WORCESTER, Robert Leighton

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Family/Spouse: DOWNS, Melissa. Melissa and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isaac married TUCKER, Lydia in 1806 in Columbia, ME. Lydia (daughter of TUCKER, Samuel and LEIGHTON, Esther) was born in 1785 in Columbia, ME; died before 1870; was buried in Spingfield, 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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Samuel resided in Columbia Falls,1790-1800, in Lubec,1806-1811+, in Columbia,(Saco Section) 1820-1830+. Samuel served in the American Revolution from Gouldsborough. He enlisted as a Private in Capt. Rueben Dyer's Co. from May 26th to July 23rd,1777 for an expedition to St. Johns, N.S. He also served in Capt. Samuel Libby's Co. in a detachment from Col. Benjamin Foster's Regt. from September 2, to October 6, 1777 for service at Machias when British Ships lay in the Harbor. Samuel and his wife, Esther (Leighton) Tucker, were residing in Columbia in 1840 with their son, Justus and his family. Facts about this person: Event 1 1811 In Lubec,ailey's Mistake Event 2 May 26, 1777 Enlisted in Capt. Reuben Dyer's Company Event 3 July 23, 1777 Discharged-Expedition to St Johns, N.S.

Samuel married LEIGHTON, Esther about 1783. Esther (daughter of LEIGHTON, Samuel and BUNKER, Dorcas) was born about 1764 in Columbia, ME; died after 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married SPINNEY, Ann on 20 Jan 1738 in Kittery, ME. Ann (daughter of SPINNEY, John and SHEPARD, Patience) was born on 12 Apr 1719 in Kittery, ME; died about 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married WOODBURY, Judith. Judith was born on 12 Jul 1710 in Gloucester, MA; died on 19 Jul 1775 in Gloucester, MA; was buried in Gloucester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nothing is known about the date or place of his birth. He first appears to have settled in Gouldsboro,Maine sometime before 1760. He subsequently lived in Steuben and then Cherryfield. In Cherryfield he lived in a house on the East side of the Narraguagus River and was very active in the then Plantation #11 affairs. For a time he operated a sawmill on the Narraguagus River. He had a settler's right in Plantation # 11 and subsequently purchased and sold sizeable pieces of land. A land record of 1792 refers to him as the moderator of a Town Meeting held in his house and town records refer to a school being held in one room of his house. He served twice in the American Revolution, first in 1775 for four months for defense of the seacoast and again in 1779 for one month,marching to Majorbagaduce (Castine) and the Battle of Penobscot. He did not leave a will, and his last deed of record was dated at Cherryfield in 1796. The surname of his wife, Susanna, is not known but Perley Leighton believes it to be Leighton. It is the opinion of one descendant, Allen L. Sproul, that Josiah and his wife moved to Lubec where they both died.

Josiah married LEIGHTON, Susanna about 1758 in Columbia, ME. Susanna (daughter of LEIGHTON, Thomas and CHESLEY, Susannah) was born on 6 Dec 1742 in Dover, NH; died in 1794 in Cherryfield, 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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