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Carpenter: Thomas Edwin Carpenter, b. 1828. Thomas's mother was Eliza _____? who married her 2nd husband, Alvin Sylvester in 1846. I am seeking the name of her first husband who would be Thomas Edwin Carpenter's father. Who were her other children? Thomas and Alvin Sylvester lived in the Liberty/China/Palermo area of Waldo County.
Contact Sharyn Carpenter Herian

Edwards / Goddard: I am seeking information on my ancestors who were in the Palermo/China, Maine and Belfast, Maine area. I have very little to go on but this is what I do have.
Esther Edwards was b. 2 Mar 1803. In Apr. 1828 she married William H. Goddard, b. 25 Apr 1801 in Belfast, ME and they in the Palermo/China area for a while owning some property and raising a family.
I am trying to determine who the parents of this couple was. I know nothing about William Goddard before his marriage to Esther Edwards. Likewise Esther Edwards
From the Census reports I have found that Esther Edwards was supposedly born in Vermont and William H. Goddard was born in Sutton, MA. However, searches of those areas have turned up nothing in the form of birth records.
From writings that I have inherited from an old great aunt, I have learned that Esther Edwards was one of nine (9) children. There were five sons:
#1. John who had the following children - Lizzie, Harriet, John and George.
#2. Eben had Mary Emma, Julia Ella, Albert and one other boy.
#3. Samuel who had Charlie, Freddie and Abbie
#4. David never married and died at sea.
#5. Johnathan who died young of a fever.
The girls were:
#1. Betsy (who I believe married a Longfellow and had 12 children) She may have married Jonathan Perkins Longfellow.
#2. Mina who had 10 or 12 children - may have married a Towle.
#3. Esther who married William Goddard and had 6 children. This is my line.
#4. Martha who died when her father died.
The writing says that the father died at about. 40 years of age. Some people have said her father was David Edwards and some have said his name was Jonathan.
Contact Janet Heck

Gowen: I'm interested to find anything about Nehemiah Gowen, his parents, his first wife, and anything else. #12 Jessie Gowen (Chain) was my grandmother.
1.Nehemiah Gowen was born in 1810 in ME. He died in 1855/1859 in Palermo, ME. Nehemiah is listed in the 1840 Maine census, a white male 20-30, living alone in Washington Twp, Lincoln Co, and working in agriculture. Nehemiah and family (wife Eliza and 4 children) were found in Palermo, Waldo County in the 1850 Maine census. He is 40 in this census. The spelling was Gowin but it looks like there were various spellings of this name in the area. Nehemiah was a farmer with $1500 owned in Real Estate.
See Further details on this family.
Contact Elizabeth Chain

Greely: My name is Polly Patterson, and I live in Mission Viejo, California. I have been working for 20 years,more or less, on a manuscript entitled, "The Descendants of Samuel Fuller and Mary Longfellow of Albion, Maine, 1776 to the present". One of their children, Charlotte Fuller, married Orchard C. Greely of Palermo, Maine. Both are buried in Greely's Corner Cemetery in Palermo, Maine. I have Orchard's death date recorded as 22 February 1886, aged 78 years. I am looking for an obituary of any type for Orchard C. Greely. (Some say the "C" stands for Cook, but I cannot verify this). I would hope that it would tell me something of his life. There is a rumor that he went to California by wagon train in about 1851. But he had to have returned, because he is in every US Census for Palermo from 1850 through 1880. Some of his sons did go to Coulterville, Mariposa County, California, and their descendants are still living there. I am attempting to ascertain whether or not this is true about Orchard C. Greely. His daughter, Octavia, married Frank Kinsman of Augusta, Maine. Octavia was active in the Kushnoc Chapter of DAR in Augusta. I am related through marriage to Madeleine Haskell of Palermo. I know that she is active in the historical society there in town. I hope that someone who will read this query will either be able to help me or be able to guide me in my search for an obituary for the above, Orchard C. Greely of Palermo, Maine. I welcome any and all comments.
Contact Pollyann Patterson

Hamilton / Bryant: Searching for info on the Hamilton and Bryant families. Mary Hamilton, dau of Sylas/Silas Hamilton and Vilot Bryant, born 11/26/1816 in Palermo. Married David Bryant Jr.. Must have moved to Passadumkeag/Enfield early in marriage. It has been suggested that Vilot could also be Sally. Vilot is the only name I have on a death certificate. Thanks.
Contact Susan Wojtowicz

Ingersoll: In 1913 Velma Ingersoll married Charles W. Tenney at Belfast. They supposedly had two sons, Trafton Tenney and Ted Tenney. Maine marriage records indicate Trafton H. Tenney of Searsmont married Florence Brown of Liberty on 19 Nov 1930. I also discovered that William W. Tenney of Searsmont (possibly a brother of Trafton) married Meretta M. Crummett of Palermo on 1 Aug 1926. Velma Ingersoll, my aunt, was born at Brooks in 1898 and other than her marriage to Charles Tenney, I've found no further trace of her.
Contact Chuck Ingersoll

Jackson: I'm looking for the parents of Sadine (or Sadie) Jackson, b. abt 1794 in Montville. She married Daniel Turner who was b. abt 1790-93 in Palermo. The dates could be off - they are from census records. They lived in Liberty. Daughter (Lucy) Maria married Richard Hannan. Other children listed in 1850 census are George, Ulmer, Mary, Arnold, Deborah. Daniel probably is the son of Benjamin Turner and Mary Arnold, but I have not yet checked the records to confirm this.
Contact Sylvia Cates

Kimball: I am looking for parents of George Coombs Kimball, b. 1828 in Palermo, ME. He died in Waterford, Maine. In 1900 he married Marie Sargent, b. 1827 in Brownfield.
Contact Lucille Hodsdon

Soule: I am looking for my Great great Grandfather William Soule birth records. He was born in Palermo Maine on June 25 1799. I would like to know how to find his birth records, can you let me know how I would go about finding this information?
Contact Margaret Zalewa

Sylvester: Who were the parents of Moses Sylvester (1812-1887) of Freedom, Waldo County, Maine? I think he was a son of Asa Sylvester (1786-1843) and Sarah Worthen (1787-unk), but I have no "proof".

My information at this time:

Freedom, Maine vital records: on LDS microfilm # 0010870:
"Mr. Moses Sylvester of Freedom and Miss Louisa Strout of Freedom - intentions: 10 Jul 1840 - marriage: 11 Aug 1840 by John Randall, Justice of the Peace" and also "Lousia Strout born 11 Jan 1819, daughter of Stephen and Judith Strout".

Waldo County Web site: cemetery listing for Smithton Cemetery, Freedom, Maine:
Sylvester, Moses, b. 1812; d. 1887; h/o Louisa
Sylvester, Louisa, b. 1819; d. 1896; w/o Moses Sylvester

1840 U.S. Population Census – Maine, Waldo County, Freedom, pages 203/204
(This census was Alphabetized, so do not know the relative locations of the families.)
[Additional information added in brackets]

Head of household – Asa Silvester:
1m(under 5), 1 m(10-15), 2 m(15-20), 1 m(20-30), 1 m(50-60); 1 f(under 5), 1 f(10-15), 1 f(15-20), 2 F920-30), 1 f(50-60)

Head of household – Amos Silvester:
3 m(15-20), 1 m(20-30), 1 m(50-60); 1 f(15-20), 2 f(20-30), 1 f(50-60)
[Freedom, Maine vital records: family of Amos Silvester, b. 13 Dec 1781 and Polly b. 2 Dec 1781]

Head of household – Ebenezer Silvester:
1 m(15-20), 1 m(50-60); 1 f(10-15), 1 f(15-20), 1 f(20-30), 1 f(40-50)
[Freedom, Maine vital records: family of Ebenezer Silvester, b. 16 Apr 1789 and Hannah b. 30 Jul 1792]

Head of household – Enoch Silvester:
2 m(under 5), 1 m(5-10), 1 m(30-40); 1 f(under 5), 1 f(20-30)
[Albion, Maine vital records: Child of Asa Silvester and Sally: Enoch Silvester b. 14 Aug 1808]
[Freedom, Maine vital records: Enoch Sylvester of Freedom and Frances Whitten of Montville intentions: 22 Jan 1833]

Head of household – Franklin Silvester:
1 m(under 5), 1 m(15-20); 1 f(under 5), 1 f(20-30)

Head of household – Silvester, Joel:
1 m(10-15), 1 m(20-30); 1 f(20-30)
[Freedom, Maine vital records: Joel Silvester of Freedom and Sarah Longfellow of Palermo intentions: 21 Jul 1839]

Head of household – Sylvester, Daniel Jr.:
1 m(5-10), 1 m(10-15), 1 m(30-40); no females
[Belfast Republican Journal obituary: Daniel Sylvester, 87, b. Freedom 1807, married Jane Patterson about 1840]

Head of household – Silvester, Simon:
1 m(20-30); 1 f(under 5), 1 f(20-30)
[Freedom,Maine vital records: Simon Sylvester of Freedom and Miss Mary Briggs of Freedom marriage: 28 Jan 1938]

Head of household – Silvester, Moses
1 m(20-30); no females
[Freedom, Maine vital records: Moses Sylvester of Freedom and Louisa Strout of Freedom marriage: 11 Aug 1840]
Contact Clayton "Hutch" Hutchins

Sylvester: Nathan - born about 1828 in Maine. Married Emily H. Gordon in Freedom, Waldo County, Maine on 22 Oct. 1854. Emily was born about 1822 and was from Thorndike, Maine at the time of her marriage: Children: (all born in Waldo or Kennebec County) (1) Emma J., born about 1855; (2) Sarah A., born about 1857; (3) Julia L., born about 1869; (4) Fred E., (my g grandfather) born in Palermo, ME; 29 Oct 1861; d. 27 July 1931; (5) Frank W., born about 1865; (6) Alice, born about 1870. I will be in Waldo and Kennebec Counties Aug. 7th to 21st. doing genealogical research. Looking for Sylvester family in Freedom area. Also, I'll be walking a lot of cemeteries looking for resting ancestors. Any help with the above would be deeply appreciated.
Contact Joe Baker

Wood: I have a grave stone in my cemetery in Palermo of a Captain Wood and his wife is buried beside him. She died on the ship Josie H. Heseltine in Genoa, Italy and he died on the same ship in Savannah, Georgia. Does anyone have any info on them?
Contact Ann Higgins

Worthing: Looking for information on my great grandfather Alonzo Worthing. Born Palermo, ME. BD 19 Nov 1846. His fathers name was Matthew . His mothers name was Rebecca (Hall).
Contact No name given

Created by David Sylvester October, 2004, Updated January 3, 2005