Person Sheet


Name Wills CARVER
Birth 8 Jun 1785, Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine
Death ca 1841, Etna, Penobscot County, Maine
Father Caleb CARVER (1762-~1830)
Mother Lydia CARVER (1767-~1830)
Spouses
1 Hannah THAYER (THAIR)
Birth 1788
Death bet 1840 & 1850?
Marriage Mar 1809, Vinalhaven, Hancock County, Maine
Children Allison Larsdel (1810-1889)
Sampson
Amos
Nathan H. (?) (1822-)
Caleb
Lydia
Matilda
Ruth
Sybil
? George (-1913)
Notes for Wills CARVER
Source: Darlene McNamee
Source: Michael Larson
Source: Carmen Carver
Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine Prior To 1892, Elizabeth M. Mosher, Ed., Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1994; p.17 ["Record of the births of Mr. Caleb Carver's Children begun ye May 17th, 1810"]
Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 3, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No.11, Ruth Gray, ed., Joseph Crook Anderson II, Associate Ed., Picton Press, Camden, Maine:
"Wills, b 8 Jun 1785 m. Mar 1809 Hannah Thayer"
Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine Prior to 1892.
Wife #2: Charlotte Ames, m. 8 Jan 1831 (no children).
Extensive notes re: Wills, correspondence with Clinton K. Smith, Town Clerk, Vinalhaven, Maine.
Smith provided info regarding marriages, names of offspring.
1810 US Census; Vinalhaven
Wills Carver household had one male under ten years of age [probably Allison]; one male of sixteen and under twenty-six years of age; two females of sixteen and under twenty-six years of age.
Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine Prior To 1892, Elizabeth M. Mosher, Ed., Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1994, p.17. ["Record of the births of Mr. Caleb Carver's Children begun ye May 17th, 1810"]
1820 US Census Index; Vinalhaven
Wills Carver household had four males of ten years of age and under; one male of ten but under sixteen years of age; one male of twenty-six but under forty-five; two females ten years of age and under; one female of twenty-six but under forty-five. Under separate columns, one person was "engaged in Agriculture," and one person was "engaged in Commerce."
1830 US Census (none in file)
1840 US Census; Etna, Penobscot County, Maine
Wills Carver household had one male of ten but under sixteen years of age; one male of fifty but under sixty years of age; one female of forty but under fifty years of age
Notes for Wills & Hannah (Family)
Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine, Prior to 1892, p. 67, Marriage Intentions: "February ye 4th 1809 This Day published the bands of Marriage between Mr. Wills Carver & Miss Hannah Thair both of this Town." [i.e. marriage banns]
Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine, Prior to 1892, p. 41, Marriages:
"The following is a list of person_ whom John Haines has Joined in Marriage since his last certificate (Viz)...
March 1809 Mr. Wills Carver to Miss Hannah Thair of Vinalhaven
Attest John Beverage, Town Clerk"
Last Modified 9 Apr 2004 Created 6 Jul 2004 by Bev Anderson

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