NameJoshua Pool Jr.
Birth Date18 Dec 1761
Birth PlaceAbington, Plymouth Co., MA
Death Date23 Aug 1844 Age: 82
Death PlaceGreenwood, Oxford Co., ME
Burial PlaceChapel Cem., Norway, Oxford Co., ME
Misc. Notes
Revolutionary War service
From History of Norway, Maine:
Joshua Pool, prob son of Joshua who d in E Bridgewater in 1822 aged 88, was b there in 1762. He was a Rev Sol and m 1783 Lucinda, dau of Thomas Latham of Bridgewater. Her bro Stephen was an early settler in Norway and was a nail-maker. Joshua Pool came here in 1797 and set’d on the Lee’s Grant, on the east side of the great pond. Afterwards he was the 3d post rider, and removed to Greenwood where he d Aug 23, 1844, “aged 82”. 14 ch—1 Joshua, d young; 2 Thomas b 1778 m Lydia Cobb set’d in Abbot—d July 3, 1883 “aged 96”; 3 Melvin, b 785 m. Abigail Bryant of Paris b 1788 set’d in Greenwood and d there; 4 Asa m Lucy Needham; 5 William, m. Sybil Gibson [sic]; 6 Zenas m. Betsey Gibson [sic] set’d in Greenwood; 7 Lycinda m Frye Lovejoy; 8 Mary m Samuel Tubbs set’d in Abbot; Betsey m Nathaniel Cobb set’d in Abbot—rem to Auburn; 10 Susan m Reuben Knight rem to Monson; 11 Lausana m. Elias Doughty set’d in Monson; 12 Abigail m. Humphrey Cleaves set’d in Abbot; 13 Hannah m. Leonard B. Berry of Woodstock; 14 Sally w m and set’d elsewhere.
Only two families of Pools lived in Norway when the census of 1850 was taken. They were Melvin’s and his son Thomas’. Melvin had besides his wife, Frederick L, Thomas b. Feb 22, 1809 m. Martha dau of Nathaniel Millett. They had five ch. The famiy removed to Brockton, Mass. (pp. 493-94).
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