Second Generation
Family of William REDMOND GODWIN (1) & Rachel HARPER

2. Rebecca GODWIN. Born abt 1778 in New Hampshire Or Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1850. Rebecca died in 1853.

Abt 1797 Rebecca married Francis HEMMENWAY, in New Pennacook Plantation, Oxford, Maine. Born in 1773 or 1777 in Boston, Massachusetts. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1800. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1820. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1830. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1840. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1850. Francis died in 1857.

They had the following children:
14 i. William Redmond (1798-1882)
15 ii. Colman (1800-)
16 iii. Mary (1802-)
17 iv. Cynthia (1804-1804)
18 v. Rachel (1806-)
19 vi. Francis (1807-)
20 vii. Harris Redmond (1809-)
21 viii. Sally W. (1811-)
22 ix. Hannah P. (1814-1893)
23 x. Samuel Farnum (1816-)
24 xi. James (1818-1830)
25 xii. Benjamin Elliot (1820-)

3. William GODWIN. Born on 8 Jan 1780 in New Hampshire. Was on the census for Township No. 3, Fifth Range, Hancock, Maine, in 1810. Appeared on a voting list in 1812 at Garland, Hancock, Maine. Was on the census for Garland, Penobscot, Maine, in 1820. Was on the census for Garland, Penobscot, Maine, in 1830. Was on the census for Garland, Penobscot, Maine, in 1840. Was on the census for Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, in 1850. William died in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, on 8 Jul 1851; he was 71. Buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Garland, Penobscot, Maine.


On 30 Dec 1806 when William was 26, he first married Nancy GORDON, daughter of Amos GORDON (1755-1830) & Nancy GEORGE (1757-1834), in Lincoln Settlement, Hancock, Maine. Born abt Dec 1784 in Probably Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Nancy died on 8 Jun 1842 in Garland, Penobscot, Maine. Buried in Burnham Cemetery, Garland, Penobscot, Maine.


They had the following children:
26 i. William Redmond (1807-1861)
27 ii. Henry M. (1810-1874)
28 iii. Hiram Favor (1811-1853)
29 iv. Silas H. (~1815-1841)
30 v. Benjamin F. (Relationship Unverified) (1816-)
31 vi. Priscilla W. (~1820->)
32 vii. Nancy E. (Relationship Unverified) (~1824-)
33 viii. Frederick (Relationship Unverified) (~1828-)

On 21 Mar 1843 when William was 63, he second married Lucy OAKES, daughter of Abel OAKES (1771-1856) & Betsey HAMLIN (1770-1850), in Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine. Born on 28 Mar 1793 in Canaan, Somerset, Maine. Was on the census for Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, in 1850. Was on the census for Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, in 1860. Was on the census for Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, in 1870. Was on the census for Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, in 1880. Lucy died in Probably Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, on 18 Jul 1880; she was 87. Buried in South Sangerville Cemetery, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine.


They had no children.

4. Rachel GODWIN. Born in 1783? Rachel died on 27 Apr 1845 in Probably Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford Point, Oxford, Maine.

On 17 Dec 1803 Rachel married Kimball MARTIN, son of Henry MARTIN (-1821) & Esther KIMBALL, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Born on 7 Dec 1774 in Concord, New Hampshire. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1800. Kimball died in Probably Rumford, Oxford, Maine, on 14 Aug 1851; he was 76. Buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford Point, Oxford, Maine.

They had the following children:
34 i. Mary Godwin (1803-1844)
35 ii. John (1804-)
36 iii. Solomon (1806-)
37 iv. Rebecca Godwin (1808-)
38 v. Kimball (1811-)
39 vi. William G. (1813-)
40 vii. Sarah G. (1816-)
41 viii. Hannah (1819-)
42 ix. Orin (1825-)
43 x. Esther (1829-1909)

5. Colman GODWIN. Born on 6 May 1782 in Northampton, Massachusetts Or New Hampshire. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1820. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1830. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1850. Colman died in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, on 24 Aug 1852; he was 70. Buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

On 17 Mar 1814 when Colman was 31, he married Keziah Blanchard WHEELER, daughter of Jeremiah WHEELER (~1747-1827) & Sarah ABBOT (~1759-1847), in Rumford, Oxford, Maine Or Concord, New Hampshire. Born on 25 Feb 1793 in New Hampshire. Keziah Blanchard died on 26 Nov 1873; she was 80. Buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

They had the following children:
44 i. Eliza H. (1815-)
45 ii. Sarah F. (1817-1847)
46 iii. Mahala F. (1818-1882)
47 iv. Julia Octavia (1820-)
48 v. Fidelia A. (1823-)
49 vi. Alvan Bolster (1825-)
50 vii. Cynthia B. (1828-1867)
51 viii. Mary W. (1837-)

6. Polly GODWIN. Born in 1788.

On 24 Dec 1812 Polly married Samuel MERRILL, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

They had the following children:
52 i. Amasa
53 ii. Samuel (1814-1873)

7. Betsey GODWIN. Born abt 1789. Betsey died on 6 Apr 1861. Buried in Abbott's Mills Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

On 8 Feb 1812 Betsey married Samuel FARNUM, son of John FARNUM (1750-) & Sally WEST, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Born on 10 Jun 1788 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Samuel died on 10 Apr 1870; he was 81. Buried in Abbott's Mills Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

They had the following children:
54 i. Gilman W. (1814-1875)
55 ii. David J. (1815-)
56 iii. Nathaniel Jackson (1819-)
57 iv. Laura Ann (1823-1889)

8. James GODWIN. Born in 1791 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1820. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1830. Was on the census for Letter B, Oxford, Maine, in 1840. Was on the census for Letter B, Oxford, Maine, in 1850. James died on 20 Feb 1860 in Upton, Oxford, Maine. Buried in Upton, Oxford, Maine.

On 30 May 1814 James married Apphia SEGAR, daughter of Nathaniel SEGAR & Mary RUSSELL, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Born on 8 Nov 1794 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine. Apphia died in Upton, Oxford, Maine, on 19 Dec 1861; she was 67.

They had the following children:
58 i. Azubah (1816-)
59 ii. Luna (1817-)
60 iii. Maria (1818-1883)
61 iv. Apphia R. (1823-1886)
62 v. Lucinda (1826-1901)
63 vi. Apollos Osgood (1827-1900)
64 vii. William R. (1830-)
65 viii. Rufus Segar (1831-1877)
66 ix. Arvilla C. (1834-1904)
67 x. Horatio R. (1835-1906)

9. Nancy GODWIN. Born on 3 Apr 1793 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Nancy died in Probably Rumford, Oxford, Maine, on 2 Dec 1857; she was 64. Buried in Rumford Center Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

On 1 Aug 1814 when Nancy was 21, she married Nathaniel JACKSON, son of Nathaniel JACKSON & Lucy ALLEN, in Jay, Franklin, Maine. Born on 23 Sep 1793 in Jay, Franklin, Maine. Nathaniel died in Probably Rumford, Oxford, Maine, on 8 Feb 1876; he was 82. Buried in Rumford Center Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

They had the following children:
68 i. Huldah Fuller (1815-)
69 ii. Jefferson (1817-1895)

10. John GODWIN. Born on 11 Feb 1795 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Was on the census for Twp. #2, Oxford, Maine, in 1820. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1850. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1860. John died in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, on 21 May 1867; he was 72. Buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

John married Clarissa STEVENS. Born abt 16 Feb 1794 in Maine. Was on the census for Rumford, Oxford, Maine, in 1870. Clarissa died on 29 Mar 1880 in Probably Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Buried in Rumford Point Cemetery, Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

They had one child:
70 i. Ajalon (Adopted) (1824-1864)

11. Harris Redmond GODWIN. Born on 8 Dec 1797 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Harris Redmond died in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, on 29 Dec 1797; he was <1.

12. Sally GODWIN. Born on 10 Jun 1799 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

On 4 May 1818 when Sally was 18, she married James MOODY, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

They had one child:
71 i. William Godwin (Relationship Unverified) (1825-)

13. David Abbot GODWIN. Born on 15 Feb 1802 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Was on the census for Hamlin's Grant, Oxford, Maine, in 1850. David Abbot died in 1854 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine.

On 29 Nov 1825 when David Abbot was 23, he married Abigail BESSE, daughter of Caleb BESSE (1785-1867) & Abegail PACKARD (-1870), in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. Born in 1810 in Paris, Oxford, Maine. Was on the census for Hamlin's Gore Plantation, Oxford, Maine, in 1830. Abigail died aft 1890.

They had the following children:
72 i. Alan Files (1826-1912)
73 ii. Elmira (1831-)
74 iii. Charles O. (1833-)
75 iv. George H. (1836->1890)
76 v. Orrin M. (1842-)
77 vi. Cynthia A. (1844-1865)
78 vii. Nelson (1847-)
79 viii. Josephine K. (1848-)

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