0023 Henry (Captain) TREFETHEN

Biography

Born in New Castle, New Hampshire (Source 36 has Dover, New Hampshire) .
Resided in Dover New Hampshire and died there of Consumption.
He’s buried on 'the Eastern side of Dover Pt. Rd.'^{[Source 36]}; in a cemetery that goes back to 1633.
Phebe: Born in 1737 New Castle, New Hampshire, USA. Died 08 April 1821 in Dover, New Hampshire, USA. He married her in 1756^[S81&94]
Search for Phebe Killough TREFETHEN 1737-1821 7. Finley4 Killough (Robert3 , John2 , John1 Killough/Killogh), b. 1711 in Antrim Co., Ire. He immigrated to Boston with his father's family and settled in Freetown, Massachusetts, southeast of Worcester. Later they located in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. In 1735, the Killough family and the Young family went to Pennsylvania together. Robert decided to settle there but the Youngs decided to go back north to settle. Finley had married Mary when he was 14 and she was 23. He decided to go with his wife's family to what eventually became Warren, Maine. They were among the first settlers of this village in what was then the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Finley and his family were at Louisbourg, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, during King George's War in 1745 when New England forces, supported by the British Navy, took over the fort from French troops. He stayed there for some time to help garrison the fort. During this time, Finley re-adopted the Scottish spelling "Kelloch". Modern day members of the family use the spelling "Kalloch". He married Mary Young. (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). Children: i. David5 Kalloch b. 1725 in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org), d. 18 FEB 1802. He married (1) Jane Boyd. He married (2) Catherine (Cooper) Cox. ii. John Kalloch b. in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). Fourteen ch. He married Isabella Cunningham, b. in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). iii. Mary Kalloch b. in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). She married ______ Brown. 17. iv. Matthew Kalloch. (This only has the line to webmaster/historian Ken Kalloch. For more of this branch, SEE the Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). v. Alexander Kalloch b. 1740 in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org), d. 14 FEB 1826. Eleven ch. He married Eleanor Gaut, b. in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). vi. Margaret Kalloch b. in (SEE Kalloch Database at http://kalloch.org). She married George Boyd, b. in (SEE KALLOCH DATABASE). - Source Paula M. Harvard 22 march 2024
Bought 16 acres of land on Seavey’s Island from Stephen Seavey on 15 November 1784.^[S87].
According to HISTORY OF THE US NAVY YARD AT PORTSMOUTH by Rear Admiral Geo. Preble: "Henry began buying land on the Island as early as 1769, at one time he owned 34 acres and the Island was called TREFETHEN’s Island. This land he disposed of at different times to his children. His purchases continued until August 25, 1796. "His will was probated at Dover, New Hampshire & Alfred, Maine in Nov. 1797. Property was left to his wife Phebe for life, then to her children..." and the list is as below.
Cabinetmaker, Shipwright and trader. He’s called a "Joiner" in a legal paper dated 1760^[s.147/129]
Revolutionary war veteran
Owned Seavey’s, TREFETHEN’s, and part (if not all) of Monhegan Island
Phebe remarried 02 September 1798 John Keille (23 April 1731 - 18 December 1819) by Rev. Robert Grey in Dover. He was 1st mar. to Abigail Leighton. Phebe died on 08 April 1821, aged 84.^{[S107 &45]}
A Henry Trefethen is listed as a Grantee of Topsham (New Hampshire?) on 27 September 1763 along with several other Trefethens (probably this one).
Resided in New Castle, New Hampshire between 1760 & July 1777 ; in Kittery between September 1768 & 1777^{[129:1 & 129:5]}; on Monhegan Island in 1784^[129:6]. He was back in Kittery in 1790-1794^[129:5] and in Dover in & after 1796.
Purchased Monhegan Island from the Bickford family for 300 pounds on Oct. 2, 1777; but 'due to the death of George Bickford, the conveyance of the deed was delayed until Feb. 16, 1790^[129:5].
In his will, he specified that his son Henry TREFETHEN⁰⁰⁵¹, and daughters Sarah Horne⁰¹⁰² & Mary Starling⁰¹⁰¹ take part of their inheritance out of the Island; and that his son Henry should provide a daily allowance for another son, Abraham⁰¹¹⁶ ^[129:6].
Another Source (#___) says he was an original purchaser of Monhegan along with Josiah Sterling & Oren Hall, all owning it in equal parts, buying it from the government.
WARNING! 'KALOX' is found in 'THE TREFETHEN FAMILY' by Ethel Austin Grant (no other info on this book- ^{Source 36}) This could be purely conjecture.
20 February 2023 Paula Harvard suggests the name KALOX could be spelled KALLOCH or KELLOCH. She says there are a number of them in Knox County.

SOURCES:

3. SHARP, Alice B.- Correspondence, Rt. 1, Pensacola, FL

7. Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine. E-Mail: info@mainehistory.org. Phone: (207) 774–1822.

11. TREFETHEN, Jessie B.- Correspondence, Peaks Island, Portland, Maine. Author of “Trefethen: the family and the landing”

26. Dover New Hampshire Historical Society Collections, Vol. 1, Dover Historical Society, Dover, New Hampshire; Scales & Quimby; 1894

32. Rye, New Hampshire town records (1726 - 1845), Vol. 1; Leigh Johnston, Town Clerk, Aug. 1975

35. LANGLEY, Eileen E.

36. TREFREN, Leitha S.¹³²¹- Correspondence, 135 Clover Lane; Medford, Oregon 97501. Leitha passed away during February, 2001

38. TREFETHEN, Donald Perry- Correspondence

39. Alice STINSON⁰⁶³⁸ (Mrs. Lyall)- Correspondence, 11530 La Maida St., North Hollywood, California 91601

46. Dover New Hampshire Vital Records (1686-1850), Dover Hist. Society; Heritage Books, Inc.; 1977

87. History of the United States Navy-Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. by George Henry Preble; U.S. Government Printing Office Jan 1892

94. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Vital Records.

104. DOVER (New Hampshire) MISC. & ROLLINSFORD by J. E. Frost; 1981 (NHHS)

107. Dover New Hampshire Marreages (1623-1823) Comp. John R. Ham., M.D.

129. BAILEY, Glenn R.- His references are marked as follows:

1. Rockingham County, New Hampshire Deeds 63:408, 64:237, 129:295, 130:97
2. Dover, New Hampshire Cemeterty Inscriptions
3. Dover Vital Records
4. York County, Maine Deeds 54:84, 95:17, 54:83, 59:45, 69:149, 128:127
5. Lincoln County Deeds 41:176 and/or Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of 1771, Betty H. Pruitt; Boston, Massachusetts 1978
6. Strafford County, New Hampshire. Deeds 26:61, 24:240, 29:173,30:32, 35:57,36:269
7. York County, Maine. Probate Docket #19153
8. Federal Census (assorted)
9. Strafford County Probate 5:121
10. New Castle Vital Records
11. Monhegan Island Cemetery Inscriptions
12. Bristol, Maine Vital Records
13. 1st Parish Church Records, Kittery, Maine
14. Petition to Selectman of Kittery, Maine; June 17, 1799
15. Strafford County, New Hampshire Probate Docket #5:121
16. Lincoln County Deeds 149:6, 41:177, 41:178,44:32, 64:25+, 148:332, 148:393, 109:220
17. Columbian Centinal, 'Deaths' - July 13, 1816, November 19, 1823
18. Windham, Maine Vital Records
19. Maine Monthly Magazine - July, 1836
20. Friendship, Maine. Cemetery Inscriptions
21. Friendship, Maine Vital Records
22. Lincoln County, Maine Probate 24:117
23. Pond Grove Cemetery, Portland, Maine Inscriptions
24. Portland, Maine Vital Records
25. Pourtsmouth, New Hampshire Vital Records
26. Maine, Genealogy & Family History Of the State of, George Thomas Little, A.M., Litt. D. Vol. IV; Lewis Historical Pub. Co., N.Y.- 1909 (same as Source 42)
27. Monhegan Island Plantation Records
28. Portland City Directory - 1894,1897 - 1927
29. Bremen Maine Vital Records
30. Maine Home Journal, ‘Cronicles of Cushing & Freindship’, Rockland, Maine 1892

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Descendents of Henry TREFETHEN Chart

Paula Harvard

Gail Nadeau

Captain Henry TREFETHEN 0023 (27 September 1734 - 27 October 1797) Married to Phebe Halloch KILLOUGH (1737 - 08 April 1821) 10047

Captain Henry TREFETHEN ⁰⁰²³
(27 September 1734 - 27 October 1797)
Married to Phebe Halloch KILLOUGH
(1737 - 08 April 1821) ¹⁰⁰⁴⁷