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Francis Hamlin

Male 1791 - 1855  (63 years)

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  • Name Francis Hamlin  [1]
    Birth 2 Nov 1791  Waterford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Alt. Birth 2 Nov 1791  Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 4 Sep 1850  Sweden, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 31 Jan 1855  [4] 
    Burial Sanderson Cemetery, , Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Francis Hamlin Memorial with Gravestone Photo    		 Francis Hamlin Memorial with Gravestone Photo
    Created at Find A Grave by Janice Gower
    Person ID I4342  Bisbee
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2013

    Father Hon. Eleazar Hamlin,   b. 1765, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Mother Sarah Bancroft   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca Parker,   b. Abt 1791   d. 30 May 1819 (Age 28 years)
    Marriage Bef 1825 
    Family ID F2108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2013

    Family 2 Betsey Winship,   b. Abt Aug, 1789   d. 6 Oct 1842 (Age 53 years)
    Marriage 7 Jan 1821  [5] 
    • Francis married the widow Betsey Harding, both of Sweden, Maine, by Justice of the Peace, Samuel Nevers. [5]
    Children 
     1. William Hamlin,   b. 1825, Sweden, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864 (Age 39 years)
     2. Betsey M. Hamlin,   b. Abt 1832   d. 22 Sep 1847 (Age 15 years)
    Family ID F2109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2013

    Family 3 Elvira Bisbee,   b. 1806, Waterford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1875, Sweden, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Children 
    +1. Charles B. Hamlin,   b. 16 Dec 1843, Sweden, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1934 (Age 90 years)
    +2. Melville M. Hamlin,   b. 7 Aug 1845   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Elvira Bisbee Hamlin,   b. 5 Feb 1847, Sweden, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1937 (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F1416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2013

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Nov 1791 - Waterford, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - 2 Nov 1791 - Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Sep 1850 - Sweden, Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Sanderson Cemetery, , Oxford, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Not certain who mother of these children was.

      Francis Hamlin was a farmer and lived near Sweden, Maine. He had a common school education and taught school; was a Selectman, a Methodist and an ardent Abolitionist. He will his property to this third wife (Elvira Bisbee) and children. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), pp. 180, 312.

    2. [S3337] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com operations, Inc.).

    3. [S3336] Hamlin, Francis (I4342): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2009): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 262, page 184B, line 23, dwelling 505, family 524; image accessed 13 Jan 2013.), 1850.ME.Sweden.71.

    4. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 180.

    5. [S3257] Maine State Archives, Maine Marriage Records 1705-1922, (Ancestry.com).