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Sunday, July 28, 2019

Thomas Levin appointed keeper of the Eaton Farm January 4 1915 Page  3 of Amesbury Daily News, published in Amesbury, Massachusetts on Monday, January 4th, 1915


More on Blaisdell Clocks


From Antiques and Fine Art Magazine Gary Sullivan Antiques: A rare and important early American tall case clock, by Nicholas Blasdel, Amesbury, Massachusetts, circa 1760

The Blaisdell/Blasdel family produced nine clockmakers in four generations. I came across this article in the archives written by Rev Roland D Sawyer published in Amesbury Daily News Amesbury, Massachusetts Saturday November 10, 1951.
The Purington family who were Quakers also made clocks https://www.nhhistory.org/object/549446/purinton-jonathan-b-1732-1816
Read more from my blog on Blaisdell Clock family at https://www.ancestoryarchives.com/2015/03/blaisdell-noyse-families-crafted-clocks.html


Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Dorr homestead Salisbury Point









AD placed by Thomas Clark real estate dealer in the Amesbury Daily News March 1927

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Charles Freeman Russell Newburyport Massachusetts

Zafris family photo collection and is not labeled but others images resemble Charles Russell and his brother Albert Russell

Charles Freeman Russell (1850-1880) son of Samuel Chester Russell (1820-1884) and Eunice Gertrude Berry (1828-1897). He was born in Newbury, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Elizabeth Pearson (1851-1910) daughter of Michael Morrison Pearson (1791-1869) and Elizabeth Farnham (1816-1894).
Charles was the Grandson of Samuel Perkins Russell (1796-1872) and Nancy Knight (1797-1872) and Gr Grandson of John Russell (1763-1800) and Elizabeth Perkins

Charles listed in city of Newburyport:
Assistant City Marshall, Member of the Odd Fellows, St John's Masonic Lodge, Newburyport, Massachusetts. The listing for residence is 3 Oak Street Newburyport, MA 




6 California Street Newburyport, MA (Redfin photo) Residence of Pearson family. Michael Prearson in his will gave the house to his wife Elizabeth and daughters Mary and Sarah--wife of Charles F Russell. After Charles died Sarah is living here with her mother listed as a dressmaker in a 1880 census. Sarah married second George William Cahoon
and third in 1952 she married Thomas Trenholm Ferguson son of William Ferguson and Sarah Akerley. 





Charles F Russell obit in the Boston Post February 16 1880
Page  3 Newburyport Daily Herald Thursday February 19th, 1880