Mary (Getchell) Brown (1793 - 1857)

Born 1 Mar 1793 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Brown — married 27 Jun 1819 in Machias, Maine

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1857 at age 63 in East Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Getchell was born, 1 Mar 1793, in that part of Machias, Maine, later set off as Marshfield, the daughter of Joseph Getchell and Sarah "Sally" Berry; ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} died at East Machias, Maine, 3 Feb 1857, aged 64y, ^{[6] [7]} and is buried there in the Hadley's Lake Cemetery. ^{[6] [8]}

She married at Machias, 27 Jun 1819, James Brown. ^{[4] [6] [9] [10]}

Enumerated with her daughter, Sarah, and son-in-law, Henry A. Gardner, in the 1850 federal census of East Machias. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWB1-VX8 : accessed 9 June 2016), Mary Getchell, 01 Mar 1793; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,567.
2. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBB-QPJ : accessed 9 June 2016), Polly Getchell, 01 Mar 1793; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,562.
3. ↑ Jackman, Mrs. Beulah G., Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 4. Cit. Date: 10 Mar 2024.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C. O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), p. 163. Cit. Date: 10 Mar 2024.
5. ↑ Drisko, George Washington, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 440. Cit. Date: 10 Mar 2024.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 7 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 36, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, April 2001, 651 pages), p, 164. Cit. Date: 10 Mar 2024.
7. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZJ-T2K : accessed 9 June 2016), Mary Getchell, 03 Feb 1857; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 11,567.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 August 2019), memorial page for Mary Getchell Brown (1 Mar 1793–3 Feb 1857), Find a Grave Memorial no. 190829663, citing Hadley's Lake Cemetery, East Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Brian Foss (contributor 47425335) Find A Grave: Memorial #190829663.
9. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48G-V5P : accessed 9 June 2016), James Brown and Polly Getchell, 1819; citing , reference 25; FHL microfilm 11,562.
10. ↑ Jackman, op. cit., p. 46. Cit. Date: 10 Mar 2024.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VZ-CY9 : Fri Mar 08 12:36:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry A Gardner and Sarah G Gardner, 1850.