Captain William Shackford (1783-1870), Commanded the Active, Sally, Orient, Blockade, Five Brothers, Lady Sherbrook, Sarah, and the Splendid (Blog 484)

The chapter titled Captain John Shackford and Family in Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Background Sketches was written by William Shackford’s nephew, Samuel Shackford of Chicago.  A part of this chapter describes the life of William Shackford (1783-1870).

Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Background Sketches page 449

William, the second son of John and Esther, born at
Newbury Nov. 23, 1783, was a seaman from early boy-
hood. He commanded the “Active” in 1807, afterward the
“Sally,”, “Orient,” “Blockade,” “Five Brothers,” and was
engaged principally in the West India trade. He com-
manded the brig “Dawn,” which was taken by a French
cruiser during the wars of Napoleon I. and taken into France.
On being released, he crossed over to England, and from
there worked his passage home as a sailor before the mast.
He then commanded the “Lady Sherbrook” and the “Sarah.”
His last vessel was the “Splendid,” a fine vessel, built espe-
cially for the passenger trade between Eastport and Boston.
About 1822, at the age of fifty, he retired from the sea, and
engaged with his brother Jacob and the Hon. Lorenzo
Sabine in mercantile pursuits. He died in 1870, aged eighty-
seven, leaving, by his second wife, Mary, daughter of Cap-
tain Jacob Lincoln, sons,- John William, who for many
years commanded the steam packet-ship “Illinois” and
other ocean steamships, and is now master of Jay Gould’s
famous steam yacht “Atalanta”; Captain Edward Wallace, a
successful ship-master; and Ebed Lincoln, who, after serving
in the Union Army during the Rebellion, settled at St. Paul,
Minn., where he is now, a thrifty merchant.

This document doesn’t list William’s first wife whose Sept 2, 1836 or 1837 death was reported in Kenneth Wiley’s Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel of Eastport, Maine 1818-1900.  She was buried in the Hillside Cemetery in Eastport, Maine.

CHILDREN:

by first wife Sarah Ann Batson (1788-1836/7)

John B Shackford (1807-1807)

Abigail Shackford (1809-1813)

Sarah A Shackford (1812-1814)

by second wife Mary Cutter Lincoln (1814-1867)

John William Shackford (1839-1905) – famous ship captain, commander of the “Illinois” and “Atlanta”, marine superintendent,

Edward Wallace Shackford (1840-1919) – ship captain, married Clara R Gardner and Adelaine Tobey

Mary Cutter Lincoln Shackford (1841-1913) – married Andrew Washington French

Eben Lincoln Shackford (1842-1908) – served as Quartermaster in Civil War, moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota where he worked as a merchant, married Lucy H Parritt

Sarah Ellen Shackford (1844-1929)

Charles Russell Shackford (1849-1850)

Charles Joseph Shackford (1854-1870) – lost at sea

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SOURCES:

Kilby William Henry, Eastport and Passamaquoddy: A Collection of Historical and Background Sketches (Eastport, Maine: Edward E Shead & Company, 1888), page 449; digital images,, Chapter, XIV. CAPTAIN JOHN SHACKFORD AND FAMILY. By Samuel Shackford, of Chicago, Ill., Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 January 2015.

Wiley Kenneth L., editor, Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel of Eastport, Maine 1818-1900: Note: Cover and title page of my hard copy edition are misspelled as “Eastport Sentinal” (Camen, Maine: Picton, Press, 1996), p. 160.

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Franklin P Shackford, of Chester, NH, One of Dr Rufus Shackford’s 13 Heirs (Blog 476)

The Derry Enterprise, 16 February 1906

Franklin P. Shackford is one of the
13 heirs to the property of his uncle,
Dr. Rufus Shackford, of Portland, Me.
Mrs George Currier and sister are
two of the other heirs living in Chester.

Dr Rufus F Shackford was born December 17, 1816 in Chester, New Hampshire to Samuel and Harriet (Currier) Shackford.  He married twice – Louisa Cummings and Mary Ann Bateman, both of whom who died before Rufus.  He died at the age of 85 on September 24, 1902. Based on the above newspaper article, we believe the probate occurred four years after his death in 1906.   We can’t find copy of his probate records online at this time as these years are not yet available digitally.

We believe that George Currier mentioned in the article was the son of Rufus’s sister Abigail and John Currier but are not sure which sister is referred in the article.  Here’s a list of the other possible heirs:

Children of John Currier & Abigail Shackford: Eliza J Currier, Charles R Currier, Helen Abbie Currier Coates, and George Washington Currier

Children of John Shackford: Georgiana Shackford Allard, Samuel Shackford, and George Franklin Shackford

Children of Jonathan Shackford:  Franklin Pierce Shackford and Olive A Shackford Symmes (died in 1903)

Children of William Adams Rice and Sarah Shackford: Albert William Rice and Charlotte Adelaide Rice Holbrook (unsure when she died)

Children of George Shackford:  George Alonzo Shackford and Hannah Elizabeth Shackford

Children of Luther Calvin Shackford:  Luther L Shackford

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SOURCES:

“CHESTER,” The Derry Enterprise (Derry, New Hampshire), 16 February 1906; digital images, (http://derry.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 16 July 2018).

Maine “Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910,” index, FamilySearch(http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 April 2015), Rufus Shackford MD d 24 Sep 1902.

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Sunday’s Obituary – Lydia A (Shackford) Buck (1832-1892) born in Alfred, Maine (Blog 454)

Cambridge Chronicle, 9 Jan 1892

Lydia A. Buck.

Lydia A. Buck, wife of Abijah R. Buck,
clerk of the Wood Memorial Church, died
at the her home, 180 Windsor street, Cam-
bridge, Tuesday. Mrs. Buck had been
an invalid for twenty years, and death
has ended a life of long suffering. She
bore her affliction with remarkable for-
titude and patience, and loved her family
dearly. A husband, son and daughter
survive her. The funeral was held Thurs-
day afternoon at her residence. Rev.
Isaiah W. Sneath of the Wood Memorial
Church conducted the service. The burial
was private.

Lydia, the daughter of Noah and Hannah (Smith) Shackford was born about 1829 in Alfred, Maine.  In 1850 we find her in Alfred with her father Noah, his second wife Bethulah and siblings Japhet, Abigail, William K, Bethular J, and Stephen S. When the 1860 census was taken in September, she was living at home in Alfred, Maine with her father, Noah, stepmother, and siblings William and Bethular next to brother Japhet but on September 13, 1860 she married Abijah R Buck, a machinist in Boston, Massachusetts.

The family was in Boston in 1865 but moved to Cambridge by 1870 where they settled on Winsor Street where Abijah continued his profession as a machinist and they raised two children.

Lydia died on January 5, 1892 in Cambridge from exhaustion from pneumonia at the age of 63. Lydia’s husband Abijah remained in Cambridge until his death at age 74 on September 22, 1908.  We’re thankful for this obituary which gives us a bit more information about Lydia’s life than we can gather from the vital records we’ve found.

CHILDREN:

Fred Maye Buck (1863-1900) – worked as a machinist, married Lillian E Merrill

Mary Lucille Buck (1868-1900) – single

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Alfred, page 392, dwelling 118, page 128, Noah Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 December 2013).

1860 US Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Alfred, Page No 1, dwelling 7, family 7, Noah Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 August 2017).

1865 Massachusetts census, Suffolk County, population schedule, Boston, dwelling 1382, family 2408, Abijah R Buck; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQHD-MH9 : accessed 30 August 2017).

1870 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Cambridge, Page No 47, dwelling 351, family 377, Abijah R Buck; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2017).

1880 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Cambridge, enumeration district (ED) 431, Page 1, dwelling 8, family 11, Abijah R Buck; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2017).

“Lydia A. Buck,” Cambridge Chronicle (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 9 January 1892; digital images, Cambridge Public Library (http://cambridge.dlconsulting.com : accessed 30 August 2017).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Cambridge for the Year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, page 100, Lydia A Shackford w. of Abijah R Buck, death, 5 January 1892; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 11 August 2013).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, , Abijah B Buck m Lydia A Shackford, 13 September 1860; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 30 August 2017).

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Aug 28th [1763] Abigail Daughter to Mr Samll & Elizath Shackford was baptized. (Blog 453)

While cleaning out our hardcopy genealogy files we found a folder titled SHACKFORD, ABIGAIL 1763- which included one document – a hardcopy printout showing page 154 and 155 with a title NEWINGTON CHURCH RECORDS.  BAPTISMs with a handwritten note NHGR Vol 4.

We were able to find a digital copy of the original source  on Google Books and know from previous research that Abigail was the daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Ring) Shackford  who we’ve previously written about.

New Hampshire Genealogical Record, No 4, page 154

NEWINGTON CHURCH RECORDS.
BAPTISMS.
[Continued from Vol. IV, page 112]
…
1763
…
Augst 28th Abigail Daughter to Mr Samll & Elizath Shack-
ford was baptized.

In his book New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century, Henry Hardon lists Abigail’s birth as April 21, 1763 referencing a family Bible that was in the possession of a Francis A Door of Woburn, Mass in 1920. This birth date aligns with the baptism date listed in the New Hampshire Genealogical Record.

This is all we know of Abigail at this time – we’d love to know if the Bible referenced was preserved and learn if it or any other sources include any further references to her.  We’d also want to thank those who spent time documenting these records back in 1907!

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SOURCES:

Hardon Henry W, Newington, New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1991), page 168.

Tibbetts Charles W. Editor and Publisher, The New Hampshire Genealogical Record. An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Genealogy, History and Biography Vol IV January 1907-October 1907 (Dover, N. H.: Charles W. Tibbetts, 1907), No. 4, page 154; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google. com : accessed 28 August 2017.

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Wedding Wednesday – Abby Shackford marries John Whitton in 1859 (Blog 452)

While cleaning out our hardcopy genealogy files we found a folder titled Abby Shackford 1823- which included one document – a hardcopy printout of the 26 June 1859 marriage record of John Whitton and Abby Shackford. The marriage record tells us that she was born about 1823/4 in Alfred, Maine to Noah and Hannah Shackford, that this was her first marriage but the second marriage for her new husband, John Whitton, a paper-maker.

Marriage Record John Whitton to Abbie Shackford, June 26, 1859

In the 1850 census, we find Noah and his second wife Bethulah and probably siblings Japhet, Abigail, Lydia, William, Bethular, and Stephen.  It’s interesting that none of Noah’s children by his first wife Hannah who now range in age of 19 to 36 have not yet married.

We’d love to know what brought Abby from Alfred, Maine around age 30 to Norfolk, Massachusetts, a distance of 110 miles.  We do see her name on the 1855 census living in John Whitten’s home who is now a widow – she is 31 years old and has no occupation listed.  John’s children John W, age 22, Theodore A, age 21, Albert G, age 20, Sarah, age 18, and Josephine, age 16 are living in the home along with Sarah Taylor from Nova Scotia.

Abby and John’s marriage was announced on June 25, 1859 and they were married the next day on June 26th.  Five years later in Nov 1865 when Abigail was 41 and her husband 60, she had a daughter, Martha Louisa Whitton.  Fortunately John never changed occupations from paper-maker which has helped us verify that this was the family living at Grove near Washington in Newton in 1875, 1877 and in 1878 when John died on May 28, 1878 at the age of 72.  His death record is difficult to read but the cause of death appears to be listed as acute insanity.

Abigail remained in the home until 1887 when she moved to Waltham.  She died on November 23, 1891 in Cambridge of cancer of oventum (possibly ovarian cancer??).  Her sister Lydia (Shackford) Buck who had been an invalid for 20 years died less than two months later in Cambridge.  We’re unsure where Abigail was buried or if she or her husband left a probate record.

CHILDREN:

Martha Louisa Whitton (1865-1931) – married Alton Augustus Reed in 1886 and William Herbert Boutwell in 1900.  She had no children.

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Alfred, page 392, dwelling 118, page 128, Noah Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 December 2013).

1855 Massachusetts State Census, Middlesex, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newton, dwelling 52, family 71, John Whitton; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 August 2017).

1860 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newton, Page 265, dwelling 1702, family 1969, John Whitten; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2017).

1865 Massachusetts State Census, Middlesex County, population schedule, Newton, John Whitton; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 August 2017).

1870 United States Federal Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newton, Page No 266, dwelling 1840, family 1938, John Whitton; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 August 2017).

“Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 August 2017), John Whitton.

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, , John Whitton m Abbie Shackford, 26 June 1859; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2017).

Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, , Mr John Whitton marriage intention Abbe Shackford, 25 June 1859; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2017); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..

The Newton Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory, and the City Record, No. VI (Worcester: Drew, Allis & Co, 1879), page 222, John Whitton; digital image, Newton Massachusetts The Offical City Website (http://www.newtonma.gov : accessed 28 August 2017).

“U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 27 August 2017), Abigail S. removed to Waltham.

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Saml Shurburn and Abigl Shackford wr marryd ye 11th June 1719 (Blog 451)

We’re slowly cleaning out a genealogy file cabinet, finding or creating a digitized copy of the paper, cleaning up our RootsMagic files, and writing blogs about the information we find in our files! Going to be a long project but will be happy to have three file drawers to use when we’re done!!

Today we discovered this document filed under Abigail Shackford (abt 1700-abt 1734)

New-England Historical & Genealogical Register, Jan 1870, page 13

A RECORD OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS IN
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. FROM 1706 to 1742.
[Communicated by Col. Joshua W Peirce, of Portsmouth.]
Continued from vol. xxiii. page 395
…
Saml Shurburn and Abigl Shackford both of Portsmo wr maryd 27 May
1719

We don’t know much about Abigail other than this marriage record and the fact that we can place her as the child of Samuel Shackford (abt 1674-abt 1731) because we find her indirectly listed in her father’s will which was proved on Mar 11, 1730/1. He left his son-in-law Samuel Sherburn the Eastern end of a house.  We presume Abigail died before August 25, 1734 when Samuel remarried.  We don’t know if she had any children – think not as his children seem to have christening dates after his remarriage.

Henry Hardon places Abigail’s birth at 1700 — we haven’t found any sources and presume that’s an estimation based on her marriage date.

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SOURCES:

Hardon Henry W, Newington, New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1991), p.163-4.

Libby Charles T., Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Vol 5 (n.d.), page 622; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://dcms.lds.org : accessed 10 January 2016.

Metcalf Henry Harrison and Otis Grant Hammond, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol. II 1718-1740 State Papers Series Vol 21 (Bristol, New Hampshire: R. W. Musgrove, Printer, 1914), page 404; digital images, Hathi Trust (http://www.hathitrust.com : accessed 17 January 2014

New-England Historic-Genealogical Society, The New-England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal For the Year 1870. Volume XXIV: Published Quarterly, Under the Direction of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society (Boston: The Society, 1870), Jan 1870, page 13; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org : accessed 28 August 2017.

Woods Henry Ernest, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume LVIII 1904 (Heritage Books, Inc, 1999), 231-232; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 10 February 2015.

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