Rebecca Jane (Crabtree) Peterson (1825 - 1908)

Born 2 Apr 1825 in Etna, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Peterson — married 19 Oct 1850 in Etna, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Died 19 Aug 1908 at age 83 in Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Descendant of Isaac Allerton.

Descendant of William Brewster.

Descendant of Francis Eaton.

Descendant of Stephen Hopkins.

Descendant of John Howland.

Descendant of |Degory Priest.

Descendant of Thomas Rogers.

Biography

Census of 1860

• Charles Peterson Male 38 Maine
• Rebeca J Peterson Female 35 Maine
• Clarra E Peterson Female 9 Maine
• Charles C Peterson Male 3 Maine
• Eveline Peterson Female 1 Maine
• Susan Crabtree Female 65 Maine This is Rebecca's mother
• Miranda Crabtree Female 34 Maine This is Rebecca's sister
• Susan M Crabtree Female 27 Maine This is Rebecca's sister

Census of 1870

• Charles Peterson Male 50 Maine
• Rebecca Peterson Female 45 Maine
• Charles B Peterson Male 13 Maine
• Eveline Peterson Female 11 Maine
• Anna Peterson Female 7 Maine
• George Peterson Male 3 Maine

• i. Charles Peterson (1856-1931) moved around. Was in Orono at 13 and then lived in Androscoggin County with his parents. He went to Ashland, Aroostook, Maine and married Lydia Robinson. He died there in 1931. No children.
• ii.Evelyn Maria Peterson (1860-1930) married Herbert Rowe and went to Utah.
• iii.Anna Peterson married Lewin Jeffries. They had only one son, Charles Lewin Jeffries and he went to New York
• iv. George Peterson possibly a mistranscription. This was Warren Henry Peterson. he was in Androscoggin with is parents. He married Mary Ellen Howe and they went to Pennsylvania

Sources

• Lois Crabtree Johnson, Descendants of John Crabtree, immigrant to Boston, Mass., filed in the Daly Library. Excerpts at www.dalyclan.org/page4/sscrab/sscrab-o/p12.htm

Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43B-5NT : 14 January 2020), Rebecca Jane Crabtree, 1825.

Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FH-G8J : 14 January 2020), Rebecca J. Crabtree in entry for Charles Peterson, 1850.

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-T7XT : 13 March 2018), Rebecca Jane Peterson, 19 Aug 1908; citing Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.