Individual Details

Stephen Messer

(10 May 1773 - 11 Dec 1833)

Probably son of Stephen Messer and Anna Barker

Events

Birth10 May 1773Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage15 Dec 1796Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine - Mary Darling
Residence1800Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
Residence6 Aug 1810Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
Residence7 Aug 1820Plantation 3, Penobscot, Maine
Residence1830Cold Stream, Penobscot, Maine
Burial1833Enfield, Penobscot, Maine
Death11 Dec 1833Lowell, Maine
Property
Biography

Families

SpouseMary Darling (1774 - 1849)
ChildStephen Holt Messer (1797 - 1864)
ChildHannah Messer (1799 - 1880)
ChildLemuel Messer (1800 - 1875)
ChildAmos Putnam Messer (1803 - 1876)
ChildAlvan Messer (1808 - 1896)
ChildMary D. Messer (1811 - 1835)
ChildNancy B. Messer (1815 - 1845)
FatherStephen Messer (1738 - )
MotherAnn Barker (1746 - 1821)
SiblingJohn Messer (1765 - 1850)
SiblingSusannah Messer (1767 - )
SiblingJoanna "Hannah" Messer (1769 - 1800)
SiblingElizabeth C. "Betsey" Messer (1771 - )
SiblingSamuel Messer (1772 - 1861)
SiblingAnna "Nancy" Messer (1775 - 1850)
SiblingSarah Messer (1777 - )
SiblingEnoch Messer (1782 - 1813)
SiblingMehitable Messer (1782 - 1850)
SiblingEsther Messer (1790 - )

Notes

Property

Penobscot County grantor indexhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-8SD9-5?i=418&cat=351868deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/351868?availability=Family%20History%20Librarygrantee indexhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-PSMN-N?i=162&cat=351868 5:292 – Stephen buys in Stetson Plantation in 1819https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3Q1-N396-D?i=154&cat=35186816:196 – 1827 – acquires from the State of Mainehttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3Q1-T9MH-Y?i=104&cat=35186816:197 – 1827 – sells the same property to Amos P. Messer

Biography

Tiny mention here with parents of Mary Darlinghttps://archive.org/details/mainehistorical02unkngoog/page/n205/mode/2up?q=messer some coverage in History of Penobscot Countyexcept wrong information on the origins of the father – reports Stephen andMary had seven children four sons and three daughters – I am putting in Nancyas the third daughter who will need extra verificationhttps://archive.org/details/historyofpenobsc00will/page/340/mode/2up?q=messer&view=theaterthere is a History of Lowell Maine but publishedin 1993 so not online the seven children and some biography are givenhere p 162 –gravestone says died at Lowell, Mainehttps://books.google.com/books?id=WtE-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Messer%20~genealogy&as_brr=1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=messer&f=false

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 7; Page: 189; Image: 102; Family History Library Film: 218677.

2. Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 425; Image: Mem252_11-0410; FHL Roll: 0218682.

3. Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Plantation 3, Penobscot, Maine; Page: 95; NARA Roll: M33_38; Image: 104.

4. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1830; Census Place: Cold Stream, Penobscot, Maine; Series: M19; Roll: 47; Page: 5; Family History Library Film: 0009701.

5. Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020).

6. Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020).