John Porterfield (abt. 1720)

Husband of Sarah Unknown — married 1742 in Saint George, St. George, Knox, Maine

Descendants

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Biography

John Porterfield's parents are not known.^[1]

A John Porterfield was one of a group of men who organized a Presbyterian Church at Pleasant Cove in Georgetown, Maine in 1736. Pleasant Grove is now Phippsburg. The family lived near Parker Head and is marked on the 1750 North map and then later on Cox Head at Porterfield Creek.^[1]

Family

He was married in Georgetown, Maine to Sarah.^[2] They were the probable parents of the following children who were born in Georgetown, Maine: ^[1]

1. John B (Dec 1743)
2. Martha (September 18, 1745)
3. Margaret (May 1747). This may be a transcription error or a child who died young as another Margaret was born one year later.^[3]
4. Margaret (May 4, 1748)
5. Mary (Dec 26, 1750)
6. Sarah (Oct 21, 1754)
7. James (June 27, 1956)
8. Janet (June 27, 1959)

Research Notes

He may have been and older brother or cousin of Patrick Porterfield of Thomaston.^[1]

Abigail Porterfield is listed as a daughter but she is more likely a second wife of David Hutchins or the same person as Sarah Porterfield. However, Sarah would seem to be too old to have given birth to three childrsn in the 1790s

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ron Harper, March 18, 2003, "Re: John Porterfield m. Sarah survivor of the Grand Design 1741", Genealogy.com Forum, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/porterfield/567/
2. ↑ Georgetown Marriages,Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill,(Maine Historical Society 1943)
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4HY-7Y4 : 14 January 2020), Margaret Porterfield, 1747.