Individual Details
Mary "Polly" Underhill
(18 May 1795 - 12 Mar 1857)
Events
| Birth | 18 May 1795 |  |  | ||
| Description | "a lady of attractive features, charming presence and great executive ability | | |||
| Marriage | 20 Oct 1814 | Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine - Martin Mower | | | |
| Census | 7 Aug 1820 | Starks, Somerset, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1830 | Starks, Somerset, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1840 | Mary does not appear in the household of Martin Mower - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Death | 12 Mar 1857 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Burial | Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | Martin Mower (1791 - 1877) |
| Child | John Edwards Mower (1815 - 1879) |
| Child | Oren Mower (1817 - 1842) |
| Child | Martin Mower (1819 - 1890) |
| Child | Emily Mower (1820 - 1917) |
| Child | Seward Porter Mower (1822 - 1850) |
| Child | Horace Mower (1825 - 1847) |
| Child | George Mower (1827 - 1880) |
| Child | William Henry Mower (1829 - 1870) |
| Child | Mary Jane Mower (1830 - 1921) |
| Child | Angeline Mower (1833 - 1860) |
| Child | Cynthia Marie Mower (1834 - 1862) |
| Child | Ann Trafton Mower (1836 - 1858) |
| Child | Charles Snell Mower (1838 - 1844) |
Notes
Birth
Walter Mower's genealogy states that Mary Underhill was of Chester, New Hampshire. Her birth record has not yet been located and her parents are, as yet, unidentified.Marriage
They were married by Daniel Read, Esq.Census
The Martin Moore [sic] household was enumerated on the 1820 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not individually named. A comparison of the ages of the family members with number shown in the various age brackets appear to include all members of the family at the census date, however there are two additional young females that I can not identify at this time. I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 3 free white males under 10 years of age [John aged 4, Oren aged 3, and Martin Jr. aged 1]; (b) 1 free white males of 26 years of age and under 45 [Martin, aged 29]; (c) 1 free white females under 10 years of age [unidentified]; (d) 1 free white females of 10 years of aged and under 16 [unidentified]; (e) 1 free white females of 16 years of age and under 26 [Mary aged 25].Census
The Martin Mower household was enumerated on the 1830 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not individually named. A comparison of the ages of the family members with number shown in the various age brackets appear to include all members of the family at the census date, however it appears that the counts for the males are in the column to the right of where I would have expect them to be in order to match up with actual ages. The total household consists of 10 members which agrees with my records. With that caveat, I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 2 free white males of 5 years of age and under 10 [George aged 3 and William aged 1]; (b) 2 free white males of age 10 and under 14 [Seward aged 7 and Horace aged 5]; (c) 3 free white males of age 15 and under 19 [John aged 14, Oren aged 13, and Martin Jr. aged 11]; (d) 1 free white male of age 40 and under 49 [Martin aged 39]; (e) 1 free white female of age 5 and under 9 [Emily aged 9]; and (f) 1 free white female of age 30 and under 39 [Mary aged 35].Census
The Martin Moore [sic] household was enumerated on the 1840 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not individually named. A comparison of the ages of the family members with number shown in the various age brackets appear to include all members of the family at the census date, with the exception of Martin's wife Mary who does not appear. A couple individuals appear to be included in the wrong brackets, but their ages are near the cutoff ages. The total household consists of 15 members which agrees with my records for the family at the census date, however as stated Mary does not appear to be included and a additional male of age 20-29, perhaps a hired hand, is included. I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 1 free white male under the age of 5 [Charles aged 2]; (b) 3 free white males of 10 years of age and under 15 [Horace aged 15, George aged 13 and William aged 11]; (c) 1 free white male of age 15 and under 19 [Seward aged 17]; (d) 4 free white males of age 20 and under 29 [John aged 24, Oren aged 23, Martin aged 21 and an unidentified individual]; (f) 1 free white male of age 50 and under 59 [Martin aged 49]; (g) 1 free white female under age 5 [Ann aged 3]; (h) 3 free white females of aged 5 and under 9 [Mary Jane aged 9, Angeline aged 7 and Cynthia aged 5]; and (i) 1 free white female of age 15 and under 19 [Emily aged 19].Census
Mary Mower was enumerated in the Martin Mower household as a 55 year old female, with her place of birth listed as Maine.Endnotes
1. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 68.
2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 68.
3. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 68.
4. 1820 U. S. Census, Somerset County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Starks, p. 233, image 7 of 11, line 7, Martin Moore household, Mary Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2019); NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls.
5. 1830 U.S.Census, Somerset County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Starks, 119, image 3 of 18, line 3, Martin Mower household, Mary Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2019); NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls.
6. 1840 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, p. 52, image 84 of 97, line 22, Martin Moore household, Mary Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2019); NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls.
7. 1850 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, 127 (stamped), dwelling 1773, family 1835, Martin Mower household, line 17, Mary Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 February 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
8. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 68.
9. "Died," Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier, 12 March 1857, p. 2, col. 6; digital image, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 10 May 2008), Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
10. Maple Grove Cemetery (Bangor, Maine; corner of Pushaw Road and Church Road), Martin Mower family monument; personally viewed by Dale Walter Mower, 29 May 2011.
11. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : created 27 April 2009), Memorial No. 36439181.