This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... merchant, farmer, &c, and his wife, POLLY (STAPLES), had b. in Dixmont, Me., --I. Alv1n7, m. Lou1sa Merr1ll. (162b.) II. Mark7, b. 15 Dec, 1805, m. in Newburg, Me., 1831, Sarah (dau. of Thomas) Morr1ll, b. 27 Dec, 1807, who d. there Oct., 1872. He was major in the militia, has represented Newburg in the legislature, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ... merchant, farmer, &c, and his wife, POLLY (STAPLES), had b. in Dixmont, Me., --I. Alv1n7, m. Lou1sa Merr1ll. (162b.) II. Mark7, b. 15 Dec, 1805, m. in Newburg, Me., 1831, Sarah (dau. of Thomas) Morr1ll, b. 27 Dec, 1807, who d. there Oct., 1872. He was major in the militia, has represented Newburg in the legislature, and held other offices. He is a farmer and a lumberman, is a Free Baptist, has had 8 children. III. Alfred7, m. Stone; d. IV. John7, m. Carr1e Kenney. V. Dav1d7, m. G1lmore. VI. Benjam1n7, m. Hannah Hammond. VII. Henry7, m. Newcomb. VIII. Mary7, m. Morse; d. IX. Jerusha7, m. Moses Parsons. X. Polly7, m. Nelson Morse. XI. Charlotte7, m. Thomas Cowan. XII. Eliza Ann7, m. Rich. No. 93b. JESSE and his wife, MEHITABLE (FOLSOM6) (Peter, Jn.8, Pe.2, Jn.1) WEDGEWOOD. had b. in Parsonsfield, Me., 10 ch. I. Meh1table6, b. 10 May, 1786, m. Capt. William Blaze, and d. 31 July, 1862. They had no ch. II. Sarah6, b. 9 Apr., 1788, m. (1) Silas Burbank, (2) John Wadle1gh, and d. July, 1864. III. El1zabeth6, b. 5 Jan., 1790, m. Dr. Moses Sweat, and d. 13 Jan., 1860. IV. Jesse6, b. 1 March, 1792, m. Cathar1ne Pa1ne; lived in 1874 at South Parsonsfield. V. Mary6, b. 12 March, 1794, m. Capt. Abraham MarsTon; living in 1874. VI. Hannah6, b. 10 May, 1796, m. John Moore, and d. 6 Sept., 1855. VII. Lyd1a6, b. March, 1798, d. 1803. VIII. Susan6, b. 12 Apr., 1800, m. Capt. Jabez Towle, and d. 14 Dec, 1854. IX. Thatcher G.6, b. 11 Apr., 1802, m. Mal1nda Eaton; d. at Limerick, Me, since 1874. X. Peter6, b. 1804, d. an infant. About 100 years after the settlement of the Folsom family in Exeter, their descendants began to drift away to the east, and became more numerous in Maine than in any other state. One who knows many of them says, --"As a whole this branch of the...
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