Phebe (Eaton) Gray (1787)

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Smith — married after 3 Jul 1825 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

Wife of Christopher Mitchell Gray — married 31 May 1840 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Descendants

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Biography

"... Another daughter was known as Phebe Eaton.

She was the mother of the late Captain Rufus Benson [b 1815/1816], who removed to Camden, and was the master of a barque belonging to that place, which was seized by the Spanish authorities about the year 1850, about which considerable was said at the time, it being the subject of correspondence between the government of this country and that of Spain at the time that Hon. Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.

Captain Benson was brought up by Mr. Amos Thurston, of this town, who, when Rufus was a little child, was in his boat fishing near Isle au Haut, and being near a ledge, heard a child crying upon it. He landed there and found him, and he remained in his family till he was twenty-one years of age. After that he removed to Camden and became an active master-mariner. He is now dead.

His mother, late in life, became the wife of Mr. Christopher Gray, of Brooksville, the man who lived to be one hundred and three years of age, but we believe she had been married before.

[m. 1825 _ Charles Smith] [History of Deer Isle, Maine, page 169]

EATON " Rufus son of Phebe Eaton born May 23, 1814 "; page 23, Image 541 of 971, Vital records Deer Isle, Maine 1848-1891

247 Mr. Charles Smith and Miss Phebe Eaton of this town on due Application

had their intentions of marriage made public as the law directs

Deer Isle July 3rd 1825^[1]

paid Edward Haskell Jr. T. Clerk

Cert issued Fees

Also found here ^[2]

Phebe was born in 1787.

Sources

1. ↑ Deer Isle Record of Marriage Intentions
2. ↑ Deer Isle Record of Marriage Intentions

• Hosmer, George Lawrence An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine; with notices of its settlers and early inhabitants

• Gray, Almon A., and Walter A. Snow. 1987. The Gray family of Hancock County, Maine. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].