Ancestors of Shawn BLAIR

From the pages of Blairs of The World

SOURCES

1. copy of marriage license. From Vassalboro, Maine town clerk.
2. Cemetary Record Card. Forest City Cemetary Card - buried with parents.
3. Actual Letters from Doctor and Fred L. Blair
Archives of Shipping Company
Maine Maritime Museum Library.
4. Bath city directory of 1933-34.
5. Publication of Bath marriages as compiled by (unknown). Maine State Library / Maine Historical Society. Page 20, 2 marriages for Fred L. Blair
- Fred L. of Bath April 7, 1874
Marcia E. Haggett, Bath Rev E.W. Porter.
6. Bath Daily Times Obituary. June 15, 1894
Archived at: Maine Maritime Museum Library.
7. Oak Grove Cemetary Card - 16 West Lot 10
Fred L. Blair's lot
Marcia C. (Haggett) Blair, Maria M. Blair
Caroline Blair, Harold Blair, Alice M (Dotten) Blair, Bessie (MacCarthy)
Blair
Eona B. (Blair) Kelley, J. Merwin Kelley.
8. Constance Bernard. Campbells of the Northeast
Genealogy by. Library of Shawn Blair.
9. Bath Daily Times Obituary. June 15, 1894
Archived at: Maine Maritime Museum Library. Bath Daily Times, Obituary.
10. Oak Grove Cemetary. Oak Grove Cemetary Card: 2 East, Lot 38,. Buried in lot is wife Francis J (Reed), son Frank Blair, and daughter Ellen Blair. Grave 1 - BC Blair Lot.
11. Ibid. Grave 1
From Bath Cemetary Association office - copy on hand.
12. Publication of Bath marriages as compiled by (unknown). Maine State Library / Maine Historical Society. Benjamin C. Blair of Bath Int. Oct 9, 1846
Annis W. Ross.
13. Maple Grove Cemetary Card - Lot 24 Sec 5 East
B.C. Blair's lot
Annis W. (Ross), Sarah Ann (True), Albion Blair, Flora A. Blair. Bath Cemetary Association.
14. Ibid. Copy in file.
15. (As recorded by Laurence Davis, Town Clerk). Vital Records of Edgecomb, Maine Book Records of Births & Deaths, Dog License
Town Clerk's Office, Edgecomb, Maine. Town Clerk's Office. T.R.2 p. 19; T.R.3 p. 156.
16. by Katherine Chase Owen. Early Edgecomb, ME
Family Records of Bessie Gove (Bath, ME). 1790. Family Records of Bessie Gove.
17. Constance Bernard. Campbells of the Northeast
Genealogy by. Library of Shawn Blair. pg 57, John S. Campbell.
18. Ibid. pg 39, end of paragraph 1.
19. Ibid. pg 59, Anna S. Campbell.
20. Ibid. pg 91, Isabella (Belle).
21. Ibid. pg 99, 3rd section.
22. Ibid. pg 105, George Franklin Campbell.
23. Ibid. pg 125, Kathryn Campbell.
24. Alphabetical Index - Maine Volunteers, etc...
The War of 1861. Augusta (1867). Listed under Green, Andrew J. pvt Company F Regiment 5 Infantry.
25. Cemetary Record Card. Cemetary card on record at the Evergreen Cemetary office in Portland, Me. Andrew is listed as a Civil War veteran.
26. Ibid. Forest City Cemetary - Office at Evergreen Cemetary in Portland.
27. Ibid. Augustine I. Howe lot.
28. Sherman Encyclopedia - of Sherman's in New England. Springfield Historical Genealogical Library
New Haven Colony Historical Society.
29. Reference to Rodney as Annis W father comes from Barbara Gaspar.
30. Elizabeth Freeman Reed (of Boothbay) Collection
Microfilmed by Genealogical Society of Salt Lake. Microfilm #0859058 Item 2.
31. (As recorded by Laurence Davis, Town Clerk). Vital Records of Edgecomb, Maine Book Records of Births & Deaths, Dog License
Town Clerk's Office, Edgecomb, Maine. Town Clerk's Office. T.R.4 p. 168.
32. Constance Bernard. Campbells of the Northeast
Genealogy by. Library of Shawn Blair. pg 49.
33. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. Taken from Newsletter.
34. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. pg 541.
35. Edmund Wheeler. Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration on Wednesday, June 13, 1866
A Brief Account of the Leading Men of the First Century, with Portraits
-------------------------------------
Together with Historical and Statistical Sketches of the Town. Claremont, N.H. Printed by the Claremont Manufacturing Co.
1867. AMES family personal sketch.
36. Ibid. AMES family personal sketch.
37. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts are referenced.
38. Descendants of Robert Waterman
of Marshfield, Massachussets
through seven generations
Volume 1
found at Stamford, CT Ferguson Library. Connection with Sophia.
39. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord.
40. Massachussetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. page 118.
41. Massachussetts Voluntary Militia in war of 1812. Bath Library - genealogy room.
42. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott.
43. Ibid. pg 220.
44. Ibid. pg 220.
45. Ibid. pg 220.
46. Ibid. pg 220.
47. Ibid. pg 220.
48. Moses Davis Diary (as communicated by William Patterson Davis). Located at Wiscasset Public Library, Wiscasset, Maine.
49. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. Taken from a descendancy chart of various STERLING descendants (John, Gary, Robert, Walter C., and Waterman).

Details need to be researched or obtained from family members.
50. Ibid. October 1994 - from descendancy charts.
51. Ibid. October 1994 - from descendancy chart.
52. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. Page 541, Halls of Rehoboth.
53. Ibid. pg 541.
54. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts are referenced.
55. Ibid. This source indicates a death date of May 28. This was probably read incorrectly off Catherine's stone. I read the stone as May 23.
56. From the records of Will Lyle
GEDCOM received as part of SHERMAN contribution.
57. Descendants of Robert Waterman
of Marshfield, Massachussets
through seven generations
Volume 1
found at Stamford, CT Ferguson Library.
58. compiled by The Maine Historical Society. Georgetown Vital Records. Maine Historical Society, 1941. Vol III, Deaths. Source of information from Family Records compiled by Dr. Buck located at the Maine Historical Society.
59. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott.
60. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. pg 209.
61. Ibid. pg 209.
62. Ibid. pg 209.
63. Ibid. pg 3.
64. Ibid. pg 3.
65. WENHAM MARRIAGES. Deaths - pg 202.
66. Ibid. pg 127.
67. Moses Davis Diary (as communicated by William Patterson Davis). Located at Wiscasset Public Library, Wiscasset, Maine. Listed in Moses Davis' records.
68. Ibid. Listed in Moses Davis' records.
69. Massachussetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. Page 727.
70. compiled by The Maine Historical Society. Georgetown Vital Records. Maine Historical Society, 1941. Vol II, marriages. P.R. 9
Recorded from "Family Records compiled by Dr. Buck" that reside at the Maine Historical Society.
71. Massachussetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution. Vol IV, pg 843.
72. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
73. Ibid. October 1994.
74. Ibid. October 1994.
75. NEHGS. Uxbridge Massachusetts Vital Records. pg 253.
76. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts referenced in source.
77. Ibid. research notes on Lydia's parents.
78. Descendants of Robert Waterman
of Marshfield, Massachussets
through seven generations
Volume 1
found at Stamford, CT Ferguson Library. Page 91.
79. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. several pages.
80. Ibid. pg 223.
81. Ibid. pg 223.
82. Ibid. pg 223.
83. Ibid. pg 241.
84. Ibid. pg 241.
85. ?. The DODGE Family
Generation in New England. ?. same pages as Zacharaih.
86. Ibid. Same pages as Zachariah.
87. Eleanor V. Spiller and Emery N. Cleaves, Warren, NH. Progeny of William Cleaves of Beverly, MA. privately printed, 1987.
88. ?. The Ancestry of Sarah Stone. ?. All facts referenced in source.
89. Ibid. Page 12.
90. ?. The DODGE Family
Generation in New England. ?. same pages as Zacharaih.
91. Ibid. Same pages as Zachariah.
92. ?. The Ancestry of Sarah Stone. ?. All facts referenced in source.
93. Ibid. Page 12.
94. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
95. Ibid. October 1994.
96. Ibid. October 1994.
97. Ibid. October 1994.
98. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. pg 530.
99. Ibid. pg 531.
100. NEHGS. Uxbridge Massachusetts Vital Records. pg 253.
101. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts referenced in source.
102. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Marshfield VR 2:143.
103. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts referenced by source.
104. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Volume 1, page 26. Mayflower Descendant 13:208.
105. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. Page 56.
106. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. descendants of Samuel Fuller.
107. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. page 56.
108. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Pg 169 Samuel Fuller descendants
Mayflower Descendant 2:235.
109. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Births & Deaths
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. descendant of Samuel Fuller.
110. Ibid.
111. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. pg 223.
112. Ibid. pg 223.
113. Ibid. pg 223.
114. George MacKenzie. Colonial Families of the United States of America Vol VI.
115. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. pg 242.
116. Ibid. pg 241.
117. Ibid. pg 241.
118. ?. The DODGE Family
Generation in New England. ?.
119. ?. The Ancestry of Sarah Stone. ?. Page 10,11 genealogy.
120. Ibid. Page 11.
121. Ibid.
122. Ibid. Page 10.
123. Ibid. Page 10,11 genealogy.
124. Ibid. Page 11.
125. Ibid. Page 10.
126. Norse Libbey Davis. New Hampshire and Maine Genealogies. Part of Scott Caulfield's library. -------
Removed until confirmed - date discrepancy. abt 1643.
127. Ibid.
128. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
129. by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. PUBLISHER: GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC., DATE: 1983.
130. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. pg 573, Halls of Taunton.
131. Ibid. pg 573, Halls of Taunton.
132. Mrs. John E. Barclay, FASG, Whitman, Mass.. The American Genealogist, # 171, July 1967, Vol 43 No 3. The American Genealogist. pg 151.
133. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. Pg 573, Halls of Taunton. marriage location not specific but stated Ebenezer resided in Mansfield.
134. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts referenced in source.
135. Ibid. All facts referenced in source.
136. Ibid. reference as parents of Elizabeth LAPHAM of Marshfield.
137. Ibid. reference as parent to Elizabeth LAPHAM.
138. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Births & Deaths
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Mayflower Descendant 10:111.
139. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. Page 52.
140. Ibid. page 52.
141. Ibid. Page 52.
142. Ibid. Page 51.
143. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. pg 224.
144. Ibid. pg 224.
145. Ibid. pg 224.
146. Ibid. Pg 223.
147. Ibid. Pg 223.
148. Ibid. pg 242.
149. Ibid. pg 242.
150. Ibid. pg 242.
151. Ibid. pg 242.
152. Ibid. pg 242.
153. Ibid. pg 241.
154. Thayer Family Memorial
THE FAMILY OF BASS. No. 11 IV A.
155. by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. PUBLISHER: GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC., DATE: 1983. Pg 13.
156. Compiled by Secretary & Treasurer. Alden Genealogy. published under the auspices of THE ALDEN KINDRED OF NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY ( Organized October 6, 1921). pg 53.
157. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Braintree Vital Records: 716.
158. Compiled by Secretary & Treasurer. Alden Genealogy. published under the auspices of THE ALDEN KINDRED OF NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY ( Organized October 6, 1921). pg 53.
159. ?. The Ancestry of Sarah Stone. ?. All facts are referenced in the source.
160. Ibid. All facts are referenced in the source.
161. Goodwin. Colonial Families of America
National Americana Society. National Americana Society. Vol II, pg 82.
162. Ibid. Vol II, pg 82.
163. Emma Lewis Coleman. New England Captives Carried to Canada
between 1677 and 1760
During the French and Indian Wars. The Southworth Press
Portland, Maine
1925. pg 209-212.
164. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
165. by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. PUBLISHER: GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC., DATE: 1983. page 690.
166. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
167. Emma Lewis Coleman. New England Captives Carried to Canada
between 1677 and 1760
During the French and Indian Wars. The Southworth Press
Portland, Maine
1925. pg 209-212.
168. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. pg 569, Halls of Taunton.
169. Ibid. pg 569, Halls of Taunton.
170. Ibid. pg 569, Halls of Taunton.
171. Ibid. pg 569.
172. Mrs. John E. Barclay, FASG, Whitman, Mass.. The American Genealogist, # 171, July 1967, Vol 43 No 3. The American Genealogist. pg 151.
173. Ibid. pg 151.
174. Ibid. pg 151.
175. Ibid. pg 151.
176. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts referenced in source.
177. Marshfield, Massachusetts. Marshfield, Massachusetts Vital Records. Marshfield VR 1:6.
178. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Marshfield VR 1:6.
179. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. reference as father of Margaret Decrow.
180. Ibid. reference as mother of Margaret Decrow.
181. Descendants of Robert Waterman
of Marshfield, Massachussets
through seven generations
Volume 1
found at Stamford, CT Ferguson Library. pg 15 Robert Waterman and his Descendants.
182. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Births & Deaths
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. pg 74.
183. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Volume 1, page 26. Mayflower Descendant 16:121.
184. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. Pages 49-51.
185. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. pg 169.
186. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. Page 49.
187. Ibid. page 49.
188. Ibid. Page 49
Daughter of Josephine Lee and sister of Samuel Lee who were witnesses to the marriage.
189. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. pg 169, Mayflower Descendant 8:130.
190. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. Page 51, came over on the Anne with one child.
191. Ibid. Page 52, father to Elizabeth Nichols Bowen Fuller.
192. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. pg 224.
193. Ibid. pg 243.
194. Ibid. pg 242.
195. Norris & Feldman. Wells Family genealogy
Norris & Feldman, 1942. 1942. pg 236.
196. Compiled by Secretary & Treasurer. Alden Genealogy. published under the auspices of THE ALDEN KINDRED OF NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY ( Organized October 6, 1921). Pages 32, 33 & 53.
197. Thayer Family Memorial
THE FAMILY OF BASS.
198. Compiled by Secretary & Treasurer. Alden Genealogy. published under the auspices of THE ALDEN KINDRED OF NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY ( Organized October 6, 1921). #2200 Public Records, Suffolk Co., mass. vol 13 p 539.
199. Ibid. pg 53.
200. by John Farmer. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER of the First Settlers of NEW ENGLAND. pg 13.
201. Ibid.
202. ?. The Ancestry of Sarah Stone. ?. Source contains much detail of John Stone - I have a copy of pages 3-13 in my files.
203. ?. Ancestry of Nathan Dodge. ?.
204. ?. The Ancestry of Sarah Stone. ?. Page 27 - Dixey
All facts referenced in source.
205. Ibid. Page 28.
206. Ibid. Source contains much detail of John Stone - I have a copy of pages 3-13 in my files.
207. Ibid. Page 27 - Dixey
All facts referenced in source.
208. Ibid. Page 28.
209. Personal genealogical records of Scott A. Caulfield of North Yarmouth,
Maine.
210. Emma Lewis Coleman. New England Captives Carried to Canada
between 1677 and 1760
During the French and Indian Wars. The Southworth Press
Portland, Maine
1925. pg 209-212.
211. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
212. Ibid. October 1994.
213. Emma Lewis Coleman. New England Captives Carried to Canada
between 1677 and 1760
During the French and Indian Wars. The Southworth Press
Portland, Maine
1925. pg 209-212.
214. Rev. David B. Hall, A.M. of Duanesburgh, N.Y.. Halls of New England. Joel Munsell's Son's
82 State St.
1883. pg 567, Halls of Taunton - the progenitor.
215. Ibid. pg 567, the progenitor of the Halls of Taunton.
216. Mary Lovening Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass. compiled by the author for Harriet Grace Scott of Brookline, Mass 1936
The Rumford Press, Concord. All facts referenced in source.
217. Signers of The Mayflower Compact.
218. Descendants of Robert Waterman
of Marshfield, Massachussets
through seven generations
Volume 1
found at Stamford, CT Ferguson Library. pg 15, Robert Waterman and his descendants.
219. Ibid. pg 15, Robert Waterman and his descendants.
220. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Births & Deaths
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Mayflower Descendant 4:109.
221. Susan E Roser. Mayflower Marriages
from the files of George Ernest Bowman. Volume 1 page 305.
222. DAR. Mayflower Families First Five Generations. Page 49
"He and his brothers Edward and Thomas were sons of Robert Fuller, a butcher in Redenhall, and were mentioned in Robert Fuller's will of 19 May 1614. The will was proved 31 May 1614, and is recorded at the Norfolk Archdeaconry Court, Norwich Register, 1614, folio 259.
223. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. Reference from book pg 224. Copy of continued - where from not there.
224. by John Farmer. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER of the First Settlers of NEW ENGLAND.
225. Edith Nelson. Newsletter produced by/for the Pioneer Families Reunion. Pioneer Families Reunion Committee. October 1994.
226. Ibid. October 1994.
227. Signers of The Mayflower Compact. Edward Doty pages 32-37.
228. Worral Dumont Prescott. A Genealogical and Biographical Record concerning AMOS REED and ANNIE
(WEBB) REED and All their descendants to January 1, 1955
Compiled by Worrall Dumont Prescott. pg 224.
229. Ibid. pg 224.

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