Individual Details

Jacob Lovejoy

(31 Oct 1780 - 6 Mar 1871)

Jacob Lovejoy was violinist and dancing master in the Winter and probably farmer and shoemaker in the Summer. He probably was a fifer during the War of 1812, serving Captain William Morrison's Company of Mass. Militia in 1814 from Sept. 14 to 24 and from Sept 25 to Nov 5. Also, according to Canadian Archives at Ottawa, he probably the Jacob Lovejoy who as a private and musician, was taken prisoner from the Mass. forces June 3, 1813 at Lake Champlain, being brought to Quebec June 9. His descriptive record was: "b. Amherst (error ?), age 33, five foot six three-quarter inches, middle, visage oval dark, hair dark, eyes blue, scar on nose." he was discharged Oct 31, at Malabar.
Jacob took his family on an ox cart through the woods to the young settlement of Charleston. One of the stories told of him is that he was in demand at all parties as fiddler and entertainer. A neighbor, planning a party, sent a daughter with invitations to all the houses. When asked what was to be provided for the guests, she replied, "There won't be anything very good or nourishing but Jacob Lovejoy will be there." Evidently, that was sufficient (Lovejoy 121).

Events

Birth31 Oct 1780Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Census1810Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Marriage23 Jul 1818Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Census (family)1820Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Census (family)1830Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Census (family)1840Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Census (family)12 Aug 1850Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Census (family)1860Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Census (family)1870Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend
Death6 Mar 1871Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States
BurialWest Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Families

SpouseSarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend (1797 - 1879)
ChildMary Lovejoy (1818 - 1868)
ChildCaroline Sharon Lovejoy (1819 - )
ChildCharles E. Lovejoy (1820 - )
ChildLoriston Hale Lovejoy (1821 - 1909)
ChildOctavia Townsend Lovejoy (1822 - )
ChildSarah H. Lovejoy (1824 - 1904)
ChildAbial Lovejoy (1826 - 1904)
ChildLaura Anna Lovejoy (1828 - )
ChildRachel? Louisa Lovejoy (1838 - )
FatherCaptain Abiel Lovejoy (1731 - 1811)
MotherMary "Polley" Brown (1741 - 1812)
SiblingNathaniel Lovejoy (1759 - 1849)
SiblingMary D. "Polly" Lovejoy (1761 - 1789)
SiblingFrances "Fanny" Lovejoy (1762 - 1812)
SiblingAbiel Lovejoy Jr. (1764 - 1858)
SiblingThomas Lovejoy (1766 - 1817)
SiblingFrancis Lovejoy Sr. (1768 - 1841)
SiblingAbigail "Nabby" Lovejoy (1770 - 1854)
SiblingSarah Lovejoy (1772 - 1821)
SiblingHannah Lovejoy (1773 - 1844)
Siblinginfant Lovejoy (1775 - 1775)
SiblingCol. Stephen Lovejoy (1776 - 1859)
SiblingWilliam Lovejoy (1778 - 1872)
SiblingBetsy Lovejoy (1782 - 1810)
Siblinginfant Lovejoy (1784 - 1784)
SiblingPhebe Lovejoy (1785 - 1871)

Notes

Census

Francis Lovejoy 10010 12010
Abiel Lovejoy Jr. 01001 22002
Stephen Lovejoy 10011 30011
William Lovejoy 20010 10110
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Jacob Lovejoy 00010 00000
1 male 26-45 yrs old (Jacob - single, 30)

Marriage

(published Sidney Kennebec ME, 4 Apr. 1818)

Census (family)

Jacob Lovejoy 100010 21110 0001
1 boy under 10, Charles?
1 man 26-45, Jacob (40)
2 girls under 10, Mary & Caroline
1 girl 10-16
1 woman 16-26, Sarah (23)
1 woman 26-45

7 people, 3 adults, 4 children.
1 woman with teen girl in household?

Census (family)

Jacob Lovejoy - 8 people; 2 adults 6 children
1 male under 5 (Abial 4)
1 male 5-10 (Loriston 9)
1 male 40-50 (Jacob 50)
2 females under 5 (Sarah 4 , Octavia 8?)
2 females 10-15 (Mary 12, Carolina, 11)
1 female 40-50 (Sarah 33?)

Same page:
Joseph Lovejoy
2 males 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 male 30-40
2 females under 5
1 female 5-10
1 female 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40

Census (family)

1840 LOVEJOY JACOB Penobscot County ME 064 Charleston Federal Population Schedule ME 1840 Federal Census Index MES4a1625136

Jacob Lovejoy - 9 people;
1 male 5-10 (Charles E ?)
1 male 15-20 (Abial 14 or Loriston 19)
1 male 50-60 (Jacob 60)
1 female under 5 (Rachel 2)
1 female 5-10 (Laura 10)
1 female 10-15 (Sarah 15)
1 female 15-20 (Octavia 18)
1 female 20-30 (Caroline 21)
1 female 50-60 (Sarah 43?)

Census (family)

38, 40 Jacob Lovejoy, 76 M, Shoemaker, ME
Sally 61 F, ME
Loriston H. 28, M, Farmer, ME
Clara G. 22, F, ME
Thatcher, 8/12, M ME
Abial Lovejoy 24 M, Farmer, ME
Laura A. 21 F, ME
Louisia 12 F, ME
39, 41 John Abbot
Caroline & family.

Census (family)

Jacob and Sarah are retired and living with 2 of their sons:

177, 183. Abial Lovejoy. 33 M, Farmer 1,300 real estate, 586 personal estate. ME
Harriet. 22 F. Housewife
William N. 1 M
Jacob Lovejoy. 79 M. Ret. Farmer
Sarah. 70 F. Ret housewife
Lewiston H. Lovejoy 38 M. Miner
Clara G. 32 F. Housewife
Thatcher F. 10 M
Amanda B. 8 F

Census (family)

Living with their son Abial:

Lovejoy, Abial. 44 M Farmer 800 real estate, 358 personal estate ME
Harriet 32 F Keeping house
Loriston H 7 M
Charles W. 5 M
Jacob 90 M
Sarah 80 F

Endnotes

1. Reynolds, Beatrice Kay. "Dodifer Townsend." Maine Families in 1790 v : 5 Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 26 . Ed. Joseph C. Anderson, II, Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 1996. , p 308-310.

2. Lovejoy, Clarence E., The Lovejoy genealogy with biographies and history, 1460-1930: especially recording the American descendants and the English ancestry of John Lovejoy (1622-1690) of Andover, Mass., and of Joseph Lovejoy (1684-1748) of Prince George County, Md., but also embracing all known data on other persons bearing the Lovejoy name whether or not identified with the emigrant ancestors (New York: Lovejoy, 1930), 121; digital images, Heritage Quest Online (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com : accessed 10 November 2009.

3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1810 > MAINE > KENNEBEC > SIDNEY Series: M252 Roll: 11 Page: 788.

4. Reynolds, Beatrice Kay. "Dodifer Townsend." Maine Families in 1790 v : 5 Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 26 . Ed. Joseph C. Anderson, II, Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 1996. , p 308-310.

5. Lovejoy, Clarence E., The Lovejoy genealogy with biographies and history, 1460-1930: especially recording the American descendants and the English ancestry of John Lovejoy (1622-1690) of Andover, Mass., and of Joseph Lovejoy (1684-1748) of Prince George County, Md., but also embracing all known data on other persons bearing the Lovejoy name whether or not identified with the emigrant ancestors (New York: Lovejoy, 1930), 121; digital images, Heritage Quest Online (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com : accessed 10 November 2009.

6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1820 > MAINE > KENNEBEC > SIDNEY Series: M33 Roll: 35 Page: 111.

7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1830 > MAINE > KENNEBEC > SIDNEY Series: M19 Roll: 48 Page: 159.

8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > MAINE > PENOBSCOT > CHARLESTON Series: M432 Roll: 265 Page: 176.

9. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > Maine > PENOBSCOT > CHARLESTON Series: M653 Roll: 447 Page: 584.

10. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > Maine > PENOBSCOT > CHARLESTON Series: M593 Roll: 553 Page: 362.

11. Reynolds, Beatrice Kay. "Dodifer Townsend." Maine Families in 1790 v : 5 Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 26 . Ed. Joseph C. Anderson, II, Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 1996. , p 308-310.

12. Lovejoy, Clarence E., The Lovejoy genealogy with biographies and history, 1460-1930: especially recording the American descendants and the English ancestry of John Lovejoy (1622-1690) of Andover, Mass., and of Joseph Lovejoy (1684-1748) of Prince George County, Md., but also embracing all known data on other persons bearing the Lovejoy name whether or not identified with the emigrant ancestors (New York: Lovejoy, 1930), 121; digital images, Heritage Quest Online (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com : accessed 10 November 2009.

13. , "West Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Penobscot Co. ME," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 February 2012), .