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     Rebecca Fisher was born on 25 August 1717 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^1,2 Rebecca was the daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Stetson) Fisher.^1,3 Samuel and Deborah were married on 24 December 1705 in Scituate, MA.⁴

Rebecca united with the (Congregational?) church on 21 March 1742.⁵

Rebecca married Benjamin Prince Jr. on 29 December 1742 in North Yarmouth, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).⁶

Rebecca died on 23 June 1744 in York County, Massachusetts, at age 26. Per Outstanding Members: Prince Family, p.267, Rebecca died in childbirth..¹

     Hannah Harris was born on 11 September 1727.¹ She was the daughter of Amos and Hannah (Larrabee) Harris.²

Hannah published her intent to marry an unknown person on 6 December 1746 in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).³

Hannah married Benjamin Prince Jr. on 15 January 1746/47 in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).⁴ Apparently Benjamin and Hannah had 6 children (unnamed).⁵

Hannah died on 8 March 1796 at age 68.⁶

     Sarah Prince was born on 8 April 1725 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^1,2

Sarah was received into the (Congregational?) Church at North Yarmouth from the church at Duxbury on 7 March 1731.³

Sarah died in 1738.⁴

     John Prince was born on 20 May 1727 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^1,2

John died before 1737.³

     Ruth Prince was born on 20 January 1730 at North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).¹ She was baptized on 28 February 1731.²

Ruth married John Robbins in 1748?.³ With her husband, Ruth Removed to and settled in Yarmouth Nova Scotia where she had a large number of descendants.⁴

     John was the son of Jeduthan and Rebecca (Crocker) Robbins of Plympton, MA. John Robbins was born on 23 September 1727.¹

John married Ruth Prince in 1748?.²

     Lydia Prince was born on 11 April 1735 at North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).¹

Lydia published her intent to marry John Washburn on 14 December 1754.²

Lydia married John Washburn after 14 December 1754.³

     John Washburn was born in 1733?.¹

John published his intent to marry Lydia Prince on 14 December 1754.²

John married Lydia Prince after 14 December 1754.³

     Silvanus Prince was born on 17 September 1722 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹

Silvanus published his intent to marry Elizabeth Johnson on 2 February 1744 in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).²

Silvanus married Elizabeth Johnson on 12 June 1745 in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).³ Silvanus and Elizabeth united with the (Congregational?) Church on 16 June 1771.⁴

Silvanus died on 18 September 1790 at age 68.⁵

     Elizabeth Johnson was born ??? 1726.¹

Elizabeth published her intent to marry Silvanus Prince on 2 February 1744 in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).²

Elizabeth married Silvanus Prince on 12 June 1745 in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).³ In addition to Jermiah and Samuel, Silvanus and Elizabeth were apparently the parents of:
- Thomas, born 9 May 1746. Baptised 10 Jul 1748. Married 1st Abigail Ward IN 1773 and 2nd Jael Oakes in 1776;
- Abiah (or Abiel), born 7 April 1748. Married 30 Nov 1769 Cornelius Soule;
- Jane, born 19 Oct 1750. Married Joshua Blanchard. Died 1850?;
- Salvanus, born 17 Oct 1752, drowned near Cape Elizabeth, Portland Harbor, on voyage to Boston;
- Hannah, born 20 Oct 17[5?]. Baptised 27 Oct 1754. Married Thomas Prince of Unity, Maine in 1778;
- Elizabeth (Betty?)born 7 Oct ? (torn). Baptised 24 Oct 1756. Died young;
- John, born 5 March 1759. Married Mary Gray in 1845;
- Lydia, born 1 May 1761 (1:667). Married Joseph Barstow;
- Nathaniel, born 15 Oct 1763. Married Mary (Polly) Locke in 1788;
- Reuben, died 1790, young.
- Samuel (1768 - 1818.)^4,5

     Lydia Prince was born in 1732?.¹ She was baptized on 8 July 1733.¹ Lydia is said to have died young, presumably before her sister was named Lydia also in 1735.

     John Prince was born on 4 April 1737 at North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).¹ He was baptized on 5 June 1737 in First Church of North Yarmouth in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).²

John died on 26 July 1758 in Canada at age 21. John died during Gen. Amherst's expedition for the capture of Louisburg and was buried in the Bay of Fundy..³

     Paul Prince was born on 14 March 1720 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^1,2 Paul moved with his father to North Yarmouth in 1727. After his marriage there, he lived in the "Loring Blockhouse" with his brother-in-law Solomon Loring (who had married Alice, older sister of Hannah). At that time it was considered essential that every family should be within reach of a place of refuge from the Indians. After the birth of his first two children, Sarah and Cushing, he built a one-storied home convenient to the Scales garrison in that part of North Yarmouth known as Cumberland. He lived there until his death. It is said that the home never had a room finished off although he was wealthy enough to give each of his sons 100 acres of land and each daughter 50 acres.

Paul was an able and energetic man and sustained his share in public and private trusts. When the difficulties which led to the Revolutionary War arose, he warmly supported the colonist's side.

Paul and Hannah joined the Congregational Church on 3 March 1745.³

Paul married Hannah Cushing on 8 September 1743 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME). Paul and Hannah had at least 10 children:
- Sarah, born 1744. Married Eliphalet Greeley. Died 1834;
- Cushing, born 1745. Married Hannah Blanchard 1773. 9 children. Died 1827;
- Rachel, born 1747. Married Salathiel Sweetser, then Nathaniel Weeks. Died 1843;
- Hannah, born 1749.
- Ruth, born 1751. Married Onesiphorous Fisher. Died 1843;
- David, born 1753. Married Elizabeth Oakes 1777. Died 1849;
- Alice (Elsie), born 1756. Married William Sweetser. Died 1848 (or 1842);
- Paul Jr., born 1758. Married Sarah Southworth 1782. 10 children. Died 1804;
- David (or Pyam), born 1760. Married Martha Leach Drinkwater (4 children) and then Widow Susan Huff (2 sons). Died 1804;
- Ammi, born 1763. Married Desire Sylvester 1790. 3 children. Died 1842..⁴

Paul died on 25 November 1809 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME), at age 89. Paul and Hannah are both buried in Cumberland Centre (per Helen Kluegel. Graves are not listed in North Yarmouth VR)..⁵ He was buried in the the Cumberland Centre Cemeter at North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).⁶

     Sarah Smith was born ??? 1728.¹

Sarah married Benjamin Milliken on 17 November 1746.²

Sarah died before 1754.³

     Phoebe Jordan was born in 1744 in Maine.¹

Phoebe married Benjamin Milliken on 4 December 1766 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland, ME). Benjamin and Phebe were married by Rev. Ephraim Clark, Pastor, 2nd Parish. He is listed as from Scarboro..²

Phoebe died on 7 December 1824 in Canada.¹ She was buried in the St George First Community Cemetery at Saint-George, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.¹

     Hannah Cushing was born on 8 May 1722 at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ Hannah was the daughter of David Cushing and Rachel Lewis. She had two sisters, Rachel and Alice, and several step-siblings from her mother's second marriage to Deacon Jacob Mitchell.¹

Hannah married Paul Prince on 8 September 1743 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME). Paul and Hannah had at least 10 children:
- Sarah, born 1744. Married Eliphalet Greeley. Died 1834;
- Cushing, born 1745. Married Hannah Blanchard 1773. 9 children. Died 1827;
- Rachel, born 1747. Married Salathiel Sweetser, then Nathaniel Weeks. Died 1843;
- Hannah, born 1749.
- Ruth, born 1751. Married Onesiphorous Fisher. Died 1843;
- David, born 1753. Married Elizabeth Oakes 1777. Died 1849;
- Alice (Elsie), born 1756. Married William Sweetser. Died 1848 (or 1842);
- Paul Jr., born 1758. Married Sarah Southworth 1782. 10 children. Died 1804;
- David (or Pyam), born 1760. Married Martha Leach Drinkwater (4 children) and then Widow Susan Huff (2 sons). Died 1804;
- Ammi, born 1763. Married Desire Sylvester 1790. 3 children. Died 1842..²

Hannah died on 6 February 1814 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME), at age 91.³ She was buried in the the Cumberland Centre Cemeter at North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., ME).⁴

     Benjamin Milliken was born on 5 August 1728 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was baptized on 29 May 1729 in Scarborough, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).¹

Benjamin began his remarkable career in his native town of Scarborough where he owned a large gambril-roofed house and had a store on Dunstan road. He owned land in Rowley, Canada (now near Nashua, N.H.) which had been granted to soldiers or heirs who had served in the Canadian expedition in 1696. When the boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was established, these lands were found to be part of New Hampshire so Benjamin, with other petitioners, was granted in 1761 a toiwnship 7 miles square. This was east of Saco River and was given to them in lieu of the property they had lost. Benjamin was one of three who laid out the township "Pondicherry", now Bridgeton, Maine. He later moved and built a saw mill on Union River (now known as Ellsworth).

In a deposition in 1796, Ephraim Dyer, owner of a vessel, testified that he carried about 400 pounds (more than $2,000 in present day money) worth of provisions to the Millikens and remained and helped nearly a fortnight during which time workmen lived in Dyer's vessel until a house was built.

Thirty-two workmen were employed to build the mill which accounts for the great amount of money spent on food. The first meal ever prepared in that township by a white woman, accoriding to record, was prepared by a 14-year old daughter of Benjamine Milliken (possibly Charlotte).

This first sawmill proved almost a failure and was soon abandoned. Afterwards they built a double sawmill on another river and carried on their lumber business successfully for many years. They owned vessels and shipped much of the manufactured lumber to Connecticut to sell.

Since Benjamin Milliken had expressed Tory sentiments and feeling was running high when the Revolutionary War broke out, fearing for the safety of his family and himself, he was persuaded by friends to join the British at Castine. Per Loyalists of the American Revolution, Gregory Palmer, p.604, in June 1775 a mob of sixty robbed him of his weapons, consisting of two swivel guns, two muskets, and a silver-handled sword.

According to "The Loyalists of Massachusetts - Their Memorials, Petitions, and Claims" by E. Alfred Jones, "Benjamin Milliken was employed during the war as a pilot on several British ships, before he was taken prisioner by Col. Allen and his Indians. Two of his sons-in-law were loyalists. With his memorial, dated from St. Andrews, New Brunswick, March 16, 1786, are certificates to his loyality from Dr. John Calef, Captain George Haslam, and Thomas Pagan, and a certificate of Jacob Lord, a former tenant of Milliken, regarding his confiscated property, and another from James Lord."

Per Loyalists of the American Revolution, Benjamin took an oath of allegiance to the British when they captured Penobscot in 1779, and then returned with a sloop to Union Bridge to collect timber for the British garrison.

On Millekin's second voyage, the sloop was captured by the Whigs. When Penobscot was besieged by the Whigs, Milliken set out with his neighbors and two sons-in-law to assist the garrison, but he was imprisoned and confined for the rest of the siege. Afterwards, he served as a pilot for the Royal Navy, but was captured again at Union Bridge by a party of Indians under the Whig Colonel Ethan Allen, while looking for timber for masts. Millikin settled at St. Andrew's, New Brunswick after the Peace. He estimated his loss at 1,709 pounds sterling and was awarded 464 pounds sterling.

Benjamin appears on a "List of the Inhabitants with their Families who Propose to Move from Penobscot to Nova Scotia" dated at Halifax 4 July 1783. On that list, he had 7 in his household over 10 and 5 under 10.

On 12 August 1784 with about 100 others known as the "Penobscot Association Loyalists", Benjamin received two grants of land from the government. Their town grant comprised the town of St. Andrews and their farm lots under separate grants included several tracts extending from Bocabec westerly along the coast to St. Stephen, with an additional tract on the St. Croix River above what is now Milltown.

Shortly after these lands were granted Benjamin left St. Andrews and went to Bocabec, where he built a house and a shipyard and built vessels. Here he spent the remainder of his life, and his grave is here in a lot with other family members.

Rev. G. T. Ridlon's "History of the Families Millingas and Millanges" states: "He has been called 'Royalist Ben', 'Tory Ben', and 'Runaway Ben'; but on good authority we are ready to assume that Benjamin Milliken was a man of noble impulses and superior moral character, who was impelled to make the sacrifices he did from what was, to him, principle, and his expatriation showed him to have been a loyal Royalist".

Benjamin married Sarah Smith on 17 November 1746.³

Benjamin married Elizabeth Banks on 9 September 1754 in York County, Massachusetts.¹

Benjamin married Phoebe Jordan on 4 December 1766 in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland, ME). Benjamin and Phebe were married by Rev. Ephraim Clark, Pastor, 2nd Parish. He is listed as from Scarboro..⁴

Benjamin died on 22 October 1791 in Saint-Andrews, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, at age 63.^5,2 He was buried in the St Patricks Parish at St Andrews, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.²

     Elizabeth Banks was born on 11 January 1735 in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine. Her parents were Moses and Ruth Weare Banks..¹

Elizabeth married Benjamin Milliken on 9 September 1754 in York County, Massachusetts.²

Elizabeth died in 1766 in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine.¹

     Benjamin died in childhood. He was baptized on 1 February 1726/27 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹

     Joseph Milliken was born before 29 May 1723.¹ He was baptized on that date in Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).¹

Joseph married Sara Foster on 17 May 1750 in Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).¹ Joseph was a grantee of Trenton on Union River in 1763. He had five children with his first wife, Sarah, and nine children with a second wife who's maiden name was Berry.¹

     Sara Foster was born ??? 1730.¹ Sara was the daughter of Benjamin Foster and a sister of Col. Ben Foster of Machias, Me. ]

Sara married Joseph Milliken on 17 May 1750 in Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).²

     Abigail Milliken was born on 29 May 1731 in Scarborough, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).¹

Abigail married Col. Benjamin Foster on 26 November 1747 in Scarborough, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine). Same date of marriage from Clark's Milliken-Knupp. Col. Foster subsequently married a second wife..²

     Col. Benjamin Foster was born ??? 1727.¹

Col. married Abigail Milliken on 26 November 1747 in Scarborough, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine). Same date of marriage from Clark's Milliken-Knupp. Col. Foster subsequently married a second wife..²

     He was baptized on 10 May 1734 in Scarborough, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).¹

     He was baptized on 10 March 1734 in Scarborough, York Co., Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).¹

     Edward Milliken Jr. was born on 5 March 1733/34 at Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine).^1,2

Edward married Elizabeth Harmon on 23 May 1754 in Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts, (now Cumberland Co., Maine). Edward and Elizabeth had eleven children..³ Edward was a grantee of Trenton, ME in 1763. He lived on the homestead farm in his native town where he remained until about 1805, when he removed to Buxton and lived with his son Nathaniel until his death. He was buried in an old graveyard on the fence line which divided the farms of Henry Hill and Henry Hews in 1907. He was called "Skipper Ned" and was probably a seaman in early life.¹

Edward died circa 1812 in Buxton, York County, Maine.⁴