. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. seven daughters, and seventy-onegrandchildren. All his children lived to beabout ninety years of age, and some to even agreater age. Children: Betsy, Ann. John,.Ambrose. Deborah, Jane, Jonathan. Roland,Dorcas, James, Reuben, Lydia, Lemual andLucy. (III) James, son of Ambrose (2) and De-borah (Soule) Hamilton, was born on Che-beague Island, and lived and died there. He married Mary ; eleven children : James, Isaac, John, \Iary, Benjamin, Reuben, Simeon,Sarah, Eliza. Rcliecca and .Sophronia. (I\) Benjamin, fourth son of James andMary Hami


. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. seven daughters, and seventy-onegrandchildren. All his children lived to beabout ninety years of age, and some to even agreater age. Children: Betsy, Ann. John,.Ambrose. Deborah, Jane, Jonathan. Roland,Dorcas, James, Reuben, Lydia, Lemual andLucy. (III) James, son of Ambrose (2) and De-borah (Soule) Hamilton, was born on Che-beague Island, and lived and died there. He married Mary ; eleven children : James, Isaac, John, \Iary, Benjamin, Reuben, Simeon,Sarah, Eliza. Rcliecca and .Sophronia. (I\) Benjamin, fourth son of James andMary Hamilton, was born on Chebeague, Sep-tember. 1811, and died on that island in followed the occupation of farmer andfisherman at Chebeague, where he residedthirtv-three years. He married Eliza Ross, in1830; she was born in Cumberland, 1812,daughter of John and Dorcas Ross. Children :John Caniline Benjamin. Hcnrv O.,Royal T. (V) Henry O., third son of Benjamin andEliza (Ross) Hamilton, was born at Che-beague, November 7, 1843, ^nd was educated. STATE OF MAINE. i75 in the schools of Chebeague. tic learned thetrade of mason and has been engaged all hislife since that time in structural masonry. Heresides on Great Chebeague Island. He is aRepublican in politics, and a member of theMethodist Episcopal church. Ele married, inJanuar}-, 1864, Margery E. Jewett, who wasborn in Westport, September 5, 1846, daughterof John G. and Elizabeth Jewett, of G. Jewett was born in Westport, Feb-ruary 14, 1819, and died at Westport, Feb-ruary 12, 1848. He married Elizabeth Reed,who was born September 16, 1812, at Booth-bay, Maine. Children: Margery E. andAmasa. Henry O. and ]\Iargery E. (Jewett)Hamilton have three children: i. Helen J.,married Reuben H. Cleaves. 2. Fred. G.,mentioned below. 3. Harry (Henry) B., mar-ried Gertrude Crockett. (\T) Fred G., elder of the two sonsof Henry O. and iMargery E. (Jewett)Hamilton, was born on Great Chebeague, Feb-ruary 22, 1868, and edu


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