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Barnabas BURSLEY

Barnabas BURSLEY

Male 1805 - 1883  (77 years)

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  • Name Barnabas BURSLEY 
    Birth 16 Jan 1805  Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    News 19 Aug 1875  Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Lemuel Bursley [Jr] obituary; see notes for transcription
    Death 8 Jan 1883  Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
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    Person ID I695  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 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 Ruth E.P WING,   b. 11 Jun 1809   d. 2 Jun 1876, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nathan W BURSLEY,   b. 13 Feb 1835   d. 25 Feb 1865 (Age 30 years)
     2. Zelinda Elizabeth BURSLEY,   b. 11 Jul 1837   d. 22 Sep 1845 (Age 8 years)
     3. Lemuel BURSLEY,   b. 30 Jan 1839, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1918, District of Columbia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Peter Oliver BURSLEY,   b. 5 Feb 1841   d. 4 Jun 1847 (Age 6 years)
     5. Love Lovina BURSLEY,   b. 25 Mar 1846
    Family ID F589  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1450] BOOK: Farmington, Franklin County, Maine: Marriages, Births, Deaths, 1784-1890, 15 May 2016; entry Barnabus Bursley b. Jan. 16, 1805.
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    2. [S1025] Maine, Franklin, Farmington, Farmington Records, FHL film no. 10865, item no. 3, p. 11, children of Lemuel Bursley and “Lovinia his wife”.
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    3. [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


    4. [S1166] Find A Grave, 13 November 2013; memorial page for Barnabas Bursley (-1883), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42,631,825.
      Citing Village Cemetery, Sangerville, Piscataquis County, Maine; the accompanying photographs submitted by John Bursley provide a legible image of the inscribed data.

    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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    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.



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