Individuals from Chrisman Pedigree, page 16

Notes:

!Death: Vital Records of Bucksport, viewed in the Bucksport Library by Lonnie Chrisman on Au g 10, 1993. Vital Records read: "Reed, Littleton Capt., d. March 26, 1863 aged 70. Died at his residence, No. Bucksport".

!Census 1840: Bucksport, Hancock Co., Maine, 2M(<5), 2M(5-9), 1M(15-19), 1M(20-29), 1M(40-49), 1F(5-9), 2F(10-14), 1F(40-49)

!Occupation (1850): Merchant (from census).
!Residence (1850): Bucksport, Hancock Co., Maine.
!Census 1850, film 254, p. 49, enumerated on 9 Aug 1850:
Littleton Reed, 56 Mass., seaman, $450
Cynthia, 50 Maine
Joseph, 19 Maine, Seaman
George, 17 Maine, seaman, att sch
Charles, 14 Maine, att sch
Henry, 11, Maine, att sch
Elizabeth, 21 Maine
Maria, 17 Maine

!Census (1860): Bucksport, Hancock Co., Maine, p. 56, enum 12 Jun 1860, household 557, fam 471:
Littleton Reed, 67, $1750/$1658, Mass.
Cynthia, 61, Mass.
Charles D., 23, Farmer, --/$400, Maine
Henry, 21, Farmer, Maine
Mary N., 19, Maine
George W. Reed, 26, Sea Capt., $500/$1700, Miane
Sarah, 19, Maine
Joseph B. Reed, 28, Sea capt., Maine
Annett, 23, Maine
Joseph, 2, Maine

!Birth: From Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Mass., by George E. Bowinan (1860-1941). 974.492/TI V.296.
!Birth: Appears on pg. 92 of Town Vital Records for Truro.
!Baptism: Truro Church Records, in Mayf.Des.28:126: "Baptized: Septr 16: Littleton, Son of William Birch Reed baptized by Revd Levi Whitman of Wellfleet".

!Death-Burial: Tombstone reads: "Capt. Littleton Reed, Died Mar 26, 1863 AE 70 yrs, 7 mos". Located in River View Cemetery in North Bucksport along side of Route 15, viewed by Lonnie Chrisman on Aug 10, 1993.

!Marriage: Bucksport Marriage Records, viewed at Bucksport Library by Lonnie Chrisman on August 10, 1993. Records list publishment on Nov 5, 1814, and marriage certificate on Nov 19, 1814. Both are listed as "of Buckstown".

Thomas Keene

m: Mary Thorley (-AFT 1662)

Children:

Notes:

A very nice genealogy is written of him in ["Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia " by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, pg. 187-193]

In a 1648 deposition, he stated his age to be 55 [Md. Arch., Vol. 4, pg. 452]. Thus, he was born about 1593.

He may have been the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gosnold) Keene of Suffolk, England. That couple did have a son Thomas Keene, named as a grandson in the will of Robert Gosnold of Earleshall, County Suffolk, Esq., 1615. That son also had a cousin, Anthony Gosnold, in Virginia in 1615. But absolute proof that the the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gosnold) Keene is the same person as the Thomas Keene of Kent Island, Maryland has not, to the best of my knowledge, yet been established conclusively.

He lived on Kent Island, Maryland, from probably 1631 until probably 1644. It is possible he was among a group of inhabitants who moved to St. Mary's county, Maryland in 1638, but if so, he returned to Kent Island by 9 Nov 1640. He was probably with a group of islanders led by Col. Clayborne that moved to Northumberland Co., Virginia in 1644, but in 1648 he was resident in St. Marys County, Maryland (just across the Potomac). He resided at Cherry Point, Northumberland Co., Va by 9 Dec 1650 where he died in 1652.

He was a cooper and possibly merchant by trade, as well as a planter, and directed the making of "pipe staves" while on Kent Island.

!Will: Dated 27 Nov 1652, probated Jan 20, 1653, [Northumberland Co., Va. R.B. 14, p. 16; Ritchie & Wood p. 190]. Names son Thomas, dau. Susanna, son William, son Matthew, wife Mary. Also contains a long list of people owing him or owed to by him. Overseers: Hen. Mosely, John Stanley, Thomas Orlye, Matthew Rhodon. Wit: Henry Rainer, John Knight.

Mary Thorley

m: Thomas Keene (1592/1593-1653/1659)

Children:

m: Henry Raynor (-BEF 22 MAR 1658)

m: Thomas Broughton (ABT 1622-)

Notes:

Her maiden name is infered from a will of Edward Thorley of Anne Arundel County, Maryland [Md . Cal. Wills, Vol. 1, p. 212], dated Dec 1678, probated 10 Feb 1678/9, believed to be her brother. In it, he bequests to his "Cousin Thomas Keene". At that time, the use of Cousin would refer most likely to a nephew. This conclusion is not rock solid, since it is possible that the relationship was indeed not that of nephew, or it is possible that the Thomas Keene named refered to another by the same name. Indeed, ["Keene Family Genealogy" owned by Harvey Warley Stedman, 1958, p.11] lists "Thomas Keene, living 1679, cousin of Edward Thorley" as a son of Henry Keene of Wadsworth, Surrey. However, the inference there was made purely as a result of the existance of the Ed. Thorley will and the presence of other sons of Henry Keene in Maryland. It thus appears that the Thorley theory is reasonably strong.

!Marriage(2): Deed dated 22 Mar 1658 [North. R.B. 15, p. 19; Ritchie & Wood p. 191] shows her to have married Henry Raynor.
!Marriage(3): Northumberland B. 15, pp. 19-20, records the marriage agreement, on 22 Mar 1658, of Mary Raynor, widow of Henry, and Thomas Broughton [Ritchie & Wood p. 191-2]

!Will: "Of Mary Broughton Widow relict of Thomas Broughton decd.", [Northumberland Co. R. B. 15, p. 92; Ritchie & Wood p. 192-3]. Dated 2 Jan 1662, recorded Feb 10, 1662. Names: William Keene (executor), James Daniell & George Courtnell (purpose for reference lost in mutilation of paper), daughter Susanna Gardner, John Gardner, my grandchild their daughter. Son Thomas Keene, son Matthew Keene (870 acres at Yeoaquomico), friend Thomas Daniell, William Mousely (god child), Elizabeth Perry and my servant Robert Briorio. Wit: John Tingey and Jos. Horsley.

Thomas Keene

m: Elizabeth Gosnold (1570-AFT 15 AUG 1615)

Children:

Elizabeth Gosnold

m: Thomas Keene (ABT 1560-AFT 15 AUG 1615)

Children:

Notes:

Sources for Gosnold lineage back 6 generations:
1. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. CV, 1951.
2. Our Family of Yesteryear, by Jula Price Reedy, 1981, p. 80.

Edward Thorley

Children:

Robert Gosnold

m: Ursula Naunton (1545-1615)

Children:

Notes:

!Will: Dated 15 Aug 1615, proved 1 Nov 1615. [Ritchie & Wood, p. 187]:

"Robert Gosnold of Earleshall, County Suffolk, Esq. To be buried at Otley near my wife. To Elizabeth Keene, my daughter, the wife of Thomas Keene, L8 a year. To my son Anthony Gosnold my house in Swillon called Eales. To my son Thomas Gosnold L200. To my granson Robert Gosnold all moveable goods in the house at Otley, with the horse mill, brewing house, Dayrie goods, etc. To Anthony Gosnold, my grandchild, nowe in Virginia L100, if he shall return in one year after my decease. To Henry Keene my grandchild, L20. To Thomas Keene my grandchild L20. To my son John Gosnold L500 which he owes me for buying his office at the Court. To John Joanes my house in Otley in occupation of Francis Butterhall. To Anthony my son a piece of ground in Otley now in lease to Daniel Walton. To my executors toward the performance of this will, lands I bought of my son John Gosnold until he pays them L400." Executors: son Anthony and Mr. Francis Cornwallis of Earleshall. [Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biography, Vol. XIV, p. 87]

Robert Gosnold was Justice of the Peace for Suffolk. He is said to have descended from John Gosnold of Otley, Suffolk, England, who lived during the reign of Henry VII.

Had 6 sons, 4 daughters.

Ursula Naunton

m: Robert Gosnold (1534-1615)

Children:

William Naunton

m: Elizabeth Wingfield (-1592)

Children:

Catherine Cox

m: John H. Ruddick (ABT 1755-30 DEC 1851)

Children:

Notes:

12m-5-1778: Rebekah, Catharine, and Juliatha Cox recorded in Cane Creek MM records as migrati ng to New Garden MM.

Sources:

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William Withers

m: Anna [---] (ABT 1645-)

Children:

Notes:

In the Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, p.28, in Inquisitions on Escheated Land 1665-1676, in S tafford Co., Virginia on 24 Feb 1670/1, both Wm Withers and Jno. Withers are on a Jury. This jury delivered its verdict on 13 June 1671.

Info on his origins and ancestry are from George Erwin Howell. Source is probably the one cited in They Came West, Vol.2, by Robert Edwin Withers.

David R. Briggs

m: Julia Ann Case (10 JAN 1818-5 NOV 1856)

Children:

m: Jane A. [---] (1839-AFT 1880)

Children:

Notes:

David R. Briggs removed after his second marriage to Mobil, Ala, taking with him his son Davi d R. Jr., his daughter Ann Amanda and his wife #2, Jane (--) Briggs. Later with Ann Amanda he returned to N.Y. on a business trip and died there in 1864 (cause unknown) intestate. At the surrogate's court of the County of New York, Hall of Records, 31 Chambers St., N.Y. 7, N.Y., papers granting administration of his property names his son Theodore I. and George Street administrators.

He was a stage carpenter. His and his 2 wives's burial location is unknown.

!Census (1850): David R. Briggs, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, p. 39.

!Birthdate: Bible of Gabriel & Ann Case
!Birthdate: Some handwritten notes from Lillian (Briggs) Gosman indicate citations to "NY Gazette" and "NY Evening Post" for the Feb 21, 1815 birthdate of David R. Briggs.

!Census (1860): 1st ward City Mobile, Mobile Co., Alabama, p. 21, enum 7th July 1860, household 212, fam 171:
David R. Briggs, 42, Carpenter, b. New York [Note next to birthplaces "These are correct birthplaces"
["2nd wife" written in margin] --, Jane A., 21, New York
--, David R., 12, NY
--, Abby Ann, 9, NY

Stephen Latimer

Children:

Notes:

Settled in Charles Co., Maryland at the end of the 17th century.
Info comes from Edward Brandt Latimer of Columbia SC by way of e-mail correspondence with Paul Helman.

Timothy Butler

m: Elizabeth [---]

Children:

Notes:

!OCCUPATION: Weaver.

Elizabeth

m: Timothy Butler

Children:

Elizabeth Adeline White

m: Charles Henry William Pape (2 FEB 1840-15 MAR 1922)

Children:

Notes:

!Birthdate: From Bible of Elizabeth Adeline Pape Haines. (In possession of Lonnie Dale Chris man).
!Birthdate: From bible of Charles Henry William Pape. Appears three times.
One time her name is spelled: "Elisabeth Adlin White Pape born the 29 of August 1842"

!Death: Bible of Charles Henry William Pape: "Elisabeth Adline White Pape died April 11, 1873"

Cynthia Lewis

m: Littleton Reed (7 AUG 1792-26 MAR 1863)

Children:

Notes:

!Census 1850: 9 Aug, was 50 years old.

!Death-Burial: Tombstone reads: "Cynthia Lewis, wife of Littleton Reed, Died Nov 12, 1875, AE. 76 yrs, 7 mos." Tombstone is located in River View Cemetery in North Bucksport along side Route 15. Viewed on Aug 10, 1993 by Lonnie Chrisman.

Her father Lathly mentions his daughter "Cinthia" in his will (Info from Barbara Lewis William, 3517 Vantage Lane, Amarillo, Texas 79109 (806) 353-4395, author of "400 Years with a New England Lewes-Lewis Family", and descendant of Cynthia's brother. Will reprinted in that book on pg. 100.

William Birch Reed

m: Elisabeth Eldridge (20 NOV 1767-27 SEP 1844)

Children:

Notes:

"He lived, when young, mostly at Truro and Provincetown on Cape Cod; and the children were mo st of them born there, but lived a portion of the time at Bucksport, Maine. He was killed in the Battle of Hampden, Maine, Sept. 3, 1814, by a thirty-six pound shot from the Sloop-of-war Sylph, commanded by Com. Berry." From "History of the Reed Family in Europe and America" by Jacob Whittemore Reed: Boston, John Wilson & Son publisher; 1861, p. 493.

!Marriage: Pg. 10 of original Truro town records: Reads "William Reed Burch and Elisabeth Eldridge, published 12 Jun 1788." Then on pg. 35 of the same records, reads: "William Birch Reed and Elisabeth Eldridge married 24 Aug 1788 in Truro."

!Birth-Death: September 1, 1993 Letter from Geraldine M. Spooner, Librarian at Buck Memorial Library, Bucksport, Maine (see below).

On August 31, 1993, I called the Bucksport Library and talked to Geraldine Spooner, Librarian. I had come to realize that William Birch Reed and his wife Elizabeth were probably buried in the Riverview Cemetery, which I had neglected to search for when I visited Bucksport. I also knew that a lady there (who wishes to remain anonymous) was in the process of transcribing the tombstones in the Riverview Cemetery, and so I requested that she look for William Birch Reed and his wife in that cemetery. The next day, September 1, 1993, she mailed a very interesting letter with the following information to me (I assume it came from tombstone or cemetery records):

"Dear Mr. Chrisman,
Regarding your telephone conversation of August 31, 1993: I spoke to the lady who is doing the cemetery research. She gave me the following information:

Elizabeth Reed, Widow of William B. Reed, Born at Truro, Barnstable county, Mass. Nov. 20, 1776 Died Sept. 27, 1844 Age 77 Years, William B. Reed, Born at Snowhill, Worcester county, Mass., Aug. 23, 1767, Died Sept.3, 1814, Killed at Orrington, Me. (just beyond Bucksport) by a cannonball, fired from the English Sloop of War, the Sylph, commanded by Commodore Barry.

His tombstone, as transcribed in ["Inscription from Grave Stones at North Bucksport, Maine" in the Maine Hist. Magazine, 1898, p. 1573] reads: "William B. Reed, born Snow Hill, Worcester Co., Maryland, Aug. 23, 1767. He was killed at Orrington by a 36 pound cannon Ball fired from English Sloop of War Sylph Commanded by Commodore Barrie Sept. 13, 1814. Wife Elizabeth born Truro Nov. 20, 1767, died Sept. 27, 1844, aged 77"

I found this very interesting and glad we could be of help in your search. Sincerely, Geraldine M. Spooner, Librarian."

Note that the dates and age of Elizabeth are off by 10 years in the above letter. It appears that the typist of the letter accidentally transposed the digits in the birthdate from 1767 to 1776. The date 1767 properly accounts for her age and brings the record into agreement with the birth record for Elizabeth Eldridge.

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They may have had one additional child, John Reed of Bucksport who married Marcy Nickerson of Orrington (cert. rec. 2 Dec 1819, Orrington).

On 8 Nov 1789, "William Birch Read, and Elisabeth his Wife" were Covenant Owners at the Truro Church [Mayf.Des. 28:23]

Elisabeth Eldridge

m: William Birch Reed (23 AUG 1767-3 SEP 1814)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth: Truro Vital Records, Vol.2, Pg.56, transcription p.115.

!Baptism, Records of the Congregational Church in Truro, p. 88, reprinted in Mayf.Des.27:111.

!Death: Letter from Geraldine M. Spooner, dated Sept. 1, 1993, of the Buck Memorial Library, Bucksport. See notes for William B. Reed.

Judah Bartlett

m: Hannah D. Snow (4 SEP 1807-7 NOV 1881)

Children:

Notes:

!Death: Town records give his birthdate as June 25 1838.
!Death-Burial: Tombstone Monument says "Judah Bartlett, died June 1839, AE.T. 45 years."

Guardianship court records for Charles A., Judah H. Joannah, and Hannah Bartlett, appear in 1841 Penobscot Co. Probate Recors 14:1, 14:36, 14:91, 14:190 (B), 16:73 (let), 14:218, 16:192 (let), 1:123 (lic), 1:75 (lic-B), 8:389 (to Sell), 8:401 (to sell), 8:453, 8:121, 8:171 (lien), 5:177, 13:377 (all), 16:475 (act), 33:303 (act), 42:398, Inv. file Dep 46.

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