John W. Meservey

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  • The Libby family in America,1602-1881, by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948 Published 1882 Publisher Portland, Me : B. Thurston & Co. Libby Family in America. Page 38 link

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The Jersey Messervys who became Meserve in the USA ...

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Aug 18, 2011 - The Jersey Messervys who became Meserve in the USA ...

Meservie,

Meservey,

Maserve,

Messervey,

Meservee,

and Meserve, the latter spelling ... Clement's brother Nathaniel

Meserve is the most noted member of the family.

GEDCOM Note

Source:

http://www.meserve.org/stories.htm Early Families of Standish, Maine by Albert J. Sears, pages 159 - 163. http://www.mainegenealogy.net/2006/06/early-falmouth-marriage-inten...

JOHN, bapt. Oct. 13, 1728 moved to Gorham with his father and later followed him to Pearsontown. He as one of the men making up the guard at the fort in Pearsontown on Apr. 16, 1755, but was living in Gorham on Aug. 12, 1760, when he sold land and buildings in that town to Nathaniel Whitney. He is given as a resident of Pearsontown on Aug. 10, 1765, when he sold to David Gorham of Barnstable, Mass., 100 acres of land in Gorham (4/381), this probably being the same land he purchased from Gorham on Aug. 29, 1753. He secured by right of settlement the 30-acre lot #3 in Pearsontown, which James Lunt of Falmouth confirmed to him on Apr. 11, 1770, and the 5-acre lot #9, which he sold to the Rev. JohnTompson on Apr. 9, 1770 (8/462). He moved to Bristol, Maine, with his father about 1771 but later returned to Standish at least by 1792. He may have been the John Harvey listed as living in Standish at the time of the 1790 census with a family of 3-1-2 since the name of Meserve appears as 'Misharvey' or 'Harvey' in many of the early records. At the time of the 1800 census he was living in Standish with a family consisting of him and his wife, one male and one female between 26 and 45 and one female under 10 yrs. of age. He is also listed on the 1795, 1796, and 1799 tax lists of Standish.

John Meserve married first in Mar. 1757 Mary Yetty or Yeaton of Gorham, he being given as an inhabitant of Pearsontown in the intentions filed in Falmouth on Mar. 4, 1757. She evidently died a few years later, perhaps following the birth of their son William, for he married second on Jan. 28, 1762, Sarah Strout, both being listed as residents of Pearsontown. She may have been the daughter of John and Ruth (Mayo) Strout who were living in Pearsontown prior to 1760. He is said to have died at the home of a daughter in Bridgton, Maine.