Blue Hill, ME Pioneer Families - part 2 (about 2 Date: 97-11-12 01:22:17 EST From: stoeckle@concentric.net (Sioux L. Stoeckle) Here's info on the CLAY, CUSHING, CLOUGH, COGGIN, and COLBURN families of Blue Hill, Maine. Now I know why I do this - I get to meet new people and feel good, too! Enjoy! :-) ********** JONATHAN CLAY. Jonathan Clay was born April 22, 1741; died July 21, 1822. He married Mary Roundy, daughter of John Roundy, the first settler, Dec. 22, 1766; she born May 14, 1748; died March 12, 1829. Children: i. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 16, 1766. ii. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 17, 1768; d. 1775. iii. MOLLY, b. Apr.. 25, 1771; m. John Peters, Jan. 2, 1821; she d. Mar. 22, 1822. iv. ROUNDY, b. Oct. 25, 1773. v. JONATHAN, b. Oct.. 4, 1776; m. Sukey Viles of Orland, July 3, 1800. vi. RACHEL, b. July 22, 1779; m. Joseph Wood, July 5, 1815. vii. RICHARD, b. May 19, 1782; m. viii. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 17, 1784; m. 1st, Relief ____; 2d, Sally Clough, Feb. 24, 1831; he d. Apr. 14, 1836. ix. ROBERT, b. May 27, 1786; m. Patty Nickerson, of Castine; he d. May, 1852; she d. March 21, 1854. NATHANIEL CUSHING, JR. Was a son of Nathaniel and Mary (Dyer) Cushing of Cape Elizabeth; born there May 4, 1769. The father was son of Col. Ezekiel Cushing, of Scituate and Cape Elizabeth, a distinguished man of his time. The mother married second John Peters, of Blue Hill. Nathaniel, Jr., married Betsey Alley, Dec. 17, 1801; she born July 12, 1780, and died April 2, 1830. He died July 20, 1833. Children: i. JOHN, b. May 17, 1802; m. Eliza Hinckley, Aug. 2, 1832; he d. July 26, 1854; he was a sea captain. ii. LOUISA, b. Aug. 18, 1804. iii. NATHANIEL, b. Apr. 10, 1807; m. st [sic], Irene Kimball; she d.; 2d, Phebe O. Johnson. iv. LEANDER, b. Apr. 24, 1809; m. Mary Johnson, Dec. 1, 1836; he d. Jan. 13, 1884. v. LEMUEL, b. Aug. 31, 1812; m. Almira Wight, Dec. 15, 1839; he d. Dec. 19, 1879. vi. BETSY, b. Oct. 17, 1816. vii. ANDREW PETERS, b. Mar. 6, 1820; d. April 1851; never married. viii. FRANKLIN SPOFFORD, b. Dec. 14, 1822; m. ____; d. June 1, 1880. ASA CLOUGH. Asa Clough was from Haverhill, Mass., b. Aug. 25, 1764, d. Jan. 2, 1851; m. Abigail Ricker, of Bradford, Mass, Nov. 27, 1789; she b. Nov. 27, 1766; d. March 16, 1854. Children: i. DANIEL, b. Apr. 11, 1790; m. Polly Tenney, Mar. 24, 1818; he d. Apr. 2, 1867. ii. CHEEVER RUSSELL, b. July 20, 1790; lost at sea when a young man. iii. SALLY, b. Nov. 5, 1794; m. Benjamin Clay, Feb. 24, 1831; second husband John Osgood; she d. June 10, 1852. iv. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1797; m. Jane Lymeburner Dec. 5, 1827; he d. Sept. 14, 1883. v. ASA, b. Jan. 8, 1799; m. first Abigail Sinclair; second Louisa Ray, Sept. 11, 1829; he d. Nov. 20, 1861. vi. LEONARD, b. Sept. 3, 1801; m. Mary Jane Wood, Nov. 30, 1837; he. d. July 10, 1865. vii. JAMES, b. Sept. 3, 1803; m. Mary Marshall Carman, of Deer Isle; he d. viii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 22, 1805; m. Putnam Ingalls, Oct. 21, 1830; she d.- ix. ZELOTES, b. Nov. 24, 1807; m. Jane Grover, Oct. 15, 1835; both living in 1890. x. LOUISA, b. Sept. 27, 1811; m. Isaac Merrill, Jan. 3, 1832; she d. Aug. 22, 1847. JOHN CLOUGH. John Clough, a brother of Asa, b. Apr. 16, 1773; d. Jan. 12, 1807; m. Polly Coggins, Nov. 27, 1799; she b. Sept. 19, 1773; d. July, 1853. Children: i. MOSES, b. Aug. 7, 1800, d. March 30, 1801. ii. MOSES PARKER, b. Feb. 5, 1802; m. Sarah P. Dodge, Jan. 19, 1832; he d. at sea June 28, 1836. iii. WARREN, b. June 9, 1804; d. May 17, 1827. iv. POLLY, b. Aug. 14, 1806. THOMAS COGGIN. Thomas Coggin came from Beverly, Mass., to Blue Hill with his family in 1765. He was born Feb. 14, 1734, and died Feb. 11, 1821, aged 87 years. He married Lydia Obear, Feb. 1755; died Oct. 22, 1799. Children: i. HEZEKIAH, b. April 3, 1756. ii. MOLLY, b. Nov. 17, 1758; m. Robert Haskell Wood, Dec. 15, 1782; she d. Jan. 1, 1836. iii. LYDIA, b. July 19, 1763; d. May 1, 1791. iv. JOSIAH, b. Nov. 29, 1764; m. Polly Pecker April 19, 1795; she b. Sept. 19, 1773; d. July 1853; he d. at the South. Children: 1. Hannah Russell, b. Nov. 22, 1795; m. George Clay, Jan. 20, 1817; she d. Dec. 23, 1840. 2. Josiah, b. Jan. 16, 1797; m. Betsey Carleton, April 1, 1828; d. v. SAMUEL, b. July 19, 1768; m. Mary Horton, Oct. 2, 1786; he d. Sept. 13, 1843; aged 77 years. Children: 1. Samuel, b. April 1, 1787; m. Rebecca Crosby, Aug. 10, 1809. 2. Mary, b. March 16, 1789; m. Lewis H. Green, Dec. 22, 1805. vi. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 15, 1774; m. Nathan Arnold, Dec. 14, 1795; she d. July 20, 1819. JEREMIAH COLBURN. From Dunstable, Mass., to Pownalborough about 1760. He married Frances Hodgkins. He was selectman in Blue Hill 1768. In Orrington, 1772-3. Then to Orono in 1774, where he died, 1808. Children: i. WILLIAM, b. Dunstable, Mass., 1760; Revolutionary pensioner; lived and died in Orono. April 6, 1847. Has descendants. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Pownalborough, April 26, 1762; m. Capt. Daniel Jameson, of Orono. iii. FRANCES, b. do. Oct. 8, 1763; m. Samuel White, of Orono. iv. JEREMIAH, b. do. June 22, 1765, died at age of 21. Blue Hill, ME Pioneer Families - part 2 (about 2 Date: 97-11-12 01:22:17 EST From: stoeckle@concentric.net (Sioux L. Stoeckle) Here's info on the CLAY, CUSHING, CLOUGH, COGGIN, and COLBURN families of Blue Hill, Maine. Now I know why I do this - I get to meet new people and feel good, too! Enjoy! :-) ********** NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents.


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