Rufus MILLIKEN

Father: Jeremiah MILLIKEN
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Jane COOLBROTH

(1) "History of the families Millingas and Millanges," by G. T. Ridlon, Sr., 1907 via Archive.org

  1. Lemuel MILLIKEN
  2. Lora B. MILLIKEN
  3. George MILLIKEN
  4. Edward C. MILLIKEN
  5. William MILLIKEN
  6. Mary A. MILLIKEN

Family 2: Emme COBB

(1) Taylor, Robert L., Early Families of Limerick, Maine (Picton Press, Camden Maine: Fourth printing, 2003), p. 40. 
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Notes

Updated March 14, 2014. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census Maine, York Co., Parsonfield, Page 372; August 28, 1850.

Rufus MILLIKEN is head of household, married to Emma [COBB] MILLIKEN. He is 72 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000, and was born in Maine.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Waldo Co., Town of Brooks, Monroe Centre Post Office; Page 61, July 17, 1860.

Rufus MILLIKEN (listed as "Milican") is head of household, married to Emma [COBB] MILLIKEN. He is 82 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $2,400 and personal estate valued at $749, and born in Maine. Various of Rufus' children and grandchildren from his first marriage also reside in the household.

(3) "History of the families Millingas and Millanges," by G. T. Ridlon, Sr., 1907 via Archive.org

"Capt. Rufus MILLIKEN, third son of Jeremiah, b. in Scarborough, Me., Mar. 9, 1778; m. Jane COOLBROTH of that town, Nov. 15, 1803, and was for many years a seaman. He was a master-mariner, commanding on a ship, by which official position he acquired the title of 'Captain.' On Mar. 9, 1818, the family removed to Parsonsfield, Me., and settled on the hill overlooking the present village of Kezar Falls, where he owned a good farm. He was a Quaker and a peaceable man, but he did not allow any one to abuse him without decided protest, and, if need be, muscular defense, when his contemporaries presumed upon his Quaker faith. It is related of him that when 'given the lie' in a store where he had gone to trade, he drew a chalk-mark across the floor and challenged the owner, who had offended him, to step over it if he dared, but prudence saved him from a 'tanned jacket.' 'Uncle Rufus' was a good townsman, and was held in respect for his uprightness and peaceable disposition. His wife died on the farm, and was buried in a small walled enclosure in their field corner. He m., second, Mrs. Emme (COBB) CRAM, who, after his death, Dec. 23, 1863, went West to live with a son of her first marriage. Rev. CRAM. Capt. Rufus was buried by the side of his first wife and the leaning, moss-grown headstones are nearly hidden by rank briers and bushes. There were ten children. See 6th generation."

- Children of Capt. Rufus and Jane (COOLBROTH) MILLIKEN listed as: Lemuel; Lora B.; George; Edward C.; William and Mary A. MILLIKEN.

(4) Jackson Family Records, citing:

... (4a) Taylor, Robert L., Early Families of Limerick, Maine (Picton Press, Camden Maine: Fourth printing, 2003), p. 40.
... (4b) [birth] Estimated based on age recorded in 1850 Census, Parsonfield, Maine, p. 372.