Christopher Shackford’s Marriage Intention to Miss Mehitable Maddox Published in Sanford, Maine on Sept 21, 1838 (Blog 489)

Christopher Shackford, the son of Samuel and Charity (Cousens) Shackford was born on April 3, 1809 in Sanford, Maine.  His marriage intention to Mehitable Maddox of Kennebunkport was published in the Sanford Town Minutes on September 21, 1838

53 Record of the Publishment of Christopher Shackford
Mr Christopher Shackford of Sanford &
Miss Mehitable Maddox of Kennebunkport
Intend Marriage – Sanford Sept. 21, 1838 –
Attest Timothy Shaw, Town Clerk
Certificate Dated
Oct 8, 1838

Their marriage intention was also reported in the Kennebunk Town Records the next day: Mr Christopher Shackford of Sanford, and Miss Mehitable Maddox of Kennebunk intend marriage Septbr 22, 1838.

Their Oct 10, 1838 marriage was recorded in Kennebunkport on October 19, 1838:  1838
Oct 19 Christopher Shackford Sanford 1838
Mehitible Maddox Kennebunk October 10 Rev Timot Wolcott
Attest Joshua Herrick Town Clerk

Christopher was living in Sanford, Maine in 1840 with his 79 year old father Samuel Shackford, a Revolutionary War Soldier and served as a selectman in York in 1850 and 1851.  His wife Mehitable died in 1852 and he married Louisa Hill sometime before 1856.  He worked as a farmer in Sanford living on Boom Road until moving to Saco sometime before 1865 and according to Samuel Burham Shackford Genealogy manuscript, he was a Republican and a Baptist. Christopher wrote his will on April 14, 1869 mentioning his son Granville and two daughters Serena and Georgiana and his second wife Louisa.  He died in Saco, Maine on April 2, 1870 and was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco, Maine.

CHILDREN:

with Mehitable:

Granville Shackford (1840-1916) – served in civil war, lived in Saco, Maine, married Melvina D Currier

Serena Shackford (1843-1905) – married Elbridge L Sawyer

Georgianna Shackford (1846-1882) – lived in Saco, Maine

with Louisa:

Charles Shackford (1856-1858)

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SOURCES:

1840 US Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Sanford, Page 151 (stamped), Christopher Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2013).

1850 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Sanford, Page 275 (penned), 138 (stamped), Dwelling 341, Family 355, Christopher Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.com : accessed 12 August 2013).

1860 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Saco, Page No 146, dwelling 1078, family 1083, Christopher Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 October 2013).

Bradbury Charles, History of Kennebunkport, From Its First Discovery by Bartholomew Gossnold, May 14, 1602, to A.D. 1837 (Kennebunk: James K. Remich, 1837), page 273; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org : accessed 23 January 2019.

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Mehitable Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 93426801.

History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (York County (Me): Higginson Book Company, 1880), Page 371; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 August 2013.

Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, Sanford Town Record, Film # 007724810, Image 502 of 797, Christopher Shackford marriage intention Mehitible Maddox, 21 September 1838; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 19 January 2019).

Maine “Maine Marriages, 1771-1907,” database index, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 October 2013), Christopher Shackford m. Mehitable Maddox 10 Oct 1838.

(Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980), Family Search, digital images (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2241461 : accessed 24 December 2013), Christopher Shackford, image 1296; Nathan Hill Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, Sears, Louisa-Sharp, Lee.

“Maine Marriages, 1771-1907,” digital images with index, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 25 January 2019), Christopher Shackford marriage intention Mehitible Maddox; Kennebunk Records of Intention of Marriage Film # 007595725 , page 78, Image 378 of 466.

Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. #133, Christopher Shackford.

United States. Census Office. 6th Census 1840, A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary Or Military Service:: With Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census, Volumes 840-843 (1841), Page 3; digital images, Google eBook (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 August 2013.

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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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