Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Books .....Stetson 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 December 13, 2008, 5:16 am Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine STETSON. Elisha Stetson was descended from Robert Stetson (1613-1702), who settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1634, coming from the County of Kent, Eng. The descent is through Joseph (1639-1724), Robert (1670-____), Anthony (1693-1747), and Isaac (1722-1811). The last married 16 Nov. 1749 Ruth Prouty. Elisha was the sixth of their eleven children, born 8 April 1759, in Scituate, Mass. He married Rebecca Curtis in 1784 and moved to Durham in 1789, settling on the County Road. He died Feb. 1848. RUTH b. 18 Nov. 1784; m. May 1811 Nathaniel Parker. SALLY b. 20 July 1786; unm. ELISHA b. 17 Nov. 1788. See below. STEPHEN b. 28 May 1791; m. 13 Aug. 1813 Betsey Dennison of Freeport. Lived in Lewiston. 6 ch. ISAAC b. 3 March 1793; m. 23 Nov. 1819 Betsey Curtis of Boston. Lived, in Pownal. 9 ch. CLARISSA b. 18 May 1795; m. 20 Oct. 1820 Elisha Lincoln; d. 11 March 1840. ABIGAIL, twin to Clarissa: m. 14 Feb. 1828 Nathaniel Parker; d. 24 Jan. 1844. DAVID b. 30 March 1798; m. 4 Dec. 1824 Elizabeth Sylvester of Freeport. Lived in Auburn. 11 ch. MARY b. 6 April 1800; m. 21 Jan. 1S21 Capt. Nathaniel Lincoln; d. 16 Oct. 1890. CHARLES b. 11 April 1802; m. Elmira Watson of Calais. Lived in Durham. 3 ch. Isaac b. 2 Aug. 1832; d. young. Ebenezer b. 1 April 1834; m. dau. of Benj. P. Roberts. Susanna b. 19 Sept. 1841. NATHANIEL b. 20 July 1804; m. 24 Dec. 1829 Ann Osgood. Lived in Durham. Died 17 Mch. 1887. Ch. CHARLES B. b. 20 Oct. 1839; m. Maria, dau. of Elisha Lincoln. Educated at Bowdoin College. A. M. Teacher. Died at Maiden, Mass. MARY A. b. 13 Mch. 1832. Unm. JOHN DURAN b. 13 Mch. 1834; taught Lewiston High School four years after graduating at Bowdoin Coll. in 1858. Studied law in Lewiston. and practiced there till 1877. Resides at Red Wing, Minn. Married 1871 Maria H. Lyon. DAVID OSGOOD b. 13 Nov. 1836. Bowdoin College, i860. Teacher for a time. Now engaged in lumbering business in Mason, Ill. Married and has one son. Elisha Stetson, Jr., born in Scituate, Mass., 17 Nov. 1788. came to Durham in 1789. For several years he was a seaman. After his marriage he settled in Lewiston. The growth of that city enabled him to sell his land at a great advance. For the remainder of his life he was a well known citizen of Auburn. He helped build the first toll bridge between Lewiston and Auburn and was clerk of the company thirty years. He was interested in the manufacture of woolen goods and in. railroads. For several years Auburn had his services on the Board of Selectmen. He was a broad-minded man and interested in everything that pertained to the public welfare. Mr. Stetson married (i) 29 Oct. 1815, Pamelia Haskell of New Gloucester, who died 22 May 1822, leaving three children; (2) 5 April, 1823, Laura Bradford of Turner, who died 20 June 1862, leaving seven children. He died in Auburn 26 Jan. 1876. ELIZABETH A. b. 10 Sept. 1816; m. Dec. 1839 Nathan Briggs of Auburn; d. Jan. 1895. ALFRED b. 5 Nov. 1818; m. June 1848 Eleanor Barden. EMELINE b. 27 Oct. 1820. BRADFORD b. 15 Jan. 1824. PAMELIA H. b. 19 Feb. 1826; m. Howe Weeks of Auburn. LAURA B. b. 8 Dec. 1827; d. 10 Aug. 1839. SYLVANUS C. b. 28 Sept. 1829. MARIA L. C. b. 27 Nov. 1832. ABIGAIL L. b. 8 Dec. 1837. ELISHA F. b. 26 Dec. 1841; d. Sept. 1869. Elijah Stetson was descended also from Robert of 1613-1702, but through another line, viz., Benjamin (1641-1710, Benjamin (1668-1740), Abijah (1704-____). Elijah was born in Scituate, Mass., March 1747; m. 9 April 1772 Susannah Curtis of Hanover, Mass. He bought, 8 Aug. 1786, of Charles Gerrish, Jr., lot 31 and built his cabin near the Reed Brook. His first framed house is now over one hundred years old. He m. (2) 17 April 1791 Dorothy Merrill of Durham. By first marriage there were children, Charles and Asenath. The latter married Barnabas Strout. Charles married, 9 Aug. 1798, Sagy Stetson of Free-port. They had children, Asenath, Charles C, Washington, Albert, Dexter and Solomon. Charles C. Stetson, son of Charles and grandson of Elijah m. 24 Jan. 1838 Lydia, dau. of Samuel G. Osgood. He was a farmer and mechanic. 5 ch. SARAH b. 16 Sept. 1843; d. 21 Aug. 1862. LEONARD A. b. 7 Dec. 1845; m. Dora Scott; lives in Durham. LYDIA R. b. 24 Dec. 1847; m. and lives in Vineland, N. J. EMMA O. b. 1 Jan. 1851; m. and lives in Vineland, N. J. OSGOOD C. b. 16 Nov. 1852; deceased. 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. LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 1899. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/history/1899/historyo/stetsonf114nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mefiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb