My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Hutchins Hutchings Sr.
Birth Date6 Oct 1764
Birth PlaceYork, York Co., ME
Death Date3 May 1866 Age: 101
Death PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
Memo“old age”
Occupationfarmer, lumberman, coastal shipping
ReligionMethodist
FatherCharles “The Patriot” Hutchins Hutchings Sr. (1742-1834)
MotherMary Perkins (1745-1797)
Misc. Notes
Oldest surviving New England Revolutionary War soldier. He received a pension of twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents per annum for his six months service; in 1865 that pension was increased to three hundred dollars—there being at the time only four Revolutionary soldiers still alive.
Spouses
1Mercy Wardwell
Birth Date15 Oct 1770
Birth PlaceYork, York Co., ME
Death Date6 Jun 1837 Age: 66
Death PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
FatherCapt. Daniel Wardwell Sr. (1734-1803)
MotherSarah Staples (1733-1817)
Marr Date1786
Marr PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
ChildrenCharles (1786-1845)
 Joseph (1788-1819)
 William (1790-1872)
 Eliakim (1792-1872)
 Mary Molly P (1793-1891)
 Tryphenia (1795-1868)
 Jesse Jessie (1798-)
 Mercy (1800-1892)
 Abigail (1802-)
 Sarah (1803-1873)
 Alfred Alford M (1804-1869)
 Sarah Wardwell (1806-1890)
 Jeremiah x (1808-1824)
 Lovina (1810-1880)
 Harrison Brown (1814-1845)
 Newell Wardwell (1815-)
 Charlotte Norris (1817-1892)
2Mary E Saunders
Birth Date1786
Death Date1 Feb 1866 Age: 80
Death PlacePenobscot, Hancock Co., ME
Last Modified 25 Apr 2021Created 12 Jun 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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