Early Families of Sabattus, Androscoggin Co, Maine: formerly part of Greene, Lewiston, Lisbon, Bowdoin & West Bowdionham
1st draft by David C. Young
PO Box 152
Danville, Maine 04223
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addition and corrections request
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ABBOTT
James ABBOTT of England m Betsy PALMER
Children:
William b 1868, m 27 May 1933, Ellen Davenport
b 1860, d/o Richard & Sarah (BASCENDALE) Daven-
port. [VR Lisbon]
Moses ABBOTT m Delana HERRICK b 27 June 1821 at Greene, ME, d 22 Mar 1895. [Ferry Rd Cem, Lisbon, ME]
Children:
Francis H q.v.
Francis H ABBOTT b 1854 at Randolph, MA, d 26 Mar 1922 ae
67y 8m 16d, s/o Moses Abbott. Francis H Abbott, occ' shoe
Shop Manager, member of masonic lodge, m Flora S ______ b
1862, d 1923 at Rockland, ME, sis/o Mrs Grace S DANIELS.
[Ferry Rd Cem, Lisbon, ME][Obit 30 Mar 1922 & 13 Apr 1923
Lisbon Enterprise of F H Abbott & his widow]
ABELL
Jehial ABELL b 1778 at Franklin, CT, occ' blacksmith, m
Cynthia BECK.
Children:
Maria Roxana Nott b 28 Apr 1810 at Topsham ME
Cynthia P b in Topsham, ME, d 7 May 1902 ae 84y
[Lisbon Death Records][VR printed of Topsham ME]
ADAMS
Nathaniel ADAMS b 1745 of Braintree, MA.
Children:
Nathaniel b 14 Jan 1787 at Braintree;
Ivory b 8 Jan 1806.
[Mower's notes on Greene, ME AHS]
John Adams m Grace ______.
Children:
John b 29 June 1773
James b 12 June 1775
Richard b 7 June 1777
Mary b 26 Apr 1779
Sarah b 12 Jul 1781
Grace b 17 Jul 1783
Joseph b 8 May 1786
Rebecca b 16 Sep 1787
James b 22 Dec 1789
David b 15 Nov 1792
Daniel b 4 Dec 1794, moved to Litchfield ME
Betsy b 18 Feb 1798. [VR Bowdoin, ME][see p 23 History
of Litchfield ME]
Thomas ADAMS b 1750 at Harpswell ME, d ?? s/o Nathan &
Hannah (Parsons) Adams. Thomas Adams of Harpswell ME m 5 Oct
1775, Sarah TARR of Harpswell. He was said the first of his
family to establish a branch of his family in Bowdoin ME.
Children:
Thomas b 1774;
Thomas b 25 Mar 1784;
Sarah b 12 Apr 1787;
Adam b 22 June 1789;
Samuel b 7 Jan 1792;
Lydia b 11 Oct 1794. [VR Bowdoin, ME][VR Bowdoin ME
printed]
Charles ADAMS b 9 Dec 1796 at Limington ME, d ??, s/o ??
Charles Adams m Hannah ______ b 2 Jan 1799 at Brunswick ME.
Children:
Ezra A b 22 Jan 1821 at Litchfield ME;
Charles H b 3 May 1822 at Wales ME;
John b 20 Apr 1824 at Lewiston ME;
James M b 7 Aug 1826 at Lewiston ME;
Almira B b 2 June 1828 at Dixmont ME;
Sarah b 28 Jul 1830 at Dixmont;
Mary F b 2 Jan 1833;
George E b 8 Oct 1836;
Albert b 22 Apr 1838;
Hannah b 11 May 1840. [Dixmont ME VR]
Capt Benjamin ADAMS b 20 Feb 1802 at Greene, ME, s/o ??
Capt Bengamin Adams, occ' carpenter, Capt in the militia Co
H, 3rd Reg Inf Ist Bridade, 2nd division in Maine. He was a
member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Benjamin Adams m
Mary HAWES b 1802, d/o Ichabod & Mary HAWES of Monmouth, ME.
Children:
Elizabeth b 4 June 1820, d.y.
John Brooks b 4 Feb 1824, d 11 Dec 1869 ae 45y
Charles Harrison b 30 Jan 1827.
[Mower's notes on the Adams Family of Greene, ME AHS]
Elias ADAMS Esq served as a school teacher in his early
years and later was a brick mason by trade. He was also tax
collector several years. In the 1850's he moved to Lewis
ton, ME to do his trade. Elias m(1) 1829 Clarissa THOMAS of
Greene, ME, m(2) 28 Nov 1839, Mrs Hannah (STODDARD) HARRIMAN
b 1/13 Dec 1810, m(3) 2 Mar 1854 Mary WEYMOUTH b 1821, d 17
Dec 1857.
Children by 1st wife:
Clarissa Maria d 4 Nov 1855 ae 20y
Joseph Warren d in IL
Susan Vinton
Children by 2nd wife:
Sarah Augusta d 11 Sep 1857 ae 16y
Clarissa Melissa d 3 Feb 1849 ae 8y
Silas Rist d 20 Aug 1852
Alma Melissa d 3 Feb 1849
[Mower's notes on Adams Family AHS][for the birth dates see
Mower's History of Greene ME p 391]
Ivory ADAMS b 8 Jan 1806, d 14 Oct 1855 ae 49y 9m, s/o Na
thaniel & Lois _____ Adams. Ivory Adams m Joanna LOMBARD b
20 Oct 1812 d 1901.
Children:
Prudence Ann b 1833 d 1837
Julia Frances d 16 Apr 1837 ae 1y 5m
Julia Ann
Moses W b 1840, d 1911
Mary Frances b 1842, d 1862
_______ d 17 May 1845 ae 2y 3m
Louisa Watts d 27 May 1848
Ivory d 11 Feb 1848 ae 4 wks
Samuel Farwell Watts d 27 Feb 1912
John Q d 26 Jan 1927
Josephine d 27 Feb 1852
Joanna d 14 Feb 1857
Josaphene d 17 Feb 1857 ae 5y 8m 2d
Mary F d 15 Apr 1862 ae 19y 11m 15d.
[Old Valley Cem, Greene, ME][see p 392 Mower's History of
Greene, ME for the births]
John ADAMS s/o Dr David & Jemima (MOWER) Adams. John Adams
m(1) Annie B STOWE. He m(2) Hannah TRUE He m(3) Mrs Olive
Bass WHITMAN of Turner, ME.
Children:
Ann Elizabeth
John Truman
Otis Franklin
Horace Earl.
Children by 2nd wife:
Lucy True
Sewall Francis
Stillman Morse.
Children by 3rd wife:
Nelson Whitman
Olive Bass* [Mower's notes on Adams Family AHS] * "In
the 1780's Olive knit for Oliver Mower of Greene ME as a
gift a pair of blue & white double wool mittens with his
name worked around the wrist in knit stitch." [for birth
dates see p 392 Greene History by Mower]
John ADAMS John m Henritta HATCH.
Children:
Louisa A b ?? at Bowdoinham, ME, d 2 Nov 1920 ae 75y 1m
15d at Lisbon, ME, m _____ Edgecomb. [VR Lisbon ME]
John Brooks ADAMS d ?? at Fairfield ME m 27 Aug 1848, Roxan
na Adelaide CUSHMAN d/o Lewis & Amelia ( ) CUSHMAN of
Monmouth ME. Mower claimed that her lines trace back to
Isaac ALLERTON, Francis EATON, and John HOWLAND. They res
at Greene, Monmouth, & Kendall's Mill (Fairfield) ME. Chil
dren:
Harry b at Greene
Alonzo Scott m 1921, Ada Wolcott Ridgeway of Boston, MA,
George. [Mower's notes on Greene, ME AHS]
John Q ADAMS b 1828 at Pownal, ME, d 16 May 1908 ae 80y 5m,
s/o Andrew & Dorcas (MANN) Adams. John Q Adams m 11 June
1859, Lydia R PALMER b 1834, d 2 Mar 1868 ae 33y 9m [Morning
Star 19 Aug 1868], m(2) Priscilla P WHITTIMORE b 14 May 1831
at Lisbon ME, d 12 Jan 1914 at Bowdoin, ME, d/o John &
Hannah (WILSON) WHITTIMORE. [Hillside Cem, Lisbon,
ME][#34-35 Census 1860 Lisbon, ME]
Children by 2nd wife:
Nellie Mabel b 27 Dec 1870 at Lisbon, ME.
[VR Lisbon, ME][VR Bowdoin ME printed]
Joseph ADAMS b 27 Nov 1730 at Braintree, MA, d 5 Jul 1809 at
Greene ME, s/o Samuel & Sarah (PAINE) Adams. Joseph Adams
m(1) 14 Oct 1756, Elizabeth DRAPER d 1 Mar 1773. He m(2) 22
Jul 1776, Abigail PERRIN of Woodstock, CT, she d 9 Feb 1807
at Greene, ME. Joseph Adams and his brother Moses bought
land in town of Uxbridge on 20 May 1755. He settled in
Greene, ME in 1803.
Children:
Ruth b 11 May 1757, d 1761
Samuel q.v.
Joseph b 25 Aug 1763
David q.v.
Moses b 10 Dec 1769, d 11 Oct 1788 killed in
accidently.
[Mower's notes on Adams Family AHS]
Joseph ADAMS Born 1832 m 24 Oct 1858, Josephine MERRILL.
They lived in Lewiston ME before moving to ILL. Mr Adams was
engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Children:
Frank b 2 Nov 1860, d y
Willis Hirst b 29 Sep 1865, d 30 May 1882 drowned
Clara Louise b 25 Nov 1871. [Mower's notes on Adams
Family AHS]
Moses ADAMS built in 1820's the old house next to and
located East from the brick house where he lived. The place
has been known as the Ayer-Dill-Cole place. His house since
has been dismanted with only the well remaining; however,
the sweep has been removed also. He m 1 Jan 1824, Jane ROSE
d/o Bradford ROSE. [Mower's notes on Adams Family AHS]
Nathan ADAMS m Martha ALEXANDER.
Children:
David b 23 Oct 1800;
Thomas b 4 Dec 1803 d 4 Jan 1804;
Thomas 2nd b 4 Dec 1805, d 11 Sep 1808;
Eliza b 14 Sep 1806;
William b 29 Apr 1809;
Diana b 29 June 1810;
Henry b 19 Aug 1812. [VR Bowdoin, ME printed]
ADAMS Nathaniel - Born 14 Jan 1777/87, d ?? s/o ?? Nathan
iel m Lois _________b 28 May 1791, d 28 Dec 1844 ae 52y
[Morse Cem, Greene, ME] He m(2) 1845, Eunice Berry d/o
George Berry, m(3) Elizabeth Tripp.
Children:
Elizabeth b 14 March 1820;
Harriet b 20 June 1822;
Rodney b 22 June 1825;
James b 4 May 1827;
Calvin b 22 June 1829;
Franklin b 30 June 1831;
Mary b 1833, d 1831. [AHS files]
Otis C ADAMS m Eleanor ______.
Children:
Sarah Adeline b 12 Mar 1831. [VR Lisbon, ME]
Samuel Adams b 25 Nov 1845 of Greene, d 27 Feb 1912 of
Greene ME. Samuel M Adams m Florinda ________. He was com
mitted to the insane hospital at Augusta ME 14 Dec 1911. **
Children:
Lucy M of Leeds ME (she was his guardian) m
Herbert W RYDER
Stephen M of Greene ME
Bernice E of Greene
Hannah M m William A JENNINGS of Leeds. [1908 An
droscoggin Co Probate # 70804 1912 Androscoggin Co Probate
# 9857, & See page 393 GH]
Samuel W Adams - Did he have a brother: Moses Watts?
b 19 Mar 1840 d 1911? p 393-4 del on page 392 # 4. Samuel
Watts b 19 Mar 1840 should be "Moses Watts Adams"
and # 7. Farwell Watts b 23 Nov 1845 should be "Samuel
Farwell Watts Adams
Weston ADAMS his wife, we believe, ran a school at Lewiston
Corner in 1833, [William Garcelon named him in his diaries]
Anson ADAMS born at Lisbon ME, was at one time the holder of
the Boston Post cane. Anson Adams m Edith _______ b 28 Mar
1881. His wife was given the Boston Post Cane at ae 98y in
1979. She had out lived her husband. [Lewiston Daily Sun 14
May 1979]
ADDITION
Otis ADDITON m Nancy ____________ b 13 Jan 1795.
Children:
Clarissa Augusta b 23 Jan 1814
Eleazer Keene b 9 Nov 1815. [VR Greene Me p 123]
ALDEN
Benjamin ALDEN born in Stafford CT, d in Greene ME 21 Feb
1840, bur 22 Feb 1840 {Q}
Mr ALDEN m 24 Nov 1785, Betty HAYFORD d 12 Mar 1832
They had 12 children {Q}
Benjamin ALDEN Jr - Born 9 Aug 1790, d ??, s/o Benjamin [Q]
Fred ALDEN m Minnie G CURTIS of Bath, ME, b ?? at Newburg,
ME.
Children:
Maurice G b 1895 at Somerville MA?, m 2 Mar 1921
at Bath ME, Flora M FARRAR b 1899 at Lisbon Falls
d/o ?? [VR Lisbon ME]