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Martha H BURSLEY

Martha H BURSLEY

Female 1819 - 1859  (40 years)

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  • Name Martha H BURSLEY 
    Birth 1819  Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 7 Mar 1859  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    News 19 Aug 1875  Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Lemuel Bursley [Jr] obituary; see notes for transcription
    Burial Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Mount Hope Cemetery 
    Person ID I1744  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2021 

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

    Family Abiel GOVE,   b. 20 Apr 1818, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1884, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1842  Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Bursley, John Clarke, Bursley Family Papers, Correspondence and compiled genealogical research.

    2. [S1667] DB: Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, 3 November 2013; entry for Martha H. Gove, d. 7 Mar 1859.
      Citing Massachusetts State Archives. "Deaths, 1841-1971". Massachusetts Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston, Massachusetts
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    3. [S1166] Find A Grave, 3 November 2013; memorial page for Martha H. Bursley Gove ( - 1859), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52,218,280.
      Citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; the accompanying photograph submitted by user BobBoston does not provide a legible image of the inscribed data.
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    4. [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
      Obituary, Col. Lemuel Bursley


    5. [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.
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    6. [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
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      BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_marr_001


    7. [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.

    8. [S128] Town of Farmington Early Vital Records, 67.



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