Stephen FLETCHER of Kennebunkport, Maine

FLETCHER

int. 30 Sept. 1810 Kennebunkport ABIGAIL RICKER

Issue-

?2I. STEPHEN- b.c.1813, int. 3 Sept. 1832 Saco LUCY ANN MITCHELL (b.c.1814)

b.c.1813 Kennebunkport
int. 3 Sept. 1832 Saco (int. 8 Sept. Kennebunkport) LUCY ANN MITCHELL (b. 27 Sept. 1813 Saco, d. of James and Hannah Mitchell)

S.T. Shannon of Saco, trader sold to Stephen Fletcher of Saco, fisherman for $25.00 one-quarter acre of land with the buildings on the road leading to the beach 8 Oct. 1838.(1)

On 24 Sept. 1855 Stephen bought 10 acres on Ferry Road in Saco from John H. Gowen of Saco. The deed was signed by John and Betsy Gowen and witnessed by Obadiah Durgin and Lucy B. Gowen.(2)

Stephen was listed in the 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870 census reports for Saco along with his family. His occupation was given as laborer. Stephen was listed in the 1870 directory for Biddeford and Saco as living on 100 Ferry Road.(4) Stephen and Lucy were also listed in the 1880 census and his occupation was a clam digger. Their son Abiathe was also living with them.

Issue-

I. Oliver G.- b. 23 July 1833

II. Abigail- b. 4 Dec. 1834, d.s.p.

III. Nancy M.- b. 23 Sept. 1836, m. Jerimiah Fletcher of Biddeford. On 5 Jan. 1869 Jerimiah and Nancy petitioned the court to adopt J. Ella Fletcher, b. 27 July 1868, child of Abby Fletcher, sister of Nancy and Moses T. More of Biddeford.(3)

3IV. JOSIAH- b.c.1839, m. 17 July 1860 Saco, MARY BUSHEY (b.c.1842 Compton, PQ)

V. Abiathe- b.c.1842

VI. Stephen- d. 26 May 1845 Saco

VII. Moses- b.c.1846, m. Margaret ______

VIII. Abigail- b.c.1847, mistress of Moses T. More (see above)

IX. Minerva- b.c.1849

X. A. Matilda- b. 24 Apr. 1853 Saco, m. ______ Shackley, d. 3 July 1919 Keene, NH, ae. 66 yrs., 2 mos., 9 days, daughter of Stephen Fletcher and Lucy Mitchell (5)

XI. Mary Jane- b.c.1854

XII. Stephen Jr.- b.c.1855

XIII. Davis G.- b. July 1858, d. 22 Aug. 1860 Saco, ae. 2 yrs., 1 mo.

XIV. Lucy M.- b.c. Mar. 1860

Ref:

(1) York Deeds- Vol.203, p.133
(2) Ibid- Vol.242, p.477
(3) York Co. Probate- No. 5899
(4) 1870 Directory for Biddeford & Saco- Maine Hist. Soc.
(5) Keene VR

Saco V.R.
1840 Census for Saco, 2nd district, p. 182
1850 Census for Saco, p. 102, house No. 642
1870 Census for Saco, p. 100, house No. 795

3IV. JOSIAH (STEPHEN 1, STEPHEN 2)

m. 21 July 1860 Saco, MARY BUSHEY (b. 7 Oct. 1841 Sherbrooke, PQ, m.2. 12 July 1861 Saco, Amassa Downing, d. before 1900)

Josiah was listed in the 1860 census and was married in that year and must have died shortly afterwards as Mary married Amassa in 1861. Amassa, Mary and Ella are listed in the 1870 census for Saco and Amassa and Mary are in the 1880 census. She must have died prior to the 1900 census as Amassa was a border at a rooming house in Saco.

Issue-

4I. ELLA MAY- b. 27 Sept. 1860 Saco, m. 1 May 1882 BRADBURY DAY WILDES (b. 10 Jan. 1861, d. 9 Aug. 1933), d. 18 Apr. 1943

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