FERNALD, Hercules Archelaus^{[1, 2]}

1749 - 1833  (83 years)

• Name	FERNALD, Hercules Archelaus
  Birth	4 Dec 1749	Kittery, York, ME, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Archelus Fernald  [4]
  Also Known As	Hercules Fernald
  Military	Private, Massachusetts Militia, Revolutionary War   [5]
  Residence	1830	Berwick, York, Maine   [6]
  Death	27 Oct 1833	North Berwick, York, ME, USA   [3, 7, 8]
  Burial	Fernald Cemetery (private), West Beech Ridge Road, North Berwick, York, ME, USA
  		Fernald Cemetery, North Berwick, York, ME
  		Hercules Fernald & Miriam Persley headstone Headstone for Hercules Fernald & Miriam Persley, located at Fernald family plot in North Berwick, Maine. Headstone was marked with flag, in tribute to Hercules' contribution as a patriot in the American Revolution.
  Notes	Some discrepancy in deaths, and Old Kittery and Her Families lists as 27 Oct 1833. Have changed from prior records I had which listed death 22 Jul 1836, which I believe came from DAR records by Olive Fernald / Mabel Drennan. Also, a close look at his headstone reads what looks to be “81” or “811”(!) yrs, so still a bit of a mystery. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols: Fernald, Archelaus, Pepperellborough. Capt. Samuel Leighton's co.; pay abstract for travel allowance from home to Dorchester Heights in Aug., 1776; also, same co.; company receipts for wages for Aug.-Oct., 1776, dated Dorchester; also, Capt. Leighton's co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance from Dorchester Heights home; warrant allowed in Council Nov. 29, 1776; credited with 7 days allowance; also, same co. and regt.; company receipt for wages for Nov., 1776, dated Dorchester; also, Private, Capt. Elisha Shapleigh's co., (late) Col. Joseph Storer's regt.; enlisted Aug. 14, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777; service, 123 days, travel (300 miles) included; roll sworn to at Kittery. From Miriam Fernald Bancroft’s DAR entry: Hercules Archelaus Fernald, 1776, enlisted in Capt. Samuel Leighton’s company, and in 1777 served under Capt. Elisha Shapleigh. He served at the siege of Boston, in the Burygone campaign, and was detailed to guard prisoners after the surrender. He was a pensioner when he died in North Berwick in 1836, aged eighty seven. [7, 9]
  Person ID	I393	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	FERNALD, Hercules,   b. 8 Sep 1713
  Mother	TUCKER, Mary,   b. 23 Mar 1719
  Marriage	18 Mar 1735/36  [9]
  Family ID	F2324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PERSLEY, Miriam,   b. Abt 1747, York, York, ME, USA d. 22 Jul 1826, North Berwick, York, ME, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1772	York, Maine, USA   [10]
  	Married by Rev Sam. Langton
  Children	1. FERNALD, Alpheus   2. FERNALD, Sara/Sally   3. FERNALD, Stephen + 4. FERNALD, Oliver,   b. 25 Oct 1799, North Berwick, Maine d. 31 Mar 1883, North Berwick, York, ME, USA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Dec 1749 - Kittery, York, ME, USA Marriage - 30 Jan 1772 - York, Maine, USA Residence - 1830 - Berwick, York, Maine Death - 27 Oct 1833 - North Berwick, York, ME, USA Burial - - Fernald Cemetery (private), West Beech Ridge Road, North Berwick, York, ME, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Albums

  Renald Fernald and Descendants (27) Renald Fernald of Portsmouth, NH and photos, documents related to his descendants.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999), Online publication - Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. [S370] Daughters of the American Revolution, (Washington DC, 1900), “Descendant of Hercules Archelaus Fernald, of Maine”. [S229] Unpublished records of the families of California pioneers / gathered by the various chapters from original sources, DAR California Pioneers, (California : State Committee of Genealogical Research, Daughters of the American Revolution, [1927- ]), Charles Fernald was born in North Berwick Maine, 28 May 1830. He was the grandson of Hercules Fernald who died in North Berwick in 1839, ae. almost 100 years, a soldier in the Revolutionary War under General Stark, at Bunker Hill, and at Saratoga., Line of Charles Fernald. [S359] Lester MacKenzie Bragdon & John Eldridge Frost, (Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1992), Page 154: Book of marriages Apr 4 1724 - July 5 1816. P 79. “Archelus Fernald & Miriam Pursley both of York intend Marriage entered Dec 31. 1771. Joined in Marriage Jan. 30 1772 by the Rev Sam Langton”. [S212] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols., (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998), Online publication - Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998.Original data - Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896. [S5] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1830.M19, 201 rolls. Berwick, York, Maine, roll 52, page 366, image 738. [S370] Daughters of the American Revolution, (Washington DC, 1900). [S400] Hercules Fernald, Died Oct 27 1833. [S380] Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, 1850-1927, (Press of Lewiston Journal Company, Lewiston, ME, 1903). [S359] Lester MacKenzie Bragdon & John Eldridge Frost, (Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1992), Page 154: Book of marriages Apr 4 1724 - July 5 1816. P 79. “Archelus Fernald & Miriam Pursley both of York intend Marriage entered Dec 31. 1771. Joined in Marriage Jan. 30 1772 byt eh Rev Sam Langton”.