The Database for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel

William L Waterhouse


Status (enslaved, free or both): free

Town: Kennebunk

Known dates: 1860

William Waterhouse had a "Black servant" residing with him in Kennebunk in 1860.

The 1860 Census for Kennebunk listed Philip Lynch as 20, Black, servant, place of birth: Boston. He was residing in the household of William L and Oreville A Waterhouse, with 3 children aged 9, 11 and 15. William was listed as 36, a farm laborer, born in Kennebunk.

The 1870 Census for Kennebunk listed Philip Lynch as 34, Black, a Seaman, place of birth: Mass., residing in the household of William L and Oreville A Waterhouse, with family members aged 19, 21 and 24. William was listed as 46, a farmer, born in Maine.

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1860 US Census for Kennebunk

1870 US Census for Kennebunk


1860 Kennebunk census - William Waterhouse

Philip Lynch, a 'Black, servant' residing in the household of William L and Oreville A Waterhouse

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1870 Kennebunk census - William Waterhouse

Philip Lynch, 'Black, a Seaman,' residing in the household of William L and Oreville A Waterhouse

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