NOTE: It's still *not* certain that the Elisha Wakefield, Sr. who married Sarah Cook was the son of Samuel Wakefield, III.

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George Ray, Sr. told me a story about three Wakefield brothers who [built?] owned his present house at Bayside abt 1841. Two of them sailed to Boston and were lost at sea. They had also built a second house next to George Ray's house, which may not be standing.

It is possible that he was the son of Samuel Wakefield and Anna Cox, as noted below, based on the "Wakefield Memorial" book by Homer Wakefield. There are only two "Elisha Wakefields" listed as having been born at this time, and Elisha the son of Samuel and Anna is the best fit. (The other was the son of a lumberman, born 1797 in Etna, Penobscot County.) The 1810 Census reveals that three (apparent) brothers James, Benjamin and Samuel were living in Washington County at that time, and have ten sons among them, of various ages. All other Maine Wakefields listed in the 1810 Census were living in the southwest of the state.

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The full genealogy of this particular Wakefield family is documented on the following web site, with reference to the book WAKEFIELD MEMORIAL:

"Brenda's Wakefield Ancestry"
http://members.theglobe.com/bfrazer57/ancestry/ancestry.htm
by Brenda Frazer

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from WAKEFIELD MEMORIAL:

26. Samuel Wakefield 29, born 15 Mar 1768 in Kennebunkport, ME; died Unknown. He was the son of 52. Samuel Wakefield and 53. Ruth Burbank. He married 27. Anna Cox.

27. Anna Cox, born 1750-1780; died Unknown.

Children of Samuel Wakefield and Anna Cox are:

i. Elisha Wakefield, born September 1792; died Unknown; married 11 Apr 1823 Tully Nickerson.

ii. Dudley Wakefield, born January 4, 1794; died May 18, 1841.

iii. Drusilla Wakefield, born February 29, 1796; died Unknown; married Thomas Pendleton.

iv. Cyrus Wakefield, born August 3, 1798; died Unknown.

v. Emily Wakefield, born October 1, 1800; died Unknown.

13 vi. Lavinia Wakefield, born October 21, 1801 in Steuben, ME; died May 13, 1865 in Steuben, ME; married David Whitten June 30, 1833 in Steuben, ME.

vii. Lovisa Wakefield, born March 28, 1805; died Unknown.

viii. Asa Wakefield, born March 25, 1807; died Unknown.

ix. Elias Wakefield, born August 23, 1809; died Unknown; married Susan Anderson.


52. Samuel Wakefield 55, born ca. 1737 in Kennebunk; died Aft. 1810 in Steuben, ME. He was the son of 104. Samuel Wakefield and 105. Ruth Godfrey. He married 53. Ruth Burbank November 17, 1757.
53. Ruth Burbank 56,57, born Aft. 1730; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 106. John Burbank and 107. Hannah Hutchins.

Notes for Samuel Wakefield:

Samuel Wakefield son of Samuel and Ruth (Godfrey) Wakefield; born about 1737; married Nov 17, 1757, Ruth, daughter of John Burbank and his second wife Hannah. The earliest records we have of Samuel Wakefield are from the Records of Deeds of Lincoln, now Hancock County, in which Samuel Wakefield, of No. 4 gives a mortgage to Shaw and Gould dated Jan 1, 1772/3. He removed from Kennebunk, the place of his nativity in 1756-7, and settled at the head of the bay, on the lot comprising a considerable portion of the village of Steuben. He was a farmer. During the Revolutionary War, Samuel Wakefield gave the following service:

Wakefield, Samuel, Township No. 4, Corporal. Captain Francis Shaw, Jr. Company, enlisted Sept 7, 1775; service 4 months, 3 days; company stationed at Gouldsboro, No. 4, Narraguagus and Pleasant River, for defence of sea coast; also Sergeant Capt. Henry Dyers detachment from Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln County) Regiment; entered service Sept 17, 1777; discharged August 22, 1777; service 18 days; company marched to Machias at sundry times when British ships lay in harbour; also Capt. John Hall's Company Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln County) Regiment service August 7, 1779 to Sept 7 1779; expedition to Majorbagaduce, August 7, 1779 by order of General Lovell, roll endorsed "Service at Penobscot." Wakefield, Samuel, Private Capt. Henry Dyer's Company of rangers enlisted Mar 9, 1780; discharged May 1, 1780; 1 month, 22 days; company raised for defence of Eastern Mass. by order of Col. John Allen, Commanding officer at Machias and Supt. of Eastern Indian department, also same company and regiment; pay roll made up for rations and sworn to at Boston, said Wakefield credited with 52 rations, company raised at No. 4, Gouldsboro, Frenchman's Bay, Pleasant River and Narraguagus.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. XVI, p. 412
N. S. D. A. R. 175653, 178210


Children of Samuel Wakefield and Ruth Burbank are:

26 i. Samuel Wakefield, born March 15, 1768 in Kennebunkport, ME; died Unknown; married Anna Cox.

ii. Lydia Wakefield, born Aft. 1757; died Unknown; married Ichabod Godfrey.

20 iii. Benjamin Wakefield, born November 12, 1772 in Steuben, ME; died October 28, 1834 in Steuben, ME; married Mary Dorman.

iv. Ruth Wakefield, born Aft. 1757; died Unknown; married Joseph Perkins , Capt..

v. Phebe Wakefield, born Aft. 1757; died Unknown; married James Kingsley.

vi. Hannah Wakefield, born October 15, 1804; died Unknown; married Nathan Cleaves.

vii. Sarah Wakefield, born August 21, 1810; died Unknown; married Wheeler Tracy Aft. 1786.

viii. Myriam Wakefield, born Aft. 1757; died Unknown; married Winslow Gallison.

ix. James Wakefield, born 1784; died April 23, 1852; married Priscilla Small.

x. Daniel Wakefield, born Aft. 1757; died Unknown; married Priscilla Allen.

xi. Lucy Wakefield, born Aft. 1757; died Unknown; married ? Lighton


104. Samuel Wakefield 81, born 1690-1707; died Unknown. He was the son of 208. James Wakefield and 209. Rebecca Gibbons. He married 105. Ruth Godfrey ca. 1736.
105. Ruth Godfrey, born 1700-1720; died Unknown.

Notes for Samuel Wakefield:
Samuel Wakefield, assumed to be the son of James and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield, married about 1736 Ruth Godfrey, and resided in Kennebunk. Samuel Wakefield, in 1766, built the first schooner on the Mousam River, in the yard recently owned by G. & I. Lord. He was a soldier of the French and Indian war; in 1756 he enlisted and was sent toward the Lakes and Canada.


Children of Samuel Wakefield and Ruth Godfrey are:

40 i. Samuel Wakefield, born ca. 1737 in Kennebunk; died Aft. 1810 in Steuben, ME; married Ruth Burbank November 17, 1757.

ii. Mary Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married Daniel Kimball November 27, 1766.

iii. Benjamin Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married Eleanor Littlefield November 5, 1767.

iv. Daniel Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married Priscilla Allen.

v. Lydia Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married Jesse Larribee June 21, 1767.

vi. Eunice Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married Benjamin Tripe February 26, 1767.

vii. Abigail Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married John Fiske July 12, 1770.

viii. Lucy Wakefield, born Aft. 1736; died Unknown; married Samuel Cluff June 1770.

ix. James Wakefield, born ca. 1759; died Unknown; married Sarah Wilson July 24, 1784.

208. James Wakefield 113, born bef. 1674; died October 25, 1707. He was the son of 416. John Wakefield and 417. Elizabeth Littlefield. He married 209. Rebecca Gibbons Bef. 1700.
209. Rebecca Gibbons, born 1660-1680; died Unknown.

Notes for James Wakefield:

James Wakefield, son of John and Elizabeth (Littlefield) Wakefield, was born at Salem or Wells; he married prior to 1700, Rebecca, daughter of James and Judith (Lewis) Gibbons of Saco. In 1699 he was granted one hundred acres of land on Kennebunk River "at the landing." On Nov 28, 1700 he and his wife Rebecca, witnessed a deed of Benjamin Gooch, of Wells, planter, to John Wheelwright, several pieces of marsh in Wells.

James Wakefield, with his brother William, Moses and Job Littlefield, and Joseph Storer, Jr., on October 25, 1707, "went out in a small sloop to fish; there was a heavy sea at the bar, and as they attempted to drive the sloop over it, she was upset and all were drowned, bodies of four were recovered. These men were all valuable citizens, and their aid was greatly needed." (from Bourne's "History of Wells and Kennebunk").


Children of James Wakefield and Rebecca Gibbons are:

80 i. Samuel Wakefield, born 1690-1707; died Unknown; married Ruth Godfrey ca. 1736.

ii. John Wakefield, born 1690-1705; died Unknown; married Elizabeth Durrell May 27, 1724.


Notes for John Wakefield:

John Wakefield, son of James and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield, was probably born in Saco. He was married, May 27, 1724, to Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Durrell of Arundel (Kennebunkport). He was a resident of Kennebunk, and previous to the building of the new meeting house in 1750, meetings were held at his house, and on August 25, 1750, John Wakefield was one of a committee to receive the answer of Mr. Daniel Little, who was invited to settle with them as minister. By the tax list of the new parish, 1750, John Wakefield was assessed L2, 1s.


iii. Keziah Wakefield, born 1690-1705; died Unknown; married Philip Durrell May 27, 1724.

iv. Nathaniel Wakefield, born 1690-1707; died Unknown; married Hannah Emmons 1730.

v. James Wakefield, born 1690-1700; died Unknown; married Mary Durrell December 18, 1719.


Notes for James Wakefield:

James Wakefield, son of James and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield, was probably born at Saco. He married, December 18, 1719, Mary, daughter of Philip Durrell, of Kennebunkport, who came from Guernsey in 1700. In 1735, James Wakefield, with others, opposed an addition to the meeting house, probably desiring a change of location. In 1741 he was recorded as a resident of the "landing." On June 14, 1750, he, with other inhabitants of Kennebunk, incorporated, as a religious society, by the name of the Second Congregational Society in Wells. On the 6th of August, 1750, he was chosen one of the committee for calling a parish meeting.

vi. Gibbons Wakefield, born 1690-1707; died Unknown

416. John Wakefield 144, born 1605-1615 in England; died February 15, 1673/74 in Biddeford, ME. He married 417. Elizabeth Littlefield.
417. Elizabeth Littlefield, born 1627 in Titchfield, England; died 1661. She was the daughter of 834. Edmund Littlefield and 835. Annis Austin.

Notes for John Wakefield:
John Wakefield, the progenitor of the Maine family of Wakefields, was born in England. The first American record we have of him is a date Jan 1, 1636/7, when at a town meeting held at Salem he was assessed 15 shillings as an inhabitant of Marblehead, colony of Massachusetts Bay (Town Records of Salem).

This leads us to the decision, that as he probably did not come over in the winter, he must have come at least as long before as the summer or fall of 1636. At a town meeting held at Salem, December 26, 1638, among the several portions of land laid out at Marblehead, on the 14th of the same month, John Wakefield received his first American land grant of four acres "on the Neck," John Endicott and others signing the grant (Original Book of Grants of Salem, Essex County, Inst. Vol. 11, p. 74).

Owing to the unfortunate incompleteness of the early town records of Salem, Marblehead, Wells, Scarborough, and Saco (Biddeford), we are forever deprived of any records of the date of his birth, marriage to his wife, Elizabeth Littlefield, the place where it was solemnized, and the same of the birth of their children. In 1657 the house of Joseph Bowles, then town clerk of Wells, Maine was destroyed by fire, and with it the first volume of the town records. Prior to that, as will be seen, we have practically nothing, and even after that time, while the marriages are quite complete, the births and deaths are very meagre. Prior to 1641, John Wakefield lived in Salem. (Marblehead was set off as a separate town from Salem in 1648)

Our first record of John Wakefield in Maine is the date 1641, when he, with his brother-in-law, John Littlefield, was granted, under the authority of the Ligonia patent, what is now known as the "Great Hill Farm." The Hill at that time extended much farther into the sea than it does now, and with the projecting land at the eastern end was called, "The Great Neck." Neither of the mentioned grantees took possession of this grant, perhaps owing to uncertainty as to its being located within the bounds of the said grant.

John Wakefield settled in the town of Wells, where he attained considerable prominence. We have records of his services as commissioner and selectman in 1648, 1654, and 1657. The name of his father-in-law, Edmund Littlefield, occurs in the same capacity with his in each instance.

John Wakefield purchased Drake's Island, of Stephen Batson in 1652 where he removed in that year and resided there for two or three years. He then removed to Scarborough where he purchased land and resided for several years. From Scarborough he removed to that part of Biddeford, which is now Saco, where he continued living until his death. He was in Wells, July 2, 1657 when he witnessed a grant to John Barretts. On April 3, 1661, John Wakefield, then of Scarborough, but previously of Wells, sold to John Gooch, of his estate in Wells, one tract of marshland lying on the north side of the harbour, and abutting upon the sea southeast, upon the Mussell Ridge west, and joining to a tract of upland on the north side, which he also sold to Mr. Gooch, with the marsh lying on the west side of John Cross's upland, and is bounded by an old fence. The marsh was by estimation about ten acres and the upland, about two acres and a half. (York deeds, Book 1, folio 107).

On Sept 2, 1661, John Wakefield witnessed a deed by John Smyth of Dunstan, to James Gibbins of Saco. May 31, 1664, John Wakefield and his daughter Mary witnessed a deed by Mogg Hegone of Saco River to Major. William Phillips of Saco, and in July 1666, he was on a "jury of trials" at Wells, from Saco.

On Sept 10, 1670, Elizabeth, wife and attorney of John Wakefield "late of Marblehead, but now of Saco (alias Winter Harbor)", planter and being by him constituted his lawful attorney and empowered by one instrument or letter bearing the date August 9, 1670 sold for a consideration of ten pounds, to John Meager, of Boston, in New England, a merchant, a piece or parcel of land "situate, lying and being in the township of Marblehead, in New England, upon ye neck of land that lyeth on the south side of the great harbor, containing four acres, or more or less, as it was laid out to my said husband by the select townsmen of Marblehead, and allotted by a grant of the town of Salem." Acknowledged Sept 10, 1670; recorded Oct 17, 1749.

On Sept 22, 1666, at a general town meeting at Biddeford, the order of seating in the meeting house was voted on, and "Good wife Wakefield" was assigned section six. The tax list of Biddeford for June 25, 1672 mentions John Wakefield five shillings, perhaps a church rate.

John Wakefield married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund and Annis Littlefield, of Wells, whose death is not recorded. He died February 15, 1673/4 and is buried at Biddeford, Maine.

Children of John Wakefield and Elizabeth Littlefield are:

160 i. James Wakefield, born Bef. 1674; died October 25, 1707; married Rebecca Gibbons Bef. 1700.

ii. William Wakefield, born Bef. 1674; died October 25, 1707; married Rebecca Littlefield March 13, 1697/98.

iii. John Wakefield, born Bef. 1674; died Bef. January 1706/07; married Hestor Harbor.

iv. Henry Wakefield, born Bef. 1674; died Aft. March 1676/77.

v. Mary Wakefield, born Bef. 1674; died Unknown; married William Frost.

vi. Katherine Wakefield, born Bef. 1674; died Unknown; married Robert Nanny 1677-1694.

• Married: 11 APR 1823 in Steuben, Washington, ME U. S. A. ^{5 6 7 8}

• Married: BEF 1832
• Note: The 1850 Census lists a child living with the couple, named Emeline Leman or Inman. ³

1. Elisha C. WAKEFIELD b: 4 FEB 1833 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME U. S. A.
2. Alvera WAKEFIELD b: ABT 1834 in ME U. S. A.
3. Freeman WAKEFIELD b: ABT 1845 in ME U. S. A.

1. Abbrev: CENSUS
   Title: U. S. Government, United State of America Federal Census (Washington, D.C. National Archives microfilm publications)
   Page: 1850
2. Abbrev: Info from Brenda Frazer
   Title:
   Brenda Frazer
   bfrazer821@aol.com and thewiz5s210@aol.com
   
   http://members.theglobe.com/bfrazer57/ancestry/ancestry.htm
3. Abbrev: Remick Cemetery, Ellsworth, ME Gravestone
   Title: Remick Cemetery Gravestone Inscription, Bayside Road, Ellsworth, ME 04605
4. Abbrev: MA Soldiers and Sailors
   Title: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1896 [republished on CD by Ancestry.com])
   Text:
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Repository:
   Name: Patrick McDonald Personal Library
   Dural, NSW 2158
   AUSTRALIA
   
   Page: Vol. 16, p. 412
5. Abbrev: Wakefield Memorial
   Title:
   Wakefield Memorial
   
   
   Homer Wakefield, M. D., Wakefield Memorial, comprising an Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Register of the Name and Family of Wakefield (Bloomington, IL: privately printed, 1897)
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Repository:
   Name: Patrick McDonald Personal Library
   Dural, NSW 2158
   AUSTRALIA
   
   Page: p. 126
6. Abbrev: Info from Alice Beal
   Title:
   Alice Beal
   abb@nemaine.com
   24 Sep 2002
7. Abbrev: Narraguagus, Maine (Early Families of)
   Title:
   Early Families of Narraguagus, Maine
   
   
   (WASHINGTON COUNTY) NARRAGUAGUS, Early Families of. By Darryl B. Lamson and Leonard F. Tibbetts. 2 vols., approx. 1,568 pp., estimated 50,500 entry Every Name Index and 5,018 entry Place Name Index. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 2002. #2013 99.50
   
   With this work the authors intended to cover all families found to be living before 1850 in the Narraguagus River Valley which is comprised of the towns of Beddington, Cherryfield, Deblois, Devereaux, Harrington, Milbridge and Steuben. These are the westernmost towns located in Washington County, Maine. The families in this book have been identified from the names of settlers on lists and petitions in the region as well as from names shown in the U.S. Census from 1790 through 1850. The first reported English settler was Henry Dyer who came in about 1758 to Dyers Bay (Steuben).
   
   Prior to about 1783 any settlers near the Narraguagus River were at the mercy of the combatants in the French and Indian War, and were either killed or driven away, leaving no records. During the Revolutionary War, there was active, but not unanimous, support for the Colonial cause, and several Narraguagus men took part in the Battle of the Margaretta 12 June 1775. Further settlement of the townships was delayed by the war until after 1785 at which time, following a petition by the settlers, the townships were confirmed to the original proprietors upon conditions which included agreements for existing settlers to obtain ownership of their "improved" lands.
   
   The family records and relationships are based on the town records of births, marriages, and deaths many of which no longer survive in their original form. Some are available only as transcriptions made years ago and in many cases these are the only family records available today. The value of this study as with the authors' earlier publication Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine is incalculable.
   Repository:
   Name: Ellsworth Public Library
   Ellsworth, ME 04605
   U. S. A.
   
   Repository:
   Name: Patrick McDonald Personal Library
   Dural, NSW 2158
   AUSTRALIA
   
   Page: Vol. 2, p. 1034
8. Abbrev: Vital Records of Steuben, ME
   Title: Steuben, Maine: Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities
   
   Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities: Town of Steuben, births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions 1744-1891. CD-Rom, Adobe Acrobat PDF format with approximately 632 original pages, 2005. Picton Press, Rockland, ME. SKU: 6323; ISBN: 0897257545.
   
   Picton Press is pleased to bring you all of the vital records which exist for towns and cities in the state of Maine on CD format using Adobe PDF. This CD includes the records of the town of Steuben. Also included on this CD is a map of Maine showing the counties, a map of the county showing the location of the town/ city/ plantation, an introduction and bookmarks to sections in the original books.
   
   These are images of the actual records (most usually handwritten) and the quality of each image depends upon the quality of the records in the original books and the filming of those books. In many cases ink has faded over time or pages have been torn or worn from use.
   
   Repository:
   Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society
   Boston, MA 02116
   U. S. A.
   
   Page: p. 109
9. Abbrev: Info from George Marion Ray, Sr.
   Title:
   George Marion Ray, Sr.
   papanb2@aol.com
   Ellsworth, ME 04605 U. S. A.
   
   Information about the Ray and related families provided in Oct 1999 by my first cousin George Ray of Ellsworth, ME.