepardsfield. Daniel Bullen, 3 Shepardsfield December 20, 1791. December, 28, 1791. Met and made choice of John Greenwood for Moderator. Voted that the whole grant be incorporated, if any part. Voted to be incorporated. Voted to send a petition for the abatement of taxes. Annals of Oxford. 13 Voted that a petition be drafted and laid before the plan- tation, and that John Greenwood, Samuel Parris, William Barrows, Samuel Robinson, and James Donham, be the committee to draft the petition. Voted that the districts for schools continue as they are, which is as follows : — First district, all on the south of Matthews Pond and in- let as low as x\braham Dean's. Second district, from that, all on the west of the middle branch as high as William Steadman's lot. Third district, from that, all on the west of said branch up as high as Stephen Washburn's lot. Fourth district, all east of said branch as far as John Greenwood's and to the bridge near Isaac Cushman's. Fifth district, all to the east of Bogg Brook. Sixth district, all to the northerly of John Greenwood's. Voted that Nathaniel Fuller, Gideon Eearce, Joseph Bar- rows, Samuel Whittemore, Caleb Cushman, and Jesse Ful- ler be a committee to take the bills of the school money. Voted that the meeting be adjourned to this day a fort- night at 9 o'clock. January ii, 1792. Met according to adjournment, the petition prepared by the committee was read and approved, and it was voted that Messrs. Asa Bearce, Adam Turner, and Bezaleel Mirick be the committee to forward the petition. Voted that the name of the town be Columbia. "God made the country, and man made the town, H'bal wonder, then, that health and -virtue— gifts That can alone make sweet the bitter draught That life holds out to all— should most abound." CHAPTER II. HEBRON. The Shepardsfield petitioners were successful in part, the plantation was incorporated Hebron, the 78th town, March 6, 1792, but no reason appears for not complying with their request to name the town Columbia ; perhaps the General Court had in view the making a modern "city of refuge". No action appears to have been taken in the matter of abatement of taxes, but evidently this was not their first appeal, for at a session of the General Court, February 7, 1791, the plantation was in arrears for tax no. 5, £123, 19s. on tax NO. 6, £25, i6s. on tax no. 7, £12, 19s. 6d. on tax no. 8, £10, is. lod., and upon the petition of the inhabitants, it was resolved, that they may discharge themselves of the debt in the following manner, viz : By applying the sums in tax 5 and 7 to the support of a "Teacher of piety, religion and morality": a school Or schools, and making and repairing roads, in such propor- tions as the inhabitants at a meeting for that purpose shall judge most conducive to their general good. x\k^o by pay- ing into the Treasury of the Commonwealth the sums set in 6 and 8 on or before the first day of January next. The contention about taxes was finally settled in Gener- al Court February 26, 1793, by resolve upon petition of the Selecmen of Hebron, that the sum set in tax nos. 6, 8 and 9, amounting to £46, 19s. iid. be abated; Provided the same be applied to the purpose of maintaining the public schools in said town within one 3-ear from the first day of April next, in such way and manner as the town shall think best. ACT OF incorporation. An act to incorporate the plantation called Shepards- field, in the county of Cumberland, into a town by the Annals of Oxford. 15 name of hebron. Whereas application has been made to this Court by a number of the inhabitants of the Plantation called Shep- ARDSFiELD in the County of Cumberland, to have said Plantation with the inhabitants thereon incorporated into a town, and the same being considered of Public utility, Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa- tives in General Court Assembled and by the authority of the same, that the plantation called Shepardsfield in the County of Cumberland, bounded as follows, viz : Begining at a stake and stones near Thompson's Pond, so called, seven miles and a quarter northwest from a beach tree, in the head line of New Gloucester, which tree is four miles northeast from the most westerly corner of said New Gloucester, and from said stake and stones north for- ty five degrees east twelve miles to a white pine tree, thence north twenty degrees east three hundred and fifty poles to a stake and stones, thence north seventy degrees west four miles and a half to a beach tree, thence south fourteen degrees east seven hundred and thirty six poles to to a pine tree, thence south sixty eight degrees and a half west five miles, thence north fourteen degrees west two miles, thence south fifty four degrees west twelve hundred and sixteen poles to a hemlock tree, thence south twenty five degrees east seven miles and a half and twenty poles to the stake and stones first mentioned, together with the inhabitants thereon be and hereby art incorporated into a town by the name of Heisron, and vested with all the powers, privileges and immunities which tov/ns in this Com- monwealth do or may by Law enjoy. And b2 it further enacted that William Widgery Esqr. be and hereb}' is impowered to malce out a warrant, direct- ed to some principal inhabitant of said town to notify the inhabitants thereof qualified by lav/ to vote in Town affairs to assemble and meet at some suitable time and place in said town to choose all such Town Officers as towns are required by law to choose in the month of IMarch or April, annually. March 6, 1792. At the May session 1804, the bounds described in the aoove act were reported '* vague and ancertain", and for a remed}', so much of the act as relates to boundar}- lines was repealed, and bounds were established as follows, viz: 16 Annals of Oxford. Beo-ining at the most south westerly corner of the town of Turner, from thence north twenty six degrees east on the westerly line of said Turner to the corner between the town's of Hebron and Buckfield, which was made by John Jordan in the year 17S5, from thence north seventy degrees west on the line run by said Jordan for the southerly line of Buckfield, about five miles and one half to the easterly side line of the town of Paris, from thence south fourteen decrrees east in said side line to the south east corner of Paris, thence south sixty eight degrees west, in the south- erly end line of said town to the south west corner thereof, thence north fourteen degrees west on the westerly side line of said town two miles to a stake, thence south forty four degrees west on the foot line of Norway to the easter- ly line of the town of Otisfield ( commonly called the Par- ker line,) thence south twenty five degrees east in said Parker line about seven miles and one half to the northerly side line of the town of Polarl^, thence north east on the head lines of Poland and Ptlinot which was run by Amos Davis to the north east corner of said JNiinot, thence south easterly about one hundred and fifty rods to the first bounds. Approved June 21, 1804. FIRST TOWN MEETING. Pursuant to a v/arrant of William Widgery Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace for Cumberland county, dated March 15, 1792 to John Greenwood, the freeholders, and other inhabitants of the town of Plebron qualified by law to vote in town affairs, assembled at the dwelling houye of Mr. Asa Bearce, on Monday the 2d day of April 1792 and made choice of Daniel Bucknam for INIoderator, and John Greenwood, for Town Clerk. Other officers were elected as follows : — James Donham, ^ John Greenwood, > Selectmen and Assessors Holmes Thomas, ) Asa Bearce, Tov^-n Treasurer. John Bicknell, Constable and Collecfor. Robert Snell, Samuel Craft, I\Iorris Bumpas, Nathan Dudley, Isaac Wh^ttemore, Melladah Cobb, and Daniel Bartlett, Surveyors of Highwaj-s. John Washburn, John Caldwell, and Gideon Cushman, Tythingmcn, Reuben Packard, and Eliab Ricnmona, Waraens Annals of Oxford. 17 Votes for State Officers were cast as follows : — For Governor, His Excellency, John Hancock Esq., had 48 votes. For Lieutenant Governor, His Honor, Samuel Adams, had 41 votes. For Senator, William Widgeiy Esq. had 40 votes. It was voted that in future the Constable warn town meet- ings by posting notifications in three different places in town, at least eight days prior to the time of holding said meeting. On the same date of the passage of the act of incorpora- tion of Hebron, the General Court in response to represen- tations that the inhabitants of the District of Maine contem- plated the formation of a separate government, resolved, that in order that the real sense of said inhabitants may be known on this important subject, that the Selectmen or other town officers be authorized to notify the inhabitants to convene on the first Monday of May next and give their votes on the proposed separation. The project of separation was agitated for many years be- fore it was accomplished, and probably a spirit of non-re- conciliation had been nourished since its absorption by the Bay Colony, but this appears to have been the first notice taken of the discontent by the General Court. The names "Whig" and "Tory" indicative of political party, practically disappear with the ending of the war. The Congress of the "United Colonies" adopted articles of confederation, borrowed money, organized an army and navy, and finally submited articles of constitution, the a- doption of which met strenuous opposition, and nowhere stronger than in Massachusetts. The vindictiveness engen- dered by the "Spirit of '76" subsided in shame, many of the banished families returned, old party lines were obliter- ated and social relations resumed. Political parties do not create issues, but sometimes issues give birth to parties, as was the case when the construction of a Constitution for the United States became essential. The conservative ele- ment urged the necessity of a strong central government, as contemplated by the framers of the Constitution, and were called "Federalsts", whilst the opposition contended for a larger measure of individual liberty, and called them- selves "State Rights" men, and later, "Republicans". But the great question, whether the United States was a nation 18 Annals of Oxford. or a confederacy was not finally decided until the <'War for the Union". The unanimity of the election of state of- ficers may not indicate the political preferences of the free- holders of Hebron, for evidently there was not a full vote, although when called together a few days later to take act- ion on the question of separation but 55 votes were cast, a number that would now be considered very small for a pop- ulation of 530. The number of votes in favor of separation were 38, and those opposed 17, and whilst it is understood that the Federalists generally were against dividing the state, personal considerations influenced votes on both sides. At the May meeting the town voted to raise £100, for the purpose of making and repairing roads, and £^0^ for the use of schools. It was also voted not to settle Mr. Jesse Porter in the work of the Ministry but to pay the committee that hired Mr. Porter, for nine sabbaths preaching last year. May 23, 1 791 seven men and seven women united in or- ganizing the Baptist Church ; regular service was naintain- ed and occasionally preachers were employed, but they had no pastor until Feb. 1799, when the Rev. John Tripp, of Fairhaven was chosen, and continued their beloved minis- ter until his death, September 16, 1847. For 13 years the Church worshiped in private dwellings, and then for 16 in the Academy, which owes so much to its fostering care- Soon after the settlement of Elder Tripp the establish- ment of a classical school was made a subject of earnest con- sideration, resulting in the erection in 1803 of a building estimated in value at $1,400., including the land. Twen- ty-one of the seventy shares were taken by Dea. William Barrows, and the land was a gift from his brother Joseph. The foresight of the people is manifest in this giving pref- erence to a building for the school to that of one for the church. With them a school-house was a necessity, a meet- ing-house was a luxury. It is true that the house they built was inferior to a modern barn, but it represented sacrifice and from it and its successors have been graduated, each year for nearly a century, young men and women, trained in *' piety and virtue " for usefulness. Many towns have become distinguished for farm products, busy mills and volume of trade, but Hebron is renowned for the facil- ities its Academy affords for the education of the youth. By an act of the General Court passed February 10, 1804 Annals of Oxford. 19 there was '* established in the town of Hebron in the coun- ty of Cumberland, an Academy, by the name of Hebron Academy, for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue, and for the education of Youth in such languages, and in such of the liberal arts and sciences as the Trustees shall order and direct". It was further enacted, that the Rev. John Tripp of Hebron, Rev. James Hooper of Paris, Samuel Paris Esq. of Hebron, Ezekiel Whitman Esq. of New Glou- cester, Cyrus Hamlin Esq. of Paris, John Greenwood Esq. of Hebron, Dr. Luther Carey of Turner, Dr. Jesse Rice of Minot, and Mr. William Barrows of Hebron, " and they hereby are nominated and appointed Trustees of the said Academy, and they are hereby incorporated into a Body Politic, by the name of The Trustees of Hebron Academy, in the Count}^ of Cumberland, and they and their success- ors shall be and continue a body politic and corporate by the same name forever". The corporators organized June 6, 1804, choosing John Greenwood president, in which capacity he served until re- lieved by death. John Tripp was elected clerk and contin- ued to act until his death, Sept. 16, 1847. William Barrows was elected treasurer and held that office for nineteen years but continued his membership in the board until his death Nov. 22, 1837. The school opened Sept. 3, 1805 with be- tween sixty and seventy students under the tutelage of Mr, William Barrows Jr. assisted by Bezaleel Cushman, both Hebron boys. February 24, 1807 on petition of John Greenwood, in be- half of the Trustees of Hebron Academy, the General Court granted to the institution a half township, out of any unappropriated lands. William C. Whitney, at that time Representative, was most active in securing the grant and it was afterwards located by him in what is now the town of Monson. The sale of the land caused quite an exodus from this vicinity. It was doubtless through the influence of Mr. Whitney that a gift of 150 acres of land was made the same year by Andrew Craigie, the largest land-holder in the town. Mr. Craigie's holdings in this town were mostly by pur- chase from Simon Jackson, probably closing out the Shep- ard estate in Hebron and as this history is compiled with especial reference to that part of the town wherein the Craigie lands were situated, a copy of his title is here given. 20 Annals of Oxford. "Know all. men by these presents, That we, Simon Jackson of Newton in the county of Middlesex and com- monweahh of Massachusetts and the wife of the said Si- mon Jackson, in consideration of Two Thousand pounds lawful money of said Commonwealth, to us paid by Andrew Craigie of Cambridge in the aforesaid state and county, Esquire, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey to him the said An- drew his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, the following tracts or parcels of land lying in a place known by the name of Shepardsfield or Hebron in the county of Cumberland and commonwealth aforesaid, containing as the said Jackson and wife do hereby warrant and engage, thirteen thousand eight hundred and sixty acres at least ex- clusive of the water or land covered with water therein con- tained, it being a part of the same tract or parcel of land which I, the said Simon Jackson, sold in my capacity as ad- ministrator on the estate of Alexander Shcpard Junior, de- ceased, to William Hunt Esquire of Watertown in the coun- ty of Middlesex aforesaid, on the twenty-second daj'- of April in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and the whole of which tracts or parcels of land I afterwards purchased of the said William Hunt in my own right, ref- erence to the deed of sale to the said William, and to said William's deed of conveyance to me, being had, will fully appear. The said tracts or parcels of land comprehend the following lots lying in the ranges and divisions hereafter mentioned, viz : — Lot number ten in the second range, lots number eleven and twelve in the third range, lots number two, three, four, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen in the fourth range, lots number four, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and six- teen in the fifth range, lot number thirteen in the sixth range, lots number two, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven in the seventh range, lots number five, six and seven in the eighth range, lots number two and three in the ninth range, all in the first division. Lots number four, nine and eleven in the first range, lots number two, five, six, nine and ten in the second range, lots number six, seven, eight and nine in the third range, lots number three, four, five and six in the fourth range, lots number two, three, four, five and eight in the fifth range, lots number two, three, four and eight in the sixth Annals of Oxford. 21 range, lots number two, three, four, five, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve and thirteen in the seventh range, lots number two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen in the eighth range, lots num- ber two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, elev- en, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one in the ninth range, and lot marked (Alex'r. Shepard boughtof J. Green 300 acres,) all in the second division. Lots number eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen in the first range, lots number eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen in the second range, lot number elev- en in the third range, all in the third division. Lots number three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven in the first range, lots number three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven in the second range, lots number three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven in the third range, lots number three, four, and eleven in the fourth range, all in the fourth division of lots in said Hebron. A plan of all which land and to which reference is had is hereunto annexed. Also all ponds of water and land covered with water and all streams, rivers and water courses situate in said town of Hebron or Shepardsfield and to us or either of us belong- ing and all profit and privileges thereof. To have and to hold the same to him the said Andrew Craigie, his heirs and assigns, to his and their use and be- hoof forever. And we do jointly and severally covenant to and with the said Andrew Craigie his heirs and assigns, that I, the said Simon, or we, the said Simon and Borredell in her right, are lawfully seized in fee of the premises, that they are free of all incumberances, that we have good right and authority to sell and convey the same as aforesaid, that we will execute any further act or deed that may be proper to confirm or execute a full title to said Craigie of the land aforesaid, and that we will warrant and defend the same to him the said Andrew Craigie, his heirs and as- signs, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. In w^itness whereof we, the said Simon and his wife, as well for the conveyance in fee as in token of her release of all her right of dower or thirds in and to the premises, hereunto set our hands and seals this fifth day of January in the year of our Lord one thou- 22 Annals of Oxford sand seven hundred and ninety-four. Witness, Sarah Jackson. Simon Jackson, [seal] Mich'l Jackson. Borredell Jackson, [seal] Acknowledged April 3, 1794. Mich'l Jackson, J. P. In consideration of $2,000. Simon Jackson conveyed to Andrew Craigie, July i, 1797, in presence of Abner Wel- lington and William Hunt, four lots of land lying in the town of Hebron, containing 100 acres each, be the same more or less, being lots number 4 and 5 in the second range and lots number 5 and 6 in the first range, all in the first division. Andrew Craigie, son of Capt. Andrew and Elizabeth Craigie was born in Boston June 6, 1744c His father died there, October 18, 1766 aged 63 years. The third Pro- vincial Congress, in session at Watertown Jul}^ 4, 1775? re- solved, '*That Mr. Andrew Craigie be, and he is hereby appointed a medical commissary and apothecary for the Massachusetts army." Five pounds per month were allowed and the committee for making out commissions were direct- ed to make his warrant, "Medical Comm'y". Under an act of Congress, reorganizing the Medical Department of the Continental Army, Andrew Craigie was appointed Apoth- ecary General Januar}'- i, 1777 and after faithful sendee, most of the time in Philadelphia, he was honorably dis- charged Nov. 3, 1783. He is frequently mentioned under the title "Doctor," probably on account of his office in the army, but as his name does not appear in the list of mem- bers of the Massachusetts Medical Society, we may con- clude that he was not in regular practice. He was an orig- inal member of the New York Society of Cincinnati, and became a member of the Mass. Society by right of resi- dence. Andrew Foster Jr., his grand-nephew, was his suc- cessor. March 5, 1791 he purchased the Vassall estate in Cambridge, and thereafter made that his residence. The house is yet in good preservation and attracts many visitors on account of its having been the headquarters of General Washington during the siege of Boston, and later, for many years, the home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Mr. Craigie and others secured a large tract of land, now Cambridgeport, ertcted a toll-bridge from Lechmere Point to Boston, which was called Craigies Bridge, and the cor- poration secured the removal of the county officies from Annals of Oxford. 23 Harvard Square to Cambridgeport In 1816, by the contri- bution of the land and buildings, a court house and jail that cost upwards of $24,000., and they also constructed Cam- bridge street. In October 1807 a site for a botanic garden was purchas- ed by Harvard College, which Mr. Craigie enlarged by a liberal donation of four acres of adjoining land. Soon after taking possession of the Hebron lands, Mr. Craigie appointed Mr. William Clark Whitney his attor- ney, "to care for his lands and interests in the town of Hebron, pay taxes, bring actions for trespass, execute deeds proper to convey lands and do other acts necessary for transferring the lands". In 1798 Mr. Craigie conveyed his Hebron lands to his brother-in-law, Bossenger Foster of Cambridge, the consideration named being $ 19,500. This transaction was probably a matter of convenience for the estate continued under the same management during the life of Mr. Craigie and even after its division among "The Craigie Heirs". Evidently Mr. Craigie had great expectations from his Hebron venture, for he was not content in buying and sell- ing land, but he expended large sums of money in im- provements demonstrating the value of the land to the hus- bandman and the advantages of the water-power to the mechanic. He caused to be put under cultivation a large tract of the high land on the west bank of the Little An- droscoggin, erected a commodious dwelling-house, large barns and numerous out-buildings for keeping a large stock of domestic animals ; in fact, the "Craigie Farm", so called, was an ideal home for a gentleman farmer. He utilized the exhaustless energy of Thompson Pond by dam- ming its outlet and by erecting mills for the manufac- ture of lumber and the grinding of cereals, making the nucleus of the flourishing Oxford village that to this day is frequently called by its ancient name, "Craigies Mills". We may conclude that Mr. Craigie was a religious man, for in 1796 he was chosen one of the Wardens of Christ Church, and that he was a social man, for he is named among those present in the Mass. Grand Lodge of Free- masons, at the Feast of Saint John, December 27, 1778. He was united in marriage January, 1797 with Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Bezaleel Shaw of Nantucket, who died, his widow, May 7, 1844 aged 69 years. 24 Aimals of Osjford Checkered by many vicissitudes, the long and active life of Mr. Craigie closed September 19, 1819. He left no will, but his administration papers consist of more than fifty documents, most of them quite bulky. Heirs therein men- tioned are widow Elizabeth, Andrew, John and Thomas Foster, and Samuel Haven. Paige's History of Cambridge says : — BossENGER Foster, son of Thomas, was a gentleman of leisure and died in Cambridge, of gout, April 23, 1805. His wife was Mary, sister of Andrew Craigie and they had children, probably born in Boston, as follows : — Bossenger, gr. H. C. 1787, lawyer, died unmarried Jan- uary 17, 1816 aged 48 3^ears. Elizabeth, m. Judge Samuel Haven of Dedham. Andrew, gr. H. C. 1800, physcian in Dedham, m. Mary Conant 1813. He died 183 1. John, b. July 1782, gr. H. C. 1802, died unmarried 1836. Thomas, gr. H. C. 1805, physcian, town clerk, died un- married 183 1 aged 46 years. James, gr, H. C. 1806, lawyer, register of probate for a short time, died unmarried August 27, 1817. George, gr. B. U. 181 1, lawyer, died unmarried Sep- tember 4, 1817 aged 27 years. Mary Craigie, died February 18, 181 1 aged 16 years. The question of constructing a new county from the northerly portions of York and Cumberland was opened years before its consumation and some of the towns chose committees of conferrence as early as 1795, but nothing of record shows action on the part of Hebron until a town meeting held November 12, 1803, at which time Samuel Paris was chosen a delegate to meet in convention at Paris to take into consideration the expediency of forming a new county, and he was directed to oppose the taking of any part of York county for the intended countyo A new county was incorporated March 4, 1805 by the name of Oxford, and Paris became the shire-town. Frank- lin county was mostly made from it in 1838, and when An- droscoggin county was incorporated in 1854, several Ox- ford towns were included. The first court, being that of Common Pleas, was held in Paris in June, 1805, Samuel Frye of Fryeburg, presided with Samuel Paris of Hebron and Luther Cary of Turner as associates. Cyrus Hamlin of Paris was Clerk, and David Learned was Sheriff. Annals of Oxford. 25 Franklin is reported as saying that <- Thayer, Peter Washburn, Isaac Washburn, Eli Waterman, John Weston, Josiah Wood, Absalom Wright, Samuel 28 Annals of Oxford The Field and Staff officers of the 3d Regiment ist Brigade, to which Capt. Isaac Bearce's Company was at- tached were as follows : — Cyrus Clark, Minot, Henry Farwell, Bucktield, Levi Merrill Jr., Turner, Joseph Keith, Minot, Nathaniel Cushman, Hebron, Benjamin Bradford, Turner, Samuel DeCoster, Calvin Bridgham, Levi Br3'ant Jr., Alden Bumpus, Lieut. Colonel. Major. Major. Adjutant. Qr. INIaster. Surgeon. Sergt. Major. Qr. Mr. Sergt. Drum Major. Fife Major. Roll, of Capt. Isaac Bearce's Comp'y. Isaac Bearce, Hebron, Captain. Stephen INIyrick, Hebron Lieutenant. Alvan Turner, Hebron, Ensign. Sergeants. Gideon Cushman Jr. Jabez Barrows. Silas Bumpus. Corporals. Timothy Norton. David Bicknell. EUas Tubbs. Ebenezer Dunham. Musicians. William Bumpus. Ezekiel Merrill. Privates. Barrows, Cornelius Barrows, Georore Barrows, Job C. Barrows, Reuel Bearce, Gideon Jr. Bearce Levi Benson, Caleb Besse, Seth Bicknell, Cyrus Bryant, Amos Bumpus, Jesse Bumpus, Lemuel Carmon, Luther Crafts, Samuel Jr. Curtis, Ashlc}^ Jr. Cushman, Isaac Jr. Cushman, Reuben Davy, Simeon Jr. Davy, Solomon DeCoster, Jacob Jr. DeCoster, Roger Drake, Alpheus Dunham, James Jr. Dudley, Nathan Farris, William Fuller, Barnabas Fuller, Robert Jr. Glover, Joseph Gurne)', Lemuel Hutchinson, Henry Irish, Simeon Keene, Nathaniel Keene, Snow Jr. Marshall, Aaron Marshall, John Merrill, Giles Jr. Merrill, Moses Morgan, Solomon Morton, Job ATinala of Oxford. 29 Morton, John Stedman, Samuel W. Packard, Isaac Sturdevant, Francis Jr. Packard, Lewis Sturdev nt, Joseph Perkins, Ebenezer Sturdevant, Nathaniel Pratt, Barnabas Washburn, Peleg Pratt, William Washburn, Stephen Richardson, Stephen Whitttmore, John Rowe, Benjamin Whittemore, Levi Rowe, Joseph Whittemore, Samuel Jr. Rowe, Samuel Whittemore, William Stedman, John The Hebron men in their grey homespun were proba- bly equiped as the law required with the addition of a keg shaped canteen dangling from a cross-belt and their knap- sacks filled with blanket, rations and other articles, to the carrying capacity of the owner. They are said to have been a jovial band and that they took up the line of march for the defence of the beleaguered seaport amidst much enthu- siasm, but no doubt the adieus were whispered with many misgivings and silent tears. Capt. Bearce's company arriv- ed at Portland on the 13th day o£ September and Capt. Rob- inson's one day later. Portland was then a town of only about 7,500 inhabitants but from its maritime and strategic importance was the most notable place east of Boston. The principal enterance to its harbor was guarded by forts Preb- le on Cape Elizabeth and Scammel on Leavitt's House Is- land, which were maned by about 200 regulars under Gen. John Chandler : an inadequate force but all that were at the time available for the relations between the regulars and the "melish"were not sufficiently harmonius to admit of a joint occupancy and the latter would serve no where except under officers of their own choosing. A "Committee of Safety and Defence" had made such preparation to repel invasion as they were able, and to provide sheker and food for this large army was a serious question, camp equipage was not plentiful. Fort Burrows just built on the bluff at Fish Point, was soon filled, and to provide for the remainder, ropewalks and sail-lofts were cleared and converted into barracks. Tradition is silent regarding the privations and sufferings of the soldiers in "Camp Portland", without doubt they had their troubles, but it was currently reported that the boys were not entirely confined to the beef, bread and water di- et of the commissariat but the laxity of discipline gave for- 30 Annals of Oxford agers ample opportunity to vary their regular bill of fare. There were however times when something more serious than a holyclay parade was threatened : for the troop were liardly settled in camp before the British squadron appeared in the offing and its flagship, the "Bulwark", seventy -four guns, repeatedly sailed in a daring manner almost within the range of the guns of Fort Preble, each time causing a general alarm. On the 24th of September, the enemy hav- ing sailed away, the militie were dismissed, except a detail of about 1,200 who were placed under the command of Col. Ryerson and continued in the service until the first of Nov. After a protracted and contentious meeting of the Com- missioners a treaty of peace was signed at Ghent on the 24th day of December 1814. The conditions were that all territory taken by either party, during the war, should be restored, and there were some details of arrangement for establishing boundaries, and respecting future intercourse, but nothing is said of the impressment of seamen which was the chief cause of the war. Inasmuch however, as Great Britain has never since attempted such outrages, this question may be regarded as having been settled for all time by the war. In compliance with an act of the Legislature, passed on the 19th day of June 1819, the electors of the District were notified to assemble in regular meeting, on the fourth Mon- day of July then next, and give their votes on the question of the District becoming a separate and independent State. The total vote was 24,223, of which 17,091 were for sep- aration. The vote of Hebron was 141, of which only 61 fa- vored separation. Agreeably to the provisions of the Act of June 19th, a Convention for forming a Constitution for the State of Maine assembled in the Court House in Port- land on the nth day of October, 1819 and made choice of William King of Bath for Chairman and Robert C. Vose of Augusta for Secretary. Two hundred and seventj^-four Delegates were present, and after voting to submit the re- sults of their deliberations, with an address, to the people of Maine, adjourned October 29th, to meet January 5th, 1820 and examine the returns of the votes of the several towns on the question of accepting the same. At the adjourned meeting it appeared that the whole number of votes return- ed was 10,899, of which 10,025 were in favor of the costi- tution and 873 in opposition, a small negative vote consid- Annals of Oxford. 31 ering that 30 of the Delegates to the Convention declined to sign the report. The delegate from Hebron was Alex- ander Greenwood, and on the question of acceptnig the constitution, the vote stood at 70 yeas and 3 nays. Maine was admitted into the Union by Congress on the 4th day of March 1820 and became a State on the i6th day of the same month. The first election of state officers took place on the 3d day of April 1820, at which time William King of Bath was elected Governor by the votes of 21,083 to i, 031 scattering. The first Legislature convened in Portland on the 31st day of May, Henry Rust Jr. of Norway, repre- senting the towns of Hebron and Norway, they having been classed together. ^ ^ o j The state valuation was estimated at $20,962,778.74 and the number of polls at 59,368; the town valuation was $117,500. with 350 polls. The populaton of the town of Hebron as shown by the first census (179^) was 530, that of the second 981, that of the third 1,211, that of the fourth 1,727, that of the fifth, including that of Oxford set-off the previous year, was 2,029. DIVISION OF THE TOWN. The public spirit of Dr. Craigie and the enterprise of his agent, Mr. Whitney, brought many settlers into the west- ern part of the town, making Craigie's Mills the center of a flourishing business and adding materially to the popula- tion. There was very little business connections between the eastern and western sections, and on account of the length of the town its municipal affairs were necessarily conducted with considerable inconvenience to the freehold- ers, making a division of the town desirable, and finally decided upon at a town meeting held on the third day of November 1828, when it was "Voted that William C. Whitney, Stephen Myrick, Gideon Cushman Jr. and Wm- throp B. Norton be a committee to report to this meeting three discreet men from the neighboring towns to be a com- mittee to examine the relacive circumstances of each end of the town and if any difference, how much the one shall pay to the other in case of a division and make their report to the meeting in December next." < 'Voted to divide the town by the Matthews pond and streams". John Turner of Turner, Enoch Hall of Buck- field and Thomas Hill of Paris, were reported by the com- mittee for referees and accepted by a vote of those present. 32 Annals of Oxford Stephen Myrick and Samuel H. King were chosen a committee to notify the out-of-town committee, attend their meetincx- and show them the situation of the town, and in case one or more of said committee shall not attend, to choose others in their stead to fill vacancy. The referees submited their report at a legal meeting held on the 2 2d day of December, as follows : — "The subscri- bers, a committee agreed upon by the inhabitants of Hebron at a le<''al meeting of said town holden on the third day of November instant, for the purpose of adjudging and deter- mining on what terms said town shall be divided, making Matthews pond and streams a dividing line between the Eastern and Western parts of said town, having met agree- ably to previous notice at the house of Rev. Joseph Hutch- inson, proceeded to examine the roads and bridges and at- tended to the statements made to us by Stephen Myrick Esq. and Col. Samuel H. King, agents of the respective parts of the town, do adjudge that the inhabitants of said town living to the Eastward of the said Matthews pond and streams shall pay to the inhabitants of said town living to the Westward of said pond and streams the sum of $500. Hebron November 19th, 1828. John Turner, ^ Enoch Hall, > Committee. Thomas Hill Jr. ) "On receiving the report of the committee on the divis- ion of the town, it was voted to accept the report and choose a committee of three to carry it into effect. Voted that Joseph Hutchinson, Simeon Perkins and William C. Whitney be said committee". A petition was presented to the Legislature on the tenth day of January 1829 in words as follows : — To the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Maine. We, the subscribers, a committee for and in behalf of the town of Hebron, represent that the local situation of the town of Hebron is such as to disommode the inhabitants in transacting their business, by reason of its great length, and no convenient center, wherefore your Petioners pray that said town of Hebron may be divided by Mattews pond and streams so called agreeable to a vote of said town in a legal meeting for that purpose, held the 22d day of Dec. 1828. As in duty bound will ever pray. Annals of Oxford. 33 Dated at Hebron the twenty-ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- eight. Joseph Hutchinson, > Committee, bimeon rerkms, 5 The petition appears to have taken the regular course without opposition and the prayer granted by the passage of a Bill entitled: — An act to incorporate the town of Oxford. Approved February 27th, 1829. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives, in Legislature assembled, That so much of the town of Hebron, in the County of Oxford, as lies south west of Matthews' Pond, so called, and the inlet of said Pond, iTinning from Paris, and the outlet of the same Pond running into Mmot, be, and hereby is incorporated into a town by the name of Oxford ; and the inhabitants thereof are hereby vested with all the powers, privileges and im- munities, which the inhabitants of other towns within this State, do or may by law enjo}' . Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said town of Ox- ford shall pay to said town of Hebron the arrears of all taxes which have been legally assessed together with their proportion of all debts due from and assessments which may have been voted by said town of Hebron, at the time of the passing of this Act ; such proportion to be ascertained by reference to the last valuation of said town of Hebron. And said town of Hebron she'll pay to said town of Oxford the sum of five hundred dollars. And said town of Oxford shall receive their proportion (to be ascertained as aforesaid) of all debts and taxes due, and of all the personal property belonging to said town of Hebron at the time aforesaid. Sec. 3, Be it further enacted. That all persons who now are, or may hereafter become chargeable as paupers, shall be considered as belonging to that town, on whose territor}'" they may have gained a legal settlement, and shall be sup- ported by the same. And said town of Oxford shall be holden to pay their proportion of the expenses incurred for the support of all paupers actually chargeable upon the town of Hebron, at the time of the passing of this Act. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the ammunition. 34 Annals of Oxford military equipments, and camp equipage belonging to said town of Hebron, at the time of the passing of this Act shall be divided between said towns of Hebron and Oxford in proportion to the number of persons enrolled in the Militia, in said towns respectively. And the records, public papers and documents belonging to said town of Hebron at the time aforesaid, shall be kept alternately year by year by the respective Clerks of said towns ; and while such records, documents and papers are in possesston of the Clerk of one of said towns, such Clerk shall, on application of either of the Selectmen or Assessors, or of the Clerk of the other town, furnish a certified copy of any part of the same free from expense, until otherwise agreed upon by said towns. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That any Justice of the Peace, within said County, is hereby empowered to issue his warrant to some inhabitant of said town, hereby incor- porated, directing him to notify the inhabitants thereof, to meet at such time and place, as he shall appoint, to choose such officers as towns are empowered to choose at their annual meetings. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That said towns of He- bron and Oxford shall constitute a district to elect one Rep- resentative (Oxford having the privilege to elect the lirst Representative chosen after the passing of this Act) to the Legislature of this State, until otherwise provided by law. "Strange to me are theformi / meet When t visit the dear old town; I hear the tales of boyhood told. My thoughts are full of the past and old, I see it all like a chart unrolled. There are dreams that cannot die," CHAPTER in. OXFORD. to the ^CC approved February twenty- seventh, Winthrop B. Norton, one of the Justices of the ^~> Peace for the County of Oxford, issued his warrant to Cyrus Shaw, one of the freehold inhabitants of Oxford, on the ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, requiring him to summon and notify the inhabitants of said town of Oxford, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the school house near Craigie's Mills in said Oxford on Thursday the nineteenth day of March instant, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of choosing a Moderator and all such town officers as towns are by law authorized and re- quired to choose and appoint at their annual meetings. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Oxford holden agreeable to the foregoing warrant March 19, 1829, the fol- lowing votes were passed, viz : — 1 To choose a committee of three to receive, sort, count and declare the votes for Moderator. 2 Made choice of Samuel H. King, Jairus S. Keith and William C. Whitney for the above named committee. 3 Made choice of Jacob Tewksbury, Esq. for Moderator. 4 Voted that the meeting be adjourned to the meeting- house. 5 Made choice of Dan Perry for Town Clerk, who was immediatly sworn into office by Jacob Tewksbury, Esq. a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Oxford. 6 Made choice of Samuel H. King, ^ Ebenezer Holmes, > Selectmen. ' Cyi"us Shaw, Esq., ) 7 Made choice of Dan Perry for Town Treasurer. 30 Annals of Oxford Voted that the Selectmen be the Assessors and Ovei* seers of the Poor. Made choice of Jacob Tewksbury, Giles Shurtleff and Alonzo King for Superintending School Committee. Voted that the collectorship be set up at auction, the person that collects for the lowest percentage to expect the office of Constable, (he doing the town business gratis.) Struck off to Alonzo King at one cent and nine mills on the dollar. Voted that Alonzo King be Constable. Voted that John Gardner Jr., William Thomas, Sam- uel Robinson Jr. , Nathan Wright, Luther Perkins, Will- iam Faunce, Edmund Hayes, Samuel Crockett, Joshua Merrill, Henry C. Dean, Winthrop B. Norton and Isaac A. Thayer be Surveyors of Highways. Voted that the numbers by which the school districts were formerly known on the town records of Hebron shall be amended and be hereafter known in the town of Oxford, as follows : — number ii shall be number i, number 8 shall be number 2, number 9 shall be number 3, number 14 shall be number 4, number 17 shall be number 5, number 6 no change, number 13 shall be number 7, number 16 shall be number 8 and number 7 shall be number 9. Voted that Henry C. Dean, Robert Hilborn Jr., Elisha Moore, David Webber, John Richards, Zebedee Cushman, Giles Shurtleff, Ezra Bartlett and John Marshall be School Agents. Voted that Nathan Lombard, Robert Hilborn Jr. and Joshua Lombard be Cullers of Staves. Voted that Nathan Lombard be Culler of Hoops. Voted that William Faunce, Benjamin Whitehouse, Samnel Allen, William Prince and Elisha Moore be Fence Viewers. Voted that Ebenezer Moulton, Simon Staples, Hiram Hilborn and George Robinson be Field Drivers. Voted that Luther Carman, (he was excused) Win- throp B. Norton, Samuel H. King, John Marshall and John Gardner Jr. be Surveyors of Sawed and Rift Lumber. Samuel H. King, Cyrus Shaw and Winthrop B. Nor- ton were chosen a committee to make nominations for Tythingmen ; William Faunce, Alfred Hood, William Caldwell and Joseph Row were nominated and elected. Faunce and Hood were excused and Joseph Perkins Jr. Annals of Oxford. 87 and P. M. C. Mussey were elected. Voted that Jairus S. Keith be Agent for the Town, He asked to be excused and it was voted that Samuel H. King be Agent for the town of Oxford for the year ensuing. Voted that the Selectmen be a committee to settle with the authorized agents of the town of Hebron. Voted that this meeting be disolved. A town meeting was called by the Selectmen, April 6, 1829, William C. Whitney was chosen Moderator and it was voted that the meeting attend to prayers. Voted that $367.00 be appropriated for the support of the schools. Voted that $1200.00 be appropriated for the repairs of the highways and bridges. Voted that $300.00 be appropriated for the support of the poor. It was voted tliat the Pound shall be near the center of the town and that Zebedee Cusliman, Giles Shurtleff, Alonzo King, Winthrop B. Norton and Benajah Pratt be a committee to select a place and build the Pound. Ezra Wright was set-off from scliool district number 7 to district number 2. It was voted that the highway district on Pigeon Hill be divided and set-off, the count}^ road from Joseph Perkins Jr. to the count}' road by Daniel W:iitne3^'s, and that An- drew Staples be the Surveyor ; also voted that the highway district at Craigies Mills be divided by or at the bridge and that Samuel H. King be the Surveyor. Voted that the list of jurors prepared and presented by the Selectmen be accepted. Voted that Surveyors of Highways shall keep the roads open and passable, through their districts, in the winter and give a suitable compensation to those they em- ploy therein for the labor necessary in doing the same, to be credited for highway work the next year. Voted that Surveyors of Highways shall credit 12 1-2 cents per hour for a man and the same for a yoak of oxen in the month of June and 9 cents per hour in the month of September for man and oxen, for work faithfully done to the acceptance of the Sui-\'e3^or ; all that fall short of the above to be credited in proportion, according to the judge- ment of the Surveyor. adjourned to may 4th. 38 Annals of Oxford At the adjourned meeting held May 4th, in the meet- ing house near Craigies Mills, Benjamin F. Perry was elected Pound Keeper and a committee consisting of Bena- jah Pratt, Ezra Wright and Samuel H. King were chosen to consult and agree with Mr. Perry for the use of his barn for the purposes of a Pound. Voteb that the Selectmen, Treasurer, Clerk and Con- stable draw the jurors without calling a town-meeting. A meeting called by the Selectmen, was held at the same time and place and William C. Whitney was chosen Moderator. The meeting was opened with prayer. A communication was received as follows : — "We the subscribers, heirs of the late Andrew Craigie, hereby authorize William C. Whitney Esq., our agent at Hebron, to erect a meeting-house for the use of said town, to be located on the new county road leading from Poland to Paris, in such place as the said town shall determine, with the consent of said Whitney ; the said house not to cost more than twelve hundred dollars, and we authorize the said Whitney to promise the said town, not exceeding three acres of land round the said meeting-house for a common, burj'ing-ground etc. not to be more than 16 rods in width on the road. Witness our hands this second day of March 1829. Samuel Haven. Andrew Foster. Thomas Foster, for himself and John Foster." The proposal of the Craigie aeirs was accepted and it was thereupon voted that a committee be appointed to se- lect or locate a site for the above named meeting-house, and that they perform their service and report to the next town-meeting, free from expense to the town. Zebedee Cushman, Jairus S. Keith, John Caldwell, Benajah Pratt, Giles Shurtleff, Benjamin Whitehouse and Samuel Crock- ett were chosen as the committee. Voted that Benjamin F. Perry be annexed to school district No. 3. A legal meeting of the inhabitants of Oxford was held at the dwelling-house of Benjamin F. Perry, on INIonday the nth day of May, William C. Whitney was chosen Moderator. The meeting was opened with prayer. The committee chosen at the last meeting to locate a Annals of Oxford. 39 site for the meeting-house reported the selection of a lot de- scribed as follows : — commencing 34 rods southerly from the corner of the road where the road leading from Num- ber 6, so called, to Craigies Mills is crossed by the new county road leading from Paris to Poland, and on the west side of the new county road, thence south 56 degrees west 30 rods, thence south 34 degrees west 16 rods, thence north 56 degrees east 30 rods to said new county road, thence on said road north 34 degrees west 16 rods to the first men- tioned bounds. The report was accepted and it was voted that the three acres of land for a meeting-house, common and burying- ground and all between it and the new county road be clear- ed of all the natural growth, both root and branch, that is to say, all of the roots of trees, stumps and saplings to be completely dug out of the ground and removed from the plot ; the land thoroughly plowed, leveled and well seed- ed to grass and well fenced witn a good and sufficient log fence ; the contractor for the job to have the crop of grain he shall raise upon it. Proceeded to vendue the clearing of the land as above and the same was struck off to Haven Hall, at twenty-eight dollars per acre, he being the lowest bidder. The meeting deciding that the contractor should give a bond, Mr. Hall was excused and the clearing of tne lot was awarded to Jacob Washburn at twenty- nine dollars an acre, he being the lowest bidder that would give a bond. Ezra Bartlett the school agent for district No. 8 being absent, James Perry was elected in his stead. A bounty of ten cents for each crow killed in town and presented to the Treasurer with body and head entire was voted. Voted that the next town meeting be held at Benjamin F. Perry's and then adjourned. A legal meeting of the inhabitants was held at Benja- min F. Perry's on the ninth day of July at 4 o'clock P. M. Winthrop B. Norton was chosen Moderator. Voted to reconsider the vote of the last meeting accept- ing the site for a meeting-house near the No. 6 road and to select a location on the hill near Benjamin F. Perry's, and that the Selectmen be authorized to locate the site and make arrangements for clearing the land. 40 Annals of Oxford At the election of state and count}^ officers in September one hundred and fifty-three votes were cast for Governer. Samuel E. Smith (dem.) had 107 Jonathan G. Huntoon (whig) had 45 Dan Perry had i For Representative to the Legislature. Dan Perry had 105 Jacob Tewksbury had 27 Samuel H. King had 19 A legal meeting was held in the stable of Benjamin F. Perry September 14th, Cyrus Shaw Esq. Moderator. It was voted that if any one will seed down the site for the meeting-house and prepare the land for the building to the acceptance of William C. Whitney Esq. that he shall have the income of the land the present year. The Selectmen, Treasurer and Clerk were authorized to grant licenses to proper applicants for inholders, victual- ers and retailers, for the present year. Voted that cattle, horses and sheep shall not be permit- ed to run at large in Oxford from the first of November next to the first of April ensueing. Voted that the next meeting be at the meeting-house near Craigies Mills. A legal meeting assembled at the meeting. house near Cyrus Shaw's October 5th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. William C. Whitney was chosen Moderator. A vote of the town at the meeting of March 19th fixing the number and limtts of the several school districts was a- mended and discribed as follows : — District No. 11, now No. i, lands in the southerly corner of Oxford, bounded on the northeast by district No. 2 and on the northwest by district No. 3, and Thompson pond- District No. 8, now No. 2 begining on Poland line on the Little Androscogin river, thence up said river to the outlet of Hogan pond, thence up said outlet to the south Hogan pond, thence up said pond to the Cole brook, (so called) thence up said brook by the westerly side of Sam- uel Hilborn's land and in a continued course of said Hil- born's westerly side line to the Great Swamp (so called) between Seth Keen's and Henry C. Dean's, thence easterly by said swamp to the Poland line. District No. 9, now No. 3, begining on the Otisfield line between Benjamin Stevens' and Everett's and Ward- Annals of Oxford. 41 well's land, thence between said Stevens' and Everett's and Ward well's to Samuel Allen's land, thence on the northwest line of said Allen's land to the Little Androscoggin river, thence down said river to the outlet of Hogan pond, thence up said outlet to the south Hogan pond, thence up said pond so as to come in a direction with the southeast side of the land formerly occupied by Edward Shepherd, thence between said Shepherd's lot and Samuel Littlefield's land and in a direction of said line to Thompson pond. District No. 14, now No, 4, beginning on Otisfield line between the lands of Benjamin Stevens', Everett's and Wardwell's, thence on the bounds of district No. 3 to the Little Androscoggin river, thence up said river to the south- east side line of John Pike's land, thence between the lands of said Pike and Edward Little to the county road that passes by John Rowe's, thence northwesterly on said road to the Norway line. District No. 17, now No. 5, beginning on the Paris line on the southerly side of James Holmes' farm now occu- pied by William Beals, thence on the westerly bounds of district No. 6 to the Little Androscoggin river, thence up said river to John Pike's land, thence on the bounds of dis- trict No. 4 to Norway line. District No. 6, beginning at the county road near Joseph Perkins' house, thence between said Perkins' and Daniel Bullen Jr., including said Bullen's, Eliab Richmond's, John Caldwell's and Joseph Cushman's, thence on the westerly line of Daniel Bartlett's land to WilHam Newman's, thence on the westerly line of said Newman's to William C. Whit- ney's land, thence between said Newman's and Whitney's lands to the town road, thence on said road to the Paris line thence on the town hue of Paris to the westerly line of the James Holmes' farm, now occupied by William Beals, thence on the westerly bounds of the Craigie land to the Little Androscoggin river, leaving the land of Rufus Bart- lett Jr. and Joel Robinson's tract, near the river, adjoining to and west of said Craigie's land, thence down the river to the lot line between lots No. 8 and 9 in the second division, thence in the direction of said lot line to the line dividing the new and old surveys of lots, thence through lot No. 8, seventh range, second division, between Isaac Whittemore Jr. and Eliab Richmond's, also through lot No. 8 sixth range, between Dr. Jacob Tewksbury's and William C. 42 Annals of Oxford Whitney's land to the first mentioned bounds. District No. 13, now No. 7, beginning at the westerly corner of Minot on the Little Androscoggin river, thence up said river to district No. 6, thence easterly on the south- ern boundary of said district to the county road, thence on the northwest side line of Joseph Perkins' land to Daniel Bullen's land and in a direction with last said line to Matt- hews pond or to the inlet thereof on the northwest and south bounds of district No. 9 to Minot line. District No. 16, now No. 8, beginning on the town line of Paris between Daniel Bartlett's and Elias Tubbs', thence running sontheasterly in the direction of the end line of said lots to the inlet of Matthews pond, thence down said inlet to district No. 7, thence on the bounds of district No. 7 to dis- trict No. 6, thence on district No. 6 to the Paris line. A part of district No. 7, now No. 9, beginning on the Minot line on the lot line between Thomas Crooker and Robert Hilborn, thence on the southwest bounds of district No. 4 to the southwest corner of Isaac Whittemore's land, thence on the southerly bounds of district No. 5 to Matthews pond, thence southerly so as to include John and Moses Marshall, Calvin Robins home place and William Chip- man's, thence from the southwest corner of William Chip- man's land southeasterly to Minot line. (N. B. Only w^hat is southwest of Matthews pond now composes district No. 9 in Oxford.) When reference is had to any survey, or number, range or division of lots, the reference is to the plan of the town drawn by Alexander Greenwood Esq. Dec. A. D. 182 1. THE FOREGOING IS A FAIRLY COMPLETE COPY OF THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS. THE FOLLOWING ARE ABSTRACTS. 1830 Town meeting at the meeting-house March ist, 1830. J aims S. Keith was chosen Moderator and Dan Perry, Town Clerk. Mr. Perry being absent, Samuel H. King was chosen Clerk pro tem. Cyrus Shaw, Zebedee Cushman and Alonzo King were elected ^Selectmen and it was voted that they be the Assessors and Overseers of the Poor. Dan Perr}^ was chosen Treasurer and the collection of taxes was auctioned to Alonzo King at two and a quarter cents on the dollar. He was chosen Constable. Annals of Oxford. 43 Jairus S. Keith, Alonzo King and Giles Shurtleff were chosen School Committee. Winthrop B. Norton, Samuel Robinson and Cyrus Shaw were chosen Committee on Accounts. Jairus S. Keith, was chosen Town Agent. Town meeting at the meeting-house April 5th, William C. Whitney, Moderator. Voted to raise $300. for town charges and $1200. for repairs on highways and that the Surveyors credit the same for labor as last year. Voted that Timothy Jordan have the privilege of draw- ing his school money from the district where he lives and paying the same to Otisfield, where he sends to school. Town meeting at the meeting-house April 12th, Samuel H. King, Moderator. Voted that $367. be raised for the support of schools. Voted that the Selectmen appropriate the highway tax they think proper or necessary to be expended on the Whittemore road. Voted that the Selectmen purchase a Pall. Voted that Benjamin F. Perry's barn be a Pound and that he be the Pound Keeper. At the election of state officers, Sept. 13th, two Jiundred and five votes were cast for Governor. Samuel E. Smith (dem.) had 141 Jonathan G. Huntoon (whig) had 64 For Representative to the Legislature. Roger Decoster had 136 Gideon Cushman had 70 At same time and place a meeting was held, Zebe- dee Cushman, Moderator. It was voted to adjourn to meet at the same place, Saturday next, at 3 o'clock P. M. At the adjourned meeting, Benajah Pratt was chosen agent to repair the new county road. John Gardner Jr. agent to repair the road near Abraham Dean's. William Wardwell agent for Greely Hill, so called. Winslow Re- cord, Samuel Allen, Samuel Wright, Abraham Dean Jr. and William C. Whitney agents for repairing roads on the hills near their residences. Town meeting at the meeting-house near Cyrus Shaw's, October i6th, Winthrop B. Norton, Moderator. 44 Annals of Oxford Jairus S. Keith was chosen Clerk pro tern. Voted that the Court of Sessions be petitioned to discon- tinue the road from near the dwelling-house of Simon Sta- ples to that of widow Soule. Town meeting at the meeting-house near Benjamin F. Perry's, Zebedee Cushman, Moderator. Adjourned to the house of Benjamin F. Perry. Voted that the land from the road to the meeting-house be leveled and all obstructions removed at an expense of not exceeding ten dollars. Zebedee Cushman was chosen to superintend the work. Zebedee Cushman, Leonard Caldwell, Giles Shurtleff, Joshua Keen and Benajah Pratt were chosen a commit- tee to make arrangements for dedicating the meeting-house and it was voted to provide the clergymen who officiate at the dedication with appropriate entertainment, on the occa- sion at this place, at the expense of the town. It was voted that the new meeting-house be the centre of the town and that subsequent town meetings be held in it. Voted that the three notices for town meetings shall here- after be posted at the following places, viz : — At Craigies Mills, at Benj. F. Perry's and at Dr. Jacob Tewksbury's, 1831 Town meeting March 14th, 1831. William C. Whit- ney was chosen INIoderator and Dan Perry, Town Clerk. Alonzo King, Zebedee Cushman and Henry Holbrook were elected Selectmen. Dan Perry was chosen Treasurer. Voted $3co. for town charges. $500. for support of schools. $1500. for l:igh and town ways. Voted that the wholly dependent poor be set up at auct- ion and was vendued to Luther Perkins at 80 cents per week, doctors bills to be paid by the *^own ; cloth- ing to be as good when returned as when received from the town. The collectorship was vendued to Alonzo King at one cent and nine mills on the dollar ; he was elected Constable. Giles Shurtleff, Benajah Pratt and Oliver Perkins were chosen Superintending School Committee, Benjamin F. Perry was chosen Pound Keeper. Samuel H. King was appointed to settle with the Annals of Oxford. 45 town of Hebron. Benjamin F. Perry, A. Peterson, Giles Perkins and all the inhabitants between them, were set off for a school district, tlie Selectmen to establish the bounds. Benajah Pratt Jr. was chosen Town Agent and Sam- uel H. King was appointed to assist him in adjusting the claim of William Wardwell for damages on account of the road on Greely Hill ; and they were instructed to see if the town of Hebron was not holden to pay their proportion of the damages. ^ ^, _^ , Samuel H. King, Giles Shurtleff and Eleazer Holmes were chosen a committee to examine the accounts of the Selectmen. <- i td n Alonzo King was appointed agent to take care of the l"all. Voted to abate the tax of Simeon Staples. Town meeting April 9th, Jacob Tewksbury, IModerator. Voted to clear the three acres around the meeting- house and that every man in town who pays a poll tax, work one day in person or by a substitute clearing the land, or pay one dollar. The several Surveyors to notify in then- districts of the time, impliments to be used and to superin- tend the work. It was voted that the rocks on the lot be put into a fence on the south line, beginning on the road and running back as far as the rocks will make the fence. William C. Whitney, Winthrop B. Norton and Zebedee Cushman were appointed to make suitable appropriation of the land when cleared and fenced. It was voted to discontinue the Whittemore road to the Meadow brook and that Samuel H. King, Giles Shurt- leff and Benajah Pratt be a committee to locate a road from the new county road, commencing at or near the meeting- house and running to the Meadow brook, in the best place for a road. Voted that all the inhabitants in town who pay taxes shall give in their valuation under oath. Voted that the taxes of Nathaniel Allen, Peltiah Ber- ry, Hezekiah Farris, Richard Lamb, Jacob Grapes, Nath- aniel Rowe, Stephen Richards, Payson Steadman and Joseph Bartlett, for the 1829 be abated. Timothy Jordan Jr, was allowed to expend his propor- tion of the scnool money in Otisfield. Voted that the Selectmen meet three weeks from to day, to survey a new rout for a road on Pigeon Hiil, 46 Annals of Oxford beginning at the Tarbox brook, so called, thence up the hill in the best place. Town meeting April 25th, Jacob Tewksbury, Moderator. Voted that the Selectmen b e empowered to view and locate a road at Meadow brook bridge on the Whittemore road, northerly of the new meeting-house, to the No. 6 road. Voted that $500. be expended on the highways, addi- tional to the sum already voted, at the discretion of the Se- lectmen. The report of the Selectmen on the new school district was accepted and it was voted that the district be No. 10. Town meeting May 9th, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen locating a road from Meadow brook bridge to the No. 6 road, so call- ed, and that the Whittemore road from the new county road to the No. 6 road be discontinued. Evidently the preceeding votes upon the subject had failed to produce results, for at this meeting it was voted to appropriate $150. to clear the meeting-house lot ; this vote was subsequently reconsidered and it was voted that the Selectmen should give a bond to the heirs of Andrew Crai- gie, conditioned on the completion of the clearing the land, to obtain the deed. At the election of state officers, Sept. 12th, one hundred and seventy-one votes were cast for Governor. Samuel E. Smith (dem.) had 121 Daniel Goodenow (whig) had 49 John Anderson had i For Senator, Jairus S. Keith had iii For Representative to the Legislature. Dan Perry had 120 Jacob Tewksburj^ had 48 At the same time a meeting was held, Alonzo King, Moderator. Samuel H. King, Jairus S. Keith and John Caldwell were chosen a committee to get the complaint on the road from George Robinson's to Zebulon Chadbourne's contin- ued and to petition the County Commissioners to discontin- ue the road. The Selectmen reported the location of roads to accom- modate Lemuel Crooker and others, Will am Ward well Annals of Oxford. 47 and others. Their reports were adopted, and the Select- men were authorized to expend $600. upon the highways. The meeting refused to take action on an article per- mitting licenses to sell liquors, to be drank on the premises. Town meeting Oct. 3d, Samuel H. King, Moderator. A list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen was sub- mitted and with some amendments, was adopted. 1832 Town meeting March 12th, 1832. Alonzo King was chosen Moderator and Dan Perry, Town Clerk. Alonzo King, Henry Ilolbrook and Isaac A. Thayer were elected Selectmen. Dan Perry was chosen Treasurer. Jairus S. Keith, Alonzo King and Giles Shurtleff were chosen Superintending School Committee. Zebedee Cushman, Henry Holbrook and Samuel H. King were chosen a committee to estimate the sum neces- sary for town charges. Voted $350. for town charges. $442. for support of schools. $2,500. for highways. Alonzo King was chosen Constable and Collector and it was voted that he be paid two and a half cents on the dollar for collecting, he to do the constable business for the town gratis. It was voted to choose the Town Agent by ballot. Samuel H. King was elected. He was authorized to settle with the town of Hebron. Samuel H. King, Ebenezer Holmes and Giles Record were appointed a committee on the Selectmen's accounts. Voted that the Selectmen procure a trunk for the con- venient keeping of the Pall ; also a desk and trunk for the Town Clerk's office. The pauper auctioned last year at 80 cents per week, was at this meeting struck off to Isaac Washburn, at $1.36 per week, with same conditions. Town meeting September loth, Samuel H. King, Mod- erator, John J. Perry was chosen Clerk pro tem. Samuel Crockett, Alonzo King and Joseph Mixer were appointed a committee to receive proposals for building a road from David Webber's, by Timothy Jordan Jr.'s to the 48 Annals of Oxford Otisfield line. It was voted to raise $500, to make the road and Samuel Crockett was appointed agent to superintend the building of it. Cyrus Shaw, Samuel H. King and Jacob Tewksbury were chosen a committee to examine the bills in the Col- lector's hands and see whose taxes ought to be abated. Benjamin Whitehouse, Samuel Robinson, Caleb Wood- ward, William Faunce and Cyrus Shaw wtre chosen a committee to divide the time, to be occupied for divine serv- ice in the new meetincr-house, between the several denomi- nations of Christians in town. It was voted that the Selectmen, Treasurer and Clerk give licenses to innholders and retailers, to sell spirituous liquors to be drank on the premises. At the election of state officers, Sept. lOth, one hundred and eighty-four votes were cast for Governor. Samuel E. Smith (dem.) had 127 Daniel Goodenow (whig) had 57 At the Presidential election, November 5th, each partj^ cast two more votes. Town meeting Oct. ist, Alonzo King, Moderator. Zebedee Cushman and Winthrop B. Norton were author- ized to make such repali's on Jamb bridge as are necessarj-. The road laid out for the accom.modation of Wm. Ward- well was accepted according to the Selectmen's minutes. The arrangement with Mr. PeiT}- for keeping the Pound was continued. Voted to raise $350. for necessary purposes. Town meeting Nov. 5th, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. Upon the recommendation of the committee, it was voted that the different denominations of Christians shall occupy the meeting-house as follows: — The Congregationalist the first Sunday of each month, the Baptist the second, the Universalist the third, the Methodist the fourth, and when there are five Sundays, the fifth shall be for any denomi- nation who shall give seasonable notice thereof by posting the same on the meeting-house door. X833 Town meeting March 4th, 1833. Samuel H. King was chosen Moderator and Dan Perry, Town Clerk. d Annals of Oxford. 49 Alonzo King, Henry Holbrook and Benajah Pratt Jr. were chosen Selectmen. Dan Perry was chosen Treasurer. Jairus S. Keith was chosen Town Agent, by ballot. Giles Shurtleff, Jairus S. Keith and Alonzo King were chosen Superintending School Committee. Voted that the barn of Benjamin F. Perry be a Pound and he the keeper. Voted $400. for town charges and support of poor. $440.40 for support of schools. $2000. for highways. The collection of taxes was struck off to George F. Truet at two and a half cents. Alonzo King was chosen Constable. Voted to choose an additional Constable ; George F. Truet was elected and it was then voted that the collection of taxes be transferred to Alonzo King. Winthrop B. Norton, Samuel H. King and Nathan Wright were chosen to examine the accounts of the Selectmen. Town meeting May 25th, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. It was voted that Luther Carman, Samuel H. King and Zebedee Cushman make an examination of Jamb bridge and if they conclude it necessary to rebuild, to receive pro- posals for rebuilding. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen and locate a road for the benefit of Joshua Lunt and Wm. E. Brooks. Voted to allow the accounts of Benajah Pratt & Co., George Robinson, Benjamin Whitehouse and Benjamin Richards, which had been rejected by the committee on accounts. Town meeting May 27th, Jairus S. Keith, was chosen Moderator and Giles Shurtleff, Clerk pro tern. The Town Agent was directed to confer with the propri- etors of the land through which William Oliver and others wish to pass and ascertain the expense of a road. At the election of state officers, Sept. 9th, one hundred and ninety votes were cast for Governor. Robert P. Dunlap (dem.) 114 Samuel E. Smith (dis. dem.) 24 Daniel Goodenow (whig) 52 New elements appear in this election, the "Anti Ma- sons" had a candidate for Governor, but he received no 50 Annals of Oxford vote in this town. The state convention of the dominent party was inharmonious, resuUing in tne renomination of Governor Smith by the dissenters, and in this town four meetings were required to elect Mr. Perry, the nominee of the party, to be Representative in the Legislature. The re- cord of the ballotings is as follows : September 9th Dan Perry had iii John Caldwell had 25 Jacob Tewksbury had 50 September 13th, Dan Perry had 75 Alonzo King had 50 Jacob Tewksbury had 37 October 21st, Dan Perry had 83 Samuel H. King had 28 Jacob Tewksbury had 21 Alonzo King had 9 Robert Hilborn Jr. had 5 November nth, Dan Perry had 102 John Caldwell had 38 Samuel H. King had 3 Jacob Tewksbury had 2 R. Rich and A. Gammon had three each. J. Lee and Robert Hilborn Jr. had one each. Town meeting Sept. 9th Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen, locating a road from the county road to the river bridge. This road had been debated at previous meetings and had been al- ready built by Col. Samuel H. King across his land, from near his dwelling-house on the county road, to the bridge west front of the residence of Capt. Caleb Woodward, being the road now known as King Street. Voted to raise a committee to build a bridge where or near the Jamb bridge now is, in such place and manner as they think best. Luther Carman, Winthrop B. Norton, Samuel H. King, Nathan Wright and Giles Shurtleff were appoint- ed as that committee. Mr. King was, at his request, ex- cused and John Gardner Jr. was chosen in his place. Town meeting Sept. 30th, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. Voted to set off John Thurston to school district No. 5. Annals of Oxford. 51 Voted that school district No. 9 in this town be a body- corporate, with district No. 7 of Hebron and certain inhab- itants of Minot, if they see proper to join. It was voted that the Burns's and Rich's be set off from district No. 3 and compose a school district, and that John Burns be the Agent. William Yeats was chosen Agent for district No. 10. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen laying out a road from Jamb bridge, or where the bridge is to be built, to the old county road. 1834 Town meeting March 3d, 1834, Jairus S. Keith was chosen Moderator and Dan Perry, Town Clerk ; he being absent, John J. Perry was chosen Clerk pro tem. Alonzo King, Benjamin Whitehouse and Edward Par- sons were chosen Selectmen. Voted that the Selectmen, Treasurer and Clerk license proper persons to sell ardent spirits. Jairus S. Keith was chosen Town Agent, by ballot. Benjamin F. Perry was chosen Pound Keeper ; the Se- lectmen to provide a suitable place for a Pound. Dan Perry was chosen Treasurer. Voted to raise $800. for town charges. $440.40 for support of schools. $1500. for highways. Giles Shurtleff, Henry R. Webber and Alonzo King were chosen Superintending School Committee. The collection of taxes was vendued to Alexander H. Mussey, at one cent and nine mills on the dollar. Alonzo King was chosen Constable. Giles Shurtleff, Samuel Robinson and Winthrop B. Norton were chosen to examine the Selectmen's accounts. Town meeting August i6th, Jairus S. Keith was chos- en Moderator and to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re- admittance of the Rev. Mr. Perry to the Methodist Confer- ence, John Lee was chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer for the unexpired term. At the election of state officers, September 8th, two hundred and twenty-two votes were cast for Governor. Robert P. Dunlap had 157 Peleg Sprague had 65 52 Annals of Oxford 1835 Town meeting March 30th, 1835, Jacob Tewksbury was chosen Moderator and John Lee was chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer. Jairus S. Keith, Benjamin Richards and Ebenezer R. Holmes were chosen Selectmen. Jairus S. Keith, Henry R. Webber and John J. Perry were chosen Superintending School Committee. Jairus S. Keith Town Agent. The barn of Benjamin F. Perry was named for a Pound and he the keeper. Voted to raise $500. for town charges. $441. for support of schools. $1500. for highways. The collection of taxes was struck off to John J. Perry at two cents on the dollar ; he was chosen Constable. The list of Jurors as revised was accepted. Samuel H. King's report of the settlement made with the town of Hebron was accepted and ordered placed on file in the clerk's office. Town meeting May 25th, Ebenezer R. Holmes was chosen Moderator. It was voted that Jairus S. Keith be an agent to help ex- plore a route for a railroad from Windham or Gray as far as the Great Androscoggin River near Rumford ; it was further voted that the agent be allowed one dollar a day for his services. The article in the warrant called for action upon a propos- ed railroad from Portland to Quebec. Voted to raise two hundred dollars to pay the expense of the agent and other town charges. At the election of state officers, September 14th, one hundred and eighty-three votes were cast for Governor. Robert P. Dunlap (dem.) had 130 William King (whig) had 53 For Representative to the Legislature. John Lee had 117 Samuel Ho King had 55 William S. Allen had 7 Benjamin Richards had 5 Jairus S. Keith had I Annals of Oxford. 53 1836 Town meeting March 14th, 1836 Samuel H. King, Moderator. John Lee was chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer; he being absent, Caleb Woodward was chosen Clerk pro tem. Ebenezer R. Holmes, Benjamin Richards and Samuel S. Allen were chosen Selectmen. Giles Shurtleff, John J. Perry and Alonzo King were chosen Superintending School Committee. Samuel H. King, Town Agent. John J. Perry, Collector of Taxes and Constable. The arrangements for a Pound same as last year. Voted to set up the support of paupers at auction. Voted to raise $650. for town charges. $441. for support of schools. $1800. for highways. April 24th, the limits of the Infantry Company of Oxford were defined by the Selectmen to include the whole town. Town meeting May 7th, John Caldwell, Moderator. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Henry R. Web- ber at two cents on the dollar and he was chosen Consta- ble, (probably Mr. Perry declined to serve.) At the election of state officers, September 12th, one hundred and fifty-three votes were cast for Governor. Robert P. Dunlap (dem.) had 112 Edward Kent (whig) had 41 At a meeting held on the same date, Ebenezer R. Holmes was chosen Moderator. Samuel Crockett, Benjamin Whitehouse and Luther Carman were appointed a committee to contract with some person to repair the bridge at Craigies Mills and that the Treasurer hire money to defray the expense. Voted to lay out a road beginning on the town line, be- tween Otisfield and Oxford, as near the shore of Thompson pond as convenient. And when the new road shall have been made and opened, the road over Greeley Hill shall be discontinued. At the Presidential election, November 7th, the dem- ocrats cast 92 votes and the whigs 21 votes. 54 Annals of Oxford 183T Town meeting March 13th, 1837, Samuel H. King was chosen Moderator and John J. Perrj- was chosen Town Clerk and Treasurer. Benjamin Richards, John Lee and George Robinson were chosen Selectmen. Ariel P. Chute, Giles Shurtleff and Henry- R. Webber were chosen Superintending School Committee. Samuel H. King, Town Agent. Same arrangements for a Pound as last year. Voted to raise S1500. for town charges. :?44Q. for support of schools. S2500. for highways. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Henn,- R. Web- ber at t^vo cents on the dollar and he was chosen Constable. Voted to leave the care of the poor with the Selectmen. Jacob Tewksbur}-, Henrj' Holbrook and Henrj' R. Web- ber were appointed to settle \%-ith Alonzo King and make abatements on the unpaid bills for the tax of 1835. Under the existing tariff laws and from the sale of public lands there had accumulated in the Treasury- of the United States a surpliis of public money in excess of the require- ments of the national government; Congress therefore, by an Act passed June 23d, 1S36, voted that the money that should be in the Treasury- on the first day of Januarj- 1837, reser\-ing five millions of dollars, should be deposited with such of the several States, in proportion to their representa- tion in Congress, as should consent to receive the same, pledging the faith of the State for its safe keeping and the payment thereof, whenever the same shall be required. The State of Maine accepted the conditions March 8th, 1837 and authorized its distribution to cities, towns and or- ganized plantations, with the right to use for the same pur- poses as moneys accruing from taxation : also to loan the same in such manner as they deem expedient, on receipt of safe and ample security- therefor. In consequence of the proceedings above mentioned, a town meeting was held on the third day of April and John Lee was chosen Moderator. It was voted that the town receive its proportion of the public money distributed by Act of Congress, and that John Lee be agent for the town, to receive and receipt for the Annfl-iR of Oxford. 55 same. It was also voted that GUes Shurtleff, Samuel Crockett and Henrj- Holbrook be authorized to loan this "Surplus", in sums of not exceeding one hundred, nor less than t^vent^'-five dollars to one person, for one year, inter- est at six per cent, payable in advance. At a meeting three months later the town voted to distribute the third and fourth installment of the "Surplus Revenue" coming to the town, giving to each person their proportion, according to the censu^ now being taken. John Lee was appointed to dis- tribute the money. Town meeting July loth, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. The proposition of John H. Welch to give the land on which to make the road for the accommodation of Moses Gammon and William W. Oliver, if the town \\-ill make the fences, or he will give the land and build the fences for $175.00, was received and the Selectmen were authorized to accept the offer most advantageous to the town. Voted to accept the report of the committee appointed to settle with Alonzo King, and that tlieir powers be extended to settle all the financial concerns of the town. At the election of state officers September nth, two hun- dred votes were cast for Governor. Gorham Parks (dem.) had 141 Edward Kent (whig) had 59 For Representative to the Legislature. John Lee had 106 William S. Allen had S3 John J. Pen-y had 30 Hemy R. ^Vebber had 3, John Caldwell had 2 and Samuel Crockett, Ebenezer R. Holmes. Timothy Jordan Jr. and Robert Hilborn Jr. had i each. Second trial, October 2d. (Allen elected.) John Lee had 106 William S. Allen had 6S John J. Perry had 35 Henry Holbrook had i Town meeting November nth, Jaims S. Keith, Mod- erator. Adjourned to the tavern-house of Robert Pike. Voted to raise $iSoo. to pay the debts of the town. Samuel Crockett, John Gardner Jr. and Benjamin Whitehouse were appointed a committee to superintend tlie the finishing of Pike's bridge. 56 Annals of Oxford X838 Town meeting March 5th, 1838, Jairus S. Keith was chosen Moderator and John Lee Town Clerk and Treasurer. Benjamin Richards, Isaac A. Thayer and Henry C. Dean were chosen Selectmen. Jairus S. Keith, John J. Perry and Ebenezer R. Holmes were chosen Superintending Schocl Committee. Jairus S. Keith, Town Agent. Voted that Joseph Wilson's stable be a Pound and he the keeper. Voted to raise $2000. to defray town charges and make or keep in repair bridges. $441.40 for support of schools. $2000. for highways. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Seth H. Faunce at one cent and six mills on the dollar and he was chosen Constable. Voted not to join with Norway and Paris in the purchase of a farm for the poor. Town meeting April 30th, John J. Perry. Moderator. John Lee and Henry R. Webber were appointed a com- mittee to collect and distribute the first and second install- ment of the "Surplus Revenue"; one half before the first of June, the remainder before the first of September, assum- ing that all notes will be paid ; they will divide the receipts among those entitled to receive the same, first paying all the expenses therefrom. The report of the Treasurer of the State shows, on account of the "Surplus", two payments to the town of Oxford on the 12th day of April 1837 of $747. 48 each and on the nth day of July, following, one pay- ment of $453.04, making a total of $2248.00. Nathan Wright, Samuel H. King and Ebenezer R. Holmes were appointed a committee on the accounts of 1837, and the Selectmen of 1837, the committee on all others. William W. Oliver was set off from school district No. 3 to district No. 4, and Seth Keen from No. 2 to No. i. Same date a Representative to Congress was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Timothy J. Carter. Virgil D. Parris had 145 Zadok Lonor had 66 Annals of Oxford. 57 At the election of state officers September loth, two hundred and fifty-six votes were cast for Governor. John Fairfield (dem.) had i68 Edward Kent (whig) had 88 Same day a meeting was held, Leonard Caldwell was chosen Moderator. The report of the Selectmen, laying out a road commencing at the road leading by the house of Ichabod M. Thomas to Hebron, for the accommodation of Leonard Donham, was accepted and thirty dollars damage was awarded, half to Thomas Donham Jr. the balance to Benjamin Donham. John Gardner Jr., Samuel Crockett and Dennis Hayes were appointed a committee to examine the bridge over the Little Androscoggin river, near Woodward's mill, and as- certain whether it will be best to repair the old or build a new bridge. Adjourned to the iSth instant. Adjourned menting, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. Voted to build a new bridge over the Little Androscoggin river near Woodward's mill, at or near the place where the old one now stands, on the same plan as the one near Josh- ua Merrills. It was voted that the bridge be completed within thirteen months from this date, and Samuel Crock- ett, John Gardner Jr. and Jairus S. Keith were appointed to superintend the construction. 1839 Town meeting March nth, 1839, Jairus S. Keith was chosen Moderator and John J. Perry, Town Clerk and T'r. Isaac A. Thayer, Samuel Crockett and Thomas R. Car- men were elected Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. Jairus S. Keith, Town Agent. The arrangements for a Pound, same as last year. Voted to raise $441.40 for support of schools. $1500, for highways. $1600. for town charges and bridges. The collection of taxes was auctioned to William Ward- well at one cent on the dollar, he was chosen Constable. Voted that each school district choose their own agent and that each district call a meeting forthwith and return the name of their agent to the Town Clerk before April iSth. Jacob T. Washburn was set off from district No. 7 to dis- trict No. 2, and Sullivan Fuller from No. 10 to No. 2. 68 Annals of Oxford Benjamin Richards, Ebenezer R. Holmes and John Caldwell were chosen Auditors to audit the accounts of the town. The doings of the Selectmen in furnishing transportation and Ripplies to the Oxford soldiers who had been drafted into the service of the State, by order of the Governor, was approved, and it was voted that the pay of those who are drafted and called into actual ser^'ice, from this town, shall be made up to fifteen dollars per month, providing they do not receive that amount from the State. The whole communit}^ were at this time greatly excited ; the treaty of Ghent provided for a settlement of the bound- ary between the United States and Canada, but a section of the line between Maine and New Brunswick was not made sufficiently clear to prevent contention. A large and valua- ble tract of land was claimed by both parties, and the "North Eastern Boundary", so called, after having been a subject of voluminous correspondence, now developed into The Aroostook War. In 1837 the enumerator sent to take the census ordered by the State, was arrested, yet nothing serious came of it; but in the winter of 1838-9, when the Land Agent reported that a large number of lumbermen from New Brunswick were operating in the Aroostook valley, the Sheriff of Pen- obscot county was ordered to dislodge them. With a posse of about 200 men he proceeded to the camps, where he found that his coming had been anticipated and that the trespassers had retired to Woodstock, armed themselves and made prisoners of the Land Agent and some others. Sher- iff Strickland, seeing that bloodshed was imminent, made post-haste to the Capitol for counsel. Upon this information the Governor immediately issued the famous proclamation "Our State is Invaded", ordering a detail of 10,000 mili- tia to repel the invaders, and the Legislature promptly in- dorsed his action with an appropriation of $800,000. for the defence of the State. A messenger was dispatched to Wash- ington and Congress, then in session, authorized the Presi- dent to call for 50,000 volunteers and appropriated $10,000, 000. to pay the expenses. Gen. Winfield Scott, with his Staff arrived in Augusta on the 6th day of March and open- ed communication with Gov. Harvey of New Brunswick, a compromise was effected which resulted in the final set- tlement of the boundary by the treaty negotiated by Daniel Annals of Oxford. 59 Webster, then Secretary of State, with Lord Ashburton in 1842. The whigs treated the whole proceedings with levity, they ridiculed the Governor as the promoter of "the blood- less war" but failed to reduce his majority in the next elec- tion. Tame as was the result, aud unjust as was the settle- ment to Maine, it showed that the Executive and the people were vigilant and earnest, and gave Gov. John Fairfield a stronger hold than ever on the affections of his party. The militia of the town at this time, were enrolled in two companies, attached to the First Reg't, First Brig., and Sixth Division. Company A, Infantry, was officered by William F. Welch, Captain, Samuel Chadbourne, Lieutenant and John S. French, Ensign. Company B, Light Infantry, (uniformed) was officered by Luther Carman, Captain, John J. Perry, Lieutenant and John G. Burns, Ensign. The draft was made by lot on the 26th day of February, and the conscripts were notified to appear at Augusta on Wednesday the 6th day of March. The rolls on file in the archives of the State have names of those from Oxford, as follows : Brooks, Charles P. Linnell, Luther Brooks, William E. Lord, Nathaniel Cates, David Perkins, Harrison G. (Serg.) Chaplin, James W. Perkins, William M. Courser, Benjamin Pratt, Alanson S. Crockett, Solomon Rawson, Solon Crocker, Jonathan Rich, John Dean, Cyrus Rich, Reuben Jr. Emery, Joseph F. Richards, Jonathan Faunce, Seth H. Russell, Joseph French, Joseph (Serg.) Sampson, Nathaniel (Corp.) Fuller, Charles P. Smith, George M. Gammon, Newell Tarbox, Hanson Hanson, Wm. P. (Serg.) Taylor, Nathaniel Hawkins, John Thayer, Abner Hayes, Sidney Thayer, Ebeaezer Hill, Benjamin Woodward, Henry A. Keene, Simeon Worke, Amos Libby, Thomas Yeaton, Daniel B. Knight, Thaddeus R. (Corp.) 60 Annals of Oxford The troops were recalled and disbanded April 20th ; the Treasurer of State paid the town's expenses March 16, 1840, as follows: — subsistance $3., transportation and forage $26., camp equipage and utensils $5.60, blankets $9., contingent $28.65, interest $3.60, total $75.85, and subsequently the National Government appropriated to the State $200,000. reimbursment of expenses. Adjourned meeting April ist, Thomas R. Carman was chosen Moderator pro tern. Ebenezer R. Holmes was excused from serving on the School Committee and John J. Perry was chosen. The Treasurer was authorized to borrow $500. for one year, interest at six per cent. It was also voted to raise $200. in addition to the sum already voted for town charges. The Collctor was authorized to receive wheat and corn certificates for taxes. Town meeting April 27th, Seth H. Faunce, Moderator. Voted to set off Hanson Tarbox from school district No. 7 to district No. 2 and to divide No. 2 by setting off the in- habitants on the Cross road, so called, together with David Staples, Joshua Keene, Simon Keene, Jonathan Crooker and Daniel Whitney into a district by themselves. Voted that Samuel and William S. Allen be set off from district No. 3 to district No. 4. At the election of state officers, September 9th, two hundred and forty-eight votes were cast for Governor. John Fairfield (dem.) had 179 Edward Kent (whig) had 69 For Representative to the Legislature. John J. Perry had 143 William S. Allen had 61 Benjamin Richards had 31 Samuel Crockett had 3 Samuel Chadbourne, Otis F. Mixer, John Lee, Henry Holbrook and Isaac A. Thayer had i each. Town meeting Sept. 28th, John Caldwell, Moderator. The Treasurer was authorized to hire money to pay the expenses of repairing Jamb bridge, and John Gardner Jr. was appointed to superintend the repairing of it. Voted that William Gammon be paid forty dollars, in full compensation for damage locating the road for the ac- commodation of William W. Oliver. Annals of Oxford. 61 It was voted that Samuel Crockett, George Robinson and John Gardner Jr. be a committee to receive proposals for the purchase of a farm for the poor. 1840 Town meeting March 2d, 1840, Jairus S. Keith was chosen Moderator and John J. Peny, Town Clerk; he being absent, Seth H. Faunce was chosen Clerk pro tem. Daniel Smith was elected Treasurer but he declined and Chandler Record was chosen. Isaac A. Thayer, William Thomas and John Lee were chosen Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. Isaac Carlton, Henry R. Webber, Jacob M. Tewksbury and Benjamin Richards were chosen School Committee. The arrangements with Joseph Wilson to keep a Pound were continued. Voted to raise $1500. for highways. $100. to repair bridges. $441.40 for support of schools. $900. for town charges and the support of the poor. It was voted not to purchase a farm for the poor, but that the Overseers, at some future da,y sell the poor at auction to the lowest bidder who M'ill give bonds for the faithful performance of his agreement. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Samuel Chad- bourne at one cent on the dollar, and he was chosen Con- stable. Voted to set off Samuel Allen, William S. Allen and the heirs of Christopher Allen from school district No. 3 to district No. 4. Also to set off Alfred Hood and Alfred H. Hood from district No. 6 to district No. 7. The report of the Selectmen locating a road from Welch- ville to the line of Minot, was accepted. It was voted to keep the clothing, belonging to the town, on hand until the next campaign, in case it shall come in any kind of season. Ebenezer R. Holmes, Abraham Dean and John Caldwell were appointed to audit the accounts of the Selectmen. Town meeting April 27th, Sullivan Fuller, Moderator. The collection of taxes was auctioned to William Wardwell at two cents on the dollar, and he was chosen Constable. 02 Annals of Oxford At the election of state officers September 14111, two hun- dred and forty-nine votes were cast for Governor. John Fairfield (dem.) had 166 Edward Kent (whig) had 83 Three trials were required to reelect Mr. Parris to Con- gress and five trials to make a choice of a member of the Legislature, Hebron having the nomination. Town meeting Sept. 14th, Leonard Caldwell, Moderator. It was voted that John Caldwell, Samuel Crockett and Thomas Cary make an examination of the bridge near Zachary Cary's. Voted that the stable of Joshua Keen be a Pound and he the keeper. Town meeting Oct. 5th, Samuel Crockett, Moderator. Jairus S. Keith was chosen Clerk pro tem. Samuel Crockett, Jairus S. Keith and Isaac A. Tl.ayer were appointed to consider the expediencj' of discontinuing the road leading to Jamb bridge. For Presidential Electors, the Democrats polled, Nov. 2d 168 votes and the Whigs 91. At this meeting the committee appointed Oct. 5th, report- ed that the}' had petitioned the County Commissioners to discontinue the road to Jamb bridge, and a hearing would be advertised. There were resident in this town, June i, 1840, Rev- olutionary Pensioners as follows: — Samuel Brown ^ 72, Sarah, wid. of Zebedee Cushman ^^ 73, she lived wath Bartlett H. Cushman. William Chipman je 77, John Gard- ner JE 79, Nathan Nelson M 80, Sarah, wid. of Jo- seph Perkins, JE 77, she lived with Luther Perkins. Polly, wid. of James Soule -<^ 71, she lived with Lathrop L. Soule. 1841 Town meeting March ist, 1841, Leonard Caldwell was chosen Moderator and Seth H. Faunce, Town Clerk and Treasurer. Isaac A. Thayer, William Thomas and John Lee were chosen Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. John J. Perry, Jairus S. Keith and Thomas R. Carman were chosen Superintending School Committee. Annals of Oxford. ©3 Seth H. Faunce was chosen Town Agent. Voted that the barn of David Staples be a Pound and he the keeper. Voted that the school districts choose their own agents. Voted to raise $500. for support of schools. $900. for town expenses and the poor. $2,000. for the repairs of highways and bridges, to be paid in labor. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Elon Chad- bourne at one cent and eight mills on the dollar; he was subsequently excused and George Robinson was chosen and elected Constable. Samuel Chadbourne and Robert Hilborn Jr. were also elected Constables. Voted to leave the poor in the hands of the Selectmen, to dispose of them by auction or not as they see fit. Reuben Varrell was given leave to draw his proportion of the school money and expend it in Minot. At the September election, two hundred and forty-three votes were cast for Governor. John Fairfield (dem.) had 104 Edward Kent (whig) had 77 Jeremiah Curtis (Uberty) had 2 Town meeting October 2d, Jairus S. Keith, Moderator. Voted to raise $500. to make the road from Welchville to Bog Falls. It was also voted that $250. be raised to re- pair the Wardwell road and the Rich bridge. X842 Town meeting March 17th, 1842, John J. Perry was chosen Moderator and Seth H. Faunce, Town Clerk. Daniel Smith was elected Town Treasurer and Henry Hawkins, Town Agent. , r ^. ^ir-i John J. Perry, Samuel Crockett and Joseph Wilson were chosen Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. John J. Perry, Isaac Carleton and Henry R. Webber were chosen Superintending School Committee. Voted to choose School Agents in town meeting. Voted to raise $2,000. for highways. $500. for support of schools. $700. for the support of the poor. $800. for town expenses. The collection of taxes was assigned to Henry R. Web- 64 Annals of Oxford ber at three cents on the dollar, and he was chosen Const. Nathan Wright was given leave to draw his portion of the school money to expend in Paris. Town meeting March 24th, Benajah Pratt, Moderator. William F. Welch, George Robinson and Leonard Brown were appointed a committee to petition the P. M. General to estabhsh another Post Office in this town, also to select a suitable person for Post Master. Town meeting March 28th, John J. Perr}^, Moderator. Voted that the Selectmen be empowered to buy a farm on which to support the poor, and that they shall not pay more than two thousand dollars for it, (The town farm was pur- chased of Samuel H. King, and was primarily the home- stead of Daniel Bullen.) Voted to raise $200. in addition to the sum already raised for the support of the poor. It was further voted that the Selectmen hire a suitable man and woman to oversee the Poor-farm, and they shall refuse assistance to all paupers not on the farm, one person only was excepted. At the election of state officers Septemder 12th, two hundred and two votes were cast for Governor. John Fairfield (dem.) had 149 Edward Robinson (whig) had 53 . For Representative to the Legislature, John J. Perry had 130 Henry Hawkins had 52 Benjamin Richards had 15 Isaac Thayer and Joseph Wilson had i each. 1843 Town meeting March 27th, 1843, Samuel H. King was chosen Moderator, but was at his request excused, and Jairus S. Keith was elected. Seth H. Faunce was chosen Town Clerk and Sebastian S. Smith, Town Treasurer. John J. Perry, Isaac A. Thayer and Toseoh Wilson were chosen Selectmen. Isaac Carlton, William Brown and Timothy Bailey were chosen Superintending School Committee. Henry Hawkins was chosen Town Agent, and he was appointed agent on the Bog Falls road. Voted that Charles Chitman have permission to draw Annals of Oxford. 65 his school money from district No. 9 and expend it in No. 7. Voted to raise $2,400. for highways. $800. for town charges. $600. for the support of the poor. $500. for the support of schools. $400. for the Bog Falls road. The stable of Joseph Wilson was accepted for a Pound and he appointed the keeper. Meeting adjourned to Friday the 31st instant, at which time the Moderator being absent, Benjamin Richards was chosen pro tern. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Elon Chadbourne at tvv^o cents on the dollar. A difference of opinion regard- ing the bond being shown, Mr. Chadbourne declined and the meeting adjourned to April 8th, when Henry Hawkins was chosen Collector, giving Benjamin Richards, John Lee, Samuel Crockett, Henry R. Webber, Samuel H. King and Charles Durell, as surities on his bond. Town meeting May 13th, Samuel H. King, Moderator. Voted to raise $1,000. in addition to the appropriation already made for repairs on roads and bridges. At the election of state officers September nth, one hundred and sixty-eight votes were cast for Governor. Hugh J. Anderson (dem.) had 121 Edward Robinson (whig) had 37 James Appleton (liberty) had 7 Edward Kavanagh (dis. dem.) 3 ToWn meeting Sept. nth, John J. Perry, Moderator. Voted that a special agent be chosen to oppose the discon- tinuance of the road, located last December, from Welch- ville, east of Pigeon Hill, to Poland, the inhabitants of Po- land having, by their agent, David Dunn, petitioned there- for. John J. Perry was chosen by ballot. It was voted to raise $1,000. to be expended in repairing roads and bridges. Voted to accept the private way located by the Selectmen for the accommodation of Elisha Morton, also the private way for Charles Brooks. 1844 Town meeting March nth, 1844, made choice of John J. Perry for Moderator, and William Brown, Town Clerk. 66 Annals of Oxford Samuel H. King, John Lee, and Ebenezer R. Holmes were chosen a committee to audit the accounts of the town. John J. Perry, Isaac A. Thayer and Joseph Wilson were chosen Selectmen. Isaac Carlton, William Brown and Benajah Pratt Jr. were chosen Superintending School Committee. William Brown, Town Treasurer. Benajah Pratt Jr., Town Agent. Same arrangements for a Pound as last year. Voted to raise $1,200. for highways. $500. for the support of schools. $1,200. for town charges and to pay the debts of the town. The collection of taxes was vendued to William Ward- well at one cent and nine mills on the dollar, and he was elected Constable. At the election of state officers September 9th, two hun- dred and thirty-two votes were cast for Governor. Hugh J. Anderson (dem.) had 166 Edward Robinson (whig) had 64 James Appleton (liberty) had 2 Town meeting same date, Leonard Caldwell, Moderator. Voted that the Treasurer hire not exceeding $500. dol- lars for the term of two years, interest not exceeding 6 per cent, to defray outstanding bills against the town. 1845 Town meeting March 17th, 1845, John J. Perry was chosen Moderator, and William Brown, Town Clerk and Treasurer. John J. Perry, Isaac A. Thayer and Joseph Chaffin where chosen Selectmen. William Brown, John J. Perry and Benajah Pratt Jr. were chosen Superintending School Committee. Samuel Crockett was chosen Town Agent. Voted to raise $500. for the support of schools. $1,500. for roads and bridges. $1,300. for town charges and the support of the poor. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Thomas Abbott at one and three quarter cents, but he did not offer a sat- isfactory bond, and Seth H. Faunce was chosen Collector Annals of Oxford. 67 and Constable, with an allowance of 2 per ct. for collecting. It was voted that the Selectmen, Town Clerk and Treas- urer, grant licenses to suitable persons, not exceeding two in number, to sell wine, brandy, rum and other strong liq- uors in town, they giving bonds according to law. The said licensed persons shall not sell to any person, for any other purpose than for medicine and mechanical uses, and each shall keep a record of the names of all persons to whom they sell, with the dates, kinds of liquors and quan- tities sold by them respectively ; which record shall be open for inspection to any citizen of the town. The said officers shall not grant licenses to any other person, or for any other purpose than as herein specified, and they are hereby spe- cially instructed to prosecute all violations of the "License Law", so called, which come to their knowledge, and put in suit any bond given as aforesaid, whenever the condition thereof shall be broken. At the election of state officers September 8th, one hun- dred and eighty-two votes were cast for Governor. Hugh J. Anderson (dem.) had 145 Freeman H. Morse (whig) had 33 Samuel Fessenden (liberty) had 4 For Representative to the Legislature, Isaac A. Thayer had 127 Joseph Chaffin had 36 Benjamin Richards had li Samuel Chadbourne had i Town meeting same date, John Lee, Moderator. Henry Hawkins, Abraham Dean and E. R. Holmes were appointed to audit the accounts. The Selectmen were authorized to hire men to assist in re- pairing the highways if the appropriation prove insufficient. 1846 Town meeting March 23d, 1846, John J. Perry was chosen Moderator, and William Brown, Town Clerk and Treasurer. John J. Perry, Joseph Chaffin and Arba Thayer were chosen Selectmen, Mr. Thayer declined and Samuel Crockett was elected. Henry Hawkins, Benajah Pratt Jr. and Cyrus K. Kel- ley were chosen Superintending School Committee. 68 Annals of Oxford Voted to raise $500. for the support of schools. $2,000. for highways and bridges. $1,050. for town charges and the support of the poor. The stable of Elon Chadbourne was engaged for a Pound and he was appointed the keeper. It was voted that men employed upon the highways be allowed twelve and a half cents per hour, and a like sum for each yoke of oxen. The Selectmen were instructed to proscecute the Surveyors of Highways for damage, in all and every case where the town is liable. The Licensing Board were instructed not to license the sale of spirituous liquors for any purpose whatever. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Rufus Briggs at one and seven eighth per cent, and he was chosen Const. Abiel M. Jones was also chosen Constable. Town meeting April 17th, John J. Perry, Moderator. Abraham Dean, Leonard Caldwell and George Robinson were chosen to audit the accounts of the town officf rs. At the election of state officers September 14th, one one hundred and eighty-four votes were cast for Governor. John W. Dana (dem.) had 139 David Bronson (whig) had 40 Samuel Fessenden (liberty) had 5 1847 Town meeting March 14th, 1847, John Lee was chosen Moderator, and William Brown, Town Clerk, Daniel Smith was chosen Town Treasurer. Samuel Crockett, Benjamin Richards and William Thomas were chosen Selectmen. John J. Perry was chosen Town Agent. Henry R. Webber and George P. Whitne}" were chosen Superintending School Committee. Voted to raise $500. for the support of schools. $950. for town charges and the poor. $3,000. for high and townways, $500. of which, to be spent by the Selectmen where they see fit. The collection of taxes was auctioned to Chandler Rec- ord at one cent and seven mills on the dollar, and he was elected Constable. It was voted that a discount of four per cent be made on Annals of Oxford. 69 taxes paid before December ist. Voted that the barn-yard at the town farm be the Pound, and Joseph French be the keeper. It was voted that each district choose their School Agent. The Selectmen were directed to paint and reqair the Centre Meeting-house. A Resolve *'that the unrestrained sale of intoxicating drinks in the town of Oxford is an evil that ought to be re- gulated by law" was voted down, by a vote of 54 to 48, but the records do not show that the town rescinded its vote of 1846, not to license, and in 185 1 the town voted to choose a committee of three to prosecute all violations of the < 'Li- cense Law". The committee were Dennis Hayes, Jairus S. Keith and Orrin Jones, and they were to serve without compensation. Joseph Chaffin, Abraham Dean and E. R. Holmes were chosen to audit the accounts of the town officers. At the election of state officers September 13th, one hun- dred and ninety votes were cast for Governor. John W. Dana (dem.) had 148 David Bronson (whig) had 35 Samuel Fessenden (liberty) had 7 For Representative to the Legislature there was no choice at the meeting September 13th, nor at the adjourned meet- ing October 4th, but on the third trial, October 25fh, Ben- jamin Richards was elected, having 102 votes. The other candidates were Isaac A. Thayer, Charles Durell and Abial M. Jones. t848 Town meeting March 6th, 1848, John J. Perry was chosen Moderator, and William Brown, Town Clerk. Samuel Crockett, Benjamin Richards and William Thomas were chosen Selectmen. Rev. C. Stone, Abial M. Jones and Henry R. Web- ber were chosen Superintending School Committee. Daniel Smith was chosen Town Treasurer. Voted to raise $500. for the support of schools. $950. for town charges and the poor. $1,800. for highways, $200. in money to repair the road to Mechanic Falls. Joseph Chaffin, Ebenezer R. Holmes and John Lee were 70 Annals of Oxford chosen to audit the accounts of the town officers. The collection of taxes was struck off to Seth H. Faunce at one cent and eight mills on the dollar, and he was elec- ted Collector and Constable. Ichabod M. Thomas was chosen Pound Keeper. Town meeting May 25th, John J. Perry, Moderator. The Town Clerk being absent, H. R. Webber served p. t. Voted that the Treasurer borrow a sum not exceeding $1,000.00, if it can be obtained at 6 per ct. per annum. At the election of state officers September nth, two hundred and sixteen votes were cast for Governor. John W. Dana (dem.) had 145 Elijah L. Hamlin (whig) had 32 Samuel Fessenden (liberty) had 18 Alfred Thurston (free soil) had 21 1849 Town meeting March 5th, 1849, John J. Perry was chosen Moderator, and Dan Perry, Town Clerk. Daniel Smith was chosen Town Treasurer. Benjamin Richards, Sebastian S. Smith and George P. Whitney were chosen Selectmen. Henry R. Webber, Abial M. Jones and Nicholas C. Dinsmore were chosen Superintending School Committee. John J. Perry was chosen Town Agent. Voted that the barn at the town farm be the Pound, and William Tubbs be the keeper. Abraham Dean, J aims S. Keith and William Allen were appointed a committee on accounts. Voted to raise $600. for the support of schools. $2,000. for highways. $1,000. to pay debts, support the poor and for town charges. ^ The collection of taxes was struck off to George P. Whitney at one cent and three mills on the dollar, and he was chosen Constable. Town meeting June 2d, Benajah Pratt Jr., Moderator. Voted to raise $1,000. additional to that already raised to meet the liabilities of the town. At the election of state officers September loth, two hun- dred and thirty-three votes were cast for Governor. ^ Annals of Oxford. 71 John Hubbard (dem.) had 150 Elijah L. Hamlin (whig) had 41 George F. Talbot (free soil) had 41 Micah J. Talbot had I For Representative to the Legislature, Ebenezer R. Holmes had 121 Samuel Crockett had 43 Leonard Caldwell had 38 William K. Staples had X X850 Town meeting March 4th, 1850, John J. Perry was chosen Moderator, and Dan Peny, Town Clerk, and Treasurer. Sebastian S. Smith, George P. Whitney and Charles Durell were chosen Selectmen. Edwin Mayberry, Nicholas C. Dinsmore and Jairus S. Keith were chosen Superintending School Committee. Ebenezer R. Holmes was chosen Town Agent. William Tubbs was continued in charge of the Pound. Voted to raise $600. for the support of the schools. $1,600. for highways. $800. for debts, town charges and the support of the poor. It was voted that all persons who prefer to pay their highway tax in money, instead of work as usual, may have a discount of fifty per cent if they pay the Treasurer before the tenth day of June next. The collection of taxes was struck off to Seth H. Faunce at two cents and seven mills ; he being the lowest bidder was chosen Collector and Constable. Voted that the Selectmen cause a part of the land be- longing to the town, back of the Centre Meeting-house, to be fenced and prepared for a burying-ground. At the election of state officers September 9th, one hun- dred and eighty-one votes were cast for Governor. John Hubbard (dem.) had 134 William G. Crosby (whig) had 33 George F. Talbot (free soil) had 13 Lot Morrill had Z 72 Aunals of Oxford TOWN OFFICERS. Abbott, Thomas *43 Bartlett, Ezra ,29 <35-6 *s8 Brown, Cyrus '44 *5o Bums, John Jr. '35-6 Caldwell, John '34 '38 Cary, Thomas '38 Carman, Luther '35 Chaffin, Joseph '47 '49 Crockett, Samuel '30 '32 '34 *37 '43 Crooker- Seth '50 Dean, Abraham '49 Dean, Jacob '45 Downing, Amos '35 Durell, Charles '43 Dudley, Gilbert '50 Faunce, Seth H. ^42 ^47 Fogg, John W. '33 Gardner, John Jr. '24 '44 Haskell, Joel '45 Hayes Dennis ^;^6 Hilborn, Robert Jr. '2936-7 Hilborn, Robert 2d '31 '34 Holbrook, Heniy '31 '34 Holmes, Ebenezer R. '45 '49 Hood, Alfred '31-2 '36 Keith, Jairus S. '44 Kelley, Cyrus '46 King, Samuel H. '32 Littlefield, Samuel '32 ,36 Maddox, Henry *45-6 Marshall, John ^29 '30-8 Mixer, Joseph '31 '33 More, Elisha '29 Oliver, William W. '45 Perkins, Lewis '43 Perry, Benjamin F. '31 '37 Perry, Dan «3i '33 Allen, William S. ^42 '^6 Brown, Jacob D. 1834 Burns, John '48-9 Bryant, Alanson '44 '47 Burns, Nathaniel E. '45 '50 Caldwtll, Leonard '36 '50 Cary, Zachary '43 Chadbourne, Elon '33 '35 '44 Coy, Nathan '46 Crooker, Daniel '38 Crocker Jonathan '44 Cushman, Zebedee '29 Dean, Henry C. '29 '30 '33 '35 '38 *42 *44 '47 Dunn, James Jr. '38 '43 Dudley, Daniel '32 '48 Faunce, John H. '45 '48 *5o Faunce, William '31 Fuller, Sullivan '42 Hackett, Daniel '42 '47-8 Hawke, Russell '46 '49 Hayes Edmund '33 ^45 Hayes, Richard ^42 Holbrook, Seth T. ,50 Holmes, Ebenezer '30 *32 Holmes, John S. '48 Keen, Seth ^36 Keen, Simon '43 '47 King, Alonzo '30 Lee, John *42 '49 Lunt, Joshua *48 Merrill, Joshua '30 Merrill, Mayhew C. '49 Mixer, Otis F. '38 Mussey, Alexander H. '35 '47 Perkins, Harrison G. '37 *46 *49 Perkins, Luther '35 Pratt, Benajah Jr. ^6 Annals of Oxford. 73 Prince, "William '30 Rawson, Artemas *48 Record, Chandler '37 '46 Rich, Hezekiah '37-8 '46 Rich, Jeremiah '44 Rich, Joseph '34 Rich, Reuben 2d '47 Richards, Benjamin *34 '36-7 Richards, John '29 '44 '47 Robinson, George '30 '38 '44 Rowe, Joseph '36-7 '48 Sampson, Nathaniel '44 Shurtlefif, Giles '29 '32 Smith, Daniel '31 '35 Smith, Sebastian S. '45 Staples, Andrew '32 '34 '42 Staples, William K. '49 '50 Taylor, Nathaniel '42-3 Tewksbury, Jacob '43 Thayer, Abner '48 Thayer, Arba '46 Thomas, Ichabod M. '42 Thayer, Isaac A. '43 <44 '46 '48 Thomas, Oliver '31 '33-4 Thomas, William '30 '32 '4^"3 '45 '5^ *37 ,49 Wardwell, William '37 Washburn, Isaac '42-3 Webber, David '29 Webber, Samuel '50 Welch, William F. '42 Whitehouse, Benjamin '33 Whitehouse, Benj. Jr. '48 Whitehouse, Daniel '50 Wilson, Joseph '46 Wright, Ezra '35 '38 '45 Wright, Samuel '47 Woodward, Caleb ^34 Work, Jonathan '49 ^uri/egors of WtiQW^l^* Abbott, Thomas '45-6 Allen, Isaac '47 Allen, William S. '31 '33 Austin, Thomas '46-8 <36 *38-<4i '48 Bartlett, Ezra '30 '33 '38 Bickford, Joseph '49 '43 '49 Briggs, Rufus '47 Brown, Cyrus *43 Brown, Jacob D. '34 Brown, Leonard '42 Brown, Samuel Jr. '39 '40 Bryant, Alanson '33 ^38 '48 Bryant, Orrin ,48 Burns, Ezekiel R. '43 Burns, John Jr. '34-5 Burns, John G. '39 '41-2 Caldwell, John '31-2 '36 '44 Caldwell, Leonard '31 *33-4 Caldwell, Aretas '41 Carman, Isaac B. '36 '41 Carman, Luther ^43 Cary, Thomas '40 Cary, Zachary '41 Carr, John '37 '41 Chadbourne, Elon '30-1 '37-8 Chadbourne, Samuel '44 Chesley, Moses '43 Crooker, Daniel '42 Crockett, Samuel '29 '31 Crooker, John '44 '48 '36 '38 '40 '42 '44 '49 Crooker, Jonathan '36 ^43 Crooker, Seth '42-3 Cummings, Isaac '49 Cushman, Eleazer '38 Cushman, William E. '47-8 Dean, Abraham '41-2 Dean, Jacob Jr. '36 '41 74 Annals of Oxford. Dean, Henry C. '29 *30 '33-4 *36-8 *40-i *47-8 Dennin, Frederick '41 Drake, Alpheus '32 Downing, Amos '35 '45 Dudley, Nathan '48 Dean, John H. '46 Dean, Josiah '35 '39 Dennin, Simeon '50 Dudley, Daniel '33 Dudley, Gilbert '49 Dunn, James Jr. '34 '45 Durell, Charles '37 '47 '50 Edwards, Daniel '46 Edwards, Robert K. '49 Farris, George '44 '49 Faunce, Seth H. '40 '49 Francis, Sylvanus B. ^47 French, Joseph '48 Fuller, Ezra G. '44 Gammon, Jemerson '42 Hackett, Jacob M. *49 Haskell, Joel '45 '48 Faunce, William '29 French, John S. Jr. ^39 '40 Fuller, Sullivan '36-7 '42-3 Gardner, John Jr. '29-*34 *37-9 *43-4 '50 Hawkins, John F. '43 Hayes, Dennis '38 '41-2 '44 Hayes, Edmund ^29 '30 Hayes, Richard '44 Hawke, Russell '46-7 Holbrook, Henry '31 Holmes, Bartlett '31 Holmes, John S. '46 Jordan, Timothy '36 Keene, Joshua '35 '39 Keene, Samuel '49 '50 King, Alonzo *34 King, Samuel H. '31-2 Lane, Simeon '47 Libby, Thomas '32 '43 Lombard, Nathan ^42 Marr, John N. '40 '46 «5o Hilborn, Robert 3d '32 '41-2 Holbrook, Seth T. '45 '50 Holmes, Ebenezer R. *34 <37 *40 '46 Hood, Alfred *3o ^36 Keene, Reuben '46 Keene, Seth ^45 Keene, Simon '38 '42 Knight, Thaddeus '50 Lennell, Luther '31 ^33 Littlefield, Samuel '32 '46 Lord, Nathaniel '49 Marriner, Lemuel '44 Merrill, Joshua '29 '35-7 '40 Mixer, Joseph '32 '42 Mixer, Otis F. '34 *37 '40 Morey, Caleb '41 *45 '48 Morse, Samuel '49-50 Mussey, Alexander H. '41 '49 Mussey, William '35 Nelson, Austin '36 Newhall, Samuel '40 Page, Moses '34 Perkins, Harrison G. '35 '37 '39 Pike, Robert '42 Pratt, Horatio '48 Nelson, Erasmus D. '35 Norton, Winthrop B. '29-30 '32-3 Perkins, Lewis '44 Perkins, Luther' 29 '30 '35 '42 Pratt, Benajah Jr. '37 '47 Record, Chandler '33 Prince, William '30-6 '48-9 Rich, Reuben 2d '47-8 Rich, Jeremiah A. -44-5 Richards, Samuel ^40 Annals of Oxford. 76 Richards, Benjamin '34 '39 *4i '47 *5o Robinson, Samuel Jr. '29 '30 *43 '45 Rowe, Samuel A. '44 *47 '50 Rowe, Joseph '30 '35 '39 H2 H5-8 Russell, Joseph '37 '45 '48 Sanborn, Benjamin '43 -47 Shurtleff, Giles '31 '35 '37 Stanton. Woodbur}^ L. *49 Staples, David '43 '45 '47 Staples, Joseph '50 Somes, Silas P. '50 Swift, Samuel <3i *36 Symonds, Andrew J. '48 Taylor, Nathaniel '40 *49 Thaytr, Isaac A. '29 '30 '32 '48 Thomas, WiUiam '29 '32 *36 '41 '44 '46-7 '50 Walcott, Elbridge '43-5 Washburn, Isaac '40 Webber, David '32-4 '37-9 Webber, Samuel A. '50 Whitehouse, Benjamin '30 '36 '42 '44 Wilson, Joseph '38-9 '43 '46 Wright, Nathan '29 '33 «38 ^46-7 Woodward, Caleb '35 Young, Henry '49-50 Richards, Francis C. *SO Robinson, Geo. »35 '40 ^43 Rowe, David <48 Rowe, John Jr. *37 Rowe, John 3d '38 '41 '43 Rowe, Timothy '45 '49-50 Rowe, Zebulon '40 Sampson, Reuben %6 Shurtleff, Adolphus '39 '47 Smith, Sebastian S. '45 Staples, Andrew '41 '45-8 «4i-2 *5o Stone, Daniel Jr. '38-9 '45-8 Soule, Galen '30 '34 '36 '45 '49 Taylor, Joshua '36 Thayer, Arba '43 '49 Thomas, Geo. W. '34 '39 '42 Thomas, Ichabod M. '40 Thurston, John '38 '46 Verrill, Reuben '50 Wardwell, WilHam '37 '43 *45 '49 Webber, Henry R. '41-3 '46 Welch, William F. '37-40 Whitehouse, Daniel '50 Whitney, George P. '49 Wright, Ezra '35 Wright, Samuel '31 '39 *44 '46 '50 Work, Jonathan '49 JFteltr ©rtiicrs anb jFence Ftcbjers. Allen, Samuel '29-32 '34-7 Allen, William S. '39-40 '42 Andrews, Dennis B. '47 Bartlett, Daniel -31 Bartlett, Ezra '31 Boothby, Levi T. '44 Brown, Leonard '43 Bryant, Jonathan '31 Burns, John G. *45 Beals, Samuel '39 Brown, Cyrus '38 Brown, Samuel Jr. '39 '49 Bryant, Orrin '48 Burns , Nathaniel E. ' 43 76 Annals of Oxford. Caldwell, Leonard '37 Gates, David '31 Chadbourne, Samuel H. '32 *34 '41 M9 Crockett, Samuel '37 '48 Cushman, Bartlett A. '49 Daniel, Andrew M. '47 Dean, Joseph '35 Dennin, Simeon '38 Dudley, Daniel ';^6 Elwell, Albion '47 Faunce, Aaron '42 '44 Faunce, James '^6 Faunce, Seth H. '35 Fitz, Ebenezer '44 Fuller, Sullivan '43 Gardner, John Jr. '42 '44 '47 Ha3'es, Dennis '36 Holbrook, Seth T. '46 '49 Holmes, Ebenezer R. '36 Holmes, John S. '48 Jackson, Josiah '30 Keene, Seth *38 King, Alonzo '32 King , Samuel H. '39-40 Libby, Simon '35 Lombard, John '48 Maddox, Benjamin '48 Marriner, Lemuel '37 Merrill, Joshua <37 ^40 Mixer, Otis F. «36-7 '43-4 Morse, David '34 Mussey, Alex'r. H. '32 '38 Nelson, Austin '33 '35 '37 Norton, Winthrop B. '30 Noyes, Josiah ^44 Oliver, William W. ^42 ^6 Perkins, Luther 2d '41 Perry, Dan '32 Pike, Prescott L. '40 Pike , Samuel '38 '40 Pingree, Luther F. '42 Prince, William '29 '37-8 '40 Carey, Thomas «38 Chadbourne, Elon '30 Chaffin, William F. <37 Crooker, Jonathan '45 Cummings, Isaac '49 Cushman, Levi '37 Dean, Jacob Jr. '34 Dean, Josiah Jr. '36 '40 Dinsmore, David '51 Dunn, James Jr. '37-9 Emery, Joseph E. '41 Farris, John '33 Faunce, Nathaniel M. '45 Faunce, Willian '29-31 Fogg, John W. '32 Gammon, Jemerson '32 Haskell. Joel '45 Hilborn, Hiram '29 Hilborn, Robert Jr. '35 '4c Holmes, Eleazer A. '40 Jones, Abial M. '46 Keene , Joshua '43 Keene, Simon '37 King, Augustus '30 Lee, John '39 Lombard. Henry '30 Lombard, Joshua '47 '49 Martin, John '37 Merrill, Joseph E. '48-9 Mixer, Joseph '33 More, Elisha '29 Moulton, Ebenezer ^29 Mussey, William H. '37 Nelson, Emmons '38 Nelson, Erasmus D. '35 '37 Perkins, Joseph Jr. '30 Perkins, Luther '31 Perkins, William '38 Perry, John J. '34 ^i *44 Pike, Robert '45-6 *48 Pratt, Abiel '42 '48 Pratt,, Benajahjr. *37 Rich, Jeremiah N. ^44 '47 Annals of Oxford. 77 Richards, Benjamin *38 *^6 Robinson, Milton '47 Rowe, Samuel '44 Shurtleff, Adolphus '38 '41 Smith, Sebastian S. '43-4 '48 Staples, Cyrus *48 Staples, George '47 Soule, Galen '39 Taylor, William *40 Thayer, Isaac A. '33 '49 Wardwell, William '32 '37 Washburn, Isaac '32 '34 •;^6 Webber, David '38 '48 Welch, George W. '44 Whitehouse, Benj. '29-30 '42 Winslow, Amasa '37-8 Yeats, William ,36 Robinson, George *29 <43 Robinson, Samuel '32 '36 Russell, Joseph '38 '45 Smith, Lewis '46 Stanton, Woodbury L. *47 Staples, David '30 Staples, Simon '29 Taylor, Nathaniel '35 Thayer, Arba '48 Truet, George F. '35 Tufts, Joseph '52 Washburn, Jacob T. '34 Webber, Samuel '46 Welch, William F. '38 Whitehouse, Daniel '45-6 Work, Jonathan *^i Cullers of l^oops anH $taves. Brown, Cyrus '50-2 Cates, David *38-4i Chaffin, Joseph '45 Chipman, William '31 '39 Faunce, James '50-2 Gardner, John Jr. '37-8 Lane, Jonathan '41 Libby, Thomas '35-6 '46 Lombard, Joshua '29-30 Lombard, Nathan '29 Rich, Renben '46-7 Rounds, Joseph '32-3 Soule, Galen '49 Whitehouse, Benjamin Jr. ' Carman, Luther '35-40 Chadbourne, Zebulon Jr. '44- Chaffin, William F. '33-7 Dunn, James Jr. '34 Gammon, Jemerson '37-40 Hilborn, Robert Jr. '29-32 Keene, Simon '47 Lennell, Luther '30-4 '42-7 Lombard, John '49 Merrill, Mayhew C. '42-49 Rounds, John '34 ' 36 Sanborn, Benjmin '50 Soule, James '49 47 Yeats, William '33 $urv£2ors of ^abietr anti ^ift 3Lum&er, Beals, Samuel '49 Brown, Leonard '38 Carman, Isaac B. '50-1 Chadbourne, Samuel '39-40 Chaffin, William F. ^'35-7 Durell, Charles *39 Bearce, Isaac '34 Brown, Orrin '40 Carman, Lnther '30-43 Chaffin, Joseph '46 Dean, Abraham '44 Dennin, Frederick '41 '48 78 Annals of Oxford. Frost, John B. '47 Gammon, Abial '44-5 '49 Gardner, John Jr. *29-30 '33 Hackett, Daniel '41-9 Hayes, Dennis '36-9 '42 Hilborn, Robert Jr. '31 King, Alonzo '31 '33 Hood, Alfred '32-3 '37 King, Samuel H. '29 '31-2 Lombard, Joshua '47-8 '36-7 Marshall, John '29 '38-40 McKenney, Silas B. '39 Mixer, Otis F. '37-8 '47-8 Norton, Winthrop B. '29-30 Mussey, Pitt C. '33 Pingre, Luther F. '37 '39-45 Pratt, Benajah Jr. '34 -43 '45 Soule, Galen '44 Wardwell, William '32 Yeats, William '30-3 ,35-6 Woodward, Caleb *40 '42 *39-44 '46 Wright, Ezra '35-38 ^Inspectors of BrtcJt antJ BrtcJt JSloulUs. Brackett, Daniel '47 Burns, John G. '42 ^45 Carey, Thomas '37 '40-1 Carman, Luther '42-5 *49 Farris, George '43-4 Ford, William '52 Gardner, John Jr. '35 Hanson, William P. '37-40 Norton, Winthrop B. '32-3 Record, Chandler '34 Soule, Galen '37 '39 '42 '44 Rich , Reuben Jr. '41-2 '48-9 Smith, Sebastian S. '46-7 Tufts, Joseph '47 Wardwell, William '37 '39 Webber, H. R. '48 '40.1 '43-4 '46 '48-9 Webber, Samuel A. '42-6 Whitehouse, Benjamin '45 Surxre^ors of SEooti antJ Barfe. Beeman, Stephen T. '44 Chaffin, Joseph '39 '41 '43 Dennin, Frederick '41 Durell, Charles '51 Faunce, Aaron D. '48-9 Jones, Abial M. '49 Knight, Thaddeus R. '49 Staples, William K. *52 Stevens, E. H. *48 Walcott, William '47 Scalers of Coal Basftrts. Bums, Nathaniel N. '48 Chadbourne, Samuel ^49 Hall, Silas B. '51 Russell, Joseph '49 Smith, Sebastian S. '48 STitfjinipicn, Abbott, Thomas '4.7 Burns, Tohn G. '4.0 Annals of Oxford. 79 Caldwell, John '33 ^39 Caldwell, William '29 '30 *3S *40 H2-3 Chadbourne, Elon '37 Chadbourne, Zebulon '47 Crooker, Daniel ^37 Dinsmore, David '49 Durell, Charles *45 Faunce, William '34-5 *38 Hi ;43 Hawkins, Henry '49 Hilborn, Robert 3d '30 Keith, Jairus S. '44 Lombard, Joseph '34 Mixer, Otis F. %i Mussey, Pitt C. '29 '32-3 Norton, Winthrop B. '30-1*35 Perkins, Luther <36 '45 Perry, John J. '42 Prince, William '31 Rich, Jeremiah A. '44 Rowe, Joseph '29 ^^6 '43 Shurtleff, Giles '35 Taylor, Joshua '36 Welch, John H. <4i Winship, Gershom '49 Caldwell, Leonard '32 '37 '51 Carman, Thomas R. '37 Chadbourne, Samuel '49 Chesley, Moses '51 Dean, Henry C. '47 Dunn, James Jr. '39 Faunce, Seth H. '33 Hackett, Daniel '45 Hayes, Edmund '42 '47 Hayes, Dennis '39 Hood, Alfred '37 Lee, John '47 Martin, James '44 Mussey, Alexander H. '38 Nelson, Nathan '31 '38 Perkins, Joseph Jr. '29 Perry, Dan '34 Pike, Robert '42 Record, Chandler '32 Robinson, George *45 *47 Sanborn, Benjamin '40 Smith, Daniel '35 Washburn , Jacob T. '45 Whitehouse, Benjamin '44 Yeats, William ^42 "Wmlk about Zion, and go round abomi htr I Tell the lowers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces ; Thatyt may tell it to the generation foUouiing.' CHAPTER IV. RECORD AND TRADITION. ►•e have evidence that Alexander Shepard was a Con- :gregationalist and that Andrew Craigie was an Epis- kopalian , but there is nothing showing that either of them made requisition on the settlers as to their relig- ious faith, liberty of conscience was allowed to all. Prior to the formation of the Baptist Society in 1791 there was no church organization ; then only fourteen out of a population of about five hundred were united in its fellow- ship. This however must not be construed as an indication of the indifference of the inhabitants to holy things, for probably, tht;re was not a home in the whole district where the bible was not sacredly regarded as the "Word of God". The people were poor, many bought their land on credit and all expenses were reduced to the minimum ; political and sectarian feeling was strong and the preaching in those days was largely controversial, more of the sword than the olive-branch. While the people generally accepted Luther's theory "that a saving faith was not dependent upon good works or a virtuous life", other issues were made prominent and New England sentiment had so radically changed the laws as to give to every person the right to organize a church upon tlie principles dictated by their own conscience, and to preach the gospel as they understood it. What wonder that there are so many feeble churches when all know that only through toleration and union cometh strength. A histoiy of Methodism says that the first Methodist ser- mon preached in town was at the house of John Caldwell in 1794 and that soon after a class was formed of his fami- ly and a few others and that meetings were regularly held in his house or in the school-house. A second class was Annals of Oxford. 81 formed in 1805 on Pidgeon Hill ; these classes were includ- ed in the Paris and Poland curcuits. In 1809 Rev. Dan Perry, a member of the New England Conference, having been compelled to locate on account of a physical injury, settled in this town and from that time until 1834 supported himself and family upon his farm. He frequently preached Sundays and officiated at most of the weddings and funer- als. The denomination held their meetings with considera- ble regularity in the Centre Meeting-house after it was fin- ished but they had no meeting-house of their own until 1861. Early in the nineteenth century the Congregationalists in the east part of the town joined with those in Minot in the organization of a church and building a meeting-house at West Miuot which was known, prior to the formation of the church at Craigies Mills, as The Church of Hebron and Minot ; subsequently. The Church at West Minot. **Pursuant to letters missive from a number of individuals in the vicinity of Craigies Mills, in the town of Hebron, an ecclesiastical council convened at the house of Alfred Hood on Wednesday the 31st day of May 1826, to take into con- sideration the expediency of forming a Congregational Church of Christ in this place. Present by representation the following Churches : Gorham, by Rev. Thaddeus Pomroy. Otisfield, by Rev. Josiah G. Merrill, William Spurr and Samuel Anderson. Gray, by Rev. Samuel H. Peckham, = Young and Joseph Merrill. Minot, by Rev. Elijah Jones and Dea. Samuel Pool. Hebron, by Dea. Eben. Dunham and Dea. Moses Allen. Paris, by Rev. Joseph Walker, Dea. Caleb Prentiss and Isaac Bolster. Organized by choice of Rev, Thaddeas Pomroy, Moder- ator and Rev. Elijah Jones, Scribe. After examination it was voted that the following persons be organized and constituted into a church. Mr. Jonathan Muzzey. Mrs. Militiah Muzzey. Mr. Pitt C. Muzzey. Mrs. Harriet Rowe. Mr. Alfred Hood. INIrs. Hannah Hood. Public exercises at the school-house at two o'clock. 1 Prayer by Rev. Henry A. Merrill. 2 Administration of the covenant and fellowship of the churches by Rev. Josiah G. Merrill. 82 Annals of Oxford. 3 Sermon by Rev« Thaddeus Pomroy. 4 Baptism by Rev. Samuel H.Peckham. (Martha Clark and Charles Addison, children of Pitt C. Muzzey and Hannah Angelina, child of Alfred and Hannah Hood were baptised.) 5 Administration of the Supper by Rev. Joseph Walker and Rev. Elijah Jones." After the public exercises they returned to the house of Alfred Hood and Mr. Pitt C. Muzzey was elected Deacon. Letters of recommendation were filed by Jonathan, MiHtiah and Pitt C. Muzzey, and Hannah Hood from the church in Ward , Mass. and by Alfred Hood and Harriet Rowe from the church in Otisfield. October 29th, Esther Maria, dau. of Pitt C. Muzzey was baptised by Rev. Amasa Smith. September 2d, 1827 Rev. James P. Richardson baptised Hiram Bradbury and Cyrus, cliildren of Harriet Rowe ; the 30th instant, he baptised Joseph Gardner, David Whiti- more, Timothy and Hannah Austin, children of Eliza Rowe a member of the church in Albany. December 15th, Winthrop B. Norton and Dorothy his wife were received by letter from the Second Church in Portland. Missis Susan and Maiy Rowe, by letter. Mrs. Miranda Cleveland, by letter from the church in Mansfield Mass. and Widow Sarah A. Allen, by profession. The fol- lowing day, Ethan Norton, Sarah Adams and Ellen Eliza- beth, children of Sarah Allen were baptised ; likewise Ed- ward Payson, child of Alfred and Hannah Hood. March 23d, 1828 Henry Chase Dean and Celia his wife, also Mrs Rebecca Rowe, were received by profession. Same date Rev. James P. Richardson baptised Charles, Celia, Polly, Timothy and the 25th of January 1829, Bet- sey, children of Henry C. and Celia Dean. March 8th, he baptised Merrill Jordan , Juda and Harriet Sophronia, child- ren of Mrs. Rebecca Rowe. August 29th, 1830 John Rowe and Mary his wife were received by letter and on the same date William Alexander, child of Alfred and HannahHood, also Alexander White, child of Capt. Henry C. and Celia Dean were baptised by Mr. Richardson. Up to this time, by the aid of the pastors of neighbor- ing churches, meetings appear to have been held with con- siderable regularity, but there is now an interruption, meet- ings were surely held, but no records are in the hands of the Annals of Oxford. 83 clerk. A note in records of a meeting March 6th, 1836 says "According to tradition, Dea. Pitt C. Muzzey was dismiss- ed in the autumn of 1833 to the church in Monson." The church therefore was evidently without a deacon for about three years. The publications of the denomination show that Rev. James Gooch, born in North Yarmouth, was em- ployed by the Maine Missionary Society to supply the church of Hebron and Minot for a few months. He was or- dained at West Minot December 25th, 1828 and was the pastor of the church there until November 26lh, 1834. ^^ December he was engaged as stated supply by the church at Craigies Mills and in 1839 ^^ removed to Patten to supply the church in that town. In 1845 he returned to Oxford or Minot and died March 24th, 1848, aged 47. His wife was Hannah, daughter of Col. Isaac Crooker of Minot. January 30th 1836 a meeting was held in the school-house, Jairus S. Keith was chosen Moderator and A. G. Fobes, Secretary. A letter from Mr. Ariel P. Chute, dated Jan. 20th, 1836, proposing conditions to become pastor etc. was received and it was voted to accept the conditions, and that Jairus S. Keith and Winthrop B. Norton be a committee to write to Mr. Chute. Jairus S. Keith was chosen Treasurer of the Society. March 6th, Rev. Joseph Walker preached and baptised Lowell Austin, child of Pitt C. Muzzey. March i6th. In accordance with letters missive from the Congregational Church in Oxford, an ecclesiastical council met at the house of W. B. Norton Esq. to ordain Mr. Ariel P. Chute as pastor of the church and society. The following churches were represented. Winthrop, by Rev. David Thurston and Peleg Benson. South Paris, by Rev. Joseph Walker, Giles Shurtleff and Elisha Morse. Poland, by Rev. Thomas Williams and Zadok Allen. Waterford, by Rev. J. A. Douglass and Daniel Green. Otisfield, by Rev. J. P. Richardson and John Hancock. Also, Rev. Samuel Johnson, General Agent of the Maine Missionary Society. Rev. David Thurston was chosen Moderator and Rev. James P. Richardson, Scribe. After making the necessary examination, the council being satisfied, voted to adjourn to the meeting-house and proceed with the ordination. 84 Annals of Oxford. The service commenced at twelve o'clock with reading the Scripture and Prayer by Rev. Mr. Douglass. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Thurston. Ordaining prayer by Rev. Mr. Williams. Charge by Rev. Mr. Johnson. Right hand of fellowship by Rev. Mr. Walker. Address to the church and people by Rev. Mr. Rich- arason. Concluding prayer by Rev. Mr. Tliurston. March 2ist, Winthi'op B. Norton was chosen Deacon, p.t. May 7th, Jairus S. Keith, Alexander Muzzey, Elizabeth Muzzey and Louisa Chaflin were admitted by profession and Dea. Thomas Morton, Joanna Morton, Daniel Crooker, Joanna Crooker and Sarah Crooker were admitted by let- ter from the church at West Minot. June 30th , Mrs. Sally Norton was admitted by letter from the church in Concord, N. H. July i8th, Charles Dean and Miss Eliza Ann Webber were admitted by profession. August 2 2d, Miss Mary Dennin was ad. by profession. September 19th, Mrs. Sarah M. W. Chute was received by letter from the Hammond Street Church, Bangor. November 28th, Alexander H. Muzzey was chosen Dea- con to fill vacancy occasioned by the removal of Dea. Pitt C. Muzzey. February 5th, 1837, Mrs. Charlotte Tewksbury and her son Samuel were rec'd. by letter from the church at Paris. May 7th , Mrs. Maiy N. Keith, Miss Jerusha G. Webber, Mrs. Anna Nelson and Mrs. Harriet Cates were admitted by profession. June i8th, 1838, Mrs. Jerusha Holmes was received by letter from the church at Paris. November ist. Miss Martha B. Allen was admitted by letter from the church at Williamsburg. November 4th, Miss Celia Dean was ad. by profession. December 3d, John Rowe was dismissed to the church at Paris, and a communication from the pastor requesting his dismissal was read. December i2lh, a council assembled to act upon the re- quest of Mr. Chute ; churches were represented as follows : Poland, by Rev. Tho's. Williams and Dea. Danl. Pierce. Otisfield, by Rev. J. P. Richardson and Br. Job Morton. Paris, by Rev. Joseph Walker and Dea. Elisha Morse. Norway, by Rev. Charles Soule and Dea. James Flint. Annals of Oxford. 86 The council was organized by choice of Rev. Thomas Williams, Moderator and Rev. Charles Soule, Scribe. It was voted, unanimously, that the pastoral relation be- tween Mr. Chute and the church at Oxford be dissolved. The Council expressed its gratification at the harmony that has subsisted and continues to subsist between the parties, and commended Mr. Chute to the churches, as a brother beloved and an able and faithful minister of the gospel. Rev. Ariel Parish Chute, son of Richard and Doro- thy (Parish) Chute, born in Byfield, Mass. May i6, 1809. He was graduated at B. C. in 1832 and three years later at And. Theo. Sem. After his removal from Oxford, he held pastorates at Pownal, Me. and at Lynnfield and Ware, Mass., teaching at intervals at Warren, Milton and Dum- mer Academies. He was in government service after 1861, in Custom House and Treasury at Boston ; upon retirement he settled in Sharon, Mass. where he died Dec. 18, 1887. His wife was Sarah Maria Winslow Chandler of Bangor, married April 7, 1836. She was a dau. of Peleg and Esther (Parsons) Chandler. Their children were : I Ellen Maria, b. May 23, 1837, m. Sept. 11, 1865, Dr. A. D. Brown. II Frances Pearson, b. June 2, 1840. III Richard Henry, b. March 14, 1843, m. Nov. 6, 1867, Susan Rebecca Nelson. IV Esther Andrews, b. June 22, 1846, m. July 13, 1866, Edgar M. Hickson. V Sarah Barnes, b. July 30, 1848. On the 25th day of April, 1839, a committee consisting of Henry C. Dean, Samuel H. King and John J. Perry rep- resenting the church and people and, A. H. Muzzey, J. S. Keith and Alfred Hood representing the church, addressed a call to the Rev. Isaac Carleton, inviting him to the pas- torate in Oxford. The invitation was accepted and there- upon a council assembled on the 28th day of May, compo- sed of representatives of churches, as follows : — Albany, by Rev. G. F. Tewksbury, Dea. A. Cummings. Bethel, by Rev. C. Frost and R. Chapman. Norway, by Rev. C. Soule and Wm. E. Goodenow. Otisfield, by Rev. J. P. Richardson and S. A. Anderson. Paris, by Rev. J. Walker and A. Field. Poland, by Rev. T. Williams and Z. Cobb. Waterford, by William Warren. 86 Annals of Oxford. Rev. Thomas Williams was chosen Moderator and Rev. J. P. Richardson, Scribe. The council being agreed, it was voted that the installation be on the morrow at half past ten o'clock in the fore-noon. The public service was conducted in the following order : Invocation and scripture reading by William Warren. Introductory prayer by Rev. Cyril Pearl. Sermon by Rev. C. Frost. Installing prayer by Rev. Joseph Walker. Charge by Rev. Thomas Williams. Right hand of fellowship by Rev. George F. Tewksbury. Address to the people by Rev. James P. Richardson. Concluding prayer by Rev. Charles Soule. SEE CHAPTER V FOR SKETCH OF Mr. CARLETON. July 7, Mrs. Vesta Muzzey was ad. by profession. Sept. I, Mrs. Lydia Gammon was ad. by profession. Nov. lo, Henry Dean was ad. by profession. January 31, 1840, Mary Perkins and Eliza Record were admitted by letter. April 24, Frances Norton, Lydia Sampson, Abiel Gam- mon and Joshua Jackson were ad. by profession. April 26, Ebenezer P. Fitz was ad. by profession. May I, Wilson J. Welch, Alfred H. Hood, Nathaniel Lord, Joanna Lord, Jane Gammon, Bathsheba Bearce, Rosanna Butters, Miranda Cleveland, Samuel H. King, and Hannah Woodward were admitted by profession. May 3, David N. Cates, Henrietta Lombard, and Sarah Durell were admitted by profession. May 8, Mehitable Butters, Caleb Woodward, Edmund Hayes and Paulina Ha3'es were admitted by profession. May 22, Hannah Yeaton was admitted by profession. May 29, Hannah Fitts was ad. by letter from So. Paris. June II, Adin Cleveland was admitted by profession. June 21, Addison Nelson was admitted by profession. June 26, Greenville Farris was admitted by profession. July 5, Thomas and Sally Carman were ad. by profess'n. August 28, Jonathan and Elizabeth Lucas were ad. by profession, also their daughter Priscilla. November i, Daniel Drew was admitted by profession. December 3, a letter was received from Dennis Hayes giving notice that hereafter the Baptist's would occupy the meeting-house. Whereupon it was * 'voted to thank Mrs. Hayes for the use of the house where we have been hold- Annals of Oxford. 87 ing our meetings, and that hereafter the meetings will be in the School-house Hall." The Baptist Meeting-house, so called, was erected in 1827 by Cyrus Shaw on his homestead lot a few rods north west of his dwelling-house. It was said to have been built as a thank offering, an acknowledgement of the divine fa- vor in giving him the capital prize, $5,000., in one of the drawings of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal Lottery. This corporation was chartered by the legislature of 1821 to carry into effect a long contemplated scheme ofc onnect- ing the great ponds in Cumberland and Oxford counties, by an artificial water way with the sea, thereby affording to a large territory cheap transportation of its products to the markets of the world. Craigies Mills, for a time, fondly an- ticipated the day when Thompson's pond should become a part of the canal system, making it the head of navigation and the distributing point for the back country, but the Port- land and Quebec Railroad became the town talk in 1834 and July 1849 the Atlantic and St. Lawrence R. R. rolled its first train of cars into Oxford. The Canal was sold under the hammer in 1857 by its creditors and soon after the low- er section was closed ; the boats being private property, con- tinue in use on the ponds. Various methods were devised to raise money to build the Canal, two thousand shares of capital stock were put upon the market at $50. per share, a special act of the legisla- ture was secured in 1823, authorizing the corporation to raise $50,000. by lottery, and in 1825 Canal Bank of Port- land was chartered with a capital of $300,000., one quar- ter of which was to be invested in the stocks of the canal corporation. The managers of the lottery, three in num- ber were appointed by the Governor and about $27,000. were raised from this source. Elias Shaw of Portland was the agent to place the tickets, and they had an extensive sale in other states as well as in Maine. He sent to his cousin Cyrus Shaw, post-master, innholder and trader at Craigies Mills, a package of tickets to be sold on commis- sion. At this time it was not generally considered inconsis- tant with rectitude to buy and sell lottery tickets. The element of chance, seldom dormant in human nature, then as now entered largely into business transactions, and even religious and educational institutions made use of lot- teries to improve their finances. Cyrus Shaw was a thrifty 88 Annals of Oxford. man and would not ordinarily risk his earnings in lottery- tickets, but on this occasion, the excessive haste of Elias to have the unsold tickets returned, led him to suspect that he held a prize, he therefore retained those not sold and he is reported to have bought back all the tickets he had sold. The prize ticket was No. 5506 in the Sixth Class, drawn January 25, 1825. The building erected by Mr. Shaw was an inexpensive structure of wood, not materially different from the chapels of the time. It was the first meeting-house in West Hebron (Oxford), its dedication was reported in a Baptist publica- tion as follows : *'On September 19th, 1826, at Craigie's Mills, in Hebron was opened for divine service a new decently finished meet- ing-house, built and owned by Cyrus Shaw Esq., designed for the use of the Baptists in that place. Sermon on the oc- casion by Elder James Hooper of Paris from Psalms 36 : 8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, etc." Bro. Shaw's purpose is to rent the pews 3'early and devote the proceeds to the support of preaching in the meeting-house. He has already commenced the business with encouraging success." Mr. Shaw died in 1833 and two years later his widow married Dennis Hayes. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were interested in the Baptist church, they remodeled the meet- ing-house by the addition of a vestibule and tower on the front and refurnishing it generally, including a bell and a small organ, so that it was quite an ornament to the place. Tradition says that the bell was a gift of a Boston friend, and that the organ was the handy-work of Luther Carman. Deacon Shaw's plan of making the revenue from the pews supply the pulpit had not proved entirely successful, al- though most of the time a Sunday service was held in the meeting-house by an evangelical preacher, and the two so- cieties appear to have lived together in harmony, neither being able to maintain a stated supply without the help of the other. This condition might have continued had not the "Great Revival" in the spring of 1840 inspired the hearts of both societies with great expectations. Public ser- vices were held day and evening for several weeks and al- most every body in town professed to have turned from the error of their ways. There was doubtless denominational rivalry, but there is no evidence of animosity on the part of Annals of Oxford. 89 Mr. Hayes, to the Congregationalist church, in the notice above mentioned, but the meeting-house had been built for and dedicated by the Baptist's, and the time had apparently arrived when that denomination could support a minister of their ow^n faith. From December 1840 until the dedication of their new meeting-house in June 1843. the society held their meetings in the School-house Hall. The little one room school-house in the Craigies Mills district having been out grown, was sold to Col. King in 1838 or '9 and removed to King st. adjacent to Mr. Durell's store, for a carpenter's shop. The sum- mer term of school, (the wri- ters primary) was kept in it, after removal, while a new building was in process of con- struction. The new school-house was built of brick on the site of the old one, corner of Main street and the Otisfield road, nearly opposite the Baptist meeting-house. The second floor, de- signed for the primary department, had movable seats and was in frequent use for lectures and public meetings and advertised as the School-house Hall. It had seating capaci- ty sufficient for ordinary meetings and the Congregational- ists were not greatly inconvenienced by the change. In this pleasant chamber, the good Major's house being found in- adequate, Miss Frances Eliza Norton gathered the children of the villagers in Sunday school for instruction in the mys- teries of the Westminster Confession and to tune their voi- ces in the rhythmic melody of simple gospel hymns. "E'n now my wistful fancy, listening. Hears the sweetly solemn tunes. That we sang there in the school-house. On those Sunday atter-noons." Her school has out-lived the teacher and will out-live her scholars, but the name of "Aunt Frank", as she was loving- ly called in her after years, is yet cherished and should be IN PERPETUUM, as the founder of the Sabbath schools in the town and probably in Oxford county. Dec. 4, 1840 Julia Hood and Feb. 6 '41, Dr. Jacob Tewks- bury, Otis F. and Sally Mixtr were admitted by profession. 90 Annals of Oxford. March 20th, 1841 a meeting was held in the School-house Hall to take into consideration the propriety of forming a so- ciety to be incorporated as the First Congregational Society in Oxford, also to see what ac- tion the society will take on the question of building a new meeting-house. The meeting was called to order by Jairus S. Keith Esq., ' John Welch was chosen Chair- man and Charles Durell, Secretary. It was unanimously voted to build a new church and Dr. Jacob Tewksbury, Benajah Pratt Jr. and Chandler Record were appointed a committee to look out the best location for the building. Col. Samuel H. King, Jairus S. Keith Esq. and Otis F Mixer were chosen a committee to make esti- mates of the cost of building, both of brick and wood, appor- tioning the material into lots ; both committee's to report at an adjourned meeting, two weeks from this day. The record of the adjourned meeting, April 2d, 1841 has a copy of petition and warrant of Dennis Hayes Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace for Oxford county, authorizing the incorporation of the petioners into a ''Parish Society". The persons named on the petition are as follows : W. B. Norton Jacob Tewksbury Samuel H. King Nathaniel Lord Abial B. Gammon Caleb Woodward Adin Cleveland Alexander H. Muzzy S. H. Tewksbury Chandler Records Daniel Crooker Edmund Hayes Luther F. Pingree John Welch Charles Durell Benajah Pratt Jr. James Yeaton Otis F. Mixer Jairus S. Keith Joseph Chaffin Luther Carman Isaac B. Carman Alfred Hood Theophilus Dame Alfred H. Hood Thomas R. Carman The Society was organized by the choice of Dr. Jacob Tewksbury, Chairman and Charles Durell, Clerk. Doctor Tewksbury, for the committee on location, reported Annals of Oxford. Ql in favor of the site owned by Col. King, near Mr. Linnell's on King street. Col. King, for the building committee, re- ported in favor of a brick building. After some discussion the meeting adjourned for one week. Subsequent meetings of the parish were held during the month but no further ac- tion was taken until December 15th, when a committee of four were chosen "to carry into effect the building of a new church." The committee were Jairus S. Keith, Henry C. Dean, Otis F. Mixer and Edmund Hayes, and they were fully authorized to procure plans, contract for and superintend the building, and "to accept or not accept the work when done". Subscriptions were made as follows : — "We the subscribers, do agree to pay the amount set a- gainst our names, in labor, materials or cash, to be expend- ed in building a new church for the First Congregational Society in Oxford, to be built next spring and summer and to take pews in the church as a consideration for the same. Charles Durell, 100. John Welch, 100. W. B. Norton, 200. Samuel H. King, 200. J. S. Keith, 100. Jacob Tewksbury, 150. Edmund Hayes, 100. Daniel Crocker, 50. Caleb Woodward, 100. Otis F. Mixer, so- H. C. Dean, 100. Adolphus Shurtleff, ld. Total $1,196. Mr. Mixer wishing to contract to build the church, was excused from serving on the building committee. After viewing several meeting-houses in different places, the Committee contracted with Otis F. Mixer and Samuel H. King to build a house according to the specifications, do all the labor (except the mason work) and furnish the oils and paints, for the sum of $665. The building to be finish- ed by the first of September, to the turning of the key, in case the materials are furnished in season to have the work done. In payment the said contractors shall accept Jacob Tewksbury's note for $150., Henry C. Dean's note for $100. Edmund Hayes' note for $100., Charles Durell's note for $100., Daniel Crooker's note for $50., Adolphus Shurtleff's note for $16., Mr. Mixer's note for $30. and for the residue a lien upon the pews in said house, but before said lien at- taches, the subscribing proprietors shall be entitled to one pew each. Caleb Woodward in consideration of $785., con- tracted to furnish the materials for building, delivered on the spot, timber, boards, clapboards, shingles, glass and hard- 92 Annals of Oxford. ware, also a good table that shall be worth at least thirty dollars in Portland. In payment Mr. Woodward was to ac- cept the subscriptions made by himself and those of Messrs. Norton, King, Keith and Welch, and for the residue a lein upon the pews, same as in Mr. Mixer's contract. In addi- tion, it was agreed that the said Woodward and Mixer are to have the sole ownership of the two back tier of pews, to wit, the eight pews nearest the vestibule. Nathaniel Lord contracted for the underpinning and cellar under the west- erly end of the house, for $75., "fifty in meeting-house stock and the rest as we agree". June 24th, 1843, the building committee accepted the house, appraised the pews, called a meeting of the society for the sale of the same and selected a committee of ar- rangements for the dedication. The sale took place two days later, Capt. Luther Carman acting as auctioneer. The following plan gives the arrangement of the pews, names of the purchasers and the amount of premium paid. ?6i\ W/rji, I.Allen 11 TTTaidTa John Welch ^3fc eid^4 Bewjah Pratt Ji 13 7j4 /IdfllphusShurrte^l- CD f16 Annals of Oxford. 93 The committee appointed to make the arrangements for dedication were William S. Allen, Charles Durell and Otis F. Mixer, and on the twenty-ninth day of June, 1843, the meeting-house was dedicated to Almighty God. The Introductory Prayer was by Rev. Mr. Bailey. Sermon by Rev. Mr. Carleton. Concluding Prayer by Rev. Mr. Walker. At a meeting held on the second day of September, 1843, the thanks of the church and society were voted for appre- ciated gifts, to be enumerated upon the records of the par- ish, and Jairus S. Keith, Samuel H. King and Charles Durell were appointed a committee to transmit copies of the votes to the several donors as follows : — To Mrs. Catherine G. Caldwell of Portland, for "her very acceptable present of a pair of splendid and valuable solar lamps to be placed on the right and left of the desk." To Rev. Isaac Carleton, for a communion table. To Rev. Ariel P. Chute, for a Bible and Hymn-book. To Mr. John Welch of Boston, for an elegant couch and two chairs for the desk. To Dr. Jacob Tewksbury, for the excellant carpet now upon the floor of this house. To Dr. Samuel H. Tewksbury, for a fine clarionet for the use of the choir. The records of the church do not show that building a meeting-house stimulated accession to membership. Will- iam Jordan was ad. by profession in 1842 and in 1845, Mrs. A. W. Bickford came with a letter from the church in Brownfield. In 1846 Mrs. Clarinda Carleton was ad. by letter and S. P. Hall, TheodoraMixer, Elizabeth L. Hall and Rebecca Wright were ad. by profession. In 1847 Mrs. S. A. Warren and Miss Ellen E. Allen were ad. by letter from the church in Waterford. Jairus S. Keith was chosen Deacon in 185 1, and after his death, Nathaniel Lord was elected and served ten years. Although frequently with- out a pastor, the church organization has been continuous and there has been but few Sundays when religious service was not held in the First Congregationalist meeting-house. Calt/intst 23aptist Amongst the piously inclined of the early settlers of West Hebron, the Baptist's evidently predominated, notwithstand- ing the fact of the Congregationalist's being the first, by a few months, to complete a church organization ; even then 94 Annals of Oxford. they organized with only six members and there were no accessions for nearly two years. Records of the Baptist Church at Craigies Mills are missing, said to have been burned in the meeting-house, therefore no list of members can be given, but the article quoted, in part, on page 88 of this book, concludes with an account of the organization of the church, as follows : "Same day (September 19th, 1826,) in the same place, was organized the Second Baptist Church in Hebron, of seventeen members, chiefly from the church in Paris and the first in Hebron. Elder Nathaniel Chase prayed on the occasion. The individuals proposing to unite in church or- der, were arranged hand in hand in front of the pulpit, and in that position received the Right Hand, presented by El- der John Tripp of the first church in Hebron, in token of the Fellowship of sister churches. Elder John Haines then delivered an affectionate address, suitable to the circum- stances. Immediately after, brother Cyrus Shaw, according to previous arrangement, was chosen and set apart to the office of Deacon by laying on of hands and prayer. The whole sen'ice was interesting, and we are encour- aged to hope that, as the God of Mercy is bestowing on this little, loving band, outward favors, so he will abundantly satisfy them with the fatness of his house and drink of the river of his pleasure." It is not to be inferred that public worship was wholly neglected at Craigies Mills prior to the organization of the churches, for the school-house was always at the disposal of itenerent preachers and visiting ministers often discoursed in private residences or in the open air, weather permiting. The Convention minutes mention but two pastors of this church, the first being Elder Robert C. Starr, licensed by the church in Warren in 1811 and ordained an evangelist in 18 1 6. He became the pastor of the church of Poland and Oxford in 1838 and after one years service, resigned. In March 1843, Timothy Bailey was ordained pastor of the church in Oxford and officiated one year. The society was a constituent of The Oxford Association of Baptist Churches and was continued on its roll until 1854 although not represented at its meetings after 1849. The first delegate was Dea. Cyrus Shaw, who was succeeded in 1832 by Joshua Taylor and Alpheus Drake. Elder Taylor lived in the old Greely house at the foot of Greely hill for Annals of Oxford. 95 several years ; he was a preacher and often conducted the services of the church. Elder E. S. Byron was one of the delegates in 1842 and is remembered as an acceptable sup- ply. Samuel Littlefield succeeded Mr. Shaw in the office of Deacon and frequently attended the Association. In 1837 the church in Poland united with it, and for three years it went under the name of the Church of Poland and Oxford. Others of record, representing the church in meetings of the Association, were Deacons Alden Chandler and D. Dud- ley, and Bros. Dennis Hayes, Peter Dennin and J. Cain. Showing the puritanic simplicity of the denomination, we note that at the Association in 1833, a vote was passed rec- ommending the discontinuance of mourning apparel, as a practice useless and expensive. The returns of 1835 g^"^^ to the church in Poland 18 members, to that in Oxford, 16 and the united churches returned in 1837, 46 members. A summary statement in 1843, probably the last publish- ed, gives original number of members, 17, admitted by let- ter, 36, by baptism, 20, total, 73. Of these 10 had been dismissed , 7 expelled, 6 died, 4 lost and i dropped, leaving present membership 45. The Baptist meeting-house was burned on the tenth day February, 1845. There had been a driving snow-storm for two days, clearing at night ; in the morning Mr. Hayes open- ed the building for the purpose of clearing out the snow and built fires in the stoves to dry it off. Soon after he left the building it was discovered to be on fire and its distruction was complete. The insurance went to the heirs of the build- er, and whilst the Baptists never had an insurable interest in their meeting-house, its destruction was a death blow to the Baptist Church in Oxford. ffileantngs. The remainder of this chapter is composed of extracts, with some interpolations, from a lecture delivered by Hon. John J. Perry, in the lecture course, at Oxford in 1873. "Mr. Job Cushman felled the first trees that were cut in this town, on the hill westerly from Mr. Sullivan Fuller's homestead. He with the other very early settlers came by a spotted line through the wilderness from New Gloucester. Soon after he commenced clearing Gen. Isaac Bolster (he later moved to Paris) began on what was afterward known as the Abram Dean farm. Mr. John Caldwell soon follow- ed with a Mr. Campbell. Peter Thayer, Ellab Richmond, g6 Annals of Oxford. James Holmes and others. Mr. James Soule opened the first hotel in town on the place now occupied by Abial Pratt and Nathan Dudley near George Robinson's. He kept his tavern in a small house and subsequently built the large house, now occupied by said Pratt and Dudley, with spe- cial reference to making it a hotel. The road which leads by the old Soule tavern was for many years the great tho- roughfare from all up countr}^ to Portland. The pioneers were an excellant class of men, scarcely one of them had any property when they came here, but they had noble wives, real helpmates, who blessed them with numerous mindful sons and daughters and, with hard- ly an exception, all acquired a handsome property. JHanufaetures* The keen business eye of Mr. Whitney, the efficient agent of Dr. Craigie, very early spied out the valuable wa- ter power of the outlet of Thompson Pond and a saw-mill was among the first buildings to be erected. Soon after a grist-mill was built and put into operation and these gave the name to the village, also to the Post Office, even at the present time letters are occasionally received directed to Craigies Mills. Later a three stoned building, about sixty feet long and forty feet wide, was erected on the opposite side of the stream, above the bridge, but for what purpose it was built I never knew ; there is a tradition however that it was designed for a flour mill. Dr. Craigie and the earl}^ settlers entertained the idea that the region would be an excellant wheat country, and with good reason, for wheat was for many years a sure crop, yielding bountifully. The building was never much used for manufacturing purposes although it always went by tht; name of "The Factory", probably a name giv- en by the builders and on account of a portion of it being used for carding wool and dressing homespun by water- power. Mr. Whitney's note-book, under date of Sept. 13, 1825, mentions **the factory so called belonging to S. II. and Alonzo King", and it is subsequently noted in a deed to correct an error in previous descriptions, that the Kings were to have one third of the water privilege, but not to build upon the land any building for other purposes than carding wool, manufacturing cloth and for the purposes of the clothing business. The Kings used a part of the build- ing for a store and had living rooms in it, the building gen- Annals of Oxford. 97 erally was occupied as a tenement. Independence Day was first celebrated in this town in 1827, Simeon Perkins Esq., Preceptor of Hebron Academy, gave the oration and Col. Samuel H. King acted as Marshal and read the Decla- ration of Independence. The public dinner was given in the Factory and the patriotic denizens of Craigies Mills led the merry dance, in the same room, the live long night. In the winter of 1836 the building was destroyed by fire and three years later a brick building, of about the same dimension, was erected upon its site and subsequently en- larged by the addition of thirty feet to the end next the street. Lightning, fire and new methods have caused an entire change in the interior but the brick walls of the old factory yet stand substantially unchanged, a wing to the great mill. Gillett & Bridges, manufacturers of cassimeres and satinets, were first operators in the new factory and they were succeeded by Messrs. Stevens, Sherburne, Jones & Du- rell, and perhaps others, the mill not being constantly in operation. The Oxford V/oolen Manufacturing Co. was in- corporated in 1849 with Harrison J. Libby, Francis O. Lib- by, James B. Libby, Hanson M. Hart, Henry B. Hart and William Kimb all Pofortland and Orrin Jones and Abiel M. Jones of Oxford. The report of William W. Virgin in the census of 1850 gives the product of the mill for the year ending June first, as 156,000 yards of woolen cloth, valued at $39,000., manufactured at a cost of $33,000. Mr. John Hall, a practical clothier, born in England and educated in his home mills, introduced new methods into the factory and after running it for a time in his own name, he induced Mr. Joseph Robinson, a fellow countryman and an ex- pert dyer, to become a partner. Mr. Robinson had traveled extensively, had been employed in both foreign and domes- tic mills and was well informed in the details of manufact- uring woolens. He was endowed with great physical and mental energy , perhaps over self reliant for a junior part- ner, as we find him very soon after his settlement in town, having the controlling interest in the factory. His first move was to increase the water power by putting in a stronger dam and raising the water level in the pond about two feet. For the privilege of so doing he paid $1,900. for the Farris tannery rights, to Mrs. Hayes $2,100. for the grist mill rights, $1,800. to the towns of Oxford, Otisfield and Casco for ruined bridges etc. and to sixty-three farmers around the 98 Annals of Oxford. pond, for flowage rights, $5,200., thus converting the pond into a storage reservoir of about eight square miles of unfail- ing water power. This large expenditure did not prevent litigation, the average yankee is never so happy as when "he has a case in court" for, if he wins, he knows himself to be the champion of justice and if he looses, he believes himself a martyr of righteousness. With enlarged mills and signs of prosperity came new claimants and the courts were a long time finding how much the the lumber interest was in- jured by the new dam, which prevented rafting logs to the river by way of the < 'outlet". In 1862 the Robinson Manu- facturing Co., consisting of Joseph Robinson, Harrison J. and Francis O. Libby was incorporated with an investment of about $300,000., employing 170 persons and producing 13,000 3^ards of cloth per week. Mr. Robinson was the dis- coverer of a more beautiful shade of blue than any other dyer could produce and for a number of years his blues had an immense '*run" at exceedingly remunerative prices. It is a noteworthy fact that no strike or labor trouble of any kind ever occurred in connection with any of the four mills of which he was either superintendent or owner. In 1828 Luther Carman was operating a machine shop near the saw mill, perhaps succeeding David Pierce & Co. He made a specialty of thrashing machines but filled orders for almost any kind of machinery. His shop was burned in the winter of 1836 and he immediately rebuilt a two story wooden shop at the other end of the bridge where the "red mill" now stands, to which he added an iron foundry there- by materially increasing his business. He was again burn- ed out in the winter of 1846 and soon after removed his bu- siness to Bridgton Centre. Woodward's mill was built about 1820. Caleb Woodward came from Dedham where he had been employed as farm- er by Judge Haven one of the Craigie heirs. He located on the west bank of the river near the bridge , the outlet of Thompson pond running through his land. He put in a log dam, built a mill and engaged in manufacturing lumber : he furnished the materials for the Congregationalist church. The Hayesville Cotton Manufacturing Co. was incorpo- rated in 1846 with Dennis Hayes, James Woodbury, Sam- uel Small, Samuel H. Tewksbury and George Gould incor- porators. They bought out Capt. Woodward, increased the water power, erected a large wooden building for a factory Annals of Oxford. 99 and dwelling houses for the operatives, changing the rural stillness of that section of the village to the hum of busy life. The census returns of June ist, 1850 give the product of the mill, for the preceeding year, 416,000 yards of sheet- ing, at the cost of $27,000. and valued at $33,280. A few weeks later the mill "shut down" and in November of the same year the "Cotton Factory" was totally destroyed by a fire, probably of incendary origin, The corporation did not survive the loss, but the water power has continued, inter- mittently, in use manufacturing small wares from hard and soft woods. Walter H. Thomas and Isaiah Dunn saw- ed staves, Solon Rawson, James H. Chapman made shovel handles, B. F. Sturtevant made shoe pegs and quantities of logs were hauled to these mills to be made into deals, clap- boards and shingles. A log dam and saw mill was subsequently built on the Little Androscoggin, at what is now Welchville, by Bena- jah Pratt Jr., George Robinson and Nathan, Ezra and Sam- uel Wright. Capt. Woodward claimed that his mill privi- lege was seriously damaged by the back water and sued for relief. In his relation of the proceedings, he always men- tioned the parties as "The Combined Powers". In 1836 Mr. John Welch, a wealthy Boston merchant, began making in- vestments and soon became the largest land holder in town. He built a commodious dwelling and outbuildings on the riv- er bank, near the saw mill and under his influence quite a village sprung up which yet keeps fresh his memory by its name Welchville. After the death of Mr. Welch, Mr. Geo. W. King , of Portland, came into the possession of many acres of lumber rights in the vicinity and the mill was kept busy by him for several years. INIr. John Harper, a prac- tical clothier, born in Scotland, concluding the water power adequate, erected a medium sized wooden mill for the man- ufacture of repellents and flannels and for more than thirty years successfully operated the same, first in his own name and later under the corporate name of "The Harper Man- ufacturing Co.". The mill was destroyed by fire Sept. 30, 1891 and has not been rebuilt, the water power however continues to be utilized. The Mousam Manufacturing Co. established itself here for the making of leatherboard, under the management of Mr. Emery Andrews ; after a few years he removed the machinery to Saccarappa and later to Ken- nebunk where a large business is permanently established. 100 Annals of Oxford. David Webber, a potter, came from New Hampshire in 1817 and built up an extensive business in earthen ware, especially in milk pans and bean pots, then indespensible in housekeeping, supplying the households for miles about. He was also a brickmaker as were his sons and successors. An excellant quality of clay is found in various places in town and others engaged in brickmaking, increasing this in- dustry to a degree of importance, and in 1832, the town choose an Inspector of bricks and brickmoulds. Other in- dustries should perhaps be mentioned under this head , for there appears to have been unusual activity among the in- habitants devising opportunities for bread winners in villa- ges. The Oxford Manufacturing Co. was incorporated by the Legislature in March, 1837, for the purpose of manu- facturing cotton, wool, iron and steel on their own land and privileges ; and to erect mills, dams, works, machines and dig such canals as may be necessary for carrying on these branches of trade ; and may have and hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding $100,000. The corporators were Winthrop B. Norton, Jacob Tewksbury Samuel H. King, Dennis Hayes, John J. Perry and Charles Durell. I find no evidence of proceedings under this charter unless it be the building of the old brick mill, and the canal project never materialized. The average wages in 1850, for mechanics, was $1.20 per day, board $1.50 per week, farm hand, 67 cents per day with board, 88 cents without board, or $11. per month and board. Female domestic, $1. per week. jHilttars* The old fashioned military trainings were in their day a notable institution of the countiy ; every able bodied man between 18 and 45 had to train. First a May training and inspection, 2d a fall training and 3d the general muster. These were holly days for the boys especially the musters. At trainings the company officers exercised their men in the manual of arms and company evolutions, the martial spirit being stimulated by frequent quaffs of New England rum sweetened with molasses, the officers ''treat", carried around by the corporals in water pails and drank from new tin dippers. Every body went to "muster", the gorgeous up- parel of the field officers and uniformed companies and the intricacies of the regimental drill were not all the attractions of a ''Brigade muster", the pail and dipper before mention- Annals of Oxford. 101 ed circulated freely, while baked beans, brown bread, hard gingerbread and cider supplied victuals, drink and some- times lodging. The clarion notes of the old copper bugles, with their martial accompaniments, military commands, shoutings of hawkers and exhorters, rivaled the commotion of a Donnybrook Fair. National troops have a uniform pre- scribed by law, but no special change in dress was required of the state militia and not infrequently, disapproval of the militia law was manifested by grotesque dress and equip- ments of militiamen. The state law permitted the organiza- tion of, so called, independant companies, regularly com- missioned and attached, which were allowed to have a name in addition to their regimental letter and to wear a uniform of their own choosing, the same being no expense to the state. There was more or less rivalry between these companies, not entirely for drill and discipline, for the plau- dits of the throng on the muster field were given to generous officers and handsome uniforms. In 1838 a company of a- bout fifty men was organized in this town with Luther Car- man, Captain, John J. Perry, Lieutenant and John G. Burns, Ensign. It was known as the "Oxford Light Infan- try" and was uniformed with white jackets and pants trim- med with black velvet, black velvet caps with waving os- trich plumes of the same color. The company continued in commission for about six years, Capt. Carman being suc- ceeded by Capts. Perry, in 1840, Burns, in 1842, Pingree, 1842, Morton, in 1843. Lieut. Perry was succeeded by Lieuts. Burns, Pingree, Morton and Brooks. Ens. Burns was succeeded by Luther F. Pingree, Elisha Morton, Chas. B. Brooks and Levi T. Boothby. This was company B ist Regt. 1st Brig. 6th Div. Company A was also an Oxford company but was one of the "Slam Bangs" as ununiformed companies were called. The Madawaska war gave both companies the opportunity to show their courage and pat- riotism. A draft was ordered by lot, on a February Sun- day, the people were greatly excited and attended in mass, a pathetic scene as described but made ludicrous by subse- quent events. There appears to have been some informality in this draft for in April the whole regiment was ordered to Paris Hill to make another draft. Through snow and mud the embryo soldiers tramped to the rendezvous. Col. Orri- son Ripley was in command and a draft was made. The conscripts were granted a few days furlough to arrange 102 Annals of Oxford. their business before starting for the seat of war. The con- scripts were taken to Augusta by Capt. Welch on his big horse team, starting from Pike's tavern, previous to which such consolation as the bar afforded was given by the land- lord. After a few days in camp at Augusta the troops were discharged. The militia laws are changed and May train- ings and September musters are a dream. Casualtties, Tradition has it that prior to the settlement of the town one Thompson attempting to cross the pond was drowned, but in so doing is immortalized in "Lake Thompson". Mr. Hogan realized a like distinction at less cost , for he is re- ported to have been crossing the pond, that bears his name, upon the ice, which giving way, he lost his horse and sled but saved his life. In the early days of the Academy, one of its students was drowned while bathing in Matthews pond and this event is said to have named the pond, but as this little sheet of water has had other names, the name of the unfortunate lad may not have been Matthew. Neither of the above names appear in the lists of early settlers al- though the widow Eunice Hogan is named, in 1786, as one of the heirs of John Tucker of New Gloucester. The drowning accidents are not all traditional ; a nephew of Major Norton, a member of his family and a young man of much promise, while tr^nng to save the Major's mill prop- erty , at the time of a great freshet, was thrown from the dam into the raging flood by his pike getting caught in the rapidly moving logs. His body was not found until the wa- ter subsided. Nathan Coy, an estimable citizen, while at- tempting the rescue of one of his children from the river, near his own house, June 22, 1849, ^^^ drowned. Wonder- ful to relate, the boy was rescued. Charlej^ the bright little six year old boy of Seth T. Holbrook, was drowned in the outlet, November, 1853. He was an only son and the whole town was moved in sympathy for the bereaved par- ents. A melancholy event happened on Friday June 9, 187 1. S. E Verrill, phj^sician, J. C. Barker, mill operative and Robert Edgecomb, barber, popular young men in the village, were sailing on Thompson Pond when their boat was capsized by a sudden squall and all were drowned. The accident was seen from the Otisfield shore but they were bu- ried in the waves before help could reach them. The fascinations of boating, fishing, swimming and skat- Annals of Oxford. 103 ing offered by the numerous ponds and streams in the town have ever been the terror ol Oxford mothers. Husbandry has its perils, Peter Thayer, one of the early settlers, survived unscathed the hazards of the Revolution, to be instantly killed by a falling tree, February 2, 1788, The tree was felled by Eliab Richmond, a neighbor and friend and it is remarkable that Mr. R. was himself instant- killed, forty-three years later by falling from a load of hay. One other resident of the town, Thomas T. Small, was kill- ed by a falling tree aud Chancey Bonney was made help- less for life, his back broken by a like accident. Disastrous fires have consumed much valuable property, the first mentioned being the spacious mansion of Hon. J. S. Keith, burned at night in 1834, supposed to have caught from a defective chimney. He rebuilt upon the same spot. In January 1836 the large machine shop of Capt. Luther Carman, west side of Main street, was entirely consumed in the night, the fire extending to the saw mill and crossing the stream set fire to the "Old Factory'^ which was then oc- cupied by two or three families. This was a great loss to the village, for a time nearly paralyzing business. The Baptist meeting-house was burnt in the day time in February, 1845 and in 1852 a large wooden building on Main street, front of the present large mill, built by Dennis Hayes and occupied by Edward T. Cushman for a grocery and dry-goods store was burned with its contents in a night. Golden dreams that gave the name "California" to the lower end of Oxford village, ended in smoke in a cold Nov- ember night in 1850, when the big cotton mill was laid low. In 1854 the brick mill standing on the spot now occupied by what is called the "Old Brick Mill" was burned with all its machinery. A portion of the walls were left standing and incorporated into the new mill, built on its ruins. In 1855 the dwelling house and stable of Seth T. Hol- brook, standing where Mr. Walker's house now stands, was burned in the night, being the second building burned on that very spot. In 1856, on a pleasant Sunday morning, the spacious mansion erected by Dr. Jacob Tewksbury and occupied by his son the Rev'd. George F. , was burned. The fire was the result of negligence on the part of a serv- ant in not giving proper attention to some cottons that she hung upon the stove funnel to dry. Mr. Tewksbury rebuilt upon the same lot. 104 Annals of Oxford. The Robinson Manufacturing Co. met with a very se- vere loss by fire in 1867 and the Harper Mill was burned in 1891. Another notable fire was the burning of the home of Capt. Manson, historic as the mansion house of the "Crai- gie Farm". Societies, The first Lyceum or debating society organized in town was in 1827, in school district No. 6. The meetings were in the school house, usually well attended and the debates spirited and interesting. In 1837 a debating society was or- ganized in the 3d district, with Col. Samuel H. King, pres- ident and Seth T. Holbrook, secretary. It was first called the *' Oxford Forensic Club" and was kept alive during the fall and winter seasons until the spring of 1849. The name however was changed in 1840 to "Independent Order of Oxford Bears". Readings from a paper called the "Village Budget", edited by Tim Jones junior, with locals by Tim- othy Smighter, Aaron Pownder, Nathan Thunder and oth- ers. The editors letter-box was nailed upon Durell's store near the entrance to Squire Perry's office, he being sus- pected of having intimate relations with the editor. Articles of literary merit were often contributed, but the Budget was expected to rather amuse than instruct, and as all commu- nications were anonymous, most were personal and some spiced with malice. The leading questions of the day were debated, religious, scientific, social and political ; but few news-papers were circulated in town, j^et these were well di- gested and most of the members of the club sufficiently well informed to discuss with equanimity, save the occasions of a political turn in a discussion, made a red hot time. On one occasion the club, after protracted arguments pro and con, voted twenty to five, in favor of a resolution "that doc- tors and lawyers do more evil than good in the communi- t}'". The decision was most likely on the arguments offer- ed rather than the abstract question, for the town has ever dealt more generously with its doctors and lawyers than with its ministers. During Mr. Chute's ministry a Beethovan Club was organized to supply church music. The club occasion- ally gave concerts in this and surrounding towns , cultivat- ing a taste for good music that has never been lost. While all of the organizors are entitled to much credit, more is due to Mr. William F. Chaffin for his refiined taste and consu- mate skill as the musical director. He with his brother Jos- Annals of Oxford. 105 eph and John J. Perry sang tenor; Miss Diana Shaw, Mrs. J. J. Perrj', Mrs. L. F. Pingree, Miss Maria Mussey and Miss Imogine Marr sang soprano ; Miss Frances Norton and Miss Harriet Marr sang alto and Messrs. S. H. Tewksbury, William Mussey, L. F. Pingree, Solon Rawson and Aaron Faunce sang bass. The instrumental part was furnished by Dr. Tewksbury's double bass viol, his son Jacob's violin and Capt. Carman's clarionet. All were lovers of music, meet- ing often for study and practice ; and their spirited render- ing of those grand old anthems, "Coronation", "Putney", "Braintree" and others, stirred the hearts of listeners as if in reality, "The angel of the Lord came down, and glory shown around". An excessive use of spirits was the occasion of much dis- tress among the early settlers, not very many had confirmed habits of intoxication, but rum and other liquors were an im- portant constituent in the stock of every general store ; dis- pensed to drink on the premises, at three cents a gill, as well as by quart or gallon ; the sales of some traders are said to have been a hogshead a week. It was considered as indis- pensable as tea or sugar in family supplies and used as a specific for every ailment, imaginary or real. Temperance Societies were formed in this State as early as 1827 ; the Oxford County Society organizing at Paris in 1829, the members engaging to adopt a total abstinence in reference to the use of "ardent spirits as a drink". In Jan. 1833 the society voted that a committee of one or more gen- tlemen in every town in the county, be appointed to procure subscribers to the constitution. J. S. Keith and S. H. King were appointed for Oxford. At the second annual meeting of the Maine Temperance Society, held at Augusta, Feb. 1834, ^^ ^^'^^ reported that a temperance society had been organized at Oxford with 125 members; Dr. Jacob Tewks- bury being president and Giles Shurtleff , secretary. About the year 1842 the Washingtonion movement, beginning in a small way at Baltimore, spread like wildfire throughout the country. Exhorters were heard at every "crossroads" and almost everybody took the pledge ; all however did not keep it, but a marked improvement in the sentiment and habits of the community is easily traced to Washingtonionism. Secret societies for mutual benefit and the cultivation of the cardinal virtues have supplanted most of the old social organizations in town and nearly all of those who were 106 Annals of Oxford. members have been added to the invisible hosts and in the place of some dear presence is but empty space, for death regards not the pleasing intercourse and improving joys of friendship. personal Notices* Horace Baker came to Oxford in the spring of 1842, succeeding Joseph Chaffin, as a trader, in the Maj. Norton store, and occupying a dwelling house, near at hand, on Pleasant street. The store was of two stories, the front chamber being occupied by Esquire Keith for his law of- fice, the remainder of the building affording scant room for an always carefully selected stock from which to supply the needs of housekeeping. Mr. Chaffin was often employed as clerk before Mr. Baker's children were large enough to keep store, both however were early learned to lend a hand and one or the other were usually assisting their father when out of school. The clerical ability of his son Thomas was earl}^ recognized by the freeholders who made him Town Clerk about as soon as he came of age and retained him in office for 27 years. Increase of population and new meth- ods of doing business necessitated more room and the large store on Main street, opposite the head of Pleasant street, was built by him on the site of the first store in town, built by Abner Shaw. Mr. Baker died in 1870, Thomas continued the business until 1885 when he removed to Portland. INIr. Baker was a conscientiously honest man, quietly and constantly attending to his own business and never interfer- ing with that of others. He was one of the few whigs in town and in politics, like all other matters, he was very steadfast but he had no time to quarrel with those of a dif- ferent faith and would never consent to be a candidate for public office. Rev. Isaac Carlton was called to the pastorate of the Congregationalist Church in the spring of 1839 ' ^^ s^^" ceed Mr. Chute and moved into the one storied brick house, on the east side of Main street, this was built for a parsonage and recently occupied by Mr. Chute. About i860 this estate came into the possession of Dr. Hersey who remodeled the buildings and grounds into his present picturesque homestead. The two pastors were unlike in many ways ; both were good men and carefully educated for the ministry. Mr. Carl- ton had less appearance of culture and refinement than Mr. Annals of Oxford. 107 Chute, who was a scholarly man of fine presence, tall and erect. As a public speaker his address was graceful, his argument logical and convincing ; the choir had his cordial support and his meetings were well attended. Mr. Carlton was of medium size, modest and somewhat reserved but not lacking in tact. He made no attempt for oratorical effect, but prepared and delivered his discourses, which were in- variably orthodox, for the purposes of instruction rather than entertainment. The "great revival" occurred early in his administration, for ten weeks, meetings were held clay and evening, and a large number were added to the church. Mr. Carlton never received a living salary, although never a robust man, he contributed largely to the support of his family by industrious labor on his farm. The Washington- ion and other movements for the promotion of temperance and sobriety had his hearty indorsement, his good works a vindication of his faith. Several years before his death his health failed and he uncomplainingly awaited the inevitable, which occured on the fifth day of January, 1858. Capt. Luther Carman was a townsman born ; he was commissioned Lieutenant of Co. A milida, in 1826 and Captain of the same company six years later. He was the first Captain of the Oxford Light Infantry, serving about two years. He was the most ingenious mechanic that ever lived in these parts ; there was scarcely any kind of mech- anism that he did not understand. A horse power thrash- ing machine, invented and patented by him proved a great success ; they were manufactured and sold at his shop for many seasons. He made an engine to be worked by hand power, which placed upon the grist mill floom near the bridge, was expected to be efficient in carrying a contin- uous stream of water to the top of the adjacent buildings. The marvelous thing about this machine was that it could draw and discharge water at the same time. The experi- mental trials attracted all the villagers and the men on the brakes were in honor. Memory may be in fault but the writer does not recall the machine in practical use. He had a passion for music and in an amateur way, made musical instruments, a very good organ and a respectable piano- forte being among the number. He was reported to have invented a perpetual motion, which was never perfected by reason of the loss of his working model, when his shop was 108 Annals of Oxford. burned in the w inter of 1846, the night after the first trial of it in the presence of a few confidential friends. The Cap- tain was a public spirited citizen, a kind hearted neighbor and a good jovial fellow. Soon after being burned out a second time he removed to Bridgton, where died in 1874. Charles Durell was born in Newton, Mass. Jan'y- 5, 1797. His youth was spent in Paris ; he lived for a few years in Boston and Portland ; from the later place he re- moved to Oxford in 1835, occupying the house that his wife's brother, Alonzo King , had built for himself, and en- gaging in trade in the store, corner of King and Main Sts. He accepted the appointment of Post Master in 1844, suc- ceeding Esquire Keith, who kept the office in Baker's store with Mr. Chaffin as his deputy. The office was more of re- sponsibility and care than of profit, the salary being based upon the income and amounting, the previous year, to only $44.68. Grover Waterhouse's tri- weekly stage brought the mail, and the noise and sight of the brilliantly painted coach , drawn by four or six horses, on the road between Paris Hill and Portland, often loaded inside and out with jovial passengers, was always attractive. The postal rates were, at the time, on a single letter composed of one piece of paper, for a distance not exceeding thirty miles, six cents, with increasing rates, according to distance, to twen- ty-five cents for over four hundred miles. If the letter weighed one ounce, a quadruple postage was charged, and proportionately for increased weight. Postage could be pre- paid or collected on delivery. Post Masters were required to make a record of all letters ; their own mail was free. Mr. Durell continued to serve as Post Master as long as he lived and was succeeded in store and office by his only son, Charles Franklin. His store was several times enlarg- ed to accommodate his growing trade and the products of his land evinced his skill in horticulture. He rejoiced in the wife of his youth and his heart trusted in her. *'She looked well to the ways of her household and eat not the bread of idleness ; her children rise up and call her bless- ed". He was neither grasping for money nor ambitious for fame, nor had he any special love for official life, although he cheerfully gave his time to various town offices and in state legislature. He was faithful and capable iu the dis- charge of every duty, loving his family, true to his friends Annals of Oxford. 109 and charitable to all. An opinion once formed was seldom reversed, and every act of life seemed to be carefully weigh- ed, every word measured, and a more unassuming person is seldom met. He died November 8, 1875. Dennis Hayes was born in Barrington, N. H., Jan- uary 6, 1795 and came with his parents to Poland in the year 1800. He married November 29, 1821, Mary Johnson of Poland and had settlement in that town until about 1830, when he removed to Harrison, where his wife died. In 1835 he married Hannah Keith, widow of Cyrus Shaw, and re- moved to Craigies Mills, where in the home of his wife his children received a mothers care. While his wife did not relinquish her title in her late husband's estate, Mr. Ha3^es was given the management and at once commenced making improvements. He enlarged the dwelling house built by Mr. Shaw, making it convenient for two families. There was a large stable for horses, adjacent, and travelers con- tinued to be as hospitably entertained as heretofore. A bell tower was added to the meeting house and it was otherwise made attractive and kept in good repair. He built a family tomb on the lot opposite the residence of Esquire Keith, but I think it was never occupied. This lot was a part of Mr. Shaw's purchase and with his consent was the Bu rjnng- ground of many of the early settlers. They had no title to the land and after the meeting-house lot on King street had been accepted, some of the bodies were removed, the land was devoted to agriculture and nothing mai^ks the resting place of forms that come not at an earthly call. He bought the old grist mill and replaced it with a substantial brick build- ing, supplanting the small deal flume with a large one of granite and furnished the mill with approved machinery for grinding. He employed Mr. Frost, an experienced miller to manage the mill, and rented him a part of his domicile. In 1839 he built the brick factory and later a large wooden building, on the adjoining lot, for a store for Mr. Cushman. His was the moving spirit in the enterprise that resulted in the building of the cotton factory in 1846 and in re- cognition of his service, the corporation was named "The Hayesville Cotton Manufacturing Company". He served in town offices, was a Justice of the Peace and an en- terprising and public spirited citizen. He died July 29, 1859. no Annals of Oxford. Hon. Jairus Shaw Keith was born in Bridgewater, Mass. August 20, 1793 ; only son of Edward and Betty (Shaw) (King) Keith, settled at Paris Hill March, 1801. Jairus was fifth in descent from Rev. James, the first min- ister of Bridgewater ; he fitted for college at Bridgton Aca- demy and was graduated at Brown in the class of 1819. This was before the days of rapid transportation, as much time was then required to go to Providence, as is now to cross the continent. It was the custom of Mr. Keith to make the journey on horse back , buying a horse in Paris and selling him in Providence. He read law two years with Enoch Lin- coln at Paris, and one year each, in the offices of Simon Greenleaf and Fessenden & Deblois in Portland. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and engaged in practice at Crai- gies Mills, where he won an excellent reputation as a faithful attorney and a judicious counsellor. His services were in almost constant demand in town offices ; he was fourteen years Post Master and two years Senator in the state legis- lature. He was a born horticulturist loved to till the soil and his garden was always a picture lesson for his neighbors. He was an exemplary member of the Congregationalist Church, his influence was ever on the side of virtue and religion and his time was freely given in parish work, ac- ceptably filling the offices of Treasurer, Superintendent of the Sunday-school and Deacon. His wdfe, born in South Berwick, was Mary C, daughter of Maj. Winthrop B. Norton, a lady of fine culture and most engaging man- ners. They were married Nov. 20, 1826, by Rev. Edward Payson, and it is reported to have been the last marriage solemnized by that eminent divine. Esquire Keith died on the sixth day of April, 1849, the funeral services were con- ducted by his very dear friend. Rev. George F. Tewks- bury, who delivered an eloquent tribute to his w^orth, which was published in the Maine Evangelist of May 24 th. Col. Samuel Hall King was born in Paris, Febru- aiy 4, 1799, eldest child of Capt. Samuel and Sally (Hall; King. He was seventh in line of descent from John King, seaman and planter, who was settled before 1640 at a place yet known as "Kings Co\-e", in the town of Weymouth, Mass. His father, born in Raynham, came with his uncle Jairus Shaw, to Paris in 1793 ; married in 1798 Sally, dau. of Jonathan and Lydia (H:aven) Hall and settled on the Annals of Oxford. HI Asa Barrows farm, on the road northerly of the "Singe- pole". In the school of necessity their children acquired habits of industry and economy ; the father was a house- wright as well as a husbandman and his sons, under his di- rection, obtained a practical knowledge of both ; the mother was a godly woman, guiding her children in paths of virtue and beneficience, Samuel H. received such schooling as the district afforded, also for a time attending the Academy at Hebron, and was himself a teacher of several winter ses- sions of schools in his own and other districts. He took a lively interest in the state militia, was commissioned to be Ensign of the south company of Paris, by Gov. Brooks of Mass., before his arrival at majority. Promotion was rap- id, he was appointed Lieut, by Gov. King, in 1820 ; Capt. in 1822, Major in 1825 and Lieut. Col. in 1826, by Gov. Paris, and in 1827, he was elected Colonel of the ist, Reg. 1st, Brig. 6th, Division, and received his commission from Gov. Lincoln, to take rank from the thirtieth day of June. He was honorably discharged April 22, 1833. The date of his coming to Craigies Mills is uncertain, probably in 1822 or '3 and perhaps, primarily, to teach the school. The Shaws were his next door neighbors in Paris, and the wife of Cyrus was his father's half sister and may have influenced his coming. His brother Alonzo was associ- ated with him in business, taught the winter schools, and had a prominent place in the management of town affairs during his stay. At first the brothers occupied the "Old Factory" for a mill, store and dwelling, their sister Sarah, (since Mrs. Durell,) being housekeeper; she also taught the school. There are circumstances suggesting the occu- pation of this building by purchase, but I find no convey- ance upon record until 1829, when to correct an error in the discription, the Craigie heirs conveyed to the Kings, land, and one third of the water privilege, but the use of the lat- ter was limited to carding wool, manufacturing cloth and the clothing business. In 1825 Maj. King bought a house lot, one half acre, of Andrew Foster, et alii, and the same year increased his purchase to two and one quarter acres, having a frontage of twenty rods on the county road- Rear land was subsequently added and failing to convince the town of the necessity of a thoroughfare across this land to the bridge near Capt. Woodward's mill, he laid out and built the road himself. It was accepted as a public way, by the town, in 1833 ^"^ is since known as King Street. 112 Annals of Oxford. Before the street was accepted, he built the store on the corner opposite his dwelling-house, removed his stock in trade from the factory and continued in business there until succeeded by Mr. Durell. The country store, in those days, was on the department plan, the trader being expected to have in stock about everything that could not be raised or manufactured in town. Very little money changed hands in the daily transactions, for the business was mostly barter or credit, and if a farmer's wife brought a box of butter or a basket of eggs to exchange for West India or English goods, she must first find some person to open the store, for the proprietor was usually a farmer or a mechanic and oft- en both, as was Mr. King, and was not expected to keep his shop constantly open, even during business hours. It has been suggested, since the preceeding pages were in print, that Daniel Smith, prior to his settlement on Fore street, occupied the Durell house and had a small shoemak- ers shop on the same lot, before its occupation by Alonzo King. After Mr. K, removed to Paris. Dr. Tewksbury lived in it while his house on Pleasant street was in process of construction. The Oxford Registry shows Col. King to have been quite an operator in real estate, his largest pur- chase being the balance of the Craigie estate, in 1832, in connection with Jacob D. Brown. His interest in this trans- action was evidently closed out within a year, reserving for himself however, a large tract of what , was then, most- ly wuld land , but is now within the village limits. From it he at once commenced to remove the merchantable lumber and fit the land for tillage, and continuing to cultivate the same during his residence in this town. He was a member of the board of Selectmen of Hebron, had an active part in the arrangements for the division of the town and was the Chairman of the first board of Selectmen of Oxford. His father was a democrat and without doubt his early sympathies w^re with that party, but his experience in the factory convinced him of the inability of home manufactur- ers to successfully compete wdth foreign, without the aid of a protective tariff ; he therefore joined the whigs on this proposition, although it was n-; ver the popular party in Ox- ford ; nevertheless, he lived to see in power, in town, state and nation, a political party in accord with the principles he advocated. During the "great revival" he joined the Congregation- Annals of Oxford. 113 alist church, being baptised by immersion. He was one of the largest subscribers to the fund for the new meeting- house, his offer of land for the house and cemetery was ac- cepted and in partnership with Capt. Mixer, made the plans and done the carpentry of the building. In February, 1845, he rented his homestead to George W. Thomas and moved to Portland ; all of his estate in Oxford was gradually dis- posed of. His purpose in making this change, was to give his whole time to his trade, in partnership with his brother Jairus, an ingenious housewright, who had removed from Paris for this purpose. Soon after his arrival in Portland he had an offer of partnership in the country produce and gro- cery business, that seemed to promise better, and was ac- cepted. The partnership was not long continued ; Mr. King succeeded to the business, built for himself a store and a dwelling-house on Green street, nearly opposite the old store and here spent the remainder of his days. Samuel H. and Eliza King were received as members of the Free Street Baptist Church, May 30, 1852 and there- after done their part to sustain its doctrines and encourage its ministry. When the meeting-house was reconstructed in 1856, Mr. King was the chairman of the building commit- tee and its executive. Personally, Col. King was a man of commanding pres- ence, erect and dignified ; of positive convictions and fear- less in expression. His habits of industry were remarkable and were usually employed with good judgement, empha- sizing the maxim, "whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well", and whether in command of his regiment on the Par- is muster-field, or superintending his business at home, he always exhibited a large amount of physical and mental vi- tality. He died in Portland, May 6, 1864. His wife was Eliza, daughter of Gilbert and Silence (Cole) Shaw of Paris, a woman of strong character and affectionate disposition, a model wife and mother, having the love and regard of all who knew her. She died after years of suffering, borne with christian fortitude, June 22, 1875, and was buried by the side of her husband in Evergreen Cemetery. 114 Annals of Oxford. Maj. Winthrop Burnham Norton acquired his title by service in the militia, attaining the rank of Brigade Quarter Master in 1811. He acquired, by purchase, of the Craigie heirs and others, a valuable property in and about Craigies Mills and was reputed w^ealthy. He commenc- ed to buy real estate in Hebron in the summer of 1825, probably influenced by the expectation that his daughter Mary was soon to make it her home, but probably he did not actually change his residence until later. The Portland Directory, of 1826, locates Winthrop B. Norton & Son, (Nathaniel,) grocers, opposite the new market house; res- idence, west corner of Congress and Elm streets. This house had been occupied by Dr. Aaron Kinsman and was purchased of his executor, by Mr. Norton, in 1821, and sold by him to Capt. Asa Clapp in 1833. Maj. Norton was a trader in South Berwick before his settlement in Portland and he continued in the same line after coming to Craigies Mills, in a store erected under his supervision, adjoining his dwelling-house. His house, cor- ner of Main and Pleasant streets, was the best in town, at the time of his occupancy. It was designed for a hotel, af- ter plans furnished by Dr. Craigie and was considered a very attractive house. George Holbrook, Flavil Bartlett and Thomas Clark are mentioned as landlords and there were probably others ; Mr, Clark was chosen Register of Deeds and removed to Paris. The saw and grist mills were included in Mr. Nortons holdings, the latter he gave into the keeping of Edmund Rand, who was not onl}^ the miller, but "man of all work" in the Major's household. "Ned" was a jolly, fun loving fellow, who liked every body and every body liked him ; "he never striked his toll dish with the back of his hand up". Maj. Norton was a thorough business man , energetic and industrious himself, he was ready and willing to help those who tried to help them- selves, but he had no mercy for evil workers, idlers and loafers. He was orthodox in religious life, a strict Sabbata- rian, in his household all secular labor was suspended with the going down of the Saturday sun, and not resumed until the earth had completed one entire revolution. He was for some time afflicted with a slow paralysis which terminated fatally on the 21st day July, 1844, in his 77th 5'ear. No man ever lived in Oxford more deservedly respected. Annals of Oxford. 115 Rev. Dan Perry, son of Jasiel and Betsey (Hicks) Perry, was born in Rehoboth, Mass. August 5th , 1779. ^^ 1802 he joined the New England Conference and was as- signed to a circuit extending from the Penobscot River to the Green Mountains. In 1812, his health having become somewhat impaired, he settled upon one of the lots, in He- bron, bought by his father-in-law, John Caldwell, of Alex- ander Shepard in 1787. He supported himself and family by tillage until 1834, when he was readmited to the Con- ference and continued in the list of actives until 1848, when his name was entered upon the roll of superannuates. This relation he sustained until released by death, December 16, 1864. During his residence in Hebron he often preached and conducted devotional meetings, and officiated at nearly all of the weddings and funerals in the neighborhood. He took an active interest in politics, was the first to re- present the new town of Oxford in the Legislature and was again elected in 1833. He was the first town clerk, serving six years, a large portion of the time serving as treasurer also. His declining years were spent in Oxford village, re- sidence next to that of his son John. Hon. John Jasiel Perry, son of Rev. Dan, was born in Portsmouth, N. H., August 2d, 181 1. He obtained his education in the town schools and at the Kent's Hill Semin- ary, working five hours a day, on the seminary farm, for his board. After leaving school, he helped his father on the farm summers, taught school winters and, for a time, was engaged in mercantile prusuits. In 1844 he was admitted to the Bar at Paris, and immediately opened an office in Ox- ford, where for over thirty years he had a large clientage. He removed to Portland in 1875, where he continued in the practice of his profession until his death, May 2, 1897. Mr. Perry was much in public life, a very active Democrat until the formation of the Republican party, which he helped to organize, and afterwards gave his support. For twelve years he was the political editor of the Oxford Democrat ; he had an appointment on the Staff of Gov. Fairfield, was Captain of the Light Infantry, and for seven years Major- General in the Militia. He represented the town in the Leg- islature, for four terms, and the county in the Senate, two terms. He was Clerk of the House in 1854, ^ member of the Executive Council in 1866 and '67, a member of the 34th and 36th Congress, and a Trustee of the State Reform 116 Annals of Oxford. School from 1886. In early life he united with the Method- ist Church and for a half century was a teacher in the Sun- day School ; also contributing liberally to the support of the ministry, and serving in nearly all of the various offices in- cumbent upon laymen. Dea. Cyrus Shaw, son of Abner and Abigail (Eaton) Shaw, bought his homestead lot , (corner of Pleasant and Main streets,) in 1816; a previous purchase is however mentioned in Mr. Whitney's note book, of no acres on the easterly bank of "Craigies Mill Pond", between Stephen Perry's land and the Richardson lot, on the county road to Poland. Mr. Shaw was born March 25, 1790; his parents born in Middleborough, lived there and in Mansfield, and came to Paris in 1792, locating on the Hebron road, north slope of the Singe Pole. Abner Shaw, housewright, an el- der brother of Cyrus, came to Craigies Mills about 181 2 from Otisfield. He built a small store opposite the head of Pleasant street and engaged in trade, being the pioneer trad- er at the Mills. Cyrus bought him out, but he continued to reside in the village, working at his trade and in the saw- mill, until his death, October 16, 1858. Cyrus was also a housewright and built several buildings in this place ; he was small in stature, possessed of wonder- ful vitality, energy and perseverance ; "as a live go ahead business man he had few equals." He was a Justice of the Peace, Post Master, Deacon of the Baptist Church, on the inside of almost every venture started to promote the pros- perity of the village. His wife a woman of superior ability, like himself, a worker, their business prospered and their influence in the community was almost commanding. After building what is now known as the "Lake House", he open- ed it as a hotel, occupying the east corner for a store, into which he moved his goods from the little shop across the way, and thereafter conducted a large trade. It seems re- markable that there should have been a use for so many ho- tels in this little community, but at this time all transporta- tion was on the common roads and one of the great thor- oughfares to Portland, even from as far into the country as the Green Mountains, was through this town. In the winter especially there was frequently an almost continuous line of teams, transporting products of the farm to a market for ex- Annals of Oxford. 117 change in English and West India goods. The producers were generally their own carriers, and they were accustom- ed to take from their homes a sufficiency, for the journey , of food for themselves and provender for their horses, so that all that they usually paid the tavern keeper was for lodging, stabling and "grog", the last being frequently the largest item in the bill, and the one paying the most profit to the landlord. Dea. Shaw did not spare himself and is said to have died of overwork, January 12, 1833, leaving an estate valued at about forty thousand dollars. His life demonstrates the opportunities of a New England town to the industrious and frugal. Dr. Jacob Tewksbury was born in West Newbury, May 27, 1782, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Merrill) Tewksbury. He studied for his degree with Drs. Brickett and Chase of Newburyport, and in 1802 he was authorized to practice by the Massachusetts Medical Society. In re- sponse to an invitation from the inhabitants of Hebron, he commenced the practice of his profession here, locating in that part of the town (180) now East Oxford. He pursued his business under many difficulties, his patients were scat- tered and professionel visits required long journeys, on in- different roads, by night as well as by day. For fifteen years he traveled on horseback and then transferred his saddle-bags to a gig. In his da}^ the country doctor had to compound as well as prescribe remedies, and fresh in the memory of the writer are his periodic visits to his labora- tory, a den of horrors, for *'a ninepence worth of paregor- ic", that pristine panacea, and the good old doctor's always hearty greeting, "Well ! Lafayette how's all the folks." He is said to have suggested my name, but a doctor's advise must always be modified to satisfaction of friends of the pa- tient. He was one of the founders of the Maine Medical Society, educated many students for the profession, and was esteemed as a well read and very skillful practitioner in medicine and surgery. About 1834 ^^ '5 ^^ built a fine mansion at Craiges Mills (62), into which he removed at completion ; occupying for a short time the Durell house so as to be at hand to give his new house personal supervision during its construction. Calls for his service continually in- creased and he was able to respond until near the time of his death, which occurred February 27, 1848. 118 ' Annals of Oxford. His was a hearty, robust nature, interested in everything about him ; he was a generous contributor to all public im- provements, his name is among the foremost subscribers to the fund for building the meeting-houses at South Paris and at Oxford. He was Representative in the Legislature, one of the Trustees of Hebron Academy, Postmaster at E. Ox- ford , Master of Oxford Lodge of Freemasons, President of the first temperance society organized in town and by no means the least of his accomplishments was the melodious manipulation of his double bass viol in the village choir. His wife, with whom he was married November 25, 1809, was d women of rare intelligence and christian virtue. She was Charlotte, daughter of Nathan and Jerusha (Cbapin) Nelson of Paris, born June 7, 1791, died Mar. 29, 1869. Their children were : — — — George Franklin, b. Feb. 14, 181 1. Jacob Merrill, b. Feb. 7, 1814. Samuel Henry, b. Mar. 22, 1819. Rev. George F Tewksbury prepared for college at Hebron Academy, was graduated at Bowdoin in 1833, and after the prescribed course of study at the Theological Sem- inary at Andover, was graduated in 1837. tie was ordained Jan. 31, 1838 at Albany Me. where he had a successful pastorate for nearly fifteen years. He was acting pastor of the church in Oxford for five years and its steadfast friend during his life. He served the churches at Benton, Fairfield, West Minot, Mechanic Falls, Naples, Casco, North Bridgton, as a supply ; was six years pastor of the church in Gorham N. H. and eight years pas- tor of the church in Lyman. After a residence of two or three years in Cambridgeport Mass., he returned to Ox- ford in 1887, where he died of apoplexy, Jan. 28, 1890. He was an accomplished gentleman, a graceful speaker, and had the satisfaction of receiving many into the church by profession. He was united in marriage, Ma}^ 24, 1838, with Miss Sarah Ann Cutter of Yarmouth, an amiable and elegant lady who died on the 15th day of November, 1885. Five children were born to them ; a son. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, pastor of a church in Concord Mass., and four daughters, three of whom are now living. Mr. Tewksbury had for a second wife, Mrs. Sarah Lit- tlefield of Lyman, with whom he was united in marriage April 21, 1877. Annals of Oxford. 119 Dr. Jacob M. Tewksbury studied medicine with his father and attended a regular course of lectures in the med- ical department of Bowdoin College where he was graduat- ed in 1836. He practiced for a few years in both Oxford and Wiscasset, and then removed to Buenos Ayres, S. A., where he was in practice until the "California Fever" induced an- other change of residence. On the 27th day of September, 1849, ^^ arrived in San Francisco, then a hamlet consisting of a dozen buildings, bnilt of adobe and wood, and possibly a hundred tents. Here he lived to witness the growth of a great city, and to acquire wealth and fame. He married in Buenos Ayres, August 31, 1848 , Emilia, dau. of Richard Sutton, a former resident of Portland Me. and grandaughter of Gen. Sucio Mancilla, a man of promi- nence in that country. Two children were born to them ; a son Sucio Maimatus, born at sea, June 14, 1849, ^^^^ Oct. 26, 1885, and a daughter, Eneima Emilia. Dr. J. M. died Feb. 4, 1877 ; his widow, daughter and four grand- children were living in 1899. Dr. Samuel H. Tewksbury, followed the example of his brother J. M. and was graduated at Brunswick in 1841. He attended a course of lectures at Harvard College the following winter and subsequently prosecuted his stud- ies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He commenced practice at Frankfort Me. but was soon after married and returned to Oxford to be coadjutor with his father. Two 3^ears after the death of his father he removed to Portland, where he very soon acquired a prom- inent place in the profession, especially in surgery by the successful performance of several operations never before attempted. In 1866 he was elected President of the Maine Medical Society and in his address called special attention to the need of better accommodations for the care of those afflicted with disease, and largely through his influence was established that noblest of state charities. The Maine Gen- eral Hospital ; he was the first surgeon appointed for duty after it was opened. He had a noble presence, manly and outspoken; he had many friends and numerous are the stories of his generous deeds. His wife was Diana Eaton, dau. of Cyrus Shaw, married June 8, 1844; ^^^Y child Jacob d. Feb. i, 1850, yE nearl}'- 18 mo. He d. July 27, 1880; wife d. Sept. 21, 1899. 120 Annals of Oxford. John Welch was born in Boston, son of William and grandson of Capt. John , whilom, commander of the An- cient-and Honorable Artillery Company. He had been in the West India trade in Boston and was reputed wealthy. In 1836 he commenced buying land in Oxford and during the succeeding ten years, twenty-six titles were recorded in the Oxford Registry, showing him to have been the largest holder of real estate in town. One title mentions six thousand acres of the Craigie lands, and another, the water privilege on the Little Androscoggin river. He did not abandon his city residence, although he built a very commodious house, on the bank of the river, near his saw-mill, where he spent considerable of his own time and some members of his fam- ily were there about all the time ; his elder sons exercised voters rights and held town offices. He gave employment to quite a number of men which materially increased the population of the town. A village grew up that continues to honor his memory in its name "Welchville". Mr. Welch was a generous contributor to the religious and other town interests, and hospitality with good cheer welcomed visitors to his country seat. It is not understood that he derived very much profit or pleasure from his land speculations, for the courts were continually occupied with his contentions until death brought quiescence. His wife was Elizabeth Hunt, and six children are nam- ed in his will, some of them were born in New Jersey. Her will was probated Aug. 23, 1852. He died of congestion of the lungs, in his 66th year, at his residince, 737 Washing- ton street, Boston, Dec. 22, 1850. Children, named in his will, were: — -— William F. ^Capt.) m. July 4, 1841, Abigail, dau. of John Cousins of Poland. He died in Boston Nov. 29, 1852, je 39 y. 9 m., leaving two daus., Eliza Hunt, m. Dr Geo. L. Kilgore of Windham, and Sarah Cousins, m. Admi T. Dennison of Mechanic Falls. John Hunt, m. in Boston June 15, 1837, EHzabeth Trull. He died Oct. 11, 1852 ; his widow m. Eldridge. Wilson Jarvis, lawyer in Boston, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Thatcher; had several children. Thomas Jefferson, m. June 25, 1853, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Almond Ainsworth of Boston ; he died at Somer- ville Mass. Dec. 28, 1872. George Washington, (Capt,) died unmarried at the Sailors Annals of Oxford. 121 Snug Harbor, New York, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Harrison Shattuck, b. 1830, changed his christen names to Harrison Gray Otis, m. in Boston Nov. 9, 1856, Eliza- beth J. , dau. of John H. Foster Jr. ; had children. Hon. William Clark Whitney, whose name ap- pears so frequently in the preceding pages, was a son of Joshua Whitney of Worcester, one of the proprietors of No. 4, now Paris, and was himself the owner of the westerly half of lots 21-22 in the 5th range, which were conveyed to him by his father April 21, 1788 ; about this time his name was added to a committee to build a bridge at Bisco's Falls. As this was prior to his marriage, he may not have occu- pied these lots, but he is said to have lived in Paris, also in Topsham. Induced by Dr. Craigie, he came to Hebron and April 26, 1798, was given power of attorney to care for all his interests in this town ; a like commission was given him by Bossenger Foster, Aug. 25, 1800, a brother-in-law of Craigie, the title of the Craigie lands being, at the time, in Foster's name. Mr. Whitney m. March 3, 1799 Sophia, dau. of Nathaniel Fuller of Hebron and settled upon the large farm, (165) now occupied by his son George P. ; he continued to act as agent for Craigie and his heirs until their estate was closed out. In 1832 he removed to Norway where he died Oct. 6, 1859, ^^ ^^^ advanced age of 94 years. Mr. Whitney was Adjt. of Col. Hubbard's Reg. in 1802, and probably held other rank in the militia, although he was usually called "Squire", as he was a Justice and had been Rep. in G. C. He was a member of Gov. King's Ex. Council, and subsequently Sheriff of Oxford County. In service longer than any Trustee, he was a steadfast friend of Hebron Academy. His capacity for business was remark- able ; he amassed the largest personal estate in the county. His son George P. succeeded him in the Board of Trust- ees of the Academy, has represented the town in the Leg- islature and filled numerous positions of trust and honor to the entire satisfaction of his townsmen. 122 Annals of Oxford. Out of the Shepard grant about fourteen thousand acres of land came into the possession of Dr. Craigie in 1794, and in November 1832 his heirs sold to Jacob D. Brown of Ox- ford the lots remaining unsold, being about six thousand acres, including the Craigie farm, so called, the considera- tion being about $20,000, Mr. Brown deposed that Col. Samuel H. King was a co- partner with him in the Craigie lands and in lumbering for about two years, commencing in 1832, and that he made a conveyance to the said King of some portion of the Craigie property. He further deposed that he was a copartner with William B. Abbott, who came to Oxford in January 1835, to engage in the dry goods and grocery business, lumbering and farming. The said Abbott was to attend to the store and he to the out of door business, and each to have one half of the profits. At this time he conveyed to the said Abbott one undivided half of the Craigie lands, excepting certain lots which had been sold by himself and the said King, and cer- tain other lots, reserved and marked on plan projected by David Noyes and Alexander Greenwood. With his consent Mr. Abbott went to Boston for the pur- pose of securing a loan on the Oxford estate. In December John Welch and John Mclntire came here for the purpose of examining the property and in July 1836, Mr. Welch consummated his first purchase of land in this town. Mr. Brown further deposed that in Jan. 1836 he made a deed of the other moity, with the same exceptions as before, and delivered the same to the said Abbott, for the purpose of conve3ang the whole property to Mr. Welch on his com- plying with the conditions set forth ; notwithstanding the agreememt, the 2d deed was recorded without his knowl- edge or consent, and he never received any compensation whatsover. Mr. Abbott gave a mortgage to Col. King of all the lands conveyed to him in both deeds, in considera- tion of the said King discharging a mortgage he had previ- ously received of the deponent on an undivided half of the property. "With regard to the understanding and agree- ment concerning the recording of the deed of mortgage from W, B. Abbott to said Sam'l. II. King, deponent says John Welch told him subsequent to the date of said mort- gage, he had fooled said King, by persuading him to hold \ Annals of Oxford. 123 on to his mortgage and not record it, on a promise to pay- all the debts this deponent owed him , and put his own deeds or papers, subsequently made, on record before him, and then said ; *'Let him help himself if he can. Out of these transactions sprang the most protracted and bitter litigation ever known in the courts in this State. Brown commenced an action against Welch in the Su- preme Court in Oxford County June 30, 1838 to recover $80,000. This action Welch removed to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Maine District where it was pending, apparently without trial until 185 1, nearly thirteen years after. At the April Term, 185 1, there were pending in the U. S. Court at least six cases between Brown and Welch, a part of which Welch was the Plaintiff. They had been there so long that the first case was the first on the docket and the others in close proximity. At the April Term 185 1, the entry was made under the first case "Both parties dead ; case dismissed." In the sec- ond case, however, judgment was rendered, as of the Sept. Term 1850, in favor of Welch who was defendant against Brown , for Costs taxed at $375 -oo, and the judgment was acknowledged satisfied by E. Fox, Att'y. The other cases were dismissed. The judgment in the second case indicates that both parties had died between the Sept. T. 1850, and the Apr. T. 1851, and the town talk was that the heirs of John Welch paid the widow Brown $1000. to relinquish her right of dower ; a godsend to her, for she was left nearly destitute. ^ In the meantime Mr. Welch made some kind of an ar- ranoement with one Paul Adams of Boston, and Adams gave an agreement to Solomon B. Morse Jr. of Westboro' Mass. to convey to him the Craigie (sometimes called Fair- mount) farm, including as Morse claimed 660 acres. In va- rious ways numerous other persons became involved in the matter. Morse took possession of the farm in the spring of 1841 and was expelled therefrom, by proceedings before a magistrate, in the fall of 1844. There was an attsmpt to dis- posess Morse, in July, by frightening him off. It appears that two of Mr. Welch's sons went there, accompanied by An- drew Peterson, Ephraim Stedman, George Farris, Robert Hilborn, Andrew Pratt, Nathan, John and Ezra Wrtght and others to the number of fifteen or twenty, drove oft Morse's men, stampeded his cattle, took the hay from his 124 Annals of Oxford. fields, creating considerable disturbance, and both parties, it was claimed at the hearings before the Trial Justice, threat- ened to take life. The feelings of the Welches were so bit- ter that they insisted that the Sheriff, when he serv^ed the writ of ejectment, should precipitately oust the Morse family, notwithstanding the illness of Mrs, Morse and his absence from town. But this the officer declined to do ; he put a keeper in one room and gave the family a week to get out. When the Sheriff returned to fully exe- cute his precept, Mrs. Morse was still there and refused to leave unless she was removed by force, but after some talk, she took her children and went to a friendly neighbor's house, while the Sheriff removed the furniture, storing part ot it in an outbuilding and leaving the rest of it in the yard. A house was soon after secured at Craigies Mills, where they spent the winter and the next year he removed to Port- land. Sept. 14, 1844, Morse brought a bill in equity in the U. S. Circuit Court for Massachusetts District, against Paul Adams and John Welch. In this case the testi- mony was taken and the case printed, making a book of about 550 pages. Thirty-two depositions were taken and others were to have been questioned who did not testify. The testimony covers the Brown and Welch controversy, of which this and several other lawsuits were incidents. Some of the deponants gave their opinion of the character and rep- utation of their neighbors, and it was shown that the justice who issued the precept to so summarily eject Morse from his house, did refuse to recognize E. R. Holmes, S. H. King and Charles Durell as sufficient surities on Morse's bond for $600.00. A good many of the Portland lawyers were engaged in the litigation, but in this case Henry M. Fuller of Boston was counsel for Morse and Benjamim R. Curtis, afterwards Judge , was counsel for the others. Judge Woodbur}-- delivered an opinion dismissing the bill, but the grounds for the decision are unknown to the writer. (•) SCHOOUHOUSE. (IJ MEETINO-HOUSE. [tj BURIAUPLACE. "tiuUaJ of tbyfatbtrt ihall bt tbf cbildrem. Whom tbou tbtUt rmiks prinett in M tbt tartb," CHAPTER V. GENEALOGICAL. "^oved by an earnest desire to perpetuate the names of 'the ancient friends and neighbors of his parents, in 'the home of their first choice, names once familliar as household words to the writer, a consciousness of which yet remains in the misty clouds of memory, the com- piler essays this publication , with an apology for attempt- ing to perform in a short time, that to which should have been given years of patient labor. Our experience in collecting material for this book has been substantially the same as reported by writers of town histories generally ; to my appeals for information a few have responded generously, some partially and many not at all ; of tho last we make no complaint, nor must they. No town history can be written free from the errors of omis- sion and commission and if those in this little book, shall incite the publication of a better history of Oxford, the com- piler will be abundantl}'- rewarded. To save space, the abreviations now so common in gen- ealogical work are frequently used and the figures enclosed in ( ) refer to map of roads on preceeding page and locates place of residence. -. . Thomas Abbott, son of Enos of Andover, Me., b. May 9, 1800, m. Nov. 30, 1820, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Abigail Sampson of Rumfo.d, she b. April 23, 1801, died Feb. 3, 1889. He was a blacksmith, lived at Andover and Norway before coming to Oxford (134). He d. March 26, 1877. Children: Annals of Oxford. 127 James Munroe, b. Jan. 13, 1823. Levi Bartlett, b. Sept. 23, 1824; m. Sarah P. D. Pratt. John Gilman, b. Feb. 11, 1826; m. Elwine Murry. Hiram Emery, b. Jan. 21, 1828; m. Hattie N. Johnson and Esther Johnson. James Monroe Abbott, son of Thomas, was born in Andover, m. Jan. 7, 1849, Sarah Jane, dau. of William W. and Sally (Lovejoy) Berry of Norway. She d. April 10, 1885. Children b. at Oxford : Sarah Elizabeth, b, Dec. 19, 1849 ' ^- J^'^* 4' ^^5<^' Laura Ella, b. Sept. 21, 1852; m. Rufus S. Penley. Charles Otis, b. Nov. 18, 1853 ; m. Mary Ellen Chaplin. Harriet N., b. July 16, 1855 ; m. William P. Lombard. Maria Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1858 ; m. Alfred Rock. Levi Edgar, b. Oct. 29, i860. Ambrose Allen, son of Ezra and Phebe (Gary) Allen of Bridgewater Mass., b. 1784. He had settlement, after his marriage, in South Berwick, removing from there to Boston to engage in trade ; this venture, however, did not prove successful and he returned to Maine. Some bus- iness conected with his father-in-law's investments brought him to Craigies Mills in 1825, where he died very sud- denly, soon after his coming. After his death, his wife, Sarah Adams, eldest dau. of Maj. Winthrop B, Norton, and her children, were for a time members of her fathers household and later occupied one of his farms (57). Mrs. Allen m. 2d, July 5, 1838, William Warren of Wa- terford and died at Lewiston Jan. 16, 1873 Children : Ethan, b. South Berwick, June 13, 1813 ; m. Lydia J. Chaplin. Sarah Adams, b. South Berwick, May 15, 1815 ; m. May 24, 1844, John J. Perry of Oxford. Ellen Elizabeth, b. Portland, Aug. 21, 1825; m. June 2, 1849, Abiel M. Jones of Oxford. Christopher and Samuel Allen, sons of William and Mary Allen of New Gloucester, bought of Mr. Whit" 128 Annals of Oxford. ney, wild land in Hebron, (50-55) adjoining the Craigie farm, on what is sometimes called Allen's Hill. They were industrious men and cleared for themselves excellant farms. Christopher was b. April 16, 1865 ; m, Dolly Poor of An- dover, pub. June 25, 1808, she was b. Oct. 12, 1772 and d. Sept. 9, 1826. He d. July 26, 1819 and Samuel, who did not marry, lived to see his brothers children grow to man and womanhood under his paternal care. Children : William Stevens, b. Aug. 24, 1809; d. Jan, 5, 1882, Susan Varnham, b. Oct. i, 1811 ; m. March 24, 1853, Samuel Chambers of Otisfield. Mary Osgood, b. Aug. 10, 1814 ; m. Charles L. Oliver. Martha Bridge, b. Oct. 18, 1816; m. Jan. 16, 1844, Aaron S. Hill of Exeter. William S. Allen, (50) son of above, m. Feb. 3, 1842, Elvira, dau. of Robert Pike of Oxford. Children, born in Oxford : Mary Elizabeth Osgood, b. July 10, 1843. Christopher Stevens, b. Feb. i, 1845 ; d. Jan. 3, 1858. Harriet Andrews, b. Sept. 20, 1847 1 m. Samuel W. In- galls of Auburn Me. Francis Imogine, b. May 24, 1849 ; d. unmarried, 1884. Maria Susanna, b. May 16, 1851 ; d. Jan. 16, 1858. Sarah Ella, b. July 19, 1853 ; m. William H. Martin. William Henry Clay, b. Nov. 28, 1855 ; m. Nellie F. Martin. Walter Stevens, b. Oct. 17, 1861 ; m. Rose Reardon. Alpheus and Hannah Allen had, born in Hebron : Emily H., Dec. 25, 1818. Maria B., Dec. 5, 1820. Hamden A., April 16, 1823. Sidney, July 2, 1826. Libbeus W., Aug. 31, 1830; d. March i, 1849. Melissa Jane, Dec. 14, 1833. Oscar D., Feb 25, 1836. Lois A., Feb. 24, 1840. Father died Sept. 27, 1872; mother died April 30, 1872. Libbeus and Joanna Allen had, born in Hebron. Emory H., May 16, 1816. Mary D. April 11, 1818. Libbeus, April 26, 1820. William N., Oct. i, 1822. John H., April 26, 1826. Hannah, Sept. 13, 1828. Annals of Oxford. 129 Charles, twin with Hannah. Barnard B., Mar. 26, 183 1. Melvin A. April 26, 1835. Father died Sept. 9, 1872 ; mother died Nov. 2, 1843. Moses Allen, b. in Minot Aug. 29, 1789; m. Nov. 3, 1814, Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Whitte- more of Hebron: she born November 23, 1787. Children : Samuel Whittemore, b. Paris, Oct. 15, 1815, medical prac- titioner in Missouri. John W., b. Harrison, Dec. 28, 1822 ; m. Sept. 13, 1855 Hannah E., dau. of Silas Maxim of Paris, s. Nebraska. Elizabeth, b. Hebron, Nov. 15, 1825. Amanda Justina, b. Hebron, Dec. 11, 1828; m. Peter Nut- ting, s. New Hampshire. Jacob Allen of Pownal and Sally Randall of Hebron, pub. March 31, 1821, had b. in Hebron: Mary, Dec. 25, 1823. Isaac, Dec. 16, 1825. John Andrews of Raynham, Mass. and Betsey Dean of Taunton were m. June, 1781. Dec. 1812, Dean, their son, bought lot No. 3 in the 6th range, 3d div. and proba- bly the family came to Hebron soon after. Mr. Andrews was a soldier in the Revolution, described as Corporal in Capt. John Callender's Co. Mass. line, fair complexion, 5 ft. 8 in. in hight, enlisted in Raynham April 9, 1777 for 3 3'ears ; had previous service. In 1819 his name was placed on the pension roll, $96. annual allowance. He died Feb. 7, 1828, his wife survived several years : both are reported buried at Mechanic Falls, graves unmarked. Children : John, b. Oct. 7, 1784 , s. Taunton. Henry, b. April 11, 1788. Dean, b. May 21, 1790. Loved, b. Oct. 19, 1791. Lloyd, b. Dec. 22, 1793. Betsey, b. Sept. 3, 1795. Polly, b. July 14, 1797 ; m. Amos Clifford of Oxford. Mahala, b. July 26, 1802 ; m. John H. Dean of Ox- ford. 130 Annals of Oxford. Dean Andrews, son of John, m. Sept. 8, 1814, Maria, b. Dec. 3, 1793, dau. of Joseph and Susanna (Cushman) Perkins. They had ten children, five in Hebron, the others after removal to Minot. Children : Levi Cushman, m. Sarah Bailey and 2d, wid. Frances (Bai- ley) Owen; s. Brunswick. Maria Jane, b. June, 1818 ; m. Simon Thayer. Stephen Blake, b. Nov. 19, 1819 , m. 1854, Jemima God- free, dau. of George and Polly (Barrows) Hathaway, s. Westbrook. George Dean, b. May 20, 1822 ; s. California. Sarah Cushman, m. Augustus Golderman of Mc. Falls. Isaiah Perkins, s. California. Caroline. Dennis Haskell, lived in Nebraska, d. Mechanic Falls. Catherine Amanda, m. Mr. Vance of Lynn. Charles, unmarried, killed at Gettysburg. Loved Andrews, son of John, m. Dec. 24, 1818, Huldah Marston of Hebron ; he was a stone-cutter, lived (181), later in Poland where he died, very aged. Children ; said to have been others, fourteen in all. Elbridge, b. Feb. 23, 1820; drowned off Portland. Mary, b. Aug. i, 1822. Lloyd, b. Jan. 23, 1824. Eliza Esther, twin with Frances Augusta, b. Aug. 23, 1827. Freeman. Anbrew Jackson. Diana b. 1837. Elvira, b. 1842. Lloyd Andrews, son of John, m. Feb. 28, 1822, Lavina , dau. of William Steadman of Hebron ; s. first in Foxcroft and later in Minot. Children : Seth Dean, b. Nov. 12, 1822; lives in Turner, for the past twenty-five years correspondent of the Lewiston Journal and Sec'y of Nezinscot Lodge, F. A. M., since 1868. Angeline, b. Aug. 21, 1824. John Lloyd, b. Ma}-- 21, 1827. Flora, b. Mar. 11, 1829. Russell Bucknam, b. July 5, 1831. Susan Maria, b, July 15, 1833. Metcalf Streeter, b. Dec. 15, 1834. Sabinas Walter, b. Aug. 28, 1837. Silas Stetson, b. Aug. 22, 1843 ; lives in Westbrook. Ellis Andrews, son of Mark, a soldier of the Rev- lution, m. Jan. 8, 1832, Fanny, dau. of Edward Hawkes of Minot. He was b. in Hartford, Me. April 28 , 1802, had Annals of Oxford. 131 settlement in that town, and later in Oxford (i8) where he died, Oct. 6, 1861. Wife, b. Jan. 28, 1800, d. Feb. 21, 1890. Children : George Ellis, b. Oct. 6, 1832 ; m. Jan. 2, 1869, Frances, dau. of Joseph Robinson. Their children are, Frances Josephine, b. May 9, 1871. Walter Henry, d. in infan- cy. Isabell May, b. Feb. 25, 1880; d. 1888. He is a housewright, lives in Portland. Freeman Bradford, b. Mar. 18, 1834; ^' Nov. i, 1868, Sibie Stockbridge, dau. of Isaac B. Carman. They had Charles Morris, b. Oct. 11, 187 1 ; m. Annie E. Perkins. He is a lawyer and civil engineer, lives in Oxford (80). Sarah F., b. Jan. 22, 1836; d. July 19, 1855. Mary E. , b. May 29, 1838. Harriet A., b. Feb. 14, 1840. Orrington G., b. Feb. 14, 1840; m. April, 1866, Phebe C. Whitney. They have two children, Harriet Gould and Enola Annis. Martha Lucella, b. June 12 , 1842 ; m. Anson J. Holden of Oxford, b. Dec. 18, 1843. Alfred Andrews and Serene or Irene had child- ren recorded in Hebron : Leonard Carter, b. Nov. 25, 1806; d. Sept. 8, 1825. Willard Kingsbury, b. Jan. 15, 1809. Philo Parmenio, b. Mar. 11, 1810. Bethiah Leonard, b. May 28, 181 2. Menzies C. b. Dec. 17, 1815. John Archibald, and Rosetta had children record- ed in Oxford : Mira, b. Nov. 7, 1846. Mary F. b. Oct. 28, 1847. Thomas Austin m. July, 183 1, Adeline Stanley of Norway ; had children recorded in Oxford ; Francis Henry, b. April 26, 1832. George E., b. May 18, 1835. Mary, b. 1840. Sewall, b. 1842. Abba L., b. Nov. 10, 1845. Sarah Ann, b. 1849. 132 Annals of Oxford. Horace Baker, son of Thomas, was born in Lyme, N. H., March 3, 1805. In 1834 he engaged in trade in Chi- na Me., removing from there, two years later, to Troy, and hoping for an increase of business, he came to Oxford Mar. 8, 1842, (see sketch page 106). He m. August 10, 1834, Sally, b. May 3, 1808, dau. of John and Hannah (Smith) Blake of Lisbon, Me. She d. Dec. 30, 1881 ; he d. Oct. 15, 1870. Children : Thomas, b. China, Me., Sept. 28, 1835 ; m. June 16, 1870, Annie M. Cousens of Poland. He succeeded his father in the store, and for twenty-seven years was Town Clerk. He removed to Portland in 1885. Rebecca, b. Troy, Me., May 21, 1837 ; lives with Thomas. William Barrows, son of Joseph of Plympton, was soldier in Capt. John Bridgham's co., marched on the Lex- ington Alarm, served at the siege of Boston and later enlist- ed in the Mass. Cont'ls, for this service his name was plac- ed upon the roll of revolutionary pensioners. He was among the first settlers in Shepardsfield and continued, during his life, one of its most useful townsmen ; he was deacon in the church, and he was the most active of the founders of the Academy. His mother was Sarah , dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail Atwood of Pl^^mpton ; she was the mother of 12 children, 70 grandchildren and 136 great grandchildren. She d. in Hebron, Oct. 27, 1826; ^. 93y, 5m, pd. Dea. Barrows m. ist., June 8, 1780, Sarah Dunham of Plympton, who died Nov. 7, 1795, and 2d., Mrs. Katherine (Pratt), wid. ot Job Macomber of Paris. He d. Nov. 22, 1837, M 81 ; wid. removed to Monson to live with her dau. Children ; Zilpah, b. July 11, 1781 ; m. Oct. 1802, Calvin Bucknam. George, b. Mar. 21, 1783. William, b. Oct. 19, 1784. Patience, b. Jan. 29, 1787 ; m. Sept. 1S06, Elias Tubbs. Joseph, b. Jan. 29, 1790. Jesse, b. March 29, 1791. Cornelius, b. Mar. 10, 1793. Isaac, died Oct. 28, 1800. By second wife : Orren, b. April 20, 1799; died Oct. 28, 1800. Caleb Strong, b. Dec. 22, 1800. Sarah, b. June 17, 1803; m. Jan. 6, 1825, Cyrus Packard; s. Monson, Me. Annals of Oxford. 133 George Barrows, son of Dea. William, m. Jan. 17, 1805, Eleanor, dau. of Edward and Ruth (Bucknam) Hawks of Minot. He d. 1819, in Hebron; she m. 2d. June 17, 182 1, Abijah Hall of Paris and d. his wid. at the res- idence of her son G. W., in Otisfield, 1841. Children : George Whitefield, b. Oct. 15, 1805 ; m. Dolly Ann Wight of Otisfield, s. in her town. He d. Mar. 21, 1886. Horace Aurelius, [Dr. J b. Aug. 8, 1809; m. Mar. 1832, Irene Bearce. He d. at Harrison, June 7, 1852. Worthy Columbus, b. Dec. 7, 181 1 ; in trade in Portland, City Marshall in 1855. He m. ist. Emily Fernald of Otis- field, 2d. Sarah C. Lane. He d. May, 1886. Mary Ealeanor, b. July 20, 1819; m. Jotham S. Smith. William Barrows, son of Dea. William, was a law- yer, s. North Yarmouth. He m. Oct. 18, 1812, Mary Pal- mer, dau. of Rev. William Fessenden of Fryeburg. She^ d. Mar. 31, 1823; he d. Nov. 18, 1821. Children : Mary Osgood, b. Aug. 30, 1813 ; m. Alex. R. Bradley. Sarah Fessenden, b. 1815 ; m. Dr. Thomas F. Perley. Nancy Perley, b. 181 7 ; m. Rev. Franklin Yeaton. William Groswold, [Judge] b. Jan. 12, 1821 ; lived in Brunswick; m. ist. 1854, Huldah Whitmore, 2d. 1872, Mary R. Fessenden of Fryeburg : he d. April 6, 1886. Cornelius Barrows, son of Dea. William, m. Mar. 10, 1821, Anna, dau. of Ichabod and Rachael (Cole) Pack- ard. She d. in Paris, June 15, 1852 : he d. Hebron, 1869. Children : William Lewis, b. April 8, 1822 ; d. in Kansas, 1859. Ann Olive, b. Aug. 25, '23 ; m. Sylvanus Bearce. John Stuart, TDr.] b, Dec. 20, '24; m. May 31, *52 Lucy Ann Hall, both then of Paris. Albert Cornelius, b. Aug. 23, '26, m. wid. Elvira Latham, b. May 8, *i8, dau. of David Morse of Norway. Elizabeth Maria, b. Nov. 6 , '29 ; m. Cyprian Hall of Paris. Silas Packard, b. Mar. 15, '33; m. Lydia, dau. of Eph- raim Packhard of Blanchard. He was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg. Caleb Strong Barrows, son of Dea. William, m. Jan. 17, 1822, Rebecca, dau. of Bearce of Hebron. Children : 134 Annals of Oxford. Orren Ripley, b. May i6, 1823. Elvira B., b. Mar. 4, «26. Mary D., — . Ann H. B., b. Aug. 10, 1828 ; m. Nov. '55, William G. Jordan. Caleb, b. May 10, 1830. Robert Carr, b. June 13, *32. Joseph Barrows, brother of Dea. William, is credit- ed with service in Mass. militia in the Revolution, and was among the first settlers. His wife was Hannah, dau. of Jo- seph and Ruth (Sampson) Cole of Plympton. She d. Dec 22 , 1843 ; he d. Nov. 12, 1827, je 65. Children : Phebe, b. May 27, 1790; m. Gideon Cushman Jr. Reuel, fDr.l b. July 6, 1791 ; d. in Fryeburg, July, 1857. Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1792; m. May 16, 1816, Ephraim Pack- ard of Jefferson. Job Cole, b. Sept. 13, 1794; d. Nov. 18, 1819. Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1796; m. Aug. 1815, Barnabas Pratt. Atwood, b. July 17, 1798. Ruth, b. July 8, 1800; m. Aug. 12, 1821, Thomas Davee. Isaac, b. Aug. 6, 1802; d. Dec. 15, 1819. Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1805. Harrison Gray Otis, b. March 30, 1807. John Eveleth, b. March 21, 181 1. Atwood Barrows, son of Joseph, m. Jan. 22, 1822, Mary C. Webster. Children : William Webster, b. Nov. 14, 1822. Nancy Myrick, born June 5, 1824. John Atwood, b. July 11, 1827. Reuel, b. July 27, 1832. Sylvester D.. Joseph Henry. Joseph Barrows, son of Joseph, m. April 22, 1827, Sarah, dau. of Calvin Bucknam of Hebron, who d. Jan. 29, 1839; ^^ ^' 2d. Sept. 13, 1840, Miss Susan Buck. He was public spirited, serving in town offices, also in the several offices of Major, Justice of the Peace and Deacon in the Church. He died June 19, 1868. Children : Mary Davee, b. Dec. 24, 1827; d. April 15, 1832. Joseph Henry, TDr.] b. April 6, 1829; m. Miss- Rob- erts, settled in Vassalborough. Sarah Katherine, b. June 12, 1834; ^' Clinton Howe of Paris. Emily, b. March 21, 1835; d. August 20, 1856. Annals of Oxford. 135 John Eveleth Barrows, son of Joseph, m. Jan. 27, 1836, Harriet Glover, dau. of Stephen Myrick of Hebron. He d. August 14, 1850; she d. February 19, 1863. Children : Anne Dana, b. Jan. 4, 1837 > ^' Rev. Judson W. Shaw of Paris. She d. Falmouth, Me. , May 28, 1898. Stephen Myrick, b. Dec. i, 1838; d. Washington, D. C. April 24, 1899. Served in 5th, Maine Regiment. Hannah Frances, b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. Brockton, Jan. 1892. Reuel, b. Feb. 24, 1843, John Harrison, b. Feb. 24, 1846; d. March, 1867. Hattie Zilla, b. July 19, 1849; "^' Fred W. Jordan, of Brockton Mass. Barnabas Barrows is credited on Hebron records with children, as follows : Hannah, b. May 11, 1794. Louis, b. Nov. 15, 1795. Sophia, b. Dec. 16, 1799. Martha, b. March 18,1802. Tilson, b. July 4, 1804. Allen, [Rev.] b. July 7, 1807 ; m. Oct. 23, *34, Sarah C. Faunce of Buckfield, s. Hallowell, Benjamin Barrows Jr. and Mary, his wife, are cred- ited on Hebron records, with children, as follows : Lydia, b. Sept. 22, 1785 ; m. Nov. 1801, Hosea Cushman. Lucinda, b. Sept. 24, 1787 ; m. Jan. 27, 1825, Richard W. Houghton. Benjamin, b. Mar. 11, 1796, d. Aug, 14, 1797. Polly, b. Dec. 4, 1804, m. Jan. 1824, George Hathaway. Benjamin Barrows, per. senior, d. Hebron, Nov. 29, 1800. Ephraim Barrows of Plympton, a soldier in the Rev- olution was a pensioner after 1820. He was a son of Ben- jamin b. Aug. 14, 1762, and d. at Norway, May 2, 1838. His wife, b. Nov. i, 1767, was Charlotte Churchill: they had settlement in Hebron, removed to Norway in 1834. Children : Jabez, b. Jan. 16, 17S6. Abigail, b. July 15, 1787 ; m. Sept. 19, 181 3, Reuben Chandler. Ephraim, b. Nov. 9, 1789. Benjamin, b. Sept. 2, 1792. Mary, b. June 20, 1794; m. Feb. 9, 1817, Nathan Beals. Joel, b. May 27, 1796. Charlotte, b. Oct. 2, 1798. Keziah, b. April 27, 1801. Jabez Barrows, son of Ephraim, m. Feb. 22, 181 1, Sarah, dau. of Simeon Davee of Hebron. 136 Annals of Oxford. Children : Betsey D., b. Dec. i6, 1811. Eurydine G., b. June 27, *i^. Harriet A., b. May 4, 1816. Sarah J., b. Aug. 4, 1818; died July 21, 1822. Ephraim Barrows , son of Ephraim, m. June 4, 18 18, Sarah, b. Sep. 26, 1797, dau. of Bradbury and Mercy True of North Yarmouth ; where he had a settlement and was employed as a tailor. He d. Jan. 18, 1870; she d. Feb. 22, 1859. Children : Albion Paris, b. Mar. 14, 1819, m. Dec. 7, 1842, Parmelia W. Morrill, and d. Sept. 25, 1850. William Fessenden, b. April 28, 1820, m. July 20, 1844, Lavinia P. Hunting, and d. April 22, 1867. Jacob True, b. July 7, 1822, m. May 12, 1849, Elizabeth Worthly, and d. June 2, 1861. Sarah Jannet, b. Oct. 29, 1825, m. Sept. 15, 1842, E. Hen- ry Hunting. David Trull, b. April 12, 1828; m. Mary Morrill. Fred Ephraim, b. Feb. 17, 1830, m. Sarah Bartlett and d. June 26, 1866. George Dana, b. July 26, 1832. Martha Ann Rideout, b. Feb. 12, 1835; m. Charles. B. Kimball. Margianna Lavinia, b. Nov. 13, 1839, ^' Sept. 13, i860, Jefferson B. Meservey, and died Sept. 11, 1869. Benjamin Barrows, son of Ephraim, m. Eliza Frank, born in Gorham, March 15, 1798. Children : Benjamin Grosvener, b. Sept. 7, 1818, m. June 30, 1851, Dorcas Chamberlain, of Auburn ; s. Norway. Nancy J. b. Oct. 31, 1820. Joel Barrows, son of Ephraim, and Damaris Tubbs of Dresden, published their intention of m. Nov. 2, 1822. Children : Joel Estes, b. — 15, 1823. William Albert, b. Jan. 21, '25. Joanna Ellen, b. Sept. 2, '26. Thos. Hiram, b. Jan. 22, *28. Daniel Bartlett had lot eleven, in second range, as appears on the map of Shepardsfield. One A. Bartlett Annals of Oxford. 137 had adjoining lot in the third range, but no mention has been found of his family. Children of Daniel : Charlotte, b. Jan. 3, 1788; m. Nov. 27, 1803, Asa Ricker. Amos, b. Mar. 7, 1789; m. June 14, 1812, Olive, dau. of Caleb Cushman. Judith, b. Jan. 30, 1792; m. Jan. 27, 1811, Sam'l. Benson. Polly, b. Feb. 26, 1798; m. Nov. 30, 1821, Ezra Tubbs of North Yarmouth. Ezra, b. 1800. Mahala, m. May 9, 183 1, Thomas Stevens Jr. of Paris. Daniel Bartlett, d. Dec. 8, 1842. Dea. Ezra Bartlett, son of above, (195), m. Nov. 27, 1830, Phebe R. Pottle, b. Minot, 1808. Children, born in Oxford : Eugene, K., b. 1832. Mary E. b. Feb. 16, 1837, m. Abi- jah C. Hall of Paris. Martha A., twin with Mary, d. unm. A son, d. Dec. 8, 1842. Edward P., b. 1844. Francis W., b. 1846. Artemas, b. 1849. Peter Connor, b. 1832, in Ireland, and Catherine Dicker IE. 18 , were domestics in this family in 1850. William Beal, from York, settled in Norway about 1796 ; in 1840 he was living in Oxford. His wife was Jeru- sha Fluent, and their children, probably all born in Nor- way, are reported in town history, as follows : — Ezra Fluent, m. Mary Ann Bennett, s. Norway. John, m. Almira Coy, of Minot. Polly, d. unmarried. William, m. Susan Millett. Maria, m. July, 1827, Hiram Thayer of Hebron. Rufus Fluent, m. Adaline Smith, and Lucy Taft. Samuel Treat, m. Clarissa, b. Feb. 17, 1814, dau. of John and Sarah (Perry) Pike of Norway. He was a joiner, s. first in Norway, and subsequently in Craigies Mills. Children ; Francis A., b. April 25, 1832 ; m. Dec. 27, 1855, Mary Louisa Edwards of Otisfield. Sarah Perry, b. July i, 1835 ; m. Horace Pratt. James M., b. August 27, 1837; m. Sarah Welch. Ezra Fluent, b. Feb. 9, 1841 ; m. Jane Dean. William Beals of Hebron and Sally Rowe of Poland were published May 31, 1826. Nathan Beals and Mary Barrows, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 9, 1807 ; she d. Oct. i, 1826, and he m. 2d. Lydia 138 Annals of Oxford. Kingman Beals of Turner, pub. Nov. 2, 1827. Daughter Mary Ann, was born to them March 11, 1830. Stephen T. Beaman, m. April 5, 1849, Apphia, b. July 14, 1820, dau. of Dea. Martin and Ruth (Durell) Brett of Paris. He was a tailor, removed to South Paris soon after the birth of their first child. Mrs. B. d. Mar. 20, 1879. Children : Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 21, 1852. George W., b. Oct. 28, 1855 ; d. Aug. 30, 1874. Edward D., b. Mar. 9, 1857; m. 1882, Alice G. Douglass. Abiatha Bean, prob. son of Jonathan of Bethel, b. June 20, 1793. He was a private in Capt. Robinson's comp. in defence of Portland, 18 14. His wife was Mercy Fogg and their children were, prob. all b. at Craigies Mills, al- though their son Thomas C, when published with Mary McCullam, in Boston, 1854, g^"^'^ Portland as his birthplace. He was an industrious laborer, moved to Portland in 1844 and to Boston a few years later. Children : Elvira Jane, b. Jan. i, 1817. Jonathan, b. Jan. 3, 1820; died in September, next year, Lydia Maria, b. Sep. 25, '23. Thos. Carlisle, b. Oct. '25. Mary Abigail, b. Aug. 13, '29. Henry Page, b. Mar. 10, '32. Anna Aurelia, b. May 13, 1836. Asa Bearce of Halifax, Mass. was a Lieut, in Capt. Thompson's co., commissioned June 6, 1776. He was an early buyer of land in Shepardsfield, securing five or six lots prior to 1786. He was chairman of the committee cho- sen by the inhabitants to forward their petition for incorpo- ration, and was the first Treasurer of the town. His wife, Mary, after living with him 65 years, died April 13, 1825, JE 84 years and 9 months. Her descendants were 8 children, 65 grandchildren and 6^ great-grandchildren. Lieut. Asa Bearce died, of cancer, August 21, 1827. The town records do not give the names of his children, but to Asa Bearce Jr. are credited : Annals of Oxford. 139 Lucinda, b. June 6, 1790; m. November 7, 1811, John Farris of Hebron. Sylvina, b. Sept. 25, 1792 ; m. Daniel Bearce. Gideon Bearce, of Halifax, was at the seige of Bos- ton and, for marine service in the Revolution, was granted a pension in 1833. He was a brother of Lieut* Asa, above named, son of ^John, ^James, 'Austin who came in the ship Confidence, 1838. He had lot 7 in the 6th range, was a tanner as well as farmer, and probably the first to make leather in the county. He was chosen to an office at the first town-meeting of Hebron, and during his life was promi- nent in local affairs. He died June 18, 1844; wife Lucy died December 20, 185 1. Children : Nabby Ripley, b. July 20, 1790 ; m. Isaiah Whitemore. Gideon, b. April 8, 1793. Lucy, b. April 11, 1795 ; m. Nov. i8ig, William Crooker of Minot. Daniel, b. May 16, 1799. Rebecca, b. Nov. 21, 1801 ; m. Caleb S. Barrows. Sylvanus Ripley, b. Jan. 15, 1804. Elvira, b. Sep, 27, ^0$. Josiah Appleton, b. Feb. 26, 1807. Irene, b. Dec. 6, 1809; m. Dr. Horace A. Barrows. Lucinda, b. March 29, 1813. Gideon Bearce Jr. and Polly King of Minot publish- ed their intention of marriage Feb. 16, 1816. He d. July 6, 1820 ; she m. 2d Oct. 6, 1822, Paul Bowker, of Minot. Children : Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1816. Lucy, b. May 4. 1818 ; m. April 30, 1838, Ephraim Maxim of Paris. Sarah, March 30, 1820. DanicI Bearce, son of Gideon, m. Sylvina Bearce of Minot, dau. of Asa Jr. ; pub. Aug. 21 , 1819. She died June 23, 1857 ; he died August 22, 1873. Children : Eliza Ann, b. Feb. 26, 1820. Gideon, b. Sept. 20, 1821. Harriet Newell, b. Aug. 16, 1823. Sophronia Cushman, b. Oct. 27, 1825. Rhoda Weston, b. August 12, 1827. Joseph Ripley, b. Sep. 16, 1829. Asa Milton, b. June 23, 1833. Ellen Appleton, b. March 27, 1835. Henry Merrill, b. April 30, 1S38 ; m. Sept. 14, 1869, Fran- ces F., dau. of Gen. V\^n, K. Kimball; s. Norway. 140 Annals of Oxford. Levi Bearce of Hebron, m. Jan. 22, 1797, Judith, daughter of Captain Daniel Bucknam ; and the December following, he bought of Mr. Whitney lot 2 in the 4th range 93 acres, for $186.00. He was a son of Levi Bearce, a pri- vate in Capt. Isaac Wood's company, that marched from Middleboro' on the Lexington alarm, and further service in the Mass. Line, entitling him to the benefit of the pension Act of 1818. His name was placed upon the roll the next year, and there remained until his death. He died in He- bron, Dec. 17, 1826, age reported in newspaper, 76, but the pension roll makes him seven years older. The same paper that reported the death of Levi Sen. says that Levi Bearce Jr. died in 1827, aged about 40. Children of Levi and Judith Bearce ; Rebecca, b. June 4, 1797. Bathsheba, b. Jan. 18, 1799; m. April 11, 1825, Jacob Mussey. Levi, b. June 28, 1809. The above named are from Hebron records, but a relia- ble correspondent thinks there were other children, he re- collects there was a son Boy den, and thinks the family re- moved to Foxcroft, Me. Isaac Bearce, son of Levi, was a carder and clothier by trade, and came from Bristol to Craigies Mills, in 1816, to work in the factory. He was sometimes employed in the saw-mill, where he lost the first three fingers of right hand on the shingle machine. His wife was Eunice Copeland Greely, and twelve children were born to them, four died in infancy. Their home was on Pleasant street (68). He died March 22, 1866, M 82 ; she died Oct. 4, 1875, M 84. Children : Augusta Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1814; m. Nov. 19, 1834, Are- tas Caldwell, s. Greenwood, they had eleven children. George William, b. Dec. 3, 1815, an innkeeper in Port- land, now living in Winthrop. He m. in Portland, May 30, 1838, Nancy L. Briggs, b. in Sumner Dec. 3, 1819, d. in Winthrop, Mar. 7, 1874. Their children, b. in Port- land, were Nanc}' Elizabeth, Georganna Amelia, d. in infancy, and Maria Frances, d. in her twentieth year. Susan Greely, b. Oct. 5, 1818; m. 1840, in Boston, George Washington Little, she is now living in California. Bathsheba, b. Jan. 31, 182 1 ; m. in Boston, Nov. 16, 1843, Samuel Wells Jenkins, a truckman. They had son, Geo. W. and dau. Estelle Louise, who died in 1867, aged 18. She d. in Boston, Mar. 13, 1874; he d. in Quincy, 1886. Annals of Oxford. 141 Judith Bucknam, b. Aug 13, 1823 ; m. David A. Spear, now living in Ferndale, Cal. Isaac, b. Mar. 5, 1828, s. in Boston , wife, Mary Caroline had son Albert C, b. and d» in 1849. He d, Oct. 1848. Elizabeth Greely, b. Nov. 6, 1829; d. Sept, 20, 1849. Frances Ellen, b. Mar. 24, 1832 ; m. Asa Russ, now liv- ing in Bradford, Vt. Charles Bearce, of Hebron, bought of Joshua Keen Jr. a part of lot 2 in the 3d range, in 1795, and in 1799* he bought lot 3 in 4th range of Dr. Craigie. Wife Elizabeth. Children : Enoch, b. Feb. 22, 1796. Lois, b. May 27, 1798: m. June 24, 1821, Ira Allen of Minot. Joanna, b. Mar. 4, 1801. Mary Ann, b. May 9, 1803. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 19, 1806; m. Apr. '25, Jona. B. Merrill. Charles, b. July 5, 1810. Nathan Dexter, b. May 19, 1815. He m. 2d, April 8, 1821, Mary Dunham, and had : George Washington, b. Jan. 15, 1822; m. Dec. 6, 1846, Saran, dau. of Nathaniel Cushman. Joanna Fogg, b. July 14, 1825. Ursula Cushman, b. September 2, 1829. Job and Betsey Bearce, had : Almira, b. Aug. 29, 1795; m. Aug. 19, 1813, Joshua Crooker, Jr. of Minot. Alvan, b. Dec. 17, 1796; m. Jan. 15, 1818, Abigail Washburn, and had: Delphina, b. May 26, 1819. Cetoigenne Greenwood, b. April 7, 1820. Lebbius, b. Aug, 28, 1821. Isaac, b, Feb. 14, 1823. Lybius, b. Oct. 3, 1798. Setb, b. Aug. 27, 1800; d. 1818. Job, b. Sept. 6, 1802 ; d. 1819. Sidney, b. Aug. 18, 1808. Pamelia, b. April 28, 1810. Albert, b. May 15, 1814. Isaac Bearce, was Captain of one of the Hebron companies that marched to the defence of Portland in 1814. Thelisma, his son, b. June 17, 1803, m. Sarah Harlow of Minot, pub. Nov. 19, 1825. They had Isaac, b. Sep. 14, 1828. Austin, b. Nov. 17, 1833 ; d. Feb. 13, 1857. Lewis, b. Aug. 3, 1835. Abigail, b. Feb. 14, 1838. Capt. Isaac Bearce and Mary Jones of Falmouth, publish- ed their intention of marriage, July 22, 18 15. Enoch F. and Sally Bearce, had : Moses Jones, b. Nov, 16, 1818. Susan Hall, b. Mar. 7, '20. 142 Annals of Oxford. Elizabeth Henrietta, b. Jan. 27, 1822. Joanna, b. July 14, 1825. Leonard S., b. May 8, 1827. Elnathan Benson, had lot 8 in 3d range and lot 12 in 6th range, Shepardsfield. Hist, of Paris says that he was born in Wareham, Feb. 15, 174S, that his wife was Sarah Gibbs, and that most of their children were born there. The Mass. Revo, rolls, show him to have been a pri- vate in Capt. Hammond's co., enlisted 1778, credited to Plympton. He d. Aug. 10, 1814; wid. d. Nov. 25, 1823 , JE 83 years. Children : Jeptha, b. Sept. 24, 1763 ; had lot 11 in the 6th range. His wife was Silence Churchill, they prob. had children, but none are of record in Hebron. His widow m. March 15, 1803, Joshua Besse}', of No. 3. Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1765 ; m. Jabez Churchill. Elnathan, b. June 8, 1767. Nathan, b. July 30, 1769. Zephaniah, b. Oct. 25, 1771. Seth, b. Feb. 13, 1773; m. Esther, dau,of Samuel Jackson, s. Paris. Abner, b. Feb. 13, 1773 ; m. Catherine Colburn, s. Paris. Sarah, b. May 9, 1777 ; m. Benjamin Churchill. Jonathan Gibbs, b. June 28, 1780; m. Lucy W., dau. of Isaac Heisler, s. Paris. Caleb, b. June 19, 1783. Joshua, b. May 16, 1787; m. Huldah, daughter of John ,Bessey , settled in Paris. Elnathan, son of the above, bought part of lot 11 in the 5th range, in 1794. His wife, Bathsheba, d. Apr. 13, 1856. Children : Jacob, b. May 3, 1792, d. July 12, following. Ruth, b. April 30, 1793; m. April 12, 1813, Samuel An- drews of Buckfield. Jeptha, b. Apr. 4, 1795, d. 1799. Izalla, b. April 18, 1797; m. March 22, 1821, Benjamin Merrill. Elnathan, b. May 15, i799) d. Sept, 11, 1800. Zilpah, b. Jan. 11, 1802. Samuel, b. Dec. 6, 1804. Lovisa, b. Mar. 25, 1807. Caleb, b. August 14, 1810. Sarah, b. October 19, 181 2. Caleb Benson, son ef Elnathan, m. Nov. 28, 1805, Mar- garet Farris. He d. Feb. 18, 1862; she d. Sept. 8, 1862. Children : Christiana, b. June 18, 1806; m. May 23, 1830, Daniel Bucknam. Annals of Oxford. 143 Caleb, born January 27, 1807, d. April 5, same year. Samuel Benson, of Hebroa, m. Jan. 27, 1811, Judith Bartlett. She died June 22, 1820; he m. 2d Jan. 21, 1821, Huldah Cushman, who d. in 1833. He d. 1843, and prob. Susan Benson, who d. Feb. 20, 1846, was his widow. Children : Louisa, b. Sept. 19, 1812, Harriet N. b. June 9, 1816. Mary, b. Nov. 182 1. Augusta C, b. 1826, aud Floril- la Jane , b. 1831. Hannah Benson, of Hebron, and Abel Stetson, of Sum- ner were married October 25, 1810. William Banks, wife and seven children, were liv- ing in Oxford in 1830. John Bessey, Jr., b. Feb. 8, 1782; m. Sept 25, 1803, Betsey, dau of Eld. John Tripp. They lived in both Paris and Hebron, and had fourteen children; see Hist, of Paris. She d. June 3, 1837 ; he d. July 16, 1867. Joseph Bickford, farmer, b. 1809, in Vermont, came to Oxford (171), from New Hampshire, before 1844. His wife, Anna W., was a cousin of the wife of the Rev. Isaac Carleton. Children : Annie J. T., b. July 12, 1842 ; m. John Prescott. Sarah Ellen, b. Nov. 6, 1844; m. Nathaniel Cash, James M., b. August 20, 1846. John Bicknell, had lots 5 and 6 in the 6th range, likely the person named on the roll of Capt. David Pack- ard's CO. in the,Re volution. His wife Rebecca, d. May 15, 1802 ; he again m. June 24, 1804, Susanna Sturtevant. The birth of son David, April 22, 1781, and the deatli of daughter Deborah, Oct. 7, 1785. are all the children cred- ited on Hebron records, but there were probably others. Deborah Bicknell a»d George Bryant, m. Jan. 18, 1807. David Bicknell, prob. father ot John, d. Dec. 1825, ^ 82. 144 Annals of Ozt'oTd. David Bichnexl, son of John, m. Mar. 23, 1^99, Abigail Irish of Buckiield. He died Nor. 16, 1864. Children : Rebecca, b, Aug. rSoo. Zilpah, b. May 4, 1802, d. 1803. Samuel, b. Aug. 19, 1804; d. Oct. 4, 1809. Sullivan, b. Sept. 25, 1807; d. Aug. 21, 1850. Sophronia, b. Oct. 8, 1809. Caleb, b. August 18, 1813 ; killed by a falling tree, November, 1827. Olive, b. Novenil>er 29, 1817. Noah Bicknell, m. Dec. 31, 1794, Rebecca Car- man, and had, born in Hebron : Cyrus, b. May 28, 1796. Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1798, d. Sept. 28, 1829. Otis, b. Oct. 4, 1799; m. April 4, 1824, Martha Dudley, and had Charles. Sept. 20, 1825. Azor, b. Sept. 19, 1801, d. Aug. 10, 1815. Hosea, b. May 8, 1803. Sally, b. Feb. 24, 1805, d. March 16, 1839. Luke, b. Dec. 17, 1806; m. Feb. 6, 1830, Grace Decost- er and had Noah, May 18, 1831. He d. Dec. 13, 1837. Timothy Pickering, b. Feb. 13, 1809. Tristram Oilman, b. June 24, 1811. Mary D. b. October 23, 1813. Cyrus Bicknell, son of Noah, m. Dec. 2, 1819. Rebecca Bicknell. Their children were : Azor, b. Dec. 20, 1820. Calista, b. August 24, 1822. Noah, b. February 23, 1824, d. May 30, following. Zilpah, b. Feb. 25, 1826. Columbus, b. Mar. 11, 1821. Americus, b. August 26, 1831 ; d. January i, 1863. Simeon and Parnel Bicknell, are credited with : Simeon, b. May 20, 1822. William, b. Nov. 14, 1824. John Bisbeb, and Pvcbecca Packard, boA of Hebron, were m. Feb. 15, 1798. Perhaps removed to Buckfield. Children : Ambrose, b. May 24, 1799. Martin, b. Feb. 5, 1800; ra. Nov. ai, 1825, Sophia Coah- man of Hebron; he then of Buckfield. Serena, b. Feb. 17, 1802, Cyprian, b. A|»r, ao, 2804. Anua Pejrkius, b. S«|>t. 5, 1^07* Annals of Oxford. 145 JosEPii Blake, Jr. was born in Paris Mar. 15, 1801. He m. Mar. 13, 1824, Mary Ann, dan. of John Whitney of Pownal and located in Paris. He came to Oxford before 1840 and probably removed, after a few years residence, to Minot wliere he died Oct. 28, 187 1, Ghiidren : Williara Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1824; d. 1862, in the army. John Whitney, b. June 15, 1826, d. April i, 1841. Em eline Whitney, b. Jan. 13, 1829; m. Chas. B.Jacobs. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1831, d. Dec. 25, same year. Jennette, b. Mar. 21, 1833, ^- ^<*v- ^» ^^54- Joseph C., b= June 18, 1834, d. in infancy. George, b. June 4, 1837, d. Sept. following. George Frederick, b. Dec. 4, 1838, d. April 7, 1842. Chari/BS Maguire Blake, son of Stephen of Paris, a\. Feb. 1845 , Mary Cummings and settled in Oxford. They had, b. Dec. 7, 1847, Charles M. who d. in 1849. He d. Oct. I, 1847 and she, a few years later became the secofid wife of Col. Simon H. Cummings of Paris. Capt. Isaac Bolster of Sutton, an officer in the Rev- olution, bought Mar. 29, 1780, of Mr. Shepard, lot 6 in the 5th range and lot 6 in the 6th range. His wife was Ma- ry Dwinal of Sutton ; the family removed to Paris in 1784, where he died April 37, 1825. Ghauncy Bonney, son of John of Paris, came to Ox- ford (21) before 1850. In 1853, being at work in the woods for Mr. Hayes, bis back was injured by a falling tree, par- alysing the lower part of his body, in this helpless condition he lived several years. By wife Mary G. he had : Mary Ann, m. Samuel Cummings Wardw^ll. Borredell, m. Gerry, s. in Massachusetts. Harriet R. b. 1836, m. Lyman Gerry, s. in Otisfeld. Elizabeth, b. 1838. PbiUp, b. 1843, drowned in Thonap- »oa Pond. Goorg«, b, 1845. Cyrus, b, 1846. lJ«M7 E. b. 1847. (^lM4)f«, died k Osiord. 146 Annals of Oxford. Edmund Bowkkr came from Paris to Hebron about the time of the incorporation. His name is on the roll of Mass. soldiers in the Revolution. His wife was Patience Barrows, probably a sister of Dea. William. He d. April 30, 1812 ; she d. at Blanchard, Me. Sept. 8, 1840, ^82. Children : Silvia, b. Mar. 11, 1786; d, Feb. 2, 1813. .Mary, b. Aug, 12, 1788, m. Nov. 22, 1807, Daniel Ma- comber of Paris, a blacksmith. Patience, b. Mar. 23, 1791, m. Feb. 23, 1817, Ruel K. Packard, s. in Blanchard. Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1793, m. Martin. Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1794, d. Dec. 9, 1815. Paul, b. Mar. 4, 1797; m. Oct. 6, 1822, Mary (King). widow of Gideon Bearce. Two children are mentioned, there may have been others: Gideon B. m. Avis Allen, had four children. He died in the army, July 15, 1865. Cyrus King, b. Feb. 24, 1828. -Villiam, b. Feb. 28, 1799; m. Jan. 8, 1824, Elizabeth Crafts, s. in Monson. Keziah, b, Dec. 15, 1803. John Bridgham of Plj^mpton was captain of a comp. in Col. Cotton's regt. in the Revolution. He had lot A in ist div. Shepardsfield plantation, and his son John who had served as one of the corporals in his co. had the lot adjoin- ing, in the 2d division. Alden Bridgham of Shepardsfield, and vSarah Lane of New Gloucester, m. Feb. 1791. Deriick Bridgham, d. Hebron, May 5, 1830. Joseph Bridgham had lot i, adjoining John Jr. He m. Sept. I, 1789, Betty Lane of New Gloucester. Lucy, wife of Thomas Bridgham, d. Hebron, Dec. 10, 1847. Polly Bridgham and Cyrus Clark, both of Hebron, m. July II, 1802. Samuel Bridgham was fifer in Capt. John's company and had lot i adjoining his in Shepardsfield. He m. Aug. 2, 1787, Lucy Hammond of New Gloucester. Aiifiald of Oxford. 147 Children : Mary, b. Dec. 25, 17B8, m. September 16, 181 2, Thomas Brown of Minot. Samuel, b. Jan. 3, 1790, m. July 4, 1824, Mary Bearce of Minot, and had Samuel, b. May 11, 1825. He died August 24, 1825. Alexander, b. Mar, 9, 1792. Sophia, b. Aug. 17, 1795, d. March 31, 1800. Roland Hamnioad, b. May 15, 1800. Willard Bridgham of Shepardsdeld and Jemima Packard of New Gloucester, m. Mar. 4, 1790. Nathanibi. Brings is credited on Hebron records with dau. Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1801, and son Alonzo, b, July 12, 1805. Nathaniel Briggs and Tabitha Briggs published their intention of marriage , Dec. 31, 1803. Ella Briggs of Hebron and Isaac Prince of New Glou- cester, pub. Sept. 2, 1802. . Noble Briggs, farmer, wife Olive, in Oxford, 1850. RuFUs Briggs, son of Ephraim Jr. and Rachel (Al- len), of Norway, b. Oct. 17, 1812. He came to Oxford af- ter 1840, having by wife Olive, children as follows : Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1832. Emeline, b. Nov. 3, 1834. Mary EHz. b, Apr. 13, 1837. Ellen Jane, b. Nov. 9, 1839. Charles Henry, b. Mar. 6, 1842. Adriene, b. 1845. A daughter, b. 1849. Thomas J. William E. Brooks, farmer, came to Oxford (95) before 1840. The Oxford records mention, wife Mehitable and children as follows : Eunice Emery, b. Mar. 24, 1817. Charles Barker, b. Dec. 26, 1819; m. 1842, Roxanna Cordwell, of Greenwood. William Estes, b. Dec. 18, 1820. Aiisel Fields, b. Feb. 18, 1833. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. i, 1826. Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 14, 1827. Mary Esther, b. Jan. 21, 1833. Re±>ec- ca, b. Mar. 7, 1835. Frederick Ai^ustus, twin wiA Franklin Auguatos, b. July 20, 1840. William Brooks of Paris aaid Miss I^dia M. Russell of Oxford, pub. Se^. 29, 1&33. 148 Annals of OxS&cd. Samuel Brown, of Middleborough, Mass. was a pri- vate in Capt. Benson's Co., Col. Putnam's reg. of Conti- nentals ; enlisted Feb. 19, 1778, for three 3^ars. His name was placed upon the pension roll June 7, 1819, reported age, 66 years. In August, 1795, he bought of Abraham Den Bryant, son of David, m. July 7, 1805. Desire, dau. of Eliab Richmond, and lived on the home- stead. Wife d. July 14, 1856, and he m. 2d Mrs. Dorcas Bancroft. He died Sept. 27, 1881, in his looth year. Children : Zilpah, b. Mar. 18, 1806, ra. May, 1827, William Pratt. Alanson, b. Sept. 18, 1807. Matilda F. b. May 27, 1809, V d. June 3, 1836. Esther, b. Nov. 19, 1811, m. Hiram Hilborn. Rhoda R., b. Jan. 25, 1813, m. Oct. 16, 1831, Benjamin F. Pratt. Williana, b. Oct. 11, 1814, m. 1832, Elizabeth Ann Hall of Oxford, s. Mass. Eliab R., b. Jan. 5, 1817, m. Almira Bancroft. D. 1873. Rowena K., b. Dec. 9 1818, m. Thomas Dearborn. Orren S., b. Nov. 21, 1820, m. Nov. 21, 1847, Jerusha C. Nelson of Oxford. Levi Kingman, b. Sept. 10, 1825, ra. Almira French of Tewksbury, Mass., s. in Dexter, Me. Cyrus, s. in Lawrence and died there. Jonathan Bryant, son of Arodus of Paris, m. Nov. 3, 1829, Abigail , dau. of Abraham and Abigail (Bailey) Littlehale, b. Feb. i, 1804, in Tingsbororough, Mass., her res. Portland, at the time of publishment. They had son George, b. Oxford, May 9, 1830. Father d. March, 1832, yE 26, and moth^ m. Alanson Bryant. Ajlanson Bryant, son of Zebulon, m. Dec. 23, 1832, Abigail, widow of Jonathan Bryant. They lived (176) in Oxford. He d. Sept. 13, 1868 ; she d. Dec. 3, 1871. Childien : Abigail, b. Nov. 12, 1833, d. Sept. 13, 1852. Alanson RichnKmd, b. Aug. 22, 1835, d. Sept. 28, 1855. Almira, b. Aug. 12, 1838, m. Nov. 23, 1867, George R. Paine of Wooasocket, R. L, s. > 164) in Oxford. They had b. Dec. 4, 1872, Alanson Remington, m. June 30, 1897, Cora Lund of Baldwinsville, Mass. Harriet, b. May 5, 1840, m. July 10, 1859, Henry Swett and had, b. July 39, 1863, DoaaUK), who is married and Hves m Colerado. A&nals of Oacford. 161 Oiafles Henry, b. June 6, 1&47, m. April 12, 1868, Eliza Steadman, and had, Harry A. b. October 12, 1870. Lillian M., b. Oct. 6, 1872. George, b. Oct. 12, 1876. Francis M., b. June 12, 1883. Isabella, b. Sept. 8, 1888. G. Bryant, had lot 2 in the 2d range, first division of land in Shepardsfield. He was probably the father of; Abijah Bryant, a soldier in the Continental Army, credited to the town of Middleborough, Mass., and des- cribed, on the rolls of 1780, as Sft. loin. in stature, light complexion and 20 years of age. He received a pension. Children are credited him on Hebron records as follows : Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1787, Amos, b. June 2, 1789, m. Oct. 15, 1815, Polly Woodward of Hebron. John, b. Jan. 10, 1791. Joseph, b. Dec. 15, 1793, m. Oct. 19, 1815, Sally Jordan of Hebron. Abijah, b. Aug. 3, 1800. George Aplin, b. Aug. 23, 1804. George Bryant was born August 22, 1784, prob. eldest son of Abijah, above named. He m. Jan. 18, 1807, Deborah Bicknell, prob. dau. of John, b. Aug. 20, 1787. Children, born in Hebron : Zilpah, b. Dec. 2, 1808. George, b. Aug. 29, 1810. Harvey, b. June 25, 1812. Deborah, b. Oct. 7, 1814, d. May 27, 1817. Deborah, b. July 9, 1817. Eliza Ann, b. May 15, 1820. Sophia H., b. Aug. 28, 1822. Allura, b. July 15, 1823. Daniel Bucknam, Jr. of Sutton, bought of Mr. Shep- ard, in the spring of 1778, three hundred acres of land, for £500., being lots i in the 3d and i in the 4th range in the second division, as shown on the plan, although the survey of Mr. Davis, locates most of his land in Minot. He was Captain of an Artillery company at the opening of the war, but had probably resigned before buying the Shepardsfield land. The price paid for the property was probably based on the value of the depreciated currency of the colonies. Capt. Bucknam was born in 1722 and died in 1809. His first wife was Phebe, dau. of Thomas Gould of Sutton, by whom he had 16 children, of these, two only were living when he came to Maine. He was a large mus- cular man of almost superhuman strength and a lively sense of humor. His two eldest ohildren were robust and fearless girls, much of their time doing mens work, asskting their 162 Annals of Oxfbrd. father in reducing a wilderness to arable land, and on one occasion their indomitable courage, saved his life from im- minent peril. Phebe was 22 years old when she came to Maine, and a deed on record in the Cumberland Registry shows that Mr. Shepard presented her, in 1779, ^ ^"* ^^ his township, of one hundred acres of land, as a compli- ment to her "unexampled industry." She m. John- son and s. in Dixtield ; m. 2d, Tucker, and 3d, Seavey. Ruth was four years younger than Phebe ; she m. Edward Hawks, s. in Minot and had a large family. Capt. Bucknam m. 2d, Miss Boyden, who bore him three son and three daughters. Daniel the oldest boy was killed by a falling tree, at the age of eighteen. Shepard and Calvin, were twins, six weeks old when they came to Maine. Lucy, m. Gideon Bearce. Rebecca, m. Dud- ley. Judith, m. Levi Bearce. Shepard Bucknam, son of Daniel, had a part of his fathers farm. He m. June 16, 1799, Betsey, dau. of Seth Randall of Hebron. Children : Cyrus, b. July 29, 1800. Daniel, b. May 23, 1802, m. Christiana Benson. Seth Randall, b. Feb., 1804. Eliza, Russell, Roxanna, b. April 7, 1810. Shepard and Isaac. Calvin Bucknam, son of Daniel, had a part of the homestead. He m. June 9, 1799, Hopestill Bearce; she d. Aug. 15, 1801. He ra. 2d, Oct. 10, 1802, Ziipah Ber- rows ; she d. July 28, 1825. He m. 3d, Olive Hathaway; she d. Feb. 6, 1H35. He m. 4th, Mrs. Elizabeth Bolles. He died January 10, 1842, JE 64. Killed by an accident. Children : Judith, b. Oct. 31, 1800, m. May, 1830, Comfort Crocker. Sarah, b. May 30, 1803, m. Dea. Joseph Barrows. Calvin, b. Sept, 25, 1804, m. Mar. 1849, Laurinda G., dau. of David Twitchell of Paris. They had Almon, b. Nov. 16, 1852, d. Oct. 21, 1881. Emily L., b. Mar. 16, 1856, m. Austin A. Nelson of Mechanic Falls. Isa, b. Dec. 20, 1857, m. Charles R. Millett. Father died Nov. 30, 1888. Hope, b. June 2, 1806, m. Dec. 6, 1832, Lorenzo Merrill. Eleanor, b. Mar. 11, 1808, m. Lewis Monk. Joseph, b. Nov. 14, 18 10, m. Eunice Harris. Simeon Worthy, b. Aug. ii, 181 1, m. Lucy Howard. He died Dec. 15, 1^41. Annals of Oxford. 163 Zilpah, b. January 3, 1814, m. Ezra Mitchell. William Barrows, b. Sept. i, 1817, d. Sept. 26, 1839. Rebecca, b. Dec. 17, 1818, m. C. C. Cushman. Josiah Appleton, b. Mar. 21, 1821, m. Nancy J. Glover. Elizabeth O., b. Jan. 22, 1829, m. Milton Morse, m. 2d Alexander Rjerson. m. 3d Leavett Hanson. Hamlin Turner, b. Dec. 8, 1830, m. Rachel Brown. Daniel Bullen had lot 8 in the 4th range, w. and now the town farm of Oxford. He was probably Ensign of the Medway co. in the Revolution. His wife, Lydia, was a dau. of Ebenezer Rawson of Pans. Children, as per Hebron records : Daniel, b. Aug. 9, 1785, d. Jan. 22, 1789. John Rawson, b. Mar. 19, 1787, m. Jan. 19, 1817, Sally Wright. Sally, b. April 2, 1789, m. Eliab Richmond, Jr. Lydia, b. April 2, 1791, m. Robert Hilborn, 3d. Daniel, b. April 18, 1793, m. September, 1820, Mary, dau. of John Lombard of Otisfield ; s. Norway. Julia, b. April i, 1796. Clarissa, b. Jan. 27, 1799, m. Giles Shurtleff. Mary, b. March 20, 1802, m. Luther Perkins. Morris, William and Zephaniah Bumpas had lots in the 3d and 4th ranges in the first division of Shepards- field, near each other. All appear upon the Mass. Rolls to have served in the Revolution, under the names of Bump- as or Bump. Morris was mustered, in i777» ^^ Capt. Spar- row's, Plymouth co. and in 1819, his name was placed on the pension roll, for service in the Mass. Line, he then be- ing 78 years of age. William and Zephaniah, served in the Wareham co. and William's widow received a pension. Zephaniah Bumpas and Ellice Churchill, both of Shep- ardsfield, were m. at New Gloucester, April i, 1784. Zephaniah Bumpas, jr. and Mary Gool, both of Shep. ardsfield, were m. at New Gloucester, Nov. 28, 1788. Miss Jedidah Bumpus of Hebron and Amaziah Reed of Plantation No. 5, were m. Oct. 19, 1809. Morris Bumpas m. at Plympton, Mass. Feb. 10, 1780, 154 Azmals of Oxford. Hannah Bumpxs 8rt6 came t« Shepardsfield abovt T*f9$. Ffc died, Oct. 14, 1837; wife died, Dec. 18, 1841. Children : Morris, b. Dec. 12, 1780, m. May, 1806, Mary Sturtevant. ^ He d. Sept. 9, 1814; she ro. 2d, Nov. 6, 1817, Benja- min Spaulding of Buckfield. Simeon, b. Nov. 20, 1782 ; burned to death in the acci- dental destruction, by fire, of their cabin in Shepardsfield. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 31, 1784, m. Betsey, dau. of John Warren of Buckfield. He was a black.«ion, b. Aug. 18, 1813, d. Feb. 27, 1814. Atwood B., b. May 9, 1815. Mary Ann, b. May 29, 1818. Sara DeAlbra, b. Sept. 5, 1824; m. Dec. 5, 1844, John Whitman. Isaac C, b. Aug. 30, 1826. Verren Alden, b. July 11 , 1830. Laurin Aurelius, b. April 29, 1833. William Bumpas, son of William, m. Nov. 26, 1807, Phebe Washburn, s. in Hebron; he d. Aug. 14, 1837. Children : Lorenzo Simmons, b. Jan. 9, 1809, m. Oct. 4, 1835, Lydia York of Hebron. William White, b. Aug. 3, 1813, m. Nov. 25, 1835, Car- oline, b. Feb. 8, 1815, f^au. of Lewis and Martha (Bes- sey) Monk of Buckfield. He was a shoemaker; his first child was born in Hebron, the others in Oxford, where be died Jan. 19, 1866. His children were : • Emily Angeronc, b. Nov. 19, 1837, m. Jan. i, 1861, Baitlett Kavanough. Alphonso Whitman, b. d. Jan. 30, 1850. Hirara Mellen, b. Oct. 2, 1848, d. Sept. 20, 1849. James Adelbert, b. July 3, 1846, d. Feb. 3, 1850. I-oring Herrman, b. Nov. 18, 1850, m. October 7, 1897, Mabel Pattee. Llewellyn Washburn, b. — — d. Aug. 22, 1855. Sybelia Josephen*;, b. Jan, 16, 1856, m. Feb. 18, 1888, Charles F. Hanscom. Charles Herbert, b. July 4, 1858, m. Feb. 12, 1881, Emma Hammill. John Burnis, b. in Massachuselts in 1783, bad family in 156 Aimalc of Oxford. Oxford at the traie of incorporation, coDsisting of wile Je- nisha, three sons and five aaughters ; Betsey, m. May 24, 1835, Alpha B. Everett. Mr. Whitney's note-book mentions the occupation of 132 acres of land, on the line between Hebron and Otisfield, by John Burns and JcAin Lennell, in iSii. Mr. Burns lived to be very aged, taking a 2d or 3d wife inf^ieii upwards of 80 years of age. This event was enthusiastically celebrated by the "Cailathump- ian Band". EzEKiBL R. Burns, b. 1804, son of John, had the home farm. H* m. Oct. 10, 1838, Miss Julia Ann ElweH , and 2d, Dec. 21, 1863, Amanda M. Churchill. Children : Mary R., b. 1839. Araminta, b. 1841. Sarah C. b. 1845. John E., b. Sept .27, 184S. Julia Maria, b. May 13, 1851. John G. Burns, son John, had a farm (7) near his father's. He m. May 23, 1830, Esther Scribner, who d. Jan. 25, 1837. He m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1837, Miss Mar}'^ Kim- ball of Hamlin's Gore. One child, only, James Austin, b. Jan. 25, 1840, is of record, but prob. there were others. Nathaniel E. Burns, son of John, had a farm (9) near his brother's. He m. Aug. 2, 1840, Sylvia, dau. of Capt. Micah Walker of Paris. He died Dec. 12, 1873. Childr€n : Sarah R., b. Sept. 23, 1845. James F., b. June 18, 1847. Sewall S., died Oct.'S, 1849. Sylvia E., b. Jan. 23. 1850. Electra S., b. May 9, 1852 ; d. unm. Oct. 25, 1899. Isabel A., b. Sept. 6, 1854. Josephine L., b. June 17, 1856. Lkwellyn, b. Ap. 28, 1858. Lucy £., b. Dec. 9, 1859; ^'ved ten days. John Caldwell, fourth in descent from John of Ips- wich, Mass. and prob. one of the ten, of the name upon Mass. Rev. Roll's. He had lots 10 and 11 in the 5th range and lot 10 in Ihe 6th range, as shown on the map of Shep- ardsfield ; additional land was acquired by purchase in 1783 and in 1787, evidently anticipating the wants of his child- ren. He d. Dec. 16, 1813; wife, Dolly (Bowley), d. Dec- 19, 1815. Their children, said to have been born in Ha- verhill, Mass. were as follows : John, t. in Hebron. Dolly, ra. Mar. 5, 1801, Rev. Dan- iel Ricker, a Methodist preacJier. Annals of Ozt(Mti. 167 P%f1ip, b. Dec. 2, 1^773 ; m. Susan Perkni« «f MtcWlchoro. &. m Parrs sear ihe Oxford line. "Wllliara, b. i775- PoHy, b. Juiy r8, 1782; m. June b8 , 17^2, Rev. Dan Perry. John Caldwell, son c^ Jc»Ji», m. Sarah Merrill. Children, born in Hebron : Me^nda, b. M«y 24, 1802, ra. Nov. 6, 1818, Thaddeus Greenwood. Dolly, b. Feb. 6, 1803. Aretas, b. Dec. 24, 1804, m. Sept. 8, 1834, AagvK^ Ma- via Bf arce o^ Oxford. Settled in Greenwood. Rkhard, b. Mar. 27, 1S06. Sophronia, b. Dec. 15, 1808, m. 1831, Edward Weeman. WiMiam Harrison, b. March 21, 1813. Sarah Jane, b. May 13. 1815. m. Oct. 12^ 1833, Preston EM wards of Otisfield. WiLiiAM Caldwei*l, son of Joh«, m. May a, iV99» Nancy Woodward of Poland. Their farm was in that part of Hebron that became Oxford (172) ; be d. Dec. 12, 1862. Children : Zenas, b. Mar. 31, 1800. He was graduated at Bowdoir College, Preceptor of HaJlowel'l Academy, and in 1825 was chosen Prmdpal of the Maine We&leya« Seminary He was a young man of rare promise whose early death. Dec. 21, 1826, was a sad event to the school. Leonard, b. Jan. 30, 1803, s. on the hoi-ne farm. "Territt, b. Nov. 29, 1806, gr. Bwv. Col. class of 1828, and »a.me year w^ chosen Principal of the Seminary. After six yea»s of ci'editable service in this office, he re- signed, to accept a professorship in Dickinson College. Nancy, b. April 25, 1809, m. Aug. 25, 1827, Eliphalet Clai'k of Wilton. They s. in Portland where he engaged ia medical (konfi.) practice. His fine presence, agreeable manners and excellent }uwkll, son of William, m. May 22, 1831, Miss Ha»m«h Farnngton of Otisfield ; Children, born in Oxford : Emily Clark, b. May 28, 1833. Leonard A., b. — i&3^- l^len C, b. --■' 1836. Wa4iam F^ b, 1638. Anna E., b. F«b. 21, 1^48. 158 Annate of Oxford, Rev. Ts^AC Carlton, son of Isaac, was Wm A^e- 20, 1807, and died Jan. 5, 185S. sbb skbtch pa€^ 106. He m. Dec. 15, 1836, Qarmda, dau. of Nathaniel and Phoebe Mei-rill; she b. Mar. 9, 1808, d. Pwtiand, Oct. i, 1894. Their first child was bora in Li*ec, the others were born in Oxford, and were as follows : Clara, b. Sept. 21, 1838, d. Portland, Oct. 25, 1899. Delavan, b. June 20, 1840, m. Mary Ellis. Laura, b. Nov. 24., 1841, lives m Portland. Mary, b. Feb. i, 1844 , ra. John M. Dennett. Dora, b. Nov. M, 1846. lives in Portland. Thomas Carman, son of John of North Yarmmi^, m. Eleanor Gardner, or Garnett, pwb. Oct. 8, 1791. Tfeey s. m Hebron, where wife died Aug. 2, X809; he ns. ad, Feb. 5, 1814, Priscilla Reed of Wilton. Children : Thomas Randall, b. Aug. 16, 1793. Luther, b. Sept. 28, 1795. Isaac Bearce, b. May 25, 1798. Matilda, b. Jan. 3, 1801, d. uflnv«aT!C<3. Miranda, b. Aug. 25, 1803. ra. KimbaH Prrace FbHct. Jannes Harvey, b. Aug. 7, 1805. Arvilla, b. Dec. 23, 1807, d. unmarried. Eleanor, and Loring, by 2d wife. Thomas R. Carman, son of Thomas, was brought up in the family of Capt. Isaac Bearce. He taught school in Woodstock, Greenwood, Oxford and other places. His wife was Sarah, b. Jan. i, 1797, dau. of Solomon and Sally (Swan) Bryant of Bryant's Pond. He survived his wife, living with his daughter in Portland, and with Dea. Chris- topher Bryant of Woodstock, where he died. Children : Sylvester, d. m early manhood. Sarah Jane, d. in iwf^mcy. Sarah Jane, m. Wflliam Welch oi Forik^ud. MiltoR, d. before he was twenty. LuTHT5R Carmak, s®n of Thomas, lived on Main st. near his si>op. He was a Bfkan of worvderful versatility, em- ploying himself, at tim««, a« a farmer, houeewright, cabinet mftker, nMchini^, teftcher e^ uMtsie etc. s«s pags 107. Annals of Oxford. 159 He m. 1821, Dolly, b. Feb. 6, 1803, dan. of John Cald- well, Jr. Children : Mary Ann Washington, died Jan. 30, 1827. Luther Milton, died Aug. 7, 1828. Albion Francis Marion, h. Aug. 20, '28; d. June 11, *32. Amanda Melvina Milton, b. June 20, 1830; m. Charles F. Ingalls, Hves in Portland. Adelaide Voloski, b. Aug. 13, 1832; m. Wilder Reed, lives in Bo ton. Thaddeus Sobieski, b. May 13, 1834; "^- Helen Wing of Wayne, he died at Winthrop. Luther Stanhope, b. Feb. 15, 1836; m. Rebecca Bacon, lives in Bridgton. Elbina Lowell, died May 7, 1840. William, b. Mar. 13, 1839; d. Oct. 7 1840, Edward Preble, m. Sept 19, 1865, Miss Abby Bowdoin ; m. 2d, Mrs. Mary (Cross) Webb; lives in Bridgton. Williann Wallace, m. Charlotte C. Bennett of Sweden; m. 2d, Mrs. Edna J. (Mitchell) Eames ; lives in Portland. Helen Marr, lives with her sister, Mrs. Reed, in Boston. Father died in Bridgton, Nov. 24, 1874 ' mother died in Cambridgeport, Nov. i, 1886. Isaac B. Carman, son of Thomas, learned the join- er's trade and soon after arriving at his majority, he went to Boston where he became proficient, not only in house fin- ishing, but in ship and cabinet work, and for several years was employed in the Charlestown Navy Yard. In 1832 he returned to Oxford, living in the house now occupied by his son-in-law, Squire Andrews, until his demise, Nov. 18, 1864. He was an ingenious mechanic of excellent charac- ter, a kind friend and a gocxi citizen. His wife with whom he married, in Boston, July, 1828, was Sarah Cass, b. in Scituate, July 27, 1801, dau. of Samuel and Sibae (Litch- field) Stockbridge; d. Oct. 29, 1872. Children : Sibae Stockbridge, b. Nov. 12, 1833 ; m. Freeman B. An- drews, Esq. of Oxford. Ellen Litchfield, b. Sept. 14, 1840, d. 1854. Caroline Elizabeth Cass, b. Nov. 29, 1842. Dr. RoBCRT Carr, son of Samuel, was b. at Newbu- ry, Mass. Oct. 24, 1783 ; m. Jan. 20, 1S13, Polly Chase. She was born, Aug. 5, 1785, and soon after their marriage, 160 Annals of Oxford. he commenced the practice of medicine In Hebron. In this great office he served many years with skill and fidelity, his kindly disposition making him, everywhere, a welcome guest. He died at West Minot, Jnly 14, 1852. Children : Josiah, b. Feb. 6, 1814, m. Sept. 23, 1841, Elizabeth Frances Bridgham. For fort}^ 3 ears a beloved physician at Mechanic Falls. Aim Kimball, b. Mar. 29, 1816, m. 1838, Edward Bruce. Mehitable Frye, b. April 5, 1818, m.Oct. 12, 1843, Isaac Whitmore Marshall. She d. Hebron, Jan. 9, 1845, Samuel, b. July 30, 1823, m. Harriet C. Hawks. Robert William, b. Feb. i, 1826. Cassander Gary, son of Dr. Luther and Abi£jail (King) Cary of Turner, was born in "Wniliamsburg, Mass. Aug. 15, 1783. He m. 1808, Sally Clapp; he m. 2d, 1818, Joanna Jones ; had settlement in Hebron, where he d. Sept. 2, 1831. Children as per Hebron records. Sophia, b. April 12, 1810. Martha, b. May 5, 1813. Harriet, b. Aug. 24, 1814. Sally, b. Nov. 14, 1816. Henry J., b. June 12, 1823. Cassander, b. May 4, 1826; lived sixteen days. Aaron, b. Nov. 20, 1828. Thomas Cary, son of Zachary and Eliza (Newhall) Cary, was born in Sterling, Mass., 1807. He was a brick- maker, residence, while in Oxford, on King street, oppo- site Mr. Ricker's. He was a stage driver on the Portland and Paris line, also on other routes. In May 1842, he re- moved to farm near Gray Cornier, ^v^her€ he continued until his house was burned, a few yea*s ago, since then, his dau. Mrs. Sykes, has made a home for him with her in Lewis- ton. He m. ist, Theda L., dau. of Capt. Micah Walker of Paris; she d. July 31, 1838, and he m. 2d, May 20, 1839, Mrs. Julia Ann Waterhouse, dau. of Dr. Peter Whit- ney of Gra)^ She had one son, Peter Whitney W^aterhouse, who had his surname changed to Cary, by the Legislature in 1842. He m. Mary Peck of Conn. Children : Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1835 ; m. John Wesley of Patten. Theda, b. April, 1842 ; m. Robert M. Syk«s of Lewiston. Cephas, b. 1843 ; m. Emma Farris, lives in Oxford. Gitstavus Newhall, b. 1845 ; u»m., dieid fn tbe army. Annals of Oxford. 161 Cjmthia, died m fnfancy. Mary, d?ed in infancy. Cynthia Whitney, b. 185 1 ; m, John Dingley of Lewiston. Albert Alonzo, b. 1^53, lives in Gray. Zachary Gary of Leeds and Miriam Morse of He- bron, were married Aug. 3, 1824. She was a daughter of James Morse, the miller at Graigies Mills and died, his widow, at Woodfords. He was a brother of Thomas, above named, b. 1801 ; he had settlement in Norway and later in Oxford (119). Ghildren ; James Henry, b. 1825, m. Mary Elizabeth Breslin ; he d. in Portland, 185 1. Albert Quincy, b. 1827, killed in the steamer Primrose, blown up OH the Mississippi river. Lydia Ann, b. 1829, d. young. Martha Jane, b. 1832, m. Walter B. Harmon. George Francis, b. 1837, m. 1866, Harriet N. Flood, s. Portland ; d. Feb. 7, 1892. Lewis Glark, b. 1843, d. unm. at Woodfords. Squire and Deborah Gaswell, are credited on the Hebron records, with children, as follows ; Rachel, b. May 10, 1815. John, b. June 13, 1818. Andrew Harlow of Minot, and Deborah Gaswell of He- bron, pub. their intention of m. July 30, 1825. David W. Gates, said to have been left an orphan in infancy, and adopted by an Otisfield family. He was b. Sept. 1799, ^' J"^y ^^» ^830, Harriet Eaton, dau. of Ab- ner Shaw of Oxford. He had residence on Pleasant street, followed the cooper's trade, and lived more than ninety years, the last twenty in total blindness. His wife d. Aug. 1895, in Massachusetts. Children, born in Oxford. Frances Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1831, m. Mar. 14, 1S51, Daniel G. Moore; m. 2d, Abiel Root. She d. July, 1900, at Norwood, Mass. Charles Augustus, b. J«ly 27, 183a, m. Philena Llbby of Harrison, lives in that town. AlbioR Milton, b. Mar. 17, 1836, la. Mary Parsons, lives in Blackstoae^ Mass, 162 Annals of Oxford. William Lewis, b. July 20, 1838; m. Mary Ann Sweet; m. 2ci, Hannah Sweet, lives in Blackstone. Clarence M., b. Mar. 31, 1851; m. Mary Flaherty; m. 2d, Mrs. Josephine Jordan, lives in Blackstone. Zebulon Chadbourne, b. 1774, m. Polly Staples, b. 1779 ; came from Kennebunk and located on Pigeon Hill. Children ; Mary, b. June 30, 1801, m. Feb. 20, 1823, Reuben Saw- yer of New Gloucester. Elon, b. June 2, 1803. John R., b. July 15, 1804. Lucy, b. Sept. 8, 1807, m. Herrick. Samuel H., b. Oct. 2, 1810. Thomas, b. May 2, 1812, lived two years. Susanna, b. Oct. 12, 1815, m. Chase Merrill. Zebulon, b. Aug. 30, 1823, m. Dorcas Brown, and died, very suddenly, in 1846, without issue. Elon Chadbourne, son of Zebulon, had the home- stead (140). He m. May, 1826, Lydia K. Piper of Otis- field. Children; Francis S., b. Jan. 28, 1828, m. May 19, 1850, Serena Kenney of Westbrook. Jairus Keith, m. Mrs. Lombard of Otisfield. Cora, d. at the age of 25, unmarried. John R. Chadbourne, son of Zebulon, m. Rhoda Cary Gurney, and removed to Sumner before 1840. Children : Louisa Deborah, b. June 6, 1829. Chloe Eustis, b. Jan. 15, 1835. James A. Barnes, b. May 16, 1839. Isabel Credentia, b. Feb. i, 1842, m. John McCollistcr. Samuel H. Chadbourne, son of Zebulon, m. June 3, 1832, Charlotte T., dau. of Ephraim Washbiu-n, and s. in Oxford (136). He was a member of Co. H 14th Maine, and died in a hospital at Raton Rouge, Nov. 30, 1863. His widow m. Seth H. Faunce. Children : Alonzo Rosea, b. Mar. 23, 1833, m. Alraira Lane of Hi- ram ; lives in Worcester. John Welch, b. April 16, i8jf, m. Harriet Walcott ; he is an innholder at 0«ford. Annals of Oxtord. George Mellen, b. Dec. 15, 1839; d. unm. 1872. Frances Melissa, b. Feb. 9, 1844. Charlotte Augusta, b. Mar. 13, 1846, m. George H.Jones. Malorah Annetta, b. June 6, 1848, m. Leander Ward well. Freeland, b. Dec. 30, 1856, m. Effie McCollister. Reuben Proctor of Buckfield and Betsey Chadbourne c Hebron were m. July 14, 1799. William Farwell Chaffin, b. Jan. 12, 1804, son of Gladwin and Eunice (Farwell) Chatfin of Harvard, Mass., came to Oxford soon after the marriage of his sister with Maj. Norton. He was a fine looking man, of kindl}- disposition and unblemished character ; a cooper, by trade, but he had been much employed as a school-teacher. He was especially interested in music and opened a singing- school in the village, from which was organized an excel- lent musical society and church choir, efficient aids to so- cial and religious meetings. His death, April 30, 1838, was a vet}^ solemn event, the meeting-house was crowded at his funeral, and the rhoir , in tears, sang in the service. His wife, b. Oct. 31, 1803, was Louisa, dau. of Eben- ezer L. and Hannah (Tarbell) Shattuck of Pepperell, Ms., an excellent woman, lovingly co-operating with her husband in good works. Soon after the birth of her son, she was af- flicted with a nervous disease that bereft her of reason and her sun went down in a cloud, May 20, 1851. Children : Mary Louisa, b. Mar. 9, 1834, m. Oct. 21, 1861, John Holmes, and d. in California, Mar. 25, 1863. William Ladd, b. Aug. 16, 1837, m. Aug. 12, 1862. Re- becca H., dau. of Michael H. and Margaret (Hazlett Bagley o^ Portland. Dr. Chaffin has for many 3'ears been the revered pastor of Unity Church, North Easton, Mass. A record of this family would be defective if "Aunt Phoebe" was omited ; she was a sister of Mrs. Chaffin, came with her to Oxford, and upon her devolved the care of this afflicted family. A friend said of her, "she was a grand woman, full of good works, with love and charity for every body ; she richly deserved to live a hundred years in this world and an eternity of years in the better world to come." At the age of 55, Miss Shatt«ck became the 2d wife of Maj. 104 Annals of Oxford. Levi Houghton of Fitchburg, who was i6 years her senior; she used to saj that she "was amply paid for waiting, for she had a good husband more than twenty years". She d. at the Rectory, at North Easton, June 24, 1890, aged 100 years, 4 months and 6 da3'S ; her last twenty years being spent in the family of her nephew. When he was a child, she was a mother to him, and when she became, again, a child he lovingly cared for her. Joseph Chaffin, brother of William, was b. March 13, 1807. He learned to be a harness-maker of his brother John, at Concord, N. H. In 1834 he m. Miss Julia Farns- worth of Harvard aud for a time lived in that town. His settlement in Oxford commenced in 1837 and continued about twelve years ; occupying a house opposite the head of King street and a small harness shop adjoining. During his stay in Oxford he was frequently called to places of im- portance and was universally well liked. Before 1850 he removed to Northboro. Mass. where his wife d. Dec. 12, 1854, ^ 44 years. He m. 2d, Mar. 26, 1856, wid. Elizabeth (Hildreth) Wilder of Townsend, and lived in her town for three years, then again took residence in Harvard, where he was railroad station agent twenty-five years. He d. at Harvard, Jan. 14, 1898. Children: Joseph Farnsworth, b. Oxford, Mar. 27, 1839; "^- Mary Ann Flemming, lives in Fitchburg. Julia A. , b. Oxford ; m. Samuel B. Hart of Ayer. Nellie F., b. Townsend; m. George G. Bowers of Ayer. Edna L., b. Harvard; m. Willard S. Dudley of Harvard. Henr}' B., b. Harvard ; lives in Lancaster, Mass. James H. Chapman, b. 1824, and wffe, hjd^a. S., b. 1826, came to Oxford, frem Mount Vernon, Me., before 1850. His residence was on Pleasant street and for several 3'ears, he occupied the mill near the river manufacturiag shovel handles. The family removed to Dexter, Mc. Children : Clifton M., b. July 20, 1847. Emogine, b. June 20, 1848. Ella, b. March 24, 1850. Elmer Harvey, b. July 20, 1853, Hattie Panline, b. Nov. 26, 1857. Annals of Oxford. 166 MoST7,s Chk?lt?y m. Ruth Dean, daughter of Samuel Brown, and settled on a farm (47) in Oxford. He whs born in 1807, was for several years Deputy Sheriff and for one session, he was a member of the Legislature, elected by the "Greenbackers". He was a man of good character, but somewhat eccentric , perhaps affecting some idiosyn- crasies that he did not possess ; he allowed his hair and beard to grow untrimmed, was idiomatic in speech and a disputant in and out of season. Being a keen humorist, he relied upon ridicule to silence his opponent In debate. The laugh being usuall}^ with him, his remarks were always amusing if not instructive. He lived to be well along in years, marr\'ing a 2d wife, Mrs. Sarah Winsor of Po- land ; she is now living. Children : Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 29, 1829; m. Elmer Walcott. Aulistus Leonard, b. May i, 1832. Franklin Augustus, > , ^t o ly . » ^ > b. Nov. 21, 1834, Francis A., 5 ' o*f Elizabeth Welch, b. Mar. 4, 1837. Hannah Chesley, a sister of Moses, by her skill in ob- stetrics and f;\ithfulness in nursing the sick, greatly endear- ed herself to the Oxford people. William Chipman son of Benjamin and Hannah, was born in Kingston, Mass. Aug. 14, 1764. His parents were among the earliest settlers in Bakeistown, now Poland, and his elder brother, Benjamin continued in Poland, where he d. June 18, 1835, -^ ^^ years; his other brother, Daniel, s. first in Poland, removing to Raymond in 1813. His father d. in 1787, and his mother, a sister of Gen. Peleg Wads- worth, d. in 1821, ^ 03 years. Mr Chipman was a soldier in the Revolution, enlisted in New Gloucester, served in the Mass. con. and pensioned in 1834. His wife was Esther Lane and the Hist, of Paris namey twelve children, but does not claim any to have been born in that town. His farm in Hebron adjoined the Bucknam's and probably some of his children were born there, although none are found on the records. He m. 3d, Jan. 20, 1823, Miss Jftne Sampson of Turner. Jane Chipman died in Oxford, June 12, 1833, Ben- jamin died the following day, and William Chipman died 166 Annals of Oxford. Mar. 30, 1849. Some of his children s. on or near the homestead ; Rebecca, m. Jonathan Glover of Hebron, and Amos, m. Dec. 1825, Mary Dean of Hebron, lived for a time on a farm (207) in Oxford ; removed to Mechanic Falls. Joshua Chipman, son of William, b. Mar. 5, 1790, m. Feb. 18, 1816, Hannah Wood of Minot; lived upon a farm near his father's in Hebron, where his children were born. Family removed to New Portland, where he d. Dec. 13, 1870. Children : Caroline, b. Feb. 22, 1817. Rosilla, b. Aug. 16, 1818. Louisa b. June i, 1820. Samuel Prescott, b. May 3, 1823. Hannah Elizabeth, } , nyr^^ ^ ,q^^ ^ , -t^ , ,. >b. Mar. 6, 1829. Joshua l^rankhn, > ^ Charles Chipman, and Allura S. Pompilly, both of Hebron, were m. May, 1827. He was a son of William, b. 1798, a farmer (1Q3) in Oxford; wife d. Jan. 24, 1867, he died March 14, 1069. Children : Esther D., b. Sept. 30, 1828. Sally True, b. Feb. 14, 1830. Jane M., b, Feb. 14, "1832, m. May 17, T855, Nathaniel E. Rowe of New Gloucester. Hannah Venora, b. Aug. 19, 1834, ^- ^^^- ^^» ^^55' J''" seph Farris of Oxford. Jabez Churchill, of Shepardsfield, bought in 1785 lot 12, in the 5th range, ist div. and sold the same to Jo- siah Fuller, in 1800. Wife, Maria, joined in the conveyance, residence, Buckfield. JosiAH Churchill, of New Gloucester , cooper, sold to Elisha Gurney, in 1794, lot 5 in the 5th range of ist div. He signed the call copied on page 12. Benjamin and Sarah Churchill are credited in He- bron, with children, as follows: Olive, b. April 10, 1809. Miranda, b. April 26, 1812. Polly, b. May 10, 1815. AsEPM Churchill and Sally F. Peterson, both of Hebron, m. Mar. 11, 1827. James N. Churchill, aged 28, wife and one child were living in Oxford in 1840. Annals of Oxford. 167 Thomas Clark came to Craiges Mills about 1813 to be the tavern keeper. He had been a book-seller in Port- land ; m. 1802, Nancy Goodwin; lived two or three years in Lisbon, Me. and in the spring of 1816, settled perma- nently on Paris Hill, where he died, Feb. 13, 1852. He was a man of considerable ability, quite a politition, an efficient public official and for several years he was the Sec. of Oxford Lodge of Masons. See Histor}^ of Paris. Peter Clark, m. Rhoda, dau. of Tristram Richards of Middleton, N. H. and lived for a time in Hebron. He was a son of Samuel, b. in Durham, N. H., changing his residence from Hebron to Paris in 1827. Son Peter proba- bly b. in Durham, was a mute, and killed on the railroad. Children as per Hebron records. Martha, b. June 4, 181 1. Jonathan, b. May 29, 1813. Samuel, b. Aug. 3, 1815. Hezekiah, b. Sept.. 7, 1817. Sally, b. June 25, 1820. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 28, 1824. Adin Cleaveland, son of Edward and Deborah (Ad- ams) Cleaveland, b. April 27, 1784; m. Miranda, b. Nov. 4, 1784, dau. of Lebbeus and Martha (Clark) Smith. He lived for several rears at Medfield Mass. ; children , with the exception of the two youngest, were born there. Their homestead in Oxford (85) was not far from the vil- lage, on the road to Poland, where he d. Dec. 2, 1848. Children : Emily Simpson, b. Mar. 18, 1805, m. April 18, 1841, Ira Crook er of Oxford. Rosella Andrews, b. June 18, 1807, m. March 18, 1824. Israel Pike of Norway ; she d. Dec. 1827. Henrietta Maria, b. Dec. 20, 1810 ; m. Sept. 14, 1829. Nathan Lombard of Otisfield. Lydia Hill Nelson, b. Oet. 22, 1813 ; m. Jan. 27, 1838, Tpremiah Lovell of Otisfield. 1 iranda Smith, b. Dec. 10, 1821 ; m. Dec. 13, 1849, Rob- en v:?mall Townsend of Oxford. Adin Cornelius, b. Jan. 21, 1824; m. Jan. 14, 1855, Me- linda E. Edwards of Otisfield, in which town he settled. Amos and Betsey Clifford are credited upon Oxford 168 Annals of Oxtbrd. records, with children as follows t Lavinia D., b. May 3, 1828. Joseph, b. Dec. 6, 1832. Alvin D. Clifford and Polly Smith, both of Ox- ford, were married, Dec. 20, 1839. John Clifford, farmer, aged 68, with wife Sarah, aged 70, both born in New Hampshire, were residing (16) in Oxford in 1850. John Clifford and Charlotte Winkley, both of Oxford, were m. Mar. 31, 1853. William Cobb, for service in Mass. State troops, in Revolution , was pensioned in 1833, being then 70 years old ; he died Dec. 7, 1849. Wife Betsey, died April 3, 1811, aged 35 years. Children as per Hebron records. Betsey, b. Aug. 2, 1793. Ruth, b. Jan. 17, 1795 ; m. Sept. 8, 1814, Arden Tubbs. Anna, b. Mar. 23, 1797. (Hannah Cobb, d. Jun. 22, 1804.) William, b. Sept. 14, 1799. Bezaleel, b. Sept. 26, 1801. George, b. April, 1804. Mary Jane, b. June 14, 1806; d. June 30, 1811. Joseph, b. April i, 1809; d. June 23, 1810. William Cobb, Jr, and Lovisa, dau. of Jacob Gurney, were m. April 18, 1822 and had, born in Hebron : Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1823. Augusta, b. July 14, 1826. Nancy, b. Dec. 22, 1828. Francis Marion, b. Oct. 13, 1832, Sarah Jane, b. June 19, 1835. JosiAH and Hannah Cole are credited with twelve children, ten in Hebron and two in Oxford ; rk Allows : — Samuel, b. April 6, 1799. Polly, b. May 18, 1800. Louisa, b. Aug. 30, 1802. Josiah, b. Oct. 10, 1805. Solomon, b. Mar. 24, 1808. Pauline, b. Feb. 22, 1811. Sally, b. Mar. 25, 1813. William G., b. Feb. i, 1815. Rebecca, b. May 37, 1817. Affa, b. Dec. 5, 1818. Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1821. Harriet, b. April 11, 1824. Randall and Betsey Corby had, born in Oxford : Elbridge Willis, b. July a, 1^36. AnjKils of Oxfbrd. 169 Daniel and Mary Corliss are credited in Hebron, wkh Mary Ann, b. May 4, 1827. Isaac Coombs of Hebron and Harriet Edwards of Otisfield, m. (pub.) Dec. 31, 1825, and had; Enoch, b. April i, 1827. Samuel L., b. July 11, 1829. €®%, Benjamin Cox had lot 3, in the 8th range, ist divis- ion of Shepardsfield. He had served in the Mass. line in the Revolution, name placed on the pension roll in 1819, dropped under act Masy i, 1820, restored in 183 1, and died Jan. 14, 1832. Children of record in Hebron : Rebecca, b. Nov. 24, 178^1. Sarah, b. Mar. 9, 1784. David, b. April 17, 1786. Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1788. Content, b. Mar. 11, 1791. Lydia, b. July 3, 1793. Abigail, b. Mar. 18, 1797. The above were evidently placed upon record at the same tinae, subsequently, there is credited to Benjamin Cox, Jr. : I«aac. b. Aug. 3, 1801. Jacda, b. June 8, i8oj ; m. Mar. 21, 1825, Mary A. Packard, and had, born in Hebron : Isaac, b. Nov. 25, 1825 ; Amariah, b. Mar. 16, 1827. John Cox and Hannah Keene, both of Hebron, were mar- ried Dec. I, 1801. Benjamin Cox of Heb., changed surname to Watson, 1864. Nathan Coy, son of John and Mary (Millett) Coy , was born in Minot April 14, 1793. In the fall of 1844 ^^ bought a tract of land in Oxford ('i$6) of George Earns and Benjamin Dudley and «ettled upon it the following May. In 1846 he added by purchase, a lot from John Welch, then occupied dy Otis Souk. Mr. Coy was a soldier in the war of 181 2 - 14, and June 22, 1849 he lost his life trying to res- cue his son Oliver from drowning in the river near his house. 170 Annals of Oxford. His wife was Juliana, daii. of James and Susanna (Young) Buck of Norway, b. Dec. 29, 181 1 ; d. Aug. 11, 1895. Children: Henry Wiltsy, b. Mar. 22, 1838; m. Oct. 30, 1870, Eliza Wiglit of Gilead, lives in Oxford. Clementine, b. July 11, 1839, d. Oct. 7, 1861. Oliver Buck, b. Dec. 18, 1840, lives in Oxford. Helen, b. Sept. 16, 1842, lives in Oxford. Hattie, b. Mar. 28, 1845 ; m. Sept. 1865, Alfred W. Cush- man of Kingston, Mass., d. Nov. 23, 1874. Nathan Brewster, b. Sept. 29, 1848; m. October 14, 1875, Marion Ross of Danville, P. Q^ Eliab and Sarah Coy are credited in Hebron with : Byron, b. Sept. 4, 1825. William, b. Oct. 23, 1827. Olive, b. Dec. 18, 1829. Eliab Washburn, b. Dec, 6, 1832. Eunice, b. Dec. 9, 1834. George Willard, b. Nov. 13, 1836. Sarah Esther, b. Oct. 12, 1840. Samuel Crafts of Bridgewater, bought in 1786 of Mr. Shepard, lot 9 in the 6th range, ist division, and soon !?:ettled upon it. He had served in the war and was pension- ed under the act of 1832. His wife, Anna Packard, died Jan. 31, 1833 > he died Feb. 2, 1844. Children : Polly, b. Aug. 6, 1788; m. Nov. 26, 1812, Alden Bumpas. Samuel, b. jNlar. 21, 1790; m. Althea Sturtevant. Moses, b. May 26, 1792 : m. Sarah and had : Alden, b. Dec. 17, 1816. Edward, b. Aug. 27, 1818. Moses Orville, b. June 28, 1820. Justin, b. Apr. 2, 1823. 4 Leonard Sturtevant, b. Aug. 20, 1825. Austin, b. Aug. 27, 1827. Sarah Ann, b. Nov. 22, 1829. Isaac, b. July 29, 1794. Anna, b. Jan. 29, 1796; m. Nov. 20, 1823, Samuel In- galls of Hebron. John, b. Nov, 14, 1798. Verren, b. Oct. 17, 1800. Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 1804. PhcEbe, b. June 29, 1806; m. Dec. 2, 1830, John Ken- nard of Windham. Alonzo, b. Jan. 10, 1809. Hiram, b. March 4, 181 1. Annals or Oxlora. /* Samuel Crocketi-, son of Joshua and Sarah (Ham. lin) Crockett of Norway, was born in Hebron, Nov. 26, 1792; m. Dec. 25, 1815, Mary dau. of Benjamin Her- ring of Norway. She died Nov. 4, 1877, m 82 years. Residence in Oxford (35)' Children : Mary Jane, b. June 24, 1816; m. May 14 1836, Eben J. Pottle of Oxford. Sally L,. b. July 12, 1818; 2d wife of Mr. Pottle. Solomon, b. June 11, 1820. Esther C , b. Mar. 23, 1822; m. Charles Pike of Norway. James, b. Feb. 8, 1826, lived ten months. James, b. Oct. i, 1827, d. June 17, 1832. Benjamin, b. April 6, 1831 ; m. Feb. 11, 1850, Elvira F. McAllister, settled on the home farm and had : Samuel Lafayette, b. Oct. 15, 1853. Alfred Irving, b. Aug. 14, 1856. Mark, b. 1836, m. Roslia Augusta Millett ; s. (46), had: Otha, Heloise, Samuel, Winheld Scott, Sarah Louisa, Frederick Milton, Lillian Kate, David Mil- lett, Mary Elsie Blanch and Fannie Persis. Sewall Crockett, brother of Samuel, b. October 4, 1803 ; m. Olive Hayford, credited on Oxford records with : Ellen Maria, b. Jan. 23, 1829. Sewall, b. July 12, 1831. Lewis Hamlin, b. Oct. 23, 1833. Charles Pierce, b. Aug. 5, 1836. Mary Pike, b. Aug. 7, 1838. Charles Crocker, son of Joshua and Ruth (Joyce) Crooker, was born Oct. 23, 1780; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Packard and s. in Hebron, perhaps on lot 3 ii; the 5th range, 2d division, his father's purchase of Mr Whitney in 1801. Children are credited as follows: -— Charles, b. May i, 1801. Stephen, b. Jan. 20, 1802, lived one month. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1804; living in Oxford (119) in 1840, with wife, three children and two aged women. Sophrona, b. July 23, 1806. Irene, b. April 4, 1809. John, b. Feb. i, 1813. Joshua, b. March 6, i8i6. Joseph, b. Feb. 15, 1819. 172 Ajinals of Oxford. Joshua Crocker, Jr. of Minot, aad Almira Bearce of Hebron, m. Aug. 19, 1813 ; had Aknira Bearee, Dec. 1814. Seth Crooker of Buckfield and Priscilla Keene of Hebron, m. Oct. 23, 1800. He d. in Oxford, Jan. 22, *33. Children : Lemuel, b. Mar. 25, 1804; family in Oxford in 1830. Seth, b. 1807, m. Nov. 17, 1829, Caroline Rowe of Sum ner, lived (94), had Cyrenas R., b. 1841, and others. Jonathan, b. 1808, m. Dec. 11, 1833, Ruth Emery, livec; in Oxford, had Caroline, b. 1835, Melinda C, b. 1839, Cyrus R., b. 1843, and Rosetta G., b. May 30, 1846. Zelotas, died Mar. 1816, aged four years. Ira, b. 1814, a mute, m. Eraily S. Cleaveland, and had born in Oxford, Rosina, b. 1842, Drusilla, b. 1846, George W., b. 1849. Otis, b. May 30, 1817, m. Nov. 25, 1840, Eunice Brooks, and had Charles H., b. Oxford, July 29, 1847* Melinda, b. Aug. 25, 1819. Ashley Curtis was a private in Capt. Josiah Hay- den's, Bridgewater company of Minute-men, which march- ed on the Lexington alarm ; he also served under the same commander at the seige of Boston. In 1785, h€ bought of Mr. Shepard, a part of lots 10 and 11 in the 5th range, ist division. He died Aug. 25, 1831, m 85 years. By wife Susanna he is credited with children as follow*. Eliphaz, b. Jan. 16, 1771 ; had son Alvah, Nov. 6, 1797. Oliver, b. Nov. 18, 1773. Susanna, b. Feb. 9, 1776, m. June 4, 1V99, Isaiah Fuller, Maiy, b. June 21, 1778. Ashley, b. July 31, 1780; m. Dec. 21, 1809, Betsey Pack- ard and had Rosetta H., b. Oct. i, 1810, Harrison G. O., b. Jan. 13 1812, H»rri«t Newall, b. March 17, 1815, Hira«a, b. July 10, 1&17, Arvilla, b. May 10, 1820, Elizabeth, d. young, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1825, and George A., b. Mar. 9, 1829. Sarah, b. May 9, 17%, d, Jan. 26, 1808. Rebecca, b. Feb. 12, 1786, m. Sept. 26, 1813, Ebenezer Jewell of Paris. Sibj^l, b. May 19, 1789, d. June 16, 1790. Lois, b. Oct. 21, 1791, d. Nov. 7, 1799. Annals of Oxford. 173 The Cushman family had several representatives among the early settlers of Hebron ; an excellant Geneal- ogy having been published, reference is made to it in some eases. Job, Thomas and Zebedee Cushman, sons of Thom- as and Ann (Chipman) Cushman of Plympton, Mass. are said to have commenced clearing land in ShepardsEeld, in 1782. The names of the two latter are upon the Massachu- setts rolls of soldiers in the Revolution, and Zebedee, for service in the Continental navy, was granted a pension. Job Cushman had lots 11 and 12 in the 6th range, was twice married and had eleven children. In 1793 he was li- censed, by the Baptists, to preach as a missionary at large. He moved to Montville in 1804 and died, very suddenly, in his 73d year , Jan. 8, 1826, while on a mission to Campo- bello Island, and was buried at Eastport. He was a thri% farmer and an exemplary christian. Thomas Cushman wash. 1758; m. Nov. 1783, Rath Ring of Minot, Maine. He became interested in the teach- ings of Ann Lee and with his family joined the Shakers at New Gloucester. He died at Alfred, Me. 1816. Zebedee Cushman, was b. 1763 ; m. Mar. i, 1787, Sar rah HolmeF of Plympton, and they are credited with elev- en children in Hebron. He had lot 10 in the 7th range ; he died June 3, 1837. Isaac Cushman, son of Robert, of Kingston, b. Mar. 10, 1745 ; a soldier of the Revolution, pensioned in 1833. He had lot 2 in the 5th range. Hig first wife was Sarah by whom he had Elizabeth, b. Aug. 20, 1771 and three others. She d. Feb. 10, 1804. He m. 2d, Sept. 18, 1805, Mehitable Gurney of Hebron. Joseph Cushman, son of Benjamin of Plympton, m. Dec. 24, 1788, Peggy Brown of Shepardsfield ; three child- ren on record. He was a soldier of the Revolution, but per- haps did not serve long enough to entitle him to a pension. He was born in 1758 and died in 1834. Andrew^ Cushman, son of Josiah of Plympton, b. Aug. 23, 1773, m. ist, Hannah Perkins, and 2d, Feb. 4, 1804, Ann Nelson of Hebron, by whom he had nine children Family removed to Monsr»n, M«. 174 Annals of Oxford. Gideon Cushman, son of Caleb of Cai-ver, was h. Nov' 20, 1750; m. Feb. 25, 1772, Ruth, dau. of Capt. Nathan- iel Shaw of Plympton, and had twelve children. He had lot 7 in the 2d range, and is said to have commenced clear- ing in 1781. Previously he had been a sailor, served as a soldier in the war, for which he was pensioned in 1834. Wife d. Dec. 19, 1836; he d. May 7, 1845. Caleb Cushman, Jr. brother of Gideon, was born July 1757; m. Mar. 24, 1785, Charlotte Packard; m. 2d, Mar. 29, 1804, Polly Buck and had fourteen children. Pie had lots 6 in the 3d and 4th ranges, and probably came about the same time as his brother. He had served as fifer in the Mass. militia in the Revolution and was pensioned in 1833. Wife d. Sept. 7, 1820, ^ 53 5 he d. Jan. 17, 1835. See Cushman Genealogy for the children of the families above mentioned. Levi Cushmau, son of Gideon, was b. Aug. 14, i773' m. April 7, 1796, Eleanor Buck of Buckfield, had 2 child- ren and d. April 8, 1802. He m. 2<3, Rhoda French of Ravnham, Mass., she d. Feb. 7, 1852, in her 83d year, at Mrs. Records. Mr. and Mrs. C. were s. in Oxford in 1840. Children : Polly, m. Isaac Bolster, Jr. of Paris, s. Harrison. Eleanor, m. Henry Blake, s. Patten, Me. Eliza, b. 1804, m. Chandler Records of Oxford. Sullivan, b. Mar. 13, 1805, m. Clarissa Jones Tribou of Paris, s. in Oxford, later in Auburn. Solomon, b. Mar. 7, 1807, d. June 25, 1827. Rhoda F., m. Dec. 3, 1831, John W. Fogg, s. Harrison. Zebedee Cushman, Jr,, b. Hebron, Nov. 23, 1787 ; m. May 16, 1817, Polly Robbins, s. Oxford (169), He died Feb. 27, 1844; she died Feb. 27, 1844. Children : Elvira, b. May i, 1818, m. Aug. 21, 1839, William Ed- wards, Jr. of Oxford. Job, b. Mar. ii, 1820, m. Feb. 28, 1850, Eliza Harris, s. Oxford. William E., b. Jan. 21, 1822, m. Sept. 29, 1849, Rhoda J. Lee. Mary A., b. Oct. 1823, m. 1844, Seth Eastman, s. Boston. Ann Robbins, b. Sept. 10, 1825. Annals of Oxford. HS Leonard Cushman, son of Zebedee, was born FeK lo, T.QQ m. Aug. 6, 1821, Esther Jenkins of Norway. He d, Oct 27, 1826, at Point Petre, Gaudeloupe, Children. Sarah Jane, b. June 28, 1822. Leonard Chipman, b. Oct. 25, 1823. Bartlett Holmes Cushman, son of Zebedee, b. Mar. 20, 1803, m. Nov. 7, 1826, Mary Fuller; s. Oxlord. Children: ^ r j Charles Henry, b. Feb. 10, 1828; s. Oxford. Zebedee, b. Nov. 7, 1837. Freeland and Martha, twins, b. April 21, 1841. Eleazer Cushman, son of Joseph, b. Mar. 6, 1789, m. Dec. 29, 1811, Sibella Tripp ; s. (198) Oxford. Children : xx , rn • Simon, b. Dec. 5, 1814- ^- ^ov. 25, 1837, Hannah Tripp. Freeman, b. Nov. 19, 1816, m. Dec. 7, 1841, Hannah W. Hall of Minot, s. on home farm and had, Rufus, b. Uec. 18, 1843 ; Abby, b. May 29, «49 5 Simon, b. Sep. 26, '51. Alden, b. Mar. 16, 1818, m. Sep. 6, 1851, Susan R. Getchell of Wayne. o. u Christiana, b. Mar. 8, 1821, m. Nov. 17, 1842, Stephen G. Stevens of Rumford, s. in Minn. Rufus, b. Aug. 27, 1825 , d. Mar. 7, 1832. Timothy Ford, b. Feb. 12, 1831, m. Aug. 18, 1852, Mary A. M. Dunham of Turner. Edward Thomas Cushman, son of Lewis and Dorcas (Lane) Cushman of Monmouth, Me,; b. Feb. 11, 1808. Tulv 17th, 1830, he m. Sarah Jane Hutchings, who d. Nov. I, 1837 ; he m. 2d, June 24, 1838, Mary Blake, dau. af Wm. and Charity Jones. He came from Portland to Crat- gies Mills and engaged in trade in Mr. Hayes' large store near the brick mill ; he was also an agent of the Hayes- ville Mnfg. Co. After being burned out, in both store and mill he returned to Portland where he died Dec. 28, 1878 ; wife died Mar. 1880. Children : t^- 1 Edward Augustus, b. Sep. 30, 1831 ; m- Ehza Kingsley. Frances Jane, b. Aug. 13, 1832. t- 1 u • Sophronia Adelaide, b. June 11, 1834; m. Frank Herring. William Jones, b. Mar. 29, 1839, d. Sept. 13, 1840. Nancy Helen, b. Dec. 28, 1840, lived nine months. Mary jane, b. Aug. 16, 1842, d. Aug. 25, 1896. 176 Annals of Oxford. Caroline Sawyer, b. Mar. 21, 1845; m. John T. Wood, lives in Portland. James Anderson, b. Mar. 3, 1848, d. Jan. 3, 1850. Imogene Marr, b. April 6, 185 1, d. in infancy. Theopmilus Dame came to Oxford to superintend the farming interests of Mr Welch ; he lived on the Craigie Farm, also at Welchville. By wife Mary A., he is credited on Oxford records, with children as follows : Joseph, b. June 15, 1828. Mary Ann, and William Francis, twins, b. Feb. 16, 1835. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1836. John, b. Sept. 2, 1838. Fidela, b. Oct. 7, 1840. Simeon and Susanna Davee are credited on Hebron re- cords, with children, as follows. Sarah, b. Nov. 28, 1789, m. Jabez Barrows. Katherine, b. April 15, 1791, m. Joshua Whitman. Simeon, b. April 14, 1794, m. Aug. 17, 1817, Mehitable Stinchfield and had Mary H., b. Aug. 15, 1818. Solomon, b. June 5, 1796, m. Rachel Mason of Leeds. Susanna, b. May 3, 1799* m. Dec. 2, 1819, John Pack- ard of Buckfield. Deborah, b. Nov. 6, 1800, m. June 6, 1823, Samuel Pack- ard of Buckfield. George, b. Oct. 22, 1802, d. Mar. 15, 1889. By wife So- phronia, he had Celia Wing, b. Aug. 15, 1822. Sullivan, b. Aug. 17, 1831. Sam'l. H., b. Dec. 10, '32. Geo. W., b. Feb. 10, 1836. Helen W., b. Apr. 25, '39. Barnabas, b. Jan. i, 1805. Polly, b. May 5, 1807. Marius Virgil, b. March 22, 1809. Harrison, b. Sept. 22, 181 1. Wealthy, b. Nov. 4, 1818 ; mother died, Dec. 14, 1847. Alvin and Polly Davis were settled in Oxford before 1850. He went to the front in the war and was killed in battle. Children, as p«r town records. George T., b. July 5, 1842. Annals of Oxford. 177 Mary E., b. Sept. 24, 1845. James B., b. SqDt. 14, 1846. Eliz. F., b. Aug. 3, 1848. Sarah D., b. May 12, 1854. Joseph P., b. Aug. 3, 1858. Harriet L., b. Jan. 9, i860. Abraham Dean, son of Josiah and Mary Dean of Tawn- ton, came to Hebron before i794» buying of Isaac Bolster lot 6 in the 5th range, 2d division and a few years later, he bought the adjoining lot of Mr. Whitney. He served with Mass. State troops in the Revolution, and was pensioned in 1833. He d. in Oxford, Aug. 14, 1836; widow Polly d. March 10, 1839. Children : Polly, b. May 20, 1785, m. Aug. 1808, Isaac Whittemore. Celia, b. April 4, 1788, m, her cousin, Henry C. Deaa. Abraham, b. July 25, 1793, m. (pub, Nov. 16, 1819) Susanna Bridgham of Winthrop ; s. Oxford (204). Their children were; Cyrus, b. Dec. 16, 1820; Miriam, b. Feb. II, 1822, d. Nov. 1826; Harriet, b. Mar. 25, '23; Eliza, b. Mar. 10, 1825 ; Abraham, b. Apr. 28, 1826, m. May 2, 1855, Eliza Jane Soule ; Susanna, b. March 7, 1828; Ann, b. Feb. 8, 1829; Silas Bridgham, b. Apr. 28, 1831, d. Oct. 1863; Laura, b. Jan. 30, 1833; Thomas, b. May 19, 1835; J*^^» ^- Nov. 20, 1836 and Washington, b. 1838. Jacob Dean, brother of Abraham, m. Feb. 22, 1802 , Jane Hutchinson, s. in Hebron, now Oxford (143) ; wife died May 20, 1833. Children : Mary, b. May 18, 1803, m. Dec. 6, 1825, Amos Chipman. John Hutchinson, b. Mar. i, 1805, m. Mahala and had Alonzo, Albion C, Jacob, Betsey, Philena and Henry W. Jacob, b. Nov. 9, 1806, tn. Mar. 8, 1834, Philena Faunce and had Ansella Melissa, died Mar. '43, and Hannah D. Josiah, b. Jan. 9, 1809, m. Feb. 12, 1834, Deborah D. Dunn of Poland. Celia, b. Feb. 18, 1811. Henry Chase Dban, son ot Asa and Hannah (Chase) Dean of Paris, m. Apr. 7, 1811, Celia Dean of Hebron ; s. near the south-west corner of the town (93). He had much intlnence in the religious and civic affairs of the town and died May 3, 1875, at the advanced age of 89 years. 178. Annals of Oxi'ord. Children : George, b. Mar. ii, 1812. Henry, b. Mar. 20, 1814, d. Oct. 1^53. Charles, b. Mar. 18, 1815. Celia, b. Oct. 17, 1816, d. July 19. 1818. Celia, b. June 6, 1-819, m. Nov. 9, 1845, John Gardiner. Poll}^, b. Aug. 29, 1820. Samuel, b. Feb. 26, 1622. Timothy, b. May 8, 1824, d. Jan. 1857. Israel, b. Sept. 3, 1825, d. Mar. 16, 1826. Josiah, b. Sept. 12, 1826, d. Mar. 17, 1827. Betsey, b. July 31, 1828, m. Archibald. Abraham White, b. June 13, 1830. Jacob and Priscilla Decostbr had settlement in He- bron and are credited with children upon town records that may have been born elsewhere. Priscilla d. May 6, 1830. Children : Jacob, b. May 27, 1774. Samuel, b. Aug. 15, 1776. John, b. Mar, 19, 1780. Rogers, b. Feb. 24, 1782. Hannah, b. Oct. 7, 1784= George, b. Feb. 6, '86, d. 1804. Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1788. Sarah, b. May 27, 1790. Polly, b. May 29, 1792, m. April 4, 1819, Elkanah Irish of Buckfield. Jacob Decoster, Jr. and Susanna Rowe, both of He- bron, m. Dec. 20, 1801 ; she d. Jan. '41, he d. July 1842. Children : Parney, b. Nov. 14, 1802. George, b. Oct. 28, 1804. Solomon, b. Jan. 17, 1806. Howard, b. Oct. 19, 1808. Jacob, b. July 6, 181 1. Asa, b. Aug. 13, 181 3. Fear, b. Sept. 9, 1818, m. Samuel S. Bicknell, and m. 2d, Charles H. Gross of Rumford. Fearing, b. Oct. 18, 1820. Ephraim D., b. Nov. 20, 1822. Samuel Decoster, of Freeport, perhaps son of Jacob, bought in April, 1799, of Jacob Gurney of Paris, a part of lot 6 in the 5th range, and children are credited to him on Hebron records, as follows : — — Henry, b. Dec. 18, 1798. Samuel, b. Feb. 34, 1801. Joanna, b. June 6, 1803. James Bacon, b. Oct. ic>, 1806. Osias, b. Feb. 7, 1809. Rogbrs Decoster and Elizabeth Rowe, both of Hebron, were m. Aug. 28, 1803 ; she d. Jime 20, 1877. Annals of Oxford. 179 Children : Orris, b. March 7, 1806. John, b. April 6, 1809. Elbridge G., b. Feb. 12, 181 1. Sarah, b. Nov. 2, 1812. Hannah, b. April 29, 1814. Thomaa, b. June 13, 1817. Julia, b. May 6, 1821. Cyrcne, b. Dec. 29, 1823. William, b. Jan. 30, 1826. Simeon Dennen, Jr. of Hebron and Sally Ryerson of Paris, published their intention of marriage Sept. 14, 1823. They had Nelson, WilHam and others ; res. Oxford, (129). Moses R. and Delaina Dhnnen are credited on Oxford records with children as follows : — — Stilman True, b. Mar. 30, 1828. Wilbur Warrington, b. April 4, 1829. Augusta EverHne, b. April 24, 183 1. Moses Edwin, b. Oct. 24, 1832. Hannah EHzabeth Foss, b. May 18, 1833. Sarah Rice, b. Sept. 9, 1838. Lotheus, b. April 11, 1840. FREDERick Dennen, res. (146), m. Clarissa, dau. of Samuel Brown. He m. 2d, Nov. 10, 1838, Sally Blake. Children: Ruth Brown, b. July 31, 1825, d. Jan. 25, 1848. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 26, 1827, m. July 27, '45, G. H. Hall. William Franklin, b. Dec. 2, 1829. Sarah B., b. June 2, 1831, m. Oct. 30, 1849, Elbridge G. Fuller of Oxford. Caroline EHzabeth, b. July 24, 1833. Charles Augustus, b. Aug. 22, 1835. Clarissa Amanda, b. Oct. 14, 1837. Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 2, 1839. Lewis, b. Dec. 23, 1847. John Dinsmore was a resident of Oxford when the town was incorporated, no children are on record, but in 1850, a family of the name, consisting of Betsey, aged 65 ; Lyman, aged 42 ; Rosilla, aged 41 ; David W., aged 37 ; Nicholas C, aged 24, were living in Welchville. Stephen Doe had resided in Falmouth and in Sumner before coming to Hebron. His first wife was Ruth, dau. of 180 Annals of Oxford. Sa«iuel Winslow of Falmouth ; »he d. Feb. 26, 1823, ag-o^ 35 years. The Hebron records name wife, Lydi« ; date of his death, Aug. 21, 1847, and names of children as follows : Amos W., b. Mar. 19, 1809. Samuel W., b. Mar. 19, 1813. Benjamin W., b. July 10, 1815. William W., b. Oct. 16, 1817. Stephen, b. April 15, 1820. Emeline, b. Jan. 8, 1825, m. Colby Hutchins. Hiram C, b. Nov. 5, 1827, m. Betsey Noble. Amos Downing (Maj.) and wife Ruth, both born iia Mass. came to Oxford soon after the town was incorpora- ted and for a time was the manager of the Craigie Farm. Their son Silas, m. Aug. 26, 1845, Druscilla Knight; he m. 2d, Sept. I, 185 1, Anna Fiye. Lydia, wife of Solon Rawson, was their daughter, and so, perhaps, was Christi- anna, who m. Aug. 24, 1835, George W. Davis ot Port- land. Abner Downing and family were living in Oxford in 1840, and in 1850, Jaines Downing, farmer, aged 27, resided at Welchville. His family consisted of Sarah, age 21 ; John W., aged 10; Ruth, aged 9; George, aged 3, and Margaret, aged i. The wife of Maj. Downing d. Mar. II, 1856; he d. Sept. 24, 1856, aged 74y, 5m. Ebenezer Drake, son of Jobn of Bridgewater, Mass. had lots 7 in the 5th and 6th ranges, ist div. of Shepards- field. He m. Feb. 18, 1773, Svig-anna Leavitt of Pembroke, by whom he had three children. For service in the Mass. Line, his name was added to the pension roll in 1819, and continued until his death, Dec. 14, 1829. He m. 2d, Jan. 17, 1782, Martha, dau. of Zachariah Gurney, by whom he had children as follows : Alpheus, b. Sept. 23, 1782. Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1785, m. Mar, 17, 1802, Dimmick Day Rowe of Hebron, Martha, b. July 26, 1787, m. Mar. 10, 1808, Eleazer Snell of Turner. Mary, b. April 13, 1790, m. Dec. 30, 1807, Joshua Keene, 3d of Hebron. Vashti, b. May 23, 1792, m. Feb. 13, 1814, Moses Young of Buckfield. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 24, 1796, m. Oct. 12, 1823, Harmony Gurney of Hebron. Aimate of QsibM. 181 Alpheus Drake, son of Ebeneaer, m. Mov. ly, i8o§, Sybilla Fairbanks of ^ " * • she d. Mar. 15, 1868, he d. Oct. 15, 1854. Children. Zilpah, b. Mar. 6, 1805, m. Huse Dow. Orson, b. Sept. 14, 1806, m. Lydia E. Newman; he died June 13, 1863. Levi Fairbanks, b. May 25, 1808, m. Jan. 27, 1833, Han- nah Fobes of Paris; he m. 2d, Oct. 24, 1848, Susanna Fobes, s. Portland. Permelia, b. Jan. 3, 1813, m. Lemuel M. Marriner. Sybilla Grovenor, b. ]n\y 29, 1814, m. Che&t«r B. Ny€. Mary Ames, b. Apr. 25, 18 19, m. Bradbury Tibbetts. Edwin Ebenezer, b. Apr. 4, 1825, m. Annie R. Fletcher; he m. 2d, Nancy J. Taylor, and d. at sea, Aug. 1863. David Dudley, son of Ebenezer, b. Swdbury, Ma«a. Oct. I, 1863; m. Sept. II, 1791, Rebecca, dau. of C*|rt. Daniel Bucknam ; he m. 2d, Nov. 25, i8o£, Charity, d*u. of John Tuell of Paris. He was a soldier in the Revolutlen, had lot 4 in the 3d niuge, first div. of Shepa-rdslield ; re- moved to Paris and later to Woodstock. See History of the Dudley Family. Nathan Dudley, (Lieut.) brother of David, h. M«r. 2, 1760; had lot 3, ad)oining his brother. He m. Mar. 14, 1779, Jane, dan. of Benjamia Dudley? ra. 2d, Jtmt id, 1824, Mrs. Sylvia, widow of Maasissah Washburn. For service in Mass. Contirkentals, he was penadoned in 1819; died Feb. 19, 1838; wi^fe d. Mar. 14, iS^i. Children : Sarah, b. July 18, 1768, m. Mar. 16, 181 1, Bela ChaHd- ler of Buckfield. Mary, b. 1790, m. Oct. 6, 1^08, Shepard Churchill. Jane, b. Apr. 14, 1792, m. Feb. 4, 1816, Isa«G Washburn. Nathan, b. May 21, 1795, s. Oxford (188). Ebenezer, b. Jan. 19, 1798, s. Oxford. Therza, b. Mar. 7, i8oa. Nathan Dudley, son of Nathan, m. Jan. 27, 1816, Sa- rah Churchill, and had : Benjamin C, b. Dec. if, i-8i6. Caleb, b. Nov. 24, 1819. Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1823, m. Jan. 1.2, 1853, Sarah Soule. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1836; Sim&n G. and WMam. 182 Annals of Oxford. Ebenkzer Dudi.ky, son of Lieut. Nathan, m. May 8, 1824, Ruth Churchill, lived in Oxford and had: Seth Benson, b. July 13, 1825; m. Dec. 24, 1854, ^^"- nah E. Churchill of Oxford. Sarah G. B. B., b. July 2, 1829. Jane, b. 1831. Daniel, b. 1833. Harrison, b. 1842. Rawson, b. 1844. Daniel Dudley, son of David, b. 1792, s. in Oxford, (157). Hem. Nov. 28, 1816, Lovisa Hathaway, and 2d, June 9, 1836, Jane Churchill; they had Laura M., Sam- uel H., Daniel L, Oliver P., and others. mm^imM or 3s©Ni^^.m. James Dunham bought, in 1797? ^^ Joshua Keen, a pari of lot 2 in the 3d range, the consideration being $1,000. he was then a resident in Hebron and had been several years. He was b. Feb. 9, 1754, ^- Mary Ransom and d, Nov. 16, 1836; \u6 wife was b. Aug. 12, 1756, d. Nov. 18, 1832. Childi'en : Jemsha, b. April 9, 1778, ra. Jan. 5, 1796, Jacob Packard. Rebecca, b. Aug. 6, 1780, m. Feb. 21, 1799, Elnathan Packard of Poland. James, b. July 6, 1782, m. Nov. 22, 1806, Molly Rand- all of Turner, and had Jane, b. Aug. i, 1807, d. July 20, 1819. Maiy, b. Feb. i, 1809, m. Nov. 30, 183 1, Alonzo Tubbs. Leonard, b. Aug. 26, 1810, m. Apinl 29, 1838, Olive Tubbs. AngeHne, b. July 22, 181 2. He d. July 16, 1817 ; wddovv m. Feb. 28, 1819, Joseph Sturtevant. Ransom, b. June 23, 1784, d. in hig 3d year. Ebenezer, b. April 9, 1786, m. Oct. 27, 1805, Lucy Bearce, she d. Sept. 15, 1820, M 34. He m. 2d, June 17, 1821, Rebecca Bearce ; children as follows : Almira, b. Feb. II, 1806. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 25, 1807. Alanson and Abigail, twins, b. Mar. 22, 1810. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 15, 1815. James Edward, b. Sept. 9, 1822, d. in 2d year. Edwin E., b. May 10, 1824. Mary, b. Oct. 39, 1788, m. April 8, 1821, Charles Bearce. Ruth, b. Jan. 10, 1791, lived three months. Baitimeus, b. May 14, 1792. Christine, b. Mar. 16, 1793, m. May 7, 1817, Isaac Hask- ell of Turner. Alanson, b. Dec. 25, 1796, d. Dec. 13, 1799. Ransom, (Rev.) b. April 19, 1798; d. Bryants Pond. Annals of OxforcL 183 Sally, b. wSept. 6, 1801, m. Feb. 13, 1823, Stephen Jones of Falmouth. Hiram, b. Aug. 14, 1804, m. Dec. 23, 1827, Lucy G. Bas- sett of Turner. They had Nancy M., b. Dec. 4, 1828. Thomas Dunham appears to have been in New Glou- cester as early as 1790, coming to Hebron before 1803, the title to lot 10 in tlie ist range, 2d division, from Simon Jackson, bearing that date. He died June 5, 1853 ; wife Sylvina, died July 9, 1845. Children : Thomas, b. March 31, 1799. Joseph, b. March 30, 1801. Lucy, b. May 30, 1802, m. May 7, 1820, Joshua Tupper of Leeds. Eliza, b. Mar. 20, 1804, m. Feb. 24, 1822, Isaac Mason of Leeds. Benjamin, b. May 10, 1806, by wife, Catherine, had Apr. 30, 1830, Catherine A. Sylvina, b. July 12, 1807, m. Oct. 12, 1830, Cornelius B. Knight of Paris. Caroline, b. July 16, 1809, d. Nov. 27, 1820. Isaac, b. Jan. 16, 1812. James T. Dunham m. April 30, 1799, Cynthia Pack- ard of Hebron. He d. Dec. 6, 1864, she d. Aug. 1861. Children : Zilpah, b. Sept. 10, 1801. Cynthia, b. April 10, 1803., d. Mar. 14, 1808. James, b. June 22, 1805. Harvey, b. 21, 1807. Cynthia, b. July 26, 1809. Louisa, b. June 16, 1811. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 27, 1813. Lysander, b. June 29, 1815. John, b. April 3, 1818. James Dunn, Jr. was a son of Charles Dunn of Poland, who lat« in life removed to Oxford. James adopted the af- fix, Jr., to avoid the inconvenience of having same name as one of his uncles who was a neighbor whilst he lived in Poland. Mr. Dunn was a famous instructor of vocal music, for many years his time, during the fall and winter months, was fully occupied by the singing schools. He had a farm near Welchville, but some of his chiMren may have been born in Poland. His first wife was Ruth, dau. of Joseph Strout; she d. Sept. 1863; he m. 2d, Mrs. Deborah, wid. of Josiah Dean, and 3d, M*s. Flora, wid. of Geofge Su- 184 Annals of Oxford. pl«s oi Oxford. H« d. Mar. 15, 1900, in his ninetieth year. Children : Lucy Helen, b. April 12, 1838, m. Dr. A. Q^ Marshall of Hebron. Charles We&tey, b. Oct. 31, 1839, m. Sarah Pendext«r, lives in Poland. MelvUie Howard, b. June 14, 1841, m. Mrs. Ellen (Rol- lins) Butler; m, 2d, Mrs. Nellie (Nutter) Dyer of Cape Elizabeth ; s. New Gloucester. Bcrtrand Francis, b. Jan. 9, 1844, m, Clara A. Towle of Westbrook ; physician, lives in Portland. Freeland Roscoe, b. May 8, 1845, m. Fannie Baker of Brockton, Mass. ; m. 2d, Mary Grady of St. Louis, Mo. Martha Ellen, b. Jan. 14, 1847, ra. Rev. Daniel Green. James Dana, died at the age of nineteen. Junietta Strout, m. John Gilman Davis of Poland. Charles Durell, son of David and Mary (Jackson), was born in Newton, Mass. June 5, 1797, and died in Ox- ford, Dec. 12, 1875. He m. Aug. 24, 1828, Sally Hall, daughter of Samuel and Sally (Hall; King, born in Paris, Dec. 26, 1802, died in Oxford, Dec. 12, 1884. Children : Charles Franklin, b. Portland, April 22, 1834 ' ^^^^^ '" Oxford, trader, postmaster, repi'esentative, town officer, etc. He m. Oct. 22, 1882, Nellie May, b. June 8, 1859, dau. of George J. and Clara (Watson) Pendexter. She d. Dec. 8, 1893, leaving one son, Charles P. now a student in Bates College. Sarah Ellen, b. Oxford, Sept. 8, 1838, m. Oct. 17, 1866, George Edwin Hawkes of Windham. He in trade with C. F. D., has been Town Treasurer, etc. They have a son, Frank E., grad. Yale, a lawyer in Boston, and a daughter, Ida Bella. Isaac Dwinell is credited on Hebron records witli : Alexander Bridgham, b. Aug. 18, 181 1 ; Harrison, b. Dec. 12, 1813 ; Algernon, b. Sept. 16, 1815 ; Lucy Hammond, b. June 4, 1817; Betsey Brooks, b. Mar. 4, 1820. Wife, Mercy, dau. of Samuel Bridgham, d. Feb, 4, 1823, JE 35 years. He m. 2d Sarah Seymour and had: George Byron, b. Dec. 20, 1828. Axmals of Oxfc»?d. 185 Nathaniel Edwards, a plow maker, lived in Oxford at the time of its incorporation. By wife Joanna, lie had : Laura Chandler, b. April g, 1824. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 20, 1826. Joanna Augusta, b. May 18, 1828. Angeline, d. June 28, 1830. William Edwards, Jr. and Elvira Cushman, both of Ox- ford, pub. int. of m. July 21, 1839. Robert K. Edwards and Lucy Ann Brooks, she of Ox- ford, m, May 8, 1843 ; had Melissa, 1844 ' Alonzo, 1846. William and Hannah Emery are credited on the town records of Hebron, with : Ruth J., b. Jan. i, 1814. Eliza, b. Feb. 13, 1816. Susan, b. Sept. 14, 1818. Jennet, b. Jan. 16, 1820, d. next month. Rosetta M., b. Aug. 9, 1821. Joseph F., b. Feb. 14, 1824. Joseph F. Emery and Martha Morton, both of Oxford, wer€ m. May 3, 1833 5 ^^^ '• Joseph Freeman, b. Mar. 7, 1834. Clarinda, b. Nov. 10, 1835. William Melvin, b. Feb. 14, 1838. James Nathaniel Fernald, b. Mar. 12, 1840. Gilbert and Betsey Evans are credited on the town records of Hebron, with Winslow, b. Mar. 8, 1820. Gilbert and EuTiice Evans had Fanny, b. May 30, 1824 ; Nancy, b. Nov. 24, 1827, and Gilbert, b. July 11, 1831. Jame Farris had lot 2 in the 3d range and lot 3 in the aron mention children as follows : Josiah, b. Nov. 17, 1778, m. Jan. 4, 1799, Susanna Curtis- Deborah, b. Oct. 3, 1780, m. Joseph Hutchinson, Samuel, b. Aug, 27, 1782. Jesse, b. Feb. 21, 1784, d. Dec. 18, 1799. Noah Prince, b. Dec. 2, 1785. Ruth, b. Mar. 2, 1788, m. Nov, 27, 1806, Josiah Jordan. John, b. Feb. 24, 1790, m. 1815, Everline Washburn. Rebecca Cushinan, b. Jan. 8, 1792, m. Dec. 17, 1818, Ezekiel Verrill of Minot. Barnabas, b. June 30, 1794, by wife Bertha, had Jesse Augustus, b. Mar. 27, 1828. Kimball Prince, b. tw. wi. Barnabas, m. Miranda Carman. Martha, b. Mar. 18, 1797, m. Mar. 19, 1818, Thomas Jackson Greenwood. Sarah Prince, b. Jan. 29, 1799, m. 1823, Levi Whittemore. Jesse, b. May 14, 1801. Barzillia Fuller, son of Barnabas, was born in 1751 ; he had lot 3 in the 7th range, he was pensioned for service in the Massachusetts line, and the same was continued to his widow Mary. Children of record in Hebron. Elizadeth, b. July 9, 1787. Robert, b. Sept. 24, 1788. Barnabas Fuller, prob. son of Barnabas, was lost at sea, Nov. 25, 1792, M 34 years. Martha, d. Feb. 21, 1804, in H. 192 Annals of Oxford. Barnabas Fuller, d. in Hebron, Mar. 24, 1814, m poy. 6m. Rebecca, wife of Barnabas Fuller, d. April 6, 1813. Jesse Fuller, d. Aug. 1826, M 77. Nathaniel Fuller of Plympton, prob. brother of Bar- nabas, is credited with service in the Revolution, and he is named among the early settlers of Shepardsfield, located on lot 12 in the 5th range, 2d div. His tirst wife was Lydia Holmes; he ra. 2d, April 11, 1797, Anna -— — ; she was living, in 1850, with her son Sullivan, in Oxford , aged 81. Children : Caleb, b. Feb, 10, 1771. m. Hannah Perkins; s. Paris. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 27, 1772, living in Oxford in 1850. Nabby, b. Feb. 3, 1775, m. Abner Rawson of Paris. Sophia, b. Feb. 24, 1777, m. Mar. 3, 1799, William Clark Whitney of Hebron. Lydia, b. May 7, 1780, m. Apr. 3, 1800, Bartholemew Cushman of Hebron. Lucy, b. May 12, 1783, m. Stephen Pratt. Ira, b. Sept. 24, 1786. Parmelia, b. Jan. 4, 1794, m. May 6, 1825, Sam'l. Merrill, she m. 2d, John Bessey. Ara Steward, b. Oct. 20, 1707. Orrin Noble, b. Jan. 10, 1800. Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1801. Exra, b. July 12, 1804; wife Maria, lived at (166;. Sullivan, b, June 12, 1806. Elbridge G., m. Oct. 30, 1849, ^arah B. Dennen of Oxfd. John Fuller, son of Jesse, m. 1815, Everline Wash- burn, and had, as per Hebron records : Perley B., b. May 26, 1816, d. Sept. following. Samantha P., b. Dec. 29, 1817. Jennette W., b. April 11, 1820, Rebecca B., b. Feb. 18, 1821. Josiah J., b. April 11, 1823. Clarissa E., b. Oct. 2, 1825. Rufus P., b. Nov. 29, 1828. Joseph D., b. Nov. 26, 1832. Julia A., b. April 12, 1835; d. Mar. 14, 1842. Kimball Prince Fuller, son of Jesse, m. Dec. 26, 1828, Miranda Carman of Hebron ; he d. Oct. 19, 1866 ; she d. at Auburn, Me. Jan. 2, 1887. Children : William Henry, b. iti Boston, Dec. 24, 1829; m. Polly E. Keene of Leeds ; he d. in Leeds, May 18, 1863. Annals of Oxford. 103 Miranda, b. Hebron, Dec. 25, 1831, m. Geo. E. Williams of Boston; she d. in Leeds, Apr. 22, 1853. Caroline Rose, b. Hebron, Mar. 30, 1835, m. June 1854, Geo. E. Williams; she d. Boston, Mar. 26, 1855. Esther Millett, b. Hebron, Sept. 8, 1837 ' ^- 1840. Esther Millett, b. Leeds, Jan, 27, 1840, m. July 29, i860, George William Buckler of Boston. Kimball Verrill, b. Leeds, May 17, 1842; d. unm. 1861. Josephine Whittemore, b. Leeds, Apr. 4, 1844, m. Oct. 10, 1868, Geo. Wm. Wagg of Auburn; she m. 2d, 1897, Augustus Fuller of Boston. Ira Fuller, son of Nathaniel, m. May 2, 18 16, Sally Merrill of Hebron ; lived in that district incorpo. Oxford. Children : Merrill W., died, Jan. 13, 1818. James Osgood, b. Feb. 11, 1818. Charles P., b. Apr. 2, 1820. Prescott H., b. Feb. 28, 1822. Augustus Ira, b. April 17, 1828. Sarah Jane, b. May 13, 1830. Jabez Henry, b. Sept. 17, 1832, d. May following. Edward Henry, b. Aug. i, 1838. Ara Steward Fuller, son of Nathaniel, lived in Ox- ford ; m. Jan. 6, 1822, Charlotte Merrill of Hebron ; she died, Sept. i, 1837; he m. 2d, Apr. 18, 1841, Jerusha (Cushman) Marston of Oxford, widow of John. Children : Leonard C, b. Dec. 27, 1828. Louisa, b. Mar. 29, 183 1. Ezra and Maria C. Fuller, lived at (166) and had, Orrin Augustus, b. Jan. 20, 1830; Cordelia, b. Apr. 28, 1831, and Helen A., died, Aug. 30, 1848. Sullivan Fuller, son of Nathaniel, m. Dec. 8, 1838, Abigail Trott of W^indham ; res. Oxford (168;. Children : Emily I. T., b. 1840: Julius F., b. 1842: Alphonzo S., b. 1844, and Eugene F., b. 1S48. Robert Fuller, Jr. and Sally his wife are credited on Hebron records with ; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1818, d. Feb. folio vving. Ansel R., b. Dec. 24, 1819. Rebecca K., b. Sept. 14, 1823. Almanetta, b. Feb. 15, 1833. 194 Annals of Oxford. Bknjamin Gammon is credited, in Hebron, with children as follows: Betsey, b. Oct. ii, 1794 5 Lyaia> »• ^P^' 25, 1798, and Statira, b. Oct. 14, 1801. MosKS Gammon, a soldier in the Revolution, marched in Capt. Brackett's Falmouth company, on the Lexington alarm, and was almost constantly in service during the war. He was then a resident of Gorham, but in 1819, when his pension was granted, he was living with his son Moses, on Allen's hill, in Hebron, where he died May 16, 1835, aged about 100 years. Moses Gammon, b. 1780, had a farm on Allen's hill, but his declining years were spent with his son Abiel, at the village. His wife was Abigail, b. 17S3, dau. of Sam- uel aod Lucretia (Howe) Gross. Children, as per Oxford records. Phoebe Pollard, b. Feb. 25, 1801 ; Roxanna Taylor, b. Sept. 5, 1803 ; Abiel Rounds, b. Sept. 3, 1804 ; Lucre- tia Howe, b. June 3, 1806; Lovisa Shaw, b. April 25, 1808; Sophia Whitney, b. June 11, 1810; William Whit- ney, b. Apiil 25, 1813; Experience, b. June 3, 1816 ; Jane Shaw, b. April 11, 1821 ; Dan Perry, b. Oct. 14, 1813 , and Sylvanus Pollard, b. Dec. 20, 1826. Abibl R. Gammon, m. 1827, Lydia Stone of Hebron. He was a millman, lived on Pleasant st. near the covered bridge; he d. May 15, 1872; she d. Jan. 16, 1S78, m 78. Children : Frederick William, b. Aug. 22, 1829, m. Sept. 23, 1854, Laura C, dau. of Asa Herrick of Poland; he d. June '95. Phoebe Ann, b. July 9, 1831, m. Sept. 1857, Stephen R. Jordan, lives in Oxford village. A child died March 19, 1836. George Franklin, b. Oct. 22, 1837, ^- umn. WiLMouTH and Mahitable Gammon are credited upon Hebron records with children as follows : —- — Sarah S., b. Mar. 20, 1808, m. Apr. 19, 1829, Benjmin Goodenow of Bethel. B., b. May 15, 1810; Martha S., b. Feb. 39, 1812; Andrew C, b. Mar. 22, 1815 ; Cyrus S., b. May 2, 1818 ; Wilmouth, b. Mav 1820, and Robert Slemmons, b. April 23, 1823. He lived in Ox- ford j m. 2d, July 9, 1829, Mary Goodenow of Betliel. Annals of Oxford. 195 / Jemerson Gammon, b. 1810, and Mary Hilhorn, b. 1811, both of Oxford, were married Sept. 4, 183 1, by Rev. Dau Perry, and settled on Pigeon Hill. Children : Elizabeth, b. 1835 ; Harrson G. O., b. 1837, "^' Novem- ber, 1857, Henrietta Graffam. Hannah, b. 1840, and Charles L., b. 1849. John Gardner, of Hebron, was granted a pension in 1819, for service in the Continental navy. His farm was in the west part of the town (210), the same as occupied by his son John. Abigail, his wife, died in IMay 1850, acred 87 years ; he then living at the age of 90. Children : John, b. Nov. 12, 1789, m. Nov. 1845, Celia Dean, and had Celia E., b. May, 1850. He d. Jan. 28, 1872; wid- ow, m. Joseph Cummings. Abigail, b. Dec. 30, 1791, m. Nov. 1813, David Staples. Sebra, b. Jan. 8, 1794, d. April 23, 1833. Olive, b. Feb. 5, 1796, d. July 24, 1816. Sally, b. Mar. 31, 1798, m. Jacob D. Brown; she m. 2d, Zebedee Pratt. Polly, b. Sept. 5, 1800, m. Apr. 13, 1823, Jos. Cushman, Jr. Lucretia, b. Dec. 13, 1803. Hiram Gilbert, b. in 1811, was an innkeeper at Welch- ville in 1850. His wife, Sarah W., was b. in Connecticut in 1814, and at the time, as members of the famil}^ were, Sally Thorp, ^ 70, and Esther Bodwell, ^ 67, who wei-e also born in Conn. ! Children ; ! Harriet W., b. 1837. Cynthia N., b. 1840. Elihu T., b. 1847. '■ Noah and Rebecca Gilman are credited in Hebron with , Tristram, b. June 24, . Mary D., b. Oct. 28, 1813. Robert Glover, of Marshtield, was a private in Capt. Turner's company of Minutemen, also served in the Conti- \ ^Q Annals of Oxford. zZ.XtT:.T^S^-, n.. June 4, 1807, Steph. Myrick. ^;::S^'^^J^\^%S,, .. Mar,30 .8.0 Rebecca ^ Chipman. He d. May 3. 1823, leaving dau Hannah b. Sept II. 1821 ; widow, m. Feb. 9, i8a6, Job Morton. Olive, b. Sept. 3, 1791- . _- ^ ^o_ Hannah, b. June 28, i793 - d. Nov. 7, 1820. Berthia, b. May 37, i795- ^ . „ Harriet, b. April 10, 1798, d. Aug. 26, 1813. , Ervin, b. Jan". 10, 1801, m. Dec. 2 1824, OriUa Records and had,' Jonathan, b. April 25, 1825; Fredenck W^- iam, b. Mar. 13, 1827, and Augustus E., b. Apr. 18, ib29. Rebecca Perkins, b. April 18, 1804. . . a- a t„ Mr. Glover died Feb. 21, 1820, widow K^ziah died Ju- ly 9, 1820. Joseph Glovkr, son of Robert, ro. May 21, 1821, Sa- rah Whittemore. He d. Mar. 17, 1832 ; she d. Sep. 10, '52. Children : Joseph Sewall, b. Mar. 17, 1813. Harriet, b. Oct. 27, 1814, d. Nov. 14, i860. Robert, b. Sept. 2, 1817, d. April 20, 1870. Isaac Barrows, b. Nov. 15, 1820. Sarah, b. April 7, 1823, d. June following. Sarah, b, Jan. 23, 1825. Nancv Judson, b. May 10, 1827. Keziah, b. Jan. 27, 1830. John Grkeley, son of Thomas and Alice ''Ross) Gree- ley of Falmouth, bought of Samuel Phillips of Audover, a lot of land at a place called "Phillips Gore", lying between the towns of Hebron and Otisfield. This property he sold to Edward Scribner in 1799, agreeing to vacate the same before June 1800. In 1798 he joined with his brother Will- iam, of Gray, in a conveyance of their shares in their moth- ers estate, it being the historic "Widow Greeleys Tavern" in Portland, to their sister Mary Greeley. Both John and William were soldiers in the Revolution, and both, prob., assisted their mother in her heroic success in the protection of her house, when Falmouth was burned by Mowatt. Annals of Oxford. 107 John Grreeley anrham, Sept. 1,73 ; the)- had a farm at the loot of Gree- ley Hill, and their house continued to be called ''the Gree- ley House", many years after its occupation by the family. No record of their children has been found, but it is likely that John and William whose familes are mentioned upon Hebron records, were their sous. He d. May i, 181 7, je 65. William and Judith Grebley had: Betsey, b. Oct. 16, 1814; Samuel Thompson, b. March 30, 1816; Polly, b. May 11, 1818; Benjamin Farring- ton, b, June 23, 1820; Ruth Harvey, b. July 8, 1822, and Jonathan Harvey, b. April 28, 1824. John Grkeley and Sally Farrington, were m. Sept. 12, 1819, and had Farrington, b. June 5, 1824. Sally was, prob, a dau. of Benjamin Farrington of Phillips Gore. Alexander Greenwood, son of John*, (see page 11) has credits of children in Hebron, as follows : -—■ — Citoyenne, b. Jan, 23, 1801, d. Feb. i, 1827; Alex- ander, b. May 8, 1802; Rosamond, b. Mar. 12, 1804; Charles Bearce, b. Sept. 23, 1805 ; Horace, b. May 30, 1807; Borredell, b. Mar. i, 1809; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1811, and Otis, b. Oct. 14, 1813. Maj. John Greenwood, son of John^, m. Sept. 25, 1800, Marcena, dau. of Jairus Shaw of Paris. They settled in in Hebron, where she d. May 4, 1833 ; he d. Aug. 25,' 44. Children : Eliza, b. June 14, 1801, m. Jan. i, 1821, Samuel Stearns. Miranda, b. Dec. 9, 1802, m. July 4, 1821, C3 rus Bridg- ham of Minot. Atosa, b. Mar. 5, 1805. John, b, Jan. 14, 1807, d.xDec. 11, 1891. Marcena Shaw, b. Nov. 28, 1808. Lucy Bradford, b. May 23, 1816. E .- Winchester, b. April 3, 1818. Harriet Bridgham. b. Jan. 24, 1821, d. May 2 1837. Jairus Shaw, b. Dec. 14, 1823. Thomas Jackson Greenwood, son of John*, is crediitd in Hebroh, with, Maria, b. Dec. 4, 1818 ; George, b, Dec. 1819, d. next month; Leonard, b. Mar. 4, 1821 ; Jennett, d. April 24, 1826, d. Mar. 14, 1828 ; Mellen, b. Jan. 15, 1828 ; Henry, b. Feb. 24, 1829, d. Aug. 1858, and Atosa, b. May ai, 1832. •*r 108 Annals of Oxford. Simon Greenwood, son of Johns, m. Oct. i8, 1818, Rebecca Record of Hebron, and had : Lucy Ann, b. Nov. 15, 1819; Emily, b. July 11, 1821 ; Samuel W., b. Aug. 14, 1823 ; Verres, b. Feb. 13, 1825 ; Borredell, b. Mar. 23, 1828; Septimus B., b. Feb. 10, 1832, and Miranda, b. July 22, 1833. Vbrres Greenwood, son of John^, m. Feb. 5, 1824, Sally M. Willis; s. in Hebron, he d. Feb. i, 1826, she d. May 10, 1827. Their children were; Lucia W., b. Sept. 18, 1824, and Jane Fearing, b. Feb. 26, 1826. Elisha Gurney, b. 1731, son of Zachariah of Bridge- water, Mass., m. 1760, Jane, dau. of Henry Kingman; bought of Abner Curtis, lot 7 in the 4th range, ist division. The name of Stephen Gurney appears on the earliest rec- ords, but nothing further, of him, has been noted. Elisha was one of those who received their land titles by an order of the General Court, and the Registry shows that he, as Collector of the town of Hebron, made conveyances of land held for taxes. No children are credited to him in Hebron, b»t the Hist, of Biidgewater mentions dau. Betsey and son Jacob; prob. Elisha, Jr. who m. Sept. 21, 1800, Olive Tubbs, and several girls whose marriages are noted else- where in this book, were his children. He d. June 25, 1818 ; wife Jane, d. Feb 5, 1815. aged 87 years. Jacob Gurney, son of Elisha, was pensioned, in 1833, for service in Mass. Continentals. He m. Lydia, daughter of John Tuell of Paris, where their eldest children were b. the others were b. in Hebrcm. He d. Feb. 11, 1849, -* ^^» she d. Sept. 8, 1841, m 65. Children : Harmony, b. Jan, i, 1799, m. Ebenezer Drake, Jr. Lovisa, b. Mar. i, 1800, m. William Cobb, Jr. Harriet, b. May i, 1801, m. Jan. i, 1833^ John Hall of Buckfield. Anna, b. June 17, 1802, m. Seth Bearce. Ansel, b. Apr. 10, 1804, m. Sophronia Chipman. Lydia, b. Feb. 5, 1806, m. Lemuel Tuell. Olive, b. June 25, 1807, m. America Bisbee. Jacob, b. May 10, 1809, m. Sarah Stevens ; he d. May 28, 1864; she d. May 23, 1885. Betsey, b. Feb. 9, 1811, m. Rufaa Lombard. Annals of Oxford. 10© John, b. Feb. 19, 1813, m. Oct. 8, 1839, Susan Merrill of New (jloucester. John Marshall Hack, m. Aug. i, 1819, Hannah, dau. of Ichabod Bryant; they had, b. Hebron, July 10, 1820, Elino C. D. Daniel Hackett, b. 18 16, and Sarah Ann Cox, b. 1813, both of Oxford, were m. Sept. 14, 1839: lived (152}. Children : Imogine E., b. 1842; Agnes M., b. 1844, and Sarah E., b. Feb. 13, 1847, d. Oct. 12, 1849. Jacob M. Hackett, lived (193); he is credited upon Oxford records, prob. not all boni in the town, with : Charles Merritt, b. Feb. 13, 1839. Edwin Augustus, twin with Edward Augustus, b. Jan. 8, 1S42. Sumner Socrates, b. April 13, 1847. Jonathan Clark, b. July 22, 185 1. Moses Morrill. Josiah Hall, over 50, wife, oyer 50, were living in Ox- ford at the time of its incorporation. Simeon Hall and Sarah Bryant, both of Oxford, were m. by Rev. Dan Perry, April 11, 1830. Silas P. Hall came to Oxford before 1850, to work in the factory. He lived on King street, west of the meeting- house. By wife Elizabeth, he nad, Eldora R., b. Nov. 24, 1846; Horace A., b. Oct. 25, 1848, and Mary Genilia, b. Oct. 12, 1850. Moses M. Hanscome and Mary his wife celebrated their "Golden Wedding" Aug. 7, 1899. They lived at Welch- ville, and are credited wdth children, as follows : Lucinda H., b. April 10, 1841 ; m. James Jones Moses O., b. Jan. 12, 1846. Lucy, b. Dec. 25, 1849. William, b. July 12, 185 1. Charles Freemont, b. June 17, 1856. Edwin Cook, b. Dec. 11, 1S58. 200 Annals of Oxford. Gkorge D. Hamlin, b. 1820, and Abigail E. his wife, b. 1825, came to Oxford 40) before 1850; they are cred- ited with, Sarah L. b. 184S, and Francis, b. 1848. David P. Hannaford, mason, b. 1801, and Rachel, his wife, b. 1S02, came to Oxford before 1850; they are credited with, James M. b. 1836, and Frances A. b. 1841. George Hathaway and Polly Barrows, both of He- bron, wert- married, Jan. 29, 1824. Children : George William, b. Jan. 18, 1825, d. May 3, 1829. Cyrus Cushman, b. Nov. 30, 1826, d. Jan. i, 1829. Clinton, b. May 24, 1829. Caroline Paris, b. Feb. 19, 1832. Jemima Godfrey, b. Aug. 5, 1834. Jonathan Gould Hawks and Polly Cushman, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 24, 1822; they had. Mar. 18, 1823, Edward Gould. Russell Hawks, son of Edward and Ruth (Bucknam) Hawks, m. 1822, Frances, dau. of John find Rebecca (Walker) Campbell of Westbrook. He was in trade at Rumford, but after his marriage, he occupied a part of his fathers farm, in Minot, where his childi-en were born. About 1840, he bought a farm (213) in Oxford, where he died, Nov. 21, 1865, in his 75th year; wife died Dec. 19, 1866, aged 68 years. Children : Eleanw P., b. June 4, 1823, m. Jason Billings of Saco ; m. 2d John Mitchell, and d. in Kansas, Mar. 31, 1890. Mary G., b. Nov. 19, 1824, m. 1850, William B. Bennett, and d. in Durham, Jan. 1887. Rebecca C, b. April 5, 1827, m. 1848, Moses Smith. Sarah O., b. Feb. i, 1829, m. 1857, Wm. W. Quimby. Albeit G., b. May 30, 1831, m. 1865, Hester J. Marshall. Amelia F., b. June 26, 1833, m. 1857, Henry M. Jordan. Benjamin G., b. Feb. 13, 1836, unm. killed at the battle of Middleburg, Va., June 19, 1863. Nathaniel S., b. June 9, 1838, m. i860, Frances Mitchell. Annals of Oxford. 201 Simeon W. and Elizabeth Hawks, are credited in Hebron, with Elmer Aurelius, b, July i6, 1819 : Amanda Elizabeth, b. Oct. 24, 1821, and George Mitchell, b. Jan. II, 1825. Edmund Hayes, settled on farm (58), before the incor- poration of the town. He was b. Mar. 1796, d. Oct. 4, 1863; wife Pauline, b. Mar. 1790, d. Dec. 15, 1851. Children : Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1822, d. Feb. following. Jane Smith, b. April 30, 1824, m. June 27, 1840, Silas D. Tobie of Greenwood; m. 2d, David McAllister of Oxfd. George William, b. Oct. 23, 1826, seaman, m. — — Pick- ering ; he d. Aug. 30, 1859. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1829, d. unm. Dec. 3, 1850. Edmund Erastus, b. 1832, m. Sept. 27, 1853. Clementine N. Stuart of Harrison ; he s. in Chicago. Martha Allen, b. Mar. 10, 1834, ^' ^^^' J^"' ^7» 1852. An infant, d. Jan. 18, 1837. Isaac Hayes, son of William of Barrington, N. H., m. Nov. 13, 1792, Alice, dau. of Richard Garland, and settled in his native town. About 1800, he removed to Poland, and in Nov. of that year, he bought of Richard and Lydia Garland, a farm that he thereafter cultivated. He d. Sep. 28, 1856 , aged 86 years ; his wife was born at Barrington Sept. 13, 1773, and d. at Poland, Dec. 27, 1858. Children, as reported : Dennis, b. Jan. 6, 179S ; see sketch, page 109. Richard, b. Nov. 12, 1796; family, consisting of wife and live children, were living in Oxford in 1840, but soon af- ter removed to Greenwood. Joanna, b. 1801, m. Moses Judkins. Isaac, b. Dec. 3, 1804, m. Martha Svvett; s. Greenwood. William, b. June 27, 1808; blacksmith, at Frost's Corner. Hezekiah, b. Nov. 3, 1810 ; had the homestead. Sewall, b. May 3, 1813 ; s. in New Hampshire. Dennis hayes, son of Isaac, m. Nov. 29, 1821, Mary, b. Mar. 27, 1803, dau. of Capt. William Johnson of Ray- mond. They Hved in Poland until about 1830, when they moved to Harrison, where wife died, Feb. 11, 1835. He m. 2d, June 30, 1835, Mrs. Hannah (Keith), widow ot Cyrus Shaw and, with his children, moved to Oxford, there- 202 Annals of Oxford. after making her house, his home. He died July 29, 1859; she died Oct. 18, 1888, in her 92d year. Children : Harriet, b. Nov. 29, 1823, d. Mar. 10, following. Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1824, s. "out west". Abby, b. Aug. 23, 1826. Dennis, b. July 10, 1828, d. Nov. 10, 1829. Martha, b. Dec. 9, 1829, d. Feb. 16, 1832. Harriet, b. July i, 1830, m. Jan. i, 1850, Ira P. Farring- ton of Porthmd; she d. Jan. 26, 1823. Henry Sidney, b. Feb. 3, 1832, m. 1870, Florence, dau. of Hon. Lyman Rawson of Rumford ; he now lives in New York City, shipmaster, retired. Frances C, b. Dec. 27, 1833, m. Nov. 30, 1854, Sarah W. Garcelon, s. in Portland; he d. April 25, 1893. Mary Angelia, b. Dec. 29, 1836, ra, Sept. 10, 1861, Rev Thomas Long Ellis; she lives in Portland, his widow. v.yrus Shaw, b. Feb. 27, 1839, m. Jan. 10, 1866, Lizzie T. Jenkins, step-dau. of Capl. Nehemiah Manson, pro- prietor of the Craigie Farm. He is a prosperous farmer in Oxford (21), with children, as follows : Samuel H. T., b. Feb. 27, 1867; Fred S., b. Dec. 25, 1868; Ed- ward K., b. Dec. 26, 1870; Annie E., b. Jan. 30, 1873. Jennie P., b. Sep. 11, 1875, and, Florence, b. Nov. 10, 1878. Isabella Estella, b. Feb. 6, 1842, m. May 16, 1863, Geo Roscoe Hensey ; she m. 2d, 1886, Nathaniel Fisher; they live in the house lately occupied by lier mother. Artemas Lendall Hersey, son of Samuel, was born in Liverniore in 1826, cante to Oxford, about 1850, to teacli the vill.igc school, and to study medicine under the tutor- age of Dr. Mayberry. He received his doctorate from Bow- doin College, in 1853, and soon after commenced practice in this town, early winning for himself more than a local reputation for wisdom, and successful practice in his pro- fession ; he is a prominent member of the Maine Medical As- sociation, and has fivquently been invited to lecture in its convention*. He bought the Carlton homestead, remodeled the buildings, beautified their surroundings, making it one of the most attractive residences in the village. June 26, 1854, he united in wedlock with Miss Heloise Helena, eld- est daughter o£ ISsquire Keith, a woman affectionate swid re- Annals of Oxtbrd. 203 fined, making the doctor's home the center of the reh'glous and social life of the town. Both are excellent musicians and they have happily continued the good work inaugu- rated by the "Beethoven Club". Their only child, Miss Heloise Edwina Hersey, of Bos- ton, is winning fame and money, as a teacher, writer, and public speaker. John Hicks, of Hebron, had son Jeremiah, b. April 3, 1807 , and dau. Adaline Augusta, b. Jan, 10, 1809. Isaac Hicks and Mary FaiTis, both of Oxford, were married Jan. i, 1834. Robert Hilborn was b. in Burlington, N. J. April 6, 1740. He appears in Falmouth, now Portland, early in the Revolution, a private in Capt. Abner Lowell's company. June 6, 1777, he m. Lucy, widow of John Chadbourne, b. Mar, 5, 1751, dau. of Joseph and Ann (Barbour) Riggs, of Stroudwater ; she d. May 4, 1842 ; he d. Jan, 8, 1834, They removed from Portland to Minot about 1787, (lirst settling in Hebron (147) near the Minot line). Children : Robert, b. Nov. 24, 1778, s. Oxford, (191). Nancy, b. Mar. 27, 1780, m. Joseph Haskell; s. in Mon- mouth. Polly, b. Feb. 18, 1782, m. Samuel Witham of New Gloucester. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1784, m. Sally, dau. of Sam'l Shaw; he ra. 2d, Nancy, dau. of Nicholas Noyes. He lived in Minot, Samuel Greeley, his youngest son, was a Mem- ber of Congress, from California. Thomas, b. Oct. 22, 1786, lived in Oxford. Seth Bearce, b. Dec. 25, 1788, m. Betsey, dau. of Richard and Lydia (^¥aterhouse) Garland of Poland; he was a trader in Portland ; d. June 6, 1878. Lucy, b. Oct. 4, 1790, m. --- — Hacker. Ii-a, b. Dec. 4, 1793, m. Lorana W. Hall; he m. 2d, Nan- cy Trott; lived in Portland. Joseph Riggs, of Hebron, m. Nov. 12, 1826, Jane Web- ster of New Gloucester. RoBBSLT H1X.BORM, Jr. and Elizabeth Stockman, both of 204 Annals of Oxford. Hebron, were m. Dec. 29, 1799; he m. a second wiie, the wkiow Phoebe Lane. Children : Robert, b. June 7, 18OT, s. in Oxford. Hiram, b. July 21, 1803, and wife Esther, are credited on Oxfoi-d records with Charles Lewis, b. April 23, 1829, and Sarah Maria, b. April 25, 1832 ; family said to have **gone out west", but Charles R. was living with his grandfather in 1850, and June 19, 1853, na. Everline Augusta Lane, of Oxford. Riggs, b. Dec. 5, 180$ , s. in Chicago; by an error, his marriage has been printed on the preceeding page. Nancy, b. June 18, 1807, m. Thomas Libby. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1810, m. Jemerson Gammon. Sally, b. July 22, 1813, m. Benjamin Sanborn, Jr. Eliza, b. May 11, 181 7, lived sixteen days. Staples, b. Nov. 10, 1822. Thomas Hilborn, son of Robert, m. May 10, 1814, Es" ther, dau. of Josiah Smith, of Paris ; Hiey had, born in Hebron, Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 9, 1815 ; Elliot Smith, born Jan. 6, 1816; Mary Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1818; Charles, b, Jan. 16, 1820, and others, b. in Paris ; see Hist, of Paris. Robert Hilborn, 3d, son of Robert, Jr. m. Feb. i822> Lydia, dau. of Daniel Bullea. Children : Porter Osgood, b. May 30, 1824, m. Mary Stevens ; he m. 2d, Catherine Stevens ; s. in Boston. Stephen D., m. Sarah A. B. Smith; s. in Boston. Alpheus Jerome, b. Feb. 18, 1829, m. Almira Sweeney; Hves ha Boston. Lyroba'oly his second wife, was b. in 1797, and bis children, of record in Oxford, are as follows : Annals of Oxford. 205 Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1808. John, b. June 10, 1810. Anna, b. Nov. 22, 181 1. Eliza Osgood, b. May 18, 1818. Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, 1819. Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1820. Emily Ann, b. Mar. 13, 1822, m. 1839, P^escott L. Pike. Harriet, b. Sept. 12, 1823. Jane Dodge, b. July 9, 1825, m. Daniel Whitehouse. Hannah, b. July 16, 1829. Phoebe, b. Dec. 18, 1832. Alfred, b. May 25, 1835. Sophronia R., b. May 9, 1837, m. April 17, 1854, ^^^- nett H. Fuller, of Oxford. George, b. 1841. Henry Holbrook was born Sept. i, 1786, son of Peter, a soldier of the Revolution, from the town of Mendon, Ms. He probably had brothers, Gennett, Benjamin, George aiKi Peter; the three last being mentioned by Mr Whitney, as holding, adjoining lots, 100 acres each, west of the river, in Hebron ; evidence of their occupying the land, however, has not been found. Henry, m. Feb. 19, 1815, Judith, dau. of Job Holmes , and settled on one of the lots, a])Ove nam- ed, being that made the northern boundary of land sold to Cyrus Shaw in 1816, his home place. Mr. Holbrook was the landlord of Dr. Craigie's tavern, and finally settled on Pigeon Hill (89), where he d. July 10, 1870; widow d. Dec. II, 1873. Children : Seth Taft, b. Dec. 17, 1818, s. in Oxford. Henry H., b. June 20. 1820, m. Marcia A. Brown; he d. in Minot, Mar. 20, 1881. Gennett, b. Nov. 23, 1822, d. Aug. 29, 1826. Twins, d. unnamed. Wm. Genett, d. Aug. 7, 1830, m 15^' Edwin Augustus, b. May 25, 1831, m. Dec. 22, 1856, Sa- rah Whitmore; he d. in Otisfield, Mar. 14, 1897. William Gennett, d. May 7, 1833, M 2m. Seth T. Holbrook, son of Henry, m. Feb. 10, 1846, Lydia, dau. of Dea. Alden and Priscilla (Cushman) Chand- ler of Poland. He lived on Pleasant street, and conducted an extensive trade in horses and farm stock; his "Sale Days** attracted many visitors to tiae village. In partnership with Dr. S. H. Tewksbury, he established, upon a section of the Craigie Farm, a stock breeding establishment, which stiaaulat^d the surrounding farnaers to an in^provement of 206 Annals of Oxford. their herds, but was not a pecuniary success to the partners. Mr. Holbrook had good ability and a cheerful disposition, he was deservedly popular, every body called him ''Seth", and much of time was occupied for the benefit of others, without consideration of gain for himself. He represented the town in the Legislature, was President of the county Agricultural Society, and for several years, an officer and conspicuous member of the State Agricultural Society. He lejoiced in the companionship of an amiable wife until Dec. 8, 1890, when she died, at Oxford; he d. at the res- idence of his daughter, Mrs. Jackson, in Otisfield, Jan. 29, 1893. Their children were: Charles Henry, was drowned in the stream, rear of his home, Nov. 1853, aged six years. A daughter, b. 1849, lived but a few days. Alena Thompson, b. Mar. 19, 1855, m. 1878, John Clark Holmes, who was drowned, May 25, 1881, near the spot where her brother loat his life. She m. 2d, Dec. 22, 1885, Thomas Jackson, now lives in Portland. Job Holmes and Job Holmes, Jr. of Plympton, Mass. are credited with service in the Revolution. Nov. 13, 1786, Job Holmes bought of Mr. Shepard. lot 9 in the 6th range, 2d division ; he was evidently then in possession. In 1797, Thomas, probably his son, and his sons, Bartlett and James bought lots in the vicinity. No fmther record of Thomas but Bartlett was living in Oxford in 1830, then upwards of 50 years of age, apparently with no family, but on a previous date wife Polly joins in a conveyance of land. Mr. Holmes m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1788, Judith Tucker, of New Gloucester; he died Oct. 4, i&oo. Widow m. May 17, 1804, Richard Dole of Windham. Children of Job and Judith Holmes : Ebenezer, b. Feb. 21, 1790, lived in Hel)ron. Judith, b. April 34, 1701, m. Henry Holbrook. James Holmes, son of Job, had lot 11 in the 7th range 2d division ; his wife was Jerusha, dau. of Ebenezer Raw- son of Paris; he died April 13, 1827, -aged about 70. Children : James Stuart, b. Nov. 13, 1792, m. Jane S. Patten, settled in Foxcroft. Salmon, b. Sep. r8, '95, m. Abigail Blake, s. in Fttwaxjft. Annals of Oxford. 207 Cyrus, b. May 12, 1798, m. Fayette Blake: s. Foxcroft. Job, b. Oct. 17, 1799, phjrsician, m. Vesta, dau. of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, of Paris; he s. in Calais. Ebenezer Rawson, b. Jan. 9, 1802, s. in Oxford, Eleazer Austin, b. twin with E. R., s. in Paris. Jemsha, b. Jan. 22, 1804, m. May 22, 1832, Lyman Rawson, of Rumford. John Sullivan, b. Feb. 2, 1806, s. in Oxford. Freeland, b. June 13, 1808, d. unm. in Oxford, 1870. Ebenezer Holmes, son of Job, m. May 26, 1814, Hepsebah Brown ; they are credited in Hebron with ; Ebenezer Nelson, b. Oct. 3, 1815. Louisa Ann, b. May 22, 1817. Betsey Blake, b. Dec. 6, 1818. Nancy Brown, b. Aug. 3, 1820. Charles Franklin, b. June 22, 1822, John Brown, b. Jan. 3, 1824. Jacob Tewksbury, b. Sept. 19, 1825, Lawson Medcalf, b. Sept. 13, 1827. Ebenezer Rawson Holmes, son of James, m. Jan. 4, 1836, Louisa Abigail Fuller, dau. of Capt. Abner Rawson of Paris. In 1832, his sister and brothers sold their undivi- ded shares in the several lots of land owned by their late father, to him, the consideration being $2,000. He settled upon the homestead, (173) in Oxford, and being a man of business, he accumulated a large estate. He was the origin- ator of the device known as the * 'Holmes Note" , that form of obligation which doubly secures the seller of property on credit, by incorporating an agreement, that the title shall shall remain with him until the conditions are fulfilled. Mr. Holmes died Feb. 19, 1891. Children : Louisa S., b. Feb. 19, 1838, lives at Welchville. Lyman R., b. July 14, 1840, *' George Freeland, b. Nov. 5, 1844, m. 1875, Mrs. Joseph- ine (Van Antwerp) Newland; he was in the firm of Strout& Holmes, eminent lawyers in Portland, d. 1892. Walter E., b. July 31, 1846; a traveling salesman. Florence Sabra, b. Dec. 10, 1851, m. Silas E. King, a trader at Welchville. John Sullivan Holmes, son of James, m. Aug. 13, 1835, Sarah Ann Clark; he was for a few years a trader in Portland, his brother Freeland, being there at the same 208 Annals of Oxford. time. Both, however, returned to Oxford, and settted on farm (170). Children; Mary Freeland, b. Jan. 9, 1838. Royal Clark, b. July 16, 1840, d. Mar. 28, 1841. Anna Clark, b. May 22, 1844 , m. Julius F. Fuller, of O. Sarah Frances, b. May 8, 1849. John Clark, b. Oct. 28, 1852, m. Jan. 27, 1878, Alena T. Holbrook; he was drowned, at Oxford, May 25, 1881. Alfred Hood is reported to have been born in Oxford, Mass. and was brought up in the family of a Mr. Smith, of Sturbridge, he having been left an orphan at the age of ten years. His wife was Hannah dau. of Jonathan Muzzy, of Ward, Mass., in which town his two eldest children were born. He came to Craigies Mills, before 1820, and contin- ued to Hve in the village until after 1840. He was a wheel- wright, permanently lamed by the accidental cutting of his knee-pan ; he served in town offices, was deputy-sheriff and a good citizen. He was one of the founders of the Congre- gational Church, the meeting for organization was held in his house. He d. May 11, 1865, ^ 78 ; wife d. Feb. 27, '70. Children : Melinda Clark, m. April 22, 1850, Oliver Stone; she d. in Worcester, Mass. April 3, 1875. Alfred Hovey, b. May 8, 181 5, m. Alice Vose. Hiram, b. Jan. 14, 1820, lived nine days. Julia Jane, b. July 22, 1821, m. 1845, Franklin H. Knight, she d. in Worcester, Mar. i, 1846. Sarah Edna, b. Sept. 8, 1823, m. Oct. 5, 1847, Franklir H. Knight, of Worcester. Hannah Angeline, b. Nov. 22, 1825, m. Feb. 16, 1853, Simeon Morse; she d. in Worcester, Dec. 19, 1872. Edward Payson, b, Sept. 24, 1827, m. Lucy Goddard ; he had four wives. William Alexander, b. May 16, 1830, m. Nettie Valentine. James Hamilton, b. Mar. 25, 1832, m. Ruth Norris. Josephine Eugenia, b. Oct. 2, 1835, d. Mar. 18, 1839. Frances Eliza Norton, b. Nov. 8, 1838, m. July 20, 1865, Orrin S. Hopkins; she d. Worcester, Mar. 12, 1885. William W. and Sarah F. Horne, had b. June 29, 1829, in Oxford, Sarah jane; she d. Aug. i, same year. Annals of Oxford. 209 Aaron Houghton, son of Moses, was b. in Norway, Mar. 25, 1823, m, Betsey D. dan. of James Farris. They settled in Oxford and had Aaron O. b. 1845, and George C. b. 1848. William and Mary Howard are credited, in Hebron, with children, as follows : — Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1804. John, b. Jan. 31, 1806, m. June 18, 1838, Mary B. Sturtevant of Hebron. William, b. Jan. 10, 1808. Leicester, b. Aug. 17, 1809. Alvan, b. Sept. 28, 1811. Lucy Ann, b. May 27, 1816. Roswell, b. May 25, 1818, m. Dec. 9, 1841, Mary Ann Tubbs of Hebron. Father d. Mar. 13, 1844; mother d. Dec. 11, i848» John Howe, b. 1801, m. Mary Walker, dau. of Gusta- vus A. Goss of Paris. He was settled on a farm in Oxford in 1850, wife Mary W. and seven children then living. He subsequently removed to Norway ; see Hist, of that town. Joseph Hutchinson, son of Stephen, was an early set- tler in Hebron. His father is credited with service in the Revolution, from Cape Elizabeth, and Windham, perhaps changing his residence during the war. He m. Rebecca Legrow of Windham, and probably continued to reside a time in that town, serving one enlistment in a Windham co. He d. Feb. 24, 1801. Children, as per Hebron records: Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1779, s. in Hebron. Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1781, m. Aug. 26, 1801, Mary Randall. Lydia, b. July 13, 1785, m. Nathaniel Keene. Stephen, b. Aug. 6, 1787, m. Asenath Gilbert. Henry, b. Aug. 9, 1789, m. Apr. 2, 1812, Caroline Lander. Daniel, b. Aug. 13, 1791, m. Charlotte, dau. of Tobias Ricker of Bucklield. Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1793. Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1795. Benjamin Randall, b. Nov. 17, 1799, d. July 7, 1802. Rev. Joseph Hutchinson, son of Joseph, bought of Mr. AVhitney, June 16, 1804, lot 4, in the 7th range, of the first division; the consideration being, $^5. and one yoke of ox- 210 Annals of Oxford. en. He m. July 9, 1801, Deborah, dau. of Jesse Fuller of Hebron, and died Jan. 21, 1840. Children : Joseph, b. April 19, 1807 : wife Lucy, d. July 2, 1836. wife Celia, d. May 26, 1845. Ruth, b. June 13, 1809. Wealthy, b. Aug. 2, 1811. Nancy, b. Dec. 5, 1813. Lydia, b. May 7, 1816. BuzzELL Hutchinson, b. 18 10, and Harriet, his wife' b. 1817, came to Oxford before 1840. Children : Harriet E. b. 1837; George W. b. 1839; Eben F. b. 1840: Sopnronia S, b. 1844, and Frankhn M., b. 1S47. William Hutchins and wife Hannah, dau. of Francis Lane of North Yarmouth, are credited in Hebron with : William, b. Dec. 18, 1820. John, b. Nov. 30, 1823. Mary Lane, b. Oct. 21, 1824. Samuel Ingalls, m. Nov. 20, 1823, Anna, daughter of Samuel Crafts of Hebron; he d. June 15, 1846. Children : Patience, b. Mar. 30, 1825, Samuel W., m. Harriet A. Allen; lives in Auburn. Elkanah Irish, of Bucklield, and Polly, dau. of Jacob Decoster of Hebron, were m. April 4, 1819. They had b. in Hebron, Henry, b. Oct. i, 1820; Mary Ann, b. Sept. 11, 1823, and Thomas A., b. Nov. i, 1828. Joseph Irish, of Paris, and Miriam, dau, of David Mar- shall of Hebron, were m. May 4, 1820. They had, born in Hebron, Aaron Marshall, b. Feb. 29, 1821 ; Freeman, b. June 12, 1822; Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1824; Eliza Morse, b. Mar. 2, 1827, and David Marshall, b. July 20, 1828, died Mar. 19, 1832. Simeon Irish and Abigail Ricker, both of Hebron, were m. Mar. 3, 1816, and had, Jennett, born October i, 1817. Charles, b. July i, 1819. Thomas and Dorcas J. Ingham, came to Oxford with John Hall ; they had Thomas Hall, b. May 2, 1858. Annals of Oxford. 211 JosTAH Jackson, b. 1788, and wife Deborah, b. 1786, Sived in that part of Hebron that became Oxford, and had : Harriet, b. May 17, 1815. Hannah D., b. Nov. 7, 1816, m. Mar. 4, 1844, Ebenezer P. Fitz of Oxford. Clarissa, b. Feb. 22, 1818. Joshua, b. Aug. 22, 1820. George, b. April 19, 1822. Charles, b. Nov. 10, 1825. In 1850, Charles was living at home, and in the family, were Caroline, aged 8, Mary, aged 6, and Rosetta, aged i. Lyman Jackson, a mechanic, age, 35 ; wife Alvira, age 35, and children, Albion, age, 5, and Mary, age, 3, were living in Oxford, in 1850. Samuel, Jr. and Rebecca Jenkins are credited in He- bron, with Almira, b. Aug. 9, 1815 ; William, b. Feb. 8, 1817; Jennett, b. Dec. 6, 1819, ^"^ Cordeha, b. Jan. i, 1823. Abiel M. Jones, son of Orrin and Thirsa (Adams), was born in Newport, Vt. in 1822. He joined his brother Orrin in the Wooling Manufacturing Company, at Oxford, where his wife Hannah E, died Aug. 31, 1848, leaving one child, Lizzie H. b. 1847. He m. 2d, June 2, 1849, Ellen Eliza- beth, dau. of Ambrose Allen, and soon after removed to Lewiston, where they now live. Children, born in Lewiston : John A., b. 1851; Nellie H., b. 1859; ^^^d A., b. 1861 ; Emma C., b. 1864, and Lucy W., b. 1866. Emery and Hannah Jones are credited on Hebron re- cords, with Benjamin F., b. Mar. 19, 1823; Harriet, and Eliza, twins, b. Nov. 15. 1825 ; Charlotte, b. Oct. 18, 1827, and Hannah, b. Dec. 18, 1829. Orriu Jones, brother of Abiel, a machinist, assisted in setting up the woolen machinery in the first mill at Lewis- ton. He started a woolen mill at South Paris and later came to Oxford to nan the factory here. He remodeled and mov- ed into the Capt. Carman house, where he usually had some of the mill hands as boarders. After Col. King's re- moval to Portland, Mr. Jones bought the portion of his farm i 212 Annals of Oxford. laying between Mr. Chaffin's lot and Mr. Cleaveland's farm, which hy constructing convenient streets, he was en- abled to divide into desirable house-lots, for which there was a call, at good prices. He was twice married, ist with Phoebe Garcelon, of Lewiston, by whom he had six child- ren ; he m. 2d, Claramond, dau. of David Clifford of Paris, by whom he had Mary C, now living with her mother at Mechanic Falls. He d. Mar. 14, 1895, aged 84 years. Children of Orrin and Phoebe : Thirza, b. 1839, m. Martin Van Buren Rawson ; she m. 2d, Mr. — ^ — -Otis, s. Somerville, Mass. James, b. 1841, m. Lucinda H. Hanscome. He m. a 2d wife and died at Harrison, Dec. 13, 1901. Alice, b. 1844, m. Charles Tewksbury, of Falmouth ; she m. 2d, Mr. Schofield, lives in Lewiston. Eliza T., b. June 25, 1846, m. George C. Houghton, s. Oxford. George Henry, b. Feb. 2, 1849, m. Charlotte Augusta Chadbourne ; apothecary at Oxford. Lorenzo Bennett, b. Oct. 4, 1857, m. Mrs. Emma (Roberts) Haskell, living in Lewiston. William Jordan, son of Joseph, b. 1776, m. 1809, Eunice, dau. of Ezekiel Rich of Otisfield. They s. near the Otis- field line, in Hebron. In 1830, the family consisted of 7 males and 6 females, names not reported ; he died Decem- ber 15, 1856. Timothy Jordan, Jr. a cousin of William, was b. Aug. 18, i799> ni. Mercy, dau. of Dudley Pike of Norway, s. on farm (i) on Otisfield line, where he lived 35 )'^ears ; he died in Norwa}"^, Mar. 23, 1881. When over sixty years of age he enlisted in the 14th Maine Reg. and served until discharged for disability, caused by a sunstroke. His second wife was Abby E. Starbird of Freeport, and third, Nancy, dau. of John Brown of Boston. Children : CaroHne Belinda, b. Dec. 25, 1820, m. Mar. 22, 1848, Thomas J. Whitehead of Paris. William Henry, b. May 7, 1823, m. June 5, 1851, Mercy Caroline, dau. of Andrew Keen of Sumner. They are credited in Oxford, with, Anna E., b. Aug. 4, 1852. Harriet E., b. June 16, 1855. William H., b. Apr. 30, *S7. Amiais of Oxford. 213 Sarah Jane, b. May 21, 1823, d. July 19, 1833. Lafayette, b. Sept. 23, 1825, d. Dec. 19, following, Granville P., b. Dec. 30, 1826, d. Aug. 19, 1862. Anna E., b. June 12, 1829, d. Mar. 7, 1851. Aurilla F. A., b. July 12, 1831, d. July 17, 1833. Dudley Pike, b. April 25, 1833, m. Rachel A. Campbell. s. Chicago. Cephas A., b. June 11, 1835, d. Feb. 20, following. Celia A., b. twin with C. A., m. Joseph H. Morse of Paris. Merritt Marion, b. Aug. 11, 1837, d. April 15, following. Elmer E. (by 2d wife), b. Nov. 26, 1861. Bartlett Kavanough, a son of a British soldier, was born in Liverpool, Eng. Nov. 12, 1830. He came to Maine when a lad and assisted in the construction of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad. While at work upon the Oxford section, he was disabled for a time, but with returning health, he was employed by Mr. Jones in the factory and boarded in his family. Pie continued a mill operative until a few years ago, when he removed to Portland, where he died in 1902. Nov, 4, 1852, he m. Emily Jane, dau. of Stephen Cobb of Poland; she d. Sept. 30, 1859. ^^^ ^' ^^ Dec. 31, 1861, Emily A., dau. of Wm. W. Bumpus. Children : James Alpheus, b. Feb. 13, 1854, lives in Oxford. Frank H., b. May 18, 1856, d. Oct. 27, 1857. George Franklin, b. Oct. 30, 1865, lives in Portland. Clarence William, b. July 18, 1872, ,, ,, Joshua Keen deposed in 18 15, that he was 84 years of age, that in June, 1780, he was in Shepardsfield, for the purpose of taking land, and was informed by John Green- wood, the agent of Mr. Shepard, who accompanied him, that a lot he wanted, had already been taken by Asa Bearce and further, he was knowing to the said Bearce's falling trees on the lot in 1782. Mr. Keen came from Pembroke, Mass. and this deposition proves him to have been one ol the lirst settlers of Hebron. He was a Lieutenant in Capt. Ford's, Pembroke co. in 1776, and Sprague Keen, whose name appears in the army rolls of 1779- ^S^ ^^^ 'ig^t com- plexion, 5ft 7in, stature, was most likely, his son. In 1801 , he sold to his son Nathaniel one undivided half, in common, 214 Annals of Oxford. of the south west ends of lots i and 2 of the 8th range, probably his homestead, although he appears to have had other holdings in Hebron. He m. Dec. 14, 1756, Abigail Earns, who was b. Mar. 29, 1736, and d. Oct. 25, 1823. He was b. Dec. 14, 1730, and d. Feb. 10, 1823. A family record has not been found, but sons Joshua and Nathaniel lived in Hebron, and the following, with sanu surname, resident of Hebron at the date of marriage, wer. probably his children. Abigail, m. April i, 1784, Asa Thurlow. Thankful, m. 1785, Jeremiah Hodgdon of Two Rivers. Mary, m. July 4, 1798, Daniel Hutchinson. Hannah, m. Dec. i, 1801, John Cox. Snow Keen, Jr. son of Snow and R.ebecca (Burbank) Keen of Pembroke, is credited with service in the Revolu- tion ; he evidently came to Shepardsfield with Joshua, and had the other ends of lots i and 2 of the 8th range, and "bounded southeasterly on Sylvester line". By wife Sarah, he had, as per Hebron records ; Debo- rah Bradford, b. Sept. 18, 1795 ; Betty, b. Sept. 29, 1798, m. 1819, Adnah Gilmore of Turner ; Snow, b. Feb. 28, 1801, d. young; Moses, b. Sept. 6, 1805; Snow, b. Dec. 13, 1808, and Asa, b. July 7, 1812. He m. 2d, 1822, Sophronia Norris Maxim of Turner. James Keen of Shepardsfield and Sarah Newman of New Gloucester, pub. their int. of marriage, 1782. A pen- sion was granted to him in 1818, for service in Mass. line, he then being 70 years of age. Joshua Keen, Jr. son of Joshua, had lot 2 iu the 3^d range, a part of wiiich he sold to Charles Bearce, in 1795 ; wife Lydia joined in the convej'^ance. On the Mass. rolls of the soldiers of the Relvolution, and is described as 5ft. 6in. in stature, light complexion, and 19 years of age in i779» Children ; Priscilla, b. Aug. 9, 1781, m. Seth Crooker. Lydia, b. July 25, 1783. Joshua, b. July 3, 1785. Seth, b. July 3, 1787. Bethia, b. July 24, 1789, m. Oct. 30, 1808, Robert Snell Jr. of Poland. Abigail, b. Oct. II, 1791. Dolly, b. Feb. 15, 1794. Sprague, b. Nov. 27, 1796. Charlotte, b. Aug. 22, 1799, d. Nov. 9, 1800. Ozin, b. Oct. 22, 1801. Charlotte, b. Aug. 8, 1806. Annals of Oxford. 215 NATHANTT5L. Keen, soTi of Joshua, was b. Mar. 27, 1777, m. May 12, 1802, Lydia, dau. of Joseph Hutchin- son; settled in Hebron, having children as follows; Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1803, m. 1825, Benjamin Jenkins of Buckfield. Stephen, b. July 22, 1805, d. Sept. 15, following. A daughter, b. Aug. 18, 1806, d. the same day. Rebecca, b. Sept. 18, 1807, m. James Fogg. Sarah, b. April 16, 1810, m. John Brown. Nancy M,, b. April 12, 1812, d. Sept. 20, 1813. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 19, 1814, m. Adeline Keen of Poland. Daniel H., b. Sept. 3, 1816, m. Charlotte Hutchinson. foseph H., b. Oct. 27, 1818, m. Adeline Leighton. Isaac Hildamus, b. Aug. 21, 1821, d. July 4, 1842. vSamuel, b. Mar. 6, 1824, m. Olive Russell of Poland. Lj'^dia Hutchinson, b. Jan. 22, 1827, m. Isaac Whitte- more Marshall of Hebron. Christopher Columbus Tobie, (Rev.) m. Martha Boody : he d. at Otisfield in 1901. Peter and Clarissa Keen are credited in Plebron with Rufus D., b. April 2, 1821 ; Levi D., b. Jan. 7, 1823, and Lewis D., b. Feb. 6, 1824, Joshua Keen, 3d., son of Joshua, jr. lived (95) in Ox- ford ; m. Dec. 30, 1807, Mary, dau. of Ebenezer Drake. Children : Diana, b. May 26, 1809, m. Oct. 29, 1826, Geo. Tarbox. Patty, b. Feb. 6, 181 1. Simon S., b. April 17, 1813, m. July 13, 1836, Emily D. Elwell : they had bom in Oxford, Sarah R., b. 1837; Diantha E., b. 1839, and Edwin, b. 1844. Joshua, b. Sept. 19, 1815, lived five days. Joshua Newell, b. Feb. 25, 1817, d. April 8, 1819. Ozin G., b. Jan. 22, 1820, m. June 13, 1843, Philena K. Snell of Poland ; the}'^ had b. in Oxford, James F., b. Mar. 8, 1847, and George A., b. Dec. i, 1848. Joshua N., b. Feb. 5, 1824. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 18, 1828. Alpheus Drake, b. 1830, m. May ii, 1853, Mrs. Chloe R. Elliot of Oxfm-d; they had Chloe Emogene, b. Apr. 11, 1854; Ruth Ella, b. Aug. 6, 1857, m. Jedediah Keen of Mechanic Falls, and Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1859. Mot'ier died Nov. 25, i860. Lawson M., b. 1833. SfiTH Kjsen, son of Joshua, Jr. lived (99) in Oxfwd ; m. 216 Annals of Oxford. Dec. 29, 1810, Sally, dau. of Zacheus Rowe; he d. Feb. 16, 1841. Children: Nathaniel, b. Jan. 23, 181 2, d. Feb. 8, 1813. Lydia, b. Dec. 23, 1813, m. Dec. 3, 1846, Albion K. P. El well of Oxford. Seth, b. Aug. 17, 1815, m. Nov. 7, 1837, Susan F. Em- ery of Oxford. Sprague, b. April 22, 1817, m. Nov. 28, 1838, Delphina Steadman ; s. Harrison. Hannah M., b. Jan. 24, 1819, m. Dec. 31, 1843, Charles F. White of Oxford Harriet Rowena, b. July 13, 1820, m. Dec. 3, 1846, Jere- miah A. Rich. Reuben Loring, b. June 27, 182 1, m. Oct. 29, 1844, Jane W. Cobb of Otisfield. Lemuel C, b. Mar. 25, 1823. Samuel M., b. —29, 1824, m. Nov. 30, 1849, Susan Clarijida Archibald of Poland. Martha M., m. William Henry Steadman, George, b. 1832. QuiNCY and Lovisa Keith are credited in Hebron, with children as follows : Bethiah Otis, died May 8, 1822 ; Parmelo Bray, died May 16, 1822; Mary Ann Hudson, born Mar. 30, 1825, and Achsah B., born Sept. 18, 1827. Hon. Jairus Shaw Keith, son of Edward^, Samuel^, SamueP, Rev. James', was born in Bridgewater Mass. See sketch page iio. He m. Nov. 20, 1826, Mary Chad- bourne, dau. of Maj. Winthrop B. Norton of Portland. She was b. in South Berwick, Jan. 16, 1807, and d. at Oxford, Mar. 27, 1890. Children: Heloisa Helena, b. Jan. 12, 1828, m. Jan. 26, 1854, ^^' Artemas L. Hersey, lives in Oxford. Herman Norton, b. Aug. 23, 1830, m. Annie Small of Yarmouth; he d. in Califoniia, Oct. 13, 1890. Eugenia Beauhacnois, b, Dec. 12, 1833, m. Feb. i, 1866, Charles A. Spring, Jr., lives in Chicago. Rev. James Keith, son of Robert, was born in Scotland in 1643. He was graduated at the Marshal College, Aber- deen, came to New England in 1661, and was soon after ordained, the first pastor of the church in Bridgewater. Annals of Oxford. 8X7 Col, Samuel Hall King was born in Paris, Me. Feb. 4, 1799. See sketch page iio. He was tbe eldest child of SamueP and Sally (Hall) ; George* aivd Betty (Shaw), Benjamin-* and Abiah (Leonard), John^ and Alice (Dean), Philip^ and Judith (Whitman), John' and Mary King, who came to New England with John Humfrey, Deputy-Gov- ernor of the Massachusetts Colony. John King' was, prob- ably, of the Dorsett family, as both himself and wife were in Mr. Humfrey's service in England, and his home was in Dorchester, before coming to Svvampscott. Mr. King was born in 1600, and permanently settled in Weymouth, Mass. before 1640, at a place yet known as King's Cove. He is upon record as ''seaman", "planter", "goodman", and in 1663, his name is on the list of the proprietors of the town of Mendon. His son Philip was taxed in Mendon, but he was at the time living in Taunton. Col. King m. Oct. 31, 1824, Eliza, dau. of Gilbert and Silence (Cole; Shaw of Paris, Me. She was born Sept. 2, 1801^ eighth in lineal descent from Abraham Shaw, of Hal- ifax, Eng., who died at Dedham, Mass. in 1638; she was was also eighth in descent from John Shaw of Plymouth. Family moved to Portland Feb. 10, 1845. Children, born at Craigie's Mills : Samuel Columbus, b. Jul}^ 13, 1825, d. Aug. 17, 1826. Alonzo, b. Aug. 17, 1827, d. the same day. Charles Carroll, b. Oct. 14, 1828, d. Feb. 20, 1829. Polly, b. Dec. 31, 1829, d. the same day. Sarah Jane, b. May 6, 1831, d. April 23, 1832. Samuel Newton, b. Aug. 27, 1833, d. Mnv. 29, 1834. Marquis Fayette, b. Feb. 18, 1835, ^- Mar. 8, 1856, Fran- ces Olivia, b. Sept. i, 1835, <^^^'- o^ Samuel P. and Sa- brina [Perkins] Plaisted of Portland : she is eighth in descent from Lieut. Roger Plaisted, killed by the Indians in the attack on Berwick. Their children are Walter Mel- ville, d, young; Luetta ; Alfred; Warren Cloudraan, and Francis Plaisted. Mr. King is a photographist, lives in Portland, has served in the City Council and as Mayor. He was four years Executive Councilor, in the adminis- trations of Gov's, Btu-leigh and Cleaves, a Director in the Union Mutual Life Ins. Co., Pres. Maine Genealogical Soc'y. ; a Freemason since 1859, S.-.G.'.I.*.G.'.33°, ^• G. M. and present Treas. of the Gr. Lodge of Maine. Martha, b. Mar. 26, 1837, d. April 10, 1837. Annate of Oxford. Henry Melville, (D. D.) b. Sept. 3, 1S38, m. Sept. 2, 1862, Susan Ellen, b. June 14, 1838, dau. of Sumner and Caroline (Goding) Fogg of Portland. Their children are Susan Hall, d. in her twenty-sixth year ; Eliza Shaw, and Grace Howard. Dr. King was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1859, Newton Theo. Sera'y- in 1862 and im- mediately ordained at the Fi-ee Street Church, in Port- land. He assisted Prof. Hackett at the Seniiiiary one year and then accepted the call of the Dudley Street Church, in Roxbury, where he had an agreeable ministration for 19 years. In 1877 he received his honoi^ary degree at Col- by College. After nine years pastorate of the Emmanuel Church , Albany, N. Y. he, in 1891, became the pastor of the First Church, Provid. ford, were married Feb. 21, 1833. Robert Martin of New Gloucester and Deborah Hutchinson of Hebron, pub. int. of m. May 31, 1810. The Hebron records credit Robert and Betsey Martin with Han- nah P., b. July 19, 1812; Caroline, b. Mar. 5, 1818, and Ezekiel, b. Mar. 19, 1820. Dr. Edwin Maybery, b. 1825, was graduated at the Bowdoin School of Medicine in 1849, commenced prac- tice in Oxford, residence on Pleasant street. Dr. Hersey was his pupil, lived in his family and succeed to his prac- tice soon after his graduation. Dr. Mayberry m. Nov. 29, 1849, Miss Leanora Hall of Windham, and had Caroline, b. Sept. 6, 1850. Family removed to Edgartown, Mass. Ezekiel Merrill, d. in Hebron, Jan. i, 1823, ^87; Mary, his wife d. Dec. 15* 1815. Others of the name were among the early settlers, and probably, some of them were their children. He appears to have been a wheelwright, s. in New Gloucester. Ezekiel Merrill of Shepard sfiekl and Hannah Eveleth of New Gloucester were ra. Sept. 4, 1782. He was a cordwainer, held land in common with Gideon Bearce, tanner, and is credited with children, as follows : I Isaac, b. April 2, 1794, d. Feb- 15, 1816. II Ezekiel, b. Feb. 16, 1796. Ill Joseph, b. Oct. 30, 1798, d. Dec. 27, 1875. Sarah, his wife, d. April 21, 1873. They had Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1820, d. Mar. 22, 1828. Caroline Chandler, 230 Annals of Ox£orcL b. June 2S, 1823, d. Mar. 20, 1828. Zilpha Augtista, b. Mar. 25, 1826. Sarah Freeman, b. Oct. 2, 1827. Isaac, b. Nov. 28, 1829, d. July 7, 1837. IV Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1801, d. Aug. 1819. V Zilpha, b. Dec 31, 1802, d. Sept. 1826. VI Seth Mitchell, b. Feb. 20, 1805. VII Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1808, m. Parmelia Fuller. VIII Thomas Fessenden, b. Jan. 29, 1812, d. Oot. 22, 1831. Jabez Merrill, cordwainer, bought in 1784, lot 3, in ist range, and in 1798 he bought lot 7, in the san>e range. By wife Barbara, he is credited with James, b. Aug. 26, 1783, m. Aug. 23, 1807, Mrs. Chloe Curomings of Norway, and had Barbara Eliza, b. Mar. 28, 1808. Anna, b. Feb. 19, 1785. Abigail, b. Jan. 27, 1787. Mary, Aug. b, 29, 1792. Hannah, b. July 19, 1794. Sally, b. Mar. 15, 1796. Jabez, b. May 8, 1799. William, b. Oct. 28, 1803, m. Dec. 2, 1824, Elvira Bum- pas of Hebron, and had Wm. Lawson^ b. Jan. 28, 1826. Moses Merrill bought of Simon and Sarah (Spring) Jackson, in 1805, lot 6, in the first range. He and Celia Barrows, both of Hebron, were m. Jan. 20, 1796; she d. Feb. 21, 1838. Children; Charlotte, b. May 10, 1798, m. Ara S. Fuller, s. Oxford. Moses, b. Mar. i, 1800, m. Nov. 4, 1821, Sally Perry of Hebron. They had Louisa Melissa, b. Sept. 24, 1822. Lydia Jane, b. Feb. 16, 1824. Cyrus Shaw, b. June 3» 1825. Jonathan Barrows, b. April 13, 1802, m. April 6, 1825, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Bearce, and had Sarah Eli- zabeth, b. April 2, 1827, d. Aug. 30, 1829. Louisa, b. Feb. 23, 1804, d. Oct. 12, next year. Nathaniel, b. April 28, 1806, d. Feb. 29, following. Lorenzo, b. Dec. 30, 1807, m. Nov. 17, 1833, Sarah C. Chipman of Poland. Abigail, b. July 3, 1810, d. Dec. 20, 1843. Benjamin Merrill and Izalla Benson, both of Hebron, were m. Mar. 22, 1821, and are ci-edited, in Hebron, with, Izalla Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1822 ; Harriet B., b. April 17, 1824, and Ruth, b. May 17, 1826. Joshua and Mary Merrill lived (104) near Paris line. He d. Mar. 23, 1842. Children ; Joseph F., b. Dec. 8, 1824, housewright, m. Jane White- Aimals o€ Oxford. 231 house, and had Emma I., b. 1849. Mary, b. 1826, m. Woodbury L. Stanton, lived (104). Mayhew C. Merrill and Susan Chadbourne, both of Oxford, were m. Sept. 27, 1842, and had Francis A., b. Mar. 17, 1845. Dorcas M., b. Feb. 27, 1847. Giles Men-ill of Shepardsfield and Judith Cotton of New Gloucester, were m. Dec. 4, 1787. Giles Merrill of Hebron and Mary Sennet of Saco, pub. intention of m. April 27, 1825. Charlotte Memll of Hebron and Nathaniel Gerrish, Jr. of Fahnouth, were m. Feb. 23, 1809. Sally Merrill and Ira Fuller, both of Hebron, w^re m. May 2, 1816. Sally Merrill and William Whittemore, both of Hebron, were m. Dec, 3, 1818. Betsey Merrill and Reuben Cushman, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. i*j, 1824. Charies Merrill and Sally T. Chipman, both of Oxford, pub. int. of m. April 15, 1847. John McAllister came to (37) Oxford before 1850. He was b. in 1801, and his wife, Mary Morse, was b, 1803. Children: David, b. Aug. 14, 1822, m. Mrs. Jane S. (Hayes) Tobie. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1823, d. Dec. 30, 1839. Elvira Frances, b. May i, 1826, m. Benj. Crockett. William, b. Aug. 9, 1828, m. Bullen, and had Julia Ann, b. July 15, 1851. Daniel Willis, b, Sept. 3, 1853. John, b. July 9, 1829. Joseph, b. Jan. 10, 1832. Jonathan, b. July 3, 1833, d. Mar. 26, 1834. Jonathan, b. Mar. 29, 1835, d. June, 1842. George, b. June 9, 1839, m. Henrietta Webber. Thomas Millett is credited on Hebron records, with, Edmund Chase, b. Aug. 30, 1806. Martha Johnson, b. Nov. 25, 1808. Nathaniel Millett, Jr. son of Nathaniel and Susan- na (Parsons) Millett of New Gloucester, was born July 9, 232 Annals of Oxford. 1799, m. Dec. 29, 1823, Abigail French and had, bom in Hebron, Cyrus, b. Nov. 20, 1824. Clark, b. Feb, 17, 1826. George O., b. Nov. 21, 1827. Dustin Qiiimby, b. Mar. 6, 1829. David Henry, b. April 20, 1831. John and Mahala Milliken are credited in Hebron, .vith, Daniel, b. Oct. 8, 1826, and Earl L., b. Nov. 6, '28. v/ Joseph and William Mixer, brothers, came from Soutli- borough, Mass. to work in Craigie's mills. William went to Paris, and Joseph settled upon a farm in, what is now. East Oxford, but later removed to (46). Joseph was bom Nov. 6, 1775, m. Feb. 17, 1805, Nancy Fay, who was born July 29, 1781, and d. May 4, 1854. He d. Dec. 19, 1849. Children : I Otis Fay, b. June 9, 1806, pub. int. m. Feb. 25, 1832, with Eliza, dau. of Andrew Staples. She d. the day appointed for the wedding, and Mar. 27, 1833, ^^ °^- her sister Sally, who d. Feb. 15, 1842. He was a mil- litia Captain, a farmer and a housewright ; in partner- ship with Col. King, they built the meeting-house. He m. 2d, Mar. 26, 1843, Theodora Men-ill, a sister of Mrs. Carlton, and d. Jan. 10, 1879. ^^^ children were Eliza Ellen, b. Feb. 11, 1836, m. Joseph A. Clark, lives in Portland ; and Joseph Herman, b. Oct. 26, 1839, d. Oct. 30, 1840. II Lee, b. July 20, 1808, s. Norway. III Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1811, d. Oct. 17, 1831. IV Nancy Maria, b. July 5, 1816, m. Sebastian S. Smith. V Eouisa Stow, b. Jan. 24, 1819, d. Jan. 15, 1843. VI Elizabeth Perry, twin with L. S., m. April 10, 1840, Stephen P. Rowe of Gre mwood ; she d. May 26, '44. vn George Hartwell, b. Oct. 13, 1824, d. Mar. 1826. Elias Monk of Hebron was granted a pension m 1833, he being then 73 years of age, for service in tlie Mass. mil- itia, in the Revolution. His wife Elice, d. Aug. 15, 1806; he again married, Nov. 7, 1807, Louisa Ransom of Paris, and d. Dec. 17, 1842. Children: Lewis, b, Sept. 14, 1779, m. Mai-tba, dau. of John Bes- Annals of Oxford. 233 sey, who wa« b. Ju»e 4, 1787, aad d. Aug. 25, 1861. They had Rachel, b. Sept. 30, 1802, m. David H^inna- ford, s. Norway. Sarah, b. June i, 1806, m. William Blake of Paris, and 2d, Frederick Denning of Oxford. Lewis, b. June 22, 1808, m. Betsey Lane ; she d. Aug. 5, 1842 ; he m. 2d, Eleanor Bucknara ; she d. June 16, 1849, ^ 41 ; he m. 3d, Nancy Russell, and d. at Welch- ville, Sept. 23, 1890. Lucy, b. Mar. 11, 1809, m. Jes- se Cummings of Paris, and 2d, Levi B. Rawson of So. Paris. William, b. Oct. 29, 1811, m. Wealthy Davee ; he d. at Buckfield, April 14, 1899. Caroline, b. Feb. 8, 1815, m. William W. Bumpas of Oxford. Mary, b. Sept. II, 182 1, m. Job Crooker. James, b. Dec. 12, 1782, m. May 9, 180a, Polly Jordan. Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1784, m. James Farris, Jr. Alfred, b. Sept. 8, 1786, m. Sept. 1808, Relief Irish, and had John, b. Oct. 22, 1809. Rebecca, b. Sept. 7, 1788. Betty, b. April 4. 1791. Lovina Bisbee, b. Oct. 17, 179a. Millitiah, b. Oct. 28, 1794. Elisha and Betsky Moore are credited in Hebron witli, Dolly, b. Feb. 15, 1800, m. Ansel Fields of Paris. Eliza, b. April 24, 1801. Milly, b. Sept. 7, 1805. Dexter, b. May i, 1807. Dennis, b. Dec. 27, 1810. Hollis, b. Oct, 3, 1814. Thomas and Sarah Moore are credited in Hebron with, Dolly, b. Sept. 21, 1797. Samuel, b. July 21, 1799, d. Nov. 5, 1820. Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1800, m. Oct. 25, 1821, Joseph Crock- ett of Sumner. Fairfield, b. June, 15, 1803 ; family consisting of wife Nancy, three boys and two girls, were living at Craigies Mills, in 1840. Town records say they had born there, April, 27, 1841, John F. and their son Daniel C. m. Mar. 29, 185 1, Frances E. Gates, s. in Mass. Moses, b. July 11, 1805, and Sally, b. July 31, 1807. William and Betsey Moore are credited in Hebron with Geo. Cobb, b. Oct. 18, 1815 : Harriet, b. April 13, 1818; Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1820; Sebastian S., b. Nov. 10, 1823, and Hiram, b. Feb. 4, 1827. Mother died Dec. 2, 1841. 234 Annals of Oxford, Thomas Morby, son ol John, was b. in Conn. Mar. 5, 1788, came to Oxford before 1830. His wife was Laura, b. Oct. 24, 1797, dau. of Ezra Mellen of Wilmington, Vt. He d. Mar. 2, 1867 ; she d. Dec. 19, 1876. Children : Edward Marshall, b. July 11, 1720, m. July 3, 1838, Mary Jane Hilborn of Oxford ; he d. at Rumford. Samantha, and Emaline, d. in childhood, ■^amantha Jane, b. Sept. 21, 1828, m. Wm. King Staples, 'harles Emery, b. Oct. 22, 1830, m. Aug. 26, 1857, Julia A. Verrill of Oxford ; he d. at Partland. "rancis Dana, b. April 22, 1834, m. June 11, 1854, Nancy Burns of Oxford. Henry Clinton, b. Feb. 8, 1837, m. Irene Eastman ; s. Utah. Julia Amanda, b. Aug. 18, 1840, m. David G. Drinkwater of Portland. Caleb, bro. of Thomas, lived in Oxford. Salmon More}^ and Mary Stone, born c^ Oxford, were m. Mar. 25, 1838. Solomon Morgan and Polly Rowe, both of Oxford, were pub. Mar. 12, 1808; she d. Feb. 27, 1825, and he m. 2d, Ang. same year, Pollythea Bradman of Minot. Children: Sally, b. Oct. 25, 1809. Polly, b. Feb. 5, 1811. Zaccheus, b. April 26, 1812. Rosamond, b. June 5, 1814. Hannah, b. June 5, 1816. Bethia, b. Mar. 28, 1818. Solomon, b. Aug. 28, 1820. Judith, b. July 15, 1822, Mary Anu, b. Alar. 29, 1824. Meribah, b. May 18, 1826. Keziah, b. July 28, 1827. Jane B., b. Feb. 24, 1829. John S., b. July 18, 1832. Samuel Morse, son of James and Lydia (Hall), m. Feb. 26, 1824, Margaret J. White of Otisfield ; they settled at Craigies Mills, where he was the miller, later a farmer, famiiliarly called "Doctor". Their children were: Sylvia Jane, b. Oct. 7, 1825, ra. Feb, 25 , 1849, Moses K. Haskell of Falmouth. James W., b. June 27, 1827. Samuel J., b. June 19, 1829. Hosea B., b. Sept. 27, 1833. Annals of Oxford. 235 Solomon Bradford Morse, Jr. of Wej?tbomugh, Mass. bought the Craigie farm in 184 1 and wns evicted from it three years later; see p. 123. He was m. in Boston, May 9, 1833, with Mary M. Cheever, and had: Solomon Bradford, b. June 11, 1834. Ammi C, b. Feb. 2, 1836. Edward C, b. July 21, 1839. Mary M., b. Mar. 21, 1841. Joshua C, b. Dec. 21, 1842. Henry H., b. Oct. 19, 1844. Charles W., b. Aug. 21, 1846. David Morse and Sarah Morton, both of Oxford, pub. int. m. Dec. 22, 1833. John Marston of Bi-unsvvick, m. Jerusha, dau. of Zeb- ::dee Cushman ; lived at Craigies Mills. They had Louisa and John Merrill, the latter lived in Portland. Thomas and Joanna Morton are credited on the town records of Hebron, with children, as follows : Timothy, b. Sept. i, 1787. Job, b. Jan. 25, 1789. John, b. Mar. 14, 1793, m. 1819, Judith Knight of Minot. Alpha, b. Mar. 2, 1795, d. Jan. 18, 1800. Martha, b. Oct. 31, 1797, d. Jan. 6, 1800. Joanna, b. Dec. i, 1799, m. 1825, Daniel Crooker of Minot Thomas, b. July 12, 1807. Dea. Thomas Morton d. at Oxford, Aug. 28, 1839, ^ IS- Timothy and Polly Morton are credited in Hebron » with, Martha D., b. Mar. 30, 1810. Mary, b. Mar. 9. 1812. Lucy, b. May 8, 1814, d. Sept. 29, 1816. Har- vey L., b. July 24, 1816. Ira A., b. Jan. 21, 1819. Will- iam A., b. Apr. 5, 1823. AlmonCary, b. Jan. 29, 1825. Job Morton, m. Jan. r6, 181 1, Susanna Whitman of Minot, who d. Dec. 16, 1824, je 40. He m. 2d, Feb. 9, 1826, Rebecca, wid. of Jonathan Glover of Hebron. Children : Alpha, b. July 18, 1812. Jane Whitman, b. July 3, 1814, m. William E. Lunt of Oxford. Silas, b. Oct. 26, 1818. Susanna Washburn and Job Washburn, twins, b. Dec. 10, 1824. Richard Morton, m. July 18, 1819, Hannah C, dau. of James Perry and had Freeman, b. July 15, 1820. James Perry, b. Jan. 18, 1822 and others b. in Paris. 236 Annals of Oxford. Ebenezer Morton and Emily Dyer were married in He- bron, Dec. 1828, Milton Morton of Oxford and Ruthella Herrick of Po- land, pub. int. m. Jan. 8, 1852. James Murdock of Minot and Bathsheba Turner of He- bron, pub. int. m. Nov. 5, 1810. James Murdock, Jr. and Ruth, his wife, are credited in Hebron with children, as follows : George, b. Jan. i, 1811. Lucy, b. May 4, 1813. James, b. Aug. 24, 1816. Sylvester E., b. April 30, 1828. Jonathan Muzzy of Ward, Mass. came to Hebron in fall of 1814, accompanied by his son Pitt, and in the spring, following, his wife, Militiah, with their youngest children, joined him ; ten days were required to make the journey. They lived on the Craigie farm about four years, and after- wards occupied a farm (48) on the same road, about one «iile nearer Norway. The family were especially interest- ed in religion, aided in the organization of the first church and furnished its two first deacons. The parents died in 1848, within six weeks of each other; he being 82 and she, 80 years of age. Their children were, probably, all born before their settlement here, and some are said to have remained at the old home ; a complete family record has not been furnished. Their dau. Hatmah was the wife of Alfred Hood and lived in this town ; dau. Augusta Maria, unm. died here, Sept. 3, 1837, m, 27. Pitt C, (Dea.) by wife Esrher, bad Martha Clark. Charles Addison and Lowell Austin, bapt. in the first ch. Family went to Monson, Me. in 1833, where he d. in 185 1. Alexander Hamilton, (Dea.) had the farm adjoining his father's; m. Oct. i, 1831, Elizabeth Thomas of Duxbury, Mass. and had Julius, b. in 1833, went to Massachusetts. Ellen Jane T., b. 1837, m. Henry P. Spurr of Otisfield. Josephine, died Feb. 5, 1844. Dea. Muzzy, late in life, moved to Norway, where he d. in 1881, m 76 years. William H., m. May 19, 1835, Vesta Sturtevant of He- bron. He lived for a time on the home farm and later set- tled in the village, where he died Jan. 26, 1838, m 29 years, leaving one son. Annate of Oxford. 237 Jacob Mtizzy «nd Batb«heba Bearce both of Hebron were m. April ii, 1825. N/ B^TAi^FEL Myrick, shipwright, of Pembroke, bought in J^^^A\exlnLr Shepard, two lots in his township and '^^2\i «in^rd here soon after, ahhough that year his probably settled here soon , ^ , company, TUTom DTbury Hi crXd in Helron wit'h so'n enlisted ^/•^"^^J^^f^^^y^gs and dau. Huldah, b. Sept. 22 Joseph, b Nov. 27, I7»» ^^^^^ ^^ Vassalboro'. Jle^d ?eb 22 x8o2 His widow, Huldah dau of Stephen Moulin in^x8i3, pined with her brothers and sisters in a conveyance of land in North Yarmouth. Barnabas Myrick bought of Bezaleel, in 1795, Jot 4, m the X^nge and the same year, of other parties, he bo t hfrtv ac^s in lot six. He m. Oct. 31, i794' Silence, dau. SToVara^d^Deborah (Soule)^^^^^^^^^ April 21, 1812, d. same day. S.BPHB. MVK.CK son Of Be.a^el. m June 4^.807, yillah Glover, who d. Mai. 24, 103Z. ^<^<^ x- * ;^ died in March 1868. Children : , -^ o q^^ Bezaleel, b. May l8, 1808, -3, Dec^ 8, 1830. Stephen b. Ma. .5. ^\-\;';'; ^VJTbJoZ Harriet Glover, b. Aug. 7, 1814, m. jonu teaA,*'b.^Tpril i%.3, m. Ma. X844, David B. Rob- inson of Sumner. Nathan Nelson, son of David, was born in Milford vrisri^ I'J^O- had brothers Ebenezer, land m Pans, and Set^ bought lit 9! in the 4th range in Shepardsheld. For servi'ce inie MasL militia, in the Revolution, ^e was pen- service in I Shepard, m i779' 1°^ °' iX ^h ra ie, 2d dtl'now Oxford ; Lttled first in Pans, and Ler on lot kbove named where h^ died April i, 1848. 238 Annalfi of OxfcHrd. Jerusha (Chapin), his wife died June 15, 1841, m 82 years. Children : Henry, b. Jul}^ 21, 1782, d. April 4^ following. Nathan, b. Aug. 29, 1784. Ann, b. July 29, 1786, m. Andrew Cushman. Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 1789, d. Jan. 22, 1809. Charlotte, b. June 7, 1791, m. Dr. Jacob Tewksbury. Wary, b. June 22, 1793, d. April 8, 1795. Alexander, b. June 13, 1795, m. Mar. 1817, Lydia Loring. Jerusha, b Aug. 4, 1797, m. Samuel Whittemore, Jr. Austin, b. Sept. 3, 1799. Betsey and Sally, b. Jan. 5, 1802, lived but a few days. Nathan Nelson, Jr. son of Nathan, had a farm in Oxford near his father's, where he died in August, 1853. Anna (Bridgham), his wife died in January, 1866. Children : Erasmus Darwin, b. July 14, 1809, m. June 15, 1834, Sophia A. Richards, who had Erasmus, b. June 20, and d. Sept. 20, 1836. Wife d. Sept. 11, 1836; he ni. 2d, Mar. 19, 1837, Mary Ann Pompilly. Aurilla, died June 18, 1814. Lydia Ann, b. Mar. 31, 1813, m. Oct. 23, 1834, Josiah C. Caldwell of Paris, Emmons, b. Oct. 5, 1816, m. Nov. 25, 1837, Caroline Caldwell of Poland. Almira, b. April 2, 1817. Levi Chapin, b. April 10, 1819, m. Nov. 2, 1839, Mary L. Farrington of Oxford. Lydia Jane, b. May 6, 1821. Jerusha Chapin, b. Feb. 13, 1823 , m. Nov. 21, 1847, OiTin S. Bryant of Hebron. Vddison, b. July 8, 1825, m. May 26, 1849, Mary Ann Nelson of Oxford. I iollis, b. Mar, 1828, m. Dec. 24, 1854, Coi-delia Church- ill of Oxford. judson O., b. April 14, 1831. Corydon B., b. Dec. 12, 1833, m. Angeline, dau. of War- ren Rich, and had born in Oxford, Nathan Alfred, b. Nov. 16, 1859; Charles W., b. May 25, 1861 ; Georgie A., b. Mar. 12, 1865, and Edna E., b. Aug. i, 1871. Austin Nkl&on, son of Nathan, continued on (205) the home farm, wiiere he died Jan. 8, 1839. ^^ ^- Mar. 1826, Laura, dau. of Asa Thayer of Paris and had : Annals of Oxford. 239 Charlotte Tewksb«ry, b. April lo, 1828, d. Feb. 22, 1847. Persie T., b. Mar. 27, 1830, m. Apiil 10, 1848, Silas Scribner of Otisfidd. Maiy Ami, b. Aug. 17, 1832, m. Addison Nelson. Laura Augusta, b. Oct. 4, 1835, d. Sept. 21, 1882. Mrs. Nelson m. 2d, Miay 10, 1840, Oliver Thomas, did not change her residence. Levi Chapin and Mary L. Nelson are credited in Ox- ford, with Mary H., b. Dec. 16, 1848 and Albion, b. 1850. Samuel Newhall, over sixty, wife, a son andtwodau's' ind Charles, under thirty, wife, son and daughter, were living ill Oxioi'd in 1840. Maj. WiNTHROP BuRNHAM NoRTON, son of Dca. Nath- aniel aud Sarah (Adams) Norton, was born July 22, 1768. (See Personal Notice) He m. Oct. 5, 1789, Dorothy Gow- ell, who bore him eleven children, the first in Portsmouth, N. H. the others in So. Berwick. She d, at Oxford, March 9, 1831, ^ 58. He m. 2d, April 29, 1832, Sally, widow of Jonathan B. Symonds of Concord, N. H. dau. of Gladwin Chaffin. She d. Aug. 13, 1S65, ^ 74; he d. July 21, 1744. Children : Sarah Adams, b. July 4, 1792, m. Ambrose Allen and 2d, William Warren; she d. at Lewiston, Jan. 10, 1873. Lydia Maria, b. Aug. 16, 1793, m. Nov. 29, 1816, Rev. Samuel Spring; she d. ai ITaitiord, Coni. Sept. 19, 1881. Dorcas, m. Sept. 30, 1820, Nathan Jewett of Portland. Dorothy Bradbury, m. Sept. 20, 1823, Charies A. Spiing. Augustus, b. Nov. 12, 1800, d. at sea, Nov. 1818. Nathaniel, m. Sally Ann Getty of Buffalo N. Y. Frances Eliza, d. unm. at Oxford, May 20, 1873, je 67. Her home, after the deatli of her father, was on Pleas- ant street, in the cottage, formerly occupied by Alfred Hood, being the bouse where the meeting was held for the organization of the First Church and, by her request, given to the church, for a Parsonage, by her adm'r. Mary Chadbourne, b. Jan. 16, 1807, ra. Hon. J. S. Keith. Constantia Cordelia, d. unm. at Oxfd, Nov. 21, '48, m 39. Edwin Augustus, m«rchant in Portland, b. Jan. 30, 181 1, m. Nov. 4, '33, Abigail Bab*»n of Wiscasset ; he d. in Ms. Timothy Cutler, died in infancy. 2^ Annals ot Oxford. William Nenjamin Fessendeii, b. April 22, 1787, m. Jan. 23, 1814, Cliristiana Cushman ; kept the tavern near the town- house. They had Charles Clark, b. Mar. 25, 1815. Benjamin Fessenden, b. Mar. 4, 1817. Chipman. Christiana, b. May 28, 1821. Zebedee Cushman, b. May 5, 1824. Adeline Collins, b. Nov. 18, 1830. iietsey, b. May 4, 1789, m. Nov. 29, 1821, John Morton. John Cornish, b. Aug. 7, 1791, m. Jan. 25, 1822, Sally Morton of Otisfield. They had Almira, b. Dec. 10, 1822 Sarah E., b. June 10, 1824. oally, b. Sept. 3, 1793, lived sixteen days. Hannah Cornish, b. July 25, 1795, lived 22 months. Hannah Cornish, b. May 25, 1798, m. Richard Morton. Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1800, m. Moses Merrill, Jr. Almira, m. Feb. 2, 1825, John Richards, 3d. Dan Perry, Rev. (see personal sketch.) m. June 25, 1809, P0II3? Caldwell, the mother of his children who died Oct. 12, 1829. He m, 2d, Feb. 29, 1832, Miss Roxanna Leavitt of Buckfield who died in 1835, and the April fol- lowing he m. 3d, Mrs. Judith, widow of Maj. Bartlett of, Bethel. Rev. T. S. Perry says '*My parents suffered many hardships while cleajnug their farm and building a hovtse. During the "cold seasons" 18 14 — 16 they raised but little. From what they did raise of com and grain, the coldest year, they first saved the best for seed, and then divided the remainder into twelve equal parts, one of the parts had to last a month. Of potatoes they had more, which my fath- er digged by breaking the frozen ground with an iron bar. Aimate o£ Oxford. 347 These, with ndllk, were ttieir ditef swpply of food." As a ckcnit preacher, he had residence in many places in Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut, but his children were all born in Hebron except the first, who was b. in Portsmouth Children : John Jasiel, (Gen., see personal sketch), b. Aug. 2, 1811, m. May 24, 1844, Sarah Adams, dau. of Ambrose Allen, by whom he had Edward Augustus, b. Mar. 24, 1845 i a well known newspaper-man in Boston, and Mary Con- stantia, b. Oct. 19, 1847, d. in Portland, unm. May 18. 1891. He d. in Portland, May 2, 1897. Polly Caldwell, b. May 14, 1814, m. Jan, 7, 1837, Emerr Edes of Otisfield. ■ Electa Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1816, d. unm. Dec. 8, 1857. Lucy Izetta, b. Mar. 11, 1821, m. 1862, Obadiah G. Cook.' Truman Summerfield, b. Dec. 20, 1826, was graduated al Bowdoin College in 1850 and in 1896, "pro causa hon- oris", he received the degree of A. M. He was several years in business, a clerk in the U. S. Senate, living in Washington during the civil war and at the same time serving as correspondent of the Portland Press and other papers. In 1873 he was ordained pastor of the Con- gregational Church in Cumberland, Me. where he remain- ed twelve years ; he was seven years with the church in Dimerick, and is now pastor of the church in Waterford He has been a frequent contributor of poetry and prose to both religious and secular publications, and spent four years in educational work in Florida. He has been twice married, first in 1856, with Elizabeth Green Hale, and second in 1891, with Julia B. Rideout. ^ui^vice Christiana, b. Sept. 24, 1829, m. Dec 26, 1854, Obadiah G. Cook, Esq. of Casco ; she d. Mar. 11, 1861, leaving three children ; viz. Mary Electa, wife of Geo. * Hazen, Esq. of Oxford. Charles Sumner, of the firm of Symonds, Snow and Cook, lawyers in Portland ; he is a membor of the Governw's Council. Christiana S. now of Boisters Mills. Aj^rew Peterson, b. 1801, and Almira Pratt, both of Hebron, were m. June 26, 1825. They had in Welchville in 1850, Geneva, aged 15; Leonard, aged I3; Eliza A., aged 9 ; Georgiana, aged 6 ; Charles, aged 4 and Sulli- van, i^ed 3. 243 Annals of Oxford. ^ W1L.T.1AM PncB, son of Dudley and Celia (Weston) PTke, b. in Paris Dec. i, 1785 ; m. Nancy Thurston, lived in Oxford (27). Children: Harriet, b. Sept. 22^ 181 1 ; Caroline Matilda, b. Feb. 4, 1813, and Dudley, b. Jan. 7, 1818, ra. Dec. 25, 1857, Mary Ann Smith. Samuel Pike, mmi of John and Mary (Tarbox) Pike of Norway was b. Dec. 11, 1788, d. Dec. 20, 187 1. By wife Susanna Wood he had : Prescott L., m. Mar. 3, 1839, Emily A. Hill; he m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1843, Elizabeth A. Morse; had sons, Albert E., Herbert, Alden, Elihu, Sherman, and daughters, Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Chas. B. Keith and Mrs. Morrill Fuller. His farm adjoined the Craigie farm. Harriet W., b. Aug. 22, 1817. Miranda B,, b. Sept. 10, 1819, m. Oct. 18, 1837, J^n Rowe, 3d, of Oxford. Daniel W., b. Nov. 5. 1823, m. April 26, 1850, Sarah A. Ordway. They had Arvilla, b. 185 1 ; Francis Henry, b. Jan. 1855; Delphina, b. April 5, 1857, and Daniel, b. Feb. 27, 1861. He was killed in the civil war. Zeruiah, b. Sept. 5, 1825. Charles P., b. May 7, 1827, m. Esther C. Crockett. John P., b. Nov. 29, 1829. Arvilla, b. Oct. 4, 1830, d. Nov. 5, 1833. Susanna, b. Mar. i, 1833, m. April 1853, Thomas H. Kelley. He was a tailor at Norway ; killed \rj the cars. Robert Pike had a farm (39) adjoining Dudley Pike's land, on the Norway road. He was a brother of Samuel, b. July 28, 1791, m. in 181 2 Susanna, dau. of James Bick- ford, who was b. July 7, 1794 and d. Feb. 7, 1858. He m. 2d a widow Hall, and d. Jan. 20, 1868. His children were; Maria, b. Aug. 29, 1813, m. Elbridge S. Walcc*t. Zeruiah, b. April 2, 1815, d. Oct. 8, 1822. Jacob, b. Dec. 16, 1816, d. April 9, 1841. Elvira, b. Aug. 6, 1819, m. William S. Allen. The father of Mr. Pike, with his second wife, Sarah (Per- ry) lived in Oxford where she d. in Nov. 1841. Their son Calvin F., who had been a trader in Portland, died of con- sumption, in Oxford, Dec. 3, 1851. Skth Pike, son of John and Mercy [Jordan] Pike of Annals of Oxftwd. 249 Norway, b. Dec. 5, 1814, m, Polly W. Bracket!. They had Roxa Ann, b. 1846. Israel Pike and Rosilla Cleveland, both of Hebron, and Israel Pike and Betsey Washbarn, both oi Hebron, pub. int. of m. Feb. 23, 1824. Luther Farrer Pinxjree, son of Ho)^: and Sarah (Turner) Piagree, was born in Norway May 25, 1813. He came to Craigies Mills to leai-n the; machiaests trade, where his good character and genial disposition made him a wel- come addition to the little community. Sept. 23, 1841, he m. Elizabeth Marsh, b. Nov. 9, 1816, dau. of David and Margaret (McCurdy) Dexter of Bath. She was a neice of Mrs. Marr and had lived with her from childhood. Both were musicians and both were interested in the religious, educational and social functions of the p>eople. He was a stalwart democrat, ready in debate in town and lyceum, an officer of the Light Infantry and a Major on Gen. Perry's StaJQE. He removed to Portland in 1845 where he was em- ployed as a pattern maker, also as a manufacturer of artifi- cial limbs ; he was an ingenious mechanic and is credited witli inventions that were patented. While in Oxford he was chosen class leader at the organization of the MethodisI Society, but after his removal to Portland, he became in- terested in the writings of Sweedenburg and thereafter was an enthusiastic worker in the New Church. He died April 18, 1892; she died Sept. 28, 1893. Children : lone Amelia, b. June 26, 1842, m. Feb, i, 1865, George Oscar Sawyer, s. Hartford, Conn. Helen Jane Gunthage, b. April 18, 1844, m. April 29, 1875, Edwin Nichols, master mariner. So. Portland. Frank Roundy Ashton, b. Feb. 23, 1846, ra. Feb. 8, 1867, Calista Hopkins, s. Boston. Innocence, b. Aug. 13, 1847, d. in three days. Consuelo Imogene, b. July 1848, d. July 1851. Sarah Charlotte Dexter, b. Oct. 4, 1850, m. Nov. 12, 1874, Charles F. Keith, s. Waterville. Malcolm Cameron, b. Sept. 9, 1852, m. May 30, 1876, Cora Louisa, dau. of Dr. Rudolph L. Dodge of Portland. He m. 2d, Sept. 11, 1889, Maud L. Jackson. In 1881, he was grad, from the N, Y. M«d. Col., s. Portland. 250 Annals of Oxford. Vir^ia Dean, b. Sept. 12, 1855, a popniar vocalist, m. Albert Marwick of Portland; s. Hartford, Conn. David Henry, b. June 22, '58, m. Lulu Lamar ; &, Hartford. Thaddeus Pratt, son of Barnabas and Isabel (Downie) Pratt of Bridgewater, Mass. had lot 6 in the 5th range, ist div. He had served as pinvate in the Mass. line and for his service was pensioned in 1819. After the death of his fath- er his mother came to Hebron and lived with her dau. Mrs. Simeon Davie, where she d. Dec. 24, 183 1, je 103. Mr. Pratt m. July 23, 1777, Rachel Churchill, who d. Mar. 5, 1818, ^ 65 ; he m. 2d April 14, 1819, Dorothy Russell. Children : WilUam, b. Mar. 12, 1779, m. July i, 1804, Martha Gur- ney and had William, b. 1805, m. Zilpali Bryant, s. in Paris. Cyprian, b. Sept. 10, 1806, d. Jan 3^ 1810. Franklin, b. Aug. 22, 1808. Austin, b, Dec. 26, 181 1. Rachel C, b. Mar. 29, 1814. Horatio, b. July 12, 1818. Josiah, b. May 23, 1783, m. 1807, Sybil Gurney and had John, b. July 9, 1808. Azel, b. Sept. 3, 1810. Mehitable, b. Mar. 29, 1813. Lemuel, b. Apr. 9, 1818. Josiah, b. Aug. i, 1820. Barnabas, b. July 13, 1785, d. in his fifth year. Rachel, b. Feb. 9, 1788. Barnabas, b. Mar. 18, 1790, m. Aug. 1815, Mary Bar- rows and had Clementha Granville, b. June 8, 1816. Adoniram Judson, b. Dec. 6, 1817. Roswell B., b. Nov. I, 1820. Susanna, b. June i, 1793, m. Sept. 26, 1813, Seth Besse. Polly, b. July 5, 1795, m. Lieut. Eliphalet Sturtevant. Cyprian, b. Aug. 8, 1797, m. June 24, 1819, Betsey Dun- ham and had Fessenden G., b. June 3, 1820. Ruby, b. Feb. 14, 1801. Rachel, b. April 28, 1820, by 2d wife. Benajah Pratt, b. Aug. 26, 1775, son of Abner, with wife, Ruth Bryant and children came to Hebron, from Middleboro. Mass. early in the ninteenth century. He had farm_ (187) where he died May 8, 1871. His father, a sol- dier in the Revolution, died in Oxford, June 22, 1831, ^86. His family record has not been furnished, but the following were, probably, his chilbren. Abner, the Fife Major in Col. Ryersons regimeiit. Annals of Oxford. 251 Benajah Pratt, Jr. was b. in 1801, m. Mar. 28, 1824, Mar- garet Steadman. Feb. 11, 1826, he m. widow Ruth Dennen ; he m. 3d, Charity Elms who died May 9, 1842 and he m. 4th, Mrs. Ruth W. Hall. He had the farm (186) next his father*s, but on being appointed sta- tion agent he built a house near the depot; later he lived next above Mr. Durell's in the village. His son Horatio K., b. 1825, m. Nov. 22, 1849, Deborah W. Mai-shall, 8. Oxford. He had two or more daughters. He was Mr. Welch's agent, prominent in town affairs, served in the Legialatnre, and died Mar. i, 1878. Dordana, b. 1794, m. John Thayer. Almira, b. 1806, m. Andrew Peterson. Aberdeen Pratt, je 87, per. son of Abner, and wife Lydia, m 84, were living in Oxford (122) in 1850, with Abiel Pratt, a farmer b. in Mass. in 1802. Widow Lydia Pratt d. Mar, 7, 1856. Abiel Pratt and Sarah Steadman, both of Hebron, were m. Sept. 29, 1822 ; she d. June 27, 1849; ^^ "^* ^^' -^^y 5> 1850, Mrs. Sarah Soule. Stephen Pratt, b. Dec. 12, 1778, housewright. per. son of Abner, m. Dec. 11, 1808 Lucy S., dau. of Col. Nathauiel Fuller, s. Paris. Andrew Pratt, b. 1786, per. son of Abner, blacksmith at Welchville, m. Chloe who d. July 26, 1820; he m. 2d, June 22, 1821, Phoebe Jenkins of Norway. Children : Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1815 ; Sally, b. Oct. i, 1816; Chloe, b. July 17, 1818; Abner, b. Sept. 20, 1822; Laura Ann, b. May II, 1824, and others. His family in 1840, consisted of wife, six girls and four boys. Zebedee Pratt and Celia Brown, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 2, 1815 and are credited with : Cyrus, b. Nov. 6, 1815, lived twelve days. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 1817. Samuel B., b. Dec. 23, *ig. He m. 2d, 18545 the widow of Jacob D. Brown. Alfred and Lydia Pratt are credited on Hebron rec- ords with Irene, b. Jan. 13, 1S12 and Alfred Cyrus, b. Feb. 17, 1816. Nathan Pratt of Paris and Polly Washburn of HetMX)n were m. Jan. 18, 1815. He d. at Oxford Mar. 17, 1833- Th«y are credited in Hebron with Alvan, b. Apr. a, 1816 ; 96^ Annals of Oxtcati. Almira, b. Mar. i8, 1818 ; Lydia Jaae, b. May 6, 1821 and Eliza, b. May d, 1824. Jedediah Pratt of Hebron aod Sally Partridge of Poland, pub. int. of m. Nov. 14, 1815. Alanson Pratt, wife and son were in Oxford in 184a. John Pray, aged 46, was a machinest at the cotton-mill in 1850. He had wife, Mary Ann, b. 18 15 and sons Hi- ram, b. 1839; Winfield S., b. 1841 and Charles H., b. 1849. Boarders in the family were Keziah Dennin, b, 1830 ; Amanda Dennin, b. 1834 5 Malvina B, Andrews, b. 1827 and Colombia Andrews, b. 1832. WiLi^M Prince had farm (103) in Oxford where he Jied May 30, 1850, aged 63 years. He m. Feb. 5, 1833, Hannah Gurney of Norway and had : George E., b. 1834, m. Oct. 8, 1857, Olive D. Pulsifer. Isaac, b. 1836. Jesse, b. 1837. Hannah E., b. 1840, ra. Cyrus Scribner. Theodore, b. 1847. Seth Randall had lot i, in the 6th range, ist div. He was a soldier of the Revolution from Pembroke or Roches- ter, Mass. His wife Sarah died in Hebron Sept. 3, 1787, and he m. 2d, Oct. 30, 1788, Molly Cushman of New Gloucester. He d. Mar. 1817. Children ; Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1777. Eliza}>eth, b. April 11, 1779, m. Shepard Bucknam. Mary, b. May 24, 1781, m. Samuel Hutchinson. Deborah, b. Aug. 29, 1783, d. July 20, 1787. Peleg, b. May 24, 1785, married Sept. 14, 1809, Betsey Whitman of Hebron. Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1787, d. Oct. 3, 1787. MoDy, died Sept. 7, 1796. Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1797, m. Mar. 31, 1821, Jacob Allen of Pownal. Polly, b. Mar. 5, 1799, JudiOi, b, July 19, 1803. AmtfklB of Oxford. 253 Artbmas Rawson, son of Artemas attd Dorcas (Batch- elder), was b. in Upton, Mass. Aug. 13, 1785- His parents came to Paris and he Uved with, or near, them until 1832 when he came to Craigies Mills, taking a house aoutli-side of Pleasant street and shop opposite the head of the street. His little shoemakers shop was a popular resort of the vil- lage boys, who never tired listening to his quaint stones and good humored gossip. He m. Feb. 16, 1816, Dorcas Rice and late in life, they moved to Lyon, where he died Nov. 29, 1869; she died in 1884. Children : i-v. r j Solon, b. Oct. 29, 1817, m. Lydia Downing, s. Oxford. Aurilia P., b. July 22, 1819, m. Horace Foss, s. M. btrat- ford, N. H. ^ „ Artemas Warren, b. July 18, 1821, m. Eleanor Hovey, s. Arlington,, Mass. Mary R., b. Oct. 19, 1823, m. Oliver, s. California. William Rice, b. May i, 1826. m. Phoebe Nickerson, s. Pawtucket, R. I. and later in California. Dorcas B., b. May 26, 1828, unm. Miranda, b. June 17, 1831, m. Charles A. Rice, s. Lynn. Ann Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1833, m. »^-Swan, s. Lynn. James Rice, b. July 6, 183S, m. Sarah P. Memll, s. Somei-ville, Mass. . Martin Van Buren, b. July 17, 1837. m. Thirza Jones, s. Somerville, Mass. Elbridge Marcellas, b. Nov. 12, 1840. Samuel G., b. Dec. 10, 1842. '^ John Records, Jr. of Bridge water, Mass. settled on a lot in Paris that was afterwards set into Hebron. His fath. er died in Hebron Sept. 24, 1831, ^ 95 ; he died Dec. i.. 1837. His wife was Ruth, dau. of Perez Tubbs. Children ; Perez Tubbs, b. Aug. 5, 1796, d. June 8, 1890. He was a blacksmith, m. Jan. 10, 1818, Asenath Tubbs of Dres- den ; lived in several places ; see History of Pans. Israel, b. Mar. 18, 1798. Orilla, b. Mar. 17, 1800, m. Ervin Glover. John, b, Dec. 6, 1801, m. Feb. 20, 1825, Almira Perry. Polly, b. May 7, 1804, m. 1B28, Abel Bisbee of Pans. 254 Annals ot" Oxibrd. Ruth, b. May 28, 1806. Charles, b. Dec. 17, 1810, Hved three days. Charles, b. June 28, 181 2, lived seventeen months. Olive, b. July 28, 1816. Rosanna and Rebecca, twina, b. April 10, 1818 ; Rebecca lived but seventeen days. Isaac Record, m. Huldah and had m Hebron : Vndrew, b. Sept. 8, 1788. in. Judith Tripp and had Wil- liam H., b. Dec. 28, 1811 ; Huldah M., b. Dec. 11, 1813 ; Andrew H., b. Sept. 10. 1815, d. in his third year; Bartimeus, b. Aug. 21, 1817, and Charles G., b. Oct. 4, 1819, iannah, b. Aug. 10, 1789, facob, b. Aug. 16, 1793, lived ten days, 'saac, b. April 14, 1795, m. Hannah dau. of Joseph Sturtevant of Paris and had Hannah, b. Sept. 27, 1818 ; Julia A., b. 1828; Edmund, b. 1833; Sumner, b. 1835 and Augusta, b. 1844. acob, b. May 24, 1798, ra. July 16, 1818, Laura Bum- pas and had Jacob Eldridge, b. Feb. 21, 1820. Isaac Record d. Apr. 6, 1845 ; wife d. May 26, 1852. WiNSLOW Record bought, in 1803, lot 10, in the 2d ra. id div. and by wife Hannah, is credited in Hebron, with ■Iannah, b. Mar. 29, 1807, m. Sept. 6, 1830, Leonard Sturtevant of Paris. Mr. R. d. in Oxford, Oct. 3, 1831. Chandler Records, b. 1802, son of Winslow, had ■ farm (135) Oxford. His wife, b. 1804, was Eliza, dau. of "^^evi Cushman; both her mother, Rhoda, ^ 81, and hip nother, Hannah, ^ 78, were living in his family in 1850. Children : Mary Melvina, b. Feb. 24, 1830. Solomon Winslow, b. April 23, 1832, m. Feb. 16, 1854, Mahala M. Wardwell. Eliza Ellen, b. Oct. 12, 1836. Chandler Malloy, b. Oct. 4, 1838. Elizabeth Thatcher, b. April 15, 1840. Abner Eugene, b. Dec. 14, 1841. Miranda, b. 1843 and Sarah E., b. Aug. 24, 184^. Rkurrn Rich appears to have been the first of the name to take laud in Hebron. Whitney's note-book, under date Anxials of Oxford. 266 of 1811, says that he had thirty seven acres of land bounded by the lands of Moses Gammon, John Greeley, John Burns and John Linnell. Reuben Rich and Olive Barker, both of Hebron, were m. Oct, 19, 1814 and are credited with children on Oxford records. Wife d. Jan. 27, 1857 ; he was living in 1840, being then upwards of 70. Children : Jeremiah Allen, b. July 30, 181$, m. Dec. 3, 1846, Har- riet R. Keene. Olive Morse, b. Jan. 5, 1818. Reuben, b. Sept. 24, 1820. Louis Stephen, b. April 18, 1825:. Martha Linda, b. April 19, 182B. vSusan Allen, b. June 27, 1830. Samuel Rich, brother of Reuben, had farm adjoining. Both he and his wife, Rebecca K. were living in Oxford in 1850 ; he ^ 84 and she je 71. Children : Joseph Cates, b. Aug. 6, 1799, ^' Rosmond •— — and had Ellen Jane, b. Mar. i, 1827. John Stephens, b. Jan. 3, 1802, m. Sarah H. and had Jedediah Cates, b. Feb. 19, 1824; Henry Washing- ton, b. Feb. 27, 1826; Betsey, b. Jan. 7, 1828; Sam- uel Seth, b. Mar. 4, 1830, m. June 15, 1852, Mahala H. Glines of Turner; Peter, b. April 15, 1832; Leonard Freeman, b. Sept. 2, 1834; J^^^" Lewis, b. Feb. 16, 1838; Norono, b. 1841 and Imogine, b. 1846. Samuel, b. Jan. 23, 1804. Hezekiah S., b. Sept. 22, 1805, m. Jerusha .■—- . and had Hester Ann, b. Sept. 4, 1829, d. May 30, 185 1 ; John Francis Burns, b. Aug. i, 183 1 ; Nathaniel Atwood, b. Aug. 6, 1834, ^- Mar. 22, 1839; James Aretas, b. June 1,1836, m. 1855, Mary Saunders ; Mar}'^ Celinda, b. Oct. 28, 1838; Susar) Elizabeth, b. Sept. i, 1840; Nancy M., b. 1843; Lydia A., b. Aug. 16, 1845; Hollis M. b. July 22, 1846 and Horace B., b. 184B. Elvira, b. June 10, 1807. Reuben, b. July 23, 1812, m. July 5, 1838, Phcebe Mar- tin and had Margaret, b. June 26, 1839; Simon Har- dy, b. Sept. 21, 1840; James F., b. Feb. 27, 1845 and Flora A., b. Dec. 21, 1848. Simon Harding, b. Sept. ro, 1814 Mary Cates, d. June 12, 1816, na, Mar. 9, 1837, John Mftrtin. 256 Annals of Oxford. Aaron Warren, b. Mar. 6, 1818, m. Sept. 9, 1839, Mary Ordway and had Josephine, b. 1840; Angelia A., b. 1842: Christiana, b. July 7, 1846; Edwin W., b, 1848 and George T. M., b. 1850. Tabitha Ann, b. July 28, 182 1. Warren Rich was found dead Sunday morning. Sepi, I, 1889. Stephen Rich and Leafy Whitney, both of Oxford, were married May 5, 1832, and had : George Clinton, b. Aug. 16, 1833, Charles Edgar, b. Nov, 27, 1834. Albion Augustus, b. April 4. 1836. Emeline Celestia, b. July 17, 1838. Frances Ellen Warren, b. April 22, 1840, John Richards settled in that part of Hebron (105) set off to Oxford; name changed to John Lee, see page 221. He had brothers Benjamin, at (106) Samuel, at (112) and Isaac, d. in Oxford, April 6, 1845. Their father, Tristram, lived with Samuel, where he d. 1845. See Hist, of Paris. David Richardson is credited in Hebron with : Hannah P., b. April 23, 1797 ; Sophia Darling, b. July 23, 1798 ; David, b. April 22, 1801 ; Otis, b. April 26, 1803 and Martin, b. July 25, 1805. Eliab Richmond bought of Mr. Shepard, in 1780, lot 9 (100 acres) in the 5th range, for which he promised to pay 150 bushels of good wheat. In March, 1798, he bought of Dr. Craigie, lot 8 in the 7th range, for $218. He was a private in Capt. Thomas Mayhew's co. at the seige of Bos- ton and was among the first to break ground in Oxford. He was born in Middleboro. Mass. April 3, 1752, son of Henry and Sarah (Washburn) Richmond, a lineal descen- dant of the pilgrim, John. His wife was Hannah Holmes of Plymouth and their oldest children were born in that town. She was b. Sept. 9, 1753 and d. Mar. 19, 1848; he was instantiy killed by falling from a load of hay July 13, 1831. Their children were: — - Hannah, b. Aug. 3, 1774, m. Nathaniel Barrows who d. Sept. 14, 1829 J she d. June 29, 1830. Annals of Oxford. 257 Rtith, b. Mar. 3, 1776, m. Ichabod Bryant, Israel, b. Jan. 9, 1778, m. Chloe Crooker. Jane, b. D^c. 28, 1779, m. John Frost of Noway. Polly, b. Nov. 26, 1781, m. Arodus Bryant of Paris. Desire, b. July i, 1784, m. Zebulon Bryant. Eliab, b. May 3, 1786, m. Sally Bullen, Simeon, b. July 28, 1788, d, Aug. 6, 1791. Jonathan, b. Sept. 28, 1790, lived about two years, Simeon, b. Mar. 12, 1793, d. June 28, 1810. Esther, b. April 30, 1795, m. Ezra Wright. Rhoda, b. July 9, 1797, la- Jesse Witham. IsREAL Richmond, son of EHab, m. Chloe Crooker of Hebron ; he m. 2d in 1802, his cousin Sarah, b. Sept. 9, 1780, dau. of George and Zylpah (Richmond) Bramhall of Plymouth. The family moved to Dixfield, Me. where he was drowned Aug. 12, 1822; his widow became the wife of William Worcester. Children : Martha, b. July 15, 1800, m. Eli Morse. Chloe, b. Sept. 5, 1801, m. Benjamin Peterson. Israel, b. May 10, 1803, m. Phoebe Bryant. Sarah, b. Mar. 24, 1804, m. Erastus Hall. Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1806, m. James White. Lydia, b. Dec. 8, 1808, m. Zebulon Bryant and I. Mann. Simeon, b. May i, 1810, d. at the age of eighteen. Reuben, b. Oct. 1812, m. Serena H. Foster, went to Cal'a. Nancy and Ruth, died young. Rosanna, b. Feb. 1822, d. unm. 1857. Rosella, b. 1824, m. Alden Savery. Nathan, went to California. Eliab Richmond, Jr. m. June 13, 1811, Sally Bullen. He was a Captain in the militia and held other public offi- ces. He moved to Dixfield in 1815 and removed to Rum- ford in 1827. Children: Sarah Chase, b. June 10, 1812, d. in her fourth year. Eliza Rawsan, b. June 12, 18 14, m. Samuel M. Smitiii of Dixfield. Julia Ann, b. May 30, 1816, m. Dec. 30, 1857, Ephraim Bartlett of Bethel. Daniel Eliab, b. Sept, 18, 1818, d. at the Theological Seminary, May 4, 1842. Benjamin Franktin, b. July 14, 1820, m. Miss Wyman of Runaford, He died in Dixfield, 268 AnnaJH of OxiorcL Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 9, 1823, d. May 14, 1825. Diantha Augusta, b. Sept. 14, 1825, m. Warren Robin- son, s. California. William Crawford, b. Feb. 3, 1828, m. in California, J. Addie Reed. /Abigail Rawson, b. Aug. 25, 1831, d. Oct. 15, 1846. Vurelia Malvina, b. Jan. 31, 1834, m. Charles B. Plum mer and died in California in 1856. IsREAL Richmond, Jr. m. June 30, 183 1, Phoebe Bry- ant. They lived in Canton, Jay and (164) Oxford; both died in So. Boston; she Sept. 14, 1886 and he Feb. 8, '87. Children : Augustus C, b. Mar. 18, 1832, m. Mar. 17, 185 1, Cynthia H. Crooker and had Augustus P. b. in Oxford Jan. 26, 1852, died June 29, 1861. Albion K., b. Aug. 22, 1834, "^- Nov. 21, 1858, Harriet A. Whitney of Charlestown. They had, born in Oxford, Warren A., b. Sept. 29, 1859, ^- Maggie E. Pratt. Henry L., b. Dec. 19, 1861. Edwin F., b. Aug. 20, 1864, m. Louisa Ann (Robinson), wibow of Dr. Edwin Wood, has a beautiful home on King street. Tracy L, b. So. Boston July 8, 1873, "*• Lillian Whitney Holden. Karl Denton, b. So. Boston Mar. 2, 1881. Israel A., b. in Jay Mar. 11, 1836. Irene A., b. Aug. 22, 1837, "i- Jol^*^ Whitney and d. ii; Paris Nov. 7, 1874. Chloe E., b. May 6, 1840, m. Daniel Sands. Emerson Israel, b. Aug. 20, 1842, ra. Elizabeth Styles of Norway, had Daniel S., b. in Oxford May 23, 1873 and died Sept. 30, 1898. Julia A., b. Sept. 9, 1845, m. Elbridge McKuhn. Jane P., m. James Farris and died at Oxford Aug. 1886. Timothy Hunt Ricker, son of Noah, was b. 1803 in Shapleigh, Me. He was a blacksmith, came from Otisfield to Craigies Mills in the fall of 1830, leasing house and shop on north side of King street, from Major Nortou. He later moved to a new house and shop ne^r tlie brick school-house and in 1848, he moved his family to Harrison. In that town he and his sons built up a large business manufacturing pla- ing and other machines, their own patents. His wife, Dm- silla, was born May 9, 1802, dau. of Nathan and Olive Annals of OziorcL 260 (Weymouth) Wiggin of Parsonsfield ; she d. Oct. 19, '79; he d. July 29, 1891. Children : Nathan Wiggin, b. April i, 1828, m. Louisa Sanford of New York City, he lives there. Sherburne Haskell, b. Dec. 17, 1830, m. 1854, Amelia Martin of Bridgton who d. in 1861 ; he m. 2d, the next year, Abbie Merrow of Harrison who d. in 1867, and in Aug. 1871, he m. 3d, A. Maria Kneeland of Harrison. He d. in Harrison, Jan. 3, 1902. Horatio Swasey, b. Jan. 10, 1832, went to Cal'a. in 1849. Charles Franklin, b. Aug. 24, 1834, m. Zilpah Brickett who d. in 1881 ; he m. 2d, Cora Burnham, s. Harrison. Olive Jane, b. Dec. 14, 1836, m. Hartley Lewis. Freekuid Holmes, b. July 19, 1839, ™* ^"^ary Tourtellotte ; he is a trader in Han-ison. Alvin Parsons, b. Aug. 13, 1841, m. Fannie Tibbetts, he lives in Harrison. Mary Ellen, b. Dec. 16, 1843, m. John N. Smith. Isaac Roberts and Abigail Merrill, both of Hebron, m. Dec. II, 1808; a child of theirs d. the following year. Joseph Robbins was a Serg't. in Capt. Jacobs' Plymoutli Co, in 1780, and was, probably, the Joseph Robbins who died in Hebron Sept. lo, 1819, ^ 57; his wife, Lucy, d. Oct. 26, 1816, ^58. Children, as per Hebron records : Sally, b. May 18, 1788; Thomas, b. May 7, 1790; Calvin, b. Nov. 29, 1792, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Sally Cous- ms and had Sally, b. Oct. 17, 1825; Joseph Thomas, b, April 5, 1827, d. in second year; Clarissa, b. Nov. 14, 1828, and a child, b. Dec. 22, 1829. Leander, b. Oct. 29, 1795. Nathaniel Robbins of Plymouth bought, in 1801, of Elnathan and Lydia Lucas of Hebron, one half of lot 10, in the 9th range, 2d div. and the whole of the adjoining lot in the 8th range. He is credited in Hebron, name of wife not given, with children, as follows : Nathaniel, b. Feb. 7, 1803 ; Charles, b. Aug. 26, 1804, d. in his second year; Oliver, b. Mar. 15, 1805 and Charles, b. June 2, 1806. 260 Annals of Oxford. Kizabeth Ro?>b!ns and Jonathan Lucas, both of Hebron, were ra. Jan. 1802 Sally Robbins and Abraham Heath, m. July 21, 1803. V Samuki. Robinson, sou of Elijah of B»rre, Mass., late •A Paris, came to Hebron before the town wse incorporated * He had lot 7 in the 5th range and was the Captain of on of the companies that maixhed to the defence of Portland. He m. Feb. 11, 1793, Sally, b. Mar. 16, 1763, daughte A Ebenezer and Sarah (Chase) Rawson of Paris. She c-*^ it Oxford Mar. 2, 1835 and he m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1835, Mrs ll^lizabeth Williams ; she was living in the family of Sam- uel, Jr. in 1850, M 86. Mr. R. was b. Mar. 25, 1761, ai ^ d. at Oxford Dec. 28, 1836. Children : Prescott, b. Jan. 27, 1794, a cadet at West Point in i8i'7 ' G?eorge, b. May 28, 1797, m. Feb. 16, 1820, Hannah, 1' Jan. 31, 1789, dau. of Stephen March of Worsester, Ma.?.- They lived at (190) Oxford, where she d. Jan. 2, 1877 he d. April 8, 1890. Their children were : George Oli ver, b. Mar. 13, 1821, graduated from Bowdoin Collegi in 1849, taught school, read law and settled in the prac tice in Blomington, 111. He m. Aug. 23, 1854, Mariannt Greene and is now living in Cambridge, Mass. Stepher March, b. May 7, 1822, lived three weeks; Milton, b. April 19, 1823, m. Sylvia Jane Farrington, and died at Mechanic Falls, Aug. i, 1876. Everline Prudentia, d. May 16, 1826, d. Oxford^ Aug. i, 1893; Julia, b. Aug. 19, 1828, d. in her fourth year, and Sally Rawson, b. [an. 19, 1831, d Feb. 8, 1836. imuel, b. July 15, 1802, m. Mar. 21, 1825, Mary W. Williams of Hebron. They lived at (203) Oxford, where he d. May 20, 1872. Their children were: Samuel Williams, b. Feb. 6, 1830; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1832, ra. Nov. 22, 185 1, Abiatha Richmond of Gri'eene, ^ and Caroline Elizabeth, b. Jnne 16, 1837. Joseph Robinson, son of James and Mary (Aspen) Robinson, was b. May 9, 181 2 in Hunslett, near Leeds, Eng. His father was a wool dyer, and he "began to work and picen behind a spinning-jack before he was nine years old". He served a regular apprenticeship in dyeing, at Leeds, worked at his trade in Germany and Austria, and in AnDaia of Oxiora. 261 1838 he arrived in New York with less than the price of a dinner in his pocket. Men of his capability are always in demand, he was a born **Captain of Industry" and after a few years employment at his trade, he was promoted to the superintendency of mills, and about 1850, he was induced by John Hall to come to Oxford and take an interest in the factory. On the retirement of Mr. Hall, Mr. R. commenc- ed extensive improvements, greatly improving and increas- ing the product of the mills, and in 1862 the Robinson Man- factiiring Co. was incorporated, with himself as manager. He was united in marriage, Mar. 26, 1833, in the church at Leeds, with Frances Ann, b. Nov. 28, 1814, daughter of Thomas Lewis. She bore him sixteen children and died sincerely loved and respected, Nov. 18, 1890. Their home in Oxford was in the little cottage, opposite the head of King street; increasing wealth made no change in their habits or manner of living. He d. Mar. 6, 1895. Children ; Isabel, d. in her fifth 3'-ear. Mary Sarah, m. George J. Parrott, s. Oxford. ames, b. Oct. 27, 1836, d. Dec. i, 1838. lizabeth, b. at sea, Sept. 11, 1838, d. Oct. 2, 1838. - rancis, twin with Elizabeth, m. George E. Andrews. Thomas Lewis, b. Aug. 3, 1840, m. Louisa Weeks, had sons Jos. Lewis and Chas. Albert. He d. June, 1890. Joseph R., b. May 7, 1842, d. Jan. 15, 1843. 'lily, b. Nov. 27, 1843, d. Sept. 12, 1883. iam, b. Oct. 6, 1845, d. at sea, June 8, 1847. ouisa Ann, b. May 19, 1848, m. Dr. Ebwin Wood and had Arthur; both husband and son d. in 1887. She m. 2d, Edwin F. Richmond, lives in Oxford, ucretia Adeline, b. June 9, 1850, m. Robert A. Whyte, had Oena M. and d. Sept. 10, 1890. U>hn Baliey, b. Aug. 16, 1852, m. Cora B. Millett and had Joseph and Leotine. He is Pres. of the Mfg. Co. ciina Almira, b. Dec. 5, 1854, ^- Tho^^^s Carr. Henrietta L, b. Feb. 16, 1857, d. May 18, 1877. A chjlf;. d, unnamed. x\lbei i [Edward, b. May 20, 1862, d. Jan. i, 1898. He was tiie company's Agent. Zacheus Rowe, in Hebron before the incorporation, had lot 5, in the 4th range, by agreement with Mr. Shepard, '*in 262 Annals of Oxfoed, his life time". Bethiah, his wife, d. Aug. 13, 1831, m 77 y. 5 m. Children, as per Hebron records : Bethiah, b. Feb. 12, 1775, m. Aug. 9, 1800, Joseph J^r- rett of Sumner. Solomon, b. Oct. 14, 1776. Zacheus, b. Sept. 6, 1778. Dimick Day, b. Sept. 4, 1780, m. Mar. 17, 1802, Hannal; Drake and had Susannah, b. Apr. 20, 1805, m. 1826, Ivory Tarbox; Solomon, b. Sept. 19, 1807; Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1810; Zachariah, b. Sept. 9, 1813, d. in his 2d year; Zachariah, b. Dec. 30, 1816; Martha, b. Dec. 29, 1819; Mahala, b. Apr. 22, 1823; Bethiah, b. Oct. 12, 1824 and Polly, b. Dec. 24, 1825. :Jenjamin, b. May 16, 1782, m. Nov. 18, 1802, Hannah Decoster and had Priscilla, b. May 8, 1803, m. Nov. 7, 1822, Ebenezer Irish of Buckfield. L#ouisa, b. Feb. 6, 1805, m. Apr. 1822, Solomon Doble of Sumner. Sally, b, Apr. 14, 1807; Caroline, b. Apr. 21, 1809; Samuel, b. May 6, 1811 ; Betsey, b. Dec. 14, 1812 and Chloe, b, Feb. "13, 1817. Betsey, b. Sept. 23, 1783, m. Rogers Decoster. Joseph, b. May 23, 1785, m. Apr. 9, 1807, Eleanor Irish and had Almeda, b. Mar. 21, 1808; Eleanor, b. Nov. 8, 1809, m. George Bicknell of Buckfield; Rebecca, b. Aug. 3, 1812; Charles G., b. May 10, 1814; Syl- vira, b. June 28, 1816; Joseph W., b. June 27, 1818 ; Abigail B., b. Aug. 27, 1820. Polly, b. Aug. 24, 1786, m. Solomon Morgan. Sally, b. Sept. 23, 1791, m. Seth Keene. John Rowb, b. Dec. 16, 1757, son of David of Glouces- ter, Mass. served in the Revolution and was pensioned for his service. He m. Aug. 9, 1791, Mary Gardiner; resided in Minot, and later in that part of Hebron known as the Webber district. He was living in Oxford in 1830, and in 1840, was living in the family of Maiy Sturtevant, in Paris. His wife d. in Oxford, Aug. 20, 1832, je 74 years; he d. June 28, 1845. Children : John, m. Polly Davis, lived in Oxford, names of children not reported, but in 1830 his family consisted of 3 males and 3 females, all under twenty years of age. Both him- self and wife were living in 1850 ; he aged 69 and she 74 years. Their son John, m. Dec. 26, 1831, Jane Hill of Annais oi Oxford. S63 Paris; he m. ad, Oct. 18, 1837, Miranda Pike of Oxford and kad Granville, b. 18^. Joseph, ditd in infancy. Siiaan, b. Sept. ai, 1785, d. at: (a6) Oxford, umnarried, Awg. 9, 1871. Joseph, b. Jan. 7, 1788, m. Jan, 6, 1811, Mrs. EHrabeth Eaton, b. Apr. 24, 1786, dau. of David Whittemore. By her first husband she had tJiree daughters, viz : — Ehza Eaton, m. Archelaus Fuller of Norway and 2d, Sumner Frost of the same town. Ann Eaton, m. Mclntire, and Caroline Eaton, m. Feb. 21, 1833, Thomas Martin of Greenwood. They had, born in Hebron, Samuel Allen, b. Nov. 16, 181 1, m. Sept. 15, 1830, Jerusha G. Webber, who witii her infant, d. Dec. 9, 1842. He m. 2d, Aug. 17, 1843, Martha Pierce of Norway, had Adnah Dennison, b. Mar. 22, 1846 and d. July 23, 1850. Susan, b. July 14, 1813. d. April 22, 1823. Stephen Pottle, b. July 4, 1815, m. April 13, 1840, Elizabeth P._Mixer; he m. 2d, Jan. 6, EUvira Stevens, lives at Bryants Pond. Isaac Atwood, b. Aug. 10, 1817, m. Jan, 15, 1843, Judith Rowe ; he d. Mar. 4, 1868, at Woodstock. Abigail, b. Mar. 20, 1819, m. Jan. i, 1840, ZeI)ulon Rowe. Joseph Gardi- ner, b. Oct. 21, 1820, m. Nov. 13, 1845, Deborah R. Whitehouse, s. (107), had Frederick, b. Sept. 19, 1847. David Whitreraore, b. Oct. 12, 1822, m. Aug. 10, 185 1, Emily C. Billings; he d. at Oxford, April 3, 1861. Tim- othy, b. Oct. 17, 1824, ra. Oct. 8, 1848, Lucinda Bil- lings. Hannah, b. July 13, 1827, m. Simon Billings. Gideon, b. and d. in Oct, 1829. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1789, m. Andrew Caije ; she d. at her sister Susan's, in 1852. David, died young. Nathan, m. June, 1822, Harriet J. Dyer of Otisfield, and had George, b. Mar. 26, ^23 and Emily, b. June 14, ♦24. SiMKON and Rkbecca Rowb had in Hebron, Merrill Jordan, b. Oct. 18, 1819. William and Sarah Row^e had in Hebron, Newell V. b. Oct. 19, 1821 ; Loramautlia, b, June 25, 1824 and Wil- liam E., b. Sept 26, 1828. Lydia Rowe and William Stanley, both of Oxf. pub. 1834. Olive Rx)we and James Stanley, both of Oxf. pub. 1834. 204 Annate of Oxford. Solomon Riiseell uud Nabby Wright, both of H«bron, were m. May ai, 1807. Ephraini Ru8»ell of Hebrou and Betsey Crooker of ikick- field, pub. iiit. m. in 181 1, and in 1824, Epliraim Rnseell of Hartford and Sally Crooker of Hebron were pub. Nathaniel Ruiisell, upwarda of 70 years of age, and fam- ily, consisting of one female under 60, two under 30, two under 20, and two males under 30, were living in Oxford It the time of its incorporation. Joseph Russell and Zylpha W. Morae were m. July 29, 1837 ; lived at (m) Oxford. He was b. in 1812 and his wife was two years older. Their children were . Joseph B., b. 1840; Octavia K., b. 1842; Daniel R., b. 1844; George, b. May 22, 1845; Horace M., b. June 29, 1847, and John, b. 1849. Family went out West. Philo E. Russell, brother of Joseph and two years hia •uior, occupied the farm after his brother's removal. He ad wife Aurelia, b. 1807, ^^ sons Sylvester, b. 1839 ^"^ Tcorge, b, 1841. Nathanikl Sampson, b. 1802, with wife Lydia settled 11 Oxford before 1840, and is credited with children as fol- ows : Oclavia, b. 1830; Louisa C, b. 1832; Sarah vlaria, b. Oct. 2, 1834- Angelia, b. April 8, 1836, and ^ydia A., b. 1841. LuTHKR and Mary Sampson are credited in Oxford with vndrew L., b. May i, 1844. ' Benjamin Sanborn, Jr. and Sally Hilboru, both of Ox- ford, were m. Jan. 14, 1834. ^^ ^^ ^"^" ^^^ 1811, Hved on Pidgeon Hill: his fatlier was living with him in 1850, JE 77 years. Children* Francis Augustus, b. Feb. 27, i8'35, ^- ^^^V ^^44* Ellen Maria, b. July 4, 1841. Harlan P., b. Sept. 20, 1848. Nathaniel J. Saunders, b. 1806, hved (15) Oxford. Annals of Oxford. 2266 -y wife Hannah, he had Mary, b. 1838; Jane, b. 1840 ; John C, b, 1843, aiid Eliza C, b. July 14., 1845. *^ Abnkr Shaw was b. Mar. 6, 1784, son of Abner* and x\bigail (Eaton) Shaw. His mother was a lineal descend- ant of the Ma)^f lower Pilgrims, Francis Eaton and John Alden. His parents had sixteen children, only seven sur- vived infancy. The family came to Paris soon after 1790 and settled on lot 6, in the 7th range, the same being now occupied by their g. grand-son, William C. Shaw. The Oxford Shaws are descendants of Abraham' and Bridget (Best) Shaw, who cume from Halifax, Eug. about 1635, and died at Dedham, Mass. in 1638, in line as follows, viz : John* and Alice (Phillips) of Weymouth ; Benjamin* and Hannah (Bicknell) of Taunton ; Benjamin-* and Margaret (Dean) of Middleborough ; John* and Hannah [White] of Middleborough; Abner*. Abner^ was a housewright, set- tled at Craigies Mills, about 1812, and engaged in trade. He later sold his stock to his brother Cyrus, built himself a house on Pleasant street [65] and worked at his trade and in the saw-mill until a short time before his death, Oct. 16, 1858. He m. Mar. i, 1807, Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1787, dau. of Daniel and Phoebe [Doughty] Gary , who d. Feb. 8, *(^. Children : fane Doughty, b. at Paris, Sept. 2, 1808, m. Lorenzo D. Lombard; she d. at her bro. Albert's, New York city, Oct. 8, 1899 and was buried at Oxford, larriet Eaton, b. at Otisfield, Ju^ie 3, 1811, m. David W. Cates ; she d. at Blackstone, Mass. Aug. 1895. vlbert Eaton, b. April i, 1823, m. Nov. 28, 1849, Harriet Ehza, dau. of Wm. R. Cobb of Portland; he d. in New York city, Sept. 11, 1901. Emily Rosella, b. Feb. 19, 1828, d. the following Oct. Edwin Augustus, b. Sept. 11, 1829, m. Oct. 4, 1853, Clara, dan. of Wm. G. Copeland ; he d. at Buffalo, N. Y. Feb. 5, 1883. Cyrus Shaw, brother of Abner', was b. Mar. 25, 1790. See sketch paok 116. He m. Nov. 16, 1816, Hannah, dau. of Edward and Betty f Shaw^ f King^ Keith of Paris and d. Jan. 12, 1833. His wife was b. in Bndgewater, Ma. Feb. 12, 1797, m. 2d, Dennis Hayes, and d. Oct. 18, 1888. Children ; 266 Annate of Oxford. Diana Eaton, b. May 33, 1819, m. June 8, 1844, Dr. S H. Tewksbury ; she d. iu Portland, Sept. 21, 1899. Albion Keith, b. Mar. i, 1822, lived eighteen months. Albion, b. Aug. 22, 1824, lived tliiileeu months. Coinelia E., b. Feb. 5, 1827, m. 1847, Francis Blake, s Portland j she d. Feb. 6, 1859 leaving one daughter. Edward Shepard is credited in Hebron with daught. Adoline, b. Jan. 8, 1807; he was probably a kiusmau t- Alexanber, the grantee ; see page 9. Isaac Shurtleff is credited in Hebron with Asaph, b. Dec. 10, 1797, d. Nov. 16, 1805 ; Sopliia, b. Oct. 26 . 1800; Isaac, b. April 19, 1804, and Irene, b. March 21, 1807. The Hist, of Paris says that he was a son of Zach- ariah of Plympton, that he died at Paris in 1818, jB 44, leaving two daughters, Soj)hia, ra. Henry Knight, s. Dex- ter, and Irene, m. Moses Kilgore of Newry. His wife was Abiah Soule, she became the second wife of John Kilgore of ]3ethel, and d. at Dexter, Apr. 4, 1875, H. and died in 1870. Luther Farrer, b. Sept. 6, 1808, d. Aug. 26, 181 1. -^ebiistian Streeter, b. Feb. i, 1819, m. Nov. 16, ib43- Nancy, b. July 5, 1816, dau. of Joseph Mixer; sIr- d. Feb. 19, 1884. He lived with his latlier on Fore street, and is a leading citizen ; both his father and himself ser- ved a^ Treasurer of Oxford, he served 18 years on tht Board of Selectmen, was a member of the State Board ot Agriculture, and for twelve yeai-s, he was Treasurer of the State Grange P. of H. He has a son, Howard Dan- iel, b. Aug. 16, 1844, m. Sept. 22, 1869, Mary Cole , dau. of Elhanan and Sally (Curtis) Whitman. He hves at Norway, has been Cashier of the National Bank since 1875. He is a prominent Freemason, a P. G. Warden, etc. Ruth Bennett, b. Mar. 3, 1820. ra. Solomon S. Hall of Norway ; sh€ d. Nov. 8, 1850. ■— iMl— ■■ 268 Annals of Oxford. John Smith, laborer, and wife Rachel are credited in Oxford, with George F., b. June 4, 1846, and Ann, b. Oct. I, 1848. John Smith of Oxford and Rebecca York of Pownal, pub. int. in. Feb. 25, 1853. Lewis Smith, farmer, b. 1815, lived at "Moose Yard' v33) in 1850; his family consisted of Dully, .« 55 an* .k'tsey, AL 19. Robert and Polly Snlll are credited in Hebron, with Polly, b. Nov. 23, 1788, d. Oct. 12, 1800. Robert, b. Feb. 2, 1790. Azel, b. July 3, 1794- Joanna, b. Jul)*^ 28, 1797. Moses, b. Feb. 4, 1801. foseph, b. Jan. 1803. Philena, b. Feb. 28, 1805, d. young. Philena, b. Feb. 4, 1807. He was a Selectman of Hebron in 1805 ; later he renwved to Poland, near Thompson Pond. Robert Snell, Jr. of Poland and Bethia Keene of Hebroii were m. Oct. 30, 1808. Joshua and Mary Snell are credited in Hebron, with Mary Ann, b. May i, 1826, and Joshua, b. Feb. 11, iSaS. Silas P. Somes came to (12) Oxford before 1850. He was b. 181 2, worked in the tan-yard. His wife, Susan, was b. 1813. They had, born in Mass. Susan M., b. 184JI and Henrietta, b. 1844. Parker Soper and Ann Young, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 24, 1822, and are credited with: Daniel Young, b. Feb. 15, 1824. Rachel Ann, b. Dec. 21, 1825. Levi Soper, under 40, had in Oxford, in 1830, a family consisting of one female over 30, one over 20, one over 15, and one male over 10. Jakes Soulb of Shepardsfield and Molly Holmes of New Gloucester pub. int. m. Aug. 18, 1787. He bought, in 1704, of Isaac Bolster of Paris, lot 6, in the 6th range, 2d division and two yem^s later he sold part of the lot to Zadok Dean of Annals of Oxford. 269 Hebron. He opened the first tavern in towB «nd contfn«€<3 to keen open house until his death, Mar. 25, 1830. His wife Was born in 1768, received a pension on account of his service in the Revolution and lived to be very aged. Children : . t, t. 1^ J»mes, b. Jan. 31, 17B9, m. May 8, 1S14, Hannah Mws- ton and had Louisa Jane, b. Oct. 20, 1820- Martin, b. Jan. 14, 1791 ; be was a stone-cutter, immenseh strong in his arras, but hopelessly cripple in his legs. He Kved to be quite an old man ; unmarried. Polly, b, April 19, 1793. «• ^^^ ^S^^' Eleazer Holmes of Hartford, Me. Alexander, b. July 12, 1795- , ■ ^ , j Otis, b. Jan. 8, 1800, m. Sarah Steadman, lived in Oxford. Galen, b. Jan. 7, 1802, m. May 1826, Clarissa Dudly of Minot. They 8. (189) Oxford and had Isabel, b. Aug II 1827. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 17, 1829, lived 3 years. George, b. Mar. 7, 1831. Eliza Jane, b. Feb. 23, 1833. m, Abraham Dean, Jr. Rebecca, b. Feb 3, 1835. Albert, b. 1839 and Louisa, b. 1842. , , ^^ . LothropL., b. 1808, cordwainer, like bis brother Martin, his legs were crippled, and he never married Their lo- comotion nicknamed one -Creeping Soule and the other '-^Jumping Soule." Miranda, b. Nov. I3, 1811. Columbus Soule of Oxford and Patience A. Moody of Harrison were m. Mar. 3, 1834. Horace C. Soule, b. 1814, came to Craigies Mills about 1844 and engaged in trade ; he is reported removed to Cal- ifornia. By wife Lucinda, he is credited With : Augustus, b. 1839. Harriet E., b, 1841. Llewellyn, b. 1843. Janett, b. Dec. 4. 1844. Martha, b. Mar. 8, 1846. AHred H., b. Mar. 4. 1848. Edwin M., b. Dec. 26, 1849 WmLiAM Spalding m. Dec. 6, 1819 Rebecca Swallow of Buckfield and had in Hebron ; William Crooker, b. Jan. 17, 1821. Jokn Franklin, b, Dec. 10, 18^4. JAMRS Stanlby and Lydia Rx>we, both of Oxford, were m. April 20, 1834; &, (28). 270 Annals of Oxford. WiLi.iM Stanley and Lydia Rowe, both of Oxford, were m. Apr. 20, 1834, s- (3") ^^^ ^^^ George W., b. April 4, 1S35. ^ Andrew Staples, b. 1780, s. Hebron, now (100) Ox- ford where he d, July 18, 1841. He m. 2d, Dec. 1826 Pa- tience Allen of Pownal. By wife Sarah he is credited with Children as follows : King, b. Nov. 18, 1808, d. May 9, 1815. Eliza, b. Sept. 19, 1810, d. Mar. 25, 1832. Sally, b. April 13, 1813, m. Capt. Otis F. Mixer. % Andrew, b. July 28, 1815. Almena, b. July 4, 1818, m. Mar. 18, 1840 Eleazer Aus- tin Holmes of Parig. Harriet, b. Nov. 4, 1820, m. June 30, 1845 John J. Dorr of Ipswich, Mass. Alvin T., b. Dec. 25, 1823, d. Oct. 15, 1842. William King, b. June 6, 1825, lived on home farm, tra- der at Welchville, removed to Portland in 1866 where his widow is now living. His wife was Jane, daughter of Thomas Morey ; They had five children. Slmon Staples, b. 1786, brother of Andrew, m. Feb. I, 1818 Mrs. Sally Perkins, widow of Ephraim Washburn, s. (127) and had : George W., b. Oct. 10, 1819, m. Flora L. daii. of Loved Andrews and had Louisa, b. June 5, 1848; George D., b. Nov. 1849 ^^'^ othars. He d. Jan. 22, 1896. Cyrus E., b. Sept. 18, 1822, m. Elizabeth Chute and had Charles A., b. April 9, 1847 ; Julianna, b. Aug. 6, 1848 and others. He d. June i, 1884. Sarah A., b. 1828, m. Cyrus Crowell. David Staples, b. 1788, brother of Andrew, m. Nov. 28, 1813 x\bigail Gardner, 3. (loi) and had: Olive, b. Nov. 3, 1815, d. Dec. 24, 1825. John G., b. July ip, 1819, m. Nov. 27, 1842, Sophia A. Woodsome of Falmouth and s. on the home farm. They had seven children, five died of diphtheria within a few days of each other. Roscoe G. Staples, trader at Welch- ville, the accomplished Town Clerk, is their son. Orrin, b. Dec. 24, 1822, d. Oct. 2, 1842. Miranda S. C, b. Dec. 10, 1823. Alden C. C. b. Jan. 21, 1826. Annals of Oxibrd. 271 Joseph, ^31 and Sarah Staples, m 23, were living at Oxford in 1850, having gons, Augustus M. js. 5 and Charles F., ^ 3 years. William Steadman m. Aug. 6, 1793, Cynthia Gardner, having previously secured a lot in Shepardsfield. Their children appear to have been born in Hebron, but the fam- ily went to Fox croft, where he died ia 1848, aged 75 ; wife died in May 1859, aged 87. Children : John, b. June 19, 1794, s. Foxcroft. Samuel Whittemore, b. Dec. 18, 1795, pub. int. mar. with Alathea Crooker of Minot, Jan. 15 and d. Mar.'i, 1820. Amasa, b. April 8, 1798, ra. Sally Washburne. Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1800, m. William Pratt of Foxcroft. Lavina, b. July 4, 1803, m. Lloyd Andrews. William, b. June 10, 1805, m. Olive G. Sampson. Hiram, b. May 22, 1807, m. Ann, dau, of Capt. Timothy Hazeltine of Foxcroft. Walter, b. Aug. 16, 1809, had two wives. Eleanor, b. Aug. 8, 181 2, d. unm. at the age of 22. The father of Mr. Steadman was William, a soldier in the Revolution, d. of fever in the army, leaving widow, nee Randall, sons Amasa, John and William, and dau. Eliza- beth who m, Samuel Whittemore of Hebron. Widow m. Chamberlain and had children. John Steadman, son of William, m. Mary Kingsbury, Settled on Pidgeon Hill. He m. 2d, Aug. 29, 1813 Mrs. Patience Morse of Minot and died Oct. 21, 1829. Children : Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1795, m. Sept. 29, 1822 Abial Pratt. Margaret, b. Mar. 19, 1798, m. Mar. 28, '^4, Benajah Pratt. Payson, b. April 20, 1800, d. unm. June 22, 1830. Hannah Fuller, b. Mar. 15, 1802, m. April 21, 1829 James Weeman of Oxford. Hezekiah and Nathaniel, twins, b. April 10, 1805, d. young. Mary Fuller, b. June 24, 1806, d. unm. Nov. 6, 1830. Lucy, b. June 6, 1809 , d. unm. Cynthia Hill, b. Nov. 24, 1816. Qarissa, b. June 9, 1819, d. Feb. 29, 1832. Amasa Stbadman, son of William, Jr. m. May 10, 1821 Saily, dau. of Manassah Washburn. He lived several years 272 Annals of Oxford, fOn Pldgeon Hill, and is credited in Oxford with children as follows : Delphina, b. Oct. 25, 1822, m. Spraffue Keene. Ephiiiim M., b. Oct. i, 1825, m. Ann, dau. of James Whitney of Canton. He is a merchant in Portland. Harriet, b. Jan. 19, 1833, ™- N- Harmon Burnham. Christiana, b. July 7, 1835, m. Greenleaf Burnham. William Stkadma:*^, brother of Amasa, had a settle- ment in Oxford, also in Foxcroft. He m. Nov. 22, 1827 OHve G. Sampson, b. N. Bridgewater, Mass. June 10, 1807, d. July 23, 1885. He d. at Sebec, Oct. 1893. Children : Mahala Dean, b. Sept. 15, 1828, lived fourteen days. Joseph Clark, b. Dec. 15, 1829. Mary Jane, b. June 6, 1832, d. in her fourth year. William Henry, b. Mar. 27, 1839, ^"- Martha M. Keene. Amasa Southard, b. Oct. 3, 1837, d. in his fourteenth year. Anna M., b. Aug. 8, 1841, m. Seth M. Keene; d. 1869. George Francis Baker, b. Feb. 26, 1845. John Ammi, b. Aug. 16, 1847, d. Oct. 3, 1850. Sarah C, b. June 3, 1851, Bbbjamin Stephens had in Hebron dau. Parmelia, born Sept. 28, 1794 and a dau. Hannah, died Dec. 30, 1795. Stephen Greenleaf Stevens of Rumford and Christ- iana Cushman of Oxford were ra. Nov. 17, 1842. They lived lor a time in Oxford and then went to Minn. Children : Eleazer C, b. Dec. 7, 1845, lived three weeks. Eleazer Cushman, b. Sept. 22, 1846. Mary A., b. July 7, 1847. Sarah A., b. Mar. 4, 1848. Thomas O., b. Dec. 11, 1849, d. Feb. 28, 1850. '^ Isaac Stone is credited in Hebron with Isaac, b. July 15, 1794; Hannah, b. Dec. 7, 1795; Calvin, b. March 22, 1797; Charles, b. July 17, 1799; Polly, b. Sept. 18, 1801 ; Clarissa, b. Mar. 10, 1804 and Emily, b. Aug. 12, 1811. Daniel Stone of Oxford, b. 1810, and Belinda Lover- ing of Greenwood, b. 1814, were m. Dec. 1834. They had Annals of Oxford. 273 farm (86) side of the pond. Wife d. Auff. 31, 1847, and he m. 2d, Jan. 17, 1849, Lydia Keene. His fatlier, Daniel M 69 and mother, Lydia m 67, were living with him in 1850. Children : Melissa, b. Nov. 23, 1835. Alonzo Freeman, b. Aug. 3» 1^37- John Fairfield, b. Sept. 9, 1839. Josephine, b. June 17, 1841. David Gardiner, b. Dec. 25, 1844. Francis Engine, b. June 17, 1847. Belinda, b. Nov. 6, 1849. Orrington, b. Feb. 15, 1851. ^""^ Francis Sturtevajnt, pensioned for service as Serg'l in Mass. Continentals, bought lot 6 in the 9th range in Paris, which he sold to Dea. Caleb Prentiss and is now oc- cupied by the deacon's g. g. son, Dea. Carroll R. King. About 1804 he came to Hebron and settled upon a farm afterwards occupied by his son Joseph. His wife Lois Bar- rows died Mar. 17, 1822 ; he died May 6, 1833. Children : Phoebe, b. June 5, 1781, m. Dec. i, 1808 Wm. Bruce. Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1784, m. April 19, 1806 Betsey Louisa Cole of Hartford. Francis, b. June 30, 1786, ra. Jan. 17, 1811 Sally Chand- ler and had Melinda Chandler, b. Aug. 13, 1812; Fran- cis J., b. April 20, 1815 ; A dau. b. Nov. 26, 1816, and Deborah, b. May 29, 1820. Nathaniel, b. May 26, 1789, m. May 2, 1813 Melinda Chandler of Minot. Joseph, b. May 9, 1792, m. Feb. 28, 1819 Mrs. Mary (Randall) Dunham and d. Feb. 8, 1871 ; she d. May 4, same year. They had Joseph, b. Oct. 39, 1819; Jane Dunham, b. Jan. 22, 1821 ; Olive P., b. Sept. 27, 1823 and James D., b. Aug. 31, 1825. Lois, b. Nov. 15, 1797, m. July 7, 1822 Nathan Newman. Benjamin, b. Sept. 4, 1799. Polly, b. Mar. 25, 1802, perhaps m. John Howard, June 18, 1838. Eliphaxet Sturtevant and Rachel Pratt were m. Sep. 5, 1807. She d. Mar. 11, 1817, and he m. 2d, April 28, 1818 Polly Pratt who d. Nov. 16, 1833. He m. 3d, May i^, 1839 ^^^^- Eunice Field ; he is on record as Lieut, at his 2d m. and credited in Hebron with children as follows : Samuel, b. April 3, 1809. Susanna, b. Oct. 30, 1811. 274 Aima]fl of Oxford. Thaddeus, b. Oct. 25, 1813, d. Jan. 6th foJlowing* Eliphalet, b. Nov. 3, 1814. Thaddeus P., b. Feb. 5, 1817, d. Jan. 6, 1864. Zophar Williams, b. Aug. 27, 1821. Anna Snow, b. Aug. 30, 1823. Milton Coleman, b. Nov. 13, 1830. William Pratt^ b. Jan. 19, 1833. i Samuel Swift, son of Joseph, was b. at Sandwich. Mass. in 1794; famil}'' came to Paris soon aiter. He mar- ried Statira Gammon and s. in Hebron, now (137) Oxford They had Abigail, b. June 13, 1820, m. May 7, 1842 Charles P. Fuller of Oxford. He had other children. Polly, wife of Samuel Swift, died in 1837 and Dec. > 1838 he m. Lenora, b. 1808, sister of Philo E. Russell. Children : Charles O., b. Oct. 13, 1842, ra. Dean. Orrin F., b. Mar. 15, 1846. Phidela M., b. Nov. 19, 1848, m. W. O. Faunce. Lemuel and Susanna Tarbox are credited in Hebr' with children as follows : Ivory, b. May 15, 1804, m. Nov. 30, 1826 Susan Rowt George, b. Feb. 7, 1806, m. Oct. 29, 1826 Diana Keen and had, at Oxford, Joshua Newell, b. June 10, 1827 lived until manhood with Dr. Tewkshury and then wei to Portland and engaged in trade. Margaret Amand b. Feb. II, 1829. Father d. May 16, 1832, and April . 1833, Mrs. Diana Tarbox m. Orville Byram. Benjamin, b. Dec 11, 1807, d. June 30, 1812. Margaret, b. April 25, 1810. Nicholas Hanson, b. Feb. 24, 1813 ; as Hanson Tarbox he is on record as the head of the family in Oxford ii 1830. He m. Aug. 14, 1833 Harriet Washburn and hat George, b. June 27, 1834, and Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1838 He removed to Paris before 1850, where he m. Feb, 17, 1853 Miss Alraira Sweet. Hannah, b, April i, 1814. Ephraim W., b. Jan. 27, 1816 Elijah, b. Feb. 20, 1818. William K. b. June 30, i8:30. Annals of Oxford. S75 '^ Elias and Peggy Taylor are credited, in Hebron, ■vritl Dorcas and Abigail, twins, b. Aug. 16, i82i. Elder Joshua Taylor, by invitation of Dea. Cyrus Shaw^ vame to Craigies Mills, about 1830, to serve as a stateci supply for the Baptist Church. He lived in the Greele} house, one of his sons had a little variety store and anothei made potash. A record of the family has not been furnish ed but he had sons Nathaniel, William and Orrin, an( daughters Fanny and Theodosia. Nathaniel wa^ born in 1811, m. Oct. 27, 1834 Harriet Somes, and had Hannab Elizabeth, b. Jan. 18, 1839 and Philip K., b. 1842. Han- nah Somes, b. 1787, was a member of the family. William n. Maa-. 9, 1840 Ajin M. Ricker of Poland. ^ Peter thayer had lot 9 in the 5th range. He had been a soldier in the Revolution, serving several enlistments from the town of Plympton, Mass. The time of his coming is not reported, but he died in Shepardsfield Feb. 2, 1788. His widow, Ruth had a pension and lived to be very aged with her son Isaac at Oxford. Children : Isaac, d. Jan. 26, 1776; had the homestead. Peter, b. Dec. 18, 1780, m. Nov. 12, 1807 Lucy Young of Buckfield, and is credited in Hebron with Alvira, b. Oct. 2, 1808; Oilman, b. Mar. 9, 1810; Simon, b. Feb. 20, 1812; Leonard O., b. Nov. 30, 1813, and Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1815. Hilly, b. Aug. 22, 1784. [ohn, b. Jan. 23, 1787, m. Dec. 4, 1817 Dardana Pratt, occupied farm (148) Oxford and had Abner Pratt, b, Jan. 26, 1821 ; succeeded his father on the farm, and Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1827. Isaac Thayer, son of Peter, had home farm (163) in Oxford, His widow, Deborah, b. 177*^'* was living on the old place, with her son Isaac A., in 1850. Children : Ruth, b. Jan. 23, 1799, m. June 22, 1817 Joseph Qun- mings, Jr. of Gray. Isaac Allen, b. April 6, 1801, m. April 24, 1833 Rhoda Page of Saco. He was prominent in town affairs, Rep- 276 Annals of Oxford. resentative etc Abigail Page, b. 1737, li-^ed in the fam- il}'. They had Edmund Page, b. June 18, 1834; ^^' bie Page, b. June 17, 1838, m. Geo. W. Thomas. Mar} Tilton, b. May 27, 1840; Martha S., and Charles H. Harriet, b. April 16, 1803, d. July 13, 1819. Hiram, b. Feb. 2, 1805, m. July i, 1827 Maria BeaU. Christiana, b. Oct. 29, 1808, d. Nov. 27, 1815. Deborah, b. Aug. 5, 181 1, ra. Apr. 27, 1840 Samuel G06 of Gray. William, b. July 23, 1813. Cyrus, b. Sept. 16, 1815, and Almond, b. Nov. 5, 1820. Ebknkzer Thayer and Abigail Knight, both of Oxford, were m. Aug. 13, 1843; wife and infant d. in Jan. 1845. In 1850 he was living in the family of Isaac A. Thayer, being then fortj^-iour years old. Arba Thaybr, son of Asa of Paris, m. Florilla Tuttle ; occupied farm (178) Oxford, removed to Paris. ^'' Dea. Holmes Thomas bought, in 1797, lot 10 in the 8th range, 2d div. of Hebron. He was b. June 12, 1755, m. July 10, 1777 Susanna Churchill, who was b. Jan. 19, 1758 and d. Sept. 19, 1835. ^^ served in Col. Cotton's Regt. at the seige of Boston, having enlisted at Kingston, Mass, and for service in Mass. State troops, his name was added to the pension roll in 1833, pension to commence in i8i3. He died March 26, 1836. Children : Keziah, b. Feb. 8, 1778, lived sixteen days. Lydia, b. July 12, 1780, ra. Sept. 20, 1801 Elijah T. Davee. Lucy, b. Nov. 21, 1782. Micah, b. Jan. 19, 1785, s. Dixfield. Spencer, b. Mar. 31, 1787, m. Waite, 8. Dixfield. ]t)huf b. Aug. 20, 1789, s. Monmouth. William, b. Jan. 8, 1792, m. Jan. 22, 1826 Harriet Brack- ett of New Gloucester, and had at Oxford, Elisha, b. Oct. 17, 1826; Catlierine B., b. Apr, 22, 1828, d. in her 6th month ; Atosa Greenwood, b. Oct, 9, 1830 ; Newell, b. 1832; Angeline, b. 1838 and Harriet, b. 1843. Rachel Thomas, b. 1785, lived in the family. Nathaniel, b. April 20, 1794, d. in his 23d year. Susanna C, b. Sept. 2, 1796, m. June 27, 1836 Simeon Perkins of Paris. Mary Dingley, b. Dec. 25, 1798, d. unra. at Lowell, M». Annals of Oxford. 277 Georg'e Washington, b. Sept. 24, 1801, m. Sept. 15, 1831 Margaret Ann, b. Mar. 15, 1808, dau. of James Blaiik- enburg a soldier in the war of 181 2-14 and never return- ed. Mr. Thomas was a tarmtr, s. first in East Oxford and on Col. King's removal to Portland, leased his farm at Craigies Mills; he later had farm (167) where be d. Aug. 17, 1876; wife d. Jan. 25, 1886. Children : George Washington, b. June 12, 1832, m. Nov. i, 1858 Abbie Page Thayer and had Elmer Ellsworth, b. July 8, 1861. Wife d^ Oct. 22, 1863, and Oct. 9, 1876, he m. 2d, Nancy Styles, dau. of Jacob Dresser of Stone- ham, Me. They had Abbie Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1878, d. unm. at Oxford, Jan. 28, 1896. Simeon Perkins, b. Nov. 6, 1833, m. Nov. 22, 1868 Martha Packard of Quincy, s. Wrentham, Mass. Cyrus King, b. Apr. 20, 1835, m. Jan. 13, 1867 Maria E. Hall of Boston, s. in that city. William Wallace, b. June 4, 1838, m. Clara Smith of Yarmouth, Me. He is a physcian in that town. Helen Marr, b. Dec. 28, 1840, m. May 14, 1864 Frank L. Foss, lives in Portland. Robert Carr, b. Feb. 10, 1843, ra. Feb. 10, 1867 Celia Walker of Poland, lives at Welchville. John Frederick, b. June 24, 184S, m. July 4, 1876 Em- ma Swett of Minot, lives at Mechanic Falls. Adilaide C. b. Sept. 6, 1847, m. Wm. Ripley of Bethel. Leoora H., b. Sept. 20, 1851, m. Sept. 11, 1869 Steph- en Parsons, lives in Missouri. Oliver Thomas, b. 1795, was living in Oxford in 1830, with family consisting of one female, under fifty, and one male, under fifteen. He m. May 10, 1840 Mrs. Laura (Thayer), widow of Austin Nelson, and thereafter made the Austin farm (205) his home. He died Nov. 23, 1853 ; wife died May 18, 1869. IcHABOD M. Thomas of Oxford and Olive Sears of Win- throp, were m. Oct. 13, 1837, s. (197) Oxford. He was born June 28, 1809, son of Elisha and Elizabeth Thomas, who died in Oxford, he, May 22, 1829, she, Apr. 11, 1830. They had Elizabeth, b. 1838; Francis S., b. 1840; Susan J., b. 1843, and Charles J., b. 1847. Susan Sears, m 67, was living in the family in 1850. I ■■■■■■■■■■■■■I / 278 Annals erf Oxford. Daniel and Sybil Thompson are credited in Hehron with Children, as follows : Israel T., b. Jan. 20, 1814; Horatio, b. Jan. i, 1816; Harriet, b. Mar. 7, 1818, and Jane, b. May, 1820. John Thurston, b. 1788, in New Hampshire, s. in that part of Hebron, now Oxford, before 1830. By wife Mercy, b. 1790, he had Daniel Holt, b. Jan. 24, 1813 ; Esther, b. Oct. 18, 1814, d. next month; Lorinda, b. Mar. 19, 1816; Polly Holt, b. Apr. 18, 1818; Nancy M. b. June 16, 1820; Harriet H. b. Apr. 24, 1822; Mercy Jane, b. May 18, 1824; John C. b. Dec. 5, 1825 ; Herman L. b. Aug. 4, 1828, and Augustus A. b. Feb. 4, 1831. Bradbury Tibbetts, b. 1813, came to Oxford before 1850. By wife Mary A., b. 1819, he had Julia A. b. 1840; Mary L. b. 1842; Florinda A. b. 1846, and Hannah D. b. 1848. Elder John Tripp was born in Fairhaven. Mass. March 25, 1761 and died in Hebron, Sept. 16, 1847. His wife Jedidah, was born July 25, 1765 and died May 30, 1835. He was ordained at Carver, Mass. 1791 and officiated in tliat town until about 1798, when he became the first pas- tor of the Baptist Church in Hebron and continued in that office until removed by death. Several of his lectures have been printed, and he is gratefully remembered for his zeal in establishing the Academy, his love of it and of educa- tional work. Children: Betsey, b. July i, 1785, m. John Bessey. Shubael, (Rev) b. June 19, 1787, ordained at Newfield, 1824; 8. Kennebunk, 1833, and died there in 1837. He m. Sept. 8, 1808 Lu^inda Barrows and had Palmyra Jones, b. May 27, 1810, d. Sept. 5, 1812; Mary Del- ano, b. Oct. 17, 1813 ; Benjamin Harlock, b. Nov. 25, 1815 ; James Coleman, b. Aug. 17, 1819; En,vin Bv, died in Brooklyn, N. Y. July 11, 1884, and per. others, John, b. May 8, 1789, d. Mar. 11, 1879, Awnalg of Oxferd. C79 lerd. Fkwilla, b. April 26, 1793, d. Mar. 16, 1804. Erwin, b. Feb, 14, 1796. Epbrami, b. Aprfl 27, 1798. Hannah, b. Ang. 22, 1800, d. Jtily *7, ^37. OBv€, b. Feb. 15, 1803. Leander Snaitfe,, (Rev) b. J«iy 21, 1805 ; for scvera! jears he was m medical practice, bwt ckanged to a more cxwi- gcnial profession and lired to be very aged. John Tripp was ist Lieut, in 2d Bristol County Regii»efit in 1776 and was in the service sabseqoeutly. EiamEE. G«OR6K F. Trtibt was liviaig m Oxford in r830. By wife Ruth, Ise is credited with Olive, b. April 11, 1819; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 17, 1821 ; George F^ b. Feb. 17, 'ig ; ' Sylvina, b. Feb. 10, 1825; John, b. Sept. 11, 1826; En^Hne, b. April 26, 1828 ; Sarah, b, Feb. 15, 183^2 ; Deblois, b. Sept. 16, 1833. He m. 2d, Jan. 17, 1835 Sarah B. Fuller erf Oxford. Jacob Tubbs had lot 10 in the 1st range, prob. the same who served in Col. Thomas' Regt, in the Revolutioxi, en- Hating at Pembroke, Mass. The estate of Benjamin Tubbs of Hebron was settled by Samtiel Paris and Caleb Cushman, May 1801. Mary, wife of Beojamin Tubbs, died Dec, 30, 1801. ELLA.S TtJBBs and Patience Barrows, both of Hebron, were m. Sept. 28, 1806. Wife d. June 28, 1827, and he m. 2d, I>ec. 9, 1831, Miss Eunice D. Mugford of Buck- fidd. He died Dec. 5, 1836. Children : Ak)n«), b. Mar. 27, 1607, m. Nov. 30, 1831 Mary Dun- ham and d. June 8, 1849. WilHam Barrows, b. Feb. 12, 1809, m. Sept, 29, 1856 H^riet Crockett ©f Hebron. Mary Fessendea^ b. Jnly 26, 181 1, d. Dec. 14, 1837. Olive, b, July 14, 1^14, m. Leonard Dunham. EHas Albert, b. Sept. 28, 1817. Sarah Barrows, b. Mar. 20l, 1820. Harriet Augusta, b. Dec. 30, 1823, d. Feb. 23, 1826. Patieoce Aug,tista, b. Mar. 23, 1826, d. April 10, 1847. 280 Annals of Oxford, Ardin Tubes and Rirth Cobb, both of Hebron, were m. Sept. 1814. She d. April 8, 1853 : he d. July 6, 1855. Children : Mary Ann, b. Dec. 5, 1815, na. Roaweil Howard. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1819. Emeline, b. Apr. 6, i8a2. Margaret D., b. Apr. 3, 1824, m. Nov. 20, 1844 Joel Ha^;- kell of Paris. Augustus, b. Sept. 21, 1826, Delphina, b, Jan. 2, li^p- Horatio, b. Apr. 21, 1833. Ellen, b. Feb. 14, 1836. Chrstopher C, b. Jan. 2, 1837. Mellen, b. July 27, 1838. WLLLLA.M TuBBS, b. 1810, with wifc Harriet, b. 1813, and children, Addison, b. 1840 : Octavius, b. 1842 ; Har- riet, b. 1845, and El'en, b. 1849, were living on farna (201) in Oxford, in 1850. They had boarders as follows: Edward Andrews, ae. 19; Sumner Andrews, ae. 4; Jonathan Lucas, ae. 65 ; Elizabeth Lucas, ae. 63 ; Pris- dlla Lucas, ae. 40 ; Mary Moore, ae. 22 ; Jennie Rowe, ae. 88 ; Susan Shepard, ae. 46, and Hannah Thomas, ae. 67. The ages of boarders prob. not accurately reported. Joseph Tufts, farmer, b. in New Hampshire in 1817, with wife, Lucinda, ae. 27; daughter, Elnora A., ae. 8, and son Adoniran A., ae. 6, were living at Oxford in 1850. s/ Ai>AM TuRNKR of Pembroke bought, July 24, 1782, of Mr. Shepard, lot 3 in the first range. One of the conditions of the sale was the said Tui-ner should pay to the Treas- urer, appointed by the inhabitants, one shilling, silver mon- ey, annually, until one thousand pounds sterling money, in gold or silver, for the sole purpose of purchasing a library for the sole use of the inhabitants of the town. Mr. Turner is credited, on the Mass. rolls, with several enlistments in the Revolution, but no record of his family has been report- ed ; his wife, Chloe died in Hebron, Oct. 31, 1811, and we conclude that some of his children were settled here. Adam Turner, Jr. and liethia Cole were m. in Hebron 'Oct. 19, 1794, and are credited with children as follows: — Sylinda, b. Feb. 22, 1796, d. S(-pt. 10, 1813. Menerva, b. Aug. 16, 1797. Melzar, b. Mar. 14, 1799, d. Dec. 9, 1818. Annals of Oxford. 281 Ve«ta, b. Jan. 27, 1801, d. May 22, 1826* Betsey Bearce, b. Nov. 27, 1802. A dau. b. and d. Sept. 1806; Joseph, b. Aug. 9, 1807 ami Henry Sewall, b. Oct. 30, 1814. Abel Turner is credited in Hebron with : Justin, b, Aug. 11, 1804; Velzora, bi Oct. 4, 1806 and Chloe Meribah, b. Jan. 28, 1809. Alvik Turner and Borredell Greenwood, both of Heb- ron were m. Mar. 21, 1805, He m. 2d , May 30, 1818 Sal- ly Ackley. Children : Alvin, b. Nov. 21, 1806, m. Apr. 22, 1827 Hepsabah Wood of Hebron. Cakes, b, Feb. 4, i8o8« Alexander, died Jan. 7, 1818. Alexander Greenwood, b. Aug. 28, 1819* Melzar, b. Dec. 25, 1820. Samuel Ackley, b. Oct, 12, 1822. Borredell Greenwood, b. Dec. 27, 1825. Horace, b. Jan. 23, 1828. Lucy Greenwood, b. April 5, 1830. Hiram Eaton, b. May 11, 1832. Vesta Ann, b. June 21, 1837. Rebecca Green Butler, b. May 11, 1840. SouTHwoRTH TuRNER died in Hebron June 15, 1813. By wife Lucinda he is credited with children as follows : John, b. Sept. 6, 1800; Jeannette Thompson, b, April 24, 1804; Chandler, b. April 11, 1806; Hannibal, b. April, 27, 1808, d. 1809 and Southvvorth. b. July 5, 1813 His widow, m. Aug, 1816 William Hill of Minot. Paul and Mary TwoMBLy are credited in Hebron with : Patience, b. Sept. 20, 1812; Rebecca, b. Nov. 29, 1814 and Samuel Tuttle, b. Feb. 3, 1817. Mr. T. m. 2d, May 14, 1820 Mrs. Sally Fisk of Norway. John Twombly of Hebron and Hannah Knight of Paris, pub. int. m. Jan. 6, 1819. Under the date of February 25th. 1794, the town records say, **Andrew Twombly with his wife and four children, by name of Samuel, Martha, Elizabeth and Solomon moved into the town of Hebron." 282 Annalfi of Oxford. Rbubbn VBRRII.L, lived .several years tn Oxford, on a farm i>ear the Miuot lii>e. He died Sept. 9, 1853. His wife was Angeline Call and the births of four of their children are recorded in Oxford. He was son of William of Minot. Children : Abby, b. 1829 ; Daniel R. b. 1831 ; John S. b. Jan. 7, 1833, a photographist in Gardiner; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1835 ; Moses F. b. June 26, 1838 ; Lraura, b. 1841 ; Nathan S. b. Aug. 12, 1843 ; Horace A. b. Mar. 22, 1850; Albert and Edwin, twimi, b. Aug. 16, 1852. Samuel Ellsworth Verrill, b. April 8, 1844, ^^^ *^^ Lu- ther and wSyhil (Cragin) of Minot. He was graduated from the Maine Medical School in 1869, m. Fanny Nelson of Minot and settled in practice at Craigies Mills. He met an untimely death by drowning in 1871. Seepage 102. John Walcott, under 60 years of age, was living in Oxford in 1840. His family consisted of one female under 30, one under 15 and one male under 20. William Walcott, clothier, b. 1794, was living in Ox- ford in 1850. His wife Lydia was b. in 1795, their sons Elmer B. h« 1818, George H. b. 1823 and dau. Harriet E. b. 1826. Boarders, Samuel Gookins, dyer, b. 1821 ; Eliza Gookins, b. 1827 ; Mary Farris, b. 1817 and Rhoda House, b. 1834. Elbridge S. Walcott, son of John, was b. June 7, 1813. He came from Paris to Oxford in 1835 and has been em- ployed in farming, carpentry, in the woolen-mill and for fourteen years he was the baggage master at the rail-road station. Jan, i, 1839 ^* "^* Maria, b. Aug. 29, 1813, dau. of Robert Pike; she d. Oct. 24, 1895. Children : Caroline M., b. Oct. 14, 1839, ™- ^^^- ^S» ^^^ Octa- vius F. Milliken; she d. at Scarborough Nov. 27, 1873. Harriet E., b. Nov. 3, 1842, m. Feb. 26, 1869 John W. Chadhoume, inn-keeper at Oxford. Greorgiana, b. April i, 1844, m. July 18, 1863 Jeremiah Ellsworth; she d. at Oxford June 25, 1892. Daniel M. Crockett, clothier, ae. 24 was a boarder in 1850. Annals of Oxtord. 883 Gkorgb F. Walker, b. May ii, 1842, son of Isaac of Westbrook, canie to Oxford when about twenty years old, m. May i, 1866 Miss Frances M. Chadbourne, biiilt house nearly opposite the brick school-house, where they contin- ued to reside until 1888, when they moved to Portland and now live there. He was a trader in the village, both him- self and wife were interested in the church, he for several years served the First Parish as Treasurer and she, at th( same time, most acceptably fulfilled the duties of Clerk. Both had a genius for village improvement and were prime factors in the social life of the town. Children born in Oxford : Milliceat G., b. Oct, 20, 1867. Walter W., b. Oct. 28, 1869, d. July 23, 1870. Charlotte R,, b. Oct. 20, 1872. George Rowland, b. Aug. 28, 1879. Estella Augusta, b. Oct. 28, 1883. '^ William Wardwell, son of Peter, had farm (tS) hi Oxford near the mouth of Greeley Brook. His fathei- came to Otisfield, from Andover, Mass. about 1783. His roothei' vas Betty Frye and he had brothers Peter, Jonathan, Zacb- iriah and sisters Dorcas, wife of Samuel Brown of Albany, -~!hloe, wife of Clement Scribner of Hamson, Hannah, d. nra. and Abby, wife of L^orenzo Dow Mrller of Otisfield. By wife Abigail Lovering, Mr. Wavdwell is credited in Oxford with children as follows : .->avid Kilborn, b. Nov. 18, 1822 ; soldier in Mexican war. l^lrsha. Streeter, b. May 8, 1825 , went to Massachusetts. Samuel Cummings, b. May 22, 1827, m. Mary Ana Bon- ney and s. in Oxford. William Farrington, b. April 9, 1^29, had family in Oxford. Martha Shaw, b. Feb. 27, 1831, m. S. B. Frands. James Madison, b. June 16, 1833, went out west. Dominicas Jordan, b. Sept. 4, 1837, m. Jane C. Wight of Otisfield ; lives in Perbam, Me. Cyrus T., b. 1839, ra. Sarah Rowe ; lives in Oxford. "Grandma Lovering" was for many years a member of the Wardwell family. During the ministry of the Reverend Mr. Lock wood at the First Church, a large congiegation assembled at her home to hear her profession of faiUi and 484 AnnaLs of Oxford. idmit her to ohri<=:t!r\ii fellowship, she then being a centen- •irian. liy special invitation ol tlie Truslecs, she visited the ■>tate Fair at Portland, only a ^hort time hetore her death, .vhere her receptions and exhibition of tlie ancient way ol spinning tlax, attracted many visitors. She lived about one hundred and two years. John Washburn of Shepardstield , yeoman, bought in 1783, the N. E. half of lot 6, in the 2d range, ist div., title by order of the General Court in 1796 and in 1797, he sold the same to John Greenwood. He may have lived in Buck- tield, but if so, must have returned, for he died in Hebron Aug. 9, 1811. On the Mass. muster rolls of 1779, he is des- cribed as of Plympton, 26 years old, dark complexion^ 5ft and 6in in hight. He raarciied on the Lexington alarm and served in Col. Cotton's Regt. at the seige of Boston. Other Washburns settled in the vicinity and for lack of information we may have fallen into errors in classifying ; nevertheless, we conclude that the above named John had brothers. J aph- et, s. in Paris and Stephen and Ephraim in Shepardstield and that they were sons of Ephraim* and Mary of Plymp- ton, (John-*, Joseph^ John', John'). John*, m. April 11, 1793 Azubah, dau. of Barnabas and Rebecca (Cushman) Fuller; perhaps his 2d marriage, for he was then about forty years old. His widow died in Jan. 1838 and while but two children are mentioned on town rec- ords, be probably had others. Children : Azubah, b. Feb. 14, 1800, d. Feb. 26, 1801, Lydia, b. Mar. 26, 1802. Marriages in Hebron. Phoebe Washburn and William Bumpas, Jr. Nov. 26, 1807. Mary WashBurn and Isaac Bearce, 2d, pub. Apr. 9, 1810. Polly Wa^hbnm and Hosea Cushman, Nov. 7, 1811. Everline Washburn and John Fuller, pub. Dec. 29, 1815. Huldah Washburn and Stephen Hodgdon, both of Paris, m. Feb. 25, 1815 ; s. Bethel. Peleg Washburn, per. son of John, m. Mar. 25, 1810 Mercy, dau. of Stephen Lander; lived near Mathews Pond. He d. June 28, 1868; she d. Feb. 24, 1848. Children : Alden, b. June 4, 1812, d. Feb. 28, 1842. Iforace, b, July 15, 1814, d. April 26, 1815 Annals of Oxlbrd. 285 Lanrana, b. April 15, 1817, said to have died unmarried. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1819, d. Feb. 21, 1821. Ansel, b. Jan. 16, 1824, reported, d. unm. Stbphej^j^ Washburn, son of Ephraim, was an eariy set tier in Shepardsfield. He m. July 12, 1788 Mrs. Sarah (Craigie), widow of Benjamin Harmon of New Glouces- ter and later had settlement in that town. He appears to have lived in Bridgewater, Mass. before coming to Maim- and that Hosea, Eliphalet, Benjamin, Stephen, Hannah Jesse and Edward were his children. Eliphalet Washburn, son of Stephen, m. JvAj 2 i8jo Polly, dau. of Moses Harris of New Gloucester. Children, born in Hebron: Eliphalet, b. June 5, 1813. William, b. Jan. la, 1815. David, b. Sept. 15, 1819. Edwin, b. April 4, i8a2. Augustus G., b. Apr. 23, 1824. Charles, b. Apr. 10, iS^g. Benjamin Washburn, son of Stephen, m. July 19, 1792 Mary Hogan and is credited in Hebron with : Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1794, m. Mar. 23, 1823 Elnathan Packard of Hebron. Benjamin, b. Feb. 10, 1797. Asa, b. Mar. 19, 1799. Nathan, b. June 6, 1801. Melinda, b. June 13, 1803. Eunice, b. May a2, 1805, died in her first year. Eunice, b. July 11, 1807. Stephen Washburn, son of Stephen, bought of Morris Bumpas, in 1794, lot 9, in^he 3d range. He m. Nov. 10, 1791 Betsey Record of Hebron, who died Jane 19, 1807 He m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1807 Lrovicey, dau. of Isaac Cushmai Children : xAtma, b. Nov. i, 1792, m. Sept. la, 1813 Joim Fit Chandler of Minot. Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1794, tn. Feb. 23, 1804 Israel Rke. Stephen, b. Apr. 2, 1796, m. Sally, dau. of Jesse Briggs. Calvin, b. Apr. 18, 1798, m. Lucy Sturtevant ; s. Paris. Luther, b. April 19, 1800, ra. Abigail Dunn; 8. Pari*. Otis, b. Feb. 26, 1802, m. Rachel Tubbs. Huldah, b. Mar. 29, 1804, m. Daniel Brock. Mercy, b. Apr. 10, 1806, died May 10, 1810, Thankful, twin, rn. Rev. Ziba Andrews. Ruth, b. July 22, 1808, m. Benjamin Washburn and ad, Zachariah Field. Roxanna, b. Feb. 28, 1810 , m. Richard Elder of Wind- ham, Maine. 286 Annals of OxforcL Isaac Cushman, b. Dec. 22, 1811, m. Cynthia W. dan. of Aaron Stevens of Runiford. Lovicey, b. Oct. 22, 1814, m. James Hadlock of Wood- stock, Me. Jesse Washburn, son of Stephen, m. in New Gloucester. Feb. I, 1806 l*hoebe Washburn. Ephraim^ Washburn, Jr. proh. came with his brothers four children, only, are mentioned on the records of the town, but we conclude that there were others who were older and that Janette Washburn who was a pensioner in 1840, being then 79 years old, was his widow. Children : Abigail Waterman, b. May 12, 1792, m. Jan. 15, 1818 Alvin Bearce. Ruth, b. June 11, 1794, m. Mar. i, 1821 David Gorney. Sarah and Abraham, twins, b. Feb. 2, 1798. Man.\ssah Washburn, gon of Ephraim', bought in 1801 lot 4, in the 5th range, 2d div. of Hebron, now Oxford. His widow, Sylvia (Caswell) Washburn, June 12, 1824, became the 2d wife of Lieut. Nathan Dudley. Children : Ephraim, b. Oct. i, 1789, m. Saliy Perkins. A twin died young. Eli, b. April 15, 1791, m. Rebecca Dudley. Isaac, b. Oct. 28, 1793, m. Feb. 4, 1816 Jane Dudley, tio family report, but they lived in Oxford until after 1840. Polly, b. Feb. 18, 1797, m. Jan. 18, 1816 Nathan Pratt. She subsequent married Parker Ilsley and Joseph Wal- ker, both of Portland. Betsey, b. Mar. 5, 1799, m. Mar. 18, 1824 Giles S. Per- kins of Hebron, Cyrus, b. Jan. 26, 1801, m. Noy. 1824 Priscilla Chad- bourne, Sally, b. May 10, 1803, ra. Amasa Steadman. Jacob Tewksbury, b. Dec. 3i, 1807, m. Mary M. Marston. Christiana, b. Feb. 20, 1810, m. Sumner Burnhara oi Harrison. He was an Inspector of Customs at Portlaiid and in that city she, his widow, is now living. Harriet, b. Dec. 2, 1812, m. Hanson Tarbox, s. Paris. Ephraem Washburn, son of Manassah, m. Nov. 5, 181 2 Sally Perkins, who was born July 24, 1785. He lived in Hebron, sailed in the famous Privateer Dash. On his third Annals of Uzloi'd. 287 voyage, early in 1815, the brig was lost, none snrvWed to tell the tale. His \\'idow m. Feb. i, 1S18 Simeon Staples. Children : Charlotte Tewksbnr)^ b. Feb. 6, 1813. m. June 3, 1832 Samuel H. Chadboimie. She m. 2d, Seth H. Faunce. Almarine, b. April 28, 1815, m. Seth H. Faunce. Eli Washburn, son erf Mana-ssah, bought in 1812, lot 2, in the 4th range, 2d div., one hundred acres, for $365. He m. Mar. 10, 1816 Rel>ecca, dau. of David Dudley and is credited in Hebron with children as follows : Ephraim, b. July 27, i8i8j Orrin, b. April 28, 1821 and Orlando Meudall, h. Aug. 14, 1823. Jacob Tkwicsbury Washburn, son of Manassah, m. April 10, 1830 Mary M. b. 1808, dau. of Nathan Marston. They lived at Welchville and had : Ellen Eliza, b. Dec. 5, 1830, m. 1855, John Ridiards. He was lost at sea. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1832, m. 1850, Josiah Vaax of Buckfield. Nancy, b. May 5, 1833, d. unra. at Lowell, Mass., 1864. Rosanna, b. Nov. 10, 1834, ^- ^^54 Jacob E. Webster. Janette, b. Feb. 3, 1837, m. i860 Freeman Small. Fam- il}' killed by the Indians at Lock Lake, Minn, in 1869. Diantha Jane, b. Dec, 19, 1838, m. 1859, John Cook. Rachel Naomi, b. Dec. 29, 1840, m. 1865, Harrison Wardwell. She d. at Augusta, Me. in 1885. Jacob Watson, b, Sept. 15, 1842, d. unm. in the army. Geoi-ge, b. Dec. 23, 1845, d. unm. at Welchville. Susan L., b. July 17, 1846, m. 1867, Frank Andrews, She d. at Kennebunk, Me. in 1889. Isaac, b. April 2, 1848, m. 1870, Anna Lunt and died at Bradford, Mass. in 1900. Emma L., b. April 16, 1850, lives at Welchville, Angelia, b. Jan. 2, 1853, m. 1880 Al. C. Jordan. Eljab Washburn, son of Joseph, was b. in Bridgewatei", Mass. Apr. 15, 1740, m. 1762. Anna. dau. of Elijah Edson and had ten cliildien. He wa.s a soldier in the Revolution , settled in Minot in 1789 and came to Hebron in 1814, where he d. May 27, r8i8 ; wife d. Nov. 2, 182 1. Their daught- ers, Anna, m. "S^llliam Childs : Olive, m. John Coy and Ruth, m. James Murdock. 288 Annals of Oxford. James Washiburn, son of Eliab, m. April 28, 1810 Bet- sey Bonney of Turner and are credited in Hebron, with : Laura, b. Jan. 5, 1813 ; Tbelisma B., b. Apr. 23, 1815 ; Bethuel, b. Aug. 14^ 1817 ; Samuel R. and John E., twins, b. Sept. 28, 181 9. sy Girv Bates Watkrman was born at Leeds, April ro , 1795, na. Sept. 3, 1820 Esther, dau. of Samuel Brown of Hebron. He m. 2d, April 27, 1839 ^y<^i^ Carver Tucker of Oxford. The children of his first wife were bom in Turner, hot she died at Oxford July 24, 1834 and h€ died at Durham, Feb. 28, 1875. Children : Ruth, b. Sept. 21, 1821, d. at Oxford, Mar. 26, 1835. Lucinda B., b. Jan, 19, 1823, d. at Mechanic FaMs, Me. May 28, 1885. >amuel Brown, b. April i. 1825, m. April 28, 1853 Sarali Abba, b. July 29, 1837, dau. of Edmund Chase and Sal- ly Greenleaf Millett of Otistield. Located on farm (158). Childi-en, lx)rn in Oxford : Charles Elmer, b. Mar. 2, 1858, m. Jan. i, 1882 Cla- ra Elizabeth Garland of Paris. Associated with Mr. Perkins, publishers of the Mechanic Falls Ledger. Abbie, b. Nov. 19, 1859, ^i^ed fifteen days. Fred Samuel, b. Sept. 13, 1864, lives on homestead. Elizabeth B., b. Sept. 19, 1828, d. at Oxford May 7, 1865. il^^her A., b. April 16, 1831, m. 1852 Freeman Green- ough, 8. Portland, where she now lives, his widow. Charles N. (by 2d wife), m. Annie Williams, has a dau. Rose. He is a veteran of the civil war. y David Webber, son of John, m. Eliza, b. Apr. 10, 1788, dau. of Samuel Ames. Dec. 6, 18 11 he bought a hundred acre lot in Hebron, north bank of the river, near the Nor- way line. He was a potter, also a brick-maker, came from New Hampshire, family record says, second cliild was b. here, but upon what we thought good authority, we printed on page 100, date of s. later. His wife died May 10, 1846 anb he m. 2d, Eliza , b. in 1803. He died Aug. 15, 1861, /E 74 years. Children; Henry Riut, b. Nov, 26, 1808. 290 Annals of OxtorcU «ai52r©N. \/ John Weston and Aiiiva Bragg pub. their int. m. July -3» ^7^5- ^^t: waa probably the J. Weston named as owner of lot I in tiie 7th range and near kin to Peleey, b. Feb. 1804 aiid Peieg, b. Mar. 3, 1806. Benja_min Whitkhouse and Saiali Ida wife came to He- bron betore the town was divided and settled on the farm adjoining Benj. Richanis'. Both he and hid wife were b. in N<3w Haxupbhire, he in 1786 and she one year later. Children : Joanna M., b. Aug. 11, 1808, m. May 9, 1834 Zebedee Perry of Norway. KItzabeth P., b. Oct. 18, 1809, m. Animi R. Lane. Martha, b. April 16, 181 1. Jonathao, h, April 9, 1813. Harriet P., b. Apiil 17, 1815, m. July 28, 1843 BeuJAnnr, F. Whitcomb of Sweden. Sarah P., b. Feb. 28, 1818, m. Feb. 21, 1852 Janic Crockett of Norway. Benjamin, b. Jui>e 27, 1820, m. Jan. 26, 1841 Sufian G Putnam and is credited in Oxford with George H., b 1842; Eunice E., b. 1844; Francis C, b., Sept. 18. 1845 ; Alice M., b. Oct. 6, 1847 and Alfred W., b. '49 Daniel, b. Jan. i, 1822, bricklayer, worked at his trade in Portland but the most of hii» life has been spent in Ox ford. He m. Jan. 25, 1846 Jane D. Hill who had dau Georgetta, b. Feb. 3. 1850. He m. 2d, Feb. 26, 1853 Mary H. Seavey who had Lilla J., b. July 24, 1854. In 1855 ^ ^- li^J"i"a R. Osgood of Portland, who d. there Aug. 17, 1862. He m. 4tii, Sarah H. Knights who had Qiarles .A, b. May, 1867, d. Mar. 28, 1879; Henry C b. Feb. II, 1869; Herbert L., b. Sept. 17, 1875 and E\'a May, b. Mar. 20, 1877. Deborah R.., b. June 23, 1824, m. Sept. 1845 Joseph G. Rowe of Lexington. M?.ry Jane, b. June 10, 1827. Asceneth, b. Mar. 28, 1829, lived two days. Annals of OxtbrcL ^9 Mary J., b. April i6, i8ti. Elita Aan, b. Oct. la, i8ia, m. Dec. 19, 1837 John Fai^ quliar of Boston. She d. HoUislon, Si&sn. Sept. 1886. David, b. Apiil 4, 1815, lived three months. Saroiiel A., b. Jl4l^e 8, 1816, m. Dec. 4, 1845 Sarah Ann Lee ; they lived near his father's (43) and liad David E., b. Oct. 29, 1846 J John 1-, b. 1849 ane 7, 1824. Catherine A., b. May 30, 18^, m- Feb. 11^ 1852 Benja- min Swift of Paris. Moses A., b. July 25, 1827, m. Sept. 27, 1853 Mrs. Olive L. (Dyer) Larrabee. He d. Feb. 21, 1900. LaAira Everiine, b. Aug. 28, 183 1. Henrietta, b. Mar. 3, 1848, m. George McAll'ister. Henry Rust Webber, son of David, in busiuest; with his fatlier uutU abwit 1850, when he settled on the White- head homestead, in Paris and had a pottery tliere. He m. May 12, 1839 Nancy, b. Nov. 27, 1813, dau. of Joha ajid Mary (Lovell) Whitehead, who died in March 1897. He died March 4, 1870. Children : Sewall Henry, b. Apwil 19, 1840, m. Annette Stowell and d. Taly 6, 1S73. He was graduated by the Bowboin Medical School and practiced in both We. and So. Pari*. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1842, m. Lieut. Danville B. Steveofc, a veleran of the civil war; s. in Lewistijn. Nancy Viola, b. May 13, 1845, m. Jan. 5, 1868 Adna C. Cushman and d. May 28, 1873. Caroline, b. Sept. 22, 1848, d. in infancy. John Whitehead, b. April, 1852, m. Flora E. Estcs of Woodiitock- John D. and Zadoc Wkli-s, born in Maryland, came to Oxford, from R. I. before 1850, to work in ihe factory. Zadoc, by wife Catherine C, b. 1826, in R. 1. is cred- ited with John D., b. 1844; Mary E., b. 1846 and Sarah E., b. 1850. John D. and Catherine M. Wells were mem- bers of the family, tlie latei" b. 1823, in Mas*. ■i Aimals of Oxtbrd. 281 Joseph and Mary J. Whitehovise are credited, in Oxford, with Eninui J., b. Jan. i8, 1849 Calvin Whitman, b. May 5, 1785, son of Jacob and Abigail (Packard) Whitman of Buckheld, m. Sarali Rec- ord and settled in Hebron, where ht died April 9, 1867. His widow lived to be aged, with her sun joiin. in Paris. Children : Hannah, b. Sept. 19, 1810, died in her second year, Calvin Winchester, b. Dec. 29, 1813, m. Elvira B. Shun leff and Maria A. Shurtleff. John, b. Dec. 22, 1816, m. Sarah D. Bumpus. Remember H., b. Oct. 15, 1818, m. Ebenez«r Snell. Jonathan R., b. Sept. 8, 1822, m. Ann M. Durell. facob S., b. July 6, 1825, d. next year. Augustus M., b. May 11, 1828, m. Nancy Shurtleff. Hon. WiLLiM Clark Whitnky, son of Joshua and Mal- tha (Clark) Whitney, b. in Worcester, Mass. Oct. 19, 1765, d. in Norway, Me. Oct. 6, 1865. See sketch p. 121. He m. Mar. 3, 1799 Sophia, dau. of Nathaniel Fuller; he m. Dec. 6, 1816 Deborah, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Pierce) Patch of Otisheld, who d. Dec. 26, 1873, in her 87th year. Children, born in Hebron : vlary Clark, b. Mar. 7, 1800, d. next year. Harriet, b. Apr. 9, 1801, ra. Dr. Solomon P. Cushmau. Fanny, b. Jan. 6, 1803, m. Stephen Cununings. Soj.hia Fuller, b. Oct. 10, 1806, m. William Goddard. William Clark, b. Nov. 21, 1809, d. unm. Mm". 1861. Jane Fredrika, b. Oct. 25, 1812, m. J. S. Greenleaf. George Pierce, b. Aug. 13, 1819. Dehor all Patch and Sarah Pierce, twins, b. Mar. 22, 1822, both died in infancy. Sarah, b. June 2, 1824, d. July, 1863. Edwin, b. Sept. 8, 1829, d. June 19, 1832. Danikl Wiiitnky, b. July 3, 1763, son of Joshua, s. in Oxford (98) before 1830, where he d. Feb. 1852. He was quite a joker, one of his sayings being thai ''brother Clark and I own more live stock than any two men in Oxford county" Tliis was undoubtedly true, for in those daya, much 292 Am^ak of OsSacd. oi the stock of the poorer fanners was owaed by their more weultliy neighbors and kept on shniea. Daniel, unlike kis brother wafc not llunfty, and seldimi had mure than one cow. His wife was Mary Ward and four children are reported, AS follows : — Perley and Eunice did uot marry ; George Clinton, no. Eram aline LaCroix and Leafy, ra. May 5, 1833 Steplien Rich. She d. in Lawrence, Apr. 25, 1896. George Pierce Whitney, boq of Williaaa Clark, Ytres on the home farm (165) Oxford. He is one oi most prom- inent citizens, has sei'ved with fidelity in the legislature and other important offices, succeeding his father on the iioard of Trustees of Hebron Academy and now its senior member. He m. Dec. 7, 1843 Ermiua, b. Jan. 31, i8aa, dau. of Judge Ephraim and Sarah (Barrows) Packard of Blanchard, Me. She d. Sept. 39, 1H79. Children : Elizabeth Ermina, b. Nov. 30, 1844, ra. Oct. 31, 1872 Wm. H. Motley, Esq. She d. May 12, 1878, in Deering. George Edwin, b. April 10, 1848, lived two years. John Henry, b. Oct. 16, 1861, m. Lulu F. Golder. Lillian May, b. Aug. 28, i860, m. Dr. Eug. B. Holden. George Pierce, b. Dec. 28, 1863, ra. Stella E. Millett. Samuel Whittemore had lot 2, in the ist range, m. IClizabeth, dau. of William Steadman and d. Jan. 23, 1822. Children, as per Hebron records : Samuel b. Aug. 3, 1783, d. April 27, 1792. Tsaiah, b. Feb. 15, 1785, m. Nov. 30, 1809 Nabby Rip- ley, dau. of Gideon Bearce ; s. in Paris. Rebecca, b. Nov. 23, 1787, m. Moses Allen. William, b. July 31, 1792, m. Dec. 3, 1818 Sally Menill. Samuel, b. May i, 1796, m. Nov. 6, 1817 Jerusha Nel- son and had Simon G., b. June 26, 1818 ; George E., b. Nov. I, 1819 ^"*^ others. Betsey, b. Dec. 27, 1799, ra. Sept. 2a, 1822 Alden D. Dwinell of Minot. Albion, b. July 29, 1803, d. July following. Roxanna, b. Sept. 11, 1805, m. Jonathan Palnaer. Isaac WinrrjiMORK, prob. brother of Samuel, m. Deb- orah Weston and had lot 4, in the ist range. He d. March 8, 1829, They are cjedited in Hebron witJi children a« fol. Annais of Oxlbr^ 293 Isaac, b. April 3, 1*785, m. Atig. 14, 1807 Polly Dean, set- tled in Hebron. He wat> piuininent in town affairs and four times Representative. I'iieir children of record are Enoch, b. Dec. 28, 1808; Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1810, d. next year; Deborah, b. Feb. 2, 181 1 ; Polly, b. May 5, 1812; Sarah, b. July 2, 1814; Isaac, b. Oct. 31. 1815 ; Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1817, d. in her third year William, b. July 16, 1818 and Rebecca, b. Dec. 26, '19 Sally, b. Oct. 3, 1786, m. Joseph Glover. Ruth, b. April 10, 1790, m. Moses Marshall. Lucy, b. April 9, 1792, m. Aug. 29, 1816 Thomas Crook er of Mi not. Levi, b. Mar. 26, 1795, m. Dec. 6, 1823 Sarah Fuller. Seth, b. Feb. 23, 1797, and Alalhea his wife, are credited iu Hebron with Ruth Crooker and Marshall, twins, b. July 13, 1821 ; Orrin, b. April 21, 1826 and Lewister H., b. Jan. 7, 1829. Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1799, ^- Oct. 20, 1820. Alfred, b. Feb. 2, 1801 and d. April 15, 1841. By wife Hannah he is credited it> Hebron with Sarah Crooker, b. July I, 1825 and Harriet, b. Sept. 8, j82i. His widow m. Nov. 9, 1845 John Archibald of Polaiid. John and Ruth Whittkmore are credited in Hebron with Roxanna, b. June 21, 1822 ; Joshua, b. Nov. 21, 1824; Alathea, b. May 6, 1827 ; Nancy, b. Feb. 3, 1830 and Harriet D., b. April 3, 1834. Rhoda Whittemore of Hebron and Robert Deeriog of Denmark, were m. Aug. 29, 1816. Jacob Willis of Hebron bought, in 18 it, of Nathaniel and Lucy Cushman thirt3'-8ix acres of land in Hebron, be- ing a part of lot one in the second range. He died Sept, 18, 1820, -K 52 years. By wife Parna, he had : Sally M., b. Sept. 29, 1802, ra. Veres Greenwood. Fearing, b. July 8, 1804, '^3' ^^^^ Joanna, is credited in Hebron witli Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1829. Lucia F., b. July 18, rSii. John P. and Abigail Wills are credited in Hebron with Lydia, b. Sept. 15, 1^20. 294 AnBals of Oxford. '^ JosKPH Wti^on, b. Dec. 28, 1799, son of Nathaniel ci Falmouth, lived in Oxford (114) aad died at Norway Dec 25, 1876. lie m. July 4, 1822 Sarah, b. Oct. 24, 1800, dau. of Job and Peace (Merrill) Raniedell of Falmouth. In 1850, Mr. RainsJeli, m 75 and Peace, ^71, were liv- ing with their daughter, in Ox£oi-d. Mrji. Wilsoa died at >Jorway Mar. 19, 1877. Chiklren ; imes Myrick, b. Dec. 27, 1823, m. Christiana, dau. of Benjamin Richards. They lived in tlie new hou.se nearly opposite hiij father's old tavern and had children, as fol- lows : — Adelaide, b. Sept. i, 1850, m. Darius Sanborn ; Isabella, b. Aug. 19, 1853 ; Medora, m. Charles Libby ; Frank Leslie, house- wright, lives on the home place ; George, m. Annie Hersey ; Elida, ra. Edward Winslow of Norway; Edhh and Miuetta. A child, b. May 14, 1825, d. the same day. Lepha Fields, b. June 24, 1827, d. Sept. 15, 1828, i<.oyal, b. Oct. 7, 1828^ house-wright, ni. Eliza Parker. He d. in Poitland Sept. 2, 1900. 'iartha Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1832, m. William D. Cordwell. Augusta Maria, b. Aug. 30, 1836, m. Dec. 3, 1857 Leon- ard Day. She is living, his widow, in Portland. Amasa Winslow and wife Nancy lived at Craiges Mills. His wife d. May 9, 1837 and he ra. 2d, Mar. 11, 1838 Carohne Gore of New Gloucester; left town soon after. Jksse Witham and Rhoda Richmond were married in lebron, Mar. 3, 1817 and are credited with 1 Jesse C, b. April i, 1818. Ruth, b. Mar. 29, 1820. Absalom Wood d. in Hebron Apr. 28, 1841, Rebecca his widow d. Oct. 5, 187 1, They are credited with : Alunzo, h. Sept. 20, 1821 ; Alfred P., b. July 18, 1826 and Alonzo, b. Sept. 21, 1828. Alfred Wood of Hebron and Mary Currier of Minot , Annals of Oxford. 205 wer« m. Dec. 4, 18 13. They ar« credited with Alfred William, b. Nov. 8, 1814 and Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1816. Edward Wood, js. 45 and Elizabeth J. his wife, m 40, were living in Oxford in 1850. They had sons, William, M 12 J Davis, JB. 9 and Charles, m 2. Richard Wiswell, aged 67, lived with the family. ^ Davis Woodward is credited in Hebron with children as follows: — Davis, b. Aug. 18, 1794; William, b. Jan. 24, 1796, d. Aug. 18, 1819; Jeremiah, b. Nov. 28, 1797 : Polly, b. Nov. 5, 1799; Moses, b. June 19, 1803; Anna, b. June 24, 1805 and Lydia, b. May 18, 1807. Capt. Caleb Woodward, son of Caleb and Sally (Fos- ter), was bom in Washington, N. H. Dec. 24, 1789. He was, by trade, a tanner and shoemaker, but prior to his coming to Maine, he carried on the farm of Judge Haven, at Dedham and he was, perhaps, influenced by him to set- tle in Hebron, Mrs. Haven being one of the Craigie heirs. Whitneys note book mentions the purchase, in 1820, by Mr. Woodward and George Hill, of land on county road, west side of the river, next to William Muzzey's. His resi- dence, in Oxford, was near the covered bridge, south side of King street ; his saw-mill, nearby, was a favorite place of resort for the village boys. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, but earned his title in the militia. He m. ist, his cousin, Betsey Woodward, who had three children, viz: — Eliza Ann, b. in Brookline, Mass. June 11, 1816, d. young. Henry Augustus, b. in Dedham, April 26, 1819; he and Bathsheba Bearce lived several years at Col. King's and both were ever affectionately regarded as members of the family. He m. Feb. 22, 1846 Mary N. Frost, s. in Rox- bury, Mass. and employed as foreman in the factory of the Dennison Card Co. He d. April 3, 1878; his widow was living in 1899 with her dau. Mrs. W. H. L. Bart- lett at Newbury port, Mass. Relief Whitney, b. in Hebron, Mar. 5, 1822, d. Aug. 22, 1823. Mrs. Woodward d. April 26, 1822 and he m. 2d , April 30, 1825 Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1796, dau. of Eb- enezer and Martha (Brock) Cary of Buckfield ; they had : William Elliot, b. Nov. 29, 1825, m. June 26, 1848 Clar. 296 Annak of OxtorcL. iMa Eliza Rays oi Norfolk, Conn. He was an Apotke- cary and widely known as a collector and dealer in rare coins, medals etc. He died in Roxbui^, Magg. June 7, 1B92. Caleb J^ightou, b. Aug. 20, 1829, d. young. Mai-y Eleanor, b. Jan. 26, 1831, d. Feb. 10, 183a. Charles Lowell, b. Aug. 30, 1833, m. Margaret Stuart, dau. of Alexander Clark of New York City. He is now living in New York, projM-ietor of tive Antiquarian Book-store, 78 Nassau street. JowATHAN Work of Oxford, m 29 and Mary Sampson of Norway, m 19, were married Dec. 13, 1836. Children born in Oxford : Willis Farrington, b. Oct. i, 1837. Celia, b. Aug. 3, 1839, ^- J*"- ^^» 1^4^. Charles F., died Nov. 17, 1849, ^ 8 years. iMaria E., died Oct. 34, 1849, ^ 5 years. Mercy D., b. Jan. 11, 1847. William, b. Aug. i, 1849 ^"^ others. Samuel Wright bought, in 1801, lot 4 In the 7th range, -;d division, 80 acres, also 44 acres of lot 5 adjoining. A record of his family has not been found, his grandson, Silas N., says that he came to Hebron from Pl3'mpton, Mass. in 1792 and that his grandmother was Lydia Standish. Tht marrrage of Samuel Wright of Plympton and Sarah Rich niond, in 1783, is recorded in Plymouth; prob. his 2d ra. Nathan Wright, son of Samuel, s. (162) Oxford. He was b. Sept. 8, 1778, m. Mar. 20, 1826 Ruth, b, July 25, 1799, dau. of Peter and Joanna (Rider) Durell of Paris. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, went to California in 1852 and died there April 20, 1854. ^^'^ vvidow died at the home of her dau. in Portland, Oct. 29, 1886. Children : A child, b. May 22, 1829, d. in infancy^ Kate, b. Dec. 22, 1831, ra. Theo. Harmon | s. Portland. Almira N., b. Feb. 22, 1833, m. Moses Bixby. Silas N., b. Oct. 31, 1835, lives at Oxford. Augusta M., b. Jan. 12, 1837, m. T. L. Savage; s. Boston. Susan D., b. May 12, 1840, m. Josepli Tellier ; s. South Boston. Awnalfl of OzTonl. fi97 ElzRA Wri«ht, son of Samuel, m. Sept, lo, 1815 Es- thei-, dau. of Eliab Richmond. They s. (154) in Oxford, where he d. Sept. 10, 187^, aged 87 yeurs. His widow d. March 23, 1886, aged 91 years. Children : ChaRdler, died Nov. i<, 1816. Chandler, b. Jan. 7, 1817, d. Mar. 19, 183a, Eira Sewall, b. July 3a, 1819. Abigail, b. Sept. 4, iSai, d. Oct. 3, 1889. Hannah, b. Nov. 10, i8a2, d. Sept. 35, i8j6. John F., b. Dec. 10, 1824. Nathan R., b. Mar. 9, 1826. George W., b. May ai, 1829, d. May 27, 1888. Wilson W., b. 1837 and Esther A., b. 1840. Samuel Wright, Jr. was bom in 1790, m. Dec. 28, 1819 Elsther, b. i797> dau. of Tames and Rachel Marston. They lived near George Robinson's, in Oxford ; he wa:^ in Capt. Sam. Robiiison'g co. at the defence of Portland. Children : Daniel, b. Sept. aa, 1820, d. 1846. Sarah, b. Sept. 1822. Samuel Chandler, b. Aug. 18, 1825. William Clark, b. April 27, 1829. Charles Henry Durell, b. Feb. 10, 1833. Margaret Sutton, b. April 14, 1834. Martha Jane, b. Mar. i<, 1837. Ellen Louisa, b, Oct. 18, 1838. Roscoe Gh-eenlief Green, b. Oct. 16, 1840. Lois, b. Jan. 21, 1842. Emily Sargent, b. June 6, 1845. William Ybates, aliaa Yates, son of William, was b in Norway, Dec. 27, 1796. He was a resident of Oxford, near the Paris line in 1830. His wife was Dorcas Hall, by whom he had five children, via : — Freeman, a Methodist minister J William Kil bum, m. Zilpha Dustin of Bethel ; he was killed in the civil war; Samuel; Mary, m. Milton W. Chapman of Bethel; and EmeJine. Mrs. Yeatea d. Mar. 5, 1835, he m. 2d, May i, 1836 Prisciila Robbins of Ox- ford and soon after removed to Greenwood. James Ykatks, a younger brother of William, m. Bmma Cole I he abo lived, for a tkne, in Oxford. 298 Annak of Oxford. Jamks Yeaton and wile, both over fifty years of age, were settled upon a farm on the Poland road, south of Ox- ford village in 1840. At this time there were in tlie family two girls and two boys, all under twenty. The family ih yet represented in Oxford. Jkrkmiah and LvDiA York are credited in Hebron with children, as follows : -~ — Ira, b. Jan. 15, 1806; Eliphalet, b. Mar. 19, 1808, d. Jan. 27, 1817; Alvah, b. Aprils, 1812; Betsey, b, Jan. 8,1814; Pauline, b. April 13, 1815 ; Lydia, b. Mar. 3, i8i7, m. Oct. 4, 1835 Lorenzo S. Bumpas ; Jeremiah, b. Oct. 30, 1818; Ruth, b. Oct. 3, 1820, d. Jan. n, i8i2 ; Sally, b. June 17, 1822 and Josiah, b. April 12, 1824, ' Henry Young, son of Nathaniel, Jr. was b. at Norway, July, 1806. His wife was Charlotte Cunmiinf;6 and they, with three children were living ni Oxford in 1850, viz : — Mary F., m6\ Charlotte E., m. 4 ajid Jo«. Henry, ja 2. W Post SCrfptXltn. The writer has already apologized for at- teu)pting this publication and no person can be more sensi- ble than himself of its imperfections. 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