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     Elisabeth Bartlett was born on 9 August 1753 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Samuel Bartlett and Elizabeth Wetherall.² Elisabeth Bartlett married Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, son of Deacon Peleg Wadsworth and Lusanna Sampson, on 18 June 1772 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 11 children.^1,2,3 Elisabeth Bartlett died on 20 July 1825 in Wadsworth Hall, Hiram, Maine, at the age of 71 of a stroke.^2,4

     Thedia Redelia Gilchrist was born in May 1843 in New York.³ She was the daughter of William Wallace Gilchrist and Redella Ann Cox.² Thedia Redelia Gilchrist married Rev. Dr. Frank Sewall, son of William Dunning Sewall and Rachel Allen Trufant, on 28 October 1869 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, the service was conducted by the Rev. Chauncy Giles.⁴ Thedia Redelia Gilchrist died on 30 April 1924 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 80 after a funeral service at the Church of the New Jerusalem, Washington she was buried in Bath, Maine.¹

     William Wallace Gilchrist was born in Canada.² He married Redella Ann Cox.¹

     Redella Ann Cox was born in Canada.² She married William Wallace Gilchrist.¹

     John Ordway Webster was born on 27 February 1842.¹ He was the son of John Milton Webster and Sarah Hayes Hussey.¹ Was in the army during the war, 1861-65; graduated from Harvard Medical School, 1868; was surgeon at National Soldier's Home, Maine 1869-70; practised in Lynn, Mass. and subsequently in Augusta, Maine. Removed to San Diego, California.¹ John Ordway Webster married Anna Maria Bartlett, daughter of Erastus Bartlett and Margaret Ann L_____, on 1 June 1870.¹ John Ordway Webster died on 8 September 1896 in San Diego, California, at the age of 54.¹

     Harriet Parker Webster was born on 14 September 1843.² She was the daughter of John Milton Webster and Sarah Hayes Hussey.² Harriet Parker Webster appears on the census of 1880 at Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, keeping house for her widowed father.³

     Henry Sewall Webster was born on 26 September 1845.² He was the son of John Milton Webster and Sarah Hayes Hussey.² Henry Sewall Webster was educated in 1867 at Bowdoin College studied law and settled in Gardiner.² He married Mary? Johnson, daughter of William Johnson and Martha Tappan Chase, on 12 August 1876.² He was a Judge of Probate, Kennebec? elected Treasurer of Gardiner Savings.² Henry Sewall Webster died on 5 April 1888 at the age of 42.²

     Ellen K. Whittier was born on 11 September 1817 in Hallowell, Maine.² She married Nathan Webster, son of John Ordway Webster and Rebecca Guild Sewall, in July 1841 in Kennebec, Maine.¹ Ellen K. Whittier died on 3 February 1881 at the age of 63.²

     Harrie Webster was born on 12 February 1843.¹ He was the son of Nathan Webster and Ellen K. Whittier.¹ He was a an engineer in U.S. Navy, retired with the rank of Rear Admiral in 1903.¹ Harrie Webster married Mary Simpson Hein on 22 November 1870.¹ In 1904 Harrie Webster was living in Richmond, Virginia.¹

     Marina Webster is also recorded as Martha Whittier Webster (this name is recorded in a different place in McKeough).¹ She was born on 10 November 1844.¹ She was the daughter of Nathan Webster and Ellen K. Whittier.¹ Marina Webster married Charles Samuel Hein on 29 June 1873.¹

     Nathan Webster was born on 11 June 1853.¹ He was the son of Nathan Webster and Ellen K. Whittier.¹ Nathan Webster married Sarah Florence Hutchinson on 9 January 1884.¹ In 1904 Nathan Webster was living in Kansa City, Montana.¹

     Rev. Peter Parker MD was born on 18 June 1804 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He was the son of Nathan Parker and Catharine Murdock. Rev. Peter Parker MD married Harriet Cony Webster, daughter of John Ordway Webster and Rebecca Guild Sewall, on 29 March 1841.¹ A descendant of Hananiah Parker of Reading, Mass. He was a student at Amherst college, 1827-30, was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1831, M.D., 1834; and attended Yale Divinity school, 1832-34. He was appointed by the A.B.C.F.M., a missionary to China; was ordained May 16, 1834, and embarked for Canton in June, 1834. In October, 1835, he opened an ophthalmic hospital in Canton, which soon became a general hospital, and not only attended over 2,000 sick, but preached to his patients in their own language and trained several in medicine and surgery. He came back to the United States at the outbreak of the opium war between China and England in 1840. He returned to China in 1842, accompanied by his wife, who was the first foreign woman to reside in Canton. Dr. Parker continued the hospital 1842-55. He was appointed secretary and interpreter to the U.S. legation to China in 1844; and in 1845 resigned his connection With the American board to serve as chargé d'affaires in the absence of the U.S. minister. In 1853 he made a brief visit to the United States, where he was appointed U.S. commissioner to China with plenipotentiary powers for the revision of the treaty of 1844, and served as such, 1855-57. In this capacity he was again in China, 1855-57, and then settled in Washington, D.C. He was founder and for several years president of the Medical Missionary Society of China, became a regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1868, a corporate member of the A.B.C. of F.M. in 1871, and in that year a delegate of the Evangelical Alliance to petition the Emperor of Russia to permit freedom of worship in the Baltic provinces. He was president of the Washington branch of the Evangelical Alliance in 1887. Yale conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1858. He is the author of: Journal of an Expedition from Singapore to Japan (1838); A Statement respecting Hospitals in China (1841); Eulogy on Henry Wilson (1880). Rev. Peter Parker MD died on 10 January 1888 in Washington, DC, at the age of 83.¹

      A private in the Massachusetts Militia in the Revolution. Peter Parker was born on 13 July 1859.¹ He was the son of Rev. Peter Parker MD and Harriet Cony Webster.¹ Peter Parker married Fanny Stuart Wilson, daughter of William van Sycklen Wilson and Marie Cecil Stuart, on 5 June 1890.¹

      Physicist. Prof. Charles Grafton Page was born on 25 January 1812 in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1832 from Harvard and then studied medicine in Boston. In 1838 he settled in Virginia and there followed his profession for a couple of years until he was appointed to the chair of chemistry in Columbian University, Washington. He was made examiner in the Patent-Office in 1840 and continued in that post until his death. He married Priscilla Sewall Webster, daughter of John Ordway Webster and Rebecca Guild Sewall, on 23 September 1844.¹ Prof. Charles Grafton Page died on 5 May 1868 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 56.

     Emlyn Webster Page was born on 21 June 1845.¹ She was the daughter of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Emlyn Webster Page married Marcellus Bailey on 7 March 1867.¹ Emlyn Webster Page died on 15 June 1867 at the age of 21.¹

     Charles Grafton Page was born on 29 September 1847.¹ He was the son of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Charles Grafton Page married Lillian Logan on 2 January 1887.¹

     Howard Lee Page was born on 27 February 1850.¹ He was the son of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Howard Lee Page died on 4 August 1850.¹

     Harriet Parker Page was born on 4 June 1851.¹ She was the daughter of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Harriet Parker Page married Marcellus Bailey on 9 October 1872.¹

     Peter Parker Page was born on 16 November 1853.¹ He was the son of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Peter Parker Page died on 18 June 1855 at the age of 1.¹

     Parker Webster Page was born on 25 April 1856.¹ He was the son of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Parker Webster Page graduated in 1877 from Harvard graduated Law School, National University, 1880; became a lawyer in New York City, lived at Summit, New Jersey.¹ He married Nellie A. Hayes.¹

     Harvey Lindsly Page was born on 9 January 1859.¹ He was the son of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Harvey Lindsly Page married Annabel Ogden on 30 April 1879.¹

     Lucy Derby Page was born on 30 March 1864.¹ She was the daughter of Prof. Charles Grafton Page and Priscilla Sewall Webster.¹ Lucy Derby Page married William Mercer Sprigg MD on 25 January 1894.¹

     Jane Standish Parker was born on 17 January 1814.¹ She married Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby, son of Rev. Philip Colby and Harriet Sewall, on 3 January 1832 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ Jane Standish Parker married Rev. Thomas Ricker Lambert DD after 1853.¹ Jane Standish Parker died on 28 February 1882 at the age of 68.¹

     Caroline Colby was born on 3 April 1833 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby and Jane Standish Parker.¹ Caroline Colby died on 3 March 1879 at the age of 45.¹

     Averic Parker Colby was born on 11 March 1835.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby and Jane Standish Parker.¹ Averic Parker Colby married Franz Kielblock on 26 April 1854.¹ Averic Parker Colby died on 18 August 1865 at the age of 30.¹

     Jane Coffin Colby was born on 22 November 1843 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby and Jane Standish Parker.¹

     Rear Admiral Harrison Gray Otis Colby was born on 28 January 1846 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby and Jane Standish Parker.¹ Rear Admiral Harrison Gray Otis Colby married Mary Catherine Thompson, daughter of Francis Thompson, on 20 April 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ Rear Admiral Harrison Gray Otis Colby died on 3 November 1926 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 80.

     Rev. Thomas Ricker Lambert DD married Jane Standish Parker after 1853.¹

     Julia Elizabeth Waters was born on 29 September 1826 in Maryland.^2,3 She was the daughter of Freeborn G. Waters.¹ Julia Elizabeth Waters married Rev. Thomas Sewall, son of Dr. Thomas Sewall and Mary Choate, on 19 November 1844.²