Maine Genealogy Archives

Graduates of Bowdoin College, 1806-1815

Source: General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1894 (Brunswick, Me.: The College, 1894).

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Class of 1806.
Richard Cobb. A.M. b. 28 Feb., 1788, Portland. Merchant. Res., Boston. d. 16 July, 1837, London.

Isaac Foster Coffin. A.M. b. 27 Mar., 1787, Portland. Teacher, Roxbury, Mass. d. 24 Jan., 1861.

John Davis. b. Jan., 1779, Beverly, Mass. Mechanic. Capt. U.S.A., 1812. d. June, 1841, Lovell.

John Maurice O'Brien. A.M. b. Sept., 1786, Newburyport, Mass. Lawyer, Brunswick. d. 19 Dec., 1865.

Moses Quinby. b. Apr., 1786. Lawyer, Westbrook. d. 6 May, 1857.

George Thorndike. A.M. A.B., Harv., 1807. b. 6 Jan., 1789, Beverly, Mass. d. 23 Dec., 1811, St. Petersburg.

Benjamin Titcomb. b. 4 Dec., 1787, Standish. Clergyman, Freeport. d. 29 Mar., 1829, Brunswick.

Class of 1807.
Charles Stewart Daveis. A.M. LL.D., 1844. b. 10 May, 1788, Portland. Lawyer. State Senate, 1841. d. 29 Mar., 1865.

Robert Means. A.M. b. 23 Jan., 1786, Amherst, N.H. Lawyer. d. 26 Sept., 1842, Lowell, Mass.

Seth Storer. A.M. b. 17 Feb., 1787, Saco. Lawyer, Scarboro. d. 22 Mar., 1876.

Class of 1808.
Alfred Johnson. A.M. b. 13 Aug., 1789, Newburyport, Mass. Lawyer, Belfast. d. 22 March, 1852.

Enos Merrill. A.M. b. 18 Mar., 1786, Falmouth. And. Theo. Sem., 1813. Tutor B.C., 1814-16. Pastor, Freeport. d. 22 Mar., 1861, Orford, N. H.

John Patten. A.M. b. 4 Oct., 1785, Topsham. Farmer, Bowdoinham. d. 28 Aug., 1866.

Joseph Sprague. A.M. b. Aug., 1788, Topsham. Lawyer, Thomaston. d. 21 Sept., 1826.

David Stanwood. A.M. b. 13 Feb., 1788, Brunswick. Lawyer. d. Feb., 1834.

William Allen Tompson. A.M. b. 18 Apr., 1787, South Berwick. Teacher. d. 3 Oct., 1835.

Class of 1809.
Lithgow Hunter. b. 6 Nov., 1787, Topsham. Farmer. d. 28 Aug., 1862.

Nathan Lord. A.M.; also Dart., 1821. D.D., 1828. LL.D., Dart., 1864. b. 28 Nov., 1792, Berwick. And. Theo. Sem., 1815. Pastor, Amherst, N.H. Pres. Dart. Coll. d. 9 Sept., 1870, Hanover, N.H.

John Mussey. A.M. b. 15 Oct., 1790, Portland. Lawyer. d. 21 May, 1886.

Benjamin Randall. A.M. b. 14 Nov., 1789, Topsham. Lawyer, Bath. State Senator, 1833, 1835, 1838. M.C., 1839-43. d. 14 Oct., 1857.

William Richardson. M.D., Harv., 1813. b. 13 Mar., 1788, Boston. Physician, Portsmouth, R.I., Johnston, R.I. d. 30 Sept., 1864.

Class of 1810.
John Emery Abbot. A.M.; also Harv., 1815. b. 6 Aug., 1793, Exeter, N.H. Pastor, Salem, Mass. d. 6 Oct., 1819, Exeter, N.H.

George William Boyd. A.M. b. 30 Aug., 1791, Portsmouth, N.H. Lieut. U.S.A. Editor and merchant, New Orleans. d. 6 March, 1860, Portland.

William Clark. A.M. b. 12 Oct., 1788, Hallowell. Lawyer. d. 18 May, 1855.


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Edward Henry Cobb. A.M. b. 30 Jan., 1792, Portland. Merchant. d. 18 Jan., 1818, Havana, Cuba.

Jeremiah Fellowes. b. 1 May, 1791, Exeter, N.H. Lawyer. d. 5 Sept., 1865, Concord, N.H.

Benjamin Lincoln Lear. A.M. b. 11 Mar., 1792, Philadelphia. Lawyer, Washington. d. 1 Oct., 1832.

Arthur McArthur. A.M. b. 14 Jan., 1790, Limington. Lawyer. d. 29 Nov., 1874.

Robert Page. A.M. b. 25 Apr., 1790, Readfield. And. Theo. Sem., 1815. Pastor, Bradford, N.H.; Kenduskeag; West Farmington, O. d. 12 Jan., 1876.

Henry Smith. A.M. b. 2 Jan., 1789, Durham, N.H. And. Theo. Sem., 1815. Pastor, Camden, N.Y. d. 19 July, 1828.

Frederic Southgate. b. 9 Aug., 1791, Scarboro. Tutor. d. 29 May, 1813.

James Weston. A.M. b. 9 Nov., 1791, Augusta. Pastor, Litchfield. d. 20 Jan., 1870, Standish.

John Wise. A.M. M.D., Harv., 1816. b. 20 Jan., 1790. Physician, Sherburne, Mass. d. 8 Mar., 1829, Kennebunk.

Class of 1811.
Cornelius Dennison. b. 2 Feb., 1783, Freeport. Teacher and farmer. d. 15 April, 1846, near Beardstown, Ill.

John Barton Derby. A.M. b. 13 Nov., 1793, Salem, Mass. Lawyer, Dedham. d. 8 July, 1867, Boston.

Josiah Little. A.M. b. 13 Jan., 1791, Newbury. Land owner. State Senate. d. 5 Feb., 1860, Newburyport, Mass.

John McKeen. A.M. b. 21 Dec., 1789, Beverly, Mass. Merchant, Brunswick. d. 2 Dec., 1861.

John Merrill. A.M. b. 3 Jan., 1793, Newbury, Mass. Merchant. State Senate, 1827-31. Judge Court of Sessions, 1826-8. Res., Brooklyn. d. 10 Aug., 1861, Orange, N.J.

Asa Redington. LL.D., Bates, 1873. b. 4 July, 1789, Vassalboro. Lawyer, Augusta. Judge Dist. Court. Res., Lewiston. d. 6 June, 1874.

William Cobb Wilde. b. 2 Sept., 1792, Hallowell. Lawyer. d. 23 Dec., 1825, Newburyport, Mass.

Class of 1812.
John Parker Boyd. A.M. b. 1 June, 1792, Portland. Lawyer. d. 20 July, 1871.

Charles Freeman. A.M. b. 3 June, 1794, Portland. Pastor, Limerick. d. 19 Sept., 1853.

George Freeman. b. 9 Mar., 1796, Portland. Law student. d. 1815.

George Lamson. A.M. b. 6 Oct., 1793, Exeter, N.H. Editor and publisher. d. 1826, New York City.

William Pilsbury. b. 16 June, 1793, Boston. Law student. d. 10 Aug., 1815.

Joseph Sewall. A.M. b. 26 Apr., 1795, Bath. Lawyer. d. 27 Apr., 1851.

John Parker Boyd Storer. A.M.; also Harv., 1817. b. 6 Nov., 1793, Portland. Tutor. Pastor, Walpole, Mass. d. 17 Mar., 1844, Syracuse, N.Y.

Class of 1813.
John Anderson. A.M. b. 29 July, 1792, Windham. Lawyer, Portland. State Senate, 1824. M.C., 1825-33. U.S. Att'y, 1833-6. d. 21 Aug., 1853.

Nathan Dane Appleton. A.M. b. 20 May, 1794, Ipswich, Mass. Lawyer, Alfred. State Senate, 1839. Att'y-Gen., 1857-9. d. 12 Nov., 1861.

Nehemiah Cleaveland. A.M. LL.D., 1869. b. 16 Aug., 1796, Topsfield, Mass. Tutor. Prin. Dummer Acad. d. 17 April, 1877, Westport, Conn.

Rufus King Porter. A.M. b. 3 Sept., 1794, Biddeford. Lawyer, Machias. d. 11 Dec., 1856.

Benjamin [Franklin] Salter. b. 6 Apr., 1792, Portsmouth, N.H. Merchant, Fayetteville, N.C.; New York City. d. 8 Sept., 1858.

Class of 1814.
James Bowdoin. A.M.; also Harv., 1818; Yale, 1826. b. 23 July, 1796, Boston. Lawyer. d. 6 Mar., 1833, Havana, Cuba.

John Bush. b. 3 July, 1792, Boylston, Mass. Physician, Vassalboro. d. 27 Feb., 1876.

James Cargill. b. 22 Feb., 1790, Newcastle. d. 17 Sept., 1814.

Charles Northend Cogswell. A.M. b. 24 April, 1797, South Berwick. Lawyer. State Senate, 1833-4. d. 11 Oct., 1843.


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John Abbot Douglass. A.M. b. 4 Feb., 1792, Portland. Pastor, Waterford. d. 7 Aug., 1878.

Charles Dummer. A.M. b. Aug., 1791, Hallowell. Lawyer. Treas. Dept., Washington, D.C. d. 28 June, 1872, Hallowell.

Stephen Emery. A.M. b. 29 April, 1790, Minot. Lawyer, Paris. Att'y-Gen., 1839-41. Judge District Court. d. 18 Nov., 1863, Auburn.

John Eveleth. A.M. b. 24 Oct., 1786, New Gloucester. Lawyer, Windham. d. 17 Sept., 1859.

Nathaniel Groton. A.M. b. 9 May, 1791, Waldoboro. Lawyer, Bath. State Senate, 1832, 1834. d. 28 Oct., 1858.

Samuel Hale. A.M.; also Harv., 1818. b. 30 April, 1793, Barrington, N.H. Merchant, Portsmouth, N.H. Manufacturer, Rollinsford, N.H. d. 20 Dec., 1869.

Winthrop Hilton. A.M. b. 14 Sept., 1794, Deerfield, N.H. Farmer. d. 15 Aug., 1869.

Elijah King. b. 21 May, 1789, Minot. Lawyer, Kentucky. d. before 1830.

Edward Orne. b. 3 April, 1791, Salem, Mass. Sea captain. Land agent, Mississippi. d. 7 April, 1845.

William King Porter. b. ____, 1795, Topsham. Lawyer, Turner. d. 1834.

William Henry Robbins. A.M. b. 22 Oct., 1794, Hallowell. Lawyer, Cheraw, S.C. d. 26 Mar., 1843.

Class of 1815.
Robert Pinckney Dunlap. A.M. b. 17 Aug., 1794, Brunswick. Lawyer. State Senate, 1824-8, 1830-2. Pres., 1827-8, 1831-2. Governor, 1834-7. M.C., 1843-7. d. 20 Oct., 1859.

George Evans. A.M. LL.D., 1847; also Washington Coll., Pa., 1846. b. 12 Jan., 1797, Hallowell. Lawyer, Gardiner; Portland. Speaker State Leg., 1829. M.C., 1829-41. U.S. Senator, 1841-7. State Att'y-Gen., 1853-5. d. 6 April, 1867.

Perez Bryant Mann. b. 26 Aug., 1798, Hallowell. d. Dec., 1817, Augusta, Ga.

Richard Elvins Orne. b. 20 May, 1795, Salem, Mass. Sea captain. Land agent, Memphis, Tenn. d. 22 Sept., 1860, near St. Paul, Minn.

Chandler Robbins. M.D., Harv., 1818. b. 21 Aug., 1796, Hallowell. Physician, Boston. d. 24 May, 1836, Cheraw, S.C.

Levi Stowell. A.M. b. 14 Jan., 1794, Paris. Lawyer. d. 8 Sept., 1865, Mazeppa, Minn.

Solomon Thayer. b. 4 Sept., 1789, Bridgewater, Mass. Lawyer, Lubec. d. 22 Dec., 1857, Portland.

John Apthorp Vaughan. D.D., Kenyon, 1839. b. 13 Oct., 1795, Boston. Clergyman. Prof. Prot. Epis. Divinity School, Philadelphia. d. 5 June, 1865.