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From the Youngstown Vindicator july 15 2007
Mary Alice Johnston, 74
NEW MIDDLETOWN - Mary Alice Johnston, 74, died Saturday, July 14, at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.
She was born Sunday, Aug. 21, 1932 in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Harry Howard and Lillian Howard Wendel.
Mrs. Johnston was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Petersburg and the Eye Openers bowling league. She enjoyed her family, friends, bowling and playing cards.
She is survived by her husband, Ernest Johnston, whom she married Jan. 15, 1949; her sons, Bob (Kelli) Johnston, Ernie (Denise) Johnston and Tim (Cari) Johnston, all of New Middletown; daughters, Mary Jane (Bob) McIntyre, Cindy (Rex) Cyrus and Cheri (Ken) Louttit, all of New Middletown; grandchildren, Bob (Chatal) Johnston, Ron (Jennifer) Johnston, Kim (Paul) Jasinski, Skip McIntyre, Matthew Cyrus, Ashley (James) Cyrus, Meghan Louttit, Michael Louttit, Dylan Johnston, Timmy Johnston, Tyler Johnston and Taylor Johnston; great-grandchildren, Hannah and Jessica Johnston and Miranda Jasinski; and siblings, Dorothy Zimmerman, Harry Howard and Rev. Bill Howard.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by siblings Jack Howard and Jane Mitchell.
Visitation will be at the Terry A. Cunningham Funeral Home Monday, July 16, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted by Rev. Kenneth Hacker at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, at St. Johns Lutheran Church.

Howard, Mary Alice (I83405)

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From The Youngstown Vindicator of 11/28/00
YOUNGSTOWN- Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Vaschak-Kirila Funeral Home and 1:30 p.m. in St. Christine Church for Mary T. Rohovsky,88, of Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home,Niles, formerly of 3200 Canfield Road,Youngstown, who died Thursday Morning at the nursing home.
Mrs. Rohovsky was born July 22,1912, in Youngstown, a daugter of Stephen and Catherine Dvornicky Rakocy.
A practical nurse, she worked 24 years at South Side Hospital before retiring in 1974.
She was a charter member of the church and was a member of the Infant Jesus of Prague and senior citizens group there. She was also a member of Cornersburg Happy Seniors.
Her husband, Joseph E., whome she married Sept. 4, 1934, died Nov. 16, 1984.
She leaves two sons, Jospeh E. Jr. of Clarkston,Mich., and Dr. Michael W. of New Hope,Pa.; a daughter, Dr. Mary Donahue of North Liberty, Iowa; two brothers,Andrew Rakocy of Youngstown and Michael Rakocy of Boardman; three sisters, Margaret Roberts of Hollywood,Fla.,Sister Agnes Delphine of Perrysville,Pa., and Theresa Smrecansky of Boardman; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Rakocy; two sisters, Anna Stanislaw and Helen Rakocy; and a grandson are deceased.
Friends may call for one hour before the service Thursday at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home, 1500 McKinley Ave.,Niles 44446.

Rakocy, Mary Theresa (I83080)

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from the Youngstown Vindicator of August 5,2001

"Newman,Ga.- There will be funeral services Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at Vaschak-Kirila Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Stanislaw Church for Margaret Roberts, 87, formerly of Youngstown, who passed away Thursday at Bobby's Place Assisted Living Center in Georgia.
Mrs. Roberts was born June 10,1914 in Youngstown, a daughter of Stephen and Catherine Dvornicky Rakocy.
She was a homemaker and a member of the church. She was also involved in many other organizations, including St. Stan's Infant Jesus of Prague, St. Stan's Post No. 1222 and Msgr. Mears Ladies Knights of Columbus. She was a past president of the Catholic War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary.
Her first husband, Stephen Kurta, whom she married in 1939, died in 1953. Her second husband, Frank Roberts, whom she married in 1959, passed away in 1966.
She leaves many loved ones behind who will cherish her memory, including two sons, Robert Kurta of Stow and Steve Kurta of Cortland; a daughter, Kathy Szush of Newman; two stepdaughters, Bonnie Pitko and Rosemary Sulik, both of Youngstown; two brothers, Andy Rakocy of Youngstown and Michael Rakocy of Poland; two sisters, Theresa Smrecansky of Boardman and Sister Mary Delphine Rakocy of Pittsburgh; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two stepsons, Larry and Frank Roberts Jr., two sisters, Mary Rehovsky and Anna Stanislaw; and two brothers, Steve and Joseph Rakocy.
Friends may call on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Vaschak-Kirila Funeral Home, where St. Stan's Infant Jesus of Prague Guild will hold a prayer service at 4:45 p.m."

Rakocy, Margaret Genevieve (I83081)

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From the Youngstown Vindicator of Friday, May 11,1945:
"John Kuzak, aged 26, of 1120 E.Indianloa Ave., died about 8 A.M. today in the hospital at Republic Steel Corporation of a fracture of the skull after he fell about 15 feet from a scaffold.
Kuzak, a carpenter for Republic, was helping to build a scaffold to repair an open hearth furnace. He is believed to have lost his balance. A son of John and Mary Mava [sic] Kuzak, he was born in Uniontown,Pa.,Jan. 8,1919 and came to Youngstown from there in 1941. He was a member of the National Sokol Society of Uniontown.
Besides his parents in Uniontown, he leaves a brother, Andrew, of Youngstown, and four sisters, Mrs. Michael Gertner of Brownfield,Pa.,Mrs. Hassen Garibush [sic] and Miss Mary of
Uniontown and Mrs. Andrew Halesko [sic] of Cleveland. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning in Uniontown. Friends may call at the Kubina Funeral Home from 7 to 9 P.M. Saturday."

From the Uniontown Morning Herald of Uniontown,Pennsylvania:
" KUZAK, JOHN J. JR.,age 26 years,was killed instantly Friday Morning, May 11,1945, at 9:30 o'clock when he fell from a scaffold while working with the Republic Steel Corp. in
Youngstown,Ohio, where he had been employed for the past four years. He was a member of the St. Mary's R.C. church,Uniontown. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kuzak,170 Oakland
Avenue. His father being a local carpenter and contractor. In addition to his parents he is survived by one brother,Andrew of Youngstown,Ohio and four sisters, Mrs. Helen Gertner of Brownfield, Mrs. Margaret Garybush of Uniontown,Mrs. Katherine Hlusko of Cleveland,Ohio and Mary Kuzak at home. Friends are being received at the home of his parents,170 Oakland Avenue,where brief funeral services will be conducted Monday morning ,May 14, at 8:30 o'clock,followed by a 4 solemn requiem High Mass in St. Mary's R.C. church with Rev. Fr. John Blazic as celebrant. Interment in St. Mary's cemetery under the direction of the Gleason Funeral Home."

Kuzak, John (I83125)

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From the Youngstown Vindicator:
Andrew Edward Rakocy, 90
STRUTHERS - Andrew Edward Rakocy, 90, died early the morning of Sept. 16 at Omni Manor Health Care Center. Andrew was born in Youngstown Oct. 30, 1918, a son of Stephen and Catherine Dvornicky Rakocy. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy SeaBees as a gunner's mate 3rd Class. He was stationed in both Guam and Hawaii. After the war, Andrew worked as an inventory supervisor at Sharon Steel, retiring in 1981 after 41 years of service. In addition, he was employed as a landscaper with Terrace Gardens for 10 years, from 1968 to 1978.
Andrew was a member of St. Matthias Church and of the Holy Name Society, the Sacred Heart and Rosary Society, First Catholic Slovak Union No. 731 and Slovak Catholic Sokol No. 108. He also played on the Sokol, Jednota and Taft Avenue Chance golf leagues.
He is survived by his wife, the former Eleanor Hrepko Babik, whom he married Mar. 20, 1991; his sons, Edward (Paula) of Youngstown and Terry (Carol) of Bourbonnais, Ill.; his stepdaughter, Beverly Babik of Boardman; his stepsons, Michael J. (Christine) Babik also of Boardman and Richard (Brenda) Babik of Houston; his brother, Michael Rakocy of Poland; his sister, Theresa Smrecansky of Minneapolis; his grandchildren, Andrea (Russell) Burton, Mary Dietsch, Mark Rakocy, Jennifer Rakocy, Julie (Michael) Damon, Patty (Mike) Wright and Kathleen Rakocy; and his nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Mary Lucansky, whom he married Nov. 16, 1939, who died June 22, 1985; his brothers, Stephen and Joseph Rakocy; and his sisters, Anne Stanislaw, Margaret Roberts, Mary Rehovsky, Sister Delphine, and Irene and Helen Rakocy.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Andrew Monday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Matthias Church in Youngstown. Visitation will take place Sunday at the Kubina-Yuhasz Funeral Home, 5925 Market St. in Boardman from 2 to 5 p.m., where a prayer service will be held at 1:45 p.m., and in church on Monday from 9 to 9:30 a.m., prior to Mass. Interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery. The family would like to say thank you to the staff of the North and West wings of Omni Manor with special thanks extended to all the aides for the kindness shown to Andrew while he was under their care

Rakocy, Andrew Edward (I58153)

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From Venango County Pennsylvania: her pioneers and people
Samuel B. Monjar was born on the old home place in Irwin township, was reared there, and when he engaged in farming on his own account secured the old homestead of his wife's father in that township, John C. Hovis, about a mile from the old Monjar homestead. He was doing well when the Civil war broke out and he enlisted, in 1861. dying while in the service one year later, at Washington, of injuries received when he was thrown from a horse. He was but forty-two years old. His wife. Mary Ann (Hovis), died in 1914, at the age of ninety years, all of which was spent in Irwin and Clinton townships. Four children were born to them: John H.; Caroline, who married William Sankey and removed to Michigan, where he died (she now resides at Grand Rapids, Mich.) ; Elizabeth, who died when sixteen years old; and Richard S., who is at Pleasantville, Venango county.

Monjar, Samuel B. (I84254)

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From Willis Elmer Tulare's notes (insert in Genealogical Record p.27): "Thomas came to America about 1653-4. He was accompanied by his sisters Joan and Elizabeth. His name first appeared on the Weymouth records in a list of property owners in 1663. He owned Lot 70, containing 6 acres in 1st Division and 18 acres, Lot 33 in 2nd Division. He settled in Weymouth after 1651 and before 1663. In 1667 he was a member of the Suffolk Troopers. He took an active part in King Philip's War, and June 24, 1676 was a member of the garrison at Punckapouge where he saw at least 2 months' service. Plymouth Colony Deede record large purchases of land by him on July 29, 1682 near the Taunton River in Freetown. His estate was settled in 1692 and was valued at L237 2s 2d, a large sum of money at that time." -------------------- Thomas DRAKE (1635-1692), b. 13 September 1635 at Colyton, Devonshire, England, m. Mellicent Ford, 9 March 1681, d. 23 September 1692 at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Father: William DRAKE (1596-1640), b. 1596 at Musbury, Devon, England, d. 29 February 1640 at Temple Church, London, England Mother: Margaret WESTOVER (1599-1635), b. 1599 at Colyton, Devon, England, d. April 1635/6 at Colyton, Devon, England "...he, his parents being dead, followed his relative, John Drake of Taunton, MA and Windsor, CT, to America about 1653/4...accompanied by his sisters, Joanne and Elizabeth...soon settled in Waymouth, MA, his name first appearing on the records of that town in a list of propery owners in 1663, in which he is described as owning "Lot 70 containing six acres in 1st Division...prior to that, the latest list of land owners noted was that of 11/26/1651, in which his name does not appear; hence he settled in Weymouth after 1651, and before 1663...the frequency with which his name appears on the land deeds and war records of the times shows that Thomas Drake took an active part in the affairs of the town...his name occurs as witness on deeds 12/15/1664 and three years later he was a member of the Suffolk Troopers...took an active part in King Philip's War and 6/24/1676, was member of the garrison at Punckapouge where he saw at least two months' service...Plymouth Colony Deeds record large purchases of land by him on 7/29/1682, near the Taunton River in Freetown, half of which land he sold 6/12/1688, to Ralph Paine of RI...his estate settled in 1692 and was valued at 237 pounds, 2 shillings, 2 pence, a considerable sum at that time..." MORE 1234. Thomas Drake was born on 13 Sep 1635 in Colyton, Devon, England. He died on 23 Sep 1692 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [In120797.ftw] THOMAS DRAKE [#178, #190], maybe bap. Coylton, Devonshire, England Sept. 13, 1635, d. Weymouth, MA 1692, m(1) JANE HOLBROOK (dau. of Thomas Holbrook and Jane Powys), b. abt. 1636, m(2) March 9, 1681 Mellicent Carver, dau. of William Ford.

Thomas Drake first appears in the Weymouth town records of 1663 where he is listed in the inventory of property owners. He owned lot 70 of the first division, which consisted of six acres on the "Brauntry lyne", and lot 33 of the second division, which contained eighteen acres. The previous list of land owners was made Nov. 26, 1651. Some authorities state that since his name does not appear on the list, that he was not yet in town and that he arrived in this country around 1653, but that appears to be mere speculation. In fact, he could have been in this country and even in Weymouth at the time, but, as we will see shortly, may have been too young to own land. He must have definitely been here by about 1656 to have married a Weymouth girl and had a child born about 1657.

Thomas was a soldier in King Phillip's War. On June 24, 1676 he was a member of the garrison at Punkapouge where he saw at least two month's service.[1/1] He died between July 20, 1692, when he was chosen to be on a grand jury, and Aug. 30, 1692, when the appraisal of his estate was made and he was referred to as "lately deceased". His estate was valued at 237.02.02.[1/2]

A claim has been made that Thomas Drake of Weymouth was the son of William and Margaret (Westover) Drake, born in Coylton, Devon, England and baptized at St. Andrew's Church there Sept. 13, 1635. While no conclusive proof for this assertion seems to exist, there is some circumstantial evidence. One of the nine children of William and Margaret was Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 10, 1632. Thomas of Weymouth most likely had a sister named Elizabeth based on the statement by Ezekiel Hamlin in his will dated July 21, 1690, "My will is yt my brother Thomas Drak of Weymouth & My friend Mr. Thos. Walker and James Ingles be my over seers". Ezekiel Hamlin and Elizabeth Drake were married in Boston on June 8 [Aug. 8?], 1654. On the other hand, Thomas Drake of Weymouth appears to have been born in 1628 based on a document dated March 7, 1677-8 that begins, "Thomas Drake aged 49 years ...". As seen elsewhere in this work, documents are not guaranteed to give the correct age of a person, although it's probably more of a rarity when they reflect a wrong age. Therefore we are left with a viable, though unprovable, possibility of Thomas' origin in Coylton.

The 1896 Drake genealogy claims Thomas came to this country with his relative John Drake of Taunton, MA and Windsor, CT and his sister Joan as well as sister Elizabeth. Unfortunately no proof is given for any of these relationships. John may have been his oldest brother (bap. Coylton March 24, 1621-2). While there was a sister Joan, no record of her is found in America nor is any documentation given in the book for the claim. The parents, William and Margaret, both died about 1636. It is not inconceivable that the care of the younger children fell to the oldest child, John, once he reached maturity. Furthermore, he may have brought the family with him to America, but more proof would need to be found before this hypothesis could be taken for fact.[3]

Drake, Thomas (I11856)

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From: "History of Gorham, Me", by Hugh Davis McLellan, 1903
Joseph, b. in Gorham in August, 1758, was a soldier of the Revolution, and a member of Capt. McLellan's company in the expedition against Bagaduce. After the defeat, he and John Lombard made their way to Gorham through the wilderness; they were without arms, and suffered great hardships, but finally, after a long time reached home in safety. Mr. Gammon and Mr. Lombard went together from Gorham to Otisfield, and afterwards to Norway, where they settled on adjoining farms, and there spent the remainder of their days. Mr. Gammon m. in Otisfield, Drusilla Reed, who was b. in Groton, Mass., in 1769. Ch: Charles, Harriet, Seba, Maria, Pomelia and Joseph. Mr. G. d. in Norway, in 1855, ag. 97.

From: Charles F. Whitman, "A history of Norway, Maine: from the earliest settlement to the close of the year 1922" (Norway, Me.: unknown, 1924). Pages 82-83
Joseph Gammon left an account of his and John Lombard's tramp home to Gorham through the woods, on the disastrous failure of the expedition against Castine (Bagaduce) in 1779. Seven others from Gorham and Gray, who were afterwards early settlers in Norway, were also in that expedition, but nothing relating to how these seven reached their homes has come down to us. On the breaking up of the expedition through the cowardice and incompetence of Commodore Saltonstall of Connecticut, and the destruction of the American fleet by the marines to prevent the vessels from falling into the hands of the enemy, the soldiers with the exception of four companies which were collected by General Peleg Wadsworth, and marched to Camden, were told by their officers to separate into small squads and make their way to their homes as best they could with Indians as guides. Gammon and Lombard chose to go by themselves. With others they had jumped from the transport they were on, the day before they began their long tramp, into the Penobscot, from fear of being captured by the British, and swam ashore without their guns or any rations. To travel from an hundred to an hundred and fifty miles, through a trackless forest, subsisting on berries and roots, with an occasional meal of raw flesh from small animals and birds, which they were fortunate enough to kill; wading and swimming streams, plunging through swamps and miry places, in summer was a very serious undertaking even for old hunters, skilled in woodcraft. After a tramp of about three weeks they reached their homes in Gorham. Their clothes were in tatters; their feet nearly naked and covered with blisters; their flesh lacerated and bruised; but with a joy in their hearts that is indescribable

Gammon, Joseph (I15546)

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From: "History of Gorham, Me", by Hugh Davis McLellan, 1903
Nathaniel, bought land of Uriah Nason and l'd for a time in the upper part of the town; left Gorham in 1781, going to Raymond. He m. Mary Lowell, Nov. 20, 1777; 2d, Sarah Hodgdon (?); had three sons and a dau. Sally. Mr. Gammon died in the town of Naples.

From: "A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine: From the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900" by Alfred Cole, 1915
Nathaniel Gammon from Gorham, settled on Lot 32, near what was afterwards the Lowell Corner. He had served in the Continental Army. His wife was Molly, the second daughter of Stephen Lowell. He passed the rest of his life on the farm he had carved out of the wilderness. Nathaniel Gammon was a man of upright character, of studious and industrious habits, and highly respected by all who knew him, as were also the members of his family - particularly his son, Jonathan, who was born, lived and died on the settling lot of his father. His descendants are scattered over the land; one, James Gammon, a worthy son and grandson, is an honored citizen in Dodge City, Kansas, and a sister, Margaret, a former school teacher, whom the writer gratefully remembers, is a widow in comfortable cicumstances in
Eureka, California.

Gammon, Nathaniel (I15545)

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From: "History of Gorham, Me", by Hugh Davis McLellan, 1903
Philip and Joseph Gammon, brothers, came from England to America, when quite young, and lived for a while in Cape Elizabeth. In 1757, Philip, then of Scarborough, moved to Gorham, where he bought, July 7, 1757, the hundred acre lot, 45, of David Gorham. His wife was Joanna_____. We find no perfect record of his family...

Aug 10, 1770, Phiip Gammon sold to David Gorham his hundred acre lot 45, and bought of Gorham the thiry acre lot 96 and the hundred acre lot 49, and apparently moved on to the former lot, for in 1784 he deeded to his sons Jonathan and Benjamin one-half of the lot with half of his dwelling house and barn. The hundred acre lot 49 he sold in 1771 to John Brackett of Falmouth. He afterwards owend and lived on the seventy acre lot 63, which lot he and Thomas Clay bought of David Harding, Jr. in 1797. His half he and his wife Joanna gave in 1801 to their daughter Ruth Clay, "in consideraton of the love he bore her." Philip Gammon moved to Windham, where his old cellar may still be seen. From Windham he went with his son Nathaniel to Raymondtown.

Gammon, Philip (I15542)

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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.

Damon, Jonathan (I696)

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From: A History of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, from the Earliest Explorations to the Close of the Year 1900 - Alfred Cole, Charles Foster Whitman
1879
At the annual town meeting $2500 was raised toward paying the town debt and $4000 to be expended in labor on the highways Levi Gammon died at East Buckfield Nov 26 aged 92 His father was David Gammon who moved into the town from Gorham Maine when Levi was three years old Levi lived over 80 years on the farm where he died For more than 60 years prior to his death he had been a member of the Baptist church In April Artemas F Gregg a member of the Sophomore class in Bowdoin College was found one morning dead in his bed from the effects of chloroform taken to relieve pain Hon John D Long was this year elected Lieut Governor of Mass

Gammon, Levi (I803)

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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.

Gammon, Joseph (I18082)

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From: History of Gorham, ME by Hugh Davis McLellan
"Margaret and William Wescott settled in Scarborough on the farm since known as the Theodore Libby farm. They were the ancestors of the Gorham Wescotts."

"Mr Wescott was the famous "Post Wescott" of olden times, and during the Revolution was known to Every man, woman and child, on the road from Boston to Portland, and in all the region about the County of Cumberland. It is said he carried the first mail between Boston and Portland, was employed carrying letters to and from the soldiers in the army and their friends and families in New Hampshire and Maine., The writer of this notice (McLellen) has in his possession a letter written by his grandfather while in the army at Cambridge, and brought home to Gorham by Post Wescott in 1775. Some of his descendants now Have in their possession a cane given him by General Washington in the time of the Revolution. When he was about to start with dispatches in which the General took much interest, he was looking for a stick with which to urge forward his horse, when Washington told him to take his own cane, which was more substantial than a switch, and hurry off. This cane he religiously preserved till his death and it is now an heirloom highly prized."

"There are some of us yet alive who can remember the old gentleman. On all great days, more particularly general must day (military display being one of his hobbies he usually made his appearance at Gorham village, it being on his way to visit his two sons, Reuben and Edmund, who were settled in the north part of the town. He was the wonder of the young, always polite and courteous, and always with something pleasant to say to all. He always attracted attention, with his erect, stately figure, and fine horsemanship; his Washington cane, which he grasped in the old fashioned style a few inches below the top; dressed in the old continental style, with cocked hat, single-breasted coat with large brass buttons and standing collar, with long waist and wide skirts; short breeches, high quartered shoes with silver buckles four inches square, long stockings fastened to his breeches at the knee with large silver buckles -- this was his go-out dress, and he never abandoned it during his life."

Westcott, William Jr. (I65607)

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From: http://genforum.genealogy.com/strohl/messages/146.html

Does anybody have any more information about Peter Strohl, "The Pioneer"?
1. Peter Strohl "The Pioneer" was born abt. 1714, died 1774, Towamensing Twp., PA, at 60 years of age. Married Elizabeth ? abt. 1763. Elizabeth died after 1798.
had the following children:
i. John Nicholas Strohl.
ii. Peter Strohl Jr.. He married Catrina ?.
iii. Christina Strohl. Married Jacob Finck/Fink.
iv. Michael Strohl was born abt. 1764, died 1838 Fairfield Co., OH, at 74 years of age. Married Susanna ?.
v. Nicholas Strohl was born 1771, died 1850 at 79 years of age. Married Magdelina ?.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carbdat/m&h/ltowa.htm
The first of the family of Strohl of which anything definite has been obtained is the appointment of Peter Strohl as constable of Towamensing in 1764. On the 30th of October 1765, Peter Strohl took out a warrant for two hundred and forty-six acres of land, now owned by Reuben Ziegenfuss, Oscar Kern, Jeremiah Kern, Levi Straub, Wilson Mushlitz, John Craig, and the congregation of St. John’s Lutheran and German Reformed Church. In 1781, the names of Peter, Michael, Elizabeth, and Daniel Strohl appear on the assessment roll as owning real estate. Nicholas Strohl, who died in 1875, at seventy-four years of age, was the father of thirty children, twenty-three of whom were living at the time.

Strohl, ?Peter (I83522)

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From: http://www.design-clients.com/geneweb/roberts/generation6.htm#363
The parents of Thomas Walk:
36. George Walk was born 29 September 1773. He died 18 May 1850 and was buried in Big Creek, St. Paul's Union. George Walk married Maria Elizabeth Strohl.
37. Maria Elizabeth Strohl was born 13 January 1779. She died 9 December 1849 and was buried in Big Creek, St. Paul's Union.

Strohl, Maria Elizabeth (I83526)

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From: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.
Cotton, Theophilus, Plymouth. Colonel; return of provisions delivered said Cotton for his regt., dated Roxbury, June 5 1775; also, general order dated Headquarters, Cambridge, July 22, 1775; said Cotton's regiment assigned to a brigade to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas and form part of right wing of army under Maj. Gen. Ward, and to be stationed at Roxbury; also, muster roll of field and staff officers; engaged April 23, 1775; service to Aug. 1, 1775, 3 mos. 16 days; also, return of field and staff officers dated Camp Roxbury Oct. 7, 1775; also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives dated Jan. 31, 1777; said Cotton chosen Colonel of 1st Plymouth Co. regt.; appointment concurred in by Council Jan. 31, 1777; reported commissioned Feb. 1, 1777; also, Colonel, Brig. Gen. Palmer's brigade; return of officers who marched on “a late expedition” to Rhode Island, dated Germantown, Dec. 11, 1777; also, Colonel, 1st Plymouth Co. regt., Brig. Gen. Joseph Cushing's brigade; general return of officers dated July 5, 1779; also, Colonel; appointed March 3, 1781; served until March 31, 1781; [p.13] service, 29 days, at Newport, R. I., by order of His Excellency John Hancock; roll sworn to in Plymouth Co.

From the Pilgrim Hall Museum web site (http://www.pilgrimhall.org/Rock.htm
"1774. - The inhabitants of the town [Plymouth], animated by the glorious spirit of liberty which pervaded the Province, and mindful of the precious relic of our forefathers, resolved to consecrate the rock on which they landed to the shrine of liberty. Col. Theophilus Cotton, and a large number of the inhabitants assembled, with about 20 yoke of oxen, for the purpose of its removal. The rock was elevated from its bed by means of large screws; and in attempting to mount it on the carriage, it split asunder, without any violence. As no one had observed a flaw, the circumstance occasioned some surprise. It is not strange that some of the patriots of the day should be disposed to indulge a little in superstition, when in favor of their good cause. The separation of the rock was construed to be ominous of a division of the British Empire. The question was now to be decided whether both parts should be removed, and being decided in the negative, the bottom part was dropped again into its original bed, where it still remains, a few inches above the surface of the earth, at the head of the wharf. The upper portion, weighing many tons, was conveyed to the liberty pole square, front of the meeting-house, where, we believe, waved over it a flag with the far-famed motto, ‘Liberty or death.’ This part of the rock was, on the 4th of July, 1834, removed to Pilgrim Hall, and placed in front of that edifice under the charge of the Pilgrim Society."
From History of the Town of Plymouth by James Thacher, 1835

The Almost-Battle of Marshfield
By Patrick Browne

An 1885 depiction of the action along "Battle Road," April 19, 1775 from "A Brief History of the United States"
I have been writing quite a bit lately (separately from this blog) about the start of the Revolution…a long term project which I hope to publish…well, in this lifetime would be ideal. As one researches the provincial militia and minuteman companies that were engaged in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 it is striking just how many communities responded. Men had been preparing and drilling for this day for months, and when the word came, they were ready. Companies engaged that day came from as far as Dracut on the New Hampshire border and Marblehead on the North Shore. And there were companies en route from all over New England that did not arrive in time to see action.
However, only a few Plymouth County companies marched for Lexington that day. On the South Shore of Massachusetts, the minutemen had Redcoats of their own to deal with. This is one of those curious episodes in history that emphasizes how confusing must have been those first days of revolution.
Marshfield, Massachusetts, about 30 miles south of Boston, was a highly unusual community in 1775 in that loyalists were dominant there. The town's leading men were for the King. Fearing for their safety amidst so many patriots in neighboring towns, the gentlemen of Marshfield actually petitioned General Gage in Boston, requesting a detachment of the King's troops be stationed in their town.
Gage was only too happy to grant their request, pleased that someone in Massachusetts had, for a change, asked for his help. He sent a detachment of 100 men from the 4th Regiment of Foot under the command of Captain Nesbit Balfour. They brought with them two artillery pieces and 300 muskets to be used by the gentlemen of Marshfield against the rebels.
On January 23, 1775 the redcoats landed at the North River and marched unhindered through town to the estate of Marshfield's leading Tory, merchant Nathaniel Ray Thomas. They set up barracks and prepared for a long stay. Gage wrote the citizens of Marshfield, "I feel great satisfaction in having contributed to the safety and protection of a people so eminent for their Loyalty to their King."
Over the ensuing months, the soldiers made their presence felt in towns surrounding Marshfield. They seem to have kept their marching and drills confined to the safety of that Tory town, however the soldiers and officers, in small groups, visited taverns and homes of loyalists in Duxbury, Kingston, Plymouth and elsewhere.
In the shiretown of Plymouth, the presence of British officers raised particular furor. Balfour, during a visit there, was warned by a Plymouth Tory not to bring his men there as the people were in "a great state of excitement and alarm." In one case, a British officer accused of threatening an inhabitant of Plymouth was chased into a Tory's shop by a small mob. He was not allowed to emerge until he had surrendered his sword which was promptly broken into many pieces.
So, with tensions rising, the men of Plymouth County knew what their objective would be whenever violence finally erupted. They would march on Marshfield and deal with Balfour's Redcoats.
The news of shots fired at Lexington and Concord reached Plymouth at some point in the afternoon of April 19. Even if the Plymouth County regiment had marched for Boston that day, they would not have arrived in time to participate in the running fight along the "Battle Road." Instead the various militia and minuteman companies formed up and began to gather in the vicinity of Plymouth. It seems, from vague early sources, that the companies from Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury were gathered together within a few hours. But they did not march to Marshfield.
The man in charge of the Plymouth County regiment was Colonel Theophilus Cotton of Plymouth. He was an ardent patriot but also, apparently, a cautious man. He allowed the night of April 19 to pass without action. Then, on the morning of April 20, he held a council of war with his subaltern, Lt. Col. Briggs Alden and other officers at Alden's house in Duxbury (still standing and known as the John Alden House). There is no record of their discussion but the result was another day of inaction. One must presume that Cotton was either waiting for reinforcements to arrive or hoping that the British would simply go back to Boston.

Nathaniel Ray Thomas House, Marshfield, aka the Daniel Webster Estate. A 1909 postcard depicting the estate as it appeared in 1859. In 1775 there were no croquet players here, but encamped Redcoats.
Finally on the morning of April 21, around 7 am, Cotton marched his regiment to Marshfield, taking up a position around Anthony Thomas's farm, about a mile from the British garrison. By now, new companies had arrived from Rochester and Plympton. Plus, the crews of many fishing vessels from these seafaring towns, eager for a fight, had followed along. By noon, Cotton had about 500 men to Balfour's 100.
But Cotton did not attack. Around 3 pm, the commander of the Kingston Company, Capt. Peleg Wadsworth, grew so impatient with the delay that, without orders, he advanced his company to within firing range of the British position. It finally looked as though something might happen.
Unbeknownst to Wadsworth, Capt. Balfour had arranged his escape. Two British vessels had arrived off the shore of Marshfield and Balfour immediately began loading his troops. Balfour later reported that, if he had been attacked, he would have surrendered without firing a shot.
It is a peculiar episode. Blood had been shed in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy and Cambridge. The day for which the patriots planned was at hand. Cotton's objective was self-evident. He could have captured or obliterated the entire British detachment. But, when his moment came, Cotton chose to do nothing.
And I don't blame him one bit. I think this episode is indicative of the sense of shock and disbelief generated by the events of April 19, 1775. My guess is that Cotton probably had some trouble grasping the notion that Revolution was finally at hand. And he was probably aware that the small garrison would flee if he gave them enough time.
Balfour was seriously wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill but eventually went on to become a trusted aide to Gen. Charles Cornwallis, ended his military career at the rank of Major General and became a Member of Parliament. A bright career that might have come to an early end had a less prudent man than Theophilus Cotton been in command on April 19, 1775.
[Sources: Justin Winsor, History of Duxbury (1849), p. 120; Cynthia Krussel, Of Tea and Tories (1976); James Thacher, History of Plymouth (1832), p. 210]

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From: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol 4, Page 948
Revolutionary War Service: Fifer, Private, Massachusetts
1775 3 Months 6 Days Capt. Oliver Soper's Co., Col. Timothy Walker's Rgmt. Muster roll dated Aug 1, 1775. Enlisted May 2, 1775; also company return dated Oct 6, 1775; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury, Nov 1, 1775.

1777 - 32 Days Capt. Edward Blake's Co., Company marched from Tanton Sep 29, 1777, under Col. George Williams to Rhode Island on a secret expedition and was discharged Oct 29, 1777, but Gen. Spencer

Aug 1778 - 8 Days Capt. Josiah King's Co., Col. John Daggett's Rgmt Enlisted Aug 25, 1778, discharged Sep 1 1778 at Rhode Island; roll sworn to at Taunton

Aug 1780 - 8 Days Capt. Nehemiah Pratt's Co.., Col. Mitchell's Rgmt Commanded by Liet. Col. James Williams, Brig. George Godfrey's (Bristol Co.) brigade. Company marched to Tiverton, RI on the alarm of Aug 2, 1780.

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From: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 4, Page 943
Revolutionary War Service: Private, Massachusetts
April 19 1775 - 2 Days Capt. Edward Bridge Savel's 1st Stoughtonham Co., Col. Robinson's Rgmt. Marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775

Drake, Abiel (I9815)

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From: New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of teh Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4. 1914

The Taft families in America are descended from Robert Taft and a relative, Mathew Taft, who settled near Robert later. Both were Protestant Irish by birth. The name does not appear in Scotland in any form, and only in England apparently among the descendants of the Irish family. For some centuries the name has been spelled Taaffe. The families of Tifft and Tefft in England may have the same origin, and it is still in doubt whether the family is of English or Irish origin. It is true that the Tafts were associated with Scotch-Irish just as many of the English were. Sir William Taaffe or Taft, a knight of Protestant faith, was among the grantees at the time of the Scotch emigration and settlement in Ulster province, Ireland, by order of King James. In 1610 he received a grant of one thousand acres of land in the parish of Castle Rahen, in county Cavan. The total grants in this parish amounted to three thousand nine hundred and ninety acres, of which Sir Thomas Ashe held one thousand and five hundred acres, and in 1619 he also held this grant of Taft's and one thousand and five hundred in the adjoining parish of Tullaghgarvy. On Taft's land there was "an old castle new mended and all the land was inhabited by Irish." It seems reasonable to suppose that Sir William Taft's sons settled on this grant. Perhaps Sir William remained in Louth. At any rate, this is the only family who had any relations with the Scotch-Irish settlers, whom Robert and Matthew Taft seems to have been connected with in some way. County Louth, the Irish home of the Tafts, is on the northern coast, bounded by Armagh and Ulster, on the east by the British channel and on the south by the Boyne. It is in the province of Leinster, and was established as a county in 1210.

(I) Robert Taft, immigrant ancestor, was born in Ireland about 1640, died in Mendon, Massachusetts, February 8, 1725. He was first at Braintree, Massachusetts, where he owned a lot in 1678. He sold his land there November 18, 1679, to Caleb Hobart, and about the same time he bought his first land in Mendon, and became later one of the largest property owners in that section. He evidently was a man of property and influence at the outset. He was a housewright by trade. He was on the first board of selectmen of the organized town of Mendon in 1680, and the same year served on a committee to build the minister's house. He and his sons built the first bridge across the river Mendon, and in 1729 his sons built the second bridge also. He was one of the purchasers of the tract of land from which the town of Sutton was formed. He married Sarah , and their five sons all had large families and many descendants. Children: Thomas, born 1671, died 1755; Robert, mentioned below; Daniel, died August 24, 1761; Joseph, born 1680, died June 18, 1747; Benjamin, born 1684, died 1766.

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From: New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of teh Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4. 1914
Robert (2) Taft, son of Robert (1) Taft, was born in 1674. He settled on part of his father's land in what became Uxbridge, and lived there all his life. He was chosen selectman in 1727 at the first March meeting and was reelected many times. He was one of the leading citizens. In his will, dated February 7, 1747-48, he mentions his wife Elizabeth and children. Children, born in Mendon: Elizabeth, born January 18, 1695-96, died young; Robert, December 24, 1697; Israel, April 26, 1699; Mary, December 21, 1700; Elizabeth, June 18, 1704; Alice, June 27, 1707; Eunice, February 20, 1708-09; John, mentioned below; Jemima, April 1, 1713; Gideon, October 4, 1714; Rebecca, March 15, 1716.

Taft, Robert Jr. (I379)

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From: New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
"Was in Eng before Yorktown and Williamsburgh was detailed with Company as Head Quarter Guard. Recd dis 15 1863 for reason of Re-enlistment as a Veteran."

"Was in Eng at Wilderness Coal Harbor and all the principle Eng before Petersburgh also at Surrender of Gen Lee. Rec'd Discharge, June 29 1865, still living. P.O. Address Chestertown, Warren Co NY"

Taft, Elijah (I87187)

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From: The Pilgrim Republic, An Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth. 1920
"Still the storms continued, sometimes forcing the battered "Mayflower" to "lie to" for days. On one of thee occasions, John Howland, "a lusty young man", came on deck, when in a "seel" of the ship he was licked up by a wave and carried overboard. The coil of the topsail-halyards had also been washed over, and trailed in the sea. Howland being fortunate enough to catch this, though the waves rolled over him fathoms deep, kept his grip until hauled alongside, where he was safely fished up with a boat-hook. A short illness was the result; but John was reserved for many a year of noble to the Colony."

John, came in the Mayflower, as servant or steward of Mr. John Carver. Signed the compact; took an active part in the explorations of Mass. Settled at Plymouth. Town officer; a partner in the trading Co. of the colony; assistant or deputy almost continually. Prominent in the church, so that he" assisted in the imposition of hands" upon Rev. John Cotton, Jr. when he was ordained pastor June 30, 1669. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Tillie.
He died 2-23-1672, " a profitable instrument of good; the last man that was left of those that came over with the ship called the Mayflower that arrived at Plymouth". He made will May 29, Pro. March 6, 1672. Grown aged; Bequeathed. to wife Elizabeth his house in Rockey Nook, in the Town of Plymouth and made her residuary legatee; Bequeathed. to sons John, Jabez, Issac, Joseph; to daughters, Desire Gorham, Hope Chipman, Elizabeth Dickerson, Lydia Browne, Hannah Boswoth, and Ruth Cushman; to. Grandchildren, Elizabeth Daughter. of his son John.
John Howland the 13 signer of the Mayflower compact made at Cape Cod, November11, 1620. Came from Essex, England; Queen Elizabeth granted the Howland's their Coat Armor in 1584, the family beginning with Bishop Howland, who performed the obsequies { funeral services} for Mary Queen of Scots. On the voyage to America during a mighty storm John Howland was thrown into the sea, but grasping the top sail halyards that were thrown out to him by his friends, he was safely drawn on the vessel. He was the last survivor of the Mayflower, and he took part in the { first encounter} great meadow creek, December 1620; Governors Assistant, 1633 to 1635. In command of the Kennebec Trading Post 1624. Deputy to General court 1641. Info Colonial Families of the United States of America.

Printed in Pennsylvania Political, Governmental, Military and Civil Biographical Volume 2 by Frederic A. Godcharles, pg 271. "The Howland family of our interest is probably of Essex origin, but the parentage of the immigrant ancestor of the line, John Howland, is unknown. The will of Humphrey Howland, a draper of St. Swithin's, London, dated 1646, mentioned his brothers, George, of St. Dunstan's in the eastern part of London, and Arthur, John and Henry. An Arthur and Henry Howland, known to have been brothers, came to Plymouth as early as 1625. Arthur Howland later removed to Marshfield, and Henry Howland to Duxbury. Humphrey Howland in his will mentioned a debt owed him by Mr. Ruch of New England, amounting to sixteen pounds, and divided it among his three brothers, Arthur, Henry and John.
(C.E. Banks: "English Ancestry and Homes of Pilgram Fathers," p. 65.)
(I) John Howland was born in 1594 and was one of that noteworthy company who sailed for New England on the "Mayflower" in 1620. Where he came from is not known. During a storm, while the "Mayflower" was crossing the Atlantic, John Howland was carried overboard by the waves. Governor Bradford describes the incident: "In a mightie storme a lustie yonge man called John Howland, coming upon some occasion above ye gratting, was with a seele of the ship throwne into ye se; but it pleased God yt he caught hold of ye top saile halliards which hunge overboard, and rane out at length; yet he held his hould till he was held up by ye same rope to ye brine of ye water, and then with a boat hooke and other means got into ye ship again and his life was saved; and though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after, and became a profitable member both in Church and commone wealth."
When the vessel reached Cape Cod, he was among the party of ten who were sent out to select the location of their new homes. They were driven by a storm into Plymouth Harbor, which they chose for the settlement. Prior to landing, the passengers drew up the Compact which became the basis for their government. John Howland, then aged twenty-eight, was the thirteenth singer.
He was frequently called to public office. From 1633 to 1636 he was a member of the governor's council, in 1633 and 1634 assessor, in 1636 served on the jury, and in 1666 was selectman of Plymouth. He represented the town as deputy from 1652 to 1656 and in 1658, 1661, 1663, 1667, and 1670. A few years after founding of their colony, the Pilgrams established a trading post on the Kennebec River in Maine, of which he was placed in charge. While there he was obliged to defend the post from the encroachment of John Hocking, who attempted to trade within the limits of the Plynouth patent and who killed Moses Talbot, one of Howland's men. The event caused considerable excitement at the time. his other public service, consisting of laying out land, settling disputes, constucting highways and serving on various town committees, made him a man of repute. He was appointed by the church ro join in the imposition of hands at the time of the ordination of John Cotton, Jr. His home was at Rocky Nook, Plymouth, but he acquired land in other townships, including one hundred acres on the east side of Taunton River, some upland and meadows in Middlebury, and at Satuckett and Paomett, as well as several grants at Plynmouth itself. He died April 23, 1672-73. His will is dated 1672 and was exhibited in court March 5, 1673. It is probable that his grave in on Burial Hill, where a headstone was placed by descendants in 1836. It is now in the possession of the Prilgram John Howland Society.
John Howland married, August 14, 1623, Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of John Tilley, who came over in the "Mayflower" with her father. Children: 1. Desire, of whom further. 2. John, married Mary Lee. 3. Jabez, married Bethiah Thatcher. 4. Hope, married Elder John Chipman. 5. Elizabeth, married (first) Ephraim Hicks; (second) John Dickarson. 6. Lydia, married James Brown. 7. Ruth, married Thomas Cushman. 8. Hannah, married Jonathan Bosworth. 9. Joseph, married, February 7, 1664, Elizabeth Southworth. 10. Issac
(F. Howland: "Genealical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry and John Howland," pp 18, 315-323. Prilgram John Howland Society: "John Howland, a Mayflower Pilgram," pp. 31-34. Goodwin: "Pilgram Republic," p. 293)
(II) Desrie Howland, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Captain John Gorham. (Gorham II.)
(The "Mayflower Descendent," Vol. I, pp 9, 11; Vol II, pp. 70-77; Vol III, pp. 181-83. A. Otis: "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families," Vol I, pp. 1569-65. F. Howland: "Howland Family in America," pp. 316-24.)"

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From: Venango County PA, her pioneers and people
Mr. Hoffman is a worthy member of one of the most respected families in Venango county, founded here during the latter part of the eighteenth century by his great-grandfather, James Hoffman. The latter's parents came to this country from their native land, Germany, and settled in Westmoreland county, PA. There James Hoffman was born in 1773 and lived until his removal to Venango county in 1797, settling on the tract in Clinton township later occupied by Andrew Hoffman. Being a wagonmaker by trade, he was able to make agricultural implements for the farmers of the vicinity, and himself engaged in farming, making the first improvements up on his home place. He married Mary Ghost, daughter of Maj. Philip Ghost, another early settler in Clinton township, who was of French ancestry (not true), the family first locating in Maryland after coming from France, and removing thence to Venango county. Mrs. Hoffman died in 1848, Mr. Hoffman about that year. Their children were: Barbara, Mary, John, James, Daniel, Adam, Philip G., Jacob, Elizabeth, Christina and Catherine.
James Hoffman, son of James and Mary (Ghost) Hoffman, was a carpenter by trade and also farmed successfully. He lived at Clintonville. By his marriage to Christina Monjar he had the following children: R. M., born Oct 15, 1835 in Clinton township; Dr. K. Ml, born Dec 15, 1836, in what was then Scrubgrass township; Coulter, father of Perry Edward Hoffman; Samuel; Philip; Caroline; Clementina; Mary, and Barbara.

Ghost, Mary Ann (I84148)

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Hoffman, James (I84841)

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From: Venango County PA, her pioneers and people, Page 804
Mr. (Perry Edward) Hoffman is a worthy member of one of the most respected families in Venango county, founded here during the latter part of the eighteenth century by his great-grandfather, James Hoffman. The latter's parents came to this country from their native land, Germany, and settled in Westmoreland county, PA. There James Hoffman was born in 1773 and lived until his removal to Venango county in 1797, settling on the tract in Clinton township later occupied by Andrew Hoffman. Being a wagonmaker by trade, he was able to make agricultural implements for the farmers of the vicinity, and himself engaged in farming, making the first improvements up on his home place. He married Mary Ghost, daughter of Maj. Philip Ghost, another early settler in Clinton township, who was of French ancestry (not true), the family first locating in Maryland after coming from France, and removing thence to Venango county. Mrs. Hoffman died in 1848, Mr. Hoffman about that year. Their children were: Barbara, Mary, John, James, Daniel, Adam, Philip G., Jacob, Elizabeth, Christina and Catherine.
James Hoffman, son of James and Mary (Ghost) Hoffman, was a carpenter by trade and also farmed successfully. He lived at Clintonville. By his marriage to Christina Monjar he had the following children: R. M., born Oct 15, 1835 in Clinton township; Dr. K. Ml, born Dec 15, 1836, in what was then Scrubgrass township; Coulter, father of Perry Edward Hoffman; Samuel; Philip; Caroline; Clementina; Mary, and Barbara.

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Galloway, Isaac Richardson (I84121)

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From: Volume 2 of Venango County, Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers and People, Embracing a General History of the County, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families, Charles Almanzo Babcock
Isaac R. Galloway, of Wesley (Mechanicsville), Irwin township, father of Mrs. Hiram C. Foster, was born Oct. u, 1844, in Mercer county, Pa., son of Thomas and Sarah (Ghost) Galloway. Thomas Galloway was seventeen years old when he came from Ireland to the United States, where three of his brothers, William, John and Isaac, were already settled, in Mercer and Venango counties. Pa. For fifteen years he was a farmer and merchant at Mechanicsville, Venango county, before and during the Civil war. having settled in this vicinity about 1851, on the farm now occupied by his son Isaac. After his sons left home he removed to the town and kept store, spending the remainder of his life there and dying at the age of seventy- eight years. Though he had but seventeen cents at the time of his arrival in this country Thomas Galloway became a very prosperous man. His first purchase of land consisted of two hundred acres in Mercer county, which by his industry was converted into a good farm. He sold it to remove to Irwin township, Venango county, where the water was better, and though considerable of his property here was new land he transformed it into a valuable farm. He became an influential resident of this locality, serving many years as a justice of the peace. Politically he was a Democrat, in religious connection a. member of the M. E. Church at Pleasant View, one mile north of his home, where he is buried. Mr. Galloway married Sarah Ghost, a sister of Philip Ghost, of the southern part of Irwin township, and she survived him, reaching a more advanced age. Mr. and Mrs. Galloway became the parents of three sons and one daughter, namely: Craft C. lived on what is now the Fred Hovis farm in Irwin township and died there when he was past sixty years of age; Isaac R. is mentioned below ; John, who obtained a farm adjoining the home place, is now living retired at Barkeyville; Ellen is the wife of Walter Eakins, of Grove City. Thomas Galloway gave a farm to each of his three sons, two receiving parts of the home place and the other a tract two miles distant, while the daughter was given one near Pearl, this county.
Isaac R. Galloway inherited all of his father's home place, now having one hundred acres just south of Mechanicsville, as he added to his original holding. It is highly improved and has substantial buildings, Mr. Galloway having erected the present house in 1890 and the barn in 1904, and there is a good vein of coal beneath which he has worked to some extent. He also owns a farm in the Bullion oil field, which yields him considerable royalty from its producing wells. For three or four years, during the oil excitement, Mr. Galloway kept a store at Parker, but farming has been his principal occupation. He has been a public-spirited citizen and has served as constable and in other township offices. In political principle he is a Prohibitionist. His religious connection is with the M. E. Church at Mechanicsville, in which he holds the position of class leader.
On March 14, 1870, Mr. Galloway was married to Mary Jane Bonner. daughter of Archibald Bonner and sister of Harvey Bonner, of Irwin township, and they have had three children, namely: Susann Cyrene is the wife of John Eakins, a lumber manufacturer, of Harrisville, Butler Co., Pa.; Sarah Ellen is the wife of Hiram Clinton Foster; John Alvin, who lives on the home farm, married Clara Adams and has three children, Eugene Isaac, Mildred Catherine and Forrest Allen.

From FindAGrave:
Nat: 7 Oct 1844. Wit: James McKean. Int: 7 Oct 1844. Emigrated from Belfast in Apr 1834 to New York City, age 17. He was a farmer and merchant at Mechanicsville (Wesley] by 1851 and served many years as Justice of the Peace. He was a member of Pleasantview Methodist Church. He lived at Mechanicsville, (Wesley) Venango County, Pennsylvania. Worked on the Erie Canal, and at a NY distiller, He was a farmer, and store merchant. He was also known as Gallaway
From 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, PA, and Representative Citizens by James A. McKee, Pages 1435-1436
JOHN FULTON GALLAWAY, a well known citizen and substantial business man of Hilliard, Butler County, Pennsylvania, is proprietor of the hotel at that village and has a well established business. He was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1849, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Ghost) Gallaway. and a grandson of AA'illiam Gallaway. Thomas Gallaway was born in Ireland and was one of the following children born to his parents: William; John; Thomas; Isaac, who married Eliza Kohlter, daughter of John Kohlter of Mercer County ; and Eliza, deceased. Thomas came to the United States at the age of seventeen years and landed at New York City with just seventy-five cents in liis pocliet. He received employment at blasting rock in the construction of the Erie Canal, then worked for a distiller in New York State.

He was an industrious man, and of a frugal and saving disposition, and while thus employed accumulated enough money to purchase a farm of 150 acres in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was a heavily timbered tract, but little of the land having been cleared. He cleared the farm and lived upon it for a time, then purchased the Ross tract of land, consisting of 300 acres, on which he engaged in stock raising on an extensive scale. He at the same time carried on a general store at Mechanicsville, in Venango County. He married there to Sarah Ghost, a daughter of Philip Ghost, of Venango County, and they reared the following children : Craft, who married Mary Ellen Atwell, a daughter of John Atwell of Mercer County, and has three children,-Thomas, Clyde and Elizabeth; Isaac, who married Mary Jane Bonner, a daughter of Archie Bonner of Venango County, by whom he has one son and two daughters,-John, Elizabeth and Susan; John F., whose name heads this sketch; Ann Elizabeth, deceased; Mary, deceased; Lytle, deceased; and Martha, deceased.

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From: Volume 2 of Venango County, Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers and People, Embracing a General History of the County, and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families, Charles Almanzo Babcock page 994
John Hoffman, the father of Philip Ghost Hoffman, came very early from Westmoreland to Venango county, settling one mile west of what is now Clintonville. He chose a fine sightly spot for his home, where his grandson, Don Carlos Hoffman, now lives, and built the present residence during the Civil war. He died there in old age, soon after the war, and his wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Ghost, survived him several years. According to his plans the place passed to his son Philip Ghost Hoffman, father of Don Carlos. John and Catherine (Ghost) Hoffman had the following family: Walter, who died in Irwin township, where his sons William John and Barkey now live (his son Lowrie died at Ellwood City in the spring of 1918) ; Daniel, who also died in Irwin township, his surviving sons being Craft, John. Sheridan and Walter; Philip Ghost; Christiania. who married James Hoffman and died in Irwin township; Barbara, who married John Phipps. and died in Irwin township; Catherine, wife of Daniel Williams: Mary, wife of William Adams; Charlotte, wife' of John Hovis. of Clinton township; Elizabeth, who married Richard Surrena, and lived in Clinton township; and Sarah, who married Richard Richards, of Clinton township.

Huffman, John Walter (I84104)

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Full Obituary:
Lewiston-Ivan William Gesner, 90, of Buckfield passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday, October 27 at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in East Sumner on September 22, 1920 the son of Thomas S. and Tena F. Bonney Gesner. He attended schools in Sumner and Buckfield and Dexter Machinist school. He faithfully served our country in the U. S. Air Force during World War II as an airplane mechanic. He worked in the woods with horses for a number of years before being employed by Withingtons, Maine Apple Growers, J. W. Penney and retired from Modern Woodcraft. He married Marjorie Damon on July 18, 1944. He loved playing baseball and boxing. He was a member of John D. Long American Legion Post #58 in Buckfield. He was a Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics fan. His favorite thing was a trip over Streaked Mountain nearly every morning to Dunkin Donuts and his bean hole baked beans at all of summer family gatherings. Besides his parents he was predeceased by five sisters, Lillian Daniels, Winifred Holmes, Barbara Goding, Frances Damon and Joan Pope; and a brother Merle Gesner. He is survived by his wife of Buckfield; daughters, Mary Ann Gesner and partner Hannah Trowbridge, Judith Bennett and husband Stephen; Linda Cooper, Wendy Therrien and husband Patrick; and son Thomas Gesner and partner Lee Darling; 13 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren, with another on the way; one great great grandchild, with another on the way; sisters-in-law, Gladys Newbegin, Betty Atkinson and Millie Newton; a brother-in-law, Dick Pope; and many nieces and nephews. Gesner-Died in Lewiston October 27, 2010. Ivan W. Gesner, 90, of Buckfield. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 30 at 1:30 p.m. at Andrews Funeral Home, High St, Buckfield followed by interment at Elmwood Cemetery in E. Sumner. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Donations in his memory can be made to Buckfield Rescue.

Gesner, Ivan William (I57070)

581

Gammon, William Jefferson. Old Gammon Families and Their Descendants. Montreat, North Carolina: , 1965.

Source (S748)

582

Gangrene of left foot

Atwell, Mary Ellen (I84823)

583

Gangrene of the foot

Damon, William Pinkney (I9980)

584

General paralysis

Gallagher, Susan (I4693)

585

Generalized carcinoma; primary site colon

Hontz, Anna S (I79519)

586

George Drake Burial Ground

Keith, Ruth (I86623)

587

GEORGE E. MCCRACKEN, "THE WILL OF ARTHUR HOWLAND, SENIOR, OF MARSHFIELD," NEHGR, 104:221-225 (FHL #974 B2ne)

CLARENCE A. TORREY, "THE HOWLAND ANCESTRY," THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, 14:214-215 (FHL #973 B2AG)

ROBERT S. WAKEFIELD, "ARTHUR HOWLAND OF PLYMOUTH, MA," NGSQ, 71:84-91 (FHL #973 B2ng)

Howland, Mary (I19777)

588

GEORGE E. MCCRACKEN, "THE WILL OF ARTHUR HOWLAND, SENIOR, OF MARSHFIELD," NEHGR, 104:221-225 (FHL #974 B2ne)

CLARENCE A. TORREY, "THE HOWLAND ANCESTRY," THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, 14:214-215 (FHL #973 B2ag)

ROBERT S. WAKEFIELD, ET.AL., "ARTHUR HOWLAND OF PLYMOUTH, MA," NSGQ, 71:84-91 (FHL #973 B2ng)

Howland, Deborah (I17286)

589

GEORGE E. MCCRACKEN, "THE WILL OF ARTHUR HOWLAND, SENIOR, OF MARSHFIELD," NEHGR, 104:221-225 (FHL #974 B2ne)

CLARENCE A. TORREY, "THE HOWLAND ANCESTRY," THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST," 14:214-215 (FHL #973 B2ag)

ROBERT S. WAKEFIELD, ET.AL., "ARTHUR HOWLAND OF PLYMOUTH, MA," NSGQ, 71:84-91 (FHL #973 B2ng)

Howland, Arthur (I20896)

590

George Heinrich Melber Confirmation Certificate. Certificate of Confirmation. 7 April 1895. Privately held by Elbert Martin Damon III, Manchester, Pennsylvania. 2013.

Source (S675)

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George owned and operated a Feed, Flour and Fertilizer store. It was located on Summit Hill Road in Ellenburg Depot, NY.

From local historian Ruthann N. LaBombard:
"About the store, It was located on Station Hill in Ellenburg Depot, Ny. I contacted Leah VanArman Drown and she verified the location. George was her grandfather. He would take her to the feed store and one day he forgot her because she was playing off somewhere, He went home without her and she had to call the operator and ask her to call him at the farm to come and get her. At that time the telephone system was like that."

VanArman, George Henry (I40)

592

Gideon served on the first committee of safety and on the committee to secure clothing for soldiers. In 1777 he organized a company and marched to the defense of Danbury when it was burned by the British

From Find A Grave Memorial:
SAR record states the following: Married Anna Brockett of Wallingford, Jan 18, 1737. Had 8 sons. Was a Lieutenant and Captain in French & Indian War 1758-9, commissioned by Governor Fitch. Was at Ticonderoga with sons Jesse & David. Was in the New Haven Invasion & Danbury Raid. Waterbury Comm. Safety 77, Commissioner for Revolutionary Soldiers Clothing. Had 5 sons in the War. Founder & first Deacon of the Congregational Churches in Naugatuck and Prospect.

Hotchkiss, Gideon (I33473)

593

Gladys Mae (Damon) Newbegin (1913-2013)
Obituary
Gladys Mae Newbegin, 99, formerly of Warner died on Wednesday, February 27, at the Merrimack County Nursing Home.

Gladys was born in Buckfield, Maine, in June 1913 to Wilson and Hazel (Keene) Damon and was a member of the Class of 1931 from Buckfield High School.
She moved to New Hampshire many years ago helping her husband, Charles, to raise their family. She worked for many years as a clerk for the United Life Insurance Co. and has enjoyed many years of retirement. Gladys was an outdoors person enjoying all she could. She loved to fish and hunt or to go for a hike and camping.
Gladys was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1984; a sister, Lillian Morris; and four brothers, Richard, George, Norman and Stanley Damon.
She is survived by her daughter Hazel Johnson and her husband, Cyril, of Contoocook; Eugene Newbegin of Warner; two stepsons Donald Scovil of Loudon; James Scovil and his wife, Barbara, of Harrington, Maine; three sisters Laura Atkinson, Marjorie Gessner and Mildred Newton, whom are all from Buckfield, Maine; 11 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.
There will be no calling hours, a Celebration of Life service will be held Tuesday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at the United Church of Warner. Burial will take place at a later date at the convenience of the family at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Hiram, Maine. Pastor Bob Wyand will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Edna McKenna Trust Fund c/o the Merrimack County Nursing Home 325 D.W. Highway Boscawen, NH 03303. .
Published in The Concord Monitor from March 3 to March 4, 2013

Damon, Gladys Mae (I201)

594

Glenwood Cemetery

Sturtevant, Francis Jr (I2422)

595

Glover Cemetery

Bisbee, Esther Spaulding (I72946)

596

Glover Cemetery

Gammon, James Madison (I72945)

597

Glover Cemetery