North Berwick war grave sites on Web

Those of you with Revolutionary War ancestors buried in North Berwick will be very interested in the Web site of the Maine Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Just go to messar.org.

It so happens that one of the organization’s chaplains, Robert Cole Sr., has done a booklet with pictures of the gravestones of 43 patriots buried in North Berwick and also has posted them to messar.org. They are:

John Abbott, Stephen Abbott, Simeon Applebee, James Brackett, Humphrey Chadbourne Jr., Francis Chadbourne, Sgt. John Chase, Thomas Clark, Hon. Richard F. Cutts, Hercules Fernald, Caleb Ford, John Ford, Deacon Robert Ford, Dominicus Goodwin, Samuel Goodwin, Peter Grant, Thomas Grant, James Guptill.

Silas Hall, William Hall, Christopher Hammond, Samuel Hanscom, Benjamin Heard, Joseph Heard, Capt. Thomas Hobbs Jr., Daniel Johnson, Zebulon Libby, David Morrell, Peter Morrell Esq., Winthrop Morrell, Maj. Jonathan Nowell, Lt. Mark Nowell, Samuel Pray, Joshua Quint, James Remick, George Rogers, Maj. Joseph Savage, Absalom Stackpole, Peter Stillings, Samuel Stillings, Ezekiel Twombly, Cpl. Francis Weymouth and Sgt. Moses Weymouth.

Also, a patriot from Limington, James Randall.

In case you missed last week’s Family Ties about the upcoming Maine Genealogical Society conference, it ran on Wednesday, July 7. You can still read it on the Web at www.bangornews.com under “columnists.”

When the Machias Town Office moved, Val Atwood took the opportunity to offer to photocopy a resource that had been languishing in an old box – records from Bucknam Funeral Home.

The selectmen agreed to supply the paper, plastic sleeves and binders, then Val and John Atwood contributed the labor to photocopy these valuable records. Once organized, the records will be available at the town office for viewing.

What a good job on everyone’s part.

I trust you know about the Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here in Bangor, at Grandview Avenue and Essex Street.

Now the LDS Church has opened a Family History Center at the church at 100 Court St., the former Department of Human Services building in Machias.

The resources on hand include Maine census records and vital records on microfilm. You also can borrow family history relics and other microfilm from Salt Lake City at the very reasonable rate of $3.25 for 60 days and use it at the Family History Center.

The Machias Family History Center is open 5-9 p.m. Wednesdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays. The phone number is 255-6329.

The Trescott Historical Society will hold its annual genealogy exchange 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, at Lubec Memorial Library.

It will be an opportunity to examine early vital records, cemetery lists, vintage assessors’ maps, family files and other items for Lubec, Trescott, Cutler, East Machias, Whiting and the Canadian islands of Campobello and Grand Manan. You also might meet up with people working on some of the same family lines that interest you.

This year will feature two professional title searchers who will be available to assist those wishing to find the age of their home with helpful tips on how to trace the ownership of their property back to the beginning.

The event is free and open to the public. For information, call the Trescott Historical Society at 733-5548 or 773-1095, or visit the Web site at www.trescotthistory.org.

A recent Katherine Cassidy story in the Bangor Daily News noted that Katie Kurz, summer docent at the Burnham Tavern in Machias, is the 13th generation of her family to live in the area. Kurz has both Hadley and Gardner ancestry and is truly enjoying her summer job of taking people through the museum.

Yes, the tavern is both the oldest building in eastern Maine and the only one with ties to the Revolutionary War. It is owned by Hannah Weston Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, which does a fine job maintaining this treasure.

If you’ve never visited the Burnham Tavern, or if it’s been awhile, I’d say this is the year to go. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday during the summer.

3275. HILL. Searching for descendants of George L. Hill, known to us as Uncle Forest. He lived in Orange, Mass., in 1935. His wife and daughter were deceased. He was 80 years old and still had a sheet metal and plumbing and heating business at 29 West Main St., Orange. I believe his daughter had a son. I am a great-niece. Any information appreciated. Evelyn Demmons, 7 Mountain View Terrace, Apt. 2, Skowhegan, ME 04976-5061.

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