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1819
Moderator - Robert Wells. (At Schoolhouse, East Ward South Class, April 5)
Selectmen - * Benjamin Colby, Jr., Andrew McFaden, Moses Thompson. Treasurer - Joshua Gray.
Collector and Constable - Christopher Thompson.
Town Agent - Joshua Gray.
Other officials - Moses Ayer, Jr., Joseph Barron, Cyrus Boothby, Abel Cleveland, Jonathan Cleveland, Luther Cleveland, Benjamin Colby, John Gray, Jr., Daniel Savage, Edward Savage, Jonathan Stevens, Nathan Thompson, Elisha Walker, Daniel Williams, Benjamin Young, Joseph Young, Ebenezer Williams.
1820
Moderator - Moses Thompson. (Schoolhouse, West Ward, April 3) Selectmen - * Benjamin Colby, Jr., William Quint, Christopher Thomp- son.
Treasurer - Joshua Gray.
Collector and Constable - Moses Williams.
Town Agent - Joshua Gray.
Other officials - Cyrus Boothby, Luther Cleveland, Jr., Benjamin Colby, Nathaniel Getchell, Joseph Gray, Asahel Hutchins, John Libbee, Nahum Quint, Isaac Salley, Edward Savage, Reuben Savage, Eph- raim Sawyer, Jonathan Stevens, Jeremiah Thompson, Nathan Thompson, William Thompson, Joseph Walker, Andrew Went- worth, Ebenezer Williams, Caleb Williams, Francis Williams, Ben- jamin Young.
1821
Moderator - John McFaden. (John Wilson Schoolhouse, Middle Dis- lt ;i trict, March 24)
Selectmen -* Benjamin Colby, Jr., William Quint, Christopher Thomp- son.
Treasurer and Agent - Joshua Gray.
Collector and Constable - Moses Williams ..
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1822
Moderator - James Adams. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 19)
Selectmen - * Andrew McFaden, Andrew Wentworth, Wm. Thompson. Treasurer - Moses Thompson.
Collector and Constable - Caleb Williams.
Agent -Christopher Thompson.
1823
Moderator - John McFaden. (Wilson Schoolhouse, April 7)
Selectmen - * Andrew McFaden, John Pierce, Jr., Christopher Thomp- son.
Treasurer - William Thompson.
Collector and Constable - Jonathan Stevens.
Agent - Benjamin Colby, Jr.
1824
Moderator - Robert Wells. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 15) Selectmen - * John Pierce, Jr., Joseph Gray, Reuben Wilson. Treasurer - William Thompson.
Collector and Constable - Jonathan Stevens.
Agent - Benjamin Colby, Jr.
1825
Moderator - John McFaden. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 7)
Selectmen - * John Pierce, Jr., Joseph Gray, Reuben Wilson. Treasurer - William Thompson.
Collector and Constable - James Y. Cleveland.
Agent - Andrew McFaden.
1826
Moderator (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 13)
Selectmen - * Benjamin Colby, Jr., Christopher Thompson, James Y. Cleveland.
Treasurer - William Thompson.
Collector and Constable - John McFaden.
Agent - Andrew McFaden.
1827
Moderator - James Adams. (Wilson Schoolhouse, April 2) Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, Andrew McFaden, William Quint.
Treasurer - William Thompson. Collector and Constable - Jonathan Stevens, Jr.
Agent - Andrew McFaden.
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1828
Moderator - James Adams. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 17)
Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, Andrew McFaden, Ephraim Cragin.
Treasurer - James Y. Cleveland.
Collector and Constable - Joseph Gray.
Agent - Andrew McFaden.
1829
Moderator - Benjamin Colby, Jr. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 21) Selectmen - * Joseph Gray, Benjamin Gould, Jr., Col. Lemuel Witham. Treasurer - James Y. Cleveland.
Collector and Constable - Nathan Thompson.
Agent - Joseph Knowlton.
1830
Moderator - James Adams. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 22)
Selectmen - * Joseph Gray, Ephraim Cragin, Lem'l Witham. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr.
Collector and Constable- Wm. W. Gould.
Agent - Joseph Knowlton.
1831
Moderator - James Y. Cleveland. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 7) Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, James Y. Cleveland, Amos Hutchins. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr.
Collector and Constable - Joseph Gray.
Agent - Joseph Knowlton.
1832
Moderator - Benjamin Colby, Jr. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 5) Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, James Y. Cleveland, Amos Hutchins. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr.
Collector and Constable - Benjamin Gould, Jr.
Agent - Joseph Knowlton.
1833
Moderator - James Adams. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 11) Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, James Y. Cleveland, Joshua Gray, Jr. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr. Collector and Constable - John Gray, Jr.
Agent - Joseph Knowlton.
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1834
Moderator - James Y. Cleveland. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 10) Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, Joshua Gray, Jr., Joseph Dur- rell.
Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr.
Collector and Constable - William W. Gould.
Agent - Benjamin Pierce.
1835
Moderator - James Y. Cleveland. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 6) Selectmen - * Andrew McFaden, Benjamin Gould, Jr., David Stevens. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr.
Collector and Constable - William W. Gould.
Agent - Benjamin Pierce.
1836
Moderator - James Y. Cleveland. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 28) Selectmen - * Joshua Gray, Jr., Benja. Gould, Jr., James Y. Cleveland. Treasurer - Elisha Stevens.
Collector and Constable - Caleb Williams.
Agent - Benjamin Pierce.
1837
Moderator - James Y. Cleveland. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 6) Selectmen - * Christopher Thompson, John Cragin, James Y. Cleve- land.
Treasurer - Elisha Stevens.
Collector and Constable - Ebenezer F. Stevens.
Agent - Cyrus Boothby.
1838
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens. (Wilson Schoolhouse, March 5) Selectmen - * Humphrey Purington, Lemuel Witham, Caleb Williams. Treasurer - John Pierce.
Collector and Constable - Nathaniel W. Gould.
Agent - Cyrus Boothby.
1839
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 5, near Eli Littlefield, March 4) Selectmen - * James Y. Cleaveland, Lemuel Witham, Jesse Fletcher. Treasurer and Collector - John Pierce. Constable - Joshua Gray, Jr. Agent - Christopher Thompson.
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1840
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (At house of Benjamin Colby, Jr., March 2)
Selectmen - * James Y. Cleaveland, Lemuel Witham, Jesse Fletcher. Treasurer and Collector - John Pierce.
Constable - Benjamin Young.
Agent - Christopher Thompson.
1841
Moderator - Joseph Durrell. (Widow Rebecca Colby's House, March 1) Selectmen - * James Y. Cleveland, John Walker, John Cragin. Treasurer - John Pierce.
Collector and Constable - Thomas J. Savage.
Agent - Christopher Thompson.
1842
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (Widow Colby's Barn, March 7) Selectmen - * James Adams, Christopher Thompson, Nathaniel W. Gould.
Treasurer, Collector and Constable - James Y. Cleveland.
Agent - Fletcher Thompson.
1843
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (Widow Colby's House, March 6) Selectmen - * James Y. Cleveland, Lemuel Witham, Amos Hutchins. Treasurer, Collector and Constable - John Gray, Jr.
Agent - Fletcher Thompson.
1844
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (Schoolhouse, Dist. No. 9, March 4) Selectmen - * James Y. Cleveland, Lemuel Witham, Amos Hutchins. Treasurer, Collector and Constable - John Gray, Jr.
Agent - Fletcher Thompson.
1845
Moderator - John McFaden. (Widow Colby's, March 3)
Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, Christopher Thompson, Joseph N. Greene.
Treasurer, Collector and Constable - John Cragin.
Agent - Fletcher Thompson.
1846
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (Widow Colby's, March 2) Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, John Gray, Jr., Enos Hutchins.
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Treasurer, Collector and Constable - Joshua Gray, Jr. Agent - Jonathan Stevens, Jr.
1847
Moderator - Nathaniel W. Gould. (On Ford Hill, March 1) Selectmen - * James Y. Cleveland, John Gray, Jr., Elisha Purington. Treasurer, Collector and Constable - John Cragin. Agent - Jonathan Stevens, Jr.
1848
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (On Ford Hill, March 6) Selectmen -* James Y. Cleveland, John Gray, Jr., Elisha Purington. Treasurer, Collector and Constable - Moses Ayer, Jr. Agent - Benjamin Gould.
1849
Moderator - Nathaniel W. Gould. (Town House, March 5. All later meetings there)
Selectmen - * Isaac W. Adams, Benjamin Thompson, 2nd., Lemuel Williams.
Treasurer, Collector and Constable - Moses Ayer, Jr.
Agent - Ozias H. McFadden.
1850
Moderator - Whiting S. Hinkley. (March 4)
Selectmen - * Isaac W. Adams, Benjamin Thompson, 2nd., Lemuel Williams.
Treasurer, Collector and Constable - John Walker.
Agent - Ozias H. McFadden.
1851
Moderator - Whiting S. Hinkley. (March 3)
Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, John Gray, Jr., Robert Crosby. Treasurer - John Walker.
Collector and Constable - Thomas J. Savage.
Agent - Nathaniel W. Gould.
1852
Moderator - John Cragin. (March 1) Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, John Gray, Cyrus Sally. Treasurer, Collector and Constable - John Walker.
Agent - Nathaniel W. Gould.
1853
Moderator - Daniel S. Witham. (April 4) Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, John Walker, Cyrus Salley.
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Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr.
Collector and Constable - John Walker. Agent - Joseph N. Greene.
1854
Moderator - Whiting S. Hinkley. (March 13)
Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, Levi H. Dakin, Cyrus Salley. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr. Collector and Constable - Eli C. Walker. Agent - John Cragin.
1855
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens, Jr. (March 5) Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, Moses M. Thompson, David Stevens, 2nd. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr. Collector and Constable - John Walker. Agent - John Cragin.
1856
Moderator - W. S. Hinkley. (March 3) Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, Warren Nutting, Zechariah Williams. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr. Collector and Constable - John Walker. Agent - Amos Hutchins.
1857
Moderator - Jonathan Stevens. (March 2) Selectmen - * Amos Hutchins, Isaac W. Adams, Thaddeus F. Boothby. Treasurer - John Pierce, Jr. Collector and Constable - Joshua Gray. igent - Amos Hutchins.
1858
Ioderator - Jonathan Stevens. (March 1)
electmen - * Amos Hutchins, Ozias H. McFadden, Thaddeus F. Booth- by. 'reasurer - John Pierce, Jr. ollector and Constable - Owen A. Hutchins. gent - Amos Hutchins.
1859
[oderator -Jonathan Stevens (March 7) electmen - * Amos Hutchins, Issac W. Adams, Warren Nutting. reasurer - John Pierce. ollector and Constable - John Walker. gent - Amos Hutchins.
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1860
Moderator - Elisha Purington. (March 5)
Selectmen - * John Gray, John Cragin, Thaddeus F. Boothby. Treasurer - John Pierce. Collector and Constable - John Walker.
Agent - Elisha Purington.
1861
Moderator - John Pierce. (March 4)
Selectmen - * John Gray, John Cragin, T. F. Boothby.
Treasurer - John Pierce.
Collector and Constable - John Walker.
Agent - John Gray.
1862
Moderator - John Pierce. (March 3)
Selectmen - * John Gray, John Pierce, Jotham G. Witham.
Treasurer - John Pierce.
Collector and Constable - John Walker.
Agent - John Gray.
1863
Moderator - Elisha Purington. (March 2) Selectmen - * John Gray, John Cragin, John Walker. Treasurer - Joshua Gray. Collector and Constable - John Walker.
Agent - John Gray.
1864
Moderator - Elisha Purington. (March 7)
Selectmen - * John Gray, Amos Heald, T. F. Boothby. Treasurer - Joshua Gray. Collector and Constable - William Barron.
Agent - John Gray.
1865
Moderator - William Atkinson: (March 6) Selectmen - * John Gray, Thaddeus F. Boothby, John Pierce. Treasurer - Ozias H. McFadden. Collector and Constable - William Barron.
Agent - Ozias H. McFadden.
1866
Moderator - David Stevens, 2nd. (March 5) Selectmen - * John Gray, John Pierce, T. F. Boothby.
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Treasurer - Ozias H. McFadden. :
Collector and Constable - Austin Eames.
Agent - Ozias H. McFadden.
1867
Moderator - William Atkinson. (March 4)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Isaac W. Adams, Amos Hilton. Treasurer - O. H. McFadden.
Collector and Constable - Austin Eames.
Agent - O. H. McFadden.
1868
Moderator - David Stevens, 2nd. (March 2)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, I. W. Adams, Amos Hilton. Treasurer - O. H. McFadden.
Collector and Constable - Eli C. Walker.
Agent - O. H. McFadden.
1869
Moderator - David Stevens, 2nd. (March 1)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, I. W. Adams, Amos Hilton. Treasurer - O. H. McFadden.
Collector and Constable - Eli C. Walker.
Agent - O. H. McFadden.
1870
Moderator - David Stevens, 2nd. - (March 7)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, I. W. Adams, Amos Hilton. Treasurer - O. H. McFadden. Collector and Constable - Eli C. Walker ..
Agent - O. H. McFadden.
1871
Moderator - David Stevens, 2nd. (March 6) Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, I. W. Adams, Wm. Stevens. Treasurer ~~ Leonard H. Walker: Collector and Constable - Eli C. Walker. No Agent elected.
1872
Moderator - William Atkinson. (March 4) Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, George B. Walker, Jotham G. Witham. Treasurer - Leonard H. Walker. Collector and Constable - Cephas Walker.
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1873
Moderator - John Pierce. (March 3)
Selectmen -* T. F. Boothby, O. H. McFadden, George B. Walker. Treasurer - Leonard H. Walker.
Collector and Constable - Calvin F. Walker.
1874
Moderator - William Atkinson. (March 2) Selectmen - * Leonard H. Walker, David Stevens, 2nd., Jotham G. Witham.
Treasurer - Isaac Allbee.
Collector and Constable - George B. Walker.
1875
Moderator - William Atkinson. (March 1)
Selectmen -* T. F. Boothby, O. H. McFadden, George B. Walker. Treasurer - Isaac Allbee.
Collector and Constable - Calvin F. Walker.
1876
Moderator - David Stevens. (March 6)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, O. H. McFadden, George B. Walker. Treasurer - Isaac Allbee.
Collector and Constable - Calvin F. Walker.
1877
Moderator - William Atkinson. (March 5)
Selectmen -* T. F. Boothby, O. H. McFadden, George B. Walker. Treasurer - Isaac Allbee.
Collector and Constable - Calvin F. Walker.
1878
Moderator - David Stevens. (March 4)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Isaac W. Adams, Benjamin F. Moulton. Treasurer - Frederic H. Dunbar.
Collector and Constable - Joshua G. Boyington.
1879
Moderator - David Stevens. (March 3)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Isaac W. Adams, Calvin F. Walker. Treasurer - Frederic H. Dunbar.
Collector and Constable - Joshua G. Boyington.
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1880
Moderator - Moses L. Strickland. (March 1)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Isaac W. Adams, Calvin F. Walker.
Treasurer - Frederic H. Dunbar.
Collector and Constable - Joshua G. Boyington.
1881
Moderator - David Stevens. (March 7)
Town Clerk - Calvin F. Walker.
Selectmen - T. F. Boothby, Isaac W. Adams, Amos Hilton.
Treasurer - David Stevens.
Collector and Constable - Cephas Walker.
1882
Moderator - William Atkinson. (March 6)
Selectmen - * Calvin F. Walker, Frederic H. Dunbar, Joshua G. Boy- ington.
Treasurer - Henry C. Pierce.
Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
1883
Moderator - J. Williams Morin. (March 5)
Selectmen - * Calvin F. Walker, Frederic H. Dunbar, Joshua G. Boy- ington.
Treasurer - William H. McKenney.
Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
1884
Moderator - J. Williams Morin. (March 3)
Selectmen -* T. F. Boothby, George L. Eames, Joshua G. Boyington.
Treasurer - William H. McKenney.
Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
1885
Moderator - David Stevens. (March 2)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Fred B. Pierce, Joshua G. Boyington. Treasurer - Eldwin Hilton.
Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
1886
Moderator - Austin Eames. (March 15)
Selectmen - * Calvin F. Walker, J. Williams Morin, George L. Eames. Treasurer - Eldwin Hilton.
Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
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1887
Moderator - Austin Eames. (March 7)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Fred B. Pierce, Lowell E. Ward. Treasurer - Cephas Walker. Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
1888
Moderator - Austin Eames. (March 5)
Selectmen - * T. F. Boothby, Fred B. Pierce, Lowell E. Ward. Treasurer - Cephas Walker.
Collector and Constable - Stillman A. Walker.
1889
Moderator - Austin Eames. (March 4)
Selectmen - * Frederic H. Dunbar, George C. Patten, George L. Eames. Treasurer - Cephas Walker.
Collector - Stillman A. Walker.
Constables - Stillman A. Walker, Frank Donley.
1890
Moderator - Stillman A. Walker. (March 3)
Selectmen - * Frederic H. Dunbar, George C. Patten, George L. Eames. Treasurer - T. F. Boothby.
Collector - Grant Witham.
Constables - Grant Witham, Stillman A. Walker.
1891
Moderator - Austin Eames. (March 2)
Town Clerk - Fred H. Dunbar.
Selectmen - George C. Patten, Cephas Walker, Ansel Stevens. Treasurer - T. F. Boothby.
Collector - Grant Witham.
Constables - Grant Witham, Stillman A. Walker, Austin Eames.
1892
Moderator - Lowell E. Ward. (March 7)
Selectmen - * R. W. Ellis, Cephas Walker, Randall F. Durrell. Treasurer - T. F. Boothby.
Collector - W. W. Moulton.
Constables - W. W. Moulton and Stillman A. Walker.
1893
Moderator- J. W. Morin. (March 6) Selectmen - * George C. Patten, Cephas Walker, Carroll L. Caswell. Treasurer -T. F. Boothby.
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Collector - W. W. Moulton.
Constables - W. W. Moulton and Stillman A. Walker.
1894
Moderator - J. W. Morin. (March 5)
Selectmen - * George C. Patten, Sylvester Jackson, A. J. Libby.
Treasurer - W. H. McKenney.
Collector and Constable - Grant Witham.
1895
Moderator - J. W. Morin. (March 4)
Selectmen - * George C. Patten, A. J. Libby, Ansel Stevens.
Treasurer - Moses Thompson.
Collector - J. Frank Barron.
Constables -- J. Frank Barron and W. W. Moulton.
1896
Moderator - Phineas Eames. (March 2)
Selectmen - * George C. Patten, A. J. Libby, Ansel Stevens.
Treasurer - Moses Thompson.
Collector - Charles A. Getchell.
Constables - Charles A. Getchell and Roscoe Eames.
1897
Moderator - J. W. Morin. (March 1)
Selectmen - * Cephas Walker, Grant Witham, Fred B. Pierce. Treasurer - Moses Thompson.
Collector - J. Frank Barron.
Constables - J. Frank Barron, Roscoe Eames.
1898
Moderator - J. W. Morin. (March 7)
Selectmen - * Cephas Walker, Grant Witham, Fred B. Pierce. Treasurer - Moses Thompson. Collector - Austin Berry.
Constables - Austin Berry, James Murphy.
Road Commissioner - A. J. Libby.
1899
Moderator - J. W. Morin. (March 13)
Selectmen - * Cephas Walker, Theophilus Hilton, F. B. Pierce. Treasurer - Moses Thompson. Collector - Austin Berry.
Constables - Austin Berry and G. A. Hawes.
Road Commissioner - A. J. Libby.
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1900
Moderator - J. W. Morin. (March 5)
Selectmen - * Cephas Walker, Ansel Eames, C. L. Caswell. Treasurer - Moses Thompson. Collector - Austin Berry.
Constables - Austin Berry, Jotham Stevens.
MELVIN W. FARMER SYDNEY P. DUNBAR CHARLES S. WALKER Embden Selectmen for 1928-1929
A's the town's population was smaller than required for a leg- islative district, Embden has long been classed with one or more adjacent towns for the election of a representative. When the State of Maine was created in 1820 the Embden class included Anson and New Portland and the representative elected that year was James Collins, who eventually owned considerable land around Fahi Pond. A list of Embden men who have been mem- bers of the legislature follows :
John McFadden, 1822; Lemuel Witham, 1826; Joseph Dur- rell, 1831; James Adams, 1831; Joseph Durrell, 1833; Cyrus Boothby, 1836 and 1839; Humphrey Purington, 1840 and 1841; Nathaniel W. Gould, 1843; Robert Crosby, 1846; Andrew Mc- Fadden, 1851 and 1852; Robert Crosby, 1853; John Cragin, 1857; Ozias McFadden, 1862; William Atkinson, 1867; Thad- deus F. Boothby, 1870; John Pierce, 1874; Amos Hilton, 1880; Andrew J. Libby, 1891; John W. Morin, 1901.
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Marriage records of Embden are well preserved, even from Thursday, Aug. 16, 1804, when local government began to func- tion. Couples from Caratunk and adjacent settlements, such as Gilman Pond, for some years registered marriage intentions there, rather than journey to Anson or Norridgewock. Once the license issued, however, there seemed to be a preference for having the marriage ceremony elsewhere. Perhaps, for a while it was on account of a lack of Embden elders; perhaps it was on account of the opportunity for a honeymoon jaunt into an adjoining village; but, in any event, many an early Embden bride and groom, with a town license in hand, rode away to tie their knot out of town. Therefore these Embden records are rather more of licenses issued than of marriages performed.
But, as years passed, marrying parsons like Elder Job S. Hodgdon, Rev. Samuel Savage and Rev. Jesse Lee Wilson came into wide popularity and performed most of the ceremonies for Embden people. Residents of Concord, New Portland and Solon came to Embden to wed or summoned one of these parsons thither. So, numerous marriages for out-of-town people - or performed out of town - are found as Embden entries. The place of mar- riage is not written down in the lists that follow. After all, the majority of the ceremonies were in Embden and most often at the house of the minister or of the town clerk.
A fortnight's publication of bans, or intentions, was required. Eventually, beginning along in the 1860's, the period of notice was reduced to five days. Embden intentions were "posted up fairly written" as the legal phrase ran. Just where is not quite clear but probably at the residence of the town clerk. It may have been also on the doors of schoolhouses or, into the 1840's, at the doors of the three Embden postoffices. At Anson in 1847 inten- tions of marriage were tacked on the outer door of the free meet- ing house, "it being a public and conspicuous place." The
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Brook meeting house, just over the line in Anson, where many Embden families worshipped, may have served in this capacity.
The lists here from 1805 to 1891 are comprehensive for Emb- den records and include most, if not all, records of Embden brides and grooms who wedded at Anson, with or without Emb- den licenses. Here also are marriages of some Embden persons at Norridgewock, nearly all before 1805; and marriages, particu- larly at Anson, where both parties, although not then from Embden belonged there before or after the wedding.
Where marriage intentions and the issuance of licenses at Embden are followed by records of marriages performed in Embden, only the latter record is given here. Thus: "1813 - April 17 - John Savage and Fanny Colby, by Benjamin Thomp- son, J. P." means those two, both of Embden, filed their inten- tions, got their license a fortnight later, or thereabouts, and on April 17 were married by Justice of the Peace Benjamin Thomp- son in Embden. Generally the justice of the peace was the town clerk. An asterisk (*) before the date as :“1806 - * April 15 - Charles Felker and Hannah Foss" means those two of Embden filed their intentions of marriage with the town clerk, got from him their license to wed but, as far as the records indicate, were not married in town. Occasional items in these lists about con- tracting parties - one or both of whom were of Embden or were of Embden interest - are wholly from other records, like Anson or Norridgewock. These are shown by a following parenthesis like (Anson Rec-s) or (Nor. Rec-s). An example is: "1816 - Nov. 7- Stephen Howard and Moddy Row (Anson Rec-s)," which means these two of Embden are thus recorded at Anson as married there but did not get their license in Embden.
Entries from the Norridgewock records belong mostly to the date before upper Kennebec towns had their modern names, when Greenstown appeared on deeds to land now in Embden, when Seven Mile Brook was a term that covered parts of Emb- den, Anson and New Portland, when Solon was Spauldingtown, Madison was Barnardstown and Caratunk Settlement was used at times to indicate portions of northeast Embden as well as parts of Solon and Concord adjacent to the Kennebec.
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With a marriage performed elsewhere, particularly at Anson, on an Embden license, the form on these lists is : "1815 - * Aug. 21- Foster S. Palmer of Solon, and Mercy Wells (M. at Anson Sept. 28)," which means that Foster S. Palmer filed his inten- tions in Embden, got his license August 21, and on September 28 had the marriage ceremony performed at Anson. There are certain seeming inconsistencies in the record and Foster S. Palmer is also an example. When he married a second time in 1817, he wrote himself as of Embden. He did reside there at one time, and the name of his second wife was put down as Nabby Hilton. When he rode again to Anson to have the later ceremony performed the Anson town clerk wrote the name of the bride as Abigail Hilton. Now and then the Embden town clerk entered the date when intentions were filed but neglected to give the date of the license, merely writing that "the certificate was granted" and now and then the magistrate who officiated at the ceremony omitted the date thereof, but these are so few as to be of negligible importance. For more than 50 years the records of licenses and marriages were entered in confused order, straggling along wherever there was a blank space on the pages of town meeting warrants and the like. The necessary data was nevertheless quite accurately given.
No place of residence after the name of either the bride or of the groom in these lists means the name was entered as of Embden. The spelling below follows generally the original text:
1800
Feb. 1-James Jewett and Meriam Walker both of Seven Mile Brook (Nor. Rec-s).
June 10- Alfred Walker of New Portland and Abigail Rowe of Greenstown (Nor. Rec-s).
Sept. 4- John Kealiher, Jr., and Deborah Jackson both of Greens- town (Nor. Rec-s).
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