Source:Tharpe, Page I. Papers, 1813-1988 (Bulk 1970-1988)

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Source Papers, 1813-1988 (bulk 1970-1988)
Author Tharpe, Mrs Page I
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Place Wells, York, Maine, United States
United Kingdom
New Hampshire, United States
Surname Ely, Wadleigh, Wadley
Subject Family tree
Publication information
Type Miscellaneous
Publisher [s.n.]
Date issued [1988]
Place issued [S.l.]
Citation
Tharpe, Mrs Page I. Papers, 1813-1988 (bulk 1970-1988). ([S.l.]: [s.n.], [1988]).
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New England Historic Genealogical Societyhttp://library.nehgs.org/record=b1022219~S0Archive/Library

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The NEHGS Library Catalog describes this as including correspondence, genealogies, charts, notes, vital records, cemetery inscriptions, and other papers, tracing the Wadleigh, Wadley, and Wadlin families, chiefly of Maine, New Hampshire, and Georgia. Includes:

  • the descendants of John Wadleigh (ca. 1605-1671), an immigrant from Bristol, England, who settled in Wells, Me.
  • family members originally of New Hampshire who moved to Georgia before the Civil War.
  • account of Benjamin D. Wadleigh (1784-1851), describing his service as a gunner on the privateer schooner Decatur in 1813
  • Sawmill operations in Monroe County, Ga., owned by brothers Daniel R. (1819-1883), Dole (1824-1891), and William M. (1813-1882) Wadley