JOHN WAS A DEACON
ONE OF THE EARLY DEACONS OF THE CENTER CHURCH, CAME HERE FROM WATERFORD. HE WAS THE SON OF PHILIP HORR-FORMERLY OF NORTON, MASS. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JEREMIAH HOBBS.
JOHN ARRIVED IN NORWAY, MAINE IN 1802, SIGNED THE ORIGINAL COVENANT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT NORWAY CENTER AND BECAME A DEACON OF THE CHURCH. HE WAS BORN IN WATERFORD, MAINE
WHEN THE "LEE GRANT" IN NO. NORWAY WAS SOLD OFF IN LOTS, JOHN PURCHASED LOT 48 (51 ACRES)-1818
DIED AT AGE 74.
SOME RECORDS SAY BORN IN NORTH YARMOUTH
1850 CENSUS
HUSB NATHANIEL-FARMER-52 YRS-HAD REAL ESTATE VALUED AT $600
WIFE DEBORAH-46 YRS
SON NATHANIELJR. - SAILOR-21 YRS
SON MOSES-FARMER-18 YRS-SCHOOL
SON SAMUEL-FARMER-16 YRS-SCHOOL
SON-IN-LAW MIAL WITHAM-FARMER-20 YRS
DAUGHTER DEBORAH-20 YRS
DAUGHTER LYDIA-10 YRS-SCHOOL
BOUGHT LAND IN LEWISTON, MAINE
CLIFF ISLAND CEMETERY
LIVED AT LEWISTON, MAINE
BURIED CLIFF ISLAND CEMETERY
ALSO BIRTH DATE OF 9 JAN 1758
DIED AT 74 YRS.
BURIED CENTER CEMETERY, WAREHAM, MASS.
DIED AT 43 YRS-BURIED CENTER CEMETERY, WAREHAM,MASS.
DIED AT 64 YRS. 11 MONTHS, 16 DAYS
DIED AT 68 YRS, 9 MONTHS, 26 DAYS
EDWARD WAS A BLACKSMITH?
FROM COURTHOUSE AT PLYMOUTH, MASS "6907" EDWARD B DURFEE OF ROCHESTER BY JIREY KINNEY MAY 2, 1854. NATHAN H BARSTOW GUARDIAN "6908" EDWARD DIED JAN. 15, 1864 HAD A WIFE SALLY WHO DIED AT TIVERTON OF DURFEE DEATH SON EDWARD OF MATTIPOISETT-HEIR
"6709" EDWARD DURFEE OF MIDDLEBORO REPRESENTED TO BE INSANE BY JOB HOAR WHO IS APPOINTED GUARDIAN 1832. DURFEE PROBABLY A BLACKSMITH THERE BEING A SHOP IN INVENTORY.
SALLY DIED AT 63 YRS,5 MONTHS, 8 DAYS
OF "DURFEE DEATH"