A Maine Family's History - Davis / McDowell

Lamb

Lamb / Lambe

William LAMB

Spouse: Elizabeth WHITE

Children: John born 1740 Westbrook ME died 4/11/1861

John LAMB born 1740 Westbrook Cumberland ME died 4/11/1861 married Falmouth ME resided Oxford ME, probably had 2 brothers in ME named William and Richard [A-CHS records per Jeff Card]

Spouse: Hannah Eliza PORTERFIELD born 1750 Windham Cumberland ME married 5/15/1774 died Windham

Children: Robert born 8/24/1771 Windham died 4/11/1861; Eleanor born 1772 Windham; James born 8/24/1774 Gorham died 3/4/1853 Maine married 1796 Betsey Dunn born 6/17/1780 Gorham died Robbinston ME; Richard born 3/17/1777 Gorham died 5/4/1863; Martha born 1778 Windham; Robert born 5/26/1779 Gorham; William born 1788 Windham died 1864

Richard LAMB born 3/17/1777 Gorham Cumberland ME died 5/4/1863

Spouse: Hannah M. AUSTIN born 10/7/1787 Windham Cumberland ME died 12/22/1871; married 9/11/1805

Stephen born 1/14/1806 died 1/10/1868 Illinois; Samuel Bracket born 1/8/1808; Hannah P. born 4/20/1810 died 1/21/1862 Otisfield Cumberland ME; Lydia A. born 7/21/1812 died 10/25/1888 Otisfield; Sarah H. born 6/9/1815 died 1/9/1901 Otisfield`; Richard Jr. born 1/16/1818 died 11/24/1894 Windham married Mary Elizabeth Lamb? born c. 1829 Maine; William A. born 7/22/1820 died 7/30/1902 Windham married Emmeline Whitney; Eliza R. born 9/17/1823 died 3/27/1914 Windham

Samuel Brackett LAMB born 1/8/1808 Windham Cumberland Co. ME died 5/23/1857 buried 5/25 Alexander ME

Spouse: Margaret Loring STEPHENSON born 12/3/1807 Alexander ME died 11/3/1887 Alexander ME; married 1/3/1830 Alexander

Children: Irene Ingalls born 6/3/1830; Elisha Wlm born 12/26/1831 married Mary Ann Smith; Margaret Lydia born 8/26/1835; Samuel Brackett born 3/5/1838; Lucy Edgerly born 3/31/1841 married Jacob S. Davis; Elizabeth Stephenson born 3/31/1841; Seavey Edgerly born 1841; Jesse R. born 1846 married Susan App marriage intensions filed 11/30/1870; Hannah Elizabeth born 7/12/1833 Calais [Alexander?] died 10/18/1893 married Charles Hazen Card

Lucy Edgerly LAMB born 3/31/1841 died 12/8/1921 buried Calais ME, have photo of grave stone says born 1840

Spouse: Jacob S. DAVIS born 8/1833 died 12/16/1910 buried Crawford ME married 11/25/1862

Children: Alice; Albert; Hamden Oliver (Ham) born 6/29/1869 died 8/28/1940 buried Calais ME married Sarah Maria (Sadie) McDowell; Edmund (Eddie) married Lydia

Aunt May told Shirley Davis Smith that Jacob was very dark complexioned and Lucy was very light. Lucy was said to have had a wicked bad temper. Lucy refused to be buried in Crawford with Jacob; said she never had liked that place and wasn't going to be buried there. Much of Lamb/Stephenson information per Alta at altaf@world-net.net.

[(1)Lambs in ME 1790 Census: John, Gorham/Scarborough, Cumberland; Col Joshua, Canaan, Hancock Co.; Richard, Brownfield, York Co.; William, Falmouth, Cumberland Co. (2)www.familysearch.com IGI Record Batch 7020420 Sheet 35; James Lamb, M, born 8/24/1774 Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, parents John & Hannah.]

Vital Records of Calais ME pg 156: Children of Nathaniel and Elmira Lamb; Seth Turner b 4/26/1831; Albert b. 1/25/1835; Betsey b. 11/14/1836; Peter Carle b. in Alexander 7/20/1840; James b. in Calais 5/21/1843. Pg 145: Children of Robert J. & Lydia W. Lamb - Oramendal b. 1/19/1844; Leonard Pickins b. 3/5/1845. Pg 6 Marriage Intentions - Robert James Lamb & Lydia W. Pickins both of Calais 4/20/1842. Pg 94: Marriages solemnized by Phineas Higgins - Robert J. Lamb and Lydia W. Pickins of Calais, May 4, 1842. Pg 173 - Leonard Pickins Lamb, son of Robert J. and Lydia W. Lamb, d. Mar 26, 1846.

Marriage Records of Washington Co. pg 12: George Parks of Calais & Ann Mariah Lamb of same m. 25 Jan 1835 by Rev. Joseph C. Aspenwall. Pg 20: Daniel Harmon of Calais & Eleanor Lamb of same m. 8 Dec 1836 by Rev. Ashael Moore. Pg 6 - Robert I. Lamb [no town] & Lydia W. Pickens of Calais m. 5/4/1842 by Phenneas Higgins. Pg 10 - Samuel Lamb of Calais & Mary Whitney of Machias m. 11/19/1833 by Rev. Abraham Jackson.

1880 Census, Cooper, Washington ME: Jesse Lamb, born 1844 ME, age 36, farm laborer, married, white, head of household, father and mother born ME; Susan, wife, age 34, born ME, keeping house, father & mother born ME; Clara H., daughter, age 9, born ME; Jesse R., son, age 6, born ME

Samuel Lamb of Calais married Mary Whitney of Machias 11/20/1834.

From Alta Flynt: The Hamiltons of Waterborough, 1912, Boston. Almira(6) Carle (Abigail5 Hamilton, James 4, Benjamin 3, Abel 2, David 1), daughter of Peter and Abigail5 (Hamilton) Carle, was born at Waterborough ME 11/16/1812. She married 7/11/1830, Nathaniel Lamb, born 7/13/1803, died at Baileyville ME 6/4/1880. She died at Milltown NB 12/10/1887 and both are buried at Calais ME. Children: Seth Turner b. at Milltown ME 4/26/1831; Albert b Milltown ME 1/25/1835 d 12/30/1864, m at Calais ME 10/11/1854, Sarah A. Waldron of Milltown ME b 10/11/1835 d 5/8/1864, Child Franklin Freeman b at Calais 7/22/1855 d at Baileyville ME 5/12/1865; Betsey b at Milltown ME 11/14/1836 d 11/27/1836; Peter Carle b at Alexander ME 7/20/1840 d 11/7/1892, m at Calais ME 4/21/1873 Sarah G. Manson of Milltown ME b 4/21/1840, Child Frank Manson b 6/7/1876 d 6/25/1876; James b at Milltown ME 5/21/1843; Anna Caroline b at Milltown ME 4/12/1849. Saco Valley Settlements and Families, 1895, Portland ME pg 559 "Almira b 11/16/1812 m Nathaniel Lamb of Princeton ME."

St. Croix Courier 1887: DECEMBER 22, 1887 DIED : LAMB - In Milltown, N.B., December 10, Almira Lamb, aged 75 years and 25 days.