WORCESTER, Geneva P.

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• Residence: 1870, Columbia, ME

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Geneva married DORR, Emery A. on 25 Nov 1880 in Columbia, ME. Emery (son of DORR, Daniel L. and YOUNG, Belinda) was born on 27 Jan 1859 in Columbia, ME; died on 14 Mar 1896 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. DORR, Vernon Elton was born on 23 Sep 1882 in Columbia, ME; died in 1928.
2. DORR, Jasper N. was born in Mar 1888; died after 1910.
3. DORR, Iva Estelle was born on 2 Feb 1890 in Columbia, ME; died on 13 Aug 1933 in Ellsworth, ME.

Geneva married PINKHAM, Lewis B. on 19 Feb 1902 in Milbridge, ME. Lewis was born on 5 Aug 1858 in Milbridge, ME; died on 11 Sep 1923 in ME; was buried in Milbridge, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Moses married SMITH, Diadema Booth in 1838. Diadema (daughter of SMITH, Ebenezer and FARNSWORTH, Deborah) was born on 15 Mar 1814 in Jonesboro, ME; died on 11 Oct 1889 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Moses came to Columbia, ME, from Old York, ME on or before 1775. He se ttled in that part of Columbia known as Saco. He was a long time deacon o f the Baptist church.

He was the first white male born in Pleasant River.

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Moses married LEIGHTON, Hannah in 1791 in Columbia, ME. Hannah (daughter of LEIGHTON, Samuel and BUNKER, Dorcas) was born on 31 Jul 1770 in Steuben, ME; died on 23 Feb 1862 in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came from Middleboro, MA. to Steuben, ME when 10 yrs old. From then he w ent on a whaling voyage, which lasted two years. He built the first ti de mill in Jonesboro, ME, when he married Deborah Farnsworth and came t o Columbia in 1827 to enter into the lumber business in the neighborhoo d of Saco (not the town).

His son Harrison G. served in the war of rebellion and was promoted fro m captain to major for meritorious service. He married Mary Puffer, da ughter of John Puffer. A Donald Smith has the razor Harrison carried wi th him during the Civil War.
"Centenial Historical Sketch of Columbia"

His gravestone reads
"Remember friends as you pass by
As you are now, once was I
As I am now, so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me."

He was a Lumberman-Miller in Jonesport, ME.

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Ebenezer married FARNSWORTH, Deborah in 1812 in Jonesport, ME. Deborah (daughter of FARNSWORTH, Isaac and HILL, Hannah) was born in 1793 in Jonesboro, ME; died on 19 Feb 1870 in Columbia, ME; was buried in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He moved to Pleasant River, Me., some time after May 2, 1763, as on this date he witnessed a deed from Gowen Wilson to Joseph Wilson at Falmouth or vicinity. He was living in Pleasant River on May 2, 1769 when he served as one of the appraisers of personal estate of Gowen Wilson. He is credited with several periods of service during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted Sept. 9, 1775, in Capt. Francis Shaw´s Co. and served 4 mos., 1 day, Company stationed at Gouldsborough, No. 4 Narraguagus (Cherryfield, Me.) and Pleasant River for the defense of the sea coast. He also enlisted Aug. 9, 1777, in Capt. Reuben Dyer´s Comp. Raised for the expedition against St. Johns, N.S., continued in service at Machias for its defense, and dismissed on Dec. 6, 1777. He also entered into service again on Oct. 27, 1780 in Capt. Sullivan´s Company, ordered out by Col. John Allen to protect the inhabitants of Frenchmans Bay. Discharged on Nov. 14, 1780 He first married around 1764. Although the name of his first wife eludes genealogists, it could have been Judith or Jude Norard or possibly Norwood, according to family historians, because a granddaughter was named Judith Norard and the name appears again in the Davis-Grant family of Cherryfield, ME. "Moses Worcester came from Old York on or before 1775. He married Susanna Knowles of Addison, in 1802. He settled in that part of Columbia known as Saco. Children: Amos, Lenoard, Moses, Molly, Judy, Hannah and Deborah. He was a long time deacon of the Baptist church."

Moses married NORWOOD, Jude Judith in 1764 in Columbia, ME. Jude (daughter of NORWOOD, Capt. William and WOODBURY, Judith) was born on 16 May 1738 in Gloucester, MA; died in 1790 in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1763, Majabigwaduce (Castine), ME
• Milit-Beg: 1775

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"About 1760 two brothers, Thomas and Samuel Leighton, came from Falmout h, Me., to the Narraguagus river." (Centennial Historical Sketch of the T own of Columbia, by Levi Leighton, Esq.) He was with his father and with him settled first at Gouldsboro. Shortl y after, he was the pioneer settler at Columbia, then No. 12 and 13 During the Revolutionary War, and he was in Capt. Francis Shaw's Co. fo r four months defending the coast; then under Capt. Thomas Parritt in J une 1777; in Capt. Henry Dyer's detachment in Aug. and Sept. 1777, serv ing at Machias; in Capt. John Hall's Co. at Majabagaduce in Aug. 1779 a nd again under Capt. Henry Dyer in 1780

Samuel married BUNKER, Dorcas on 13 Oct 1755 in Falmouth, ME. Dorcas (daughter of BUNKER, Zachariah and VARNEY, Deborah) was born in 1734 in Dover, NH; was christened on 13 Nov 1744 in Dover, NH; died about 1799 in Columbia, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Christening: 4 Apr 1762

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Came to Steuben, ME in June 1796.

Revelutionary War Record:

Middleboro -- Pvt. -- Capt. Isaac Woods 2nd Middleboro Co. of Minutemen w hich marched in response to the alarm of 4/19/1775 to March in service 3 d ays Capt. Woods Co. - Col. Thomas Carpenter Regt. service between 7/20/ 1777 and 8/27/1777, 1 mo. 6 das. at Rhode Island - Co. raised by Plymou th Co. Job Smith, Middleboro Pvt. - Capt. Elisha Haskell's Co. - Col. B enj, Harve's Regt. service between 7/29/1778 and 9/11/1778 - 21 days at R hode Island. - raised by Plymouth Co., Mass.

Extracts from Gen. Caleb's Diary

Tuesday 9/22/1795 Gouldsbough
Heavy blasts from the north without rain Col. Hall, who brought with hi m Capt. Smith from Middleboro, Mass., set off to view the falls - Narra guagus - where they propose commencing settlement at #17 - the laborers a t their duty.

Tuesday 9/29/1795
Again on the road - the weather still - the carpenters repairing the ho use wrote letter to Gen. Jackson - by Brown's schooner - in which to re turn Capt. Smith who came with Col. Hall fromt eh country of Narraguagu s. They returned from their trip last Saturday. Much pleased with the l and, Smith will remove his family next spring if he can obtain some cul tivated place for his residence near where he can commence his improvem ents.

(The Capt. Smith mentioned was Job Smith, who did move his family from M iddleboro, Mass. to a part of Plantation #4 (Steuben). He built his mi ll on Tunk River in what was later named Smithville, because of the Smi th families there.)

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Job married BOOTH, Diadama on 2 Aug 1776 in Middleborough, MA. Diadama was born on 1 Mar 1755 in Middleborough, MA; died on 25 Feb 1829 in Steuben, ME; was buried in Steuben, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lived in Nova Scotia, Canada for a time.

Isaac married HILL, Hannah in 1769 in Granville, ME. Hannah (daughter of HILL, Elisha and PLAISTED, Mary) was born in 1752 in Scarborough, ME; died on 27 Mar 1829 in Jonesboro, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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