On this day, September 30

Family events

 

No events for immediate family

2nd cousins:

 

Births

1788	Rufus King Libby 2nd cousin 5x removed
1806	Sewall Hasty 2nd cousin 5x removed
1832	Charlotte Jellison 2nd cousin 5x removed
1867	Milton Jordan 2nd cousin 4x removed
1878	Reubena Anne Louden 2nd cousin 3x removed

Rufus King Libby

Rufus King LIBBY is my second cousin five times removed; we are related through his great grandparents Nathaniel and Dorothy (HILL) JORDAN.  He is the son of Matthew and Hannah (HASTY) LIBBY.  He was born 30 September 1788 in Scarborough, Maine.  He married first, Roxanna JONES, 17 November 1812 in Maine.  They had seven children:  Ruth J., Elizabeth Jane, Rufus Jr., Phineas J., Elbridge G., Samuel G., and Charles Ezra.  Rufus and family were enumerated in the 1840 census in Webster, Maine.[1]  Rufus married second Elizabeth (Betsey) JONES 15 June 1843 in Webster.[2]  Rufus and family were enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 censuses taken in Webster.[3]  Rufus worked as a farmer his entire life.  He died 7 May 1867 in Maine, and is buried in Golder Cemetery in Sabattus, Maine.[4]

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[1] 1840 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Maine, Webster, 355 (stamped), page 4, Rufus Libby; NARA microfilm publication M704, 145.

[2] Maine Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, “Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907,” online index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 2 September 2013), Rufus Libby, Betsey Jones, 15 June 1843, Webster, Androscoggin, Maine.

[3] 1850 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Maine, population schedule, Webster, , dwelling 57, family 58, Rufus K. Libby; NARA microfilm publication M432, 261.  1860 U.S. census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Webster, page 2, dwelling 17, family 20, Rufus K. Libby; NARA microfilm publication M653, 432.

[4] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 2 September 2013), Rufus King Libby memorial #44849999.

On this day, September 29…

Family events

 

Births

1848	Flora Jane Wilbur 1st cousin 4x removed

 

Marriages

1710	John Larrabee and Elizabeth Jordan 1st cousin 8x removed
1774	Daniel Stover  and Lydia Hill 6th great grand aunt

 

Deaths

1823	James Howard 6th great grand uncle

Flora Jane Wilbur

Flora Jane WILBUR is my first cousin four times removed, we are related through her grandparents my fourth great grandparents David Ross and Olive (MOORE) HOPKINS.  Flora is the tenth of eleven children born to Lyman Moses and Emily (HOPKINS) WILBUR.    Flora was born 29 September 1848 in Eastbrook, Maine.  Flora was enumerated with her family in Eastbrook in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.[1]  Flora married John Douglas PERKINS 4 November 1866, intentions filed 1 November 1866, in Portland, Maine.[2]  Flora and John had six children:  Frank H., Elbridge W., Melvin Johnson, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Theodora, Edith N., and Emily Miriam.    Flora was enumerated with her family 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 in Eastbrook and Franklin, Maine.[3]  Flora died 5 April 1930 in Maine.

 

John Douglas PERKINS is related to me in four different ways:

• Third cousin four times removed through Captain William WESCOTT and Elizabeth PERKINS
• Fourth cousin five times removed through Jacob PERKINS
• Fourth cousin four times removed through John PERKINS and Elizabeth PIERCE
• Seventh cousin three times removed through John ALCOCK and Elizabeth BIRCHARD

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[1] 1850 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Eastbrook, 496 (written), dwelling 8, family 8, Lyman Wilbur; NARA microfilm publication M432, 255.  1860 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, town of Eastbrook, post office Franklin, page 57, dwelling 444, family 409, Lyman Wilbur; NARA microfilm publication M653, 438.

[2] Maine Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, “Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907,” online index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 2 September 2013), John D. Perkins, Flora J. Wilbur, 1 Nov. 1866, Portland, Cumberland, Maine.  Maine Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, “Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907,” online index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 2 September 2013), John D. Perkins, Flora J Wilbur, 4 Nov 1866 Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

[3] 1880 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Eastbrook, Enumeration District (ED) 154, page 6 B, dwelling 51, family 53, John D. Perkins; NARA microfilm publication T9, 480.  John D. Perkins, 1900 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Franklin, 58 (stamped), sheet 3A, Enumeration District (ED) 51, dwelling 50, family 53; microfilm T623, 592.  1910 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Franklin, Enumeration District (ED) 62, 153 (stamped), sheet 4A, dwelling 66, family 70, John D. Perkins; NARA microfilm publication T624, 540.  Flora J. Perkins, 1920 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Franklin, sheet 11B, Enumeration District (ED) 15, dwelling 188, family 191; microfilm T625.  Melvin J. Perkins, 1930 U.S. census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Franklin, 132 (stamped), sheet 1A, Enumeration District (ED) 20, dwelling 2, family 2; microfilm T626, 833.

On this day, September 28…

Family events

 

Births

1796	Asa Jordan 1st cousin 5x removed
1806	Esther Hopkins 4th great grand aunt

 

Marriages

1761	Gabriel Binet and Marie Genevieve Giroux 6th great grandparents

 

Deaths

1828	Mercy Watson 6th great grandmother

Esther Hopkins

Esther HOPKINS is my fourth great aunt; we are related through her parents, my fifth great grandparents Solomon and Esther (PLUMMER) HOPKINS.  Esther is the fourteenth of sixteen children; she was born 28 September 1806 in Jefferson, Maine.[1]  Esther died 19 December 1824 in Jefferson, Maine, at the age of 18.[2]

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[1] Harold Lewis Bond, “Early Vital Records of Jefferson, ME.,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 73 (1919), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 21 August 2013), family of Solomon Hopkins and Esther Plumer.  Genealogical Society of Utah, custodian, “Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” online database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 1 September 2013), Esther Hopkins 28 Sep 1806 Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine.  Harold L. Bond, town clerk, “Jefferson, ME: Vital Records,” database, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 1 September 2013), Esther Hopkins born 28 September 1806.

[2] Harold L. Bond, town clerk, “Jefferson, ME: Vital Records,” database, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 1 September 2013), Esther Hopkins died 19 December 1824.

On this day, September 27…

Family events

 

Births

1741	Hannah Perkins 6th great grand aunt
1798	Amos Wescott 4th great grand uncle

 

Deaths

1748	Pierre Giroux 6th great grand uncle
1760	Mary Jordan 1st cousin 7x removed
1854	Edmund C. Giles 1st cousin 4x removed

Hannah Perkins

Hannah PERKINS is my sixth great grand aunt; we are related through her parents, my seventh great grandparents John and Elizabeth (PIERCE) PERKINS.  Hannah is the third of eleven children of John and Elizabeth; she was born before 27 September 1741 in York, Maine and baptized 27 September 1741 at the First Church of Wells, Maine.[1]  She married first Richard CHICK 17 Aug 1763 in Wells, Maine.[2]  She married second Abraham LITTLEFIELD 21 December 1769, intention filed 11 November 1769, and they had six children: John, Josias, Abraham, Elizabeth, Stover and Nancy.[3]  She died 27 January 1821 in South Penobscot, Maine.[4]

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[1] George Shawn Stewart, “Records of the First Church of Wells, ME.,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 75 (1921), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 30 August 2013), Hannah Perkins September 27, 1741.

[2] Yates Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 30 August 2013), Hannah Perkins and Richard Chick 1763.

[3] Maine Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, “Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907,” online index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 30 August 2013), Abraham Littlefield and Hannah Chick 11 November 1769.

[4] Maine FamilySearch creator, “Maine, Death and Burials, 1841-1910,” online database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 30 August 2013), Hannah Littlefield 27 Jan 1821 Wells, York, Maine, married.

On this day, September 26…

Family events

Births

1818	Philena Cobb Whittaker 1st cousin 5x removed

Deaths

1820	Abner Jordan 1st cousin 6x removed
1875	Moses Adams Jellison 3rd great grand uncle
1879	David Ross Hopkins 4th great grandfather
1905	Malvina Marion Jellison 1st cousin 4x removed

Abner Jordan

JORDAN, Abner

 

Abner JORDAN is my first cousin six times removed and second cousin seven times removed, we are related through his grandparents, my sixth great grandparents, Nathaniel and Dorothy (HILL) JORDAN and my seventh great grandparents Roger and Mary (CROSS) HILL.  Abner is the third of five children born to Nathaniel and Susanna (HILL) JORDAN.  Abner was born 10 August 1760 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.  He joined the Penobscot Expedition 7 July 1779.[1]  He married Hannah WENTWORTH 21 May 1786, in Cape Elizabeth; the marriage was performed by Ephraim Clark, intentions filed 15 April 1786.[2]  Abner and Hannah had nine children:  Captain Nathan Bartlett, John Wentworth, Hannah, Abner, Nathaniel, Timothy, Sarah Bartlett, Benning Wentworth, and Lydia H.  Abner and Hannah had over fifty grandchildren!  He applied for a land grant (undated) while living in Danville, Maine.[3]  Abner died 26 September 1819 in Lisbon, Maine, buried in Davis Cemetery, Lisbon.[4]

 

Research notes[5]:
Abner Jordan and Nathaniel Jordan are the ancestor(s) who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Abner Jordan (private), Nathaniel Jordan (major and lieutenant colonel). Abner Jordan served as Private, in Captain Alexander McClellan’s Company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell’s Regiment from July 7th to Sept. 25th 1779, on the Penobscot Expedition.

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[1] Application, Amzie E. Jordan, national 29766, state 291, Abner Jordan (son) and Nathaniel Jordan (father); National Sons of the American Revolution, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky.  Paul R. White Jr., “Maine Estate Schedules from Revolutionary War Pensions,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 142 (1988), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanarchives.org : online 30 August 2013), Abner Jordan.  “Index to Selected Final Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864,” online images, National Archives, Fold3 (www.fold3.com : online 30 August 2013), Abner Jordan; citing ID 2733385.

[2] Maine State Archives, “Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 30 August 2013), Abner Jordan and Hannah Wentworth, 21 May 1786 Cape Elizabeth, ME.  Department of Veterans Affairs, “U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900,” digital images, National Archives, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com : online 30 August 2013), Abner Jordan; citing microfilm publication M804, film 1449.

[3] Maine State Archives, “Maine, Revolutionary War Land Grants, 1776-1780,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 30 August 2013), Abner Jordan.

[4] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 30 August 2013), Abner Jordan.

[5] Application, Amzie E. Jordan, national 29766, state 291, Sons of the American Revolution.