Gammon, David b. Abt 1754 Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME d. 16 Jun 1837 Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME: My Damon Genealogy

Abt 1754 - 1837 (~ 83 years)

Name	Gammon, David
Birth	Abt 1754	Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME [1]
Gender	Male
Census	1800	Buckfield, Cumberland Co., ME [2]
Census	1820	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME [3]
DAR Ancestor Number	A043464
Military	Pension Papers [4]
Tombstone Photo	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME [5]
	East Buckfield Cemetery
Death	16 Jun 1837	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME [5]
Burial	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME [5]
Person ID	i18086	My Damon Genealogy
Last Modified	11 Oct 2014

Father	Gammon, Joseph, b. Abt 1730, England d. Abt 1810, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME (Age ~ 80 years)
Mother	Robardson, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1736 d. Aft 1801 (Age ~ 66 years)
Marriage	14 Jan 1750	Portland, Cumberland Co., ME
Family ID	F8245	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Gammon, David, b. Abt 1754, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME d. 16 Jun 1837, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME (Age ~ 83 years)

Marriage Aft 03 May 1777 Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME [6]

Children

	1. Gammon, Eunice, b. 15 Jul 1780, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 26 Dec 1857 (Age 77 years) [Father: Unknown] [Mother: Unknown]
+	2. Gammon, Rev Joseph, b. 03 Jan 1784, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 07 Nov 1859 (Age 75 years)
+	3. Gammon, Thomas, b. 27 Jan 1786, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 1871 (Age 84 years)
	4. Gammon, Mary, b. 22 Jun 1788, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 16 Aug 1871 (Age 83 years) [Father: Unknown] [Mother: Unknown]
	5. Gammon, Levi, b. 01 Aug 1791, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 26 Nov 1879, East Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME (Age 88 years)
	6. Gammon, Robinson, b. 10 Feb 1794, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME d. 12 Oct 1882 (Age 88 years)
	7. Gammon, Deborah, b. 10 Apr 1797, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME d. Between 1798 and 1891 (Age 0 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	8. Gammon, Charity, b. 10 Apr 1800, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME d. Between 1801 and 1894 (Age 0 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	9. Gammon, Daughter [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]

Family ID F8246 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Mar 2014

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1754 - Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME
	Marriage - Aft 03 May 1777 - Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
	Census - 1800 - Buckfield, Cumberland Co., ME
	Census - 1820 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
	Tombstone Photo - East Buckfield Cemetery - - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
	Death - 16 Jun 1837 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
	Burial - - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

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		Gammon, David Pension Roll of 1835
		Gammon, David Pension Roll of 1835
		Gammon, David Alphabetical Index of Rev Pensioners living in Maine
		Gammon, David and Mary Doane; Swett, John and Betsey Record of Children
		1820 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, town of Buckfield, population schedule, p. 234
		1800 U.S. census, Cumberland County, Maine, Town of Buckfield, population schedule, p. 235

Headstones

Gammon, David

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."

Sources

[S688] Hugh Davis McLellan, History of Gorham, ME, (Smith & Sale, printers,1903), 511.
[S759] 1800 U.S. census.
1800 U.S. census, Cumberland County, Maine, Town of Buckfield, population schedule, p. 235 (stamped), line 13, David Gammon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2014); citing NARA microfilm, series: M32, Roll:6, image 235
[S607] 1820 U.S. census.
1820 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, town of Buckfield, population schedule, p. 234 (penned), line 18, David Gammon; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 August 2013); citing NARA roll: M33_37, image 142.
[S657] Ancestry.com, "U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900", (Location: Provo, UT;).
David Gammon, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 January 2014), citing Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA, microfilm M804
[S912] East Buckfield Cemetery, (Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine; south side of East Buckfield Rd, just west of the intersection with Bryant Rd; LAT/LON 44.29341N, -70.33154W), Mary and David Gamman marker, read 27 June 2014.
[S1027] Spurr, William Samuel, A History of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine; From the Original Grant to the close of the Year 1944, 391, 192.