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Benjamin Joseph of Norway and Portland

[Source: David Noyes, The history of Norway: comprising a minute account of its first settlement, town officers, the annual expenditures of the town, with other statistical matters: interspersed with historical sketches, narrative and anecdote, and occasional remarks by the author (Norway Me.: The author, 1852), p. 115]… Continue

Added by Chris Dunham on July 20, 2009 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

Negro Slaves and Servants of Wells

[Source: Edward E. Bourne, The history of Wells and Kennebunk: from the earliest settlement to the year 1820, at which time Kennebunk was set off, and incorporated: with biographical sketches (Portland Me.: B. Thurston & Co., 1875)]

[p. 406] It will be seen from the foregoing that the great sin of the South, for which the day of wrath, predicted by Jefferson, came upon the whole…

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Shepard Homestead, Kittery

The homestead of one of my ancestors, John Shepard of Kittery, was excavated in spring 2002 as a joint project of the History Department of Salem State College and the Kittery Historical & Naval Museum. A map drawn in the 17th century helped in the excavation.

William Godsoe had drafted a map of this specific area in 1689. The map shows Shepard’s house, barn, an outbuilding and the orchard, as well as…

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Added by Chris Dunham on July 15, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

Inventory of the Estate of Lemuel Dunham of Hartford, 1848 (Abstract)

Real Estate

A part of lot numbered eleven in the 7^th range of lots (approximately 90 acres) $100

“Deceased’s interest in the farm recently and for a long time occupied and improved by him, consisting . . . in the buildings erected thereon by said deceased, fences and other lasting beneficial improvements by him therein and thereon made, estimated at $600.”

Livestock…

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Deed: Lydia A. Dunham to Lemuel Dunham, 17 Oct. 1896

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I Lydia A. Dunham, wife of Lemuel Dunham of Greenwood, County of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars, paid by Lemuel Dunham of Greenwood County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Lemuel Dunham his heirs and assigns forever,… Continue

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Mortgage: Elton L. Dunham to Lemuel Dunham, 11 Feb. 1898

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That I Elton L. Dunham of Greenwood county of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of Eight hundred dollars paid by Lemuel Dunham of Greenwood, County and state aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Lemuel Dunham his heirs and assigns forever, a certain lot of land… Continue

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Deed: Eleazer A. Morgan to Lydia A. Dunham, 4 Dec. 1875

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I Eleazer A. Morgan of Greenwood in the County of Oxford & State of Maine in consideration of the sum of eight hundred dollars, paid by Lydia A. Dunham of Woodstock in the County & State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Lydia A. Dunham her Heirs and assigns… Continue

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Deed: Amos S. Bryant to Lydia A. Dunham, 4 Apr. 1864

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I, Amos S. Bryant of Woodstock, County of Oxford, and State of Maine, in consideration of the sum of Four hundred And Seventy-five dollars, paid by Lydia A. Dunham, wife of Lemuel Dunham of Hartford, County and State aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Lydia A. Dunham, her… Continue

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Mortgage: Lemuel Dunham to Betsy Dunham, 30 Oct. 1861

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Lemuel Dunham of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine in consideration of the sum of seven hundred dollars paid by Betsy Dunham of Hartford aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Betsy Dunham her heirs and assigns forever a certain piece of land situated in… Continue

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Deed: James Starbird to Lemuel Dunham, 29 Oct. 1861

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James Starbird of Hartford County of Oxford and State of Maine, in consideration of the sum of seven hundred dollars, paid by Lemuel Dunham of Hartford aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Lemuel Dunham, his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece or parcel of land situated in said… Continue