Vital Records of Lincoln, Maine, 1829–1892

 These records were compiled and arranged by Francis H. Fuller in 1912. The town of Lincoln, in Penobscot County, was incorporated in 1829. The introduction to the transcription reads, in part,

"The records of Lincoln have been well kept, and all of the Town Clerk's books are now in existence, but the original papers, such as the returns of marriages and lists of voters were burnt in the fire of June 20, 1887. The first book contains records of all Town Meetings from the first one to and including the twelfth day of April 1847... The same book also contains the vital statistics from April 6, 1829 to Feb. 1847. The second book containing vital statistics contains the entries from 27 Mar. 1847 to 19 May 1888. The third book contains the entries from 1 July 1888 to 18 Nov. 1891. Since 1 Jan. 1892 the law required town clerks to return to the State Board of Hearth comiss. of the vital records. As my only object in compiling the following has been the preservation of records which could not be replaced, if destroyed, it did not require the inclusion of records since Jan. 1, 1892."

Also included in the original transcription (and in this database) are the "Notes of Lincoln, Maine" by Jeremy Nelson, taken from an 1873 issue of Bangor Historical Magazine. This includes Nelson's recollections of the earliest settlers of the area, as well as additional vital records of town residents. A third part of the original transcription, containing the Manual of Lincoln Congregational Church, will be posted on this site at a later date.

This original text is part of the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call number MSS A 2753.

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