Whittum, Hulda

Hulda married Smith, Nathaniel on 11 Mar 1855. Nathaniel was born in 1829; died on 03 Mar 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Smith, David was born on 23 Apr 1840; died in 1884.
2. Smith, Algernon was born on 06 Feb 1856; died on 10 Feb 1941.
3. Smith, Charles was born on 17 May 1858; died on 02 Jul 1934.

Hulda married Smith, Lyman on 08 Dec 1860. Lyman was born on 28 Jan 1832; died on 21 Jul 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Smith, Sumner was born on 25 May 1864; died on 14 Oct 1949.
2. Smith, Frank O. J. was born on 20 Dec 1867; died on 22 Jun 1952.
3. Smith, Mary Etta was born on 13 Apr 1871; died on 18 Mar 1910.
4. Smith, Ada B. was born on 01 May 1874; died on 21 Mar 1940.

Daniel married Edwards, Mary on 03 Oct 1830. Mary (daughter of Edwards, Simeon and Gammon, Eunice) was born on 25 Aug 1803; died between 1840 and 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
South Otisfield Cemetery

Simeon married Gammon, Eunice on 02 Dec 1802. Eunice (daughter of Gammon, David and Doane, Mary) was born on 15 Jul 1780 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME; died on 26 Dec 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.