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Author: BevAnderson91
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Fox Island is the earlier name for Vinalhaven.
I own the book Vital Records of Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine Prior to 1892, transcribed
by Elizabeth M. Mosher, published by Picton Press.
There is NO George Allen Carver listed in the index.
There are two mentions of two different men named Stephen Carver (one is a birth record,
one is a marriage record and the years are too close together to be the same person;
probably cousins or uncle-nephew).
There are three men named William Carver (each has a different middle initial). There is
one Wills Carver (my ancestor).
Send me some family group sheet names and dates for the Stephen Carver you're
interested in. It may turn out that one of the two Stephens listed is yours.
It's possible you're looking at the wrong island, too.
For more descendants of Robert Carver of Marshfield, MA, nephew of Gov. John Carver of the
Mayflower:
I don't have it, but Picton Press also has another book with Vital Records of North
Haven and I know there were some Carvers located there.
http://www.pictonpress.com/
http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/1000
Searsport, ME has more Carvers; that branch of the family built and sailed ships (the
offspring of one of my ancestor's brother sailed some of those ships; they're
pictured and there are brief bios of them in a book entitled Searsport Sea Captains,
published by the museum in Searsport; I have that book, too).
http://www.penobscotbayhistory.org/section/show_resources/31
Black, Col. Frederick Frasier. Searsport Sea Captains. Searsport, ME: Penobscot Marine
Museum, 1989. Biographical information on the many sea captains who came from Searsport,
their vessels, and their families.
There were other Carvers at Lincolnville, ME, but I don't remember which branch of the
Carver family they belong to.
I'm also a descendant of Robert Carver.
P.S. I think there is a separate email list just for descendants of Robert Carver. I know
I signed up for it at one time, but I seldom get any emails from that list so I don't
know if it was discontinued or not.
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