0104 William TREFETHEN

Biography

Born in Kittery, Maine,
Baptized 13 March 1774 ^{[Source 36]};
Supposedly drowned off Henderson’s Point, Seavey’s Island, with his son.(See below)
Resided on TREFETHEN Island (now Seavey’s), Kittery, Maine
Filed intent to wed on 30 June 1792
Married in Kittery on 01 August 1792 by Rev. Jos. Litchfield ^{[Source 133]}
Wife: daughter of Captain Paul & Abigail. Her death has been listed as happening on an assortment of dates- 17 November 1826, aged 49; 30 June 1869) ^{[Sources 58 & 129]}, and 30 June 1867 'wife of the late William TREFETHEN ^{[Source 36: Dover New Hampshire Newspaper Extracts]}
Married on 01 August 1792 ^{[Kittery, Maine, Vital Records]}
From Glenn Bailey ^{[Source 129 via 147]}
This would have to be William TREFETHEN (#104) and his son, Henry TREFETHEN (#125). Something is wrong with statements that they both drowned off Henderson’s Point in 1812.
Rockingham County Probate, 9443
William TREFETHEN [of Kittery] states that"... his son Henry TREFETHEN, late of Portsmouth - Mariner, lately died intestate,"and requests his own appointment as administrator, 6 January 1817.
William TREFETHEN of Kittery, mariner, posted a $1,000 administrator’s bond, 6 January 1817, with Benning Hall of Portsmouth, Esquire, and Nathaniel Rogers of Exeter, Esquire, as his sureties. He was to deliver an accounting by 6 January 1818.
Petition for Admin on the estate of Henry TREFETHEN lates of Portsmouth deceased January 6th 1817. [Source probate packet]
State of New Hampshire Rockingham: To the Honorable Daniel illegible Esquire Judge of probate for said county - Represents William TREFETHEN, in said county mariner deceased. Lately died intestate leaving some property due to him in said Portsmouth. He therefore prays your honor to grant him letters of administration on the estate of said deceased. and that the following persons be appointed appraisers Willima Blasdell, Stephen Wiggins, and Stacy illegible all of Portsmouth and he as illegible January 6th, 1817. [Source probate packet]
William TREFETHEN bond of admin on the estates of Henry TREFETHEN late of Portsmouth deceased January 6th, 1817. Entered.[Source probate packet]
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SOURCES:

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

30. Sanbornton New Hampshire, History of, (Vol. II) by Rev. M.T. Runnels Alfred Mudge & Co., Boston, Massachusett - 1881

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

58. STERLING, John- Correspondence, 10 Signal Ridge Way; E. Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818

64. TREFETHEN, Joanne E.⁰³³⁴ - Correspondence, Stockton Springs, Maine. Deceased 26 July 2004

96. New Castle, New Hampshire, Vital Records

128. Census - Assorted

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

133. Vital Records of Kittery, Maine to the year 1892; Maine Historical Society, Picton Press 1991.

Dover New Hampshire Newspaper Extracts

Probate packet on Ancestry for a Henry Trefethen with father William and inferred death of 1817 [source added 07 March 2021]

William TREFETHEN 0104 (11 October 1761 - after 1816) Married to Susan RANDALL

William TREFETHEN ⁰¹⁰⁴
(11 October 1761 - after 1816)
Married to Susan RANDALL