George Lyman NOWELL b. 1837 York, York, Maine, United States d. 1878: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1837 - 1878 (41 years)

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Name	George Lyman NOWELL [1, 2, 3]
Alt Birth	Abt 1835	, , Maine, United States [4]
Birth	1837	York, York, Maine, United States [1, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
_UID	3B9411A43FE54BB5BADFFF2B200D58F5E5BA
Census	1850	York, York, Maine, United States [7]
1) Jotham M Nowell, age 45, m, House Carpenter, $200 real estate, born in Maine 2) Mary Nowell, age 40, f, born in Maine 3) George Nowell, age 15, m, born in Maine 4) Charles Nowell, age 12, m, born in Maine 5) Henry Nowell, age 6, m, born in Maine 6) Jonathan Nowell, age 2/12 m, born in Maine 7) Ann L Goodwin, age 21, f, born in Maine 8) Abby F Teal, age 19, f, born in Maine 9) Charles O Clark, age 39, m, Sailor, born in Maine 10) Olive Clark, age 39, f, born in Maine
Census	1860	York, York, Maine, United States [8]
1) Mercy Nowell, age 50, f, $150 real estate, $30 personal estate, born in Maine 2) George L Nowell, age 24, m, House Carpenter, born in Maine 3) Charles F Nowell, age 22, m, Fireman on RR Engine, born in Maine 4) Henry F Nowell, age 15, m, Appr. Barber, born in Maine 5) William W Nowell, age 10, m, born in Maine
Census	1870	York, York, Maine, United States [9]
1) Nowell, Mercy, age 59, f, w, $500 RE, b. Maine 2) Nowell, George, age 31, m, w, Carpenter, b. Maine 3) Nowell, William, age 20, m, w, at Home, b. Maine 4) Nowell, Emma J., age 2, f, w, at Home, b. Maine
Death	1878 [1]
Burial	1878	York, York, Maine, United States [1, 10]
Person ID	I961	Our Family Tree \| Descendants of Paul Nowell, son of Capt. Peter Nowell, Descendants of Peter Nowell, son of Capt. Peter Nowell
Last Modified	17 Aug 2023

Father	Jotham Mason NOWELL, b. 1805, York, York, Maine, United States d. 9 Sep 1857, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 52 years)
Mother	Mercy PLAISTED, b. 7 Jun 1810, York, York, Maine, United States d. 5 Dec 1898, York, York, Maine, United States (Age 88 years)
Marriage	12 Oct 1835	York, York, Maine, United States
Family ID	F29	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hannah Mathilda BURT, b. 15 Oct 1854, , , Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Oct 1917, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 63 years)

Marriage Est 1865 [11]

Status Divorced

Children

+	1. Mary Estelle NOWELL, b. 12 Nov 1866, , , Massachusetts, United States d. 19 Nov 1948, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 82 years)

Family ID F6201 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Jan 2023

Event Map

	Alt Birth - Abt 1835 - , , Maine, United States
	Birth - 1837 - York, York, Maine, United States
	Census - 1850 - York, York, Maine, United States
	Census - 1860 - York, York, Maine, United States
	Census - 1870 - York, York, Maine, United States
	Burial - 1878 - York, York, Maine, United States

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I961&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "George Lyman NOWELL."

Sources

[S711] First Parish Church Historical Committee, "First Parish Cemetery Alphabetical Burial Index," database, First Parish Church and Cemetery of York, Maine Memorialization Website , (http://www.fpyork.info/, 2008-2009), 2009, George L Nowell
[S279] Maine, York County, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005), M432, roll M432_274, York, p. 199, dwelling 10, family 10, Jotham M Nowell
[S2877] J. E. (John Eldridge) Frost, The Nowells of York, Maine, (New York : Frost, 1988; reprint, Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 29 Aug 1989), 87.
[S279] Maine, York County, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2005), M432, roll M432_274, York, p. 199, dwelling 10, family 10, Jotham M Nowell, accessed 15 Apr 2009
[S351] Maine, York County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M653, roll M653_451, York, p. 80, dwelling 598, family 627, Mercy Nowell
[S2877] J. E. (John Eldridge) Frost, The Nowells of York, Maine, (New York : Frost, 1988; reprint, Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 29 Aug 1989), 87, 125-26.
[S2745] Maine, York, 1850 U.S. census, FamilySearch, Digital images, (https://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2020), M432, roll 274, York, p. 400, dwelling 10, family 10, Jotham M Nowell, accessed 17 Aug 2022
[S351] Maine, York County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, (https://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), M653, roll M653_451, York, p. 80, dwelling 598, family 627, Mercy Nowell, accessed 4 May 2009
[S2772] Maine, York, 1870 U.S. census, FamilySearch, Digital images, (https://www.familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2021), M593, roll 565, York, p. 6, dwelling 50, family 53, Mercy Nowell, accessed 16 Aug 2022
[S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 Aug 2022); George L Nowell (1937-1878) Memorial #193546718; First Parish Cemetery, York, Maine.
[S2877] J. E. (John Eldridge) Frost, The Nowells of York, Maine, (New York : Frost, 1988; reprint, Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 29 Aug 1989), 126.