The index in OLD KITTERY AND HER FAMILIES is very incomplete. For example, there are three pages cited in the index for SHEPHERD. I found over ten. There are also pages dealing with individual families which are not cited in the index. These listings are in (more or less but not quite) alphabetical order. Phil Shepard

Dear Linda, A Friend I work with told me me of a old gravesite that borders her property. Theres a Dependance Cottle (along side a Betsy Mills Died Feb.7, 1868) in this site. There are no borders around this graveyard so it has long since been forgotten. The site is in Lebanon, Maine. The stone says she died August, 1877. Is there any information you could give me on this lady and or could you put her on a list of cottles in southern Maine so that her family can find her. She has fascinated my friend and I to the point that we just got to find out who she was. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Norm Cox

> A Friend I work with told me me of a old gravesite that borders her > property. Theres a Dependance Cottle (along side a Betsy Mills Died Feb.7, > 1868) in this site. There are no borders around this graveyard so it has > long since been forgotten. The site is in Lebanon, Maine. The stone says she > died August, 1877. "Maine Genealogies, 1750-1892", G.W. Chamberlain, M.S.; 1976, Based upon the Vital Records of Lebanon, with much additional data, 1890 to 1939.Typed from original four-volume manuscript at the Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine. Number 191 JOHN COTTLE came to Lebanon before 1790. The census of that year shows that he was head of a family consisting of himself over 16 years of age, no males under 16 years and four females. He drew school money in District No. 6 on the River Road in 1812. His tax in June 1825 was $73.45 and John COTTLE Jr. was named in the same list. He lived in the extreme western part of the town in the field, north of Copp's Bridge. He came from Kittery. Children: I. BETSEY, m 11 Aug 1810, ISAIAH MILLS. II. SARAH, m 24 Nov 1816, GEORGE COOK. III. LUCY, m 1 May 1820, ISAAC COWELL of Lebanon. IV. JOHN JR., m 15 Sept 1823, REBECCA COWELL, sister of ISAAC. V. DEPENDENCE, b about 1804; m in Lebanon, 19 May 1832, DRUZILLA HAYES of Rochester. {NH?} He died in Lebanon, 21 Aug 1877, ae 73y 9m. Their son was: HENRY F. COTTLE, b about 1835; m about 1860, ____. One daughter: ALTA F., b about 1865; m 15 July 1885, AZARIAH PEARL of Rochester, NH. They occupy the most western farm in Lebanon.