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Ebenezer6 Cressey (Joseph5, John4, Daniel3, John2, Mighill1) was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, January 16, 1779, married 1803 Sally Chick, Berwick, Maine. He came to Gorham, Maine, with his parents when a child. About 1803 he bought a farm in Gorham, 30-acre lot, No. 38. This farm later owned by his son, Alvin, and then by his granddaughter, Martha E., who married ex-Governor Frederick Robie. Eben and wife were members First Parish Church. He died in 1829 at 50. She died in 1863 at 79. |
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| Children born in Gorham, Maine: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 605 | I. |
Alvin7, born 1806, married 1838 Sarah Flagg, Topsham, Maine. |
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| 606 | II. |
Caroline, born 1808, married Oliver Yeaton, Rollinsford, New Hampshire.
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| 607 | III. |
Martha, born 1810, married Daniel McCorrison, Standish, Maine.
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| 608 | IV. |
Joseph, born 1812, died young. |
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| 609 | V. |
John R., born 1814, unmarried. He kept store at Salmon Falls, New Hampshire., speculated in Boston and said to be worth $100,000. He attended Gorham Academy, taught town school and singing school. Willed niece, Martha E., large amount, gave Gorham Library $1,000; died in Boston in 1892 at 78. |
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| 610 | VI. |
Mary E., born 1818, married Dr. John G. Pike, Somersworth, New Hampshire.
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| 611 | VII. |
Eliza A., born 1820, died 1831. |
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