Note N755 Index
Widow of Nathaniel Andrews, son of Samuel.
Note N756 Index
"Grew up among the natives of that part, a jolly, good-natured soul; married Miriam, daughter of Thaddeus Turner, Nov. 10, 1840, and settled on his father's old farm, near Bolster's Mills. She died Nov. 2, 1852, aged forty-five; he married 2nd, Joanna, daughter of John and Mercy (Jordan) Pike, and widow of Nathaniel, son of Samuel Andrews, Aug. 29, 1854. Mr. Chute was a hard worker over the hills and among the rocks, and in his old age became quite a cripple with rheumatism; died Dec. 11,1890."
Note N757 Index
Notes on Curtis Chute, Almeda C. Stone Chute and Louise Brown Chute:
WEC: "Moved to Hillhurst, Quebec Province after his marriage."
History of Otisfield: "Moved to Hillhurst, Quebec Province after his marriage."
Canadian Immigrant Records, Part OneSurname: CHUTE
Given Name: Curtis
Age: 56
Year of Record: 1901
Occupation:
Reference/Others/Comments: 1901 Census of Canada: Province of Quebec (Extraction of those who where born outside of Canada and have given a year of immigration to Canada) National Archives of Canada: Microfilm Reel No. T-6519, District 150 - Compton, Sub-District I1 - Eaton, page 6
Immigrated to Canada in 1869
Note N758 Index
"Mr. Chute was a pious industrious farmer. In doing hard work, as in rolling a log, he was wont to say "canto", and from that he was called "Canto Jim," to distinguish him from others of the name. He was chaplain in the Patrons of Husbandry in 1875; and his wife was Ceres. He was recording steward in the M. E. church in 1879; died June 12, 1884, a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow."
"Is buried in the Chute Cemetery on Rte 35 in Naples. J. Chute II is shown on the 1847 and 1871 map as living on the Bridgton Road, near the Casco/Naples line."
Note N48-759 Back to Index Back to Russell E. Chute and Emma Jane Sawyer Chute.
Notes on Russell E. Chute and Emma Jane Sawyer Chute:
Either Ida May's birthdate or the date of marriage is wrong.
Biographical Details:"Russell was of Minot, Maine when he married Emma (SAWYER) Putney. She was of Poland. He was a locke operator at the Songo Lockes in Naples, Maine. Their first child died at the age of 10. Emma and Russell lived in Templeton, MA in 1882 where he had his own shop with two employees.
After Emma died, he married Ella Lovell, called a cousin in family papers. Russell died of tuberculosis in Lynn, MA at the age of 51 years and 4 months. He was a widow at the time, as Ella had died in 1887. Russell and his brothers and father were well known for their singing voices and one of his favorite songs was "THE SHORES OF TENNESSEE". My mother and aunts remember how he would sing to them when they were ill.
Emma Putney was really Emma Sawyer, dau. of Charles and Abigail Johnson Wilbur Sawyer. Her mother died in childbirth and she was taken in by the Putneys of Mechanic Falls, ME, as her father already had six other children and could not care for her. She did not know of this until she became an adult and came into some money inherited from the Sawyer family, and established a relationship with her birth family. Emma was very beautiful and could read and write, but was not a very good speller. She wrote letters to her siblings from Massachusetts and Russell and Emma would visit Maine. Her daughter Grace was spoiled and became a woman who spent her time reading or driving a fine team of horses, never taking a meal with her children. Eventually, Grace left her family, returned to Maine, living with her mother's relatives, until she divorced and remarried Russell Currier. The Sawyer family is descended from William Sawyer and Ruth Binford of Newbury, Essex, MA.
Biographical Sketch courtesy of Claire Berry Cantrell, great-granddaughter of Russell and Emma Sawyer Chute. Sources: marriage records, death certificates, family photos, gravestones and family letters.
Note N760 Index
Died WWII.
Note N761 Index
"Was a good and useful man in society; he was a deacon in the Congregational Church; a Mason, and treasurer in the Patrons of Husbandry, 1879."
Note N48-762 Index
Notes on Franklin A. ("Frank") Chute and Elizabeth J. Hall Chute:
WEC: "Moved to Waterford in 1863, and to Harrison, August of 1877."
"Frank A. Chute, a prominent citizen of Harrison, actively engaged in farming, was born in the adjoining town of Naples, Cumberland County, on February 25, 1827. His parents were William C. and Rozanna (Mayberry) Chute; and his paternal grandfather, Thomas Chute*, was one of the pioneer settlers of Windham.
William C. Chute was born in that town and continued to live there until his marriage, when he removed to Otisfield. He was engaged in farming in that place until December, 1826, going at that time to Naples, where the remaining years of his life were spend on a farm. His wife, formerly Rozanna Mayberry, was born in Windham. She died in December, 1831. They were the parents of eight children, of which a brief account follows: Mary married Calvin Brown, and both are now dead. Thomas married a Miss Wyer, of Harpswell, Me. (both deceased). Caroline S. first became the wife of Robert King. After his death she married Edward Kilmer; and, being a second time left a widow, she removed to Texas, where she married a Mr. Packing**. Both have since died. James was twice married, his first wife being Ellen Mann, his second Jane Cole, who survives him and is now living in Naples, Me. Edward P. died at eleven years of age. Newell married Miss Mary Jane Chaplin; and they are living in Bridgton, Me. Frank A. Chute is a resident of Harrison, as above mentioned. William Chute, who married Miss Emily Steward is dead; and his widow resides at Gorham, Me.
Frank A. Chute, now the youngest living child of his father's family, received a good common-school education, and continued to reside with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age. At that time he went to work on the York & Cumberland Canal, where for the next few years he was employed during the summers; and during the winters he worked at different places in this county. He then went to the town of Naples and purchased a farm. After eight years spent in improving and conducting that property, he removed to Waterford, Me., where he followed farming for seven years. In partnership with his son, he then came to Harrison and bought the old Deacon Bray farm, containing about one hundred and sixty -five acres of well-improved land. Mr. Chute and his son here devote their attention to general farming, at which they are very successful.
On September 24, 1853, Mr. Chute was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. Hall. She was born in Bridgton, April 4, 1829. After her birth, her parents, Thomas and Mary (Riggs) Hall, removed to Westbrook, where they lived until their deaths. Mr. Hall was a farmer. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chute; namely, Quincy M. and Cora B. Quincy M. Chute, born November 30, 1854, has already been referred to as in partnership with his father. He is well known throughout this county, having held a number of town offices. For a number of years he has served as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Harrison, and he is now the Representative from this district to the State legislature. He married Miss Melissa D. Lewis, of South Harrison, and they have four children, respectively named: Blanche A., Roland H., Walter D., and Philip A., all of whom are living at home. Cora B. Chute, born September 14, 1863, is the wife of John Witham, who is engaged in farming on a place near her father's.In political views, Mr. Chute and his son are staunch Republicans; and true to the duties devolving upon them as citizens, they make it a point to be present at town meetings, in which public interests are the topic of discussion, or in which important questions are to be voted upon. Fraternally, Mr. Chute is a member of Mount Tyron Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of Waterford; and he and his son are members of Harrison lodge, No. 41, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Harrison Village. Mr. and Mrs. Chute are member of the Methodist Episcopal church, whose house of worship is but a short distance from their farm."
Source: Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Cumberland County, Maine. Boston Review Publishing Company, Boston. 1896. Pages 588-189. Entry: Frank A. Chute.Notes:
* This is incorrect. The Thomas Chute who was a pioneer settler in Windham was Franklin A. Chute's great-great grandfather.
**Caroline S. Chute's third husband's surname has been recorded as Patebin, Patchin and Patching. It is still open to further investigation.
Note N763 Index
Have 3 children.
Note N48-764 Index
Notes on William Addison Chute:
WEC: "Was in Company G, 29th Maine and a prisoner; died at Annapolis, Maryland, Jun 1864."
This information is contradicted by U.S. Military Records, particularly in reference to the date of death:
Name: William A ChuteResidence: Otisfield, Maine
Enlistment Date: 16 December 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1046
1046 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 December 1863 at the age of 18. Enlisted in Company G, 29th Infantry Regiment Maine on 16 December 1863. POW on 19 October 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
Died of disease, Company G, 29th Infantry Regiment Maine on 15 March 1865.
Source: Adjutant General. Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine. 3 vols. Augusta: Stevens & Sayward, 1862, 1863, 1866
Civil War Pension Index
William A. Chute
Relative: Mother Dorcas C. Chute
Note N765 Index
Have three children.
Note N766 Index
Notes on Edwin Chute and Dorcas Cobb Abbott Chute:
WEC: "Lived at Standish in Gorham, south of Sebago Lake, but moved to Otisfield, near Bolster's Mills 1846; was an industrious farmer."
He and wife Dorcas Abbott Chute are recorded in the 1860 and 1880 Maine Census.| Edwin CHUTE | Self | M | Male | W | 63 | ME | FarmerME | ME | ||||
| Dorcas C. CHUTE | Wife | M | Female | W | 53 | ME | Keeping House | ME | ME | |||
| Mahlon A. CHUTE | Son | S | Male | W | 26 | ME | Farmer | ME | ME | |||
| Isabella CHUTE | Dau | S | Female | W | 16 | ME | Going To School | ME | ME | |||
| Idella CHUTE | Dau | S | Female | W | 14 | ME | Going To School | ME | ME | |||
| Adelaide CHUTE | Dau | S | Female | W | 10 | ME | Going To School | ME | ME | |||
| Charles ROBINS | Other | S | Male | W | 21 | ME | Farm Laborer | ME | ME | |||
| Christopher RECORDO | Other | S | Male | W | 16 | ME | Farm Laborer | ME | ME |
Source Information:
Census Place Otisfield, Cumberland, Maine
Family History Library Film 1254478
NA Film Number T9-0478
Page Number 422A
Note N767 Index
Birthdate is too close to Maude Idella's to be correct.
Note N768 Index
Died young.
Note N769 Index
Lived in Saco, Maine and Springfield, Massachusetts.
Note N770 Index
4 children.
Note N48-771 Index
Notes on William Windsor (or Winsor) Chute and Lucetta Philbrick Chute:
Settled in Otisfield, near Crooked River. They celebrated their Silver Wedding anniversary on October 21, 1881. The celebration included the following song, composed for the occasion, and it should be noted that the two daughters, while still unmarried at the time of the composition of the song, did marry a short time afterwards:
SONG, WRITTEN BY SAMUEL LOTEN WESTON, M.D, OF BOLSTER'S MILLS AND SUNG AT THE SILVER WEDDING"Of all the faith that wins the highest grace,
Whose indication is a cheerful face,
Of all the works that is the best by half,
that sometimes blossoms in a hearty laugh."
JAMES B. WIGGIN.
1.Just five and twenty years to-day
Since Windsor to Lucett did say,
"I'll take you for my wedded wife."
Says she "All right, I'm yours for life."
CHORUS.
Then clear the deck, rant, tear and canter,
Clear the deck, rant, tear and canter,
Clear the deck, shake out the bedding,
For we're all here at the Silver Wedding.
2.At last they lived in humble style
And fortune seemed to frown awhile,
But they laid up some dimes and quarters,
Made pants, raised hens and two fine daughters.
Then clear the deck, etc.
3.They bought a farm and built a house,
They kept no cat that caught no mouse,
And what did much to increase their means,
They raised sweet corn and lima beans.
Then clear the deck, etc.
4.Now all things lovely went apace,
The daughters grew in gifts and grace,
But when it seemed that they should marry,
They made a most perplexing tarry.
Then clear the deck, etc.
5.The parents, since no wedding came
To crown the altar with its flame,
Said "wedded life has had some clover,
We think we'd better marry over."
Then clear the deck, etc.
6.So cards and invitations flew,
And brought together a Chutey crew,
Of long Chutes, short Chutes, stout and lean,
A hundred, more or less, I ween.
Then clear the deck, etc.
7.Here's Rose, and Belle, and Liz, and Ella,
O what a chance for some good "fella,"
And lots of other charming women
With hideous bangs, fine lace and trimming.
Then clear the deck, etc.
8.Here's Albert, 'Siah, Bill and Frank,
And John with many a funny prank,
Can't name them all - we have no quakers,
Excepting uncle Mahlon Akers.
Then clear the deck, etc.
And how the Chutes with Chutes have chatted,
How some on oyster soup have fatted,
I will refer - I'm such a noodle,
To that old Nincompoop - Dr. Coodle.*
Then clear the deck, etc.
10.Kind friends I'm done, my muse is "bust,"
My throat is dry and close I must,
Obliged, lest you some tears be shedding,
To keep the rest for the " Golden Wedding."
CHORUS.
Then clear the deck, etc.,
Clear the deck, rant, tear and canter,
Clear the deck, shake out the bedding,
We'll try and be at the " Golden Wedding."
*"Dr. Coodle" was the nom de plume of Capt. James Chute, of Naples, and "Nincompoop," a pet name he was in the habit of applying to his friends - called the writer by it at this celebration.
The family appears in the 1860, 1870,and 1880 United States Federal Census. By the time of the 1910 Census, Lucetta Chute was a widow, and was letting out rooms in her home to boarders, for income. At the time of the 1870 Census, William was no longer a "farmer", but the owner and operator of the town poorhouse, although by 1880, he had returned to farming as his primary occupation. In the 1880 Census, the census taker, Jacob Cobham, incorrectly reversed the ages of Ida and Nellie, showing Nellie as 26 and Ida as 22.
An interesting genealogical sidenote: the Philbrick/Philbrook Family Association has a lengthy pedigree in their database, and it appears that a distant common ancestor between the Chutes and the Philbricks is the same Bigod ancestor whose descendants (now known as Wiggetts) occupied the Vyne in Hampshire.
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