MOODY, Dudley, Esq.

Moody's Tavern as it looked in 1892 when owned by
Benjamin Harriman. this sketch appears in the
History of Kennebec County.

Dudley Moody was born 1789 in Monmouth, ME, the sixth of eleven children of Rev. Gilman and Annie (James) Moody. His father was among the first few settlers to accompany Gen. Dearborn to Monmouth, ME from Epping, NH after the Revolution, around 1782. On the earliest tax assessment records in Monmouth  Gilman Moody was listed as having 108 acres. He was ordained by Bishop Francis Asbury in 1802 and became a pioneer Methodist circuit rider. Among his assignments was the Readfield circuit in 1822.[i] So, it is not surprising that Dudley came to live near the Maine Wesleyan Seminary - incorporated only two years before he moved his family to Kents Hill. He soon became an active participant in the school's  governing board of directors. 

Dudley Moody married Mary Richardson in 1817. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Carpenter) Richardson of Baldwin in Cumberland County, Maine, and said to be a markedly prim and proper lady. For the first few years after their marriage the couple lived in Monmouth near his family where they kept a store and farmed until 1826, at which time they moved to Kents Hill[ii]. Here Moody bought ¾ acre from Lory Bacon.[iii] There were buildings standing on the land – more than likely the store and post office that Bacon ran before him. Bacon was the first merchant and postmaster in Kents Hill and Moody was the second, his appointment was made on March 21, 1829.[vi]

The section of the 1860 Agricultural Census shows
Dudley Moody and several neighbors for comparison.

Dudley Moody also farmed when living on Kents Hill. He accumulated additional acreage totaling about 50 acres.[v] In 1860 he was farming 20 acres of cleared land, had one horse, two milk cows and raised some crops. His farm was valued at $1,500. See the section of the 1860 US Agricultural Census at left for a comparison to some of his neighbors.[vi]

Dudley Moody also ran the tavern on Kents Hill - which was the only one there for many years.[vii] On the US Census 1830-1850 in addition to family members there were many people boarding at Moody’s Tavern. The total number living in the household in 1830 was 20; in 1840 – 14; and in 1850 – 18. By 1860 Dudley, his wife Mary, daughter Harriet and her husband Alvan Packard[viii] were the only ones living there. One year later Dudley Moody sold his house and 24 acres to Cynthia and Benjamin Harriman (mother and son). On the same day he sold 100 rods of land to the north of this to his son-in-law Alvan.

For years Dudley Moody was officially connected with Kents Hill School – or as it was commonly called in those days, “the Seminary”. Among his duties 1827-1856 were member of the Board of Trustees; treasurer on the Board of Trustees; general agent of instruction and government; and one of four members on the superintending committee with Kents Hill School founders Luther Sampson and Elihu Robinson.    

Part of Kents Hill village as it looked in Dudley Moody's day.
The "new Methodist Meeting House" can be seen here - now
called Torsey Memorial Methodist Church.

Dudley Moody also served as agent and treasurer on the Board of Trustees at the old Methodist Meeting House on Kents Hill, along with David Sampson (son of Luther Sampson, Kents Hill School founder), John Jewett, John Hewett and John Haynes.[ix] The old meeting house was sold to Jewett after Torsey Church was built and he ran a store there – today it is the site of the Kents Hill Post Office.

Moody’s youngest daughter Harriett and her husband Alvan Packard lived and farmed on the home place with them. They had no children as far as I know. 

Another daughter, Elizabeth, married Rev. Howard Brooks Abbott, who originated in Sidney. He was a Bowdoin College graduate, class of 1836, and his residence was Lewiston at that time. He was among the Methodist Conference visitors listed in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary catalogues and, no doubt that is how he met Elizabeth Moody. Elizabeth and Rev. Abbott were married May, 1850. His residence was Portland at that time. He was 40 years old and she was 32. Throughout their marriage he served several churches in Maine – Kennebunkport in 1850; Biddeford in 1860; and by 1870 they were back in Lewiston again. They had two sons who both died young – one at 2 years and the other was 15 years old. After Rev. Abbott died in 1876 Elizabeth moved back to live on Kents Hill to be near her family. She died in 1894.

Dudley Moody Tavern as it looked in 1960. The current
(2014) owner tells me there was a fire here in 1875.

Another daughter, Mary Ann, married George Washington Jewett. I figured he was a member of the Kents Hill Jewett family, but as it turned out he was born in 1815 in Sidney and raised there. He came to Kents Hill School as a student in 1839[x] and surely met Mary Ann while attending school here. Perhaps he was one of the boarders at Moody’s Tavern. At any rate they were married in 1841 and he became a teacher. They lived in Augusta for a while, and then moved to North Carolina where they were living in 1870 and he was still teaching. By 1880 they had moved back to Kents Hill where they had their own home. Their daughter Ella (Mrs.) Crosley and husband were living with them. George Jewett’s occupation was listed as retired school teacher on the 1880 US Census.[xi]  

Their only son, Joseph, married Ella Simpson of New York City in 1870 [xii].

The Moody family is buried in Kents Hill Cemetery
among members of the Packard, Kent, Jewett, Lane,
Sampson, Robinson and other families who were
their neighbors and friends for decades.

Dudley Moody died October 2, 1865 age 76 years and his wife Mary on May 16, 1862 age 67years. They are buried in Kents Hill Cemetery, near the Packard, Sampson, Kent, Robinson, Lane, Jewett and other families who touched their lives so intimately during their years living in the little hamlet called Kents Hill. Beside or near them are their son Joseph, daughter Harriett and her husband Alvan, daughter Elizabeth and her husband Rev. Abbott, and daughter Mary Ann and her husband George Jewett. Buried there also are some third generation Moody family members.[xiii]

Children of Dudley and Mary (Richardson) Moody:

1) Elizabeth Carpenter b.12/6/1818
2) Mary Ann James b.2/16/1820
3) Joseph Gilman b.12/7/1829
4) Harriet Amelia b.4/10/1832

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[i] Cochrane, Harry; History of Monmouth and Wales; pub.1894, reprint 1988 by Monmouth HS; page 95, 99-100, 125

[ii] History of Kennebec County; pub. 1892; pages 897, 893, 915, 922-923 reference Dudley Moore

[iii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds 1/17/1829 Book 70 Page 267

[vi] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 53; Archive Publication #: M841. Accessed 5/23/2014

[v] Ibid Book 232 Page262; Book 109 Page 215;  Book 122 Page 328

[vi] Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Readfield, Kennebec, Maine; Archive Collection Number: 5-135; Roll: 5; Page: 3; Line: 08; Schedule Type: Agriculture. Accessed 5/23/2014

[vii] History of Kennebec County; pub. 1892; pages 897, 893, 915, 922-923 reference Dudley Moore.

[viii] Packards were many on Kents Hill. The Kents Hill Cemetery was on Packard land and deeded to the church for a burial ground; P Ridge Road was Packard Road in the early days; the corner of P Ridge and Main Street was called Packard's Corner in the early days. The Packard men were carpenters and built several of the houses on Kents Hill and in other parts of town as well. I have often wondered why “the hill” was not named Packard Hill instead of Kents Hill. The earliest deeds, when referring to the road from Readfield Corner describe Main Street as “the road from Readfield Corners to Kents Hill, so called” so it was that from very early on – but so were the Packards here early on. It’s a mystery!

[ix] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds 4/4/1840 178 Page 552. Trustees sold land to John Jewett that belonged to the old Meetinghouse. The deed mentions the “new meeting house” which would be Torsey Church.

[x] Ancestry.com. U.S., High School Student Lists, 1821-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.

Original data: School Student Lists. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society. Accessed 5/23/2014

[xi] U.S. Census 1850 through 1880
[xii] Cochrane, Harry; History of Monmouth and Wales; pub.1894, reprint 1988 by Monmouth HS; page 118 Volume II

[xiii] Potter-Clark, Dale; To Those Who Rest in Peace in Readfield Maine; personal library of Dale Potter Clark, pub. pending 2014

MITCHELL, Josiah 1790 U.S. Census 1-3-4-0-0

Josiah Mitchell was born in Scarborough 1 Mar 1748 to Christopher Mitchell and Deborah Mills. He married Eunice (Milbury) Grover 21 Feb 1774 in Augusta (or Hallowell) and they had 9 children. Josiah served as a Private in the Revolutionary War from 17 Mar 1778 to 17 Mar 1779 when he was honorably discharged at Rareton, NJ. He served in the Company commanded  by Captain William Mills, in a Corps of Artificers under Colonel Laomi Baldwin of the Massachusetts line in the Continental Army. He fought in the battle of Monmouth. Josiah would later serve as a Captain in the local militia. When Josiah entered the war and for several years afterwards up to 1781 he and his family resided at Kennebunk, at which time he move to Winthrop in the part of that town that later would become Readfield. He resided there until he moved to Bridgetown Plantation (later Joy, then later Troy) by 1810. He held many town positions in Readfield including surveyor, constable, inn keeper, and deputy post master.

In 1780 Mitchell bought 100 acres for 40 £ lawful money, the southern half of lot #213 (Lincoln County Deeds Book1 Page411) from Joseph Baker. There is no mention of  buildings on this deed. (Note: Readfield was part of Winthrop until 1791). The exact location of where he built a home is not known at this time but most likely it was near the northeast intersection of Church Road and Main Street at Readfield Corner. 

Children of Josiah and Eunice Mitchell:

1. Betsey b.11/25/1774 m. Libbeus Packard 

2. Lydia b. 4/25/1777 m. Elihu Alden Jr.

3. Mary b. 1/1/1781 m1. Samuel Glidden m2. Jonathan Huntoon (8th Governor of Maine 1830-1831). Both men Readfield residents.

4. John b. 6/15/1783 m. Betsey Webb

5. Jesse P. b. 4/25/1786

6. Christopher b. 4/23/1788 m. Charlotte Morse

7. Milbury b. 4/6/1791 m. Eliza _____

8. Harriet b. 3/25/1794 d. 1794

Familial information courtesy of Jeff Bernard who has researched this family extensively and is the contributor to Maine Families in 1790 Vol. 2; Maine Genealogical Society; Picton Press, Camden, ME 1990; pages 194-195. Bernard is a direct descendant of John and Betsey (Webb) Mitchell.

Property information per research of William Adams and Dale Potter Clark 2013-2014 for a book on "Old Houses of Readfield and the People Who Lived in Them". Publication pending. 

MELVIN, SAMUEL ~ 1800 U.S. Census Readfield, Maine 1-1-1-3-1

Samuel Melvin is listed among Readfield’s early settlers and his residence is recorded as Readfield on the 1800 U.S. Census. He married Mary Whittier, daughter of Moses and Anna (Webster) Whittier in 1790. Samuel was born in Chester, N.H. in 1768 and Mary in Raymond, N.H. the same year. I have not yet found Samuel on the 1790 U.S. Census – perhaps they were in transition and on their way to Maine when the census was taken and not counted. He developed a significant farm in East Readfield that totaled more than 100 acres.  I have not found evidence of civil service other than selectman in Readfield for one year in 1819.[i]

In 1797 Melvin purchased 34 acres, part of lot #123 for $130.33 in East Readfield from Jedediah Prescott. [ii]  Bounds of this parcel started 129 rods (2,128 feet) from the NW corner of lot #123, reserving land for a town road 3 rods wide (Gordon Road / route 135). On the same day he was deeded 2 acres for $20.00 – also part of lot #123 by John Evans. The two acre piece was described as a gore and also bordered on the Gordon Road. [iii]  Melvin acquired additional land in the same area so that when he sold his farm and homestead to his son-in-law Nathaniel Hill in 1840 he owned parts of lots #123 and #125.[iv]

Nathaniel Hill married one of Melvin’s daughters, Deborah, in 1831 and they lived with his mother on Stanley Road until 1836 when they sold out to Thomas White[v] and moved to live with Samuel and Mary Melvin. The deed specified that Hill was to provide a home, food and care to Samuel and Mary Melvin for the rest of their natural lives and that he would provide a grave site and grave stone. The deed specifically mentioned some specific personal belongings they would keep: “… four beds, a clock, table and chairs, and other articles of furniture…”  Nathaniel Hill died in 1847 but his estate was not settled until 1859 (after Samuel Melvin died) at which time the homestead was auctioned and sold to Ephraim Mayhew  for $1,400.00[vi] – the deed states “…the same conveyed to Nathaniel Hill by Samuel Melvin…” [vii]

In 1850 Nathaniel Hill’s widow, Deborah Melvin Hill, was the only person living with her elderly parents, Samuel and Mary Melvin. She was age 43, her father was 85 and mother 83 years of age. Samuel was apparently still in good enough health to work his farm because his occupation is listed as farmer. The value of his property was $1,700 at that time – one of the more valuable homesteads in that immediate area. The agricultural census that same year tells us he owned 68 acres of improved / cleared land and 40 unimproved; his farm implements were valued at $100; he had 1 horse; 4 milk cows; 2 oxen; 2 cattle; his stock was valued at $235. He raised 50 bushels of corn; 60 bushels of oats; 50 bushels of potatoes. The farm produced 50 pounds of butter; 12 tons of hay, and the value of their slaughtered animals was $12. A productive farmer at age 85 years he was, indeed.

Mary died May 17, 1852 and Samuel died age 91 years March 26, 1857. Both are buried in East Readfield Cemetery.[viii]

Children of Samuel and Mary (Whittier) Melvin: [ix]

1. Benjamin b.1/13/1802 m. Louisa Cram in 1831. Became a prominent citizen of Hallowell.
2. Anna b.1/3/1791
3. John b.8/12/1792 d.11/22/1884 Schuyler, IL
4. Samuel II b.11/20/1795 m. Mary H. Gove of Readfield d/o Elias and Betsey (Johnson) Gove in 1818. She b.1801 d.1845
5. Mary b.12/12/1797 d.3/31/1830 buried East Readfield Cemetery
6. Moses b.12/5/1799 d.12/30/1799 buried East Readfield Cemetery
7. Lydia b.1/25/1801 d.5/6/1828 buried East Readfield Cemetery
8. George b.3/26/1805 d.11/6/1825 buried East Readfield Cemetery
9. Deborah b.2/21/1807 d.4/27/1881 m. Nathaniel S. Hill in 1831 s/o Richard and Sarah Hill. He b.1807 d.1847
10. William b.6/11/1809
11. Mehetable b.5/2/1794 d.5/21/1871 m. Henry Greeley 1817 s/o Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Greeley. He b.1789 d.1870 both are buried East Readfield Cemetery

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[i] Kingsbury & Deyo; History of Kennebec County; pub. 1892; page 906

[ii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 4 Page 351

[iii] Ibid Book 4 Page 350

[iv] Ibid – 2 transactions half of the homestead in 1836 and the other half 3/24/1840; Book 108 Page 203 and Book 120 Page 234

[v] Ibid Book 249 Page 158

[vi] The house was located on the west side of Gorden Road on a fairly sharp curve before the Scribner Hill Road. Nathaniel Hill died in 1847 but his estate was not settled until 1859 at which time his homestead was auctioned and sold to Ephraim Mayhew  for $1,400.00[vi] – “…the same conveyed to Nathaniel Hill by Samuel Melvin…” This beautiful home was operated as a tourist home by the Mayhew family.  Joshua B. Mayhew sold it to the Augusta Water District in 1906 and they tore it down in 1923, at which time they fenced in this and other properties they bought in the area and restricted it all from public access.

[vii] For final disposition of this and area property see Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 470 Page 216.  

[viii] To Those Who Rest in Peace in Readfield, ME; personal library Dale Potter-Clark

[ix] Potter-Clark-Boatman family tree on www.ancestry.com; author Dale Potter-Clark

MARSTON, Theodore

The Theodore Marston house used to adjacent and south
to Marston Cemetery on Fogg Road. He lived very near the
Mt. Vernon / Readfield town line and had many connections
to people in Readfield.

Theodore Marston was born 1755 North Hampton, N.H. son of Daniel and Sarah Clough Marston. He was a private in the Revolutionary War, Continental Army in New Hampshire, Captain Moore’s Company.  Marston came to Mt. Vernon before 1790 where he settled a farm on, what is now known as, the Fogg Rd. Marston married in New Hampshire in 1785 to Joanna Ladd, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Dudley Ladd of Deerfield, NH. Joanna's older brothers Peter and Joses Ladd also settled in Mt. Vernon. Theodore and Joanna had six children – all born in Mt. Vernon[i]:  1) Sarah b.1786 2) Stephen b.1788 3) Theodore b.1791 4) Daniel b.1794 5) Jeremiah b.1796 6) Meriam b.1800

Theodore Marston is listed on the 1790 US Census in Washington (Mt. Vernon) as head of household with one son, two daughters and his wife. His closest Mt. Vernon neighbors were Joseph Hill and his brother-in-law Joses Ladd. Joanna’s uncle Samuel Dudley settled nearby in Readfield about the same time as did her cousin, Captain Dudley Haines (Nickerson Hill Road).

Marston’s house (now gone) was located near and south of Jacobs (Marston) Cemetery on the Fogg Road just over the Mt. Vernon / Readfield town line. His property boasted a spring that produced more than enough water for one farm so when Dudley Fogg moved into the “neighborhood” in 1807 the two men struck up an agreement that water rights would be shared equally between the two farms. The water was gravity fed to the Fogg farmhouse and continued for nearly two centuries until the Fogg farm was sold out of the Fogg family in 1989. The Marston home remained in their family for three generations – from Theodore it went to his son Daniel who signed it over to his son James R. Marston in 1847. James sold it to Edwin L. Johnson (my g-g-grandfather) in 1871[ii]. The house is gone now – torn down sometime in the 1980’s – but I was able to tour it with the Readfield Bicentennial Walkers Group before it became unsafe to enter. It was a cape that sat perpendicular to the road, on the right (northbound) and just south of the old Jacobs Cemetery. There were still very old features intact such as the fireplaces, hardware and Dutch oven. 

Theodore Marston was known to be a very generous and kindly man who, during "1816 and froze to death" when food was very scarce, gave his corn to the poor, on credit, before he would take money from those who could afford to buy it elsewhere. According to a family history online: “Theodore was described as "a thrifty farmer, pious, honest and eccentric. He always asked one price for his produce, whether it was higher or lower in the market. When seed was scarce he trusted the poor, but would not sell to the rich for money. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and taken prisoner"[iii].  Marston died in Mt. Vernon in 1830 and his wife in 1835. Both are buried in the Marston Cemetery as are several of their family members.

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[i] http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ladd/gedcoms/nathaniel_2/pafg09.htm accessed 11/15/2012

[ii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds: Book 166 Page 213 and Book 277 Page 301

[iii] http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ladd/gedcoms/nathaniel_2/pafn09.htm#286 accessed 11/15/2012

MACOMBER, William

Part of what remains of Macomber farm (later Selden Smith)
foundation in Macdonald Woods (Kennebec Land Trust) in
Readfield. Located on public lands.

Macomber, William married Sarah “Sally” Hatch in Marshfield, MA on December 13, 1791.[i] Some time before 1807 he and Sally moved to Readfield, with their family of seven children, and he purchased property from Jesse Dutton[ii]. Four more children were born in Readfield 1808 - 1816. By October 1818 William had enough resources to purchase a parcel of land that sat partly in Winthrop and part in Wayne from David Atkinson. Three years later, on the 1820 US Census his household included eleven people – four of them males over 16yrs. The census record shows that five in the household were engaged in agriculture. William purchased three more parcels in Wayne in 1831 from Comfort Smith; 1840 from Seth Maxim; and 1846 from Sumner Moulton.

 Three of William’s children were married in Readfield to Sturtevant’s from nearby in Winthrop. Anna married to Constant Sturtevant in 1828; Mary married to Garmaliel Sturtevant in 1830; and William married Polly Sturtevant in 1833. Other familiar names of Readfield and the Macomber’s neighborhood also married into the Macomber family: Sally Macomber in 1812 to Franklin Bean of Readfield; Saunders Macomber in 1825 to Julia Bean of Readfield; Lewis Martin Macomber in 1837 to Mary Jewitt of Readfield. William’s son Noah married a Dutton – no doubt related to Jesse Dutton.

 William died August 29, 1843 age 76 yrs and his wife Sarah died December 12, 1855 age 84 yrs. Both are buried in Huntoon Cemetery near their home. 

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[i] Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1988 online at www.ancestry.com accessed 11/5/2012

[ii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds: Book 12 Page 134 October 16, 1807

LUCE, Shubael 1790 US Census Winthrop 1-3-2-0-0

THERE WILL BE MORE COMING ON THIS FAMILY SOON. In the meantime see the Readfield History Walks web site for Walk #14.

Luce, Shubael He was born 1754 in Tisbury, MA the son of Beriah and Remember (Foster) Luce. He married Mary Attsett.  He was a Revolutionary War veteran, serving in Capt. Smith’s Company in MA. He was an innkeeper in Chilmark, MA before removing to Winthrop, ME where he was a blacksmith. He settled in that part of Winthrop (about 1780), that later became Readfield, on his father's homestead. He conveyed lots to sons Thomas and Attsett in 1816 and 1824. He served in the American Revolution; Capt. Smith’s Company. He registered his children with the town clerk on April 12, 1804.

Children:
1) Hannah b. 5/15/1784 m.int.12/17/1803 to Moses Hall Currier, son of Moses and Mary (Hall) Currier. Hannah d.11/13/1861 at North Searsmont
2) Shubael b.10/10/1785 m. Abigail Smith d/o Elisha and Susannah (Wing) Smith
3) Hebron b.4/13/1787
4) Thomas b.6/15/1789
5) Betsey b. 11/25/1791
6) Atsett Luce b. 23 Nov 1794 d. 12 Mar 1865 m. Susannah Smith d/o Elisha and Susannah (Wing) Smith
7) Richard b.5/15/1795 d.5/10/1807
8) Sarah b.10/15/1797
9) Polly b.5/17/1802
10) Remember b.7/21/1804

To Those Who Led the Way: Readfield, ME VR's 1768-1913; self-published by Dale Potter-Clark 2009; pg.30
History of Winthrop with Genealogical Notes by Stackpole & Young pub.1994; pgs.731-732
Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of Maine in Revolutionary War by Fisher pub.1982; pg.49

LUCE, Prince 1810 US Census Readfield 1-1-2-1-1

Prince Luce was born October 1764 in Tisbury, MA a son of Beriah and Remember (Foster) Luce. Beriah brought his family to Readfield (then a part of Winthrop) between 1780-1790 (he appears on the 1790 US Census in Winthrop, ME).

On the early (1790 and 1800) US Census the names are listed geographically. In both cases Beriah (spelled Uriah on 1790 census) is living in the same neighborhood where Prince and his brothers Ellis, William and Freeman also settled. Freeman  died in the premature cannon explosion in a Readfield muster in 1804, at age 48 and unmarried. I recall, from researching that area for History Walk # 15, that Prince Luce seemed to be the “settler” of his brother’s affairs. I never took it further to look for any probate activity but was left with that impression from looking at all the old deeds in the area.

"Table Rock" in the Luce woods.

In the woods (which were cleared in Prince's time) and near his original homestead there is a rock the Luce family calls "table rock" and signs of an old foundation within that same area. According to the family, that rock is registered with the New England Antiquities Association but its origin is not known. Could that have been the site of an original Luce settlers cabin? We may never know for sure. 

Prince first appears as head of household on the US Census in 1810, having married shortly after 1800 to Mary Howland. She was thirteen years younger than him. Their family was small, compared to others in that era, and there was only one son - Samuel Howland Luce, who carried on his father's homestead as did his descendants to this very day (2014). Now Beriah's 5th great-grandson, Brandon, lives on the same land settled by his forbearers nearly 250 years ago.    

The original Prince Luce homestead burned in 1932.
Rex and Audrey Luce built a new home adjacent
to it in the mid 1980s.

In 1816 Prince signed over all the land he owned - 30 acres part of lot #135, his dwelling house, barn, 1 horse, 1 - 2 year old heifer, and all his household furniture to his son Samuel Howland Luce, (Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 29 Page 204). Both Prince and Mary lived into their 80's - Prince died in 1846 and Mary in 1861. Both are buried in East Readfield Cemetery.




Children of Prince and Mary (Howland) Luce:
1) Nancy b.1803
2) Caroline b.1805
3) Samuel Howland b.1807
4) Cordelia b.1811