Joseph RUSSELL, IV

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Joseph Purssel [Joseph Russell Jr]
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Freedom, Waldo, Maine
Gender: Male
Family Number: 131
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Russell 36
Eunice Russell 34
Mary R Russell 4
Albert Russell 1

1870 Census
Name: Joseph Russel [Joseph Russell]
Age in 1870: 57
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1870: Freedom, Waldo, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Unity
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Russel 57
Eunice S Russel 55
Rose M Russel 24
Albert H Russel 21
Josh P Russel 19
Wm G Russel 16
Herbert J Russel 9
Daniel N Russel 31

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2216888&GRid=43179617&

Died:
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 89

Name: Joseph Russell Junior
Age: 60
Birth Date: abt 1813
Death Date: 22 Oct 1873
Death Place: Freedom
Registration Place: Freedom, Waldo

Joseph married Eunice Kelley 25 Dec 1844, Waldo Co. ME. Eunice was born ca 1815, Maine; died Aft 1880. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 89

Name: Joseph Russell
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1844
Marriage Place: Freedom, Waldo, Maine
Spouse: Mist Eunice L Kelley

1. Rose M. RUSSELL was born ca 1846, Waldo Co. ME.
2. Albert RUSSELL was born ca 1849, Waldo Co. ME.
3. Jeremiah RUSSELL was born ca 1851, Waldo Co. ME.
4. William G. RUSSELL was born ca 1854, Waldo Co. ME.
5. Joseph H. RUSSELL was born ca 1860, Waldo Co. ME.

Other Events:

• _UID: CF60D271B8344F268B889D67EAE6FE2CE454

Notes:

Typed list of Alfred marriage intentions, Maine Historical Society, Maine town stacks give date of December 2, 1809. Married December 20, 1809, incorrectly cited as "Joshua" Russell and "Polly" Davis in Maine Hist. & Gen. Recorder 4 (1887) p. 206.

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census Mortality Schedules, Maine, 1850-1880
Name: Joseph Russell
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Estimated birth year: abt 1788
Birth Place: Maine
Age: 82
Death Date: Jan 1870
Cause of Death: paralysis
Census Year: 1870
Census Place: Freedom, Waldo, Maine


DEATH

Tombstone Inscription:
Age 84 yrs 4 mos 7 days. Husband of: 1. Sarah 2. Mary

Buried:
Grave location and photo of tombstone:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2216888&GRid=19353618&

Died:
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 89

Name: Joseph Russell
Age: 84
Birth Date: abt 1785
Death Date: 13 Dec 1869
Death Place: Freedom
Registration Place: Freedom, Waldo

Joseph married Sarah (Sally) Davis 02 Dec 1809, Alfred, York Co. ME. Sarah was born ca 1796, Alfred, York Co. ME; died 03 Jul 1831, Freedom, Waldo Co. ME; was buried , Hutchins Cemetery, Freedom, Waldo Co. ME. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Tombstone Inscription:
Age 35yrs 5mos 23days. Wife of Joseph Russell

Maine Death Records, 1617-1922
Name: Sarah Russell
Age: 35
Birth Date: abt 1796
Death Date: 3 Jul 1831
Registration Place: Penobscot
Spouse: Joseph

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2216888&GRid=19353629&

Died:
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 89

Name: Sarah Russell
Age: 35
Birth Date: abt 1796
Death Date: 3 Jul 1831
Registration Place: Penobscot
Spouse: Joseph

Other Events:

• _UID: 4FC987EE50D44149B9073DA06B38AA7DA2D2

Notes:

Marriage intentions of Joseph Russell and Apphia Moody filed Sanford, ME 13 April 1776 where the bride was recorded as "Effies" Moody. The marriage record of Joseph Russell to APPHIA MOODY was found in the records of the First Parish Church of Kennebunk.

LAND RECORDS

JOSEPH Russell, Jr. was the Massabesic (Waterborough, Sanford, Alfred areas of Maine) soldier who enlisted in Captain John Smith's Company which reported to Col. Cutts Aug ye 20th 1778 Maine Historical and Gen.Recorder 8 (1895):84 (Massabesick was the old name for Waterboro and N. Alfred)

In 1791, Joseph and Abigail conveyed additional land in Waterborough to their son "Joseph Russell, Junr York Deeds 56:40.

Deed in York Co. Court House, 30 Apr 1793 Abigail Russell of Sanford, ME sold to Joseph Russell of Waterboro, 1 and 1/2 acres of land for 6 pounds.

1816: Nine acres of land in Waterboro by the Shapleigh line conveyed to Joseph Russell by Timothy Pike (York County Deedbook 94:186)

An 1872 map of Alfred shows that the Russell property was located on the narrow northern strip of Alfred that lay between Waterboro and Shapleigh. Lots 31 and 32 were adjacent to the northernmost tip of what would become the town of Alfred and what is now called Alfred Gore. Alfred was a part of the town of Sanford, Maine, until 1794, when it became a separate town. The shape of Alfred was then pointed at the north and even called a "triangle" in early deeds. We know that the Russells owned land in Massabesick "by the highway and land of John Bean," as this land was described in Joseph, Sr. and Abigail's deed to their daughter, Sarah in 1783. (YD, 50:224).

By 4 January 1845, Joshua Russell, a son of Joseph, Jr. and grandson of Joseph, Sr. and Abigail Russell, gathered signatures to a petition to annex his land to the town of Alfred. Basically the petitioners described the difficulties of being citizens of Waterboro, given their location and the lack of roads to the center of Waterboro. The petition requested a new boundary, using part of the middle branch of the Mousam River to separate the towns. The petition was also signed by Mary Russell, the widow of Joshua's brother, David, and four others. It was unsuccessful until the following year the petitioners returned with 47 signatures and in 1847, the new boundary line was established and the Russell homesteads became a part of Alfred. (Research by Edward Cook of Shapleigh and his brother John of Alfred who now in 2004 lives in the original home of Joseph and Abigail Towle Russell),
Eaton, P. and Boyle F.R., TAG Vol 79, pp. 141-44


CENSUS RECORDS

State: ME Year: 1790 County: York Roll: M637_2 Township: Waterboro Page: 68 Image: 0192

1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russull, Jr.
Home in 1790: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 8

Joseph, Sr.'s household, consisting of himself and presumably his wife is placed just above his Jr's on the census. Both surnames are mispelled Russull

1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russell, Jr.
Home in 1800: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10

Mary's father, Joseph Russell would have been turning 45 in 1755 and Aphia, 43. Mary had already married in 1794 and was in the James Bean household in Alfred. It appears possible that by 1810 the elder Joseph had moved to Alfred too and the Joseph Russell in 1810 Waterboro was Mary's brother, since there is no mark for a female over 45 in the Joseph Russell household of 1810.

1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russell
Home in 1810: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 5

Clement Russell, his son, is listed just below Joseph.

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russell
Home in 1820: Waterboro, York, Maine
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4



Buried:
Grave location
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=russell&GSiman=1&GScid=89862&GRid=62335482&

Joseph married Aphia MOODY 14 May 1776, First Parish Church, Kennebunk, York Co., ME. Aphia (daughter of Samuel MOODY and Hannah SEVERANCE) was born Abt 1757, Brentwood, Rockingham Co., NH; died 12 May 1847, Alfred, York Co., ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, York Co. Maine. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 72A9C784BF6A4057937969CA07B85C5BDB54

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62335549

Other Events:

• _UID: B2AB5FAE88094EBFADBD0B30E281C217E91E

Notes:

Joseph moved to Maine and may have been a Revolutionary War veteran.

A trio of genealogically informative Rockingham county, New Hampshire deed record not only establish Joseph's parentage and that of his wife, but also place the couple in Providence, Rhode Island 19 May 1753, Epping, New Hampshire 2 February 1763, and Exeter, New Hampshire 29 April 1766 (Rockingham Co., NH deeds 43:442, 34:728, and 84:243 for place locations).

In 1763, Joseph and Abigail Russell, now of Epping, New Hampshire, conveyed their rights to the estate of Richard Long of Salisbury, which fell to "my honored mother, Sarah Russell, wife of William Russell." The deed further states that both Joseph's parents were deceased, that Joseph's mother Sarah was a sister to Richard Long, and that her share was one-quarter of the estate.

By deed, 12 Mar 1764, John Clough of Brentwood, Elisha Clough of Kingston, Joseph Russell of Exeter, and Samuel and Eleanor Welch of Suncook, all of the province of New Hampshire, conveyed to Jonathon Moulton of Hampton, Esq., all their rights in land in Exeter that they had inherited from their uncle Richard Long of Salisbury, deceased

19 April 1777 deed of nearby Rockingham county, New Hampshire, mentions Joseph Russell of Massabesick (Rockingham Co. deeds 109:64).

W.W. Clayton's History of York County, Maine reports that Joseph Russell was one of the first settlers of Massabesick, as the plantation was known before its incorporation as the town of Waterborough in 1787. Clayton also writes, "Prior to 1768 the entire tract was a vast wilderness into which no highways penetrated and which was traversed only along Indian trails and over logging roads, which had been built through various parts of the town by settlers from the Atlantic coast who souht this territory for the magnificent pines and oaks which covered it, for use in shipbuilding at home and for export, a large business enterprise from Portsmouth to Portland. Massabesick Plantation included a portion of northern Alfred, called the Gore. The name came from Massabesick Pond (now Shaker Pond) coming from the name of an Indian chief residing on its western shore. The name Massabesick was confirmed by resolve of the General Court of Massachusetts."

3 Nov 1783, Joseph Russell, "husbandman of Massabesick," conveyed land "in Massabesick by the highway and land of John Bean" to his wife Abigail and Sarah Russell (York Deeds 50: 224)

Joseph Russell was one of 30 signers of the petition of 1785 by the Inhabitants of the Plantation of Massabesick in the county of York who "humbly sheweth that thay Labour under sum Very Great Inconveniances for want of being Incorporated and wish to be Put in a better situation for Doing their Duty wherfore Your Petitioners Earnestly Pray that their Plantation may be incorporated into a Town acording to the Plan herewith Presented to Gether with a gore of Land containing about Eighteen hundred acres Lying between Sanford and Shapleighton and adjoining the aforesaid Plantation and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound will Ever pray &c." And so Waterborough came into being by act of the sitting Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, March 6 1787. It was named in honor of Col. Josiah Waters, one of the early proprietors of Massabesick.

1791, Joseph and Abigail conveyed additional land in Waterborough to their son "Joseph Russell, Junr."[ ] In 1792, Joseph and Abigail conveyed livestock to their (still unmarried) daughter Sarah Russell (York Deeds 56: 304)

CENSUS RECORD

State: ME Year: 1790, County: York Roll: M637_2
Township: Waterboro, Page: 68, Image: 0192

1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russull
Home in 1790: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 1
Number of Household Members: 2

Joseph, Sr.'s household, consisting of himself and presumably his wife is placed just below his son William Jr's on the census. Both surnames are mispelled Russull


Occupation:
Lumberman

Joseph married Abigail TOWLE 15 May 1746, Hampton Falls, Rockingham, NH. Abigail (daughter of Joshua TOWLE and Sarah BROWN) was born 13 Feb 1720/21, Hampton Falls, NH; died , Massebecsic (Alfred), York, ME. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 0DB4C71B1E254855A6A16F0CF92CD9347724

Notes:

As residents of Providence, Rhode Island, 19 May 1753, Joseph and Abigail Russell conveyed to Joshua Towle of Hampton, New Hampshire their rights "to the estate of our honoured father, Joshua Towle of Hampton, New Hampshire"

Birth:
New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900 Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.

Name: Abigial Towl
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1720/1
Birth Place: New Hampshire
Father: Joshua Towl
Mother: Sarah

Notes:

Married:
"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637-1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. ?Marriage Records.? New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

Name: Joseph Russell
Marriage Date: 15 May 1746
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Abigail Tolle
Spouse Gender: Female
FHL Film Number: 1001299

Other Events:

• _UID: 7D07C4043A72426CA950A8A19A54278A87EC

Notes:

Private in Massachusetts militia during the Revolution.

CENSUS RECORDS

Maine, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890
Name: Samuel Moody
State: ME
County: York County
Township: Bath
Year: 1787
Page: 023
Database: ME Early Census Index

Samuel married Hannah SEVERANCE 3 Dec 1755, Kingston, Rockingham, NH. Hannah (daughter of Ebenezer SEVERANCE and Anna FITTS) was born 15 Apr 1736, Ipswich, Essex, MA or NH; died 1801, Industry, Franklin, ME. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: B0D8B52A7F1C4784AEB026905E561803B0E3