FORD, Nathaniel, Sr. 1790 Census 2-1-4-0-0

Nathaniel Foord Sr. homestead c1782 on Old Kents

Hill Road. The barn and el are no longer standing and in

their place is a new (2012) attached 3 car garage.

Nathaniel Ford was born in Marshfield, Mass. 7-11-1731, the son of Capt. Peleg & Alice Ford, the youngest of seven children. His mother Alice died when he was 2 yrs. old, and seven years later his father remarried to Phebe. Nathaniel would later name two of his daughters after his mother and step-mother. At age 25 yrs. Nathaniel married Eunice Rogers, daughter of Timothy & Lydia (Hatch) Rogers. Their first son, Peleg, was born 4-19-1757. Over the next nineteen years there were eight more children born. Sometime around 1782 Nathaniel, Nathaniel Jr., and another son, James, moved to Readfield, Maine. The eldest son, Peleg, remained in Marshfield where he married Olive Sampson in 1781 and recorded births of six children between 1782-1792. Nathaniel, Sr. settled the southerly 1/2 of lot #197 (Joshua Packard settled the north 1/2). Nathaniel, Jr. settled lot #195, and built his house on the west side of the Old North Wayne Road (now discontinued). Both James & Nathaniel Ford, Jr. appear in Wayne on the 1790 census. War grant lots had to be settled according to specific conditions that included[i] living on the land for seven years in addition to building a minimum sized home and clearing 5 acres of land. James Craig built a sawmill & grist mill at Factory Square on the lower dam about this time which was less than 1 mile away. In 1804, the year most settlers were finally given title, Nathaniel was deeded his 100 acres. Three years later, at age 76, Nathaniel Ford, Sr. sold 70 acres and his home to youngest son John for $200, and with conditions that he be provided with a home and care the rest of his life. He died 11 years later. Children of Nathaniel & Eunice (Rogers) Ford: 1) Peleg b.4-19-1757 m.1781 Olive Sampson in Marshfield  2) Nathaniel Jr. b.3-20-1759 m1.1780 Abigail Foord m2.1783 Lydia Simons both in Marshfield 3) Charles b.8-5-1761 4) James b.10-20-1763 m. Sybil Morrison of 30 Mile River Gore (later annexed to Readfield) 5) Eunice b.4-3-c1765 6) Else (Alice) b.9-1768 m. Capt. Dudley Haines whose property abutted Nathaniel Ford's, and whose homestead is known as the H.O Nickerson house on Nickerson Hill. 7) Lydia b.11-2-1770 m. Caleb Packard s/o Joshua & Mehitable (Alden) Packard, their neighbors to the north. 8) Febe (Phoebe) b.?-7-1773 m. Joshua Packard 9) John b.1-7-1776 m.1801 Ruthey Oldham of Fayette 10) ?Abigail who married Alexander Morrison, Sr. in 1802.

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[i] Conditions in their entirety were: build a house not less than 20 ft. square and 7 ft. stud; clear and bring to fit for tillage 5 acres of land within 3 years from the day of this grant, and settlers, if living, or their heirs must have lived on the property for seven years before the property was released.