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Gc 929,2 D844d GENEALOGY COLLECTION 1152474 ■' ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01237 5462 n Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 https://archive.org/details/descendantsofaleOOdrum THE DESCENDANTS OF ALEXANDER DRUMMOND OF GEORGETOWN, MAINE Including those by the name of Campbell, Chamberlain, Crane, Morse, Eves, Grace, Keith, Marshall, Rogers and Williams. By JOSIAH HAYDEN DRUMMOND Printed by THE VERMONT PRINTING COMPANY BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT 1942 COPYRIGHT 1942 BY JOSEPH BLAKE DRUMMOND PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1152474 ABBREVIATIONS Unless a city or town is located out¬ side of Maine, the state is not given. a. —age abt.—about b. —born bp.—baptised d.—died dau.—daughter G.V.R.—Georgetown Vital Records inf.—infancy int.—intention of marriage m.—married P.V.R.—Phippsburg Vital Records s.—son unm.—unmarried W.V.R.—Winslow Vital Records ■ ;,. •■„' -■ . v,' ' , ■ • ’ .'f , t' ' '■•.■■. !■,' i' • ’ ' At < ■" '•' : ' ' ' " . ■ ', ' ■■ ; -•' ~ i. , , "'y ■ .'.NT ; • > « ' ' \ I • :■ * * 1 V ' y ' ’ M " . " • ✓ I ij . \'V*> ■ ■tr#VT. ■ , -'A r!’'''^ ‘i- : } r.K'V]]A^ ' W‘A. ■ iss;. - t’» Preface This genealogy of some of the descendants of Alexander Drummond is based upon the voluminous, painstaking data collected and arranged by Josiah Hayden Drummond from 1854 to his death in October, 1902. His interest in genealogy began, and was stimulated, in 1854 when Deacon Alexander Drum¬ mond of Bangor (No. 68) gave him his genealogical notes on Alexander Drummond with the expectation that he would continue the work. Deacon Drummond had his information chiefly from the memory of his grandmother, who was the granddaughter of Alexander Drummond. Mr. Drummond found it exceedingly accurate and adopted much of it as authority. He was intensely interested in the study of genealogy and in the course of his work he amassed and arranged a large amount of notes on collateral lines, some of which are included in this work. This material was edited by Mrs. Ralph Conant of Augusta, Maine, and the information from Mr. Drummond’s death in 1902 to the present time was carefully collected and checked by Mrs. Conant with the invaluable assistance of Miss Sara Drummond Lang of Waterville, Maine. Mr. Drummond published A Genealogy of John. Rogers of Marshfield and Some of His Descendants in 1898, and A Genealogy of Joshua Bean of Exeter, Brentwood, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and Some of His Descendants was published in 1903. The Maine Historical Society has a large amount of comprehensive data collected by Mr. Drummond relating to the families of Bailey, Bean, Black- well, Cook, Cushing, Dean, Drummond, Foster, Hayden of Taunton, Massa¬ chusetts, McClenachan, Parker, Pierce, Rogers, and Williams and many others, as well as two volumes of genealogical notes of Maine families which were presented to the Society by Mr. Drummond. These were indexed by the Society in 1933. This book is published by Mr. Drummond’s grandsons. Joseph B. Drummond Wadleigh B. Drummond Contents PAGE The Ancient House of Drummond. 9 JosiAH Hayden Drummond, LL.D.11 The Alexander Campbell Family.69 John Campbell Family.83 The Chamberlain Family.92 Crane and Morse Families.95 The Eves Family.104 Grace Family.106 The Keith Family.112 Marshall Family.114 Rogers Family.119 Todd Family.123 Williams Family.129 Addenda.138 Index 141 ' » '■ '-''%■ Xv^>. •I«*‘ . l.'J I . •*■ ►’*• I' i4« Sf . >’Cc<-' .^- .\. ^ . - • . t&t ■ .f • l^. .^.. ■ .. '. ' 'Vt‘ ^ ^ ‘.o .» \ ■'■ mJ'-* ‘li-: :"x \ 'k‘ « • ^^VJ7 '• ■ ■ I , L.. ^ yiimmon'ti The Ancient House of Drummond* Maurice Drummond, the first Thane of Lennox, was descended from the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was contemporary with Walter, the first great Stuart of Scotland, and King Malcolm III of Scotland, in whose reign the degrees of nobility and distinction of surnames began. Edward the Confessor, who had fled to Normandy for safety, was called home to reign about 1043 when England was freed from the Danish yoke of Hardy Canatus. Edward the Confessor, King of England, having no children, sent for his nephew, Edward the Outlaw, and his family, who had been sent for safety to King Solomon of Hungary. In the expedition returning to Eng¬ land with Edward the Outlaw was Maurice, a Hungarian nobleman who had charge of the ship. Edward the Outlaw died in 1057. Upon the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066 the English throne rightfully belonged to Edgar Athelin, son of Ed¬ ward the Outlaw. Edgar Athelin, apprehensive of his safety at the hands of William the Conqueror at the time of the Norman Conquest, set sail back to Hungary with his mother Agatha, and his sisters Margaret and Christiana. The ship was again under the charge of Maurice, the Hungarian nobleman. The ship was caught in a storm off the coast of Scotland, so they took refuge at the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Here they remained, and Malcolm III, King of Scotland, married Edgar Athelin’s sister Margaret in 1067. Maurice, the Hun¬ garian nobleman, highly esteemed by the Queen for his faithful services and for his skillful conduct of the ship, was honored with lands, offices, a coat of Arms suitable to his quality, and given the name of DRUMMOND. Previous to this time surnames were not in use, men being distinguished by adding their father’s name to their own, or the making of a name from some accident from their lives, or something remarkable in their body or mind. It now became necessary to employ a surname in order that the name might descend to posterity, the surname being taken from some notable action, from * This information is based upon "The Genealogy of The Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond” published in Edinburgh M.DCCC.XXXI. printed by A. Balfour & Co., and by "a friend to vertue and the family” the Honourable William Drummond, afterwards first Viscount of Strathallan. Collected in the year 1681. "The Author en¬ joyed the best advantages for the prosecution of his labours, not only in obtaining the use of the several accounts drawn up by previous writers, but in having free access to original papers, and to every other source of information regarding the collateral branches of a Family to which he himself was nearly related, and finally became so distinguished an ornament.” 9 the birthplace, office, or lands, or from a quality of the body. So the Hungarian nobleman, Maurice, received his surname Drummond from the office as being captain director or Admiral of Prince Edgar Athelin. 'Tor Dromont or Drom¬ ond in diverfe nationes was the name of a fhip of a fwift courfe, and the cap- tane theirof was called Dromont or Dromoner: for proveing this affertion theire are authors very famous, fuch as W^illiam of Newberrie, Minfeus in the emen¬ dations of his Guide to the languages, John Piccard channon of St. Victor, Caffiodorus, Sigebert the historian ...” Pliny tells of a swift ship named Dromon. Thus were the Argonots so called from the ship Argos. In addition the name Drummond was occasioned from the tempest they endured at sea. Drummond—mont signifies the high hills of waters, or drum which in ancient Scottish language is a height. Und or ond is from the Latin unda, a wave. Thus heights, or high waves of waters. King Malcolm III also bestowed on this Hungarian nobleman, Maurice, a competent inheritance, and made him Thane or Senescal of Lennox, and as a lasting badge of honor from the King, a noble coat of Arms contrived to repre¬ sent his condition and achievements. Thus: "Or, 3 barrs unds G; a helmet, wreath, coronet, and manteling fuitable to his degree j and for a creft a bloodhound of the 2d langued, armed, coloured of the 1; with two wyld naked men for fupporters, wreathed about the body and head with ivy, each beareing on his fhoulder a club raguled, and gaulthrops lying fcattered about theire feet; with this motto, GANGE WARRILY.” Maurice Drummond was naturalized a Scot, but records are lacking as to whom he married. A Franciscan friar, Adam Abel, in his history of Scotland, refers to the fact that Maurice came into Scotland from Hungary with Queen Margaret "whereof the pofterity have preferved ane uninterrupted and fixed perfuasion.” Maurice left two sons, the elder called Malcolm after his master and King. He became the second Thane of Lennox. The other son was called Maurice. From this Hungarian nobleman, Maurice, the father, lineally de¬ scended all the families of Drummond. He died on the field of battle at Alnich in 1093 with King Malcolm III and Prince Edward. I 10 Josiah Hayden Drummond, LL.D. By Hon. Marquis Fayette King, of Portland, Me. Josiah Hayden® Drummond was born in Winslow, Maine, August 30, 1827. He entered Waterville (now Colby) College in 1842, and was grad¬ uated in 1846 at the early age of nineteen years. In his junior year he was instrumental in establishing the Xi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, pre¬ sided at its first meeting, and fifty years later presided at the anniversary exercises, on which occasion he was made the recipient of a magnificent loving cup. His alma mater ever received his loyal support and loving serv¬ ice, and for forty-five years he was a member of its Board of Trustees, being chairman of the Board since 1888, with a record of almost constant attend¬ ance. In recognition of his merit, the Institution conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, in 1871. Like most farmer’s boys, he had largely to depend upon his own earnings to pay the expense of his higher education, and for this purpose a portion of the time during his student life was devoted to teaching.