Joseph RUSSELL, Jr.

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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]

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Clement RUSSELL was born Abt 1783, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died Aft 14 Mar 1823, Waterboro, York Co. ME.
4. Simon Jacob RUSSELL was born ca 1784, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died ca 1845, Lake Co. OH.
5. 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.
6. Betsey RUSSELL was born ca 1788, Waterboro, York Co. ME; died 01 Apr 1826, Shapleigh, York Co. ME.
7. Benjamin RUSSELL was born 1792, Waterboro, York Co, ME; died 31 Aug 1814, Plattsburgh, Clinton Co. NY.
8. 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.
9. 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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• _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]

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• _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

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• _UID: 44F7A4E9371B4BA29BC8205C8CBA8635E75E

Notes:

Purchased land in Hampton, New Hampshire, December 1717

Birthplace not confirmed. Death year could be 1751.

Source: Joseph Russell Families of Maine, Priscilla Eaton and Fred R. Boyle, CG, The American Genealogist, Vol 79, Jan/Apr 2004, Page: 135-153

On 1 December 1726, "William Russell of Hampton, maltster," sold "all of my now dwelling house and malthouse barn and 14 acres near Gougos wigwam, (NH Province Deeds, 15:432) possibly in preparation for a move to Providence, Rhode Island.

William filed an Eastern claim to Scarboro property on behalf of his wife, Sarah, and her siblings. (Rockingham Co., NH deed 10: 388) The deed indicates that William was "of Providence, Rhode Island" in 1728, but he was back in Hampton by April of 1737 when he sold property in Salisbury. (Rockingham Co., NH deed 73:250)

A deed shows that William was "of Providence, Rhode Island" by 1 May 1728 when he sold to John Hardy of Hampton by 9 November 1736 when his daughter, "Mary of William, late of Providence but now of Hampton, New Hampshire," married Jeremiah Brown in Providence. (James N. Arnold, Vital Records of RI, 1630-1850, 21 vols, 2: Providence, 25, citing Providence Marriages, 1:78.).

His place and date of death would have been in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire prior to 6 Nov 1761 when his estate was administered by his son David Russell, of Johnston, RI,

The inventory, valued at 712 pounds 7 shillings, included property valued at 30 pounds "in the hands of Anna French, Mercy Hoag, and Sarah Elkins, 10 pounfd each." who may be daughters of William Russell. In support of this is the fact that William's son David Russell of Johnston, RI, husbandman, and Nathaniel French and Elijah Hoag, both of Epping, yeomen, were appointed sureties in the sum 500 pounds. Given the deeds signed by Joseph Russell, and his sister, Mary (Russell) Brown for the Long family property, it appears that they were the only surviving children of William and his first wife, Sarah (Long) Russell. William's other children were likely from his second marriage to Elizabeth(Chase) Russell.

William was back in Hampton by 9 November 1736 when his daughter, Mary, married Jeremiah Brown in Providence. Mary Russell Brown seems to be the ongoing link to Rhode Island. Joseph never owned property in Rhode Island, but may have gone there for a time after his sister Mary married. She appears to have remained in RI where her husband's family was established. Jeremiah Brown had a brother, Gideon in Johnston, and John in Providence who were involved in land transactions involving Jeremiah and Mary (Russell) Brown recorded in 1758, 1769, and 1781. David Russell was still in Johnston, Rhode Island, when he administered the estate of his father in 1761, but later returned to NH (Richmond), where 8 children were born, before moving to Seneca Co., NY

Occupation:
Malster

William married Sarah LONG 28 Nov 1715, Newbury, Essex Co. MA. Sarah (daughter of Richard LONG and Anna FRENCH) was born 13 Jan 1692/3, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died Abt 1726. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 3C82336766FC45B49DEC3451665B82666A41

Notes:

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.

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• _UID: 029F7AE0E7BE4188B2FEF62C7E066D0E3AE1

Notes:

Some of the descendants of Philip Towle of Hampton, N H, Mrs. A.E.T. Lindsay, p.6
Name: Joshua Towle
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1692
Birth Place: Hampton
First Marriage Date: 6 Feb 1713
Death Date: 24 Nov 1752
Father: Joshua Towle
Mother: Sarah Reed
Spouse: Sarah Brown

Died:
New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Name: Joshua Towl
Event Type: Death
Death Date: 23 Nov 1752
Death Place: Hampton, New Hampshire

Joshua married Sarah BROWN 6 Feb 1712/13, Hampton, Rockingham, NH. Sarah was born 3 Apr 1691, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH; died 8 Aug 1767, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 55DD1234861A409CB3732E4A7833BDA6A021

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• _UID: B2B0A29D5BFB4CED8693B9B9CCCDE67AB4A4

Notes:

Speculation on this part. Edward Hutson Russell provided a notation that the earliest Russell he knew of was in Essex, MA.

Name could be John instead of Jonathan

Andover, Essex Co.,Mass......proprietors in town book 1681: John jr Russell

List of Freemen of Massachusetts 1630-1691,Lucius Paige, 1849 29 May 1644 lists John Russell. This could be the father of John Russell, Jr. listed in Andover.

"History of Cambridge,Massachusetts, 1630-1877";
Lucius Paige;Cambridge,1877

1642: owners and occupants of the several lots names John Russell

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• _UID: 8E066136A85F4A08B65A0845DAF6C3E155C7

Notes:

of Salisbury, MA

Ancestral File Number: K6LB-Q1

Richard Long signed petition of 1680; both he and wife signed Bradbury petition 1692. The following year he bought the Sheldon farm in Scarborough (Black Point) from the widow Rebecca Sheldon; the farm was sold by his heirs in 1720. He was killed by Indians in Amesbury on his way to Haverhill, 4 September 1694 with Joseph Pike.[He and Deputy Sheriff Joseph-3 Pike (1638-1694) "were slain by Indians as they traveled the head of the further end of Pond Plain..the enemy lay in a deserted house by the way, or in a clump of bushes or both."]. (Journal of Rev. John Pike, Essex. Collections); Inventory of his estate on 24 September 1794. James Brown of Salisbury was appointed guardian for three minor children.

Source: http://www.nh.searchroots.com/Long/richardsalis.htm

Settlers Surnamed Long to New England before 1700 NEGSR vol 104 page 40 Richard Long, house carpenter of Salisbury, was killed by Indians 4 Sept 1694, and is first recorded in Salisbury 1671. He married 21 July 1680, Ann, 1659-1731 daughter of Joseph and Susan (Stacy) French, and they had issue Elizabeth who married John Clough; William who married Ruth Eastman 2nd Sarah Shepare/Shepard, 3rd Deborah Tongue; Richard who married Sarah Coker; Susannah may have married an Eaton; Joseph never married; Sarah died infancy; Elinor who married Nathaniel Mason; and Sarah who married Wm. Russell, all born between 1680-1693. His widow married second Thomas Mudgett and third Alexander Magoon of Kingston, NH. He was recognized as a kinsman by Robert Long of Newbury and may have been born in New England but parents are unknown. Descendants have been traced in eastern MA, NH and Maine.

Richard married Anna FRENCH 21 Jul 1680, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. Anna (daughter of Joseph French and Susanna Stacy) was born 10 Mar 1659, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 31 Mar 1738, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: B967759FBCF646B0A342875ACFBFD98891E5

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• _UID: 49362ED75B8541BFA1EC6C7B2E4985DDB14A

Notes:

New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers; Author: Albert Stillman Batchellor; Probate Place: New Hampshire

Name: Joshua Towl
Probate Date: 8 Dec 1715
Probate Place: New Hampshire
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1715
Inferred Death Place: New Hampshire
Item Description: Vol 31

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98902729

Died:
New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. "Death Records, 1654-1947." Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.

Name: Joshua Towle
Birth Date: abt 1663
Death Date: 25 Jul 1715
Death Age: 52
Clerk Locality: Hampton, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
FHL Film Number: 1001112

Joshua married Sarah REED 2 Dec 1686, Rockingham Co., NH. Sarah was born , Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH; died Aft Nov 1714. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 16C4661722AD451E9F0EBB3F64FA27D085F5

Notes:

Sources:
Title: "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire"
Author: Sybil Noyes, Charles Libby and Walter Davis
Publication: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1928-1939
Repository:
Call Number: F18.N68
Media: Book
Page: p. 580, 689
Title: "History of the Town of Hampton New Hampshire"
Author: Joseph Dow
Publication: Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., Salem, MA, 1894
Repository:
Note: Prokasy Library
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p. 1000
http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/probate/joshuatowle1714.htm, Named in her husband's will of November 1714.
Title: "Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire 1686-1850"
Author: Dover Historical Society
Publication: Scales and Quimby; Dover, NH,1894
Repository:
Note: New England Historic Genealogical Society
Call Number: F44.D7.D7/1894
Media: Book
Page: p. 124

Notes:

Married:
Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Name: Joshua Towle
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1663
Marriage Date: 2 Dec 1686
Marriage Place: New England
Death Year: 1715
Spouse: Sarah Towle