1. Dr. Frank Allan Duncan, Jr.^1,2, born December 18, 1923 in Buffalo, NY^2,3. He was the son of 2. Frank Allan Duncan, Sr. and 3. Altha Ruth Straube. He married (1) Sigrid Juanita Nelson^4,5 June 17, 1950 in Berkley, Michigan⁵. She was born October 09, 1927 in Berkley, MI^6,7, and died July 31, 2000 in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN^8,9. She was the daughter of Karl Johan Nilsson and Ella Roberta Bleakley.

Notes for Dr. Frank Allan Duncan, Jr.:

The following biographical sketch was published by Hubert H. Hawkins and Robert R. McClarren in "Indiana Lives," Historical Record Association, Hopkinsville, KY 1967:

DUNCAN, FRANK ALLAN, JR., dentist, 607 North Main Street, Auburn. Of Scottish and German descent, he was born on December 18, 1923 in Buffalo, New York and is the son of Frank A. Duncan, Senior, and Altha Ruth (Straube) Duncan. He attended elementary school in South Bend and graduated from Riley High School in South Bend, Indiana in 1941. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1947 and in 1951 received a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Northwestern University School of Dentistry. On June 17, 1950, he married the former Sigrid Juanita Nelson of Berkley, Michigan. They are the parents of three children: Ann, born in 1951; Jon, who was born in 1954, and Julia, born in 1957. After graduation from high school, he went to work for Underwood Elliott Fisher Company of South Bend in the typewriter and adding machine service department and remained there until starting college in 1942. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the United States Naval Reserve as a line officer with the Atlantic Fleet and returned to college upon his discharge in 1946. He graduated from Dental School in 1951 after working as a postal carrier in the summers. Dr. Duncan served two years in the United States Air Force Medical Service and returned to private practice in Auburn, Indiana. He is a Trustee of the Indiana State Dental Association; member of the American Dental Association; has been Secretary of the Board of the Auburn Young Men's Christian Association for five years; and serves on the Board of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and the Isaac Knapp District Dental Association, of which he was president in 1959 and 1960. He belongs to the Auburn Lions Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge #1978. In 1965 he was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the DeKalb County Board of Health. After graduating from the United States Naval Reserve Midshipman's School at Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1944, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve and served as a Line Officer aboard the U.S.S. Steinaker (DD-863) of the Atlantic Fleet until 1946. Upon graduation from Dental School, he became a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and was stationed at the O'Hare Field Medical Department in Chicago, Illinois with the 142nd Fighter Squadron and at the Itazuke Air Force Base in Kyushu, Japan in 1952. He was discharged with the rank of Captain. His political affiliation is with the Republican Party. Dr. Duncan belongs to the Presbyterian Church and has held many offices. These include that of Deacon from 1955 to 1958; Elder 1959-1962 and 1963-1966; and Clerk of the Session in 1962.

Frank Allan Duncan, Jr. was born in Buffalo, NY in 1923. By 1928, his family had moved to the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, OH, where he attended Kindergarten.

His parents moved to Warrenton by 1929, hwere they lived with his aunt Izola Alvey's family, and he attended first grade in Warrenton, MO.

His father, Frank A. Duncan, Sr. moved to South Bend, IN by the time of the 1930 census and was living in the YMCA there while his family continued to live in Warrenton, MO with his wife's sister's family. (Ray Alvey and Izola Straube Alvey in Warrenton).

The family moved to South Bend, IN by 1930.

He graduated from James Whitcomb Riley High School, in South Bend, IN in 1941. He then started his undergraduate education at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI in 1942, but his education was interrupted by World War II.

He served in the United States Navy 1942-46, attaining the rank of ensign. He served on the commissioning crew of the USS Steinaker, DD-863, as a navigator and torpedo officer.

After World War II ended, he returned to Kalamazoo College, graduating in 1947 with a B.S. degree in Chemistry.

He worked for the United States Post Office in South Bend, IN as a postal carrier during the summers of 1947, 48 and 49 as a way of financially supporting his dental education.

He attended Northwestern University Dental School, in Chicago, IL from 1947-1951, and graduated in 1951 with a D.D.S. degree.

In 1950 he worked in the orthopedic department at Passavant Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. In that same year, he married his Kalamazoo College sweetheart, Sigrid Nelson.

Because the Navy's senior dental program was filled up at the time of the Korean War, he left the Navy and served as a dentist in the Medical Corps of the United States Air Force during the Korean War from 1951 - 1953. He was first stationed with the 142nd Tactical Fighter Wing at O'Hare Air Force Base, near Chicago, IL. Dr. Duncan describes the area now known as O'Hare Airport as "a wheat field for as far as you could see," during the time he was stationed there.

In May of 1952, while still serving in the Air Force, Dr. Duncan was ordered to report to California to be transferred to Japan. The air flight from California to Tokyo took 36 hours, with refueling stops in Honolulu and Wake Island. He was stationed at Itazuki Air Force Base, near Fukuoka, Japan, on Kyushu Island, the southernmost island in Japan. While stationed there, Dr. Duncan produced a film of civilian life in post-war Japan.

In 1953, he moved to Auburn, IN with his wife, Sigrid (Nelson) Duncan and their one-year-old daughter, Anne. Upon arrival in Auburn, he set up a private dental practice, in which he remains active in 2005.

He was appointed by Indiana Governor Otis Bowen to the Indiana Board of Dental Examiners, serving in that position from 1975 to 1982.

He is a 6th generation descendant of Revolutionary War Patriot Dr. Samuel Duncan (his 3rd great grandfather). He is also a direct descendant of six passengers who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe in 1620 aboard The Mayflower. Among his ancestors are Mayflower Pilgrims Isaac Allerton, his wife Mary Allerton, and, interestingly, both of their daughters Remember Allerton (his ancestor through the Zoraida Hawks line) Mary Allerton (his ancestor through the Adeline Stone Waterman line), and Pilgrims Degory Priest and Francis Cooke.

More About Dr. Frank Allan Duncan, Jr.:

Appointed: 1976, Member, Indiana State Board of Dental Examiners¹⁰

Census: 1930, Warrenton, MO^11,12

Degree 1: 1947, B.S., Chemistry, Kalamazoo, MI¹²

Degree 2: 1951, D.D.S., Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL^12,13

Education 1: Bet. 1942 - 1947, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI¹⁴

Education 2: Bet. 1947 - 1951, Northwestern Univ. Dental School, Chicago, IL¹⁴

Elected 1: Bet. 1959 - 1960, President, Isaac Knapp District Dental Association¹⁵

Elected 2: 1965, Board of Directors, DeKalb County, IN Board of Health¹⁵

Graduation 1: 1941, James Whitcomb Riley High School, South Bend, IN^15,16

Graduation 2: October 1944, USNR Midshipmen's School, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN¹⁷

Graduation 3: December 29, 1944, US Navy Torpedo Station, Newport, RI¹⁸

Graduation 4: April 07, 1945, Destroyer Torpedo Control Officers' School, Long Island, Casco Bay, Maine¹⁹

Graduation 5: 1947, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI^20,21,22

Graduation 6: 1951, Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, IL^23,24

Honor: July 19, 1946, Certificate of Satisfactory Service, Department of the Navy²⁵

Medical Information: heart valve replacement surgery, 1998

Military service 1: November 19, 1942, Enlisted, United States Naval Reserve -- placed on inactive status²⁶

Military service 2: November 19, 1942, V-12 Unit, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, IN²⁷

Military service 3: June 23, 1944, USNR Midshipmen's School, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN²⁸

Military service 4: July 06, 1944, USNR Midshipmen's School, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN²⁹

Military service 5: August 01, 1944, USNR Midshipmen's School, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN³⁰

Military service 6: October 07, 1944, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve³¹

Military service 7: October 26, 1944, Commission, Ensign, D(L), USNR³²

Military service 8: November 03, 1944, Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI³³

Military service 9: December 30, 1944, Navy Training Station, Norfolk, VA³³

Military service 10: December 30, 1944, Service number 386230³⁴

Military service 11: March 10, 1945, Destroyer Torpedo Control Officers' School, Long Island, Casco Bay, Maine³⁵

Military service 12: April 12, 1945, U.S.S. Kirkpatrick (DE-318)³⁶

Military service 13: May 24, 1945, U.S.S. Steinaker (DD-863), Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, NY³⁷

Military service 14: June 15, 1946, Officer Intake Station, New York, NY³⁷

Military service 15: June 17, 1946, U.S. Naval Personnel Separtion Center, Great Lakes, IL³⁸

Military service 16: June 18, 1946, Released from active duty³⁹

Military service 17: September 25, 1950, U.S. Air Force service no. AO 1906539⁴⁰

Military service 18: Bet. September 25, 1950 - June 16, 1953, U.S. Air Force⁴⁰

Military service 19: Bet. 1951 - 1952, O'Hare Air Force Base, 142nd Tactical Fighter Wing, near Park Ridge, IL^41,42

Military service 20: Bet. 1951 - 1953, Medical Service, U.S. Air Force^43,44

Military service 21: Bet. 1952 - 1953, Itazuki Air Force Base, near Fukuoka, Japan^45,46

Military service 22: June 15, 1953, appointed to rank of Captain, US Air Force^47,48,49

Military service 23: June 15, 1953, Released from active duty⁵⁰

Military service 24: August 10, 1954, Honorable Discharge, US Air Force Reserve⁵¹

Occupation 1: Bet. 1941 - 1942, typewriter service technician, Underwood Elliott Fisher Company, South Bend, IN⁵²

Occupation 2: 1947, Copy Editor, Boiling Pot (yearbook), Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI⁵³

Occupation 3: Bet. 1947 - 1949, United States Postal Service, South Bend, IN⁵⁴

Occupation 4: 1950, Passavant Hospital, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL⁵⁴

Occupation 5: June 08, 1950, dental student, Chicago, IL ⁵⁵

Occupation 6: Bet. 1953 - 2003, Dentist in private practice, Auburn, IN^56,57

Religion: Presbyterian ⁵⁷

Residence 1: December 18, 1923, 200 Porter Ave., Buffalo, NY⁵⁸

Residence 2: Bet. 1924 - 1929, 1686 Parkwood Road, Lakewood, OH⁵⁹

Residence 3: 1928, Lakewood, OH⁶⁰

Residence 4: Bet. 1929 - 1930, Warrenton, MO^61,62

Residence 5: Bet. 1930 - 1941, South Bend, IN⁶²

Residence 6: October 1944, 1341 E. Calvert St., South Bend, IN⁶³

Residence 7: June 18, 1946, 218 W. Marion Street, South Bend, IN^64,65

Residence 8: September 01, 1948, 218 W. Marion St., South Bend, IN^66,67

Residence 9: June 08, 1950, 839 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL⁶⁸

Residence 10: Bet. 1951 - 1952, Park Ridge, IL⁶⁹

Residence 11: June 15, 1953, 218 W. Marion Street, South Bend, IN⁷⁰

Residence 12: Bet. 1953 - 2004, Auburn, IN⁷¹

Residence 13: Bet. 1954 - 1956, 612 S. Indiana Ave., Auburn, IN⁷¹

Residence 14: Bet. 1956 - 1961, 610 S. Indiana Ave., Auburn, IN⁷¹

Residence 15: Bet. 1961 - 1985, 607 N. Main Street, Auburn, IN^72,73

Residence 16: Bet. 1985 - 2004, 320 W. Eleventh Street, Auburn, IN^73,74

Notes for Sigrid Juanita Nelson:

Sigrid Duncan wrote the following article that was published in the Auburn (Indiana) Evening Star, on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 1985, reproduced here in its entirety:

A Christmas Love Story

by Sigrid Duncan

This week I buried a wonderful uncle, the storybook kind everyone should have. Coming home from school as children, we were likely to find him visiting my mother, often with a box candy or some other unexpected treat for us. He had children of his own, but also found time from a busy life to love his sister's children a great deal. His good humor was a joy, but his kindness was what made him unusual. Life wasn't always wonderful of course, and on the black days his presence was vital.

Uncle Dave died of a cardiac arrest, exiting life with the same grace with which he lived. He wasn't young, but he had staying power in many ways, a highly valued trait in my family. We hope we have inherited some of that.

This occasion reminded us again how unexpected life on earth can be, and how important those people around us with courage, competence, love and good judgement are.

For I experienced a cardiac arrest in May, and if it were not for the courage and quick competence of the remarkable men and women of the EMS, DeKalb Hospital, and the Auburn fire and police departments we would not be decorating the tree, thrilling to the Christmas music, playing games with the grandchildren, and treasuring moments with loved ones.

It took an unusual set of circumstances and combination of efforts to bring about the return to life. Love does flow spontaneously from unexpected sources, allowing healing to come.

While having lunch with a friend, Julianna Budoso, there was a sudden dizziness, and I put my head on the table. Being unable to rouse me, she quickly called the 911 Emergency Number. Within seconds, the DeKalb EMS, the Auburn Fire and Police departments were on their way.

"When we get a call, we have to be on the road in 30 to 45 seconds; we only have four to six minutes in a case of cardiac arrest," said Mark Fisher, EMS paramedic in charge on the run. "After six minutes the chances of resuscitation are greatly reduced. Even if we would get the heart going after six minutes irreversible brain damage can occur, and the chances or recovery are slim," he pointed out.

"In your case, we were very fortunate to already be in the vehicle and underway when the call came in. We were at Grogg's Service Station, and figured we saved about two minutes in response time. It was vital."

With Mark Fisher was Dennis Winebrenner, EMT, a friend of the family. Thousands of hours of practice and instruction under their belt, they worked like a precision team, giving CPR, monitoring the heart rhythms, defibrillating the heart, intubating oxygen, and administering drugs. They were assisted by David Johnson, Bruce Zeigler, and Bill Walters of the Auburn Fire Department. Outside, the Auburn Police Department directed traffic, ready for a quick getaway to the hospital. The police dispatcher called my husband at his dental office. An EMS back-up team of Kay Strombeck and Lori Keltner arrived.

"As soon as you were stabilized, we got you to the hospital. We felt pretty good; you had a fighting chance," Paramedic Fisher added.

The EMS also assisted in the Emergency Room, where the condition remained critical, the heartbeats irregular. Life hung in the balance.

Doctors puzzled over what caused the arrest. Early tests made them believe this was not the heart attack where arteries or heart spasm blocked the flow to the heart. There was no evidence of this damage. Family Doctor John Harvey, Dr. James Buchanan, and cardiologist Robert Swint, who just happened to be making calls at the hospital, had a conference, discussing whether this could be the "Dyazide Reaction" currently being found in some patients.

"Sure enough," Dr. Swing said later, "you'd been taking this prescription for some time. A quick blood test showed the potassium levels to be extremely low -- that's what did it. In about 10 percent of the cases, it goes awry and drains the body of potassium needed for life. It isn't anything you did," he explained, "and nothing you could have done to prevent it. It won't happen again -- for you Dyazide is out. The medicine has a severe reaction in some people."

Quickly, the doctors counter-acted the Dyazide. "You were still unconscious. We didn't know if you would make it, and if there would be full recovery. The next few hours were tenuous," our doctor said.

"I asked the EMS technician to call me the minute Mrs. Duncan came to," the doctor said later. "The technicians called at 4:30 in the morning saying you were semiconscious and fighting like a tiger. I laughed and told him not to worry -- that was a great sign. Those who arouse fighting usually make it."

My husband said the next couple of days were in and out of consciousness, but he and my daughter Julie were certain we could make it all the way, and talked and talked to me without much response.

Curious people asked me later if I had any visions of heavenly angels or bright light in all this time. I didn't, but a strange thing happened.

First I must tell you that in our family we have a story we comfort each other with when we lose someone. I don't know the source, but it tells just as one loved one tearfully sighs, "there she goes," one on heaven's side shouts with joy, "Here she comes!" Some would say such a story is a child's version of heaven, and if that be so, I accept it in the believing spirit of a child.

Some events are outside of logic, and unconditional love experienced in the spirit of childhood can save us.

I know I heard over and over the lovely Swedish folk song my father whistled. One possible explanation: The family and nurses, knowing the unconscious individual often hears what people say even though they do not appear to hear, talked to me constantly, telling me I could make this, and constantly rewound a small music box that arrived as a gift to me in the ICU. "It was the first gift to arrive -- before cards or anything else," my husband said.

The tune in this tiny box is "You Light Up My Life." The melody is similar to that Swedish folk song my father used to whistle, although the rhythm isn't just the same. I had never made the connection between the two songs before. When I awoke, I asked over and over about the music and that music box. "Where did it come from?" I wanted to know. We never learned from whom the music box came, although the family inquired of everyone on duty, friends, etc. No one knew. There may be someone out there who didn't get thanked for a meaningful gift. And there was someone at or visiting DeKalb Hospital who had a very deep contagious laugh, for I heard that laugh again and again. It was rich, happy sound, and reminded me of my father who laughed often and well. My heart warms to think of it still.

This is the miracle we think about this Christmas --unconditional, spontaneous love from many sources that made us whole and well. This is the Christmas message. It is just a lot clearer and our vision brighter now.

And when we join hands around the table before Christmas dinner and as always we'll sing:

"The Lord's been good to me,

And so I thank the Lord

For giving me the things I need...."

Sigrid Duncan is a writer and a resident of Auburn.

The song that she wrote about at the end of that story is known as "The Johnny Appleseed Song" [The last line continues, "For giving me the things I need: the sun and the rain and the apple seed..."] and it was a family tradition to sing that song at mealtimes as a prayer. The song was sung at the grave side burial service for Sigrid Duncan on August 3, 2000.

From the Auburn (Indiana) Evening Star, August 1, 2000, page 1

Wall Street Journal's first female reporter dies

Sigrid Duncan lived in Auburn 47 years

AUBURN - Sigrid Duncan, 72, of Auburn, The Wall Street Journal's first female news reporter, died Monday at 10:30 a.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mrs. Duncan joined the staff of The Wall Street Journal in 1949, immediately upon her graduation from the Journalism School at the University of Michigan.

"I was certainly surprised they wanted me, for I was not an expert on business," she wrote many years later. Because of this and since the wages offered to cub reporters in those days were meager, she nearly turned down the job. "But my father convinced me that I should be paying them for the experience, and to get myself down there and go to work," she wrote.

Her first assignment was as one of two reporters at The Wall Street Journal's Detroit bureau. The small size of the Detroit bureau was a huge plus for the young journalist. "Any news (story) the bureau chief didn't choose to cover (himself) was mine," she recalled.

She always downplayed her pioneering role as the Journal's first woman news reporter, emphasizing instead her later life in Auburn as a wife and mother.

"This was the new world on Wall Street and makes me a feminist, I guess. All the Wall Street Journal expected was that I would work and write, write, write," she said. But soon after she began, the Journal added two more women as reporters in the paper's Washington bureau.

The Wall Street Journal's editors were obsessed with excellent writing, a tradition that continues at the paper today. One editor's memo to all of the Journal's reporters remained etched in her memory decades later. "If I see the word upcoming in this paper once more, I will be downcoming and someone will be outgoing," he wrote.

Looking back, she recalled covering stories that foretold of big changes to come. "In Detroit my first by-line was on the controversy of the new paper milk carton being manufactured by Excello Corporation. Critics said it would never replace glass bottles, and we all know what happened to them," she said. Another innovation she reported for the paper 50 years ago was Zenith's PhoneVision. "Subscribers would receive movies for a small price by calling through the phone lines," she remembered, a precursor to pay-per-view cable television many years before its time.

Newspaper ethics were a major priority at The Wall Street Journal. She recalled an incident while she was at the Detroit bureau. An article highly critical of General Motors Corp. was published in the paper, infuriating the GM brass. GM pressed the Journal's New York City headquarters for a retraction, but the paper courageously stood by the story. GM threatened to pull its advertising - "a classic mistake," she said. "Did GM think advertising revenue bought favorable copy? But for that whole year they refused to talk to our bureau, so we couldn't include them in many stories. Too bad!" The Journal lost a great deal in the furor, but it "was confident that GM would be back. GM needed The Wall Street Journal more than The Wall Street Journal needed GM," she wrote. "Sure enough, after a year or so they were doing business with us again."

On June 17, 1950, she married her Kalamazoo College sweetheart, Dr. Frank A. Duncan, now an Auburn dentist, who survives. At the time of their marriage, Dr. Duncan was attending Northwestern University's Dental School in Chicago. When she told the Journal's editors in Detroit that she would be getting married and moving to Chicago, they immediately offered to transfer her to the Journal's much larger Chicago bureau. She was thrilled. The Chicago experience provided her the opportunity to cover a much wider range of business news and to interview many well-known business and political leaders.

Mrs. Duncan and her husband moved to Auburn and opened his dental practice here in the summer of 1953. "I helped him that first day. We were jubilant, and took in $7 in cash, which we framed," she recalled. She continued working in Auburn as a freelance writer and teacher. She taught sixth grade at what was then the McKenney Junior High School during the 1962-63 school year. She was a member of the Ladies' Literary Club, the Auburn Presbyterian Church, the Greenhurst Country Club, Auburn Chapter of PEO, the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and the Women's Auxiliary of the Isaac Knapp Dental Association. She worked with the Curiosity Shop associated with the DeKalb Memorial Hospital.

An obituary for Mrs. Duncan appears elsewhere on this page.

[The URL for this in the Evening Star archives page is:

http://www.kpcnews.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2000/August/1-461-dekalb1.txt]

The obituary text was as follows:

From The Auburn [IN] Evening Star

August 1, 2000

Sigrid Duncan

AUBURN - Sigrid N. Duncan, 72, died Monday, July 31, 2000, at 10:20

a.m. in Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne.

Her career as a journalist included working for the Wall Street Journal in

Detroit and Chicago. She also taught sixth grade during the 1962-63

school year at the McKenney School in Auburn.

Mrs. Duncan attended Kalamazoo College and the School of

Journalism at the University of Michigan.

She was an elder and sat on the Board of Session of the Auburn

Presbyterian Church, where she was a member. She also was a

member of many organizations, including the Ladies' Literary Club,

Greenhurst Country Club, Auburn Chapter of PEO, Alpha Chi Omega

Sorority and the Women's Auxiliary of the Isaac Knapp Dental

Association. She worked with the Curiosity Shop associated with

DeKalb Memorial Hospital.

She was born Oct. 9, 1927, in Berkley, Mich., to Ella (Bleakley) Nelson

and John Carl Nelson.

She married Dr. Frank Duncan on June 17, 1950, in Berkley, Mich. He

survives in Auburn.

Also surviving are a son, Jon, of Chicago; two daughters and

sons-in-law, Ann and Harry Kneifel of Carmel and Julia and William

Heimach of Auburn; a brother, John A. Nelson of Saginaw, Mich.; a

sister, Elizabeth Nelson of Auburn; and four grandchildren, Joshua

Kneifel of Carmel, Nathan Kneifel of Aspen, Colo., and Zachary and

Nikolas Heimach, both of Auburn.

A brother, Carl J. Nelson of Berkley, Mich., preceded her in death.

Services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Auburn Presbyterian

Church. The Rev. William Haworth and the Rev. Robert Heimach will

officiate. A private burial is planned at Woodlawn Cemetery. [Note not in original text: Woodlawn Cemetery is in Auburn, Indiana]

Calling is Thursday from 10-11 a.m. at the church.

Memorials are to the Auburn Presbyterian Church Youth Ministry Fund.

Feller Funeral Home of Waterloo is in charge of arrangements.

The URL from the Evening Star Archives:

http://www.kpcnews.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2000/August/1-478-obits3.txt

After the news story ran in the Auburn, Indiana Evening Star, Sigrid's son Jon received a telephone call from a reporter for The Wall Street Journal's New York City Bureau, who was responding to a similar news release sent by Jon to The Wall Street Journal. The reporter said that her research indicated that Sigrid was not the first woman news reporter for The Wall Street Journal, but that this was an understandable mistake because this fact was hidden even from Dow Jones Co. employees and its bureau chiefs at the time.

The following is a letter that Jon Duncan sent to the editor of the Auburn Evening Star after it was learned that the information provided to the Auburn paper about Sigrid Duncan's employment at the Wall Street Journal was inaccurate:

August 4, 2000

Mr. Dave Kurtz

c/o The Evening Star

118 W. Ninth Street

Auburn, IN 46706

by fax: (219) 925-2625, with original by regular first class mail

Jon A. Duncan

2503 W. Eastwood, 1st floor

Chicago, IL 60625

re: Sigrid Duncan

Dear Mr. Kurtz:

Thank you so much for running the article about my mother's career in last Tuesday's edition of The Evening Star. I was quite surprised and very moved that it received such prominent placement in Tuesday's edition. I really didn't expect that. I thought it might make an interesting side bar on the obit page.

Dave Feller of the Feller Funeral Home told me that you had tried several times to call me on Tuesday morning but that you were unable to reach me prior to your publication deadline. Please accept my apologies for that. As you might imagine, our phones were pretty tied up on Tuesday morning with calls to and from relatives and close family friends who had to be notified of my mother's death.

Dave Feller said that you were calling to get my "permission" to split up the news story from the obit. I appreciate that, but you of course did not need my permission, and you certainly would have had it in any case. I thought the split was an excellent idea.

At my mother's request, I used my mother's original lecture notes which were on her computer hard drive to assemble the quotes and the information in that news release. Unfortunately, she did not state in her notes where the lecture was given, and nobody in my family seems to know for sure. My suspicion is that she gave that lecture sometime within the last few years at the Ladies' Literary Club.

I'm really writing, though, to let you know what happened after that article ran in The Evening Star. This gets really interesting, so please bear with me while I explain some background.

Of course, my mother's employment as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal was before I was born. Accordingly, everything that I knew about those years was based on my conversations with my mother, her later writings about those years, and from looking at her somewhat limited collection of clips from those days.

I had dinner with my mother's surviving brother and sister on Wednesday evening, and I asked them about my mother's years at The Wall Street Journal. My aunt, Elizabeth Nelson, of Auburn, and my uncle, John Nelson, of Saginaw, Michigan, recalled that when my mother first began working at the paper, The Journal required that any by-lined article written by her appear in the paper with only her initials and not with her first name. The paper's policy when she first started working there was that they did not want it to be known publicly that a woman was covering business news. So her early articles at the paper appeared only under the name, "S. J. Nelson." Later that policy changed, and her articles ran with her full first name, thereby revealing to the world that a woman was working as a reporter there.

Having explained that background, here's were it gets interesting.

I had sent a news release to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday afternoon which was similar to the one I sent to The Evening Star, since I thought that it might have some historical interest to the newspaper. I received a return telephone call from The Wall Street Journal's New York City headquarters on Thursday afternoon, after my mother's funeral.

The woman who called (unfortunately, I didn't get her name) told me that, despite what my mother had been told by her bureau chiefs while she worked there, my mother was not the first female Wall Street Journal reporter, after all. I told her that this would have been big news to my mother, who went to her grave believing otherwise. She explained that the paper's policy of using initials for female writers to mask their gender worked very well. So well, in fact, that the presence of the other female reporters at other bureaus was often not even known within the paper's various news bureaus. She said that their records indicated that there were some other women at other bureaus before my mother, also using only their initials. She said that my mother was certainly one of the very first women reporters at The Wall Street Journal, but not the first. She was, however, the first at the Detroit bureau and at the Chicago bureau.

Apparently even The Wall Street Journal's bureau chiefs were unaware of this at the time. All three of my mother's bureau chiefs in Detroit and Chicago had told her that she was the first woman reporter to work at the paper. The woman who called me on Thursday said that it was an understandable mistake, given the paper's policy about women reporters at the time. She said that this was not the first time that they learned about former women reporters who were under the mistaken belief that they were the first woman news reporters at the paper. She said that they believe that there may have been some women reporters at the paper as early as World War II, during the period when most men of eligible age were off to war, necessitating the use of women to get the paper out.

I feel terribly on the one hand that the information I gave to you and that ran in last Tuesday's edition of The Evening Star turns out to be inaccurate. Unfortunately, my mother never knew this and I didn't learn about it until after the story ran in your paper last Tuesday.

Although I am very sorry about the inaccurate information, I must also confess that I am completely fascinated by all of this. The idea that the paper was hiding the presence of women reporters even within the Dow Jones Company seems so completely ridiculous now. But this incident gives me a glimpse back in time that I otherwise would not have had of how tough it must have been for pioneering women in the business and professional world in those days. That was a climate that seems so foreign now that it's easy to forget how much the world has changed in the span of a single generation. We would never have learned about this had I not sent that news release to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. My biggest regret is that it took my mother's death to fully understand her history there.

Anyway, I thought you should know, and I wanted you to hear it from me first. I am also sending a copy of this letter to Jim Kroemer, who knows me and who was familiar with my mother's work.

Please let me know if you would like me to prepare some sort of correction. I'm at a loss as to what, if anything, should be done about this. I don't want to perpetuate the error, though. You can reach me at my Chicago home at (773) 478-5399, or at my office in Oak Park, Illinois, at (708) 386-8400 ext. 5. I've been out of the office for nearly a week now, so I probably will be in the office this afternoon. I certainly will be there on Monday.

Thank you again for the wonderful coverage about my mother.

Very Truly Yours,

Jon A. Duncan

cc: James Kroemer

What follows is the cover letter that was sent to James Kroemer, publisher of the Auburn Evening Star:

August 4, 2000

Mr. Jim Kroemer

Publisher

The Evening Star

118 W. Ninth Street

Auburn, IN 46706

Jon A. Duncan

2503 W. Eastwood, 1st floor

Chicago, IL 60625

re: Sigrid Duncan

Dear Jim:

I want to thank you personally for running the article about my mother's journalism career in last Tuesday's edition of The Evening Star.

Some interesting things happened after that article ran, which are detailed in my follow-up letter to Dave Kurtz. I'm enclosing a copy. It's a long letter, but it's really an interesting story, so I hope you'll take a few minutes to read it. I think you'll be fascinated by the turn of events. My mother certainly would have been. I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, we should do to correct the error.

Like both you and I, my mother was a big Cubs fan, although I can't imagine her at a fantasy camp. She got so annoyed when they would have to go to that bullpen in recent years. I'm sure that you've noticed how the Cubs are teasing us lately. I'm not holding my breath.

Thank you again for the wonderful coverage about my mother.

Very Truly Yours,

Jon A. Duncan

More About Sigrid Juanita Nelson:

Burial: August 03, 2000, Woodlawn Cemetery, Auburn, IN^75,76

Degree: May 1949, B.A., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Education 1: Bet. 1945 - 1947, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI

Education 2: Bet. 1947 - 1949, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Occupation 1: Bet. 1949 - 1951, Journalist, The Wall Street Journal, Detroit, MI & Chicago, IL

Occupation 2: August 21, 1946, Berkley Advance, Berkley, MI⁷⁷

Occupation 3: 1947, Berkey Advance, Berkley, MI

Occupation 4: 1947, Humes Flower Shop, Berkley, MI

Occupation 5: Bet. 1962 - 1963, School teacher, McKinney School, Auburn, IN

Occupation 6: Bet. 1965 - 2000, freelance writer, Auburn, IN

Residence: Bet. 1951 - 2000, Auburn, IN

Marriage Notes for Frank Duncan and Sigrid Nelson:

An engagement announcement was published in a newspaper. The clipping in the papers of Sigrid Nelson does not indicate the date of publication or the name of the newspaper, but the text suggests that it was published in the Berkley, Michigan Advance sometime in the Spring of 1949. The text, in its entirety, reads as follows:

TO BE MARRIED

SIGRID NELSON

The engagement of Sigrid Nelson and Allan Duncan was announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson, 2365 Beverly boulevard (sic), Berkley, at a traditional dinner at Alpha Chi Omego (sic) sorority at the University of Michigan.

Friends received the news in the form of a miniature newspaper, The Extra Special Edition, with the pictures of the couple under the headline reading "Love Bug Bites Two." Spring flowers graced the tables.

Sigrid was graduated from Berkley high school in June, 1945, and is a senior at the Univeristy. She is affiliated with Alpha Chi Omega and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary sorority for women in journalism.

Her fiance, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan of South Bend, Ind., was graduated from Kalamazoo college in 1947, and is attending Northwestern University Dental school in Chicago. His fraternity is Psi Omega.

The following article appeared in the Auburn, IN Evening Star, Thursday, December 30, 1965:

HAPPY ENDING TO CHRISTMAS STORY

Household Pet of Duncan Family is Returned to Home in Auburn after a Harrowing Experience

All's well that ends well as far as the three children of Dr. and Mrs. F.A. Duncan of 607 North Main Street, Auburn, are concerned.

Their beloved canine friend, Pleiades, has been returned to the household and the children are now looking ahead to a Happy New Year after a not-so-happy Christmas.

Pleiades turned up missing from the Duncan home on Christmas eve and a thorough search of the area by the entire Duncan family failed to find the year and one-half-old Dalmatian.

When the Duncan children, Ann 14, Jon 11 and Julia 8, went to bed Christmas Eve it was not the joyous event that had been expected at this time of year.

Hoping to find their pet safe and sound on Christmas Day, the children were again dealt a setback when the dog failed to turn up.

More searching proved futile Sunday and Monday.

Beth Mentzer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mentzer of 704 North Main Street and Sheilia Todd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Todd of 701 North Main Street, went ice skating at the Thomas Memorial Park on Monday and while they were in the vicinity of Cedar Creek they heard sorrowful whines.

Investigating further, the girls spotted the Dalmatian marooned on a high point of land in the high waters of the creek.

RESCUED FROM CREEK

Adults were summoned and the dog was rescued and taken to the Duncan home.

Dr. and Mrs. Duncan speculated that the dog had gone across the creek on a log on Christmas Eve and that when she attempted to return the rising waters of the creek marooned her on her little "island."

Taken to a veterinarian, the dog clearly showed signs of her ordeal of days and nights being surrounded by the rushing waters.

The dog had a temperature, her feet were swollen and her underside had been cut and scratched by debris in the creek as the water rushed by her.

On arriving at the Duncan home, the dog quickly scampered around and made a meal of all of the Christmas candy which was in reach before she could be properly fed.

With some tender, lovin' care, the household pet is once again in good health and the children are their old happy selves once more.

More About Frank Duncan and Sigrid Nelson:

Marriage: June 17, 1950, Berkley, Michigan⁷⁸

2. Frank Allan Duncan, Sr.^79,80, born March 11, 1884 in St. Paul, MN⁸¹; died July 26, 1958 in South Bend, IN⁸¹. He was the son of 4. Frank Eaton Duncan and 5. Zoraida Howard Hawks. He married 3. Altha Ruth Straube May 11, 1922 in St. Louis, MO⁸².

3. Altha Ruth Straube^83,84, born November 02, 1892 in Wellsville, MO⁸⁵; died August 15, 1979 in North Ottawa Community Hospital, Grand Haven, MI⁸⁵. She was the daughter of 6. George Munsen Straube and 7. Alice Jane Rezner.

Notes for Frank Allan Duncan, Sr.:

Frank A. Duncan, Sr. was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1884. No official record has been found of his birth. St. Paul is stated to be his place of birth on his death certificate. However, numerous errors appear on his death certificate.

By 1892, the Duncan family was living at 87 N. Victoria, in St. Paul, MN, according to the 1892 St. Paul City Directory, p. 473.

In 1895, the St. Paul City Directory lists the family still at 87 N. Victoria in St. Paul, under the listing for Frank E. Duncan. There is a Frank Duncan also listed as a travel agent in the 1895 St. Paul directory, but Frank Allan Duncan, Sr. would appear to be much too young (11 years old) to be working as a travel agent at that time.

The 1897 and 1900 St. Paul City Directories both list the father Frank E. Duncan as still living at 87 N. Victoria in St. Paul. Oddly, neither Frank A. Duncan nor his father Frank E. Duncan appear in the 1903 St. Paul City Directory.

In 1905, when Frank A. Duncan, Sr. would have been 21 years old, he was working as a clerk for J. Quincy Haas & Co., in St. Paul, and he is listed as a "boarder" at 1703 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN. That is the same address where his father is listed as living at the time. St. Paul City Directory (1905), p. 554.

The 1909 St. Paul City Directory p. 607 has two apparently conflicting listings for Frank A. Duncan. The first states "F Allan clk b 1816 Dayton av" and the second states "Frank A travl agt b 1816 Dayton av." The 1816 Dayton Ave. address indicated in both listings was also the address where his father resided. But there seems to be a discrepancy regarding the work, and possibly the name. Was this a misprint or was Frank Allan Duncan, Sr. working two jobs at the time of the publication of the 1909 city directory?

The clerk description would be more consistent with the other work that Frank A. Duncan and his father were known to have performed, but the travel agent listing would be consistent with the listing at p. 1039 for Peter V. Larson, another travel agent. The father of Frank A. Duncan's first wife, Laura Belle Larson, was named Peter Larson. Perhaps Frank A. Duncan met Laura through the travel agency where Peter V. Larson worked. That would be consistent with his listing as a travel agent in the 1909 directory. Frank A. Duncan is listed again as a travel agent in the 1913 St. Paul City Directory (see below).

He was still living at home in St. Paul with his parents and working as a salesman for a lumber company at the time of the 1910 census, when he was about 26 years old.

Sometime between 1909 and 1913, he appears to have moved across Dayton Ave., from 1816 Dayton to 1817 Dayton, along with at least his two sisters, Katherine and Helen. Because Frank Eaton Duncan's listing does not appear in the 1913 St. Paul City Directory, the record is uncertain whether their parents moved across the street with them at that time, but they are all definitely listed living together at 1817 Dayton again by 1916.

The 1913 St. Paul City Directory p. 597 lists Frank A. Duncan, Sr. as working as a travel agent and living at 1817 Dayton Ave., the same address listed for his sisters Katherine and Helen. However, his father Frank Eaton Duncan is not listed in the 1913 City Directory, apparently an oversight. Importantly, the 1913 St. Paul City Directory p. 1077 also lists Peter V. Larson as working as a travel agent, and living at 848 Lafond in St. Paul. This appears to be the man who would later become Frank A. Duncan's father-in-law in his first marriage.

The combination of the 1909 and 1913 listings for the St. Paul City Directories would seem to support the theory that Frank A. Duncan met his first wife Laura Belle Larson through his work as a travel agent. There is no listing for a Laura Larson at 848 Lafond (Peter Larson's address) in the 1913 St. Paul directory, however. There is a Laura Larson listed as an "ironer" and boarding at 407 Michigan in St. Paul, but it cannot be determined from the directory listing whether this is the same woman who married Frank A. Duncan. The 1910 federal census for Minnesota also lists several women named Laura Larson, all of whom were working as domestic servants, but insufficient evidence has been found to conclude that any of these women were the same Laura Larson who married Frank A. Duncan.

Their marriage license notes that at the time of their marriage on December 26, 1912, they both were of the County of Hennepin, Minnesota. This seems unlikely for Frank Duncan, since St. Paul is not located in Hennepin County. But it would suggest that city directories for Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, should be checked for further information about Laura Belle Larson.

In any case, the St. Paul city directories support the theory that sometime between the time of the publication deadline for the 1913 St. Paul City Directory and 1914 he married Laura Belle Larson. (The 1930 census states that he was 28 years old at the time of his first marriage. This would have put his year of first marriage in 1912 or 1913].

This is confirmed by their marriage certificate [License and Certificate No. 78-21, Marriage Records, Book 162, page 55, Hennepin County, Minnesota], which states the date of their marriage as December 26, 1912 in Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota.

The couple's first child, Eleanor, was born in 1914.

He is listed in the 1914 St. Paul City Directory as a salesman living at 220 N. Fairview Ave. in St. Paul, working as a salesman, but his place of employment is not specified.

They were still living at 220 North Fairview in St. Paul when their second child Virginia was born in January of 1916, but, according to her death certificate, Laura Belle Larson died two weeks later of complications from Virginia's birth. Frank Duncan purchased a large cemetery plot in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul at the time of Laura Belle Larson's death, but no marker was placed on Laura's grave site. (Frank's parents were also both buried in this plot within the following ten years, also in unmarked graves. The several remaining graves in the Duncan plot remain vacant.)

Soon after the death of his first wife in February of 1916, Frank Duncan moved back in with his parents and his sister, Katherine, and they lived in St. Paul at 1817 Dayton Avenue. Presumably his two children were living with him at that address as well during this time. He continued to live with his parents and his sister at that address until after the 1920 census.

Undocumented family tradition (notes of his second wife Altha Straube) reflect that in the summer 1916 she worked for Chautauqua Co. and that she traveled Minnesota, Missouri and Oklahoma during that time. Her notes imply that she met Frank Duncan at Moose Lake [Carlton County, in East Central Minnesota] during the summer of 1916, but that he tried but could not get an introduction to her, and that he later wrote to her while she was working in Wellsville, Missouri.

The 1920 Census records [St. Paul, Minnesota, RAMSEY, S-D 159 (or 157), E-D 129, Sheet 7A] reflect that at the time of the 1920 census he was living with his daughters Virginia and Eleanor and his sister Katherine at the rented home of his parents at 1817 Dayton Avenue in St. Paul. His occupation is listed as a salesman, but the remaining language is illegible in the handwritten census record.

The 1930 census also reveals that Frank A. Duncan was not a military veteran.

After the 1920 census was taken, the Duncans all moved to 1837 Carroll Avenue in St. Paul. Frank is listed in the 1920 St. Paul City Directory p. 441 as working as a salesman, but his place of employment is not mentioned.

He continued to live with his parents and sister in St. Paul at least through the time of the publication of the 1921 St. Paul City Directory, which lists him still living there.

At some point between the publication of the 1921 St. Paul City Directory and his second marriage in May of 1922, he left his daughters with his parents and sister Katherine Duncan, and married Altha Ruth Straube. Katherine continued to live in St. Paul with her parents and Frank's children until the time of her mother's death in 1927. Katherine later moved with Frank's children to California by the time of the 1930 census [California, LOS ANGELES CO., ED 18-831, SD 16, Sheet 11 B]. She never married and raised Frank's daughters to adulthood.

Frank Duncan married Altha Ruth Straube on May 11, 1922, in the Clifton Heights Presbyterian Church, in St. Louis, MO. In December of 1923, they were living in Buffalo, NY when their son Frank A. Duncan, Jr. was born. His last child, Alice, was born in St. Louis in 1926.

By 1928, the Duncan family had moved to Lakewood, OH, a suburb of Cleveland.

In 1929, they were living in Warrenton, MO, where his son Frank attended the first grade of school, and in 1930, he moved to South Bend, Indiana, where he lived for the rest of his life.

Although Frank A. Duncan, Sr. moved to South Bend, Indiana by the time of the 1930 census, it appears that the family's move to South Bend, Indiana came after the 1930 census was taken. The 1930 census [Indiana, ST JOSEPH, Roll 626 Book 2, Page 9a] lists him as living alone as a boarder in the South Bend YMCA, even though he was married. Perhaps he moved ahead to get situated in his job there and to find a place to live before bringing his second wife Altha and their two young children to their new home in South Bend.

His son, Frank A. Duncan, Jr., in an interview August 9, 2003, told family researcher Jon Duncan that Frank, Sr. lived in South Bend for about a year before his family joined him there. During this time, the family (Altha Straube Duncan, Frank A. Duncan, Jr., and Alice Duncan) lived in Warrenton, MO with Altha's sister's family: Ray Alvey, Izola Straube Alvey, and their three children. The 1930 census for Warrenton, MO was consulted for further information, and it confirmed that Altha Duncan was living there with Alice and Frank Allan at the time of the census. [1930 Census, Missouri, WARREN, Roll 1249 Book 2, Pages 250a-b].

By 1930, his daughters from his first marriage, Eleanor and Virginia Duncan, had moved with his sister Katherine Duncan to Los Angeles, CA, according to the 1930 census [California, LOS ANGELES CO., ED 18-831, SD 16, Sheet 11 B, listing for Katherine Duncan]. His daughter Virginia Duncan remained in Los Angeles until her death in 1977, according to her death certificate.

According to undocumented family tradition (supplied by his granddaughter from this first marriage, Virgina (Lindsey) Polsen), near the end of his life, in about 1954, he attempted to contact his daughter Eleanor, his first child from his first marriage (and the mother of Virginia Polsen), who was in her 40s at the time. Not surprisingly, Eleanor did not wish to speak with the father whom she had not known since childhood.

His second wife Altha Straube writes in her family history:

1920 Izola (Straube, Altha's sister) married Raymond Alvey -- I could not forget the little I knew of F.A.D. -- and wrote him a letter telling him of my life in St. Louis. Soon after he came to St. Louis as salesman for Schuppon lumber (Railroad ties chiefly) and we began dating.

His death certificate incorrectly spells his middle name as "Allen" rather than the correct "Allan." Death certificate incorrectly states his father's name to be Frank "Allen" Duncan, rather than the correct Frank "Eaton" Duncan. Death certificate also incorrectly states his mother's first name to be "Toroda" Hawks, rather than the correct "Zoraida" Hawks.

Funeral Home: Welsheimer Funeral Home, South Bend, Indiana, handled the arrangements. He is buried with his second wife, Altha Ruth Straube, in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, IN, Sec. 23, plots 117-8.

Correspondence from Frank Duncan's daughter, Alice, to her nephew, Jon Duncan, via e-mail July 7, 2002:

I wanted you to know that I remember when my Dad started to work at Bendix Corp. at the beginning of WW II he needed a birth certificate, since they were making sensitive war material. He tried desperately to get a birth certificate over a period of some time and never did get one. I guess that then they were not recording births very carefully then or maybe the records were destroyed in some catastrophe. Often then they depended on the family Bible. I don't know how he ever resolved the problem with Bendix. I also know that the birth certificate thing was not a problem for my mother. I don't remember ever seeing a certificate for her, but I think that her birth date and identification was not a problem. Possibly the data came from the family Bible.

More About Frank Allan Duncan, Sr.:

Burial: July 28, 1958, St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, IN, Sec. 23, plots 117-118^86,87

Cause of Death: acute coronary thrombosis, coronary Sclerosis and Angina⁸⁸

Census 1: 1900, St. Paul, MN⁸⁹

Census 2: 1910, St. Paul, MN⁹⁰

Census 3: 1920, St. Paul, MN⁹¹

Census 4: 1930, South Bend, IN⁹²

Medical Information: died 5 days after onset of final illness⁹³

Occupation 1: 1905, Clerk, J. Quincy Haas & Co., St. Paul, MN⁹⁴

Occupation 2: 1909, Clerk, St. Paul, MN⁹⁵

Occupation 3: 1909, Travel agent, St. Paul, MN⁹⁵

Occupation 4: 1913, Travel agent, St. Paul, MN⁹⁶

Occupation 5: 1914, salesman⁹⁷

Occupation 6: 1920, Clerk⁹⁸

Occupation 7: 1920, salesman, Schuppon Lumber (railroad ties)

Occupation 8: 1921, Clerk⁹⁹

Occupation 9: 1930, Salesman, lumber wholesaler¹⁰⁰

Residence 1: Bet. 1886 - 1887, 54 W. 4th, St. Paul, MN¹⁰¹

Residence 2: 1892, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN¹⁰²

Residence 3: 1895, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN¹⁰³

Residence 4: 1897, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN¹⁰⁴

Residence 5: 1905, 1793 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN¹⁰⁵

Residence 6: 1909, 1816 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN¹⁰⁶

Residence 7: December 26, 1912, Hennepin County, MN¹⁰⁷

Residence 8: 1913, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN¹⁰⁸

Residence 9: 1914, 220 N. Fairview Ave., St. Paul, MN¹⁰⁹

Residence 10: February 15, 1916, 220 N. Fairview Ave., St. Paul, MN¹¹⁰

Residence 11: 1918, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN¹¹¹

Residence 12: 1920, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN¹¹²

Residence 13: 1920, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN¹¹³

Residence 14: 1921, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN¹¹⁴

Residence 15: 1923, 200 Porter Ave., Buffalo, NY¹¹⁵

Residence 16: Bet. 1924 - 1929, 1686 Parkwood Road, Lakewood, OH¹¹⁶

Residence 17: 1929, Warrenton, MO

Residence 18: 1930, South Bend, IN, YMCA¹¹⁷

Residence 19: Bet. 1930 - 1958, South Bend, Indiana

Residence 20: October 26, 1944, 1342 E. Calvert St., South Bend, IN¹¹⁸

Residence 21: September 01, 1948, 218 W. Marion St., South Bend, IN¹¹⁹

Residence 22: July 27, 1954, 218 W. Marion St., South Bend, IN¹²⁰

Residence 23: July 26, 1958, 2641 Fernway, South Bend, IN¹²¹

Social Security Number: 304-12-4469¹²²

Notes for Altha Ruth Straube:

Handwritten biography written by Altha Straube.

My father and mother lived in a house on Hudson Street (Wellsville, MO) where, I am told, the post office now stands.

Wellsville was a quiet country town of about 1200. It grew in business with a rich farming community, Blattner's store on the corner of Hudson and 2nd? was about to fall down and plans were to repair the building. Stock was being moved to a building across the street when the building collapsed. Andrea Blattner was buried in the rubble, had a fractured skull but recovered -- they built a new store across the street, and our house was next door. When they wanted to expand our father sold our home, a large lot and we moved into a new house on Clay Street. By this time [abt. 1904] I was about 12 years old.

Maude and Clarel were married. Maude to Clyde Wells. Lived on a farm which she had inherited from Grandpa Shepherd (had one son, Marland) later divorced. She moved to Wellsville, died, date unknown.

Clarel married Josie Elton. Graduated (dental) Wash. U. St. Louis -- 1900 -- practiced in Wellsville all his life. Died? 1950?

Father was post master during Democratic regimes, he and uncle Will Frisbie had a hardware store when the Republicans regained (building housed a Kroger store last I knew).

I was born Nov. 2, 1892 during Grover Cleveland's administration. Got my middle name (Ruth) from Cleveland's daughter.

In 1904 our whole family went to St. Louis to the world's fair. Some of the buildings in Forest Park still stand. My mother's sister (aunt Lib Whitehead) lived in O'Fallon, Ill. and we visited her. Older ones went to fair daily by trolley. Saw "Teddy" Roosevelt, and my first automobiles there.

Blattner's store stood on the corner next to our house and about 1905 they bought the lot on which our house stood. Our father built us a new house on Clay Street and we moved. Ever the sharp dealer father had the upper story of our old house torn off -- saved what lumber was good and used it in the new house and outbuildings. The lower half of the old house (5 rooms) were moved 3 blocks east and finished and rented -- still stands -- when Republican regimes threw Democrats out father became bookkeeper for Blattner's store.

This was a huge business -- dry goods, groceries, hardware, men's and women's clothing, shoes, farm implements, buggies, wagons, furniture, ice cream parlor. They bought anything the farmer had to sell, butter, eggs, wool, chickens, turkeys geese, ducks, milk, hides, etc.

They established a poultry business where dressed poultry was shipped to the east coast shipping lines -- and car loads of live poultry to New York -- turkeys were brought to town in huge flocks, driven like cattle and processed through Blattner's. They also established an ice cream factory, and put in an ice-cream parlor.

Then one night the poultry business and the ice-cream factory burned, a huge fire (spontaneous combustion in feathers). Thereafter the whole business slowly diminished. When Woodrow Wilson was elected Uncle Fred Blattner got the post master's job and he hired father as assistant. He worked there until 1921. After mother died he retired at the age of 73.

Years before he had built 3 more houses, which he rented, sold 2 and willed one to Maude and one to Clarel -- and sold the home place on Clay Street and lived with Maude -- died about 1936 age 88.

When I was in the 4th grade the schoolhouse burned -- and for about a year we attended school in vacant buildings, homes, churches -- a new school was built on the same location. Here we all went through High School -- except Everett -- a drop out.

I graduated from High School in 1911, went to work as a saleslady in Blattner's store at once (eleven dollars a month) -- moved up to Lady's Ready to Wear assisting Aunt Mattie Blattner -- here I learned a lot about sewing, etc.

About 2 years after I wanted to go into Nurses' training, but my family objected, Clarel suggested I work in his office, so I did for several years -- eager for more education about 1915 I went to summer school at "normal" school -- Kirksville, Mo. Passed Co. exams and taught one year in the country. ($45 per month, $55 per month in town.) Then 2 years in Wellsville 4th & 5th grades -- summer school at Mo. U and extension had netted about 2 years credit. Summer 1916 worked for Chautauqua Co. -- traveled Minnesota, Mo., Okla -- did playground work in a.m. -- took tickets afternoons and evenings. Had fun. At Moose Lake, Minn, a big storm blew down tent, turned over piano --

At hotel same time was Frank Duncan. Came across lake in storm, later told me he tried to get an introduction to me but couldn't, later wrote to me at Wellsville -- I taught in Wellsville school years of '16 - '17 and '17 - '18. By this time we were in the first world war, and I became more determined to take nurse's training. Had been engaged and broken up twice. And could not forget the beautiful letter I had from F.A.D. -- wish I had kept it --

1918 entered St. Luke's Hospital Nursing School in May. War ended in Nov.

1921 Mother died January 7. Surgery for gallstones & hysterectomy -- CA -- dehydration.

March, 1921, Everett (about 22 years old) living at home, working for Burlington R.R. Co. -- killed hunting rabbits -- gun shot wound.

1920 Izola [Altha Straube's sister] married Raymond Alvey -- I could not forget the little I knew of F.A.D. -- and wrote him a letter telling him of my life in St. Louis. Soon after he came to St. Louis as salesman for Shuppon lumber (Railroad ties chiefly) and we began dating.

I graduated from Nursing School May 1921. Did private duty in St. Louis -- lived in Windermere Hotel.

1922 Married F.A.D. May 11, 1922. honeymoon in the Ozarks, combined with buying ties for co. A most beautiful country and time of year for a honeymoon -- rode horseback to local sawmills, swam, fished, camped visited Blue Springs -- then back to St. Louis.

1922 In the fall we rented an apartment on Belt Ave., bought the furniture, Lindell came to live with us and entered Washington Univ. Dental School, but by Nov. Frank was sent to Buffalo, NY. This was a fine territory and he used to sell as much as 300 car loads of lumber a month. Mostly Mo. white pine. Beautiful country -- we had a "Star" automobile, and I had a wonderful time accompanying my new husband on his routes. Many trips to Niagara Falls -- and N.E. New York --

Lindell, with no sister to board with left W.U. and entered Westminster College in Fulton, MO. The next year he went back to Wash. U. and graduated D.D.S. (late 1920s.) Married Dorothy Swanson 19?? Had a practice on Delmar Blvd. in 1930 when we moved to S. Bend. Shortly after he took U.S. Army Dental Corps exams and was passed and sent to Ft. Benning, GA. then to CCC camp in Florida. Contracted T.B. sent to Fitzsimmons Hosp., Denver, Colorado, Died, 1939? Lindell and Dorothy had one son (Dick) born 1932 at Ft. Benning. Lindell had recovered after losing one lung enough to go into practice at Lewistown, Colo., but relapsed and died.

December 18, 1923 Allan was born in Buffalo -- the following summer we moved to Cleveland, Ohio (or rather Lakewood) and Frank had a new territory, but a good one. Again we furnished an apartment (1686 Parkwood Road) and lived about 5 or 6 years. Alice was born January 7, 1926. Business was good and we had friends with children in the building. Didn't go out much because two little ones kept us busy -- but very happy.

In October 1925 Patty Alvey was born. (Izola had Bob Jan 7, 1922, the day my mother died) [JAD note: these dates don't match as Alice Rezner is believed to have died January 10, 1921]. So in early October I went to Warrenton, MO (where Izola lived), took care of her home and Bob while she went to hospital (Mexico [MO]) for Pat's birth. Then she took care of Allan, I went to St. Louis, and Alice was born in St. Lukes Hospital where I had trained -- January 7, 1926. When she was 2 weeks old we went back to Warrenton and shortly afterward I took the train for Cleveland, and our little family lived on in Lakewood, OH.

1929 Building was slowing and the stock market crash foretold many tough years for us.

1930. A new move to South Bend in July and early August sent me to the hospital -- a kidney and tumor (adino-carcinoma) removed. This growth had been reported to Dr. in Lakewood which he pronounced an "enlarged spleen" -- continued to grow for a year or more. Business grew worse, the Amish around Nappanee were the only people who were financially able to buy lumber -- and things grew worse for us. Dad had no job.

I found some private duty through Dr. Milo Miller (got to know him because Alice had pneumonia). Worked when called caring for children, $20 per week. Notre Dame staff members still had money, children and needed help. Got frequent calls to Haleys, Laydens and Jones families. FAD swallowed his pride and got work as a time keeper for WPA. I know how much this hurt, but he never complained. So many people were broke or nearly so that we could only keep trying. The children entered Lincoln School and did well, we rented houses, the banks had taken many, and one after another were sold and we had to move. One time we were paying $9 per month rent, and the house was offered to us for $900 but we could not even meet that!

1938 August & I had a ruptured appendix, was rushed to the hospital [Epworth Hospital later Memorial] and Dr. Ellison (with a good staff) saved my life. Then I realized how much I did not know about nursing. I had never seen an intravenous or an oxygen tent. After recovering (some time in the fall) I went to Memorial Hospital and asked to work on my own time to learn what I could. After a few weeks I was offered a job on 3rd floor, which I gladly accepted.

She is curiously listed twice in the 1920 Census. The 1920 Census [Missouri, MONTGOMERY, Roll 936 Book 2, Page 160b] lists her as 27 years old, living in Wellsville, Mo with her parents and employed as a nurse with a private family. The 1920 Census also lists her as a pupil at St. Luke's Hopistal in St. Louis. [Missouri, ST LOUIS, Roll 953 Book 2, Page 130a].

The 1930 Census [Missouri, WARREN, Roll 1249 Book 2, Pages 250a-b] reflects that at the time of the Census, Altha (Straube) Duncan was living in Warrenton, MO with her two children, Frank Allan Duncan and Alice Duncan, her sister, Izola (Straube) Alvey and her brother-in-law, Raymond Alvey, and their three children. The census reflects that the home was owned by Raymond Alvey and was valued at $4,000. At the time of the census, her husband was living in the YMCA in South Bend, Indiana.

More About Altha Ruth Straube:

Burial: August 18, 1979, St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, IN, sec. 23, plots 117-118^123,124

Cause of Death: possible myocardian infarction, arterosclerosis¹²⁵

Census 1: 1900, Wellsville, MO¹²⁶

Census 2: 1910, Wellsville, MO¹²⁷

Census 3: 1920, St. Louis, MO¹²⁸

Census 4: 1920, Wellsville, MO¹²⁹

Census 5: 1930, Warrenton, MO¹³⁰

Graduation 1: 1911, Wellsville, MO High School

Graduation 2: 1921, St. Luke's Hospital Nursing School, St. Louis, MO

Medical Information: hypertention

Occupation 1: Bet. 1911 - 1913, Blattner's Store, saleslady, Wellsville, MO

Occupation 2: Bet. 1916 - 1918, school teacher, Wellsville, MO

Occupation 3: Bet. 1920 - 1921, nurse, with a private family¹³¹

Residence 1: 1920, Wellsville, MO¹³¹

Residence 2: December 18, 1923, 200 Porter Ave., Buffalo, NY¹³²

Residence 3: Bet. 1924 - 1930, 1686 Parkwood Road, Lakewood, OH¹³³

Residence 4: October 26, 1944, 1341 E. Calvert Street, South Bend, IN¹³⁴

Residence 5: September 01, 1948, 218 W. Marion St., South Bend, IN¹³⁵

Residence 6: July 27, 1954, 218 W. Marion St., South Bend, IN¹³⁶

Residence 7: July 26, 1958, 2641 Fernway, South Bend, IN¹³⁷

Residence 8: Bet. 1960 - 1976, Auburn, IN

Residence 9: Bet. 1976 - 1979, Grand Haven, MI

Marriage Notes for Frank Duncan and Altha Straube:

Marriage was performed by Rev. Samuel T. Lortier, pastor, Clifton Heights Presbyterian Church, Clifton & Columbia, Saint Louis, MO. (Source: Marriage Certificate, License No. 257656, St. Louis, MO).

More About Frank Duncan and Altha Straube:

Marriage: May 11, 1922, St. Louis, MO¹³⁸

Marriage license: May 11, 1922, Recorder of Deeds, St. Louis, MO

Children of Frank Duncan and Altha Straube are:

4. Frank Eaton Duncan^141,142,143, born June 11, 1849 in Bath, ME^144,145; died July 11, 1925 in St. Paul, MN^146,147. He was the son of 8. George Washington Duncan and 9. Adeline Stone Waterman. He married 5. Zoraida Howard Hawks September 05, 1871 in Conway, NH^148,149.

5. Zoraida Howard Hawks^150,151,152, born August 02, 1849 in Poland, ME^153,154; died July 19, 1927 in St. Paul, MN^155,156,157. She was the daughter of 10. Rev. Joseph Hawks, Jr. and 11. Mary Winslow Simmons.

Notes for Frank Eaton Duncan:

The Bath, Maine census of 1850, Roll 261, page 194, lists "Eaton D." as 1 year old as of August 21, 1850. This is consistent with the 1900 Census, if this is the same person. Perhaps he did not go by the name Frank as a child. This could explain the difficulties we have had in locating information about him.

Descendants of Robert Waterman through Seven Generations, 2:232, lists his date of birth as "abt. 1841," but cites the dates of birth of the Duncan children from ages in the 1850 census. The 1841 birth date for Frank Eaton Duncan is mistaken in this work, as the cited 1850 census contains no such date, and states that "Eaton D." was one year old at the time of the census, putting his birth in the year 1849 rather than 1841. Unfortunately, the mistake for the birth year from this widely-cited source has been perpetuated by subsequent researchers.

The 1860 Census Maine, SAGADAHOC, Roll 448 Book 1, Page 148, lists his name as "Frank E." and states his age to be 10 years old. This is consistent with other known information.

The Bath, Maine census of 1870 lists Frank as being 20 years old, working as a shipping clerk in a store, and living with his parents. This is consistent with the 1850 census that lists "Eaton D." as 1 year old at the time of the census. 1870 Census, Maine, SAGADAHOC, Roll 557, Book 1, Page 256b.

The 1860 and 1870 census records both definitively list Frank as the son of George W. Duncan and Adeline (Waterman) Duncan.

Most vital city records of Bath, Maine dated prior to 1892 were lost in a fire, according to a letter, dated April 9, 2002, from Nancy Anderson, Assistant City Clerk of Bath, Maine, to Duncan family researcher Jon A. Duncan. Vital records at the Maine State level were not kept until after 1892. A limited number of handwritten abstracts of the vital records exist, and are found on a microfilm made by the Church of the Latter Day Saints. One of these handwritten transcriptions is of the George Washington Duncan family and it lists Frank Eaton Duncan's birth date as June 11, 1849. [Bath, ME, Vital Records, 1757 - 1892, LDS Film M-97333 0010562, Book 5, p. 170].

On September 5, 1871 he was married to Zoraida Hawks. The wedding ceremony was performed by the bride's father, Rev. Joseph Hawks, but it took place in Conway, New Hampshire, according to their marriage certificate. Although Rev. Hawks was a member of the Maine Conference of the Methodist Church, he was assigned to the Methodist Church in Conway, NH, near the Maine border, at the time of the wedding.

The marriage certificate indicates that Frank and his wife resided in Bath, Maine at the time of their marriage, and that he was a clerk at that time. The marriage certificate also states that he was the son of George Washington Duncan and "Adeline S. --"

After their New Hampshire wedding, they returned to Bath, Maine, where he was employed as a clerk at S.D. Baley & Cos., and resided as a boarder at Washington St. near South St., according to the Bath City Directory of 1871-72. It's probable that he was living with his parents, as their residential address is listed in the same directory as Washington St. near South St. Frank Duncan and Zoraida's first son, Ralph Waterman Duncan, was born in Bath in July 1872.

It appears from the probate inventory of the Estate of Frank Eaton Duncan's father, George Washington Duncan, that Frank Eaton Duncan and his wife indeed also lived there during G.W. Duncan's lifetime. G.W. Duncan's probate inventory refers to the "F.E. Chamber," almost certainly referring to the bedroom of Frank Eaton Duncan in the family home. The conclusion is supported by the petition for probate administration signed by the heirs of the G.W. Duncan estate and filed with the Sagadahoc County probate court dated 1 Sept. 1879, which is signed "F.E. Duncan." No other signature on this document could be the signature of Frank Eaton Duncan.

The Bath City Directory of 1876-1877 lists him as a clerk for Geo. Fisher, boarding still on Washington Street, near South Street. Again this is possibly his parents' house. His mother, Adeline Stone Waterman Duncan, died in 1876, and his father died in 1879. These deaths, Frank's living situation in the family home in Bath, and the disposition of the family home and block making business situation after his father's death very likely may hold the best clues as to why Frank moved to Minnesota around this time. The probate file of the estate of George Washington Duncan mysteriously contains no order closing his insolvent estate or approving the final distribution of the assets of the estate to its creditors pro rata. Importantly, however, the family home was not inventoried as an asset of the estate (although its contents were), and one of the administrators of G.W. Duncan's estate, Horatio A. Duncan, wound up as the owner of the very fine family home on Washington Street. It is quite possible that the title to the home was recorded in such a way that it did not become an asset of the G.W. Duncan estate and Horatio became to legal titleholder immediately upon the death of G.W. Duncan (for example, as a joint tenant with right of survivorship). In any case, Frank Eaton Duncan did not wind up as the owner of the home where he lived following the probate of his father's estate.

After his father's death, his much older brother, William C. Duncan, formed a partnership with John S. Jackson to continue the block making business in January 1880. By 1888, Jackson bought out the Duncan interest and the firm became J.S. Jackson & Son. The block shop was destroyed by fires in 1892 and again in 1902.

Sometime between December 1, 1877 (when he is mentioned in a Bath, Maine real estate deed as the occupant of adjoining property located on Blasland's Lane in Bath, property that is now part of the Bath Iron Works) and the time of the 1880 census, the couple moved to St. Paul, MN with their son. It is possible that Frank and his family were still living in Bath as late as September 1, 1879, when Frank was one of those who signed the petition for the probate administration of his father's estate that was filed with the probate court on that day. However, this is inconclusive as it is also possible that he may have moved to St. Paul previously and signed it in St. Paul and mailed it back to Bath, or that he may have come back to Bath for his father's funeral in late August of 1879.

Perhaps a better indication of the length of his stay in Bath comes from the inventory of his father's estate, which lists the contents of the "F.E. Chamber," almost certainly a reference to the bedroom of Frank Eaton Duncan. The date of the inventory is not stated, however, the Court made appointments on the First Tuesday of 1879 [2 Sept. 1879] of persons to take the inventory. They appeared before the Court on June 17, 1880 and made an oath that they would faithfully and impartially perform the service to which they were appointed, and the inventory was approved by the Court on July 14, 1880. The inventory of the contents of the G.W. Duncan home was therefore taken some time between September 2, 1879 and July 14, 1880, and possibly between June 17, 1880 and July 14, 1880.

By the time of the 1880 Census, Frank Eaton Duncan had moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. 3rd Ward, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, p. 126B lists him living in St. Paul with his wife Zoraida and their son Ralph. [Family History Library Film 1254630, National Archives Film Number T9-0630, Page No. 126B]. Although census day that year was June 1, 1880, it appears that Frank Eaton Duncan had moved to St. Paul at least by June 5, 1880, the date that they were included in the census canvas. Some census takers improperly used the day of the canvas, rather than the official census day, in making their census records. In any case, the Duncan family was included in the census canvas taken on June 5, 1880, and so even if the census taker used the June 5, 1880 date, rather than the correct June 1 date, it is clear that the Duncan family was settled in Saint Paul at least by June 5, 1880.

The 1880 census reflects that Frank Eaton Duncan was born in 1849, working as a shipping clerk, and living in St. Paul with his wife Zoraida and their son Ralph, age 7. The 1880 census also reflects that Zoraida (Hawks) Duncan was 30 years old, and was born in Maine, and working as a housekeeper.

A quit claim deed for property in Bath, Maine dated Nov. 8, 1880 lists Frank Eaton Duncan as a resident of St. Paul, MN. [Registry of Deeds, Sagadahoc County, Maine, 57:410].

The 1885-86 St. Paul, MN City Directory p. 317 lists him as working as a clerk at Wilson & Rogers, and boarding at 54 W. 4th in St. Paul.

The 1892 St. Paul, MN City Directory p. 473 lists him as a clerk for Rogers & Ordway, residing at 87 N. Victoria in St. Paul. His son Ralph W. is also listed as living at this address. Ralph is listed as a boarder and is working as a clerk for the Norfolk and Pacific Railroad.

The 1897 St. Paul City Directory p. 489 lists Frank Eaton Duncan as a "solicitor" for the St. Paul Gas & Light Co., and still residing at 87 N. Victoria in St. Paul. That same edition also lists Ralph as still living with him at that address.

The 1900 St. Paul City Directory p. 519 lists Frank E. Duncan as a clerk for Robinson & Cary Co., and still living at 87 N. Victoria in St. Paul.

1900 Census, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Roll 785, Book 1, Page 288a, lists him living in St. Paul, MN with his wife and family. His occupation is listed as shipping clerk, but notes that he had been unemployed for eight months at the time of the census. The 1900 census also states that they were living in a rented house and not on a farm.

The 1900 census also states that he was born in June 1850. This conflicts with the information we learned in Maine from an unpublished manuscript at the Patten Free Public Library in Bath, ME, that he was born in 1841. But the 1841 date conflicts with other documentation as well. For example, his marriage license dated Sept. 5, 1871, lists his age as 22, which would have put his year of birth in 1849 or 1850. His death certificate also states his date of birth to be June 11, 1849. It appears that the 1841 birth date is incorrect. Perhaps the author of that manuscript obtained the 1841 birth date from the incorrect information contained in "Robert Waterman through Seven Generations."

Oddly, neither Frank E. Duncan nor his son Frank A. Duncan appear in the 1903 St. Paul City Directory.

In 1905, Frank Eaton Duncan was living at 1793 Grand Ave., St. Paul, and working as a clerk at Crane & Ordway Co., (plumbing supplies) where he would continue to work for many years.

At the time of the 1910 Census, [Minnesota, RAMSEY, Roll 720 Book 2, p. 45a-45b] he was 60 years old, and living in Saint Paul with his wife, Zoraida, and their children Frank, Helen and Katherine. He is listed as a shipping clerk with a wholesale jobbing company.

He is not listed in the 1913 St. Paul Directory, but his children, Frank A. Duncan, Helen, and 'Katharine' (sic) are all listed in the 1913 edition, all living at 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul. Presumably his omission from the 1913 edition is simply an oversight, as he is listed along with his children living together in the 1910 census and in the 1916 Directory.

The St. Paul City Directory for 1916 p. 547 lists him working as a clerk at Crane & Ordway Co., and residing at 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul. Also listed as living at the address are his adult children, Frank A. Duncan, Sr., and Katherine W. Duncan. Presumably, Frank A. Duncan Sr.'s children from his first marriage were living at this address at that time as well.

The St. Paul City Directory for 1918 p. 382 lists him still working at Crane & Ordway at living at the same address on Dayton Ave., still with his adult children F.A. Duncan, Sr. and Katherine.

The 1920 census [Minnesota, RAMSEY, Roll 855 Book 2, Page 73a] lists him as 70 years old, living in a rented home at 1817 Dayton Avenue in St. Paul, and working as a salesman of plumbing supplies. Living with him were his son, Frank Allan, daughter Katherine (misspelled "Catherine" in the census), and granddaughters Eleanor and Virginia.

Apparently after the 1920 census was taken, the family moved to 1827 Carroll Ave. in St. Paul, as the 1920 St. Paul City Directory for 1920 p. 442 lists him as living at the Carroll Avenue address, but still working at Crane & Ordway Co. His adult children, Frank A. Duncan, Sr. and Katherine Duncan, also both moved to the 1827 Carroll Ave. address, where Frank Eaton Duncan lived for the rest of his life.

The 1921 St. Paul City Directory, p. 521, lists him at the Carroll Ave. address and still working at Crane & Ordway Co.

Similarly, the 1924 St. Paul Directory still lists him at 1827 Carroll Ave., but now working as a statistician for "Crane & Co." Ordway had left the firm to take over the management of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (now known as 3M Company). Crane & Company continues to exist as a major manufactuer of plumbing supplies, known simply as Crane.

His death certificate (1925 MN 024465 Minnesota) states his date of death as July 11, 1925 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, MN. The death certificate also states the address of his daughter Katherine to be the same as his address: 1827 Carroll Ave., in St. Paul, indicating that Katherine was still living with her parents at the time of his death. By that time, Katherine also was in charge of Frank A. Duncan, Sr.'s children from his first marriage. Presumably his children from his first marriage were living with Katherine and their grandparents at the time of Frank Eaton Duncan's death in 1925.

The death certificate also states that at the time of his death he was a retired clerk from "Chane and Co." The handwriting might also be interpreted to read "Crane and Co." or possibly "Chase and Co." The St. Paul City Directories for the several years preceding his death make it clear that he was working for "Crane and Ordway Co.," which changed its name to "Crane & Co." by the time of his death in 1925. He had worked at Crane and Ordway at least since 1905, when he is listed in that year's St. Paul City Directory as working at the firm. If Crane and Ordway was the successor firm to Rogers and Ordway, then he worked there as early as 1892.

Frank Eaton Duncan is buried in Oakland Cemetery, 927 Jackson Street, in St. Paul, MN, Block 49, Lot 283, S 5.0 W 1.5, in an unmarked grave. The lot was purchased by Frank A. Duncan, Sr., at the time of the death of his first wife, Laura Belle Larson Duncan, in 1916. Laura Belle Larson Duncan's grave in this same plot is also unmarked. The telephone number for Oakland Cemetery is (651) 224-2366.

Some undocumented family research notes found at the Patten Free Library in Bath, Maine, reflected the following:

Telegram sent from St. Paul

one telegram according to Helen "Nellie" Follett, Family housekeeper is this:

Dear Raish (Horatio -- Frank Eaton Duncan's brother) for Jesus sake send me $100. I'm starving.

No date was indicated in the manuscript for this telegram, but if it indeed occurred, it obviously would have been between 1877 (when Frank Eaton Duncan was still living in Bath, Maine), and Horatio Duncan's death in 1920. This telegram possibly was sent during the period of his known unemployment around the time of the 1900 census. He appears to have been employed continuously by Crane and Ordway Co. from at least 1905 through the rest of Horatio's life, so most likely, this telegram was sent sometime during the period between 1900 and 1905, during which he may have been unemployed for a time. The 1900 census mentions that he had been unemployed for eight months at the time of the census. He was not listed in the St. Paul City Directory for 1903, perhaps an indication that he may have been forced to live elsewhere temporarily, although that seems unlikely since his children were working and were living with him pretty much continuously until his death in 1925.

[However, Helen Follett was born in Portland, ME Feb. 22, 1893 and was admitted to the Bath Children's Home on Jan. 2, 1897. She was not originally adopted by the Horatio Duncan home, so it seems unlikely that she would have been placed into the Duncan home much before 1900, when she was 7 years old, or that she would have remembered a telegram at such a young age. Nellie Follett at the age of 18 was living with Horatio Duncan's family at the time of the 1910 Federal Census, where she appears in the Horatio Duncan household listed as a "servant."]

More About Frank Eaton Duncan:

Burial: July 14, 1925, Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, MN, Block 49, Lot 283, S 5.0 W 1.5^158,159

Cause of Death: Chronic Myocarditis¹⁶⁰

Census 1: 1850, Bath, ME¹⁶¹

Census 2: 1860, Bath, ME¹⁶²

Census 3: 1870, Bath, ME¹⁶³

Census 4: 1880, St. Paul, MN¹⁶⁴

Census 5: 1900, St. Paul, MN¹⁶⁵

Census 6: 1910, St. Paul, MN¹⁶⁶

Census 7: 1920, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN¹⁶⁷

Occupation 1: 1870, Clerk in a store, Bath, ME¹⁶⁸

Occupation 2: Bet. 1871 - 1872, Clerk, S.D. Bailey & Co., Bath, ME¹⁶⁹

Occupation 3: 1872, Ship chandler, Bath, ME¹⁷⁰

Occupation 4: Bet. 1876 - 1877, Clerk, George Fisher, Bath, ME¹⁷¹

Occupation 5: 1880, Shipping Clerk, St. Paul, MN¹⁷²

Occupation 6: Bet. 1885 - 1886, Clerk, Wilson & Rogers, St. Paul, MN¹⁷³

Occupation 7: 1892, Clerk, Rogers & Ordway, St. Paul, MN¹⁷⁴

Occupation 8: 1897, Solicitor, St. Paul Gas & Light Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁷⁵

Occupation 9: 1900, Clerk, Robinson & Cary Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁷⁶

Occupation 10: 1900, unemployed shipping clerk, St. Paul, MN¹⁷⁷

Occupation 11: 1905, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁷⁸

Occupation 12: 1909, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁷⁹

Occupation 13: 1910, Shipping Clerk, wholesale jobbing company, St. Paul, MN¹⁸⁰

Occupation 14: 1914, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸¹

Occupation 15: 1916, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸²

Occupation 16: 1918, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸³

Occupation 17: 1920, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸⁴

Occupation 18: 1920, Salesman, plumbing supplies, St. Paul, MN¹⁸⁵

Occupation 19: 1921, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸⁶

Occupation 20: 1922, Clerk, Crane & Ordway Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸⁷

Occupation 21: 1924, Statistician, Crane & Co., St. Paul, MN¹⁸⁸

Residence 1: Bet. 1871 - 1872, boards, Washington St. near South St., Bath, ME¹⁸⁹

Residence 2: 1872, Bath, ME^190,191

Residence 3: Bet. 1876 - 1877, boards, Washington St. near South St., Bath, ME¹⁹²

Residence 4: December 01, 1877, Bath, ME¹⁹³

Residence 5: Bet. June 01 - 05, 1880, St. Paul, MN¹⁹⁴

Residence 6: November 08, 1880, St. Paul, MN¹⁹⁵

Residence 7: Bet. 1885 - 1886, 54 W. 4th, St. Paul, MN¹⁹⁶

Residence 8: 1892, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN¹⁹⁷

Residence 9: 1895, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN¹⁹⁸

Residence 10: 1897, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN¹⁹⁹

Residence 11: 1900, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN²⁰⁰

Residence 12: 1905, 1793 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰¹

Residence 13: 1909, 1816 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰²

Residence 14: 1914, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰³

Residence 15: 1916, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰⁴

Residence 16: 1918, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰⁵

Residence 17: 1920, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰⁶

Residence 18: 1920, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰⁷

Residence 19: 1921, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰⁸

Residence 20: 1922, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁰⁹

Residence 21: 1924, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²¹⁰

Residence 22: July 11, 1925, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²¹¹

Notes for Zoraida Howard Hawks:

No birth certificate for Zoraida Hawks has been found. Her marriage certificate indicates that she was born in Poland, Maine, but the Town Clerk of Poland reports in a letter to researcher Jon Duncan that the vital records from the time of her birth were lost in a fire.

Her marriage certificate states that she was born in "Poland, Maine." (The 1850 Census for Androscoggin County, Maine, was consulted for confirmation of her early life in Poland, Maine. However, no record of her father Rev. Joseph Hawks was found in Poland in the 1850 Census. This is inconclusive, however, because Rev. Hawks was an itinerant preacher who was reassigned nearly every year, and by the time of the 1850 census, he had been relocated to Phillips, Maine. This is also inconclusive as to the place of her birth, however, as he was moved every year by the Maine Methodist Conference).

The LDS web site, familysearch.org, states that she was born in 1850 in Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine. However, the vital records department there cannot find such a record. Here is the source information from LDS:

Source Information:

Batch Number: 8805518

Sheet: 66

Source Call No.: 1396497 Type: Film

Another family researcher (Virginia Polsen, FAD Sr. granddaughter from his first marriage) notes the place of birth for Zoraida Howard Hawks as Poland County, Maine. However, no such county exists in Maine. There is a crossroads in Maine called Poland Corner. Subsequent research has ruled out "Poland Corner" as a possible birth site, but Poland, Maine remains a likely possibility.

The General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church states in a letter to Jon Duncan dated October 14, 2003 that Rev. Hawks was appointed to the Methodist Church in Poland, Maine in 1848, and to the Methodist Church in Leeds, Maine in 1849. In 1850, he was appointed to Phillips, Maine, where he resided with his family at the time of the 1850 census.

Given her year of birth, It would appear from these church records that Zoraida may have been born either in Poland, Maine or Leeds, Maine, or possibly, but less likely, in Phillips, Maine.

Town records for Poland, Maine are not available, as they were lost in a fire, according to a letter from the town clerk to Jon Duncan dated July 20, 2002. No record of Zoraida's birth was found in the town records for Leeds, Maine, according to a letter from the town clerk dated October 23, 2003. The town records of Phillips, Maine were also searched, and no record was found for her birth in that town, according to a letter from the Phillips town clerk dated November 14, 2003. The combination of all of these records supports the theory that Zoraida Hawks was born in Poland, Maine while Rev. Hawks was the Methodist pastor there, and the record of her birth was lost in a fire.

The 1850 Census (Phillips, Maine, FRANKLIN, Roll 253 Book 1, Page 142a-b), lists her as 11/12ths year old, which would put her birth year in 1849.

Her father was an itinerant Methodist Minister for the Maine Conference, and he moved to a new appointment nearly every year during Zoraida's childhood. Records received from the archives of the Methodist Church reflect that Rev. Hawks was pastor in the following Maine towns, and presumably Zoraida lived in these towns as well with her parents during the dates listed:

1848 -- Poland

1849 -- Leeds

1850 -- Phillips

1851 -- Mount Vernon

1852 -- South Paris

1853 -- Brunswick Mission

1854 -- Richmond

1855 -- Livermore and Hartford

1856 -- North Wayne

1857 - 1858 -- Mercer

1859 -- Rev. Hawks listed as "superannuated" with no address listed

1860 -- Mount Vernon

1861 -- New Vineyard and New Portland

1862 - 1863 -- New Sharon

1864 -- "Island Church," probably referring to Peaks Island, in Casco Bay, Portland

1865 - 1866 -- Saco

1867 - 1868 -- Wesley Church, Bath

1869 - 1870 -- Mechanic's Falls

The 1860 Census [Readfield, Maine, KENNEBEC, Series M 653, Roll 439, p. 173], lists Zoraida as 11 years old, which would put her birth year in 1848 or 1849.

It appears that Zoraida stayed in Bath, Maine after her father was appointed to Mechanic's Falls in 1869, because by the time of the 1870 Census [Maine, SAGADAHOC, Roll 557, Book 1, Page 256a] she is listed as still living in Bath and teaching school. She was not listed as living with her parents at that point. She would have been 20 years old at that time.

The book "Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass, 1605-1672," p. 297 lists "IDA" as a child of her parents and another listing for "LORANDA," who is listed as married to Frank Duncan, apparently confusing these as separate people. Ida was Zoraida's nickname.

The listing in the Adam Hawkes work for IDA Hawks states as follows:

4. IDA, b. 1850 (1870 census Minot, ME) records of Bath, ME indicate in 1867 that Ida H. Hawkes was assistant editor of the Bath High School Gazette and listed as a teacher 1869-70. Ida also appears in the 1870 census for Bath, age 21, teacher, b. ME.

The listing in the Adam Hawkes work for LORANDA Hawks states as follows:

5. LORANDA, (not listed in 1870 census for Minot), no birth date given, m. FRANK DUNCAN, a ship chandler and resided in Bath, ME in 1872.

Her marriage certificate states that she was residing in Bath, Maine at the time of her marriage on September 5, 1871. Pastoral records obtained from the Bath United Methodist Church indicate that her father, Rev. Joseph Hawks, was the pastor of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church in Bath between 1867 until at least January of 1869, but not at the time of her marriage in September of 1871. (Rev. Hawks' obituary also mentions that he was a preacher in Bath, Maine for a time, but does not state precisely when he preached there.)

It is probable that Zoraida Hawks met Frank Eaton Duncan during the time that Rev. Hawks was pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church in Bath. This conclusion is derived from the following known facts: (1) Rev. Hawks was pastor in Bath from 1867 until early 1869; (2) George Washington Duncan was a prominent member of the Wesley Methodist Church and had made substantial financial contributions to that church (see notes about George Washington Duncan); and (3) Rev. Hawks had performed the marriage ceremony between Frank E. Duncan's older brother Horatio A. Duncan and Horatio's first wife at the Wesley Methodist Church in September of 1867.

The marriage ceremony between Zoraida Hawks and Frank Eaton Duncan was performed in Conway, New Hampshire by Rev. Hawks. According to information received from the General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church, Rev. Hawks was stationed as pastor in Conway, NH in 1871-1872. After the wedding, Zoraida and her new husband Frank Eaton Duncan returned to Bath, ME, where their first son, Ralph Waterman Duncan, was born in 1872.

The Bath City Directory of 1876-1877 lists them as boarding on Washington Street, near South Street. (It is possible that this is the home of Frank Eaton Duncan's parents, who lived on Washington Street, near South Street, according to the same city directory. If so, the death of George Washington Duncan may hold clues as to why they moved to Minnesota shortly after his death.) They moved to Minnesota sometime between the publication of the 1876 Bath City Directory and the time of the 1880 Census, when they are listed as living in the 3rd Ward, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota. (3rd Ward, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, p. 126B).

The 1880 Census lists her as 30 years old. This would be consistent with the 1849 birth year. The conclusion would be that the birth year of 1858 as stated in the 1900 census is incorrect, and that the correct year of her birth is 1849 or 1850.

In March of 1884, their son Frank Allan Duncan, Sr. was born in St. Paul, MN.

1900 Census lists her date of birth as August 1858. This is in error. However, her marriage certificate, dated September 5, 1871, states that she was 22 years old at the time of the marriage. That would put her year of birth in 1848 or 1849, rather than 1858. Also, she is listed in the 1850 census as less than one year old. Of course, had she not been born until 1858, she would not have been listed in the 1850 census. The 1849 date also seems much more plausible, since if the 1858 date were correct, she would have been only 13 years old at the time of her marriage in 1871 (unlikely for the daughter of a preacher), and only 15 at the time of the birth of her son Ralph Duncan. Also if she had been born in 1858 as stated in the 1900 census, she could not have been the editor of the Bath High School newspaper in 1867 or a teacher in 1869.

The 1920 census [Minnesota, RAMSEY, Roll 855 Book 2, Page 73a] lists her as 70 years old. This would put her year of birth in 1849 or 1850. She was living with her husband in St. Paul, MN, along with their son Frank Allan, their daughter Katherine, and Frank's children from his first marriage, Eleanor and Virginia. Her occupation is listed in the 1920 census as "none."

The death certificate of Zoraida Hawks Duncan states that she was residing at 2018 Princeton Ave., St. Paul, MN at the time of her death on July 19, 1927. Her daughter, Katherine Duncan, is also listed as living at that address at the time of Zoraida's death. Katherine was in charge of Frank A. Duncan, Sr.'s children from his first marriage at that time, so it is likely that those children were still living with Zoraida when Zoraida died in 1927. However, the burial record from the Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul states that Zoraida had no listed next of kin. This seems highly unlikely, since three of Zoraida's children and at least three grandchildren were living at the time of her death, and certainly some survivor arranged for her burial beside her husband in Oakland Cemetery.

More About Zoraida Howard Hawks:

Burial: July 22, 1927, Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, MN, Block 49, Lot 283, S 5.0 W 4.5^212,213

Cause of Death: Chronic Myocarditis, Arteriosclerosis²¹⁴

Census 1: 1850, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME²¹⁵

Census 2: 1860, Readfield, ME²¹⁶

Census 3: 1870, Bath, ME²¹⁷

Census 4: 1880, St. Paul, MN²¹⁸

Census 5: 1900, St. Paul, MN²¹⁹

Census 6: 1910, St. Paul, MN²²⁰

Census 7: 1920, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²²¹

Occupation 1: 1870, Teacher, Bath, ME²²²

Occupation 2: 1880, Housekeeper²²³

Residence 1: Aft. August 02, 1849, Possibly Leeds, ME²²⁴

Residence 2: 1850, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME²²⁴

Residence 3: 1851, Mount Vernon, ME²²⁴

Residence 4: 1852, South Paris, ME²²⁴

Residence 5: 1853, Brunswick, ME²²⁴

Residence 6: 1854, Richmond, ME²²⁴

Residence 7: 1855, Livermore or Hartford, ME²²⁴

Residence 8: 1856, North Wayne, ME²²⁴

Residence 9: Bet. 1857 - 1858, Mercer, ME²²⁴

Residence 10: 1860, Mount Vernon, ME²²⁴

Residence 11: 1861, prob. New Vineyard or New Poland, ME²²⁴

Residence 12: Bet. 1862 - 1863, New Sharon, ME²²⁴

Residence 13: 1864, Peaks Island, in Casco Bay, Portland, ME^224,225

Residence 14: Bet. 1865 - 1866, Saco, ME²²⁶

Residence 15: Bet. 1867 - 1870, Bath, ME²²⁶

Residence 16: 1871, Bath, ME²²⁷

Residence 17: 1872, Bath, ME²²⁸

Residence 18: 1880, St. Paul, MN²²⁹

Residence 19: Bet. 1886 - 1887, 54 W. 4th, St. Paul, MN²³⁰

Residence 20: 1892, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN²³¹

Residence 21: 1897, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN²³²

Residence 22: 1900, 87 N. Victoria, St. Paul, MN²³³

Residence 23: 1905, 1793 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN²³⁴

Residence 24: 1916, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²³⁵

Residence 25: 1918, 1817 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, MN²³⁶

Residence 26: 1920, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²³⁷

Residence 27: 1921, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²³⁸

Residence 28: 1922, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²³⁹

Residence 29: July 11, 1925, 1837 Carroll Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁴⁰

Residence 30: July 19, 1927, 2018 Princeton Ave., St. Paul, MN²⁴¹

Winslow Memorial number: 1888, 10442, Vol. 2, p. 869²⁴²

Marriage Notes for Frank Duncan and Zoraida Hawks:

It is likely that romance developed also between Zoraida Hawks and Frank Eaton Duncan between 1867 and early 1869, the period while Rev. Joseph Hawks was pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church in Bath, Maine. They were married in 1871 in Conway, New Hampshire, in a ceremony also performed by Rev. Hawks.

The marriage ceremony was performed by the father of the bride, Rev. Joseph Hawks. The marriage certificate states that the marriage took place at Conway, New Hampshire. Rev. Hawks was the pastor of the Conway, New Hapshire Methodist Church by that time.

September 5, 1871 was a Tuesday.

The following is the source information of their marriage from the Church of the Latter Day Saints website, familysearch.org:

Source Information:

Batch No.: M522401 Dates: 1779 - 1885 Source Call No.: 0010562 Type: Film Sheet: 00

An inspection of LDS film 0010562 revealed that the marriage was recorded by Rev. Joseph Hawks in the official records of Bath, ME, where the couple resided and where Rev. Hawks had formerly preached at the Wesley Methodist Church, but the film stated specifically that the marriage actually took place in Conway, NH, where Rev. Hawks was then assigned by the Maine Methodist Conference.

A wedding in Bath might seem more likely, but the marriage certificate is quite clear that the wedding took place in Conway, NH, and the records of the Methodist Church reveal that her father Rev. Hawks was the pastor in Conway, NH at the time of their wedding in 1871.

Descendants of Robert Waterman through Seven Generations, 2:232 mistakenly identifies the wife as "Louisa Hawkes", citing the collection of C.C.P. Waterman as the source.

More About Frank Duncan and Zoraida Hawks:

Death of one spouse: July 11, 1925, Husband died, St. Paul, MN²⁴³

Marriage: September 05, 1871, Conway, NH^244,245

Children of Frank Duncan and Zoraida Hawks are:

6. George Munsen Straube, born January 06, 1848 in Montgomery County, MO; died April 27, 1936 in Wellsville, MO. He was the son of 12. George Straube and 13. Maria Enslen. He married 7. Alice Jane Rezner October 28, 1885 in Wellesville, MO.

7. Alice Jane Rezner, born February 16, 1861 in Freeport, Illinois; died January 10, 1921 in Mexico, MO. She was the daughter of 14. Samuel Rezner and 15. Mary McCoy.

Notes for George Munsen Straube:

obit ran in the Wellsville (MO) Optic-News April 27, 1936

Here is the text of an article that ran in the Wellsville Optic-News, the date is uncertain but the text makes it clear that it was sometime between 1931 and his death in 1936:

Who's Who and Why

Serious and Frivolous Facts about the Great and Near-great in Wellsville

Three blind mice --

Across the street from James Adams lives his neighbor, Geo. Munsen Straube, known by his many friends as Muns Straube. This is his story:

In the year 1848 he was born in a log cabin about ten miles north of Wellsville. He attended school in a building made of logs. One log was pulled in for a seat; one was pushed out for a window. He walked one and one-half miles to this school. The teacher was paid $20 a month and she was a star-boarder in homes where there were a number of good-looking boys in the family.

While yet a lad on the farm, preparation was being made for the laying of a railway through this part of the state. The day arrived when the first train was to appear, Muns was allowed to come to town to see this great event. The road was called the North Missouri Railroad. The engine, not larger than a small tractor, burning stove wood, with two coaches, made its slow way across the country. There have been three sets of rails worn out by the chug-chug of trains since that time.

In 1873 the Straubes moved to Wellsville. The house on Hudson Street known as the Harbaum place ... [illegible]. Mr. Straube's first occupation was that of carpenter. He helped to build the South Methodist church which was located where the ruins of the Community Hall now stand. He was in the livery business for nine years. His barn stood where Blattner's store stands today. Later he went to California where he remained for two years. After his return he was engaged in the mercantile business with his sister's husband, Mr. Fred Blattner, Sr. and C.W. White. Both these men are now deceased. He was in this business for three years.

In 1875 Mr. Straube was married to Miss Clare Shepard. There built a home where the present George Goulee home stands. Two children were born: Dr. C. S. Straube and Mrs. Maude Wells, both of whom live in this city. When the children were quite young the mother died. Six years after the death of his first wife he married Alice Rezner. Five children were born into this home.

Mr. Straube was postmaster under both of [President Grover] Cleveland's administrations, and at another time was assistant postmaster for four years, making a total of 12 years of governmental service. His last occupation was cashier and bookkeeper at the Blattner store. He worked here for fifteen years. He was a member of the West Cuivre Baptist church while on the farm and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Wellsville. Since the year 1931 Mr. Straube has not seen. He says he is glad to know that his children and grandchildren will have the pleasures of the twentieth century. It is hard for him to realize there have been so many inventions and discoveries to change the world within his length of days. He too enjoys his radio. He says, "I am happy here but I am ready to go when God calls. I have one consolation that comforts me every hour of the day and this is that I have at one time been able to see."

More About George Munsen Straube:

Burial: April 1836, Wellsville City Cemetery, Wellsville, MO²⁹⁴

Census 1: 1910, Wellsville, MO²⁹⁵

Census 2: 1900, Wellsville, MO²⁹⁶

Census 3: 1920, Wellsville, MO²⁹⁷

Occupation 1: Bet. September 03, 1885 - April 26, 1889, postmaster of Wellsville, MO²⁹⁸

Occupation 2: 1870, farmer, Cuiure Twp., Audrain Co., MO²⁹⁹

Occupation 3: Bet. January 11, 1895 - February 09, 1899, postmaster of Wellsville, MO³⁰⁰

Occupation 4: 1900, bookeeper³⁰¹

Occupation 5: April 25, 1910, Bookeeper and cashier of Blattner's Department Store, Wellsville, MO³⁰²

Occupation 6: 1920, mail clerk, post office, Wellsville, MO³⁰³

Residence 1: 1910, Wellsville, MO³⁰⁴

Residence 2: 1870, Cuiure Twp., Audrian Co., MO³⁰⁵

Residence 3: 1900, Wellsville, MO³⁰⁶

Residence 4: 1920, Wellsville, MO³⁰⁷

Notes for Alice Jane Rezner:

Altha Straube's family history notes about Alice Rezner state the following:

More About Alice Jane Rezner:

Burial: Wellsville City Cemetery, Wellsville, MO³⁰⁸

Census: 1900, Wellsville, MO³⁰⁹

Residence 1: 1920, Wellsville, MO³¹⁰

Residence 2: 1900, Wellsville, MO³¹¹

Residence 3: 1900, Wellsville, MO³¹²

Residence 4: 1910, Wellsville, MO³¹³

More About George Straube and Alice Rezner:

Marriage: October 28, 1885, Wellesville, MO

Children of George Straube and Alice Rezner are:

8. George Washington Duncan^{333,334,335,336}, born April 21, 1810 in Bath, ME^337,338,339; died August 17, 1879 in Bath, ME^{340,341,342,343}. He was the son of 16. Samuel Eaton Duncan and 17. Sarah Mansfield Webb. He married 9. Adeline Stone Waterman June 26, 1831 in Bath, ME^344,345,346.

9. Adeline Stone Waterman^347,348, born Bet. 1806 - 1807 in prob. Bath, ME^349,350; died January 28, 1876 in Bath, ME^{351,352,353,354}. She was the daughter of 18. Capt. Calvin Waterman and 19. Salome Allen.

Notes for George Washington Duncan:

The Historical Souvenir of the City of Bath, Maine (1899), states the following:

George W. Duncan, son of Samuel E. and Sarah (Webb) Duncan, was born in Bath, in 1810. He attended the district schools of his native town and afterward learned the blacksmith trade and carried on an extensive block-making establishment for a number of years, where he made blocks for many of the vessels that were built in Bath. He married Adeline S. Waterman and had four sons and one daughter. [Jon Duncan note not in original text: he actually had two daughters. One died in infancy. Apparently this one was not included in the Historical Souviner, which was published 20 years after George W. Duncan's death.] He was a Republican; [JAD note: He was first elected asa Whig, which later became the Republican party.] He was a member of the board of selectmen and a representative to the legislature. He died in 1879.

Remained in Bath, Maine and eventually gaining fame as a block maker.

Owens, History of Bath (1936) lists George W. Duncan as representing Bath in the Maine State Legislature in 1848 and 1849.

During that time, it appears that he was also serving as the Ward 1 Warden for the town of Bath. He is listed in a newspaper article in the Daily Northern Tribune of March 6, 1848 as being on the Whig ticket in the election held on that day. He was endorsed for that position by the newspaper February 29, 1848. The same newspaper states in its edition of March 7, 1848 that he was elected to that position in the election. No mention is made of the race for the state legislature. It is not clear whether the election for the state office was held on the same day or not. The March 7, 1848 edition also mentions that his brother-in-law Charles Davenport (later to become his business partner in the firm of Duncan and Davenport) was elected Alderman of the town of Bath on the same day, also on the Whig ticket.

1850 Census (Bath, Maine, LINCOLN Co., Roll 261, page 194) lists him as age 40, working as a blacksmith, and holding real estate worth $3,000.

1860 Census [Bath, Maine, SAGADAHOC, Roll 448 Book 1, Page 148] lists him as age 50, working as a block maker, holding real estate worth $13,000 and personal estate worth $7,600.

The 1867-1868 Bath, Brunswick and Richmond Directory lists him as working in the firm of Duncan & Davenport, block manufacturers, with his business address at the corner of Washington and Spring Streets in Bath. His home is listed on Washington Street near South Street.

He is listed in the Bath City Directory edition of 1871-72 as a block manufacturer, with a business address at the corner of Washington and Spring Streets in Bath. His home was located on Washington Street near South Street.

The Bath, Brunswick and Richmond Business Directory of 1874, p. 141, lists him as one of two block manufacturers in Bath, still at the corner of Washington and Spring Streets.

The Bath City Directory of 1876-1877 lists him still as a block manufacturer, with the business location still at the corner of Washington and Spring Streets in Bath, and his home still on Washington Street near South Street.

In 1880, the year following his death, the Bath, Brunswick and Richmond Business Directory lists the business as Duncan Jackson, but still at the corner of Washington and Spring.

A Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region, published by the Marine Research Society of Bath, states the following at p. 802:

J.S. Jackson & Son were manufacturing blocks in their shop at the corner of Arch and Commercial Streets, the only block shop left in Bath. The old firm of Duncan & Davenport was dissolved in 1878 and George W. Duncan carried on until his death in 1879. His son, William C., and John S. Jackson, both long-time employees of the business, formed a partnership in January 1880. On 1 August 1888 Jackson bought out the Duncan interest and the firm became J.S. Jackson & Son; for several years it was located on Commercial Street next to Torrey's. The block shop was destroyed by fire in 1902.

The same publication describes ships built in Bath that were named after Charles C. Duncan, Charles Davenport, and George Washington Duncan, stating the following at p. 520:

In company with many other shipbuilders Albert Hathorn seems to have started his career as a practical ship carpenter and as it progressed he became more involved in the managerial aspects of shipbuilding and hired master builders as required. A brother Gould [sometimes listed as Going] was associated with him. Born in Woolwich, Albert Hathorn was said to have begun shipbuilding at Day's ferry and to have moved across the river about 1850 to begin building in the Ridout yard. Perhaps he did this to gain experience or perhaps the date should have been 1860 as he is listed in the Custom House records as having built at Woolwich the ships Charles Davenport and Charles C. Duncan in 1856 and 1857 respectively.

Albert Hathorn's first Bath-built vessel of record was the 825-ton ship George W. Duncan launched 20 June 1860 from the former Jenks & Harding yard in the north end just below the King's Dock.

The same publication describes the George W. Duncan at p. 837 as being built in 1860 at 825-tons, 166 feet, 5 inches long, 32 feet, 8 inch beam. The ship was built by Albert Hathorn and was owned by Charles Davenport. The Master Captain was C.T. Dillingham, and its home port was Bath, Maine.

A short biography of George Washington Duncan was in an unpublished manuscript found at the Patten Free Public Library in Bath, Maine. This lists his date of death as 1879, at age 69 years, 4 months. Some of the information contained here conflicts with known information we have found from other sources, but it is reprinted here as it originally appeared in the manuscript. The entire text follows:

Born in 1810, April or May, the third child of Samuel Eaton and Sarah Webb Duncan. Apparently educated in "district schools" in Bath, and learned blacksmith's trade.

Interesting notes in account book of C&WD Crooker for year 1826, which GWD was 16 years old, perhaps old enough to be apprenticed to a blacksmith:

1 February -- for 1 pt. (...) 13

6 Feb. settled for cash ?

10 Feb. for 1 1/2 lb. tobacco 12

22 Feb. for tobacco 3

17 Mar. for 1 pt. rum 6

4 Apr. for 1 pr. boots 4.00

Another from the same company, but another daybook:

Sept. 26th, 1828

George W. Duncan -- for 1-1/2 yd broadcloth $4.50

trimmings for pantaloons 14-

So we can assume that by the time he was 18, George Washington's namesake was walking the streets of Bath with at least some rum, some tobacco, booted and wearing pants.

The next item we find comes three years later, when at 21, George married Miss Adeline S. Waterman. The Maine Inquirer of June 28, 1831 indicates only that they were married on Sunday evening by Rev. Mr. Moore. (The Reverend's name, by the way, was Green Grove Moore!) [Jon A. Duncan note not included in the original text: The pastoral records of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church in Bath reflect that Rev. Green Grove Moore was pastor of the church in 1830, and that Justin Spaulding was the church's pastor in 1831. However, the record lists the year of service only and does not specify the months. The church does not have marriage records prior to 1853, and therefore, it has no record of this marriage.]

Children came -- George H in 1833, William Calvin in 1835

In 1836, George bought from James Sewall, a shipwright, some lands west of High Street, [Bath, ME] cost $500.

In 1837 (1837?) Avis A. was born

In 1839 John N. Fairbanks yeoman, sold for 100 dollars land, buildings, and "all the stonewalls" thereon. In 1840, two land transactions appear, showing George joining with Jospeh Coreless (Corlis?) to purchase land from Eliphalet Lowell, yeoman ($550), this land also on the west side of High Street; and by himself, from Andres Heath, sail maker, land bounded on the north by South Street, this latter setting him back a thousand dollars.

Sometime about then, Sarah Kendall was born, but lived only 2 years and 7 months. (1841?) In the same year Frank E. Duncan and a year later in 1842 Horatio Allen Duncan were born. [Jon Duncan note not in original text: Bath vital records, his marriage certificate and several census records reflect that Frank Eaton Duncan was born in 1849 or 1850 rather than 1841. In addition, it is unlikely that two children who are not twins would be born in the same year. It appears that the 1841 date was derived from Descendants of Robert Waterman through Seven Generations 2:232, which mistakenly cites the 1841 date from the 1850 census record. The 1850 census record, however, supports the 1849 date and not the 1841 date. This appears to be a transcription error in the preparation of the materials for the Descendants of Robert Waterman work.]

The land deeds mention George Washington, "blacksmith." It is likely that Duncan apprenticed with or had some other close relationship with another blacksmith Horatio Allen by name, who was plying his trade in Bath at about this time. Perhaps George's son Horatio was named for Allen.

George's position in town seemed to be favorable, for in 1844 he was serving on the school committee. During a reorganization of the fire department in 1845 he was appointed co-supervisor of No. 1 company. In 1846, he was selected at town meeting as selectman, one of the "Whig" officers so chosen.

In 1847, the year Bath was incorporated as a city, he was on a committee to prepare quarters for the new city government and on another to procure land for the new city park.

The following year saw him chosen one of 6 engineers of the fire department and in 1848-1849 serving (again probably as a Whig) in the state legislature. [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: he was indeed a Whig in the state legislature. Source: the Bath, Maine newspaper, Daily Northern Tribune of March 6, 1848.]

The 1850 census, Roll 261, Page 194 lists his occupation as a blacksmith.

To date, the record is silent for nearly a decade. We can imagine him attending to what his obituary describes as being "intimately connected with many organizations and interests that tended to promote morality, temperance and religion. He has been an untiring friend of the poor, acting as a doctor, nurse, and benefactor..."

By 1857 he is interested enough in religion to serve on the committee to build a new Wesley Methodist Church, and wealthy enough or at least interested enough in music to give the church its first organ.

About this time 1858, he began the block business in conjunction with Mr. Davenport (Charles?) his brother in law, manufacturing a then new patent iron-strapped block, the invention of one of his brothers-in-law from the Waterman family.

In 1861 he apparently suffered a serious accident, necessitating the use of crutches, this probably in the spring. The accident was sufficient to recall his son, William Calvin, from an enlistment in the 3rd Me. Regiment as a 2nd lieutenant. William returned to Bath and managed the business, remaining for many years.

Expanding into shipbuilding in the 1860's, George Washington Duncan is one of only a few active. Five ships, all relatively small, were built during the three years, 1865-1867:

Pluribustah, a 20-ton schooner which eventually ended up in Glouster, Mass.

Little Sadie, a 23-ton schooner.

Garnet, a sloop, displacing 27 tons.

Petrel, his largest, an 89-ton schooner, 82.8' long

Abby A. Snow, a 34-ton schooner.

To date there are no indications of why George stopped building. Perhaps he lacked the capital others like the Sewalls and others were able to put in to their successes later. Did he lose money on these, or just lose interest? Perhaps this can be uncovered.

In 1869, George Washington Duncan was one of the incorporators of a scheme to build an iron bridge across the Kennebec River, between Bath and Woolwich. The site -- as yet unused, but often discussed -- Winslow's Rocks. The same year he served again on a committee to building a new Wesley Church.

Another decade of documentary silence, then a dissolution of the block-making operation at the retirement of Mr. Davenport in 1878. [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: In fact, the block making business continued after Mr. Davenport's retirement. The firm of Duncan & Davenport was indeed dissolved in 1878, but George Washington Duncan continued the business until his death in 1879, and after that, his son, William C. Duncan, continued to run the block making business for another nine years, until he sold his interest in 1888. A Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region, published by the Marine Research Society of Bath, states the following at p. 802: J.S. Jackson & Son were manufacturing blocks in their shop at the corner of Arch and Commercial Streets, the only block shop left in Bath. The old firm of Duncan & Davenport was dissolved in 1878 and George W. Duncan carried on until his death in 1879. His son, William C., and John S. Jackson, both long-time employees of the business, formed a partnership in January 1880. [JAD note not in the Maritime History text: An article concerning the state of the ship building industry in Bath that was published in the Bath Daily Times on 3 August 1882 noted briefly that "the Duncan & Jackson's Block Factory now employs 16 men in the blacksmith shop, galvanizing room, and factory proper. The tackle used in building mills at Lewiston comes from here. They got out some specially large and stout blocks for the hoisting gear on the new steam whaler."] On 1 August 1888 Jackson bought out the Duncan interest and the firm became J.S. Jackson & Son; for several years it was located on Commercial Street next to Torrey's. In April of 1892, the block factory was burned in a fire. The Bath Daily Times of April 4, 1892 reported that "There is not the least doubt that the fire was incendiary. The party who is doing this work is getting pretty bold. This is the third fire in a short time. Mayor Twitchell has offered $1,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the party." The block shop was again destroyed by fire in February 1902.]

In 1879, George Washington Duncan died at the age of 69 years, 4 months.

According to the Maine Maritime Museum, the following is a transcription of an article that ran in the Bath Times on June 17, 1859. The ellipses (...) are in the transcription. [The source article is not available from the Patten Free Public Library, as their collection is incomplete for the relevant time period].

Bath's Patent Block Factory

Duncan & Davenport's, on Washington St., holds the right for New England to manufacture Waterman & Russel's patent iron-strapped Blocks. ..

Upon the first floor of the Factory are the saws, to whose operation the lumber used to manufacture is first subjected.

Here the lignum-vitae and ash are sawn into square blocks of fixed sizes. And in other ways made ready for the final and more delicate operations, which take place above stairs.

Reaching the second story, the visitor finds himself in a labyrinth of machinery -- a veritable maze of drums and belts and shafts.

In this room the main portion of the work is done.

Here the blocks are drilled, sawn by jig-saws, shaved and scored. The process of scoring "dead-eyes" is very interesting -- the work being performed by very simple yet effective machines, with remarkable rapidity and thoroughness.

In the old method of block-making the scoring was done by hand -- at much greater expense of labor and with less efficiency.

The holes for the four rivets which hold together the two sides of the block, are made simultaneously, by a single application of machinery. The aperture for the sheave-pin is drilled with a degree of smoothness and nicety, which are only equaled in the pin itself, which is of steel.

In a third room .. is stored the completed work -- all ironed, painted, and ready for use. .. Opposite the factory is the blacksmith shop, attached to the establishment (with) 9 forges ... and every facility for the smith's work, and here all the iron-work for the factory is done.

Formerly 55 men were employed by D & D, but present depressed state of business, only 18 men are employed. Consumption lumber varies from one to 2,000 feet per week.

Another article about the block factory was published in the Bath Daily Times, Monday, March 5, 1934 (1934 date correct), under the headline, "One of Bath's Flourishing Industries which Ended with Decline of Shipping." A picture appeared under the headline of the G.W. Duncan Block Factory, taken in 1877. This is apparently the same photograph of the exterior of the Duncan & Davenport block factory that was provided to Jon Duncan by the Maine Maritime Museum in 2003. The author of the story is not identified. The entire text of the article follows:

To those whose memory goes back to the early nineties and beyond the above picture will have a familiar look. At the time the photograph was taken in September 1877, it was one of the flourishing industries of the city but with many other industry which thrived during the days when Bath was building wooden ships, it passed out when the building of ships ceased.

It is a picture of the G.W. Duncan block factory which stood at Spring and Washington Streets. No doubt most of the score or so of men shown in the picture were employees of the factory while the old gentleman in the tall hat, most likely, was the head of the company. Several boys are also shown in the picture for they had a tendency in those days, as well at the present time, to get in when there was anything unusual going on.

This plant turned out blocks for hundreds of ships, barks, brigs and other craft which were constructed in those days. Not all of the blocks made were for Bath built boats for the plant shipped many of them to other ports where vessels were under construction. The writer was told at one time, by a descendant of Mr. Duncan, that in one year the factory turned out the blocks for 52 ships. This did not include vessels of any other rig and some of them were for craft built in Bath. Think of that, 52 sets of blocks for ships in 52 weeks. When you consider what a myriad of blocks a full rigged ship carried you can commence to see what a busy industry this was.

Along about 1893, when the street railway line was built in Bath, this property was purchased and the old building torn down. If memory serves correctly some of the lumber from it was used in building the car barn which stood on the site close by but a bit to the north.

For some years prior to the taking down of the structure it was vacant and always a bit of a gruesome sight at night for timid persons who had to pass it, when street lights were not as numerous as now.

A letter to the Editor was published in the Bath Daily Times newspaper on April 7, 1874. The text follows in its entirety:

One of Bath's Employers.

Lynn, Mass, April 4, 1874

Mr. Editor -- While reading, a short time ago, in your weekly, the statement in relation to the engineer in the shoe factory of Redman & Co., and the charity which was so promptly rendered in his behalf by the firm and their employees, I could but feel grateful to them for their action. The duty stood out boldly to be sure, but the hearts of those men must have been in the right place, so promptly did they respond to the call of duty.

The incident brings vividly to my mind another establishment in your city situated in the south part of town. It has been running between twenty-five and thirty years, and as you aware has been of great benefit to the place speaking of it in a general way as a business establishment. But during the time it has been a wonder to a great many individuals whence came timely pecuniary benefits and aid, when aid was much needed.

The truth is, the head of the establishment did not let his left hand know what was done by his right hand. And I do not know as I shall be pardoned for lifting the vail from the old block factory, or for telling what I know of the sympathy for the sick and the dying, the ready helping hand for the needy, of the relief he has ever been so prompt to afford to the suffering.

I think I can count over a thousand men who have worked in the years it has been running. Of course many of them have been visited with sickness and death in their own person or in their families, and in every such case, I am sure, a watchful eye and a liberal hand has been alert to keep the wolf from the door.

To my certain knowledge many a stranger has been made happy, while plodding through the town in search of work, by being given work when none could elsewhere be obtained, and when no additional help was needed in the factory.

Still more, it is within my knowledge that the proprietor has given to the families of his men, when they were out of work -- for the old factory used to shut down once in a while, though not as often as other places in town -- everything necessary to their comfort, very seldom exacting or receiving a farthing in return.

Such bounty and kindness to employees as has ever been shown by the proprietor is worthy of public recognition, and though I am aware that I am taking liberties with the name of George W. Duncan, I have felt that I must tell what I know of his care for his men, in looking after their comfort in sickness, in cold and in hunger. I am not writing a mere puff. The experience of hundreds, my own among them, will bear out all and more than all I have written.

B. Hen.

The obituary of George W. Duncan was published in the Bath Daily Times of Bath, Maine on August 18, 1879. The text, in its entirety, reads as follows:

A Worthy Citizen Gone.

George W. Duncan Esq., whose death we to-day chronicle, was one of our best and most respected citizens. Born in 1810 he has spent his whole life in this city, and been intimately connected with many organizations and interests that tended to promote morality, temperance and religion. He has been an untiring friend of the poor, acting as doctor, nurse and benefactor; without any disparagement to any who may survive him, no man in the part of the city where he resided has done more to alleviate the wants and distress of his fellow citizens than Mr. Duncan. He was always a loving companion, a kind father, a genial friend, a warm supporter of the right and emphatically an honest man. For twenty years he carried on the block business with Mr. Charles Davenport under the firm name of Duncan & Davenport. In 1878 the firm dissolved and Mr. Duncan has since carried it on in his own name. When a young man he joined the Wesley M.E. church of this city, and for more than half a century has been one of the ablest pillars and brightest lights. In his death, and that of his wife's which occurred three years ago, many a wayfarer will miss an old landmark and the hospitalities of a pleasant home. May his mantle fall on some one worthy to wear it and may many arise to call him blessed.

George W. Duncan's estate was probated in the Sagadahoc County Probate Court as Docket No. D-95. According to the court records, George W. Duncan died without a will and his personal probate estate was insolvent at the time of his death. This seems unlikely for a man of his stature in the business and political community, but it appears that no creditor objected to the determination of insolvency. However, the assets that were probated included neither the Duncan block factory nor the residential real estate. It is of course possible that the real estate was deeded in a manner that avoided its inclusion in G.W. Duncan's probate estate (such as in a joint tenancy with another, for example) but further research into the real estate records will be necessary to confirm this. One possible avenue might be to determine how Horatio Duncan acquired his very fine house on Washington Street in Bath that is shown in the Historical Souvenir of the City of Bath that was published in 1899. Is this the same house that George Washington Duncan lived in on Washington Street during his lifetime? If so, care should be taken to research the title transactions on this house. It appears from the probate inventory and from the Bath City Directories that Frank Eaton Duncan and his wife also lived there during G.W. Duncan's lifetime.

Although Avis Duncan and Frank Eaton Duncan were named on the petition for probate administration that was filed with the probate court on September 1, 1879, the petition requested that only William C. Duncan, George H. Duncan and Horatio A. Duncan be appointed as administrators of the estate of George W. Duncan. The Court accordingly appointed William C. Duncan, George H. Duncan and Horatio A. Duncan as administrators by an order that was entered on September 9, 1879. A fiduciary's surety bond of three thousand dollars was required by the court, which was guaranteed by George Davenport (son-in-law of G.W. Duncan) and Nathan Mayhew (father-in-law of Horatio A. Duncan).

After a period of administration, the administrators filed a motion with the Probate Court on July 14, 1880, stating that the assets of the estate were insufficient to pay all of the debts of G.W. Duncan and requesting a court order to appoint commissioners to examine creditor claims. The Court appointed William B. Taylor and Nathan Coombs, both of Bath, as commissioners for this purpose, on July 14, 1880. The Court also ordered that creditors prove their claims within six months. The Court also ordered that a meeting of creditors be scheduled and that an advertisement be placed in the American Sentinel newspaper printed at Bath for three weeks notice in advance of the meeting.

A preliminary schedule of liabilities of the G.W. Duncan estate current through 7/6/1880 was also filed by the administrators on July 14, 1880, showing liabilities totalling $6,551.35, and stating that the administrators believed other creditor claims may arise.

A final schedule of proven creditor claims was later filed with the probate court (undated), this time showing liabilities totaling $5,258.42. Among the largest creditors of the G.W. Duncan estate were his sister-in-law, Julia Waterman, who held a promissory note and was owed interest totaling $1,221.20, and a Mr. John S. Jackson, who held a claim of $638.63 for unpaid labor while in G.W. Duncan's employment at the block factory. Mr. Jackson later became partners with William C. Duncan when the block business continued after the death of George W. Duncan.

One interesting difference between the preliminary listing of creditor claims and the claims that were proven to the commissioners was that the preliminary listing of creditor claims showed that G.W. Duncan owed back taxes (property taxes, possibly?) and interest to the City of Bath for each of the years between 1875-9, totalling approximately $800. The final petition approved by the commissioners and the Court did not include the tax claim of the City of Bath. Perhaps the City of Bath took no steps to prove up its tax creditor claims. (This raises an interesting question whether G.W. Duncan's son, Horatio A. Duncan, who was also one of the estate's administrators, may have acquired the family home on Washington Street through a tax sale, to the exclusion of the other heirs, including Frank Eaton Duncan, who was residing in the home along with his wife and son at the time of G.W. Duncan's death. Further research into the real estate records may reveal how Horatio A. Duncan acquired this property. )

The Inventory of G.W. Duncan's personal estate is organized according to the rooms of his home on Washington Street. The document reveals that the home contained at least the following rooms: a parlor, a front hall, a sitting room, a first floor bedroom, a dining room, kitchen, a guest house, a cellar, F.E. Chamber (probably referring to the bedroom of Frank Eaton Duncan), G.W. Chamber, Upper Hall, Kitchen chamber, Store Room Upstairs, Attic, and a Stable. The appraised value of the inventoried value of the personal property in the home was stated to be $617.30.

In addition, the inventory of the G.W. Duncan estate listed ownership of Pew Nos. 29 and 33 and Pew No. 6 in the South Gallery at the M.E. Church, in Bath. This refers to the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. The inventory also lists several pages of the debtors of the block business. The inventory was approved by the Probate Court on July 14, 1880.

The last order of the probate court is dated the first Tuesday in May, 1881. No order appears in the file closing the estate.

William C. Duncan somehow acquired the controlling interest in the block making business after G.W. Duncan's death, but further research will be necessary to determine precisely how that happened. The block business itself was not an inventoried asset of G.W. Duncan's estate, although the debtors of the business were. It is possible that the business was held in a manner that did not require probate. But it is important to keep in mind during subsequent research on this topic that the block making business eventually wound up in the hands of the employees, William C. Duncan, who was a fiduciary to the estate of George W. Duncan, and John Jackson, who had a claim against the estate for unpaid wages. It is possible that Duncan and Jackson formed their partnership and acquired their interests in the block business as satisfaction the amounts that they were owed from the insolvent G.W. Duncan estate.

More About George Washington Duncan:

Appointed: 1844, School committee, Bath, Maine³⁵⁵

Burial: August 19, 1879, Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine³⁵⁶

Cause of Death: erysipelas³⁵⁷

Census 1: 1840, Bath, ME³⁵⁸

Census 2: 1850, Bath, ME³⁵⁹

Census 3: 1860, Bath, ME³⁶⁰

Census 4: 1870, Bath, ME³⁶¹

Elected 1: 1848, Maine State Legislature^362,363

Elected 2: March 06, 1848, Warden, Ward 1, Bath, Maine³⁶⁴

Elected 3: 1849, Maine State Legislature³⁶⁵

Medical Information: erysipelas is an acute disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by a streptococcus and marked by spreading inflammation.

Occupation 1: 1850, Blacksmith³⁶⁶

Occupation 2: 1860, Blockmaker, Bath, ME³⁶⁷

Occupation 3: Bet. 1867 - 1868, Bath, ME, block manufacturer, Duncan & Davenport³⁶⁸

Occupation 4: Bet. 1871 - 1872, Bath, ME, block manufacturer³⁶⁹

Occupation 5: 1874, Bath, ME, block manufacturer³⁷⁰

Occupation 6: Bet. 1876 - 1877, Bath, ME, block manufacturer³⁷¹

Presentation: 1857, Wesley Methodist Espiscopal Church ³⁷²

Probate 1: September 09, 1879, Sagadahoc County Probate Court, Bath, ME³⁷³

Probate 2: July 22, 1880, Sagadahoc County, Maine³⁷⁴

Residence 1: 1850, Bath, ME³⁷⁵

Residence 2: 1860, Bath, ME³⁷⁶

Residence 3: Bet. 1867 - 1868, Bath, ME, house on Washington Street near South Street³⁷⁷

Residence 4: Bet. 1871 - 1872, Bath, ME, house on Washington Street near South Street ³⁷⁸

Residence 5: Bet. 1876 - 1877, Bath, ME, house on Washington Street near South Street³⁷⁹

Notes for Adeline Stone Waterman:

This lineage goes back to to Issac Allerton, Degory Priest and Francis Cooke, all of whom crossed on the Mayflower.

No official record of the birth of Adeline Stone Waterman has been found. If she was born in Bath, Maine, as is believed, the official records of those births were lost in a subsequent fire at Bath Town Hall.

It is believed that she was born in Bath, Maine because the 1850 census lists her state of birth as Maine between 1806 - 1807. If he had been born while her parents still lived in Bridgewater, MA, her place of birth should have been recorded in the 1850 census for Massachusettes. Of course, the State of Maine was part of Massachusettes until 1820.

Census and real estate records reveal that Calvin Waterman moved to Bath with his wife and family sometime between 1800 (when U.S. census records reveal that he was living in Bridgewater, Mass. and probably, 1806. The 1806 date is based on birth place stated for his daughter Adeline Stone (Waterman) Duncan in the 1850 Census, [Roll 261, Page 194, Bath, Lincoln Co., Maine], and also on a real estate deed dated 3 December 1806, in which Calvin Waterman purchased real estate in Bath [Register of Deeds, Lincoln County, Maine, Book 61, p. 217-8]. (The 1850 Census records, detailed below, suggest more precisely that Calvin Waterman may have moved to Bath sometime between 1800 and 1802.)

These records in combination suggest that Adeline Stone Waterman was born in Bath, Maine sometime in 1806 or 1807. This date range is also consistent with her death and burial records on file with the Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine, which indicate that she died on January 28, 1876 at the age of 69.

The 1810 Census for Bath, Maine, lists Calven (sic) Waterman as the head of the family, includes 2 females between 0-9 years old. One of these is certainly Adeline Stone Waterman.

The 1820 Census for Bath, Maine lists Calvin Waterman again as the head of the household. It lists one boy aged 0-9, 2 boys aged 10-15, and one male over 45 years of age (Calvin Waterman himself.) The 1820 census also lists 1 girl aged between 10-15, 3 women between 16-25, and one woman over 45.

She is not listed in the 1830 Census for Bath, Maine as a head of family (only heads of families were listed in the census prior to 1850). Her parents were both deceased by 1830, but she had not yet become married. It's likely that she was living with another family member at the time of the census. Her brother Stephen Waterman is the only Waterman listed in the 1830 census for Bath, Maine as a head of a family. [Maine, LINCOLN, Roll 49 Book 1, Page 344a]. It's probable that she was living somewhere in the Bath area at the time of the 1830 census, as she got married to George Washington Duncan of Bath in 1831. Accounting for a period of courtship, it is highly probable that she was living in Bath at the time of the 1830 census, possibly with her brother Stephen. The census report indicates that two women between the ages of 20 and 39 were living with him at the time. One of these possibly could have been Adeline.

The 1840 Census, Maine, LINCOLN, Roll 145 Book 1, Page 365a, Bath, Maine, lists two women between the ages of 30-39 as living in the George Washington Duncan household. One is very likely to be Adeline, who would have been around 34 years old at the time of the 1840 census. The other is probably her sister, Julia Waterman, who would have been about 39 years old at the time of the 1840 census, and who lived with her sister Adeline and brother-in-law for many years.

The 1850 Census, Roll 261, Page 194, Bath, Maine, lists Adeline as being 49 years old as of August 21, 1850. This would put her year of birth to 1801 or 1802. The 1850 Census also lists her place of birth as Maine. However, the 1850 census also lists Julia Waterman, who was her sister, as being 50 years old and born in Massachusetts. If this information is correct it would mean that her parents moved from Mass. to Maine sometime between 1800 and 1802.

The 1860 Census Bath, Maine, SAGADAHOC, Roll 448 Book 1, Page 148, lists her as being 50 years old as of June 1, 1860. This would put her year of birth to 1809 or 1810.

The 1870 Census, Bath, Maine, SAGADAHOC Co., Roll 557, Book 1, page 256b, lists her age as 60 as of the census date. This would put her year of birth to be 1809 or 1810.

The Bath, Maine cemetery records indicate that she died on January 28, 1876 at the age of 69. This would put her year of birth to be in 1806 or 1807.

Her death notice was reported on page 3 of the Bath Daily Times on January 29, 1876. There was no obituary. The death notice, in its entirety, reads as follows:

"Died. In this city, Jan. 28th, Adeline S., wife of Geo. W. Duncan, aged 69 years."

She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine, along with her husband, George Washington Duncan and several other members of their family.

More About Adeline Stone Waterman:

Burial: January 31, 1876, Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine³⁸⁰

Cause of Death: paralysis³⁸¹

Census 1: 1810, Bath, ME³⁸²

Census 2: 1820, Bath, ME³⁸³

Census 3: 1830, Bath, ME³⁸⁴

Census 4: 1840, Bath, ME³⁸⁵

Census 5: 1850, Bath, ME³⁸⁶

Census 6: 1860, Bath, ME³⁸⁷

Census 7: 1870, Bath, ME³⁸⁸

LDS film number: 471833³⁸⁹

Mayflower Index: 75,257³⁹⁰

Marriage Notes for George Duncan and Adeline Waterman:

The Maine Inquirer (Bath, ME newspaper) of Tuesday, June 28, 1831 reported that they were married on Sunday evening by Rev. Moore. (The records of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church in Bath reflect that there was a Rev. Green Grove Moore who was pastor of the church in 1830. The pastor of the church in 1831 was Justin Spaulding. The church records state only the year, but not the months, of service.)

The Sunday before June 28, 1831 was June 26, 1831.

The marriage was also reported on page 3 of the Eastern Argus of Portland, ME on July 4, 1831. No date is given for the wedding. The text, in its entirety, reads as follows: "Marriages. In Bath, Mr. George W. Duncan to Miss Adeline Waterman."

Descendants of Robert Waterman through Seven Generations 2:232-3 cites Collection of C.C.P. Waterman for information about this couple and their children.

More About George Duncan and Adeline Waterman:

Marriage: June 26, 1831, Bath, ME^391,392,393

Children of George Duncan and Adeline Waterman are:

10. Rev. Joseph Hawks, Jr.^505,506, born July 05, 1815 in Harvard, MA^507,508,509; died July 01, 1898 in Cambridge, MA^510,511,512. He was the son of 20. Joseph Hawks, Sr. and 21. Hannah Liswell. He married 11. Mary Winslow Simmons June 02, 1842 in Hallowell, Maine^513,514.

11. Mary Winslow Simmons^515,516, born September 08, 1824 in Mechanics Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME⁵¹⁷; died August 08, 1875 in poss. Alfred, ME^518,519. She was the daughter of 22. Bryant Simmons and 23. Rachel Winslow.

Notes for Rev. Joseph Hawks, Jr.:

The book Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass. 1605-1672 containes a detailed listing of Joseph Hawks, listed as the sixth child of his parents. The text, in its entirety follows:

vi. JOSEPH, b. 5 July 1815, Harvard, Worcester County, MA (VR), d. 1 July 1898 Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA (State VR) age 83, m. 2 June 1842 Hallowell, ME (VR) MARY WINSLOW SIMMONS, daughter of Bryant and Rachel Winslow Simmons (Winslow Memorial by David Parsons Holton, 1877, p. 869), b. 8 September 1834, Mechanics Falls, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) County, Maine, d. 8 August 1875, age 50 (Records of Maine Old Cemetery Association) buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine. He married second MARIA M. MILLER, wife of Charles W. (Cambridge, Massachusetts VR, Vol. 1, p. 338), b. 1825 (ibid) date estimated from grave record. Same record gives his date of birth 1815 from grave record. She died 25 August 1900, age 76-0-0. (grave record)

Joseph Jr. became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time of his marriage in 1842 he was called "of Boston" and elsewhere "of Richmond Hill, Maine." In 1867-9 he was pastor at the Wesley Methodist Espiscopal Church in Bath, Maine. Present church records there show only that we was pastor and that he voted in January 1869. The Winslow Memorial shows that on 28 December 1869 he performed the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth, born 9 December 1844 at Falmouth, Maine, to Henry Robinson, born 31 July 1840, Bath, Maine, son of James D. and Mary Elizabeth Robinson of Bath. At this time he was The Reverend Joseph Hawkes of Mechanics Falls, Maine. In 1872 and 3 The Reverend Joseph was minister at the Methodist Espiscopal Church at Conway, New Hampshire (Carroll Co. History) and his wife's widowed mother went there to live with them. Also living in Conway at the time was the daughter Elizabeth Hawkes Robinson and her family as her daughter Mary Elizabeth was born 29 October 1871 at Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. The Reverend Joseph and family do not appear in 1870 census for Conway, New Hampshire.

Records at the town clerk's office, Bath, Maine, give the death date from Mary Winslow Simmons Hawkes as above, calling her the widow of Joseph and indicate the tombstone is in Maple Grove Cemetery, however the listing of widow is apparently in error as the Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts indicate that Rev. Joseph Hawks survived her. Although the Reverend Joseph and his second wife were buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts, there seems to be no probate record for him at the Middlesex County Courthouse at Cambridge for the year 1898. The Winslow Memorial published in 1877 states that The Reverend Jospeh was a member of the Maine Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and that in 1872 he had been engaged in preaching for 32 years and that his residence was then Conway, New Hampshire.

The 1860 Census [Maine, KENNEBEC, Roll 439 Book 1, Page 173], lists him as an "elder" of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Readfield, Maine, owning real estate valued at $1,300 and personal estate worth $240. The 1860 Census lists him as 45 years old at the time, consistent with a birth year of 1814 or 1815. The 1860 census also reflects that he had six of his children living with him, between the ages of 3 and 16, and there was also another woman living there, Mary L. Mathers, age 18. Her occupation or relationship was not listed, but perhaps she a live-in domestic worker in the Hawks household.

Pastor of Brackett Memorial Church (Methodist) on Peaks Island, Maine from 1864-1865. At that time, it was known as Peaks Island Methodist Church.

Pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church, in Bath, Maine, from 1867-1868. (Sources: Record of Pastors, Bath United Methodist Church, Bath, Maine; Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 35). George Washington Duncan was a major benefactor of the Wesley Methodist Church, donating the funds for the purchase of its first organ. While Rev. Hawks was pastor in Bath, he performed the marriage ceremony between George Washington Duncan's son, Horatio Allen Duncan, and Georgie A. Mayhew on September 17, 1867.

Rev. Hawks is also listed in the Bath, Maine Vital Records [1847 - 1892, LDS Film M-97333 0010562, Book 2, p. 142 as also having performed marriages in Bath on June 1, 1867, July 13, 1867, October 1, 1867, and October 31, 1867.

It is likely that romance developed also between his daughter, Zoraida Hawks and Frank Eaton Duncan during the years between 1867-1868 while Rev. Hawks was pastor in Bath. They were married on September 5, 1871 in Conway, New Hampshire, in a ceremony also performed by Rev. Hawks. The Winslow Memorial 2:869 notes that Rev. Hawks and his wife Mary Winslow Simmons resided in Conway, New Hampshire for a time, but does not specify when they resided there. However, the text for his mother-in-law Rachel (Winslow) (Simmons) Bailey mentions that she remained in Manchester, Maine for six years after her husband's death in December of 1847 and that her daughter was living in Mechanics Falls in 1872.

On December 28, 1869, Rev. Hawks performed the marriage ceremony in Mechanics Falls, Maine for his daughter Elizabeth to Charles Henry Robinson. (Source: Winslow Memorial, 2: 869). Rev. Hawks' obituary mentions that he was pastor in Mechanics Falls, Maine at one point, but it does not state when he was stationed here. It appears likely that he was stationed at a Methodist Church in Mechanics Falls, Maine at the time of his daughter's wedding in 1869. As mentioned above, the Winslow Memorial listing for Rachel (Winslow) (Simmons) Bailey suggests that Rev. Hawks and his wife were living in Mechanics Falls in 1872.

By the time of the 1880 Census, he was the pastor of the Methodist Church, in Strong, Franklin Co., Maine, according to the 1880 census.

The following is from "History of Methodism in Maine, 1793-1886," pp. 493-4, by Rev. Stephen Allen and Rev. W.H. Pilsbury, published in 1887 with the approval of the Maine and East Maine Conferences:

Rev. Joseph Hawkes was born in Harvard, Mass., July 5th, 1814. In 1830, while attending the Sunday school in Bromfield Street Church in Boston, he was converted with twenty-six other scholars. The same year he was received into the church.

In 1834 he was licensed to preach by the Quarterly Conference of Bromfield Street church.

He was, for some time, a student in Maine Wesleyan Seminary. In 1840, he was received on probation in Maine Conference and appointed to South Paris, and he continued in the itinerant work in an effective relation, except 1849, till 1881, when his name was placed upon the list of supernumeraries.

Mr. Hawkes was married to Miss Mary N. Simons (sic), June 2, 1842. they had seven children, six daughters and one son, all now living and most of them settled in life.

Mr. Hawkes is now upon the list of superannuates and is living with his second wife in Cambridgeport (sic), Mass., his first wife having died about 1875. At latest accounts he was prostrated by feebleness and confined to his bed by a surgical operation in the removal of cataracts from his eyes.

A very long obituary, written by Rev. William McDonald, ran in the Methodist magazine, Zion's Herald, August 3, 1898. The entire text follows:

Hawks -- Rev. Joseph Hawks, a venerable and esteemed member of the Maine Conference, died in Cambridge, Mass, July 1, 1898. He was born in Harvard, Mass., July 5, 1814, and had he been spared four days longer, he would have completed his 84th year.

When a mere boy Mr. Hawkes' parents removed to Boston, where he spent his early life. At his earnest solicitation, while quite young, he learned a trade -- a pocket-book maker -- and became a skilled workman. Though his parents were not Methodists, he early found a church home in the Bromfield St. Church, and became a member of the Sunday School, then, and for many under the efficient superintendency of Hon. Jacob Sleeper. Here he was converted and became a member of the church. His education was commenced in the public schools of Boston, and he graduated from all except the Latin School. He was early impressed that God had called him to preach the Gospel, and soon commenced preparation for his life work. He first entered Wilbraham Academy. Here he remained one year, but learning that he could pursue his studies at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, for about half what it cost at Wilbraham, he left and entered the Maine school, with Prof. W.C. Larrabee, principal, and Rev. B. F. Teffi as his teacher. In the debating societies of the school he was foremost and had the credit of being a "ready speaker," and in a debate for a prize, consisting of Milton's "Life and Works," was the successful winner.

It was during the latter part of his stay at Kent's Hill that I first became acquainted with Mr. Hawks. In 1838 Rev. John Wesley Dunn was stationed in Belfast. After a few months his health failed, and he was obliged to retire. Mr. Hawks, then a student at Kent's Hill, came to fill his place. He was about twenty-one years of age, but appeared much younger. Being small in stature and of ruddy complexion, he had as boyish an apperance as almost any one that ever entered the pulpit. On the first Sabbath morning in the church, as he climbed up the high pulpit steps, there was a deep feeling of sympathy for him and a general query as to whether we had a child preacher, who would likely fail in the first effort, or one who could really "preach the Word." But as he commenced the services he seemed much at home; his voice was soft, but clear and musical. The people soon lost sight of the boy in his manly utterances; and as his eloquent words fell upon the congregation like flashes of lightning from a gathering storm cloud, shouts of "amen" and "glory," after the old Methodist style, were heard in all parts of the house. A few, who thought only of failure at the beginning, now praised the youthful preacher, and all were ready to concede that, though he was small, he had filled the pulpit beyond any of his predecessors, Rev. Mark Trafton excepted, who had served the church two years before. Mr. Hawkes remained with us about four months, sustaining his reputation as a preacher to the close, and then returned to Kent's Hill to complete his studies.

He joined the Maine Conference, which met at Kent's Hill in 1840, Bishop Soule presiding, it being the Bishop's last visit to his native State. There is but one member left of that class of twenty-one who joined that year -- Rev. S.S. Cummings, of the Little Wanderers' Home. They have all finished their course and rest from their labors.

For forty-two consecutive years Mr. Hawks claims never to have lost a Sabbath or an appointment. Who can show a better record? Not a break in forty-two years! He served twenty-nine appointments in the Maine Conference, such as Saco, Bath, Strong, Mechanic Falls, Alfred, etc., and to some instances he was returned for a second term.

Mr. Hawks was a born preacher. He devoted his life to this one thing. He did not spend his time in lecturing on the popular topics of the day, but in preaching the Gospel of the grace of God. He did not advertise his subjects, announcing them in some outlandish form to attract the curious observer. He disdained all such claptrap in connection with the "glorious gospel of the blessed God." He was a ready speaker, with ample command of appropriate language and no want of well-arranged thoughts. He was favored in his earlier ministry with an unusually impressive voice, mellow, rich and at times of great compass. While he possessed these elements of an effective preacher, he was unassuming; he never put on airs as though he were some great one; but he was conscious of his own power, and could never submit to be trampled upon by those who fancied themselves to be what he knew they were not. He always stood up for his rights when he thought it proper, and when he was assured it was the purpose of another to ride over him. Mr. Hawks was a religious man in the best sense of that word. It is true he was not a Fletcher in spiritual fervor; he was not of that temperament. He did not make a great display of his religious attainments. The Bible was his supreme law book; everything must yield to that. He would admit of no opinion which did not have for it a "thus saith the Lord." He had no patience with men who were ever putting forward their speculations. "To the Law and to the testimony" was his appeal. He was always ready to enter into conversation on spiritual subjects, and gave evidence that he was familiar with the experience. I never called upon him but, by his request, we had a season of prayer which he seemed greatly to enjoy. He came to the end without a doubt. His sky was clear and his end sweet and peaceful. He kept the faith, and is crowned a victor.

In 1842, while stationed at Richmond, Mr. Hawks was united in marriage with Mary W. Simmons, June 2. She was an estimable lady and a helpmate to her husband, bearing patiently for many years when the toils and privations of the itinerancy, which was no small burden in those years in Maine. She was the mother of seven children -- two sons and five daughters -- all of whom are now living. When she was smitten by death, the light of his home went out. In October, 1876, he was again married to Mrs. Charles W. Hawkes, of Cambridge. Though his second wife bore the same name, with the exception of an added e, there was no family connection. Mrs. Hawkes has proved a great blessing to our brother, and in his almost helpless condition from comparative blindness she has cared for him tenderly, though in feeble health herself, until the end came. He continued to travel for a brief time after his second marriage, but his sight failing, he was obliged, in 1886, to retire from the work, and for about fifteen years has resided in Cambridge. During those years he has maintained an exemplary character, taking a deep interest to all that pertained to church life. He was regular in his attendance on the Sabbath, and was generally at the social meetings, giving his testimony for Jesus as he had opportunity.

His end was the "dying of a wave along the shore" -- peaceful and painless. Some weeks before his death he submitted to a dangerous surgical operation, from which he never fully recovered, and which hastened his end. He so far improved, however, as to be able to attend church, and was present the last Sabbath of his earthly life. But his strength thereafter rapidly failed. Thursday night he retired, and seemed unconscious that anybody was near him, as lying upon his bed, for half an hour he prayed for his seven children and his grandchildren one by one, by name, in the most artless, tender manner, commending them to the care and protection of his Heavenly Father, and saying, as he did so, "You will hear by prayer for them, won't you, O my Father?' He then dropped into a quiet slumber.

On Friday morning he arose as usual and came down to his breakfast. He read and prayed as was his practice, but seemed very weak. He remarked to his wife that he would like to go upstairs, and as he felt so weak he wished her assistance. It was with a good deal of effort that they reached the head of the stairs, a lady present finally assisting. He sat down upon a lounge and leaned his head upon his wife's shoulder. She laid him back upon the couch, the lady lifting his feet from the floor. As he lay back upon the lounge he breathed two or three times, and "was not," for God had taken him. Thus lived and died our beloved brother, Jospeh Hawks.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. M. Taylor, D.D., pastor of the Harvard St. Church, July 3, assisted by Rev. J. L. Estey. I had arranged to be present, but the excessive heat of the day prevented. The services were simple and deeply impressive, and a goodly number were present, notwithstanding the oppressive heat. The mortal remains of our brother rest in our beautiful Mount Auburn, awaiting the resurrection of the just. He leaves a widow, seven children, and an aged sister now past ninety years of age. We commend them to the sympathy and prayerful consideration of the church and to the God of mercy and grace.

WILLIAM McDONALD

Another obituary appeared at pp. 255-6 of the Official Journal of Seventy-Fifth Session of the Maine Methodist Conference, held at Farmington, April 19-24, 1899. The text, in its entirety, reads as follows:

REV. JOSPEH HAWKS,

Rev. Jospeh Hawks was born in Harvard, Mass., July 5th, 1814, and died in Cambridge, Mass., July 1st, 1898, lacking only four days of being eighty four years old.

When a mere boy his parents moved to Boston, where he spent his early life. He learned the trade of pocket-book maker, in which he was a skilled workman. Although his parents were not Methodists, he soon chose the Bromfield Street Church as his home church. Here he attended Sunday School under the superintendency of Hon. Jacob Sleeper, and here he was converted. He graduated from the public schools of the city. Then he studied one year at Wilbraham. From there he went to Kent's Hill and finished his education under Prof. W.C. Larrabee as principal, and B.F. Teft as teacher.

He joined the Maine Conference in 1840, which session was held at Kent's Hill. Bishop Soule presided on his last visit to his native State. His entering class was composed of twenty one members, of whom Rev. S.S. Cummings of the Little Wanderers' Home, is the sole survivor. For forty-two consecutive years Father Hawks testifies to never having lost a Sabbath or an appointment. He served twenty-nine different charges, all in this Conference.

He was a born preacher, a master of pure English and simple diction, a clear thinker, ready speaker and logical, forcible debater. He concentrated all his time and energies to his one work. Without ostentation or pretence, he magnified himself in the eyes of the people as a master in the pulpit. He studied well the course he should take, and when taken there was no retreat. He was ready to sacrifice his all for the sake of the church. Such was his heroism and strength of his convictions that, had he lived in the days of martyrs, he would have been numbered with them. He was intensely Scriptural in all his teachings. The Bible was his sole authority. The opinions of men had little force with him.

In 1842 he was united in marriage with Mary W. Simmons, who he found to be a true helpmeet. For thirty-three years she shared, patiently and heroically, the burdens and privations of the inineracy. They were blessed with seven children, all of whom are now living.

In 1876 he was again married to Mrs. Charles W. Hawkes of Cambridge, Mass., who proved to be a ministering angel in his declining years. In her home they have lived the past fifteen years, most of which time both have been in feeble health, and he nearly blind. Until the very last the house of God and the services of the church were especially attractive to him. He was always present at the public and social meetings when possible. His end was peaceful and painless. He rested. His funeral services were conducted in the Harvard Street M.E. Church, by Dr. E.M. Taylor, the pastor, assisted by Rev. J.L. Estis. His remains were laid in Mount Auburn, awaiting his final resurrection.

J.B. LAPHAM

Buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA. Mount Auburn Cemetery is located at the Cambridge-Watertown border, about 4 miles from downtown Boston and about 1.5 miles west of Harvard Square. Directions: The entrance is on Mount Auburn Street near the boundary of Cambridge and Watertown, approximately 1.5 miles west of Harvard Square, just west of Mount Auburn Hospital and Fresh Pond Parkway. The Cemetery is easily reached by public transportation from Harvard Square (#71 or #73 bus).

More About Rev. Joseph Hawks, Jr.:

Burial: Abt. July 03, 1898, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA⁵²⁰

Census 1: 1850, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME⁵²¹

Census 2: 1860, Readfield, ME⁵²²

Census 3: 1880, Strong, ME⁵²³

Medical Information: he had surgery for eye cataracts sometime prior to the publication of History of Methodism in Maine, in 1887.

Occupation 1: 1840, Admitted "on trial" (first step towards ordinantion), Maine conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, served South Paris, ME^524,525

Occupation 2: 1841, Remained "on trial", served Bowdoinham, ME^526,527

Occupation 3: 1842, Remained "on trial", served Richmond, ME^528,529

Occupation 4: 1843, Admitted to full connection -- fully ordained -- served Belfast, ME^530,531

Occupation 5: 1844, Minister, Methodist Church, Cumberland, ME^532,533

Occupation 6: 1845, Minister, Methodist Church, Waldoboro and Bremen, ME^534,535

Occupation 7: Bet. 1846 - 1847, Minister, Methodist Church, Bowdoinham, ME^536,537

Occupation 8: 1848, Minister, Methodist Church, Poland, ME^538,539

Occupation 9: 1849, Minister, Methodist Church, Leeds, ME^540,541,542

Occupation 10: 1850, Minister, Methodist Church, Phillips, ME^543,544

Occupation 11: 1851, Minister, Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, ME^545,546

Occupation 12: 1852, Minister, Methodist Church, South Paris, ME^547,548

Occupation 13: 1853, Minister, Methodist Church, Brunswick Mission, Brunswick, ME^549,550

Occupation 14: 1854, Minister, Methodist Church, Richmond, ME^551,552

Occupation 15: 1855, Minister, Methodist Church, Livermore and Hartford, ME^553,554

Occupation 16: 1856, Minister, Methodist Church, North Wayne, ME^555,556

Occupation 17: Bet. 1857 - 1858, Minister, Methodist Church, Mercer, ME^557,558,559

Occupation 18: 1859, "superannuated" minister, Methodist Episcopal Church^560,561

Occupation 19: 1860, Elder, Methodist Church, Readfield, ME⁵⁶²

Occupation 20: 1860, Minister, Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, ME^563,564

Occupation 21: 1861, Minister, Methodist Church, New Vineyard and New Poland, ME^565,566

Occupation 22: Bet. 1862 - 1863, Minister, Methodist Church, New Sharon, ME^567,568,569

Occupation 23: Bet. 1864 - 1865, Pastor, Peaks Island Methodist Church, Portland, ME^570,571,572

Occupation 24: Bet. 1865 - 1866, Minister, Methodist Church, Saco, ME^573,574,575

Occupation 25: Bet. 1867 - 1869, Pastor, Wesley Methodist Church, Bath, Maine^{576,577,578,579,580,581,582}

Occupation 26: Bet. 1869 - 1870, Minister, Methodist Church, Mechanic's Falls, ME^583,584,585

Occupation 27: Bet. 1871 - 1872, Minister, Methodist Church, Conway and Conway Center, NH^586,587,588

Occupation 28: Bet. 1872 - 1873, Minister, Methodist Espicopal Church, Conway, NH⁵⁸⁹

Occupation 29: Bet. 1873 - 1874, Minister, Methodist Church, Gorham, NH^590,591,592

Occupation 30: Bet. 1875 - 1877, Minister, Methodist Church, Alfred, ME^{593,594,595,596}

Occupation 31: 1878, Minister, Methodist Church, York, ME^597,598

Occupation 32: 1879, Minister, Methodist Church, Skowhegan and Norridgewock, ME^599,600

Occupation 33: 1880, Minister, Methodist Churches, Strong and Freeman, ME^601,602

Occupation 34: 1880, Pastor of Methodist Church, Strong, ME⁶⁰³

Occupation 35: 1881, Minister, Kittery First Methodist Church, Kittery, ME^604,605

Occupation 36: Bet. 1882 - 1885, "supernumerary", Methodist Espicopal Church, Maine Conference^{606,607,608,609,610}

Occupation 37: Bet. 1886 - 1898, "superannuated" minister, Methodist Episcopal Church^{611,612,613,614,615,616,617,618,619,620,621,622,623,624}

Residence 1: 1840, South Paris, ME^625,626

Residence 2: 1841, Bowdonhim, ME^627,628

Residence 3: 1842, Richmond Hill, Maine or Boston, MA⁶²⁹

Residence 4: 1842, Richmond, ME^630,631

Residence 5: 1843, Belfast, ME^632,633

Residence 6: 1844, Cumberland, ME^634,635

Residence 7: Bet. 1846 - 1847, Bowdonhim, ME^636,637

Residence 8: 1848, Poland, ME^638,639

Residence 9: 1849, Leeds, ME^640,641

Residence 10: 1850, Phillips, ME^642,643

Residence 11: 1851, Mount Vernon, ME^644,645

Residence 12: 1852, South Paris, ME^646,647

Residence 13: 1853, Brunswick, ME^648,649

Residence 14: 1854, Richmond, ME^650,651

Residence 15: 1856, North Wayne, ME⁶⁵²

Residence 16: Bet. 1857 - 1858, Mercer, ME⁶⁵²

Residence 17: Bet. 1864 - 1865, Peaks Island, Casco Bay, Portland, ME^653,654

Residence 18: Bet. 1867 - 1869, Bath, ME^{655,656,657,658}

Residence 19: December 28, 1869, Mechanics Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME⁶⁵⁹

Residence 20: Bet. 1872 - 1873, Conway, NH⁶⁵⁹

Residence 21: 1880, Strong, ME⁶⁶⁰

Notes for Mary Winslow Simmons:

Burial: Maple Grove Cem., Bath, ME

Note: All children are listed in "Winslow Memorial", by David Parsons Holton, published in 1877, p. 869. Zoraida is incorrectly listed in Winslow Memorial as "Loranda" but it correctly states that she married Frank [Eaton] Duncan.

Winslow Memorial 2:869 suggests that she was living in Conway, New Hampshire in 1872.

The book Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass. 1605-1672 containes a detailed listing of Joseph Hawks, listed as the sixth child of his parents. Included in that text is material concerning Mary Winslow Simmons. The text, in its entirety follows:

vi. JOSEPH, b. 5 July 1815, Harvard, Worcester County, MA (VR), d. 1 July 1898 Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA (State VR) age 83, m. 2 June 1842 Hallowell, ME (VR) MARY WINSLOW SIMMONS, daughter of Bryant and Rachel Winslow Simmons (Winslow Memorial by David Parsons Holton, 1877, p. 869), b. 8 September 1834, Mechanics Falls, Cumberland (now Androscoggin) County, Maine, d. 8 August 1875, age 50 (Records of Maine Old Cemetery Association) buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine. He married second MARIA M. MILLER, wife of Charles W. (Cambridge, Massachusetts VR, Vol. 1, p. 338), b. 1825 (ibid) date estimated from grave record. Same record gives his date of birth 1815 from grave record. She died 25 August 1900, age 76-0-0. (grave record)

Joseph Jr. became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time of his marriage in 1842 he was called "of Boston" and elsewhere "of Richmond Hill, Maine." In 1867-9 he was pastor at the Wesley Methodist Espiscopal Church in Bath, Maine. Present church records there show only that he was pastor and that he voted in January 1869. The Winslow Memorial shows that on 28 December 1869 he performed the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth, born 9 December 1844 at Falmouth, Maine, to Henry Robinson, born 31 July 1840, Bath, Maine, son of James D. and Mary Elizabeth Robinson of Bath. At this time he was The Reverend Joseph Hawkes of Mechanics Falls, Maine. In 1872 and 3 The Reverend Joseph was minister at the Methodist Espiscopal Church at Conway, New Hampshire (Carroll Co. History) and her widowed mother went there to live with them. Also living in Conway at the time was the daughter Elizabeth Hawkes Robinson and her family as her daughter Mary Elizabeth was born 29 October 1871 at Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. The Reverend Joseph and family do not appear in 1870 census for Conway, New Hampshire.

Records at the town clerk's office, Bath, Maine, give the death date from Mary Winslow Simmons Hawkes as above, calling her the widow of Joseph and indicate the tombstone is in Maple Grove Cemetery, however the listing of widow is apparently in error as the Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts indicate that her husband survived her. Although the Reverend Joseph and his second wife were buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts, there seems to be no probate record for him at the Middlesex County Courthouse at Cambridge for the year 1898. The Winslow Memorial published in 1877 states that The Reverend Jospeh was a member of the Maine Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and that in 1872 he had been engaged in preaching for 32 years and that his residence was then Conway, New Hampshire.

More About Mary Winslow Simmons:

Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME⁶⁶¹

Census: 1860, Readfield, ME⁶⁶²

Residence: 1872, Conway, NH⁶⁶³

Winslow Memorial number: 1888, 10437, Vol. 2, p. 869⁶⁶⁴

Marriage Notes for Joseph Hawks and Mary Simmons:

The following is reference to marrigage source information from the LDS website at Familysearch.org:

this source lists the place of the marriage at Bangor, Maine.

Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

M521512 1819 - 1849 0010584 Film NONE

Sheet:

The following reference, also from the LDS site suggests that the place of the marriage was at Hallowell, Kennebec Co., Maine:

Source Information:

Batch Number: 8806205

Sheet: 53

Source Call No.: 1396500 Type: Film

More About Joseph Hawks and Mary Simmons:

Marriage: June 02, 1842, Hallowell, Maine^665,666

Children of Joseph Hawks and Mary Simmons are:

12. George Straube, born Bet. 1822 - 1823 in Indiana⁶⁹⁸; died in Audrian Co., MO. He was the son of 24. Christian Straube and 25. Mary (--?--). He married 13. Maria Enslen November 27, 1842 in Audrian Co., MO.

13. Maria Enslen, born October 11, 1825 in Pennsylvania; died August 15, 1895 in Wellsville, MO. She was the daughter of 26. Conrad Enslen and 27. Mary Sox.

More About George Straube:

Census 1: 1860, Cuiure Twp., Audrian Co., MO⁶⁹⁹

Census 2: 1870, Audrain Co., MO⁷⁰⁰

Occupation: 1860, farmer, Cuiure Twp., Audrain Co., MO⁷⁰¹

Residence: 1860, Cuiure Twp., Audrian Co., MO⁷⁰¹

Notes for Maria Enslen:

More About Maria Enslen:

Burial: August 1895, Wellsville City Cemetery, Wellsville, MO

Residence 1: 1870, Audrian Co., MO⁷⁰²

Residence 2: 1850, Audrian Co., MO⁷⁰³

More About George Straube and Maria Enslen:

Marriage: November 27, 1842, Audrian Co., MO

Children of George Straube and Maria Enslen are:

14. Samuel Rezner, born February 15, 1831 in Pennsylvania; died October 03, 1903 in Wellsville, MO⁷⁰⁷. He married 15. Mary McCoy 1856 in Freeport, Illinois.

15. Mary McCoy⁷⁰⁸, born November 30, 1835 in Mifflinsboro, Pennsylvania⁷⁰⁸; died November 18, 1917 in Wellsville, MO^709,710. She was the daughter of 30. George McCoy and 31. Mary Fuller.

More About Samuel Rezner:

Burial: October 1903, Wellsville City Cemetery, Wellsville, MO

Occupation: 1856, Farmer, near Freeport, IL⁷¹¹

Residence: 1856, Freeport, IL⁷¹¹

More About Mary McCoy:

Burial: November 19, 1917, Wellsville City Cemetery, Wellsville, MO^712,713

Cause of Death: paralysis⁷¹⁴

Residence 1: Bet. 1835 - 1855, Mifflinsboro, Pennsylvania⁷¹⁵

Residence 2: Bet. 1855 - 1867, Freeport, IL⁷¹⁵

Residence 3: 1867, farm near Wellsville, MO⁷¹⁵

Residence 4: Bet. 1867 - 1898, Mt. Olivet district, MO

Residence 5: November 18, 1917, Wellsville, MO⁷¹⁵

More About Samuel Rezner and Mary McCoy:

Marriage: 1856, Freeport, Illinois

Children of Samuel Rezner and Mary McCoy are:

16. Samuel Eaton Duncan^717,718, born August 25, 1779 in Brunswick, Cumberland Co., ME^719,720,721; died May 07, 1855 in Bath, ME^{722,723,724,725}. He was the son of 32. Dr. Samuel Duncan and 33. Hannah Donnell. He married 17. Sarah Mansfield Webb November 1807.

17. Sarah Mansfield Webb⁷²⁶, born May 25, 1785 in Bath, ME^727,728; died April 13, 1851 in Bath, ME^729,730,731. She was the daughter of 34. William Webb and 35. Elizabeth Crooker.

Notes for Samuel Eaton Duncan:

Henry Owens' "A History of Bath," p. 385 lists Sam E. Duncan as one of the two teachers for the Bath South School District in 1811.

Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 16, lists Samuel E. Duncan among the registered voters of Bath, Maine in 1800.

Source Information re birth of Samuel Eaton Duncan, from LDS familysearch.org:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C502961 1725 - 1875 0010595 Film 0883791 Film

Sheet: 00

Buried in the Davenport family plot Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine, along with his wife Sarah. (They are the mother in law and father in law of Charles Davenport, who married their daughter Catherine).

The was a brief unpublished biography of him found in the Patten Free Public Library in Bath, Maine. The entire text follows:

Samuel Eaton Duncan, one of four children of Dr. Samuel and Hannah Duncan, was born -- probably in Brunswick [Maine] -- in 1779.

I have been unable to find out anything about his youth.

By 1800, Samuel is listed as one of the voters of Bath -- his age 21.

In 1802, he seems to have been operating a store of some sort in Bath. An account book of James Torrey indicates a charge of $1.25 "for painting your store shelves," another of a dollar for lettering the front door, and still another for $10 for "painting inside of store." At this time, nothing more is known of his store.

He was listed as a Regimental Quartermaster in the list of "General Field and Staff Officers" in 1803. That same year his name appears with others on a list of subscribers for purchasing a bell for the new meetinghouse in the Town of Bath. His gift was $10.

In 1805, according to Truner, a Samuel Duncan built a Schooner Betsy. [This may have been another Samuel Duncan, or he may have been a carpenter who, as a master builder, but not owner, signed the custom house papers. Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 57 also notes the schooner Betsy, built by Samuel Duncan.]

By or before November 1807, Samuel married Sarah Webb. Their first child, William H. was born in June of 1808. Samuel L. followed a year later in 1809, George Washington in 1810, and Hanna E. in 1811.

The year of her birth, 1811, Samuel was employed in Bath's south district as a teacher. One wonders if the store had failed.

His eldest, William, became a leading shipmaster. Samuel apparently also a ship captain, died in Charleston, S.C. of smallpox in 1854. George remained in Bath, eventually gaining fame as a block maker. Hannah may have married a Rev. T.J. True. She lived past 1907.

Two younger children were born later. Catherine Trevett Duncan married Hon. Charles Davenport and was the mother of George Davenport the philanthropist. She was born in 1814 and died 1907. Charles Crooker Duncan, born 1821 gained the greatest fame of the family. Captain and a businessman, Charles led the famous trip to the Mediterranean and the Holy Land so highly criticized by Mark Twain [in Mark Twain's second book, "The Innocents Abroad."] He lived in Brooklyn.

Many land transactions in the Lincoln County Courthouse are listed beside the name of Samuel E. Duncan. He purchased land from Jonathan Crooker, his brother in law, and seems to have sold some to another brother in law, a Waldron [Dr. Timothy]. About thirty deeds are listed in which he sells land from 1801 to 1817. He may have been selling off his father's Brunswick [Maine] and Topsham [Maine] lands.

Other than for these land transactions, the record is silent until May 7, 1855, when Samuel Eaton Duncan died at the age of 76 years. On April 11, 1861, his wife, Sarah, died (of dropsy). [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: The date of death of Sarah Webb Duncan of April 11, 1861 is in question. That date appears on her tombstone and in the cemetery burial record, but it is inconsistent with the Bath, Maine vital records (both births and deaths) and age of death information, all of which point to a death date of 1851, rather than 1861. See notes for Sarah Webb].

The unpublished autobiography of Captain Charles Crooker Duncan, found at the Patten Free Public Library in Bath, says the following about his father, Samuel Eaton Duncan:

... Two elements are prominent in my first memories -- they are my father [Samuel Eaton Duncan] and the Methodist religion. My father and mother lived estranged from each other. When he and my mother were first married, they were [a] prosperous and promising couple and I believe lived happily until after the six children comprising our family were born.

My father held public office, something in the Custom House I believe, and acquired some property. In an evil house the habit of liquor drinking -- a habit so common with rich and poor in the church and out of it, as to attract no attention whatever -- fastened itself upon him. It swept away his reason -- his property, his friends and although naturally one of the kindest and most loveable of men, he became an object of disgust. His property vanished -- with a few hundred dollars received, my mother bought the old house I have spoken of and gathered her children around her there. My father took up his abode with his sister, Mrs. Croker [sic, Crooker] and grandmother, Mrs. Arthur Sewall. All that I saw of him would be at times when he would be going through the streets in a liquor frenzy, followed and hooted at by boys, times when my mother would get me into the house and fasten the doors and windows. Such is my boyhood recollection of my father.

Samuel Eaton Duncan's index card at the Maine Maritime Museum states as follows:

Appears on list of registered voters in 1800.

Donated $10 to subscription for purchase of a bell of Old North Church, May 16, 1803. [Source: Parker McCobb Reed, "History of Bath and environs, Sagadahoc County, Maine, 1607-1894," p. 520].

Taught school in South District of Bath, 1811.

In his memoirs, youngest son Charles C. remembers his father only vaguely. SE was a merchant who began drinking heavily after business turned bad in the mid to late 1820s. SE moved in with his sister Hanna while the rest of the family moved to a house at the corner of South and Water Streets, where they got by doing odd jobs and taking in boarders. CC only saw his father when he wandered drunk through the streets, at which point his mother would drag him inside and lock the door. This state of affairs led the family to become Methodists.

At the time he went to sea (1837), CC promised to look after his father if he would stop drinking, and bought him a watch as a token. Apparently SE reformed; 1850 Census showed both SE and his wife living with CC and his family.

Notes of Darwin Shaw written onto the Maine Maritime Museum card state the following:

Earle Warren's notes indicate he had a store in 1802. James Terrey charged him $1.25 for painting shelves, $1 for lettering the front door, and $10 for painting the interior.

Regimental Quartermaster in 1803 in the military.

May have built a schooner named Betsy in 1805, (unintelligible).

Oldest daughter Hanna E. may have married a Rev. T. True. Was still living in 1907.

Lincoln County Courthouse records various land transactions including purchases from brother-in-law Jonathan Crooker. Resale to brother in law Waldron.

Between 1801 & 1817, he sold off land on 30 occasions, possibly inherited in Brunswick and Topsham.

More About Samuel Eaton Duncan:

Burial: May 09, 1855, Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME⁷³²

Census 1: 1840, Northport, ME

Census 2: 1850, Bath, ME⁷³³

Occupation: 1811, School teacher, Bath, Maine⁷³⁴

Residence: 1800, Bath, ME⁷³⁵

Notes for Sarah Mansfield Webb:

The Bath Maine Vital Records 1757 - 1892, LDS Film M-97333 0010562, Book 5, p. 269 lists her date of birth to be May 25, 1785. This is consistent with all other documentation about her, except for her tombstone photo, which reflects her death to have been in 1861 at the age of 66.

The 1830 census, Maine, LINCOLN, Roll 49 Book 1, Page 342a, lists her as the head of the household. This is unusual because women were not listed in the census data by name prior to 1850 unless they were the head of the household. It appears that she was living apart from her husband Samuel Eaton Duncan by the time of the 1830 census. This is consistent with the biography of Charles C. Duncan which states that his mother was estranged from his father. Sarah is listed between 40 and 50 years old, which would put her year of birth between 1780 and 1790, if accurate.

The 1840 census Maine, LINCOLN, Roll 145 Book 1, Page 365a, still lists her as the head of the household. Apparently, she is still estranged from her husband. Three children are living with her, all between 5 and 15 years old. Sarah is listed as between 50 and 60 years old. If accurate, this would put her year of birth between 1780 and 1790.

The 1850 census Bath, Maine, LINCOLN Co., Roll 261, page 127, lists her age as 65. If accurate, this would put her year of birth as about 1785. The 1850 census reflects also that she was living with her husband again. Also living at the same address were her seafearing son, Capt. Charles C. Duncan and his wife and children.

The available census information, and the Bath Vital Records concerning her birth, all of which is consistent, conflicts with the age information that is stated on her tombstone, which states that she was 66 years old when she died in 1861. For the tombstone information to be completely correct, she would have had to have been born in about 1795. That is unlikely as she gave birth to her first child in 1808.

The Bath, Maine Vital Records, Deaths, 1757 - 1892, LDS Film M-97333 0010562, Book 6, p. 49, states that "Samuel Duncan's wife" died some ten years earlier, on April 13, 1851, at the age of 66. Whether she died in 1851as possibly reflected in the Bath Vital Records, or in 1861, as reflected on her tombstone and in the cemetery burial records remains in question.

The age of 66 at her death as stated on her tombstone appears to be correct, but her year of death in 1861 as shown on her tombstone may be ten years too late. If the 1861 death date were true, and her age at death was 66 years, then she would have been just thirteen years old when her first child was born in 1808.

John E. Duncan states in "The Sea Chain," p. viii, that she lived 1785 - 1851, without citation of his source for that information. The 1851 year conflicts with the tombstone photo information, but it is consistent with the Bath Vital record showing her death in 1851. However, the theory that she may have died before 1860 is also inconsistent with the burial records, which list her date of death and burial at Maple Grove Cemetery in Bath in 1861. The cemetery records, however, are typewritten, and these dates are before the invention of the typewriter in 1866, and well before typewriter manufacturing began in 1873. This suggests the possibility that the cemetery record was originally handwritten and later typewritten, possibly leading to a typographical error in the cemetery records which was perpetuated in an incorrect tombstone inscription. It is also possible that the person who typed the cemetery records misread the handwritten number 5 in the year 1851 as a 6.

In a further effort to investigate the conflict concerning her year of death, the 1860 census was consulted to see whether she was still living in Bath at the time of the 1860 census. The search was inconclusive, as no census record of her for 1860 has been found.

Her whereabouts at the time of the 1860 census has not been determined. If she were indeed alive at that time, as her tombstone inscription and cemetery records suggest, it was five years after the death of her husband, and she would have most likely been living with another relative at that point. The 1860 census records for all of her children then living (except Charles Crooker Duncan) were checked and she was not listed as living with any of them. Charles Crooker Duncan's 1860 census record has not been found. It is possible that he was living out of the country at that time, however. A computer scan of the 1860 census both for Sarah Duncan and Charles C. Duncan provided no census data. We also checked each census sheet for Bath, Maine for the 1860 census, also without result.

If she were still alive in 1860, she possibly could have been living with Charles C. Duncan at the time of the 1860 census. Charles is her youngest child, and he and his young family were living with Charles' parents at the time of the 1850 census. It is therefore likely that if she survived her husband, who died in 1855, she would have continued to live with Charles and his family by the time of the 1860 census.

Her absence in the 1860 census records suggests that she was indeed dead before the 1861 date on her tombstone and burial record, or that she was living with Charles Crooker Duncan outside of the country, or, perhaps, in a state other than Maine or New York (the only states that were checked for Charles Duncan's census record). If Charles Crooker Duncan's 1860 census record could be located, the mystery might be resolved. Charles was in Liverpool, England in 1859 when his child died soon after birth. Charles C. Duncan's son, Charles Davenport Duncan, was listed as "of Liverpool, England" at the time of his marriage in Bath in 1867. Capt. Charles C. Duncan is also known to have had an office in Liverpool for a time. It is quite possible that Capt. Duncan was living in England at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census, which would explain why he does not appear in the 1860 census.

The fact that Charles Crooker Duncan's census record has not surfaced provides a possibility that Sarah was still living with him at the time of the 1860 census. This is obviously quite inconclusive, as it is also possible that indeed, Sarah Duncan was dead by the time of the 1860 census. It seems unlikely that Charles would bring his elderly mother on a voyage across the ocean on a commercial ship, when he could easily have left her in the care of one of his other siblings in Maine.

According to her tombstone and according to the records of the Maple Grove Cemetery in Bath, she died on April 11, 1861 -- the day before the Civil War began. This date may well be incorrect, and the date of her death may very well be April 13, 1851, nearly 10 years earlier, as reflected in the Bath Vital Records. She is buried in in Danvenport family plot in Maple Grove Cemetery, in Bath, Maine.

All records are in agreement that she was born in 1785. And all records are in agreement that she was 66 years old when she died. If indeed she was 66 years old at the time of her death, then she definitely died in 1851 rather than 1861. For this reason, we have concluded that she died in 1851 as reflected in the Bath Vital Records and not in 1861 as reflected in theMaple Grove burial records and tombstone inscription.

More About Sarah Mansfield Webb:

Burial: Aft. April 13, 1851, Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME⁷³⁶

Cause of Death: Dropsy (now known as congestive heart failure)

Census 1: 1830, Bath, ME⁷³⁷

Census 2: 1840, Bath, ME⁷³⁸

Census 3: 1850, Bath, ME⁷³⁹

Marriage Notes for Samuel Duncan and Sarah Webb:

Samuel and Sarah Duncan were living apart at the time of the 1840 census. They were together again by the time of the 1850 census. Samuel Duncan died in 1855. We presume the photo was taken sometime between 1840 and Samuel Duncan's death in 1855.

The date of Sarah's death is in question between 1851 and 1861, but it appears that the 1851 date is more likely, despite her tombstone inscription and the burial card for her.

More About Samuel Duncan and Sarah Webb:

Marriage: November 1807

Children of Samuel Duncan and Sarah Webb are:

18. Capt. Calvin Waterman^{866,867,868,869}, born June 02, 1768 in Bridgewater, MA^{870,871,872,873,874}; died April 21, 1827 in Bath, ME^{875,876,877,878,879,880,881}. He was the son of 36. Lieut. Perez Waterman, Jr. and 37. Abigail Hussey. He married 19. Salome Allen September 29, 1793 in Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA^{882,883,884,885,886}.

19. Salome Allen^887,888,889, born December 18, 1770 in Halifax, MA^890,891,892; died August 17, 1826 in Bath, ME^893,894,895. She was the daughter of 38. Dr. Micah Allen and 39. Hannah Cushing.

Notes for Capt. Calvin Waterman:

The 1790 Census (Massachusetts, BERKSHIRE, Roll 4 Book 1, Page 484), lists Calvin Waterman in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass.

The 1800 Census (Massachusetts, BERKSHIRE, Roll 13 Book 1, Page 166b), shows Calvin Waterman living in Windsor, Berkshire County, Mass.

Calvin Waterman moved to Bath with his wife and family between 1800 (when U.S. census records reveal that he was living in Bridgewater, Mass. and 1806. The 1806 date is based on birth place stated for his daughter Adeline Stone (Waterman) Duncan in the 1850 Census, Roll 261, Page 194, Bath, Lincoln Co., Maine, and also on a real estate deed dated 3 December 1806, listed below, in which Calvin Waterman purchased real estate in Bath.

The 1850 Census records for his daughters Adeline Stone Waterman Duncan and Julia Waterman, suggest more precisely that Calvin Waterman may have originally moved to Bath sometime between 1800 and 1802. The 1850 Census, Roll 261, Page 194, Bath, Maine, lists Adeline as being 49 years old as of August 21, 1850. This would put her year of birth to 1801 or 1802. The 1850 Census also lists her place of birth as Maine. However, the 1850 census also lists Julia Waterman, who was Adeline's sister, as being 50 years old and born in Massachusetts. If all of this information is correct it would mean that their parents moved from Mass. to Maine sometime between 1800 and 1802. However, the age listed in the 1850 Census for Adeline Stone Waterman appears to be incorrect, as it is inconsistent with all other available information that states that she was born between 1806 and 1807. Because the information in the 1850 Census about the age of Adeline Stone Waterman is suspect, it cannot be relied upon to further pinpoint the time when Calvin Waterman and his family moved to Bath.

We know for certain, however, that Calvin Waterman and his family were in Bath, Maine by December 3, 1806, when real estate records reflect that he purchased property on Washington Street in Bath from Labon Loring. He paid $380 for a conveyance by a warranty deed dated 3 December 1806, recorded April 10, 1807. Calvin Waterman is listed on the deed as a "housewright." [Source: Register of Deeds, Lincoln County, Maine, Book 61, p. 217-8]. It is not clear whether this property was residential or commercial, and it could have been either on Washington Street.

Calvin Waterman "shipwright" and Salome Waterman sold property on Washington Street in Bath to Samuel Stanwood on 11 June 1812 for $425, recorded August 15, 1812. [Source: Register of Deeds, Lincoln County, Maine, Book 78, p. 108].

Calvin Waterman appears to have sold Washington Street property on May 25, 1814, for a recited consideration of $123.72 to Caleb Marsh of Bath, who was a merchant. The deed was recorded August 27, 1814. Calvin Waterman is described as a "carpenter" in this deed. [Source: Register of Deeds, Lincoln County, Maine, Book 87, p. 130]. The sale appears to have been made at a loss, perhaps a reflection of the depressed state of the economy in Bath that occurred as a result of the closing of the ports during the War of 1812 (see below).

Calvin Waterman, "carpenter" and Salome Waterman sold property in Bath to Caleb Marsh and Cushing Allen of Bath, again apparently on Washington Street, on June 30, 1818. [Source: Register of Deeds, Lincoln County, Maine, Book 103, p. 10]. Cushing Allen was Salome (Allen) Waterman's brother.

Calvin Waterman appears in the 1810 census records for Bath (Source: 1810 Census, Maine, Lincoln Co., Roll 12 Book 1, Page 342-343 Bath, ME, misspells his name as "Calven").

From Henry Owen's "A History of Bath, Maine," beginning at p. 148:

The War of 1812

Bath's last decade in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a period of business depression throughout. During the war there was apprehension of attack, and in 1814 much military activity in the vicinity, including two mobilizations for the defense of the town. The period was also marked by the beginning of the agitation for temperance reform.

The second war with England was the last up to the present time when the coast was seriously threatened by the enemy. The local defense was left chiefly to the Militia, the federal forces being fully employed on the extensive land frontier. Locally, the Militia functioned with credit, and no enemy penetrated the Kennebec [River].

The local commander was no other than the ubiquitous, forceful and versatile first citizen of Bath in that day, William King. With no previous commissioned service, and so far as was known, no other military preparation than service in the militia ranks, he was commissioned major general by the Commonwealth on March 8, 1808, and was assigned to command the 11th Division of Militia, an office which he filled with great credit through the war and until 1817.

The local troops, consisting of three companies of infantry, an artillery command and a troop of cavalry, were all included in Gen. King's command. The North and South companies and the Bath Light Infantry belonged to Lt. Col. Andrew Reed's 1st Regiment of Gen. Denny McCobb's 1st Brigade of the 11th Division. The two other infantry regiments of this brigade were in Brunswick, Topsham and vicinity. The Bath Artillery Company was a Major Daniel Holden's artillery battalion, and the troop of horse in Major Benjamin Ames' battalion of cavalry. These artillery and cavalry battalions were attached to Gen. McCobb's brigade.

During the war Capt. Benjamin Davenport commanded the North company, and in 1814 the South company and the Bath Light Infantry were respectively commanded by Capt. John Pettes and Capt. William Torrey. Capt. Nathaniel Sprague commanded the artillery company and Capt. Abel Boynton, the troop of cavalry.

In addition there were some federal troops in the vicinity, not "regulars" in the sense of being professional soldiers, but corresponding to what was called the "national Army" in 1917. In 1814 a regiment was being recruited for federal service by Gen. McCobb who commanded it under a federal commission as colonel. A part of this unit took part in the events of that year. Also in 1814, the fort on Hunnewell's Point was garrisoned by Capt. John Wilson, Jr., of Topsham and a detachment drawn from the militia but in federal pay, and for the time federal troops.

On the occasion of the alarm of 1814, the Bath exempts had organized a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Horatio G. Allen, with James McLellan as lieutenant and C. Waterman as ensign. The officers and 70 members of this company were all exempt from militia service -- either under 18, over 45, persons who had held military commissions, or exempted for occupational or physical reasons. Capt. Allen had commanded the Bath Light Infantry up to 1813. His volunteer company placed itself at the disposal of Gen. King. [Jon A. Duncan note not in the original text: if the Ensign 'C. Waterman' referred to here is Calvin Waterman, then he was Capt. Horatio G. Allen's brother-in-law. Calvin Waterman was married to Salome Allen, who was Horatio Allen's sister. Importantly, the 1810 census of Bath reflects only one man who would be a 'C. Waterman,' and that would be Calvin Waterman. Also, Calvin Waterman fits the age range for this volunteer company, as he was 47 years old at the time].

When war was declared June 18, 1812, its first local effect was to bring all maritime activity to a standstill. Once more, as during the embargo, Bath shipping had to tie up for an indefinite period. Shipbuilding also practically ceased. Unemployment, business failures, and in many cases actual want ensued.

Owing to the enemy's command of the sea, the lives and property of Bath people were, moreover, exposed to possible enemy raids. To meet this situation, in a day when a mounted courier was the most rapid means of communication, Gen. King in July, 1812 issued a division order authorizing his subordinate commanders down the line to order out their respective units on their own responsibility to oppose threatened or actual invasion. This authority was exercised on a number of occasions, and as a rule with excellent judgment and effect.

The coast, however, did not become the object of attack until the third year of the war. The British Government had some hope of negotiating a separate peace with New England, and until that passed the shores of Maine were not molested.

1820 Maine Census, Lincoln Co., Maine, p. 142, lists Calvin Waterman in Bath, Maine. The listing does not include the names of his wife or children, as was the norm in all census rolls before 1850. However, that decade's census lists Calvin Waterman again as the head of the household. It also lists one boy aged 0-9, 2 boys aged 10-15, and one male over 45 years of age (Calvin Waterman himself.) The 1820 census also lists 1 girl aged between 10-15, 3 women between 16-25, and one woman over 45. This fits perfectly with the known family of Calvin Waterman at that time.

Both Calvin Waterman and his wife Salome (Allen) Waterman were deceased by the time of the 1830 census.

The 1850 Census, Roll 261, Page 194, Bath, Maine, lists their daughter Adeline Stone Waterman (then married to George Washington Duncan) as being 49 years old. This would put her year of birth to 1801 or 1802. The 1850 Census also lists her place of birth as Maine. However, the 1850 census also lists Julia Waterman, Adeline's sister, as being 50 years old and born in Massachusetts. If all of this information is correct it would mean that Calvin Waterman moved from Massachusetts to Maine sometime between 1800 and 1802. The date information should be considered suspect, however, as census records for Julia Waterman are notorious for making her younger as she got older. It appears that Julia Waterman may have been born earlier than 1800, possibly as early as 1797.

Calvin Waterman and his wife Salome (Allen) Waterman had 9 children from their marriage, five of whom were born in Bath between 1802 and 1814.

A death notice was published in the Maine Inquirer (Bath, ME) on April 24, 1827. The text, in its entirety, reads as follows:

Died ... On Saturday last, Capt. Calvin Waterman, age 58, formerly of Bridgewater, Mass.

The Index of Obituaries in the Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784 to 1840 [Boston: G. K. Hall Co., 1961] Vol. 5, p. 4736 states "Waterman, Calvin, Capt., formerly of Bridgewater, Mass. d. in Bath, ME., aged 58."

The obit (really just a death notice) that is referenced in the Index was published in the Columbian Centinel (a newspaper published in Boston) on May 2, 1827, page 2. The text, in its entirety, reads as follows: "In Bath, Mr. Capt. Calvin Waterman, aged 58, formerly of Bridgewater, Mass.

The Bath, Maine Vital Records, Deaths, 1821 - 1891, LDS Film M-97333 0010562, Book 6, p. 6 lists "Oliver" Waterman as having died on April 22, 1827 at the age of 58. This appears to be the same death, with the first name written incorrectly as "Oliver" rather than the correct Calvin. The date of death is also recorded a day later than the burial records reflect.

The obituaries all refer to Calvin Waterman as "Captain," but we have not determined what he was a captain of. It seems unlikely that he was a captain of a ship during the Revolutionary War, as he was too young at the time of the revolution to have served in the military and because the colonies essentially had no navy. By the time he moved to Bath around 1802, however, he was in his early 30s, certainly old enough to have some significant sailing experience. Perhaps he moved to Bath to take advantage of the numerous opportunities to skipper some of the many ships that were based there. However, the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath has no record of a Capitan Calvin Waterman. His move to Bath could also have been motivated by a desire to become more independent from his prominent father, who served throughout the Revolutionary War.

Calvin Waterman and his wife Salome (Allen) Waterman are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, ME. A photograph of their tombstone is posted on the "virtual cemetery" on genealogy.com.

More About Capt. Calvin Waterman:

Burial: Abt. April 24, 1827, Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine⁸⁹⁶

Census 1: 1790, Pittsfield, MA⁸⁹⁷

Census 2: 1800, Windsor, MA⁸⁹⁸

Census 3: 1810, Bath, ME⁸⁹⁹

Census 4: 1820, Bath, ME⁹⁰⁰

LDS film number 1: 456704, 471803, 471826, 471832, 471833

LDS film number 2: Batch No. M500762, date 1850, Source Call No. 0164691, 0164692

Mayflower Index: 36,834⁹⁰¹

Military service: 1814, Ensign in War of 1812, Horatio G. Allen's volunteer company of Bath, Maine⁹⁰²

Occupation 1: 1800, Wheelwright⁹⁰³

Occupation 2: Bet. 1803 - 1827, Sea captain, Bath, Maine⁹⁰⁴

Occupation 3: April 10, 1807, Housewright, Bath, Maine⁹⁰⁵

Occupation 4: June 11, 1812, Shipwright, Bath, ME⁹⁰⁶

Occupation 5: May 25, 1814, Carpenter, Bath, ME⁹⁰⁷

Residence: September 29, 1793, Bridgewater, MA⁹⁰⁸

Notes for Salome Allen:

A descendant of Mayflower passenger Frances Cooke. Her husband Calvin Waterman was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Degory Priest and Isaac Allerton.

The History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass (2nd ed. 1970) states at p. 350 that Salome Allen was "of Oakham."

More About Salome Allen:

Baptism: December 30, 1770, Halifax, MA⁹⁰⁹

Burial: Abt. August 17, 1826, Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine⁹¹⁰

Marriage Notes for Calvin Waterman and Salome Allen:

Calvin Waterman found in: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850

Married: Sep 29, 1793 in: Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA

Gender: M This record can be found at: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0164691.

Spouse name: Allen, Salome

Another LDS record appears to list the marriage as in Halifax

Calvin Waterman found in: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850

Married: Sep 29, 1793 in: Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA

Gender: M This record can be found at: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0770906 & 0904375.

Spouse name: Allen, Salome

From The Mayflower Descendant, Volume VII, Halifax, Mass., Vital Records, Page 54: Marriage was performed by Ebenezer Tomson, Justice of the Peace.

Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: Salome Allen was related to several people named Ebenezer Tomson, who were her cousins, but it is not known whether the man who performed the marriage ceremony as justice of the peace was one of these relatives.

Descendants of Robert Waterman through Seven Generations 1:401 lists the following sources for information about this couple and their children:

Halifax Vital Records

Bridgewater Vital Records

Collection of C.C.P. Waterman

Maine Historical Recorder, 6:479, 480

Lincoln County Marriages, 1828-1848, p. 22

Descendants of this marriage are also descendants of five Mayflower Passengers: Francis Cooke, Degory Priest, and Isaac Allerton, all of whom signed the Mayflower Compact, and also of Isaac Allerton's wife Mary (Norris) Allerton and their daughter Mary Allerton, who also crossed on the Mayflower voyage.

More About Calvin Waterman and Salome Allen:

Marriage: September 29, 1793, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA^{911,912,913,914,915}

Children of Calvin Waterman and Salome Allen are:

20. Joseph Hawks, Sr.^1006,1007, born 1782 in Lancaster, MA¹⁰⁰⁸; died July 11, 1844 in Walpole, MA^1008,1009. He was the son of 40. Dr. John Hawkes and 41. Hanna James. He married 21. Hannah Liswell March 04, 1805 in Boston, MA¹⁰¹⁰.

21. Hannah Liswell¹⁰¹¹, born Abt. 1784¹⁰¹². She was the daughter of 42. James Liswell and 43. Ruth Arnold.

Notes for Joseph Hawks, Sr.:

Burial: Old Granary, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA Note: Buried in either Tomb 107 or 108.

The following is from Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass. 1605-1672 at p. 291, et. seq.:

Joseph removed from Lancaster to Boston and later to Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts where several of his children were born. Following his marriage in 1805, the 1810 census for Boston shows him and his wife living on Warren Street with 1 male child under 10 and 3 female children under 10, also a female over 45. He was a brick mason. His marriage to Hannah Liswell was published in the Columbian Centinel on Sunday, 27 March 1805. The 1820 census for Worcester County, Harvard, Massachusetts, shows the family with 2 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45, also 2 females under 10, 2 females 10-16 and 1 female 26-45. In 1830 they were recorded again in the census for Suffolk County Boston, Ward 5, as 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, also 1 female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 50-60. In 1840 once again they were at Suffolk County Boston, Ward 5: 1 male 60-70, 1 male 5-20 and 1 female 50-60. During the next decade Joseph died. It is unknown what became of his widow Hannah as no record of her has been found in the 1850 census.

Concerning Joseph's death, it was recorded under Joseph Hocks "of Boston" in the Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, VR (p. 205) and listed as a suicide. An investigation of tombs 107 and 108 at the Old Granary Burial Ground in Boston reveals that tomb 107 carries the names Johnson and Jackson with the date 1810 while tomb 108 has the names Joseph Tolden and Luddington and neither of these appears to have any relationship to the said Joseph Hawkes.

A James Liswell Hawkes has long been thought to have been the son of Jospeh and Hannah Liswell Hawkes who married in 1805, however he was an adult in 1818 when he bought property in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He later sold this property to Joseph Hawkes in 1828 and is said to have left the country. He was a brick layer of Boston in 1831. In 1870 he was supposed deceased as he had not been heard from in over 20 years.

The deeds include the following information: Jeremiah Dyar to James L. Hawkes. Know all men by these presents that I, Jeremiah Dyar of Lancaster, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, in consideration of $360 paid me by James Liswell Hawkes of Harvard in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth aforesaid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said James, his heirs and assigns forever, a certain part of dwelling hosue, a small barn and land adjoining the same as they are occupied and improved by the Reverend Abisha Lamson, situated in that part of Harvard called Still River, a little northerly of the Baptist Meeting House, reference being had to a deed given to me of said premises by Robert Dawes dated the 25th day of July in the year of our Lord 1802 as the bounds of said premises will appear, to have and to hold the same to the said James Liswell Hawkes, his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging and I do covenant with the said James, his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises, that they are free of all encumbrances, that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said James, that I will covenant and defend the same to the said James, his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons, in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal thgether with Sukey, wife of the said Jeremiah in token of her relinquishing her right of dower in the said premises this 28th day of November in the year of our Lord 1818. Witnesses: Lydia Parker and Susan W. Dyar. Worcester County Deed Book 213, p. 323.

Then on 18 January 1828, Worcester County Deed Book 259, p. 294, James Liswell Hawkes, mason, late of Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts and now of Boston to Joseph Hawkes of Boston, mason, as follows: Know all men by these presents that I James Liswell Hawkes, late of Harvard in the County of Worcester but now of the city of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, mason, in consideration of $360 paid by Joseph Hawkes of said city of Boston, mason, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give and grant, sell and convey unto the said Joseph Hawkes, his heirs and assigns, a certain part of the dwelling house, the small barn with the land under and adjoining the same situted in that part of the town of Harvard aforesaid called Still River, a little northerly of the Baptist Meeting House, being the same premises which were conveyed to me by Jeremiah Dyar by deed dated the 28th day of November Anno Domini 1818 and recorded in Worcester Register of Deeds, Book 213, p. 323, etc., etc. In witness whereof I the said James Liswell Hawkes have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of January in the year of our Lord 1828. James L. Hawks (no e) and a seal, witnessed by T.W. Andrews and William Parker, Suffolk County, 18 January 1828. Then the above James Liswell Hawkes acknowledges the above instrument to be his free act and so forth.

Of additional note is the birth of a child, James Liswell Hawkes Clapp, on 1 January 1848 as follows: From Branches and Twigs, newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Vermont, April 1979, p. 11, contains a Bible record of Nancy Motley, born 1782, married (2) Zebulon Clapp in 1807. The first child of Nancy and Zebulon was George Pickering Clapp, born 2 December 1808 and he married Mary A. Hawks of Boston. Among their children is the said James Liswell Hawks Clapp, born 1848. James Liswell Hawks Clapp is also listed p. 120 the Clapp Memorial also in the index of the Clapp Memorial is a listing for Marilla Clapp. Records of the Adam Hawkes family show that John and Hannah James Hawkes had a son Benjamin W. (see #62 i) who married Polly Ballard and they had Thomas Ballard Hawkes, born 1809 Lancaster, who married Marilla Clapp "of South Hampton" intentions 5 December 1835 (Templeton, Massachusetts VR).

The connection between Joseph and James Liswell Hawks remains unsolved and needs futher investigation. He was probably born about 1792. Three alternatives present themselves: was he a younger brother of Joseph? Census records appear to rule this out. Was Joseph married earlier, and James L. a son by a first marriage? There is not enough difference between their ages for this to be a possibility if presumed ages are correct. Did Hannah Liswell have a brother who lived with her family and took the name of Hawks? An extensive search of the Liswell family of Boston has not yet sustantiated this theory. A review of Boston vital records, Massachusetts census records, etc. indicates that Hannah was of the fourth generation of the family in Boston and that her father, James, served in the Revolutionary Army. No James, son of James yet found.

Joseph and Hannah L. had several children born in Boston between 1805 and 1815 when son Joseph was born in Harvard, Massachusetts and further study is needed on records of these.

More About Joseph Hawks, Sr.:

Burial: Old Granary, Tomb 107 or 108, Boston, MA^1013,1014

Cause of Death: suicide¹⁰¹⁵

More About Joseph Hawks and Hannah Liswell:

Marriage: March 04, 1805, Boston, MA¹⁰¹⁶

Children of Joseph Hawks and Hannah Liswell are:

22. Bryant Simmons^1039,1040. He married 23. Rachel Winslow July 1821 in Portland, ME¹⁰⁴¹.

23. Rachel Winslow^1042,1043, born May 13, 1794 in Falmouth, ME¹⁰⁴⁴; died Aft. 1872 in Poss. Conway, NH¹⁰⁴⁴. She was the daughter of 46. Job Winslow and 47. Mary Robinson.

Notes for Bryant Simmons:

The following is paraphrased from Winslow Memorial 2:869 (1888):

Rachel Winslow b. 13 May 1784, Falmouth, ME; m. Portland, ME, July 1821, Bryant Simmons. She m. 2nd, as 2d wife, at Friends meeting house, Hallowell, now Manchester, ME, 10 Feb. 1840, Jacob Bailey, of Leeds, ME., to which place he removed when he was sixteen years of age. He was a native of Plymouth, Mass. [By his former marriage Mr. Bailey had a son Ezekiel, who, with his two sons Moses and Charles, resided in Winthrop, ME, where the sons owned an oil-cloth factory.] Within a year and a half of his death they sold their property in Leeds, and moved to Litchfield, now called West Gardiner, ME, seventeen miles from their former residence. There he died, 14 Dec. 1857, aged eighty-seven years. His widow remained six years in Manchester, and then went to live with her daughter in Conway, NH, where she was residing in 1872.

Notes for Rachel Winslow:

The following is paraphrased from Winslow Memorial 2:869 (1888):

More About Rachel Winslow:

Winslow Memorial number: 1888, 10184, Vol. 2, p. 855¹⁰⁴⁵

More About Bryant Simmons and Rachel Winslow:

Marriage: July 1821, Portland, ME¹⁰⁴⁶

Child of Bryant Simmons and Rachel Winslow is:

24. Christian Straube, born 1788 in Pennsylvania; died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Audrian Co., MO. He married 25. Mary (--?--).

25. Mary (--?--), born 1787 in Virginia; died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Audrian Co., MO.

More About Christian Straube:

Occupation: 1860, farmer, Cuiure Twp., Audrain Co., MO¹⁰⁴⁷

Residence: 1860, Cuiure Twp., Audrian Co., MO¹⁰⁴⁸

Children of Christian Straube and Mary (--?--) are:

26. Conrad Enslen, born July 06, 1803 in Pennsylvania; died 1893 in Wellsville, MO. He married 27. Mary Sox 1824.

27. Mary Sox, born Abt. 1802 in Pennsylvania; died 1870 in Montgomery County, MO.

Notes for Conrad Enslen:

Obituary Notice: appeared in the Montgomery (MO) Standard (newspaper) on September 15, 1893 as follows:

"N.D. Conrad Elsen, oldest citizen of Wellsville. born in Penn. July 6, 1803, came here more than 50 y ago, settling on a farm in Audrain Co. He donated the site upon which Mr. Olivet C.P. church stands, where he was a faithful member. Marr. to Mary Sox in 1824, they had 7 sons, 3 daus, the youngest is 52 y old; 23 grandchildren, 29 great gr ch; 1 gr. gr.

More About Conrad Enslen and Mary Sox:

Marriage: 1824

Children of Conrad Enslen and Mary Sox are:

30. George McCoy, born in Ireland. He married 31. Mary Fuller.

31. Mary Fuller

Child of George McCoy and Mary Fuller is:

32. Dr. Samuel Duncan^1049,1050, born 1745 in place of birth unknown¹⁰⁵¹; died June 30, 1784 in Brunswick, ME^{1052,1053,1054,1055,1056,1057}. He was the son of 64. Unknown Husband Duncan and 65. Unknown Wife (--?--). He married 33. Hannah Donnell Abt. May 1770 in Prob. Maine Territory, Massachusetts^1058,1059.

33. Hannah Donnell^{1060,1061,1062,1063,1064}, born October 06, 1751 in York, ME^{1065,1066,1067}; died February 24, 1827 in Bath, ME^1068,1069. She was the daughter of 66. Captain Benjamin Donnell, Sr. and 67. Sarah Kingsbury.

Notes for Dr. Samuel Duncan:

Dr. Samuel Duncan was a physician and moved to what is now West Bath, Maine in 1772 apparently from Topsham, ME.

The place of birth and the names of the parents of Dr. Samuel Duncan have not yet been found.

An inquiry published in the genealogy column of the "Boston Transcript," on 5 May 1920 #8114 (available on opaque projection at the Newberry Library in Chicago), claimed that Samuel Duncan (Dunken) was born in Saybrook, CT in 1745 and that his father's name was John Duncan (Dunken). No identity of his mother is stated. In the same publication a year later on 2 May 1921 #8824, however, another genealogical inquiry is published, stating the same year and place of birth, but now asking for the names of the parents of Dr. Samuel Duncan. The requester's name was not published with either inquiry but the text suggests that they were both inquiries submitted by the same person. The sequence would suggest that the requester may have lost confidence in the father's name as John Dunken as was published in 1920 was reliable. Of course, it is also possible that these requests were made by different people. Given that modern researchers are still seeking the parentage of Dr. Samuel Duncan, however, it seems unlikely that no one would have noticed this publication before, or that there was a record of his birth in Saybrook, CT that nobody had found.

A request was being made 22 Nov. 2004 by Duncan family researcher Jon A. Duncan to the Deep River, CT (f/k/a Saybrook, CT) town clerk to determine whether they have any record of the birth of Samuel Duncan in 1745. The town clerk wrote back on 30 Nov. 2004 that her record index reflects no Duncans for the period from 1600 to 1929. She did not state whether she checked the alternative spellings of "Dunken or Dunkan," however. A follow up request was made to check the alternative spellings, and she sent a copy of the index to the birth records for the period from 1600 through 1929. This refelected no births of anyone with any of these alternative spellings. The only remaining possibility would be to check the Deep River chronological listings for the year 1745 to determine whether his birth may have been recorded there but not included in the record index, as happened with both his marriage and death records in Brunswick, Maine. The town clerk appears to have lost patience with the repeated requests for information, so this should be checked in person in Deep River, CT at some point in the future, or further requests should be delayed until sufficient time passes for the clerk to feel less put upon.

A record from Worchester, Mass. of the probate of the Estate of one John Duncan, indicates that he came from Ireland in 1718, and that he had sons named Simeon, John, Samuel, and Daniel, and a daughter who is not named, and a son-in-law named James Hawes.

Another item from The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 44, No. 1, January 1994 also refers to John Duncan of Worchester, Mass., who appears to be the same person. This record also refers to sons John and Samuel Duncan, and son-on-law James Hawes. It identifies his wife as named Sarah, and it also refers to grandchildren. It remains uncertain whether these are the same family or whether the Samuel Duncan referred to there is the same person as the known Dr. Samuel Duncan. John Duncan, of Worcester, Mass. (Also called Dunkin); from Ireland in 1718; Children: Simeon, John, Samuel, Daniel, a daughter; son-in-law James Hawes, weaver; will probated Feb. 5, 1739/40. Worcester Probate Records; Lincoln's Worchester, p. 49. (This one died several years before Samuel Duncan's birth and therefore cannot be the father of Dr. Samuel Duncan, but he could be a grandfather or other ancestor).

The Brunswick, Maine Town Clerk records the intention of marriage between "Dr. Sam'l Dunken of Brunswick and Hannah Dunell" of Georgetown April 20, 1770. (Source: Brunswick, Maine Town Records, "Old Book," Vol. 1, p. 531). This is the earliest mention of him that has been found in an official record, and it reflects that he was already a doctor at the age of 25.

Although his primary calling was as a physician, Doctor Samuel Duncan was invested in grist mills in the Brunswick and Topsham area, as reflected in several real estate deeds that mention his purchase of mills and milling rights. [Source: Register of Deeds, Lincoln County, Maine, Book 16, pp. 225-7].

The following biographical sketch appeared in "History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine," (1878), pp. 728-9:

DUNCAN, DOCTOR SAMUEL.

Doctor Duncan, or Dunkan, as he himself spelled the word [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: Acually, he used "Dunken" himself, but his name also appears in documents of the period as "Duncan" and "Dunkan" as well], was settled for a short time as a physician in Bath, on High Street. He next lived in Topsham for a little while, and moved to Brunswick in 1770, and practiced his profession there until his death. He lived in the old Gideon Hinkley house, now owned by Chapin Weston, near Harding's Station. The north room of this house he used as his office, in one corner of which stood a skeleton which was the terror of all the children of the neighborhood as well as many of the older persons. He was said to be very skillful in his profession, and had quite an extensive practice in West Bath and in Harpswell as well as in Brunswick. He received pay in 1770 from the town of Harpswell for attendance on some of the poor of that town. He was a representative to the General Court in 1781. He died in 1784, in the prime of life, and was buried in the old burying-ground in West Bath.

The following is from Parker McCobb Reed, "History of Bath and Environs: Sagadahoc County, Maine, 1607-1893. (Portland: Lakeside Press, 1894), pp. 44-45.

During the Revolutionary War era, the people of old Georgetown, MA (now Bath and environs) arrayed themselves solidly on the side of resistance, and maintained their patriotism throughout the long contest that followed. There was not a known Tory in all the town. When the authorities of the state issued a call to all the towns within its jurisdiction to respond to the aggressive step that had been taken, the citizens of the town enthusiastically adopted the patriotic sentiments that had been boldly avowed by the authorities at Boston.

At a town meeting March 16, 1773, Samuel McCobb, John Stinson, William Swanton, Dummer Sewall, and Thomas Moulton were appointed a committee to take into consideration a letter of correspondence from the town of Boston and prepare an answer.

December 6, 1774, William Butler and John White were appointed a committee to examine into the town stock of ammunition and make return of their doings at the next annual meeting.

In 1775, John Wood, Phillip Higgins, Theophilus Batchelder, Elijah Drummond, Samuel McCobb, Jordan Parker, John Stinson were appointed a committee to see that the resolves of the Continental Congress be complied with. [This was in relation to resistance to the "Force Act" of the English parliament.]

At the same meeting in 1775, it was voted "that the inhabitants of Georgetown have leave to join with Brunswick in building a bridge over Stephens River somewhere against Dr. Duncan's land."

Dr. Samuel Duncan served in the Revolutionary War in the Maine Militia. The Lineage Book of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 44, p. 341, 43001-44000 lists Samuel Duncan has having served as a surgeon in Col. Samuel McCobb's regiment of Maine. (Army 1st Lincoln County Regiment, 1781, see History of Bath, Maine, by Owen, pp. 138, 513).

Surgeon, Col. Samuel McCobb's regiment, engaged May 5, 1781; service, 6 months, 25 days, in Eastern Department. Roll sworn to at Georgetown. [Source: Secretary of the Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, p. 52.]

The birth records for his children in Brunswick, Maine spell his last name as "Dunken." The legislative records for his service in the General Court of Massachusetts in 1781 also use the "Dunken" spelling.

The following is from Parker McCobb Reed, "History of Bath and Environs: Sagadahoc County, Maine, 1607-1893. (Portland: Lakeside Press, 1894), p. 423-4:

"Samuel Duncan, physician, was a descendant of the old Duncan family of Scotland, several families of whom emigrated to this country and settled in Massachusetts in the early part of the Eighteenth Century. In about 1775, Samuel moved to this section of the state, purchased a farm in what is now called "Harding," on the New Meadows River, and erected thereon a large, two-story house, which is still standing, in a good state of repair, and until recently occupied by the family of Chapin Weston. [Jon A. Duncan note: the deed reflects that he actually purchased the farm in 1772, and the house is believed to have been erected by the prior owner, Gideon Hinkley]. Doctor Duncan had an extensive practice, and had been called "Old Dr. Duncan" for some years, although he was but thirty-nine years of age at the time of his death, which occurred June 30, 1784. He kept his hair clipped and wore a white wig, as was the custom, which, no doubt, contributed to his venerable appearance. He was buried in the old cemetery, near Witch Spring, in West Bath. His family consisted on one son and two daughters: Samuel Eaton, Hannah, Lydia." (pp. 423-424). [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: The Town Records of Brunswick, ME 1:383, also reflect the birth of another daughter, Philena, and her death is recorded at 1:517. The burial records of the Witch Spring Cemetery, which were found at the Patten Free Library in Bath, Maine, also reflect his daughter Philena, who is buried with him at the Witch Spring Cemetery. She is also mentioned on the tombstone inscription for Dr. Samuel Duncan at the Witch Spring Cemetery.]

In an earlier passage, at p. 383, that follows below, Reed appears to confuse Dr. Samuel Duncan with his son, Samuel Eaton Duncan. However, in a correction that appears at p. 8, Reed notes that this passage should read "Samuel Duncan" rather than "Samuel Eaton Duncan":

Dr. Samuel Eaton Duncan lived in the house now owned by one of his descendants, Chapin Weston, near the Harding Station of the Maine Central Railroad. The doctor came from Topsham, and bought the farm on which this house stands, in 1772, and died there, June 30, 1782 [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: he died June 30, 1784] at 39 years of age. His practice extended to Bath. Dr. Duncan is the ancestor of all those who are residents of Bath of that name. He had the reputation of possessing great skill in his profession. He was born in 1743 [JAD note: other records are all consistent that he was born in 1745] and married a daughter of Benjamin Donnell, Sr. In 1748 he was living in the house situated on High Street, south of South Street." (p. 383).

Surgeon Samuel Duncan appears on a list of field and staff officers of the Eastern Department who were discharged December 1, 1781. (p. 64).

Wheeler and Wheeler, in "The History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell" (1878) says the following about Dr. Duncan:

"[1777.] At a special town meeting, held in February, 1777, Deacon Snow and Captain Robert Dunning were elected to fill the places of Deacon Stanwood and Captain Curis, and at the annual meeting, March 4, Major Nathaniel, Larrabee, Doctor Samuel Dunken, Captain Robert Dunning, Robert Spear, and Andrew Dunning were chosen a Committee of Correspondence, etc.

[1779.] Brigadier Thompson, William Standwood, and Doctor Dunken were chosen a committee to supply the families of those men who went from this town into the Continental service with such necessaries as they might need. The town also voted an appropriation of 200 pounds for that purpose. (p. 127).

[1780]. At a meeting in October, Brigadier Thompson, Doctor Dunken, and John Given were chosen as a committee to procure the beef which had been demanded by the General Court for the supply of the army. They were instructed that, if they were unable to procure the whole amount, they should, with the selectmen, make known to the General Court the reasons why they were unable to furnish all, and were authorized to make up the deficiency in the amount, in money. The selectmen were instructed to assess sufficient to cover the amount paid out by this committee. (p. 129)

[1781.] At a meeting held on the twenty-fifth of December, Samuel Stanwood, Captain William Stanwood, Jr., William Woodside, Aaron Hinkley, Doctor Samuel Dunken, and Captain James Curtis were chosen a committee to prepare a petition to the General Court, concerning our present circumstances and our inability of paying our taxes in specie, and to lay the petition before our March meeting, for approbation or amendment. [p. 129] [Jon A. Duncan note not in original text: in 1781, Dr. Samuel Duncan was Brunswick's representative to the General Court of Massachusetts].

DOCTOR SAMUEL DUNCAN came to Brunswick from Topsham in 1770, and was in practice until his death, in 1784. He was a young man, but was called a skillful physician, and he had an extensive practice. He lived at New Meadows. [p. 312].

DOCTOR DUNCAN is supposed to have located himself in Topsham before he went to Brunswick. If so, his stay could not have been for more than a few weeks. Both of these last (Doctor Duncan and Doctor Osborne) are said to have died at New Meadows, from consumption. [p. 313]

A description of Doctor Duncan's home appears at p. 646-7, where the author describes various Brunswick buildings that were still standing at the time of his writing in 1878. That description follows:

The next oldest house in town [Brunswick, Massachusetts, now West Bath, Maine] is the HINKLEY HOUSE, now owned and occupied by Chapin Weston. It is just north of the railroad, near Harding's Station. It was occupied by Doctor Dunken (sic) as early as 1775, and probably about 1770, as this latter was the date of his marriage. [JAD note: the deed reflects that Doctor Duncan actually purchased the house in 1772. Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, Maine, 7:262-3]. It was occupied, before Dunken had it, by Gideon Hinkley. Hinkley's first child was born in 1758, and his last one in 1770. If the house was built by Hinkley, it was probably erected about 1756 or 1757, and on that supposition would now be one hundred and twenty years old. It may, however, have been built before Hinkley's time, as Thomas Westbrook owned the lot in 1737; and if the house was built by the latter, it would be nearly one hundred and forty years old, which would make it an older house than the Robert Thompson house just described [as the oldest standing in Brunswick in 1878].

Jacob Weston, grandfather of Chapin, bought this house in 1783 or 1874, and it has remained in the Weston family ever since. It is similar in appearance and in construction to the Thompson house, and it does not therefore require a more particular description. [The description of the Thompson house appears at p. 646, and it states that it has a chimney about four feet square at the top, the bricks are laid in clay. The flooring boards are sixteen to eighteen inches wide and are treenailed instead of nailed. The west room, or parlor, is panelled on the sides and ends up to the windows, and is plastered above. The sides of the building on the north and east are bricked between the studs as high as the ceiling of the lower story. This was done for warmth. In the corner of the parlor is a buffet with shelves, etc., elaborately moulded by hand. The frame of the house is of massive timber. The door-hinges are of wrought-iron, large, clumsy, and of curious construction.]

A picture of the Hinkley house that Dr. Samuel Duncan owned was published in the November 5, 1909 edition of The Brunswick Record, Vol. 7, No. 50, page 3.

Dr. Samuel Duncan purchased the home for the price of 170 British pounds from Gideon Hinkley by a deed dated February 4, 1772, about two years after his marriage to Hannah Donnell. [Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, Maine, 7:262-3]. The property was located on the east edge of Brunswick, Mass., (now West Bath, Maine), on a peninsula between Merrymeeting Bay and the Stevens River (now known as the New Meadows River). The property included all of lot 43 and part of lot 42 on the Plan of Brunswick of 1741. Lot 43 appears on the 1741 plot map as 97.5 acres owned at that time by Gideon Hinkley, running from the water on both the east and west. The portion of lot 42 that was included in the transfer to Samuel Duncan is described as an additional 70 acres. The property is located on both sides of modern Harding Road, immediately north of the Maine Central Railroad, between the New Meadows River and the Merrymeeting Bay. He sold part of lot 42 to James Curtis on June 26, 1774.

On April 1, 1775, Samuel Dunkan purchased the adjoining lots No. 44 and 45 from Elnathan Hinkley, representing an additional 180 acres. [Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, Maine, 8:178, 554]. This deed was witnessed by John Dunkan, and with no son named John, the same surname suggests that this was possibly his father or a brother. Lots 44 and 45 were sold by Samuel Dunkan's widow, Hannah (Donnell) (Duncan) Sampson, their son Samuel Eaton Duncan, and daughter Hannah Crooker, to James Curtis on January 4, 1804.

"Western Massachusetts, A History, 1636-1925," (New York and Chicago, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1926), Vol. 1, Part III, lists a Samuel Duncan at p. 467 on a list of people who practiced medicine in Berkshire County, Mass. in the "fore part of the eighteenth century," without stating any more specifically which part of the eighteenth century they refer to. This could also be a different Samuel Duncan. It is intriguing, however, since if it were in the first half of the 18th century, the known Dr. Samuel Duncan would have been too young to be practicing medicine, and this may reflect that there was yet another Dr. Samuel Duncan, perhaps the father or other relative of the known Dr. Samuel Duncan.

The Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick, Maine published a program from the Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Town of Brunswick, June 13, 1889. Listed under the "Remarks of Dr. George A. Wheeler" at p. 69 is the following regarding the early physicians of Brunswick: "The earliest here of whom we have authentic record, Dr. William Spear, participated in the last Indian and in the Revolutionary War and later served on the Board of Selectmen. Dr. Samuel Duncan -- whose saddle-bags may be seen in the room below -- was a Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts."

The same book states at p. 92 that about 600 of the 700 to 800 antiquities on display were from the collection of the Pejepscot Historical Society. The curator of that organization indicated in a letter to Duncan family researcher Jon A. Duncan dated September 14, 2004 that the Samuel Duncan saddle bags are not in their collection, and she surmised that the ones that were on display at the Brunswick sesquicentennial must have been on loan from a private collection.

The following information was provided by the Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine. No citations for the sources of this information were provided:

DUNCAN, Dr. Samuel (Frequently spelled "Dunkan," or "Dunken.")

Born 1745. POB Unknown.

Married Hannah Donnell (b. Oct. 6, 1751 in York, ME d. Feb. 24, 1827 in Bath)

Died June 30, 1784, reportedly of consumption. Buried in Old Churchyard of 2nd Parish of Georgetown ("Witch Springs"), West Bath, Maine.

Children: Philena (b. Jan. 24, 1773, d. Sep. 19, 1775)

Hanna (b. Oct. 4, 1775. d. ?

Samuel Eaton (b. Aug. 25, 1779, d. May 7, 1855)

Lydia (b. Nov. 10, 1782, d. June 24, 1820)

Origins and source of medical training still unknown.

Resided briefly in Topsham (1770). Paid that year by town of Harpswell for attending poor patients.

On Mass. tax lists for Brunswick in 1771.

By 1772-75, had settled on Brunswick side of New Meadows River (Harding Station), roughly midway between Bath and Brunswick.

In 1777, elected to Brunswick Committee of Correspondence.

In 1779, part of 3-member committee aiding families of Brunswick men serving with Continental Army.

In 1780, served on committee to procure beef for the army. On Dec. 25, signed petition stating that Brunswick could not meet its quota in either meat or cash.

In 1781: 1) Represented Brunswick at General Court of Massachusetts.

2) Served as surgeon with Col. Samuel McCobb's regiment of Lincoln County militia, May 5 - Dec. 1, 1781

Reputed to have had great professional skill. Was one of first physicians to practice in Bath area. Known as "Old Dr. Duncan" since he kept his hair short and wore a white wig. Office in his home at New Meadows contained a skeleton that frightened local children.

Whole (?) p. 47: note Hinkley house was sold to Jacob Weston cir. 1783-84. (possibly Hannah sold it after Dr. Sam died.) [Jon Duncan note not in original text: the deed reflects that Hannah indeed sold it after Dr. Samuel Duncan died].

Lincoln County courthouse says Hannah remarried March 17, 1789 to a Dr. Caleb Samsen (or Sampsen). 1790 Census shows him in Bath. Size of family (illegible) with Dr. Sam's. No mention of Dr. Sampson in (illegible) save for Lemont (illegible). Saying he came to Bath in 1788. No word of any children by this 2nd marriage.

1800 Census lists Hannah Sampson as head of household. 1 man in family, presumably Samuel E. 1 other woman, age 16-26, presumably Lydia.

Courthouse also indicates Hanna divorced Dr. Sampson (illegible) after he (illegible) off to New York with an Irish girl named Jane Plant!

A note from the Town Clerk of Brunswick, Maine, to Duncan family researcher Jon Duncan dated December 2, 2003 states erroneously that the Town of Brunswick does not have a record of the death of Dr. Samuel Duncan (or Dunken). However, they did produce a birth record for his children which included Dr. Samuel Duncan and his wife Hanna. The note from the Town Clerk dated December 2, 2003 is in error. A personal inspection of the Brunswick "old" record book by Jon Duncan on September 10, 2004 reflected a record of the death of Dr. Samuel Dunkan and his daughter Phelina at page 517. His intention of marriage to Miss Hanna Donell is recorded in the "old" record book at page 531. The death and marriage records do not appear in the index to the old book, which may account for the error in the town clerk's note of December 2, 2003.

Requests were made by Duncan family researcher Jon A. Duncan to the National Archives and Records Administration for records of his military service and for military pension applications. The NARA reported that no such records have been found in their records. However, some veterans of the Revolutionary War were never mustered into the service of the Continental government. Records of such state service, if available, may be found in State custody. The only records of Dr. Duncan's military service were found the Massachusetts State Archives.

Buried in Witch Spring Cemetery, in West Bath, Maine. Witch Spring Cemetery is located on the west side of Berry's Mills Road in West Bath, south of Old State Road 1, just north of Hill Road. This burial ground is the oldest one in the West Bath area, and many of the earliest residents are buried here.

The large table grave of Dr. Samuel Duncan is the most prominent in this small cemetery -- the only one above ground there. It is marked by the Sons of the American Revolution.

On his gravestone at Witch Spring Cemetery, reads as follows:

In Memory of Mr. Samuel Duncan Phisician who departed this life June 30th 1784 at the age of 39. It was his talent skillfully to impart the various blessings of the healing art. With tender sympathy he saw each grief and every sufferer found from him relief. Depart dear friends Dry up your tears We will be here Till Christ Appears Here also lies buried Philina Duncan daughter of Samuel and Mrs. Hanna Duncan who died in the year 1775 at age 2 yr. 8 mos.

An estate notice for "Dr. Samuel Dunkan" was published 24 Sept. 1785 in the Falmouth Gazette, Kennebec (Co.?), Maine. It appears on page one of that day's edition, and reads in its entirety, as follows: "All persons indebted to, or who have any demands on the Estate of Samuel Dunkan, Physician, late of Brunswick, deceased, are once more requested to settle the same immediately, with HANNAH DUNKAN, Administratrix. Bath, September 23, 1785." (Sources: Vital Records from Maine Newspapers 1785-1820, p. 174; Falmouth Gazette, September 24, 1785, p. 1).

No information has been found so far about Dr. Samuel Duncan's parents or his lineage. However, according to "The Duncan Family," by the National Genealogical Research Institute, Washington, DC, pp. 27-29, there were only 10 immigrants with the surname Duncan who came from Europe prior to the year 1800. Of these, only five emigrated prior to the birth of Samuel Duncan (b. 1745). Doctor Samuel Duncan is most likely to be a descendant of one of these five. These were:

Alexander Duncan, a minister who emigrated from England to Carolina in January 1716/17. (The date of the immigration makes this a possible immigrant ancestor of Dr. Samuel Duncan, but the Carolina emigration makes this one less likely).

George Duncan, an indentured servant, who immigrated to Georgia in January 1738 at the age of 38. (A possible ancestor of Samuel Duncan, but the Georgia emigration makes this less likely, and as he was an indentured servant in 1738, just seven years prior to the birth of Dr. Samuel Duncan, it seems unlikely that this is the relevant immigrant ancestor.)

Nathaniel Duncan; who died around 1668. He emigrated from Exeter, Devonshire, England, to Dorchester, Massachusetts, on board the ship Mary and John in 1630; admitted freeman on 6 May 1635; member of the artillery company in 1638; captain, auditor general, and representative; moved to Boston around 1646; married Elizabeth (?); children were Nathaniel and Peter. (This one seems to have a high likelihood of being the immigrant ancestor of Dr. Samuel Duncan, due to the Massachusetts emigration destination. The age would suggest at least three generations prior to Samuel Duncan).

Peter Duncan, born 1624, died around 1676; emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland to Nomini Creek, Virginia, in 1650; bought land in 1655; married to Bessie Caldwell in 1646; had a son John and possibly others. (Possible immigrant ancestor of Dr. Samuel Duncan, but less likely due to emigration to Virginia).

Samuel Duncan; emigrated from Ashford, Kent, England, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, on board the ship Hercules between the years 1620 and 1650. (This one is highly likely to be the immigrant ancestor of Dr. Samuel Duncan, based on the landing at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where we believe Dr. Samuel Duncan to have lived at one time, and due to the given name, Samuel. The date of immigration would be from 95 to 125 years prior to the birth of Dr. Samuel Duncan, making this at least three generations prior to Dr. Samuel Duncan).

Although "The Duncan Family" limits the Duncan ancestors to just these 10, there appear to be more Duncan surname immigrants prior to 1800 that were not included in that publication. "Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979) also lists the following:

George Duncan of Londonderry, N.H., who immigrated from Ireland cir. 1740; son of George Duncan of Ireland; m. 1 (unknown); m. 2 Margaret Cross; Children: John, George, William, Robert, Abraham, Esther, James. Citing: Parker's Londonderry, p. 269; Merrill's Acknowth, p. 212; Cochran's Antrim, p. 468; Chase's Haverhill, p. 628. (If the list of children is correct and complete, then he was not the father of Samuel Duncan. Depending on his age at the time of his immigration, he could be a grandfather or other ancestor, however).

George Duncan, of Londonderry, N.H., immigrated from Ireland cir. 1740, son of George and Margaret (Cross); m. Letitia Bell; Children: John, George, James, Josiah, Elizabeth, Letitia; d. 1780-5 at age about 70. Parker's Londonderry, p. 270. (If the list of children is correct, it appears that he could not be father of Dr. Samuel Duncan. But it also appears that he immigrated at the age of about 30, so it is possible that he could be Dr. Samuel Duncan's grandfather).

John Duncan, of Worcester, Mass. (Also called Dunkin); from Ireland in 1718; Children: Simeon, John, Samuel, Daniel, a daughter; son-in-law James Hawes, weaver; will probated Feb. 5, 1739/40. Worcester Probate Records; Lincoln's Worchester, p. 49. (This one died several years before Samuel Duncan's birth and therefore cannot be the father of Dr. Samuel Duncan, but he could be a grandfather or other ancestor).

More About Dr. Samuel Duncan:

Appointed 1: 1779, Brunswick, ME, part of 3-member committee aiding families of Brunswick men serving the Continental Army^1070,1071

Appointed 2: 1780, Brunswick, ME, committee to procure beef for the army^1072,1073

Burial: Aft. June 30, 1784, Witch Spring Cemetery, West Bath, ME¹⁰⁷⁴

Cause of Death: reportedly of consumption¹⁰⁷⁵

Elected 1: 1777, Brunswick, ME Committee of Correspondence^1075,1076

Elected 2: 1781, General Court of Massachusetts^1077,1078

Military service: Bet. May 05 - December 01, 1781, Maine Militia, Revolutionary War^1079,1080

Occupation: 1760, physician, Bath, ME¹⁰⁸¹

Probate: September 24, 1785, Estate Notice published in Falmouth Gazette, Kennecunk, ME^1082,1083

Residence 1: 1770, Topsham, ME¹⁰⁸⁴

Residence 2: 1771, Brunswick, ME¹⁰⁸⁵

Residence 3: Bet. 1772 - 1775, Brunswick, ME¹⁰⁸⁶

Notes for Hannah Donnell:

The Brunswick, Maine Town Clerk records the intention of marriage between Dr. Sam'l Dunken of Brunswick and Hannah Dunell of Georgetown April 20, 1770. (Source: Brunswick, Maine Town Records, "Old Book," Vol. 1, p. 531).

Lincoln County courthouse says Hannah remarried March 17, 1789 to a Dr. Caleb Samsen (or Sampsen). 1790 Census (Maine, LINCOLN, Series M637, Roll 2, Part 1, p. 262) shows him in Bath. Size of family (illegible) with Dr. Sam's. No mention of Dr. Sampson in (illegible) save for Lemont (illegible). Saying he came to Bath in 1788. No word of any children by this 2nd marriage.

1800 Census (Maine, LINCOLN, Roll 6 Book 1, Page 496) lists Hannah Sampson as head of household. 1 man in family, presumably Samuel E. 1 other woman, age 16-26, presumably Lydia.

Courthouse also indicates Hanna divorced Dr. Sampson (illegible) after he (illegible) off to New York with an Irish girl named Jane Plant!

The following source information was cited on Ancestry.com:

Title: Vital Records of York, Maine, Volume: 110-114 of NEHGR

Abbrev: Vital Records of York, Maine

Author: Compiler: Lester Mackenzie Bragdon, A.B., LL.B.

Publication: NEHGR, Boston, MA, Various, 1956-1960

Repository:

Name: New England Historical Genealogical Society Library

Note:

www.nehgs.org; fax 617-536-7307

Call Number: NEHGR V 114, p. 290

Page: Pp. 258-9

More About Hannah Donnell:

Burial: Abt. February 27, 1827, Witch Spring Cemetery, West Bath, ME

Census 1: 1790, Bath, ME¹⁰⁸⁷

Census 2: 1800, Bath, ME¹⁰⁸⁸

Residence 1: September 23, 1785, Bath, ME¹⁰⁸⁹

Residence 2: April 05, 1786, Bath, ME¹⁰⁹⁰

Residence 3: February 17, 1806, Bath, ME¹⁰⁹¹

Marriage Notes for Samuel Duncan and Hannah Donnell:

The Brunswick, Maine town records, Old Book, Vol. 1, p. 531 records the intention of marriage as April 20, 1770.

More About Samuel Duncan and Hannah Donnell:

Intention: April 20, 1770, recorded, Brunswick, Maine Territory¹⁰⁹²

Marriage: Abt. May 1770, Prob. Maine Territory, Massachusetts^1093,1094

Children of Samuel Duncan and Hannah Donnell are:

34. William Webb^{1131,1132,1133}, born Bet. 1763 - 1764 in Poss. Boston, MA¹¹³⁴; died April 29, 1822¹¹³⁵. He was the son of 68. John Webb and 69. Unknown Wife (--?--). He married 35. Elizabeth Crooker February 03, 1785 in Bath, ME¹¹³⁶.

35. Elizabeth Crooker^1137,1138, born March 29, 1767 in Georgetown, ME^{1139,1140,1141,1142,1143}; died June 14, 1804 in Boston, MA¹¹⁴⁴. She was the daughter of 70. Isaiah Crooker and 71. Hanna Harding.

Notes for William Webb:

In Henry Wilson Owen's "History of Bath, Maine," (1936), 543, a William Webb is listed as representing Bath in the General Court of Massachusetts in 1808 and 1809. This was during the period when Maine was part of Massachusetts and before Maine statehood.

The index card for his son-in-law Samuel Eaton Duncan at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath states that William Webb was Bath's first Collector of Customs.

Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 70, states that William Webb became Collector of Customs at Bath, in 1789. The first Custom House on the hill west of Magoun's store, was still standing in 1874.

Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in the War of 1812 p. 249 lists a William H. Webb as a Sergent in Capt. William Torrey's Company, Lieut. Col. Andrew Reed's Regiment, serving in Bath from June 20-22, 1814. Uncertain whether this is the same William Webb, however.

The following article was written by Webb family researcher Kathy McHale, apparently not published:

MYSTERY #1: WHO WERE WILLIAM WEBB'S PARENTS??

There are several conflicting stories about the identity of William Webb's parents:

In the Hiram Webb Manuscript Collection at the New England Historical Society, Hiram Webb wrote, in 1877, that John Webb and Hannah Burrill were the parents of William Webb of Bath, ME, who was the father of John and grandfather of John T. Webb. He also wrote that William's father John was a descendant of David Webb, son of Peter, son of Christopher, son of Christopher Webb. This would connect us to the Alden family, through Ruth Bass, an Alden descendant who married Peter Webb. Hiram Webb does not identify specific sources of information. He did write to many different Webb family members asking for information about ancestors, but there may have been additional sources used for his conclusions.

A second possibility is that William Webb's parents were John Webb and Sarah Driver Bray Webb of Salem, MA. A book by Harriet Ruth Waters Cooke entitled "The Driver Family, a genealogical memoir," and a book based on that genealogy called "Ancestors of Austin Parker Webb and Mildred May Vance", both indicate that this John and Sarah Webb were the parents of our William Webb. John and Sarah Webb lived in Salem, Boston, and Falmouth, Maine.

A third possibility is presented in the letter of Josiah Webb in the Hiram Webb collection. I know from family history and vital records that William Webb was the father of John Webb of Gardiner, Maine. Josiah Webb's letter indicates that the father of John Webb of Gardiner, ME was a brother of Christopher Webb of Skowhegan, Maine, grandfather of Josiah. This Christopher may be the Christopher of Skowhegan who was a descendant of Mary Bass, an Alden descendant who married a Webb a few generations before our William Webb. This Christopher's, and possibly William's, parents were Samuel Webb and Sarah Lincoln. Personal knowledge seems to have been the source of Josiah Webb's information.

Unfortunately, there are problems in concluding that any of these sets of parents

are William Webb's parents: John Webb and Hannah Burrill were married in 1740 in Boston, and if Hiram Webb is correct, they did not have their first child until 1760. This does not seem too likely.

The existing listings of Samuel Webb and Sarah Lincoln's children do not include William, Elizabeth or Abigail in the appropriate years of birth, and the Bath Maine Vital records indicate that William's father was named "John."

Lastly, in the Driver genealogy, the date of William's baptism, 1758, is 6 years before his birthdate, based on his death at age 58 in 1822, according to Bath vital records and cemetery information.

If it were not for the Josiah Webb letter, I would say that the Salem Webbs appear most likely to be our ancestors, partly because several of William Webb's children appear to be named for the Driver-Bray relatives of Sarah Webb (e.g.,Thomas Poynton Ives Webb, Charlotte Ives Webb, etc.), but also because there are records in the Salem, MA vital records of Elizabeth and Abigail, known to be his siblings, as additional children of John and Sarah Webb.

There are some other possibilities: Perhaps there were two Christopher Webbs who settled in Skowhegan, and the parents of William Webb and the second Christopher Webb were not Samuel Webb and Sarah Lincoln, but an unknown different set of parents altogether.

Or perhaps there were two John Webbs living in Gardiner ME in 1877 and the John Webb referred to by Josiah Webb as the son of his grandfather Christopher's brother, was not the John Webb who is our ancestor. However, the only John Webbs I have found in Gardiner city directories and vital records are John Webb, my great-great grandfather and his son, my great-grandfather, John T. Webb. It is also possible that Josiah may have known that there was a connection to William Webb, but it may actually have been that William was an inlaw. According to Maine Families in 1790, records for the marriage of George S. Webb, known to be a descendant of Samuel and Sarah Webb above, show that he married Charlotte Webb, of Bath, who could be Charlotte Ives Webb, daughter of William Webb.

So to me, it remains a mystery. I have not found William Webb's birth record; and the available obituaries do not list his parents, nor does his marriage record. I will keep searching. No matter which set of ancestors proves to be correct, they are all interesting.

Kathy McHale also notes that heis buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME, Sec. 2, Range 11, Lot 3, and that he is buried with Hanna Webb, his second wife, who died August 5, 1852 at age 43, Christopher A. Brown, son of Hannah Webb by her first husband, Capt. Brow., who died at the age of 73 on May 13, 1862.

More About William Webb:

Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME, Sec. 2, Range 11, Lot 3

Elected: Bet. 1808 - 1809, General Court of Massachusetts, representing Bath, Maine district¹¹⁴⁵

Occupation: 1789, Collector of Customs, Bath, ME¹¹⁴⁶

Residence: Bet. 1808 - 1809, prob. Bath, ME¹¹⁴⁷

More About Elizabeth Crooker:

Date born 2: May 25, 1785

Marriage Notes for William Webb and Elizabeth Crooker:

Marriage was perfomed by Rev. Francis Winter. [Source: Kathy McHale unpublished collection].

More About William Webb and Elizabeth Crooker:

Marriage: February 03, 1785, Bath, ME¹¹⁴⁸

Children of William Webb and Elizabeth Crooker are:

36. Lieut. Perez Waterman, Jr.^{1154,1155,1156,1157}, born June 19, 1739 in Halifax, MA^{1158,1159,1160}; died February 05, 1821 in Oakham, MA^1161,1162. He was the son of 72. Perez Waterman, Sr. and 73. Abigail Bryant. He married 37. Abigail Hussey October 20, 1765 in Nantucket, MA^1163,1164.

37. Abigail Hussey¹¹⁶⁵, born 1745 in Nantucket, MA¹¹⁶⁵; died March 28, 1832 in Hudson, NY¹¹⁶⁶. She was the daughter of 74. John Hussey and 75. Jedidah Coffin.

Notes for Lieut. Perez Waterman, Jr.:

From Descendants of Robert Waterman, 1:193-6:

The intention of marriage of Perez Waterman of Bridgewater to Lucy Briggs of Wareham was entered at Wareham, 23 Dec. 1764, but the marriage did not take place.

"He was drafted into the French and Indian War the day he was 16 years old and was in the battle of the Half-moon and various others, at and around the Lakes." He appears on muster roll dated Bridgewater, 31 Jan. 1759, with rank of Centinel in a Co. of Foot in his Majesty's Service under Capt. Simeon Cary in Col. Thomas Doty's Regt. raised by the Province of Massachusetts Bay for the reduction of Canada; served from 12 Apr. 1758 to 29 Sept. 1758. Father or master: James Allen 3d. [Mass. Archives, Muster Rolls, 96-275, 355, 522.]

Perez Waterman, Bridgewater. 1st Sergent, Capt. Nathan Mitchell's Co. of Minute-men, which marched in response to the alarm of 19 Apr. 1775 [JAD note not in original text: that was the first alarm of the Revolutionary War, as the British attempted to destroy the colonial weapons depot at Concord, Mass.] ; service, 11 days; also, Ensign, Capt. James Allen's Co., Col. John Bailey's Regt.; muster roll dated 1 Aug. 1775; enlisted 1 May 1775; service, 3 mos., 1 week, 1 day; also, Capt. Allen's Co., Gen. John Thomas's Regt.; company return dated Roxbury, 6 Oct. 1775; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Nathan Packard's Co., Col. J. Jacobs's Regt,; appointed 10 July 1780; discharged 31 Oct. 1780; service, 3 mos. 22 days, at Rhode Island; regiment detached from militia to reinforce Continental Army for 3 mos. [Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Rev. War, 16-689.]

The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts lists the same military service as noted above. For the service of response to the alarm on Lexington, the secretary cites "Vol. 12:191," for the service with James Allen's Co. of Col. John Bailey's regiment, it cites Vol. 14:2; for the service with Gen. Thomas regiment, it cites Vol. 56:2, and for the service with Capt. Nathan Packard's Co., cites Vol 3:40.

There is also a record of Perez Waterman as Private in Lieut. Joshua Alden's detachment, Col. Michell's Regt.; service 7 days, on the alarm at Bristol of 8 Dec. 1776. Roll endorsed "Alarm Roll to Providence in Dec'r 1776."

He settled in Bridgewater, Mass., and about 1798 removed to Oakham, Mass., when he was called in deeds "of Bridgewater, Gentleman," purchasing three pieces of land of William Bothwell. He served Oakham as Representative in 1806, and was admitted to the church there 20 July 1817. His widow was baptized and admitted 13 Jan. 1822.

On 18 June 1795, Peleg Swain, Batchelor Swain, Paul Swain, Jedidah Gardner, Ebenezer Hussey, Latham Hussey, John Hussey, and Thomas Hussey, Eliab Hussey and Mark Coffin in behalf of Benjamin Hussey (by a power of attorney), all of the Town, County and Island of Nantucket, Mass., and also Peris Waterman and Abigail Waterman of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, conveyed to Batchelder Bunker of Biddleford, Maine, for 18 pounds, land in Biddeford "descended to us from our Grand Father and Great Grand Father, Bachelor Hussey," [Deeds, York County, 61-128.]

The will of Perez Waterman, of Oakham, dated 6 Dec. 1820, proved 6 Mar. 1821, gave to wife Abigail use of land, and use of personal estate with my daughters Lydia Waterman and Lucy Kilnsey; to daughter Lydia Waterman, a privilege in my house so long as she remains single, and the same privilege to daughter Lucy Kinsley so long as she shall need the same; to daughter Bethia Starbuck, $30; to daughter Lucy Kilnsley, $30; to daughter Ruth Hall's Heirs; to son Stephen Waterman, Calvin Waterman, Barney Waterman, and Benjamin Waterman's Heirs, and to daughters Bethia Starbuck, Lydia Waterman, Abigail Bartlett, and Lucy Kilnsley, the residue in equal portions; to daughters Bethia Starbuck, Lydia Waterman, and Luch Kilnsley, all estate not mentioned, at death of their mother; Joel Jones of Oakham, Executor. Witnesses: Phineas Allen, Fordyce Harrington, Polly Allen. [Probate, Worcester County, Filed no. 62359.]

Recollections of Perez Waterman

By his grandson Charles C. P. Waterman (copy in the papers of the late George Thurston Waterman)

Perez Waterman was drafted into the army then gathering to drive the French and Indians from New York bordering on the Lakes as he told me, the day he was 16 years old, and required to report himself at Springfield, Mass.; when he reported himself there, there were not more [than] 1 or 200 men some with & some without arms with Major [blank] to Command and Lead them on; the main body had moved on three days before; knowing the forest between them and Albany was swarming with hostile Indians they refused to move on without being armed.

The Commander equal to the emergency singled out those who were fully armed, saying he was going if he went alone, and with a little flattery persuaded them to place them in the front; he then appealed to them less fully armed to volunteer to the front; asking them to open to the right and left, he then asked the unarmed to walk through the opening made, then placing the armed and his officers so as to surround them on each flank and rear, read to them the article of war, declaring them under martial law and the first man who refused to march should be shot -- placing himself at their head -- leaped the brush fence that surrounded the enclosure, followed by every man. Morning after morning they would find the Indian fires but an hour's advance in the region of Albany -- at Lake George under Abercrombie. Lord Howe passed over in the first division and immediately marched into the woods. Grandfather Perez Waterman was in the second, and as they were landing they heard the firing of the advance in the woods; they were urged up by their Commander, but upon their arrival upon the spot found the Enemy had fled after a severe engagement, but found Lord Howe wounded and dying. Late in the afternoon they approached the main fort and lay upon their arms until daylight. In the meantime a Yankee Major had passed around under the fort within their watch fires, and reported to the Council of War that it was so constructed that it could not be taken with small arms but with their cannon it could be taken in three hours, which overruled by Abercrombie in characteristic style -- that he did not come there to be instructed by Green Yankees and ordered the attack made at sunrise, which lasted until about three o'clock p.m. The men as well as officers had scattered in all directions and the army retreated in such disorder that had the Enemy followed they might have been cut off to a man.

The only redeeming trait of that Battle was the bold efficiency of Rodgers who commanded the Rangers, who passed under the fort pouring in his fire and retreating under cover to reload. The last charge he made, the subject of this memoir joined and passed round with him and forming the rear guard and keeping a bold front deterred the Enemy from advancing to [where?] they could cut off the whole army. Was in several engagements subsequently; while encamped above Albany under William Johnson the unfortunate dream of the Indian Chief required for friendship's sake that the General should give him his splendid rifle -- which was soon followed by the General's dream that the Chief gave him a large tract of land then lying before them -- which was at once given to him by deed with this short and pithy speech of the Chief -- "General, we won't dream any more."

When the War for Independence began, we find him Lieut. of the Minutemen of Bridgewater, having equipped three apprentices who were members of this Company; on the approach of the Enemy to burn New Bedford he found himself in the Battalion of Major Israel Fearing at sunrise, who volunteered to go in and drive out the Enemy who were then burning the place, but upon their approach fled to their boats and out of reach from their muskets. He continued with the forces until the close of the War, when he returned to private life, being a carpenter by trade. Among other buildings he erected was the Unitarian church in South Bridgewater.

His children were all born in Bridgewater, after which, not far from 1799 he moved from Bridgewater to Oakham and there bought a farm and carried on his carpenter trade. While building the first house there, he perceived that it was the custom for his journeymen carpenters to stop and rest on their tools when any travellers came in sight on the road and talk with them as they were passing; and being of that peculiar turn of mind and wishing not to break over any established custom of the place, when he saw anyone coming he referred the men to what he perceived to be their custom, and told them to stop and rest on their tools until the traveller had passed; when he had gone out of sight he told his men to take their tools now. The hint was so kindly but thoroughly given, that he did not have to repeat it again.

Perez Waterman, Jr., had conveyances of realty in Bridgewater from his father, in 1765, 1775 and 1783. With several others, he entered into an agreement to erect a dam across the Great River in Bridgewater, 10 Dec. 1793. Perez Waterman, Jr., gentleman, joined with James Wade, yeoman, in a sale to Seth Mitchell, Jr., 27 July 1792. Perez Waterman of Bridgewater (Abigail Waterman signing with him) conveyed to Samuel Wood of Halifax, 4 Nov. 1795. He sold with his wife Abigail to Joshua Wood of Halifax, 4 Nov. 1795. Perez Waterman of Bridgewater, gentleman, and his wife Abigail, made three sales in Oct. 1798, two of which, to Theodore Mitchell of Bridgewater and to Abner Ryder of Plymouth, were for parts of the grantor's homestead farm. The deed to Mitchell was witnessed by Cushing Mitchell and Lydia Waterman. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 51-32. 60-133, 64-179; 77-163; 80-68; 81-289; 85-33, 42, 45; 89-25.]

Some printed sources state the name of the wife of Perez as Abigain C. Hussey or Abigail Coffin Hussey, and the initial is used in the printed Nantucket Vital Records, which however are here quoting no official record but a "private record" of unknown authenticity. It will be noted that he name appears as simply Abigail in recorded births of her children, in numerous deeds signed by her, in her husband's will, and also in the account written by her grandson, C.C.P. Waterman.

Perez Waterman was listed at Bridgewater in the 1790 Census, 3 males over 16 years, 3 males under 16, and 5 females. This agrees perfectly with the known family of Perez Waterman. At Bridgewater in 1790 was also listed Ebenezer Waterman, Jr., 1 male over 16 years, 3 males under 16, and 4 females. No such person is otherwise known, nor is any Ebenezer Waterman, Sr. listed in Massachusetts. There is evident either a mistake in the census, or in the reading and printing of this name. Since Ebenezer Waterman, Jr. is listed immediately above Ebenezer Warren and Ezra Warren, it is believed that the name Waterman here is intended for Warren.

References:

Bridgewater Vital Records.

History of Bridgewater (1840) by Nahum Mitchell, p. 333.

family records, Henry Waterman George, New York, NY.

D.A.R. Lineage Books, 33-71.

H.P. Wright: Soldiers of Oakham, Mass., (1914), pp. 149, 150.

Wareham Vital Records (original), 1-93.

Collection of C.C.P. Waterman.

More About Lieut. Perez Waterman, Jr.:

Baptism: June 24, 1739, Halifax, MA Church Records^1167,1168

Census 1: 1790, Bridgewater, MA¹¹⁶⁹

Census 2: 1800, Oakham, MA¹¹⁷⁰

Census 3: 1810, Oakham, MA¹¹⁷¹

Mayflower Index: 36,910¹¹⁷²

Military service 1: June 19, 1754, French and Indian War, muster at Bridgewater, MA¹¹⁷³

Military service 2: Bet. April 19, 1775 - 1781, Revolutionary War¹¹⁷³

Notes for Abigail Hussey:

Marriage Notes for Perez Waterman and Abigail Hussey:

Perez Waterman found in:

Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850

Married: Oct 20, 1765 in: Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA

Gender: M This record can be found at: Family History

Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0823704.

Spouse name: Hussey, Abigail

More About Perez Waterman and Abigail Hussey:

Marriage: October 20, 1765, Nantucket, MA^1173,1174

Children of Perez Waterman and Abigail Hussey are:

38. Dr. Micah Allen^1238,1239, born February 09, 1739/40 in Bridgewater, MA^{1240,1241,1242,1243,1244,1245}; died Bet. March 26, 1822 - November 04, 1823¹²⁴⁶. He was the son of 76. Micah Allen and 77. Hannah Edson. He married 39. Hannah Cushing November 03, 1763¹²⁴⁷.

39. Hannah Cushing¹²⁴⁸, born Abt. 1739¹²⁴⁹; died January 15, 1789 in Prob. Halifax, MA¹²⁵⁰.

Notes for Dr. Micah Allen:

Many sources refer to him as "Dr." Micah Allen, but no information concerning the source of his medical training has been found.

The History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass. states at p. 96 that Micah and his brother Daniel went to Easton, Mass. Daniel later went to Brookfield.

Weymouth VR (Marriages) 2:12 lists Dr. Micah Allen "of Middleborough" at the time of his marriage to Charity White, Oct. 25, 1759.

Middleborough Vital Records 2:58 refers to Dr. Micah Allen "of Middleborough" and lists his intended wife Hannah Cushing "of Hallifax" at the time of the recordng of their intention 23 Sept. 1763.

Halifax VR found in Mayflower Descendant 5:107 states that Dr. Micah Allen "of Hallifax" and Margaret Ford 2nd of Pembrook were "lawfully published" October 18, 1790. (Does this refer to an intention to marry?)

More About Dr. Micah Allen:

Died 2: August 14, 1823, Mansfield, MA¹²⁵¹

Baptism: March 23, 1739/40, First Church of East Bridgewater, MA^{1252,1253,1254}

Burial: Union Street Cemetery, Mansfield, MA

Member: September 07, 1766, Admitted, church in Halifax, MA¹²⁵⁵

Religion 1: October 25, 1759, Middleborough, MA¹²⁵⁶

Religion 2: October 18, 1790, "lawfully published," Halifax, MA¹²⁵⁷

Notes for Hannah Cushing:

Hanna Cushing was buried in a cemetery on the shore of Monponsett Lake, Halifax, Mass. Her tombstone inscription reads as follows:

More About Hannah Cushing:

Burial: Monponsett Lake Cemetery, Halifax, MA

Member: June 29, 1760, Admitted, church in Halifax, MA¹²⁵⁸

More About Micah Allen and Hannah Cushing:

Intention: September 23, 1763, recorded, Middleborough, MA^1259,1260

Marriage: November 03, 1763¹²⁶¹

Children of Micah Allen and Hannah Cushing are:

40. Dr. John Hawkes^1277,1278, born June 03, 1749 in Saugus, MA^1279,1280; died January 26, 1827 in Lancaster, Mass.¹²⁸¹. He was the son of 80. John Hawkes and 81. Hannah Priest. He married 41. Hanna James Abt. December 05, 1770 in Lynn, MA¹²⁸¹.

41. Hanna James¹²⁸¹, born February 02, 1748/49 in Lynn, MA; died Bet. 1803 - 1808¹²⁸¹.

Notes for Dr. John Hawkes:

From Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass. 1605-1672, p. 164-5:

John's father died in October 1748 at the age of 43, four months before John's birth. He and the seven older children were cared for by the mother who a few years later married Thomas Fuller. When he became 16, the Essex County Probate Records show: #12924: 'John Hawkes minor 22 Apr. 1765 son of John, late of Lynn. John Tufts, of Malden, Middlesex County, blacksmith; Abraham Smith and Adam Hawkes both of Lynn, cordwainers, bond. John Tufts, appointed guardian of John Hawkes minor, above 11 years of age. Signed by John Tufts, Abraham Smith, Adam Hawkes, Junior.' These three who signed were the older brother and brothers-in-law of said John. By 1770 John had married, had a child, become widowed and married again. "The Massachusetts Tax Value List of 1771" by Pruitt, 1978, lists John at Lancaster, Worcester County, MA, #0424-0527, one ratable poll, one house and shop, real estate 3 pounds, one horse, two cattle, ten acres pasture land will keep three cows, 3 acres of tillage - bushels of grain per year, 45; barrels of cider per year, eight; acres of English and upland hay, four. A 1775 deed Worcester County called him "cordwainer."

As did his brother, John gave service in the Rev. War. "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Rev. War" gives the following information calling him "Private, Captain Thomas Gates' Company, which marched on the alarm of 19 Apr. 1755 [the British attempt to seize the wepons depot at Concord, Mass.]; service 13 days. Also, Private in a company commanded by Lieut. Amon Fairbanks, Colonel Job Cushing's reg't.; enlisited 6 Sept. 1777; marched 8 Sept. 1777; discharged 12 Oct. 1777; service 1 month, 18 days (212 miles) travel home; company drafted from militia and marched to join Continental Army at the Northward."

Following the war, he returned to his family and farm at Lancaster where he became known as Doctor Hawkes, and demonstrated considerable skill in the treatment of cancer and chronic diseases. (JMHawkes ms) On an old map in the History of Lancaster may be found the homes of John Hawkes, Jr. and Hannah Hawkes, as #40 and 41 on the main road to Lancaster Centre, and not far from the Lancaster Shaker Settlement.

Worcester County Deed 151:657 John Hawkes to John Hawks, Jr.; John of Lancaster, physician, for $600 paid by John, Jr., of Lancaster, yeoman, a piece of land on the west side of the road from the Neck to White's Bridge, ca. nine acres. Abutters William Phielps, Seth Sergent, also one moiety or half part of parcel on east side of road, ca. 30 acres. Abutters Jonas Lane and John Hawkes, William Phelps and Jacob Sweetser and the way leading to Pine Hill; also one/half interest in dwelling house, barn and outbuildings excepting one/half of the mortgage to John Sprague, Esq.; also one/half of certain piece of land in Lancaster, ca. 50 acres, bounds bank of the river, lands of Samuel Jones, Joel Phelps, Damon Hand (claimed by John Williard) John Sprague, Esq. Written 27 Jan. 1800. Wife Hannah relinquishes her dower. Signed 28 Jan. 1800. John Hawks and Hanna Hawks. Witnesses: Daniel Wilder, Timonthy Whiting. Timothy Whiting, Justice of the Peace. Recorded Worcester Coutny Registry of Deeds, 22 Aug. 1803. Daniel Clap, Registrar.

On 5 Aug. 1810 four of his children became members of the first church of Lancaster, during Rev. Nathaniel Thayer's Ministry: including Benjamin Hawkes, Mary Whitney, Polly Hawkes, and Sally Lane, the latter privately, being very sick. (Lancaster VR, p. 335)

No record of probate of estate of John found at Worcester County Probate.

More About John Hawkes and Hanna James:

Marriage: Abt. December 05, 1770, Lynn, MA¹²⁸¹

Children of John Hawkes and Hanna James are:

42. James Liswell He married 43. Ruth Arnold.

43. Ruth Arnold

Child of James Liswell and Ruth Arnold is:

46. Job Winslow^1293,1294, born January 04, 1744/45 in Falmouth, ME^1295,1296; died December 02, 1833¹²⁹⁷. He was the son of 92. Nathan Winslow and 93. Charity Hall. He married 47. Mary Robinson December 29, 1772 in Windham, Cumberland Co., Maine¹²⁹⁸.

47. Mary Robinson^1299,1300, born May 19, 1752¹³⁰¹; died November 10, 1824 in Falmouth, ME¹³⁰¹. She was the daughter of 94. Timothy Robinson and 95. Sarah (--?--).

More About Job Winslow:

Burial: Friends Cemetery, Falmouth, ME¹³⁰²

Occupation: Mechanic, blacksmith, farmer¹³⁰³

Winslow Memorial number 1: 1877, 2036, Vol. 1, p. 217¹³⁰⁴

Winslow Memorial number 2: 1888, 10173, Vol. 2, p. 855¹³⁰⁵

More About Mary Robinson:

Burial: Friends Cemetery, Falmouth, ME¹³⁰⁵

More About Job Winslow and Mary Robinson:

Marriage: December 29, 1772, Windham, Cumberland Co., Maine¹³⁰⁶

Children of Job Winslow and Mary Robinson are:

64. Unknown Husband Duncan He married 65. Unknown Wife (--?--).

65. Unknown Wife (--?--)

Notes for Unknown Husband Duncan:

A record from Worchester, Mass. of the probate of the Estate of John Duncan, indicates that he came from Ireland in 1718, and that he had sons named Simeon, John, Samuel, and Daniel, and a daughter who is not named, and a son-in-law named James Hawes.

Another item from The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 44, No. 1, January 1994 also refers to John Duncan of Worchester, Mass., who appears to be the same person. This record also refers to sons John and Samuel Duncan, and son-on-law James Hawes. It identifies his wife as named Sarah, and it also refers to grandchildren. But again, it is not known whether the Samuel Duncan referred to there is the same person as the known ancestor Dr. Samuel Duncan.

Children of Unknown Duncan and Unknown (--?--) are:

66. Captain Benjamin Donnell, Sr.^{1318,1319,1320,1321}, born May 11, 1714 in Massachusetts; died Abt. 1789 in Massachusetts. He was the son of 132. Nathaniel Donnell and 133. Elizabeth Todd. He married 67. Sarah Kingsbury January 17, 1740/41 in York, York Co., ME^{1322,1323,1324}.

67. Sarah Kingsbury^{1325,1326,1327,1328}, born December 08, 1720 in York, York Co., ME^{1329,1330,1331}; died Aft. August 11, 1762 in York, York Co., ME^{1332,1333,1334}. She was the daughter of 134. John Kingsbury III and 135. Mary Stickney.

Notes for Captain Benjamin Donnell, Sr.:

Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 6, lists Captain Benjamin Donnell as among the prominent men of Bath, Maine in 1768. Capt. Donnell's house stood where Mrs. Zina Hyde's house stood at the time of the publication Lemont's book in 1874. He aised a large family, according to Lemont.

That same volume states at p. 9 that on April 2, 1754, the second parish (Georgetown) under their act of incorporation, met at the house of Jonathan Philbrook, Jr. Humphrey Parington was chosen Moderator; Samuel Bown, Clerk; Jonathan Philbrook, Sr., John Lemont and James Springer. Parish Committee: Jonathan Philbrook, Jr., a committee to procure a minister. 26 pounds, 18 shillings and 4d was aised for the support of the gospel, and a vote passed to build a meeting-house. J. Philbrook, Sr., John Lemont, Capt. Benjamin Donnell and Lieut Joseph Berry were chosen a committee to select the spot for the hosue. Capt. Donnell gave the lot where the graveyard now is, in West Bath. [Jon Duncan note not in original text: this is the Witch Spring Cemetery in West Bath, Maine].

However, The Edward Clarence Plummer History of Bath, Maine states at page 434 that the land where the Witch Spring Cemetery now stands was donated by Capt. Nathaniel Donnell, Capt. Benjamin Donnell's father as the site for the church of the Second Parish of Georgetown, and that the church on the site was built around 1760. The church was removed in 1822, and the town voted in 1838 to expand the burying ground to include the land upon which the church had previously stood.

Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book V. 44, 43001 - 44000 1903, page 341 states the following:

Benjamin Donnell who had served in the early wars was at the siege of Castile 1779. The troops in the expedition were transferred in his own vessel from Bath to Boothby. He was born about 1720.

Listed in DAR Patriot Index (1990), part 1.

The following is from The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass, p. 494:

Abigail Kingsbury, of York, one of the children and heirs of Mr. John Kingsbury, late of York, conveys to Benjamin Donnell, of York, all her Right in two full Third Parts of the Dwelling House and Lands which my Honored Father died seized of now in the Improvement of the said Benjamin," "at the Lower End of the Town and fronts on York River, Bounded N.W. by a Lane leading down to York River; and so runs back N.E. from said River to the Country Road;" Nov. 25, 1746. York Deeds, XXVII, 59.

From The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass, p. 494:

March 24, 1755, Nathaniel Harmon, of York, Gentleman, and Mary, his Wife, John Bane of the same place, Husbandman, and Hannah, his Wife, which said Mary and Hannah were Children and two of the Heirs of John Kingsbury, late of York, Deceased, and the said John when he died was Seized of one third Part of 20 acres, &c., which became the Right and Inheritance of his Children, viz.: the said Mary and Hannah, and their two Sisters, Sarah and Abigail, in Equal Parts, now the said Nathaniel and Mary, and John and Hannah, convey their portion of the 20 acres, now under the Improvement and Subject to the Life Right of their Mother, Mrs. Mary Sayward, as her Dowry, being late Widow of the said John Kingsbury, to Benjamin Donnell of York, for [pound sign] 26, 13, 4. York Deeds, XXXII, 160.

More About Sarah Kingsbury:

Deed: August 11, 1762, York, ME¹³³⁵

Marriage Notes for Benjamin Donnell and Sarah Kingsbury:

Benjamin Donnell and Sarah, his wife, one of the children and heirs of John Kingsbury, late of York, Deceased, convey to Samuel Paul, of York, Marinier, land in York, August 11, 1762. York Registry of Deeds, XXXIV, 208.

More About Benjamin Donnell and Sarah Kingsbury:

Marriage: January 17, 1740/41, York, York Co., ME^{1336,1337,1338}

Children of Benjamin Donnell and Sarah Kingsbury are:

68. John Webb¹³⁹⁷. He married 69. Unknown Wife (--?--).

69. Unknown Wife (--?--)

Notes for John Webb:

Bath, Maine Vital Records, 1757 - 1892, LDS Film M-97333 0010562, Book 5, p. 269, lists John Webb, the father of William Webb, as "of Boston."

Child of John Webb and Unknown (--?--) is:

70. Isaiah Crooker¹³⁹⁸, born January 28, 1729/30 in Marshfield, MA^1399,1400; died September 15, 1795 in West Bath, ME^{1401,1402,1403,1404}. He was the son of 140. Francis Crooker and 141. Patience Childs. He married 71. Hanna Harding July 07, 1761 in Georgetown, ME¹⁴⁰⁵.

71. Hanna Harding, born May 1737 in Truro, MA¹⁴⁰⁶; died April 13, 1825¹⁴⁰⁷. She was the daughter of 142. Jonathan Harding and 143. Hanna (--?--).

Notes for Isaiah Crooker:

The following is from Parker McCobb Reed, "History of Bath and Environs: Sagadahoc County, Maine, 1607-1893. (Portland: Lakeside Press, 1894), p. 299:

The Isaiah Crooker house originally stood where is now the Catholic parsonage, on the west side of High street, and was built in 1756. In this Mr. Crooker lived and died. It is yet in existence, moved to the rear of the catholic buildings, partly occupied for a Catholic Old Ladies' Home. It is a framed building, not a timber house as has been generally supposed. He was the village blacksmith, having his shop across the street from his house. His barn was where the old High Street Academy building now stands.

Families of Georgetown, Maine Pioneers, compiled 1981 by Helen W. (Peacock) (Snowe) Kernoul of Bellingham, Washington for the Samuel Grant chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, states that Isaiah Crooker was one of the signers of the petition 1753 for Bath to become the Second Parish of Georgetown. They also voted to build a meetinghouse, which was built about 1760. This was Bath's first public building. We are told that the nails were made by Isaiah Crooker in his blacksmith shop.

This area is now West Bath. The church and meetinghouse were located at Witch's Spring. The church is now gone, but the church's cemetery remains there, where many of the area's first settlers, including Isaiah Crooker, are buried.

In 1759 Isaiah Crooker is listed as living at Long Reach, In 1775 he was under Capt. Lemont numbering about 60 men probably Minute Men. Lemont's History lists him as having taken a prominent part in the Revolution.

Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 3, lists Isaiah Crooker as one of the promiment men of Bath, Maine in 1750. His blacksmith shop was on High street, opposite when the Academy now (1874) stands. He made the nails for the first meeting-house, 1756.

Isaiah Crooker, Sr. is listed in that same book at p. 11 as among the men of Bath, Maine who took a prominent part in the Revolution. At p. 12, he is listed as one of only twelve families living at Long Reach, in Bath.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book V. 44, 43001-44000 1903 states that Isaiah Crooker served on committees and as a selectman of Bath, Maine, where he died.

See also, DAR Lineage Book 154:105

According to Truner, Isaiah Crooker was the builder of four ships in Bath, Maine. These were the Schooner, Packet Eliza, (1806), the Sloop, Union (1811), the Schooner, Onzimbo (1814) and the Brig, James Monroe (1817).

The Historical Souvenir of the City of Bath (1899) reports the following:

Isaiah Crooker. Who was one of the earliest and most prominent citizens of Bath, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1730. [Jon Duncan note note in original text: this conflicts with other information that we have learned about him.] He came over in a vessel with four of his brothers and landed in Scituate, on Cape Cod, Mass., in 1748. Two of his brothers remained there, and Isaiah and the other two again took a vessel and started for Maine, which was then another part of Massachusetts. They were shipwrecked in coming in past Geguin, and although none of them were lost they became separated, and one of them, a doctor, settled on the east side of the Kennebec River, another went into Oxford County and Isaiah came to Bath, where he purchased a large tract of land, four miles in length, extending from the Kennebec to the New Meadows River, with the exception of a few lots that were already occupied and cultivated. He was married, October 24, 1750, to Betsey Philbrook, daughter of Jonathan Philbrook, and had one daughter, Priscilla. Mr. Crooker's first wife died when they had been married but a short time and in July, 1760, he was married to Hanna McKenney and had ten children, as follows: Isaiah, born in 1761, who married a McDonald; Huldah, born May 2, 1762, who married John Whitmore; Johnathan Harding, born October, 1767, who married Hannah Duncan; Elizabeth; born March 29, 1769, who married William Webb; Gamalia, born May 20, 1771, who married Martha Foster; Timothy, who died at sea; Frances Winter, born June 27, 1775, who married James McCobb; William Swanton, born in 1777, who married a Jewett; Zachariah, born in 1778, who married a Merritt, and Hannah, born in 1781, who married Denny McCobb. Isaiah, Jr., had three sons, Isaac, Jacob and Noah. Huldah had five children. Jonathan H. had five children, Samuel Duncan, Charles, William Donnell, Lydia Babb and John. Elizabeth had three children. Frances Winter had eleven, Hannah and Rachel, who were born in Georgetown, and Isaac, Frances, John, William Stearns, Samuel William Swanton, Rachel, Jane and May Ann, who were born in Bath. Zachariah had three sons, Isaiah, Warren and Timothy, and three daughters, and Hanna had three children. Isaiah Crooker formerly lived in the old house that stood back of the Catholic Church, and afterward moved down onto Washington Street, where he built two houses, the nails for which were all made by hand and many of them he made himself, and the timbers were made by his sons, all of whom he was determined should learn the blacksmith's trade. He died September 15, 1795, when he was sixty-five years old.

The following was posted at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/r/o/Bear-K-Hastings/?Welcome=1060280385 on December 22, 2002 by BARBARA ANN CROOKER, BOX 631, BATH, ME 04530

THE CROOKER FAMILY OF BATH, MAINE

The CROOKER Family name has been associated with the City of Bath for just about as long as Bath, Maine has been located on the shores of the Kennebec River. The CROOKER name appears throughout the early history of Bath. The earliest member of the CROOKER’s of Bath was my great, great, great, great, great Grandfather ISAIAH CROOKER, born 1729/30 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He made the adventurous trek to the northern woods in about 1750, arriving in what was to become known as the Longreach area. He became a master Blacksmith by trade, forging many of the handmade nails that would build the early homes along the Kennebec. In 1774, ISAIAH CROOKER donated the land to build one of the first school buildings in Bath. The City of Bath 1790 Census listed him as the only CROOKER in Bath at that time, but the CROOKER Family would grow much larger with the addition of many family members. He married his first wife, Elizabeth (Betsy) Philbrook of Bath, on October 24, 1750. They had one daughter, Priscilla CROOKER, and no other children have been recorded [some sources indicate a Son named Timothy, but I can not verify]. He married his second wife, Hannah Harding McKenney in July 1760. ISAIAH CROOKER is listed in the history of Bath as one of the prominent men of the American Revolution. He was a Private on the roll of the Second Parish Militia Company. ISAIAH CROOKER died on September 15, 1795 in Bath, Maine.

More About Isaiah Crooker:

Burial: 1795, Witch Spring Cem., West Bath, ME

Notes for Hanna Harding:

More About Hanna Harding:

Burial: Witch Spring Cemetery, West Bath, ME¹⁴⁰⁸

More About Isaiah Crooker and Hanna Harding:

Marriage: July 07, 1761, Georgetown, ME¹⁴⁰⁹

Children of Isaiah Crooker and Hanna Harding are:

72. Perez Waterman, Sr.^{1490,1491,1492}, born October 08, 1713 in Plympton, MA^{1493,1494,1495}; died August 09, 1793 in Bridgewater, MA^{1496,1497,1498,1499,1500,1501}. He was the son of 144. Capt. John Waterman, Jr. and 145. Lydia Cushman. He married 73. Abigail Bryant Bet. 1738 - 1739.

73. Abigail Bryant^1502,1503, born June 24, 1716^1504,1505; died January 19, 1782 in Bridgewater, MA^{1506,1507,1508,1509}. She was the daughter of 146. Jonathan Bryant and 147. Margaret West.

Notes for Perez Waterman, Sr.:

From Descendants of Robert Waterman, 1:96-97 :

Perez Waterman (John3, John2, Robert1), born at Plympton, Mass., 8 Oct. 1713, died at Bridgewater, Mass., 9 Aug. 1793 in 80th year; married first, Abigail Bryant, born 24 June 1716 (family record), died at Bridgewater, 19 Jan. 1782 in 66th year, probably daughter of Jonathan and Margaret (West) Bryant [see Bryant Family in Appendix]; married second (intention, Bridgewater, 19 Nov. 17840, Ruth (----) Nye of Sandwich, Mass., widow of Methuselah Nye.

John Waterman and Peres Waterman, both of Halifax, yeomen, sold land, 21 Dec. 1739, to Ignatius Cushing of Halifax, gentleman, the deed being witnessed by Jonathan Bryant and Joth. Bryant, Jr. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 37-158.]

Perez Waterman of Halifax, housewright, and Abigail his wife, for 112 pounds, sold twelve acres in Halifax to Benjamin Jackson of Halifax, 9 Dec. 1748. Perez Waterman of Bridgewater, housewright, or Bridgewater, part of grantor's homestead by the River, 14 Mar. 1765; witnesses, Edward Mitchell, Barnabas Clark. Perez Waterman of Bridgewater, housewright, for 2 pounds, sold to Robert Latham of Bridgewater, 20 Oct. 1767. Perez Waterman of Bridgewater conveyed to Perez Waterman, Jr., of Bridgewater, 27 Apr. 1775, also 8 Apr. 1783. Perez Waterman of Bridgewater, housewright, for 8.2.0 pounds, sold to Sarah Palmer of Halifax, land in Halifax, part of the homestead farm of Thomas Palmer late of Halifax, dec'd, 17 Mar. 1783; recorded 26 Mar. 1790. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 51-51; 51=32; 55-91; 60-133; 64-179; 75-79.]

Ruth Waterman, her family consisting of 2 females, was listed at Sandwich, Mass., in the 1790 Census. Apparently she had separated from Mr. Waterman.

References

Halifax Vital Records.

The Mayflower Descendant, 27-25, 29, 24, 119.

Bridgewater Vital Records.

More About Perez Waterman, Sr.:

Burial: lot 16, Japan Graveyard, Bridgewater, MA¹⁵¹⁰

Cause of Death: "instantly"¹⁵¹¹

Mayflower Index: 36,909¹⁵¹²

More About Abigail Bryant:

Burial: lot 15, Japan Graveyard, Bridgewater, MA¹⁵¹³

Marriage Notes for Perez Waterman and Abigail Bryant:

received into full communion into church at Halifax, MA, April 22, 1739. Source: Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 27, p. 24.

More About Perez Waterman and Abigail Bryant:

Marriage: Bet. 1738 - 1739

Children of Perez Waterman and Abigail Bryant are:

74. John Hussey¹⁵⁴⁵. He married 75. Jedidah Coffin.

75. Jedidah Coffin¹⁵⁴⁵.

Child of John Hussey and Jedidah Coffin is:

76. Micah Allen^{1546,1547,1548,1549}, born December 02, 1708 in Bridgewater, MA^{1550,1551,1552,1553,1554}; died Bet. December 11, 1744 - April 01, 1745 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^{1555,1556,1557}. He was the son of 152. Josiah Allen and 153. Mary Reed. He married 77. Hannah Edson February 23, 1736/37 in First Church of East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^{1558,1559,1560,1561,1562,1563}.

77. Hannah Edson^{1564,1565,1566,1567,1568}, born January 16, 1708/09 in Bridgewater, MA^{1569,1570,1571}; died 1768 in East Bridgewater, MA^1572,1573. She was the daughter of 154. Deacon Joseph Edson and 155. Lydia Cary.

Notes for Micah Allen:

Mayflower Births and Deaths 1:388 cites Plymouth Co. Probate Record #311, 9:437, 439 for Micah Allen.

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Francis Cooke) 12:551 cites also Plymouth Co. Probate Record #311, 9:437-9, 481-2.

That source also states the following at 12:551:

The will of Micah Allen of Bridgewater, husbandman, dated 11 December 1744, proved 1 April 1745, names his wife Hannah; three sons, Micah, Joseph and Daniel; only daughter Mary; and brother Nathan Allen. The inventory, taken 5 April 1745 totaled about 150 British pounds. Wife Hannah was appointed executrix.

More About Micah Allen:

Probate: Plymouth Co. Probate Records, file #311, 9:437-9, 481-2.¹⁵⁷⁴

Notes for Hannah Edson:

According to Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass. (1970 ed), p. 95, the Hannah Edson who married Micha Allen was the daughter of Timothy Edson, however, the same publication states at p. 154 that the Hannah Edson who married Micha Allen was the daughter of Timothy's brother, Deacon Joseph Allen. No explanation of the discrepancy is given.

Joseph Allen had a daughter named Hannah who was born on January 16, 1708/9 (Source: Bridgewater Vital Records, Births, 102). Timothy Edson had a daughter named Hannah who was born on October 20, 1720 (Source: Bridgewater Vital Records, Births, 102).

From the dates of Hannah Edson's marriage to Micah Allen [Feb. 23, 1736/7, Bridgewater VR, Marriages, 123] and the dates of the birth of Hannah Edson's children [from 1737-1744] it appears more likely that the older Hannah Edson who married Micah Allen was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Allen, rather than the younger Hannah Edson who was the daughter of Timothy Allen. If the Hannah who married Micah Allen was Joseph Allen's daughter, then she was 28 years old at the time of her marriage, and gave birth to her children while she was between the ages of 29 and 36. If Hannah was Timothy Allen's daughter, then she was only 16 years old at the time of her marriage, and gave birth to her children while she was between the ages of 16 and 23.

Based on these ages, we conclude that it is more likely than not that the Hannah Edson who married Micah Allen was the daughter of Joseph Allen, rather than Timothy Allen. However, we recognize that the opposite conclusion is possible, albeit less likely.

According to Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass. (1970 ed), p. 154, Hannah married a second time, to Thomas Phillips, in 1747. If she was the daughter of Joseph Allen, then she was 38 at the time of her second marriage. If she was the daughter of Timothy Allen, then she would have been 50 at the time of her second marriage, and beyond childbearing years.

One clue to the solution to the question of whether the Hannah Edson who married Micah Allen may lie in determining whether Thomas Phillips and Hannah Edson had children of their marriage. If they did, then it would be probable that (because Hannah was still of childbearing years when married to Thomas Phillips), she was the daughter of Timothy Edson.

More About Micah Allen and Hannah Edson:

Marriage: February 23, 1736/37, First Church of East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^{1575,1576,1577,1578,1579,1580}

Children of Micah Allen and Hannah Edson are:

80. John Hawkes^1624,1625, born January 27, 1704/05 in Lynn, MA^1626,1627; died October 08, 1748 in Lynn, MA^1628,1629. He was the son of 160. Moses Hawkes and 161. Margaret Cogswell. He married 81. Hannah Priest April 27, 1732 in Lynn, MA^1630,1631.

81. Hannah Priest^1632,1633, died Aft. February 18, 1765¹⁶³³.

Notes for John Hawkes:

From Adam Hawkes of Saugus, MA, p. 79-80:

This John Hawkes was called John the smith in his death record. He and Hannah raised a large family of eight children of whom six were daughters. The first son Adam d. as a result of yellow fever contracted in the Rev. War. The youngest child, a son named for John, was never seen by his father as he was b. ca. seven months after his father's death.

In 1739 when the first church in Saugus was built, Moses, John and Elkanah Hawkes were among those granted land on which to set a shed (stable) according to "Saugus, Massachusetts" by Elijah P. Robinson, prb. 1869.

When John died intestate his estate was probated at Essex County Probate #12923 on 14 Nov. 1748. Bond for administration of John Hawkes, late of Lynn, deceased was signed by Hannah, widow, her mark, Moses Hawkes husbandman and Elkany (Elkanah) Hawkes blacksmith. The appraisal of the estate included such live stock as two mares, seven cows, eight swine, blacksmith tools and materials were listed; also books and household goods, a negro 95 pounds, gun and sword and such oddities as wallet, feathers, rug, etc. Hannah Priest Hawkes alias Fuller was named administratix for the estate of her husband John, late of Lynn, deceased. The inventory above totaled 120 pounds, 8 shillings, 8-1/2 pence. Names included in administration papers were the widow now Fuller, Adam as son, Mary, Lydia, Sarah, Rebecca and John, all children. On 12 June 1758 a later account gave to John Sprague for bringing up on child three years since last account, ten pounds, six shillings, zero pence. Adam Hawkes of Lynn, cordwainer, in company of John Tufts of Malden blacksmith with James Johnson of Reading tanner now gave bond to administer the estate of John Hawkes of Lynn, late deceased intestate the 17th day of April 1765. Signed by Adam Hawkes, Jr., John Tufts and James Johnson. The later accounting included names of many creditors including Samuel Whitford and Margaret Hawkes. Item: to loss of a Negroman, amount crossed out; funeral and mourning charges; to the widow for lying in after the death of her husband; to the widow for bringing up three young children 10-1/2 years in all; sundry journeys to Boston; to the widow, the easterly end of the dwelling house, one third of the bar, 20 acres, etc. The remainder 1765 was 326 pounds.

Provision was also made for the guardianship of Adam, John and Rebecca, the three minor children of John, deceased, on 13 July 1756. (Essex County Probate #12902).

From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, 12: 61:

On 14 Nov. 1748 administration on the estate of John Hawkes of Lynn was gratned to widow Hannah Hawkes. Bond was signed by widow Hannah, Moses Hawkes, husbandman, and Elkany Hawkes, blacksmith.

On 13 July 1758 Adam Hawkes was appointed guardian of Adam Hawkes, a minor above 14 years, and John Hawkes and Rebeckah Hawkes under 14 yrs., all children of John Hawkes late of Lynn. On 18 Feb. 1765 the estate was distributed to widow Hannah Hawkes, now Fuller, and eldest son Adam Hawkes, he to pay his brother John Hawkes and his sisters Mary Smith, Lydia Sweetswer, Sarah Johnson, Rebecca Tufts, and Hannah Farrington the only child of Hannah Farrington deceased. On 22 April 1765 John Tufts was appointed guardian of John Hawkes, a minor above 14 years, son of John Hawkes late of Lynn.

The will of Thomas Fuller of Lynn dated 2 March 1763 names wife Hannah and 8 Fuller children.

No Essex Co. probate record for Hannah Fuller.

Notes for Hannah Priest:

From Adam Hawkes of Saugus, MA, p. 79:

Diligent search has failed to reveal the identity of Hannah Priest, John's wife. She was definitely not of the family of the Mayflower pilgrim Degory Priest as he left no male progeny. She was long thought to be the dau. of Joseph and Margaret Childs Priest of Waltham, MA, but that Hannah m. Philip Gage and resided at Weston while John and Hannah Priest Hawkes were in Lynn. A Hannah, dau. of John and Elizabeth Gray Priest bap. 1689 was too early as Hannah Priest Hawkes had a child b. 1749. She may have been part of the family of John and Rachel Garfield Priest who removed from Woburn to Lancaster, MA, in 1687 or she may possibly have been a child of John and Hannah (Meacham) Gill Priest of Salem, MA, m. 4 Mar. 1699 (Salem VR) but reportedly had no children. The line of John and Hannah Hawkes has been accepted and appears in the 1960 Mayflower Index, #17,184.

The will of Thomas Fuller of Lynn dated 2 March 1763 names wife Hannah and 8 Fuller children.

More About Hannah Priest:

Mayflower Index: 17,184¹⁶³⁴

More About John Hawkes and Hannah Priest:

Marriage: April 27, 1732, Lynn, MA^1634,1635

Children of John Hawkes and Hannah Priest are:

92. Nathan Winslow¹⁶⁷⁰, born April 01, 1713 in Freetown, MA¹⁶⁷¹; died November 22, 1772 in Falmouth, ME¹⁶⁷¹. He was the son of 184. James Winslow and 185. Elizabeth Carpenter. He married 93. Charity Hall April 04, 1734 in Falmouth, ME¹⁶⁷¹.

93. Charity Hall¹⁶⁷¹.

Notes for Nathan Winslow:

The following is paraphrased from Winslow Memorial 1:216 (1877):

Nathan Winslow was born 1 Apr. 1713, Freetown, Mass.; d. 22 Nov. 1772, Falmouth, ME, according to Portland Records. He resided in that part of Falmouth which afterwards became Westbrook, ME., and built a house which was successively occupied by his son John, by his grandson Isaiah - II, and 1874, by his granddaughter Lydia Hacker (Winslow) Jones. His name appears on the records of Falmouth in August 1743. He married [intention 4 Apr. 1734, Falmouth, Portland Rec.], Charity Hall.

More About Nathan Winslow:

Winslow Memorial number: 1877, 2031, Vol. 1, p. 216¹⁶⁷¹

More About Nathan Winslow and Charity Hall:

Marriage: April 04, 1734, Falmouth, ME¹⁶⁷¹

Children of Nathan Winslow and Charity Hall are:

94. Timothy Robinson¹⁶⁷³. He married 95. Sarah (--?--).

95. Sarah (--?--)¹⁶⁷³.

Children of Timothy Robinson and Sarah (--?--) are:

132. Nathaniel Donnell, born Bet. 1659 - 1699; died 1761. He was the son of 264. Thomas Donnell and 265. Elizabeth Weare. He married 133. Elizabeth Todd May 14, 1711.

133. Elizabeth Todd, born September 15, 1690; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 266. John Todd and 267. Elizabeth Brocklebank.

Notes for Nathaniel Donnell:

According to Levi P. Lemont, 1400 Historical Dates of the Town and City of Bath, and Town of Georgetown, From 1604 to 1874 (1874) pp. 3, in 1736 a Nathaniel Donnell "of Old York, Me.," bought of Margaret Jonson, heiress to Robert Gutch, all her right except 500 acres from the Academy north to North Street, which she conveyed to Springer. In 1759, Mr. Donnell had a lawsuit with the Plymouth Company and beat them. This land extended from river to river.

A Nathaniel Donnell is listed in that same volume, p. 4, in 1735 as one of the prominent men of Bath, Maine. It states that Donnell owned this territory.

More About Nathaniel Donnell and Elizabeth Todd:

Marriage: May 14, 1711

Child of Nathaniel Donnell and Elizabeth Todd is:

134. John Kingsbury III^{1675,1676,1677,1678}, born October 16, 1690 in York, York Co., ME^{1679,1680,1681}; died March 02, 1722/23 in York, York Co., ME^{1682,1683,1684}. He was the son of 268. John Kingsbury, Jr. and 269. Hannah (--?--). He married 135. Mary Stickney December 29, 1715 in Newbury, ME^1685,1686.

135. Mary Stickney^{1687,1688,1688,1689}, born July 01, 1691 in York, York Co., ME^1690,1691; died Aft. March 24, 1755 in York, York Co., ME^1692,1693. She was the daughter of 270. John Stickney and 271. Mary Poor.

Notes for John Kingsbury III:

The following is from Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass, p. 493:

John Kingsbury, of York, Maine, married at Newbury, December 29, 1715, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Poor) Stickney, born in Newbury, July 1, 1691; he settled in York soon after his marriage. John More, of York, conveyed land to John Kingsbury, of York, blacksmith, on the northeast side of York River, March 12, 1715-16. York Deeds, IX, 46. The Selectmen granted unto Samuell Bragdon; Joseph Hou., John Kingsbury, John Harmon, Benjamin Stone, Jonathan Young, Jr., and Jonathan Bane, "all the common land that lyeth between the Land of Thomas Addams and the land formerly by the name of Thomas Reasons, on the southwest side of York River." York Records, 276. He died in York, March 2, 1723. Inventory taken September 30 by Abrata Preble, Joseph Sayward, Nathaniel Donnell, Jr.; Widow, Mary, administratrix. Although he apparently lived in York the births of his children are all recorded at Newbury. May 14, 1726, Mrs. Mary Kingsbury presented her account as administratrix for bringing up Hannah, until seven years, being four years old when her father died, "21 pounds, for Sarah ditto, five years, 35 pounds; Abigal, Ditto, Six Years and three months, 43 pounds." His widow, Mrs. Mary Kingsbury, married, December 9, 1734, John Sayward, of York. She was living in 1755.

More About John Kingsbury and Mary Stickney:

Marriage: December 29, 1715, Newbury, ME^1694,1695

Children of John Kingsbury and Mary Stickney are:

140. Francis Crooker¹⁷²⁴. He was the son of 280. Jonathan Crooker and 281. Mary Burroughs. He married 141. Patience Childs March 11, 1725/26¹⁷²⁴.

141. Patience Childs¹⁷²⁴, born April 11, 1696¹⁷²⁴. She was the daughter of 282. Joseph Childs and 283. Elizabeth (--?--).

More About Francis Crooker and Patience Childs:

Marriage: March 11, 1725/26¹⁷²⁴

Children of Francis Crooker and Patience Childs are:

142. Jonathan Harding He married 143. Hanna (--?--).

143. Hanna (--?--)

Child of Jonathan Harding and Hanna (--?--) is:

144. Capt. John Waterman, Jr.^{1725,1726,1727}, born September 23, 1685 in Marshfield, MA^{1728,1729,1730}; died June 08, 1761 in Halifax, MA^{1731,1732,1733,1734}. He was the son of 288. Ensign John Waterman, Sr. and 289. Ann Sturtevant. He married 145. Lydia Cushman December 29, 1708 in Plympton, MA^{1735,1736,1737,1738}.

145. Lydia Cushman^{1739,1740,1741}, born December 13, 1687 in Plymouth, MA^{1742,1743,1744}; died July 07, 1771 in Halifax, MA^1745,1746. She was the daughter of 290. Eleazar Cushman and 291. Elizabeth Coombs.

Notes for Capt. John Waterman, Jr.:

John Waterman is a fifth generation descendant of Mayflower passenger Issac Allerton. See, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 17, Issac Allerton, page 48.

That source says that the will of John Waterman of Halifax, yeoman, dated March 31, 1748, proved Aug. 3, 1768, names wife Lydia; sons Joseph, Perez, John, Anthony and Eleazer and daughters Sarah and Lydia.

The will was abstracted in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 41, No. 2, July 1991, at p. 147. That source says the following:

Contained from File #497:

Typed copy of abstracted will of John Waterman of Halifax, dated 21 March 1748, proved 3 Aug. 1761, attested by J.C. Sullivan, Register.

"---Imprimis -- I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Lydia ... easterly end of my dwelling house .. half the orchard .. use of two acres of land yearly and to improve what she shall have occasion for ... and I hereby order my son Anthony to improve & manage the two acres above ... provide her with sufficient fire wood ready cut at the door and to keep a cow for her ... to go to mill for her and carry her to meeting & support her in sickness or health --

Item -- I give to my son Joseph my cedar swamp ... also sixty pounds .. he having already rec'd in part of his portion twenty two pounds ...

Item I give to my son Perez Waterman twenty shillings ... already had from me two hundred pounds old tenour and also half an acre of land.

Item -- I give to my son John all my land & meadows beelow Lemuel Sturtevants where he now lives ... order him to pay the sixty pounds aforesaid to his brother Joseph.

Item I give to my sons Anthony & Eleazer all my homested lands ... all that part of sd. homestead which lyeth on the northerly side of said dividing line together with the buildings thereon ... all that part that lies on the southerly side of sd. dividing line to belong to Eleazer ... also give to sd. sons Anthony & Eleazer my interest in Monponsett meadow and my right on Hemlock Island joining to the Herring River which lies in partnership with my brother Robert ... my tem tackling and I order Anthony to pay all my just debts & funeral expenses and also to receive what is due to me and apply it to that use and likewise to pay his sisters the legacies hereafter mentioned if the personal estate be not sufficient.

Item I give to my two daughters Sarah & Lidia all my moveable estate after my wife's decease excepting what is before disposed of and whereas each of my daughters have alredy recd' from me forty pounds a piece in part of their portion -- if the personal effects after my wife's death should not hold out so that each of them should have seventy pounds old tenour including what they have received in my lifetime then my son Anthony to make up the deficiency to them --

Lastly I constitute and appoint my wife Lydia & my son Anthony executors ... this 21st day of March Anno Domini 1748 [signed] John Waterman [seal].

The following is from Descendants of Robert Waterman, 1:38 - 40:

John Waterman (John2, Robert 1), born at Marshfield, Mass., 23 Sept. 1685, died at Halifax, Mass., 8 June 1761 in 76th yr. (gravestone); married at Plympton, 29 Dec. 1709 (error, apparently, for 1707 or 1708), Lydia Cushman, born 13 Dec. 1687, died at Halifax, 7 July 1771, aged 82 yrs. 6 mos. (gravestone), daughter of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Combes) Cushman.

His will, dated 21 March 1748, proved 3 Aug. 1768, named his wife, Lydia, five sons Joseph, Peres, John, Anthony, and Eleazer, and two daughters Sarah and Lydia; wife and son Anthony to be executors. [Probate Rec. Plymouth County, 16-123, 184.]

Lydia Cushman's number in the Mayflower Index is 9,766. Her mother, Elizabeth Combs, was daughter of John Combes and Elizabeth (Royal) Barlow, granddaughter of John Combes and Sara Priest, and great-granddaughter of Degory Priest of the Mayflower. Her father, Eleazer Cushman, was son of Thomas and Mary (Allerton) Cushman, and grandson of Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower.

John Waterman, Jr., received land by deed from his father, 3 July 1707, and the following day exchanged land with "My Brother Robert Waterman of Plymouth," both deeds being witnessed by Samuel Sturtevant and Jacob Tomson. John Waterman, Jr. of Plymouth, sold his dwelling in Plympton, 24 Nov. 1710, to James Sturtevant of Plympton. On 1 Apr. 1713, John Waterman, Jr. of Plympton, for 165 pounds, sold to his brother Robert Waterman, of Plympton, 20 acres in that town together with the grantor's dwelling house, "being the Westerly part of that Lot of Land which was formerly Maj. William Bradford's & whereon my Dwelling house standeth"; witnessed by Samuel Waterman and Jacob Tomson. Robert Waterman and John Waterman, Jr., both of Plympton, sold 20 acres to David Bozworth of Plympton, 30 Mar. 1714/15; and the same date they, with James Besse, Jr., sold to Joshua Turner of Pembroke. Robert Waterman and John Waterman, Jr., sold land in Pembroke, 10 Sept. 1716, to Joseph Samson of Plympton; and they (John no longer being called Jr.) sold to William Sturtevant, 15 Feb. 1721.

John Waterman of Plympton sold, 11 Dec. 1721, to Thomas Tomson Sen of Middleborough, 30-1/4 acres in Plympton which "did originally belong unto the Right of Samuel Waterman & Edmond Tilson"; and called Sen [evidently to distinguish him from his brother Samuel's son, now aged 20], he sold 3 June 1725 to James Bryant, land "which was formerly laid out unto my Brother Samuel Waterman." ...Robert and John Waterman exchanged land with Nehemiah Sturtevant, 10 Aug. 1732. John Waterman of Plympton conveyed to Samuel Sturtevant, Jr. 7 May 1728. John Waterman of Halifax conveyed, 30 June 1736, to Isaac Churchill of Plympton. In later deeds he was always of Halifax. He conveyed to his son Anthony, 21 Mar. 1748; to Reuben Tomson, 7 Feb. 1761, and the same date to Andrew Tomson, a minor; to son Anthony, for love, 10 Dec. 1750, the north half of his homestead of 47 acres; to his son John, same date; and to his son Eleazer, same date. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 7-322, 9-160, 402; 11-269, 13-96; 14-113; 16-9, 18-122; 19-71, 27-136; 28-124; 32-72; 41-185; 46-230; 47-22, 23.]

References:

Plympton Vital Records.

The Mayflower Descendant, 5-184; 3-165; 10-103.

Henry Wyles Cushman: Cushman Genealogy (1855), p. 129.

More About Capt. John Waterman, Jr.:

Burial: Monponsett Cemetery, Halifax, MA¹⁷⁴⁷

Notes for Lydia Cushman:

See, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 8 (Degory Priest), p. 104

See, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 17 (Issac Allerton), p. 48-49

The will of John Waterman of Halifax, yeoman, dated 21 March 1749 proved 3 Aug. 1768 names wife Lydia; sons Joseph, Perez, John, Anthony and Eleazer; daug. Sarah and Lydia.

More About Lydia Cushman:

Burial: Monponsett Cemetery, Halifax, MA¹⁷⁴⁷

Mayflower Index: 9766¹⁷⁴⁸

More About John Waterman and Lydia Cushman:

Marriage: December 29, 1708, Plympton, MA^{1749,1750,1751,1752}

Children of John Waterman and Lydia Cushman are:

146. Jonathan Bryant He married 147. Margaret West.

147. Margaret West

Child of Jonathan Bryant and Margaret West is:

152. Josiah Allen^{1780,1781,1782}, born April 21, 1677 in Bridgewater, MA^{1783,1784,1785}; died Bef. December 24, 1733 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^1786,1787. He was the son of 304. Deacon Samuel Allen and 305. Sarah Partridge. He married 153. Mary Reed December 25, 1707 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^{1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793}.

153. Mary Reed^{1794,1795,1796,1797,1798}, born Abt. 1684 in Weymouth, MA^1799,1800; died Bet. October 01, 1751 - April 02, 1759 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^1801,1802. She was the daughter of 306. William Reed and 307. Esther Tomson.

Notes for Josiah Allen:

Mayflower Familes Through Five Generations (Francis Cooke) 12:221 states the following:

Josiah Allen died intestate. Letters of administration, dated 24 December 1733, address Mrs. Mary Allen, widow, and Micah Allen, son. The division of the estate, dated 23 March 1733/4, names widow Mary Allen; daughters Mary, Esther, Sarah and Betty Allen; sons Nathan, Josiah, William and Micah (eldest) Allen. Citing Plymouth Co. PR file #29, 6:419, 447, 7:27.

More About Josiah Allen:

Probate: Plymouth Co. Probate Records, file #29, 6:419, 447; 7:27

Notes for Mary Reed:

Her surname appears variously as "Reed" or "Read."

Nahum Mitchell, in "A History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Massachusetts," published in 1970, states at p. 93 that Mary Read was "perhaps D[aughter] of Micah Read." That Mary Read may have been the daughter of Micah Read seems to have been refuted by subsequent research, published in 1990, as appears below.

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Francis Cooke) 12:221 states the following:

The will of Mary Allen of Bridgewater, widow, dated 1 October 1751, proved 2 April 1759, names sons Nathan and William; daughters Ester Edson [wife of James Edson], and Betty Allen; grandchildren Joseph Allen, Micah Allen, Mary Allen, Daniel Allen, Josiah Allen and Nicholas Byram. [citing Plymouth Co. PR 304, 15:267-8].

Mayflower Families states at the next page 12:222:

"Note: The will of William Reed (father of Mary Reed), dated 1705, names daughter Mary Reed and other children. No evidence based on primary sources is in hand to establish that Mary, daughter of William and Esther (Tomson) Reed was the same Mary Reed who married Josiah Allen in 1707. Bridgewater By Mitchel, p. 94, suggests that Mary (of the 1707 marriage) may have been the daughter of Micah Read."

The question of whether Mary Reed the daughter of William Reed and Esther (Tomson) Reed is the same Mary Reed who married Josiah Allen in 1707 is addressed in the following article published in The Mayflower Descendant in 1990.

The following is from The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 40, pp. 197, et seq. (1990):

JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE WAS WILLIAM READ'S DAUGHTER

Although it had been claimed that Josiah Allen's wife Mary was the daughter of William Read of Weymouth, lack of primary evidence was noted, especially since Nahum Mitchell wrote that Mary was "perhaps D[aughter] of Micah Reed" in his History of Bridgewater (p. 93). The Reed Genealogy does not identify any husband for William Read's daughter Mary.

When William Read wrote his will in 1705, his two eldest daughters were married, since he named them as Bashus (Bathsheba) Porter and Mercy Whitmarsh. About the same time that William died, Mercy's husband Nicholas Whitmarsh also died, and before William's will was probated in 1706, Mercy Whitmarsh had married Andrew Ford in East Bridgewater (VR, 206, 322). They settled in Abington, where Bathsheba Porter already lived with her husband Nicholas [Robert S. Wakefield, et al., Mayflower Families in Progress, Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, hereinafter MFIP Cooke], [2nd ed., 1987], 77-78). Pertinent to the location of the towns involved is that by 1660, a road ran from Middleborough through East Bridgewater and Abington to Weymouth.

Three sons of William Read of Weymouth -- William, John and Jacob -- later settled in Abington, although with their brothers-in-law Nicholas Porter and Andrew Ford (Plymouth Co. Deeds, 12:151, 14:66, 14:97; Reed Genealogy, 25+; George Walter Chamberlain, Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts, [1984], 569; MFIP Cooke, 78-79]. The eldest son, William, who had married Alice Nash, became a prominent citizen of Abington and was known as Capt. William Read (Reed). He was chosen selectman and town clerk at the first town meeting held there on 2 March 1712 (Benjamin Hobart, History of Abington, [1866], 137; Aaron Hobart, Historical Sketch of Abington (1839), 17, 31.

On 6 August 1707, Esther Read married David Hearsey/Hersey in East Bridgewater (MD 16:103; East Bridgewater VR, 284). David was apparently the son of William Hersey of Abington, born 25 Jan. 1686/6, and his stepsister Sarah Hersey, born 26 Sept. 1692, later married Jacob Read (Abington VR 104, 174; MFIP Cooke, 79). Only four months after Esther Read's marriage in East Bridgewater, as alredy noted, Mary Read married Josiah Allen in the same town.

...

Mary Read and her husband Josiah Allen settled in Bridgewater, where the births of their children are recorded. (VRs, 1:26-30). They named their first daughter Mary and their second and third Esther and Sarah, very probably after Mary's younger sisters. They named their first son Micah, their second Josiah after his father, their third son Nathan (probably for Josiah's older brother Nathaniel), and their fourth daughter Betty (probably for Josiah's older sister Bethiah). They named their last son William, very probably for Mary's eldest brother William, and/or father, and/or grandfather. Josiah Allen had no brother, father, grandfather or uncle named William.

The source of the name of Mary and Josiah Allen's first son Micah does not appear to be familial. Mitchell's conjecture that Mary was "perhaps D of Micah Reed" apparently stems from the name of their eldest son. A thorough search has been made of deed and probate records of Plymouth County and no trace of a Micah Read/Reed who could have been Mary's father has been found. Neither does the "International Genealogical Index" list any Micah Reads with a daughter Mary in any other county, or even a Micah Read at the proper age to have been Mary's father.

Clarence Almon Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (1987), 615; and manuscript at New England Historic Genealogical Society), which includes ninety-nine percent of all marriageable men in that period, lists only one Micah Read/Reed, and Torrey's reference, which he himself questions, is "Bridgewater 94," obviously the previously mentioned History of Bridgewater. Other secondary sources of seventeenth century New Englanders such as James Savage, Genealogical Dictonary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston 1860-62), and William Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, (Boston, 1900), make no mention of the existence of a Micah Reed.

In the hope of finding primary evidence that might link Josiah Allen's family to that of William Read's, a preliminary search was made among the deeds and probate records of Plymouth County. All probates involving the parents, children, siblings and in-laws of Josiah Allen, William and Mary Read were searched, as well as many deeds for the same people. No positive connections have been found, but the number of deeds that could possibly provide a link is voluminous, and requires further work.

One other lead that was investigated was the fact that Mercy Tomson, spinster sister of Esther (Tomson) Read, wife of William Read of Weymouth, left a will which included her neices and nephews (Ply. Co. PR #20,604). If the distribution of her estate actually included her neice Mary Allen, a connection between the two families would be directly established, but a thorough search revealed that her neices and nephews were referred to simply as "heirs," and no receipt remains that might have identified these heirs by name.

Therefore, it is significant that when Mary Allen's husband Josiah of Bridgewater died intestate before 24 Dec. 1733, a Capt. William Reed of Abington was appointed by the court to be a member of a commission to inventory and settle Josiah's estate (Plymouth Co. PR, #292). The other four members were all Bridgewater residents. William Reed's signature is on the final document, dated 23 March 1733/4. The only Capt. William Reed of Abington who could have been the one who served on the commission was the son of William Read of Weymouth, very probably chosen to represent the interests of the widow, her sister Mary.

More About Mary Reed:

Probate: Plymouth Co. Probate Records, file #304, 15:267-8

More About Josiah Allen and Mary Reed:

Marriage: December 25, 1707, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA^{1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808}

Children of Josiah Allen and Mary Reed are:

154. Deacon Joseph Edson^1915,1916, born Bef. 1686¹⁹¹⁷. He was the son of 308. Joseph Edson and 309. Experience (--?--). He married 155. Lydia Cary 1704¹⁹¹⁸.

155. Lydia Cary^1918,1919. She was the daughter of 310. Francis Cary and 311. Unknown Wife (--?--).

Notes for Deacon Joseph Edson:

The History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater (1970) states at p. 154 that Deacon Joseph settled in East Bridgewater [Mass.].

More About Joseph Edson and Lydia Cary:

Marriage: 1704¹⁹²⁰

Children of Joseph Edson and Lydia Cary are:

160. Moses Hawkes^1979,1980, born November 03, 1659 in Lynn, MA^{1981,1982,1983}; died January 01, 1708/09 in Lynn, MA^1984,1985. He was the son of 320. John Hawkes and 321. Rebecca Maverick. He married 161. Margaret Cogswell May 10, 1698 in Ipswich, MA^1986,1987.

161. Margaret Cogswell^1988,1989, born September 06, 1675 in Lynn, MA^1990,1991; died October 19, 1748 in Lynn, MA^1992,1993. She was the daughter of 322. John Cogswell and 323. Margaret Clifford.

Notes for Moses Hawkes:

From Adam Hawkes of Saugus, MA, pp. 49, et. seq.

Moses was the first and only child of Rebecca Maverick Hawkes, who died in childbirth. The infant survived and inherited from both grandfathers, Adam Hawkes and Moses Maverick. On 26 Feb. 1677 he was among those who took the oath of fidelity, being on the list of those who were sworn by Captain Thomas Marshall of Lynn, according to the General Court order. The men took the oath at a general meeting by the several squadrons of tithing men and constables. In Ensign John Fuller's and Matthew Farington Senior's squad were Thomas Browne, Sr., and Thomas Browne, Jr., Jospeh Bowne and several Newhalls. In Thomas Bancroft's squad were John and Moses Hawkes, Francis and Thomas Hutchinson, etc. (Vol. 6, p. 400, Essex County Quarterly Court Records).

Moses did not marry until he was almost 40 when he took for his bride the 24 year old Margaret Cogswell, neice of his aunt Susannah Hawkes Cogswell of Ipswich and dau. of John and Margaret Gifford Cogswell. Margaret Gifford was the daug. of John Gifford of Lynn Iron Works whom Moses' grandfather Adam had taken to court repeatedly over the flooding of his lands. They had three sons and two daughters, the youngest born only months before Moses' death at 50 in 1709.

Land records:

On 23 Feb. 1699 Moses et al to Thomas Hawkes, Lynn. Essex County Registry of Deeds 13, p. 239.

15 Sept. 1699 Moses et al, trustees to Francis Haines, Marblehead 13-169.

15 Sept. 1699 Moses et al to Nathaniel Norden, Marblehead, 14-86.

1 April 1700, indenture, brother John Hawkes, Lynn Essex County Deeds 14:126.

This was an agreement "more expressly for ye maintaining of love, peace and unity between ye said brethren, their heirs and assigns not withstanding any former settlement or agreements, we ye said brethren Moses Hawks and John Hawks have agreed in way of exchange both for ourselves, our heirs and successors, and do by these presents for ourselves, our heirs executors, administrators or assigns, and for a full and final settlement of bounds of our lands, we do agree as followeth." The bounds were then fully described starting with a red oak tree belonging to Isaack Letherbee's corner, the tree being marked with the initials of the two brothers. Also a pile of stones. Also mentioned is land formerly of Mr. John Gifford, deceased. Again, "that this is our full and final settlement and agreement and in testimony whereof we, ye said Moses Hawks and John Hawks have hereunto set our hands and seals this first day of April, Anno Domini 1700. Ye words "with a heap of stones" between the 13th and 14th lines from the top interlined before signing and sealing." It was then signed by the two brothers and witnessed by John Newhall and John Breade and also signed by John Hathorne, Justice of the Peace.

In 1706 the second great division of land in Lynn was made. (Source: History of Lynn). Following his death further land records regarding Moses' estate at Essex County Registry of Deeds are: 1 June 1725 Moses Hawkes' estate from Moses Hawkes, Book 38, p. 3. Also recorded under name Margaret et al executors, Moses Hawkes, Lynn. 27 June 1728 Margaret et al, executors sold to Benjamin Potter of Lynn, Book 50, p. 226.

On 23 June 1708 there were public fasting and prayer because of the ravages of the caterpillars and canker worms on the fruit trees in the area. It is noted in the various inventories that the Hawkes farm was surrounded by orchards of apple trees.

Later that same year on December 8 Moses made his will. This is the oldest recorded will of the family now on record at Essex County Probate Court #12932. It was written for him by John Burrill but carries the original signature of Moses Hawkes. Parts are now difficult to transcribe due to fading and also the early Colonial manner of writing. It reads in general as follows: In the name of our Lord God everlasting, Amen. I Moses Hawkes of Lynn in ye county of Essex in ye Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, being sick and weak of body yet God of his goodness affording to me my right and understanding, take this opportunity to make this my last will and testament as followeth.

First I commit my spirit unto the hands of my redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried at the disposition of my executors hereafter named and as for my earthly estate ... of his goodness ...

Impr. My debts are to be duly and honestly paid.

Second I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Margaret the improvement of my whole estate both real and personal for her maintenance and that of my children until my son Moses be 21 years old and all the moveable estate in my house to give and dispose as she shall be inclined and as long as my said wife shall remain a widow in my home she to have the improvement of one room in my house which she shall decide and she shall have a barrel or two of cider made for her out of my orchard and to have the improvement of a piece of land near my house for a garden to have liberty of my cellar for what she shall need and which of my sons shall have my housing and the lands that they plant to keep and maintain at their own costs and for my wife one cow and one swine and my two sons that shall have my whole farm to find my wife with....equally betwixt them and paying said wife yearly so much as one third part of my housing and lands will offer that is to say each of my said sons to pay one third his part will let for and if the improvement of my estate will not bring up my children then my wife without advice of my executors to ... from the second of January of them as shall be suitable out to some good places for their benefit and honest good to be bought of the farm til my sons come of age and then is necessary for the fixing and rearing for the farm.

Third I give and bequeath unto my two eldest sons, namely Moses Hawkes and Adam Hawkes and their heirs and assigns forever, my whole farm where I now live, both upland and meadows and the dividing line betweixt them to be from the south east corner of my brother John Hawkes his fence, south on a line to the place where my land and Hananiah Hutchinson's land join on the brook at a heap of stones now made and my sones Moses Hawkes when he comes of age to have his choice which part he will have, either that where my house and barn now stands and so to Dextar's Marsh so ... or the other part next the river, part of it back of the house pasture and whichever part my son Moses shall choose to go to him his heirs and assigns forever, each of my sones to possess his part when he comes to be one and 20 years only if it should please God that either of my sons should be taken before then, then my will is that my son surviving, his heirs and assigns forever, shall have the deceased's part of the farm and to pay as he should if he had been living.

Fourth I give to my son John Hawkes 30 pounds money to be paid to him when he comes to the age of one and 20 years.

Fifth I give to my dau. Margaret 30 pounds to be paid to her when she comes to the age of one and 20 years.

Sixth I give to my dau. Rebecca 30 pounds to be paid to her when she comes to the age of one and 20 years.

Seventh my will is and I do hereby fully empower my executors herein after named to sell so many of the lots laid out to me on Lynn Town Commons as will pay my honest and just debts and what shall then remain of said lots ought to be in equal halves between my two sons Moses Hawkes and Adam Hawkes and to their heirs and assigns forever.

Eithth I do appoint Margaret my wife, my brother Ebenezer, and my cousin Hananiah Hutchinson to be my lawful executors to this my last will and testament and for the confirmation of this my will is .... I the said Moses Hawkes have herewith affixed my hand and seal this 8th day of December, 1708.

Signed Moses Hawkes

Signed and sealed in the presence of wife Margaret, John Burrill, John Wiley, Jonathan Cogswell his mark. Sworn April 18, 1709, in the presence of three witnesses and three execurots. E. Ayers.

The inventory was then prepared. It included wearing apparel and listed books second, then beds and bedding and other household items. The livestock included two oxen, four cows, two yearlings, and five calves, an old mare, a colt, also cart, wheel, yoke and chains, etc. provision for one year's supply cloth for clothing for ye children. The real estate included the farm and housing upon it appraised at 350 pounds, the lots laid out ont he Commons, 53 pounds. Attested to by Daniel Rogers, Registrar. Presented by John Burrill and John Pearson.

From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, (Isaac Allerton)17:24:

The will of Moses Hawkes of Lynn dated 3 Dec. 1708, sworn 18 April 1709, names wife Margaret; sons Moses, Adam and John, daughers Margaret and Rebecca (no surnames); brothers Ebenezer and John Hawkes; cousin Hananiah Hutchinson.

More About Margaret Cogswell:

Burial: Old Saugus Cemetery, Sec. B, Row C, Stone 4¹⁹⁹⁴

Marriage Notes for Moses Hawkes and Margaret Cogswell:

According to Adam Hawkes of Saugus, MA, p. 49, the wedding was performed by Mr. William Hubbard, citing Essex Institute Collection, Vol. 6, p. 220.

More About Moses Hawkes and Margaret Cogswell:

Marriage: May 10, 1698, Ipswich, MA^1994,1995

Children of Moses Hawkes and Margaret Cogswell are:

184. James Winslow²⁰¹³, born May 09, 1687 in Freetown, MA²⁰¹⁴; died October 19, 1773 in Falmouth, ME²⁰¹⁴. He was the son of 368. Lieut. Job Winslow and 369. Ruth (--?--). He married 185. Elizabeth Carpenter.

185. Elizabeth Carpenter²⁰¹⁵.

Notes for James Winslow:

The following is paraphrased from Winslow Memorial 1:100-1 (1877):

James Winslow was born 9 May 1687 in Freetown, Mass. He died 19 Oct. 1773 at Falmouth, ME. He resided in Freetown, but removed to Falmouth, ME about 1723, and settled on the Presumpscot River, where he had granted to him in 1728 a tract of land on the back coast, on which to erect a mill. He owned a large tract of land at Broad Bay (now called Portland, ME) which he gave to his sons, who removed there in 1752, but on account of troubles with the Indians, were abliged, after a few years, to return to Falmouth. He was the first Friend in Falmouth, and "lent a most important support to the doctrines of that respectable people in this neighborhood." [History of Portland.] May, 1751, at a monthly meeting, Nathan, James and Benjamin Winslow were made members.

He married Elizabeth Carpenter; married 2d, [int. 12 Nov, 1759, Falmouth Rec.] Ruth Gatchell, of Brunswick.

Children of James Winslow and Elizabeth Carpenter are:

264. Thomas Donnell, born Abt. 1636; died Bet. 1699 - 1700. He was the son of 528. Henry Donnell and 529. Frances Gooch. He married 265. Elizabeth Weare Abt. 1659.

265. Elizabeth Weare, born Abt. 1640; died Aft. 1709. She was the daughter of 530. Peter Weare, Jr. and 531. Ruth Gooch.

More About Thomas Donnell and Elizabeth Weare:

Marriage: Abt. 1659

Child of Thomas Donnell and Elizabeth Weare is:

266. John Todd, born February 1654/55; died February 21, 1739/40. He was the son of 532. John Tod and 533. Susanna Hunt. He married 267. Elizabeth Brocklebank March 14, 1684/85.

267. Elizabeth Brocklebank, born 1662; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 534. Samuel Brocklebank and 535. Hannah Bradstreet.

More About John Todd and Elizabeth Brocklebank:

Marriage: March 14, 1684/85

Child of John Todd and Elizabeth Brocklebank is:

268. John Kingsbury, Jr.^{2022,2023,2024}, born July 28, 1667 in Rowley, Essex, MA^{2025,2026,2027}; died Unknown. He was the son of 536. John Kingsbury, Sr. and 537. Elizabeth Button. He married 269. Hannah (--?--) Bef. 1689 in Newbury, Essex, MA²⁰²⁸.

269. Hannah (--?--)^{2029,2030,2031}, born Abt. 1678²⁰³².

Notes for John Kingsbury, Jr.:

From The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., 90-91:

He was probably the John Kingsbury who served under Sergant James

Jackman, 15 July 1707; in the regiment of Lieut-Col Thomas Noyes,

raised in Newbury, Amesbury, and Bradford.

Notes for Hannah (--?--):

From The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass:

More About Hannah (--?--):

Christening: February 10, 1698/99, Newbury Church, Mass

More About John Kingsbury and Hannah (--?--):

Marriage: Bef. 1689, Newbury, Essex, MA²⁰³³

Children of John Kingsbury and Hannah (--?--) are:

270. John Stickney^2066,2067, born June 23, 1666²⁰⁶⁸; died August 15, 1727²⁰⁶⁸. He was the son of 540. Amos Stickney and 541. Sarah Morse. He married 271. Mary Poor December 10, 1689²⁰⁶⁸.

271. Mary Poor²⁰⁶⁸, born October 21, 1671²⁰⁶⁸; died August 20, 1737²⁰⁶⁸. She was the daughter of 542. Samuel Poor and 543. Rebecca (--?--).

More About John Stickney and Mary Poor:

Marriage: December 10, 1689²⁰⁶⁸

Child of John Stickney and Mary Poor is:

280. Jonathan Crooker²⁰⁶⁹, born Abt. 1650²⁰⁶⁹; died February 17, 1744/45²⁰⁶⁹. He was the son of 560. Francis Crooker and 561. Mary Guant. He married 281. Mary Burroughs.

281. Mary Burroughs²⁰⁶⁹, born December 02, 1656²⁰⁶⁹. She was the daughter of 562. Jeremiah Burroughs and 563. Wife Hewet.

Children of Jonathan Crooker and Mary Burroughs are:

282. Joseph Childs²⁰⁶⁹, died March 11, 1717/18²⁰⁶⁹. He was the son of 564. Richard Childs and 565. Mary Truant. He married 283. Elizabeth (--?--) January 24, 1663/64²⁰⁶⁹.

283. Elizabeth (--?--)²⁰⁶⁹.

More About Joseph Childs and Elizabeth (--?--):

Marriage: January 24, 1663/64²⁰⁶⁹

Child of Joseph Childs and Elizabeth (--?--) is:

288. Ensign John Waterman, Sr.²⁰⁷⁰, born April 19, 1642 in Marshfield, MA²⁰⁷¹; died September 14, 1718. He was the son of 576. Robert Waterman and 577. Elizabeth Bourne. He married 289. Ann Sturtevant December 07, 1665 in Plymouth, MA^{2071,2072,2073}.

289. Ann Sturtevant²⁰⁷⁴, born June 04, 1647 in Plymouth, MA^2075,2076; died February 09, 1718/19 in Plymouth, MA^2077,2078. She was the daughter of 578. Samuel Sturtevant and 579. Ann (--?--).

Notes for Ensign John Waterman, Sr.:

From Descendants of Robert Waterman through Seven Generations, beginning at p. 19:

(Deacon) John Waterman2 (Robert 1), born at Marshfield, Mass., 19 Apr. 1642, died at Plympton, Mass. 14 Sept. 1718; married at Plymouth, Mass., 7 Dec. 1665, Ann Sturtevant, born at Plymouth, Mass., 4 June 1647, died at Plympton, 9 Feb. 1719/20, daughter of Samuel and Ann (----) Sturtevant [see Sturtevant Family in Appendix].

John and Anna Waterman were among those dismissed from the Plymouth church to the new church in Plympton, 5 Oct. 1697.

Samuel Sturtevant in his will made 1 Aug. 1669, proved 29 Oct. following, mentioned his son-in-law, John Waterman [Source: The Mayflower Descendant, 18:188]. Anne Waterman was one of the witnesses to the will of Lt. John Tomson of Middleborough, Mass. 23 Apr. 1696 [ib., 4-24, 25].

Burials in Plympton, Mass,: Deacon John Waterman died Sept. 15, 1718 in 77th year. Anna Waterman, widow of Dea. John Waterman, died Feb. 9, 1719 in 71st year.

The will of John Waterman of Plympton, made 24 Mar. 1712, proved 19 Dec. 1718, named his sons Samuel, Robert, and John; wife Anna (sole executrix); daughters Anna Ransome, Lydia Shaw, and the children of daughter Elizabeth Tilson deceased; granddaughter Mary Waterman, daughter of my son Samuel; son Robert was to have "all that lot of land whereon I now dwell which did formerly belong unto Major William Bradford. Inventory taken 29 Oct. 1718 [Probate Rec. Plymouth County, 4-151, 152, 162.}

John Waterman was in the list of Freemen, 29 May 1670; served on juries, 5 July 1671, 8 Oct. 1689, and 2 July 1690; he served 20 Oct. 1675 on a coroner's jury which brought a verdict on a drowning. [N.B. Shurtleff: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, 5-182, 274; 7-167, 304, 310.]

The church in the eastern part of Plymouth, which became Plympton, has records going back to the start. "Whereas the Inhabitants of the eastern part of Plymouth in ye year 1695 obtained Liberty of being a destinct Society by themselves from the General Court," etc. The Church Covenant was signed by about 30 people, including John Waterman, Anna Waterman and Samuell Waterman.

Johnathan Shaw and John Waterman were ordained Deacons, Sunday, 27 Nov. 1698.

John Waterman of Plymouth, ship carpenter, conveyed 12 May 1668 to Joseph Rogers Sen. of Duxborough, planter; deed not recorded until 16 Apr. 1726. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 20-107.]

John Waterman of Marshfield sold his dwelling, barn and meadow in Marshfield to John Carver of Marshfield, 19 Dec. 1687. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 1-65.]

It appears from the foregoing records that John Waterman settled in Plymouth at the time of his marriage (1665); that he moved back to Marshfield, where his children are recorded from 1671 to 1685; that he sold his homestead in Marshfield in 1687 and returned to Plymouth, living in the section which in 1695 became Plympton.

John Waterman and Samuel Sturtevant, both of Plymouth, exchanged land, 5 July 1699. John Waterman of Plympton, yeoman, conveyed 20 acres in Plympton, 31 Mar. 1705, to "My Son Robert Waterman" of Plympton. John Waterman Senr. of Plympton sold 22 acres in Plympton, 2 Mar. 1708/09 to Mr. Josiah Holmes of Duxbury. On 3 July 1707, John Waterman, Sr., of Plymouth conveyed "in consideration of y Natural affection I bear unto my loving Son John Waterman junr. of Plymouth." John Waterman of Plympton, yeoman, sold land, 7 Dec. 1713, to Isaac Lothrop On 16 Dec. 1713, John Waterman of Plympton, yeoman, "for and in Consideration of the fatherly Love & affection" to his son John of Plympton, yeoman, 16 Dec. 1713, land in Plympton, reserving life use to himself; and the same date, for "Love and affection," to his son Robert of Plympton, yeoman "all that my Homestead whereon I now dwell in Plimton aforesaid which did formerly belong unto Maj. William Bradford Deaceased," reserving life use. [Land Rec. Plymouth County, 6-203; 7-44; 8-4; 10-444, 445, 446; 13-131.]

References:

The Mayflower Descendant, 2-140, 250; 3-189, 41; 18-56, 57; 16-55.

N.B. Shurtleff: Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, 8-31, 32.

Plympton Church Records, Vol. 1, pp. 1, 6, 10.

More About Ensign John Waterman, Sr.:

Residence 1: Bet. 1665 - 1685, Marshfield, MA²⁰⁷⁹

Residence 2: Bet. 1685 - 1692, Warwick, RI²⁰⁷⁹

More About John Waterman and Ann Sturtevant:

Marriage: December 07, 1665, Plymouth, MA^{2079,2080,2081}

Children of John Waterman and Ann Sturtevant are:

290. Eleazar Cushman^2083,2084, born February 20, 1656/57 in Plymouth, MA^2085,2086; died Aft. November 1733²⁰⁸⁷. He was the son of 580. Elder Thomas Cushman, Sr. and 581. Mary Allerton. He married 291. Elizabeth Coombs January 12, 1687/88 in Plymouth, MA²⁰⁸⁸.

291. Elizabeth Coombs^2089,2090, born November 30, 1662 in Boston, MA^2091,2092; died Aft. October 14, 1723 in Plympton, MA²⁰⁹³. She was the daughter of 582. John Coombs, Jr. and 583. Elizabeth Royall?.

Notes for Eleazar Cushman:

Descendants from Isaac Allerton, through Mary Allerton & Thomas Cushman, through Eleazar Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs are also descended from Mayflower pilgrim Degory Priest.

See, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 17 (Issac Allerton)), p. 17:

Eleazer Cushman held offices in Plymouth as late as 17 March 1710/1, so most of the children were born there.

In 1722 (no date) Eleazer Cushman, Sr. of Plympton deeded land to son Moses Cushman.

On 14 Oct. 1723 Eleazer Cushman, Sr. of Plympton deeded his homestead in Plympton to son Eleazer Cushman reserving the right to live there during his life as well as his wife as long as she remained his widow.

A November 1733 petition mentions Eleazer Cushman. His land was to remain in the old precinct (Plympton).

No Plymouth Co. Probate Record for Eleazer Cushman appears to exist.

Notes for Elizabeth Coombs:

Descendants from Mayflower pilgrim Isaac Allerton, through Mary Allerton & Thomas Cushman, through Eleazar Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs are also descended from Mayflower pilgrim Degory Priest.

See, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 8 (Isaac Allerton), p. 17

More About Elizabeth Coombs:

Mayflower Index: 8669

More About Eleazar Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs:

Marriage: January 12, 1687/88, Plymouth, MA²⁰⁹⁴

Children of Eleazar Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs are:

304. Deacon Samuel Allen^2115,2116, born 1632²¹¹⁷; died 1703²¹¹⁷. He was the son of 608. Samuel Allen and 609. Ann (--?--). He married 305. Sarah Partridge.

305. Sarah Partridge^2117,2118, born 1639²¹¹⁹.

Notes for Deacon Samuel Allen:

Settled in East Brridgewater, Mass. as early as 1660, and was the second town clerk, to whom we are much indebted for the fullness and perfection of the records. (Source: History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Including an Extensive Family Register, 1970 ed., p. 92).

Deacon Samuel Allen was a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts. (Source: Mayflower Descendant, 40:197).

Children of Samuel Allen and Sarah Partridge are:

306. William Reed²¹⁶¹, born December 15, 1639²¹⁶¹; died Bet. October 26, 1705 - September 12, 1706²¹⁶¹. He was the son of 612. William Reed and 613. Avis Chapman. He married 307. Esther Tomson Abt. 1675 in Middleboro, MA^2162,2163.

307. Esther Tomson^{2164,2165,2166}, born July 28, 1652 in Barnstable, MA^{2167,2168,2169}; died Bet. October 26, 1705 - September 12, 1706 in prob. Weymouth, MA^2170,2171. She was the daughter of 614. Lieut. John Tomson and 615. Mary Cooke.

Notes for William Reed:

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations [Francis Cooke] 12:95 states as follows:

The will of William Reed of Weymouth, dated 26 October 1705, probated 12 September 1706, names wife Hester Read; eldest son William Read; sons John and Jacob Reed; daughters Bashua Porter, Mercy Whitmarsh, Mary Reed, Hester Reade; and youngest daughter Sarah Reade. Wife Hester Reed and sons William and John were named executors. On 12 September 1706, the will was presented for probate by William and John Reed, "...the Execut being dead...". [citing Suffolk Co. PR, file #2985, 16:173-4].

More About William Reed:

Probate: Suffolk Co. [Mass.] PR, file #2985, 16:173-4

Notes for Esther Tomson:

More About Esther Tomson:

Burial: Green Cem., Middleboro, MA

Marriage Notes for William Reed and Esther Tomson:

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations 12:95 [Francis Cooke] states the following:

Evidence for the marriage of Esther Tomson and William Reed is found in the will of her father, John Tomson, dated 1696, which names his daughter Esther Read; the 1696 agreement among her father's heris; and the settlement of the estate of her sister, Mercy Tomson [distribution dated 1756], which mentions children [unnamed] of sister Esther Reed, deceased.

More About William Reed and Esther Tomson:

Marriage: Abt. 1675, Middleboro, MA^2172,2173

Children of William Reed and Esther Tomson are: