John WAKEFIELD

1725 - 1792  (67 years)

• Name	John WAKEFIELD  [1]
  Born	16 Apr 1725	Wells, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	King George’s War; Col John Storer’s Co during Louisburg siege in 1745
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	Sep 1792
  Person ID	I36210	Main
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2010

  
  

  Family	Ruth COUSINS,   b. 19 Oct 1731, Wells, York, Maine ,   d. Aug 1796, Wells, York, Maine  (Age 64 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1748	Wells, York, Maine   [1]
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F12690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Apr 1725 - Wells, York, Maine Married - 8 Oct 1748 - Wells, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  In 1746-47 the vessel in which the Wells and Arundel troops were being transported to Annapolis was cast away on Mount Desert in a snow storm and seventy or eighty men perished, but Wakefield and three others survived, after enduring great suffering there being no house on the island. They built a boat of such material as they could find. With a gun and some ammunition saved from the wreck they managed to kill some water fowl for food. Part of the embarked on the frail craft they had built and succeeded in landing at Townsend and a boat was sent to take off the other survivors. John was one of the original memeber of the Second Congregational Church founded in Wells, June 14, 1750. He died intestate and his widow Ruth was appointed administratrix, October 6, 1792. The estate was divided at Wells, October 26, 1792.«s109 539»

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 132:122.