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
a
ed. He d. April 7, 1823. By wife Elizabeth, h« had:
Margaret, b. Feb. 14, 1782, m. Caleb Benson.
John, b. April 28, 1783, m. Nav. 7, 181 1, Luciiida Bearce
of Hebron.
Hezekiah, b. April i, 1785.
James, b. Nov. 5., 1787.
William, b. Feb. ai, 1793, d. Aug. 29, 1817,
186 Annals of Oxford.
Hekhkiah Farris, son of James, m. Sarah Greenwood
of Bethel, Mar. 1807 ; she d. Mar. 2, 1835, in Oxford.
Children, as per Hebron records.
James, b. June 27, 1809, d. Feb. 25, 1812.
Harrison, b. Feb. 26, 1813. Abigail Chadbourne, and Eli-
za Ann, twins, b. Feb. 15, 1815. Rosanna, b. May 26, ^ip.
Granville C, b. Aug. 1821, m. Dec. '51, Lydia M. Corser.
Luey Bearce, b. April 16, 1824, lived twenty-five months.
James Freeland, b. Sept. 12, 1826.
William Harrison, b, Sept. 4, 1829.
James Farris, Jr. m. Sept. 7, 1806, Martha Monk, s.
in Hebron and had :
George, b. Dec. 15, 1807, m. Nov. 22, 1827, Mrs. Thur-
za Churchill, s. Oxford (212), and had Christiana, b.
1830; Joseph, b. 1832, m. Oct. 22, 1855, Hannah V.
Chipman ; Jane, b. 1835 ; Martha, b. 1837 ; Elsey,
b. 1840, and Elizabeth, b. 1844.
Joseph Greenwood, b. Jan. 11, 1809.
Louisa, b. July 30, 1810, d. Mar. 3, 1814.
James, b. Aug. 28, 1812, d. the next February.
William, b. Feb. 6, 1815, m. Harriet N. Pike; succeeded
Mr. Marr in the tannery and lived in the Marr house.
Their children were Mary Emma, b. 1844, m. Cephas
Cary, lives in Oxford.
William Roswell, b. 1847, m. Susanna McAllister, lives
in Oxfoixi.
Frank Melvill, b. 1849, s. Oxford.
Willai-d Davis, b. Oct. 17, 1850, s. Gorham, N. H.
Betsey Dunn, b. Aug. 30, 1817.
Alexander Hamilton, b. Mar. 2, 1819.
William Faunce, son of James^, Thomas*, Thomas',
Joseph^, John', was b. in Plympton, Mass. April 4, 1771,
d. in Oxford, Feb. 20, 185 1. His first wife was Abigail
Hutchinson, who d. in Hebron, Dec. 3, 1803. He m. 2d,
Sept. 8, 1804, Hannah Davis of Hebron, b. Feb. i, 1785.
He had an excellant farm on Pigeon Hill,
Children :
William, b. Sept. 28, 1798, d. 1802.
John H., b. May 10, 1800. Jane, b, 1802, d. Aug. 1804.
James, b. July 9, 1805. Abigail, b. Sept. 13, i8o6, died
in Hebt'on, Jan. 16, 1826.
.Annals of Oxford. 187
Philena, b. July 4, 1808, m. Jacob Dean, d. Dec. 25, 1874.
Seth H., b. Sept. 14, 1810.
Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1813, m. Nov. 16, 1841, John O.
Page of Poland; she d. April 6, 1849.
William, b. May 6, 1815.
Harriet, b. Mar. 15, 1817, m. Mar. 13, 1850, John O.
Page ; she d. at Mechanic Falls, Nov. 29, 1880.
Nathaniel M., b. April 11, 1819.
Moses D., b. June 4, 1821, m. Margaret Ann, dan. ol"
Madison Rogers; he d. Salem, Mass. Feb. 21, 1901.
Aaron D., twin with Moses.
Samuel, b. June 29, 1823, m. Feb. 27, 1845, Mary E.
Currier; he d. in Wayne, Apdl 17 1884.
Isaac Somes, b. July 21, 1826.
John H. Faunce, son of William, m. Martha, dau. of
John and Hannah D. Sawyer; she d. in Oxford, Aug. 2,
1852, in her 53d year: he d. in Poland, Oct. 30, 1880.
Children ; the eldest b. in Paris, the others in Poland.
Andrew Jackson, b. Mar. 3, 1832, m. Prudentia Keene.
John, b. Aug. i, 1834, "^- ^^Y 1861, Bessie R, Malcolm;
she d. July 30, 1868; he m. Apr. 1869, Lauraetta Matson.
William b. Jan. 4, 1837, m. Dec. 24, 1866, Fidelia Swift.
Eliphalet, b. Dec. 11, 1840.
Martha A., b. Dec. 3, 1843, m. 1867, Arthur F. Malcolm.
James Faunce, son of William, m. Feb. 21, 1830, Ma-
ria W. dau. of Reuben G. Griffin; she d. May 21, 1884,
in her 76th year; he d. at Haverhill, Mass. Dec. 24, 1894.
Their first settlement was in Poland, later in Oxford.
Children, born in Poland :
Abby, b, Oct. i, 1831, m. 1857, Joseph A. Stevens.
Alpheus G. , b. Mar. 28, 1833, m, 1866, Lizzie M. Curtis.
Austin P., b. Nov. 10, 1834, "^* 1^62, Phoebe A. Forester.
Mary G., b. Feb. 22, 1840, m. 1865, Lewis J. Morton.
Cyrus Faunce, age 24, wife, Louisa, age 22, and a dau-
ghter age 2, were living in Oxford in 1850.
Seth H. Faunce, son of William, m. April 13, 1833,
Almirene, dau, of Ephraim Washburn. They lived in Ox-
ford (150) ; she d. Aug. 31, 1871, in her 57th year; he d.
Oct. 25, 1892.
Children :
Nehemiah Davis, b. Aug. 28, 1834, ^- 1861, Lorana S.
Cook of Harrison; he d. Nov. 26, 1894; she, d. Dec. '96.
Horace Augustine, b. Aug. 15, 1B35, m. Lizzie Partridge.
of Harmon, Me.
188 AxinalB of Oxford.
Seth Melville, b. July 15, 1843 ; d. Waterford, Nov. 1869.
Edward P., b. July 28, 184S ; lives in Oxford.
Sarah Maria, b. Oct. 28. 1847, lived 26 months.
Emmaretta, b. July 9, 1850, d. Oct. 8, 1869.
Ida L., b. May 12, 1853, d. Oct. 29, 1876.
Abbie C. W., b. June 10, 1856, la. E. C. Ambrose, lives
at Readlifld. Mr. Faunce m 2d the widow of Samuel
H. Chadbourne ; after his death, she lived with her dau.
Mrs. Jones.
William Faunce, son of William, m. 1840, Mary Ann,
dau. of AmosClough; she b. June 9, 1820, d. Nov. i,
1900. Lived in Boston; he d. Aug. 1-9, 1891.
Children :
Albert Alonzo, b. Nov. 14, 1841, m. Maggie Jennings.
Ancella Melissa, b. Jan. 29, 1845, m. Orvin Fox.
Marietta, b. 1847, died next year.
George Edgar, b. Nov. 1848, died in 1852.
Nathaniel Mitchell Faunce, son of William, m. Mar.
20, 1845, Janette B., dau. of Moses and Abignil (Bearce)
Herrick of Poland. She was b. Nov. 24, 1821, d, Oct. 22,
1897. Their children were:
Elmon Crocker, b. July 3, 1847.
Lizzie Marilla, b. Feb. 15, 1855.
Aaron D. Faunce, son of William, m. Nov. 28, 1841,
Emily J., dau. of Luther Linnell. Their children were all
born in Oxford village ; family removed to E. Rochester,
now Somergworth, N. H. where »h« d. July 29, 1S88 ; he
d. Aug. 31, 1893.
Children :
Alpheus Lester, b. Feb. 3, 1842, m. Feb. 3, 1864, Cybe-
lia A. Garcelon. He lives in Somersvvtjrth.
Francis Albert, b. Sept. 22, 1844, "^' May 6, 1867, Mary
Eliza Davis.
Charles Henry, b. May 4, 185 1, m. May 4, 1881, Calista
A. Furbush ; he m. id, Sept. i, 1885, Kate F. Fairar.
Everline Rogenia, b. Oct. 25, 1853, d. Oct. 30, 1876.
Willard Herbert, b. Aug. 19, 1847, m. July 2, 1867, An-
geline R. Sinclair; he m. 2d, 1881, Kate McMahon.
Edwin LuviM, b. July 9, 1849, m. June 30, 1873, Ella
Adelaide Richards.
Clarence Eugene, b. Mar. 10, 1859, ^' ^^.y 23, 1875.
Delia May, b. April iq, 1864.
Annals of Oxford. 189
Capt. Isaac Somes Faunce, son of William, m. May 6,
1S56, Clara, b. Sept. 30, 1831, dau. of Moses and Loiiisa
{ Miller) Cain. They lived in Lewiston, where he d. Dee.
15, 1900. He was one of the Captains of the 17th Regt.
Maine Vols., also had served in the City CoiUicil.
Children :
George E., b. April 18, 1857, d. date not reported.
Isabel C, b. April 2, 1859, lived fifteen months.
Harry E., b. April 28, 1862, d. Nov. 14, 1881.
Orrin S., b. May, 1870, d. May 23, 1876,
William and Sally Fish are credited in Hebron, with :
William W'., b. Aug. 11, 1810.
Benjamin F., b. Jan. 28, 1818.
Ebenezer p. Fitz, wife and son under five, were liv-
ing in Oxford in 1840. Mar. 4, 1844, he m. Hannah D.
Jackson of Oxford.
William Fosg died in Hebron May 29, 1828. By wife
Esther, he is credited with children as follows : - •
Charles, b. Aug. 14, 1807, died next month.
Maria, b. June 30, 1808. William, b. Nov. 15, 1810,
Nathan, b. April 27, 1812. Sylvanus, b. Mar. 15, 1814.
Esther, b. Nov. 1816. Lucy Ann, b. June 12, 1819.
Edmund, died Feb. 6, 1823. Catherine, b. Sept. 2, 1827.
lived fourteen months.
John W. Fogg of Oxford and Rhoda F. Cushman of
Paris, were married, Dec. 3, 1831.
William Ford, tinsmith, b. New Hampshire, 1807,
with wife Sophronia, b. 1811, and sons William A., b.
1835, a"
before 1850.
John S. French and family, consisting of eight persons,
had settlement in Oxford at the tim€ of the iucoipoi-atKjn ;
190 Annals of Oxford.
they came from New Hampshire, but lived in Norway be-
fore coming to this town. See Hist, of Norway.
Enoch French, son of John S., b. Feb. 15, 1807; m.
Harriet, davi. of Benjamin Rowe of Norway. They had '
HariTBon W., b. 1837 ; settled in Oxford (39) before 1850.
JosKPH French, son of John S., m. April 8, 1832, Lo-
rana T. Edwards of Otisfield. For a time they occupied a
farm (155), and later lived in Oxford village.
Children :
Augus-tus Miles, b. Mar. 5, 1834; d'^cl* widow living.
Emily Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1835 ; d. unmarried.
Charles Hannibal, b. Jan. 14, 1840; d. in the army, unm.
John S. French, Jr., b. Oct. 8, 1814, m. Nov. 30,
1839, Frances Edwards of Oxford. They lived on farm
(153); celebrated "Golden Wedding" in 1889; he died
July 27, 1900.
Children :
William Henry, b. 1842, lives in Poland.
Winfield Scott, b. 1849, ^ carpenter in Oxford, v
Charles, , a popular lecturer.
William Edwards, farmer, born in England in 1773, was
a member of this family in 1850.
David Frost, Jr. of Hebron, sold to Asa Bearce, 1797,
south west half of lot i, in the 2d range, of the first divis.
ion ; reserving the privilege of erecting a mill or mills on the
stream running through the same. Mr Frost was b. Feb. 5,
1771, in Gorham, m. Mar. 26, 1797, Betsey G ? and
is credited in Hebron, with:
Frances, b. July 29, 1799. Mary, b. May 28, 1801.
Henry, b. May 9, 1803. Nancy, b. Jan. 20, 1805.
John Frost, (brother of David, ) and Jane Richmond,
both of Hebron, m. April 21, 1802; s. Norway.
John B. Frost was born in Bowdoinham, and brought
up in the family of Rev. Comfort C. Smith of Wayne. He
m. Nov. 21, 1817, Betsey Clark, dau. of James and Hul-
dah (Clark) Erskine of Wayne. Mr Frost was an expert
miller and was employed by Mr. Hayes to take charge of
the new brick mill, and occupying the east side of his dwell-
iag hous«, being th«t remodeled from D«ft. Slwiw's store.
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He came to Oxford in 18.17, ^^^ removed to Casco in
1851, where he d. Feb. 23, 1873, JS. 77 i wiie d. Jan. 3,
1863, ^ 67.
Children, born in Wayne:
Alden Bradford, b. April, 1819.
Mary Norcross, b. Oct. 12, 1822, m. Feb. 22, 1846, Henry
A. Woodward ; s. in Roxbury, Mass.
Sarah Smith, b. June, 1824, d. in Casco.
Greorge Erskine, b. 1826, d. in Harrison.
Huldah Erskine, b. May 7, 1828, d. in Casco.
Sophronia Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1830, d. in Wayne.
Jesse Fuller of Kingston, bought of Mr. Shepard, in
1779, seventy acres of land, being the north-east end of lot
2 in the 5th range. He was born in 1748, son of Barnabas
and Rebecca (Ciishman) Fuller, grandson of Nathaniel of
Plympton ; he is credited with service in the Revolution.
His wife was Ruth Prince, and the records of Hd>ron
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 ;