Moses Flanders
M, #394, (23 June 1791 - 17 January 1845)
Gravestone of Moses Flanders
Last Edited=13 May 2023
Moses Flanders was born on 23 June 1791 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Jedidiah Flanders and Judith Tuxbury.
Moses Flanders, age 20, married Roxana Webb, daughter of Christopher Webb and Betsey Smith, on 21 November 1811 at Canaan, Somerset County, Maine.3,5,6 He was a private in Lt. Col. J. Waugh's regiment, which was raised at Cornville during the War of 1812.3,7 Moses, appeared on the US Census of 1840 at Cornville, Somerset County, Maine. The enumeration reads:
He died on 17 January 1845 at Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, at age 53.9,10,11,12,4,13 His estate was probated on 11 March 1845 at Somerset County, Maine.14
He was buried at West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine.10,4,13
Moses Flanders, age 20, married Roxana Webb, daughter of Christopher Webb and Betsey Smith, on 21 November 1811 at Canaan, Somerset County, Maine.3,5,6 He was a private in Lt. Col. J. Waugh's regiment, which was raised at Cornville during the War of 1812.3,7 Moses, appeared on the US Census of 1840 at Cornville, Somerset County, Maine. The enumeration reads:
3 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14
2 - Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49
1 - Persons Employed in Agriculture
1 - Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade
6 - Free White Persons - Under 20
2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49
8 - Total Free White Persons
8 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves.8
2 - Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49
1 - Persons Employed in Agriculture
1 - Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade
6 - Free White Persons - Under 20
2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49
8 - Total Free White Persons
8 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves.8
He died on 17 January 1845 at Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, at age 53.9,10,11,12,4,13 His estate was probated on 11 March 1845 at Somerset County, Maine.14
He was buried at West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine.10,4,13Children of Moses Flanders and Roxana Webb
- Private Samuel Webb Flanders3 (13 Oct 1812 - 15 Jun 1864)
- Cyrena Flanders3 (21 Aug 1814 - 1908)
- Timothy Flanders3 (20 Oct 1817 - 1880)
- Louisa Flanders3 (3 Jul 1819 - )
- Rufus F. Flanders3 (14 Sep 1819 - 8 Nov 1886)
- Freeman Flanders3 (3 Nov 1823 - 20 Jun 1898)
- John Sylvester Flanders3 (11 Jun 1826 - 24 May 1901)
- Frederick Moses Flanders+ (5 May 1828 - 30 May 1900)
- Smith Flanders3 (17 Sep 1830 - 6 Feb 1903)
Citations
- Prescott, William. "The Flanders Family", New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XXVII (1873).
- Taylor, Ellery Kirke. Descendants of Stephen Flanders of Salisbury, Mass., 1646 being a Genealogy of the Flanders Family. Rutland, Vermon: Tuttle Company, 1932.
- Dunbar, Edith Flanders. The Flanders Family from Europe to America. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1935.
- Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
- Amazeen, Laurence. Some Cornville History. Skowhegan, Maine: privately published, 1997.
- Nelson, Sally Furber. Vital Records of Canaan, Maine: Maine Genealogical Society Publication No. 55. Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2008.
- Pearson, Gardner W. Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-14. Bostpm: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1913.
- Census Bureau. 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
- Nelson, Sally Furber. Vital Records of Cornville, Maine - Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 60. Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2009.
- Fitzgibbon, Edward L, letter. 18 March 1997, to Robert A. Roy. AVCM Robert A. Roy; 3017 Avalon Road, Paw Paw, West Virginia.
- Sharkey, Sonya "West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Maine." E-mail message from dignupbonz (at) hotmail.com at unknown address. 29 September 2000.
- Flanders, Charles M. The Flanders Family: From Europe To America, 2nd ed. volume I. N.p.: privately published, 2000.
- Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection. Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990. Lelhi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016.
- Maine State Archives. Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999. Provo Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015.