MR. THOMAS KILLPATRICK
Who departed this life
October the 24th, 1762
in the 88th year of
his age."
[Photograph by Corey Gilpatrick]
SACO VALLEY SETTLEMENTS
AND FAMILIES.
HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, GENEALOGICAL,
TRADITIONAL, AND LEGENDARY.
EMBRACING
THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE TOWNS ON THE SACO RIVER,
FROM THEIR PLANTATION TO THE PRESENT, WITH MEMORIALS OF
THE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS INSTRUMENTAL IN THEIR
SETTLEMENT, ADVANCEMENT AND PROSPERITY.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN PREPARATION.
BY G. [Gideon] T. RIDLON, SR.,
AUTHOR OF "EARLY SETTLERS OF HARRISON, ME,"
"BURBANK GENEALOGY," "HISTORY
OF ANCIENT RYEDALES," AND "RAMBLES IN SCOTLAND."
BEAUTIFULLY EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS, VIEWS OF FAMILY SEATS AND
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
"How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood,
When fond recollection presents them to view;
The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wild-wood,
And every loved spot which my infancy knew."
PORTLAND, ME.:
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1895.
A reprinting of the
1895 edition
NEW ENGLAND HISTORY PRESS
Somersworth, New Hampshire 03878
July 1984
ISBN: 0-89725-045-1
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section.
Killpatrick and Kirkpatrick
are identical and were, as surnames, used interchangeably in old documents.
The former orthography appears to have been the more ancient. They were settled
in Nithsdale, on the Scottish border, as early as the ninth century. Surname
derived from Cella Patricii, the church of St. Patrick. In the reign
of David I (1124-1153), IVAN KILPATRICK witnessed a charter of Robert Bruce,
and his grandson, also named Ivan, obtained a charter of lands of Kilosburn
(from Cella Osburn), which had belonged to his ancestors, August 1, 1232.
HUMPHREY KILLPATRICK was granted by charter from the Earl of Lennox, 1200
A. D., the lands of Colquhoun.* [Humphrey Kilpatrick assumed the name of Colquhoun,
and, hence, the distinguished family of this name, known as the "Colquhouns
of Luss," are descended from the Kilpatrick. Their lands are among the mountains
and on the margin of Loch Lomond in the Scottish Highlands.] The names of
STEPHEN DE KILPATRICK and ROGER DE KILPATRICK appear on the Ragman Roll,
in 1232, among those who swore fealty to Edward I. The two parishes bordering
on the River Clyde, in Dunbartonshire, said to have been the birthplace of
the great Irish Apostle, are the localities where this family is supposed
to have originated and still bear the name Kilpatrick.
The Empress Eugenie was descended
from the Kilpatricks or Kirkpatricks, styled "of Conheath." One branch of
the family was early settled in Spain, and descendants are intermarried there
with dukes, counts, and barons.
The most ancient seat of the Kilpatricks
was CLOSEBURN CASTLE, originally Kilosburn, a view of which appears in the
"antiquities of Scotland," by Grose. There is a square tower standing, 56
feet in height, consisting of a ground floor and two vaulted apartments.
This old residence, once a place of great strength, was so much decayed by
the ravages of time that it was superseded by a stately mansion wrought,
in part, from stones taken from the ancient walls, but this was burned down
in 1748, and all the family papers, portraits, and plate destroyed. The present
CLOSEBURN HALL is a fine Grecian styled edifice. Two coats of arms are recorded
for the family, described as follows:
"KILLPATRICK — Az a saltire in chief ar."
"KILLPATRICK — Az a chief ar."
During the plantation
of the province of Ulster, in the north of Ireland by Scottish Presbyterians
(1608-1620), several persons named Killpatrick removed from Scotland and settled
in that country. We are able to point to the very piece of land upon which
they made their home. On May 1, 1616, RICHARD KILLPATRICK, JAMES KILLPATRICK,
and JOHN KILLPATRICK, all Scotchmen, leased of Peter Benson, who was an extensive
undertaker in the province, a tract of land in the barony of Shragmiler, County
Donegal, which, in an inquisition, was described as follows:
"There is a gort of land belonging
to the viccar of Shragmiler, which said gort lieth as followeth, that is
to saie, it beginneth from the middle causie of stone lieng between the church
and towne of Shragmiler and soe runnine along a little ditche by a boggside
enclosing a fort, and soe crossinge a small brooke runninge up and over a
moss or turf pit, and soe downe to a stone ford, and from thence directlie
to a blackthorn which standeth by the Kings high way leading from Shragmiler
aforesaid to Castlefyne, and soe directlie up to the causie where the first
bounds begunne, contayning by estimation 20 acres more or lesse besides heathe
and bogge."
Here, then, was the place where the
families of Killpatrick first sat down in old Ireland. As the plantation
records of Ulster do not contain the names of any others of the family between
1608 and 1620, we may safely assume that these were the ancestors of the
New England branches descended from THOMAS KILPATRICK and wife Margaret,
who came from Colerain, Ireland, to Wells, Me., in 1718-19. As about one
hundred years had passed between the settlement in Ireland and that in the
New World, it will be seen that the birth of Thomas was removed down the
stream of time several generations from his Scottish progenitors, a period
of sufficient duration to allow the family to multiply largely, but not long
enough, however, to eliminate the rigid faith inherited from the Covenanters
who had lain down their lives for it among the glens of Scotland; for, after
the removal of the family to Saco, in 1739, a petition to "set off those
who call themselves Presbyterians from any further support of Rev. Mr. Willard"
was signed by Thomas and William Killpatrick. Joseph Killpatrick, another
of the same stripe, voted against an increase of the salary of Mr. Willard.
The surname was universally spelled Killpatrick, or Kilpatrick, for many
years after the settlement of the family in New England, and is the form
used by branches more recently removed from Ireland to the United States.
The forms Gillpatrick, Gilpatrick, and Gilpatric, used by descendants of
the original Thomas, may be considered as a yankee improvement, but we regard
this change of an ancient and significant surname a matter for regret. [See my notes on the original
spelling from the Scottish Church records which is updated to include Killpatrick
variations in the previous page. ]
As the descendants of the immigrant
ancestor settled in sections of the state so remote from each other, I deem
it necessary to divide the pedigree into parts, under appropriate local designations,
for the purpose of more readily distinguishing the many who have borne the
same christian names. The names of sons of Thomas and Margaret Killpatrick,
several of whom were born in Ireland, were as follows: JOHN, JAMES, JOSEPH,
WILLIAM, THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER, JEREMIAH, ISAAC, and JOSHUA; two daughters,
MARY, and SARAH. The inscription following was copied from the tombstone of
Thomas, the immigrant:
"In Memory of
MR. THOMAS KILLPATRICK
Who departed this life
October the 24th, 1762
in the 88th year of
his age."
[Photograph by Corey Gilpatrick]
GILPATRICKS OF LIMERICK.
Jeremiah Gilpatrick,3
son of Jeremiah2 and Sarah, was born in Biddeford, March 19, 1753, and baptized
there, March 25th of that year. Tradition made him a son of the original Thomas;
he was a grandson. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth
Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth, Oct. 5, 1775, (she was born August 11, 1753, and
died Mar. 23, 1825), and with his wife and two children went on horseback
by a bridle-path through the wilderness to the township subsequently named
Limerick. He selected one of the most valuable tracts of land in the township,
which was purchased of James Sullivan, and, assisted by his wife, who was
a woman of robust constitution, cleared a large farm which his descendants
have enlarged and brought to a high state of productiveness. He was prominent
in the early town affairs, but was killed in the prime of life, Sept. 25,
1790, by a fall from a load of lumber, which he was binding. Three children:
1. JEREMIAH,4 born Aug. 3, 1776, in Biddeford; m. Dec. 2, 1799, Lydia Hodgdon
(she was b. Feb. 13, 1781, and d. July 23, 1868), and settled on a tract of
land about one mile west of his father's homestead. Here he added acre to
acre, as the years passed, until his fields expanded into extensive proportions.
He built a stately mansion and ample out-buildings, and became what the townsmen
called "a fore-handed farmer." He d. Feb. 26, 1851. Two children:
I. JOSEPH H.,5 son of Jeremiah and Lydia, b. Dec. 5, 1800, in Limerick: m.
first, Dec. 5, 1825, to Sally M., dau. of John Burnham, Esq., and by her had
six children. She was born Nov. 30, 1805, d. April 15, 1864. He m. second,
Jan. 10, 1866, Harriet H. F., dau. of Daniel Harmon (sister of wife of Hon.
Abner Burbank), who was born Aug. 26, 1812, in Limerick, and d. Sept. 10,
1883. He d. Dec. 10, 1886. He succeeded as only son to his father's estate
and was widely known as one of the most extensive and prosperous farmers in
Limerick. The great mansion, enormous barn, and capacious out-buildings now
standing indicate the abundant harvests gathered, and the numerous heads of
live stock housed and fed upon this place. Mr. Gilpatrick was a good and highly
respected citizen, who served with much acceptability during a long term
of years as selectman and in other positions of trust.
(1). John B.,6 b. Jan. 8, 1827; m. Jan. 24, 1854, Ann J., dau, of Isaac Ilsley,
and lives, as the only surviving son, on the old homestead of his father
and grandfather. He is a small man with many physical characteristics of
his ancestors. No children.
(2). Sally,6 b. July 28, 1828; m. Augustus Libby; d. Nov. 3, 1857.
(3). Abigail B.,6 b. Aug. 27, 1830; second wife of Augustus Libby.
(4). Lydia H.,6 b. Mar. 5, 1832; m. Alphonso Kilgore, of Limerick.
(5). Joseph,6 b. Nov. 6, 1835; d. Nov. 23, 1835.
(6). Joseph,6 b. June 13, 1837; m. Emily Stevens, of Greene, Me., and resided
in Lewiston; died Apr. 2, 1883, leaving one son, named Lester.7
II. ROXANNA,5 only dau. of Jeremiah and Lydia, b. Apr. 2, 1803; m. Dec. 2,
1822, to Peter Fogg.
2. THOMAS,4 second son of Jeremiah and Sally, b. May 12, 1779, in Biddeford;
m. March 3, 1806, to Sally Hale, who was b. Mar. 10, 1787, d. July 7, 1859.
He d. Nov. 18, 1845. He remained on the homestead of his father, and continued
to occupy the mansion originally erected there. He was a respected and influential
man; carried on very extensive farming and stock raising. The mansion house
sits upon a moderate elevation some distance back from the highway, and surrounded
by a broad green lawn. It is two-storied, wide, and imposing. The barns and
farm offices are commensurate in amplitude with the extensive area of cultivated
land. From the front of the main house to the rear end of the barn, all connected
by intervening buildings, the distance must be rising three hundred feet.
In the field back of these buildings there is an old burying-lot enclosed
by a stone-wall where monuments mark the resting places of earlier members
of the Gilpatrick family, and of that of Stimpson, related by marriage. Between
this dwelling and that erected by his brother, to be mentioned hereafter,
there is a more modern enclosure, where members of later generations were
buried. Thomas and Sally had a numerous family; their names will now appear:
I. ELIZA,5 b. Apr. 5, 1807; m. Charles Stimpson, of Limerick; d. Feb., 1892.
II. ALVIN,5 b. Oct. 5, 1808; m. Eunice Hale, of Limerick, in 1848, and by
her had one son. Soon after he passed his minority he went to Massachusetts
and worked several years; then with his brother Jeremiah engaged in lumbering
business in Baring, on the St. Croix river, where he continued until the death
of his father, then returned to Limerick, and with his brother Sewall settled
on the homestead. After the death of Sewall, he sold the farm and purchased
one in Vassalboro, where he d. Mar. 19, 1888.
(1). Alonzo,6 married and is now living at Sprague's Mills, Me.
III. JEREMIAH,5 b. Sept. 13, 1810; m. twice. He worked in Massachusetts in
early years; then went to Barrington, and settled on small farm. His principal
business was surveying lumber. He died in Barrington, after which the sons
went to Minneapolis, Minn., where they were married and made themselves homes.
A daughter married a Mr. Pierce, lived in New Hampshire, and d. Aug. 8, 1878.
V. THOMAS,5 b. Oct. 21, 1814; m. Charlotte S. Latham, July 2, 1850. He aspired
to an education and devoted his early years to study and attending the academy
at Limerick. He taught eleven town schools and five high schools, mostly
in Limerick and Limington; moved to Gray, Me., at the age of 36, and lives
on a farm. His relatives informed me that Thomas studied for the Baptist ministry,
but was not ordained; that he has long been an earnest Christian, a leader
of religious meetings, and clerk of the church of which he is a member in
Gray, also prominent in political affairs, having filled positions of trust
in his town. One son, living at home, unmarried.
VI. BENJAMIN,5 b. Mar. 2, 1817; worked in Barrington several years, then
purchased a farm in west part of Limerick, where he settled; sold and moved
to Chelsea, Me., near Hallowell, where he died Oct. 24, 1888. He had issue,
(1) Frank,6 and (2) Ida.6
VII. SEWALL,5 b. Apr. 21, 1819; d. on homestead, where he had settled with
Alvin, unmarried, Mar. 19, 1864.
VIII. SALLY,5 b. Mar. 26, 1821; d. Feb. 19, 1836.
IX. EUNICE,5 b. Aug. 20, 1823; d. Sept. 10, 1823,
X. CHARLES,5 b. Jan. 2, 1825; spent some years in Massachusetts in early
life, then went West and was there when Indian lands were transferred to the
government. With his brother Isaac he invested in lands where the city of
Minneapolis now stands. He owned twelve acres in the very heart of the city,
besides several other lots. He lives on a farm about four miles from town;
has sons in business in the city.
XI. ISAAC,5 b. June 9, 1827; m. Sarah Sinclair, of Waterborough, Me., and
had issue. He m. a second wife, name not known; went to Minnesota in early
life, and was at one time owner in a large saw-mill and for several years
carried on extensive lumber business; at one time engaged in poultry raising
and kept a thousand hens. He died Mar. 3 1892.
XII. WILLIAM,5 b. Oct. 5, 1829, and being lame from boyhood learned the jeweler's
trade; was at work in Saco when he was taken ill, returned home, and d. from
bleeding, Jan. 24, 1854.
3. SARAH,4 b. Apr. 24, 1781; d. Oct. 5, 1783.
4. COL. SAMUEL,4 b. Apr. 20, 1784; m. first, June 6, 1810, to Lydia Clark,
who was b. Jan. 28, 1783, and d. Sept. 6, 1822; m., second, to Hannah, dau.
of Paul Chadbourne (she b. Sept. 23, 1801, in Waterborough, and d. Jan. 16,
1849, in Limerick), in July, 1823; and, third, Eliza Allen, Feb. 10, 1850,
she b. Jan. 11, I801, in Limerick. Inheriting a part of the homestead property,
he built a large mansion a short distance north from the residence of his
brother Thomas. He was one of the solid men of Limerick, who was called to
fill many stations of trust, always acquitting himself to the satisfaction
of his fellow citizens. He was early commissioned colonel of the militia,
and proved an efficient and popular commander. At the time of his death he
was rated as the most wealthy man in town. His fields were many, broad, and
brought to great productiveness; his farming operations were carried on according
to the most improved methods. His stock of well-fed cattle, horses, and sheep,
which were numerous, attracted the attention of dealers for many years, and
his well-arranged and extensive farm buildings, well-cultivated fields, and
fruitful orchards were subjects for remark by many a visitor and passerby.
While he was a shrewd financier and keen man of business, he was, nevertheless,
benevolent and helpful toward every good cause.
I. ARTHERTON,5 b. in 1812; m. Nov. 18, 1838, to Matilda Hull, and settled
as farmer in the west part of Limerick. These had three children, named as
follows:
(1). Lydia,6 m. Edwin Moulton, of Parsonsfield; deceased.
(2). Horace,6 m. Lotta A., daughter of Naham McKusick, and has one child,
Grace Isabella.7
(3). Ai,6 m. Mary (Foster) Rice.
II. JACOB,5 b. Aug. 7, 1814; m. in April, 1850, to Susan Pierce; lived in
Limington, d. in Parsonsfield. His children were: (1) Amanda,6 m. Frank Hale;
deceased; (2) Mary,6 (3) Charles,6 (4) Frank,6 (5) Harry.6
III. HORACE,5 b. Nov. 20, 1816; d. at Milledgeville, Georgia, in 1838, unmarried.
IV. SAMUEL,5 born June 8, 1822; m. Aug. 29, 1859, to Eleanor, dau. of Alvin
Chadbourne, of Limerick, and lives on the homestead with his brother Philip.
The two families have always lived in the same house and jointly carried on
the same farm in the greatest harmony. Four children: (1) Clara A.,6 (2) Nancy,6
(3) Carrie E.,6 and (4) Willie H.6
V. PHILIP,5 b. Aug. 13, 1824; m. July 9, 1848, to Isabella G., dau. of Naham
McKusick, and with his brother, before-mentioned, resides on the homestead
in Limerick. His mother was second wife of Colonel Samuel; was educated in
common schools and at Limerick Academy, and followed teaching in early life;
active member of the Free Baptist church and superintendent of the Sunday-school;
served several years as selectman and on school committee; man of sound judgment
and executive force; judicious and extensive farmer; of social, pleasing address.
Two children:
(1). Otis F.,6 b. May 35, 1850; for several years in trade in Portland; now
(1893) keeping large livery stable at Woodfords, Me.
(2). Annie B.,6 b. Nov. 11, 1855; d. Mar. 11, 1884. She was a successful
teacher.
VI. ARA,5 b. Sept. 26, 1825; m. Feb. 8, 1848, to Mercy A. Fogg, and had six
children: (1) Hiram,6 (2) Emma E.,6, (3) Ara,6 (4) Sarah,6 (5) Charles,6 (6)
Ella.6
VII. LYDIA,5 b. Nov. 2, 1828; d. Dec. 11, 1846, unmarried.
VIII. HANNAH N.,5 b. Aug. 31, 1830; m. to Lorenzo D. Pease, of Parsonsfield,
Me.
IX. ROXANNA,5 b. Apr. 11, 1834; d. June 5, 1838.
X. SARAH E.,5 b. May 4, 1841; m. Nov. 1, 1862, to Edwin Weeman, of Standish,
Me.; now living in Parsonsfield, Me. He is a blacksmith.
Joseph Gilpatrick,3 son of Thomas2
and Margaret, of Biddeford, Me., was born Oct. 8, 1741; was married Nov. 29,
1764, to Polly Tarbox, and for several years resided in Saco, where his eldest
children were born. His father, who was styled "Thomas, Jr.," was born in
Ireland. Joseph had seven brothers and sisters as will appear by reference
to other sections of this family history. He was one of the first settlers
in Limerick township, and his name appears on the plantation records before
the incorporation. His large tract of wild land was purchased of James Sullivan;
served with his brother Thomas on first board of selectmen; had much to do
in promoting the settlement and development of the plantation. He is said
to have been killed by falling timber while taking down Parson Eastman's
barn. Administration on his estate was granted to "Joseph Gilpatrick, Gentleman,"
Aug. 29, 1799, in which the deceased was designated "Esquire." He was the
owner of a grist-mill on "Pendexter's brook." His death occurred on May 8,
1799, and his grave is said to be in an old bush-grown yard, under seedling
apple-trees on Elm street, in the west part of Limerick village. A widow,
his second wife, survived him: her name was Goodwin. Children, nine in number,
all by first wife:
1. MARGARET,4 bapt. Mar. 23, 1766.
2. MIRIAM,4 bapt. Dec. 6, 1767; m. Nov. 20, 1785, to Nathaniel Libby, and
was the mother of eleven children. Her husband became acquainted with her
while teaching school in Limerick. When they were married her father gave
her enough wild land for a farm, and upon this they made their home. She
d. in Dec., 1823.
3. HAVEN,4 bapt. Nov. 20, 1769; probably named for Haven Tarbox, his mother's
relative.
4. JOSEPH,4 bapt. June 30, 1776, in Biddeford, now Saco; m. Nov. 27, 1800,
to Mary Johnson, of Limerick, and settled in that town. He was called "Joseph
Gilpatrick, Gentleman," in documents relating to administration of his father's
estate in 1799, although at that time only twenty-three years of age. He d.
May 19, 1844. Five children:
I. OLIVE,5 b. Aug. 26, 1802; never married.
II. BETSEY,5 b. July 8, 1804.
IV. CHARLES,5 disappeared.
V. BENJAMIN.5
5. THOMAS,4 bapt. in 1777; m. Alice Perkins, of Limerick, May 17, 1801; removed
to Gardiner, Me., where he died. Three children, b. in Limerick, named as
follows:
I. MARY,5 b. Aug. 10, 1801.
II. JOSEPH,5 b. Nov. 15, 1802.
III. THOMAS,5 b. Aug. 20, 1804.
6. SAMUEL,4 m. Lydia Clark, May 19, 1812, in Limerick.
7. ELIZABETH,4 m. Samuel Moulton, of Newfield, Dec. 25, 5805.
8. SARAH,4 b. Apr. 9, 1785; m. Daniel Harmon, Oct. 19, 1804.
9. HANNAH,4 b. Apr. 25, 1787; m. June 21, 1807, to Joseph Mulloy, of Limington,
She was m. second, subsequent to 1826, to Mr. Banks; d. in 1877. She had eight
Mulloys.
10. JOHNSON, went West as early as 1832.
Maj. Thomas Gilpatrick, son
of Thomas and Margaret, of Biddeford, and brother of "Joseph, Esquire," before-mentioned,
was born Apr. 27, 1750; married Anna Bradbury, in Biddeford, Aug. 21, 1777,
and was one of the first to build a log-house in the plantation since incorporated
as Limerick. He was the first town clerk, and, with his brother Joseph, was
on the first board of selectmen. Before moving from Saco, he was, in 1774,
on a "committee of safety"; also appointed to provide "a town stock of six
half-barrels of gunpowder, 5 cwt. of lead, and a sufficiency of lead bullets
according to the number in the train band." He was at the fortifying of Dorchester
Heights under Capt. John Elden, in 1776, when the ground was frozen to a depth
of eighteen inches, and while cannon balls were bounding over the hill from
the shipping and forts; do not know the date of his death; have been informed
by an old resident of Limerick that he did not leave any descendants.
GILPATRICKS OF CORNISH.
John Gilpatrick,3
son of Christopher* [CHRISTOPHER GILPATRICK (2), one of the younger sons of
Thomas (1) and Margaret, who came from Ireland in 1818-20, was probably born
in Saco. He married Jane Elliot, Sept. 27, 1750, and, I think, settled in
Coxhall, now Lyman. He spent his last days in Hollis and was, I suppose buried
on "Deering's Ridge." He had children named as follows and probably others:
Nathaniel (3), bapt. July 12, 1752, in Saco; John (3), bapt. 1, 1754; Christopher
(3), bapt. Dec. 14, 1755; James (3), born in 1763; Jane (3), Rosanna (3),
Sally (3).] and Jane Elliot, of Biddeford, was born May 1, 1754; married
Eunice Tarbox, Nov. 14, 1774, and was one of the early settlers of Francisborough,
now the town of Cornish, where he was remembered by the old people of the
last generation as a zealous hunter and trapper. He had served in the army
of the Revolution; lived many years in the "Pendexter neighborhood," so-called,
in Cornish, but after his son Stephen purchased land in the west part of
Hiram and cleared a farm there, the father removed to that town and built
him a house near that of his son; was an aged man when he died, but no date
appears. He had issue, several children.
1. JOHN,4 m. Betsey Hamilton, of Cornish; settled in Hiram; had issue, four
children. An aged member of the family writes that John removed to Vermont.
I. DANIEL,5 m. Sarah Stimpson, of Denmark, Oct. 27, 1833; settled in Hiram;
fell dead in the field while plowing.
II. JOHN C.,5 m. Abigail Bond, of Saco, and lived for many years by the brook-side,
near the Samuel Ridlon homestead, in Hiram. When well advanced in life he
removed to Limerick, on the road leading to the "Sweat Tavern." He was a
cooper; d. in Limerick. He had two sons, Daniel and Ammi.6 See record of
descendants.
III. SOLOMON,5 m. Lucy Eastman (intention Dec. 15, 1836); settled in Fryeburg.
2. WILLIAM, b. in 1778, in Biddeford, and followed the sea from an early
age. He shipped for service in the "John Adams" as second lieutenant, but
died in Washington before the ship was ready for sea. No record of a family.
3. LEVI,4 b. in 1780, in Biddeford; began to follow the sea at the age of
ten and was long master mariner. He was in the United States sea service twenty-eight
months in the 1812 war; four months was a prisoner of war at Halifax. When
exchanged he went on board the "John Adams" and served until she was blown
up to prevent her from being captured by the English. He then went to Portsmouth
and served on board the "Congress" till the close of the war, when he entered
the merchant service, being an officer in many vessels, in which he remained
until his death, in 1830. He m. Sally Hammond, of Cornish, and settled in
Saco. Children: Levi,5 Joseph,5 Stephen,5 William,5 Samuel,5 Mary,5 Sarah,5
Rosanna,5 Christiana,5 and Olive.5 None of the sons lived to be married.
4. ABIGAIL,4 b. in Cornish.
5. PEALTIAH,4 was a seaman and d. in New Orleans
6. STEPHEN,4 b. June 16, 1791, in Cornish; m. Nov. 25, 1813, Charity, dau.
of Clement Brown, of said town, who was b. Apr. 27, 1793. For some years he
lived in Cornish, but took up a tract of land in Hiram and made his home there
until his death, which occurred July 22, 1872, at the age of 81. His widow
d. Mar. 5, 1875. Children as follows:
I. STEPHEN B.,6 b. June 15, 1815, in Cornish; m. Thankful Rand (intention
Apr. 10, 7835). He settled in Hiram, where he is still living in feeble health.
Children.
II. ALPHEUS S.,5 b. Nov. 4, 1817, in Hiram; m. Jan. 30, 1841, to Hannah L.
Boynton, who was b. July 8, 1819, and settled in Sandwich, N. H.; at one time
lived in Tamworth; has lived for many years in Porter, Me. He is a judicious,
prudent farmer, and a quiet, honorable citizen. Six children:
(1). Marshall,6 born April 1, 1843, in Sandwich, N. H.; m. April 1, 1869,
Ella Booker, and has issue. He has been a preacher, but in 1893 was running
a hotel at Hastings, Cambria county, Pa. He is a man of fine personal appearance.
Children: Ada,7 Nellie,7 Nettie,7 Hattie,7 and Carrie.7
(2). Isabella,6 b. Sept. 116, 1844; m. June 23, 1865, to John E. Walker;
second, to Melville Robinson; resides at Centreville, N. H.
(3). Elizabeth A.,6 b. March 1, 1846, in Tamworth, N. H.; m. Oct. 19, 1871,
Everett Boody, of Limington, Me.
(4). Joseph W.,6 b. April 5, 1848; m. Sarah Cushing, of Portland, and lives
at home; stone mason and farmer; an honorable, self-reliant, and much respected
man, whose word can be relied upon. Children: Bertha,7 Ethel,7 Elsie.7
(5). Mary E.,6 b. May 5, 1850; m. Aug. 8, 1869, John Stanley, of Porter,
Me.
(6). Alpheus, Jr.,6 b. Mar. 30. 1852; m. Nov. 16, 1871, Ella, dau. of Ammi
Gilpatrick, of Hiram, Me. He has several children named as follows: Rosalia,7
b. Dec. 6, 1872; m. June 3, 1693, Eugene Edgecomb, of Parsonsfield; Almeda,7
b. Mar. 24, 1874; Alice,7 b. July 9, 1876, d. Nov. 11, 1881; Grace,7 b. Jan.
3, 1880; Byron,7 b. Jan. 3, 1880, d. Nov. 6, 1881; Alice,7 b. Dec. 23, 1889;
Flossie, b. Nov. 4, 1891.
III. SEWALL,5 b. June 18, 1820, in Hiram, Me.; m. first, Olive Lewis: second,
Martha, dau. of Samuel and Esther Ridlon, of Hiram; a peaceable, unobtrusive
man; had issue by both wives: Jesse,6 d. in the army; Adaline, m. William
Marshall; Rebecca,6 m. George Langley; George m. Carrie Lewis; Aldin,6 m.
______ Harvey; Jacob,6 m. ______ Lewis. By second wife: Jesse6 and Owen.6
IV. CLEMENT,5 b. Sept. 6, 1822, in Hiram, Me.; m. Martha Gould and settled
in that town; now living near Huntress bridge in Freedom, N. H. Children:
Ellen F.,6 m. Edwin Merrifield; Everet S.,6 m. Olive Ridlon; Hannah J.,6 m.
Frank Gilpatrick; Orace,6 m. Emma Sawyer; Benjamin,6 m. Emily Gould; Elvina,6
d. young; Viola,6 d. young.
V. CHARITY J.,5 b. April 30, 1825; d. Nov. 30, 1832.
VI. GEORGE,5 b. July 11, 1827; m. Elizabeth B. Boynton, Dec. 22, 1856, and
lived in Hiram; died May 24, 1879. His widow now living. Issue: Ebenezer,6
m. Eva Thompson, of Hiram; Albert,6 lives at home, unmarried; Cora, m. Frank
Durgin, deceased; Caleb,6 m. ______ Lord; Frederick,6 unmarried.
VII. ISABELLA,5 b. Feb. 21, 1830; d. Aug. 4, 1839.
VIII. BENJAMIN F.,5 b. Jan. 9, 1832, in Hiram, Me., and removed to Pennsylvania
many years ago. He m. Elizabeth Owen, July 3, 7854, at the house of Isaac
Crawford, Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pa. She was b. in Carroll township, Mar.
25, 1837; was of Welsh extraction. He enlisted in the Union army at the breaking
out of the Rebellion, and had a long and wearing service; was a member of
the G. A. R and buried under their orders and ceremonials. He died Nov. 27,
1890. Eleven children, six sons and five daughters: Isabella J.,6 m. John
Sheeler, in 1880; Thomas M.,6 m. Rebecca T. Schrogast, Jan. 1. 1879, and
has four children; Susan J.,6 m. Ephraim Burnhimer, Jan. 1, 1879; Eri B.,6
m. Bella Small, Apr. 4, 1891; Harry,6 m. Bella Bates, Mar. 16, 1893; Marshall,6
m. Mertie Brady, July 4, 1893; Jay6; Mattie6; Clement6; Mary,6 m. John Faust,
June 1, 1891.
IX. ASA,5 b. Feb. 15, 1836; d. Aug. 15, 1839.
X. MARK P.,5 b. May 2, 1839, in Hiram, Me. (records in his family have his
birth "Apr. 24, 1839"). He m. Elizabeth Coy, of Pennsylvania Run, Indiana
Co., Pa., Sept. 20, 1863. He enlisted in the Union army at the breaking out
of the war; was confined in Libby prison; politically a staunch Democrat;
at time of death, June 26, 1869, was a worthy member of F. & A. M., Blairsville
Lodge. Children as follows:
(1). Laura J,6 b. Sept. 25, 1864, at Taylorsville, Pa.; m. May 27, 1890,
James Murray, of Altoona, Pa., where they reside.
(2). Mark H.,6 b. Aug. 24, 1868, at Nineveh, Westmoreland Co., Pa., and resides
at Nineveh Station.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL.
Ammi Gilpatrick
m. Esther Gray, of Hiram, Me., and settled in that town. He had the following
children:
1. LUCETTA, d. at the age of 20 years.
2. WILLIAM, m. Minnie Bragdon, who died, and he lives in Portland.
3. ELI, m. Mary Thompson, of Saco, and lives in Hiram with issue.
4. MARY W., Samuel Gerry, of Limerick, Sept. 9, 1861; dead.
5. FRANK, d. in childhood
6. CHARLES, d. in childhood.
7. SARAH, m. Roswell Torrey, of Ossipee, N. H.
8. ELLA, b. Aug. 25, 1852; m. Alpheus Gilpatrick, of Kezar Falls, and has
children.
9. FRANK, m. Jane, dau. of Clement Gilpatrick, and lives in Hiram.
10. CHARLES, in Hiram, unmarried.
11. IRA, m. Rebecca Thompson of Hiram.
GILPATRICKS OF HOLLIS.
Christopher Gilpatrick,3
son of Christopher and Jane Elliot, was born Dec. 14, 1755. He served in the
army of the Revolution with his brother John, who settled in Cornish; married
Martha Smith, Oct. 20, 1784, and settied on "Deering's Ridge," in Hollis,
where he engaged in the tanning of leather and farming. In 1801, it was voted
that the selectmen of Hollis shall meet the selectmen of Coxhall to see if
they "can agree to take Christopher Gilpatrick on to this town at Christopher
Gilpatrick's expense." I assume that the father had lived in Lyman, but died
in Hollis with his son of the same name. Four children:
1. JOSEPH,4 b. Aug. 4, 1790, in Hollis, Me.; m. Hannah, dau. of Joshua Kimball,
of Buxton, Sept. 5, 1813; she b. Jan. 21, 1787; by her he had two sons. He
was a sea-captain, also a school-teacher. Becoming deluded, like so many,
in the Cochran craze, which swept over the community at the time, he left
his wife, who seems to have had no fellowship with the doctrines and practices
of the "Cochranites," and went away to the state of New York with the company
that settled there. He had a "spiritual wife," one Martha Junkins, of York,
b. Oct. 23, 1808, assigned to him; she had three children; d. in Granville,
Ohio, Feb. 2, 1888. Mr. Gilpatrick d. in Granger, Allegheny county, N. Y.,
June 3, 1858, "a man of superior natural endowment and acquired ability."
I. CHARLES C.,5 b. in Hollis, Me., and carried by his father to Granger,
N. Y., when a child.
II. OLIVER M.,5 b. in Hollis, Me.; carried away to Granger, N. Y., when a
child. These brothers came back to Hollis to visit their relatives. Both have
deceased.
III. MARTHA C.,5 b. in Granger, N. Y.; deceased.
IV. MARY E.,5 b. in Granger, N. Y.; deceased.
V. JOHN L.,5 b. Jan. 12, 1845, in Granger, N. Y.; m. July 8, 1874, to Elizabeth
Blackburn and has two children. He graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1867;
taught in the public schools of Fort Dodge and Gosport, Ind., and at Bowling
Green, Ohio; was instructor in mathematics in the University of Michigan in
1873 and 1874; since professor of mathematics in Denison University at Granville,
Ohio. Children:
(1). Alice Ray,6 b. Apr. 1, 1878.
(2). Florence E.,6 b. Feb. 24, 1887.
2. EDWARD,4 son of Christopher, d. unmarried.
3. JOHN,4 b. in Phillipsborough, now Hollis, before Jan. 9, 1795, as he and
Edward were baptized on that day. He m. Hannah Clark, jan. 27, 1816, and settled
on the homestead with his father. His portrait, with that of his wife, painted
by Treadwell, are in the possession of Nathaniel, his eldest son, at Kezar
Falls, Me.
I. NATHANIEL,5 b. in Hollis; m. Betsey B. Smith, Oct. 8, 1846 second, May
7, 1853, to Abigail, dau. of Andrew Merrifield, of Hiram, by Edward Gibbs,
Esq. He lived many years in Saco, where he drove a team; now at Kezar Falls,
Me. Four children:
(1). Mary M.,6 b. Aug. 28, 1848; m. William Ridlon.
(2). Hannah J.,6 b. June 1, 1854; m. Willis Bickford, Dec. 10, 1870, and
lives in Gorham, Me.
(3). Andrew L.,6 b. Aug. 24, 1856; m. Aug. 26, 1888, to Adda E. White, and
lives at Kezar Falls, Me., with his parents; carriage maker. Two children,
Berna F.7 and Ray L.7
(4). Sarah E.,6 b. Nov. 17, 1858; d. Feb. 12, 1879.
II. CALEB,5 m. Almira Sands, of Saco; removed to the West many years ago;
tailor.
III. JOHN,5 m. Martha Davis. She d. and he m. a second wife, name not known;
removed to eastern Maine, and when last heard from was living in Dexter. In
early life he was a barber by trade.
IV. CHARLES,5 m. Louisa Jordan; was killed by falling under the cars at Newmarket,
N. H. His widow and son are living in Dayton.
V. SARAH,5 m. Horace Woodman and resides on the old homestead on "Deering's
Ridge."
5. OLIVE,4 m. Amos Kimball, of Hollis.
ANOTHER BRANCH.
James Gilpatrick,3 son of Christopher,2
b. in 1763; m. Elizabeth Haley, of Hollis, Jan. 4, 1798; settled in the western
section of the town, as farmer, and died there Feb. 25, 1842;* [JAMES GILPATRICK
(3) is said to have moved from Saco or Biddeford to Phillipsborough, now Hollis,
in 1794 or '95 bringing with him his father, Christopher, his brother, Nathan,
and three sisters, Jennie, Sally, and Rosanna. His house was on the Kennebunk
road, so-called, thirty rods south of where the meeting-house at West Hollis
now stands; buried in family lot, about forty rods below the house.] wife
died in 1843, aged 74 years. These had five children, whose names follow:
1. TRISTRAM,4 b. May 5, 1798, in Hollis, Me.; m. Betsey Googins, and settled
in his native town. He is remembered by the author as a man of tidy appearance
and graceful manners, pleasing and attractive in conversation, and of more
than ordinary intelligence. He d. Sept. 26, 1877, aged 78 years. His wife
predeceased him, Aug. 13, 1870, aged 70. Issue as follows:
I. LYDIA A.,5 of whom no particulars.
II. JAMES G.,5 of whom no particulars.
III. OLIVE ,5 m. May 4, 1851, to Joseph L. Benson, of Hollis.
IV. JOSEPH G.,5 twenty years in California.
V. ORIN,5 of whom no records.
VI. NATHAN,5 of whom no records.
VII. STILMAN,5 of whom no records.
VIII. WILLIAM,5 of whom no records.
2. ELLIOT,4 b. Dec. 22, 1800; m. June 4, 1818, to Lois Goodwin, who was b.
June 17, 1799, and settled near his birth-place in Hollis, Me. He was a quiet,
peaceable man; many years a communicant of the Primitive Baptist church; one
of the "sweet singers of Israel," who with his good, lady-like companion were
not forgetful to "entertain strangers." The author remembers with a profound
sense of gratitude the quiet hours spent in that cosy home by the road-side
in his convert days, when attending religious services in the neighborhood;
and the good counsel and encouragement received from this godly pair have
been treasured as a precious legacy of inestimable value. The highest enjoyment
experienced by Mr. Gilpatrick was when singing some grand old "minor" that
embodied the soul-inspiring sentiment of a Watts or a Wesley. "Aunt Lois"
was a prim, sweet-faced little woman, of whom it could be truthfully recorded
respecting her bearing toward her husband: "She will do him good and not evil
all the days of his life." He d. July 27, 1873; she d. Feb. 7, 1879. Seven
children:
I. MARY S.,5 b. Nov. 1, 1818; m. Isaac Bowdoin, April 5, 1840, and had issue;
lives in Hollis.
II. MOSES G.,5 b. Nov. 16, 1821; m. Nov. 4, 1847, to Caroline A. Meader,
of Nashua, N. H. He was long a teacher of music, and was considered to be
one of the most gifted vocalists of his day. He resided in other states during
early life, but has, "like a wee birdie to its nest, or a bairn to its mither,"
returned to the home of his childhood to spend the winter of age. He is now
serving as justice of the peace.
Three children named as follows:
(1). Medora A.,6 m. John W. Smith, of Philadelphia, now deceased, where she
is living with her six children.
(2). Minnie C.,6 m. Alfred Lanhans, of Camden, N. J.; living in St. Paul,
Minn.
(3). Homer H.,6 now in Philadelphia.
III. U. JANE,5 b. May 11, 1827; m. May 11, 1850, to John M. Bullard, at Milford,
N. H.
IV. WILLIAM B.,5 d. at the age of four.
V. DAVID M.,5 b. Apr. 19, 1831; married Mar. 7, 1857, Helen Tibbetts; second,
Carrie Rose. Three children.
VI. MELLISSA A.,5 b. Nov. 28, 1839; d. Nov. 14, 1856.
VII. ALONZO J.,5 d. at the age of four.
3. JANE,4 b. May 2, 1803; m. John R. Goodwin, of Saco, Me.; d. Aug., 1842.
Had issue.
4. ELIZA,4 b. Aug. 5,1810; d. in Lowell, Mass., single.
5. NATHAN,4 b. Jan. 22, 1814; Grace A. Staples; removed to Lowell, Mass.,
where he d. Feb. 27, 1872; wife d. Jan. 17, 1872. Had issue: Nehemiah,5 Benjamin,5
and Josephine.5
GILPATRICKS OF SACO.
Under this head will appear records
of several families as found in the town and church registers. Some of the
male members will be mentioned again at the head of the pedigree of their
descendants, while others could not be traced with certainty.
Thomas Gilpatrick,2 son of Thomas,1
the immigrant, married Margaret, and with her called "Thomas and Margaret,
Jr." He was born in old Ireland, and came with his parents to Wells in 1718-20.
His two sons, Joseph and Thomas, were early settlers in Limerick, along with
a cousin, Jeremiah. The name of this Thomas appears in many old documents.
1. JOSEPH,3 b. Oct. 8, 1741; settled in Limerick.
2. MARGARET,3 b. Feb. 17, 1742; m. Daniel Campbell, Aug. 12, 1762.
3. ROBERT,3 b. Jan. 4, 1744; m. Doratha Hill, Nov. 27, 1766, and had issue.
Wife d. Jan. 6, 1812. I do not know where he lived.
4. ELIZABETH,3 b. Dec. 23, 1746; m. Jere Cole, Apr. 19, 1764.
5. MARTHA,3 b. Apr. 30, 1748; m. Joshua Hill, May 15, 1766.
6. THOMAS,3 b. Apr. 27, 1750; settled in Limerick.
7. BENJAMIN,3 b. June 29, 1752; m. first, Rebecca Hill, Jan. 7, 1785, and
had issue. He was styled "Captain" in many old documents, and I assume that
he was a sea-faring man. He m. second, Feb. 3, 1793, Sally Mason, and had
issue. He d. in May, 1819. Children:
I. LYDIA,4 b. Mar. 23, 1786.
II. MARY,4 b. May 28, 1788.
III. REBECCA,4 b. Dec. 24, 1793.
IV. JOHN K.,4 b. Mar. 18, 1796.
V. BENJAMIN, 4 b. Feb. 3, 1798.
VI. ELIZABETH, 4 b. Oct. 30, 1801; d. Dec. 6, 1810.
VII. MARIA,4 b. Dec. 27, 1804.
Dominicus Gilpatrick,3 son of
Jeremiah2 and Sarah, and brother of Jeremiah3 who settled in Limerick, was
baptized in Saco, July 14, 1751; m. Miriam Tarbox, Oct. 26, 1780; d. in Saco,
in 1833, aged 82. He had a large family, named as follows:
1. SARAH,4 b. June 1, 1782.
2. MIRIAM, 4 b. Sept. 14, 1784.
3. SUSANNA, 4 b. Aug. 28,1786.
4. JEREMIAH,4 b. Jan. 3, 1789.
5. MARY,4 b. Oct. 17, 1791.
6. ELIZABETH,4 b. Feb. 3, 1794.
7. DOMINICUS,4 b. Mar. 17, 1797.
8. SAMUEL ,4 b. Nov. 25, 1799.
9. HANNAH A.,4 b. Jan. 2, 1804.
10. MARY J. E.,4 b. Apr. 26, 1809.
William Gillpatrick,2 son of
the original Thomas1 and Margaret, was born in Ireland, June 15, 1718; married
Martha Thompson (b. Feb. 15, 1718, d. Dec. 20, 1803), and had issue. The family
tradition is that he saw the girl who became his wife for the first time
on the ship when coming from Ireland, that a mutual attachment sprang up,
and that they were married after their arrival. This story may be pleasantly
romantic, but for several reasons doubt its truthfulness. If William was born
as stated he was but two years old when he came with his parents to New England;
rather young to "fall in love at first sight." As their son Christopher was
not born until thirty-one years subsequent to the settlement in Wells (1720)
it seems probable that the wedding of the parents was celebrated much later
in the century than tradition has placed it; Free Mason; d. Mar. 12, 1788.
Christopher Gillpatrick,3 son
of William2 and Martha, born 1751, m. Sarah Wilds, b. 1753, and had issue
as follows:
1. ABIGAIL,4 b. 1774; m. Noah Toby, of Topsham, Me.
2. JOTHAM,4 b. 1776; m. Anna Smith, of Biddeford, June 2, 1796. He d. June
23, 1819, aged 40. Issue as follows:
I. CHRISTOPHER,5 b. June 21, 1798.
II. SETH,5 b. Feb. 11, 1800.
III. SIMON,5 b. Sept. 9, 1803.
IV. MARY,5 b. Mar. 2, 1806.
V. CHARLES,5 b. Jan. 10, 1808.
VI. LYDIA,5 b. Feb. 14, 1811.
3. JACOB,4 b. 1778; m. Abigail Fletcher, in 1809 (?) and had issue. In Saco
the record of his birth is "March 12, 1786."
I. ALMIRA,5 b. July 31, 1809.
4. LYDIA,4 b. 1779; m. Rishworth Jordan for her second husband (styled "Mrs.
Lydia") 1805-6.
5. SIMON,4 b. 1781.
6. SARAH ,4 b. 1783; m. Naham Smith.
7. LORANA,4 b. 1788; m. William Hill.
8. PAULINA,4 b. 1790; m. Erastus Hayes.
9. LUCY,4 b. 1792; m. Christopher Murch.
10. WILLIAM,4 b. 1794.
11. GEORGE,4 b. 1796.
12. JOSEPH,4 b. 1799.
James Gillpatrick,2 son of Thomas1
and Margaret, who came from Ireland, settled in Wells, Me., in 1734, and made
that his permanent home; was in the Louisburg Expedition in 1745 under Capt.
Storer, of Wells; also in the Revolution under Capt. Hubbard, eight months.
At the expiration of his service, he re-enlisted and served for one full
year, during which he suffered many hardships and exposures. In 1782, he
enlisted for three years, receiving a bounty of six pounds. His children were,
JOHN,3 JAMES,3 OLIVE,3 SARAH,3 ELIZABETH,3 JOSHUA,3 RICHARD,3 OLIVE.3
1. RICHARD,3 b. Nov. 7, 1753; m. Mary, dau. of Capt. James Hubbard, of Wells,
Feb. 11, 1776, who d. Mar. 20, 1794, leaving four children. He m. second,
Dorothy R., dau. of Samuel Moody, of York, 1795, who d. May 2, 1847, leaving
five children. He was bound out as blacksmith's apprentice, and at his majority
engaged in business. He soon opened a general store and increased his successful
business. Acquiring means he built an iron factory, which was one of the first
in the province. He also engaged successfully in navigation and built several
vessels on the Mousam river. One of his vessels was captured by the French.
He suffered from the embargo of 1807. He sold his half of the cotton mill
and valuable land, which placed him in comfortable circumstances. He became
demented during his last days, and died Sept. 15, 1828. Children named as
follows:
I. JAMES,4 b. Dec. 3, 1776; d. in 1780.
II. DIMON,4 b. Mar. 12, 1778; m. Elizabeth Rogers and had four children,
namely:
(1). Olive,5 b. June 6, 1802.
(2). Daniel,5 b. Oct. 10, 1804.
(3). Richard,5 b. Feb. 10, 1807; m. and had issue.
(4). Mary A.,5 b. July 6, 1809.
III. DANIEL,4 b. Sept. 19, 1779; d. in March, 1802.
IV. SALLY,4 b. June 9, 1781; m. Benjamin Smith.
V. WILLIAM,4 b. June 3, 1796; d. Feb. 22, 1830; m. Sophia Goodrich.
VI. ELIZABETH,4 b. Aug. 29, 1797; m. Benjamin F. Green.
VII. MARY H.,4 b. Nov. 1, 1799; m. Edward E. Bourne, Esq.
VIII. MARIA M.,4 b. Feb. 7, 1802; m. William B. Sewall.
IX. LUCY,4 b. Oct. 24, 1803; m. Berleigh Smart.
These daughters have left numerous descendants.
2. JOSHUA,3 m. Mary Hubbard, June 5, 1776; served in the army during the
Revolution, in same company with James, and Richard who was corporal.
3. ELIZABETH,3 m. Reuben Stuart, Jan. 29, 1778.
John Gillpatrick,2 son of Thomas1
and Margaret, settled in Wells. He was a prosperous farmer in his day. In
1784, he and son raised 180 bushels of corn and 30 of potatoes; they kept
eight cows. He was one of the petitioners for incorporation of the Second
Congregational church in Wells, and was a charter member of that body. He
was taxed £2 15s 9d parish money; was chosen constable, refused to serve,
and paid his fine. His house was near the Mousam mill lot in 1759; name of
wife has not been found. His son,
1. JOHN,3 b. as early as 1735; m. Elizabeth Clark. He was a captain in the
war of the Revolution; farmer in Wells, in that part that is now Kennebunk.
The record of births subjoined was found in an old Bible in possession of
the family:
I. PATIENCE,4 b. in 1756; m. ______ Waterhouse.
II. JOSHUA,4 b. May 11, 1758; m. Lydia Waterhouse.
III. NATHANIEL,4 b. Aug. 27, 1760; m. ______ Kimball, and lived in Kennebunk;
ship-carpenter.
IV. JOHN,4 b. Oct. 11, 1762; m. Lydia Mitchell, and lived on the homestead;
d. Oct. 22, 1835. Six children, named as follows:
(1) James,5 b. April 25, 1795; m. and had two sons: George,6 m. and lives
in Medford; Edgar,6 m. and lives in Watertown. He removed to Watertown, Mass.,
and changed his name, or reduced it, to "Gill," minus the "patrick."
(2). Thomas,5 b. Oct. 7, 1797; m. three times but did not have issue d. Sept.
28, 1858, in Kennebunk.
(3). Eliza,5 b. Mar. 1, 1799 d. Oct. 3, 1872.
(4). Hannah,5 b. Aug. 26, 1802; d. Mar. 27, 1878.
(5). Mary,5 b. Mar. 20, 1805; d. July 10, 1878.
(6). Ivory,5 b. Aug. 14, 1807; m. and settled in Kennebunk, where he d. Mar.
20, 1866, leaving two sons: John,6 b. Oct. 14, 1835; d. Jan. 11, 1885, unmarried;
George A.,6 b. Dec. 24, 1849; m. and has William S.7 and Frances G.7
V. ELIZABETH ,4 b. July 15, 1765; m. ______ Clark.
VI. MARY,4 b. July 6, 1766; m. Nathaniel Sawyer.
VII. JOSIAH,4 b. July 24, 1768; end unknown; a seaman.
VIII. JOSEPH,4 b. Sept. 10, 1770; m. Abigail Cousins, and settled on a lot
of wild land in Biddeford, in 1798. His original tract consisted of only eighty
acres; by additional pieces since purchased the farm now contains two hundred
acres. His wife d. Jan. 2, 1815, aged 41. He m., second, Dolly Dyer. He d.
Sept. 1, 1837. Nine children, as follows:
(1). Lucy,5 b. Sept. 10, 1799; d. young.
(2). Samuel,5 b. Oct. 19, 1801; succeeded to the homestead.
(3). Joseph,5 b. Dec. 26, 1803.
(4). Mary,5 b. Nov. 27, 1805.
(5). Lucy,5 b. Mar. 16, 1808.
(6). Humphrey,5 b. May 2, 1810.
(7). John,5 b. Apr. 30, 1812; m. three times. His last wife, Anna A., dau.
of Capt. Stephen Shepley, a niece of Judge Shepley. He d. in Saco, July 20,
1872. He left home when a lad and found employment in the mills at Saco, and
by steady application to work and habits of saving he laid up capital to
engage in business for himself, which he found more congenial to his naturally
independent temperament. He was an extensive dealer in corn and flour until
1861. He was also engaged in ship-building and interested in navigation. He
was a man of integrity and correct habits, who held the respect of the public.
He d. from paralysis. Children: Estella A.,6 Grace L.,6 Mary,6 Charles,6 and
John G.6
(8). Abigail,5 b. Jan. 21, 1815; m. Daniel Dennett, of Buxton, and d. there.
(9). Priscilla,5 became the wife of Leonard Rumery.
IX. EBENEZER,4 b. Mar. 31, 1772.
X. BETSEY,4 b. Sept. 10, 1773; m. Jonathan Clark.
XI. THOMAS,4 b. Sept. 16, 1775.
John Gillpatrick,3 son of James,2
who was son of Thomas,1 the immirgant, was born in Wells, Me.; married Elizabeth
Thompson, in 1758, and had six children, namely:
1. JAMES,4 of whom no particulars.
2. HANNAH,4 m. Elijah Hatch, Feb. 9, 1780.
3. JOSEPH,4 b. 1762; 111. Mary Jefferds, Nov. 19, 1786; she d. April 10,
1809, aged 44. He m. Esther Mitchell, Feb., 1810, who d. without issue, Jan.
21, 1820, aged 52. He m. third, Feb. 20, 1821, Alice Hart, of Kennebunk. Children
by Mary as follows:
I. RHODA,5 b. June 14, 1787; went out West.
II. POLLY,5 b. Sept. 6, 1788; m. Jacob Smith, of Lyman.
III. GEORGE,5 b. Aug. 30, 1790; in the Northwest.
IV. JOHN,5 b. Sept. 6, 1792; in the Northwest.
V. SIMON,5 b. Aug. 21, 1794, of whom no record.
VI. REV. JOSEPH,5 b. Jan. 23, 1798; m. Electa, granddaughter of Colonel Taylor,
Sept. 10, 1820. She d. Mar. 27, 1873. He d. July 2, 1852. He was converted
when eighteen years of age and became a close student of the sacred Scriptures.
He was a successful teacher in the common schools, and in 1824 began to preach.
His journal, now before me, written on coarse, discolored paper, under gray,
handmade covers sewed on, is filled with a record of his experiences from
day to day while engaged in teaching. He must have been a man of deep piety
and great earnestness. About the time he began to speak in public he wrote
as follows: "I pray that God would make plain to me the path of duty. If
it is to preach the gospel, may I be weaned from the perishing things of
earth; may my mind be more and more led to prayer and holy meditation, and
may I be built up in faith and in the order of the gospel." He was chosen
agent for the Maine Sunday-school Union, and assigned to the churches in York
county. He was ordained and settled over the Baptist church at South Berwick
in 1826, where he was very successful. In 1832 he was chosen missionary to
visit the weak churches of York County. In 1834 he settled as pastor in Shapleigh,
where many were gathered into the church under his labors.
He was a man of very tender heart. When he arose to address his hearers his
countenance betrayed his all-controlling emotion, and tears would stream down
his cheeks while he preached the word of life. Prudent in his financial affairs,
he saved from a small salary enough to make his family comfortable. When
he closed his pilgrimage it was the universal expression that an able and
good man had fallen at his post. Children as follows
(1). George J.,6 b. June 24, 1822; teacher; Single; d. in June, 1854.
(2). Bradford,6 b. May 9, 1824; m. Caroline Hooper, of Shapleigh; wheelwright
and farmer; d. in 1856.
(3). Electa C.,6 b. Feb. 8, 1827; m. Benjamin Abbott of Shapleigh; now a
widow in Danvers, Mass.
(4). Joseph,6 b. Dec. 30, 1831; went to California and not heard from for
thirty-five years.
(5). Simon J.,6 b. Apr. 17, 1834; m. Julia Garvin of Acton lived in Lyman;
farmer; d. Dec. 13, 1881.
(6). Charles E.,6 b. Apr. 6, 1837; m. Nellie Tripp, of Sanford, and had one
child; graduated from Brunswick Medical College; settied as a practitioner
in Sanford He was a fine-looking, cultivated, promising young man; d. Feb.
8, 1870.
(7). Mary E., b. Apr. 27, 1839; m. Charles E. Butler of Sanford; lives in
Springvale in that town, in a spacious, beautiful home; a lady of culture
and amiability.
(8). Martha A.,6 b. Mar. 30, 1843; d. in infancy.
VII. JAMES,5 b. Mar. 8, 1800.
VIII. NANCY,5 b. Sept. 7, 1802.
4. JUDAH,4 of whom no record.
5. JONATHAN,4 settled in Orland (?).
6. SALLY,4 of whom no record.
Capt. Samuel Gilpatrick,4 married
Hannah Townsend, July 9, 1796, and sailed many years to the West Indies,
and "coasting." His children were:
1. ELIZABETH S.,5 b. June 27, 1797, in Biddeford.
2. SAMUEL,5 b. Feb. 24, 1799, in Biddeford.
3. MARY P.,5 b. Mar. 11, 1803, in Biddeford
4. JOHN T.,5 b. April 1, 1804, in Biddeford.
5. MARY B.,5 b. June 25, 1809, in Saco.
6. GEORGE,5 b. Jan. 26, 1813, in Saco.
Joshua Gillpatrick,2 of Biddeford,
was probably one of the younger sons of Thomas1 and Margaret, but as there
were grandsons about the same age, we cannot ascertain, in the absence of
full records, with certainty, which one heads this family. He married Elizabeth
Smith, Mar. 1, 1750. He was one of forty men in Capt. John Lane's company,
of Biddeford in 1756, "able to serve in the present expedition against Crown
Point." He was then twenty-seven years of age; hence, his birth was in 1729.
He had been married six years. As I find no record of birth of children subsequent
to his leaving for Crown Point, I query, was he lost while in the army? No
record of his death has been found in the Saco or Biddeford registers. The
following baptisms recorded in what is now Saco:
1. JONATHAN,3 bapt. April 21, 1751.
2. JOSHUA,3 bapt. June 28, 1752.
3. OLIVE,3 bapt. April 4, 1754.
Jonathan Gillpatrick,3 son of
John2 and Elizabeth Thompson, and grandson of Thomas,1 the immigrant, was
born in Wells, Me., in Oct., 1769. He learned the blacksmith's trade of Richard
Gillpatrick, his cousin, and went down to Orland, where he cleared his farm,
and made music on his anvil for many years. Here he married Prudence, daughter
of Gen. John Hancock, cousin of Gov. John Hancock of Revolutionary fame, and
reared a family of ten children, the average number for a Gillpatrick. He
died Mar. 18, 1837, aged 68 years and 5 months. His widow survived till 1860,
aged 89 years. The names of children as follows: SAMUEL,4 SUMNER,4 JAMES,4
JOHN,4 EMERY,4 ABIGAIL,4 SARAH,4 BETSEY,4 PRUDENCE,4 LYDIA.4
1. JOHN H.,4 b. Nov. 7, 1813; m. Dec. 10, 1836, by John Burnham, Esq., to
Lydia A. Bowdoin, dau. of Robert and Hannah, of Swanville Me., and settled
on the homestead, being a blacksmith. He died Dec. 27, 1889, aged 76 years;
his wife d. Dec. 7, 1891, aged 76 years. These had issue as follows:
I. CHARLES,5 b. Apr. 16, 1840, in Brewer, Me.; m. May 5, 1868, in Rondout,
N. Y., to Jennie DuBois; tradesman in Wilbur, N. Y.
II. GEORGE E.,5 b. Dec. 4, 1844, in Orland; m. Mar. 9, 1869, Lena, dau. of
Henry and Margaret Keyes. He lives on the homestead once occupied by his father
and grandfather. One child, Eva L.,6 b. Jan. 24, 1871.
III. FRANK E.,5 b. Apr. 10, 1849; m. Lucy E., dau. of Newton and Lydia Heath,
and had two children. He was lost on the Grand Banks in the month of June,
1885. His wife d. in Orland, July 29, 1881.
(1) Frankie L.,6 b. Dec. 9, 1873; m. Apr. 2, 1892, to George F. Severence,
of East Orrington, Me.
(2). John H.,6 b. July 3, 1875; resides in Orland, Me.
IV. AMY J.,5 b. July 9, 1851; m. Dec. 25, 1874, John C. Felker, Jr., of Boston,
where they reside.
V. HELEN M.,5 b. Mar. 28, 1855; m. Jan. 11, 1874, to Foster L. Kimball, who
d. in Bucksport, Aug. 23, 1877; she m., second, Austin E. Kimball, brother
of Foster E. Six children.
2. JAMES,4 m. Lucretia Crane, and lived and died in Whiting, Me. He had issue,
six children, named as follows: Caroline,5 m. J. C. Littlefield; Clarinda,5
m. C. C. Watts; Jane,5 m. L. J. Lincoln; Edgar,5 m. Lizzie P. Smith; Thayer5
and James,5 deceased.
There are many others, descendants
of Jonathan Gilpatrick and Prudence Hancock, living in Orland, Bucksport,
Whiting, and Wiscasset, Me., but they have not responded to my letters of
inquiry.
GILPATRICKS OF TRENTON, ME.
[Now parts of Hancock & Ellsworth in Hancock County]
Isaac Gilpatrick,2
son of the original Thomas1 and Margaret, was an early settler in what was
then a part of Trenton, now Lamoine, Me. Capt. Berry stated that the first
settlement was made by Capt. Isaac Gilpatrick, with six sons and two daughters,
who removed from Biddeford, Me., in 1774, and commenced a clearing at a place
since called "Gilpatrick's point." A son-in-law, Edward Berry, said to have
come from Londonderry, N. H., went with the Gilpatricks. I have found the
record of births of but six children. His wife, to whom he was married July
25, 1751, was Mary Jameson, of Saco. The records of some descendants cannot
be found.
1. JOANNA,3 bapt. Nov. 9, 1752.
2. MARGARET,3 bapt. July 7, 1754; m. Edward Berry, and settled in Trenton,
Me.
3. HANNAH,3 m. a Mr. Richardson, "down east."
4. ISAAC,3 of whom no record.
5. ROBERT,3 m. Polly Berry, of Trenton, Me., and had a numerous family named
as follows: Charles,4 Morton,4 Jeremiah,4 Edward,4 Robert,4 Ivory,4 Naham,4
Luther,4 and Sarah4
6. SAMUEL,3 bapt. Feb. 14, 1768; m. Betsey Lord, of Surry, Me., and had issue,
Samuel,4 and probably others.
7. JOHN,3 removed to Washington county, Me., and his descendants are supposed
to be living in Pembroke, Me.
8. JAMES,3 m. and had several sons; probably daughters. Of the sons the following
has been furnished me:
I. BENJAMIN.4
II. GEORGE,4 who was lost at sea, leaving sons, George5 and John.5
III. JAMES,4 settled in Topsham, Me., and had issue: William C.,5 John H.,5
James H.,5 and Frederick R.5
IV. MARTIN,4 was lost at sea.
V. ISAAC,4 of whom no record.
VI. RUFUS,4 M. D., was shot during the late Civil war while dressing the
wounds of a rebel soldier. He had children named: Erastus,5 who lived at Saladvale,
Col.; William,5 and Phebe,5 who was the wife of Charles N. Stevens, of Toledo,
Ohio.
9. MARTIN J.,4 never married.
10. THOMAS,4 of whom no record.
Edward Gilpatrick,4 son of Robert3
(5), m. Sarah Smith, of Ellsworth, Me., and had children named as follows:
1. MATILDA J.,5 married Seth Paddleford, of Ellsworth, Me., in 1850, and
had issue.
2. SARAH,5 m. Gilman B. Hodgkins, of Lamoine, Me., where she resides, with
issue.
3. MARY,5 m. Warren King, of Lamoine, Me., where she resides. Children.
Howard Gilpatrick, Esq.,5 a
grandson of Robert3 (5), is a lawyer at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Robert Gilpatric, son of Charles,
lives on the homestead in West Washington, Me. These families removed from
Saco or Biddeford to the eastern part of the state, and the descendants are
now numerous and very respectable.
Evander Gilpatrick, son of preceding,
is a contractor and builder in Waterville, Me. The grandmothers of his wife
were daughters of William and David Gilpatrick, of the same race and family
connection.
MARRIAGES.
1804, April 14, Olive to Jeremiah Cole.
1803, June 26, Elizabeth S. to Benjamin Haley.
1805, Lydia to Capt. James Murch.
1805, Mrs. Lydia to Rishworth Jordan, 3d.
1828, Mar. 27, Mary to Edward Gordon.
1743, Thomas to Elizabeth Slemons.
1765, Nov. 2, Rebecca to John Sackpole.
1812, Mary to Joseph Haley.
1802, Mar. 28, Jotham to Sarah Cole.
1761, Aug. 29, Sarah to Nathaniel Tarbox.
1779, Nov. 25, Sarah to Abijah Tarbox.
1782, Nov. 30, Elizabeth to Nathan Tarbox.
1784, Feb. 7, Jane to Carrill Tarbox.
1785, Jan. 7, Benjamin to Rebecca Hill.
1785, Oct. 12, Miriam to Nathaniel Libby.
1788, April 19, Charity to Joseph Stevens.
1791, Dec. 10, Mary to Paul Junkins.
1792, June 9, Abigail to Noah Tobey (Topsham).
1793, Feb. 23, Benjamin to Sally Nason.
1795, Nov. 7, Josiah to Polly Moore.
1796, July 9, Capt. Samuel to Hannah Townsend.
1840, Nov. 15, Daniel H. to Betsey Lebarron of Hiram, Me.
1832, Nov. 3, Eliza to James Hartford, Hiram, Me.
1844, Jan. 13, Betsey to Jeremiah Chappel, Hiram, Me.
1757, Nov. 27, Ruth N. to James S. Gould, Hiram, Me.
1861, June 1, Cyrus W. to Sarah F. Rounds, Hiram, Me.
William Kilpatrick and wife,
Jane Dunlap, came from County Antrim, Ireland, in 1816, and settled in Washington
county, Pa. They moved to Harrison county, thence, in 1825, to Coshockton
county, Ohio, where Mr. Kilpatrick d. April 17, 1880; his wife had d. Oct.
20, 1870. They had ten children, four sons and six daughters, all reaching
maturity and named as follows: JOHN, JAMES, WILLIAM, ROBERT, MARGARET, SARAH,
MARY A., ELIZABETH, JANE, and EMELINE. Only four are living. James is at Bonhoma,
So. Dak., and Robert at Concord, Ohio. "An honest, industrious people, well-to-do;
some of them college graduates."
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