York County ME Archives Biographies.....Brown, Luther 1756 - 1860 ************************************************ 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: Carol Eddleman carolcurrieeddleman@gmail.com January 25, 2024, 2:11 pm Author: J. W. Dearborn Then there was a Luther Brown, who came from Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1806, and settled in the northeast part of the town. He was born in 1756, and married Elizabeth Peabody of Salem in 1786; died 1850. They had four children: Thomas, b. 1789; m. Esther Lane, and moved to Gorham. Sally, b. 1791; m. Joseph Chick, of Parsonsfield. Ephraim, b. 1793. Nancy, b. 1796; m. Dean Sawyer, and here settled. Ephraim married Hannah Hart, daughter of the noted "Master" Hart, and they reared a family of twelve children: Jane B., Ivory, Catherine G., Belinda H., Hannah C, Horace T., Mary W., Susan G., James H., Lydia A., Luther and Ruth A. Jane, b. 1817: m. Benjamin Simpson, of Bridgton; d. 1884. Ivory, b. 1819; m. Jane Hart. Catharine G., b. 1821; m. Isaac F. Quinby, of Saccarappa. Belinda H., b. 1822; m. Thomas McLellan, of Meriden, Conn. Hannah C, b. 1824; m. John Brown, of Cornish; d. 1886. Horace T., b. 1826; m. Margaret A. Babb, of Saccarappa; d. 1863, at Fort St. Philip, New Orleans; was a member of the Thirteenth Maine Regiment Mary W., b. 1828; m. Thomas C. Howe, of Westfield, Mass. Susan G., b. 1830; m. William Baker, of Meriden, Conn. James H., b 1833; m. Ellen M. Carter, of Limerick, Me. Lydia A., b. 1834; m. Charles H. Eastman, of Parsonsfleld. Luther, b. 1837; d. in infancy. Ruth A., b. 1838; m. Horace Manwarring, N. Y. Children of James H. and Ellen (Carter) Brown: — Herbert Stillman, b. Jan. 1, 1857; m. 1884. Alice Estelle, b. June 1,1859. Ernest Elmer, b. Nov. 21, 1861; m. 1883. Bertha Ellen, b. April 1, 1864; m. 1885. Fannie M. C, b. July, 1867. Clarence J., b. Nov, 1809. ' Millie S., b. 1872. Ethel, b. Sept., 1876. Additional Comments: (Source: A History of the Town of Parsonsfield, Maine, Portland, Me., Brown Thurston and Co., 1888, p. 367.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/york/bios/brown71gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb