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SUSANNA'S PARENTS: Theodore was born 4 February 1753 in York, Maine. He died at sea in 1800. Lucy was born 7 July 1753 in York, and died in 1820 at Bath, Maine. They were married in 1775 in York (Sayward, THE SAYWARD FAMILY [op. cit.], 78; DAR PATRIOT INDEX, 3 [op. cit.], 2577; Bragdon and Frost, THE VITAL RECORDS OF YORK MAINE [op. cit.], 68, 158).

Tristram was a farmer. According to the 1800 Census of York County, he owned three slaves.

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In his history of Waterboro titled WATERBORO, YORK COUNTY, MAINE, 1768 - 1955 [op. cit.], Ernest G. Knight provides the following information about Clement's father and family:

"A search of the records in the Registry of deeds at Alfred reveals that Clement Moody of Stow, then in the County of Chittenden, [now County of Lamoille] Vt., found his way into town and being satisfied that there was an opportunity for a 'living' purchased from James Barnes December 28, 1795, from John Wheelwright April 28, 1801 and from John Smith February 13, 1802 tracts of land which . . . contained more than 300 acres. The record of these conveyances is found in Volume 68 at Pages 194, 195 and 196. This John Smith was the first settler in town. That Clement Moody had a large family is indicated by the abundance of stone walls that yet remain and the record of vital statistics which show:
       Elizabeth Moody married Joseph Pike, Jr. Dec. 20, 1787; Sarah Moody mar-
       ried Edward Scribner, Jr. 19 November 1789; Clement Moody, Jr. married
       Mehetable Scribner Jan. 1, 1794. Lois m. John Pike April 7, 1796. Records
       of the following generation show that Moody Pike m. Sally Fisk Jan. 1, 1816."

In the book, THREE SCORE AND TEN UNION SOCIETY: Being Autobiographical Accounts of the Experiences of Some Early Residents of Stowe, Vermont, Recorded in 1874-1875 [op. cit.], their son, Edward, relates the following about his parents, Clement and Mehitable:

       "My father Clement Moody came from Kenebec, Main[e] about 1793, went on to the land where Azro Slayton now lives--it was then all woods except a small choping where there was a log house covred with bark, a basswood log floor--livd pretty short . . . Father died when I was thirteen years old--Mother was poor--had six children no cow--She workd out by days work washing or taking in spinning to support herself & children. Mothers name before she was married was Scribner--She came from Kenebeck--I lived with Mother until she was married to Mr. Stephen Jones of Waterbury."

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In his history, WATERBORO, YORK COUNTY, MAINE 1768-1955 [op. cit.], Ernest G. Knights tells of John's having a part in building a new Meeting House in Waterboro, as follows:
"On the 19th day of October, 1803, a meeting was held to 'sell the pew privileges in the Meeting House that is about to be built at public auction and to appoint a committee of three to receive the pay for the pew privileges and to pay the same out to such as shall do the work,or build the meeting house.' . . . The pew privileges on the floor sold for various amounts, from $28.00 to $71.00, with a total of $1924.00. Pew number 26 was reserved as a Parsonage pew. The gallery sold from $10.00 to $39.00, with a total of $198.00 and making $2,122.00 in all. The building of the house was let out by contract. John Scribner was low bidder for the frame of the house at $368.00."
The Town of Waterborough officially changed the spelling of its name to "Waterboro" on 10 March 1895.
John is buried in the Scribner Cemetery in Waterboro.

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Samuel was the first one in the Scribner Family to settle in Harrison, moving there from Waterborough in 1797. He was the Moderator of the Harrison Town Meetings for many years.

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Abraham was the brother of Nathaniel Burnham, who married Alice's younger sister, Abigail. Abraham was a farmer in Harrison.
ABRAHAM'S PARENTS: Reuben was born before 18 March 1732/33 (his baptism date) in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died in 1775 at Bridgton, killed by a falling tree. Elizabeth was born before 18 September 1737 (her baptism date) in Ipswich, Essex County. They married 10 March 1756 at Ipswich (BOXFORD VRs [op. cit.], 18; Ridlon, EARLY SETTLERS OF HARRISON [op. cit.], 31; VITAL RECORDS OF IPSWICH MASSACHUSETTS TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1849, 1 [Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1910], 336; IPSWICH VRs, 2 [op. cit.], 78).