BROWN of Essex Co Massachusetts, New Hampshire & California and related surnames: Rickard/Ricard/Richard (UK), Hicks (UK), Gill (UK), Gale, Butler, Jewett, Osgood, Shepheard/Shepherd, Morrill, Colby, Hoyt, Sargent, Gill (MA), Perkins, Clement, Buswell, Pillsbury, Plumer/Plummer, Swett, Bacon, Merrill, Jobo/Jobs, Piper, Little, Wiggin (1st gov of NH), Rollins/Rawlins, Hawley, Bradstreet (colonial gov of MA), Dudley (colonial gov of MA; Anne Dudley Bradstreet poet), Yorke, Abbott/Abbot, Law, Wilson, Stevens, Cleer, Brockwell, Church, Kenney/Keeney/Kinney/Kinne, Crosby, Hibbert, Wadam, Edwards, Whiting, Threeder, Daggett, Norton, Isaac, Chandler, Hawes, Lynde, Mayhew (colonial gov of Martha's Vineyard), Gallion?, Baker, Gorham, Platts, Hale, Wicom/Wickham, Smith, Graves, Barefoot, Emery, Sawyer, Coffin, Greenleaf, Hutchinson, Clements, Bosworth, Poore/Poor, Moore, Bitfield, Pinder, Severance, Kimball, Stephenson, Grantham, Cheney, Parrat, Northend, Sharpe, Lawrence, Coxe, Bayford, Dowcette/Doucette, Beamsley, Putnam, Compton, Codman, Halstead, Blowers, Wylie, Blakely, Howland (Mayflower Passenger), Tilley (Mayflower Passenger), Hurst (Mayflower passenger), Barnes, Eden, Hansard, Lovell, Pagenham, St Jermyn, Tempest, Parker, Carre, Metcalfe, Gilliot, Leyguard, Talbot Clifford

England>>MA>NH>CA & NV>AK>WA

KENNEDY of Nova Scotia & Maine and related surnames: Ranes/Raines/ Rines (MA>Nova Scotia >ME), McDonald (Nova Scotia), Toal (Nova Scotia), McLean (Nova Scotia), Bolton, Morton, Irish, Elwell, Skillings/Skillin, Pride, Mariner, Coates, Parker, Lombard, Millett, Greenaway, Cobb, Hurst, Sawyer, Bray, Peasley, Parrat, Northend, Sharpe, Nurse/Nourse, White, Pratt, Crane, Towne, Tarbell, Roberts, Sheldon, Burnap, Dolliver, Denning, Pride, Bond, Lewis, Awards, Lovering, Graves, Blakely, Poole, Musgrove, Ponsonby, Kirby, Mallory, Middleton, Fleming, Lamplaugh

Scotland & N. Ireland>>MA>Nova Scotia Canada>ME>CA& NV>AK>WA

England>>MA>ME

Where they lived:

ALASKA (Unga Island), CALIFORNIA (Mono, El Dorado, San Francisco, Alameda & Sacramento Co), NEVADA (Elko Co) , MAINE (Cumberland Co--Gorham, Westbrook, Windham & Portland; Washington Co--Lubec), WISCONSIN (Grant Co ), NEW HAMPSHIRE (Belknap, Strafford,& Rockingham Co), MASSACHUSETTS (Essex Co--Andover, Salem, Haverhill, Salisbury, Amesbury, Newbury, Rowley, Lynn, Beverly, Ipswich, Gloucester & Marblehead;; Middlesex Co--Reading; Suffolk co--Boston, Cambridge, Dorchester; Barnstable Co--Yarmouth, Norfolk Co--Weymouth, Charlestown; Dukes Co--Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown, Tisbury; Plymouth Colony), CANADA (Maitland & Windsor, Douglas twp, Hants Co, Nova Scotia; Victoria, British Columbia), ENGLAND(Shrewsbury, Devonshire, Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Northhamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Cornwall--Redruth, Chacewater & Blackwater, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent--Ashford, Hants, Hampshire, Wiltshire--Salisbury, Norfolk, Bedfordshire), IRELAND (Dublin; possibly County Louth or County Monaghan) N IRELAND/ULSTER PROVINCE (Londonderry, County Down, possibly County Armagh, possibly other locations) SCOTLAND (Invernesshire).

Rootsweb WorldConnect Online Family Tree RubyBoltonBrown

Betty's Ancestors of Bodie, CA Brown/Kennedy

Obits: Henry N.H. Brown, Elizabeth Trabue (Moseley) Miller, Phebe Brown Rhodes

Betty's Veterans of US Wars Revolutionary, Civil War, up to the present

Betty's Immigrant Ancestors of New England

BROWN FAMILY

Grandmother RUBY BOLTON BROWN'S father was FRANK RICARD BROWN born Feb 5, 1858 Sacramento CA, died June 19, 1939 San Francisco CA of tuberculosis. Her mother was MARIETTA or MARY ETTA KENNEDY, born March 3, 1858 in Portland Maine, died April 19, 1907 in San Francisco, CA,. They were married July 2, 1878 in Aurora, Esmeralda Co NV (which is now a ghost town) and lived in Bodie, Mono Co CA from 1879 until about 1887 (Bodie also is a ghost town, and a CA state historical park). In 1888 FRANK went to Unga Island AK to become manager of the gold mine there. MARY followed shortly after, and they lived there until 1904, when they returned to California, see below. Both are buried at the Cypress Lawn Cemetary, which was moved in 1914 from San Francisco to Colma, CA, just south of the city. Their children's names were:

Emma Brown May 16, 1879 Bodie CA (or possibly NV?) died before 1900 in AK

Frank Kennedy Brown 1883 Bodie CA (died at birth)

Helen Francis Brown Aug. 20, 1884 Bodie CA (died at 8 months).

Gladys Adeline (Brown) Dryden July 18, 1889 Onalaska AK, died June 26 1996 Gilroy CA

Ruby Bolton (Brown) Martine July 17, 1893 Alameda CA , died June 1967 Seattle WA

Genevieve (Brown) Stetson March 19, 1894 Unga, AK, died Jan 28, 1929 CA of tuberculosis.

I am told that there were other children who did not survive, but until I can check death records in Bodie, I have no indication of this.

My grandmother RUBY BOLTON BROWN was born in California but raised on Unga Island in the remote Shumagin Islands of Alaska. Her father Frank R. Brown was the manager of the Apollo Mine from 1887 until 1904 when it closed for the first time. According to his diary, Frank's wife Marietta and eldest daughter Emma first arrived in Unga September 4, 1888. During a summer visit to relatives in 1893 my grandmother Ruby was born in Alameda, CA. I know from my grandmother's writings that the family sailed back and forth on schooners to California at least twice after her birth. Sadly, the eldest daughter Emma died around 1895, at age 16; it has been said that she commited suicide. Marietta and the girls Ruby, Gladys and Genevieve returned to California to stay in 1904, while Frank Brown went to Nome in search of gold. Gladys told me of how they survived the San Francisco earthquake unscathed, while so many died around them. It made quite an impression on her and the other two girls, as they wandered through the devastated streets.

MARY ETTA KENNEDY BROWN died in San Francisco, CA April 19, 1907, of uterine cancer. She was 46 years old.

Great Grandfather FRANK R. BROWN went back up to Nome AK to prospect for gold for a short period beginning in 1904, after the close of the Apollo Mine. He went "down below" to stay, after a year in Nome, which would have been around 1905. He was possibly suffering from tuberculosis even at that time. His friend Dr. Call, who was living at Nome at the time, insisted that he leave and recuperate, as the Nome winters were very hard on Frank. I am uncertain exactly when Frank returned to Unga, but it may have been after his wife's death in 1907. He was living in San Francisco in 1910 when the census was taken, with his three daughters, and his in-laws, William & Addie (Kennedy) Hawthorne and their girls. From 1907-1910 until 1939 he continued to live at Unga, occasionally spending winters down below. He and several others established the Delaroff Development Co, which was to work the tailings of the original Apollo mine (which had been dumped in the bay) beginning in 1915. World War I put an end to their plans as labor became scarce. I do not know what became of that venture. In the summer of 1939 he returned to San Francisco to live with Rolla and Ruby, where he died at their home of tuberculosis. He was 81 years old. My mother, who was 17, was sent away to Lake Tahoe to work as an au pair that summer because of the possibility of exposure to TB.

Ruby Brown was the only daughter to return to Unga and visit her father after 1907. I know she made several summer trips because of letters written by my grandfather, Rolla Martine. They met on the steamship DORA enroute to the Shumagins and were married in 1915. According to Ruby's 1960s article on Apollo & Unga Island, her last visit was in 1913, the year she met her future husband on the DORA. That year she sailed around the Shumagin Islands with her father Frank R Brown, a Mr Parr, and Capt Zim Moore on a small sloop called "Gladys", which was built at Unga. Ruby also traveled with her father Frank R Brown to the Grand Canyon in Arizona shortly before her marriage in 1915, as per numerous family photographs.

Gladys Brown married Joseph Burton Dryden around 1915 and they lived in San Francisco, California. They had two children Russell Dryden and Virgina (Dryden) Dalby. Virginia's family contined to live in California until recently.

Genevieve Brown married an unknown Stetson and had three children: Barbara, Geraldine and Winifred. Both Genevieve and her husband died of tuberculosis in the early 1930s, and the three girls were adopted and raised by an uncle, Walter Scott Simpson, who must have been related to the Stetson family. Simpson was the a telegraph operator at the time of the San Francisco Earthquake, and was the first man to inform the world of the earthquake and its devastation (as per his obituary). Geraldine is still alive and continues to reside in California. Winifred passed away Nov 7, 2002. Barbara passed away some time ago, possibly in the 1980s.

Great Grandfather FRANK RICARD BROWN'S father was HENRY "NEW HAMPSHIRE" BROWN, born Sept 21,1825 Sanbornton, Belknap Co New Hampshire, died March 1897 Sacramento CA. His mother was CORDELIA H. MYERS nee RICKARD/RICARD born 1830 Kenwyn Parish, Redruth, Cornwall, England, according to parish records. She was the daughter of RICHARD RICKARD b abt 1792 Kenwyn Parish, Redruth, Cornwall, England, and CORDELIA HICKS b abt 1795, same location. The father was apparently an innkeeper or "victualer", and the family lived at Redruth, Chacewater and Blackwater. The father, RICHARD, died before 1841 English census, and the mother CORDELIA (HICKS) RICKARD b abt 1795 emigrated to the United States with her children in 1845, as per manifest of the ship "Henry Clay" which departed Liverpool July 28, 1845 and arrived in New York.

Just before 1850, CORDELIA RICKARD b 1830 moved to Platteville, Grant Co Wisconsin with a brother, RICHARD RICKARD Jr. who was a miner. She married Henry William F. MYERS in Platteville, Grant Co WI on Jan 29, 1850. The 1850 census lists him as a merchant age 22 born Germany, and Cordelia as age 21 born England. Shortly after the birth of their daughter EMMA, they came across county to California, possibly by wagon train???? I do not know whether Henry Myers died or if they were divorced after coming to California. HENRY N H BROWN and CORDELIA first appear as husband and wife in the 1860 census for Salmon Falls, El Dorado Co CA. Also listed is EMMA BROWN age 10 born WI; so apparently CORDELIA had at least this one daughter by first husband Henry Myers, which second husband HENRY BROWN adopted as his own.

The brother, RICHARD RICKARD Jr also apparently came out to California

CORDELIA RICKARD (MYERS) (BROWN) died in Sacramento CA, Jan 23, 1875 at age 45. She was buried in the Old Masonic Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, CA. Henry & Cordelia were married June 1, 1857 in Sacramento, CA, according to their marriage license. They had only one other child, a daughter PHEBE CORDELIA BROWN born April 18 1868 in Folsom CA.

EMMA J MYERS BROWN later married WALTER P EMERY as per the 1870 and 1880 Sacramento Co census. EMMA died June 16 1894 Sacramento CA and WALTER died Feb 10, 1895 Sacramento CA as per their obituaries. They apparently did not have any children.

As a young man, great great grandfather HENRY "New Hampshire" BROWN (who often signed his name H.N.H. BROWN) studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Henry Butler Brown of Hartford VT. Apparently that occupation did not appeal to him, for in 1849, he and his younger brother Stephen Gale Brown sailed around Cape Horn to CA to prospect for gold ( Stephen died at Sutter's Fort in 1849). It is unknown how Henry was occupied between 1849 and 1857, but he did not return to New Hampshire.

By 1860 HENRY and his family were living in Salmon Falls, El Dorado Co CA, apparently raising cattle, although it unclear what line of business he was engaged in. By 1867 the family was living in the town of Folsom, and Henry was secretary of the Natoma Lodge of the Freemasons, see letter transcribed below:

"Hall of Natoma Lodge, No 64 F. & A. M. Folsom, Sacto Co Cal. July 18, 1867

To the Fraterinity of Free Masons in the City of Columbia SC:

Brethren: Your appeal "To the Fraternity of Free Masons Throughout the United States" was received, in subject duly considered, and the Secretary directed to inclose in a letter the sum of Fifty Dollars aid to the Brotherhood of your city in restoring your several Masonic organizations, as comtemplated by your Memorial.

In deliberation, the question was no one of propriety, but simply how much we can afford to contribute.

Abundant proof is at hand of the worthiness of the Craft in the Southern States, attested by numerous letters, private and public, by travelers sojourners and residents of the South, and by the oral testimony of hundreds of men all over our Land, as if recorded in letters of gold; that 'during the time that tries men's souls' you ministered unto the wants of captive Masons as only Brethren could do it, averting terrible suffering and death in innumerable instances, yourselves incurring great difficulty and much personal danger.

Such timely action, such noble disinterested charity, proves you 'good men and true', spreads the cement of Brotherly Love and affection, and fills our hearts to overflowing, with increased reverence for the sacred rites, lights and priveleges of our Order.

Finally Brethren, whilst we invoke god's special blessing to accompany the enclosed small donation, we promise to cherish your living laurels and emulate your illustrious example.

Fraternally yours, H.N.H. Brown, Secty." Source: One Hundred Years of Freemasonry in California by Leon O. Whitsell, Past Grand Master, chairman of the Grand Lodge Committee on Masonic History

According to an obituary, HENRY N H BROWN was first employed by Leland Stanford in his merchantile business. By 1869 he was employed by W.R. Strong in his American Seed Store in Sacramento.. Later, by 1875, he became an agent for Wells Fargo & Co. When wife CORDELIA died in 1875, he moved with my great grandfather FRANK R BROWN age 17 to Elko Co Nevada, to the mining town of Cornucopia. His young daughter Phebe stayed in Sacramento with half sister EMMA MYERS BROWN who had married WALTER EMERY. According to NV state census records, Henry was working there as an "express agent", but the Wells Fargo Historical Society does not have a record of him. He apparently stayed in Cornucopia from 1875 until 1880. From 1880-1885 Henry was the Wells Fargo agent at the mining town of Lundy, very near the towns of Bodie and Lee Vining (The only family members in the 1880 Sacramento Census were Phebe Cordelia Brown, who was living with half-sister Emma J Emery & her husband Walter P. Emery on K street.). It appears HENRY moved back to Sacramento in 1885. By 1887 Henry and daughter Phebe were living with Emma and Walter P Emery at 826 L St Sacramento, according to Frank's diary. HENRY N H BROWN died in Sacramento CA 1897, and was buried in the Old Masonic Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, CA. Walter Pillbrook Emery was listed at that address in the 1890 Great Register of Voters for Sacramento, so I am assuming that HENRY lived with Emma & Walter Emery until his death in 1897. Both are buried in the family plot next to HENRY N H & CORDELIA BROWN in the Old Masonic Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, CA.

Obit of Henry N.H. Brown Sacramento 1897

Betty's Ancestors of Bodie CA Brown/Kennedy

HENRY'S daughter PHEBE CORDELIA BROWN married CHARLES WALLACE RHODES, then moved to Victoria BC Canada (very close to where I now live) in 1896. She had two girls and one boy, Ethel , Mabel and Godfrey (grandmother Ruby's first cousins). Godfrey died age 9 in Vancouver BC.

Ethel Rhodes b 1896 Victoria BC Canada married John Thomas Dovey in 1934 at age 38; she may have married 2nd) to a George Alfred Thomson in 1937. She trained as an RN in Victoria BC and Seattle WA, and also worked as a nanny in Vancouver BC. The gravestone in Ross Bay Cemetary shows the name DOVEY and the date 1951, but that may be her husband. Ethel died in about 1980 or 1981 in Vancouver BC; she adopted two children that went by the Rhodes surname: Charles Rhodes who married & lived in northern BC, and Jackie "Dusty" Rhodes who married Robert Thistle. Source: email from Julia Tupper. Ethel Rhodes Dovey was her nanny.

Mabel Rhodes b 1901 Victoria BC Canada married Frank Middleton Sterry abt 1920 and had two children, who went to live in England (according to an obituary); Mabel also died young, at age 29.. She is also buried at Ross Bay Cemetary in the Rhodes family plot.

Phoebe worked for many years as a volunteer at the Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. She was greatly respected and beloved for her good works. She is buried at Ross Bay Cemetary in the Rhodes family plot. The family home was at # 2 Terrace Avenue, near Oak Bay, and also 1024 Linden Avenue.

Obit of Phebe Brown Rhodes from Victoria Times-Colonist 1932

1901 Victoria B.C census lists the following at #2 Terrace Avenue:

Rhodes, Charles W. age 39 b. Victoria, bookeeper

Rhodes, Phoebe age 30 b. USA

Rhodes, Ethel b. Oct 22, 1896 age 5

Rhodes, Godfrey b. Dec 16, 1897 age 4 (died at age 9)

Rhodes Mabel b. Jan 18 1901 age 3 1/2 mo (m. Frank Middleton Sterry; died at age 29)

CHARLES WALLACE RHODES was born in Victoria BC in 1861 to a pioneer family from England, Henry & Sophia Rhodes. According to his obituary, he first began working in 1878 as a clerk in his father's lumber business, Henry Rhodes & Company. In 1880 he left Victoria and joined the western division of the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) as a paymaster. The territory he covered was between Port Moody and Savonas, and he was in responsible for paying the seven thousand men who were forging that railway. He was also required to see to the forwarding of supplies by pack animals over very rough terrain and trails. When he returned to Victoria, he worked as an accountant and as a realtor, until 1889 when he joined the Brackman-Ker Milling Company. He was to stay with that company for twenty years. In addition to his business career, Rhodes served in the militia under a Major Dupont, was an amateur actor in local productions and had a fine baritone voice. He passed away on September 12, 1912. He was a member of the Victoria Native Sons Society, Post #1, the Arion Club, and the Union and Pacific Club. When he died, the flag on the Union/Pacific building was flown at half mast in honor of his memory.

His parents were:

Henry Rhodes b. 1824 England d 1878 Victoria BC proprietor of Rhodes & Janion Merchants

Sophia Harriet Cape b. 1830 India/Ceylon d. 1899 Victoria BC

Their children were:

Annie Isabella Rhodes b. 1852 Hawaii m. ? Janion d. 1920 Victoria BC age 68

Harry Rhodes b. 1854 Hawaii d. 1895? Victoria BC age 41

Godfrey Rhodes b. 1855 Hawaii d. 1882 Victoria BC age 27

Sophie Edith Rhodes b. 1860 Victoria m. Hon. George Anthony Walkem (judge and premier of British Columbia--twice--1874-76 and 1878-1882) d. 1902 age 42

Charles Wallace Rhodes b. 1861 Victoria BC, died 1912 age 51 m. Phebe Cordelia Brown

Martha Rhodes b. 1869 Victoria d. 1919 Victoria never married?

Mabel Sidney Rhodes b abt 1870 married Dr Dugald Campbell, lived Hawaii until 1899, then moved to London England as per bio of Dr Campbell.

Also inscribed on or buried at the family monument:

Emily Beasley Rhodes b. 1854 d. 1919 (probably spouse of Harry?)

Harry Dean Morgan Rhodes b. 1922 d. 1979 (Harry's grandson?)

Hon. George A. Walkem. b. 1835 Ireland d. 1908 Victoria (spouse of Sophie Edith Rhodes, premier of BC 1874-76, 1878-82; Justice of Supreme Court BC 1882-1908)

DOVEY d. 1951 (first husband of Ethel Rhodes)

Mabel Rhodes Sterry b. 1901 d. 1930 (daughter of Charles & Phebe Brown Rhodes)

Great great grandfather HENRY N.H. BROWN'S father was BENJAMIN BUTLER BROWN b. April 19,1800 Sanbornton, Belknap Co NH and his mother was PHEBE GALE b. 1801 Sanbornton NH, daughter of STEPHEN GALE JR and MOLLY JEWETT, also of Sanbornton NH. BENJAMIN married a second time late in life to MARY SANBORN Feb 4, 1855 and they moved to Andover MA where both are buried. He died Feb 4, 1867.

BENJAMIN and PHEBE had these children, all born Sanbornton NH:

Henry N.H. Brown b. Sept 21, 1825 m. Cordelia Rickard Myers, died 1897 Sacramento CA

Stephen Gale Brown b. Sept 9, 1827, went to CA with Heny and died 1849 Sutter's Fort CA age 22

Benjamin Franklin Brown b. Oct 27, 1831 m Phebe Sanborn; lived at Tilton and Concord NH

Mary Ann Brown b. Aug 23, 1833, lived for many years at Andover NH

Charles Gale Brown b. Dec 11, 1835, never married, died 1885 Bristol NH

George Gale Brown b. Oct 20, 1838 m. Ada Reed, Ellen Elizabeth Prescott, Etta Shaw; lived at Tilton

According to the book, "History of Northfield NH", BENJAMIN B. BROWN was a shoemaker at "The Centre" for many years.

PHEBE GALE'S grandfather, MAJ. STEPHEN GALE was a renowned Revolutionary War soldier who was one of the first men to scale the walls of Fort Ticonderoga. He was promoted to Major for gallantry. Her maternal grandfather ANDREW JEWETT also was a member of Committee of Safety in Sanbornton during the Revolution. This information was gleaned from a DAR Lineage Book entry for Nellie Prescott Brown, daughter of George Gale Brown and Ellen Elizabeth Prescott. The GALE, JEWETT, PIPER, BACON, MERRILL, SWEAT & WIGGIN names in PHEBE GALE's ancestry go back to England in the 1500s. For more information, see my Rootsweb online family tree, RubyBoltonBrown

Great great great grandfather BENJAMIN BUTLER BROWN'S father was ABRAHAM BROWN Jr b. 1753 Epping? Nottingham ? NH and his mother was MARY BUTLER b. 1760 Nottingham Rockingham Co NH. She was the daughter of BENJAMIN BUTLER & DORCAS ABBOTT; the BUTLER family were some of the original settlers of Martha's Vineyard, with a connection to the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony.

For more information see Rootsweb database RubyBoltonBrown Also here is a link to an online copy of "History of Martha's Vineyard" by Dr Charles Banks.

Here is a passage from the book "History of Northfield NH" on ABRAHAM BROWN:

"ABRAHAM BROWN b. May 8, 1753; came to the north fields of Canterbury prior to 1780 from Epping and bought original lot No. 18, now owned by Freeman B. Shedd. His early ancestry cannot be traced owing to the destruction of Epping records, but they were of English descent. He married. MARY BUTLER, b. March 30, 1760. Her father, Rev. BENJAMIN BUTLER, was a graduate of Harvard College and her mother DORCAS ABBOTT, was from Andover, MA. Many of their descendents held places of honor in state and nation. Mr. Brown married in 1776. He served three years in the Revolutionary War as drummer and four as an adjutant. He died at Northfield May 8, 1824. She (Mary) survived him 22 years. They had ten children."

According to DAR records, ABRAHAM BROWN served as ensign in Capt. Daniel Gordon's company in 1780 for the defense of West Point during the Revolutionary War.

The children of ABRAHAM and MARY as I have found them so far are:

Polly Brown b. March 13, 1777 m. John Hills

Sally Brown b. Feb 17 1779 Epping; died 1849 Northfield NH

Sarah Brown b Feb 23, 1780 m?

Dorcas Brown b April 5, 1785 m. Enoch Osgood

Hannah Brown b Dec 9, 1791 at Northfield; m. Jeremiah Forrest

Phebe Brown b. June 7 1796 m.?

Benjamin Butler Brown b. April 19, 1800 m. Phebe Gale, then Mary "Polly" Sanborn

Abraham Jr Brown b. Sept 1, 1787 m. Betsey Forrest on Dec 21, 1808

Clarissa Brown b. March 30, 1804? m. Edward Chase

Dr. Henry Butler Brown b. July 4, 1802 m. Laura Ticknor; studied medicine with Dr. Crosby of Hanover NH; graduated 1827 and settled in Hartford VT. By 1857 moved to Rockford IL.

Great x 4 grandfather ABRAHAM BROWN Jr's father was ABRAHAM BROWN b Oct 10, 1721 Salisbury, Essex Co MA and his mother was HANNAH OSGOOD b Nov 30, 1724 Salisbury, Essex Co MA. They were married Nov 30, 1743 in Salisbury MA, according to the book, "Early Families of Salisbury & Amesbury MA " by David W. Hoyt, published Providence RI 1897, and also the book "History of Andover MA". According to , "The Brown Families of Essex Co MA", a compilation of the old publication (1897-1909) called The Essex Antiquarian, all this information is correct. Apparently Abraham Brown & Hannah Osgood moved to Epping NH early in their marriage, "in which town his father had devised land to him."

So far the only children I have found for this union are:

Sarah Brown b Sept 3, 1744 Salisbury, Essex Co MA

Abraham Brown b May 8 1753 Epping NH m. Mary Butler

Great x 5 grandmother HANNAH OSGOOD was the daughter of JOSEPH OSGOOD & APPHIA PILLSBURY, both of Salisbury Essex Co MA. I have been able to trace this line back 5 generations in the Salisbury/Amesbury area of MA, and to Hampshire & Wiltshire England in the 1500s. Anyone interested in the OSGOOD line including COLBY, STEVENS, CLEER & BROCKWELL, please see database RubyBoltonBrown

Great x 5 grandfather ABRAHAM BROWN's father was SAMUEL BROWN b Nov 16, 1694 Salisbury Essex Co MA and his mother was MARY MORRILL b?. They were married June 15, 1719. Later he married Sarah Allen (widow) on Nov 28, 1751. His occupation was listed as yeoman. According to the Essex Antiquarian of 1897-1909, they had the following children:

Elizabeth Brown b Jan 11, 1719, died Jan 8, 1720

Abraham Brown b Oct 10, 1721 m. Hannah Osgood on Nov 30, 1743

Elizabeth Brown b Sept 20, 1724 m. Ezekiel Brown on Dec 15, 1743 (cousins)

Reuben Brown b June 10, 1726 m. Deborah Eliot on Sept 12, 1750

Mary Brown b Oct 15, 1728 m. Reuben Osgood on July 18, 1748 (brother of Hannah Osgood?)

Abigail Brown b July 12, 1732 m. ?

 

Great x 6 grandfather SAMUEL BROWN's father was ABRAHAM BROWN b Nov 1, 1649 Salisbury, Essex Co MA, and his mother was ELIZABETH SHEPHERD b ?. They were married June 15, 1675 Salisbury MA. His occupation was listed as a weaver and a yeoman. They had the following children, all born Salisbury MA:

Unknown son Brown, b Jan 10. 1675. died Jan 17, 1675

Sarah Brown b Nov 25, 1676, m John Dow of Haverhill on May 23, 1696

Anne Brown b Nov 19, 1676 m. Robert Smith

Elizabeth Brown b Mar 29, 1682 m William Shepard on Oct 5, 1704

Bethiah Brown b 1684 m Job Rowell on Aug 11, 1705?

Hannah Brown b Nov 7, 1686 m. Caleb Swain on Jan 24, 1711

Capt Abraham Brown b Mar 16, 1690 m. Hannah Morrill Dec 31, 1714, 2nd Hannah Morrill (widow) on Dec 25, 1755

Samuel Brown b Nov 16, 1694 m. Mary Morrill on June 15, 1719

Great x 7 grandfather ABRAHAM BROWN's father was HENRY BROWN (Deacon) b 1615 prob Salisbury, Wiltshire England and his mother was ABIGAIL UNKNOWN. They were married abt 1640. His occupation was listed as a shoemaker, a cordwinder and a planter. According to The Essex Antiquarian of 1897-1909, they had the following children all born Salisbury MA:

Capt Nathaniel Brown b April 30, 1642 m Hannah Fellows on Aug 18, 1666

Abigail Brown b Dec 23, 1643 m, Samuel Fellows by 1706

Jonathan Brown b Sept 25, 1646

Abraham Brown b Nov 1, 1649 m. Elizabeth Shepherd on June 15, 1675

Sarah Brown b Oct 6, 1654 m. Andrew Greely on June 12, 1673

Henry Brown b Dec 8, 1658 m Hannah Putnam on May 17, 1682 in Salem MA

 

Great x 8 grandfather HENRY BROWN's father was GEORGE BROWN/BROWNE II b May 19 1592 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England and his mother was CHRISTIAN HIBBERT b?. They were married Sept 30, 1611 at St. Edmunds, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. GEORGE BROWN II died 1633 in New Sarum, Wiltshire England, as per his will, see below, and CHRISTIAN emigrated to Massachusetts with her sons and died on Dec 28 1641 in Salisbury, Essex Co MA. Verified in book, "First Settlers of Salisbury MA and Their Children 1639" excerpt from David W. Hoyt's book published 1897. Another sounce, "The Brown Families of Essex Co MA" from the Essex Antiquarian publications of 1897-1909, states that the father of Deacon Henry Brown b 1615 was also Henry Brown who lived in Salisbury Essex Co MA as early as 1629

1633 Will of GEORGE BROWN II, New Sarum, Wiltshire, England:

" GEORGE BROWNE, of the citty of New Sarum in the county of Wilts. To my elder son HENRY the some of twentye shillinges. To my sonne WILLIAM the like some, at the age of one and twentye yeares. To my sonne GEORGE the some of five pounds. To my sonne ABRAHAM, the like some. The last two legacies to be delivered by my Master Francis Dove, for the benefit of my said two sons. One half of all my goodes and ymplements of household stuff with the lease of the tenants which I hold from the Chab.(Chamber) fo the Cittye aforesaid to my two eldest sons HENRY and WILLIAM. The other half and ought else that I have unbequeathed to my well beloved wife, CHRISTIAN, whom I make executrix. Overseers my masters and good friends, Mr James Dove and Francis Dove. Dated Aug 22, 1633. Witnesses: Jane Burgis and Francis Dove. Prove Nov 6, 1633 in the Perogative Court of Canterbury."

Source: "Massachusetts & Maine Families in the Ancestry of William Goodwin Davis, Vol 1"

NOTE: FRANCIS DOVE was twice mayor of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and one of the warden's of St Edmund's; he also was a non-resident landowner in Salisbury, Essex Co MA, where CHRISTIAN HIBBERT BROWN settled with her sons.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE BROWN II AND CHRISTIAN HIBBERT:

Deacon Henry Brown b abt 1615-1617 Salisbury Wiltshire England; died Salisbury Essex Co MA; m Abigail unknown prob in England

William Brown bapt Nov 23, 1615 Salisbury Wiltshire England; d 1702 Salisbury Essex Co MA; m Elizabeth Murford June 25, 1645 in Salisbury Essex Co MA; came to MA with his widowed mother & brothers. His wife became insane in connection with a witchcraft delusion 1661-1693; accused a woman named Susannah Martin who was then executed for witchcraft.

George (died young) Brown bapt March 3, 1618 Salisbury Wiltshire England

George Brown III bapt Aug 29, 1622 Salisbury Wiltshire England; d 1699 Haverhill, Essex Co MA; m Ann Eaton, Hannah Hazen prob in England; came to Salisbury Essex Co MA with his widowed mother & brothers

Abraham Brown bapt Aug 22, 1629 Salisbury Wiltshire, England; m Lydia unknown; apparently did not emigrate to Massachusetts with his widowed mother & brothers; however, the first name "Abraham" was used many times over in subsequent generations

Great x 9 grandfather GEORGE BROWN/BROWNE II father was GEORGE BROWN/BROWNE I b April 12, 1566 Chestnutt, Hartford England, and his mother was JONE THREEDER. They were married Jan 22, 1589 in Chestnutt, Hartford, England.

MANY THANKS TO BONNIE KNOTT FOR SO GENEROUSLY SHARING PAGES FROM THE BOOK "HISTORY OF NORTHFIELD NEW HAMPSHIRE", AND "THE HISTORY OF ANDOVER MA", TO MARILYN LARSEN OF SAND POINT AK FOR SHARING CENSUS RECORDS, TO DEBRA BROWN AND CAREY PALLISTER FOR FURTHER INFO ON THE RHODES FAMILY OF VICTORIA BC, AND TO MY MOTHER'S COUSIN WINIFRED STETSON, WHO PIQUED MY INTEREST WITH MARIETTA'S LETTER.

KENNEDY FAMILY

Great grandmother MARIETTA or MARY ETTA KENNEDY'S father was THOMAS KENNEDY, born abt 1825-1830 prob Windsor, Novia Scotia, Canada, and her mother was SARAH JANE BOLTON, daughter of DANIEL BOLTON Jr and THANKFUL MORTON, born abt 1830 probably Portland or Windham, Cumberland Co Maine; THOMAS & SARAH JANE were married in Cumberland Co, Portland, Maine on May 18, 1851. SARAH JANE died shortly after the birth of their third daughter, MARY ETTA KENNEDY in 1858. THOMAS married 2nd) ELIZABETH ANN "LIZZIE" CORBETT b about 1832 Nova Scotia; they were married July 22, 1861 in Portland, Cumberland Co ME, and she appears with him in 1870 Portland ME census and 1880 Bodie, Mono Co CA census. Apparently they did not have any other surviving children except the three daughters by THOMAS' first wife SARAH JANE.

THOMAS and SARAH JANE had these three daughters,

Sarah Adeline "Addie" Kennedy born Portland Maine 1852 died after 1930 Stockton, CA m. William or Wilburn Wright "Billy" Hawthorn/Hawthorne born Feb 10, 1854 Warren County, Pennsylvania, d. Oct 12, 1941 Stockton, CA. They were married on Jan 15, 1880 in Bodie, Mono County, CA by the reverend G.B Hinkle, with Frank R. Brown and L.N. Synder as witnesses according to the marriage certificate. Sarah Adeline Kennedy was previously married to a John Resick or Reswick who was listed as still living. ADDIE and BILLY HAWTHORNE had at least four girls, all probably born Bodie CA:

Mabel Hawthorne b Oct 15, 1880 Bodie Mono Co CA, married Fred Cowell (I have a photo of her on a visit to Unga taken about 1900); lived Stockton CA by 1920 census.

Adeline "Addie" Hawthorne b Dec 31, 1881 Bodie Mono Co CA, married Alvero Burns around 1903 in Sonora Tuolumne Co CA. Two children Clifford Burns b Dec 15, 1903 died Jan 11, 1974 and Veryle (f) Burns b April 11, 1910 died Dec 16, 1997. Addie died Jan 14, 1965 in Sonora, Tuolumne Co CA

Marietta Hawthorne b abt 1887 Bodie Mono Co Ca married Walter C Foerster, two children Albert Foerster b abt 1915 CA and Mabel A Foerster b abt 1919 CA. Family lived in Alameda Co CA in 1920 and 1930 census.

Helen Nellie Hawthorne b July 28, 1895 Bodie Mono Co CA married Ernest Behre--one daughter Marilyn Behre m. Charles Duncan as per 1920 Alameda Co CA census.

This family lived in Bodie until about 1895 or 1896, according to tax records. By 1900 the entire family was living at town of Sonora, Tuolumne Co CA. In 1910 William & Addie lived with widower Frank R. Brown and his daughters in San Francisco. William & Addie Hawthorne eventually moved to Stockton CA and they are in the 1920 & 1930 census there.

 

Helen Frances Kennedy b March 7, 1856 Portland ME; nothing known about her, was not listed with family in CA, may have died young, before 1880?

Mary Etta or Marietta Kennedy b. March 3, 1858 Portland ME m. Frank R. Brown July 2, 1878 Aurora, Esmerelda Co NV (abt 15 miles east of Bodie CA).

Emma Brown b abt 1879 prob Bodie CA, or Aurora NV died 1897 Unga Island, AK

Frank Kennedy Brown b 1883 died infant Bodie CA

Helen Frances Brown b August 20, 1884 died 1885 Bodie CA

Gladys Adeline Brown b 1890 Onalaska AK died 1980s CA m. Joseph Dryden two children, Russell and Virginia Dryden

Ruby Bolton Brown b 1893 Oakland, CA died 1967 Seatte WA m R. B. Martine two children Alice M and Theodore B Martine. Lived Seattle 1920 census, and San Francisco by 1930 census.

Genevieve Brown b 1894 Unga Island, AK m. unknown Stetson, died 1929 of tuberculosis; three children, Barbara, Geraldine and Winifred Stetson.

THOMAS KENNEDY is present in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Portland Cumberland Co census. In 1850 1860 and 1870 his mother ELIZABETH C (RINES) KENNEDY and brother DAVID KENNEDY were living with him. In 1850 THOMAS was listed as a laborer, in 1860 he was a Railroad Section Man, and in 1870 he was a junk merchant. He was a merchant upon his arrival in Bodie, Mono Co California around 1878, this according to tax records.

I have been as yet unable to find records for Thomas' mother ELIZABETH C (RINES) KENNEDY and DAVID KENNEDY after 1870.

According to the 1880 census in Bodie, Mono Co Ca, THOMAS KENNEDY b. Nova Scotia, age 57, was a rancher, married to ELIZABETH b. Nova Scotia.(second wife ELIZABETH ANN "LIZZIE" CORBETT as per their marriage record from Portland, ME). According to tax records from Mono Co CA, he was in Bodie as early as 1878, apparently a merchant as he was taxed on merchandise and consigned goods, but not real estate. By 1879 he owned 80 acres on the grassy flats S. of the town of Bodie, and lived there until about 1885, when he disappears from the tax lists. He would have been 62 years old. Where he and his wife went after that is a mystery. They may have continued to live in Bodie with his daughter Sarah Adeline "Addie" Hawthorne until his death (by about 1895 ?) and may be buried there in an unmarked grave. (unfortunately when I visited Mono Co summer 2001, all the birth and death records had been sent out for restoration, so could not check. Will do so when I can). His name does not appear in the list of gravestone transcriptions from the Bodie Cemetary, but many of the gravestones have been destroyed or are otherwise missing.

Go to Betty's Bodie webpage for more information on THOMAS KENNEDY in Bodie CA

Great great grandfather THOMAS KENNEDY's father was JOHN KENNEDY, b abt 1800 Ireland? Nova Scotia? and his mother was ELIZABETH C BETSEY RINES b April 29, 1799 Maitland, Hants Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. Unsure at this time exactly when JOHN KENNEDY emigrated to Canada, or if he was born in Nova Scotia. They were married about 1818 prob Maitland, Hants Co, Nova Scotia, and lived for a time at Windsor, Hants Co, Nova Scotia, before migrating to Lubec, Washington Co ME. JOHN KENNEDY is present there 1840 US census, and must have died between 1840 and 1850. ELIZABETH moved with sons THOMAS and DAVID to Portland Cumberland Co ME by 1850 census and lived there until 1870 census; she likely died between 1870 and 1880. Her daughter MARTHA KENNEDY who married Israel Hague was living next door or near to her in Portland ME 1850 & 1860, see below.

The following list of the children of JOHN KENNEDY & ELIZABETH BETSEY RINES is as per census records and the 1887 letter by HENRY J RINES of Portland ME to his son JOB RINES telling about the family. Henry J Rines was younger brother of ELIZABETH C BETSEY (RINES) KENNEDY.

Jeremiah Kennedy b abt 1818 prob Windsor, Hants Co Nova Scotia, Canada, died aft 1900 Lubec Washington Co ME; m Caroline Knights, daughter of Ezra Knights. Became a naturalized US citizen in 1844, Washington Co ME. Listed in census 1840-1900 Lubec, Washington Co ME, Many children, all born Lubec, Washington Co ME. Occupation was Ship's Carpenter and Fisherman. Apparently married 2nd to Matilda Unknown as per 1900 Lubec, Washington Co ME census (age 82 b Canada)

William H Kennedy b 1839

John Kennedy b 1841

Elizabeth Olive Kennedy b 1842

Jeremiah Jr Kennedy b 1844 occupation was Fisherman

Mary Prudence Kennedy b 1846

Sarah Kennedy b 1848

Ezra Kennedy b 1854 m Amanda unknown; sons John Kennedy b 1874 & Jeremiah Kennedy b 1876 as per 1880 Lubec Washington Co ME census.

Walter G Kennedy b 1857 m Maggie Unknown, as per 1900 & 1910 Lubec, Washington Co ME census; apparently no children; married 2nd) to Mullie or Millie unknown, a much younger woman, and 1920 census shows several children, but I'm guessing that they were hers from a previous marriage, Cora, Donald, Garola ? and Christine. Christine in 1930 is listed in census as "Christine Guptil, stepdaughter".

Carrie Caroline Kennedy b 1861

Elizabeth Kennedy b abt 1820s Nova Scotia m Edward O'Neal b 1818 St Johns, New Brunswick, Canada; listed in Portland Cumberland Co ME census 1850 & 1860, many children all born Cumberland Co ME.

Catherine O'Neal b 1845

Edward Jr O'Neal b 1851

Mary O'Neal b 1852

David O'Neal b 1854

John O'Neal b 1856

Thomas W O'Neal b 1859

Albert O'Neal b 1861

Frederick O'Neal b 1863

Henry O'Neal b 1865

May Kennedy (unverified) b 1820s-30s Nova Scotia

John Jr Kennedy b 1820-30 Nova Scotia; died in Wisconsin?

Mary Kennedy b 1820-1830s Nova Scotia m John O'Donnell, in census 1850 onward, Lubec, Washington Co ME

John Jr O'Donnell b 1842 Nova Scotia? Lubec ME?

Mary O'Donnell b 1845 Nova Scotia? Lubec ME?

Elizabeth O'Donnell b 1846 Nova Scotia? Lubec ME?

James O'Donnell b 1848 Nova Scotia? Lubec ME?

Martha O'Donnell b 1855 Lubec, Washington Co ME

Sarah O'Donnell b 1856 Lubec, Washington Co ME

David Edward O'Donnell b 1859 Lubec, Washington Co ME

Daniel Kennedy b abt 1824 Nova Scotia Canada m. Rosalinda Ripley, daughter of Jotham & Nancy Ripley as per 1850 Kennebec Co ME census (they were living next door) town of Gardiner. Daniel & Rosalinda later were in 1860 Washington Co ME census, town of Pembroke. Occupation was Ship's Carpenter. Daniel enlisted in the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company K, and died July 25, 1864 , of disease, during the Civil War.

Jotham J Kennedy b July 12, 1845 ME was living w/Thomas Kennedy & Elizabeth C Kennedy in 1860 Portland ME Census, listed as Thomas' nephew. Civil War 1st ME Heavy Artillery, Company K. Married Sarah Eicher in Pennsylvania; she received his Civil War pension in 1890. They lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio before moving back to Springfield, MA and then Biddeford, York Co ME by the 1890s. Their children were: James J Kennedy b April 2, 1883 Mingo Junction, Jefferson Co OH was alive as late as 1930, no children; Rosa E Kennedy b Aug 13, 1885 Springfield, MA, married or died young before 1900; Ralph Kennedy b Aug 13, 1887 Springfield, MA; died July 13, 1890 Biddeford, York Co ME.

Daniel Kennedy b 1846 ME as per 1850 census Died age 5 in 1851 according to Kennebec Co ME death records

Rosalinda Kennedy b abt 1847 ME as per census records. She married Frederick B Colwell, a butcher, and they lived in Springfield MA and in Johnson Co Rhode Island. Her brother Jotham J Kennedy lived with them for a time in Springfield, MA, as per his Civil War Pension records. Apparently no children.

Nancy E Kennedy b abt 1853 prob Washington Co ME, no info after 1860.

 

Thomas Kennedy b about 1830 Nova Scotia Canada m 1st) Sarah Jane Bolton, then 2nd) in 1861 to Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Corbett, born 1832 Nova Scotia, but living in Portland ME. Thomas & Elizabeth both probably died mid- late 1880s in CA. Possibly served Civil War 1st ME Heavy Artilery Company K.. Occupation was Railroad section man, and "junk dealer"; later became a merchant and a rancher in California. Was in Bodie Mono Co CA by 1878, according to tax records.

Sarah Adeline "Addie" Kennedy b 1852 Portland ME m 1st) John Reswick, no children; and 2nd) on Jan 15, 1880 William Wright Hawthorne. They were married in Bodie, Mono Co CA. She had moved with her parents to Bodie in the late 1870s. She & husband & children lived in Sonora, Tualomne Co CA by late 1890s, then by 1910 this family lived in San Francisco CA, sharing an apartment with brother-in-law FRANK R BROWN, wife of MARY ETTA KENNEDY, below. By 1920 the family moved to Stockton, CA. .Children listed in Kennedy section above

Helen Frances Kennedy b March 7, 1856 Portland ME fate unknown after 1870

Mary Etta/Marietta Kennedy b March 3, 1858 Portland ME m Frank R Brown July 2, 1878 in Aurora, Esmerelda Co Nevada (about 15 miles from Bodie, Mono Co CA) as per their marriage license. Children listed in Brown & Kennedy sections above.

Martha Kennedy b abt 1832 Nova Scotia Canada; she & husband were living next door to Elizabeth C (Rines) Kennedy in 1850 and nearby in 1860 census; married Israel Hague / Haigh / Haig, an Englishman, who is listed in Portland City Directory as late as 1866 and 1869 and whose occupation was grocer. Can't find family in 1870 or 1880, however.

Frances E Hague b 1849 Portland Cumberland Co ME, 1850 & 1860 census with her parents and sister.

Elizabeth Hague b 1850 Portland Cumberland Co ME (died young, before 1860 census)

Alice Hague b 1869 Portland Cumberland Co ME who was lised in 1870 census with her uncle David Kennedy & grandmother Elizabeth (Rines) Kennedy.

David Kennedy b about 1839 Nova Scotia Canada, present in 1850,1860 & 1870 Portland ME census with mother Elizabeth C (Rines) Kennedy, and in 1870 son Seth Kennedy and also Alice Hague (probably daughter of Martha above); David possibly served Civil War 4th and 7th ME Infantry. Wife's name unknown, and she died before 1870. Can't find David after 1870 census. His occupation in 1870 was "spar maker". It is likely he remarried, but I have not been able to trace him after 1870 census.

Seth Kennedy b abt 1862 ME? New Brunswick? as per 1870 Portland Cumberland Co ME and 1880 Biddeford, York Co ME census, where he was a 19 yr old worker in a roller mill. His name was mistakenly transcribed as "Jack" in census indices, but closer inspection of the handwriting shows his name to actually be "Seth".

Great X 3 grandfather JOHN KENNEDY b abt 1800 Ireland? Nova Scotia? may have been the son of THOMAS KENNEDY b abt 1740-1750, probably Ireland. Immigration records for Nova Scotia Canada show "Thomas Kennedy; Disbanded Soldier 82nd Regiment, plus one female, & one child; mustered at Digby (Nova Scotia) 19th May 1784." Poll tax records 1791-1793 Windsor, Hants Co Nova Scotia show a Thomas Kennedy, laborer. More research to come!

RINES FAMILY OF MAITLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA AND MAINE

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ME BY RESEARCHERS KATHY WATERS AND JOY SZOPINSKI. THE SOURCE OF THIS RINES INFORMATION IS A LETTER WRITTEN 1887 BY HENRY J RINES b NOVA SCOTIA CANADA, died PORTLAND ME. ALSO THE INFORMATION CAN BE VERIFIED IN THE BOOK, "RAWDON & DOUGLAS: TWO LOYALIST TOWNSHIPS IN NOVA SCOTIA" BY JOHN V DUNCANSON. MORE RESEARCH TO COME!

Great X 3 grandmother ELIZABETH C BETSEY RINES' father was JOHN RINES Jr, b April 10, 1766 probably Maitland, Hants Co Nova Scotia and her mother was ELIZABETH McDONALD b June 24, 1778 Nova Scotia or County Down, Ulster Province, N. Ireland, daughter of PATRICK McDONALD b March 17, 1727/1728 Inverness Scotland and ELIZABETH McLEAN b April 7, 1748, County Down, Ulster Province, N. Ireland, who settled by abt 1784 in Douglas twp , Hants Co, Nova Scotia, Canada. JOHN RINES & ELIZABETH McDONALD were married Nov 1795 in Rawdon, Hants Co Nova Scotia.They had the following children all born Maitland, Hants Co, Nova Scotia:

(Susannah Rines b Sept 1796, died Nov 1796, not listed in the 1887 letter)

Elizabeth Betsey Rines b April 29, 1799 Maitland, Nova Scotia m John Kennedy; lived Windsor, NS; Lubec, Washington Co ME, and Portland Cumberland Co ME.

Thomas Rines b abt 1806 m Bethiah Royls; Bethiah died aft 1889 in Duwamish, King Co WA (Seattle area) in household of her son John Rines; apparently the family lived in Portland Oregon before moving to Seattle area.

Bruce McDonald Rines b abt 1809 m Eleanor Helen Higgins; stayed in NS Canada

John McDonald Rines b 1808 m 1st) Mary Scott; 2nd) Elizabeth Jane Murdoch. Was in Cumberland Co ME by 1870, as per census and research of Peggy Murray, a descendant.

Mary Rines b 1810-1820 m Denis McGraw; migrated to Maine.

Margaret Rines b 1810-1820 m John Tempell; stayed in NS Canada

Prudence Rines b May 24, 1819 m John Willis, stayed NS Canada

Martha Rines b 1810-1820 m John Welch, died in Wisconsin?

James Rines b 1810-1820 died young adult, accidental death

Sarah Rines b 1810--1820 died young

Henry J Rines b Mar 2, 1826 m Sarah Burns; 2nd) Isabella Philips; moved to Portland ME and is in census there; author of 1887 letter to son Job Rines, which details the Rines & Kennedy families of Nova Scotia & Maine

Great X 4 grandfather JOHN RINES Jr 's father was JOHN (RANES) RINES Sr b abt 1730s MA? and his mother was ELIZABETH TOAL (many variant spellings). JOHN (RANES) RINES Sr is credited by historians as being one of the first settlers of Maitland, Hants Co Nova Scotia after the removal of the French Acadians in 1755.

"France was the first foreign nation to colonize the land; they called it Acadia. The Acadians settled here into a quiet farming life on the fertile lands around, planting fruit trees and building dykes. Some of these dykes can still be seen today. 
The first settler in the surroundings of Maitland after the expulsion of the Acadians was John Ranes (later called Rines) from Mass. His first house was on this side of the foundry site, built over an old French cellar. Later he built another house opposite the 'spring'. "

Source: History of Maitland Nova Scotia, EastHants.com website

The TOAL surname is Irish in origin and a variation on Toole or O'Toole

"In Irish the name is O Tuathail. A minor sept in southern Ulster so called have anglicized it as Toal, a well known surname in Co. Monaghan (and County Louth, as per other sources."

 Source: GoIreland.com website, page on O'Toole surname

It is likely that ELIZABETH TOAL's family was living in Nova Scotia at the time of the removal of the French.

JOHN (RANES) RINES & ELIZABETH TOAL had the following children, all born Maitland, Hants Co, Nova Scotia, Canada

William Rines b abt 1769 m Unknown McFadden; died Pasnequado, BC Canada (death location unverified as yet by me)

Joseph Rines b March 22, 1762 m Mary Corney

James Rines b abt 1764 m Unknown

Thomas Rines b abt 1780 m Mary Osborne; died April 30, 1830 in Augusta, ME

Mary Polly Rines b 1760s-1770s m Unknown

Elizabeth Betsey Rines b 1780s m Unknown Clark

John Rines Jr b April 10, 1766 m Elizabeth McDonald

Great X 5 grandfather JOHN (RANES) RINES' father was possibly JOHN RINES (RANES, RAINES RAYNES ) b abt 1720s 1730s Ireland? MA? There is a JOHN RANES in early Massachusetts records who married a MARY ROGERS. More research to come.

MANY THANKS TO THE WEST HANTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NOVA SCOTIA CANADA; TO SHERRIE HALE AT THE MONO COUNTY CA COURTHOUSE FOR HER HELP IN FINDING RECORDS THERE, AND TO THE MONO COUNTY MUSEUM STAFF FOR HELP IN LOCATING TAX RECORDS. THANKS TO KATHY WATERS & JOY SZOPINSKI FOR SHARING THE 1887 WRITINGS OF HENRY J RINES, WHICH HELPED ME LOCATE MY RINES & KENNEDY FAMILY IN NOVA SCOTIA CANADA.

BOLTON FAMILY

Great grreat grandmother SARAH JANE BOLTON was the daughter of DANIEL JR BOLTON b abt 1794 ME? died bef 1860 Portland Cumberland Co ME and THANKFUL MORTON b abt 1794 ME died aft 1860, daughter of EBENEZER MORTON & SUSANNAH IRISH of Gorham, Cumberland Co ME

DANIEL & THANKFUL BOLTON lived in Windham, Westbrook, and Portland , Cumberland Co ME, and are in census records.from 1830s onward. DANIEL BOLTON's occupation was ship's carpenter and joiner, and he was listed in the 1846 and 1851 Portland City Dirctory in Westbrook, "near the Deering Bridge." This may be in fact, how my gg grandfather THOMAS KENNEDY met DANIEL' s daughter SARAH JANE BOLTON--several of THOMAS' brothers & cousins were ship's carpenters as well.

In 1860 Portland Cumberland Co ME census, THANKFUL is listed as a widow with her adult son Hollis Bolton and daughter Ellen J Bolton. The MORTON family & related lines go back to Essex Co MA in the 1600s, and to England.; see my Ancestry.com online family tree RubyBoltonBrown for further information. DANIEL & THANKFUL had the following children:

Adeline Bolton b abt 1818 Cumberland Co ME m Jedediah Graffam, a sea captain; is listed in Portland ME census 1850 onward.

Rachel Bolton b abt 1821 Cumberland Co ME, never married, listed in household of sister Adeline

Hollis Bolton b abt 1833 Cumberland Co ME listed in census 1850 onward, and also in Portland ME City Directories; sometimes mistakenly listed as "Horace Bolton"; occupation was teamster; m Sarah Miller, lived in father-in-law's household; apparently no children?? Hollis Bolton b 1833 was likely named after Hollis Bolton b Dec 1799 MA, of Gardiner, Worchester Co MA, who was descended from WILLIAM BOLTON of Reading, Middlesex Co MA who married ELIZABETH WHITE, see below.

Sarah Jane Bolton b bet 1825-35 Cumberland Co ME m Thomas Kennedy, died before 1860 in Portland Cumberland Co ME

Ellen J Bolton b abt 1848 Cumberland co ME; in census record 1860 Portland Cumberland Co ME; no further info.

 

Great X 3 grandfather DANIEL Jr BOLTON was most likely the son of DANIEL BOLTON Sr b July 1 1747 in probably Reading, Middlesex Co MA. There are indications that DANIEL BOLTON Sr fought in the Revolutionary War in Lincoln Co ME, which was then part of MA. Only one record exists so far to indicate this. It appears that he may have married in the 1780s a widow RELIANCE (PRATT ) HOVEY, wife of EBENEZER HOVEY of Hallowell, Lincoln Co (if this is indeed the correct DANIEL BOLTON, born 1747 Reading Middlesex Co MA, son of William Bolton Jr & Mary Nurse--which I beleive it is. Comments appreciated)

Daniel Jr Bolton b abt 1794 probably ME m Thankful Morton

 

Great X 4 grandfather DANIEL Sr. BOLTON was the son of WILLIAM Jr BOLTON b Oct 25, 1721 Reading, Middlesex Co MA, died 1804, and MARY NURSE, daughter of BENJAMIN NURSE & ELIZABETH ROBERTS of Reading, Middlesex Co MA. WILLIAM married 2) SARAH LEWIS, but had no children with her. WILLIAM & several of his family moved to Shirley, Middlesex Co MA. WILLIAM Jr & MARY had the following children;

William III Bolton b Jan 21, 1744 Reading Middlesex Co MA m Abigail Sheldon

Daniel Sr Bolton b July 1 1747 Reading Middlesex Co MA m Mrs Reliance Hovey in Lincoln Co ME;

Ebenezer Bolton b Jan 12, 1749 Reading Middlesex MA m Elizabeth Damon, Hannah Barnes

Edward Bolton b May 25, 1751 Reading Middlesex Co MA farmer in Shirley, MA.

Aaron Bolton b Feb 12, 1753 Reading Middlesex Co MA m Dorcas Winship

Lois Bolton b Feb 28, 1748? Reading Middlesex Co MA m Ephraim Lord in CT

Timothy Bolton b Mayt 5, 1759 m Sybil Bennett in Shirley MA May 14, 1788 in census there 1790

Mary Bolton b Feb 11, 1761 Reading MA

Susanna Bolton b Nov 22, 1763 Reading MA

Eunice Bolton b Dec 18, 1764 Reading MA

 

Great X 5 grandfather WILLIAM Jr BOLTON was the son of WILLIAM BOLTON b 1680 Londonderry, Ulster Province, N. Ireland, died 1725 Reading, Middlesex Co MA; and ELIZABETH WHITE, daughter of JOHN WHITE & SARAH UNKNOWN of Andover, Essex Co MA. I have posted WILLIAM'S story on the immigrant ancestor of New England webpage. He married ELIZABETH Jan 5, 1720 in Andover Essex Co MA, and they had the following children:

William Jr Bolton b Oct 25, 1721 Reading Essex Co MA m Mary Nurse, then Sarah Lewis

John Bolton b Apr 28, 1724, died w/o issue as a soldier on an expedition to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada, to fight the French. His estate was handled by Jonathan Nurse, Capt Edward Hercom, and his brother William Jr. Bolton. He died 1746.

 

Great X6 grandfather WILLIAM BOLTON was the son of JAMES BOLTON b abt 1645 Londonderry, Ulster Province, N Ireland, and MARGARET unknown. JAMES is listed in Londonderry Ireland in an 1682 tax list. He may have died by 1685, and his wife remarried. JAMES & MARGARET had the following children:

Thomas Bolton b abt 1678 Londonderry, Ulster Province N Ireland (possibly same Thomas who married Mary McLellan Craig and settled in Cumberland Co ME??)

William Bolton b abt 1680 Londonderry, Ulster Province, N Ireland m Elizabeth White in Andover Essex Co MA

John Bolton b abt 1682 Londonderry, Ulster Province N Ireland

Jeanne Bolton b abt 1683 Londonderry, Ulster Province N Ireland m unknown Boyle.

 

Great X 7 Grandfather JAMES BOLTON was the son of THOMAS BOLTON b between 1620-30 Ireland died abt 1684, and UNKNOWN.

"Major Francis Bolton was in command of a Cromwellian troop of horse in Londonderry between 1652 and 1657. While there he was occasionally a witness at the wedding of a member of his company. A trooper under his command at the time was THOMAS BOLTON, whose burial in 1684 is on the Cathedral records, where he is accorded the title 'Mr', a distinction granted only to mayors, burgesses, professional men, and others of their rank.. THOMAS may well have been a kinsman of the Major's and for that reason was set down as 'Mr Thomas Bolton, trooper'. He was, apparently, Episcopalian; and the Boltons of the Bann valley, here assumed to be his descendents, were usually of that faith..." p.75 Boltons of Ireland, chapter on the Boltons of Ulster Province, by Charles Knowles Bolton

SOURCE FOR THIS INFORMATION ARE TWO BOOKS, "BOLTON FAMILIES OF IRELAND" AND "BOLTONS OF OLD & NEW ENGLAND, INCLUDING DESCENDENTS OF WILLIAM BOLTON OF READING MA" BOTH BY CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON