she d. at Auburn, Me. Jan. 2, 1887.
Children :
William Henry, b. iti Boston, Dec. 24, 1829; m. Polly E.
Keene of Leeds ; he d. in Leeds, May 18, 1863.
Annals of Oxford. 103
Miranda, b. Hebron, Dec. 25, 1831, m. Geo. E. Williams
of Boston; she d. in Leeds, Apr. 22, 1853.
Caroline Rose, b. Hebron, Mar. 30, 1835, m. June 1854,
Geo. E. Williams; she d. Boston, Mar. 26, 1855.
Esther Millett, b. Hebron, Sept. 8, 1837 ' ^- 1840.
Esther Millett, b. Leeds, Jan, 27, 1840, m. July 29, i860,
George William Buckler of Boston.
Kimball Verrill, b. Leeds, May 17, 1842; d. unm. 1861.
Josephine Whittemore, b. Leeds, Apr. 4, 1844, m. Oct.
10, 1868, Geo. Wm. Wagg of Auburn; she m. 2d, 1897,
Augustus Fuller of Boston.
Ira Fuller, son of Nathaniel, m. May 2, 18 16, Sally
Merrill of Hebron ; lived in that district incorpo. Oxford.
Children :
Merrill W., died, Jan. 13, 1818.
James Osgood, b. Feb. 11, 1818.
Charles P., b. Apr. 2, 1820. Prescott H., b. Feb. 28, 1822.
Augustus Ira, b. April 17, 1828.
Sarah Jane, b. May 13, 1830.
Jabez Henry, b. Sept. 17, 1832, d. May following.
Edward Henry, b. Aug. i, 1838.
Ara Steward Fuller, son of Nathaniel, lived in Ox-
ford ; m. Jan. 6, 1822, Charlotte Merrill of Hebron ; she
died, Sept. i, 1837; he m. 2d, Apr. 18, 1841, Jerusha
(Cushman) Marston of Oxford, widow of John.
Children :
Leonard C, b. Dec. 27, 1828.
Louisa, b. Mar. 29, 183 1.
Ezra and Maria C. Fuller, lived at (166) and had,
Orrin Augustus, b. Jan. 20, 1830; Cordelia, b. Apr. 28,
1831, and Helen A., died, Aug. 30, 1848.
Sullivan Fuller, son of Nathaniel, m. Dec. 8, 1838,
Abigail Trott of W^indham ; res. Oxford (168;.
Children :
Emily I. T., b. 1840: Julius F., b. 1842: Alphonzo S.,
b. 1844, and Eugene F., b. 1S48.
Robert Fuller, Jr. and Sally his wife are credited on
Hebron records with ;
Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1818, d. Feb. folio vving.
Ansel R., b. Dec. 24, 1819.
Rebecca K., b. Sept. 14, 1823.
Almanetta, b. Feb. 15, 1833.
194 Annals of Oxford.
Bknjamin Gammon is credited, in Hebron, with children
as follows: Betsey, b. Oct. ii, 1794 5 Lyaia> »• ^P^'
25, 1798, and Statira, b. Oct. 14, 1801.
MosKS Gammon, a soldier in the Revolution, marched
in Capt. Brackett's Falmouth company, on the Lexington
alarm, and was almost constantly in service during the war.
He was then a resident of Gorham, but in 1819, when
his pension was granted, he was living with his son
Moses, on Allen's hill, in Hebron, where he died May 16,
1835, aged about 100 years.
Moses Gammon, b. 1780, had a farm on Allen's hill,
but his declining years were spent with his son Abiel, at
the village. His wife was Abigail, b. 17S3, dau. of Sam-
uel aod Lucretia (Howe) Gross.
Children, as per Oxford records.
Phoebe Pollard, b. Feb. 25, 1801 ; Roxanna Taylor, b.
Sept. 5, 1803 ; Abiel Rounds, b. Sept. 3, 1804 ; Lucre-
tia Howe, b. June 3, 1806; Lovisa Shaw, b. April 25,
1808; Sophia Whitney, b. June 11, 1810; William Whit-
ney, b. Apiil 25, 1813; Experience, b. June 3, 1816 ;
Jane Shaw, b. April 11, 1821 ; Dan Perry, b. Oct. 14,
1813 , and Sylvanus Pollard, b. Dec. 20, 1826.
Abibl R. Gammon, m. 1827, Lydia Stone of Hebron.
He was a millman, lived on Pleasant st. near the covered
bridge; he d. May 15, 1872; she d. Jan. 16, 1S78, m 78.
Children :
Frederick William, b. Aug. 22, 1829, m. Sept. 23, 1854,
Laura C, dau. of Asa Herrick of Poland; he d. June '95.
Phoebe Ann, b. July 9, 1831, m. Sept. 1857, Stephen R.
Jordan, lives in Oxford village.
A child died March 19, 1836.
George Franklin, b. Oct. 22, 1837, ^- umn.
WiLMouTH and Mahitable Gammon are credited upon
Hebron records with children as follows : —- —
Sarah S., b. Mar. 20, 1808, m. Apr. 19, 1829, Benjmin
Goodenow of Bethel. B., b. May 15, 1810; Martha
S., b. Feb. 39, 1812; Andrew C, b. Mar. 22, 1815 ;
Cyrus S., b. May 2, 1818 ; Wilmouth, b. Mav 1820, and
Robert Slemmons, b. April 23, 1823. He lived in Ox-
ford j m. 2d, July 9, 1829, Mary Goodenow of Betliel.
Annals of Oxford. 195
/
Jemerson Gammon, b. 1810, and Mary Hilhorn, b. 1811,
both of Oxford, were married Sept. 4, 183 1, by Rev. Dau
Perry, and settled on Pigeon Hill.
Children :
Elizabeth, b. 1835 ; Harrson G. O., b. 1837, "^' Novem-
ber, 1857, Henrietta Graffam.
Hannah, b. 1840, and Charles L., b. 1849.
John Gardner, of Hebron, was granted a pension in
1819, for service in the Continental navy. His farm was in
the west part of the town (210), the same as occupied by
his son John. Abigail, his wife, died in IMay 1850, acred
87 years ; he then living at the age of 90.
Children :
John, b. Nov. 12, 1789, m. Nov. 1845, Celia Dean, and
had Celia E., b. May, 1850. He d. Jan. 28, 1872; wid-
ow, m. Joseph Cummings.
Abigail, b. Dec. 30, 1791, m. Nov. 1813, David Staples.
Sebra, b. Jan. 8, 1794, d. April 23, 1833.
Olive, b. Feb. 5, 1796, d. July 24, 1816.
Sally, b. Mar. 31, 1798, m. Jacob D. Brown; she m. 2d,
Zebedee Pratt.
Polly, b. Sept. 5, 1800, m. Apr. 13, 1823, Jos. Cushman, Jr.
Lucretia, b. Dec. 13, 1803.
Hiram Gilbert, b. in 1811, was an innkeeper at Welch-
ville in 1850. His wife, Sarah W., was b. in Connecticut
in 1814, and at the time, as members of the famil}^ were,
Sally Thorp, ^ 70, and Esther Bodwell, ^ 67, who wei-e
also born in Conn.
! Children ;
! Harriet W., b. 1837. Cynthia N., b. 1840.
Elihu T., b. 1847.
'■ Noah and Rebecca Gilman are credited in Hebron with
, Tristram, b. June 24, . Mary D., b. Oct. 28, 1813.
Robert Glover, of Marshtield, was a private in Capt.
Turner's company of Minutemen, also served in the Conti-
\
^Q Annals of Oxford.
zZ.XtT:.T^S^-, n.. June 4, 1807, Steph. Myrick.
^;::S^'^^J^\^%S,, .. Mar,30 .8.0 Rebecca
^ Chipman. He d. May 3. 1823, leaving dau Hannah b.
Sept II. 1821 ; widow, m. Feb. 9, i8a6, Job Morton.
Olive, b. Sept. 3, 1791- . _- ^ ^o_
Hannah, b. June 28, i793 - d. Nov. 7, 1820.
Berthia, b. May 37, i795- ^ . „
Harriet, b. April 10, 1798, d. Aug. 26, 1813. ,
Ervin, b. Jan". 10, 1801, m. Dec. 2 1824, OriUa Records
and had,' Jonathan, b. April 25, 1825; Fredenck W^-
iam, b. Mar. 13, 1827, and Augustus E., b. Apr. 18, ib29.
Rebecca Perkins, b. April 18, 1804. . . a- a t„
Mr. Glover died Feb. 21, 1820, widow K^ziah died Ju-
ly 9, 1820.
Joseph Glovkr, son of Robert, ro. May 21, 1821, Sa-
rah Whittemore. He d. Mar. 17, 1832 ; she d. Sep. 10, '52.
Children :
Joseph Sewall, b. Mar. 17, 1813.
Harriet, b. Oct. 27, 1814, d. Nov. 14, i860.
Robert, b. Sept. 2, 1817, d. April 20, 1870.
Isaac Barrows, b. Nov. 15, 1820.
Sarah, b. April 7, 1823, d. June following.
Sarah, b, Jan. 23, 1825.
Nancv Judson, b. May 10, 1827.
Keziah, b. Jan. 27, 1830.
John Grkeley, son of Thomas and Alice ''Ross) Gree-
ley of Falmouth, bought of Samuel Phillips of Audover, a
lot of land at a place called "Phillips Gore", lying between
the towns of Hebron and Otisfield. This property he sold
to Edward Scribner in 1799, agreeing to vacate the same
before June 1800. In 1798 he joined with his brother Will-
iam, of Gray, in a conveyance of their shares in their moth-
ers estate, it being the historic "Widow Greeleys Tavern"
in Portland, to their sister Mary Greeley. Both John and
William were soldiers in the Revolution, and both, prob.,
assisted their mother in her heroic success in the protection
of her house, when Falmouth was burned by Mowatt.
Annals of Oxford. 107
John Grreeley an
Gk>rham, Sept. 1,73 ; the)- had a farm at the loot of Gree-
ley Hill, and their house continued to be called ''the Gree-
ley House", many years after its occupation by the family.
No record of their children has been found, but it is likely
that John and William whose familes are mentioned upon
Hebron records, were their sous. He d. May i, 181 7, je 65.
William and Judith Grebley had:
Betsey, b. Oct. 16, 1814; Samuel Thompson, b. March
30, 1816; Polly, b. May 11, 1818; Benjamin Farring-
ton, b, June 23, 1820; Ruth Harvey, b. July 8, 1822,
and Jonathan Harvey, b. April 28, 1824.
John Grkeley and Sally Farrington, were m. Sept. 12,
1819, and had Farrington, b. June 5, 1824. Sally was,
prob, a dau. of Benjamin Farrington of Phillips Gore.
Alexander Greenwood, son of John*, (see page 11)
has credits of children in Hebron, as follows : -—■ —
Citoyenne, b. Jan, 23, 1801, d. Feb. i, 1827; Alex-
ander, b. May 8, 1802; Rosamond, b. Mar. 12, 1804;
Charles Bearce, b. Sept. 23, 1805 ; Horace, b. May 30,
1807; Borredell, b. Mar. i, 1809; Mary Ann, b. Apr.
16, 1811, and Otis, b. Oct. 14, 1813.
Maj. John Greenwood, son of John^, m. Sept. 25, 1800,
Marcena, dau. of Jairus Shaw of Paris. They settled in
in Hebron, where she d. May 4, 1833 ; he d. Aug. 25,' 44.
Children :
Eliza, b. June 14, 1801, m. Jan. i, 1821, Samuel Stearns.
Miranda, b. Dec. 9, 1802, m. July 4, 1821, C3 rus Bridg-
ham of Minot. Atosa, b. Mar. 5, 1805.
John, b, Jan. 14, 1807, d.xDec. 11, 1891.
Marcena Shaw, b. Nov. 28, 1808.
Lucy Bradford, b. May 23, 1816.
E .- Winchester, b. April 3, 1818.
Harriet Bridgham. b. Jan. 24, 1821, d. May 2 1837.
Jairus Shaw, b. Dec. 14, 1823.
Thomas Jackson Greenwood, son of John*, is crediitd
in Hebroh, with, Maria, b. Dec. 4, 1818 ; George, b,
Dec. 1819, d. next month; Leonard, b. Mar. 4, 1821 ;
Jennett, d. April 24, 1826, d. Mar. 14, 1828 ; Mellen, b.
Jan. 15, 1828 ; Henry, b. Feb. 24, 1829, d. Aug. 1858, and
Atosa, b. May ai, 1832.
•*r
108 Annals of Oxford.
Simon Greenwood, son of Johns, m. Oct. i8, 1818,
Rebecca Record of Hebron, and had :
Lucy Ann, b. Nov. 15, 1819; Emily, b. July 11, 1821 ;
Samuel W., b. Aug. 14, 1823 ; Verres, b. Feb. 13, 1825 ;
Borredell, b. Mar. 23, 1828; Septimus B., b. Feb. 10,
1832, and Miranda, b. July 22, 1833.
Vbrres Greenwood, son of John^, m. Feb. 5, 1824,
Sally M. Willis; s. in Hebron, he d. Feb. i, 1826, she d.
May 10, 1827. Their children were; Lucia W., b. Sept.
18, 1824, and Jane Fearing, b. Feb. 26, 1826.
Elisha Gurney, b. 1731, son of Zachariah of Bridge-
water, Mass., m. 1760, Jane, dau. of Henry Kingman;
bought of Abner Curtis, lot 7 in the 4th range, ist division.
The name of Stephen Gurney appears on the earliest rec-
ords, but nothing further, of him, has been noted. Elisha
was one of those who received their land titles by an order
of the General Court, and the Registry shows that he, as
Collector of the town of Hebron, made conveyances of land
held for taxes. No children are credited to him in Hebron,
b»t the Hist, of Biidgewater mentions dau. Betsey and son
Jacob; prob. Elisha, Jr. who m. Sept. 21, 1800, Olive
Tubbs, and several girls whose marriages are noted else-
where in this book, were his children. He d. June 25, 1818 ;
wife Jane, d. Feb 5, 1815. aged 87 years.
Jacob Gurney, son of Elisha, was pensioned, in 1833,
for service in Mass. Continentals. He m. Lydia, daughter
of John Tuell of Paris, where their eldest children were b.
the others were b. in Hebrcm. He d. Feb. 11, 1849, -* ^^»
she d. Sept. 8, 1841, m 65.
Children :
Harmony, b. Jan, i, 1799, m. Ebenezer Drake, Jr.
Lovisa, b. Mar. i, 1800, m. William Cobb, Jr.
Harriet, b. May i, 1801, m. Jan. i, 1833^ John Hall of
Buckfield.
Anna, b. June 17, 1802, m. Seth Bearce.
Ansel, b. Apr. 10, 1804, m. Sophronia Chipman.
Lydia, b. Feb. 5, 1806, m. Lemuel Tuell.
Olive, b. June 25, 1807, m. America Bisbee.
Jacob, b. May 10, 1809, m. Sarah Stevens ; he d. May 28,
1864; she d. May 23, 1885.
Betsey, b. Feb. 9, 1811, m. Rufaa Lombard.
Annals of Oxford. 10©
John, b. Feb. 19, 1813, m. Oct. 8, 1839, Susan Merrill of
New (jloucester.
John Marshall Hack, m. Aug. i, 1819, Hannah,
dau. of Ichabod Bryant; they had, b. Hebron, July 10,
1820, Elino C. D.
Daniel Hackett, b. 18 16, and Sarah Ann Cox, b.
1813, both of Oxford, were m. Sept. 14, 1839: lived (152}.
Children :
Imogine E., b. 1842; Agnes M., b. 1844, and Sarah E.,
b. Feb. 13, 1847, d. Oct. 12, 1849.
Jacob M. Hackett, lived (193); he is credited upon
Oxford records, prob. not all boni in the town, with :
Charles Merritt, b. Feb. 13, 1839.
Edwin Augustus, twin with Edward Augustus, b. Jan.
8, 1S42.
Sumner Socrates, b. April 13, 1847.
Jonathan Clark, b. July 22, 185 1.
Moses Morrill.
Josiah Hall, over 50, wife, oyer 50, were living in Ox-
ford at the time of its incorporation.
Simeon Hall and Sarah Bryant, both of Oxford, were
m. by Rev. Dan Perry, April 11, 1830.
Silas P. Hall came to Oxford before 1850, to work in
the factory. He lived on King street, west of the meeting-
house. By wife Elizabeth, he nad, Eldora R., b. Nov. 24,
1846; Horace A., b. Oct. 25, 1848, and Mary Genilia,
b. Oct. 12, 1850.
Moses M. Hanscome and Mary his wife celebrated their
"Golden Wedding" Aug. 7, 1899. They lived at Welch-
ville, and are credited wdth children, as follows :
Lucinda H., b. April 10, 1841 ; m. James Jones
Moses O., b. Jan. 12, 1846. Lucy, b. Dec. 25, 1849.
William, b. July 12, 185 1.
Charles Freemont, b. June 17, 1856.
Edwin Cook, b. Dec. 11, 1S58.
200 Annals of Oxford.
Gkorge D. Hamlin, b. 1820, and Abigail E. his wife,
b. 1825, came to Oxford 40) before 1850; they are cred-
ited with, Sarah L. b. 184S, and Francis, b. 1848.
David P. Hannaford, mason, b. 1801, and Rachel,
his wife, b. 1S02, came to Oxford before 1850; they are
credited with, James M. b. 1836, and Frances A. b. 1841.
George Hathaway and Polly Barrows, both of He-
bron, wert- married, Jan. 29, 1824.
Children :
George William, b. Jan. 18, 1825, d. May 3, 1829.
Cyrus Cushman, b. Nov. 30, 1826, d. Jan. i, 1829.
Clinton, b. May 24, 1829.
Caroline Paris, b. Feb. 19, 1832.
Jemima Godfrey, b. Aug. 5, 1834.
Jonathan Gould Hawks and Polly Cushman, both of
Hebron, were m. Feb. 24, 1822; they had. Mar. 18, 1823,
Edward Gould.
Russell Hawks, son of Edward and Ruth (Bucknam)
Hawks, m. 1822, Frances, dau. of John find Rebecca
(Walker) Campbell of Westbrook. He was in trade at
Rumford, but after his marriage, he occupied a part of his
fathers farm, in Minot, where his childi-en were born. About
1840, he bought a farm (213) in Oxford, where he died,
Nov. 21, 1865, in his 75th year; wife died Dec. 19, 1866,
aged 68 years.
Children :
Eleanw P., b. June 4, 1823, m. Jason Billings of Saco ;
m. 2d John Mitchell, and d. in Kansas, Mar. 31, 1890.
Mary G., b. Nov. 19, 1824, m. 1850, William B. Bennett,
and d. in Durham, Jan. 1887.
Rebecca C, b. April 5, 1827, m. 1848, Moses Smith.
Sarah O., b. Feb. i, 1829, m. 1857, Wm. W. Quimby.
Albeit G., b. May 30, 1831, m. 1865, Hester J. Marshall.
Amelia F., b. June 26, 1833, m. 1857, Henry M. Jordan.
Benjamin G., b. Feb. 13, 1836, unm. killed at the battle
of Middleburg, Va., June 19, 1863.
Nathaniel S., b. June 9, 1838, m. i860, Frances Mitchell.
Annals of Oxford. 201
Simeon W. and Elizabeth Hawks, are credited in
Hebron, with Elmer Aurelius, b, July i6, 1819 : Amanda
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 24, 1821, and George Mitchell, b. Jan.
II, 1825.
Edmund Hayes, settled on farm (58), before the incor-
poration of the town. He was b. Mar. 1796, d. Oct. 4,
1863; wife Pauline, b. Mar. 1790, d. Dec. 15, 1851.
Children :
Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1822, d. Feb. following.
Jane Smith, b. April 30, 1824, m. June 27, 1840, Silas D.
Tobie of Greenwood; m. 2d, David McAllister of Oxfd.
George William, b. Oct. 23, 1826, seaman, m. — — Pick-
ering ; he d. Aug. 30, 1859.
Lucy Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1829, d. unm. Dec. 3, 1850.
Edmund Erastus, b. 1832, m. Sept. 27, 1853. Clementine
N. Stuart of Harrison ; he s. in Chicago.
Martha Allen, b. Mar. 10, 1834, ^' ^^^' J^"' ^7» 1852.
An infant, d. Jan. 18, 1837.
Isaac Hayes, son of William of Barrington, N. H., m.
Nov. 13, 1792, Alice, dau. of Richard Garland, and settled
in his native town. About 1800, he removed to Poland, and
in Nov. of that year, he bought of Richard and Lydia
Garland, a farm that he thereafter cultivated. He d. Sep.
28, 1856 , aged 86 years ; his wife was born at Barrington
Sept. 13, 1773, and d. at Poland, Dec. 27, 1858.
Children, as reported :
Dennis, b. Jan. 6, 179S ; see sketch, page 109.
Richard, b. Nov. 12, 1796; family, consisting of wife and
live children, were living in Oxford in 1840, but soon af-
ter removed to Greenwood.
Joanna, b. 1801, m. Moses Judkins.
Isaac, b. Dec. 3, 1804, m. Martha Svvett; s. Greenwood.
William, b. June 27, 1808; blacksmith, at Frost's Corner.
Hezekiah, b. Nov. 3, 1810 ; had the homestead.
Sewall, b. May 3, 1813 ; s. in New Hampshire.
Dennis hayes, son of Isaac, m. Nov. 29, 1821, Mary,
b. Mar. 27, 1803, dau. of Capt. William Johnson of Ray-
mond. They Hved in Poland until about 1830, when they
moved to Harrison, where wife died, Feb. 11, 1835. He
m. 2d, June 30, 1835, Mrs. Hannah (Keith), widow ot
Cyrus Shaw and, with his children, moved to Oxford, there-
202 Annals of Oxford.
after making her house, his home. He died July 29, 1859;
she died Oct. 18, 1888, in her 92d year.
Children :
Harriet, b. Nov. 29, 1823, d. Mar. 10, following.
Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1824, s. "out west".
Abby, b. Aug. 23, 1826.
Dennis, b. July 10, 1828, d. Nov. 10, 1829.
Martha, b. Dec. 9, 1829, d. Feb. 16, 1832.
Harriet, b. July i, 1830, m. Jan. i, 1850, Ira P. Farring-
ton of Porthmd; she d. Jan. 26, 1823.
Henry Sidney, b. Feb. 3, 1832, m. 1870, Florence, dau.
of Hon. Lyman Rawson of Rumford ; he now lives in
New York City, shipmaster, retired.
Frances C, b. Dec. 27, 1833, m. Nov. 30, 1854, Sarah
W. Garcelon, s. in Portland; he d. April 25, 1893.
Mary Angelia, b. Dec. 29, 1836, ra, Sept. 10, 1861, Rev
Thomas Long Ellis; she lives in Portland, his widow.
v.yrus Shaw, b. Feb. 27, 1839, m. Jan. 10, 1866, Lizzie
T. Jenkins, step-dau. of Capl. Nehemiah Manson, pro-
prietor of the Craigie Farm. He is a prosperous farmer
in Oxford (21), with children, as follows : Samuel H.
T., b. Feb. 27, 1867; Fred S., b. Dec. 25, 1868; Ed-
ward K., b. Dec. 26, 1870; Annie E., b. Jan. 30, 1873.
Jennie P., b. Sep. 11, 1875, and, Florence, b. Nov.
10, 1878.
Isabella Estella, b. Feb. 6, 1842, m. May 16, 1863, Geo
Roscoe Hensey ; she m. 2d, 1886, Nathaniel Fisher;
they live in the house lately occupied by lier mother.
Artemas Lendall Hersey, son of Samuel, was born
in Liverniore in 1826, cante to Oxford, about 1850, to teacli
the vill.igc school, and to study medicine under the tutor-
age of Dr. Mayberry. He received his doctorate from Bow-
doin College, in 1853, and soon after commenced practice
in this town, early winning for himself more than a local
reputation for wisdom, and successful practice in his pro-
fession ; he is a prominent member of the Maine Medical As-
sociation, and has fivquently been invited to lecture in its
convention*. He bought the Carlton homestead, remodeled
the buildings, beautified their surroundings, making it one
of the most attractive residences in the village. June 26,
1854, he united in wedlock with Miss Heloise Helena, eld-
est daughter o£ ISsquire Keith, a woman affectionate swid re-
Annals of Oxtbrd. 203
fined, making the doctor's home the center of the reh'glous
and social life of the town. Both are excellent musicians
and they have happily continued the good work inaugu-
rated by the "Beethoven Club".
Their only child, Miss Heloise Edwina Hersey, of Bos-
ton, is winning fame and money, as a teacher, writer, and
public speaker.
John Hicks, of Hebron, had son Jeremiah, b. April
3, 1807 , and dau. Adaline Augusta, b. Jan, 10, 1809.
Isaac Hicks and Mary FaiTis, both of Oxford, were
married Jan. i, 1834.
Robert Hilborn was b. in Burlington, N. J. April 6,
1740. He appears in Falmouth, now Portland, early in the
Revolution, a private in Capt. Abner Lowell's company.
June 6, 1777, he m. Lucy, widow of John Chadbourne, b.
Mar, 5, 1751, dau. of Joseph and Ann (Barbour) Riggs,
of Stroudwater ; she d. May 4, 1842 ; he d. Jan, 8, 1834,
They removed from Portland to Minot about 1787, (lirst
settling in Hebron (147) near the Minot line).
Children :
Robert, b. Nov. 24, 1778, s. Oxford, (191).
Nancy, b. Mar. 27, 1780, m. Joseph Haskell; s. in Mon-
mouth.
Polly, b. Feb. 18, 1782, m. Samuel Witham of New
Gloucester.
Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1784, m. Sally, dau. of Sam'l Shaw;
he ra. 2d, Nancy, dau. of Nicholas Noyes. He lived in
Minot, Samuel Greeley, his youngest son, was a Mem-
ber of Congress, from California.
Thomas, b. Oct. 22, 1786, lived in Oxford.
Seth Bearce, b. Dec. 25, 1788, m. Betsey, dau. of Richard
and Lydia (^¥aterhouse) Garland of Poland; he was a
trader in Portland ; d. June 6, 1878.
Lucy, b. Oct. 4, 1790, m. - - — Hacker.
Ii-a, b. Dec. 4, 1793, m. Lorana W. Hall; he m. 2d, Nan-
cy Trott; lived in Portland.
Joseph Riggs, of Hebron, m. Nov. 12, 1826, Jane Web-
ster of New Gloucester.
RoBBSLT H1X.BORM, Jr. and Elizabeth Stockman, both of
204 Annals of Oxford.
Hebron, were m. Dec. 29, 1799; he m. a second wiie, the
wkiow Phoebe Lane.
Children :
Robert, b. June 7, 18OT, s. in Oxford.
Hiram, b. July 21, 1803, and wife Esther, are credited on
Oxfoi-d records with Charles Lewis, b. April 23, 1829,
and Sarah Maria, b. April 25, 1832 ; family said to have
**gone out west", but Charles R. was living with his
grandfather in 1850, and June 19, 1853, na. Everline
Augusta Lane, of Oxford.
Riggs, b. Dec. 5, 180$ , s. in Chicago; by an error, his
marriage has been printed on the preceeding page.
Nancy, b. June 18, 1807, m. Thomas Libby.
Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1810, m. Jemerson Gammon.
Sally, b. July 22, 1813, m. Benjamin Sanborn, Jr.
Eliza, b. May 11, 181 7, lived sixteen days.
Staples, b. Nov. 10, 1822.
Thomas Hilborn, son of Robert, m. May 10, 1814, Es"
ther, dau. of Josiah Smith, of Paris ; Hiey had, born in
Hebron, Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 9, 1815 ; Elliot Smith, born
Jan. 6, 1816; Mary Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1818; Charles, b,
Jan. 16, 1820, and others, b. in Paris ; see Hist, of Paris.
Robert Hilborn, 3d, son of Robert, Jr. m. Feb. i822>
Lydia, dau. of Daniel Bullea.
Children :
Porter Osgood, b. May 30, 1824, m. Mary Stevens ; he m.
2d, Catherine Stevens ; s. in Boston.
Stephen D., m. Sarah A. B. Smith; s. in Boston.
Alpheus Jerome, b. Feb. 18, 1829, m. Almira Sweeney;
Hves ha Boston.
Ly
Thomas Hill had lot one in the 2d range of the first
division; he m. Nov. 29, 1788, Chloe Crooker.
William and Lucinda Hill are credited in Hebron,
with William C, b. April i, 1817, and Melzar T., b.
Mar. 9, 1820. He d. Sept. 2, 1829.
Robert Hill, potter, b. 1786, in New Hampshire, s.
near the Webber's, in Oxford, before 1830. His wife,
Martha, {>roba'oly his second wife, was b. in 1797, and bis
children, of record in Oxford, are as follows :
Annals of Oxford. 205
Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1808. John, b. June 10, 1810.
Anna, b. Nov. 22, 181 1. Eliza Osgood, b. May 18, 1818.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, 1819. Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1820.
Emily Ann, b. Mar. 13, 1822, m. 1839, P^escott L. Pike.
Harriet, b. Sept. 12, 1823.
Jane Dodge, b. July 9, 1825, m. Daniel Whitehouse.
Hannah, b. July 16, 1829. Phoebe, b. Dec. 18, 1832.
Alfred, b. May 25, 1835.
Sophronia R., b. May 9, 1837, m. April 17, 1854, ^^^-
nett H. Fuller, of Oxford.
George, b. 1841.
Henry Holbrook was born Sept. i, 1786, son of Peter,
a soldier of the Revolution, from the town of Mendon, Ms.
He probably had brothers, Gennett, Benjamin, George aiKi
Peter; the three last being mentioned by Mr Whitney, as
holding, adjoining lots, 100 acres each, west of the river,
in Hebron ; evidence of their occupying the land, however,
has not been found. Henry, m. Feb. 19, 1815, Judith, dau.
of Job Holmes , and settled on one of the lots, a])Ove nam-
ed, being that made the northern boundary of land sold to
Cyrus Shaw in 1816, his home place. Mr. Holbrook was
the landlord of Dr. Craigie's tavern, and finally settled on
Pigeon Hill (89), where he d. July 10, 1870; widow d.
Dec. II, 1873.
Children :
Seth Taft, b. Dec. 17, 1818, s. in Oxford.
Henry H., b. June 20. 1820, m. Marcia A. Brown; he d.
in Minot, Mar. 20, 1881.
Gennett, b. Nov. 23, 1822, d. Aug. 29, 1826.
Twins, d. unnamed. Wm. Genett, d. Aug. 7, 1830, m 15^'
Edwin Augustus, b. May 25, 1831, m. Dec. 22, 1856, Sa-
rah Whitmore; he d. in Otisfield, Mar. 14, 1897.
William Gennett, d. May 7, 1833, M 2m.
Seth T. Holbrook, son of Henry, m. Feb. 10, 1846,
Lydia, dau. of Dea. Alden and Priscilla (Cushman) Chand-
ler of Poland. He lived on Pleasant street, and conducted
an extensive trade in horses and farm stock; his "Sale
Days** attracted many visitors to tiae village. In partnership
with Dr. S. H. Tewksbury, he established, upon a section
of the Craigie Farm, a stock breeding establishment, which