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

Genealogies - RANDALL to SYLVESTER

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

RANDALL. Stephen Randall and wife Mary were members of First Parish Church in old Falmouth in 1727. Stephen Randall Jr. married, in Cape Elizabeth, 20 Oct. 1774, Lydia Roberts. He settled the same year, on lot 126, in Royalsborough. The Randalls were once numerous in Durham. Many went West in 1815-17. Some descendants still live in Pownal. Stephen's family were recorded as follows: JOSEPH b. 9 Mch. 1775 DEBORAH b. 12 Feb. 1777 STEPHEN b. 7 June 1779 NATHANIEL b. 12 May 1781 CHINICUM b. 12 Oct. 1784 HANNAH b. 22 Dec. 1789. John Randall, brother of Stephen Jr. was born at Cape Elizabeth 16 July 1747, married, 22 Nov. 1769, Anna Roberts, who was born 9 Mch. 1749. He was one of the first settlers in Royalsborough, on lot 126. His house stood near where James Hascall now lives, and he and his wife were buried on that farm. Here he kept a store. The road from South West Bend came over the hill near his house. Near by was the School House and Church. This was the original "Methodist Corner," which was shifted eastward by a change in the road. John Randall's family were thus registered: JACOB b. 24 Oct. 1770, settled in Pownal ANNA b. 19 Dec. 1772, m. Simeon Sanborn MOLLY b. 18 April 1775. SARAH b. 6 Jan. 1777, married Richard Doane BENJAMIN b. 12 April 1781 MARGARET b. 1 Mch. 1783 JOHN JR. b. 13 Mch. 1785 ISAAC b. 18 April 1787; m. (Int. Rec. 20 Feb. 1809) Mary Haskell of Poland. HANNAH b. 9 Mch. 1789, d. 24 June 1790 EBENEZER b. 27 Nov. 1791 SAMUEL b. 5 Jan. 1794, moved to N.Y. State. RICE. Lemuel Rice and Anna Stone were married in Scarborough 3 April 1777. He was a Revolutionary soldier. George and Lemuel Rice, brothers, their sons, settled about 1800 in the Northwestern part of the town. George was born 21 Sept. 1780; m. (1) Hannah Hanscom, who died 20 Oct. 1826, aged 38 yrs.; (2) 27 April 1827 Dorcas, dau. of Thomas Larrabee. He died 6 Sept. 1859. By first marriage the children were John, who became a minister of the M. E. Church, Mary, and Hannah, who married 30 April 1840 Joseph Tompson. By second marriage there were Phebe Ann, who married 10 Feb. 1857 Benjamin Lemont, and Matilda, who married ---- Sawyer. Lemuel Rice died 18 Mch. 1870, aged 80. He m. (1) Catherine, dau. of John and Dorcas Noyes, who d. 12 March 1836, aged 38 yrs. 8 mos.; (2) Mary J. ----, who died 1 Mch. 1883. aged 72 yrs. 2 mos. RICHARDS. Humphrey Richards came from London and settled in Boston in 1693. Humphrey Richards 3d married Sarah Delano, settled in Cape Elizabeth, and had five children, of whom John, the youngest, born 14 Aug. 1767, married 7 Nov. 1790 Abigail Dyer and moved to Pejepscot (Danville), thence to Durham in 1795, where he lived to be over one hundred years old. He died in 1868. His wife died 22 Feb. 1836. BARZILLAI b. 9 Aug. 1794; m. 24 Aug. 1817 Sarah Osgood. Ch. Mary, David O., Sarah A., who married John D. Osgood, and George H. JOHN b. 23 May 1796; m. April 1821 Mary Thomas; (2) her sister, the widow of Joel Jones. Lived in Phillips. HANNAH m.3 Mch. 1822 O. Israel Dyer. SALLY. MARY. Unm. Died in Old Ladies' Home of Portland. NATHANIEL. MOSES. Twice married. Died in Pownal. IRA B. b. 6 April 1808; m. Sally Gerrish; d. 10 Dec. 1893. Wife died 7 June 1888, aged 75 yrs. 5 mos. 13 days. RING. Batchelder Ring was living on lot 1 in 1771, just over the Brunswick line. He was last taxed in 1807. The following children are recorded: DAVID b. 10 April 1773; m. 20 Sept. 1801 Mary Pierce, who was born in N. Yarmouth 5 Nov. 1777. SUSANNAH b. 3 Mch. 1775; SARAH b. 19 Sept. 1777. THOMAS b. 18 June 1780; NATHANIEL b. 28 Sept. 1782. KEZIA b. 9 Feb. 1786; m. 29 Nov. 1802 Peter Mitchell. COMFORT b. 20 Aug. 1789; m. 13 Mch. 1808 O. Israel B. Fifield. ROURK OR ROAK. Martin Rourk was born in Ireland in 1760. He came to America about 1773 and spent two years in his uncle's store in St. Johns. In 1775 he came to Boston. His vessel sailed away in the night and left him on shore. He served as a Clerk in the Revolutionary Army, in a company commanded by Capt. Lawrence of North Yarmouth. He married the Captain's sister Mrs. Elizabeth (Lawrence) Fogg, widow of Daniel Fogg whom she married in 1779. He came to Durham about 1784 and bought, 1796, of Thomas Mitchell, twenty acres of lot 70. His house stood near where the road from the North Meeting House joins the "Hallowell Road." He served as town clerk 1790-1807. The Town Records show bills of $5 for such annual services. His handwriting is remarkably clear and distinct. The ink made by himself is scarcely faded. He was for years the foremost school-teacher of Durham. He died, 1 June 1807, leaving his family in poor circumstances. His wife, born 26 Sept. 1758, lived till 27 Nov. 1852. JANE b. 26 Oct. 1785; m. 11 June 1807 Richard Wiswell of Portland. JOHN b. 5 Sept. 1788; m. 22 Nov. 1821 Joanna Larrabee of Durham. HANNAH b. 25 Feb. 1791; m. 26 April 1812 John Fifield; moved to Greenwood. WILLIAM b. 23 May 1793; m. 15 Aug. 1819 Mercy Davis of Durham. DAVID b. 20 Sept. 1795; farmer in Durham. Unm. d. 22 Oct. 1861. SAMUEL b. 11 Feb. 1798; died at Exeter, Me., Oct. 1841. SILENCE b. 22 Sept. 1800; died 10 April 1816. CYRUS b. 23 March 1803; lost at sea 1823. JACOB H. b. 22 March 1806. The spelling of the surname was changed to Roak by act of Mass. Legislature before 1820. John Roak married Joanna Larrabee who was born 3 Nov. 1798. He lived on a farm nearly opposite where Wm. D. Roak now lives, about lot 120. His family were. CYRUS S. b. 25 Nov. 1822; d. May 1844. ALICE S. b. 3 June 1824; d. May 1844. MARY E. b. 13 Jan. 1826; m. 26 Nov. 1862 James H. Eveleth. MARTHA A. b. 2 Nov. 1827; m. 9 Mch. 1852 Stillman Larrabee. EMELINE L. b. 25 Jan. 1831; m. 28 Feb. 1856 John S. Parker. HANNAH F. b. 5 April 1832; d. 13 Nov. 1863. ANGELIA M. b. 24 Jan. 1839; m. 30 Aug. 1862 Elisha S. Newell. Wm. Roak, who married Mercy Davis, died 23 July 1876. He lived on the farm now occupied by his son, William D. Roak. His family were as follows: WILLIAM D. b. 4 Dec. 1820. ELIZA A. b. 29 Oct. 1823; d. 26 March 1851. HARRIET E. b. 9 June 1826; m. 9 Dec. 1857 Geo. Washington Strout of Durham. EMILY J. b. 15 Nov. 1833; d. 8 Jan. 1853. LUCRETIA M. b. 31 March 1836; m. (1) Wm. Robinson, (2) Wm. Davis. Lives in Portland. EMILUS W. b. 4 Sept. 1829; d. s. p. 28 Apr. 1860; m. Isabel Gilpatrick. She d. 17 Aug. 1865. ISAAC M. b. 15 Jan. 1838; d. 26 Feb. 1838. William D. Roak married, 4 June 1843 Ann S. Wagg, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Miller) Wagg, who was born 28 Aug. 1820. Five children. CYRUS A. b. 16 June 1844; m. Sarah Ealley of Epping, N.H. Resides in Cochituate, Mass. ALGERNON M. b. 26 Dec. 1846; m. Jennie S. Hutchings of Winthrop, Me. He is a well known undertaker in Auburn. MILLBURY F. b. 26 May 1849; m. Julia Sanders of Ossipee, N.H. He is a provision merchant in Boston of the firm of Tucker and Roak. EMILY E. b. 11 June 1854. ROSA BELL b. 13 Oct. 1861. Teacher in Durham. ROBERTS. John Roberts of Gloucester, Mass., may have been son of Robert Roberts of Ipswich, who had a son John born 1646. John of Gloucester married, 4 Feb. 1677, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Bray, and died 10 Jan. 1714. Of their seven children Ebenezer was born in 1690. His wife's name was Sarah. They had three children born before 1721. They moved to Falmouth, Me., before 1727. They had sons Ebenezer Jr., William, born Mch. 1725 and Vinson, born 8 June 1727. Of these Ebenezer Jr. married, in 1737, Mary Kinnicum of Gloucester, Mass., and was one of the first settlers in Royalsborough, on lot 30, where he died in 1805. The birth of his son William is recorded in Cape Elizabeth, 15 Mch. 1739. It is probable that Ebenezer's daughters, Anna and Lydia, married John and Stephen Randall. The following marriages we are unable to classify. Some of them were probably of this family. HANNAH m. 26 Oct. 1789 Joseph Paul. MOSES m. 18 Jan. 1798 Susannah Harmon. EBENEZER JR. m. 1801 Lydia Merrill of Lewiston. SUSANNAH m. 14 Nov. 1807 Joseph B. Allen. William Roberts, son of Ebenezer, married, 16 Oct. 1777, Susannah Randall and bought lot 147 of Isaac Randall, 6 Feb. 1787. Isaac Randall received this in the will of Col. Jonathan Bagley. It is probable that William Roberts had lived there some years before taking the deed. He died in 1804 and his widow and children moved to Genesee Co., N.Y., before 1815. The children were. CATHERINE b. 10 Nov. 1778; m. 10 Oct. 1797 Thomas Wharf. MERCY b. 7 Aug. 1780; d. young. SUSANNA b. 15 Jan. 1782; m. 26 Nov. 1801 James Gerrish. SALLY b. 31 Mch. 1784; m. June 20 1806 Kinnecum Roberts of Durham. WILLIAM b. 29 Dec. 1787. MARY b. 20 Feb. 1791; m. Robert Jones. HANNAH CHAPMAN b. 20 May 1793; m. Eldrick Smith. BENJAMIN b. 21 Feb. 1795. MICHAEL b. 24 June 1797. CATHERINE b. 12 Dec. 1799. Benjamin Roberts came from Cape Elizabeth and settled near the house where David Crockett Jr. now lives, on lot 32. He was burned with his house in 1805. His son, Benjamin Jr., was born at Cape Elizabeth 24 Oct. 1769; m. 11 Aug. 1791 Sarah Paul, who was born in Berwick 28 June 1769. He died in Durham 18 Sept. 1849. ELIZABETH b. 26 April 1793. SARAH b. 9 Mch. 1795. Unm. ABIGAIL b. 14 July 1797. BENJAMIN b. 14 July 1799; d. 29 April 1805. HIRAM b. 16 Mch. 1804. Unm. PATIENCE b. 4 May 1805. NAHUM d. young. BENJAMIN P. b. 1 June 1807; m. 1831 Lucy Tyler of Pownal; d. 11 June 1888. Wife died 4 May 1896, aged 84 yrs. 9 mos. Ch. Nahum, John T., Harriet, Sarah, Wm. Henry, Lucy E., Frank, Mary, and Benjamin F. The last d. in a Hospital in Virginia 9 July 1865, aged 18 yrs. 8 mos. 17 days. He was a member of Co. C 32d Me. Regt. Vincent (or Vinson) Roberts of Cape Elizabeth married Susanna York in 1772. She was sister to Samuel and Joseph York. He was one of the earliest settlers of Durham on lot 32. He afterward moved to near Chandler's mill. No record of his birth or death has been found. JOANNA b. 1 Oct. 1773; m. (1) 12 Jan. 1792 Ezekiel Turner; (2) Samuel Sawyer; d. 27 Mch. 1858. SAMUEL YORK b. 3 May 1776; m. 1799 Betsey Plummer. JAMES b. 10 Dec. 1779; m. 1802 Sally Turner of Freeport. THOMAS m. 4 Dec. 1806 Submit York. Their children were Samuel b. 13 Feb. 1810; Rebecca b. 11 May 1816; True Glidden b. 2 Feb. 1819; Susannah b. 18 May 1822. He married (2) 4 Dec. 1828 Rebecca Skilling of Cape Elizabeth. EBENEZER m. 1809 Sally Plummer. SUSANNAH m. 16 Oct. 1811 Robert Hunnewell. DANIEL b. 16 July 1790. See p. 66. REUBEN m. 1817 Sally Goodwin. HANNAH ( ?) m. 12 Mch. 1798 Jacob Sawyer. SALLY. LEMUEL. ROBINSON. The emigrant ancestor of the Robinsons of Durham was John, 1640, who was killed by the Indians at Exeter, N.H., 21 Oct. 1675. The descent from him is through Stephen, John and John Jr. The latter married at Kittery, 10 Dec. 1722 Sarah Jordan, granddaughter of Rev. Robert Jordan. They settled at Pond Cove, Cape Elizabeth. Their son Joshua married 16 Nov. 1764, Sarah Miller. Samuel was the oldest of their ten children, b. in Cape Elizabeth 1 April 1766. He married 4 Dec. 1788, Catherine Clark. They moved to Durham about 1794 and settled on lot 94. He died 25 Sept. 1842; his wife died 8 Sept. 1830. Their children were. SAMUEL b. 1789; m. Phebe Wagg; killed by an accident 15 Oct. 1819. Four daughters. APOLLOS b. Oct. 1790; d. 8 March 1852. JOSHUA b. June 1792; Eleanor Dyer. Died 10 April 1877. She died 25 Sept. 1843, aged 56 yrs. Ch. Joshua, Frances, Martha, William, Samuel, and Augustus. SARAH b. 22 June 1794; m. 1 Jan. 1818 Samuel Stackpole; d. 8 Feb. 1836. EUNICE b. 28 Feb. 1796; m. 19 Nov. 1822 James Thomas of Sabattus; d. 22 Sept. 1876. Sylvanus D. Thomas of Lewiston is their son. JAMES b. 1 Jan. 1798. See below. JANE b. 24 Nov. 1799; m. 20 Aug. 1820 Edmund Dow; d. 15 Dec. 1855. CATHERINE b. Oct. 1802; m. Joshua Mitchell; d. 8 Sept. 1830? HANNAH b. 3 Feb. 1804; m. 2 Dec. 1830 Rev. John Miller; d. 8 Sept. 1881. MARY b. 17 April 1806; m. 1833 Abner Waterhouse; d. 7 May 1868. WILLIAM b. 4 Jan. 1809; m. 1834 Huldah Dyer; d. 30 Oct. 1878. CHARLES b. 25 Dec. 1811; m. 3 Sept. 1838 Pamelia M. Bowie. James Robinson m. 3 Dec. 1822, Susan, dau. of Capt. Charles Barbour of Gray. She was born 22 March 1803 and died in Durham 26 Dec. 1876. He lived on the homestead as a farmer and died 29 July 1873. WILLIAM B. b. 28 July 1823; d. 18 Mch. 1849. BETSEY B. b. 8 Oct. 1825; d. 29 June 1826. CHARLES B. b. 25 April 1827; m. Frances Robinson; d. 3 Mch. 1865. MARY L. b. 26 June 1829; d. 8 Mch. 1844. CATHARINE C. b. 30 Mch. 1831; m. ---- Walker. CLARISSA A. b. 8 Nov. 1833; m. James Adams of Portland. JAMES E. b. 3 July 1837; d. 14 July 1858. SUSAN E. b. 3 July 1837. LEWIS C. b. 8 Aug. 1839; d. 22 Oct. 1840. LEWIS C. b. 2 June 1844; m. Rachel Bowie. Machinist. Resides in Pittsfield, N.H. One son, Cyrus, m. Mabel Avery of Lisbon and lives in Exeter, N.H. MARY b. 2 June 1844; d. 1 April 1845. SANBORN. Simeon Sanborn, son of Tristram and Abigail (Blake) Sanborn, was born in Kingston, N.H., 2 Feb. 1752. He was fifth in descent from Lt. John Sanborne of Hampton, N.H. His first wife was a sister to Capt. Joshua Snow, near whom he lived. His intentions of marriage with Anna Randall were recorded 27 April 1795. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and died therein. His widow was living in 1825. A son Peter, born in No. Salisbury 5 April 1779, married 18 Jan. 1803 Hannah Gerrish and moved to Litchfield. A daughter Susanna was born in Royalsborough 1 July 1781. Another daughter, Molly, born 18 Oct. 1783, married 24 Nov. 1803 Jeremiah Staples of Topsham. SAWYER. William Sawyer came to New England in 1640. It was probably his son James who married Sarah Bray in Gloucester, Mass., and had a son Jacob, born 1687, who married in 1716 Sarah Wallis and moved to Falmouth, Me. A brother John married Rebecca Stanford and came also to Falmouth in 1719 also a brother Isaac, and a Job Sawyer, whose connection is unknown. All the Sawyers of Cape Elizabeth and Durham are descended, doubtless, from the source mentioned. Jacob Sawyer was born in Cape Elizabeth. Soldier of the Revolution. Moved to Durham about 1795. Jacob Sawyer married in Cape Elizabeth 18 April 1782 Sarah Hatch, who died in Durham 14 Mch. 1797, aged 42 yrs. They had a son Joseph who m. 9 April 1797 Elizabeth Johnson and had at least four children, viz., Sarah, b. 28 April 1793; Amasa b. 10 Dec. 1799; William b. 4 July 1801 and d. 21 Dec. 1803; and Joseph Jr. b. 2 Jan. 1803. Jacob Sawyer m. (2) 12 Mch. 1798 Hannah Roberts, who died 12 Feb. 1799, aged 39 yrs. They had a daughter Mary b. 25 Jan. 1799. He m. (3) 2 Dec. 1801 Esther. dau. of Dea. James Hibbard. She died 28 Dec. 1861, aged 83 yrs. He died 10 Dec. 1832, aged 74 yrs. By third marriage were the following children: JACOB b. 21 Oct. 1802; d. 15 Jan. 1804. OLIVE m. 1830, Lemuel Turner. MERCY m. 25 Oct. 1833 Nathaniel Mirch of Westbrook. MERRICK d. in Thomaston 4 Jan. 1894. Dealer in granite. JAMES, a preacher. See p. 71. DAVID BLETHEN b. Dec. 1819; m. Charlotte, dau. of Joshua Gerrish of Lisbon. M. D. at Brunswick 1842. Practiced medicine at Mechanic Falls, So. Paris and Lewiston. ESTHER. SCOTT. Capt. John Scott came to Durham in 1791 from Portland, where he married 1 April 1782 Mary, dau. of John and Abigail (Stickney) Burnham. He was a sea-captain. Died in Durham 3 April 1803. His wife was born in Portland 29 Dec. 1762. 9 ch. POLLY b. 19 Dec. 1783; m. 28 Aug. 1802 Davis Randall of Freeport and died 10 June 1839. ANDREW b. 9 Aug. 1785; m. 30 Jan. 1812 Priscilla Woodbury. BARBARA b. 12 Nov. 1787; m. 25 Mch. 1807 Joseph M. Gerrish; d. 12 Oct. 1841. ABIGAIL b. 21 Feb. 1890; m. 13 Jan. 1813 Jacob Herrick, Jr. ELEANOR b. 3 May 1792; m. Isaac Bishop and died six months after marriage. THOMAS STICKNEY b. 6 Oct. 1794; unm. Accidentally killed on a vessel in Portland harbor. JOHN BURNHAM b. 6 Oct. 1796; m. (1) Maria Seward; (2) Catherine Cross in Portland. JACOB BURNHAM b. 29 May 1799; m. (1) Mary Ann Brown; (2) Mary E. Tibbetts; d. in Durham. JOSIAH BURNHAM b. 10 Oct. 1801; d. in Portland 7 Sept. 1863. Unm. SKINNER. John Skinner of Cape Elizabeth, a Rev. soldier and pensioner, came to Durham about 1790 and settled on lot 87, which he bought of Willis Hall of Medford for sixty pounds. Hall received this lot by will of Isaac Royall. Skinner sold 74 acres of this, 24 March 1808, to Samuel Nichols Jr., for $1120. He died 16 March 1844. He married 1 June 1775 Catherine Jordan of Cape Elizabeth. His wife died 19 Jan. 1832. This family moved to Lewiston. Their children were: JOHN JR. b. at Cape Elizabeth 28 Mch. 1777. ANDREW b. 10 Jan. 1781; m. 21 Aug. 1806 Wealthy Green; d. 26 Feb. 1857. A son Jordan b. 18 May 1808, d. 29 Dec. 1863. SARAH b. 18 Aug. 1782; m. 1808, Job Mitchell of Raymond. PETER b. 17 Jan. 1784. DAVID b. 10 Nov. 1786. JOSEPH b. 11 Oct. 1789. SAMUEL b. in Durham 18 Dec. 1791; m. 18 Mch. 1819 Eleanor Jordan; d. 1876. FREEMAN b. 2 Oct. 1794; m. 15 Jan. 1824 Joanna Robinson of Durham; d. 29 Dec. 1838. JOANNA b. 27 Dec. 1797; d. 21 Feb. 1840. SNOW. Capt. Joshua Snow, of Scotch descent, was born in Salisbury, Mass., in 1760. He entered the Revolutionary Army at the age of seventeen and served through the war. Was first sergeant at the time of his discharge. Was wounded, wintered at Valley Forge. He came to Royalsborough about 1782. Married (1) 13 Jan. 1785 Molly Roberts of Durham; (2) 29 July 1800 Sarah Snow of Harpswell. Six children by first marriage, two by second. Lived about a mile from the Friends Meeting House, on the road to Brunswick. The old homestead is now occupied by his grandson Actor Snow. He died in Bowdoin, Me., in 1839. Two sisters were the wives of Simeon Sanborn and O. Israel Bagley. JOSHUA (Int. Rec. 3 Sept. 1808) Lucretia McIntire of New Gloucester. He settled in New Gloucester and died there about 1843. EBENEZER m. 23 Oct. 1815 Makeda McIntire. Died in New Gloucester at age of 37 yrs. SARAH m. 2 Oct. 1803 Jonathan Ham of Wales. They moved to Ohio in 1817. ANNA, died young. SIMEON b. 11 April 1792; m. Sally Wilson of Durham. Lived and died on the homestead. Four ch. ACTOR b. 4 June 1831; Thankful; Rachel Ann; and Apphia Wilson. MOSES b. 1794; m. 4 Dec. 1817 Deborah Bishop of Harpswell. Died in Bowdoin in 1884. His wife died in 1874, aged 80 yrs. MARY m. 25 Mch. 1828 Ebenezer Newell 3d. HANNAH m. 8 Mch. 1827 Tappan Prescott. STACK POLE. On the southern coast of Wales, about six miles from Pembroke, there rises a columnar mass of limestone, called THE STACK ROCK. It is at the mouth of an inlet or pool, which is named from the Rock the Stack-pool. A Norman, said to have been knighted by William the Conqueror, built his castle on this inlet and was called Richard de Stackpol, since pol in old English meant a pool of water. The castle has been remodeled more than once, yet the foundations remain the same, and it has for about eight centuries borne the name of STACKPOLE COURT. It is at present the seat of the Earl of Cawdor. The Stackpole coat of arms, as old as 1250, is a red rampant lion, having a gold collar, on a silver shield. The lineage of the Pembrokeshire Stackpoles for two or three centuries is on record at the College of Heraldry in London. It declares that Sir Robert Stackpole went with Strongbow to the conquest of Ireland in 1168. His descendants became numerous in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, holding many official positions. Twenty mayors, Aldermen and Recorders by the name of Stackpole are found in the records of Limerick from 1450 to 1650. James Stacpole (for the name was till within a century spelled without a k) was born in 1652 and was probably a son of Philip Stacpole of Limerick, Ireland. He was living in Dover, N.H., (now Rollinsford) in 1680, and had married Margaret, dau. of James and Margaret Warren, ancestors of all the Warrens of Durham. He died in 1736, and of his six children Philip received the homestead. He married Mercy ---- and died in 1761. They had seven children, of whom James married Elizabeth Pierce and had six sons and two daughters. Of these John Stackpole was born in Somersworth (now Rollinsford) 4 Aug. 1749. He was a tailor by trade. He married 4 July 1775, Elizabeth, dau. of David and Mary Dunning of Brunswick and settled in Harpswell at High Head. In 1792 he removed with his family to Durham and settled on lot 91. He died 26 June 1829. His wife was born 9 Sept. 1751 and died 29 Feb. 1836. Nine children. JOHN DUNNING b. 20 May 1776. See below. HANNAH b. 27 Oct. 1778; m. Capt. William Webster; d. 29 June 1851. Ten children. DAVID DUNNING b. 11 June 1781. See below. MARY b. 7 June 1783; m.25 Dec. 1806 Capt. Joseph Webster of Gray; d. 19 Sept. 1871. Mr. Webster was born 26 Sept. 1776 and died 26 Feb. 1843. Nine children. LYDIA b. 30 June 1785; m. 26 Nov. 1808 David Thompson, then of So. Lewiston, afterward of Greene. She died 17 July 1870. Mr. Thompson was born 14 Sept. 1786 and died 30 Dec. 1874. Nine children. JANE DUNNING b. 27 Dec. 1788; d. 10 April 1851. Unm. JAMES DUNNING b. 15 Mch. 1790; d. Aug. 1810 at Salem, Mass. Unm. SAMUEL OWEN b. 19 Dec. 1794. See p. 251. HENRY RICHER b. 9 Feb. 1797; d. Oct. 1819 at City Point, Va. Unm. John Dunning Stackpole, born 20 May 1776, married 26 Mch. 1797 Betty, dau. of Stephen and Desire (Turner) Weston. He was a farmer in Durham, Lisbon and Gardiner. Died in Gardiner 15 Oct. 1850. His wife, born 6 Sept. 1777, died 19 May 1854. Their six children were all born in Durham. DEBORAH b. 31 July 1798; m. Wm. Smith of Lisbon. AARON b. 13 Jan. 1801; m. 21 Feb. 1828 Mary B. Hinkley of Lisbon. Farmer and merchant. Died in Gardiner 22 June 1885. Nine children. ELIZA b. 1 Feb. 1804; m. 15 Aug. 1824 Joel Chandler of Freeport. MARY b. 8 June 1807; m. (1) Wm. Kempton; (2) Capt. Charles J. Fogg of San Francisco. She died in Los Angeles, Cal. Jan. 1898, aged 90 yrs. 7 mos. JUDITH b. 1810; m. (1) Charles Wilson of Gardiner; (2) Mr. Ricker. HARRIET b. 29 April 1814; m. Seth Kempton; d. s. p. 28 April 1857. David Dunning Stackpole, born 11 June 1781, married 4 Jan. 25, 1807, Judith, dau. of Walter and Deborah (Cushing) Hatch of Hingham, Mass. He studied navigation in Portland and became a wealthy sea-captain. Most of his life was spent in Portland and on the sea. He was generous and much beloved, a man of thought and activity. He was one of a few attendants at the Second Parish Church in Portland who helped through college lads who afterward became well known as Prof. Calvin Stowe and Pres. Cyrus Hamlin. He moved to S. W. Bend in old age and died there 20 May 1856. His wife, born 20 Mch. 1788, died in Lisbon 17 Jan. 1879. Their eleven children were born in Portland. WILLIAM HENRY b. 2 Oct. 1807; m. 20 Aug. 1829 Susan M. Bond of N.Y. He died at sea, leaving two daughters. CHARLES AUGUSTUS b. 13 Sept. 1809; m. 4 Aug. 1835 Mary Smith Merrill of Portland. He became prominent as an advocate of total abstinence and of the abolition of slavery. He was merchant, bank cashier, editor and farmer. He sacrificed much for conscience's sake. He was an uncompromising moral reformer. Died 16 Dec. 1890 at Lexington, Mass. Four children. DAVID DUNLAP b. 2 Aug. 1811; m. 24 Nov. 1852 Celinda Plympton. He became a wealthy merchant of Boston and died there 11 Mch. 1879. Three children. FRANCES HALL b. 13 July 1813; m. (1) Mr. Dominicus Parker of Bangor; (2) the Rev. George Bradburn. Died in Melrose, Mass., Jan. 1899. ELIZABETH ANGELIA b. 16 Oct. 1815; m. 16 May 1831 John E. Godfrey, lawyer and Judge of Bangor. Died 17 May 1878. Two sons. ADDISON b. 21 Oct. 1817; died young. SUSAN WOOD b. 1 Sept. 1820; d. 30 Aug. 1890. Unm. HELEN LOUISE b. 8 Feb. 1823; m. Charles Adams of Galveston, Texas. d. s. p. 8 Nov. 1857. MARY BLANCHARD b. 28 Jan. 1825; d. 14 April 1844. Unm. ELLIS MERRILL b. 22 May 1828; m. 5 Feb. 1851 Eliza L., dau. of the Rev. Robert and Susan (Hardy) Crozier. He was interested in a line of steamers from N.Y. to Galveston, Texas, and had a successful business career. Died in Galveston, 1 Dec. 1886. Twelve ch. HENRIETTE MARIA b. 2 May 1830; m. 18 April 1850 James F. Cruger. Living in Texas. Samuel Owen Stackpole, born 19 Dec. 1794; married (1) Jan. 1818 Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Catherine (Clark) Robinson; (2) 8 Nov. 1838 Eliza, dau. of Elijah and Eliza (Swett) Macomber. His first wife was born 22 June 1794 and died 8 Feb. 1837. His second wife was born 9 April 1810 and died in Brunswick 12 May 1888. He died in Brunswick 7 April 1876. See p. 123. Nine children by first marriage. SARAH b. 10 Nov. 1818; m. 5 Oct. 1837 Gardner G. Larrabee; d. 14 Aug. 1889. ELIZABETH b. 5 Sept. 1820; d. 20 Sept. 1823. HANNAH b. 19 May 1822; m. (1) 21 May 1848 Daniel R. Fickett; (2) 10 April 1856 the Rev. Christopher C. Covell. She died at Pownal 17 Aug. 1875. SAMUEL b. 25 Aug. 1824; m. 24 July 1847 Emeline Wyman; d. s. p. in Auburn 25 July 1890. HENRY RICKER b. 27 Oct. 1826; m. 14 July 1851 Apphia Swasey. Lives at Montpelier, Vt. Five children. DAVID b. 20 Sept. 1828; m. 12 April 1867 Hattie, dau. of Jeremiah and Mary (Gerrish) Day. After spending some years in Cal. he returned and settled on the homestead, where he died 2 June 1897. His only child Ralph, born 31 Jan. 1876, holds the old homestead which has been held in the Stackpole name since 1783. CATHERINE b. 14 Jan. 1831; d. 1 Sept. 1832. WILLIAM b. 1 Sept. 1832; m. 20 Nov. 1855 Lucy, dau. of Dea. William and Maria (Blethen) Dingley. He lives on lot 89. Has been Selectman and Representative. A daughter, Maria L. b. 6 April 1865, m. 24 Nov. 1887, Frank M. Drinkwater. They live in West Somerville, Mass. A son Merton G. b. 15 Nov. 1866, m. 21 Nov. 1889 Marietta, dau. of Isaiah and Sarah (Doughty) Trufant. They have a child Hazel T. born 13 Mch. 1891. CHARLES b. 15 Feb. 1835; m. 1 Jan. 1860 at Calais, Me., Carrie A. Doyle. He is a farmer in Auburn. Their son, the Rev. Charles Henry Stackpole is mentioned in a Biog. Sketch. Children of Samuel O. and Eliza (Macomber) Stackpole. JULIA ANN b. 18 Sept. 1839; m. 11 May 1880 Charles Harrison Brown of Lowell, Mass. He died at Winthrop, Mass., 25 Feb. 1897. She resides in Brunswick, Me. ELIZABETH DUNNING b. 2 Jan. 1842; m. 1 Oct. 1865 Dennis Callahan. Died in West Bridgewater, Mass., 19 Mch. 1873, leaving daughter Lizzie Mildred and son Corydon Howard. The daughter was brought up in the family of her uncle, Samuel Stackpole, and so assumed his surname before her marriage to Leon Strout. MARY BLANCHARD b. 21 Sept. 1843. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN b. 2 Oct. 1845; d. 2 June 1867 in Worcester, Mass. SYLVIA NYE b. 22 Dec. 1847; d. 21 Nov. 1873. Graduate of Mass. State Normal School and teacher in Worcester, Mass. EVERETT S. b. 11 June 1850. HOWARD VINTON b. 22 Mch. 1853; m. 13 April 1896 Cora J., dau. of George W. and Hattie (Doyle) Curtis of Brunswick. After one year in Bowdoin College he entered into business. Is a shoe-dealer in Brunswick. STETSON. Elisha Stetson was descended from Robert Stetson (1613-1702), who settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1634, coming from the County of Kent, Eng. The descent is through Joseph (1639-1724), Robert (1670 ----), Anthony (1693-1747), and Isaac (1722-1811). The last married 16 Nov. 1749 Ruth Prouty. Elisha was the sixth of their eleven children, born 8 April 1759, in Scituate, Mass. He married Rebecca Curtis in 1784 and moved to Durham in 1789, settling on the County Road. He died Feb. 1848. RUTH b. 18 Nov. 1784; m. May 1811 Nathaniel Parker. SALLY b. 20 July 1786; unm. ELISHA b. 17 Nov. 1788. See below. STEPHEN b. 28 May 1791; m. 13 Aug. 1813 Betsey Dennison of Freeport. Lived in Lewiston. 6 ch. ISAAC b. 3 March 1793; m. 23 Nov. 1819 Betsey Curtis of Boston. Lived, in Pownal. 9 ch. CLARISSA b. 18 May 1795; m. 20 Oct. 1820 Eljsha Lincoln; d. 11 March 1840. ABIGAIL, twin to Clarissa: m. 14 Feb. 1828 Nathaniel Parker; d. 24 Jan. 1844. DAVID b. 30 March 1798; m. 4 Dec. 1824 Elizabeth Sylvester of Freeport. Lived in Auburn. 11 ch. MARY b. 6 April 1800; m. 21 Jan. 1821 Capt. Nathaniel Lincoln; d. 16 Oct. 1890. CHARLES b. 11 April 1802; m. Elmira Watson of Calais. Lived in Durham. 3 ch. Isaac b. 2 Aug. 1832; d. young. Ebenezer b. 1 April 1834; m. dau. of Benj. P. Roberts. Susanna b. 19 Sept. 1841. NATHANIEL b. 20 July 1804; m. 24 Dec. 1829 Ann Osgood. Lived in Durham. Died 17 Mch. 1887. Ch. CHARLES B. b. 20 Oct. 1839; m. Maria. dau. of Elisha Lincoln. Educated at Bowdoin College. A. M. Teacher. Died at Malden, Mass. MARY A. b. 13 Mch. 1832. Unm.; JOHN DURAN b. 13 Mch. 1834; taught Lewiston High School four years after graduating at Bowdoin Coll. in 1858. Studied law in Lewiston, and practiced there till 1877. Resides at Red Wing, Minn. Married 1871 Maria. H. Lyon. DAVID OSGOOD b. 13 Nov. 1836. Bowdoin College, 1860. Teacher for a time. Now engaged in lumbering business in Mason, Ill. Married and has one son. Elisha Stetson, Jr., born in Scituate, Mass., 17 Nov. 1788. came to Durham in 1789. For several years he was a seaman. After his marriage he settled in Lewiston. The growth of that city enabled him to sell his land at a great advance. For the remainder of his life he was a well known citizen of Auburn. He helped build the first toll bridge between Lewiston and Auburn and was clerk of the company thirty years. He was interested in the manufacture of woolen goods and in railroads. For several years Auburn had his services on the Board of Selectmen. He was a broad-minded man and interested in everything that pertained to the public welfare. Mr. Stetson married (1) 29 Oct. 1815, Pamelia Haskell of New Gloucester, who died 22 May 1822, leaving three children; (2) 5 April, 1823, Laura Bradford of Turner, who died 20 June 1862, leaving seven children. He died in Auburn 26 Jan. 1876. ELIZABETH A. b. In Sept. 1816; m. Dec. 1839 Nathan Briggs of Auburn; d. Jan. 1895. ALFRED b. 5 Nov. 1818; m. June 1848 Eleanor Barden. EMELINE b. 27 Oct. 1820. BRADFORD b. 15 Jan. 1824. PAMELTA H. b. 19 Feb. 1826; m. Howe Weeks of Auburn. LAURA B. b. 8 Dec. 1827; d. 10 Aug. 1839. SYLVANUS C. b. 28 Sept. 1829. MARIA L. C. b. 27 Nov. 1832. ABIGAIL L. b. 8 Dec. 1837. ELISHA F. b. 26 Dec. 1841; d. Sept. 1869. Elijah Stetson was descended also from Robert of 1613-1702, but through another line, viz., Benjamin (1641-1711), Benjamin (1668-1740), Abijah (1704 ----). Elijah was born in Scituate, Mass., March 1747; m. 9 April 1772 Susannah Curtis of Hanover, Mass. He bought, 8 Aug. 1786, of Charles Gerrish, Jr., lot 31 and built his cabin near the Reed Brook. His first framed house is now over one hundred years old. He m. (2) 17 April 1791 Dorothy Merrill of Durham. By first marriage there were children, Charles and Asenath. The latter married Barnabas Strout. Charles married, 9 Aug. 1798, Sagy Stetson of Freeport. They had children, Asenath, Charles C., Washington, Albert, Dexter and Solomon. Charles C. Stetson, son of Charles and grandson of Elijah m. 24 Jan. 1838 Lydia, dau. of Samuel G. Osgood. He was a farmer and mechanic. 5 ch. SARAH b. 16 Sept. 1843; d. 21 Aug. 1862. LEONARD A. b. 7 Dec. 1845; m. Dora Scott; lives in Durham. LYDIA R. b. 24 Dec. 1847; m. and lives in Vineland, N.J. EMMA O. b. 1 Jan. 1851; m. and lives in Vineland, N.J. OSGOOD C. b, 16 Nov. 1852; deceased. STROUT. Several of this name came from Provincetown, Mass., to Cape Elizabeth about 1730. Joshua Strout married (Int. Rec. 10 Jan. 1741) Sarah Sawyer of Cape Elizabeth. He came to Royalsborough with his son Joshua, Jr., in 1771. His other children were Jacob, who settled in Jay, Joseph of Salem, Mass., Nehemiah of Poland, Sally, Deborah, Thankful and Rebecca. Capt. Joshua Strout was born in Cape Elizabeth in 1745. He married, 6 April 1769, Betsey Cobb, who was born in 1750 and died in Durham in 1832. He built a log house near where the road to South Durham branches from the County Road. In 1780 he built a frame house near where Geo. Washington Strout lately lived at S. W. Bend, and his son Jonathan occupied the log house till later than 1803. Joshua Strout was a master mariner and died in the West Indies 3 Dec. 1793. His widow married, 25 July 1795, Joseph Proctor of Lewiston. SARAH b. 30 May 1770; m. (1) Lemuel McGray; (2) Nathaniel Gerrish; d. in Lisbon, 7 Nov. 1829. BARNABAS b. 28 June 1772. See below. BETSEY b. 6 Feb. 1775; m. 1 Mch. 1791 John Dow; d. in Wilton, 1847. MOLLY b. 16 July 1777; m. 3 Sept. 1795 Dea. Isaac Lambert; d. 1865. JONATHAN b. 27 April 1779. See p. 256. ABIGAIL b. 31 Mch. 1781; m. 19 Nov. 1795 Thomas Lambert; d. in Lisbon 1820. TAMAR b. 16 April 1783; m. 18 Oct. 1798, Abel Curtis, Jr.; d. 13 June 1859. DOLLY b. 16 May 1785; m. 25 Dec. 1803 Simeon Blethen; d. 27 Mch. 1849. EBENEZER b. 19 April 1787. See p. 256. JOSHUA JR. b. 21 Aug. 1789. Lost at sea. JAMES b. 2 April 1792. See below. Barnabas Strout, son of Joshua, m. (1) 4 Dec. 1794 Asenath Stetson; (2) 23 Dec. 1800, Polly Merrill; d. in Durham 1837. Sea-Capt. He lived in the house where Wesley Day now resides, which he bought of David Dyer and enlarged. He built the house next south and kept hotel in both houses. LUSANNAH CURTIS b. 2 Aug. 1796; m. 26 Sept. 1816 Ivory Warren. SAGY b. 5 Jan. 1800; m. 20 Jan. 1820 John Newell. SALLY b. 5 Sept. 1802; m. 2 Dec. 1824 John Spaulding. LUCRETIA b. 12 Feb. 1805; m. 6 June 1822 Sam'l. Soule. ABIGAIL b. 7 July 1807; m. 24 Nov. 1825 Joseph Warren. OSGOOD b. 7 Nov. 1809; unm. MARY ANN b. 6 May 1813; m. 6 Nov. 1855 James Spollett of Brunswick. MERRILL b. 17 Dec. 1815. See p. 258. CAROLINE b. 30 May 1820; m. 24 Sept. 1848 Addison J. Stoddard. Jonathan Strout, son of Joshua, m. 9 Nov. 1797, Sarah Vining who was born in Durham 22 Dec. 1779 and died 25 Feb. 1863 in Auburn. He died in Auburn Aug. 1867. Was a master mariner. Lived first in the old log house, the homestead, then at the Bend, then in 1809 bought a farm on the River Road of Sam'l. Nichols, Theophilus Thomas and George Williams, seventy-five acres of the first, fifty acres each of the others. He kept a store and sold West India goods. Cotton he sold on shares. Women carded and spun a pound of it and returned half a pound of yarn to him. BETSEY b. 26 July 1798; m. 21 Sept. 1817 Ammi Vining. JOSHUA b. 16 Aug. 1800; d. 25 Oct. 1822 at 2.30 A. M. at Havana. THIRZA b. 12 May 1803; m. 5 Sept. 1819, John Weston; d. 30 Nov. 1830 in Durham. JACOB H. b. 14 May 1805; d. in Durham 28 Jan. 1831. ALFRED b. 5 Mch. 1807; d. 15 Jan. 1826 at Point Peter, Guadaloupe. GEORGE W. b. 16 May 1809. See p. 258. HARRIET B. b. 7 Dec. 1811; m. (1) 1 May 1836 Henry Moore of Durham; (2) 1 Jan. 1850, David Cheney of Lisbon. Her children, Emma Moore and Frank Cheney, died young. She died 11 Dec. 1859. DAVID B. b. 5 April 1814. See Biog. Sketch. SEWALL b. 24 Sept. 1816; m. Dolly, dau. of Orlando Merrill. Representative to the Legislature and often Selectman. A son Edward died 26 Jan. 1866, aged 23 yrs. Another son, Horace, married Laura Varney of Brunswick and had a son Leon, who married Lizzie Mildred Stackpole. NELSON b. 3 Sept. 1819; m. Jane Williams of Durham; d. 8 Aug. 1867. Was Deputy Sheriff and Representative. Had two sons, Prescott R., who m. Clara Colley and lives on the homestead at S. W. Bend, and Sumner who was a Lieut. in the Civil War and was killed in battle. HARRISON B. b. 19 Oct. 1821; m. Vesta Williams; lived as a farmer on the River Road, moved to La Porte, Ind., and died there. A son, Alfred Otis, is a physician in Iowa. Daughter, Mabel L. MARY E. b. 26 Aug. 1826; m. (1) 31 May 1846 Horace L. Corbett; (2) 18 Dec. 1852 Lewis Whitney, R. R. Conductor of Portland. Ebenezer Strout, son of Joshua, married 27 Nov. 1806, Mary Weeman. Lived at S. W. Bend. Died 27 Sept. 1821. Their children were: CATHERINE W. b. 9 Oct. 1807; d. 27 Jan. 1828. Unm. JOSHUA b. 10 Sept. 1809; m. 1835 Rhoda Jordan of Lewiston. Their son James G. was born Mch. 1836 and m. 25 Nov. 1858 Olive E. Lambert of Durham. JOSEPH W. b. 10 July 1811 GEORGE WASHINGTON b. 10 Aug. 1813; m.29 Dec. 1857 Harriet Ellen Roak, who was born 9 June 1826. He died 12 Nov. 1889. 3 ch. LIZZIE JANE b. 30 Mch. 1860; m. 19 Dec. 1887 Thomas Dyer Sale. LINCOLN b. 16 Feb. 1862; d. 9 July 1876. SHERMAN b. 6 Nov. 1864. EBENEZER KING b. 27 Feb. 1816; d. in N. Yarmouth in 1865, leaving a widow and five children. ELIZABETH COBB b. 8 May 1818; m. 18 May 1837 John Hinkley of Brunswick. ELBRIDGE GERRY b. 16 June 1820; unm.; d. at sea, at age of 20 yrs. James Strout (See Biog. Sketch ) married (1) 25 Nov. 1810, Patience Harrington; (2) 12 Feb. 1815, Abigail Miller; (3) 13 July 1823, Hannah Gerrish. JOSEPH m. Matilda Brewster. Died in Parkman. JAMES JR. b. 28 July 1816. See below. ALBION P. b. 5 Dec. 1824; m. Geraldine Harmon. Resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. Sons, Edwin B. and William H. ALLEN C. b. 14 Nov. 1830; m. Emma L. Lodewick of N.Y.; d. s. p. 6 July 1880. HARRIET M. b. 28 Aug. 1834; m. 20 Aug. 1860 Wm. Noble of Portland. CHARLES B. b. 9 Aug. 1836; m. (1) Isabel Holt of Bangor; (2) Louise Davis. Resides in Buffalo, N.Y. One son, George Holt Strout. CAROLINE G. b. 23 Sept. 1838; d. 10 June 1885. SARAH H. b. 23 May 1841; m. 23 May 1861, Henry Fitz; d. 11 Oct. 1868, leaving two children, Marcia and Charles Fitz. MARTHA E. b. 19 April 1844; m. 1 Oct. 1868 Fred Stanwood of Brunswick; d. s. p. 29 April 1894. James Strout, Jr., born 28 July 1816, married in July 1842 Mehitabel A. Whitney of Lisbon and died 10 Aug. 1870. His wife, born 1 April 1822, died 9 Oct. 1871. He was for many years a trader at South West Bend, serving also a long time as Postmaster. He was an active politician of the Democratic party. He filled the office of Town Clerk eight years. Considering the opportunities that Durham afforded, it may be said that he accumulated large wealth. He possessed a genial disposition and attractive social qualities. REVILLO m.b. 3 Aug. 1843. See p. 258. ORIANNA L. b. 15 May 1845; m. C. Emery Knight; d. 30 Jan. 1879. MELVILLE C. b. 29 April 1847. Merchant in Boston. ORVILLE D. b. 8 Oct. 1849. Merchant in Boston. FRANCILLA b. 17 Mch. 1852. Resides in Boston. EULALIA b. 3 May 1854; d. 21 July 1882. IDELLA b. 9 July 1856; m. ---- Whittier. George W. Strout, son of Jonathan, born in Durham 16 May 1809, married 7 Sept. 1832, Sarah H. Hibbard, who was born in Lisbon 17 June 1811 and died 30 June 1887. He died in Lewiston 15 Dec. 1890. He lived at South West Bend in the house next to the Union Church, which now serves as a Masonic Hall and Hall for the Grange. ELIZABETH A. b. 23 June 1833; m.---- Jordan; d. 29 Mch. 1888. JACOB A. b. 21 May 1835; m. Sophronia Clymens; d. at Gold Hill, Nev., 9 Dec. 1873. HARRIET A. b. 10 May 1837; d. 22 Sept. 1855. SARAH M. b. 1 Dec. 1839; m. George Roberts. MARGERY H. b. 2 Mch. 1842; m. Frederick Reed. GEORGE J. b. 5 Sept. 1844; d. 12 May 1864. LUCY E. b. 19 June 1847; m. Frank Brooks. I. C. KNOWLTON b. 29 June 1850; d. 9 Dec. 1883. FRANK H. b. 9 Oct. 1854. Merrill W. Strout, son of Barnabas, married, 28 Nov. 1839, Mary Gerrish. He was a prominent and good citizen of Durham and of Brunswick. Died in Woburn, Mass., 8 Feb. 1893. ADALANTHA b. 4 Dec. 1842; m. G. P. Lombard of Belfast. HOWARD EVERTON b. 4 July 1846; lives in Brockton, Mass. CHARLES MERRILL b. 30 Nov. 1848; lives in Woburn, Mass. OSCAR L. b. 24 July 1850; lives in Boston, Mass. Revillo M. Strout, son of James Strout Jr., born 3 Aug. 1843, married, 4 Aug. 1872 Mary V., dau. of James and Sarah (Herrick) Newell. He has been in trade at South West Bend since 1872. It was principally through his influence that the stage and mail route was established between Durham and Auburn, and he drove the stage several years. His social and obliging ways have made him well and widely known. Nothing can be truthfully said to his discredit. His children are as follows: BELLE GILMAN b. 13 July 1874. HARRY HERRICK b. 21 June 1878. CHARLES EMERY b. 1 March 1881. Solomon, son of Elisha and Eunice (Freeman) Strout, was born 13 April 1777 in Gorham, Me. He was related to Joshua Strout. He married, 20 Nov. 1800, Mrs. Patience (Wallace) Fickett of Falmouth, and lived in Limington. They had two sons who settled in Durham, Elisha and William W. Elisha Strout, born 8 Sept. 1811, married 14 Oct. 1838 Mary Ann Tyler of Pownal, who was born 29 May 1816 and died 12 Nov. 1895. He died 17 Sept. 1887. They had two daughters, Emma who married in California, and Maggie who married Wesley Day of Durham. William Wallace Strout was born in Limington 4 Feb. 1804. He married, 25 Aug. 1830 Harriet A., dau. of William and Anna (Hoyt) Newell. He died in Durham 11 Nov. 1872. WILLIAM N. b. 25 Jan. 1832; m. 25 Feb. 1865 Carrie Turner of Durham. Lives in Winthrop, Me. FREEMAN b. 9 Dec. 1834; m. 25 Dec. 1860 Harriet E. Mitchell of Bath. He was killed at the battle of Chantilly 1 Sept. 1862. No children. MELISSA J. b. 7 Mch. 1837, m. 18 Feb. 1863 William S. Miller. FREDERICK b. 2 Jan. 1840; m. 6 April 1871 Myra R. Fogg of Bath; d. 19 Aug. 1878. SYDLEMAN. John Sydleman, sea-captain, was born in Norwich, Conn., in 1763. He married Esther Stickney of Portland and settled in Durham, on the lower County Road, in 1791. Died 3 Oct. 1805, lost at sea. His wife died 27 April 1850, aged 84 years. MARY m. 25 Nov. 1811 William Gerrish. SOPHIA m. Elisha Jones of China, Me. JOHN m. 3 Nov. 1820 Mary Woodbury. Was Deacon in the Cong. Ch. Farmer on the homestead. Died 20 Aug. 1867, aged 70 yrs. 10 mos. His wife died in 1880, aged 84 yrs. Ch. Esther; Louise who m. 10 Oct. 1848 Reuben H. Byram and is now living in Colorado Springs; George A., who m. 29 Nov. 1849 Frances E. Sylvester; and John, who died, leaving a family in Mass. REBECCA b. 22 Mch. 1795; m. 20 Oct. 1814 James Woodbury. CHARLOTTE b. 25 Sept. 1799; m. 21 Oct. 1817 Joshua Gerrish; d. in Lisbon 22 Jan. 1879. GEORGE A. d. at San Jago 30 Dec. 1820, aged 22 yrs. ELIZA m. 21 Feb. 1841 Amasa Sylvester of Freeport. SYLVESTER. Richard Sylvester came from England about 1630 and settled in Weymouth, Mass. He married in 1632 Naomi Torrey and had eleven children. One was Joseph, born 1638, whose son Amos was born 15 Nov. 1685 and married 20 Nov. 1706 Elizabeth Henchman. He died 23 Oct. 1753. Amos Jr., born 14 Sept. 1707, married Patience Palmer 7 Feb. 1732 and had a son Job, born 1742, who married Margaret Stetson in Hanover, Mass., 8 June 1765. He moved to Durham and died there 6 Oct. 1832. His wife died 8 Dec. 1818. Revolutionary soldier. JOB JR. b. 9 Nov. 1767. See below. AMOS. Killed in War of 1812, leaving widow and children, one of whom, Eben, m. 10 Nov. 1822 Eliza Tyler. Henry Sylvester of Durham is his son, who m. Clara Lunt and has two sons and two daughters. CYNTHIA m. Ezekiel Merrill of Freeport 9 Sept. 1798. DEBORAH m. Wm. Tuttle of Pownal. Died in Ohio. ZILPHA m. 8 Feb. 1810 Zebulon York. Lived in Strong. ROLAND m. 1804, Mrs. Ruth (Estes) Barstow, widow of Daniel Barstow; d. 17 Jan. 1812. JOSEPH m. 20 Dec. 1813 the widow of his brother Roland; d. 28 Feb. 1852. Had a son Roland. Roland Sylvester, son of Joseph, born 21 Sept. 1815, married 15 Jan. 1839 Ursula Nichols. Is still living on the old homestead. Blacksmith and farmer. Six children. ELLEN A. Unm. JOSEPH H. m. Mary E. Gay. Lives in Freeport. Has seven daughters. WILLARD N. m. 24 May 1876 Leona Parker. Lives on the homestead. Has nine sons. SAMUEL N. m. April 1885 Ella Cushing of Freeport. Died, leaving one son. SABLE E. m. 26 Mch. 1875 Leroy Bowie. ZILPHA IDA m. Marcus W. Eveleth of Durham. Job Sylvester, Jr., born 9 Nov. 1767, married 25 Nov. 1790, in Hanover, Mass., Lydia Phillips, who was born 12 Feb. 1769. They settled in Durham about 1800. He was a blacksmith and farmer. About 1840 he and his wife went West to live with his son Benjamin. He died at Manchester, Ind., 19 Oct. 1859. His wife died 3 March 1850. They had nine children, of whom the first five were born in Hanover, Mass. JOHN b. 10 Aug. 1791; m. Esther Collier. Settled in Avon. 6 ch. LYDIA b. 14 Dec. 1792; m. 22 April 1811 Luther Plummer. Settled in Manchester, Ind. JOB PHILLIPS b. 5 Dec. 1794. See p. 261. WILLIAM b. 27 April 1797. See p. 261. BENJAMIN b. 18 Dec. 1799; m. (1) 22 Jan. 1824 Sarah Noyes. She died in Aurora, Ind., 19 Jan. 1838. m. (2) Ann A. Drake, who died 27 Oct. 1872 in St. Paul, Minn. He died in St. Peter, Minn. PATIENCE b. 22 Dec. 1808; m. (1) 1 Feb. 1823 Rev. James Harrington of R.I. 3 ch. m. (2) 17 Nov. 1860 Henry Parker of Jay. She died in Lynn, Mass., 19 Jan. 1890. ROLAND b. 13 Oct. 1814; m. (1) Aurelia Nichols 23 Oct. 1839. (2) 25 Nov. 1847 Grace Nichols. He died in Portland 23 May 1888. 4 daughters by first marriage; 4 sons by second. William Sylvester, born in Hanover, Mass., 27 April 1797, married 3 Dec. 1718 Sarah Cushing, who was born in Durham 21 April 1798 and died 24 Nov. 1877. He died in Durham 8 Feb. 1884. Farmer. HARRIET b. 27 Dec. 1820; m. Isaac Yeaton. She still lives in Auburn. Mr. Yeaton was a soldier in the Rebellion and died in New Orleans 14 Aug. 1864. 5 ch. BENJAMIN F. b. 20 April 1822; m. Eudora Baker. Lives in Chicago. JOHN C. b. 15 Oct. 1824. Lives on the homestead. Unm. FRANCES E. b. 11 Oct. 1827; m. 29 Nov. 1849 Geo. A. Sydleman. WILLIAM J. b. 11 Oct. 1829; d. 24 May 1888. Unm. JAMES C. b. 12 Feb. 1832; m. 6 July 1859 Margaret Tuttle of Pownal. Farmer in Afton, Iowa. One son. GEORGE W. b. 30 April 1836; m. 19 Feb. 1870 Elizabeth Boyce. Soldier in the Rebellion. Lives in Illinois. No ch. Job Phillips Sylvester, born in Hanover 5 Dec. 1794, married 30 Nov. 1821 Elizabeth G. Cushing. Blacksmith. Postmaster. Town officer several years. Justice of Peace. Capt. of Militia in 1828. Died 29 Mch. 1870. MARIA L. B. b. 15 Jan. 1822; m. 25 Nov. 1847 Philip W. Capron of R.I.; died in Quincy, Ill., 23 May 1870. He died in Chicago 2 Jan. 1885. DELPHINA P. b. 13 Dec. 1825; m. 7 April 1844 Wm. U. Thwing, son of Rev. James Thwing of Maine Conf. Residence, Chicago. 8 ch. CI.ARISSA D. b. 22 Dec. 1831; m. 29 April 1861 Hiram J. Drinkwater. He was a farmer in Durham and died 3 April 1892. To her we are indebted for the history of several families. They had a daughter who d. young. They adopted Minnie G. Thwing in 1878 in legal form, b. 16 Oct. 1866. CUSHING b. 27 May 1833; d. 6 Oct. 1883. He served three years in the Rebellion on the gun-boat Cumberland. Married in Chicago 27 June 1865 Mary McLaughlin. 4 ch., only one of whom is living. His wife died in Chicago 13 Sept. 1895. ROSCOE G. b. 17 Nov. 1836. Served throughout the Rebellion. Was Lieut.; m. in Carbonsdale, Ill., 24 Dec. 1867 Marietta A. Bricker. One son. He is a druggist in Carbonsdale, Ill. EUGENE B. b. 7 Aug. 1842; 5 Dec. 1870 Phebe Ella Haskins. She died at Cape Elizabeth 15 Oct. 1896. A son and three daughters live in Auburn.