Genealogy of Samuel Proctor

The following is quoted from Windham In The Past by Samuel Thomas Dole:

The ancestor of this family in Maine was Samuel Proctor, the son of John Proctor, who was executed for the supposed crime of witchcraft in Salem, Aug. 9, 1692 and whose wife was condemnned, but not executed. They had sustained excellent characters both in Ipswich and in Danvers, where they had lived previous to the witchcraft delusion. Samuel was their eighth child. He was born in 1680 and came to Falmouth (now Portland) from Lynn, between Sept., 1717, and Nov., 1719. He built a house on Fore Street, where be lived. He died Mar., 10, 1765, aged 85 years. He was a man of umblemished character and a valuable citizen. He married, previous to his settlement in Falmouth, Sarah, daughter of Anthony Brackett, by whom he had nine children

1. John, born in Lynn, June 24, 1715; married, first, in 1743, Mary Tibbets; second, Mary Huston, in 1760: settled in Falmouth.
2. Benjamin, born in Lynn, Sept. 6, 1717 married, in 1740, Sarah Favor.
3. Samuel, born in Falmouth, Nov.24, 1719 married, in 1745, Eliza Johnson.
4. Sarah, born in Falmouth, in 1723; married, in 1739, John Cox.
5. William. born in Falmouth, ______ 1724.
6. Keziah, born in Falmouth, ______ 1727.
7. Karenhappuck, born in Falmouth, _______ 1729; married, first, Joseph Hicks; second her cousin, Anthony Brackett, in 1756.
8. Jemima, married _______ 1755, William Gennis,
9. Dorcas, married Jonathan Paine.

William Proctor, son of Samuel and Sarah (Brackett) Proctor, married, first, in 1750, Charity Lunt. She died previous to 1760, as, in that year, he married his second wife, Susannah Hall. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hall, who was killed by the Indians on Martinicus Island, June 10, 1757. William Proctor settled in Windham and died there, Feb. 14, 1807, aged 83 years. We have no record of his wife's death. According to the town records, they had six children:

1. Ebenezer, married Bethia Mayberry, (intention entered Nov. 20, 1790).
2. Anthony, married Mary Small, in 1794.
3. Jane, married Benjamin Ham, in 1783.
4. Hannah, married Ralph Jackson of Raymond.
5. Susannah, married, Nov. 28, 1788, Richard Shane, then "of Windham. "
6. Keziah, married, Jan. 10, 1783, Samuel Dingley of Raymond.

David, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, married Fanny Chute, in 1813.

Elijah, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, went to New York State, married, and died there.

Edmund M., son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, married Sarah Page. He was a farmer and carpenter; lived near Windham Center; and died there, Nov. 26, 1868, aged 62 years, 4 months. His wife, Sarah, died Sept. 28, 1889, aged 75 years, 6 mos. It is said that they had nine children, but we have no connected record of the family. They had a daughter, Sophronia, who died Dec. 31, 1857, aged 18 years, 4 months. They also had daughters, Zilpha, Nancy, and Almeda. Their only son, Warren Scott, was lost on the steamboat, "Portland," Nov. 27, 1898. Probably they had other children.

Susan, daughter of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, married, May 12, 1815, James Nason of Gorham.

©All information on this page is quoted directly from and remains the property of Windham In The Past, by Samuel Thomas Dole, as Edited by Frederick Howard Dole, Reprinted Courtesy of the Windham Historical Society, 1974.

©All information on this page is quoted directly from and remains the property of Windham In The Past, by Samuel Thomas Dole, as Edited by Frederick Howard Dole, Reprinted Courtesy of the Windham Historical Society, 1974.

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