Individual Details
Lemuel Bursley
(Abt 1773 - 15 Nov 1854)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1773 | Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2 Jan 1797 | Free Mason - Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1797 | Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States - Lavina Spencer | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 25 Nov 1799 | Petition for Farmington Falls Social Library meetings - Farmington Falls, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Census | 1810 | Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Religion | 2 Sep 1811 | Universalist Church - Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Military | 1812 | | |||
| Land | 14 Apr 1814 | Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Military | 12 Sep 1814 | Ensign, Capt. Daniel Beal's co. - Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Land | 4 Jun 1816 | Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Religion | 1829 | Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Farmington, Kennebec, Maine, United States | | ||
| Land | 14 Jun 1839 | Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Census | 1840 | Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Land | 9 Jan 1840 | Farmington Falls, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Census | 10 Aug 1850 | Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Death | 15 Nov 1854 | Chesterville, Franklin, Maine | | ||
| Obituary | 23 Nov 1854 | Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Obituary | 19 Aug 1875 | Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States | | ||
| Burial | Blake Cemetery - Farmington Falls, Franklin, Maine, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Lavina Spencer (1780 - 1858) |
| Child | Silas Bursley (1801 - 1871) |
| Child | John Spencer Bursley (1803 - 1873) |
| Child | Barnabas Bursley (1805 - 1883) |
| Child | Elizabeth G Bursley (1807 - 1888) |
| Child | Lemuel Bursley (1809 - 1875) |
| Child | Benjamin Bursley (1810 - 1881) |
| Child | Abigail N Bursley (1813 - 1874) |
| Child | Mary G Bursley (1815 - 1884) |
| Child | Lavinia S Bursley (1816 - 1872) |
| Child | Martha H Bursley (1819 - 1859) |
| Child | Lurena Bursley (1825 - 1856) |
| Father | Benjamin Bursley (1752 - 1803) |
| Mother | Living |
Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990", entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2.
2. "Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990", entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2.
3. "Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990", entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2.
4. Massachusetts, Barnstable, Provincetown, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, marriage certificate, Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer m. Feb. 4, 1797, Provincetown, Massachusetts, by Rev. Samuel Parker.
5. "Records of Provincetown, Massachusetts 1698-1859", entry for Lemuel Bursley and Lavinia Spencer.
6. Ben Butler, The Falls: Where Farmington, Maine began in 1776 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., 1976), p. 82.
7. 1800 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine || Kennebec Co, Me., population schedule , Farmington, p. 29, Lemuel Bursley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 April 2016); NARA microfilm publication M32, roll 7.
8. 1810 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine || Kennebec Co, Me., population schedule , Farmington, p. 829, Lemuel Bursley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 April 2016); NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 11.
9. Francis Gould Butler, A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine: Earliest Explorations to the Present Time (Farmington, Me.: Knowlton, McCleary and Co., 1885), p. 155; images online, InternetArchive (http://www.archive.org : accessed 27 October 2013.
10. Daniel Beale, "Roster Of Commissioned Officers And Lieutenants In The Third Regiment, First Brigade, Eight Division Of The Militia Of This Commonwealth Of Massachusetts," military roster, 1812–1813, n.n., ; Farmington Historical Society, Farmington, Maine. Legible listing of officers and lieutenants in Daniel Beale's regiment.
11. Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec County Deeds, 29:141, Lemuel Bursley and Heirs of Robert Gower, 9 December 1817; Kennebec Co, Maine, Augusta, ME., TO DO - Deed 285 - source citation date does not match date on data entry, 29:141; Lemuel Bursley and Heirs of Robert Gower; 9 December 1817.
12. Francis Gould Butler, A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine: Earliest Explorations to the Present Time (Farmington, Me.: Knowlton, McCleary and Co., 1885), p. 121; images online, InternetArchive (http://www.archive.org : accessed 2013.
13. Daniel Beale, "Roster Of Commissioned Officers And Lieutenants In The Third Regiment, First Brigade, Eight Division Of The Militia Of This Commonwealth Of Massachusetts," military roster, 1812–1813, n.n., ; Farmington Historical Society, Farmington, Maine. Legible listing of officers and lieutenants in Daniel Beale's regiment.
14. Bounty Land application of Levina (sic) Bursley, widow of Lemuel Bursley;, Lemuel Bursley (Ensign, Col David McGaffey's attached Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, War of 1812), bounty land warrant file 55-160-28329; (Name: Case Files of Pension and Bounty Land Applications Based on Service between 1812 and 1855; Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1960; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.;).
15. Maine, Franklin County, Deeds, 29:38, Lemuel Bursley, 9 December 1817.
16. 1820 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine || Kennbec Co., Me., population schedule , Farmington, p. 442, Lemuel Bursley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2011); NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 35.
17. Francis Gould Butler, A History of Farmington, Franklin County, Maine: Earliest Explorations to the Present Time (Farmington, Me.: Knowlton, McCleary and Co., 1885), p. 156; images online, InternetArchive (http://www.archive.org : accessed 27 October 2013.
18. 1830 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine || Kennebec Co., Me., population schedule , Farmington, p. 335, Lemuel Bursley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 May 2016); NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 48.
19. Maine, Franklin County, Deeds, 3:41, Lemuel Bursley, sale to Elisha Bafs, 14 June 1839.
20. 1840 U.S. Census, Franklin County, Maine || Franklin Co., Me., population schedule , Farmington, p. 121, Lemuel Bursley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 May 2011); NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 140.
21. Maine, Franklin County, Deeds, 3:387, Lemuel Bursley, Jr, sale to Lemuel Bursley, Sr, 9 January 1840.
22. 1850 U.S. Census, Franklin County, Maine || Franklin Co., Me., population schedule , Farmington, p. 173 (stamped), dwelling 23, family 27,, Lemuel and Lavina Bursley; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 December 2018); NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 253.
23. "Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990", entry for Lemuel Bursley, membership 1797-1-2.
24. "Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections", entry for Lemuel Bursley (d. Nov. 15, 1854 AE 81) and Lavinia (his wife, d. Aug. 4, 1858 AE 78).
25. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 May 2011), memorial page for Lemuel Bursley ( - 1854), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42,590,205.
26. "Died," obituary, Farmington (Maine) Chronicle, 23 November 1854, Lemuel Bursley, p. (_).
27. Rev. J.S. Swift, "Local Reminscences - The Late Col. Lemuel Bursley," obituary, Farmington (Maine) Chronicle, 19 August 1875, Lemuel Bursley, Jr., p. 1, c. 6.
28. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 May 2011), memorial page for Lemuel Bursley ( - 1854), Find A Grave Memorial no. 42,590,205.