Robert Stanwood (1760)

Born 12 Apr 1760 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Reed) Stanwood — married 17 Feb 1781 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1760.^[1] He is the son of Samuel Stanwood and Jean Lithgow.

Taken from "A History of the Stanwood Family in America":^[2] Captain Robert Stanwood was born in North Yarmouth, Maine, April 12, 1760. From July 7 to September 25, 1779, he was a private in Captain Jeremiah Curtis's company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's regiment, stationed at Harpswell, in the expedition to the Penobscot. On October 29, 1780, he married Elizabeth Reed, in Brunswick.^[3] His widow is perhaps the Elizabeth Stanwood who became, October 10, 1795, the second wife of John Soule, and died April 26, 1800. Children of Robert and Elizabeth :

1. Ebenezer, b. October 8, 1782;^[4][5] m. perhaps, February 24,1803, Jenny Cleaves, of Harpswell.
2. Samuel, b. September 16, 1784.^[4][6]
3. John, b. August 28, 1786;^[4][7] m. January 22, 1811, Betsy Bartol, in Freeport ; he d. July 30, 1812. Mrs. Stanwood m. February 15, 1814, David Staples, of Freeport.
4. Robert, b. July 24, 1793.^[4][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J91M-S?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.
2. ↑ "A History of the Stanwood Family in America", by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Rockwell & Churchill Press, 1899, pgs 111-112
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FF-JJS : 14 January 2020), Robert Stanwood, 1781.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J9B7-G?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WF-631 : 14 January 2020), Robert Stanwood in entry for Ebenezer Stanwood, 1782.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WF-4M8 : 14 January 2020), Robert Stanwood in entry for Samuel Stanwood, 1784.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WX-HVM : 14 January 2020), Robert Stanwood in entry for John Stanwood, 1786.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WF-SBQ : 14 January 2020), Robert Stanwood in entry for Robert Stanwood, 1793.