Durgin Family Lineage of Scott M. Connolly

Owen Durgin by 1870 census records lived in Westbrook, Maine; - and is our lead Maine Durgin relation and he also had a daughter? Ana Durgin age 16 [another Mary Ann 1870?] .. Portland Durgin? May be most recent Durgin immigrant in Maine/Massachusetts ... see notes for Owen Durgin also, despite his age, an Owen Durgin is in the Portland City Directory in 1906, a laborer. [would likely be his son Owen Durgin Jr, Great-Uncle] NB .. a 'laborer' even today, would equate to ie construction worker, etc. More research still in progess... records being recpnstructed from census; vital recods; and recoverable family records. Best known Durgin names are for Durgin Park Restaurant in Boston [cf John Durgin in files here] ... Durgin scholarships (enginering) - University of New Mexico. Other variants are: Durgan, Dergen, Durkin & possible a corruption by cursive (script), in England, to Duffin; occasionally Durgie (where the 'e' is a cursive 'n' but mistranscribed. Most Durgins in the Maine area 'overran' New hampshire, and are most numerous there. The Durgin's of Scott M Connolly's lineage were Portland area settled by mid-19th century. This lineage was an attempted reconstruction pending access to past (lost?) family records. A Durgin; Mary Ann Durgin's father -. The Charles H Scott in the 1890 Civil War Veterans Census would also have either married late or been too old to be the Charles H Scott of my ggf Scott by the same name. {He is another see note on 1890 Veterans Census] My ggf's birth is established from his death record and grave [Evergreen Cemetery -Portland, Maine]. Some Durgin's may have re-joined from Boston & NH .. and Portland, Maine has a Portland Durgin by 1845-50 distinguishing him from the more western and southern Cornish or Machias? Durgins. [really his name] Limerick, Maine, on the Saco River Valley was settled in about 1775 on the site of an old Sokoki Indian camp & trading place. Cornish, Maine .. also a Sokoki trading place and camp, was settled in 1668 New Gloucester was settled later in 1866 from the old Sabbath Day Lake Village .. an old Shaker COmmunity from 1799. [referenced pertinent to those Durgin settlers in the Census (Shakers were celibate hence little or no descent) ] From MAINE: A Guide "Down East' pub 1937 Riverside Press (with the WPA) in 1937 More Durgin Notes "DURGIN, DURGIN, OR DIRGEY, Portsmouth 1684. John, Ipswich, had John,b.23 Nov 1689; and Andrew, 20 Sept. 1692. William,over 1664, was with a w. Martha, d of Robert Cross, at Ipswich, had Martha, b. Aug. 1668, prob. went back to New Hampsh. there lv.1684" A LIST OF NAMES FOUND AMONG THE FIRST SETTLES OF NEW ENGLAND [From unpublished manuscripts prepared by Mr S.G Drake -not in Farmers Register]. PASSENGERS TO AMERICA by Michael Tepper p. 468 ..William Durgie [sic], come by Ipswich, Nov 9, 1663, and was then 33 years old. Hade been in the W Indies and come here from there. Wife Martha perhaps then is that sme written Durgin. [Durgin Maine Family descends from William Durgin [1603 England] & WIlliam Durgin II ..& .. Libby & Leighton Families of Massachusetts Bay Colony to Maine 1630? ] Genealogical Directory Of Maine & New Hampshire ... by Noyes, p 211 "William Durgin ..House at Lubberland paid for barley ..." 1643, 1663, 1693 mentioned in text. William Durgin had 2 wives (widowed) and several children; followed by one of his sons named William Durgin II. Additional Durgin Maine branch note: Ida Ellen Durgin of Bath Maine daughter of Augustus & Mary L Durgin .1853 [married a distant relation William Hugh Allen-Williamstown, Ma son of Willam Sylvester & Elizabeth Allen (Cotes) of Deacon Chapin -closest Hampden County connection 1-1-3-2-7-2-4-2-1 ....... From the Chapin Book] By coincidence John Scott may join the Durgins in a later Durgin Scott marriage 1861 .. my great grandparents and JH Scott who settled in Maine has a similar Barbados connection from 1630 England. Business Directories for Portland,Maine 1858-1894 More about the Durgin name. These are the Boston Durgins - who inter-relate ..somewhere. Site Index and more genealogy -- including some of the minimal census index notes used to reconstruct this lineage. scottagin@webtv.net