By Muriel Bristol | July 13, 2025
James Chesley Hayes was born in Dover, NH, January 29, 1760, son of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Hayes) Hayes.
The next settlement is believed to have been made upon Plumer’s Ridge in 1772 or 1773, or very near that time, and probably by Benjamin Scates. Beard Plumer and his brother Joseph, sons of the Hon. John Plumer of Rochester, however, were very early settlers, and it has been sometimes questioned whether they were not the first in this locality. James C. Hayes, David Wallingford, William Palmer, Elijah Horn, Moses Chamberlain, and others, very soon followed and opened up settlements in this neighborhood (Scales, 1914).
Father Ichabod Hayes was among the one hundred ninety-eight men who signed the revolutionary Association Test in Rochester, NH, June 1, 1776.
WE, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets, and Armies, against the United American COLONIES (Batchellor, 1910).
Twenty-two Rochester men “refused” to sign. Another twenty-two Rochester Friends, i.e., “Quakers,” did not “choose” to sign, i.e., they were conscientious objectors.
James C. Hayes married, circa 1789, Betsy Twombly. She born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, June 4, 1762, daughter of Jonathan Twombly.
The date of Mr. [Jonathan] Twombly’s settlement is obtained from the birth of his daughter, Betsey, who afterwards married [in 1789] James C. Hayes. She was born June 4, 1862 [1762], and is believed to have been the first white child born in town (Scales).
(The known children of James C. and Betsy (Twombly) Hayes were James Hayes (1790–1845), Hanson Hayes (1792–1851), Abra Hayes (1795–1879), Chesley Hayes (1798–1835), and Sally Hayes (1803–1828)).
Son James Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, December 27, 1790.
James C. Hayes was one of eighty-five inhabitants of Dover, Rochester, Somersworth, Barrington, and elsewhere, that proposed that a lottery be held in order to raise the 300 they estimated would be necessary to rebuild the Cocheco Bridge in Dover, NH, which had been swept away by the memorable freshet of October 1785 (Hammond, 1882).
Son Hanson Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, January 13, 1792. Daughter Abra Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, June 14, 1795.
Father Ichabod Hayes died in Dover, NH, October 15, 1794. Mother Elizabeth (Hayes) Hayes died in Dover, NH, October 28, 1795.
William Palmer, Esq., received $90.58 in tax money, collected by J.C. Hayes, December 5, 1795, and $29.86 in tax money, collected by James C. Hayes, in 1796.
Son Chesley Hayes was born in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, July 11, 1798.
James Hayes headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Betsy (Twombly) Hayes], three males aged under-10 years [James Hayes, Hanson Hayes, and Chesley Hayes], one female aged under-10 years [Abra Hayes], and one female aged 16-25 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
James C. Hayes signed the Rochester division petition (or Milton separation petition) in what was then Rochester, NH, May 28, 1802.
Daughter Sally Hayes was born in Milton, March 31, 1803.
James C. Hayes, Caleb Wingate, and Benjn Miller were one of nine Milton district school committees in 1804. (See Milton School Committees – 1804).
James C. Hayes purchased Pew No. 23 in the newly-constructed Milton Town House, for $12.50, in 1804. It was situated on the east side of the Gallery balcony, between a vacant pew, Pew No. 22, and that Saml Nash, Pew No. 24. (See Milton Town House – 1804).
Ens. James C. Hayes was assessed in the Milton School District No. 1 of Joseph Plumer in 1806 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).
James C. Hayes died in Milton, February 27, 1809, aged forty-nine years. It would be related, many years later, that he had been killed suddenly …
… by the rolling of a log upon him (Dover Enquirer, April 15, 1845).
Betsy [(Twombly)] Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 45-plus years [herself], two males aged 16-25 years [James Hayes and Hanson Hayes], one female aged 16-25 years [Abra Hayes], one male aged 10-15 years [Chesley Hayes], and one female aged 10-15 years [Sarah Hayes]. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).
James Hayes, Jr., married in Milton, January 28, 1817, Apphia Chard [Card]. Levi Jones, J.P., performed the ceremony. She was born on Seavey’s Island in Kittery, ME, September 11, 1786, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Neal) Card.
Son Hanson Hayes married in Dover, NH, July 3, 1817, [Mrs.] Sophia (Swasey) Hanson, both of Milton. Rev. Joseph W. Clary performed the ceremony. She was born in Dover, NH, January 5, 1796, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Somersby) Swasey (Dover Historical Society, 1894). (Her first husband had been John Hanson, who died April 30, 1814).
Daughter Abra Fish married in Milton, March 6, 1820, Ira Fish. He was born in Milton, January 4, 1790, son of John and Rebecca (Ober) Fish.
Daughter Sally Hayes married, March 3, 1822, Rufus Junkins, he of Wakefield, NH. He was born in Scotland, York, ME, December 16, 1797, son of Eleanor Junkins.
The NH legislature authorized incorporation of the Milton Social Library by nine Milton men, including son Hanson Hayes, June 14, 1822. Gilman Jewett was empowered to call its first meeting and preside over it as its moderator pro tem.
Son Chesley Hayes, and sons-in-law Rufus Junkins and Ira Fish, were among the inhabitants of Wakefield, NH, and vicinity that petitioned the NH legislature, in 1824, seeking to have Wakefield’s northern militia company disannexed from the 27 Regiment of militia and annexed instead to the 33rd Regiment of militia.
Son Chesley Hayes married, in June 1825, Betsy Sherman. She was born in Tamworth, NH, March 8, 1802, daughter of Thomas and Betsy (Keith) Sherman.
Daughter Sally (Hayes) Junkins died in Milton, July 12, 1828, aged twenty-five years.
Widowed son-in-law Rufus Junkins married (2nd) in Wakefield, NH, July 16, 1829, Temperance P. Adams, he of Wakefield, NH, and she of Milton. Rev. Saml Nichols performed the ceremony.
Jas. Hayes, Jr., headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Apphia (Card) Hayes], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years [Benjamin F. Hayes], one male aged 5-9 years [Charles C. Hayes], one male aged under-5 years [Cyrus A. Hayes], and one female aged 60-69 years [Betsy (Twombly) Hayes]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Moses Chamberlain and Levi Jones.
Hanson Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Sophia ((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years [Susan A. Hayes], two females aged 5-9 years [Mary D. Hayes and Sarah E. Hayes], one female aged under-5 years [Clara J. Hayes], one male aged under-5 years [John H. Hayes]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Moulton and Moses Chamberlain.
Ira Fish headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [Ira Fish], one female aged 30-39 years [Abra Fish], two males aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years [Ezra O. Fish], one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 5-9 years [Ira D. Fish]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Forbes and Hiram Wiley.
Rufus Junkins headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fourth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Temperance P. (Adams) Junkins], one male aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and two males aged 5-9 years [Rufus A. Junkins].
Ruel Washburn reported that Mr. Jabez Bradbury had paid Chesley Hayes for $12.50 for his expenses, as per bills No. 20, 21, and 22, for 1832. Mr. Bradbury was a Maine state agent upon the Mattanawcook road, the Baring and Houlton roads, and the Lincoln road, in 1831 and 1832 (Kennebec Journal, April 23, 1834).
Son Chesley Hayes died in Lincoln, ME, February 20, 1835, aged thirty-six years.
Chesley Hayes signed the petition for the first [Lincoln] town meeting, and was the first Town Clerk, serving three years. He bought much real estate in Lincoln, built a house and kept the first hotel. His early death was much regretted (Fellows, 1929).
Widowed daughter-in-law Betsy (Sherman) Hayes married (2nd), in Lincoln, ME, April 17, 1836, Joel Sampson. He was born in Tamworth, NH, December 20, 1789 (Fellows, 1929).
Son James Hayes, Jr., sold his father’s 140-acre farm to the town, which was situated between Plummer’s Ridge and Branch, for use as Milton’s Poor Farm, in 1839.
Note: This place is linked to a bit of interesting history. In 1837, it was voted to deposit with the States, payable to the Sec’y of the Treasury of the United States on demand, the U. S. Treasury surplus, accumulated from tariff after the debt was paid in excess of $5,000,000. Three of four installments to the states were paid when the financial crash of 1837 came. New Hampshire divided what it received among its towns. Milton received its share 14 Mar. 1837 and decided to buy a “town farm” with it. The James Chesley Hayes farm of 140 acres was bought of his son James Hayes, Jr., for $500 (Richmond, 1936).
Timothy Fuller, Treasurer of the School and Ministerial Fund of Lincoln, ME, in 1840, foreclosed on a mortgage given to his predecessor as Treasurer, son Chesley Hayes (back in 1834).
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE. WHEREAS Owen Stinson, on the seventeenth day of 1834, by his deed of mortgage which is recorded in the Penobscot Registry, Book 52, page 51, conveyed to Chesley Hays, Treasurer of the School and Ministerial Fund in the Town of Lincoln, or his successor in said office, a certain lot of land situated in said Lincoln, being lot numbered ten in the fourth range of lots in Township numbered three, containing one hundred acres, more or less. Notice is hereby given that the conditions of said Mortgage have been broken and remain unfulfilled, by reason whereof I claim to foreclose the same. TIMOTHY FULLER, Treasurer of the School and Ministerial Fund in the town of Lincoln. w3w Jan. 14 (Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, Bangor, ME), January 20, 1840).
Son-in-law Ira Fish was noticed, in April 1840, for $55.46 in 1839 taxes due on his home farm, and the Wiggins and Whitehouse lots, in Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME. Joel Sampson was noticed also, for $35.14 due on his home farm, the Buker farm, and his village lot and buildings (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), April 15, 1840).
A Penobscot County Probate Court held in Bangor, ME, April 28, 1840, appointed Ira Fish of Lincoln, ME, as guardian for his nieces, Frances E. Hayes, Sally J. Hayes, and Hannah S. Hayes, minors and heirs of Chesley Hayes, late of Lincoln, ME (Penobscot Probate, 2:540).
James Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Apphia (Card) Hayes], one male aged 15-19 years [Charles C. Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years [Cyrus A. Hayes], one female aged 10-14 years [Sarah C. Hayes], one female aged 5-9 years [Mary J. Hayes], and one female aged 70-79 years [Betsy (Twombly) Hayes]. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David M. Corson and John Nute.
Hanson Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sophia ((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes], one female aged 15-19 years [Sarah E. Hayes], one female aged 10-14 years [Clara J. Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years [John H. Hayes], and one male aged 5-9 years [Andrew J. Hayes]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sarah Chamberlain and Asa Brackett.
Joel Sampson headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one male aged 30-39 years, one female aged 30-39 years [Betsy ((Sherman) Hayes) Sampson], two females aged 10-14 years [Frances E. Hayes], one female aged 5-9 years [Sally J. Hayes], and one female aged under-5 years [Hannah S. Hayes]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Jones and Royal E. Remick.
Ira Fish headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [Ira Fish], one female aged 50-59 years [Abra Fish], one male aged 20-29 years [Ezra O. Fish], two males aged 15-19 years [Ira D. Fish], one male aged 5-9 years [Charles Fish], and one female aged under-5 years [Louisa Fish]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Emery and Israel Hall.
Rufus Junkins headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female age 40-49 years [Temperance P. (Adams) Junkins], two males aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one female aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, one female aged under-5 years, and one female aged 60-69 years. Two members of his household are engaged in Agriculture.
The heirs of son Chesley Hayes were among those noticed of delinquent taxes on his house, barn and farm in Lincoln, Penobscot County, ME, in 1841.
COLLECTOR’S NOTICE -LINCOLN. NOTICE is hereby owners given to of the lands resident and and non-resident proprietors and real estate in the town of Lincoln, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, that the same are taxed for the years A. D. 1839 and 1840, for State, County, Town and School District No. 3 Taxes, and also for Delinquent Highway Taxes for 1838 and 1839, committed to me to collect as Collector for 1839 and 1840, by the Assessors of said town, in the sums following, and that the same remain unpaid in the bills, as follows, viz. in Township No. 3. …
Heirs of Chesley Hayes, house, barn and farm, 210 [acres], 485 [value], 10.67 [cash tax for 1840], 10,67 [total tax]. …
The said Collector will proceed according to law to sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder, at the tavern of John T. Nute, in said Lincoln, on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of June next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, so much of said lands and estates as shall be sufficient to discharge said taxes and the necessary intervening charges, and if no person shall appear on or before that time to discharge said taxes and charges. BENJAMIN G. MONRO, Collector of Lincoln. Dated at Lincoln this 5th day of Feb. 1841 (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), February 17, 1841).
Betsy (Twombly) Hayes died in Milton, October 16, 1844, aged eighty-two years.
DEATHS. In Milton, Oct. 16, 1844, widow Betsey Hayes, relict of Mr. James C. Hayes, who was killed suddenly some years since by the rolling of a log upon him, aged 82. She had a long, painful sickness through the operation of a cancer, on the part of the face over the eye, which she endured with the greatest patience, and died in a most desirable state of tranquility and hope. Being an early settler in the town where she had lived so long, and having witnessed the desolations which death had already made among her early associates, she was willing to go hence, especially as she contemplated so calmly an end to the trials and sufferings she had endured and the lasting enjoyment of rest which is provided for the faithful in Christ (Dover Enquirer, April 15, 1845).
Son James Hayes, Jr., died in Milton, February 18, 1845, aged fifty-four years.
DEATHS. In Milton, Capt. James Hayes, aged about 50 (Dover Enquirer, March 4, 1845).
And continued from his mother’s obituary, of April 15, 1845 …
DEATHS. Also in Milton, on the 18th of February following, Capt. James Hayes, jr., eldest son of the above, aged 54 years. The last hours of the son were cheered with the same consolations and hopes of religion that sustained the spirit of his departing Mother. Though but little past the meridian of life, and an anxious wife and children about him, not all of mature years in life, to hold him to earth, he still submitted himself to the will of God, and received the summons to depart with the greatest tranquility of mind. At the time of his death he was one of the Selectmen of Milton, the duties of which office he had well discharged for nearly two years successively. B.G.W. (Dover Enquirer, April 15, 1845).
Apphia [(Card)] Hayes, aged sixty-four years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Charles Hayes, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Sally Hayes, aged nineteen years (b. NH). Charles Hayes had real estate valued at $900. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those Comfort Laskey, aged seventy-four years (b. NH) and Daniel M. Corson, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. NH).
Hanson Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sophia [((Swasey) Hanson)] Hayes, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), and Andrew J. Hayes, a farmer, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Hanson Hayes had real estate valued at $2,000. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of David M. Corson, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), and James A. Ricker, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH).
Ira Fish, a lumberman, aged sixty years (b. VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and Charles Fish, a student, aged seventeen years (b. ME).
Joel Sampson, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. MA), headed a Lincoln, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Betsey ((Sherman) Hayes) Sampson, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Sarah J. Hayes, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), Hannah S. Hayes, aged eighteen years (b. ME), and Mary A. Sampson, aged ten years (b. ME). Joel Sampson had real estate valued at $1,000.
Rufus Junkins, a blacksmith, aged fifty-two years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Temperance [(Adams)] Junkins, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), James H. Junkins, a shoemaker, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), Rufus A. Junkins, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Sally H. Junkins, aged twenty years (b. NH), Elizabeth Junkins, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Eleanor Junkins, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Edwin W. Junkins, aged twelve years (b. NH), and Priscilla Junkins, aged seven years (b. NH). Rufus Junkins had real estate valued at $500.
Joel Sampson died in Lincoln, ME, July 20, 1850, aged sixty years.
Son Hanson Hayes died in Milton, December 1, 1851.
Widowed daughter-in-law Sophia ((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes married (3rd) in Milton, January 29, 1854, Ebenezer Adams, both of Milton. (Her pension claim gave the marriage date as February 15, 1854). He was aged sixty-one years and she was aged fifty-eight years. Rev. Loren E. Gordon performed the ceremony. He died in Milton, April 4, 1855.
Son-in-law Rufus Junkins died in Union, Wakefield, NH, April 17, 1854, aged fifty-four years.
DEATHS. In Wakefield, Mr. Rufus Junkins, aged about 60 (Dover Enquirer, May 9, 1854).
Daughter-in-law Betsy ((Sherman) Hayes) Sampson died in Lincoln, ME, August 8, 1856, aged fifty-four years (Fellows, 1929).
Aphie [(Card)] Hayes, aged seventy-two years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton (“Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included Sarah C. Hayes, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH). Aphie Hayes had person estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [her son,] Chas. C. Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH) and Samuel G. Chamberlain, a farmer, aged thirty-two years (b. NH).
Ira Fish, a farmer, aged seventy years (b. VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), Maxey Ordway, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), and Geo Voyer, aged sixteen years (b. Canada). Ira Fish had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $300. Maxey Ordway had real estate valued at $300 and personal estate valued at $300.
Aphia [(Card)] Hayes, aged eighty-two years (b. NH [SIC]), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. She shared a two-family dwelling with the household of [her son,] Charles C. Hayes, a millwright, aged forty-seven years (b. NH).
Ira Fish, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. Townshend, VT), headed a Patten, ME, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abra [(Hayes)] Fish, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. Milton, NH), and Sarah Hayes, a domestic, aged fifty years (b. Lincoln, ME). Ira Fish had real estate valued at $900 and personal estate valued at $200. Abra Fish had real estate valued at $1,000.
Son-in-law Ira Fish died in Patten, ME, May 24, 1872, aged eighty-two years.
Death of an Aged Citizen. Hon. Ira Fish of Patten died a few days since at the advanced age of 82 years. In 1824 Mr. Fish moved from New Hampshire to Lincoln, where he remained about twenty years, when he moved to Patten, which has since been his home. He was one of the most prominent and influential business men in that section of the county, had been several times elected to both branches of the Legislature, and frequently held other offices of public trust. He was respected by his neighbors, friends and acquaintances for his many excellent traits of character, as was especially testified by the immense throng which gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to their departed friend (Bangor Whig & Courier, May 31, 1872).
Daughter-in-law Apphia “Effie” (Card) Hayes died of a brain hemorrhage in Milton, October 4, 1878, aged ninety-two years, and twenty-three days.
Union. There has been several quite sudden deaths in this and the neighboring towns with the past ten days, as follows: Mrs. Effie Hayes died at the residence of her son, Charles C. Hayes, Esq., in Milton, on the 4th inst., at the age of 92, of paralysis; she was a sister of the late venerable Thomas Carr [Card] of your city and the oldest person but one in Milton (Dover Enquirer, October 17, 1878).
Daughter Abra (Hayes) Fish died in Patten, ME, February 1, 1879.
Daughter-in-law Sophia (((Swasey) Hanson) Hayes) Adams died in North Berwick, ME, November 25, 1881, aged eighty-four years, ten months.
MAINE NEWS GLEANINGS. York. NORTH BERWICK. – The Biddeford Journal says that Mrs. Sophia Adams of North Berwick died Friday evening after years of sickness and suffering, at the advanced age of 87 years and 10 months (Lewiston Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME), December 3, 1881).
References:
Fellows, Dana W. (1929). History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822-1928. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=jevpT-tMFioC&pg=PA344
Find a Grave. (2021, July 28). Abra (Hayes) Fish. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/94349615/abra-fish
Find a Grave. (2010, April 22). Chesley Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/51475444/chesley-hayes
Find a Grave. (2021, October 10). Hanson Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/232909065/hanson-hayes
Find a Grave. (2009, December 29). Ichabod Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/46094758/ichabod-hayes
Find a Grave. (2014, May 26). James Chesley Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/130395278/james-chesley-hayes
Find a Grave. (2022, March 7). CPT James Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/237336842/james-hayes
Find a Grave. (2018, April 15). Sally Hayes Junkins. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/188848524/sally-junkins
Find a Grave. (2013, January 15). Betsey Sherman [Hayes] Sampson. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/103610485/betsey-sampson
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Milton Observer 