0111 Archelaus TREFETHEN (Captain)

Biography

Born probably in Kittery, York, Maine.
Filed intent to marry Miss SPINNEY (28 October 1804 - 26 October 1839; born in Elliot, Maine) on 31 January 1824 and they were wed in Elliot on 04 March 1823 by Reverend Samuel Chandler. [Source 36: Maine Families in 1790]
Findagrave.com says this about Mary Spinney: First wife of Archelaus Trefethen. Marriage Date 4 Mar 1824 to Mary Spinney. Mother of Archelaus Jr who died in infancy and other children. Left by Cynthia Metheny Farrington on 10 Nov 2019
Filed intent to wed Miss Abrams on 15 August 1840 and they married 31 August 1840 in Dover. He was from Dover, she from Kittery [Source 133] (born 25 September 1807, Monhegan Island, daughter of John Woodward Abrams & Phebe (Starling) [Source 133]; died 18 November 1886; buried in Dover, New Hampshire) [Source 36: Maine Families in 1790].
Is listed in the 1850 Dover Census.
He died in Dover and is buried there with 2nd wife & some kids in Pine Hill Cemetary, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
He was a twin of Daniel⁰¹⁰⁸ with whom he ran a 'packet line' between Dover & Boston [Source 132].
From findagrave.com:

SOURCES:

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

62. New Hampshire Vital Records Office, Concord, New Hampshire

74. Old Eliot Maine, Printed by J.L.M. Willis, MD Vol. IV; pg. 80.

106. Dover, New Hampshire; Pine Hill Cemetery Transcribed by J.E. Frost

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

132. History of Rockingham County New Hampshire & Representative Citizens by Charles Hazlet Download the entire 44MB book here

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

Maine Families in 1790

Merrimac Church Street Records

Cynthia Metheny Farrington on Findagrave.com

Children:

Mary TREFETHEN⁰⁷²³ (unknown - 1839)
Ephriam Sylvester TREFETHEN⁰¹¹² (26 August 1825 - 1896)
Archelaus Jr. TREFETHEN⁰⁷¹⁷ (04 August 1830 - 21 March 1831)
Sylvester TREFETHEN⁰⁷³⁰ (09 December 1833 - 31 October 1855)
Charles E. TREFETHEN⁰⁷¹⁸ (18 March 1838 - 14 February 1853)
John W. TREFETHEN⁰⁰²⁹ (01 August 1841 - 04 November 1886)
Mary Elizabeth TREFETHEN⁰⁷²⁵ (11 December 1843 - 16 August 1849)
Thomas Adolphus TREFETHEN⁰¹¹³ (28 December 1846 - 28 December 1921)
Horace B. TREFETHEN⁰⁷²¹ (26 August 1849 - 08 September 1849)
Albion P. Hale TREFETHEN⁰⁷¹⁶ (25 November 1850 - 04 August 1852)

Captain Archelaus TREFETHEN0111 (01 February 1801 - 04 March 1865) Married Mary SPINNEY & Mary Sterling ABRAMS