Lieut. Simeon Carle

Simeon Carle was born in Scarborough, Maine in 1727. He was married there in 1752 to Elizabeth Tibbetts, and shortly thereafter, settled in nearby Pepperellborough (now Saco), Maine. They were the parents of four children: Abigail (1753-1844), Judith [Juda] (b. c1756), John (1759-1833), and Timothy (b. c1761). Simeon was a lieutenant in the French and Indian War in the mid-1750s. In the early 1760s, he and his young family moved to Waterborough, Maine. Simeon died there prior to 1771, when his four surviving brothers, Samuel Jr., Nathaniel, Robert, and Benjamin deeded land formerly belonging to their late father, Samuel Carle Sr. Simeon's wife was "Widow Elizabeth Carle" of Waterborough in 1790, living next to her son, John Carle, and a widowed daughter-in-law, Anna Carle.

In August 1791, many years after Simeon's death, his estate was put to probate. This action was apparently initiated because his widow Elizabeth was insolvent, and Simeon had been owed substantial money at the time of his death. Over 20 years later, these had still not been paid.

"Maine Probate Abstracts, Volume 2, 1775-1800" [John Eldridge Frost], p. 1001:

16/38. Lieut. SIMEON CARLE, of Waterborough. Accts (16.36). F2535. Ret, dated Waterborough, 23 Aug 1791, of commn [Andrew Burley & James Carlile] who find debts due estate of Lieut. Simeon Carle total L43/6/6. Elizabeth Carle's acct, dated 23 Aug 1791, of costs & distributions of L28/10/8, with crs from inventory of personal estate, L25/9/6 & balance due accountant L3/10/2; att & all, Waterborough, 23 Aug 1791. Acct incl commn for insolvency & widow's necessities.

Ibid., p. 1007:

16/69. SIMEON CARLE, of Waterborough. Dower (16.77). F2535. Court appoints, 23 Aug 1791, Andrew Burley, Esq., James Carlile & Michael Bowden, all of Waterborough, a committee to assign dower to Elizabeth, widow of [Simeon] Carle, late of Waterborough, deceased intestate. Return, 2 Nov 1791: to Elizabeth Carle, widow, 39 acres adjacent the land of estate of Timothy Carle, late of Waterborough, deceased; att by committee, Waterborough, 2 Nov 1791, decreed, Biddeford, 9 Nov 1791.

Ibid., p. 1024:

16/166. SIMEON CARLE, of Waterborough. Accounts (16.194). Claims (16.195). F2535. Elizabeth Carle's additional account, 30 June 1792, of costs and distributions of L14/7/10, a balance if L12/5/6, crs of L26/13/4, as administratrix of the estate of Simeon Carle; ext att by Andrew Barley & all, York, 30 June 1792. Court directs, 30 June 1792, Elizabeth Carle, administratrix, to distribute proportionately the balance of L12/5/6 against claims of L43/6/6.

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PLEASE NOTE: Despite numerous assertions on the internet, Isaac Carl, b. in New York State, 1763, was NOT a child of Simeon and Elizabeth (Tibbetts) Carle.