On 10 Apr 1839, Amy Hinds of Livermore, Maine, and Joseph Additon of Wilton, Maine, published at Livermore their intention to marry.[3] They married at Winthrop, Maine, on 1 May 1839; see the first Research Note below.
Death
Amy Weaver (Hinds) Additon, 43 years a widow and just shy of her 98th birthday, died at Portland, Maine, on 2 Dec 1902, with her age recorded at her death as 97 years, 11 months, 25 days.[4] She is buried at the Hillman Ferry Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, where her gravestone shows her birth date as 6 Dec 1804 and her death date as 28 Nov 1802.[5]
Research Notes
The Hinds genealogy has several incorrect statements about Amy Weaver's husband and marriage.[1]
The Hinds genealogy says that Joseph Additon was born in June 1784, But the 1850 census shows a Joseph Additon, age 58, living at Westbrook, Maine, in the household of a Nathan Mayhew with an Amy Additon, age 47,[6] and that identifies him with the Joseph Additon who was born in 1792 and whose first wife, Reliance, died in 1838. (See Joseph's profile for sources.)
The Hinds genealogy says that Joseph Additon died at Portland, Maine, on 29 Apr 1849. There is a record in the vital records of Winthop, Maine, that records the death of Joseph Additon on that date. It is definitely for the Joseph Additon who married Amy Hinds; it says he was born at Leeds in 1792 and that his widow, Amy, died on 2 Dec 1902.[7] But that record—which was probably the source for the Hinds genealogy— is in an alphabetical list of deaths and is clearly a transcription; as noted above, the Joseph Additon born in 1792 was alive at the time of the 1850 census,[6] so the transcription in the Winthrop record is wrong. Joseph died at Portland on 27 Apr 1859.[8]
The Hinds genealogy says that Joseph Additon and Amy Hinds married at Livermore on 1 May 1839. The Maine Marriages database (which gives the bride's name as Emma Hinds) says the marriage took place on that date at Winthrop, Maine.[9] A marriage intention was published at Livermore in April 1839,[3]' but no record has been found there of the marriage, so it most likely took place at Winthrop.
The Hinds genealogy, at page 114, includes an appreciation of Amy (Hinds) Additon, who was at that time 94 years old.[1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amy: