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• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Surry, Hancock, Maine

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• Also Known As: FARNUM
• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 1860, Surry, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1870, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1870, Surry, Hancock, Maine

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s/o Matthew VARNUM (1788-1850) & Dolly VARNUM (1790-?)
m1 Abby Eliza LEACH
m2 Abigail CONARY
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There are 2 Benjamin VARNUMs in the area at this time, both born April 1817.

Benjamin married Abigail P. CONARY on 1 Aug 1852 in Surry, Hancock, Maine. Abigail (daughter of Stephen CONARY and Abigail BILLINGS) was born on 27 Aug 1830 in Surry, Hancock, Maine; died on 27 Mar 1896 in Surry, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1870, Surry, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1880, Surry, Hancock, Maine

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ABIGAIL WIFE OF
Benj. Varnum.
DIED
March 27, 1896,
AE. 65 yrs. 7 mos.

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s/o Graham VARNUM & Dolly MOORE

Jonathan married Hannah WARDWELL. Hannah (daughter of Capt Josiah WARDWELL and Hannah WESCOTT) was born on 10 May 1792 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; died on 22 Nov 1858 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Jonathan Varnum Cemetery, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Surry, Hancock, Maine

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Resided Surry and Blue Hill Maine.

Stephen married Abigail BILLINGS on 28 Mar 1816. Abigail (daughter of Benjamin BILLINGS and Abigail CLOSSON) was born on 11 May 1790 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; died in Oct 1869 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Village Cemetery, Surry, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Surry, Hancock, Maine

Gershom married Dolley MOORE in ?. Dolley was born on 5 Dec 1759 in Kittery, York, Maine; died about 12 Feb 1827 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Questions: Find his parents
• DNA Fact: Gedmatch line A699269
• Military Event: American Revolution - Impressed aboard British ship
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Census: 1800, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine
• Probate: 12 Nov 1821, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine

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During the Revolutionary War, he was impressed on board an English man-of-war and kept there for 2 years. He escaped by swimming to shore.
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Several published sources have claimed that Josiah was a s/o Daniel Wardwell of York by his first wife, Sarah Staples. This was probably based on the fact that Josiah named his first son and daughter Daniel and Sally, supposedly for his parents. Daniel Wardwell filed intentions at York on 24 January 1755 to marry Sarah Staples, only 2 days before the recorded birth of Josiah. Nine Months later, Daniel and Sarah brought their son Eliakim in for baptism at the York 1st Parish Church. All of Daniel's later children were also baptized at this church, but they included no son named Josiah. The only other adult Wardwell males living in York at the time of Josiah's birth were Daniel's older brothers Joseph and Jeremiah. Little is known of Joseph other than that he had a wife Mary, but he would seem the best candidate to be Josiah's father.
Maine Families in 1790.
Source: Samuel Wardwell of Andover, Hanged For Witchcraft in 1692
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/u/n/g/Neil-Ungerleider-MA/
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Based on triangulated DNA on the same segment of chromosome 9 between known descendants of Eliakim Wardwell, it is highly likely that Josiah is either a son of Daniel Wardwell or grandson of Eliakim Wardwell. GEDmatch kits SX533971C1 is Tryphena's line, ZM1801440 is Jeremiah's line, and A699269 is Josiah's.
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1800 census shows 5 children under 16 years old: 2 males, 3 females
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His estate was administered by Samuel Wardwell, Jr.

Josiah married Hannah WESCOTT on 15 Jun 1790 in York, York, Maine. Hannah (daughter of Samuel WESCOTT and Olive PERKINS) was born on 16 Oct 1766 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; died in Nov 1858 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine

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• Also Known As: CONNERY
• Questions: Conary’s in Kildare and Leighlin, County Clane, Ireland
• Questions: Who are his parents? What part did he play during Penobscot Expedition?
• Religion: Protestant
• Immigrant?: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Historical Notes: When Thomas immigrated to American, several events were occurring in Ireland: Land Issues: Land ownership and tenancy were significant issues in Ireland during this period. Many Catholics and tenant farmers struggled with landownership and tenant rights. This led to tensions and sometimes violent conflicts, as seen in the Whiteboy and Hearts of Oak movements. Catholic Penal Laws: The majority of the Irish population, particularly the Catholic population, faced severe legal and political restrictions under the Penal Laws. These laws discriminated against Catholics and other non-Protestant religious groups, limiting their rights to hold public office, own land, and practice their religion freely. Protestant Ascendancy: The Protestant minority, mainly of English and Scottish descent, held a dominant position in Irish society, particularly in politics and landownership. They formed the backbone of the ruling class and controlled most of the wealth and power in Ireland.
• Migration: Bef 1774
• Census: 1790, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1800, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1819, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1820, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

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According to Fred E. Bradford, Thomas died on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, was Protestant of faith. He also lived in Brooksville, ME before moving to Deer Isle, ME.
Reportedly, Thomas was Scottish and settled in Northern Ireland. When Thomas settled in Maine is unknown, but he had deeded land about 1774 in what was called Majabagaduce which is now Penobscot and Brooksville.
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The CONARY's are originally Scottish and moved here from Ireland. The English transplanted Scottish people into Ireland from the 1600's through the early 1800's in hopes that the Scottish would control the "unruly" Irish. However, the Scottish turned out to be more Irish than the Irish themselves.
During the many immigrations to this country, many Scottish-Irish came with the true Irish, and came to be known as Ulster Scots.
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THOMAS CONARY was the first settler of what is known as Black Island, lying in the Reach, also called Conary's Island, and … was included within the limits of the town by the act of the Legislature of 1868. As has been understood, Mr. Conary was a native of Ireland.
He was a very witty person, and in former years I used to hear of many of his witty and comical expressions.
His first wife was the daughter of the ancestor of the Limeburner family, now living in Brooksville, by adoption. Mr. Limeburner emigrated from Scotland before the Revolutionary War, and with him came, besides his own family, two children, a son and a daughter adopted by him. The son was Cunningham Limeburner, who died at an advanced age, not far from 1825, in Brooksville, and the daughter, Mrs. Conary, was, I believe, a sister by birth to him.
After her death he married a daughter of Mercy Staples, and a sister of Messrs. Joshua and Moses Staples, and by both marriages had ten sons, one of whom made this town his permanent residence - Mr. Thomas Conary, Jr., who died at an advanced age. His other sons settled in towns in this vicinity, and all of the name in this and other towns near us are the descendants of Mr. Conary, Sr.
He had three daughters of whom I have had knowledge. One was the wife of Mr. Robinson Crockett, Jr., who lived in this town many years, afterward removing to Brooksville, where he died; another was the wife of Mr. Ebenezer Marks, of Brooksville; another of the late Mr. Amaziah Roberts, of Sedgwick.
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The names Conroy, Conry, Conree and Conary in Ireland are all derived from the native Gaelic Mac Conraoi and O'Conraoi Septs of County Galway and from the O'Conaire and O'Maolchonaire Septs of Munster and Roscommon. Other anglicized versions of these names include Conrahy, Connery and King.

Thomas married Olive STAPLES about 1780 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. Olive (daughter of Samuel STAPLES and Mercy CANE) was born about 1755 in prob Kittery, York, Maine; died after 1820 in prob Deer Isle or Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

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Benjamin married Abigail CLOSSON in 1775 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. Abigail (daughter of Nathan CLOSSON and Sarah KEENE) was born on 20 May 1757 in York, York, Maine; died on 4 Oct 1840 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Settler's Rest Cemetery, Sargentville, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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