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Priscilla Purinton Evans Wilson
Priscilla Purinton was born 6th of October 1764 in Beverly, Essex County in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. According to notes on "Find A Grave", Priscilla was the daughter of Priscilla Harding & Lt James Purinton.[1]
On 18 April 1787, Priscilla married Samuel Wilson. "... Deer Isle/Stonington and Sedgwick Historical Societies. Church records show Samuel Wilson and Priscilla Evans were married in Deer Isle 18 April 1787 by Rev. Peter Powers. ..."[2].
From 1787-1810, Priscilla & Samuel raised 10 children in Sedgwick/Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. All children were born in Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts (now Maine), USA except Hannah Wilson Whittemore (1798-1880) who was born in Topsham, Lincoln County, Massachusetts (now Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine), USA.
Priscilla Purinton Evans Wilson died on the Second of February, 1818 in Topsham is buried in Haley Cemetery of Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine), USA.
Priscilla Purinton Evans Wilson
A specific search for Priscilla Evans on Ancestry[6]
Record of First Marriage https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NB-F951?i=175
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Categories: Haley Cemetery, Topsham, Maine
All the attached children are are probably those of Pricilla Evans.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-888 : 14 January 2020), Priscilla Purinton in entry for Samuel Wilson, 1784.
edited by Adrian Stanley