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Marriage: Children:
  1. Joshua Small: Birth: 16 JAN 1774 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA. Death: 10 MAR 1835 in West Bowdoin, Saqudahoc, ME, USA

  2. Anna Small: Birth: 23 FEB 1776 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA.

  3. Taylor Small: Birth: 3 MAY 1778 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA. Death: 4 MAY 1829

  4. Joseph Small: Birth: 29 AUG 1780 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA.

  5. Mary Small: Birth: 2 MAR 1783 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA. Death: 22 SEP 1830 in Parma, Cuyahoga, OH, USA

  6. Lois Small: Birth: 23 APR 1785 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA.

  7. John Small: Birth: 12 JUN 1788 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA. Death: 6 JUN 1872

  8. Hannah Small: Birth: ABT 1789 in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc, ME, USA.


Sources
1. Title:   Public Member Trees
Page:   Database online.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;

Notes
a. Note:   Joseph was married to Jemima Mindwell Purington. She died 15 MAR 1833 and is most likely buried at this cemetery, also.
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 1748 Joseph Small 1831
  Joseph Small, b,Truro MA August 1748 son of Taylor and Thankful (Ridley) Small: d
 Bowdoin 18 February 1831 at the age of 83 y (Hix Small cem): m Harpswell 29 March 1773 Mindwell Purington b Scarboro 16 April 1748 dau of Joshua and Mary Purington. She d Bowdoin 15 March 1833 at the age of 85y. Joseph served in the Revolutionary War . (DAR Patriots Index). See page # 718 (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - Maine ISBN; 0-9607188-3-4)
 Children:
  Joshua, b 16 January 1774: d Bowdoin 10 March 1835 at the age of 61y 2m:
 m 30 December 1797 Margery Toothaker, b Harpswell 3 May 1780, d Fort
 Wayne IN. October 11,1862.
 Anna, b 23 February 1776
  Taylor, b 03 May 1778: d. Bowdoin 1829 at the age of 51 years. m. Oct. 30, 1804 Ruth Lincoln b. 1780 d. Sept. 6, 1867 at 86 yrs 6 mos. Both buried Hix Small Cemetery, Bowdoin, Maine.
  Joseph, Jr.,b 29 August 1780: d Decatur Il. "at an advanced age": m 1806 Margaret
 Duncan of N.S. They moved to Ohio between 1817-1820. (See Joseph Jr.Below)
  Mary, b 02 March 1783: d Parma OH 22 September 1830: m 1804 Jessie Nicholas,
 b 06 May 1784. They moved to Ohio between 1815-1820.
 Lois, b 23 April 1785: m Ebenezer Grover
  John, b 12 January 1787: d 06 July 1872 at the age of 84 y, m. 18 December 1814
 Nancy Gillespie b. 1797 d 01 October 1872 at the age of 74y 9 mos. Both buried Woodlawn Cemetery
 Bowdoin, Maine.
 Hannah b 12 October 1789
  JOSEPH JR
  Joseph Jr. Small moved from Maine to southern Ohio with his wife Margaret
 (Duncan)Small bet.1817-1819 he is listed on the 1820 Clermont County Ohio Census
 before they moved north to Parma, with other Maine "neighbors" in 1821.
 "NEIGHBORS"
  Joseph Small Jrs.Sister: ...............Mary Small, was the wife of Jessie Nicholas
  Joseph Small Jrs.Niece: .......Thankful Small, was the wife of Amos Hodgman (Hogan)
  Joseph Small Jrs.Niece: ...................Sarah Small, was the wife of Asa Emerson
  Joseph Small Jr. moved from Ohio, date unknown, and died, Decatur, Ill. "at an advanced
 age" no date given.
 The History Of Cuyahoga County
  Page 497
  Under Parma The settlement of the township was very slow until late 1821,when there was
 an important accession in the families of ASA EMERSON, AMOS HODGMAN ,JESSE
 NICHOLAS, JOSEPH SMALL, and William Steele. These families had been neighbors in
 Maine and in 1817 had removed together to the West; having all settled, though separately,
 in southern Ohio. They kept up communication with each other and, becoming dissatisfied
 with their location in that region, they agreed to move up north to "greenbrier". In 1821 they
 accordingly entered the township in company.
 P 498
  The first marriage ceremony was celebrated at the house of JOSEPH SMALL, when his
 daughter Lois was wedded to Emphraim FOWLS of Middleburg. An attendant upon the
 occasion states that he event, although a novel one in the township, was an exceedingly
 quiet one.
 P 501
  Under Rockport The first school district in the township was set off May 1826.In this district
 was Benajah Fay,Samuel Freeman, Thomas Adams,John Hodgman, AMOS HODGMAN,
 JOSEPH SMALL,Peter Countryman, ASA EMERSON, JESSE NICHOLS, and Peletial Bliss.


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