96 The Maine Genealogical Society Vol. 11 No. 4 Acq# 0529 HANCOCK COUNTY MARRIAGES Alice MacDonald Long These marriage records are to be found in Box 2504-0101 at the Maine State Archives. File folders are arranged alphabetically by town, including some towns no longer in Hancock County, such as Vinalhaven. Few counties in the state of Maine have the original marriage returns which in this case were sent by the town clerks to the Judicial Court of Hancock County. Bound volumes of these marriages are kept in the Hancock County Commissioners Office in Ellsworth beginning ca. 1827. Beginning in 1892 the state required that town clerks send all vital records directly to Augusta. The following records were typed from photocopies of the original papers at the Maine State Archives. Additional towns in Hancock County will be published in future issues of the Maine Seine. TOWN OF CRANBERRY ISLES Married in Gouldsborough, Prospect Harbour Amos S. Brown & Mercy S. Higgins, both of Cranberry Isles, November 9, 1834. County of Hancock State Maine by me William Pierce Minister Mr. Edward H. Spurling and Miss Maria W. Young both of Cranberry Isles were married by John G. Bowen, Esq. 9th day of April 1841. Mr. Stillman D. Spurling and Mrs. Horace R. Spurling, both of Cranberry Isles were married by Thomas Bunker Dec. 1841. Sir the Records of Marriages has been entirely neglected in this Town for years and last spring after I was chosen T Clerk I undertook to make up a record and this is the best information I have been able to get at for the year 1841 there was 1 more couple I believe married this year and I think the marriage was solemnized in Eden George N. Spurling T Clerk for 1841 William P. Preble T Clerk Mr. Samuel Gilley and Miss Emily Stanley, both of Cranberry Isles were married by Thomas Bunker, Esq. January 1842.