married Jeremiah Buxton and was the grandmother of the Mayor Buxton; Susannah, Saba and Dorcas. Colonel A. C. Drinkwater, who developed around Topsham, Maine, was on General Butler's staff when he was governor, and a very prominent Democratic politician in Massachusetts, is of this line.

A tombstone in the old MEGQUIER churchyard in New Gloucester bears the following inscription: "Sacred to the memory of John Megquier. Died December 27, 1825, aged 92. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of New Gloucester, and was one of those who felled trees on the spot where his remains are now deposited. A patriotic citizen and an honest man."

(I) In the summer of 1748 the John Megquier referred to in this epitaph, then fifteen years old, went with a number of men from North Yarmouth to New Gloucester, for the purpose of cutting grass in the Great Meadow, but finding it was still submerged, they went home to wait for the water to drain off, leaving young Megquier to care for the oxen which they had brought with them, and await their return. With rifle in hand for instant use, the youthful pioneer kept his lonely vigil for seven days, ready to defend himself and the oxen against a sudden atack by hostile Indians, who were known to be lurking in the vicinity. The courage and determination displayed by John Megquier when a mere lad always proved predominating features in his character, and was transmitted to his descendants. Settling in New Gloucester as one of the original proprietors, he cleared a tract of wild land which he improved into a good farm, and, as already stated, he lived to an advanced age. The parents or ancestry of this pioneer are not mentioned in the town histories of Cumberland county.

(II) William, son of John Megquier, resided in New Gloucester. He was the father of two sons: 1. John L., born in New Gloucester, September 9, 1794, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1819, was admitted to the Cumberland county bar in 1825, served in the Maine senate, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1840, was register of probate for Cumberland county. 2. Thomas L., see forward.

(III) Thomas Lewis, son of William Megquier, was born in New Gloucester, Maine, 1795, died in Winthrop, 1855. He was given a degree in medicine by Bowdoin College in 1827. In 1831 he married Mary Jane Cole,

of Turner, Maine, and in 1835 removed from Turner to Winthrop, Maine, where he practiced medicine until 1848. At that time a friend of the family, who was United States consul to Honolulu, came to America upon business. Among other commissions, he was instructed to secure the services of a good physician. He induced Dr. Megquier to close out his practice and return with him to Hawaii. The children were placed in school and, accompanied by his wife, he started for the Pacific by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Mrs. Megquier is believed to be the first American white woman to cross the Isthmus of Panama. Mrs. Fremont in her book claims that honor, but, as a matter of fact, Mrs. Megquier had been at Panama several months awaiting a steamer when Mrs. Fremont arrived. Mrs. Megquier had the honor of entertaining Mrs. Fremont in her tent, and they finally came on by the same steamer. Upon arriving at San Francisco there was no vessel to convey them to their destination. Gold had been discovered in California, and as soon as a vessel dropped anchor in San Francisco the crew deserted. Thus there was the beforementioned delay. Dr. Megquier, becoming interested in the new country, changed his plans, remaining in San Francisco instead of going to Honolulu. He immediately sent back east for a good-sized frame building, one of the first, if not the first, in San Francisco. It was located at what is now the corner of Montgomery and Sacramento streets. The ground floor was used as a drug-store and the second story for a hospital. It was destroyed in the first great fire. This proved a phenominally profitable investment, and the family returned to Winthrop the following year, leaving the proceeds of the work of the year invested in San Francisco. A year later they again went west, but on account of the failing health of Dr. Megquier they returned to Winthrop, where his death occurred. Dr. and Mrs. Megquier had four children: 1. Angie L., born March 26, 1832, married, March 11, 1852, Charles Augustus Gilson, of Portland (see sketch of Gilson family elsewhere in this work). 2. John Otis. 3. Frederick. 4. Arthur Selwyn, see forward.

(IV) Arthur Selwyn, youngest child of Dr. Thomas L. and Mary Jane (Cole) Megquier, was born in Winthrop, Maine, April 19, 1840. He was educated in the public schools and at Little Blue, a well-known preparatory school in Farmington, Maine. He began his business training as a clerk in a mercantile establishment in Portland, and relinquishing his posi

tion in order to enlist for service in the civil war, he became attached to General Fremont's bodyguard. After his discharge from the army he located in New York City, first entering the employ of E. A. Morrison in the wholesale commission business, and later becoming connected with the firm of J. B. & J. M. Cornell, dealers in structural iron work. In 1880 he became a member of the firm of Lindsey, Graff & Megquier, which continued in business five years and was dissolved by mutual consent. Removing to Portland, Maine, in 1885, he established the firm of Megquier & Jones, dealers in brass castings, finishings and structural iron work, and built up a profitable business. Mr. Megquier continued at the head of that concern until his death, which occurred November 29, 1891. In musical circles, both in New York and Portland, he was widely and favorably known, having devoted much time to the study of music and the cultivation of his voice. At one time he was director of one of the leading church choirs in Brooklyn, and he became recognized as one of the best tenor singers there. In politics he acted with the Republican party. His religious affiliations were with the Universalists.

Mr. Megquier married, September 9, 1868, Adelaide Hall, of Brooklyn, only child of.Willard and Sarah (Sampson) Hall, and granddaughter (on the paternal side) of Eben and Susan (Ross) Hall, and (on the maternal side) of Captain Daniel and Jane (Schenck) Sampson, the former of whom served in the revolutionary war. Mr. Megquier and his wife, who survives him, were the parents of two daughters: 1. Edith, wife of Herbert W. Barnard, parents of one daughter, Cornelia. 2. Cornelia, married Clayton T. Whipple.

Among American names WHITEHOUSE that of Whitehouse is in frequent and yet notable use by reason of the distinguished attainments acquired by men and women of that name. A few examples will sufficiently illustrate this distinguished characteristic. The Rt. Rev. Henry John Whitehouse (1803-1874), second Bishop of Illinois, and fifty-fifth in succession in the American Episcopate, was a graduate of Columbia College and of the General Theological Seminary; rector of St. Thomas' Church, New York City, 1844-51; successor to Bishop Chase, of Illinois; the first bishop in the American church to advocate the adoption of the Cathedral system in the United States; delivered the first sermon before the first Lambrett Conference in London by invi

tation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and received the degree of S. T. D. from Oxford University, 1867; Hobart College, 1834, and LL. D. from his Alma Mater in 1865 and from Cambridge, England, 1867. James Horton Whitehouse, born in Staffordshire, England, 1833, designed for Tiffany & Company, New York, the Bryant Vase now in the Metropolitan Museum; William Fitz-Hugh Whitehouse, born 1877, noted explorer and hunter of big game in Somaliland, Abyssinia, British East Africa and Uganda, and explored Abyssinia, and the unknown region south of the chain lakes, and author of "Through the Country of the King of Kings" (Scribners, September, 1902); Henry Remsen Whitehouse, diplomat and author, decorated by King Humbert of Italy with Cross of Commander of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, student of literature and historical research. The Whitehouses of Maine, noted as jurists, and descended from Thomas, who married a daughter of William Pomfret, Dover, New Hampshire, 1658, through Thomas (2), Pomfret (3), Thomas (4), Daniel (5), Edmund (6), John Roberts (7), to William Penn (8) and Robert Treat (9). For the purpose of this sketch, we take up the eighth generation from Thomas, the Dover settler, as follows:

(VIII) William Penn, son of John Roberts and Hannah (Percival) Whitehouse, and a descendant from Thomas Whitehouse, of Dover, New Hampshire, was born in Vassalboro, Kennebec county, Maine, April 9, 1842. He was prepared for college at the Vassalboro Academy, matriculated at Waterville College in 1859, and was graduated A. B. 1863, A. M., 1866. He was principal of Vassalboro Academy, 1863-64, was admitted to the bar in 1865, and began practice in the state capital. He was city solicitor of Augusta for four years, attorney for Kennebec county for seven years, judge of the supreme court of Kennebec county 1878-90, and associate justice of the supreme judicial court of Maine since 1890. He received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Colby University in 1896. He served as a trustee of the Kennebec Savings Bank from 1888; was chairman of the commission on the New Insane Hospital in 1873, and he wrote a monograph published by the state against the cottage system for the care of the insane wards of the state. He was married June 24, 1869, to Evelyn M., daughter of Colonel Robert Treat, of Augusta, Maine, and among their children was Robert Treat.

(IX) Robert Treat, eldest child of William

Penn and Evelyn M. (Treat) Whitehouse, was born in Augusta, Maine, March 27, 1870. He was prepared for college in the public schools of Augusta and Congregational high school, where he graduated in 1887. He was graduated at Harvard A. B., 1891, and at the Law School of Harvard University LL. B., 1893. He read law in the office of Symonds, Cook & Snow, Portland, Maine, was admitted to the Cumberland county bar in 1894, and at once began active practice in all the courts. He was elected county attorney in 1900, and served in that office for four years. On January 16, 1905, he was appointed United States district attorney for the district of Maine, and later accepted the appointment and was sworn into office, which he has since filled with honor and to the entire satisfaction of the bar of the state. He was a member of the school committee of the city of Portland, 1894-98, and served as president of the Lincoln Club of that city, 1900-04. He was also a member of the Cumberland Club, the Country Club, and the Fraternity Club of Portland. He was initiated into the mysteries of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons through the Ancient Landmark Lodge of Portland. His first law-book, published in 1900, under the title, "Equity Jurisdiction Pleading and Practice," was received with great favor by attorneys throughout the state, and at once took place as an actual necessity in the preparation of any important case in equity. He had in preparation in 1908 a companion work that will undoubtedly prove equally welcome and valuable. Mr. Whitehouse was married June 18, 1894, to Florence, daughter of Samuel Spencer and Mary Caroline (Wadsworth) Brooks, of Augusta. She was educated at the public schools and St. Catherine's Hall, and in music, languages, drawing and painting under the best masters of the city of Boston. She became vocalist in the Rossini Musical Club, of Portland, and spent the years 1891-92 in study and observation in the art centers of Europe, and in the exploration of the antiquities of Syria and Egypt. She is the author of "The God of Things," published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston (1902); "The Effendi," same publishing house (1904), and several of her plays have been produced. Samuel Spencer and Mary Caroline (Wadsworth) Brooks had five children, as follows: Albert Wadsworth, married Mary

child, Barbara; Samuel C., Percy W., married Mary Marshall; Florence and Marguerite. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Treat Whitehouse have their home at 42 Deering street, Portland,

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Maine. Children: William Penn 2nd, born August 9, 1895. Robert Treat Jr., January 11, 1897. Brooks, born April 21, 1904.

This name is not numerously QUIMBY represented in New England or in any part of America, but the quality of its representatives will compare favorably with that of many families of much larger numbers. It has been identified with the development of Maine, and is entitled to honorable mention in connection therewith. It begins at an early period of American history, in settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and is still continuing in a worthy way along the lines of civilization.

(I) Robert Quimby is found of record in Amesbury, Massachusetts, as a ship-carpenter, and was there married about 1657 to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Osgood of Salisbury. He purchased land in Amesbury the next year, and received grants in 1659-68. He is of record as a "townsman" in 1660 and holding a meeting-house seat in 1667. He died about 1677 and it is probable that his death occurred in the Indian massacre at Amesbury, July 7, of that year. His wife was wounded in that massacre, but survived. She was appointed administratrix of his estate October 9 of that year. The inventory was made August 27. Their son Robert was appointed to administer the estates of both parents September 26, 1694, and it was not divided until 1700. Children: Lydia, William, Robert, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Philip and Joseph.

(II) John (1), third son of Robert and Elizabeth (Osgood) Quimby, was born September 7, 1665, in Salisbury, where he resided, but little seems to be discoverable about his life and character. The baptismal name of his wife was Mary, but her family name is not of record. She died in Salisbury, August 17, 1710. Children: John, Jeremiah, Eleazer, David, Sarah, Robert, Jonathan, Jacob, Jethro. There is some doubt about the last named, as the records show his birth to have occurred more than three months after the death of his mother.

(III) Robert (2), fifth son of John (1) and Mary Quimby, was born December 13, 1701, in Salisbury, and lived in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, where he died about 1747. was a petitioner for a township at Amoskeag, now Manchester, New Hampshire. He was married December 16, 1725, to Judith Sanborn, of Hampton Falls. She was a petitioner for a grant of land in Weare, New Hamp

shire, in 1748, according to the New Hampshire state papers. She was a descendant of Rev. Stephen Bachilor. Their children included Eleazer, Asahel and Jacob, all of whom were residents of Old Chester, including what is now Candia.

(IV) Jacob, son of Robert (2) and Judith (Sanborn) Quimby, was born June 20, 1740, in Hampton Falls, and was baptized there two days later. In early manhood he settled in Chester and there married Anne, daughter of John Robie, and widow of Jonathan Towle. He died early in life, and administration was granted on his estate to Walter Robie, February 28, 1778. His widow married (third) Joseph, son of Joseph Varnum. On August 20, 1788, Walter Robie was appointed guardian of three of Jacob Quimby's minor children; John, Sarah and Anne. This was probably caused by the proposition of one of the children to get married and a desirability of a division of the father's estate. The eldest son, Jonathan, received his portion in this division, and Anne Varnum, the widow, also received her share. Jacob Quimby served in the regiment raised about 1760 to invade Canada under Colonel John Goffe.

(V) Jonathan, eldest son of Jacob and Anne (Robie) Quimby, was born September 18, 1767, in Chester, settled in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and died November 29, 1827, in Belfast, Maine. He was a blacksmith by occupation, and settled in Belfast about 1805. He was married in 1790 to Susan White, born in 1769, died in 1827. Children: William, Daniel, Sally, Betsy, Jonathan Towle, Phineas Parkhurst and Robert.

(VI) William, eldest child of Jonathan and Susan (White) Quimby, was born April 30, 1792, in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and died June 23, 1879, in Belfast, Maine. He was but twelve years of age when he removed to the latter place with his parents, and there he learned the jeweler's trade and later engaged in business on his own account. Through a weakness of the eyes he was obliged to give up this occupation, and opened a general store in Belfast which he operated until 1864. Immediately following the death of his wife in that year, he went to New Jersey with his son; after remaining there a few years, he returned to Belfast, where his days were ended. He married, November 22, 1818, Apha, daughter of Simeon Watson. She died February 14, 1864. Nine children, five of whom died young; the others were: Amelia Ann, born November 11, 1819, died October 23, 1847; married, November 11, 1842, Albert Merrill, of Frankfort,

Maine. Julia Maria, born August 21, 1821, died January 4, 1892; married Daniel Haraden, of Belfast, Maine; children: John and Frederick. William Edward, born January 10, 1837, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 3, 1869; married Rose A. Oakes; children: Charles Jameson and Edward Conner. Herbert C., see forward.

(VII) Herbert C., son of William and Apha (Watson) Quimby, was born November 26, 1840, in Belfast, and was educated in the local schools. Early in life he became a clerk and thus continued until September, 1864, when he removed to Bangor. He remained in this city less than one year, and removed to New York City in July, 1865, and engaged in the produce commission business. For the first six months he was engaged as bookkeeper and then became a partner in the business, continuing this association until July, 1869, returning then to his native state. He purchased a dry-goods store in Dexter, and removed the stock to Pittsfield, Maine, where he remained but a short time. He sold out in 1871 and again settled in Bangor, where he has since continued among the most active and enterprising business men of the city. He engaged in the shipping business, operating a line of steamers between Bangor and New York, and continued this until 1895, when he became secretary of the Bangor Loan & Building Association. Since that time he has given his entire attention to the duties of this position, and the success of the association is measurably attributed to his business ability and faithful devotion to its interests. He is a member of the Unitarian church and also of the insurance order known as the Royal Arcanum. He married, October 14, 1866, Emma C., born December 25, 1843, daughter of Frederick H. Dillingham, of Bangor, who died at age of ninety-two.

For many long years the MAXWELL Maxwell family has been known as one of the most honorable, influential and prosperous in the state of Maine, and this fine reputation has been recognized far and wide. All this is largely due to the fact that the members of this strong old family have been able to make choices of a very wise kind at early periods in life, and to hold to these in the midst of discouraging circumstances, or to make other choices when many a keen observer saw no good reason for such a course. Many of the Maxwells have early been aware that they possessed the ability to succeed in many dif

ferent spheres of life's activities, and have learned this from what they have seen their relatives doing, and from the work which they have tested in the quiet, sanguine manner which has ever characterized them. With this discovery has come no false pride, or straying now in this path and now in that, but there has been a choice of some worthy work which was as zealously followed as if the toiler could do only the kind of service to which he laid his hands.

Many of these Maxwells have seen around them opportunities which were as clearly revealed as the green fields about their homes, or the wide stretches of ocean seen from some neighboring hill. But they have known it was wisdom to seek other chances of service though these were only as glimpses of far-off mountains, with patches of sunlight here and there on their crests, and they have not wasted one precious moment in looking at the field or sea. While wise ones shook their heads, and muttered ominous warnings, these wise choosers have gone forth to work in some distant place which they helped to transform from a shaggy forest to a cluster of well-tilled farms. Such was the course of the brothers, James and George Maxwell, of Scarboro, Maine, when they seemed but unwise lads to many who observed them. They left their native town and made their way up the Kennebec river to where a few cabins were dotted over what is now the town of Bowdoinham, Maine. Here they began to work manfully. But at the call of their country they left the homes they were hewing out from the forest and entered the revolutionary army, doing valiant service. Again this wise choice was made, though many said that the cause of liberty of which they had such clear hopes was but a delusion. After this service each young man made choice of a wife, which was characterized by the same wisdom as their other acts in life. James Maxwell married Margaret, daughter of the worthy John and Mary (Means) Patten, of Topsham, Maine. George Maxwell chose a Margaret from the famous and patriotic old family of McLellan. With these they spent a very long and happy married life, surrounded by their children and descendants who added to the brightness and worth of the Maxwell name. Though these Maxwell brothers had been warned at Scarboro, Maine, that their going into the wilderness of the Kennebec would shorten their lives, George Maxwell lived to see seventy-five years, and his brother James saw his ninetieth autumn. "You will lose yourselves in those new places," was the

warning given. But each bore the name of captain in a community that loved and honored them and spread their fame far and wide.

(I) Captain James Maxwell was born in Scarboro, Maine, August 13, 1746, and died at Bowdoinham, Maine, September 16, 1836. He cleared one of the best farms in Bowdoinham, and helped many a neighbor by his kindly advice and work of his strong arms. His smile of cheer often did more to brace others for the storms and toils of life than scores of words from others would have done. In the last day of his life his smile was still bright, and his advice was clear and helpful. He aided greatly in every important undertaking in his town. He was selectman from 1789 to 1791, and also from 1801 to 1809. His service as town clerk covered the years 1789 to 1794. He married, November 27, 1777, Margaret, born at Topsham, Maine, March 8, 1853, died at East Bowdoinham, Maine, July 26, 1831, daughter of John and Mary (Means) Patten, of Topsham, Maine, and granddaughter of the sturdy ancestor, Actor and Pauline (Sutor) Patten. Their children were: 1. Mary, born October 17, 1778, died October 10, 1845; married Timothy Merritt. 2. Peggy, born September 7, 1780, died November 15, 1879; married Elihu Hatch, a very successful farmer of Bowdoinham. 3. Betsy, born May 4, 1782, died April 22, 1843; married William Decker, of one of the strong old Maine families, and was the mother of nine children who were loved and respected by all who knew them. 4. James, born March 10, 1784, was lost at sea in January, 1810. 5. John, born July 3, 1786, died at Port Au Prince, April 12, 1822. 6. Robert, born January 21, 1789, died in Bowdoinham, where he had been a very successful farmer and lumberman, and an ensign in the war of 1812, February 19, 1865. He married Abigail G. Hathorne, of Woolwich, Maine, one of the most successful teachers of her time, and who grandly helped in the training of the six children. 7. Noble, born April 9, 1792, died in Boston, Massachusetts, September 13, 1887; was a noble soldier in the war of 1812, and the successful commander of many ships and a man of noblest qualities. 8. William, whose record is given below. 9. Actor, born March 9, 1797, died at sea, May 13, 1816.

(II) William, son of Captain James and Margaret (Patten) Maxwell, was born at Bowdoinham, Maine, February 22, 1794, died in that town, June 14, 1879. He was a successful farmer and most helpful in the affairs of his town and state. Many fine opportunities