. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. wastown clerk from 1752 to 1761, and again in1763-65. For twenty-three years he was onthe board of selectmen, and a greater part ofthe time was chairman. His period of ser-vice extended from 1744 to 1749, 1752 to1754, 1756 to 1762, 1765 to 1767, 1772 to1775, and again in 1782. He married MaryOrr about 1737, and they had eleven children:I. Rebecca, born July 8, 1737. 2. Richard. Sep-tember 6. 1738. 3. Clement. June i. 1740. , I^Iay 18, 1742. married Robert Spear(2). 5. Thomas, June 8. 1744. married AnnAnderson. 6. Mary, February 10
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. wastown clerk from 1752 to 1761, and again in1763-65. For twenty-three years he was onthe board of selectmen, and a greater part ofthe time was chairman. His period of ser-vice extended from 1744 to 1749, 1752 to1754, 1756 to 1762, 1765 to 1767, 1772 to1775, and again in 1782. He married MaryOrr about 1737, and they had eleven children:I. Rebecca, born July 8, 1737. 2. Richard. Sep-tember 6. 1738. 3. Clement. June i. 1740. , I^Iay 18, 1742. married Robert Spear(2). 5. Thomas, June 8. 1744. married AnnAnderson. 6. Mary, February 10, 1748. mar-ried Captain Robert Given. 7. Stephen, July8, 1751. 8. Martha, March 19. 1753, marriedLewis Simpson. 9. John, June 13, 1755. , March i, 1757. 11. William. August27, 1760. Mrs. Mary (Orr) Skolfield diedAugust I. 1771, aged fifty-seven years, but herhusband survived her a quarter of a century,living to be nearly ninety. (IV) Master George, as he was com-monly called, was a grandson of Thomas (2)and Mary (Orr) Skolfield. He was born at. ^.^jLa^A^^^^ STATE OF MAINE. 1993 Harpswell, Maine, in July, 1780, died March13, 1866. Owing to the lack of records, it isnot known which of the seven sons ofThomas (2) Skolfield was his father. GeorgeSkolfield began to build vessels when abouttwenty-one years of age, and during his life-time built nearly if not quite sixty sea-goingcraft. These were all of the best quality ofmaterial and workmanship. At the time of hisdeath be was one of the wealthiest men inBrunswick, and his money had all been ac-quired through his own exertions and busi-ness ability. He was a man of kindly dis-position and a very hospitable disposition, andhe was never happier than when his friendsfairly overran his house. He was a man ofstrong impulses and sternly resolute in thedischarge of what he believed to be his ever questioned his scrupulous hon-esty in all of his dealings with his fellow-men. Master George Skolfield married , and among
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