Documentation for Benjamin Vining - (1) Mehitabel Brooks; (2) Lydia Turner; (3) Bathsheba Davis


Birth Data

Birth record for Benjamin Vining (from Weymouth, Massachusetts, town office):


Everett S. Stackpole’s 1899 book History of Durham, Maine and Dorothea Vining Barnes 1980 book The Vining Family, which appears to have followed Stackpole, gave the birthplace of Benjamin Vining as Reading, Massachusetts. However, his birth is recorded in the vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and has not been found in Reading records.




Census Data

  1790 1800 1810 1820
Benjamin Vining M 16 and upward M 45 and over M 45 and over dead
Mehitabel Brooks dead
Lydia Turner [dead?]
Bathsheba Davis F F 45 and over F 45 and over ?
    John Vining married and living in separate household
    Benjamin Vining Jr. M 16 and upward married and living in separate household
    Bela Vining M 16 and upward married and living in separate household
    Lucinda Vining married and living in separate household
    Hannah Vining dead
    Mehitabel Vining F married and living in separate household
    Sarah Vining F married and living in separate household
    Reuben Vining dead
    Josiah Vining M under 16 M of 16 and under 26 married and living in separate household
    Abigail Vining F F of 16 and under 26 married and living in separate household


1790 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine. The age of each member of this family in 1790 matches the expected age category in the 1790 census record.


1800 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine. The age of each member of this family in 1800 matches the expected age category in the 1800 census record.


1810 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Adnroscoggin County], Maine - Also living in this household in 1810 were a male 10–16 and a female 45 and over.




Death Data

Gravestone for Sarah Vining, daughter of Benjamin and Mehitabel (Brooks) Vining and wife of Jonathan Strout, in Sawyer Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine.