Captain Rufus Carle

From "History of Camden and Rockport, Maine" by Reuel Robinson, p. 405:

“Capt. Rufus Carle died in 1871, at the age of 84. He came to Camden from Saco, Maine, about 1794 with his father, Joseph Carle, whose wife was Margre Deering, of Kennebunk. Their other children were Rhoda, who married Wm. Hilt, Stephen, died in Ohio, William, died at sea in West Indies, John, married Sally Wright, drowned in Sheepscot, James, married first, Elonia Wright, second, Hannah Wright, Nehemiah and Margre. Joseph died in 1839, aged 85, his wife in 1847, aged 92. Rufus Carle married Anna, daughter of Lieut. James Lawrence, Jr., who came from Pepperell, Mass., and married Sarah, daughter of James and Anna Simonton. Mr. Lawrence lived for a time in the Clay house, where the Methodist church now stands. Being a miller, he later had charge of the Molyneaux mill. In 1804, he bought of Charles Barrett the place now known as the Carle farm, which then included the farm adjoining (now owned by Wm. Brown), that place having soon been sold to his wife’s brother, John Simonton, and recently burned, it having stood upwards of 90 years and been occupied by twelve different families and about 58 people. There has been but one death there, that of Mr. Haskell, several years ago. Mr. Lawrence built a log house near the present Carle house, which was built by Rufus Carle in 1818. Mr. Lawrence was nearly 93 and his wife nearly 94 when they died. Rufus Carle followed the sea for awhile, then returned to his farm. His children were James L., Sarah L., Marcia, Mary A., Rufus, Sophia B., Betsy H. James Carle’s children were, by his first wife, John; by his second wife, Otis, Amos, Jonas, George.”