Phebe Jordan (Milliken) Vardon (1767 - abt. 1828)

Born 30 Aug 1767 in Scarboro, Penobscot, Maine

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Died about 1828 at about age 60 in Bocabec, Charlotte, New Brunswick

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Biography

Phebe was born in 1767. She was the daughter of Benjamin Milliken and Phebe Jordon. She passed away in 1828. ^[1]

• "Phebe Milliken* (1), fifth daughter of Benjamin^ (2), b. Aug. 30, 1767; was m. to Capt. Robert Varden, an Englishman, and went with him to his native land, where a daughter was born and christened. They returned to New Brunswick, however, and settled near her father, at Bocabec, where the old \'arden mansion stands to-day. The location is known as \'arden's Point. Here they d. and were buried. A somewhat romantic story is told about this Phebe MiUiken. Her husband was an ofiicer in the British na\y during the Revolution, and whUe at Castine became enamored of this daughter of Benjamin Milhken, then living in her father's family there. At one time he went on shore to visit her, leaving his vessel in care of a subordinate, and for neglect of dutv was cashiered and lost his commission. But he proved loyal to his lady-love, and in due time became her husband."
• Miss Jettison, in her manuscript history of Ellsworth, calls Mrs. Varden Euphemia, but that name is not in the family record found in Benjamin Milliken's Bible. Others have said Capt. Varden m. Rachel Milliken, but she was not b. until May 15, 1775.
• Phebe Milliken Varden had eleven children. (Ridlon book, cited below)

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Anonymous Howard.

• Ancestry.com Ross Family tree Ancestry Profile
• Ridlon, G T (Gideon Tibbetts), History of the Families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, Comprising Genealogies and Biographies of Their Posterity Surnamed Milliken…, Lewiston, MA, Journal Press, 1907, pg 65 (#10) [1]