 *[1731-1732] - Aft 1813
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| Name |
Samuel TRASK |
| Born |
*[1731-1732] |
- 1747 muster names Samuel minor son of Samuel Trask; baptism in 1732.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
30 Jul 1732 |
South Church/Middle Precinct [Peabody], Salem, Essex, MA  |
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| Military |
1747 |
| [See muster rolls in father's file] |
| Military |
30 Apr 1757 |
| Militia, Pownalborough |
| Residence |
March 1760 |
Beaver Dam at Freetown |
| Residence |
18 Jun 1760 |
Pownalborough, Lincoln, ME |
- https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2366660?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Maine, York County, Court of General Sessions of the Peace, court records, 1695-1866
Authors: Maine. Court of General Sessions of the Peace (York County)
Index to court record for Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions, 1695-1760
Granite Mountain Record Vault
United States & Canada Digital
5736555
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/005736555?cat=2366660
Court of Common Pleas case files, Box 134, Apr 1760-Oct 1760
Granite Mountain Record Vault
United States & Canada Digital
5736367
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/005736367?cat=1923498
[612/643]
Samuel Trask vs Michael Malcom
[613/643]
York ss George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c
To the Sheriff of our County of York his Under Sheriff or Deputy, Greeting.
We Comman you to Attache the Goods or Estate of Michael Malcom of Georgetown in our County of York yeoman...answer unto
Samuel Trask Junr of Pownalborough in the County aforesd yeoman In a Plea of the Case For that the sd Michael on the Tenth Day of April last being indebted to the Plt the Sum of Seven Pounds fourteen Shippings & Ten Pence Lawful Money for that sum by him...
18 June 1760
Trask, Samuel Jr
in the Maine Court Records, 1696-1854
Name: Trask, Samuel Jr
Plaintiff/Defendant: PLT
Residence: Pownalboro
Court: York Court of Common Pleas
Date: Oct 1760
Cause: DEBT
Location: 134-66
VolumeandPage: 15-184-10388-YORK
Ancestry.com. Maine Court Records, 1696-1854 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
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| Residence |
16 Jul 1761 |
Pownalborough, Lincoln, ME |
| Residence |
3 Jan 1762 |
Majabagaduce, Lincoln, ME |
- Documentary history of the state of Maine ..
by Maine Historical Society
Publication date 1869-1916
p 242
Petition of Ebenr Thorndike & others 1762
Province of the Massachusetts Bay Janry 3d 1762
...
We the Subscribers having been Soldiers at Fort Pownall and now Settled at a Place called Magebaggadeuse on the Eastern Side of Penobscott Bay, and others desirous of settling there themselves, or Settling other good Families in their Room...
...
John Trott
...
Samuel Trask [Sr]
...
Samuel Trott
...
David Trask [s Samuel]
...
Thomas Trask [s Samuel]
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John Trott
...
Thomas Trott
...
Samll Trask [s Samuel]
...
Joseph Trask [s Samuel]
...
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| Residence |
3 Nov 1766 |
Freetown, Lincoln, ME |
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUpIAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Documentary History of the State of Maine, Volume 13
p 443
The Petition of the Inhabitants of a Plantation called Freetown in the County of Lincoln Humbly Sheweth
That Frankfort in the West side of Pownalborough in said County the place where the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Court of Common Pleas are now held is very near the western side of said County and quite remote from, By far the greatest Part of the Inhabitants of said County and that there are but two or three Houses near said Place in Which People who have necessary business at said Court can have lodgings and Entertainment so that a great part of the People during their necessary attendance on said Courts are much distressed for Necessaries and are oblidged to lodge on a floor or in Barns or sit all night by the fire during the whole stay at said Court.
...
Solomon Trask
Samll Trask
Thomas Trask
Samuel Trask Junr
David Trask
Joseph Trask
Samuel Webber
...
In the House of Representatives 3 November 1766
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| Military |
1775-1779 |
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online)
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 16 Soldiers and Sailors
p 25
Trask, Joseph. Edgecomb. Return of men raised by the town of Edgecomb to serve in the Continental Army [year not given]; joined Capt Israel Davis's company, Colonel Wiggleworth's regiment;
also
Private, Captain Israel Davis's company, Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's regiment; return [year not given]; residence Edgecomb; engage for town of Edgecomb; mustered by Col Sewall.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online)
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 16 Soldiers and Sailors
p 28
Trask, Samuel. Edgecomn. Private, Captain Israel Davis's company, Colonel Joseph Frye's regiment; marched from home March 7, 1776; service to May 31, 1776, 2 months 25 days, in defence of seacoast;
also
same company; service from 1 June 1776 to 5 December 1776, 6 months 5 days, at Boothbay in defence of seacoast.
p 29
Trask, Samuel. (Also given Samuel Jr) Edgecomb. Return of men raised to serive in the Continental Army, as returned by Moses Noyes, Chairman of Selectmen and Committee of Newbury; residence Edgecomb; engage for town of Newbury; joined Capt Bayley's company, Colonel Jackson's regiment; term 3 years
also
Private, Captain Wiley's company, Colonel Michael Jackson's regimentl Continental Army pay accounts for service from 10 March 1777 to31 December 1779
also
Captain John Bayley's company, Colonel Jackson's regiemnt; pay abstract made up to 26 May 1777; enlisted 10 April 1777
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| Residence |
15 Apr 1782 |
Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME |
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| Residence |
1790 |
Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME |
- Saml Trask
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Saml Trask
[Jame Frash]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1 [1774-1790] [James]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2 [Samuel, Samuel]
Free White Persons - Females: 1 [Dorcas]
Number of Household Members: 4
Year: 1790; Census Place: Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 268; Image: 155; Family History Library Film: 0568142
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| Residence |
1800 |
Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME |
- Samuel Trask
in the 1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Samuel Trask
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Edgecombe, Lincoln, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 [1790-1800]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 [1775-1784] [James]
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 5
Year: 1800; Census Place: Edgecombe, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 626; Image: 408; Family History Library Film: 218676
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| Residence |
10 May 1813 |
Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME |
| Died |
Aft 1813 |
- Readex Newspaper Database University of Maine Folger Library
News Article page 6
Date January 30, 1827
Source
Watchman (published as VERMONT WATCHMAN AND STATE GAZETTE.)
Place(s) of Publication Montpelier, Vermont
Instance of Longevity-90 years and upwards
...
Wid Dorcas Trask, Edgecomb, Me 93
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| Person ID |
I50612 |
4 February 2018 |
| Last Modified |
13 Feb 2021 |
| Father |
Samuel TRASK, b. *[1703-1706], d. Bef 1790 CENSUS |
| Mother |
Hannah STEWART, d. [MAY 1790] |
| _MARI |
21 Nov 1730 |
Salem, Essex, MA |
- https://archive.org/details/publishmentsofin00sale/page/8/mode/2up?q=
Publishments of the intentions of marriage of the town of Salem. vol 1 1708-1760
by Salem (Mass.)
Publication date 1891
p 9
Salem New England Anno 1726-7
...
Samuel Trask Junr & Elia Lyndsey both of Salem March 4th
...
p 14
Samll Trask & Hannah Steward, both of Salem November 21 1730
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| Married |
28 Dec 1730 |
Salem, Essex, MA |
- Samuel Trask
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Name Samuel Trask
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Dec 1730
Event Place Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Hannah Steward
Spouse's Gender Female
Citing this Record
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-VJJ5 : 13 July 2016), Samuel Trask and Hannah Steward, 28 Dec 1730; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 761,210.
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Reference ID Vol. 5, page 24
GS Film Number 761210
Digital Folder Number 007009571
Image Number 00126
1730 Dec 28 Samuel Trask and Hannah Steward of Salem.
- Samuel Trask
mentioned in the record of Samuel Trask and Hannah Steward
Name Samuel Trask
Spouse's Name Hannah Steward
Event Date 28 Dec 1730
Event Place Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Citing this Record
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTP-1ZX : 4 December 2014), Samuel Trask and Hannah Steward, 28 Dec 1730; citing reference Vol. 5, page 24; FHL microfilm 761,210.
No image available
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
Indexing Project (Batch) Number M00404-7
System Origin Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number 761210
Reference ID Vol. 5, page 24
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| Family ID |
F15500 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Dorcas, b. 16 Oct 1733, d. [JANUARY 1827], Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME |
| Married |
C 1755 |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph TRASK, b. SAY 1754, d. Bef 1810 CENSUS? |
| | 2. Elizabeth TRASK, b. 31 Dec 1756, Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME , d. BY 1762 (Age 5 years) |
| | 3. Samuel TRASK, b. 7 Mar 1758, Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME , d. Aft 1803 (Age > 46 years) |
| | 4. Moses TRASK, b. 6 May 1760, d. 23 Nov 1838 (Age 78 years) |
| | 5. Mary TRASK, b. [1761], d. 16 Dec 1845 |
| | 6. Elizabeth TRASK, b. 28 Aug 1762, d. Bef 1860 CENSUS |
| | 7. Obadiah TRASK, b. 4 Mar 1765, d. 18 Dec 1835 (Age 70 years) |
| | 8. William TRASK, b. 23 Mar 1767, d. 19 Dec 1825, Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME (Age 58 years) |
| | 9. Lois TRASK, b. Bef 1769, d. Bef 1800 CENSUS? |
| | 10. James TRASK, b. *[1775-1790], d. C 1816 |
| | 11. Abigail TRASK, b. *[1761-1765], d. Bef 1840 CENSUS? |
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| Family ID |
F16758 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Revolutionary War: 3 in MA SS for Edgecomb. Consistent for 1 person. More likely to be son.
Revolutionary War Land Bounty Pension: Nil
Maine at Valley Forge: Samuel Trask r Edgecomb, probably son
Balltown 1777: Nil
Census 1810: Nil as head of household. Not in the households of any apparent children
Edgecomb Assessmet 1791: Samuel Trask 1
Edgecomb Assessment 1791: Samuel Trask 1
Edgecomb Assessment 1792: Samuel Trask 1
French and Indian: See father
Lincoln County Probate: Nil
The Hallowell Trasks are not closely related.
Some suggest that the Samuel Trask m Mary Mason 1755 in Salem is the same. There is also a deed 1760 Elias Trask to Samuel Trask.
Some have m2 Lois Gove, but it is known that Dorcas outlived her husband.
In 1790, Moses Trask, Joseph Trask and Samuel Trask households are listed in succession. It is difficult to reconcile the individuals living in these households, and they may be a mixture of different families, all descendants of Samuel and Dorcas. John Dresser Davis m Lois Trask has not been found to be the head of household in any census, and any children they may have had could be in any of the three Trask households.
Children
According to death notice of wife Dorcas, there are 9 children.
Family record in Edgecomb gives 6 children
Betsey: Family record
Samuel: Family record
Moses: Family record. m 1781 Edgecomb
Elizabeth: Family record. m Joseph Huff who Samuel Jr sold land adjacent to family farm. Called brother to Moses Trask in his pension file
Obadiah: Family record. r Boothbay
William: Family record. m 1787 Boothybay
Is Joseph Trask m Elizabeth Colby a son? He is apparently living near Samuel in 1790 census.
Is Mary Trask b? 1767 m 1805 James Hodge a daughter? Not in household 1790 1800
- Family Record at Edgecomb
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/335712?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Town and vital records, 1774-1932
Authors: Edgecomb (Maine). Town Clerk
Town and vital records, 1774-1932
Family History Library
United States & Canada Film
10845
7834654
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834654?cat=335712
[164/829]
p 304
Samuel Trask Jr Son to Samuel Trask was born in Edgecomb October 24 1731
Dorcas Trask his wife was born Oct 16 1733
Betsey Trask was born Dec 31 1756
Samuel Trask Jr was born March 7 1758
Moses Trask was born May 6 1760
Elizabeth Trask was born Aug 28 1762
Obadiah Trask was born March 4 1765
William Trask was born March 23 1767
- Samuel Trask's Deposition
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901
Authors: Lincoln County (Maine). Register of Deeds
Land records v. 82-83 1812-1813
Family History Library
United States & Canada 2nd Floor Film
11399
8296828
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008296828?cat=352440
[318/516]
I Samuel Trask of Edgecomb in the County of Lincoln Aged eighty two years [1731] testify & Say that in the Month of March in the year Seventeen hundred & Sixty [March 1760] I entered & took possession of a Beaver Dam at the foot of a fresh Water pond in a place called Freetown now Egecomb, at this time the Water was flowed about four feet perpendicular in said pond at said Beaver Dam. I then cut a hole about six feet wide & drained off the waters I think about four feet. I Last fall pointed out how Low I drew off the Water by making a mark on a rock situated Just above said Dam in presence of John B Dearing & Moses Huff 2d in the year seventeen hundred & Sixty in the fall of the Year I rebuilt said dam at the foot of said pond & flowed the Water about three & a half feet as occasion required until the Spring of Seventeen hundred & Seventy eight when I took up the Dam in order that the fish might run up (which they did) all the aforesaid described time I had quiet & peaceable possession of said pond & Dam & no person even claimed any right or objects to its being flowed as aforesaid
Samuel Trask
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln Ss
Town of Edgecomb this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirteen, personally appeared before us the Subscribors, two Justices of the peace in & for the County of Lincoln. Quorum Unus, the afresaid deponent, and after being carefully examined, & duly cautioned to testify the whole truth, & nothing but the truth made oath that the aforegoing deposition by him subscribed is true.
Taken at the request of Stephen Parsons Esq, to be preserved in perpetual remembrances of the thing We not knowing any person liveing within twenty Miles of said place of Caption interested in the property whereunto the aforesaid Depposition relates did not notify any persons to attend
Saml Parker, Thos Cunningham
Justices of the Peace Quorum Unus
Recd May 11 1813 & entered & examined
by Warren Regr
- Lot 19 in Pownalborough
See Benjamin Pomeroy m Ann.
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901
Authors: Lincoln County (Maine). Register of Deeds
Land records v. 4-5 1764-1767
Family History Library
United States & Canada 2nd Floor Film
11360
8296945
https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008296945?cat=352440
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Volume 4 Page 15
Samuel Trask yeoman Pownalborough
John Searles cordwainer Rowley
49 pounds
land in Pownalborough described
100 acres
Lot No 19 in the survey of the settlers Lotts
northeast by Lot No 18
southeast on a cove in Whiscasick Bay
southwesterly by Lot No 20
northwest by undivided lands belonging to the Whiscasick Proprietors
40 perches in width
also 1/4 acre in the town or home lots on Whiscasick Point in Pownalborough
...or any persons claiming from by or under me, as also against Samuel Denny Esq and Benjamin Pumroy Labourer both of Georgetown in the County and province aforesaid...but against no other claims whatsoever.
Dorcas Trask wife of Samuel Trask do quit all my Right of Dowry or thirds
16 July 1761
Samuel Trask
Dorcas Trask [Her mark]
Wit: Jona Williamson, David Silvester
Received 27 September 1764
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