General Notes

m. (1) Lydia Joy July 08, 1779 in Maine, died by 1785
m. (3) Nancy (Anna) Leighton Watson (perhaps a wife) by 1820 Cambridge census, no marriage record found

Came from Berwick area of Maine.

By the 1810 U.S. Census, Elijah Sr. is living in Harmony, Somerset County, ME. From the History of Harmony: Among those who came as pioneers to Harmony may be mentioned also David Kimball, who made his settlement there more than 100 years ago, Isaac Hutchins, John Thurston, Nathaniel Parsons, Lemuel Baker, David Smith, Samuel Ham, ELIJAH HAMILTON, Stephen Clark, Elisha Tibbetts, John Gray, Robert Brown, Stephen Dore and others.

Elijah Sr bought Lot 3 of the fifth range in Harmony. This may be the parcel of land which in 2002 is located along Highway 150 going into Harmony. Along side his property is a 'stone wall' that use to be the old road to Athens, ME. Carson Road "T" intersects with highway 150 at this area. Farming the land in August 2002 was Derek Thomas. Another section of land that Elijah Sr. owned was in Ripley, ME. This is found off north of highway 154 'east' of Harmony. On this land are apple trees and a well that might have been on that property when Elijah lived there. It appears that this land was sold to one of Elijah Sr.'s sons Stephen (1805-1874)by 1837. Elijah Sr. died on April 13, 1837. The land information states Anna as Elijah Sr.'s wife. Nancy Leighton Watson was also known as Anna in various Watson family trees and it is then believed Elijah Sr. married the third time to Nancy Leighton Watson(B: November 16, 1770-June 25, 1852)in Cambridge, ME. A Nancy is found in the 1840 census and 1850 census as Nancy Hamilton and the only feasible Hamilton man of that area that would have been old enough to be married to her was Elijah Sr. Elijah Sr. also shows up in the 1820 census with what appears to be another wife whose age matches closely to what Nancy was. Both Elijah Sr. and Nancy's gravesites are found in the Cambridge Gardens Cemetery in 2002. Elijah is buried with Mary Gould and sadly their stone has fallen down flat to the land. Only a row or so away is Nancy buried as Nancy Watson next to the headstone of her first husband Jonathan Watson.

More information:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ssgtal&id=I636

From Samusl Hart Hamilton'd Diary:

    ELIJAH HAMILTON, my Grandfather, was born in Berwick, Maine in the 1700's (I do not know the exact date). His first wife was LYDIA JOY.  They had three children; James, Lydia, and Sarah.  James and Lydia died of the Colored Fever about the close of the Revolutionary War.  SARAH  lived to be over 90 years old and died in Cambridge, ME.  ELIJAH, the father of the above 3 children, also died in Cambridge, Maine in 1837.  He had married his second wife Mary Gould soon after the death of his first wife and shortly after they moved to the Township of Harmony, Somerset County, Maine which was at the time an unbroken wilderness.  He was in the city of Bangor, Maine when there were but 3 long houses containing as many families.  In 1812, he moved from Harmony to the north part of Ripley Township, lying east of Harmony Township where he died on the same farm upon which he first settled.  He had 11 children by his 2nd wife who died in the 1800's.  (don't know the exact date). I cannot call their names in rotation but they were MARGARET, FOSS, SIMEON, MARY, ELIJAH, DORCAS, JESSE, JONATHAN, JUDITH, STEPHEN and JOHN.  The last 5 were the 5 youngest and in rotation.

    MARGARET (daughter of ELIJAH HAMILTON)lived to be 90 years old.  She married to EPHRAIM KNOWLES by whom she had several children.  POLLY, SUSAN and ABIGAIL.
             POLLY married REUBEN DREW and lived to be 80 years old and had a large family of boys and girls.  They both died in Wellington, Piscataquis County, Maine.
             SUSAN married a Mr. Mann. They lived together a few years before he died.  They had 2 children-both dying young.  SUSAN'S second husband was MOSES LEIGHTON and she was his second wife.  He was older then SUSAN'S mother! They had one child, Elmira who died of consumption at 13 or 14 years of age the death being the same day as her father's.  SUSAN married her 3rd husband LEVI CORBIN in March 1858 an old bachelor.  My father married them.  I attended the "serenade" in the evening at which time I caught pneumonia and came near dying.  It was the last serenade I ever attended!  He was 50 and she 49 and for aught I know are still living at this time.  (1892)
           ABIGAILmarried EPHRAIM JOHNSON and had a large family, two of whom died in the Army in 1862 at Detroit, Maine.

    MARGARET'S second husband was Rev. William Knowles, brother to Ephraim Knowles and his second wife. They had 3 children.  ALBION KING PARRISH, JOSEPH SPRAGUE and ELISHA all of them now living in 1892.
            ALBION married my sister ANGELINE HAMILTON who died at Rochester, Minnesota March 25, 1867 of consumption.  They had 3 children:    **see more about him below the listing of his children.
                 WILLIAM KNOWLES born August 10, 1849 in Northampton, Massachusetts and who now lives unmarried at Pillager, Minnesota Cass County.
                JONATHAN (Hampton) born Sept. 9, 1851 in Cambridge, Maine.  He now lives (1892)in Pillager, Minnesota.  He was married to ABBY CURTISS in 1876.  They have 4 children.  ELMER, ANGELINE, RALPH and MARGARET.
                ALMA was born in Cambridge in 1853 and died at Pillager in 1886 unmarried. (note: other names for her could be Harriet or Hattie as found in the censuses.)
           ALBION KING PARRISH KNOWLES enlisted in Company C 2nd Maine Regiment in 1861.  He was left on the field of battle for dead at the fight at White House Landing in Virginia.  He however revived and was taken to the hospital where he recovered sufficiently to be sent home in April 1862.  He was in the First Battle of Bull Run.  He regained his health so he was able to re-enlist on Sept. 10, 1862 and was made a 2nd Lt. and came home August 7, 1863 as Captain of his Company D.  ELISHA his brother enlisted at the same time in the same Company and was appointed one of its Sergeants.
    SIMEON (son of Elijah Hamilton) married POLLY DREW and of the children I have heard of ABIGAIL, CASSIOR, LORINDA, ELBRIDGE, MILTON, and MARY.
                ELBRIDGE married a KNOWLES (Mehitable).  They had 7 children.  I do not remember all their names.  On died in the Army in 1863 or 1864.  But there were MARY, SIMEON, ISIAH.  MARY married ELIJAH CLARK my mother's brother.  She died in 1846.  They had several children of whom I have heard mention of Abel and Louissa.  Louissa married a Mr. Sawyer, both now dead--one child Mary who married a Mr. Trapp of Houston, Texas.
    ELIJAH HAMILTON JR. (son of Elijah Hamilton Sr) married HANNAH (Dore) of Athens, Maine.  In 1837 he went to Ohio where he soon died.  Their children: James, Barzilla, Naomi, Irene, Lydia, Ann, Jason, Freeman, Augusta and Sumner. JAMES married Emily Hooper of Cambridge, Maine.  They had 3 girls, the names of whom I have forgotten.  She died about 1850.  He then moved to Wisconsin and married a second time.  SUMNER a Homeopathic Physician was killed while making a blast in Connecticut.  FREEMAN (Geo. F.) was in the Army in 1863 and a prisoner of Andersonville Prison.  AUGUSTA was a nurse in the Army.  JESSE was a lumberman in Michigan.  The rest I know nothing of.
    JONATHAN HAMILTON my father was the next whom I will speak hereafter.
    JUDITH died at about 3 years of age.
    STEPHEN was married to SALLY MORRILL and had 3 children.  Mary, Huldah Maria, and Salome.  MARY married Ischer Dore. Huldah died when about 15 or 16 and Salome about 1 year of age.  Their mother died in the 1850's.  STEPHEN'S 2nd wife was OLIVE FURBISH a widow.  They had 2 children Stephen and James (they had another son via 1880 census and that was Albert).  Stephen (JR)married Flora Stewart and STEPHEN was drowned in 1889.  They had no children.  James is married and lives in Aroostock County Maine.  Olive died in 1870.
    JOHN HAMILTON married RUTH WENTWORTH.  He died of cancer in the neck in 1880's.  Their children--Edwin, Emily, Betsy Jane, Josiah, Abby and Manter.  Josiah was in the navy in the time of the Rebellion.

More information found in book "Hamiltonons of Waterborough" by Samuel King Hamilton for lineage lines Elijah Jr./ Elijah Sr./ Gabriel #1/ David Hamilton and David's ancestors

Then from the Kennebec Gazette dated April 7-1803 Elijah Hamilton's name is signed asking that Hallowell Academy area he is living in become Harmony.  This was sent to the Honorable Senate and House of Rep of the Commonwealth of Massachusettes.  This is Elijah SR.