 1785 - 1870 (85 years)
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| Name |
Eliakim SCAMMON |
| Born |
6 Aug 1785 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
[1786] |
NH  |
| Birth |
[1785-1794] |
| Residence |
1810 |
Whitefield, Lincoln, ME |
- Eliakim Scammon
in the 1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliakim Scammon
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Whitefield, Lincoln, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 2
Year: 1810; Census Place: Whitefield, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 12; Page: 300; Image: 00304; Family History Library Film: 0218683
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| Residence |
1820 |
Pittston, Kennebec, ME |
- Eliakim Scammon
in the 1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliakim Scammon
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Pittston, Kennebec, Maine
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Commerce: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Pittston, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 513; NARA Roll: M33_35; Image: 81
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| Residence |
29 Aug 1850 |
Pittston, Kennebec, ME |
- Eliakine Scammon
in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliakine Scammon
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Birth Year: abt 1786
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1850: Pittston, Kennebec, Maine , USA
Occupation: Meth Clergyman
Industry: Welfare and religious services
Real Estate: 900
Line Number: 31
Dwelling Number: 293
Family Number: 304
Eliakine Scammon 64 Meth Clergyman NH
Joana Scammon 59 ME
Charles M Scammon 25 Ship master ME
Susan C Scammon 20 Me
Charles K Scammon 3/12 ME
Emely Tobey 14 ME
Year: 1850; Census Place: Pittston, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 258; Page: 160B
29 August 1850
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| Residence |
15 Jun 1860 |
Pittston, Kennebec, ME |
- Eliakim Scammon
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Eliakim Scammon
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1786
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New Hampshire
Home in 1860: Pittston, Kennebec, Maine
Post Office: Pittston
Dwelling Number: 185
Family Number: 191
Real Estate Value: 300
Personal Estate Value: 300
Eliakim Scammon 74 [None] NH
Alfred B Merrill 33 Blacksmith ME
Joanna Merrill 39 ME
Mary Baswell 21 Servant ME
Year: 1860; Census Place: Pittston, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 204; Family History Library Film: 803439
15 June 1860
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| Residence |
17 Jun 1870 |
Gardiner, Kennebec, ME |
- Elikaham Scammon
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Elikaham Scammon
[Eliakim Scammon ]
Age in 1870: 85
Birth Year: abt 1785
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Dwelling Number: 281
Home in 1870: Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Gardiner
Occupation: No Occupation
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Real Estate Value: 2000
Alfred B Merrill 43 No occupation ME
Joanna J S Merrill 48 Keeping house ME
Elikaham Scammon 85 No occupation NH
Year: 1870; Census Place: Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: M593_546; Page: 264B; Family History Library Film: 552045
17 June 1870
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| Died |
28 Nov 1870 |
| Buried |
- Eliakim Scammon
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Eliakim Scammon
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1785
Death Date: 28 Nov 1870
Cemetery: Maple Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92042744
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| Person ID |
I61084 |
4 February 2018 |
| Last Modified |
26 Jul 2020 |
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| Notes |
- http://www.mainething.com/maps/
19th century Maps of Whitefield
Aside the assorted plot plans by various surveyors, our first actual town map was created by selectman / tax collector Eliakim Scammon in 1816. It was drawn on calf or sheepskin parchment . He drew two maps - East of the Sheepscot River and West of the Sheepscot. Only the map of the East side survives today. This wonderful tool has a long and colorful history.
The Rev. Scammon was a remarkable man in that he was not only chosen to be one of the very first team of 1809 selectman (after marring another selectman's beautiful daughter) at such a young age, but that he chose to survey the town , producing one of the earliest tax maps of the rural regions Maine. This map gave teeth to the edict that he had registered in the courthouse in Wiscasset warning that those Whitefield landowners who were trying to evade paying their taxes on the notion that no one knew where or how much land they owned was now well documented.
For years these original maps were passed among townspeople ( loaned as it were, from the selectmen) who were interested in lumbering.
Sometime in the later part of the century the town had the map redrawn into a single version - this "Scammon Plan" was a composite of the earlier version and any revisions made later - It became quite a historic instrument, indeed it became so controversial in it's un-updated state, that it became reason enough to sabotage any effort to create a new "tax map" right up into the 1950's.
The original parchment was discovered in such a delicate and perilous condition that it was transferred to the Osher Map Library at USM for safekeeping and eventual reconstruction. Rudimentary digital images were made from it and can be accessed here.
The famous Chance 1857 subscription wall map of Lincoln County includes valuable data in that homeowners are listed - The Whitefield section can bee seen here also.
- http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/kennebec/gardiner/history/hanson/chapter8/chapter8.txt
The History of Gardiner, Pittston, and West Gardiner
with a sketch of the Kennebec Indians, and New Plymouth Purchase comprising
historical matter from 1602 to 1852
By J.W. Hanson
published by William Palmer 1852
E. Scammon became a local preacher in 1816, and continued such till 1836, when he joined the Annual Conference and still holds a superannuated relation to that body, but by a rheumatic affection in his limbs, he has been laid aside from efficient labors since 1839, and at this time in unable to go abroad.
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