HAMPDEN FAMILIES. ABNER CROSBY, wife Dorcas i. SARAH, b. March, 1777. Children: ii. ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 28, 1779; pub., m. Joel Welch Feb. 27, 1802. iii. ELISHA, b. Jan. 1, 1781. iv. HEPSIBAH, b. Oct. 23, 1784; pub. Aaron Prouty Feb. 27, 1802. viii. DORCAS, b. April 2, 1792; pub. Robert Manu of Sunkhaize, Oct. 28, 1810, in Hampden. ix. Lucy, b. Jan. 14, 1794. EZEKIEL COBB, married Nancy Thompson, whose mother married James Brooks of Orrington. Children :-Elisha, Sally married-Jackson; William, Levi married-Higgins; Nancy married-Simpson; Ezekiel; Betsey married John Sullivan; Sabina married Nathaniel Bartlett; Phebe married Christopher T. Atwood. Widow Nancy Cobb married second Shebna Swett of Orrington. JACOB CURTIS, born Nov. 15, 1775; married Caty Swan, Sunday June 16, 1799. She born April 15, 1780. Children: iii. JEREMIAH, b. Jan. 2, 1804, of "Curtis and Perkins." iv. THOMAS ROGERS, b. Aug. 29, 1806. HENRY DILLINGHAM, married Martha, daughter of Geo. Brooks of Orrington. (Widow married second Zebulon Young.) Children: AMOS DOANE, Hampden, 1784; married Mary Myrick; married Abigail Libby; he died 1842. i. ISAAC, m. Lettice Higgins and Caroline Snow; he d. Aug. 1, 1872. ii. DANIEL. iii. EDWARD. iv. AMOS. V. WILLIAM. vi. ELISHA, did he m. widow Rachel Brown; pub. Oct. 9, 1808. vii. LYDIA. ELIASHIB DELANO came and lived at the Corner. He was the first Town Clerk. He married Azubah Knowles (some say Dean,) published in Orrington, Aug. 8, 1793. i. H.. KNOWLES, b. March 27, 1794. ii. PAUL DUDLEY, b. Dec. 26, 1795; m. Maria West. iii. SALLY PARKER, b. Feb. 4, 1798. iv. ELIASHIB BONAPARTE, b. May 10, 1800. Children: v. JOHN, about the year 1825, while on a surveying expedition with Gen. Jedediah Herrick, he was lost in the woods. JAMES DUDLEY, son of Samuel Dudley, seventh son, died in Hampden; married Cheney. i. SYBIL, m. James Gorton. Children: ii. ELIAS, of Hampden, m. Sarah, of Gen. John Crosby. Executive Councillor. Children: 1. Sarah, m. Barnabas Freeman of North Yarmouth. 2. Mary Godfrey, m. Samuel Child, shipmaster. 3. John Crosby. iii. MARY, m. Charles Godfrey; removed to Taunton, Mass. iv. JAMES, shipmaster, died at sea, unmarried. V. PAMELIA, died young. vi. EDWARD, of Hampden, m. first Maria Crosby; second Catherine R. Dutton. vii. PAMELIA, died unmarried. viii. JOHN, of Hampden, m. Elizabeth L. Illsley of Falmouth. SIMEON GORTON, first settled in Orrington, then to Hampden ; constable, deputy sheriff; a worthy man and Methodist. He died in Hampden Sept. or May 1828, aged 79. His will, Jan. 14, 1817, gave to his wife Catherine, daughter Priscilla Dennett, (?) James, Elizabeth Kendall, Wealthy Wheeler, Matilda Myrick, to son Simeon Rice good common learning, etc. Wife, Catharine ; (she married second Deacon Jonathan Haskins, of Hampden, and died April 14, 1844, aged 79.) Children: DOCTOR JONATHAN HASKINS, from Cheshire, Conn. First wife Catherine; second wife Widow Catherine Gorton of Simeon. She died April 14, 1844, aged 79. i. FANNY, b. Nov. 24, 1783. ii. CATHERINE, b. Sept. 29, 1785. iii. JONATHAN, b. Chatham, Mass., Aug. 26, 1787; of Hampden; m. Margaret Crosby, May 23, 1816; moved to Bangor; merchant. He d. Jan. 28, 1840, aged 52. iv. ABIGAIL ATWATER, b. do. Nov. 13, 1789. V. AMELIA, b. do. Feb. 11, 1792. vi. RORERT RICE, b. do. March 18, 1794; d. in Bangor, Feb. 11, 1854; merchant. vii. BELINDA, b. do. March 22, 1796. viii. BUCHAN, b. do. Dec. 29, 1797; d. Bangor 1856? Merchant. ix. ADRESSY, b. Hampden, Oct. 18. 1799. Col. Adressy Hopkins died August 8, 1839, aged 39.-Bangor Records. x. ROMULUS, b. do. Sept. 29, 1801; d. Bangor, Oct. 8, 1862; merchant. ISAAC HOPKINS, brother to Nathan; from Brewster. First wife, Sarah; second wife, Rhoda. Children: i. PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 19, 1772. ii. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 2, 1774. iii. ISAAC, b. Oct. 25, 1776. iv. SARAH, b. May 10, 1778. V. JOHN. b. May 10, 1781; Orrington and Bucksport. vi. JONATHAN, b. July 20, 1783; m. Cole from Wellfleet. viii. CYNTHIA, b. March 8, 1788. ix. OLLA, b. May 4, 1790. x. (By second wife, Rhoda.) JOSIAH, b. Feb. 19, 1792. xi. RHODA, b. Oct. 17, 1794. xii. SOLOMON, b. July 14, 1796. xiii.JAMES, b. July 17, 1797. xiv. WASHINGTON, b. Dec. 20, 1799. xv. OLLA, b. Oct. 25, 1801. NATHAN HOPKINS, first constable and collector in Hampden. Wife, Desire. Children: i. SAMUEL, b. Aug. 27, 1785. [To be Continued in next number.] ERRORS AND ADDITIONS. Vol. IV, page 169.-Catherine Treat of Joshua, born March 4, 1758, not 1757. page 178.-For "Shelbune" read "Sherburne." 66 52.-Jonathan Buck, Jr., married Hannah Gale. "132.-Line 9 from bottom, "Bradley" not Brewer. "141.-Capt. Noah Emery was a man of great executive "145.-Line 5, "Edward Bennett" not "Burnett." "145.-Line 10, Sylvanus Hanscomb. "148.-Line 2, Daniel Somes bought land. "156.-"Eunice" instead of "Emma" Hathorn. 66 "163.-The members from Maine "are" not "am." BANGOR HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. VOL. VI. A MONTHLY. BANGOR, ME., APRIL, 1891. No. 10. GENEALOGY OF THE ORIGINAL SIMPSON FAMILY OF YORK AND HANCOCK COUNTIES, MAINE.* By John S. Emery of Boston, Mass. FIRST GENERATION. The first representative of this family in America was Henry Simpson, who came from England sometime during the period between the years 1630 and 1640. He settled in what is now the town of York, Maine, then a portion of the Colony of Massachusetts. From the fact of the name of Simpson not appearing among the signers of the submission to Massachusetts, which was signed in 1652 by all the residents of that district, we conclude he must have died previous to that year, and that he had no children sufficiently old to sign it. We have no record of his children. with the exception of one whose name was also Henry, and who we think was born about the year 1647, and died sometime during the year 1695. SECOND GENERATION. HENRY SIMPSON, son of Henry (1st), born about the year 1647, and died in 1695. Children were: * See additions to this article by the the Editor of this Magazine. |
