Ford, John Rand: My Damon Genealogy

Generation: 1

Ford, John Rand was born on 01 Sep 1832 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (son of Ford, Angus Azra and Rand, Nancy); died on 28 Feb 1905 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Family/Spouse: Bosworth, Eliza A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Ford, Nancy L. was born on 10 Nov 1856 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; died on 10 Nov 1856 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Vendramino was born on 11 Jan 1870 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; died on 24 Oct 1871 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Generation: 2

Ford, Angus Azra was born on 20 Jun 1801 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (son of Ford, Joshua and Bisbee, Celia); died on 18 Oct 1851 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Angus married Rand, Nancy. Nancy was born on 24 Dec 1803 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME; died on 14 Jul 1872 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rand, Nancy was born on 24 Dec 1803 in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME; died on 14 Jul 1872 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Children:

1. Ford, John Rand was born on 01 Sep 1832 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 28 Feb 1905 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Generation: 3

Ford, Joshua was born on 17 Jan 1761 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA (son of Ford, Seth and Josselyn, Margaret); died on 29 Nov 1837 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Hill Cemetery

Joshua married Bisbee, Celia about 1785 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Celia (daughter of Bisbee, Charles and Howland, Beulah) was born on 07 May 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 22 Nov 1816 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bisbee, Celia was born on 07 May 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Bisbee, Charles and Howland, Beulah); died on 22 Nov 1816 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Hill Cemetery

Children:

Ford, Anna was born on 09 Nov 1787 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Joshua Jr. was born on 27 Jun 1789 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Celia was born on 25 Apr 1791 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Naoma was born on 07 Apr 1793 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Joanna was born on 29 Jan 1795 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Obediah was born on 02 Apr 1797 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Sally was born on 15 Jul 1799 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
2. Ford, Angus Azra was born on 20 Jun 1801 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 18 Oct 1851 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Nathaniel Cushing was born on 07 Jan 1803 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 01 May 1896.
Ford, Howland was born on 06 Dec 1810 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Ford, Margaret Josselyn was born on 28 May 1786 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 29 Aug 1804 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Generation: 4

8.	Ford, Seth was born on 29 Jan 1724 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA. Seth married Josselyn, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of Josselyn, Henry Jr. and Oldham, Hannah) was born on 09 Dec 1729 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josselyn, Margaret was born on 09 Dec 1729 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Josselyn, Henry Jr. and Oldham, Hannah).

Children:

4. Ford, Joshua was born on 17 Jan 1761 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 29 Nov 1837 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

10.

Bisbee, Charles was born in Apr 1726 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA (son of Bisbee, Moses and Reed, Mary); died on 05 Jun 1807 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

DAR Ancestor Number: A010402
Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Field Cemetery
Baptised: 21 Apr 1726, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA

Notes:

Veteran of The American Revolution- Pvt. in Capt. Freedom Chamberlin's co., Col Barley's reg., which marched on the Lexington Alarm.

"Carol Chaney Waters, Jay
Tribute to my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather and great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Charles & Elisha Bisbee:
Charles and Elisha Bisbee (1757-1826), father and son of Bridgewater, MA served as privates in a Mass Regiment. Father, Charles, (1726-1807) was the first settler of Sumner and is buried there in Bonney Cemetery."

GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER FRANCIS COOKE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, PRIVATE, CAPT. FREEDON CHAMBERLAIN'S CO., COL. BAILEY'S REGIMENT, CONTINENTAL ARMY

INVOLVED IN THE "LEXINGTON ALARM," 19 APR 1775

MAINE PIONEER

FIRST SETTLER OF SUMNER, MAINE

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A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BISBEE, by Larry Overmire (5th great grandson), Aug. 2008:

Charles Bisbee was born in 1726 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Moses and Mary (Reed) Bisbee.

He married Beulah Howland, the daughter of Rouse and Ann (Bonney) Howland on Sept. 16, 1756 in Pembroke, Plymouth County. They had nine children: Elisha, Charles, Mary "Polly," Celia, Moses, John, Solomon, Calvin and Rouse.

Charles was a farmer. After his marriage, he moved to Pembroke. He served in the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army and was involved in the Lexington Alarm on April 19, 1775.

In June 1784, he and his family moved to Sumner, Oxford County, Maine. He is recognized as being the first settler of that community. Descendant Axel Reed in his genealogy described how circumstances unfolded:

"At the close of the Revolutionary war, in which the father and two sons, Elisha and Charles, had taken part, there was an extensive emigration from the Old Colony towns in Massachusetts to the wilds of Maine. He bought land of Benjamin Darling, of Hanover, Mass., in a township in Maine then called Sharon, afterwards Butterfield or Sumner. In the summer of 1783 he visited his land and built a cheap tenement for his family to occupy later. He returned to Pembroke to spend the winter and the following spring set sail with his family for the new home. They sailed from Scituate harbor in a packet and landed at Yarmouth, proceeding through the wilderness to Sumner on horseback, arriving on the 5th day of June, 1784, the year in which the town of Sumner was incorporated. Dr. [Wm. B.] Lapham [secretary of the Maine Genealogical Society] says: 'He (Charles Bisbee) selected his land with good judgment, and with the aid of his seven stalwart sons he soon cleared him up a good farm. He suffered all the privations and hardships incident to a pioneer life, lived to see his children comfortably settled around him and enjoy much of the fruit of his toil, and he died June 3, 1807, the 23rd anniversary of the arrival in town. His good wife, Beulah Howland, died September 1, 1813, nine years later, and in her 76th year of age.' "

Charles died in Sumner on June 3, 1807, at the age of 81. He was buried in the Chaffin Cemetery (aka The Bonney Road Cemetery) there.

Charles married Howland, Beulah on 16 Sep 1756 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Beulah (daughter of Howland, Rouse and Bonney, Anna) was born on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; was christened on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 01 Sep 1813 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Howland, Beulah was born on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; was christened on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Howland, Rouse and Bonney, Anna); died on 01 Sep 1813 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Field Cemetery

Children:

5. Bisbee, Celia was born on 07 May 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 22 Nov 1816 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Lt. Elisha was born on 04 Mar 1757 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 01 Dec 1826 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Charles Jr. was born on 27 Jul 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 11 Jun 1833 in Aurora, Dearborn Co., IN; was buried in Aurora, Dearborn Co., IN.
Bisbee, Mary was born on 28 Apr 1760 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
Bisbee, Moses was born on 02 Feb 1765 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 23 Jun 1852 in Waterford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Waterford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, John was born on 21 Feb 1767 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 18 Sep 1839 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Solomon was born on 03 Sep 1769 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 02 Apr 1845 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Apr 1845 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Calvin was born on 14 Oct 1771 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 28 Nov 1857 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Rowse was born on 17 Oct 1775 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 03 May 1852 in North Woodstock, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Woodstock, Oxford Co., ME.