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e BABB, WILLIAM, came from N. H. about the commencement of the revolution, and lived near the head of the town. In 1782, he married Jemima Durant, and shortly after returned to New Hampshire.

BAKER, WILLIAM, joiner, came from Kennebunk in 1836.

e BANKS, JACOB, came from Saco about 1818, and kept a livery stable. He subsequently removod to Orono.

e BARKER, ROBERT, fisherman, resided at Cape Por-. poise about 1800, and moved to the eastward about 1810.

e BARTER, WILLIAM, was an inhabitant of this town in 1755. His father was a Welchman, and came to America in the same vessel with William Pepperell1 father of Sir William, about 1675. Capt. Barter was born in ‘Kittery, and married Mary Jones before his removal to Arundel. He was a ship master till he was deprived of the use of his limbs by the palsy. His children were Sarah, who married John Cleaves; Mary, John Hovey; Martha, Samuel Stevens; Catharine, David Hutchins; Mark, Lydia Burnham; Margery, (not married;) Henry, who removed to Portsmouth; and William, who was not married.

Mark was married in 1779. His children were, Mary, Sarah, Betsey, Nancy, William and James.

* e BARTON,. EBENEZER Nicholas and John, sons of Wi.lliam, returned to this town when it was resettled. ^+They sold their land to Jacob Curtis in 1727, and removed from the town.

e BARTOW, NICHOLAS, resided near Turbat’s creek in 1719, and was killed by the Indians in 1723.

e BAXTER, JOHN, came to this town when it was first resettled. His wife, Sarah, was the daughter of Philip Durrell. She and her only child, John, were murdered by the Indians in 1726, Mr. Baxter’s second wife was Sarah Bayley of Portsmouth, whose children were, John, who died young; Sarah, m. Thomas Perkins; Mary,

m. Benjamin Carr; Rebecca, and another daughter, who died young. Mr. Baxter removed from Durrell’s bridge to Saco road in 1729, and died before 1744.

His widow m. Samuel Hutchins, jr.

eBAYLEY, JOHN, came from Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, and was cast away at Pemaquid, in 1639, on his passage to this country and died in 1651. His son John settled in Newbury. Joseph, the fourth son of John jr. was born April 4, 1648. He bought land of Nicholas Morey in 1700, and resided in Arundel, till it was deserted in 1703. He returned in 1714, and was one of the selectmen in 1719; and was killed by the Indians, Oct. 1723, aged 75. His children were, Noah Daniel; and Anna who married Joshua Lassel. There was a Joseph Bayley living in Falmouth in 1742, who owned land in this town. He was probably a son of Joseph of Arundel.

1. Noah m. Mary Lassel in 1731. In 1739 he became chargeable to the town; and was drowned, July 10, 1749, to the eastward of Trott’s Island. He left no children.

2. Daniel was a town officer in 1734, but nothing is known of his family.

e BEAN, JOHN, then living in this town, married Elizabeth Moody of Massahesic, in 1779.

e BEGGAR, FRANCIS, returned to Arundel, when it was resettled, but nothing more is known of him.

BELL, JOHN, joiner, came from Portsmouth, N. H. in 1801. He married Eunice Davis.

BELL, THOMAS H. shipmaster, came from Portsmouth, Vir. in 1819.

BENSON, HENRY , whose wife’s name was Quint, went from Kittery to Biddeford before 1750. Several of his children married and settled in Arundel. Henry, m. Susan Fletcher; Mary, Benjamin Littlefield; Lucy, Benjamin Green; Lydia, Timothy Crawley and James Adams; and Olive, Isaac Curtis, Edmund Jeffery, and John Tarbox. Three of the sons remained in Biddeford, and one lived in’ Kittery. The children of Henry jr. (of Arundel) were Henry, m. Hannah Huff; Lydia, James Adams; Betsey, (not married;) Samuel, m. Mary Huff; John, Abiel Springer; Robert, Lydia Stone; and James, and one other who died young.

BICKFORD, JETHRO, had a grant of land from the town in 1729, on Saco road, which was laid out in 1743. It is probable therefore he resided in this town. If he did he probably removed to Biddeford, as some of his des cendants removed from that town to Kennebunkport ;—Percia about 1800, and Pelatiah in 1835.

BICKFORD, ELIAKIM, a ship master, who came from Salem about 1740, was licensed to keep tavern in Arundel in 1744. He was probably a descendant of John Beckford, (as the name was then spelt,) who lived in Durham in 1659. Eliakim died suddenly, March 22, 1748. His children were Joseph and Abigail. Abigail married John Cleaves. Joseph married Mary Averill, whose children were Eliakim, James, Thomas, Lucy, Abigail, Joseph, Hannah, Mary, John, George, William, and Gideon.

e BIRD, JAMES, an Irishman, kept a boarding-house about 1825. He removed to Boston.

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e BLANCHARD, CHARLES, schoolmaster, settled over the second baptist society in 1822.

e BLUNT, JOHN and James, came from Portsmouth about 1790. John, a ship builder, married Lydia Perkins, and widow Sarah Perkins. He removed to Frenchman’s Bay (Sullivan) about 1807. James, a boat builder, removed to Hollis about 1817.

e BOND, THOMAS, a fisherman, bought land in Saco in 1717. His son Thomas resided in Arundel, near Cleaves’s cove, in 1724. The children of the latter were Willie and Rowlandson. Willie married Samuel Perkins. Rowlandson, who was a chair maker, married a daughter of Samuel Williams. He built the house, afterwards occupied by Thomas Wiswall, about 1743. He was a very athletic man and very quarrelsome. He attempted to drown his brother-in-law in Perkins’s creek, in 1752. For this assault he was sentenced either to pay a fine of twenty eight shillings, or to receive ten stripes on his bare skin. A suit for damages also grew out of this transaction, which resulted in depriving him of all his property; and he removed to Cape Ann.

BosToN, SHUBAEL and Thomas, brothers, came from Wells about 1785. Shubael married Rebecca Winn, and Thomas, Susan Gray.

BOURNE, SAMUEL, a ship carpenter, came from Wells in 1791. He married Mary Perkins.

e BOURNE, BENJAMIN and John, brothers, came from Kennebunk. Benjamin, a blockmaker, came to this town about 1802, and now resides in Bangor. John, shipmaster, settled here in 1809.

Bowdon, ABRAHAM, farmer, born in York, came to Kennebunk-port about 1817.

e Boyls, ELISHA, came from Boston about 1765. He had hut two children, Amelia and Sally. After the war, Mr. Boyls returned to Boston. Mrs.. Boyls was living in 1812.

BRADBURY, SMITH, merchant, came from Newburyport about 1790. He married Mary Hovey. His children were Harriet, Mary, Amelia, Charles and Caroline. He was a descendant of Thomas Bradbury, who was an agent of Sir Ferdinando Gorges in 1636, and who was admitted freeman at Salisbury in 1639.

BRAGDON, JOHN, shipmaster, came from York about 1798.

e BRIGGS, John L. an Irishman, kept a public house about 1825. He removed to Portland.

e BROWN, ARTHUR, who had "been bred a merchant from his youth upwards,"* came to this country in 1643. His son Andrew lived in Scarborough, but removed to York, where he resided in 1699. Andrew bought land at Winter Harbor in 1717, and lived there a short time, but removed to Arundel before 1719, and was one of the Selectmen that year. He owned mills on "Brown’s mill river," where he resided. He must have been a very aged man at the time of his removal into this town; and he lived hut a few years after that period. He left five children, Allison, Andrew, Matthew, Elizabeth who married Abraham Tyler, and a daughter that married Joshua Lassel.

1. Allison married Hannah, the daughter of Humphrey Scamman of Saco. He was styled Lient. and was chosen to represent the town in General Court in 1723, being the first representative from the town. He died April 16, 1728, aged 71 years. His grave stones are still standing. Mr. Brown was the wealthiest citizen of the town. His widow, who was nearly thirty years younger than himself, married John Treeworgy, who had for some time been a hired man in Mr. Brown’s service, much against the wishes of her friends. Mr. Brown’s children were, Andrew, and four daughters. The daughters married, Carr, John Stackpole, Smith, and Joshua Lassel, Jr. Andrew, son of Allison, married Elizabeth Harding, Nov. 5, 1747. He erected a house at the Mills, June 27, 1751, but subsequently resided on Neck Island. His children were Louisa, m. Adam MaCulloch; Allison, who m. ‘Elizabeth Tyler, and removed to Scarborough; Hannah, who m. Joshua Alley; Andrew, m. Mary Webber and removed to Kennebec; Mary, who was married five times,—to John Wakefield, Thomas Washburne, Joseph Parsons, Mr. Crosby, and Eliakim Bickford; Elizabeth, who m. Abner Huff; and four that died young.

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nah Foster whom he married in 1781. Her children were Ebenezer and Moses.

4. Priscilla married Charles Huff.

5. Mary married John Fairfield.

6. Ruth married Samuel Wakefield.

7. Miriam married James Wakefield.

8. Elizabeth married John Walker.

9. Sarah married Nathaniel Carl.

10. Eunice married Jotham Mitchel.

11. Samuel married Abigail Dearing, and lived in Kittery.

12. John’s wife was widow Anna English, who had but one daughter, Sally, who married Joseph Taylor. John Burbank was on board the Bon Homme Richard, as Master at Arms, under the command of Paul Jones, in the desperate conflict with the Serapis and Countess of Scarborough. Mr. Burbank is still living in Lyman, with his son in law, at the advanced age of 85. His wife is also living.

13. Lois married John Carl.

BURNHAM, JAMES, was born in Wells, Sept. 1710; and he married Grace DeIzell of that town in 1737. He removed to Arundel about 1739. His children were, James, Samuel, Isaac, Forest, (died young) Moses, Jacob, Elizabeth, Lydia, Forest, Anna, Seth, and Sarah.

1. James was killed in a skirmish with the English, on Goat Island, in 1782. his first wife was Hannah Merrill, who died March 17, 1776. His second wife was widow Jane Wildes. His children were Mary, m. Benjamin Titcomb; Susannah, died young; John,

m. Olive Pitman; Hannah, John Fairfield; James and Ezra, who died young; Daniel, Seth and Moses, who died at sea.

2. Samuel married Susannah Lord, and removed to Alewife, where his descendants now reside.

3. Isaac married Anna Merrill, whose children were, Joseph, m. Susannab Gardner; Betsey, Nathaniel Walker; Benjamin, who left the town; Obed, who went to Ohio; Mary, m. George Goodwin; Hannah, Joseph Hutchins; and Simon who died at sea.

4. Forest died young. 5. Moses was blind.

6. Jacob married Mary Goodwin, whose children were Bartholomew; Jacob, who died at sea; Nancy, Lydia, Sarah, Abigail, Betsey and Grace, that were not married; and Polly, m. George Hooper.

7. Elizabeth married William Smith.

8. Lydia m. Mark Barter, and is still living. She has been blind for several years, but her faculties are hut little impaired.

9. Forest had two wives, Catharine Watson and Susannah Deshon. Mr. Burnham’s children by his first wife, were Samuel and Stephen, who died at sea; Betsey, who married Timothy Ayer; Susan, m. Dr. Ayer; Sally; and Anna, who married in Roxhury. His second wife’s children, were Loratia, who married a Mr. Harmon; Isabella; and Osea, who died young.

10. Anna married Joseph Whitten.

11. Seth * married Lydia Lassel. His children were Elizabeth, James, Israel, Lydia, Belford, Leonard, Seth, Owen and Jonas.

12. Sarah married William Fairfield.

e BURNHAM, THOMAS, married a sister of Abel Merrill, and was lost with him. His family of several children, moved to Portsmouth after his death.

e BURNHAM, FRANCIS, came from Ipswich about the close of the revolutionary war. He kept a public house at Cape Porpoise. His wife was Sarah Eveleth. Mr. Burnham and his only son were drowned off the cape. His only daughter, Sarah, married James Huff, 3d. His widow married Ebenezer Huff.

e BUTLER, STEPHEN, came from York before the close. of the war. His wife was Martha Gray. His children were Michaiah, who married Susan Cleaves; Daniel, Mary Taylor; and Betsy, who married David Smith.

BUZZELL, SAMUEL, came front Wells in 1807. He married widow Edith Deshon.