Freedom MOULTON
Biography



Freedom Moulton, b. in Scarborough, Me., October 31, 1808; m. June 13, 1842, Shuah Coffin, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Fabyan) Carter; Ezra Carter (Ezra, Daniel, Ephraim of South Hampton, N. H.), her father came from Concord, N. H., to Scarborough about 1800, and was a tanner. She was b. December 20, 1811. Mr. Moulton fitted for college at Gorham Academy, but on account of difficulty with his eyes was obliged to give up his collegiate course. Taught school in Gorham and Scarborough for some years. After marriage in 1842 went to Jay, Franklin County, Me., where he remained eleven years. In 1853, removed to Scarborough and there purchased the Ezra Carter homestead on Portland road near Dunstan Corner, where he afterward resided, and continued teaching a part of every so long as he lived; was always prominent in educational matters; member of superintending school committee in Jay eleven years, and also member of superintending school committee in Scarborough; was town clerk at time of decease. He was a man of marked ability, of highest integrity and standing, and was universally esteemed. Mr. Moulton, his wife and all his children, were school teachers. He died July 31, 1857, aged 48.

Children :
1. Martha Carter, b. April 11, 1843; m. October 20, 1869, Lewis O. Hills, a merchant of Arlington, Ill.; afterward removed to Louisiana; d. July 12, 1889. Children: Grace Amanda, b. September 8, 1870; d. July 20, 1889; Moulton Augustus, b. August 28, 1874; Alida Martha, b. December 29, 1875 ; Louis Linville, b. May 7, 1877.

2. Sarah Carter, b. November 3, 1846; graduated, Portland High School, 1869; took course in Oswego, N. Y. Normal School; teacher; lives in Scarborough.

3. Augustus Freedom, b. May 1, 1848; graduated, Westbrook Seminary, 1869; Bowdoin College, 1873 ; first in class Phi Beta Kappa ; tutor, Bowdoin College, 1874; admitted to Bar, Cumberland County, Me., 1876; member of State Legislature, 1878 and 1879; now lawyer in Portland, Me.

4. Lydia Frances, b. May 26, 1851 ; educated at Westbrook Seminary and Oswego, N. Y. Normal School ; teacher in Jackson Grammar School, Portland.

Moulton Annals by Henry William Moulton
Editor Claribel Moulton
Publisher Edward A. Claypool, 1906



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