Friendship Queries  




INFORMATION WANTED ON A FRIENDSHIP SLOOP NAMED 'DEPRESSION': I own a Friensship Sloop built in 1899. Her name is Depression and has held that name since at least1935.I am trying to find some history on the boat . All I have is a picture taken in or around 1960 that says "Depression ,built by Wilbur Morse at Matinicus Island 1899 " It sounds to be like a contradiction , but I can't be sure because I have nothing else to go on.

I am a member of the Friendship Sloop Society and they don't seem to know much more than me. Can anyone help me ? I am scheduled to bring her to an antique boat show in Salem MA this summer and I'd like to have some info to tell the onlookers.   Keith Roberts  Keith@fjrobertsfloors.com   April 2002



CARD: Have hit the proverbial brick wall. My gggrandfather , Edward Shannon CARD was supposedly born 3/27/1801 in Friendship, Maine. Family rumor has it that his father was a sea captain and was lost at sea as were 5 brothers. Several of us are searching , but to date no success. Could it possibly be that someone there has a clue for us. Thank you. Jeanne Bain, jeannebain@simflex.com , March 2002



DAVISI am trying to find out information about Lemuel Davis who lived in Friendship and/or Cushing from atleast 1800 through 1820. He is my great great great great great grandfather. My grandmother has done extensive research to find out his parents, where he was born, or other information about him, but the line seems to die out with him. He is listed in the 1800 census for Cushing, then in the 1810 and 1820 Meduncook censuses. There is a Lemuel Davis in the 1830 Bristol census but none in Meduncook, and this could be the same person. He doesn't show up at all in the 1840 census, then shows up again in the Bremen census in 1850. There are quite a few Davis's in the Cushing/Friendship area listed in the 1790 census, and it is quite possible that he is the child of one of them. But, so far no luck figuring out who... If anyone could shed any light on this mystery we would be very grateful! Joan Ray, Camden, MaineMarch 2006



DEMORSE: I'm trying to find any information on John DeMorse Sr., born in Ireland in 1713 and moved to Meduncook Plantation sometime before 1750. His wife's name was Catherine and they had a son named John Jr. GJBaird@AOL.COM  GJBaird    December 2002




GEYER: Am seeking any information on my GGG Grandmother, Caroline GEYER, b. in Friendship in 1811. She married Alvah WHITNEY, prob. in Mass. and was buried in Nahant, Mass. Any information on her or her Maine ancestors would be greatly appreciated.   Susan Davis Webel  fawebel@earthlink.net   Aug 2K



MORSE/HATHORN: I'm trying to track information on my gg grandmother, Elsie C. MORSE (b 1809-Friendship, d 1893-Cushing). She married Rufus I. HATHORN 10 Dec 1828 - in Friendship or Cushing?? I have names of their children, but would like to know her parents' names. Thank you. 15479 Brookridge Blvd, Brooksville FL 34613 (jdietri2@tampabay.rr..com) Janet Whiston THIS QUERY HAS BEEN ANSWERED.



MORTON/HOWARD/JOHNSON: Joshua MORTON b. 1743, married ? Mercy HOWARD of Wal. (per History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston, Maine) they resided and died in Friendship, Maine. Seeking Mercy HOWARD's parents, and any other marriages for Joshua MORTON. I have Joshua's parents, but have a conflict on marriages. Joshua was the son of Cornelius MORTON and Jane JOHNSON and came from Kingston, Massachusetts to Friendship, Maine. Thank you. Karla Vince



MORTON/COOK/BRADFORD : Searching for info on my 4th grt. grandparents Francis COOK and his wife Mary supposedly BRADFORD. I have that she was b. abt. 1800 to Josephus BRADFORD and Hannah MORTON but can't seem to find proof of this anywhere. Francis COOK was b. Jan 22, 1796 in Friendship, ME and d. June 16, 1877 in Portland, ME. Mary his wife died Jan 17, 1876 in Portland and both are buried in the Evergreen Cem. there.

They had children: Nancy, James, Mary Francis, Hannah Morton (which makes me think wife Mary "was" a BRADFORD since it appears she named this daughter after her mother), Susan BRADFORD COOK b. June 8, 1833 (my 3rd grt. grandmother who was given the BRADFORD middle name), and Francis COOK, Jr. Can anyone verify wife Mary was born to Josephus and Hannah (MORTON) BRADFORD. I would greatly appreciate any info. Thank You for your time. Melissa jaspertin@cswebmail.com, April 2001, THIS QUERY HAS BEEN ANSWERED.



PALMER/CARD: The 1810 Fed census places Charles PALMER/Nancy CARD in East Friendship with six children: George, Thomas, Edward, Sophronia, Bertha and ?. He and his children are mentioned in the Meduncook Records and on maps. Thomas PALMER is my gggrandfather.

We know that Samuel PALMER (William of Hampton) migrated to Bristol in 1790 at the time Charles would have been very young as Charles married in 1810. There is a cemetary where interred are two of his children, Edward C. and George C, nearby the PALMER map site. I am looking for any additional information on this family.

Paul PALMER, now deceased Friendship resident in Dutch Neck, is related to the Shipbuilder PALMERs out of Boston. There are two others: John of Scituate and William and Judith Freake PALMER lines which lived in the Rockland area. I have just started sorting out.

Any thoughts? Cheers,     Scott Palmer      palmersf@msn.com    Dec. 2002



SIMMONS/MUNRO: I'm looking for info regarding Daniel Webster SIMMONS and Betty (MUNRO) SIMMONS. They were married in Friendship on January 2, 1892. Several of their children were born there. Any help would be appreciated.   Nancy   nancy@maine.rr.com    March 2002



THOMAS/TILSON/AUSTIN : Edward THOMAS (great great grandfather) b abt 1797, married Melinda Fales TILSON.

I am researching who Edward THOMAS's father & mother were, I know from 'Thomaston, Rockland, & South Thomaston', 1865, that Edward came to Thomaston to manage the fulling clothing mill on Mill Stream (p. 61). I know he came from Friendship.

In a copy of the vital records I have from Friendship, it shows an Edward THOMAS being born to Melzar and Lydia THOMAS. But I am wondering if there is another Edward THOMAS mentioned any where else in those records, since I doubt that the Edward mentioned in those records being born around 1815 would have married Melinda Fales TILSON on Sept 3, 1820 (being only 5 years old).

Reuel THOMAS (great grandfather) b 1839 d sometime after 1906, married Jane A. AUSTIN. I have a lot of artifacts from Reuel, and his civil war experience, including his diary from Andersonville Prison, a tin-type taken at Gettsburg...etc.

Thanks in advance Abbott Gordon Thomas dtathomg@tc.umn.edu, 8180 Vernon Street, Rockford, Minnesota 55373, Tel (763) 477-4719 Jan. 2001



THOMPSON/WINSLOW: My father was Clifton THOMPSON, b.June 17,1908,Friendship,ME., son of Leon THOMPSON & Eva WINSLOW, his father was Leon THOMPSON b.1886,either Friendship or Otter Island,his parents were Wilson THOMPSON b.1843 in Otter Island d. 1905,wife Sarah Hoffses b.June 23, 1843? WINSLOW's father William THOMPSON b. 1804 Otter Island,Knox,ME. d. February 19,1858?

Would like to know from where this THOMPSON family migrated, what country and when.Also William's wifes name and birth,death dates,where she was born,parents etc. I am continuing research on WINSLOW family genealogy that my dad's cousin Ellen THOMPSON HALL had started, researching both sides, WINSLOW, THOMPSON etc.and bringing it up to present day. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank You. Nancy Thompson Bell fnbell@hypernet.com July 2001



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