drowning death of charles vickery

Charles H. Vickery, my great-granduncle, was born in Glenburn, Maine, on 20 Dec 1838, the second child of Stephen Thayer and Betsey (Gibbs) Vickery. On 19 Dec 1853 he drowned in Pushaw Lake. The following article appeared in the Bangor Daily Whig & Courier:

A boy fourteen years of age, oldest son of Mr. Stephen Vickery of Glenburn, was drowned at Pushaw Pond on Monday evening. He was going to attend a singing school when several men who wished to get across the pond met him and as he had his skates with him they requested him, to haul them cross. This he attempted to do but fell into a hole in the ice and could not be recovered. Two of the men fell in but were taken out.
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SOURCE: Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (Bangor, Maine), 21 Dec 1853

photo: chub

This photo is from an old album that belonged to my grandmother, Harriet Elizabeth (Vickery) Mower. It is a photo of her horse, Chub.

obituary: phyllis m. vickery

Phyllis was married to my dad's 1st cousin, Earle W. Vickery, Jr.

MILLINOCKET - Phyllis M. Vickery, 82, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, at a local hospital. Phyllis was born May 29, 1921, in Greenville, the daughter of George and Bernice (Park) McEachern.

She enjoyed basket making and playing golf, but most of all she enjoyed spending time with her beloved family.

She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Earl W. Vickery of Millinocket; two sons, Dennis Vickery of Pennsylvania, James Vickery of North Carolina; three daughters, Earline Lozen of Maryland, Betsy Kneeland of Bailyville, Priscilla Bard of Bangor; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Allan "Bud" McEachern, and Clinton McEachern; two sisters, Mary McAfee and Joyce Brown; several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, at R.L. Bouchard Funeral Home, 11 Tamarack St., Millinocket, where funeral services will be celebrated 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, with the Pastor Herschel Hafford officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Bangor. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hillcrest Golf Club, 59 Grove St., Millinocket, ME 04462.
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SOURCE: Phyllis M. Vickery obituary, Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine), 15 Sep 2004, page B7, column 3. To view Bangor Daily News obituaries online, visit http://www.bangordailynews.com/.

i love "cousin" lucy

According to information at genealogy.com, Lucille Ball is a direct descendant of Joseph and Phebe (Perkins) Towne. If one then peruses a copy of The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield by Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Phebe Perkins is included as a granddaughter of Zaccheus. Now, why would I happen to have this book readily handy, well because I also descend from Zaccheus. It would seem that Lucy and I are 10th cousins, we share Zaccheus Gould as a 9th great-grandfather.

How does this work. Let's walk up through the generations on my family tree to Zaccheus, then we'll walk down the branch that includes Lucy.

1) Dale W Mower
2) Frank E Mower and Avis M. Terrill
3) George Richardson Mower and Harriet Elizabeth Vickery
4) Edward William Vickery and Harriet Bain Parker
5) Stephen Thayer Vickery and Betsey W. Gibbs
6) Jonathan Vickery and Ruhamah Gould
7) Nathaniel Gould and Ruhamah Bickford
8) Nathaniel Gould and Jane Arey
9) Nathaniel Gould and Grace Hurd
10) John Gould and Phebe French
11) John Gould and Sarah Baker
12) Zaccheus and Phebe Gould
11) Thomas Perkins and Phebe Gould
10) Joseph Towne and Phebe Perkins
9) John Cummings and Susanna Towne
8) John Cummings and Mary Larrabee
7) Reuben Cummings and Hannah Booth
6) Isaac Ball and Hannah Cummings
5) Isaac Ball and Sarah Manross
4) Clinton Manross Ball and Cynthia T. Dale
3) Jasper Clinton Ball and Nellie R. Durrell
2) Henry Durrell Ball and Desiree Evelyn Hunt
1) Lucille Desiree Ball
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SOURCES:

Ancestry of Lucille Ball, Genealogy.com, online

<http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/lucilleb/index.htm#toc>,

accessed 16 Nov 2007.

&

Benjamin Apthorp Gould, The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield

(Lynn, Massachusetts: Thos. P. Nichols, 1895.

andrew webster family

I'm a descendant of Andrew and Martha (Crane) Webster, two of earlier settlers of Orono, Maine. They are my 5th-great-grandparents. The line going back to him travels like this:
My grandmother was Harriet Elizabeth Vickery, daughter of Edward William & Harriet Bain (Parker) Vickery.
Edward William Vickery was the son of Stephen Thayer & Betsey W. (Gibbs) Vickery.
Betsey W. Gibbs was the daughter of Elisha and Martha (Hasey) Gibbs.
Martha Hasey was the daughter of William and Prudence (Webster) Hasey.
Prudence Webster was the daughter of Andrew and Martha (Crane) Webster.

Bangor Historical Magazine included the following about this family in their January, 1889, edition:

Andrew Webster and Family, of Bangor and Orono

Hon. Israel Washburn, (who married a grand daughter) says in his Orono Centennial address, 1874, that Andrew Webster "was a native of Salisbury, Mass., and was probably the son of Andrew Webster, born in that town Nov. 12, 1710, whose parents were John and Sarah Webster, and when quite young was brought by his father to New Meadows, now Brunswick," I do not find any Websters in Brunswick at that time. On Georgetown Church Records the following may be found:
Sept. 7, 1766, Andrew Webster admitted to the Church.
Sept. 8, 1765, Martha Crane admitted to the Church.

Mr. Webster removed from Georgetown to Penobscot, about 1770 and then to Wheelerborough, now Hampden, where he exchanged lots with John Emery, of New Worcester, Pl., now Orrington. "In consideration of a lot conveyed to me on the east side of the river, I sell him, etc., a lot of equal dimension on the west side of the river, of 100 acres. I entered upon said lot and had it surveyed Jan. 30, 1775, and I am now in full possession." Dated May 1, 1776, Witness Eliashib Delano and Jonathan Lowder.--Hancock Records, Vol. I, page 470. This lot was probably river lot in Hampden No. 40 as afterward surveyed, and since in the possession of the descendants of Emery. Soon after this Mr. Webster settled in what is now Bangor, near the intersection of Main and Water Streets.

He was a man of influence in plantation and town affairs, often Town Clerk and Selectman. He was, I believe, a ship builder by trade. He and his wife were church members when they came here and belonged to the old Brewer and Bangor church prior to 1800. He removed to Orono; was the first Town Treasurer; Constable and Moderator in 1806. He died Nov. 1, 1807, his death was caused by a fall of mill timber. He married Martha Crane, I am inclined to think, of Georgetown or Phipsburg. She died 1823. Children were, probably not in order:

PRUDENCE, b. April 29, 1767 in Georgetown and baptized May 31, by Rev. Ezekiel Emerson, Minister of Georgetown. She m. William Hasey of Bangor, July 22, 1787, by Rev. Seth Noble. Mr. Hasey was b. in Chelsea, Mass., June 8, 1761, arrived in Bangor March, 1781. As an early settler he received lots No. 50 and 51. He early joined the first church in Orrington, and was one of the original members of the first church in Bangor, when it was formed Nov. 27, 1811. He was an honest, industrious and worthy citizen. He d. June 28, 1850. The Widow Prudence d. July 4, 1852, aged 85. The children all born in Bangor were:

1. Patty Hasey, b. Sept. 28, 1787; m. Elisha Gibbs, Jr., of Glenburn, May 28, 1810.

2. Ebenezer Hasey, b. Aug. 24, 1789; removed to Albion; m. Fanny Harper, pub. in Bangor, June 13, 1819.

3. Andrew W. Hasey, b. April 15, 1791, of Bangor; m. Nancy Johnson, Oct. 25, 1820. She d. May 14, 1870, aged 75 years, 20 days. He died. Their daughter Sarah L., b. Aug. 17, 1826; m. Geo. R. Lancaster; she d. Sept. 29, 1879.

4. Margaret Hasey, b. Feb. 1, 1794; m Samuel Adams.

5. Susan Hasey, b. Jan. 28, 1796; m. John P. Davis, pub. Mar. 10, 1821.

6. Jane W. Hasey, b. July 9, 1798; m. John Whitcomb, of Glenburn, pub. April 27, 1830. She d. 1835.

7. William Hasey, b. June 30, 1800; lived in Bangor; m. first, Elisabeth W. Winslow, of Albion, pub. June 9, 1827. She d. Oct. 29, 1832, aged 33. He m. second, Miss Julia Houlton, of Houlton, pub. May 16, 1833.

8. Rebecca Hasey, b. April 5, 1804; m. Thomas Mansfield, of Glenburn, pub. Oct. 5, 1833.

9. Hannah Hasey, b. May 6, 1806; m. Richard Webster.

10. Elijah W. Hasey, b. May 16, 1809; lived in Bangor; he. d. Dec. 23, 1886; m. first, Hannah B. Martin, of Newport; she d. Feb. 25, 1864, aged 51 years, 5 mos.; m. second, Mrs. Calista Leadbetter, she d. 1871-2; m. third, Mrs. Julia Hodgdon, of Kenduskeag. His children. Frances, Thomas B., William H., Prudence W., Hannah B., Ambrocine, Nancy J., Elijah, Charles E., Ward B., Annie, Edward M. and Geo. Crosby.

MARGARET, b. Sept. 11, 1773; mar. Aaron Griffin of Albion, June, 1796, by Rev. Seth Noble "at Mr. Webster's." He was born Aug. 27, 1766; was a Town Officer in Orrington, 1805; lived in Passadumkeag in 1835; children Daniel W. b. Oct. 28, 1810; Susan b. May 18, 1811; Aaron d. 1886; Andrew and others.

DANIEL, b. April 10, 1776; lived in Bangor near the Red Bridge. He was an active enterprising citizen, much in town office. He died May 11, 1818, aged 42, leaving a widow and nine small children. He mar. Eliza, daughter of Dea. William Boyd; she was b. Apr. 14, 1777, and d. Sept. 15, 1858. He and his wife were admitted to First Church, Bangor, Feb. 8, 1815; their children born in Bangor were:

1. Charlotte, b. Feb. 1, 1803; mar. Jonathan Brooks, of Wiscasset, Sept. 26, 1825.

2. Hannah B., b. June 18, 1804; mar. Doctor David Skinner, of Sebec, pub. Sept. 5, 1829; he died, and his widow d. in Bangor, Dec. 20, 1886, aged 82.

3. Martha, b. Nov. 20, 1805; mar. Richard W. Griffin, of Orono, June 21, 1826; she was admitted to first church in Bangor, May 11, 1823, and dismissed to church in Hadley, Illinois, May 15, 1843.

4. Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1805, twin; mar. Amos Davis, of Bangor, Mar. 28, 1841; she joined First Church in Bangor, Feb. 15, 1824 and d. Mar. 29, 1841

5. Andrew, b. Sept. 28, 1807; d. in California, Nov. 29, 1852.

6. William, b. July 6, 1809; lives in Minnesota.

7. Elisabeth, b. Apr. 21, 1811; mar. Andrew Griffin, of Bangor; pub. Oct. 13, 1837; Mrs. Griffin d. in Chicago, Ill., Dec. 4, 1888.

8. Caroline V., b. Sept. 1813; she admitted to First Church, Bangor, Sept. 7, 1828; mar. Rev. Thomas Smith; b. in ---; grad. Bowdoin College, 1840; ordained minister at Brewer Village, Jan. 26, 1846, and d. there April 8, 1861; she d. in Bangor, Oct., 1887. Their daughter Caroline mar. Joseph G. Blake, of Bangor.

9. Daniel, b. May 24 (12) 1816; resides in Bangor; mar. Miss Alice E. Parker of Compton, Canada, Oct. 26, 1858. They have several children.

10. Margaret Wyman, b. Sept. 12, 1818; mar. Frank W. Carr, of Bangor, Feb. 16, 1853.

RICHARD, settled in Orono, first selectman there 1808; removed to Glenburn, then Patten, where he died. (Richard Webster and Mary Lowell, both of Orono, mar. Dec. 16, 1811; Richard Webster and Hannah Randall, of Bangor, mar. Feb. 27, 1837; Richard F. Webster and Mary S. Thaxter, of Bangor, mar. Sept. 9, 1838.)

EBENEZER, b. Bangor, Oct. 3, 1780; settled in Orono, lumberman. Col. of the Regiment, Selectman, Representative 1818. He first lived in what is now Old Town. Early in the settlement of that town William Dale built a double saw mill just below where the depot is, and soon sold out to E. & E. Webster, who in 1817 built another mill outside, and operated these mills until 1823, when they sold out and removed to Orono, where they afterward lived. He died Aug. 16, 1855. His will Apr. 30, 1855, proved Sept., 1855; Ebenezer Webster Jr., and Israel Washburn, Jr., Executors, names wife Lucy; children Lucy, wife of Josiah S. Bennoch, Ebenezer, Paul D., Ann D., wife of Nathan Weston, Jr., Mary Maud, wife of Israel Washburn, Jr., Martha, wife of Joseph Treat. Col. Webster mar. Lucy, dau. of Paul Dudley, of Milford, Sept. 5, 1805; she was born Apr. 15, 1783, at Warwick, R.I.; d. May 28, 1859. Children:

1. Martha, b. Aug. 17, 1806; m. Joseph Treat, of Orono, Sept. 24, 1835. He b. in Frankfort, Oct. 24, 1809; d. in Orono; no children.

2. Alexander, b. June 5, 1808; d. Oct. 22, 1809.

3. Lucy, mar. Josiah S. Bennoch, of Orono, Sept. 16, 1833; she d. May 23, 1879; he b. April 10, 1806; d. Jan. 24, 1878. They had children.

4. Ebenezer, b. Old Town, May 21, 1812, of Orono; lumberman; Representative 1875-76; Aid de Camp to Gov. Washburn, his brother-in-law. Married first, Martha A. Trafton, of Bangor, July 21, 1839, daughter of Gen. Mark Trafton; she d. at Aiken, S.C., Jan. 6, 1850. He married second Miss Polly S. Crowell, April 12, 1852, of Orono. He d. Aug. 24, 1883. Children:--J. Fred, b. Aug. 3, 1853; Annie M., Maud W., Eben C., Alden P.

5. Paul Dudley, b. Sept. 3, 1814; Lumberman, of Orono. He m. Lucina M. Crowell, of Orono, Sept. 22, 1842; their daughter Mary, first married Dr. Palmer, and second, Weston F. Milliken, Esquire, Merchant of Portland, had other children.

6. Ann B., b. July 17, 1816; m. Wm. H. Allen, Orono; Sept. 24, 1835; she d. June 2, 1885; he d. Jan. 29, 1863; several children.

7. Susan H., b. Jan. 1, 1819; m. William Averill, of Orono, Oct. 24, 1842. Their daughter Maria C., b. Aug. 29, 1843; m. Frank Gilman, of Bangor. Other children.

8. Catherine B., b. March 7, 1821; m. Nathan Weston, Jr., of Orono, Sept. 9, 1838; he b. in Augusta, Feb. 28, 1813; graduated Bowdoin College 1833; settled in Orono 1837. He was Representative 1849, 1850; removed to Bangor, 1850, and to Massachusetts 1858. She d. West Newton, Mass. Dec. 15, 1874. They had nine children.

9. Mary Maud, b. July 24, 1824; m. Israel Washburn, Jr., of Orono, Oct. 24, 1841. Mr. Washburn was Representative to Legislature; Representative to Congress, 1851 to 1861; Governor, 1861-1863; removed to Portland; Collector of that Port. Mrs. Washburn, d. at Minneapolis, Jan. 6 or June 30, 1873. He m. second Miss Robina N. Brown, 1876. He d. in Philadelphia, May 12, 1883. He had children by first wife.

ANDREW, b. ---- Physician; lived in Liverpool, N.S.

JAMES, b. ---- lived in Liverpool, N.S.

ELIJAH, b. in Bangor, 1790; he lived in Orono; Lumberman. Selectman, 1827; County Commissioner, 1838-41. He d. June 28, 1863; he m. Lucinda Tyler, of Brewer, 1818; she was the daughter of Ebenezer Tyler, Jr., and his wife Lavinia Brewer, of Col. John. Tyler was son of Col. Ebenezer Tyler, of Attleboro, Mass., and came to Hampden, and was drowned crossing the Penobscot River, May 13, 1800, and was buried in Brewer Cemetery. Widow Tyler m. Bradshaw Hall, of Castine for her second husband. (1818,) after his death she resided many years with her daughter in Orono, July 20, 1871; children:

1. James, of Orono; Representative, Lumber manufacturer; d. April 11, 1888; aged 62 years, 7 mos. and 20 days; me m. Anna B. Baker, of Augusta, Dec. 30, 1850; she now living in Orono; several children.

2. Lavinia T. H., m. Rev. Asa T. Loring, of Bangor, Feb. 1, 1842; removed to Omaha, Neb.

3. Ellen M., prob., m. Benjamin Silsby, of Bangor, pub. July 22, 1842.

4. Richard P., (?) m. Mary S. Thaxter, of Bangor, pub. Aug. 25, 1838.

5. John B. (?)

6. Bradshaw H. (?)

MARTHA, b. ---- m. Capt. Francis Wyman, of Orono; he went there 1791-2, from Phipsburg, Me.; he d. Feb., 1857; several children.

SOURCE: [Anonymous], "Andrew Webster and Family, of Bangor and Orono," Bangor Historical Magazine: A Monthly," volume IV, number 7 (January, 1889): 121-4.

photo: marcia parker and cynthia (vickery) swett

Cynthia Olive (Vickery) Swett (left) and Marcia S. Parker (right)

As we celebrate the Red Sox winning the World Series, my mind turns to my great-aunt Marcia as she was perhaps one of the biggest Red Sox fans I have ever known - she definitely would have loved to have seen the World Series this year!

Marcia was the daughter of Capt. Hiram N. and Ann Elizabeth (Johnson) Parker; born 9 Feb 1888, probably in Glenburn, Penobscot Co., Maine; died 30 Oct 1980 in Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine and is buried in Lake View Cemetery, Glenburn, Penobscot Co., Maine. She never married.

Cynthia was Marcia's niece (and my great-aunt), the daughter of Edward William and Harriet Bain (Parker) Vickery; born 9 Apr 1895 in Glenburn, Penobscot Co., Maine; died 8 Sep 1987 in Tampa, Hillsboro Co., Florida and is buried in Falmouth, Cumberland Co., Maine. She married Walter Elliot Swett on 4 Mar 1920 in Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine.

photo: harriet bain (parker) vickery grant

my great-grandmother

Harriet Bain Parker

(25 Aug 1874 - 23 Dec 1967)

daughter of Capt. Hiram N. and Elizabeth Ann (Johnson) Parker

married 1st Edward William Vickery, 15 Dec 1892

married 2nd Winslow L. Grant, 4 Oct 1930

this photo circa 1963

the bain connection, part 1

The most recent family connection I have been researching is the familial connection to the Bain family, specifically the Harriet Bain my paternal great-grandmother Harriet Bain (Parker) Vickery was named for. The connection came to light when tracking my 2nd-great-grandmother Elizabeth Ann (or Ann Elizabeth) Johnson, wife of Capt. Hiram N. Parker, back through census records. She appeared in 1850, age 6, living in Bangor, Penobscot Co., Maine living with her parents, William and Catherine Johnson. Also appearing in the household was a Harriette Rounds, age 13.

1850 U.S. Federal Census Record for Harriette Rounds

SOURCE: 1850 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, sheet 135, dwelling 1890, family 1945, Wm. Johnson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/): accessed 21 Oct 2007); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 264.

[click here to view .pdf copy of this census record]

I had previously determined that Catherine McIntosh was the daughter of James and Peggy (Patrick) McIntosh, b. 21 Mar 1808, married 1st Ephraim Rounds on 14 Jul 1835 and married 2nd William Johnson of Bangor (SOURCE: Hugh D. McLellan, History of Gorham, Me. (Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, Printers, 1903), 656). Therefore, my hypothesis was that Harriette was a daughter from the first marriage, and therefore a half-sister to Elizabeth Ann Johnson.

A search of the 1860 census revealed no Harriette Rounds. Perhaps she was married prior to that census. A search of marriage records at http://www.familysearch.org/ uncovered an interesting record of a marriage of a Harriet H. Rounds to a James Bain on 19 Jul 1858 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. Could this be the same Harriett .. and be the connection to the Bain name for my great-grandmother?