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The Brig Fidelity (1816)

6/7/2021

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From the Records of the US Customs Service (film 4719444) : Portsmouth, New Hampshire Crew Lists
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The Brig FIDELITY, under Master William J. Amazeen, sailing from Portsmouth, NH to Bermuda, carried the following crew members, as reported to the customs collector (J. Ladd) on 9 January 1816.
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Six of the eight men were from New Castle, NH, including my 4th Great-Grandfather, 37-year old Nathaniel Pridham. The others were:
Master William J. Amazeen; John Frost; Benjamin Kinnear, age 24; Joseph Amazeen 3rd, age 21; William Fernald, age 28; Enoch Carter of Newtown, age 30; and Richard Perry of Kittery, age 22.
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The NH Gazette, on 16 Jan 1816, reported that the Fidelity sailed on the 10th. On the 19th of March, their marine journal reported that the vessel had arrived in Bermuda (no date of arrival given). No later accounts seem to mention this ship, though she clearly made it back to Portsmouth.

​Link to full image on Family Search: Fidelity (10 Jan 1816)
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The Association Test of New Hampshire, 1776

7/4/2018

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Week 27 of the #52Ancestors Challenge - "Independence"

​On the 14th of March, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution, recommending that all persons "​who are notoriously disaffected to the Cause of AMERICA, Or who have not associated, and refuse to associate, to defend by ARMS, the United Colonies, against the Hostile Attempts of the British Fleets and Armies." be disarmed.

In response to this, the Committee of Safety in New Hampshire passed a resolution on 12 April, 1776, requiring the selectmen of each town to gather signatures from all males above 21 years of age, excepting "Lunaticks, Idiots and Negroes", and to report to the Committee or the General Assembly all those who refused to sign. Those opposing this ASSOCIATION TEST were not necessarily pro-British, but included ministers and Quakers whose religious beliefs were anti-war. Some men who were currently serving in the army may have been missed as well, and the reports for some towns are fragmentary or missing (or never turned in).

Below are the names of my ancestors found in these Association Test lists. Some were already veterans of the war, and others would later enlist. A lack of information and/or common names will prevent me from knowing what, if any, service, the others may have been involved in.
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WE, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise,
that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our
Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS, oppose the Hostile Proceedings
of the British Fleets, and Armies, against the United American
COLONIES.
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BARRINGTON - John Blake (1716-1816), my 7th Great-Grandfather

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BRENTWOOD - Samuel Lock (Locke), my 6th Great Grandfather (1740-1818)

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HAMPTON - John Taylor (1711-1796)

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NEW CASTLE 
Christopher Amazeen, 5th Great Grandfather (1737-1823)
David Mitchal (Mitchell) Jr, 5th Great Grandfather [a "Jr", but his father David isn't seen on the list]
Isaac Pridham, 5th Great Grandfather (1746- )
Benjamin Yeaten (Yeaton), 5th Great Grandfather (ca 1724-1785)
Richard Yeaton and son Richard Junr (under list of refused, but he was serving in the army at the time)
[Missing from the list are 6th Great-Grandfather Henry Tredick, and 5th GGF Joseph Amazeen (ca 1736-1825)]

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NORTH HAMPTON - "Frances" (Francis) Page, 6th Great Grandfather (1724-1802). Son Coffin Page would have aged 21 at this time, so should have been a signer. He had already served in the army, and would reenlist.

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NORTHWOOD - William Blaake (Blake), 6th Great Grandfather, and son of John Blake (on Barrington list above)

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PORTSMOUTH - Nathaniel Lear

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WAKEFIELD - Only one "Joseph Leavitt" was found on the list of this town, so the other one (either the father or son) was probably still in Exeter (listing for this town not complete), or was serving in the army.


Sources:
New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, Volume 30 [on archive.org]
Wilson, Emily S. Inhabitants of New Hampshire, 1776. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993 [on Ancestry.com, this is same data as above NH State Papers, but listed in alphabetical order by surname]

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Father's Day

6/17/2018

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HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

​For this post on Father's Day 2018, I thought I'd share some photographs of the fathers in my family tree. Some have had blog pages written about them, and links are provided for the earlier postings.
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(left) Great-Grandfather William H. Pridham (1881-1934) with daughter;
​(right) This MAY be Isaac C. H. Pridham (1847-1924), my 2nd Great Grandfather (William's father), with other Pridham family members [photo in with other pictures of this family]
I wrote about them back in 2014 on this blog page: The Pridhams of Puddle Dock

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5 generations of my Dow family in four photos: my son and I; my dad and I (on Pest Island in the Piscataqua River); my dad and Papa; Great Grandfather John T Dow and his family at Thanksgiving (1919)
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See also my pages: "John T Dow of Portsmouth, NH" and "Same Name"

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My Great Great-Grandfather, John Knight, with his family (along with an unknown man in the middle, perhaps a hired hand), probably on the rented farm out on Fox Point in Newington, NH

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(left) Great-grandfather Fred Leavitt
(above) Fred Leavitt, now bed ridden, with my grandfather, my aunt, and baby cousin

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(above) 3rd Great Grandfather Thomas Steward (1838-1897) and family (see blog page for more about him)
(right) James W Brown (1841-1923), my 3rd Great Grandfather
See also: "Heirloom" and Brown - Locke's Cove, Kittery, Maine
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Revolutionary War Ancestors

5/27/2018

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This post will serve as a record of my direct ancestors who served during the American Revolution. Considering the scarcity of some original sources, verifying the service of many of my relatives proves quite difficult. I'm sure this list will be amended as other names are found.

WILLIAM BLAKE (1740-1825)
Sergeant in Capt David Gilman's 

JOSEPH LEAVITT (1751-1801)
of Exeter and Wakefield, NH
Capt Moody's Company, Col Badger's Reg't
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COFFIN PAGE (1755-1801)
of North Hill (North Hampton), New Hampshire
Served in the 3rd NH Regiment (Capt. Richard Weare's Co., Col Scammel's Reg't)
Mustered in 7 May 1777, served for 8 months

ISAAC PRIDHAM
Born: 1 Sept 1746, New Castle, NH; Died: 16 Jan 1847, New Castle, NH
Private, Capt Caleb Hodgdon (later Abraham Perkins)'s Company,
Col Pierce Long's Regiment (1st NH Battalion)
enl 9/19/1776, serv 2 mos, 18 das; serv 12/7/76-1/7/77
1/7/77-2/7/77 (part of Capt Perkins Co. fit for march to Ticonderoga)

DANIEL STEWARD
Born: 21 Nov 1734, Salem, MA; Died: 2 June 1802, Fitchburg, MA
Buried: South Street Cemetery, Fitchburg (Find a Grave entry)
Served as private, Capt Aaron Guild's Company, Col Josiah Whitney'd Reg't
13 July 1776 - 5 Dec 1776 (stationed at Hull, MA)

THOMAS WHITCOMB
Born: 4 Oct 1736, Littleton, MA; Died: 21 June 1824, Norridgewock, ME
Served in Capt Hinds Company, Col Timothy Bedel (Beddle)'s Regiment
Enl: 10 Mar 1776, serv 10 mos; Captured at the Cedars in Canada
and held prisoner for about a month

​HENRY WYMAN
1762 - 1837
Buried: Jewett Cemetery, Madison, Maine

RICHARD YEATON​
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Mother's Day

5/13/2018

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Wishing all a Happy Mother's Day! 

The following are photos I have of my direct ancestor females, with links to blog pages I have written about them in the past.

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My 3rd Great-Grandmother, Catherine (Young) Steward with her husband Thomas Steward, and four of her children. One of them may be my 2nd Great-Grandmother, Hannah B Steward.

Catherine (ie Katherine, Katie, Catharine) died in 1875, her burial place unknown.

For more, see blog:
Thomas Steward and wife Catherine Young
Hannah B Steward, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Young) Steward, my 2nd Great Grandmother.  Her name was changed to Alberta Ann Rowell following her adoption. She died in 1901, aged 29 years, from complications after a pregnancy.
I have a page about her here:
Hannah B Steward, aka Alberta Ann Rowell
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​(above) My 3rd Great-Grandmother, Emily A. (Waitt/Waite) Brown, wife of James W Brown of Kittery, Maine.
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Her daughter, Emily Jane Brown (center photo), my 2nd G-Grandmother, married John Kramer of Colchester, CT, but she lived most of her life in Kittery. At right is my Great-Grandmother, Martha (Kramer) Leavitt, Emily's daughter, with myself and siblings.

More about their families here:
Brown - Locke's Cove, Kittery, Maine
Emily Augusta (Waitt) Brown
My Waitt (Waite) Family from Malden, MA
Emily Jane (Brown) Kramer
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My maternal line continues..

My Great-Grandmother, Annie (Knight) Smith (pictured here on porch with her sister Abbie). Her daughter, Alice (photo on right), is my gram (with me helping her at church bake sale...nice batch of brownies there!)
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(at left) My mom and I on (I believe) Pest Island in the Piscataqua River.

My paternal line:
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My Pridham relatives here, including my grandmother Alice (Pridham) Dow, and her mother, my Great-Grandmother Louise (Condon) Pridham.

More about this family is written here:
​The Pridhams of Puddle Dock (Portsmouth, NH)
My Great-Grandmother, Dorothy M (Yeaton) Dow, the daughter of Nathaniel B and Louisa M (Meloon) Yeaton.

​I have a blog post written about her here:
In Memory of Great-Grandmother Yeaton


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