John H. TREFETHEN, Sr. 0856
(28 March 1785 - 28 January 1871)
Married Meriam BATCHELDER source 135 & Mehitable LITTLEFIELD
POSSIBLE PARENTS: Sampson TREFETHEN0951
(before 1760 - after 1799) and Kessiah CARD
Biography:
Resided in Kennebunk, Maine [Source 36?]; Goosepond Settlement, Belfast, Maine and Swanville, Maine (1820 & 1830 Census) [Source 135]
Filed intend to marry on 05 March 1812 in Belfast, Maine and was married that day to Meriam by Rev. Alfred Johnson, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Belfast. He divorced her in July, 1837 [Source 135].
From Source 135: "I have records showing divorce and remarriage. Meriam apparently found another man shortly after she and John were married. She left John for this guy William Ford. She was found guilty of adultery. The document states
'....even though he has ever since that time behaved toward her as a kind and affectionate husband, yet the said Merriam not regarding her marriage covenants on the first day of September at Monroe in this County (York), deserted your petitioners bed and board, and on the same day at the same Monroe committed the crime of adultery with William Ford of said Monroe yeoman.....' It took John several years to find a new woman, at least it took him a long time to file for divorce. At the time of the divorce, John was working as a yeoman, living in Kennebunk."
In 1830 his household consisted of 3 males under 11, 1 male aged 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 2 females aged 20-30. [Census]
Married Mehitable on 12 March 1839, in Kennebunk [Source 36]. She: about 1800 - 11 August 1875
A Farmer (Death Certif.- ?- see next item)
Served under Capt. Ebenezer Williams in the War of 1812 alongside his brothers-in-law Daniel & Joseph Batchelder.
He was wounded by a gun shot in Camden, Maine on October 10, 1813 during a battle with the British. This caused him to later suffer vertigo and occasional pain and he filed for disability as he was unable to pursue his vocation as mariner (he was rejected).[Source 135]. .Perhaps he became a farmer because of this
Source 36 says he MUST be one of the 4 sons of Sampson TREFETHEN0951; as Sampson was the only elder Trefethen known to be in the area at the time. Source 129 has him listed as son of John TREFETHEN105a or John TREFETHEN105b
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