0974 Captain James TREFETHEN

Biography:

Born in Friendship, Knox County, Maine [Source 36: ] [Birth date from Cushing, Maine Census]
Died in Cushing [Source 36: Maine Vital Records]
Was placed in the care of Thomas B. Seavey, Monhegan’s Justice of the Peace, on 06 June 1826, along with his sister Eliza TREFETHEN, after their father drowned [129:22]
Married Nancy PAGE on 01 January 1838 in Friendship, Maine (their home town) She was born in Maine about 1820; Her first marriage was to Robert Rivers on 10 September 1837 both of Cushing. She died on 09 January 1849
Married Jane on 27 September 1855 or 1856 on Monhegan Island, Both of Friendship. She was born on 24 February 1830; daughter of Josiah & Hannah (THOMPSON); She died in 1928
A Sailor/Fisherman, resided in Friendship in 1850 and on Monhegan Island in 1860
Elected Monhegan Island Fence Viewer & Field Driver in 1861
Resided in Cushing, Maine during 1870 - 1880
Link to Captain Joseph TREFETHEN⁰⁷²⁴ was originally from Source 129: assorted sources, including Josiah Starling Family Bible. Confirmed by Source 36

SOURCES:

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

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

124. Cornville, Maine, Town Clerk

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

Cushing, Maine Census

Maine Vital Records

Josiah Starling Family Bible

Captain James TREFETHEN0974 (22 March 1820 - 30 November 1890) Married Mrs. Nancy PAGE & Jane N. STARLING

Captain James TREFETHEN⁰⁹⁷⁴
(22 March 1820 - 30 November 1890)
Married Mrs. Nancy PAGE & Jane N. STARLING