0150 Captain Joseph TREFETHEN

Events:

Born on Monhegan Island, Maine
Listed as a fisherman in the 1850 Monhegan Plantation Census.
Moved to California from Monhegan Island, Portland, Maine
He and his wife are buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Westminster, California. There is (or was) a metal G.A.R. emblem planted by his tombstone; so It’s probable that he was in the Civil War.^{[Source 39]}
Married around 1847 [Source 129]. Wife was born in1829; died in 1910.; daughter of Hayden (1795 - 1875) & Sarah (BROWN)(1797 - 1872). Her parents are buried on Peaks Island in a weed covered area near the ocean. They owned the meadow next to the Trefethens. on Monhegan Island.^{[Source 39]}.
Was elected Monhegan Island. Pound Keeper in 1845 & 1847; a Field Driver in 1846; Fence Viewer in 1846, 1850 & 1851; Assessor in 1848 - 1848, 1851 - 1855, 1858 & 1866; Surveyor of Roads in 1852; School Agent in 1856; and a member of the School Committee in 1862 ^{[Source 129:27]}

SOURCES:

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

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

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

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

Monhegan Island Plantation Records

Children:

Mary Evelyn 'May' TREFETHEN⁰⁶³⁶ (December 1847 - 1918) Born on Monhegan Island, Maine; died during a flu epidemic, in San Pedro (?), California. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Westminster, California
Everett G. TREFETHEN⁰⁶³⁴ (March 1850 - 23 July 1859) Died Young, buried on Monhegan Island
Evans Haden TREFETHEN⁰⁶¹⁷ (27 January 1852 - 28 January 1918)
Robert Everett TREFETHEN⁰⁶¹⁶ (1855 - 1921)
Nellie TREFETHEN / Nellie TREFETHEN⁰⁶³⁵ (1859 - 02 September 1865) Died Young

Captain Joseph TREFETHEN0150 (07 February 1824 - 11 August 1888) Married to Gratia Ann KINGSBURY

Captain Joseph TREFETHEN⁰¹⁵⁰
(07 February 1824 - 11 August 1888)
Married to Gratia Ann KINGSBURY