Individual Details
Dodivah Townsend
(Abt 1765 - 1 Apr 1833)
Dodivah Townsend, b. say 1768 son of Daniel Sr. & Hannah (Bibber) Townsend of Vassalborough, d. 1 Apr 1833 according to probate records signed and sworn to 13 Jul 1833 by "his eldest son David" and daughters "Sarah Lovejoy wife of Jacob Lovejoy" and "Nancy Parsons wife of Oliver Parsons" (Ken Co Probate #T-4) m. (1) Vassalborough 18 May 1785 Sarah Hastings (VR) dau of Mathew & Mary (Battle) Hastings. She prob. died by 7 May 1803 for she did not relinquish her right of dower on land that Dodivah and his parents sold to Jeremiah Thayer and Paul Bailey both of Sidney, Vassalborough (Ken Co deed 5:456). Dodivah m. (2) [n.d.] Sarah (Lovejoy) Lincoln of Vassalborough. She was the daughter of Capt. Abiel & Mary (Brown) Lovejoy of Vassalborough and the former wife of Matthew Lincoln of Vassalborough. Matthew Lincoln m. (2) Vassalborough 5 Feb 1809 Betsy Rollins (VR). Sarah, Dodivah's second wife, prob. died bef. 2 Apr 1821 when she was not mentioned in a land transaction made by Dodivah, his son David and his son-in-law Jacob Lovejoy who, with their wives, signed the deed [Ken Co. deed 42:146-47]. Dodivah and his first wife, Sarah, were named in Mathew Hastings' will dated 31 Dec. 1790 (William D. Patterson, The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine: 1760-1800 [repr 1991]. pp. 202-4). Dodivah was named co-executor of Mathew's estate and he inherited the Hastings homestead. On 13 June 1793, Dodivah and Sarah were witnesses for the will of John Marsh, the father-in-law of her brother Moses Hastings (Reynolds 308)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1765 |  | |||
| Marriage | 18 May 1785 | Vassalborough, Lincoln, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1790 | Vassalborough, Lincoln, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings | | | |
| Census (family) | 1800 | Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States - Sarah Hastings | | | |
| Marriage | 1803/04 | Maine, United States - Sarah Lovejoy | | | |
| Census (family) | 1810 | Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States - Sarah Lovejoy | | | |
| Census (family) | 1820 | Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States - Sarah Lovejoy | | | |
| Death | 1 Apr 1833 | Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Hastings (1765 - 1803) |
| Child | David Townsend (1786 - ) |
| Child | Mary Townsend (1790 - ) |
| Child | Stephen Townsend (1794 - 1859) |
| Child | Sarah Hastings "Sally" Townsend (1797 - 1879) |
| Child | Nancy Townsend (1797 - 1841) |
| Child | Seth Townsend (1798 - 1876) |
| Spouse | Sarah Lovejoy (1772 - 1821) |
| Child | Sumner Townsend (1807 - 1881) |
| Child | Columbus Townsend (1810 - ) |
| Father | Daniel Townsend Sr. (1727 - 1793) |
| Mother | Hannah Bibber (1732 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel Townsend Jr. (1753 - 1778) |
| Sibling | Abigail Townsend (1754 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Townsend (1756 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Townsend (1767 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Townsend (1769 - ) |
| Sibling | Betsy Townsend (1778 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Intention dateCensus (family)
Towsend, Dodifer 47c 2-2-5-0-02 free white males 16+
2 free white males < 16
5 free white females
also:
Townsen, Daniel
1 free white male 16+
2 free white males <16
1 free white females
Census (family)
Mathew Lincoln 21010 20010
David Smiley 31110 01210
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-
Dodiver Townsen 11010 21100
1 boy under 10 (Seth)
1 boy 10-16 (Stephen is said to be 6?)
1 man 26-45, Dodivah (35)
2 girls under 10, (Sarah 3 & Nancy 2)
1 girl 10-16 (Mary 10)
1 woman 16-26, (wife Sarah
Moses Hastings 11102 31103
Stephen Lovejoy 00100 10100
-
Abiel Lovejoy 00311 11202 2
Abiel Lovejoy Jr. 31010 21?10
Marriage
Sarah probably m. about 1803 or 1804 Dodivah Townsend of Sidney, a widower with seven children and probably divorced Matthew Lincoln who m. Feb 5, 1807 Betsey Rollins (Lovejoy 91).Beatrice Reynolds says that Sarah (Lovejoy) Lincoln never divorced her husband, so she and Dodivah were never legally married, although she and Dodivah had Sumner and Columbus. Her husband Matthew Lincoln m Feb. 5, 1809 Betsy Rollins
Census (family)
Dodivah Townsend 31001 111103 males < 10 (Sumner, Columbus
1 male 10-16
1 male 45+ (Dodivah ~45)
1 female <10
1 female 10-16
1 female 16-26
1 female 26-45 (Sarah L 38)
Dodivah Townsend 2nd 51010 10020
5 males < 10
1 male 10-16
1 male 26-45
1 female < 10
2 females 26-45
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-
-
-
David Townsend 00100 00000
1 male 16-26 (David unmarried)
Daniel Townsend 10010 00000
1 boy < 10
1 male 26-45 Daniel
Census (family)
Townsend, David, 400010 00100 01Townsend, Dodivah, 020101 00001 03
8 people
2 boys 10-16 (Sumner & Columbus)
1 man 16-26
1 man 45+, Dodivah (52)
1 woman 45+, Sarah
3 slaves
Townsend, Stephen, 100100 00100 01
Endnotes
1. Reynolds, Beatrice Kay. "Daniel 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 c1768.
2. Barber, Barbara, "Hastings Lineage," e-mail message from
3. 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.
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. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1790 > MAINE > LINCOLN > VASSALBOROUGH Series: M637 Roll: 2 Page: 135.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1800 > MAINE > KENNEBEC > SIDNEY Series: M32 Roll: 7 Page: 399.
7. 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), 91; digital images, Heritage Quest Online (http://persi.heritagequestonline.com : accessed 10 November 2009.
8. 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: 793.
9. 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.
10. Janice., Email of genealogical research on Townsend and Bibber families. (Janice,
11. Reynolds, Beatrice Kay. "Daniel 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.