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Maine Biographies
- Biographical sketches of representative citizens of the state of Maine
- Biographical encyclopedia of Maine of the nineteenth century
- Mothers of Maine
- Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine
Maine Cemeteries
- Maine Cemetery Records
- Somerset County
- York County
Maine Census Records
Maine Church Histories and Records
- History of the Baptists in Maine
- History of Methodism in Maine, 1793-1886
- The semi-centennial anniversary of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Maine, September 26-27, 1886
- Confession of Faith and covenant of the First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine: with a catalogue of its members and brief historical notices. April 1848
- Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, pastors of the First church in Portland Maine
Maine Court Records
- York County Maine Registry of Deeds 1642-1737
At a meeting of the Maine Historical Society, held in Portland on the 23d of December, 1882, a communication was received from Mr. John T. Hull, proposing to publish the early volumes in the York registry of deeds and asking for the cooperation of the society. Messrs. Edward H. Elwell, James P. Baxter and William Goold were thereupon appointed a committee to present the matter to the legislature of Maine. The fruition of their collaboration are the following 20 volumes of York County Maine Registry of Deeds.
Maine Directories
- Auburn
- Biddeford
- Brunswick
- Lewiston
- Saco
- Topsham
- Town Registers
The “town registers” for Maine are actually town directories, including histories of the town, directory or census of inhabitants, and business advertisements. Some of them, may contain vital records such as birth dates and deaths.- East Somerset County Maine register, 1911-1912 (Volume 1911-1912)
Athens, Cambridge, Canaan, Cornville, Detroit, Harmony, Hartland, Palmyra, Pittsfield, Ripley and St. Albans. - Addison and Harrington Maine town register, 1905
- Appleton Maine town register, 1903, containing history, date of birth of all residents, deaths
- Belfast Maine town register, 1907
- Bridgton Maine town register, 1905
- Brownfield, Denmark, Hiram and Porter Maine town register, 1907
- Clinton and Benton Maine register, 1904
- Cumberland and North Yarmouth Maine town register, 1904
- Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bristol, Bremen, Muscongus-Louds Island Maine town registers 1906;
- Dover and Foxcroft Maine register, 1904
- East Livermore, Livermore and Jay, Maine, town register 1909
- Farmington, Wilton, Chesterville, New Sharon Maine town register, 1910
- Freeport Maine register, 1904
- Guilford and Sangerville Maine town register, 1904
- Jay Maine town register, 1905
- Jonesport Maine town register, 1905
- Kennebunk and Wells, Maine, town register 1905
- Mexico, Peru and Hartford Maine town register, 1905
- Mt. Vernon and Readfield Maine town register, 1908
- Norway Maine town register, 1903-4
- Oakland, Maine, town register 1903
- Otisfield, Harrison, Naples and Sebago Maine town register, 1906
- Paris Maine Town Register, 1906
- Pittston, Chelsea, Randolph Maine town register, 1903-4
- Scarboro Maine Town Register, 1905
- Standish, Baldwin, Cornish, Limerick, and Limington, Maine town register 1905
- Thomaston Maine Town Register, 1904
- Waterford, Albany, Greenwood, E. Stoneham Maine, town register 1906
- Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene Maine, town register 1905
- Webster, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmonth Maine town register, 1909
- Woodstock, Sumner and Buckfield Maine town register, 1905
- East Somerset County Maine register, 1911-1912 (Volume 1911-1912)
Maine Genealogy
- Aroostook County
- Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Somerset, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington, and Aroostook counties, Maine
- In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia’s subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty
- Paddle and portage, from Moosehead lake to the Aroostook river, Maine
- Sketches of camp life in the wilds of the Aroostook woods, Aroostook County, Maine
fishing, canoeing, camping, shooting and trapping, being true stories of actual life in camp
- Hancock County
- Oxford County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset
- Waldo County
- Washington County
United States Genealogy
USGenWeb Project
Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington, York
American History and Genealogy Project
Maine History (state and regional)
- Gleanings from English Records about New England Families
The classic work often cited by more contemporaneous authors on early New England families and the records of them found within the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, Strand, the Public Record Office, Fetter Lane, and the British Museum, Bloomsbury, while on a visit in London during the summer and fall of 1879. - The history of the state of Maine; from its first discovery, A. D. 1602, to the separation, A. D. 1820, inclusive (Volume Vol. 1)
- The history of the state of Maine; from its first discovery, A. D. 1602, to the separation, A. D. 1820, inclusive (Volume Vol. 2)
- History of the lower Kennebec, 1602-1889 (Volume 1602-1889)
- The Kennebec Valley
- Shores of Saco Bay Maine; a historical guide to Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, Prout’s Neck
Maine Military Records
- Maine Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902. - The Border Wars of New England Commonly Called King William’s and Queen Anne’s Wars
- Revolutionary War Records
- Civil War Records
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
- World War I Records
- World War II Records
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
Maine Native American Records
- Maine Indian Tribes
- The Maine Indians (Town History of Fryeburg Maine)
- Federal Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act. 1991
Maine Newspapers
- Bangor
- Biddeford
- Brunswick
- Snow Index to the Brunswick Newspapers, 1853-1960
- Eastport
- Kingfield
- Lewiston
- New Gloucester
- Portland
- Riddeford
- South Freeport
- Cruiser, 1859
In January 1859, the South Freeport Mutual Improvement Society Proprietors, a church group, started a handwritten newspaper to be circulated in South Freeport. The “Cruiser” was intended for “the general interest and amusement of said society.” They encouraged contributions from members and non-members “on any and every subject that they may wish to write on.” Most of the articles were literary, rather than “breaking” news and many were signed with pseudonyms.
- Cruiser, 1859
Maine School Records
- Bowdoin College
- History of Bowdoin college
With biographical sketches of its graduates, from 1806 to 1879, inclusive - General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1894
Including a historical sketch of the institution during its first century - General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1902
Contains a list of graduates from 1806-1902 - General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1912
Contains a list of graduates from 1806-1912
- History of Bowdoin college
- Colby College
- University of Maine
Maine Town Histories, Genealogies and Records
- Addison
- Albany
- Appleton
- Athens
- Auburn
- Baldwin
- Bangor
- Bath
- Belfast
- Benton
- Bethel
- History of Bethel
Formerly Sudbury, Canada, Oxford County, Maine, 1768-1890, with a brief sketch of Hanover and family statistics (Volume 1768-1890) - Report of the centennial celebration at Bethel, Maine, August 26, 1874
- History of Bethel
- Biddeford
- Bluehill
- Bowdoinham
- Bremen
- Bridgton
- Bristol
- Brooksville
- Brownfield
- Brunswick
- Buckfield
- Buxton
- A report of the proceedings at the celebration of the first centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Buxton, Maine, held at Buxton, Aug. 14, 1872 ..
- Records of the proprietors of Narraganset township, no. 1, now the town of Buxton, York county , Maine, from August 1st, 1733, to January 4th, 1811
- Calais
- Calais, Eastport and vicinity in Maine, their representative business men, and points of interest, embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec
- Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; including the village of Milltown, Me., and the present town of Milltown, N.B.
- Cambridge
- Camden
- Canaan
- Castine
- Charlotte
- Chelsea
- Cherryfield
- Chesterville
- Clinton
- Columbia
- Corinna
- Corinth
- Cornish
- Cornville
- Cumberland
- Cushing
- Damariscotta
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families. - Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bristol, Bremen, Muscongus-Louds Island Maine town registers 1906
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
- Denmark
- Dennysville
- Detroit
- Dexter
- Dover
- Durham
- East Livermore
- East Stoneham
- Eastport
- The history of Eastport, and vicinity: a lecture, delivered April, 1834, before the Eastport Lyceum
- Eastport and Passamaquoddy Maine; a collection of historical and biographical sketches
- Calais, Eastport and vicinity in Maine, their representative business men, and points of interest, embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec
- Eliot
- Farmingdale
- Farmington
- Fort Fairfield
- Foxcroft
- Frankfort
- Freeport
- Westcustogo chronicle: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth … v. 1, no. 1 (January, 1885)
- Publishments of the Town of Freeport: intentions of marriages entered upon town records, Town of Freeport, Maine (commencing with the incorporation of the town in 1789) (Volume 1789-1801)
- Freeport Maine register, 1904
- Friendship
- Fryeburg
- Town History of Fryeburg, Maine
Nestled close to the New Hampshire border is the small community of Fryeburg, Maine. Our newest online free manuscript provides you a look into the history of this community. Included with this manuscript is information on the Sokokis Indians, and a brief military history of Fryeburg. - The centennial celebration of the settlement of Fryeburg, Me., with the historical address
- Town History of Fryeburg, Maine
- Gardiner
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
With a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families - The centennial of Gardiner; an account of the exercises at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, June 25, 1903
- Annals of the people called Methodists in the city of Gardiner, Me.
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
- Garland
- Gorham
- Gouldsboro
- Greene
- Greenwood
- Guilford
- Hallowell
- Harmony
- Harpswell
- Historic Harpswell, Harpswell, Maine, its historic Congregational church and famous ministers. 1758-1903
- History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, including the ancient territory known as Pejepscot
- Westcustogo chronicle: devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth … v. 1, no. 1 (January, 1885)
- Harrington
- Harrison
- Hartford
- Hartland
- Hinckley
- Hiram
- Industry
- A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine
From the earliest settlement in 1787 down to the present time, embracing the cessions of New Sharon, New Vineyard, Anson, and Stark. In two parts, including the history and genealogy of many of the leading families of the town – 2 vols combined into 1 - History of Industry, Maine: from the first settlement in 1791
- A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine
- Jay
- Jefferson
- Jonesport
- Kennebunk
- Kittery
- Leeds
- Lewiston
- Limerick
- Limington
- Litchfield
- Livermore
- Lubec
- Machias
- Machiasport
- Mexico
- Millbridge
- Milltown
- Annals of Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; including the village of Milltown, Me., and the present town of Milltown, N.B.
- Calais, Eastport and vicinity in Maine
Their representative business men, and points of interest, embracing Calais, Eastport, Machias, Machiasport, Milltown, Jonesport, Princeton, Millbridge, Cherryfield and Lubec
- Monmouth
- Mount Desert
- Mt. Vernon
- Muscongus-Louds Island
- Naples
- New Gloucester
- New Sharon
- New Sweden
- Newcastle
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families. - Damariscotta, Newcastle, Bristol, Bremen, Muscongus-Louds Island Maine town registers 1906
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
- Newport
- North Yarmouth
- Westcustogo chronicle
Devoted to the publication of documents relating to the early history of North Yarmouth, Maine, including Harpswell, Freeport, Cumberland, and Yarmouth … v. 1, no. 1 (January, 1885) - Cumberland and North Yarmouth Maine town register, 1904
- Confession of Faith and covenant of the First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine.: with a catalogue of its members and brief historical notices. April 1848
- Westcustogo chronicle
- Norway
- Centennial history of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886
Including an account of the early grants and purchases, sketches of the grantees, early settlers, and prominent residents, etc., with genealogical registers, and an appendix. - The history of Norway [Maine]
Comprising a minute account of its first settlement, town officers, interspersed with historical sketches, narrative and anecdote - Norway Maine town register, 1903-4
- Centennial history of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886
- Oakland
- Old Orchard
- Historical sketches of Old Orchard Maine and the shores of Saco Bay
Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine Point, Prout’s Neck - Old Orchard, Maine. Pen and pencil sketches
- Historical sketches of Old Orchard Maine and the shores of Saco Bay
- Old Town
- Orono
- Otisfield
- Oxford
- Paris
- Palermo
- Palmyra
- Parsonfield
- Passamaquoddy
- Pemaquid
- Twenty years at Pemaquid Maine
Sketches of its history and its remains, ancient and modern. - The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families. - A history of the towns of Bristol and Bremen in the state of Maine: including the Pemaquid Settlement
- Twenty years at Pemaquid Maine
- Penobscot
- Peru
- Piscataqua
- Pittsfield
- Pittston
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
With a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families - Vital records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892
- Land titles in old Pittston, Maine
- Pittston, Chelsea, Randolph Maine town register, 1903-4
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
- Poland
- Portland
- 1924 Portland Tax Records
The Portland, Maine, 1924 Tax Records were created as part of a city-wide tax reevaluation. The 2 3/4″ x 4″ original black and white photographs provide extraordinary documentation of the appearance and condition of every taxable property in the city at that time. The accompanying tax forms provide equally valuable information, including the use of the property, the original building materials and finishes and the property’s assessed value as of 1924. On the back of each form, a pencil sketch illustrates the size and shape of the building footprint on the property. The collection consists of 131 books containing approximately 30,000 pages, each page recording a single property (properties with more than one building will generally have a page for each building). - The history of Portland, Maine, from 1632 to 1864
With a notice of previous settlements, colonial grants, and changes of government in Maine (Volume 1632-1864) - The history of Portland Maine, from its first settlement (Volume Pt. 1)
- The history of Portland Maine, from its first settlement (Volume Pt. 2)
- Portland Maine past and present
- Portland Maine and vicinity
- Portland, Maine Illustrated
- The burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine), by Capt. Mowatt in 1775
- The semi-centennial anniversary of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Maine, September 26-27, 1886
- Centennial celebration
An account of the municipal celebration of the one hundreth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Portland, Maine, July 4th, 5th and 6th, 1886 (Volume 1786-1886) - Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, pastors of the First church in Portland Maine
- 1924 Portland Tax Records
- Porter
- Pownal
- Princeton
- Randolph
- Readfield
- Ripley
- Rockland
- Rockport
- Rumford
- Sangerville
- Scarboro
- Sebago
- Sheepscot
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
Including early Pemaquid, Damariscotta, and other contiguous places, from the earliest discovery to the present time, together with the genealogy of more than four hundred families.
- The history of ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle [Maine]
- South Thomaston
- St. Albans
- St. George
- Standish
- Stockton Springs
- Sumner
- Thomaston
- Topsham
- Turner
- Union
- Unity
- Vinalhaven
- Waldoboro
- Wales
- Waterford
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wells
- West Gardiner
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
With a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matter from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families. - Webster, West Gardiner, Litchfield, and Monmonth Maine town register, 1909
- History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, Maine
- Wilton
- Woodstock
- Yarmouth
Maine Vital Records
- Maine Vital Records
- Town Vital Records
- Vital records of Belfast Maine, to the year 1892 (Volume Vol. 1)
- Vital records of Belfast Maine, to the year 1892 (Volume Vol. 2)
- Vital records of Farmingdale, Maine, to the year, 1892 (Volume 1892)
- Publishments of the Town of Freeport: intentions of marriages entered upon town records, Town of Freeport, Maine (commencing with the incorporation of the town in 1789) (Volume 1789-1801)
- Vital records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892
- Vital records of Randolph, Maine, to the year 1892
Garrisons, Block-Houses, and Forts in the Saco Valley
During the Indian wars various kinds of fortifications were built by the settlers along the Saco river. Some of these were put up by individuals for the better protection of their own families, and others were built by authority of the Provincial Government and paid for from appropriations voted “for…
Lovewell’s Defeat in the Saco Valley
Our grandfathers have related this old fireside story with much animation and circumstantiality. It has been handed down to us upon the historic page attended with many inconsistent, and some contradictory, statements. We have not found one published account of the march, battle, and retreat that would stand the first…
The Sokokis Indians along the Saco River
The best authorities now attribute to our North American aborigines an Asiatic origin. In physical appearance, language, and traditions, the western tribes resemble the northeastern Asiatics, while the Eskimo and his cousin on the Asiatic side understand each other perfectly. The Mongolian cast of features is much more marked in…
Traditions and Legends along the Saco
Nancy Barton is supposed to have been the first white woman who passed through the Notch of the White Hills voluntarily. She was employed to keep a boarding-house for lumbermen in Jefferson; was industrious, faithful, and toiled early and late for small wages. Her employer was taken captive by the…
The White Mountains
The “White Hills” are the birthplace of the infant Saco River, and through their narrow gateway the tiny stream emerges into the warming sunshine and the “open ground.” We have only sacred chronology by which to estimate the age of these North American pyramids, and no means of knowing when…
The Saco River
Here, in the deep primeval forest, the brave aboriginal inhabitants searched for those medicinal treasures stored in the pharmacy of nature, and from these compounded the curative preparations for which the tribe has long been renowned. Here, upon the Saco river bank, the Sokokis built his bark wigwam, upon these…
Descendants of John and Mary Howes of Montgomery County, Maryland
John Howes of Montgomery County, Maryland, was born ” … after 1740, m[arried] Mary_____, and d[ied] between November, 1808 and March 1809. He is buried in Laytonsville, Maryland with his mother, his brother James and daughter Sarah. About a year after his death his widow, Mary, went to Bucks County,…
Beal Genealogy of Abington Massachusetts
The Beal family of Abington, the head of which was the late George A. Beal, Esq., who for years was one of the leading men of the town, prominent in business and public affairs and useful and substantial in citizenship, is one of long and honorable standing in this section…
Washburn Genealogy of Bridgewater Massachusetts
John Washburn, first of the name here, was an early settler in New England, and was a resident of Duxbury, Mass., before 1632, in which year he had an action in court against Edward Doten. He was named in the assessment of taxes in 1633, and in 1634 bought a…
Walter Merryman of Harpswell, Maine, and his descendants
Walter Merryman was kidnapped in an Irish port in 1700 and brought to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was indentured to a shipbuilder in Portland, Maine. He married Elizabeth Potter and settled in Harpswell, Maine. Descendants and relatives lived in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Idaho and elsewhere. Includes…
Genealogy of Arnold Family of Abington Massachusetts
The Arnold family of Abington, one of the oldest in southeastern Massachusetts, is ably and worthily represented at the present time by Capt. Moses N. Arnold and his brother, William B. Arnold, both veterans of the Civil war and well-known shoe manufacturers of North Abington. The first of the family…
Muster Rolls for the Aroostook War
Historical sketch and roster of commissioned officers and enlisted men of the drafted militia of Maine, called into actual service for the protection of its northeastern frontier, from February to May, 1839.
The ancestry and posterity of Joshua Dow of Avon, Maine
The ancestry and posterity of Joshua Dow of Avon, Maine traces from John Dow and Johan Coop of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The first descendant in America, Henry Dow, came from England to America in 1637 with his wife, four children, and a maid. He first settled at Watertown, Massachusetts…
The Ancestry of Sarah Stone
The ancestry of Sarah Stone, wife of James Patten of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine Contains also the Dixey, Hart, Norman, Neale, Lawes, Curtis, Kilbourne, Bracy, Bisby, Pearce, Marston, Estow and Brown families.
Records of First Church in Falmouth Maine
The contents of the book on the records of First Church in Falmouth Maine were gleaned for and first appeared in the historical and genealogical columns of the Portland Evening Express. It contains a brief history of the church, followed by a list of its members from 1727 through 1855, a…
Ancestry of Loyed Ellis Chamberlain of Brockton, Massachusetts
Conspicuous on the roll of the representative lawyers of southeastern Massachusetts appears the name of Loyed Ellis Chamberlain. In no profession is there a career more open to men of talent than in that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation,…
Maine World War 2 Casualties – Army, Air Force
This database contains War Department casualties (Army and Army Air Force personnel) from World War II for Maine. Information provided includes serial number, rank and type of casualty. The birthplace or residence of the deceased is not indicated. An introduction explaining how the list was compiled, a statistical tabulation, and…
Ancestry of Charles Henry Nye of Hyannis, MA
Charles Henry Nye, of Hyannis, Barnstable Co., Mass., is a direct descendant of Benjamin Nye, of Sandwich, Mass., the first of the line in this country, and is related to several of the old families of this region.
Genealogy of Edward A. Gammons of Wareham, MA
EDWARD A. GAMMONS of Wareham, well-known citizen and banker, is a native of that section of the State, born in South Wareham Jan. 15, 1842, son of William and Deborah Bryant (Gallt) Gammons. The Gammons family is supposed to be of English origin, and is found in many parts of…
Biography of Robert Thompson Davis, M. D., of Fall River, MA
ROBERT THOMPSON DAVIS, M. D., late of Fall River, physician, promoter, State senator, mayor, congressman, etc., was one of the most prominent figures in the public and industrial life of Fall River, and as well one of its most widely known and wealthiest citizens. Dr. Davis was the son of…
Ancestors of Charles Presbery White of Taunton Massachusetts
There is nothing definite known concerning the birth of Nicholas White, but there is no doubt that he belonged to the yeomanry of England. He was a freeman in Dorchester, Mass., in 1643, and about the same time married Susanna, daughter of Jonas and Frances Humphrey, who had also settled…
Benton Family of Oxford County Maine
Dr. Joseph Benton came from Westmoreland, Conn. 1The editor is not aware of a township in Connecticut called Westmoreland., to Fryeburg with his family and practiced medicine there several years. He removed to Denmark previous to 1806, and after continuing in practice there nearly a quarter of a century he…
Ancestry of William Hartley Cary of Brockton, Massachusetts
William Hartley Cary was a prominent and respected citizen and business man of the city of Brockton, where his death occurred Dec. 9, 1899. As a citizen he enjoyed the esteem of the entire community, in which industrial center he had for nearly a quarter of a century been an…
Ancestry of Moses Adams Packard of Brockton, Massachusetts
Moses Adams Packard, of Brockton, where he has been so long and so successfully engaged in the manufacture of shoes, is as well one of that city’s highly honored and respected citizens. Mr. Packard began life with little capital save boundless energy and a resolute purpose, and has pushed his…
History and Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
From the record of the town’s annual meeting held “March 6, 1769”, we learn that it was “Voted that Joseph Wood, Jonathan Darling and Robert Parker be a Committee to lay out Roads where they should think proper to convean the Town on this side of the Salt Pond.” The…
Small Town Newspapers
Small Town Papers gives you free access to the people, places and events recorded in real time over the decades or even centuries! Browse and search the scanned newspaper archive from 1846 up to the current edition! Their archives contain millions of names of ancestors not found anywhere else. Enhance…
Descendants of Abraham Tappan of Newbury, MA
The Tappan family of Attleboro, while not an old one in this section of the State, has, nevertheless, been resident for half a century in Attleboro, where Ephraim H. Tappan makes his home, and where his sons, Charles H. and William C, the latter now deceased, have been identified with…
Ancestors of Charles W. Milliken of Barnstable, MA
CHARLES WARREN MILLIKEN, M. D., of Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Mass., engaged as a general practitioner of medicine, has high professional and social connections which have brought him a wide acquaintance. The Millikens, though not one of the oldest Colonial families, have become allied with the posterity of the most distinguished…
Descendants of William Swift of Sandwich, MA
William Swift, the founder of the family on Cape Cod, was a native of Bocking, County of Essex, England, and came to New England in 1634, stopping first at Watertown, of which he was a proprietor in 1636. He sold his property there in 1637 and removed to Sandwich, where…
Descendants of William Sumner of Dorchester, MA
The Sumner family, to which the late Mrs. George Barstow Stetson belonged, is an old and prominent family of New England, descended from one William Sumner, who was born at Bicester, England, in 1605, son of Roger Sumner, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, and his wife Joane (Franklin). William Sumner, the only…
Ancestors of Horace Alden Keith of Brockton, MA
Horace Alden Keith, founder of the Brockton Webbing Company, one of the successful and thriving industries of Brockton, and one of that city’s enterprising and progressive business men, is a descendant on both his paternal and maternal sides of historic old New England ancestry. Mr. Keith was born in West…
Ivers Family of Dedham, MA
IVERS (New Bedford family). The name Ivers seems one uncommon in New England annals and the family by no means numerous. At Dedham are fragmentary records of the Ivers family name, but nothing of an early date. William and Gregory Ivers, brothers, appear in Boston in the early part of…
Hawes Family of Wrentham, MA
For generations, since the early Colonial period, the Hawes family has been resident in Wrentham, Mass. The line is traced back to Edward Hawes, of Dedham, Mass., born probably about 1620, who died in 1686. He married April 15, 1648, Eliony Lombard. This genealogy discusses the line from Edward through…
Descendants of Nicholas Snow of Eastham, MA
Nicholas Snow, a native of England, came to this country in 1623 in the ship “Ann,” locating in Plymouth, where he had a share in the division of land in 1624. In 1634 he removed to Eastham, where he became a prominent citizen. His home was on the road from…
Barker Genealogy of Tiverton, RI
The Barker family of Tiverton, R. I., and vicinity, represented in that section by many prominent citizens, is one of the earliest settled families of New England. The first of the name of whom there is authentic record was Robert Barker, born in 1616, who came to New England at…
Jackson Family of Fall River, MA
Here in this article it is the purpose to treat of but one branch or family of the Massachusetts Jacksons – the family of John Jackson, who was a descendant of the Middleboro settler of the name, one John Jackson, and who in time removed to the State of Maine,…
Ashley Family of New Bedford, MA
ASHLEY (New Bedford family). Among the first settlers of Rochester, Mass., and their families appear the names of Joseph Ashley and his wife Elizabeth and their children. There had settled at Springfield as early as 1639 Robert Ashley; and from the fact that many of the early settlers of Springfield…
Fisk Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Andrew and Abraham Fisk were brothers, but where and when they were born or whence they came to this town there is no date in possession of the writer, or when their houses were built, although they were standing in the earliest recollections of the writer. Andrew Fisk married March…
Garland Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Eben M. Garland was born at Hampden, Jan. 22, 1820, came to Blue Hill when a lad and married Elvira Gregory, May 27, 1840, daughter of William and Edna Gregory, born Nov. 21, 1822. There were two children by this marriage: William and Sarah.
Hewins Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Dea. Seth Hewins was born in Dedham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1773; married Katherine Fisher, sister to Rev. Jonathan Fisher, Sept. 2, 1799. She was born March 27, 1771; died Aug. 15, 1854. They came to Blue Hill in 1799, and here resided until their death, he dying May 9, 1844.…
Fisher Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Jonathan Fisher was born in New Braintree, Mass., Oct. 7, 1768, settled at Blue Hill July 13, 1798, and died in the town Sept. 22, 1847, aged seventy-nine years. He married Miss Dolly Battell, of Dedham, Mass., April 2, 1796, and brought her to Blue Hill, where she ever after…
Osgood Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Mr. Osgood was born at Andover, Mass., Oct. 6, 1760; married Hannah Bailey, March 31, 1785. She was born Dec. 19, 1766; died July 10, 1829. He died March 15, 1854, in his ninety-fourth year. He came to Blue Hill shortly after his marriage, and there resided up to the…
Staples Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Nathan Staples, and wife Sally, from Sedgwick, lived upon Long Island, Blue Hill Maine, near the lower end. Children: Elizabeth, John and Nathan.
Johnson Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Family genealogy of Moses Johnson and Robert Johnson, both sons of Obed Johnson and Joanna Wood, who resided in Blue Hill, Maine and each raised large families.
Witham Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Andrew Witham was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, Nov. 11, 1768; came to Blue Hill a young man; married, first, Mehitable Kimball, May 9, 1790. She was born Jan. 24, 1770; died Aug. 8, 1800. There were four children by that marriage as follows: Charlotte, John, Mehitable and Harriet. Mr. Witham…
Ewer Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Robert P. Ewer married, Sept. 5, 1839, Nancy Fisher, daughter of Joseph W. and Sally (Grindle) Johnson. She was born May 4, 1818. They had children as follows: Sarah, Mary, Lewis, Harriet and Franklin.
McIntire Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Jeremiah McIntire was not born at Blue Hill, but came to it a young man, from what place the records do not state. He was published to Lydia Knowles, of Sedgwick, June 8, 1818, and certified June 27, of the same year. Children: Abigail, John, Ingerson, Sarah, Deborah, Freeman, Nathan,…
Stover Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Jeremiah Stover. He was born in Penobscot Dec. 5, 1770; came to Blue Hill a young man, built the house referred to before 1800. He married, Dec. 16, 1793, Abigail Devereux. He was a farmer and tanner and currier. The family consisted of nine children, as follows: Lois, Abigail, Jonathan,…
Tenney Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
Dr. Nathan Tenney was a native of Bradford, Mass., born May 23, 1769; came first to Sedgwick when a young man, then to Blue Hill about 1815. He married Mary, daughter of Major David Carleton, of Sedgwick, Aug. 21, 1796. She was born Oct. 23, 1777; died May 9, 1820.…
Darling Genealogy of Blue Hill, Maine
F. A. Darling was the son of Jedediah and Lydia (Stinson) Darling, born Oct. 1, 1815; married Phebe Wood Savage, Feb. 1, 1838, to whom were born the following children: Augusta, Ellen, George and Frank.