tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036867968629131612024-03-13T13:49:07.421-04:00Digging Down EastA Geneablog about my down east ancestors in New England and the Canadian Maritimes.Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-36676325014590164782017-06-27T06:00:00.000-04:002017-06-27T09:06:55.603-04:00My 64 ~ Researching My Fourth Great Grandparents : Hugh Cowperthwaite III and Mary "Polly" Newcomb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My fourth great grandfather, Hugh Cowperthwaite, was born in Pittsgrove, in Salem County, New Jersey, in 1776, the second son and the third of 10 children born to Loyalist Hugh Cowperthwaite and Sarah Mead. His parents left New Jersey in January of 1778, when the oath of allegiance was tendered to them. Refusing to sign the oath, they had fled to Philadelphia, and, following the evacuation of that city, ultimately settled in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.<br />
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My fourth great grandmother, Mary "Polly" Newcomb, was born around 1778 in Waterborough (which is present-day Canning), New Brunswick, Canada, the youngest daughter, and ninth of 10 children born to Benjamin Newcomb and Elizabeth Lewis. Benjamin had come with his parents to settle in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, from Connecticut, in 1760.<br />
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Hugh and Polly were married on October 17, 1799, in Waterborough, New Brunswick. They settled in Sheffield, in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, and raised a large family. Their children included 5 sons and 4 daughters, all presumably born in Sheffield:<br />
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David, b. 1798</div>
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Reuben, b. 1801</div>
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Rebecca, b. 1804</div>
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Jane, b. 1808</div>
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Margaret, b. 1812</div>
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Hugh, b. 1820</div>
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At some point in their lives, they relocated to Carleton County, New Brunswick, perhaps moving in with one of their children in their later years. It is generally believed to be true that Polly died there, although her death year, as well as her final resting place, are unknown.</div>
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There is a record of Hugh's death, however, as October 8, 1853. That record states that he is buried in Methodist Cemetery, in Woodstock, New Brunswick, although the stone may have been removed, toppled or eroded.</div>
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My line of descent from Hugh and Polly is through their daughter Margaret, who married William Harnett. Their daughter Harriet married John McCain. Their daughter Bertha married my great grandfather, Rev.Wylie Herbert Smith. Their daughter Harriet was my maternal grandmother.<br />
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"Benjamin Newcomb," Miner, Mark E., <i>Miner Descent</i>, (<a href="https://minerdescent.com/2010/07/08/benjamin-newcomb/">https://minerdescent.com/2010/07/08/benjamin-newcomb/</a> : accessed 26 June 2017).<br />
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Find A Grave, database and images (<a href="http://findagrave.com/">http://findagrave.com</a> : accessed 26 Jun 2017), memorial page for Hugh Cowperthwaite III (1776-1853), Find A Grave Memorial no. 117673561, citing Methodist Cemetery, Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.<br />
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-37445190130626384392017-02-26T10:00:00.000-05:002017-02-26T10:00:05.353-05:00My 64 ~ Researching My Fourth Great Grandparents : Hans Hamilton and Jane Cottam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My fourth great grandfather, Hans (also spelled Hants) Hamilton, was born on January 1, 1780, in Truro, in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, the sixth son and youngest of nine children born to Robert Hamilton and Agnes "Nancy" Ferguson. <br />
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In the summer of 1771, his parents Robert and "Nancy" and his five oldest siblings, had immigrated from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, aboard the schooner "Hopewell" to Halifax, Nova Scotia. From there, they had moved to Truro.</div>
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Later, his father Robert was among a group of men who received a grant of land at "Wilmot River," which later became known as the Stewiacke River. He was settled there with his family by 1792.<br />
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On November 14, 1811, Hans married Jane Cottam, the daughter of James Cottam, Sr. and Mary Wilson. Hans was 31; Jane was 18.<br />
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My fourth great grandmother, Jane Cottam, was born on February 22, 1793, the oldest of seven children. Many of her family members, including my 5th great grandparents, are buried in the Cottam Settlement Cemetary, near Debert.<br />
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Together, Hans and Jane had 13 children, from 1813 to 1840 (27 years):<br />
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Hants, b. 1823</div>
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Susan, b. 1830</div>
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Margaret, b. 1832</div>
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Rebecca, b. 1837</div>
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A farmer all his life, Hans passed away on February 4, 1858, at the age of 78. Jane died a little over a year later, at age 66. Both died in Upper Stewiacke. Hans is buried in Riverside Cemetery, in Upper Stewiacke. Jane is probably buried there as well.</div>
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1838 Census,<b> </b>Colchester Historeum (<a href="http://colchesterhistoreum.ca/search/">http://colchesterhistoreum.ca/search/</a>)</div>
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"Cottam Settlement Cemetery" video recorded by Alan Ross, published Oct. 8, 2015. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAXrpN41iYs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAXrpN41iYs</a>). Used with permission.</div>
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Find A Grave, database and images (<a href="http://findagrave.com/">http://findagrave.com</a> : accessed 23 Feb 2017), memorial page for Hans Hamilton (1780-1858), Find A Grave Memorial no. 153020671, citing Riverside Cemetery, Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.</div>
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Four Nova Scotia Families: Hennigar, Elliott, Harvey, Chipman [webpage](<a href="http://www.hhennigar.ca/index.php">http://www.hhennigar.ca/index.php</a>)</div>
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Miller, Thomas, <i>Historical and genealogical record of the first settlers of Colchester County</i>: <i>down to the present time compiled from the most authentic sources</i> (1873; facsimile edition, Belleville, Ontario: Mika Studios, 1972).</div>
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Wile, Jane Currie, comp.<i> Robert & Hants Hamilton: Two Brothers in Nova Scotia; eBook content from Jane Currie-Wile's Colchester County Families Database. </i>February 2017. PDF download. (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/513880171/robert-hants-hamiltio-two-brothers-in?ref=shop_home_active_1">https://www.etsy.com/listing/513880171/robert-hants-hamiltio-two-brothers-in?ref=shop_home_active_1</a>).</div>
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My fourth great grandfather, John McCain, was born in Drumboe, Stranorlar Parish, County Donegal, Ireland, in about 1760. He is known to have had three brothers and a sister, although hardly anything is known about his parents.</div>
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My fourth great grandmother, Jane Allison, was born in about 1775, also in County Donegal.</div>
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John and Jane married in about 1798, in County Donegal. Five known children were born to the couple:</div>
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"John and his family were farmers at Meenhoney, a hilly, bog-filled region about one mile northwest of Castlefin, Co. Donegal, bordering on Northern Ireland. It was one of the few Protestant counties in Ireland and also one of the poorest, as was typical if the northwestern region of Ireland."</div>
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It wasn't until sons William, James, and Andrew emigrated to New Brunswick, Canada, in the 1820s and 1830s, that the foundation of the McCain Family business enterprise was established. Brothers Andrew and James first arrived in Carleton County, New Brunswick, by the spring of 1823. All of the McCains obtained 100-acre land grants in the Florenceville area, where the "rolling hills, lush green valley, and meandering river" must have reminded them of their homeland in Meenahoney.</div>
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The industrious McCains began trading farm produce, and cultivated, in later generations, a huge Irish tradition ~ <b><i>potato farming</i></b>. The advent of large-scale potato farming, beginning in the 1920s, positioned the McCain families of Florenceville, New Brunswick, for the prosperous industry for which it is known to this day. </div>
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Brothers Harrison, Wallace, Andrew, and Robert McCain, founders of <b>McCain Foods Limited</b>, are all second cousins, twice removed.</div>
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In the meantime, my fourth great grandparents, John and Jane McCain, both died around 1816 in County Donegal, Ireland, and their graves are unmarked and unknown.</div>
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Hutchison, Brian W. <i>Descendants of John McCain from Stranorlar Parish, Co. Donegal, Ireland: Migrations to British North America and throughout Ireland</i>, (c. 1760-2004). Nanaimo, BC: GEN-FIND Research Associates, 2005. </div>
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My fourth great grandfather, Jacob Steeves, was born on May 3, 1788, most probably in Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, the first son of Matthias Steeves and Sophia Beck, and the second of thirteen children. He was the grandson of Heinrich Stief and Regina Stahlecker, who settled in Hillsborough 250 years ago.</div>
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My fourth great grandmother, Eleanor "Nellie" Bleakney, was born in the early 1800's, the daughter of William Bleakney and Barbara Jacques. She was the granddaughter of David Blakeney and his wife Elizabeth, who were part of a group of South Carolina Loyalists who had arrived in Canada in late 1782. I wrote of her grandfather in 2015, in my blog series <a href="https://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2015/05/my-canadian-branches-loyalist-david.html">My Canadian Branches</a>.<br />
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The couple were married in Westmorland County on November 12, 1818. They settled on the Pollett River, a tributary of the Petitcodiac, undoubtedly near where the Bleakney clan had settled. This map shows the area very well.</div>
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According to Esther Clark Wright, they had four children, two sons and two daughters. I have found William Bleakney and Jacob, Barbara and possibly Eliza:<br />
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The Steeves House Museum lists two additional children, a son George Bleakney Steeves, born abt. 1832, and a daughter Catherine Bleakney Steeves, b. abt. 1834, but further research is needed on these.</div>
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Daughter Barbara married Andrew Anderson, and is buried with him in Boundary Creek Cemetery in Moncton. William Bleakney married a granddaughter of Henry, Christian's son, Charlotte Ann Steeves, and is buried with her in Hillside United Baptist Church Cemetery in Hillside.</div>
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The graves of Jacob and Eleanor are unknown.<br />
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"Canada Census, 1851," index, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW5B-TDL">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW5B-TDL</a> : accessed 21 May 2015), Eleanor Steeves, Coverdale, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 2, line 35; Library and Archives Canada film number C_994, Public Archives, Ontario..</div>
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Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2P9-PMD">https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2P9-PMD</a> : accessed 30 December 2014), Jacob Steves and Eleanor Bleakney, 12 Nov 1818; citing Westmorland,New Brunswick, reference ; FHL microfilm 847,576.<br />
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Find A Grave, database and images (<a href="http://findagrave.com/">http://findagrave.com</a> : accessed 16 Nov 2016), memorial page for Barbara Steeves Anderson (unknown-1874), Find A Grave Memorial no. 119762001, citing Boundary Creek Cemetery, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.<br />
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Find A Grave, database and images (<a href="http://findagrave.com/">http://findagrave.com</a> : accessed 16 Nov 2016), memorial page for William B Steeves (1823-1899), Find A Grave Memorial no. 158435290, citing Hillside United Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillside, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.<br />
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Wright, Esther Clark. <i>Samphire Greens: The Story of the Steeves</i>. 2nd ed. (Hillsborough, NB: The Steeves Family Inc., 2001), p. 63.</div>
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<br />Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-89919059294593975952016-11-20T10:00:00.000-05:002016-11-20T10:00:12.640-05:00My 64 ~ Researching My Fourth Great Grandparents : Christian Steeves and Christiana Jones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My fourth great grandfather, Christian Steeves, was born in Coverdale, Albert County, New Brunswick, sometimes in 1806. His parents were Henry Steeves (1780-1856) and Ann "Nancy" Sinton (1777-1856). This Christian Steeves is the great grandson of Heinrich Stief and Regina Stahlecker, who arrived in Hillsborough 250 years ago.</div>
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Little is known about Christian, until he and Christiana Jones, registered their intention to marry on July 26, 1827, in Westmorland County. They were married three months later on the same date.</div>
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My fourth great grandmother, Christiana Jones, was also born in 1806, in Hillsborough, the daughter of Henry Jones (1758-1840) and Ann Christiana Somers (1763-1837). She descends, on her father's side, from the original Monckton settler, Charles Jones, and, on her mother's side, from the early Monckton settler, Matthias Sommer.</div>
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The 1851, 1861, and the 1871 Censuses of Canada show my great grandparents living first in Moncton, and later in Elgin, in Albert County. Christian was a farmer, and, as such, required a large family. Christian and Christiana had 11 children, by most accounts, seven sons and four daughters:</div>
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Abigail, b. 1841</div>
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The <i>Christian Visitor</i> newspaper, in Saint John, noted the passing of my fourth great grandfather thusly, in their July 24, 1878 issue:</div>
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<i><b>"Died at Gowland Mountain, 11th June, of inflammation of the lungs, Christian STEEVES, age 71. Our dear brother was born at Coverdale (Albert Co.) in the year 1808; moved to Elgin in the spring of '55; and in the Auntumn '63, while attending a series of meetings held by Brothers M. Starrett and J.C. Steadman was led by the Divine Spirit to believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Himself, his wife and three sons were all baptized and united with the third Elgin Church. Our brother has left a widow, three sons and five daughters."</b></i></div>
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Two years later, <i>The Times</i> of Moncton, mentioned my 4th great grandmother's death, in their February 3, 1880 paper.</div>
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<b><i>"d. Elgin (Albert Co.) 4th Jan., of inflammation, Christiana STEEVES relict of Deacon Christian STEEVES. She professed faith in Christ, Sept. '64 and was baptized by Rev. Daniel V. Crandall and united with the 3rd Elgin Baptist Church where she remained a member until her death., age 73, left five sons, four daughters."</i></b></div>
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Although I discovered one of their sons, Thomas Ansley Steeves, and his wife, Berthina Jane Gibson, buried in Southside Cemetery, in Skowhegan, Maine, I do not know where my fourth great grandparents are buried.</div>
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1851 Census of Canada of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia ; Census Place: Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick; Schedule: I; Roll: C_997; Page: 65; Line: 6</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-54752650253439350662016-08-24T15:34:00.000-04:002016-08-24T15:34:39.657-04:00My 64 ~ Researching My Fourth Great Grandparents : "Squire" George Steeves and Martha Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My fourth great grandfather, George Steeves, was born most probably in Hillsborough, New Brunswick, on December 1, 1785, the fifth child of Jacob Steeves and Anna Catherina Lutz, and their fourth son. He was the grandson of Heinrich Stief and Regina Stahlecker, who settled in Moncton, and later in Hillsborough, in 1766. The Steeves250 celebration this summer commemorated Heinrich and Regina's arrival in Canada, 250 years ago, from Philadelphia, having begun their long journey in Germany.<br />
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My fourth great grandmother, Martha Smith, was also born, probably in Hillsborough, on June 18, 1788, the daughter of Charles Smith and Suzanne Govang. She was the granddaughter of James Smith, an Irishman who had been one of the first settlers of Hillsborough in 1770.</div>
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Together, George and Martha Steeves, as was common in farming families of this era and locale, had 11 children in quick succession, probably all born in Hillsborough:</div>
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Mary, b. 1813</div>
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Caroline, b. 1816</div>
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Albert D., b. 1818</div>
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Rachel, b. 1820</div>
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George William, b. 1822</div>
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Martha, b. 1824</div>
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Catherine, b. 1825</div>
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Susan, b. 1827</div>
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James Jacob, b. 1830</div>
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Permilia Jane, b. 1834</div>
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With eight daughters and three sons, with one son never marrying, and another having only daughters, George hardly contributed to furthering the family name. Not to worry; there were plenty of other Steeves family members to do so.</div>
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George came to be known in his later years as "Squire" George. Although there has been the suggestion that he was a schoolmaster, it is more likely that he may have handled legal matters for the Steeves clan. Whether he had the training to do so, however, is in doubt. The title may have been bestowed simply because of his stature, physical or by reputation, in Hillsborough.<br />
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Martha died on June 6, 1839. Five years after her death, the widower George married Elizabeth Smith, the eldest daughter of <b><i>my fourth great grandparents, Robert Smith and Hannah Veckle Beck (more on them in a future post!)</i></b>. George died on May 16, 1870, and his second wife, Elizabeth, died exactly one year later, on May 16, 1871.<br />
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George and his two wives, Martha and Elizabeth, are buried in the Hillsborough Pioneer Cemetery, right in the heart of Hillsborough, next to the First Hillsborough United Baptist Church. Hence, <i>Find A Grave</i> designates the burial ground as the First Hillsborough United Baptist Church Cemetery.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hillsborough Pioneer Cemetery during Steeves250</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Headstone of Martha Smith Steeves</td></tr>
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Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 24 Aug 2016), memorial page for George Steeves (1784-1870), Find A Grave Memorial no. 142780831, citing First Hillsborough United Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.</div>
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Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 24 Aug 2016), memorial page for Martha Steves (1788-1839), Find A Grave Memorial no. 142772904, citing First Hillsborough United Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.</div>
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Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 24 Aug 2016), memorial page for Elizabeth Steeves (1793-1871), Find A Grave Memorial no. 142780888, citing First Hillsborough United Baptist Church Cemetery, Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.</div>
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Wright, Esther Clark.<i> Samphire Greens:</i> <i>The Story of the Steeves</i>. 2d ed. (Hillsborough, NB: The Steeves Family Inc., 2001).</div>
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My fourth great grandfather, Andrew Lovell, was born in Maine around 1800, likely the son of Zelotes Lovell, who had migrated from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Zelotes had married a woman named Meribah Blossom, but it unclear whether Meribah was Andrew's mother.<br />
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Andrew appears residing in Starks, in Somerset County, Maine, in 1830, as head of a family of 5, so it can be assumed that he married sometime before that year. He married a woman named Sarah Joy, my fourth great grandmother, the daughter of Levi Joy and Sarah Carr. who had migrated from Raymond, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.<br />
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One of the more intriguing story about their life in Starks involves the murder, in July 1827, of a three-year-old child named Warren P. Taylor, by a 13 year old girl named Adeline Joy. At the time of the crime, the two children were "paupers in the town, in the family of Andrew Lovell." Although Adeline was acquitted, it was the first capital crime in Somerset County.</div>
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The following article appeared in Eastern Argus (Portland, Me.) the following February:</div>
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A month later, this short gruesome piece made the Gloucester (Mass.) Telegraph:<br />
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Adeline's trial and eventual acquittal was publicized in June of 1828:<br />
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There are many questions still unanswered about the relationship of Adeline Joy/Taylor to Andrew and Sarah Lovell. Also, one theory is that she was the mother of the child. But that would have meant she was only 10 when she gave birth (highly unlikely). In 19th Century Maine, there was a frequent custom of towns to bid off the support of the poor at public auction. Town records listed the name of each pauper, the name of the successful bidder and the amount the town had to pay to the winning bidder each week. The auction winner obtained the advantage of the labor of the paupers. Perhaps Andrew had won the bid for Adeline and Warren.<br />
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Ultimately, Andrew and Sarah had five more children, including a set of twin boys:<br />
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Israel F., b. 1832</div>
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Permelia, b. 1834</div>
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Warren A. and William Wallace, b. 1838</div>
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Sarah R., b. 1843</div>
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The family lived in several towns and plantations in and around present-day Carrabassett Valley, in Franklin County, Maine, and later in Aroostook County, Maine.</div>
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Andrew lived to at least June of 1880, per that year's census, but there is no record of Sarah's passing. Neither of their graves have been found.</div>
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<b><i>Postscript</i></b> ~ I want to acknowledge my research "buddy" on this story. Kim Lovell, wife of 4th cousin, 1x removed, Roger, has been working on the Lovell family ever since their daughter brought home a school assignment. From way out in Turlock, California, Kim has collaborated with me on her progress, and I have gladly provided any tidbits I find. At least I get to Maine more frequently than she does!<br />
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THANKS KIM!</div>
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1830 US Census; Census Place: Starks, Somerset, Maine; Series: M19; Roll: 51; Page: 120; Family History Library Film:0497947.</div>
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United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-CXL">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-CXL</a> : accessed 17 April 2016), Andrew Lovell, Kingfield, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing p. 73, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 140; FHL microfilm 9,703.</div>
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United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J5-CS4">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J5-CS4</a> : accessed 17 April 2016), Andrew Lovell, Franklin county, part of, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family 521, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).</div>
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1860 US Census; Census Place: Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M653_434; Page: 167; Image: 167; Family History Library Film: 803434.</div>
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1870 US Census; Census Place: Lyndon, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: M593_538; Page: 248A; Image: 267344; Family History Library Film: 552037.</div>
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1880 US Census; Census Place: Caribou, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 476; Family History Film: 1254476; Page: 139A; Enumeration District: 204; Image: 0279.</div>
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Hanson, J.W. <i>History of the old towns, Norridgewock and Canaan, comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks, Skowhegan, and Bloomfield, from their early settlement to the year 1849 : including a sketch of the Abnakis Indians. </i>(Boston: The author, 1849), p. 346, 356-357.</div>
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"Capital Trial," Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine, 20 June 1828, p.2; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://genealogybank.com/">http://genealogybank.com</a> : accessed 19 June 2016), Newspaper Archives, 1690-2010.</div>
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"Miscellany," Gloucester Telegraph, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1 March 1828, p.3; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://genealogybank.com/">http://genealogybank.com</a> : accessed 19 June 2016), Newspaper Archives, 1690-2010.</div>
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“Murder,” Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine, 26 February 1828, p.3; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://genealogybank.com/">http://genealogybank.com</a> : accessed 19 June 2016), Newspaper Archives, 1690-2010.</div>
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"Public Member Trees," database, Ancestry.com, "Lovell Family Tree," , with linked images.</div>
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<br />Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-48380661132416133942016-06-11T08:00:00.000-04:002016-06-11T08:00:01.984-04:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : Benjamin Griswold and Elizabeth Eastman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My fourth great grandfather, Benjamin Griswold, was born in Canaan, Connecticut, on December 3, 1756, likely the son of Benjamin Griswold and Susanna Spaulding. Nothing is known of his youth, until the stirrings of rebellion harkened this 19 year-old to battle.<br />
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His "Affidavit in Support of An Application for a Pension," in 1818, reads:<br />
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<b><i>"In June 1775 at Crown Point in the State of New York he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. James Noble in the Regiment of Col. Easton in the Continental troops for the northern expedition, that he continued to serve in said corps which was principally commanded by Major Solomon Brewer until the retreat of the army from Quebec on the sixth day of May 1776; that his term of service had expired in April 1776, but that he served until May and was sent on ... to Crown Point and was there dismissed but had no written discharge ...</i></b><br />
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<b><i>In the fall of 1780 he enlisted at Sheffield in Massachusetts and was placed in a company commanded by Capt. James Wade, Regiment of Col. Michael Jackson in General Patterson's Brigade in the Massachusetts line of Continental troops; that he continued to serve in said corps in service of the United States until, in the fall of 1783, when, having served his term of three years, he was honorably discharged, and his discharge was signed by Gen. Knox ... </i></b><b><i>that he was in the storming of Quebec, that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support ..."</i></b><br />
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Two years later, in 1820, his "Certification of Pensioner's Estate and Income" reads:<br />
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Sometime after Benjamin was discharged, he met and married Elizabeth Eastman. She was the widow of Josiah Terrill, who had died sometime in 1782. Elizabeth was born around 1751 or 1752, the daughter of Jonathan Eastman and Elizabeth Wood. Jonathan Eastman was a prominent citizen of Bennington, Vermont (then part of New Hampshire). Four children were born to the couple, all in Bristol, Vermont:<br />
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Robert, b. 1790<sup><b>*</b></sup><br />
Benjamin, Jr., b. 1792</div>
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Shortly before 1800, Benjamin moved his family to Cambridge, Vermont, and about thirty years later sold that property. Perhaps the sale signals the passing of Elizabeth. By the 1820 Certification, he had stated:<br />
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In any event, no records have been found for the deaths of Benjamin and Elizabeth, and no graves discovered in Vermont.<br />
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Benjamin is Ancestor # A048653 in the Daughters of the American Revolution GRS. Perhaps someday I will send in a supplemental application under his name.<br />
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In the meantime, there is a <b>Griswold Family Association</b>, which also has a Facebook page. I am greatly indebted to my new 5th cousin, Sara L. French, whose mother's DAR application I purchased, and who is a past president of the GFA. Sara's parents, Robert and Esther (Griswold) French co-authored the book, <b>"<i>The Griswold Family : The First Five Generations in America," </i></b>(Elmira, N.Y., 1990), available (with corrections and additions) on CD at <a href="http://www.griswoldfamily.org./">www.griswoldfamily.org.</a></div>
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Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.</div>
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Membership application, Esther Griswold French, no. 521253, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.</div>
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Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.).</div>
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Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.</div>
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French, Robert L. and Esther G.,<i> The Griswold family : The first five generations in America</i>. (Elmira, NY (1990)., biography of Benjamin Griswold.</div>
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Lossing, Benson John. <i>The</i> <i>pictorial field-book of the Revolution, Vol. 1. </i>(New York : Harper and Brothers, 1851), p.155.</div>
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Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFVH-44H">https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFVH-44H</a> : accessed 27 Oct 2014), Robert Griswald and Amanda Prior, 28 Aug 1822, Marriage; citing State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 0027567.</div>
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“Revolutionary War Pensions,” database and images, Fold3 (<a href="http://www.fold3.com/image/23010189/">www.fold3.com/image/23010189/</a> : accessed 13 April 2016); S.38773 of Benjamin Griswold (Massachusetts); citing Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900, Record Group 15, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</div>
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St. Albans Daily Messenger, St. Albans, Vermont, online images (<a href="http://www.genealogybank.com/">www.genealogybank.com</a>)., Revolutionary Soldiers. <i>A list of the names of the men who fought for independence and who are buried in Vermont.</i> Saturday, August 19, 1905.</div>
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Anderson, Mark R. <i>The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony: America's War of Liberation in Canada, 1774–1776</i>. University Press of New England (2013). ISBN 1-61168-497-8.</div>
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My fourth great grandfather, Richard Norris, was born in England sometime around 1820. In the fall of 1836, he married Jane, who was born in Scotland.<br />
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He apparently had an early military career in the British army, which may have required him to travel to such places as Gibraltar and Barbados. Two of their first children were born there.<br />
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In the early 1840's, the Norris family arrived in the United States, and by 1850, Richard and Jane were living in Aroostook County, Maine, in Letter D Plantation, with 5 children. Three more children were born in the next five years. In March of 1855, Richard became a naturalized citizen of the United States.<br />
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As tensions leading to the Civil War were heating up, Richard organized a local militia in Aroostook County in May of 1861. However, he was arrested for desertion and put in jail in August, supposedly for not moving out with his company. He went so far as to write a letter to Maine Governor Washburn's wife Mary, petitioning her for his release. I have transcribed it below:<br />
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He eventually was released, and enlisted on October 24, 1861, in Co. A, Me 7th Infantry. He was, however, given a disability discharge one year later, having been found unfit for duty for 60 days.</div>
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Following the War, Richard returned to his wife and family in Fort Fairfield. It is apparent, however, that his homelife was less than happy. </div>
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In divorce papers filed in 1883, Jane attested to abandonment, physical abuse, and extra-marital affairs:</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">"In a
plea of libel for divorce wherein showeth Jane Norris of Fort Fairfield
aforesaid, that <b>she was lawfully married to Richard Norris aforesaid, in the
fall of the year eighteen hundred and thirty six, in the City of Dublin,
Ireland</b>; that she has lived, always observant of her marriage vows, in the
marriage relation with said Norris, since said marriage, in different places
and countries, and for more than twenty years, ending in June 1874, she so
lived with said Norris, in said Fort Fairfield; that of said marriage were born<b>
eleven children</b>, seven of whom are now living, all being of age and all married
but one; that on or about June 10<sup>th</sup> 1874, said Richard Norris,
without cause from your libellant, or intent upon her part to procure divorce,
did willfully <b>desert and abandon</b> your said libellant, and has never since then contributed
to her support, nor lived with her as her husband; that since said desertion,
said Norris has returned three times, at intervals of from three to five years, remaining but a
short period at each time; that he came back the last time about September
1882, and has since that time treated your libellant with great cruelty and abuse;
that on the 4<sup>th</sup> day of February last past, he <b>assaulted your said
libellant with force and arms, and struck her in the face and breast to her
great injury</b>; that at other times he has assaulted and beaten her; that your
libellant believes and has good reason to believe that said <b>Norris committed
adultery with a Mary Ellsworth, prior to
his desertion of her in 1874; also with one Annie Weaver just previous to his
deserting her as aforesaid; your libellant also believes and has good reason to
believe that said Norris since his desertion of her in 1874 has committed
adultery with a woman whose name is not known to your libellant, living in New
York City</b>, where said Norris has made it his home for most of the time since
1874; that said Norris, since his last return, has continually interfered with her property and has
habitually threatened your libellant that he will take her life, and so speaks,
acts and threatens her, that she is afraid of her life, and is put in constant
and continual dread. Wherefore inasmuch
as it is reasonable and proper conducive to domestic harmony, consistent with
the peace and morality of society, and in accordance with the statute in such
cases made and provided, your libellant prays that a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony now subsisting between her and the said Richard Norris may be
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The divorce was granted on February 27, 1883. Jane lived another 8 years, died on October 4, 1891, and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Fort Fairfield.<br />
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Richard's ties to New York remained after the divorce. He passed away on May 12, 1893, in the Soldiers and Sailors Home, in Bath, New York. He is buried in Bath National Cemetery there.<br />
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1870 US Census, population schedule, Maine, Aroostook; digital image, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://ancestry.com).<br />
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Ancestry.com. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.<br />
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Find A Grave, database and images (<a href="http://findagrave.com/">http://findagrave.com</a> : accessed 6 June 2016), memorial page for Richard Norris (unknown-1893), Find A Grave Memorial no. 1038200, citing Bath National Cemetery, Bath, Steuben County, New York.<br />
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Find A Grave, database and images (<a href="http://findagrave.com/">http://findagrave.com</a> : accessed 6 June 2016), memorial page for Jane Norris (unknown-1891), Find A Grave Memorial no. 26228046, citing Riverside Cemetery, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine.<br />
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Maine. Aroostook County. Supreme Judicial Court, divorce file (February 1883), <i>Jane Norris v. Richard Norris</i>. Vol. 14, Page 345. Maine, Divorce Records, 1798–1891. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.<br />
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The National Cemetery Administration; Bath National Cemetery, Burial Ledger No 1, Jun 25, 1879-1921.<br />
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JK-9WQ">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JK-9WQ</a> : accessed 28 September 2015), Richard Norris, Aroostook county, part of, Aroostook, Maine, United States; citing family 59, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).<br />
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"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-B68">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-B68</a> : accessed 6 June 2016), Richard Norris, 1860.<br />
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United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXRH-F1K">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXRH-F1K</a> : accessed 28 September 2015), Richard Norris, 1855; citing Maine, NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 97; FHL microfilm 1,429,767.<br />
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<br />Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-32592382687423307372016-05-28T09:00:00.000-04:002016-05-28T09:53:45.706-04:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : William Prior and Elizabeth Ellis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My fourth great grandfather, William Prior, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, on September 24, 1761. His father, Ebenezer, first married Hannah Simons in 1737, and had 10 children with her. Hannah likely died after their last child was born in 1754 (perhaps in childbirth), and five years later he married Catherine Simons, possibly a sister of his first wife. William was the second child of Ebenezer and Catherine, and their oldest son.<br />
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Until May 1749, the town of Enfield was part of Hampshire County, Massachusetts.<br />
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At the age of 16, William enlisted on November 8, 1777 in the Revolutionary War. A private, he served in Capt. Joseph Walker's Company, Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regiment of the 9th Connecticut Line. At the time of his enlistment, Colonel Webb was a prisoner of war, and the regiment was commanded by a Major Hunter. William affirmed in his affidavit dated April 30, 1818 that he was in the battle at Rhode Island.<br />
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Following his discharge on November 8, 1780, he married Elizabeth "Betsey" Ellis, the daughter of Samuel Ellis and Zilpah Hammond. They were married in Chester, in Hampden County, Massachusetts on December 7, 1782. Betsey was born around 1757 in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.<br />
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By the 1790 U.S. Census, the Priors were living in Cambridge, Vermont, in present-day Lamoille County. Except for a brief period around the time of the 1810 U.S. Census, when they lived in Franklin, Vermont, they lived in Cambridge.<br />
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They had six children:<br />
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Daniel, b. 1785 in Chester, Mass.</div>
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Zilpah, b. 1787 in Chester, Mass.</div>
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Catey/Catherine, b. 1789 in Cambridge, Vt.</div>
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William, Jr., b. 1792 probably in Cambridge, Vt.</div>
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Alvah, b. 1797, probably in Cambridge, Vt.</div>
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Amanda, b. 1805 in Cambridge, Vt.<sup><b>*</b></sup><br />
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<b style="text-align: left;">* Amanda Prior would marry Robert Griswold in 1822, the son of another 4th great grandfather of mine, Benjamin Griswold.</b><br />
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His "Certification of Pensioner's Estate and Income" in 1820, lists the following personal property:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 potash kettle $10.00</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 5-pail kettle damaged 1.00</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 pail-full pot 2.00</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 dish kettle 1.25<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 spider 1.25</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 tea kettle 1.00</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 fire shovel 1.00<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 fire tongs 1.50<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>1 earthen platter .70</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>10 earthen plates .50</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>3 earthen bowls .25</i></span></div>
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Elizabeth Prior's Widow's Pension application states that William died on January 4, 1837, while staying with their son, in Westport, Essex County, New York. They had apparently moved to Westport about two years prior to William's death. Affidavits in the pension file from sons Daniel and Alvah, and his brother Heman, state that Elizabeth was "removed" to Vermont following his death, but there is no mention of where William was buried.<br />
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The only evidence of his body being returned to Vermont for burial is an article in the <i><b>St. Albans (Vt.) Daily Messenger</b></i>, entitled "<i>Revolutionary Soldiers: A list of the names of the men who fought for independence and who are buried in Vermont,</i>" dated August 19, 1905. In the paragraph for Franklin County, his name does appear.<br />
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Elizabeth lived another 11 years, but her final resting place is also unknown.<br />
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P.S. I have not been able to find him in the DAR database of Patriots (even using alternative spellings of Pryor, Prier, and Pryer) so if I manage to submit him as one of my supplementals, I would be the only Daughter.</div>
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1790 US Census; Census Place: Cambridge, Chittenden, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 150; Image: 129; Family History Library Film: 0568152.<br />
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1800 US Census; Census Place: Cambridge, Franklin, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 51; Page: 420; Image: 237; Family History Library Film: 218688.<br />
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1810 US Census; Census Place: Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 648; Image: 00577; Family History Library Film: 0218668.<br />
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1820 US Census; Census Place: Cambridge, Franklin, Vermont; Page: 29; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 183.<br />
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1830 US Census; Census Place: Cambridge, Franklin, Vermont; Series: M19; Roll: 183; Page: 58; Family History Library Film: 0027449.<br />
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1840 U.S. Census; Census Place: Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont; Roll: 543; Page: 32; Image: 73; Family History Library Film: 0027440.<br />
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Allen, Francis Olcutt, <i>History of Enfield, Connecticut</i>, 2 vols. (Lancaster, Pa.: Wickersham Printing Co., 1900).<br />
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Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.<br />
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Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.<br />
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Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.<br />
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Ancestry.com. Vermont, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1860 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.<br />
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Ancestry.com. Vermont Pensioners, 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.<br />
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Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.<br />
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Elizabeth Prior, widow’s pension application no. W18783, for service of William Prior (Pvt., Capt. Joseph Walker's Company, Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regiment of the 9th Connecticut Line, 1777-1780), Record Group 15, National Archives, Washington, D.C.<br />
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Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).<br />
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“Revolutionary War Service Records,” database and images, Fold3 (www.fold3.com/image/16834359/ : accessed 13 April 2016); service of William Prior (Capt. Joseph Walker’s Co., in the 9th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb, Revolutionary War); citing Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 – 1784, Record Group 93, National Archives, Washington, D.C.<br />
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<i>St. Albans Daily Messenger</i>. Vermont, St. Albans. online images. www.genealogybank.com.<br />
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Western Massachusetts Families in 1790. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. (From various authors, Helen S. Ullmann, FASG, ed.).<br />
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My fourth great grandfather, Simon Packard, was born around 1803, in Minot, Maine. He is likely the son of Nehemiah Packard and Betsy Bennett Bray. Nehemiah enlisted as a 14 year old drummer boy in the Revolutionary War, and served along with his father Reuben and his brother Ichabod. The family had migrated from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to Minot, Maine, perhaps as a result of being granted Bounty land as veterans.<br />
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Nancy Jordan, my 4th great grandmother, was born in Durham, Maine, sometime around 1806, the daughter of Jedediah Jordan and Rachel Turner. She was the 3d great granddaughter of Rev. Robert Jordan and Sarah Winter, who settled on Richmond Island, off present-day Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in the mid-1600's.<br />
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Simon and Nancy were married in Minot on January 2, 1831, as the third hand-written record of "Marriages Returned by James Goff, Esq." shows.<br />
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Simon and Nancy had eight children, all born in Kingfield, in Franklin County, Maine:<br />
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Their oldest son, William, my 3rd great grand uncle, enlisted in the Massachusetts Infantry, and fought at Gettysburg.</div>
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During the next 50 years, Simon and Nancy lived in small towns in Franklin County, Kingfield (1840), Freeman (1850 and 1860), Salem (1870), and back in Freeman (1880), where Simon was a farmer.<br />
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By 1880, both of them were considered elderly, and financially destitute. In column 16 of the regular 1880 Census for Freeman, Nancy is noted as being blind. They both appear in the 1880 Supplemental Census for the "Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes," in this case, for the "Pauper and Indigent." They were supported at the expense of the Town.<br />
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Following this enumeration, the whereabouts of Simon and Nancy Packard is unknown. There are no records of their death or burial, and their graves have not been found.<br />
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Two of their children, Hannah and Joseph, were living in neighboring Kingfield during this time, died in Kingfield, and are buried there. Perhaps their parents were buried ignominiously there. Oftentimes in Maine during the 1800's, the poor suffered all kinds of shame.<br />
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Sadly, their ultimate resting place may never be known.<br />
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1840 US Census; Census Place: Kingfield, Franklin, Maine; Roll: 140; Page: 69; Image: 143; Family History Library Film: 0009703.<br />
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1850 US Census; Census Place: Freeman, Franklin, Maine; Roll: M432_253; Page: 225B; Image: 436.<br />
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1860 US Census; Census Place: Freeman, Franklin, Maine; Roll: M653_435; Page: 838; Image: 253; Family History Library Film: 803435.<br />
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1870 US Census; Census Place: Salem, Franklin, Maine; Roll: M593_543; Page: 186A; Image: 192251; Family History Library Film: 552042<br />
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1880 US Census; Census Place: Freeman, Franklin, Maine; Roll: 479; Family History Film: 1254479; Page: 440C; Enumeration District: 072; Image: 0637.<br />
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"Norlands Seminar: 19th century poverty full of indignities," by Sandy Gregor. Lewiston (Me.) Sun-Journal, June 14, 1997; accessed 4 May 2016 (<a href="http://www.poorhousestory.com/MAINE_PovertyArticle_page1.htm">http://www.poorhousestory.com/MAINE_PovertyArticle_page1.htm</a>)<br />
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Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census - 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.<br />
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Borders of Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA, on a map of Androscoggin County. Familysearch Research Wiki, based on original in Michael J. Leclerc, <i>Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed</i>. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 90. (<a href="https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:ME_Androscoggin_Co_Auburn_map.png#filelinks">https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:ME_Androscoggin_Co_Auburn_map.png#filelinks</a>)<br />
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Early Vital Records of Minot, Maine, pp. 58, 98, emailed to me from Lucille Hodsdon, 8 Oct 2012.<br />
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Jordan, Tristram Frost, comp. <i>The Jordan Memorial: Family Records of the Rev. Robert Jordan, and His Descendants in America.</i> Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son, 1882, pp.363-364.<br />
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Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4FV-N8Z">https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4FV-N8Z</a> : accessed 4 June 2012), Simon Packard and Nancy Jordan, 1831.<br />
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William Brackley, my 4th great grandfather, was probably born January 7, 1788, probably in Dedham, Massachusetts, since his parents, William Brackley and Sarah Everett, were married there six months later. His father had been born in England and allegedly had fought with Burgoyne in the Revolutionary War.</div>
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In April of 1809, William married Anna Clayton in Farmington, Maine. She was the daughter of John Clayton, a British-born former soldier in the 20th Regiment of Foot and 17th Light Dragoons, who became a prison of war following Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.</div>
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William and Anna lived all their married life in Freeman, in Franklin County, Maine, where they raised six children:</div>
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<b><sup>*</sup>My 3rd great grandfather</b><br />
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When the U.S. Census Mortality Schedule was published for Freeman, Maine, for the year ending June 1, 1870, both William and Anna were listed with their respective "Profession, Occupation, or Trade" as "Gentleman" and "Lady."<br />
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William and Anna are buried side by side in North Freeman Cemetery.<br />
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My 4th great grandfather, Enoch Morse, was born on July 3, 1772, in Gray, Maine. He was the second son born to John Morse and Sarah Sanders. John is the DAR<span style="color: blue;"> Patriot </span>from whom I descend; I became a Daughter on March 5th this year.<br />
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In 1794, Enoch married Eunice Russell, with whom he had 10 children. Not much is known about Eunice Russell, and that made my DAR application quite challenging. Most researchers of the Russell Family assume that she is the daughter of James Russell and Lydia Mitchell. Most convincing for me was the marriage between Enoch's sister Sarah and James' son Nathaniel.<br />
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For all of their married life, Enoch and Eunice lived in New Gloucester, Maine, where Enoch was a farmer and blacksmith, and where all their children were born.<br />
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It was daughter Hannah's death record which gave me Eunice's maiden name:<br />
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Eunice died in New Gloucester on December 24, 1825, according to this death record, but I have not yet found her grave.<br />
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Following her death, Enoch married Eleanor Bradbury, of Minot, Maine, the daughter of Benjamin Bradbury and Eleanor Fellowes, on May 27, 1826. With Eleanor, Enoch had three children:<br />
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At the age of 80, Enoch Morse passed away on August 16, 1852, in New Gloucester. He is buried in Webber Cemetery there.</div>
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Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Year: 1810; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 272; Image: 00274; Family History Library Film: 0218682.<br />
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Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Page: 283; NARA Roll: M33_33; Image: 155.<br />
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Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, 1830; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M19; Roll: 46; Page: 149; Family History Library Film: 0009700.<br />
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Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Year: 1840; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 138; Page: 313; Image: 556; Family History Library Film: 0009702.<br />
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Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_250; Page: 79A; Image: 350.<br />
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Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 78.<br />
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Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.<br />
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Ancestry.com, Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012 (Provo, UT. USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com.<br />
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Gray, Ruth, editor. <i>Maine families in 1790</i> (Camden, Maine, Picton Press, 1990), p.202.<br />
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"Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910," database, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZV-XMJ">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZV-XMJ</a> : accessed 6 October 2015), Eunice Morse, 24 Dec 1825; citing reference yr 1745-1858 p 477; FHL microfilm 11,587.<br />
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Morse, J. Howard and Emily W. Leavitt, <i>Morse genealogy, comprising the descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William, and Joseph Morse and John Moss, being a revision of the Memorial of the Morses</i>, published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850 (New York, New York, The Morse Society, 1903.<br />
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My 4th great grandfather, Andrew Leighton, was born on June 7, 1762, in Falmouth, Maine, the oldest son of the 13 children born to Joseph Leighton and Mercy Hall. His father was a prosperous land owner in Falmouth and North Yarmouth, and was a Quaker.<br />
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The 1790 U.S. Census for North Yarmouth (present-day West Cumberland) lists Andrew, with 2 males under 16, 2 males under 16, and 2 females. Andrew had married Mary Weymouth probably sometime between 1780 and 1790. Mary was the daughter of James and Molly Weymouth of Gray, Maine.<br />
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According to "<i>A Leighton Genealogy</i>," Andrew, his father and a Richard Loring, divided up a 100-acre lot in "the Gore," present-day Freeport, in 1790. He was also elected Captain in the provincial militia in 1808, and was a Justice of the Peace in 1817.<br />
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As well as being a prosperous lumber trader, marketing timber for the ships' masts of the day, he also "laid out" the road from Falmouth to Portland. And, in 1800, he built and operated what was known as Leighton's Tavern<sup>*</sup>, at West Cumberland on the Gray Road, along the stage route to Lewiston, Maine.<br />
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Andrew and Mary had twelve children. All but one lived into adulthood. Notably, their two sons, Joseph and Andrew, were lost at sea presumably off the Georges Bank, aboard one of the earliest and most successful privateers and blockade runners during the War of 1812, the "<i>Dash</i>." According to one account, the best young sailors of the vicinity were anxious to serve on the "<i>Dash</i>," so that her crew was the pick of the region. A local poetess, Eliza Dennison King (1846-1928), would later write:<br />
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Joseph and Andrew were 25 and 24 years old respectively. Another son, Stephen, who had also gone to sea in his youth, was also lost at sea, a mere 15 years old.</div>
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Capt. Andrew and Mary Leighton are buried in the Methodist Cemetery in West Cumberland, Maine.<br />
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<sup>*</sup> In 1971, the tavern was moved to Schooner Rocks, Cumberland Foreside, and restored. -- Phyllis Sturdivant Sweetser, ed., <i>Cumberland, Maine, in Four Centuries</i> [the Town, 1976], 164-5).<br />
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Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com.<br />
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Leighton, Perley M. <i>A Leighton genealogy: descendants of Thomas Leighton of Dover, New Hampshire.</i> Compiled by Perley M. Leighton based in part on data collected by Julia Leighton Cornman. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989.)
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<br />Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-25829175941329400022016-04-23T09:00:00.000-04:002016-04-23T14:49:30.870-04:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : Allison Libby and Sarah Dam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My 4th great grandfather, Allison Libby, was born in Gorham, Maine, on April 6, 1755. He was the 3rd great grandson of John Libby, "The Immigrant," who arrived on the eastern shores from England in the 1630's. </div>
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He was the 2nd son of Allison Libby and Sarah Skillings, one of 11 children born to them. At the age of 21, Allison enlisted at Scarborough, for a term of 3 years, in the Revolutionary War, with the rank of Private. He served in Captain Samuel Thoms' Company, in the 15th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper. He was discharged on December 13, 1779.</div>
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A little over a year later, on February 15, 1781, in Scarborough, Allison took Sarah Dam as his bride. Sarah was born in Gorham on December 12, 1760, the daughter of John Dam and Abigail Libby. As described in <i><b>The Libby Family in America</b>,":</i></div>
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<i>"</i><span style="text-align: center;"><i>After the war, he became one of the first settlers of the northern part of Gorham. The removal took place in February. There was no road from Scarborough to Gorham Corner, nor to Saccarappa. His only route was by Stroudwater Village. From Stroudwater he went back to Saccarappa, thence by a logging road into Windham, crossed the river on the ice at Horse-beef falls, and then by another logging road, with all his possessions loaded upon an ox-sled, reached his lonely home." </i></span></div>
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Together, Allison and Sarah Libby had 13 children, the first three in Scarborough, and the rest in Gorham. Following Allison's death, in 1825, Sarah married for the second time widower Daniel Small, another veteran of the Revolutionary War. He is buried in what is now an apple orchard on the Shaving Hill Road, in Limington, Maine.</div>
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Allison and Sarah Libby are buried in the North Street Cemetery, in Gorham, Maine.</div>
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Most Maine Libby descendants pride themselves on knowing their "Libby number." This number is based on a numbering system devised by the author of "<i>The Libby Family in America</i>," Charles T. Libby. His explanation reads thus:</div>
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Following this system, my own number is <b>10-5-4-2-4-2-5-5-1-1.</b></div>
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John the Immigrant</div>
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David - 10th child of John</div>
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John - 5th child of David</div>
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Allison I - 4th child of John</div>
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Allison II - 2nd child of Allison (1733-1813)</div>
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Allison III - 4th child of Allison (1755-1816)</div>
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Harriet - 2nd child of Allison (1787-1869)</div>
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Clarence - 5th child of Harriet</div>
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Richard - 1st child of Howard</div>
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Me - 1st child of Richard<br />
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Allison Libby is a<span style="color: blue;"> Patriot</span> in the DAR's Genealogical Research System (GRS), Ancestor #A070199. Now that I am a Daughter, I plan to add him as one of my supplementals.</div>
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Ancestry.com, Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 66</div>
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Ancestry.com, Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-36 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Ancestry.com.</div>
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Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com</div>
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Libby, Charles Thornton. <i>The Libby Family in America, 1602-188</i>1 (Portland, B. Thurston and Co., 1881), p. 167.</div>
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"Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918", index and images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXQ8-QQZ">https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXQ8-QQZ</a> : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Allison Libby, 1806.</div>
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“Revolutionary War Service Records,” database and images, Fold3 (<a href="http://www.fold3.com/image/17719508/">www.fold3.com/image/17719508/</a> : accessed 13 April 2016); service of Allison Libby (Capt. Samuel Thoms’ Co., in the 15th Battalion of Massachusetts Bay Forces commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper, Revolutionary War); citing Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784, Record Group 93, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-32202275729645753562016-03-05T10:00:00.000-05:002016-03-05T10:00:11.760-05:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : Daniel Miller and Patience Stevens of Limington, Denmark and Bridgton, Maine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Daniel Miller, my 4th great grandfather, was born about 1788, according to his gravestone in the West Bridgton Cemetery, stating he was 74 years old when he died. The Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection record (available on familysearch.org) was dated July 1989. By the time the Bridgton Historical Society added his memorial to findagrave.com, in 2012, the gravestone had sunk further into the ground, and it was more difficult to read. They therefore recorded his birthdate as 1798.</div>
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The earliest census record that records his birthplace, the 1850 U.S. Federal Census for Bridgton, Maine, only records it as Maine. I have no information on his parents.</div>
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On October 4, 1812, Daniel and a young woman named Patience Stevens indicated their intention to marry, in Limington Maine.</div>
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On November 26th, they were married by an "Elder in the Baptist corporation in Limington and Limerick."</div>
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By the time Daniel and Patience were married, they were already parents to the first of eleven children. Son William had been born in January of 1812 in Limerick, Maine. It is William's death record, in 1906, which gives a hint as to his mother's origins. There, Patience's birthplace is recorded as Berwick, Maine.</div>
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The above Patience (Brown) Stevens was the wife of a Jacob Stevens, and she apparently came from Berwick. She was born around 1778, and could be my 5th great grandmother, given her age (20 years older than my Patience), and having the same first name. Further research, including finding this Stevens Plot, during my next trip to Maine, is definitely in order.</div>
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Mary, b. 1816 in Limington, d. 1819</div>
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Eunice, b. 1820, d. 1886</div>
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Daniel, b. 1823, d. 1882</div>
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Thomas, b. 1829, d. 1909</div>
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James O., b. 1832, d. 1916</div>
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Mary Jane, b. 1834, d. 1876</div>
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Daniel Miller died July 21, 1862, in Bridgton, Maine. His wife Patience passed away on June 6, 1881. They are buried side by side in West Bridgton Cemetery (sometimes referred to as Sawyer Cemetery) on No. High Street, in Bridgton, Maine.</div>
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1850 U.S. Census; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_251; Page: 277A; Image: 251.<br />
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1860 U.S. Census; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M653_437; Page: 2; Image: 691; Family History Library Film: 803437.<br />
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Daniel Miller tombstone, West Bridgton Cemetery, Bridgton (Cumberland County), Maine; photographed by Pamela Schaffner on 7 July 2013.</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-9784390863239664452016-02-16T14:57:00.000-05:002016-02-16T15:35:24.871-05:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : Thomas Cross, Lucy Hovey, and My Gorham Roots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My 4th great grandfather, Thomas Cross, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was baptized there on December 20, 1741. He was raised in the village of Bradford (present-day Haverhill) by his mother and father, Thomas Cross and and Sarah Bordman.<br />
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He married Lucy Hovey, daughter of Joseph Hovey and Rebecca Stickney, in Bradford, Massachusetts, in November of 1767. Beginning the following year, they began their large family, which numbered 10 children by the time they moved to Gorham, Maine.<br />
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All of the Cross sons settled in Portland, Maine, and two of their daughters found husbands there.</div>
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Their eldest son, Joseph, married Betsey Duston. They are buried in Eastern Cemetery, Portland, as are sons Thomas, Leonard and Amos Hovey. Leonard and Amos Hovey were part of Captain A.W. Atherton's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Nichols' Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia (District of Maine), which was raised in Portland during the War of 1812.</div>
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Daughter Betsey married Captain Jonathan Stevens. They are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in present-day Falmouth, Maine.</div>
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Daughter Sally married Captain Enoch Preble. One of their sons was Real Admiral George Henry Preble of the U.S. Navy, fondly known as <i>"The Father of the American Flag."</i> The Prebles were originally interred in Eastern Cemetery, Portland, but, as space required, and as the attraction of Evergreen Cemetery (on Stevens Avenue) grew, their remains were moved and reinterred in Evergreen.</div>
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Daughter Lucy married James Phinney (1741-1834) of Gorham. They are both buried in Eastern Cemetery in Gorham.</div>
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Daughter Lois, my 3rd great grandmother, married Allison Libby III, and they are both buried in North Street Cemetery, in Gorham.</div>
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Son William married Eliza Stevens, and was a sea captain. In a sad twist of fate, he passed away on the day before his father died, and, as McLellan writes in his <i>History of Gorham</i>, "father and son were borne to the grave on the same hearse." </div>
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Thus were my 4th great grandfather, Thomas Cross, and my 3rd great grand uncle laid to rest in Gorham Cemetery:</div>
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My 4th great grandmother, Lucy Hovey Cross, lived two more years, and is buried beside her husband, and with her two daughters, Rebekah (age 19) and Harriet (age 8).</div>
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<i><b>Postscript</b></i>: From 1978 to 1980, I was the Town Librarian in Gorham, Maine. I attended services and taught Sunday School at First Parish Church, and walked past the Gorham Cemetery on South Street every day on my way to work. Little did I know at the time that my 4th great grandparents were resting just over the wall...</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-67658084603831674022016-01-30T10:00:00.000-05:002016-01-30T10:00:06.798-05:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : A Libby But Not A Direct Ancestor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My "4th great grandfather," David L. Libby, was born in Limington, Maine, on June 2, 1807, the second of ten children born to Daniel Libby and Dorcas McDonald, and their second son. After marrying Charlotte Stevens in Limington in 1827, and together with her, had one daughter named Eunice, he appears to have relocated his family to Penobscot County, farming in the town of Clifton.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1850; Census Place: Clifton, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M432_264; Page: 281A; Image: 565.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Ten years later, he, wife Charlotte and two of their children are still in Penobscot County, but in the town of Levant.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1860; Census Place: Levant, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M653_446; Page: 985; Image: 480.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Twenty years later, David and Charlotte are empty-nesters in their 60's, still living in Levant.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1870; Census Place: Levant, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M593_554; Page: 166A; Image: 336.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">David and Charlotte had seven children:</span></div>
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Eunice, b. 1827</div>
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William Swasey, b. 1829</div>
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David, b. 1832</div>
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Charlotte, b. 1834</div>
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Hall J., b. 1836</div>
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Harriet, b. 1839</div>
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Isabelle, b. 1842</div>
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It is their son, William Swasey Libby, however, who married the single mother Patience Miller in 1854, who proves that David L. Libby and Charlotte Stevens are NOT my 4th great grandparents by blood. Let me explain.</div>
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Patience Miller, my 3rd great grandmother, is listed in the 1850 Bridgton, Maine, census as the 24 year old daughter of Daniel and Patience Miller. Also listed is a 7 year old female named "Heneryetta" Miller. I have been unable to locate a birth record for this child, and believe that she is the daughter (perhaps born out of wedlock) of the 24 year old Patience.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1850; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_251; Page: 277A; Image: 251.</td></tr>
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William S. Libby and Patience Miller were married in Denmark, Maine, four years later in 1854.</div>
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By the 1860 census in Bridgton, William S. and Patience Libby have a 16 year old daughter named Heneritta.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1860; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M653_437; Page: 28; Image: 717.</td></tr>
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And 20 years later, when Henrietta, by then herself a widow of Alexander Griswold, is listed in the 1880 Bridgton census as the step-daughter of William S. Libby.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Year: 1880; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 477; Family History Film: 1254477; Page: 41A; Enumeration District: 023; Image: 0332.</td></tr>
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I believe it is highly unlikely that there was a formal adoption, but it is clear that William S. Libby gave his wife's daughter his last name. He was not the natural father of Henrietta, however, and therefore, not my 3rd great grandfather by blood. Which means his parents, David L. Libby and Charlotte Stevens, are <b>NOT</b> my direct 4th great grandparents.<br />
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The lineage reads as follows:<br />
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Patience Miller (1825-1887), unmarried mother of Henrietta, married to William S. Libby<br />
daughter Henrietta Miller/Libby, married to Alexander Griswold<br />
daughter Nettie Griswold, married to Clarence Seavey<br />
son Howard Seavey, married to Mattie Leighton<br />
son Richard Seavey<br />
daughter Pamela Seavey<br />
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I may never know the name of this 3rd great grandfather.....and hence, this set of 4th great grandparents.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1850 US Census; Census Place: Clifton, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M432_264; Page: 281A; Image: 565</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1860 US Census; Census Place: Levant, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M653_446; Page: 985; Image: 480</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1870 US Census; Census Place: Levant, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M593_554; Page: 166A; Image: 336.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1850 US Census; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_251; Page: 277A; Image: 251.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1860 US Census; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M653_437; Page: 28; Image: 717.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">1880 US Census; Census Place: Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 477; Family History Film: 1254477; Page: 41A; Enumeration District: 023; Image: 0332.</span><br />
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Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-80740146045602236862016-01-09T12:00:00.000-05:002016-01-09T12:48:10.570-05:00My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : Taking Sides During the American Revolution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When you grow up in New England, the American Revolution is all around you. Historic sites appear at left and right, field trips from school include museums and exhibits glorifying the struggles and battles of the war, and school assignments invariably include literature and histories depicting famous soldiers and generals.</div>
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It never entered my consciousness, before I began my genealogical research, that my ancestors included individuals and families who sided with England and its King. My 4th great grandfathers, however, include both Patriots and Loyalists, It was, in fact, a deep and complex dilemma for many, often resulting in the uprooting of families, and their resettlement in distant lands. My 4th great grandfather <b><i>Thomas Bustin</i></b> migrated from North Carolina, fought with Burgoyne in New York, and was among those evacuated onto one of many ships bound for Saint John, in Canada. My 4th great grandfather <b><i>Hugh Cowperthwaite</i></b>, a Quaker, grew up in New Jersey, and also found himself compelled to move to Canada, in support of the Crown.</div>
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Three of my 4th great grandfathers fought for independence in the Revolutionary War, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Allison Libby II </i>(15th Massachusetts Regiment)<i style="font-weight: bold;">, Benjamin Griswold </i>(Massachusetts Continental Line)<i style="font-weight: bold;">,</i> and <i style="font-weight: bold;">William Prior </i>(Connecticut Continental Line)<i style="font-weight: bold;">.</i> Two more of my 4th great grandfathers supported the Patriot cause, however, without engaging in actual combat.</div>
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<b><i>Deacon Thomas Cross</i></b>, living in Gorham, Maine, was a member of Gorham's <b style="font-style: italic;">Committee to Hire Soldiers.</b></div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Moses Seavey</i>, of Rye, New Hampshire, was a signatory of that colony's <i><b>Association Test</b>. </i>His father-in-law, my 4th great grandmother <b><i>Huldah Locke</i></b>'s father, <b>Elijah Locke</b>, signed as well. The Association Test, also known as the Patriot Test, was written by the New Hampshire Committee of Safety. In Rye, it began:</div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">WE, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will to the utmost of our Power, at Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets, and Armies, against the United American COLONIES.</span></b></i></div>
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The Test referred to a resolution passed by the Continental Congress on March 14, 1776, which called for two actions: the signatures of every adult male who was willing to take arms against the British, and the names of all who refused to sign. Their signature indicated their obligation to oppose the "hostile proceedings" of the British fleets and armies. The returns of such documents (there were others, like Maryland's List of Associators and New York's Signers of the Association) gave the signers of the Declaration of Independence assurance that their acts would be sanctioned and sustained by the citizens of the country. Town officers in New Hampshire were requested to obtain these signatures, who in turn sometimes selected a local "Committee of Safety," to carry out this order. Only white males above 21 years of age ("lunatics, idiots, and negroes excepted") were asked to sign this document. Not everyone qualified to sign agreed to do so, and not all of those who refused to sign were considered "Tories."<br />
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There are numerous signers of Rye's Association Test with the surnames Seavey, Locke, Foss, and Philbrick, which I am sure figure in my family tree somewhere, so this document may lead me forward in my continuing genealogical research.<br />
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Four of my 4th great grandfathers appear in the Daughters of the American Revolution's Genealogical Research System:<br />
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A fifth 4th great grandfather, William Prior, is not in the DAR's GRS, but his complete Revolutionary War service record and pension file are available at Fold3.com</div>
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Allen, Francis Olcott, <i>History of Enfield Connecticut, Vol. 2 of 3. </i>(Lancaster, Penn.: Lankersham Printing Co., 1900)<br />
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Daughters of the American Revolution. "GRC National Index." Database. <i>DAR Library. </i>(<a href="http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm">http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm</a>)<br />
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Genealogy & History of New Hampshire (<a href="http://www.nh.searchroots.com/glossary.html">http://www.nh.searchroots.com/glossary.html</a>)<br />
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New Hampshire Revolutionary War Association Test, Town of Rye. (<a href="http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/new-hampshire-genealogy/association-test/rye.htm">http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/new-hampshire-genealogy/association-test/rye.htm</a>)<br />
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Parsons, Langdon B. <i>History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire, from its discovery and settlement to December 31, 1903.</i> (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Co., 1905)<br />
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<i>Revolutionary Soldiers. A List of the Names of the Men Who Fought for Independence, and Who Are Buried in Vermont. St Albans Daily Messenger (Saint Albans, Vermont), Saturday, August 19, 1905, p.2, </i>(via Genealogybank.com) </div>
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<b> Welcome to Digging Down East!</b> In 2015, <a href="http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/p/my-canadian-branches.html">I concentrated my research on 10 of my Canadian family tree lines</a>. I discovered that having that focus brought me closer to my Nova Scotia and New Brunswick roots. What wonderful Canadian contacts (many related!) I made throughout the year! So many times, social media, particularly Facebook Groups, proved invaluable to me, with so many folks willing to visit cemeteries for me, do look-ups in out-of-print books, and even do library research. The distance from Ohio to the Maritimes never seemed long!</div>
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In 2016 and 2017, I plan to focus on "my 64," as I like to call my 4th great grandparents. For some of these, I can follow them, genealogically speaking, "from cradle to grave." For others, I don't even know their names! But 64 seems a reasonable number of direct ancestors to work on, and already I see some interesting patterns:</div>
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Throughout the past year, I have dedicated this blog to selected Canadian branches of my family tree. I have always found that my research leads me down the most interesting paths when I focus on one family group, one line, one person, or one theme. This has proven true especially in 2015. As I stated in my first <a href="http://diggingdowneast.blogspot.com/2015/01/2015-year-for-my-canadian-ancestors.html">post</a>, I chose to work on the following 10 families:</div>
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My last Canadian branch is the Steeves branch. By way of intermarriage between members of the Steeves family and the Smith family in New Brunswick, I happen to descend from 2 of the 7 sons of my sixth great grandparents Heinrich Stieff and Regina Stahlecker, Matthias and Jacob.</div>
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Matthias Steeves (c.1761-1848)</div>
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Jacob Steeves (1750-1803)</div>
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Probably the most prominent member of my Steeves family tree is my 2nd cousin 4x removed, <b><i>William Henry Steeves</i></b>, known in the annals of Canadian history as The Father of Confederation.</div>
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Spray, W. A. -- "Steeves, William Henry". -- <i>Dictionary of Canadian biography online. </i><a href="http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39400" ; color: #663300; font-family: verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" title="External link to Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online">www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39400</a></div>
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Next year, <b>2016</b>, will be the <b>250th Anniversary of the arrival of Heinrich and Rachel Stieff to New Brunswick </b>(from Germany, by way of Pennsylvania). In preparation of this momentous event, a week-long celebration and family reunion is being held in Hillsborough, New Brunswick. Steeves descendants are coming from around the world, and Yours Truly will be among them!<br />
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For more on the Steeves story, and on next year's BIG CELEBRATION, including <a href="https://steeves250.com/world-record">our attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of individuals with the same last name in the same place at the same time</a>, in the Moncton Coliseum, visit:</div>
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Alexander MacKay, my third great grandfather, arrived in Canada from the Scottish Highlands as a young man of 29. A few years later, when he married Eleanor Brown, he was living in Jordan River, in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia. These pictures (made into postcards) have my great grandmother's writing on them.<br />
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The young couple, with their first three children, Isabella, Catherine, and John, were living in Ragged Island, by the 1871 Census of Canada. The next 30 years, however, saw the family resettling and living in Upper Stewiacke, in Colchester County. There were six children in all, the first three born in East Jordan, the younger three born in Upper Stewiacke. The oldest, Isabella Fulton MacKay, is my second great grandmother.<br />
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Alexander MacKay (1830-1901)</div>
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Eleanor Brown MacKay (1835-1924)</div>
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Isabella Fulton MacKay (1861-1945)</div>
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John William MacKay (1866-1945)</div>
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George Alexander MacKay (1872-1955)</div>
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Flora Jane MacKay (1874-1941)</div>
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Hugh Dunlap MacKay (1878-1934)</div>
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Alexander and Eleanor MacKay are buried in the Burnt Hill Cemetery, in Upper Burnside, Nova Scotia. My great grandmother took this picture many years ago:</div>
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1901 Census of Canada, <a href="http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=8896&highlight=38.">http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=8896&highlight=38.</a></div>
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I imagine most family historians dread the research into their lines with common surnames, like Smith and Jones. So it was when I began my research into my Smith line. I really lucked out, though, because my Smiths descend from one of the most famous Canadian settler families.</div>
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My Smith research really began fifteen years ago, during my last visit to Canada. The year 2000 marked the 225th anniversary of the Yorkshire Migration, when, between 1772 and 1775, over 1000 settlers immigrated from Yorkshire, England to the Chignecto Region of Nova Scotia.</div>
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My fifth great grandparents, Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Duck) Smith, with their family, sailed out of Hull, England, aboard <i>The Albion </i>in March of 1774. The ship arrived at Fort Cumberland at the head of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia during the third week of May after first making port in Halifax. Their oldest son, Benjamin, had emigrated a year earlier and purchased a 1500 acre farm with a house and livestock in Cumberland County on his family's behalf. Nathaniel was 54 years old when he and his family left the village of Upsall, Yorkshire, to join Benjamin in the New World.</div>
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The first instance of the Smith surname in my family tree is my grandmother, Harriet Cheney Smith.</div>
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There are many great source materials on the Yorkshire Migration. In 2000, I was able to purchase a thick, spiral-bound paperback, entitled "<i>The Descendants of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Smith</i>," compiled by Philip and Joan (Smith) Brides. I refer to it often in my Smith research.<br />
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For specific background on Nathaniel Smith, I recommend "<i>Nathaniel Smith : Stranger in a Strange Land</i>," published by the Tantramar Heritage Trust, in conjunction with the anniversary.<br />
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There is an excellent bibliography at the website <a href="http://www.libris.ca/yrkfam/yrkemi.htm">Yorkshire Immigration To Nova Scotia, 1772-1775</a>.</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-435556819694018592015-09-06T11:08:00.000-04:002015-09-06T11:08:11.294-04:00My Canadian Branches ~ Bella MacKay Hamilton and the Moose Chair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Peter Suther "PS" Hamilton and Isabella "Bella" MacKay Hamilton, my 2nd great grandparents, lived in Burnside, Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, their whole married lives. They raised nine children, one of whom was my great grandmother, Melvina Jane "Vina" Hamilton Bustin, from whom I inherited a wonderful treasure trove of photographs.</div>
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I came across two pictures that piqued my interest. The first shows my great grandmother's mother, Bella, in front of the "old home" in Burnside, posing beside what appears to be a wooden sculpture of some kind. It looks like antlers to me.</div>
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The second, more yellowing, photo provides another clue. It was a chair, made out of, presumedly, moose antlers. The handwriting on the front is my great grandmother's, and the back states the same, <b><i>The Moose Chair, </i></b>in Bella's handwriting.</div>
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Was this some kind of trophy chair made from antlers of hunted moose, or was it a household curio, with no particular connection to family lore?</div>
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I have learned that my great grand uncle and aunt, unmarried brother and sister Bert and Stella Hamilton, were the last two family members to live at the old place, so I have to wonder whatever became of the "Moose Chair."</div>
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Pam Seavey Schaffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048827716173570983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103686796862913161.post-74015259772015706672015-08-06T15:00:00.000-04:002015-08-06T15:34:49.885-04:00My Canadian Branches ~ Jane Soley Hamilton's 776 Babies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When Jane Soley married Robert Hamilton (my 3rd great grand uncle) in Lower Truro, Nova Scotia, in 1825, she never envisioned the local legend she would become. The daughter of William and Mary Soley, she and Squire Robert, welcomed seven children into the world. Two of these children died in infancy, but it wasn't until her youngest, Baxter, was in his 10th year, and she in her 42nd, that her life would take on an expanded role in her community, and future generations still honor her selfless fortitude and courage.<br />
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It wasn't until July of 1851 that Jane was called upon to help a woman deliver a child. The mother was Elizabeth Hamilton (probably a relative) and she bore a son. Jane's presence and assistance as a midwife began a long and remarkable career.<br />
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In a small, care-worn, "birth book," Jane recorded every birth she attended, with the date, name of mother, and sex of the child. In 1852, she delivered 8 babies, and her path was determined. She averaged 20 entries each year for the next few years, with her busiest year being 1867, when she helped deliver 32 infants. There is no recording on any compensation for her work, although she may have received some small change that the family could spare.<br />
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Jane delivered many babies in Brookfield, where she lived, but also attended at births in Hilden, Pleasant Valley, Alton, and even as far away as Middle Stewiacke.<br />
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The surrounding cemeteries and graveyards contain many small unmarked stones in family plots, standing sentinel to the early deaths of children who perished too young. Brookfield and Pleasant Valley cemeteries hold at least nineteen of Jane's babies, documenting the epidemics and hardships families faced in those days. Scarlet fever, cholera, croup, dysentery, whooping cough, and diphtheria all took their toll.<br />
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"Aunt Jennie's" midwifery career spanned 42 years, and brought 776 children into the world, including 4 sets of twins. By the age of 80, she slackened her practice considerably. Several of her last patients were Hamiltons, probably related to her. In 1893, at the age of 88, Jane delivered Mrs. Sinclair Hamilton of a daughter. The little girl, named Mabel, who only lived four years, was Jane's great granddaughter.<br />
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Jane retired from this life's work at 88. Her career spanned 42 years and brought 776 children in this world. She passed away on October 2, 1897, aged 92 years and 8 months. Obituaries appeared in four newspapers,* but perhaps this unidentified newspaper clipping says it best:<br />
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<i>"This venerable lady was one of the best known and most respected women in the place .... Ever ready to respond to the call of duty, she faced the most inclement weather at all hours and braved dangers that well might have tried the courage of strong men .... wherever sickness and trouble were, she was ever ready to lend a helping hand and in her quiet, cheerful way, did all that lay in her power to soothe the suffering. Hers was a truly unselfish, Christian life, entirely devoted to the welfare of other." **</i><br />
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Jane is buried next to her husband, Robert, in Brookfield Eastside Cemetery, in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.<br />
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*<i>Colchester Sun</i> (Truro), 6 October 1897<br />
<i>Novascotian and Weekly Chronicle</i> (Halifax), 16 October 1897<br />
<i>Presbyterian Witness</i> (Halifax), 9 October 1897, p.328<br />
<i>Truro Daily News</i> (Truro), 6 October 1897<br />
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** This obituary was found in an unidentified newspaper clipping in a scrapbook belonging to Mrs. Prudence Parker, North River, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. As of 1982, the scrapbook was still in her possession.<br />
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"Public Member Trees," database, Ancestry.com, "MacIntosh," for Jane Soley (d.. 2 Oct 1897), with linked images.<br />
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"Colchester Women" by the Colchester Historical Society.<br />
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"Jane Soley Hamilton, Midwife," by Joan E. Kennedy, Nova Scotia Historical Review, Vol. 2, #1 (1982), pp.6-29. <b>[Contains Record of Children Delivered by Jane Soley Hamilton, 1851-1893]</b><br />
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Miller, Thomas, <i>Historical and genealogical record of the first settlers of Colchester county </i>(Halifax, 1873), pp.357-358.<br />
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