Captain James TREFETHEN0823
(before 1778 - before 1820)
Married Margaret Meloon LIGHT
Biography:
Baptized on 24 May 1777, So. Church, Portsmouth [Source 64]. Seems to have been baptized again, as an adult, on 05 July 1801
Married on 07 April 1799, Portsmouth; by Rev. Jos. Buckminster [S94 & Source 36]. Both from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Wife was the daughter of Ebenezer & Hannah; baptized 24 December 1780 in Portsmouth
A Mariner [Source 86]
Daughter Ann0824 was in the care of his brother William0852, and son William0928 was in the care of Lucretia in 1820. James is listed as deceased
The New Hampshire GAZETTE lists the deaths of two his children dying on 20 December 1803 & 20 October 1807
His widow, Margaret TREFETHEN (before 1764 - after 1778) married (2) Thomas Smith in May, 1779, Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Samuel Haven. Tom was from Marblehead, Massachusetts [Source 36: Portsmouth XI:122 & New Hampshire Bride’s Index]
54. Pourtsmouth, New Hampshire - St. Johns Church Records - Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Photocopies of Originals)
64. TREFETHEN, Joanne E.0334 - Correspondence, Stockton Springs, Maine. Deceased 26 July 2004
86. Portsmouth, New Hampshire Deeds, Volume 162; page 339
94. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. New Hampshire Vital Records.
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
New Hampshire GAZETTE
Portsmouth XI:122
New Hampshire Bride’s Index
Children:
William Augustus TREFETHEN0928 (about 1800 - after 1819) His mother is listed as his guardian (father deceased) in 1820