Damon, Eva Agnes: My Damon Genealogy

Generation: 1

Damon, Eva Agnes was born on 26 Apr 1906 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME (daughter of Damon, Llewellyn Robert and Dunn, Bessie Lucinda); died on 05 Jun 1990 in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME.

Eva married Bodwell, Harold Fremont on 15 Oct 1930 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME. Harold was born on 25 Jan 1902 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 26 Mar 1967 in Norway, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Damon, Llewellyn Robert was born on 14 Dec 1869 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME (son of Damon, Jonathan Jr. and Hasey, Mary Jane); died on 10 Aug 1944 in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Aug 1944 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.

Llewellyn married Dunn, Bessie Lucinda on 07 Aug 1900 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME. Bessie was born on 26 Aug 1879 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 12 Mar 1939 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Andover, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dunn, Bessie Lucinda was born on 26 Aug 1879 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 12 Mar 1939 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.

Children:

Damon, Rex Henry was born on 14 Jul 1900 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 18 Jan 1968.
Damon, Cecil Claude was born on 31 Dec 1901 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 07 Dec 1958 in Chelsea, Kennebec Co., ME; was buried in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Oscar P. was born on 08 Mar 1903 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 08 Mar 1907 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Mary Helen was born on 24 Jan 1905 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 21 Mar 1974 in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME.
1. Damon, Eva Agnes was born on 26 Apr 1906 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 05 Jun 1990 in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Robert Llewellyn Jr. was born on 13 Jul 1907 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 19 Sep 1963.
Damon, Bert Dunn was born on 04 Apr 1909 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 19 Sep 1963 in Hanover, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Harold Gardiner was born on 22 Nov 1911; died on 10 Oct 1935.
Damon, Roger Truman was born on 27 Feb 1913 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME; died on 14 Dec 1996 in Norway, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Norway Pine Grove.
Damon, R.M.

Generation: 3

Damon, Jonathan Jr. was born on 14 Jan 1793 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME (son of Damon, Jonathan and Josselyn, Patience Howland); died on 31 Aug 1871 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
Census: 1820, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
Census: 1830, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

WAR OF 1812 - Massachusetts Militia - Pvt. Jonathan Damon, Jr.,, Capt. Jesse Turner's Co., Lt.Col. William Ryerson's Regt.

Jonathan married Hasey, Mary Jane. Mary was born about 1827 in Woodstock, MA; died about 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hasey, Mary Jane was born about 1827 in Woodstock, MA; died about 1880.

Children:

Damon, Truman Sherman was born on 18 Dec 1856 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 03 Mar 1938 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Oscar Gardner was born on 14 Feb 1858 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.
2. Damon, Llewellyn Robert was born on 14 Dec 1869 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 10 Aug 1944 in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Aug 1944 in Andover, Oxford Co., ME.

Generation: 4

Damon, Jonathan was born on 28 Feb 1765 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA (son of Damon, Thomas and ( ), Alice); died on 14 Jan 1853 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Married by:: Rev. John Strickland
Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Damon Cemetery
Census: 1790, Bucktown Plantation, Cumberland Co., ME
Census: 1800, Buckfield, Cumberland Co., ME
Census: 1820, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
Census: 1830, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
Census: 1840, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
Census: 19 Aug 1850, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer

Notes:

From: A History of Buckfield Oxford County Maine
Jonathan was the first Damon to go to Buckfield Maine. In the year of 1789 three young men from Mass, Luthur Gardner of Hingham, Jonathan Damon of Pembroke, Mass and William Brock of the same vicinity, settled in the section near David Farrar's.
A sister of Jonathan had married David Record who had moved to Buckfield from Pembroke Mass, in 1781. Whether her presents here was the cause of her brothers coming of the accounts or the accounts given by David Farrar caused him to seek a place of settlement is uncertain. He had been bound out while a child and had been incurred to hardship and toil. He was uneducated but honest and industrious. The first year of his coming he made a clearing and erected his log house. He did not return to Mass. on the approach of winter as did Gardner and Brock, but he hired out to Benjamin Spaulding at four dollars per month taken lard as payment.
In the year 1791 he raised a very large corn crop. It is said by his descendants that for many days and nights he only left his husking to prepare and eat his meals. He worked right along through the night, lying back among the fodder to sleep, when exhausted nature could no longer bear up under the constant strain. His only companion as he told one of his grandchildren in later years, was a big black bear that use to come every night and eat her supper from the opposite side of the pile of corn. "Why didn't you kill her??" asked the boy, while he was telling the story. "Because I was so lonesome that even the company of this bear was company for me" he answered.
After his corn was husked he went back to Mass. for the purpose of pursing the heart and hand of Miss Patience Josselyn. It is related at one of his visits she asked why his hands were so hard, and he answered because he husked so much corn. He won Miss Patience and they were married in April 1792. She had a brother living on what was once called the Andrew Hall farm, and she came from Mass with Jonathan and they were married in Turner, Me. by the Rev. John Stricklin.
Jonathan's ambition was to own land. As he prospered, he kept adding to his farm. He kept buying and clearing as long as there was any wild land near him. At last he owned many hundreds of acres. He cleared more land than any other pioneer in Buckfield. His children married and settled in and near Buckfield, and his descendants today are very numerous.

Jonathan married Josselyn, Patience Howland on 25 Apr 1793 in Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME. Patience (daughter of Josselyn, Thomas Jr and Barker, Patience) was born on 28 Feb 1765 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; died in 1844 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josselyn, Patience Howland was born on 28 Feb 1765 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Josselyn, Thomas Jr and Barker, Patience); died in 1844 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
Baptised: 05 May 1765, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA

Children:

4. Damon, Jonathan Jr. was born on 14 Jan 1793 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 31 Aug 1871 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Joseph Barker was born on 06 May 1795 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 01 Jul 1880 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Thomas Josselyn was born on 05 Jun 1797 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 18 Nov 1878 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Patience was born on 13 Jul 1799 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 08 Mar 1886 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Ezekiel was born on 02 Dec 1802 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 27 Jun 1897 in Paris, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Damon, Samuel Everett was born on 02 Aug 1809 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 07 Aug 1886 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Paris, Oxford Co., ME.