"History of Woodstock" William Berry Lapham
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Abbott
Phillip Abbott, son of Phillip, of Rumford, and Experience Howe, his wife, born December 11, 1800, was here in 1853, and kept a bowling alley near the shore of Bryant's Pond. His first wife was widow Lucinda White, and he had Lucy T., married Barnard Marble, of Mexico. Trancilia, Achsa A., Joseph W., Chandler P., Susan and Gurtine M. These were all born before he came here, and Chandler P. was the only one of his sons who ever lived in this town. Phillip Abbott, for second wife, married a Davis, and had other children. Notwithstanding his age, he enlisted in the army and served with credit in the 5th Maine Regiment. After the war, he moved to Mexico.
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William Abbott was taxed here in 1830. Andrew in 1864, and Alpheus A. in 1871.
Adams
John Q. Adams, Jr., came from Lincoln, and was a clerk for Henry Howe, at the Pond. He afterwards traded at Pinhook, and for a short time kept a hotel at the Pond. He married Mary Porter, of Andover, who died, and he went away from town. He remarried in Lincoln, and has a family there.
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Moses Adams, his wife a Ridlon, lived in the east part of town. His daughter Emily married Thomas J. Whitman, son of Chauncey C., in 1862. Moses Adams married Susan Walton, of Canton, in 1872, probably a second wife. Louisa Adams, probably another daughter of Moses, married Eli M. Noyes. Mr. Adams also had sons, one of whom was a soldier in the late war, from Woodstock.
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Dr. Henry M. Adams, son of Dr. Joseph, came here from Rumford. His first wife was a Hill, from Waterville, who died, and in 1866 he married Lottie Hill, her sister. He went from here to Cedar Falls, Iowa, after a residence of three or four years.
Andrews
Four brothers, namely, Ziba, Cyrus, Jonathan and Nathan Andrews have at different times lived in Woodstock. They were the sons of David Andrews, who moved from Poland to Paris. Ziba came previous to 1826, and built a mill in the south part of the town, which is still operated by his son. He was a licensed preacher of the Baptist denomination. He married, August 8, 1824, Thankful Washburn, daughter of Stephe, of Bridgewater, Mass., Hebron and Paris, and had:
Elvecy, b. January 28 1828; married Moses W. Bryant.
Rachel, b. December 18, 1830; married Samuel W. Dunham.
Isacc W., b. July 6, 1833; m. 1st, Lucinda Bryant, 2nd, Elvira Bryant, daughters of Alexander; he carries on business where his father did.
Morton, b. April 10, 1835.
Anna F., b. February 25, 1837; m. Oscar P. Ellingwood.
John C., b. April 22, 1838; m. Lorenda C. Packard, daughter of Henry H. He is a Baptist preacher.
Mary E., b. July 6, 1841.
Charlotte D., b. December 9, 1844.
Ziba, married a Bean, and was killed by the cars.
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Cyrus Andrews married, first, Rebecca Robbins, second, Jane A. Dow, and third, Prudence Abbott. He had a large family, all by the first marriage. He lived in the Perkins neighborhood, and his son Jesse, also.
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Nathan <Andrews> married Nancy Cummings, daughter of George W., of the Gore, and is an itinerant Methodist preacher. He never lived much in Woodstock.
Annas
John Gould Annas, son of Solomon, Jr., who came from Warren, N.H., to Bethel, and who married Patience Sanborn, of Standish, lived some years in Woodstock, first in Sigotch and afterwards on the farm below the David Ricker place. He married Mary Edgerly, daughter of Isaiah, of Greenwood, previously of Buxton, and had quite a large family, all of whom left town long ago. John G. Annas was a soldier in the 10th Maine Regiment and was wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain. He subsequently enlisted in the 29th Maine and died from the effects of exposure before the close of the war.
Ayer
Peter Ayer, son of Samuel, of Bethel, and grandson of Joseph, who moved from Standish to Bethel, and whose mother was Alice Kilgore, daughter of John, of Bethel, married Betsey Swan, daughter of Elijah, of Paris, and lived for a few years in Woodstock. He moved from here to Pennsylvania, and died there. His children were Alice K., George B., Nancy E., Eli E. and Alfreda.
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Thomas Ayer, whose wife was a Durgin, moved into town and resided here a few years. Their only daughter, Sarah, married William Day.
Transcribed By Lucinda Bowker Brown
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Last Update: 11/08/2003
