Hi Linda, What a facinating story!! I didn't find any information in Marriage Returns of Washington County, Maine, prior to 1892 - checked all surnames beginning with 'STO'. Given names for SPEARIN- Abigail (LYONS); Emma Jane (FISHER); John G; Sarah A. (PORTER); Thomas R. William. Given names for SPEARING - Mary Ann; Reuben T. No SPEARS. family publishing wrote: > Dear Bev, > Would either of those books have any mention of a William Henry Stokoe? He > was born in London in 1815 and became a ship's master. He married Naomi > Spears of Eastport on Mar. 16, 1837. He is supposed to have gone down with > his ship off the Grand Banks on Oct. 3, 1841. ( I say "supposed to" because > I know there has to be a story behind the story with this guy - when his > father [some high muckity-muck in London] found out he had married an > `American`, he disowned William Henry. Well, sometime in 1841, Wm. H. > brought his sea chest home, burned his papers and logs, and left the chest > at home - his next voyage was his last..) > Would appreciate knowing if there is anything written about him - Thanks. > Linda > Springer fampub@ctel.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: beverly l bird <jbbird@uswest.net> > To: <MEWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 6:35 PM > 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 > > > > ______________________________