Resources: Maine, Kennebec County & Towns Within Kennebec County Dale Potter Clark
GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES RELATING TO
KENNEBEC COUNTY, MAINE
& SOME
TOWNS WITHIN KENNEBEC COUNTY
 
 
MAINE RESOURCES
AUTHOR
PUBLICATION
PUBLISHER & DATE
Maine Genealogical Society Publication #20 1790 Census of Maine - Annotated Edition Picton Press, 1995
Maine Historical Records Survey Project Counties, Cities, Towns & Plantations of MAine, a Handbook of Incorporations, Dissolutions and Boundry Changes Maine State Archives, 1940
Allen & Pillsbury Methodism In Maine 1793-1886 Charles E. Nash, Augusta, ME., 1887
Noyes, Libby, Davis Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, originally published in 5 parts 1928-1939, 
reprinted 1988
Spencer, Wilbur Pioneers of Maine Rivers With Lists to 1651 Heritage Books, Bowie Maryland, reprint of 1930 edition in 1990
Pope, Charles Henry Pioneers of Maine & New Hampshire 1623-1660 Heritage Books, Bowie Maryland, reprint of 1908 edition in 1991
Maine Genealogical Society Maine Families in 1790 Volumes 1 - 5 Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
Maine Genealogical Society Maine Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine 1 
1760 - 1800		 Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1991
Pope, Charles Henry Pioneers of Massachusetts Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, 1900 edition 
reprinted 1986
Smith, J.D. History of 19th Maine Volunteers VanSickle Military Books, 1909 reprinted 1988
Frost, John Eldridge Maine Probate Abstracts  
Volume 1 1687 - 1775  
Volume 2 1775 - 1800		 Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1991
Young, David & Keene, Elizabeth Vital Records From Maine Newspapers 1785 - 1820 
Vols 1 & 2		 Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1993
Young, David & Keene, Elizabeth Marriage Notices From The Maine Farmer 1833 - 1852 Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1995
Fischer, Carlton & Sue Soldiers, Sailors & Patriots of Revolutionary War - Maine National Society of Sons of American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky, 1982
Calculated for the Latitude & Meridian of Augusta Maine Register, 1834 Redington & Co., Augusta, 1834
 
KENNEBEC COUNTY RESOURCES
AUTHOR
PUBLICATION
PUBLISHER  & DATE
Kennebec County Registry of Deeds 1879 Maps of Towns in Kennebec County
Kingsbury & Deyo Illustrated History of Kennebec County  
1625 - 1892		 H.W. Blake Co., N.Y. 1892
McCausland, Robert & Cynthia Index to Kingsbury & Deyo's Illustrated History of Kennebec County Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1996
Taylor, Alan Liberty Men & Great Proprietors, The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760 - 1820 University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill & London, 1990
Shute, Alberta My Notebook of Interesting Old Houses & The People Who Lived in Them 
(Includes houses in Manchester, Augusta, Readfield, Winthrop)		 Published by Author, 1981
Marriner, Ernest Kennebec Yesterdays Colby College Press, Waterville, 1954
Calvert, Mary R. Dawn Over The Kennebec Twin City Printery, Lewiston, ME. 1983
Calvert, Mary R. The Kennebec Wilderness Awakens Twin City Printewry, Lewiston, ME., 1986
 
KENNEBEC COUNTY TOWNS 
Listed Alphabetically by Town
TOWN
AUTHOR
PUBLICATION
PUBLISHER & DATE
Augusta North, James W. The History of Augusta, Maine New England History Press, Somersworth,  reprint 1981
Belgrade Penney, Will & Minnie Eighty - Eight Years on a Maine Farm Second Edition, 1973
Fayette Sturtevant, Arthur H. Josiah Volunteered Knowlton & McCleary, Farmington, 1977
Hallowell Nason, Emma Hutington Old Hallowell on the Kennebec (unindexed!) Augusta, 1909
Maxwell, Grace B. Who Stole the Onions & Other Hallowell Stories Steele Publishing, Augusta, 1990
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her Diary 1785 - 1812 Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1990
Written & Produced by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt A Midwife's Tale (Video)  Bueberry Hill Productions
Manchester Bicentennial Heritage Committee Manchester, Maine 1775 - 1975 
Stories about the town & it's people		 J.S.McArthy Co., Augusta, 1975
Monmouth Cochrane, Harry History of Monmouth & Wales Vols. 1 & 2 Monmouth Historical Society reprint of 1894 edition, 1988
Mount Vernon Dolloff, Clayton Wandering Through The Past  
A 100+ page essay & pictorial tracing the chronilogical development of Walton's & Taylor's Mills in West Mt. Vernon		 Published by Author, 1985
Mt. Vernon Bicentennial Literary Committee Mt. Vernon, A Historical Review, Bicentennial Edition 1792-1992 Town of Mt. Vernon, Wilton Printed Products, 1992
Smith, Beverly Wight Turning Back: 
Stories of the Mt. Vernon & Vienna Area		 Franklin Printing, Farmington, 1985
Wright, William R., Rev. Nip And Tuck In A Country Parsonage 
The story of Methodist & Baptist Churches in Mt. Vernon & Vienna		 Author, ?year (c1935)
Readfield Getchell, Kimberly The State of Maine & The Town of Readfield - A History of Readfield School Districts UMF Research Paper, 1988
Bracy, Ernest L., Jr. Keeping The Faith: The Story of The Readfield Union Meeting House Published by author, 1990
French, E.R., Hon. History of The Maine Wesleyan Seminary Portland, 1919
Newton, J.O. & 
Young, Oscar		 Kents Hill & Its Makers 1824 - 1947 Knowlton & McCleary Printers, Farmington, 1947
Saunders, Ernest W. The Easterly Church on the Hill 1775 - 1995  
The Story of East Readfield Methodist Meeting House		 Torsey Memorial United Methodist Church, Kents Hill, 1995
Jesse Lee Meeting House Bicentennial Committee Old Readfield Circuit Automobile Tour 
A Modern-Day Automobile Trip Through The Historic Old Readfield Circuit of The United Methodist Church		 Torsey Memorial United Methodist Church, 1995
Mitchell, H.E. Readfield Register, 1903 Published by Author, Kents Hill, 1903
Potter, Evelyn Adell Dry Beans in the Snow and Other Reflections 
Stories of growing up in Readfield during the Depression and WW2 
 		 Steele Publishing, Gardiner, 1992
Readfield Bicentennial Commision 
Narrator & Editor: 
Mary Schultz Page		 Reflections of Readfield, The Story of Our Town Knowlton & McCleary, Farmington 1975
Stackpole, Everett History of Winthrop 1771 - 1925 with Readfield Genealogical Notes added by Young & Young Vols. 1 & 2 Heritage Books, Bowie MD, Reprint of 1925 edition,1994
Readfield Bicentennial Committee 
Compiled & Edited by 
Dale Potter Clark		 Readfield Bicentennial 1791 - 1991, A Pictorial and Thumbnail History Town of Readfield 1990 
Reprinted by Readfield Historical Society 1991
Vienna Bradley, Irving R. 
"91 years young"		 History of Vienna 
1782 - 1952 
A very brief history presented to residents of Vienna on the town's 150th Anniversary		 Published by the author, Irving R. Bradley, 1952
Bean, Chester H., 
First President of Vienna Historical Society		 Through The Years With Chester & Clara 
Recollections of  Vienna and the Bean family reunions & genealogy. Illustrated. 
23 pages		 Vienna Historical Society, 1987
Shea, James J., Jr. The Milton Bradley Story 
(Milton Bradley's grandparents setled in Vienna in 1799)		 Newcomen Society, 1973
Winthrop Winthrop Bicentennial Committee History of Winthrop Evolution of a Maine Community 1771-1971 Printed by vote of the Town of Winthrop by Kennebec Journal, Augusta, 1971
Thurston, David Rev. History of Winthrop, 1764 - 1855 Portland, 1855
Stackpole, Everett History of Winthrop 1771 - 1925 Merrill & Webber, Auburn, 1925
Kaufman, Polly Welts Apron Full of Gold 
The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco 
1849 - 1856 
The story of a Winthrop woman & her family's westward migration during the gold rush & their eventual return to Winthrop..		 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1994
 
 
FAMILY HISTORIES & GENEALOGICAL DATA  
IN KENNEBEC COUNTY
AUTHOR
PUBLICATION
PUBLISHER & DATE
Bean, Bernie BEAN  
John Bean of Exeter, Clan MacBean, Vol. 1 5th edition revised.		 Author, 1985
Woodbridge, Eliot J. COWPERTHWAITE 
Seven Generations from Hugh Cowperthwaite b.1648		 Author, 1983 
Peachey, Layfayette FRENCH 
Family of Mt. Vernon & Fayette		 Personal Papers of 
Mr. Peachey, unpublished
Judkins-Abendroth, Kathi JUDKINS
Family of Kennebec County		 Unpublished Personal Papers of Ms. Judkins-Abendroth, Pres. Judkins Family Assoc. of America
Lane, Frank C. LANE  
Lane Genealogies 
Ancestry & Descendents of James Lane of Hingham, Mass & Kents Hill		 Lane Family, 1966
 
 
 
FRANKLIN COUNTY, TOWN HISTORIES  
WITH CLOSE KENNEBEC COUNTY TIES
AUTHOR
PUBLICATION
PUBLISHER  & YEAR
Butler, Frances Gould A History of Farmington, Maine 1776 - 1885 New England History Press, Somersworth, A reprint of an 1885 edition, 1983
Hatch, William Collins A History of the Town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine 1787 - 1893 Knowlton & McCleary, Farmington, 1893
York, Vincent The Sandy River & Its Valley Knowlton & McCleary, Farmington, 1976 & 1980
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