Mary (Dow) Stinson (1789 - 1854)

Born 20 Oct 1789 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Colby Stinson — married 5 Jul 1809 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1854 at age 64 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Mary/Molly J. Dow was born in 1789 at Deer Isle, the daughter of John Dow and Elizabeth Saunders^[1] She married Joseph Stinson, in 1809 at Deer Isle.^[2]

Molly lived her entire life on Deer Isle. From 1810 until at least 1840, she lived with her husband and family.^[3][4][5][6]In 1850, she lived with her son Albion, a sailor.^[7]Molly died on Deer Isle in 1854 and is buried in the Jack Stinson Yard in Stonington.^[8]

Known children of Mary J. Dow and Joseph Colby Stinson all b. at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Edmund Sylvester Stinson; b. Feb 1811; m. Bethiah Moore Webb, daughter of William Webb and Sarah Dow Crockett, 19 Oct 1831 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; d. 19 Aug 1874 at age 63.
• ii. Pearl Stinson; b. 31 Jul 1812^[9] (male).
• iii. Jack Stinson; b. 9 May 1813^[10]; m. Joann Lane, daughter of Abner Lane and Susanna Trundy, 6 Oct 1835 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; d. 30 Jan 1894 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, at age 80.
• iv. Mehitable Webb Stinson; b. 30 Aug 1819 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; b. 30 Aug 1823; m. John Knight, son of John Knight and Sarah Bramhall, 19 Apr 1843 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; d. 1 Jul 1850 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, at age 26.
• v. Albion Keth Parris Stinson; b. 15 Aug 1828^[11]; m. Clarissa Robbins 16 May 1847 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; m. Barbara E. Lindsey, daughter of Michael Lindsey and Hannah Staples; d. 25 Apr 1862 at age 33.
• vi. Caroline Stinson; b. 28 Mar 1831^[12]; m. Thomas R. Thurston, son of Nathaniel Gamage Thurston and Elizabeth Robbins, 18 Jun 1849; d. 26 Dec 1903 at Stonington, Hancock, Maine, at age 72.
• vii. Avery Stinson; b. 9 Jun 1833.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-68R : 10 February 2018), Molly , 20 Oct 1789; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-L4Y1 : 22 July 2021), Joseph C Stinson and Mary Dow, 05 Jul 1810; citing Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-FGR : accessed 19 June 2020), Joseph C Stinson, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 436, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 218,682.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-NVF : accessed 19 June 2020), Joseph C Stinson, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 605, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 281,238.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-N2W : 24 August 2017), Joseph C Stinson, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing 130, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-X7K : 19 May 2020), Joseph C Stinson, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 206, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-K5D : 4 April 2020), Mary A Stinson, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing family 386, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 June 2020), memorial page for Mary Molly Dow Stinson (20 Oct 1789–1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #150937308, citing Jack Stinson Yard, Stonington, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Darryl (contributor 48175404) .
9. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H5-KV9 : 10 February 2018), Joseph C. Stinson in entry for Pearl Stinson, 31 Jul 1812; citing DEER ISLE,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 873,738.
10. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H5-YHC : 10 February 2018), Joseph C. Stinson in entry for Jack Stinson, 09 May 1813; citing DEER ISLE,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 873,738.
11. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-L3F : 10 February 2018), Joseph C. Stinson in entry for Albion K. Parris , 15 Aug 1828; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.
12. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WQ-D3V : 10 February 2018), Joseph C. Stinson in entry for Caroline , 28 Mar 1831; citing ; FHL microfilm 10,836.

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