Individual Details
Mehitable Andrews
(22 Jul 1782 - 4 Dec 1874)
Events
| Birth | 22 Jul 1782 | Littleborough (now Leeds), Kennebec, Maine |  | ||
| Marriage Intention | 12 Sep 1809 | Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine - John Mower | | ||
| Marriage | 4 Oct 1809 | Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine - John Mower | | ||
| Census | 6 Aug 1810 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine |  | | |
| Census | 7 Aug 1820 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1830 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1840 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Census | 7 Aug 1850 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Census | 16 Jun 1860 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Census | 15 Jun 1870 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Death | 4 Dec 1874 | | |||
| Burial | Old Valley Cemetery, Greene, Androscoggin, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | John Mower (1782 - 1829) |
| Child | Betsey Edwards Mower (1810 - 1894) |
| Child | Almira Jane Mower (1811 - 1845) |
| Child | Mehitable Mower (1814 - 1846) |
| Child | Millicent Andrews Mower (1815 - 1854) |
| Child | Emmarintha Mower (1817 - 1856) |
| Child | John Calvin Mower (1820 - 1900) |
| Child | Mary Ann Mower (1822 - 1825) |
| Child | Alfred Pierce Mower (1824 - 1912) |
| Father | Isaac Andrews ( - ) |
| Mother | Keziah Baker ( - ) |
Notes
Census
The John Mower Jr. household is listed in the 1810 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not named. A comparison of the ages of family members with tick marks in the various age brackets seems to show that Mehitable is included as the 1 female aged 26-44, her age being 28 as of the census date.Census
The John Mower Jr. household is listed in the 1820 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not named. A comparison of the ages of family members with tick marks in the various age brackets seems to show that Mehitable is included as the 1 female aged 26-44, her age being 38 as of the census date.Census
Mehitable Mower is listed as head of household. The household included 7 people. Individual members other than the head of household are not named in the census. A review of the family at the census date shows a total of 7 persons. Assignment of tick marks to individuals would appear to be: 1 male aged 5-9 - Alfred [5]; 1 male aged 10-14 - John Calvin [10]; 2 females aged 10-14 - Emmarintha [12] and Millicent [14]; 2 females aged 15-19 - Mehitable [16] and Almira [18]; and 1 female aged 40-49 - Mehitable [47].Census
Mehitable Mower is listed as the head of household. The household included 4 people. Individual members other than the head of household are not named in the census. A review of the family at the official census dates would appear to consist of 4 people. Assignment of tick marks to individuals would appear to be: 1 male 15-19 - Alfred [15]; 1 male 20-29 - John Calvin [20]; 1 female aged 20-29 - Almira [28]; and 1 female aged 50-59 - Mehitable [57]. Additionally, the census shows that all 4 were engaged in agriculture.Census
Mehitable Mower was enumerated in her son Alfred Mower's household as a 67 year old female and her birthplace listed as Maine.Census
Mehitable was enumerated in her son Alfred Mower's household, a 77 year-old female, with her birthplace listed as Maine.Census
Mehitable was enumerated in her son Alfred P. Mower's household as an 87 year-old white female, with her birthplace listed as Turner, Maine.Endnotes
1. "Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019), digital image, "Copy of an Old Record of a Birth: Mehetable Anderws [sic]," ; Maine State Archives; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll No. 2.
2. "Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2016), digital image, "Copy of an Old Record of a Marriage: John Mower Jr and Mehitable Andrews," ; Maine State Archives; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll No. 78.
3. "Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2016), digital image, "Copy of an Old Record of a Marriage: John Mower Jr and Mehitable Andrews," ; Maine State Archives; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll No. 78.
4. George Andrews, compiler, Genealogy of the Andrews of Taunton and Stoughton, Mass. (Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews, Printer and Bookbinder, 1887), p. 15; digital images, Internet Archive, Internet Archive (archive.org : accessed 14 January 2019.
5. 1810 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, population schedule, Town of Greene, 253, John Mower Junior household, line 7; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls.
6. 1820 U. S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, p. 628, John Mower Junior household, line 3; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls.
7. 1830 U.S.Census, Kennebec County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, p. 40, line 28, Mehitabel Mower household, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls.
8. 1840 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, p. 138, line 14, Mehitable Mower household, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls.
9. 1850 U.S. Census, Kennebec County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, p. 341, dwelling 89, family 92, Alfred Mower household, line 37, Mehitable Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
10. 1860 U.S. Census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, p. 43-4, dwelling 338, family 344, Alfred Mower household, p. 44, line 3, Mahitable [sic] Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
11. 1870 U.S. Census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, p. 22, dwelling 185, family 198, Alfred P. Mower household, line 21, Mehitabel Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2019); NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
12. 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), 51.
13. Georgia Drew Merrill, Editor, History of Androscoggin County, Maine (Boston, Massachusetts: W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1891), p. 513; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 14 January 2019.
14. Old Valley Cemetery (Route 202, Greene, Maine), John Mower family monument [Mehitable, wife of John Mower]; personally read by Dale W. Mower, 22 November 2014.
15. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : memorial created by Dale W. Mower 23 May 2009), Memorial No. 37425938.