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From: "Clayton Hutchins" <>
Subject: Re: [MEWALDO] .WILKINS.. in Cemeteries from 1775 to 1835
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:12:28 -0400
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Betty,

I have a distant relative, Cyrus Hamilton Hutchins, who moved from Montville, Waldo Co., Maine to Ludlow, Aroostook Co., Maine about 1825.

A quote from a researcher the helped me several years ago had the following information pertaining to my relative:
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"He arrived, in Ludlow, Aroostook Cty, Maine in 1826 along with John Comings, Robert Blaisdell and Lewis White. This group were, I believe, all members of the Free Will Baptist Church and were connected to several other early settlers in Aroostook."
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I first found him in a special Census located on the Internet - 1837 Census of Ludlow (Belfast Academy Grant) Aroostook Co., Maine, then found him again in the following book:
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Copied from LDS film # 1320824 item 3
History of Aroostook Vol. 1, Part 1 - Compiled and written by Hon. Edward Wiggin (1837-1912)
Comprising Facts, Names and Dates relating to the early settlements of all the different Towns and Plantations of the County.
[Vol. 1, part I was written about 1890, with an introduction by George H. Collins, author Vol. 1, part 2 which was written later: - book published in 1922 by Star Herald Press, Presque Isle, Maine; two parts in one volume]
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This book appears to be very well researched and explains how the various towns were formed. If you have not checked it yet, it might be worthwhile to see if you can find a copy. I would think the large genealogy libraries near Boston would have a copy, or as I did, you can ask your local Family History Center to order a copy on microfilm.

Hope this helps,

Clayton Hutchins
1248 Slate Hill Road
Peach Bottom, PA 17563

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From: "Betty" <>
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Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:27 AM
Subject: [MEWALDO] .WILKINS.. in Cemeteries from 1775 to 1835


> Good morning,
>
> I would like to ask if anyone who might be walking through cemeteries this
> spring or summer in the towns along the Kennebec River Valley -- would keep
> their eyes open for the surname, WILKINS.
>
> William WILKINS was reportedly a surveyor, possibly arriving in "Maine"
> around 1775. He "might" have had a wife and young daughter with him - if
> he was the William WILKINS from Middleton, MA. Some of the towns he was
> reported to have lived in were: Pittston and Vassalboro, and several other
> towns in the vicinity of Augusta and Gardiner.
>
> (IF he was the William WILKINS from Middleton, MA, he had a brother, David
> WILKINS, move to Lewiston and Greene, ME. So, I would also be looking for
> any data which might show a family-connection between William and David in
> those areas.)
>
> I "suspect" that this William WILKINS was the father of Samuel WILKINS,
> reportedly born around 1775 in "Maine." Samuel and "Leeta/Leota" (?)
> WILKINS were in Unity, ME, in 1810 and 1820.*
>
> I have NO information on when William WILKINS died, or where he lived after
> 1790. And, the references to him in local history books do not mention a
> wife and children.
>
> In addition to finding out where William lived his last years, Samuel and
> Leeta WILKINS had one daughter who did not move with the rest of the
> family - when they moved to Amity, ME, in Aroostook Co. in the late 1820's.
> I do not know her name; a "guess" is Elizabeth, Electa, or "Leeta," and I
> don't know whether she died young, or whether she married and remained in
> the Unity, ME, area with her husband.
>
> Note: Especially around 1800, it was quite a distance between Unity,
> ME, and Amity, ME, which is just a little south of Houlton, ME. I have
> no idea why the entire family (young-adult children) would have moved that
> far north in the 1820's.
>
> Thank you for time.
>
> Enjoy your weekend !
>
> Betty (near Lowell, MA)
>
> * I also learned from the "Bray WILKINS book" that the William WILKINS from
> Middleton had a wife, who was at least half - Native American. Because
> of that,
> I am also "now" suspicious as to whether Samuel WILKINS' wife was also
> Native American (or partly).

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