Blue Hill, ME Pioneer Families - pt. 6 (about 4 pages) Date: 97-11-13 06:48:28 EST From: stoeckle@concentric.net (Sioux L. Stoeckle) surnames: HARDIN, HEWINS (2), HINCKLEY, HOLT, HORTON ********** FREEMAN HARDIN. Freeman Hardin, b. May 27, 1780; came to Blue Hill a young man; m. Thankful Stetson, sister of Samuel Stetson, from Scituate, Jan. 25, 1800; she b. June 7, 1779; d. July, 1868; 91 years of age; he d. July 29, 1870, aged 90 years. Children: i. EDNA, b. June 9, 1801; m. William Gregory, Dec. 13, 1821; living at Blue Hill, May, 1890. ii. ALMIAR, b. Nov. 3, 1802; m. Andrew Fiske, March 18, 1827. iii. JARED, b. Aug. 26, 1804; m. Cynthia Roundy, Aug. 29, 1826; he d. ----. iv. EMILY, b. Nov. 22, 1806. v. JANE, b. May 29, 1808; d. Oct. 31, 1834. vi. RUFUS, b. March 5, 1810; d. Sept. 27, 1811. vii. DREW, b. June 1, 1813; d. May 24, 1815. viii. AZUBA, b. June 13, 1816; m. Israel Webber, July 6, 1834. ix. MARSHALL, b. May 21, 1819; m. first Mary Clay, second Elizabeth W. Candage; issue by both wives seven children; he d. July 17, 1873. x. LAURA, b. Nov. 1, 1820; m. Samuel Spurr, Apr. 18, 1839. xi. RUFUS, b. Jan. 27, 1824; m. Eunice Clay Sept. 3, 1843; removed to California where he d. in 1854. SETH HEWINS. Seth Hewins, b. in Dedham, Mass., Dec. 29, 1773; m. Katherine Fisher, a sister to Rev. Jonathan Fisher, Sept. 2, 1799; came to Blue Hill, Oct. 16, 1799; chosen a deacon of Congregational Church, Mar. 17, 1808; he d. May 9, 1844; she b. Mar. 27, 1771; d. Aug. 15, 1854. Children: i. KATHARINE, b. Feb. 22, 1801; d. Feb. 16, 1823. ii. SETH, b. Oct. 3, 1802; d. May 19, 1827. iii. CYNTHIA, b. Jan. 13, 1805; d. June 28, 1835. iv. SUKEY, b. Dec. 18, 1807; d. June 21, 1836. PHILIP HEWINS. Philip Hewins, b. in Dedham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1776; m. Lucy Tapley, Oct. 28, 1806; she be. Apr. 3, 1786. The family removed from town. Children: i. LUCRETIA, b. Apr. 15, 1807. ii. PHILIP, b. July 25, 1808. EBENEZER HINCKLEY. Ebenezer Hinckley was the son of Shubael Hinckley, of Brunswick, Me.; born there Feb. 20, 1733; soldier in the French war, 1757; (the father was b. in Harwich, Mass., Mar. 25, 1709, and at the age of 75 m. his fifth wife at Machias, Me., by whom he had four sons, all of whom settled in Eastern Maine.) Ebenezer Hinckley went to Blue Hill in 1766, among the first settlers, and resided on the Neck. He d. in March, 1776, having been found frozen to death upon Long Island, Blue Hill Bay, where he and James Candage Senior, built and owned a saw mill. He m. Susannah Brown; published in Brunswick, Sept. 15, 1754; she b. 1732, d. Oct. 1, 1804. Children: i. SUSANNAH, b. in Brunswick, Feb. 7, 1758; m. Ebenezer Floyd, June 12, 1791; she d. March 5, 1821. For children see Floyd family. ii. EBENEZER, b. do. Apr. 10, 1761; lived and died in Blue Hill, Jan. 30, 1842; he m. Elisabeth Coggins, Jan. 12, 1786; she b. Jan. 6, 1766; d. Sept. 30, 1803. Children: 1. Hepzibah, b. Dec. 10, 1786; m. Daniel Faulkner; she d. Oct. 24, 1840. 2. Wallace Coggins, b. Apr. 3, 1788; m. Polly Johnson; he d. Jan., 1862. 3. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 14, 1792; m. Sally Peters; he d. 1852. 4. Floyd, b. Sept. 1, 1794; m. Mary Ingalls. 5. Andrew, b. Aug. 21, 1796; m. Mary Keen. 6. Vespasian, b. June 25, 1798; m. Ruth Wardwell; she d. Old Town, June 7, 1890, aged 81 yrs., 10 mos., 7 days 7. Polly, b. Mar. 7, 1800; d. Aug. 15, 1863, in California. 8. Elnathan, b. Apr. 25, 1802; m. Louisa Holt, she d. Jan. 29, 1834; he d. Dec. 5, 1869. 9. Rosella, b. June 17, 1804; m. Moses Johnson; she d. in Boston, in 1888. 10. Adeline, b. Aug. 21, 1806; m. Joseph Mann; he lost at sea; she d. Feb. 18, 1863. 11. Eliza, b. Aug. 1, 1809; m. John Cushing; he d. July 26, 1854. iii. NEHEMIAH, b. do. Oct. 13, 1762; lived and died in Blue Hill, Oct. 22, 1831; a Revolutionary soldier; m. Edith, dau. of Joseph Wood, the first settler, Sept. 13, 1787; she third child born in Blue Hill, Aug. 3, 1766; Aug. 3, 1861, she dined with one hundred and eleven of her descendants; she d. Dec. 8, 1863, upwards of 97 years of age. Children: 1. Ruth Haskell, b. Apr. 1, 1788; m. John Osgood; she d. Aug. 20, 1861. 2. Nehemiah, b. Oct. 2, 1790; m. Phebe P. Kimball; he d. Oct. 29, 1868; he compiled a genealogy of the Blue Hill family in 1863. 3. Susannah Brown, b. Feb. 21, 1793; m. Edward Varnum Stevens; she d. May 18, 1851. 4. Edith, b. Jan. 22, 1795; m. Archibald Wescott; she d. Nov. 13, 1866. 5. Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1798; m. first Ruby Kimball, second Elvira Stevens; she living May 1890; he d. Nov. 7, 1884; father of the late Hon. Joseph T. Hinckley, Senator, Councillor [sic], etc. 6. Obed, b. June 25, 1800; m. Louisa Cushing; he d. Nov. 4, 1872. 7. Sally, b. May 15, 1803; m. first Alfred Osgood; second Judah Chase; she d. Dec. 6, 1851. 8. Emma, b. Jan. 2, 1806; m. first William Tenney; second Judah Chase; she d. in 1887. 9. Robert Wood, b. Apr. 1, 1808; m. Huldah Allen; he d. July, 1872. iv. ISAIAH, b. Brunswick, April 21, 1765; lived in Blue Hill, and d. Mar. 28, 1846; he m. Annie Horton, Sept. 28, 1791; she b. Sept. 21, 1770; d. Mar. 22, 1831. Children: 1. Joanna, b. Mar. 6, 1792; m. first Joseph Wood; second, Wm. Grindle. 2. Phebe Peters, b. Jan. 14, 1794; m. first Joseph Osgood; second L. S. Osgood; she d. Dec. 24, 1876. 3. Nahum, b. Oct. 14, 1795; d. at sea Jan. 8, 1818. 4. John Horton, b. Sept. 19, 1797; d. Aug. 19, 1821, at Boston. 5. Betsey, b. May 15, 1799; m. Ira Witham; she d. Apr. 13, 1847. 6. Jabez, b. May 31, 1801; d. at sea Jan. 1, 1830. 7. Harriet, b. Apr. 7, 1803; m. Matthew Ray, she d. Mar., 1847. 8. Jesse, b. May 29, 1805; m. Joanna Johnson; he d. Sept. 5, 1863. 9. Angelina, b. Sept. 22, 1807; m. first Josiah Gray; second Ira Witham; she d. Feb. 4, 1882. 10. Jonathan Powers, b. Feb. 17, 1810; m. Cecilia Young, by whom he had one daughter; he d. July 13, 18--. 11. Mary Anner, b. Oct. 17, 1813; m. Wasson Burnham; she d. Apr. 13, 1857. v. BETSEY, b. Blue Hill, Aug. 18, 1768; m. Joseph Parker; he d. Aug. 13, 1801; she m. second, John Thomas. vi. HEPZIBAH, b. Blue Hill, Feb. 29, 1771; d. Dec. 22, 1781. NICHOLAS HOLT. Nicholas Holt was born at Andover, Mass., Mar. 10, 1716; he m. first at Andover, Hannah Osgood, May 6, 1739; she be. May 1714, d. Sept. 1, 1744; m. second Lois Phelps, Apr. 29, 1751. He went to Blue Hill in May, 1765. He was a man of note, and the foremost man in town at an early date; a town officer many years; an Inn Keeper; was possessed of considerable estate. He d. Mar. 16, 1798; his widow d. Jan. 5, 1815. Children: i. JEDEDIAH, b. Apr., 1740; d. Sept., 1740. ii. HANNAH, b. Nov. 16, 1741; m. Jonathan Darling, Sept. 15, 1763; he d. Feb. 26, 1828; she d. Dec. 31, 1826. By 2d wife iii. Phebe, b. Feb. 9, 1752; m. Israel Wood, Sept. 24, 1768; he son of Joseph Wood, the first settler; he d. Nov. 13, 1800; she d. Feb. 12, 1831. iv. JEDEDIAH, b. Mar. 12, 1754; m. Sarah Thorndike, Feb. 24, 1778; she b. Oct. 4, 1751; d. Jan. 15, 1836; he d. Aug. 8, 1847. Children: 1. Jedediah, b. Mar. 3, 1779; m. Polly Viles; she d. Mar. 21, 1843; he d. Sept. 4, 1842. 2. Jeremiah Thorndike, b. May 12, 1781; m. Elisabeth Osgood; she d. Feb. 4, 1858; he d. Apr. 14, 1832. 3. Jonah, b. Nov. 4, 1783; m. first Eliza Osgood Stevens; second, Almira Wilcox; he d. Feb. 19, 1860. 4. Samuel Phelps, b. July 8, 1786; m. Lydia Lowell, Nov. 14, 1813; she b. Feb. 2, 1790; d. May, 1857; he d. Sept. 29, 1827. 5. Stephen, b. May 10, 1788; m. Edy Parker, Nov. 23, 1819; she b. Mar. 3, 1795; he d. May 16, 1830. 6. Sally Prinse, b. July 3, 1792; d. Nov. 14, 1803. v. NICHOLAS, b. Sept. 23, 1756; he was a noted man in the town of Blue Hill and vicinity; for many years Col. of a Militia Regiment; Justice of the Peace; he married more people and acknowledged more deeds and legal documents for twenty years probably than all other Justices East of the Penobscot River. He left a large mass of valuable records, which were destroyed after his death as of no value! He. d. Mar. 27, 1838; he m. first Phebe Bachelor, Dec. 28, 1781; she b. Oct. 5, 1754; d. Nov. 3, 1794; m. second Molly Wormwood, Apr. 13, 1795; she b. Mar. 11, 1762; d. Dec. 1, 1832. Children: 1. Levi, b. Aug. 15, 1785; m. Apr. 4, 1809, Betsey Stevens; lived in Hampden. 2. Jonathan, b. Aug. 16, 1787. by 2d wife.3. Phebe Bachelor, b. Jan. 28, 1796. 4. Hannah Darling, b. May 6, 1798. 5. Joseph, b. June 21, 1801; m. Margaret Morse, Feb. 10, 1825; she b. Oct. 21, 1799; d. May 30, 1869; he d. in Surry in 1885. JOSHUA HORTON. Joshua Horton, the first treasurer of Blue Hill, was from Cape Elizabeth, in 1768; b. Nov. 27, 1742; d. Mar. 11, 1814; m. Anner Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth, May 19, 1763; she b. Sept. 27, 1746; d. Mar. 2, 1814. Children: i. JOSHUA, b. Dec. 25, 1763; d. Sept. 19, 1764. ii. MARY, b. Jan. 8, 1766; m. Samuel Coggins; she d. Sept. 13, 1843. iii. JOSHUA, b. Dec. 25, 1763; m. Susannah LeeCraw. Sept. 30, 1790; she b. Feb. 10, 1770; d. May 4, 1846; he d. Mar. 14, 1846. Children: 1. Philip, b. Jan. 16, 1791; d. abroad. 2. Joshua, b. Aug. 10, 1793; m. Margaret Flood, Apr. 6, 1819; had seven children when the family removed to Passadumkeag. 3. Susannah, b. Mar. 3, 1796; d. May 22, 1806. 4. Dyer, b. July 8, 1798; d. July 29, 1806. 5. Russell, b. Apr. 10, 1800; d. Feb. 28, 1815. 6. Sally, b. Nov. 1, 1802. 7. Charlotte, b. July 27, 1805. 8. Dyer, b. Feb. 9, 1808; d. Sept. 13, 1834. 9. John, b. Apr. 15, 1811; d. Mar. 29, 1835. iv. ANNER, b. Sept. 21, 1770; m. Isaiah Hinckley, Sept. 28, 1791; she d. Mar. 22, 1831. v. NABBY, b. Mar. 10, 1774; m. Jacob Ingalls, Oct. 3, 1797; she d Oct. 16, 1806. vi. EUNICE, b. Jan. 10, 1776; m. Isaac Ingalls, Nov. 19, 1794; she d. Oct. 16, 1855. vii.RUTH, b. Oct. 24, 1777; m. Samuel Brown. June 2, 1801; she d. July, 1869. viii. JABEZ, b. Aug. 8, 1780; m. Patty Clough, Sept. 3, 1805; he d. Oct. 26, 1806. ix. PHEBE, b. May 19, 1782. x. ELIZA, b. May 5, 1784; m. George Bowers Wright, Jan. 26, 1829; she d. Nov., 1836, in Boston. xi. JOHN, b. Sept. 28, 1786; m. Sally Stover, Nov. 21, 1816; children: 1. Adeline, b. Jan. 10, 1817; d. May 28, 1843. 2. Lucy Maria, b. May 23, 1818; d. Feb. 4, 1841. 3. Josiah, b. Oct. 24, 1820. 4. Wm. Stover, b. July 27, 1823. 5. Hosea, b. Dec. 23, 1824; d. May 15, 1882. 6. George Wescott, b. Oct. 3, 1827. 7. John Edward, b. Nov. 30, 1829. xii. JOANNA, b. Apr. 18, 1791; d. Nov. 7, 1808. Blue Hill, ME Pioneer Families - pt. 6 (about 4 pages) Date: 97-11-13 06:48:28 EST From: stoeckle@concentric.net (Sioux L. 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