Silas BURSLEY

1801 - 1871  (70 years)

• Name	Silas BURSLEY
  Birth	22 Feb 1801	Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 May 1871	Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States   [3]
  News	19 Aug 1875	Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States   [4]
  	Lemuel Bursley [Jr] obituary; see notes for transcription
  Burial	Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States   [3]
  	Address: Elmwood Cemetery
  Person ID	I171	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Lemuel BURSLEY,   b. Abt 1773   d. 15 Nov 1854, Chesterville, Franklin, Maine (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Lavina SPENCER,   b. 1780, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 4 Aug 1858 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1797	Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thankful GLASS,   b. Abt 1799   d. 29 Mar 1883 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1824	Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States   [8, 9]
  Children	1. Benjamin F BURSLEY,   b. 18 Jan 1825   d. 5 Nov 1826 (Age 1 year)   2. Benjamin Franklin BURSLEY,   b. 29 Nov 1826   d. 6 Jan 1899 (Age 72 years)   3. Parsons G BURSLEY,   b. 6 May 1835   4. Persis Nelson BURSLEY,   b. 29 Aug 1837   5. Hannah D BURSLEY,   b. 10 Jul 1839   6. Esther Ann BURSLEY,   b. 1843   d. 28 Sep 1857 (Age 14 years)
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1450] BOOK: Farmington, Franklin County, Maine: Marriages, Births, Deaths, 1784-1890, entry for Silas Bursley, b. Feb. 22, 1801 . BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_Farmington_Family_Record_001 [S1025] Maine, Franklin, Farmington, Farmington Records, FHL film no. 10865, item no. 3, p. 11, children of Lemuel Bursley and “Lovinia his wife”. BURSLEY_Silas_b1801_birth_001 [S1166] Find A Grave, 30 October 2013; memorial page for Silas Bursley ( - 1871), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53,016,759. Citing Elmwood Cemetery, Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine; the accompanying photograph by Dale and Patty Mower is materially informative, but does not provide a legible image of the inscribed data BURSLEY_Silas_b1801_grave_001 [S1416] NEWS: Farmington Chronicle, Rev. J.S. Swift; Local Reminscences - The Late Col. Lemuel Bursley; obituary; 19 August 1875; Lemuel Bursley, Jr., p. 1, c. 6. Obituary, Col. Lemuel Bursley [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. [S1455] BOOK: Guilford, Maine, 1816-1916, 30 October 2013; p. 156. [S1650] DB: Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, 30 October 2013; entry for Silas Bursley m. Thankful Glass 25 Jul 1824.