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to be forthwith paid; and if afterwards by 2 evidences he can make it out that upon the sabbath he travelled purposely as he pretends to look after Mr Lane, who that day as the said Mossier pretended was in danger of being drowned, then the said Mossier is to have his 10s returned to him again.

At a Court holden at Casco, 29 July 1666, "the Jury of Life and Death" which tried James Robinson, of Black Point, for murdering Christopher Collins, of the same place, and found him not guilty, consisted of eighteen members. The following were from North Yarmouth :-James Lane; John Mayne; Thomas Stevens; Richard Bray; Richard Potts (Harpswell); George Felt."

(62. ZI F) W. M. S.

COOMBS-Henry Coombs went from North Yarmouth to York, and died there in 1725, aged 80 years. He had land granted to him at North Yarmouth, 15 Nov. 1685; laid out, 2 June 1686, by Walter Gendall, John Royall, John York and Amos Stevens, Trustees and Selectmen; 10 acres bounded by Capt. Anthony Brackett and Thomas Bailey; 10 acres of land and 4 acres of marsh, in breadth 30 rods, in length 58 rods, and to run on the line to the water side, N. & by W., and up into the woods, S. & E. Coombs and John] Provender to lay out a highway between their lots. Four acres of marsh on the western side of the East River, being the eighth lot from the mouth of the river upward; iu length, 34 rods; in breadth, 19 rods.

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DAVIS-The will of Silvanus Davis, of Nantasket (or Hull), dated 8 Apr. 1703, probated 7 May 1703, mentions a widow but no children. Among other bequests, he gives and bequeaths "unto the the three daughters of the said James English (late of Boston, deceased), all my part of lands lying in Casco Bay, which was held between us in equal shares, to say, Col. John Phillips, Mr. John Endicott, the sd James English & myself." The said three daughters to pay £3 each as an annuity to his widow. (62. GIF) W. M. S. KIMBALL-Thomas Kimball [see p. 445] deposes at Portsmouth, 28 June 1678, that he was living at Dover in 1657, and was personally acquainted with certain facts occurring there for near ten years before 1657. (62. GIF) W. M. S. HUMPHREY-The following additions, corrections and alterations in the Humphrey Family printed on pp. 695-708, OLD TIMES, are herewith presented :

No. 209, buried Feb. 18, 1841, see p. 213. 29, Reuben, his wife's mother m. 2d, Holden, see p. 257. 248 (queried) 221, d. Dec. 29, see p. 371. 167, read Nathaniel M. Kemp. 156 is dead; she m. Thomas

the gravestone gives the date Nov.

Baldwin Pratt, son of Levi H. Pratt, and moved to New Bedford, Mass. Henry Humphrey, whose name appears on p. 259, was not of the Yarmouth family. (18. 61 I Hrs) 26, married

No. 233, m. Sumner Seabury, see 196, p. 408. Thomas Wentworth, p. 605.

No 26, born Aug. 13. 76. d. Jan. 12, 1881. 143, Elizabeth Ann Mitchell. d. Apr. 29, 1860. 10, 1851.

138, b. 1824. 271, b. Sept. (18. EI I Hff)

GENEALOGIES-The following-named Genealogies have been published in "OLD TIMES" :-True Family, page 27; Greely Family, page 42; Prince Family, pages 51 and 78; Bucknam Family, page 111; Drinkwater Family, pages 123 and 386; Wyman Family, page 161; Mitchell Family, page 247; Corliss Family, pages 285 and 326; Gray Family, page 346; Russell Family, page 355; Seabury Family, page 373; Field Family, page 448; Weare Family, page 475; Prince Family, a revised and enlarged genealogy on page 563; Royall Family, page 573; Oakes Family, page 635; Wyman Family revised, page 661; Humphrey Family, page 695; Bradbury Family, page 718.

The Southworth, Felt, Blanchard, Cutter, Davis, Chandler, Byram, Baker, Brown, Gooch, Loring, Soule, Ring and Worthley Families are in course of preparation.

SEVENTH SQUADRON R. I. CAVALRY, 1862-A few copies of this history are for sale. Price twenty-five cents. Apply to Mrs. M. H. Webster, No. 2 Webster Avenue, East Boston, Mass.

FAMILY HISTORIES-A few copies of each of the following-named works may be obtained of Mrs. Sarah L. Lawrence, Yarmouth, Maine. Price, twenty-five cents each.

Mitchell Family.
Humphrey Family.

Weare Family.

Gendall Biography.

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A revised edition of the "CORLISS FAMILY RECORD" will be issued with as little delay as practicable. All who are interested in the matter, are requested to furnish at once such additional items as may have come to light since the first edition was issued, and to give prompt notice of any errors discovered in that book.

A few copies of the first edition can be obtained by enclosing $5,00 to Mrs. Margaret H. Webster, No. 2 Webster Avenue, East Boston, Mass.

Those who desire only the record of the branch of the family in the State of Maine, will find it in Nos. 1 and 2, Vol. 3, “ÖLD TIMES."

Communications relative to the second edition should be addressed to the subscriber, post-office box 261, Yarmouth, Maine. AUGUSTUS W. CORLISS.

Yarmouth, Maine, }

July 1st, 1881.

GENEALOGIES The following-named Genealogies have been published in "OLD TIMES" :-True Family, page 27; Greely Family, page 42; Prince Family, pages 51 and 78; Bucknam Family, page 111; Drinkwater Family, pages 123 and 386: Wyman Family, page 161; Mitchell Family, page 247; Corliss Family, pages 285 and 326; Gray Family, page 346; Russell Family, page 355; Seabury Family, page 373; Field Family, page 448; Weare Family, page 475; Prince Family, a revised and enlarged genealogy on page 563; Royal Family, page 573; Oakes Family, page 635; Wyman Family revised, page 661; Humphrey Family, page 695; Bradbury Family, page 718.

The Southworth, Felt, Blanchard, Cutter, Davis, Chandler, Byram, Baker, Brown, Gooch, Loring, Soule, Ring and Worthley Families are in course of preparation.

SEVENTH SQUADRON R. I. CAVALRY, 1862-A few copies of this history are for sale. Price twenty-five cents. Apply to Mrs. M. H. Webster, No. 2 Webster Avenue, East Boston, Mass.

FAMILY HISTORIES-A few copies of each of the following-named works may be obtained of Mrs. Sarah L. Lawrence, Yarmouth, Maine. Price, twenty-five cents each.

Mitchell Family.
Humphrey Family.

Weare Family.

Gendall Biography.

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OCT. 1, 1881.

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