This cemetery was the private burial ground of the Stinchfield family. The cemetery's only marker, placed in 1934, is for Marshfield Paul. However Marshfield was not buried here, but likely buried in Indiana or Illinois.
Marshfield was the son of Samuel and Sarah (True) Paul, who married in New Gloucester in 1761. After widowed, Sarah remarried to Thomas Stinchfield of New Gloucester.
In 1779 Thomas Stinchfield and his brother Rogers came to this area by dugout canoe and established a homestead. The following spring they brought their families. The Leeds town history identifies Marshfield as age 12 that year. He and three others conveyed the families' belongings up the river to their new destination. The Stinchfields were the first white settlers in Leeds.
Marshfield Paul married to Betsey (last name unknown) and had about nine children from the years 1786 to 1803. His first born, named Samuel, died in 1789, and so another son was named Samuel in 1795.
Marshfield last appeared in Leeds census records in 1810, and in 1815 he sold his farm to Barnabas Howard. This deed is the last known record of Marshfield Paul in Leeds.
Marshfield appeared in the 1820 census in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, and in the 1830 census in Edgar County, Illinois. Though the two counties are in different states, the counties border, so the two residences were likely no more than 30 miles apart. In the 1850 census Marshfield's wife, listed as "Elizabeth," lived with their son Cyrus in Center township, Vanderburg County. Elizabeth was listed as age 86 and born in Massachusetts.
The death dates and burial places of Marshfield and Betsey Paul are unknown.
Marshfield's signature was found in the probate file of another Leeds resident.
Marshfield was the son of Samuel and Sarah (True) Paul, who married in New Gloucester in 1761. After widowed, Sarah remarried to Thomas Stinchfield of New Gloucester.
In 1779 Thomas Stinchfield and his brother Rogers came to this area by dugout canoe and established a homestead. The following spring they brought their families. The Leeds town history identifies Marshfield as age 12 that year. He and three others conveyed the families' belongings up the river to their new destination. The Stinchfields were the first white settlers in Leeds.
Marshfield Paul married to Betsey (last name unknown) and had about nine children from the years 1786 to 1803. His first born, named Samuel, died in 1789, and so another son was named Samuel in 1795.
Marshfield last appeared in Leeds census records in 1810, and in 1815 he sold his farm to Barnabas Howard. This deed is the last known record of Marshfield Paul in Leeds.
Marshfield appeared in the 1820 census in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, and in the 1830 census in Edgar County, Illinois. Though the two counties are in different states, the counties border, so the two residences were likely no more than 30 miles apart. In the 1850 census Marshfield's wife, listed as "Elizabeth," lived with their son Cyrus in Center township, Vanderburg County. Elizabeth was listed as age 86 and born in Massachusetts.
The death dates and burial places of Marshfield and Betsey Paul are unknown.
Marshfield's signature was found in the probate file of another Leeds resident.
This cemetery was the private burial ground of the Stinchfield family. The cemetery's only marker, placed in 1934, is for Marshfield Paul. However Marshfield was not buried here, but likely buried in Indiana or Illinois.
Marshfield was the son of Samuel and Sarah (True) Paul, who married in New Gloucester in 1761. After widowed, Sarah remarried to Thomas Stinchfield of New Gloucester.
In 1779 Thomas Stinchfield and his brother Rogers came to this area by dugout canoe and established a homestead. The following spring they brought their families. The Leeds town history identifies Marshfield as age 12 that year. He and three others conveyed the families' belongings up the river to their new destination. The Stinchfields were the first white settlers in Leeds.
Marshfield Paul married to Betsey (last name unknown) and had about nine children from the years 1786 to 1803. His first born, named Samuel, died in 1789, and so another son was named Samuel in 1795.
Marshfield last appeared in Leeds census records in 1810, and in 1815 he sold his farm to Barnabas Howard. This deed is the last known record of Marshfield Paul in Leeds.
Marshfield appeared in the 1820 census in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, and in the 1830 census in Edgar County, Illinois. Though the two counties are in different states, the counties border, so the two residences were likely no more than 30 miles apart. In the 1850 census Marshfield's wife, listed as "Elizabeth," lived with their son Cyrus in Center township, Vanderburg County. Elizabeth was listed as age 86 and born in Massachusetts.
The death dates and burial places of Marshfield and Betsey Paul are unknown.
Marshfield's signature was found in the probate file of another Leeds resident.
Marshfield was the son of Samuel and Sarah (True) Paul, who married in New Gloucester in 1761. After widowed, Sarah remarried to Thomas Stinchfield of New Gloucester.
In 1779 Thomas Stinchfield and his brother Rogers came to this area by dugout canoe and established a homestead. The following spring they brought their families. The Leeds town history identifies Marshfield as age 12 that year. He and three others conveyed the families' belongings up the river to their new destination. The Stinchfields were the first white settlers in Leeds.
Marshfield Paul married to Betsey (last name unknown) and had about nine children from the years 1786 to 1803. His first born, named Samuel, died in 1789, and so another son was named Samuel in 1795.
Marshfield last appeared in Leeds census records in 1810, and in 1815 he sold his farm to Barnabas Howard. This deed is the last known record of Marshfield Paul in Leeds.
Marshfield appeared in the 1820 census in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, and in the 1830 census in Edgar County, Illinois. Though the two counties are in different states, the counties border, so the two residences were likely no more than 30 miles apart. In the 1850 census Marshfield's wife, listed as "Elizabeth," lived with their son Cyrus in Center township, Vanderburg County. Elizabeth was listed as age 86 and born in Massachusetts.
The death dates and burial places of Marshfield and Betsey Paul are unknown.
Marshfield's signature was found in the probate file of another Leeds resident.
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