General Notes

Thomas and two of his brothers came to America from the Isel of Jersey in the English Channel about the year 1740. They are supposed to have decended from a Huguenot family who fled from the French on account of religious persecution. It is said that these three brothers were orphans who owned property in England and were sent here by their Uncle who had charge of the property under pretense of giving them an education. They landed at Scituate, Massachusetts with no money. After stopping there awhile, they moved to York and then to Capisic, near Portland, Maine, where Thomas and one of his brothers bought each a farm. Thomas is aid to have lost his on account of an incumberance upon it when he purchased it. His brother remained on his farm and his decendants are scattered over Gray, Westbrook, Portland and neignboring towns.. The other brother went to Kinfston, Canada where his decendants are to be found. Thomas married Rachel Riggs. He moved from Capisic to Gorham, Maine and afterwards in 1760 to New Meadows, Brunswick. He died Nov. 12, 1812. Children