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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Samuel Shackford (1761-1844) of Wells, Maine, Revolutionary War Pensioner (Blog 475)

Samuel Shackford, the son of Paul and Eunice (Day) Shackford was born on July 24, 1761 in Wells, Maine.  He was only 18 on June 6, 1780 when he served for eight months with the men mustered by Nathaniel Wells to defend the eastern part of Massachusetts. After the completion of his enlistment, he returned to Wells where he married Sarah Whittum on March 4, 1784.  He later moved to Sanford, Maine where he worked as a farmer.  Samuel remained in Sanford where he married Eunice Day on November 15, 1787 and Charity Cousins on November 18, 1805.

In response to the Revolutionary War Act of June 7, 1832, Samuel gave the following testimony documenting his service:

Maine District of
Special District Court of the U States
Kennebunk August 7 1832

On this seventh day of August aforesaid personally appeared
in open Court before the District Judge

Samuel Shackford a resident of Sanford in the
county of York, and state of Maine aged seventy one
years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed-
June 7th 1832.
That he served as herein stated.
I enlisted at Wells (now Kennebunk) in the state
Maine, in April 1780 in Capt Daniel Clarks company
for the term of eight months – we marched to Portland
in the same state, where we were principally employed
in erecting works of defense during the full period of
my enlistment or until some time in December of
that year, when we were dismissed and returned home
There were five companies in the corps to which I
belonged and were commanded by Col Prime of York –
Nathan Lord of Berwick, I think was Adjutant, and
Gen Wardsmoth commanded at Portland during said
time. I was born in Wells in the year 1761 and have
resided now about forty years in Sanford, in this state
adjoining to Wells. I enlisted and served voluntarily
as above stated. I have no other record of my age except
that which my father kept in the great Bible I now have.
All my neighbors can state my general character for that
Mr David Day resides near me, and also Mr Samuel Cole
and Mr David Clark, and others who are respectable.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name is note on the
pension role of the agency of any state Samuel Shackford (signed)
sworn to and subscribed this day and your aforesaid.
Before
Arthur Wise U.S. Judge for the
District of Maine
Know the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that
the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served in the states.

Samuel’s testimony did not mention the name of his father but does refer to his father’s Bible which he now has in his possession.  We assume it’s the same Bible which was referred to as “Bible per Granville Shackford” (his grandson) in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy manuscript which is the only source we’ve found for Samuel’s parents, Samuel’s birth date, and a list of his children.  Hoping the Bible is saved somewhere or at least a transcription of those pages are within the Samuel Collection. (There were boxes and boxes of material and I only had 6 hours to review the materials — hoping to be back someday.)

Samuel is listed in the 1840 census as a pensioner and received his final pension payment in the third quarter of 1844.  He died on 9 Sept 1844 and is buried on Mouse Lane in Sanford, Maine. In 2009 I corresponded with a wonderful gentleman who described how to find the gravestone, shared that Samuel’s gravestone was worn and damaged to the point that it was unreadable but he was making sure a flag was placed on Samuel’s grave.

CHILDREN:

Andrew Shackford  (1795-1858) – married his cousin Hannah Shackford

Sarah Shackford (1789-????)

Robert Shackford  (1793-????)

Eunice Shackford (1806-1822)

Christopher Shackford (1809-1870) – married Mehitable Maddox and Louisa Hill

Susan Shackford (1811-1883) – married John Thompson

Bethia Shackford (1813-1815)

Lusanna Shackford (1821-1870) – married Freeman Goodwin

[Samuel is my first cousin six times removed with a shared relative Joshua Shackford and Elizabeth Barnes]

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SOURCES:

Emery Edwin, William Morell Emery, The History of Sanford, Maine. 1661-1900.(Fall River, Mass: William Morell Emery, 1901), page 83; digital images, Google eBook(http://www.books.google : accessed 21 October 2013.

“Index to Final Pension Payment Vouchers, compiled 1818 – 1864,” digital images, Fold3(https://www.fold3.com : accessed 8 July 2017), Samuel Shackford

Maine Society Sons of the American Revolution MESSAR(http://www.messar.org/patriots.html : accessed 5 January 2014), .

“Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,” digital images, Fold3(http://www.fold3.com : accessed 2 July 2018), Samuel Shackford.

Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A Compilation From the Archives(Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1906), page 2; digital images, Mocavo(www.mocavo.com : accessed 15 February 2014.

“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; typed manuscript, SG SHA 5; Shackford collection. [manuscript] by Samuel Burnham Shackford, Shackford collection. [manuscript] SG SHA 5; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Sunday’s Obituary – Mrs Melvina (Currier) Shackford (1840-1917) – Died on her 77th Birthday (Blog 465)

Mrs. Melvina C. Shackford, widow
of the late Granville Shackford, and
a highly esteemed lady, died Monday
morning at 4 o’clock in this city, at
the age of 77 years. Mrs. Shackford
made her home in Saco for many
year and went from there to Old
Orchard where she took an active
part in the Methodist church. She
was of a loving and kind disposition,
and her friends speak of her in glow-
ing terms for her many acts of kind-
ness.
Mrs. Shackford died on her birth-
day.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Howard Gilpatric of Hingham,
and one grandson, Howard Gilpatric,
also of Hingham.

 

Melvina Currier was born to Oren and Patience (Hanson) Currier on July 30, 1840 in Dover, Maine.   Her mother died in Dec 1856 when she was 16 and father remarried in September 1857.  In 1860 Melina was living at home in Athens working as a factory hand and her father died in 1864.  By 1870 she had moved to Biddeford where she was running a boarding house for a cotton mill.

On June 12, 1872 Melvina married Granville Shackford, a civil war veteran.  They moved to Saco and lived on Boom Road where Granville had a farm and served on the city council.  By 1900 they had moved to Old Orchard where they resided until Granville’s death on December 11, 1916.  Granville’s pension was transferred to her on January 5, 1917 but she died six months later on July 30, 1917 in Biddeford.  She was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco.  We’re fortunate to have found her obituary which lets us know that she was very involved in the Methodist church and was loved by many in her community.

CHILDREN:

Jesse Maria Shackford (1873-1939) – married Howard Gilpatric in 1899.

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SOURCES:

1860 United States Federal Census, Somerset County, Maine, population schedule, Athens, page 357, dwelling 24, family 25, Oren Currier; digital image, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2018).

1870 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Biddeford, Page 82, dwelling 529, family 573, Melvina Currier; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 8 April 2018).

1880 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Saco, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 203, Page No 29 crossed out and replaced with 30, dwelling 274, family 379, Granville Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 April 2015).

1900 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Old Orchard Town, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration Distric No 246, Supervisor’s District No 109, Sheet No 10 (A), dwelling 191, family 291, Granville Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 October 2013).

1910 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Old Orchard Town, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 254, Sheet No 5B, Everolln Avenue, dwelling 187, family 202, Granville Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 October 2013).

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 8 April 2018), Patience Currier.

Maine State of Maine, “Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” database, FamilySearch(www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 October 2013), Melvina Currier b. 30 Jul 184

“OBITUARY. MRS. MELVINA C. SHACKFORD,” The Biddeford Weekly Journal (Biddeford, Maine), 3 August 1917; digital images, Biddeford Library(http://biddeford.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 8 February 2018).

“United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934,” digital image, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 18 May 2014), Granville Shackford.

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