Biography of Hezekiah Stratton

From Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine, by Henry D. Kingsbury and Simeon L. Deyo, Blake & Co., New York, 1892

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Hezekiah Stratton (1746-1834) came from Concord, Mass., to Winslow in 1768, and settled on the east side of the Sebasticook river, where he spent the remainder of his life. He married Eunice Hayward, and their son, William (1781-1849), married Abigail May Clark, and was a farmer on the home place, where he raised twelve children, four of whom are living: Sibyl (Mrs. Edward A. Paine) Mary (Mrs. Sidney Howard), Charlotte (Mrs. Joseph H. Lunt), and Robert F. Mr. Lunt is a farmer, and owns and occupies the old homestead. His only child, Emily J., is now the wife of Guy W. Horne, who is a farmer and milkman. He came to Winslow from Massachusetts in 1885. They have one son, Robert S. Horne.

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Post Offices - The post office at Winslow was established July 1, 1796, with Asa Redington as postmaster. His successors have been: Nathaniel B. Dingley, appointed 1803; Hezekiah Stratton, 1811; Frederick Paine, 1815; Nathaniel Dingley, 1845; Amasa Dingley, December, 1845; Robert Ayer, 1846; Daniel B. Paine, 1865; Josiah W. Bassett, 1866: Fred L. Simpson, 1885; Josiah W. Bassett, 1889.