Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Timothy LIBBY | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMOTHY LIBBY, born about 1724, in that part of Kittery, Me., which is now Eliot; married 9 Oct. 1746, SARAH STONE of Scarborough. He was carried by his father to Scarborough when a child. He grew up and settled on a farm near Scottow's Hill, where all his children were born. In 1763 he became one of the first settlers of Machias. The following narrative of the cause of the settlement of Machias is given by Henry A. Libby of Machiasport, 10-1-5-5-3-3. It differs from published accounts, yet, although it may be incorrect in some of its details, it is probably a substantially correct account of the discovery of Machias by those Scarborough people who formed the first permanent settlement there. Speaking of his grandfather, he says: He told me one day when I was at work with him (I was quite small) how his father came to settle in Machias. When he lived in Scarborough it was his practice in the winter to go east in a small vessel on a sealing voyage. It was on a return voyage, some hundred and fifteen or twenty years ago, that he encountered a gale and storm and tried to make what is now called Cutler Harbor. He made a mistake in the headland, ran ashore in a small cove, and lost his vessel and cargo. Then he had to get home in his small boat. In following along the coast, as was necessary for him to do, he rowed into Machias River. Struck with its beauty, he followed it to its head. Here he found the natural facilities so good that he determined to make it his future home. He returned to Scarborough, . . . . and the next spring, taking his own family, and getting some eight or ten families more, they moved to their new abode. He received, as one of the original settlers, a seven-acre lot, where the village of Machias now stands. Here he made his residence, and a few years later, (previous to June 1766), died. His widow improved this land until near the close of her life, and then all but her dower was sold to John Underwood. She was living as late as Nov. 1787. Children bap 1747-63: Sarah, Esther, Timothy, Mary, David, Obadiah, Daniel. [ref 25:77] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Sarah STONE | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Apr 1742 father's will: "Sarah Libby" [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SARAH m. ___ Libby. [ref 33:759] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah, m Scarborough 9 Oct 1746 (1st Cong CR) Timothy Libby (Libby), b Kittery ca 1724, d Machias before June 1766, son of David & Esther (Hanscom) Libby (MHM Vol 8). Children (Libby, 77-8): Sarah, Esther, Timothy, Mary, David, Obadiah, Daniel. [ref 74:34] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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