Identifier: genealogicalfami03littlc (find matches)
Title: Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser), 1837-1926 Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Subjects: Maine -- Genealogy
Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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lyplace of refuge for settlers for many milesaround. It is stated that in the war of 1755nearly all the families of Friendship movedwithin this garrison. The list of settlers re-ferred to above was prepared, it is supposed,by Captain John North, some years before hisdeath in 1763, and it is probable that the Bick-more family located here, many years prior tothis date. (\) John, eldest son of George and Eliza-beth Bickmore. was born in IMilton, Massa-chusetts, and baptized April 4, 1730. Thereis no record to show when or where he mar-ried, and the only fact learned is that he re-moved early from Milton with his father tothe coast of Maine, the present town of Friend-ship. (Y) George, younger son of George andElizabeth Bickmore, was born in Milton, June6, and there baptized June 10. 1732. He re-moved with his fathers family, probably inearly boyhood, to Friendship, Maine, and nofurther account is given. .(VI) Samuel, son (probably) of George, ofFriendship, Maine, was born July 10. 1772,
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^^Jl6UyJ-- -S. ^ccyt^ <2-e_ STATE OF MAINE. 2097 and died May 23, 1838, in the town of St.George, to which place his parents had re-moved from some of the neighboring islandsafter leaving Friendship. He married, Febru-ary 9, 1796, Mary Barter, who was bornDecember 8, 1773, and died October 8, 1856,aged eighty-two years ten months. In thefamily Bible the marriage of Samuel andMary Barter is recorded Beckmore, thoughthe descendants use the i instead of e.They had seven children: Samuel, bom No-vember 19, 1797; Roger, born May 2, 1800,died June 17, 1812; Nancy, born October 4,1802, died July i, 1854, married January 5,1833, to Samuel Richards (children: MaryJane Richards, born October 28, 1833, ^ried March 14, 1853, to Luther A. Pitcher;John H. B. Richards, born October 9, 1835 ;Charles S. \V. Richards, born April 19, 1838;Sylvanus G. S. Richards, born March 3,1841); George, born April 16, 1805, diedOctober 12, 1838; Henry, born May 17, 1808;John, born December 29, 1811 ; (further men

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