Everett S. Stackpole, History of Durham, Maine, with Genealogical Notes (1899)

Compiled town history, read in the archive.org full text. The Sylvesters (pp. 259-261): “Richard Sylvester came from England about 1630 and settled in Weymouth, Mass. He married in 1632 Naomi Torrey and had eleven children. One was Joseph, born 1638, whose son Amos was born 15 Nov. 1685 and married 20 Nov. 1706 Elizabeth Henchman … Amos Jr., born 14 Sept. 1707, married Patience Palmer 7 Feb. 1732 and had a son Job, born 1742, who married Margaret Stetson in Hanover, Mass., 8 June 1765. He moved to Durham and died there 6 Oct. 1832. His wife died 8 Dec. 1818. Revolutionary soldier.” Children named: Job Jr. (b. 9 Nov 1767), Amos (killed in the War of 1812), Cynthia, Deborah, Zilpha, Roland and Joseph.

“Job Sylvester, Jr., born 9 Nov. 1767, married 25 Nov. 1790, in Hanover, Mass., Lydia Phillips, who was born 12 Feb. 1769. They settled in Durham about 1800. He was a blacksmith and farmer. About 1840 he and his wife went West to live with his son Benjamin. He died at Manchester, Ind., 19 Oct. 1859. His wife died 3 March 1850. They had nine children, of whom the first five were born in Hanover, Mass.” Named: John (1791), Lydia (1792, “m. 22 April 1811 Luther Plummer. Settled in Manchester, Ind.”), Job Phillips (1794), William (1797), Benjamin (1799), Patience (1808) and Roland (1814). Two of the nine are not named; Mary (b. Durham 1801), wife of Rufus Rice, fits the gap after Benjamin.