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Ancestors of Herbert McGray Hanscom

Generation No. 4

      8. William McGray Hanscom, born February 29, 1796 in Pejepscot Claim (now Danville), ME ^37,³⁸; died July 03, 1873 in Elm St., Sommerville, Middlesex, MA ³⁹. He was the son of 16. III Moses Hanscom and 17. Mary or Molly McGray. He married 9. Hannah Morse March 11, 1818 in Paris, Oxford Co, ME.

      9. Hannah Morse, born October 30, 1799 in Norway, Oxford Co, ME ⁴⁰; died September 24, 1877.

Notes for William McGray Hanscom:
(date per gravestone)
cause of death was dysentery
In 1819, William Hanscom and his family were living in Norway, ME
but by 1820, had returned to William's native Danville. Over the next
few years, they resided in the following locations: Durham, ME
(1820's), Peru, ME (1830), Norway, ME (1833), Danville, ME (1834),
Durham, ME (1840), Cambridge, MA (1840's), Pownal, ME (1850), Poland,
ME (1860's), and finally in 1873 in Somerville, MA. He was a farmer
by occupation. Old Danville records indicate that he was tythingman
in 1842 and school agent for the sixth district in 1846.
1830 Census Peru, Oxford, ME
William Hanscome (Males: 1 10-14, 1 30-39, Females: 2 under 5, 2 5-9,
1 30-39)
1850 Census Pownal, Cumberland, ME roll 249, p. 193
William Hanscomb 54 laborer
Hannah 50
Angelina 14
William H 12
Sarah E 11
Nancy M 8
1860 Census Poland, Androscoggin, ME p. 229
William M Hanscom 63 Farmer RE 200 PE 200
Hannah 60
Nancy M 18
1873 Sommerville City Directory:
William M Hanscom, h.r. Grove, n. Elm (not in any other years)

More About William McGray Hanscom:
Burial: 854 Arbutus Pass, Cambridge Cemetery, Coolidge Ave

Notes for Hannah Morse:
(per gravestone)
(per gravestone)
Her sister was possibly Mary Morse (b. 1803) who married John
McAllister. The McAllister family lived in Lancaster, NH in the early
1800s and came to Oxford, ME before 1850. The Chronicles say "[IT:
... Moses did sojourn in the house of one McAllister his aunt and did
meet one Mary whose surname was Leavitt who came from another country
wherein her parents John and Abigail did dwell even in the goodly town
of Lancaster in the Kingdom on New Hampshire.:IT]

More About Hannah Morse:
Burial: Cambridge Cemetery, Coolidge Ave

Children of William Hanscom and Hannah Morse are:

	i.	Mary Ann Hanscom, born 1818; died November 22, 1894 in Poland, Androscogin, ME; married Aaron Lane September 1847 in Durham, Androscogin, ME.
4	ii.	Moses McGray Hanscom, born November 04, 1819 in Norway, Oxford Co, ME; died March 11, 1899 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; married Mary Ann Leavitt July 11, 1839 in Danville, Oxford, ME.
	iii.	Lydia H. F. Hanscom, born 1824; married Person Davis March 22, 1846 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.

Marriage Notes for Lydia Hanscom and Person Davis:
(intention)

iv.

Hepsibeth J. Hanscom, born 1827 in Durham, Androscogin, ME; married John R. Nay August 10, 1848 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; born in Raymond, NH.

Notes for Hepsibeth J. Hanscom:
(per marriage record)

Abigail Hanscom, born July 07, 1829 in Durham, Androscogin, ME; died April 01, 1905; married Charles Edward Hancock October 09, 1850 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; born November 10, 1827 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; died April 27, 1910.

Notes for Abigail Hanscom:
(date per gravestone, place per marriage record)
(date per gravestone)

More About Abigail Hanscom:
Burial: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

Notes for Charles Edward Hancock:
(date per gravestone, place per marriage record)
(per gravestone)
He was a farmer in Lincoln, MA at the time of their marriage.

More About Charles Edward Hancock:
Burial: Cambridge Cemetery

		vi.		Hannah M. Hanscom, born July 1831 in Durham, Androscogin, ME; died December 13, 1904 in Knightsville, ME; married William H. Barnes November 25, 1852 in Portland, Cumberland, ME.
		vii.		John Hanscom, born July 04, 1833 in Danville, Oxford, ME; died February 21, 1902 in Mechanic Falls, Androscogin, ME; married Charlotte E. Pratt August 26, 1857 in Raynham, Bristol, MA; born Abt. 1834 in Raynham, Bristol, MA; died December 30, 1907 in Mechanics Falls, ME ⁴¹.

Notes for John Hanscom:
(per marriage record, age 24, b. Danville, ME)
He was a carpenter living in Cambridge at the time of the marriage.

Notes for Charlotte E. Pratt:
(per marriage record)
(her death record lists her as the wife of John Hanscom and daughter
of Alpheus Pratt and Sarah F. Gerald)

viii.

Angelina M. Hanscom, born 1836 in Danville, Oxford, ME; married John Leavitt April 17, 1854 in Oxford, Oxford, ME; born September 04, 1826 in Oxford, Oxford, ME ⁴².

Notes for Angelina M. Hanscom:
1860 ME Census, Oxford, Oxford, ME, p. 634
John Leavitt 32, farm laborer (born ME)
Angeline Leavitt 23, housework (born ME)
Susan Leavitt 8? (born ME)

ix.

William Henry Hanscom, born February 1838 in Danville, Oxford, ME; died November 13, 1905 in Pine St, Mechanic Falls, Androscogin, ME ⁴³; married Susan Elizabeth Cade February 15, 1866 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; born June 07, 1843 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; died November 1893 in Poland, ME.

Notes for William Henry Hanscom:
(per marriage record, age 28, b. Danville, ME)
(per death record, he was born in Danville, ME and died at age 67
years, 9 months, and - days, son of Wm. H. Hanscom [b. Danville] and
Hannah Morse [b. Norway].)
cause of death was apoplexy
He was a carpenter. His last will and testament was dated Jan 1896
and probated Nov 1905.

Notes for Susan Elizabeth Cade:
(per marriage record, age 22, b. Cambridge, MA)

Sarah E. Hanscom, born 1839 in Poland, ME; married Henry A. Haynes June 30, 1865 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; born 1836 in Topsham, ME; died 1915.

Notes for Sarah E. Hanscom:
(per marriage record, age 26, b. Poland, ME)

Notes for Henry A. Haynes:
(per marriage record)
His occupation was trader at the time of their marriage. He was a
Civil War Veteran, Post 186 CAR, Corporal in Battery C 3rd Independent
Artillery

More About Henry A. Haynes:
Burial: Cambridge Cemetery

xi.

Nancy M. Hanscom, born Abt. 1842 in Danville, Oxford, ME; married Samuel F. Nay November 22, 1864 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; born Abt. 1839 in Raymond, NH.

Notes for Nancy M. Hanscom:
(per marriage record, age 21, born in Danville, ME)
She was living in Poland, ME at the time of her marriage.

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