York County ME Archives Biographies.....Buzzell, John, Rev. September 16, 1767 - March 29, 1863
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(See page 218.) Rev. John Buzzell, son of William and Anna Buzzell, was born in 
Barrington, N. H., Sept. 16, 1767; married Anna Buzzell, and moved to 
Parsonsfield in April 1798. His wife died in 1835, and he again married, dying 
on March 29, 1863. He was a man devoted to his calling, and an honor to the town 
of his adoption. Although by his influence he did much to mold the political as 
well as religious views of the citizens of the town, yet he did not desire to 
hold office. He was, however, for a time, town clerk, and was chosen as delegate 
to the convention which met in 1818 at Brunswick, to take action relative to a 
separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts, and served in that 
capacity; yet, when upon the establishment of the State government  he was 
chosen to represent Parsonsfield in the first Legislature, he declined to
serve, asserting that he had a higher office to fill and a greater duty to 
perform, that of proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and therefore another town-
meeting was called, and Rufus Mclntire was chosen in his stead. His family 
consisted of eleven children:

Mary, b. May 10, 1792; m. Gilman Lougee; d. Sept., 1876. 
Nancy, b.__ ; m. Benjamin McKinney. 
Luke, b.__ ; m. Mercy Mudgett. 
John D., b. 1798 (see page 137). 
Alvah, b. April 4, 1800; d. in infancy. 
Aaron, b. March 16, 1802; m. Hannah Leighton. 
William B. b. Sept. 25, 1804; m. Susan Sanborn. 
Alvah, b. April 15, 1807; m. Mary A. Cilley. 
Clarinda, b. March 4, 1809; m. Isaac N. Sanborn. 
James M., b. Nov. 4, 1812; m. Rebecca Hobson (see page 145). 
Martha, b. May, 1816; m. Sewall Hobson.

Additional Comments:
(Source: A History of the Town of Parsonsfield, Maine, Portland, Me., Brown 
Thurston and Co., 1888, p. 369.)

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