Hi Stephen, "Marriage Returns of Washington County, Maine, prior to 1892" Maine Genealogical Society. Edited by Alice MacDonald Long. Picton Press. pg 1 - Michael SMALL of Machiasport & Mercy PALMER of same m. 24 July 1828 by Rev A. JACKSON pg 1 - Jacob PALMER, Jr. (no town listed) & Lavina BERRY of Machiasport m 29 Mar 1829 by Rev. M. STEELE pg 5 - Asa Cates of Machiasport & Maria PALMER of same m. 18 Nov 1830 by Rev. Abraham JACKSON pg 17 - Danel Palmer Jr. of Machias Port & Rebecca BACHELLER of same m. 10 May 1835 by Rev Gilman BACHELLER pg 17 - James BARRETT of Queen County (?NB, Canada) & Ester PALMER of Machias Port m. 23 Nov 1835 by Rev. Gilman BACHELLER pg 17 - Joseph HOOPER of Machias Port & Clarissa PALMER of same m. 22 Dec 1835 by Rev. Gilman BACHELLER pg 22 - Elisha PALMER of Machiasport & Loisa A. GARDNER of same m. 19 pr 1837 by Rev. G. BACHELLER pg 22 - Atkins CATES of Machiasport & Susan PALMER of same m. 26 Jun 1837 by Rev G. BACHELLER pg 22 - Charles Guptail of Machiasport & Abigail PALMER of same m. 20 Dec. 1837 by Rev. G. BACHELLER pg 26 - James M. BALKAM of Robinston & Harriet PALMER of same m. 26 Sept 1838 by Rev. Moses P. STICKNEY pg 29 - George HARRIS of E. Machias & Mary Ann PALMER of Robbinston m. 8 Fev 1840 by Rev. Wm. T. SAVAGE pg 51 - Amos Stiles of Whitneyville & Susan PALMER of same m. 31 Aug 1848 by J. B. WHEELRIGHT, JP pg 58 - Aaron E. SPRAGUE of E. Machias & Nancy G. PALMER of same m. 15 Apr 1853 by J.C. TALBOT, JP pg 63 - Charles PALMER of Machias Port & Mary JOHNSON of same m. 14 May 1838 by Wm A. PALMER pg 64 - Charles PALMER of Machias & Eunice LEIGHTON of same m. 9 Oct 1842 by Rev. John E. PERRY pg 68 - Charles PALMER of Machias & Sarah E. PERRY of same m. 24 Jan 1853 by Rev. Thomas B. TUPPER pg 77 - George W. THAXTER of Machias & Clara PALMER of same m. 6 Oct 1860 by Rev. Gilman BACHELLOR This concludes the PALMER's - they all seemed to be connected. pg 29 - John Hugg of Alexander & Mrs. Sarah SMITH of Calais m. (no date given) by Rev. E.D. VERY pg 31 - Justus HUFF of Cooper & Phebe POWELL of same m. 9 July 1840 by Rev. Evan POWELL pg 31 - Robert HUFF of Cooper & Susan HOW of same m. 26 Nov 1840 by by Rev. Evan POWELL pg 37 - Claudius M. HUFF of Alexaner & Ann M. LANE of same m. 25 Feb 1842 by Moses J. HACKETT, JP This concludes the HUFF's pg 12 - Henry BAILEY of Columbia & Jerusha WILSON of same m. 6 Nov 1834 by Rev. Albert F. BARNARD pg 25 - Stillman LIPPINCOTT of Picto, N.S., (Canada) & Mary Ann BAILEY of Columbia m. 26 Apr 1838 by Rev. Horatio ILSLEY pg 27 - Ward H. BAILEY of Eastport & Jane WADE of same m. 25 Oct 1838 by Rev. Moses P. STICKNEY pg 43 - Isaih BAILEY of Alexander & Diddame CHINBUCK(?) of same m. 19 July 1844, no official named pg 50 - Joseph BAYLEY, no town listed, & Amanda Matilda PERKINS, no town, m. 16 Nov 1844 by W. SPRINGS, JP pg 51 - Joseph BAILEY, no town, & Amanda M. PERKINS, no town, m. 27 Sept 1848 by William SPRING, JP This concludes the Bailey/Bayley Hope this helps to get you started. I will send the information out of the next book this afternoon. Happy Hunting, Bev Bird Stephen wrote: > Hello, > > Just getting caught up on reading my genlists, and I found you offer to do > marriage look-ups in the book "Marriage Returns of Washington County, ME > Prior to 1892." I have three surnames I am interested in in Washington > County, ME, primarily in Baileyville and Alexander. These are the Palmer, > Huff, and Bailey families. Although, I am interested in any marriages that > you are willing to spend the time looking up in your book on these three > surnames :), in the interest of being reasonable and respectful of your > time, I am most interested in varifying or finding something on the > following individuals. > > Jacob Palmer (b. 23 July 1812 in Buxton, York, ME) and Sarah Bailey (b. 30 > April 1810) m. 12 September 1835 in Alexander. > > They had the following children of whom I have been able to find nothing, > except for my great-great-grandfather, Zachariah: > > Clarissa Palmer (b. 6 March 1837), daughter of Jacob and Sarah. Would love > to know if she married. > Sarah Palmer (b. 23 January 1839), daughter of Jacob and Sarah. Would love > to know if she married.. > Moses E. Palmer (b. 30 November 1841), son of Jacob and Sarah. Would love > to know if he married. > George M. D. Palmer (b. 1849), son of Jacob and Sarah. Would love to know > if he married. > Zachariah Taylor Palmer (b. 2 August 1847) and Margaret Ann Huff (b. 13 July > 1852) m. 12 December 1869 in Alexander. He moved to Humboldt County, CA in > 1886. Would love to verify this marriage. > > Claudius M. Huff (b. 20 March 1818 in Alexander or N.B.) and Ann Mehetabel > Lane (b. 9 August 1818 in Baring) were the parents of Margaret Ann Huff. > Would love to know when they married. Claudius also seems to have married > Lydia Sophia Perkins (b. 22 March 1831 in Alexander) in Alexander, but I > don't know when or what happened to his first wife. > > Samuel Bayley (b. 17 August 1775 in Bakerstown Plnt, Poland, ME) and Jane > Frost (b. 23 September 1790 in St Stephens, Charlotte, New Brunswick, > Canada), parents of Sarah Bailey, married 7 July 1808 in Baileyville, > Washington, Maine. Would love to verify this marriage. > > Thank you very much for any look ups you are willing to do for me. I > appreciate your kind offer and appreciate the time it takes you. > > Regards, > > Stephen M. Palmer > palmer@cableone.net > http://www.cableone.net/palmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: beverly l bird [mailto:jbbird@uswest.net] > Sent: 27 March, 2000 3:35 PM > To: MEWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MEWASHIN-L] Will do look ups > > Hi, > Recently purchased 2 books about Washington, County. > (Only have had them 4 days!! - so I'm pretty excited.) > Will do lookups - please note the dates in these titles. > > "Marriage Returns of Washington County, Maine, Prior to > 1892" > and > "Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel of Eastport, > Maine - 1818-1900". > > Bev Bird > > ______________________________