Vinalhaven Queries
AMES/LEADBETTER:
I am looking for information about Lewis Ames and Celesta LEADBETTER who were married in Vinalhaven ME in 1865. Thankyou. Terry Conklin ab630@virgin.usvi.net, May 2K
I am anxious to establish some certainty in my findings, which to
this point have mostly been from family notes etc. I would like
to have vital records for any of this family including those who
remained on the islands, and where others may have gone to when
they left. If you show something of Hezekiah or Sally's parentage
I would appreciate that as well. It appears that Hezekiah had a
good many children and perhaps more than one wife.
I believe Hezekiah was son of yet another "Capt" Mark Dyer AMES,
a son of Jedidiah EAMES of Marshfield Massachusetts. Beyond that
I may find my original immigrant ancestor from the old country.
I did make a trip to So. Thomaston a couple of years ago and
found the grave of the younger Capt Mark in the village cemetery
there, so have data from the stone on him and his wife, Nancy
Butler AMES. There is a seemingly obvious connection to a DYER
line as several in the family use the middle name of DYER, however
I have not found any clue to that as yet either.
~researching CLARK, AMES (Maine and MA), and FENNER, COOPER (RI)
Lydia CUMMINGS for years had a William CLARK Family Bible which was given
to my father around 1954. I have run into a dead end trying to find the
parents of William CLARK. Mary Ann CLARK was not one of his children so she
could have possibly been a sister or a niece of William CLARK. I am
attempting to find out where Mary Ann CLARK HALL was born. Some of her
children were born on Matinicus but I don't know if she was from that
island. Would anyone have access to the death record of Mary Ann CLARK HALL
who died in Appleton in 1915. She is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated and I would love to hear from
compare notes with anyone researching this family as I know we are related.
I just subscribed to Ancestry.com and see that you have posted an query re:
DOUGLASS in the Vinalhaven,Me area.
I am researching my Woodard/Douglass line in Me. and the name of Vinalhaven is
connected to these names so went to the Vinal,Me. genealogy site to see what and
where it is and if I could find anything out about these folks.
My Elizabeth DOUGLASS was born in 1826 and kies in 1902 near or around
Vinalhaven. She married Benjamin WOODARD born @ 1821 and died in 1890. Married
Elizabeth, I'm estimating @ 1846 as their first child, Martin George, was born
1848.
They had 12 children between 1848 and 1868.
I understand that Benjamin and Elizebeth are both buried in the Mill Stream
Cemetery in Springfield,Me.
Their 9th child, a son John Isreal died in East Corinth
All so far on them but I see that your Samuel & Huldah were in Meigs Co., Oh.
which is where my MITCHELL line lived and Robert Mitchell married my
grandmother, Eva Woodard who's father James M. Woodard was born 16 Dec 1849 in
Springfield,Me as was his father
Benjamin H. Woodard born there in 1820, who married the afore mentioned
Elizabeth Douglass b. 1826 I think in Springfield but have no proof yet.
Does any of this info give you any clues or ideas in your lines?
I live in Was. state but am planning a trip to do research on these folks in
Maine in August and need to know as much as I can to be prepared before I leave
for Maine.
Good Luck in your research,
Lorraine Fullerton
Also the parents of Thomas PIERCE of Boston? If anyone is researching this line I would greatly appreciate your input. Thanks! Please send all replies to (rugbratz@yahoo.com)
Are there any descendants of my grandfather still
living in Maine? if so please ask them to contact me.
Any other information that I could review/share? I have
several old pictures etc.
My address is 7649 Rosestone Lane, Roseville, Calif 95747; phone number is
916 773 1188 and email address is neumann@inreach.com
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
AREY/BROWN/COOMBS:
AREY, JOHN looking for primary source information for birth/death from
Vinalhaven. Born 1775 to Isaac AREY (ARY) and Sarah/Sally BROWN. Also
seeking same information for their daughter, Experience AREY (1812-1893)
married to Francis COOMBS buried on Isle au Haut.
Thank you for your time. Martha Hershenson - great great granddaughter of Experience mhershenson@enc.k12.il.us Oct. 2K
ROBERTSON/BOULIER
: I am looking for descendants of Floyd ROBERTSON and Stella
(BOULIER) ROBERTSON. They lived in Vinalhaven. They had at least one child
named Floyd. Anyone out there knowing this family, please contact me.
Thank you.Margaret Frye
April 2001
BROWN/FLORUS/RICHARDS:
BROWN/FLORUS - Looking for any info about Maranda BROWN (b. 1836),
married to Frank FLORUS in 1852 - children were Hanson, Emma,
William and Truman - all believed to have occurred in Vinalhaven.
Parents of Maranda BROWN were Thomas BROWN (b. 1808) and Hannah
Shaw (b. 1808), married in 1832. Thank you! Linda G. (Florida),
CrazyMums@aol.com
BROWN:
Brown: Looking for any information on Warren BROWN and his wife
Rosanna Gerrish BROWN. According to information from the
Vinalhaven, Maine Historical Society Warren and Rosanna may have
been married on May 16, 1846. In addition, and according to
information obtained from same source, the 1850 census indicates
that Warren was a fisherman at age 23 and Rosanna was age 22.
This would indicate that Warren may have been born in 1823 and
Rosanna in 1824. Warren & Rosanna had a son Charles BROWN who
was born in 1848 in Vinalhaven (same source as above) I have
traced my BROWN family to this point and have run into a dead
end...any and all help appreciated...thank you
Steve Brown
SteveB539@aol.com Jan. 2K
AREY/BROWN/COOMBS:
AREY, JOHN looking for primary source information for birth/death from
Vinalhaven. Born 1775 to Isaac AREY (ARY) and Sarah/Sally BROWN. Also
seeking same information for their daughter, Experience AREY (1812-1893)
married to Francis COOMBS buried on Isle au Haut.
Thank you for your time. Martha Hershenson - great great granddaughter of Experience mhershenson@enc.k12.il.us Oct. 2K
CARVER/SHAW:
Otis SHAW (b. c1785 at Vinalhaven) m. Lydia CARVER 31 Aug 1807 at
Vinalhaven. Looking for birth, death, parents, etc for Otis. Seems to
have appeared from thin air. Any help appreciated.
CLARK/AMES:
My gr grandfather Capt. Mark Dyer AMES b.2 Sept 1827, I believe
was born in Vinalhaven or NorthHaven, a son of Hezekiah AMES
(or EAMES) and Sally SCOFIELD (perhaps of Mt Desert ME?).
He died and was buried in South Thomaston ME 20 Feb. 1896.
HALL/CLARK/CUMMINGS:
Looking for information on a James HALL family that was in the 1888
Appleton Register. Here is the information that I have so far: James HALL
b. 1825, d. 1896 married Mary Ann CLARK b. 1822, d. 1915. Children:
Harriet C. b. 1870, Horatio D. b. 1864 others in household in 1880 James F.,
Orris F., Mary E. & Lydia C. HALL. Lydia HALL married William O. CUMMINGS
she was b. 1866 and died in Waldoboro in 1964.
COOPER/SLOPER/DOUGLASS/
STIMSON:In 1809 Samuel SLOPER b 1785 MA married Huldah COOPER
b 19 Feb 1790 to Thomas & ? (DOUGLASS) COOPER of Vinalhaven.
Huldah sister Susannah married Ephriam STIMSON. I would
appreciate hearing from those that share this family. Samuel &
Huldah were in Meigs Co., OH., then about1836 to Scott Co., IA
where they both died. Huldah bef. 1846 & Samuel,June 1849.
Their desc went on to WA, OR & CA. Ephraim & Susannah STIMSON
were said to have gone to OR 1850-80. I have not checked into
that as yet. Thanks.
Bill McCreery, mccreery@usit.netJan. 2K
REPLY TO BILL McCREERY:
( The e-mail above doesn't work)
DOUGLASS:Hello Bill,
DYER/BRIDGES
:I'm looking for information about my great grandparents
Melzer / Melser T. DYER and Alzada BRIDGES both born about 1843 in Maine
(possible Vinalhaven Island for him and Penobscot for her)Death dates
unknown (up to 1920) married around 1846. They had 9 or 10 children (all
born in Maine)Any information o them or that DYER line appreciated.
Mike Hodgson
July 1997
FLORUS/BROWN/RICHARDS:
Looking for any info about the death of Frank FLORUS/FLORAS,
married to Maranda BROWN in Vinalhaven on Nov. 21, 1852. It is
believed that Frank died sometime between the birth of his last
child, Truman, in May 1859, and the remarriage of wife Maranda
BROWN to Charles RICHARDS in Jan. 1860 - all in Vinalhaven.
Thank you! Linda G. (Florida), CrazyMums@aol.com
LEADBETTER/AMES:
I am looking for information about Lewis Ames and Celesta LEADBETTER who were married in Vinalhaven ME in 1865. Thankyou. Terry Conklin ab630@virgin.usvi.net, May 2K
MERCHANT/RICH/BUTTLER:I am researching the MERCHANT and RICH families. Henry MERCHANT was b in Stonington, Maine probably around 1865.
Henry was living in Vinalhaven, Maine by Sept 12, 1914.
Married to Ada F. RICH b Mt Desert, Maine. She was deceased at the time of son Ernest MERCHANT's marriage to Bertha MONROE 12 Sept 1914.
Bertha MONROE was b Lincolnville, Waldo Co., Maine. Her father was Benjamin MONROE b Lincolnville, ME and mother Sarah BUTTLER b Appleton, Knox Co., ME.
If you have any information on any of these families I would apprecitate it.
MERCHANT:I am interested in obtaining information on John S. Merchant. He was born
on Vinalhaven, and died there in 1905. He is buried Roberts Neck Cemetery,
Vinalhaven. His wifes name was Barbara?. They had a son named Herbert,
and a daughter Charlotte. (My great great grandmother) I am unclear as to
whether there were any other children or not. John has a picture of him
hanging in the Historical Society with him in Uniform from the Civil War.
(He was a seaman) I am interested in getting any if not all information on
his family if possible. Dates of birth, deaths, marriages, etc. Thanks
Lori Storer Damariscotta, Maine
lstorer@midcoast.com Jan. 2K 1
MARITHEW/COOMBS:I've been
told that a Ben. MARITHEW married Sarah COOMBS 16 Sept 1816 in Vinalhaven.
Did the marriage actually occur? (Marriage confirmed)If so, when did Ben die and what became of Sarah? Thanks!
Lloyd Danforth Oct. 1999
PEASE: Havilla PEASE born 1771 in Mass. married 24June1794 in
Vinalhaven to Abigail NORTON. They had 3 children: Priam, Seba, & John. Abigail must have died because
no more is mentioned on her. Havilla married 1818 to the widow Betsey GODDING LINDSEY and they had
2 more children: Hatch & Harriet. Looking for the death dates of both Havilla & Abigail PEASE.
PIERCE/LUCE
I am searching for desendants of Josiah and Susannah Luce PIERCE of Vinalhaven, Knox, ME ( 1796-1855) and his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Hudson PIERCE of Vinalhaven, Knox, ME (1774- 1830) and her parents Abijah and Mary Pease LUCE.(1765 - 1820) especially interested in in the birth parents for Abijah LUCE as I can't find a connection to Malathiah LUCE as is in Ancestral file.
PHILBROOK/AREY:
Annie PHILBROOK, b 1775-1778 married Crosby AREY in Vinalhaven
6 Nov 1802/1803. Any information on Annie PHILBROOK would be helpful.
Ruth Blood
July 1999
POLLARD, SMITH, COOMBS
Looking for info on Olive E. POLLARD born in North
Haven, ME about 1882. Daughter of Frank POLLARD and Emily COOMBS. Married
Bertie H. SMITH on 7-30-1917. 1st husband was Edward Prindal. Thank you.
Teresa
(adams.teresa@worldnet.att.net) June 1999
ROBINSON/LINDSEY
Searching for info on John LINDSEY born about 1735 Old York, married Susanna
ROBINSON 1767 Fox Island. John lived in North Haven before moving to
Rockland. Any help is greatly appreciated. pacshc@ce.net
ROBINSON/COOMBS
I'm looking for any information on Eugene ROBINSON born in Jonesport,
Maine c 1861. He moved to Vinalhaven, Maine. He married Sarah COOMBS
on Aug. 23, 1887.
ROGERS/CLARK
I am looking for information about John C. CLARK, who
married Sarah Miltida ROGERS. I have located John C. CLARK and
Sarah M. ROGERS CLARK burial site at Roberts Cemetery on
Vinalhaven. John had apparently moved to Vinalhaven to cut
granite. Town records reports that he was born in Prospect,
Maine Who were his parents and where did they live. Thanks.
SHIELDS
: HUGH SHIELDS was my maternal grandfather.
He was born (April 1885) and raised in Kilkeel, Ireland.
We are seeking information on HUGH SHIELDS' family:
SHIELDS/KEEGAN
:SHIELDS/HURRICANE ISLAND - SHIELDS, Mary D. (or possibly Dorothy
M.?) of Hurricane Isle, Me. married KEEGAN, Edward J. of Wilsonville, Me. on
September 9, 1914. Searching for names of the parents of Mary D. SHIELDS.
Father is possibly William SHIELDS or Moe SHIELDS. Sister possibly Margaret
SHIELDS MAY. Any information would be much appreciated.
Linda (Shields) Randall lrand2@ix.netcom.com,
June 2K
SMARTSearching for information on
John SMART who is listed in the 1790 Deer Island, (Vinalhaven.) census. Any help is greatly appreciated.
TOLMAN/YOUNG/LUCAS
I am looking for any info about Flossie TOLMAN, born in
Vinalhaven, daughter of Hanson TOLMAN and Mary LUCAS TOLMAN.
Flossie was b. abt. 1883. She married Hiram YOUNG in 1901 in
Rockland. He was born in Camden/Rockland. I am interested in their
divorce date, whether Flossie remarried, and Flossie's date of
death.
YOUNG/PHILBROOK:
Looking for death dates and burial sites (? on Vinalhaven) for Alexander
YOUNG (son of Abraham & Phebe (YOUNG) YOUNG) b 27 June 1783-Isleboro, m 1 Nov
1809-Vinalhaven and wife Susan PHILBROOK (daughter of Jeremiah & Sarah Jane
(LEADBETTER) PHILBROOK) b 26 May 1784-Vinalhaven.
Ralph/Kathy Cabana
July 1998
YOUNG/NICHOLS:
I'm searching for info. on Almon N. Young, b. Mar 26, 1894 (my grand-father)
. I believe he was Penobscot Indian and was adopted from the reservation.
He married my grand-mother, Marion F. NICHOLS of Vinalhaven on Feb 2, 1918.
Am looking for natural and adopted parents of Almon, brothers or sisters
and also parents and siblings of Marion. They lived most of their lives
in Rockland - he worked for Central Maine Power and may have lived on
Hurricane Island where my mother (Frances O. YOUNG) was born on Nov 9,
1918. Thank for your help.
Stella (Nutt) Stewart Sept. 1999
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