CAPT. JOHN EMERY AND FAMILY, OF BREWER Capt. John Emery was the son of Joseph Emery, of Kittery, born there Jan. 22, 1730. He settled in that part of Orrington, now Brewer, near Robinson's Cove in 1773. In 1785 he was there with his wife and no children at home. His lot was (8.) He was a petitioner to the General Court for land in 1783, and a grantee in 1786. He was a blacksmith. His family were: iv. JOSEPH EMERY, b. Feb. 24, 1702; m. Mehetable Stacy, Oct. 10, 1726. He lived at Kittery and South Berwick. He married Hannah Emery. He was found dead in his barn, Feb. 24th or 25th, 1795. An inquest was held Feb. 25th. I have the original warrant therefor, a copy of which is here given : [SEAL.] HANCOCK SS. To Amos Dole, Constable of the town of Orrington, in the said GREETING:-These are in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to require you immediately to summon and warn eighteen good and lawful men of the said Town of Orrington to appear before me one of the Justices of the County of Hancock at the dwelling house of John Emery, deceased, within the said town of Orrington to appear before me, one of the Justices of the said County, of Hancock at the dwelling house of John Emery, deceased, within the said town of Orrington, at the hour of one o'clock, then and there to inquire upon a view of the body of John Emery, there lying dead, how and in what manner he came to his death. Fail not herein at your peril. Given under my hand and seal at Orrington, the twenty-fifth of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninetyfive. JONATHAN EDDY, Justice of Peace. Agreeable to the within warrant to me directed I have warned the persons whose names are under written. Col. John Brewer, Capt. Joseph Baker, Dea. E. Skinner, Mr. John Holyoke, Mr. Jos. Burr, Mr. Josiah Brewer, Endorsed "Warrant for jury on Capt. Emery." AMOS DOLE, Constable. His sons John and Nahum were appointed administrators on his estate June 1795. Mrs. Emery died in Hampden, Oct. 12, 1805. There is a tradition that they had three sons and ten daughters, but I have been able to find only the following children :* ANNA, b. July 17, 1755; m. Capt. Gorden Grant. i. ii. SALLY, b. -; m. Craig of Orland. iii. JOHN, b. Oct. 15, 1758, of Hampden. iv. JAMES, b. ; m. Ruhama, daughter of Barzillai Rich of Orrington, Dec. 7, 1790. He was drowned in the Penobscot River. She m. second Rev. Reth Noble, the first minister of Bangor, April 11, 1793; his second wife. She d. in Montgomery, Mass., Nov., 1805. V. NAHUM, of Hampden. ANNA EMERY, of John Emery, Senior; born July 17, 1755; married Capt. Gorden Grant, of Hampden, October, 1781. He was born Jan. 30, 1759; he died July 28, 1822. The widow died Feb. 25, 1826, aged 70. Children: i. MEHETABLE GRANT, b. Aug. 15, 1783. ii. NANCY GRANT, b. July 23, 1785. iii. ELIZABETH GRANT, b. July 3, 1787. iv. CYNTHIA GRANT, b. Oct. 1, 1789; d. Oct. 1, 1789. V. CYNTHIA GRANT, b. Dec. 17, 1791; d. Dec. 1, 1792. vi. ELISHA GRANT, b. Jan. 1, 1793. He m. Rachel ; she d. Nov. 7, 1827, aged 31. He d. Oct. 3. 1871, aged 78 years, 10 mos. vii. GORDEN GRANT, b. March 18, 1795. He d. 1825. His will Oct. 26, 1823, proved June. 1825, names mother, sisters Nancy, Hannah, and Betsey Murray, and brothers Elisha and John. viii. JOHN EMERY GRANT, b. July 14, 1797. ix. HANNAH GRANT, b. July 20, 1799. xi. Who was Daniel who d. Oct. 24, 1825, aged 33 years, 11 mos., 27 days? * JOHN EMERY, JR., of John Emery, Sr., was born Oct. 15, 1758, lived in Hampden; married Abigail, daughter of Thomas Wasgatt, of Mount Desert, March, 1783. She was born Feb. 17, 1762. He was an officer in Sowadabscook Plantation, which included all the territory on the west side of Penobscot River, above Frankfort, March, 1789. He was in Hampden in 1786† and had been there fifteen years. He had lot No. 40, as a settler prior to 1784. He died June 19, 1831. His will was proved Nov. 1831. Names, wife Abigail; children, John, Daniel, William, Thomas, Benjamin, Charity Pomroy, Sally Seaman, and * Thomas Wasgatt, Sr., was at Penobscot, Oct. 3, 1763, petitioner to General Court. He then came to what is now Hampden, or Bangor, and then removed to Mt. Desert. + Ante Vol. 2, page 27. grandson Alonzo. Sons Daniel and William were appointed administrators. The widow died Sept. 1, 1834. Children: CHARITY. b. Nov. 14, 1783-5; married Arad H. Pomroy, of Hampden. She died Oct. 24, 1854; He born Jan. 15, 1787; died Oct. 28, 1853. Children: i. 1. Sarah A. Pomroy, b. Nov. 27, 1815; mar. William W. Briggs, 2. Sept. 1, 1836. Children. Frances H. Pomroy, b. Nov. 21, 1817; m. Franklin G. Rogers, he d.; she mar. 2d, Abram Nason; children. 3. Julia A. Pomroy, b. May 17. 1819; m. John T. Bragdon; children. 4. Martha J. Pomroy, b. May 1821; d. May 15, 1843. 5. Arad H. Pomroy, b. July 25, 1823; m. Susan Hinman, Sept. 1, 1850; he d. at Turks Island, Oct. 10, 1856; one son, Roderick H., b. 1852. She m. second Joab W. Palmer, of Bangor. 6. 7. 8. Margaret Pomroy, b. Sept. 2. 1825; m. Moses Briggs, 1848, of Boston; she d. Feb. 22, 1865. Children. Lydia M. Pomroy, b. July 16, 1827; m. Increase S. Leadbetter, of Weston, Mass., where they now reside. Mary E. Pomroy, b. March 26, 1830; m. Capt. Noah Emery, ii. JOIN, b. Sept. 7, 1785; he m. Mary Smith, Feb. 14. 1808. He was a major of militia; representative from Hampden, 1814. He fell overboard from his vessel at Frankfort and was drowned Jan. 7, 1819, aged 56. Children: 1. Mary, b. May 6, 1809; m. John T. Webb, March 9, 1828. Chil dren. 2. John, b. Sept. 2. 1810; m. widow Catherine R. Emery, Sept. 1, 1848. He died August 2. 1849, aged 39. 3. Stephen S., b. March 24, 1812; d. Sept. 22, 1826. 4. Abbie W., b. Dec. 1813, m. Daniel S. Stone of Winterport, May 5, 1834. Reside in Hampden. Children. 5. Albert G., b. Mar. 28, 1815; d. July 12, 1816. 6. Julia Ann, d. in infancy. iii. THOMAS, b. twin with John, Sept. 7, 1785; d. young. iv. JOSEPH, b. April, 20, 1787; lost at sea. V. BENJAMIN, twin with Joseph; b. April 20, 1787, of Hampden; m. 1. 2. Rebecca. Joseph, went to sea and never heard from. Did he have wife vi. SARAH, b. Aug. 27, 1789; m. James M. Seaman. She d. in New Orleans, 1869. Several children. vii. WILLIAM, b. May 2, 1791; d. in infancy. viii. DANIEL, b. March 11, 1793; lived in Hampden; collector of the Port of Bangor, 1847-49, and held many other public positions. He d. August 10, 1864; m. first Widow Hannah Sabine,* July 29, 1820; she Widow of Elijah R. Sabine, a Methodist clergyman of Hampden. He was a Representative to the General Court from Hampden, 1816-1817-1818. He died in Augusta, Georgia, whither he had gone for his health, June, 1818, aged 42. Their two sons were: 1. Lorenzo Sabine of Eastport. 2. Francis M. Sabine of Bangor. d. 1825-26. He m. second Lydia McDonald, 1827; she d. Jan. 8, 1828, aged 24. He m. third Elmira, daughter of General John Crosby, Jan. 1, 1829; she b. Oct. 10, 1804. Children: 1. Hannah, b. Jan. 17, 1821. 2. Maria L., b. Feb. 16, 1823; m. William H. Adams, of Bangor. Children. 4. By third wife. John C., b. April 12, 1830; m. Helen Wilson. Children. 5. George A., b. Nov. 2, 1831; m. Frances Snow, of Chicago. Children. 6. Franklin. she d. Aug. ix. WILLIAM, b. March 3, 1795, of Hampden; m. first Lucy Covel, June 12, 1823; m. second Elizabeth Emerson, June 15, 1834; 21, 1837; m. third Cathrine R. Goodwin, Jan. 17, 1839. 19, 1844. Children: 1. Eliza, b. June 3, 1824; she d. Aug. 23, 1867. He d. May 2. William P., b. May 12, 1826; m. Susan Nickerson. He d. Jan. 20, 1875. One child. X. 3. Mary A., b. July 16, 1830; m. Amos Nickerson of Provincetown, Mass., Nov., 1852. Children. 4. William. 5. Henry L., b. July 12, 1840; d. Sept. 3, 1841. 7. Willis, b. Aug. 14, 1843; d. March 3, 1845. 1. Julia A., b. March 3, 1822; m. Fayette D. Buker, March 3, 1841; lived in Bucksport. Children. 2. Charlotte C., b. Aug. 16, 1823; m. James Sewall, May 6, 1851. 3. Noah, b. April 2, 1825; m. Mary Ellen Pomroy of Hampden, 4. Lucinda, b. March 10, 1828; d. July 9, 1830. 5. Elmira A., b. Oct. 7, 1829; m. Stephen A. Goddard of Boston, Jan. 1, 1849. Children. 6. Lucy A., b. Nov. 3, 1843; d. June 30, 1844. 7. Mary T., b. June 10, 1848; d. April 28, 1873. xi. JULIANA, b. March 18, 1801; d. Dec. 20, 1818. xli. CYRUS, b. Feb, 1, 1804; removed to Bangor; merchant; d. Jan. 11, 19, 1859; m. first Rebecca D. Brown, June 17, 1829; m. second Mary H. Brown, Jan. 27, 1841, both of Bangor. She d. Aug. 5, 1848. aged 35; m. third Elizabeth D. Brown, 1853. (All three of his wives were daughters of Enoch Brown* of Hampden.) She is now living in Bangor. Children: 1. By second wife. Henry, d. unmarried. 2. Richard I., d. Nov. 17, 1847, aged 3 years, 2 mos. 3. Anne R., d. Sept. 24, 1844, aged 20 mos. (?) 11 days. 4. By third wife. Isaiah L., m. Wiswell of Frankfort; d. NAHUM EMERY, son of John Emery, Sr., born 1763, lived in Hampden; married first Hannah Arey, 1788. She died April 15, 1808, aged 37. Married second Mrs. Betsey F. Barker, of Kittery. He died Feb. 14, 1846. His widow died Jan. 4, 1851, aged 78 years, 4 months, 10 days. Children: i. JOSEPH, b. March 7, 1790, of Hampden; m. Alliance Mayo. 1. Lorenzo, b. Nov. 24, 1815; d. 1860, of Dixmont; m.— He d. Cobb; m. second, Lizzie Pomroy. She d. 1846; m. third Pauline Pomroy. Children. 2. Nahum, b. Aug. 23, 1817; d. July 19, 1870; Lived in Munroe; m. Maria Dodge. Eight children. 3. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24. 1820; d. 1850. 4. Elisha, b. March 4, 1823; m. Emily Dexter. Children. 5. Frederick, b. July 19, 1825; m. Aurilla Dodge. Children. 7. Elmira C., b. Dec. 29. 1829; d. Sept. 4, 1861. 8. Franklin, b. Nov. 29, 1832; d. May 29, 1854. By second wife. 9. Martin, b. 1841. 10. Oliver F., b. 1844; d. young. 11. Joseph, b. 1846; killed in the war of the Rebellion. ii. NAHUM, b. July 3. 1792, of Hampden; m. Cordelia B. Mudgett. 1. Andrew J. b. May 20. 1832; m. Hester Smith. Children. 2. 3. Nahum, b. Feb. 28, 1837; m. Francelia (?) Garland. Children. ENOCH BROWN was born in Abington, Mass., Oct. 19, 1780. son of Samuel and Deborah (Torrey) Brown, and grandson of Rev. Samuel Brown, the first minister in Abington (1711.) He seems to have been in Taunton for a few years. Removed to Hampden about 1806-7, and then to Bangor 1835. He was a man of respectable abilities and fine character. He married Melinda, daughter of Judge Padelford. She was sister of Rebecca D., who married John G. Deane, of Ellsworth. He died in Bangor, 1838-9. Children perhaps not in order: i. ii. ENOCH EMERY, b. Taunton, June 3, 1806; graduated Bowdoin College, 1827; iii. JAMES G., lawyer, settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; representative to Congress; Attorney-General of the State; m. Emily J., daughter of Charles Stetson of Bangor, May 31, 1865; she b. Nov. 28, 1837. He d. 1882. iv. HENRY, unmarried. Kettell, in New York. MELINDA, d. unmarried. vii. REBECCA (DENNIS,) m. Cyrus Emery, his first wife. viii. SARAH, d. unmarried. ix. MARY H., m. Cyrus Emery. X. ELIZABETH DEBORAH, m. Cyrus Emery. |
