Alexander Nelson Noyes

Brief Life History of Alexander Nelson

When Alexander Nelson Noyes was born on 21 November 1807, in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States, his father, Joseph Noyes, was 25 and his mother, Olive Morey, was 26. He married Hannah Smith in 1831. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Castine, Hancock, Maine, United States in 1860 and Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 23 July 1882, in Maine, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Old Settlers Cemetery, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States.

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Alexander Nelson Noyes
1807–1882
Martha Haskell Rowell
1826–1898
Marriage: 25 November 1856
Edgar B. Noyes
1850–1914
Laura Birchmore Noyes
1858–1908
Sara E. Noyes
1860–1874

Sources (40)

  • A Wilson Noyes, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Nelson noyes, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • A. Nelson Noyes, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1820

Historical Boundaries: 1665: Cornwall, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1675: Cornwall did not exist between 1675-1683*] 1683: Cornwall, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1687: Cornwall did not exist between 1687-1691] 1691: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1716: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1790: Hancock, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Hancock, Maine, United States. *Due to Indian wars

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (southern): variant of Noyce .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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