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38. Abraham PETERSON2,3,9,29,30 was born on 6 September 1745 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died before 1818 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine.
Carolyn DeLoid's notes indicate Abraham and his future wife's family (BAKER) owned adjoining farms.
The Peterson's of Duxbury records..." he was a revolutionary soldier. In 1785 he sold his Duxbury farm, and appears in the Census of 1790 as a resident of Winthrop, Me., his family consisting of two males of 16 years and upwards, three males under 16 years, and six females. Two of his sons are given as heads of families in this census."
From the History of Jay, Franklin County, Maine, Page 9, "...As early as 1798....In the southwestern part of the town, which was afterward set off as the town of Canton, ....Abraham Peterson....had taken farms about the time of the settlement on Jay Hill."
From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 3, "The family removed to Winthrop Me after the Revolution. In the division of the dower of his mother, the widow Lydia, 16 Nov 1818, the heirs of Abraham deceased (not named) shared."
From The Maine Families of 1790, "...d prob Jay bef 16 Nov 1818 when his heirs were named in the division of his mother's dower (Plymouth Co MA Probate #5787); of Duxbury MA when he m Marshfield MA 3 Mar 1768 PATIENCE BAKER (Mayflower Families, op.cit.), b. Marshfield MA 14 Nov 1749 dau of John & Ruth (Barker) Baker of Pembroke MA (ibid.), alive 20 Aug 1818 (Oxf Co deeds, 15:409). Abraham was a Rev soldier from Duxbury (MS&S 12:246). In 1785, he sold his Duxbury farm and removed to Winthrop (William B. Browne, "The Peterson Family of Duxbury, MA," reprinted in Genealogies of Mayflower Families from the NEHGR, 3(1985):108). By 1815, he resided at Jay when he deeded his homestead farm, "it being lot number 4 in the eleventh range on the easterly side of the Androscoggin River in the said town of Jay containing 100 acres," to his son Charles (Oxf Co deeds, 15:204). A Patience Peterson was a head of household at Jay in 1820 and at Canton in 1830. Abraham was a descendant of George Soule and Richard Warren of the MAYFLOWER; his wife Patience was descended from Richard Warren, William Bradford and Edward Doty (Mayflower Families, op. cit.; Browne, op.cit.)."
The Carolyn DeLoid notes indicate that at the time of Joseph Peterson, Jr.'s death Abraham was about six years of age. When he became of age, the eldest son Abraham, inherited the major portion of the land with his mother receiving 20 acres as her widow's dower rights, and his siblings sharing smaller portions so in 1785 when Abraham sold the homestead it included 30 acres of land. It remained the size of 30 acres until 1969 when the DeLoid family purchased 10.5 portioned acres.
In 1798 he appears on the 'Massachusetts and Maine Direct Tax List' as residing in Jay, Maine and owning 100 acres. His second son, Cornelius is also listed as owner of 100 acres in Jay, Maine. In 1815 he deeded his homestead farm to his son, Charles.
The Carolyn DeLoid notes indicate Abraham moved to Maine because he was given 100 acres as a homestead for serving in the Revolutionary War.
Abraham PETERSON and Patience BAKER were married on 3 March 1768 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. There is another record of 15 February 1768, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Believed to be filing of intent. Patience BAKER2,9 was born on 14 November 1749 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 20 August 1818. Abraham PETERSON-2007 and Patience BAKER-2074 had the following children: |