1. James Weeks was born in 1761 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on 10 Mar 1843 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine. He was buried in Monmouth Center Cemetery, Kennebec County, Maine.
United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [Maine Section]. Washington DC: Duff Green, 1835.
Name: James Weeks
Rank: Private
County: Kennebec Co.
Annual Allowance: 22 85
Sums received: 68 58
Description of service: Massachusetts militia
When placed on the pension roll: 30 Apr 1833
Commencement of pension: 4 Mar 1831Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA M804-2522,
Name: James Weeks
Pension: S19154
Pension Year: 1833
Application State: Maine
Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
Excerpt: "He was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts in the year 1761 where he promises his age is recorded. That during his revolutionary services his home was at Winthrop, Me. That he soon afterwards removed to Monmouth where he has resided principally ever since. That he enlisted into the service, was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he did not take a written discharge. That he served at Camden, Clam Cove and Thomaston, Maine, guarding and defending the coast. That Oliver was his Major, Thompson his Lieutenant and that Genl Peleg Wadsworth commanded the troops on the Coast of Maine. That he has stated the names of such of his officers as he now recollects. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity their belief of his revolutionary services he names the Rev Caleb Fogg & Benjamin White Esq."
Excerpt: "That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Year 1780 with Captain Walter and served in Col Sam McCobb's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz Walker Capt & McCobb Col. The he enlised in April 1780 for 8 months in that Company & Regiment. That this period he fully served out and was verbally discharged at Thomaston, Me in November of the same year. That he enlisted & served as a private."History of Androscoggin County, Maine, edited by Georgia Drew Merrill, 1891, page 468, WEBSTER, Chapter XXIV, There is little of ancient history in Webster, its municipal history being first that of West Bowdoinham, next of Bowdoin, and later of Lisbon. The name Burnt Meadow was applied to it in 1775 or 1776. The town of Webster (named in honor of Daniel Webster) was incorporated March 7, 1840, from "that part of Lisbon north of Davis's south line," and remains nearly the same. Mt Sabattus, rising to 814 feet above the sea, Robinson's, Hedgehog, and Oak Mountains, and Pettengill's and Jordan's hills are the chief elevations. Oak Mountain is a spur of an elevation passing through the town south and on to Durham at Lisbon Falls, and called Lisbon ridge. Lake Sabattus has an elevation of 384 feet, an area of four square miles, and is a reservoir, its outlet, Sabattus River, being dammed by a corporation of its mill owners so as to control and adapt the supply of water. Little river is the other principal stream. Several small ponds dot the surface of the town. One has the name of an early settler of Little River, Alexander Sutherland, who fractured his collar bone on its banks, while hunting, some years before the settlement was made. Webster is nearly five miles square, with an area of 25 miles, and has Wales and Litchfield on the north, Bowdoin on the east, Lisbon on the south, and Lewiston on the west. Grants/Surveys, Soil & Settlements - The Plymouth Company grants extend across the town east-southeast to the Kennebec river, and are designated by the names of the grantees, Dr Jonathan Davis, Willis Hall, Thompson or Stone, Bowdoin, Vaughn, Parker, and Waldo rights. The first survey was by John Merrill, of Topsham, March 1, 1775, of four 200-acre lots, north of Sutherland's pond. Abel Merrill, Joseph Norris, Solomon Adams, John Smullen, and his son were the earliest surveyors. The soil is of various characters, from sand to clay, with admixture of loam and humus, and with alluvial deposits occasionally to be found. The greater portion is of excellent quality. The first permanent settlement was in 1775, by Robert Ross, from Brunswick, who built a log house and made a clearing a short distance south of the Tobias Weymouth farm, in the central part of the town. John Merrill surveyed for him a tract of 200 acres, extending northeast 100 rods, and northwest a mile, and the stream flowing through this tract has since borne his name. Mr Merrill surveyed three other tracts for Samuel Hewey, William Spear, and Robert Hewey, all of whom came from Brunswick. These were adjoining. John Hewey, brother of Robert, soon came, and they were the first to raise apples. In January, 1777, Jonathan, father of Thomas and Hugh Weymouth, joined the others, settling on the William Jordan farm. He later built a saw-mill on the outlet of Sutherland pond. His brother, Timothy, soon came from Berwick as a settler, and was a mill-wright. Edmund Weymouth, a brother of Jonathan and Timothy, came here with his two sons, Edmund, Jr, and Nahum, from Berwick, February 12, 1787, when 48 years of age, and located upon land which he supposed to belong to Massachusetts, but owned by the Plymouth Company's grantees, the location including the land owned now by his descendants. Another local colony was established here by Jesse Davis, who, in the performance of the conditions of an agreement entered into by him and his paternal uncle, Dr Jonathan Davis, of Roxbury, Mass, a grantee of the Plymouth Company, came here in 1780, and began a settlement upon the western extremity of an extensive tract of land, mostly covered with the original forest, owned by Dr Davis. By the terms of this agreement, Jesse Davis was to make a clearing, build a saw-mill, a grist-mill, and suitable buildings for a tavern, and Dr Davis was to convey in fee a considerable tract of land, including the improvements, to the nephew, who drove on the stipulated work with energy. Soon after coming here, Jesse Davis married Elizabeth Wilson, of Topsham, whose children were Jonathan and Rebecca Davis. After the death of his wife he married Hannah, daughter of Captain James Curtis, of Brunswick (an officer in the Revolution who came to Webster and died in 1824), whose child was Rachel Davis (Mrs B D Bryent). Early in 1792 Jesse had his leg amputated in consequence of a wound he had received in the battle of Lexington, and died the same day. Upon the death of Dr Davis, about the same time, the agreement was left incomplete, but the property was conveyed to the wife and children of Jesse. This colony was in the southwest part of the town, and the mills built by Mr Davis were near the southern line, on the "fourth power," so-called, of Sabattus river, where the fall of 18 feet is now idle. Among the early additions to the Davis settlement were Samuel Simmons, Seth Hinkley, Phineas and Josiah Jones, James Weeks, Thomas and Samuel Tebbetts, Alexander Gray, Jethro Sanborn, Ephraim Jordan, and Thomas Davies.
Illustrated History of Kennebec County, Maine, 1892, edited by Henry D Kingsbury & Simeon L Deyo, page 767, CHAPTER XXX, TOWN OF MONMOUTH, In the course of a few months several other families moved from New Meadows and joined their old neighbors. They were those of James Weeks, Nathan Stanley, Zadoc Bishop, Christopher Stevens, Samuel Simmons, William Welch, Samuel Welch, Edward Welch, Oliver Hall, Timothy Wight and John Fish. Weeks settled on the J W Goding farm. His cabin stood about half way between High Street and the residence of Miss Charlotte Harvey. He subsequently sold his claim and moved into the edge of Winthrop. From Winthrop he removed to Lewiston, and afterward exchanged places with Josiah Straw and came back to Monmouth.
History of Monmouth and Wales by Harry H Cochrane Member of the Maine Historical Society, 1894, page 43. A town meeting of the inhabitants of the Destrict of Wales, held on ye 24th day of August, 1781. - 8thly, voted, that William Welch, Samuel Welch, Edward Welch, and James Weeks shall be cleared from one days work on the highways the present year.
The Town Register - Wayne, Wales, Monmouth, Leeds, Greene, compiled by Mitchell & Gott, 1905, page 176, Early Settlers. Thomas Gray, Reuben Ham, Joseph Allen, Philip Jenkins, Jonathan Thompson, all from the vicinity of Brunswick settled in 1774. John Welch, Ichabod Baker, Alex Thompson, Hugh Mulloy, Gail Cole, John Austin, and Banjaoni Austin within two years after. Peter Hopkins and Capt James Blossom about 1781; James Weeks, Nathan Stanley, Zadock Bishop, Christopher Stevens, Samuel Simmons, Wm Welch, Samuel Welch, Edward Welch, Oliver Hall, Timothy Wright, and John Fish, around 1781.
Lewiston, Maine Intentions of Marriages - Mr James Weeks and Miss Precilla Higgins both of a place called Burnt Meadows intend marriage Jan 29th 1785
Topsham, Maine Vital Records, Volume 1, page 223, Mr James Weeks and Miss Priselah Heg[ens] both of a place called burnt meadows intend marriage Jan 29th 1785
Topsham, Maine Marriage Intentions 1765-1889, page 34, Mr James Weeks and Miss Precilla Higgins both of a place called Burnt Meadows intend marriage Jan 29th 1785. No record of certificate granted but were married in Topsham by John Merrell Esp Mar 2 1785. Robert Hunter Town Clerk.
Topsham, Maine Vital Records, Volume 1, March 2 1785, James Weeks to Prissilla Higins
Bowdoin, Maine Town Records Vol 3, James Weeks and Prisilla Higgins both of Burnt Meadow, 2 Mar 1785
Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol 7, No 1, Jan 1893, page 171, Topsham, Me, Marriages Solemnized by Esq John Merrill, James Weeks and Prissilla Hegins, 2 Mar 1785.
Burnt Meadows was settled 1775-1776 in what later became Webster's Corner, named for Daniel Webster who was at the time at the height of his career. In 1971, this area became Sebattus, Maine.
The Lewiston and Auburn Directory containing the Names of the Inhabitants, by W F Stanwood, 1864, page 44, On January 1st, 1788, there were seventy-six families in the plantation of Lewiston, the heads of which were: Thomas Smith, Imlah Merrill, Gideon Hinkley, Job Cole, Samuel Cole, Ebenezer Pettingill, Widow Pettingill, Thomas Taylor, Abraham Pettingill, John Herrick, James Garcelon, James Garcelon Jr, Wililam Garcelon, Peter Garcelon, Daniel Garcelon, Mark Garcelon, Samuel Proctor, Henry Carvill, William Carvill, Jonathan Hodgkins, James Ames, Winslow Ames, Thomas Mitchell, Samuel Field, Ezra Purrington, Josiah Dill, Moses Merrill, Joseph Field, Josiah Mitchell, Jacob Barker, Nathan Cutler, William Blaisdell, Thomas Rose, Abner Harris, John Harris, Paul Hildreth, Stephen Hart, Nathan Morse, John Wagg, Elkanah Dyer, James Turner, Freeman Lander, William Golder, Knelim Winslow, David Pettingill, Elisha Hatch, Samuel hatch, Ezra Randall, Peter Lanfest, John Graffam, Joel Wright, Jesse Wright, Timothy Wright, Ezekiel Wackett, Samuel Nevens, David Wilkins, Charles Sylvester, Josiah Jones, Caleb Barker, Samuel Tuck, Thomas Coffin, Amos Davis, Joel Thompson, Joshua Lake, Aaron Davis, Jesse Hodgkins, James Weeks, Samuel Thorn, John Dill, Jedediah Morrill, Daniel Davis, Tobias Ham, Elisha Lake, Andrew Bubier, Thomas Rand, Samuel Dyer.
1790 census of Bowdoin, Lincoln County, Maine, NARA M637-2, page 24
Name: James Weekes
Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 1
Number of Free White Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 4Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 6, The following is the Courses and Distances of the Roads Laid out by the Selectmen in Lewiston Aril 1795, Begining at weekses House Runing N 30 d W 100 R thence N 45 west 158 R, thence N 32 d W 100 R thence N 55 d W 22 R, thence 20 d W 60 R to thewesterly End of amos Davises Barn, thence N 22 d E 84 R to the N E End of Amos Davises Lot thence on the N west Line 350 R to the South Corner of tobias hams Lot
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 7, The following is the Courses and Distances of the Roads Laid out by the Selectmen in Lewiston April 1795, Beginning at Weekses House Running N 30 d W to the North Side of Higginses Lot 100 R thence N 45 w 158 R against Aaron Davis Barn thence N 32 D W 100 R then N 55 d W 22 R thence N 20 W 60 R to the West End of Amos Davis Bam thence N 28 dE 80 R to to the North End of Amos Davis Lot
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 11, 6 March 1797, Voted to Chuse a Committee for Each Class to Receive their Money of the Collectors for the first John Herrick Thomas Taylor, for the Second Abner Herriss Noah Litchfield, for the third Josiah Mitchell Joel Thompson, for the fourth Ezra Randill Will M Golder, for the fifth Jesse Higgins James Weeks , for the Sixth James Garcelon James Ames
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page iv, John Herrick, Joel Thompson and Winslow Ames, Assessors, Town of Lewiston, "Town and County Tax List," August 19, 1797, on file at Androscoggin Historical Society, Safe 38, Drawer 6, #1888. Tax list for 1797. Those in the list below who did not pay a poll tax are indicated with an asterisk (*); some may have been non-residents. The remainder appear to be residents and potential participants in the new civic enterprise. Jobe Cole*, Samll Cole, John May, John Frances, Jeremiah Whitney, Imlah Merrill*, Ebenezer Pettingill, Nathaniel Pettingill, Thomas Taylor, Widdow Thankfl Pettingill, John Herrick, Cyrus Barker, Jacob Barker*, Chace Wedgwood, Samuell Wedgwood, Benjamin Mooar, Nathan Cutler, William Blasdell, Noah Litchfield, Thomas Trafton, Thomas Jipson, Micah Little, John Marsbel, Joseph Treadwell, Abner Harris, Samuell Robinson, Oliver Barron, John Marr, Samuell Crocket, William Sweet, Stephen Chase, Amos Davis, David Davis, Jedadiah Morrill, Thomas Smith, Jacob Barker Junr, Widow Barker, Saml Treck, Stephen Hart, Stephen Hart Junr, John Merrill, Nathan Morse, Samuell Simmons, Benj & Will M Ray, John Been, Micajah Meeder, Josiah Moody, Nathaniell Davis, Joseph Davis, William Adkins, Eli Jackson, William Carvill, William Garcelon, Ezra Ames, Winslow Ames, James Ames, James Ames Junr, Craft Ames, Henery Carvill, James Ham, William Dingley, Petter Garcelon, Mark Garcelon, James Garcelon Junr, Eleany Dyer, Jonathan Hodgkins, Joshua Moody, Ezra Purinton, Timothy Wright, Lemuell Jackson, Joseph Proctor*, James Turner, Thomas Ran, Joshua Bangs, Samuell Dyer*, James Weeks, James Kilpatrick, Jesse Heggins, Andrew Bubier, Aaron Davis, John Davis, David Pettingill, Seth Tar, Amos Davis Junr, Josiah Jones, Jonathan Keen,, Israel Avery, Isaac Cotton, Cristopher Bubier, Joshua Lake, Paul Hildreth, William Ford, Enoch Dill, Simeon Hardy, Howard Herrick, Samuel Herrick, Josiah Dill, Moses Merrill, Joseph Blanchard, Samuell Jackson, Jesse Wright, David Mitchel, Walter Blasdel, John Randal, Jude Hacket, Ezekiel Hacket, Ezekiel Hacket Junr, Joel Wright, Ebenezer Pinckum, John Graffam Junr, Lazareth Landers widow, Winslow William Golder, Joseph Haley, Downen Gadwin, Benjamin Goodwin, Joshua Haley, Robinson Lander, Elihu Hatch, Samuell Hatch, Ezra Randal, Peter Lanfast, Samuell Thorne, Barnet Thome, Samuell Thorn Junr, John Graffam, David Wilkins, Daniel Davis, Joel Thompson, Tobias Ham, Joseph Field, Josiah Mitchel, Robart Anderson, John Dill, John Dill Junr, Moses Jedkins, Joseph Warrian, Serjant Tool, Joseph Haley* [of] Topsham, Eli & Samll Herrick*, Widdow Dill*, Thomas Ray, Jesse Wright Junr, Phillip Milbanks,* Widdow Simenton Beel*, Josiah Little*, Peter Merrill Jordan*, Joel Wright Junr, Aaron Stackpool
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 13, At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of Lewiston on March 5 1798. Voted Surveyors of Highways Benjmn Moors, Jedediah Morrill, Josiah Mitchel, Mark Garcelon, Winslow Ames, Jesse Higgins, Amos Davis Junr, Tobias Ham, Ezra Randill, William Golder. Voted fifth Class James turner Collector Jesse Higgins James Weeks Committee
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 18, At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of Lewiston on April 7th 1800. 16 Voted Surveyor of Highways, Nathan Cutler, John Dill, John Randol, Ezra Purrington, James Ham, Josiah Moody, William Golder, Amos Davis Junr, Daniel Davis, Jesse Hatch, Saml Cole, James Weeks, James Garcelon Junr
1800 census - unable to locate record
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 21, At a legal meeting of the Inhabtants of Lewiston April 6th 1801, 16th - To make Paul Hildreth no consideration more than he has had for keeping E Lake, 17th - To give James Weeks one hundred Dollars for the present year to Cloth bed board & spirits necesary for Elish Lake.
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 28, At A Legal Meeting held on Monday April ye 5th 1802 of the Inhabitance of Lewiston, 16th Voted James Weeks keep Elisha lake the present year for 90 dols & extra charges of doctors bills paid over plus
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 41, 1804 At a legal town meeting held at the centre school house in Lewiston on Monday the second day of April AD 1804. The following persons were chosen into office. viz. Nathan Cutler, Willm Golder, Jedh Morrell, Tobias Ham, Amos Davis Jr, Isaac H Cotton, James Weeks, Wm Dingley, Mark Garcelon, David Fuller, Wm Chamberlin, Thomas Wright, & Joshua Haley, surveyors of highways & town ways & sworn
Records of Lewiston, Maine, Town Records, compiled by Douglas I Hodgkin, 2001, page 66, At a legal town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Lewiston on Monday the fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight the following officers were chosen into office and articles acted upon VIZ - No 6. beginning at the Road near Petter Garcelons house, on the road by Thomas Rans to the county road near James Weekses house thence S Easterly on said county Road to the town line, likewise from Sd Weekses house on the county road to Jesse Heggins house thence on the road by Josiab Joness to the town line and from the said road by Thomas Rands near Salmon Brook thence by Jonathan Hodgkins to the town line
1810 census of Lewiston, Lincoln County, Maine, NARA M252-12, page 40
Name: James Weeks
Free White Males 45 and Over: 1
Free White Females Under 10: 1
Free White Females 10 to 15: 1
Free White Females 16 to 25: 1
Free White Females 45 and Over: 1
Numbers of Slaves: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6Kennebec County, Maine Deed Book 22, page 336
James Weeks of Lewiston, County of Lincoln, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman to Ichabod Baker of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, yeoman
Mortgage
$2500
Beginning on the east side of Cocknewaggin [Cochnewagon] Pond at a tree, thence east south east along the middle of lot number 26 about 100 rods of land owned by Benjamin Clough, thence southerly on said Clough's west line to Ebenezer Straw's land, thence west north west on said Straw's north line, near one mile to the shore of said pond, thence northerly on said pond about 75 rods to the bounds first mentioned [acreage not given]
Dated 9/15/1815
Filed 9/15/1815
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 24, page 37
Ichabod Baker of Monmouth, County of Lincoln, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman to James Weeks of Lewiston, County of Lincoln, Commonwealth aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$2500
Beginning on the east side of Cocknewaggin [Cochnewagon] Pond at a tree, thence east south east along the middle of lot number 26 about 100 rods of land owned by Benjamin Clough, thence southerly on said Clough's west line to Ebenezer Straw's land, thence west north west on said Straw's north line, near one mile to the shore of said pond, thence northerly on said pond about 75 rods to the bounds first mentioned [acreage not given]
Dated 9/15/1815
Filed 9/15/1815
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 24, page 60
Ebenezer of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, State of Massachusetts to James Weeks of Lewiston, County of Lincoln, Commonwealth aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$2000
100 acres
Dated 9/26/1815
Filed 10/14/1815
Town: Monmouth
Sarah Straw, wife of Ebenezer Straw, relinquished her right of dower.Kennebec County, Maine Deed Book 24, page 60
Josiah Straw of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, Commonwealth of Massachusetts to James Weeks of Lewiston, County of Lincoln, Commonwealth aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$70
7 acres 59 rods of land
Dated 9/26/1815
Filed 10/14/1815
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 24, page 223
James Weeks of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman to Ichabod Baker of town, county & commonwealth aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$2500
140 acres
Dated 4/19/1816
Filed 5/1/1816
Town: Monmouth
Priscilla Weeks, wife of James Weeks, relinquished her right of dower1820 census of Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, NARA M33-35, page 609
Name: James Weeks
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Females - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5Kennebec County, Maine Deed Book 59, page 348
John Arnold of Hallowell, County of Kennebec, State of Maine, Gentleman, to James Weeks of Monmouth, County & State aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$75
4 acres & 109 rods
Dated 12/29/1826
Filed 1/8/1827
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Vital Records, page 45, Intentions of Marriage between Mr James Weeks of this town & Mrs Margaret Stackpole of Lisbon published February 21, 1830. Isaac S Small, Town Clerk. Certificate granted March 6, 1830
1830 census of Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, NARA M19-48, page 151
Name: James Weck [James Weeks]
Home in 1830: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2Kennebec County, Maine Deed Book 73, page 40
William Bishop of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, State of Maine, yeoman to James Weeks, of said Monmouth, yeoman
Mortgage
$500
49 acres & 28 square rods
Dated 9/13/1831
Filed 9/22/1831
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 74, page 62
James Weeks of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, State of Maine, yeoman to William Bishop of said Monmouth, yeoman
Deed
$500
49 acres & 29 square rods
Dated 9/13/1831
Filed 9/22/1831
Town: Monmouth
Margaret Weeks, wife of James Weeks, relinquished her right of dowerKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 74, page 114
James Weeks of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, State of Maine, yeoman, to Seth Farr of Lewiston, County of Lincoln, State aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$1000
60 acres
Dated 8/12/1831
File 10/15/1831
Town: Monmouth
Margaret Weeks, wife of James Weeks, relinquished her right of dowerKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 73, page 40
James Weeks to William Bishop
Discharge
Dated 10/30/1834
Filed 10/31/1834
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 113, page 257
James Weeks of Lisbon, County of Lincoln, State of Maine, yeoman to Tobias Weymouth of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln and State aforesaid
Deed
$1000
60 acres
Dated 3/20/1838
Filed 1/3/1839
Town: Monmouth
Margaret Weeks, wife of James Weeks, relinquished her right of dower1840 Census of Webster, Lincoln County, Maine, NARA M704-145, page 358
Name: James Weeks
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 3
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services. Washington, USA: Blair and Rives, 1841, page 9, Webster, Lincoln County, Maine, James Weeks, age 81
Kennebec County, Maine Deed Book 123, page 475
Tobias Weymouth of Webster, County of Lincoln, State of Maine, yeoman to James Weeks of Webster, County & State aforesaid, yeoman
Deed
$1200
50 acres
Dated 8/17/1841
Filed 9/9/1841
Town: MonmouthKennebec County, Maine Deed Book 142, page 300
James Weeks of Webster, County of Lincoln, State of Maine, yeoman to Moses Frost & Oliver Frost of Monmouth, County of Kennebec, State of Maine, joiners
Deed
$200
14 acres
Dated 8/18/1841
Filed 12/25/1844
Town: Monmouth
Margaret Weeks, wife of James Weeks, relinquished her right of dowerGenealogy of the family of George Weeks of Dorchester, Mass 1635-1650, by Robert D Weeks, 1885, page 359
James (perhaps grandson of John, son of Richard) born Wrentham, Massachusetts 1761; lived at Lewiston, Me; had wife Priscilla, and children as below, born Lewiston; returned to Monmouth, Me; was revolutionary pensioner; had second wife Margaret; died March 10, 1843, leaving her a widow.
Children:
1. Lydia, born Nov 18, 1785, married Nathan Moody, Baptist minister, removed to Ohio to Ohio.
2. Betsey, born Feb 11, 1788, married Samuel Moody, farmer, brother of Rev Nathan Moody, removed to Ohio
3. Experience, born Dec 25, 1791, married June 13, 1809 Dr John Cushing of Lewiston, had children:
3a. Seth, born Lisbon July 2 1811, carpenter, married Oct 18 1836 Sophronie Chesley, had Isaac born Nov 12 1837, Luther L born Sept 17, 1848, Hannah F born June 15 1853, Mary L born Oct 7 1855.
3b. Annie, born July 6 1813, died July 18, 1831.
3c. Ruth, born Nov 30, 1816, died March 4 1842.
3d. Julia P, born Aug 9, 1819, married Feb 12, 1836 Benjamin M Crockett, farmer, had:-Orin J born Jan 8, 1839, James Weeks born Nov 2, 1841, Oliver C born Nov 5, 1848, died March 19, 1849, Charles D born May 8, 1852.
3e. Rachel, born Sept 5, 1821, married Dec 25, 1842 Moses Beale, died Nov 19, 1843.
3f. Alsadania, born March 5, 1824, died July 18, 1831.
3g. Tamar Weeks, born Nov 16, 1826, married Woodstock Nov 24, 1866 William Chamberlain, had: William Harry born Woodstock Jan 1 1868, Ella Maria born Norway July 18, 1871.
3h. Mary Chamberlain, born June 5, 1830, married Oct 3 1858, Joshua Weeks.
3i. Alsadania Ann, born Sept 6, 1833, married June 25, 1856, Nathan Elder Redlon, mason, was "a devout Christian," died Oct 1, 1863, had: Frank Romanzo born Gorham, Me, June 17, 1857, mason, married Aug 25, 1881 Gennie Hanagan of Portland, has son Nathan born March 31, 1883, Harry born April 2 1861, died July 24, 1864.
4. Annie, born Jun 14, 1795, married William Bishop of Belfast, Me, had James, Pauline, Waity, Martha.
5. Tamar, born April 26, 1797, married William Nott of Monmouth, had Elizabeth P, married S D Merrill, living Denver, Colo, 1885.
6. Martha, born _____, married Cyrus Hall of Belfast, Me; had William, Martha, Anne, Cyrus J, JosephineA History of Lewiston, Maine, with a Genealogical Register of Early Families, by Janus G Elder, 1997, page 347 - WEEKS, JAMES - born ??, d ??, s/o ?? James Weeks married Priscilla ------. Children: Lydia b 18 Nov. 1785; Betsey b 11 Feb 1788; Experience b 25 Dec 1791; Anna/Anne b 14 June 1795; and Hannah/Tamah b 26 April. 1797. [Vital Records of Lewiston, Maine p 84]
James married Priscilla Higgins, daughter of Jesse Higgins and Experience Hinckley, on 2 Mar 1785 in Topsham, Lincoln County, Maine. Priscilla was born on 30 May 1764 in Georgetown, Lincoln County, Maine. She died before 6 Apr 1830 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine.
Vital Records of Georgetown, Maine to the Year 1892, Edited By Mary Pelham Hill, 1939, page 63, Georgetown Births
Higens
Jese, s. Jese and Experiance, June 23, 1766, in Georgetown
Jonathin, s. Jese and Experiance, Mar. 17, 1768, in Georgetown
Prisilia, d. Jese and Experiance, May 30, 1764, in Georgetown
They had the following children.
+ 2 F i Lydia Ann Weeks was born on 18 Nov 1785. She died on 24 Feb 1861. + 3 F ii Elizabeth "Betsey" Weeks was born on 11 Feb 1788. She died in 1866. + 4 F iii Experience Weeks was born on 25 Dec 1791. She died before 1850. + 5 F iv Ann Weeks was born on 14 Jun 1795. She died on 11 Sep 1847. + 6 F v Tamar Weeks was born on 26 Apr 1797. + 7 F vi Martha Weeks was born on 7 Apr 1801. She died on 20 Feb 1883.
James also married Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Simeon Hamilton and Mary Hearl, on 6 Mar 1830 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine. Margaret was born in 1771 in Berwick, York County, Maine. She died after 1850.
Kennebec County, Maine Vital Records, page 45, Intentions of Marriage between Mr. James Weeks of this town & Mrs. Margaret Stackpole of Lisbon published February 21, 1830. Isaac S. Small Town Clerk. Certificate granted March 6, 1830
1850 census of Monmouth, Lincoln County, Maine, NARA M432-261, page 435, Olive Weymouth, 76, born in Maine, Margaret Weeks, 79, born in Maine.