By Muriel Bristol | October 12, 2025
Josiah Witham was born in Kittery, ME, December 2, 1768, son of Amos and Lucy (Weeks) Witham.
Father Amos Witham of Kittery, ME, has been said to have settled in the Northeast Parish of Rochester, NH, i.e., Milton, “probably” circa 1785-86. (He was not enumerated in the First (1790) Federal Census).
Paul Jewett, Amos Witham, Reuben Jones and others were the first settlers of the section near the West Branch river. They came probably about 1785 or 1786.
Among the first who settled at Three Ponds were Samuel Palmer, Levi Burgen, John Fish, Paul Jewett, Pelatiah Hanscom, Robert McGooch, and others (Hurd, 1882).
Rheuben Jones headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-plus [himself], two males under-16 years [John Jones and Nathan Jones], and three females [Mary (Nock) Jones, Mehitable Jones, and Elizabeth Jones].
Josiah Witham married in Wakefield, NH, August 5, 1792, Mehitable “Hittie” Jones. She was born in Berwick, ME, March 20, 1770, daughter of Reuben and Mary “Molly” (Nock) Jones.
(The children of Josiah and Mehitable (Jones) Witham were Sarah Witham (1794–1847), Mary Jones Witham (1797–1878), Lucy Witham (1798-1871), Reuben Jones Witham (1801-1845), Mehitable Witham (1803–1881), Rhoda Witham (1806–1869), Clarissa Witham (1810–), and Josiah Norton Witham (1815-1884)).
Daughter Sarah “Sally” Witham was born in Rochester Northeast Parish, December 1, 1794. Daughter Mary Jones Witham was born in Rochester Northeast Parish, July 14, 1797. Daughter Lucy Witham was born in Rochester Northeast Parish, March 26, 1798.
Amos Witham headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus [himself], one female aged 45-plus [Lucy (Weeks) Witham], one male aged 26-44 years [Obadiah Witham], and one male aged 10-15 years [Joseph Witham].
Reubin Jones headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus [himself], one female aged 45-plus [Mary (Nock) Jones], one male aged 16-25 years [Joshua Jones], two females aged 16-25 years [Elizabeth Jones and Martha Jones], and one male aged 10-15 years [Nathan Jones].
Josiah Witham 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 [Mehitable (Jones) Witham], one male aged 10-15 years, and four females aged under-10 years [Sarah Witham, Mary J. Witham, and Lucy Witham].
Son Reuben Jones Witham was born in Milton, December 4, 1801. He was a namesake for his maternal grandfather, Reuben Jones.
Amos Witham and his sons, Josiah Witham, John Witham, and Obadiah Witham, as well as Ruben Jones, all signed the Rochester Division Petition of May 1802.
Daughter Mehitable Witham was born in Milton, November 5, 1803. Daughter Rhoda Witham was born in Milton, February 11, 1806.
Amos Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Lucy (Weeks) Witham], and one male aged 16-25 years [Joseph Witham]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Stephen Watson and Josiah Witham.
Reuben Jones headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary (Nock) Jones], one female aged 26-44 years, and one male aged under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Thomas Remick and Nathan Jones.
Josiah Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Mehitable (Jones) Witham], three females aged 10-15 years [Sarah Witham, Mary J. Witham], one male aged under-10 years [Reuben J. Witham], five females aged under-10 years [Mehitable Witham, Rhoda Witham, Clarissa Witham]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Amos Witham and Nathl Jewett.
Daughter Clarissa Witham was born in Milton, May 6, 1810.
The Milton Selectmen of 1812-13 were Ichabod Hayes, Jas. Roberts, and Josiah Witham.
The Milton Selectmen of 1815-17 were Jas. Roberts, Josiah Witham, and Jos. Walker.
Father-in-law Reuben Jones died in Milton, NH, circa 1815, aged sixty-seven years.
Son Josiah Norton Witham was born in Milton, November 25, 1815.
Josiah Witham and his sons, Josiah Witham and Reuben J. Witham, signed the Milton Militia Division petitions of November 1820. (See Milton Militia Division Petitions – November 1820 and Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).
Daughter Sarah Witham married in Milton, December 20, 1820, James Sanborn. John Remick, Jr., J.P., performed the ceremony. Sanborn was born in Acton, ME, October 20, 1795, son of Joseph and Sarah (Veasey) Sanborn.
Josiah Witham was an original incorporator of the Milton Social Library, in June 1822.
Mother-in-law Mary “Molly” (Nock) Jones died in Lebanon, ME, December 8, 1822, aged seventy-two years.
Mother Lucy (Weeks) Witham died in Milton, April 27, 1823, aged eighty-four years. Father Amos Witham died in Milton, August 9, 1823, aged eighty-one years.
Daughter Mahitable Witham married in Milton, December 23, 1824, John Sanborn, she of Milton and he of Shapleigh, ME. John Remick, J.P., performed the ceremony. Sanborn was born in Acton, ME, April 18, 1800, son of Joseph and Sarah (Veasey) Sanborn.
Son Reuben J. Witham married in Milton, July 4, 1825, Mercy Walker. Rev. Herschel Foster performed the ceremony. She was born in the Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, August 23, 1801, daughter of Joseph and Sally (Pray) Walker.
Daughter Mary J. Witham married in Milton, April 23, 1826, Levi Wentworth, both of Milton. James Roberts, J.P., performed the ceremony. Wentworth was born in Milton, July 4, 1801, son of Samuel and Sarah (Stone) Wentworth.
Daughter Rhoda Witham married in Milton, June 8, 1826, John Jones, she of Milton and he of Wakefield, NH. John Remick, J.P., performed the ceremony. Jones was born in Lebanon, ME, in 1801, son of John Jones.
Josiah Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years [Mehitable (Jones) Witham], one female aged 30-39 years, one female aged 20-29 years, and one male aged 10-14 years [Josiah N. Witham]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Amos Witham and R.J. Witham.
Levi Wentworth headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 20-29 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years [Sarah (Witham) Wentworth], two females aged under-5 years [Martha Wentworth and Clarissa Wentworth], and one male aged under-5 years [Reuben J. Wentworth].
R.J. Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 20-29 years [himself], and one female aged 20-29 years [Mercy (Walker) Witham]. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Josiah Witham and John Witham.
John Sanborn, Jr., headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years [Mehitable (Witham) Sanborn], one male aged 15-19 years, and one female aged under-5 years.
Son Josiah N. Witham married in Milton, May 31, 1838, Sarah A. Walker, both of Milton. Rev. John French performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, April 20, 1814, daughter of Joseph and Sally (Pray) Walker.
Josiah Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], one female aged 60-69 years [Mehitable (Jones) Witham], one female aged 40-49 years [Lucy Witham], one female aged 30-39 years [Mehitable Witham], and one female aged 10-14 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his sons,] Josiah N. Witham and Reuben J. Witham.
Levi Wentworth had a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mary J. (Witham)] Wentworth], two females aged 10-14 years [Martha Wentworth and Clarissa Wentworth], one male aged 10-14 years [Eli Wentworth], one male aged 5-9 years [Reuben J. Wentworth], one female aged 5-9 years [Mary E. Wentworth], and one male aged under-5 years [Moses Wentworth]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Witham and Josuah N. Witham.
Ruben J. Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], and one female aged 30-39 years [Mercy (Walker) Witham]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his father,] Josiah Witham and Nathan Jones.
John Jones headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Rhoda (Witham) Jones], two females aged 10-14 years, three males aged 5-9 years, two males aged under-5 years, one female aged under-5 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Josiah N. Witham headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 20-29 years [himself], and one female age 20-29 years [Sarah A. (Walker) Witham]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in enumeration between those of Levi Wentworth and [his father,] Josiah Witham.
The Milton Selectmen of 1841 were J.M. Twombly, R.J. Witham, and Ephm. Hayes. The Milton Selectmen of 1842 were J.M. Twombly, R.J. Witham, and Enoch Banfield.
Son-in-law John Jones died in Wakefield, NH, in 1845.
Son Reuben J. Witham made his last will, September 23, 1845. He devised his lands, excepting the homestead formerly occupied by his father and its lot, to his wife, Mercy Witham. He devised $50 to his mother, Mahitable Witham. He devised his horses, horse carriages, and farming tools to his wife, Mercy Witham, his sisters, Lucy Witham and Martha Witham, and his mother, Mahitable Witham. He devised the rest and residue of his estate to his brother, Josiah N. Witham, whom he also named as executor. Nathan Jones, Cyrus F. Hart, and James Berry witnessed his signature (Strafford County Probate, 61:219).
Son Reuben J. Witham died in Milton, October 26, 1845 , aged 43 years, ten months, and twenty-two days.
DEATHS. In Milton, Oct. 26, Mr. Reuben J. Witham, aged about 44 (Dover Enquirer, November 18, 1845).
The last will of Reuben J. Witham was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Rochester, NH, February 3, 1846. Nathan Jones, Cyrus F. Hart, and James Berry witnessed his signature (Strafford County Probate, 61:220).
Daughter Sarah (Witham) Sanborn died in Milton, October 22, 1847, aged fifty-two years, ten months, and twenty-one days.
Widowed son-in-law James Sanborn married (2nd) September 12, 1849, Mary Wentworth. She was born in Milton, September 4, 1798, daughter of Ephraim and Susanna (Cook) Wentworth.
Daughter-in-law Mercy (Walker) Witham married (2nd) in Milton, December 25, 1850 [1849?], Joseph Coleman (per Joseph Coleman’s War of 1812 Pension File). He was born in Newington, NH, 1791, son of Joseph and Mary (Godwin) Coleman. (His first wife, Olive C. (Adams) Coleman, had died in Portsmouth, NH, June 3, 1850).
Father-in-law Joseph Walker died of lung fever in Milton, January 22, 1850, aged eighty-one years. He was a farmer. His last will was proved in Strafford County Probate court held in Dover, NH, February 5, 1850 (Strafford County Probate, 61:414).
James Sanborn, a wheelwright, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Wentworth)] Sanborn, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), Martha Sanborn, aged fifteen years (b. ME), Susan Perkins, aged forty-four years (b. NH), Luther H. Perkins, aged one year (b. NH), and Laura H. Perkins, aged one year (b. NH). James Sanborn had real estate valued at $1,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Remington Hutchins, a carpenter, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), and Joseph G. Wentworth, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH).
Levi Wentworth, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Witham)] Wentworth, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), Reuben Wentworth, a farmer, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Mary E Wentworth, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Moses Wentworth, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Sarah E. Wentworth, aged nine years (b. NH), and Hiram Wentworth, aged seven years (b. NH). Levi Wentworth had real estate valued at $200. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nancy Jewett, aged sixty years (b. NH), and John Archibald, a farmer, aged fifty-four years (b. NH).
Joseph Coleman, a joiner, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Portsmouth, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mercy [((Walker) Witham)] Coleman, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Eliza Ann Coleman, aged nine years (b. NH), Alena Coleman, aged seven years (b. NH), and Olvia Manson, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH). They shared a two-family house with the household of Wiley Coleman, a joiner, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).
John Sanborn, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. MA), headed a Brookfield, NH, household, at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mehitable [(Witham)] Sanborn, aged forty-six years (b. MA [SIC]), Mehitable Sanborn, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Lovey Sanborn, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Eliza Sanborn, aged ten years (b. NH), and Almira Sanborn, aged ten years (b. NH). John Sanborn had real estate valued at $1,000.
Rhoda [(Witham)] Jones, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Reuben Jones, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Martha Jones, aged twenty years (b. NH), Hiram Jones, aged eighteen years (b. NH), John Jones, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Josiah Jones, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Mahala Jones, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Matilda Jones, aged eight years (b. NH), and Ellen Jones, aged four years (b. NH). Rhoda Jones had real estate valued at $1,000.
Josiah N. Witham, farming, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sarah [(Walker)] Witham, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Charles Witham, aged ten years (b. NH), Eliza Witham, aged six years (b. NH), Charles Witham, aged three years (b. NH), Mehitable [(Jones)] Witham, aged eighty-two years (b. ME), Lucy Witham, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Martha Witham, aged forty years (b. NH). Josiah N. Witham had real estate value at $3,000. Their household was enumerated between those of Brackett Merrill, a lumber dealer, aged thirty-four years (b. ME), and Asa Jewett, a lumber dealer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH).
Mercy (Walker) Witham married (2nd) in Milton, December 25, 1850 [1849?], Joseph Coleman (per Joseph Coleman’s War of 1812 Pension File). He was born in Newington, NH, 1791, son of Joseph and Mary (Godwin) Coleman. (His first wife, Olive C. (Adams) Coleman, had died in Portsmouth, NH, June 3, 1850).
James Sanborn, a farmer, aged sixty-five years, headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Wentworth)] Sanborn, aged sixty-one years. James Sanborn had real estate valued at $1,800 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Stanton, a farmer, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and Joseph G. Wentworth, a farmer, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH).
Mehitable [(Jones)] Witham, aged ninety years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lucy Witham, aged sixty-two years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [her son,] J.N. Witham, a farmer, aged forty-four years (b. NH), and Lyman Wentworth, a farm laborer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH).
Levi Wentworth, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mary [(Witham)] Wentworth, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), Mary E. Wentworth, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and Edgar Wentworth, aged four years (b. NH). Levi Wentworth had real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $200. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Jewett, a farmer, aged thirty-five years, and E. Wentworth, Jr., a farmer, aged thirty years.
Joseph Coleman, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mercy [((Walker) Witham)] Coleman, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH). Joseph Coleman had real estate valued at $400 and personal estate valued at $100. (The resided in close proximity to the household of her brother-in-law, J.N. Witham, a farmer, aged forty-four years (b. NH).
John Sanborn, farming, aged sixty years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield (Union P.O.), NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mehitable [(Witham)] Sanborn, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), Lovey Sanborn, works in hotel, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Eliza Sanborn, works on shoes, aged twenty years (b. NH), and Elmira Sanborn, works on shoes, aged twenty years (b. NH). John Sanborn had personal estate valued at $200.
Hiram Jones, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Rhoda [(Witham)] Jones, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), Josiah Jones, a machinist, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Mahala Jones, a factory operative, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Matilda F. Jones, a houseworker, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Ellen M. Jones (b. NH), aged fourteen years. Hiram Jones had real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate valued at $500.
J.N. Witham, a farmer, aged forty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sarah A. [(Walker)] Witham, aged forty-six years (b. NH), Charles Witham, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Mary E. Witham, aged eleven years (b. NH). J.N. Witham had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Rines, a farmer, aged forty-four years (b. NH), and [his mother,] Mehitable [(Jones)] Witham, aged ninety years (b. NH).
Mehitable (Jones) Witham died of old age in Milton, May 10, 1863, aged ninety-three years. She was a farmer.
Son-in-law Levi Wentworth died of consumption in Milton, June 18, 1866. He was a married farmer.
Mother-in-law Sarah “Sally” (Pray) Walker died of old age in Milton, April 18, 1867, aged ninety years, six months. [Her gravestone says 1868]. She was a widow.
Daughter Rhoda (Witham) Jones died of apoplexy in Wakefield, NH, in July 1869, aged sixty-three years. She was a widowed housekeeper.
Daughter-in-law Mercy ((Walker) Witham) Coleman died in 1869. (Her second husband’s War of 1812 pension records note that she had predeceased him, who died in 1878).
James Sanborn, a wheelwright, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Polly [(Wentworth)] Sanborn, keeping house, aged seventy-two years (b. NH). James Sanborn had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $355. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Stanton, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), and George H. Hurd, works for shoe factory, aged forty-one years (b. NH).
John Sanborn, a farm laborer, aged seventy years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield (“Union P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Lovey Sanborn, keeping house, aged thirty-four years (b. NH). John Sanborn had personal estate valued at $140.
Mary [(Witham)] Wentworth, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Sarah E. Wentworth, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Edgar A. Wentworth, works in felt mill, aged fourteen years (b. NH). Sarah E. Wentworth had real estate valued at $325 and personal estate valued at $140. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William Brierley, works in felt mill, aged forty-two years (b. England), and Joseph Coleman, a carpenter, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH).
Josiah N. Witham, a farmer, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah A. [(Walker)] Witham, keeping house, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), Lura Booth, aged six years (b. NH), and Allen Randall, a farm laborer, aged forty years (b. NH). Josiah N. Witham had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $1,072. Theirs was a two-family residence, which they shared with the household of Lucy Witham, keeping house, aged seventy-two years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Coleman, a carpenter, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), and Olive L. Remmick, keeping house, aged seventy-nine years (b. ME).
Joseph Coleman, a carpenter, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included [his daughter,] Olivia Manson, keeping house, aged forty-eight years (b. New Brunswick). Joseph Coleman had real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $200. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mary Wentworth, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), and [his brother-in-law,] Josiah N. Witham, a farmer, aged fifty-four years (b. NH).
Daughter Lucy Witham died of paralysis in Milton, March 14, 1871, aged seventy-three years, eight months.
Son-in-law John Sanborn died, April 20, 1876, aged seventy-six years.
Son-in-law James Sanborn died of a fever in Milton, June 21, 1877, aged eighty-two years, eight months, and twenty days. He was a married farmer.
Daughter Mary J. (Witham) Wentworth died of apoplexy in Wakefield, NH, February 20, 1878, aged eighty-two years. She was a widowed housekeeper.
Joseph Coleman died of paralysis and old age in Portsmouth, NH, May 26, 1878, aged eighty-seven years. He was a carpenter.
Lovie Sanborn, keeping house, aged forty-four years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her mother, Mehitable [(Witham)] Sanborn, a widow, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), and her boarder, Henry W. Burnham, works in felt mill, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Mehitable Sanborn was said to be “insane,” presumably suffering from some form of senile dementia.
Josiah N. Witham, a farmer, aged sixty-four years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah A. [(Walker)] Witham, keeping house, aged sixty-four years (b NH), and his adopted daughter, Lura A. Witham, works in felt mill, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Samuel F. Rines, a blacksmith, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), and Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH).
Daughter Mehitable (Witham) Sanborn died in Wakefield, NH, in 1881, aged seventy-seven years.
Son Josiah N. Witham died of enteritis in Milton, June 22, 1884, aged sixty-eight years, eight months, and three days. He was a married farmer. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate court held in Dover, NH, in July 1884 (Strafford County Probate, 102:83).J.
COUNTY AFFAIRS. Acton. J.E. Sanborn has moved from Mass. to his father’s and Reuben Archibald has moved from Milton Mill into the Josiah Witham house (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), February 5, 1885).
References:
Find a Grave. (2018, April 15). Mehitable Witham Sanborn. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/188842301/mehitable-sanborn
Find a Grave. (2015, September 6) Sally Witham Sanborn. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/151911464/sally-sanborn
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