William (1 Apr 1784-4 Dec 1850) — m. Sarah Sherburn in 180x; m. Sarah Bell in 183x
Mary “Polly” (~1787-~1814) — m. Levi Stevens on 25 Dec 1806
two other girls (178x-????)
Stephen (25 May 1789-?182x?) — m. Betsy Robinson on 25 Aug 1814
Hannah (~1792-2 Jul 1881) — m. Levi Stevens on 5 Feb 1815; m. Thomas Wentworth on 18 Dec 1831
Thomas (25 Apr 1795-????) — m. Nancy Potter; m. Deborah M. Labree on 13 Sep 1861
others?
Sylvia (18 Oct 1800-3 Mar 1892) — never married
Joel (~1803-6 Sep 1891) — m. Orinda ???? in 182x
Joseph (1805-Sep 1852) — m. Rhoda ???? in ?1828?
Amos was the son of Obadiah Mann (4 Mar 1738-????) of Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and Mercy Fisher (23 Feb 1743-????) from Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was most likely born in Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine (Massachusetts at the time), although some accounts claim Massachusetts proper or even Rhode Island. He was a soldier during the Revolutionary War. According to his own testimony, he enlisted in May 1778 in Capt. Robinson’s company, Col. Allen’s regiment, stationed at Machias. He was discharged, and enlisted again in July 1779 for the Penobscot expedition against Baduce (now Castine), Maine, serving in Capt. Burke’s company, in the regiment of Col. ?Buck?. In the summer of 1780 he enlisted under Col. Brewer, and was stationed at Fort Halifax on the Kennebec River, part of a force to prevent the British moving inland from Castine.
Mary was born, according to her descendants, either in Eddington east of Bangor, Maine, or in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Her parents are unknown, but there was a Revolutionary War soldier named Charles Blagdon who lived in Penobscot County.
Amos and Mary married in Maine, probably in 1782.
Amos Mann appeared in the 1790 census for “Condas Keeg” Plantation, Hancock County (now Kenduskeag Township, Penobscot County), Maine, northwest of Bangor, with five children – two boys and three girls. Charles Blagden was in the same census.
The 1810 census for Bangor listed the Amos Mann household consisting of a couple age 45+, two women age 16-25, two boys and one girl (Sylvia) age 10-15, and two boys under 10.
Amos, resident in Bangor, applied for a pension as a Revolutionary War soldier on 15 Apr 1818, citing the service mentioned above and pleading “reduced circumstances”. The document is marked “inadmissible”, with the explanation, “Did not serve nine months under any one enlistment.”
The 1820 census showed the family still in Bangor: a couple age 45+, a woman between 16 and 26 (Sylvia), and three boys ranging in age from under 10 to late teens.
In the 1820s the family moved from Bangor to Kirkland Township, now called Hudson Township, in Penobscot County north of Kenduskeag. The 1830 census for the area listed the household of Amos Mann as a couple in their sixties, along with a woman in her twenties (Sylvia). Households listed on the same page include those of Thomas Mann (thirties), Joel Mann (twenties), Joseph Mann (twenties), and David Mann (no age given).
The 1840 census for Hudson listed the household of Amos Mann as a couple in their seventies, along with a woman in her thirties – still Sylvia. Households listed on the same page include those of Joseph Mann (thirties), Joel Mann (thirties), Daniel Mann (forties), and Thomas Mann (forties).
Amos died in 1841 and is buried in Mohawk Cemetery, Hudson, Penobscot County, Maine.
In 1850, Mary and Sylvia were living in the house of Amasa Stevens (1814-1856) and his children in Hudson. Amasa was Mary’s grandson through her namesake daughter. Mary died in 1852 and is buried with Amos. Her son Joseph, who had died just a month or two before, is buried there as well.
William was mentioned as a son of this family by just one unsourced report, but is included for now. His first wife was Sarah Sherburn (1790-7 Jul 1833) from Massachusetts. They lived in Glenburn, Penobscot County, Maine, and had eleven children:
Daniel (13 Apr 1808-24 Feb 1888)
Mary (30 Jun 1810-????)
Loisa (9 Jul 1812-????)
Abigail (26 Jul 1814-????)
Sarah (22 Mar 1817-11 Nov 1902) — m. Thomas A. Chadwick
Harriet (15 Jan 1819-????)
Almira (22 May 1821-????)
Samuel S. (22 Sep 1823-????) — m. Isabella Ash on 26 Jul 1866
Martha A. (Oct 1825-????)
Julia A. (9 Apr 1828-7 Feb 1917) — m. William Hodsdon
William, Jr. (26 Jul 1830-????)
Sarah died in 1833, and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor. William married Sarah Bell (~1804-7 Dec 1861), with whom he had two more children:
Hannah E. (28 Dec 1837-????)
Malinda (28 Apr 1842-????)
The 1850 census showed William (67) and Sally (46) in Glenburn, with children Hannah (12) and Belinda (8). William died in December of that year, and is buried in Maple Grove with his first wife. His second wife died in 1861. I think she’s buried in the same cemetery.
Polly has her own entry in the family tree.
Stephen married Elizabeth “Betsy” Robinson (~1788-Jan 1860) on 25 Aug 1814 in Buxton, York County, Maine. They had one child that I know of:
Rebecca (1817-20 Feb 1859)
The 1820 census for Eddington, Penobscot County, where Stephen’s mother was supposedly born, showed a Stephen Mann, but he was older (over 45) and alone. I find no further records of anyone who appears to be the right Stephen. The 1830 census listed an Elizabeth Mann heading a household in Portland; however, she was older (fifties) and had three daughters in their late teens and twenties, so probably not the right Elizabeth. The 1850 census showed Elizabeth (62) and Rebecca (32) living with Robinsons who I’m guessing were Betsy’s brother and mother in Hollis, York County, Maine. Rebecca died in Dayton, York County in 1859. The 1860 census showed Elizabeth (72) with the Allen/Perkins family in Dayton. She died later that year.
Hannah has her own entry in the family tree.
Thomas married Nancy Potter (~1800-?1861?), but I don’t know where or when. The 1820 census for Penobscot County listed two different Thomas Mann households. The 1827 marriage of a Thomas Mann and Nancy T. Colman in Brewer was probably a slightly younger man with the same name, the one born in 1798 who lived in Eddington. The 1830 census showed what was definitely our Thomas in Kirkland/Hudson Township, right next door to his parents. He was in his thirties, with a wife in her twenties and six children, three boys and three girls. I don’t have all the names, though. Known children (not sure about Jane):
Emily (11 Dec 1832-3 May 1905) — m. Joshua Johnson
Charles (1832-????)
Jane S. (1835-6 Jan 1875) — m. ??? Hussey
Eleanor (1837-????)
Charlotte (1840-????)
Margaret (1842-6 Dec 1896) — m. Daniel A. Bruce
Aldamah Jackson (7 May 1844-15 Sep 1922) — m. Harriet A. “Hattie” Colburn on 21 Feb 1869
The 1850 census showed them still in Kirkland. In 1860, they were in Orono, and Thomas’s sister Sylvia was living with them, along with their three youngest. Nancy died in 1861 and is buried in Mohawk Cemetery back in Hudson – I think. It’s possible this was the other Nancy Mann, as the gravestone makes her out to be a decade too young. On 13 Sep 1861 in Orono, Thomas married Deborah M. Labree (~1824-20 Apr 1875), widow of Peter Labree. Thomas (75) was still in Orono in 1870, with wife Deborah (65), farm hand William Warren (40), and a man named “Silva Mann” (55) – possibly a badly bungled listing for sister Sylvia. Deborah died in 1875 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Orono. Don’t know about Thomas.
Sylvia never married. (The Sylvina Mann who married in 1853 in Carmel, Penobscot County was her niece.) She lived with her parents in Kirkland/Hudson Township until their deaths in 1841 and 1852. In 1860 she was staying with her brother Thomas and family in Orono. She might have still been there in 1870 – not sure. In 1880 she was back in Hudson, boarding with a couple named Wilson. She died in Hudson in 1892. Her death record claimed her father was from Rhode Island and her mother from Eddington, Maine.
Joel married Orinda Warren (~1805-29 Jul 1882) in the 1820s. They lived in Hudson. Reported children:
Ellen (1824-1834)
Silas (1826-1828)
Sarah Jane (1827-11 Jun 1890) — m. Bryant E. Leach in 1850; m. Christopher Cornell Allen on 10 Oct 1867
Silas P. (1829-????)
Mary Ann (8 Oct 1833-12 Jul 1910) — m. Abiather W. Carll in 1851
Clara Wisdom (1835-1864)
Sylvina M. (21 Jun 1837-23 May 1915) — m. Samuel Perkins in 1853
Frances (1839-1859)
Emerline A. (1841-1861)
Helen M. (1843-7 or 17 Sep 1899) — m. Richard W. Googins in 1861; m. William H. Whitney about 1864; m. ??? Taylor
Tristram Warren (1845-1861)
Charles H. (1847-1861)
Amos (1849-1862)
Henry A. (1851-1861)
Etta S. (1853-1861)
Silas had moved out by 1850, but was back by 1860, by which time Mary and Sylvina had left and Frances had died. Something very bad must have happened in 1861, resulting in the deaths of five children. By 1870, the surviving kids had moved out. By 1880, Helen was back along with two children from her two marriages, plus a nephew of Orinda’s.
Orinda died in 1882 and is buried in Mohawk Cemetery, Hudson. Joel died in 1891 and is buried with her.
Joseph married Rhoda somebody according the 1850 census, the only record where she appears. They lived in Kirkland (later called Hudson) Township. His records, like those of his brother Thomas, are muddied by the existence of another man of the same name and similar age who lived in Brewer. Known children, per the 1850 census:
Albert (1833-????)
Caroline (1838-????) — m. Jeremy Baker on 14 Oct 1856
James (1839-????)
Laura J. (1842-????)
Frederick (1843-????)
Ivery (1846-????)
Esther E. (1848-????)
Elhenan G. (1848-6 Jun 1908) — m. Isabell Badger
Joseph died in 1852 and is buried in Mohawk Cemetery. Findagrave.com names his wife as “Slicis Cott”, which I doubt for a couple of reasons. Son Elhanan’s grave says he was born in 1851, but the 1850 census showed him at age 2.
I can’t find most of the family after 1850. In 1860, a Frederic Mann (17) was with the Smiley family in Kennebec County. By 1870, Alhanan Mann (20) was with the Bean family in Denmark, Oxford County.
https://www.myheritage.com/names/amos_mann -- Includes Amos and parents, mentions a daughter Hannah
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.mann/2595/mb.ashx -- Thread about Mary and Sylvia
https://www.myheritage.com/names/mary_blagdon -- Includes Mary, claims bogus date of marriage
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mann/1226/ -- Thread that includes Amos and Mary
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mann/1804/ -- More Manns
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MW-K9T -- 1789 birth of Stephen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-YWY -- 1790 census
http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2006/10/1790-census-conduskeag-kenduskeag.html -- 1790 census, transcribed
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MW-K91 -- 1795 birth of Thomas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-JYJ -- 1810 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D1-F6X -- 1814 wedding of Stephen
http://digitalmaine.com/revolutionary_war_hancock_county/109/ -- 1818 pension application for Amos
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-KTG -- 1820 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-LJ2 -- 1820 census, Stephen
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NH-Q8V -- 1827 wedding of the other Thomas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH55-9FL -- 1830 census; includes Thomas, Joel, Joseph, and David
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYS-WQ4 -- 1840 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYS-WQ6 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYS-W3R -- 1840 census, Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-3X8 -- 1841 death of Amos
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-YC3B -- 1841 burial of Amos
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79161751 -- 1841 grave of Amos; links Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-L67F -- 1841 record of Amos’s military service
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-KL7 -- 1850 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V6-3RZ -- 1850 census, Stephen’s widow and daughter
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VQ-DC5 -- 1850 census, Thomas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-NNQ -- 1850 census, Joel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-WF3 -- 1850 census, Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-YC4H -- 1852 burial of Mary
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124460106 -- 1852 grave of Joseph
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVV-8GS -- 1859 death of Stephen’s daughter Rebecca
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC9-7VV -- 1860 census, Stephen’s widow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZD-TB6 -- 1860 death of Stephen’s widow Betsy
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCH-DVW -- 1860 census, Thomas and Sylvia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC4-7H3 -- 1860 census, Joel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81420935 -- 1861 grave of Thomas’s wife Nancy, I think
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48R-T3G -- 1861 wedding of Thomas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XL-5YS -- 1869 wedding of Thomas’s son A. J.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DB-WVT -- 1870 census, Thomas
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DT-8ZY -- 1870 census, Joel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWSD-DZX -- 1875 death of Thomas’s daughter Jane
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-7ZD2 -- 1875 burial of Thomas’s wife Deborah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF31-4V3 -- 1880 census, Sylvia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF31-7LK -- 1880 census, Joel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQM-ZH8 -- 1880 census, Thomas’s son A. J.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-H56 -- 1891 veteran record for Joel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-YCWX -- 1891 burial of Joel
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81423358/joel-mann -- 1891 grave of Joel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC8Y-62S -- 1892 death of Sylvia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7YB-Y9B -- 1896 death of Thomas’s daughter Margaret
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQV-TBG -- 1905 death of Thomas’s daughter Emily
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-XJ82 -- 1922 death of Thomas’s son A. J.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-HP1 -- ditto
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103530516 -- 1922 grave of A. J.
http://www.penobscot-maine.com/johnsongenealogy.html -- mentions Thomas’s daughter Emily
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZH -- 1810 birth of William’s daughter Mary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-KZR -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F431-H28 -- 1812 birth of William’s daughter Loisa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZ8 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-GHR -- 1814 birth of William’s daughter Abigail
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-LJQ -- 1817 birth of William’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F431-H2J -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-LNB -- 1819 birth of William’s daughter Harriet
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZJ -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-GHB -- 1821 birth of William’s daughter Almira
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZP -- 1823 birth of William’s son Samuel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-GCQ -- 1825 birth of William’s daughter Martha
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-5ZH -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZT -- 1828 birth of William’s daughter Julia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F431-HGS -- 1830 birth of William’s son William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZ1 -- ditto
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F431-HLS -- 1837 birth of William’s daughter Hannah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYS-7BJ -- 1840 census, William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C5-GC9 -- 1842 birth of William’s daughter Malinda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V3-R3W -- 1850 census, William
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38136211 -- 1850 grave of William
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FS-4MP -- 1866 wedding of William’s son Samuel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F47L-NZ7 -- 1888 death of William’s son Daniel
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3V-KJ4 -- 1902 death of William’s daughter Sarah
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-QGN8 -- 1917 death of William’s daughter Julia
http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_a45.htm#28 -- A Mary Mann born 1785 in Wrentham, MA
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.tupper/211/mb.ashx -- Charles Blagden, Revolutionary War soldier
http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2011/04/names-from-major-robert-treats-day-book.html -- Suggests Charles Blagdon died before 1800
https://www.geni.com/people/Charles-Blagden/6000000034874224003 -- Poss. son of