Hon. Thomas Fillebrown 1910 Fillebrown Genealogy
154. Hon. Thomas6 Fillebrown (John5, John4, Thomas3, Humpfrey2 Phillibrowne, Robert1 ffilebrowne)(1748)
was born in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts October 8, 1763.(1749) He was born "in the town of Woburn, then called Menotomy, in that part of the town later
named West Cambridge, now Arlington..". Thomas died June 14, 1844 at 80 years of age.(1750) Thomas committed suicide. His body was interred June 1844 in Winthrop, Kennebec
County, Maine.(1751) Burial was at the family
farm but his remains were moved to the East Winthrop Yard Cemetery in 1852.
He married twice. Thomas married Elizabeth Cheever January 13, 1791.(1752) Elizabeth was born August 20, 1771 in Salem, Essex County,
Province of Massachusetts Bay.(1753)
Elizabeth(1754) was the daughter of Nathaniel
Cheever and Elizabeth Bancroft. Elizabeth died October 23, 1817 in Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at 46 years
of age.(1755) She died in the evening of lingering
consumption.
Her body was interred October 23, 1817 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.(1756) The sermon at the internment was done by Dr. Eliphalet Gillet minister of the Old South
Congregational Church. She was originally buried on the family farm but her remains, and others, were moved to the East Winthrop Yard
Cemetery in 1852.
Elizabeth was baptized a religion unknown at the church/site unknown August 25, 1771 in Salem, Essex County,
Massachusetts.(1757) She was Baptized in the
Tabernacle Church. Her was spelled "Elisebeth Chever" in the Church records.
She was baptized a religion unknown at the North Church August 25, 1771 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.(1758) Her name was recorded as being "Elisebeth Chever".
Elizabeth, Nathaniel Cheever's child, resided with Nathaniel in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts circa 1771.(1759) September 1771, Elizabeth Cheever, a
denomination unknown, was a member of the church unknown in Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.(1760) Nathaniel and Elizabeth's daughter was baptized in the church August
25th and the parents whould have to been members.
Elizabeth, Nathaniel Cheever's child, resided with Nathaniel in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts circa
1778. Elizabeth, Elizabeth Bancroft's child, resided with Elizabeth in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County,
Massachusetts (now Maine) date unknown.(1761)
"The Nathaniel Cheever house is still (1910) standing on the west side of Water street, numbered 81, the fourth building north of Winthrop
Street, a large two-story mansion. It was in its time the scene of many notable gatherings, for in those days Hallowell was distinguished
for its intellectual and fashionable society, in which the Cheevers were conspicuous. Doubt is expressed whether Nathaniel Cheever, Sr.
lived in this house"
Elizabeth had marriage banns to Hon. Thomas Fillebrown published January 30, 1791 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County,
Massachusetts (now Maine).(1762) This was
probably the announcement of the marriage rather than the intention of the marriage. It appeared in the Vital Records of Hallowell, Maine.
Elizabeth resided in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine) circa 1791.(1763) She lived there until April 1808.
Elizabeth was mentioned in a report of Samuel Weston's birth November 9, 1791 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County,
Massachusetts (now Maine).(1764) The book "A
Midwife's Tale" reported that the midwife, Martha Ballard was more distressed by "the behavior of her old friend and neighbor Elizabeth
Weston, who was overwhelmed by her last pregnancy, an unexpected and probably unwelcome event. She (Elizabeth) was forty-five years old,
her youngest child was already six. Furthermore, since her daughter Betsy had recently married THomas Fillebrown, she was more disposed to
welcome grandchildren than another child of her own. Her anxiety grew more intense during the last weeks of pregnancy. Though her previous
delivery had been uneventful, she grew fearful that this one would not go well. There were as yet no physical signs of labor, but she
wanted her midwife with her." "Martha spent almost two weeks in and out of the Weston house, leaving when necessary to deliver
other women. 'Mrs. Wesson remains much as shee has been,' Martha wrote on October 28, after four days of sleeping and waiting with no sign
of labor. '[She] Consented that I should go home & see how my famely were.' If there had been a half-frozen river between them, the long
vigil might have been justified, but the Westons and the Ballards were still relatively near neighbors despite the Ballards' removal from
the mills." "Still, Martha returned the next day, listening, watching, and apparently growing increasingly annoyed. 'Mr
Wesson brot me some work,' she wrote on November 4. By November 6 she had had enough. 'I came home,' she wrote. 'Mrs Wesson as well as she
has been.' The woman presumably got the point. When she called again she meant it. The summons came on November 9 at 3:00 a.m., and
'Shee was safe delivered at 4 hour 30 minutes of a fine son.' A safe delivery did not relieve the problem. A week later Martha wrote, 'I
began to make candles & was calld to see Mrs Weston. I find her as well as Could be Expected but of the mind Shee Cannot take care of hir
infant at home. A stupid afair I think, but Shee must do as shee pleases,' A harsh judgement from an old friend. When Martha returned a
month later, Mrs. Weston was as determined on illness as ever. 'She is weak," Martha reported, adding by way of explanation, 'Shee has not
walked her room any since shee was put to bed. Her infant is at Mr Hewins.' Perhaps one of the town's physicians took over the management
of her case. Martha had nothing more to say about it. She delivered Elizabeth Weston's daughter Betsy Fillebrown of her first child on
February 2, making no reference to the presence or absence of the grandmother. (Mrs. Weston was, however, clearly present when her daughter
gave birth to a second child two years later.) Perhaps there was a brief estrangement between the two women, though if so the old patterns
of neighborliness had clearly been restored by the end of the summer." "In sending out her infant to be nursed, Elizabeth
Weston violated a particularly strong taboo. Only a severe and intractable illness could justify separating a mother and child.
When Elizabeth was age 20 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 28 they became the parents of Elizabeth Fillebrown February
2, 1792 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1765) The midwife was Martha Ballard who had delivered her half brother a few months earlier.
When Elizabeth was age 23 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 30 they became the parents of Thomas Fillebrown September 15,
1794 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1766) The midwife was Martha Ballard who had delivered her first child and her mother-in-laws
last child.
When Elizabeth was age 24 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 32 they became the parents of William Fillebrown January 11,
1796 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1767) When Elizabeth was age 26 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 34 they became
the parents of Caroline Fillebrown March 6, 1798 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1768) When Elizabeth was age 28 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was
age 36 they became the parents of William Cheever Fillebrown January 29, 1800 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now
Maine).(1769) When Elizabeth was age 30
and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 38 they became the parents of Emily Fillebrown December 29, 1801 in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1770) When
Elizabeth was age 32 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 40 they became the parents of Dr. George Fillebrown March 31, 1804
in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1771) Circa August 1804, Elizabeth, a Congregationalist, was a member of the Old South
Church in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.(1772) She attended there until her death.
When Elizabeth was age 35 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 43 they became the parents of Henry Fillebrown May 14, 1807
in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1773) Elizabeth moved with her husband the Hon. Thomas Fillebrown to Winthrop,
Kennebec Co., ME April 25, 1808.(1774) The farm, which
Thomas Fillebrown purchased in 1803 with additions in 1807 and 1808 is also described as near East Hallowell. "Colonel Fillebrown brought
with him to Winthrop architect's plans, for a new house of the Colonial style, and soon had a cellar dug and stoned on the east side of the
road about one hundred yards from the north boundary. A well was also dug and stoned, and a new barn built, but embarrassed by having to
pay another man's note he was obliged to forgo the building of the new house." The cellar, well and barn disappeared more than a
generation ago (reported in 1910).
When Elizabeth was age 38 and Hon. Thomas Fillebrown was age 46 they became the parents of James Bowdoin Fillebrown
October 24, 1809 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1775) He was born on the family farm and lived there, except when on sea voyages, for many
years.
James Fillebrown's Journal.(1776) "Having on 10th of
May 1852 removed all the family remains from the burying ground on the farm to the public cemetery at East Winthrop, I caused to be erected
a granite monument; a broad slab covered all the graves, upon which the monument was placed, at a cost of one hundred dollars, one half of
which was paid by my brother Thomas, the other half by myself." The remains moved included his father Thomas Fillebrown, his mother
Elizabeth Cheever, and his siblings Emily, George, and Henry.
A visit to an ancestor's grave.(1777) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the burial place, in East Winthrop, Maine, of Jerry's 3rd great grandparents Thomas Fillebrown,
Elizabeth Cheever, and some of their family on July 13, 1997. The grave was decorated with an American Flag and a plaque identifying him as
a Soldier of the American Revolution. Also buried there are: Thomas' 2nd wife Sally Cushing; Emily, George, Henry, and James children of
Thomas and Elizabeth; John Fillebrown grandnephew of Thomas Fillebrown; Almira Butler wife of James; and Allie B. Buxton great grandson of
Thomas and Elizabeth.
Thomas married Sally Newell July 20, 1820 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(1778) The service was officiated by the Rev. Dr. Baldwin.
The Marriage was reported in the newspaper the Columbian Centinel July 22, 1820.
Sally was born circa 1775.(1779) (Additional
notes for Sally Newell(1780)) Sally died June
23, 1860 at 84 years of age.(1781) John Bowdoin
Fillebrown reported in his Journal "My stepmother died, she having for about four years lived with her adopted daughter Sarah (Fillebrown)
Hopkins."
Her body was interred circa 1860 in East Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine.(1782) She was buried at East Winthrop Cemetery in the Fillebrown family plot.
When Sally was age unknown and Thomas Cushing was age unknown they became the parents of Henry Cushing date unknown.(1783) When Sally was age 25 and Thomas Cushing
was age 26 they became the parents of Sarah Cushing January 31, 1801 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(1784) Sally, as Thomas's wife, resided with
him in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(1785) Sally resided in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts circa 1820.(1786) Sally was a parent of Henry Cushing July
20, 1820.(1787) She became the foster mother of
Sarah Marshall Fillebrown September 19, 1825 in Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(1788) At the death of her mother Sarah Marshall Fillebrown was taken by
Miss Ruth Bancroft of Boston to the home of her grand-uncle Col. Thomas Fillebrown and was brought up in his family as an own child.
This is a bit of history.(1789) On March 1, 1853 in
Winthrop, ME she applied for a pension as the widow of a Revolutionary War veteran.
A visit to an ancestor's grave.(1790) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the burial place, in East Winthrop, Maine, of Jerry's 3rd great grandparents Thomas Fillebrown,
Elizabeth Cheever, and some of their family on July 13, 1997. The grave was decorated with an American Flag and a plaque identifying him as
a Soldier of the American Revolution. Also buried there are: Thomas' 2nd wife Sally Cushing; Emily, George, Henry, and James children of
Thomas and Elizabeth; John Fillebrown grandnephew of Thomas Fillebrown; Almira Butler wife of James; and Allie B. Buxton great grandson of
Thomas and Elizabeth.
Thomas became a foster child circa 1770 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.(1791) The "Genealogy of the Fillebrown Family" by C.B. Fillebrown states that at the time of
his father's death Thomas went to live with his maternal grandfather (Caleb Kenrick) however the "Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779
Biographical Directory" by P.R. Ritter states that Thomas went to his uncle John Kenrick. His military records show his residence as Newton
or Newtown, MA. The home of his mother was still standing in 1910 at 286 Waverly Avenue,
Thomas reported for active duty August 22, 1778 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.(1792) Thomas Fillebrown, Private, Capt. John Berry's co., Col. Jacob
Gerrish's regt. of guards, roll dated Camp at Winter Hill in Cambridge. He served until December 25, 1778.
Thomas reported for active duty February 12, 1779 in Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.(1793) Thomas Fillebrown, in Capt. Nathaniel Heath's co.;
with guards at and about Boston under Maj. Gen. Gates. He served until May 11, 1779.
Thomas reported for active duty May 12, 1779 in Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.(1794) Thomas Fillebrown, in Maj. Nathaniel Heath's co. enlisted May 12,
1779; discharged Aug. 11, 1779; service 3 mos.; company raised to serve with guards at and about Boston for 3 months; also, same co.;
enlisted Aug. 12, 1779; discharged Oct. 31, 1779 service 2 mos. 20 days; company raised to serve with guards at and about Boston for 3
months; also, same co., enlisted Nov. 6, 1779; discharged Oct. 6, 1780; service, 11 mos. 2 days; company raised for service with guards at
and about Boston; above service from Nov. 6, 1779, performed under successive engagements of 3 months.
Thomas served in the military January 1, 1781 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(1795) Thomas Filbrown, Matross, Capt. Amos Lincoln's co. of matrosses;
also, same co.; list of men entitled to clothing 'for the second year" dated Boston, March 20, 1782
Thomas reported for active duty January 8, 1781 in Newtown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.(1796) Thomas Fillebrown, Capt. Amos Lincoln's co., Col. Thomas Craft's
regt.; list of men mustered, as returned by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master. Stature 5ft. 4 in.; complexion, light; occupation, gentleman
soldier; residence Newtown; mustered by Lieut. Whitman; reported received $100 bounty. "A part of his duty was to help guard the Hessians
captured with Burgoyne's Army." He was there until July 18, 1873.
Thomas reported for active duty November 1, 1782 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.(1797) Thomas Filbrowne, Matross, Capt. Amos Lincoln's co. of matrosses. He
was there until July 18, 1783.
Thomas moved from a home in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Hallowell, ME circa 1783.(1798) He moved ther after his final discharge from active duty.
Thomas was employed at his own business as a general tradesman in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now
Maine) October 27, 1783.(1799) Immediately
after his discharge from the army he had returned home and "...engaged in general trade, doing for twenty years or more a business in West
India goods and groceries, in which he accumulated some means. In the Kennebec Intelligencer for June 30, 1797, may be found his
advertisement of 'New England Rum by barrel, or gallon, wines, nails, glass, paints, and oils, bar iron and steel.' His set of big leather
bound books, kept in his own hand, indicates a good-sized business for those days."
He purchased land from Jonas Clark April 21, 1786 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now
Maine).(1800) "Jonas Clark to Thomas
Fillebrown of Hallowell, Trader 30 pounds. Two lots of land in Hallowell Bum-bo-hook, one lot on Kennebec river containing 20 rods - the
other on Kennebec river containing 31 sq. rods more or less. Recorded Lib. 19, Fol 50" in the Registry of Deeds, Wiscasset, Maine.
Thomas served in the military October 25, 1787 in Massachusetts.(1801) "His connection with the State militia as a member of the First Brigade, Eight Division,
covered a period of twenty-six years, beginning October 25, 1787, when he was promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant of the Seventh Company in
the Second Regiment." The commission bears the signature of Governor John Hancock.
Thomas was employed at Lincoln County as Sheriff in Lincoln County, Massachusetts circa 1788.(1802) This was prior to the setting off of Lincoln County.
Thomas was promoted in the branch unknown May 11, 1789 in Lincoln County, Massachusetts.(1803) He was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain of the Seventh Company of
the Second Regiment, Massachusetts State Militia. The commission bears the signature of Governor John Hancock.
Thomas had marriage banns to Elizabeth Cheever published January 30, 1791 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County,
Massachusetts (now Maine).(1804) This was
probably the announcement of the marriage rather than the intention of the marriage. It appeared in the Vital Records of Hallowell, Maine.
Hon. Thomas Fillebrown purchased land from Nathan Weston February 12, 1791 in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County,
Massachusetts (now Maine).(1805) "Nathan
Wesson (Weston) of Hallowell and Elizabeth his wife, to Thomas Fillebrown 20 pounds. Date February 12, 1791, land bounded 'northwardly by
land belonging to Isaac Clark, westerly by land belonging to Paul Blake, southardly by a rod wide road, and easterly by the public road or
highway leading up and down from the Hook, so called, and same said to contain sixteen square rods. Book 26, page 257" from the Registry
of Deeds, Wiscasset, Maine.
Thomas resided in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine) circa 1791.(1806) "The house in which he lived, built by him, is still (1997)
standing, numbered 123 Second Street, on land purchased of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Wesson (Weston) for 20 Pounds, February 12, 1791."
When Thomas was age 28 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 20 they became the parents of Elizabeth Fillebrown February 2, 1792
in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1807) The midwife was Martha Ballard who had delivered her half brother a few months earlier.
When Thomas was age 30 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 23 they became the parents of Thomas Fillebrown September 15, 1794 in
Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1808) The midwife was Martha Ballard who had delivered her first child and her mother-in-laws
last child.
Thomas was elected Legislator, Kennebec County circa 1794/95 in Massachusetts.(1809) He was a member of the Massachusetts Legislature at its first session in the new State
House.
When Thomas was age 32 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 24 they became the parents of William Fillebrown January 11, 1796 in
Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1810) He was promoted February 24, 1796 in Lincoln County, Massachusetts.(1811) "He was promoted in the Massachusetts State Militia
to be Major of his regiment being commissioned by Governor Samuel Adams."
When Thomas was age 34 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 26 they became the parents of Caroline Fillebrown March 6, 1798 in
Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1812) When Thomas was age 36 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 28 they became the
parents of William Cheever Fillebrown January 29, 1800 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1813) Thomas was promoted May 25, 1801 in Lincoln
County, Massachusetts.(1814) "He was
commissioned by Governor Caleb Strong 'Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant (there being at that time no office of Colonel) of the First Regiment
of Infantry in the Second Brigade, Eighth Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.'"
When Thomas was age 38 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 30 they became the parents of Emily Fillebrown December 29, 1801 in
Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1815) He purchased land circa 1803 in East Winthrop, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now
Maine).(1816) "He ... bought ... of Samuel
Foster, for $1000, about fifty acres of 'land on the east side of the road leading from Barzillai Delano's (location marked today (1910) by
an old well in the northwest corner of Dudley's orchard, latterly owned by Homer Higgins, and adjoining the north line of the Fillebrown
farm) to Stuart Foster's, bounded by lands of Daniel Robbins (father-in-law of Ezekiel Bailey, the founder of the oil cloth manufacture in
the lands of John Kezer, Wm. Richards and Delano.'" This property is also reported as near Winthrop.
The "History of Winthrop" by E.S. Stackpole states that "Lot No., 10 was granted to John Needham, June 1767.. He was on it but a short
time and no trace of him is found after 1772. He sold this lot to Seth Greely of Hallowell, 18 Aug. 1777. Greely's name does not appear on
the records later then 1778, except to have taxes abated. Henry Wood, senior, came from Middleboro, Mass., as early as 1793 and settled on
this lot, remaining on it until his death in 1806. Samuel Foster, nephew of Timothy, came into town about 1779 and purchased fifty acres of
the west end of the lot and continued in possession until he left town in 1801 or a little later. Col. Thomas Fillebrown succeeded Foster
and remained until his death in 1844."
When Thomas was age 40 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 32 they became the parents of Dr. George Fillebrown March 31, 1804 in
Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1817) Thomas was employed at Kennebec County as Justice of the Peace in Kennebec County,
Massachusetts (now Maine) circa 1804.(1818)
During his continued reappointment he solemnized the marriages of many distinguished persons in Winthrop. In 1820 the State of Maine was
established and he continued to hold the same position. He held it until 1829.
This is a bit of history.(1819) He was a Presidential
Elector in 1804 for Massachusetts and gave his vote for Jefferson and Clinton.
He purchased land from circa 1806 in East Winthrop, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1820) "He bought of Aaron Wadsworth for $1200 sixty acres between the west
side of same road (as described in the 1803 transaction) and the Narrows Pond." This expanded the 1803 tract.
Thomas was elected Senator, Kennebec County circa 1806 in Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1821) He was a member of the General Court in Boston.
Thomas was employed at his own business as a tradesman in Augusta, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) August 20,
1806.(1822) "Colonel Fillebrown was in a trade
partnership, presumably at Augusta, with S. Fenno, under the name of Fillebrown & Fenno. Apparently he was a capitalist of concern, and it
took him another year or more to liquidate the business and recover his diminished capital." It continued until August 1807.
When Thomas was age 43 and Elizabeth Cheever was age 35 they became the parents of Henry Fillebrown May 14, 1807 in
Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1823) This is a bit of history.(1824) In 1807 Thomas Fillebrown was closing up his store in Hallowell and the half brother of
his wife, Samuel Weston, moved to a part of Hallowell that had become Manchester by 1910. Prior to that Samuel had worked in the Hallowell
store for some years. Thomas closed the store in preparation for his move to Winthrop, MA
This is a bit of history.(1825) "In the early winter
of 1808, rumors of a planned squatter attack on Augusta reached the Kennebec County sheriff, Arthur Lithgow. On January 19, Sewall (Henry,
Major General of the Kennebec regiments) 'On the written request of the sheriff ordered 400 of the militia in the vicinity to be ready at a
moments warning, to assist him in the due execution of his duty.' Rumors reached the town that settlers (squatters) were mustering in the
back country for an attack on the county seat. On January 28, Deputy Sheriff Pitt Dilingham rode into the Sheepscot county to negotiate with
the settlers. As he stood before an immense crowd gathered near Broad's Tavern in Fairfax, seventy-five masked and armed men appeared at
the top of a nearby hill. In good military order, they marched in single file 'an elegant standard' toward the tavern. Firing a deafening
salute into the air, they formed a half-circle around him. The men were dressed in blankets and moccasins with caps three feet high and
masks of bearskin or sheep skin, 'some stuck over with hog's bristles.' Dilingham spoke in conciliatory terms ('Their savage appearance
would strike terror in the boldest heart,' he later wrote), promising that no sheriff would serve proprietary writs without posting prior
notice at the tavern, a strategy that would presumably allow the object of the writ to flee. Maintaining their charade to the end, the
settlers promised to consider the Sheriff's terms, returning an hour later with the report that 'All injun like very much your talk, all
injun agree as you say.' In Boston, Governor Sullivan was less concerned about white Indians than about the possibility that
Lithgow and Sewall had exceeded their authority. Not only did circumstances not warrant the raising of troops, the county magistrates had
failed to follow the procedures outlined in the Massachusetts Riot Act of 1786. On February 5, Sewall wrote in his journal, 'General Orders
of the I. inst. recd. by Express, for disbanding the sheriff's detachmt. Added Division Orders & distributed them by Major Howard thro' the
Division.' Denied troops, the Augusta gentry organized a voluntary patrol taking as their motto Custodia est Clypeus,
'The Watch is Our Protection.' Concerned about continuing rumors of as invasion they circuited the center of the town from 11:00 p.m. to
daylight each night, starting at Burton's Inn on the west side of the river, going past the courthouse, meeting house, and jail, beyond
Judge Bridge's house and across Kennebec bridge, past Cony's, Lithgrow's, and Sewall's residences, then around Fort Western and back across
the bridge. (Charles Hayden's map showes the impressive houses that now stood near Fort Western.) Despite the watch , the Augusta jail
burned to the ground on March 16, 1808. 'Fears are entertained it was disinedly done,' Martha wrote. Sewall added, 'In the night a military
guard, being requested, was supplied by Capt. Vose's light company, to protect the prisoners & the Courthouse which was also attempted to be
fired.' The next day the leading 'magistrates and gentlemen' of the county gathered at the courthouse, agreed that Sewall was right in
ordering a military force to secure the records and prisoners, and requested that Joseph North, Thomas Fillebrown, and John Davis, Esquire,
inform the Governor of the fact."
Thomas moved from a home in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME April 25,
1808.(1826) The farm, which Thomas Fillebrown
purchased in 1803 with additions in 1807 and 1808 is also described as near East Hallowell. "Colonel Fillebrown brought with him to
Winthrop architect's plans, for a new house of the Colonial style, and soon had a cellar dug and stoned on the east side of the road about
one hundred yards from the north boundary. A well was also dug and stoned, and a new barn built, but embarrassed by having to pay another
man's note he was obliged to forgo the building of the new house." The cellar, well and barn disappeared more than a generation ago
(reported in 1910).
He purchased land from circa 1808 in East Winthrop, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1827) He bought "of John Kezer, for $100, a small field, two and
seven-eights acres, bordering on Kezer Pond. These lots (1803, 1806, and 1808 purchases) constituted the Fillebrown farm. the south line of
which for more than a half century adjoined throughout the line of the Ezekiel Bailey farm. This farm was sold by his son, James Bowdoin
Fillebrown, in 1864, and known for another generation as the Noah Pinkham Farm."
Thomas was employed at Kennebec County as Chief Justice in Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) circa 1808.(1828) He was appointed to the newly established Court of
Sessions for the County of Kennebec by Governor Sullivan. He opened his tenure with a speech that began "Called on to preside over the
deliberations of this Honorable Court, in my capacity as Chief Justice, duly appointed and commissioned for that purpose by the laws of the
Commonwealth, I am fully sensible of my inabilities to discharge such an important trust. I shall need all the candor and indulgence of my
Honorable Colleagues, with the acquiescence of a liberal public to attributes errors in judgement to the head and not to the heart." He
was appointed again in 1811.
He served as an officer in the military circa 1808 in Lincoln County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1829) "Upon the reorganization of the Massachusetts militia in 1808 his
regiment became the First in the First Brigade under General Chandler, and comprised, in addition to the Augusta Light Infantry, two
standing companies from Augusta, two from Hallowell, two from Gardiner, two from Pittston, and one from East Winthrop, ten companies in
all."
Thomas was employed at Kennebec County as Justice of Peace in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) circa
1809.(1830) When Thomas was age 46 and
Elizabeth Cheever was age 38 they became the parents of James Bowdoin Fillebrown October 24, 1809 in Winthrop, Kennebec County,
Massachusetts (now Maine).(1831) He was born on
the family farm and lived there, except when on sea voyages, for many years.
This is a bit of history.(1832) During the events of
1812 the following General Order was promulgated by him: BRIGADE ORDERS, FIRST BRIGADE, EIGHTH DIVISION Winthrop, 31 August, 1812 "The
Militia Law of this State, 18th page, 13th Section declares that whenever the office of Brigadier General shall be vacant the officer next
in grade and in commission shall exercise the command and perform the duties thereof until the vacancy shall be supplied. This duty having
now devolved on me I shall endeavor to discharge is faithfully and impartially according to the best of my judgement, however unequal I may
be to that important trust. When I take into view all the embarrassing circumstances yet I can but hope and anticipate the indulgence of
both officers and soldiers of the Brigade to attribute any error to the complex embarrassments to the head and not to the heart. In
discharging this duty I must call attention of both officers ands soldiers to the Division order of the 18th inst., for review, inspection
and military discipline. The coming Autumn that order will be strictly adhered to; the commanding officers of Regiments, Battalions and
Companies are earnestly called on to discharge their respective important duties with more particular attention than usual. considering our
country in actual state of war. It behooves the Militia to be on the alert, looking forward to that time when nothing will secure our
families and properties from the ravages of war, the tomahawk and scalping knife, but the united strength of the militia. You will all
remember we are on the frontier, exposed on every side to external (and I fear) internal enemies. Whenever the Militia declines where can be
the hopes of longer enjoying the Liberty and Independence which have cost our beloved country much blood and treasure....... The time being
appointed by the Division order for each of the Regiments and Battalions composing the First Brigade to meet for review, the respective
places of review and give Major Howard the earliest information that he may communicate the same to the commanding officer of the Brigade,
and to the Major Commandants of Artillery and Cavalry that they may order their troops accordingly. The Brigade Inspector will be very
particular in his inspection, and note all deficiencies in arms and equipments in order that the Captains may be exhorted strictly to attend
to such deficiencies and have them completed immediately. It is generally conceded in the militia (in time of peace) that the campaign
stops with the fall review, but in the present state of our country this cannot be the case. We shall be as liable the next day, week or
month to be called out as at any time previous to the review, therefore it is our indispensable duty to lay on our arms in winter as in
summer and be prepared to meet our foe by day or night, so long as our country remains in an open war, and being thus prepared, united and
determined we may add something important to bring about that happy day when the sound of war shall no longer be heard in our land. Major
Howard will hand down the preceding order to each of the commanding officers of Regiments and Battalions of Artillery and Cavalry without
delay and forward to the commanding officer of the First Regiment the accompanying division order and blanks, also furnish Captains Cass and
Norris with their proportion of accompanying blank notifications." (Sd) Th. Fillebrown, Lt. Col. Comdt. & commanding officer Brigade.
He was released from active duty in the Massachusetts State Militia by Honorable Discharge February 1, 1813 in Winthrop, Kennebec
County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1833) "This
was done at his own request having been twelve years commander of his regiment. Later in the same year there was a movement for his
reappointment, as is seen by the following letter: Sir: On the 29th of July last, if I mistake not, you did me the honor to inform me (at
my house) that the Electors of Brigadier General of First Brigade held a meeting for the choice of that office on the preceding, and the
Electors then present honored me with a majority of their votes for that office. This information was corroborated by Major Chandler in a
day or two after. The attention and respect shown me at that time I hope have been by me duly appreciated, although not previous to this
openly acknowledged.
I held a commission for a long time in Militia much to my satisfaction until the year 1809. At the close of the year 1810 I came to a
determination to divest myself of my then command, made application to our then Brigadier for that purpose. From his known energy and
perseverance he persuaded me to continue one more year more and something would take place that would not only remove me but many others
from the command of the commanding officers of the Eighth Division. What took place in 1812 in regard to the Eighth Division and the
formation of the new or 17th Division, of which we were a part, and it being afterward turned back to the eighth, is a matter of record in
your recollection, as well as on paper. This being done, it revived my prior determination without any further cause to resign the first
proper moment, and although numerous other causes have since existed, yet the state of our country compelled me to continue my command until
the first of January, 1813. At that time I considered it a duty to take myself from under the command of an officer in whom I had no
confidence, for I always considered it of the utmost importance for all officers from the lowest grade to highest to harmonize with each
other and trust each other with the respect due their several commands. This is a necessary link in the militia, and a strong one in a
regular army. When that sociability and harmony is wanting, a superior officer, especially when advanced in years, may render the station
of his subordinate officer very unpleasant, and that with impunity.
Before I close I will mention that some time last week I accidentally heard that the meeting of the first officers of this 1st Brigade is
to be held on 28th inst. at Readfield. On Thursday evening last at Mr. Morrill's in Hallowell I had that information confirmed, with the
addition that it was expected that some of the Electors would be disposed again to honor me with their votes. You will please to inform
them (if any should be so inclined) that after a very serious contest between the duty I owe my country and my own feeling and the feeling
of some of my friends, I have determined never to hold another subordinate command under the present commanding officer of the Eighth
Division.
You will please to accept for yourself and all the gentlemen electors the assurances of my highest regrets and best wishers and respect."
(Sd) Th. Fillebrown. Major Saml. Currier, Readfield,
1813, Dec. 27th.
Thomas was employed at Kennebec County as Justice of Peace in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) circa
1815.(1834) He held the position until 1819.
Thomas was elected a member, Kennebec County circa 1820 in Kennebec County, Maine.(1835) He was a member of the Governor's Council of William King, the first Governor of the new
State of Maine.
Thomas was Henry Cushing's step father.(1836) Thomas, a Baptist, was a founding member of Baptist Church in East Winthrop,
Kennebec County, Maine on circa 1823.(1837)
"There were Baptists at East Winthrop at an early date. Elder Potter (probably James Potter of Litchfield) preached there a few times in
1791. A Baptist church having been built just over the town line in East Readfield, many of the inhabitants of East Winthrop united
therewith, and a large congregation grew up under the ministrations of Rev. Isaac Case. In 2809 the Baptists asked the town for their share
of the income of the ministerial fund, but met with refusal. Occasionally they had preaching in the school house at East Winthrop.
At length the Baptists of East Winthrop, joined by some of the leading citizens, made an agreement as follows:
'This may certify that we, the subscribers, having a desire to promote a good society and the cause of religion, do think it expedient to
erect a house for public worship in the east part of Winthrop, and the calculation in to set the house between the Rev. Josiah Houghton's
and Benjamin Packard's, to be built of wood, 45x55 feet, with a belfry and cupola, said house to be completed by the first of November,
1823, the payment to be made, one half by the first of January, 1823, and the other half in one year after. We do covenant and agree to
take and for the number of shares set against our names, each share to be fifty dollars. If said house is erected it shall be binding to all
intents and purposes, otherwise null and void.'
The agreement was signed by Benjamin Perkins, Thomas Fillebrown (and 31 others).
Fifty-nine shares were taken by the subscribers and Jonas Packard contracted to build the house for three thousand dollars. It was
dedicated 10 Nov. 1823. Its distinguishing feature was the spire and bell. the first and only one west of the Kennebec at that time. The
sale of pews amounted to three thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars. The first occasion on which the bell was rung was in
February, 1824, when John Quincy Adams was elected President by the House of Representatives over Andrew Jackson. The pews faced the south.
Eight steps led to the pulpit between the two doors leading into the vestibule. Galleries were on three sides supported by eight pillars.
The north gallery was for the singers. For ten years there was no means of heating the house except private foot-stoves. During the noon
hour the male part of the congregation warmed up in Benjamin
This is a bit of history.(1838) In 1824 he was one of
the two Presidential Electors at large (for Maine), casting his vote for Mr. John Quincy Adams.
He became the foster father of Sarah Marshall Fillebrown September 19, 1825 in Winthrop, Suffolk County,
Massachusetts.(1839) At the death of her mother
Sarah Marshall Fillebrown was taken by Miss Ruth Bancroft of Boston to the home of her grand-uncle Col. Thomas Fillebrown and was brought up
in his family as an own child.
This is a bit of history.(1840) "He gave to the town
of Hallowell (ME) in 1828, land for its Town Hall (now {1910} a fire-engine house) opposite his residence."
This is a bit of history.(1841) "In 1828 he was
president of the (Presidential) Electoral Board (for Maine) and was chosen messenger to carry the vote of the Board to Washington. While
there he was honored with an invitation to a reception of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay; also, December 19, with a formal invitation to dine with
President Adams."
Thomas was honored circa 1829.(1842) "He was
notified by G.F. Cox, President of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, of his election as a member of the Honorary Branch of the Calliopean Society
'having for its object the establishment of a well selected library for the benefit of the students of that Institution' organized in
1828."
This is a bit of history.(1843) "The following
document is a certificate by E. Bangs Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which certificate, with other evidence, I
delivered to Judge Weston for the purpose of obtaining my pension, so called, as a Revolutionary soldier. Those papers were delivered him
on the 7th December 1832, to be forwarded to Mr. Vose at Washington." CERTIFICATE That he entered the service of
the United States during the Revolutionary War under the following Officers and served as is herein stated, that in the month of March,
1778, he enlisted in a regiment commanded by Col. Gerrish in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Mayo of the same regiment, who was
stationed in the town of Cambridge, as a guard in and over the captured army of General Burgoyne, then and there imprisoned at said
Cambridge as a place called Prospect Hill, that he served several months under the command of said Capt. Mayo, and until the British part of
said army were ordered to other quarters provided for them in the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, to which place
he marched with them as one of the guards under the command of Capt. Mayo, and after arriving there and placing said prisoners under other
guards he was then and there discharged and returned to the Town of Newton, the place of his then residence, and he further saith that
within a few days after his return to Newton as aforesaid he was applied to take the place of an invalid soldier in the same Gerrish's
regiment commanded by Capt. John Berry of Georgetown (now Bath) in the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine, and that he volunteered his
services and supplied the place of said invalid who was immediately discharged, and that he served in said Capt. Berry's company several
months as one of the guard in and over that part of the captured army of General Burgoyne composed of the Hessian Troop, which were then
imprisoned at a place called Winter Hill in the same Town of Cambridge, and that he remained there doing duty as one of said guard until
orders were given to march all the prisoners from there to the Town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts on the Connecticut River,
that he marched there as one of said guard in and under the command of said Capt. Berry, and after arriving at Springfield aforesaid and
seeing all the prisoners across the Connecticut River under other guards he was then and there honorably discharged and then returned to
his place of residence as aforesaid, And he further states that in the month of May or June in the year 1780 he enlisted voluntarily for six
months in the Town of Roxbury to join the Continental Army and was enrolled in the Third Regiment, First Brigade, and First Division of the
Massachusetts Line, and then commanded by Lieut. Col. William Hull, and that he served six months accordingly and in the month of December
in the same year was honorably discharged at a place called Fishkill on the now Hudson River, State of New York, then returned to the place
of his residence aforesaid, as will appear by the records of the Massachusetts Line now in the War Office in the City of Washington. And he
further states that on the first day of January, 1781, that he voluntarily enlisted in a Regiment of Artillery called the Massachusetts
Regiment commanded by Col. Craft in a company commanded by Capt. Amos Lincoln for the term of three years, but was honorably discharged at
the close of the Revolutionary War in May or June, 1783, that he served during the whole time in various Forts and Garrisons, sometimes at
Castle William, now Fort Independence, in the Harbor of Boston, sometimes on Fort Hill in Boston, but the principal part of the time in the
outpost on the heights of Nantasket at the entrance of the Boston Channel, and that when he enlisted in the regiment last named his
encouragement was eight dollars per month, which he believes was allowed to be the pay to all who served in that description of Corps called
Artillery, and also, to make up full pay, we were promised a full suit of clothing annually, together with a good blanket, &c, &c. Those
indispensable articles of clothing had they been received agreeable to expectation at the time of enlistment could not be of less value than
four dollars per month for forty-eight dollars by the year, which makes the full pay twelve dollars per month, this being about an average
price for individual service about that time and in those days. (signed) E. Bangs, Secretary of State.
Thomas applied for a military pension December 7, 1832 in Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine).(1844) At the time of his service Kennebec County, ME was Kennebec County,
MA.
Thomas was employed at a provision store as a tradesman in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine circa 1835.(1845) This is a bit of history.(1846) "In the Harrison and Tyler campaign in 1840, at the age of 77, he was once more chosen
Presidential Elector."
Thomas's funeral was held June 1844 at church/site unknown in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine.(1847) "Colonel Fillebrown is remembered as a genial gentleman of April
temperament, in height about five feet nine inches, in weight 175 to 180 pounds, of light complexion, blue eyes, very broad shoulders,
muscular build, 'straight as a gun barrel,' and 'always dressed in blue.' His funeral was attended by a great concourse of neighbors and
friends."
Thomas's will was probated circa 1844 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.(1848) "In his estate, which was appraised in 1844 at $3091.44, exclusive of the homestead in
Winthrop, were inventoried one pew in the 'meeting house' at Hallowell, appraised at $27.50, and three in the Baptist Church at East
Winthrop, appraised at $40. He had, in 1843, deeded his Hallowell homestead on Second Street and a business lot lying opposite, between
Second Street and Water Street, now (1910) numbered 167-171, to his son James Bowdoin Fillebrown, taking therefore his note for $1666.66.
This note was cancelled by bequest in his will."
Paying respect.(1849) "During a residence of
twenty-five years in Hallowell and thirty-six years in Winthrop, Thomas Fillebrown was a regular supporter of the church. His catholic
spirit in church affairs is indicated by the following incident revived in the Maine Farmer and the Hallowell Gazette in 1850." "The Rev.
Epaphras Kibby was on the Readfield circuit, and while preaching one day at Hallowell he was assailed by a mob, who made the stones and
brick-bats fly about the ears of himself and audience in rather dangerous profusion. Mr. Kibby left town, but soon after invited by Col. F.
to come and preach there again. He accordingly went, and as he drew near the house, he saw several armed men standing around and moving
about the crowd. They treated him very respectfully, as he went in, and, although they continued standing around, there was no disturbance.
He afterward learned that Col. F. had hired these men and armed them, and stood ready to put himself at their head, and shoot the first man
who attempted to excite the mob. Col. Fillebrown was not a Methodist, but he was a man of firmness, and religious toleration; a friend of
law and order, and a man of influence in those days. The manner in which he stepped forward to defend the weak, and put down the first mob
in Hallowell, is worthy of being remembered."
James Fillebrown's Journal.(1850) "Having on 10th of
May 1852 removed all the family remains from the burying ground on the farm to the public cemetery at East Winthrop, I caused to be erected
a granite monument; a broad slab covered all the graves, upon which the monument was placed, at a cost of one hundred dollars, one half of
which was paid by my brother Thomas, the other half by myself." The remains moved included his father Thomas Fillebrown, his mother
Elizabeth Cheever, and his siblings Emily, George, and Henry.
This is a gift to a museum.(1851) "His flint-lock,
'The old King's Arms,' which, upon the death of his son James Bowdoin Fillebrown, was handed down to his grandson, Henry F. Heywood,
conditioned upon a Fourth of July annual discharge, was by him contributed for safe keeping to the collection of the Bostonian Society, in
the old State House in Boston, where it may now (1910) be found together with the watch which he carried."
An ancestor's home visited.(1852) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited, July 11, 1997, the house built by his 3 greats grandfather Thomas Fillebrown in 1780. The exterior of
the home is still very much like it was in the photograph in the 1910 Genealogy. The interior has recently been completely redone by the
current owner Wesley Umphries. The address was 123 Second Street, Hallowell, Maine.
A visit to an ancestor's grave.(1853) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the burial place, in East Winthrop, Maine, of Jerry's 3rd great grandparents Thomas Fillebrown,
Elizabeth Cheever, and some of their family on July 13, 1997. The grave was decorated with an American Flag and a plaque identifying him as
a Soldier of the American Revolution. Also buried there are: Thomas' 2nd wife Sally Cushing; Emily, George, Henry, and James children of
Thomas and Elizabeth; John Fillebrown grandnephew of Thomas Fillebrown; Almira Butler wife of James; and Allie B. Buxton great grandson of
Thomas and Elizabeth.
This is a bit of history.(1854) On August 31, 1999
Charles Jerry Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the "Old State House" museum in Boston, Massachusetts. On display was the Revolutionary
War musket owned by Jerry's 3 greats grandfather the Hon. Thomas Fillebrown.
Hon. Thomas Fillebrown and Elizabeth Cheever had the following children:
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Elizabeth7 Fillebrown was born February 2, 1792.
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Thomas Fillebrown was born September 15, 1794.
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William Fillebrown(1855) was born in
Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine) January 11, 1796.(1856) William died January 25, 1823 in Wheeler's Springs, unknown County,
Virginia, at 27 years of age.(1857) He died of
consumption.
William was baptized a religion unknown at the church/site unknown August 1804 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.(1858) William moved from a home in Hallowell,
Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME April 25, 1808.(1859) The farm, which Thomas Fillebrown purchased in 1803 with additions in 1807 and 1808 is
also described as near East Hallowell. "Colonel Fillebrown brought with him to Winthrop architect's plans, for a new house of the Colonial
style, and soon had a cellar dug and stoned on the east side of the road about one hundred yards from the north boundary. A well was also
dug and stoned, and a new barn built, but embarrassed by having to pay another man's note he was obliged to forgo the building of the new
house." The cellar, well and barn disappeared more than a generation ago (reported in 1910).
William served in the military September 11, 1814 in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine.(1860) He probably served from September 11, to September 25, 1814 as a Private in Capt. B.
Dearborn's Company, Lieut. Col. J. Stone's Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
This is a bit of history.(1861) In 1827, after the
death of his brother William, Cheever had "William" legally added to his name. More information about the Maine Legislative action can be
obtained for the Maine State Archives.
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Caroline Fillebrown was born March 6, 1798.
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William Cheever Fillebrown was born January 29, 1800.
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Emily Fillebrown(1862) was born in
Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) December 29, 1801.(1863) Emily died June 8, 1815 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, at 13 years of
age.(1864) Her body was interred circa 1815 in
East Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine.(1865)
The burial site was originally in the family burial plot on the farm but the remains were moved along with others, to East Winthrop Yard
Cemetery in 1852 where she is buried near her father and mother.
Emily was baptized a religion unknown at the church/site unknown August 1804 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.(1866) Emily moved from a home in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Massachusetts (now Maine) to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME April 25, 1808.(1867) The farm, which Thomas Fillebrown purchased in 1803 with additions in 1807 and 1808 is
also described as near East Hallowell. "Colonel Fillebrown brought with him to Winthrop architect's plans, for a new house of the Colonial
style, and soon had a cellar dug and stoned on the east side of the road about one hundred yards from the north boundary. A well was also
dug and stoned, and a new barn built, but embarrassed by having to pay another man's note he was obliged to forgo the building of the new
house." The cellar, well and barn disappeared more than a generation ago (reported in 1910).
James Fillebrown's Journal.(1868) "Having on 10th of
May 1852 removed all the family remains from the burying ground on the farm to the public cemetery at East Winthrop, I caused to be erected
a granite monument; a broad slab covered all the graves, upon which the monument was placed, at a cost of one hundred dollars, one half of
which was paid by my brother Thomas, the other half by myself." The remains moved included his father Thomas Fillebrown, his mother
Elizabeth Cheever, and his siblings Emily, George, and Henry.
A visit to an ancestor's grave.(1869) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the burial place, in East Winthrop, Maine, of Jerry's 3rd great grandparents Thomas Fillebrown,
Elizabeth Cheever, and some of their family on July 13, 1997. The grave was decorated with an American Flag and a plaque identifying him as
a Soldier of the American Revolution. Also buried there are: Thomas' 2nd wife Sally Cushing; Emily, George, Henry, and James children of
Thomas and Elizabeth; John Fillebrown grandnephew of Thomas Fillebrown; Almira Butler wife of James; and Allie B. Buxton great grandson of
Thomas and Elizabeth.
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Dr. George Fillebrown(1870) was born
in Hallowell, Lincoln (now Kennebec) County, Massachusetts (now Maine) March 31, 1804.(1871) George died May 26, 1833 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, at 29 years of
age.(1872) The Town of Winthrop records his death as a
suicide. His body was interred circa 1833 in East Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine.(1873) The burial site was was originally on the family farm. In 1852 the family remains were
moved to the East Winthrop Yard Cemetery where he is located near his father and mother.
George was baptized a religion unknown at the church/site unknown August 1804 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine.(1874) George moved from a home in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Massachusetts (now Maine) to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME April 25, 1808.(1875) The farm, which Thomas Fillebrown purchased in 1803 with additions in 1807 and 1808 is
also described as near East Hallowell. "Colonel Fillebrown brought with him to Winthrop architect's plans, for a new house of the Colonial
style, and soon had a cellar dug and stoned on the east side of the road about one hundred yards from the north boundary. A well was also
dug and stoned, and a new barn built, but embarrassed by having to pay another man's note he was obliged to forgo the building of the new
house." The cellar, well and barn disappeared more than a generation ago (reported in 1910).
George graduated from Columbia College date unknown.(1876) George graduated from Maine Medical School circa 1831.(1877) George was employed at organization unknown as physician in
Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine date unknown.(1878) The Death records of the Town of Winthrope, ME show him to be a doctor. He practiced in
Phippsburg.
James Fillebrown's Journal.(1879) "Having on 10th of
May 1852 removed all the family remains from the burying ground on the farm to the public cemetery at East Winthrop, I caused to be erected
a granite monument; a broad slab covered all the graves, upon which the monument was placed, at a cost of one hundred dollars, one half of
which was paid by my brother Thomas, the other half by myself." The remains moved included his father Thomas Fillebrown, his mother
Elizabeth Cheever, and his siblings Emily, George, and Henry.
A visit to an ancestor's grave.(1880) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the burial place, in East Winthrop, Maine, of Jerry's 3rd great grandparents Thomas Fillebrown,
Elizabeth Cheever, and some of their family on July 13, 1997. The grave was decorated with an American Flag and a plaque identifying him as
a Soldier of the American Revolution. Also buried there are: Thomas' 2nd wife Sally Cushing; Emily, George, Henry, and James children of
Thomas and Elizabeth; John Fillebrown grandnephew of Thomas Fillebrown; Almira Butler wife of James; and Allie B. Buxton great grandson of
Thomas and Elizabeth.
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Henry Fillebrown(1881) was born in
Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) May 14, 1807.(1882) Henry died July 23, 1828 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, at 21 years of
age.(1883) Notice of his death was published in the
American Advocate newspaper published July 25, 1828. His body was interred circa 1828 in East Winthrop, Kennebec County,
Maine.(1884) The burial site was originally on
the family farm. In 1852 the family remains were removed to the East Winthrop Yard Cemetery. He is near his father and mother.
Henry moved from a home in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now Maine) to Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME April 25,
1808.(1885) The farm, which Thomas Fillebrown
purchased in 1803 with additions in 1807 and 1808 is also described as near East Hallowell. "Colonel Fillebrown brought with him to
Winthrop architect's plans, for a new house of the Colonial style, and soon had a cellar dug and stoned on the east side of the road about
one hundred yards from the north boundary. A well was also dug and stoned, and a new barn built, but embarrassed by having to pay another
man's note he was obliged to forgo the building of the new house." The cellar, well and barn disappeared more than a generation ago
(reported in 1910).
James Fillebrown's Journal.(1886) "Having on 10th of
May 1852 removed all the family remains from the burying ground on the farm to the public cemetery at East Winthrop, I caused to be erected
a granite monument; a broad slab covered all the graves, upon which the monument was placed, at a cost of one hundred dollars, one half of
which was paid by my brother Thomas, the other half by myself." The remains moved included his father Thomas Fillebrown, his mother
Elizabeth Cheever, and his siblings Emily, George, and Henry.
A visit to an ancestor's grave.(1887) Charles Jerry
Fillebrown and his wife Sue visited the burial place, in East Winthrop, Maine, of Jerry's 3rd great grandparents Thomas Fillebrown,
Elizabeth Cheever, and some of their family on July 13, 1997. The grave was decorated with an American Flag and a plaque identifying him as
a Soldier of the American Revolution. Also buried there are: Thomas' 2nd wife Sally Cushing; Emily, George, Henry, and James children of
Thomas and Elizabeth; John Fillebrown grandnephew of Thomas Fillebrown; Almira Butler wife of James; and Allie B. Buxton great grandson of
Thomas and Elizabeth.
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James Bowdoin Fillebrown was born October 24, 1809.
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