John Spencer BURSLEY

1803 - 1873  (69 years)

• Name	John Spencer BURSLEY
  Birth	18 Feb 1803	Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jan 1873	Chesterville, Franklin, Maine   [3]
  News	19 Aug 1875	Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States   [4]
  	Lemuel Bursley [Jr] obituary; see notes for transcription
  Burial	Chesterville, Franklin, Maine   [3]
  	Address: Zion Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I1835	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	10 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 1	Abigail L HASKELL,   b. 1805   d. Mar 1845, Chesterville, Franklin, Maine (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1827	Wilton, Franklin, Maine, United States   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth N
  Marriage	5 Mar 1869	Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States   [9]
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Jemimah MCKINNY
  Marriage	3 Aug 1845	Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States   [9]
  Family ID	F785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos

  BURSLEY_John_b1803_grave_001

  
  

• Sources

  [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 [S1450] BOOK: Farmington, Franklin County, Maine: Marriages, Births, Deaths, 1784-1890, 15 May 2016; entry for John Spencer Bursley, b. Feb. 18, 1803. BURSLEY_Lemuel_b1773_Farmington_Family_Record_001 [S1166] Find A Grave, 30 October 2013; memorial page for John S Bursley ( -1873), Find A Grave Memorial no. 41,826,627, . Citing Zion Hill Cemetery, Farmington, Franklin County, Maine; the accompanying photograph submitted by Cheryl Chastain-White provides a legible image of the inscribed data. BURSLEY_John_b1803_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. [S52] Bursley, John Clarke, Bursley Family Papers, Correspondence and compiled genealogical research. [S128] Town of Farmington Early Vital Records, 46.