Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900: Andrew Blithen was born on 2 Jan 1795 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine to James Blithen.
According to the Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Andrew Blethen was born 2 Jan 1795 (discrepancy) in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine to James Blethen & Sally Bryan and married Arzilla Gerrish in 1820. According to the IGI also there, Andrew Blethen died in 1879.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Arzilla Gerrish on 12 Feb 1820 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine AND Andrew Blethen married Arsilla Gerrish in 1820 in Pownal, Cumberland, Maine.
1850 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p264: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Durham, listed with wife, Arzilla, 50 and children, M, 23, A, 21, Caroline, 16, Westly?, 14 and G, 12.
1860 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p38: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Arzilla, 59 and son, Greenleaf, 21.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Jane (or Jame) A Cole on 4 Mar 1866 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
1870 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p30: Andrew Blethen, age 75 (discrepancy), born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Jane A, 48 and son, Greenleaf, 30 & his wife, Clara, 26 and their son, William, 1 and another son? or grandson?, George A, 14 as well as domestic servant, Julia Mansfield, 27.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 26 Sep 1878 p3: "DEATH---Mr. Andrew Blethen, one of the oldest citizens of Foxcroft, died quite suddenly at his home on Friday. He cleared the settlement and built a saw mill at where is now known as 'Blethen's Mills.' His age was 83 years. He was a brother of Major Isaac Blethen, who is yet living at 78 years of age."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 12 Dec 1878 p2: "OBITUARY---I may not be improper, though this article has been somewhat delayed, to give more than a passing notice of the recent decease of these two venerable citizens of this county, who were among the early settlers of Dover and Foxcroft.
Andrew Blethen who died at his home in Foxcroft, whose age was almost eighty-three years, was born in Durham on the Androscoggin river; came to Foxcroft in 1818, and lived a short time in Foxcroft, in a house on what is now Main street, near the present site of Foxcroft Exchange. Thence he moved to Dover, lived on the northerly side of Main street a few years, whence he returned to Foxcroft, bought a lot of land near the village, being Lot No. 11, Range 2, and built a house thereon, now standing, nearly opposite the residence of Mrs. Ira Whittier in Foxcroft. Mr. Blethen grubbed out the road, now North street, which then seemed too miry, ever to become the smooth, solid thoroughfare it now is. He lived many years on this place which contained the solitary dwelling then out of the village, but now by extension in it, on the east side of the street.
In about the year 1840, he moved to the then wilderness portion of Foxcroft, in which Mr. Nathaniel Gray now resides, built a mill, in fact laying the foundation of an important settlement. Having an eye on the development of his town, and possessing the courage of a pioneer, in 1858, or thereabout he penetrated the forest for a new home on the shore of Sebec Lake, in Foxcroft, and started the mills now called 'Blethen's Mills.' This was then a wild region, with no means of ingress or egress by land except a bridle path bushed through the woods with his own hands. Here he devoted himself to the building up of a good farm, really paving the way for nearly all the enterprise which has followed in that region, and upon and about Sebec Lake.
Scarcely any man did so much to settle and improve the town of Foxcroft and create auxiliaries to its business as Mr. Blethen. As municipal officer of Foxcroft, at an early day, and in other trusts, he was always faithful. He raised, and educated so far as circumstances allowed, a family of children, all of whom have been respectable but most of whom are deceased.
In 1833 or 1834 he made a profession of religion and became a member of the F. W. B. church, to which faith he always adhered. So impressed was he with the spirit and importance of the religion which he had embraced, that he ever afterwards when health and opportunity would permit, without expectation of pecuniary reward, traveled into various districts and places to preach to those who otherwise would have had no opportunity of hearing the gospel from the sacred desk. A patriot and a lover of liberty, he sought, in all the relations of life, to be governed solely by what is right...
We of to-day owe a debt of gratitude to these veteran citizens, who are passing away, but whose virtues should be commemorated; and of such as Andrew Blethen and Sylvanus Longley, we may heartily and truly say, not because they are dead, because justice demands it:---'De mortuis nil nisi bonum.' A. G. Lebroke"
According to the Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Andrew Blethen was born 2 Jan 1795 (discrepancy) in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine to James Blethen & Sally Bryan and married Arzilla Gerrish in 1820. According to the IGI also there, Andrew Blethen died in 1879.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Arzilla Gerrish on 12 Feb 1820 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine AND Andrew Blethen married Arsilla Gerrish in 1820 in Pownal, Cumberland, Maine.
1850 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p264: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Durham, listed with wife, Arzilla, 50 and children, M, 23, A, 21, Caroline, 16, Westly?, 14 and G, 12.
1860 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p38: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Arzilla, 59 and son, Greenleaf, 21.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Jane (or Jame) A Cole on 4 Mar 1866 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
1870 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p30: Andrew Blethen, age 75 (discrepancy), born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Jane A, 48 and son, Greenleaf, 30 & his wife, Clara, 26 and their son, William, 1 and another son? or grandson?, George A, 14 as well as domestic servant, Julia Mansfield, 27.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 26 Sep 1878 p3: "DEATH---Mr. Andrew Blethen, one of the oldest citizens of Foxcroft, died quite suddenly at his home on Friday. He cleared the settlement and built a saw mill at where is now known as 'Blethen's Mills.' His age was 83 years. He was a brother of Major Isaac Blethen, who is yet living at 78 years of age."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 12 Dec 1878 p2: "OBITUARY---I may not be improper, though this article has been somewhat delayed, to give more than a passing notice of the recent decease of these two venerable citizens of this county, who were among the early settlers of Dover and Foxcroft.
Andrew Blethen who died at his home in Foxcroft, whose age was almost eighty-three years, was born in Durham on the Androscoggin river; came to Foxcroft in 1818, and lived a short time in Foxcroft, in a house on what is now Main street, near the present site of Foxcroft Exchange. Thence he moved to Dover, lived on the northerly side of Main street a few years, whence he returned to Foxcroft, bought a lot of land near the village, being Lot No. 11, Range 2, and built a house thereon, now standing, nearly opposite the residence of Mrs. Ira Whittier in Foxcroft. Mr. Blethen grubbed out the road, now North street, which then seemed too miry, ever to become the smooth, solid thoroughfare it now is. He lived many years on this place which contained the solitary dwelling then out of the village, but now by extension in it, on the east side of the street.
In about the year 1840, he moved to the then wilderness portion of Foxcroft, in which Mr. Nathaniel Gray now resides, built a mill, in fact laying the foundation of an important settlement. Having an eye on the development of his town, and possessing the courage of a pioneer, in 1858, or thereabout he penetrated the forest for a new home on the shore of Sebec Lake, in Foxcroft, and started the mills now called 'Blethen's Mills.' This was then a wild region, with no means of ingress or egress by land except a bridle path bushed through the woods with his own hands. Here he devoted himself to the building up of a good farm, really paving the way for nearly all the enterprise which has followed in that region, and upon and about Sebec Lake.
Scarcely any man did so much to settle and improve the town of Foxcroft and create auxiliaries to its business as Mr. Blethen. As municipal officer of Foxcroft, at an early day, and in other trusts, he was always faithful. He raised, and educated so far as circumstances allowed, a family of children, all of whom have been respectable but most of whom are deceased.
In 1833 or 1834 he made a profession of religion and became a member of the F. W. B. church, to which faith he always adhered. So impressed was he with the spirit and importance of the religion which he had embraced, that he ever afterwards when health and opportunity would permit, without expectation of pecuniary reward, traveled into various districts and places to preach to those who otherwise would have had no opportunity of hearing the gospel from the sacred desk. A patriot and a lover of liberty, he sought, in all the relations of life, to be governed solely by what is right...
We of to-day owe a debt of gratitude to these veteran citizens, who are passing away, but whose virtues should be commemorated; and of such as Andrew Blethen and Sylvanus Longley, we may heartily and truly say, not because they are dead, because justice demands it:---'De mortuis nil nisi bonum.' A. G. Lebroke"
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900: Andrew Blithen was born on 2 Jan 1795 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine to James Blithen.
According to the Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Andrew Blethen was born 2 Jan 1795 (discrepancy) in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine to James Blethen & Sally Bryan and married Arzilla Gerrish in 1820. According to the IGI also there, Andrew Blethen died in 1879.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Arzilla Gerrish on 12 Feb 1820 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine AND Andrew Blethen married Arsilla Gerrish in 1820 in Pownal, Cumberland, Maine.
1850 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p264: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Durham, listed with wife, Arzilla, 50 and children, M, 23, A, 21, Caroline, 16, Westly?, 14 and G, 12.
1860 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p38: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Arzilla, 59 and son, Greenleaf, 21.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Jane (or Jame) A Cole on 4 Mar 1866 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
1870 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p30: Andrew Blethen, age 75 (discrepancy), born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Jane A, 48 and son, Greenleaf, 30 & his wife, Clara, 26 and their son, William, 1 and another son? or grandson?, George A, 14 as well as domestic servant, Julia Mansfield, 27.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 26 Sep 1878 p3: "DEATH---Mr. Andrew Blethen, one of the oldest citizens of Foxcroft, died quite suddenly at his home on Friday. He cleared the settlement and built a saw mill at where is now known as 'Blethen's Mills.' His age was 83 years. He was a brother of Major Isaac Blethen, who is yet living at 78 years of age."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 12 Dec 1878 p2: "OBITUARY---I may not be improper, though this article has been somewhat delayed, to give more than a passing notice of the recent decease of these two venerable citizens of this county, who were among the early settlers of Dover and Foxcroft.
Andrew Blethen who died at his home in Foxcroft, whose age was almost eighty-three years, was born in Durham on the Androscoggin river; came to Foxcroft in 1818, and lived a short time in Foxcroft, in a house on what is now Main street, near the present site of Foxcroft Exchange. Thence he moved to Dover, lived on the northerly side of Main street a few years, whence he returned to Foxcroft, bought a lot of land near the village, being Lot No. 11, Range 2, and built a house thereon, now standing, nearly opposite the residence of Mrs. Ira Whittier in Foxcroft. Mr. Blethen grubbed out the road, now North street, which then seemed too miry, ever to become the smooth, solid thoroughfare it now is. He lived many years on this place which contained the solitary dwelling then out of the village, but now by extension in it, on the east side of the street.
In about the year 1840, he moved to the then wilderness portion of Foxcroft, in which Mr. Nathaniel Gray now resides, built a mill, in fact laying the foundation of an important settlement. Having an eye on the development of his town, and possessing the courage of a pioneer, in 1858, or thereabout he penetrated the forest for a new home on the shore of Sebec Lake, in Foxcroft, and started the mills now called 'Blethen's Mills.' This was then a wild region, with no means of ingress or egress by land except a bridle path bushed through the woods with his own hands. Here he devoted himself to the building up of a good farm, really paving the way for nearly all the enterprise which has followed in that region, and upon and about Sebec Lake.
Scarcely any man did so much to settle and improve the town of Foxcroft and create auxiliaries to its business as Mr. Blethen. As municipal officer of Foxcroft, at an early day, and in other trusts, he was always faithful. He raised, and educated so far as circumstances allowed, a family of children, all of whom have been respectable but most of whom are deceased.
In 1833 or 1834 he made a profession of religion and became a member of the F. W. B. church, to which faith he always adhered. So impressed was he with the spirit and importance of the religion which he had embraced, that he ever afterwards when health and opportunity would permit, without expectation of pecuniary reward, traveled into various districts and places to preach to those who otherwise would have had no opportunity of hearing the gospel from the sacred desk. A patriot and a lover of liberty, he sought, in all the relations of life, to be governed solely by what is right...
We of to-day owe a debt of gratitude to these veteran citizens, who are passing away, but whose virtues should be commemorated; and of such as Andrew Blethen and Sylvanus Longley, we may heartily and truly say, not because they are dead, because justice demands it:---'De mortuis nil nisi bonum.' A. G. Lebroke"
According to the Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Andrew Blethen was born 2 Jan 1795 (discrepancy) in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine to James Blethen & Sally Bryan and married Arzilla Gerrish in 1820. According to the IGI also there, Andrew Blethen died in 1879.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Arzilla Gerrish on 12 Feb 1820 in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine AND Andrew Blethen married Arsilla Gerrish in 1820 in Pownal, Cumberland, Maine.
1850 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p264: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Durham, listed with wife, Arzilla, 50 and children, M, 23, A, 21, Caroline, 16, Westly?, 14 and G, 12.
1860 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p38: Andrew Blethen, age 65, born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Arzilla, 59 and son, Greenleaf, 21.
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907: Andrew Blethen married Jane (or Jame) A Cole on 4 Mar 1866 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.
1870 census of Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine p30: Andrew Blethen, age 75 (discrepancy), born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Jane A, 48 and son, Greenleaf, 30 & his wife, Clara, 26 and their son, William, 1 and another son? or grandson?, George A, 14 as well as domestic servant, Julia Mansfield, 27.
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 26 Sep 1878 p3: "DEATH---Mr. Andrew Blethen, one of the oldest citizens of Foxcroft, died quite suddenly at his home on Friday. He cleared the settlement and built a saw mill at where is now known as 'Blethen's Mills.' His age was 83 years. He was a brother of Major Isaac Blethen, who is yet living at 78 years of age."
Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 12 Dec 1878 p2: "OBITUARY---I may not be improper, though this article has been somewhat delayed, to give more than a passing notice of the recent decease of these two venerable citizens of this county, who were among the early settlers of Dover and Foxcroft.
Andrew Blethen who died at his home in Foxcroft, whose age was almost eighty-three years, was born in Durham on the Androscoggin river; came to Foxcroft in 1818, and lived a short time in Foxcroft, in a house on what is now Main street, near the present site of Foxcroft Exchange. Thence he moved to Dover, lived on the northerly side of Main street a few years, whence he returned to Foxcroft, bought a lot of land near the village, being Lot No. 11, Range 2, and built a house thereon, now standing, nearly opposite the residence of Mrs. Ira Whittier in Foxcroft. Mr. Blethen grubbed out the road, now North street, which then seemed too miry, ever to become the smooth, solid thoroughfare it now is. He lived many years on this place which contained the solitary dwelling then out of the village, but now by extension in it, on the east side of the street.
In about the year 1840, he moved to the then wilderness portion of Foxcroft, in which Mr. Nathaniel Gray now resides, built a mill, in fact laying the foundation of an important settlement. Having an eye on the development of his town, and possessing the courage of a pioneer, in 1858, or thereabout he penetrated the forest for a new home on the shore of Sebec Lake, in Foxcroft, and started the mills now called 'Blethen's Mills.' This was then a wild region, with no means of ingress or egress by land except a bridle path bushed through the woods with his own hands. Here he devoted himself to the building up of a good farm, really paving the way for nearly all the enterprise which has followed in that region, and upon and about Sebec Lake.
Scarcely any man did so much to settle and improve the town of Foxcroft and create auxiliaries to its business as Mr. Blethen. As municipal officer of Foxcroft, at an early day, and in other trusts, he was always faithful. He raised, and educated so far as circumstances allowed, a family of children, all of whom have been respectable but most of whom are deceased.
In 1833 or 1834 he made a profession of religion and became a member of the F. W. B. church, to which faith he always adhered. So impressed was he with the spirit and importance of the religion which he had embraced, that he ever afterwards when health and opportunity would permit, without expectation of pecuniary reward, traveled into various districts and places to preach to those who otherwise would have had no opportunity of hearing the gospel from the sacred desk. A patriot and a lover of liberty, he sought, in all the relations of life, to be governed solely by what is right...
We of to-day owe a debt of gratitude to these veteran citizens, who are passing away, but whose virtues should be commemorated; and of such as Andrew Blethen and Sylvanus Longley, we may heartily and truly say, not because they are dead, because justice demands it:---'De mortuis nil nisi bonum.' A. G. Lebroke"
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