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     Sir William de Ferrers of Groby, Leicestershire was born circa 1240.¹ He was the son of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby and Margaret de Quincy.¹ Sir William de Ferrers of Groby, Leicestershire was born before 20 December 1287.² He married firstly Anne le Despencer, daughter of Sir Hugh le Despencer of Ryhall and Aline Basset.

     Elizabeth J. Ferris married William R. Fosdick.¹

     Addie M. Ferry married Charles S. Taylor.¹

     Rev. Benjamin Fessenden was born on 7 January 1701 in Cambridge.¹ He was the son of Nicholas Fessenden and Margaret Cheney.¹ Rev. Benjamin Fessenden died on 7 August 1746 in Sandwich at the age of 45.¹

     Hannah Fessenden was born in 1649 in Canterbury, Kent.^1,2 She and Nicholas Fessenden emigrated in 1674 to Cambridge Massachusetts from England.³ Hannah Fessenden married firstly John Sewall, son of Rev. Henry Sewall and Jane Dummer, on 27 October 1674 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the marriage was conducted by Mr. Danforth.^4,5 Hannah Fessenden married secondly Lieut. Jacob Toppan, son of Abraham Toppan and Susan Taylor, on 14 January 1705/6 she was the widow of his brother-in-law, John Sewall.^6,7,8 Hannah Fessenden died on 4 April 1723.⁹ She was buried in Old Grave Yard, York, Maine, the gravestone is inscribed "Here lyes ye body of Mrs Hannah Toppan, born at Canterbury in England 1649, married in N. England to Mr. John Sewall & after his decease to Mr Jacob Toppan both of Newbury. Decd April 4th 1723."¹⁰

     Hannah Fessenden was born in 1676.² She died in 1676.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Fessenden and Margaret Cheney.¹

     Hannah Fessenden died in 1677.¹ She was born in 1677.¹ She was the daughter of Nicholas Fessenden and Margaret Cheney.¹

     Jane Fessenden was born in 1674.² She was the daughter of Nicholas Fessenden and Margaret Cheney.¹ Jane Fessenden died in 1676.¹

     Joshua Abbe Fessenden was born on 15 February 1841.¹ He was the son of Samuel Clement Fessenden.¹ He was appointed sergeant, 1st Maine cavalry in September, 1861; 2d lieutenant, U.S. cavalry in March, 1862; 2d lieutenant, 5th U.S. artillery Sept. 6, 1862; was brevetted 1st lieutenant for gallant services at Stone's River, Dec. 3, 1862, and captain for gallant services at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863; was promoted captain, 5th U.S. artillery June 26, 1882, and retired in 1896.¹

     He was a glover.² Nicholas Fessenden was born circa 1650 in Canterbury, Kent.³ He married Margaret Cheney, daughter of Thomas Cheney and Jane Atkinson, in 1672/73.⁴ Nicholas Fessenden and Hannah Fessenden emigrated in 1674 to Cambridge Massachusetts from England.⁵ Nicholas Fessenden died on 24 February 1718/19 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^6,7

     Nicholas Fessenden was born in 1682.¹ He was the son of Nicholas Fessenden and Margaret Cheney.¹ Nicholas Fessenden graduated in 1701 from Harvard.² He died in 1719.²

     Samuel Fessenden was born on 12 April 1847.¹ He was the son of Samuel Clement Fessenden.¹ He was 2d lieutenant, 5th Maine battery in 1864, 1st lieutenant, 7th Maine battery in 1865; became a distinguished lawyer at Stamford, Conn., and a leader of the Republican party in that state, and was for many years a member of the Republican national committee.¹

     General Samuel Fessenden was born on 14 July 1784 in Fryeburg, Maine. He was the son of Rev. William Fessenden and Sarah Clement.¹ General Samuel Fessenden graduated in 1806 from Dartmouth.¹ He was admitted to the bar in 1809, and practised at New Gloucester. He was a member of the general court of Massachusetts, 1814-16, and a state senator, 1818-19. He was major-general of the 12th division, Massachusets militia, 1819-33. He removed to Portland in 1822, and was an acknowledged leader in the state of the Federalist party, a representative in the Maine legislature in 1825-26, and an early anti-slavery advocate. He declined to be considered for the presidency of Dartmouth in 1828, and was defeated as the candidate of the Liberal party for governor of Maine in 1847, and for representative in congress in 1848. Bowdoin gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1846.¹ He married Deborah Chandler in 1813.¹ General Samuel Fessenden died on 13 March 1869 in Portland, Maine, at the age of 84.¹

     Samuel Clement Fessenden was born on 7 March 1815 in New Gloucester, Maine.¹ He was the son of General Samuel Fessenden and Deborah Chandler.¹ He graduated from Bowdoin in 1834 and Bangor theological seminary in 1837. He was pastor of the 2d Congregational church, Rockland, Maine, 1837-56, editor and proprietor of the Maine Evangelist, 1856-58, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He was judge of the municipal court of Rockland and a representative in the 37th congress, 1861-63. He was on the board of examiners of the U.S. patent office, 1865-79, and U.S. consul to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1879-81.¹ Samuel Clement Fessenden died on 18 April 1882 in Stamford, Connecticut, at the age of 67.¹

     William Fessenden was the son of Rev. William Fessenden and Martha Wyeth.¹ William Fessenden graduated in 1737 from Harvard.¹ He married Mary Palmer.¹

     Rev. William Fessenden was born circa 1693.² He was the son of Nicholas Fessenden and Margaret Cheney.¹ Rev. William Fessenden married Martha Wyeth.¹

     Rev. William Fessenden was born on 3 November 1747 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, (or 14 Nov 1747 Boston, Massachusetts.)² He was the son of William Fessenden and Mary Palmer.¹ Rev. William Fessenden married secondlySarah Clement.¹ Rev. William Fessenden died on 5 May 1805 in Fryeburg, Maine, at the age of 57.²

     Amos G. Fickett married Olive Sewall, daughter of John Sewall and Cynthia A. Fickett. Amos G. Fickett died before 1905.

     Cynthia A. Fickett was born on 6 October 1796 in Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, however the report of her death in the Boston Herald gives her birthday as 5 November 1797.^2,3,4 She was the daughter of James Fickett and Polly Howell.³ Cynthia A. Fickett married John Sewall, son of Theodore Sewall and Olive Beal, on 21 July 1814.⁵ Cynthia A. Fickett appears on the census of 1880 at Bucksport, Maine, where she is living with her son Joseph, though the transcribed name is Cornelia Sewal, possibly the spelling error was due to her absence from the house because also in the same census she is recorded as living with her daughter Olive Fickett.^6,7 She died on 4 November 1897 in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, at the age of 101 (or 100 years and 2 months.)^8,4 She was buried on 6 November 1897 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine, Lot Number, 299CG.⁹

     James Fickett married Polly Howell.¹

     Oscar Fickett was born circa 1862 in Maine.¹ He was the son of Olive Sewall.¹ Oscar Fickett and James Spencer appear on the census of 1880 listed as laborers.¹

     Eleanor Kingsland Field was born on 29 May 1819.² She was the daughter of Hickson Woolman Field and Eleanor Kingsland de Forrest.¹ Eleanor Kingsland Field married Hon. John Jay, son of Judge William Jay and Augusta McVickar, on 27 June 1837 in New York City.³ Eleanor Kingsland Field died on 18 October 1909 in New York at the age of 90² and is buried in Saint Matthew's Episcopal Churchyard, Bedford, Westchester County, New York.²

     Elijah Field was born on 2 February 1754 in Sunderland, Massachusetts.¹ He married Tryphena Cooley on 1 September 1783.¹ Elijah Field died on 4 February 1822 in Hawley, Massachusetts, at the age of 68.¹

     Hickson Woolman Field was born on 17 October 1788 in Flushing, Long Island.² He married Eleanor Kingsland de Forrest in 1818.²

     Rev. Pindar Field was born on 1 May 1794 in Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Elijah Field and Tryphena Cooley. Rev. Pindar Field graduated in 1826 from Amherst College M.A.² He married firstly Chiffaenette LaGrass Walton on 27 April 1831. Rev. Pindar Field married secondly Mary Margaret Sewall, daughter of Joseph Sewall and Hannah Shaw, on 28 November 1859 in Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine.³ Rev. Pindar Field and Mary Margaret Sewall were living at Hamilton, New York, in 1860 where he was a Congregational missionary.¹ Rev. Pindar Field died on 24 November 1873 in Hamilton, Madison County, New York, at the age of 79.⁴

     Ruth Amelia Field was born circa 1882 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.¹ She married Benjamin Sewall Blake, son of Francis Blake and Elizabeth Livermore Hubbard, on 10 October 1908 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.¹ Ruth Amelia Field died in March 1963 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.²

     Susan Maria Field was born in 1830?¹ She married John Augustus Pell, son of Alfred Sands Pell and Adelia Duane.¹ Susan Maria Field died in 1893.¹

     Lizzie Fields married Joseph W. Edwards.¹

     Darwin L. Fifield was born in 1869.¹ He married Ina Belle Marston, daughter of Nathaniel B. Marston and Emma Jan Kendrick.¹

     Genevieve Rena Fifield was born in 1911.¹ She was the daughter of Darwin L. Fifield and Ina Belle Marston.¹ Genevieve Rena Fifield died in 1917.¹