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From: Toni <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:16:28 -0400
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According to:

Maine Register, State Year-book and Legislative Manual By Grenville M.
Donham Published 1887:

Town of Wiscasset, Shire town. On Knox and Lincoln Div. M. C. R. R. and
terminus of Wiscasset. Ten miles from Bath. Formerly together with
Dresden, Alna and Swan Island. The Ancient Powalborough: the settlement
of which was first commenced in 1663. Dresden and Alna were set off
June 25, 1794. The name of Pownalborough was retained until June 10,
1802, when it was changed to Wiscasset.

David C. Richardson wrote:
> just for yucks see:
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~decann/genealogy/master/b97.htm
>
> smulvey wrote:
>
>> The LDS site www.familysearch.org
>> has a marriage record extracted from the locality as:
>> Alden Bradford married Peggy Stevenson 25 July 1795 at Wiscasset, Lincoln,
>> Maine.
>>
>> Hope this helps some,
>> Susan M.
>> *************************************************
>> "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it
>> dance."
>> -- George Bernard Shaw
>> Columbia County, NY Coordinator
>> http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David E. Cann" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 6:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Alden Bradford (3g-grandson of Gov. Wm. Bradford) & Margaret Stevenson,
>>> reportedly married on 25 July 1795 in Bounaborough, Maine if it is spelled
>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> This detail has frustrated me for some months now, and I'd be most
>>> grateful
>>> if you could shed any light on it.
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> (alternate)
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [mailto:] On
>>> Behalf Of LUCILLE CRESSEY
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 5:58 PM
>>> To:
>>> Subject: Re: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
>>>
>>> How about the people's names who got married/
>>>
>>> Roger----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David E. Cann" <>
>>> To: "Maine List Posting" <>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 4:59 PM
>>> Subject: [MAINE] Bounaborough (sp?, ME place name
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is a "shot in the dark" at best, but I have one ancestor shown by my
>>>> source information as having been married in Bounaborough, Maine in 1795.
>>>> Only problem is, I can find no such place name anywhere. No county name,
>>>> nothing. Does this name sound familiar to anyone out there?
>>>>
>>>> I have managed to convince myself that it is simply spelled incorrectly
>>>> by
>>>> my source, but I have tried every imaginable spelling and/or search
>>>> engine
>>>>
>>>> I
>>>> can come up with, and have come up with absolutely nothing that will shed
>>>> any light on this mystery. Since Maine was part of Massachusetts then, I
>>>> even looked there as well, but nothing at all. My old stand-by Google
>>>> search has also not turned up one single hit using that spelling, so if
>>>> it
>>>> rings any bells with anyone out there I would be grateful if you would
>>>> let
>>>> me know.
>>>>
>>>> My thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> (alternate)
>>>>
>>>>
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