Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Andrew Wiggin Weymouth and Mary Lary




Husband Andrew Wiggin Weymouth 1

           Born: 20 Feb 1801 - Tamworth, NC 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jun 1878 - Orono, Penobscot Co, ME 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Weymouth (1761-1812) 3
         Mother: Susan Wiggin (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 25 Dec 1825 2



Wife Mary Lary 1

           Born: 9 Sep 1803 - Wolfboro, Carroll Co, NH 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1882 - Orono, Penobscot Co, ME 2
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Children
1 M Samuel Weymouth 1 2

           Born: 29 Nov 1826 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Emily Handscomb (      -      ) 2


2 M William Weymouth 1 2

           Born: 16 Nov 1828 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jul 1853 2
         Buried: 



3 M Charles M. Weymouth 1 2

           Born: 3 Jul 1831 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Nov 1887 - Orono, Penobscot Co, ME 2
         Buried: 



4 F Amanda Weymouth 1 2

           Born: 7 Sep 1833 - Stetson, Penobscot Co, ME 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Oct 1887 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Frank Weeks (      -      ) 1


5 M Andrew Weymouth 1 2

           Born: 9 Oct 1836 2
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           Died: 
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6 M George Weymouth 1

           Born: 10 Feb 1839 - Orono, Penobscot Co, ME 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jun 1904 4
         Buried:  - Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton Co, PA
         Spouse: Effie Pamelia Rote (1848-Aft 1919) 4


7 M Franklin Weymouth 1 2

           Born: 3 Jun 1841 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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8 F Hannah Elvira Weymouth 1 2 5

           Born: 16 Mar 1844 - Maine 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Hutchinson (      -      ) 1 5
           Marr: 25 Dec 1870 2



General Notes: Husband - Andrew Wiggin Weymouth


He was a descendant of an old American family, his first ancestor in this country having been Capt. George Weymouth, of the English ship "Archangel," who came from England in 1605, when he visited the Gulf of Maine, planted a garden at Boothbay, and set up a cross on the Island of Monhegan, taking possession of the territory in the name of the English Crown. He was the discoverer of the Penobscot River in Maine.

He came originally from Tamworth, New Hampshire, moving to Wolfboro, New Hampshire, Stetson, Maine, and finally to Orono, Maine, where he raised his family, and where he died when about seventy years old. By trade he was a blacksmith. During the gold excitement of 1849 he went West with his son William, who died there in the wilderness and was buried by his father. He was a member of the Republican Party.

"In the death of Mr. Weymouth, Orono loses one of its oldest citizens, and the Universalist parish its oldest member and the last of the pioneers of our cause in this town. Born into an orthodox family, upon taking up his residence in Maine, something over forty years ago, he became a Universalist through the preaching of the fathers of that time and through books and papers relating to Universalism." Sometime between 1840 and 1846 he and several others, determined that Universalism should have a place to meet, went into the woods and felled the trees and hewed the timbers which made the present framework of the church. He became a member of the church about 1839 and was soon after appointed a deacon, which office he held until his death. On the last Easter of his life, although his steps were feeble, he made a great effort and came to Communion, and he faithfully performed, for the last time, the sacred duties of his office as deacon of the church. He was the last surviving charter member of his Masonic Lodge.

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 593.

2 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 271.

3 Frederic A. Godcharles, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 21 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1934), Pg 270.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 594.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 611.


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