Rev. Jason Mariner married on Thanksgiving day, 20 Nov. 1855, in the Free Will Baptist Church in Camden by Rev. William H. Littlefield to Adelaide Horatia [or Adelia] Carter, who was born 1 March 1835 in Camden, Maine, probably the daughter of Joseph and Lowly E. (Fish) Carter.  Their children were Lola Abigail, born 17 Aug. 1856 in Camden, Me., Julia Alice born 12 Sept. 1858 in Corinth, Maine; and Albert Scott born 17 February 1861 in Rockland, Maine.

A favorite pulpit of Rev. Mariner was the Lincolnville Meeting House which was built in 1821, where his father, Joseph Mariner, was a Deacon.  Jason also was a schoolteacher in Lincolnville. Lucy (Lamb) Bean related in a tale told to Henry Buxton in 1938 for The Bangor Daily News that when she outspelled all the students in the school, Mr. Mariner, the teacher, said in scorn to the older students,  “You ought to be ashamed of yourself to let a six-year old girl from the woods spell you down!”

Free Will Baptist ‘circuit preachers’ were known for traveling wherever the Lord led, often on horseback, to preach the Gospel.  He was in Belfast, Camden, Lincolnville, Corinth and Rockland, among other places.

Rev. Mariner preached all over the State of Maine, as evidenced by the birthplaces of his children.  It is known that he preached in the Brown’s Corner Church in Northport, in struggling new churches in Liberty and Montville, in the Rockville Church, and probably many more.

When it is considered that he traveled to all of those places before automobiles, one can realize his dedication to his calling from the Lord.

In the Allen Goodwin records [of Palermo and Montville, Maine], Goodwin wrote: “Dec. 16, 1853 - The committee of J. Mariner and Wm. Small, a committee to visit the one church in Montville, reported that they found the Church in a low state, yet wished to retain their organization.”  The Free Will Baptist conference held ‘Quarterly Meetings’ all over Waldo County, as far away as Vassalboro, Jackson, Dixmont and Plymouth, Maine.  A monthly conference was held in each newly-formed church.

An obituary for Eben C. Oxton of Rockville who died at his home, related, “Many years ago Mr. Oxton experienced religion at the church at Rockville, under Elder Mariner’s ministry.  For several years he carried on the church affairs and Sunday school.”

Rev. Jason Mariner died 18 November 1891 at the age of 67 years and four days in Lynn, Massachusetts, where he resided with his family.  His death notice in The History of Belfast, Maine by Hon. Joseph Williamson stated that Jason Mariner “was a Free Baptist minister of force and had once resided in Belfast.”

Rev. Jason Mariner is buried in Union Cemetery in the Millertown section of Lincolnville, Maine with his parents, grandparents and several generations of Mariner [and Marriner] descendants.

Rev. Jason Mariner was born 14 November 1824 in Lincolnville, Maine.  He was the next to the youngest son of Deacon Joseph and Abigail (Heal) Mariner. Jason had four brothers and one sister.  He was the grandson of J. Naler and Ruth (Higgins) Mariner.  Naler and his sons were among the early settlers in the upper part of Lincolnville, Maine, in the section of the town called ‘Millertown’.   Rev. Jason Mariner and John Lamb went to Rockport, Maine [in the Rockville section of the town] to start meetings at the church circa 1851.  Crowds from all around came to the church after Rev. Mariner was given an unanimous call to become the pastor.  The large congregation required that a larger and better church be built in a more suitable location.  The Rockville Baptist church, formerly called West Camden Freewill Church, was built.  It was dedicated on the 27th of Nov. 1851. Rev. Ebenezer Knowlton of South Montville gave the dedicating sermon.  Rev. Mariner was a spellbinding preacher who talked many a parishioner out of a $50 donation for a pew.  Families came from miles around to hear him, on foot, horseback and by wagon.