John BRADEN

[43900]

1790 - 1858

Family 1 : Clarrisy STEPHENS
  1. +Mary Jane BRADEN

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[43900] In 1830 John r. Magnolia, Leon Co., FL and in 1840 r. in Jefferson Co., FL. Wikipedia offers: "Magnolia, Florida was a thriving river port town in southern Wakulla County, Florida (until 1843, Leon County, Florida), established in the 1820s and is classified as an 'extinct city' by the State Library and Archives of Florida. All that remains of the city is the cemetery, the last known burial was in 1859. The cemetery is on land now owned by the St. Joe Paper Company. The town was located near the small city of St. Marks, Florida."

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Kathleen Anne DICKINSON

____ - ____

Family 1 : Donald ("Butch") Ray NOLLSCH

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William DUNTON

[47849]

12 SEP 1766 - 31 MAR 1839

Family 1 : Jane WEBBER

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[47849] William is son of Joseph Dunton and Abigail Greenleaf.

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Annie M. DWYER

12 MAR 1894 - 1977

Father: Daniel F. DWYER
Mother: Julia Agnes SULLIVAN

Family 1 : Daniel Timothy O'CONNELL
  1. +Francis ("Frank") Dwyer O'CONNELL

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|--Annie M. DWYER 
|  (1894 - 1977)
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John HAMILTON

[11722]

____ - ____

Father: James HAMILTON
Mother: Janet BEATON

Family 1 : Janet HOME
  1. +Margaret HAMILTON

                                                                                                  _David HAMILTON ____________+
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                                                                        _John HAMILTON __________|_Jonetta KEITH _____________
                                                                       | (.... - 1402) m 1388                                 
                                             _James HAMILTON __________|
                                            |  m 1422                  |
                                            |                          |                          _James DOUGLAS _____________
                                            |                          |                         | (.... - 1420)              
                                            |                          |_Jacoba (Janet) DOUGLAS _|_Agnes DUNBAR ______________
                                            |                             m 1388                                              
                       _James HAMILTON _____|
                      | (.... - 1479) m 1474|
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                      |                     |_Janet LIVINGSTONE _______|
                      |                        m 1422                  |
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| (1477 - 1529) m 1516|
|                     |                                                                           _Robert III, King of SCOTS _+
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|                     |                                                 _James I, King of SCOTS _|_Annabella DRUMMOND ________
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|                     |                      _James II, King of SCOTS _|
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|                     |                     |                          |                          _John BEAUFORT _____________+
|                     |                     |                          |                         | (1372 - 1410) m 1397       
|                     |                     |                          |_Joan BEAUFORT __________|_Margaret HOLLAND __________
|                     |                     |                            (.... - 1445) m 1424      (1380 - 1439)              
|                     |_Mary STEWART _______|
|                       (.... - 1488) m 1474|
|                                           |                                                     _John II, Count of EGMOND __
|                                           |                                                    | (.... - 1451) m 1409       
|                                           |                           _Arnold of EGMOND _______|_Maria VAN ARKEL ___________
|                                           |                          | (1410 - 1473) m 1430      (.... - 1415)              
|                                           |_Mary of GUELDERS ________|
|                                             (.... - 1463) m 1449     |
|                                                                      |                          _Adolf I of CLEVES _________+
|                                                                      |                         | (1373 - 1448)              
|                                                                      |_Catherine of CLEVES ____|_Mary of BURGUNDY __________
|                                                                        (1417 - 1479) m 1430                                 
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|--John HAMILTON 
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   m 1516             |
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[11722] Sir John m. Janet Home and had Margaret Hamilton who m. David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus; Margaret and David had Margaret Douglas who m. Sir Walter Scott. See The Complete Peerage vol.I, p.158 corrected by vol.XIV, p.27, and cf. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hamilton/hamilton1.html.

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Evelyn H. HANSOCM

[55750]

9 MAR 1933 - 10 FEB 2024

Father: Earl Raymond HANSCOM
Mother: Louetta Katie BRIDGES


                                                                                                           _Aaron HANSCOM _________+
                                                                                                          | (1734 - 1810) m 1764   
                                                                                _Joseph HANSCOM __________|_Sarah SEAVEY __________
                                                                               | (1774 - ....) m 1799                              
                                                    _Nathaniel HANSCOM ________|
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                                                   |                           |_Sarah FENLASON __________|________________________
                                                   |                             (1776 - ....) m 1799                              
                          _Orrin Stillman HANSCOM _|
                         | (1848 - 1917) m 1876    |
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                         |                         |_Lucy FENLASON ____________|
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 _Earl Raymond HANSCOM __|
| (1888 - 1975) m 1920   |
|                        |                                                                                 _Moses STAPLES _________+
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|                        |                                                      _Joshua STAPLES __________|_Judith EATON __________
|                        |                                                     | (1783 - 1861) m 1805       (1756 - 1843)          
|                        |                          _Nathan Closson STAPLES ___|
|                        |                         | (1809 - 1890)             |
|                        |                         |                           |                           _Josiah CLOSSON ________+
|                        |                         |                           |                          | (1764 - 1850)          
|                        |                         |                           |_Mary ("Polly") CLOSSON __|_Sarah ("Sally") TOBIN _
|                        |                         |                             (1787 - 1866) m 1805       (1763 - 1850)          
|                        |_Mary Isadora STAPLES ___|
|                          (1854 - 1922) m 1876    |
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|                                                  |_Sarah K. ("Sally") GRANT _|
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|--Evelyn H. HANSOCM 
|  (1933 - 2024)
|                                                                                                          _Jonathan BRIDGES ______+
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|                                                                               _David BRIDGES ___________|_Elizabeth CARTER ______
|                                                                              | (1795 - 1875)              (1765 - 1830)          
|                                                   _David A. BRIDGES _________|
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|                                                  |                           |_Susanna Mitchell CARTER _|________________________
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|                         _Edward Preston BRIDGES _|
|                        | (1857 - 1929) m 1887    |
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|                        |                         |_Abbie Sophronia CAIN _____|
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|_Louetta Katie BRIDGES _|
  (1893 - 1974) m 1920   |
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                         |_Caroline H. JAMESON ____|
                           (1867 - 1922) m 1887    |
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[55750] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 12 February 2024: "Lamoine - Evelyn H. Linscott left this world one month shy of her 91st birthday by her own terms on February 10, 2024, after a short illness at an Ellsworth hospital. Her oldest son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter were with her at the end. She was born to Louetta and Earl Hanscom of Sedgwick, ME, on March 9, 1933, at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. She graduated in 1950 from George Stevens Academy as salutatorian of her class. She lived and worked in Ellsworth, at the Paul Tapley Insurance Agency, and met her future husband, Richard Linscott. They married in May 1956. They had two sons, Jeffrey and Mark. She was an avid vegetable gardener and had two huge gardens that she loved tending to. If you were lucky to get some of her jarred green beans or the massive potatoes and tomatoes, you were in Heaven. She loved to solve crossword puzzles, she always had a good book to read, and there was an ongoing jigsaw puzzle in progress in the back room. She would rather be outside than inside and until just a few years ago, she was mowing her own lawn and trimming the flowering bushes. When Dick was still alive, they would go to yard sales all over Hancock County on the weekends - she was the yard sale Queen. She was predeceased by her parents; her two brothers, Orrin Hanscom and Earl Hanscom Jr.; along with her older sister, Katherine Hanscom-Rainey, who only recently passed in 2019 at the age of 97. Her husband, Dick passed away in 2008, followed by her younger son, Mark in 2009. Evelyn leaves behind her older son, Jeffrey, daughter-in-law, Pam, and granddaughter, Kelsey with her husband, Stephen and great-grandson, Marcus; along with Mark's daughters, Lauren and great-grandson, Alex, and Nicole with fiance, Sam. She also has two very dear sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews who are very special to her heart."

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Earl Douglas HERSEY

[56771]

26 FEB 1847 - 2 JAN 1916

Family 1 : Amanda Almira LAMSON
  1. +Samuel Wesley HERSEY

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[56771] The unverified file M6M5-YMP in familysearch.org offers: "When Earl Douglas Hersey was born on 26 February 1847, in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Leverett H Hersey, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Ann Chase, was 31. He married Amanda Almira Lamson on 25 July 1868, in Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Monticello, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1910. He died on 2 January 1916, in Littleton, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 68 . . . ."

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Jerusha D. HORTON

16 FEB 1815 - 1 APR 1885

Family 1 : Robert CONDON
  1. +Richard H. CONDON
  2. +Robert W. CONDON

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Alice Fay LEACH

[40464]

24 JAN 1915 - 15 MAY 1996

Father: Jerry L. LEACH
Mother: Josie M. SNOW

Family 1 : Edward MONK

                                                                                                _James (Sr.) LEACH ____+
                                                                                               | (1738 - 1822) m 1761  
                                                                       _Peletiah LEACH ________|_Alice FREEMAN ________
                                                                      | (1757 - 1839)            (1739 - 1824)         
                                              _Richard LEACH _________|
                                             | (1794 - 1863) m 1817   |
                                             |                        |                         _John GRINDLE _________+
                                             |                        |                        | (.... - 1794)         
                                             |                        |_Mary GRINDLE __________|_Dorothy WEBBER _______
                                             |                          (1765 - 1839)            (1720 - 1794)         
                       _Thomas Atkins LEACH _|
                      | (1828 - 1894) m 1861 |
                      |                      |                                                  _Joshua ATKINS ________+
                      |                      |                                                 | (1725 - 1796)         
                      |                      |                         _Ambrose ATKINS ________|_Abigail DYER _________
                      |                      |                        | (1765 - ....)            (1738 - 1793)         
                      |                      |_Prudence ATKINS _______|
                      |                        (1798 - 1864) m 1817   |
                      |                                               |                         _Nathaniel ATKINS _____+
                      |                                               |                        | (1736 - ....) m 1759  
                      |                                               |_Prudence ATKINS _______|_Mary PARKER __________
                      |                                                 (1770 - ....)            (1740 - ....)         
 _Jerry L. LEACH _____|
| (1876 - 1942)       |
|                     |                                                                         _Isaac INGALLS ________+
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|                     |                                                _Jacob INGALLS _________|_______________________
|                     |                                               | (1772 - 1848) m 1809                           
|                     |                       _Nahum Hinkley INGALLS _|
|                     |                      | (1814 - ....) m 1840   |
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|                     |                      |                        |_Mary ("Polly") PECKER _|_______________________
|                     |                      |                          (1773 - 1853) m 1809                           
|                     |_Mary Susan INGALLS __|
|                       (1843 - 1922) m 1861 |
|                                            |                                                  _James MCCAUSLAND _____+
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|                                            |                         _Alexander MCCASLIN ____|_Mary Jane POOR _______
|                                            |                        | (1763 - 1853) m 1788     (1724 - 1824)         
|                                            |_Abigail MCCASLIN ______|
|                                              (1796 - 1886) m 1840   |
|                                                                     |                         _Reuben (Sr.) GRAY ____+
|                                                                     |                        | (1743 - 1832) m 1763  
|                                                                     |_Abigail GRAY __________|_Abigail BLACK ________
|                                                                       (1768 - ....) m 1788     (1743 - 1820)         
|
|--Alice Fay LEACH 
|  (1915 - 1996)
|                                                                                               _George Phillips SNOW _+
|                                                                                              | (1780 - 1852) m 1801  
|                                                                      _Joshua SNOW ___________|_Susannah GRINDLE _____
|                                                                     | (1810 - 1886)            (1782 - ....)         
|                                             _Charles E. SNOW _______|
|                                            | (1837 - 1913) m 1860   |
|                                            |                        |                         _______________________
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|                                            |                        |_Lydia BILLINGS ________|_______________________
|                                            |                          (1807 - 1851)                                  
|                      _Horace Edwin SNOW ___|
|                     | (1860 - 1898) m 1885 |
|                     |                      |                                                  _Joshua F. GRINDLE ____+
|                     |                      |                                                 | (1778 - 1852)         
|                     |                      |                         _Ebenezer GRINDLE ______|_Ruth STANLEY _________
|                     |                      |                        | (1800 - 1869)            (1786 - 1848)         
|                     |                      |_Agatha C. GRINDLE _____|
|                     |                        (1839 - 1906) m 1860   |
|                     |                                               |                         _Ichabod GRINDLE ______+
|                     |                                               |                        | (1773 - 1844) m 1797  
|                     |                                               |_Mary GRINDLE __________|_Mariam LYMBURNER _____
|                     |                                                 (1802 - 1884)            (1775 - 1826)         
|_Josie M. SNOW ______|
  (1886 - 1978)       |
                      |                                                                         _Adam GRAY ____________+
                      |                                                                        | (1778 - 1857)         
                      |                                                _Joseph N. GRAY ________|_Mercy GRAY ___________
                      |                                               | (1803 - 1875)            (1777 - 1832)         
                      |                       _Haskel H. GRAY ________|
                      |                      | (1834 - 1893) m 1855   |
                      |                      |                        |                         _Justus Sanford SOPER _+
                      |                      |                        |                        | (1760 - 1851) m 1783  
                      |                      |                        |_Elvira SOPER __________|_Elizabeth VILES ______
                      |                      |                          (1806 - 1860)            (1765 - 1850)         
                      |_Hester Adel GRAY ____|
                        (1869 - 1926) m 1885 |
                                             |                                                  _Eliphalet QUIMBY _____+
                                             |                                                 |  m 1797               
                                             |                         _William Willey QUIMBY _|_Betsy WILLEY _________
                                             |                        | (1807 - 1875) m 1836                           
                                             |_Mary T. QUIMBY ________|
                                               (1838 - 1913) m 1855   |
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                                                                      |                        |                       
                                                                      |_Martha A. LOWELL ______|_______________________
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[40464] "The Bangor Daily News [Bangor, Maine]," 17 May 1996, p. 19: "Blue Hill - Alice L. Monk, 81, wife of the late Edward Monk, died May 15, 1996, at a Blue Hill hospital. She was born Jan. 24, 1915, in Blue Hill, the daughter of Jerry and Josie (Snow) Leach. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, where she was active in the Ladies Day Circle. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Duffy Wescott Post No. 85 in Blue Hill, and the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She is survived by one daughter, Josephine 'Edwina' Petrie of Ellsworth; one son, John E. Monk of Lunenberg, Mass.; two sisters, Blanche Leach of Sedgwick and Winifred Wescott of Blue Hill; two grandsons, Anthony Petrie of Bangor and Jeremy Petrie of Blue Hill; three granddaughters, Alicia Petrie of Ellsworth, Pamela Monk Fuller of East Millinocket, and Jan Monk of Portland; a great-grandson, Stacy Meister and his father, John of Old Town, and Benjamin Fuller of East Millinocket; two great-granddaughters, Kristen Petrie of Bangor and Kelley Petrie of Bangor; many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, a sister, Lena; granddaughters, Christina Ann and infant Kimberley; and great-granddaughter, Faith."

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John Foster PETERSON

[282]

14 DEC 1838 - 9 SEP 1907

Father: Peter PETERSON
Mother: Emmaline Hardy JONES

Family 1 : Lucy Jane HANSON
  1. +Helen Martha PETERSON
  2. +Solon Hanson PETERSON
  3.  Kate Paxton PETERSON
  4.  Harold M. ("Harry") PETERSON
  5. +Joseph Horace ("Joe") PETERSON

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 _Peter PETERSON _______|
| (.... - 1840) m 1838  |
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|--John Foster PETERSON 
|  (1838 - 1907)
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|_Emmaline Hardy JONES _|
   m 1838               |
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John resided at South Penobscot, Maine, and was a well-known captain in the schooner fishing fleet. Castine VR gives his birth as 14 December 1838. He went to sea at age 11 on the schooner "Albert" - and at age 19 on the schooner "Sea Ranger" - and at age 21 on the schooner "Diana". John served during the War Between the States as Master's Mate (a Sea Officer) on the U.S.S. Flambeau, the U.S.S.Chatham and the U.S.S.Laburnum. After this war he served on schooners "Albatross", "Telegraph", and "Daniel Webster". The three-master "F. D. Hodgkins" was built for him. He also served 2 years on the "Mattie F." - 2 years on the "Edgar S. Foster" - 3 years on the "T. M. Nicholson" - 1 year on the "M. B. Stetson." He died in active service as captain of the "Hiram Lowell," a schooner of the T. M. Nicholson fleet of Bucksport, Maine. In all, John made 39 trips to the Grand Banks, failing to bring home a full load only twice; he never lost a man. {-see news story of his life and death in "Bangor Daily News", Bangor, Maine, 12 September 1907}

"The Bucksport Herald," Friday, 9 September 1898: "A RECORD BREAKER. Banker A.V.S. Woodruff arrives with 300 tons of Cod. With guns booming and colors flying from all three trucks, schooner Arthur V.S. Woodruff, the largest and best of Nicholson's spring Grand Banks fleet came up through the Narrows before a stiff breeze Thursday forenoon and Capt. Peterson laid her alongside Nicholson's dock as if she had been a cat-boat, while an admiring crowd applauded. The Woodruff fairly wallowed with her huge freight of fish. Every inch of space was crowded full and the skipper thinks he has close to 5500 quintal, some 400 or 500 quintal more than last year. The Woodruff has broken her own record and the world record as far as that goes, for the cargo which she brought is without doubt the largest ever brought from the Grand Banks into an American port. The schooner was manned by a fine crew and fitted out in the usual complete manner of the Bucksport fleet. She carried 26 men all told and the same number of dories. The ship's company was as follows: J. F. Peterson, master; Solon Peterson, mate; Wm. B. Perry, cook; and the following fishermen: Alfred Perkins, Wm. Conner, Ed S. Conner, ...J. H. Peterson.... The Woodruff sailed the 27th of June and left for home the 9th. She reports like the rest, good weather with not enough wind to make it interesting." The Woodruff is on the list of Merchant Vessels of the U.S., 1904, as No. 106541 with signal letters KFDH, rigged as a schooner, 193 gross tonage, 155 net tonage, 105.6 feet in length, 27.1 feet in breadth, 10.3 feet in depth, with a crew of five, built in 1888 in Essex, MA.
"Masters Index, Some Castine Vessels," typescript in the library of the Searsport (ME) Maritime Museum, records that in 1875 John F. Peterson was Master of the Schooner Perfect of Castine - a ship of 26 tons, built in South Scituate, MA in 1868 - owners: "Lucy J. Peterson 1/4, Dora A. Leach 1/8, Penobscot; Melnor W. Grindle 1/2, Samuel Dunbar 1/8, Castine." (The Woodruff was also captained by Joseph G. Dunbar, cousin of the Conners.)
A vivid description of fishing under sail on the Grand Banks is given in "Coastal Maine: A Maritime History," Roger F. Duncan (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992), Chapter 26.
These are ships John served aboard during the war:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Flambeau_(1861)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Chatham_(1836)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Laburnum_(1864)

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