Documentation - Samuel Vining - Mary "Polly" Smith

Marriage Data

Marriage intentions of Samuel Vining and Mary “Polly” Smith, from Lisbon, Maine, town records. The dashed diagonal lines are placed there by the town of Lisbon to show that it is not a certified record.

Marriage intentions of Mary A. Vining and Harvey Barrows, from Lisbon, Maine, town records. The dashed diagonal lines are placed there by the town of Lisbon to show that it is not a certified record.

Family Data

The town of Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine, has photocopied its vital record books, and those photocopies are available for public viewing. Unfortunately, much of the photocopied material is very difficult to impossible to read. Below is the page (greatly enlarged) recording the family of Samuel Vining and Mary “Polly” Smith. The information on this page was entered by what appears to be at least two individuals, but all the information on Samuel and Mary's family are by one person. These earliest (and lightest) entries were made on 5 February 1865 by James Strout Jr., the town clerk, and recorded events that occurred from a decade to nearly 70 years earlier.

Census Data

	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880
Samuel Vining	30–40	?	dead
Mary “Polly” (Smith) Vining	30–40	?	55	65	76 [see note below]	dead
Mary A. Vining	under 5	?	24	34	44 [see note below]	dead
Otis S. Vining		?	19	married and living in separate household
Martha Elizabeth Vining		?	14	24	34 [see note below]	dead

1830 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine:

1850 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine - dwelling 7, family 9. Also living with this family in 1850 was John A. Smith (13 y., b. Maine).:

1860 Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine - dwelling 303, family 317:

1870 Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine - dwelling 105, family 115. Mary A. Vining was listed first in the 1870 census, with mother Mary and sister Martha Elizabeth (reported as "foolish") living in the household.:

Death Data

Gravestones for Samuel Vining and Mary “Polly” Smith, in Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine:

Gravestone for Martha Elizabeth Vining, daughter of Samuel Vining and Mary “Polly” Smith, in Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, Androscoggin County, Maine: