Generation 1
SUSAN RIDDLESDALE, daughter of John & Dorcas Riddlesdale
Baptized April 20, 1584 at St. Mary's Church, Boxford, co. Suffolk, England
Died March 10, 1657/8 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
When Susan was 24 years old, she married THOMAS FRENCH on September 5, 1608 at Saint Edmund's Church, Assington, co. Suffolk, England. He was baptized October 11, 1584 at St. Mary's Parish, Bures, co. Suffolk, England. They had eight children who were baptized at the same Church they were married.
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| Saint Edmund's Church, Assington, Suffolk, England where Susan married and her children were baptized |
Generation 2
MARY FRENCH, daughter of Thomas & Susan (Riddlesdale) French
Baptized January 6, 1624 at St. Edmund's Church, Assington, co. Suffolk, England
Died before December 15, 1674 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
When she was 20 years old, she married GEORGE SMITH in 1644, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. She had been the youngest child born to her parents. She was probably 12 or 13 when she immigrated with her parents and siblings to America, losing her father a few years after their arrival. She was the mother of seven children. Her husband died December 15, 1674 and his will made no mention of a widow, meaning she had predeceased him.
Generation 3
SARAH SMITH, daughter of George & Mary (French) Smith
Born about 1645 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Died after 1700 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
When she was 19, she married JOHN NEWMAN on November 9, 1664 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. They had eight children together. She was named in her father's will in 1673 as "Sary Newman." Her date of death was not recorded in Ipswich records.
Generation 3
SARAH NEWMAN, daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Newman
Born August 23, 1665 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Died August 18, 1723 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
When she was 18, she married WILLIAM HUNT on June 9, 1684 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the mother of 13 children. Her death was recorded as Sarah Hunt, the wife of Sergeant William Hunt.
Generation 4
MEHITABLE HUNT, daughter of William & Sarah (Newman) Hunt
Born July 12, 1705 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Died before 1763 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine
When she was 19, she married BENJAMIN BLACKSTONE on November 7, 1724 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. She and her husband acknowledged the covenant at the First Church of Falmouth (Now Portland, Maine) in 1728. Although, they were residents of Falmouth, the area which they resided is now part of Portland, Maine. She was the mother of 11 children. She was not named in her husband's will.
The First Parish Church of Portland, Maine which was originally the First Church of Falmouth.
Generation 5
MEHITABLE BLACKSTONE, daughter of William & Mehitable (Hunt) Blackstone
Baptized June 5, 1737 at North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine
Died after 1790, Freeport, Cumberland, Maine
When she was 21, she married JOHN DAY in 1758 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland Maine. She was the mother of 5 children. Mehitable Day, received from Benjamin Blackstone, executor to the last will and Testament of my "honored father Benjamin Blackstone, late of Falmouth, deceased," the sum of 14 pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence and a warrantee deed for the right and title of the land my father had in North Yarmouth together with my husband John Day for our heirs do acknowledge fully satisfied. Note that the ten acres of woodland willed to me is mine also. No date other than July, but her father's will and other deeds were for the year 1763 (Cumberland County Deeds, vol. 3, p. 4). She was living on the 1790 census of Freeport, Maine.
Generation 6
HANNAH DAY, daughter of John & Mehitable (Blackstone) Day
Born in 1759 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine
Died before 1806 in Freeport, Cumberland, Maine
When she was 23 years old, she married DANIEL CARTER Jr. on November 7, 1782 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine. They had six children together. She had died prior to her husband remarriage on November 20, 1806 in Freeport, Maine.
Generation 7
OLIVE DAY, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Day) Carter
Born September 28, 1795 in Freeport, Cumberland, Maine
Died April 17, 1868 in Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
When she was 20, she married JONATHAN WOODMAN on December 3, 1815 in Freeport, Cumberland, Maine. They had 10 children. In settling her estate, two of her sons, Seward and Daniel were accused of concealing and embezzling from their mother's estate by the other surviving siblings. Probate records record the questions and answers by Daniel and Seward from the investigation in 1868. They were accused of burning records of debts they owed their mother or records of income of their mother's estate which they denied and proclaimed their inocence.
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| Drawing of Olive |
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| Photograph of Olive |
EMILY WOODMAN, daughter of Jonathan and Olive (Day) Woodman
Born February 22, 1821 in Canaan, Somerset, Maine
Died after 1853, probably in Boston, Massachusetts
When she was 14, she married STEPHEN THURSTON on December 24, 1835 in Newport, Penobscot, Maine. She had four children. For many years, it was assumed that Emily had died before 1850 as she did not appear on the 1850 census with her husband and children. But in 1849, Emily petitioned for a divorce from her husband libeling that he had committed the crime of cruelty, was a drunkard and unable to provide for his family and committed the crime of Adultery in 1848. The divorced was granted. Emily asked for custody of her 2 daughters and the 2 sons were left in their father's care. For Emily to divorce her husband at a time when there were few career choices for women besides wife and mother, it must have been a bad situation at home. In 1850, Emily was living in Bangor, Maine with her sister and a female cousin, but no occupations were listed. Maine law at that time, only covered divorce for the person who petitioned. So her ex-husband was still legally married to her, although she was recognized as divorced from her husband. Stephen spent the next 4 years petitioning for divorce from Emily. At first the Court denied his first petitioned with no reason given. He then petitioned the State Legislature for a divorce which was passed over. His petition claimed that Emily had desserted him and left him with 4 children and that he had been a good citizen and husband. He also wanted custody of his daughters. Then in 1853, Stephen tried again in Court and it was granted, but no change was made in custody of the children. Maine Legislature must have decided the court cases of having essentially double divorces for each petitioner in the Courts was too much and in 1857, Maine law was changed that when one person petitioned for a divorce, the decree for divorce would pertain to both parties. It was the 1852, petition of Stephen in which he stated that Emily was last known to be living in Boston, Massachusetts. Nothing more to date has been found on her. However the petition for her mother's estate in 1868 by the surviving heirs did not include Emily.
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| Emily (Woodman) Thurston |
MARY EMILY THURSTON, daughter of Stephen & Emily (Woodman) Thurston
Born November 15, 1848 in Plymouth, Penobscot, Maine
Died November 20, 1924 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine
When she was 14, she married BENJAMIN J. WOODWARD on July 10, 1863 in Bowerbank, Piscataquis, Maine. Mary "Emma" as she was called was raised by her maternal grandparents, Jonathan and Olive Woodman. When she was about 13 years old, she went to Bowerbank to be a housegirl (cleaning, cooking, helping with chores in the household) for a family in Bowerbank. This may have been her older sister, Adressa who had married and was living in Bowerbank at that time or her sister may have arranged for Mary Emma to help a family she knew there. The story goes that her husband's family lived across the street from the family she resided and she caught the attention Benjamin who was 29 years old and like her own mother, Mary Emma married at age 14. They had 8 children together and were known to be happily married for almost 60 years. Their 50th wedding anniversary was the start of the Woodward Family Reunion in 1913.
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| Mary Emma c. 1863 |
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| Mary Emma Woodward 1913 |
Generation 10
ELSIE LEONA WOODWARD, daughter of Benjamin & Mary (Thurston) Woodward
Born November 27, 1869 in Atkinson, Piscataquis, Maine
Died February 25, 1891 in Atkinson, Piscataquis, Maine
When she was 15, she married HENRY B. PAINE on November 8, 1885 in Atkinson, Piscatquis, Maine. Henry had been a close friend of her uncle David Woodward. It is said to win her family's approval for their marriage, Henry began attending the same church as her family to prove himself as a good Christian to her parents. Elsie was the mother of only two children when she died at age 21 years. It is unclear of what caused her death. Her death notice stated she had only been sick a few days before her death.
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| Wedding photo of Elsie |
EMMA LEONA PAINE, daughter of Henry & Elsie (Woodward) Paine
Born September 20, 1886 in Atkinson, Piscataquis, Maine
Died September 12, 1951 in Lagrange, Penobscot, Maine
When she was 17, she married CHARLES P. MOULTON on April 11, 1904 in Atkinson, Piscataquis, Maine. Emma's father Henry had remarried in 1894 to Charles' sister, Iva Moulton and by that marriage Charles was her step-uncle and became acquainted through this family marriage. Emma was often left alone with her children for weeks or months while Charles worked in the woods as a wood cutter or woods operator. He also worked on area farms as a farmhand and they moved several times to places where they could rent houses big enough for their family. It was up to Emma to organize each move and settle into each new place. Emma was a large woman, who was well suited for hardship of living in rural Maine and being self-sufficient. She was the mother of nine children. She also was a midwife for area they lived in. She assisted her own children with their at home births of her grandchildren.
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| Emma Paine 1887 |
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| Emma Moulton 1945 |
Generation 12
MRYTLE EVELYN MOULTON, daughter of Charles & Emma (Paine) Moulton
Born August 26, 1908 in Garland, Penobscot, Maine
Died October 20, 1980 in Newport, Penobscot, Maine
When she was 22, she married WALTER DEAN BUZZELL on August 29, 1930 in Charleston, Penobscot, Maine. Myrtle was a large woman, much like her own mother. She was a kind and generous person. She spent her life moving with her husband and children to different places depending on where her husband would find work as a laborer or farmhand as well as a place for the family to live. Often, she was left alone while her husband worked in the woods for months at a time. Not only did she raise eight children, but also cared for her father after her mother died, and her oldest brother after their parent's died. Myrtle was always willing to give of herself as well as her belongings to help someone else.
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| Mrytle Buzzell 1962 |
Generation 13
Daughters of Myrtle Moulton:
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| Arlene Ruth Buzzell |
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| Beulah Irene Buzzell |
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| Charlene Buzzell |
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| Shirley Ann Buzzell |
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