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
De
div. and in 1798 he bought the adjoimng lot in the 7th ra.
His wife was Ruth, dau. of Jasiah and M«ry Dean of
Taunton, Mass., both died advanced in years and were
interred in the tamil} tomb, on the home farm (102).
Children, as per Hebron records :
Celia, b. Aug. 4, 1789, m. Feb. 2, 1815, Zebedee Pratt
Anna, b. Sept. 8, 1791, pub. Feb. 6, 1808, with Samuel
Gerrish ; m. 3d Drew.
Esther, b. Mar. 12, 1794, m. Sept. 3, 1820, Guy Bates
Waterman of Turner.
Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1795, m. Sally Marble, and 2d Nov.
19, 1838, Mrs. Diantha Carr of Oxford. They had Leon-
ard, Rufus, Marcia, E. Woodman and Ruth.
Clarissa, b. Mar. 9, 1798, m. July 15, 1821, Frederick
Dennen of Poland.
Henry, b. AjTiil 17, 1800, m. Mar. i, 1821, Bathsheba
Dennen of Poland, s. in that town.
Jacob Dean, b. April i, 1802, m. April 19, 1827, Sally,
dau. of John Gardiner. They had Jacob Washington, b.
1829, m. ist Adeline True and 2d Mrs. Mary A. (Pot-
ter), widow of James L. Fuller of the 17th Me. Reg't ,
killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Lucy A., b. 1833.
Roscoe, b. Aug. 25, 1837, m. Jan. i, 1862, Annette M.
Saell. He was selectman of Oxford several years; died
Mar. 23, 1893. Mary A., b. 1840, na. Dec. i, 1866,
Stillman Dennen; she d. in 1879,
J. D. B., d. 1850 or '51, and widow m. Aug. 1854,
Zebedee Pratt of Poland.
Ruth Dean, b. July 2, 1804, m. Moses Chesley.
Mary Staples, b. July 24, 1806, ra. May 28, 1825, Moses
Page of Hebron.
John, b. Oct. 8, 1809, m. Aug. 8, 1-830, Hannah Yates oi
Greenwood. She was b. Feb. 23, 1801, c\ad d. May 4«
1847 ; he d. Oct. 8, 1845. Their children were :
Esther A., b. Oct. 30. 1830, ra. Dennis H^nick.
John H., b. April 7, 1833.
Aaaate of Oxford. 149
Attgu«ta M., b. Jan. 7, 1835, m. Andrew Kempton.
H«rteii$ia E., b. Sept, 17, 1839, adopted by hei- unde
Cy«is, m. Aug. 5, 1855, Lorenzo D. King of Oxford.
Ellsworth A., b. Aug. 25, 1^40, d. July 22, 1869.
Agnes M.. b. Aug. 15, 1842, d. Aug. 13, 1857.
Leonard, b. Jiine 6, i8ia, m. ist May 8, 1836, Mary Ann
Littlefield of Oxford; 2d, Oct. 31, 1842, Abby C. Cox
of Norway, (res. 131)
Cyrus, b. April 5, 1816, cooper, m. April xa, 1838, Susan
P. Noble of Norway, (res. 133)
Daniel Bi'own of Oxford, m. Aug. 20, 1829, Dolly
Hall of Budcfield.
Rev. Wtlliam Brown, a Methodist minister, had set-
liement in South Paris in 1841— 2, and the next year loca-
ted in Welchville, (133). He served on the School Com-
mittee and wa« four years, Town Clerk.. He died at Win-
chiester, Va. Dec. 13, 1864, JE 53.
David Bryant, prob. son of Ichabod, of Raynham,
Ma«s. settled in a part of Paris that was set off to Hebron.
He is in the credits to Raynham for service in several com-
paaiies during the Revolution and came to Maine about the
closing of the war. His wife, Lucy, was his cousin and
it is said that all of their children were born in Mass.
He d. in 1812, and she d., his widow, April 3, 1840.
Children ;
Ichabod. Nancy, m. Moses Smith. David, d. of the
y^ow fever, in the West Indies. Zebulon, b. May 11,
1782, and Arodus, m. Polly Richmond, s. in Paris.
Ichabod Bryant, b. Mar. 3, 1773, son of David, m.
Ruth, dau. of Eliab Richmond, and had, b. in Hebron: —
Ichabod, b. June 24, 1795, m. Aug. 13, 1820, Elizabeth
Stinchfield , of Hebron.
Lucy, b. Nov. 14, 1798, m. Samuel Gurney.
Hannah, b. Feb. 19, i8ai, m. Sept. 9, 1819, John Mich-
ael Hack.
Zebulon, b. Nov. 12, 1802, ra. Jan. 36, 1834, Ly^ia Rich-
mond. He d. 0<^. 13, 1857.
Pb«be, b. Mar. 4, 1805, m. Israel Richmond.
Nehemiah, b. July i^, 1808, d. Feb, 18, i8ii«
Rwth, b, Nov. 1$^ ]^o, d. Aj^il »8, 1^1..
160 Annals of Ozfbrd.
N^bemiah, b. April 2S, 1S12, m. Jan. 26, 1837, Irene
Gould of Hebron.
Ruth, b. Mar. 6, 1816, m. Abial Bowman and had Fred-
erick, m. Georgia Lawreace. Emily, m. Samuel Bent.
Ansel, m. Augusta Bumpas. Lucy, m. Henry Sturtevant ^
Zbbuix>n 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
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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.
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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-