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Ancestors of Herbert McGray Hanscom

Generation No. 3

      4. Moses McGray Hanscom, born November 04, 1819 in Norway, Oxford Co, ME; died March 11, 1899 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ^18,^19,²⁰. He was the son of 8. William McGray Hanscom and 9. Hannah Morse. He married 5. Mary Ann Leavitt July 11, 1839 in Danville, Oxford, ME.

      5. Mary Ann Leavitt, born July 30, 1819 in Lancaster, NH; died March 26, 1907 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ^21,²². She was the daughter of 10. John Leavitt and 11. Abigail Pevely.

Notes for Moses McGray Hanscom:
(per his death record, he born in Peru, ME, his parents were Wm. M.
Hanscom and Hannah M. Morse (she born in Norway) and Moses was 79
years, 4 months, and 5 days at the time of his death)
(cause of death was apoplexy)
When Moses was six, his family moved to Peru, ME and later to Oxford
when he was ten. In 1835, he was apprenticed to make wagons and
carriages in the Auburn/Lewiston area. Moses and his new bride, Mary,
lived with her parents until moving back to Norway. Between 1843 and
1844, Moses M. and Mary A. Hanscom sold four pieces of land in the
town of Norway for prices ranging from $20 to $125 (Oxford Co Deeds v.
67 p. 471, v. 68 p. 176, v. 71 p. 295-296). They moved in the mid
1840's to Welchville (Oxford), ME. On 20 June 1851 Moses M. Hanscome,
wheelwright, purchased a house lot in Welchville, Oxford, ME for
$109.22 (Oxford Co Deeds v. 90, p. 535). On 29 Oct 1851, Moses M.
Hanscome, wheelwright of the Town of Oxford, sold land to Freeman
Leavitt of N. Reading, MA (Oxford Deeds v. 91, p. 317). On 29 Jan,
1852, Moses M. Hanscome, wheelwright of S. Reading, MA, granted a
mortgage on his property located in Welchville (lot #6, third division
of house lots as delineated in the David Noyes plan) to his partners
Edward and Benjamin Mansfield of E. Mansfield & Co of Massachusetts
(Oxford Deeds v. 91, p. 469). On 27 March 1856, Moses M. Hanscome and
his wife Mary A. Hanscome, his wife, sold land in the Town of Oxford
(Oxford Deeds v. 109, p. 154). In 1868, they moved to Wakefield, MA,
where he worked in a carpet-weaving factory and ran a boarding house.
He and his family returned to Oxford in 1877. An 1880 Atlas shows
Moses M. Hanscom's house on Lake St. in Oxford Village at the end of
Thompson Lake.
1850 Census Oxford, Oxford, ME
Moses M. Hanscom 31, Mechanic (born ME)
Mary 30 (born NH)
Lucinda 8
Moses O 4
Francis 1

More About Moses McGray Hanscom:
Burial: Oxford, ME Congregational Church Cemetery, King St

Notes for Mary Ann Leavitt:
(per her death record, Mary A. Hanscom, the widow of Moses M. Hanscom,
was born in Lancaster, NH, died at age 87 years, 7 months, 26 days,
and was the daughter of John Levett and Abigail Pevely)
cause of death catarral pneumonia

More About Mary Ann Leavitt:
Burial: Oxford, ME Congregational Church Cemetery, King St

Marriage Notes for Moses Hanscom and Mary Leavitt:
[IT:Mr. Moses M. Hanscome and Miss Mary Levett both of this town were
married 11 July 1839.:IT] (Their marriage date is 16 July per the
chronicles.)

Children of Moses Hanscom and Mary Leavitt are:

Lucinda Houghton Hanscom, born April 10, 1841 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ²³; died October 16, 1876 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; married James Garcelon Jones April 19, 1862 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; born July 1843; died December 13, 1901 in Harrison, Cumberland, ME.

Notes for Lucinda Houghton Hanscom:
(per the chronicles)

Notes for James Garcelon Jones:
(Annals of Oxford, p. 212)

ii.

Moses Orrinton Hanscom, born January 19, 1846 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ^24,²⁵; died November 07, 1907 in Boston, Suffolk, MA ²⁶; married Katherine Robinson July 30, 1866 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; born July 07, 1848 in Scotland; died January 16, 1922 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.

Notes for Moses Orrinton Hanscom:
He died of cirrohosis of the liver at Boston City Hospital.
From the Roster of Union Soldiers:
Orinton Hanscom, Maine 17th Infinitry, Co. K, Music
1900 Census:
Orrington M. Hanscom, b. Mar 1846 in ME, age 54
living on Wells Ave, Boston (v. 80, ed. 1495, sht. 16, line 91)
Kate, wife, b. Jan 1848, Scotland
Arthur P., b. Oct 1876 MA
Amerlia J. Ford (servant?), b. May 1877 at sea, England

iii.

Frances Lydia Hanscom, born December 25, 1849 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ²⁷; died April 12, 1920 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ²⁸; married Winfield Scott French November 29, 1870 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA; born September 26, 1849; died August 24, 1932 in Oxford, Oxford, ME²⁸.

Notes for Frances Lydia Hanscom:
aged 71 y 3 m 18 d

Notes for Winfield Scott French:
per death record
aged 82 y 10 m 29 d

	2	iv.		William Person Hanscom, born July 12, 1851 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; died August 09, 1933 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA; married Alice Florence Mayo September 06, 1874 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA.
		v.		Charles Freemont Hanscom, born June 17, 1856 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ²⁹; died July 01, 1936 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ³⁰; married (1) Carrie O. Staples August 12, 1882 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; married (2) Sybelia Josephine Bumpas February 18, 1888 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; born January 16, 1856 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; died April 20, 1936 in Oxford, Oxford, ME³⁰.

Notes for Charles Freemont Hanscom:
aged 80 y. 14 d.
He was constable for the village of Oxford from 1899-1907 and truant
officer in 1914. He was paid between $2.50 to $18 a year. No
children by either wife.

vi.

Edwin Cook Hanscom, born December 11, 1858 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ³¹; died February 28, 1941 in Reading, Middlesex, MA; married Dora Maria Wardwell August 07, 1881 in Chatam, NH; born October 18, 1860 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; died September 14, 1948 in Stoneham, MA.

Notes for Edwin Cook Hanscom:
1900 Census:
Edwin C. Hanscom, b. Dec 1857 in ME, age 42
living Woburn, Middlesex, MA
Dora M., wife, b. Oct 1860, age 39, b. in ME
Berniece, b. June 1884, age 15, b. in ME
Beatrice, b. Dec 1886, age 13, b. in ME
1920 Census (MA v 73, ed 393, sht 6, ln 58)
Edwin C. Hanscom, age 61 born in ME, salaried building contractor
was renting a half a house at 3 Mount Vernon, Reading, MA
with Dora M. Hanscom, his wife, age 51, born in ME

6. Nathaniel Cole Mayo, born December 08, 1831 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA; died May 1898 in San Francisco, CA. He was the son of 12. Josiah Mayo and 13. Ruth Cole. He married 7. Mary Ann Wiley Woodward May 18, 1851 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.

7. Mary Ann Wiley Woodward, born May 15, 1833 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA ³²; died August 19, 1919 in Oakland or San Francisco, CA. She was the daughter of 14. Jr. Thomas L. Woodward and 15. Esther Slocomb.

Notes for Nathaniel Cole Mayo:
Nathaniel served as a private in the Civil War in the Massachusetts
4th Regiment Volunteer Heavy Artillery - Co K. He enlisted on
8/20/1864 at South Reading and mustered out on 6/17/1865. He appeared
on the MA state census of 1865 in South Reading and on the 1870
Federal Census in Wakefield. His occupation was a stone mason. The
value of his real estate on the Federal Census was $7,500 and his
personal property was valued at $1,500. (Assuming 3% inflation,
$9,000 in 1870 would be the equivalent of $420,000 today).
He went to San Francisco around 1876. His wife, Mary A.W. Mayo,
"waited for him to get work out there and mostly waited until Uncle
Will and Aunt Alice Hanscom had their first baby, Willa, in March
1879."
1880 Census (v. 10, ed. 92, sht. 17, line 22)
at 218 Turk St., San Fransisco, CA
Nathaniel C. Mayo, head, age 49, b. MA, contractor
Mary A.W., wife, age 47, b. MA, keeping house
Clara E., dau., age 22, "spirit trance medium"
Hattie M., dau., age 19
Clarence E., son, age 17
Nathaniel, son, age 13
Henry L, son, age 10
Owen Sheridan, boarder, age 40, b. Ireland, blacksmith
Eugene Sheridan, boarder, age 13, b. CA
Joseph Steers, boarder, age 30, b. PA (both parents b. PA), letter
carrier
He "had been sent by a big stone constructor in SF to do a great deal
of fine stone work in Victoria. No one else on the west coast was
capable of accomplishing this work on the Parliment building. They
were there from 1889 through 1892 or 93."

Notes for Mary Ann Wiley Woodward:
Mary AW Mayo 1900 MA Census, v. 92, ed 971, sht 6, ln 28

Children of Nathaniel Mayo and Mary Woodward are:

George Clarence Mayo, born November 23, 1852 in Gloucester, Essex, MA ³³; died November 23, 1852 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.

Notes for George Clarence Mayo:
(FB from Mormon Library)

	3	ii.		Alice Florence Mayo, born September 16, 1855 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA; died October 10, 1924 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA; married William Person Hanscom September 06, 1874 in Wakefield, Middlesex, MA.
		iii.		Clara Estella Mayo, born September 01, 1857 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA ³⁴; died January 09, 1919 in Oakland, CA; married (1) Joseph Eschelman Steers Abt. 1885 in San Fransisco, CA; born 1850 in PA; died 1906 in prob Long Beach, CA; married (2) Capt. Daniel Jewett Aft. 1891; died 1906 in San Francisco, CA.

Notes for Clara Estella Mayo:
She was living in Seattle at the time of Sibyl's birth in 1891.

Notes for Joseph Eschelman Steers:
He was a postman at first, then studied to be a doctor. He was called
a "Vitapath Physician" and made his own medicine and used an electric
type box for healing. I have one medicine bottle of his and a
newspaper article advertising one his "cures." (per Flo Bohnert)

		iv.		Willis Earle Mayo, born February 03, 1859 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA ³⁵; died March 06, 1861 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA.
		v.		Hattie Marie Mayo, born December 19, 1860 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA ³⁶; married Harry Hitchcock January 05, 1883.
		vi.		Clarence Earle Mayo, born June 22, 1862 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA; died 1940; married Emma Katherine Leavy 1895 in CA; born July 1873 in CA.

Notes for Clarence Earle Mayo:
He was named for his two brothers who died young.
1900 Census (v. 2, ed. 335, sht. 16, line 40)
Murray Twp., Alameda Co., CA
Clarence E. Mayo, age 37, b. June 1862 MA, superintendent
Emma, wife, age 26, b. July 1873 CA (both parents b. Ireland)
married 5 years, mother of 2 children, 2 still living
Margurette, dau., age 1, b. Dec 1899 CA
Roy, son, age 4, b. Mar 1896 CA
Paul Hermosello, lodger, age 13, b. Sept 1886 CA, servant
Manuel Silva, help, age 39, b. 1861 Portugal, gardner
1910 Census (013 : 0152 : 0148)
Alameda Co, CA
Clarence Mayo, age 47, b. MA
Emma K., age 36, b. CA
Roy E., age 14, b. CA
Katherine M., age 11, b. CA

		vii.		Hattie Lewis Mayo, born March 02, 1867 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA; died 1892 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.
		viii.		Nathaniel Lane Mayo, born March 02, 1867 in S. Reading, Middlesex, MA; died September 13, 1924 in Hawaii; married Louise.
		ix.		Harry Linwood Mayo, born July 15, 1869 in Boston; died July 12, 1946; married (1) first wife; married (2) Eva E Rollins 1900 in CA.

Notes for Harry Linwood Mayo:
(FB from the Mormon Library)
1900 Census (v. 31, ed. 133, sht. 12, p. 84)
at 535 Jersey St., San Fransisco, CA
Edward Moore, b. Sept 1865 CA (parents b. ME,NY), foreman
Alice Moore, wife, b. Jan 1866 NY (parents b. ME, NY)
married 10 years
Edith A., dau., b. 1892
Eva L., dau., b. 1894
Harry Mayo, br-in-law, b. July 1869 MA, bricklayer
Eva Mayo, sis-in-law, b. Oct 1870 CA, (parents b. ME, NY)
married 0 years, mother of 2 children, 2 still living
Reuben Mayo, nephew, b. June 1890 CA (parents b. MA, CA)
Douglass Mayo, lodger?, b. Nov 1891 CA (parents b. MA, NY)

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