Charles Black son of John Black and Mary Goodrow of Orr's Island

I am searching for the deed/acknowledgment/contract, whereby Timothy Bailey of North Yarmouth receives ownership of Capenewagon Island aka Will’s Island aka Bailey Island in present day Harpswell. Will Black of Berwick had moved onto the Island in 1727 with his wife and family and took up residence without benefit of ownership. In 1733 the “Committee for the Resettlement of North Yarmouth”, divided up some of the islands in Casco Bay for themselves. William Dudley, one of the members of the…See More

I am searching for the ancestry of John Black born 1790, died February 1849, married to Mary Goodrow and buried in the Orr’s Island cemetery, Orr’s Island Maine. The descendants of John Black are quite well documented and I am confident I have most of that well researched. It is his ancestry that is a roadblock. Local legend and family lore says John Black (who is sometimes referred to as John Blake) is a descendant of “Black Will” a slave belonging to Nicholas Shapleigh of Berwick. I already…See More

I am searching for the ancestry of John Black born 1790, died February 1849, married to Mary Goodrow and buried in the Orr’s Island cemetery, Orr’s Island Maine. The descendants of John Black are quite well documented and I am confident I have most of that well researched. It is his ancestry that is a roadblock. Local legend and family lore says John Black (who is sometimes referred to as John Blake) is a descendant of “Black Will” a slave belonging to Nicholas Shapleigh of Berwick. I already…See More