Farmer at Harrington, ME [HAR CENSUS 1830-1870]
Living in Harrington with Charles Everett Curtis on Harrington Census 1880.
Occupation: Seaman
In the 1880 Harrington Census, she lived with the family of Otis Watson.
In the 1900 Harrington Census she lived with the family of Bridget Johnson.
Unmarried, and listed as "insane" in the 1880 Census.
Lived with the family of Otis Watson between 1870-1880.
Lived with the family of Bridget Johnson in 1900.
Unmarried and listed as "insane" on the 1870-1880 Harrington Census.
The first of this family to settle here was Thomas, a son of Thomas Look, a collier at the Lynn Iron Works. The father, born about 1622, settled in Massachusetts, whither he had come probably from Scotland to follow his trade at the newly established iron foundry at Lynn. The name Look is derived from the biblical Luke, and the first settler so spelled it. It is a name found in Scotland before 1600 among the rentallers of the Archbishop of Glasgow. [*In the next century there were several opulent merchants of the name of Luke in the city of Glasgow. It is also of record that a considerable number of Scotchmen were employed at the Lynn Iron Works (Essex Antiquarian, XII, 70). A Thomas Lucke was a merchant of Penthurst, Co. Kent, in 1662 (Suff. Deeds, IV, 35).] Thomas, the collier, became one of the original ten associates of Salisbury in 1659 who purchased Nantucket, and through this transaction his son Thomas, born June, 1646, removed to that island about 1670 and took up the share as a settler. There he married Elizabeth Bunker, and four of his six known children are recorded as born there.
The date of his removal to Tisbury may be placed about 1685-6, as he made the first purchase of land in town on Feb. 15, 1686, acquiring of Joseph Merry the valuable water and mill privilege on the Tiasquin which his descendants improved for over a century. [*Dukes Deeds, I, 290.] Here he spent the rest of his days, following the occupation of a miller until his death. He was a selectman in 1688 and 1695, surveyor of highways in 1689, and deputy sheriff of the county in 1699, besides the usual services as juror. He was one of four dissenters against extending a call to Rev. Josiah Torrey as minister, but the reasons for this are not known. [*Tisbury Records, 42.]
His will, dated Dec. 4, 1725, when he was four score years of age, was signed with "his mark," probably because of infirmities or disability from illness. It was probated in January, 1726, and we may conclude that he had died in the latter part of the previous year, making some allowance for the time before the will was presented for the action of the court. [*Dukes Probate, II, 3.] He called himself "miller" in this testament, and bequeathed all his property to his son Samuel and five daughters.
[The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume II, Annals of West Tisbury: pp. 25 - 65]
Lived at Addison, 1840 Census, removed to Boston.
John married Mary's daughter Sara Ann (his step-daughter), after Mary's death.
John, Mary, and Sarah are buried together at the Trundy Cemetery, Addison, ME.
John married Mary's daughter Sara Ann (his step-daughter), after Mary's death.
John, Mary, and Sarah are buried together at the Trundy Cemetery, Addison, ME.
Occupation: Master House Carpenter
Moved to Harrington, ME after John's death, and lived with family of daughter Emily Plummer.
Farmer at Cape Split, Addison Census 1840-1870.
Painter and house joiner, lived at Harrington 1840, and at Addison 1850-1860. Probably moved to Boston, MA.
Master Painter.
Master House Carpenter
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