Records

Although Farmington is the County Seat. Records before 1838 are found in Augusta, South Paris, and Skowhegan, and very early records are in Wiscasset (prior to 1799-1809).

• Births
  • Farmington 1789-1899
• Cemeteries
   
• Census
  • 1855 and 1865 Census of Massachusetts
  • Avon 1790-1850
  • Farmington  1790  1800
  • Madrid 1840-1850
  • New Sharon 1790-1840
  • Rangeley 1840-1850
• Deaths
• Deaths noted in the earliest book at the Chesterville Town Office
• Hermit Dies - Hermit William SHIELDS, who for the past 23 years resided on the slope of Mt. Bigelow in the very rudest kind of a hut was found dead Tuesday afternoon, having frozen to death Monday night. No one knows where Shields came from, but when he has consented to converse with people, he has talked more of Pennsylvania than any other state, which has led folks to believe he came from there. He came to the mountain in the fall of 1879 and carried a few slabs which make his hut on his back, from the mill, a distance of 15 miles. It is believed he was a veteran of the Civil War, as he frequently conversed on the subject with apparent knowledge of what he was talking about. He earned a good sum of money during the winter months by making snowshoes and moccasins out of skins he had taken in season. These articles he sold to woodsmen and sporting people. His age was about 75 years. Source: Maine Woodsman of January 30, 1903
• Marriages
• Avon   1801-1831   1827-1896   1831-1891
• 1815-1828 performed by Nehemiah Hunt
• 1828-1854 performed by Joseph Keith
• 1840-1891    A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P     Q     R     S     T     U     V     W     Y     Z   
  I have not been able to figure out why these three books of marriages were recorded in the Franklin County Probate Office. In one of the books, I found reference to "Judicial Court." In checking some of the marriages in these books against the records of towns, many of the marriages were recorded in the town and in these books at the Probate Office. In the event any of the marriages were omitted from other records, I felt it was most important to transcribe these records, and for use of the genealogical public, upload them to the Franklin County MEGenWeb. There are occasional question marks and some unusual name spellings, please keep in mind that the writing was very difficult to read. Some sections had extremely faded writing; and one person who entered data had very scrawly writing that was difficult to read. There seemed to be duplicate entries periodically, but since the dates were sometimes different, I have included both dates. In some cases, we have marriages that took place in a town in Franklin County, but both the bride and groom were from other town outside the county. The closer we get to 1900, the more movement I've found in people marrying here from other places. Anita Hardy Morrison did much of the transcription work. --Nancy J. Porter
• 1854-1893 performed by John Haley
• Military
• Militia
• Civil War Substitutes
• Voters in Berlin 1831

Deaths noted in the earliest book at the Chesterville Town Office

Nathan Hall d. 3-11-187?
Harriet T Hall d. 3-31-18??
Isaac Knowles d. 4-4-1821
Prudence Knowles d. 3-28-1845
Elijah Mears d. 6-22-1864
Phebe Gibbs d. 9-(1 or 4)-1850
Frank Gibbs d. 2-1-1851
Jane Gage d. 2-16-1851
Mrs. Rufina A Ring d. 10-21-1864
Cyrus Pierce d. 4-28-1851
George Washington Park, nephew of Luther and Elisha, d. 3-22-1855
Augustus J Hall d. 1-16-1882
Bradbury Hall d. 12-21-1888
Jonah Vaughn Esq d. 5-24-18(56?)
Mrs. Julia Pierce, wife of Cyrus d. 4-5-1857
Widow Elizabeth Clifford d. 10-1-1857 @93y
Ozem Knowles d. 5-19-1858
Abial Mosher d. 1-2-186(4 or 6)
Ellen C Thurston d. 1-25-1891 in Foxboro Mass @19y
Charles F Pinkham d. 6-25-1885
Rev David Allen d. 7-11-1885
Maria, wife of John C Downs and daughter of Charles Pinkham d. Sept 1885
Infant son of John C Downs d. 12-13-1885
Jackson Allen d. 8-1-1887
Mrs Salome Allen d. 11-22-1885
John W Randall d. 3-1-1891
Walter Ross d. 1-23-1846
John C Riggs d. 12-23-188? (page worn)
Joseph Ingalls d. 7-15-1846
Mrs. Julia A Farrington d. 12-5-1846
David B Webster d. 4-13-18?? (page worn)
Dorothy Judith Barnard d. 2-14-1850
Charles, son of Luther Park, d. 5-10-1849
Cordelia S Perkins d. 12-15-1843
Lidia/Lida French d. 8-8-1849
John H Gould drowned 11-4-1820
Lyman Bean d. 12-2-1855
Capt Simon Pierce d. 4-9-1814
Samuel Linscott d. 11-17-1816
Ruth Ingraham d. 10-19-1816
Comfort Lowell d. 6-2-1816 (widow)
Anna French, wife of Dearborn French d. 2-1-1812
Jacob Linscott d. 8-5-1817
Mr. Peckard (Horhor or Porpor) d. 12-10-1819
Elisha Bennett d. 9-7-1819
Widow Lucy Bennett d. 3-8-1827
Susan (Earl or Carl) d. 10-21-1822
Jonathan Daggett d. 10-22-1822
Mary, wife of Amasa Davis d. 8-23-1835
Phebe, wife of Sumner Russell, d. 9-8-1836
Sarah, wife of Tobias Moore d. 5-5-1833
Hepzibah, widow of Capt Simon Pierce, d. 8-23-1842
Samuel, father of Elisha Park, d. 7-4-1841
Tobias Moore d. 1-9-1843
Dorcas Sewall, sister of Stephen Sewall of Winthrop, d. 1-23-1843
Anna, wife of Daniel Mitchell d. 1-14-1836
John H Smith d. 5-10-1837
William Taylor d. 3-26-1814
Polly, wife of John Chaney Jr., d. 4-4-1814
Rachel, dau of (Simon?) Ripley d. 4-24-1823
James M Manson, who ma: Cyrus Whitney's widow, was drowned in the Sandy River
Peter Young d. 5-23-1838
Joanna, wife of True Hodgkins Esq, d. 8-10-1849
William Plummer Paul, son of James Paul, d. Jan 1849
Abel Farmington, brother to Lewis and to Dr. Frost's first wife, d. 7-25-1863
David R Presson d. 10-22-1865 @45y
Mrs. Betsey, wife of Josiah Gordon, and mother of David Gordon, d. 4-28-1842

Military

Militia

Third Regiment First Brigade Eighth Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Name	Date of Commission	Place of Abode
Commissioned Officers
John Read, Capt.	Apr 2 1807	Strong
Joseph Jones, Capt.	May 5 1807	Chesterville
Abel Baker, Capt.	May 3 1808	New Sharon
George Todd, Capt.	Sept 12 1808	Temple
Joseph Thrstten [Thurston], Capt.	Sept 13 1808	Freeman
Daniel Beal, Capt.	May 3 1809	Farmington
Nathaniel Russell, Capt.	Feb 19 1810	Farmington
Elijah Butler, Capt.	Apr 11 1810	New Vineyard
Thomas Bates, Capt.	Mar 28 1811	Wilton
Samuel Eastman, Capt.	Mar 29 1811	Strong
Thomas Wandall [Wendall], Capt.	Aug 19 1811	Farmington
Lieutenants
Silas Perham	Apr 16 1805	Farmington
John Heath	Apr 23 1807	Strong
John Trask	May 3 1808	New Sharon
Asa Mitchell	Sept 12 1808	Temple
Ruben Baston	Sept 13 1808	Freeman
John F Woods	Apr 10 1810	Farmington
Thomas Wandle [Wendall]	Apr 10 1810	Farmington
Samuel Linscott	May 21 1810	Chesterville
Isaac Butterfield	Mar 28 1811	Wilton
Daniel Towle	Mar 29 1811	Avon
John Davis	Mar 29 1811	New Vineyard
Ensigns
Ebenezer Thompson	Apr 23 1809	Avon
Frances Mayhew	May 3 1808	New Sharon
Ezra Ames	Sept 13 1808	Freeman
William Russell	Feb 19 1810	Farmington
Lemuel Bursley	Apr 9 1810	Farmington
Robard Mason	Apr 10 1810	Farmington
Oliver Sewall	May 21 1810	Chesterville
John Gould	Mar 28 1811	Wilton
John Drewry [Drury]	Mar 28 1811	Temple
James Thompson	Mar 29 1811	Avon
James Redgway	Mar 29 1811	New Vineyard

Civil War Substitutes

Principal	Town	Substitute	Army / Navy	Muster In Date	Years
Alexander Abbott	Farmington	Charles Clark	N	Aug 26 64	3
John W Adams	Wilton	Franklin C Evans	A	July 30 63	3
Jacob Booker	Phillips	Charles Cimon	A	Feb 10 65	3
James H Bonney	Farmington	William Day	A	Sept 1 64	3
Isaac Beals	Carthage	Eleazer C Elwell	A	Sept 26 64	3
Wm W Butterfield	Wilton	Asa Flagg	A	July 30 63	3
A S Butterfield	Farmington	Charles Goodwin	A	Sept 2 64	3
Charles F Butler	Farmington	Michael Roach	N	Mar 9 65	3
J M Bass	Farmington	Geo F Stedman	A	Aug 25 64	3
Nathaniel B Beal	Phillips	James Stevens	A	Jan 21 65	3
Andew J Butterfield	Chesterville	Wm St Clare	A	Jan 21 65	3
Samuel H Beedy	Phillips	John Smith	A	Feb 17 65	3
Timothy F Belcher	Farmington	Stephen B Wyman	A	Agu 8 64	3
Franklin Chase	Carthage	Abel W Bowley	A	July 28 63	3
David H Chandler	Farmington	Archibald McLean	A	Jan 13 65	1
Geo W Cothren	Farmington	Leander H Purington	A	Sept 3 64	3
Sylvanus Dunham 2nd	Madrid	Levi Gammon Jr	A	Sept 27 64	1
Elmon J Dyer	Farmington	Henry Hobson	A	Jan 20 65	3
Andrew J Dodge	Farmington	James Merral	A	Mar 8 65	3
T Franklin Davis	Farmington	Samuel R Norton	A	Aug 3 63	3
Elijah W Dutton	New Sharon	Josiah Nutting	A	July 20 63	3
Geo H Dascomb	Jay	Alonzo Nutt	A	Feb 9 65	3
Geo Eastman	Wilton	Dwinal P Brackett	A	July 31 63	3
John C Eaton	Jay	Albert Dawley	A	Feb 9 65	3
John R Eaton	Wilton	Jacob Reed	A	July 23 63	3
Alden Fuller	Carthage	Elias Burgess	A	Sept 23 64	1
Abraham W Farmer	Temple	Charles Carlton	A	Jan 17 65	3
Hiram W Foster	Weld	Adoniram J Dyer	A	Aug 25 63	3
Jos W Fairbanks	Farmignton	Albert E Turner	A	Aug 28 64	3
Cyrus S Gordon	New Sharon	Frank L Benton	A	Aug 7 63	3
Orville T Gleason	Farmington	Lewis Bidard	A	Mar 10 65	3
James Goodwin	Farmington	Kennedy Smith	A	July 31 63	3
Josiah W Greene	Farmington	Wm Trollop	A	Aug 15 63	3
Orrin Hinkley	Madrid	Daniel Small	A	Mar 13 65	1
Daniel Hoyt	Phillips	John Sullivan	A	Sept 7 64	3
John W Jewett	Farmington	John Carney	A	Aug 27 64	3
Wm W Kempton	Farmington	Francis Bouchard	A	Mar 11 65	3
Edward H Kenniston	Madrid	John Lessard	A	Jan 9 65	1
Leonard Keith	Farmington	Philander G Towns	A	Aug 20 63	3
Crispus G Kinney	Farmington	Andrew J Voter	A	Aug 1 63	3
Wm F Lowell	Chesterville	David Anderson	A	Apr 25 64	3
Benj F Lowell	Farmington	Patrick Riley	A	Mar 16 65	3
Elias H Morse	Jay	John Dapee	A	Feb 10 65	3
David N Mitchell	Temple	Charles Napier	A	Jan 17 65	3
Geo R Macomber	Jay	Vitore Porre	A	Feb 3 65	1
James McLain	Farmington	James Roach	N	Mar 9 65	3
S V Merritt	Jay	Wm Smith	A	Feb 9 65	3
Benj W Norton Jr	Industry	Frank E Hutchins	A	July 28 63	3
Wm W Niles	Farmington	John Riley	A	Aug 27 64	3
Frederick C Perkins	Farmington	Josiah C Bacon	A	Juy 28 63	3
Asa R Plaisted	Phillips	Samuel Davis	A	Sept 17 63	3
Geo L Peasley	Wilton	John Howland	N	Dec 6 64	3
Fuller A Putnam	Freeman	James D S True	A	July 29 63	3
Geo L Riggs	Chesterville	Martin Booth	A	Jan 20 65	3
Richard S Rice	Farmington	Charles Edwards	A	July 21 64	3
Jonathan G Richardson	Jay	John Lemeaux	A	Feb 7 65	1
Henry Sprague	Farmington	John Anderson	A	Jan 7 65	3
Moses Starbird Jr	Freeman	Augustus G Durrell	A	Jan 26 65	3
Wm B Sprague	Phillips	Austin Foster	A	Feb 24 65	3
Samuel F Small	Temple	Henry Gray	A	Jan 10 65	3
Harvey S Sampson	Phillips	Frank Whitney	A	Aug 5 63	3
Benj Tarbox	Phillips	John Bruyet	A	Feb 2 65	3
James E Thompson	Phillips	Frederic Page	A	Sept 27 64	1
Abner T Toothaker	Rangeley	Franklin P Russell	A	Aug 5 63	3
John R Voter	Farmington	Frank Memo	A	Mar 7 65	3
Philander E Whittier	Farmington	John Adams	A	Mar 8 65	1
Melvin L Winter	Carthage	Leonard F Blackwell	A	July 28 63	3
Benj F Whittemore	Madrid	John Hurst	A	Nov 15 64	1
Chester Whitney	Madrid	Henry C Morrison	A	July 28 63	3
Wm A Whittier	Chesterville	Thomas Masters	A	Jan 25 65	1
Jacob Witham	Let E Plt	Reuben R Perry	A	Mar 11 65	1
Joel Wilbur	Phillips	Thomas Russell	A	July 31 63	3
Roscoe G Whitney	Madrid	Satiano Seppe	A	Jan 26 65	1
Hiram K Wheeler	Phillips	John W Tibbetts	A	Aug 5 63	3
Warren N Willis	Industry	Charles E Thompson	A	July 30 63	3
John F M Woods	Farmington	Robert Welch	A	July 27 63	3

Voters in Berlin (now part of Phillips) 1831

The Legislature of Maine by and Act passed January 31, 1824, incorporated the town of Berlin, which comprised "all that part of Plantation No. 6 in the County of Oxford, which lies east of the line dividing the tenth and eleventh lots west of the four thousand acres, so called, with the inhabitants thereof."

In 1846, (Chap. 46 Special Laws of Maine) the former act was repealed and a part of the town was annexed to the town of Phillips in Franklin County.

Recently Mr. W. Burt Cook, Jr., Assistant Librarian of the Law Library, Brooklyn, New York, presented to the Maine State Library the following list:

Samuel Aspinwall
Thomas Aspinwall
Charles Austin
James Brackett
Nathaniel Brackett
Seth Billington
Daniel Beedy
Nathan Beedy
Peter Beedy
Joseph Beedy
Moses Berrey
Elliot Berry
John Berry
Ebenezer Berrey
Jacob Carr
Daniel Carr
Osgood Carr
William Calden
Joseph S. Carlton
Joseph S. Carlton, Jr.
William Carlton
Thomas Calder
James Dill
Frederick H. Evelett
Ichabod Foster
Benj. Fairbanks
James M. Fairbanks

Robert E. Fairbanks
Jacob Fish
Lewis Fish
Peret Fish
James Hewey
Ezekiel Harper
Eben Harnder
Pearley Hoyt
John Jewell
Joel Judkins
William Kempton
Wm. Kempton, Jr.
Joseph Kempton
Ezra Kempton
James Luskin
Steven Luskin
John Luskin
Benjamin Luskin
Ebenezer Levitt
Daniel Marrow
Cabin Marrow
Joseph Masterman
David Marrow
John Newman
Christopher Orr
Leonard Pratt
Sylvanus Pratt

Benjamin Pratt
William Parker
N. C. Parker
T. J. Parker
Asa Reed
George Reed
Samuel Thorn
Rufus Thompson
Daniel Tracey
James Tuck
Jeremiah Tuck
Josiah Tuck
John Toothaker
Stevens Thomas
Reuben Smith
William Smith
Jeremiah Stutson
Nathaniel Winship
Richard Winship
Ebenezer Whitney
Thomas Booker
Daniel Booker

ICHABOD FOSTER,
JOEL JUDKINS
Selectmen of Berlin

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Contributed by unknown, extracted from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. VII, May June July 1919, No. 1, page 42

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