Lavina SPENCER

1780 - 1858  (78 years)

• Name	Lavina SPENCER
  Birth	1780	Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Land	14 Jun 1839	Franklin, Maine, United States   [3]
  	Sale of residence (Lot 14), See deed 4:5 in which Lemuel Bursley Jr becomes guarantee for Elisha Bass, in amount of $1500, due in three installments. Notes paid in full August 1840.
  Census	10 Aug 1850	Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States   [4]
  Land	17 Mar 1855	Franklin, Maine, United States   [5]
  	Bounty Land Application, State of Maine County of Franklin SS on this seventeenth day of March one thousand eight hundred eight hundred [sic] and fifty five personally appeared before me James Russell a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State afore said Levina [sic] Bursley aged seventy five years a resident of Farmington in the County of Franklin and State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow ofLemuel Bursley who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Capt Daniel Beale in the attached Regiment of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Col David McGaffey in the war with Great Brittian [sic] decleard by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812 that her said husband was called out at Farmington in or about the twelfth day of September AD 1814 for an indefinite period of time and continued in actual service in sd war fifteen days and was honably [sic] discharged at Hallowell on the twenty sixth day of September AD 1814 as by the roll of sd Company in the department roll appear She further states that her husband never had any written printed discharge to her knowledge nor any bounty land. She further states that she was married to sd Lemuel Bursley at Provincetown in the year 1797 by one Samuel Parker Clergyman the day of the month she has forgotten that her maiden name before her marriage was Levina [sic] Spencer and that said husband died at Farmington on the sixteenth day of November AD 1854 and that she is still a widow and she further states that the record of her marriage is no where to be found. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855. Levina Bursley [signature] We S.P Morill of Chestervill and C.T. Arnold of Farmington both in the County of Franklin and State of Maine on our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Levina [sic] Bursley in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. S.P. Morrill [signature] C.T. Arnold [signature] The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the officiants to be credible witnesses that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. James Russell Justice of the Peace [signature]
  Death	4 Aug 1858  [2, 6]
  Burial	Farmington Falls, Franklin, Maine, United States   [2, 6]
  Person ID	I1311	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Simeon SPENCER,   b. Abt 1748   d. Bef 1790 (Age < 41 years)
  Mother	Abigail (_____)   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lemuel BURSLEY,   b. Abt 1773   d. 15 Nov 1854, Chesterville, Franklin, Maine (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1797	Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [7, 8, 9]
  Children	1. Silas BURSLEY,   b. 22 Feb 1801, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 29 May 1871, Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States (Age 70 years)   2. John Spencer BURSLEY,   b. 18 Feb 1803, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 8 Jan 1873, Chesterville, Franklin, Maine (Age 69 years)   3. Barnabas BURSLEY,   b. 16 Jan 1805, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 8 Jan 1883, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States (Age 77 years)   4. Elizabeth G BURSLEY,   b. 9 Jan 1807, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 4 Apr 1888, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)   5. Lemuel BURSLEY,   b. Jan 1809, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 11 Jul 1875, Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States (Age 66 years)   6. Benjamin BURSLEY,   b. 17 Dec 1810, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 26 Apr 1881, Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States (Age 70 years)   7. Abigail N BURSLEY,   b. 1813, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 1874, Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States (Age 61 years)   8. Mary G BURSLEY,   b. 4 Jul 1815, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 26 Aug 1884, Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States (Age 69 years)   9. Lavinia S BURSLEY,   b. 28 Nov 1816, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 13 Nov 1872, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 55 years)   10. Martha H BURSLEY,   b. 1819, Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 7 Mar 1859, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)   11. Lurena BURSLEY,   b. Abt 1825, Maine, United States d. 30 Dec 1856, Brooklyn, Kings, New York (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos		SPENCER_Lavina_b1780_grave_001.jpg
  		SPENCER_Lavina_b1780_signature

  
  

• Sources

  [S1667] DB: Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, 16 November 2013; entry for Eliza G. (Bursley) Bailey, d. 4 April 1888. Citing Massachusetts State Archives. "Deaths, 1841-1971". Massachusetts Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Massachusetts BURSLEY_Elizabeth_b1807_death_001 [S1166] Find A Grave, 30 May 2011; memorial page for Lavinia Spencer Bursley (1780-1858), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42,590,282, . Citing Blake Cemetery, Farmington Falls, Franklin County, Maine; the accompanying photographs submitted by Dale and Patti Mower and John Bursley provide a legible image of the inscribed data. SPENCER_Lavina_b1780_grave_001.jpg [S572] Maine, Franklin County, Deeds, 3:41, Lemuel Bursley, sale to Elisha Bafs, 14 June 1839. Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, Lemuel Bursley to Elisha Bafs, part of lot no. 14, 14 June 1839, 3:41, ; Franklin Registry of Deeds, Farmington. BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_deed_14_June_1839_001 [S1199] CENSUS: U.S., 1850 Maine, Franklin, Farmington; p. 173 (stamped); dwelling 23, family 27,; Lemuel and Lavina Bursley; 3 December 2018. BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_census_1850_Farmington [S405] Lemuel Bursley (Ensign, Col David McGaffey's attached Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, War of. Bursley Lavina 1855 Bounty Land Application Statement - Reverse Bursley Lavina 1855 Bounty Land Application Statement [S1593] DB: Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, entry for Lemuel Bursley (d. Nov. 15, 1854 AE 81) and Lavinia (his wife, d. Aug. 4, 1858 AE 78). Citing Blake Memorial Cemetery, Farmington, Franklin, Maine [S1673] DB: Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990, entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2, citing Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Massachusetts. BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_freemason_001 BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_freemason_002 BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_freemason_003 [S80] Massachusetts, Barnstable, Provincetown, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, marriage certificate, Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer m. Feb. 4, 1797, Provincetown, Massachusetts, by Rev. Samuel Parker. Citing Provincetown records of 1797, vol. II, p. 2, no. 6 BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_marr_001 [S841] "Records of Provincetown, Massachusetts 1698-1859", entry for Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer. Citing Typescript abstraction by Harry A. Smith of original records, "Records of Provincetown, Mass.," ten vols.