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     Francis Lovejoy, son of Rev. Francis Lovejoy and Mary Bancroft, was born on 30 March 1766 at Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.²

     Francis Lovejoy, daughter of John Lovejoy and Naomi Hoyt, was born on 24 November 1678 at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.¹

     Francis, at age 22, daughter of John Lovejoy and Naomi Hoyt, married Nathaniel Foster on 29 April 1701 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.^1,2

     Francis Lovejoy, daughter of Abiel Lovejoy and Mary Brown, was born on 13 January 1768 at Pownalboro, Maine.¹

     Francis Lovejoy died on 17 February 1841 at Sidney, Maine, at age 73.¹

     Rev. Francis Lovejoy Note:
Francis Lovejoy was born in Andover, MA and was member of that town's train band in 1757. He is listed in 'Massachusetts Colonial Soldiers,' vol. 96, pg. 454 as having served in the Canada Expedition in 1759. Francis moved from Andover to Amherst, NH about the time of his marriage in 1765 and was of Amherst at the time of that marriage. He signed the Association Test at Amherst, NH. He was a Revolutionary War soldier and enlisted in September, 1776. He served in Col. Baldwin's regiment at the Battle of White Plains, NY and enlisted again 5 March 1781 to fill a quota at Amherst of 3 year men.

In Virgil D. White's 'Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files,' pg. 2125-26, it states that Francis Lovejoy (BLW #976-100-27) served on the New Hampshire line. On 13 Jan 1820 it was stated that Daniel Lovejoy was 'one of the brothers & one of the heirs' of the deceased soldier; a Cyrus Baldwin of Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME referred to the soldier as late of Amherst, NH; brother Daniel signed the p.o.a. on 27 Nov. 1820 to one Silas Bates. Since I've located no brother named Daniel, this was likely reference to Francis's son, Rev. Daniel Lovejoy.

Francis and his family removed to Albion, ME about 1790. He was likely one of the first settlers in the area, although his son, Rev. Daniel Lovejoy, indicated in Congregation Church records that there may have been about six families there in 1790 ('Albion on the Narrow Gauge,' Ruth Croby Wiggin, 1964). At Albion, the Lovejoy's settled near a large pond, still known as Lovejoy Pond in 1930. Albion was organized as Freetown Plantation in 1802, incorporated as Fairfax, ME in 1804 and renamed Albion in 1824.

Francis Lovejoy, his wife, son Daniel and other family members are buried at the Lovejoy Cemetery overlooking Lovejoy Pond in Albion, ME. The cemetery has been purchased by Colby College which is responsible for its maintenance. (From 'Albion on the Narrow Gauge,' Ruth Crosby Wiggin, 1964). An alternate date of death is 12 Oct. 1818, per 'The Lovejoy Genealogy.'

Sources:
'The Lovejoy Genealogy, 1460-1930,' Clarence Earle Lovejoy, 1930 & 'History of the Town of Amherst,' Daniel F. Secomb, 1883.
Title: Vital Records of Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. I
Author: The Topsfield Historical Society
Publication: Topsfield, MA: 1912; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998
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Media: Book
Page: pg. 250
Title: Descendants of Daniel Alden
Author: Frank Wentworth Alden
Publication: Published by the Author: 1923
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Note: www.Genealogy Library.com
Call Number: R929.2 A358.3
Media: Book
Page: pg. 73
Lovejoy Cemetery, Albion, ME gravestone.
Title: Vital Records of Albion, Kennebec Co., Maine prior to 1892
Author: Elizabeth M. Mosher
Publication: Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1989
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Note: NEHGS Library
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Page: pg. 229
'Family Record of Dea. Samuel Bancroft of Reading, MA,' 1922 & 'Bancroft Family Genealogy,' no author, at NEHGS, from Reading vital records & 'Thomas Bancroft of Dedham & Reading,' NEHGS 'Register, ' Vol 94, pg. 318.
Title: Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Massachusetts
Author: Hon. Lilley Eaton
Publication: Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, Printers, 1874
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Note: www.Genealogy Library.com
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Media: Book
Page: pg. 45
Title: Vital Records of Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Author: Thomas W. Baldwin
Publication: Boston: 1912; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998
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Page: pg. 279.
     Rev. Francis Lovejoy, son of Hezekiah Lovejoy and Hannah Austin, was born on 30 October 1734 at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.²

     Francis, at age 30, son of Hezekiah Lovejoy and Hannah Austin, married Mary Bancroft at age 22, daughter of Capt. Samuel Bancroft Jr. and Lydia Parker, on 24 January 1765 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.³

     Rev. Francis Lovejoy died on 11 October 1818 at age 83.^4,2 and was buried at Lovejoy Cemetery, Albion, Kennebec, Maine.⁵

     Fred L. Lovejoy, son of Levi A. Lovejoy and Avaline B. Orcutt, was born in June 1860 at Kenduskeag, Penobscot, Maine.^1,3,4

     Fred, at age 30, son of Levi A. Lovejoy and Avaline B. Orcutt, married Georgia A. Libby at age 19, both of Charleston on 1 November 1890, at Garland, Penobscot, Maine. Performed by Rev. A. H. Hathaway, Minister of the Gospel.^5,6

     Fred L. Lovejoy died in 1937⁷ and was buried at Charleston Village Cemetery, Charleston, Penobscot, Maine.⁸