Thomas Russell (1765 - 1863)

Born 5 Jun 1765 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 9 Jul 1863 at age 98 in Temple, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

THOMAS RUSSEL,^[1] b. at Andover, 5 Jun 1765 of Thomas and Bethiah (Holt) Russell; d. at Temple, ME, 9 Jul 1863;^[2] m. 10 Feb 1789, his fourth cousin once removed (through Holt lines), LYDIA ABBOTT, b. at Wilton, 1 May 1771 daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Stevens) Abbott; Lydia d. at Temple, 20 Jun 1855.

Thomas Russell along with his father-in-law Jacob Abbott, William Phillips, John Phillips, and Benjamin Ames purchased five townships in what would become Temple, Maine on 15 February 1794. By 1800, this group was referred to as “Jacob Abbott and Associates.” The Phillips brothers were merchants in Boston and Benjamin Ames was a tavern keeper in Andover so not likely to be themselves settlers on the land. Thomas Russell did settle there on the township that he purchased and in 1802 he was occupying the township land purchased by William Phillips.^[3] Thomas and Lydia had married in Wilton and their older children were born there before relocating to the new settlement at Temple.

Lydia Abbott and Thomas Russell were parents of twelve children, the older children born at Wilton, New Hampshire^[4] and the younger children at Temple, Maine. Thomas Russell lived to age 98. In 1860, he lived with his son Jacob A. Russell in Temple.^[5]

i THOMAS RUSSELL, b. 7 Aug 1791; d. 26 Aug 1791.

ii THOMAS RUSSELL, b. 3 Sep 1792; d. at Temple, ME, 22 Oct 1840; m. 18 Aug 1813, MARTHA TRUE, b. at Farmington, ME, 14 Jan 1799 daughter of Zebulon and Martha (Kennedy) True; Martha d. at Millbury, MA, 25 Feb 1873.

iii HANNAH ABBOTT RUSSELL, b. at Wilton, 3 May 1794; d. at Temple, 16 Mar 1838; m. about 1813, WILLIAM TRUE, b. at Farmington, 12 Apr 1789 daughter of Zebulon and Martha (Kennedy) True; William d. at Temple, 9 May 1865.

iv JACOB ABBOTT RUSSELL, b. at Wilton, 25 Jul 1795; d. at Temple, May 1866; m. 1st, 28 Dec 1820, APHIA STAPLES, b. at Temple, 29 May 1803 daughter of George and Phebe (Kennison) Staples; Aphia d. at Temple, 25 Nov 1836. Jacob m. 2nd, 4 Dec 1839, MARY TUFTS, b. likely at Farmington, ME, 24 May 1819 daughter of Samuel and Mary (Baker) Tufts.

v LYDIA RUSSELL, b. at Wilton, 27 Feb 1797; d. at Temple, 24 Nov 1874; m. 27 Nov 1817, SAMUEL STAPLES, b. at Temple, 10 Jul 1795 son of George and Phebe (Kennison) Staples; Samuel d. at Temple, 22 Oct 1840.

vi POLLY RUSSELL, b. 10 Aug 1799; d. at Farmington, ME, 10 May 1894; m. 5 Jan 1828, AARON DRESSER, b. 23 Apr 1801; Aaron d. at Farmington, 31 Oct 1890.

vii JOHN RUSSELL, b. at Temple, 24 May 1801; d. at Weld, ME, 21 Feb 1851; m. 20 Oct 1822, ELEANOR BURNHAM, b. at Farmington, 7 Mar 1804; Eleanor d. at Weld, 5 Dec 1859. After John’s death, Eleanor married Samuel Stowers 20 Aug 1852.

viii JOSEPH RUSSELL, b. 23 Feb 1803; d. 27 Aug 1804.

ix SAMUEL P. RUSSELL, b. at Temple, 17 Feb 1805; d. at Springfield, MA, 19 Jan 1880;^[6] m. at Princeton, MA, 6 Oct 1829, CAROLINE WILDER, b. at Princeton, 26 Nov 1805 daughter of Nahum and Hannah (Woods) Wilder; Caroline d. after 1870.

x BENJAMIN W. RUSSELL, b. at Temple, 22 Jan 1807; d. at Temple, 23 Sep 1883; m. 7 Apr 1840, HANNAH B. EDES, b. at Temple, 27 Jun 1813 daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Baker) Edes; Hannah d. at Temple, 1 Aug 1888.

xi JOSEPH RUSSELL, b. at Temple, 18 Feb 1809; d. at Temple, after 1850; m. 28 Feb 1832, ALICE ABBOTT, b. 23 Apr 1811 daughter of Jeremiah Abbott; Alice d. at Douglas, MA, 3 Nov 1880.

xii FISK RUSSELL, b. at Temple, 12 Nov 1810; d. at Cambridge, MA, 3 Apr 1892; m. 26 Mar 1837, ELIZABETH MOORS BATCHELDER, b. at Wilton, 15 Aug 1813 daughter of Daniel and Persis (Maynard) Batchelder; Elizabeth d. at Boston, 29 May 1848.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, Patricia A., The Descendnats of Robert Russell and Mary Marshall of Andover Through Six Generations, In Press
2. ↑ Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999
3. ↑ Pierce, A History of Temple, Maine, pp 10-11
4. ↑ “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
5. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Temple, Franklin, Maine; Page: 938; Family History Library Film: 803435
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915

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