ROBERTS: Appalachian Aristocracy

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1873 - Bef 1880 (~ 7 years)

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Generation: 1

1. ROBERTS was born ca 1873, Alfred, York Co. ME (son of Alonzo ROBERTS and Abigail Mary RUSSELL); died Bef 1880, Alfred, York Co. ME.

Generation: 2

Alonzo ROBERTS was born 02 Sep 1834, Alfred, York Co. ME; died 07 Oct 1910, Alfred, York Co. ME.

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Alonzo married Abigail Mary RUSSELL 05 Jun 1870, Alfred, York Co. ME. Abigail (daughter of David RUSSELL and Mary WENTWORTH) was born 26 Feb 1832, Alfred, York Co. ME; died 11 Dec 1911, Alfred, York Co. ME. [Group Sheet]

Abigail Mary RUSSELL was born 26 Feb 1832, Alfred, York Co. ME (daughter of David RUSSELL and Mary WENTWORTH); died 11 Dec 1911, Alfred, York Co. ME.

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Children:

Minna Mabel ROBERTS was born 27 Jun 1871, Alfred, York Co. ME.
1. ROBERTS was born ca 1873, Alfred, York Co. ME; died Bef 1880, Alfred, York Co. ME.
Mary L. ROBERTS was born 22 Mar 1875, Alfred, York Co. ME.
ROBERTS was born ca 1877, Alfred, York Co. ME; died Bef 1880, Alfred, York Co. ME.

Generation: 3

David RUSSELL was born 17 Apr 1798, Waterboro, York Co, ME (son of Joseph RUSSELL, Jr. and Aphia MOODY); died 27 Jun 1835, Waterboro, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetary, Alfred, York Co. Maine.

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Notes:

check probate records in York Co. ME, David Russell 1835-36, Book 46, p. 183. Age given on tombstone as 37 years 2 months 10 days.

CENSUS RECORDS

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: David Russell
Home in 1830: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [Nathaniel]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [David]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Louisa]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [wife Mary]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118844937&ref=acom

David married Mary WENTWORTH 2 Dec 1819, Waterboro, York Co, ME. Mary (daughter of Gershom WENTWORTH and Abigail WENTWORTH) was born 27 Jun 1796, Somersworth, NH; died 24 Oct 1888, Alfred, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetary, Alfred, York Co. Maine. [Group Sheet]

Mary WENTWORTH was born 27 Jun 1796, Somersworth, NH (daughter of Gershom WENTWORTH and Abigail WENTWORTH); died 24 Oct 1888, Alfred, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetary, Alfred, York Co. Maine.

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Notes:

Age given on tombstone as 92 years 3 months 27 days.

the daughter of Gershom and Abigail (Wentworth) Wentworth as recognized by the 1870 Wentworth Genealogy. After David's death at the age of 37, she married David Bennett 9 June 1850 (Alfred Vital Records). David's will names his wife Mary and three children: Nathaniel, Louisa, and Abigail (York County Probate 16430).

CENSUS RECORDS

1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Nancy Russell
Home in 1830: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [Nathaniel]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [husband David]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Louisa]
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Mary]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Russell
Home in 1840: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 [Nathaniel]
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 [Abigail]
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Nancy]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118844971

Children:

Louisa W. RUSSELL was born 26 Feb 1821, Alfred, York Co. ME; died 03 Mar 1881, Acton, York Co. ME.
Nathaniel H. RUSSELL was born 27 Nov 1825, Alfred, York Co. ME; died 02 Feb 1906, Alfred, York Co. ME; was buried , Riverside Cemetery Springvale, York Co. ME.
3. Abigail Mary RUSSELL was born 26 Feb 1832, Alfred, York Co. ME; died 11 Dec 1911, Alfred, York Co. ME.

Generation: 4

12.

Joseph RUSSELL, Jr. was born Abt 1755, Waterboro, York Co, ME (son of Joseph RUSSELL and Abigail TOWLE); died 2 Sep 1826, Alfred, York Co., ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, York Co. Maine.

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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]

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Aphia MOODY was born Abt 1757, Brentwood, Rockingham Co., NH (daughter of Samuel MOODY and Hannah SEVERANCE); died 12 May 1847, Alfred, York Co., ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, York Co. Maine.

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

Children:

Mary RUSSELL was born 26 May 1777, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died 3 Nov 1864, Alfred, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, York Co. ME.
Jonathan RUSSELL was born 1780, York Co. ME; died 30 Jun 1860, Webster, Monroe Co. NY; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester Monroe Co. NY.
Clement RUSSELL was born Abt 1783, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died Aft 14 Mar 1823, Waterboro, York Co. ME.
Simon Jacob RUSSELL was born ca 1784, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died ca 1845, Lake Co. OH.
Joseph RUSSELL, III was born 1787, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died 13 Dec 1869, Freedom, Waldo Co. ME; was buried , Hutchins Cemetery, Freedom, Waldo Co. ME.
Betsey RUSSELL was born ca 1788, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died 01 Apr 1826, Shapleigh, York Co. ME.
Benjamin RUSSELL was born 1792, Waterboro, York Co, ME; died 31 Aug 1814, Plattsburgh, Clinton Co. NY.
Joshua RUSSELL was born 5 Jun 1795, York Co. ME; died 8 Feb 1881, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetary, Alfred, York Co. Maine.
6. David RUSSELL was born 17 Apr 1798, Waterboro, York Co, ME; died 27 Jun 1835, Waterboro, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetary, Alfred, York Co. Maine.

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Gershom WENTWORTH was born 19 Mar 1765, Somersworth, Strafford Co. NH; died 14 Feb 1814, Portland, Cumberland Co. ME.

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Gershom married Abigail WENTWORTH. Abigail was born 07 Aug 1763, Somersworth, Strafford Co. NH; died 19 Nov 1815, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co. ME. [Group Sheet]

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Abigail WENTWORTH was born 07 Aug 1763, Somersworth, Strafford Co. NH; died 19 Nov 1815, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co. ME.

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Children:

7. Mary WENTWORTH was born 27 Jun 1796, Somersworth, NH; died 24 Oct 1888, Alfred, York Co. ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetary, Alfred, York Co. Maine.