Gammon, Charity

Charity married Skillings, James on 25 Nov 1821 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. James (son of Skillings, Joseph and Doane, Anna) was born in 1764 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Skillings, Katherine
2. Skillings, James Madison
3. Skillings, Charlotte

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAR Ancestor Number: A043464
• Military: Pension Papers
• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; East Buckfield Cemetery
• Census: 1800, Buckfield, Cumberland Co., ME
• Census: 1820, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Revolutionary War Service: Private, Massachusetts
Bef 1776 - >3 months Capt. Alexander McClellan Served many different times in the defense of Falmouth, MA. Probably for at least a total time of three months
Sept 1777 - 6 months Capt. Samuel Whitmore's Co., Col Fogg's Rgmt In September, Samuel Gammon was drafted into service at Gorham, ME. David servied in his place. He marched to Peekskill, NY. Then marched thru PA, DE, MD and finally to Sucasunny Plains, (NJ?). Then marched back to Peekskill, NY where he was discharged. Did not receive discharge papers as well as he can remember.

From Genealogical Collections Concerning the Scottish House of Edgar by Andrew Edgar
"David Gammon served in the Revolution in Capt. Samuel Whitmore's Co., 3rd, Cumberland County Regt. of Militia under command of Col. Reuben Fogg of Scarborough, Me. This company with that of Capt. Benjamin Larrabee started to march to Peekskill, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1777. They were allowed a penny for each mile traveled, receiving for three hundred and ninty-two miles the sum of one pound, twelve shillings, and eight pence.

Samuel, a brother of David, also a soldier in the Revolution, signed with David Ray, Benjamin Patch, Joseph Hancock, and Jonathan Moors an application to the Proprietors of Otisfield Plantation for the warrant of the first meeting in that plantation. This meeting was held Apr. 23, 1787, at which time not more than thirty families had settled in the plantation."

From: A History of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine from the Original Grant to the Close of the Year 1944 by William S. Spurr; Pages 392-393
"GAMMON, DAVID, son of Joseph the 1st, married Mary Doane in 1777, (int. May 3d) in Gorham, Me. He was in Otisfield in 1790 or before. He was the first settler on lot 86, since known as the Eben Sawyer, and later as the David Stone place. David Gammon bought of Wm. Gorham, adm. of the estate of David Gorham, late of Barnstable, Mass. a certain hundred acre lot of land numbered 86, in consideration of the said Gammon settling the same accordign to the injunction of the General Court. Dated Apr. 14, 1786. Timothy Jorday sold and deeded to David Gammon, one half of lot 85 adjoining the lot improved by Lieut. Joseph Hancock. Dated Sept. 3, 1789, 45 pounds. David Gammon sold to George Pierce lots 85 and 86, in consideration of 150 pounds, deed dated Nov. 6, 1793.

"David Gammon was one of the greatest bear hunters in Otisfield, I think he killed as many as twenty bears in one year, sometimes. The bears were very thick at that time and used to go into his cornfield and get filled up and then they went and laid down in the swamp between his cornfield and the road and cooled off. He owned a bear hound, Benj. Patch, another and Benj. Wight another. He moved away to Buckfield after 1812 I think. He lived on the hill east of the road, opposite the house that Jerry Sawyer moved from Bell Hill and lived in. " (Statement of Enoch Spurr and Benj. F. Wight.)

There were four brothers, early settlers of Otisfield, Samuel, Joseph, David, and William. Samuel, David and Willliam were here in 1790. Also sister Christiana who m. Robert Knight."

David married Doane, Mary after 03 May 1777 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME. Mary (daughter of Doane, Ebenezer Jr. and Skillings, Elizabeth) was born about 1757 in Cape Elizabeth or Falmouth, Cumberland Co., ME; died on 05 Mar 1832 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; East Buckfield Cemetery

Notes:

From The Doane Family: Alfred Alder Doane

Mary,* b. - ; m. (Gorham, Me., marriage intentions May 3, 1777) David Gammon who was early of Buckfleld. Ch. : 1. Eunice, b. July 15, 1780. 2. Joseph, b. Jan. 3, 1784. 8. Thomas, b. Jan. 27, 1786. 4. Polly, b. June 22, 1788. 5. Levi, b. Aug. 1, 1791. 6. Robinson, b. Feb. 10, 1794. 7. Deborah, b. Apr. 10, 1797. 8. Charity, b. Apr. 10, 1800.

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 13 Sep 1713, Truro, Barnstable Co., MA; by Rev. John Avery

Notes:

From The Doane Family: Alfred Alder Doane
EBENEZER« DOANE (Ebenezer,» Ephraim,3 John») was born at Triiro, Mass., Aug. 22, 1706 and was baptized there by Rev. John Avery, Sept. 13, 1713. He married Elizabeth Skillings, who was born Apr. 25,1713, the daughter of Samuel3 and Aroda (Haley) Skillings (John,9 Thomas1) of Kittery, and Falmouth, Me. Mr. Doane went to Falmouth perhaps as early as the spring of 1739, when seven or eight families, among whom were the principal inhabitants, removed from Provincetown to Casco Bay. He was probably a seafaring man. They settled at Long Creek, Cape Elizabeth. After the death of her husband, of which we have no record, Mrs. Doane went to live with her daughter, Joanna Berry, at Buckfield, where she died very aged. But little can be learned of Ebenezer Doane. The probate records were burned in the Portland fire. I copy the history of this family from the Maine Genealogical Recorder. The births of their children are not recorded on the town or church records of Cape Elizabeth, but the following list is made up from reliable sources.

Ebenezer married Skillings, Elizabeth on 25 Apr 1743. Elizabeth (daughter of Skillings, Samuel and Haley, Rhoda) was born on 25 Apr 1713 in Truro, Barnstable Co., MA or Falmouth, ME; died in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married ( ), Lydia about 1702 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. Lydia was born in 1684 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Haley, Rhoda on 25 Dec 1702 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., ME. Rhoda (daughter of Haley, Andrew and Wilson, Deborah) was born in 1683 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., ME; died in 1720 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]