Dixfield Descendants of Early Settlers


George Stephen Lyle Dunlop.George married Ruby Jane Myers.

Ruby Jane Myers [Parents].Ruby married George Stephen Lyle Dunlop.

Other marriages:
Cantrell, Gary Roland


Gary Roland Cantrell.Gary married Ruby Jane Myers.

Ruby Jane Myers [Parents].Ruby married Gary Roland Cantrell.

Other marriages:
Dunlop, George Stephen Lyle


Robert Allen Carter.Robert married Lauren Kathleen Myers.

Lauren Kathleen Myers [Parents].Lauren married Robert Allen Carter.


Lawrence Edward St Clair Myers [Parents].Lawrence married Doris Allen.

Doris Allen.Doris married Lawrence Edward St Clair Myers.


Hon. Elbridge Gerry Harlow [Parents] was born on 13 Oct 1825 in Mexico, ME. He died on 23 Oct 1883 in Dixfield, ME. He married Harriet A.

Other marriages:
Stanley, Rosella

It was the custom to name children after famous people. Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) was fifth vice president, under James Monroe, 1813 until his death in 1814. His political career began in 1772 when he became a member of the Mass. General Court. He joined Samuel Adams in opposition to the British. He was a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1787 he represented Mass. at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He was a member of the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1793. In 1810 Gerry was elected governor of Mass. as a Democratic-Republican. The term "gerrymander" originated in 1812 when Gov. Gerry signed a bill redistricting Mass in such a way as to ensure his own party continued control. One district was compared in shape to a salamander, which then led to Gerrymander.

Harriet A was born about 1818. She died on 7 Jul 1857 in Canton, Oxford, ME. She married Hon. Elbridge Gerry Harlow.

They had the following children:

  M i William Gerry Harlow was born on 3 Sep 1855. He died after 1920.

Single. Merchant for dry & fancy goods - 1900 Dixfield census
Retail Dry Goods - 1880 Dixfield Census

Ebenezer Harlow was born on 14 Nov 1772. He died on 21 Jun 1837 in Turner, Oxford, ME.

He had the following children:

  M i Hon. Elbridge Gerry Harlow was born on 13 Oct 1825. He died on 23 Oct 1883.

Joseph Holland Newman [Parents] was born on 5 Aug 1821 in Dixfield, ME. He died on 20 Feb 1870 in Dixfield, ME. He married Myrtilla H Yetten on 15 Nov 1848 in Dixfield, ME.

Myrtilla H Yetten [Parents] was born on 3 Jul 1824 in Dixfield, ME. She died on 19 Jun 1910. She married Joseph Holland Newman on 15 Nov 1848 in Dixfield, ME.

They had the following children:

  F i Mandana E Newman was born in Dec 1849.
  M ii Wallace Newman was born in 1851 in Dixfield, ME.
  F iii Zueda Newman was born in 1852. She died on 2 Feb 1923.
  F iv Vienna Newman was born in Nov 1859.

Joseph Yetten [Parents] was born on 18 Apr 1795 in New Gloucester, ME. He married Polly Holland.

Polly Holland was born about 1800. She married Joseph Yetten.

They had the following children:

  F i Myrtilla H Yetten was born on 3 Jul 1824. She died on 19 Jun 1910.

Stephen Farnham was born in 1809 in Rumford, ME. He died after 1870. He married Sara Virgin.

Sara Virgin.Sara married Stephen Farnham.

They had the following children:

  M i William V F Farnham was born in 1831 in ME .
  F ii Nancy L V Farnham was born in 1833 in ME .
  F iii Frances J Farnham was born on 25 Sep 1836. She died on 14 Aug 1894.
  M iv Solon S Farnham was born in 1839 in ME .

Josiah Newman was born on 20 Dec 1757 in Bolton, Worcester, MA. He died on 5 Nov 1838 in Dixfield, ME. He married Abigail Dows.

Abigail Dows was born on 7 Sep 1765 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA. She died on 10 Apr 1856 in Dixfield, ME. She married Josiah Newman.

They had the following children:

  M i Josiah Newman was born on 13 Feb 1783. He died on 8 Sep 1865.

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