Baskahagen Families II
by F.E. McConvey
Published 20 April 1988
SAMUEL WEEKS was born in 1799, but after 1886 he lived in St. Davids, NB. He married ELIZABETH SCOOT (1807-1883). Among their children was WILLIAM WELLINGTON WEEKS (1827-1907) who resided at Honeydale in St. James Parish. IN 1864 he married FRANCES E. AMES (1839-1883) daughter of JOHN and MARY AMES. DOROTHY (ROBERTSON) KINNEY), wife of BASIL is a decendant of this line.
From the census of 1851, it would appear that SAMUEL ELIZABETH WEEKS also lived in St. Davids before 1886.
OTIS CHIRSTIS went to Danforth, ME, from Lambert Lake, ME. His ancestry, as far asit can be determined, is as follows: WILLIAMS CHRISTIE born in Boston, MA, married HENRIETTA FAUCETTE who was also born in that city. They were residents of St. Stephen, NB. in 1831 when a son JAMES was born. The descendants of JAMES area listed, plus the family of OTIS, his son.
Looking at the 1851 Census once again, this family was still living in St. Stephen parish at that time.
A name that keeps cropping up is Oak Ridge, NB. Do any readers know where this place was located? Could it be Oak Hill? Or should it be Old Ridge?
WILLIAM PINKERTON moved to Danforth, ME, with the families who arrived when the HATHORN FOSS AND BENNETT CO. built the hardwood mills after 1830. He was born at St. James, NB in 1839 and died in Danforth, ME, on 02 May 1929, at the age of ninety. He was the son of WILLIAM and ELLEN (SCOTT) PINKERTON. His wife was MARGARET LINDSAY, daughter of JOHN and -?-LINDSAY. She was born in Chamcook, NB, on 04 August 1841. This list of their children follows the text.
HORATIO N. SPINNY lived on a farm in West Danforth, ME on the Baker Ridge Road. He went to Danforth between 1875 and 1877. Born in New Brunswick (probably Milltown) on 05 August 1828 de died in Danforth on 23 May 1914. His first wife was MARY B. CORNING, daughter of ? DAVID and ANN(PATTERSON CORNING. She was born at St. George, NB in 1840. His second marriage to (MRS. M.C MARKER) MARGARET ELLIOT took place in Brookton or Topsfield, ME. Some of his children were born in Piskahagen, NB.
LEONARD C. BARTLETT (1806- 1869) went to Orient, ME, from St. Andrews, NN, after 1851. DAVID and ENOCH probably went about the same time. Their descent is as follows:
RICHARD BARTLETT came from Kent County, England to Newbury, MA in 1635 in the ship Mary and John. He died on 25 May 1647/8. His wife HANNAH died on 01 March 1686/7. Their second child was CHRISTOPHER.
Thus, begins five pages of this family that follows the line through the tenth generation.
The parents of LEONARD C. BARTLETT were ANN, daughter of MOSES and ELIZABETH (PULSFER) JEWETT and LEONARD BARTLETT.
It is interesting to note that the name of JEWETT has been carried down through the generations of both the BARTLETT and GREENLAW families of this area.
MARY C. BARTLETT (1805-1884) married ISAAC CASE GREENLAW (1808-1867), Their sonm JEWETT MOSES (1827-1905) married CHARLOTTE THOMAS (1834-1916). JEWETT MOSES GREENLAW (1863-1932) was a son from this union.
The name also is evident in JEWETT VINCENT (1932-1974), the son of VINCENT and MARION GREENLAW of Bayside, NB.
Bearing the BARTLETT surname are to be found MOSES, JEWETT, JEWETT JUDSON and OTTAWWEL JEWETT.
While working on this, I noticed two other "BARTLETT" names that shifted into the GREENLAW family. ISAAC CASE and MARY C. (BARTLETT) GREENLAW also had son names LEONARD (1829 - ?) and JESSE COOPER (1831-1897). A quick glance revealed four BARTLETT bearing the name of LEONARD and three called JESSE. BARTLETTS bearing the name of LEONARD and three called JESSE.
COOPER was the surname of MOLLY, the first wife of CALEB BARTLETT(1756-1819). There were at least two DAVID COOPER BARTLETTS.
In the Baskhagen Families the wife of LEONARD C. BARTLETT is given as HARRIETT GILMOR. I believe this should GILMAN.
JAMES BUBAR went to Orient, ME, between 1850 and 1860. He was born at Mirimachi, NB, in 1822 and died at Orient on 12 February 1892 at the age of 70. His wife was MARY FRAZIER, born in Nashwalk, NB. Some of the BARTLETT girls married into this family. Three generations of BUBARS are listed.
DANIEL McALLISTER and his wife MARY PATTERSON, both of New Boston, NH, came to St. Stephen, NB, with the Cape Ann Association in 1785. He was a farmer and lumberman. Their grandson WILLIAM and ALMEDA resided in Orient.
ISAAC GEROW, born in New York, went to Hodson, ME, with his wife JANE. The children of his sons WELLINGTON and BENJAMIN are listed.
CHANDLER MOODY was born in New Hampshire. On 26 May 1808 he married SUSAN FIELD at Prospect, ME. He died at Newport, ME between 1820 and 1823.
His death created pecuniary problems for his children who ranged in age from infancy to ten years. In those days "paupers" were bid off to those who would maintain them to the best advantage of the town. JACOB PRATT bid off JACOB MOODY for $1.28 per month.
In time, the family managed to extricate themselves from these circumstances. JACOB MOODY and his wife SARAH (HODGMAN) lived in St. Stephen Parish at this time of the 1851 census. There were other brothers who lived on the American side of the river. Eight pages are devoted to this family.
Naturally, this is just a sampling of the many familis within the pages of this book. Anyone wishing to possess a copy of Baskahagen Families may purchase one for $20.00 US + postage from Basil E. Kinney, 31 Miller St., Belfast, ME 04915.
A previous publication Kinney Nation is now out of print, but Basil is steadfastly working on a more updated version of this book.
Another book, History of Weston, Maine contains genealogical data on the families of BRACKETT, BRANNEN, BUTTERFIELD, FOSS, GILPATRICK and SMITH.
Danforth appears to be approximately fifty miles north and Calais on Route 1. It is just inside the northern boundary of Washington County. Bancroft and Orient, located in Aroostook County, are short distances from Danforth.
QUERIES:
34. JOHN SHORT. Shipbuilder. Son of JOHN and KATHERINE SHORT of Chamcook, NB. In 1895, he lived in Rat Portage, Ontario. Wish to know where family came from in Ireland, plus any other details on the early history of this family.
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