Re: John C. Merrill/Shapleigh, Maine
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Re: John C. Merrill/Shapleigh, Maine
12/05/99
Becky,
You wrote "Also, you said.."2nd wife of John C. Merrill +Abra Ann Young m: April 28, 1850 in Acton, ME."
but... 1st wife, Josephine was the mother of all these children born after 1850."
but... 1st wife, Josephine was the mother of all these children born after 1850."
My program put her as second wife since I do not have a marriage date of Josephine.I believe Abra to be his first wife. 1850 census for Acton, York Co., ME list John C. and Abra A. (does not say they are married) both are 22 years old.
My program put her as second wife since I do not have a marriage date of Josephine.I believe Abra to be his first wife. 1850 census for Acton, York Co., ME list John C. and Abra A. (does not say they are married) both are 22 years old.The town records - Acton, ME pg 57 list thier marriage.
The town records - Acton, ME pg 57 list thier marriage.But by the 1860 census for Shapleigh, York Co., NH Pg 667 it list Josephine (4 years his junior).Also he has a 7 year old daughter named Abra A.Did his first wife die? And when?He must have married Josephine before 1855 as Charles F. was born then and on Charles F. marriage record it list his mother as Josephine.
But by the 1860 census for Shapleigh, York Co., NH Pg 667 it list Josephine (4 years his junior).Also he has a 7 year old daughter named Abra A.Did his first wife die? And when?He must have married Josephine before 1855 as Charles F. was born then and on Charles F. marriage record it list his mother as Josephine.My thinking is that Abra A. Young may have died after the first two children (George W. and Abra A.) were born.I still need to find when he married Josephine.
My thinking is that Abra A. Young may have died after the first two children (George W. and Abra A.) were born.I still need to find when he married Josephine.GregMore Replies:
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Re: John C. Merrill/Shapleigh, Maine
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