Born in Massachusetts, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Burgess
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Miranda (Burgess) Condon, Abigail Elizabeth (Burgess) Grant, Lydia E. (Burgess) Graffam, Esther A. (Burgess) Phinney, Mahala J. Burgess, Jane (Burgess) Radcliffe and Rufus C. Burgess
Died
at age 85
in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Aug 2014
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Biography
Thankful was born in Massachusetts in 1806. She married Burgess-4067, marrying in Vinalhaven on July 8, 1830.[1] In 1850, they lived on Martinicus Isle, where her husband worked as a fisherman.[2] In 1860, being enumerated in Rockland, Maine, her husband worked as the lighthouse keeper on the Matinicus Rock lighthouse. Their son, Benjamin, age 23 at the time, worked as the assistant lighthouse keeper.[3]
By 1870, they had returned to Vinalhaven, where her husband again worked as a fisherman.[4] She passed away there at the age of 85.
Sources
- "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D4-S8K : 14 January 2020), Thankful Phinea in entry for Samuel Burgess, 1830.
- "Matinicus Isle - Its Story and Its People", by Charles A. E. Long, printed by the Lewiston Journal Printshop in 1926.
- Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, who were settled at Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony in 1637, by E. Burgess (Ebenezer Burgess). Printed by Press of T. R. Marvin & Son 1865
- ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D4-S8K : 14 January 2020), Thankful Phinea in entry for Samuel Burgess, 1830.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JB-NK8 : 22 December 2020), Thankful Burgess in household of Samuel Burgess, Matinicus Isle, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHB-TKN : 18 February 2021), Thankful Burgess in entry for Samuel Burgess, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DL-366 : 29 May 2021), Thankful Burgess in entry for Samuel Burgess, 1870.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you for creating this WikiTree profile to Andrew Carter on Monday, August 4, 2014.
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