Alpheus Kendall (bef. 1784 - 1864)

Born before 20 Jun 1784 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Roxana (Goldsmith) Kendall — married 6 Jun 1805 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1864 after age 80 in Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Alpheus Kendall was baptized on 20 Jun 1784, the son of Asa Kendall and Persis (Fuller) Kendall.^[1] According to his gravestone, he was 84 years old when he died on 25 Jun 1868.^[2]

Marriage

Alpheus Kendall and Roxany Goldsmith, both of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, married there on 6 Jun 1805.^[3]

Biographical Details

Alpheus and Roxana (Goldsmith) Kendall settled at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts). They were probably there by October 1805, when the birth of their first child is shown in the Livermore vital records.^[4] Alpheus built the second tannery in Livermore, near the outlet of Bartlett's Pond, and he was a captain of Livermore's miliia cavalry company.^[5] They were still in Livermore in 1830.^[6] By 1850 they had moved to Abbot, Maine, where they were living with their son Sylvanus and his family, Alpheus at age 65 and Roxana at 63.^[7] (No record of Alpheus or Roxana Kendall has been found in the 1840 or 1860 census.)

Children

Alpheus and Roxana (Goldsmith) Kendall recorded the following children at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts):^[4]

1. Daniel Goldsmith Kendall, born on 4 Oct 1805
2. George Kendall, born on 8 Oct 1807
3. Mary Ann Kendall, born on 26 Aug 1809
4. Stedman Kendall, born on 15 Mar 1812
5. Roxana Kendall, born on 19 Jun 1814, died on 31 Jul 1821
6. Silvanus Kendall, born on 28 Apr 1816

Death

The 1874 history of Livermore, Maine, says that Alpheus Kendall died at Dexter, Maine.^[5] He has a gravestone at the Old Cemetery in Abbot Village in Piscataquis County, Maine, that gives his date of death as 25 Jun 1868 and says he was 84 years old at his death.^[2] Dexter and Abbot are about 16 miles apart.

Research Note

Alpheus Kendall's FindAGrave memorial has links to two memorials of people whom Alpheus' memorial says were his children. An examination of the text on the stone in the photo on those memorials, however, shows that they were actually the sons of Alpheus' son Stedman Kendall.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Worcester, Mass., 1911), page 87
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Photo of gravestone of Alpheus Kendall and "Roxana, his wife" (Find A Grave: Memorial #139411274)
3. ↑ New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, database, FamilySearch, Index to marriages, early to 1900, (Km - Ko) Kimball to Knowles, image 1656 of 5043, Alphus Kendall and Roxany Goldsmith, 06 Jun 1805; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,274.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 187; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 125 of 718
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874)
6. ↑ United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 23 of 35; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Piscataquis > Abbot > image 12 of 18 > Sylvanus Kendall family, family #85 ; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #139411274 and memorials linked there