Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire; Vol. 1
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GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of MAINE and NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CHARLES THORNTON LIBBY Sometime Student of Harvard College Sometime Secretary of the Maine Historical Society Member of Cumberland Bar Biography is the rudder of History, both risk shipwreck without Genealogy THE SOUTHWORTH PRESS PORTLAND, MAINE 1928 In due acknowledgment to CAPTAIN WALTER GOODWIN DAVIS, A.B.,LL.B. OF PORTLAND, MAINE Treasurer of the Maine Historical Society whose bedrock loyalty to the land of his fathers and wide-open enthusiasm for ( history under the microscope) the gentleman's sport of genealogy have made this work possible PREFACE TO PART I Notorious as it is that the preface is written after the book is finished (and read perhaps never), much that I would like to say is prudently de ferred. The how-the-book-happened may be told now. Col. Charles Edward Banks (a Ward Three Portland boy) having once generously offered me (another Ward Three Portland boy) his manuscript "Maine Pioneers," if I would complete and publish it, Capt. Walter Goodwin Davis (whose father was still another Ward Three Portland boy) tentatively undertook the ex pense. The matter came up by my proposing that Captain Davis finance new editions of four little old books (three of them rare) — Sullivan's Maine, Bradbury's Kennebunkport, Folsom's Saco and Southgate's Scarborough, which together would clear up the much confused time and place of the conflict between Protestant England and Catholic Prance for New World supremacy. Captain Davis thought this project too large, but was willing to attempt the other. On my submitting that New Hampshire should be in cluded, as neither side of the Piscataqua River could be well done without the other, this was assented to. Presumably the fact that a large number of Captain Davis' forefathers, as of mine also, were New Hampshire colonists played a part in that decision, which more than doubled the size of the under taking. This was in March, 1920, since which date more than half my work ing time (my whole time for the year 1925) has been devoted to this task, impractical ever to finish as thoroughly as I would have liked to do it. Col. Banks's two mammoth volumes of Maine genealogies represented the result of a lifetime of work in the libraries over the country wherever the Government had seen fit to station him, with the assistance by correspond ence of friends who would go to the original records. Although my own lifelong interest in the subject had made me familiar with the genealogies of many Maine and New Hampshire families, the task of really sifting the available original records proved much slower than expected, and after all these years I am forcing Part I into print without even fully collating my collected materials ; but as Part I is principally taken up by the "Lists," the genealogies fortunately include only A and a part of Ba. Before Part II goes to press, expected to reach into if not through the letter F, all of my materials will have been thoroughly worked over for the whole book, which will also extend the opportunity for contributions of those who may become interested to help make the work as complete as possible. An intended list of Sources for Maine and New Hampshire gen ealogy, minuting how thorough use, if any, has been made of each for this work, is postponed in order not to delay further the issue of Part I. I hope that the time-consuming work on the Lists has not been misspent. Certainly this method saves much space and broadens the vision, acting as an antidote for the narrowing effect of ancestor hunting as sometimes pur- Preface to Part I vi sued. There is a special reason for this method in Maine. By far the greater part of those who came here removed elsewhere, all the way from Massa chusetts to Carolina and the West Indies, and the same was to a large extent true of New Hampshire. I have thought it important to distinguish real men of unfamiliar names, even a name that occurs in our records but once, from mere "shadow men" who never existed except by such errors as misreading obsolete or faded handwriting. First and last much historical work has been done by people whose eyesight had failed or who were un familiar with ancient records and documents. Even experts blunder in deciphering blind writing of unknown names. If my work results eventually in identifying some of our short-time residents in their future homes, the general course of colonization will become better understood, and, to the point, it may lead to the discovery of now unknown wives and mothers. The resort to citing and indexing, instead of reprinting, more than quad rupled the number of lists practical to use, but this method was confined strictly to books found in all historical libraries. It was intended to print civil and military lists for each town unless this had been done in a town history, but the limit of space prevented, after the Saco list was in type. The limit of 1692 set for Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New Eng land is here extended seven years to 1699, and as Vermont was then un settled the present work amounts to a "Savage" for Northern New England. Beyond this I try to give the marriages and deaths of the third generation, instead of only the births. In rare instances, where it has been necessary to solve problems in the fourth generation in order to keep the earlier genera tions straight, the results are printed, but in general only a count of noses can be given of the children of parents married shortly before or after the year 1699. I have not rrmltiplied words for grammar's sake. Although the time has not come for acknowledgments, I cannot but men tion the full-length helpfulness of Banks and Stackpole. Col. Banks not only at the outset turned over his "Maine Pioneers," but during his many years in England constantly reported his discoveries of the emigrants' for mer homes, making full use of any clues I could send him. Doctor Stackpole threw everything he had wide open, with an enthusiasm equal to my own. Others must be named who have given ready and valuable assistance outside of their own ancestry, Hon. Charles H. Batchelder, Samuel B. Shackford, Charles W. Tibbetts, Wilbur D. Spencer, G. A. Moriarty, Jr., Clarence A. Torrey — and cutting the list short. As for the many who have gone to much trouble in helping me with their own families, I shall hope they may eventu ally feel repaid, also that their numbers may be multiplied before the worh is finished. Yarmouth, Maine, Oct. 14, 1928. CONTENTS Dedication --------- iii Preface to Part I y Preface to Part II - - - - vii Preface to Part V- - ix Table of Contents ... xi Corrigenda ------- xii Topography --------------- xiii Explanations -------------- xv Abbreviations -------------- Xvi Citations ---------- xvii Table of Lists -------------- xviii Marks in Signatures - -- -- -- xviii Lists, Acadia - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Sagadahoc ------------- 2 Maine --------------- 4 New Hampshire - 8 Merchants' Accounts, Inter-Province ------- 14 Sagadahoc Settlements - - 18 Province of Maine by Towns - 21 New Hampshire by Towns 39 Dictionary 57 CORRIGENDA List 1. Edward "Ashley" signed his name Astley. For Gallow read Oliver Callow. List 38. For Register read Recorder. This original document was not purloined from the Mass. Ar chives, hut is now in Vol. LXXI, 871-877. Most of the names corrected by conjecture were correctly copied from the original, but tins original report is a copy of the field notes by an expert penman who did not know the names. Correcting by the orig inal: Alter Deken? to Depen: (Dependence). Alter 10 Jona to Josiah. "Mr. Penton" presum.stands for the neighborhood namePaignton. Alter Cam to Cane [Came]. Read Jos. Maine Josiah. Alter Walker's to Warren's. The copyist could not read this name and left it either Wakken or Watken. Alter Hodson to Hodsdon. List 41, p. 8, col. 1. Insert 1630-1 before "March 6. License is sued X X " List 224. For -Aug. 1676- read 1675. List 235, col. 1, line 21 as printed (Agnes Auger) should be line 17. List 273. For -probably prior to 1640- read: See York Deeds. List 330f. Alter Almony to Robert Almory. List 339. Grantees of Barrington had paid taxes in Portsmouth 1718-1721. List 342. Transfer "—Newington Town Book" to List 343. Judge Batchelder suggests the following (in part conjectural) corrections: List 54, 527. For John Dame read [Davis?]. John Harall -stet- see p. 10, foot of col. 3. 528. For Rob Haye read Page. List 294. For Wm. La x x read La[ndell?]. Lists 326c, 327b. For Samuel Cate or Case read Keais. List 329. For Philip Founds read [Siverit?]. List 332b. Cancel: -Question Wm. Keat- [for Cate]. Insert Aron Moses after James Gerrish. List 338a. Josih Brackett should be Joshua. List 355a. Alter Jan., 1655-6 to Dec, 1655. TOPOGRAPHY Space has not been taken up for clarifying each reference to a locality, rather assum ing a degree of familiarity with New England topography on the reader's part. The following table will partly supply deficiencies on either side, but the cutting up of large into small townships, with changes of names and governments, sometimes involving duplication, makes it necessary to watch one's step, especially because of the course here followed, stating what modern town a man lived in if known, otherwise the ancient town now cut up into many. Agamenticus, see York. Dover Neck, site of the pioneer town of Dover, Alna, see Sheepseot.