Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Books .....Getchell Family 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 November 24, 2008, 10:57 pm Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine GETCHELL. John Getchell, son of Samuel of Salisbury and grandson of Samuel the emigrant of 1638, came to Brunswick in 1736, and settled near Bull Bridge. There were baptized in Scarborough, 19 July 1736, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Mary and Ruth, children of John and Elizabeth Getchell. Their children born in Brunswick were Abigail, 10 May 1737, and William, 6 Sept. 1740. John Getchell m. (2) 1742, Mary Barber of Falmouth. They had twelve children. He died 10 May 1771, aged 74 yrs. DORCAS b. 25 Feb. 1743; m. (Int. Rec. 22 Oct. 1763) John Blethen. SAMUEL b. 15 Aug. 1745; m. 16 July 1765 (1) Sarah Simmons in Harpswell; (2) 12 April 1809 Mary Tibbetts. He settled in Litchfield and died 1822. 12 ch. born in Brunswick, 6 in Litchfield. JOHN b. 3 Dec. 1748; m. in Cape Elizabeth 19 Sept. 1771 Elizabeth Robinson. He was then "of Royal's Town." Their children recorded in Durham were Daniel b. 8 Sept. 1775; Abigail b. 21 Dec. 1777; Betty b. 6 Dec. 1772. There were probably others. MARY b. 23 March 1750; m. Solomon Tracy. HUGH b. 26 Dec. 1752. See below. ROBERT b. 21 Sept. 1754; m. 27 Mch. 1777 Sarah Hall. He was drowned while crossing the river in a snow storm, just above Lisbon Falls in 1807. His son Winslow was born 14 Jan. 1785 and moved to Bowdoin in 1808. Winslow's son, David B. of Auburn was born 14 June 1813. JUDITH b. 18 Aug. 1756; m. 25 Dec. 1775 Clement Orr of Harpswell, afterward of Durham. SUSANNA b. 21 June 1757. NATHANIEL b. 14 May 1759; see below. ANNA b. 14 June 1761; m. Christopher Tracy. ELIZABETH W. b. 15 Feb. 1764; m. Samuel Tracy. JOSEPH RIGGS. See below. Hugh Getchell came with his father to Royalsborough about 1770; m. 26 Jan. 1775 Mary Walks of Brunswick and died in Durham in 1838. Their children were. DAVID b. 11 Nov. 1776; m. Susanna Davis; (2) 16 July 1815 Sally (Davis) Douglas. He died in Litchfield 11 Aug. 1858. See Hist, of Litchfield. JOSIAH b. 4 Oct. 1778; d. 25 June 1797. BETHANY b. 19 Oct. 1780; m. Joseph Varney of Brunswick. JEREMIAH b. 30 March 1783; m. 13 Sept. 1804 Sarah Babb of Durham. ELISHA b. 13 Jan. 1785; m. 17 June 1824 Eliza Owen; (2) Mrs. Mary (Duran) Douglas, widow of Rev. Wm. Douglas. See below. HUGH b. 15 Mch. 1787; m. Prudence Davis; d. 1 Sept. 1864. See Hist. of Litchfield. MARY b. 14 April 1789; m. 30 July 1815 Josiah Magoon of Litchfield. Lived in Hartland. LUCY b. 14 Feb. 1792. Unm. SARAH b. 28 Sept. 1793; m. 17 May 1820 Wm. Beal of Durham. LYDIA b. 24 July 1795; m. 1827, James Booker of Durham. ISAAC b. 12 July 1797; m. 1824, Susannah Getchell of Brunswick. Lived in St. Albans. ELIHU b. 22 Mch. 1799. Unm. ISRAEL b. 24 Mch. 1802; m. 10 Oct. 1830 Alice Skolfield of Brunswick. Ch. Emery b. 4 Feb. 1831. Unm. Lives in St. Albans; Lindly b. 4 July 1833 m. _____ Bibber, lives in Harpswell; Emeline Lovina b. 2 July 1835. Nathaniel Getchell, mentioned above, m. 6 Dec. 1781 Merriam Blethen in Brunswick. Their ch. born in Durham were. PHEBE b. 19 Jan. 1783; m. 30 Oct. 1798 Timothy Dunton. JAMES b. 26 June 1784; d. 2 June 1802. JUDITH b. 26 May 1786; m. 15 April 1812 Wm. Jones of Brunswick. RHODA b. 12 Oct. 1789; d. 21 June 1802. NANCY b. 22 Jan. 1792; m. 13 Feb. 1814 Joseph Malcolm of Lisbon. WEALTHY b. 18 Mch. 1794; m. 11 April 1813 Abel Kimball of Lisbon. NATHANIEL Jr. b. 20 Mch. 1797; m. 1825 Deborah Bicknell of Buckfield. MERRIAM b. 2 Aug. 1799. LOVEY b. 26 July 1801; m. 1 July 1819 James Coombs of Bowdoin. PHEBE b. 7 June 1803. ANNA b. 19 Dec. 1804. Joseph Riggs Getchell married, Nov. 1786 Grace Springer. Their children seem to have been as follows. MARGARET b. 6 April 1787; m. 7 Jan. 1810 Christopher Tracy. LOVE b. 5 Sept. 1789; Riggs b. 5 Nov. 1791; Daniel b. 16 Mch. 1794. MARY b. 26 Nov. 1798; Grace b. 5 July 1804; James b. 3 Oct. 1806; Louis b. 13 Dec. 1808. Elisha, son of Hugh Getchell m. (1) Eliza Owen; (2) Mrs. Mary (Duran) Douglas. He died 26 Jan. 1882. Their children were. ALFRED b. 11 Oct. 1823; m. Sarah Prescott. JEREMIAH b. 3 April 1825; m. Harriet Doughty of Topsham; d. in Raymond. HUGH b. 1 April 1827; d. 21 Oct. 1843. ARNEE b. 27 April 1829; d. in Cal. ELIZA ANN b. 14 Feb. 1832; m. Wm. Stimpson. ELISHA A. b. 1 July 1842; m. ____ Nash; d. 29 Aug. 1882 in Deering. HANNAH J. b. 4 Dec. 1843; m. Orlando Cash; d. 17 July 1886 in Westbrook. Additional Comments: Part of Chapter XII. GENEALOGICAL NOTES Extracted from: HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES. BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE. PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN. 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