Gammon, Stephen

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Veteran of the American Revolution
• Census: 1810, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 1820, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 1830, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Taken from "History of Gorham, Maine", by Hugh D. McLellan, pub. 1902. Information compiled from family bibles and written records given to Mr. McLellan during the 1800's. Page 512
Samuel Gammon, son of Joseph, served in the Revolutionary army. In 1775, he was a corporal in Capt. Williams' company. He married Susanna, daughter of John and Charlotte Perkins. A few years after his marriage he moved to Otisfield, and from thence to Hartford, ME., where he resided many years and where he probably died.

From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol. 6, Page 248
July 1775 Capt. Hart Williams' Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Rgmt. Billetng allowed from time of enlistment to date when ordered to march to headquarters, July 5, 1775; creditd with 51 days allowance

Oct 1775 Capt. Hart Williams' Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Rgmt.

From: A History of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the Original Grant to the Close of the Year 1944 by William S. Spurr; Pages 393-394
"GAMMON, SAMUEL, came from Gorham, Me. before 1785 and was one of the first 30 settlers in town. He was Corporat in Capt. Hart Williams C. in the 31st regt. of foot commanded by Col. Edward Phinney as returned Apr. 24, 1775. he maried Susannah Perkins int. Oct 5, 1776, of Boston who was 18 years old the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, and witnessed the battle from the top of a house in Boston. She died at the house of Enoch Spurr Mar 16, 1851, aged 95y. 10m. 20ds. and was buried in Hartford, Me. to which place the family had moved in 1808. Samuel lived on lot 93 since owned by Jonathan Moors, Merrill Knight, Zeb. Knight, etc. where his son John was born in 1785 in a log house according so Samuel Knights diary. He moved from there and settled on the lot since owned by James and Reuben Sampson, later by Frinfill Blake and later by Fernald Keen, lot 150. In 1808 he made an exchange with Esq. Grinfill Blake, when he moved to Hartford and the latter to Otisfield.

Buried:
Bear Pond Cemetery

Samuel married Perkins, Susanna C. on 05 Oct 1776 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME. Susanna was born on 27 Apr 1755; died on 16 Mar 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAR Ancestor Number: A043470
• Immigration: Abt 1750

Notes:

From: A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 - Alfred Cole, Charles Foster Whitman
Philip and Joseph Gammon, who were brothers, came from England to America about 1750 and settled in the vicinity of Portland. They lived at different periods at Cape Elizabeth, Scarboro and Gorham.

Joseph Gammon, brother of the first Philip, was constable and tax collector in Gorham for several years.

Taken from "History of Gorham, Maine", by Hugh D. McLellan, pub. 1902. Information compiled from family bibles and written records given to Mr. McLellan during the 1800's. Pages 510-511
Joseph Gammon lived on a farm of twenty acres adjoining that of his brother Philip. This land he bought on Jan 26, 1763 of John Phinney, it being a part of the hundred acre lot 44. This lot was one which was laid out to Phinney by the Proprietors, Sept 26, 1751. Capt. Phinney had previously sold the northern half of this lot to a William Gammon of Falmouth who sold the land teh following year, and of whom we have found no further record. Joeph Gammon and his wife Elizabeth were living on the farm (No. 44) as late as 1801. This is the farm afterwards owned by Daniel Gammon, and since known as the David Elder place. About the year 1792, Mr. Gammon purchased of Dr. Barker his dwelling house, which he hauled across the fields to his farm where it stood till destroyed by fire Dec 21, 1889. For several years Joseph Gammon was constable and tax collector of Gorham.

Apr. 29, 1799, Joseph Gammon gave to his son John Gammon of Gorham thirty acres, parts of the hundred acre lots 44 and 46.

Joseph married Robardson, Elizabeth on 14 Jan 1750 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME. Elizabeth was born about 1736; died after 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]