George Godfrey 1707-1768 Mercy Knowles 1717-1758

George Godfrey headstone

George Godfrey
Parents: Moses Godfrey and Deborah Cooke
Born abt 1707 Massachusetts
Married 1) Mercy Knowles 1 Nov 1733 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
2) Jane Collins 9 Nov 1758 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died 4 Dec 1768 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried:  Old Chatham Burial Ground
Sources
Book by Frederick Freeman, 1862: The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of the 10 Towns of Barnstable County, Volume 2, page 610
Note:  the above book is available for free on Google Books
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1972) Page 237
Mayflower Deeds and Probates page 305
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Mercy Knowles
Parents: Richard Knowles and Martha Cobb
Born 9 Aug 1717 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died 14 May 1758 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried:  Old Chatham Burial Ground
Sources
Book: The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of the 13 Towns of Barnstable County and of ..., Volume 2, page 610
Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142976743/mercy-godfrey
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CHILDREN

*Richard Godfrey
Born 1735 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Lydia Doane 23 Dec 1756 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Doane, Joseph, Molly, Richard, George, Polly, Lydia, Dorcas, James, Benjamin
Died 5 Oct 1825
Sources
Book: History of Chatham, Massachusetts by Smith, page 331,332
Hart Cemetery, Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Holden Vital Records
Book: History of Brewer, Orrington, Holden & Eddington by Thayer & Ames
Chatham, Massachusetts Vital Records
Eastham, Massachusetts Vital Records
North America, Family Histories
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Vol 127
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Knowles Godfrey
Born 1737 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Occupation:  fisherman/seafaring man
Note:  mentioned in Mayflower Deeds and Probates page 305
Married Jerusha Ryder 23 Oct 1760 Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Children: Knowles Jr, Mercy
Note:  the two children survived the smallpox epidemic and were raised by their grandfather (George) and their uncle, Benjamin.
Died 19 Jan 1766 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note:  Knowles and his wife died in the small pox epidemic.  
Sources
Birth year: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 127
Mayflower Birth and Deaths Vol. 1 & 2
For more about the epidemic:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775%E2%80%9382_North_American_smallpox_epidemic
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Mercy Godfrey
Born 1740 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married George Bearse  12 July 1762 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Children:  Lucy, Mercy, Hannah, Moses, Elizabeth, David

Marriage record of Mercy Godfrey and George Bearse (his surname is spelled many ways)

Died 
Buried
Sources
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 page 41 Volume 127
NOTE:  lists her name as MERCY not Mary
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Benjamin Godfrey
Born 1742 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Military:   French and Indian Wars in 1760.
Occupation: Merchant, trader in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, where he owned shares in
cargoes shipped in and out of port. He was Rate Collector for Queens County in 1780.
Married Bethiah Atwood 2 Aug 1762 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note:  Marriage intentions were published on 27 July 1762
Children: Lucy, Joseph, Elizabeth, Matthew, Deborah, Ruth, Gideon, Hannah, Frances, John, Benjamin
Migration: to Canada arriving in Nova Scotia in 1790
Died:  26 March 1805 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sources
Marriage to Bethiah:  Massachusetts Vital Town and Vital Records
US and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists by Leonard H Smith Jr and Norma H Smith, Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Vol. 2, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994. page 274
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George Godfrey
Born 1745 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Rebecca Howes 15 Apr 1766 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children:  Molly, David
Died 24 May 1769 Massachusetts
Sources
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James Godfrey
Born 1747 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 page 42 Volume 127
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Martha Godfrey
Born 1748 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Two possible marriages - the first to Joshua Howes in 1771, the second to Barzallai Hopkins
IF she is the woman that married both men, she died in 1821 in Maine
Sources
Birth year: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 page 42 Volume 127
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Sarah Godfrey
Born 1750 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Jonathan Nickerson 3 Nov 1772 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth:  The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 page 41 Volume 127
Jonathan's birth: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Volume 125 page 174 Heads of families. at the first U.S. census. Ms. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (363 p.):18
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Jonathan Godfrey
Born 1755 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth:  The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 page 41 Volume 127
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Molly Godfrey
Born 1757 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Simon Ryder 2 Oct 1776 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
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Richard Godfrey 1735-1825 Lydia Doane 1741

Richard Godfrey
Parents: George Godfrey and Mercy Knowles
Born 1735 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Occupation: Mariner

Married Lydia Doane 23 Dec 1756 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: Marriage intention (engagement) announced 4 Dec 1756 Chatham Barnstable, Massachusetts

Marriage record for Richard Godfrey and Lydia Doane
Transcription: December 23, 1756 the marriage covenant was solemnized between Richard Godfrey jr (not sure why it claims Jr., as his father's name is George)  and Lydia Doane, both of Chatham, before the Reverend Mr. Stephen Emery, the Minister of the Gospel at Chatham, as appears under his hand so to me James Covel, Town Clerk

Died  after 1800 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Buried
Sources
North America, Family Histories

Marriage: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 and 2

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Volume 6 (Stephen Hopkins), John D. Austin, General Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth, Massachusetts; 1992, Page number: entry 425, page 454, child i (meaning first child)
1800 US Census Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 46 Vol 127

Occupation: his son-in-law's estate papers

AGBI

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Lydia Doane
Parents: Colonel Joseph Doane and Dorcas Eldredge

Born 25 May 1741 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Died

Buried
Sources
Marriage: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records

North America, Family Histories

New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 46 Vol 127

Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 and 2

AGBI

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CHILDREN

Richard and Lydia's family according to book,
Chatham statistics and Town Meetings

Doane Godfrey
Born 11 Dec 1759 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Military: Private, Revolutionary War, Massachusetts 16th Regiment, Enlisted 8 Sep 1777. He was still there in December.
Married ?
Died
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2
Military: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls
AGBI
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Joseph Godfrey
Born 11 Jan 1763 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married?
Died Perhaps died young?
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
AGBI
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Molly Godfrey
Born: 26 May 1766 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married: Captain Levi Young 25 Mar 1788 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Joseph, Phoebe, Lydia, Eliza, Polly, Levi, Joshua, Richard, Mercy, Asenath

Levi Young and Molly's marriage record
Note: Their marriage intention was published 15 Mar 1788

Note:  Levi, a mariner, died before 14 January 1810, as proven in probate/estate papers.

Molly on 14 January 1810 gave permission for her father, Richard Godfrey, to become administrator of her late-husband's estate. 

Her brothers (James and Benjamin) were also signers on the estate papers. Between them and their father, they had to pay the Judge $4,000 and had to make a full inventory list by 30 April 1810.

The children (Joseph, Phebe, and Lydia, who was not listed among their children prior to this) signed a letter stating they wished their mother to be their legal guardian on 1 May 1810. The letter was also signed by Richard Godfrey, their grandfather.

The problem is that Levi left behind an enormous debt of $1109.55 (the equivalent of $21,615.45 in 2020).  Molly had no means of income that I've found.

26 June 1810, Richard had posted the auction in The Eagle (newspaper) printed in Castine, Maine and given the court a copy. He made sure he had it posted in public for three weeks prior to the auction.

The required court-ordered public post of the auction of Levi's and Molly's belongings

Partial Transcription (couldn't read all of it):
Notice: to be sold at public auction by order of cort at the dwelling house of Molly Young the 25th day of July next at two of the ...in the after noone the estate of Levi Young late of Orrington, deceased, consisting 31 acres of land, half of a good dweling house - wood house with a good well of water under the same and half of a good barne said estate...the county made and is within half  a mile of ... John Brewer

Also at the same time and place will be sold by order of Hon. Jbe Nelson, Esqr, Judge of .... the reversion of widowes dower consisting of half a good house and ...acres land conditions made known at the time and ....of sale

Orrington, April 15, 1814 (signature of Richard Godfrey, Molly's father)
Adjoined to August the seventh at the same place when with her sold to the administrator without ...... (followed by another signature of Richard's)

27 June 1810, Richard petitioned the Judge and claimed the estate was insolvent.

6 February 1812 Richard again petitioned the court stating that after the "widow's third" had been given to the widow (Molly) and everything else sold (land, etc.) there wasn't enough money to pay the claims against the estate. After selling all they could, they only came up with $544.55. 

On 24 March 1812, the petition was granted.

  

Died after April 15, 1814 - since Richard presumably dated the last part of the auction post that way 

Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2
North America, Family Histories

New England Historical and Genealogical Register
AGBI
Maine Wills and Probate Records, Hancock estate files 1790-1915, Images 1827-1848

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Captain Richard Godfrey 
Born 20 Aug 1769 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Occupation: Mariner?
Married Mercy Young 15 Feb 1790 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children:  Doane, Elisha, Richard, Mercy, Lydia, Alva, Phebe, David 

Richard Godfrey and Mercy Young's family

Died 5 October 1827 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Buried
Sources
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

Marriage: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

1810 US Census Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

1820 US Census Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

AGBI Vol 64 page 58

New England Historical and Genealogical Register

Death: US newspaper extractions from the Northeast and listed as posted in the Columbian Centinel newspaper, 14 Nov 1827 issue

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George Godfrey
Born 23 May 1771 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married?
Died May have died young
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 47 Vol 127

AGBI Vol 64 p 35

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Polly Godfrey
Born 12 Jun 1773 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note:  also seen her name as Paula
Married?
Died
Buried
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 47 Vol 127

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Lydia's headstone

 *Lydia Godfrey

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4th Ggrandmother

 Born 9 May 1775 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
 Married 1) Isaiah Nickerson 12 Oct 1793 Chatham, Barnstable,   Massachusetts
  Children: George, Ruth, Isaiah, Polly, Lydia         
 2) William Parsons 13 Dec 1807 Massachusetts

 Died 14 Sep 1836 Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine

 Buried: Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine

 Sources                                             

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 47 Vol 127

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Dorcas Godfrey Knowles headstone

Dorcas Godfrey
Born 31 Jul 1777 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Dr. Abner Knowles 9 Jul 1795 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Chloe, Hannah, Narcissa, Dorcas, Mary, Abner, Ruth, Lydia, Jerusha, Eliza, Hezekiah
Died 1846 Dexter, Penobscot, Maine
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot, Maine
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 47 Vol 127

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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100495530/dorcas-knowles
James Godfrey
Born 15 Aug 1779 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Mehitable Swett 2 Dec 1802 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Children: Lavina, Mehitable, Elmira, Alfred, George, Patty, Betsey, Alfred, Sarah

Died 15 Mar 1844 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Buried: Dean Hill Cemetery, Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 38 Vol 64

North America, Family Histories

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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84364345/james-godfrey
Benjamin Godfrey
Born 9 May 1782 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Polly Gould 30 Dec 1812 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Dorcas, Sarah, Benjamin, Louisa, Anna, James, Cinderilla, Mary

Benjamin and Patty's family

Died

Buried
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 46 Vol 127

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 26 Vol 64

North America, Family Histories

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Joseph Canney 1650 Mary Dam 1651-1719

    

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8th Great Grandparents

Joseph Canney 

Parents: Thomas Canney and Jane (unknown surname)

Born abt 1650 Dover, Stratford, New Hampshire
Married 1) Mary unknown surname about 1668 (she died in 1670)

2) Mary Clements 25 December 1670 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Children: Jane

(This second wife named Mary died sometime between 1671 when she had Jane and before he married Mary Dam).

3) Mary Dam abt 1673

3 marriages for Joseph Canney  - all to women named Mary

Life Note: He was given a house and land east of Huckleberry Hill, Dover Neck, NH in 1673 and added the Stokes lot
Died before 17 Nov 1690 - the administration date of his will - widow Mary mentioned.
Sources
Book: History of Rockingham and Strafford Counties, New Hampshire, with biographical sketches of its pioneers and prominent men, compiled by  D. Hamilton Hurd, published 1882, page 769

Book: Early Records of New Hampshire Families Vol 7, Published by Committee in 1853, in Boston, outside biding claims 1913, page 117

Marriages from Book: U.S. Marriages Prior to 1700

Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 629 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
Mary Dam
Parents: Deacon John Dam and Elizabeth Pomfret

Born 4 May 1651 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married 2) William Harford 22 Nov 1701 New Hampshire

Died after 27 May 1718 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Sources
Birth: Collections of the Dover, N.H. Historical Society - Vol 1 Early Records of NH families

Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 629 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby

American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI) Vol 39 Page 270

North American Family Histories

                   CHILDREN with second wife, Mary Clement

Jane Canney

Born 15 Dec 1671 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Married Richard Hussey 1690 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Children: Richard, Job, Robert, Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Abigail, Jane, William, Margaret, Esther, Benjamin

Died 21 August 1761 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Buried
Sources

Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, published 1853 by committee, page 117, Vol 7

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CHILDREN with third wife, Mary Dam

Joseph Canney
Born 14 Oct 1674 Dover, New Hampshire
Married Leah Allen 1 December 1699 Dover, New Hampshire

Joseph and Leah's marriage record

Life note: in 1707 he sold to John (his youngest brother) his part of the homestead and settled in Cocheco Point and afterward, the Waldron's suit new Campion's rocks. Was still alive in 1735.

Children: Abigail 

Died after 1735

Buried
Sources
Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, published 1853 by committee, page 117, Vol 7

Book: Early Records of New Hampshire Families 

Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 629 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby

Marriage: American Marriages before 1699 AND U.S. New England Marriages before 1700

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7th G grandparents

*Mary Canney
Born 15 Feb 1679 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married Samuel Willey 3 June 1702 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

List showing Mary among her birth and marriage
among other things about her siblings

Children: Samuel Willey Jr.

Died 2 June 1703 Dover, Stafford, New Hampshire

Buried
Sources
Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, published 1853 by committee, page 117, Vol 7

Clip: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 127 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby

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Thomas Canney
Born abt 1680 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Life note: Thomas had his stepfather's (William Harford's) homestead.
Married Rose Pinkham (widow of James Tuttle) 15 May 1709 Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire

Children: Thomas, Susanna, Martha, Benjamin, Rose, William, Joseph, John, Elizabeth
Died 30 June 1761

Will written: 10 April 1758 Proven 30 June 1762: all but Joseph among the children are named in his will, meaning that all others were alive in 1758.

The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Canney 1680

In the name of God, Amen, the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord Christ, 1758, I Thomas Canne of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New England, yeoman, being something aged and infirm in body but of a sound disposing mind and memory therefore as I conceive it, the fittest time, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament.

In the first place I humbly recommend my soul to God the father of spirits hoping for his pardoning mercy thro the merits of Jesus Christ and my body to a decent interment at the discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned and as touching my worldly estate my will is that my just debts be first paid my funeral charges defrayed within convenient time after my decease by my executor of this my last will and testament

Secondly, I give and bequeath to my eldest son Thomas Canne ten acres of land more or less where he now dwells. Also, one hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid him by my said executor with which three hundred pounds old tenor more I paid him myself heretofore which sums together is in full of his portion out of my estate.

Item: I give to my daughter, Susanna Hanson, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid her by my executor in three years after my decease.

Item: I give to my daughter, Martha Meder, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid her by my executor in three years after my decease in manner aforesaid.

Item: I give to my son, Benjamin Canne, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid in manner aforesaid, which sum together with what I have already given him complete his portion.

Item: I give to my daughter, Rose Canne one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid by my executor, also one feather bed and furniture for the same also one iron pot, one iron skillet, one frying pan, and one pewter platter, together with free and full liberty of one room in my house to dwell in and also to have an equal share or comfortable support out of my real and personal estate so long as she shall remain single and unmarried.

Item: I give to my son William Canne, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid him by my executor, in manner and term aforesaid with what I have already given him complete his portion.

Item: I give to my son John Canne, all my homestead farm where I now dwell (?) a small orchard with the land whereon it stands joyning to Ephraim Tibbets land. I likewise give to my said son John Canne all edifices, buildings, and other orchards thereon together with all that tract or tracts of land of mine on the westerly side of the Back River also one in the ox pasture (so called) together with one piece of thatch bed at or near partridge point, also one feather bed and furniture for the same together with all my farming utensils viz.; plows, harrows cart and wheels sleds, yokes, chains, axes, and with all the iron in or about my house, except what I have already given my daughter Rose Canne to be to him the said John Canne and his heirs and assigns forever he and they carefully complying with and paying out the above-mentioned debts and legacies

Item: I give my grandson Joseph Canne, the within mentioned small orchard with the land whereon it stands. Joining to the land which formerly belonged to Joseph Hall, deceased, also to the land of Ephraim Tibbets aforesaid and I desire that my son, Benjamin Canne may have the care and management of the same aforesaid grandson until he is twenty-one years of age.

Item: I constitute and appoint my son, John Canne, sole executor of this my last will and testament making null and void all and every will or wills heretofore made by me. Rectifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In witness hereof I hereunto let my hand and seal the year and day first above written.

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Thomas Canne as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers

Elijah Tuttle

Alex Caldwell         April 10, 1760

P.S. Memo I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rose Canne  over and above what is mentioned in the foregoing will (viz) one fire shovel, one pair of tongs, and one trammel and all the rest and residue of my estate real and personal or of whatever name nature, or kind or whosoever the same is or shall be found I give or bequeath to be divided in equal shares or proportions amongst all my children.

In witness whereof, I have also hereunto to set my hand and seal in the presence of Elijah Tuttle, Signed: Nathaniel Austin, Alexander Caldwell. N.B. the words all equal was entered before signing

 Thomas Canne’s signature was an X

Province of New Hampshire, June the 30^th 1762 this will was proved by the oaths of Alexander Caldwell and Elijah Tuttle in common form

R Wibird Judge of Probate

Recorded according to the original

Province of New Hampshire: To all people to whom these presents shall come Richard Wibird, Esquire, Judge of the probate of wills in and for the Province of New Hampshire, sendeth greeting.

Know ye that on the day of the date hereof before me at Portsmouth in said province the instrument’ a copy of which is hereunto annexed purporting the last will and testament of Thomas Canne late of Dover in same province, deceased)  was presented for probate by John Canne, sole executor. Therein named and Alexander Caldwell and Elijah Tuttle two of the witnesses whose names are thereto subscribed being then present made solemn oath that they saw the said testator, sign, seal, and heard him declare the said instrument to be his last will and testament. That he was then, to the best of their judgment of sound and disposing mind and that they with Nathaniel Austin subscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereof in the presence of the said testator. I do therefore prove, approve, and allow of the said instrument as the last will and testament of the deceased and do hereby commit the administration thereof in all matters the same concerning and of his estate whereof he died, seized and possessed in said province unto him the aforesaid executor, well and faithfully to execute the said will and testament, and to administer the estate of the said deceased, according to the same who accepted of the said trust and is directed to bring in an inventory thereof according to law and he shall render an account  (upon oath) of his proceedings therein when lawfully thereto required.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the court of Probate for said province. Dated at Portsmouth aforesaid 30^th day of June Anno Domini 1762.

Buried
Sources
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 127 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby

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John Canney

Born abt 1682 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Life note: He lived on the family homestead after his father's death and was his father's executor.

Married Sarah Austin 22 Dec 1712 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Children: Mary, Sarah
Died 1747

Buried
Sources
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 127 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby

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Elizabeth Canney
Born 1684 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married Reynold Jenkins 19 May 1712 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Reynold Jenkins and Elizabeth Canney family

Children: Elizabeth, Jabez, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Elijah
Died 1765 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Buried
Sources
Book: Kittery and her Families by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, Lewiston, Maine, 1903, page 550, 559

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Abner Lowell 1739 Polly Ayer 1740

Abner Lowell
Born abt 1739
Parents - father may be Samuel Lowell
Married 1) Polly Ayer abt 1758
2) Sarah Webber
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 665-666

Polly Ayer
Born abt 1740
Unknown parents
Died by 1773
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666

CHILDREN

Benjamin Lowell
Born 11 Mar 1759 Maine
Married Lydia Anice
Children: Samuel, Esther, Lois, Polly, Sarah, Benjamin, Abner, Abraham, John
Died 11 Mar 1834 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666, 668-9
*Nathaniel Lowell
Born 28 May 1761 Maine
Married (intentions published) Lois Colson 1 Aug 1810 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Children: Amos, John, James, Josiah, Daniel, Anson, Jeremiah, Dorcas, Lois
2) Sarah Kimball
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Polly Lowell
Born abt 1763 Maine
Married Anson Lampher abt 1783 Maine
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666


ABNER'S CHILDREN FROM SARAH WEBBER
Note: These children are not in birth order yet - I will correct as I go. If you have sourced information, please share

Jane Lowell
Born 17 Feb 1771 Prospect, Maine
Married William Homer 26 Sep 1791 Maine
Children: William, Betsy, Sarah, Polly, Harriet, John, Louisa, Elmira, Jane, Lucy, Stephen, Zenas
Died 1854
Sources
Ancestral File
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 667
Abner Lowell
Born abt 1774 Maine
Married Polly Lowell (cousin) 22 Apr 1799 Maine
Children: Abner, Azuba, Stephen, Almira, Abel, Rachel, Abagail, Mary Jane, Abner, Priscilla, Sophronia
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Samuel Lowell
Born abt 1776 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Unmarried
Sources
Ancestral File
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Esther Lowell
Born Abt 1778 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married George Cregg
Sources
Ancestral File
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Emma (Amey)Lowell
Born Abt 1779 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married (intentions published) Abner A Clement Sep 1798
Note: The book by D. R. Lowell states the year as 1793, but she would only be 14 if he put her in chronological order with her siblings. The numbers 3 & 8 are easily confused so it could be a type-o
Children: Sally, Nancy, Rufus, Abner, Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth, Samuel, Nathaniel, James
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Sarah Lowell
Born abt 1782 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married James Colson (possibly a cousin) abt 1802 Maine
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Elizabeth (Betsey) Lowell
Born abt 1784 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married Adam Couillard abt 1804 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Died 18 Feb 1833 Frankfort, Maine
Sources
Ancestral File
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 666
Rachel Lowell
Born abt 1786 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married Richard B Fuller (intentions published) 31 Aug 1817 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Actual marriage took place 21 Oct 1817 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 10578 Batch M50641-2
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 667
Lucy Lowell
Born abt 1787 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married Robert Lowell (her cousin) 5 Nov 1807 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Children: Phoebe
Died 21 May 1843
Sources
Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 10578 Batch M50641-2Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 667
Dorcas Lowell
Born abt 1788 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married (intentions published) Thomas Ladd 9 Oct 1803 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Actual marriage took place 1 Dec 1803 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Note: In the record, her name is misspelled as Doreous and his surname is misspelled as Ludd
Children: Lois, Simeon, Thomas
Sources
Marriage: IGI Film 0010578 Batch M506412 dated 1793-1821
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 667
Phoebe Lowell
Born abt 1792 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married Jeremiah L Colson (possible cousin) 10 May 1804 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Note: Her name is spelled Phebe in the record
Children: Fulson
Sources
Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 10578 Batch M50641-2
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 667
Richard Lowell
Born abt 1796 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Occupation: Cooper
Married ...Fuller
Sources
Occupation: 1880 US Census for Chester, Penobscot, Maine page 408B lists him as 84y, married, still his own head of household
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 667

Nathaniel Lowell 1761 Lois Colson 1763

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5th great grandparents

Nathaniel Lowell
Parents: Abner Lowell and Polly Ayer

Born 28 May 1761
Married Lois Colson about 1786 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
2) Sarah Kimball about 1811 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85692392/nathaniel-lowell

Shared headstone for Nathaniel, Lois, 
his second wife, Sarah Kimball,
and his son, Nathaniel

Lois Colson
Parents: Josiah Colson and Elizabeth Downs

Born 30 Sep 1766 Stockton, Waldo, Maine
Died 1 August 1810 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Buried Lowell Cemetery Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85692873/lois-lowell

Family Search

ancestry.com

CHILDREN

Note: The first three children are reported to be born on the same day. The only one I found among the Maine births and christenings is Josiah. On the other hand, the historic genealogy book did not list Josiah at all, but did list the other two. 

Amos Lowell

Born 12 Jul 1787 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Died young
Sources

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669
John Lowell
Born 12 Jul 1787 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Died
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669
Josiah Lowell
Born 12 Jul 1787 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Josiah's birth record. Note: His mother's name is spelled Louies in the record

Married ?

Children

Died

Buried
Sources
Birth: Maine Birth and Christenings 1739-1900 Film 10578 Batch C50641-1 Image 14

Family Search

ancestry.com

Nathaniel Lowell headstone
Buried with his parents

Nathaniel Lowell

Born about 1789 Bucksport, Hanock, Maine

Married

Died 1810 (age 21)

COD: Drowned

Buried

Sources

Family Search

ancestry.com

James's headstone

James Chase Lowell

Born 26 Sep 1789 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Occupation: Shoemaker

Married Joanna (Joan) Nickerson 21 Jan 1816 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Children: Elvira, Reuben, Lois, Nathaniel, Zeruiah, Marie, Hannah, Marie, Ellen, Jeremiah

Died 1 April 1879

Buried April 1879 Dean Hill Cemetery, Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Batch 11724 Batch I00651-0
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99319066/james-lowell

Daniel Lowell

Born abt 1790 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Unmarried
Sources
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669

Lois Lowell

Born abt 1796
Married ?

Children

Died

Buried
Sources

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 670

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4th g grandfather

*Anson Lowell

Born 30 Nov 1798 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Engaged to Mary Baker 5 Nov 1815 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Engagement to Mary and the note at the bottom stating they were 
granted a certificate on 17 Dec 1815

Married 11 Feb 1816 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Anson and Mary's marriage record - note that a clerk has written 15 over the 16 
that was there. It was the same on several names on this page.

Children: Sarah, Martha, Nathaniel, Moses, Isaiah

Died 30 Jan 1844 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Note: on findagrave someone has mistakenly recorded that he was born in 1800. This cannot be true since on his grave it claims he was 45 years and 2 months old at the time of death.

Probate: 15 January 1845 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Note: brother Jeremiah was his executor

Buried: Riverview Cemetery Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
1820 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

1830 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

1840 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669
Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 11724 Batch I00651-0

Maine U.S. Wills and Probate Records pages 67-68

Dorcas' headstone

Dorcas Lowell
Born 13 Feb 1801 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married (intentions published) Reuben Rider 11 Mar 1823 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Children: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Hannah, Joshua, Sarah

Died 13 June 1872 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Buried Heweytown Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 48)  Film 443491 Image #72 Line 6 Family #497

1860 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 59)

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 670

Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70460737/dorcas-rider

Jeremiah and Clarissa's headstone

Jeremiah C Lowell
Born 1803 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Note: I have also seen 1792 for his birth year

Occupation: Stone Cutter (1860) Shoe Maker (1870)

Married: Clarissa Harper Harriman 9 July 1831 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Children: Mary, Amanda, John

Died 1879

Note: was the executor of his brother Anson's estate in probate court in 1845

Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Prospect, Waldo, Maine

Sources
1820 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

1850 US Census Prospect, Waldo, Maine (age 46)

1860 US Non-population schedules (no age given, just stats on his farm)

1870 US Census for Maine he was listed as 68y old
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 670

Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203814067/jeremiah-c-lowell

Anson Lowell 1798- 1843 Mary F Baker 1795

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4th great grandfather

Anson Lowell
Parents: Nathaniel Lowell and Lois Colson

Born 30 Nov 1798 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married Mary F Baker 19 Nov 1815 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Note: On Maine Marriages, they have 17 Dec 1815 as the date. Perhaps the February date is the engagement date - or banns. In Bucksport Town records it lists that the marriage was 'published' 5 Nov 1815 and 'certified' 19 Nov 1815 in Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.

Died 30 Jan 1844 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 43y)

Probate: 15 January 1845

Anson's headstone. Note the year 1844. If he was 45 and 3 months, that would mean he was born in Oct. 

Buried Riverview Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Sources
FGS listing: Bucksport Town Records, Vol 2, Vol 3
Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 11724 Batch I00651-0 AND
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 669

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72724832/anson-lowell

11 Feb 1815: Though listed in Maine Marriages, I believe that through common sense/logic, that is is actually Anson and Mary's engagement record. 

5 Nov 1815:  Here Anson and Mary are already married (She is referred to as a wife, not Miss Mary Baker). and are being granted a certificate of marriage on 17 Dec 1815.

Mary Thompson "Molly" Baker
Parents: Moses Baker and Martha Atwood

Born 19 October 1793 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Mary (Molly) and siblings' birth record from page 18 of Maine Births and Christenings.
I have also seen in another original source with a different birth date: 19 Nov 1793 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Died 16 December 1857 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Mary Thompson Baker Lowell's headstone

Buried Riverview Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Sources
Birth: Maine Births and Christenings, page 18 Image 41 (seen above)

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Note: her name is given as Molly in the record

AGBI (shows her name as Molly)

1850 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 55)

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America... by Delmar R Lowell p 667
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72725017/mary-lowell

CHILDREN

Sarah's headstone

Sarah Ann Lowell

Born Abt Nov 1816 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Married Solomon Swett 1 Mar 1836 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Marriage record for Sarah and Solomon

Children: Ezekiel, Solomon, Nathaniel, Rachel, Mary, Charles, Francis, George, Samuel

Died 21 December 1888 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine

Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1860 US Census Shirley, Piscataquis, Maine (age 43)

1870 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 53)

1877 US City Directory Bangor, Maine (husband is listed, but she is a widow)

1880 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 63)

Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 11724 Batch I00651-0
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 677

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98354291/sarah-ann-swett

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3rd Great grandmother

*Martha A Lowell
Born 30 Aug 1820 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Married William Willey Quimby 1 May 1836 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Children: Mary, Dorcas, Levinia, William, Fannie, George, Josiah, Silas

Died 13 April 1897 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

COD: La Grippe (Flu)

Martha's Death Record

Buried Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Martha's headstone

Sources

1850 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 30)

1860 US Compiled Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 40 )

1870 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 50 )

1880 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 60 )

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 677

Maine U.S. Death Records

Maine U.S. Wills and Probate Records

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72720534/martha-a.-quimby
Nathaniel Lowell
Born abt 1822 Bucksport, Hancock, Maine
Unmarried

Died

Buried

Sources

1850 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 27)

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 677
Moses B Lowell
Born abt 1824  Bucksport, Hancock, Maine

Moses Lowell and Elizabeth Colson
marriage record

Married Elizabeth E Colson 14 Sep 1851 Monroe, Waldo, Maine
Children: Nathaniel (who died of consumption at age 17)

Died 1855

Buried

Sources
1850 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 24)

Marriage: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Film 11565 Batch M52289-1
Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 677
Isaiah Lowell
Born 2 April 1827 Bucksport, Hanock, Maine
Occupation: Seaman (1850)

Married Susan Baker abt 1850
Children: Lillian, possibly Abner

Died

Buried

Sources
1850 US Census Bucksport, Hancock, Maine (age 21)

Book: The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from... by Delmar R Lowell p 677