2020 - two hundred years of statehood for the State of Maine. On the 15th of March, 1820, the former District became the 23rd state in the Union. In August of that year, the 1820 census was taken. Here are my MAINE ancestors, and where they were at the time of statehood.  
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Jeremiah Brown - 5th Great Grandfather
​Cornville, Somerset, Maine

Jeremiah Brown and Charlotte Lewis were married ca Mar 1820 in Cornville, but it is known that she had two children prior to Oct 1818 (one of them perhaps my 4th GGF Joseph Brown). The household now with 5 children in 1820 census, some may not be their own kin.
More about: The Family of Jeremiah Brown and Charlotte Lewis
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Joseph Gray (abt 1787-aft 1874) - 5th Great Grandfather
​Newfield, York, Maine

Married to Betsey Plaisted in Wolfeboro, NH in 1811, they first removed to Newfield, ME, and then went on to Athens, Maine soon after. My 4th GGM Elmira Gray is one of the females under 10 yrs of age - her sister Sarah is another, while a third, and the one in the 16-26 age range, is not known. 
More about: Joseph Gray of Athens, Solon, and Brighton, Maine

Philip Levitt (Leavitt) Esq. (1774-1861) - 5th Great Grandfather
Athens, Somerset, Maine

With wife Mary (Pike) (1774-1826), they had ten children (according to Leavitt records), the numbers above showing several other persons also living with them. Philip was a cooper, and also ran a store and tavern, so is one of the "2" people engage in commerce (far right number), with five family members farming. My 4th GGF, Joseph Leavitt, was not yet 15 at the time of this census. 
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James Shattuck (1763-1830)
​Solon, Somerset, Maine

Originally from Pepperell, MA, he arrives in Solon, ME between 1810-1820 with his 2nd wife Amy (Tarbell). Son Lovell Shattuck was 13 years old during this census, and is seen in the 10-16 yr column.
More about: James Shattuck of Pepperell MA and Solon Maine
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John Steward (1740-aft 1840)-  5th GGF
Canaan, Somerset, Maine

Born in Lunenburg, MA, he was in Norridgewock, ME by 1787, when he married Abigail Whitcomb. Son Alaxis Steward, my 4th GGF, would have been 7 yrs old at time of this census.
More about: Duncan Stewart of Rowley MA and His Descendants to Maine
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Henry Wyman (1762-1837) - 6th Great-Grandfather
​Madison, Somerset, Maine

Henry and wife Sarah (Tuttle) married in Goffstown, NH in 1793, and soon moved to Madison, ME. He was a Rev. War veteran - a large family, though I haven't compiled a list of children yet. 3 persons in household were engaged in agriculture.
More about: Henry Wyman of Madison, Maine
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Capt. James Brown (1760-1838)
​Kittery, York, Maine

James Brown, with wife Sarah (Fernald), both 45+ years of age in 1820. One son, Elihu Deering Brown, was almost 20 yrs of age at this time, and would be one of the "2" in the 16-26 column.
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Elihu Fernald (1763 - 1851)
​Kittery, York, Maine

Elihu the only male left in the household, with wife Hannah (Chandler) (1765-1836), and three daughters. One those females being my 4th Great-Grandmother Jane C., 16 yrs old in 1820. 
More about: Elihu Fernald of Kittery, Maine
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Week 15 of the #52Ancestors Challenge - "Taxes"

​A database recently added to the Harvard University website was the "1771 Massachusetts Tax Inventory", which includes the information (in searchable form) about the taxable property of individuals living in 152 Massachusetts towns in 1771. Of interest to me is the inclusion of four (District of) Maine towns from York County, Kittery being one where some of my ancestors resided during that time (the other 3 towns were Berwick, Sanford, and York).

There were 594 tax payers listed for Kittery, and I found five of my direct ancestors on that list. 
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JONATHAN FERNALD [my 6th Great-Grandfather]
1 dwelling house
1 acre, tillage land (10 bushels of grain produced per year)
3 acres of English and Upland mowing land (1 ton of hay per year)
1 cow
1 swine
3 £ - annual worth of whole real estate
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EBENEZER FERNALD [my 7th Great-Grandfather, 1699-1787]
1 dwelling house
25 acres of pasture
12 barrels of cider per year
7 acres of English/Upland mowing land (6 ton of hay per year)
1 horse
3 cows
6 goats/sheep
1 swine
8 ​£ ann. worth of estate
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THOMAS BROWN [my 6th Great-Grandfather, 1730-1808]
​- no numbers attributed to him
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WILLIAM DEARING (DEERING) [my 7th Great-Grandfather, 1706- ]
1 dwelling house
30 acres of pasture
30 acres English/Upland mowing land (22 tons of hay per year)
20 acres of fresh meadow (10 tons of hay per year)
7 cows
7 goats/sheep
2 swine
1 "servant for life"
16 ​£ annual worth of whole real estate
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JOSEPH CURTIS [my 6th Great-Grandfather, 1721-1772]
1 dwelling house
1 acre of tillage (10 bushels of grain)
4 acres English/Upland mowing land (3 tons of hay per yr)
1 acre fresh meadow (1 ton of hay)
2 cows
5 goats/sheep
1 swine
2 ​£ annual worth in estate
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NOTE: Page not yet complete, as I would like to add maps to current locations where these properties once stood. This could take awhile!

On the 1856 map of Kittery, Maine (at right), the land of "E. Brown" is highlighted. The 1872 map (below) also shows the property being in the possession of Elihu, but it would later be owned by his son James W Brown, following his return from Malden, MA.
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See blog on James W Brown for more on the family:
http://www.mynewenglandancestors.com/blog/brown-lockes-cove-kittery

ELIHU DEERING BROWN, the son of Capt James and Sarah (Fernald) Brown, was born in Kittery, Maine on 4 Nov 1800, and died there on 16 Feb 1879. He married first to MARTHA C FERNALD, a first cousin, on 29 Apr 1824 [Kittery VR, pg 280]. She was born in 1791, the dau of Samuel and Elizabeth (Chandler) Fernald, and died on 22 Oct 1837 [Old Kittery, pg 396]. He secondly married, on 17 May 1838 [Kittery VR, pg 292], to JANE CHANDLER FERNALD, also a first cousin. The daughter of Elihu and Hannah (Chandler) Fernald, she was born 9 May 1804 in Kittery, and died there on 16 June 1882.

​In the 1850 census, Elihu was listed as a laborer, and was a mariner by 1860. In the 1870 census, he was now a "retired mariner".​

​The children of Elihu D Brown, the latter three by second wife Jane.
i. THOMAS SULLIVAN BROWN, b. 5 Jan 1825; d. 11 Nov 1826
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH BROWN, b. 30 Sept 1826; d. 17 Sept 1827
iii. THOMAS BROWN, b. 3 Nov 1827; d. 19 Sept 1830
iv. MARTHA BROWN, b. 3 Aug 1829; Marr JOHN WILLIAMS 
v. SAMUEL FERNALD BROWN, b. 1832; d. 1881 in California (went west during the gold rush)
vi. JAMES FERNALD BROWN, b. 14 Sept 1839; d. 10 Oct 1840
vii. JAMES WILLIAM BROWN, b. 28 Dec 1841; marr EMILY A WAITE
viii. LYDIA MARGARET BROWN, b. 30 Aug 1845; d. 21 Oct 1846

My 5th Great-Grandfather ELIHU FERNALD (1763-1851) seems to have been a lifelong resident of Kittery, Maine, seen in all the census records from 1790 to 1850, living there. The "Old Kittery and Her Families" book says he was a carpenter, and had thirteen children.

I have yet to look up real estate transactions concerning Elihu, but it seems that he sold his property to son Elihu Jr prior to 1847. Elihu Jr, in his will, wrote that his father had the right to live in his Kittery home, as would sister Olive Locke, so long as she took care of their father. Junior had already moved to Portsmouth, NH by this time, and had owned a house on Bow St. 

In York County Probate, widow Margaret Fernald filed Elihu Jr's will, and an appraisal of his Kittery property was taken in 1856 (submitted in Nov). It contained:
   "a certain lot of field and pasture land, with dwelling house and barn thereon containing about 34 acres, situated on the main road leading from Traips Corner to Kittery Point Bridge, known as homestead of Elihu Fernald, dec'd."

Below is the 1850 census, showing Elihu (Sr) living with his daughter Olive and her family.  

Several children of Elihu and Hannah (Chandler) died young, but are not seen in the Orchard Grove Cemetery plot. I don't believe this cemetery had even been started at this time, so they may have been buried in a family plot on their homestead. 

               GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE FAMILY OF ELIHU FERNALD OF KITTERY, MAINE

ELIHU FERNALD (Jonathan, Ebenezer, William, Renald) was born on 3 Oct 1763, likely in Kittery [Kittery VR, pg 164], the son of Jonathan and Sarah (Weeks) Fernald. He died on 4 Dec 1851, in Kittery. He married on 18 Jan 1787 in Kittery, Maine [Kittery VR, pg 172] to HANNAH CHANDLER, the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Marr) Chandler. She was born 23 Sept 1765 and died on 20 Sept 1836.

The following list of children, from "Old Kittery and Her Families", pg 395. Not sure yet of the original source of these birth dates, as they are not found in Kittery vital records.
i. JAMES BROWN FERNALD, b. 11 July 1787; d. 25 May 1822. Marr Ann Card, moved to Portsmouth, NH.
ii. MARY FERNALD, b. 9 May 1789; d. 10 July 1789
iii. MARY FERNALD, b. 9 Jul 1791. Marr Robert Newson
iv. HANNAH C FERNALD, b. 14 June 1793.Marr William Parker of Saugus, MA.
v. ELIZABETH FERNALD, b. 16 Sep 1796. Marr John Alden Of Boston, MA.
vi. BENJAMIN CHANDLER FERNALD, b. 1 Jun 1798; d. 11 Sept 1878. Marr Lavinia L Fernald. Lived Portsmouth
vii. SARAH FERNALD, b. 23 Mar 1800. Marr Thomas Jones of Portsmouth, NH
viii. ELIHU FERNALD, Jr., b. 6 May 1802; d. 24 Aug 1847. Marr Margaret T Holbrook. Lived in Portsmouth, NH
ix. JANE C FERNALD, b. 9 May 1804; d. 16 June 1882. Marr ELIHU D BROWN on 17 May 1838.
x. PAMELIA FERNALD, b. 14 Oct 1806. Marr Samuel Parker of Saugus, MA
xi. OLIVE C FERNALD, b. 30 Jan 1808; d. 30 Nov 1874. Marr William B A Locke.
xii. THOMAS FERNALD, b. 28 Oct 1809; lost at sea ca 1829
xiii. MARTHA FERNALD , b. 18 Jan 1811; d. 10 Sep 1814