Shadrach Watson Black Sr. (1777 - 1855)

Born 10 Jul 1777 in Naskeag, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Gray) Black — married 28 Dec 1799 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1855 at age 78 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, USA

Biography

Shadrack Watson Black; b. 10 Jul 1777 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for he and Phebe Gray, daughter of James Gray and Elizabeth Howard, were published 28 Dec 1800 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 1 Dec 1855 at age 78; Æ 78y 5m; he was buried 3 Dec 1855 at Babson Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine. Shedrack served as selectman in 1804. 1850 census. he was living with Ruth, age 60 in 1850 census.

Known children of Shadrack Watson Black and Phebe Gray all b. at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. LUCY; b. 24 Jul 1800; b. 24 Jul 1801 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for she and Jacob Orcutt, son of Jacob Orcutt and Ann (--?--), were published 18 Oct 1821 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; They were both from Brooksville; m. Jacob Orcutt, son of Jacob Orcutt and Ann (--?--), 26 Dec 1821.
• ii. POLLY; b. 7 Oct 1802; baptized 23 Mar 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for her and Samuel Gray II were published 27 Mar 1824; (Sedgwick Record); she and Samuel Gray II were cert 2 May 1824; m. Johnson Cunningham, son of James E. Cunningham Jr. and Sally Knowles, 25 Apr 1825 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 30 Apr 1878 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 75. She was also known as Mary Black.
• iii. PHEBE; b. 28 Jul 1804; baptized 24 Feb 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for she and Levi C. Gray, son of John Gray and Rebecca Gray, were published 4 Aug 1824; d. 28 Dec 1869 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 65; age 57 years.
• iv. SHADRACK JR.; b. 9 Jun 1807; baptized 24 Feb 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for him and Rozella Bridges were published 29 Sep 1833 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; d. 21 Jun 1874 at Maine at age 67; he was buried at Gray's Hill Cemetery, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 24 Jul 1850 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 10 Jun 1870 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. He was a farmer. The house that Shadrack and Rozella lived in still stands on Little Deer Isle and is occupied by Rozella (Black) Powers descendants.
• v. REUBEN; b. 22 Sep 1809; baptized 24 Feb 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.
• vi. SALLY; b. 18 Jun 1811^[1]; baptized 24 Feb 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for she and Merrill C. Herrick, son of Samuel Herrick and Lucy Black, were published 5 Dec 1835; m. Merrill C. Herrick, son of Samuel Herrick and Lucy Black, 24 Dec 1835 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; She was AKA Sara Black. They were first cousins; d. 3 Apr 1885 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, at age 73; she was buried 5 Apr 1885 at Gray Cemetery, South Penobscot, Hancock, Maine.
• vii. ABIGAIL EATON; b. 30 Sep 1813^[2]; baptized 24 Feb 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; was listed as Abigail Watson Black; m. James W. Freathey Jr., son of James Freethy and Mary Gray, 9 Jan 1834 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 1837; d. 1857 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; she and James W. Freathey Jr. were buried at Naskeag Point Cemetery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.
• viii. DAVID; b. 27 Mar 1816; m. Louise Freethy, daughter of James Freethy and Mary Gray, circa 1838; m. Almira Candage, daughter of Joseph Candage and Sarah Dodge Friend, 1847 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 16 Jun 1862 at age 46; he was buried at Babson Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, Æ 46y 2m 20d. He appeared on the census of 14 Jun 1860 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.
• ix. BETSY; b. 18 Mar 1818^[3]; baptized 24 May 1818 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Marriage banns for she and George Washington Gray, son of Andrew Gray Jr. and Ruth Rigs Bray, were published 27 Apr 1841; d. 13 Jun 1895 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 77; she was buried at Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine.

Shadrach was born in 1777.

• Fact: Residence (1810) Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Fact: Residence (1820) Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Fact: Residence (1840) Deer Isle, Hancock
• Fact: Residence (1840) Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Fact: Residence (1850) Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Shedrack served as selectman in 1804. Living with Ruth, age 60 in 1850 census. He was also appointed fish warden about Novemeber 7, 1873 by the governor.
• Fact: Burial t the mouth of Walker's Pond, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-344 : 10 February 2018), Shadrack Black in entry for Sally Black, 18 Jun 1811; citing SEDGWICK,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 1,002,590.
2. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F449-BVF : 10 February 2018), Shadrack Black in entry for Nabby Black, 30 Sep 1813; citing SEDGWICK,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 1,002,590.
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F449-BLN : 10 February 2018), Shadrack Black in entry for Betty Black, 18 Mar 1818; citing SEDGWICK,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 1,002,590.

• Family of Shadick Black and Phebe his wife: "Town and vital records 1759-1930"
  Catalog: Town and vital records 1759-1930 Sedgwick vital records.
  Film number: 007724813 > image 168 of 553
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BK-LWXH-V (accessed 11 July 2023)

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 April 2020, 22:42), entry for Shedrack Watson Black Sr.(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:277D-T5Q); contributed by various users.
• Gray, Almon A., and Walter A. Snow. 1987. The Gray family of Hancock County, Maine. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLJ-8WN9 : 13 December 2015), Shadrack W Black, 1855; Burial, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States of America, Babson Cemetery; citing record ID 97083098, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-MRV4 : 28 November 2018), Shadrack Black and Phebe Gray, 28 Dec 1799; citing Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-KG2 : 4 April 2020), Shadrach Black, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing family 91, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLJ-8WN9 : 13 December 2015), Shadrack W Black, 1855; Burial, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States of America, Babson Cemetery; citing record ID 97083098, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.