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COLLECTIONS 

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MAINE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

SECOND  .SERIES 


DOCUMENTARY 

HISTOEY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE 

VOL.   XI. 

CONTAINING 

THE  BAXTER  MANUSCRIPTS 


EDITED 


By  JAMES  PHINNEY  BAXTER,  A.M.,  Litt.  D. 


PUBLISHED   BY   THE   MAINE   HISTOKICAL   SOCIETY,    AIDED   BY 
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PREFACE 


\T7ERE  it  not  tliat  a  serious  error  was  made  by  giving 
the  documentary  publications  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society  the  title  given  to  the  papers  read  at  its  meet- 
ings, viz:  "Collections  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society," 
with  the  addition  of  "  Second  Series,"  I  could  commence  a 
new  series  with  this  volume,  but  I  cannot  call  it  a  third 
series,  for  the  Society  is  printing  a  third  series  under  the 
same  title  of  "  Collections ; "  in  fact,  it  has  already  printed 
another  second  series  under  the  same  title.  I  therefore  think 
it  best  to  continue  future  volumes  of  the  "Documentary 
History "  under  the  misleading  title  of  "  Second  Series " 
to  avoid  further  complications. 

JAMES  PHINNEY  BAXTER. . 

61  Deering  Street,  Portland,  Maine. 
March  1,  1908. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 


PAGE 

1729  Dec.  29  Colonel  Dunbab  to  Mr.  Seobetary  Popple,  1 
Dec.    30  Colonel  Dunbar  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,           .  11 

1730  Jan.  13  Govr  Belcher  to  the  Lords  Commissioners,  .  5 
May  11  Petition  of  J.  Wellington  &  als  to  Qovr  Shute,  .  12 
May    15  Govr  Belcher's  Memorial, fi 

1730-29   Feb.    23  Thomas  Westbrook  to  Colonel  Dunbar,        .         .  15 
1729-30   Mar.      7  Duke  of  Newcastle  to  the  Lords  Commiss",    .  15 
1730-31   Mar,      5  Westmoreland  &  Others  to  Duke  of  Newcastle,  .  17 
1729-30   Mar.    17  Narative  of  the  People  of  Londonderry  concern- 
ing their  boundaries, 18 

1730        Apr.    15  Order  of  Committee  of   Council  Referring  peti- 
tion of  Waldo  &  als  to  the  Board  of  Trade,      .  20 
1730-1     Jan.     19  Deposition  of  Thos.  Pickenden,         ...  21 
1730        May    25  Colonel  Dunbar  to  Mr  Secretary  Popple,           .  25 
June     5  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Londonderry,        .  23 
Aug.    19  Colonel  Dunbar  to  Mr  Secretary  Popple,      .         .  29 
1730-1     June     6  Colonel  Westbrook  to  Colonel  Dunbar,     .        .  41 

1730  Sept.     6  Complaint  of  Josiah  Grover,          ....  44 
Sept.  15  Colonel  Dunbar  to  Mr  Secretary  Popple,           .  47 
Sept.   22  Petition  of  heirs  of  Ancient  Proprietors  of  Fal- 
mouth,            52 

Sept.  22  Agents  of  Falmouth  their  Answer  to  Petition  of 

Thos.  Westbrook  &  others,     ....  64 
Oct.       6  Colonel  Dunbar  to  Mr  Secretary  Popple,      .         .  69 
Oct.      7  Agreement  between  Henry  Hope  «fc  Thomas  Per- 
kins &  John  Perkins, 60 

Oct.      7  Colonel  Dunbar  to  Mr  Jeremiah  Dunbar,     .         .  63 

Oct.      9  Indian  Deed  relating  to  Lands  near  Pemaquid,  43 

Oct.     21  Colonel  Dunbar  to  M""  Secretary  Popple,  .         .  65 
Nov.    12  Order  to   restrain   Govr  Belcher  from   Military 

Execution  against  Fredericksfort,      ...  66 
Dee.    21  Instructions  of  Govr  Belcher  to  the  Lieu*  Govr 

and  others, 67 

1730-1    Jan.     14  Govr  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,       .        .  85 

1731  Apr.    14  Report  of   Committee  on  Petition  of  Sir  Bibye 

Lake  Barrt 89 

Apr.    23  Petition  of  Sr  Bibye  Lake  Barrt,   ....  90 

July     6  T.  Pelham  and  Others  to  Govr  Belcher,    .        .  94 


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1731        July    15  Colonel  Dunbar  to  Mr.  Secretary  Popple,     .        .  91 

July    15  Affidavit  of  Wentworth  &  Atkinson,          .         .  97 

July    21  Thomas  Coram's  Affidavit, 101 

1730  Jan.  13  Affidavit  of  John  Blower  and  others,  .  .  106 
Jan.    28  James  Alford's  Affidavit, 105 

1731  July    23  Samuel  Penhallow's  Affidavit,   ....  108 

July    21  William  Clark's  Affidavit, 109 

July    26  Affidavit  of  Ebenezer  &  W™  Wentworth,          .  110 
Aug.    11  Kennebec  and  St.  Croix  Rivers  concerning  land 

between, 112 

Jeremiah  Dunbar's  Affidavit,     ....  128 

Jeremiah  Dunbar's  Affidavit,         ....  129 

Petition  of  Some  Settlers  in  Georgia,         .         .  129 

1732  Memorial  of  Mr.  Stephen  Parker,  .  .  .  131 
Sept.  20  Mr  Secry  Pelham  to  Colonel  Dunbar,  .  .  134 
Oct.  10  Earl  of  Westmoreland  &  Others  to  Gov.  Belcher,  131 
Dec.    30  Letter  David  Dunbar  to  Josiah  Willard,       .        .  134 

1732-33   Jan,    26  Ebenr  Hinsdell  to  Gov.  Belcher  &  others,         .  135 

1734  Apr.    27  Capt.  Joseph  Heath  to  L*  Gov.  Wm  Dummer,     .  137 

New    Marblehead,   Original    Grant    &    List    of 

Grantees, 189 

1734-5     Jan,     10  John  Minot  to  Secretary  Josiah  Willard,      ,         ,  146 

Petition  of  Roger  Kelly  &  als,    ,        .        .        ,  142 

1735  Sept.  19  Benja  Larrabee  to  Secretary  Josiah  Willard,  .  143 
Oct.      6  Taxes, 143 

Report  for  regulating  the    Settlement  of  Fal- 
mouth,            144 

Dec.    23  The  Memorial  of  Moses  Peirson,        .         .        .  146 

1786        July      2  Deposition  of  John  Phillips,  .        .         .         .149 

July     3  Declaration  of  Cyprian  Southack,      .        .        .  150 

Answer  to  the  Compl*  of  the  Penobscot  Indians,  161 

July     5  Petition  of  Samuel  Waldo, 156 

July      6  Petition  of  Samuel  Waldo,          ....  162 

July    26  Petition  of  Samuel  Waldo, 164 

July    27  Petition  of  Samuel  Waldo,          ....  170 
Sept.    7  Letter  to  Col,  Thos.  Westbrook,   .        .        .        .172 

1737        Jan,      6  Letter  from  Noah  Emery  to  John  Higginson,  .  173 
1737-8     Jan.    18  Nathl  Jones  &  Nathan  Look  to  Capt.  Higginson 

&  Co., 174 

1737  Jan.  20  Letter  Noah  Emery  to  John  Higginson,  .  .  176 
Feb.  6  Letter  Noah  Emery  to  John  Higginson,  ,  .  176 
Dec.  17  Proprietors  of  Falmouth  vs.  Joseph  Plumer,  .  177 
June  13  John  Higginson's  Petition, 179 

1738  June  14  Capt,  Jones'  Deposition, 182 

July     4  Report    of    Committee    on    Colonel    Dunbar's 

Petition, 


183 

Letter  Secretary  Josiah  Willard  to  John  Noyes,     186 


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1738        July    18  Letter  John  Noyes  to  Seory  Josiah  Willard,     .  186 

Aug.     4  Deposition  of  John  Coks  Junior,           .         .         .  186 

Aug.     4  Letter  Henry  Wheeler  to  Hon,  Wm,  Pepperell,  188 

1738  Aug.     7  Letter  Col.  Wm.  Pepperrell  to  Gov.  Belcher,    .  189 
Aug.    10  Letter  Secry  Josiah  Willard  to  Col.  Wm  Pepper- 
rell,         189 

Aug.    lo  Letter  Charles  Frost  to   Hon.  Wm   Pepperrell,  190 

Aug.   18  Letter  Col.  Wm  Pepperrell  to  Gov.  Belcher,     .  191 

Aug.    19  Letter  from  William  Pepperrell,   ....  192 

1737-48                    Falmouth,  Support  of  Schools,           ...  192 

Answer  to  the   Petition  or  Complaint  of   John 

Higginson, 195 

An  Act  for  Erecting  a  Township  in  the  County 

of  York, 197 

1739  May     30  Petition  of  Proprietors  of  Marepoint,   .         .         .199 
Mar.    13  In  re  Complaint  Heirs  David   Phipen  vs.  Saml 

Moody, 200 

Petition  of  Phineas  Jones, 201 

Answer  to  Petition  of  John  Higginson,     .         .         203 
Petition  of  Proprietors  of  Neck  of  Land  in  Casco 
Bay  called  by  name  of  Mereconege  Neck,  .     20.5 

208 
210 
211 
212 
212 
214 
215 
216 


1740  Petition  of  Mr.  John  Dennis, 

Petition  of  Mr.  W™  McClenachan. 

June     9  Constable's  Return, 

Committee  Chosen, 

Letter  John  Gyles, 

1740  Aug.    15  Capt.  Arthur  Savage  to  Secy  Josiah  Willard, 
Aug.   16  Capt.  Gyles  to  Gov.  Belcher, 

Copy  of  Town  Record, 

"The   Memorial  of  Small   Point  Inhabitants,''     216 

1741  June   16  Capt.  Thns  Sanders  to  Gov.  Belcher,         .        .        217 
July    14  Memorial  of    Proprietors    of    Lands    in   North 

Yarmo, 218 

July         Petition   Inhabitants   of    Town   of    North   Yar- 
mouth  219 

Report  of  Committee, 222 

Petition  of  Shubal  Gorham  Esq 223 

Feb.    23  Petition  of  Arthur  Savage, 225 

Sept.  14  Benjn  Larrabee  to  Gov.  Belcher,  .  .  .  224 
Answer  of  North  Yarmouth,  ....  226 
Mar.  8  Arthur  Savage  to  Gov.  W™  Shirley,  .  .  231 
Apr.  1  Petition  of  Proprs  Small  Point,  .  .  .  .232 
Apr.  1  Petition  of  Adam  Winthrop,  Joseph  Wads- 
worth  &  others, 234 

Petition  "April  3.  1742  Refer'd  to  May  Session,"     236 
Vote 240 

1742  June    12  Petition    of    Settlers    of    Narrhagansett    Grant 

Number  One, 241 


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PAGE 
1742        June   12  Petition  of  Inhabitants  of  Biddeford   &   Scar- 
borough,     244 

June   16  Vote, 246 

Petition  Inhabitants  Town  of  Berwick,     .        ,  247 

Aug.   30  Govr  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,      .        .  251 

Eeport  of  Committee, 253 

1742  Sept.  15  Govr  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,      .        .  255 
Oct.     19  Joseph  Plaisted  to  Saml  Waldo,        ...  268 

Oct.     28  Copy  of  Record, 259 

Nov.     1  Extract  of  Letter  from  Gov.  Shirley  to  the  Lord 

President, 260 

Nov.      3  Falmouth  Petition, 262 

Nov.  13  Copies  of  Record, 264 

Nov.  16  Petition, 267 

Nov.  20  Letter  Patt  Motley  to ,     ....  268 

Nov.  26  Letter  Jos.  Plaisted  to  Saml  Waldo  Esqr  ,  .  269 

Dec.      9  Letter  James  Littell  to  Saml  Waldo  Esqr  ,       .  269 

1743  Apr.     9  Power  of  Attorney, 271 

Petition, 272 

May      3  Deposition  of  Robert  Speer,  ....     275 

May    17  Deposition  of  Robert  ffinney,      ....        276 
Deposition  of  Robert  Spear,  ....     276 

Deposition  of  James  Dunning  &  David  Dunning,     277 
Answer  to  Petition  of  David  Given,  .        .        277 

Petition  of  Select  Men  &  Assessors  of  Town  of 

Brunswick, 281 

May    30  Deposition  of  David  Duning,  Robert  Speer,      .        282 

.  283 
284 
285 
286 
287 
287 
289 
290 


June     4  Memorandum,         , 

June     9  Report, 

July    21  Letter'N.  Sparhawk  to  Saml  Waldo  Esqr  , 

Order  relating  to  Towns  not  Settled, 
July    25  Hon.  W™  Pepperell  to  Saml  Waldo,     . 

Petition  of  Inhab^s  of  Mericaneag  Neck,  . 
Sept.  27  Letter  John  Murphy  to  Saml  Waldo  Esq., 

Letter  Gov.  Shirley  to  Colonels, 
Nov.    11  Letter  John  Gaines  to  SamU  Waldo  Esq.,    .        .    290 
Dec.      9  Letters  Cols  Pepperell  Moulton  &  Waldo  to  Gov 

Shirley, 291 

Jan.     25  Petition  W^  Vaughan  &  others,  .         .        .        .292 
Mar.    13  No.  Yarmouth, 294 

Copy  of  Record, 295 

Protest, 296 

1744        June     5  Letter  Gov.  Shirley  to  Col.  Noble,        .        .        .296 

Letter  Gov.   Shirley  to   Col.   Pepperell  &   Col. 
Waldo, 297 

Extract  from  Letter  of  Mr  Kilby,  Agt.  to  Gov. 
Shirley, 298 


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PAGE 

1744  Aug.  8  Jo  Oulton  to  Gov,  Shirley,  ....  298 
Aug.    14  Col.  John  Bradstreet  to  Gov.  Shirley,           .         .  300 

1745  June   19  William   Pepperrell  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  300 

William  Pepperrell   to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  301 
July    30  William   Pepperrell  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  305 
Sept.     8  Letter  Capt  Kobt  Rutherford  to  Josiah  Willard,  30G 
Oct.      3  Sir  William   Pepperrell   to   the   Duke   of   New- 
castle,          308 

Dec.    24  Letter  Geni  Court  to  Sr  Wm  Pepperrell,       .        .  311 

1740  Feb.  27  Gov  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  .  .  312 
May      2  Letter  Josiah  Willard  Secry  to  Capt.  W"i  Burnes 

&  Capt.  David  Cargill, 31G 

May     10  Govr  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  .         .  316 

May    21  William  Pepperrell  to  Duke  of  Newcastle,  .        .  324 

June   24  William  Pepperrell  to  Duke  of  Newcastle,        .  325 

May    31  Gov  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,        .         .  327 

June   18  Gov  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,    .         .  335 

Aug.    15  Gov""  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,        .         .  337 

Sept.   10  Govr  Shirley  to  Paul  Mascarene  Esqr*,     .        .  340 

Nov.    15  Letter  Lieut  Colonel  Gorham  to  Govr  Shirley,    .  341 

Nov.    21  Govr  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,    .         .  343 
Extracts  from  Governour  Shirley's  Speech  to  the 

General  Assembly, 356 

Paragraphs   of   French   Letters   from   Menis   to 

Govr  Mascarene, 358 

1747  Apr,  11  Letter  Capt.  David  Cargill  to  Gov.  Shirley,  .  360 
Apr.  24  De  Ramsay  to  Deputies  of  Minas  Ac,  .  .  859 
Apr.  14  Letter  Gov.  Knowles  to  Gov.  Shirley,  .  .  .  361 
Apr.  29  Govr  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  .  .  362 
May  6  Letter  Capt.  David  Cargill  to  Secy  Willard,  .  366 
June  23  Letter  Gov.  Shirley  to  the  Selectmen  of  Boston,  368 

Letter  to  Col.  Moulton 368 

May    24  Declaration  of  French  Inhabitants,       ,         ,         ,  370 

Inhabta  of  Minas  to  Govr  Shirley,      .         .         ,  371 

Mr  de  Ramsay's  Declaration,         ....  372 

Aug.    18  Govr  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,    .         .  373 
Aug.    19  Mr  Bollan  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,    .         .         .381 

Sept.   11  Duke  of  Bedford  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,     .  388 
Nov.    10  Extracts  of   Letter  from   Governour  Clinton  to 

Governour  Shirley  &  Governour  Knowles,        .  389 

Brigadier  Dwight  to  Govr  Shirley,    ...  390 

1748  Apr.     2  Letter  Simon  Frost  to  Josiah  Willard  Secry,        .  392 

Copy  of  Record, 393 

Copy  of  Record, 394 

May      7  Letter  James  McCobb  to  Gov.  Shirley,      .         .  396 

May      9  Letter  Saml  Denney  to  Gov.  Shirley,    .         .         ,  897 

May    10  Answer  of  Dorothy  Cutter,         ,        ,        ,        ,  399 


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PAGE 

1748                         Record, 401 

May    26  Govr  Shirley's  Speech, 401 

May    26  Deposition  of  Jonas  Mason,   .....  403 

Deposition  of  Jacob  Mitchell,     ....  404 

May    30  Petition  Mark  H.  Wentworth,        .        .        .         .405 

July      3  Letter  Saml  Moody, 407 

Commission  to  Col.  Miller, 408 

Aug.   24  Aaron  Hinkley  to  L*  Gov.  Phips,       .         .         .  408 

Sept.     5  Petition, 409 

Sept.  26  Warrant, 411 

Vote, 413 

Petition.     Town  of  Wells,           ....  414 

Petition.     Berwick, 415 

1748        Nov.    10  Petition  of  the  Selectmen  of  Falmouth,    .        .  423 

Message, ,        .        .  424 

Nov.   18  Letter  S""  W™  Pepperrell  to  Gov.  Shirley,         .  425 

Message, 426 

Nov.   17  List  of  all  the  Familys  in  Barwick  above  the 

river, 426 

List  of  Young  Men  rated  below  the  river,    .         .  429 

Dec.    19  Signers  of  Petition  not  qualified,       .         .         .  434 
Answer  of  the  Town  of  Berwick  to  the  Petition 

of  the  Inhabitants, 434 

Dec.    24  Lists  of  Inhabitants   below  Chadbourns   River,  440 

Action  of  Council, 441 

Report  of  Committee  on  petition  of  inhabitants 

of  Berwick, 442 

Jan.    20  Message, 443 

1748-9     Jan.     30  Petition  of  Inhabitants  of  Merriconeage,      .         .  445 

1748  Feb.      9  Petition  Nichs  Loring  &c.,         ....  446 

Deposition, 447 

Requests  of  Inhabitants  of  Town  of  Wells,       .  448 

1748-9     Mar.    15  Letter  Secry  Willard  to  Stroud,  Esq.,    .        .         .451 

The  Estate  of  Mary  Smith  to  the  Town  of  Wells,  452 

Message 453 

1749  Apr.    14  Report  Accepted, 454 

Apr.    15  Petition  of  Inhabitants  of  Wells  &  Arundel,    .  455 

Apr.    19  Answer  of  the  two  Houses  to  His  Excy's  Message,  458 

Petition    of    Inhabitants    of    Merriconeag    and 

Islands  adjacent, 459 

May      9  Govr  Shirley  to  Marquis  la  Galissoniere,           .  461 

June  14  Petition  of  the  Selectmen  of  Falmouth,        .         .  465 

Account  of  Charge  for  Preaching,      .         .         .  468 

Answer  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Arun- 
del to  the  Petition  of  Inhabitants  of  Wells  and 

Arundel, 468 

Answer  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Wells  to  the  Peti- 
tion of  Inhabitants  of  Wells  &  Arundel,        .  471 


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STATE    OF   MAINK 


Colonel  Dunbar  to  M^   Secretary  Popple. 

Boston,  New  England  Dec""  y®  29"'  1729. 


Sir 


Since  My  last  of  the  10***  instant,  I  have  received 
information  (upon  the  promise  I  published  of  a  reward) 
against  a  person  who  has  cutt  downe  76  Mast  trees  in  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire.  I  hope  from  this  man  to  gett 
a  discovery  of  a  Number  of  others  concerned,  and  will  pros- 
cecute  them  ^vith  all  vigour,  there  is  more  reason  to  hope  for 
justice  in  that  province  than  in  the  Province  of  Maine,  which 
is  under  this  Governm!  Upon  this  information  I  sent  for 
INP  Waldo  and  JM*^  Westbrook,  who  provides  the  Masts  for 
the  Contractor,  and  desired  they  would  take  those  76  trees, 
or  such  of  them  as  should  be  found  fitt,  and  some  whicli 
were  seized  &  condennied  last  year,  for  his  Majesty's  use, 
^ych  would  save  the  like  number  standing,  M'  Waldo*  ( the 
Agent  for  the  contractor)  answer  was  that  he  had  agreed 
with  M''  Westbrook  for  his  whole  number  and  could  not 
take  those  in  part,  I  Offered  the  last  parcel  to  him,  without 
a  penny  Expence,  &  those  last  year  onely  for  paying  y®  Court 
charges  in  condermiation,  w*^**  is  not  above  three  shillings  g 
tree  sterling  &  for  which  I  have  no  fund,  M'"  Westbrooks 


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answer  was  that  he  had  agreed  to  provide  the  Numbers  in 
in  the  Contract,  and  haveing  cutt  slay  roads  near  Casco  in 
the  Woods  where  he  intended  to  cutt  y®  trees  could  not  con- 
sent to  take  those  in  New  Hampshire  as  part  of  them,  I 
urged  that  they  ought  to  take  them,  &  that  I  believed  if  I 
obliged  them  to  do  it  before  they  should  cutt  any  others,  it 
would  be  thought  at  home  I  did  no  more  than  my  duty,  but 
however  I  would  for  the  present  onely  recommend  it  home, 
Captain  Marwood,  who  comands  the  Kings  ship  on  this 
station,  was  a  witness  to  all  this,  w*^'*  I  desire  because  M"^ 
Waldo  is  a  man  that  has  not  the  best  character  &  is  mieasy 
that  he  is  not  absolute  without  controul,  and  I  have  heard 
has  taken  the  liberty  to  threaten  by  his  interest  in  England 
to  have  me  removed,  whenever  I  deserve  it  I  shall  desire 
nothing  better,  but  I  can  promise  myselfe  that  the  severest 
Judge  upon  y®  strictest  Scrutiny  shall  never  find  cause  for 
it. 

the  onely  reason  that  I  can  imagine  for  their  refuseing 
these  trees,  is  that  they  are  such  a  distance  from  their  saw 
Mills  that  they  can  make  no  use  of  such  of  them  as  they 
would  convert  that  way,  M'^  Waldo  goes  home  in  the  ship 
w*^  this,  as  agent  for  a  number  of  the  Claimants  for  Vast 
Tracts  of  Land  in  Georgia ;  he  is  one  of  the  Company  con- 
cerned with  D'"  Cook  &  I  find  dayly  so  many  of  those  claims 
that  if  they  are  confirmed  or  allowed  at  home,  his  Majesty 
can  have  no  Nursery  reserved  there  for  the  Royal  Navy,  but 
the  Comitry  must  remain  for  ever  a  wilderness.  I  have 
already  Avrote  so  full  upon  this  subject  that  I  am  very 
unwilluig  to  trouble  My  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and 
Plantations  any  farther  until  I  know  their  pleasure,  but  this 
I  beg  to  add  that  this  Gentleman,  M*"  Waldo  is  one  of 
D"^  Cooks  Violent  ones,  has  raised  a  large  subscription  & 
undertaken  by  boasted  mterest  to  carry  the  point  in  favour 
of  the  claims. 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  3 

There  is  one  difficulty  attending  M""  Waldo's  Agency  for 
tlie  Mast  contract,  where  in  the  Royal  Lycence  directed  to 
me  for  the  contractors  Cutting  the  Masts  he  is  expresly  for- 
bid cutting  one  tree  until  viewed  by  me  or  my  Deputy s,  and 
as  several  gangs  of  men  are  imployed  to  search  the  woods  for 
those  trees,  who  carry  many  days  provisions  with  them  and 
live  in  the  woods,  they  will  loose  much  time  if  they  are 
obliged  to  wait  to  have  them  viewed ;  if  my  Deputys  and  I 
should  do  nothing  more  than  attend  them,  we  can  onely 
attend  so  many  gangs,  and  yet  there  is  an  absolute  Necessity 
for  it,  as  long  as  those  people  are  allowed  to  be  concerned  in 
Saw  Mills,  and  I  am  morever  Commanded  not  to  permit  them 
to  Cutt  mor^,  nor  any  other  trees  than  are  necessary  to  Com- 
pleate  their  contract,  I  will  endeavour  to  discharge  my  duty 
as  far  as  possible  yet  I  fear  if  I  keep  up  to  the  letter  of  the 
order  there  would  be  disappointment  this  Season  in  provide- 
ing  loadings  for  the  Mast  ships,  and  then  the  service  may  be 
disappointed,  and  I  may  be  therefore  complain'd  of ;  If  the 
winter  holds  open  much  longer  without  Snow  as  hitherto 
they  can  do  nothing  but  cutt  down,  for  without  snow  falls  in 
this  Country  it  is  soon  crusted  so  hard  as  to  bear  carriages  of 
any  weight.  I  humbly  beg  directions  how  to  behave  that  I 
may  not  have  any  blame  at  home. 

as  I  was  writing  M""  Waldo  came  to  me  to  desire  I  would 
give  directions  to  M^  Slade,  one  of  my  Deputys  to  advise 
and  assist  in  converting  Oak,  plank  and  Timber  for  the  use 
of  the  Royal  Navy,  according  to  the  desire  of  the  Navy 
Board,  and  I  have  accordingly  done  so. 

He  tells  me  at  the  same  time  that  M.  Westbrook  is  unwill- 
ing to  enter  upon  farther  contracting  with  him,  as  apprehend- 
ing that  the  Indulgence  given  by  me  to  the  loggers  will  put 
him  under  difficultys  to  find  iNIasts,  w*^'^  I  think  is  a  forced 
construction 'on  it,  I  asked  him  whether  the  people  were  to 
be  totally  restrained  from  cutting  any  trees,  and  what  Method 


4  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

he  Avould  advise  and  propose  to  keep  them  w*^iii  bounds,  for 
that  as  I  had  no  view  but  to  study  y®  Kings  Service,  I  would 
gladly  be  informed  how  I  might  best  do  it ;  he  would  have 
me  to  order  that  all  tlie  people  belonging  to  the  Saw  Mills, 
which  he  says  are  about  150  in  Number  &  15  or  20  men  to 
each  Mill  should  give  me  an  Account  of  the  Nmnber  of  the 
trees  intended  to  be  Cutt  for  each  Mill,  and  the  places  where, 
and  that  then  my  Deputys  should  goe  uito  those  parts  & 
Mark  such  trees  as  should  be  cutt,  and  no  others ;  this 
jMethod  in  my  humble  opmion  would  be  impracticable,  and 
seems  to  me  onely  intended  to  make  me  uneasj'-,  and  if  as  he 
would  have  noe  Saw  Mills  worked  but  his  OAvn,  he  may 
impose  upon  his  principal,  M^'  Gulston  by  such  pretences 
and  if  he  should  offer  any  Complaints  upon  that  head,  the 
King  will  be  no  Sufferer,  when  I  affirm  that  I  can  have  the 
Contract  imdertaken  by  men  of  Substance  here  at  10'  per  ct 
cheaper,  and  by  such  as  have  allways  distinguished  them- 
selves in  favour  of  what  has  been  recommended  hither  from 
y®  Crown,  this  Gentlemen  cannot  boast  to  be  of  that  Number 
and  is  remarkable  for  givemg  all  the  trouble  lie  can  wherever 
he  has  any  concern  this  is  his  common  character,  aud  is  what 
I  should  have  no  occasion  to  mention  but  to  give  an  Idea  of 
him  in  case  he  should  attempt  any  Complaint. 

Thus  much  I  have  wrote  to  the  Lords  of  the  Admkalty 
and  acquainted  their  Lordships  that  Captam  Marvtood  Have- 
ing  done  me  the  Honour  to  Call  on  me,  I  read  their  letter  to 
hun,  all  w^^  he  would  have  attested  but  y*  it  might  be  thought 
officious  in  him,  he  knows  I  could  have  sa3^d  more  aggravat- 
ing things  of  Mr.  Waldo's  usage  of  me,  I  Hope  what  I  have 
sayd  will  be  sufficient  to  prove  tliat  I  have  no  View  but  to 
discharge  my  duty  which  must  occasion  iNIurmurings  and 
Complaints  from  ungovernable  people  who  would  be  under 
no  Controul,  and  who  never  will  behave  as  English  Subjects 
until  this  Country  is  under  another  form  of  Government. 


OF   THE    STATE   OF    MAINE  O 

I  this  day  received  a  letter  from  the  Indian  Chiefs  of  the 
Penobscot  tribe  signed  by  their  Leiv*  Governor  or  Vice  King 
who  was  not  at  Fredericksburg  with  me,  and  b}'  Loron  the 
Ambassador  they  had  dispatched  to  Canada  to  know  the 
french  Governours  Opinion  of  the  New  Settlement,  I  send  the 
Original  now  to  my  Lord  Duke  of  Newcastle,  and  herewith  I 
send  you  a  Copy  ;  the  french  Govemour  ad^^sed  them  to  live 
well  with  the  English,  this  will  satisfye  every  body  that  the 
settlement  will  onely  be  attended  Avith  fateague  w^'^^  I  am 
willing  to  undergo  until  his  Majesty  pleases  to  appoint 
another,  but  I  cannot  appear  there  again  until  I  have  powers 
w*'^  should  be  here  in  March  if  possible,  and  they  should  be 
such  ( with  Submission  )  as  to  enable  me  to  inform  a  Majes- 
tracy  and  Militia.  I  humbly  beg  leave  to  recommend  this  to 
my  Lords  Commissioners  consideration,  and  that  any  Artil- 
lery, small  arms  pioneers  tools  and  ammunition  may  be 
dispatched  at  the  same  time,  likewise  a  Seal  for  the  New 
Province. 

Pray  Sir  lay  this  before  My  Lords  with  My  humble  duty, 
and  do  me  the  favour  to  signifye  their  Lordships  pleasure  to 
me.  I  am  with  much  respect.  Sir  Your  Most  Humble  and 
Obedient  Servant 

David  Dunbar 


G-ov'^    Belcher  to    the    Lords    Commissioners  for    Trade    and 

Plantations. 

My  Lords, 

Since  I  had  the  honour  of  Writing  you  last  I  have 
met  the  Assembly  of  this  Province,  and  after  recommending 
to  them  what  I  thought  Needfull  for  his  Majesty's  honour 
and  Service  and  their  Own  good,  and  in  a  more  Especial 
Manner  pressing  upon  them  his   Majest}''s  27 :  Instruction 


b  DOCTJMENTABY   HISTORY 

for  fixing  a  Salary  on  me  &  my  Successors  I  Waited  on  them 
in  a  Session  of  Eighteen  days  and  finding  they  would  come 
to  No  Amendment  on  the  bill  they  had  past  before  I  dis- 
solv'd  them  and  now  I  Inclose  Your  Lordships  a  Journal  of 
the  proceedings  at  this  Short  Session  —  I  have  Issu'd  Writts 
for  a  New  Assembly  to  meet  the  10 :  of  Next  Month,  and 
hope  there  will  be  such  a  Change  as  may  best  of  all  advance 
his  Majesty's  honour  &  Service,  to  do  Which  nothing  in  my 
power  shall  be  wanting.  But  should  it  be  Otherwise  I  think 
I  have  done  but  my  duty  to  the  King  in  dissolving  the  late 
Assembly. 

I  have  already  Acquainted  Your  Lordships  of  the  death  of 
the  late  Lieut"  Gov^  of  New  Hampshire,  and  that  I  think 
Henry  Slierburn  Esq^'®  one  of  His  Majesty's  Council  there 
would  be  a  proper  Person  to  Succeed  Him,  and  I  should  Esteem 
your  Lordships  favour  to  Him  in  this  Matter.  The  24 :  of 
last  Month  I  reciev'd  from  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  New- 
Castle,  His  Majesty's  Additional  Instruction  dated  at 
Windsor  26 :  Sept^  last  being  for  the  better  preservation  of 
His  Majesty's  Woods  in  Conformity  whereto  I  Issu'd  a 
Proclamation  in  this  Province  and  ordered  Another  in  New 
Hampshire,  One  of  the  proclamations  is  now  Inclosed  to 
Your  Lordships.  I  have  since  reciev'd  from  Coll*"  Dunbar 
Surveyor  General  of  His  Majesty's  Woods,  His  Majesty's 
Order  in  Council  Dated  at  S*  James^  12  :  Nov"  last  mention- 
ing A  representation  laid  before  His  Majesty  in  Council 
That  I  was  preparing  a  Military  Expedition  Against  Freder- 
icks Fort  formerly  Call'd  Pemaquid  In  this  representation. 
My  Lords,  there  is  not  the  Shadow  of  Truth,  Nor  did  I  Ever 
make  the  least  Attempt  or  preparation  of  that  Nature :  Yet 
I  am  not  at  all  Surpris'd  that  Coll°  Dunbar  had  the  Folly 
and  Confidence  as  well  as  Malice  to  make  such  a  representa- 
tion against  me  ~  Because  I  am  lately  told  he  has  Wrote 
many  Other  palpable  falshoods  Against  me  to  do  me  all  the 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  7 

hurt  in  his  power,  but  if  he  would  Confine  Himself  to  truth 
I  should  not  give  myself  much  trouble  about  Him.  By  thia 
Conveyance  I  send  to  be  laid  before  His  (jrace  the  Duke  of 
New  Castle  a  number  of  Papers  relating  to  a  Notorious 
Riott  Committed  by  some  People  belonging  to  Frederick's 
Fort  on  some  of  his  Majesty's  Subjects  in  this  Province  -  As 
also  an  Account  of  what  I  directed  his  Majesty's  Lieut" 
Gov''  of  this  Province  to  do  at  Pemaquid,  upon  a  Visitation 
I  ordered  him  to  make  to  ail  the  fortifications  of  this  Prov- 
ince, In  Obedience  to  his  Majesty's  Royal  Instruction  to  me 
for  that  End. 

These  things,  My  Lords,  are  the  whole  of  what  1  have 
Ever  done  respectmg  Frederick's  Fort  or  the  Fort  formerly 
call'd  Pemaquid.  And  how  was  it  possible  for  me.  My 
Lords  to  do  less?  I  inclose  Your  Lordships  a  Memorial  I 
deliver'd  into  his  Majesty's  Secretary  of  State  the  15 :  May 
last  in  Answer  to  which  I  should  have  been  Very  glad  of 
some  Orders  or  Directions  for  my  Conduct,  but  Never 
reciev'd  a  Word  of  Answer  till  His  Majesty's  order  in  Coun- 
cil of  12  :  Nov'^  last.  According  to  the  Clause  of  the  Char- 
ter Cited  m  my  Memorial  these  lands  My  Lords  are  doubt- 
less a  Part  of  this  Province,  &  Agreeable  thereto  your  Lord- 
ships will  find  in  His  Majesty's  Commission  to  me  for  this 
Government  these  Words  ~  "  And  the  lands  lying  between 
the  said  Territory  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  Province  of 
Main "'  And  another  Clause  Your  Lordships  will  find  in  the 
Royal  Commission  to  me  ~  "  And  for  your  better  guidance 
"  and  direction  We  do  hereby  require  and  Command  You  to 
'*  do  and  Execute  all  things  in  due  Manner  that  shall  belong 
"unto  the  Trust  We  have  repos'd  in  you  According  to  the 
"  Severall  Powers  and  Authorities  mentioned  in  the  said 
"  Charter,  and  in  these  presents,  &  such  further  powers, 
"  Instructions  and  Authorities  as  You  shall  recieve  or  which 
*'  shall  at  any  time  hereafter  be  granted  or  Appointed  jou  under 


8  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

"  our  Sign,  Manual,  and  Signet,  or  by  our  Order  in  our  privy 
"  council  in  pursuance  of  the  said  Charter  and  According  to 
"such  reasonable  Laws  and  Statutes  as  are  now  in  force  or 
"  which  hereafter  shall  be  made  and  Agreed  upon  in  such  man- 
"  ner  &  Form,  or  by  the  said  Charter  is  directed,"  By  what  I 
have  Cited,  My  Lords,  out  of  the  Royal  Charter  &  His 
Majesty's  Royal  Commission  to  me  I  Concieve  it  appears 
that  these  Lands  are  Included  in  both  And  His  Majesty  is 
pleased  to  make  the  Charter  by  his  Commission  a  great  Rule 
of  my  Government  How  dare  I  then  disobey  His  Majesty 
or  betray  the  Trust  he  has  repos'd  in  me  by  refusing  a  legal 
protection  to  his  good  Subjects,  when  they  apply  to  me. 
These  Rioters,  My  Lords,  have  been  Since  legally  Convicted 
in  his  Majesty's  Courts,  and  must  doubtless  undergo  the 
penalties  of  the  Law  for  such  a  breach  of  His  Majesty's 
Peace,  and  so  Notorious  An  Assault  and  Riott  Committed 
upon  the  property  and  Liberty  of  his  Majesty's  good  Sub- 
jects. I  am  here,  my  Lords,  his  Majesty's  Gov'"  to  see  a 
good  Execution  of  all  his  wholesome  Laws  for  the  Safety  of 
his  Subjects  under  my  Care  in  tlieir  lives  and  Estates,  and 
to  this  End  I  will  Endeavor  Carefully  to  Use  the  power  the 
King  has  delegated  to  me  in  his  Royal  Commission.  The 
Papers  I  have  sent  to  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  New  Castle 
Will  make  appear  what  Orders  I  gave  to  the  Lieu"  Gov'"  and 
the  Other  Gent™  that  Went  with  Him,  respecting  Pemaquid 
Coll**  Dunbar  must  found  His  representation  Either  upon 
the  Matter  of  the  Riott,  or  the  Visitation  I  ordered  to  be 
made  of  the  King's  fortifications  in  this  Province,  and  sure 
then  Nothing  Can  Appear  more  false  than  his  Saying  I  was 
preparing  a  Military  Expedition  against  Frederick's  Fort 
formerly  Called  the  Fort  of  Pemaquid.  Nor  have  I  Ever 
done  any  thing  of  that  kind  or  Nature,  Nor  has  Any  thing 
like  it  Ever  Enter'd  into  my  thoughts.  It  is  also  false  in 
Him  to  say,  No  private  persons  have  hitherto    set  up  any 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  9 

Claim  on  those  lands,  Because  there  have  been  a  great  many 
Claims  made,  and  are  made  daily,  and  the  people  that  Claim 
think  they  have  a  just  Right  ( tho  not  by  Any  Grant  of  this 
Province  )  And  one  of  the  Men  whom  Coll"  Dunbars  People 
Riotted  and  Assaulted  has  a  Claim  there  descended  down  to 
Him  for  105  Years  past  as  may  be  seen  in  his  Complaint 
against  those  Notorious  Riotters.  My  Lords,  Every  Man's 
private  property  &c.  &c. 

I  am  with  great  Esteem,  and  respect,  My  Lords  Y'  Lord- 
ships Most  Obedient  and  Most  Humble  Servant 

J  Belcher 
Boston  Janua:  13:   1730 


Reced  23'^  Feh^v  \  y~^^/; 

Read  9^^  June  1731     ^^'^^/^ 


Recedw^f"  M'-  Belchers  L^  of  13  Jan'' 'J   1730/1 
Relied  23'^  Feh'-'J 


Read 


1730/1 


Cfov^  Belcher's  Memorial 

The  Memorial  of  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq''  His 
Majesty's    Governour  of  the  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England. 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  he  hath  lately  received  Accounts  from 
New  Enghmd  that  Col**  Dunbar  Surveyor  of  Your  Majesty's 
Lands  and  Woods  in  North  America  hath  made  Settlements 
on  certain  Lands  lying  between  the  River  of  Sagadehoc  and 
the  Gulph  of  S*  Lawrence, —  which  Lands  Your  Majesties 
province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  apprehend  to  be  part  of 


10  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

the  Lands  of  that  province  and  not  to  be  Alienated  but  by 
Grant  from  them  according  to  the  Royal  Charter  granted 
them  by  the  late  King  Wilhara  and  Queen  Mary  of  Glorious 
Memory,  being  m  the  words  following  Vis*  "  Provided  also 
"that  it  may  be  lawful  for  the  Governour  and  General 
"  Assembly  to  make  or  pass  any  Grant  of  Lands  within  the 
•'bounds  of  the  Colonies  formerly  called  the  Colonies  of  the 
"Massachusetts  Bay  New  Plimouth  and  province  of  Main 
"  in  Such  manner  as  heretofore  they  might  have  done  by  vir- 
"  tue  of  any  former  Charter  or  Letters  Patent ;  Which 
"  Grants  of  Lands  within  the  bounds  aforesaid  We  do 
"  hereby  Will  and  Ordain  to  be  and  continue  forever  of  full 
force  and  Effect  without  Our  further  Approbation  of  Con- 
sent, And  so  as  Nevertheless  and  it  is  Our  Will  and  pleasure 
that  no  Grant  or  Grants  of  any  Lands  lying  or  Extending 
from  the  River  of  Sagadehock  to  the  Gulph  of  S*  Lawrence 
and  to  the  Main  Sea  Northward  and  Eastward  to  be  made  or 
past  by  the  Governour  and  General  Assembly  of  Our  said 
Province  be  of  any  force  validity  or  Effect  until  we  our  heirs 
and  Successors  shall  have  Signified  Our  or  their  Approbation 
of  the  Same. 

And  Whereas  many  disputes  have  alreadj^  arisen 
between  the  said  Col°  Dunbar  and  Your  Majesties  Subjects 
there  upon  this  Occasion,  and  Your  Memorialists  expecting 
greater  difficulties  still  to  Arrise  upon  his  Arrival  in  the 
Government,  thinks  it  his  Duty  humbly  to  pray  for  Your 
Majesties  plenary  Instructions  how  to  Conduct  himseK  in  this 
Affair,  and  that  the  said  Col°  Dunbar  may  in  the  mean  time 
be  directed  to  withdraw  from  those  Lands,  and  forbear  any 
further  proceedings,  till  the  Right  be  fully  Settled  and  deter- 
mined, and  Your  Majesties  further  pleasure  be  known  therein 
I  am  Your  Majesties  Most  Dutiful  &  Obed* 

Subject  and  Servant 
May  16*''  1730.  J  Belcher 


OF    THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  11 

Colonel  Dunbar  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston,  New  England  December  y*'  30"' 

1729 
My  Lord 

Haveing  had  the  honour  of  writeing  a  long  ~  letter 
to  your  Grace  on  the  IC^*^  instant,  I  w*^  not  now  trouble  you 
again  but  for  a  curiosity  to  send  an  Original  letter  w*^^  I 
have  received  from  some  Chiefs  of  the  tribe  of  Penobscott, 
One  of  them  Espiquet  is  the  Vice  King  and  esteemed  the 
most  Sensible  man  among  them,  Loren  was  sent  as  Ambassa- 
dour  to  Cannada  to  consult  the  french  Governour  how  to 
behave  towards  the  New  Settlement,  and  it  may  be  a  Satis- 
faction to  Your  Grace  that  we  are  under  no  apprehensions 
from  them,  the  interpreter,  M"^  Gyles  was  a  Captive  among 
the  Indians  from  his  childhood,  and  now  belongs  to  a  truck 
house  at  S*  Georges  River  ten  leagues  Eastward  &  farther 
along  shore  in  Georgia  than  Fredericksburg,  so  that  from 
Kennebeck  River  to  S*  Georges  is  about  50  Miles,  enough  to 
be  settled  until  I  am  better  Acquainted  with  the  Indians, 
and  doubt  not  to  go  as  Much  farther  by  fair  means  as  shall 
be  desired,  I  cannot  well  appear  there  again  until  I  receive 
Powers  to  form  a  Majestracy  and  jNlilitia,  with  which  I  hum- 
bly hope  his  Majesty  will  order  some  arms  &  Amunition  to 
be  dispatched  as  Early  as  may  be,  I  Have  wrote  at  large 
upon  this  Subject  to 

The  Lord  D.  of  Newcastle 
to  My  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations,  and 
would  to  your  Grace  but  that  I  fear  being  too  troublesome, 
I  beg  only  to  add  that  if  this  new  Settlement  be  not  pre- 
vented by  the  Malicious  pretensions  and  claims  made  by  the 
inhabitants  of  this  Province  of  the  Masachusets,  who  neither 
would  improve  the  lands  themselves,  nor  lett  others  do  it,  I 
dare  answer  that  in  very  few  years  it  will  be  found  of  more 
use  to  England  than  those  same  people  who  now  endeavour 


12  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOIIY 

to  Obstruct  it  to  w^'^  end  there  now  goes  to  England  one 
M""  Waldoe  as  SoUicitor  for  the  claimants,  he  is  one  in  Com- 
pany with  the  noted  D"^  Cook  who  claims  30  miles  square 
and  is  equally  undeserveing  his  Majestys  favour. 

I  am  under  the  greatest  Anxiety  until  I  Have  the  Honour 
to  receive  your  Graces  Commands  and  know  his  Majestyes 
pleasure  relateing  to  this  CoUony,  people  are  Crowding  to  it 
so  that  Early  in  the  Spring  there  will  be  a  great  concourse 
I  am  with  all  possible  duty  and  respect 
Your  Grace's  Most  Humble  and  most 
Obedient  Servant 

David  Dunbar 
R     Feh^y  13 


Petition  of  J.   Wellington  ^  others  to   governor  STiute. 

May  it  Please  yo'  Excellency 

In  as  much  as  sundry  the  Proprietors  of  the  Town  of 
Scarborough  are  disposed  to  resettle  there  in  the  Spring ;  but 
not  willing  to  attempt  any  thing  of  that  nature  w'^  out  first 
making  application  to  your  Excellency  We  have  sent  the 
bearer  on  purpose,  humbly  praying  that  your  Excellency  and 
Councill  would  please  to  countenance  and  direct  therein  for 
a  more  regylar  settlem*  We  being  to  the  Number  of  between 
30  and  40. 

By  the  same  Messenger  we  have  sent  to  Wm  Burridge  of 
Watertown,  who  was  formerly  the  Keeper  of  the  Records ;  If 
in  case  he  may  refuse  to  deliver  or  bring  them,  wee  pray 
your  Excellencys  favour  therein  ;  that  our  proceedings  may 
be  more  agreeable  unto  y"  whole. 

With  all  due  respects,  We  remaine  S'^ 

Yo'  Excellency's  most  humble  and  most  obd't  Ser*" 
J :  Wentwortb,  Geo :  Vaughan :  Sam^  Penhallow 
W"  Cotton. 


OF   THE   STATE    OF   MAINE  13 

At  a  leagal  town  meeting  held  the :  4  :  of  May  1730  Voted 
that  Col°«  Thomas  Westbrook,  M"^  John  Tyng,  Moses  Pear- 
sou,  Thomas  Haskell,  Henry  Wheeler,  John  Coy  and  John 
East  Bee  a  Com*  to  take  a  list  of  those  Persons  that  Clame 
an  interest  in  the  Common  and  undivided  lands  in  the  town- 
ship of  falmouth  And  make  their  Return  theirof  at  the 
next  meeting. 

Voted  that  M''  John  East  and  M"^  John  Tyng  shall  bee 
Agents  to  make  answer  to  the  Peticion  Exhibited  against  the 
town  at  the  Generall  Cort 

A  treu  Copy  of  the  Above  votes 

Attest  Moses  Pearson  town  Clerk. 

At  a  leagal  town  meeting  held  in  falmouth  May  the:  11 : 
1730  Wee  the  Com'  Chosen  at  a  leagal  town  meeting  in 
falmouth  may  the:  4:  1730  to  make  Report  to  this  Meeting 
who  wee  are  of  opinion  fullfiled  the  Condition  of  their 
admitanc  to  the  Rights  through  the  Commons :  Wee  are  of 
opinion  that  the  Persons  whose  names  are  under  writen  have 
fullfiled  the  Condition  of  their  admitance  and  theirby  are 
Beconi  Intitled  to  their  rights  through  the  Common  lands 
accordmg  to  the  votes  of  the  town  of  falmouth,  Sam^'  Moody 
Esq'  Thomas  Smith  Dominicus  Jordan,  Beniman  Learreby, 
Benjman  York  John  Sawyer,  Benj'"  Ingersell,  Isaac  Sawyer, 
Joseph  Pride,  Peter  Walton,  Thomas  Woodbery,  John  Perrey, 
Richard  CoUer,  Gideon  Lowell,  Thomas  Thoms,  Sam^^  Prock- 
ter,  Jacob  Adams,  Thomas  Millit,  John  Coy,  Thomas  Haskill, 
Henry  Wheeler,  Jeremiah  Riggs,  Sam'^  Cobb,  John  Coks, 
John  Mariner,  Natheniel  Jordan,  Joseph  Cobb,  Jonathan 
Cobb,  John  Armstrong,  Jacob  Sawyer,  Ebenezer  Hall,  Richard 
Babson,  James  Dowty,  John  Bayley,  Joshua}*  Woodberey, 
John  Millit,  Sam"  Stone  Timothey  Woster,  Robert  Thorn- 
dick,  Philip  Hodskins,  Joseph  Bayley,  Robert  Bayley,  John 
White,  Stephen  Rendal,  James  Measlm,  Joseph  Connant, 
James  Brickett,  Thomas  Mosley,  William  Davis,  Jams  Irish, 


14  DOCTIMENTAEY   HISTORY 

Wi"  Gillos,  Wi"  Gimerson,  Ebenezer  Roberts,  Robert  Mains, 
John  Doleuer,  Andrew  Simonton,  Moses  Pearson,  William 
Elwell,  John  Clark,  John  Graves,  Moses  Goold,  Gorge  Clark, 
Sam"  Stapell,  Benj™  Blackston,  Jams  Bukston,  Josiah  San- 
ford,  John  Sawyer :  Ju°'  ,  Jams  Simson,  Simon  Armstrong, 
John  Brown,  Joseph  Wesson,  Jams  Weebstor,  Thomas 
Hoopper,  Joshuay  Bracket,  Benjman  Skiling,  Will""  Jacobs 
John  Wass,  Wilham  White,  Steph  Plumer,  Ebenezer  Allin, 
John  East,  John  Prichard,  Mathew  Scales,  John  Danford, 
Mark  Rownds,  Adam  Marriner,  Simon  Lovit,  Jams  Crocker, 
David  Gustin,  John  Barbor,  Ebenezer  Gustin  : 

Wee  are  of  opinion  that  such  as  can  make  it  apear  to  the 
proprietors  of  falmoth  by  two  Evidences  that  thay  or  their 
fathers  or  thay  whome  thay  lawfully  Represent  were  setlers 
in  the  Ancient  setlement  under  governer  Danforth,  have  a 
Right  to  the  Common  and  undivided  lands  Eaquel  with 
others  Admited  by  the  town  of  falmouth  that  now  is : 
Excepting  such  as  have  com  in  ah-edey  and  taken  a  right 
with  the  town  that  now  is  /  and  as  many  more  that  have  Been 
admited  to  the  Rights  through  the  town  as  Shall  fullfill  the 
Condition  of  their  admitanc  within  y®  eight  months  set  By 
the  town:  John  Tyng,  John  Coy,  Thomas  Haskil,  Henry 
Wheler,  Moses  Pearson  Com* 

dated  falmouth  May :  11:  1730: 

Voted  that  the  Report  of  the  Com'  Be  Accepted  and  All 
the  Persons  names  in  the  Report  Aforementioned  are  proprie- 
tors of  the  common  and  undivided  land  in  the  township  of 
falmouth. 

A  treu  Copy  take  out  of  the  towTi  Book  of  Records  for 
falmouth 

Atte^  Moses  Pearson  town  Clerk 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  15 

Thomas  Westhrook  Esq^^  to  Colonel  Dunbar. 

Scarborough  Feb'y  23">  1730/29 
Sr 

Your  Brother  is  just  come  from  Falmouth  and  we  haveing 
a  flying  storry  that  you  are  dead  which  surpriseth  us  very 
much  though  we  have  no  reason  to  beleive  it  because  your 
Brother  have  no  part  of  it.  Therefore  I  trust  this  will  find 
you  in  good  health.  Your  Brother  came  down  in  the  nick 
of  time  for  to  preserve  the  timber  at  Saco  falls  which  I 
inform  you  of  when  I  was  at  Boston.  Saving  some  trees 
which  was  cut  about  two  Months  afore  we  got  there  and  just 
as  we  got  there  there  wa.s  six  teems  going  up  in  the  road 
and  some  of  them  had  just  begun  to  fall  and  had  fallen  ten 
or  eleven  trees  which  your  Brother  mark't  and  have  taken  a 
great  deal  of  pains  to  preserve  the  Kings  timber  which  I 
doubt  not  will  have  a  good  effect  on  the  people  in  hast  I  am 
S? 

Your  most  Obedient  Ser^   att  Command 

Tho  Westbrook 


The  Duke  of  Newcastle  to  the  Lords  Commiss'^^  for  Trade  and 

Plantations. 

Whitehall  March  7*''  1729/30. 
My  Lords, 

I  send  your  Lord^'^  herewith,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- 
mand, Copys  of  two  Letters  which  I  have  received  from 
Col°  Dunbar  Surveyor  of  His  Majesty's  Woods  in  America, 
giving  an  Account  of  the  progress  he  has  made  in  forming 
the  New  Settlement  between  Nova  Scotia  and  New  England, 
and  of  what  he  thinks  is  still  necessary  to  enable  him  to 
carry  on  that  Undertaking  with  Success ;  I  likewise  add  an 


16  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Extract  of  a  Letter  from  M'  Dummer  Lieu*  Governor  of 
New  England  to  me  inclosing  Copys  of  several  Letters  that 
have  passed  between  him  &  M""  Dunbar  relating  to  this 
New  Settlement;  and  as  M""  Dunbar  has  written  to  your 
LordP^  upon  the  same  Subject,  His  Majesty  would  have  you 
take  the  whole  into  Your  Consideration ;  and  report  the 
State  of  the  several  matters  therein  mentioned,  with  your 
Opinion  what  further  Directions  are  proper  to  be  sent  to 
M"^  Dunbar  upon  them. 

I  also  inclose  a  Copy  of  a  Letter  that  I  have  received 
from  M""  Bradley  His  Majesty's  Attorney  General  at  New 
York,  with  a  Memorial  of  the  Governor  &  Council  there  in 
his  behalf,  and  a  Representation  to  your  Lord^*  of  several 
irregular  proceedings  of  the  Gen^  Assembly  of  that  Province, 
and  of  other  matters  which,  he  apprehends  it  is  of  impor- 
tance to  His  Majesty's  Service  should  be  speedily  considered 
by  yo"^  LordP^  upon  which  you  will  please  to  let  me  have 
your  Opinion  to  be  laid  before  His  Majesty. 

I  likewise  send  your  Lord^^  a  Copy  of  a  Letter  I  have 
received  from  Col°  Philips  dated  at  Annapolis  Royal  the 
25*'^  of  November  last ;  You  will  please  to  Consider  the  sev- 
eral Matters  contained  in  it,  particularly  what  relates  to  giv- 
ing new  Grants  of  Land  to  the  Inhabitants  of  that  Colony, 
the  Proposals  made  to  him  for  a  Settlement  of  French 
Protestants  there,  &  the  necessity  of  his  having  a  Vessel 
constantly  kept  to  attend  huu  in  his  Progresses  from  one 
part  of  his  Government  to  another  which  by  reason  of  the 
Situation  of  the  Country  must  be  made  by  Sea. 
I  am 

My  Lords  Your  Lord?" 

most  obedient  humble  servant 

Holies  Newcastle. 

Rec'l  March  7^''  1739/30 
BeadSep^^  2:  1730 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINB  17 

Westmoreland  ^  Others  to  Duke  of  Newcastle 

Whitehall  March  5*^  1730/1. 
My  Lord, 

We  have  received  your  Grace's  Letter  of  the  27'^^ 
past,  with  the  several  Papers  you  was  pleased  to  inclose  in 
it,  relating  to  the  Disputes  between  M^  Belcher  and  Col? 
Dunbar,  which  came  to  your  Grace's  hands,  after  we  had 
taken  the  liberty  to  beg,  your  Grace  would  be  pleased  to 
intercede  with  his  Majesty,  for  the  Comra'^  of  Lieu*  Gov^  of 
N.  Hampshire  for  Col?  Dunbar;  And  as  your  Grace  is 
desirous  to  know,  whether  we  still  continue  in  the  same 
Opinion,  with  relation  to  Col?  Dunbar,  we  take  leave  to 
acquaint  you,  that  we  do  not  find  any  thing  in  the  Papers 
your  Grace  has  sent  us  that  should  incline  us  to  alter  our 
Sentiments  upon  this  Subject,  for  notwithstanding  M' 
Belcher  does  in  his  Letter  deny  that  he  ever  had  any  Inten- 
tion to  march  with  an  armed  Force  in  order  to  demolish  the 
Fort  of  Pemaquid  and  carry  away  the  People  prisoners  from 
thence.  Yet  he  does  not  deny  that  he  ever  told  Col?  Dun- 
bar that  some  Members  of  the  Assembly  had  such  an  Inten- 
tion, And  he  does  likewise  acknowledge  that  the  Sheriff  of 
York  County  did  march  thither  with  his  Posse  about  that 
time,  tho  upon  a  different  Occasion  which  might  very  justly 
give  Col?  Dunbar  Reason  to  be  alarmed,  and  he  certainly 
would  have  been  wanting  in  his  Duty  to  the  King  if  in  that 
Situation,  he  had  not  applied  to  his  Majesty  for  an  Order  to 
prevent  Hostilities  till  such  time  at  least,  as  his  Mat''*  Title 
to  that  Tract  of  Land  should  be  determined 

It  is  not  to  be  doubted  but  that  Col?  Dunbar's  Office  of 
Surveyor  of  the  Woods,  as  well  as  his  Instru"'  for  settling 
the  Lands  between  Kennebeck  and  S*  Croix  must  have  rais'd 
him  many  Enemies  in  the  Massachusets  Bay  where  it  is  but 
too  Evident  that  every  Man  who  does  his  Duty  to  the 
Cro-^Ti  makes  himself  liable  to  the  Illwill  of  ye  People,  and 


18  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

therefore  stands  in  need  of  all  the  Support  the  Governm* 
can  give  him  from  hence,  for  which  Reason  it  was  that  we 
first  beg'd  your  Grace's  Favour  on  his  behalf,  and  for  the 
same  Reason  we  now  take  the  Liberty  to  repeat  that  request 
as  apprehending  that  the  Employment  of  Lieu*'  Gov''*  of 
New  Hampshire  may  give  him  a  little  more  Credit  and 
Authority  than  he  is  at  present  Possessed  of 

We  arc,  My  Lord,  Your  Grace's 

Most  Obedient  &  Most  humble  Serv*« 

Westmoreland. 

P.  Doeminique. 

M :  Bladen. 

E.  Ashe. 


O.  Bridgeman. 


March  S'"  1730/1 
End<^  K:  Folio  ^02. 


Narative   of    the    People    of  Londonderry    concerniy^g    their 

Boundaries. 

Honb'fS"^ 

You  having  been  So  kinde  as  to  Prefcre  the 
Petition  which  Sund'"y  the  Inhabitants  of  tliis  Town  in 
behalf  of  the  Rest  Sent  you  in  order  to  be  Laid  before  His 
Majes*^^  and  Are  Still  so  good  as  to  offer  us  your  Friendship 
and  Assistance  to  help  us  out  of  the  Difficulty  we  now  are 
Under  with  respect  to  the  Line  between  the  Town  of  Haver- 
hill &  this  Town  of  Londonderry — And  that  we  make  your 
Hon^  Sensable  of  the  Hardships  «&;  Difficultys  we  have  been 
in  and  Still  Labour  under  we  beg  leave  to  make  you  this 
short  Narrative  ^ 

At   our   first   Arrivall   in  New  Engl*^  alth6   we   came   in 
Severall  Vessells  &  Landed  in  Various  parte's  of  this  Country 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE  19 

yet  as  soon  as  we  had  surmounted  the  difficulties  of  Our 
passages  which  were  many  &  great  we  Assembled  ourselves 
&  petitioned  the  GovT  &  Councill  of  New  Hamp"^  for  a  Tract 
of  Land  Laying  to  the  North  West  of  Haverhill  which  Town 
of  Haverill  is  govern'd  by  the  Massachusetts  Governm*  and 
after  the  consideration  of  Gov""  Shute  then  Gov""  of  Both 
New  Hamp^  &  the  Massachusetts  he  &  the  Councill  there 
granted  us  a  Township  of  Ten  INIiles  Square  at  the  afores** 
Place  upon  which  we  run  out  our  Town  Bounds  &  Laid  out 
our  first  Divisions  &  with  great  Expense  and  Danger  being 
in  the  Time  of  the  Indian  war  wc  cleared  great  parte  of  our 
s*^  first  divition  &  had  Enjoyed  the  Same  for  Seven  years  & 
Laid  out  all  our  substance  by  building  &  Improving  thereon 
before  Haverhill  Town  clamed  the  Same  Yet  soit  is  that  the 
Inhabitants  of  s^  Haverhill  made  great  Inroads  upon  us  & 
Dayly  are  carrying  our  people  from  their  Houses  &  Labour, 
Cross  the  river  Marrimack  to  fourtes  far  distant  in  that 
Gov^  &  Imprison  Judge  &  Load  them  with  Excessive 
Charges  whicli  besides  the  Loss  of  Improvement  hath  Cost 
many  hundred  Pounds.  &  are  dayly  perpetrating  the  Same 
things  We  could  bear  the  many  scandalous  &  unjust  refec- 
tions which  they  cast  upon  us  by  saying  we  are  romans  & 
not  good  Subjects  to  his  present  Majesty  being  well  assured 
your  Hon'"  well  knows  to  the  Contrary  haveing  many  of  us 
Resolutely  oppossed  both  while  in  our  own  Country  Wittness 
the  Trubles  in  Ireland  at  the  Comeing  in  of  King  William 
of  Blessed  memory,  our  Present  Minister  &  Severall  of  our 
People  being  at  the  Seige  of  Derry  &  had  no  small  shear  in 
that  Glorious  Defence  of  Our  religion  &  Country  now  S""  all 
that  we  ask  y"^  Assistance  in  is  that  you  would  Use  your 
Intrest  Some  how  or  other  to  obtain  Peace  for  us  at  once 
that  at  Length  we  may  Enjoy  the  only  thing  we  have  Sought 
Since  wc  came  here  which  we  Imagine  can  be  don  No  Other 
way  than  by  geting  the  Line  Settled  between  the  two  Gov- 
ernm^^  of  the  Massachusetts  and  New  Hamp"^ 


20  DOCUMENT ABY   HISTOEY 

Dated  at  Londonderry  March  y®   17^^    1729/30 

James  McKeen         John  Macmurphy  Clerk 
James  Reed  John  Carnot 

David  Morison  John  Archbald 
William  Cochran  James  Nesmith 
James  Leslie  John  Gregg 

Matthew  Reed        James  Moor 
John  Richay  Abraham  Holms 

In  the  name  of  the  Rest  of  y®  Proprietors  of  Londonderry. 
Reced  June  5^^ 


Read  ' 

Order  of  Committee  of  Council  Referring  the  Petition  of  Waldo 
and  others  to  the  Board  of  Trade. 

At  the  Council  Chamber  Whitehall  the  1 5*^  day  of  Aprill 
1780. 

By  the  Right  Hoiioble  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  for 
hearing  Appeals  Complaints  &c  :  from  the  Plantations. 
Whereas  His  Majesty  hath  been  pleased  to  referr  unto  this 
Committee  the  humble  Petition  of  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston 
in  His  Majestys  Province  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  Mer- 
chant, for  and  on  behalf  of  Elisha  Cooke  Nathaniel  Hubbard 
Esq"  and  severall  others  all  of  New  England  in  America, 
Setting  forth  that  they  hold  by  Grant  from  the  Crown  and 
by  Purchase  from  the  Natives  a  Tract  of  Land  in  New 
England  upon  which  they  have  Erected  Blockhouses  and 
severall  other  Buildings  and  had  begun  to  make  many  other 
Improvements  and  Settlements,  but  were  prevented  from 
pursueing  the  same  by  the  Indian  Warr  That  a  Peace  having 
been  lately  concluded  with  the  Indians  the  Petitioners  had 
gott  a  Minister  and  One  Hundred  and  twenty  Familys 
ready  to  go  and  Settle  one  of  their  intended  Towns  When  to 
their  great  Surprise  they  were  interrupted  therein  by  David 
Dunbar  Esq'  Surveyor  Generall  of  His  Majestys  Woods 
in  America,  who  would  not  permitt  them  to  carry  on  their 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  21 

Settlements  upon  any  other  terms  but  their  taking  Grants 

from  him.     That  in  regard  they  have  a  clear  title  already  to 

the   said    Lands   and   have   been   at  a  very  great  Expense 

thereon    They   humbly    pray   that   His    Majesty   would    be 

pleased  to  send  the   necessary    Orders   to    the   said    David 

Dunbar  not  to  intermeddle  with  the  said  Tract  of  Land  or  to 

interrupt   or  Disturb   the  Petitioners  in  Carrying  on  their 

Settlements  ^  The  Lords  of  the  Committee  are  thereupon 

pleased  to  order  that  the  said  Petition  ( a  Copy  whereof  is 

hereunto  annexed)  Be  and  it   is    hereby    Referred   to    the 

Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations  to  Examine 

into  the  severall  Facts  therein  Contained,  and  Report  their 

Opinion  thereupon  to  this  Committee 

W  Cary 
Reed  April  25 :    )  j^yn^^ 
Read   June  19 :    ) 

Deposition  of  Thos.  Pickenden  ^ 

London 

Thomas  Pickenden  of  romansgate  in  the  County  of 

Kent  Commander  of  the  Ship  New  Hampshire  lately  Arrived 
in  this  Kingdom  from  Falmouth  in  Casco  Bay  in  the  Eastern 
parts  of  New  England  Laden  with  Masts  &c*  for  His  Maj- 
esty's Service  Declareth  and  Saith  while  he  was  at  Falmouth 
aforesaid,  he  met  with  one  of  a  Sloop  or  Scooner  which  had 
been  to  some  part  of  the  Eastern  Country  at  or  near  a  place 
called  Pemmaquid  where  ColP  Dunbar  was  about  making 
Settlements,  to  take  aboard  a  small  parcell  of  Staves  to  the 
Quantity  of  about  Three  or  four  Thousand,  which  they  had 
either  bought  or  was  by  them  to  be  taken  aboard  on  Freight, 
which  design  the  Sloopmen  as  the  Person  aforesaid  Liform'd 
this  Deponent  were  prevented  from  putting  in  Execution  by 
the  Seizing  &  forcibly  taking  away  of  Said  Sloop  &  Materials 
by  some  of  the  People  Coll"  Dunbar  had  sent  into  that  part 
of  the  Country,  One  of  w^*^  pretended  or  said  to  be  his  Lieu- 


22  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

tenant,  without  any  other  pretence  than  that  of  the  Intent  of 
the  Master  &  Crew  of  said  Vessell  to  take  on  board  said 
Staves,  which  sloop  this  Deponent  was  Informed  by  the  per- 
son aforesaid  they  Stript,  unbent  her  Sails,  put  them  into 
the  Fort  by  Compulsion  and  not  by  a  proceeding  in  Law, 
and  refused  to  Deliver  back  the  possession  of  said  Sloop  & 
Stores  to  the  INIaster,  the  Captors  threatning  y®  Master  of 
said  Sloop  that  in  Case  he  made  any  opposition  they  wou'd 
immediately  shoot  him  which  oblig'd  him  as  this  Deponent 
was  informed  by  one  of  the  Sloops  Crew  to  leave  his  Sloop 
in  their  hands  and  proceed  for  Boston  in  the  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  for  Justice,  Whither  he  accordingly  went 
and  Apply'd  himself  to  the  Governour  of  that  Province  who 
taking  the  affair  into  his  Consideration  Order'd  the  Justices 
of  the  County  of  York  in  the  Province  of  Maine  to  Assemble 
and  take  such  Measures  as  they  thought  best  ~  The  place 
the  said  Justices  were  summon'd  to  meet  at  was  the  Town 
of  York  in  the  County  and  province  aforesaid.  The  Depo- 
nent being  on  a  journey  from  Casco  Bay  to  New  Hampshire 
to  Clear  his  Ship  at  the  Custom  House  there  sometime  in  y^ 
Month  of  September  being  Acquainted  with  ColP  John 
Wheelwright  One  of  His  Majestys  Justices  living  at  Wells 
in  the  County  aforesaid,  called  at  his  House  who  mform'd 
this  Deponent  of  what  happen'd  to  the  aforesaid  Sloop  at  or 
near  Pemmaquid  and  also  of  an  Order  of  the  Governour 
that  the  Justices  shou'd  assemble  on  that  occasion  at  the 
Town  of  York,  which  being  in  this  Deponents  way  to  New 
Hampshire  and  ColP  Wheelwright  ready  to  proceed  he  had 
the  Opportunity  of  going  with  him  to  York,  on  which  Jour- 
ney said  ColI°  Wheelwright  met  with  a  letter  dehver'd  him 
either  by  a  Messenger  sent  with  the  same  or  a  Traveller, 
which  said  ColP  Wheelwright  Inform' d  this  Deponent  was 
from  the  Secretary  of  the  Massechusetts  Province  by  the 
Governour's  Order  pressing  him  to  Excite  the  Justices  to  a 
Speedy  Resolution  on  the  affair.     This  Deponent  from  York 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  23 

proceeded  to  New  Hampshire  where  after  having  dispacht 
his  Business  he  returns  for  York  where  he  saw  the  Sherriff 
of  the  County  Major  Moulton  who  was  Order'd  by  a  full 
Bench  of  Justices  with  a  Company  of  Men  to  protect  him 
from  Insults,  to  proceed  to  the  Eastward  and  Summons  or 
take  into  Custody  the  said  Coll°  Dunbar's  Lieutenant,  in 
Effecting  which  if  he  met  with  opposition  the  said  Sherriff 
was  to  make  his  Report  and  wait  for  further  Orders  this 
Information  of  the  Order  of  the  Governour  and  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  Justices  was  Confirm'd  to  him  by  the  afores^ 
Sherriff  Moulton  and  one  Major  Hammond  another  of  the 
Bench  of  Justices  —  from  York  this  Deponent  proceeded  for 
Falmouth,  in  Casco  Bay  where  this  Deponent  further  Says  that 
a  little  time  before  he  sail'd  from  thence  which  was  on  the 
Eighth  day  of  October  last  the  Aforesaid  sherriff  of  York 
with  some  men  under  his  Command  on  board  a  Sloop  bound 
for  Pemmaquid  put  in  by  Contrary  Winds  to  Casco  Bay  and 
that  by  the  best  Information  he  could  gitt  both  from  the 
Sherriff,  and  the  aforesaid  Justices  he  was  Assur'd  there  was 
not  any  Intent,  resolution  or  Order  given  to  Drive  off  the 
People  which  ColP  Dunbarr  had  Settled  or  was  about  to 
Settle  there  and  that  those  People  had  given  out  they  would 
be  the  death  of  Sherriff  Moulton  if  he  came  to  Pemmaquid 
or  to  their  Settlement,  and  further  this  Deponent  Saith  not. 
Jurat  19  die  Janry  Tho*  Pickenden 

1730  Coram  W"  Billers 

Reed  27^"    \   j    -    .yon,i 
Read  28^'^    Y<^^ryl7S0/l 

Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Londonderry. 

To  the  Hon^i^  Coll :  Dunbar 
The  Humble  Petition  of  the  under  Subscribers. 
Humbly  Sheweth  that  y®  Petitioners  Inhabitants  of  London- 


24  DOCUIVIENTAIIY   HISTOEY 

deny  in  Newhampshire  originally  from  north  Britain  but 
Last  from  Ireland  some  time  in  the  year  1728  sent  a 
Memorial  to  y"^  Hon""  when  in  England  together  with  another 
to  be  preferred  by  your  Hon*"  to  His  Majesty  for  a  certain 
tract  of  Land  in  Nova  Scotia  and  y'  Petitioners  are  Credibly 
informed  y^  y""  Hon'"  is  Impowered  to  Lay  out  the  same  for 
y""  Petitioners  use. 

Wherefore  we  humbly  Supplicate  y"^  Hon"^  to  grant  us 
such  tract  of  Land  as  you  shall  judge  proper  for  us  on 
Damascota  River  a  near  y®  Town  of  Fredericksburg  as 
possible  and  please  to  allow  us  some  Respite  of  time  to  settle 
the  same  Because  y^  Petitioners  cannot  dispose  of  our  free- 
holds in  Londonderry  at  present  without  great  Loss  for  we 
are  as  we  presume  is  known  to  y"^  Hon'^  perplexed  with 
vexatious  Lawsuits  by  the  Incrochments  of  y®  Massachusets 
and  y"^  Petitioners  being  about  twenty  four  as  in  duty  bound 
shall  ever  pray 

Jo°   Wallace  James  Gregg 

John  Archbald  James  Rodgers 

Mathew  Kid  John  McNeill 

Rob*    Adams  James  Reid 

Thomas  Mace  Rob*    Frost 

Arch.  Clark  Alexander  Reid 

Ma"  Clark  David  Calgik 

David  McGregor  James  Clark 

Alex""    McGregor  William  Gregg 

Jas  Nesmith  Sam"  Greg 

Jas  Moore  Jo°  Gregg 

Robert  Campbell  Thos.  Gregg 

Ja^   Gilmor  Jo°    Carnot 
Ja«    Clark 

Reced   June  5*-.^    \  17'^n 
Mead  j 


OF   THE   STATE   OF  MAESTE  25 

Colonel  Dunbar  to  iltf   Secretary  Popple. 

Boston  N.  E.  May  y«  25'i'  1Y30  *^ 
Sir 

As  I  have  not  had  the  Honour  of  one  line  from  any  of 
the  Offices  I  have  reason  to  fear  that  all  y*  I  have  wrote  are 
either  miscarried  or  disapproved,  w*=^  is  a  great  trouble  & 
discouragement  to  me,  I  did  not  intend  waiteing  until  the 
Arrival  of  the  Kings  ship  expected  on  this  Station,  but  that 
g  the  Mast  ship  lately  arriv'd  at  Casco  bay,  there  are  letters 
from  M""  Waldo  to  his  Correspondents  that  he  has  prevailed 
at  home  to  put  a  stop  to  the  Settling  y^  new  Collony  until 
further  orders,  and  until  his  Majesty's  title  to  these  lands 
is  heard  and  Determined,  w*^^  I  allways  apprehended  was 
done  before  his  late  iSIajesty  in  Council  some  years  agoe,  I 
have  Seen  a  printed  state  of  the  proceedings  thereupon  with 
an  Opinion  signed  by  D''  Pinfold  of  Doctors  Commons,  Capt 
Coram  was  one  of  the  petitioners  who  proved  the  Kings 
right,  and  then  all  the  present  Claims  lay  Dormant,  as  they 
did  in  1663  when  the  tract  of  Lands  now  in  dispute  was 
granted  by  Patent  to  y®  Duke  of  York,  it  was  never  worth 
their  while  to  Settle  till  now  they  apprehended  y*  his  Maj^y 
was  inclined  to  do  it,  and  if  the  claims  are  Allowed  I  will 
Pawn  my  life  it  will  never  be  settled,  it  is  impossible  I  can 
say  more  upon  the  Subject  than  I  have  m  my  letters  to  y® 
Offices  from  the  beginning,  I  Plave  wrote  a  long  letter  to 
Capt.  Laborde  which  he  will  shew  you  and  lay  before  my 
Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  plantations  it  is  in 
answer  to  a  letter  I  received  from  him,  and  in  mine  I  have 
sett  forth  how  much  I  am  incumberd  by  my  mistaken  Zeal 
to  do  a  Publique  Service  w*^^  I  flatterd  my  self  would  recom- 
mend me  to  y*  King  &  Ministry,  I  have  beg'd  my  Lords 
Commissioners  favour  y*  I  may  be  Extricated  from  this  great 
dilemma  th6  even  at  the  expence  of  my  imployments,  &  I 
now  again  in  treat   the  same,  the  dayly  opposition,  and   ill 


26  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

usage  I  meet  witli  for  doeing  my  duty  is  not  to  be  Creditted, 
and  y^  famous  Doctor  Cook  at  the  Head  of  all,  even  to  the 
pleading  of  all  their  Causes  in  the  Admiralty  Courts ;  I  shall 
send  you  the  proceedings  of  some  of  them,  from  w^^  I  have 
appealed,  and  will  send  my  reasons  for  so  doeing  with  the 
Opinions  of  the  Kings  Advocate  &  Attorney  General,  and 
hope  the  appeals  will  be  prosecuted  at  home,  for  w*^^  I  have 
been  forced  to  enter  into  Securitys;  the  Judge  is  Superan- 
nuated, &  either  very  ignorant,  or  partial  to  y®  Country,  or 
both,  the  proceedings  and  decrees  will  prove  it. 

On  Saturday  last  I  received  a  notification  w*^^  I  here 
inclose  to  you,  I  went  accordingly  &  heard  a  paper  read  by 
way  of  Affidavit  of  Dr.  Cook  and  others  to  w°^  I  made  some 
Objections  w"^^  they  owned  were  right,  and  Yet  they  would 
not  be  at  the  trouble  of  writeing  it  over  again  to  Correct  it, 
but  took  it  upon  their  tender  consciences,  the  first  Objection 
I  made,  was,  that  by  their  setting  forth  many  Conditions  to 
be  performed  by  the  grantees,  one  of  w'^'^  was  one  penny  p 
acre  quitt  rent  to  y^  Crown,  I  told  them  it  looked  like  an 
insinuation  y*  some  other  mony  was  to  be  understood  for  me, 
but  they  all  denyed  y*  any  Such  construction  could  be  put 
upon  those  words ;  In  the  next  place,  they  say  that  when  I 
told  them  I  woold  represent  y®  Nature  of  their  Claims  home 
I  also  told  them  y*  I  woold  have  no  regard  to  their  Claims 
or  pretentions,  I  made  them  Sensible  y*  I  sayd  if  his  Majesty 
did  not  think  fitt  to  allow  their  claims,  I  woold  lett  them 
choose  such  parts  as  they  liked  upon  the  Kings  terms,  every 
One  y*  ever  speaks  to  me  Can't  deny  me  this  justice  and 
that  I  never  hinted  or  proposed  one  shilling  to  My  Selfe, 
Allways  saying  I  only  wanted  to  do  something  extraordinary 
in  makeing  a  flourishing  strong  CoUony  in  a  short  time 

Doctor  Cook  now  says  that  I  have  hinderd  him  &  oth- 
ers from  settleing,  it  is  wonderfull  they  never  were  induced 
to  attempt  it  before,  as  is  plain  by  the  whole  Country  in  a 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  27 

Wilderness,  w*^  out  one  house  or  hutt  between  the  Island  of 
Arrowsick  in  y®  river  of  Kennebeck  and  Georges  River, 
where  the  Province  of  the  Masachusets  keep  a  truck  house 
for  y®  furr  trade  with  the  Indians  &  those  two  rivers  are 
above  forty  Miles  asunder,  &  there  are  not  ten  Acres  of 
clear  land  about  y"  truck  house ;  nor  any  clear  land 
or  Settlement  any  where  else ;  I  Have  done  more  this 
winter  at  Fredericksburg  than  ever  was  in  y*^  whole  prov- 
ince, no  part  of  even  the  Masachusets  can  shew  so  much 
clear  land  without  some  wood,  &  now  most  part  of  it  under 
corn  and  gardens,  it  is  a  thousand  pittys  Such  a  Settlement 
should  be  baulked  to  please  a  Number  of  thankless  people, 
who  Act  herein  m  pure  Opposition  to  his  Majesty,  &  not  with 
any  real  designe  to  settle  themselves  there,  but  in  my  hum- 
ble Opinion  the  Scope  of  land  these  people  already  possess  is 
too  extensive,  &  will  containe  more  than  enough  for  such  Sub- 
jects as  they  are  Notwithstanding  Doctor  Cook  &  the  Gen- 
tlemen with  him  acknowledged  what  I  sayd  to  be  true,  he 
told  them  that  the  words  stood  well,  &  there  was  noe  need 
to  alter  the  paper  for  them ;  if  it  be  his  Majestys  pleasure 
that  the  Settlement  should  go  on,  I  would  humbly  desire  to 
be  excused  in  being  concerned  as  I  understand  is  proposed, 
this  1  have  mentioned  at  large  to  Capt  Laborde  to  lay  before 
My  Lords  Commissioners,  with  the  distance  &  Inconvenien- 
ces of  applying  to  Coll°  Philips  ;  there  would  not  have  been 
opposition  to  this  New  Settlement  but  that  D"^  Cook  and 
M*"  Waldo  spirited  up  the  claimants,  &  gave  'em  Encouragm'^ 
saying  their  interest  at  Court  was  not  to  be  withstood,  of 
w*^'^  they  had  a  late  instance,  it  is  impossible  to  describe  their 
behaviour  since,  tho  now  that  they  hear  their  own  Gov- 
ernour  is  charged  with  y®  23^  Article  in  Stronger  terms 
than  M"^  Burnet  was,  they  express  themselves  with  great 
resentment  &  indencency  towards  him,  Most  of  the  people 
who  have  the  claims  sett  no  Valine  upon  them  and  were 


28  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

willing  to  take  New  titles  under  the  Quit  rent  reserved, 
until  Docf  Cook  &  M"^  Waldo  sayd  they  would  not  give  the 
King  a  farthing  and  undertook  to  Sollicit  a  Confirmation  of 
y®  titles  for  one  half  to  themselves,  I  beg  it  may  be  remem- 
bered y*  if  the  Claims  are  Allowed,  all  those  lands  will  be 
private  property  before  the  year  1690,  and  there  can  be  no 
reserve  then  for  the  Royal  Navy,  when  I  sayd  thus  to  M"" 
Westbrook,  the  present  undertaker  for  the  Masts,  he  replyed 
the  King  might  go  into  y®  bay  of  Fundy  for  'em  these  & 
many  such  disrespectfull  treatments  of  his  Majesty  does,  I 
own  so  ruffle  me  that  I  am  weary  of  my  life,  and  any  man 
y*  behaves  any  thing  different  from  the  Crowd,  Stinks  of  the 
prerogative,  this  expression  is  Comon  with  them,  some  of 
them  lately  upon  the  Arrival  of  ships  from  London,  gave 
out  for  News,  that  the  King  &  Queen  were  poysond,  &  y* 
England  was  in  Arms  devided  for  the  prince  &  Duke,  late 
at  night  many  families  were  waked  &  alarmed  at  this,  the 
Attorney  Generall  has  had  the  partys  bound  over,  &  is 
resolved  to  prosecute  them,  but  he  tells  me  he  fears  the  pun- 
ishment will  not  be  corporal  nor  exceeding  20^  fine;  the 
fines  mentioned  in  the  Acts  of  Parliam*  are  Construed  here 
to  be  this  Currency  w*^^  is  not  1-3  sterlg.  I  beg  an  explana- 
tion of  y\  tho  I  have  no  Occasion  as  yet,  never  haveing 
received  one  penny  fine,  but  I  doubt  not  to  be  decreed  some 
upon  my  appeals  home,  the  decrees  here  being  directly  Con- 
trary to  my  Instructions  &  the  Opinions  of  y®  Attorny  and 
SoUicitor  Gen"  of  England,  but  when  those  are  reversed 
then  the  partys  will  onely  go  to  jail  for  a  little  time,  &  as  I 
sayd  in  my  former,  not  longer  for  a  hundred  trees  than  for 
one ;  I  am  more  out  of  pocket  upon  the  prosecutions  than  I 
can  spare,  and  have  no  fund  for  it,  I  wish  the  Advocate  & 
Attorney  Gen"  were  ordered  to  Attend  all  prosecutions,  and 
to  make  their  demands  home  tho  if  either  of  them  was 
Judge  of  y®  Admiralty  in  lieu  of  M"^  Byfield,  the  King  would 


OF   THE  ^TATE   OP   MADSTE  29 

have  Justice  here,  &  y®  fines  might  not  only  pay  the  charges 
but  afford  some  small  Sallary  or  travelling  charges  for  them ; 
My  Lords  Comission"  will  be  Surprised  at  proceedings,  w*^** 
are  now  prepareing  for  my  sending  home,  by  the  Attorny 
and  Advocate  General,  wliich  I  hope  will  be  Convinceing 
y'  nobody  ought  to  be  a  judge  in  these  parts  y*  either  is  a 
Native  or  interested  in  the.  woods  or  lands ;  the  Man  of  War 
for  this  Station  is  dayly  expected,  &  it  is  rumoured  that  M'' 
Belcher  was  stoped  in  England  upon  the  Ministry  being 
made  Acquainted  with  his  religion  and  principles,  here  is  a 
Gentleman  that  heard  him  say  lately  in  London,  when  a 
bible  &  Common  prayer  book  was  presented  to  him  bound 
together,  that  he  would  take  away  the  prayer  book  because 
it  polluted  y®  bible  ~  the  Kings  friends  here  are  pleased  w*^ 
y®  hopes  of  a  New  Governour,  and  wish  for  Coll°  Burgess  or 
some  Man  of  Spirit  to  keep  these  stubborn  people  to  their 
duty. 

Pray  my  most  humble  Duty  to  my  Lords  Commis- 
sioners for  Trade  &  plantations,  please  to  lay  this  before 
their  Lordships, 

I  am  Sir 

Your  Most  Humble  &  Obed*  Serv* 

David  Dunbar 
Here  is  a  report  y*  ColP 

M*'  Gomery  is  dead  at 

New  York,  but  I  cannot 

find  any  grounds  for  it. 

Rec'^  ^^  July  1730         Read  OcV  y^  28  : 

Colonel  Dunbar  to  M^  Secry   Popple. 

Boston  August  the  19*^  1730 
Sir 

The  Blandford  Man  of  Warr  arrived  here  the  8"^ 

instant  with  Governour  Belcher  who  sent  me  Your  letter  of 


30  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

the  7*^  of  May  with  his  Majestys  instructions  to  me  dated 
the  27**^  of  Aprill ;  I  will  do  all  that  man  can  do  to  be 
punctual  in  Obeying  those  instructions  &  the  Commands  of 
my  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  plantations, 

As  to  the  Instructions  I  Have  already  given  Notice  in 
Print  as  you  may  see  by  the  inclosed,  there  bemg  many 
hundred  family s  waiting  the  Arrival  and  publication  of  my 
instructions,  if  I  had  acquamted  them  that  we  are  onely  to 
begin  at  Penobscott  and  thence  to  8*=  Croix,  they  would  be 
so  much  discouraged  that  none  of  them  woold  Stirr,  I  must 
broach  it  to  them  by  degrees  as  they  come  to  me,  1  am  in 
hopes  that  my  Lords  have,  upon  my  letters  of  the  1^',  22*^, 
25*^  of  May  and  16"^  of  June,  come  to  some  more  favourable 
resolutions  relating  to  the  Settlement,  if  for  no  other  reasons 
but  the  distance  &  dangerous  Navigation  to  cross  the  bay  of 
Fundy,  if  My  Lords  would  be  pleased  to  Examine  the  Maps 
they  would  see  the  distance,  besides  the  difficulty  of  keeping 
any  Correspondence  between  a  New  Settlement  without  a 
boat,  &  Annapolis  which  has  but  3  tradmg  Sloops  between 
it  &  Boston,  there  are  times  when  not  one  Vessel  passes 
between  them  in  two  or  three  months  and  generally  4  or  5 
months  in  the  Winter 

If  a  Number  of  familys  upon  the  notice  I  have  given  will 
offer  themselves  to  go  down,  I  will  go  with  them,  and  do  my 
best  endeavours  to  settle  them,  the  Vessels  we  must  hire  to 
carry  us  will  leave  us  as  soon  as  landed,  then  we  must 
maintaine  our  ground  or  dye,  and  if  we  had  a  Sloop  to  send 
to  Governour  Philips  he  is  now  at  Casco  150  leagues  from 
Penabscott,  and  if  he  was  at  Annapolis  I  am  much  misin- 
formed if  he  thinks  he  can  Spare  any  of  his  Garrison  to 
Assist  us  on  y^  other  side  of  the  Bay,  and  I  declare  for  my 
o\^^l  part  I  would  rather  be  enabled  to  make  the  Indians  a 
few  presents  at  first  and  continue  them  once  a  3fear  than 
have  troops  to  reduce  them,  I  Had  a  sufficient  proof  of  this 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  31 

when  I  was  but  37  days  among  them  in  Oct:  and  November 
last,  when  I  entertained  them  with  a  Civility  and  friendship 
they  had  never  seen  before,  and  made  them  a  few  presents 
under  40  X  sterlg-,  out  of  my  own  pocket  w*^^  which,  by  my 
Eagerness  to  begin  a  flourishing  Settlement  at  Pemaquid  is 
now  a  greater  Sum  than  I  can  Command,  and  must  therefore 
goe  down  to  Penobscot  very  poorly  provided  to  pass  the 
Winter  there.  If  1  call  at  Fredericksburg  Fort  which  in 
obedience  to  my  Lords  Com^^  Orders  I  Have  now  called 
y®  first  Settlement,  with  what  face  must  I  tell  those  who 
have  layd  out  their  mony  there,  that  they  are  not  to  be  Con- 
cerned with  me  who  induced  them  thither  ?  and  with  what 
remorse  must  I  quitt  all  my  Expences  there  ?  as  for  the  Foil 
tho'  but  a  dry  shore  wall  with  strong  Palisadoes,  I  dare  not 
take  away  the  few  ship  guns  and  New  CoUours  I  planted 
and  hoisted  there,  w^^out  orders,  and  I  can  purchase  no 
other  to  carry  with  me,  nor  dare  I  do  it  Since  it  is  declared 
under  another  Government,  I  wish  &  Earnestly  beg  my 
Lords  would  look  over  their  own  report  of  the  14*^  of  May 
1729,  they  would  not  be  angry  with  me  for  calling  y®  Coun- 
try the  Province  of  Georgia,  tho  I  do  not  pretend  or  think 
that  that  report  was  an  Authority  to  me,  but  as  I  thought 
the  Erecting  a  distinct  Gov"^'  was  past  dispute,  and  I  was 
willing  to  prevent  the  peoples  dispersemg  as  is  mentioned  in 
the  said  Report  for  a  reason  for  laying  out  plotts  of  lands 
without  loss    of  time. 

It  has  happened  pritty  fortunate  for  me  that  by  the  Kings 
ship  M''  Waldo  has  not  given  his  friends  any  Account  of  his 
success,  ( if  any,)  in  his  SoUicitations  about  the  Claims,  Per- 
haps he  has  reserved  it  to  be  the  Messenger  himself,  when- 
ever it  comes  I  shall  be  in  no  little  danger  of  being  Mobbed 
here,  and  his  friends  will  have  one  advantage  in  forcing  us 
towards  the  Enemy  to  be  a  frontier  between  them  &  the 
Indians,  but  yet  I   flatter  myself   that   it  is  impossible  the 


32  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

claims  he  Solicits  can  be  confirmed,  for  the  reasons  in  my 
former  letters ; 

In  these  Additional  instructions  his  Majesty  has  Com- 
manded me  to  lay  out  a  3^  hundred  thousand  acres  of  land 
between  Penobscot  &  St  Croix  to  be  reserved  as  a  Nursery 
for  the  Royal  Navy  I  Have  nothing  to  do  but  to  Obey  and  I 
will  ChearfuUy  do  it,  but  hope  it  will  not  give  oifence  if  I 
give  an  Account  of  what  Informations  I  have  from  good 
Hands  of  that  part  of  the  Country  as  well  as  the  more 
Eastern  parts  of  Nova  Scotia,  on  both  sides  of  the  Bay 
of  Fundy,  I  Have  now  2  Deputys  one  at  Canso  Attending 
Governour  Philips,  and  another  at  Annapolis  to  lay  out  such 
lands  as  are  proper  there  for  the  Royal  Navy,  if  my  informa- 
tions can  be  depended  upon  the  white  pine  trees  there  are 
not  large,  but  heavy  and  Knotty,  Our  M^  Nelson  an  Antient 
Gentleman  &  relation  of  my  Lord  Cobham,  has  been  many 
Years  well  acquainted  on  both  sides  the  Bay  of  Fundy  and 
all  parts  of  Nova  Scotia,  he  is  disinterested  in  the  represen- 
tation and  Assures  me  there  are  no  white  pines  below 
S*^  Georges  River,  fitt  for  large  ships,  but  what  are  in  one 
long  vein  far  up  S*  Johns  River,  w*"^  has  such  falls  that 
althd  that  river  be  much  the  largest  in  Nova  Scotia,  the 
Navigation  is  not  practicable  above  one  hour  in  each  tide, 
M*"  Waldo  will  no  doubt  represent  the  trees  &  rivers  other- 
wise but  if  he  was  directed  to  send  home  one  loading  from 
thence  he  would  not  insist  upon  it;  I  Have  made  it  very- 
much  my  busyness  to  be  informed  of  all  Parts  where  white 
Pine  trees  grow  to  any  Considerable  Size,  there  are  as  large 
in  Hudson's  River  near  Albany,  and  all  the  way  Navigable, 
as  any  where  upon  the  Continent,  but  the  Nature  of  those 
pines  is  Heavy,  brittle  and  Knotty,  I  cannot  tell  my  Lords  that 
these  Accounts  are  from  my  own  knowledge  and  Observa- 
tion, but  from  people  who  appear  disinterested ;  and  upon 
Connecticut  River  w^^  runs  far  into  the  Country  and  on  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   JIAESTE  33 

back  of  New  England  allmost  to  joine  Meremack  River,  there 
are  innumerable  Mast  trees  the  same  sort  as  in  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Province  of  Maine,  but  there  are  so  many  falls 
between  them  and  Navigable  Water  that  it  is  thought 
impracticable  to  bring  them  down,  however,  as  I  mentioned 
in  one  of  my  former  letters  to  you,  I  have  given  leave  to 
two  Men  to  make  an  Experiment  this  ensueing  Winter,  by 
throwing  Masts  into  that  River  with  the  bark  on,  &  they  tell 
me  they  expect  some  to  be  saved,  such  will  come  cheap  to 
the  King  because  there  will  be  little  or  no  Expence  of  Car- 
riage ;  I  will  not  fail  to  give  an  Account  of  y®  Success  of 
this  undertaking ; 

Upon  the  whole  matter  as  it  appears  to  me  at  present  the 
chief  Dependance  must  be  about  the  Heads  of  piscatua  river 
and  About  Casco  in  the  Province  of  Maine,  and  to  my  cer- 
tain Knowledge  between  Kennebeck  and  Pemaquid  upon 
Navigable  rivers,  if  the  claimants  of  those  lands  do  not  pre- 
vent them  being  layd  aside  for  his  Majesty ;  it  was  then  that 
I  proposed  to  my  self  to  reserve  the  one  hundred  thousand 
Acres  when  I  thought  there  was  to  be  a  province  of  Georgia, 
and  a  distinct  Governm*,  God  knows  my  Aim  as  to  my  own 
advantage  was  but  a  feather  in  my  Hatt,  a  Brevit  Governour 
without  Sallary  or  any  Perquisites,  and  Since  his  Majesty 
and  his  Ministers  have  determined  otherwise  I  Chearfully 
Submit,  and  impute  it  onely  to  my  adverse  fortune  against 
which  I  begin  to  despair  to  struggle 

I  Had  the  Honour  of  a  letter  from  M^  Birchet  but  not  in 
Answer  to  anything  that  I  wrote  of  the  Woods  or  contractors 
Agent  which  greatly  discourages  me,  as  that  Gentleman 
boasts  of  his  friends  and  interest  at  the  Admiralty  and  Navy 
office, 

In  your  letter  you  onely  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  mine 
of  the  9^^  and  29'^  of  December,  If  you  did  not  receive  one 
of  the  3*^  of  February  it  has  been  taken  up  on  this  side,  I 


34  DOCUMBNTAEY   HISTORY 

wrote  at  the  same  time  to  my  Lord  Duke  of  Newcastle  and 
to  my  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  in  Each  I  mentioned  the 
impossibility  of  my  discharging  the  duty  required  of  me 
without  a  small  Vessel  to  goe  along  the  Coast  and  up  into 
the  Navigable  rivers,  w*'^  are  many  &  large,  and  upon  the 
Coast  the  weather  is  often  very  boisterous  and  so  suddain 
that  Vessels  near  comeing  to  an  Anchor  have  frequently 
been  forced  off  and  blown  to  the  West  Indies,  I  did  propose 
to  undertake  to  build  a  small  Sloop  fitt  for  that  Service  for 
200 X  Sterlg,  &  to  maintain  it  for  so  much  g  ann-  if  the 
Service  can  be  done  without  it  or  for  less,  I  Submit  to  better 
Judges,  I  believe  a  charge  upon  the  like  Occasion  from 
Canso  far  exceeded  My  proposal ;  I  Humbly  hope  some 
Answer  will  be  sent  me  to  that  pomt.  If  the  Extent  of  the 
Countrys  where  I  am  required  to  serve  be  considered,  I  am 
persuaded  it  will  be  thought  reasonable,  it  is  a  great  Misfor- 
tune to  be  at  soe  great  distance  that  many  Months  are  lost 
in  Answering  letters,  and  when  I  remove  to  make  the  new 
Settlement  the  time  will  be  longer ;  My  Disbursements  and 
incumbrances  w*^^  I  formerly  Mentioned  in  my  letters  in 
May  last  will  I  fear,  disable  me  from  doeing  my  duty  as  I 
would  willingly,  My  Deputys,  as  well  as  myselfe  find  our 
Sallarys  not  sufficient  to  defray  the  Necessary  expenses 
attendmg  the  dut}--,  which  is  mostly  in  travelling  all  the 
year,  our  predecessors  were  allowed  travelhng  charges, 
and  we  Hope  we  shall  be  considered ;  as  for  my  Sallary  I 
Solemnly  declare  I  Have  out  of  it,  (besides  paying  my  4 
Deputies  His  Majestys  Allowance  to  them  )  been  obliged  to 
hire  and  pay  some  country  men  to  watch  and  give  informa- 
tion Against  any  transgressors,  and  to  a  Justice  of  Peace  at 
times  for  travelling  with  us  to  protect  us  from  the  Insults  of 
the  people,  it  woold  be  scarce  creditted  how  Vilely  we  have 
been  Abused  &  threatened  to  be  beat,  and  the  Kings  Officers 
are  so  hated  here  that  if  in  his  own  defence  upon  ever  soe 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE  35 

great  a  provocation  he  should  kill  one  of  these  fellows  he 
woold  Assuredly  be  hanged,  &  this  the  very  Country 
threaten  when  they  insult  and  abuse'us,  I  pray  God  send  me 
farr  from  them  &  their  Country,  and  hope  in  a  little  time 
after  I  have  begun  this  Settlement  to  be  relieved  from  the 
Station  w*^*"  Obliges  me  to  be  so  much  in  New  England ;  I 
shall  presume  to  make  this  petition  to  the  Ministry  to  rec- 
ommend me  to  any  other  part  of  the  World. 

1  am  very  proud  of  the  Honour  My  Lords  Com"  are 
pleased  to  doe  me  in  taking  Notice  of  any  poor  Services  I 
may  chance  to  doe,  I  Hope  their  Lordships  will  be  pleased  at 
my  remarks  in  my  Letter  of  the  1*'  of  May  last,  I  am  much 
Mistaken  if  it  does  not  alarm  them,  I  then  told  you  how 
much  the  Iron  tools  made  here  exceed  the  English,  I  now 
send  you  samples  of  Each  w'^'^  perhaps  my  Lords  will  order 
to  be  shewen  to  the  Chief  Manufacturers,  in  my  opinion  it 
would  be  worth  while  to  bribe  or  buy  two  principal  men  here 
under  whom  all  the  good  tools  are  made,  one  of  them  is  a 
poor  man  and  would  Easily  be  persuaded  to  return  to 
England. 

Upon  the  Arrival  of  M"^  Belcher  the  Country  have  made 
great  rejoyceings,  but  I  hear  they  are  falling  off  and  express 
a  discontent  at  his  lofty  Carriage  towards  them,  he  has  pro- 
rogued the  General  Court  to  the  9"*  of  September,  and 
nobody  can  say  how  he  will  Succeed  in  the  fixing  a  Sallary. 
I  Have  applyed  to  him  in  obedience  to  a  paragraph  in  my 
first  instructions  for  Acts  to  supply  the  deficiencys  in  y*  late 
Act  of  Parliament  for  preservation  of  the  Woods,  and  he  has 
promised  to  do  his  Endeavour,  he  shewed  one  part  of  his 
intended  Speech  to  the  General  Assembly  of  New  Hampshire 
where  I  believe  he  will  find  the  people  more  Complying  than 
in  this  Province  tho  I  am  just  now  told  that  the  4  Members 
for  this  towne,  who  have  great  influence  in  the  House  of 
Representatives  have  promised  to  fix  a  Sallary,  but  not  the 


36  DOCTTMENTAEY   HISTORY 

Sum  mentioned  by  the  King,  it  will  be  1600X  steii^  g  ann; 
lOOOX  being  too  little  to  Support  a  Governour,  tho  this  is 
towne  talk  I  am  assured  of  it  from  an  intimate  of  the  Gov- 
ernour, a  short  time  will  shew  it  "^  As  soon  as  I  know  what 
the  General  Courts  in  the  two  Provinces  will  doe  as  to  pro- 
videing  against  deficieneys  in  the  Act  of  Parliament  I  will 
acquaint  you  with  it,  &  send  you  a  Copy  of  My  application 
to  the  Governour. 

Since  I  began  this  letter  great  Numbers  of  people  inclined 
to  settle  to  the  Eastward  have  been  with  me,  they  were 
informed  in  towne  that  I  am  to  begin  but  at  Penobscott  and 
that  I  can  give  them  noe  title  to  y®  Lands  I  lay  out,  but  they 
must  depend  upon  another  and  can  have  no  Governm*  or 
Authority  where  I  am  to  fix  them  but  what  must  be  derived 
from  a  place  at  a  very  great  distance,  these  things  have  made 
me  despicable  in  the  Eyes  of  every  body,  and  discourages  the 
undertaking ;  the  Kings  instructions  relating  to  this  Settlem* 
are  directed  to  me  as  Surveyor  of  the  Woods  and  'tis  my 
duty  to  obey  them  and  I  will  as  far  as  I  possibly  can,  but  for 
the  Good  of  the  Service  and  to  promote  his  Majestys  intrest 
in  Carrpng  on  this  Settlement  I  Humbly  beg  that  M'^  Philips 
may  be  directed  to  spend  part  of  his  time  at  Penobscot  or 
any  other  appointed  to  Confirme  the  titles  of  Land  layd  out, 
before  the  people  will  be  encouraged  to  improve.  I  solemnly 
declare  I  do  not  make  this  proposal  to  recomend  mj'self,  I 
must  freely  beg  leave  to  decline  it  as  to  y"  Government,  I  am 
so  much  fatigued  already  and  my  Spiritts  sunk  with  y®  usage 
I  have  mett  here,  w'^'^  with  a  dropsical  Humour  &  pains  from 
Colds  I  endured  last  Winter  in  y'  Woods  has  so  impaired  my 
Health,  that  I  do  not  expect  to  be  able  to  do  y**  duty  required 
of  me,  &  I  would  rather  be  superseded  than  y®  Kings  Service 
should  be  neglected,  if  so  it  would  be  a  favour  to  me  to  be 
Succeeded  by  my  brother  Jeremiah  Dunbar,  who  is  one  of  my 
Deputys  and  takes  great  pains  in  doeing  his  duty  I  Humbly 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE  37 

beg  the  favour  &  good  offices  of  my  Lords  Commissioners 
upon  this  Occasion. 

It  is  now  the  29*^  of  August,  3  days  agoe  arrived  here  a 
ship  belonging  to  this  towne  from  Amsterdam  with  230 
pallatines,  by  their  Contract  bound  to  Pensilvania,  they  were 
much  crowded  in  y®  ship  which  occasioned  the  death  of  some, 
&  y^  want  of  water  brought  them  in  here,  the  Master  Com- 
phiined  to  M''  Belcher  that  the  passengers  forced  him  in,  w*'*' 
the  Gov''  told  me  was  an  Act  of  piracy,  the  poor  people  being 
frighted  w'^'^  threats  to  be  prosecuted  accordingly  by  the 
Master  and  Owner,  have  been  obliged  to  give  up  the  obliga- 
tions they  had  in  writeing  to  be  put  on  shore  at  Philadelphia 
whither  some  of  their  familys  &>  Acquaintance  had  been 
before  them,  and  where  by  Contract  they  were  to  be  Allowed 
3  Months  time  to  pay  for  their  passage,  and  are  landed  here 
&  exposed  to  Sale  like  Negroes,  and  are  purchaseing  by  a 
Company  of  M''  Waldoes  proprietors  to  be  planted  where  the 
pine  Swamps  are  in  Shepscot  river  to  y®  Eastward  of  Kenne- 
beck  ;  I  begged  of  M'  Belcher  to  see  that  these  poor  creatures 
were  not  abused,  but  he  is  gone  to  New  Hampshire,  I  would 
appear  for  them  but  am  in  the  power  of  the  Owner  for  part 
of  the  Provisions  I  sent  to  Fredericksport  last  year  God  help 
them !  they  have  a  poor  chance  for  justice  for  as  a  considerable 
Merchant  who  was  chosen  by  a  Piscatua  man  for  a  referee 
against  one  of  Boston,  lately  sayd.  That  a  Piscatua  man  had 
no  more  chance  of  justice  here  than  an  old  england  man,  so 
partial  are  these  people,  even  in  their  carriage  and  Manners. 

As  I  Have  formerly  presumed  to  hint  at  things  that  do  not 
lye  within  my  Cognizance  properly,  I  now  beg  leave  to 
acquaint  my  Lords  Conunissioners  that  there  are  very  large 
Ships  built  and  frequently  building  in  this  Country,  many  of 
them  from  20  to  40  guns,  with  open  ports,  and  built  more  for 
sailing  than  burthen,  they  are  all  for  french  and  Spaniards, 
and  purchased  with  french  rum  &  Molasses,  of  w*^'^  there  is  as 


38  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

general  a  Consumption  liere  all  tkro  the  Continent  as  there 
was  of  porter  and  ginn  in  London  a  year  agoe,  if  the  english 
Sugar  Islands  Onely  were  to  Supply  the  Continent,  it  would 
be  advantageous  to  them,  &  this  would  greatly  promote  the 
New  Settlement  in  Jamaica. 

If  a  due  registry  of  all  ships  is  returned  home  it  will  prove 
what  I  say  of  the  burthen  and  Number  of  ships  built  here, 
th6  in  Registrys  there  are  noe  Cautions  noe  exactness,  if  the 
Governours  were  to  have  an  Eye  upon  these  Matters,  I  am 
persuaded  my  Lords  would  be  Surprised  and  future  incon- 
veniences may  be  apprehended  from  them,  they  sail  hence 
w*^  an  English  or  Irish  Master  ( a  papist )  and  English 
Mariners,  they  sometimes  carry  the  ship  to  Cape  Breton,  but 
mostly  to  the  french  and  Spanish  West  Indies  with  lumber 
and  fish,  and  then  the  Sailors  are  turned  adrift  or  debauched 
into  foreign  Service. 

It  is  now  full  time  for  me  to  return  to  give  an  Account  of 
what  is  more  immediately  My  Duty,  in  my  letter  to  you  of 
the  1^*  of  May  I  promised  to  give  an  Account  of  the  proceed- 
ings upon  the  tryal  of  2002  logs  w'^^  was  so  strenuously 
Espoused  and  defended  by  D""  Cook,  upon  the  tryal  the 
Judge  brow  beat  us  all,  but  his  Majesties  Advocate  &  Attor- 
ney Gen^^ ;  pleaded  the  Cause  with  such  success  y'^  2002 
shillings  New  England  money  was  decreed  for  the  King,  w'^'* 
is  about  3  1-2*^  sterl^  for  each  logg,  10  feet  in  length,  &  many 
of  them  40  inches  thro ;  thus  my  Lords  will  see  what  Valine 
is  sett  upon  the  Mast  trees  here,  this  sum  I  Have  received 
and  will  charge  myself  with  it  in  part  of  my  disbursements 
to  Carry  on  the  prosecutions,  if  a  larger  suin  had  been 
decreed  the  man  would  have  gone  to  prison,  and  even  this 
was  raised  by  contribution  among  the  neighbors,  so  ready  are 
they  to  assist  each  other  against  the  King. 

I  Herewith  send  you  another  Appeal  ag**^  a  Decree  w*^**  I 
so  often  mentioned  wherem  I  had  so  much  dilEculty  to  get 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  39 

Bail  admitted  for  prosecuting  the  Appeal.  You  will  see  that 
this  decree  is  directly  against  His  Majestys  instructions  to 
me  and  the  Opinion  of  the  Attorny  &  Sollicitor  Gen"  upon 
the  Act  of  the  8^^  of  K :  George  the  1^',  I  Humbly  hope  My 
Lords  Comm"  will  be  pleased  to  order  this  appeal  to  be 
prosecuted  at  home,  one  or  2  reversals  of  New  England 
decrees  would  greatly  terrify  these  people,  and  I  shall  be  a 
sufferer  and  insulted  if  I  do  not  Succeed ; 

I  beg  leave  to  take  notice  here  ( tho  out  of  time )  that 
althd  the  Judge  of  y®  Admiralty  decrees  his  own  fees  at 
proclamation  mony  w*^^  is  about  8*  g  Ounce  of  Silver,  or 
double  the  fees  in  province  bills,  the  2002  shillings  decreed 
from  M"^  Lord,  which  I  Have  receivd  is  but  in  province  bills 
now  near  20*  g  Ounce  of  Silver,  I  asked  M'  Belcher's  Opin- 
ion upon  this  point,  who  thinks  that  All  Sums  mentioned  in 
Acts  of  parliam*  are  meant  to  be  sterl^  Mony,  but  the  judge 
is  of  another  opuiion  and  Obstmate  in  it. 

I  am  told  that  the  Magistrates  of  this  towne  refuse  to  lett 
the  pallatines  be  landed  here,  they  are  yett  upon  an  Island  4 
miles  from  the  towne  where  quarentine  is  performed,  and 
are  to  be  put  on  board  the  Same  Vessel  &  sent  to  Philadel- 
phia, it  woold  be  a  fine  opportunity  to  furnish  such  a  Number 
of  people  to  Nova  Scotia,  if  any  one  dare  Answer  for  the 
payment  of  the  passage  mony  which  I  hear  is  allow^ed  for 
Such  as  are  intended  to  Annapolis  &  Canso  I  believe  I 
shoold  have  done  it,  but  that  for  time  to  come  I  have  made  a 
resolution  not  to  exceed  the  orders  or  powers  sent  me. 

New  claims  are  dayly  made  of  lands  to  the  Eastward  of 
Penobscot,  M""  Winnit,  one  of  tlie  Council  of  Nova  Scotia 
Claims  twenty  Miles  square  upon  the  Coast  by  a  french 
grant  when  in  the  hands  of  the  french,  and  he  says  he  knows 
of  More,  so  y'  there  is  no  likelyhood  of  an  end  to  these  dis- 
putes, herewith  I  send  yoo  a  Copy  of  one  of  y®  Indian  deeds, 
and  as  I  sayd  before  they  have  the  same  right  to  Sell  all  the 


40  DOCUMENT ABY   HISTORY 

rest  of  the  Lands,  but  I  liope  before  now  the  Ministry  have 
come  to  a  resolution  upon  the  claims  &  Settlements.  I  am 
very  unhappy  that  I  never  mentioned  or  proposed  any  thing 
relateing  to  them  to  the  Offices,  since  they  have  taken  a  def- 
ferent  turn  from  what  I  thought  was  first  resolved  upon,  If 
I  had  not  been  Stopd  I  should  soon  have  made  a  Surpriseing 
Settlement,  and  would  be  the  same  as  a  new  Acquisition  to 
England,  &  with  little  or  no  expence,  whereas  under  my 
present  circumstances  and  difficultys,  without  power,  mony 
or  friends,  it  is  imposssble  for  me  to  Strive  against  so  much 
opposition  &  so  many  Enemys,  &  yet  I  will  try  all  I  can 
until  I  receive  farther  Orders  either  to  be  impowered  or 
discharged. 

I  Have  in  Obedience  to  the  order  you  sent  me  publiquely 
recalled  the  declaration,  I  beg  pardon  for  issueing  it,  it  was 
onely  for  y^  last  Winter,  and  whatever  Complaints  M"^  Waldo 
may  have  made  against  me  for  that,  I  could  send  certificates 
from  the  Gov"  and  all  the  Magistrates  of  the  Country  y*  the 
Kings  Woods  did  not  suffer  by  it.  His  agent  here  instead  of 
expecting  to  be  restraind  from  Logging  is  now  building  two 
more  Saw  Mills,  and  th6  there  are  letters  in  towne  of  the 
beginning  of  July,  I  Have  yet  no  Answer  from  my  Lords  of 
the  Admiralty  to  my  Several  letters  relating  to  M'  Waldo 
and  the  Woods ; 

In  Governour  Belchers  speech  to  the  Gen^^  Court  in  New 
Hampshire  he  has  taken  notice  of  my  application  to  him 
about  the  Woods,  &  I  am  told  they  have  promised  to  Enact 
such  Laws  as  may  be  Necessary  to  preserve  them;  I  do  not 
expect  that  this  province  will  follow  their  Example ;  He  is 
expected  this  night  in  towne  from  New  Hampshire,  and  will 
give  my  Lords  Commissioners  an  Account  of  his  proceedings 
there,  it  might  seem  impertinent  in  me  to  attempt  it,  but  I 
beg  leave  to  tell  you  that  his  demanding  and  insisting  on  a 
fixed  Sallary  has  so  alarmed  the  people  here,  that  some  have 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   INLAJKE  41 

sayd  if  he  does  the  like  to  them  they  will  spitt  in  his  face  & 
the  Mobb  doe  threaten  to  pull  down  the  houses  of  any  of  the 
representatives  who  shall  vote  for  it,  his  letters  whilst  Agent 
in  England  &  his  former  Speech  in  the  Assembly  &  several 
declarations  against  a  fixed  Sallary  will  be  now  printed,  & 
called  Belcher  ag*  Belcher,  the  General  Court  are  to  meet 
the  9'"^  Inst,  soon  after  w''"'  vessels  will  sail  for  England, 

Since  I  wrote  the  part  of  My  letter  relateing  to  the  Iron 
tools  w*"*"  I  Herewith  send  you,  I  have  enquired  what  may  be 
y®  reason  of  the  difference  between  these  &  English,  &  am 
told  that  in  England  they  steel  &  make  a  tool  at  3  or  4  heats 
at  most,  but  here  never  under  11  or  12  heats,  &  besides  the 
goodness  caused  by  this  they  make  their  tools  here  of  double 
the  Substance ;  these  which  I  send  may  be  the  first  that  were 
ever  sent  to  England,  and  I  hope  may  be  of  use  and  Service 
to  the  Manufacturers  there. 

I  have  just  received  a  message  from  the  Indians  that  they 
will  by  no  means  consent  to  any  Settlements  near  Penobscot, 
&  und''  my  Circumstances  it  will  be  difficult  to  force  them, 
so  that  I  am  perplexed  which  way  to  behave  upon  this 
occasion. 

Pray  Sir  Lay  this  before  my  Lords  Comm"  with  my 
Humble  duty. 

I  am  Sir  Your  most  Humble  &  Most  Obed*^  Serv* 

David  Dunbar 

Read  Do  29:        /^^'^^ 

Colonel  WeatbrooJc  to  Colonel  Dunbar. 

Harrow  house  in  Fal'^  June  6'^  1730/1 
S-^ 

I  have  great  occation  of  some  masts  from  34  to  38 
inches  diameter  to  comply  w"'  y''  Contract ;  M""  Ralph  Gulston 


42  DOCUMENT AEY   HISTORY 

ston  has  made  w*^  y*  principle  officers  of  y*  Royall  Navy  for 
such  masts  as  you  may  see  by  his  Majestyes  royall  Licence  y* 
you  have  w*'^  you.  And  as  we  are  to  apply  ourselves  to  you 
for  y''  Assistance  S""  your  deputy  Surveyor  and  you  being  in 
his  Majestyes  woodes.  Sometimes  no  doubt  but  you  have 
mark't  and  Registerd  some  such  trees.  Therefore  desire  you 
would  assist  me  and  my  people  in  Showing  us  the  S'^  trees  if 
any  such  have  fallen  within  your  veiws  S"^  If  there  had  been 
more  Care  taken  of  y®  Timber  heretofore  and  especially  since 
IVP  Waldo  and  I  desir'd  your  particular  Care  of  y®  Timber  up 
Saco  River  it  might  have  prevented  my  troubling  you  at  this 
time.  When  y'  Bro :  and  I  was  up  at  y^  Said  Timber  some 
time  last  winter  we  found  a  great  quantity  fell  and  destroy 'd 
which  on  enquiry  we  found  it  by  your  deputys  permission  to 
it  Cap'  Edmund  Ward  which  y""  Bro"^  M'  Jere :  Dunbar  must 
be  a  witness  two.  And  whereon  he  protested  to  me  he  should 
continue  no  longer  in  y*  post.  But  behold  when  y""  Brother 
come  to  inform  you  of  it  no  man  like  him  to  be  imploy'd  in 
them  parts  to  take  care  of  y®  Kings  Interests  S'  I  have  several 
evidences  y*  w^'  take  their  affidavites  of  the  above  mentioned 
Destructions  which  I  shall  do  in  a  little  time.  If  you  are  in 
these  parts  I  shall  give  you  timely  notice  y*  you  may  be 
present  if  you  see  cause.  And  now  S""  I  must  come  close  to 
y®  matter  in  hand  for  the  lesser  has  always  lyberty  to  SjDeak. 
And  I  have  great  reason  to  believe  you  have  continued  this 
officer  of  y"  with  some  private  veiws  to  damnify  my  Interest 
and  to  intercept  M'  Ralph  Gulston  in  his  complying  with  his 
contract.  What  Constructions  can  any  man  living  make  of 
it  else ;  when  I  had  so  earnestly  desired  your  particular  care 
of  y^  aforesaid  Timber.  When  I  had  likewise  informed  you 
that  I  had  cleared  masts  roades  among  it  Which  had  cost  me 
some  hundreds  of  pounds.  And  now  am  like  to  reap  no 
benefitt  by  them.     Which  is  very  much  to  my  Damage  & 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  43 

likewise  to  y®  Interest  of  y®  contract  Which  I  shall  be  able  to 

prove  in  a  short  time 

I  am  S"  Yours 

Tho  Westbrook 


Rec'"-  March  le^f"  1730/, 
Read   Octoh^  13'"  1731, 


Indian  Deed  relating  to  Lands  near  Pemaquid. 

To  all  People  Whome  it  may  Concarne 
Know  ye  that  I  Captain  John  Somerset  and  Unnongoit 
Indian  Sagamores  They  being  the  proper  heirs  to  all  thee 
Lands  on  Both  sides  of  Mascongus  River  Have  bargned  and 
Sold  To  John  Brown  of  New  Harbour  This  certain  Tract,  or 
parcel  of  Lands  as  Followeth  that  is  to  say  beginning  at 
Pemaquid  Falls  and  so  runing  a  direct  Course  to  the  Head  of 
New  Harbour  from  thence  to  the  South  End  of  Musconcus 
Island  takin  in  the  Island  So  running  Five  in  and  Twenty 
miles  into  the  Country  North  and  By  East,  and  thence  Eight 
myles  Nortli  West  and  By  West  And  then  turning  &  runing 
South  &  by  west  to  Pemaquid  Where  first  begun  to  aU  wich 
Lands  Abue  Bounded  the  said  Capt  John  Somerset  and 
Unnongoit  Indian  Sagamores  have  granted  and  made  over  to 
the  above  said  John  Brown  of  New  harbour  in  and  for  Con- 
sideration of  Fifty  skins  to  us  in  hand  Payd  to  our  Full  Sat- 
isfaction for  the  abovementioned  Lands  and  We  the  abovesaid 
Indians  Sagamores  do  bond  our  selves  and  Our  heires  forever 
to  defend  the  above  said  John  Brown  and  his  heirs  in  the 
Quiet  and  Peaceable  Possession  of  the  abovesaid  Lands,  In 
witness  Whereunto  I  the  Said  Cap*  John  Somerset  and 
Unnongoit  have  Seat  our  hands  &  Seals  this  Fifteenth  day 


44  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

of  July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  God  one  Thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  Twenty  five. 

Signed     Sealed  Capt  John  Somerset  his  mark  &  Seal 

In  the  presence  of  us      Unnongoit  his  mark  &  Seal 
Mathew  Newman 
William  Cox. 

Rec'^  Octo"-  19^"    .  ^^^^ 
Read 


Complaint  of  Jonah  Gtrover. 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq' 
Captain  General  and  Governor  in  Chief  in 
and  over  His  Majesty's  Province  of  the 
Massachusets  Bay  in  New  England,  and  to 
the  Honorable  His  Majesties  Council  of  the 
said  Province. 
The  Information  and  Complaint  of  Josiah  Grover 
Most  humbly  Sheweth 

That  your  Informant  being  owner  of  some  Lands  lying 
in  the  Eastern  parts  of  this  Province  at  a  Place  called  New 
Harbour,  by  virtue  of  a  fair  purchase  of  one  John  Brown  of 
the  Sachems  of  the  Indian  Proprietors  thereof;  which  Deed 
bears  date  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  one  thousand  six  hun- 
dred twenty  five,  in  the  quiet  possession  whereof  the  a* 
Brown  lived  and  dyed,  and  of  whom  your  Informant  is  a 
descendant;  about  a  month  since  the  Informant  with  one 
John  Brown  Kinsman,  and  one  of  the  Grand  Children  of  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF  MAINE  45 

s^  John  Brown  first  named,  went  down  to  New  Harbour 
afores*^  in  order  to  clear  some  of  their  Land,  build  an  House, 
and  make  Settlement  thereon;  Your  Informant  Declares 
That  they  had  been  but  a  little  while  there,  until  they  were 
exceedingly  Insulted  &  evilly  entreated  by  a  number  of  Irish 
Men,  Particularly  as  your  Complainant  Grover  was  going  out 
of  New  harbor  in  a  little  Schooner  to  Catch  some  fish,  there 
came  down  Eight  Irish  Men  Armed  with  Guns  and  Swords 
in  Order  to  Surprize  &  Seize  Your  Informant  and  Carry  him 
and  his  fishing  Crew  to  the  Fort  at  Pemaquid,  as  he  was 
informed  by  Mess"  Tarrant  and  Hutchinson ;  but  as  it  hap- 
pened when  these  Armed  men  came  on  their  design,  the 
Informant  was  just  then  rowing  out  of  the  Harbour  and  so 
escaped  them  at  that  time  ;  and  soon  after  when  they  returned 
from  fishing  and  were  at  Anchor  there  came  on  board  the 
Schooner  five  or  six  Irish  men  Armed  with  Guns  and  Clubbs, 
and  in  an  hostile  Violent  Manner  surprised  &  seized  upon 
the  Infonnant  &  his  Crew  &  made  themselves  Masters  of  the 
Schooner  with  a  strong  hand  weighed  the  Anchor  &  steered 
twords  the  Fort,  the  contrary  way  and  course  the  Informant 
was  upon,  and  in  pursuit  of  his  lawful  Business,  at  the  same 
time  menacing  and  terrifying  the  Complainant,  and  his  fish- 
ing Company  that  they  woold  carry  them  to  the  Fort  lay 
them  neck  and  heels,  and  detain  them  till  Coll  Dunbar  should 
arrive. 

When  Your  Infonnant  and  Company  were  first  surprised 
in  the  afores*^*  manner  he  desired  leave  to  go  on  shoar  to  the 
s*^  John  Brown  then  at  work  on  our  land  to  take  care  of  some 
necessaries,  the  Irish  men  went  with  him  on  shoar  to  Brown, 
and  forbid  his  working  there  saying  he  had  no  right  or  Busi- 
ness so  to  do,  and  at  many  tmies  threatned  to  sacrifice  him, 
as  their  Phrase  was,  and  send  him  to  the  Devil,  with  all  the 
New  Harbour  Proprietors.  And  one  of  the  said  Irish  men 
desired  leave  of  one  Hamilton  an  ofiicer  at  the  Fort,  as  your 


46  DOCIJMENTARY   HISTORY 

Informant  has  bin  credibly  told,  and  he  would  go  and  kill  the 
s^  Brown  and  send  him  to  the  Devil. 

Your  Informant  after  securing  the  necessaries  he  had  on 
shore  returned  to  the  Schooner  with  the  Irish  men,  &  was 
obliged  to  sail  with  them  in  order  to  their  being  delivered  up 
to  the  officer  at  the  Fort,  as  your  Informant  &  Company  were 
threatned  ;  but  could  not  be  informed  they  were  to  answer 
for  any  misdemeanour  they  having  not  done  any  unlawful 
Act  they  know  of,  but  after  sailing  about  two  leagues  they 
came  to  Anchor  in  the  schooner  &  went  to  sleep  in  the  Cab- 
bin  ;  when  your  Informant  and  Company  taking  the  advan- 
tage of  the  darkness  of  the  night  season,  got  into  the  Canno, 
&  without  making  noise  paddled  away  leaving  the  Irish  men 
in  possession  of  the  Schooner,  &  all  the  Informants  stores  & 
fishing  Craft  with  them  ;  among  other  things  were  about  half 
a  barrel  of  Molasses  five  or  six  hogsheads  of  salt,  besides 
some  staves,  pork,  meal,  bread  &  the  like  &  were  glad  to 
escape,  as  it  were,  with  the  skin  of  their  teeth,  being  in  great 
fear  &  terror  their  lives  were  in  danger  in  a  very  Imminent 
manner;  but  your  Complainants  have  had  the  Chaunce  to 
escape  their  unreasonable  fury  &  Insolent  Treatment,  and 
got  to  Casco  &  so  took  passage  to  Boston  in  order  to  wait  on 
His  Excellency  &  Honours,  &  lay  their  Complaint  of  the 
Evil  treatment  they  had  received  at  the  Eastward  from  the 
Irish  People,  which  might  be  enlarged  with  many  more 
Instances  of  the  like  nature  too  tedious  to  be  inserted.  But 
your  Complainants  would  humbly  hope  that  Your  Excellency 
&  Honours  will  take  such  order  in  the  premises  as  may  be 
Consistent  with  the  rules  of  Comon  honesty  &  Justice ;  and 
that  honest  purchasers  may  not  be  so  harrassed  (fe  Invaded 
in  the  Improvement  of  their  just  right  &  property,  which  lies 
within  the  Jurisdiction  of  this  Government ;  And  so  we  are 
Emboldened  to  make  this  Remonstrance  &  Complaint  to 
your  Excellency  and  Honours  for  Your  Paternal  Care  and 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  47 

Consideration   and   protection ;     and    of   these    Facts   your 
Informant  is  ready  to  make  Oath 

Josiah  Grover 

Dated  Sep'  6*^  1T30 

The  name  of  the  Principal  Actor  in  this  Violence  was 
Samuel  Hamble 

Josiah  Grover  appearing  before  His  Excellency  the 
Govemour  &  Council  made  Solemn  Oath  to  the  truth  of  this 
Information. 

Attest  J  Willard  Seciy 
Cambridge  Sept'  16*^  1730 


Colonel  Dunbar  to  M/  Secretary  Popple. 

Boston  Sept'  y«  \b'^  1730 
To  make  an  apology  for  my  writeing  to  you  so  soon  after 
so  long  a  letter  as  mine  of  the  19'''  of  August  g  Cap'  Atkins 
in  answer  to  yoxxm  g  the  Blandford  Man  of  Warr,  I  am  to 
tell  you  that  this  is  by  way  of  takeing  my  leave  as  I  am 
going  to  the  New  Settlements,  where  I  must  remaine  until  I 
hear  from  you,  and  from  whence  you  ^vill  Scarce  have  a 
chance  of  being  troubled  w"'  any  more  letters  from  me  this 
Winter. 

I  Have  very  little  to  say  in  relation  to  the  duty  of  My 
Imployment,  but  that  I  am  at  present  disabled  from  Attend- 
ing it  in  this  Government,  because  M'  Belcher  upon  whom  I 
waited  Several  times  &  allways  with  the  respect  due  to  his 
Commission,  has  treated  me  in  a  most  extraordinary'  manner 
with  incredible  malice  and  without  any  cause  or  provocation 
except  in  revenge  for  what  I  wrote  of  him  to  England  when 
it  was  first  reported  he  was  appointed  Gov'  here ;  it  is  said 
y*  my  letters  gave  him  some  trouble  in  London,  and  there  he 


48  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

joyned  with  M''  Waldo  to  do  me  all  the  ill  Offices  they  could, 
they  found  out  that  I  Had  been  somewhat  concerned  in  the 
Corporation  of  the  Mines  Royal,  &  that  somes  bills  drawn 
upon  M'"  Kingsraill  Eyre  and  accepted  by  him  were  endorsed 
to  me  &  by  me  to  others,  at  my  comeing  away  when  M' 
Eyre's  notes  were  of  good  Credit,  they  procured  as  many  of 
these  notes  as  amount  to  five  hundred  p*^^'  to  be  sent  hither 
to  be  put  in  Suit  against  me  and  Governour  Belcher  himself 
told  me  that  he  brought  over  one  note  of  200 <£  ;  and  a  pro- 
curation against  me  for  it,  (  what  we  call  in  England  a  letter 
of  Attorny )  and  that  he  did  it  in  kindness  to  me  because  he 
told  me  as  a  great  Secret  that  there  was  six  hundred  pounds 
of  M'  Eyre's  in  the  hands  of  one  M'  Craddock  a  Merchant 
here  which  I  might  Attach  &  so  save  myself,  I  sayd  Any 
body  that  had  the  Notes  might  as  well  do  that  as  I ;  Soon 
after  his  return  from  his  Gov*  of  New  Hampshhe  he  made  it 
his  busyness  to  enquire  of  one  M""  Atkinson  a  Merchant  here 
who  Supplyed  the  New  Settlem*  last  winter  with  provisions, 
how  matters  stood  between  him  and  me,  and  being  told  there 
was  a  large  ballance  against  me,  he  advised  Atk"^  to  arrest 
me,  &  accordingly  he  took  out  a  Writt  for  2300,£,  this 
Country  Mony  against  me,  being  a  ballance  upon  an  Account 
onely  stated  by  himselfe,  to  which  I  have  many  Objections 
and  desired  to  referr  them  to  2  Merchants,  but  was  refused, 
I  have  not  yet  been  arrested  upon  y®  writt  and  have  Shewn 
M'  Atkinson's  Ace**  to  Sev^^  merchants  here,  who  exposeing 
him  for  many  Errors  in  them  and  his  proceedings  against  me, 
sayd  he  would  not  have  done  it  but  at  the  instigation  of  the 
Governour,  who  he  sayd  had  done,  and  would  do  all  in  his 
power  to  ruin  me ;  After  this  I  will  not  offer  to  write  any 
thing  of  him,  because  it  cannot  be  imagined  but  I  am  preju- 
diced Against  him ;  You'l  see  in  his  Speeches  that  he  has 
recommended  the  preservation  of  the  Kings  Woods  to  the 
Gen^^  Courts,  I  send  you  Copys  of  my  Applications  to  him, 


OF    THE    STATE   OF   MALiSTB  49 

upon  which  he  has  done  nothing  more  than  w*  are  in  his 
Speeches. 

In  your  last  I  am  Commanded  by  my  Lords  Com"  to  lose 
no  time  in  Setting  out  the  300,000  Acres  to  be  reserved  for 
the  use  of  the  Royal  Navy,  and  that  no  grants  are  to  be  made 
prior  thereto ;  before  I  sent  to  Nova  Scotia  the  two  Deputys 
as  land  Surveyors,  who  are  now  on  that  Service  attending 
Govern'"  Philips,  I  received  a  letter  from  him  of  w'^^  I  here- 
with send  a  copy  and  my  answer,  if  I  am  wrong  in  it,  I  am 
sure  no  grants  of  Settlements  can  be  made  in  Some  Years,  I 
intended  in  penetrating  into  the  Country  by  degrees,  as  1 
should  find  land  bearing  timber  near  water  Carriage  to  lay 
aside  all  such  for  his  Maj"®*  Use,  it  is  seldome  there  are  any 
large  tracts  bearing  such,  I  fear  My  Lords  will  blame  me  for 
my  letter  to  Governour  Philips,  and  least  I  might  repeat  the 
offence  I  shall  Act  safer  this  Winter  to  stand  Still,  tho  in  my 
Opinion  it  was  not  meant  or  expected  that  this  large  tract  of 
300,000  Acres  could  be  Suddainly  layd  aside,  but  that  all 
lands  fitt  for  the  use  of  the  Royal  Navy  should  be  reserved 
and  not  given  to  private  persons  ;  if  when  I  have  the  Honour 
to  receive  your  farther  Comands,  pray  Sir  favour  me  with 
the  Opinion  and  Answer  of  My  Lords  relateing  to  a  sloop  to 
attend  this  Service,  and  what  I  so  often  requested  of  travel- 
ling charges,  if  My  Lords  are  of  opinion  that  ye  Service 
required  can  be  done  without  either,  I  own  I  shall  deceive 
them  if  I  pretend  to  it,  I  do  not  desire  to  eat  the  Kings 
bread  for  nothing,  nor  w'^  I  have  his  service  neglected  or  left 
undone,  if  any  body  else  should  offer  to  imdertake  it,  they 
will  soon  find  their  mistake. 

I  am  this  moment  informed  that  y®  Shepscot  proprietors 
are  Encouraged  to  go  thither,  &  are  goeing  in  great  Numbers 
&  resolve  to  cutt  down  the  Mast  Swamp  w"^*^  I  saved  from 
them  the  last  winter ;  how  can  I  prevent  a  Number  thus 
resolved,  or  if  I  had  force  or  assistants,  how  can  I  get  to  the 


60  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

place  ?  this  I  represented  so  often  that  I  am  ashamed  to  be 
so  troublesome. 

If  it  should  be  His  Majestys  pleasure  not  to  confirm  the 
claims,  there  will  be  a  kind  of  Warr  tween  these  pretended 
proprietors  and  those  y*  will  go  to  Settle  upon  y®  Kings 
terms,  for  they  will  not  quit  y®  possession  they  are  now  goe- 
ing  to  take,  especially  if  that  part  of  the  Country  is  to  remain 
or  be  within  this  Governm*,  and  if  His  Majesty  should  allow 
the  claims,  I  am  very  sure  the  Country  will  never  be  Settled 
by  them ;  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  say  more  upon  this  head 
than  I  have  Already  repeated ;  but  this  that  these  proprietors, 
now  Encouraged,  say  openly  that  they  will  part  with  their 
hearts  blood  before  they  will  give  the  King  one  farthing  Quit 
rent,  if  this  does  not  prove  the  sentim**  of  the  people  of  this 
province  until  their  wings  are  Clipt,  I  am  much  mistaken,  & 
it  is  no  difficult  matter  to  humble  them  Effectually  and  I  am 
persuaded  it  will  be  thought  full  time  to  begin  with  them, 
they  have  now  again  refused  fixing  the  Sallary  80  to  4  in  the 
House  of  representatives  against  it,  the  Gov"^  will  (no  doubt") 
send  you  the  proceedings,  w'^^  I  onely  hear  from  2^  hands,  as 
I  keep  within  my  doors,  they  say  if  their  Charter  were  taken 
away  they  must  have  a  Council  and  Assembly,  &  they  never 
will  consent  to  tax  themselves  to  fix  a  Sallary,  so  that  it  is 
plain  they  are  not  to  be  treated  like  any  other  of  His  Majes- 
ties Subj*'  I  was  allways  of  opinion  that  they  never  will  be 
made  sensible  of  their  duty  until  und"^  another  form  of  Gov- 
ernm*  and  2  or  3  Reg*^  among  them,  and  as  they  would  occa- 
sion this  Expence,  I  think  a  reasonable  method  might  be 
proposed  to  make  this  Country  pay  it. 

I  would  first  propose  that  as  there  is  a  Custome  House 
here  and  all  the  Sallarys  payd  from  home,  the  Parliament 
might  lay  a  duty  upon  all  rum  &  Molasses  &  Brown  Sugar 
imported  into  the  Masachusets  Governm*  onely,  &  lOX  g 
cent   ad   valorem   upon  all  other  goods  and  Merchandises 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  51 

imported,  as  in  Ireland  upon  all  things  from  England,  even 
Cloaths  and  wearing  apparel,  and  they  may  deserve  to  be 
further  distinguished  from  his  Majesty s  better  Subjects  in 
haveing  some  duty  even  upon  salt  imported  for  a  few  years, 
to  make  them  the  jest  of  their  neighbors,  &  convince  them 
how  easily  Eugland  could  cramp  them. 

At  present  all  the  plantations  have  one  advantage  of  the 
people  in  England,  which  is  that  there  is  a  drawback  allowed 
for  all  India  or  other  goods  exported,  which  pay  a  duty  in 
England  and  no  duty  is  payd  upon  importing  them  in  the 
plantations,  it  does  not  seem  unreasonable  that  either  there 
should  be  no  drawback,  or  pay  Kings  duty  else  where. 

Some  months  ago  I  gave  my  Lords  Com"  an  ace*  of  the 
Manufacturing  Iron  here,  &  herewith  I  send  the  tools  men- 
tioned in  my  last,  if  by  Act  of  Parliament  all  Sea  Coal  was 
prohibited  being  imported  into  this  Country,  and  none  to  be 
water  carried,  this  would  Effectually  stop  all  the  Slitting 
Mills,  Nailerys  &  other  works,  w*^*'  are  now  wrought  with 
Coals  from  Newcastle,  and  some  brought  from  near  y"  french 
Settlements  in  the  bottome  of  y**  bay  of  Fundy. 

As  I  was  writeing  this  M''  Auchmuty,  y®  Kings  Advocate 
General  Called  to  tell  me  that  he  was  sent  for  by  the  Gov- 
ernour  &  Coimcil  to  give  his  Opinion  upon  a  most  virulent 
case  drawn  up  against  5  or  6  men  for  goeing  on  board  a  small 
scooner  near  Fredericks  Fort  and  carrying  her  two  leagues 
along  shore,  I  fancy  the  Governour  will  send  you  a  Copy  of 
it,  they  would  fain  make  it  piracy  but  the  Advocate  laught 
at  it,  I  wish  it  may  be  sent  to  you  that  my  Lords  may  see 
what  an  inveteracy  there  is  in  these  people  ag'  those  at  the 
New  Settlement,  who  are  over  and  over  stigmatized  with  the 
name  of  Irish,  the  Advocate  told  me  with  concern  that  if  I 
go  to  Fredericks  fort  the  Governour  &  Council  here  will  send 
a  force  to  take  it  from  me  and  bring  me  up  a  prisoner,  I  had 
this  morning  an  Opportunity  of  acquainting  Col°  Philipps 


52  DOCUMElSrTABY   HISTOEY 

with  it  at  Annapolis,  &  told  him  I  apprehend'd  it  under  his 
Governm*,  and  would  Obey  any  orders  he  shoold  send 
thither,  I  Have  upon  this  occasion  put  into  the  Advocates 
hands  His  Majestys  instructions  to  me,  your  last  letter  of  the 
7*"^  of  May,  &  Representations  from  My  Lords  Com"  of  the 
14*''  of  May  1729  in  order  to  have  his  opinion  how  far  I  can 
resist  Such  an  Attempt,  at  present  I  am  resolved  to  try  what 
they  will  doe,  &  not  be  frighted  or  putt  off  by  words ;  if  I 
could  be  justifyed  in  it  I  am  sure  I  could  defend  the  place 
against  this  Governour  &  his  best  Regiment;  I  am  to  have 
no  Notice  of  this  intention  against  me,  but  to  be  Surprised,  I 
shoold  think  that  they  ought  to  caution  me  against  goeing 
thither  and  give  reasons  for  it,  that  I  might  not  go  thither, 
I  intend  not  to  meddle  with  any  lands  until  I  have  further 
instructions  relating  to  the  claims,  except  when  I  am  directed, 
&  wish  I  may  be  able  to  do  anything  there. 

I  send  herewith  one  of  the  applications  made  to  me  imme- 
diately after  my  arrival  here,  onely  to  shew  to  my  Lords  how 
pressing  people  were  with  me  to  begin  the  New  Settlements. 

Whenever  my  Lords  will  Honour  me  with  their  Commands, 
pray  lett  them  be  under  Cover  to  John  Jekyl  Esq"^  Collector 
here,  they  will  come  Safer  and  he  will  convey  them  to  me,  I 
am  with  my  Duty  to  my  Lords 

Sir  Your  most  Humble  &  Obed*  Servant 
David  Dunbar 

Rec'^  Nov''  19^^  \  ^^^^ 

Read  Janry  5  1730/1  / 


Petition  of  heirt  or  assigns  of  Ancient  proprietors  of  Falmouth. 

To   his   Excellency    Jon^   Belcher  Esq'  Cap*  Gen^  Gov'  & 
Comm"^  in  Chief  in  and  over  his  Majestys  Province  of  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  63 

Massachusetts  bay  in  New  England  and  to  the  Hon^^®  the 
Council  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court 
Assembled  September  1730/ 

The  Humble  petition  of  us  the  Subscribers  the  heirs  or 
Assigns  of  the  Ancient  proprietors  of  Land  in  the  Town  of 
Falmouth  in  Casco  bay  for  themselves  and  at  the  desire  and 
in  behalf  of  the  other  proprietors  of  s*^  Town. 
Sheweth/ 

That  Sundi-y  of  the  Ancient  proprietors  for  them- 
selves and  in  behalf  of  other  Ancient  proprietors  of  Lands  in 
said  Town  presented  their  petition  to  the  great  and  General 
Court  or  Assembly  of  this  Province  in  August  1728  Setting 
forth  at  large  as  therein  Exprest  and  the  Consideration  of  the 
said  hath  by  the  Hon^^®  Court  been  referr'd  from  Session  to 
Session  untill  this  time  And  in  as  much  as  they  have  been 
and  now  are  very  great  Sufferers  by  unjust  Incroachments 
on  their  Lands,  Rights  &  properties  Contrary  to  the  true 
Intent  and  Order  of  the  Hon^^^  Court  in  1718,  as  at  Large 
set  forth  m  said  petition  and  the  longer  they  are  kept  out  of 
their  just  Inheritances  and  purchases  the  more  precarious 
their  Titles  will  be  and  for  as  much  as  that  in  the  General 
destruction  of  the  said  Town  by  the  French  and  Indian 
enemy  in  1689  the  records  and  writings  and  also  the  deed  or 
Instrument  of  the  Honb^®  Thomas  Danforth  Esq'  for  said 
Township  as  Observ'd  in  said  petition  was  Likewise  destroy'd 
A  Counterpart  thereof  is  in  the  Secretary's  Office  w*"^  in 
Cases  of  Inevitable  ruin  and  Calamity  hath  for  ever  been 
Esteem'd  in  Law  and  Equity  to  be  Good  and  Sufficient 
Evidence  of  their  being  Such  an  Instrument  once  in  being, 

Wherefore  your  petitioners  for  themselves  and  in  behalf  of 
the  other  Ancient  proprietors  most  humbly  pray  that  Your 
Excellency  and  Honours  will  be  pleas'd  to  Consider  the  said 
petition  and  Grant  t^o  your  petitioners  a  full  hearing  thereon 
and  also  to  Establish  and  Ratify  the  Substance  of  the  said 


54  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

deed  or  Instrument  so  destroy'd  but  now  made  known  by 
the  Counterpart  thereof  and  that  the  same  may  be  Order'd 
to  be  put  on  Record  as  was  the  pleasure  and  Wisdom  of  the 
Hon^'«  Court  relating  to  the  Deed  of  the  Hon^'^  Tho«  Dan- 
forth  Esq"'  for  the  Township  of  Scarborough  of  the  like 
Tenour  w***  the  above  Mentioned  And  further  your  peti- 
tioners humbly  pray  that  Your  Excellency  and  Honours  will 
be  pleased  to  Examine  into  the  true  State  of  your  petitioners 
and  the  Town  and  adjust  the  same  or  Afford  such  further 
relief  m  the  premises  as  You  in  Your  Consummate  wisdom 
shall  see  meet  and  your  petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  shall 
ever  pray 

Corne"  Waldo    Fori 
Thomas  Westbrook  y 
&  Samuel  Waldo      J 
Benj*    Walker  John  Smith 

Edmund  Mountfort         John  Soudon 
Grace  Marshall  for         Joseph  Brimhall 
James  Mariner  Steph,  Boutineau    for  self 

&  James  Baudowin         John  Higginson  for  self  & 
M'  James  Lindall  for     Sam^^  Sewall 
Peres  Bradford  for  self  &     W™  Peirce 
John  Smith  Attorney  to  Jos.  Maylem 
John  Walker 
In  Council  Sept.  22.  1730. 
Read  &  Committed 


Agents  of  Falmouth  their  Answer  to  the  Petition  of  Tho^ 
Westbrook  ^  others,  1730. 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq''  Captain 
General  &  Governour  in  Chief  in  and  over  His 
Maj"**  Province  of  the  Massachusets  Bay,     To  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAESTE  55 

Hono^^^  His  Majesties  Council  and  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives in  General  Court  Assembled  at  Cam- 
bridge Sept'  1730 
The  Answer  of  John  East  &  John  Tyng  Agents  for, 
and  in  behalf  of  the  Town  of  Falmouth  in  the  County 
of  York  ~ 
Most  humbly  Sheweth  That  the  Inhabitants  of 

the  s*^  Town  of  Falmouth  having  bin  lately  convened  here  to 
Answer  the  Complaint  or  Petition  of  Thomas  Westbrook  and 
others,  (  who  would  feign  distinguish  themselves  by  the  name 
of  Ancient  Proprietors  of  the  s^  Town,  in  order  to  gloss  over 
their  frivolous  pretensions)  In  obedience  thereto,  have 
Imployed  John  East  &  John  Tyng  as  Agents,  which  will 
appear,  by  the  Record  of  the  Town  herewith  Exhibited ;  And 
in  Answer  to  the  s"^  Complaint,  or  petition ;  Your  Respon- 
dents beg  leave  to  recite  such  part  thereof  only,  as  they 
account  Material;  and  then  give  a  clear  &  Satisfactory 
Answer  thereto :  even  such  as  they  hope  will  be  deemed  suffi- 
cient by  this  Great  and  General  Court,  to  dismiss  the  s'*  Peti- 
tion, and  free  the  Inhabitants  for  the  future,  from  the  Vexa- 
tious Complaints,  of  these  pretended  Ancient  Proprietors  - 

The  substance  of  their  Petition,  as  Your  Respond"  Imagme, 
amounts  to  no  more  than  this  viz.  "  That  the  Hono^^® "  the 
Governor  &  Company  of  the  Massachusets,  Proprietors  of 
the  Province  of  Main,  Impowered  a  Comittee  to  make  & 
bring  forward  settlements,  in  the  Eastward  parts ;  That  in 
Execution  of  that  power,  the  Hono^^^  Thomas  Danforth  on 
the  26^''  of  July  Anno  Dom  1684  did  grant  and  convey  the 
Lands  in  ffalmouth  Township  to  Capt  Edward  Tyng  and 
others  Trustees  &c  in  behalf  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  s*^ 
Town,  That  they  in  the  Execution  of  the  s'^  power  and  Trust 
laid  out  Lots  of  Land  to  many  Persons,  who  settled  & 
Improved  the  same  till  drove  off  by  the  Indians  in  the  late 
Terrible  War;    That  since  that  time  viz  in  the  years  1715, 


56  DOCUMENT ABY  HISTORY 

1717  &  1718  they  have  made  applications  here,  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court  for  protection  to  bring  forward  a  settlem*  That 
Anno  1718  the  Court  was  pleased  to  Revive  the  Committee, 
who  reported  to  the  Court,  That  it  was  necessary  a  Town 
should  be  setled  with  apt  bounds  &  Invested  with  the  power 
of  a  Town ;  which  was  Accepted  &  Confirmed,  And  further 
Ordered  That  fifty  Familys  should  be  added,  &  settlements 
given  to  them,  so  that  the  same  did  not  Infringe  on  former 
rights  &c  And  further  Add,  That  they  are  Proprietors  by 
Grant  from  S'  Fardinando  Gorges,  and  the  s^  Thomas  Dan- 
forth  Esq"",  and  that  their  Case  is  Lamentable,  by  reason,  that 
since  tlie  Peace,  such  a  number  of  Inhabitants  have  rolled  in 
upon  them,  that  they  compare  them  to  a  flood,  under  colour 
of  the  last  recited  Grant,  without  the  Consent  of  them  who 
are  Proprietors,  in  an  unjust  &  disorderly  manner  &  possessed 
themselves  of  the  Lands,  which  their  Ancestors,  with  great 
expence  &  hazard  of  their  lives  have  Maintained  &  have 
granted  away  those  Lands  which  were  with  so  much  Care 
Guarded  against  in  the  Vote  of  November ;  and  then  unnec- 
essaryly  repeat  what  they  had  often  before  Said,  and  pray 
that  by  the  Interposition  of  this  Great  and  General  Court 
Danforths  Deed  may  be  deemed  good,  that  the  Comittee,  or 
another  in  their  stead  may  be  revived,  the  happy  effect  of 
which,  the  People  of  North  Yarmouth  have  Experienced  ~ 

That  the  Town,  tho  known  to  be  Invested  with  the  power 
of  a  Township,  may  for  some  time  cease  to  Execute  the  same, 
or  what  they  have  done  be  partly  or  wholly  declared  Void, 
and  the  petitioners  gain  such  release,  as  may  free  them  from 
"  the  supposed  Destruction  &c,"  ~  * 

Now,  in  Answer  thereto,  Your  Respondents  in  behalf  of 
the  TcwTi  say.  That  the  facts  relating  to  the  Ancient  Estab- 
lishment of  the  Town,  the  Indian  War  &  the  effects  thereof, 
&  the  Application  of  sundry  Supposed,  or  real  Proprietors, 
in  the  years  1715  1717  &  1718  may  all  be  true;    but  it  is 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  57 

submitted  to  the  Wisdom  of  this  Great,  and  General  Assem- 
bly how  far  the  same,  be  lawfully  proved,  or  that  those  sub- 
scribers, or  those  they  claim  from  were  the  Ancient  Proprie- 
tors, &  had  a  right  Exclusive  of  the  present  Inhabitants  - 

They  acknowledge  it  is  true  That  some  of  the  present 
Inhabitants  were  Introduced  by  force  of  the  settlement  of  the 
General  Court,  &  what  was  thereupon  Acted ;  but  add  that 
the  Petitioner  Westbrook  himself  Introduced  no  less  than 
fourteen  of  the  fifty,  who  can  surely  have  no  right  to  Object 
to  the  proceedings,  that  he  himself  Chiefly  Occasioned;  ~ 
And  Your  respond''*  further  Urge  and  Insist,  That  so  far  as 
they  know,  since  the  year  1718  (that  the  Inhabitants  have 
acted  as  a  Town,  they  have  not  granted  away  to  any  Per- 
son whatsoever  the  particular  right  of  any  Ancient  Proprie- 
tor, but  have  always  squared  themselves  in  their  Grants 
Receiving  Inhabitants  to  the  best  of  their  Judgment  &  Dis- 
cretion, and  acted  therein  with  the  Utmost  Justice  &  Equity 
they  were  Masters  of ;  Always  having  in  View  the  Grant  & 
direction  of  the  Great  &  General  Court ;  But  they  never 
accounted  themselves  Judges,  so  as  to  give  away  or  finally 
determine  the  right  of  any  particular  Person,  but  always  left 
those  matters  to  the  Decision  of  the  Kings  Court,  for  as  they 
were  Conscious  that  no  such  power  rested  in  them,  so  it 
would  have  been  a  difficult  task  to  perform  if  it  had,  many 
claimers  appearing  for  the  same  right,  &  pretending  Ancient 
Grants  to  support  their  demands  ~  But  still  they  humbly 
Conceive  That  these  matters  are  yet  fairly  determinable  by 
the  Common  course  of  Law  and  the  Petitioners  can  have  no 
Just  cause  to  Complain,  or  seek  relief  here,  till  they  have 
asserted  &  tryed  their  rights  at  the  Common  Law,  Especially 
when  Your  Excellency  &  Honors  shall  strictly  Consider  the 
particulars  they  seek  for  to  be  granted  ~  As  first,  That  you 
shall  determin  the  Validity  of  a  Supposed  Deed,  which  is 
only  tryable  by  the  Ley  Gens  ~  And  secondly  to  Grant  a 


58  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

power  to  a  Comittee  to  do  that  which  there  is  no  colour  for; 
for  with  great  danger  &  Expence  maintained  themselves  in 
their  settlements  during  the  last  Indian  War,  to  whom  they 
were  much  Exposed  And  during  which  time  they  have 
received  no  help  from  the  Petitioners,  but  their  pretences,  or 
of  the  greatest  part  of  them,  slept  till  the  War  &  all  danger 
was  over  &  when  the  Inhabitants  that  stood  the  brunt  of  it, 
&  supported  their  settlements,  and  so  made  the  Land  Valua- 
ble, then  some  of  these  pretended  Ancient  Proprietors  Started 
their  dormant  Claims,  which  for  Argument  Sake  admitting 
they  had  right  to ;  yet  what  reason  can  they  give,  why  they 
dont  sue  for  it,  but  would  Obtain  that  by  Extraordinary 
means,  which  if  they  have  a  right  to,  they  might  Easily 
accomplish  by  due  course  of  Law  — 

But  Thirdly  What  colour  can  there  be  for  this  Great  & 
General  Court,  to  Interpose  by  an  Extraordinary  power  to 
Overthrow  &  Invalidate  the  Votes  &  solemn  Grants  of  the 
Town  &  Inhabitants  for  twelve  years  past  ~  The  Complainers 
are  furnished  with  no  particular  proof  or  reason  to  Induce 
Your  Excellency  &  this  Hono^^®  Court  to  think  them  defec- 
tive, wrong  or  unjust ;  or  if  so  yet  surely  the  same  is  to  be 
first  tryed  in  the  Ordinary  Course  of  Justice,  which  they 
have  never  yet  Attempted ;  or  if  so  at  any  time,  the  same 
has  bin  Attended  with  no  success  on  their  side,  &  the  pre- 
sumption in  Law,  is  in  favour  of  your  respond**  that  matters 
of  this  nature,  which  have  been  solemnly,  publickly  &  delib- 
erately transacted  &  which  concern  the  Peace  &  prosperity 
of  a  Town,  have  been  fairly  &  honestly  Acted,  without  design 
of  fraud,  or  to  prejudice  any  particular  Person. 

But  in  fact  the  Town  have  granted  and  setled  many  that 
claim  from  the  Ancient  Proprietors,  in  their  Just  dues,  who 
are  now  become  part  of  the  present  Inhabitants  &  Incorpo- 
rated with  them ;  And  the  Town  still  leave  these  supposed 


OF    THE    STATE   OF   ISIALNE  59 

Proprietors,  when  they  see  fit,  to  Contest  their  rights  accord- 
ing to  the  due  course  of  Law  ~ 

Now  so  it  is.  May  it  please  Your  Excellency  &  Honours, 
That  the  former  To\ati  Clerk,  withholds  the  Town  Books 
from  the  Respondents  &  the  Town,  by  which  means  they 
could  with  ease  prove  the  mistake  of  the  Petitioners  or  Com- 
plainants, &  the  truth  of  what  they  y'^  Respondents  now  Aver 
on  their  part ;  And  further  it  is  to  be  Observed  That  what- 
ever has  been  acted  since  1718  has  been  Chiefly  owing  to  the 
Acts  of  the  Ancient  Proprietors,  who  being  upwards  of 
twenty  ffamilies  in  the  year  1718  &  b;y  whom  the  fifty  new 
Inhabitants  were  Admitted  &  with  whom  the  present  Inhab- 
itants JojTied  &  Concurred  in  all  matters  that  have  since 
respected  the  Admission  of  Inhabitants  &  Granting  of  Lands, 
And  further  the  Deed  of  Danforth  when  produced  did  limit 
the  Estate  to  the  Inhabitants  who  therefore  have  now  a  right 
by  virtue  of  them  general  Words  to  Assert  the  same  And 
upon  the  whole  Your  respondents  humbly  hope  this  Great  & 
General  Court  (  whose  power  &;  Justice  they  shall  never 
Question )  will  see  Just  Cause  to  dismiss  the  present  frivo- 
lous Complaint  of  the  Petitioners  - 
And  as  in  duty  bound  shall  always  pray  &c 

John  East 
John  Tyng 

Read  Sept  22,  1730 


Colonel  Bunhar  to  M^  Secretary  Popple 

Boston  October  the  G*"^  1730 
Sir 

Since  my  last  of  the  15*''  of  September  such  very 
Extraordinary  proceedings  have  happened  here  that  I  thought 
there  was  an  absolute  Necessity  to  send  home  the  bearer  my 


60  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

brother  (  one  of  my  Deputys  in  whose  room  I  have  appointed 
another  to  do  his  duty )  to  represent  Matters  to  My  Lords 
Commissioners  for  Trade  &  Plantations,  He  is  fully  instructed 
by  me  to  do  so,  and  has  the  Copys  of  all  my  letters,  y*  if  any 
have  Miscarried  the  defects  may  be  Supplyed ;  it  is  in  vaine 
for  me  to  descend  here  to  any  particulars  of  what  will  be 
layd  before  my  Lords ;  I  am  very  uneasy  until  I  hear  y® 
Issue  of  the  Armed  force  sent  by  this  Governm'  to  break  up 
the  Settlement  at  Fredericks-fort,  that  place  can  defend  it 
Selfe  against  a  thousand  men  without  Cannon,  and  if  Any 
Violence  be  offered  to  the  people,  I  dread  the  consequences, 
I  told  Governour  Belcher  soe,  but  his  proceedings  were  so 
private  that  I  knew  nothing  of  it  until  the  Vessel  &  men  in 
Armes  were  Sent  away,  I  may  have  another  Opportunity  in 
a  week  to  acquaint  you  with  what  may  happen,  &  I  Hope 
that  what  I  now  represent  by  my  brother  will  be  approved 
by  their  Lordships,  to  whom  pray  present  my  humble  duty. 
I  am  Sir  Your  most  Obedient  Humble  Servant 

David  Dunbar 

I  send  you  a  Sett  of  the  Votes  of  the  General  Court  here  to 
show  their  continued  Opposition  to  the  Kings  instruction  for 
fixing  a  Sallary  on  the  Governour. 

Reed  Noy'-  8*^    \  ^^^^ 
Bead  DO  10:      /^^^^ 


Agreement. 

Articles  of  Agreement  made  and  concluded  upon  y^  7*^  Day 
of  Octo''  1730  &  in  y®  4'^  Year  of  his  Majesties  reign  between 
Henry  Hope  of  Boston  in  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  New  England  Merch*  on  the  one  part  and  Thomas 
Perkins  &   John  Perkins  of   Kennebunk  in  the  County  of 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   aiAINE  61 

York   Husbandmen    or  Labourers  of  the  other  part.     Wit- 
nesseth 

That  for  and  in  Consideration  of  four  hundred  and  twenty- 
Pounds  to  be  paid  by  the  said  Henry  Hope  unto  the  said 
Thomas  and  John  Perkins  as  is  hereafter  mentioned  they  the 
said  Thomas  and  John  Perkins  promise  to  procure  the  fol- 
lowing Masts  &  Yards  of  Good  Merchantable  white  pines 
and  to  be  bro't  to  Portsmouth  in  Piscataqua  and  Delivered 
to  the  said  Henry  Hope  on  their  own  proper  Acco*  and 
Risque.  Vizt,  Twenty  Yards  of  the  following  Dimensions 
four  of  fifteen  Inches  Diameter  of  sixty  foot  Long,  Eight  of 
Sixteen  Inches  Diameter  sixty  four  foot  long  Eight  of  sev- 
enteen Inches  Diameter  of  sixty  eight  foot  long  when  hewed 
into  a  sixteen  square.  Also  forty  Masts  all  w'^''  are  to  be 
hewed  in  Portsmouth  Piscataqua  Each  into  sixteen  square 
and  to  bear  or  measure  vizt.  five  of  y"*  Twenty  Inches  in  y® 
Partners  &  sixty  eight  foot  in  length  five  Masts  of  Twenty 
one  Inches  in  the  Partners  &  seventy  foot  in  length  Ten 
masts  twenty  two  inches  in  the  Partners  seventy  three  foot 
long  Ten  masts  twenty  three  Inches  in  the  partners  seventy 
six  foot  long  Ten  Masts  twenty  four  Inches  in  the  Partners 
Eighty  two  foot  long  &  there  to  be  hewed  as  afores*^  &  bro't 
into  sixteen  ^qare  and  Delivered  unto  the  said  Hope  or 
Order  in  a  proper  and  convenient  landmg  place  in  8^  Town 
of  Portsmouth  Twenty  of  which  masts  are  to  be  Delivered  as 
aforesaid  together  w*^  Ten  Yards  by  the  first  Day  of  Decem- 
ber ensuing  and  are  to  be  of  the  following  Dimensions  Viz* 
five  masts  of  twenty  Inches  in  the  Partners  &  sixty  eight  foot 
long  and  five  masts  of  twenty  one  Inches  in  the  Partners 
seventy  foot  long  five  Ditto  twenty  two  Inches  in  the  Part- 
ners seventy  three  foot  long  &  five  Ditto  twenty  three  inches 
in  the  Partners  and  seventy  six  foot  long  The  ten  Yards  to 
be  Delivered  at  y®  same  time  &  place  viz*  the  first  of  Decem- 
ber next  at  Portsmouth  of  y®  following  Dimensions  Viz*  Two 


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yards  of  fifteen  Inches  in  y*  Slings  Four  Ditto  of  sixteen 
Inches  in  y®  Slings  and  four  Ditto  of  seventeen  Inches  in  y® 
Slings  of  the  lengths  as  aforesaid.  The  other  twenty  masts 
and  ten  yards  are  to  be  delivered  in  Portsmouth  aforesaid  by 
the  first  Day  of  April  next  and  hewed  as  aforesaid  into  a  six- 
teen square  Viz*  Five  masts  twenty  two  inches  Diameter  in 
the  Partners  and  seventy  three  foot  long  Five  Ditto  Twenty 
three  inches  in  the  Partners  seventy  six  foot  long.  Ten 
Ditto  twenty  four  inches  in  the  Partners  and  Eighty  two  foot 
long  All  the  s*^  Masts  &  Yards  to  hold  a  Due  &  equal  pro- 
portion, as  are  usual,  also  to  be  Delivered  at  Portsmouth 
aforesaid  According  to  the  time  before  mentioned  Viz'^  Two 
Yards  fifteen  inches  Diameter  sixty  foot  long  Four  Ditto  six- 
teen Inches  Diameter  sixty  four  foot  long  Four  Ditto 
seventeen  Inches  Diameter  sixty  eight  foot  long  In  Consider- 
ation whereof  the  said  Henry  Hope  doth  hereby  oblige  him- 
self his  Heirs  Exe*"^*  and  Admin*"^^  upon  the  Delivery  of  the 
said  Masts  and  Yards  as  aforesaid  to  pay  unto  the  said 
Thomas  &  John  Perkins  their  Heirs  &c  the  full  sum  of  four 
hundred  and  twenty  pounds  in  manner  following  viz* 
Twenty  five  Pounds  upon  the  signing  of  this  agreement  or 
Contract  and  Thirty  five  Pounds  money  by  the  20**^  of  Octo'^ 
Instant  to  make  up  one  third  part  of  the  whole  payment  upon 
Delivery  of  the  masts  &  yards  in  Dec"^  next  Viz*  one  third 
part  in  English  Goods  at  the  Market  Price  in  Boston  &  two 
thirds  in  money  and  the  remainder  part  two  thirds  in  money 
and  one  third  in  Goods  upon  the  Delivery  of  the  whole  of  y® 
8*^  Masts  &  Yards  According  to  y®  above  contract  in  April 
next  To  the  which  Agreement  well  &  truly  to  be  performed 
y®  s*^  Henry  Hope  on  his  part  &  Thomas  &  John  Perkins  on 
y'  part  do  jointly  and  severally  bind  y™  selves  to  each  other 
y"^  Heir_Ex*"  &  Admin*"  in  y®  sum  of  five  hundred  to  be 
paid  to  them  their  Heirs  &c  on  Condition  of  either  of  y' 
Nonperformance. 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE  63 

In  Testimony  whereof  they  have  hereunto  Interchangeably 
sett  y"^  Hands  &  seals  y®  year  &  Day  above  written. 

Notwithstanding  the  above  obligation  of  y®  s*^  Perkins  to 
run  all  risques  of  towing  up  the  masts  it  is  only  to  be  con- 
sider'd  y*  if  any  Masts  or  Yards  are  lost  in  bringing  to  this 
place  y®  contracters  are  the  loses  Viz*  Perkins  on  y''  part  and 
not  y*  s*^  Hope. 

Signed  sealed  &  Delivered  y®  Marke  of 

in  presence  of  us  Thomas  Perkins  &  a  seal 

Jn**  Nettmaker  Jn°  Perkins  &  a  seal 
Jn°  Penhallow 

Endorsed     Portsmouth  7  Octo'  1730 
Rece^  of  Henry  Hope  thirty  Pounds 
money  in  pt  &  to  Acco*  of  y®  within  contract 

John  Perkins 

A  True  Copy  of  the  Original  &  left  on  file  Instead  thereof 
Examined   g    John  Ballantine    Cler 


Colonel  Dunbar  to  31^  Jeremiah  Dunbar. 

ten  o'clock  Wednesday  Morning 

Oct'  y«  7'^  1730 
Just  now  Captain  Woodside  who  commands  y®  Fort  on 
Saco  Ptiver  came  to  me,  &  told  me  he  came  direct  from  the 
lieutenant  Governour,  who  ordered  him  to  repair  to  his 
post,  for  that  he  and  the  4  Boston  Members  were  ordered  as 
a  Committee  to  go  in  the  province  sloop  to  take  a  view  of 
the  Fortifications ;  that  the  province  sloop  was  fitting  out  for 
them  &  5  Guns  put  on  board ;  the  Lieu'  Governour  said  in 
Cap*  Woodsides  hearing,  that  they  were  goeing  to  take  pos- 
session of  their  own  Governm*  againe,  &  that  as  he  came 
from  St  Georges,  he  would  call   in  at   Pemaquid;  One  of 


64  DOCHMBNTAHY   HISTORY 

those  who  are  named  to  go  in  the  sloop  (for  they  are  all 
chosen  )  told  Woodside  that  this  view  of  y®  Fortifications  is 
onely  a  pretence  to  take  Fredericksfort,  &  to  use  the  people 
ill ;  What  can  I  do  in  this  case  when  I  am  commanded  by 
my  Lords  Com"  for  Trade  to  avoyd  any  dispute  with  these 
people ;  their  Lordships  say  nothing  about  any  part  of  that 
Country  being  under  this  Governm*  &  y®  disputes  relate 
onely  to  the  private  property  of  y®  Lands,  w*^^  was  not  deter- 
mined by  his  Majesty ;  if  I  was  settled  at  Penobscot  or 
beyond  it,  I  am  ordered  upon  any  Occasion  to  apply  to  Gov- 
ernour  Philips,  as  being  under  his  Gov*  And  so  is  all  the 
Lands  as  far  as  Kennebeck,  as  I  was  instructed  at  the  Board 
of  Trade,  notwithstanding  which  M'  Belcher  and  this  people 
claims  all  as  far  as  St  Croy.  In  this  case  I  know  not  what 
to  doe,  I  have  no  power  or  comission  to  make  resistance,  & 
these  people  know  my  orders  not  to  have  any  dispute  w*'* 
them,  which  they  impudently  construe  to  be  from  the  fears 
the  Ministry  have  to  disoblige  them ;  I  never  had  a  stronger 
inclinat"  in  my  life  than  to  go  imediately  down  to  Fredericks- 
fort,  &  if  I  doe  I  must  either  be  affronted  or  come  to  blows 
w*^  a  people  who  are  as  ripe  for  Rebellion  as  their  ancestors 
in  4  i/^  if  this  does  not  prove  so  I  will  Submit  to  be  hanged, 
I  intend  to  desire  the  opinion  of  Cap*  Brothers,  &  the  Kings 
Advocate  &  Attorny  Gen"  how  I  shall  behave  upon  this 
Affair  &  to  govern  myself  accordingly ;  I  onely  desire  an 
Authority  without  any  assistance  but  ye  new  Letters  to 
Defend  my  Selfe  ag*  Cap*  General  Belcher,  &  all  y®  force  he 
could  carry  with  him,  I  desire  you  will  upon  yo*  Arrivall 
immediately  communicate  this  to  y^  Secretary  of  State  and 
to  the  Lds.  of  Trade,  &  press  an  imediate  Answer,  ships 
often  arrive  here  in  January. 

Woodside  tells  me  the  story  about  seizing  y®  scooner 
was  done  on  purpose  to  get  a  pretence  of  quarrelling,  for  y* 
she  was  ordered  to  bring  away  staves  &  timber  cutt  by  the 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  65 

people  of  Fredericksfort,  &  to  quit  the  vessel  if  any  one 
claiming  the  staves  shoold  go  on  board.  I  wish  j^ou  a 
speedy  passage  &  am 

Your  aff*  Brother  &  Serv* 

David  Dunbar 

^ead     ^  ^ovem^lP''  1730 


Colonel  Dunbar  to  M'^  Secretary  Popple. 

Boston  October  the  21*^  1730. 
Sir 

Since  my  last  g  my  brother,  I  Have  attended  a  committee 
of  the  House  of  Representatives  upon  a  Summons,  Governour 
Belcher  haveing  recouiended  to  them  the  passing  of  Such 
Laws  as  were  requisite  for  preservation  of  His  Maj^^*  Woods. 
I  herewith  send  you  the  Votes  to  shew  how  the  House 
received  the  report  of  the  Com'^®  in  favor  of  the  bill  proposed 
by  me. 

Since  my  brothers  Departure,  the  Sloop  which  this  Gov- 
ermn*  sent  to  Fredericks  fort,  returned  to  York  in  the  prov- 
ince of  Maine,  &  put  into  the  goal  there  4  poor  fellows 
whom  they  took  working  in  the  Woods  near  the  Fort,  where 
they  are  now  starveing ;  their  crime  was  the  pretended  riott 
or  Act  of  pyracy  mentioned  in  my  last,  they  have  been  tryed 
at  one  Court  and  tho  nothing  could  be  made  of  it,  they  are 
continued  over  until  January  Next;  this  is  y®  justice  of  this 
Country  to  Strangers  and  foreigners  as  all  his  Majestys 
European  Subjects  are  called  here ;  The  poor  pallatines  men- 
tioned in  my  former  to  yoxa  are  begging  about  town  it  woold 
move  any  other  people  to  see  them,  no  dyeing  Criminals  look 
more  pitteously,  they  were  bound  to  Pensilvania  but  brought 

5 


66  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

in  there  as  I  formerly  mentioned,  where  they  are  likely  to 
perish  this  winter. 

I  Herewith  send  some  papers  w'''*  my  brother  will  take 
Copys  of,  and  lay  the  Originals  before  my  Lords  Comission- 
ers,  I  have  long  been  detained  here  by  a  most  malitious  per- 
secution at  the  instigation  of  Governour  Belcher  and  D' 
Cook,  all  indifferent  people  say  they  never  heard  of  such 
usage  My  brother  will  tell  you  the  whole,  I  am  now  goeing 

to  winter  at  Fredericks  fort. 

♦ 
This  town  at  this  time  is  full  of  french  men,  come  to 

carry  away  large  ships  to  their  plantations,  purchased  here 

with  rum  &  Molasses,  the  practice  is  for  a  Merchant  here  to 

go  with  the  ships  beyond  the  Fort,  &  there  to  give  a  bill  of 

Sale  &  the  register  to  the  french  Master,  &  thus  evade  the 

Acts  of  Navigation,  besides  rum  &  Molasses  the  french  send 

and  bring  wines  and  great  quantitys  of  their  silks,  &  all  this 

connived  at.     pray  present  my  humble  Duty  to  My  Lords 

Commissioners,  I  am  Sir 

Y-^  Most  Obed*  Servant 

David  Dunbar 

^^^^    \  Decern'' 31'*  1730 


Order  in  Council  to  restrain  Grov'^  Belcher  from  Military/ 
Execution  against  FredericJcsfort. 

At  the  Court  of  S*  James's 
the  12"'  day  of  November  1730 
Present 
The  Kings  most  Excellent  Majesty  in  Council. 

Whereas  it  hath  been  represented  to  His  Majesty  at  this 
Board  that  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq""*  His  Majestys  Governour 
of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  is  preparing  for  a  Mill- 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  67 

tary  Expedition  against  Fredericks  Fort  formerly  called  the 
Fort  of  Pemaquid  in  Order  to  remove  severall  Irish  Protes- 
tants lately  settled  upon  certain  Lands  there  by  Colonel 
Dunbar  Surveyor  Generall  of  His  Majestys  Woods  in  those 
parts  to  which  Lands  no  private  Persons  have  hitherto  sett 
up  any  Claim  -  And  whereas  it  hath  been  further  Repre- 
sented that  the  People  of  Massachusetts  Bay  do  Claim  a 
Right  of  Government  over  the  said  Tract  of  Land  by  Virtue 
of  a  Clause  in  their  Charter.  And  that  a  State  of  the  Case 
concerning  such  Right  is  now  preparing  in  Order  to  be  laid 
before  His  Majestys  Attorney  and  Sollicitor  Generall  for 
their  Opinion  thereupon  -  His  Majesty  this  day  took  the 
same  into  His  Royal  Consideration  and  looking  upon  an 
attempt  of  this  Nature  to  be  unjustifiable,  and  that  it  may  in 
its  Consequence  prove  fatal  to  many  of  His  Majestys  good 
Subjects  in  those  parts  -  Is  hereby  pleased  with  the  advice 
of  His  Privy  Council  to  Order  that  His  Majestys  Governor 
or  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  said  Province  of  Massachu- 
setts Ba3^  do  immediately  upon  the  receipt  hereof  Abstain 
from  Military  Execution  and  Cause  a  Stop  to  be  putt  to  all 
proceedings  of  any  kind  in  this  Affair  untill  the  right  to  the 
said  Tract  of  Land  shall  be  determined,  and  His  Majestys 
further  pleasure  Signified  thereupon. 

A  true  Copy 
Jas  Vernon 

^^^^  }  Bec^  2:1730 


Instructions  of  Gov^  Belcher  to  the  Lieut^    Gtov^  and  Others. 

His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Captain  General  and 
Governour  in  Chief  in  and  over  His  Majesties  Province  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  having  desired  and  Impowered  us  the 


68  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOKY 

Subscribers  by  Instructions  given  under  his  hand  the  29*^  of 

October  last  past  to  Embark  on  Board  the  Sloop  Endeavour 

Captain  Thomas  Saunders  Master,  which  Instructions  are  as 

followeth  viz*^ 

Province  of  the    )  _,     ^_..    ^       „  ,     ^ 

,  T.      [  Jjy  His  Excellency  the  Govemour. 

Massachusetts  Bay  ) 

"Instructions  to  the  Honourable  Lieut.  Governour  Taller, 
"  Elisha  Cooke,  Samuel  Thaxter,  Spencer  Phipps,  John 
"  Quincey,  Thomas  Berry  Esq"  &  M"^  Edward  Shove  for 
"viewing  the  Fortifications  in  the  Eastern  parts  of  this 
"  Province  &  other  Services  hereinafter  mentioned. 

"  In  Pursuance  of  His  Majesties  Command  to  me  directed 
"  for  Transmitting  to  His  Majesty  &  to  the  Lords  Commis- 
"sioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations,  as  also  to  the  Master 
"  General  and  Principal  Officers  of  His  Majesties  Ordnance 
"  An  Acco*  of  the  State  of  defence  of  the  Forts  and  Fortifi- 
"  cations  within  this  Province. 

"  I  desire  &  Impower  you  to  Embark  on  Board  the  Sloop 
"  Endeavour  Capt  Thomas  Saunders  Master  ( whom  I  have 
"  directed  to  receive  your  Orders  in  his  whole  proceeding  )  & 
"  with  the  first  fair  Wind  to  Sail  for  S*  Georges  River  & 
*'  upon  your  Arrival  there  to  repair  to  His  Majesties  Fort  in 
"  that  place  under  the  Command  of  Cap*  John  Gyles  of  which 
"  ffortification  you  are  to  take  an  exact  plan  &  to  observe  the 
"  present  Condition  of  the  works  the  Situation  of  the  Fort 
"  and  Nature  of  the  Ground  whereon  it  stands  as  also  of  the 
"  Adjacent  Country  You  are  likewise  desired  to  take  a  par- 
"  ticular  Acco*  of  the  Great  Ordnance  Small  arms  and  Stores 
"  of  Warr  &  the  number  and  Condition  of  the  Garrison  Sol- 
"diers,  together  with  their  Order  &  regulation.  You  are 
"  also  to  Remark  the  river  and  harbour  there  with  its  Com- 
"  modiousness  or  Incommodiousness  for  Navigation. 

"  From  S*  Georges  River  you  are  directed  to  proceed  to 
"Pemaquid  &  view  that  Place  and   Harbour   Noting   the 


OF   THE    STATE    OP   MAINE  69 

"Number  &  Condition  of  the  Inhabitants  there  and  what 
"regulation  and  circumstances  they  are  under  as  also  what 
"may  be  necessary  for  this  Government  to  do  for  their 
"  Encouragement  and  defence  in  case  any  difficulty  or  dispute 
"should  arise  with  the  Indians.  And  if  you  discover  any 
"  Fort  or  Garrison  there  with  the  Kings  fflagg  flying  you  are 
"  to  Enquire  and  know  who  Commands  &  by  whose  Author- 
"  ity  such  Fort  or  Garrison  was  Erected  and  is  maintained 

"  From  Pemaquid  you  must  proceed  to  Richmond  Fort 
"  under  the  Command  of  Cap*  Joseph  Heath,  from  thence  to 
"  Fort  George  at  Brunswick  under  the  Command  of  Cap* 
"  Benj*  Larrabee,  from  thence  to  Fort  Mary  at  Winter  Har- 
"  bour  under  the  Command  of  Cap*  James  Woodside  &  so  to 
"the  Truck  house  on  Saco  River  under  the  Command  of 
"  Cap*  Thomas  Smith  at  every  of  which  Fortifications  you 
"are  to  take  Plans  and  draughts  thereof  &  to  note  your 
"  Observations  as  to  the  several  particulars  contained  in  the 
"first  Instructions  refering  to  the  Fort  at  S*  Georges  River. 

"  I  Do  hereby  Commit  to  your  care  a  quantity  of  Goods 
"  shiped  on  Board  the  s*^  Sloop  Endeavour  and  designed  as 
"presents  to  the  Eastern  Indians,  And  do  direct  you  to  par- 
"  eel  out  the  s*^  Goods  into  Lots  for  the  Several  Tribes  in 
"  some  proportion  to  the  number  of  their  people  and  if  you 
"  meet  any  of  the  Chiefs  of  the  S^  Tribes  at  the  Forts  above- 
"  said  or  can  call  them  in  without  too  great  a  loss  of  time 
"  you  must  deliver  the  s*^  Goods  as  a  present  from  this  His 
"  Majesties  Governm*  with  the  Assurance  of  my  good  will  & 
"  Friendship  to  them  Acquainting  them  that  I  am  firmly 
"resolved  on  my  part  to  maintain  Inviolably  the  peace 
"  Established  between  us  &  that  if  they  are  faithful  on  their 
"part  they  will  always  be  Continued  under  His  Majesties 
"  Protection,  You  are  likewise  to  Inform  them  that  I  shall 
"  be  glad  to  see  some  of  their  Chiefs  at  Boston  in  the  Spring 
"  if  they  are  so  disposed,  You  must  make  all  proper  dispatch 


70  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

"  at  the  Several  places  where  you  are  directed  to  go  &  upon 
"your  return  report  to  me  your  proceedings  as  to  all  the 
"Articles  beforementioned  Notwithstanding  the  particulars 
"  of  the  forementioned  Instructions  you  have  a  discretionary 
"  power  to  pursue  the  general  design  of  them  in  such  manner 
"  as  any  unforeseen  Accident  may  make  necessary  - 

Given  under  my  hand  at  Boston  the 
twenty  Ninth  day  of  October  1730 
In  the  fourth  Year  of  His  Majesties 
Reign 

J.  Belcher 

"  You  are  likewise  directed  and  Impowered  to  repair  to  Salem 
"  and  to  Marblehead  and  observe  the  Situation  and  Circum- 
"  stances  of  the  Forts  as  above  and  within  Specified  &  report 
"  to  me  afores*^ 

J.  Belcher 

In  Pursuance  of  which  the  day  following  being  the  30'*^ 
day  of  October  at  Ten  of  the  Clock  A.  M.  we  repared  on 
board  the  Sloop  Endeavour  then  lying  at  Anchor  off  Castle 
Island  near  Boston.  Soon  after  we  came  to  Sail  we  directed 
the  Master  to  make  the  best  of  his  way  to  Richmond  Fort 
near  Kennebeck  River  which  Conclusion  we  came  into  fear- 
ing least  that  river  might  be  ffroze  up  should  we  first  proceed 
to  the  Truck  house  near  Georges  River  where  we  arrived  on 
Tuesday  the  3^^  of  November  following  Cap'  Joseph  Heath 
the  Commanding  officer  there  came  on  Board  and  was 
directed  upon  going  on  shore  to  acquaint  some  Indians  who 
we  discovered  in  the  Woods  near  the  Fort  tliat  we  intended 
Speedily  to  come  on  shore  where  we  should  have  somewhat 
to  say  to  them. 

Immediately  after  our  landing  an  Indian  Man  commonly 
called  Cap*  John  of  the  Tribe  of  Narridgawock  with  about 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  71 

thirteen  Men  &  the  like  number  of  Women  and  Children 
came  up  to  the  Fort  where  we  received  them  &  gave  them 
to  understand  that  we  had  something  to  offer  on  behalf  of 
the  Governm*  of  the  Massachusetts  which  we  should  com- 
municate to  them  on  the  morrow  desirmg  those  then  present 
to  bring  with  them  as  many  Indians  as  they  could  having 
first  paid  the  usual  Compliments  at  meeting  with  them, 
when  they  took  leave  they  laid  down  a  Small  pack  of  River 
Skins  sayings  that  was  what  they  had  &  prayed  an  Accept- 
ance thereof  tho  but  of  Little  value  and  at  the  same  time 
Expressed  a  General  Satisfaction  to  see  us  there. 

The  next  day  according  to  appointment  they  with  Seven 
Men  more  and  Several  Women  and  Children  met  us  with 
whom  we  had  some  discourse  in  the  words  following  viz* 
Lieu*  Governour,  Interpreter  Acquaint  them  that  His  Excel- 
lency Governour  Belcher  having  Intrusted  And  Impowered 
the  Honble  William  Tailer  Esq"^  Lieu*  Governour  &  the 
other  five  Gentlemen  here  present  with  him  to  manage  some 
Publick  affairs  in  this  Eastern  Country  &>  Supposing  that  in 
their  Journeying  they  might  meet  with  some  of  the  Chief 
Indians  &  part  of  their  Tribes  from  his  good  disposition 
towards  the  Natives  here,  moved  the  Great  &  General  Court 
to  send  down  some  Blankets  &  other  things  as  a  present  to 
be  distributed  to  the  Several  Tribes  and  disposed  of  by  them 
as  they  should  agree  part  of  which  we  in  the  name  and  on 
the  behalf  of  the  Government  now  lay  before  you  to  be 
divided  to  and  among  you  all  now  present.  This  is  given 
you  in  Consideration  of  your  past  good  Demeanour  towards 
his  Majesties  good  Subjects. 

And  His  Excellency  Governour  Belcher  expresly  directed 
us  to  assure  you  &  all  the  other  Tribes  that  as  long  as  they 
continue  faithful  they  may  depend  upon  his  Majesties  Pro- 
tection &  that  they  will  never  want  the  Friendship  of  him 
&  the  whole  Governm*  who  purpose  forever  on  their  part  to 


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keep  and  maintain  Inviolable  the  Peace  lately  Established  & 
Ratified  at  Falmouth  in  Casco  Bay  August  1726 

We  further  Inform  you  that  His  Excellency  Govern' 
Belcher  will  be  glad  to  see  some  of  the  Chiefs  of  your  Tribes 
of  Indians  inhabiting  these  parts  at  Boston  next  Spring,  if 
they  see  cause  to  come  there  We  then  made  them  a  present 
of  part  of  the  Goods  Shiped  for  that  purpose  after  which 
they  expressed  their  thankfulness  for  what  they  had  reced  &> 
would  have  Entered  on  the  Article  of  Trade.  To  which  we 
replyed  that  we  had  no  Instruction  on  that  head,  We  enter- 
tained them  after  dinner  and  then  Dismissed  them. 

Tliis  afternoon  we  took  a  View  of  the  House  Built  for  the 
reception  of  the  Indians  which  stands  about  half  a  Mile  from 
Richmond  Fort  and  is  very  Conveniently  Situated  for  that 
End.  We  viewed  the  Fort  and  took  the  Several  lines  of  it 
and  made  a  Plan  thereof  which  is  hereunto  annexed  We 
found  some  of  the  Platforms  in  the  Fort  out  of  repair  the 
Fort  ffronts  South  stands  on  a  rising  Ground  about  three 
hundred  feet  fiom  the  river  &  twenty-five  Mile  from  the  Sea 
the  Land  on  which  the  Fort  stands  is  Clayey  there  are  about 
ilifty  Acres  round  the  Fort  cleared  &  is  generally  good  and 
the  adjacent  Land  seems  to  be  a  good  Soil 

An  Acco*  of  the  Great  Ordnance  Small  Arms  &  Stores  of 
Warr  is  as  follows  viz* 

2  Six  pounders  5  Three  pounders  2  D**  Split  2  Swivel 
Guns  20  Shot  for  the  Six  pounders  1  Barrel  Cannon  powder 

3  Worms  2  Spounges  5  Ramers  1  Quire  Cartridge  paper  6 
Small  Province  Arms  1  Barrel  of  Powder  for  Ditto  3^  Weight 
of  Musket  Ball  5  hundred  of  fflints  1  Old  Flagg  1  Old  Drum 
2  Pick  Axes  4  Country  Pots  2  Shovels  4  Wood  Axes 

The  Garrison  Consists  of  an  Officer  &  twenty  Centinells  an 
Interpreter  and  an  Armourer 

This  river  runs  near  North  &  South  &  is  Navigable  twenty 
mile  above  the  Fort. 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   :\L\JNE  73 

Thursday  Nov'^  5^^^  Tliis  morning  we  Embarked  on  Board 
the  Sloop  in  order  to  proceed  to  Fort  George  at  Brunswick 
where  we  arrived  about  five  of  the  Clock  in  the  Afternoon 
the  next  morning  we  took  the  lines  of  the  Fort  and  made  a 
Plan  thereof  which  is  hereto  annexed,  We  found  the  Build- 
ings in  the  s*^  Forts  out  of  repair  &  Suitable  Lodgings  for 
the  Soldiers  wanting  &  Several  of  the  Carriages  for  the  Great 
Guns  much  decayed.  This  Fort  ffronts  South  stands  near 
to  Pejepscot  Falls  at  the  Entrance  of  Amoscoggen  river 
about  twelve  miles  Distant  from  tlie  Chaps  of  jMerry  meeting 
Bay  the  Fort  is  Built  on  a  Solid  rock  the  Land  round  the 
Fort  clear  plain  Land  &  a  light  Sandy  Soil 

An  Acco*  of  the  Ordnance  Small  Arms  &  Stores  of  Warr 
is  as  follows  viz' 

6  Cannon,  One  Eight  pounder.  One  Six  pounder.  Two  four 
pounders,  Two  three  pounders,  four  Swivell,  One  Barrel 
Gunpowder,  6G  Granada  Shells,  61  Iron  Shot  for  the  Can- 
non, 6  worms,  4  Ladle  6  Spunges  30  Province  Arms  part  of 
half  a  Barrel  of  Powder  for  Small  amis,  240  Musket  Bullets, 
500  Flints,  2  Fusile  Match,  6  Carriages  3  of  them  out  of 
repair,  6  Pick  Axes,  5  Old  Claw  handspikes.  One  large  Cop- 
per, 5  Iron  pots.  One  g  hand  Irons,  1  Cross  Cut  Saw  worn 
out,  One  g  of  Scales  &  Weights,  A  New  Flagg  &  Drum,  4 

Shod  Shovells, 

Signed  Benj*  Larrabee 

This  Garrison  consists  of  an  Officer  &  fourteen  Centinels  two 
of  which  appeared  to  us  unfit  to  be  retained  in  the  Service 
this  river  is  not  Navigable 

Friday  the  6*^  We  left  Fort  George  in  order  to  return  to  our 
Sloop  which  lay  at  the  Chaps  of  the  Bay,  We  came  to  Sail  at 
twelve  of  the  Clock  on  this  day  &  proceeded  on  our  Voyage 
to  the  Truck  house  on  S*  Georges  river  and  at  Eight  in  the 
Evening  came  to  Anchor  in  the  River  four  Miles  below  the 
Truck  house. 


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Saturday  the  7'^  This  morning  about  7  of  the  Clock  We 
anchored  before  the  Truckhouse  Cap*  Gyles  who  commanded 
there  came  on  board  and  paid  his  respects  to  us.  Soon  after 
we  went  ashore  &  were  reced  by  Captain  Gyles,  the  Soldiers 
being  all  under  Arms  The  Truckhouse  stands  on  rising 
Ground  at  the  upper  End  of  the  Bay  on  the  north  Side  of  a 
Small  river  which  runs  Northwest  the  Land  on  which  the 
Fort  stands  &  round  it  is  a  strong  Clayey  Land  about  Sixty 
Acres  back  is  cleared ;  The  Truckhouse  is  twelve  Mile  dis- 
tant from  the  Entrance  of  the  River  S*  Georges  we  went 
about  four  Mile  from  the  Truckhouse  up  to  that  Branch  of 
the  River  which  runs  Northwest  &  found  it  swift  river  the 
Land  on  each  side  Beach  and  Maple  Land  very  full  of  Wood 
on  this  Branch  of  the  River  on  the  North  side  thereof  is  a 
great  plenty  of  very  good  Limestones,  by  the  Ebbing  of  the 
Tide  in  this  Harbour  there  is  a  considerable  fflatt  about  a 
Mile  to  the  Eastward  to  the  Truckhouse  We  took  the  Lines 
of  the  Truckhouse  and  made  the  Plan  thereof  as  is  hereunto 
annexed. 

An  Acco*  of  the  Cannon  Arms  &  Stores  is  as  follows 
Viz*  1  Iron  Pot  3  Province  Arms  300  weight  of  Musket  Ball 
300  of  fflints4  Shovells  3  Wood  Axes  1  Old  Flagg  1  Quire 
of  Cartridge  Paper  1  Barrel  of  Common  powder  Belonging 
unto  the  Lincolnshire  Company.  4  three  pounders  with  old 
Carriages  1  Swivell  Gun  2  g  of  Pothooks  48  Iron  Shot  37 
Granada  Shells  3  Iron  Pots  One  Small  Arm 

We  found  here  an  Officer,  twenty  Centinels  and  an 
Armourer,  the  Soldiers  under  good  regulation  their  Arms  in 
good  order.  The  Truck  house  has  Suitable  accommodation 
for  carrying  on  the  Trade  and  entertaining  the  Officers  & 
Soldiers  butt  Sundry  small  repairs  are  wanting.  At  this  place 
we  met  with  four  of  the  Indian  Chiefs  of  the  Penobscot 
Tribe  ( Viz* )  Espigueis  Cap*  Loron  Fransoi  Saveur  &  CiBsar 
Moxus  with  a  Considerable  number  of  Men,  Women   and 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   IVIAESTE  75 

Cliildren  of  that  Tribe  to  whom  we  Spake  as  we  had  done 
before  to  the  Indians  at  Richmond  &  made  them  a  present  in 
the  Name  of  the  Govemm*  with  which  they  were  very  well 
pleased  Cap'  Loron  in  behalf  of  the  rest  returning  their 
thanks  laid  down  a  Small  Pack  of  Beaver  Skins,  here  Cap' 
Gyles  put  into  our  hands  two  letters  which  he  reced  from 
Colt"  Dunbar  respecting  his  Setling  the  Eastern  parts  of  this 
province  &  the  affairs  of  the  Indian  Trade  which  we  now 
herewith  dehver  We  left  M""  Thomas  Pierpoint  Chaplain  who 
went  down  with  us  at  this  Truckhouse. 

Wednesda}'-  the  11'^  We  Embarked  this  morning  in  order 
to  proceed  to  Pemaquid,  going  down  this  river  we  Observed 
the  Channel  for  about  four  Miles  from  the  Truckhouse  to  be 
narrow  but  Streight  with  a  Considerable  fflatt  on  each  side 
the  river  at  Low  Water  the  Land  on  each  side  is  Level  land 
bearing  Chiefly  Spruce  with  Birch  &  some  pine,  We  came  to 
Anchor  this  Evening  m  pleasant  point  Harbour,  which  is  a 
very  Commodious  harbour  for  small  Vessells  the  next  morn- 
ing we  weyhed  Anchor  at  three  of  the  Clock  and  proceeded 
to  Pemaquid  where  we  Arrived  at  Seven.  At  our  coming 
into  the  Harbour  we  found  the  Kings  filagg  flying,  and  a 
Number  of  Men  Mustered  and  appeared  upon  the  Spot  of 
Ground  where  a  Fort  was  Erected  at  the  charge  of  this  Prov- 
ince during  the  Administration  of  S""  William  Phipps  Knt. 
then  Gov''  here.  We  Immediately  came  to  Anchor  Opposite 
thereto  soon  after  we  reced  the  following  Letter  by  one  James 
Burns  &  another  Man. 

"Fredericks  Fort  Nov'  the  12'*'  1730 

"S' 

"Presuming  you  have  heard  of  what  passed  between 
"your  Governour  and  me  at  Boston  relating  to  this  place 
"you  will  not  be  Surprized  that  I  desired  to  know  upon  what 
"  Acco'  you  are  come  hither,  what  passes  upon  this  Occa- 
"  sion  must  be  in  writing  to  prevent  mistakes  and  Misrepre- 


76  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

"  sentations  In  the  mean  time  I  desire  that  no  Man  with  you 
"  Approaches  this  Fort  as  you  may  be  Answerable  for  the 
"  Consequences ;  If  Governour  Belcher  has  not  Acquainted 
"  you  with  what  passed  between  us,  I  will  do  it  which  I  am 
"  persuaded  you  will  think  a  Justification  to  me  for  the  Cau- 
"  tion  I  now  take. 

I  am  S"^  Your  most  Humble  Serv* 
•'  Some  of  the  Indians  David  Dunbar 

"  who  you  saw  at  Richmond  have  given  me  an  account  of 
"  your  behaviour  and  Declarations  there  relating  to  me  which 
"  did  not  Surprise  me  being  of  a  piece,  of  what  I  had  heard 
"  before  ~  Coll"  Tailer. 

In  a  very  short  Space  of  time  we  Expressed  the  following 
Answer  by  Cap*  Joseph  Heath  ~ 

"Novemb'  12*^^  1730 
"S^ 

"  Having  reced  this  morning  your  Letter  dated  from 
"  Fredericks  Fort,  these  acquaint  you  that  his  Excellency 
"  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Cap*  General  &  Governour  in  Chief 
"of  His  Ma"^^  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  having 
*'  directed  &  Impowered  me  with  other  Gentlemen  to  view 
"  this  place  and  Harbour  &  note  the  Circumstances  &  regula- 
"  tion  of  the  Inhabitants  &  upon  discovery  of  any  Fort  or 
"  Garrison  here  with  the  Kings  fflagg  flying  to  Enquire  who 
"  Commands  &  by  whose  Authority  such  Fort  or  Garrison 
"  was  Erected  and  is  Maintained. 

"  Pursuant  therefore  to  such  directions  these  are  therefore 
"  to  desire  that  you  would  Acquaint  us  thereof  that  we  may 
"  return  to  his  Excellency  Governour  Belcher  such  Ans"^  as 
"you  shall  see  Meet  to  Send 

"  I  am  S'  Your  Humble  Serv* 
"  W"  Tailer 
When  Cap*  Heath  came  on  board  he  Informed  us  that  Coll° 
Dunbar  after  reading  our  Letter  said  to  him,  if  Coll"  Tailer 


OF   THE   STATE    OP    MAINE  77 

and  the  rest  of  the  Gentlemen  had  known  what  passed 
between  Governour  Belcher  and  him  at  Boston  they  would 
not  have  come  on  this  Occasion  for  that  he  had  Answered 
our  Letter  already,  that  Coll°  Dunbar  further  said  that  he 
had  been  reflected  on  and  Endeavours  had  been  used  to  set 
the  Indians  against  him  at  Richmond  upon  which  Cap*  Heath 
Asked  whether  this  had  been  done  publickly  or  privately. 
ColP  Dunbar  answered  publickly  by  God,  Cap*  Heath  replyed 
that  he  knew  this  was  false  for  tliat  he  had  been  at  evciy 
publick  Interview  with  the  Indians  at  Richmond  and  never 
heard  any  such  thing,  that  he  was  so  far  from  being  reflected 
on  that  his  name  was  not  so  much  as  mentioned,  Coll°  Dun- 
bar then  s'^  if  things  must  be  so  he  would  know  it,  but  how- 
ever he  would  send  an  Answer  in  full  in  an  hours  time. 

We  received  a  Second  Letter  by  James  Burns  which  is  as 
follows  viz* 

''Fredericks  Fort  Novemb'  the  12'^  1730 
"S' 

"  I  perceive  by  yours  that  your  Governour  has  not  Com- 
"  municated  to  you  what  passed  between  him  and  me  upon 
"  the  Subject  of  your  Letter  to  me  this  morning,  but  I  find  it 
"  is  his  Custom  as  he  lately  did  the  like  to  the  House  of 
"Representatives  at  Roxberry  upon  my  Application  to  him 
"  for  an  Act  to  have  the  Saw  JNIills  Registered  &c,  the  first 
"  time  I  waited  on  Governour  Belcher  after  his  Arrival  at 
"  Boston  I  only  Complimented  him  upon  his  Arrival,  some 
"  few  days  after  I  spoke  to  him  relating  to  these  New  Settle- 
"raents  and  offered  to  shew  him  the  Kings  Powers  and 
"Instructions  to  me  which  he  declined  to  see,  &  when  near 
"  2  Months  after  I  did  the  like  in  the  presence  of  His  Majcs- 
"  ties  Advocate  General  he  refused  to  see  them  saying  that 
"  the  Kings  Instructions  were  not  Laws  &  signified  nothing 
"  for  that  His  Majesty  ought  to  have  had  an  Act  of  Parlia- 
"ment  to  Impower  him  to  give  such  Instructions  he  further 


78  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

"  sd.  that  the  King  had  not  an  Acre  of  Land  to  the  West- 
"ward  of  S*  Croix  but  all  belonged  to  the  Massachusetts 
"  Government  and  that  some  of  the  Members  of  the  General 
"  Court  were  so  Sanguine  as  to  propose  to  Send  ffive  hun- 
"  dred  men  to  Pemaquid  ( for  he  knew  it  by  no  other  name  ) 
*•  to  take  the  Fort  bring  all  the  People  away  Prisoners  & 
"  raze  it  Level  with  the  Ground,  My  answer  to  all  this  was 
"  that  the  Kings  Instructions  would  Justifie  me  and  I  would 
"  Obey  them  &  would  be  glad  to  see  the  Man  that  dace 
"  oppose  me  &  that  such  a  declaration  as  the  Governour 
"  made  about  Instructions  was  very  Extraordinary  from  a 
"  Kings  Governour  and  that  as  to  the  Sanguine  Members 
"  who  proposed  sending  down  500  Men  if  they  would  come 
"  hither  with  3  times  the  Number,  not  one  of  them  should 
"  dare  touch  the  least  Stone  in  the  Wall  whilst  I  was  in  the 
"  Fort  as  for  his  knowing  it  by  no  other  name  than  Pema- 
"  quid  it  was  no  matter.  I  called  it  Fredericksburgh  and 
"His  Majesty  by  the  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and 
"  Plantations  has  been  pleased  to  command  me  to  give  all  the 
"  s*^  Settlements  English  Names  with  English  Terminations 
"  &  therefore  to  change  Fredericksburgh  to  Fredericks  Town 
"  or  Fort,  &  I  have  made  choice  of  the  latter,  I  am  now  in  it 
"  &  will  defend  it  against  any  attack  until  I  receive  His 
"  Maties  Orders  to  give  it  up,  or  some  of  his  Troops  arrive 
"  from  Annapolis  in  Nova  Scotia  to  take  possession  of  it,  I 
"  hourly  expect  them  and  in  the  mean  time  shall  Treat  any 
"  as  Enemies  to  the  King  who  shall  offer  to  Attack  it  and 
"  hope  none  shall  be  so  Audacious  or  Impudent ;  As  to  the 
"Massachusetts  Pretence  to  this  Place  some  of  the  Gentle- 
"men  with  you  who  now  come  to  claim  it  should  view  it 
"  with  shame  &  Confusion  who  have  been  the  Occasion  of 
"  its  having  lain  so  long  in  rubbish  when  the  Rebuilding  it 
"  has  been  so  often  recommended  from  the  Crown  and  one 
"  of  the  s*^  Sanguine  Men  among  you  who  proposed  Levell- 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   JVtAESfE  79 

"  ing  this  Fort  is  thought  to  be  the  Chief  Impediment  to  the 
"  Rebuilding  it  many  years  ago  his  being  with  you  prevents 
"  my  Entertaining  all  the  rest  of  the  Gent"  as  I  willingly 
"  would  I  avoid  Conversing  where  he  is  that  there  might  be 
"  no  quarrel  or  dispute  with  or  between  us,  I  expected  that 
"  if  your  Government  had  any  pretensions  to  the  Eastward 
"  of  Kennebeck  River  some  Notice  would  have  been  taken  of 
"  my  Advertisements  in  the  Boston  Gazette  of  the  19"^  of 
"October  last  that  was  in  pursuance  of  Ilis  Majesties 
"  Instructions  to  me  which  shall  ever  be  sacred,  tho  they  be 
"  lightly  Esteemed  elsewhere,  All  that  I  have  here  related  is 
"represented  at  Court  upon  which  I  shall  soon  receive 
"farther  orders  in  the  mean  time  this  is  my  fixt  Answer  and 
"Resolution  but  that  the  ffiagg  you  behold  flying  in  this 
"  Fort  is  His  Majesty  King  Georges  &  as  for  your  other 
"  Questions  in  your  Instructions  from  Governour  Belcher 
"  they  ought  only  to  be  asked  by  the  Governour  of  Nova 
"  Scotia.  I  hinted  to  you  in  mine  this  morning  the  Endeav- 
"  ours  at  your  Truckhouscs  to  Set  the  Indians  against  us, 
"  this  will  be  scarce  Credible  at  home  but  is  Certainly  so, 
"which  I  shall  represent  to  Governour  Belcher  when  I  go  to 
"  Boston  which  I  propose  in  a  Month  or  Six  Weeks,  I  wish 
"you  safe  thither  &,  am  S' 

"Your  Most  humble  Serv* 

"  David  Dunbar 
"  I  would  not  detain  you  so  long  as  to  keep  a  Copy  of  this 
"  Letter  which  you  will  let  me  take  another  time  if  neces- 
"sary;  soon  after  receiving  this  Letter  some  of  us  went 
"  ashore  and  took  a  Cursory  %'iew  of  the  Neck  of  Land 
"  where  the  s*^  Fort  stood  nigh  to  which  we  found  between 
"thirty  and  fforty  fframes  for  houses  and  two  or  three 
"houses  covered,  where  was  also  a  New  Wharffe. 
Friday  the  13  came  to  Sail  early  this  morning  for  Winter 
Harbour   where    we    Arrived   at   11    A.  M.  and    Anchored 


80  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

before  Fort  Mary  under  the  Command  of  Cap*  James  Wood- 
side  We  went  a  Shore  and  took  the  Lines  of  the  Fort  and 
made  a  Plan  thereof  which  is  hereunto  annexed.  This  Fort 
stands  on  a  high  point  of  a  Neck  of  Land  &  ffronts  North 
West  it  Commands  the  Harbour  at  the  upper  End  whereof 
is  a  large  piece  of  fflatts  a  very  Convenient  Harbour  to 
secure  the  Fishery  the  Course  entering  into  the  Harbour  is 
Westerly  - 

An  Acco*  of  the  Great  Ordnance  Small  Arms  and  Stores  as 
follows  viz* 

Guns  in  the  Great  Room  1  Do  in  the  Western  Flancker 
Very  poorly  Mounted  18  Small  Arms  12  in  repair  and  6  out 
of  repair  1  Bagg  of  Small  Bullets  1  half  Barrel  half  full  of 
powder  53  Great  Shot,  the  Rhim  of  a  Drum  1  Flagg  &  Hal- 
liards in  the  Northern  Flanker  1  Great  Worm  &  Ladle  1 
Trying  Gunn  3  Small  Boyling  Pots  1  large  Pitch  D°  2  Iron 
Wedges  1  Small  Ax,  2  Shovells ;  Signed  James  Woodside 
The  Lodgings  in  the  Fort  want  some  repairs.  This  Garri- 
son consists  of  an  Officer  &  twelve  Centinells  we  found  the 
Men  at  their  post  several  of  whom  we  Judge  to  be  not  effec- 
tive men  their  arms  were  in  good  order.  Monday  the  16*^ 
A  Storm  of  Snow  prevented  our  proceeding  to  the  Truck- 
house  up  Sacco  River. 

Tuesday  the  17*''  We  hired  Horses  at  Winter  Harbour 
&  went  to  that  Truckhouse  which  is  about  Eighteen  Miles 
distant  from  Fort  Mary  as  the  Road  goes  we  passed  over 
fifteen  Bridges  in  our  way  to  the  Truckhouse  one  of  which 
(  viz* )  that  over  Swanpond  Creek  is  Generally  good  the  rest 
of  the  way  from  thence  to  the  Truckhouse  is  very  Rough 
Hilly  and  difficult  to  pass,  We  arrived  at  the  Truckhouse 
under  the  Command  of  Cap*  Thomas  Smith  at  half  an  hour 
after  two,  the  Truckhouse  stands  on  a  Bank  near  to  the 
river,  We  took  the  lines  of  the  Truckhouse  &  made  a  Plan 
thereof  which  is  hereunto  Annexed. 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  81 

An  Acco'  of  the  Arms  &  Stores  is  as  follows  viz* 
13  Muskets  20^  Powder  2--0-0  Bullets  200  Flints  2  Frying 
pans  3  Iron  pots  2  Shod  Shovells  2  Narrow  Axes  2  Ham- 
mers 1  Handsaw  1  p  Beatle  rings  2  Gimblets  1  Pick  ax  1 
Spade  1  p  Halliards  1  Flagg  &  Halliards  1  Rope  for  a  Par- 
buckle 1  Old  Cannoe  Signed  Truckhouse  on  Sacco  River 
November  18*^  1730  p  Thom«  Smith 

Wednesday  18*^^  In  the  morning  we  viewed  the  Apartments 
in  the  Truckhouse  which  we  found  very  Convenient  for  the 
Officers  and  Soldiers  the  Men  being  mustered  we  found  the 
Compliment  Consisting  of  an  Officer  Ten  Centinells  and  an 
Interpreter  all  well  Equipped  and  their  Arms  in  good  Order. 
We  returned  this  evening  to  Winter  Harbour  and  went 
aboard. 

Thursday  the  19*^''  We  came  to  Sail  at  Ten  of  the  Clock  in 
the  morning  and  understanding  that  his  Excellency  Gov- 
ernour  Belcher  was  at  His  other  Governm*  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, we  thought  it  advisable  to  put  m  there  &  Acquaint 
him  with  our  proceedings  thus  far,  We  arrived  at  the 
Great  Island  about  four  of  the  Clock  this  Afternoon  &  the 
next  day  waited  on  His  Excellency  at  Portsmouth. 
Saturday  21**  We  returned  to  the  Great  Island  and  stayed 
for  a  fair  wind  to  proceed  to  Salem. 

Monday  the  23'^  being  bad  Weather  we  remained  in  the 
Harbour. 

Tuesday  24*''  We  came  to  Sail  early  in  the  morning  the 
Wind  proving  Scanty  we  put  into  Cape  Ann  at  about  Two 
of  the  Clock  P.  M.  remained  in  the  Harbour  this  night 
Wednesday  the  25*''  We  came  to  Sail  about  Seven  of  the 
Clock  in  the  morning  and  Arrived  at  Salem  about  two  of  the 
Clock  in  the  Afternoon 

Thursday  the  26*'',  We  took  the  lines  of  Fort  Anne  under 
the  Command  of  Cap*  John  Clark  and  made  a  Plan  thereof 
which  is  hereunto  Annexed. 


82  DOCUMENTABY   HISTORY 

This  Fort  stands  on  Winter  Island  which  stands  on  the 
North  side  of  the  entering  in  of  that  Harbour  we  found  this 
ffort  very  much  out  of  repair  We  also  took  the  dimensions 
of  Two  Block  Houses  which  are  at  the  Entrance  of  a  Neck 
of  Land  leading  down  to  the  Fort  above  half  a  Mile  distant 
from  it,  We  also  took  an  Acco*  of  the  Cannon  &  other 
Stores  belonging  to  the  s*^  ffort  &  Blockhouses  which  is  as 
foUoweth  viz* 

Twelve  Sakers  Three  D°  very  much  honey  Combed  One 
Eighteen  pounder  four  twelve  D°  Two  nine  D°  Three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  round  Shot  fifteen  Spike  D°  Nme  Dob  headed 
D°  Not  one  sufficient  carriage  A  Gin  but  no  rope  Two  Prim- 
ing Wyers  One  powder  Home  Not  one  Ladle  Two  formers 
Nineteen  Spunge  &  Ramer  Staffs.  Seventeen  handspikes 
with  Iron  plate  Claws  An  old  Flagg  In  both  Block 
Houses  "  five  four  pounders  Six  Wooden  Handspikes  Two 
Ramer  Staffs 

The  above  is  a  true  Copy  Att*^ 

John  Clark  Cap* 

In  the  afternoon  we  repaired  to  Marblehead  and  viewed 
the  remains  of  a  Battery  there  wliich  stands  on  the  North 
side  of  the  Entering  in  of  that  Harbour,  We  found  here 
Nine  Cannon  Small  and  great  without  any  Carriages  " 

An  Acco*  of  the  Stores  is  as  follows  viz* 
Town  Stock  of  Iron  Shot  8Q£ 

Friday  the  27*^  We  came  to  Sail  at  ten  of  the  Clock  in 
the  morning  and  stood  for  Boston  where  we  arrived  at  two 
in  the  Afternoon. 

In  pursuance  to  Additional  Instructions  On  Friday 
Decemb"  11*^  We  repaired  to  Castle  William  under  the 
command  of  the  Honourable  William  Tailer  Esq''  &  took  a 
view  thereof  &  caused  a  plan  to  be  made  which  is  hereto 
annexed,  The  Castle  is  built  on  an  Island  Consisting  of 
about  Eighteen  Acres  of  Land  &  lyes  three  Miles  South  East 


OF   THE    STATE   OF    HIAINE  83 

from  the  Town  of  Boston  This  Garrison  Consists  of  a  Cap* 
Lieu*  a  Gunner  Chaplain  four  quarter  Gunners  One  Serjeant 
three  Corporals  &  twenty  six  Centinells. 

An  acco*  of  the  Great  Ordnance  Small  Arms  &  Stores  of 
Warr  is  as  foUoweth  viz* 

Small  Iron  Mortars  2.  Bombshells  100.  Cannon  of  7  on 
Battery  Carriages  4.  Demy  Cannon  on  Carriages  101. 
Whole  Culvering  on  Carriages  8.  Demy  Culvering  on 
Batteiy  &  Ship  Carriage  13.  Saker  on  Ship  Carriages  35. 
Minion  4.  Firelocks  Musquets  &  Fuzees  in  Store  270. 
Catouch  Boxes  &  Belts  200.  Catouch  Boxes  10.  Bayon- 
etts  200.  Powder  in  half  Barrels  66.  Parchment  Cart- 
ridges made  210.  Cartridge  Paper  Ream  1.  Round  Shot 
for  the  Ordance  2600.  Speak  &  Cross  Barr  100.  Leaden 
Ball  of  Several  sorts  weight  800.  Rough  Barrels  40. 
Wooden  Cartridge  Cases  70.  Spungers  &  Hamers  100. 
Ladles  with  Hamer  heads  40.  Wadhooks  40.  Ladles  & 
Warnes  18.     Match  35. 

Linstocks  70.  Handspikes  150.  Iron  Crows  50.  Granado 
Shells  50.  Wooden  Cases  fild  wdth  Iron  400.  Powder 
Horns  with  Wires  40.  Canipers  pair  1.  Tandhides  2.  Cart- 
ridge Moulds  9.  Gins  &  Blocks  2.  Flaggs  2.  Pendant  1. 
Halberts  2.  Drums  3.  Muscovy  Lights  2.  Ordinary  Lan- 
thorns  6.  Pitch  Pot  and  Ladle  1.  Scrapers  3.  Pinchers  1. 
Sizers  1.  Aules  1.  Bitts  1.  Tin  ffauell  1.  Tin  quart  pot 
1.  Halliards  pair  1.  Mallets  2.  Handvice  1.  Speaking 
Trumpet  1. 

Acco*  of  Stores  belonging  to  the  Kitchen. 
2  Iron  pots  one  4  1-2  Gallons  the  other  2  1-2  Do. 
1  Holland  Copper  pot,  1  Grid  Iron,  1  Copper  Kettle  Double, 
1  Iron  Rack,  1  Dripping  Iron  pan,  1  Iron  fender,  2  Iron 
Spits,  1  Iron  ffire  shovel,  1  Wind  up  Jack  w*^  Lead  w*  1 
pr  Tongs,  1  Brass  Scimmer  2  old  Iron  Dogs,  1  iron  fork  for 


84  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

a  pot,  1  Tin  Cullender,  2  Iron  Trivet,  1  Wooden  Mortar  &; 
Pestle,  2  Iron  Trammels  1  Iron  Cleever. 

We  found  the  Platforms  in  the  Lower  Battery  something 
out  of  repair,  the  Platforms  in  the  upper  works  entirely  out 
of  repair  the  Blockhouse  faceing  to  Dorchester  Neck  which 
Commands  the  West  Channel  wants  new  Coverings  all  the 
Copeings  throughout  the  Garrison  which  were  at  first  Cov- 
ered with  Shingles  for  the  better  drying  of  the  works  are 
now  the  greater  part  of  them  blown  off  &  the  rest  much 
shattered  by  the  Wind  we  are  of  opinion  they  be  all  taken 
off  ( and  when  the  season  of  the  year  will  admit )  that  the 
Copeings  be  new  Covered  with  a  Coat  of  Putty,  also  that 
the  Stone  &  Brick  Wall  in  diverse  parts  be  new  pointed  that 
the  Sea  Wall  for  Securing  the  heads  of  Land  be  repaired  in 
several  places. 

The  next  day  we  went  to  the  Batteries  in  Charlestown  & 
found  the  works  there  Entirely  laid  Waste,  but  are  of  Opin- 
ion that  the  s.  Battery  be  Rebuilt  in  the  Same  or  in  some 
more  Convenient  place. 

An  acct.  of  Stores  is  as  follows  —  vizt. 
6  Cannon  three  of  them  18  pounders  the  other  3  eight  do. 
65  shot  of  18  pounds  &  do.     10  Chain  Shot. 
4  Spunges  2  Worms  2  Ladles  4  Ramers  10  handspikes  6 
Linch  Stocks  an  Old  Shattered  Flagg  all  belonging  to  the 
town.     We  then  went  to  the  North  Battery  in  the  Town  of 
Boston  which  we  found  in  a  great  Measure  out  of  repair  we 
took  the  Lines  thereof  and  made  a  Plan  of  the  same  which 
is  hereto  annexed.     We  then  went  to  view  the  Sconce  or 
Battery  at  the  South  End  of  s.  Town  and  found  the  same 
entirely  laid  waste. 

An  Acct  of  Stores  belonging  to  each  Battery  is  as 
follows  Vizt. 

Cannon  Mounted  on  Carriages  at  the  North  Battery  1  Cul- 
vering  2  1-2  Inches  Diameter  at  the  Bore. 
3  Do.  5  do. 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAESTE  85 

1  Saker  3  3-4  do.  4  large  Saker  lying  on  the  Wharffe 
unmounted  A  Sufficient  number  of  Shot  for  all  the  Common 
lying  at  the  South  Battery.  Cannon  lying  unmounted  at 
the  ruins  of  Sconce  or  South  Battery.  1  lowest  Demicannon 
t)  inches  diameter  at  the  Bore.  2  Culver  in  largest  Size 
5  1-4  inches.  4  do.  lesser  size  5  1-2  do.  2  do.  5  1-4  do. 
5  do.  5  Demi  Culvering  4  3-4  do.  4  do.  4  1-2  do;  3  do. 
lesser  size  4  1-4  do.  1  ordinary  Saker  3  1-4  do.  Shot  for 
more  than  twenty  rounds  for  each  Cannon  all  other  stores 
Unserviceable. 

The  Committee  are  humbly  of  opinion  that  if  both  the 
Batteries  before  mentioned  be  put  into  a  suitable  posture  of 
defence  it  would  tend  to  the  Service  and  Security  of  this 
province  as  well  as  the  Battery  at  Charlestown  Salem  and 
Marblehead.  The  Line  of  Defence  upon  the  Neck  of  Boston 
in  good  Order  but  without  Cannon. 

Dated  at  Boston  the  W.  Tailer  Spencer 

21st  of  December  1730.  Elisha  Cooke     John  Quinn 

Sam  Thaxter     Edw.  Shove 
Copy  Examined  J  Willard  Secry. 

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Gov'^  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

May  it  please  your  Grace, 

By  this  Conveyance  you  will  have  a  duplicate 
of  what  I  had  the  honour  to  Write  Your  Grace  the  11"' 
Currant,  and  I  now  have  desired  my  worthy  Friend  &  Agent 
M""  John  Caswell  the  bearer  to  deliver  this  into  Your  Grace's 
hands,  to  whom  I  have  sent  all  the  papers  referr'd  to  in  my 
last  to  be  delivered  to  Your  Grace,  when  youU   please    to 


86  DOCTJMENTAHY   HISTORY 

Order  Him  to  Attend  You  with  them  Among  which  Your 
Grace  will  find  a  Notorious  Assault,  and  Riott  Committed 
by  some  people  belonging  to  Frederick's  Fort  on  some  of  his 
Majesty's  good  Subjects  of  this  Province.  As  also  an 
Account  of  what  I  directed  His  Majesty's  Lieut"  Governour 
of  this  Province  to  do  at  Pemaquid  upon  a  Visitation  I 
order'd  Him  to  make  of  all  the  Fortifications  of  this  Province 
in  Obedience  to  His  Majesty's  Royal  Instruction  to  me  for 
that  End,  these  things  may  it  please  Your  Grace  are  the 
whole  of  what  I  have  Ever  done  respecting  Frederick's  fort, 
or  the  Fort  formerly  Call'd  Pemaquid  ~  I  beg  leave  Also  to 
Observe  to  Your  Grace  that  You'll  find  among  these  Papers 
the  Copy  of  a  Memorial  1  made  to  the  King,  and  Delivered 
into  Your  Grace's  hands,  when  I  had  the  honour  to  take 
leave  of  Your  Grace  at  New  Castle  House  15:  May  last  to 
which  I  should  have  been  glad  of  an  Answer  But  never 
reciev'd  One  Word  'till  His  Majesty's  Order  of  12  :  Nov''  last 
Came  to  my  hand.  In  that  Memorial  Your  Grace  Will  find 
Cited  a  Clause  of  the  Royal  Charter  of  this  Province  and 
Agreeable  thereto  making  the  Lands  at  Pemaquid  a  part  of 
this  Province,  they  are  Contain'd  in  his  Majesty's  Commis- 
sion to  me  for  this  Government  and  there  is  a  Clause  also  in 
these  Words,  "  And  for  your  better  guidance  and  direction 
"  we  do  hereby  require  and  Command  You,  to  do  &  Execute 
"  all  things  in  due  manner  that  shall  belong  Unto  the  Trust 
"  We  have  repos'd  in  You  According  to  the  Several  Powers 
"  and  Authorities  mentioned  in  the  said  Charter,  and  in  these 
"  presents.  And  Such  further  powers,"  ....  Instructions 
"  and  Authorities,  as  you  shall  recieve  or  Which  shall  at  any 
"time  hereafter  be  granted  or  Appointed  You  under  our 
"  Sign  Manual,  and  Signet,  or  by  our  order  in  our  privy 
"  Council  In  pursuance  of  the  said  Charter,  and  According 
"  to  such  reasonable  Laws  and  Statutes  as  are  now  in  force, 
"  or  which  hereafter  Shall  be  made,  and  agreed  upon  hi  such 


OF   THE    STATE    OF    MAINE  87 

"  manner  &  form  as  by  the  said  Charter  Is  directed "  By 
what  I  have  Cited  may  it  please  Your  Grace,  Out  of  the 
Royal  Charter  and  his  Majestys  Commission  to  Me  I  Con- 
cieve  it  appears  that  these  lands  are  Included  in  both,  and 
that  his  Majesty  is  pleased  to  make  the  Charter  by  his  Com- 
mission a  great  Rule  of  my  Government.  How  dare  I  then 
disobey  His  Majesty  or  betray  the  Trust  he  has  reposed  in 
me,  by  refusing  a  legal  Protection  to  his  good  Subjects  when 
they  Apply  to  me  for  it.  These  Riotters  may  it  please  Your 
Grace,  have  been  since  legally  Convicted  in  His  Majestys 
Courts  &  must  doubtless  undergo  the  penalties  of  the  Law 
for  the  Breach  of  his  Majestys  Peace,  and  so  Notorious  an 
Assault  and  Riott  Committed  upon  the  property  and  Liberties 
of  His  Majesty's  good  Subjects.  I  am  here.  My  Lord  Duke, 
His  Majesty's  Governour  to  see  a  good  Execution  of  all  His 
Wholesome  Laws  for  the  Safety  of  His  Subjects  under  my 
Care  in  their  Lives  and  Estates,  and  to  this  End  I  Will 
Endeavor  Carefully  to  Use  the  Pov»er  the  King  has  delegated 
to  me  in  his  Royal  Commission  :  Col"  Dunbar  ( I  presume  ) 
must  found  his  Representation  Either  upon  the  Matter  of 
the  Riott,  or  the  Visitation  I  ordered  to  be  made  of  the  forti- 
fications of  this  Province,  and  with  great  deference  to  Your 
Grace  I  think  then  Nothing  can  Appear  more  false  than  his 
saying,  I  was  preparing  a  Military  Expedition  Against  Fred- 
erick's Fort  formerly  Call'd  the  fort  of  Pemaquid  Nor  have  I 
ever  done  Any  thing  of  that  kind  or  Nature  Nor  did  anything 
like  it  Ever  Enter  into  my  Thoughts.  It  is  also  false  in  Him 
to  say,  No  private  Persons  have  hitherto  set  up  any  Claim  to 
those  lands.  Because  there  have  been  a  great  many  Claims 
made,  and  are  made  daily,  and  the  people  that  Claim  think 
they  have  a  just  right  ( tho  not  by  any  grant  of  this  Province  ) 
And  one  of  the  Men  whom  Coll"  Dunbar's  people  riotted  and 
Assaulted  has  a  Claim  there  descended  down  to  Him  for  105 
Years  past  as  may  be  seen  in  his  Complaint  Against  those 


88  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

Notorious  Riotters.  May  it  please  Your  Grace,  Every  Man's 
Property  is  his  life,  and  I  Cant  Answer  for  people's  giving 
away  what  they  think  their  own,  but  for  the  right  of  this 
government  to  those  lands  according  to  the  Royal  Charter, 
had  Coll"  Dunbar  wisely  manag'd  about  'Em  I  thmk  I  should 
have  had  Influence  Enough  With  this  Assembly  to  have 
made  a  Cession  of  their  Right  to  the  Crown,  and  it  Was 
always  my  Opinion  That  it  would  be  greatly  to  the  advan- 
tage of  this  Province,  That  the  CroA\Ti  should  settle  those 
lands.  Yet  1  must  beg  leave  further  to  Observe  to  Your 
Grace,  That  I  know  not  how  to  Answer  those  that  say  the 
Cro^\^l  has  alwaj^s  suppos'd  these  Lands  to  be  a  part  of  this 
Province,  or  why  have  the  Gov"  of  the  Massachusetts  been 
ordered  from  time  to  time  to  Insist  with  the  Assemblies  to 
rebuild  the  fort  at  Pemaquid,  they  say  why  have  not  the 
Governours  of  New  Hamjjshire  and  Nova  Scotia  had  those 
Instructions,  and  again  the  King  has  directed  the  choice  of  a 
Councellour  in  the  Royal  Charter  to  be  Chosen  on  ace*  of 
those  Lands,  and  who  of  Course  becomes  one  of  the  Legfisla- 
tors  of  his  Majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  and 
without  such  a  Councellor  the  present  Constitution  cannot 
Subsist.  My  Lord  Duke,  I  should  be  glad  to  be  Instructed 
bow  to  Answer  these  things.  But  that  Genf"  has  made 
Himself  so  Obnoxious  to  this  Countrey  In  General,  That  I 
can  Attempt  Nothmg  with  hopes  of  Success  where  he  has 
any  Concern.  I  humbly  beg  of  Your  Grace,  That  at  No 
time  an}'  Complaint  may  take  Effect  to  my  Prejudice  'till  I 
have  time  to  make  Answer  thereto,  for  as  it's  the  undoubted 
Right  of  the  meanest  Englishman  to  be  heard  upon  any  Accu- 
sation, ]Much  more  must  it  be  the  Right  of  the  King's  Gov'' 
whom  his  Majesty  in  his  Royal  Instruction  Is  pleas'd  to  Call 
the  Representative  of  his  own  person  here.  And  I  think 
Coll"  Dunbar  ought  to  observe  a  decency  to  the  Gent™  who 
has  the  honour  to  bear  so  great  a  Commission  from  the  King, 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   ISIAIXE  89 

Yet  I  shall  in  ray  Next  show  to  Your  Grace  how  rude  he  has 
been  ou  this  head. 

I  believe  a  short  time  will  discover  how  little  prudence  he 
has,  and  Consequently  of  how  little  Service  he  can  be  to  the 
Crown  in  bringing  forward  the  designed  Settlement. 

I  hope  always,  My  Lord  Duke,  to  mamtain  the  Character 
of  an  honest  Man  And  I  must  Assure  Your  Grace  it  Was 
Impossible  for  me  to  do  more  from  my  Arrival  to  this  day 
than  I  have  in  Support  of  His  Majesty's  honour  &  dignity, 
and  for  the  Interest  of  his  British  Dominions,  as  well  as  for 
the  Welfare  of  the  Provmces  under  my  Care,  and  I  shall 
continue  According  to  my  best  Skill  and  understanding,  And 
am  With  the  highest  re^^ard  &  Esteem 

May  it  Please  Your  Grace 
Your  Grace's  Most  Obedient  and  Most  devoted  Humble 
Servant 

J  Belcher. 
Boston  Janued:  14:  1730/1 

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At  the  Councill  Chamber  Whitehall. 

the  14"^  of  ApriU  1731 

By  a  Committee  of  the  Lords  of  His  Majestys 

Most  Honourable  Privy  Councill 

Whereas  His  Majesty  hath  been  pleased  to  referr  unto  this 

Committee    the    humble    Petition    of    S"^   Bibye   Lake  Barr* 

Grandson  and  Heir  of  Captain  Thomas  Lake  late  of  Boston 

in  New  England  in  America  Merchant ;   in  behalf  of  himself, 

and  of  Colonell  Edward  Hutchinson  of  Boston  aforesaid  Esq', 

and  John  Walcot  of  Salem  in  New  England  Esq""  Son  and 

Heir  of  Josiah  Walcot  of  Salem  aforesaid  Esq""  deceased,  who, 


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with  the  said  Edward  Hutchinson,  were  Grandsons  and  Heirs, 
of  Major  Thomas  Clark  of  Boston  aforesaid  Merchant 
deceased,  Setting  forth  their  right  to  some  Lands  in  the  said 
Colony  of  New  England,  within  the  Limitts  of  which  Colonell 
Dunbarr  Surveyor  Generall  of  His  Majestj's  Woods  in  Amer- 
ica, pretends  to  have  received  Orders  from  His  Majesty  to 
make  Settlements  &c*  And  therefore  humbly  praying  that 
Colonell  Dunbarr  may  be  Ordered  not  to  Disturb  or  Molest 
the  Petitioners  in  the  Lands  to  which  they  are  legally  Inti- 
tuled -  The  Lords  of  the  Committee  this  day  took  the  said 
Petition  into  their  Consideration,  and  finding  that  a  Petition 
of  the  like  nature  in  the  name  of  Samuel  Waldoe  of  Boston 
in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Merchant,  for  and  on 
behalf  of  Elisha  Cook  Esq^  and  others  of  the  said  Province, 
was  on  the  fifteenth  of  Aprill  last  referred  by  this  Committee 
to  the  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations  ~ 
Their  Lordships  are  hereby  pleased  to  referr  the  said  Petition 
of  S'  Bibye  Lake  to  the  said  Lords  Commissioners,  who  are 
to  receive  the  Opinion  of  His  Majestys  Attorney  and  Sollic- 
itor  Generall  thereupon,  as  likewise  upon  the  aforementioned 
Petition  of  the  said  Samuel  Waldoe,  in  case  they  shall  not 
Already  have  received  their  opinion  upon  the  same  And  the 
the  said  Lords  Commissioners  are  afterwards  to  make  Report 
of  the  whole  matter  to  this  Committee  with  what  they  con- 
ceive proper  to  be  done  upon  the  said  Petitions.  - 

Temple  Stanyan 


To  the  Kings  most  Excellent  Majesty 

The  humble  Petition  of  S''  Bibye  Lake  Barr*  Grand- 
son and  Heir  of  Capf^  Thomas  Lake  late  of  Boston  in 
New  England  in  America  Merchant  in  behalf  of  hun- 
self  and  of  ColP  Edw^  Hutchinson  of  Boston  aforesaid 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  91 

Esq'  and  John  Walcot  of  Salem  in  New  England  Son 
and  Heir  of  Josiah  Walcot  late  of  Salem  aforesaid 
Esq'  deceased  who  with  the  said  Edward  Hutchinson 
were  Grandsons  and  Heirs  of  Major  Thomas  Clark  of 
Boston  aforesaid  Merchant  deceased.  - 
Sheweth 

That  in  the  latter  End  of  the  Year  1675  or  in  the  beginninof 
of  the  Year  1676  a  Warr  broke  out  with  the  Indians  who 
Invaded  the  said  County  of  Devon  and  killed  the  said  Thos. 
Lake  in  Defence  of  the  said  Settlements  and  afterwards  burnt 
ruined  or  destroyed  all  or  the  greatest  part  of  the  said  Settle- 
ments and  killed  or  drove  away  their  Ten*^  &  Cattle  therefrom. 
Tliat  the  said  Major  Thomas  Clark  escaping  the  Indians, 
Survived  the  said  Warr  and  afterwards  returned  to  the  said 
Lands  and  with  the  Concurrence  &  assistance  of  the  Widow 
of  the  s*^  Tho*  Lake  yo""  Pet"  late  Grandmother  Endeavoured 
with  a  very  great  Expence  to  Resettle  the  Premes  and  to 
repair  and  Rebuild  the  severall  Settlem**  ruined  or  destroyed 
by  the  Indians  aforesaid,  and  proceeded  therein  untill  such 
time  as  a  New  Warr  broke  out  with  the  Indians  who  again 
burnt  ruined  or  destroyed  all  such  their  New  Works  and 
Settlements  and  killed  or  drove  away  their  Tenants  and  Cat- 
tle from  off  the  Premes  after  which  no  further  attempt  could 
be  made  to  resettle  the  same  by  reason  of  the  frequent  incur- 
sions of  the  Indians  &  of  the  Continued  Warr  or  Hostilitys 
between  them  and  the  English  m  those  parts  untill  the  Peace 
was  Concluded  at  Utrecht  upon  which  Hostilitys  ceasing 
Your  Pet'  in  Conjunction  with  the  s*^  Josiah  Walcot  and  CoP 
Hutchinson  did  after  the  s*^  Peace  of  Utrecht  in  the  Year 
1714  send  over  from  hence  M'  John  Watts  a  very  Careful! 
and  understanding  Person  to  Arrowsick  Island  and  the  other 
Prefnes  in  Order  to  resettle  the  same  and  did  impower  him 
to  Settle  there  100  ffamilys  And  the  s^  M'  Watts  did  accord- 
ingly go  over  for  that  purpose  with  his  Family  And  Your 


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Pef  did  Advance  to  the  s<^  M^  Watts  tlie  Sum  of  X2000  and 
upwards  towards  his  proportion  of  the  Charge  to  be  Expended 
by  him  the  s*^  M"^  Watts  in  making  such  intended  Settlements 
Exclusive  of  what  the  s*^  Coll°  Hutchinson  and  M""  Walcot 
did  advance  for  that  Purpose  And  the  s*^  M"^  Watts  was  very 
Industrious  in  maldng  severall  Settlements  and  building  and 
making  severall  Mills  Houses  and  other  Improvements  for 
Convenience  and  Defence  ag*  Insults  from  the  Indians  and 
had  Settled  there  upwards  of  twenty  Familys  but  died  before 
he  had  Compleated  all  the  intended  Settlements  upon  whose 
death  M''  Penhallow  Marrying  his  Widow  lived  there  and 
lookt  after  and  took  care  of  the  s*^  Settlem*^  in  the  best  man- 
ner he  could  till  a  New  Warr  broke  out  with  the  Indians  in 
or  about  the  Year  1722  or  1723  when  the  Indians  again 
invaded  those  parts  and  came  down  in  a  great  Body  and 
Burnt  ruined  or  Destroyed  all  such  Mills  and  Settlem'*  as 
the  s*^  M""  Watts  had  caused  to  be  built  on  the  s'^  Island  of 
Arrowsick  for  protection  against  them  which  together  with 
some  other  Houses  which  were  under  the  Defence  thereof 
the  s*^  Indians  severall  times  attacked  and  attempted  also  to 
burn  or  destroy  but  were  repulsed  and  forced  to  retire  from 
the  same  and  which  Houses  are  now  Standing  but  the  Indians 
killed  or  Drove  away  their  Cattle  from  thence  and  also  the 
Tenants  and  Cattle  from  their  other  Settlements. 

That  smce  this  last  Warr  ended  Yo'  Pef  with  the  s'^  ColP 
Hutchinson  and  M''  Walcot  were  endeavouring  to  Repair  and 
resettle  the  Premes  and  to  Encourage  sev^  Familys  to  go  and 
Settle  thereon  but  were  prevented  by  Coll°  Dunbarr  Surveyor 
Gen^^  of  Your  Maj'^*  Woods  in  America  who  pretends  some 
Instructions  or  a  Commission  from  Your  Maj*y  to  make  Set- 
tlem**  within  the  Limits  of  their  Lands  and  in  other  Places 
in  the  Eastern  parts  in  the  province  of  the  Massachusetts 
and  to  Erect  the  same  into  a  Separate  Governm*  from  that 
Province  altho  the  same  is  included  in  the  Charter  granted 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  93 

to  the  Subjects  of  the  said  Province,  And  notwithstanding 
the  s**  Coll°  Dunbarr  hath  since  his  arrival  there  been  waited 
upon  and  made  fully  acquainted  by  the  s*^  ColP  Hutchinson 
with  the  matter  aforesaid,  and  with  his,  M''  Walcots,  and  yo"^ 
Pet"  Title  to  their  S*^  Lands  and  Premisses  yet  he  msists 
that  he  shall  be  obliged  to  Enter  upon  and  make  Settlements 
therein  unless  Your  Maj'^  shall  be  graciously  pleased  to  for- 
bid or  restrain  him  from  so  doing. 

That  Coll"  Dunbarrs  pretentions  hath  not  only  Discour- 
aged all  persons  from  going  to  Settle  the  Prenies  but  hath 
Terrifyed  such  Ten''*  as  Your  Pef  &  the  s'^  Coll°  Hutchinson 
and  M''  Walcot  have  there,  from  enlarging  or  Improveing 
their  Settlem''*  All  which  Your  Pef  apprehends  his  Duty 
humbly  to  represent  to  Your  Majesty. 

That  Your  Pet'  the  s*^  Coll°  Hutchinson  and  IV  Walcot 
being  Intituled  to  the  s*^  Premisses  by  Purchase  from  the 
Indian  Saggamores  or  Sachams  Allowed  of  &  Approved  by 
the  Generall  Court  for  the  Government  of  the  Massachusetts 
Province  and  Confirmed  by  the  severall  Charters  Granted  to 
the  Subjects  of  the  said  Province  And  they  and  their  Ances- 
tors having  Endeavoured  all  that  in  them  lay  to  Settle  the 
Premisses  at  such  great  pains  and  expence  and  having  from 
time  to  time  Sustained  such  great  Losses  therein  as  aforesaid 
and  being  resolved  to  Compleat  the  same  with  all  possible 
Speed  which  they  humbly  apprehend  will  be  of  great  advan- 
tage to  the  Trade  of  this  Kingdom. 

Your  Pet"^  therefore  in  behalf  of  himself  and  the  s'^  Coll" 
Hutchinson  &  M""  Walcot  Most  humbly  prays  your  Maj- 
esty to  Send  the  necessary  Orders  or  Instructions  to  the 
said  Coll"  Dunbar  not  to  intermeddle  or  Molest  Your 
Pet'  and  the  s'^  ColP  Hutchinson  and  M'  Walcott  on  the 
s*^  Premisses  to  which  they  are  legally  Intituled  as  afore- 
said, And  that  the  s^  ColP  Dunbarr  do  not  Obstruct  or 
disturb  them,  their  Tenants  and  Agents  in  carrying  on 


94  DOCTJMENTABY   HISTORY 

their  Settlem*^  on  any  pretence  wh«atever  And  that  your 
Pet'  and  the  said  ColP  Hutchinson  and  M''  Walcot  may 
be  Quieted  in  the  possession  thereof  under  the  Gov- 
ernm*  of  Your  Maj*^'^  Province  of  the  Massachusetts 
And  may  be  at  Liberty  to  proceed  in  Settling  the  Prem- 
isses without  Molestation. 

And  your  Pet'  shall  ever  pray  &c* 


T.  Pelham  and  Others  to  Crov'^  Belcher 

Whitehall  July  the  6*^  1731 
Sir,  Jon :  Belcher  Esq' 

Since  our  Letter  to  you  of  the  1**  of  December  last,  We 
have  recived  yours  of  the  6"^  &  10'^  of  the  same  Month,  13*^ 
&  25*1'  of  Jan'y  1**  of  March  5*^  &  26'^  of  April  last  with  the 
several  Publick  Papers  refer'd  to  in  your  said  Letters ;  and 
if  you  have  not  heard  oftener  from  Us,  in  return  thereto ;  It 
has  been  because  till  your  last  Letters,  We  did  entertain 
some  false  hopes  that  the  Assembly  might  have  been  pre- 
vailed on,  to  comply  with  his  Majesty's  Instruc*"^  relating  to 
your  Salary.  But  since  you  now  tell  us  in  your  two  last  Lrs 
that  you  have  no  Prospect  of  that  kind,  since  you  have  nei- 
ther come  home  yourSelf,  nor  deputed  any  Person  according 
to  your  Instruction  to  lay  an  Account  of  this  matter  before 
his  Majesty,  We  shall  take  an  Opportunity  of  doing  it,  our 
Selves  as  soon  as  we  shall  know  his  Majestye  Pleasure 
thereon,  You  may  expect  to  hear  again  from  LTs.  In  the 
meantime  We  must  acquaint  you,  that  We  have  reported 
Our  Opinion  upon  the  Bill  consented  to,  by  the  Council  & 
Assembly  for  settling  your  Salary,  which    We    can   by  no 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   l^IAINE  95 

means  think  a  Compliance  either  with  the  Letter  or  Intent 
of  his  Majesty's  Instruction. 

In  answer  to  that  part  of  your  last  Letter,  wherein  you 
mention  the  Petition  or  Memorial  from  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives to  his  Majesty  against  three  of  his  Royal  Instruc- 
tions to  you.  We  must  observe  that  the  People  have  an 
undoubted  Right  of  addressing  the  Crown  directly,  without 
any  prior  Apphcation  to  the  Gov%  if  they  think  fit  to  take 
that  Method  tho  the  more  decent  Way  would  be  to  desire 
their  Gov"^  to  transmit  their  Address. 

We  observe  that  you  have  wrote  in  your  Justification 
against  what  you  suppose  may  have  been  insinuated  against 
you  by  Col°  Dunbar,  But  We  are  of  Opinion  that  he  had  suf- 
ficient grounds  for  his  aprehensions  &  he  would  have  been 
wanting  in  his  Duty  if  he  had  not  sent  us  such  information 
as  he  had  reced  upon  that  Subject. 

We  thought  it  would  be  for  his  Majesty's  Service  that  this 
Gentleman  should  be  appointed  his  Lieu*  Gov'  of  New 
Hampshire  &  to  encrease  his  Authority  as  Surveyor  of  the 
Woods,  and  upon  our  Recommendat''  His  Majesty  has  been 
pleased  to  appoint  him  accordingly  But  we  presume  he  will 
always  pay  you  that  regard  that  is  due  to  his  Superior  Offi- 
cer, &  wee  doubt  not  but  you  will  treat  him  as  a  Gentleman 
that  bears  his  Majesty's  Comission  of  Lieutenant  Governour. 

We  have  considered  the  New  Hampshire  Bill  for  emitting 
£6000  in  Bills  of  Credit  and  postponing  the  Payment  of  the 
Mony  that  shall  be  due  on  the  25^'^  of  April  1781 ;  but  We 
can  by  no  means  advise  his  Majesty  to  allow  you  to  pass  any 
such  Bill,  as  it  must  in  Consequence  lower  the  Credit  of  the 
Province,  whereby  their  Trade  must  greatly  suffer :  However 
that  We  may  be  the  better  able  to  judge  of  the  State  of  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  with  respect  to  their  Paper  Cur- 
rency, w^e  desire  you  will  send  us  an  Ace*  of  the  Paper  Mony 
now   current   there;    what    Fund  there  is  for   sinking   the 


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same?  how  it  has  been  applied  and  what  Discount  their  Bills 
are  now  lyable  to. 

We  observe  what  you  write  concerning  the  Council  of 
New  Hampshire,  but  it  will  be  time  enough  to  consider  of  y® 
persons  you  propose  when  we  shall  be  informed  whose  vacan- 
cies you  propose  they  should  supply.  In  your  Lr  of  the  23, 
of  Janfy  last,  You  mention  Seven  Gentlemen  of  whom  you 
say  the  Council  consists,  but  you  do  not  inform  us  whether 
the  others  who  are  nam'd  m  your  Just"*  are  dead,  or  whether 
they  decline  acting ;  We  therefore  desire  you  will  send  us  a 
more  perfect  Ace*  of  this  matter. 

So  we  bid  you  heartily  farewell  &  are 
T.  Pelham 
M.  Bladen 
Ja:  Brudenell 


Colonel  Du7ibar  to  M^  Secretary/  Popple. 

Portsmouth  New  Hampshire  July  y^  15*^  1731 
Sir 

By  Letters  from  my  brother  I  understand  that  Governour 
Belchers  friends  deny  that  any  force  was  sent  down  or  any 
Jurisdiction  exercised  by  His  order  at  Fredericks  fort,  it  is 
notorious  that  every  child  in  the  Country  knows  it,  I  need 
say  no  more  but  referr  to  the  Inclosed  papers  which  are  copys 
attested  by  the  proper  Officers;  It  is  no  wonder  they  can 
deny  matters  of  Fact,  when  it  is  courantly  reported  &  believ'd 
here  that  Coll°  Tailer  &  the  Committee  here  sent  by  M"" 
Belcher  to  ask  unproper  questions  at  Fredericks  fort,  were 
Onely  putt  in  there  by  Stress  of  Weather,  I  sent  you  a  Copy 
of  what  passed  between  Col"  Tailer  &  I  at  that  place  upon  y* 
Occasion,  I  have  his  Original  and  he  has  mine,  &  y®  making 
y®  least  variation  would  be  counterfeit,  w'=^'  I  hope  none  will 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  97 

imagine,  it  would  be  hard  to  give  a  General  bad  character  of 
any  Country,  but  I  will  say  that  I  never  knew  truth  less 
regarded  any  where  in  my  life  than  in  New  England,  (I 
comonly  mean  by  that,  the  Massachusets  province  Onely  and 
I  beleive  their  behaviour  has  given  many  instances  of  it. 

My  brother  gave  me  Hopes  that  my  Lords  Commissioners 
of  the  Admiralty  would  have  sent  a  new  Commission  for  a 
Judge  of  Vice  Adm^^  for  the  Massachusets  instead  of  M"^ 
Byfield  before  whom,  Experience  has  convinced  me,  it  is  to 
no  purpose  to  exhibit  any  libell,  I  took  the  liberty  formerly 
m  some  of  my  letters  to  say  it  was  very  inconvenient  to  Have 
the  Admiralty  Court  officers  Here  onely  Dep*^  to  those  at 
Boston,  and  it  would  be  great  Ease  to  the  people  in  the  prov- 
ince of  Maine  if  anything  relateing  to  them  in  y'  Court,  could 
be  tryed  here  mthout  goeing  60  Miles  farther  to  Boston,  it 
would  be  a  very  great  conveniency  to  Me  and  My  Deputys, 
as  all  the  pine  trees  are  m  New  Hampshire  &  Maine,  pray 
recomend  this  to  my  Lords  for  their  opinion  &  intercession 
for  such  commission  for  George  Jaffrey  Esq"",  no  Deputy 
Judge  of  viceadmiralty  here  ;  I  am 

Sir  Your  Most  Humble  &  Obed*  Servant 
David  Dunbar 

Reed  7^^  Sepf  )  ^^^^ 
Read  OcV  W'  \  ^^"^^ 

Affidavit  of  Wentworth  ^  Atkinson 

Whereas  certain  intelligence  was  bro't  to  The  Hon''^® 
David  Dunbar  Esq*"  Lieu*  Governor  of  his  Majestys  Province 
of  New  Hampsh®  that  at  Casco  about  twenty  leagues  distant 
from  this  place,  there  were  thirty  Indian  Canoes  with  a  french 
Sloop,  He  Esteem'd  it  not  only  for  the  Imediate  service  of 
the  Crown,  but  as  his  duty  as  Lieu*^  Gover'  to  view  fort  Wil- 
liam &  Mary,  Accordingly  on  Saturday  the  14'^'*  Instant,  he 


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gave  orders  for  the  Impressing  a  boat  for  that  occasion,  on 
his  landing  at  New  Castle,  near  the  Fort  Attended  by  Theo- 
dore Atkinson  Esq'  his  Majesty  Collector,  M'  Henry  Sher- 
burn  Clerk  of  the  Sessions,  &  M'  Benning  Wentworth,  he 
sent  for  Coll"  Shadrach  Walton,  who  had  the  Comand  of  the 
Fort,  by  virtue  of  a  Comission  he  rec'^  from  Gov'  Belcher, 
but  before  the  Messenger  returned,  the  S*^  Coll°  Walton 
pass'd  by  the  Lieu*  Gov'  -  After  the  Lieu*  Gover'  had 
saluted  the  Coll°  in  a  very  civil  manner,  he  told  him  he  came 
down  to  see  in  what  Condition  the  Fort  was  in,  ColP  Walton 
reply'd,  he  should  not  let  him  go  into  the  Fort,  haveing  orders 
from  Gov'  Belcher  to  keep  the  gates  fast,  &  not  to  admit 
anybody  in,  especially  the  Lieu*  Gov'  who  reply'd  with  the 
greatest  moderation  &  temper,  after  such  unpresidented 
treatment,  and  much  to  our  surprize,  that  he  demanded  those 
orders,  for  that  he  conceived  he  had  none  such,  neither  did 
he  Imagine  it  was  in  the  power  of  the  Gover'  to  give  such, 
as  it  always  had  been  the  Custom  for  the  Lieu*  Gov'  of  this 
Province  not  only  to  have  the  absolute  Comand  of  the  Fort, 
but  to  reside  in  it,  the  Province  haveing  at  the  publick 
expence  built  a  house  there,  to  accomodate  former  Lieu* 
Gover'®  and  in  which  some  of  the  Lieu*  Gov'^  predecessors 
have  lived  ~  On  this  ColP  Walton  sent  his  son  for  the  orders 
he  had  from  Gov'  Belcher,  &  walk't  towards  the  Fort  gate 
which  he  liad  order'd  to  be  shut  The  Lieu*  Gov'  at  the  same 
time  walking  that  way,  &  when  he  came  to  the  Fort  Gate 
with  his  cane  knock't  at  the  door,  &  demanded  Entrance, 
which  Coll°.  Walton  deny'd,  upon  which  the  Lieu*  Gov' 
shew*^  him  the  Kings  Commission,  &  desir'd  him  to  read  it, 
ColP  Walton  told  him  he  had  heard  it  once  read  before,  then 
the  Lieu*  Gov'  said  to  Coll°  Walton,  by  virtue  of  the  Kings 
Comiss"  to  me  as  Lieu*  Gover'  I  demand  the  Gates  of  the 
Fort  to  be  open'd,  &  entrance,  which  Coll''  Walton  refused, 
saying  that  he  had  given  orders  to  the  Soldiers   ( being  but 


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two  in  number  )  &  under  arms,  not  to  open  the  Gates  to  the 
Lieu*^  Gover""  pursuant  to  orders  he  had  rec*^  from  Gov'^  Bel- 
cher, &  that  he  should  follow  those  orders,  &  if  Gov"^  Belcher 
was  in  the  wrong  to  give  such  orders,  that  he  must  answer 
for  it.  After  this  had  pass'd  the  Lieu*  Gov''  told  Coll°  Walton 
that  for  his  disobedience  to  the  Kmgs  Comiss"  he  ought  to 
send  him  to  Goal,  in  denying  him  entrance  into  the  Kings 
fort,  but  that  he  should  take  other  measures,  &  not  raise  a 
Company  of  the  Militia,  as  was  his  duty  to  doe  ~  Then  the 
Coll"  said  to  the  Lieu'  Gov''  1  will  read  Gov''  Belchers  orders, 
Accordingly,  orderd  his  son  to  read  them,  to  a  crowd  of 
fishermen  standing  by  the  Fort  This  being  done,  ColP  Wal- 
ton came  to  the  Lieu'  Gov''  &  told  him  that  if  he  would  sfo 
into  the  Fort  as  a  private  man,  &  not  as  Lieu'  Gov""  he  would 
open  the  Gates,  but  that  neither  of  the  Gentlemen  that  came 
with  him  should  enter,  &  so  order'd  the  Gates  to  be  open'd, 
but  the  Lieu'  Gov'  did  not  think  fit  to  go  in. 
Province  of  Benning  Wentworth 

New  Hamp«  Theodore  Atkinson 

The  above  mentioned  Benning  Wentworth  Esq'  &  Theodore 
Atkinson  Personally  appeared  &  made  oath  to  the  Truth  of 
all  the  above  written  before  us  the  Subscribers  Two  of  his 
Maj®^  Justices  of  the  Province  of  New  Hamp®  New  England 
and  members  of  his  Maj"  Council  for  s'^  Province. 

Geo  Jaffrey 
Taken  in  perpetuam  res  memoriam,  R.  Wibird 

The  Deposition  of  Theodore  Atkinson  Esq'®  and  Thomas 
Packer  Merchant  both  of  Portsm°  in  the  Province  of  New 
Hampshire  Testify  &  say  that  they  being  often  times  in 
Company  with  Mag''  Jeremiah  Moulton  who  is  High  Sherriff 
of  the  County  of  York  in  the  Province  of  the  Massachusets 
Bay  and  talking  with  the  said  Moulton  about  an  Expedition 
he  had  been  upon  to  ffredericks  ffort  vrho  s*^  he  rec*^  a  war- 


100  DOCUIHENTARY   HISTORY 

rant  from  the  Justices  of  the  s'^  County  of  York  by  virtue  of 
an  order  from  Gov"^  Belcher  &  the  Council  of  the  Massachu- 
sets  Bay  and  in  pursuance  thereof  Did  take  up  a  Vessell  and 
inlisted  upwards  of  Thirty  men  all  well  Equiped  with  Arms 
&  Amunition  &  Did  proceed  to  Pemaquid  harbour  but  the 
wind  not  allowing  him  to  goe  up  to  the  ffort  was  forced  mto 
another  harbour  where  soon  after  he  saw  a  Canou  coming  up 
the  river  upon  which  he  ord*^  all  his  people  to  Conceal  them- 
selves when  the  Canou  came  with  in  call  he  Desired  them  to 
come  on  board  the  Vessell  who  answered  him  they  could  not 
tarry  upon  which  the  s*^  Moulton  ord*^  his  men  to  rise  up  and 
shew  themselves  &  then  told  the  people  in  the  Canou  that 
unless  they  imediately  came  on  board  he  would  fire  at  them 
&  Sinck  them  on  which  the  People  on  board  the  Canou  being 
very  much  Surprized  went  on  board  the  s*^  Vessell  &  the  s'^ 
Moulton  imediately  secured  them  &  that  he  stoped  in  That 
Harbour  with  the  Vessell  till  he  got  as  many  people  as  he 
wanted  stoping  all  that  passed  or  repassed  that  way  till  he 
had  Accomplished  his  Business  &  the  s*^  Moulton  further 
told  us  that  he  was  not  Limited  to  any  Certain  number  of 
men  but  might  have  Carry'd  the  whole  County  of  York  if  he 
had  tho*  proper  ~  &  further  saith  not 

Theodore  Atkinson 
Tho®  Packer 
Province  of  New  Hamp*  \ 

in  New  Eno'land  [  Then  Theod®  Atkinson  Esq''  &  M"^ 

July  the  15'^  1731  ^  Thos  Packer  Personally  appeared 

before  us  the  Subcribers  two  of  his 
Maj*  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  afores*^ 
&  made  Oath  to  the  Truth  of  the 
above  Deposition 

Geo.  Jaffrey 
John  Penhallow 


OP  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  101 

Thomas  Corarri's  Affidavit. 

Thomas  Coram  of  London  Gent  maketh  oath  That  in  the 
beginning  of  the  Year  one  Thousand  and  Six  hundred  and 
Ninety  four  He  this  Depon*  did  Carry  from  London  to  New- 
England  considerable  Quantityes  of  Merchandize  and  also 
Shipwrights  and  other  proper  Artificers  ( by  the  pmission  of 
their  then  Majesty's  King  WilUam  and  Queen  Mary  )  to  build 
Ships  in  that  Country  where  he  continued  so  to  do  untill  the 
beginning  of  the  Year  One  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and 
four  &  then  returned  to  London  And  Saith  that  during  his 
Stay  in  that  Country  his  Business  led  him  into  the  knowedge 
of  what  parts  of  that  and  the  Neighbouring  Countreys  were 
best  adapted  for  producing  Navall  Stores  and  thereby  soon 
understood  That  there  was  a  large  tract  of  Country  between 
the  River  St.  Croix  at  Nova  Scotia  &  the  River  Kennebeck 
next  to  the  Province  of  Main  in  New  England  was  a  fertile 
Soyle  &  afforded  excellent  Timber  and  Masts  &  was  Capable 
of  producing  all  sorts  of  Navall  Stores  in  abundance  &  of 
vast  Lnprovements  for  the  benefit  of  this  Kingdom  &  was 
near  One  hundred  &  Eighty  Miles  along  the  Sea  Coast  in  a 
very  good  Climate  and  full  of  safe  Harbours  &  Navigable 
Rivers  but  that  the  same  laying  waste  &  Uninhabited  having 
not  one  English  Subject  thereon  Except  a  few  poor  fellows 
who  had  been  sent  by  the  people  of  the  Massachusetts  to  be 
as  Soldiers  in  a  small  ffort  at  a  place  called  Pemaquid  in  the 
said  Tract  of  Country  which  ffort  had  been  built  by  King 
James  the  Second  whilst  Duke  of  York,  &  many  ffamilys  had 
been  Setled  there  and  at  other  places  on  the  said  Tract  but 
were  all  Destroy'd  or  drove  away  &  the  ffort  Demolished  by 
the  Indians  then  in  the  ffrench  Interest  when  the  Inhitants 
of  the  Massachusetts  had  Seized  and  Imprisoned  the  Gov- 
ernour  and  other  officers  of  the  Crowne  who  Commanded  that 
ffort  &  Country  And  on  the  Revolution  which  happened  in 


102  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

England  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Six  hundred 
and  Eighty-Eight  That  whole  Tract  of  Country  was  left  to 
the  ffrench  &  Indians  And  this  Depon''  further  Saith  that 
Notwithstanding  the  Charter  granted  by  their  late  Majestyes 
King  William  &  Queen  Mary  to  the  people  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  in  New  England  they  did  not  attempt  to  Settle  any 
InhStants  upon  the  said  Tract  of  Land  but  only  rebuilt  or 
repaired  the  s*^  Demolished  ffort  at  Pemaquid  in  the  Year 
One  Thousand  Six  hundred  &  Ninety  two  or  One  Thousand 
Six  hundred  &  Ninety  three  for  a  show  of  their  Government 
over  the  said  Tract  &  therein  left  a  few  of  their  Own  Men 
raw  &  Undisciplined  to  be  as  Soldiers  where  they  remained 
in  a  Naked  Starving  &  Comfortless  Condition  being  above 
One  hundred  Miles  distance  from  any  House  or  Settlement 
which  occasioned  great  Uneasiness  in  those  Men  &  particu- 
larly in  Capt"  March  the  Commander  of  the  s*^  ftort  who  not 
thinking  himself  safe  there  petitioned  the  Government  at 
Boston  to  be  Dismissed  &  accordingly  Obtained  Liberty  to 
retire  home  to  the  Massachusetts  &  leave  the  Command  of 
the  said  ffort  to  his  Lieutenant  John  Chubb  And  this  Depon 
further  Saith  that  he  hath  been  credibly  informed  &  verily 
beleives  that  on  or  about  the  Month  of  August  or  September 
in  the  Year  One  Thousand  Six  hundred  &  Ninety  Six  Two 
ffrench  Trading  Ships  to  Newfoundland  or  Canada  came 
before  Pemaquid  and  Landed  some  Men  and  planted  a  few 
small  Mortars  against  the  ffort  and  Demanded  it  for  the 
ffrench  King  and  threatned  all  with  immediate  Death  in  Case 
of  Refusall  And  thereupon  the  said  Lieutenant  Chubb  and 
his  Men  being  glad  of  the  Opportunity  to  be  released  from 
thence  would  not  make  any  Defence  but  Delivered  up  the 
said  ffort  and  Country  without  the  least  Resistance  and  Sur- 
rendred  themselves  Prisoners  to  the  persons  on  Board  the  s'^ 
ffrench  Ships  who  Demolished  the  said  ffort  carryed  the  s*^ 
Chubb  &  his  Men  from  thence  and  left  not  any  one  living 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  103 

English  Subject  in  any  part  of  the  said  Tract  of  Country  or 
it's  Islands  between  the  River  S*  Croix  and  the  Province  of 
Main  which  bounds  on  the  River  Kennebeck  The  Governm* 
of  which  said  Tract  of  Land  was  afterwards  by  the  ffrench 
King  Committed  to  his  Governour  of  Nova  Scotia  where  his 
next  Garrison  was  and  it  remained  in  possession  of  the  ffrench 
at  and  after  the  Peace  of  Reswick  which  was  concluded  in 
the  Year  One  Thousand  Six  hundred  and  Ninety  Seven  And 
this  Depon*  further  Saith  that  he  was  well  informed  &  verily 
beleives  That  in  the  year  One  Thousand  Six  hundred  & 
Ninety  Eight  in  time  of  Setled  peace  the  ffrench  built  a 
Church  on  their  said  New  Conquest  near  the  River  Kenne- 
beck for  a  standing  testimony  of  their  Right  to  and  posses- 
sion of  the  s^  Tract  of  Country  of  which  an  account  was  Sent 
by  the  late  Lord  Bellemont  then  Governour  of  New  England 
in  the  Year  One  thousand  Seven  hmidred  to  the  then  Lords 
Com''*  of  Trade  &  plantations  &  his  Majestyes  principall  Sec- 
retary of  State  After  which  repeated  Orders  were  sent  from 
Court  to  the  Governour  of  New  England  to  press  the  Gen'"all 
Assembly  of  the  Massachusetts  to  repossess  themselves  of  the 
said  Tract  of  Country  which  had  been  given  up  to  the  ffrench 
as  aforesaid  &  to  Rebuild  the  said  ffort  therein  for  defending 
the  Same  &  to  Settle  familys  thereon  And  in  the  Second 
Year  of  her  late  Majesty  Queen  Ann  The  then  Governour 
ColP^  Dudley  did  in  a  very  strong  Manner  press  the  said 
Generall  Assembly  then  to  regain  the  said  Tract  of  Country 
from  the  ffrench  &  to  Settle  Inhitants  thereon  &  to  Rebuild 
the  said  ffort  for  their  Defence  But  the  said  Generall  Assem- 
bly absolutely  refused  to  do  it  Alledging  That  should  they 
put  their  province  to  the  Expence  of  regauiing  the  said 
Country  &  Sethng  the  same  with  Inhabitants  &  Building  a 
ffort  thereon  the  Land  would  still  be  the  Queens  &  Her 
Majesty  might  give  it  to  whom  she  pleased  after  they  should 
have  putt  their  province  to  such  vast  Expence   And  then 


104  DOCUMENT  AH  Y   HISTORY 

Insinuated  as  if  from  the  advice  given  them  from  their  Agent 
in  England  her  said  Majesty  had  a  Designe  to  give  the  said 
Tract  of  Country  to  Coll^^  Dungon  ( then  or  since  Lord  Lim- 
erick )  for  his  Setling  the  Same  with  Roman  Catholicks  from 
Ireland  for  which  reason  they  Unanimously  psisted  m  their 
Resolution  not  to  put  their  province  to  any  expence  about  it 
of  all  which  Transactions  of  the  Government  &  Gen'"all 
Assembly  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  relating  to  the  afores*^ 
Tract  of  Country  this  Depon*'  who  then  lived  there  not  only 
took  particular  notice  of  himself  But  also  was  from  time  to 
time  informed  thereof  by  M''  Urian  Oakes  then  Sj^eaker  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Massachusetts  Province 
And  this  Depon*  was  the  more  desirous  to  know  what  passed 
relating  to  the  s*^  Tract  of  Country  because  he  always  thought 
that  from  the  Nature  of  the  Soyle  and  Scituation  thereof  it 
might  be  made  very  beneficial  to  the  Crown  And  tliis  Depon' 
Saith  that  the  s*^  Tract  of  Country  remained  in  the  possion 
of  the  ffrench  fourteen  years  and  untill  it  was  retaken  together 
with  Nova  Scotia  by  Gen'"all  Nicholson  with  some  Troops 
sent  from  hence  by  her  late  Majesty  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
One  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  tenn  at  which  time  Nova 
Scotia  together  with  the  said  Tract  of  Country  was  Surren- 
dred  by  Monsieur  Subrecass  the  then  Governour  thereof  for 
the  ffrench  King  to  the  s*^  Gen"  Nicholson  for  the  Queen  of 
Great  Britaine  upon  Articles  which  expressly  included  all 
the  Land  from  Cape  Gaspee  to  the  River  Kennebeck  which 
till  then  was  actually  in  the  possion  of  the  ffrench  King 
Which  articles  of  Surrender  from  the  s^  Gov""  Subrecass  to 
the  said  Gen"  Nicholson  As  also  the  ffrench  Kings  Commis- 
sion to  his  said  Governour  for  the  Territory  of  accada  -  ( so 
called  by  the  ffrench  )  particularly  expressing  all  the  Lands 
from  Cape  Gaspee  ( which  is  near  the  mouth  of  the  Great 
River  of  S*  Lawrence  or  Canada )  to  the  River  Kennebeck 
this  Dep*  saw  in  the  hands  of  the  said  Gen^'all  Nicholson  a 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  105 

little  before  his  death  which  happened  on  or  about  the  sixth 
of  March  One  thousand  and  Seven  hundred  &  twenty  Seven, 
Eight,  which  Territories  this  Depon*  has  been  informed  were 
yeilded  by  the  ffrench  Kmg  to  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain 
by  the  Treaty  of  Utrecht 

Jurat  Septimo  Die  January  Thomas  Coram 

Anno  Dm  1730     Coram      Tho:  Bennett 


James  Alford's  Affidavit 

James  Alford  late  of  Boston  m  New  England  but  now  of 
London  Merchant  Ebenezer  Wentworth  of  Portsmouth  in  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire  in  New  England  Gent  but  now 
in  London  &  William  Wentworth  late  of  Portsmouth  afore- 
said in  the  province  of  New  Hampshire  aforesaid  in  New 
England  Shipwright  but  now  of  the  parish  of  Limehouse  in 
the  County  of  Essex  Joyntly  and  severally  make  Oath  as  fol- 
io weth  and  first  this  Dep^  James  Alford  Sayth  that  he  was 
born  at  Boston  in  New  England  aforesaid  &  continued  there 
from  the  time  of  his  birth  to  the  year  One  thousand  Seven 
hundred  &  twenty  Eight  being  thirty  years  and  upwards  And 
all  those  Dep'*  say  that  they  neither  know  beleive  or  ever 
heard  that  the  ffrench  ever  made  or  attempted  to  make  any 
Settlements  or  improvem'*  on  an}  part  of  the  Land  lying 
between  the  River  Kennebeck  in  New  England  &  Nova  Sco- 
tia which  had  they  done  these  Dep**  assuredly  beleive  they 
must  have  heard  of  the  same  and  this  Dep*  James  Alford  for 
himself  Sayth  that  during  the  whole  time  of  his  being  in  New 
England  aforesaid  there  was  constantly  chose  every  Year  one 
Councillor  for  Sagadahock  and  this  Dep*  Ebenezer  Went- 
worth for  himself  Sayth  that  he  hath  heard  &  been  credibly 


106  DOCUMBNTABY    HISTORY 

informed  &  always  understood  &  took  it  &  believed  as  he 
still  does  That  a  Councillor  was  &  is  annually  Chose  for  Sag- 
adahock  aforesaid  &  this  Dep*  James  Alford  for  himself 
Sayth  That  during  such  the  time  of  his  being  in  New  Eng- 
land as  aforesaid  to  the  Year  One  thousand  seven  hundred  & 
twenty  six  there  was  almost  constant  Warrs  between  the 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  &  New  Hampshire  &  the 
Indians  bordering  upon  them  to  the  very  great  expence  & 
loss  of  Men  &  money  to  the  said  provinces  there  not  being  a 
continued  peace  between  them  for  three  years  together  at 
any  one  time  during  this  Dep'^  knowledge  of  New  England 
to  the  best  of  this  Dep**  knowledge  and  beliefe  and  to  which 
warrs  as  all  these  Dep**  verily  beleive  it  is  wholly  owing  that 
the  Eastern  parts  of  the  said  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
are  not  now  in  an  improved  Setled  Condition 

Omnes  Jurat  fuer  28  die  January  1730 

Coram 

J  Bennett 
James  Alford 
Eben'  Wentworth 
William  Wentworth 


Affidavit  of  John  Blower  and  Others 

John  Blower  Esq'  Captain  of  one  of  his  Majesty's  indepen- 
dent Companys  at  Plymouth  James  Erskine  Lieuten*  in  the 
Regim*  Comanded  by  Coll**  Phillips  &  James  Alford  late  of 
Boston  in  New  England  now  of  London  Merchant  Joyntly  & 
Severally  make  Oath  as  foUoweth  And  first  all  these  Dep"^* 
say  that  they  very  well  rember  the  Expedicon  made  in  the 
Year  1710  by  the  English  fforces  under  Generall  Nicholson 
as  Comander  in  Chief  ag*  Port  Royall  now  called  Anapolis 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MALNE  107 

Royall  in  Nova  Scotia  then  in  possion  of  the  ffrench  under 
the  Comand  of  Monsieur  Subrecass  the  then  Governour 
thereof  under  the  ffrench  King  &  all  these  Dep''^  .say  that  to 
the  best  of  their  rembrance  &  beleif  the  fforces  engaged  in 
such  Expedicon  consisted  in  Detachments  of  about  500  Mar- 
iners sent  from  England  under  the  Comand  of  Coll  Readmg 
&  4  Regim'^^  raised  in  New  England  by  the  Severall  Gov- 
ernm*^  there  but  principally  by  the  Massachusetts  Bay  con- 
sisting in  the  whole  of  about  2000  men  which  Regiments 
were  Comanded  by  S""  Charles  Hobby  Coll  William  Taylor 
Coll  Whiting  &  Colonel  Shadrak  Walton  &  these  Dep*'  say 
that  the  forces  so  raised  in  New  England  were  subsisted  & 
paid  by  &  at  the  Expence  &  Charge  of  the  Severall  Gov- 
ernni^''  in  New  England  wlio  raised  them  together  with  a  suf- 
ficient Number  of  Vessells  to  transport  them  to  Port  Royall 
and  these  Depon'*  say  that  on  such  Expedicon  Port  Royall 
was  taken  by  the  English  the  said  ffrench  Governour  Surren- 
dring  the  same  together  with  the  province  of  Nova  Scotia  to 
the  English  &  these  Dep**  can  speak  with  the  greater  cer- 
tainty to  the  rmres  afores*^  this  Depon*  John  Blower  Serving 
in  the  s'^  Expedition  as  Cap*  Lieuten*  in  the  Regim*  comanded 
by  Coll  Walton  &  this  Dep'  James  Erskine  served  in  the  said 
Expedicon  as  Ensign  to  the  Regim*  Comanded  by  Coll  Tay- 
lor &  this  Dep*  James  Alford  was  at  the  time  of  the  Said 
Expedicon  at  Boston  in  New  England  And  these  Dep**  say 
that  besides  the  Land  forces  above  menconed  there  were  also 
three  or  four  of  her  late  Matyes  men  of  warr  &  a  Bomb  Ship 
&  a  Galley  belonging  to  the  province  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  Employed  in  the  said  Service 

Omnes  Jurat  13°  die 
January  1730  Coram 

John  Blower 

James  Erskine  W.  Wharton 

James  Alford. 


108  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Samuel  Penhallow's  Affidavit. 

Samuell  Penhallow  late  of  New  Hampshire  in  New  Eng- 
land Merchant  and  now  resideing  in  London  maketh  Oath 
and  Saith  that  he  this  Deponent  in  or  about  the  year  One 
thousand  Seven  himdred  and  thirteen  or  One  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  ffourteen  became  Acq'^*^  with  M""  John  Watts 
att  Boston  in  New  England  afores*^  who  this  Depon''  was 
informed  and  verily  beleives  was  Employed  by  S""  Bibye 
Lake  and  CoUonell  Hutchinson  to  make  Settlem*^  in  the  East- 
ern parts  of  New  England  &  this  Depon*  saith  that  in  the 
year  One  thousand  seven  Hundred  &  Eighteen  he  this  Depon* 
went  from  Boston  to  Visit  his  Bro*"  Cap*  John  Penhallow  at 
the  town  of  Augusta  ats  Small  point  who  was  Justice  of 
Peace  &  Comanded  the  ffort  of  the  said  Town  and  with  his 
said  Bro''  went  from  thence  about  seven  Miles  by  land  to  the 
River  Kennebeck  which  they  Crost  to  Arrowsick  Lsland 
where  they  went  to  a  well  ffortified  Brick  house  &  as  he  was 
Liformed  &  verily  beleives  was  built  by  the  said  John  Watts 
deced  and  then  in  the  possion  of  Eliza  Watts  his  widdow  & 
this  Dep*  did  also  veiw  the  Town  ( Called  George  Town )  on 
the  s*^  Island  of  Arrowsick  Consisting  then  of  about  forty 
very  good  Dwelling  houses  some  of  which  were  Garrisoned 
smce  which  the  Above  s^  Cap*  John  Penhallow  Intermarr'' 
with  the  said  Widdow  Watts  and  Comanded  the  said  fforti- 
fied  Brick  house  wherein  were  placed  a  Number  of  Soldiers 
under  the  pay  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  as  Declared  by  the 
s*^  Cap*  John  Penhallow  to  this  Depon*  which  this  Depon* 
verily  beleives  to  be  true  And  this  Depon*  did  see  upon  the 
said  Island  some  numbers  of  Cattle  which  this  Depon*  verily 
beleives  belonged  to  the  Inhabitants  thereof  who  held  their 
possions  by  vertue  of  some  Grant  from  Collonell  Hutchmson 
and  M"^  Watts  Agent  for  s*^  S''  Bibye  Lake  as  this  Depon* 
was  there  Credibly  Informed  And  this  Depon*  saith  that  he 


OF   THE   STATE    OF    MAESTE  109 

together  with  M'^  Thomas  Sanford  of  JiOndon  Merchant  are 
now  Empowered  by  a  Lre  of  Attorney  from  the  said  Captain 
John  Penhallow  this  Deponts  s*^  Mother  and  his  said  Wife 
late  widdow  of  the  said  M'  Watts  to  adjust  accounts  with  S"" 
Bibye  Lake  for  mony  laid  out  and  Expended  by  the  said  M'^ 
Watts  in  his  life  time  about  and  in  bringing  forward  the 
Settlementt  and  touching  the  said  Captain  John  Penhallow 
and  his  said  Wife's  being  Concerned  in  the  Management  of 
the  s'^  S''  Bibye  Lakes  affairs  there  as  aforesaid 

Sam^  Penhallow 
Jue  Vicessimo  secundo  die  July 

Millimo  Septingessimo  &  trisessuuo 
primo  Coram  me 
Exam-i  23  July  1731 

J  Licfhtbourn 


William  Clark's  Affidavit 

William  Clark  of  Boston  in  New  England  Gentl  now 
resideing  in  London  maketh  Oath  and  saith  that  he  this 
Dep*  went  to  accomp^  the  late  Lieuten*  Gov'"  Dummer  in  the 
Year  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  &  twenty  six  into  the 
Eastern  part  of  New  England  when  the  said  Lieuten*  Gov"" 
went  there  in  order  to  Ratifie  a  peace  with  the  Indians  and 
in  the  said  progress  he  this  Dep*  sailed  up  Kennebeck  River 
and  went  a  Shoar  on  the  Island  of  Arrowsick  where  he  this 
Dep'^  then  saw  ab*  twenty  very  good  Dwelling  houses  ( Inhab- 
ited by  English  ffamilys  standing  on  the  s*^  Island  called 
Arrowsick  one  of  which  lyeing  near  the  said  River  Kenne- 
beck was  a  very  strong  ffortified  &  walled  Brick  house  planted 
with  Cannon  in  which  were  placed  Soldiers  Comanded  by 


110  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Cap*  John  Penhallow  in  the  pay  of  the  province  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  for  the  Defence  of  the  said  Island  and  Inhit- 
tants  &  ano'  of  the  said  houses  was  also  a  ffortified  house  or 
Garrison  And  this  Dep*  saith  that  he  hath  been  Informed  & 
Verily  beleives  all  the  said  ffamilys  so  Inhitting  the  said 
Island  held  or  possed  the  same  under  the  title  or  by  vertue 
of  some  Grant  from  S"^  Bibye  Lake  ColP  Hutchinson  M"" 
Walcott  or  one  of  them  And  this  Dep*  further  saith  that  one 
of  the  Inhittants  went  with  him  this  Dep'  to  the  place  where 
great  part  of  the  Town  (  Called  George  Town  )  on  the  said 
Island  formerly  stood  att  which  place  he  saw  the  ruins  of  a 
great  Number  of  houses  which  this  Dep*  was  Credibly 
informed  had  been  burnt  down  or  destro3'ed  by  the  Indians 
in  the  last  Warr  And  att  which  time  he  this  Depon*  was  fur- 
ther Informed  that  a  Number  of  Cattle  were  also  destroyed 
in  the  said  last  war  And  this  Deponent  saith  he  was  alsoe 
about  the  same  tune  att  a  place  Called  Richmond  lyeing  to 
the  Northward  of  Arrowsick  Island  on  the  River  Kennebeck 
aforesaid  where  he  saw  a  large  ffort  or  Garrison  house  fforti- 
fied with  ten  Cannon  and  a  Number  of  English  or  New  Eng- 
land soldiers  Commanded  by  one  Captain  Joseph  Heath  who 
were  all  m  the  pay  of  the  province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay. 
William  Clarke 

Jue  Vicessimo  die  July  Millimo 
septingessimo  &  tricessimo  primo 
Coram  me 
Exam'i  21°  July  1731  J.  Bennett 


Affidavit  of  Ehenezer  ^  William  Wentworth 

Ebenezer  Wentworth  of  Portsmouth  in  the  Province  of 
New  Hampshire  in  New  England  Gent  but  now  in  London 
&  William  Wentworth  late  of  Portsmouth  aforesaid  in  the 


OF   THE   STATE    OF   IVIAINE  111 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  afores'*  in  New  England  Ship- 
wright but  now  of  the  parish  of  Lime  house  in  the  County 
of  Essex  Jointly  &  severally  make  Oath  as  follows  & 
first  this  Dep*  Ebenezer  Wentworth  Sayth  that  he  hath  very 
well  known  &  been  acquainted  with  the  province  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  in  New  England  &  most  of  the  Publick  tran- 
saccons  thereof  from  the  Year  One  thousand  Seven  hundred 
and  twenty  six  for  near  forty  years  preceeding  And  this  Dep* 
W"'  Wentworth  Sayth  that  he  was  borne  in  the  said  Province 
of  New  Hampshire  &  was  well  acquainted  with  &  very  well 
knew  the  said  province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  &  the  pub- 
lick  transaccons  thereof  from  on  or  about  the  year  1690  to 
the  year  1710  and  both  these  Dep'*  say  that  during  all  the 
said  time  that  these  Dep*'  so  respectively  knew  &  were 
acquainted  with  the  s*^  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  & 
the  publick  transaccons  thereof  there  never  was  to  the  best 
of  these  Dep**  knowledge  rembrance  &  beleife  a  continued 
Setled  Peace  with  the  Indians  bordering  on  the  s'^  province 
&  the  province  of  New  Hampshire  that  held  three  yeares 
together  but  notwithstanding  there  were  severall  treaties  of 
Peace  entred  into  between  the  said  provinces  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  &  New  Hampshire  &  the  Indians,  Yett  these 
Dep**  say  the  same  was  Constantly  broke  once  in  every  two 
or  three  Years  &  during  the  time  of  the  late  ffrench  warr 
there  was  almost  a  constant  state  of  warr  between  the  said 
Provinces  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  &  New  Ilampsliire  & 
the  severall  Nations  of  Indians  bordering  upon  them  &  which 
warrs  with  the  Indians  were  often  long  bloody  &  expensive 
warrs  And  this  Dep*  Ebenezer  Wentworth  for  himself  sayth 
that  about  40  years  since  to  his  best  rembrance  and  beleife 
as  to  the  time  a  Brother  of  this  Dep*^'  named  Daniel  Went- 
worth hved  with  Elihu  Gurimson  a  noted  shipwright  of  that 
County  at  a  late  Town  called  Sheepscutt  at  or  near  Pema- 
quid  lying  in  the  Eastern  part  of  New  England  where  this 


112  DOCUMENT AEY   HISTORY 

Dep*^  Brother  lived  severall  Years  And  this  Dep*  W™  Went- 
worth  for  himself  Sayth  that  he  hath  often  heard  his  father 
in  Law  William  Tucker  deced  who  was  a  ffisherman  belong- 
ing to  the  said  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  say  that  he 
had  often  Sayled  to  the  harbour  of  the  said  Town  of  Sheeps- 
cutt  &  cured  ffish  there  which  Town  of  Sheepscutt  was  long 
since  burnt  &  destroyed  by  the  Indians  in  the  Warrs  as  both 
those  Dep**  have  been  credibly  informed  &  beleive  &  both 
these  Dep*'  say  that  they  have  often  heard  &  been  credibly 
informed  &  do  verily  beleive  that  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  have  often  during  the 
short  Intervalls  of  Peace  they  had  with  the  Indians  Attempted 
to  make  Settlements  in  the  East  parts  of  New  England  but 
on  the  fresh  breaking  out  of  the  warr  that  ensued  they  were 
drove  from  off  the  Land  &  what  Settlem**  they  had  made 
were  destroyed  and  which  Information  both  these  Dep**  the 
rather  beleive  to  be  true  they  having  seen  severall  of  the 
ruins  of  such  demolished  Settlem**  &  well  knows  the  dis- 
tressed Cu'cumstances  severall  of  the  people  were  reduced  to 
who  had  begun  such  Settlem**  by  their  being  so  drove  from 
the  Same  by  the  Indians  &  by  the  Indians  demolishing  thereof. 

Ambo  Jurat  fuer  26 :  die 
January  1730     Coram 
Eben'  Wentworth  J  Bennett 

William  Wentworth 

Reced  1^^^  August       )  i'vqi 
Read  i**  of  Septemh'^  ) 

To  the  Right  Honourable  the  Lords 
Commiss"  for  Trade  and  Plantations 

May  it  please  Your  Lordships 

In  obedience  to  your  Lordships  Commands  signified 

to  us  by  M"^  Popple  referring  to  us  the  State  of  a  Case  here- 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  113 

unto  annext  concerning  the  Right  to  a  Tract  of  Land  lying 
between  the  Rivers  Kennebeck  and  S*  Croix,  and  directing 
us  to  hear  both  parties  and  report  our  opinion  in  point  of 
Law  thereupon  to  your  Lordships. 

And  also  in  obedience  to  your  Lordships  Commands  signi- 
fied to  us  by  M'^  Popple  referring  to  us  the  several  annex'd 
Petitions  of  S''  Bibye  Lake  Baronet  and  others,  and  of  Sam- 
uel Waldoe  Merchant  on  behalf  of  Elisha  Cook  Esq""  and 
others,  and  directing  us  to  report  our  opinion  upon  the  same 
to  your  Lordships,  We  have  considered  the  said  state  of  a 
Case  and  Petitions  and  find,  that  the  said  state  of  a  Case  sets 
forth,  That  by  the  Massachusets  Charter  it  is  ordained.  That 
the  Territorys  and  Colonys  commonly  called  and  known  by 
the  name  of  the  Colony  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  and  Colony 
of  New  Plymouth,  the  Province  of  Main,  the  Territory  called 
Accada  or  Nova  Scotia  and  all  that  Tract  of  Land  lying 
between  the  said  Territory  of  Nova  Scotia  and  the  said  Prov- 
ince of  Main  be  Erected  United  and  Incorporated  unto  one 
real  province,  by  the  Name  of  the  Province  of  the  Massachu- 
sets Bay  in  New  England. 

And  that  their  Majestys  do  thereby  grant  unto  the  Inhab- 
itants of  the  said  Province  or  Territory  of  the  Massachusets 
Bay  and  their  Successors  all  that  Part  of  New  England  in 
America  lying  within  the  Boundarys  in  the  said  Charter  par- 
ticularly mentioned.  And  also  the  Lands  and  Hereditaments 
lying  and  being  in  the  Country  or  Territory  commonly  called 
Accada  or  Nova  Scotia,  And  all  these  Lauds  and  all  these 
Lands  and  Hereditaments  lying  and  extending  between  the 
said  Country  of  Nova  Scotia  and  the  River  of  Sagadahock 
(  or  Kennebeck  )  or  any  part  thereof,  and  all  Lands,  Grounds, 
Places,  Soils,  Woods  and  Wood  Grounds,  Havens,  Ports, 
Rivers,  Waters  and  other  Hereditaments  and  Premisses 
whatsoever  lying  within  the  s"^  Bounds  and  Limits  aforesaid, 
and  every  part  and  Parcel  thereof,  and  also  all  Islands  and 


114  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Isletts  lying  within  ten  Leagues  directly  opposite  to  the 
Main  Land  within  the  s''  Bounds  and  all  Mines  and  Minerals 
as  well  Royal  Mines  of  Gold  &  Silver  as  other  Mines  and 
Minerals  whatsoever  in  the  said  Lands  and  Premisses  or  any 
part  thereof,  To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  with  their  & 
every  of  their  appurtenances  to  the  said  Inhabitants  of  the 
Massachusets  Bay  and  their  Successors  to  their  only  proper 
Use  and  behoof  for  evermore,  To  be  holden  of  their  Majestys 
as  of  their  Mannor  of  East  Greenwich  &c.  Yielding  there- 
fore yearly  one  fifth  Part  of  all  Gold  and  Silver  Oar  &c. 

That  in  the  Clause  of  the  said  Charter  directing  the  choice 
of  the  Counsellors  or  Assistants  of  the  said  Province  who 
are  to  be  28  m  Number,  It  is  Ordered  that  18  of  them  at 
least  shall  be  Inhabitants  or  Proprietors  of  Lands  within  the 
Territory  formerly  called  the  Colony  of  the  Massachusets  Bay, 
and  4  at  least  of  the  Inhabitants  or  Proprietors  of  Land 
within  the  Territory  formerly  call'd  the  Province  of  Main, 
and  one  at  the  least  of  the  Inhabitants  of  or  Proprietors  of 
Land  within  the  Territory  lying  between  the  River  of  Saga- 
dahock  &  Nova  Scotia. 

That  there  is  power  given  to  the  Governour  &  Council  to 
impose  Taxes  &c  upon  the  Estate  &  Persons  of  the  Inhabi- 
tants or  Proprietors  of  the  said  Province. 

That  in  the  s*^  Charter  is  the  following  Proviso. 

Provided  that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful!  for  the  said 
Governour  and  General  Assembly  to  make  or  pass  any  Grant 
of  Lands  lying  within  the  Bounds  of  the  Colonys  of  the  Mas- 
sachusets Bay,  and  Now  Plimouth  and  Province  of  Main  in 
such  manner  as  heretofore  they  might  have  done  by  Vertue 
of  any  former  Charter  or  Letters  Patents,  which  Grants  of 
Lands  within  the  Bounds  aforesaid,  We  do  hereby  Will  and 
Ordain  to  be  and  continue  for  ever  in  full  force  and  Effect 
without  our  further  Approbation  or  Consent,  And  so  as  nev- 
ertheless And  it  is  our  Royal  Will  and  Pleasure  that   no 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  115 

Grant  or  Grants  of  any  Lands  lying  or  Extending  from  the 
River  of  Sagadahock  to  the  Gulph  of  S*  Lawrence  and  Can- 
ada Rivers  and  to  the  Main  Sea  Northward  and  Eastward  to 
be  made  or  past  by  the  Governour  or  General  Assembly  of 
Our  said  Province,  be  of  any  Force,  Validity  or  Effect,  until 
We  Our  Heirs  and  Successors  shall  have  Signified  our  or 
their  Approbation  of  the  same. 

That  within  the  Tract  of  Land  lying  between  St  Croix  and 
Sagadahock  is  a  place  called  Pemaquid,  where  there  was  a 
Fort  built  by  James  then  Duke  of  York,  to  whom  that  Tract 
was  granted  by  King  Charles  the  second  in  1661,  in  order  to 
preserve  it  from  the  Indians ;  but  the  Indians  afterwards 
assisted  by  the  French  made  an  Incursion  into  the  said  Tract 
of  Land,  &  not  only  demolished  the  said  Fort,  but  also 
destroyed  many  Familys  then  in  a  flourishing  Condition 
which  had  been  Settled  there  under  the  said  Grant  to  the 
Duke  of  York. 

That  soon  after  the  said  Charter  was  Granted  S'  W™ 
Phipps  was  appointed  Governour  of  the  Massachusets  in 
whose  time  the  said  Fort  of  Pemaquid  was  rebuilt  which  was 
done  for  a  shew  of  their  Government  over  that  Tract  of  the 
Country,  but  no  Settlements  or  Familys  were  made  therein, 
and  the  place  being  in  a  naked  &  Defenceless  Condition,  it 
was  in  1696  taken  by  the  French,  who  demolished  the  said 
Fort  at  Pemaquid,  &  the  French  King  put  that  part  of  the 
Country  under  the  Government  of  his  Governour  of  Nova 
Scotia  where  his  next  Garrison  then  was  And  it  remained  in 
Possession  of  the  French  after  the  Peace  of  Reswick. 

That  the  French  as  a  Testimony  of  their  Right  to  and 
Possession  of  the  said  Tract,  built  a  Church  at  the  River 
Kennebeck  or  Sagadahock. 

That  Joseph  Dudley  Esq''  (tlien  Governour  of  the  Massa- 
chusets several  times  by  orders  from  her  then  Majesty) 
pressed  the  House  of  Representatives  to  rebuild  the  Fort  and 


116  DOCUMENTABY   HISTORY 

restore  the  Fortifications  at  Pemaquid,  upon  which  the  House 
of  Representatives  in  their  Address  to  the  Queen  express 
themselves  as  follows, 

As  to  the  building  a  Fort  at  Pemaquid, 

The  Expenses  already  made  on  our  Fortresses,  Garrisons, 
Marches,  and  Guards  by  Sea  amounting  to  more  than 
.£80000,  a  great  part  whereof  is  m  arrear  and  impaid,  besides 
the  daily  charge  for  our  necessary  Defence  and  the  Prosecu- 
tion of  the  War,  is  become  almost  insupportable,  &  has 
brought  us  under  very  distressing  Circumstances,  and  were 
the  building  a  Fort  at  Pemaquid  superadded  thereto,  It 
would  render  the  Charge  far  beyond  our  ability,  and  we 
humbly  conceive  would  be  no  Security  to  our  Frontiers,  or 
Bridle  to  the  Indians,  the  Situation  thereof  being  so  much 
out  of  their  ordinary  road  and  upwards  of  One  hundred  Miles 
distant  from  any  part  of  this  Province  at  present  Inhabited 
by  the  English,  and  of  httle  or  no  advantage  to  this  Province 
although  the  Expence  in  building  and  supporting  the  late 
Fort  at  Pemaquid  cost  not  less  than  £20000,  which  was  not 
lost  by  any  neglect  of  the  Governm*  it  being  fully  supplyed 
for  the  Defence  and  Support  thereof,  but  by  the  Cowardice 
or  Treachery  of  the  then  Commanding  Officer  upon  the 
Place,  who  received  his  Tryal,  but  was  acquitted. 

That  the  s*^  Tract  of  Land  continued  in  possession  of  the 
French  to  the  Year  1710,  when  it  was  retaken  by  General 
Nicholson  with  some  Troops  sent  from  home  to  take  Nova 
Scotia,  which  together  with  the  said  Tract  was  then  Surren- 
dered to  the  said  General  by  the  French  Governour,  &  which 
was  afterwards  yielded  to  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain  by  the 
twelfth  Article  of  the  Treaty  of  Utrecht. 

That  Col  Shute  ( Governour  of  the  Massachusets ),  by  His 
late  Majestys  Orders  recommended  to  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives the  refitting  the  Fort  of  Pemaquid,  or  the  building 
some  Fort  near  that  place  that  might  be  a  greater  Security 


OF  THE  STATE  OP  MAINE  117 

to  their  Frontiers,  upon  which  the  said  House  of  Represent- 
atives sent  the  following  Message  to  the  Governour, 

That  upon  a  further  consideration  of  his  Excellencys 
Speech  to  the  Court  at  the  beginning  of  last  Sessions,  the 
House  are  humbly  of  Opinion  that  considering  the  low  Cir- 
cumstances of  this  Province  and  the  heavy  debts  that  are 
upon  it,  that  His  Majestys  Subjects  here  are  not  able  to  come 
into  so  great  a  Charge  as  the  rebuilding  the  Fort  at  Pemaquid 
would  be,  and  that  in  case  of  a  Rupture  a  Fortification  there 
would  be  no  great  security  to  the  Lives  and  Estates  of  His 
Majesty's  Subjects  here,  as  our  past  Experience  has  abun- 
dantly convinced  us.  By  reason  that  Pemaquid  is  at  so  great 
a  distance  from  our  English  Settlements,  But  that  at  all  times 
vv^iat  shall  be  necessary  for  the  defence  and  preservation  of 
the  Governm'  here,  We  as  good  and  loyal  Subjects  shall 
readily  &  cheerfully  comply  with. 

That  this  Tract  of  Land  (  which  is  reputed  part  of  Nova 
Scotia)  did  thus  lye  wast  and  uninhabited  tho  capable  of 
very  great  improvements,  and  by  the  situation  thereof  the 
Lands  in  those  parts  with  respect  to  their  Produce,  Harbours 
and  Fisherys  are  of  more  value  than  any  others  in  that  part 
of  America  and  would  produce  considerable  Quit  Rents,  if 
the  right  thereto  is  in  the  Crown,  so  that  the  title  to  the 
Government  as  well  as  to  the  property  in  the  Soil  is  of  very 
great  consequence,  And  therefore  upon  a  Representation  to 
His  Majesty  in  Council  that  some  Protestants  from  Ireland 
and  from  the  Palatinate  were  desirous  to  Settle  upon  the  said 
Tract  of  Land  lying  between  the  Rivers  S*  Croix  and  Kenne- 
beck  ( Sagadahock )  extending  about  one  hundred  and  Eighty 
Miles  in  length  on  the  Sea  Coast,  His  Majesty  directed  that 
His  Surveyor  of  the  Lands  in  Nova  Scotia  should  assign  them 
Lands  according  to  their  desire,  which  he  accordingly  did 
about  a  Year  ago,  and  several  Familys  are  now  Settled 
thereon  &  improving  the  same,  which  were  afterwards  to  be 
ratified  to  them. 


118  DOCUMENTARY    HISTOIIY 

That  the  Inhabitants  of  Massachusets  Bay  who  'till  this 
time  always  neglected  the  said  Tract  of  Land  as  veiy  incon- 
siderable and  not  worth  their  notice  claim  not  only  a  Right 
to  the  Government  but  also  to  the  Lands  in  the  said  Tract 
and  the  Government  there  threatens  to  drive  the  Familys 
( now  settled  there  )  immediately  out  of  the  same. 

That  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Massachusets  do  not  now  pre- 
tend any  Right  to  that  part  called  Nova  Scotia  which  is  like- 
wise included  in  their  Charter,  And  the  s*^  Tract  of  Land  is 
reputed  part  of  Nova  Scotia  th6  it  is  differently  described  in 
the  Charter. 

Upon  this  state  of  the  Case  the  Questions  proposed  to  us 
were,  Whether  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  ( if 
they  ever  had  any  right  to  the  Governm*  of  the  s*^  Tract  of 
Land  lying  between  S'  Croix  &  Kennebeck  (  or  Sagadahock ) 
have  not  by  their  neglect  &  even  refusal  to  defend,  take  care 
of  and  improve  the  same,  forfeited  their  s*^  Right  to  the  Gov- 
ernm*, and  what  Right  they  had  under  the  Charter  and  now 
have  to  the  Lands. 

Whether  by  the  said  Tract  being  conquered  by  the  French 
and  afterwards  reconquered  by  General  Nicholson  m  the  late 
Queen's  time,  and  Yielded  up  by  France  to  Great  Britain  by 
the  Treaty  of  Utrecht  that  part  of  the  Charter  relating  thereto 
became  vacated  &  whether  the  Governm*  of  That  Tract  and 
the  Lands  thereof  are  not  absolutely  revested  in  the  Crown, 
and  whether  the  Crown  has  not  thereby  a  Sufficient  Power  to 
appoint  Govern"  and  Assign  Lands  to  such  Familys  as  shall 
be  desirous  to  Settle  there. 


That  the  said  Thomas  Leveret  Survived  the  said  John 
Beauchamp,  by  vertue  whereof  he  became  Solely  Entituled 
to  the  Benefit  of  the  said  Grant,  and  on  his  Decease  all  the 
said  Lands  and  Premisses  became  vested  in  the  said  John 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINTE  119 

Leveret  Son    of   the   said   Thomas    Leveret   the   surviving 
Grantee  to  whom  the  Petit'  Mary  Rogers  is  Heir  at  Law. 

That  S""  Wilham  Phipps  then  Governour  of  New  England, 
not  knowing,  as  it  is  presumed,  of  the  s"^  John  Leveret's 
Right  to  the  said  Land,  Treated  and  agreed  with  Madako- 
wando  who  was  Sacamore  or  Chief  Sachem  or  King  of  the 
Penobscot  Indians  for  the  purchase  thereof,  and  accordingly 
the  said  Madakowando  for  a  valuable  Consideration  by  his 
Deed  Poll  dated  the  Ninth  of  May  1691,  Granted  Released, 
Confirmed  Enfeoffed,  Bargained  and  sold  the  said  Lands  and 
Premisses  to  the  said  S'^  W'^'  Phipps  in  Fee,  which  Deed  was 
afterwards,  Viz*^  the  Tenth  of  May  1694,  Personally  acknowl- 
edged by  the  said  Madakowando  before  two  of  the  Members 
of  His  then  Majesty's  Council  of  Massachusets  Province,  and 
has  been  since  acknowledged  and  allowed  of  by  the  Chief 
Sachems  of  the  Indians  and  their  Tribes,  and  Particularly 
was  shown  to  and  acknowledged  and  allowed  of  by  them  so 
lately  as  the  fourth  day  of  August  1726. 

That  after  the  Peace  of  Utrecht  which  was  also  attended 
by  a  Peace  with  the  Eastern  Indians  of  New  England,  the 
said  John  Leveret  formed  to  himself  an  intention  of  resettling 
the  said  Land  with  all  possible  Vigour  and  dispatch,  but  m 
regard  all  the  old  Settlem**  were  demolished,  apprehending 
the  undertaking  too  Extensive  for  a  Single  Person,  he  invited 
and  agreed  with  Several  Gentlemen  of  considerable  Substance 
&  Fortune  to  associate  and  join  with  him  therein,  and  having 
brought  his  Designs  to  a  degree  of  Maturity  in  the  Year 
1719,  that  nothing  might  lay  in  his  way,  and  to  remove  all 
possible  obstructions,  and  as  an  additional  strength  to  and 
confirmation  of  his  Title  &  thereby  the  more  to  encourage 
his  Associates  to  carry  on  the  said  Settlem**  with  Spirit  and 
Vigour,  the  s^  John  Leveret  treated  and  agreed  with  Spencer 
Phipps  Esq'  adopted  Son  and  Heir  and  also  Devisee  of  the 
gd  gr  ^ym  piiipps  to  purchase  out  his  Interest  in  the  said 


120  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Premisses  and  accordingly  the  said  Spencer  Phipps  by  his 
Deed  Poll  Indorsed  on  the  said  Indian  Purchase  Deed  and 
bearing  date  the  18^^  day  of  August  1719,  for  a  full  and  val- 
uable consideration,  released,  Assigned  conveyed  &  confirmed 
to  the  said  John  Leveret  as  vs^ell  the  said  Deed  from  the  said 
Madakowando  to  the  s'^  S''  W'''  Phipps  as  also  all  the  Tracts 
and  parcels  of  Land  thereby  granted  &  conveyed  to  the  s*  S' 
W™  Phipps  &  which  are  mentioned  in  the  s*^  Deed  to  be  then 
in  the  Seizin  and  Possion  of  the  s*^  Leveret  with  their  appur- 
tenances, to  hold  to  the  said  John  Leveret  his  Heirs  and 
Assigns  to  his  and  their  only  proper  use  &  benefit  for  ever. 

That  the  said  John  Leveret  having  thus  a  secure  Title  in 
him  to  the  said  Tract  of  Land  both  by  Grant  from  the  Crown 
and  by  Purchase  from  the  Indians  which  is  always  held  invi- 
olable in  these  parts,  &  having  associated  several  gentlemen 
of  considerable  fortune  to  join  with  him  in  Settling  and 
improving  these  Lands,  for  the  better  effecting  the  same,  the 
s*^  John  Leveret  by  Deed  of  Association  bearing  date  the  14**^ 
of  Aug'  1719,  admitted  &  joined  the  Petif^  Elisha  Cook, 
Nathaniel  Hubbard,  Hannah  Davis,  Roberta  Loyd,  Sarah 
Byfield,  John  Bradford  and  Spencer  Phipps  as  Associates  to 
and  with  himself  in  the  said  Lands  and  Premisses  conveying 
to  each  of  them  such  parts  and  Shares  of  the  said  Lands  as 
in  the  said  Deed  is  particularly  mentioned.  And  by  another 
Deed  of  Association  bearing  date  the  15*^  day  of  the  same 
month  of  Aug*  between  the  s*^  John  Leveret  &  the  last 
named  Pet"  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Pet"  lahaleel  Brenton, 
John  Clarke,  Samuel  Brown,  Tho^  Fitch  whose  Right  is 
vested  in  the  Pef  John  Fitch,  Adam  Winthrop,  Samuel 
Thaxter,  Oliver  Noise,  Stephen  Minott,  Anthony  Stoddard, 
Thomas  Westbrook,  Thomas  Smith,  John  Smith,  Joseph 
Appleton  whose  Right  is  now  vested  in  the  Pef  Nathaniel 
Appleton,  Thomas  Fairweather,  Henry  Franklyn,  Gilbert 
Bant,  Benjamin  Brousden,  W"  Clarke,  John  Oulton,  Jona- 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  121 

than  Waldo,  Cornelius  Waldo,  and  John  Jeffries  of  the  other 
part,  reciting  the  several  Deeds  afores*^,  the  s*^  last  Darned 
Pet"  and  those  under  whom  they  Claim  as  afores"^  are  admit- 
ted and  joined  together  as  Associates  in  the  said  Land  and 
Premises  and  such  parts  thereof  allotted  to  them  as  in  the 
said  last  Deed  is  particularly  menconed  the  whole  to  be 
divided  into  30  equal  parts.  To  be  holden  by  all  the  s*^ 
Pet"  and  those  under  whom  they  claim  as  aforesaid,  their 
respective  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever  as  Tenants  in  common, 
and  to  be  no  Survivorship,  with  proper  Covenants,  each  oblig- 
ing the  other  to  procure  People  to  Plant,  Settle  and  Inhabit 
two  Towns  of  Eighty  Familys  each  in  a  Christian  manner  in 
&  upon  the  s*^  Tract  of  Land,  under  such  Limitations,  Condi- 
tions and  Reservations  as  in  the  said  Deed  is  expressed,  and 
to  erect  two  Saw  Mills  on  the  s"^  Land,  and  for  the  better 
Ordering  and  Regulating  the  said  designed  Settlements,  It 
was  Covenanted  and  Agreed  that  the  Extent  as  the  said  two 
Towns  should  be  described,  and  that  the  same  should  be  laid 
out  in  a  regular  and  defensible  manner  upon  S'  Georges 
River,  and  that  proper  Lotts  in  each  Town  should  be  set 
apart  for  a  IMinister  and  a  School  unalienable,  and  that  Lands 
should  be  also  set  apart  to  be  bestowed  on  the  Settlers  in  the 
said  Townships,  with  Covenants  for  the  Association  to  do 
the  utmost  for  the  compleating  and  perfecting  of  the  said 
designed  Settlements. 

That  the  rest  of  the  Pef'  have  Since  Purchased  several 
parts  of  Shares  from  the  other  Pet"  in  the  said  Lands. 

That  hereupon  the  Pet"  and  those  under  whom  they  Claim 
immediately  began  making  the  said  Settlements,  and  soon 
after  they  agreed  to  have  as  much  Land  broke  up  and  culti- 
vated as  would  accomodate  a  sufficient  Number  of  Familys 
at  least,  and  the  Houses  for  their  reception  to  be  made  com- 
fortable, and  in  order  to  prosecute  and  effectually  bring  for- 
wards the  said  intended  Settlem*  they  built  and  finished  two 


122  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

strong  large  Blockhouses,  with  a  covered  way  from  them  to 
the  Waterside,  to  secure  the  Men  from  the  Incursions  and 
Injuries  of  the  Indians  who  daily  resorted  there  in  great 
numbers,  &  oftimes  threatened  those  employed  in  Building 
&  clearing  the  Land,  who  used  several  stratagems  to  get  them 
from  off  those  Lands ;  And  the  Pet"  also  built  a  double  Saw- 
Mill  to  facilitate  the  Settlem'^^  and  bought  a  Sloop  and  hired 
men  to  transport  People  and  their  effects,  besides  several 
other  Sloops  employed  by  them  in  the  said  Undertaking,  and 
had  for  above  12  Months  a  Captain  and  20  Soldiers,  whom 
they  paid  and  subsisted  in  the  said  Blockhouses,  and  who 
were  provided  with  great  and  small  artillery  to  defend  them- 
selves and  the  Workmen  from  the  attacks  of  the  French 
Indians  at  the  sole  Charge  of  the  said  Association. 

That  by  this  means  notwithstanding  the  great  many  dis- 
turbances they  received  from  the  French  Indians,  the  Pet" 
very  vigorously  pushed  forwards  in  Settling  &  bringing  those 
Lands  into  a  Capacity  of  receiving  and  Securing  a  Number 
of  Inhabitants,  and  actually  built  and  erected  several  Houses 
thereon. 

That  in  June  1721,  the  French  Indians  to  the  Number  of 
200  Surprized  took  and  burnt  one  of  the  Pet"  Sloops,  & 
killed  one  of  their  Men  and  took  Six  Captives,  &  then  imme- 
diately made  up  in  a  Body  to  the  Blockhouses,  &  the  next 
day  attacked  them  with  firearms  for  several  hours,  and  used 
several  devices  to  have  burnt  the  Blockhouses;  but  were 
defeated  by  the  Courage  of  the  Men  employed  by  the  Pet" ; 
But  in  this  Attack  the  Pet"  were  great  Sufferers,  the  Indians 
having  killed  one  and  taken  Six  Prisoners,  burnt  their  Saw 
Mill,  a  large  Sloop  and  sundry  Houses,  and  killed  many  of 
their  Cattle ;  But  notwithstanding  this  great  destruction 
made  on  the  Pet",  they  still  kept  and  maintained  the  two 
Block-houses  with  Men  and  Warlike  Stores  and  provisions 
for  several  months  afterwards,  although  the  Governm*  of  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   ISIAINE  123 

Massachusets  had  proclaimed  War  with  these  Indians  and 
the  other  Eastern  Tribes. 

That  the  Pet"  being  by  this  War  incapacitated  from  pur- 
suing the  Settlem'*  they  had  so  successfully  began,  were 
obliged  to  desist  therefrom,  but  they  yet  held  the  two  Block- 
houses and  defended  the  same  against  a  Siege  laid  to  it  by 
the  Indians  for  twelve  days  together,  and  killed  twenty  of 
the  Enemy,  and  apprehending  the  same  might  be  of  great 
Service  to  the  Massachusets  Governm*  in  carrying  on  the 
War,  and  until  the  Pet"  should  have  occasion  to  use  them 
for  the  purposes  at  first  designed,  which  offer  the  Governm* 
accepted,  and  to  whom  they  proved  of  great  service  in  the 
War,  and  were  the  sole  means  of  keeping  that  part  of  the 
Country  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  Indians,  and  have 
ever  since  continued  under  the  Proteccon  of  the  Governm*, 
and  smce  the  War  ended  a  Truck-house  is  erected  in  the 
Block-houses  which  are  used  as  Magazines  or  Storehouses 
for  Indian  goods. 

That  on  the  ending  that  War,  the  Pet"  again  resolved  to 
go  on  with  and  continue  their  s'*  settlem*',  and  for  that  pur- 
pose, they  apphed  for,  and  obtained  a  Letter  from  Samuel 
Shute  Esq''  then  Governour  of  the  Massachusets  Bay,  to  the 
Chief  of  the  said  Penobscot  Indians  to  facilitate  the  Pet" 
going  on  with  and  finishing  their  said  Settlem**,  But  soon 
afterwards  another  War  broke  out  with  those  Indians  which 
then  prevented  the  Pet"  further  proceeding  in  their  intended 
Settlem*^  But  a  Peace  being  again  Concluded  with  them  some 
short  time  before  M''  Burnet's  coming  to  that  Govemm*  the 
Pet"  being  still  intent  and  resolved  on  bringing  forward  and 
finishing  the  said  Settlem*^  obtained  a  like  letter  from  Gov' 
Burnet  as  they  had  before  done  from  Gov""  Shute  and  were 
going  on  to  Settle  and  improve  those  lands  with  all  possible 
vigour  and  dispatch,  and  had  actually  got  a  minister  and  120 
Family s  ready  to  go  and  Settle  one  of  the  intended  Towns, 


124  DOCUMENT AEY   HISTORY 

But  to  their  great  Surprize,  disappointment  and  loss,  the 
Pet"^  have  met  with  an  Interruption  herein  from  David  Dun- 
bar, Esq'  Surveyor  General  of  His  Majestys  Woods  in  Amer- 
ica, who  being  waited  on  by  a  number  of  the  Petit"  hath 
forbidden  the  Pet"^*  from  going  on  with  the  said  Settlem*% 
and  Informed  the  Pef*  that  he  could  not  permit  their  going 
on  with  their  Settlem*^  on  any  other  terms,  but  their  taking 
Grants  from  him  in  the  same  manner  as  if  they  had  not 
already  any  Title  thereto,  upon  which  the  Petitioners  informed 
IVP  Dunbar  that  they  thought  it  their  Duty  to  lay  before  His 
Majesty  the  matter  aforesaid,  and  M''  Dunbar  promised  the 
Pet"  not  to  intermeddle  with  the  said  Lands  'till  His  Maj- 
esty's Pleasure  should  be  known. 

Therefore  and  as  the  Pet"  have  so  clear  a  Title  to  their 
Lands  both  by  Grant  from  the  Crown,  and  Purchase  from 
the  Natives,  and  have  had  the  Possession  thereof  for  so  many 
years,  and  been  at  a  very  great  expence  in  erecting  the  Block- 
houses and  several  other  Buildings  thereon,  and  defending 
the  same  in  the  manner  before  Stated,  &  their  endeavours 
and  attempts  to  improve  and  settle  the  same,  which  had  been 
long  since  compleated  by  the  Pet"  but  from  the  unavoidable 
interruptions  given  them  by  the  Wars,  but  have  always  by 
means  of  their  Block-houses  kept  the  Possession  thereof,  and 
thereby  Guarded  and  Protected  all  that  part  of  the  Country, 
and  as  the  Pet"  are  determined  to  compleat  the  said  Set- 
tlem*'  with  all  possible  dispatch,  which  being  of  great  advan- 
tage to  the  Province  of  the  Massachusets  and  His  Majestys 
Interest  there. 

The  Pet"  in  consideration  of  the  Premisses  most  humbly 
prayed  His  Majesty  that  His  Majesty  would  be  Plea.sed  to 
send  the  necessary  Orders  or  Instructions  to  the  said  David 
Dunbar  not  to  intermeddle  with  the  said  Tract  of  Land  to 
which  the  Petitioners  are  so  intituled  as  afores*^,  and  that  he 
do  not  interrupt,  or  obstruct  or  disturbe  the  Pet"^^  in  carrying 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  125 

on  their  Settlem*'  there  on  any  pretence  whatsoever,  that  so 
the  Pet"  may  be  quieted  in  the  enjoym*  thereof  and  carry  on 
the  Settlem*^  intended  by  them  without  Molestation 

And  we  Certifye  Your  Lordships  that  we  have  been 
attended  by  M'  Paxton  SoUictor  for  the  affairs  of  His  Maj- 
estys  Treasury,  and  by  the  respective  Agents  of  the  Province 
of  the  Massachuset's  Bay  in  New  England,  and  of  the  Pet", 
and  have  heard  Council  on  behalf  of  the  Crown,  and  of  all 
the  said  parties,  at  which  I-[ earing  v/ere  laid  before  us  a  Copy 
of  the  Charter  granted  by  their  late  IMajties  King  William 
and  Queen  Mary  on  the  7'^  day  of  October  in  the  3'^  Year  of 
their  reign  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  s^  Province  of  the  i\Ias- 
sachusets  Bay,  and  the  several  affidavits  hereunto  annexed, 
together  with  Copies  of  diverse  Conveyances  of  particular 
parcells  of  Land  lying  within  the  Tract  in  question,  wliich 
were  Certified  under  the  Seal  of  the  said  Province. 

Upon  considering  the  said  Case  and  Petitions,  and  tlie 
Evidence  laid  before  us,  and  what  was  alledged  on  all  sides, 
It  appears  to  us 

That  all  the  said  Tract  of  Lands  lying  between  the  Rivers 
Kennebeck  and  S*  Croix  is  ( amongst  other  tilings  )  granted 
by  the  said  Charter  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Province, 
and  that  thereby  power  is  given  to  the  Govern'  &  General 
Assembly  of  the  said  Province  to  make  grants  of  I-ands 
within  the  said  Limits,  Subject  to  a  Provisoe  that  no  such 
Grants  should  be  of  an}^  force  until  their  said  late  Majestys 
their  Heirs  or  Successors  should  have  Signified  their  appro- 
bation of  the  same. 

It  appears  also  by  the  said  Charter  that  the  Rights  of 
Governm^  granted  to  the  said  Province  extend  over  this 
Tract  of  Land. 

It  doth  not  appear  to  us  that  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said 
Province  have  been  guilty  of  any  such  Neglect  or  Refusal  to 
defend  this  part  of  the  Country  as  can  create  a  forfeiture  of 


126  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

that  subordinate  Right  of  Government  of  the  same,  or  of  such 
Property  in  the  Soil  as  was  granted  to  them  by  the  said 
Charter;  it  being  Sworn  by  several  of  the  said  Affidavits 
that  a  Fort  was  erected  there  and  for  some  time  defended  at 
the  Charge  of  the  Province,  and  that  Magistrates  and  Courts 
of  Justice  have  been  appointed  within  this  District,  and  that 
one  of  the  Council  of  the  Province  hath  always  been  chosen 
for  this  Division  ;  And  tho  it  is  certain  that  this  part  of  the 
Province  hath  not  been  improved  equally  with  other  parts 
thereof.  Yet  considering  the  vast  Extent  of  Country  granted 
by  this  Charter,  and  the  great  Improvements  made  in  several 
parts  of  it,  We  conceive  that  will  not  create  a  forfeiture, 
because  in  such  cases  it  is  not  to  be  expected  that  the  whole 
should  be  cultivated  and  improved  to  the  same  advantage, 
and.  whether  there  hath  been  such  a  neglect  or  Non-user  of 
any  part  as  may  amount  to  a  forfeiture  must  be  judged  of, 
not  upon  the  particular  circumstances  attending  that  part 
only,  but  upon  the  circumstances  of  the  whole. 

And  if  the  Province  had  incurred  any  forfeiture  in  the 
present  Case,  no  advantage  could  be  taken  thereof  but  by  a 
legal  proceeding  by  Scire  facias  to  repeal  their  Charter,  or  by 
Inquisition  finding  such  forfeiture. 

As  to  the  Question  stated  in  the  Case  upon  the  effect  of 
the  Conquest  of  this  Tract  of  Countrey  by  the  French,  and 
the  Re-conquest  thereof  by  General  Nicholson,  We  conceive 
that  the  said  Tract  not  having  been  Yielded  by  the  Crown 
of  England  to  France  by  any  Treaty,  the  Conquest  thereof 
by  the  French  created  according  to  the  Law  of  Nations  only 
a  Suspension  of  the  Property  of  the  former  Owners  and  not 
an  Extinguishment  of  it,  and  that  upon  the  Re-conquest  by 
General  Nicholson  aU  the  ancient  Rights  both  of  the  Province 
and  of  private  persons.  Subjects  of  the  Crown  of  Great  Brit- 
ain did  revive  and  were  restored  jure  postliminii.  This  Rule 
holds  the  more  strongly  in  the  present   case    in   regard   it 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  127 

appears  by  the  affidavits  that  the  Province  joined  their  Forces 
to  those  which  came  thither  under  the  Command  of  General 
Nicholson  in  this  Service. 

For  these  reasons  we  are  of  Opinion  that  the  said  Charter 
still  remains  in  force,  and  that  the  Crown  hath  not  power  to 
appoint  a  particular  Governour  over  this  part  of  the  Prov- 
ince, or  to  Assign  Lands  to  persons  desirous  to  settle  there ; 
nor  can  the  Province  grant  these  Lands  to  private  Proprie- 
tors, without  the  approbation  of  the  Crown  according  to  the 
Charter. 

As  to  the  Case  of  the  Petitioners  in  the  two  Petitions 
referred  to  us,  who  insist  upon  particular  Titles  in  tliem- 
selves  to  certain  parcels  of  Land  lying  within  the  District  in 
question,  we  have  examined  into  their  Claims,  and  find 
by  the  above-mentioned  Copies  of  Deeds  and  Writings 
produced  by  them,  that  several  of  the  Petitioners  and 
those  under  whom  they  claim  have  had  Conveyances  made 
to  them  of  several  of  the  said  parcels  of  Land,  some  from 
the  Council  of  Plimouth,  which  was  constituted  by  Char- 
ter in  the  Reign  of  King  James  the  first  and  whose  Grants 
are  Confirmed  by  the  Charter  of  King  William  and  Queen 
Mary,  and  others  from  Indians  pretending  to  be  owners 
thereof  under  which  Grants  large  Sums  of  Money  appear 
by  the  said  Affidavits  to  have  been  laid  out  in  Endeav- 
ouring to  Settle  and  improve  the  Lands  therein  comprized, 
several  of  which  Sums  were  expended  not  many  years 
agoe  particularly  a  Sum  of  £2000  by  S''  Bibye  Lake  in  the 
Year  1714,  and  other  Sums  of  Money  by  others  of  the  Peti- 
tioners in  the  Years  1719  and  1720.  And  tho'  these  Set- 
tlements and  improvements  have  been  in  great  Measure 
interrupted  and  defeated  by  frequent  Warrs  and  Incursions 
of  the  Indians,  Yet  several  of  the  Petitioners  or  their  Ten- 
ants appear  to  be  still  in  Possession  of  some  parts  of  the  said 
Tract  of  Land. 


128  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Some  objections  were  made  before  us  to  the  nature  of  the 
Grants  &  Conveyances  under  which  the  Petitioners  claimed, 
and  to  the  manner  of  deducmg  down  their  Titles ;  But  we 
conceive  that  in  questions  of  this  kind  concerning  Rights  to 
Lands  in  the  West  Indies,  and  upon  Enquiries  of  this  nature, 
the  same  regularity  and  exactness  is  not  to  be  expected  as  in 
private  Suits  concerning  Titles  to  Lands  in  England,  but 
that  in  these  cases  the  principal  Regard  ought  to  be  had  to 
the  Possession  and  the  Expenses  the  partys  have  been  at  in 
endeavouring  to  Settle  and  Cultivate  such  Lands. 

Therefore  upon  the  whole  matter  we  are  of  opinion  that 
the  Petitioners,  their  Tenants  or  Agents  ought  not  to  be  dis- 
turbed in  their  possession  or  interrupted  in  carrying  on  their 
Settlements  in  the  Lands  granted  to  them  within  the  District 
in  question. 

All  which  is  submitted  to  Your  Lordships  consideration 

P.  Yorke 
lltu  ^Yugt  1731.  C.  Talbot 


Jeremiah  Dunbar  s  Affidavit 

Jeremiah  Dunbar  of  London  Gent  maketh  Oath  That  he 
having  a  Deputation  as  Surveyor  of  his  Majesty es  Woods  in 
America  did  about  the  Month  of  January  last  or  ffebruary 
last  past  by  virtue  and  in  Execution  of  his  said  offtce  Travell 
a  great  many  Miles  to  and  fro  in  that  Tract  of  Country  scit- 
uate  between  the  River  S*  Croix  at  Nova  Scotia  and  the 
River  Kennebeck  and  did  not  see  one  house  or  anything 
done  towards  improving  and  Setling  the  said  Country  Except 
what  was  built  and  Done  by  the  sev'^all  ffamilys  which  went 
over  thither  with  ColP^  Dunbar  this  Dep^^  Brother  in  Or 
about  the  Month  of  October  One  thousand  Seven  hundred 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   IVIAIKE  129 

and  twenty  Nine  in  order  to  Settle  in  and  Improve  the  said 
Country 

Jer:  Dunbar 
Jurat  Septimo  Die  Jan'^^ 
Anno  Dm  1730     Coram  Tho  Bennett 


Jeremiah  Dunbar  s  Affidavit 

Jeremiah  Dunbar  of  London  Gent  maketh  Oath  That  he 
this  Deponent  did  in  or  about  the  latter  end  of  December  last 
receive  the  annext  written  paper  or  Petition  from  his  Brother 
Coir^  Dunbar  Surveyor  General  of  His  Majestyes  woods  in 
North  America  and  verily  beleives  that  the  Same  was  Sub- 
scribed by  the  severall  psons  whose  Names  are  thereunder 
particularly  written  who  are  some  of  the  people  that  lately 
went  to  the  Tract  of  Land  between  S*  Croix  and  Kennebeck 
in  order  to  settle  there  and  Improve  that  Country  under  the 
said  Coll"  Dunbar,  And  this  Deponent  further  saith  that 
unless  the  Lands  there  be  speedily  allotted  to  the  Sev'"all 
persons  who  are  lately  gone  to  Settle  in  that  Country  this 
Depon*  verily  beleives  they  will  break  up  and  leave  the  Same. 

Jurat  Vicessimo  Sexto  Die  January 
Anno  Dm  1730     Coram  me 
Jer:  Dunbar  J.Bennett 


Petition  of  Some  Settlers  in  Georgia 
[  Inclosed  in  foregoing.] 

To  His  Honnar  Colo"  David  Dunbar  Comander  and  Settler 
of  His  Majustis  Provance  of  Georgia. 
We  His  Majustis  loyall  Subjects  &  y'  Honnars  Humble 


130 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Petitianars  Earnestly  Desirs  and  requests,  that  according  to 
his  Majustis  Instructions,  by  your  Honnar  made  Publick  for 
the  Inhabiting  and  Settling  the  Easterd  of  this  Contry, 
would  Grant  us  a  township  to  be  laide  out  from  the  Eastren 
side  of  Kenabeck  River,  to  run  Eastwards  alongst  Mouns- 
wack  Bay  and  Northerdly  alongst  Kenabeck  River  and  so 
into  the  Contry,  and  we  pray  that  your  Honoar  would  give 
orders  that  it  may  be  laid  out  this  fall  in  order  that  we  may 
make  Improvements  on  the  saim  this  winter  by  Clearing  and 
making  fraims  in  order  to  be  in  arediness  to  plant  and  make 
Houses  in  the  Spring,  the  Delaying  of  which  untill  the 
Spring  will  be  a  means  of  losing  our  Simimers  Improvement ; 
Theirfor  we  Humbly  pray  that  as  little  time  may  be  lost  as 
will  Shewt  with  your  Honoars  Conveniency,  And  as  in  Duty 
bound  we  Shall  Ever  Pray 

William  Vincent  Tho :  Rodgers  &c 

Anthony  Vincent    John  Malcome  Thomas  Stinson 

W""  Woodside  Matthew  McKinney    James  Gordon 


Peter  Iberrat 
John  Linsay 
James  Woodside 
David  Duning 
David  Mackan 
Nehemiah  Cartter 
James  Willson 
Tho.  Rodgers 
Patreck  Rodgers 
Charles  Robsen 
William  Edger 
Michal  Makiam 


George  Rodgers 
Colam  Smith 
W"  ffulerton 
John  Stinson 
Will"'  fullerton 
W"'  Rodgers 
Robert  Allen 
David  Allen 
James  Mcfarland 
Hennery  Edger 
John  pumery 
Demeil  ore 


James  Stinson 
John  Mcphetres 
James  Duning 
Thomas  Motherwell 
Thomas  Walker 
Charles  Stuart 
William  Stinson 
Samuel  McCobb 
William  Muster 
Samuel  harnden 
John  Tarp 
Jonathan  Probb 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAHSTE  131 

Memorial  of  Mr.  Stephen  Parker. 

To  His  Excellency 

Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Cap*Generl  &  Commander  in  Chief 
in  &  over  his  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachusetts-Bay  & 
to  his  Majesties  Council  of  said  Province. 

The  Memorial  of  Stephen  Parker,  Clerk,  humbly  sheweth 
that  whereas  the  Memorialist  hath  faitlifully  discharged  the 
Duty  of  a  Protestant  Missionary  to  the  Tribe  of  Indians  on 
Kennebeck  River ;  and  of  a  Chaplain  at  Richmond  Fort  on 
said  River  five  years  successively,  whereby  Your  Memorialist 
becomes  entitled  to  the  Sum  of  One  Hundred  Pounds  agrea- 
ble  to  a  vote  of  the  Great  &  General  Court  of  this  Province 
passed  in  May  Session  A.  D.  1732:  Therefore  Your  Memo- 
rialist humbly  prays  the  aforesaid  Sum  may  be  allowed  to 

Your  Excellency's  &  Honour's  Most  Dutifull,  Humble 
Servant 

Stephen  Parker. 


Earl  of  Westmorland  ^  Others  to  Gov^  Belcher. 

Whitehall  October  lO*''  1732 
S' 

We  have  received  yours  of  the  12'*^  21*'  and  24*^  of  June 
IS'*'  and  26'^  of  July,  31«'  of  Aug«S  29**'  October  1731  10'*» 
of  July  and  14''*  of  Aug"  last,  with  the  several  publick 
Papers,  therein  mentioned  to  be  inclos'd 

The  Substance  of  all  which  Letters  relating  principally  to 
the  old  Difficulties  in  the  Matter  of  your  Salary,  upon  which 
you  have  had  our  repeated  Opinion.     To  the    ( Repeal  of 


132  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

your  Instructions )  for  tlie  methiod  of  supplying  the  Treas- 
ury &  issuing  of  paper  Money  )  but  lately  determined ;  and 
to  the  disputes  about  Command  in  your  Absence  from  New 
Hampshire,  upon  which  his  Majesty  has  not  yet  decided. 
We  have  had  nothing  new  to  trouble  you  with  of  late,  and 
therefore  have  not  till  now  acknowledged  the  receipt  of  these 
Letters. 

With  respect  to  your  Salary,  We  advise  you  to  continue 
your  Endeavours  to  induce  the  Assemblj'^  to  a  due  Compli- 
ance with  his  Majesty's  most  reasonable  Demands.  For  th6 
his  Majesty  as  you  have  hitherto  fullfiUed  your  Duty  in  this 
particular,  by  complying  with  the  Tenor  of  your  Instruction, 
has  once  had  the  Goodness  to  allow  you  to  receive  a  Present 
from  the  People,  in  lieu  of  a  Salary ;  We  cannot  yet  say  what 
may  be  the  Success  of  your  second  Application,  And  certain 
it  is,  That  we  cannot  constantly  advise  his  Maf"  to  shew  the 
like  consideration  to  a  People,  who  in  no  Instance,  have 
shewn  any  Inclination  to  do  what  has  been  proposed  to  them 
by  his  Royal  Instructions. 

We  are  surprized  that  after  so  solemn  Determinations  on 
the  Method  of  supplying  the  Treasury  &  against  y®  Incon- 
venience of  our  paper  Currency  in  excess  which  gave  rise  to 
your  16*^^  and  30*^  Instruction  Your  Assembly  should  make 
fresh  application  for  their  Repeal :  But  before  this  comes  to 
your  hands  you  will  have  received  the  King's  Pleasure  upon 
those  matters,  which  we  hope  will  put  a  final  End  to  this 
Dispute.  But  if  the  Assembly  of  New  England  when  they 
come  to  be  acquainted  with  his  Maf*  confirmation  of  these 
Instructions  should  either  refuse  or  neglect  to  supply 
the  Treasury  of  that  Province  in  a  legal  manner,  so  that 
neither  the  Fortifications  can  be  kept  up,  nor  the  Dignity  of 
his  Maf"  Governm*  supported :  It  will  be  the  Assembly  only 
that  will  remain  answerable  for  the  ill  consequences  of  their 
own  Conduct. 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   JVIAESTE  133 

Having  considered  what  you  and  Col°  Dunbar  have  wrote 
concerning  the  Right  of  Conunand  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
what  should  be  deem'd  an  Absence  in  the  Command''  in  Chief, 
60  as  to  enable  the  Lieu*  Gov^  of  that  Province,  to  take  upon 
him  the  said  Command,  And  concerning  this  question  to  be  of 
great  Consequence  to  his  Majestj-'s  Service,  and  to  the  Peace 
and  good  Government  of  the  Province,  We  thought  it  proper 
to  lay  the  state  thereof  before  his  Ma*^  for  his  Royal  Orders 
thereupon  v\^hich  he  had  not  hitherto  been  pleased  to  give. 

Your  remarks  upon  what  M''  Newman  wrote  to  you  about 
his  having  applied  to  this  Board  for  the  Appointment  of  some 
Councillors  in  New  Hampshire  are  something  new.  For 
if  you  imagine  that  joui  being  directed  to  lay  before  us  con- 
stant Lists  of  such  Persons  as  you  may  think  qualified  for 
that  Trust,  imphes  any  necessity  that  we  should  nominate 
from  your  List  only  We  must  inform  you,  that  you  are  very 
much  mistaken.  And  as  wee  are  answerable  for  such  per- 
sons as  this  Board  recomends  to  his  Majesty  for  Councillors, 
wee  ought  to  acquire  all  y'^  Liformation  wee  can  concerning 
their  Characters. 

We  can't  avoid  taking  Notice  of  the  Many  Parts  of  your 
Lrs,  where,  in  general  you  Insinuate  pretty  hard  things 
against  the  Character  of  Col :  Dunbar.  If  you  design  this, 
by  Way  of  Complaint  against  him  We  desire  to  know  it,  that 
We  may  send  him  Copies  thereof  for  his  Answer :  If  not, 
you  may  discontinue  this  way  of  writing  for  the  future 
Because  it  would  be  hard  that  any  Mans  Reputation  should 
be  call'd  in  question  without  an  opportunity  of  making  his 
Defence. 

So  we  bid  you  heartily  farewell  &  are 

Your  very  Loving  Friends  &  humble  Servants 
P  Docminiqur  Westmoreland 

M.  Bladen 
Ja.  Brudenell. 


134  DOCTJMENTAIIY   HISTORY 

M^    Secry  Pelliam    to   Colonel  Bunhar. 

Whitehall  Septem'^  20*^  1732 

My  L*^*  Comm"  have  consid'd  your  sev^  Lrs  to  me, 
relatmg  to  the  disputed  Title  to  the  Lands  to  the  Eastward 
of  Kennebeck,  but  as  the  Attorney  &  SoP  Gen^  have  given 
their  Opinion  that,  that  Tract  of  Land  belongs  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  My  Lords  have  nothing  to  add  upon  that 
Subject,  and  more  especially  since  your  Brother  will  give  you 
a  particular  Acc'^  of  what  has  happen'd,  since  his  being  in 
England. 

My  L*^*  have  conside'd  what  you  have  wrote,  ag*  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Judge  of  the  Admty ;  Bat  as  that  Matter  is 
more  properly  under  the  Inspection  of  the  L'^*  of  y®  Admty,  I 
have  sent  Copies  of  what  you  have  wrote,  to  them. 

In  answer  to  that  Part  of  your  Lre  of  the  26 :  May  last, 
wherein  you  say,  You  judge  my  having  told  you  that  my  L*^* 
desire  you  would  be  punctual  in  your  Correspondence,  was 
meant  as  a  Rebuke  for  your  frequent  writing  and  mention- 
ing things  not  belonging  to  you  because  no  notice  is  ever 
taken  of  them  I  am  to  acquaint  you  that  no  such  rebuke  was 
intended,  So  far  from  it,  that  my  L*^*  only  recommended  a 
Continuance  of  your  punctual  Correspondence  and  altho 
particular  answers  may  not  have  been  made  to  eveiy  Para- 
graph of  Your  Lrs.  It  does  not  follow  from  thence,  that  no 
Notice  has  been  taken  of  what  you  have  said. 

I  am  Sir  Your  most  humble  Ser*. 

P. 

Letter  David  Dunbar  to  Jbsiah   Willard,  Secretary. 

Fredericks  Fort  Dec^  the  W'  1732 
Sir 

On    the    19*^    instant   Cap*  Saunders    called    here  and 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE  135 

delivered  me  Your  letter  with  a  pacq*  I  gave  him  a  receipt 
for  it,  but  as  I  imagine  this  may  reach  You  before  he  can 
return  from  Georges  I  take  this  Oppertunity  to  acquaint  you 
w*^  it  And  to  tell  You  that  if  any  Soldiers  are  ordered  hither 
before  the  Kings  troops  have  conveniencys  to  remove  hence, 
they  may  be  accomodated  with  house  room  within  the  Fort, 
as  for  My  part  I  shall  remove  when  Oppertunity  &  Weather 
will  permit,  in  the  mean  time  all  due  Obedience  shall  be 
pay^  to  the  order  contained  in  the  pacquet  You  sent  me,  but 
as  you  took  no  notice  to  me  of  its  Contents  there  is  no 
occasion  for  me  to  say  more 

I  am  Sir  Your  Most  Humble  &  Obed*  Serv* 

David  Dunbar 
Mr  Sec'^y  Willard 
In  the  House  of  Rep*'^^"  April  4,  1733     Read. 


Letter   Eheri^    Hinsdell   to    Gov.    Belcher    ^  others  Jan.  S6, 

1732/3 

May  it  Please  Your  Excellency  w*  others 

The  Honour^^  And  Reve*^  Commissioners. — 
It  was  some  considerable  time  after  I  Came  heither  before  I 
saw  any  of  y®  Indians  they  being  All  out  at  y"'  hunting,  but 
Since  y"^  has  been  some  Number  here  but  yet  but  few  Com- 
pared w*  what  have  been  here  heretofore.  And  w*  those  y* 
have  been  here  I  have  Endeavour'd  As  Much  As  In  Me  Lies 
to  Ingratiate  My  selfe  by  Manifesting  an  Earnest  Concern  to 
ym  fQj.  Y^  Wealfare,  &  as  I  have  had  Oportunity  I  have 
Endeavoured  W"  I  think  they  Will  be  Most  ready  to  hear  to 
Introduce  some  Discourse  on  Divine  things  &  many  times 


136  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

they  will  barken  W*  Diligence  &  Consent  to  what  I  say. 
One  Came  Into  my  Studdy  &  sat  w*  me  some  time  &  I 
having  y^  holy  Bible  in  my  hand  took  occasion  from  thence 
to  tell  him  of  y®  Excellencies  of  y^  Book,  From  Whence  it 
Came  &,  y*  End  it  was  sent  Into  y®  World  for  be  would  Con- 
sent y*  it  might  be  sent  for  a  rule  to  y*  White  people  but  not 
for  y*"  &  argued  it  from  y'  Never  hearing  of  it  before  y^ 
English  Came  among  y""  &  from  y'  Not  being  Able  to  read  it, 
I  told  him  y®  allmighty  offered  it  to  some  first  &  y''  to  others 
And  y*  many  In  y®  world  besides  y"*  ware  Intirely  ignorant 
of  it,  &  y*  now  he  was  pleased  to  offer  it  to  y""  &  as  to  y* 
reading  of  it  We  were  all  of  us  tought  one  of  another  &  y*  I 
was  now  Sent  to  teach  &  Instruct  y™  In  it  &  y*  I  should  be 
Glad  to  teach  him  if  he  Would  Learn,  he  Gave  me  Some 
Slight  Encouragement  y*  he  would  learn  In  y^  Spring.  Some 
time  after  this  I  perceived  they  had  a  mind  to  have  a  Child 
Baptized  y*  was  w*  y'"  I  purposed  to  Discourse  w*  y*"  about 
it  but  before  I  had  oportunity  to  my  surprise  y'  Came  a 
Number  of  y""  on  y®  Sabbath  between  Meting  to  offer  y^ 
Child  to  Baptism  but  y"  Cap*  by  whom  they  must  Speak 
being  suspicious  of  y^  Design  absented  himselfe  y*  they 
might  take  a  more  Convenient  opportunity  to  Discourse  w' 
me.  In  y*  Evening  after  y*  Sabbath  y^  Grand  parents  of  y® 
Child  ware  sent  to  treat  w*  me  Concerning  it  I  told  y'"  y*  y' 
ware  Certain  Qualifications  necessary  to  those  y*  offer  y' 
Infants  to  baptism  &  first  of  all  it  was  necessary  they  Should 
be  Instructed  In  y^  principles  of  Religion  y^  they  might  be 
Qualified  to  receive  y®  ordinance  y^selves,  &  w'*  they  ware  so 
I  told  y""  y'^  Infants  should  have  y*"  Scale  administred  y™  as 
readily  as  to  ours,  I  told  y""  further  I  was  sent  to  teach  & 
Instruct  y"*  &  was  allwaise  ready  to  Do  it  &  should  be  Glad 
they  would  Come  to  me  they  seamed  to  be  Well  pleased  & 
Satisfied  w*  what  I  had  said  to  y""  &  they  Gave  me  Incour- 
agement  y*  y^  mother  of  y®  child  Should  live  Near  &  Come  to 


OP   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  137 

me  this  "Winter  to  be  Instructed,  but  She  is  this  Week  Gone 
into  y*  Woods  W*  y®  others  to  y'  Hunt  Contrary  to  my  Expec- 
tation; But  my  Expectations  are  now  raised  w'  respect  to  some 
Children  Now  in  y®  woods,  y®  mother  of  y""  has  y®  character 
of  a  Woman  more  free  from  vice  y"  y®  Generality  of  y™  & 
Manifests  a  Concerne  for  y®  vices  she  sees  In  her  husband,  & 
told  ( as  I  am  Informed )  of  Going  to  Canady  Next  Spring 
for  y®  sake  of  Having  her  Children  Instructed.  This  Week 
She  Came  out  of  y®  woods  for  provision  &  Gave  me  a 
Desired  opportunity  to  offer  my  Service  to  Instruct  y"'  in  y^ 
principles  of  religion  &  to  read  &  write.  She  is  now  returned 
to  her  Children  In  y®  wood'  &  Gives  me  some  Incouragement 
She  will  bring  y"*  to  me  in  ye  Spring.  In  y®  mean  Time  &  at 
all  Times  I  shall  Endeavour  to  pursue  my  Instructions  & 
Strive  If  Possible  I  may  be  an  Instrument  of  bringing  at  Least 
some  of  y™  to  y*  true  knowledge  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus,  & 
Intreat  Your  Prayers,  y*  Gods  Blessing  May  be  Granted 
upon  ye  Labours  of  Your  Most  Obedient  Humble  Serv* 

Ebenezer  Hinsdell 
Fort  Dummer  January  y*  26*^ 
Anno  Dom:  1732/3. 

[  Superscribed  ] 
To  His  Excellency  Jonath"  Belcher  Esq  W'  the  other 
Houour^^''  &  Rev''  Commissioners  for  Propagating  The 
Gospell  Among  The  Heathen. 


Capt.  Joseph  Heath  to  U    Gov'^    W^  Dummer 

Richmond  April  27'^  1734 
Honourable  S*^ 

Yours  pr  Ensigne  Clark  I  had  the  Honour  of  Receiving  - 
The  larcje  house  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Mohawks  is 


138  DOCUIVIENTARY   HISTORY 

up  &  finished  Except  the  Chimneys  for  which  the  brick  are 
making  &  will  be  Ready  in  a  few  Dayes.  In  case  the 
Mohawks  come  Down  I  Believe  they  wiU  expect  Such  things 
as  they  shall  want  will  be  Lodg'd  here,  I  Desire  therefore 
that  Such  Necessaryes  as  your  Honour  shall  think  it  proper 
to  Supply  them  with  may  be  Sent,  with  instructions  for  my 
Goverment  in  Disposing  there  of,  as  well  as  the  provision  & 
ammunition  I  am  to  Deliver  them  from  time  to  Time. 

I  have  lately  buryed  three  of  my  men  who  Dyed  Suddenly 
with  a  pluretick  Fever. 

Collo^  Westbrook  Order*^  me  to  Dismiss  16  men  of  my 
Company  &  Sent  me  but  14  of  the  Recruits,  he  also  Detein'^ 
an  other  of  my  men  (  Viz  Ebenezer  Nutting  )  as  an  Armourer 
at  Falmouth,  &  I  understand  the  Recruits  are  all  Dispos**  of : 
Nevertheless  I  Don't  mention  this  by  way  of  complaint 
against  the  Colo^  in  the  least.  But  only  to  Discharge  my 
Duty  in  acquainting  your  Honour  with  y®  State  of  this  Gar- 
rison. The  Season  to  Expect  the  Enemy  is  now  come  & 
they  are  gathering  to  gether.  And  in  order  to  be  Enabled  to 
Entercept  some  of  them  And  also  Fit  out  a  party  of  y® 
Ablest,  to  march  with  y®  Mohawks  ( if  they  come  &  your 
Honour  thinks  it  proper)  I  should  be  very  Glad  to  be  made 
up  a  full  Company. 

But  Humbley  Submit     And  with  Dutifull  Respect 

I  am  Your  Honour^  most  Humble  Obedient  Servant 

Joseph  Heath 
[  Superscribed  ] 
On  His  Majesties  Service 
To  The  Hon^^^  William  Dummer  Lieu*  Governour  & 
Commander  in  Chief  of  his  Majesties  Provmce  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England     present  in  Boston 
pr  Cap*  Gyles. 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  139 

New  Marhlehead      Original  Grant  Sf  List  of  Grantees. 

"  Coppy  of  the  Originall  Grant  &  List  of  the  Grantees  of 
New  Marblehead  in  the  County  York." 

At  a  Great  and  Generall  Court  or  Assembly 
for  his  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  in  New  England,  held  by  Adjourn- 
ment  on   Wednesday  the   20''^  of  November 
1734 
A  Petition  of  Abraham  Howard  and  Joseph  Blaney  Esq" 
Representatives  of  the  Town  of  Marblehead  Shewing  that  the 
Said  Town  is  of  very  Small  Extent  and  the  Inhabitants  more 
Numerous  than  in  most  Towns  in  the  Province  So  that  they 
are  much  Straitned  in  their  Accomodations    and    therefore 
praying  for  a  Tract  of  Land  for  a  Township  for  such  Persons 
belonging  to  the  said  Town  of  Marblehead  as  will   settle 
there  on  — 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Read  &  Voted  That  there 
be  and  hereby  is  granted  a  Tract  of  Land  of  the  Contents  of 
Six  Miles  Square  lying  Eastward,  and  adjoyning  to  the  Town- 
ship lately  laid  out  to  the  Narragansett  Grantees  on  the  Back 
of  Falmouth  in  the  County  of  York,  and  that  John  Wam- 
wright  Esq''  Cap"  John  Hobson  and  Daniel  Eps  Esq'  with 
Such  as  the  Hono^^^  Board  shall  appoint  be  a  Committee 
fully  Authorized  to  Admitt  Sixty  Inhabitants  belonging  to 
the  Town  of  Marblehead  that  are  most  likely  to  Settle  and 
bring  forward  a  New  Plantation  and  that  most  need  a  Grant 
of  Land,  the  Committee  to  lay  out  the  Said  Township  as 
also  the  first  Division  of  Home  Lots :  in  as  Defenceable  a 
Manner  as  Conveniently  may  be  The  number  of  Lots  to  be 
Sixty  three  and  to  draw  future  Divisions  in  Equal  jDroportion. 
three  of  the  aforesaid  Lots  or  Rights  to  be  Disposed  of,  one 
to  the  first  Settled  Minister :  one  for  the  Ministry,  and  the 
other  for  the  use  of  the  School  The  Grants  to  be  confirmed 


140  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

upon  the  Grantees  fulfilling-  the  following  Conditions  and  for 
that  purpose :  that  the  Committe  take  a  Bond  of  twenty  five 
pounds  Each  for  the  performance  thereof  Viz  That  they  be 
upon  the  Spot  and  have  an  house  of  Eighteen  feet  Squre  & 
seven  feet  Stud  at  the  least  to  Each  Right.  Seven  Acres  of 
Land  brought  to  English  Grass  and  fitted  for  Mowing,  that 
they  Settle  a  Learned  Orthodox  Minister  and  build  a  conven- 
ient Meeting  house  for  the  Publick  worship  of  God,  within 
five  Years  from  their  Admsion  and  that  Each  Grantte  pay 
the  said  Committee  five  pounds  upon  their  Admision  which 
shall  be  used  for  defraying  —  charge  of  —  Survey.  The 
Remainder  to  be  improved  for  the  publick  Benefit  of  — 
Plantation  —  upon  Failure  of  performance  —  Right  of  such 
as  fail  to  Revert  to  —  Province  as  if  no  such  Grant  had  been 
Made. 

In  Counsel  Read  &  Concurred  and  William  Dudley  and  _ 
Esq"^^  are  Joined  in  —  affair 

Consented  to     J  Belcher 

A  True  Coppy     Examined 

g  Thad.  Mason  Dep*  Sec'^ 
A  True  Coppy     Attest  Will"'  Goodwin 

Clerk  to  s^  Granttees 

A  List  of  —  Names  of  —  Original  Grantees  with  —  num- 
ber of  —  Home  Lots  or  first  Division  as  Drawn  &c  by  — 
Committe 

N°  1  Disposed  of  for  the  use  N°  33  Disposed  for  the  Min- 

of  the  School.  istry 

2  Cawley  Wright  34       "         "        for  the  first 

3  Cap*  Robert  Parramore  setled  minister 

4  the  Rev*^  George  Bigot  35  Nathaniel  Cogswell 

5  Michael  Bowden  36  Benj :  Hendly 

6  Samuel  Stacey  3<^  37  Samuel  Lee  Esq' 

7  Eben*'  Hawks  Jun'  38  Benjamin  James  Jun' 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE 


141 


8  Richard  Dana 

9  John  Reed 

10  Thomas  Wood 

11  Robert  Bull 

12  Thomas  Chute 

13  Coll"  John  Palmer 

14  Nicholas  Edgcome 

15  Cap"  Peter  Coleman 

16  James  Sharrar 

17  Nathaniel  Bartlet 

18  Benjamin  Dodd 

19  Joseph  Majory 

20  Jonathan  Proctor 

21  John  Stacey 

22  Richard  Reed 

23  John  Bailey 

24  Ebenezer  Stacey 

25  Thomas  Bartlet 

26  James  Perriman 

27  Moses  CoUey 

28  Robert  Hooper  Jun"^ 

29  Joseph  Gallison 

30  Nathan  Bo  wen 

31  James  Skinner 

32  Abraham  Howard  Esq^ 


39  Francis  Bowden 

40  the  Rev"^  Edward  Holyoke 

41  John  Oulton  Esq'' 

42  Isaac  Mansfield 

43  Jedidiah  Blaney 

44  Joseph  Howard 

45  Joseph  Swett 

46  Samuel  Brimblecome 

47  Joseph  Griffen 

48  Joseph  Smitherst 

49  William  Ingalls 

50  Jeremiah  Allen 

51  John  Felton 

52  Joseph  Blaney  Esq' 

53  Andrew  Tucker 

54  Humplirey  Deverux 

55  Nathaniel  Evans 

56  John  Homan 

57  William  Maberry 

58  William  Goodwin 

59  Thomas  Frothingham 

60  Ebenezer  Ilawkes 

61  Giles  Iveamy 

62  Isaac  Turner 

63  James  Peirson 


Letter  John  Minot  to  Secretary  Jonah  Willard. 

Fort  Richmond  Jan^^  10">  1734/5 
Hon*^  S-^ 

I  Rec"^  yours  wherein  3'ou  write  for  the  names  of  Indians 
which  I  could  best  recomend  for  Comiss"  but  you  doe  not 
say  what  number  are  allowd  for  this  river.     I  have  given  two 


142  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

Commissions  already  to  two  of  the  prinsipall  men  here  if 
there  is  four  allow"^  desire  you'l  please  to  send  one  for 
Quenois  and  another  for  Toxus  if  six  send  one  for  Maqua- 
womba  &  another  Plission  or  Peirson  but  if  only  four  are 
allovvd  for  this  river  send  the  Two  first  mentioned. 
Toxus  is  Sagamore  of  this  River, 

I  am  Yo""  humb.  Serv* 

John  Minott 

Petition 

To  his  Excellency  S"^  William  Phips  Kn*  Capt*  Gen"  and 
Govern'  in  Cheif  And  to  the  hon^^®  Councill  and  Repre- 
sentatives Convened  in  Generall  Assembly  for  the  Province 
of  the  Massechusets  Bay  in  New=Engiand  now  sitting 

The  humble  Peticon  of  Roger  Kelly  in  Behalfe 
of  himselfe  and  the  rest  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  Isles  of  Shoales  under  this  Goverment 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  your  Peticoners  being  but  a  mean  and  poore  people 
and  wholly  depending  upon  fishing  for  their  maintainance 
and  through  the  poverty  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Smutti  nose 
alias  Church  Island  and  hog  Island  ther  is  onely  your  Peti- 
con' Kelly  and  one  more  that  are  able  to  set  out  any  fishing 
boats  without  whom  your  Peticon"  were  not  able  to  get 
bread  for  their  familys  notwithstanding  your  Peticoners  have 
not  hitherto  been  any  way  Chargable  to  this  Province  but  on 
the  other  hand  your  Peticoner  Kelly  hath  been  at  Consider- 
able Charge  in  entertaining  Soldiers  puting  in  here  by  Con- 
trary winds  goeing  and  coming  to  and  from  the  Eastward 
and  allso  the  poor  prisoners  now  Com  from  Port  Royall  and 
paying  for  two  barr"^  of  powder  and  twenty  six  Armes  for 
the  defence  of  the  Islands  at  the  begining  of  this  warr.  not- 
withstanding all  which  The  Treasurer  of  this  Province  by 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  143 

his  warr*  hath  sent  to  demand  Twenty  five  pounds  as  a  Levy- 
laid  upon  our  Two  poor  Islands,  which  is  a  sum  wee  are  alto- 
gether incapable  of  paying  and  if  Insisted  on  will  enforce  us 
(as  others  have)  to  desert  the  Islands 

Your  Peticoners  therefore  most  humbly  pray 
you  will  take  the  premisses  into  yo'"  grave 
Consideration  and  discharge  us  of  that  Levie 
And  yo'  Peticoners  as  in  duty  bound  shall 
ever  pray  &c. 


Letter  Benj"'  Larrabee  to  Secretary  Josiah  Willard 

Fort  George  Sept.  l^"-^  1735 
Honoured  Sir 

I  Depended  upon  Cap*  Minot  (when  at  Boston  Last)  to 
give  in  the  names  of  two  Indians  to  be  Commissionated  for 
this  River  but  he  tells  me  he  forgot  it,  I  Begg  therefore 
( inasmuch  as  I  have  mentioned  it  the  Indians  and  they  have 
great  Dependance  upon  the  same  )  your  honor  would  Please 
to  mention  it  to  His  Excellency  the  Governour  that  he  may 
do  what  he  thinks  Proper  in  the  affair  -  The  two  Indians 
names  is  Prosoway  &  Josap :  two  of  the  Likelyest  Indians 
that  I  Can  find  belonging  to  the  whole  Ammerscogin  Tribe 
to  serve  the  Interest  of  the  Government  Pray  Sir  favour  me 
with  a  Line  or  two  by  the  first  opportunity  and  you  will 
oblige  your  most  obedient  humble  Servent  - 

Benj*  Larrabee 


Taxes. 
These  May  Certifie  That  on  the  Sixth  of  October  1735 : 
there  was  a  Tax  voted  to  Levied  on  the  Inhabitance  of  North 


144  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

yarmoiith  of  Eighty  five  pounds.  And  on  the  fourteenth  of 
November  in  the  Same  year  one  other  Tax  of  Ninety  pounds : 
and  on  the  fifteenth  of  april  1736  one  Tax  of  two  Hundred 
and  ten  pounds.  And  on  the  ninth  of  august  1736  one  Tax 
of  one  Hundred  &  ten  pounds.  And  on  the  twenty  third  of 
June  1737  one  tax  of  four  Hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  And 
on  April  the  twenty  fourth  1738  one  Tax  of  three  Hundred 
fifty  pounds:  And  on  the  thirtieth  of  April  1739  one  Tax  of 
three  pounds.  And  on  the  Twenty  Ninth  of  August  1740 
one  Tax  of  two  Hu.ndred  &  fourty  pounds. 

All  which  Appears  By  North  yarmouth  Town  Reacord 
Attest  Barnabas  Seabury  Town  Clerk 


Report 

At  a  Great  and  General  Court  or  Assembly  of  his 
Majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts    Bay   in 
New  England  held  Oct"  29  1718 
The  Report  of  John  Wheelwright  Esq^  &c  appointed  by 
an  Order  of  this  Court  pass'd  at  the  Sessions  begun  and  held 
the  28*^  of  May  last  to  be  a  Com*°^  for  regulating  the  Settle- 
ment of  Falmouth  in  Casco  Bay  is  as  follows,  viz  — 

Pursuant  to  a  Vote  of  the  great  and  general  Assembly  of 
his  Majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England  held  at  Boston  May  1715  impowering  and  appoint- 
ing the  Subscribers  to  be  a  Committee  to  prosecute  the  Reg- 
ular Settlement  of  the  Eastern  Frontiers  and  in  Answer  to 
the  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  and  Setlers  of  the  Town  of 
Falmouth  in  Casco  Bay  in  the  Year  1717  and  1718,  who 
have  made  Application  to  us  the  said  Committee  according 
to  the  Direction  of  the  General  Court  We  have  upon  the 
Sixteenth  day  of  this  present  Month  of  Ju —  taken  a  View 
of  the  said  Town  of  Falmouth,  and  upon  Mature  Deliberation 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MADTE  145 

and  Consideration,  We  offer  our  Report  to  this  Honourable 
Court  as  follows  viz*  The  dividing  Bounds  between  Scar- 
borough and  Falmouth  We  find  to  be  the  Line  from  the  first 
dividing  Branches  of  Spurwink  River,  from  thence  to  run 
into  the  Country  Eight  Miles  Northwest,  and  from  the  said 
Branches  as  the  River  runs  into  the  Sea,  and  the  Easterly 
Bounds  of  Falmouth  to  extend  to  certain  Islands  known  by 
Name  of  Capboard  Islands,  from  a  Red  Oak  Tree  upon  the 
Main  over  against  said  Islands  marked  F  on  the  South  Side, 
and  so  South  East  over  a  White  Rock  into  the  Sea,  and  from 
said  Tree  Eight  Miles  into  the  Countiy  and  according  to  the 
best  of  our  Judgments  We  have  determined  the  Spot  whereon 
the  ancient  Town  of  Falmouth  stood  and  a  Fort  was  formerly 
built  by  Order  of  the  Government  and  where  there  are 
already  Setled  above  Twenty  Families  in  a  Compact  defen- 
sible Manner  to  be  a  very  agreeable  Place  for  the  Settlement 
of  a  Town  being  bordering  upon  a  fine  Navigable  River 
guarded  by  the  Sea  by  adjacent  Islands  most  commodious  for 
the  Fishery  and  is  accommodated  witli  several  large  Streams 
for  Mills  as  well  as  a  large  Quantity  of  good  Land  for  the 
Encouragement  of  Husbandry,  and  We  are  of  Opinion  there 
is  a  fair  Prospect  of  its  being  in  a  little  Time  a  flourishing 
Town,  and  in  Order  to  the  enabling  them  to  a  Methodical 
Proceeding  in  their  Affairs,  We  are  of  Opinion  that  it  is 
absolutely  necessary  that  they  be  invested  with  Power  to  act 
as  a  Town  as  soon  as  may  be  with  Conveniency.  We  have 
also  left  our  Advice  with  them  with  Respect  to  the  laying  out 
their  Streets  and  high  Ways,  as  also  for  the  placing  their 
Meeting  House  after  the  most  commodious  Manner  for  the 
Benefit  of  the  Town  in  general. 

Signed  John  Wheelwright,  Abraham  Preble,  John  Leigh- 
ton  Lewis  Bane  Joseph  Hill — 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Nov"^  11.  1718 
Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Report  on  the  Other  Side   be 

10 


146  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

accepted,  and  that  the  Bounds  of  the  Town  of  Falmouth  be 
continued  confirmed  and  ratified  as  in  tlie  said  Report  is  set 
forth,  and  that  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Said  Town  that  now 
are  and  hereafter  shall  be  from  Time  to  Time  invested  with 
the  same  Powers  and  Authorities  to  act  manage  direct  and 
Order  the  Affairs  of  the  said  Township  as  Other  Towns  are, 
Provided  that  this  Order  shall  in  no  Measure  Prejudice  and 
infringe  any  Just  Right  or  Title  that  any  Person  have  to 
Lands  there,  and  that  Fifty  Families  at  the  least  more  than 
now  are  be  admitted  as  soon  as  may  be  and  Setled  in  the 
most  compact  &  defensible  Manner  that  the  Land  will  allow 
of._ 

In  Councill  read  and  concurred 

Consented  to  Sam^^  Shute 
Copy  Examined  g  J  Willard  Secy 
A  True  Copy  from  the  Town  Records  Lib"  1'  Fol"  3  &  4 

Att"  Step"  Longfellow  Town  Clerk  to  the  Payment  of  the 
said  Tax  accordingly  for  the  uses  aforesaid  only 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

J.  Quincy  Spk"^ 

In  Council  Dec"^  26,  1735 

Read  &  Concurred  J  Willard  Sec'^ 

Consented  to  J  Belcher 

A  true  Copy 

Examined  g  Shad  Mason  Dep*  Sec''^ 

Falmouth. 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq.  Captain 
General  and  Governour  in  Chief  in  and  over  His 
Majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  the 
Hono^'^  His  Majesty's  Council  and  the  Hono''^® 
House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court  Assem- 
bled at  Boston  by  Adjournment  y*^  19**^  Nov'^  A.  D. 
1735  — 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  147 

The  Memorial  of  Moses  Peirson  Representative  of  the  Town 
of  Falmouth  in  County  of  York  in  their  Behalf  and  by  their 
Order,  Humbly  Sheweth, 

That  the  said  Town  altho'  it  be  of  considerable  Extent  yet 
it  must  be  look't  upon  almost  as  an  Infant  Plantation,  hav- 
ing suffered  so  long,  and  so  heavily  under  the  Calamities  of 
the  late  destructive  Indians  Wars,  tho'  at  present  under  the 
benign  Influence  of  the  happy  Peace,  which  we  pray  God 
long  to  preserve,  it  must  be  acknowledged  we  are  now 
increasing  in  Numbers  and  are  much  encouraged  in  bringing 
forward  the  Settlement  of  the  Town  whereby  in  Time  We 
shall  be  better  able  to  pay  a  greater  Proportion  to  the  Support 
of  the  Government,  Since  we  can  every  Man  sit  quietly  on 
his  own  Prossession,  But  your  Memorialist  humbly  craves 
Leave  to  represent  to  Your  Excellency  &  Honours  that  the 
Inhabitants  labour  under  very  extraordinary  Charges  in  Sup- 
port of  the  Schools  but  more  especially  in  the  Maintenance 
of  the  mmistry,  for  tho'  our  Numbers  are  not  at  present  so 
greatly  swelled,  Yet  so  it  is  that  the  Situation  of  our  Habita- 
tions are  such  that  all  of  us  could  with  no  Convenience 
attend  the  Publick  Worship  in  one  Meeting  House,  a  consid- 
erable River  running  through  almost  the  Midst  of  the  settled 
Inhabitants  Dwellings,  and  so  we  are  become  two  Parishes, 
the  Charge  of  which  must  necessarily  be  greater  upon  the 
Town  than  if  the  whole  could  attend  the  publick  Worship  in 
one  House ;  But  one  Thing  which  has  born  very  hard  on 
Many  of  the  Inhabitants,  is,  that  they  have  in  Consequence 
of  Grants  and  Purchases  (which  they  thought  good  and 
indisputable  )  Settled  and  fenced  in  and  brought  to  consider- 
able Tracts  of  Land  not  doubtmg  but  they  had  lawfull  Right 
thereto,  but  to  their  Misfortune  it  has  since  turned  out,  those 
Tracts  have  belonged  to  non  resident  Proprietors  and  ancient 
Claimers,  So  that  those  Inhabitants  have  been  obliged  to  quit 
those  Lands,  which  have  been  by  their  hard  Labour  much 


148  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

increased  in  Value  to  the  Advantage  of  the  before  unknown 
Claimers  and  Proprietors,  and  have  been  obhged  to  begin 
ao-ain  &  Subdue  other  Parts  of  the  uncultivated  Lands  in 
said  Town ;  Now  forasmuch  as  the  Inhabitants  are  desirous 
of  having  their  Waste  Lands  Subjected  to  Duty,  and  the  non 
resident  Proprietors  who  receive  greater  Advantage  by  their 
said  Jiabour  are  not  held  to  any  Duty  for  Payment  of  any 
Tax  on  said  Town;  Your  Memorialist  in  Behalf  of  said 
Town  humbly  prays  the  wise  paternal  Consideration  of  Your 
Excellency  &  Honours  that  of  your  knowTi  Goodness  ( as  in 
many  of  the  like  Cases  has  appeared)  you  would  please  to 
Subject  all  the  Lands  unimproved  in  said  Town  belonging 
either  to  the  Resident  or  non  resident  Proprietors  thereof  to 
a  Tax  for  the  encouragement  of  the  Inhabitants,  the  better 
to  enable  them  to  discharge  their  publick  Dues,  and  to  be 
supplied  for  the  Support  of  the  Ministry  &  School  in  said 
Town  more  especially. 

And  your  Memorialist,  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever  pray 

Moses  Pearson 
In  the  House  of  Represent^'^^  Dec^  23 :  1Y35, 

Read,  and  in  Answer  to  this  Petition  Ordered 
That  all  the  unimproved  Lands  in  the  Town  of  Falmouth  in 
the  County  of  York  belonging  either  to  Residents  or  non  res- 
ident Proprietors  be  and  hereby  are  Subjected  to  a  Tax  of 
one  Penny  per  Acre  per  Annum  for  the  space  of  three  years 
next  coming  to  be  applied  to  and  for,  the  better  to  enable 
the  said  Town  to  support  the  Charge  of  the  Ministry  and 
School  therem,  and  the  Assessors  of  the  said  Tow^n,  as  well 
as  the  Constable  or  Collectors  there  for  the  Time  being  dur- 
ing the  said  Term  are  hereby  respectively  required  to  levy 
and  assess  the  said  Tax,  and  collect  and  pay  in  the  same 
according  to  the  said  Assessors  Warrants  on  the  Lists  to  be 
given  to  the  Constables  or  Collectors  for  the  said  Term  for 
the  Uses  aforesaid,  and  the  said  Lands  are  Subjected  to  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  149 

Payment  of  the  said  Tax  accordingly  for  the  uses  aforesaid 
only. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  J.  Quincy  Spk'^ 

In  Council  Dec^  26,  1735 

Read  &  Concurred     J.  Willard  Secy 

Consented  to     J.  Belcher 


A  true  Copy 


Examined  g  Thad.  Mason  Dept  Sec^ 


Deposition  July  2^  1736 

John  Phillips  of  Charlestown  in  the  County  of  Middlesex 
Mariner,  Aged  Sixty  three  Years,  Testifieth  and  Saith,  That 
in  tlie  Month  of  May  Anno  Domini:  1694:  He  was  at  Pem- 
aquid,  in  the  Eastern  parts  of  New  England,  when  S' 
William  Phipps  Gov'  of  the  Province  of  y^  Massachusetts 
Bay,  Made  a  purchase  of  Madocawando,  of  Lands  lying  at  or 
near  S*  Georges  River  in  the  Eastern  parts :  And  this 
Deponant  bemg  a  Witness  with  Cap*  David  Mason.  M' 
John  White,  and  Sundry  other  English  Gentlemen,  and  some 
Indian  Chiefs,  to  the  said  Madocawandos  Executing  the  said 
Deed ;  which  Deed  I  this  Deponant  have  this  day  seen  in  the 
hands  of  M''  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston,  Gentleman ;  And  Do 
perticularly  remember  the  Executing  thereof,  as  well  by  the 
said  Madocawando,  as  by  the  severall  Witnesses ;  And  I  Do 
also  declare,  That  I  for  many  years,  had  a  personall  knowl- 
edge, of  the  s*^  Madocawando  And  he  was  dureing  my 
knowledge  of  him,  The  Saggamore  or  Chief  Sachem,  of  the 
Penobscotts  Tribe :  And  I  do  also  further  declare,  that  there 
was  near  about  the  Number  of  One  Hundred  Indians,  cheifly 
of  the  Tribe  of  Penobscott  present  when  Madocawando, 
Executed  said  Deed,  And  were  all  well  sattisfied  therewith : 


150  DOCUSIENTARY    HISTORY 

And  I  do  also  Declare  that  I  was  present  wlien  the  afore 
mentioned  S'  W™  Phipps,  p*^  s"^  Madocawando  a  Quanty  of 
Silver  money,  in  peices  of  Eight,  which  I  understood  to  be 
the  Consideration  purchas„  of  the  Premisses ;  and  at  y*" 
Acknowledgment  thereof  before  my  Father  late  Deceased, 
and  Cap*^  Sylvanus  Davis,  and  1  was  with  S'^  W"'  Phipps,  att 
the  building  the  Fort  att  Pemaquid.  And  at  Makemg  the 
Peace  In  the  Year  Anno  Dommi.  1693.  I  Often  Saw  Said 
Madocawando,  afterwards.  So  that  I  had  a  full  knowledge  of 
his  Person  and  Sachemship  amongst  the  Indians  of  Pen- 
obscott,  of  whom  he  was  the  Cheif  Saggamore  or  Sachem 

John  Phillips 
Middlesex  Set  Charlestown  July  y«  2^  1736. 

The  abovenamed  John  Phillips  personally  appeared  before 
me,  the  Subscriber,  And  made  Solem  Oath,  that  the  above 
and  before  written  Deposition,  was  Just  &  true 

Tho^  Jenner  Ju*  of  Peace 


Cyprian  Southack  of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk 
Marriner  Aged  76  years,  late  Commander  of  the  Province 
Galley  declareth  and  Saith  that  he  well  knew  the  Chiefs  of 
the  Several  Tribes  of  Eastern  Indians,  and  was  particularly 
acquainted  with  the  Person  of  Madockawando  who  Avas  Sag- 
gamore or  Chief  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe,  from  whom  he  has 
twice  when  he  was  in  the  Employ  of  the  Province  Ransom'd 
Captives,  and  he  also  declares  that  the  said  Madocawando 
was  in  the  year  1692  and  for  a  considerable  many  Years  after 
the  Saggamore  or  Chief  Sachem  of  that  Tribe  &  that  there 
was  no  other  Chief  that  he  know  or  heard  of  in  that  Tribe 
till  after  the  Death  of  Madocawando  which  was  in  the  Year 
1698  &  was  Succeeded  in  the  Saggamoreship  by  Wenoggonett, 
&  he  also  declareth  and  Saith  that  he  was  w^th  Madocawando 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   IMAINE  151 

when  a  present  of  Ten  barrels  of  Gunpowder  a  quantity  of 
Fire  Arms  and  some  Cloths  were  delivered  him  by  Gov'' 
Villebone  which  was  a  present  sent  him  the  a^  Madocawando 
( as  this  declarant  was  Credibly  informed )  by  the  King  of 
France  &  he  doth  also  declare  that  Mons""  Castain  marryed 
the  said  Madocawandos  Daughter  And  he  does  also  further 
declare  that  after  the  Conclusion  of  the  Peace  by  S''  William 
Phipps  Gov""  of  this  Province  in  1693  he  heard  and  well 
knew  that  the  said  Gov''  Phipps  purchased  of  said  Madoca- 
wando a  large  Tract  of  Land  which  the  said  Madocawando 
was  allowed  by  his  Tribe  (  &  all  Others  who  he  was  heard 
mention  the  same  )  to  be  the  Rightfull  Owner  of,  lying  at  or 
near  S'  Georges  River  &  he  never  heard  that  the  said  S' 
William  Phipp's  right  to  said  purchased  Lands  was  disputed 
but  on  the  Contrary  that  it  was  a  good  right, 

Cyprian  Southack 
Suffolk  ss  Boston  July  ^'^  1736 

Capt''  Cyprian  Southack  Appeared  &  made  Oath  to  y^  truth 
of  y*^  above  Declaration  by  him  Subscribed 

Coram     H :  Hall  Just :  Pacis 


Answer  to  the  CompP  of  the  Penobscot  Indians  July  1736. 

The  Answer  of  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston  Merchant  to 
the  Complaint  of  the  Delegates  of  the  Penobscott 
Tribe  of  Indians  exhibited  against  him  in  a  Letter  to 
His  Excellency  bearing  date  the  10*^  Aprill  1736,  & 
att  His  Excellencys  Conference  thereupon  before  The 
Hon^^®  His  Majesties  Council  &  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  pursuance  of  an  order  of  both  the  said  Houses 
made  the  2b^^  of  June  1736 
This  Respond*  saith  that  pursuant  to  a  Covenant  made 
between   him    &    divers    others    of   His   Majesties  Subjects 


152  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

Inhabitants  of  this  Province  who  are  interested  with  him  in  a 
Tract  of  Land  lying  in  the  Eastern  parts  of  it  called  Mus- 
congus  he  has  begun  a  Settlement  of  Two  Towns  upon  S^ 
Georges  River  and  (  as  is  set  forth  in  the  Indian  Complaint ) 
laid  out  man}'  Lotts  of  Land,  finished  some  houses,  &  built 
a  Saw  Mill  there  for  that  purpose,  which  he  conceives  he  has 
good  right  to  do,  having  as  he  apprehends  together  with  his 
aforesaid  Companions  an  undoubted  Title  to  the  Projjerty  of 
the  soil  upon  which  the  said  settlements  are  begun  by  grant 
from  the  Crown,  purchase  from  the  Natives,  &  a  Possession 
thereof  for  more  than  one  hundred  Years  attended  with  a 
great  Expense  in  the  Improvement  &  settlement  of  it  in  time 
of  Peace  &  Defence  of  it  in  severall  Indian  Warrs  since  the 
first  grant  &  purchase  thereof,  all  which  the  Respond*  is 
ready  to  prove  to  the  Sattisfaction  of  His  Excell^  &  the  two 
Hon''^®  Houses,  but  thinks  it  needless  to  set  forth  the  partic- 
ulars of  it  here,  the  Province  haveing  so  lately  by  their  Agent 
joyned  with  the  Respond*  &  others  interested  in  the  Lands  in 
question  in  asserting  their  abovementioned  Title  to  the  same 
upon  their  Petition  to  be  relieved  against  the  Interruption 
given  them  in  their  Settlements  there,  by  the  Hon^^"  David 
Dunbar  Esq''  who  had  taken  Possession  thereof  in  behalf  of 
the  Crown  upon  which  Petition  &  a  strict  scrutiny  into  the 
facts  and  Allegations  therein  contain'd  before  the  present 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  England  then  his  Majesties  Attorney 
Generall,  and  the  Lord  High  Chancellour  of  Great  Brittain 
then  SoUicitor  Generall,  and  also  before  the  R*  Hon''^®  the 
Lords  Comisioners  for  Trade  &  the  Plantations,  His  Majesty 
in  Councill  was  pleased  to  receed  from  the  pretentions  sett 
up  in  behalf  of  the  Crown  to  those  Lands,  &  to  Confirm  the 
Title  of  the  Petitioners  to  the  same. 

That  upon  this  Success  of  the  Pet"  &  the  Province  before 
His  Majesty  in  Councill  &  upon  the  Issueing  of  their  Majes- 
ties order  in  Councill  then  Regent  of  the  Kingdom  &  His 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAIKE  153 

Majesties  Lieu*  within  the  same  Col°  Dunbar  quitted  the 
Possession  of  the  Lands  in  question  &  the  Improvements  & 
Settlements  which  he  had  begun  there  in  behalf  of  the  Crown, 
&  His  Excell^  was  pleased  with  the  advice  of  the  Hon^^®  His 
Majesties  Councill  to  Issue  a  Proclamation  dated  the  16*^  day 
of  February  1732  giving  notice  of  the  said  Roy  all  Order  to 
all  persons  concerned,  that  so  they  might  reap  the  fruit  & 
benefitt  thereof,  &  that  such  persons  as  had  a  lawfuU  Claim 
to  any  of  the  said  Lands  might  be  assured  of  the  Protection 
of  the  Laws  of  this  Province  for  the  maintaining  their  just 
rights  &  properties,  &  be  encouraged  to  proceed  in  settling  & 
improving  the  same  so  that  the  Title  of  the  Respond*  &  his 
Companions  in  the  Lands  in  question  is  founded  upon  a 
grant  from  the  Crown  from  the  Natives  a  long  Possession  & 
Improvem*  of  them  in  time  of  peace,  &  defence  of  them  in 
tune  of  War,  &  has  the  Sanction  of  a  Judgment  or  Sentence 
of  the  Highest  Court  of  Judicature  in  His  Majesties  Domin- 
ions ;  &  the  publick  faith  of  the  Government  of  this  Province 
engaged  for  their  maintenance  &  protection  in  their  Settle- 
ments &  Improvements  of  it :  Upon  the  Security  of  all  which 
the  Respond*  after  a  great  Expence  of  time  &  money  in 
England  in  Defence  of  this  Title  against  the  Crown,  &  of 
the  Jurisdiction  of  the  Province  over  the  Lands,  has  agreed 
with  163  Familys  to  make  a  Settlement  of  two  Towns  there 
att  a  considerable  further  expence,  &  many  of  the  Settlers 
have  ventured  themselves  &  their  Familys  not  doubting  of 
the  same  protection  of  the  Governm*  in  their  just  rights  & 
possessions  against  the  menaces  &  violence  of  the  Indians  or 
any  other  Enemy  as  the  rest  of  His  Majesties  subjects  in  this 
Province  &  all  other  his  Majesties  Dominions  enjoy 

That  Confineing  the  Proprietors  Settlements  within  the 
bounds  prescribed  by  the  Indian  Delegates  would  leave  them 
weak  &  defenceless  unable  to  defend  themselves  in  time  of 
War,  and  exposed  to  insults  att  the  pleasure  of  y^  Indians. 


154  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

That  as  to  their  pretences  that  Madokawando  from  whom 
gr  -^ym  j>hipps  then  Gov'  purchased  these  Lands,  was  not  a 
Saggamore  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe  &  so  had  no  right  to 
grant  the  same  The  Respond'  answers  that  the  purchase 
Deed  is  signed  by  him  as  such,  &  attested  by  many  of  the 
Chiefs  of  the  Indians  at  that  time,  that  the  Records  of  the 
Province  mention  him  as  such,  &  the  Deed  was  allowed  of 
by  the  Indians  as  valid  in  1726  in  their  treaty  with  the 
Government,  who  then  insisted  upon  it ;  &  no  other  Indian 
Saggamore  is  pretended  to  have  been  the  Chief  of  the  Pen- 
obscott Tribe  at  tlie  Time  of  that  Grant,  so  that  the  Deed 
has  all  possible  proof  of  its  validity,  but  even  exclusive  of 
that  Deed,  the  length  of  Possession  Improvement  of  the 
Land  in  time  of  Peace,  &  Defence  of  it  in  time  of  War  under 
the  Grant  from  the  Crown  would  afford  the  Respond'  &  his 
Companions  as  good  a  Title  to  this  Land  as  any  other  of  His 
Majesties  Subjects  in  this  Province  can  pretend  to  have  to 
any  other  possessions :  Not  to  mention  that  the  Conquest  of 
it  in  time  of  War  by  General  Nicholson  with  her  late 
Majestic  Queen  Ann's  forces  in  Conjunction  with  those  of 
this  Province,  would  of  it  self  be  a  good  title  against  the 
Indians,  if  the  Proprietors  had  not  otherwise  a  good  one  by 
Grant  from  the  Crown  possession  &  purchase  from  the 
Natives 

That  the  Respond'  for  the  sake  of  preserving  peace  & 
good  amity  with  the  Indians  has  proceeded  with  the  utmost 
Caution  by  treating  with  them  concerning  the  Settlement  of 
his  two  Intended  Towns  to  which  he  obtained  their  Consent 
upon  a  deliberate  Consultation  had  among  all  of  the  Chiefs 
of  those  which  were  delegated  by  their  Tribe  a  great  number 
of  whom  were  also  present  to  treat  with  him  for  that  purpose 
&  the  Respond'  has  not  exceeded  the  Limitts  agreed  on 
between  them,  w*'''  he  is  now  ready  to  prove  by  three  unex- 
ceptionable Witnesses,  And  whether  their  present  Complaint 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  165 

is  merely  the  result  of  their  own  Councill,  or  they  have  been 
prompted  to  make  it  by  French  on  English,  w*'''  in  a  most 
uncommon  manner  is  mentioned  in  their  aforesaid  Letter — 
Respond*  won't  pretend  to  say  but  lett  it  proceed  from  what 
motive  it  vA'ill,  He  Conceives  it  is  no  just  Reason  for  the 
Governm*  to  interpose  to  stop  the  Settlement  of  these  Lands 
to  the  Ruin  of  the  Familys  already  settled  upon  'em,  &  the 
Destruction  of  the  Proprietors  estate  there ;  Small  would 
have  been  the  extent  of  the  Settlem*^  in  this  Province  if  the 
Government  had  been  actuated  by  such  a  spirit  as  that  upon 
the  meer  Caprice  or  threats  of  the  Indians  to  destroy  their 
Settlements  they  would  not  have  proceeded  in  them,  nor 
upon  this  principle  will  the  Bounds  of  their  Settlements  be 
ever  enlarged. 

Your  Respond*  therefore  in  behalf  of  himself  &  the  other 
proprietors  of  these  Lands  &  of  the  Familys  already  begun 
to  be  settled  there  prays  that  they  may  be  protected  &  main- 
tained in  their  just  rights  &  possession,  &  Settlements  upon 
the  same,  and  that  the  Compl**  ag^'  them  may  be  dismissed 
in  such  a  manner  as  will  give  the  Indian  Delegates  an  assur- 
ance of  it,  &  that  the  Indians  may  not  be  encouraged  to 
annoy  'em  &;  Committ  hostilities  upon  a  Prospect  of  the 
Governments  abandoning  these  Settlements  to  their  Humour 
&  Outrage. 

It  may  not  be  amiss  to  remind  this  Hon^^®  Court  that  att 
their  Session  August  1722  on  breaking  out  of  a  War  with 
the  Indians  upon  the  offer  &  tender  of  John  Leverett  Esq' 
late  Dec*^  m  behalf  of  himself  &  Associates  Prop"  of  these 
Lands,  the  Govemm*  accepted  of  a  Blockhouse  built  by  the 
Prop"  for  a  Garrison  which  is  improved  accordingly  to  this 
day,  All  which  is  humbly  Submitted  by  Y'^  Obed*  Serv* 

S.  Waldo 


156  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Petition. 

Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  ss 

To  his  Excell'^y  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Cap*  Gen- 
eral &  Gov""  in  Chief  &  to  the  Hon^^^  his  Majesty's 
Councill  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Court   Assembled  at  Boston  the  5*^  day  of  July 
1736  — 
Humbly  Sheweth  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston  Merch*  that  by 
an  order  of  the  Hon^^*^  Council  and  House  of  Representatives 
bearing  date  the  25^^  day    of    June    last    Edmund    Quincy 
Thomas  Berry  Ebenezer  Pomroy  John  Stoddard,  John  Chan- 
dler John  Gushing  and  Francis  Fulham  Esq'"^  were  appointed 
a  Committee  of  both  Houses  to  inquire  into  the  Complaints 
of  certain  Indian  Deligates  of  the  Penobscutt  Tribe  exhibited 
to  his  Excell^  ag*  your  Pef  in  a  Letter  bearing  date  the  tenth 
day  of  April  last  concerning  ¥"■  Pet^^  carrying  on  a  Settle- 
ment of  two  Towns  on  S*  Georges  River,  and  to  hear  Yo'' 
Pet'  and  the  Indians  thereupon  &  report  what  Answer  may 
be  proper  for  both  Houses  to  advise  his  Excell^  to  give  the 
Indians  upon  their  said  Complaint, 

That  y'  Pet'  and  the  Indians  have  attended  the  Hon^^^ 
Committee  and  been  heard  by  them  upon  Sundry  Articles 
and  the  Committee  was  thereupon  pleased  to  report  that  it 
would  be  proper  to  advise  his  Excell^  to  Assure  the  Penob- 
scott  Tribe  that  this  Government  will  not  incourage  nor 
Countenance  Your  Pet'  or  any  Others  Settling  or  Improving 
any  Land  on  George's  River  above  the  falls  or  flowing  of  the 
Water  untill  this  Goverm*  Shall  be  Satisfy'd  that  those 
Lands  liave  been  fairly  purchas'd  of  such  Indians  as  were  the 
riglitful  Owners  thereof,  and  the  said  Report  hath  been 
accepted  by  both  Houses  as  by  the  said  Order  and  Report 
(  Relation  being  thereunto  had  )  may  fully  Appear. 

That  y'  Pet'  is  now  furnished  with  Evidence  sufficient,  to 
prove  to  the  Satisfaction  of  this  Hon^^^  Court  that  S'  William 


OF  THE  STATE  OP  MAINE  167 

Phipps  late  Gov'  of  this  Province  under  whom  y'  Pef^  claims 
title  to  the  Lands  in  Question  (  as  well  as  under  a  Grant 
from  the  Crown)  fairly  purchas'd  those  Lands  in  1694  of 
Madocowando  Sachem  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe  who  was  the 
Rightfull  Owner  and  had  good  Title  to  Grant  and  dispose  of 
the  same ;  part  of  which  Evidence  y"  Pet'  had  not  an  Oppor- 
tunity of  laying  before  the  Hon^^^  Committee  &  therefore 
begs  leave  Pursuant  to  their  afores"^  Report  to  lay  his  Entire 
Evidence  before  this  Hon^^^  Court  not  doubting  but  y'=  the 
same  will  fully  Satisfy  this  Government,  that  the  Lands  above 
the  falls,  where  y""  Pet'  is  now  carrying  on  part  of  his  Set- 
tlem*  were  fairly  purchased  of  the  Rightfull  Indian  Owners.- 

And  in  order  to  Satisfye  your  Excellency  and  Honours  of 
this  y'  Pet'  will  prove  I''  That  S'  William  Phipps  fairly  pur- 
chasrd  the  Land  in  Question  of  Madocowando  who  Granted 
and  Conveyed  the  same  to  him  by  a  good  and  Sufficient  Deed 
in  the  Law:  2^^  That  at  the  time  of  making  the  Grant 
Madocowando  was  the  undoubted  Sachem  of  the  Penobscott 
Tribe  of  Indians  &  consequently  had  good  Power  according 
to  the  Constant  and  general  Custom  or  Law  us'd  among  the 
Indians  to  Grant  &  dispose  of  Land  belonging  to  the  Penob- 
scott Tribe,  who  now  pretend  to  dispute  y'  Pet"  title  to  the 
Same  — 

To  prove  the  first  point  y'  Pet'  will  produce  the  purchase 
Deed  it  self,  w*'^  was  Sign.d  Sealed  &  Deliver'd  by  Madoco- 
wando in  the  presence  of  above  an  hundred  Indians  &  many 
English  Gentlemen  of  Principal  Note,  &  duely  attested  by 
two  Indian  Sagamores,  a  Cousin  of  Madocowandos  &  the 
Indian  &  English  Interpreters  &  four  English  Gentlemen  all 
'^ch  tiave  Set  their  Marks  or  Subscribed  their  Names  as  Wit- 
nesses to  the  same ;  was  afterwards  duely  Acknowledged 
before  two  Members  of  his  late  Majesty  King  William's 
Hon'''®  Councill  for  this  Province,  &  afterwards  recorded 
with  the  records  for  Deeds  in  the  County  of  York  by  the 


158  DOCUMENT ARY   HISTORY 

proper  Officer  &  since  enter'd  in  the  Register  made  by  the 
Committee  of  Claims  appointed  in  the  Year  1713  and  to 
prove  that  the  said  Grant  was  made  for  a  Valuable  Consider- 
ation y''  Pet'  will  produce  the  Deposition  of  John  Phillips 
who  was  present  at  &  one  of  the  Subscribing  Witnesses  to 
the  Execu"  of  the  said  Deed,  who  saw  S'"  William  Phipps 
pay  Madocowando  a  considerable  Quantity  of  Silver  money 
in  pieces  of  Eight,  as  the  Consideration  of  the  purchase  Deed  ; 
&  also  of  Cap*  Cyprian  Southack  late  Commander  of  the 
Province  Galley  confirming  the  same,  both  which  Witnesses 
are  Still  livmg  &  ready  to  be  examin'd  ore  tenus  by  your 
Excell^  &  Honours  so  that  the  Deed  is  as  valid  as  apt  Words 
for  Conveying  of  the  Lands,  all  requisite  Solemnities  in  the 
Execution  of  it,  &  a  Valuable  Consideration  bona  fide  paid 
can  make  it, 

As  to  the  second  Point  Viz*  that  Madocowando  was  at  the 
time  of  making  this  Deed,  &  for  Several  Years  after  the  Chief 
Sachem  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe  &  Consequently  (  according 
to  the  Custom  of  the  Indians  )  had  good  Right  and  Power  to 
Grant  &  convey  the  same  — 

1^*  Yo'  Pef  begs  leave  to  refer  himself,  to  the  two  above- 
mentioned  Depositions  of  John  Phillips  &  Cyprian  Southack 
who  were  both  well  acquainted  with  Madocowando  for  Sev- 
eral Years  &  certainly  knew  him  to  be  the  undoubted  chief 
Sachem  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe  to  the  time  of  his  Death  & 
particularly  acknowledg'd  as  such  at  the  same  of  the  Execu- 
tion of  this  Deed,  by  above  100  Indians  then  present,  who 
were  chiefly  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe,  declared  their  Satisfac- 
tion in  his  making  the  afores*^  Grant,  in  w°'^  Cap*  Southack 
is  so  particular  as  to  Remember  the  exact  time  of  his  Decease 
&  who  was  his  Successor  in  the  Sachemship  of  the  Penobscott 
Tribe,  both  which  Witnesses  are  of  unexceptionable  Credit,  & 
from  their  Respective  Circumstances  must  be  very  conversant 
with  Indians  perfectly  knowing  of  the  facts  w'^'^  they  Testify — 


OP   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  159 

2'y  It  is  not  to  be  imagined  that  S'  William  Pliipps  who  as 
Gov'  of  this  Province  at  the  time  of  his  purchase,  &  was  well 
acquainted  with  the  State  of  the  Several  Indian  Tribes  in 
these  Parts  did  not  know  who  was  the  true  Acknowledged 
Sachem  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe  or  that  he  would  be  unposed 
upon  in  Matters  which  must  be  Notorious  to  all  Persons  who 
knew  any  thing  of  the  Tribe  at  a  time  when  he  paid  Madoco- 
wando  a  Considerable  quantity  of  money  for  his  purchase 
especially  when  he  had  made  a  Treaty  of  peace  with  the  said 
Medocowando  about  6  Months  before  or  that  the  Penobscott 
Indians  present,  who  were  consenting  to  the  Grant  of  Land 
belonging  to  their  own  Tribe  should  not  know  who  was  their 
true  Sachem,  or  the  Indian  Sagamores  &  Madocowando's 
Cousin  who  attested  the  Execution  of  the  Deed,  by  him  as  Pen- 
obscott Sachem,  Should  be  ignorant  who  was  the  Sachem  of 
that  Tribe,  or  that  there  should  be  a  general  Confederacy 
among  all  those  Indians  to  impose  upon  S""  William  Phipps, 
&  S""  William  &  all  the  English  so  extreamly  weak  as  to  be 
so  grosly  cheated  in  a  point  w*'*'  must  be  Notorious  to  all  the 
Country  at  that  time  Viz*  who  was  the  Chief  Sachem  of  the 
Penobscott  Tribe. 

3^y  This  Government  has  acknowledged  the  Validity  of 
it,  also  in  other  Instances  viz*  In  the  year  1722  Upon  the 
Memorial  of  John  Leverett  Esq''  &  his  Associates  as  proprie- 
tors of  the  Lands  in  Question  (  under  whom  y®  Pef  claims  ) 
making  the  Government  an  offer  of  their  blockhouses  built 
there  for  the  defence  of  those  Lands  the  General  Court 
accepted  the  same  &  voted  a  Garrison  of  25  Men  w*^'^  under 
the  Command  of  an  Officer  in  Lieuten*^  pay  to  be  kept  there 
at  the  Expense  of  the  Province  for  the  Defence  of  those 
Lands,  which  was  Accordingly  done :  2^^  by  the  Commis- 
sioners on  the  Part  of  the  Province  in  their  Conference 
between  them  &;  Delagates  of  the  Penobscott  Tribe  in  the 
Year  1725  insisting  upon  the  afores*^  Title  of  the  English  to 


160  DOCUMENTABY   HISTORY 

those  lands  viz*  that  they  had  purchased  the  same  for  some 
blankets  &  silver  money,  &  the  Indian  Delegates  declaring 
their  Satisfaction  therein  &  that  their  Ancestors  had  sold  the 
same :  w*^*^  now  appears  among  the  Provmce  records  3^^  By 
the  Committee  of  the  General  Court  in  their  Treaty  at  Fal- 
mouth with  the  Indians  producing  this  Deed  to  them  & 
insisting  uj^on  the  Validity  of  it,  w*^*»  appears  to  be  recorded 
upon  the  back  of  it,  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Committee,  4^^  by 
their  joining  with  y"^  Pef  &  others  interested  in  these  Lands 
in  1730  m  a  Petition  to  the  King  in  Councill  wherein  the 
Pef^  claim  the  Land  in  Question,  among  other  things  under 
the  said  Deed  against  the  Hon^^®  Col°  Dunbar  who  had  begun 
to  settle  those  Lands  in  behalf  of  the  Crown,  Claiming  the 
same  by  right  of  Conquest,  m  the  french  Warr  under  General 
Nicholson  (  as  manifestly  appears  by  the  Report  of  the  Attor- 
ney &  Solicitor  General,  to  whom  the  Consideration  of  y* 
Petition  was  referr.d  )  which  vrholly  destroys  all  pretensions 
of  the  Indians  Title  to  those  Lands  5'''^^  By  the  Proclama- 
tion issued  out  in  February  1732  among  other  things 
declaring  that  the  order  of  her  Majesty  in  Councill  for  Con- 
firming the  Pef^  title  to  those  Lands  was  partly  obtained  by 
the  Application  of  the  Province's  Agent,  &  promising  the 
Protection  of  the  Govern*  to  Such  Persons  as  Should  settle 
there  upon  that  Title 

And  lastly  by  Several  recommendations  of  the  Settlem'^ 
of  these  Lands  from  his  Excell^  to  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives &  answers  from  them  encouraging  the  same  as  may 
appear  by  the  Journals  of  the  Court. 

Yo"^  Pef^  also  Relies  upon  the  Validity  of  his  Title  to  the 
Lands  in  Question  from  the  Confirmation  of  it  by  the  Order 
of  her  Majesty  in  Councill,  w*'^  order  has  the  Effect  of  a 
Judgment,  &  as  the  same  was  given  in  the  Highest  Court  of 
Judicature  in  the  King's  Dominions  ought  not  to  be  con- 
trouled  or  broke  in  upon  by  an  order  of  any  Subordinate 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  161 

Government  Especially  since  the  Crown  quitted  its  own 
Possession  &  undoubted  Title  to  these  Lands  founded  upon 
the  Right  of  Conquest,  upon  the  Suppos'd  Validity  (  among 
other  things  )  of  the  Pet""*  Indian  Title  to  'em,  prior  to  that 
of  the  Crowns  which  was  strictly  inquired  into  &  determined — 

That  y'"  Pet'  humbly  Conceives  even  upon  the  face  of  the 
Report  of  the  Committee  he  is  Entitled  to  the  Protection  of 
this  Government  to  the  Enjoyment  of  his  Estate  &  property 
in  the  Lands  in  Question  if  he  can  make  out  his  title  to  it 
mider  an  Indian  Deed  Wherefore  as  upon  the  whole  of  his 
Evidence  it  plainly  Appears  that  these  Lands  were  fairly 
purchas.d  of  Such  Indians  as  were  the  Rightfull  Owners  of 
em  he  prays  that  he  may  have  the  protection  which  all  his 
Majesty's  Subjects  are  entitled  to  have  in  every  one  of  his 
Provinces  &  Colonies ;  especially  since  the  Indians  have  once 
by  their  own  Confession  actually  consented  to  his  Settlement 
of  'em ;  but  say  they  now  Repent  of  it,  without  alledging  the 
least  reason  for  it. 

And  Y'  Pet'  shall  ever  Pray  &c : 

S'  Waldo 

In  Council  July  5,  1736,  Read  and  the  Matter  of  this 
Memorial  or  Petition  having  already  been  taken  under  Con- 
sideration by  a  Committee  of  both  Houses,  before  whom,  as 
well  the  Petitioner,  as  the  Penobscut  Delegates  were  fully 
heard  and  all  such  Deeds  Records  and  Evidences  read  as  were 
produced  by  the  Petitioner ;  and  upon  the  whole  a  Report 
was  made  by  the  said  Committee  and  accepted  by  the  Coun- 
cil and  House  of  Representatives  and  therein  they  humbly 
propose  such  advice  as  they  think  proper  to  offer  to  his 
Excellency  referring  to  M'  Waldo's  Settlements  on  S* 
Georges  River,  As  to  the  two  Evidences  of  Mess"  Southack 
and  Phillips,  which  the  Petitioner  says  were  not  produced 
before  the  Committee,  the  Board  do  not  apprehend  the 
Matter  therein  contain'd  to  be  of  that  weight  as  to  alter  their 

11 


162  DOCUIVIENTARY    HISTORY 

Opinion  of  the  said  Report  or  induce  tliem  to  reconsider  it 
And  therefore  Ordered  that  this  Petition  be  dismissed. 
Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

Simon  Frost  Dep*  Sec'^ 
In  the  House  of  Representatives  July  5*^  1736 
Read  &  Concur'd 

J.  Quincy  Sp^^ 


Petition. 

To  his  Excell^  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq""  Cap*  General 
&    Gov""  m  Chief  of  the    Province  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  &  the  Hon^^^  his  Maj*^^  Councill  & 
House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court  Assem- 
bled at  Boston  the  6*^^  day  of  July  1736— 
Humbly  Sheweth  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston  Merch*  that  he 
is  necessitated  Once  more  to  apply  to  your  Excell^  &  Hon- 
ours for  that  his  Petition  (  of  Yesterdays  date  )  as  he  humbly 
conceives  was  not  rightly  understood,  he  meaning  thereby 
agreeable  to  the  Report  of  the  Hon^^^  Com*^®  to  make  it  man- 
ifest  that  Madocowando   was   the   allowed  Sachem  of  that 
Country,  &  hpid  power  to  sell  &  dispose  of  those  Lands  as 
other  Sachems  from  time  to  time  did  of  theirs,  and  inasmuch 
as  your  Pef^  has  been  at  great  cost  &  charge  to  defend  the 
Title   when   called   in   question  by  the  Crown  after  many 
Solemn  hearings  a  Com*®'^  of  the  Lords  of  Councill  upon  con- 
sidering his  Petition  were  of  Opinion  that  neither  This  Pef 
his  Tenants  or  agents  ought  to  be  disturbed  m  their  Posses- 
sion, or  Literrupted  in  carrying  on  the  Settlements  of  the 
said  Lands,  &  therefore  proposed  to  His  Majesty  that  CoP 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  163 

David  Dunbar  should  be  ordered  to  quit  tbe  Possession  of 
all  of  the  said  Lands,  w'='*  Her  Majesty  their  Guardian  of  the 
Kingdom  with  the  advice  of  His  Majesty's  Privy  Councill 
approved  of  &  order'd  the  said  Dunbar  to  quit  the  Possession 
accordingly  this  done  at  the  Court  at  Kensington  the  10^** 
of  August  1732;  he  therefore  prays  that  he  may  have 
Opportunity  to  be  heard  in  order  to  Remove  all  obstructions 
touching  his  bringing  forward  the  Settlements,  which  he  was 
encouraged  to  Undertake  having  Obtained  the  aforesaid 
order  from  the  Crown,  which  he  humbly  presumed  would 
allways  safeguard  him  in  his  lawfull  pursuit  thereof,  &  being 
also  prompted  thereto  by  Repeated  Messages  from  His 
Excelly  to  the  Court ;  the  Votes  of  the  Assembly  in  answer 
thereto.  He  Humbly  hopes  he  shall  not  be  forbid  by  an  order 
from  Your  Excell^  &  Honours  to  pursue  the  good  &  gracious 
intent  of  the  Crown  to  have  these  Lands  well  Settled,  which 
will  render  them  vastly  Serviceable  to  Great  Britain  by  rais- 
ing Quantitys  of  Naval  Stores  &  be  very  beneficial  to  this 
Country  also — 

Your  Pet'  also  Prays  that  as  Cap'  John  Gyles  tlie  Com- 
manding Officer  at  S*  Georges  Fort  is  now  here,  an  Inter- 
preter to  the  Indians  he  may  be  cited  to  make  Solemn  Oath 
before  this  Court  of  what  he  knows  Respecting  the  Dec^ 
Madocawando,  &  my  Proceedings  with  the  Penobscott  Tribe 
&  this  Your  Pef  is  the  more  Sollicitous  for,  inasmuch  as  he 
was  many  Years  a  Captive  in  that  Tribe,  &  was  with  Cap* 
Cyprian  Southack  in  his  Voyages  amongst  them ;  And  was 
also  with  &  Interpreted  for  your  Pet'  in  his  Agreement  of 
Settlement  with  said  Indians,  &  as  the  said  Interpreter  Cap* 
Gyles,  &  the  Indians  are  now  here,  &  their  Dwellings  from 
hence  very  remote,  he  prays  this  Opportunity  may  be 
embraced  for  determining  the  matter  in  Controversy,  which 
may  Otherwise  retard  your  Pef  making  agood  or  Regular 
Settlement  So  that  the  Intent  of  the  Crown  will  be  defeated, 


164  DOCTJMENTARr   HISTORY 

Yo''  Pet"  great  Labour  &  Expence  lost  &  His  Majes*^''  good 
Subjects  Settling  there  lyable  to  great  Inconveniencys 
And  Your  Pef^  shall  ever  Pray  &c 

S^  Waldo 
In  Council  July  6  1736 
Read 


Petition,  July  26  1736. 

To  his  Excellent  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Captain 
General  &  Commander  in  Chief  in  and  Over  his 
Majestys  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  England 
The  Petition  of  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston  Merch*  Humbly 
sheweth 

That  the  Eternal  Law  of  Self  preservation  makes  it  the 
Indispensible  Duty  of  every  one ;  who  hath  acquired  the 
Just  &  Lawfull  possession  &  Property  to  an  Estate  to  use 
all  proper  Ways  and  Methods  to  keep  the  same,  and  whenever 
under  an  Apprehension  of  being  dispossesed  or  Interrupted 
in  improving  it  as  he  thinks  fit,  not  prejudicing  his  Neighbour 
by  his  so  doing,  to  do  all  that  in  him  lyes  in  a  fair  &  Open 
way  to  prevent  the  Same :  — When  therefore  your  Petitioner 
Considers  the  Present  posture  &  Situation  of  his  Affairs 
touching  the  Settlements  he  is  under  Obligation  to  Compleat 
&  finish  in  a  short  Space  of  time  at  S*  Georges  River,  And  the 
Resolution  the  General  Court  Came  into  touching  your  Peti- 
tioners proceedmg  to  Settle  that  Country,  It  strictly  forbids 
his  being  Silent,  but  calls  aloud  upon  your  Petitioner  once 
more  to  make  his  Application  to  your  Excell^  that  you 
would  be  pleased  to  direct  that  the  Penobscott  Indians  by 
their  Delegates  be  notified  to  appear  before  the  General  Court 
at  their  next  sittmg  if  they  think  fit,  that  your  Pef  may  then 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  165 

have  a  fair  Opportunity,  &  not  delayed  by  reason  of  their 
Absence  to  Satisfie  that  Great  &  Hon'^'®  Court  that  the  Lands 
on  both  sides  S*  Georges  were  long  Since  purchased  of  the 
Rightfull  Owners  by  those  whom  Your  Pef  now  holds  Under 
And  notwithstanding  his  Petition  to  your  Excell^  of  the  12'''^ 
ins*  of  the  same  purport  being  Considered  by  his  Majes*^ 
Councill  on  Friday  the  23'^  Curr*  they  were  of  advice  to 
your  Excell^  not  to  grant  the  Prayer  of  the  Pef ;  Yet  when 
jour  Pet'"  takes  a  View  of  the  Several  Steps  heretofore  taken 
by  the  Great  &  General  Court  when  under  y^  Administration 
of  the  late  S''  William  Phipps  Knight  Cap*  General  and  Com- 
mander in  Chief,  the  Hon*''^''  Wilham  Stoughton  Esq""  Earle 
Bellemot,  &  William  Stoughton  Esq""  again,  the  Hon^ 
Joseph  Dudley  Esq''  the  Hon^'®  Samuel  Shute  Esq'  and 
his  Majestys  late  Gov""  Burnet,  &  in  the  several  treaty s 
of  Peace  and  Submission  made  by  the  Eastern  Indians, 
and  the  Penobscott  Tribe  in  particular  ;  The  Lands  which 
are  now  Settling  by  your  Pef  were  Included  among 
other  Tracts  to  be  belonging  to  the  English:  In  a 
more  especial  Manner  Anno  1725,  upon  Signing  the 
Articles  of  Pacification  with  the  Eastern  Indians  the  General 
Court  appointed  a  Committee  of  both  Houses  to  Search  into 
the  purchases  made  of  the  Indians,  that  every  thing  relating 
to  the  Titles  and  Claims  might  be  reduced  to  a  Certainty 
that  no  future  disputes  concerning  the  English  Titles 
Possessions  &  Improvements  should  arrise  who  then  shew'd 
Madocowando  Chief  Sachem  of  the  Penobscot  Tribe  his  Deed 
to  S''  William  Phipps  Kn*  for  those  Lands  on  S*  Georges 
River, 

The  Indians  who  before  pretended  a  Right  to  those  Lands 
after  a  full  debate  thereon  receeded  from  their  Claim,  Lieu* 
Gov''  Dummer  Once  and  again  telling  them,  tliese  Lands 
belonged  to  King  Georges  Subjects,  who  had  purchased  them 
&  therefore  could  not  be  disposses*^  or  forbid  improving  them  ; 


166  DOCTJMENTABY   HISTORY 

after  which  the  Delegates  from  Penobscott  expressed  their 
Gladness  that  Madocowando's  Deed  was  shewn  them  & 
promised  at  their  Return  to  acquaint  their  Tribe  therewith 
And  at  the  Ratification  of  that  Treaty  at  Falmouth  in  Casco 
Bay  the  year  following  when  was  present  the  late  Lieu*  Gov- 
ern' Duiner  then  Com''  in  Chief  with  a  quorum  of  his  Majestys 
Councill  &  a  Considerable  Number  of  the  Hon^  House  of 
Representatives  :  The  Indian  Delagates  from  Penobscott  & 
Several  other  Tribes  &  a  great  Number  of  Indians  being  con- 
vented  there,  at  the  afores*^  Ratification  they  Confirm'd  what 
their  former  Delegates  did  Respecting  those  Lands  and  freely 
consented  his  Majestys  Subjects  Should  hold  Possess  and  Enjoy 
their  former  Possessions  &  Improvements  of  the  Lands  at 
which  time  it  was  well  known  to  them  that  about  five  Years 
before  your  Pet"^  &  Partners  had  built  a  Strong  house  which 
is  now  Standing  &  improved  by  the  Goverm*  in  carrying  on 
the  Truck  and  erected  near  thirty  frames  for  houses  all  which 
they  Anno  1722  in  a  hostile  Manner  intended  to  Waste  & 
destroy  by  fire,  but  were  defeated  &  beat  off  by  those 
employ'd  under  your  Pet'  &  Partners ;  When  Your  Pet' 
looks  back,  &  sees  the  vast  Cost  &  Charge  he  &  his  Partners 
Expended  in  Settling  that  Country  from  1719  to  1722  till 
the  breaking  out  of  the  last  Indian  War,  is  all  lost  and  Sunk, 
The  Steadiness  &  Resolution  of  the  Company  m  carrymg  on 
the  afores*^  Settlements  till  Interrupted  by  some  direction 
from  the  Crown,  to  the  Hon^^®  David  Dunbar ;  and  then  the 
Gent"  Shew*^  their  Sincere  design  to  Settle  the  Lands  by 
agreeing  with  y'  Pet'  on  certain  Conditions  to  take  a  Voyage 
for  Great  Britain  to  remove  those  obstructions  ;  which  after 
an  Expensive  Application  to  his  Majesty  was. by  Your  Pet' 
happily  Obtain'd,  that  soon  after  Her  Majestys  Royall  order 
came  to  your  Excell^^  hands  ordering  Col°  Dunbar  to  quit 
those  Lands,  Your  Excell^  Issu'd  out  a  Proclamation  with  the 
advice  of  his  Majestys  Councill  Notifieing  the  Inhabitants  of 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  167 

this  Province  therewith,  that  as  those  that  had  a  Right  to 
these  Lands  might  reap  the  fruit  &  benefit  of  that  Royall 
order  —  that  such  Persons  as  had  a  lawf ull  Claim  to  any  of 
the  said  Lands  and  had  been  unjustly  disturbed  in  the  Pos- 
session &  Improvement  of  them  might  be  assur'd  of  the 
Protection  of  the  Laws  of  this  Province  for  maintaining  their 
just  rights  and  property  and  be  Incouraged  to  proceed  in 
Settling  and  Improving  the  same :  And  on  the  4*^  of  April 
following  you  gave  the  Court  to  understand  that  Col°  Dun- 
bar was  Removing  from  the  Lands  of  the  Province  in  and 
about  Pemaquid  in  Conformity  to  his  Majesty s  Royall  orders 
and  that  Since  there  was  something  done  towards  the 
Rebuilding  of  that  Fort,  You  hoped  they  would  make  the 
necessary  Provisions  for  rendering  it  Strong  &  defensible,  for 
the  Kings  Honour  And  for  the  Safety  of  that  part  of  the 
Frontiers :  Adding  that  doubtless  that  was  the  best  respect 
&  duty  the  Court  could  express  to  his  Majesty  in  return  to 
his  ready  Goodness  &  Justice  Shewn  the  Court  in  Answer  to 
their  Earnest  SoUicitations,  for  Removing  the  s*^  Col°  Dunbar, 
&  for  his  Majestys  declaring  at  the  same  time  his  Royal 
Pleasure,  &  every  particular  Proprietor  of  the  Lands  before 
Mention'd  Should  quietly  enjoy  their  Just  &  Lawfull  Rights. 
On  the  fifteenth  of  Aug*  1733  in  your  ExceRy^  Speech  to 
the  Hon^^^  Councill  &  House  of  Representatives  you  desire 
them  to  look  back  on  their  repeated  Obhgations  to  his 
Majesty  respecting  the  Country  in  and  about  PemaquicI,  &  to 
Consider  their  great  Obligations  of  Duty,  &  Gratitude,  to  the 
King,  for  his  Goodness  in  hearing  and  Granting  their 
Request ;  and  then  you  hope  they  would  no  longer  let  that 
Fort  &  Country  continue  desolate  &  Neglected  as  at  that  day 
but  that  they  would  do  what  might,  be  reasonably  Expected 
for  the  Honour  of  the  Kings  Govern*  in  the  Protection  and 
Encouragem*  of  the  Settlements  there  to  which  the  Assembly 
Reply  &  say,    they    Readily    &  Joyfully  Acknowledge    his 


168  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Majesty's  great  Justice  &  Goodness  in  Confirming  the  Juris- 
diction of  this  Province  over  those  Eastern  Lands,  &  shall 
treat  the  People  on  them  with  the  same  Care  &  Justice  as 
other  his  Majest5^s  good  subjects  in  the  Rest  of  the  Province — 
At  a  Session  of  the  General  Court  Nov'  2'i  1732  Your 
Exc^  Acquaints  the  two  Houses  you  had  made  a  Tour  into 
the  Eastern  Country  &  after  the  fullest  and  most  particular 
View  in  Travelling  by  Land  &  Water,  into  th'e  River's  of 
S*  George  Kennebeck  &  Saco  you  Say  of  S*^  George  thus  ; 
within  a  few  Leagues  of  that  Fort  may  ride  the  whole 
British  Navy  &  there  are  good  Bays  for  Settling  Towns  & 
making  them  defensible  &  Your  Exc^  could  not  but  think 
that  Country  would  in  time  be  equal  in  every  thing  to  any 
part  of  New  England  &  therefore  well  worthy  of  all  the  Sup- 
port &  Assistance  this  Government  could  possibly  give  for 
bringing  forward  the  Settlement  thereof  &  to  that  end  as 
well  as  for  the  more  Extensive  good  of  the  Province,  You 
thought  it  a  point  of  Wisdom,  to  encourage  Good  Protestants 
of  all  Nations,  &  Denominations,  to  come  &  dwell  among  us  ; 
from  whom  they  might  gain  the  knowledge  of  a  better  Culti- 
vation of  the  Lands  &  of  many  Manufactures  they  were  then 
Strangers  to.  The  House  replyed  to  the  Article  touching 
the  Lands  that  they  were  not  Sensible  wherein  they  had 
Shewn  any  backwardness  to  promote  the  Cultivation  of  the 
Lands,  but  Should  be  willing  &  ready  at  all  times  in  Con- 
junction with  your  ExceRy  to  be  active  in  that  Laudable 
Article.  If  what  has  been  observed  may  have  its  due  weight 
&  Consideration  who  would  not  esteem  the  Title  Your  Pet"^ 
Stands  &  Rests  upon  was  not  sure  &  Immoveable : —  The 
Great  Sums  of  money  Yo'  Pef^  expended  since  Col°  Dunbar* 
quitting  that  Country  &  what  further  must  necessarily  be 
added  to  compleat  two  Towns  in  a  defensible  manner,  but 
which  when  perfected  will  be  of  Service  even  to  great  Britain, 
that  Country  being  adapted  to  furnish  Naval  Stores  &  may 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  169 

be  the  occasion  of  Preserving  a  Nursery  for  Valuable  white 
pines,  and.  the  Trade  &  business  of  this  Province  much  eased 
by  a  Safe  Recource  into  those  parts.  Yo'  Pet""  expects  a  great 
number  of  Irish  Protes*^  to  arrive  in  these  parts  in  a  Month 
or  Two  having  Engaged  three  ships  for  that  purpose  whose 
Passengers  your  Pef^  has  Contracted  with  to  Settle  on  the 
Lands  there.  These  Motives  with  others  too  many  to  trouble 
your  Excelly  with,  Engage  me  without  any  further  Delay  of 
mine,  now  to  make  this  my  repeated  application  to  your 
Excelly  being  inform.d  your  Excell^  intends  the  General 
Court  shall  meet  at  the  time  they  stand  prorogued  to,  That 
some  from  the  Penobscott  Tribe  may  be  Seasonably  Notified 
to  attend  the  Great  &  General  Court  &  that  your  Excell^ 
would  be  further  Pleased  to  direct  the  attendance  of  two  able 
Interpreters  that  every  thing  m^ay  be  rightly  understood  & 
put  in  a  true  fair  and  impartial  light  assuring  your  Excell^ 
that  if  the  Indians  may  attend,  y^  Pef  will  take  Effectual 
care  Seasonably  to  dispatch  y""  Excell^^  orders  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  at  your  Pef'^  own  cost,  &  Charge,  Answer  and 
defrey  the  Charge  in  bringing  them  here.  Supporting  them 
while  attending  the  General  Court,  &  Returning  them  to  their 
Homes,  of  this  my  offer  I  beg  leave  to  acquaint  your  Excell^ , 
being  Inform.d  that  some  of  His  Majestys  Council,  did  acco* 
it  a  charge  not  proper  for  the  Govern'  to  sustain  &  therefore 
possibly  not  of  advice  that  they  Should  attend ;  I  hope  & 
firmly  believe  if  this  my  Petition  may  be  granted  which  ^vith 
all  possible  deference  to  your  Excell^  I  esteem  will  be 
Consistent  with  Justice,  It  will  perpetuate  a  good  under- 
standing between  the  Indians  resorting  to  those  parts  and 
your  Petitioner  &  those  he  shall  from  time  to  time  send  down 
there,  which  he  shall  ever  Strenously  endeavour  after,  And 
that  Country  soon  brought  into  a  flourishing  Condition  & 
many  of  his  Majestys  Loyall  Subjects  Set  down  &  in  great 


170  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

peace  and  Quietness  Improve  the  same  which  must  needs 
rejoice  the  Hearts  of  all  well  wishers  to  New  England 

And  Yo""  Pef  shall  ever  Pray  &c 

S^  Waldo 
Boston  July  26'^  1736 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Council  Chamber  in  Boston  on 

Tuesday  the  third  Day  of  Aug  :  1736 

His  Excellency  having  communicated  to  the  Board 
this  Memorial  or  Petition,  and  asked  their  Opinion  thereon 
whether  they  do  advise  him  to  Grant  the  Prayer  thereof, 

The  Question  was  put  whether  the  Council  Advise  His 
Excellency  to  Grant  the  Prayer  thereof,  &  it  pass'd  in  the 
Negative.  Simon  Frost  Dep*  kSec'"^ 

Petition  of  Sam^  Waldo  July  27*^  1736 

To  His  Excell^  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Captain 
Generall  &  Comand"^  in  Chief  in  and  Over  His 
Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  &c : 

Humbly  Sheweth  Your  Petitioner  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston 
Merchant,  That  in  as  much  as  Cap*  John  Gyles  the  Coinand- 
ing  Officer  att  the  Truck  house  on  S'  Georges  River  in  the 
Eastern  parts  of  this  Province  is  in  the  pay  &  Service  of  this 
Government  as  Interpreter  to  the  Indians,  (  &  being  now  here 
by  Your  Excell^*  permission  )  was  in  the  life  time  of  Madoc- 
owando  late  Sachem  of  the  Pcnobscott  Tribe  taken  Captive, 
&  remained  so  many  Years  dureing  which  Captivity  his  Res- 
idence was  amongst  that  Tribe,  he  cannot  therefore  but  well 
know,  what  Character,  Post  &  Station  the  aforesaid  Madoco- 
wando  Sustain'd  in  that  Tribe,  &  how  they  behaved  towards 
him. 

Your  Petitioner  also  begs  leave  to  Set  forth  that  the  afores*^ 
Cap'  Gyles  after  his  Return  from  Captivity  belonged  to  the 
Province  Galley  Cap*  Cyprian  Southack  Couiander  &  did 
Severall  times  go  from  hence  to  Penobscott  &  other  parts 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MATSTE  l7l 

Eastward  with  the  s'^  Cap*  Southack  in  quest  of  English  Cap- 
tives when  Severall  were  purchased  of  the  afores"^  Madoco- 
wando,  the  said  Gyles  being  then  a  Coxwain  of  the  .Ships 
Boat  oft  times  went  on  Shoar  with  the  Captain. 

Further  that  in  April  1735  Your  Pef  took  a  Voyage  to  S'' 
Georges  River  to  vissit  the  Penobscott  Indians  &  Cultivate 
a  good  Understanding  with  them,  which  after  severall  days 
Conference  with  them  about  my  Settling  up  that  River  all 
matters  were  well  accomodated  between  ¥"■  Pef^  &  said 
Indians,  and  in  Novem'  following  according  to  my  promise 
in  April  I  gave  them  another  Vissitt,  &  att  the  Interview  I 
then  had  with  their  Cheifs  a  Considerable  number  of  their 
Tribe  being  present  they  to  a  Man  declared  themselves  well 
sattisfied  with  my  Intentions  of  Settling  in  those  parts,  & 
carrying  my  Settlements  to  the  head  of  S*  Georges  River: 
att  both  which  Interviews  Cap'  Gyles  was  improved  as  Inter- 
preter &  was  well  acquainted  with  all  the  discourse  between 
Your  Pef^  &  the  said  Indians,  And  what  promisses  mutually 
passed  -  Wherefore  Your  Pef  most  humbly  prays  Your 
Excelly  would  Signifie  to  Your  Officer  Cap*  Gyles  that  he 
draw  up  a  Declaration  of  what  he  knows  concerning  the 
afores*^  Madocawando  and  the  Transactions  between  Your 
Pef  &  those  Indians  att  St  Georges  in  the  afores*^  Months  of 
April  &  Novem"^  before  he  depart'^  from  hence  &  make  oath 
thereto,  and  that  Your  Pef  may  be  present  att  the  Caption 
thereof  the  Cost  &  Charge  shall  be  answer'd  by  Y"^  Pet^ 

Your  Pef  applys  to  Your  Excell^  in  this  manner  because 
when  the  said  Cap*  Gyles  was  before  a  Comittee  of  the  Coun- 
cil &  Hon^'®  House  of  Representatives  during  the  last  Setting 
of  the  Generall  Court  he  refused  makmg  answer  to  Severall 
things  putt  to  him  by  the  Com*^®  relating  to  what  passed  att 
the  aforesaid  Interviews :  as  he  did  to  some  questions  putt  to 
him  by  Your  Petitioner  excuseiug  him  self  for  that  he  was 
Interpreter  for  the  Government,  which  its  humbly  Conceived 


172  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

rather  obliges  him  especially  when  called  upon  by  his 
Employers,  to  make  a  full  free  &  Impartial  discovery  of  what 
accrewed  to  him,  that  the  Goverment  might  be  the  better 
Inabled  to  do  Justice  when  a  dispute  arrises  touching  fauts 
or  words  :  And  Your  Pef^  questions  not  but  upon  Cap*  G^'les 
making  a  full  plain  &  true  discovery  of  what  he  knows  relat- 
ing to  Madocawando  &  the  afores'^  Interview  Some  palpable 
mistakes  &  misconceptions  will  be  intirely  removed,  which 
can  disserve  none  but  may  be  a  Singular  Service  done  this 
Government. 

And  Yo"^  Pef  Shall  Pray  &c 
Boston  July  27"^  1736/  S^  Waldo 

At  a  Council  held  at  the  Council  Chamber  in  Boston 
on  Tuesday  the  third  Day  of  August  1736. 

His  Excellency  having  communicated  this  Petition  to 
the  Council,  And  ask'd  their  Opinion  thereon  — 

Advised,  That  His  Excellency  acquaint  Cap*  Gyles, 
that  his  Office  of  Interpreter  ought  to  be  no  Restraint  to  him 
in  giving  his  Affidavit  relating  to  the  Affairs  within  men- 
tioned. 

Simon  Frost  Dep  Sec'^ 


Letter  to  Col.  Tho'   Westhrook  Sept.  7,  1736. 

Sir 

His  Excellency  the  Govern'"  has  lately  rec*^  a  Letter  Dated 
the  23*^  of  Aug :  past  from  Harrow  House  in  Falm°  without 
being  Signed  by  any  person,  complaining  of  Insults  &  Threat- 
ening &c  some  of  your  People  have  met  with  from  some  of 
y*  Indians,  without  giving  any  Reason  therefor  in  the  said 
Letter.  w*=^  inclosed  a  Letter  from  Capt.  Tho :  Smith  of  the 
Truck  House  at  Saco  Falls  directed  to  yourself  wherein  His 
Excell*^y   was    inform'd    that    three    Indians   belonging   to 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  173 

Ammiscogan  River  were  at  Biddeford  in  Order  to  take  pass- 
age on  Board  a  Sloop  bound  here,  &  y*  their  Business  was 
to  complain  that  the  River  leading  to  the  Sebagoge  Ponds 
was  so  dam'd  and  Obstructed  that  the  Fish  cou'd  not  pass  up 
to  the  said  Ponds, 

Fish  is  their  principal  Subsistence  in  the  Sumer  Time  and 
that  for  want  of  which  they  are  like  to  be  Starved  &c.  w*^^  is 
tho*  to  be  the  Reason  that  they  have  troubled  you.  in  your 
letter  you  speak  of  sending  up  AfiBdavits  of  the  whole  affair 
in  a  little  Time  His  Excellency  thinks  it  not  proper  for  him 
to  give  any  order  in  this  matter  till  the  Conipl*  be  more 
properly  laid  before  him. 

I  believe  it  will  be  therefore  Advisable  if  the  Indians  con- 
tinue their  Comp?*  &  Insults  to  get  your  Evidences  sworn  & 
their  depositions  sent  up,  with  yo'  Compl*  in  form  and  what 
Claims  you  have  to  make  to  the  River  &  so  as  to  Justify  the 
stopping  the  Course  and  then  the  affair  probabl}'  may  be 
fully  heard  &  determined.  But  you  must  look  upon  this 
only  as  my  private  opinion :    I  am 


Letter  from  Noah  Er)iery  to  John  Iligginson. 

York  January  6th  1737. 
Sir 

The  Proprietors  of  Falmouth  have  Entered  An  Action 
at  this  Court  against  one  Joseph  Plumer  for  recovery  of  a 
mill  &  house  cfc  125  acres  land  in  Falmouth  by  Presumpscut 
river  which  I  fear  is  y®  mill  &  land  belonging  to  y*  heu-s  of 
D.  Phippen.  Whether  you  have  such  a  Tennant  there  or 
not  I  Can't  tell  but  I  suppose  by  the  description  of  ye  Land 
&  Mill  in  the  writ  it  must  be  y®  same.  I  did  not  know  any- 
thing of  such  an  action  being  entered  till  this  day  after  M'' 
Joshua  Ward  was  gone  the  actions  not  bemg  all  Called  for 


174  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

abatem**  till  after  his  departure  so  that  I  could  not  send  you 
word  by  him.  I  moved  for  a  Continuance  of  the  Action 
that  I  might  give  you  notice  thereof  but  my  Motion  was 
utterly  rejected  &  that  which  Convinced  me  that  it  is  your 
Land  was  y®  Agreement  between  y®  Pit*  &  y®  Def**  Council. 

I  Imagine  that  it  was  agreed  on  both  sides  y*  y®  Proprie- 
tors should  have  A  Judgment  for  Possession  &  then  you  will 
be  wholly  rooted  out.  I  tho*  best  to  let  you  know  how  it  is 
that  if  it  is  yours  3^ou  may  Petition  y''  Gen"  Court  now  Sit- 
ting to  Supersede  y®  Execution  or  Prevent  their  recovering 
y®  Possession  in  such  a  Collusive  manner.  I  herewith  send 
you  a  Copy  of  y®  Writ  &c.  that  you  may  see  how  it  is  for  I 
am  apt  to  think  this  Plumer  is  somebody  that  has  wrought 
in  the  Mill  or  on  some  of  the  Land  &  they  have  agreed  in  all 
things  about  it  &  y®  PP*  Come  now  for  a  Judgment  to  be 
Evidence  of  their  title  in  time  to  Come  —  if  this  Concerns 
your  Interest  I  would  willingly  know  it  &  if  I  can  serve  you 
you  may  Comand. 

Your  humble  serv* 

Noah   Emery 


Letter  Nathl^  Jones  ^  Nathan  Look  to  (Japt.  Rigginson  Sj-  Co. 

Falmouth  January  IS^'^  1737-8 
Cap*  Higginson  and  Company  Gent  men,  these  are  to 
Inform  you  That  We  have  Been  Lately  very  much  Surpprised 
by  an  uncommon  Action  For  on  Last  Saturday  In  the  after- 
noon we  hoard  That  the  Proprietors  of  Falmouth  Had  arested 
Joseph  Plumer  for  the  Mill  &  House  and  aboute  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  Land  and  on  Monday  last  the  officer 
Came  with  an  Execution  and  Gave  the  said  Proprietors  pos- 
session of  the  premises  So  that  we  are  very  much  Disapointed 
in  our  Business  for  we  had  prepared  for  Loging  But  are  Now 


OF  THE  STATE  OP  MAINE  175 

quite  Disappointed.  And  it  has  been  &  is  the  Common 
Practice  of  the  Inhabitance  of  the  Town  to  Cut  &  cary  Logs 
off  of  the  Remainder  of  your  Claime  which  you  have  Lett  to 
us  and  carry  the  same  down  to  the  mills  at  the  Falls  ;  We 
would  therefore  Desire  the  favour  of  you  that  you  would 
Give  us  Libberty  to  Cut  &  Carry  Logs  Down  to  the  sd  mills 
at  the  falls  altho  by  our  Leas  we  are  Debared  from  the  same 
and  Signifie  the  same  in  writing  as  soon  as  possible  and  also 
desire  you  would  send  us  word  what  will  be  best  for  us  and 
your  selfs  to  act  concerning  the  premisses.  So  In  haste  we 
Subscribe  our  Selves 

Your  Real  Friends  &  Humble  Servants 

Nath"  Jones 
Nathan  Look 


Letter  Noah  Emery  to  John  Iligginson. 

Portsm"  Jan'y  20*^^  1737. 
Sir.  I  wrote  you  a  Letter  Jan''  G*'*  curr*  from  York  &  sent 
it  by  M"^  W""  Vaughan  who  was  bound  from  York  to  Boston 
in  s**  Letter  I  inclosed  a  Copy  of  a  writ  bro*  by  y®  Proprie- 
tors of  Falmouth  against  one  Joseph  Plumer  for  recovery  of 
a  Mill  &  a  house  &  125  acres  Land  in  Falm°  which  I  supposed 
belonged  to  y^  Heirs  &  successors  of  David  Phippcn  upon 
which  writ  y*'  Prop''^  recov'^  a  verdict  &  Judgment  for  y^ 
Premises  sued  for  even  by  Consent  of  y**  Def*  who  I  sup- 
posed to  be  some  Person  with  whom  they  had  agreed  to 
recover  Possession  that  they  might  have  an  advantage 
against  you.  they  had  Execution  Immediately  upon  y^ 
Judgm*  &  before  now  ( I  presume  )  have  had  Possession 
delivered  them  I  mov'd  for  a  Continuance  that  I  might 
inform  you  of  it    ( telling  y**  Court  y"  land  was  yours  )  but  I 


176  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

could  not  obtain  it  —  y®  Defend*^  Council  not  Desireing  it  & 
I  Could  not  make  it  appear  that  Plumer  was  your  Tennant  — 
My  not  knowing  whether  you  rec''  my  Letter  I  sent  by  M"^ 
Vaughan  is  y**  reason  of  my  writeing  now 
I  am  yo^  humble  servant 

Noah    Emery 
M""  Seabery  rec"^  his  pay  for  serving   y^  execution   from 
Doct"  Moodey. 

(  Superscribed ) 
To  John  Higginson  Esq''  in  Salem. 

Letter  Noah  Emery  to  John  Higginson. 

Kittery  February  6^1^  1737 
Sir 

Yours  of  the  24  Jan''^  last  1  rec"^  &  am  sorry  my  letter 
came  so  late  to  your  hands  that  you  Could  not  Obtain  a  Stay 
of  Execution  however  I  hope  the  manner  of  their  recovery 
will  not  give  much  Credit  to  their  title  in  time  to  Come  — 
in  answer  to  your  desire  to  know  who  were  Judges  &  who  y® 
PP  Council  &c.  I  think  that  Coll"  Pepperell  &  Coll°  Moul- 
ton  both  mov'd  off  the  Bench  &  there  were  other  Justices 
Specially  Appointed  in  all  Causes  wherein  the  Standing 
Judges  are  Interested  or  any  way  Disquallifyed  Viz*^  John 
Hill  &  Joseph  Sayer  Esq*^  &  they  Sat  as  Judges  on  y*" 
Case  and  I  believe  without  any  knowledge  of  any  contriv- 
ance or  Design  in  the  PI**  —  M"^  Livermore  was  y^  PI** 
attorney  at  Court  but  he  did  not  draw  the  writ  nor  do  I 
believe  that  he  knew  any  thing  of  it  till  it  was  bro*  to  Court 
but  I  suppose  the  writ  was  drawn  down  East  among  the  PI*" 
by  some  old  foi-m  which  they  had  there  —  there  was  not 
much  said  on  either  side  —  nothing  produced  in  Defence  so 
y®  case  was  easy  —  I  suppose  that  I  said  as  much  ( if  not 
more )    without    being    desided   by    either   party,    as   their 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  177 

Lawyers  said  upon  y®  Merits  of  y®  Cause  My  tho**  of  the 

matter  is  that  y®  PP*  and  Defend*  were  all  agreed  how  to 

proceed  in  the  affair  before  any  Lawyer  whatever  knew  any 

thing  of  y®  action. 

I  am  your  Humble  Serv* 

Noah  Emery 

P.  S.     I  believe  it  best  to  Learn  by  some  means  or  otlier 

who   makes  any  Improvement  of  y®  Land  or  Mills  &; 

bring  Trespass  against  them  Immediately  if  they  are  y® 

Prop'''  of  Falm^. 

N.  E. 


Proprietors  of  Falmouth  vs  Joseph  Plumer. 

York  ss 

George  the  Second  by  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great 

Brittain,  France  &  Ireland  King  Defender  of  y® 

faith  &c 

To  the  Sheriff  of  our  County  of  York  his  Under 

Sheriff  or  Deputy  Greeting 
We  Command  you  to  Suiuon  Joseph  Plumer  of  Falmouth  in 
our  said  County  of  York  Millwright,  ( if  he  may  be  found  in 
your  Precinct )  to  Appear  before  Our  Justices  of  Our  Infer"" 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  Next  to  be  holden  at  York  within  & 
for  our  said  county  of  York,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  January 
next  then  &  there  in  our  said  Court  to  answer  unto  the 
Proprietors  of  the  Common  and  Undivided  Lands  within  y® 
Township  of  Falmouth  aforesaid  in  a  Plea  of  Trespass  and 
Ejectment  of  a  Tract  of  Land  Situate  in  Falmouth  aforesaid 
and  is  part  of  the  Common  &  undivided  Lands  of  Falmouth 
aforesaid.  Said  Lands  lying  on  the  North  Easterly  side  of 
Presumpscot  river  in  Falmouth  afores*^  and  bounded  as  fol- 
loweth  beginning  at  a  stake  standing  on  the  North  side  of 
the  Northwest  branch  of  Piscataqua  River  which  is  a  Branch 

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178  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

of  Presumscut  River  afores*^  Said  stake  being  one  rod  below 
tlie  uper  Mills  on  the  said  Northwest  branch  of  Piscataqua 
River  afores*^  and  from  said  Stake  runing  South  Eleven 
Degrees  west  one  hundred  &  forty  seven  rods  to  a  stake  & 
from  thence  East  sixteen  degrees  North  two  hundred  &  four- 
teen Rods  to  a  stake  thence  North  six  degrees  East  Eiglity 
rods  to  a  stake  thence  West  one  hundred  &  seventy  six  Rods 
to  y®  first  Bounds  Mentioned  Containing  one  hundred  and 
twenty  five  Acres  ( be  the  same  More  or  Less  )  &  a  Saw  Mill 
&  Dwelling  house  thereon  Standmg  for  that  whereas  the 
Proprietors  of  the  Common  &  Undivided  Lands  within  the 
Township  of  Yarmouth  afores*^  in  the  Month  of  May  Anno 
Domini  1730.  were  seised  in  fee  of  the  Premises  takeing  the 
Rents  &  Esplees  thereof  to  y®  value  of  ten  shillings  g  Annum 
&  ought  to  be  &  remain  m  Quiet  and  Peaceable  Possession 
thereof  yet  the  defend*  sometime  in  April  Anno  Domini  1733 
did  Illegally  Enter  into  &  upon  y*  Premises  &  doth  unjustly 
refuse  &  deny  to  Deliver  the  Posession  thereof  to  y®  Pl*^® 
Tho"^  thereto  often  requested  which  is  to  y^  Damage  of  the 
said  Proprietors  of  the  Common  &  undivided  Land  within 
the  Township  of  Falmouth  afores*  ( as  they  say  )  the  sum  of 
two  hundred  Pounds  which  shall  then  &  there  be  made  to 
appear  with  other  due  damages  And  have  you  there  this  writ 
with  your  doings  therein  Wittness  William  Pepperrell  Esq'^ 
at  York  the  first  day  of  December  in  the  Eleventh  year  of 
our  reign  Annoque  Domini  1737 
Jn°  ffrost  Clerk 

Tlie  defend*  for  Issue  pleads  that 
he  is  not  guilty  in  manner  &  form 
&  thereof  puts  himself  on  the  Country 
g  W™  Parker  his  Attorney 


J.  Moody  ) 

>  Proprietors 
S.  Moody  )        ^ 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  179 

York  ss         Falmouth  Decern'  the  17*^  1737  — 
Pursuant    to    this  writ  I  have    summoned    the    within 
named  Joseph  Plumer  to  appear  at  the  Place  &  time  within 
mentioned  by  readmg  the  within  writ  to  him. 

Attest  Barnabas  Seabury  Dep*^  Sheriff 
The    within  &  above   written  is    a   true  Copy  of   y^  writ 
return  and  Plea 

attest  Jn"  ffrost  Clerk 
York  ss.  At  y^  Infer'^  Court  of  Common  Pleas  held  at 
York  within  and  for  the  County  of  York  on  the  first  Tues- 
day of  January  A.  Dom  1737  —  The  Proprietors  of  the  Com- 
mon &  undivided  Lands  within  y®  township  of  Falmouth 
within  Mentioned  recovered  Judgm*  upon  y®  writ  (  of  which 
y*"  \vithin  is  a  True  Copy  )  against  Joseph  Plumer  for  Pos- 
session of  y®  Premises  sued  for  &  Costs 

Attest  Jn"  ffrost  Clerk 


John  Higginson  s  Petition. 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq"^  Captain  Gen- 
eral &  Govern'  in  Chief  in  and  over  His  Majestys  Province 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  and  to  the  Honb'® 
His  Majestys  Council  &  to  the  Honb^®  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  General  Court  Assembled,  ~ 

The  Petition  of  John  Higgiuson  in  behalf  of  the  heirs  and 
Representatives  of  the  heirs  of  David  Phippen  late  of  Fal- 
mouth Dec**  most  humbly  Sheweth  — 

That  the  s*^  Heirs  and  Repre''®*  on  the  first  of  February 
1736  being  Seized  of  a  Tract  of  Land  in  Falmouth  with  a 
Dwelling  house  &  Saw  Mill  thereon  Demised  the  Same  to 
one  Nath*'^  Jones  to  hold  to  the  first  of  June  A.  D.  1738  ~ 
That  Joshua  Moody  &  Sam®^  Moody  of  Falmouth  aforcs*^  on 
the  first  day  of  Decemb'  A.  D.  1737  contrivmg  to  Defraud 


180  DOCUIVIENTAJEIY   HISTORY 

and  Oust  the  s*^  Heirs  &c,  brouglit  Ejectment  in  the  name  of 
the  Prop"  of  Falmouth  for  the  s'^  House  and  Mill  and  about 
One  hund*^  &  Twenty  five  acres  of  land  against  one  Joseph 
Plummer  who  was  not  nor  had  ever  been  in  possession  of  the 
premises  And  by  his  consent  obtained  Judgment  ( at  the 
Court  of  Comon  pleas  held  in  York  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
Jan^'y  A.  D.  1737  )  for  possession  of  the  premises  Sued  for  & 
costs  And  Accordingly  had  possession  given  them  immedi- 
ately after  the  Court  before  the  s*^  Heirs  &c*  or  Their  Tenant 
had  notice  thereof  and  under  that  colour  of  Law  have  cut 
near  One  hundred  Thousand  feet  of  pine  Boards  &  destroyed 
great  Quantitys  of  Timber  there  growing  against  all  which 
irregular  &  extraordinary  proceedings  Your  Petitioner  most 
humbly  prays  that  the  s'^  Heirs  &c^  may  Obtain  such  Relief 
as  upon  hearing  the  Ckcumstances  of  the  Case  in  your  Hon- 
ours Great  Wisdom  and  Justice  Shall  Seem  meet  And  yo"" 
Petition'  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever  pray 

June  13,  1738  John  Higginson  for  Self  &  others 

In  Council  June  15"^  1788  Read  &  Ordered  that  the  Pet" 
Serve  the  Adverse  party  Joshua  Moody  &  Sam*  Moody  with 
Copys  of  this  Petition  that  they  Shew  cause  (if  any  they 
have  )  on  the  first  Fryday  of  the  next  Session  why  the  prayer 
thereof  Should  not  be  granted  — 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Sec'^y 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*"  June  23'*  1738  Read  &  Concurred, 

J.  Quincy  Sp^' 

28  Consented  to  J  Belcher 

In  Council  Decem'^  9*^  1738. 

Read  again  together  with  the  Answer  of  M"^  Samuel  Moody 
&  M'  Moses  Pierson  Attorney  for  Josua  Moody  Esq''  & 

Ordered  that  the  further  Consideration  of  this  Petition  be 
refer'd  to  Wednesday  the  tenth  of  January  next  that  so  the 
Prop"  of  Falmouth  may  have  Time  to  make  Answer  to  it ; 


OP   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  181 

And  that  the  Petitioner  do  forthwith  Serve  the  Clerk  of  the 
Proprietors  or  Some  Principal  Proprietor  with  a  Copy  of  the 
Petition  accordingly. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence.        vSimon  Frost  Dep.  Sec^y 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*^*  Dec'  ll^'^  1738.  Read  &  Concur'd 
with  the  Amendment  viz*,  Dele  Wednesday  the  tenth  of 
January  —  and  add  the  first  thursday  of  the  Session  of  this 
Court  in  May, 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  J  Quincy  Sp'"' 

In  Council  Decem'  12,  1738. 

Read  &  Concur'd  with  the  further  Amendment  viz*  Dele 
the  tenth  of  January  &  add  Wednesday  the  Seventeenth  of 
January  next  if  the  Court  be  then  Sitting  if  not,  &c. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  Simon  Frost  Dep*  Sec'^y 

In  the  House  of  Repres^^^  Dec  14,  1788 

Read  and  Nou  concurd  and  the  House  adhere  to  their  last 
vote, 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  J  Quincy  Sp''' 

In  Council  Decern'  14,  1738.     Read  &  Concui-'d 

Simon  Frost  Dep*  Sec'^ 

Consented  to,  J  Belcher 

In  Council  June~16,  1739 

Read  again  &  it  not  Appearmg  to  the  Court  that  the  peti- 
tioner had  served  any  of  the  Proprietors  of  Falmouth  with  a 
coppy  of  this  petition  since  the  last  order  of  this  Court 

Ordered  that  the  further  Consideration  of  this  Petition  be 
refferred  to  the  Second  Tuesday  of  the  fall  Session  &  that  in 
the  mean  time  the  Petitioner  to  Serve  the  Clerk  of  the  Pro- 
prietors or  some  prmcipal  Proprietor  of  Falmouth  with  a 
Coppy  of  this  Petition  &  orders  thereon 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 


182  docujvientary  history 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  June  16,  1739 

Read  &  Concurd  J  Quincy  Sp^"^ 

18 :  Consented  to  J  Belcher 

York  ss/  June  26"^  1739  by  the  Desier  of  the  within  Named 
John  Higginson  I  have  served  Moses  Pearson  who  is  the  Clerk 
of  the  Proprietors  of  the  town  of  falmouth  with  a  Coppy  of 
this  Petition  and  orders  thereon  By  Reading  the  same  to  him 
g  Jeremiah  Moulton :  ter*  Und"  Sheriff 

In  Council  Jan^y  S*"^  1739. 

Order"^  that  the  Consideration  of  this  Petition  he  further 
referr'd  to  the  first  Tuesday  of  the  next  May  Session. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  Simon  Frost  Dep*  Sec'^y 

House  of  Rep«^^«  Jany  5,  1739. 

Read  and  concur'd     Eben :  Pomroy  Speak'  Pro  temp"" 

9.  Consented  to,  J  Belcher 

In  Coimcil  July  11,  1740. 

Ordered  That  the  Consideration  of  this  Petition  be  further 
referr'd  to  the  first  Thursday  of  the  next  Session. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Repr^<^^  July  11^^  1740 

Read  and  concur'd  J  Quincy  Sp^"^ 

11  Consented  to         J  Belcher 


"  (7ajt>*  Jones'  Deposition.^'' 

Nathaniel  Jones  of  Falmouth  in  the  County  of  York  Tes- 
tifieth  &  saith  that  in  the  Year  1736  he  took  a  Lease  of  a 
Saw  Mill  and  a  parcel  of  Land  in  Falmouth  afores*^  from  John 
Higginson  &  others  heirs  &  Assignes  of  David  Phippen  late 
of  said  Falm°  deced  &  that  on  Monday  the  16  of  January 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  183 

last  he  was  by  virtue  of  an  Exon  on  a  Judgment  against 
Joseph  Plummer  of  said  Falm°  bro't  by  some  of  the  Prop"  of 
Fahnouth  put  out  of  Possession  &  Improvement  of  said  Saw 
Mill  which  he  had  put  into  repair  in  order  to  proceed  in  saw- 
ing &  has  ever  since  been  kept  from  his  said  business.  And 
further  saith  that  since  his  being  put  out  as  aforesaid  the 
Mill  has  been  Improved  by  some  of  the  prop''^  of  said  Falm° 
&  near  100,000  foot  of  Boards  cutt  and  saw'd  there  as  he  has 
been  Informed.  The  said  Jones  further  saith  that  the  afores** 
Joseph  Plummer  nor  any  one  under  him  lias  to  his  knowl- 
edge for  six  Years  past  ever  possessed  or  Improved  said  Mills 
or  any  Lands  thereabouts  nor  has  he  any  liouse  or  habitation 
near  the  same,  And  as  the  said  Jones  has  been  informed 
never  was  a  prop"^  Claimer  or  Occupant  or  so  much  as  a  Ten- 
ant at  Will  of  the  aforesaid  Saw  Mill. 

Nath"  Jones 
Boston  14  June  1738. 

Suffolk  Sc*  Boston  June  14, 1738  —  Nathaniel  Jones  made 
Solemn  oath  that  the  above  written  Declaration  was  the 
Truth  &  the  whole  Truth  relating  to  the  premises,  taken  in 
perpetuam  rei  memoriam, 

EdW^  Hutchinson  )    Justices 

Coram  r,  i  -,tt  ■,■,  V  of  the  peace 

Samuel  Welles        (    ^^  '■ 

'uorum  unus. 


/  Q> 


To  the  R*  Hon^^®  The  Lords  of  the  Committee  of 
His  Majtys  Most  Hon*'^®  Privy  Council. 
My  Lords 

Pursuant  to  Y'  Lord?*  Order  of  the  27th  of  May  last,  we 
have  had  under  our  Consideration  the  humble  Petition  of 
ColP  Dunbar  Lieu*  Gov''  of  N  Hampshire  &  Survey'^  Gen^  of 
the  woods  in  N  America,  setting  forth,  "  That  he  has  been  at 
great  Expenses  in  building  Forts  &  settling  p(iople  on  some 


184  DOCITMENTAEY  HISTORY 

Lands  deem'd  to  be  the  Western  Parts  of  N^  Scotia  for  w'^'^ 
he  had  receiv'd  no  Recompense  &  praying  to  be  relieved 
therein." 

On  this  Occasion  We  have  been  several  times  attended  by 
M"^  Dunbar,  &  have  had  frequent  discourses  with  him  & 
examined  into  different  Papers  he  has  lay'd  before  us  in 
relation  to  the  Subject  Matter  of  his  Pet",  Whereupon  We 
shall  take  Leave  to  observe  to  Y'  Lorclp' 

That  in  the  Year  1729  it  being  apprehended,  that  the  Crown 
had  a  right  to  all  the  Lands  lyinge  between  the  Rivers  Penob- 
scot &  S'  Croix,  &  it  being  at  that  Time  represented,  that 
Several  Persons  were  disposed  to  settle  in  those  Parts,  Coll° 
Dunbar  was  impowred  by  His  Maj^^'^  Instr"^  bearing  date  the 
27*^^  day  of  April  1730  to  lay  out  Lands  for  all  Persons  so 
desirous  under  certain  Conditions  &  Restrictions  That  upon 
the  said  Coil's  arrival  in  those  parts,  he  took  possession  of  an 
old  Fort  call'd  Pemaquid,  w°^  the  Crown  had  frequently  rec- 
ommended to  the  Massachusetts  Gov''  to  be  taken  Care  of,  & 
repair'd  the  same  at  a  very  Considerable  Expense  :  That  after- 
wards sev^  Persons  applying  for  Lands  in  those  parts,  the  said 
ColP  Dunbar  did  sett  out  six  different  Townships,  in  the 
Neighbourhood  of  the  said  Fort  &  in  most  of  the  said  Town- 
ships, as  we  have  been  informed  by  Mr.  Heniy  Tripsack, 
Lieutenant  in  Col°  Philipps's  Regiment  and  M""  George 
Mitchell,  Deputy  Surveyor  of  the  Woods  &  Lands,  there 
were  about  50  Familys,  w*^*^  were  settled.  Houses  built  & 
Lands  cleared  for  them  chiefly  at  the  said  Coll'^  Expense, 
w^'^  the  said  ffamilys  were  to  have  repay'd  him,  by  certain 
proportions,  as  they  sh*^  have  been  enabled  by  the  produce  of 
their  Settlemt®  But  upon  application  some  time  after,  to  His 
Maj'y  in  Council,  It  was  found,  that  some  other  Persons 
claim'd  the  Lands,  whereon  these  Settlements  were  made,  & 
upon  hearing  the  Matters  by  them  alledged,  It  was  order'd 
by  His  Maj'^y  in  Council,  that  the  possession  sh*^  be  restored 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   JIAINE  185 

to  such  Claimers,  &  the  Colony  dislodged.  Whereupon  the 
said  Persons  so  settled,  being  dispersed,  were  rendred  inca- 
pable of  making  any  Satisfaction  to  Coll°  Dunbar,  who  by  his 
zeal,  in  making  the  aforesaid  settlement  has  been  a  very  great 
Sufferer. 

On  which  account  tho  we  cannot  recommend  Coll.  Dun- 
bar's Pretensions,  as  a  direct  Claim  from  the  Crown,  we 
nevertheless  thmk  him  a  proper  Object  of  His  Maj*^^  Bounty 
&  Compass",  and  deserving  of  such  favour  as  His  Maj'^  in 
his  great  wisdom  shall  think  meet. 

We  are,  My  Lord,  Your  Lordships  most  obedient  &  most 
humble  Serv^* 

Monson  Ja.  Brudenell 

M.  Bladen  R.  Plumer. 

Whitehall  July  4th,  1738. 


Letter  Secretary  Josiah  Willard  to  Jolm  Noyes 

Sir 

I  am  directed  by  the  Gov"  &  Council  to  acquaint  you 
that  the  Indians  of  the  Penobscot  Tribe  now  in  Town  have 
made  divers  Compl'^  ag^*  you  as  to  your  Conduct  as  Truck 
master,  Particularly  that  you  made  them  pay  for  Bread 
Tobacco  &  other  Things  that  were  wet  &  damnified  by  the 
Sinking  of  the  Boat  the  same  Price  as  if  the  Things  were 
good  and  merchantable  &  that  when  some  of  their  People 
bring  small  Quantities  of  Feathers  &  small  Pieces  of  Fur, 
you  throw  their  Things  away  &  refuse  to  trade  with  them  & 
bid  them  to  trade  with  the  French,  &  in  general  that  you 
treat  them  with  great  Roughness  &  111  Temper. 

To  these  Complaints  the  Board  expect  y''^  Answer,  &  that 
in  the  mean  time  you  do  every  thing  consistent  with  the 
other  Parts  of  your  Duty  to  make  the  Indians  easy  &  well 
satisfied  in  their  Trade  with  you. 


186  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

Letter  John  Noyes  to  Secretary  Josiah  Willard 

S*  Georges  July  18  1738 
M'  Secy  Willard 

I  reed  yours  of  July  6  And  note  the  Contents, 
and  Should  have  had  great  Satisfaction  to  have  ben  pres- 
sant,  with  the  Indians  when  in  Boston,  The  bread  was  wet 
when  their  was  64  Indians  pressant,  I  was  not  desirous  to 
have  them  take  it,  but  it  was  Concerted  by  Cap*  Gyles,  and 
the  Indians,  that  it  would  Serve  them  for  their  prssant 
Spending,  The  bread  was  counted  soe  none  was  wrong'd 

The  Tobacco  they  had  by  the  Fatlium  not  by  weight,  I 
immediately  sent  for  other  Tobacco  ( They  mention  other 
thmgs  )  Their  was  nothing  more  wet,  I  have  not  at  no  time 
refused  the  Smallist  quantity  of  ffeathers  nor  the  Smallist 
peices  of  Fur  But  frequently  have  acquainted  them  that  they 
would  be  as  well  delt  with  If  they  brought  their  Beaver  to 
Georges,  as  with  the  priveat  Traders,  and  that  Feathers  & 
peices  of  fur  was  what  the  Traders  refused,  I  have  Strickly 
Observed  his  Exce^  Instructions  w^'^  is  Two  quarts  of  rum 
in  Twelve  dayes,  The  Indians  by  their  ffrequent  urging  me 
for  more  rum,  and  my  Adhearing  to  my  Instruct,  They  term 
it  ruffness  and  ill  Temper,  And  as  I  have  allwaies  treted  them 
with  the  greatest  Sevility  Soe  Shall  continue  to  doe,  This 
with  Submishion  I  offer  to  his  Excelleny  and  the  Honour^'' 
Councell  —  and  remain  their  most  Obedient  humble  Servant 

John  Noyes 
[  Superscribed  ] 


Deposition  of  John  Coks  Jiin^    Aug  ^,  1738 

The  Deposition  of  John  Coks  Jun""  of  full  Age  Testifyeth 
and  saith  that  he  was  at  Mackerbedudus  Sometime  y^  last 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  187 

Montli  and  that  he  was  there  told  by  sundry  Indians  and 
French  men  that  they  beleiv'd  and  that  We  ( meaning 
English )  might  Depend  upon  it  there  would  be  a  Warr 
with  y^  Indians  for  that  they  tho*  that  neither  y®  Governor 
nor  M''  Samuel  Waldo  would  pay  them  y®  land  Down  there, 
and  perticularly  that  one  french  man  told  him  that  he  was 
Sure  there  would  be  a  warr  with  y''  Indians  for  that  the 
Indians  were  continually  posting  from  one  place  to  another 
giving  the  Watch  word  to  be  In  Readiness  at  an  hour's 
warning  and  that  they  had  Declared  there  was  five  hundred 
Indians  Ready  at  Canada  waiting  only  for  orders  to  fall  upon 
y*^  English  and  that  y^  Indians  at  the  Aforesaid  place  had 
bro''  Considerable  Quantitys  of  Ammunition  from  Canada 
w'^'^  was  gave  them  as  he  understood  by  the  French. 

the  aforesaid  Frenchman  further  Declar'd  to  y**  Deponent 
that  if  there  was  not  a  Warr  within  a  month  he  might  Cutt 
his  throat  y^  next  time  he  saw  him  for  that  he  was  sure  the 
Indians  would  very  shortly  make  Warr  —  The  Deponent 
further  Declared  that  he  heard  an  Indian  and  an  Enghsh 
Man  say  that  the  Indians  abo*  y**  aforesaid  time  Tore  up  a 
Considerable  quantity  of  Corne  &  burnt  y*  fencing  stuff  of 
the  English  Settlers  there  - —  Who  ask  y^  s*^  Indians  y^ 
Reason  of  their  so  doing  —  they  Replyed  they  had  done  it 
because  that  y^  English  had  not  paid  them  for  their  land  and 
that  they  would  Burn  y®  fencing  stuff  w*=''  was  their  wood 
and  further  Saith  not  —  Aug^  4"^  1738  — 

John  Coks  J' 
York  ss        Aug'  4"'  1738  Then  the  above  John  Coks  Jun' 
personally  Appear'd  before  me  y^  Subscriber  and 
Made  Oath  to  y^  Truth  of  the  above  Deposition  — 
Henry  Wheeler :  J  :  Peace 


188  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Letter  Henry  Wheeler  to  Hon  W'^  Pepperell 

falmouth  August  the  4 :  1738 
Honoure*^  Sur  After  my  Servis  to  you  these  are  to  aquant 
you  that  Eversins  I  Receved  a  Captains  Commishon  I  have 
Desiered  Cap*  Moodey  to  Divide  the  men  which  he  never 
denied  but  Always  Neglected  in  order  to  have  it  Done  about 
five  Months  agoe  I  begun  at  both  Ends  of  the  town  and 
made  a  List  and  Showed  to  Cap*  Moodey  and  Desiered  a 
Divishion  and  for  him  to  take  his  Choise  Which  he  Neglected 
to  Doe  or  Call  the  people  to  geather  from  the  time  you  ware 
here  till  about  a  fortnight  Agoe  and  on  the  morning  of  the 
muster  Day  i  went  to  his  house  and  shewed  him  the  List 
which  i  had  Showed  him  before  and  asked  him  if  he  v/ould 
Divide  by  that  or  had  thought  of  any  V/ay  of  Dividing 
According  to  youer  order  but  he  told  me  he  Expected  that  I 
should  have  as  formerly  on  Which  i  left  him  and  When  he 
and  the  Company  Was  in  the  feld  I  went  with  the  Lieuten- 
ant and  Insign  and  Demanded  a  Divishion  According  to  youer 
order  he  told  me  he  knew  nothing  about  it  the  Reason  he 
gave  for  it  was  that  you  Never  Consulted  with  him  About 
the  New  Ofisers)  he  kept  the  men  in  the  feld  about  two 
hours  and  then  Led  them  into  the  town  and  Dismised  them 
without  Ever  veiwing  arms  or  Amunishon  I  should  have 
Sent  before  but  Expecting  youer  Self  Down  to  falmoth  Every 
Day  for  these  five  months  past  which  i  pray  you  will  Exsept 
of  for  an  Excuse  for  my  not  sending  no  sooner  till  I  have  the 
hapynes  to  se  youer  honour  which  will  much  Oblige  Youer 
humble  Servant  to  Command 

Henry  Wheeler 
Post  Scrip     Sir 

I  have  here  Inclosed  an  Evedence  taken  at  the  Request  of 
Sundry  persons  as  yool  excuse 

[  Superscribed  ] 
To  the  Honourable  W™  Peprel  Esq^  in  Kitrrcy 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  189 

Letter  Col.  W^  Pepperrell  to  Gov.  Belcher  Aug  7.  1738 

May  it  Please  yo'"  Excellency 

Inclosed  is  some  Letters  &  an  afiidav*  w^''  I  received 
this  day  from  Falmouth  dont  think  it  proper  to  make  any 
Great  stur  Least  it  might  frighton  some  that  Live  in  y® 
Frontears  from  their  implyments  but  desire  to  write  to  y" 
sever''  Cap**  in  y®  Regiment  that  they  take  particular  care 
that  their  men  be  well  provid''  with  arms  &  Ammunition. 

by  yo"  Excell^y^  direction  Cap*  Wheeler  was  to  take  y® 
Command  of  one  of  y^  Compannys  in  Falmouth,  &  Last 
Octob""  when  L*  Coll°  Moulton  &  I  was  there  we  had  a 
Gener'  muster  &  offer*^  to  assist  in  dividing  y^  men  but  their 
answer  was  that  they  would  do  it  among^*  them  Selves  at 
amore  Leisure  time  Since  find  there  is  a  dispute  among'* 
them,  but  I  desire  to  goo  there  in  afue  days  &  then  hope  to 
accomadate  y"  affaire 

I  am  with  Duty 
Yo'  Excellencys  Most  Dutyfull  &  Hum'''«  Serv* 

W'"  Pepperrell 

Kittery  August  T**"  1738 

[  Superscribed  ] 

On  His  Maj8*y^  Service  To  His  Excellency 

J  Belcher  Esqr 

Cap*  Gcner^  &  Commande''  in  chieff  of  His  INIajs^y''  Provinces 

In  New  England  att  Boston. 


Letter  Secr^  Josiah   Willard  to   Col.    TP^  Pepperrell  Aug  10. 

1738 

Sir, 

I  am  directed  by  His  Excellency  to  acquaint  you  that 
he  has  rec*^  your  Letter  of  the  V^  instant  with  the  inclosed 


190  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

Deposition  &  Letters :  And  desire  that  you  would  repair  to 
Falmouth  as  soon  as  possible  &  put  the  Militia  at  Falm°  & 
the  other  Towns  into  a  proper  Disposition  &  more  especially 
that  they  be  sufficiently  furnished  with  Arms  &  Ammunition 
accordingly  to  Law,  That  you  likewise  endeavour  to  get 
what  further    Intelligence    you    can    of  the  Motions  of  the 

Indians  and  send  by to  the  Commanders  of  the  Forts  at 

S*  Georges  Richmond,  Brunswick  &  Saco  &  to  the  Officers 
in  the  new  Settlem'*  to  put  them  upon  the  guard  &  when 
there  is  no  Officer  to  some  of  the  principal  Persons  which 
you  must  do  in  so  prudent  a  Manner  as  not  to  impress  them 
with  any  unnecessary  Terror,  And  His  Excellency  expects 
to  be  advised  from  you  of  the  State  of  Things  from  the  [  sic, 
no  signature.] 


Letter  Charles  Frost  to  Hon.    W'^   Pepperrell 

Falmouth  Aug*  15»^  1738 
Hono'^  Sir 

This  I  send  by  Enoch  Moody  who  I  understand  is 
sent  up  to  informe  you  that  there  is  great  suspition  of  a 
War  w*''  y''  Indians  there  is  a  great  body  of  y™  above  us  who 
threaten  much  what  they  will  shortly  do  —  and  we  are  in  a 
very  poor  Condition  of  Defence  by  Reason  of  y®  Indolence  of 
y^  Officers  —  by  what  I  can  learn,  not  above  one  quarter  of 
y®  men  have  annumition  So  that  tho  we  have  got  a  parcel  of 
brave  young  fellows  —  we  shall  ( if  y®  Indians  so  incline  )  be 
knock'd  in  y®  head  like  fools  —  for  want  of  proper  care  y® 
Chief  officer  here  will  neither  haugh  nor  Gee,  as  I  suppose 
you  will  be  fully  inforra'd  by  y®  bairer  who  I  suppose  has  sev- 
eral Letters  for  you  on  that  head,  therefore  shall  not  inlarge 
but  should  be  glad  there  was  such  officers  as  would  do  their 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  191 

Duty  —  on  such  occations  or  on  any  one  occation  —  but  ho 
is  such  a  Supine  Retch  that  there  is  no  Dependance  on  him  — 
and  beleive  It  wouki  be  as  proper  to  have  one  of  y®  Chief 
officers  out  of  y*  Town  (  I  mean  y«  Neck  )  Colonel  West- 
brook  Gives  his  Service  and  Impatiently  waits  to  see 
Whether  y*  Gentle'*  Referrees  will  be  down  here  or  Whether 
they  will  act  upon  y®  affair  at  Boston  —  I  remain  w^^  Duty 
love  and  Service  to  all  Respectively  Due  Yo''  Du"  N"^  &>  very 
Humble  Serv* 

Cha.  ffrost 
The  Hono^^^  W"  Pcpperrell  Escf 


Letter  Col.  W'"'  to  Gov.  Belcher  Aug.  18.  1738. 

May  it  Pleas  Yo'  Excellency 

pursuant  to  yo^  Command  of  y"  10'''  Ins*  am  now  in  this 
Town  to  inquire  into  y®  State  of  y«  Millitia  and  am  pleased 
to  find  they  are  better  provi'd*^  w''^  Arms  &  xVmmunition  then 
Expect**  there  is  but  fue  Garrisons  in  these  parts ;  as  y®  peo- 
ple seem  to  be  carefull  hope  if  y^  Indians  had  any  ill  desine 
they  will  be  discouraged ;  here  is  no  further  news  in  these 
parts  but  this  day  Cap*  Robert  Marthous  arriv*^  here  in  a 
ship  bound  for  Piscataqua  he  bro*  Stors  for  the  Garrison  at 
Canso  took  them  out  of  aman  of  warr  in  Cadiz  ba}-^  and  m  his 
Passage  here  put  into  aharbor  on  the  Cape  Sable  Shoare  & 
meet  with  as  he  saith  what  he  hath  here  related  by  y^  inclosed 
Deposition 

I  am  Yo^  Excell'^ys  most  Dutyfull  &  Obed*  Hum"'^  Serv* 

W"*  Pepperrell 
Falmouth  August  18*M738 

I  have  sent  this  acco*  to  y®  several  Forts  at 
S*  Georges,  Richmond,  Brunswick  &  Saco 


192  DOCUMENTARY    HISTOEY 

August  19'^ 
May  it  Please  ¥0-^  Excell'^y 

Yesterday  Morning  we  took  y®  Inclosed  Deposition  Cap* 
Marthous  then  seem^  to  be  Soiled,  by  y®  afternoon  we  pro- 
cured aman  &  horse  to  proceed  as  an  Express  to  you,  but  y® 
8*^  Captain  hath  since  acted  Like  acraisey  man  &  by  his  taulk 
we  cannot  Credit  what  he  hath  sworn  too  before  y®  Justices, 
so  conclud''  it  was  not  best  to  put  y^  Provmce  to  any  need- 
less charge  &  y®  People  in  afright ;  but  I  tho*  it  adviseable 
to  let  y°  know  the  State  of  y®  Affaire,  the  Ship  is  gon  for 
Piscataqua  he  saith  he  desires  to  tarey  afue  days  there  &  then 
to  proceed  to  New  York.  We  could  not  com  to  discourse 
any  of  his  men 

I  am  as  above 

W*"  Pepperrell 


Falmouth,  Support  of  Schools.     1737-17^ 

May  20*^  1737 Voted  That  there  be  granted  and  paid 

out  of  the  Town  Treasury  of  Falmouth  Twenty  Pounds 
towards  the  Grammar  School  Masters  Salary  for  the  Present 
Year  and  that  the  first  Parish  have  the  Liberty  of  Settling  s'^ 
School  Master  where  they  see  fitt  They  paying  Him  the 
Remainder  of  his  Salary  And  that  the  second  Parish  be 
cleared  from  any  further  Charge  Excepting  their  Proportion 
of  s*^  Twenty  Pounds. 

Recorded  g  Sam^^  Moody  Town  Clerk 
A  true  Copy  taken  from  Lib°  2"^°  Fol.  157 

Attest  Step"^  Longfellow  Town  Clerk 

September  ll***  1738  -  Voted  There  be  Fifteen  Pounds  Laid 
on  the  Polls  &  Estates  in  the  Town  of  Falmouth  to  pay  a 
School  Master  for  six  Months  Service  after  this  Day,  and 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  193 

that  the  Select  Men  are  Impowered  to  provide  a  School  Mas- 
ter &  Asses  s^  Money  &  pay  s*^  School  Master. 
A  True  Copy  Lib"  2°  Fol.  161 :  Att'  Step"  Longfellow 

Town  Clerk 

March    13*^   1738/9 Voted   that   the    Sum   of   One 

Pound  five  Shillings  be  allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  Town 
Treasury  to  Jonathan  Lincoln  for  y®  Use  of  his  House  ( for 
the  School )  Ten  Weeks  as  g  Account  on  File  - 

A  True  Copy  Lib°  2°  Fol :  164 : 

Att*  Step"  Longfellow  Town  Clerk 

September  17*''  1739 Voted  Fifty  Pounds  for  a  School 

Master  the  Year  Ensuing 
Lib"'  2:  Fol°172: 

March  20:  1739 Voted  That  there  be  granted  &  paid 

out  of  the  Town  Treasury  of  Falmouth  Twenty  Pounds 
towards  the  Grammar  School  Masters  Salary  for  this  present 
Year  and  that  Messrs  John  Waite  Isaac  Ilsley  Samuel 
Moody  David  Stickney  James  Gooding  &  Thomas  Bolton 
Have  the  Liberty  of  setling  s*^  School  Master  where  they  see 
Fitt,  They  paying  him  the  Remainder  of  his  Salary  and  that 
the  Town  be  Cleared  from  any  further  Charge  Excepting 
their  Proportion  of  s''  Twenty  Pounds  s*^  John  Waite  Isaac 
Ilsley  Samuel  Moody  David  Stickney  James  Gooding  & 
Thomas  Bolton  To  have  the  whole  Benefit  of  s**  School 
Master 

Lib°2:  Fol°178. 

Decemb''  24  :  1740 Voted  Twenty  Pounds  be  Assessed 

to  pay  the  School  Master  as  formerly  voted  by  this  Town 
this  Year- 

Lib°  2:  Fol:  180 

March  lO*'^  1740 Voted  that  the  Tax  of  two  Pence  g' 

13 


194  DOCUIHENTAiir   HISTORY 

Acre  (which  was  Ordered  by  the  General  Court)  on  the 
unimproved  Land  in  Falmouth  for  three  Years  for  the  Use 
of  the  Ministers  and  School  in  s'^  Town  be  paid  in  the  follow- 
ing Proportion  -  viz*  - 

Fifty  Pounds  a  Year  for  the  Use  of  the  School 
Lib°  2:  Fol:  185. 

Decb^-21:  1741 Voted  That  M'  Nicholas  Hodge  be 

Grammar  School  Master  for  the  Town  till  next  March  Meet- 
ing, and  that  He  be  paid  by  the  Town  in  the  same  Propor- 
tion as  He  was  in  the  Year  1739 
Lib'^2'i  Fol:  187 

May  17*^^  1743 Voted  That  there  be  Twenty  Pounds 

Old  Tenor  Raised,  on  the  Polls  &  Estates  in  this  Town  to 
pay  a  Grammar  School  Master  for  the  Year  Ensuing 

Lib-^  2  :  Fol :  202. 

May  17'^  1745 Voted  that  there  be  drawn  out  of  the 

Town  Treasury  X130  old  Ten"^  to  pay  the  School  Master 
now  Among  us  —  viz*  out  of  the  Money  raised  last  Year  to 
defrey  Town  Charges  And  that  the  Select  Men  shall  propor- 
tion the  Time  the  s*^  Schoolmaster  shall  keep  School  Accord- 
ing to  the  Taxes  paid  in  Each  part  of  the  Town  where  he 
may  be  pleased  by  the  said  Select  Men  as  they  may  think 
proper  - 

Lib'  2^^  Fol :   219 

August  26:  1745 Voted   that   there    shall   be  Fifty 

Pounds  Old  Tenor  paid  toward  the  Support  of  the  Grammar 
School  Master  now  among  us  for  this  present  Year  Out  of 
the  Money  raised  last  Year,  And  in  Case  the  People  on  the 
Neck  «vill  pay  s**  School  Master  the  Remander  of  his  Salary 
this  present  Year,  they  shall  have  the  Benefit  of  him. 

Lib°  2  :  Fol  220 

August  24 :  1747 Voted  that  there  be  allowed  and  paid 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  195 

by  the  Town  out  of  the  Treasury  Forty  Pounds  Old  Tenor 
to  pay  a  Grammar  School  Master  for  a  Year  to  Come  from 
this  Twenty  fourth  Day  of  August. 
Lib°  2.  Fol  233 

January  T*'^  1747 ■  Voted  That  there  be  a  Tax  of  Three 

Hundred  &  Seventy  Pounds  old  Tenor,  Laid  on  the  Inhabi- 
tants in  the  Town  of  Falmouth  and  that  the  Assessors  are 
directed  to  Assess  the  same  to  defray  the  Town  Charges 
Including  Seventy  Pounds  heretofore  Voted  to  pay  a  Gram- 
mar School  Master  &  the  Repairing  Stroud  Water  great 
Bridge  — 

Lib«  2  :  Fol :   235 

May  16:  1748 Voted  That  Sixty  Pounds  old  Tenor 

be  raised  on  the  Poles  and  Estates  of  s^  Town  and  paid  to 
that  part  of  the  Inhabitants  of  s**  Town  that  will  keep  a 
Grammar  School  Master  by  the  Direction  of  the  Select  Men 
of  s*^  Town  this  present  Year. 

Lib'^2:  Fol:  239: 

The  fore  going  are  true  Copies  of  the  Votes  as  Recorded 
in  the  Town  Book 

Att*  Step"  Longfellow  Town  Clerk 


Answer  to  the  Petition  or  Complaint  of  John  Higginson. 

To  his  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esqr  Captain 
General  and  Governour  in  Chief  the  Honourable  the 
Council  and  the  Honourable  House  of  Representatives 
of  His  Majestys  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
in  General  Court  assembled  at  Boston  November  29*** 
1738  — 
The  Answer  of  Samuel  Moody  and  Moses  Peirson  attorney 
for  Joshua  Moody  to  the  Petition  or  Complaint  of  John  Hig- 


196  DOCUMBNTAKY   HISTOIiY 

ginson  for  himself  and  on  behalf  of  the  heh's  of  David  Phip- 
pen  late  of  ffalmouth  dece"^ 

Most  humbly  Sheweth 

That  the  Peti''^  have  Set  forth  in  their  said  Complaint  to 
your  Excellency  &  Honours  That  the  heirs  &  Representatives 
of  the  said  Phippen  on  the  first  day  of  February  1736  were 
Seized  of  a  Tract  of  Land  in  Falmouth  with  a  Dwelling  house 
&c.  and  that  the  said  Respond*^  on  the  first  day  of  Decem- 
ber 1737  contriving  to  defraud  and  oust  the  said  Phippens 
heirs  of  the  premises  brought  an  Action  of  Ejectment  in  the 
name  of  the  Proprietors  of  Falmouth  for  the  said  Land  and 
premises  Which  is  a  misrepresentation  to  this  Great  and 
Honourable  Court 

For  that  the  said  Samuel  &  Joshua  Moody  Did  not  bring 
an  Action  of  Ejectment  as  is  insinuated  for  upon  the  fface  of 
the  Writ  it  self  it  is  plain  and  Evident  That  the  Proprietors 
of  Falmouth  brought  the  said  action  in  their  own  names  & 
Capacity  as  by  a  Copy  of  the  Writ  herewith  Exhibited  may 
appear  And  the  Respond*^  only  Endorsed  the  Said  Writ  to 
secure  the  Costs  And  the  Present  Petiti"  or  Respond*®  hum- 
bly conceive  this  Great  and  Hon^^®  Court  has  been  misled  by 
the  unfair  misrepresentation  of  the  Complainants  And  there- 
upon were  pleased  to  pass  a  vote  upon  the  said  Petition  to 
serve  the  said  Samuel  &  Joshua  Moody  with  a  Copy  of  the 
Petition  and  Order  thereon  when  the  Proprietors  were  over 
lookt  who  were  principals  in  the  said  action  and  so  have  no 
legal  notice  to  make  answer  to  the  said  Petition. 

Wherefore  the  Respond*®  most  humbly  pray  That  the  hear- 
ing on  the  said  Petition  ordered  by  this  Great  and  Honour- 
able Court  may  be  Suspended  until  the  proprietors  of  ffal- 
mouth may  be  Served  with  a  Copy  of  the  Complaint  that  so 
they  may  make  a  proper  Defence  for  themselves  And  that 
the  said  Samuel  &  Joshua  Moody  may  not  be  held  to  make 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MADTE  197" 

answer  thereto  and  that  they  may  be  allowed  their  Reasonable 
Costs. 

And  yr  Peti"  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray 
Sam"  Moody 
Moses  Pearson  Att^  for  Joshua  Moody. 


Anno  Regni  Regis  Georgii  Secundi  Duodecimo. 

An  Act  for  Erecting  a  Township  in  the  County  of  York 
to  be  called  by  the  name  of 
X 

Whereas  there  is  a  competent  number  of  Inhabitants 
already  setled  upon  a  Tract  of  Land  lying  within  the  County 
of  York  hitherto  called,  and  known  by  the  Name  of  Bruns- 
wick containing  the  Quantity  of  about  six  Miles  square  and 
lying  convenient  for  a  Township,  and  whereas  said  Inhabit- 
ants have  humbly  petitioned  this  Court  that  in  Order  to 
provide  a  suitable  Maintenance  for  the  Minister  setled  among 
them  they  may  be  erected  into  a  Township,  and  Vested  with 
the  Powers  and  Authorities  belonging  to  other  Towns ; 
excepting  only  the  Power  of  Granting  and  disposing  of  Land 
which  they  Acknowledge  to  be  A  in  the  Proprietors  who 
placed   them   there 

Therefore  for  Encouragement  of  the  said  Settlement 
Be  it  enacted  by  his  Excellency  the  Governour,  Coimcil 
and  Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled  and  by  the 
Authority  of  the  same ;  That  the  said  Tract  of  Land 
described  in  a  Piatt  now  returned  to  this  Court  as  follows : 
Beginning  at  the  Mouth  of  a  Brook  or  Rivulet t  called 
Bungamunganock  running  into  Maquoit  Bay  where  it  touches 
upon  North  Yarmouth  Line  and  from  the  mouth  of  said 
Brook  to  run  upon  a  Course  North  North  West  half  West- 
erly  five  miles  into  the  Wilderness  leaving  a  Wedge  or  strip 


198  DOCUMENTARY    EQSTOBY 

of  Land  between  said  Line  and  North  Yarmouth,  and  from 
thence  upon  a  Course  North  East  four  miles  to  the  Second 
Falls  of  Amascoggin  alias  Androscoggin  River  from  thence 
down  said  River  by  Fort  George,  and  down  Merrymeeting 
Bay  so  far  as  Stephen's  carrying  place,  including  several 
small  Isletts  lying  in  said  River  above  said  carrying  place, 
and  over  said  carrying  place  to  the  head  of  the  Creek 
or  River  that  runs  up  to  the  other  side  of  the  said 
carrying  place  thence  down  said  Creek  or  River  to  the 
Mouth  thereof  including  an  Island  therein,  and  from 
the  mouth  of  said  River  to  run  by  the  Water  side  south- 
westerly to  the  south  west  point  of  a  place  called  the 
New  Meadows  thence  to  strike  across  the  Cove,  upon  a 
Course  North  North  West  till  it  meets  and  intersects  tlie 
upper  end  of  Merryconeeg  Neck  four  Rods  above  the  Nar- 
rows of  said  Neck  commonly  called  the  carrying  place  thence 
to  run  along  the  shore  to  a  Neck  of  Land  called  Mair  Point 
about  a  Mile  and  a  quarter  down  said  Neck  thence  to  cross 
over  said  Mair  point  and  Maquoit  Bay  upon  a  Course  North 
west  till  it  comes  to  the  Place  first  above  mentioned  :  Be  and 
henceforth  shall  be  a  Township  to  be  called  and  the 

Inhabitants  thereof  shall  have  and  enjoy  all  such  Immunities, 
Priviledges  and  Powers  as  generally  other  Towns  in  this 
Province  have  and  do  by  Law  enjoy.  ~ 

Excepting  only  the  Power  of  Granting  and  disposing  of 

Land  which  the  Inhabitants  acknowledge  to  be  in  the  Pro- 
_  ^  ^ 

prietors  who  placed  them  there.  With  a  saving  for  any  and 
all  other  Grants,  Titles,  Interests,  or  Estates,  that  may  be 
found  within  the  same. 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  Dec'  12,  1738.  Read  a  first  time 
IS'*"  Read  a  second  time.  14*^  Read  a  third  time  &  passed 
to  be  Engrossed.     Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

J  Quincy  Sp:'^'" 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAESTE  199 

In  Council  Dec""  14,  1738  Read  a  first  time  19  Read  again 
&  Pass'd  a  Concurrence  with  the  amendm*  viz.  Dele  A 
Sent  down  for  Concurrence.  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  December  19*'^  1738. 
Read  &  Concurd  with  the  further  Amendment  at  X  Dele 
to  be  called  - 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  J  Quincy  Sp:'"" 

In  Council  Decern-^  20,  1738     Read 


Petition 

To  his  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Captain 
General  and  Governour  in  Chief  the    Hon^^®    the 
Council  and  Hon^^®  House  of   Ropresentatives  of 
His  Majestys  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
in  New  England  in  General  Court  Assembled  May 
30*^  1739 
The  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Point  of  Land  in 
Casco  Bay  in  the  County  of  York  Called  by  the  name  of 
Marepoint  — 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  Whereas  the  said  Point  of  Land  is  One  Half  part  of 
it  within  the  Bounds  of  the  Township  of  North  Yarmouth 
and  having  paid  Rates  and  Taxes  to  said  Township  both  to 
Church  and  State  Altho  the  Inhabitants  there  live  Twenty 
Miles  Distant  by  Land  from  the  Meeting  house  and  Ten 
Miles  by  Sea  a  Cross  Two  dangerous  Bays  Especially  in  the 
Winter  time  being  also  many  times  Impassable  in  Canoes 
with  their  Familys  Thereby  Depriving  them  of  the  Publick 
Worship  of  God  for  a  Great  part  of  their  time  is  a  great 
discouragement  to  the  Tenants. 

And  Whereas  this  Hon^^®  Court  have  been  pleased  this  last 
Year  to  Invest  the  Township  of  Brunswick  with  all  Privi- 


200  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

ledges  as  the  other  Towns  m  this  Province  Enjoy  and  that 
Brunswick  meeting  house  is  but  two  Miles  Distance  from 
the  Upper  End  of  said  Point  makes  it  Easy  to  Repair  thereto 
without  the  Danger  and  Difficulty  of  the  Winter  and  Tem- 
pests and  the  very  Great  length  of  way  by  Land. — 

May  it  please  Your  Excellency  and  Honours  We  humbly 
pray  that  you  would  be  pleased  for  the  prevention^the  afore- 
said Inconveniencys  to  sett  off  the  familys  that  may  Inhabit 
said  Point  of  Land  from  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  and 
Annex  them  to  the  said  Town  of  Brunswick  Especially  Since 
One  half  part  of  said  point  of  Land  is  within  the  said  Town- 
ship of  Brunswick  already  as  by  the  plan  thereof  now  on  the 
files  of  this  Court  for  making  Brunswick  a  Township  may 
appear  — 

And  Your  Pef^*  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray  &c. — 

Tho:  Palmer 

And  for  John  Wentworth  of  piscaqua  &  by  his  Desire, 

proprietors  — 

Geo.  Minot  for  himSelf 

&  as  attourney  to  his  Bro'  John  Minot 

Elis*  White  admn^ 

In  the  House  of  Rep^«^  June  16,  1739  Read  &  Ordered 
That  the  petitioners  Serve  the  town  of  North  Yarmouth  with 
a  Copy  of  the  Petition  that  they  shew  Cause  if  any  they 
have  on  the  first  friday  of  the  next  sitting  of  the  Court  why 
the  prayer  of  the  petition  should  not  be  granted,  &  the  peti- 
tion is  referred  in  the  mean  time  for  Consideration 
Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

J.  Quincy  Sp'^' 


To  the  Honourable  Board  There  lying  at  present 
before  your  Honours  A  Complaint  signed  by  Jn°  Higgerson 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAESTE  201 

Esq''  in  Behalf  of  the  Heirs  of  David  Phipen  Deces^,  against 
Joshua  Moody  Esq''  &  M"^  Samuel  Moody  &  upon  their 
Answer  there  pass'd  an  Order  on  s'^  Complaint  that  the  Pro- 
prietors of  Falm***  should  be  Notified  to  make  Answer  thereto, 
who  having  appointed  me  to  Answer  y®  Same,  Which  is 
Refered  for  A  hearing  untill  Tuesday  next  at  which  time  I 
am  in  hopes  to  be  at  the  Court,  but  haveing  been  Detained 
for  Some  time  by  An  affair  of  Importance  &  Stormey  weather 
&  being  in  A  poor  State  of  health,  &  it  being  likely  to  be 
Bad  Traveling,  So  that  probabely  I  may  be  Detained  on  my 
Journey  &  not  get  to  Boston  by  the  Time  Sett  for  hearing 
the  s**  Complaint.  And  if  it  should  so  happen  I  Beg  the 
Favour  of  your  Honour  the  Same  to  defer  for  A  few  Days 
untill  I  shall  be  able  to  Come,  I  propose  this  Day  to  Set 
out  on  my  journey  for  Boston  ~ 

I  am  your  Honours  Humble  Serv* 
Falm*''  March  IS^^^  1739.  Phinehas  Jones 


Petition 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'   Captain 
General  and  Governour  in  Chief   in    and    over  His 
Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  in  New 
England  To  the  Hono''^*  His    Majesties    Council    & 
Hono^^^  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court 
Assembled  by  Prorogation  at  Boston  Sepf  1739  — 
Phineas  Jones  of  Falmouth  on  behalf,  and  by  order  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  said  Town  — 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  about  three  years  agone  the  Great  &  General  Court 
or  Assembly  of  this  Province  in  Consideration  of  the  charge 
the  Inhabitants  of  Falmouth  had  then  bin  at,  were  pleased  to 
order  that  the  Wast  Lands  in  the  sd  Town  should  be  taxed 


202  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

a  penny  g  Acre  towards  Defraying  the  same  but  thro  the 
delay  of  the  Persons  Concerned  in  Committing  to  the  Consta- 
ble the  Warrant  for  the  Assessment  in  due  time,  the  Inhabi- 
tants have  had  no  benefit  by  the  General  Courts  order.  And 
in  this  present  Year  1739  the  Inhabitants  have  been  at  near 
twenty  hundred  pounds  Charge  in  building  a  Meeting  house 
&  Bridges  in  the  said  Town  &  will  be  obliged  to  fortify  their 
houses  &  also  to  pay  about  five  hundred  pounds  more  for  the 
Support  of  their  Ministers  and  Schoolmaster,  if  the  Proprie- 
tors &  owners  of  the  Unimproved  Lands  are  not  obliged  to 
help  them  defrey  that  Charge  And  in  Regard  the  unim- 
proved Lands  are  Defended  and  bettered  by  the  Inhabitants 
Who  Venture  their  Lives  in  this  time  of  Apprehended  Dan- 
ger and  meet  with  many  Difficultys  in  their  nev/  settlements 
&  the  Wast  Lands  make  up  near  nine  tenths  of  the  whole 
Township  &  are  much  more  Valuable  by  the  Improvem*^  & 
Industry  of  the  Inhabitants  —  Your  Pet'  in  behalf  of  the 
setlers  &  Pursuant  to  their  Vote  humbly  prays  Your  Excel- 
lency &  Honours  to  take  the  p'^misses  into  Your  Wise  Con- 
sideration —  And  to  Assess  the  Wast  or  Unimproved  Lands 
in  the  s*^  Town  two  pence  g  Acre  at  least  for  three  years  yet 
to  Come  the  better  to  Enable  the  Inhabitants  of  the  s*^  Town 
to  Defrey  the  great  Charge  of  supporting  their  Ministers  & 
Schoolmaster  during  that  time  —  And  Your  Pet'  (as  in  duty 
bound )  shall  Pray  &c  — 

Phinehas  Jones 

In  the  House  of  Repr^««  Oct'  2,  1739 

Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Petitioner  give  publick  notice 
to  the  Nonresident  Proprietors  of  the  Unimproved  Lands  in 
said  Town  by  inserting  it  in  the  Boston  Newspapers  four 
Weeks  successively  at  least  that  they  shew  cause  ( if  any 
they  have )  why  the  Prayer  of  the  Petition  should  not  be 
granted   on   the    first   thirsday  of    the  next  sitting   of  this 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  203 

Court  and  the  Petition  is  leferrecl  in  the  mean  time  for  Con- 
sideration. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J.  Quincy  Sp''' 

In  Council  Oct^  2  1739     Read  and  Concurr'd 

Simon  Frost  Dep*^  Sec'^y 
Consented  to  J.  Belcher 

In  the  House  of  Repr^«^  Dec"^  22^^  1739 
Read  again  .  And  in  answer  thereto  Ordered  that  the 
Unimproved  Lands  in  said  Town  be  Subjected  to  a  Tax  of 
two  pence  g  Acre  p  annum  for  three  Years  next  Ensuing, 
and  that  no  Difficulty  may  arise  about  the  said  Unimproved 
Lands, 

Ordered  that  all  lands  not  within  Lawful  Fence  be  Sub- 
jected to  said  Tax, 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J.  Quincy  Sp"^' 

In  Council  Decem'  28,  1739       Read  and  Concur'd 

Simon  Frost  Dep*  Sec'^ 
Consented  to  J.  Belcher 


Answer  to  the  Petition  of  John  Higginson, 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Cap*^  General 
and  Governour  in  Chief  ui  and  over  His  Majesty^  Province 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  and  To  the  Hon^^® 
the  Council  and  to  the  Hon^^''  the  House  of  Representatives 
in  General  Court  Assembled  at  Boston  May  1740  - 

The  Answer  of  the  Proprietors  of  Falmouth  to  the  Petition 
of  John  Higginson  in  behalf  of  the  Heirs  and  Representatives 
of  David  Phipen  late  of  Falmouth  Deced  - 

The  Respondents  say  that  true  it  is  that  your  Respond" 
on  the  first  day  of  December  1737  bro't  their  Action  of  Eject- 
m*  against  one  Joseph  Plumer  for  the  Possession  of  One 
Hundred  Twenty  five  Acres  of  Land  &  of  a  Dwelling  House 


204  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

&  Saw  Mill  thereon  Standing  which  Action  was  prosecuted 
at  the  Inferiour  Court  of  Common  Pleas  held  at  York  for  the 
County  of  York  on  the  first  tuesday  of  January  following 
where  the  s**  Plumer  appeared  by  his  attorney  &  after  A  fair 
hearing  of  the  Case  it  was  Committed  to  the  Jury  who  found 
for  your  Respond*^*  the  Premises  sued  for  &  Costs,  from  which 
Judgment  the  s'*  Plumer  moved  for  an  appeal  but  failing  to 
give  Bond  to  prosecute  his  s*^  Appeal  —  Your  Respond** 
obtained  Execution  for  possession  of  the  Premises  Sued  for 
as  afores*^  &  accordingly  received  the  possession  of  it,  &  have 
ever  Since  improved  the  Same  which  your  Respond'*  think 
they  have  good  Right  to  both  by  Law  &  Equity,  but  not  by 
Cutting  &  Destroying  the  Timber  as  Complained  of  that 
being  ( to  your  Respondents  great  Damage )  almost  if  not 
wholly  Destroyed  before.  But  what  is  Complained  of  that 
it  was  with  Design  to  Defraud  &  Oust  the  Complainants  is 
without  Grounds  for  the  Design  was  without  fraud  by  Course 
of  Law  to  Oust  the  s'^  Plumer,  &  thereby  to  Obtain  Our  Just 
Right  which  was  unjustly  withheld  he  being  the  Person  who 
had  for  some  Years  been  in  the  actual  possession  And 
improvement  thereof  &  had  often  declared  that  he  had  a 
Bond  from  the  Complainants  to  indemnifie  him  against  any 
Action  your  Respond**  should  brmg  against  him  for  the 
Premisess,  &  the  Lease  mentioned  in  the  Complaint  your 
Respond**  then  &  yet  are  ignorant  of  Except  what  they  know 
by  the  Compl**  The  Leasee  keeping  his  Lease  Concealed  if 
he  had  one  ( at  least  from  your  Respond**)  &  not  making  the 
Least  improvements  upon  the  premises  so  that  your  Respond*' 
Could  not  lay  an  Action  against  him  —  And  as  the  Law  is 
Open  for  the  s*^  Plumer  if  he  be  agrieved  at  the  Judgement 
Obtained  against  him  by  Reviewing  the  Action  before  the 
same  Court,  &  thereby  bring  it  into  A  Course  of  Law,  as 
likewise  the  Complainants  have  the  Law  open  on  their  Side 
&  no  way  foreclosed  by  any  Action  of  your  Respond**  or  any 


or    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  205 

Judgment  by  them  Obtained  So  that  if  they  have  any  Claim 
to  the  premises  your  Respond*^  humbly  Conceive  that  the 
matter  ought  according  to  Law  &  Custom  to  be  heard  & 
tryed  in  a  Court  of  Judicature  according  to  the  Course  of 
Common  Law  where  each  party  may  produce  their  Evidences 
&  be  heard  &  tryed  by  a  Jury  &  your  Respondents  humbly 
Conceive  it  would  be  without  President  where  the  Law  is 
open  for  all  partys,  for  your  Excellency  &  Honours  to  enter 
into  the  Consideration  of  the  Merits  of  the  Cause  &  therefore 
pray  that  the  Complaint  be  Dismissed  as  groundless  &  Liti- 
gious &  your  Respond**  have  their  Reasionable  Costs  allowed 
them  —  But  if  your  Excellency  &  Honours  shall  in  your 
great  wisdom  Judge  meet  to  take  the  premises  into  your  wise 
&  Equitable  Consideration  and  Determin  &  Judge  thereon 
your  Respond*^  doubt  not  but  that  upon  a  fair  hearing  of  the 
matter  they- shall  produce  such  Evidence  to  prove  both  the 
justness  of  their  Title  &  the  fairness  of  their  Obtaining  the 
possession  thereof,  that  your  Excellency  &  Honours  will  then 
Judge  the  Complaint  ought  to  be  Dismissed  as  groundless 
&  Litigious  &  your  Respond*^  have  their  Reasionable  Costs 
allowed  them  as  afores*^ 

All  which  is  humbly  Offered  in  the   name    and    on    the 
Behalf  of  the  Proprietors  by 

Isaac  Ilsley 
Sam"  Moody 
Phinehas  Jones 

Petition 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq''  Captain 
General  and  Governour  in  Chief  The  Hon''^®  the 
Council  and  Hon^'^  House  of  Representatives  of  his 
Majestys  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England  in  General  Court  Assembled  May  28,  1740- 


206  DOCTXMENTAEY   HISTORY 

The  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Neck  of  Land  in 
Casco  Bay  in  the  County  of  York  Called  by  the  Name  of 
Mereconege  Neck  —  Humbly  Sheweth 

That  Whereas  the  said  Neck  of  Land,  is  one  half  part  of 
it,  within  the  line  of  the  Township  of  North  Yarmouth  and 
having  paid  Rates  and  Taxes  to  said  Township,  both  to 
Church  &  State,  Altho  the  Inhabitants  there,  live  above 
Thirty  Miles  Distant  by  Land,  from  the  Meeting  House  and 
Twelve  Miles  by  Sea  a  Cross  Two  very  Dangerous  Bays, 
(Especiall}'  in  the  Winter  time)  being  Also  Many  times 
Impasable  in  Canoes,  with  their  Familys,  Thereby  Depriving 
them  of  the  Publick  Worship  of  God,  for  a  great  part  of 
their  time,  whicli  is  a  very  Great  Discuragement  to  the 
Setlers,  And  Whereas  this  Hon^^®  Court  have  been  pleased, 
Two  Years  Since,  to  Invest  the  Township  of  Brunswick, 
with  all  Priviledges  as  the  other  Towns  in  this  Province 
Enjoy,  And  that  Brunswick  Meeting  House  is  but  Three 
Miles  Distant,,  from  the  upper  end  of  said  Neck  Acljoyning 
to  Brunswick  Town,  &  no  Water  to  pass  over,  which  Makes 
it  Easy  to  Repair  thereto.  Without  the  Danger  and  Dificulty 
of  y^  Winter,  &  Tempests  by  Water,  And  the  very  Great 
length  of  Way  by  Land  —  May  it  please  your  Excelency  & 
Honours  We  Humbly  pray,  that  you  Would  be  pleased  for 
the  prevention  of  the  afores*^  Inconveniency,  To  Sett  off  the 
Familys,  that  may  Inhabit  said  Neck  of  Land,  from  the 
TowTi  of  North  Yarmouth,  And  Annex  them  to  the  Town  of 
Brunswick,  Especially  Since  but  a  part  of  said  Neck  of  Land 
is  Couched  within  the  line  of  Northyarmouth  Towns  Ship,  — 
And  as  in  Duty  bound  your  Petitioners  shall  ever  pray 

Adam  Winthrop  Joseph :  Wadsworth  Henry  Gibbs  Belcher 

Noyes  Job  Lewis  for  our  selves  &  partners 

We  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Neck  of  Land  —  Most 
Humbly  pray.  That  your  Excelency  &  Honours  would  be 
pleased  to  Grant  the  prayer  of  the  above  named  proprietors. 


OF    THE   STATE    OF   MAINE 


207 


of  s^  Neck  of  Land,  that  we  may  be  releved  under  our  very 
Great  heard  ships,  And  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever  pray  — 


James  Brewer  Richard  Jaques 

John  Stover  William  Magray 

Edward  Quingham  Isaac  Hall 
Samuell  Standwood  Moses  Gacell 
Joshua  Cromeck 

John  Ross  Jn' 


John  Stevens 

bis 

John  A    Orr 

mark 

William  Macknees  Job  Moulton 


Abiel  Sprague 
John  Lindsey 


John  Smart 
Ebneazer  Toothaker 


John  Mathews 
Elisha  Allen 
William  Gibson 
David  Standwood 
Sam^'  Winchell 

Seth  Toothaker 

Thomas  Mc 
Wait  Webber 
Benj"  Denslow 


In  the  House  of  Repr^*'«  June  3-1740 

Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Pet"  Serve  the  Town  of  North 
Yarmouth  with  a  Copy  of  this  Pet"  that  they  Show  cause  if 
any  they  have  on  Tuesday  the  24*^''  Instant  if  the  Court  be 
then  Sitting  if  not  on  the  first  thirsday  of  the  next  Sitting  of 
this  Court  Why  the  Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  Granted. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

J.  Quincy  Sp*^' 

In  Council  June  4  :  1740 

Read  &;  Concur'd 

Simon  Frost  Dep'  Sec'"y 


Consented  to 


J.  Belcher 


In  Council  June  27,  1740 

Read  again  and  it  appearing  that  the  Town  of  North  Yar- 
mouth has  been  duly  Served  with  a  Copy  of  the  Petition  but 
no  Answer  given  in ;  Ordered  that  the  Prayer  of  the  Peti- 
tion be  granted,  And  that  that  part  of  the  Neck  of  Land 
within  mentioned  which  heretofore  belonged  to  the  Town  of 
North  Yarm°  together  with  the  Inhabitants  thereon,  be  and 
hereby  are  Set  off  from  the  Said  Town  of  North  Yarmouth, 


208  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

and  annexed  to  &  accounted  a  part  of  the  Town  of  Bruns- 
wick, there  to  do  Duty  &  receive  Priviledge  accordingly 
Sent  dowTi  for  Concurrence 

Simon  Frost  Dep*  Sec^ 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^"  June  28.  1740 

Read  and  concur'd  J  Quincy   Sp^' 

Consented  to  J  Belcher 

In  Council  August  1,  1741.  Read  again  together  with 
the  Answer  of  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter  Agent  for  the  Town 
of  N"  Yannouth,  &  the  Matter  being  fully  considered,  Voted 
that  the  Order  of  this  Court  within  pass'd  the  2V^  of  June 
A  last,  be  &  hereby  is  superseded  &  set  aside,  and  that  such 
of  y*  Inhabitants  of  the  Neck  of  Land  within  mentioned,  B 
as  are  consenting  thereto,  &  shall  give  in  their  Names  to  the 
Town  Clerk  of  Brunswick,  for  that  Purpose,  be  &  hereby 
are  set  off  to  the  Town  of  Brunswick  so  far  as  relates  to  the 
Ministry  'till  the  further  Order  of  this  Court,  to  do  duty  & 
receive  Priviledge  accordingly. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep*"^®'  Aug*^  5,  1741  Read  and  concurd 
with  the  Amendm*^  viz  At  A -dele  last  and  insert  1740,  At 
B  -  insert  with  their  Estates. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J  Hobson  Sp^"" 

In  Council,  Aug.  5,  1741  Read  &  Concurred 

J  Willard  Secry 

Consented  to  J  Belcher 

Petition  of  Mr.  John  Dennis 

To  his  Excellencj-  Jon*  Belcher  Esq  Govern,  in  chief  the 
hon"^  Council  &  Representatives  of  his  majestys  province 
of  the  Massachusets  Bay  in  General  Court  assembled 
May  28«  1740 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  209 

The  humble  petition  of  John  Dennis  late  Chaplain  at  S* 
Georges  Fort  Sheweth 

That  your  Excellency  &  Honors  were  pleas'd  in  answer  to 
his  petition  offer'd  to  this  hon''  Court  the  last  Year  to  make 
him  a  grant  of  Fifty  pounds  for  which  he  returns  his  most 
hearty  thanks  And  did  also  further  grant  &  allow  the  sum  of 
Thirty  pounds  to  provide  Furniture  &  necessary  Utensils  for 
the  Chaplains  room  at  said  Fort  but  there  being  no  money  in 
the  publick  Treasury  said  Furniture  &  necessarys  were  never 
provided  &  your  Petitioner  was  necessitated  to  procure  the 
same  himself  which  as  he  is  now  oblig'd  to  quit  the  Service 
proves  much  to  his  damage. 

That  your  Petitionei  during  his  abode  &  being  in  the  Ser- 
vice at  S'  Georges  has  contracted  a  very  hazardous  distemper 
which  incapacitates  him  from  being  further  serviceable  there 
&  obliges  him  to  be  at  great  Expence  on  physicians  &  having 
a  considerable  Family  &  being  reduc'd  to  very  lov*^  Circum- 
stances humbly  apprehends  hmiself  to  deserve  the  Compas- 
sion of  this  hon''  Court  And  prays  you  Excellency  &  Hon.  to 
take  his  said  Case  into  y°  wise  consideration  &  to  make  him 
a  grant  of  a  small  Tract  or  Parcell  of  y®  unappropriated  Lands 
of  the  Prov.  or  to  grant  him  such  other  relief  as  to  y°  Wis- 
dom shall  seem  meet  And  y°  Petitiofil  shall  ever  pray 

John  Dennis 
In  the  House  of  Repr'««  June  21*'  1740  - 
Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Sum  of  fifty  pounds  Equivalent 
to  Bills  of  the  Old  Tenor  be  paid  out  of  the  Publick  Treas- 
ury to  the  Petitioner  John  Dennis,) 

f  and  also  a  Grant  of  two  Hundred  Acres  of  the 
Unappropriated  Lands  of  this  Province  adjoyning 
to  Some  former  Grant  is  hereby  Granted  B  to  the 
said  Petitioner  His  Heirs  And  Assigns  He  to 
return  a  Plat  thereof  to  this  Court  within  twelve 
Months  for  Confirmation. 
Sent  up  for  concurrence,  J  Quincy  Sp^^ 

14 


A  Dele^ 


210  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

In  Council  June  28,  1740 ;    Read  &  Concur'd  witli  the 
amendm*  viz,  Dele  A.  Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

J  Willard  Secry 
In  the  House  of  Repr^*«  June  30,  1740. 
Read  and  Non  concur'd  and  the  House  adhere  to  their  own 
Vote  with  the  Amendment  at  B.  viz.  within  the  County  of 
York.     Sent  up  for  concurrence.  J  Quincy  Sp'^' 

In  Council  July  2*^  1740.     Read  &  Concur'd 

Simon  Frost  Dep.  Sec^^ 
Consented  to,  J  Belcher 


Petition  of  31''   W^  M^Clenachan  in  behalf  of  the 
Presbyterian. 

To  his  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq"^  Capt"  Generall 
and  Goven"^  in  Chiefe  in  and  Over  his  Majesties  Province 
of  the  Massachusetts  bay  in  New  England  The  Honble 
his  Majesties  Councill  and  house  of  Representatives  for 
said  Province  in  Generall  Court  Assembled  the  28''^  day 
of  May  Anno  Domini  1740 
The   humble    Petition  of  William  M'^Lenechan   Clerk  in 
behalfe  of  himselfe  &  his  hearers  of  the  Denom"  of  Presby- 
terians in  the  Town  of  Falmouth  in  the  County  of  York  ~ 
Sheweth  That  your  Pef^  being  regulaily  initiated  into  the 
Ministery  of  the  Gospile  According  to  the  Kirk  of  Scotland 
and  haveing  been  Installed  to  preach  to  a  Number  of  People 
of  the   denom"  of  Presbiterians  in   s*^  Town   of    Falmouth, 
Who  have  hitherto  Endeav''  to  Support  your  Pef  in  his  said 
Ministry  and  who  notwithstanding  are  obliged  to  pay  Taxes 
towards  the  Support  &  Maintenance  of  the  Congregationall 
Ministers  of  s*^  Town  which  your  Pef  &  his  hearers  of  the 
denom"  of  Presbyterians  apprehend  to  be  a  great  hardship  in 
their  present  infant  Settlements  — 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   JNIAINE  211 

Your  Pef  further  shews  that  by  the  Royall  Charter  granted 
to  this  Province  Toleration  is  granted  to  all  denom"^  of  Chris- 
tians Except  Papists  And  this  Honble  Court  pursuant  thereto 
has  made  sev"  Acts  for  the  relief  of  Sev"  denom^  of  Chris- 
tians to  Ease  them  from  paying  towards  the  Support  of  any 
other  clergy  but  Their  own  to  Which  your  pef  humbly 
Apprehends  his  hearers  of  the  Denom°*  of  Presbyterians  are 
Equally  Intitled  — 

May  it  therefore  please  your  Excellency  &  Honors  to  take 
the  Case  into  your  Consideration  &  to  make  such  Law  for 
the  Ease  and  reliefe  of  those  of  the  Denom°  of  Presbyterians 
inhabitting  s*^  Towti  as  has  been  heretofore  done  for  the 
reliefe  of  other  denom^  of  Christians  or  to  appoint  a  day  at 
the  Next  Meeting  of  this  Great  &  Generall  Court  for  your 
Pef  &  his  hears  of  the  Denom"  afores**  to  be  heard  upon  the 
Merritts  of  their  Case  ~ 

And  y'  Pet"  in  duty  bound  will  Ever  pray 

William  M  Clenachan 


Constables  Return 

York  ss.  Brunswick  June  9*^  1740. 

This  may  certify  His  Excellency  the  Gov'  the  Hon^'® 
Council  &  the  Hon^^^  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  That  I 
the  Subscriber  on  the  ninth  day  of  this  Instant  June  did 
serve  John  Powell  Esq''  &  others  the  Select  Men  of  the 
Town  of  North  Yarmouth  with  a  Coppy  of  the  Petition  of 
Adam  Winthrop  Esq''  &  Others  the  Proprietors  of  Merry- 
coneeg  Neck  within  the  County  of  York  &  delivered  them 
the  Coppy  of  said  Petition  with  the  Order  of  Court  thereon 


212  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

which  was  at  their  Town  Meeting  and  the  Moderator  read  it 
to  the  Town  while  I  was  present 
Attest 

(^Constable  of  the 
John  M''farland-{  Town  of 

[^      Brunswick. 


Committee  Chosen 

At  a  Town  Meeting  of  the  Freeholders  And  other  Inhab- 
itance  of  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  Convened  Held  at 
the  Meeting  House  In  s*^  Town  on  Monday  the  23  of  June 
1740  — 

Voted  That  there  be  a  Comraitty  of  three  men  Chosen  to 
answer  the  Petition  of  Adam  Winthrop  and  others  Relating  _ 
Merricaneage  Neck :  Voted  that  Mes*"^  Arami  Ruhamah 
Cutter  Barnabas  Seabury  &  John  Orr  be  the  Committy  to 
answer  the  aforegoing  Petition  —  And  if  the  s*^  Petition 
shall  be  Granted  in  Favour  of  the  s*^  Petitioners  before  the 
Committy  Can  Answer  the  same :  Then  the  s**  Committy  to 
Petition  the  Great  &  General  Court  for  a  Rehereing  of  the 
same  And  that  any  one  of  s"^  Committy  be  Impowered  to 
Answe_  &  Prosecute  the  same  when  Present  — 

A  True  Coppey  Examined  g  Barnabas  Seabury 

Town  Clerk 


May  it  Plese  your  Ex*^y 
On  y*  G*'^  Currant  Edewakeuk  &  suud''  Indians  Came  to 
aquaint  me  that  he  a  Riv*^  4  Days  Past  to  Panobcut  from 
Canadey.  and  also  to  quaint  me  y®  Reason  of  thire  Going 
to  Canaday  &  Prosedings  which  was  to  Discours  y®  Ercegon- 
tog  Indians  Concerning  y®  hatchet  for  y^  answer  they  had 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  213 

sent  them,  y*  Ercegontogoges  thought  not  sufficient,  so  they 
went  Perconaly  &  after  sum  Diseours,  they  said  they  were 
not  so  vneasy  on  account  of  y®  English  settling  thire  Lands 
vp  Caneti-  River  &  Elsewhere  as  sum  Indians  that  Liu*^ 
nearer  y^  English,  &  Cald  them  selves  Ercegontogog  Indians 
&  Did  not  Realy  belong  to  them,  Ercegontogog  and  that  they 
would  now  Leve  y®  affare  wholy  to  the  Panobcuts  to  act  for 
them  &  what  they  Did  they  would  Concent  to  and  a  bide  by 
for  time  to  Com. 

then  they  went  to  Pay  thire  Duty  to  y®  Gouern'^  of  Canadey 
and  tould  him  what  they  had  Concluded  on  w*^  y^  Ercegonto- 
goges, &  he  said  he  a  Proue'^  Very  well  thire  not  yet  Ingage- 
ing  in  a  war  w*^  y^  English,  but  be  on  thire  Guard,  &  they 
new  how  thire  Land  Lins  Run  and  that  they  had  no  men  of 
war  yet  from  frauce  but  Expected  Dayly,  &  they  should  have 
a  new  friar  and  they  that  fetcht  him  should  not  Return  Emty 
handed,  &  y®  Indians  ar  now  sending  to  Canadey  for  him, 
and  as  to  y*  french  &  Indian  forcses,  y®  Indians  all  Returnd 
well  and  y®  french  Excepting  one  sar*  kild  &  1  man  wounded, 
&  sum  of  the  Officers  thought  it  to  Long  a  Jorny  to  Com 
back  by  Land  took  a  nearer  way  by  shiping  to  france,  and 
they  have  Don  Gret  Exploits  a  mong  y^  southern  Indians  &c 

I  tould  said  Indians  I  took  it  kindly  of  them,  thire  Giueing 
me  an  account  of  all  affares,  &  I  was  thankfull  that  we  had 
an  appartunity  to  Relate  affares  to  each  other  &  to  Propose 
what  may  be  for  Peace  &  y®  Publick  Good  for  y*  future,  then 
they  Proposed  to  write  to  your  Excellency. 

I  tould  y®  said  Indians  I  beliu''  if  3  or  4  Princable  Indians 
were  appointed  by  y®  Rest  to  Go  to  boston  &  Pay  thire 
Respects  to  Gouern'^  Belcher  &  y^  Gret  Councill,  &  Relate  all 
affares  to  them,  it  would  be  Plesing  &  Exceptable,  &  they 
would  be  weleom,  for  Gouern'  Belcher  had  Rate  to  me  if 
sum  of  his  old  frinds  had  a  mind  to  Com  he  should  be  Plesd 
to  see  them,  they  said  if  I  would  Go  vvith  them  they  would 


214  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

have  a  meeting  in  few  days  who  should  Go :  I  tould  them  I 
was  Vnwell  but  Rether  then  such  a  weighty  affare  should  be 
frustrated  I  would  Go  w***  them  if  my  health  would  any  ways 
a  Low  of  it, 

May  it  Plese  your  Ex"^  Pursuant  to  your  Ex^^^  order  by 
Cap^''  Storer  I  have  acted  to  y®  best  of  my  skill  for  ser=% 

S*  Georges  Au«*  7'^^  1740 

1  am  your  Ex^^*  most  Duty  full  ser^ 
John  Gyles 
I  thought  it  might  be  of  service  to  have  y^  Parusul  of  y®  a 
boue  notwithstaudmg  they  should  have  a  Confurrance  w"' 
your  Ex'^y  at  boston. 

Capt.  Arthur  Savage  to  Sec^  Josiah  Willard 

Fort  Frederick  August  15"'  1740 

Your  favours  of  the  lo^''  Ultimo  I  duly  received,  Note  the 
Contents,  &  should  be  heartily  glad  could  I  make  an  Estima- 
tion of  the  Charge  of  puttmg  our  Garrison  into  a  proper  pos- 
ture of  defence  but  as  I  am  entirely  unacquainted  w*^ 
Masonry  I  cannot  do  it.  All  I  can  do  is  to  send  you  the 
length  of  the  Walls  which  are  one  hundred  &  thirty  two  feet 
square  besides  the  Bastions,  which  are  not  in  the  proper 
manner  they  should  be,  in  case  the  Fort  be  rebuilt  w^^  is  very 
requisite  to  be  done.  The  walls  are  five  feet  thick  fronting 
the  Sea,  &  three  &  a  half  to  the  Land,  &  should  be  at  least 
Eleven  or  twelve  feet  high,  so  that  it  will  be  an  easy  matter 
for  a  Workman  to  compute  the  Charge  of  rebuilding.  The 
Barracks  will  not  nead  a  great  Deal  of  repairs. 

I  am  with  all  due  regards  S''  your  most  humble  Servant 

Arth"^  Savage 
To  The  Hon^^  Josiah  Willard  Esq""  Secratary  for  His  Majes- 
tys  Province  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  In  New  England. 
g  Cap  Sanders 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  215 

Letter  Capt.  G-iles  to  Crov.  Belcher  Aug.  16,  1740 

May  it  Plese  your  Ex'=y 
Since  my  other  Lins  of  7'^  Date,  the  Indians  have  had 
many  meetings  sum  Drunken  ons  sum  sobar  and  Desirous  of 
seeing  your  Ex''^'  haveing  sumthing  of  moment  to  Relate,  so 
Pursuant  to  your  Ex*^y*  Order  I  thought  thire  Visett  might 
be  for  the  Prouince  seruice  they  haueing  Concluded  on  four 
to  Go. 

on  y«  12^^^  Currant  I  Rec"  your  Ex^^  Letter  of  July  29''*. 
on  y®  16'^^  Currant  a  Prmcable  Indian  that  went  to  Canadey 
a  bout  25  Days  Past  a  quaints  me  y'  he  a  Riud  to  Panobcut 
two  Days  smce. 

and  at  his  a  Riual  to  Canaday  y®  Gouern'  a  Riud  thire 
from  Morial,  and  y®  same  Day  a  man  of  war  a  Riu*^  from 
france  w*'*  fine  hundred  men  on  bord,  &  had  a  very  seuere 
sickness  on  bord,  that  fiuety  s**  Dyed  on  thire  Passeg  &  a 
Jesuitt,  but  no  nues  of  moment  the  Gouern'  bed  hun  tel  y® 
Indians  y*  it  was  all  Peace  yet  w***  y®  English,  &  a  Letter  to 
the  Casteens  of  y®  same  account,  I  am 
S*  Georges  fort  Your  Ex'^y*  most  Dutyfal  Ser* 

Au«*  IGth  1740  John  Gyles 


Copy  of  lawn  Record 

At  a  Town  Meeting  of  the  Freeholders  and  other  Inhab- 
itance  of  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  Convened  held  at  the 
Meeting  House  In  s^^  Town  on  Monday  the  twenty  fifth  of 
May:  1741:  — 

Upon  Hearing  the  Petition  of  Adam  Winthrop  and  others 
Stiling  them  Selves  Proprietors,  &  the  Memoral  of  Ebeneser 
Hall  &  others  Stiling  them  Selves  Inhabitance  of  Small 
Point  preferred  to  the  Great  &  General  Court  praying  to  be 


216  DOCURIENTAIIY   HISTORY 

Set  off  from  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  &  Annexed  to 
George  Town  &  Considering  the  Distance  of  s*^  point  of 
Land  from  North  Yarmouth  Meeting  House  &  the  Dificulty 
of  the  pasage : 

Voted  That  the  Inhabitance  of  that  part  of  the  Neck  of 
Land  Called  Small  Point  now  lying  within  the  s*^  Town  of 
North  Yarmouth  have  the  free  consent  of  the  Town  to 
pursue  their  s*^  Memorial  &  to  be  Set  of  from  s*^  North  yar- 
raouth  &  annexed  to  &  accomited  Part  of  the  Town  of 
George  Town  Provided  the  s*^  Grant  or  Resolve  shall  not  in 
any  wise  affect  the  property  of  y®  Lands  there  — 

Voted  Also  That  M""  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter  be  appointed 
&  fully  impowered  to  appear  at  the  Great  &  General  Court 
at  their  Next  Sessions  to  make  answer  to  the  Petition  of 
Adam  Winthrop  &  others  Relating  to  the  Islands  of  Great 
Sebashadegen  &  Little  Sebashadegen  &  also  to  pray  the 
Governour  and  General  Court  for  a  Rehearing  of  a  Late 
petition  of  Adam  Winthrop  &  others  And  one  other  petition 
of  Richard  Jaques  &  others  relating  to  Seting  off  that  part 
of  Merricaneage  Neck  from  s*^  North  Yarmouth  and  annex- 
ing it  to  Brunswick  And  to  pray  for  a  Reconsideration  of 
the  Resolve  of  that  Honorable  Court  there  on 

A  True  Coppey  Examined 

g  Barnabas  Seabury  Town  Clerk 


"  The  Memorial  of  Small  Point  Inhabitants.  " 

To  His  Excelency  y®  Govenour  &  the  whole  General 

Court  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  — 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  We  the  Scubscribers  being  Inhabitants  of  a  Place 
Called  Small  Point  on  the  West  Side  of  Sagadahoc  River, 
&  are  Tennants  to  Adam  Winthrop  Esq'  &  Comp^  and  the 


OF   THE   STATE    OF   MAINE  217 

Grater  part  of  the  Land  that  we  pos'ess  is  within  North 
Yarmouth  Line  But  at  so  great  a  Distance  that  we  can't 
Receive  any  benefit  at  all  fron  said  Town,  for  that  the  s*^ 
Point  of  Land  that  we  Posess  of  s*^  Winthrop  &  Compy*  is 
46  Miles  Distant  from  North  yarmouth  Meeting  House  by 
Land  &  through  George  Town  &  Brunswick  &  there  is  no 
other  way  but  through  s*^  Towns,  which  way  is  new  and  very 
bad,  and  to  go  by  Sea,  the  nearest  way  is  20  miles  to  y* 
meeting  House  and  a  Cross  several  very  Dangerous  Bays, 
and  we  can  never  attend  y"  Publick  Worship  of  God  without 
great  hasard  of  our  Lives  by  Sea  &  Land  And  We  do  con- 
stantly attend  y®  Publick  Worship  at  George  Town  Upon 
Arrowsick  Island,  when  the  weather  will  admit  of  it,  which 
is  but  about  5  Miles  Distant  from  the  places  where  we  live 
&  adjoyns  to  George  Town  where  we  Desier  to  do  Duty 
(  for  the  above  reasons  )  We  Humbly  Pray  your  Excelency 
&  Honours  will  pleas  to  annex  the  s^  Point  of  Land  to 
George  Town  as  it  adjoyns  thereto,  where  we  can  enjoy  the 
Preaching  of  the  Gospel,  &  have  Releaf  in  time  of  Danger 
which  we  can  not  from  North  Yarmouth  &  as  in  Duty 
bound  your  Memorilist's 
Shall  ever  Pray  &c 

Ebenezer  Hull      )    Small  his 

T        1    A     1  (       •  .  David    ()    Thomas 

Joseph  Anderson  )     pmt  m^^k 

John  G  Samuel  Wells  C         Day 

Thomas  Day         Daniel  Green  tit-h-       ^i^  n.i 

''  ,    .  William  W  Ihomas 

John  Pearce         William  Campbell  mark 


Letter  Copt.  Tho^  Sanders  to  Crov.  Belcher  June  16, 1741' 

Please  your  Excellency,  Yesterday  the  Fifteenth  of  this 
Instant  Coming  into  broad  Sound  the  man  of  war  boat  Came 
on  board  and  Took  out  Two  of  my  men  W°^  Lithgo  mate 


218  DOCUMENT AEY   HISTORY 

and  John  Elder  Seaman  I  slioed  the  master  my  Commission 
he  told  me  that  was  nothing  to  him  but  if  I  would  save  my 
men  I  must  go  on  board  to  Cap*  Scott  which  Likewise  I  did 
and  Shew  him  my  Commission  and  Told  him  that  the  Sloop 
was  in  the  pay  of  the  Province  and  the  Sailors  Likewise  but 
he  said  he  had  no  regard  to  Commissions  but  must  have  men 
and  would  and  please  your  Excellency  I  should  be  glad  if 
you  would  give  me  orders  or  Instructions  so  that  I  may  have 
my  men  again  and  I  shall  Take  it  a  great  Favour  done 

Yo'^  Exell^'  very  hum  Serv*  to  Command 
Tho^  Sanders 
P  S  On  board  the  massachusetts  June  16,  1741 


Memorial 

To  his  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Capt"  Gen- 
erall  Govern®  in  Chief,  In  and  Over  his  Maj^  Province 
of   the  Massachusetts    Bay  in  New  England  To   y® 
Hon^i  his  Maj«  Council  &  the  Hon^^  House  of  Repre- 
sent^ m  Generall  Court  Assembled  July  8'^  1741^ 
The  Memorial  of  us  the    subscribers  bemg  Propriet"  of 
Lands  in  North  Yarm° 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  Whereas  sundry  Taxes  have  been  Levyed  on  — 
Propriet'"  of  y^  Comon  &  Undivided  lands  in  North  yarm*' 
Several  of  whom  /  as  Delinquents  /  have  been  return'd  to 
the  Assessors  who  proceeded  to  the  Sale  of  their  Lands  as 
the  Law  Directs  — 

But  have  neither  rendred  an  Account  to  y®  Proprietors 
Treasurer  nor  paid  the  Overplus  to  the  Dehnqueuts  but 
deliver'd  s*'  Money  &  papers  into  the  Possession  of  M""  Ami 
Ruhama  Cutter  /  as  their  Clerk  /  —  S*^  Cutter  tho  Often 
requested  by  the  Proprietors  Treasurer  to  Render  an  Account 


OP   THE   STATE    OP   MAENE  219 

Neglects  &  refuses  so  to  do ;  By  wMch  Means  the  Proprief' 
have  Been  Obliged  to  Levy  a  Tax  oi  £5:  — ,  —  g  Right  to 
support  the  Necessary  Charges  w*''^  is  now  in  Collection  — 

Wherefore  Your  memoriallists  humbly  pray  that  y''  Excell'' 
and  Hon"  will  by  an  Act  of  Assembly  Enable  Propriet" 
Treasurers  to  Call  to  Ace'  Demand  &  Receive  all  Moneys 
belonging  to  them  in  as  full  &  ample  manner  as  Town 
Treasurers  by  Law  have  And  y'  Pettition^^  shall  Ever  pray- 

John  Hill  Job  Lewis  Row'^  Houghton 

Tho^  Hill  John  Dabney  James  Pitson 

John  Powell       Jno  Calef 

In  Council;  July  11,  1741,  Read  &  Ordered  that  the 
Prayer  of  the  Memorial  be  so  far  granted  as  that  John  Read 
Esq"^  with  such  as  the  Hon'''®  Plouse  of  Represent^^  shall  join 
be  a  Committee  to  prepare  a  Bill  for  the  Relief  of  the  Peti- 
tioners &  others  that  are  or  may  be  in  the  like  Circumstances 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

Li  the  House  of  Reps^*'^   July  14,  1741 

Read  and  concur'd  and  Coll  Dwiglit  and  M'  Williams  are 
Joyned  in  the  Affair 

J  Hobson  Speaker 

In  Obedience  to  the  within  &  above  Order  We  have  pre- 
pared the  Bill  desired  &,  here-withal  present  it 

Jn°  Read  in  behalf  of  y^  Com*^*® 


Petition. 

To  his  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esqr  Caj)*  Gen^  & 
Gov"^  in  Chief  in  &  over  his  Majesty's  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  To  the  Hon'  his 
Majesty's  Council  &  the  Hon'  House  of  Representatives, 
in  Gen'  Court  assembled,  July,  8,  1741. 
Humbly  Shew 


220  DOCUMENTAItY    HISTORY 

The  Inhabitants  of  y®  Town  of  North  Yarmouth,  in  the 
County  of  York. 

That  on  y«  28*^  of  May  1740,  The  Hon^  Adam  Winthrop 
Esq :  &  Others  Stiling  themselves  Proprietors  of  the  Neck  of 
Land  in  Casco  Bay  in  y*  County  of  York,  called  by  the  Name 
of  Meriicaneag  Neck,  &  Richard  Jaques  &  Others,  Stileing 
themselves  Inhabitants  of  the  S*^  Neck  of  Land,  did  pray  this 
Hon^  Court  "  to  sett  off  the  Families  that  Might  inhabit  S^ 
Neck  of  Land,  "  from  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  &  annex 
them  to  y®  Town  of  Brunswick "  for  Reasons  therein  men- 
tioned ;  &  on  the  Fourth  of  June  following,  This  Hon'  Court 
order'd  the  S*^  Petitioners,  to  serve  y^  To\^ti  of  North  Yar- 
mouth with  a  Copy  of  y®  s*^  Petition,  That  They  might  shew 
Cause  ( if  any  they  had  )  On  Tuesday  y®  24*^  of  June  ( then ) 
instant,  why  the  Prayer  of  s^  Petition  should  not  be  granted, 
&  on  y*  9*^  of  s*^  June,  Y®  Pet'  were  servd  with  a  Copy  of  s'^ 
Petition  &  Order,  &  y'  Select  men  of  North  Yarmouth  forth- 
with Issued  their  Order  to  call  a  Town  Meeting  on  s^  Affair, 
&;  Y°  Pef  immediately  applyed  Ourselves  to  prepare  our 
Answer.  But  the  Examination  of  y®  Several  Facts  alledged 
in  the  s*^  Petition,  Procuring  of  Evidences,  Records  &  Planus, 
Relating  thereto,  &  Measuring  of  Sundry  Distances  therein 
laid  down,  which  were  absolutely  necessary  to  form  our  s*^ 
Answer,  Expended  so  great  a  Part  of  y®  Time  set  for  Appear- 
ing in  this  Hon^  Court ;  &  the  Distance  from  North  Yarmouth 
to  Boston  being  not  Less  by  Land  than  1 30  Miles :  That 
Y°  Pef  fearing  it  was  too  late  to  Send,  by  Land,  tho't  it 
safest  to  send,  on  Board  a  Sloop,  as  promesing  the  quickest 
Dispatch ;  But  were  so  unfortunate  That  the  s^  Answer  did 
not  arrive  in  Boston,  till  Four  Days  after  this  Hon'  Court, 
(  doubtless  presuming  Y"'  Pef^  were  consenting,  or  had  Noth- 
ing Material  to  alledge  against  y®  Prayer  of  y**  s''  Petition ) 
had  granted  the  Same  &  Order'd  y^  s*'  neck  of  Land  shou'd 
be  annex'd  to  y®  Town  of  Brunswick.     Otherwise  Y°  Pef 


OF   THE    STATE    OF    MAINE  221 

doubt  not  we  shou'd  have  offered  such  Strong  &  weighty 
Considerations  to  this  Hon^  Court,  respecting  the  Proprietors 
in  Gen'  as  well  as  Y°  Pet  in  particular,  as  wou'd  have  given 
abundant  Evidence  to  this  Hon'  Court,  That  y^  Prayer  of  y* 
s^  Petition  ought  not  to  have  been  granted.  Y°  Pef  there 
fore  humbly  pray  Y""  Excellency  &  Hon'  wou'd  be  pleased  to 
set  aside,  the  Order  of  this  Hon'  Court  on  y«  s''  Petition  of 
Adam  Winthrop  &  Others  &  Richard  Jaques  &  Others,  of  y® 
28^''  of  May  1740,  &  allow  Y°  Pet'  a  new  Day  to  make 
answer  thereto.  And  Y"  Pef  ( as  in  Duty  bound )  shall  ever 
pray  &c  g 

Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter 
In  Behalf  of  y*'  s^  Inhabit^  of  North  Yarmouth 
To  his  Excellency  the  Gov"^  &  y®  Gen'  Court  Assembled  July. 
8.  1741. 

We  the  Subscribers  approving  y^  within  Petition,  &  being 
Proprietors  of  Lands  in  s**  North  Yarmouth,  humbly  beg 
Leave  to  joyn  in  y®  Prayer  thereof 

John  Hill  Jos  Calef  Row''  Houghton 

James  Pitson      Middlecott  Cooke  ATailcr 

Thomas  Gill       Tho'  Hill  John  Dabney 
Benj°  Edwards 

In  the  House  of  Rep«^^*  July  21.  1741     Read  and  sent  up. 

In  Council  July  21  1741  Read  and  Ordered  That  the 
Petitioners  Serve  Adam  Winthrop  Joseph  Wadsworth  and 
Job  Lewis  Esq"  M"^  Henry  Gibbs  and  Belcher  Noyes  with  a 
Copy  of  this  Petition,  that  they  may  Shew  Cause  if  any  they 
have  on  Friday  the  twenty  fourth  of  July  Inst*  why  the 
Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted  —  Sent  down  for  Con- 
currence J.  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  July  22  1741 

Read  and  Concur'd  J.  Hobson  Speaker 

23  :  Consented  to         J  Belcher 


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In  Council  July  24.  1741 

Ordered  that  Jeremiah  Moulton  &  John  Gushing  Esq" 
with  such  as  shall  be  joined  by  the  Hon''^^  House  of  Repre- 
sent"^^^  be  a  Committee  to  consider  the  several  Petitions  now- 
depending  in  this  Court  from  the  Proprietors  of  North 
Yarmouth  &  the  Proprietors  of  Merriconeag  Neck  &  of 
Sabasca-Degan  Islands  (  as  they  style  themselves )  That  the 
Committee  hear  the  Parties  &  report  to  this  Court  their 
Opinion  what  may  be  proper  for  this  Court  to  do  upon  the 
said  Petitions 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J.  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^«^  July  24.  1741 

Read  and  concur'd  and  Col  Gerrisb  Cap*  Choate  and  Cap* 
Pierson  are  Joyned  in  the  Affair. 

J  Hobson  Speaker 


Report 

The  Comitte  to  whome  was  Referrd  the  Petitions  of  the 
Prop®^  of  North  Yarmouth  &  the  Prop®^  of  Merriconeag 
Neck  &  of  Sabasca  Degan  Islands  (  as  they  Style  themselves) 
Having  Mett  &  fully  heard  the  Parties  are  of  Opinion  y*  the 
Pj-Qprs  ()f  North  Yarmouth  Realy  Designed  to  Make  Answer 
to  the  Petition  of  Adam  Winthrop  Esq'  &  others  preferred 
to  the  Gen^  Court  y"  28*''  of  May  1740  Praying  y«  s'^  neck 
might  be  Annext  to  Brunswick  as  Sett  forth  therein  —  And 
altho  they  had  prepared  their  Answer,  by  Accident  It  mis- 
carried &  So  y®  Plon^^  Court  proceeded  &  annext  s'^  Neck 
with  y®  Inhabitants  to  Brunswick.  ~ 

Wherefore  we  Apprehend  the  Orders  of  Court  Relating 
Thereto  ought  So  far  to  be  Superseaded  as  That  y^  Town  of 
North  yarmouth  be  Admitted  by  their  Agent  Now  to  make 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  223 

Answer  to  s*^  Petition  &  be  heard  thereon,  so  y*  a  full  Con- 
sideration ma)^  be  had  by  this  Court  And  That  y^  Considera- 
tion of  the  other  Petitions  afores*^'  wliich  have  a  near  Relation 
thereto  be  Suspended  in  ye  mean  time  —  The  s*^  Prop'"^  agent 
first  notifying  Adam  Winthrop  Esq''  of  this  report  &  Order 
thereon 

All  which  is  Humbly  Submitted 

By  Jer.  Moulton  by  order 
In  Council  July  31.  1741  Read  &  Ordered  that  this  Report 
be  accepted  J.  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^es  j^jy  31^  1741 

Read  and  concur'd  J  Hobson  Speaker 

Consented  to  J  Belcher 


Petition 

To  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq""  Cap'  Gen^  &  Gov' 
in  Chief  the  honbl  the  Council  &  Rppresentatives  in 
Gen^  Court  Assembled  11  Aug^^  1741. 

The  petition  of  Shubal  Gorham  Esq'  for  himself  &  rest  of 
y®  proprietors  of  the  Narraganset  Township  N°  Seven  joining 
to  Falmouth  &  Presumscot  river  in  the  County  of  York 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  on  the  Fifth  of  July  1736.  by  an  Order  of  the  Gen^ 
Court  the  s*^  Shubal  was  impowered  in  some  suitable  place  as 
soon  as  might  be  to  Convene  the  Grantees  of  the  s''  Town- 
ship for  divers  purposes  &  among  the  rest  to  agree  upon 
some  regular  method  how  to  call  proprietors  meetings  for  the 
future 

That  he  then  accordingly  called  the  s*^  meeting  &  did  Sev- 
eral things  &  adjourned  to  a  future  day  when  they  should 
have  proceeded  upon  future  business  &  particularly  to  agree 
on  y®  method  for  calling  future  meetings,  but  that  adjournment 


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failed  by  the  Clerks  casual  Absence  &  so  they  are  disabled 
to  call  any  meetings  as  their  present  occasions  necessarily 
require. 

Wherefore  Y"'  petitioner  humbly  praj^s  he  may  be  anew 
impowered  to  Convene  the  Grantees  &  proprietors  afores'*  to 
do  what  their  present  occasions  require  &  agree  on  some 
proper  method  to  call  proprietors  Meetings  for  the  future,  & 
your  petitioner  as  m  duty  bound  &c 

Shuball  Gorham 

In  Council  Oct'  7'^  1741  Read  and  Ordered  that  the 
Prayer  of  the  Petition  be  granted  and  that  the  Petitioner  be 
and  hereby  is  impowered  to  convene  the  Grantees  and  Pro- 
prietors within  mentioned  for  the  Purposes  mentioned  in  the 
Petition  — 


Letter  Benj^  Larrabee  to  Gov.  Belcher 

Fort  George  Sep*  14t»>  1741 
May  it  Please  your  Excellency 

Yesterday  I  Reed  your  Excellencys  Letter  Directing  me 
to  Lay  before  you  the  Condition  of  Fort  George  and  in 
Obedience  to  your  Command  I  have  as  exactly  as  Possibly  I 
can. 

The  Fort  it  self  Wants  but  Little  Repairs  only  Shutters 
to  the  Gun  Ports  &  a  Small  matter  Done  to  the  Lodgings  to 
make  them  tite  and  Comfortable  But  we  have  4  Carriage 
Guns  and  4  Swivels  and  the  Carriages  of  them  all  are  partly 
Rotten  and  out  of  Repair. 

I  would  Humbly  beg  leave  to  inform  your  Excellency  fur- 
ther that  the  greatest  Difficulty  We  Should  Labour  Under 
in  Case  of  a  Sudden  Rupture  Would  be  the  Want  of  Soldiers 
my  number  of  Soldiers  allowed  this  Fort  is  but  Six  and  not 
only  so  the  Wages  of  Soldiers  is  so  small  that  good  able  men 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  225 

will  not  inlist  in  His  majestys  Service     I  baveing  no  orders 
to  Impress  men  am  obliged  to  take  men  not  fit  for  Service. 

upon  tbe  Wbole  your  Excellency  Will  See  tbat  We  sball 
soon  become  an  easy  Prey  to  an  enemy  if  tliey  sliould  attack 
us  in  our  Present  Circumstances  tbis  is  tbe  true  State  of 
tbe  Garrison  now  Under  tbe  Command  of  your  Excellencys 
Dutiful  and  most  obedient  Humble  Servant 

Benj*  Larrabee 


Petition  of  Arthur  Savage  Feb.  23'^  1741. 

Province  of  tbe  Massacbusets  Bay 

To  His  Excellency  Wilbam  Sbirley  Esq.  Captain  General, 
and  Governour  in  Cbief  in  &  over  said  Province.  — 

Artbur  Savage  Commander  of  His  Majestys  Fort  Freder- 
ick at  Pemmaquid  bumbly  Sbewetb.  - 

Tbat  Frederick  P'ort  is  very  well  scituated  to  guard  and 
defend  tbe  People  wbo  Inbabit  tbis  part  of  tbe  Country,  as 
well  as  tbe  Fisbermen  and  Coasters  wbo  resort  bitber  in 
great  numbers  for  Harbour.  Pemmaquid  baving  one  esteemed 
very  convenient  and  safe. 

Tbat  tbere  are  but  Six  Men  posted  at  said  Fort  under  your 
Petitioner,  wbo  are  well  disposed  to  do  tbe  duty  of  tbe  Gar- 
rison, but  tbere  being  so  few,  are  so  frequently  call'd  upon 
to  Watcbing,  Warding,  &  performing  tbe  otber  Services, 
incumbant  on  tbem  as  Soldiers,  (in  a  Place  tbat  requires 
tbere  being  some  always  on  duty )  tbat  tbeir  said  Service  is 
very  grievious  &  burtbensom  to  tbem,  especially  in  tbe  Win- 
ter Season,  wbicb  must  be  very  discourageing,  considering 
tbe  poor  low  Wages,  allowed  to  the  Officer,  and  Soldiers  at 
tbis  Garrison. 

Wberefore  Your  Petitioner  bumbly  prays  that  Your  Excel- 
lency in  Justice  &  goodness  to  tbe  poor  Soldiers,  as  well  as 

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in  tender  concern  for  the  lives  and  Estates  of  His  Majestys 
good  Subjects  resideing  &  resorting  here,  would  be  pleased 
to  order  a  larger  number  of  Men  to  be  Posted  in  said  Garri- 
son, and  also  allow  so  much  Wages  as  that  the  Officers  & 
Soldiers  may  live,  and  Serve  their  King  and  Country  in  a 
comfortable  as  well  as  honest  manner.  And  your  Petitioner 
as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray  &c  — 

Fort  Frederick  February  23''  1741  Arth"^  Savage 


Answer  of  North    Ystrmouth 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq''  Cap*  Gen' 
&   Gov"^  in  Chief  in  &  over  his  Majesty's  Province 
of  y*  Massachusetts    Bay  in  New    England  To    the 
Hon'  his   Majesty's    Council    &   y®   Hon'  House    of 
Kepresentatives    in  Gen'  Court  Assembled  July  24, 
1Y41. 
The  Answer  of  y^  Inhabitants  of  North  Yarmouth,  To  y'' 
Petition  of  Adam  Winthrop  Esq''  «Sc  others  Stiling   Them- 
selves Proprietors  of  Sebescodegan  Islands  near  Brunswick, 
of  March  y«  26*"  1741 
Humbly  Shews 

That  the  s**  Adam  Winthrop  Esq"  &  Others  in  their  s'' 
Petition  concerning  Sebescodegan  Islands  alledge.  That  Part 
of  Great  Sebescodegan  Island,  is  taken  into  y®  Town  of 
North  Yarm*"  but  do  not  (  as  they  ought )  inform  this  Hon' 
Court  That  the  Remaining  Part  of  s**  Island,  about  3000 
Acres  is  A^-ithout  the  Bounds  of  any  Township,  &  lies 
between  the  North  East  Line  of  North  Yarmouth  &  the 
South  Westerly  Line  of  Brunswick,  which  Lines  in  that 
Part  are  near  Two  Miles  asunder.  Yet  y®  whole  of  y®  s** 
Island,  as  well  as  Little  Sebesdegan,  are  cautiously  &  care- 
fully contain'd  in  ) "  Pra3'er  of  s''  Petition,  &  this  Hon'  Court 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  227 

pray'd  to  "  anex  them  both  to  Brunswick,  "  Alledging  That 
They  "  lye  contiguous  to  s^  Town. "  But  Y®  Respond^ 
Humbly  beg  Leave  to  observe,  That  there  is  a  large  Salt 
River  or  Gutt,  with  a  Good  Ship  Channel,  running  between 
Great  Sebescondegan,  &  y^  Town  of  Brunswick,  &  that 
Little  Sebescodegan  lyes  at  Least  Five  Miles  distant  South 
West,  from  y^  South  Westerly  Bounds  of  s*^  Brunswick,  So 
that  Y^  Respond^  are  at  a  Loss  to  conceive  what  y®  Peti- 
tioners Mean  by  informing  this  Hon'  they  are  contiguous ; 
unless  it  be  to  cause  this  Hon'  Court,  as  y®  s'^  Pif^  in  their 
Petition  of  May  28,  1740,  did, —  introducing  Richard  Jaques 
&  Comp='  [  Twenty  Three  in  Number  ]  S tiling  Themselves 
Inhabitants  of  Mericaneag  Neck,  &  praying  That  y®  Prayer 
of  y®  Petition  of  y^  s''  Adam  Winthrop  Esq :  &  others,  of 
May  28.  "1740.  might  be  Granted,  vis:  That  y®  Inhabitants, 
that  might  inhabit  Maricaneag  Neck  might  be  annex'd  to 
Brunswick. 

Whereas  at  that  Time  there  were  only  Nine  of  y*'  s'^ 
Twenty  three  Petitioners,  Inhabitants  of  Merricaneag  in 
North  Yarmouth,  —  The  Other  Fourteen  —  being  —  Some 
Inhabitants  of  Brunswick  —  Some  of  y®  Province  Lands, 
between  North  Yarmouth  &  Brunswick  —  &  the  Rest  Resid- 
ing on  the  Islands  adjacent,  or  being  Transient  Men.  —  As 
also  y®  s'^  Peti^'*in  their  s^  Petition  of  May  18, 1740  inform'd 
this  Hon'  Court  That  »  One  Half  of  y«  Neck  of  Land  called 
Maricaneag,  was  within  y®  Line  of  y®  Township  of  North 
Yarmouth  but  did  not  acquaint  this  Hon'  Court  that  y® 
Remaining  Part  of  s''  Neck,  &  Four  Rods  above  the  Narrows 
of  it,  called  y®  Carrying  Place,  were  without  the  Bounds  of 
any  Township.  —  &  that  y®  Bounds  of  North  Yarmouth  & 
Brunswick  were  in  that  Place,  near  Two  Miles  apart,  having 
the  Intermediate  Part  of  s<*  Neck,  of  y*  Length,  between 
Them, —  &  also  alledged  —  said  Neck  was  Twelve  miles  dis- 
tant   from    North    Yarmouth    Meeting    House    across    T\a'o 


228  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

dangerous  Bays :  Whereas  —  Center  of  s*^  Neck  is  not  above 
Ten  Miles  &  y^  nearest  part  not  above  Eight  Miles  distant 
by  water  from  North  Yarm*^  Meeting  House,  &  only  across 
a  Part  of  Casco  Bay,  so  guarded  with  Islands,  That  People 
commonly  pass  in  Floats  &  small  Canoes. —  As  to  y®  s** 
Petitioners  &  "  Others  their  Partners,  being  Proprietors  of 
Sebescodegan  Islands  "  Y®  Eespon*^^  beg  Leave  to  observe, 
—  That  y^  s''  Petit'  &  their  Partners,  do  by  a  Deed  from 
Robin  Hood  &  Others,  claim  not  only,  Sebescodegan  Islands 
&  JSIerriconeag  Neck,  but  all  y®  Lands  from  Small  Point,  on 
y®  Westerly  Side  of  s**  Kennebeck  River,  up  to  Norridge- 
wock  &  from  s'*  Small  Point  along  Casco  Bay  to  Maquoit  & 
thence  Four  Miles  Westward  of  Androscoggin  or  Ammoros- 
coggin  River  above  y*'  Uppermost  Fall  thereof,  being  a 
Tract  of  Land  equal  to  about  100  Miles  long  &  20  Miles 
Wide,  their  Title  to  which  is  so  very  slender  &  precarious 
(as  y°  Respon*'  conceive  )  That  it  can  by  no  Means  be  Sup- 
ported, without  y®  Aid  of  this  Hon'  Court  which  y^  Pef^ 
TJiemselves  seem  to  be  sensible  of  as  appears  by  sundry 
Clauses  in  the  Bill  They  bro't  into  this  Hon'  Court,  1737  or 
1738,  for  Erecting  Brunswick  into  a  Town,  which  Clauses 
the  Hon'  Court  Saw  fit  to  blot  —  before  it  pass'd  into  a 
Law  —  They  Said  Petitioners  not  being  willing  to  run  the 
Risq :  of  Giving  Deeds  of  Warranty  even  to  y®  settlers  of 
Brunswick,  which  lyes  quite  clear  of  North  Yarmouth  :  & 
altho  y®  s"*  Settlers  in  their  Petition  to  this  Hon'  Court  in 
1737  desired  to  be  exempted  from  any  Power  from  this 
Hon'  Court  of  Granting  Lands  there  &  acknowledged  them 
to  belong  to  y°  Proprietors  that  plac'd  Them  there,  &  thereby 
lay'd  themselves  under  great  Disadvantages  in  ever  after 
attempting  to  acquire  a  better  Title :  yet  are  the  Settlers 
fain  to  rest  satisfyed  with  Quit  claim  Deeds,  as  y®  only 
Security  for  their  Purchases  from  the  Petitioners  &  their 
Partners,  &  all  their  costs  in  settling  &  improving  s^  Lands : 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAESTE  229 

As  to  y^  Present  Inliabitants  of  Sebescodegan  Islands,  being 
about  Three  or  Four  Families,  Y°  Respond"  are  willing  to 
release  Them  from  paying  to  y^  Ministry  at  North  Yarmouth 
provided  &  as  long  as  they  shall  attend  y^  Publick  Worship 
at  Brunswick ;  but  can't  by  any  Means  consent,  That  y®  s*^ 
Islands  be  annexed  to  Brunswick.  —  For  that  —  The  s"* 
Sebescodegan  —  New  Capeborowaggin  — ■  New  Damaris  Cove 
-  Great  Whale  Boat  Island  —  &  Sundry  Other  large  Islands, 
adjacent  to  Merricaneag  Neck,  Which  Y°  Respon'**  doubt 
not  this  Hon'  Court  will  see  fit  to  restore  again  to  North 
Yarmouth ;  do  contain  about  Ten  or  l\velve  Thousand 
Acres  of  Land,  being  sufficient  in  Quantity,  &  finely 
Situated  to  make  a  Seperate  Parish,  as  soon  as  y®  few 
Inhabitants,  shall  increase  their  Numbers  &  enlarge  their 
Improvements  so  as  to  be  able  to  Support  the  Charge  of 
it.  —  But  should  this  Hon*  Court  be  of  Opinion  That  a 
Part  or  the  Whole  of  Merricaneag  Neck  &  Sebescodegan 
Islands,  be  annexed  to  Brunswick ;  The  Rest  of  S**  Islands 
before  mentioned  lying  so  convenient  to  Merricaneag  Neck 
will  doubtless  m  a  Few  Years  be  added  to  it.  Whereby 
much  more  of  y^  Respondents  Property  which  we  have  held 
Time  out  of  Mind  under  the  Province,  will  be  transferred 
out  of  y^  Town,  where  we  &  our  Predecessors  have  been 
above  Sixty  years  Inhabitants  &  Proprietors,  &  our  North 
East  Line  next  to  what  is  now  Brunswick,  was  settled  by 
this  Hon'  Court  A.  D.  1731,  &  run  out  as  far  as  the  Sea  in 
1735.  by  a  Comittee  of  this  Hon'  Court,  whereof  y^  Hon'  y^ 
Speaker  of  y^  Hon'  House  of  Representatives,  was  One.  It 
being  Three  Years  before  Brunswick  was  invested  with  the 
Priviledges  of  a  Town  in  that  imperfect  Manner  in  which 
They  now  Enjoy  Them  —  They  having  divested  Themselves 
from  all  Right  to  y*  Common  Lands  within  their  Town  by 
their  Petition  before  mentioned,  not  desiring  or  pretending 
to  hold  their  Lands  from  or  under  the  Province  ;  But  from 


230  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

y®  s^  Adam  Winthrop  Esq'  &  Partners  by  Virtue  of  y®  s** 
vast  &  exorbitant  Claim,  which  if  once  Countenanced  or 
aided,  by  this  Hon'  Court  will  take  away  such  a  large  &  valua- 
ble Tract  of  y®  Lands  of  this  Province,  enough  to  make  Twenty 
or  Thirty  large  Towns.  That  it  will  exceedingly  hurt  y^ 
Interest  of  y®  Province  m  Gen'  as  well  as  y°  Respond*  in 
particular,  Either  by  keeping  the  s*^  Lands  (  near  adjacent  to 
y^  Respond^)  unsettled,  &  thereby  leaving  it  to  be  as  we 
were  till  y®  year  1738,  y®  Remotest  Frontier  Town  in  that 
Part  of  y®  Province,  or  Else  by  introducmg  Inhabitants  into 
that  Frontier,  who  will  hold  their  Lands  independent  of  y® 
Province's  Title  &  whose  Interest  it  will  be  to  undermine, 
undervalue  &,  if  possible,  invalidate,  The  Province's  Title, 
to  that  whole  Tract  of  Land,  formerly  called  y®  Province  of 
Main,  &  to  disturb  &,  if  possible,  Eject  Y°  Respond  from 
their  ancient  Rights  &  Possessions  under  the  Province : 
Whereby  that  Ancient  &  Remote  Frontier  Town  [  North 
Yarmouth  ]  that  has  been  so  often  broke  up,  &  great  Num- 
bers of  its  Inhabitants,  the  Predecessors  of  y°  Respondents, 
slain  on  y^  Spot  &  their  Blood  spilt  upon  y®  Land,  in 
defending  their  just  Possessions,  that  ancient  Town,  will 
loose  a  large  &  handsome  Parish,  to  have  it  become  a  Parish 
in  the  Town  of  Brunswick,  that  is  but  Three  years  old ;  And 
y''  Respon*^^  man}^  of  us  the  Heirs  &  descendants  from  those 
first  Settlers,  who  dyed  in  Defence  of  y®  Provinces  Right 
there,  shall  be  obliged  to  quit  our  Rights  to  Foreigners  that 
have  lately  entered  Them  in  Defiance  of  y®  Provinces  Title, 
which  y*  Respond^  are  anxiously  sollicitous  to  maintain  & 
support,  &  therefore  doubt  not  y®  Just  &  seasonable  Aid  of 
y°  Excellency  &  Hon'  &  pray  y*  y®  s''  Petitions  of  Adam 
Winthrop  Esq.  &  Others  may  be  dismiss'd  &  the  Lines  of 
Ancient  North  Yarmouth,  remain  as  formerly  Settled,  by 
this  Hon'  Court,  &  y°  Pef^  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever 
pray  &;c  p  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter  In  Behalf  of  y®  Respond*^ 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  231 

Mem*' :  Ammi  Ruliamali  Cutter  by  Leave  of  y®  Hon 
Comittee  on  North  Yarmouth  Affairs  Amends  y^  Passage 
foregoing  [  *  a  Deed  from  Robin  Hood  &  Others  ]  to  be  read 
thus  [  a  Deed  from  Werumkee  &  others  ]  &  y®  words  before 
[  a  Good  Ship  Channel  ]  to  be  altered  thus  [a  good  Channel] 
A  R  Cutter 


Letter  Arthur  Savage  to  Gov.  IT'"'  Sliirley  March  8,  17^1. 

May  it  please  Your  Excellency 

Since  my  arrival  here,  the  Solders  posted  in  Garrison  have 
desired  me  to  supplicate  Your  Excellency,  that  their  Wages 
might  be  advanced  that  there  might  be  a  larger  Number  of 
Men  allowed  to  this  Fort,  And  I  now  embrace  this  Opportu- 
nity g  Cap*^  Sanders  to  Inclose  Your  Excellency  a  Petition 
for  that  purpose  &  must  humbly  beg  leave  to  observe  to 
Your  Excellency  the  Impossibility  of  my  being  able  to  Sub- 
sist upon  the  poor  Wages  the  Government  is  pleased  to  allow 
me  at  present,  &  Your  Excellency  must  be  Sensible  there 
can  be  but  little  perquisites,  where  there  is  but  Six  Men,  & 
do  assure  Your  Excellency  I  do  spend  more  in  a  Year  than  I 
can  possibly  get  in  a  Just  manner ;  All  which  thought  proper 
humbly  to  lay  before  your  Excellency,  begmg  Your  Excel- 
lency's thoughts  concerning  us.  And  as  I  should  be  proud 
of  Serving  my  King  &  Country  under  so  good  a  Captain 
General  as  Your  Excellency,  I  would  promise  my  self  great 
hopes  of  the  Prayer  thereof  being  granted.  There  is  nothing 
material  happen'd  to  advise  Your  Excellency  of.  So  that  con- 
clude ;  begging  Your  Excellency's  leave  for  coming  to  Boston 
w^''  Cap*  Sanders  next  Trip,  &  with  wishing  Your  Excellency 
health  &  happiness.     I  am  &  always  shall  remain 

Your  Excellency's  Most  Obedient  Servant 
Fort  Frederick  March  8*'^,  1741  Aith'  Savage 


232  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Petition. 

To  His  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq'  Governour  & 
Commander  in  Cheif  in  and  over  His  Majesty's  Province  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  The  Hon^^®  His  Maj- 
esty's Councill  and  the  Honourable  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  General  Court  assembled  this  26'^  of  March  Anno 
Domini  1741  — 

The  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  a  Point  of  Land  adjoyn- 
ing  to  George  Town  in  the  County  of  York  called  by  the 
Name  of  Small  Point,  lying  on  the  Westerly  Side  of  Saga- 
dehoc  River  — 
Humbly  Sheweth. 

That  by  reason  of  the  South  Easterly  line  of  North  Yar- 
mouth Township  rumiing  out  from  the  Main  many  Leagues 
into  the  Sea,  some  part  of  said  small  point  is  couched  within 
the  Bounds  of  said  Township  by  means  whereof  the  Inhabi- 
tants settled  there  tho'  dwelling  distant  from  North  Yarmouth 
Meeting  house  above  Twenty  Miles  by  Sea  &  passage  very 
Dangerous  unless  in  large  Vessells,  «&  above  Forty  five  Miles 
by  Land,  Yet  have  been  obliged  to  pay  Rates  &  Taxes  to 
said  Town  both  to  Church  &  State  altho'  by  their  remoteness 
they  can  receive  no  Benefitt  from  them  either  in  case  of  a 
War,  or  Otherwise,  on  which  Accounts  they  labour  under 
great  Difficultys  &  Discouragements  for  remedy  whereof, 
they  have  humbly  applyed  to  this  Honourable  Court  as  p 
their  Memorial  herewith  Presented  will  appear,  and  we  hum- 
bly Join  with  them,  in  entreating  that  inasmuch  as  they 
border  upon  George  Town,  being  parted  only  by  a  Supposed 
Line,  and  are  but  about  Five  Miles  distant  from  the  Meeting 
house,  in  said  Town,  where  they  can  with  convenience  attend 
(except  in  bad  Weather)  that  Your  Excellency  &  Honours 
will  be  Pleased  to  compassionate  them  under  their  Present 
Difficultys  and  to  Sett  the  Land  off  from  North  Yaimouth 
And  annex  it  to  George  Town, 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  233 

And  your  Petitioners  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever  pray  &ca 
Adam  Winthrop       Joseph  Wadsworth       Job  Lewis 
Belcher  Noyes  Isaac  Royall  Henry  Gibbs 

John  Watts  Lydia  Watts 

In  the  House  of  Rep''^'  April  1.  1741 
Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Pef**  serve  the  A  Town  of 
North  Yarmouth  with  a  Copy  of  this  Pet"  that  they  shew 
cause  if  any  they  have  on  the  first  fiyday  of  the  Next  Ses- 
sion why  the  Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted 
Sent  up  for  concurrence 
A  Proprief^  J  Quincy  Sp^' 

In  Council,  April  3,   1741 ;    Read  &   Concur'd   with   the 
Amendm*  at  A.     Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

J  Willard  Secry 
In  the  House  of  Rep^^^^  April  3,   1 741     Read    and   con- 
cur'd J.  Quincy  Sp'"' 
6  :  Consented  to           J  Belcher 
In  Council  July  21.  1741.     Read  again  &  upon  a  motion 
made  by  the  Memorial  of  Adam  Winthrop  Esq*"  &  others  to 
this  Court  Ordered  that  this  Pet°  be  revived,  &  that  the  Pro- 
prietors of  North  Yarmouth  give  in  their  Answer  thereto  on 
Fryday  the  twenty  fourth  Instant,  the  Pef^  forthwith  serving 
them  with  a  Copy  of  this  Order  —  Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

J  Willard  Secry 
In  the  House  of  Rep^^*"^  July  22  1741     Read  and  concur'd 

J  Hobson  Speaker 
23  :  Consented  to  J  Belcher 
In  Council  August  1^'  1741.  Read  again  together  with 
the  Answer  of  Ammi  Ruh :  Cutter,  Agent  for  N°  Yarmouth, 
and  the  Matter  being  fully  considered  Ordered  that  the 
Prayer  of  the  Petition  be  so  far  granted,  &  that  such  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  said  Point  of  Land  as  are  consenting 
thereto,  &  shall  give  in  their  Names  to  the  Town  Clerk  of 
George  Town,  for  that  Purpose,  be  &  hereby  are  set  off  from 


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234  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

the  said  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  &  annexed  to  the  Town 
of  George  Town  so  far  as  relates  to  the  Ministry,  till  the  fur- 
ther Order  of  this  Court  to  do  duty  &  receive  Priviledge 
accordingly  —  Sent  down  for  Concurrence. 

J  Willard  Secry 
In  the  House  of  Rep^^*^^  Aug*  5  1721  Read  and  noncon- 
cur'd  and  Ordered  that  the  Prayer  of  the  Pet°  be  granted, 
and  that  the  Pef^  the  Inhabitants  there  with  their  lands  and 
Estates  be  and  hereby  are  sett  off  from  the  Town  of  Nortli 
Yarmouth  and  Annexed  to  the  Town  of  George  Tovfa  there 
to  do  duty  and  receive  Priviledge  accordingly. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J  Hobson  Sp'* 

In  Council  Aug.  5  1741     Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to  J  Belcher 


To  Hia  Excellency  Jonathan  Belcher  Esq''  His  Majesty's 
Governour  and  Commander  in  Cheif  in  and  over  His  Maj- 
esty's Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England 
To  the  Honourable  His  Majesty's  Councill  and  the  Honoura- 
ble the  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled 
this  26'*'  day  of  March  Anno  Domini  1741 

The  Petition  of  Adam  Winthrop,  Joseph  Wadsworth,  Job 
Lewis,  Belcher  Noyes  &  others  their  Partners  Proprietors  of 
Sebasco  degin  Islands  lying  near  to  the  ToAvn  of  Brunswick 
in  the  County  of  York 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  by  North  Yarmouth  line  running  far  distant  from  the 
Main  into  the  Sea  little  Sebasco  degin  Island  and  part  of 
Great  Sebasco  degin  Island  have  been  taken  into  that  Town- 
ship and  the  Lands  have  been  rated  towards  paying  the 
Charges  of  said  Town  tho'  they  lye  far  remote  at  the  distance 


OF   THE   STATE    OF    MAINE  235 

of  Twelve  Miles  by  Water  and  much  more  by  land  which 

* 

putts  them  out  of  a  capacity  of  receiving  Benefitt  from  them 

on  any  Account,  whereas  some  part  of  the  said  Islands  Ij-e 
within  a  few  Rods  of  Brunswick  Land  and  within  five  Miles 
of  the  Meeting  house  where  the  Setlers  may  with  convenience 
Attend  the  Publick  Worship  but  the  Land  Passage  to  North 
Yarmouth  Meeting  house  is  Brunswick  Meeting  house  & 
Twelve  Miles  beyond  Wherefore  we  entreat  Your  Excel- 
lency &  Honours  to  take  the  above  mentioned  Circumstances 
into  your  Wise  &  Just  Consideration  and  be  pleased  to  sett 
off  from  North  Yarmouth  the  little  Island  &  that  part  of  the 
Great  Island  which  falls  within  their  Line  &  annex  both  the 
said  Islands  to  the  Town  of  Brunswick  to  which  they  lye  so 
Contiguous  And  your  Petitioners  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  ever 
pray  &ca 

Adam  Winthrop       Joseph  Wadsworth    Job  Lewis 

Belcher  Noyes  Isaac  Royall  Henry  Gibbs 

John  Watts  Lydia  Watts 

In  the  House  of  Rep"^*^^  April.  1.  1741. 
Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Pet"  serve  the  Town  of  North 
Yarmouth  with  a  Copy  of  this  Pet"  that  they  shew  cause  if 
any  they  have  on  the  first  fryday  of  the  next  May  Session 
why  the  Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J  Quincy  Sp*' 

A  Proprietors 

In  Council  April  3. 1741 :  Read  &  Concur'd  with  Amendm* 
at  A  Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep"^*^'  April  3.  1741 

Read  and  concur'd  J  Quincy  Sp'^'' 

6  :  Consented  to         J  Belcher 

In  Council  July  21  1741  Read  again  and  upon  a  Motion 
made  by  the  Memorial  of  Adam  Winthrop  Esq''  &c  to  this 
Court  Ordered  that  this  Petition  be  revived  ;  And  that  the 
Proprietors    give    in    their    Answer   thereto    on    Friday  the 


236  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

twenty  fourth  Instant ;    The    Petitioners  forthwith  serving 
them  with  a  Copy  of  this  Order. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*^«  July  22.  1741 

Read  and  concur'd  J  Hobson  Speaker 

23  :  Consented  to,  J  Belcher 

In  Council  August.  1.  1741.  Read  again  together  with 
the  Answer  of  Am :  Ruh :  Cutter  Agent  for  the  Town  of  N° 
Yarmouth,  &  the  Matter  being  fully  considered  Ordered  that 
the  Prayer  of  the  Pef^  be  so  far  granted  as  that  such  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  little  Island,  within  mentioned  which  falls 
within  the  bounds  of  North  Yarmouth  as  are  consenting 
thereto,  &  shall  give  in  their  Names  to  the  Town  Clerk  of 
Brunswick,  for  that  purpose,  be  &  hereby  are  set  off  from  the 
said  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  «Sc  annexed  to  the  Town  of 
Brunswick,  so  far  as  relates  to  the  Mmistry,  till  the  further 
Order  of  this  Court,  to  do  duty  &  receive  priviledge  accord- 
ingly. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^***  Aug*  5  1741  Read  and  Non  con- 
cur'd and  Ordered  that  the  Pet"  be  dismiss'd 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J  Hobson  Sp^' 

In  Council;  Aug.  5,  1741 ;  Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to 


Petition.     "  April  3.  17^2  Refer' d  to  May  Session:' 

Piovince  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 

To  His  Excellency  William  Sliirley  Esq'  Captain  General 
and  Governour  in  Chief  in  and  over  the  said  Province  To 
the  Honourable  the  Council  and  House  of  Representatives 
in  General  Court  assembled,  March,  17.  1741. 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  23 Y 

The  Petition  of  James  Gillmore  Richard  Copley,  Richard 
Falley,  William  Scott,  Thomas  Martin,  William  Pearson, 
Henry  Handy,  Richard  Lamb,  Thomas  Procter  Thomas 
Howard  Robert  Young  Benjamin  Burton  Charles  Procter 
John  Burton  John  Gorman  John  Newburn  Thomas  White 
Edward  Lamb  Samuel  Lamb  William  Everson  William 
Lamb  William  Howard  John  Hopkens  John  Mouren  Peter 
Bernet  William  Burns  John  McKewn  Robert  McKewn  John 
Gwin  David  Rood  William  Hickey  Samuel  Clark  Hugh  Boyd 
James  Barns  James  Little  Arcliibald  Little  Henry  Lean  John 
Lean  James  Morton  James  Norton  John  Vass  Jeremiah  Vass 
John  Vass  Jun'  Dinith  Kenny  William  Carter  .James  Yets 
Inhabitants  of  a  Certain  Tract  of  Land  lying  on  S*  Georges 
River  in  the  Countj'^  of  York  m  the  Eastern  parts  of  the 
Province  aforesaid  ~ 
Humbly  Sheweth, 

That  your  Petitioners  and  their  Families  for  many 
years  past,  have  Dwelt  on  the  aforesaid  Tract  of  Land  Con- 
taining about  seven  Mile  and  an  half  Square  by  Grants  from 
M'  Samuel  Waldo  of  Boston  Merchant  who  was  then  Sole 
Owner  and  Proprietor  thereof  and  have  had  a  Minister  of 
the  Gospel  Constantly  Preaching  among  them  for  some 
Years  And  Whereas  the  Number  of  Inhabitants  on  said 
Tract  is  daily  increasing,  and  having  never  been  set  off  by 
the  Government  as  a  distinct  and  Separate  Tow^nship,  and 
Consequently  not  vested  with  the  Rights  &  Priviledges  of 
other  Towns  in  the  Province,  Your  Petitioners  often  find  for 
want  thereof  great  Difficulties  &  Inconveniences  Attending 
their  Affairs  Especially  those  of  a  Publick  Nature,  And  as 
your  Petitioners  are  much  greater  in  Number  than  many 
other  Towns  that  heretofore  upon  Application  made,  have 
been  set  off  into  distinct  Townships 

Your  Petitioners  therefore  humbly  Pray  Your  Excellency 
and    Honours    will    be   pleased   to    Allow    them    (by  their 


238  DOCTJMENTABY   HISTORY 

Attorney  the  said  Mr  Samuel  Waldo  Specially  Appointed  and 
Ipowered  by  Your  Petitioners  to  Act  for  them  in  this 
Affair)  to  bring  in  a  Bill  for  Erecting  the  said  Tract  of 
Land  into  a  distinct  and  separate  Township  that  so  Your 
Petitioners  may  enjoy  the  same  Powers  Priviledges  and 
Immunities  as  other  Towns  in  the  Province, 

And   your   Petitioners    as    in    Duty    bound  shall    ever 
pray  &c.  -  S*  Waldo  - 

Ator^"  for  the  Petitioners 
In  the  House  of  Rep^«*  March  29.  1742 
Read  and  Ordered  that  Cap*  Leonard  M'  Prout  and  M' 
Pierson  with    Such  as    the    Hon^^®  Board  shall    Joyn  be  a 
Comm^^  to  consider  this  Petition  and  report  what  they  Judge 
proper  for  this  Court  to  do  thereon 
Sent  up  for  concurrence 

J  Hobson  Sp'^' 
In  Council  March  29,  1742.     Read  &  Concur'd  &  Fra«  Fox- 
croft,  Jacob  Wendell  &  John  Read  Esq"^*  are  joined  in  the 
Affair  J  Willard  Secry 

The  Comm®®  appointed  to  consider  of  the  aforegoing  Peti- 
tion have  attended  that  Service ;  and  are  of  Opinion  That 
the  Prayer  thereof  be  granted ;  and  that  the  Petitioners  have 
Leave  to  bring  in  a  bill  accordingly,  agreeable  to  the  form  of 

one  herewith  presented 

g  Ord'  of  the  Com«« 

Boston  April  2  1742  Era:  Foxcroft 

In  Council  April  2^  1742 

Read  and  Ordered  that  this  Report  be  accepted  and  that 

the  Petitioner  be  and  hereby  is  allowed  to  bring  in  a  bill 

accordingly  J.  Willard  Secry 


To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq'"  Captain  General 
&  Governour  in  chief  in  &  over  His  Majesty's  Province  of 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  239 

the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  &  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  General  Court  assembled  &  holden  by  Adjourn- 
ment this  Twentyeth  Day  of  April  A.  D.  1742  — 

The  Petition  of  Shubal  Gorham  one  of  the  Proprietors  of 
the  Narraganset  Township  Number  7.  —  humbly  sheweth  — 

In  behalf  of  himself  &  the  other  Proprietors  of  s*^  Town- 
ship, That  pursuant  to  an  Order  of  this  Hon*'^*"  Court  in 
October  1741, —  He  issued  a  Warrant  for  calling  a  Meeting 
of  s"^  Proprietors,  who  accordingly  convened  at  the  time 
assign'd  in  November  last,  made  choice  of  M'  Moses  Pearson 
for  the  Moderator  of  said  Meeting,  transacted  sundry  Mat- 
ters, And  then  adjourned  for  further  Business  to  Tuesday 
next  being  the  27*^  of  April  currant  - 

But  it  so  happening,  that  the  Moderator  of  said  ^Meeting  - 
having  been  obliged  as  a  Member  of  the  Hon^^'^  House  of 
Representatives  -  to  attend  his  Duty  in  this  Court  —  so  long 
as  that  there  is  not  now  Time  sufficient  left  (  might  he  obtain 
Liberty  therefor  )  for  him  to  Travel  to  Falmouth  by  the  Time 
of  s*^  adjournment ;  So  that  s*^  Meeting  will  be  discontinued 
to  the  great  Prejudice  of  s*^  Proprietors  (  no  one  being  author- 
ized as  yet  —  to  call  any  other  meeting;)  unless  this  Hon- 
ourable Court  shall  be  pleas'd  to  interpose  for  their  Relief  in 
the  Premises  - 

Wherefore  your  Petitioner  humbly  prays  that  3'our  Excel- 
lency &  Honours  would  be  pleas'd  to  Order  s*^  Meeting  to 
stand  adjourn'd  to  sucli  further  Time  as  to  You  in  your  Wis- 
dom shall  seem  meet 

And,  your  Petitioner,  as  in  Duty  bound,  shall  pray  &c 

Shuball  Gorham 

In  Council  — April  23"^  1742.  Read— and  Ordered  — 
that  the  Prayer  of  this  Petition  be  granted  and  that  the 
Meeting  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Township  within  men- 
tioned—  which  was  to  be  held  (by  Adjournment)  on  Tues- 
day next,  be  continued  to  Wednesday  the  nineteenth  Day  of 


240  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

May  next  at  ten  of  the  clock  beforenoon  —  then  to  be  held 
at  the  Dwelling  House  of  M'  Moses  Pearson  at  Falmouth;  — 
The  Petitioner  causing  the  s'^  Proprietors  to  be  notified  of 
this  Order — by  Publishing  the  same  in  the  next  Publick 
Prints,  &  by  Posting  a  Notification  hereof  in  some  Publick 
Place  in  Falmouth  —  fourteen  Days  before  the  Day  hereby 
assigned  for  holding  s*^  meeting 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  Fra :  Foxcrof t  g  Order 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  April  23,  1742 

Read  and  Concur'd  J  Hobson  Sp'^'^ 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 


At  a  Legal  Town  Meeting  held  at  Berwick  May  y^  20*** 
1742  Voted  that  there  shall  be  a  Meeting  house  built  above 
the  River  to  accommodate  the  People  in  General.  /  Voted 
that  the  Meeting  house  shall  be  built  betwixt  Humphry 
Chadbourns  house  and  Roger  Plaisteds  house.  /  Voted 
Roger  Plaisted  Deacon  Libby  and  William  Keey  Shall  be  a 
Committee  to  appoint  a  place  and  to  agree  for  the  Land  for 
to  Set  the  Meeting  house  upon  at  the  Towns  charge  if  need 
be.  /  voted  the  charge  of  building  the  meeting  house 
Shall  be  paid  in  boards  Shingle  Clapboard  and  Staves  at  a 
convenient  Landing  place. 

Voted  one  thousand  pounds  Shall  be  Raised  to  defray  the 
charge  of  building  the  Meeting  house.  Voted  the  above 
Sum  is  meant  old  Tenor. 

Berwick  may  y^  20*^  1742  Wee  the  Subscribers  do  enter 
our  Decent  against  the  building  a  Meeting  house  in  s*^ 
Town :  Unless  S*^  house  is  Set  where  it  will  accommodate 
the  upper  when  we  Shall  devide,  and  if  that  vote  can  be 
obtain'*  we  are  ready  and  willing  to  Joyn  our  proportion,  for 
we  apprehend  that  If  S**  house  is  Set  to  accomodate  the  whole 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  241 

Town  as  they  Say.  In  our  opinion  it  will  in  a  few  years  be 
the  means  to  make  three  parishes  when  two  is  Sufficient  and 
therefore  pray  that  a  minute  be  made  by  the  Clerk  of  this 
offer :  Elisha  Plaisted  John  Hill  Richard  Lord  Samuel  Lord 
Joseph  Hodsden  William  More  Thomas  Goodwin  Elisha 
Hill  John  Frost  John  Thomson  John  Lord  John  Hooper  jun. 
Abraham  Lord  Samuel  Nason  Benjamin  Nason  Daniel 
Wadlin  Philip  Hubberd  Samuel  Lord  jun  John  Hooper 
Richard  Shackley  jun  Jonathan  Abbot  Aaron  Abbot  Ichabod 
Goodwin  William  Hight  Samuel  Abbot  Timothy  Davis 
Uriah  Page 

The  above  persons  appear*^  in  the  Town  meeting  held  at 
the  meeting  house  this  day  and  enters  their  Desents  against 
all  the  votes  Relating  to  the  building  a  meeting  house  in 
Said  Town  Attest  Hump  Chadbum  Town  Clerk 

A  true  Coppy  of  Record  Attest  Hump.  Chadburn  Town 
Clerk 


Petition. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq;  Capt:  Gen^  & 
Governour  in  Chief  in  &  Over  Ms  Majesty's  Province  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  To  the  Hon' 
his  Majesty's  Council  &  the  Hon'  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  Gen'  Court  Assembled.     May  26,  1742. 
The  Petition  of  Us  the  Subscribers,  being  Settlers  of  the 
Narrhagansett  Grant  Number  One 
Humbly  Shews 

That  Whereas  the  Township  Number  One  of  the  Narrha- 
gansett Grants,  Lying  on  the  Back  Scarborough  &  Biddeford 
&  on  the  North  East  Side  of  Saco  River,  was  granted  to 
some  of  your  Petitioners,  &  those  whom  y®  Rest  of  Us  repre- 
sent, together  with  a  Number  of  Others,  who  were  all  equally 

16 


242  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

with  Us  obliged  to  fulfill  certain  Terms  &  Conditions  of  Set- 
tlement within  the  Term  of  seven  Years  from  the  Date  of  s* 
Grant ;  As  by  a  Copy  thereof,  hereto  annexed  may  appear ; 
Which  Sd  Term  of  Years  is  long  since  expired.  Yet  none 
of  sd  Grantees  have  fulfilled  y®  sd  Conditions  of  the  sd  Grant, 
except  such  of  y"  Pet^*  only  as  were  Grantees,  &  those  whom 
the  Rest  of  Us  Represent  —  Who  have  by  Reason  of  the 
Negligence,  &  Default  of  the  sd  Delinquent  Grantees  been 
put  to  very  extraordinary  Costs  &  Charges  in  Carrying  on 
Our  Settlements  thus  far, —  have  been  obliged  to  live  without 
any  Settled  Publick  Worship  of  God  among  Us  —  School  for 
our  Children  —  Publick  Buildings  or  Necessary  Fortifica- 
tions :  Whereby  Our  own  Lives  &  the  Lives  of  our  Families 
with  our  Substance  have  been  in  continual  Jeopardy,  in  this 
exposed  Frontier,  &  our  Children  under  the  Disadvantage  of 
a  Wilderness  Education :  Which  y°  Pet :  shou'd  in  no  wise 
have  Submitted  to,  had  we  not  expected,  that  the  Rest  of  the 
admitted  Settlers  wou'd  have  been  obliged  to  fulfil  the  Sd 
Terms  of  their  sd  Grants  ;  Yet  after  our  repeated  Invitations 
&  Intreaties,  Y''  Pet  have  not  had  the  Happiness  of  seeing 
any  of  our  sd  Partners  making  any  Improvements  on,  or 
attempt  to  comply  with  y®  Terms  of  their  s*^  Grants ;  And 
they  living  mostly  at  a  Distance,  &  having  so  long  refused. — 
Y°  Pet  have  no  Reason  to  think  They  will  by  any  Means  be 
compell'd  to  it  —  And  unless  there  be  Other  Settlers  admitted 
in  their  Room,  We  shall  be  obliged  to  leave  Our  Habitations 
very  soon,  &  yield  up  our  Improvements  to  the  wild  Beasts 
or  Salvage  Natives.  ~  Y°  Pet"  therefore  humbly  pray  Y° 
Excellency  &  Honours  wou-d  take  the  Case  of  Y°  Distressed 
Petif  under  Y"  Wise  &  Impartial  Consideration,  &  Order 
the  Lots  of  the  sd  Delinquent  Settlers  to  be  declared  for- 
feited —  And  that  Others  may  be  admitted  in  their  Stead  — 
wlio  may  be  compelled  to  Settle  in  as  Short  a  Time  as  pos- 
sible.    Or  Otherwise  grant  Us  Such  Relief  as  to  Your  Great 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  248 

Wisdom  &  Goodness  shall  seem  meet  —  &  Y°  Pet.  (  as  in 
Duty  bound  )  shall  ever  pray  &c 

Robert  Brooks  Magnes  Redlen  M  [obliterated] 

John  Davis  Jun''        Nathanael  Durel  John  Brooks 

Ichabod  Auston  Nathan  Whitney  James         Jun"^ 

Joseph  Woodman       Samuel  Ingalls  Samuel  Chase 
In  the  House  of  Rep^"  June  12  1742 

Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Pet"  serve  the  Clerk  of  the 
Prop"  or  Grantees  with  a  Copy  of  this  Pef"  that  they  shew 
cause  if  any  they  have  on  the  second  tuesday  of  the  next  fall 
Session  why  the  respective  Rights  of  the  delinquent  Gran- 
tees should  not  be  declared  Void 
Sent  up  for  concurrence 

T.  Gushing  Spkr 
In  Council  June  14,  1742  Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to  W  Shirley 

In  Council,  Dec.  16, 1742  Whereas  this  Court  is  informed 
that  there  is  a  Meeting  appointed  of  y®  Grantees  or  Propriet" 
of  the  new  Township  mentioned  in  this  Petion  in  order  to 
their  proceeding  effectually  to  fulfill  the  Conditions  of  the 
Grant, 

Ordered  that  this  Petition  be  refer'd  to  the  second  Tues- 
day of  the  next  May  Session  for  further  Consideration 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep'^"  Dec^  16  1742 

Read  and  Concur'd  T  Gushing  Spk' 

Consented  to,  W  Shirley 


To  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq  Cap*  Gen^  Govern- 
our  in  Chief,  in  &  Over  his  Majesty's  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  To  the  Hon*  his 


244  DOCUMENTAHY   HISTORY 

Majesty's  Council  &  the  Hon^  House  of  Representatives 
in  Gen^  Court  assembled,  May.  26.  1742. 

The  Petition  of  Us  the  Subscribers,  Inhabitants  of  Bidde- 
ford  &  Scarborough 
Humbly  Shews 

That  whereas  this  Hon^  Court  did  in  the  Year  1733  grant 
to  a  Company  of  Naragansett  soldiers  a  Township,  lying  on 
the  Easterly  Side  of  Saco  River,  adjoyning  partly  to  Bidde- 
ford  &  partly  to  Scarborough  afores*^,  called  Narrhagansett 
Township,  Number  One,  under  certain  Conditions  of  Settle- 
ment to  be  compleated,  within  the  Term  of  seven  Years  from 
that  Date ;  As  by  a  Copy  of  sd  Grant  &  Plann  annexrd  may 
appear,  which  Terai  of  Years  is  long  ago  expired :  Yet  not 
above  Ten  or  a  Dozen  of  the  sd  Grantees,  have  made  any 
Beginning  towards  Settling  their  Lotts  in  sd  Township,  & 
sundry  of  those  who  did  seasonably  begin  to  Settle  &  improve 
the  Same ;  have  left  their  Settlements,  by  Reason  (  as  You„ 
Pet*  humbly  conceive)  of  the  Backwardness  of  the  Other 
Grantees.  And  whereas  the  Land  contain'd  in  sd  Grant,  is 
capable  of  Making  a  Good  Town ;  were  there  People  admitted 
&  encouraged  to  go  upon  &  improve  the  Same  —  The  Want 
of  which  is  a  Great  Detriment,  not  only  to  the  Towns  whereto 
we  belong,  but  also  to  all  the  Rest  of  y^  Towns,  &  Settle- 
ments, in  this  Eastern  Frontier  —  And  Y°  Pet^  having  been 
for  some  Years  past  employ'd  in  getting  Masts  for  his  Maj- 
esty's Service,  were  necessitated  to  expend  considerable  Costs 
&  Labour,  in  Clearing  Roads,  making  Bridges  &  Causeys  &c 
in  &  near  sd  Township,  which  will  be  of  great  Advantage  in 
Settling  the  Same ;  And  Y°  Pet*  having  met  with  considerable 
Losses  &  Discouragements  in  the  Business  of  Masting;  & 
being  desirous  to  assist  m  bringing  forward  a  regular  &  defen- 
sible Town,  in  this  Exposed  Frontier  —  We  beg  Leave  to 
pray  —  That  Y*'  Excellency  &  Hon"  would  in  Y°  Great 
Wisdom  &  Goodness  take  effectual  Care,  That  the  Grantees 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE 


245 


admitted  into  sd  Township,  who  have  not  Settled  their  Lots 
according  to  the  Conditions  of  their  Grant  may  be  declared 
delinquents  &  their  Lots  forfeited  —  &  that  Y°  Pet*  or  as 
many  of  Us,  as  there  may  be  Room  for,  may  be  admitted  as 
Settlers  in  their  Steads,  under  such  Conditions,  as  may  effect- 
ually secure  the  Speedy  Settlement  of  the  sd  Township. — 
And  Y°  Pet^  ( as  in  Duty  bound )  shall  ever  pray  &c 

Joseph  Fabyan 


Sam"  Haines 
Edward  Milliken 
Sam"  Car 
Edmund  Ward 
Abraham  Tyler 
John  Babb 
John  Norman 
Nath"  Milliken 
Timothy  Haines 
Robert  Mmison 
James  Tyler 
Royall  Tyler 
Samuel  Walker 
Joh  Starbird 
Timothy  Carll 
Jonathan  Libby 
George  Parcher 
Jolm  Harmon 
John  Thompson 
John  Eldon 


John  Fabyan 
Jethro  Starbird 
John  bragg 
Benjmen  Foss 
Robert  Au_  [sic] 
Joseph  Munson 
Nathan  Knights 


Elliot  Vaughan 
Dominicus  Scamman 
Benjamin  Joy 
Richard  Berry 
James  Berrey 
Wilhara  Berey 
Job  Roberts 


Job  Bwrnwn  Juner    John  R  [sic] 
Elisha  Berre  Jacob  Davis 


Thomas  Burnom 
Martyn  Jose 
Daniell  Bumum 
Rich^d  Dresser 
John  Coulbroth 
Sam"  Small  Jun'^ 
Daniel  Feild 
Nathaniell  Harmon 
Paul  Thompson 
Joseph  Foss 
Fergus  Haggen 


Edward  Ramry 
Moses  Durel 
Charles  Ha  [sic] 
Sam"  Carll 
Josiah  Libby 
Nathnel  Finlayson 
Samuel  Harmon 
Ban  Richards 
Walter  Foss 
William  Goold 
Thomas  [sic] 


Hannah  Pitman 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^"  June  12,  1742 
Read  and  Ordered  that  Cap*  Samuel  Haines  Serve  the  Clerk 
of  the  Proprietors  or  Grantees  with  a  Copy  of  this  Pet°  that 
they  shew  cause  if  any  they  have  on  the  Second  tuesday  of 
the  next  ffall  Session  why   the   Respective  Rights  of   the 


246  DOCUMBNTAHY   HISTORY 

delinquent  Prop"  or  Grantees  should  not  be  declared  forfieted. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence.  T.  Gushing  Spk'r 

In  Council  June  14,  1742.  Read  &  Goncur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to  W  Shirley 

In  Council,  Dec.  16  1742. 

Whereas  this  Court  is  informed  that  there  is  a  Meeting 
appointed  of  the  Grantees  or  Proprietors  of  the  new  Town- 
ship mentioned  in  this  Petition,  in  order  to  their  proceeding 
ei3:ectually  to  fulfill  the  Conditions  of  this  Grant, 

Ordered  that  this  Petition  be  referd  to  the  second  Tuesday 
of  tlie  next  May  Session  for  further  Consideration. 

Sent  down  for  concurrence.  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^"  Dec  16, 1742.     Read  and  Goncur'd 

T  Gushing  Spk' 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 


Vote. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  June  16,  1742 
Voted  that  the  following  Message  be  sent  up  to  his  Excel- 
lency the  Gapt  General     Viz* 
May  it  please  your  Excellency 

The  House  have  Considered  your  Excellencys  Message  of 
yesterday  concerning  the  Strengthening  the  Garrison  of 
Brunswick,  but  they  do  not  apprehend  that  the  Advantages 
of  that  Garrison  to  the  Government,  or  the  Burthensomeness 
of  the  Services  required  of  the  Soldiers  do  at  present  demand 
any  Augmentation  thereof 

T  Gushing  Spk"r 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  247 

Prov :  of  the  Mass*^  Bay- 
To  his  Excellency  W^  Shirly  Esq'  Cap*  Gen"  &  Govern'  in 
Chief  in  &  over  said  Province  and  to  y*  Hon^'*  y^  Council 
&  House  of  Representatives  in  Gen"  Court  Assembled 
May  1742 
The  Petition  of  y«  Subscribers  Inhabitants  of  y*  Town  of 
Berwick  in  y^  County  of  York  withm  y^  Province  aforesaid 
humbly  sheweth 

That  y®  said  Town  is  so  situated  as  that  One  Meeting 
house  Cannot  long  Accommodate  the  whole  town  &  when  y^ 
Lands  shall  be  more  Settled  &  Subdued  it  will  be  Convenient 
&  Necessary  that  the  Town  should  be  Divided  into  two  Par- 
ishes, Especially  if  Peace  be  Continued  &  people  Settle  the 
out  Lands  as  they  have  done  since  y®  last  Indian  Warr  the 
Greatest  Number  of  Inhabitants  will  be  at  such  a  Distance 
from  the  Place  of  Publick  worship  where  it  now  is  or  that 
they  Cannot  Attend  y®  Publick  worship  without  great  Diffi- 
culty many  living  at  this  time  five  six  seven  &  some  near 
about  Eight  Miles  Distant  as  y^  roads  are  from  y^  Meeting 
house  The  Petit"  Pray  leave  further  to  State  that  the  Meet- 
ing House  Now  Standing  is  on  y®  Ministry  Lands  very  Con- 
veniently placed  for  y*  Inhabitants  of  y®  first  or  Lower  parish 
whenever  y®  Town  shall  be  divided  into  two  Parishes  and 
another  Meeting  house  if  Built  in  s"^  Town  Ought  (  as  your 
Petit"  think )  to  be  built  at  Least  four  or  five  Miles  Distant 
from  that  which  now  is,  that  So  it  may  be  Convenient  not 
only  for  y®  New  Settlem**  that  now  are  but  also  such  as  will 
be  made  &  are  Daily  Makeing  —  Your  Peti"  being  mostly 
Inhabitants  of  that  part  of  y®  Town  which  must  be  y®  Lower 
Parish  ( if  ever  there  be  two  in  y*  To\\Ta  )  and  are  willing  to 
build  a  Meeting  house  amongst  y*  New  Settlements  &  sup- 
port a  Mmister  of  y^  Gospell  at  the  Towns  Charge  untill 
there  shall  be  a  Sufficient  Number  of  Inhabit*^  able  to  Support 
A  Minister  by  &  amongst  themselves  yet  so  it   is    that    a 


248  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Number  of  the  Inhabitants  have  prevailed  at  a  Town  Meeting 
in  said  Berwick  on  y®  20*^  of  May  Ins*  to  have  a  Vote  Passed 
to  have  a  Meeting-built  to  Accomodate  the  People  in  Gen- 
erall  to  be  built  betwixt  y®  house  of  Hump :  Chadbourne  Esq' 
&  M'  Roger  Plaisted  House  which  Must  be  within  about 
one  Mile  &  half  or  two  Miles  Distant  from  y®  Meeting  house 
that  Now  is  and  will  be  at  least  five  or  six  Miles  from  Many 
New  Settlem**  that  now  are  in  Said  Town  &  will  not  Accom- 
odate either  Parrish  —  (if  ever  there  should  be  two )  and 
will  utterly  Destroy  y"  Meeting  house  that  now  Stands  in  y® 
Most  Convenient  place  &  where  y*  Publick  worship  has  been 
performed  for  fifty  years  or  more  &  where  y**  Most  Publick 
place  is  &  y®  Antient  Settlem**  in  y^  town  are  &  to  which  y® 
Ministry  Lands  are  Most  near  &  Convenient  —  Moreover  as 
y®  Cost  of  building  A  Meeting  house  is  very  Considerable  & 
should  be  Contrived  as  to  Accomodate  y®  people  &  place  for 
many  years  to  Come  Yet  the  place  where  this  House  is 
appointed  to  be  built  will  not  be  Convenient  for  y^  New  Set- 
tlements or  for  y®  Old  Settlem**  but  Contrived  by  some  whose 
Conveniency  ( and  they  may  think  y^  Publick  Good  of  y* 
Town )  will  be  thereby  Suited  —  But  Certainly  it  will  be  to 
y^  Great  Hurt  of  both  Ends  and  General  Good  of  y^  Town 
as  your  Petit"  Conceive  And  it  being  a  Matter  of  Great 
Importance  &  Consequence  to  y®  Town  it  tends  Much  to  y® 
Peace  &  welfare  of  y®  Inhabitants  that  Now  are  &  will  be  in 
time  to  Come  to  have  a  Meeting  house  placed  where  it  can- 
not Possibly  be  Otherwise  but  Most  convenient  your  Petit" 
therefore  Most  humbly  pray  that  this  Great  &  Gen^^  Court 
out  of  their  Great  wisdom  and  Justice  will  be  pleased  to  take 
y*  Premisses  &  y^  dangerous  State  and  Condition  of  the 
Town  into  their  Compassionate  Consideration  &  in  order  to 
prevent  that  Evil  which  our  Brethren  intend  and  are  about 
to  do  )  Tho  Perhaps  they  may  think  best  for )  the  Town  — 
that  this  Court  will  be  pleased  to  Interpose  in  this  affair  & 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE 


249 


send  a  Com**"*  to  view  y*  Town  &  y®  Situation  roads  &  rivers 
&  report  their  Opinion  Concerning  y*  Same  to  this  Hon^^® 
Court  at  what  time  this  Court  shall  order  both  as  to  y^  places 
suitable  for  Meeting  houses  &  Dividing  lines  (  or  to  Divide 
y^  Town  into  two  Parishes  if  y**  Gen"  Court  shall  think  best ) 
or  grant  to  your  Petit"  relief  in  y®  Premises  as  this  Great  & 
Gen"  Court  shall  in  their  Great  Wisdom  &  Justice  think 
fit  —  And  that  any  further  Proceedings  relateing  to  the 
building  A  New  Meeting  house  may  be  Stayed  in  the  mean 
time  and  your  Petif^  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  pray  &c 

We  Desire  that  M""  Noah  Emery  May  be  Accepted  in  our 
Names  to  prefer  this  Petit"  to  y^  Great  &  Gen"  Court  at 
Boston  — 

Philhp  Hubbard 

Will  Goodm 


John  Cherryson 

his 

Nathan  X  Lord 

mark 

Joseph  Hubbard       Simon  Lord 
John  Hupper  jun"    Tho*  Goodin  jun'' 


F  Spencer 
John  Cooper 
Jos :  Hodsdon 
Rich*^  Hodsdon 
John  Lord 

Tho^  Hodsdon 

John  Hill 

his 

Tho*  X  Bragdon 

mark 

Aaron  Abbot 

Step"  Wood 
Ich'i  Goodin 
John  Hodsdon  j' 
W"  Hiofht 


Abr*  Lord 
Job  Emery 
John  Cooper  j"" 
Rich'*  Lord 
Sam"  Hodsdon 

his 

Tho'  Hearl  ja-j 

mark 

Sam"  Nason 
W™  Moore 

his 

Daniel  X  Hunt 

mark 

Sam"  Gatchel 
Adam  Lord 
Elisha  Hill 
John  Stockbridfire 


his 

Taylor  Goodin   x  Aaron  Goodin 

bis    mark 

John  Nason  x         Moses  Gray 

mark 


Jn°  ffrost 

Dan"  Wadlin 

Tho^  Lord 
Benj"^  Lord 
Jn°  Goodin  Jun' 
Sam"  Hodsdon  j"^ 
Jabez  Emery 
Moses  Goodin  jun' 
John  Lord 

Rich'*  Shackerly  j' 

John  Tompson  jun' 

Eben'  Abbot  X 

mark 

Tho^  Goodin 

Walter  Abbot 
Benj*^  Chadboum 
Aaron  Lord 
Elisha  Plaisted 

Benj^  Nason 

his 

Sam"  Lord  L 

mark 


250 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


W"»  Spencer 
Benj^'*  Lord 

his 

Rich'^  Nason  x 

mark 

Rich'^  Shackerly 
John  Hupper 

bis 

Atherton  Hearl  X    Moses  Spencer 

mark 


James  Plaisted 
Samii  Abbot 

Uriah  Page 

Elias  Grant 

Sam"  Lord  jun'^ 


Joshua  Plaisted 
Gilbert  Hearl 

James  Lord 

his 

Nathan  x  Goodin 

mark 

Joseph  Jelleson 


In  the  House  of  representatives  June  4.  1742,  read  & 
Ordered  that  M'  Clark  &  M'  Perkins  with  such  as  the  Hon'''" 
Board  shall  joyn  be  a  Com**®  to  repair  to  y*  Said  Town  inquire 
into  the  Situation  &  Circumstances  thereof  &  report  what 
they  Judge  proper  for  this  Court  to  do  thereon  at  their  next 
Session  and  that  the  Town  be  Directed  to  Suspend  in  y® 
Mean  time  any  further  Proceeding  in  building  a  Meeting 
house,  The  Cost  and  Charge  of  said  Com'^®  to  be  Defrayed 
by  the  Petitioners 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  T  Cushing  Speak' 

In  Council  June  4  1742  read  &  Concur'd  &  Jer:  Moulton 
Esq''  is  Joyn'd  in  y®  affair  J  Willard  Sec"" 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 

Copy  Exam*^  g  J.  Willard  Sec"^ 
York  ss  June  &  July  1742      1  have  read  y®  foregoing  Order 
of  Court  to  Mess""^  Peter  Grant  Jos :  Hart  &  Gilbert  Warren 
Selectmen  of  Berwick  &  to  Mess'*  Benf  Libby  &  W™ 
two  of  their  Com**® 

g  Caleb  Emery  Dep*  Sheriff 

N.  B  The  whole  Petit"  was  read  to  two  of  y®  said  Select 
men  viz*  Jos.  Hart  &  Gilbert  Warren  g  Caleb  Emery 

Copy. 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  251 

Q-ov'^    Shirley  to  the  DuJce  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  N.  Engl*^  Aug^  30.  1742 
My  Lord  Duke 

Since  I  had  the  Honour  of  writing  my  last  to 
your  Grace,  I  have  visited  the  Eastern  parts  of  this  Province 
at  the  distance  of  about  sixty  Leagues  by  Sea  with  the  sev- 
eral Forts  there,  and  have  had  an  Interview  and  Treaty  with 
the  Penobscott  and  other  Indian  Tribes  bordering  on  those 
Settlements  ~  These  Tribes  by  means  of  some  Intermarriages 
of  the  French  among  'em  and  French  Missionaries  being  con- 
stantly resident  with  'em  at  their  Head  Quarters  in  the 
Woods,  who  thereby  gain  an  Influence  over  'em  from  their 
Childhood,  are  always  so  far  in  the  French  Interest  as  to 
take  their  part  in  tmio  of  War,  and  sometimes  by  their 
Instigation  enter  into  War  with  the  Enghsh  in  a  time  of 
peace  between  the  two  Crowns,  upon  which  Occasions  they 
have  ever  broke  up  our  Frontier  Eastern  Settlements  and 
destroy'd  many  Families,  and  kept  the  Province  in  a  con- 
tinual Alarm ;  And  as  the  only  hold  which  this  Government 
has  had  upon  'em,  has  been  to  supply  'em  with  a  Trade  upon 
cheaper  Terms  than  the  French  can,  it  has  ever  been  its 
Policy  to  maintain  Truck  or  Trading  Houses  in  their  Neigh- 
bourhood in  order  to  keep  'em  dependent  upon  us  for  their 
Cloathing,  Corn  Rum  and  other  Provisions  and  Necessaries  ; 
These  Circumstances  have  made  it  thought  advisable  upon 
the  Accession  of  a  new  Governour  that  a  good  Understand- 
ing and  Friendship  should  be  renew'd  and  cultivated  with 
'em  by  his  having  an  Interview  and  Conference  with  'em, 
and  hearing  and  redressing  their  Complaints,  which  I 
thought  the  more  necessary  at  this  Crisis,  when  an  Expecta- 
tion of  a  French  War  had  in  a  great  measure  prepared  'em 
for  a  Rupture  with  us,  and  the  English  Settlements  there, 
which  had  before  begun  to  grow  very  fast,  had  been  of  late 
at  a  stand  thro'  some  Discouragements  from  this  Government 


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in  the  latter  part  of  M''  Belcher's  administration,  which 
had  made  'em  doubtful  of  the  protection  of  the  Government, 
and  had  prevented  M'  Touberbhuker  ( who  had  then  lately 
carried  500  Families  out  of  the  Swiss  Cantons  to  Georgia) 
from  transporting  100  protestant  FamiHes  more  of  'em  to 
make  a  Settlement  in  these  parts,  as  he  had  in  1735  con- 
tracted with  M'  Waldo  to  do. 

At  former  Interviews,  and  particularly  in  the  times  of 
Gov"^  Shute,  Lieuten^  Gov"  Dummer  and  M"^  Belcher,  these 
Tribes  have  taken  the  State  upon  'em  of  making  the  English 
Governours  stay  two  or  three  Days  before  they  would  wait 
upon  'em  after  their  arrival  at  the  places  of  Treaty,  and 
constantly  made  Attempts  to  treat  under  French  Colours  at 
their  first  appearance  ;  but  I  had  the  satisfaction  to  have  the 
Chiefs  of  the  several  Tribes  wait  upon  me,  as  soon  as  they 
could  assemble,  after  notice  of  my  Arrival  in  S*  George's 
River,  on  board  the  Province  Galley  before  my  Landing, 
with  a  British  Union  Flagg  at  the  Head  of  their  Canoes, 
under  which  they  contmued  to  treat  all  the  time  of  the  Con- 
ference ;  and  to  receive  from  'em  as  strong  Expressions  and 
assurances  of  peace  and  Friendship  to  the  English  as  they 
could  profess :  All  which  together  with  a  persuasion,  which 
the  Settlers  in  those  parts  now  have :  that  the  Government 
of  the  Province  will  afford  'em  equal  protection  with  its 
other  Inhabitants,  may,  I  hope,  have  a  good  Effect  upon  the 
Eastern  Settlements,  which  were  before  in  danger  of  bemg 
abandon'd,  and  which  if  well  peopled  and  cultivated  will  in 
time  prove  the  most  valuable  part  of  the  province,  as  they 
have  a  richer  Soil  and  more  capable  of  producing  all  manner 
of  Grain  and  most  kinds  of  Naval  Stores  than  the  Western 
parts  of  the  County,  and  will  be  a  considerable  Curb  upon 
the  French  Settlements. 

After  the  Treaty  with  the  Indians  I  view'd  the  several 
Forts    in  those  parts,  three  of    which,  viz*  the  Forts  at  S* 


OF    THE    STATE   OF   MAESTE  263 

Georges,  Richmond,  and  Fort  Frederick  at  Pemmaquid, 
which  last  had  been  dismantl'd  for  three  or  four  years  in 
Gov""  Belcher's  time,  are  now  near  being  well  repair'd  in  a 
very  strong,  defensible  manner,  particularly  the  Fort  at 
pemmaquid,  the  Rebuilding  of  which  has  been  given  in 
charge  to  all  his  Maj'''®  Governours  in  his  Royal  Instructions 
almost  ever  since  it  was  demolish'd  by  the  French,  is  now 
rebuildmg  with  Stone.  And  the  whole  Country,  in  which 
are  many  strong,  Garrison'd  private  Houses,  will,  I  hope,  be 
soon  in  a  Condition  to  defend  themselves  in  case  of  a  War. 

I  should  have  mentioned  it  to  your  Grace  in  my  last  that 
in  Obedience  to  his  Maj*y^  7"^  Instruction  to  me  the  Stile  of 
the  Acts  of  the  General  Court  is  now  alter'd  from  -  Be  it 
enacted  by  his  Excellency  the  Governour  Council  and  House 
of  Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled  and  by  the 
Authority  of  the  same  to  -  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governour 
Council  and  House  of  Representatives ;  which  Stile  will  be 
duely  observ'd  in  all  future  Acts :  But  some  few  were  pass'd 
at  first  in  the  old  Stile  thro'  Inadvertency,  which  are  trans- 
mitted home  for  his  Maj*^*  Approbation,  and  I  hope  will  not 
be  disallow'd  on  that  Account. 

I  am  with  the  most  DutifuU  Regards  My  Lord  Duke  Your 
Grace's  most  Obedient  &  most  Devoted,  Humble  Servant 

W.  Shirley 


Report. 

In  Obedience  to  the  Order  of  the  General  Court  of  the 
fourth  of  June  1742,  We  the  Committee  to  whom  was 
Referred  the  Petition  of  Several  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Berwick  Relating  to  their  Meeting  house  having 
Repaired  to  the  said  town  and  Viewed  the  Several  parts 
thereof  &  the  Situation  of  the  Inhabitants  &  heard  all  the 


254  DOCUMENTAHY  HISTORY 

parties  therein  Concerned.  Agree  Humbly  to  Report  1. 
That  the  Old  Meeting  house  now  standing  being  in  the  place 
where  the  Publick  Worship  of  God  has  hitherto  been  per- 
formed in  said  Town  &  so  Conveniently  Situated  as  that  the 
Ancient  Setlers  Inhabitants  who  Built  &  kept  it  in  Time  of 
War  and  Dificulty  ought  Still  to  keep  it  since  if  they  shou"* 
but  go  but  One  Mile  &  half  to  North  of  the  said  Meeting 
house  are  Sufficient  of  themselves  for  a  parish  We  therefore 
Judge  it  Unreasonable  that  the  same  shou^  be  Demolished 
but  that  it  Ought  still  to  be  maintained  in  the  same  place 
2.  We  find  that  since  the  last  Indian  Warr  and  said  Town 
hath  made  very  Considerable  Improvements  with  great  Pains 
&  Industry  &  Settled  so  farr  towards  the  Upper  End  of  the 
Town  in  the  Several  parts  &  Roads  thereof  that  We  appre- 
hend the  said  Town  may  in  Time  be  Seperated  into  Two 
parishes  But  at  present  We  are  Humbly  of  Opinion  its  best 
to  Continue  in  One  Body.  And  if  the  Inhabitants  shall 
agree  so  to  do  &  keep  together  &  the  Lower  part  of  the 
Town  do  as  they  have  and  still  Offer  to  do,  that  is  to  Assist 
the  Upper  part  in  Building  a  Meeting  house  &  Supporting 
a  Minister  to  Accomodate  the  new  Settlements  or  Upper  End 
of  the  Town  we  think  and  Judge  their  Offer  to  be  very  Rea- 
sonable And  inasmuch  as  the  Now  Meeting  house  will  not 
hold  all  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  &  Since  Some  of  the 
Upper  part  of  the  Inhabitants  thereof  Travil  a  great  Way  to 
Meeting  as  has  been  Represented  in  the  Petition  We  are 
Humbly  of  Opinion  that  their  be  another  Meeting  house 
Built  in  said  Upper  part  of  the  Town  where  it  will  best 
accomodate  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Upper  part  of  the 
Town  so  that  it  be  above  Capt  Chadbourns  in  a  Convenient 
place  where  they  shall  agree,  Wherefore  upon  the  whole 
We  humbly  Conceive  it  will  be  much  for  the  future  peace  & 
well  being  of  the  Town  that  the  said  Town  be  Directed  to 
keep  the  Now  Meeting  house  in  Repair  &  Build  a  New  One 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  265 

where  it  will  best  Accomodate  the  Inhabitants  above  Capt 
Humphry  Chadbourns  in  the  Spot  where  they  shall  agree 
All  which  is  Humbly  Submitted 

By  Order  of  the  Committee  Jer  Moulton 

In  Council  Sept  9^^^  1742  Read  &  Ordered  that  the  Con- 
sideration of  this  Report  be  referred  to  the  next  Session; 
and  that  all  proceedings  relating  to  the  Building  a  Meeting 
house  be  further  Suspended  till  that  Time 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Sept  9***  1742  Read  & 
Concur'd  T  Cushing  Spk' 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 

In  Council  December  24,  1742  Read  &  Ordered  that  this 
Report  be  Accepted  - 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Decem  24.  1742  Read 
&  Concurred  T  Cushing  Spk'^ 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 

Copy  Exam*^  g  J  Willard  Secry 


Gov^  Shirley   to    the    Duke    of  Newcastle. 

Boston  New  England  Sep*-"  15"^  1742. 
My  Lord  Duke, 

In  my  Letter  to  your  Grace  of  the  SO***  of 
Aprill  I  mention'd  the  Consternation  and  Distress,  which  the 
Effects  of  the  Act  of  Parliament  lately  made  for  suppressing 
the  Land  Bank  or  Manufactory'  Company  had  occasion'd  to 
such  of  the  Directors  and  Partners,  as  had  in  Obedience  to 
the  act  brought  in  their  Quota  of  Manufactory  Bills,  to  be 
consumed ;  inasmuch  as  they  still  remain'd  exposed  by  the 
Act  to  satisfy  the  Demands  of  the  Possessors  of  all  the  other 
Bills,  and  for  want  of  doing  it  to  incurr  the  penalty  of  a 


256  DOCUMENTABY   HISTORY 

premunire,  without  having  any  Remedy  against  those  dis- 
honest Partners,  who  stood  out  in  defiance  to  the  Law ;  And 
that  to  relieve  such  persons  as  much  as  may  be  without 
interfering  with  the  Act  of  Parliament,  I  had  upon  their 
earnest  Petition  form'd  and  proposed  an  Order,  which  after- 
wards pass'd  the  General  Court,  and  I  hoped  would  con- 
tribute towards  bringing  in  the  other  Partners  to  do  their 
Duty  by  a  Compliance  with  the  Act :  Since  which  that  Order 
has  had  the  Effect  to  reduce  the  Outstanding  Bills,  which 
amounted  to  the  Sum  of  X 49250  Lawful  Money,  to  about 
£11000,  and  brought  in  upwards  of  six  hundred  of  the  Part- 
ners to  Comply  with  the  Act  of  Parliament ;  and  in  order  to 
give  the  finishing  Stroke  to  the  whole  Scheme  b}^  compelling 
the  Delinquent  partners  to  redeem  and  bring  in  the  Remain- 
(ler  of  the  Outstandmg  Bills  to  be  consumed,  I  have  this  day 
given  Orders  to  those  Partners,  who  have  done  their  duty, 
to  cause  Demands  to  be  made  and  Actions  commenc'd 
against  the  most  Refactory  of  the  Delinquent  partners,  in 
order  to  bring  'em  within  the  penalties  of  the  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment upon  their  persisting  to  stand  out  against  it,  and  caus'd 
an  Order  of  Council  to  be  pass'd  directing  the  Attorney 
General  to  prosecute  'em  forthwith;  which  Steps  will,  I 
doubt  not,  now  put  an  End  to  this  pernicious  Scheme ;  tho 
they  might  some  Months  ago  have  probably  been  attended 
with  Disorder  and  other  ill  Consequences. 

To  apprize  your  Grace  fully  of  the  late  dangerous  Ten- 
dency of  this  Scheme  it  will  be  necessary  to  observe  to  your 
Grace  that  the  late  Land  Bank  Company  consisted  of 
between  eight  and  nine  hundred  partners,  chiefly  Country- 
men, and  of  some  landed  Estate ;  That  the  Merchants, 
whilst  the  Company  was  forming,  made  Application  to  M*' 
Belcher  then  Governour  to  prevent  it ;  But  upon  his  not 
taking  those  Steps  which  he  had  promis'd  'em  to  do,  they 
applied  to  his  Majesty  in  Council  for  Redress  against  the 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  257 

Scheme  ;  M'  Belcher  being  alann'd  at  this  proceeding  of  the 
Merchants  exerted  himself  by  turning  many  of  those,  who 
were  concern'd  in  the  Scheme,  out  of  Publick  Posts;  But 
these  Efforts  of  his  coming  too  late  after  large  Quantities  of 
the  Bills  were  emitted  and  dispers'd  all  over  the  Province, 
and  when  those  Persons,  whom  he  turn'd  out,  were  really  so 
engaged  by  Covenants  and  Arguments  ( which  the  other 
partners  would  not  release  'em  from  )  that  it  was  not  then  in 
their  power  to  extricate  themselves,  serv'd  only  to  exasperate 
the  People,  and  begot  so  Malignant  a  Spirit  in  'em  that  the 
Company  and  other  Abettors  of  the  Scheme  became  almost 
formidable  to  this  Government. 

But  as  the  Quantity  of  the  Outstanding  Manufactory  Bills 
is  now  so  much  reduced,  and  the  Currency  stopp'd  and  the 
Partners  so  divided  and  broke  among  themselves  that  the 
Delinquent  ones  are  not  an  inconsiderable  party,  a  rigorous 
Execution  of  the  Act  of  Parliament  grounded  upon  the 
Complaint  of  those,  who  have  comply'd  with  it,  against  their 
Delinquent  Partners  is  now  the  best  Method  to  subdue  those, 
who  have  hitherto  stood  out  against  the  Act,  and  will,  I 
doubt  not,  effectually  do  it  -  And,  I  think,  I  may  now  assure 
your  Grace  that  this  Scheme  will  have  been  so  timely 
destroy'd,  that  not  one  honest  Man  will  suffer  much  by  it, 
And  in  the  mean  time,  I  have  had  the  Satisfaction  to  find 
those  Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  whose 
Relation  to  the  Land  Bank  Scheme  made  it  expected  that 
they  would  have  been  in  opposition  to  the  Measures  of  the 
Government,  have  been  brought  to  concurr  in  and  promote 
his  Maj*''^  Service  in  several  considerable  points,  which  had 
never  been  before  gain'd  from  former  Assemblies ;  And  that 
the  Difficulties  of  the  Province,  which  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  their  Address  upon  my  first  coming  into  the 
Chair  tell  me  they  were  much  concern'd  that  my  accession  to 
the  Government  should  be  attended  with  -  But  that  they  must 

17 


258  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

not  despair  of  the  Commonwealth  are  surmounted;  and  a  gen- 
eral Tranquility  and  Satisfaction  to  which  this  Province  has 
been  an  utter  Stranger  for  these  many  years  past,  seems  to  be 
happily  establish'd  among  the  People. 

Since  my  last  to  your  Grace  I  have  obtain'd  further  Grants 
of  Money  from  the  General  Courts  for  finishing  the  Forts  in 
the  Eastern  Parts  of  the  Province,  and  have  prevail'd  on 
them  to  take  some  steps  towards  providing  for  the  Mainten- 
ance of  a  Chaplain  in  Fort  Frederick  at  Pemmaquid,  which  I 
hope  will  be  compleated  at  their  next  Session,  and  will  per- 
fect the  Establishment  of  that  Fort  —  And  upon  being 
inform'd  that  the  French  Government  in  Canada  have  lately 
refus'd  to  permit  any  English  to  walk  their  Streets  at  Que- 
bec, but  had  confined  some  to  their  Rooms,  who  attempted 
to  come  there,  I  gave  Orders  for  the  like  Confinement  of  the 
French  Men,  who  were  in  this  Town,  and  for  their  Departure 
out  of  the  Province  in  five  days  ;  Before  which  I  prohibited 
those  only  from  coming  into  the  Province,  who  were  sus- 
pected to  come  with  a  View  of  Illicit  Trade  or  some  other  ill 
purpose. 

M""  Plumptre  has  communicated  3^our  Grace's  Commands 
to  me  concerning  M''  Willard  the  Secretary  of  this  province ; 
I  had  before  taken  the  liberty  to  write  in  his  Favour  to  your 
Grace ;  and  your  Grace's  Commands  will  add  to  the  Attach- 
ment which  his  own  Merit  had  given  me  to  him. 

I  am  with  the  most  DutifuU  Regards  My  Lord  Duke  Your 
Grace's  most  Obedient  &  most  Devoted,  Humble  Servant 

W  Shirley. 

Letter  Joseph  Plaisted  to  Sam^    Waldo  Esq. 

Sir  York  October  IG^^^  1742 

According   to    your     Disier    I   have    ben    with    M"" 
Emmery  and  it  is  his  opmion  that  thare  Dont  by  any  acion 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  259 

on  y**  accompt  of  y*'  Bills  of  sale  against  y®  men  Nither  doth 
he  thinke  by  y®  Laws  of  y®  Seas  you  have  any  Just  Rite  to 
y^  Bots  so  as  to  Come  at  tham  because  thay  Niver  ware 
Disposesd  of  tham  and  he  sas  not  with  standing  y*  Bills  of 
sale  if  you  ware  a  mind  to  have  held  tham  you  should  have 
made  a  Demand  of  tham  within  three  years  )  he  think  it  will 
be  best  to  sue  by  your  notes,  or  accounts  I  have  Sent  to 
Gains  I  have  allso  bin  with  Stapels  y^  Nowells  and  others 
hold  thare  best  high  Prise :  I  am  a  fraid  we  shan*  be  able  to 
Git  it  under  Eight  pence  p''  pound  and  for  that  I  do  think 
we  Can  Git  five  or  six  yoke  of  oxen :  y®  Buter  I  was  speking 
to  you  about  m''  Gibbs  Came  while  I  was  with  you  and  Got 
it  a  way  and  bough^  more  at  other  plases  and  offer'^  three 
shillings  p"  pond  bu*^  I  have  Go'  sum  of  yours  and  think  I 
Can  Git  y®  Res*  and  that  which  is  Good  Sir  I  Desire  a  line 
from  you  as  sune  as  may  be :  and  in  y"  mene  time  I  shall  do 
y*'  best  I  Can  in  y®  whole  afare  for  you  )  I  have  seen  morrill 
and  have  Re*^  Thirty  Pounds  of  him  on  y^  account  of  y*^ 
Bond  which  is  all  he  Can  pay  at  Presan*  y®  Bond  is  no'  ou' 
this  ten  days  this  is  wha'  ofers  at  Presant  from  your  Humble 
Sarvn*  Joseph  Plaisted 

To  Sam^i  ^y^i^jo  Esqr 


Copy  of  Record. 

At  a  Legall  Meeting  of  y*"  Proprietors  of  the  Narraganset 
Township :  no :  one  held  at  Cap'  Joseph  Hales  Inholder  at 
Newbury  on  y«  20">  day  of  October  A  D :  1742. 

M'  Daniel  Hale  was  Chosen  Moderator  for  said  meeting. 

Joseph  Gerrish  &  John  Greenleaf  Esq'"s  were  Chosen  and 
impower'd  a  Com'^^  to  Represent  y®  Proprietors  of  sd  Town- 
ship at  the  next  sitting  of  the  Great  &  Generall  Court  or 
assembly  of  his  majesties  Province  of  y®  Massachusetts  bay 


260  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

in  New  England  then  &  there  offer  reasons  in  Behalf  of  said 
Propri*s  why  the  prayer  of  s''  Petition  Signed  by  Eliot 
Vaughan  &  others  (  Relating  to  a  Township  Called  no-  one 
Lying  on  Saco  river  Dated  May  y*"  26"'  1742)  Should  not  be 
granted, 

A  true  Coppy  taken  out  of  the  Propri^s  book  on  October 
the  28^'^  A.  D.  1742 

attest     Joseph  Coffin  Prop'  Clerk 

These  are  to  Sertify  any  pearson  to  Whom  it  may  Concearn 
that  the  subscriber  was  the  week  before  Last  on  the  township 
which  was  Layd  out  to  the  narrowgansit  Soulers  Cauled  num- 
ber one  Lying  on  the  East  Syde  of  Soco  Riuer  and  I  Saw  a 
Sawmill  Erected  on  sd  tounship  which  the  millrights  informed 
me  that  thay  Desined  to  get  it  to  go  in  three  or  fore  Days 
and  I  saw  five  Houses  Erected  and  I  was  informed  that  there 
where  Severel  More  Scattering  a  Bought  in  the  township. 
Dated  Rowley  November:  17^'^  1742  Nath"  Mighill 

Essex  ss     November  18*'^  1742 
Then    the    within   Named    Nathanael    Mighill    Personaly 
apeared  and  made  Oath  to  the  Truth  of  the  within  writen 
before  me  John  Hobson  Justice  of  Peace 


Extract  of  Letter  from   (xov.  Shirley  to  the  Lord  President. 

Boston  Nov'  1^*  1742. 
As  M'  Kilby  has  inform'd  me  that  the  Lords  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Council  have  consider'd  province's  petition  to  his 
INLajy  for  Cannon  &c*  to  supply  the  New  Battery  at  Castle 
William,  ( without  which  that  Castle  will  not  be  a  sufficient 
protection  to  y^  Province  against  an  Enemy )  and  that  y® 
chief  Impediments  to  the  Success  of  y®  petition  are  y® 
province's  Neglect  to  repair  Pemmaquid  Fort,  ( the  doing  of 
which   has    indeed   been   particularly  given  in  charge  ever 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  261 

since  its  Demolition  by  the  French  to  every  one  of  his  Maj^^ 
Governours  here  by  his  Royal  Instruction )  to  pay  500  for  y® 
same  Number  of  Fusils  sent  to  y^  province  in  1704 ;  I  would 
beg  leave  to  inform  your  Lordship  as  to  Femmaquid  Fort, 
that  I  have  taken  effectual  Care  concerning  the  Repairs  of  it, 
which  upon  a  view  I  find  are  already  near  two  thirds  com- 
pleated  with  Stone  work  in  a  very  defensible  manner,  &  will 
be  finished  early  in  the  Summer,  I  having  obtaind  a  sufficient 
Sum  at  y"  last  Session  of  y^  Gen^  Court  for  that  particular 
Service,  &  made  some  Advance  towards  getting  a  Chaplain 
Settled  there,  so  that  I  dare  undertake  for  the  finishing  of 
the  Works  at  the  Fort  &  the  thorough  Establishment  of  the 
Garrison  by  Summer,  which  I  hope  will  induce  their  Lord- 
ships of  y®  Committee  to  overlook  past  Neglects  in  this 
Matter  — 

As  to  y**  Non  payment  of  y®  500  Guineas,  I  have  ( in  the 
present  Recess  of  y^  Gen"  Court )  orderd  y^  Secry  to  search 
the  proceedings  of  y®  Court  in  that  Affair,  &  to  make  his 
Report  to  me  thereupon,  which  I  shall  transmit  to  the 
Agents,  that  they  may  give  their  Lordships  the  best  Acco* 
they  can  of  it.  And  if  I  might  be  allowd  to  be  an  Intercessor 
with  your  Lordship  &  the  other  Lords  of  y®  Council  for  the 
province  in  this  particular ;  I  would  observe  in  it's  Favour 
that  it  has  been  at  avery  considerable  Expence  this  last  Year 
by  several  Grants  for  repairing  not  only  Femmaquid  Fort, 
but  three  other  of  his  Maj^'^  Forts  in  the  Eastern  Parts  of  y*" 
province  for  it's  Defence  against  y^  Indians  &  French  of 
Canada,  as  also  for  erecting  Batteries  in  all  the  Sea  port 
Towns,  all  which  as  well  as  the  Fortifications  of  Castle 
William  were  a  few  Months  ago  in  avery  defenceless  Con- 
dition, &  will  require  further  large  Sums  of  Money  to  com- 
pleate  'em : 

I  would  presume  further  to  observe  to  your  Lordship  that 
y®  Gen'  Court  has  by  their  remarkably  free  Grants  for  his 


262  DOCUMENTARY  HISTORY 

Majy'*  Service  in  the  Expedition  ag*  y*  Spanish  West  Indies 
considerably  increas'd  y®  Taxes  of  his  Massachusetts  Subjects 
within  these  three  Years,  &  which  was  done  with  great  Zeal 
&  Cheerfuhiess :  I  would  lastly  urge  in  their  favour  that  y® 
great  Fishery  caiTied  on  by  the  Inhabitants  of  this  province 
only  &  y^  Importance  of  the  Harbour  of  Boston  to  his  Maj'^'" 
Service,  in  case  a  large  Armament  should  be  ever  sent  from 
Great  Britain  against  any  of  y^  French  settlements  in  North 
America,  (  as  that  port  is  look'd  on  by  y®  French  &  really  is 
the  most  convenient  &  Advantagious  if  not  only  place  of 
Rendezvous  in  his  Maj^^'*  Northern  Colonies  for  a  consider- 
able Number  of  Ships  &  Troops  )  would,  in  case  of  a  Rupture 
with  France,  expose  it  more  to  a  visit  from  the  Enemy,  on 
acco*  of  it's  Importance  to  the  Interests  of  his  Maj'^'^  British 
Dominions  than  any  other  of  his  Northern  Colonies,  wliich 
therefore  requires  that  Harbour  to  be  secured  in  y®  best  man- 
ner, &  may  I  hope  recommend  it  to  his  Maj^^^  Favour. 


Falmouth  Petition.     Nov.  3,  17J^.2. 

To  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq''  Cap*  general  & 
governour  of  his  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachusets 
Bay  in  New  England  And  The  Honourable   house  of 
representatives   In   General  Court  now  Assembled  the 
Petition  of  the  Second  or  South  Parish  in  Falmouth  In 
Casco  Bay  humbly  Sheweth 
That  whereas  your  petitioners  by  long  Tryal  and  Experi- 
ence do  find  many  difficulties  and  Inconveniences  In  being 
but  a  parish  and  so  part  of  the  Town  of  Falmouth  more  par- 
ticularly upon  these  Two  accounts     In  attending  upon  the 
Publick  meetings  of  the  Town  we  being  Oblidged  to  pass 
over  a  river  or  Arm  of  the  Sea  near  a  mile  wide  without  any 
Ferry  or  Sufficient  number  of  boats  to  Convey  us  Over  so 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  263 

that  it  is  next  to  an  Impossibility  for  the  body  of  our  people 
to  attend  on  s*^  meetings  and  tbe  difficult^  is  almost  as  great 
to  go  by  land  it  being  fourteen  or  fifteen  miles  travail  In  a 
bad  Road  for  maney  of  us  and  yet  we  very  often  find  great 
damage  accrue  to  us  for  want  of  being  present  at  s''  publick 
meetings. 

On  the  Account  of  a  School  The  Town  is  large  and  we 
being  the  lesser  parish  have  not  had  One  months  School  kept 
among  us  At  the  Towns  cost  for  these  last  Seven  year  past 
and  what  Little  learning  any  of  Our  Children  have  Obtained 
is  by  Our  Subscriptions  when  yet  at  the  same  time  we  are 
Oblidged  to  help  Support  the  Towns  School  for  these  And 
Sundry  Other  reasons  that  we  forbear  to  mention  (seeing 
there  is  a  Competency  of  Good  land  In  Our  parish  &  a  num- 
ber of  Inhabitants  to  Support  Town  Charges )  we  Earnestly 
pray  that  we  may  be  Erected  into  a  distinct  and  that  the 
bounds  of  Our  parish  may  be  the  bounds  of  the  same  and  we 
your  poor  Petitioners  Shall  as  In  duty  bound  Ever  pray 

Falmouth  Nov^'  y«         Domini  Jordan  )        ^^^'f  ^^^.  ^,^^  , 
^.  .-.^  ^,^,.  ?      second  parish  of 

3'^1742  E^^Cushmg       j  Falmouth 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*«  Deo  4  1742 
Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Pet"  serve  the  Town  of  Falmouth 
with  a  Copy  of  this  Pef"  that  they  shew  cause  if  any  they 
have  on  the  first  fry  day  of  the  next  May  Session  why  the 
Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T.  Cushing  Spk' 

In  Council  Dec"^  6,  1742     Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to 
In  the  House  of  Rep«^"  June  S'^  1743 
On  A  Motion  made  and  seconded  Voted  that  this  Petition  be 
revived  and  that  the  Pet"  serve  the  Town  of  Falmouth  with 
a  Copy  of  this  Pet"  that  they  shew  cause  ( if  any  they  have  ) 


264  DOCTJMENTAEY   HISTORY 

on  the  first  tuesday  of  the  next  Sitting  of  this  Court  why  the 
Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Gushing  Splc'' 

In  Council  June  3,  1743     Read  &  Concur'd 
Consented  to 


Copies  of  Record. 

At  a  Legall  meeting  of  y^  Proprietors  of  Narragansett 
Township  Lying  on  y®  Easterly  side  of  Saco  river  Called  No : 
one  s'^  meeting  was  held  at  Cap*  Joseph  Hales  in  Newbury 
on  y^  fifteenth  day  of  June  A.  D :  1742 

Dea"  Aaron  Potter  was  moderator  for  said  meeting  Voted 
that  their  should  be  Eighteen  hundred  pounds  in  bills  of 
credit  of  y°  old  tenor  raisd  on  y®  Proprietos  of  said  Township 
to  defrey  y®  charges  in  bringing  forward  said  Township  more 
Especially  to  Encourage  thirty  men  of  said  Proprietors  to 
Settle  on  said  township  according  to  the  true  meaning  of  the 
Great  &  Generall  Courts  act  in  that  case  made  and  provided 
as  by  Charter  may  appear  y®  aforesd  Eighteen  hundred 
Pounds  ( in  bills  of  credit )  shall  be  assessed  Collected  & 
paid  in  to  whom  it  shall  be  ordered  within  y®  space  of  six 
months  next  after  y**  date  hereof  &  y®  person  or  Persons  to 
whom  said  mony  shall  be  paid  shall  give  sufficient  Bond  to 
pay  out  y®  same  according  to  the  Proprietors  order  - 
Dea°  Sam^^  Moody  of  Newbury  Dea"  Aaron  Potter  of  Ips- 
wich &  Dea"  Francis  Pickard  of  Rowly  are  Chosen  assessors 
for  said  Proprietors. 

Whereas  there  hath  been  &  is  raised  Eighteen  hundred 
Pounds  of  y*  old  tenor  to  be  paid  to  thirty  of  y®  Propr'"^  of 
said  Township  that  shall  appear  &  give  Bonds  to  fulfill  y® 
Courts  order  on  thirty  Propr'  shares  in  sd  Township  within 
y^  space  of  six  months  time  next  Expiring  y^  date  hereof 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  265 

the  payments  to  be  as  followeth  ( viz  )  one  third  part  at  their 
begining  to  settle  &  one  third  part  more  when  they  have  half 
done  their  settlement  &  there  other  third  part  when  they 
truly  fullfilled  y^  Great  &  Generall  Courts  order  to  all  intents 
&  purposes  it  is  to  be  understood  that  when  y''  aforesd  thirty 
have  built  their  houses  &  cleared  &  man'^ed  their  Land 
according  to  y®  Courts  order  then  they  shall  be  Entituled  to 
their  Last  payment  upon  their  giving  bonds  to  keep  a  family 
in  Each  house  untill  the  Township  be  made  a  towTi  &  invested 
with  town  Priviledges  or  when  &  so  soon  as  they  them  or 
either  of  them  have  done  &  finished  their  settlement  he  & 
they  shall  their  mony  as  aforesd  they  Each  of  them  keeping 
a  family  in  each  of  their  houses  untill  said  township  be  made 
a  town  &  invested  with  town  Priviledges  as  aforesaid  - 

Voted  Stephen  Mighill  &  others  in  Company  Shall  build  a 
Saw  Mill  at  said  Plantation  as  so  as  shall  be  agreed  upon  by 
y^  said  undertakers  &  a  Com^^  Chosen  for  that  servise  &  are 
to  have  two  hundred  Pounds  in  bills  of  credit  ( old  tenor  ) 
for  their  so. 

]VP  Sam"  Moody  Leiu*  Nath^  Duiiier  Leiu*  Joseph  Coffin 
are  Chosen  a  Com^®  to  agree  with  Stephen  Mighill  &  others 
about  said  saw  mill  both  on  y^  terms  of  building  &  sawing  & 
when  to  Resign  up  said  mill  to  y^  Proprietors. 

A  true  Coppy  taken  out  of  y®  Proprietors  Book  Novera*' 
ye  13th  1742  Attest  Joseph  Coffin  Pro^  Cle' 

At  a  Legall  Meeting  of  y®  Proprietors  of  -  Narragansett 
Township  No:  one  held  at  Cap*  Joseph  hales  Inholder  in 
Newbury  on  y^  20*''  Day  of  October  1742  M""  Daniel  Hale  was 
Chosen  Moderator  for  said  meeting 

Whereas  their  was  a  Com*^^  Chosen  Some  time  passd  to 
build  a  Meeting  house  at  y®  Township  Laid  to  the  Narragan- 
sett Soldiers  Called  No :  One  and  by  reason  of  y^  talk  of  a 
french  war  it  is  not  yet  built :  it  is  now  voted  that  the  said 


266  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Committee  sliall  forthwith  go  on  and  fully  build  &  Compleat 
said  meeting  house 

A  true  Coppy  taken  out  of  y"  Prop'  Book  on  nov'^  y"  18"' 
A  D  1742 

Attest  Joseph  Coffin  Proprietors  Clr 

At  a  Legall  Meeting  of  y**  Proprietors  of  the  Township 
Granted  to  y®  Narragansett  Soldiers  Living  in  the  County  of 
York  held  the  11*^  day  of  Aprill  1739  (  Called  No.  1  -)  Cap* 
Nathaniel  Myghill  was  Chosen  Moderator 

Voted  that  the  Said  Meeting  be  adjourn'd  to  Monday  to 
y®  Eleventh  day  of  June  next  at  one  of  y*'  Clock  in  y**  affter- 
noon 

At  said  meeting  held  the  11"'  day  of  June  1739  by  adjourn- 
ment, it  was  voted  that  Cap*  Nath"  Mighill  M^  Isaac  Appleton 
&  M""  Sam"  Chase  or  the  major  part  of  them  be  a  Committee 
to  agree  with  some  person  or  persons  to  clear  some  Land  on  the 
Westerly  End  of  y®  first  or  second  Lotts  known  by  y®  Letter 
D  in  y®  fift  Division  in  said  Township  to  build  a  meeting  on, 
for  y®  Publick  Worship  of  God,  of  y^  Contents  of  thirty  feet 
Long  &  twenty  six  feet  wide  &  nine  feet  stud  of  hued  tim- 
ber &  y®  roof  to  be  horded  &  short  shingled  &  the  said  Com^^ 
are  to  have  said  house  well  finished  fitt  to  Preach  in  by  the 
Last  of  September  which  will  be  in  the  year  1740. 

Voted  that  the  said  Proprietors  shall  pay  twenty  shillings 
a  Right  for  every  Right  in  s*^  Township  unto  y®  Proprietors 
Treasurer  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January  next  after  y« 
date  hereof  &  said  mony  ( or  what  shall  be  needf uU  )  to  be 
drawn  out  by  said  Committee  to  the  building  the  meeting 
house  ~ 

Voted  to  the  Committee  that  went  to  state  a  place  for  a 
meeting  house  fifteen  Pounds  in  full  for  their  service. 

A  true  Coppy  taken  out  of  the  Propr*  Book  Novemb'  y^ 
13*^  A:  D:  1742 

Attest  Joseph  Coffin  Prop'  Clerk 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  267 

Petition,  Nov.  16,  1742. 

To  his  Excellency  William  Shii-ley  Esq""  Captain  General 
and  Governour  in  chief,  in,  and  over  his  Majesties  Province 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay :  &c 

To  the  Honourable  his  Majesties  Council ;  and  Represent- 
atives In  General  Court  convened 

May  it  please  your  Excelleuc}^,  and  your  Honours.  The 
Petition  of  us  the  Sub^scribers  humbly  sheweth.  That 
whereas  the  General  Court  granted  a  Township  to  Sixty 
Petitioners  of  Glocester  five  years  past ;  last  June ;  on  the 
Conditions  thereon  expressed.  Pursuant  to  s*^  Grant  we  the 
grantees  had  a  Township  «_<<„  adjoyning  to  North  Yarmouth, 

on  the  back  of  the  Town quantity  according  to  sd  Grant ; 

And  in  complyance  with  the  Order  of  the  great  and  general 
Court ;  Sixty  three  lotts  have  been  laid  out.  And  last  Aprill 
was  three  years  we  went  to  settle  s"^  Town.  And  built  y* 
frame  of  a  Saw  mill,  and  cleared  eight  pieces  of  land,  contain- 
ing about  twenty  acres.  And  built  a  bridge  over  the  River ; 
and  cleared  a  way  about  twelve  miles  in  length,  and  twelve 
feet  wide:  And  the  Spanish  war  broke  out  that  Summer, 
which  greatly  discouraged  Us  in  going  on  to  settle  s*^  Town. 
We  were  under  great  fears  of  a  French  and  Indian  warr ; 
But  this  last  Septem""  and  October  have  built  another  great 
Bridge,  the  Cost  of  both  amounts  to  two  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  and  in  building  fifteen  lesser  bridges  the  way  is  so 
good  as  to  go  up  with  a  team  at  y®  charge  in  all  about  five 
hundred  pounds  ;  We  have  built  a  Sawmil  which  is  just  ready 
to  go ;  and  have  built  ten  houses,  but  not  covered :  and  have 
mdented  for  five  houses  more  which  were  to  be  done  by  this 
time ;  have  cleared  some  more  land,  have  got  several  small 
fields  of  Rye.  And  fully  intend  to  settle  s'^  Town  with  all 
convenient  speed.  Our  humble  request  to  the  General  Court 
is  that  your  Excellency,  and  your  Honours  would  please  to 
give  us  three  years  more  to  compleat  the  Settlement :  with 


268  DOCUMENTARY   BZSTORY 

Sufficient  and  lawfull  Power  to  raise  money  to  carry  on 
the  Settlement,  and  defraying  all  manner  of  charge  that  shall 
arise,  or  has  arisen  fully  to  answer  the  demands  of  the  gov- 
ernment or  condition  of  the  grant,  as  your  Excellency  and 
your  Honours  in  your  great  wisdom  shall  see  needfull. 
Which  will  ever  oblige  us  to  pray  as  in  duty  bound. 
Dated  at  Gloucester  Phile  Warner      n 

November  16  Sam"  Stevens       I  Comittee 

1742  Joseph  Allen       J 

In  the  House  of  Ilep^««  Nov  23, 1742  Read  and  in  answer 
hereto  Ordered  that  the  Pet"  with  their  associates  be  allowed 
the  further  Space  of  three  Years  to  compleat  the  Settlement 
herem  mentioned     Sent  up  for  concurrence 

T  Gushing  Spk-^ 
In  Council  Nov'"  25,  1742     Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to 


Letter   Patt   Motley   to 
S*  Georges  River  November  y«  20''^  1742. 


S' 


I  could  not  make  out  but  six  days  worke  before  we 
wear  dismissed  y^  sum  being  soe  small  my  present  necesity 
Called  for  it  I  am  Resolute  to  make  y^  best  progress  in 
leabour  this  winter  possible  I  can  in  ordor  Scotts  part  of  y^ 
timber  should  be  paid  without  drawing  of  what  has  been 
dehvered  S'  if  your  Hon"^  would  please  to  send  me  an 
Insines  Bearth  in  this  fort  I  should  Gladly  turn  my  leabour 
hear  upon  this  fort  and  yearly  pay  into  your  hands  untill  I 
had  sattisfied  your  Hon'  to  y«  utmost  and  would  promise  to 
beheave  my  selfe  as  becoming  my  Steation  S'  it  is  y®  want  of 
prouision  y*  hinders  a  Great  deal  of  leabour  in  those  parts 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  269 

which  makes  me  in  my  surcumstance  at  present  Begg  y^ 
feavour  of  this  request  as  soon  as  your  Hon'  thinks  proper 
S''  you  promised  to  send  me  a  few  Bushels  of  meal  which  I 
shall  be  in  Great  want  if  not  sent  by  y®  first  oppertunity 
S^  your  Complyance  to  this  request  will  dureing  life  be 
Acknowledged  by  your  Humble  Ser*         Patt :  Motley 


Letter  Jos.  Plnuted  to  Sam'-     Waldo    Esq^ 

York  Nov^'  y  26  :  1742 
Honor'^  Sir 

according  to  your  Desier  I  have  ben  with  m"" 
Holt  and  m""  Cole  about  y^  Prise  of  Salt  I  Can :  git  for  Four 
Pounds  ten  Shillmgs  p"^  hogist  and  not  under  you  may  have 
five  or  ten  or  fifteen  if  you  se  Cause  : 

Sir  I  have  Sent  you  one  Hundred  and  two  pound  of  But- 
ter by  m'  Sam"  Black:  I  have  bought  y^  other  ox  of  y® 
Nowells  that  I  was  speking  to  you  about:  Sir  you  may 
Remember  I  was  speking  to  you  about  a  Coroner  m  York 
and  I  made  mentition  of  m"^  Hanery  Simpson  Sir  if  you  will 
Think  of  it  yo\x  will  much  oblige  your  Hum''^®  Sarvn*^ 

Jos  Plaisted 
To  Sam^i  Waldo  Esq' 

write  by  y*  Sloop  about  the  Hides  &  Tallow 


Letter  James  Littell  to  Sam^     Waldo  Esq. 

Broadbay  Dec^'  9'*^  1742 
S' 

This  is  to  Lett  Know  my  Missfortuin  Since  you  wass 
with  vs  Last  y®  Ingeneares  man  Hass  Kilt  a  Steere  of  mine 
&  Settelled  with  y^  Ingnear  aboute  Itt  he  fell  a  tree  on  him  & 


2Y0  DOCUMENT ABY   HISTORY 

Broake  bis  back  tbey  Killed  bim  &  Kept  bim  for  nine 
Days  &  Sent  y®  4  Quarters  &  bide  to  my  House  witb 
a  Gard  of  men  tbru  tbem  in  &  went  tbire  way  now 
body  a  tome  but  my  wife  I  would  Doo  notbing  to  bim 
vntill  I  sent  to  you  and  Lett  you  Know  about  It  I  bad  y^ 
Seere  Vallewed  by  tree  men  &  tbey  ware  Conted  vntill  tbe 
Steares  Came  If  tbere  is  not  Metbod  taken  witb  tbem  tbey 
May  Kill  all  y®  Creaters  wee  bave  Wortby  S''  if  you  please  I 
wood  willingly  bave  a  Line  or  too  from  you  S""  your  most 
Humble  Serv*  James  Littell 


To  tbe  Select  men  of  tbe  Town  of  Arundel 
Gentlemen.  Inasmucb  as  a  Considerable  number  of  tbe 
Inbabitants  of  our  Town :  Labours  under  a  great  Diffeculty 
in  attending  tbe  Publick  Worsbip :  by  Reason  tbat  tbe 
Meetingbouse  (  as  we  Conceive )  Does  Not  Stand  so  Con- 
veniant  for  tbe  Bigest  Part  of  us  as  we  Could  wisb :  Tbe 
Diffeculty  Being  so  great  Tbat  Women  and  Cbildren  Cannot 
attend  y^  Publick  worsbip  so  often  nor  so  Seasonable  as  tbey 
migbt  Do  In  Case  tbe  Meetingbouse  stood  more  Conveniant 
for  us  —  Tbis  Is  Tberefore  to  Desire  you  Gentlemen  tbat 
you  will  In  your  Notification  for  our  Annual  Meeting  Sig- 
nifie  to  y''  town  our  Dificulties  and  tbat  We  tbe  Subscribers 
Desire  tbat  tbe  Town  will  agree  upon  some  Measures  To 
Redress  tbe  same :  Eitber  by  Removeing  tbe  meetingbouse  or 
by  Building  another  meeting  bouse  More  Conveniant  for  us : 
in  our  Town  wbere  y®  meetingbouse  may  be  set  that  may 
Better  accomodate  y*"  Inbabitants  of  y^  same  than  wbere  It 
Now  Stands :  Gentlemen  We  Subscribe  our  selves  Yours  &c. 

tbe  IT^"^  1743/4 
Samuel  Jameson  Robert  Smith  Joseph  Miller 

Dauid  bucbings  Brorja  Major  Jabez  Dorraan 

Charles  White  Jacob  Curtis  Phillip  dorrell  Ju 


OF   THE    STATE    OF    MAINE  271 

Joshua  Walker  Abel  Merrill  John  Burbank 

John  Merrill  Simeon  Hvtchings     John  Whitten 

William  Waterhouse  Jeremiah  Miller  William  Darling 

A  True  Copy  of  the  Origenall  Petetion  attest  by  me 

Thomas  Perkins  Town  Cler. 


This  may  Certify  that  there  is  not  any  Record  in  Bruns- 
wick Town  Book  of  any  Select  men  or  assessors  being  Sworn 
in  s'^  Town  for  the  year  1T42 

Brunswick  April  8'^  1743  Attest  Benj*  Larrabee  T  C 


Power  of  Attorney. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents  that  we  Capt  William 
Woodside  Gentleman,  Liv*  James  Dunieng  Gentleman,  Sam- 
uel Clarke  Husbandman,  David  Dunieng  yeoman,  llobert 
Spear  Inholder,  Robert  ffimiey  Weaver,  all  of  Brunswick  in 
the  County  of  York  and  provience  of  the  Macheshesetts  Bay 
m  New  England  haveing  for  Sundry  good  Causes  and 
Weiglity  considerations  nominated,  Constituted,  ordained 
and  apointed,  and  by  these  presents  do  nominate.  Constitute 
and  appoint  and  in  our  Stead  and  place,  put  our  trusty  and 
well  Beloved  friend  David  Given  of  the  same  Brunswick 
And  Same  County  of  York  and  provience  aforsd,  Husband- 
man our  true  and  LawfuU  Attorney ;  to  Demand  or  ask  for 
us,  pettion  for  us.  Giving  and  by  these  presents  granting,  to 
our  said  Attorney  full  power  to  sue,  or  isue  out  writs  or 
proses ;  as  the  Case  may  Require,  to  appear  for  us  and  in 
our  name  in  any  Court,  Spiritual  or  temporall,  before  any 
Judge  or  Justice  and  in  our  name  to  make  one  or  more  attor- 
ney or  attorneyes  under  him,  to  Substitute  or  appoint  and 
again  at  his  pleasure  to  Revoke  and  further  to  do  Execute 


272  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

preform  and  finish  for  us  and  in  our  name  all  and  singular 
thing  or  things,  Which  shall  or  may  be  necessary  touching 
or  Concerning  the  premises,  as  fully  thoroughly  and  Entirely 
as  we  the  said  William  Woodside,  James  Dunieng,  Samuell 
Clark,  DaA'id  Dunieng,  Robert  Spear,  Robert  ffinney,  in  our 
own  persons  might  or  Could  do,  in  or  about  the  same  Ratify- 
ing, Confirming  and  Allowing,  whatsoever  our  Said  attorney 
shall  do  or  Cause  to  be  Done  in  the  premisses,  by  these  pres- 
ents in  Wittness  whereof  we  the  said  William  Wodside, 
James  Dunieng,  Samuell  Clark,  David  Dunieng  Robert  Spear, 
Robert  ffinney,  have  hereunto  sett  our  hands  and  seals  this 
Eight  Day  of  Aprill  Anno  :  Dommin  :  1743 
Signed,  Sealed  and  Delivered         W"  Woodside  Seal 

In  the  presence  of  J*  Duning  Seal 

William  Vincent  Sam  Clark  Seal 

James  Douglass  David  Duning  Seal 

Rob  Speer  Seal 

Robert  ffinney  Seal 

York  ss/  Brunswick  April  9*^  1743 

William  Woodside  James  Duning  Samuel  Clark  David 
Duning  Robert  Spear  &  Robert  ffinny  Personally  appeared 
and  acknowledge  the  above  written  Instrument  to  be  there 
free  act  and  Deed  — 

Before  me  Benj''  Larrabee  J  Peace 


Petition. 

To  his  Excy  W"™  Shirley  Esq'^  Capf^  Gen^  &  Gov-^  in  Chief 
in  &  over  his  Majesty's  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  England,  The  hon''^''  his  Majesty's  Council  &  House  of 
Repres""^'  in  Gen^  Court  assembled  the  18*^  of  April  1743 

The  humble  Petition  of  David  Given  of  Brunswick  in  the 
County  of  York  Husbandman  in  behalf  of  himself  &  William 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINB  273 

Woodside,  James  Duning  Sam^  Clark,  David  Duning,  Robert 
Spear  &  Robert  Finney  &  many  others  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Brunswick  afores'^ 

Sheweth  that  at  an  annual  Meeting  for  said  Town  on  the 
29^^  of  March  1742  Mess"  Benf  Larrabee,  Wymond  Brad- 
bury &  Samuel  Hmkley  were  chosen  Select  Men  of  said  Town 
&  also  assessors,  and  proceeded  in  the  Office  of  Assessors 
without  ever  taking  the  Oath  by  Law  required  for  assessors 
to  take  on  their  entering  into  Office;  That  on  the  12*^  of 
March  last  the  said  Select  Men  in  order  to  have  an  Annual 
Meetinsf  on  the  29*^  of  said  Month  issued  a  Notification  for 
that  purpose,  &  the  Constables  instead  of  warning  the  Inhab- 
itants of  said  Town  as  usual,  posted  up  said  Notification  on 
the  inner  Side  of  the  Meeting  House  door,  so  that  there  being 
no  Divine  Worship  or  other  publick  Meeting  in  said  Meeting 
House  from  the  time  of  putting  up  said  Notification,  «fc  said 
Town  Meeting  very  few  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  had 
any  Notice  thereof,  That  on  said  29'^  of  March  said  Select 
Men  being  also  Assessors  but  not  under  Oath  as  aforesaid, 
met  at  said  Meeting  House,  &  before  choosing  a  Moderator 
took  upon  them  to  purge  said  Town  Meeting  of  such  as  they 
pretended  had  no  Votes  therein,  tho'  as  it  can  be  made  plamly 
appear  to  your  Excy  &  Honours  that  most  of  the  Persons 
whose  Votes  they  refused  were  well  qualified  by  Law  to  vote 
in  said  Town  Meeting,  &  at  the  same  time  they  received  & 
took  the  Votes  of  several  Persons  no  ways  entitled  to  vote  at 
said  Town  Meetmg,  Upon  w''''  your  Pef  &  his  Constituents 
entred  their  Protest  against  the  Proceedings  of  said  Select 
Men  &c.  That  then  said  Town  Meeting  proceeded  &  chose 
Benj*  Larrabee  Town  Clerk  &  Moderator,  Mess"  Isaac  Snow, 
Sam^  Hinkley  &  Wymond  Bradbury  Select  Men  for  said 
Town  of  Brunswick,  which  said  Wymond  Bradbury  was 
Treas'  for  said  Town  for  the  Year  1742,  &  has  considerable 
of  the  Towns  Money  in  his  hands,  &  not  yet  made  up  his 

18 


274  DOOTTMBNTARY   HISTORY 

Accounts  with  said  Town  for  said  Year :  And  the  Pet'  in 
behalf  of  himself  &  Constituents  humbly  apprehend  for  the 
Reason  aforesaid  is  not  by  Law  to  be  chosen  a  Select  Man  or 
Trustee  for  said  Town  it  being  contrary  to  Reason  that  he 
should  sue  himself,  &  the  Tax  Money  being  m  his  hands  for 
the  Support  of  the  Ministry  of  said  Town  can't  be  provided  for 
as  usual,  &  the  People  are  like  to  lose  the  Benefit  of  the  same. 

May  it  therefore  please  your  Excy  &  Honours  that  not- 
withstand^  the  usual  time  prefixed  for  preferring  Petitions  to 
this  Great  &  General  Court  is  elapsed,  that  in  Consideration 
of  the  great  distance  of  your  Pet"^  &  his  Constituents  from 
said  Court  to  accept  this  petition,  &  to  order  the  said  Select 
Men  &  Assessors  for  said  Year  1742  to  make  Answer  thereto, 
&  said  Town  Meeting  on  said  29*"^  of  March  last  being  done 
by  Contrivance  as  afores*^  your  Pet'  humbly  prays  in  behalf 
of  himself  &  Constituents  that  by  the  Order  of  this  Great  & 
Gen^  Court  the  Townsmen  of  said  Town  of  Brunswick  may 
be  enabled  to  call  another  Town  Meeting  for  electing  officers 
for  said  Town  for  the  present  Year.  And  as  the  Assessors 
for  said  Town  in  the  Year  1742  were  not  under  Oath  accord- 
ing to  Law,  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  may  be  rated 
as  by  the  Assessors  under  Oath  in  the  Year  1741. 

And  your  Pet'  &  his  Constituents  will  ever  pray 

David  Given 

In  Council  April  18,  1743  Read  &  Ordered  that  the  Peti- 
tioner serve  the  Select  men  &  Treas'  of  the  To'vnti  of  Bruns- 
wick with  a  Copy  of  this  Petition,  that  they  shew  Cause  if 
any  they  have  one  the  second  Thursday  of  the  next  May  Ses- 
sion why  the  Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted  —  Sent 
down  for  Concurrence,  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Represent^''^  April  19.  1743. 
Read  &  Concur'd  -       Atf  Roland  Cotton  Cler :  Dom :  Rep  : 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 

Copy  examined  g  J  Willard  Secry 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  276 

Thomas  Skofield  of  Brunswick  in  the  County  of  York  of 
Lawful!  Age  testifieth  &  Saith  that  on  the  fiveth  day  of  may 
1743  he  served  Benjamin  Larrabee  Esq^  Wymond  Bradbury, 
Samuell  Hinkly  Selectmen  for  the  Town  of  Brunswick  for 
the  year  1742  &  also  Wymond  Bradbur}'  affores'^  Treasu""  of 
s'^  Town  for  s''  year,  &  also  served  Isaac  Snow,  Samuell 
Hinkly,  &  Wymond  Bradbury  present  select  men  &  treasurer 
for  said  Town  with  the  within  Copy  by  reading  the  same  to 
them  — 

Brunswick  May  y^  5^^  1743  Thomas  Skofield 

York  ss.     Brunswick  May  6*^  1743 
Thomas  Skofield  personally  appeared  before  me  One  of  his 
Maj"^*  Just  Peace  for  the  County  aboves*^  and  made  Oath  to 
the  above  deposition 

John  Minot 


Deposition. 

The  Deposition  of  Robert  Speer  of  Brunswick  in  the 
County  of  York  of  Lawfull  Age  declares  &  saith  That  he 
was  chosen  Constable  for  s'^  Town  of  Brunswick  in  y^  year 
1742  and  that  all  the  time  the  Declarant  was  in  s*^  Office  he 
never  did  warn  any  Selectmen  or  Assessors  to  be  Sworn : 
nor  was  he  ever  Order'd  so  to  doe  at  any  time  during  his  s** 
Constableship  &  further  saith  not 

Robert  Speer 

Suffolk  ss     Boston  May  3  1743 

Robert  Spear  appearing  made  Oath  to  the  Truth  of  the 
above  Declaration  by  him  subscribed 

Jurat  coram  me      Habijah  Savage  Just  Pac 


276  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOKY 

Deposition 

The  Diposition  of  Robert  ffimiey  of  full  age  testifieth  and 
Saitli  that  he  went  unto  meetting  house  in  Brunswick  in  the 
County  of  York  and  Saw  the  Warrant  for  the  annual  march 
meetting  Dated  March  12*'^  to  be  held  March  the  29'^  1743 
posted  in  the  iner  sid  of  the  meeting  House  Door  and 
Remembers  of  no  meetting  or  publick  Worship  till  the  time 
the  meeting  was  held  and  further  saith  not 

Robert  ffinney 

Brunswick  May  17"^  1743 
York  ss     Robert  ihnney  personally  appeared  &  made  Oath 
to  the  Above  deposition 

before  me         John  Minot  J  Peace 


Deposition 

The  Deposition  of  Robert  Spear  Constable  for  the  Year 
1742  for  the  town  of  Brunswick  in  the  County  of  York  being 
of  Lawfull  age  testifieth  &  saith  — 

that  having  a  warrant  sent  to  him  hy  the  select  men  of  s'^ 
town,  for  the  afores*^  year  for  an  Annuall  Meeting  to  be  held 
the  29*^^  of  March  following,  he  suposeing  that  ther  might  be 
Divine  Worship  kept  at  the  Meeting  House  put  the  warrant 
on  the  Inside  of  the  Meeting  house  door  but  having  no 
Divine  Worship  there  for  the  time  to  the  best  of  his  knowl- 
edge the  warrant  lay  Conceald  the  whole  time  prefixed  & 
farther  saith  not 

Robert  Speer 

York  88  Brunswick  May  17^''  1743  Robert  Spear  per- 
sonally appeared  &  made  Oath  to  the  truth  of  the  Above 
Deposition  before  me 

John  Minot  J  Peace 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  277 

Deposition 

The  Deposition  of  James  Dunning  &  David  Dunning  both 
of  Brunswick  in  the  County  of  York  being  both  of  full  age, 
Testifyeth  &  saith  that  at  a  town  meeting  w^hich  was  Called 
at  the  request  of  twelve  of  the  freeholders  of  s'^  town  to  Call 
the  treasurer  to  account  for  the  three  years  past,  in  which 
town  Meeting,  when  he  was  required  as  affores*^  he  said  he 
would  not  nor  Could  not  give  account  of  the  year  1742 

James  Duning 
David  Duning 
Brunswick  May  17"'  1743 
York    ss     James    Dunning    &    David    Dunning   personally 
appeared  &  made  Oath  to  the  above  Deposition 

before  me  John  Minot  J  Peace 
M"^  Bradbury  objects  Against  the  w^ord  required 

Answer  to  Petition  of  David  Given. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq''  Captain  General 
and  Governour  in  cheif  the  Honourable  the  Council  and 
the  Honourable  House  of  Representatives  of  his  Maj- 
estys  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  Eng- 
land in  General  Court  Assembled  May  25'^  1743 
The  Answer  of  Benjamin  Larrabee  Wymond  Bradbury  and 
Samuel  Hinkley  all  of  Brunswick  in  the  County  of  York  late 
Select  men  of  the  said  Town  to  the  Petition  of  David  Given 
of    Brunswick  aforesaid  in  Behalf  of  himself  and  William 
Woodside  James  Dunning  David  Dunning  Robert  Spear  and 
Robert  Finney  and  many  others  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
BrunsvAck  preferred  to  this  Honourable  Court  on  the  18*^ 
day  of  April  1743    wherein  they  Complained  of    Irregular 
proceedings  at  the  Town  Meeting  held  at  Brunswick  on  the 
29**^  day  of  March  last  — 


278  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

In  which  Petition  the  Complainant  Set  forth  That  in  Stead 
of  the  Constables  warning  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  as 
Usual  he  posted  up  said  Notification  on  the  Inner  Side  the 
Meeting  house  door  So  that  there  being  no  Divine  Worship 
or  other  Publick  Meeting  at  said  Meeting  house  from  the 
time  of  puting  up  s^  Notification  of  said  Town  Meeting  very 
few  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  had  any  Notice  thereof  — 

To  this  we  the  respondents  Say  that  it  has  been  our  Prac- 
tice ever  Since  v/e  have  been  a  Town  to  warn  Town  Meetings 
by  posting  up  Warrants  ( for  that  purpose  )  on  the  Meeting 
house  door  And  as  we  have  had  Preaching  every  third  Sab- 
bath at  the  South  east  part  of  the  Town  ever  since  we  have 
been  a  Town  when  we  had  a  Minister  we  posted  up  another 
Warrant  of  the  same  Tenor  and  date  of  that  at  the  Meeting 
house  upon  the  door  of  that  house  where  the  people  use  to 
Meet  in  Order  that  the  whole  Town  Might  be  fully  Apprized 
of  the  said  Annual  Meeting  and  in  so  doing  we  Ans welded 
the  end  proposed  for  every  person  in  Town  Qualifyed  to  vote 
in  Town  Affairs  was  seasonably  at  Meeting  except  two  or 
three  whose  private  Affairs  detained  them  — 

It's  Also  Complain'd  of  in  said  Petition  that  on  the  29**^ 
of  March  the  said  Select  men  being  Also  Assessors  but  not 
Under  Oath  as  aforesaid  Met  at  said  Meeting  house  and 
before  Choosing  a  Moderator  took  upon  them  to  purge  Said 
Town  Meeting  of  Such  persons  as  they  pretended  had  no 
Right  to  Vote  therein  tho'  as  it  can  be  made  plainly  to 
Appear  to  Your  Excellency  and  honours  that  most  of  the 
persons  whose  votes  they  refused  were  well  Qualified  by  Law 
to  Vote  in  said  Town  Meeting  and  at  the  same  time  they 
Received  and  took  the  Votes  of  several  persons  no  ways 
Intitled  at  said  Town  Meeting  upon  which  Your  Petitioner 
and  his  Constituents  entred  their  Protest  against  the  Pro- 
ceedings, ~ 
To  this  we  Answer  that  said  Town  Meeting  was  purged  by 


OP   THE   STATE   OF   IMAINE  279 

the  List  of  said  Town  Lodged  with  the  Town  Clerk  for  that 
purpose  for  the  Year  1742  and  we  are  ready  to  make  Oath 
( if  need  be  )  that  the  list  is  true  According  to  the  Estates 
the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  gave  an  accompt  of  and  we 
further  beg  leave  to  Say  that  altho"  it  be  Suggested  in  said 
Petition  or  Complaint  that  Upon  purging  the  Meeting  they 
entred  their  Protest  Against  the  proceedings  of  said  Meet- 
mg,  it's  a  Mistake  for  the  Meeting  went  on  peaceably  till 
the  Moderator  Town  Clerk  the  two  of  the  Select  Men  were 
Chose  and  no  body  Objected  Against  the  Legality  of  the 
Meeting  till  then, 

We  further  observe  that  it  is  set  forth  in  said  Petition  that 
Wymond  Bradbury  was  Treasurer  for  said  Town  for  the 
Year  1742  and  has  Considerable  of  the  Town's  Money  in  his 
hands  and  not  Yet  made  up  his  Accompts  with  said  Town 
for  said  Year  and  the  Tax  Money  being  in  his  hands  for  the 
Support  of  the  Ministry  of  said  Town  and  he  Evadeing 
Accompting  for  the  Same  the  Ministry  of  said  Town  Can't 
be  provided  for  as  Usual  and  the  People  are  like  to  loose  the 
benefit  of  the  Same. 

To  this  we  Answer  that,  that  Assertion  cannot  be  true  for 
that  the  said  Treasurer  laid  his  Accompts  Before  the  Select 
men  Cap*  John  Minot  and  M"^  David  Duning  being  Chosen 
At  a  Meeting  held  the  28*''  of  February  last  to  joyne  the 
Select  men  to  Examine  the  aforesaid  Accompts  met  for  that 
purpose  on  the  7*^  day  of  March  last  It  appeared  that  he  had 
Received  of  the  Constables  but  £106-9-4  and  that  he  had 
paid  of  the  Towns  Debts  XI 11-13-6  so  that  instead  of  his 
having  Considerable  of  the  Towns  money  in  his  hands  he  is 
in  Advance  for  the  Town  ,£5-4-2  which  plainly  Appears  by 
the  Several  Receipts  which  he  produces.  We  further 
Observe  in  the  Petition  it's  said  The  Town  Meeting  on  said 
29'"  March  last  being  done  by  Contrivance  as  aforesaid  your 
Petitioner  humblys  prays  in  behalf  of  himself  and  Constituants 


280  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

that  by  the  Orders  of  this  Great  and  General  Court  the  Town 
men  of  said  Town  of  Brunswick  may  be  Enabled  to  Call 
another  Town  Meeting  for  Electing  Officers  for  the  said 
Town  for  the  present  Year  and  as  the  Assessors  for  Said 
Town  in  the  Year  1742  were  not  Under  Oath  According  to 
Law  that  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  may  be  Rated  as  by 
the  Assessors  under  Oath  in  the  Year  1741. — 

To  this  we  Answer  there  Could  be  no  Contrivance  in 
Warnmg  that  Meeting  Unless  it  be  in  one  of  the  Petitioners 
Constituants  Robert  Spear  who  being  the  Constable  that 
posted  up  Said  Notification  on  the  inner  side  the  Meeting 
house  door  without  any  Order  for  so  doing  from  the  Town 
Clerk  And  in  as  much  as  the  Assessors  for  the  Year  1742  in 
Making  the  Assessment  for  that  Year  have  Acted  Uprightly 
and  truly  without  the  least  partiality  m  making  the  Taxes 
lay'd  on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Town  of  Brunswick  and 
that  According  to  their  best  Skill  and  Judgment,  which  they 
are  ready  to  make  Oath  thereunto  Altho^  they  did  not  take 
the  Assessors  Oath  for  that  Year  two  of  them  having  been 
Sworn  heretofore.  And  that  Notwithstanding  the  Complain- 
ants Protest  against  the  Illegallity  of  the  said  Town  Meeting 
in  March  last  Yet  they  Readily  Joyned  with  the  respondents 
in  Choosing  a  person  to  Represent  them  in  this  Great  and 
General  Court  which  was  a  manifest  Approbation  of  the 
proceedings  at  that  INIeeting  And  as  the  Complaint  made  by 
the  said  David  Given  and  his  abettors  is  in  the  Greatest  part 
thereof  A  misrepresentation  — 

Therefore  the  Respondents  Subscribers  hereunto  humbly 
pray  Your  Excellency  and  Honours  the  said  petition  or  Com- 
plaint may  be  dismissed  as  Troublesome  and  Vexatious. 
And  Your  Respondents  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray 

Benj*  Larrabee 
Wymond  Bradbury 
Sam"  Hinkley 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  281 

Petition 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq"^  Captain  General 
&  Governour  in  Chief  in  and  over  His  Majties  Province 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay.  To  the  Hon^^®  his  Majesties 
Council  &  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court 
Assembled  at  Boston  May  1743  — 

Benjamin  Larrabee  Wymond  Bradbury  &  Samuel  Hinkley 
Select  Men  and  Assessors  of  the  Town  of  Brunswick  for  the 
Year  1742 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  Brunswick  was  Erected  mto  a  Town  January  1738 
&  that  by  order  of  the  General  Court  Benjamin  Larrabee  a 
Principal  Inhabitant  was  ordered  to  warn  the  Inhabitants  to 
meet  the  first  Monday  of  March  following  to  Chuse  Town 
officers,  which  Warning  he  Made,  was  by  puting  up  a  Notifi- 
cation upon  the  Meeting  -  House  Dore,  &  the  Town  have 
been  in  the  same  practice  ever  since.  And  in  the  year  1742. 
They  assessed  upon  the  Inhabitants  of  Brunswick  their 
respective  proportions  of  the  Town,  County  &  Province 
Taxes  and  lookt  upon  themselves  Obliged  by  their  Oaths 
taken  the  year  before  to  Act  faithfull  &  Impartially  in  what 
they  did  But  inasmuch  as  your  Petioners  thro  inadvertency 
neglected  taken  the  Oathes  of  assessors  for  the  year  1742. 
Sundry  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  s''  Town  Endevour  to  over- 
throw the  Anual  Meeting  of  the  Town  in  March  last,  which 
if  they  should  so  do,  Your  Peti"^'^  apprehend  it  would  put 
the  Inhabitants  of  s*^  Town  to  very  great  Dificulty  in  Many 
respects,  perticulerly  the  Taxe's  which  have  been  made  and 
Levied,  Collected  &  Disposed  off,  by  order  of  the  Town, 
would  be  Called  in  Question  &  unravelled  &  the  Town  put 
to  such  Dificultys,  that  they  could  not  Overcome  them,  in 
this  their  Menorety,  And  in  regard  None  of  the  Inhabitants 
have  suffred  by  your  petion"  neglect  or  inadvertence  in  not 
renewing  their  Oaths,  they  acting  in   their   proceedings  as 


282  DOCinHEN^TAKY   HISTORY 

faithfully  as  if  they  had  been  Sworn  a  New  —  Wherefore 
your  Petion"  Earnestly  pray  That  the  proceedings  of  your 
Petion",  in  1742  And  also  of  the  Town  at  the  Town  Meet- 
ing on  the  29*"^  of  March  last  may  be  Confirmed  and  Estab- 
lished and  Your  Petion"  ( as  in  Duty  bound )  shall  ever 
pray  &c  Benj*  Larrabee 

Wymond  Bradbury 
Sam^^  Hinkley 


Deposition. 

Suffolk  ss/  Boston  30'^  May  1743 

David  Duning  Gent''  and  Robert  Spear  Innholder  both  of 
Brunswick  in  the  County  of  York  of  Lawfull  Age  Testifie 
and  Say  That  They  were  Sworn  Assessors  for  s*^  Town  of 
Brunswick  for  the  Year  1741  and  That  M'^  David  Given  and 
sev^'  others  were  rated  after  the  rate  of  Twenty  pounds  rata- 
ble Estate  besides  Their  pole  And  the  Assessors  for  the  last 
Year  did  not  rate  said  David  Given  and  others  so  Much  as 
they  were  rated  in  said  Year  1741  Whereby  the  said  David 
Given  and  sev"  others  Were  deprived  of  Voteing  for  Town 
Officers  for  said  Town  at  the  Annuall  Meeting  in  March  last 
and  after  said  Meeting  was  over  They  increased  the  rate  of 
said  David  Given,  And  The  said  Assessors  rated  severall  and 
perticularly  Wymond  Bradbury  who  has  no  land  in  s'^  Town 
and  but  One  Cow  (  so  high  as  to  qualleyfie  Them  for  Voters 

Daidd  Duning 
Robert  Speer 
Suffolk  ss     Boston  May  SO'''  1743 

David  Duning  &  Robert  Spear  appearing  made  Oath  to 
the  truth  of  the  above  Declaration  by  them  Subscribed 

Jurat  coram  me  Habijah  Savage  Just  Pac 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  283 

In  Council  June  2,  1743 ;  Read  again  together  with 
Answer  of  Benjamin  Larrabee  Esq"^  &  others,  & 

Ordered  that  George  Leonard  &  Joseph  Dwight  Esq"^*  with 
such  as  the  Hon^^"  House  shall  join  be  a  Committee  to  con- 
sider this  Petition  &  Answer,  hear  the  Parties,  &  report 
what  they  judge  proper  for  this  Court  to  do  thereon.  Sent 
down  for  Concurrence.  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*'"  June  2,  1743 

Read  and  Concur'd  and  M''  Prout  Col  Miller  and  M"^  Royal 

are  Joyned  in  the  affair 

T.  Cushing  Spk' 

Memorandum 

The  Disadvantages  y^  town  of  Brunswick  is  likely  to  sus- 
tain by  y®  town  Meeting  beiug  Confirm'd  besides  y®  Complamt 
in  y®  Petition  Arises  Principaly  from  the  behaviour  of  those 
persons  Chosen  as  town  Officers  In  y^  Last  Anual  Meeting, 
for  Notwithstanding  their  being  serv'd  with  A  Coppy  of  y® 
Petition  Laid  in  to  y®  General  Court  and  y*  Courts  Order  to 
Answer  to  it  they  proceeded  Most  Unjustly  in  A  town  meet- 
ing to  Confirm  former  Acts  of  y®  town  and  to  vote  According 
to  their  Usual  Method  when  More  than  A  Majority  of  said 
Meeting  Protested  Against  their  Proceeding  to  Act  at  all 
at  said  Meeting  and  Against  y®  Votes  they  passed  from  this 
and  sundry  other  things  too  tedious  to  Mention  and  y^  Com- 
plaint Laid  in  Our  Petition  we  Are  perswaded  that  Nothmg 
Less  than  the  Acts  Passed  in  y®  Anual  Meeting  with  y® 
Meeting  it  self  being  declard  Unlawfull  and  y^  town  Impow- 
erd  to  Proceed  to  a  New  Election  of  Officers  as  Pray'd  for  in 
Our  Petition  can  set  us  on  a  Proper  footing  to  Cary  on  our 

Affairs  in  time  to  Come 

David  Giveen 

David  Duning 

June  4^^  1743 


284  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Report.     June  9,  171}S. 

The  Comitee  to  whome  was  Referd  the  Pet"  of  David 
Given  of  Brunswick  have  attended  that  Busines  and  Heard 
the  Parties  and  are  of  the  Oppinion  that  the  meeting  of  the 
Inhabitance  of  the  toune  of  Brunswick  on  the  twenty  ninth 
day  of  March  Last  was  not  Legally  warned  nither  were  the 
assessors  who  tuck  the  valuation  of  sd  toune  by  which  they 
Regulatad  the  voters  in  s*  Meeting  under  oath,  tharefore 
the  Comi*®®  are  of  Oppinion  that  the  said  toune  meeting  with 
all  the  Proceedings  thereon  ought  to  be  sett  aside :  and  the 
select  men  of  the  said  toune  of  Brunswick  for  the  year  1742 
ordered  to  Call  another  meeting  of  the  Inhabitance  of  s* 
toune  of  Brunswick  to  make  choice  of  all  toune  officers  which 
tounes  are  obliged  to  make  choice  of  Anually  in  the  month 
of  March  and  that  they  Regulate  the  voters  in  sd  meeting  by 
the  Last  valuation  which  was  taken  in  s*^  toune  by  assessors 
under  oath  all  which  Humbelly  submited  by  order  of  the 
Comitee 

June  19'^  1743  George  Leonard 


In  Council  June  21.  1743 ;  Read  &  Voted  that  this  Report 
be  accepted  &  that  the  Town  Meetuig  at  Brunswick  held  the 
29''*  of  March  last  with  all  the  Proceedings  thereon,  be  & 
hereby  is  set  aside  And  the  Select  men  of  said  Town  for  the 
year  1742  are  hereby  impowered  &  ordered  to  call  an  other 
Meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  as  soon  as  may  be  for  the  Choice 
of  such  Town  Officers  as  are  annually  to  be  chosen ;  the 
voters  to  be  such  as  are  qualified  according  to  the  List  of 
Valuation  made  by  the  assessors  under  Oath  Anno  1741; 
And  that  the  Rates  made  by  the  Assessors  Anno  1742  &  the 
Proceedings  in  collecting  &  paying  the  same  be  held  good  & 
valid    notwithstanding;    Provided  the  said  Assessors  make 


OF   THE    STATE   OP   MAINE  285 

oath  that  the  said  List  of   Rates   was  made   faithfully   &, 
according  to  their  best  skill  &  Judgment. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence.  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  June  21.  1748 

Read  and  Concur'd  T  Gushing  Spk' 

Consented  to,  W  Shirley 

Letter  N.  Sparhaivk  to  Sam^  Waldo  Esrf 

Kittery  July  21'>  1743 
Dear  Sir 

A  bo*  a  fortnight  ago  one  M'  Piatt  deliver'd  me  y' 

fav""  of  the  30*^  March  last  from  S'  Georges's  tlie  Contents  of 

w*^**   was    chiefly   to  desire  me  to  deliv"^  the  boat  that  was 

Elenwoods  &  which  the  Sheriff  put  in  my  Father  Pepperells 

dock;  to  one  Timothy  Foye,    first  getting  licr  mended  &c 

Moreover  I  was  desired  to  Assist  s*^  Yojq  in    getting    the 

Cables  &c  w*"^  you  Imagmed  Elenwood  had  concealed  from 

the  Sheriff,  The  letter  herewith  Pratt  to  me  at  the  same  time 

Open ;  -  Since    I   have   had   a   letter  from  M""   Henderson, 

desiring  me  to  send  the  said  boat  g  M""  Pratt,  _  Now  if  you 

desire  me  to  fitt  Out  the  boat  According  to  yo'^  Intention  at 

that  time,  &  will  Signify  it,  &  to  whom  y°  \Y^  have  her  deliv^  ~ 

&  the  Methods,  you  w*^  Advise  to  for  the  recovery  Of  the 

Cables  &  Anchors  from  Elenwood,  or  who  soever  may  have 

them ;  in  case  you  think  of  any  Other  then  y°  wrote  Elenwood 

you  would  take,  w*"^  letter  I  have,  I  shall  be  glad  to  Serve  y** 

—  if  we  fail  of  the  Gables  &c  &  you  w*^  have  new  ones,  I 

know  not  but  I  could  furnish  them  here,  I  am  sorry  y°  would 

not  be  so  kind  as  to  look  on  yo'^  ffriends  at  Kittery,  as  y° 

passed  twice  lately ;  you  were  once  ready  to  Assure  me  y° 

w*^  not  fail  us  a  Visit  when  y**  had  so  fair  an  Opp°  — 

My   regards  Attend   y"^   family  &  I  am  D'  Sir  Y'  Most 

Hum^  S*  N  Sparhawk 

The  Hon^i"  Samuel  Waldo  Esq' 


286  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Order  relating  to  Towns  not  settled. 

In  the  House  of  Rep^"  June  21,  1743 

Whereas  Sundry  Grants  of  Townships  lying  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  Main  have  at  different  times  been  made  by  this  Court 
on  Condition  the  said  Townships  should  be  Settled  within  a 
Limmitted  Time  and  the  Term  for  Settling  many  of  them  is 
already  Expired  and  the  Present  Proprietors  neglect  or 
refuses  to  perform  the  Conditions  of  their  Grant  — 

It  is  therefore  Ordered  that  M''  Butler  and  M""  Sole  with 
such  as  the  Hon*^'*  Board  shall  appoint  be  a  Committee  fully 
Authorized  and  Impowered  at  any  Time  after  the  first  day  of 
February  1744  to  make  Sale  of  all  the  Lands  &  Interest  in 
said  Townships  of  all  or  any  of  the  Proprietors  who  on  the 
said  first  day  of  February  1744  shall  be  delinquent  and  have 
failed  of  Performing  the  Conditions  of  their  several  or 
respective  Grants  or  otherwise  to  Admit  any  other  persons 
as  Settlers  upon  such  forfeited  Grants  on  Terms  of  Speedy 
Settlement  that  so  the  good  End  and  design  of  this  Court  in 
the  first  Grant  of  said  Townships  may  be  Effected. 

The  said  Committee  to  be  Accountable  to  this  Court  for 
their  Proceedings  herein. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Gushing  Spk'^ 

In  Council,  June  21,  1743 
Read  &  Non  Concur'd  J  Willard  Secry 

In  Council  June  22,  1743  On  the  Motion  of  the  Hon*^!* 
House  the  Board  Voted  a  Reconsideration  of  the  within 
Vote  —  And  after  Debate  thereon 

The  Question  was  put  Whether  the  Board  Concur  the 
aforea*^  Vote 

Which  pass'd  in  the  Negative  Unanimously. 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  287 

Letter  Hon.  W^  Pepperell  to  Sarn^    Waldo  Esq  July  25,  1743. 

I  beleive  you  have  forgot  that  vSheriff  Plaisted 
left  aboat  belonging  to  you  in  my  Dock,  I  have  directed  my 
people  to  Secuer  from  going  adrift,  but  if  She  is  not  graved 
in  aShorte  time,  She  will  not  be  worth  much,  She  has  no 
Anchors  nor  cables  &  Scarce  any  riging,  my  best  wishes 
attend  your  Selfe  &  family  I  am  Your  Very  Hum^'®  Serv* 

W"^  Pepperrell 
Kittery  July:  Ib'"^  1743 


Petition  of  Inha¥^  of  Mericaneag  Neck. 

Massathusets  s,  c  / 

To  his  Excellency  William  Sherrly  Esq""  Captain  Generall 
Commander  in  Chief  in  &  over  his  Majesties  Province  of  y^ 
Massathusets  Bay  in  New  -  England  and  To  y®  Honourable 
his  Majesties  Couneill  &  house  of  Representatives  in  Generall 
Court  Assembled  September  8***  1743 

The  Petition  of  y"  Inhabitants  of  Mericaneag  Neck  &  some 
Islands  Adjacent  in  Casco  Bay,  in  the  Township  of  North- 
Yarmouth;  humbly  sheweth  y*  we  your  Petitioners  labour 
exceeding  hard  from  one  end  of  y^  year  to  y*'  other,  at  cuting 
of  wood,  &  notwithstand_all  our  hard  labour  we  &  our  poor 
Families  are  often  great  Sufferers  for  want  of  y**  necessaries 
of  life ;  haveing  most  of  us  little  or  nothing  to  Support  our 
Families  with  but  what  comes  from  Boston  to  us ;  &  y*  very 
dear  y^  land  is  exceding  hard  to  Clear  &  many  of  us  are  but 
lately  sat  down  upon  our  Lots  &  but  few  of  us  are  yet  capa- 
ble of  paymg  for  them ;  others  of  us  have  no  land  nor  are 
yet  capable  of  buying  any,  our  Scituation  is  comodious  for  y® 
fishery  but  our  Indigent  Circumstances  will  not  allow  us  to 


288  DOCUMENT AKY  HISTORY 

follow  it,  or  make  business  of  it ;  we  doubt  not  but  in  a  few 
years  ( if  peace  continues )  we  shall  be  a  fruitfuU  branch  of 
this  our  Province  but  at  present  our  Circumstances  calls  for 
commiseration,  because  w^e  cant  raise  our  provision  nor  yet 
Hay  for  y^  Cattle ;  Another  great  difiiculty  we  labour  under 
is,  y*  till  of  late  we  &  our  Families  have  been  altogether 
depriv'd  of  y®  publick  Worship  of  God ;  North- Yarmouth 
being  about  30  Miles  distant  by  land  &  about  three  Leagues 
by  water,  Brunswick  about  eight  miles  from  some,  &  ten  or 
twelve  distant  from  many  of  us,  &  a  Bay  to  Cross  of  about 
three  quarters  of  a  mile;  So  y*  unless  we  have  preaching 
upon  y®  Neck  we  can  Seldom  have  any  unless  Some  of  us 
men  travell  for  it  more  than  a  Sabbath  da3^s  Journy  &  now 
y*  we  &  our  poor  Families  may  not  be  discouraged  in  our 
Labours  to  clear  this  good  Land,  nor  look  upon  ourselves  as 
excluded  y**  Inheritance  of  y®  Lord  &  as  it  were  abandon'd  to 
Serve  other  Gods.  ~ 

Our  prayer  is  that  this  great  &  Generall  Court  would  take 
our  Indigent  Circumstances  into  your  wise  Consideration  & 
in  your  great  Charity  &  goodness  will  please  to  exempt  us 
from  paying  any  publick  Taxes  for  some  time  &  in  y°  mean- 
time will  allow  us  out  of  y®  publick  Treasury,  money  for 
Supporting  our  Minister  &  building  for  us  a  Small  House  to 
worship  in 

&  we  your  Humble  petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever 
pray 

his 

John  Storer  Joshua  X  Crumwell    John  Otis 

mark  his 

W  [sic]  Nathaniel  -<  Barns    Edward  Ward  Jun 

mark 

Abiel  Sprague  Edwd  Quinigham       Sam^'  Winchell 

bis 

Job  Moulton  Richard  x  Hays        Eb'  Humphry 

his  mark 

William  x  Magrali  George  Beckmore      John  Phelan 

mark 

Thomas  McGregor  Joshua  Lincoln  John  Winchell 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  289 

his  hlfl 

William  W  Black     William  Tarr  William  W  Black  Ju-^ 

hi8  mark  mark 

John  X  Hamond       Richard  Jaques        Robert  Watts 

mark  hia  his 

Patrick  A  Whaline  Elisha  Allen  Francis  X  Carman 

mark  his  mark 

John  Mathews  William  X  McNees  Jacob  Graffam 

mark 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*"  Sep^  10.  1743  Read  and  Ordered 
that  the  Pet"  serve  the  Towns  of  North  Yarmouth  and  Bruns- 
wick with  copys  of  this  Pet°  that  they  shew  cause  if  any 
they  have  on  the  first  tuesday  of  the  next  sitting  of  this 
Court  why  the  Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Gushing  Spk'' 

In  Council  September  10.  1743     Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to  W  Shirley 


Letter  John  Murphy  to  Sam}    Waldo  Esq. 

Arundel  September  y«  2V^  1743 
S'  these  Lines  are  with  my  Harty  Love  and  Servise  to  your 
Honour  hopeing  that  they  may  fiend  your  Honour  and  all 
yours  In  Good  health  as  I  am  at  Present  thanks  be  to  God 
S"^  the  under  taker  of  all  our  Mischief  by  Name  m'  frost  has 
Got  a  writ  for  Cap*  Bangs  and  my  self  but  they  had  not  the 
happyness  to  Get  it  Served  for  this  Cort  sent  by  m""  Noah 
Emery  to  s*^  frost  I  have  been  Down  amongst  them  no  Less 
than  three  times  since  your  Honour  Come  from  thence  once 
my  Bridle  was  Stole  of  my  Horses  head  and  Gone  Clean  and 
all  Look  upon  me  with  an  Evil  Eye  but  Dam  them  all  I  care 
for  none  of  them.  S'  I  have  sent  that  Note  Your  Honour 
Gave  me  by  the  Bearer  of  the  Letter  by  Name  James  Deshon 
and  would  be  Hartily  Glad  if  your  Honour  Could  Send  me 
the  money  at  this  time  for  I  have  lugaged  money  and  I  stand 

19 


290  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

in  Greate  Need  of  it  S''  no  more  at  Present  but  I  am  Ready 
to  Serve  your  Honour  by  Night  or  by  day  and  also  I 
Remaine  your  Humble  Servant  to  Command 

John  Murphy 
[  Superscribed  ] 
To  Samuel  Waldo  Esq*'  in  Boston 
p""  M*^  James  Deshon 


Letter  Q-ov.  Shirley  to  Coloneh 

Sir 

Having  rec*^  Advices  from  Great  Britain  that  there  is 
great  danger  of  a  Rupture  with  France,  I  think  it  necessary 
and  accordingly  direct  you  forthwith  to  advertize  the  exposed 
Towns  &  Settlements  within  your  Regiment  hereof,  &  to  take 
proper  Care  that  the  Inhabitants  secure  them  selves  & 
families  against  any  Sudden  Assault  from  the  Indians,  &  that 
they  do  not  expose  them  selves  by  being  too  far  from  home 
in  this  time  of  Danger  &  that  the  Companies  in  your 
Regiment  that  are  not  much  exposed  be  in  readiness  to 
relieve  any  of  the  neighbouring  Places  in  case  there  sh*  be 
occasion  for  it. 

Col°  Jn°  Stoddard     Sam'  Willard     Eleazer  Tyng 
Rich**  Saltonstall         CoP  Pepp  CoP  Noble 


Letter  John  Gained  to  Sam'  Waldo  Esq 

Ipswich  Novem'  ll***  1743 
M"^  Waldo  Sir  I  have  Sent  you  by  M^  Start  Eight  Barrils  of 
Syder  and  one  tub  of  butter  and  would  pray  you  to  Send  up 
your  tubs  for  your  pork  fatt  and  butter  in  the  Vessell  as  also 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  291 

a  bushel  and  halfe  or  2  bushels  of  Salt  for  I  Canot  gitt  any 
hear  with  my  Service  to  you  I  Rest  Sir  Your  most  Hum^' 
Serv*  John  Gaines 


Letters   Col^  Pepperell  Moulion  ^  Waldo  to  Crov  Shirley 
Dec.  9,  1743. 

May  it  Please  Yo"^  Excelly 

In  Obedience  to  Yo''  Excellencys  Comands  to 
us  directed,  We  have  consider'd  of  the  most  proper  Persons 
to  Coiiiand  four  severall  Companys  within  the  County  of 
Yorke  of  Fifty  Men  each  to  be  furnished  with  Arms, 
Ammunition,  Snow  Shoes,  Moggosons  &  Hatchetts  to  be 
ready  to  march  for  the  Imediate  Defence  &  relief  of  any 
Place  that  may  be  assaulted  by  an  Enemy,  and  for  pursuing, 
&  destroying  such  Enemy. 

And  We  begg  Leave  to  recomend  to  Yo'  Excelly  the  Per- 
sons undermentioned  as  proper  Officers  to  Comand  such 
Companys,  &  to  Inform  Yo""  Excell^  that  their  respective 
Residences  are  so  situated  as  to  be  most  likely  to  answer  the 
ends  of  their  Appointment. 

John  Harman  of  Yoike  Captain  ^ 

Lieu'        y 
Ensign   j 
Cap*  Dominicus  Jordan  of  Falmouth     Cap* 
M"  George  Berry  of     D"  Lieu* 

M^  [sic]  Ensign 

Cap*  Patrick  Drumond  of  Georgetown     Cap* 
M'  [sic]  Lieut 

M"^  [sic]  Ensign 

Cap*  John  Lane  of  St  Georges  Captain 

M^  Tho"  Kirkpatrick  of     D°  Lieut 

M'  Benj*  Burton  of         D°  Ensign 


292  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

We  have  not  may  it  Please  Yo'  Excell^  been  able  to 
determine  upon  suitable  Persons,  for  the  vacant  Posts  in  the 
above  four  Companys,  but  if  its  not  Yo'^  Excellencys  pleasure 
to  Lett  the  Captains  recomend  them  we  will  as  soon  as  may 
be  give  Yo"^  Excell^  such  furthur  Information  as  may  appear 
to  us  most  consistant  with  yo'  Excell''*  pleasure  &  His 
Majestys  Service.  We  are  with  all  possable  Respect  Yo'' 
Excellencys  Most  Duty  full  Serv** 
Scarboro  9*^  Dec^  1743 

W"  Pepperrell     Jer :  Moulton     S''  Waldo 

Petition  of  W^   Vaughan  ^  others  inhabitants  ^  residetits  at 
"  Damriscotty. " 

To  His  Excellency  William  Sherley  Esq""  Gov""  and 
Commander  in  Cheif  in  and  over  his  Maj**®*  Province 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  — 

To  the  Hon'®  Councill  and  Hon'®  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives In  Gen''  Court  Assembled  — 
The  Petition  of  William  Vaughan  of  Damriscotty  in  the 
County  of  York  and  Province  aforesaid  Gent :  and  Sundry 
others  Inhabitants  and  Residents  at  said  Damriscotty  and 
subscribers  hereunto 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  for  Twelve  years  past  unto  the  present  day  they 
have  Many  of  them  liv'd  at  said  place  and  some  a  Shorter 
time  and  have  for  great  part  of  the  time  been  destitute  of  a 
Gospel  Preacher  amongst  them  They  desire  also  to  represent 
with  proper  submission  to  the  Gen"  Court  the  Unpleas- 
antness of  living  in  want  of  Order  and  due  Regularity 
amongst  them.  Wherefore  primarily  and  principally  with  a 
View  to  the  Glory  of  God  —  and  with  a  view  of  having  the 
Gospel  preached  and  good  order  and  quiet  Amongst  them 
and  that  they  might  have  it  in  their  power  to  act  consistent 


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293 


with  the  Rules  of  Government  They  pray  the  favour  of  Your 
Excellency  and  of  this  great  and  Honoured  Court  that  a  Law 
may  be  made  incorporating  them  into  a  Township  by  the 
following  Bounds  viz., 

Begining  Southward  on  Damriscotty  River  at  a  Noted 
Place  called  the  Ledge  of  Rocks;  from  thence  extending 
Northward  ten  Miles  Bounded  westward  by  a  line  Runing 
North  North  East  of  an  equal  Distance  between  said  Damris- 
cotty River  and  Sheepscutt  River.  The  Measurement  to  be 
half  way  between  the  Salt-water  falls  of  Each  River  the 
Distance  between  said  Rivers  being  about  four  Miles  — 
Bounded  Easterly  by  Pemaquid  freshet  River  and  Ponds  of 
said  extent  and  lying  about  three  Miles  East  of  Damriscotty 
River.  Or  however  Your  Excellc'y  and  Honours  in  Your 
great  Wisdom  shall  think  proper  and  your  Petitioners  as  in 
Duty  bound  shall  ever  Pray 
Damriscotty  January  25*^  1743 


W"  Vaughan 
John  Campbell 
Donnel  M"  Moill 
Nathaniel  Winslow  J' 
James  Longly 
James  Rivis 
David  Condon 
Kenelm  Wmslow 
William  Racklif 


Bray  Dearing 
Josies  Clark 
Wilham  Mathews 
John  Richart 
John  Gray 
Denis  Downing 
Ichabod  Linscot 
David  Ring 


John  Bradford 
Will  Gloss 
Nath''   Winslow 
John  pormon 
John  hiscok 
Anthony  Still 
Cornilus  Jones 
David  Ring  Ju' 


In  the  House  of  Rep^««  March  1,  1743 

Read  and  Ordered  that  the  Pef^s  insert  the  Substance  of 
this  Petition  in  the  Boston  Gazette  with  this  Order  thereon 
■^  three  Weeks  successively  that  so  all  Persons  interested  or 
concerned  therein  may  give  answer  thereto  if  they  see  cause 
the  second  Wednesday  in  May  next  to  which  time  this  Pet" 
is  refer'd.  Sent  up  for  concurrence. 
A  six  T  Gushing  Spk'' 


294  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

In  CouncU  March  2^  1743. 

Read  &  Concur'd  with  the  Amendm'-  at  A  Sent  down 
for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  March  3,  1743 

Read  and  Concur'd  Atf^  Roland  Cotton  Cler.  Dom.  Rep 
Consented  to  W.  Shirley 


York  ss  /  To  the  freeholders  and  other  Inhabitants  of 
the  Town  of  Brunswick  Qualified  to  Vote  in  Town  affaii's  - 
Greeting  These  are  therefore  in  His  Majestys  name  to 
Notify  and  warn  you  to  assemble  togeather  at  the  meeting 
house  in  Brunswick  afor  s^^  on  tuesday  the  29^^^  Instant  at 
ten  of  the  Clock  in  the  fore  Noon  to  Chuse  Town  officers  as 
the  Law  Directs  to  Serve  Said  Town  in  there  several  offices 
the  Ensuing  Year  and  also  to  Consider  whether  it  will  be 
best  to  hire  the  Consables  or  Choose  them  as  Usual 

Brunswick  March~12'i^  1742/3 

By  order  of  Selectmen 

Wymond  Bradbury  Town  Cleark 
A  true  Copy  Examined  g  Benj*  Larrabee  T  C 


North   Yarmouth. 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^^  March  13  1743  Voted  that  the 
sum  of  One  hundred  pounds  be  allowed  to  be  paid  out  of  the 
publick  Treasury  and  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Select  Men 
and  the  Officers  of  the  Militia  within  the  Town  of  North 
Yarm^*"  the  sum  of  One  hundred  pounds  to  be  applyed  in 
such  Manner,  as  may  be  most  for  tlie  defence  of  the  Inliabi- 
tants  of  that   Town,  according  to    such    Directions  as  they 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  295 

shall  receive  from  the  Captain  General,  They  to  be  account- 
able for  the  said  Sum. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence 

Atf  Roland  Cotton  Cler.  Dom.  Rep. 
In  Council  March  13.  1743     Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to,  W  Shirley 

Co'py  of  Record. 

At  An  Annunal  Town  Meeting  held  in  Brunswick  upon 
Tuesday  the  Twenty  ninth  Day  of  March  1743  the  following 
Persons  were  Chosen  officers  to  Serve  the  Town  of  Bruns- 
wick aforesaid  in  their  Respective  offices  the  ensuing  year 
viz 

Benj*  Larrabee  Town  Clark 
mr  Isaac  Snow  \ 

mr  Samuel  Hmckley  >  Select  men 

mr  Wymond  Bradbury         ) 

Voted  that  the  Constables  have  fifteen  pounds  old  tenor 

each  for  Collecting  the  Rates  this  year  ensuing  and  they  to 

make  up  with  the  Select  men  for  y**  same 

Ebenezer  Stanward  )  ,^  ,  . 

,  XX.     1  ,       T  i  Constables 

Samuel  Hmckley  Jun"^  ) 

Aaron  Hinckley  )  _  ^  tt-  i 

''  [  Surveyors  of  High  ways 

Robert  Smart  ) 

Tho^  Skofield 

Shubal  Hinckley 

John  Whitney 

Ebenezer  Stanward 

Sam"  Whitney 

John  Smart 


Tything  men 
fence  Viewers 
hog  Constables 


A  true  Copy  taken  out  of  Brunswick  Town  Book  Exam- 
ined g  Benj'*  Larrabee  T.  Clerk 


296  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Protest. 

Cap*  William  Woodside  m''  James  Duning  m'  Robert  ffinny 

m''  Robert  Spear  m'  David  Duning  m'  David  Giveen  &  m"^ 

Sam"  Clarke  have  entered  their  Protest  against  the  annual 

Town   meeting   held   at   Brunswick    upon  the  29*''  Day  of 

March  1743  — 

A  true  Copy  taken  out  of  the    Brunswick    Town    Book 

Examined 

g  Benj  Larrabee  T  Clerke 

Letter   Q-ov.  Shirley  to   Col.  Noble  June  5,  1744- 

S' 

You  are  hereby  directed  to  receive  from  the  Several 

Colonels  of  the  Regim**  of  Militia  the  follow^  Detachm*'  of 

Soldiers  and  to  post  them  at  the  Garrison  hereafter  mentioned 

viz*  From  Col°  Phips  Fifty  From  Col°  Plaisted  fifty  &  from 

Col°  Berry  five,  with  twenty  five  by  Virtue  of  my  Warrant 

of   the    third  Instant,  to   be    enlisted   or   unpress'd   within 

your  District  of  the  County  of  York  which  you  are  to  post 

as  follows.  Viz* 

Men 

At  Capt  Woodsides  Garrison  at  Maquoit  4 

At  Topsham  6 

At  George  Town  10 

At  Witchcasset  10 

At  Sheepscot  10 

At  Capt  Vaughans  at  Walpole  6 

at     at  Capt  Larmous  at  D**  6         10         50 

At  Madomock  &  Broad  Bay  viz. 

At  Martins  at  the  Falls  10 

At  Y*  new  Block  House  on  y*  River  ) 

^  -^  [  10 

being  the  Duch  Church  I 

At  M'  Zuberbuhlers  Garrison  10 

At  Capt  Lanes  at  the  Point  of  Broad  bay  10         40 


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297 


At  S*  Georges  River  to  be  proportioned  to  the 
Several  Garrisons  between  the  Falls  & 
pleas*  Point  and  to  the  Block  House  by  y  40 

the  Lime  Kilns  and  the  Garrison  at  the 
Mills  J 

I  have  appointed  Captains  over  the  two  East  Companies 
who  I  woud  have  to  Scout  thro  the  two  Settlem**  over  which 
they  are  appointed  a  guard  at  least  once  a  Week. 


Letter  Q-ov.  Shirley  to  Col.  Pepperell  ^  Col.  Waldo  1744' 

Sir 

The  General  Court  having  Voted  Subsistence  for  Two 
Hundred  Soldiers  only  of  the  Five  hundred  first  raised  for 
the  Defence  of  the  Frontiers  whose  Establishm*  for  Subsist*^* 
ends  the  29***  Instant  I  have  determined  that  the  remaining 
Three  hundred  should  be  forth  dismiss'd  from  the  Service, 
&  accordingly  order  that  you  do  immediately  discharge 
One  hundred  &  one  Men  from  those  Places  that  are  within 
your  District  in  such  proportion  as  you  will  find  in  the 
Schedule  herewith  inclosed ; 

The  Men  to  be  dismiss'd  by  you  must  be  out  of  the 
Inhabitants  which  are  now  retained  in  the  Service ; 
The  rest  of  the  Inhabitants  which  will  be  continued 
■{  upon  Pay  in  those  Places  must  be  of  such  as  are 
most  likely  to  be  serviceable  &  will  most  need  this 
Encouragement  to  continue  upon  their  Settlem**  A 
proper  Proportion  of  Officers  must  be  discharged 
What  men  may  be  wanting  of  your  first  Complem*  must 
be  reckoned  among  those  that  are  to  be  dismiss*^. 
Let  no  time  be  lost  in  this  Affair. 


Coll 
Noble 


o 
•=5  2. 


298  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Extract  from  Letter  of  M^  Kilhy,  Age7it,  to  Gov.  Shirley 

Extract  from  IVP  Kilby's  Letter  to  his  Exc^ 
I  have  been  able  to  say  so  much  respecting  the  Fort,  of 
our  having  extended  our  Frontier  &  built  &  maintained 
other  Forts,  that  I  don't  apprehend  much  if  any  Difficulty 
remains  in  clearing  our  Way  of  that  Impedim*  But  that 
other  of  pay^  the  X550  Sterling  as  the  Grant  was  absolutely 
upon  that  Condition,  the  Arms  rec*^  under  the  Force  of  it,  & 
a  Receipt  given  at  the  Tower  in  Consequence  thereof  is  such 
an  unsurmountable  Obstacle  that  I  don't  see  any  possible 
Way  of  getting  the  better  of  it,  But  if  there  ever  have  been 
Reasons  given  to  excuse  the  Province,  I  earnestly  wish  they 
may  be  collected  from  the  Records,  that  if  there  be  any 
Weight  in  them  they  may  be  improved,  &  if  not  I  confess  I 
shall  be  of  their  Lordships  Opinion  that  it  ought  to  be 
deem'd  a  just  Debt  as  tho  it  had  been  contracted  between 
two  private  Individuals  —  Lord  Harrington  in  particular  & 
Many  of  the  other  Lords  of  the  Council  are  very  sensible  of 
the  Risque  of  neglecting  this  Affair,  till  Answers  can  be  had 
from  Boston,  &  I  OAvn  I  could  not  avoid  Saying  to  his  Lord- 
ship upon  finding  that  Objection  was  not  to  be  got  over  by 
Possibility  that  I  had  a  strong  Liclination  to  back  the  Peti- 
tion by  a  Memorial  subjecting  my  self  to  the  Paym*  of  the 
.£550  when  the  Cannon  were  sent,  &  indeed  I  have  no  other 
Objection  to  it,  than  fears  that  the  Province  May  have  sent 
Excuses  they  thought  available,  &  by  finding  them,  tho'  I 
am  entirely  ignorant  thereof,  my  Conduct  may  be  censured. 

J**   Oulton  to  Gov.  Shirley^  Aug.  8,  1744' 

May  it  Please  y'  Excellency.  / 
Sir 

I  did  not  give  y^  last  Letters  a  gticuler  answer  having  a 

Dependance  On  y®  Gentlemen  Commission"  y''  waited  on  y" 

Dellegates,  leting  y'  Exc^  know  my  Conduct  therein.   I  hope 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  299 

they  Returned  w^""  an  agreable  Conclusion  of  y*  affair  w'**  y« 
Indians.  The  small  Number  y*^  here  seems  to  be  very  well 
Satisfied  w*^  whats  agreed  On.  But  I  know  not  what  may 
be  expected  from  Canada,  by  those  Indians  y*  Carried  y'^ 
Lett'  thfe  their  Return  being  about  Six  weeks,  last  past, 
expected  every  day  &  yet  no  News  of  them,  as  y*  Indians 
tells  me :  it  looks  a  little  Dark,  &  what  will  be  j®  Isues  of 
Such  a  delay  I  know  not. 

If  any  Indians  belonging  to  Canada  or  to  y**  French,  comes 
here  w*^"^  our  Indians,  shall  they  be  used  as  friends,  or  as 
Enemies,  y'  Comes  as  Spies  ?  I  am  Sorry  The  Gen^  Court 
Delayes  y'  Giving  a  Grant  for  y®  finishing  of  y^  Works  of 
this  Fort  (y*  Stands  Next  to  Castle  William  in  their  Acts) 
Agreeable  to  what  I  praid  for,  when  I  last  waited  on  y""  Exc^ 
about  12  mo*^'**  agone. 

Soon  after  I  heard  of  a  French  War  I  began  to  Dig  a  Well 
&  have  had  good  Success  therein,  by  blowing  &  burning  y® 
Rocks,  (y*  others  before  me  was  discouraged  at)  &  have 
water  enough,  w'^''  gives  us  no  small  encouragm*  in  Case  of 
an  Attack,  this  I  do  not  expect,  except  y^  French  over 
Comes  y®  Indians,  w*^'  their  way  of  Reasoning,  &  by  y"' 
engagmg  them  to  joyn  w*^  em,  in  their  Actions  against  us. 
If  these  2  Powers  Comes  togather,  we  shall  have  more  than 
enough  to  Stand  them.  Except  we  are  more  fully  Supplied 
w^^  Men,  Ammunition  &  Stores.  In  a  few  lines  to  my  good 
friend  M''  Sam^  Waldo,  I  have  beg'd  him  to  pray  y'  Exc^  to 
give  me  leave  to  wait  on  you  at  Boston,  y"^  goodness  therin  I 
doubt  not  of.  I  send  this  g  my  son  John,  who  will  wait 
on  you,  he's  to  Return  p  y^  Sloop  he  goes  in,  so  y^  I  hope  he 
will  be  here  again  in  10  or  12  days,  w"'  y'  farther  Comands 
(  if  y®  Publick  affairs  requires  it )  to 

Y'  Excellencys  Most  Duty  full  &  Most  Obliged  Humble 
Serv'  J°  Oulton 

Richmond  Fort  Aug*   S*'^  1744. 


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y®  8^^  Afternoon.  Sir  just  now  I  am  Inform^  y*  two  of  y® 
Indians  y*  Carried  y"^  Letter  to  Canada,  is  Returnd  to 
Naridgawalk  y^  they  say  theres  no  news  there,  only  y*  its  a 
Sickly  time  w**^  them,  haveing  y®  Smal  Pox.  Y"  as  afors'^  J  O. 

Letter  Col.  John  Bradstreet  to  G-ov.  Shirley  Aug.  I4,  1744- 

May  it  Please  Your  Excellency 

As  I  was  sent  from  Louisburg  by  the  Gov*"^  of  that 
place  to  bring  a  number  of  English  prisoners  which  the  flag 
of  Truce  was  not  able  to  transport  here  ;  &  w'^*'  I  undertook 
with  a  View  to  Sarve  the  poor  prisoners  as  to  secure  my 
Own  Effects  and  my  Brother  Officers,  by  bringing  them  here; 
which  prisoners  I  was  orderd  to  leave  here  taking  Your 
Excellency  Rec*  for  the  same  or  Other  prisoners  in  tlieir 
room  if  any  here ;  Some  of  which  I  oblig'd  my  self  to  return 
or  others  in  there  room,  which  I  expected  would  be  able  to 
Carry  the  Vessell  back  againe,  &  as  they  have  ben  delivered 
here  &  I  now  find  my  self  without  Sailours  suffishent  to 
Navegate  the  Vessell  back  againe  which  I  am  Oblig'd  to  doe 
by  my  Perole  of  honour,  «&  the  prisoners  that  are  to  be 
deliver'd  to  me  to  be  return'd  are  not  Suffishent  for  that 
purpose,  &  I  hope  Your  Excellency  will  give  me  leave  to 
ship  two  hands  on  board  said  Vessell  as  English  Marinours, 
which  two  men  I  shall  Return  as  soon  as  possible,  which  will 
greatly  Oblige  Your  Excellency's  Most  Obed'  &  most  hum  : 
Serv*  Jn°  Bradstreet 

Boston  Aug*  14.  1744 
To  His  Excellency  Will""  Sherley  Esq' 

William  Pepperrell  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

My  Lord  Duke 

Tho  upon  my  first  takeing  the  Command  of  the  new  Eng- 
land Troops  upon  this  Expedition  I  had  no  other  vew  then 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  301 

y*  of  serving  my  Country,  yet  as  I  believe  your  Grace  will 
think  it  necessary  to  Establish  a  strong  Garrison  of  regular 
Troops  here  and  that  some  of  tlie  Regiments  upon  this  Expe- 
dition bee  Established  in  the  Kings  pay,  I  beg  y®  Command 
of  my  own  Regiment  &  that  his  majesty  would  be  graciously 
Pleased  to  apoint  Coll°  Broadstreet  who  was  the  first  Pro- 
jector of  the  Expedition  and  who  has  distinguish'd  himself 
upon  all  occasions  to  be  my  Lieu*^  ColP  and  as  my  Private 
affairs  will  call  me  to  new  England  shoud  his  majesty  be 
pleased  to  gratify  me.  I  must  beg  his  leave  to  be  there 
when  my  absence  from  my  Regiment  and  the  Kings  Service 
can  be  dispensed  with.  I  beg  leave  to  assure  your  grace 
nothing  woud  have  Contributed  more  to  the  success  of  his 
majestys  army  then  the  command  of  the  Squadron  being 
given  to  a  gentleman  of  Comadore  Warrens  distinguished 
Character,  he  is  of  such  a  disposition  as  makes  him  greatly 
beloved  by  the  People  in  new-England,  and  in  the  Colonys 
in  General,  and  is  highly  worthy  of  the  Trust  reposed  in 
him  &  of  his  majestys  favours. 

I  am  with  the  greatest  respect  My  Lord  Duke 

Your  Graces  most  Obedient  and  most  humble  Serv* 
Lewisburg  the  19*'^  June  1745  William  Pepperrell 

To  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Newcestle. 


William  Pepperrell  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

My  Lord  Duke 

I  have  already  had  the  Honour  to  transmit  to  your  Grace, 
in  Conjunction  with  Commodore  Warren,  an  Account  of  the 
Success  of  his  Majesty's  Arms,  in  the  Reduction  of  Louis- 
burg,  and  Territories  adjacent,  to  his  Majesty's  Obedience  ; 
which  was  happily  effected  on  the  sixteenth  Instant,  by  an 
Army  of  his  Majesty's  New  England  Subjects,  whom  I  have 


302  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

the  Honour  to  be  at  the  Head  of,  assisted,  on  the  Sea  Side, 
by  a  Squadron  of  his  Majesty's  Ships  under  the  Command  of 
Mr.  Warren,  said  Fortresses  &  Territories  being  Surren- 
dred,  on  Terms  of  Capitulation,  of  which  a  Copy  was  for- 
warded to  your  Grace,  with  our  Letter,  and  Duplicate  is 
herewith  inclosed.  On  the  17*''  Instant  his  Majesty's  Ships 
entered  the  Harbour,  and  the  same  Day  part  of  the  Troops 
with  my  self,  marched  into  the  City,  since  which  have  used 
the  utmost  Diligence,  in  making  the  proper  Dispositions,  for 
the  Security  and  good  Regulation  of  the  place,  and  the  Speedy 
Evacuation  of  it,  agreable  to  the  Terms  of  Capitulation.  I 
have  now  the  Honour  to  inclose  to  your  Grace,  an  Account 
of  what  Troops  Vv'ere  raised  in  each  of  his  Majesty's  Govern- 
ments in  New  England,  which  were  aiding  in  this  Expedition 
and  the  present  State  of  them.  And  I  flatter  myself  his 
Majesty  will  be  graciously  pleased  to  approve  of  their  Zeal, 
in  voluntarily  engaging  in  so  expensive,  and  hazardous  an 
Enterprize  even  before  they  had  Notice  of  any  other  Naval 
force  than  the  private  Vessels  of  War,  fitted  out  by  them- 
selves, and  I  humbly  beg  your  Grace's  leave  to  say,  that  I 
should  not  do  my  fellow  Soldiers  justice,  if  I  omitted  this 
opportunity  to  assure  your  Grace  that  they  have  with  the 
utmost  chearfullness  endured  almost  incredible  Hardships, 
not  only  those  necessarily  incident  to  a  Camp,  in  such  an 
inclement  Climate,  where  their  Lodging  and  accommodations 
could  not  be  but  of  the  poorest  Sort,  but  also  in  landing  and 
transporting  with  infinite  Industry  and  Pains,  our  hea^^y 
Artillery  (  some  of  which  were  42^''  Cannon  )  several  Miles, 
in  cold  foggy  Nights,  over  almost  impassible  Bogs,  Morasses, 
and  rocky  Hills  ;  also  in  landing  the  Warlike  Stores  and  Pro- 
visions, in  doing  which  the}'  were  extreamly  exposed,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  We  were  obliged  to  keep  out  large  Detach- 
ments to  range  the  Woods,  in  order  to  mtercept  and  disperse 
parties  of  the  French  and  Indian  Enemy,  who  were  gathering 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  303 

together  behind  us,  with  whom  we  had  several  Skirmishes, 
in  all  which  we  routed  the  Enemy,  killed  and  wounded  many 
of  them,  and  took  above  two  hundred  prisoners.  Several 
Sallies  were  also  made  from  the  Garrison,  in  all  which  we 
repulsed  the  Enemy  with  very  little  Loss  on  our  Side ;  and 
we  have  been  so  happy,  through  God's  Goodness,  as  not  to 
lose  above  One  hundred  Men,  by  the  Enemy  in  the  whole  of 
this  great  Enterprize.  They  held  out  against  a  close  Siege 
of  forty  nine  Days,  during  which  time,  We  raised  five  fascine 
Batteries,  from  whence,  and  a  large  Battery  deserted  by  the 
Enemy  on  our  landing.  We  gave  them  above  Nine  thousand 
Cannon  Balls,  and  about  Six  hundred  Bombs,  which  greatly 
distressed  them,  and  much  damaged  their  Fortifications ;  and 
in  particular  rendered  useless  the  most  considerable  Battery 
of  the  Town  ( called  the  Circular  Battery )  which  mounted 
Sixteen  large  Cannon,  and  very  much  commanded  the  Har- 
bour. The  Fatigue  of  our  Men  in  all  these  Services  was  so 
great,  that  We  had  near  fifteen  hundred  sick  at  a  Time  ;  not- 
withstanding all  which  they  not  only  continued  to  express 
the  greatest  Zeal  to  go  on  Vigorously  against  the  Enemy, 
but  in  general,  generously  acquiesced  in  the  Loss  of  the 
Plunder  they  expected  from  the  Riches  of  the  City:  and 
though  undisciplin'd  Troops,  I'm  persuaded  his  Majesty  has 
not  in  his  Dominions,  a  Number  of  Subjects  more  universally 
Loyal,  or  that  could  possibly  express  greater  Readiness  to 
spend  their  Lives  in  the  Cause  they  were  embarked  in,  for 
His  Majesty's  Honour,  and  the  good  of  their  Country.  I 
esteem  it  a  peculiar  Favour,  and  of  the  happiest  Consequence 
that  His  Majesty's  Ships  sent  so  timely  to  our  assistance, 
were  under  the  Command  of  a  Gentleman  of  such  distin- 
guished Merit,  and  so  universally  beloved  in  New  England, 
as  Commodore  Warren,  he  has  constantly  exerted  himself 
to  give  the  Army  all  possible  Assistance ;  and  the  Same  Day 
that  a  Suspension  of  Hostilities  was  desired  by  the  Enemy, 


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We  had  determined  upon  a  general  Assault  by  Land  and 
Sea,  and  for  the  better  Manning  the  Ships  for  that  purpose, 
it  was  agreed  to  spare  them  Six  hundred  Men  out  of  our 
Troops.  I  have  the  Honour,  also,  to  inform  your  Grace, 
that  in  our  Way  from  New  England,  We  stopt  at  Canso,  and 
began  to  rebuild  the  Fortification  there,  which  the  French 
destroyed  last  Year,  and  left  light  Cannon  with  the  necessary 
Stores,  and  Eighty  Men  of  the  Troops,  to  compleat  and 
defend  the  Same ;  which  hope  will  meet  with  His  Majesty's 
Gracious  approbation.  We  have  also  destroyed  the  Town  and 
Fort  of  St.  Peters,  and  Several  other  considerable  Settlements 
upon  this  Island ;  and  may  the  happy  Success  of  this  Expe- 
dition against  Louisbourg  (The  pride  of  the  French) 
whereby  His  Majesty  has  the  Key  of  the  great  River  S* 
Lawrence,  and  by  which  the  absolute  Command  of  the  Fish- 
ery, and  indeed  very  much  of  the  whole  Trade  of  North 
America  is  secured  to  His  Majesty's  Subjects,  be  a  happy 
prelude  to  the  Reduction  of  all  the  French  Settlements  in 
America,  in  which  will  your  Grace  permit  me  to  Say  I  am 
confident,  His  Majesty's  New  English  Subjects  will  at  all 
Times  be  ready  to  contribute  their  utmost  assistance,  as  far 
as  their  Circumstances  will  admit  of,  and  His  Majesty's  great 
Goodness  leaves  no  room  to  doubt  but  that  he  will  be  gra- 
ciously pleased  to  express  his  Royal  Favour  toward  those 
who  engaged  in  this  Expedition,  in  Such  Manner  as  will  ani- 
mate them,  and  their  Country  to  proceed  further,  with  the 
greatest  Chearfuhiess.  I  must  not  omit  to  acquaint  your 
Grace  that  the  French  in  Conjunction  with  the  Indian  Enemy, 
had  prepared  to  besiege  the  Garrison  of  Annapolis  Royal ; 
this  Summer  Seven  or  eight  hundred  of  them  having  gath- 
er'd  together  there  expecting  as  'tis  said,  an  Armament  from 
France  to  join  them ;  but  were  called  off  from  thence  to  the 
Relief  of  Louisbourg,  but  did  not  arrive  in  Season.  It  appears 
that  there  were  notwithstanding,  about  Two  thousand  Men 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  305 

able  to  bear  Arms  in  the  City  when  it  was  Sunendred.  I 
have  now  the  Honour  to  inclose,  also,  to  your  Grace  an 
Account  of  the  State  of  this  Fortress,  and  of  the  Stores  found 
here ;  and  beg  your  Grace's  Leave  to  mention  that  the 
Inclemency  of  this  Climate  will  render  it  absolutely  necessary 
that  particular  Care  be  taken  for  the  warm  Cloathing  and 
Lodging  of  the  Troops  posted  here.  I  presume  His  Majesty 
will  be  pleased  forthwith  to  make  known  His  Royal  pleasure 
relating  to  this  Important  Place,  till  which  Time  I  shall 
endeavour,  with  the  utmost  Loyalty,  and  my  best  Discression 
to  promote  the  Security  and  good  Regulation  thereof,  and 
beg  Leave  to  Subscribe  myself  with  all  possible  Duty  and 
Respect 

May  it  please  your  Grace,  Your  Grace's  most  Obedient 

and  most  humble  Servant 

William  Pepperrell 
Louisbourg  June  28*^  1745 

William  Pepperrell  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

My  Lord  Duke  Duplicate 

I  beg  Leave  to  trouble  yo''  Grace  to  request  yo'  favour  in 
my  behalf  to  His  Majesty  that  if  my  Services  in  y®  Expedi- 
tion against  this  place  have  merit'd  His  Majestys  Gracious 
Notice  I  ma}^  obtain  His  Royal  Commission  for  y®  Governm*^ 
hereof  w""^  hon"^  should  His  Majesty  condecend  to  grant  me  I 
shall  at  all  times  Use  my  utmost  Endeavors  for  y*  defence  & 
good  regulation  of  it  and  I  humbly  conceive  it  might  be  of 
Service  to  y*  Settlement  of  this  Island  if  I  might  have  Leave 
to  repair  to  New  England  when  His  Majestys  Service  would 
allow  of  it 

Your  Graces  favour  herein  will  Lay  the  highest  Obliga- 
tion on 

Yo^  Graces  Most  Obed*  &  Most  Hum*'^^  Serv' 

Louisbourg  July  30**^  1745  William  Pepperrell 

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Letter  Cap^  Ro¥  Rutherford  to  Josiah   Willard 

S'  Georges  Sep*  8''^  1745 

Y'  universal  and  Established  character,  viz,  a  pure 
patriot  of  the  civil  &  religious  rights  &  Interests  of  y®  Coun- 
try gained  &  maintained  with  aprobation,  tho'  various  periods 
of  time,  &  vicissitudes  of  providence  turned  the  Eyes  of  the 
subscribers  of  the  adress  that  comes  herewith  by  Cap*^ 
Saunders  to  his  Excell^  &  hon^'®  Council  &  therefore 
Importuned  me,  In  their  name  to,  y'^  hon"  concurrence, 
assistence  &  Interest  in  promoting  &  securing  to  us,  one  of 
the  two  petitions  contained  in  the  Adress  :  viz.  Either  Cap* 
Bradbury's  Continuation  in  his  gsent  post  of  Command  in 
this  fort :  Which  is  y®  unanimous  desii'e  of  officers,  soldiers, 
&  adjacent  Inhabit**  in  these  present  settlem**,  as  apears  by 
their  voluntary  subscriptions,  to  which  a  double  number 
might  been  added,  had  not  the  first  motion  been  the  Act  of  a 
few,  a  secret  unkno\^^l  to  Cap*  Bradbury  himself,  and  so  y® 
M  [  sic  ]  Acted  more  secretly,  and  now  are  prevented  by 
Cap*  Saunders  Arival  whom  all  designed  as  their  Messenger 
and  trusty  Agent  at  Court. 

But  if  this  petition  to  our  great  loss  and  sorrow,  should 
drop,  by  Cap*  Bradburys  declining,  or  resigning  his  present 
Command :  The  second  petition  or  prayer  in  y®  Adress  is  of 
Considerable  Importance,  and  great  Consequence  to  us  & 
Equally  deserves  &  requires  y''  Hon'^^  particular  regard  & 
assistence :  viz  That  his  ExcelP®  and  hon"  may  promote  to 
that  post  a  person  whose  Military  Endowments  &  Experi- 
ence, may  be  Adorned  with  the  principles  and  practice  of 
true  revealed  Religion  And  godliness,  which  are  not  incon- 
sistent qualifications :  tho  the  latter  is  often  overlookd  if  not 
neglected  in  the  choice  &  promotion  of  officers,  which  go's 
more  &  oftner  by  affection  &  Interest ;  than  proper  qualifi- 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  307 

cations  «&  Just  desert,  to  the  grate  disappointm*  of  the  State, 
and  disgrace  of  Religion. 

The  Press  is  pressed,  and  the  pulpits  ring,  with  the  Just 
Complaints,  of  y®  decay  of  Religion  and  vile  degeneracy  from 
the  pure  and  piouss  principles  of  Ancesstors:  Among  y^ 
many  jued  causes  of  this  growing  grievouss  &  dangerouss 
defection :  I  have  often  wondard  that,  [  the  ]  ill  priples  of 
many  officers  with  their  Influence  upon  their  pupills,  have 
passed  unobserved ;  Which  to  me  apears  a  prolifick  cause  of 
Arminianism,  the  side  wind  which  brigs  into  our  harbours, 
the  self  pleasing  Comodities  and  traffick  of  Diesm  and  hber- 
tinesm  w^  are  paint  in  vite  a  religione  Militeri,  to  cover  the 
Coarse  Canvass  of  Athism  from  the  eye  and  cognisance  of 
civil  law,  but  this  paint  proves  too  thinn  to  cover  from 
Judgeiciouss  e)^es,  the  lurking  serp*  full  of  catching  and 
deadly  poison. 

This  observation  I  humbly  submit  to  y''  Hon''^  deeper  pen- 
etration, with  this  remark,  that  the  scripture  Aphorism,  like 
priest  like  people,  is  Equally  true  if  thus  Apply**,  Like  Cap* 
like  soldiers :  And  as  many  of  ^  youth  of  N :  England,  in  the 
respective  forts  &  service  of  the  province  happen  to  fall 
under  such  officer-tutors  ;  they  too  fondly  Imbibe,  in  that 
state  &  day  of  youth  the  deadly  poison,  and  spreads  it  in  the 
respective  townships  on  their  return.  * 

If   Cap*   Bradbury    should    resign,   many    will    use    their 
Interest  &  suceed  him,  &  tho'  there  may  be  some  expectants 
here,  yet  there  are  none,  I  could  in  Conscience,  recomend  and 
therefore  must  y*  care  &  Interest  in  such  nomination  and 
promotion  with  which  concludes  Y""  Hon"  Most  Obed*  Hum- 
ble Serv*  Rob*  Ruth^ford 
[  Superscribed  ] 
To  the  Hon^^®  Josias  Willard.Esq'  Secret' 
to  his  ExcelP®  the  Gov"^  At  his  house  in  Boston 
g  Cap*  Saunders 


308  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Sir  William  PepperreU  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

My  Lord  Duke  A  copy 

I  have  the  Honour  of  your  Grace's  Favour  of  the  10*''  of 
August  by  the  Shirley  Galley,  w*'''  came  to  hand  the  23"'  of 
Sept^  —  I  beg  leave  to  assure  your  Grace  that  it  gives  me 
the  highest  pleasure  to  find  thereby  that  the  News  of  the 
Reduction  of  Louisbourg  and  the  Territory  thereto  belonging 
was  received  with  so  much  Satisfaction  by  his  Majesty,  and 
their  Excellencies  the  Lords  Justices,  and  that  they  have 
done  me  the  Honour  to  signifie  their  Approbation  of  my  best 
Endeavours  for  the  Service  of  my  Royal  Masters  Interest, 
and  the  Good  of  my  Country,  in  this  Enterprize,  and  I  would 
beg  Leave  especially  with  the  utmost  gratitude  to  acknowl- 
edge and  render  my  most  humble  Thanks  to  his  Majesty  for 
his  Royal  Favour  in  the  great  and  unexpected  Dignity  he 
has  been  graciously  pleas' d  to  conferr  on  my  Family  by  cre- 
ating me  a  Baronet  of  Great  Brittain  ( for  your  Grace's  Con- 
gratulations thereon  I  beg  sincerely  to  thank  you  )  I  hope  I 
shall  always  be  ready  to  express  a  just  Sence  of  his  Majesty's 
Royal  Goodness  to  me  therein,  by  improving  all  Opportunities 
in  my  power  to  cultivate  and  confirm  in  the  Hearts  of  all  his 
Majesty's  New  English  Subjects  those  Principles  of  Loyalty 
and  Attachment  to  his  Royal  Family  which  are  already  so 
universally  embraced  by  them  and  by  exerting  my  self  on  all 
occasions  for  the  Honour  of  his  Majesty's  Arms. 

It  is  also  peculiarly  gratefuU  to  me  to  find  that  his  Majesty 
has  been  graciously  pleasd  to  express  his  Royal  Approbation 
of  the  officers  and  Soldiers  engaged  with  me  in  the  Expedi- 
tion against  this  place ;  and  I  esteem  it  very  happy  that  such 
speedy  Measures  are  concerting  for  the  effectual  Support  and 
Encouragement  of  this  Acquisition,  as  appears  by  the  Troops 
and  Stores  ordered  here,  mentioned  in  your  Graces  Letter, 
and  by  the  other  particulars  which  M"^  Warren  and  my  self 
took  the  Liberty  to  recommend,  being  under  Consideration  «& 


OF  THE  STATE  OP  MAINE  309 

intended  to  be  determin'd  upon  without  Loss  of  Time  and  it 
was  with  pleasure  that  I  received  your  Grace's  Information 
that  the  Government  of  this  place  is  given  to  a  Gentleman  so 
qualified  &  dispos'd  to  promote  the  Welfare  and  prosperity 
of  it  as  M'  Warren,  and  that  the  good  Agreement  which 
hitherto  has  and  I'm  persuaded  always  will  subsist  between 
us  is  so  acceptable  to  his  Majesty  and  their  Excellencies  : 
and  as  nothing  induced  me  to  engage  at  first  in  this  Enter- 
prize  but  the  Honour  of  his  Majesty's  Arms  and  the  Good  of 
my  Country,  I  determin'd  possitively  not  to  let  any  punctilio's 
of  Ceremony  with  the  Chief  commanding  Sea  Officer  in 
Regard  of  Precedency  or  Superiority  in  Command  prejudice 
his  Majesty's  Service,  as  has  been  the  Case  in  several  Expe- 
ditions ;  and  I  shall  with  Satisfaction  leave  this  place  under 
his  protection  as  soon  as  his  Commission  and  the  Troops  nec- 
essary for  the  Security  of  it  shall  arrive  here.  Your  Grace 
will  be  infonnd  by  him  of  the  Capture  of  a  rich  South  Sea 
Ship,  Two  East  India  Ships,  and  several  other  valuable  prizes 
that  were  taken  in  sight  of  the  Troops  some  Weeks  after  we 
had  possession  of  this  Fortress,  and  which  they  think  it  will 
be  a  Hardship  for  them  not  to  share  in,  whilst  it  will  be  so 
great  a  Reward  to  the  Sea  Ofificers  and  Saylors.  Your  Grace's 
Directions  in  Respect  of  the  Drafts  and  Accounts  for  the 
Repairs  and  other  necessary  Charges  here  will  be  carefully 
regarded,  also  that,  no  Opportunity  be  omitted  of  cultivating 
a  good  Agreement  with  the  Indians  now  in  the  Interest  of 
the  French :  And  I  beg  leave  to  assure  your  Grace  that  I 
shall  continue  my  best  Endeavours  whilst  there,  in  Conjunc- 
tion with  M''  Warren  (  and  also  with  Governour  Shirley  )  to 
promote  the  good  Settlement  and  Security  of  this  Conquest 
which  we  have  been  so  happy  as  to  be  instrumental  in  gain- 
ing to  his  Majesty  at  this  critical  juncture :  and  I  beg  leave 
to  observe  to  your  Grace  that  it  is  with  the  greatest  Justice 
to  Governour  Shirley  that  their  Excellencies  are  pleasd  to 


310  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

express  their  Assurance  of  his  hearty  Concurrence  and  Assist- 
ance herein :  His  great  Zeal,  intire  good  Conduct,  and  inex- 
pressible Application  in  forming  and  carrying  into  Execution 
the  Expedition  against  this  place  must  be  in  some  Measure 
known  to  his  Majesty,  and  needs  not  my  mention  of  it  at  this 
Time,  which  otherwise  I  could  not  omit.  I  had  Opportunity 
immediately  to  deliver  to  him  here  the  Packets  inclosed  for 
him  in  your  Grace's  to  me;  he  having  been  at  Louisbourg 
for  some  time  past,  in  order  to  contribute  his  and  the  Massa- 
chusetts province's  best  assistance  in  regard  to  the  Measures 
necessary  to  be  taken  for  the  Support  of  this  place ;  and  as 
he  will  by  this  Opportunity  transmit  to  your  Grace  a  partic- 
ular Account  of  affairs  here,  1  need  not  trouble  you  with  a 
Repetition  of  them  ;  only  beg  Leave  further  to  observe  to 
your  Grace  that  when  Gov'  Shirley  first  proposed  it  to  me  to 
take  the  Command  of  the  Troops  raised  for  this  Expedition 
I  declin'd  it  upon  Account  of  the  Circumstances  of  my  Fam- 
ily and  Business  which  I  thought  were  such  as  would  not 
admit  of  my  leaving  them ;  and  that  it  was  by  his  Importu- 
nity that  I  was  prevail'd  upon  to  take  the  Command  of  them, 
he  urging  as  a  Reason  therefor  that  the  Expedition  would 
not  go  on  without  himself  or  I  should  go  at  the  Head  of  it, 
and  that  if  he  was  to  go,  ( besides  his  Doubt  whether  he  could 
possibly  justifie  his  leaving  his  Government  without  special 
Leave  from  his  Majesty )  this  Expedition  might  not  be  prop- 
erly Supported  from  New  England  in  his  absence ;  and  since 
the  Reduction  of  this  place  he  has  desired  me  to  remain  here 
imtill  it  is  effectually  secured  by  his  Majesty,  but  hope  I 
shall  have  Liberty  to  visit  my  Family  very  soon. 

I  am  with  all  possible  Esteem  &  Regard 

May  it  please  your  Grace 

Your  Grace's  most  obedient  and  most  humble  Servant 

William  Pepperrell 
Louisbourg  Oct'  3'^  1745 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  311 

Letter  Qen^   Court  to  S^   W"^  Pepperrell 

Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay 

Boston  Dec'  24.  1745 
Sir 

As  his  Excellency's  wise  Choice  and  Appointment  of  you 
to  tlie  Chief  Command  of  the  Land  Forces,  on  his  first  form- 
ing the  Design  to  reduce  Cape  Breton,  gave  us  great  Satis- 
faction and  hopes,  so  your  brave  and  successful  Execution  of 
this  important  Trust,  has  given  us  the  highest  Joy  and 
Pleasure  :  And  we  do  with  the  greatest  Sincerity  Congratu- 
late you  on  the  Approbation  and  favour  your  great  and  good 
Services  met  with  from  Our  most  gracious  Sovereign,  by  his 
creating  you  a  Baronet  of  Great  Britain,  an  Honour  never 
before  conferred  on  a  Native  of  New  England,  and  we 
heartily  rejoice,  that  as  a  farther  Assurance  of  his  Majestys 
Satisfaction  in  your  Conduct,  Courage  and  Fidelity,  His 
Majesty  has  Appointed  you  Colonel  of  a  Regiment  designed 
for  the  Preservation  of  the  important  Acquisition  you  so 
bravely  obtained:  We  have  no  Occasion  now  to  debate, 
whether  it  be  a  greater  Glory  to  procure  or  preserve  a  Con- 
quest, you  have  done  both.  You  first  reduced  a  strong  and 
almost  impregnable  Fortress  and  then  chearfully  submitted 
to  the  Difficulties  and  Inconveniences  of  continuing  on  the 
Place  for  the  Quiet  and  Satisfaction  of  the  Officers  and 
Soldiers  who  you  had  so  happily  led  on  to  Victory. 

And  we  cannot  forbear  mentioning  what  every  one  pro- 
claims to  your  Honour,  that  no  mercenary  or  vain  Consider- 
ation induced  you  to  Accept  of  this  difficult  and  hazardous 
Service,  nothing  but  a  Zeal  for  his  Majesty's  Interest  and  an 
ardent  Affection  to  the  good  of  your  fellow  Subjects,  could 
have  carried  you  from  the  most  affluent  Fortune  among  us, 
and  from  the  head  of  his  Majesty's  Council,  the  highest 
Honour  your  native  Country  could  put  upon  You. 


312  DOCUMENTAHy   HISTORY 

We  heartily  congratulate  you  that  so  brave  a  Commander 
as  Admiral  Warren  had  the  Direction  of  His  Majesty's  Ships 
of  War,  and  on  your  and  his  mutual,  wise  and  harmonious 
Conduct  in  this  important  Affair  which  has  proved  so  bene- 
ficial for  the  producing  this  great  Event. 

We  earnestly  pray  that  the  same  kind  Providence  which  has 
hitherto  remarkably  attended  and  crowned  your  faithful  ser- 
vices with  Success,  may  still  preserve  and  long  continue  you 
in  favour  of  your  King  and  an  Honour  and  Blessing  to  this 
your  Native  Country. 

In  the  Name  and  by  Order  of  the  Council 

Josiah  Willard  Secretary 
In  the  Name  &  by  Order  of  the  House  of  Representatives 

Thomas  Cushing  Sp'ker 


Gov'''  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  New  England  February  27^^  1746 
My  Lord  Duke, 

I  am  sorry  that  I  am  now  to  Acquaint  your  Grace  with 
the  Advices  I  receiv'd  last  Night  by  Express  from  Nova 
Scotia  giving  me  an  Account  that  the  Detachment  of  Troops 
under  the  Command  of  Lieu*  Colonel  Noble,  which  I  Inform'd 
your  Grace  in  my  last  of  the  21**  instant  had  taken  possession 
of  Minas,  and  had  kept  it  near  two  Months,  was  for  want  of 
a  proper  Security  for  the  Men  and  Intelligence  from  the 
Inhabitants  surpriz'd  on  the  31**  of  January  last  at  three 
o'clock  in  the  morning  by  between  5  &  600  Canadeans  and 
Indians,  m  which  Lieu*  Col**  Noble  with  four  officers  more 
and  about  80  men  were  killed,  and  thi-ee  officers  and  about 
60  men  were  wounded  and  taken  prisoners  before  it  was  light 
enough  for  our  people  to  get  together ;  they  however  oblig'd 
the  Enemy,  upwards  of  20  of  whom  were  killed,  and  about 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  313 

16  wounded  to  allow  'em  an  honourable  Capitulation,  a  Copy 
of  which  I  Inclose  to  your  Grace  together  with  the  Account 
given  of  this  Affair  by  the  Officer  who  was  Commandant  of 
the  Detachment  at  the  time  of  the  Capitulation,  &  Extracts 
from  Lieu*  Govemour  Mascarene's  Letter  to  me  upon  this 
Subject,  from  whence  I  choose  your  Grace  should  receive  the 
Acco'  in  the  same  light  it  has  been  Convey'd  to  me  in,  and 
which  upon  the  best  Inquiry  I  can  make,  seems  to  be  a  just 
one  -  I  also  Inclose  to  your  Grace  an  Extract  from  Col° 
Noble's  Letter  to  me  dated  two  days  before  his  death,  giving 
me  an  Account  of  the  Situation  of  Affairs  then  at  Minas ; 
from  whence  your  Grace  will  perceive  that  even  then  he  was 
in  Expectation  of  being  join'd  by  the  Rhode  Island  Forces, 
&  the  Company  from  this  Province,  which  had  the  Misfor- 
tune to  be  Shipwreck'd,  and  that,  had  they  arriv'd  at  Annap- 
olis, and  the  New  Hampshire  Companies  had  not  return'd 
home  without  acting,  the  Enemy  would  m  all  probability  ha' 
been  drove  out  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  every  good  purpose 
which  I  had  propos'd  been  answer'd  before  this  time  as  it  is, 
I  shall  use  my  best  Endeavours  forthwith  to  fit  out  a  Suffi- 
cient force  by  Sea  to  destroy  M''  Ramsay's  Vessells  at  Schieg- 
necto,  and  recover  our  own  by  Spring,  &  to  send  M' 
Mascarene  such  a  Reinforcement  of  Troops  as  may  still  drive 
the  Enemy  out  of  Nova  Scotia  by  the  same  time  and  prevent 
any  bad  Consequences  from  the  late  accident  there,  which 
seems  necessary  to  be  done  ( if  possible )  and  I  shall  hope  to 
Succeed  in,  if  the  neighbouring  Governments  of  New  Eng- 
land will  assist  in  which  I  shall  urge  "em  to  do. 

I  likewise  inclose  the  Answer  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Minas  to 
the  French  Letter  which  I  sometime  ago  Inf  orm'd  your  Grace 
I  sent  M'^  Mascarene  last  Fall,  and  a  Paragraph  out  of  one  of 
his  Letters  to  me  upon  the  same  Matter,  whereby  your  Grace 
will  perceive  that  that  Letter  seems  to  have  had  an  happy 
Effect  upon  the  Inhabitants  at  a  most  critical  Conjuncture. 


314  DOCUMENT AKY   HISTORY 

The  late  Secresy  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Minas  with  regard 
to  the  Enemy's  motions,  and  the  very  certain  Intelligence 
which  the  Enemy  gain'd  of  the  particular  Quarters  of  the 
English  officers,  notwithstanding  their  Supplying  the  Kings 
Troops  with  provisions,  and  the  Curtesy  of  their  Behaviour 
to  'em  before  this  Surprize,  and  their  professions  of  being 
sorry  for  it  afterwards,  seems  to  show  the  necessity  of  His 
Majesty's  keeping  a  strong  Blockhouse  there  with  a  garrison 
of  150  Men ;  And  the  constant  ill  behaviour  of  the  Inhabi- 
tants of  Schiegnecto  seems  to  make  another  Blockhouse  with 
a  like  Garrison  there  equally  necessary,  as  I  at  first  propos'd 
to  your  Grace  from  Louisbourg,  and  these  two  with  a  Fort 
and  Garrison  at  Chebucto  of  300  Men  at  least,  and  the  con- 
tinuence  of  a  Garrison  of  300  at  Annapolis  Royal  as  it  is  at 
present,  with  a  strong  Blockhouse  at  Canso  garrison'd  with  a 
100  Men  would  through  the  constant  Correspondence  that 
might  be  kept  up  between  the  several  Garrisons  be  an  effect- 
ual Security  to  the  Province  against  the  Enemy,  and  oblige 
the  Inhabitants  in  a  little  time  to  Contribute  towards  the 
protection  &  Expence  of  the  Government,  and  forever  frus- 
trate any  hope  the  French  could  Entertain  of  making  them- 
selves Masters  of  it,  by  their  constant  Endeavours  to  Seduce 
the  Inhabitants  from  their  Allegiance ;  All  which  would 
make  Nova  Scotia  really  His  Majesty's,  which  it  seems 
scarcely  to  have  been  yet:  And  1  would  submit  it  to  your 
Grace's  Consideration,  whether  this  might  not  be  done  by 
Augmenting  General  Phillips's  Regiment  to  100  men  each 
Company,  and  posting  'em  in  Nova  Scotia,  &  detaching  some 
Companies  from  Louisbourg  to  garrison  what  places  may  be 
thought  proper  in  Newfoundland,  where  four  Companies  of 
Phillips's  Regiment  are  now  employ'd  ~  And  I  would  further 
Submit  to  your  Grace's  Consideration  whether  a  Company  of 
Rangers  consisting  of  100  Indians,  or  rather  two  Companies 
consisting  of  50  each,  one  to  be  posted  at  the  Blockhouse  at 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  315 

Minas,  aud  the  other  at  Schiegnecto  would  not  be  of  the 
greatest  Service,  in  Scouting  thr6  every  part  of  the  Province 
and  in  the  Woods  upon  every  Emergency  ( for  which  the 
Regular  Troops  are  by  no  means  fit )  and  particularly  in  pre- 
venting the  French  from  Introducing  men  from  Canada  into 
the  Province  by  the  Bay  Vert ;  I  think  the  great  Service, 
which  Lieu*  Colonel  Gorham's  Company  of  Rangers  has  been 
of  to  the  Garrison  at  Annapolis  Royal,  is  a  demonstration  of 
the  Usefulness  of  such  a  Corps,  besides  that  it  may  be  a 
means  of  bringing  Indians  out  of  the  French  Interest  into 
His  Majesty's  Service,  and  go  far  towards  reclaiming  'em  in 
general,  especially  if  ( as  I  have  before  propos'd  for  your 
Grace's  Consideration  )  two  Trading  or  Truck  houses  were  to 
be  maintain'd  one  at  Minas,  and  the  other  at  Chiegnecto,  for 
Supplying  the  Indians  with  all  necessaries  in  exchange  for 
furrs,  and  proper  presents  were  made  to  'em  in  the  manner 
which  the  French  use,  to  keep  'em  m  their  Interest. 

And  if  your  Grace  would  allow  me  the  Freedom  to  offer 
my  Sentiments  concerning  what  appears  to  me  to  be  farther 
necessary  for  putting  this  important  Province  of  Nova  Scotia 
( I  think  I  may  justly  call  it  the  most  important  to  the  Crown 
of  any  upon  this  Continent )  in  Security,  I  sho'd  propose  one 
of  His  Majesty's  Arm'd  Sloops  ( or  Snows )  with  a  Tender  to 
be  constantly  employ'd  in  the  Bay  of  Fundy  for  visiting  all 
parts  of  it  upon  every  Occasion,  as  well  as  the  several  Har- 
bours on  the  Cape  Sable  Coast ;  And  one  of  His  Majesty's 
Frigates  to  be  employ'd  for  the  protection  of  the  Fishery  at 
Can  so  ( as  was  always  usual  in  time  of  peace )  which  together 
with  a  Tender  would  also  be  of  great  Service  in  duly  attend- 
ing the  Bay  Verte,  upon  every  occasion,  and  likewise  visiting 
the  Coast  of  Accadie  (  or  Cape  Sables .)  besides  protecting  the 
Fishery. 

Since  writing  the  last  Paragraph  I  have  heard  of  some 
other  particular  Circumstances,  which  make  it  very  suspicious 


316  DOCUIMENTAEY    HISTORY 

that  several  of  the  luhabitants  at  least  of  Minas  knew  of  the 
Enemy's  Motions,  &  I  find  that  it  is  the  general  opinion  of 
the  officers  that  they  did.  - 

I  am  with  the  most  dutiful  Regard  My  Lord  Duke, 

Your  Grace's  most  devoted  &  most  humble  Servant 

W.  Shirley 


Letter  Josiah    Willard  Sec^y   to    Capt    TF"'    Burnes  ^    Oapt. 

David  Cargill 

Boston,  May  2,  1746. 
Sir, 

I  am  directed  by  the  Govern''  to  acquaint  you  that  he 
has  had  Applications  made  to  him  from  the  House  of  Repre- 
sent''^' Importing  that  the  Soldiers  were  uneasy  under  your 
Command  ;  and  therefore  his  Excellency  expects  that  you  do 
Justice  to  your  Soldiers  &  give  them  no  Ground  of  Com- 
plaint. His  Excellency  also  orders  that  you  take  special 
Care  for  the  guarding  the  Inhabitants  in  bringing  their  Cord 
wood  to  the  Water,  &  in  the  loading  of  it  aboard  the  Ves- 
sels, so  far  as  is  possible  without  neglect  of  the  more 
immediate  and  necessary  Defence  of  the  Inhabitants 

Cpt"  W"  Burnes 
Capt  David  Cargill 


Gov^  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  May  10^'^  1746 
My  Lord  Duke 

Since  I  had  tlie  honour  of  writing  to  your  Grace,  I  am 
inform'd  by  M''  Warren  that  between  the  last  day  of  Novem- 
ber and  the  beginnmg  of  April  upwards  of  890  men  had  died 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  317 

at  Louisbourg ;  but  have  the  Pleasure  to  hear  now  that  the 
Mortality  &  Sickness  are  intirely  ceas'd  in  the  Garrison,  and 
that  the  People  are  in  very  good  health  &  Spirits,  and  that 
there  are  now  remaining  there  1700  of  the  New  England 
Troops,  so  that  those  which  I  left  there  at  my  departure,  & 
those  which  arriv'd  from  New  England  soon  after,  made  up 
about  2600  Men,  a  Number  more  than  sufficient  for  their 
defence  in  the  Winter  Season  —  This  Mortality,  which  has 
destroy 'd  one  third  Part  of  'em  must  not  be  imputed  to  any 
unhealthiness  of  Climate ;  for  Louisbourg  is  agreed  by  all  to 
have  a  very  healthy  one ;  and  the  State  of  health  in  the  Gar- 
rison at  Annapolis  Royal  immediately  after  the  Reduction  of 
that  Place  was,  I  am  informed,  worse  than  that  at  Louisbourg, 
tho'  there  is  not  a  more  healthful  Climate  under  the  Heavens 
than  Annapolis  Royal  is :  But  the  irregular  Method  of  the 
Soldiers  living  in  their  Barracks,  which  with  their  Change  of 
Diet  produc'd  a  scorbutick  habit  of  Body,  as  that  did  a 
depression  of  Spirits,  their  want  of  some  Necessaries  in  time, 
&  above  all  the  mixture  of  the  sick  &  well,  the  living  &  dead 
under  the  same  Roof,  with  other  Irregularities,  which  increased 
instead  of  being  reformed  since  my  departure  from  Louis- 
bourg, and  indeed  were  almost  impossible  to  be  rectify'd  very 
suddenly  in  such  a  Garrison  as  that  was,  will  sufficiently 
account  for  the  sweeping  Sickness  they  had  among  them  - 
I  inform'd  your  Grace  in  my  last  that  upon  hearing  of  the 
Arrival  of  seven  of  the  Transports  with  part  of  the  Gibraltar 
Regiments  at  Virginia,  under  Convoy  of  two  of  his  Majesty's 
Ships,  and  their  want  of  Pilots  acquainted  with  the  Cape 
Sable  &  Cape  Breton  Coasts,  I  immediately  sent  'em  round 
seven  skilful  ones  by  Sea  an  Express  by  land  to  appoint 
Lieu*  Governour  Gooch,  &  the  commanding  Officers  of  the 
Ships  and  Troops  of  it,  and  to  hasten  their  departure  for 
Louisbourg:  Since  which  CapV  Collins  (the  Commodore) 
has  wrote  word  that  the  Pilots,  which  he  says  were  necessary 


318  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

to  'em,  were  arriv'd  safe  and  that  he  should  sail  with  his 
Convoy  ( the  Soldiers  being  in  good  health  &  Spirits,  as  M' 
Gooch  also  informs  me,  and  that  but  few  have  deserted )  by 
the  first  Week  in  April,  and  I  have  reason  to  think  that  tliey 
are  by  this  time  arriv'd  at  Louisbourg:  And  indeed  it  is 
remarkably  happy  that  these  Troops  were  blown  off  to  Vir- 
ginia: had  they  arriv'd  at  Louisbourg  in  the  last  Fall,  they 
would  probably  liave  shar'd  in  the  Sickness  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Troops ;  and  a  want  of  sufficient  Barracks  ( which  is  still 
too  much  the  Case )  Fuel  and  other  Necessaries  during  the 
Winter,  of  which  now  they  will  I  trust  have  good  Supplies 
from  hence,  would  have  greatly  distress'd  'em  -  I  may  like- 
wise hope  that  his  Majesty's  Ship  Kingsale  will  Pay  for  the 
four  Regiments  and  the  Ordnance  Store  Ship,  with  great 
Artillery  for  Louisbourg  &  S*  John's  in  Newfoundland,  and 
officers  &  Matrosses  belonging  to  the  Train,  are  arriv'd  by 
this  time  at  Louisbourg  with  Admiral  Townsend  &  Part  of 
his  Squadron  from  Antegoa,  which  I  hear  was  blown  back 
thither  off  the  Northern  Coast  about  two  months  ago  in  his 
Passage  for  Louisbourg  by  a  violent  Storm  of  Wind,  which 
so  shatter'd  the  Admiral's  Ship  as  to  make  her  unserviceable, 
and  forced  the  Princessa  &  another  ship  of  his  Squadron  from 
him,  which  we  have  not  yet  heard  of,  nor  of  the  Vessel  a 
Snow  which  had  the  small  arms  for  the  two  American  Regi- 
ments and  the  Powder  for  the  Garrison. 

The  late  ravaging  Sickness  among  the  New  England  Troops 
at  Louisbourg,  the  Uncertainty  of  what  was  become  of  the 
Troops  sail'd  from  Gibraltar  for  the  Garrison  there,  the  abso- 
lute Promise  I  was  oblig'd  to  lay  my  self  under  to  the  New 
England  Soldiers,  that  upon  their  desire  they  should  be  dis- 
charged by  the  End  of  May,  and  the  settled  opinion  of  every 
Person  in  these  Parts,  especially  the  General  Assembly's,  M'' 
Warren's  &  Sir  William  Pepperrell's  as  well  as  my  own,  that 
the  raising  of  mine  and  Sir  William's  Regiments  here  in  any 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  319 

time  for  his  Majesty's  Service  was  impracticable,  and  the 
declining  of  the  other  Governments  round  about  us  to  raise 
Men  to  relieve  the  New  England  Troops  at  Louisbourg,  'till 
a  sufficient  Garrison  could  be  otherwise  provided,  gave  me  no 
small  Uneasiness  about  the  fate  of  his  Majestys  new  Acquisi- 
tion for  some  time :  I  had  indeed  prevail'd  on  the  Assembly 
of  this  Province  to  pass  a  Vote  for  the  Encouragem*  of  eight 
hundred  Men  to  be  continu'd  after  the  latter  End  of  ]\Iay  in 
the  Garrison,  'till  the  first  day  of  October  next ;  But  as  I 
dislik'd  many  Circumstances  in  their  Scheme,  &  particularly 
that  my  Acceptance  of  the  Vote  would  have  been  attended 
with  an  extraordinary  Expence  to  the  Crown  (  as  they  sup- 
pos'd)  of  X 17000  Sterling,  and  that  it  would  take  away  all 
Possibility  of  either  Sir  William  Pepperrell's  or  my  self's 
raising  a  Man  for  his  Majesty's  two  Regiments  under  our 
respective  Commands  for  some  Months  at  least ;  and  I 
thouglit  I  discover'd  a  better  Disposition  among  the  People 
to  enlist  into  'em  than  was  at  first  generally  imagin'd,  I 
rejected  this  Vote,  and  trusted  intirely  to  the  Success  of 
enlisting  Men  into  the  two  Regiments ;  in  which  I  have  the 
Pleasure  to  acquaint  your  Grace  I  have  prospered  so  far 
beyond  my  Expectation  that  I  have  rais'd  for  my  own  Regi- 
ment about  400  in  this  Province,  150  more  in  Pensilvania,  & 
70  in  New  York  and  the  Jerseys,  &  150  more  at  Louisbourg 
And  Sir  Wiliam  Pepperrell  ( who  is  at  Louisbourg  )  had 
rais'd  for  his  Regiment  about  150  Voluntiers  there,  before  my 
Officers  could  begin  to  inlist,  &  150  more  there  since;  and 
one  of  his  Captains  a  Native  of  Connecticut  about  50  more  in 
that  Colony,  and  another  Captain  in  his  Regiment  a  Native 
of  New  Hampshire  about  50  more  in  that  Province,  and  two 
of  his  Officers  in  New  York  &  the  Jerseys  about  20  more 
there ;  and  I  have  reason  to  depend  upon  all  or  much  the 
greatest  Part  of  'em  being  upon  Duty  at  Louisbourg  by  the 
End   of   this  Month,  allowance  being  made  for  unfit  Men, 


320  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Deaths  &  Desertions  which  usually  attend  the  Service  in  like 
Cases :  And  I  am  in  hopes  Sir  William  &  I  may  compleat 
our  Regiments  in  good  time  for  his  Majesty's  Service  at  Lou- 
isbourg;  which  with  the  Arrival  of  the  Gibraltar  Troops, 
and  Protection  of  Admiral  Townsend's  Ships  &  the  others 
which  I  hear  are  destin'd  for  the  same  service,  will  I  dare  say, 
sufficiently  secure  Louisbourg  against  any  Imbarcations  which 
may  reasonably  be  expected  from  France,  unassisted  by  the 
Inhabitants  of  Nova  Scotia,  the  Indians  in  these  Parts,  &  the 
People  of  Canada,  which  might  be  transported  to  Louisbourg 
by  the  Way  of  Bay  of  Vert,  all  which  must  depend  upon  the 
Enemy's  Reduction  of  Nova  Scotia ;  For  so  large  an  Imbar- 
cation  of  Land  Forces  from  France  directly  to  Louisbourg, 
as  would  yield  a  sufficient  Number  of  serviceable  Men  upon 
their  Arrival  there  to  make  themselves  Masters  of  the  Garri- 
son, seems  to  be  very  difficult  for  'em  to  succeed  in ;  and  as  to 
the  Sea  Side  we  may  defy  the  Power  of  France  to  possess 
themselves  of  the  Harbour,  if  properly  defended  by  the  Land 
Batteries,  and  the  Ships  design'd  at  present  for  the  Protection 
of  it 

Having  before  expressed  to  your  Grace  my  Apprehensions 
of  the  danger  there  may  be  to  Louisbourg,  and  indeed  to  New 
England  &  the  British  Colonies  in  general,  'till  the  Fidelity 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  Accadie  ( Nova  Scotia )  shall  be  better 
secur'd  to  his  Majesty's  Governm'  than  it  now  is,  and  the 
proper  Method  for  doing  that,  I  will  not  trouble  your  Grace 
with  a  Repetition  of  it  ~  The  more  I  consider  this  matter  the 
greater  Importance  it  seems  to  me  to  be  of  to  his  Majesty's 
Service ;  and  from  the  Informations  I  have  receiv'd,  I  am 
persuaded  nothing  has  hinderd  the  Accadians  from  taking 
up  Arms  against  his  Majesty's  Garrison  at  Annapolis,  but  the 
Terror  which  the  frequent  Visits  of  the  arm'd  Vessel  &  Suc- 
cours sent  from  this  Place  two  Years  ago,  and  the  Reduction 
of  Louisbourg  the  last  Year  struck  'em  with ;    But  the  Court 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  321 

of  Versailles  can't  possibly  sleep  long  upon  it,  since  the  late 
Intendant  &  other  principal  Inhabitants  of  Louisbourg  are 
transported  to  France,  &  will  doubtless  apprize  the  Ministry 
there  of  the  invaluable  Advantages  that  would  accrue  to  the 
Crown  of  France  from  the  french  King's  Recovery  of  Nova 
Scotia,  which  I  have  a  few  days  since  found  so  strongly  rep- 
resented by  Mons"^  de  Frontenac  an  Intendant  of  Canada  in  a 
Letter  from  him  to  Monsieur  de  Pontchartrain  then  Minister 
of  France,  and  published  in  an  History  of  seeming  Authority 
at  Paris  in  1744,  that  I  could  not  forbear  transcribing  a  Par- 
agraph out  of  it  &  inclosing  it  for  your  Grace's  Perusal,  as  it 
falls  in  with  what  has  long  been  my  OAvn  setled  Opinion  in  the 
Matter ;  And  I  think  it  my  indispensable  Duty  to  suggest 
again  to  your  Grace  my  Fears  that  the  Enemy  will  soon  find 
an  Opportunity  of  snatching  Accadie  by  some  sudden  Stroke 
from  his  Majesty's  Government  unless  the  danger  is  remov'd 
out  of  the  Heart  of  it  there  by  a  Removal  of  the  most  dan- 
gerous of  the  french  Inhabitants  from  thence,  &  transplanting 
English  Families  there  in  their  room,  which  I  think  very 
practicable  from  hence,  having  lately  found  means  of  trans- 
planting upwards,  I  believe,  of  an  hundred  Families  from  this 
Province  to  Louisbourg  towards  the  Settlement  of  it,  which 
yet  I  don't  esteem  of  such  Importance  to  be  immediately  done 
as  the  Settlement  of  Nova  Scotia  with  faithful  Subjects. 

In  the  mean  while  'till  this  can  be  happily  effected,  &  the 
Indians  in  those  parts  secur'd  to  the  English  Interest,  I  have 
propos'd  to  M''  Warren  that  a  Detachment  of  100  Men  should 
be  sent  from  Louisbourg  to  reinforce  the  Garrison  at  Annap- 
olis Royal,  since  the  late  Miscarriage  of  182  out  of  302  of  the 
Recruits  design'd  for  Annapolis  in  their  Passage  from  Eng- 
land to  the  Garrison  there  -  Ninety  six  of  the  Remainder  of 
'em,  which  came  in  here,  I  with  difficulty  have  got  recovered 
in  his  Majesty's  Castle  William  &  at  the  Hospital  at  Boston, 
&  sent  a  month  ago  to  Annapolis,  where  I  hear  they  are 

21 


322  DOCUMENT AKY   HISTORY 

safely  aiTiv'd,  and  twenty  more  who  are  in  a  fair  way  of  being 
serviceable,  I  shall  send  from  the  Hospital  within  three  days ; 
but  the  Garrison  will  still  be  weak,  as  M""  Mascarene  has  dis- 
miss'd  most  of  the  New  England  Auxiliaries,  and  they  have 
not,  I  am  inform'd,  220  effective  private  Men  left  besides 
their  Artificers  &  Workmen :  I  have  also  recommended  to 
M'  "Warren  the  frequent  sending  of  a  Ship  of  War  in  order 
to  prevent  a  Surprize ;  &  by  his  Opinion  in  Concurrence  with 
Sir  W""  Pepperrell's,  M'^  Mascarene's  &  my  own  a  Sloop  has 
been  hir'd  &  employ'd  for  about  these  last  four  Months  to 
attend  upon  that  Garrison,  &  carry  Intelligence  between 
Annapolis  Royal,  Louisbourg  &  Boston  concerning  the  State 
of  it  &  the  Enemy's  Motions,  which  we  conceiv'd  necessarj^ 
to  be  done  for  it's  Security,  &  hope  your  Grace  will  not 
disapprove  of. 

What  M''  Frontegnac  observ'd  some  Years  ago  to  M""  Pont- 
chartrain  concernmg  the  french  King's  recovering  of  Accadie, 
&  making  himself  absolute  Master  of  the  great  Bank  (of 
Newfoundland)  as  in  the  inclos'd  Extract  of  his  Letter, 
seems  so  seasonable  to  be  consider'd  at  this  time,  that  I  would 
beg  leave  to  observe  to  your  Grace  upon  it,  that  his  Maf  J'* 
holding  the  possession  of  Annapolis  Royal  &  Newfoundland 
(  already  conceded  to  his  Crown  by  the  Treaty  of  Utrecht ) 
with  his  late  Acquisition  of  Cape  Breton,  will  put  the  whole 
Cod  Fishery  more  in  his  Power  than  M""  Frontegnac's  Scheme 
could  have  put  it  into  the  French  Kings  ;  &  that  besides  what 
M''  Frontegnac  calls  a  Commerce  more  advantageous  than 
the  conquest  of  the  Indies,  &  computes  the  Returns  of  at 
twenty  Millions  ( I  suppose  french  Livres  )  g  annum  it  would 
furnish  his  Majesty  with  as  good  a  Nursery  of  Seamen  for  the 
Royal  Navy  as  the  Colliery  in  England  does,  not  to  mention 
the  great  Consumption  of  British  Manufactures  vt^hich  must 
be  occasioned  in  carrying  the  Fishery  on ;  that  tlie  holding 
of  Annapolis  Royal  in  particular  will  be  establishing  to  his 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  323 

Majesty  the  Mastery  of  the  Northern  part  of  the  Continent 
against  the  French,  secure  to  him  inexhaustible  Nurseries  of 
Masts,  Yards,  Bowsprits  &  other  Stores  for  his  Navy,  &  Tim- 
ber for  Ship-building  within  his  Northern  Colonies  indepen- 
dent of  any  foreign  State,  to  be  purchased  with  British 
Manufactures  &  transported  in  British  Vessels  -  that  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Northern  Colonies  would  in  time  make 
such  an  addition  of  Subjects  to  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain 
as  would  make  their  Number  superior  to  that  of  any  Prince's 
upon  the  Continent  of  Europe ;  and  in  the  mean  wliile  the 
Vent  of  Woolen  &  other  British  Manufactures,  &  all  kinds 
of  European  Commodities  imported  into  the  Colonies  from 
Great  Britain,  must  increase  in  Proportion  to  the  Increase  of 
their  Inhabitants :  by  all  which  means  the  main  Sources  of 
Wealth,  &  a  larger  Extent  of  Power  by  Sea  &  Land  than  any 
State  in  Christendom  at  present  enjoys,  seem  capable  of  being 
secur'd  to  his  Maj*^'  Dominions ;  But  which  will  in  the  End 
otherwise  be  in  all  human  Probability  the  Lot  of  the  frencli 
Dominions ;  And  I  would  in  particular  observe  to  your  Grace 
the  most  practicable  Step  the  Enemy  can  attempt  making 
towards  their  obtaining  that  seems  clearly  to  be  their  rendring 
themselves  ]Masters  of  Nova  Scotia,  the  consequences  of  which 
would  give  'em  so  strong  an  hold  upon  this  Continent  as 
would  make  it  difficult  to  dislodge  'em,  &  put  it  very  much 
in  their  Power  to  harrass  &  annoy  his  Maj'^'^  Colonies  both 
by  Land  &  Sea,  in  such  manner  as  to  weaken  'em  extremely, 
if  not  by  degrees  finally  subdue  'em. 
I  am  with  the  most  dutiful  Regards 

Your  Grace's  most  devoted  and  obedient  Servant 

W.  Shirley. 


324  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

William  Pepperrell  to  Buke  of  Newcastle 

My  Lord  Duke 

The  Last  I  did  myself  the  Honour  of  writing  your  Grace 
was  in  conjunction  with  Gov"^  Warren  of  the  18'^  of  January 
Last  to  apprise  your  Grace  of  the  weak  condition  of  this  Gar- 
rison owing  to  a  fever  that  was  then  very  rife  among  the 
Troops  w''**  proved  fatall  to  about  1200  and  adding  thereto 
the  Great  scarcity  of  fuel  and  the  want  of  many  other  Neces- 
sarys  Your  Grace  will  Easily  Judge  of  the  Difficultys,  those 
that  remain'd  to  compose  the  Garrison  had  to  Encounter 
throughout  a  tedious  winter. 

I  have  y^  pleasure  to  inform  your  Grace  that  ( through 
God's  goodness)  the  Spring  has  opened  a  more  agreeable 
Scene  to  us,  and  that  the  Troops  that  have  Survived  the  Late 
fatall  sickness,  Enjoy  now  a  good  State  of  health  and  likewise 
that  on  the  21**  Ultimo  the  Garrison  was  reinforced  by  the 
Safe  Arrival  from  Virginia  of  all  the  Troops  sent  from  Gib- 
raltar Except  one  Transport  which  got  into  new  York,  and 
moreover  that  on  y®  8*^  Inst,  arrived  here  Admiral  Townsend 
with  Two  more  of  His  Majestys  Ships  and  in  company  with 
them  the  Kinsale  &  two  Ships  Loaded  with  warlike  Stores 
for  this  Garrison  that  came  from  England  under  her  convoy 

By  the  Kinsale  I  had  the  Honour  of  a  Letter  from  your 
Grace  of  y®  11"^  of  Sept.  Last  informing  me  His  Majestys 
Royal  goodness  to  me  in  appointing  me  a  Colonel  of  one  of 
the  Regiments  to  be  raised  in  His  American  Colonys  for  the 
defence  of  this  Acquisition  of  His  Majestys  pleasure  relating 
to  the  other  officers  of  that  Regiment. 

I  am  extreamly  sorry  that  it  has  not  been  in  my  power  to 
promote  more  of  those  that  Served  under  me  in  the  Expedi- 
tion, and  behaved  bravely  therein  not  only  on  their  Accounts 
who  are  unprovided  but  as  it  has  rendered  it  more  difficult  to 
Govern'  Shirley  and  my  Self  to  fill  up  our  Regiments,  there 
are  however  inlisted  here :  150  for  his  Regiment,  and  304  for 


OF  THE  STATE  OP  MAINE  325 

mine  and :  200 :  are  already  arrived  from  the  Colonys,  and  T 
beg  Leave  to  assure  your  Grace  that  nothing  shall  be  wanting 
in  my  power  to  make  up  the  Deficiency 

Your  Graces  Letters  relating  to  our  Regiment  arrived  first 
with  Gov''  Shirley,  who  Enlisted  for  3 :  5 :  &  7  years,  I  hope 
my  following  the  Example,  w"*^  in  many  instances  was 
unavoidable,  will  not  be  disapproved 

If  it  be  consistent  with  His  Majestys  pleasure,  it  would  be 
Singular  Sattisfaction  to  me,  that  I  might  have  y®  Appoint- 
ment of  a  Chaplin  for  my  Regiment  and  great  would  be  my 
Obligations  to  your  Grace  for  your  favour  herein,  as  JVP 
Warrens  Commission  for  this  Government  is  Arrived  & 
a  great  accession  of  Strength  to  the  Garrison,  by  the  Gibral- 
ter  Forces  we  have  Concluded  to  discharge  such  of  tlie  New 
England  Troops  as  have  not  Enlisted  with  M'  Shirley  &  my 
Self  as  soon  as  Vesels  can  be  had  to  Transport  them  to  the 
Respective  Colonys  they  belong  to,  and  I  propose  then 
( depending  upon  my  Royal  Masters  indulgence  to  me )  to 
return  to  New  England  to  Visit  my  Family  in  hopes  of 
recovering  my  health,  w*^'*  is  greatly  impaired  by  my  fategues 
in  y^  Camp  &  the  Sickness  that  has  prevaild  in  the  Garrison, 
and  this  I  am  the  more  desirous  of,  as  my  being  present  in 
New  England  will  I  flatter  my  Self  not  a  Little  facilitate  the 
duty  of  my  recruiting  officers  and  promote  their  Success 

And  now  will  your  Grace  permit  me  to  add  that  I  shall 
ever  retain  amost  gratefull  Sence  of  His  Majestys,  and  your 
Graces  favours  to  me,  and  assuring  your  Grace  that  I  am 
most  firmly  Attach*^  to  the  Intrest  of  my  King  &  Country,  I 
beg  Leave  w*^  the  Most  Dutifull  regard  to  Subscribe  &c  &c  &c 

Louisbourg:  21**  may  1746 

My  Lord  Duke 

the  above  &  foregoing  is  a  copy  of  my  Last  to  your  Grace 
from  Louisbourg,  I  am  now  to  inform  your  Grace  that  I 
saild  from  thence,  the  6^^  Inst,  and  Arrived  here  this  day 


326  DOCUMBNTABY   HISTORY 

that  the  Garrison  was  healthy  when  I  left  it,  and  the  Trans- 
port from  New  York  with  the  Troops,  was  safe  Arrived  there. 

I  have  the  Honour  now  to  reply  to  your  Graces  Letters  of 
the  14*'^  of  March  &  9"'  of  April,  and  beg  Leave  to  Assure 
your  Grace  that  His  Majestys  commands  Signifyed  to  me  by 
your  Grace,  both  as  to  the  filling  up  of  my  Regiment,  to  the 
highest  Establishment  and  for  contributing  what  lyes  in  my 
power  to  Encourage  and  promote  the  intended  Expedition 
against  Canada,  will  have  all  possible  regard  paid  to  them. 

I  need  not  acquant  your  Grace  that  while  I  am  using  my 
Utmost  influence  to  Levy  Troops  for  the  Latter,  that  it  must 
necessarily  impede  m  some  measure  the  Service  in  the  former, 
but  nothing  for  those  great  Ends  that  1  can  possible  Effect, 
shall  be  wanting 

It  is  with  the  greatest  gratitude  I  observe  His  Majestys 
Gracious  intentions  of  approving  my  Reccommendations,  as 
any  Vacancys  may  liappen  in  my  Regiment  and  I  can  most 
Sincerely  assure  your  Grace  that  his  and  Every  priviledge 
my  Royal  Master  may  be  pleased  to  grant  me.  Shall  be 
improved  in  the  best  manner  for  his  Service,  could  it  be 
thouglit  Expedient  that  two  hundred  of  the  Rebell  Prisoners, 
who  may  have  been  unwarily  seduced,  should  be  sent  over 
for  M'  Shirleys  and  my  Regiment,  it  might  be  a  means  of 
making  good  Subjects  of  them,  w"^^  1  mention  to  your  Grace 
with  all  Submission. 

I  hope  shortly  to  transmit  to  your  Grace  an  agreeable 
Account  of  my  Success  in  Executing  His  Majestys  afore- 
mentioned Commands  and  assurmg  your  Grace  that  I  shall 
herein,  and  on  Every  occasion  Endeavour  to  demonstrate  the 
utmost  Zeal,  for  His  Service,  I  am  with  all  possible  defer- 
ence My  Lord  Duke 

Your  Graces  Most  obedient  and  Most  Humble  Serv* 

William  Pepperrell 
Boston:  24  June  174G 


OF   THE   STATE    OP   MAINE  327 

G-ov''  SJiirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  May  31«*  1746 
My  Lord  Duke 

A  Fortnight  ago  I  had  the  honour  of  your  Grace's  Letter 
dated  September  11"^^;  and  on  monday  Evening  last  by  his 
Majesty's  Sloop  Hinchingbrook  I  receiv'd  that  of  the  9*''  of 
April  containing  the  general  Plan  for  the  Reduction  of  Can- 
ada, &  his  Majesty's  Commands  to  me  thereupon,  w'^''  together 
with  your  Grace's  Letters  to  the  other  Governours  of  his 
Majesty's  Colonies,  as  far  southward  as  Virginia,  upon  the 
same  Subject  ( as  signifyed  by  your  Grace  )  were  deliver'd  to 
me  by  the  commander  of  the  Hinchingbrook,  all  w"^''  last  men- 
tioned Packets  I  directly  forwarded  by  Land  Expresses  to 
those  several  Governours  Your  Grace's  Letter  of  the  14'* 
of  March  to  inform  me  that  Major  General  Frampton's  Regi- 
ment was  imbark'd  for  Louisbourg  is  not  yet  come  to  hand. 

I  beg  your  Grace  now  will  be  pleas'd  to  give  his  Majesty 
the  strongest  assurances  that  in  Obedience  to  his  Commands 
I  shall  exert  my  utmost  Endeavours  to  raise  as  large  a  Body 
of  men  within  this  Government  for  the  present  important 
Service,  as  the  shortness  of  the  time  will  permit,  &  to  make 
the  necessary  Dispositions  for  carrying  his  Royal  Pleasure 
into  Execution,  as  far  as  it  depends  upon  me,  in  the  most 
successfull  manner  ;  for  doing  which  I  shall  immediately  fur- 
nish myself  with  the  best  Intelligence  &  Liformation  to  be 
had  in  New-England  from  persons  most  knowing  of  the  dif- 
ferent Passages  into  Canada  by  Land,  the  Situation  of  the 
Enemy's  Country  &  of  the  Forts  &  settlements  within  it,  as 
also  of  the  Navigation  up  the  River  S*  Lawrence  as  high  as 
Montreal  with  the  Settlements  &  fortifications  upon  it,  & 
especially  of  the  most  advantageous  manner  of  entring  the 
Country,  &  carrying  on  the  War  on  the  Land  side,  as  far  as 
Montreal ;  with  the  proper  numbers  for  that  part  of  the  Ser- 
vice ;  and  shall  from  time  to  time  Communicate  my  Senti- 


328  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

ments  to  Lieutenant  General  S'  Clair  &  Rear  Admiral  War- 
ren in  all  material  points  necessary  to  be  consider'd  of  by  'em, 
before  my  Arrival  at  Louisbourg ;  where  I  shall  go  pursuant 
to  his  Majesty's  orders  with  the  Troops  w*'^  I  shall  be  able  to 
raise  here  as  soon  as  possible  ( I  hope  by  some  time  in  July  ) 
&  concert  vv^ith  them  the  most  practicable  &  adviseable  meas- 
ures for  executing  his  Majesty's  Commands ;  in  doing  w*^^  I 
shall  hope  for  the  same  success  w''^  attended  the  Counsels 
form'd  here  m  the  late  Expedition  against  Cape  Breton,  & 
notliing  on  my  part  shall  be  wanting  to  procure  it. 

In  the  mean  time  I  have  recommended  every  thing  to  the 
Assembly  &  Council  of  this  Province,  w''^  I  am  commanded 
to  do  in  your  Grace's  Letter;  and  in  consequence  thereof 
they  have  passed  a  Vote  to  enable  me  to  raise  3000  men  in 
his  Majesty's  Service  for  the  present  Expedition,  by  offering 
each  man  thirty  pounds  in  bills  of  Credit  of  the  old  Tenour 
(  equal  to  about  four  Pounds  Sterlmg )  with  a  Blanket  & 
Bed,  to  encourage  'em  to  Inlist,  a  Number  I  shall  set  about 
raising  forthwith,  if  it  is  possible  to  do  it,  after  the  province's 
being  much  exhausted  of  men  by  the  late  mortality  at  Louis- 
bourg, &  Numbers  of  their  fighting  men  still  there,  &  their 
other  Losses  of  men  by  Sea  &  Land  in  the  late  Expedition, 
&  the  number  still  retain'd  on  board  his  Majesty's  Ships  ~ 
And  I  hope  this  Vote  will  be  a  good  example  to  &  influence 
the  other  Colonies  upon  the  present  great  Occasion,  &  y*^  the 
four  Governments  of  New-England  may  produce  his  Majesty 
about  5000  men  m  time  for  his  present  Service ;  And  I  should 
think  the  other  southward  Colonies  concern'd  in  the  Expedi- 
tion against  Canada  ought  in  proportion  to  furnish  about 
seven  thousand  men,  especially  as  none  of  'em  have  contrib- 
uted one  man  either  by  Land  or  Sea  towards  that  against 
Cape  Breton ;  And  I  hope  that  a  Number  ( tho'  it  may  be 
uncertain  what )  will  be  rais'd  there  for  his  Majesty,  espec- 
ially at  New  York,  where  in  answer  to  one  of  my  Letters  to 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  329 

Govemour  Clinton  about  three  months  ago,  w'=''  he  layd  before 
the  Assembly  pressing  them  to  Contribute  their  Assistance 
for  the  Defence  of  Louisbourg,  &  preservation  of  Nova  Scotia 
against  any  early  Attempts  in  the  Spring,  they  say  in  answer 
to  it,  y*  the  Situation  &  Circumstances  of  their  Colony  will 
not  permit  'em  to  do  that.  But  if  his  Majesty  shou'd  be  pleas'd 
to  set  on  foot  an  Expedition  for  tlie  Reduction  of  Canada, 
they  will  most  readily  contribute  their  proportion  ;  w'^^  I  have 
taken  the  Liberty  to  remind  'em  of. 

The  Assistance  of  the  five  Nations  of  the  Iroquois,  w'=" 
your  Grace  takes  notice  of  as  depended  upon  in  this  Expedi- 
tion, will  be  of  the  utmost  Consequence  to  the  Success  of  it, 
by  greatly  terrifying  the  Indians  in  alliance  with  the  French, 
&  discouraging  the  French  themselves,  &  ought  to  be  secur'd 
to  his  Majesty  by  all  possible  means  ;  w''''  I  shall  endeavour 
to  do  in  Conjunction  with  Governour  Clinton,  &  for  w*=''  pur- 
pose I  have  already  sent  'em  a  Letter  to  be  transmitted  to 
'em  thro  his  hands  &  w''''  I  have  reason  to  hope  from  their 
former  Declarations  &  Messages  to  me  may  have  some  weight 
with  'em. 

I  mention'd  in  a  Letter  to  your  Grace  about  a  Year  ago,  y* 
these  five  Nations  had  been  then  lately  upon  the  Point  of 
going  over  to  the  French  Interest  upon  some  Jealousies  w°^ 
have  been  instill'd  into  'em  of  the  People  of  Albany's  having 
a  design  to  destroy  'em ;  But  this  was  prevented  by  Gov- 
ernour Clinton's  having  an  Interview  with  'em  in  company 
with  the  Commissioners  for  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  &  other 
neighbouring  Governments ;  and  the  Indians  were  brought 
to  promise  to  take  up  the  Hatchet  (  an  expression  used  by 
them  for  making  Warr  )  against  the  French  Indians  whenever 
Govemour  Clinton  should  order  'em  to  do  it. 

It  happened  that  during  this  Treaty  with  'em  news  came 
to  the  Massachusetts  Commissioners  that  the  Enemy  Indians 
had  attack'd  some  of  the  expos'd  Settlements  on  the  Frontiers 


330  DOOUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

of  this  Province,  &  kill'd  some  people  there,  whereupon  they 
proposed  this  as  a  good  Opportunity  for  immediately  engaging 
the  five  Nations  generally  in  the  Warr  against  the  French ; 
and  even  desir'd  Liberty,  if  that  was  not  thought  proper,  to 
engage  a  number  of  'em  in  the  Pay  of  this  Government  ag* 
the  Enemy  Indians  on  the  Frontiers  of  tliis  Province  ;  But 
both  proposals  were  over  rul'd  by  the  Council  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  York  w*=''  attended  Goveniour  Clinton  upon 
tliis  Occasion,  &  pursuant  to  their  advice  were  denj^'d  by 
him  Soon  after  M"^  Clinton  discovered  the  strong  Biass  w^"^ 
prevail'd  in  his  Government,  &  particularly  among  tlie  Com- 
missioners for  Indian  Affairs  at  Albany,  who  are  all  of  'em 
Dutch,  towards  preserving  a  Neutrality  with  the  French 
Indians  for  the  sake  of  carrying  on  the  same  Trade  with  'em, 
w*^**  they  did  durmg  the  last  french  Warr  to  the  great  preju- 
dice of  his  Majesty's  other  Colonies,  &  upon  my  return  from 
Louisbourg  I  found  a  Letter  from  him  signifymg  this  to  me, 
&  proposing  y*  we  should  concert  measures  between  ourselves 
for  engaging  the  five  Nations  in  the  Warr,  &  defeating  the 
Dutch  Scheme  for  a  Neutrality  ;  I  readily  join'd  with  him  in 
it,  &  propos'd  that  for  securing  the  five  Nations  against  the 
Artifices  of  the  French  to  draw  'em  over  to  their  Interest  & 
breaking  thro  the  Neutrality  projected  in  his  Government  we 
should  forthwith  employ  proper  persons  of  Influence  among 
the  Indians  to  draw  'em  into  an  immediate  Rupture  with  the 
Enemy  by  making  'em  parties  in  some  Skirmish  or  Attack 
upon  the  Enemy's  Settlements,  wherein  blood  might  be  drawn 
on  one  side  or  the  other,  a  sure  way  found  by  experience  of 
the  Temper  of  the  Indians  to  engage  'em  for  the  whole  Warr ; 
M''  Clinton  agreed  with  me  in  Opinion,  w*^**  he  assur'd  me 
was  determin'd  by  himself  in  the  same  way  before,  & 
Employ'd  a  Person  on  his  part  to  carry  the  Scheme  into 
Execution  ;  And  I  employ'd  one  M'^  Lydius  a  Person  of  gen- 
eral acquaintance  &  good  repute  among  the  Indians  to  engage 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  331 

'em  in  a  Quarrell  with  the  Enemy,  &  prevail'd  upon  the 
Assembly  of  this  Province  to  advance  500^'^  new  Tenour  to 
him  (  of  the  value  of  about  350"'  Sterling  )  towards  giving 
'em  Bounty  money  for  the  Enemy's  Scalps,  &  Defraying  the 
charges  of  their  outsett  with  a  promise  of  whatever  Sums 
should  be  necessary  for  their  &  his  own  support  in  the  Warr ; 
M'  Lydius  accordingly  engag'd  in  this  undertaking  "till  the 
Commissioners  for  Indian  Affairs  at  Albany  discover'd  his 
proceedings,  and  upon  the  Alarm  ( as  I  am  inform'd  by  M'^ 
Clinton  )  2uade  grievous  complaints  ag*  him  ;  and  the  Council 
have  prevail'd  so  far  as  to  obtain  a  prohibition  to  Lydius  not 
to  act  farther  in  this  matter,  &  I  believe  to  cite  hun  to 
answer  for  his  past  acting  before  their  Board  ;  However  he 
has  proceeded  so  far  as  to  engage  several  of  the  Iroquois  to 
go  out  on  scalping  ( the  term  for  destroying  'em  &  cutting 
off  tlieir  Scalps )  ag'  the  French  Indians  ( in  w''"'  I  hoj^e  he 
will  succeed )  upon  the  Bounty  &  support  promis'd  by  me, 
w'^'^  is  the  mam  Dependance  we  have  at  present,  for  engaging 
'em  in  the  Warr  ~  This  strong  Desire  of  the  Dutch  within 
the  Government  of  New  York  still  to  keep  up  a  Neutrality 
with  the  French  Indians  &  prevent  the  five  Nations  from 
entring  into  the  Warr  is  the  more  surprizing,  as  they  have 
not  only  had  the  whole  Village  of  Sarahtoga  cutt  off  by  the 
French  Indians  in  the  most  cruel  manner,  but  their  whole 
frontier  of  Albany  ever  since  harrass'd  with  Depredations 
and  Murthers  within  half  a  mile  of  the  City  of  Albciny  itself, 
from  whence  I  am  told  the  Inhabitants  dare  not  stirr  out, 
but  suffer  the  Enemy's  Insults  within  sight  of  their  Walls,  in 
so  much  that  great  Part  of  the  Country  is  broke  up ;  And 
indeed  they  have  been  so  much  distress'd  for  some  time,  y*  I 
receiv'd  a  Petition  near  three  months  ago  from  Numbers  of 
'em  Imploring  the  protection  of  the  Massachusetts  Govern- 
ment ag*  the  French  Indians ;  But  did  not  think  proper  to 
take  notice  of  so  irregular  a  thing,  lioping  there  would  be  no 


332  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

occasion  for  it,  And  knowing  Govemour  Clinton  would  do 
every  thing  possible  to  be  done  with  bis  Assembly  for  their 
safety  However  I  hope  upon  this  occasion  as  M*'  Clinton 
has  ever  been  spirited  to  the  utmost  for  engaging  the  five 
Nations  in  the  Warr  &  the  Assembly  of  New  York  have  pub- 
lickly  declar'd  their  readiness  to  enter  into  an  Expedition  for 
the  Reduction  of  Canada,  &  I  have  let  'em  know  y*  his  Maj- 
esty Depends  on  the  Assistance  of  those  Indians  in  the  pres- 
ent intended  one,  y*  they  will  heartily  join  with  this  &  the 
other  Neighbouring  Governments  in  proper  measure  for 
securing  this  Point,  w*"*^  I  shall  use  my  utmost  Endeavours 
to  unite  his  Majesty's  Colonies  in  effecting  As  I  likewise 
shall  the  several  Governours  in  publishing  a  Declaration  to 
all  the  Indians  in  general  promismg  'em  his  Majesty's  pro- 
tection &  favour,  in  case  they  shall  observe  a  Neutrality  in 
the  present  Expedition,  w*^**  I  am  not  without  hopes  would 
have  a  proper  Effect  upon  'em  in  the  Alarm  &  Consternation, 
w*^^  the  appearance  of  his  Majesty's  Armaments  by  Land  & 
Sea  &  the  fear  of  our  Resentment  in  case  of  success  may 
probably  produce  in  'em ;  &  this  falling  off  from  the  French 
would  ver}^  much  dishearten  them  too. 

It  is  a  great  satisfaction  to  me  upon  this  occasion  that  I 
find  the  Levies  for  my  Regiment  answer  the  prospect,  I  had 
when  I  last  wrote  to  your  Grace ;  there  being  now,  I  believe, 
six  hundred  of  'em  at  Louisbourg,  &  100  more  ready  to 
imbark ;  And  I  shall  use  my  utmost  diligence  to  compleat  it 
to  the  highest  Establishment  as  I  doubt  not  Sir  William 
Pepperrell  will  do  the  same  for  his,  towards  w*^^  nothing  can 
possibly  contribute  more  than  his  Majesty's  permitting  us  to 
recommend  to  the  Vacancies  in  our  respective  Regiments : 
But  the  sudden  raising  of  so  large  a  body  of  men  in  all  the 
Governments  for  his  Majesty's  Service  in  the  present  Expe- 
dition &  the  Encouragement  for  Enlisting  into  it,  with  the 
short  time  of  the  Service  will  unavoidably  obstruct  us  ( in 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  333 

some  Degree)  in  compleating  our  Regiments  at  present; 
when  they  are  both  compleated  I  hope  they  may,  tho'  new 
rais'd,  be  equal  to  the  Duty  expected  from  'em  this  Summer, 
whilst  so  considerable  a  naval  force  as  is  intended,  is  kept  in 
these  Seas,  and  w*^^'  may  be,  as  your  Grace  is  pleas'd  to 
observe  a  considerable  protection,  to  Nova  Scotia  too ;  it  not 
being  probable  that  the  French  will  then  venture  up  with 
their  Ships  into  Annapolis  Bason  ;  But  I  would  beg  Leave  to 
observe  to  your  Grace,  y'  the  Danger  to  his  Majesty's  Garri- 
son arises  cheifly  from  within  the  heart  of  the  Government 
itself,  the  Inhabitants  &  neighbouring  Indians  whose  Num- 
bers are  sufficient  of  themselves  with  a  small  Assistance  from 
Canada,  &  the  help  of  a  proper  Train  of  Artillery,  slipt  up 
the  Bay  in  small  Vessells  ( w''*'  would  give  'em  great  Encour- 
agement to  take  up  arms  ag*  the  Garrison  )  to  reduce  it.  How- 
ever whilst  the  attempt  ag*  Canada  is  depending,  that  will 
certainly  go  far  towards  holding  the  Inhabitants  of  Nova 
Scotia  in  suspence  till  the  success  of  it  is  known ;  &  I  hope 
by  next  Spring  they  may  either  be  put  upon  a  better  foot  of 
Subjection,  or  the  most  dangerous  among  'em  remov'd. 

I  will  use  my  utmost  Diligence  to  procure  all  the  good 
Pilots,  w*=^  are  to  be  had  in  this  Province  for  his  Majesty's 
service  in  the  present  Expedition :  and  give  M'  Hutchenson 
all  the  Assistance  I  can,  in  contracting  for  any  Quantity  of 
Provisions  he  may  think  necessary  to  lay  in  for  the  use  of  his 
Majesty's  Troops  upon  their  Arrival  in  North  America. 

I  congratulate  your  Grace  upon  the  favourable  turn  w'^'^ 
the  Rebellion  in  Great  Britain  has  taken,  and  the  Prospect 
there  is  that  the  disturbances  lately  occasion'd  by  that  of  the 
threaten'd  Invasion  from  France  to  his  Majesty's  Government 
at  home  are  near  an  End  —  And  tho'  I  should  have  been 
glad  y'  the  Colonies  could  have  had  longer  Notice  given  'em 
to  make  the  necessary  Preparations  for  this  Expedition  yet 
as  I  am  inform'd  y*  the  Proclamation  issu'd  here  upon  the 


334  DOCUIHENTAIIY   HISTORY 

present  occasion  will  be  earlier  by  ten  clays  tlian  that  issu'd 
on  the  like  in  1711,  and  that  the  Fleet  then  rendezvous'd  in 
this  Harbour  did  not  sail  from  hence  in  that  year  for  the  River 
of  St.  Lawrence  till  the  month  of  September,  whereas  I  expect 
that  the  Fleet  may  sail  from  Louisbourg  this  year  by  August, 
I  hope  we  shall  not  be  too  late  in  the  Season. 

No  Diligence  shall  be  wanting  on  my  Part  to  forward  this 
Enterprize,  nor  Endeavours  to  keep  up  a  proper  harmony  and 
Spirit  among  the  several  Governments  here  for  promoting  it, 
and  an  Union  of  Counsels  &  agreement  between  General  S* 
Clau',  Admiral  Warren  &  myself,  w^^  I  hope  will  afterwards 
subsist  betw^een  those  two  Gentlemen  in  carrying  the  Scheme 
w^'^  shall  be  finally  settled,  into  Execution;  and  that  his 
Majesty's  Arms  in  this  Expedition  will  be  crown'd  with 
success. 

I  am  with  the  most  DutifuU  Regard,  My  Lord  Duke, 
Your  Grace's  most  Oblig'd  and  most  Devoted  Humble  Servant 

W.  Shirley. 

P.  S.  Since  finishing  this  I  have  receiv'd  a  Letter  from 
Governour  Clniton ;  wherein  he  says  "  Since  the  Noise  about 
"  Lydius  the  Commissioners  ( at  Albany )  have  fall'n  into  the 
"same  method,  that  I  was  pursuing,  w''''  is  offering  a  sum  of 
«'  money  in  Dollars  to  any  person,  that  will  go  &  get  a  Scalp 
"  of  a  French  Indian  so  y*  they  find  themselves  oblig'd  to  Lay 
aside  their  Scheme  for  a  Neutrality. 

The  inclos'd  Extract  is  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Province 
of  Nova  Scotia. 

Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Secretary  Shirreff  to  M''  King 
Gould  Agent  for  General  Phillipss  Regiment  dated  in  March 
1745  sent  open  to  Governour  Shirley  for  his  perusal. 

Besides  in  the  Circumstances  we  are  in  if  the  Bay  Vert  & 
Chicknecto  be  not  well  attended  &  secur'd  by  proper  Cruizers, 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  335 

the  Canadians  may  even  send  Parties  with  Cannon  shells  & 
other  warlike  Stores  to  Chieknecto,  as  they  did  the  Indians 
presents  last  Fall,  from  whence,  as  our  Inhabitants  have 
Sloops  &  Shallops,  they  can  bring  them  from  thence,  &  Land 
them  here  in  the  River  within  sight  of  the  Garrison  without 
being  hurt,  so  that  without  Shipping  to  defend  our  entry, 
(  where  we  have  had  hints  the  Enemy  intend  if  they  return 
to  build  a  Battery)  we  are  in  Danger  not  only  from  Old 
France,  but  even  from  that  our  Neighbouring  Province ;  if 
our  Inhabitants  are  not  remov'd,  w'^'^  I  humbly  submit  to 
Gen :  Phillips's,  to  whom  my  most  Dutifull  Respects,  &  to 
your  Consideration 

Examin'd  W.  Shirley 


Crov^  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  June  IS'*^  1746 
]\[y  Lord  Duke,  (  Copy  ) 

Since  I  receiv'd  your  Grace's  Letter  dated  the  9*^  of  A  prill, 
I  have  tlie  honour  to  receive  that  of  the  IV^  of  March 
informing  me  of  the  Imbarkation  of  Major  General  Frampton's 
Regiment  for  Louisbourg  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Knovvles  to 
succeed  Admiral  Warren  in  the  Government  of  Cape  Breton, 
&  of  his  Majesty's  Commands  to  the  Admiral  &  myself  for 
concerting  measures  for  his  Service  at  Boston  &  transmitting 
our  Opinion  touching  the  Number  of  Forces  necessary  to  be 
rais'd  in  North  America  for  the  reduction  of  Canada :  And  I 
am  particularly  oblig'd  to  your  Grace  for  the  Assurance,  that 
you  are  therein  pleas'd  to  give  me  y'  you  will  recommend  me 
to  his  Majesty  for  the  Command  of  Lieutenant  General 
Phillips  Regiment,  when  it  shall  become  vacant,  w**'  addi- 
tional Instance  of  your  Grace's  Goodness  to  the  favours  con- 
f er'd  upon  me  I  shall  ever  retain  a  most  gratefuU  Sense  of : 


336  DOCUMENT AKY   HISTORY 

i 

And  I  may  assure  your  Grace  y*  one  of  the  principal  motives, 
I  had  to  desire  I  might  succeed  General  Phillips  in  his  Com- 
mand, was  the  hopes  I  have  of  it's  putting  it  in  my  power  to 
promote  his  Majesty's  Service  in  his  Province  of  Acadie,  or 
Nova  Scotia  by  securing  the  fidelity  &  allegiance  of  the 
Inhabitants  there  to  His  Majesty's  Government  in  the  best 
manner,  and  thereby  preventing  the  French  from  making 
themselves  masters  of  it  the  acquisition  of  w*^*^  to  them  with 
the  help  of  the  Indians  would  likewise  endanger  the  Loss  of 
the  Province  of  New  Hampshire  &  the  Mast  Country  to  his 
Majesty  with  the  Fishery  of  the  Acadie  or  Cape  Sable's 
Shoar,  including  that  of  Canso,  to  his  Subjects  here  in  pres- 
ent; &,  should  not  Canada  be  reduc'd  would  enable  the 
Enemy  to  harrass  &  Diminish  all  his  Majesty's  Colonies  on 
the  Continent,  &  have  an  inevitable  Tendency  to  make  them- 
selves masters  of  the  whole  of  it  in  time ;  not  to  mention  the 
continual  Danger,  w°'*  their  possession  of  Nova  Scotia  would 
at  the  same  time  expose  Cape  Breton  &  even  Newfoundland 
to. 

These  Considerations  have  induc'd  me  to  take  the  Liberty 
of  submitting  it  to  your  Grace,  whether  it  might  not  be  for 
his  Majesty's  Service,  that  before  the  six  Regiments  to  be 
employ'd  ag*  Canada  return  to  England,  orders  may  be  given 
that  such  part  of  them,  as  shall  be  thought  necessary  to  assist 
in  removing  the  most  obnoxious  of  the  French  Inhabitants  of 
Nova  Scotia  from  thence,  should  be  employ'd  in  that  Service, 
w*^*"  would  not  take  up  much  time ;  I  am  not  certain  whether 
a  sufficient  Strength  might  not  be  spar'd  from  the  Garrison 
at  Louisbourg  a  short  time  for  thLs  purpose,  w'"'^  if  it  could, 
would  make  the  Assistance  of  any  other  Troops  needless. 

And  I  would  particularly  submit  it  to  your  Grace's  Con- 
sideration, whether  in  case  of  any  Disappointment  in  the 
present  attempts  for  the  reduction  of  Canada,  the  immediate 
removal  of  some  at  least  of  the  French  Inhabitants  of  Nova 


OP  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  337 

Scotia,  &  securing  the  province  in  the  best  manner  would  not 
be  adviseable  and  even  necessary. 

If  your  Grace  should  think  this  deserves  so  much  of  your 
Attention  there  will  be  time  enough  for  transmitting  his 
Majesty's  Commands  to  me  upon  it  before  the  present  Expe- 
dition is  over 

I  am  with  the  most  Dutifull  Regard  My  Lord  Duke 

Your  Grace's  most  Devoted  &  most  Obedient  Servant 

W.  Shirley 

Crov'^  Shirley  to  the  DuJce  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  August  15*^  1746 
My  Lord  Duke  ( Duplicate  ) 

I  have  endeavoured  to  represent  to  your  Grace  so  fully  in 
former  Letters  the  great  Importance  of  his  Majestys  holding 
the  possession  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  Danger  his  Garrison 
there  at  Annapolis  is  in  from  the  General  Attachment  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  that  province,  and  of  the  Indians  under  their 
Influence,  to  the  Interest  of  the  French,  that  I  shall  not 
trouble  you  with  repeating  it :  But  beg  leave  to  lay  before 
your  Grace  the  Copy  of  my  last  Letter  to  Admiral  Townsend, 
which  will  discover  to  your  Grace  that  my  Apprehensions 
concerning  Annapolis  Royal  are  not  groundless;  that  the 
Spirit  of  the  French  Inhabitants  still  continues  the  same,  as 
before  the  taking  of  Cape  Breton :  and  that  notwithstanding 
that  Acquisition  Nova  Scotia  will  be  in  danger  of  being  lost 
by  some  sudden  stroke  from  Canada  in  Conjunction  with  the 
Nova-Scotians  unless  a  method  is  Spedily  taken  for  better 
Securing  their  Subjection  and  Fidelity  to  the  Crown  of  Great 
Britain.  I  must  acknowledge  my  fears  of  such  an  Event 
increase,  as  the  more  I  consider  what  is  the  most  practicable 
method  for  the  French  to  Attempt  the  Recovery  of  Louis- 
bourg,  either  by  force  of  Arms  or  gaining  from  his  Majesty 

22 


338  DOCTJMENTARY   HISTORY 

what  may  most  probably  be  deemed  an  Equivalent  in  exchange 
for  it,  the  more  clearly  it  appears  to  me  that  making  them- 
selves masters  of  Nova  Scotia  (which  seems  at  present  to  be 
the  easiest  Acquisition  they  can  make )  must  be  their  Scheme : 
nay  it  may  admit  of  some  doubt  whether  they  would  be  fond 
of  Exchanging  Nova  Scotia  for  Cape  Breton,  as  the  former 
has  between  5  &  6000  fighting  men  in  it,  besides  a  consider- 
able number  of  Indians  Dependent  upon  it,  abounds  with 
proAdsions,  has  a  great  number  of  most  Commodious  Har- 
bours for  large  Ships,  and  exceeding  plenty  of  the  best  of 
Fish  along  the  Cape  Sable  Coast,  and  at  Canso,  &  ( which 
seems  to  be  a  principal  Consideration  and  to  be  guarded 
against  as  a  matter  of  the  most  dangerous  Consequence) 
would  greatly  strengthen  'em  upon  this  Continent  &  probably 
put  it  immediately  into  their  power  at  least  to  ruin  his  Maj- 
estys  Woods  m  this  and  the  provmce  of  new  Hampshire,  from 
which  two  nurseries  his  Royal  navy  is  at  present  wholly  Sup- 
plied with  masts,  yards  &c*  besides  all  which  it  would  so 
much  facilitate  their  Recovery  of  Cape  Breton  as  perhaps  to 
make  'em  not  so  sollicitous  about  having  it  given  up  to  'em 
as  otherwise  they  would  be,  since  their  being  masters  of  Nova 
Scotia  might  raise  their  hopes  of  regaining  Louisbourg  by 
Force,  or  Surprize,  if  the  war  should  continue  any  time, 
which  without  their  gaining  of  nova  Scotia  they  could  not 
reasonably  entertain  and  by  this  means  the  loss  of  that  prov- 
ince might  be  attended  with  more  Difficulty  &  perplexities, 
than  may  be  at  first  sight  perceived. 

I  am  sorry  to  hear  from  the  Garrison  at  Annapolis  Royal 
that  there  is  a  great  Spirit  of  Desertion  among  their  last 
Recruits,  some  of  whom  have  actually  deserted,  and  gone 
over  to  the  French,  by  which  means  the  Enemy  will  have 
intelligence  of  the  State  of  the  Garrison :  This  happens  from 
the  Recruits  behig  taken  ( as  I  am  informed )  out  of  the 
Refuse  &  Drags  of  the  Jayls  in  England,  and  some  of  'em 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  339 

being  Irish  Papists:  and  the  Evil  (which  may  be  of  bad 
Consequence )  seems  easy  to  be  Remedy'd  if  those  Companies 
of  Phillips's  Regiment,  which  are  posted  at  Annapolis  Royall 
were  permitted  to  Recruit  with  new  England  men,  who  are 
Stanch  in  their  Fidelity  to  his  majesty's  Service,  and  have  a 
great  aversion  to  the  French. 

I  shall  finish  my  troubling  your  Grace  upon  the  affairs  of 
Nova  Scotia  with  this  Letter  after  having  once  more  Sub- 
mitted it  to  your  Grace's  Consideration  as  a  proper  Scheme 
for  better  Securing  the  Subjection  of  the  French  Inhabitants 
and  Indians  there ;  that  the  Governour  &  Councill  or  such 
other  person  or  persons  as  his  majesty  shall  think  fitt  to  join 
witli  'em,  should  have  a  special  Authority  and  directions  from 
his  majesty  forthwith  to  Apprehend  &  Examine  a  convenient 
number  of  such  of  the  French  Inhabitants,  as  shall  be  by  them 
Judg'd  to  be  most  obnoxious  &  Dangerous  to  his  majestys 
Government,  and  upon  finding  'era  guilty  of  holding  any 
treasonable  Correspondence  with  the  Enemy  &c*  to  dispose 
of  them  &  their  Estates  in  such  manner,  as  his  majesty  shall 
order  by  his  Commission  and  to  promise  his  Majestys  Gra- 
cious Pardon  &  a  General  Indemnity  to  the  Rest  for  what  is 
past  upon  their  taking  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance  to  his  Maj- 
esty :  And  to  Cause  either  two  strong  Blockhouses  ( or  small 
Forts )  capable  of  holding  100  men  each  to  be  Built,  one  in 
Menis  &  the  other  in  Schignecto  which  may  be  Garrison'd 
out  of  Phillips's  Regiment  when  Compleated ;  or  else  that  at 
least  one  Blockhouse  (or  small  Fort)  should  be  Built  at 
Menis  capable  of  holding  150  men,  and  a  trading  house  be 
kept  at  the  Fort  at  Menis  or  some  other  part  of  the  Province 
well  Stock'd  with  all  proper  Supplies  for  the  Indians  to  be 
sold  or  barter'd  to  'em  for  Furrs  &c'^  at  the  most  reasonable 
Rates,  and  some  presents  annually  distributed  to  'em  :  by 
which  means  and  removing  the  Romish  Priests  out  of  the 
province,    &    introducing   protestant   English    Schools,    and 


340  DOCTnVCENTARY   HISTORY 

French  Protestant  Ministers,  and  due  encouragement  given 
to  such  of  the  Inhabitants,  as  shall  Conform  to  the  Protestant 
Religion,  and  send  their  Children  to  the  English  Schools,  the 
present  Inhabitants  might  probably  at  least  be  kept  in  Sub- 
jection to  his  Majestys  Government,  and  from  treasonable 
Correspondencies  with  the  Canadians ;  and  the  next  Generar 
tion  in  a  great  measure  become  true  Protestant  Subjects  ;  and 
the  Indians  there  soon  Reclaim'd  to  an  intire  dependance 
upon  &  Subjection  to  his  Majesty ;  which  might  also  have  an 
happy  Influence  upon  some  of  the  Tribes  now  in  the  French 
Interest. 

Your  Grace  will  be  pleas'd  to  excuse  all  Incorrectness  in 
this  rough  Sketch. 

I  am  with  the  most  Dutifull  Regard,  My  Lord  Duke, 

Your  Grace's  most  Devoted  &  most  Obedient  Servant 

W.  Shirley. 

Gov'^  Shirley  to  Paul  Mascarene  Esq^^. 

A  Letter  from  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq"^^  Cap- 
tain General  &  Governour  in  Chief  of  the  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  to  the  Honourable  Paul  Mascarene  Esq' 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia  for  the 
time  being. 

Sir, 

Having  been  inform'd  that  the  french  Inhabitants  of  Nova 

Scotia  entertain  some  Jealousy   of  a  Design  in  the  English 

Government  to  remove  them  with  their  Families  from  their 

Settlements,  &  transport  them  to    France    or   elsewhere;  I 

desire  ( if  you  think  it  may  be  for  his  Majesty's  Service )  that 

you  would  be  pleas'd  to  signify  to  'em,  that  it  is  probable  if 

his  Majesty  had  declar'd  such  Intention  I  might  have  heard 

of  the  same,  but  that  I  am  perfectly  unacquainted  with  any 

such  Design,  and  am  perswaded  there  is  no  just  Ground  for 

this  Jealousy  ;  And  be  pleas'd  to  assure  'era,  that  I  shall  use 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  341 

my  best  Endeavours  by  a  proper  Representation  of  their  Case 
to  be  laid  before  his  Majesty,  to  obtain  the  Continuance  of 
his  Royal  Favour  &  Protection  to  such  of  them,  as  shall 
behave  dutifully  &  peaceably,  &  refuse  to  hold  any  Corre- 
spondence with  his  Enemies ;  and  I  doubt  not  but  that  all 
such  of  'em  will  be  protected  by  his  Majesty  in  the  possession 
of  their  Estates  &  Settlements  in  Nova  Scotia. 

And  I  desire  you  would  also  be  pleas'd  to  inform  'em  that 
it  is  expected  from  his  Maj*^'^  french  Subjects  in  that  Prov- 
ince, who  have  for  so  long  time  enjoyed  the  same  Privileges 
with  his  natural  born  Subjects  there,  &  have  been  under  a 
much  easier  Government  than  any  of  the  french  King's  Sub- 
jects are  in  the  neighbouring  Province  of  Canada  &  other 
Parts  of  the  french  King's  Dominions,  that  their  Interest  as 
well  as  their  Duty  and  Gratitude  should  bind  them  to  a 
strict  Fidelity  &  Obedience  to  his  Majesty  and  His  Govern- 
ment ;  But  on  the  contrary  if  any  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
said  Province  shall  join  with  the  Enemy  (especially  those 
that  have  been  sent  from  Canada  to  seduce  them  from  their 
Duty  to  his  Majesty  &  Attachment  to  the  English  Interest ) 
they  must  expect  to  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as  his 
Majesty's  English  Subjects  would  be  under  the  like  Provoca- 
tions. 

I  am  with  great  regard  Sir, 

Your  most  Obedient  humble  Servant 

W.  Shirley 

Boston  Sep'^  16.  1746. 

Co'py  of  a  Letter  from  Lieut*  Colonel   Qorham  to  (xovernour 

Shirley, 

Annapolis  Royal  Nov'  15.  1746. 
May  it  please  your  Excellency, 

This  come  to  inform  you  that  on  Account  of  Bad  Weather, 


342  DOCUIMENTARY   mSTORY 

and  tlie  Reinforcement  not  arriving  from  New  England,  our 
Expedition  up  the  Bay  by  Water  is  over  for  this  Year ;  and 
according  to  Custom,  all  intelligence  and  Expresses  from 
thence  are  Stopt,  tho  many  schemes  are  put  in  Execution  to 
gain  intelligence  by  Sea  &  Land,  I  have  in  Conjunction  with 
Governour  Mascarene  used  all  endeavours  with  these  Inhab- 
itants and  their  Priest  to  get  Intelligence  and  to  forward  a 
number  of  your  Excellencys  Letters  to  Minas  and  to  let  them 
know  that  they  may  depend  on  being  treated  agreeable  to 
your  Excellencys  Letter  th6  the  Canadeans  and  some  guilty 
and  disaffected  Inhabitants  are  using  all  measures  to  make 
the  others  believe  that  the  Letter  is  only  to  make  them  easy 
until  we  can  get  them  in  our  power  to  Remove  them ;  which 
Report  of  Removing  them  has  so  Alarm'd  them,  that  they 
hardly  know  what  to  trust  to,  I  think  there  is  no  doubt  the 
greater  part  of  the  Inhabitants  up  the  Bay  have  us'd  their 
endeavours  (by  fair  means)  to  get  the  Canadeans  to  Return 
home  and  not  to  Winter  amongst  them  as  they  expect  to 
have  Open  war  declar'd  against  them  provided  the  Enemy 
keeps  amongst  them ;  Tho  I  can't  well  understand  how  the 
Enemy  can  leave  the  Country  till  all  is  frose  up. 

As  it  is  already  too  late  to  go  by  water  and  their  Sick  and 
Prisoners  &  Baggage  they  cant  well  Transport  by  Land  in 
the  Winter  makes  one  think  they  will  keep  possession  of  this 
Country  except  we  have  a  Superiour  Force  to  drive  them  out 
and  their  keeping  this  provmce  is  of  no  small  Consequence 
to  Canada  not  only  in  having  all  advices  from  New  England 
by  the  way  of  these  Inhabitants,  but  from  Old  France  any 
Ship  may  put  into  any  of  the  Cape  Sable  Harbours,  when 
they  could  not  Venture  up  the  River  of  Canada  by  reason  of 
the  Winter  and  by  this  Method  Convey  a  Packet  and  have 
an  Answer  in  a  fortnight  or  three  weeks  from  Quebeck. 
Therefore  in  my  humble  Opinion  it  will  be  of  the  Utmost 
Consequence  to  get  possession  of  Minas  this  Winter  or  in  the 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  343 

Spring  provided  the  Canada  Expedition  goes  on ;  and  in  Case 
a  sufficient  Force  arrive  not  this  Fall  to  go  to  Mmas,  I  should 
think  it  much  the  surest  and  best  way  to  send  direct  from  N 
England  early  in  the  Spring  to  Minas  without  ever  touching 
here  or  even  letting  this  place  have  any  knowledge  of  tlie 
same  for  they  will  soon  know  at  Minas  what  we  are  about 
here,  tho  we  cannot  know  what  they  are  about  there 

As  to  what  advices  we  have  about  some  large  men  of  Wars 
being  up  the  Bay,  and  a  large  Reinforcement  of  men  and 
Stores  by  the  Bay  of  Vert,  I  hardly  know  what  to  think 
about  the  Shiping,  but  the  Reinforcement  &  Stores  by  the 
Bay  of  Vert  may  be  probable  they  at  Canada  thinking  this 
place  was  taken  &  accordingly  might  send  the  above  men- 
tion'd  men  &  Stores  to  reinforce  the  Garrison  &  Countiy  & 
I  believe  it  is  true.  Some  Conjecture  the  Ships  are  some 
return'd  back  from  the  Fleet  with  the  Governour  on  board, 
and  that  he  will  go  to  Canada  by  Land  or  fortify  at  Minas 
and  make  a  tryal  against  this  place  in  the  Winter,  but  hope 
we  shall  by  some  of  the  Aforementioned  Schemes  soon  get 
some  better  intelligence  from  thence  than  what  we  have  at 
present  till  which  time  must  beg  leave  to  referr  your  Excel- 
lency to  those  more  knowing  in  these  affairs,  I  am  Sir, 
Your  most  Obedient  &  humble  Servant 

John  Gorham 


Gov^  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  November  21«*  1746 
My  Lord  Duke, 

I  am  afraid  your  Grace  will  think,  from  my  incessant  Rep- 
resentations of  the  State  of  Nova  Scotia,  that  I  imagine  that 
Province  should  be  the  sole  Object  of  your  Attention  :  Noth- 
ing could  induce  me  to  be  so  importunate  with  your  Grace 
upon  this  Subject,  but  the  fullest  Perswasion  of  the  very  great 


344  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

Importance  of  that  Place  to  the  Crown,  &  the  British  Sub- 
jects, of  the  immediate  bad  Consequences  of  the  Loss  of  it  to 
his  Majesty's  Service,  &  the  imminent  danger  of  it's  being 
lost,  unless  something  is  forthwith  done  for  the  effectual 
Security  of  it. 

The  inclos'd  Extract  from  M""  Mascarene's  Letter  &  Copy 
of  Lieut*  Gorham's  will  disclose  in  a  great  Measure  to  your 
Grace  their  Apprehensions,  &  the  Condition  of  the  Province : 
The  Number  of  the  Enemy  are  increas'd  at  Menis ;  they  have 
again  stopt  all  Communication  between  the  Inhabitants  & 
the  Garrison,  &  are  likely  to  keep  footing  there  this  Winter ; 
and  particularly  from  Col°  Gorham's  Letter  your  Grace  will 
perceive  what  Pains  the  Canadeans  and  Malecontents  among 
the  Inhabitants  take  to  prevent  my  Letter  lately  dispers'd 
among  'em,  in  order  to  setle  the  Minds  of  the  Inhabitants, 
( a  Copy  of  which  I  have  before  sent  your  Grace )  from  hav- 
ing its  proper  Influence ;  &  how  the  Nova  Scotians  are 
alarm'd  at  the  Rumour  of  a  design  to  remove  'em  from  their 
Settlements :  And  it  appears  to  me  by  what  I  farther  learn 
from  Captain  Fotheringham  to  whom  M''  Mascarene  refers 
me  in  his  Letter,  that  unless  something  vigorous,  as  that 
Letter  intimates,  is  done  by  the  Middle  of  April  at  farthest, 
the  greatest  Part  of  the  Province  at  least  will  be  in  the  hands 
of  the  Canadeans,  and  it  will  be  too  late  then  to  attempt  to 
reclaim  the  Inhabitants. 

To  prevent  this  danger,  six  hundred  of  the  Men,  which  I 
have  sent  from  this  Province,  are,  I  hope,  before  now  arriv'd 
at  Annapolis,  &  near  three  hundred  more,  I  expect,  will 
arrive  there  from  hence  in  two  or  three  days  at  farthest,  with 
a  sufficient  Quantity  of  Snow  Shoes,  which  will  make  their 
marching  practicable,  tho  a  deep  Snow  should  suddenly  fall. 
One  hundred  &  eighty  Men  more,  I  hope  from  Gov'  Went- 
worth's  assurances  to  me,  are  sail'd  before  now  from  New 
Hampshire  for  Annapolis ;    But  the  Transport  Vessels  of  the 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  345 

three  hundred  from  Rhode  Island  were  drove  on  Shore,  I  hear, 
in  a  Storm  at  Martha's  Vineyard,  &  when  they  will  reimbark 
I  dont  know.  However  I  hope  the  other  Succours  may,  tho 
the  Rhode  Islanders  should  not  proceed  ( which  I  shall  yet 
press  their  doing  with  all  Speed)  be  a  sufficient  force  to 
drive  the  Canadeans  from  Menis  this  Winter ;  which  would 
have  a  most  happy  Effect  indeed  for  the  Security  of  the 
Province  in  every  respect,  &  seems  worth  while  to  be  push'd 
for ;  And  I  hope  M"^  Mascarene's  Difficulties  about  their  car- 
rying of  Provisions  by  Land,  may  by  some  Method  or  other 
(  especially  Sleds  when  the  Snow  falls  )  be  got  over :  Capt" 
Fotheringham  assures  me  that  very  credible  accounts  of  the 
sickness's  having  destroy'd  tv/o  thirds  of  the  Cape  Sable 
Indians  are  given  by  some  of  the  french  Inhabitants,  &  that 
they  are  still  dying.  The  Cape  Sable  Indians  were  before 
computed  to  have  about  six  hundred  fightuig  Men. 

For  the  securmg  Nova  Scotia  from  it's  present  danger  I 
would  further  humbly  propose  it  as  my  Opinion  to  be  con- 
sider'd  by  your  Grace,  that  if  his  Majesty  should  be  pleas'd, 
as  soon  as  possibly  might  be  after  the  Receipt  of  this,  to 
cause  it  to  be  signified  to  the  Inhabitants  of  Nova  Scotia, 
that  the  assurances  lately  given  'em  by  me  of  his  Royal  Pro- 
tection to  such  of  'em,  as  should  behave  dutifully  and  avoid 
all  traitorous  Correspondence  with  the  Enemy  at  this  Junc- 
ture (  or  to  that  Effect )  were  approv'd  of  by  him,  and  should 
be  made  good  to  'em,  it  would  have  a  great  Tendency  to 
remove  their  present  apprehensions  of  being  sent  off  with 
their  Families  from  their  Settlements  in  Nova  Scotia,  which 
seems  to  distress  &  perplex  'em ;  &  effectually  to  prevent 
'em  from  being  drawn  over  to  take  up  Arms  against  his  Maj- 
esty, unless  it  should  be  some  of  the  most  obnoxious  of  'em ; 
which,  if  his  Majesty  would  be  pleas'd  to  send  over  at  the 
same  time  his  special  directions  to  apprehend,  and  proceed 
agamst,  such  a  Proceeding  against  the  Delinquents  and  gra- 


346  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

cious  Declaration  towards  the  others,  would  I  dare  say  have 
a  proper  Effect  for  securing  the  general  Fidelity  of  the  Inhab- 
itants, at  least  so  far  as  to  keep  'em  from  joining  with  the 
Enemy ;  And  least  the  Succours  now  sent  to  Annapolis  should 
not  be  a  sufficient  force  to  dislodge  the  Enemy  this  Winter, 
I  would  farther  humbly  propose  it  for  your  Grace's  Consid- 
eration, that  his  Majesty's  Orders  should  be  forthwith  sent  to 
my  self  and  the  other  three  Governments  of  New  England, 
that  in  Case  the  Canadeans  should  not  be  withdrawn  out  of 
Nova  Scotia,  they  should  immediately  cause  the  Soldiers 
rais'd  in  their  respective  Colonies  &  Provinces  for  his  Maj- 
esty's Service  in  the  Expedition  against  Canada  to  be  trans- 
ported to  Annapolis  Royal,  as  their  place  of  Rendezvous 
instead  of  Louisbourg,  &  to  be  imployed  in  driving  the  Cana- 
deans out  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  be  farther  subjected  to  such 
Orders  as  his  Majesty  shall  be  pleas'd  to  signify  in  those 
Directions ;  and  if  this  Order  was  to  extend  to  the  Governour 
of  New  York,  it  might  not  be  an  unnecessary  Caution.  I  am 
apprehensive  if  such  Orders  are  not  sent,  that  the  Attention 
of  the  several  Governm^*  to  the  Reduction  of  Crown  Point 
miglit  very  much  interfere  with  the  Preservation  of  Nova 
Scotia,  which  is  of  infinitely  more  Consequence. 

These  are  the  things  which  occur  to  me  at  present,  &  which 
I  would  submit  to  your  Grace's  Consideration,  as  what  seem 
to  requh'e  more  immediate  Dispatch  :  As  to  the  danger  of  the 
french  Fleet's  early  Return  from  the  West  Indies  to  Nova 
Scotia,  and  what  Strength  of  Ships  may  be  necessary  to  pro- 
tect that  Province,  Cape  Breton,  and  the  other  Colonies 
against  that  Fleet,  or  any  other  french  Armament  which  may 
be  sent  from  Europe  in  the  Spring  to  visit  these  Parts,  I 
leave  to  Admiral  Warren,  who  now  goes  to  England  in  the 
Chester,  and  with  whom,  pursuant  to  the  Directions  of  your 
Grace's  two  Letters  to  me,  in  March  &  April  last,  I  have 
acted  in  Concert  upon  all  such  occasions  as  requir'd  my  con- 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  347 

suiting  him,  with  the  greatest  Satisfaction  and  Harmonj-, 
having  had  the  pleasure  to  find  my  own  Sentiments  agreable 
to  his  in  all  Matters  of  Consequence,  and  a  most  hearty  Dis- 
position in  him  for  his  Majesty's  Service,  and  to  whom  I  have 
often  talk'd  over  the  affairs  of  Nova  Scotia. 

I  find  my  self  oblig'd  to  point  out  to  your  Grace  the  Para- 
graph in  M'  Mascarene's  Letter  concerning  the  Necessity  of 
Bay  Verte's  being  sufficiently  guarded,  which  would  have 
most  effectually  prevented  the  Introduction  of  any  Forces  & 
Stores  from  Canada  into  Menis  in  Nova  Scotia  this  year ;  the 
Copy  of  the  Letter  which  I  wrote  to  Admiral  ToAvnsend  near 
four  Months  ago  upon  that  Subject,  and  which  I  inclos'd  to 
your  Grace,  will  show  how  much  I  had  that  matter  at  lieart 
in  the  beginning ;  and  joint  Letters  were  wrote  afterwards 
by  M"^  Warren  and  my  self  to  the  Admiral  upon  that  head ; 
It  v/ould  be  for  his  Majesty's  Service  I  believe  if  particular 
Directions  were  given  to  the  next  Commander  of  the  Squad- 
ron that  shall  be  sent  to  Louisbourg  or  elsewhere  upon  this 
Coast  to  have  a  particular  Eye  to  guarding  this  inlet  of  the 
Canadians  into  Nova  Scotia  the  next  Spring ;  th6  I  have  the 
utmost  Reason  to  think  that  Governour  Knowles,  so  far  as  it 
may  be  m  his  Power,  will  be  as  warmly  dispos'd  to  do  it 
without  any  particular  Directions,  as  is  possible. 

I  will  avoid  repeating  what  I  have  particularly  mention'd 
to  your  Grace  in  late  Letters  concernmg  the  fortifying  of 
Chebucto  Harbour,  and  building  a  Blockhouse  or  small  Fort 
for  150  Men  at  Menis,  with  a  Trading  House  there  for  the 
Indians,  and  a  Blockhouse  only  at  Canso  for  100  Men,  instead 
of  new  building  and  enlarging  that  at  Annapolis  Royal,  and 
erecting  a  larger  Fortification  at  Canso,  which  in  my  humble 
Opinion  would  greatly  strengthen  that  Province,  and  together 
with  the  introducing  of  French  Protestant  Ministers,  and 
English  Schools,  &  some  small  Encouragement  by  Privileges 
to  such  as  should  conform  to  the  Protestant  Religion,  or  send 


348  DOOUMBNTARY   HISTORY 

their  Children  to  the  EngUsh  Schools,  and  Presents  to  the 
Indians  with  Supplies  of  all  Necessaries  for  'em  at  the  most 
reasonable  Rates,  in  Exchange  for  their  Furrs  &c'',  the  Dis- 
allowance of  the  publick  Exercise  of  the  Roman  Catholick 
Religion,  at  least  after  a  short  Term  of  Years,  &  forbidding 
Romish  Priests  under  severe  Penalties  to  come  into  the 
Country  either  among  the  Inhabitants  or  Indians ;  and  if  it 
might  be  consistent  with  his  Majesty's  Pleasure,  a  Civil  Gov- 
ernment to  be  in  due  time  introduc'd  among  the  Inhabitants ; 
These  things  I  say,  my  Lord,  together  with  making  Exam- 
ples of  the  most  obnoxious  among  the  Inhabitants,  and  his 
Majesty's  extending  his  Clemency  and  the  Continuance  of 
his  Protection  to  the  rest  upon  taking  the  proper  Oath  of 
Allegiance,  seem  to  me  to  have  the  most  promising  Aspect 
for  making  good  Subjects  of  the  present  Generation  of  Inhab- 
itants, at  least  better  than  they  are  now,  and  good  Protestants 
of  the  next  Generation  of  'em ;  especially  if  there  was  to  be 
a  Mixture  of  English  or  other  Protestants  introduc'd  among 
'em,  which  the  Invitation  of  a  Civil  Government  to  be  set  up 
among  'em  would  bid  fair  for  doing :  and  the  Tradmg  House 
would  create  in  the  Indians  a  firm  Dependance  upon,  and 
Attachment  to  his  Majesty's  Government,  especially  if  a 
proper  Protestant  Missionary  or  two  was  supported  to  live 
among  'em  at  their  head  Quarters,  as  is  the  Method  of  the 
french  Priests ;  by  w'^^  means  they  gain  so  great  an  Ascend- 
ancy over  them. 

Just  as  I  had  finished  the  last  Paragraph  a  Letter  from 
Govern''  Knowles  to  Admiral  Warren  and  my  self,  dated  the 
10'^  Instant,  was  deliver'd  to  me,  in  which  he  informs  me 
that  "  he  has  given  his  Opinion  in  his  Letters  to  your  Grace, 
"  that  it  will  be  necessary  to  drive  all  the  French  ( I  suppose 
"  he  means  Inhabitants  )  out  of  Accadie  ( Nova  Scotia  )  in  the 
"  Spring,  and  that  he  hopes  he  shall  have  Orders  to  assist  in 
"  doing  it,  if  Admiral  Warren  does  not  go  upon  the  Expedi- 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   INIAINE  349 

"  tion  to  Quebeck,  which  he  apprehends  is  rendred  more  diffi- 
"  cult  than  it  was,  by  such  a  Number  of  Ships  being  got  safe 
"  up  to  Quebeck  this  Year,  as  no  doubt  they  have  carried  all 
"  manner  of  warlike  Stores."  And  in  his  Letter  to  me  of  the 
24*"^  of  October  he  says,  "if  his  Majesty  should  be  pleas'd  to 
"  transport  the  Rebels  who  are  the  Objects  of  his  Mercy,  & 
"  encourage  other  Highland  Families  to  come  over,  he  thinks 
"  the  Colony  of  Nova  Scotia  would  soon  be  repeopled ; "  which 
it  is  possible  he  may  have  also  propos'd  to  your  Grace,  as  in 
his  Opinion  the  best  method  for  peopling  that  Colony,  after 
the  present  french  Inhabitants  are  drove  off. 

As  the  Sentiments,  which  I  have  taken  the  Liberty  to  offer 
to  your  Grace  upon  this  Subject,  happen  to  be  something  dif- 
ferent from  M''  Knowles's,  I  think  it  may  not  only  be  proper 
but  my  Duty  to  mention  the  Reasons  of  my  preferring  the 
Scheme  for  attempting  to  make  the  present  french  Inhabit- 
ants good  Subjects  to  his  Majesty,  and  keeping  'em  in  the 
Country  to  that  of  driving  'em  off  &  introducing  some  of  the 
Rebels  and  other  Highlanders  in  their  Room. 

It  seems  very  difficult  to  drive  all  the  Inhabitants  of  Acca- 
die  out  of  so  large  a  Province  as  that  is,  and  which  consists 
chiefly  of  Woods ;  It  is  most  probable  that  many  of  their 
hardiest  Men,  would  retire  ( for  some  time  at  least )  with 
their  Cattle  into  the  Woods,  &  form  Parties  with  the  Indians  ; 
and  the  remainder  would  doubtless  retreat  wdth  their  Fami- 
lies to  Canada :  Those,  who  are  acquainted  with  the  Indian 
Manner  of  Life  &  making  War,  know  that  one  hundred  of 
'em  luider  cover  of  the  Woods,  can  confine  a  very  large 
Frontier  within  their  Garrisons,  even  tho  they  have  Com- 
panies continually  scouting  between  one  Garrison  and  another ; 
this  is  at  present  the  Case  of  this  Province  &  the  other  Colo- 
nies of  New  England  &  New  York,  tho  the  People  there  are 
us'd  to  the  Woods,  &  the  skulking  of  the  Indians  behind  the 
Bushes  &  in  Ditches  with  their  other  Wiles,  &  have  large 


350  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Numbers  of  the  Militia  constantly  upon  Guard  for  their  Pro- 
tection ;  their  Cattle  is  continually  destroy'd ;  if  any  of  'em 
venture  out  into  their  Feilds,  they  are  frequently  kill'd  & 
scalp'd ;  and  sometimes  not  only  single  Families  or  Garrisons 
are  surpriz'd  and  cut  off,  as  has  happen'd  lately  in  this  Prov- 
ince, but  even  whole  Villages,  as  was  the  Case  of  Sarahtoga 
in  New  York  a  few  Months  ago ;  so  that  those  of  the  f rench 
Inhabitants,  who  should  mix  with  the  Indians  in  the  Woods, 
would  have  it  in  their  Power  to  put  his  Majesty's  Garrison 
under  such  Circumstances,  as  that  it  could  not  possibly  sub- 
sist longer  in  the  Country  then  they  could  do  it  without  fresh 
Provisions,  Wood  &  other  ma,terials  and  Supplies  from  thence ; 
from  all  which  they  would  be  Avholly  cut  off,  when  the  Inhab- 
itants were  drove  away ;  And  as  to  such  of  the  Inhabitants, 
who  should  go  with  their  Families  to  Canada,  it  must  be 
expected  that  a  very  large  Body  of  the  Men  would  return 
arm'd  next  Spring  with  some  Canadeans  to  join  the  Indians ; 
from  all  which  it  seems  justly  to  be  apprehended  that  an 
attempt  to  drive  all  the  french  Inhabitants  from  their  Settle- 
ments, should  it  succeed,  would  in  Effect  be  driving  5  or 
6000  men  to  take  up  Arms  agamst  His  Majesty's  Governm* 
there  every  Year  during  the  War ;  make  the  reclaiming  of 
the  Indians  of  Nova  Scotia  impracticable,  &  render  it  impos- 
sible for  his  Majesty's  Garrison  there  to  subsist  long  in  the 
Country  in  time  of  War  even  with  the  Indians  only ;  Besides, 
the  Addition  of  about  6000  fighting  Men  with  their  Families 
to  Canada,  which  would  greatly  strengthen  the  French  upon 
this  Continent,  and  would  entail  upon  the  Posterity  of  those 
who  are  thus  expell'd  (  for  several  Generations  at  least )  a 
Desire  of  recovering  their  former  Possessions  in  Nova  Scotia, 
seems  to  be  no  inconsiderable  Matter,  but  what  next  to  the 
Loss  of  the  Country  it  self  should  be  avoided  on  tlie  Part  of 
his  Majesty,  «fc  is  I  dare  say,  an  Event,  which  the  French 
next  to  their  Acquisition  of  this  Colony  would  desire :    It  is 


OF   THE   STATE   OF    MAINE  351 

indeed  now  to  be  wish'd  that  General  Nicholson  had  upon 
the  first  Reduction  of  the  Colony  to  the  Obedience  of  the 
Crown  of  Great  Britain,  remov'd  tlie  french  Inhabitants,  when 
they  were  but  a  few,  out  of  the  Country,  as  was  done  at 
Louisbourg ;  and  that  during  the  Interval  of  Peace  the  Col- 
ony had  been  planted  with  Protestant  Subjects ;  But  after 
tlieir  having  remain'd  so  long  in  the  Country  upon  the  foot 
of  British  Subjects  under  the  Sanction  of  the  Treaty  of 
Utrecht,  and  making  Improvements  upon  their  Lands  for  one 
or  two  Generations,  and  being  grown  up  into  such  a  Number 
of  Families,  to  drive  'em  all  off  their  Settlements  witliout 
further  Inquiry  seems  to  be  liable  to  many  Objections  — 
Among  others,  it  may  be  doubted,  whether  under  the  Cir- 
cumstances of  these  Inhabitants  it  would  clearly  appear  to 
be  a  just  usage  of  'em ;  it  is  true  tliat  the  Notion  of  their 
Neutrality  (  which  seems  to  have  been  entertain'd  for  some 
time  by  the  English  as  well  as  themselves)  is  ill  grounded, 
and  does  not  comport  with  the  Terms  of  their  Allegiance  to 
his  Majesty,  to  which  such  of  'em  as  chose  to  remain  in  the 
Province  are  bound  by  the  Treaty  of  Utrecht ;  whereby  the 
french  King  yeilded  up  the  Inhabitants  as  well  as  the  Soil  of 
Accadie,  and  together  with  their  Persons  transferred  their 
Allegiance  to  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain ;  But  if  it  is  con- 
sider'd,  that  this  Notion  was  founded  upon  an  Act  of  the  late 
Lieut*  Governour  Armstrong  then  the  residing  Commander 
in  Chief  of  the  Province,  whereby  he  took  upon  himself  to 
grant  'em  by  a  Writing  imder  his  Hand  an  Exemption  from 
bearing  Arms  upon  any  Account  whatever,  on  their  consent- 
ing to  take  an  Oath  of  Allegiance  to  his  present  Majesty ; 
which,  whether  it  was  done  by  him  with,  or  without  Author- 
ity, appear'd  at  least  to  them  to  be  au then  tick,  it  may  per- 
haps be  deem'd  too  rigorous  a  Punishm*  for  their  behaviour 
grounded  on  such  a  Mistake,  to  involve  the  innocent  with 
the  Guilty  in  the  Loss  of  their  Estates,  and  the  Expulsion  of 


352  DOCUMENTABY   HISTORY 

their  Families  out  of  the  Country ;  it  is  not  improbable  but 
that  there  may  be  many  among  'em,  who  would  even  prefer 
his  Majesty's  Governm*  to  a  french  one,  &  have  done  nothing 
to  deserve  such  a  Forfeiture ;  Some  Allowances  may  likewise 
be  made  for  their  bad  Situation  between  the  Canadeans, 
Indians,  &  English,  the  Ravages  of  all  which  they  have  felt 
by  turns  in  the  Course  of  the  War ;  during  which  they  seem 
to  have  been  continually  plac'd  between  two  fires,  the  force 
and  Menaces  of  the  Canadeans  &  Indians  plundering  'em  of 
whatever  they  wanted,  &  deterring  'em  in  the  strongest  man- 
ner from  having  any  Communication  with  his  Majesty's  Gar- 
rison, on  the  one  hand ;  and  the  Resent*^  of  the  Garrison  for 
their  witholding  their  Intelligence  &  Supplies  on  the  other ; 
tho  at  the  same  time  it  was  not  in  a  Condition  to  protect  'em 
from  the  Enemy:  Wherefore  it  seems  a  Matter  worthy  of 
your  Grace's  Consideration,  whether  under  such  doubtfuU 
Circumstances  the  driving  all  the  French  Inhabitants  of  Nova 
Scotia  off  their  Settlements,  and  thereby  very  greatly  strength- 
ning  the  Enemy  upon  this  Continent,  not  only  against  the 
Garrison  in  present,  but  finally  against  all  the  British  Colo- 
nies there,  and  depopulating  one  of  his  Majesty's  Provinces 
for  sometime  ( how  long  may  be  uncertain  )  is  more  eligible 
than  treating  'em  as  Subjects,  confining  their  Punishm*  to  the 
most  guilty  &  dangerous  among  'em,  &  keeping  the  rest  in 
the  Country,  and  endeavouring  to  make  them  &  their  Pos- 
terity useful  Members  of  Society  under  his  Majesty's  Gov- 
ernment :  I  can't  omit  likemse  observing  to  your  Grace,  that 
it  would  be  exceeding  difficult  to  fill  up  the  Chasm  which 
driving  off  the  Inhabitants  would  make  in  the  Country ;  Dur- 
ing the  Rupture  with  France  it  would  certainly  be  imprac- 
ticable, and  I  doubt  whether  it  would  not  be  so  when  Peace 
shall  be  made  with  France,  if  the  Indians  should  contmue  at 
War  with  us ;  For  what  Number  of  Families  can  be  propos'd 
to  begin  a  Settlem*  in  the  Country,  after  the  Expulsion  of 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  353 

the  french  Inhabitants,  with  Safety  against  the  Indians,  & 
which  would  be  continually  expos'd  to  be  destroy'd  by  'em, 
whilst  they  were  carrying  on  their  Settlements ;  They  must 
expect  no  Protection  against  the  Indians  from  within  the 
Garrison,  out  of  the  Reach  of  their  great  guns  ;  the  Company 
of  Rangers,  which  live  mthout  the  Walls  of  the  Fort,  would 
afford  more  of  that  than  a  thousand  Garrison  Soldiers  would 
do :  Whereas  if  the  Stock  of  french  Inhabitants  was  contin- 
ued in  the  Country,  an  Accommodation  with  the  Indians 
would  be  more  easily  brought  about  and  preserv'd,  they  would 
be  a  Cover  for  any  Number  of  Families  that  might  be  intro- 
duced among  'em  whilst  they  were  carrying  on  Settlements ; 
&  secure  to  the  Garrison  it's  necessary  Supplies  of  fresh  Pro- 
visions, Fuel,  Materials  for  repairing  the  Works,  &  Stores  of 
all  Sorts  that  the  Country  affords. 

As  to  repeopling  the  Province  with  some  of  the  late  Rebels 
and  other  Highland  Families,  it  seems  much  to  be  doubted 
whether  it  might  not  be  hazardous  to  fill  that  Colony,  w^^ 
should  be  the  Barrier  of  all  his  Majesty's  Colonies  upon  this 
Continent,  with  a  Set  of  poor,  ignorant,  deluded  Wretches 
just  come  out  of  a  most  unnatural  Rebellion ;  that  from  their 
Neighbourhood  to  Canada  would  be  continually  expos'd  to 
the  Artifices  and  Attempts  of  french  Romish  Priests  upon 
'em,  who  it  is  reasonable  to  think  would  not  fail  to  instill  the 
same  Notions  into  'em  in  America,  which  seduc'd  'em  from 
their  Allegiance  in  Great  Britain,  with  a  Promise  of  more 
effectual  Support  &  Protection  from  the  French  here,  than 
they  had  in  the  Highlands :  Indeed,  my  Lord,  this  seems  to 
be  a  dangerous  Experiment,  and  what  might  produce  the 
worst  of  Consequences. 

I  beg  leave  to  submit  it  to  your  Grace's  Consideration, 
whether  the  most  staunch  Protestants,  &  Families  the  most 
zealously  affected  to  his  Majesty's  Government,  a  Number  at 
least  of  such  should  not  rather,  if  possible,  be  transplanted 

23 


354  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

there  as  soon  as  may  be ;  I  could  wisli  four  or  five  hundred 
of  'em  could  be  induc'd  to  go  from  some  Part  of  New  Eng- 
land ;  I  think  from  the  Experience  I  had  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  this  Province  at  least  upon  the  late  Alarm  given  by  the 
french  Fleet,  I  might  safely  venture  to  be  answerable  to  his 
Majesty,  that  if  I  had  suggested  in  my  late  Orders  for  assem- 
blmg  a  Body  of  'em  under  Anns  in  Boston  from  all  parts  of 
this  Province  to  oppose  any  Attempt  of  the  Enemy,  that 
there  was  a  design  of  landing  a  Son  of  the  Pretender's  here, 
it  would  not  have  been  possible  to  have  kept  any  one  Man, 
who  was  capable  of  marching  hither,  from  appearing  under 
Arms  with  the  most  determined  Resolution  of  hazardmg  his 
Life  to  the  utmost  in  defence  of  his  Majesty's  Governm*; 
And  as  the  late  Appearances  of  a  fondness  for  removing  from 
hence  to  Cape  Breton  seem  to  be  quite  vanished  at  present, 
I  should  not  be  without  hopes  of  some  families  removing  from 
these  Parts  to  Nova  Scotia  upon  due  Encouragement ;  Prot- 
estants likewise  from  among  the  Swiss  Cantons  &  other 
Northern  Parts  in  Germany,  who  are  generally  bred  up  in 
the  Exercise  of  Arms  and  make  sober  industrious  Settlers, 
might  be  safely  trusted  in  Accadie ;  Great  Numbers  of  'em 
Yearly  flock  into  Pensilvania,  whereby  the  Inhabitants  in 
that  Province  are  almost  incredibly  increas'd  within  these 
twenty  Years ;  And  from  the  behaviour  of  the  Irish  coming 
out  of  the  Northern  Parts  of  Ireland  hither,  a  Number  of 
which  is  setled  in  the  Eastern  Parts  of  this  Province,  I  should 
think  they  too  might  be  safely  trusted  in  Nova  Scotia ;  and 
it  is  certain  that  these  poor  unhappy  Highlanders  (I  mean 
such  of  'em  as  may  be  design'd  to  be  transported  into  the 
Plantations )  would  be  more  safely  dispos'd  of  among  the  four 
Goveram**  of  New  England,  or  in  New  York  &  the  Jerseys, 
where  they  would  not  be  in  danger  either  of  corrupting  the 
Inliabitants,  or  bemg  again  seduc'd  themselves,  but  might 
make  useful  Subjects  to  his  Majesty. 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAESTE  355 

I  hope,  my  Lord,  I  shall  be  excus'd  if  I  have  gone  heyoiul 
my  Line  in  submitting  these  Observations  to  your  Grace,  at 
a  time  when  the  fate  of  one  of  his  Majesty's  Northern  Colo- 
nies, the  most  important  of  'em  all  to  the  CrowTi  in  many 
respects,  as  I  apprehend,  and  which  wall  be  in  the  hands  of 
the  french  the  key  to  all  the  other  British  Colonies  upon  this 
Continent,  &  even  to  Cape  Breton,  and  in  his  Majesty's  Pos- 
session the  Barrier  of  'em  against  the  Enemy  seems  to  be 
come  to  a  Crisis. 

M"^  Mascarene  has  lately  transmitted  to  me  the  State  of  a 
Dispute  between  himself  &  all  his  Subaltern  Officers,  which 
I  believe  he  has  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War ;  I  would 
not  trouble  your  Grace  about  it  farther  than  to  say,  that  Con- 
federacies among  Subaltern  Officers  to  dispute  Orders  happen 
at  an  ill  time  in  that  Garrison,  especially  when  a  Disposition 
among  the  common  Soldiers  to  desert  to  the  Enemy  very 
much  prevails  in  it ;  a  long  Residence  there,  &  the  Civil  Part 
of  the  Constitution,  by  which  I  am  told,  if  M'^  Mascarene 
should  die  or  leave  the  Garrison,  the  Surgeon's  Mate  in  the 
Regim*  would  as  President  of  the  Council  have  the  chief 
Command  in  the  Province,  seems  to  have  in  some  measure 
swallow'd  up  the  Notion  of  Military  Discipline,  &  of  obeying 
Orders  among  'em. 

I  have  only  to  add  that  I  am  oblig'd  to  trouble  your  Grace 
with  the  inclos'd  Message  to  me  from  the  Assembly,  which 
they  took  Occasion  from  the  inclos'd  Paragraph  of  my  last 
Speech  to  'em,  to  send  me ;  Having  represented  fully  before 
to  your  Grace  what  they  desire  of  me  in  their  Message,  I 
shall  say  nothing  more  about  it,  than  that  I  hope  your  Grace 
will  pardon  any  Hyperbole  of  Expression  in  it  with  regard 
to  my  self. 

I  am  with  the  most  dutiful  Regard,  My  Lord  Duke, 

Your  Grace's  most  Devoted  and  most  Obedient  Servant 

W.  Shirley. 


356  DOCUMENT AHY   HISTORY 

[  Inclosed  in  previous  Letter.] 

Extracts  from  Governour  Shirley's  Speech  to  the  General 
Assembly  on  the  *1^^  Day  of  November  1746. 

In  the  mean  while,  Gentlemen,  It  must  be  a  sensible  Pleas- 
ure to  you,  to  reflect  how  much  the  seasonable  Succours  sent 
from  hence,  have  already  contributed  to  the  Preservation  of 
Nova  Scotia  from  its  late  impending  Danger ;  the  great  Value 
&  Importance  of  which  Province  to  the  Crown,  &  all  the 
English  Colonies  upon  this  Continent  as  their  Barrier  against 
the  French,  you  are  so  well  acquainted  with,  that  I  need  not 
apprize  you  of  it ;  And  I  doubt  not  but  you  will  always  be 
animated  with  a  proper  Spirit  for  Succouring  it  in  any  future 
Emergency,  which  may  require  your  Aid. 

Examined  by  J.  Willard  Secry. 

In  the  House  of  Represent^^^  Nov"^  14.  1746,    Voted  that 
the  following  Message  be  sent  up  to  his  Excellency  the  Gov- 
ernour.    Viz* 
May  it  please  your  Excellency, 

It  is  with  great  Pleasure  we  observe  that  you  have  once  & 
again  been  the  Instrument  in  the  hands  of  divine  Providence 
of  preserving  the  Garrison  of  Annapolis,  &  Province  of  Nova 
Scotia  from  the  French,  more  especially  in  the  Year  1744, 
when  by  the  Forces  your  Excellency  sent  from  this  Province, 
it  was  snatch'd  out  of  their  hands,  then  just  in  Possession  of 
the  Fort,  &  again  in  the  Year,  1745,  when  they  were  broke 
up  in  their  Seige  of  it,  by  your  surprizing  &  successful 
Attempt  on  Cape  Breton,  &  now  again  when  there  was  such 
a  Number  of  Canadeans  &  others  going  against  it  by  Land  & 
Sea. 

But  these  thuigs,  altho  they  have  been  the  Effect  of  great 
Wisdom,  Care  &  Application  in  your  Excellency,  for  which 
every  good  Englishman  rejoices  &  is  thankful ;  yet  they  have 
been  perfonn'd  at  a  great  Expense ;    more  especially  to  this 


OP   THE    STATE   OF    MAINE  357 

Province,  &  therefore  we  cannot  but  be  much  concern'd  at 
the  frequent  Return  of  this  danger  not  only  because  of  the 
great  Difficulties  in  removing  it  from  Time  to  Time,  but  also 
by  reason  of  the  doubt,  whether  by  some  Surprize,  impossible 
to  be  foreseen,  this  Barrier  of  his  Majesty's  American  Domin- 
ions, of  such  mighty  Consequence,  may  not  some  time  or  other 
be  lost,  if  it  continues  in  its  present  expos'd  Condition. 

We  would  therefore  beg  Leave  of  your  Excellency,  to  con- 
sider and  represent  something  of  the  Source,  whence  this 
almost  constant  Danger  arises ;  And  this  we  apprehend  to  be 
the  Traitorous  Disposition  and  practices  of  the  native  Inhab- 
itants of  that  Province,  a  People  who  have  all  the  Priviledges 
of  his  Majesty's  other  Subjects,  have  increased  in  wealth  & 
Numbers  vastly  since  they  have  been  under  the  English  Gov- 
ernment, live  almost  or  quite  without  publick  Taxes,  while 
we  their  Neighbours  (  &  greatly  by  their  means  )  are  burden'd 
almost  to  ruin,  by  the  necessary  Charges  of  the  Government 
for  the  Defence  and  Protection  of  his  Majesty's  good  Subjects 
the  Inhabitants  of  this  Province  And  yet  they  are  taught  by 
their  Priests  to  call  themselves  his  Majesty's  Neutral  Sub- 
jects, a  Contradiction  in  Terms,  a  Set  of  People  who  have  a 
right  to  Protection,  but  no  Obligation  to  Obedience,  who  are 
his  Majesty's  Subjects,  &  yet  may  rebel  against  him  &  do 
what  they  please,  have  a  Right  to  be  defended  by  the  King, 
&  yet  not  bound  to  defend  the  King,  whose  Subjects  they 
were  born,  but  may  continually  supply  his  Majesty's  French 
&  Indian  Enemies  with  Provisions,  &  give  them  all  Aid, 
Comfort  &  Assistance ;  Sad  &  unhappy  the  State  of  his  Maj- 
esty's Interest  &  Garrison  there !  that  what  might  be  hoped 
&  expected  to  promote  their  Safety  &  Prosperity,  the  great 
&  growing  Numbers  of  his  Majesty's  natural  born  Subjects, 
is  their  highest  &  almost  only  Danger ;  nor  can  it  be  supposed 
there  has  been  one  Attempt  this  War  against  his  Majesty's 
Garrison,  but  for  the  Assurance  the  Enemy  had,  they  should 


358  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

be  welcome,  &  find  all  manner  of  Encouragement  &  Aid, 
which  they  have  this  last  Summer  &  at  all  other  Times  met 
with  from  those  Inhabitants  accordingly.  And  all  this  with- 
out the  least  Foundation  or  Colour,  for  by  the  Treaty  of 
Utrecht  not  only  the  City  ( as  it  is  called )  of  Port  Royall, 
then  also  said  to  be  call'd  Annapolis  Royall,  but  all  Nova 
Scotia,  or  Accadie  with  its  ancient  Boundaries,  &  all  other 
things  with  the  Lands  &  Islands,  but  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
same  also  are  y elided,  &  made  over  to  the  Queen  of  Great 
Britain  and  to  her  Crown  forever,  without  any  the  least 
Exception,  Condition  or  Reservation. 

We  would  therefore  with  all  Earnestness  intreat  your 
Excellency  to  represent  to  our  most  gracious  Sovereign  the 
perfidious  Behaviour  of  these  Inhabitants  with  the  sad  Effects 
which  have  already  arisen,  &  the  Danger  that  worse  may 
ensue,  That  his  Majesty  in  his  great  Wisdom  &  Goodness 
may  suppress  &  prevent  this  Traitorous  Spirit  &  Conduct  for 
the  future. 

T.  Hutchinson  Spk"" 
Copy  Examined  g  J.  Willard  Secry. 


Paragraphs  of  French  Letters  from  Menis  to   Oov'''  Mascarene 
in  Answer  to  G-ov'^  Shirley  s  Printed  Letter  Viz*' 

Touts  les  Habitants  de  nous  lieux  et  Paroisses  ont  une  Obli- 
gation Eternelle  a  Mons''  Le  Gouverneur  de  Boston  pour  Sest 
Sentiments  Charitable  a  Nostre  Faveur  a  nous  connu  par  une 
Lettre  Inprim6  noissons  et  nous  voulons  de  plus  en  Plus 
garder  nostre  fidelity  par  nostre  Serment  Inviolable  cest  a 
quoi  nous  esperont  Sur  la  protection  de  son  Honneur  et  1' 
Honorable  Conseil  du  Roy  par  voire  Justice  ordinaire  que 
nous  vous  demendons  en  toute  Humilite  &c  ~ 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  359 

Nov' 1746  N:  S: 

Signed  by  3  of  the  Deputies  of  the  River 
Canard  and  Nine  more  of  the  Inhabitants  in 
behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of  that  parish 

Touts  les  Habitants  en  General  ont  une  Obligation  Eternelle 
a  L'honorable  Gouverneur  de  Boston  pour  Sest  Sentiments 
de  Compassion  Charitable  a  nostre  faveur  que  nous  a  este 
Communique  que  nous  avous  Recu  oomme  des  Graces 
Generale 

Nov'  1746  N :  S  : 

Signed  by  nine  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Grand 

Pre6  of  whom  Four  are  Deputys  &  also  by  four 

of  the  Inhabitants  of  Pisiquit  of  which  one  a 

Deputy  in  behalf  of  themselves  &  the  rest  of 

their  Community 

By  Order  of  His  Hon'  the  President  &  Command'  in  Chief, 

the   above    two  Paragraphs   are   true  Copies    of   their 

Originals. 

W"»  Shirreff  Sec'^ 

A  Baubasin 

Le  24  Avril  1747 
A  toutes  les  deputez  des  Mines  Grandpr^e  Riviere  au  Canard 
Pizaquit  et  Cobaquid. 

Jai  ordre  de  Monsieur  le  Marquis  de  Beauchamois  de  vous 
anoncer  quon  ne  vous  abandonera  point  et  que  puisque  nous 
possedons  le  haut  de  la  Bay  francoise  comme  il  long  par  la 
Capitulation  et  que  vous  Scavoir  que  nous  lavons  aquis  par 
la  force  des  armes  vous  devez  vous  regarder  comme  reautrez 
Sous  la  Domination  du  Roy  de  france  qui  aidira  a  conserver 
votre  Religion  qui  doit  vous  aitre  plus  chere  que  touts  les 
biens  de  la  Terre. 


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Cest  a  vous  autre  maintenant  a  Secondaire  les  Intentions 
du  Roy  et  a  travaille  vous  meme  a  maintenir  la  Libert^  que 
nous  venons  de  vous  procur6e  parle  Coup  qui  Sest  fait  Je 
compte  bien  Surs  vou  au  cas  de  Besoin  et  je  vous  exhorte 
entretenir  dans  la  Sentiments  de  bons  francois ;  et  ne  vous 
pas  fier  trop  a  Langlois  qui  au  moins  vous  fera  toujours 
perdre  la  Religion  Sil  ne  fait  pas  davantage. 

Je  suis  en  attendant  un  pronte  Reponce  de  votre  Part  avec 
un  Attachment  inviolable 

Votre  tres  humble  et  tres  obeiss*  Serviteur 

de  Ramsay 
Colasione  a  Loriginal  que  nous  reste 
au  Gref  des  Mines  le  29'^*  Juin  1747. 

Rene  le  Blanc  qui  Sous  le  bon  Plaiser  de  Mons'  Mascarene 
Notoire  au  Mines  et  autre  Lieux. 

Copy  of  a  Copy  by  Order  of  his  Hon^  the  Presid*  & 
Command'  in  Cheif  25  June  1747. 

W.  Shirreff  Sec^ 
A  true  Copy  W.  Shirley 


Letter  Capt.  David  Cargill  to  Gov.  Shirley. 

Boston  Ap'  IV""  1747 
May  it  Please  y''  Excelency 

As  I  have  been  much  longer  detain'd  here, 
than  I  expected,  by  the  want  of  money  to  pay  off  my  Men, 
I  Gratefully  Acknowledge  your  Excelencys  goodness,  In 
Indulging  me  in  tarrying  until  now,  when  I  hope  to  get  my 
mens  Wages  soon,  and  Return  with  it,  to  them,  I  trust  your 
Excelency  Remembers  what  the  Settlments  where  I  am 
Posted  suffered  by  the  enemy  last  year ;  and  as  all  the  set- 
tlments Eastwards  of  us,    are  broke  up,  we  are  now  more 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  361 

» 

expos'd,  to  be  destroyed  than  ever,  And  as  my  Company 
whicli  Consists  of  fourty  Eight  men  are  Posted  In  y^  Settl- 
ments  of  Damerescoty,  Shepscot,  Witchcasick,  and  Mounsweig, 
I  would  humbly  beg  leave  to  Inform  your  Excelency,  that  if 
there  is  not  Another  Company  Posted  in  those  Settlments  or 
a  large  Adition  made  to  Mine,  the  Inhabitants  cannot  follow 
any  labour,  to  suport  themselves  and  famelys,  without  being 
liable,  every  day  to  be  Inhumanly  Butcher'd  by  the  Enemy, 
Nor  can  we  guard  the  Vessels  Trading  in  our  harbours  for 
wood,  staves,  &c. 

And  as  the  seed  time  is  now  at  hand  I  would  pray  that 
your  Excellency  would  speedily  order  something  to  be  done 
to  Cover  the  Inhabitants  in  Planting,  Otherwise  they  will 
loose  the  Season,  and  so  have  no  Crops,  I  hope  the  Necesity 
of  what  I  have  Mentioned  will  Apologize  for  my  troubling 
you  at  this  time,  who  am  your  Excelencys  Dutiful  and  Most 
Obed'  Humble  servant  David  Cargill 

To  His  Excels  Governour  Shirley 

Letter  Gov.  Knowles  to  Gov.  Shirley 

Boston  April  14*''  1747 
Sir 

As  the  Hind  Sloop  by  some  Misfortune  or  other  was 
forced  away  to  the  West  Indies  last  fall  and  thereby  pre- 
vented destroying  the  Enemys  Vessels  I  had  Intelligence  of 
in  several  of  the  Ports  in  Accadia  and  through  some  unfore- 
seen Accident  the  Norwich  and  Canterbury  are  not  yet 
returned  from  the  West  Indies  (  where  I  was  Order'd  to  send 
them  during  the  Winter  Season  )  and  I  having  information 
that  the  Enemy  are  now  fitting  several  Arm'd  Vessels  with 
design  to  Annoy  the  Fishery  and  Trade  of  this  Colony  and 
cut  off  the  Communication  between  this  and  Louisbourg  and 
I  having  no  Ship  or  Vessel  at  present  of  His  Majesty's  to 
send  to  destroy  or  prevent  their  designs  (  Except  the  Comet 


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Bomb  wlio  is  just  come  in  to  fitt  and  Clean,  I  beg  tbe  Favour 
your  Excellency  will  represent  to  the  Legislature  the  press- 
ing necessity  there  is  of  sending  out  some  Cruizers  in  Quest 
of  the  Enemy  and  prevaile  upon  them  to  fitt  out  the 
Province  Frigate  and  let  her  be  employ'd  on  that  Service  till 
gome  of  my  Squadron  shall  Arrive  or  some  Ship  from 
England. 

As  the  Mast  Ships  are  not  yet  ready  I  have  directed 
Captain  Gayton  of  the  Mermaid  to  go  and  Cruize  for  the 
present  between  this  Place  and  Louisbourg  and  Search  all 
the  Harbours  in  Accadia  and  destroy  every  Vessel,  Boat  or 
Bark  of  the  Enemys  he  may  meet  and  as  it  will  be  requisite 
to  have  a  small  Vessel  Arm'd  go  along  with  him  least  the 
Enemy's  Vessels  should  Run  into  Shoal  Water  out  of  the 
Reach  of  his  Guns  I  pray  the  Favour  of  your  Excellency 
will  spare  the  Province  Brigg  for  that  Service  and  what  ever 
Expence  for  Wages  and  Victuals  shall  Attend  Navigating 
either  her  or  the  Massachusetts  Frigate  I'l  take  care  it  shall 
be  Born  by  His  Majesty  during  the  time  they  shall  be 
Employ'd  by  Your  Excellency  on  this  Service.  I  am  with 
great  respect  Sir  Your  Excellencys  most  Obedient  Humble 
Servant  Cha*  Knowles 

P.  S.     As  the  Massachusetts  Frigate — and  Brigg  will  be 
kept  in  the  proposed  Service  no  longer  than 
you  shall  think  proper  and  will  take  their 
Orders  from  you  I  should  hope  the  Assembly 
will  have  no  Objection  to  it. 

G^ov**  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  April  29'^  1747 
My  Lord  Duke, 

Since  finishing  Governour  Knowles's  &  my  joint  Letter  to 
your  Grace,  I  have  learn'd  from  one  of  the  English  prisoners 


OF    THE   STATE    OF   MAXNE  363 

just  Arriv'd  from  Schiegnecto  in  Exchange  for  one  of  the 
French  Prisoners  sent  by  me  from  Boston,  and  who  was  car- 
ry'd  Captive  from  Minas,  wliere  he  was  taken  by  the  Enemy 
in  the  late  Surprize,  that  when  the  Canadeans  went  from 
Minas  to  Schiegnecto  they  march'd  out  of  the  Grand  Pre 
about  500,  but  were  reduc'd  to  about  350  before  they  reacli'd 
Schiegnecto  by  several  of  their  party's  leaving  'em  at  every 
great  Village  in  Minas,  thr6  which  they  pa,ss'd  which  makes 
it  Evident  that  150  of  the  Inhabitants  of  tha.t  District  had 
join'd  the  Canadeans  in  their  late  Attack  upon  the  English 
at  Grand  Pre,  and  may  Serve  farther  to  shew  your  Grace  the 
imminent  Danger  of  all  the  Inhabitants  of  Minas's  still  join- 
ing the  Enemy,  unless  speedy  measures  are  taken  in  driving 
the  Canadeans  out  of  the  Country,  and  Securing  the  fidelity 
of  the  Inhabitants  in  some  better  manner  than  it  is  at  pres- 
ent ;  and  how  opportunely  the  forces  sent  last  Winter  from 
hence  to  Annapolis,  and  the  Assurances  I  took  the  liberty  of 
sending  the  Nova  Scotians  that  those,  who  behav'd  as  good 
Subjects,  sho'd  have  his  Majesty's  protection  in  their  Estates, 
arriv'd  there  for  saving  the  whole  District  of  Minas  from  an 
open  Revolt. 

This  fluctuating  State  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Accadie  seems, 
my  Lord,  naturally  to  arise  from  their  finding  a  want  of  due 
protection  from  His  Majesty's  Government ;  and  their  appre- 
hensions that  the  French  will  soon  be  Masters  of  the  Prov- 
ince, which  their  repeated  Attempts  every  year  for  the 
Reduction  of  His  Majesty's  Fort  at  Annapolis  Royal,  And 
the  Appearance  of  the  late  Duke  d'Anville's  Squadron  from 
France  upon  their  Coast  with  that  View  strongly  Impress 
upon  'em,  as  does  also  the  Residence  of  the  Enemy  in  the 
Province,  and  the  SoUicitations  of  their  own  Priests ;  and  to 
this,  I  believe,  may  be  added  some  Jealousy,  which  the  Enemy 
and  Priests  are  forever  instilling  into  'em,  that  the  English 
want   only  a  safe   Opportunity  of  driving    all    the    French 


364  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Inhabitants  off  their  Settlements ;  which  th6  M"^  Mascarene 
Assures  me  that  his  communicating  to  'em  my  printed  Letter 
promising  'em  His  Majesty's  protection,  had  so  far  allay'd,  as 
together  with  the  Arrival  of  the  late  Detachment  of  Soldiers 
sent  from  hence  in  the  Winter  for  the  Defence  &  protection 
of  the  Province,  to  disappoint  M'  de  Ramsay's  Attempt  upon 
the  Inhabitants  of  Minas  for  bringing  'em  to  an  open  Revolt* 
and  to  make  him  retire  from  ]\Iinas  to  Schiegnecto,  yet  as  the 
hopes,  my  Letter  may  have  made  'em  entertain,  have  not  been 
yet  Confirm'd  by  Assurances  of  His  Majesty's  Royal  protec- 
tion directly  from  England  I  cant  but  think,  there  is  a  most 
apparent  danger  of  Nova  Scotia's  being  soon  lost,  if  the 
Expedition  against  Canada  should  not  proceed  this  year,  nor 
any  Measures  be  taken,  or  particular  Orders  be  sent  by  His 
Majesty  for  Securing  the  Province  against  the  Enemy,  & 
Strengthning  his  government  among  the  Inhabitants,  For  I 
perceive  that  the  General  Assembly  of  this  Province,  from 
whence  only  all  the  Succours  &  Support  which  His  Majesty's 
Garrison  at  Annapolis  Royal  has  hitherto  receiv'd  for  the 
protection  &  Defence  of  Nova  Scotia,  have  been  sent,  are 
tired  of  having  'em  drawn  only  from  their  owti  people,  and 
despair  of  it's  being  effectual  without  His  Majesty's  more 
immediate  Interposition  for  the  protection  of  that  Province ; 
And  look  upon  it  as  a  very  happy  Incident,  that  I  had  it  in 
my  power  to  send  M''  Mascarene  the  Support,  I  did  the  last 
Winter,  and  beginning  of  the  Spring,  out  of  Levies  rais'd  for 
the  Expedition  against  Canada,  which  I  insisted  upon  doing 
as  they  were  in  his  Majesty's  pay  { tho  rais'd  for  another  Ser- 
vice )  but  should  not  have  been  able  to  do  it  (I  believe )  had 
it  depended  wholly  upon  the  Consent  of  the  Assembly,  thd 
generally  well  dispos'd  for  His  Majesty's  Service. 

I  cant  omit  mentioning  here  to  your  Grace  the  Disappoint- 
ment, His  Majesty's  Service  in  these  parts  is  likely  to  suffer 
by  the  absence  of  His  Majesty's  Ships  Norwich  &  Canterbury, 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  365 

one  of  50,  the  other  of  60  Guns,  and  v/hich  M'  Knowles  had 
in  the  beginning  of  last  Winter  sent  from  Louisbourg,  where 
they  must  otherwise  have  remained  without  doing  any  Service 
'till  Spring,  upon  a  Cruize  to  the  West  Indies  with  orders  to 
return  to  Boston  by  the  20'*"  of  March  at  farthest.  These 
were  the  Ships  of  Force,  which  Admiral  Townsend  left  with 
him  upon  his  going  to  England  in  the  fall  of  the  year,  and 
they  are  now  detain'd,  as  we  hear,  by  the  Commander  in 
Chief  of  His  Majesty's  Ships  at  the  Leaward  Islands  upon  a 
Cruize  there,  so  that  M""  Knowles  is  now  Obliged  to  Employ 
tlie  INIermaid,  which  has  Orders  from  the  Lords  of  the 
Admiralty  to  Convoy  the  Mast  Ships  home  in  Conjunction 
with  a  Brigantine  belonging  to  this  Government,  which  he 
has  borrow'd  of  me,  and  a  Schooner  which  he  has  hir'd,  to 
Search  the  several  harbours  on  the  Coast  of  Accadie,  and  go 
in  quest  of  four  French  Store  Ships  in  Bay  Vert ;  and  m  the 
mean  time  all  M''  Knowles's  Schemes  for  Acting  early  in  the 
Spring  with  the  Norwich  &  Canterbury  (which  I  am  per- 
swaded  must  have  been  greatly  for  his  Majesty's  Service  in 
many  respects )  are  defeated,  the  Trade  on  these  Coasts  must 
be  without  protection,  and  the  jMast  Ships  may  possibly  be 
delay'd :  And  I  mention  it  to  your  Grace  under  an  Appre- 
hension, that  if  the  Commanders  of  Squadrons  in  the  West 
Indies  are  permitted  to  detain  Ships,  upon  a  Cruize  only,  from 
His  Majesty's  Service  in  these  parts,  for  which  they  are 
design'd  by  the  Lords  of  Admiralty,  and  contrary  to  the 
Orders  they  receive  from  their  proper  Commanders  here, 
( which  I  must  acknowledge  seems  to  me  like  making  Use  of 
His  Majesty's  Ships  as  their  private  property )  The  Conse- 
quences of  it  will  in  all  probability  be  fatal  to  the  publick 
Service  in  these  Seas :  But  I  suppose  M'  Knowles  will  make 
a  due  Representation  of  this  to  the  Lords  of  Admiralty  that 
it  may  be  redress'd  for  the  future. 

I  likewise  take  the  liberty  in  pursuance  of  your  Grace's 


366  DOCTTMENTARY    HISTORY 

Commands  signify'd  in  your  first  Letter  to  me  after  the 
Reduction  of  Cape  Breton  Viz*  that  I  should  let  your  Grace 
know  from  time  to  time,  what  I  conceiv'd  might  contribute 
towards  Securing  that  Acquisition  to  His  Majesty,  to  men- 
tion to  your  Grace  that  as  I  hear  M""  Bastide  the  Engineer  for 
Cape  Breton  has  desu-'d  leave  to  return  home  to  England,  I 
think,  so  far  as  I  am  a  Judge  in  the  Case,  from  the  Accounts 
I  have  had  of  Governour  Knowles's  remarkable  Activity  & 
Judgment  in  carrying  on  Fortifications,  and  the  particular 
Improvements,  he  has  made  in  those  of  Louisbourg  whilst  he 
took  the  business  of  Engineer  upon  himself  before  the  Arrival 
of  M'  Bastide's  Commission,  that  if  M^  Bastide  should  be 
permitted  to  quit  his  post,  it  would  be  for  His  Majesty's  Ser- 
vice that  M''  Knowles  should  have  the  direction  of  the  Works 
at  Louisbourg  as  Engineer  there. 

I  am  with  the  most  Dutifull  Regard,  My  Lord  Duke, 
Your  Grace's  most  Devoted,   and  most  Obedient,  Humble 
Servant  W.  Shirley. 


Letter  Capt.  David  Cargill  to  Sec''   Willard. 

Shepscot  May  Q^^  1747 
Hon'^  Sir 

Being  cal'd  away  the  next  morning  after  I  was  with 
You,  had  not  an  oportunity  to  wait  on  you  Concerning  the 
swivel  Guns  and  Ammunition  which  His  Excelency  sent  me 
to  you  about,  and  Concerning  which  he  told  me  he  had  given 
You  my  letter,  if  it  is  not  slip'd  y"^  Memory  I  should  be  much 
oblig'd  to  You  to  forward  it,  I  cant  sufiiciently  Express  the 
Deplorable  state  this  part  of  the  Country  is  Li,  being  Almost 
Every  Day  Alarm'd  with  Discovery's  of  the  Enemy,  and  our 
Garisons  so  scattered  with  so  few  men  In  them  that  we  are 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  367 

in  no  Condition  to  help  one  Another,  And  our  people  Almost 
worn  out  w*''  Duty,  O  that  he  who  brings  light  out  of  Dark- 
ness may  Dispell  those  Clouds,  the  Instructions  I  had  from 
Coin:  Waldo  for  a  Reinforcement,  weakened  me  very  much 
for  I  was  Ordered  to  give  Cap*^  mCobb  half  my  Western 
soldiers  and  to  Enlist  Inhabitants  In  their  Room  av*^'^  ten 
more  w*'  I  told  y®  Coin  :  was  Orders  Imposible  to  Comply 
with,  and  which  I  am  now  farther  asur'd  of  for  I  cant  find  so 
many  Inhabitants  here  that  their  Circumstances  will  admit 
of  their  Enlisting,  tlio  their  is  twenty  men  kept  at  S*  Georges 
IMore  than  y®  Court  Voted  a  suply  for  at  y*  place,  which  I 
told  him  of  I  mean  Coin :  Waldo  when  at  Boston  but  found 
it  did  Not  Relish  he  told  me  he  tho*  his  Instructions  would 
Justify  his  keeping  them  there,  I  am  far  from  desiring  that 
any  one  of  our  Infant  setthnents  should  be  Hurt,  but  I"" 
Asur'd  y®  Court  Never  Intended  to  suply  men  where  there  Is 
no  Inhabitants  at  y®  Expence  of  Breaking  up  those  eettl- 
ments  where  Improvments  are  Made  I  Mention  the  Court  in 
this  Because  I  know  y®  Governour  gave  Instructions  Agre- 
able  to  y®  Vote  of  y^  Court,  I  have  Endeavoured  to  Procure 
your  Wood  and  have  y®  Promise  of  it  If  I  find  it  to  be  as 
good  when  I  see  it  as  its  Cal'd.  M"^  Smith  has  promis'd  me 
that  he^  Cary  it  I  shall  Take  an  oportunity  of  seeing  this 
soon  and  will  let  you  know  if  it  will  Answer,  I  am  w*^''  Duti- 
full  Respects  Hon'>  Sir  Y'  Most  Obed*  Hble  Ser^ 

David  Cargill 

ye  18^'^/ Since  I  wrote  y®  above  I  have  heard  y*  y®  wood  I 
mentioned  would  not  Answer  You  and  I  have  prevailed  with 
M""  Smith  to  let  you  have  About  Eight  Cord  of  what  he  has 
now  on  board  which  I  know  to  be  very  Good  and  w°  I  know 
of  any  more  y*  will  suit  I'  let  you  know  it   Y" 

D  — C 
To  y^  Hon^i"  Josiah  Willard  Esq"^ 


368  DOCUMENT AEY    HISTORY 

Letter  Grov.  Shirley  to  the  Selectmen  of  Boston. 

Boston  June  23"^  1747. 
Gentlemen, 

I   send   you   the    inclos'd   Extract   from    Gov' 

Knowles'  Letter,  that  you  may  Communicate  it  to  the  Town 

in  such  manner  as  you  shall  think  proper. 

And  as  I  have  reason  to  Apprehend  from  Accounts  I  have 
receiv'd,  that  the  Fuel  Already  bespoke  in  some  Countiy 
Places  for  the  Supply  of  this  Town  in  the  present  Year,  will 
be  raised  before  the  Winter  is  over  to  a  Most  excessive 
Price,  unless  it  is  prevented  by  the  importing  a  Considerable 
Quantity  of  Wood  from  the  Eastern  Parts  which  may  be 
very  ruinous  to  the  Poor  of  this  Town  in  particular,  I  would 
recommend  it  to  You  to  Consider  of  some  Method  for  the 
Encouragement  of  bringing  in  a  large  Supply  of  Wood  from 
the  Eastern  Parts,  at  as  Moderate  a  Rate  as  may  be  in  which 
if  I  can  Assist  you  by  granting  protection  for  safeguarding 
the  Men  that  shall  be  employ'd  in  Carrying  the  Wood  to  the 
Vessells  &  loading  it  on  board  of  'em  I  shall  be  very  ready 
to  do  it,  or  Any  thing  else  in  my  Power  that  may  be  pro- 
posed to  me  for  the  forwarding  of  this  Affair 

Your  most  Assur'd  Friend  &  Servant  W  Shirley 

To  the  Selectmen  of  the  Town  of  Boston. 


Letter  to  Col.  Moulton. 

Sir, 

I  have  herewith  inclosed  a  Commission  to  you  to  take 
upon  you  the  chief  Command  of  all  the  Forces  in  the  East- 
ern Parts;  And  therefore  I  desire  &  direct  you  to  proceed 
forthwith  so  far  as  Falmouth  &  to  make  the  Disposition  of 
the    forces    according    to  the  inclosed  List.     What  number 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  369 

may  be  wanting  more  than  the  Soldiers  now  in  the  Service  I 
desire  you  would  inform  me  thereof  as  soon  as  may  be. 
You  must  get  perfect  Lists  from  the  Commanders  as  well  of 
the  Garrisons  as  in  the  several  Forts  &  Block  houses  as  of 
the  other  Companies  &  Parties  of  the  Officers  &  Soldiers  now 
in  the  Service  whenever  they  must  note  the  Regiments  of 
Militia  out  of  which  the  men  were  drawn  the  Time  they 
entered  into  the  Service.  And  send  those  Lists  to  me  with- 
out Delay  that  I  maj''  know  how  to  make  up  any  Deficiencies 
that  may  happen  &  give  order  for  the  Exchange  of  such  Men 
as  have  been  above  a  year  in  the  Service.  In  placing  the 
Men  jou  must  have  a  particular  Regard  to  the  Forts  & 
Block  houses  that  tliey  may  not  be  left  too  weak  for  defence ; 
And  as  I  perceive  there  is  a  discontented  &  Mutinous 
Disposition  in  the  Garrison  at  Richmond,  I  desire  you  would 
see  that  a  few  among  them  who  are  most  mutinous  be 
exchanged  for  other  Men  in  the  Companies  posted  nearest  to 
them. 


A  Lhonorable  Monsieur  Paule  Mascarene  Escuyer  Lieutenant 
Gouverneur  D'Annapolis  Royal  Commandant  en  Chef  pour 
le  present  la  Garaison  de  sa  Majesty  Britanique  President  du 
Conseil  D'annapolis  Royal. 

Monsieur  nous  prenons  la  Liberie  de  vous  recrire  celle  icy 
pour  vous  assurer  de  nos  tres  humble  Respect  et  d'  un  enticre 
Soumission  a  vos  Ordres  il  est  vray  que  il  y  a  longtans  que 
nous  nous  point  este  randre  nos  Soumission  au  Gouvernement 
mais  nous  vous  prions  de  vouloir  considre  comme  nous  some 
et  toujours  Les  jean  de  Guerre  che  nous  passe  et  repasse  et 
meme  nous  faire  marche  ou  bon  leur  Semble  a  fait  que  nous 
es  pen  prandre  aucune  Mesure  Les  un  avec  les  autres  pour 
cet  Efet  Mais  Monsieur  Soyer  persuade  que  nous  sommes 
toujours  les  memes  que  nous  onte  estre  par  le  passe  et  nous 

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370  DOCTT]\rENTAIlY   HISTORY 

ne  Deligueront  point  dun  Seule  point  a  nostre  Sermant  de 
fidelity  et  meme  Mons'  si  vous  juge  a  propos  que  nous  alions 
randre  Conte  de  nos  Actions  au  Gouvernement  nous  prete  de 
marche  a  vos  Ordre,  voila  Monsieur  avec  Sincerite  nostre 
Sentimant  et  de  Garde  inviolablement  de  vostre 

Nous  sommes  de  vostre  honneur  vos  tres  humble  et 
Obeissant  Serviteur  Les  Deputez  de  Cobequit 
Marque  X  de  Longope 
Marque  X  de  pierre  Goudot 
Cobequit  27  Juin  N.  S. 

Francois  Michel 
Francois  Jernot 

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Declaration  of  French  Inhabitants. 

Monsieur 
Les  Habitants  des  Mines  de  different  Departements  en  gen- 
erale  prenne  la  Liberter  de  vous  remercier  des  Sentiment 
Charitable  quil  resolve  de  vostre  par  dans  letat  et  la  Situation 
ou  i]s  se  trouve  a  present  et  des  veritable  Sentiment  ou  ils 
sont  de  ne  jamais  changer  eux  ou  les  Posteritez  envers  leur 
Patry,  quil  ont  a  Coeur  de  ne  en  Rien  changer  il  prenne  la 
Liberter  de  vous  representez  a  quoy  il  ce  voyent  exposer  il 
voiye  la  Conquestes  qu  a  este  faite  par  vos  amies  quil  a  plus  a 
dieu  de  bennir,  leur  Serment  envers  la  Gouvernement  qui  leur 
lie  les  bras  j  usque  a  ce  quil  soit  relever  de  leur  Seraient  de 
fidelity  qui  leur  doive  qui  leurs  lie  les  Bras  jusque  a  ce  quil 
en  Soit  relever  il  se  voyant  eux  et  leur  Famille  exposes  a  une 
Ruines  entiere  les  dernier  mois  il  sont  venu  derechef  avec 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  371 

des  force  a  nous  raidiiire  en  nous  Somment  de  nous  declarer 
obligeans  les  Habitants  dambarques  dans  leurs  Navire  pour 
rasurer  la  Continuation  de  nostre  fidelity  que  nous  ne  pouvous 
faire  autrement  que  dobeire  par  des  force  major  avant  et 
apres  Serment  prester  nos  Superieurs  tans  de  Louisbourg  que 
de  Canada  nous  on  toujour  exorter  de  nous  menager  ce  que 
nous  orion  bien  Besoin  par  nostre  foible  genis  ainsis  Mon- 
sieur nous  vous  prions  de  regarder  nostre  bon  Coeur  et  en 
meme  Temps  nostre  Impuisance  pauvre  Peuple  chargez  la 
plus  part  de  families  nombreuse  point  de  Recours  Sil  falois 
evacuer  a  quoy  nous  Somme  menacez  tours  les  jours  qui  nous 
tien  dans  une  Crainte  perpetuelle  en  nous  voyant  a  la  prox- 
imeter  de  nos  Maitre  depuis  un  Si  grand  nombre  darmes 
nous  pauvre  Habitants  si  peu  eclaires  nous  ne  pouvons  que 
Suivre  les  idez  que  la  Nature  nous  a  fournig  ainsi  nous 
esperons  que  vous  entrerez  dans  nos  peines  en  demandant 
rbonneur  de  nous  dire  en  generelle  d'un  Respect  tres 
profond. 

Mons""  Vos  tres  humble  et  tres  Obeissant  pou  Copis 

Serviteur  le  sous  Signez 

des  Minas  rene  Blancher 

Ce  24  May  Jos  X  leBlanc    M  x  de  francois 

1747  Granger 

M  O  de  Batiste  daigre 
Francois  Caudry 

A  I'honorable  gouverneur 

au  fort  d  anapolisse  royal  Les  Habitants  des  diferant 
departement  Suply  tre  humblement  tous  les  puissance  qui 
voudrons  en  Reconoitre  combien  il  nous  est  d  importance  de 
raipondre  aux  francois  et  aux  Anglois  toutes  alafois  ce  que 
ne  peuvent  faire  Sans  peutaite  faire  de  la  penne,  la  nous 
prions  de  vouloire  bien  consider  nostre  fidelitez  depuis  la 
guaire  commancer  jusque  a  present  que  nous  avons  a  Coeur 


372  DOCTJMENTABY   HISTORY 

de  bien  garder  voyez  aussy  les  Ordre  que  Mods'*  de  Ramsay 
nous  a  anvoyer  a  quoy  il  nous  a  fallu  raipondre. 

Copy  by  Order  of  his  Hon'  the  Presid*  and 
Command''  in  Chief  Compar'd  with  the 
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W.  Shirreff  Sec^ 

A  true  Copy  with  the  Mispellings. 

W.  Shirley. 

A  Lhonarable  Gouverneur 

Nous  deputez  Soussignez  nous  navons  pas  manqud  d'anvoyer 
vos  ordre  a  Mons'  de  Ramsay  aussitot  refus  il  m'a  point  de 
Nouvelles  dans  nostre  pay  appresant  a  vous  informez  nous 
Somme  avec  tons  le  respect  qui  vous  est  du  Monsieur 

Nostre  humble  et  tres  Obeissant  Serviteur  le  Deputez 
Aux  M6nes  Rene  Blanchair 

Ce  r"^  de  juillet  Ma  X  de  francois  granger 

1747  M  X  de  Joseph  le  Blanc 

Monsieur  faites  nous  lamitier  de  nous  anvoyer 
du  papier  Sy  vous  plais  nous  non  navons  plus. 
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M^  de  Ranuai/s  Declaration. 

Nous  Capitaine  et  Commandant  Le  Detachement  du  Canada. 

En  Vertu  des  ordres,  que  j'ay  recu  de  Monsieur  le  Marquis 
Beauchamois,  Gouverneur  General  de  toute  La  Nouvelle 
france,  qui  me  Commende  de  vous  ordonner  de  prendre  les 
armes    contre    les    Ennemies   de    Majeste    tres    Chretienne, 


OP   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  373 

dont  voicy  ses  parolles;"  nous  nous  regardons  aujourdhuy 
Maitre  de  Baubassin  et  des  Mines  puisque  nous  en  avons 
Cbasse  les  anglois ;  ainsi  il  ny  a  aucune  Difficult^  de  forcer 
les  Accadiens  a  prendre  les  Arms  pour  nous,  et  de  les  y  Con- 
traindre ;  leur  declarons  a  cet  Eff et,  qu'  ils  sont  decharg^  du 
Serment  prete,  cy  devant,  a  L'  Anglois,  auquel  ils  ne  sont 
plus  oblige  comme  il  a  ete  decide '  par  nos  puissances  de 
Canada,  et  de  Monseigneur  notre  Evesque  ce  Considere,  nous 
ordonnons  a  tons  les  habitants  de  Memeram  conque,  de  se 
rendre  icy,  avec  leurs  Armes  sitot  quils  veront  les  feux 
AUumez,  ou  quils  auront  Connoissance  de  L'enemis  sous 
peine  de  la  vie,  de  Confiscation  de  tons  leurs  biens,  de  faire 
bruler  leur  Maison,  et  d'estre  punis  comme  rebelles  a  nos 
ordres  du  Roy ;  fait  a  Beaubassin  le  25**'  May  1747 

Original  sign'd 

D®  Ramsay. 
Annapolis  Royal  18  July  1747. 

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from  Chicanecto. 

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Gov'^  Shirley  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Boston  New  England  August  18*^  1747 
My  Lord  Duke, 

1  have  the  honour  of  receiving  by  his  Majesty's  Ship  Scar- 
borough your  Grace's  Letter  of  the  30*^  of  May,  with  several 
Papers  inclos'd,  and  a  Packet  from  your  Grace  directed  to 
M''  Knowles,  which  I  immediately  forwarded  to  him  at  Louis- 
bourg ;  And  I  beg  leave  to  assure  your  Grace  in  general,  that 
I  shall  employ  my  utmost  attention  &  Diligence  in  Concert 
with  M^  Knowles,  as  soon  as  we  shall  meet,  for  carrying  into 


374  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Execution  his  Majesty's  Commands  signified  to  us  by  your 
Grace,  in  the  most  effectual  manner. 

I  perceive  by  the  imperfect  News,  which  your  Grace  at  the 
time  of  writiug  your  Letter  had  receiv'd  of  the  Surprize  of 
the  Detachment  of  New  England  Troops  by  the  Canadeans 
at  Menis  last  Winter,  that  none  of  my  Letters  giving  an 
Account  of  it  to  your  Grace  were  then  arriv'd,  and  lest  all  of 
them  should  have  miscarried  I  shall  briefly  recount  it  here: 
M"^  de  Ramsay  had  retir'd  with  his  Party  from  the  District  of 
Annapolis,  where  he  had  incamp'd  at  about  a  Mile's  distance 
from  his  Majesty's  Fort,  upon  the  Arrival  of  the  three  first 
Companies,  I  sent  these  in  September  or  within  a  day  or  two 
after,  and  fix'd  his  Quarters  at  Menis  the  Granary  &  most 
populous  District  of  Accadie ;  after  this  the  sending  of  the 
remainder  of  the  Levies,  which  I  design'd  for  M"^  Mascarene's 
Reinforcement,  was  stop'd  upon  the  Arrival  of  the  French 
Armament  under  the  Command  of  the  late  Duke  d'  Anville 
in  the  Harbour  of  Chibucto,  that  being  in  appearance  so 
strong  as  to  make  us  give  up  in  our  Expectations  his  Maj- 
esty's Fort  and  the  Whole  Province  for  lost;  But  upon  that 
Squadron's  quitting  the  Coast  I  sent  another  Detachment  of 
five  hundred  Men  to  Annapolis  Royal,  four  Companies  of 
which  arriv'd  there  in  November,  upon  which  M'  de  Ramsay 
after  having  m  vain  made  his  utmost  Efforts  to  bring  the 
Inhabitants  of  Menis  into  a  Revolt,  upon  a  Suggestion  that 
the  Force  lately  arrived  was  design'd  to  drive  'em  from  their 
Settlements,  and  therefore  exhorting  'em  to  join  with  him 
and  stand  on  their  defence,  quitted  that  District  &  retir'd 
with  his  Party  to  Schiegnecto ;  and  soon  after  a  Detachment 
of  about  five  hundred  of  the  New  England  Levies  march'd 
into  Menis,  and  there  expected  the  Arrival  of  three  hundred 
Levies  from  Rhode  Island,  and  of  one  more  Company  from 
this  Province  to  join  'em  in  order  to  go  ia  pursuit  of  the 
Enemy  to  Schiegnecto,  &  drive  'em  out  of  the  Province.  But 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  375 

being  by  tempestuous  Weather  disappointed  of  that  Rein- 
forcement it  was  judg'd  that  they  were  too  weak  to  venture 
after  the  Enemy  into  Schiegnecto,  but  that  it  was  necessary 
they  should  winter  in  Menis  to  keep  the  Enemy  out ;  which 
they  accordingly  did  'till  February,  when  the  Canadeans  & 
French  Indians  after  a  very  hazardous  March  of  nineteen 
days  thro'  the  Woods,  at  a  Season  of  the  Year  when  it  is 
thought  impracticable,  havmg  the  Advantage  of  Support  & 
Intelligence  from  the  Inhabitants,  came  by  Surprize  in  their 
Snow  Shoes  upon  the  New  England  Troops  at  Midnight, 
immediately  after  a  violent  Storm  of  Snow,  which  lay  deep 
on  the  Ground,  and  having  surrounded  every  House  in  Menis, 
where  the  principal  officers  were  quarter'd,  attack'd  'em,  kill'd 
the  Commander  in  Chief  and  his  Brother  after  exchanging 
several  Shot  with  'em,  and  rushing  into  many  Houses  kill'd 
60  Men,  and  made  30  Prisoners ;  But  being  repuls'd  at  sev- 
eral Houses  v/ith  loss,  amounting  in  the  whole  to  about  that 
of  our  own  Men,  (who  at  day  break  recover'd  their  main 
Guard)  and  growing  sick  of  their  Enterprize,  they  first 
propos'd  a  Cessation  of  Arms  for  two  hours,  and  afterwards 
offered  to  permit  the  King's  Soldiers  to  march  out  of  the 
Place  and  retire  to  Annapolis  Royal  with  their  Arms,  Drums 
beating  and  Colours  flying ;  to  have  Liberty  to  bury  their 
Dead  &  carry  off  what  was  necessary  to  support  'em  in  their 
March;  the  French  to  take  care  of  the  sick  and  wounded 
English,  and  send  'em  to  his  Majesty's  Fort  at  Annapolis  at 
their  Expence ;  which  Terms  our  Men  who  were  cut  off  from 
their  Ammunition,  Provisions  &  Snow  Shoes  in  a  Country 
well  affected  to  the  Enemy,  accepted,  and  agreed  to  quit 
Menis,  &  to  bear  arms  within  that  District  for  12  Months: 
This  was  the  Issue  of  that  Action ;  after  which  the  Can- 
adeans, who  it  was  expected  would  have  kept  possession  of 
Menis,  did  not  think  fit  to  venture  to  stay  there,  but  within 
a  few  days  withdrew  to  Schiegnecto. 


376  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Upon  advice  of  tliis  Surprize,  imagining  that  the  Enemy 
might  endeavour  to  make  an  Advantage  of  his  Majesty's 
Troops  quitting  Menis  by  Capitulation,  as  they  really  after- 
wards did,  to  prevent  any  Claim  from  'em  on  that  Account, 
I  immediately  sent  M""  Mascarene  another  Detachment  of  the 
Levies  from  hence,  which  with  others  in  the  Garrison,  who 
were  not  restrained  from  bearing  Arms,  might  be  a  suiScient 
force  to  take  repossession  of  Menis,  &  oblige  the  Inhabitants 
to  renew  their  Oaths  of  Fidelity  to  his  majesty,  which  was 
accordingly  done,  and,  as  I  apprehend  takes  away  all  the 
Enemy's  pretence  of  Title  to  Menis  grounded  upon  their 
Advantage  gained  in  the  late  Surprize  there. 

Ever  after  this  the  Canadeans  confin'd  themselves  within 
Schiegnecto,  where  they  remain'd  'till  about  ten  Weeks  ago, 
and  then  abandoned  the  Province  &  return'd  to  Canada,  after 
being  baffled  in  all  their  Attempts,  both  against  his  Majesty's 
Garrison  &  upon  the  Inhabitants  to  bring  'em  into  a  Revolt, 
by  being  first  oblig'd  to  quit  Annapolis  Royal,  and  afterwards 
Menis;  so  that  thrd  the  before  mention'd  Accidents  the 
Detachments  of  Levies  which  I  sent  over  to  protect  the  Gar- 
rison &  Province  did  not  immediately  drive  the  Enemy  off 
the  last  Year,  yet  they  finally  oblig'd  'em  to  quit  it;  by 
which  means  I  hope  it  may  be  more  practicable  to  put  the 
Province  into  a  better  State  of  Security  before  the  Canadeans 
renew  their  Visit,  which  may  be  expected  every  Year  during 
the  War. 

I  shall  m  pursuance  of  his  Majesty's  Commands,  issue  a 
Proclamation  in  his  Name  for  settling  the  Minds  of  the  Acca- 
dians ;  I  did  the  last  Fall  publish  a  Declaration  in  French, 
assuring  'em  that  the  Report  spread  among  'em  of  a  Design 
to  drive  'em  off  their  Settlements,  was  groundless,  and  that  I 
was  perswaded  such  of  'era,  as  should  keep  their  Fidelity  and 
Allegiance,  would  be  protected  by  his  Majesty  in  the  Enjoy- 
ment of  their  Estates,  for  which  Purpose  I  should  make  a 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  377 

favourable  Representation  of  'em,  and  recommend  'em  to  his 
Majesty  &c* ;  which  had  a  very  good  Effect  to  frustrate  M' 
de  Ramsay's  before  mentioned  Attempt  in  Menis  to  work  'em 
up  to  a  Revolt,  under  the  Name  of  standing  upon  their  own 
defence ;  and  produc'd  the  strongest  professions  of  fidehty 
from  'em  and  thanks  to  me  for  my  Declaration ;  so  that  I 
doubt  not  but  a  Proclamation  in  his  Majesty's  Name  will 
absolutely  confirm  the  best  dispos'd  among  'em  in  their  fidel- 
ity, &  have  a  good  Tendency  to  fix  the  Dispositions  of  others 
that  may  be  wavering. 

About  three  Months  ago  Governour  Clinton  advis'd  me 
that  the  New  York  Levies,  and  those  of  the  several  Colonies 
"Westward  were  grown  mutinous  for  want  of  their  Pay,  that 
they  had  deserted  in  Bodies,  and  he  fear'd  the  worst  of  Con- 
sequences from  their  present  Disposition,  that  to  pacify  'em 
he  had  promis'd  'em  part  of  their  Pay,  but  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  New  Jersey  Levies  havmg  paid  those  Troops 
their  full  Pay,  he  was  oblig'd  to  do  the  same  to  the  others. 
Your  Grace  will  easily  imagine  that  this  necessarily  begat  a 
general  Discontent  in  the  Levies  of  my  own  Government, 
and  the  Assembly  thereupon  requested  me  to  advance  their 
Pay  to  them ;  However  I  have  not  yet  exceeded  the  rate  of 
two  pence  a  day  in  what  I  have  advanc'd  to  the  Men ;  which 
leaves  room  for  all  possible  Stoppages  to  be  made.  But  if 
the  Levies  of  the  Colonies,  I  have  mention'd,  have  actually 
receiv'd  their  full  Pay,  I  am  afraid,  my  Lord,  it  will  throw 
an  insuperable  Difficulty  upon  M'  Knowles  and  my  self  to 
curtail  the  Pay  of  the  others ;  However  I  shall  shun  no  Diffi- 
culties in  this  or  any  other  Part  of  the  Service  enjoin'd  me ; 
As  to  the  Officers,  I  have  hitherto  resisted  all  SoUicitations 
for  advancing  any  of  their  Pay,  as  also  for  giving  second 
Year's  Cloathing  to  the  Men ;  which  is  not,  I  believe,  the 
Case  in  every  other  Colony. 

1  shall  observe  your  Grace's  Orders  as  far  as  it  is  possible 


378  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOHY 

for  drawing  no  more  Bills ;  My  drawing  of  Bills  for  Arms  & 
Cloatbing  for  purchasing  of  which  the  Money  has  been 
advanc'd  here  above  fifteen  Months  by  the  Merchants,  who 
receiv'd  no  Commissions  for  transacting  the  Business,  was 
unavoidable ;  and  I  had  no  other  method  of  executing  his 
Majesty's  Commands  in  providing  the  Arms  and  Cloathing 
but  by  taking  up  Money  of  the  Merchants  to  be  repaid  in 
Bills  of  Exchange  —  The  Assemblies  in  the  Colonies  have 
conceiv'd  a  Jealousy  of  some  standing,  that  greater  Difficul- 
ties attend  the  Repayment  of  Money  advanc'd  for  his  Maj- 
esty's Service  by  a  Government,  than  those  advanc'd  by 
private  Persons :  and  it  has  been  a  Maxim  in  this  Province 
in  common  Cases  for  the  Government  (where  they  have 
advanc'd  the  Money  on  his  Majesty's  Account,  &  run  the 
Risque  of  re-payment  of  it)  to  transact  it  by  private  Mer- 
chants, and  have  the  Bills  on  the  Government  at  home  drawn 
in  their  Names:  But  I  shall  use  my  best  Endeavours  to 
induce  the  Assembly  in  this  Province  to  comply  with  what 
his  Majesty  orders  me  to  recommend  to  'em  in  this  Case ;  and 
if  I  can  effect  it,  that  may  possibly  influence  those  of  the 
other  Governments. 

It  was  also  unavoidable  for  me  to  draw  Bills  for  the 
extraordinary  charge  of  transporting  &  Victualling  the  Levies, 
which  I  employ'd  in  the  Protection  of  Nova  Scotia;  The 
Assembly  absolutely  refus'd  to  bear  it,  and  it  was  with  diffi- 
culty that  I  engag'd  the  Soldiers  rais'd  expressly  for  another 
Service,  to  go  into  it ;  But  it  w^as  necessary  to  be  done  for 
the  immediate  preservation  of  that  Province,  and  therefore  I 
hope  it  will  rather  meet  with  his  Majesty's  Royal  Approba- 
tion, than  be  disapprov'd,  &  that  the  Bills,  which  I  have  thus 
been  oblig'd  to  draw  for  his  Majesty's  Service,  will  be  paid. 

I  may  in  particular  assure  your  Grace,  that  the  French 
Armament  under  the  Command  of  the  late  Duke  d'  Anville 
arriv'd  in  Chibucto  Harbour  in  a  shatter'd  &  weak  Condition, 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  379 

yet  if  I  had  not  happend  immediately  before  that  to  have 
reinforced  the  Garrison  at  Annapolis  Royal  with  three  Com- 
panies, and  Admiral  Warren,  then  at  Boston,  sent  his  Maj- 
esty's Ship  Chester  into  Annapolis  Basin,  Upon  which  M''  de 
Ramsay  decamped  from  before  the  Fort,  and  retir'd  to  Menis, 
the  Enemy  might,  &  doubtless  would  have  immediately 
equipp'd  &  sent  round  to  Annapolis  Royal  some  Frigates 
with  Artillery  &  Troops,  to  have  join'd  M""  de  Ramsay  & 
reduc'd  the  Garrison ;  But  they  were  discourag'd  (  as  we  were 
assur'd  by  some  English  Prisoners  who  were  carry'd  into 
Chibucto  whilst  the  french  Squadron  was  there  )  from  attempt- 
ing it,  upon  Intelligence  of  the  reinforcement  I  had  sent  there, 
(the  Number  of  which  was  likewise  increas'd  to  'em  by  M' 
de  Ramsay )  and  by  the  Basin's  being  guarded  by  his  Maj- 
esty's Ships  Chester  &  Shirley  —  M""  Mascarene's  Last  letter 
to  M""  Fox,  I  find,  attributes  the  Preservation  of  the  Garrison 
&  Province  from  falling  into  the  Enemy's  hands  to  these  sea- 
sonable Succours  sent  'em  by  me ;  as  does,  I  believe,  one  or 
more  of  M'^  Knowles's  Letters  to  your  Grace ;  And  I  hope 
there  can  be  no  room  for  your  Majesty  to  doubt  of  it  —  And 
as  to  the  Importance  of  the  Service,  it  has  ever  been,  my 
Lord,  my  fix'd  Opinion,  to  which  all  persons  whom  his  Maj- 
esty's Service  has  led  me  to  consult  upon  this  Point,  particu- 
larly Admiral  Warren  &  M"^  Knowles,  have  agreed,  that  the 
Loss  of  Nova  Scotia  would  not  only  greatly  facilitate  the 
Recovery  of  Cape  Breton  to  the  French,  but,  if  held  by  'em, 
forthwith  give  'em  the  Mast  Country,  the  Fishery  &  chief 
Navigation  of  these  Seas :  And  in  one  word,  my  Lord,  if  any 
thing  valuable  can  arise  to  the  British  Dominions  from  the 
Northern  Continent's  being  in  the  Possession  of  the  Crown 
of  Great  Britain,  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia,  which  ought 
to  be  made  the  Barrier  of  it  against  the  French,  should  be 
preserv'd  at  any  rate  from  falling  into  their  hands,  whilst 
Canada  remains  in  their  Possession. 


380  DOCUTvEENTARY   HISTORY 

The  Money  for  paying  the  two  pence  a  day,  which  I  have 
advanc'd  to  the  Men,  and  for  which  I  have  drawn  Bills,  was 
taken  up  of  the  Merchants  some  Weeks  ago,  and  not  to  be 
recall'd ;  But  I  stood  out  before  I  made  that  payment  to  any 
of  the  Levies,  except  those  sent  to  Menis,  'till  the  Mutinous 
Spirit  was  grown  high  in  the  Western  Levies,  and  had  begun 
to  infect  those  of  this  Province,  &  I  was  constrain'd  to  it  by 
the  Practice  of  other  Governments. 

I  shall  observe  to  the  utmost  of  my  Power  his  Majesty's 
Commands  for  compleating  my  own  &  the  other  Regiments 
at  Louisbourg,  with  that  of  Phillips's,  out  of  the  American 
Levies,  and  retaining  such  a  number  of  'em,  as  shall  be 
thought  necessary  to  be  employed  in  his  Majesty's  Service 
for  the  Security  of  Nova  Scotia;  But  as  part  of  the  Terms  of 
my  Proclamation,  and  I  beheve  of  those  of  the  other  Govern- 
ments founded  upon  his  Majesty's  Orders  contain'd  in  your 
Grace's  Letter  of  the  9*^  of  April  1746,  for  encouraging  Men 
to  enlist  for  an  Expedition  against  Canada,  were  that  they 
should  be  discharg'd  at  the  End  of  it,  I  would  submit  to  your 
Grace's  Consideration  whether  any  of  'em,  that  shall  not  vol- 
untarily enlist  de  novo,  can  be  retain'd  at  the  End  of  the 
Expedition  for  another  Service,  against  their  Will. 

I  have  only  to  add,  that  upon  my  communicating  to  the 
Assembly  such  Parts  of  your  Grace's  Letter  to  me  of  the  30*^ 
of  May,  as  it  was  proper  to  lay  before  'em,  I  had  the  Pleasure 
to  observe  that  the  Account  there  given  of  his  Majesty's 
paternal  Care  for  the  Protection  &  Welfare  of  his  Northern 
Colonies,  and  the  late  Vigillance  at  Sea  so  happily  exerted 
therein,  fill'd  their  hearts  with  a  grateful  Sense  of  his  Maj- 
esty's Goodness,  and  gave  'em  extreme  Satisfaction. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be  with  the  most  dutiful  Regard  My 

Lord  Duke 

Your  Grace's  most  Devoted  and  most  Obedient, 

Humble  Servant 

W.  Shirley 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  381 

P.  s. 

By  a  frencli  Flag  of  Trace  just  arriv'd  here  from  Quebeck 
with  171  English  Prisoners,  I  have  an  Account  that  9  Ships, 
most,  if  not  all  of  'em  french  Transports  that  had  escap'd 
Admirals  Anson  &  Warren,  were  arriv'd  there,  with  one 
Swiss  &  one,  if  not  two  french  Companies  of  Troops. 


Jf  Bollan  to  the  Duke  of  Neivcastle. 

Westmmster  Aug*  19^**  1747 
My  Lord  Duke 

The  province  of  Nova  Scotia  being,  in  my  humble  Opinion, 
in  a  much  more  dangerous  Condition  than  seems  to  be  gen- 
erally Apprehended,  I  think  it  my  Duty  to  Represent  to  your 
Grace  it's  present  state,  together  with  such  Matters  as  I  think 
any  wise  relates  to  its  preservation. 

Upon  the  Defeat  given  to  the  Nev/  England  Troops  at 
Minas  the  Enemy  became  possessed  of  the  whole  province, 
saving  that  the  English  Continued  to  hold  the  Fort  of 
Annapolis  —  Minas  is  the  principal  settlement  in  the  prov- 
ince, &  seated  in  the  Heart  of  it,  and  Annapolis  is  as  it  were 
in  a  Corner,  having  b}^  no  means  the  Comand  of  the  Country. 
The  Defeat  we  receiv'd  at  Minas  was  given  by  a  party  whom 
Mons'  Ramsay  Detach'd  from  his  head  Quarters  at  Chignecto, 
a  place  convenient  for  his  receiving  succours,  and  which 
afterwards  retum'd  thither  to  him,  where  he  still  Continues, 
and  doubtless  has  been  fortifying  himself,  unless  his  appre- 
hensions of  Danger  have  been  so  small  as  to  make  him  think 
that  unnecessary.  All  the  Indians  in  the  province  Are  at 
open  Enmity  with  us,  and  in  strict  alliance  with  the  Enemy, 
the  whole  Trade  of  the  Country  is,  and  for  a  considerable 
time  past  has  been,  in  the  Enemy's  hands ;  the  Inhabitants 
taking  all  their  Iron,  Salt,  &  other  Necessaries  from  them. 


382  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOE,Y 

and  giving  them  in  Exchange  all  their  product.  And  as  the 
Fort  at  Annapolis  is  the  only  strength  whereby  the  English 
hold  any  possession  in  this  Country,  if  it  be  Consider'd  that 
the  Governor  by  his  absence  or  otherwise  is  incapable  of  tak- 
ing proper  Care  of  it  —  that  the  Comander  in  Chief  on  the 
Spot  and  the  other  officers  are  not  so  well  United  as  all  well- 
wishers  to  his  Majesty's  Services  would  Desire  for  the  Secu- 
rity of  it  —  that  this  Garrison  has  not  always  behav'd  in  the 
best  manner  —  that  of  the  Soldiers  which  during  the  War 
have  been  sent  to  strengthen  the  Garrison  but  few  have 
arriv'd,  and  some  of  them  on  Declaring  themselves  roman 
Catholicks  have  been  sent  away  —  that  of  those  who  are 
there  Many  are  aged  &  Infirm,  and  the  rest  so  Dispos'd  to 
Desert  that  it  has  been  a  standing  order  given  to  the  New 
England  Troops  to  Watch  &  prevent  it  —  that  the  Enemy 
from  the  Circumstances  of  the  Garrison  &  Country  gett  con- 
stant Information  of  all  our  Measures,  whereas  we  have  little 
or  no  Intelligence  of  their  Motions,  so  that  when  Mons'' 
Duvierer  Came  to  lay  Siege  to  the  Fort  the  first  Knowledge 
the  English  had  of  an  Enemy's  being  in  the  Country  was  by 
their  kilhng  several  of  the  Garrison,  whom  they  found  in  the 
Gardens  near  the  ffort,  if  these  things,  my  Lord,  together  with 
the  Weakness  of  the  ffortification,  and  the  Dispositions  of  the 
Inhabitants  in  general  be  Consider'd  (  without  weighing  other 
dangerous  Circumstances  too  many  to  be  here  Enumerated) 
it  will  then  appear  what  a  slender  hold  we  have  of  this  prov- 
ince. It  must  also  be  observ'd  that  the  ffrench,  according  to 
their  wonted  policy  &  Diligence,  Use  all  methods  to  Encrease 
their  Influence  over  the  Inhabitants ;  by  burning  their  houses, 
&  other  like  Methods,  they  Distress  to  the  utmost  such  as 
have  on  any  Notable  occasion  serv'd  the  English ;  and  by 
kindness,  Justice  &  prudence  they  labour  to  Gain  the  Affec- 
tions of  the  rest  already  too  much  Inclin'd  to  them,  when 
Mons'^  Duvierer  laid  siege  to  Annapolis,  he  gave  Bills  to  the 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAESTE  383 

Inhabitants  for  the  Supplies  he  had  of  them,  upon  Mons' 
Bigoe,  late  Intendent  at  Louisbourg,  and  when  Duke  D'En- 
ville  went  last  year  to  reduce  that  province  to  the  ffrench 
King's  Obedience,  Mons""  Bigoe  went  with  him,  &  paid  off 
these  Bills  in  ffrench  CronvTis,  as  they  were  brought  to  him 
by  those  to  whom  they  belong'd.  And  the  Bills  given  for 
Supplyes  by  the  other  ffrench  Comanders  are  daily  Negotiated 
between  the  Inhabitants  and  the  ffrench  Traders  from  Can- 
ada, Whereas  on  the  other  hand,  when  the  English  lately 
went  to  Dislodge  the  ffrench  at  Minas,  ffive  hundred  of  our 
people  were  oblig'd  to  live  upon  the  Inhabitants  near  six 
weeks,  for  which  not  a  farthing  has  yet  been  paid  them :  and 
the  Indiscreet  mention  that  has  been  frequently  made  by  our 
Officers  of  Extirpating  all  the  Inhabitants  (  a  most  dangerous 
if  not  impracticable  scheme )  with  other  motives,  had  before 
our  Defeat  at  Minas  so  far  Influenced  the  minds  of  the 
Inhabitants,  that  had  not  M''  Shirley's  preventive  Letter  Come 
seasonably  among  them,  they  would  veiy  probably  have 
Declared  themselves  openly  for  the  ffrench,  and  taken  up 
Arms  in  Conjunction  with  them. 

As  to  the  Importance  of  this  province,  so  much  has  already 
been  laid  before  Your  Grace  on  that  head,  that  I  shall  now 
only  Observe,  that  a  part  of  it  is  Equal  to  the  whole  Island 
of  Cape  Breton  —  that  the  Enemy's  protection  of  the  former 
will  render  the  latter  very  Insecure  to  us  —  that  this  prov- 
ince when  entirely  gain'd  by  the  Enemy  will  be  to  them  a 
stable  foundation  whereon  to  build  that  powerfull  Dominion, 
which  they  Endeavour  to  raise  in  &  form  that  Quarter  of  the 
World ;  and  the  Loss  of  it  will  have  terrible  Effects  upon 
our  ffishery,  our  possessions  upon  the  Continent,  and  the 
Comerce  of  all  our  Colonies,  And,  under  your  Grace's  favour, 
I  apprehend  this  Loss  must  give  such  a  Wound  to  the  British 
Interest  as  no  Time  or  policy  can  cure,  without  a  very  great 
Expence  of  Blood  &  Treasure,  if  at  all.     ffor  these  reasons, 


384  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

my  Lord,  the  French  have  Ventur'd  so  much  and  so  often  in 
trying  for  it,  And  as  the  price  is  so  great,  their  present  hold 
of  it  so  Considerable,  and  their  Chances  of  gaining  it  so 
many,  it  must,  in  my  Opinion,  my  Lord,  be  Expected  that 
they  will  Continue  their  utmost  Endeavours  to  Complete 
their  Designs.  Part  of  the  Mast  Country  is  already  lost  to 
England,  and  the  remainder  must  be  either  lost  in  Nova  Sco- 
tia,  or  soon  follow  it,  the  Enemy  not  long  since  had  it  in 
Consultation,  as  I  am  credibly  Inform'd,  to  Destroy  by  the 
Indians  our  growing  Masts,  a  few  strokes  of  an  Ax  being 
sufficient  to  spoil  the  finest  Mast  the  King  has,  but  they 
determined  to  forbear  it,  upon  the  prospect  they  had  of  gain- 
ing the  Country  for  themselves ;  which  prospect  their  great 
Vigilance  &  Application  have  since  Mended  —  Fortune  has 
hitlierto  been  against  them  in  the  Course  of  War  in  this 
Quarter,  they  have  lost  their  Fishery,  that  great  source  of 
wealth  &  Naval  power,  they  have  lost  Cape  Breton,  &  ten  or 
twelve  sail  of  Men  of  War  in  trying  for  Nova  Scotia ;  And 
yet  they  hold  up  their  heads,  they  Support  their  Colonies, 
keep  up  the  Spirits  of  their  Indian  Allies,  And  together  with 
them  make  daily  Incursions  into  the  English  Territories,  pen- 
etrating deep  into  several  of  their  chief  provinces,  killing 
some,  Carrying  others  into  Captivity,  and  driving  away  the 
rest  of  the  Inhabitants,  burning  &  Destroying  their  Habita- 
tions, laying  waste  great  part  of  the  Country,  Hoping  thereby, 
among  other  advantages,  to  prevent  succours  being  sent  to 
Nova  Scotia,  over  which  they  keep  a  Constant  Eye,  looking 
upon  it  as  the  principal  point,  which  must  one  Da}^  Deter- 
mine the  power  &  Dominion  in  the  Continent  of  America  to 
the  English  or  ffrench.  Under  these  Circumstances  the  Spirits 
of  the  English  Colonies  languish  &  Decay,  while  the  ffrencli 
daily  grow  bolder,  so  that  by  Dint  of  perseverance  &  publick 
spirit,  they  bidd  fair  for  Carrying  their  main  point  at  last, 
against  a  superior  fforce.  Nay,  even  against  Fortune  herself. 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  385 

Enough,  My  Lord,  I  believe,  has  been  said  on  the  forego- 
ing Heads,  I  hope  not  more  than  the  occasion  requires  or 
Deserves,  wherefore  I  shall  hasten  to  Consider,  what  I  am 
sensible  will  be  more  Agreeable  to  your  Grace,  the  Means  of 
preventing  this  Impending  Mischief ;  And  for  the  better  Dis- 
cernment thereof  I  begg  you  will  Consider  how  this  province 
has  been  hitherto  saved.     Upon  a  review  of  the  Means  of  it's 
past  preservation,  you  will  doubtless  see  that  the  Succours 
sent  by  the  Massachusetts  province  have  divers  times  saved 
it,  when  in  iminent  Danger,  The  Massachusetts  people  now 
make,  I  Believe,  the  chief  strength  of  the  Garrison ;  and  I 
think  the  aid  of  that  province  will  Continue  very  usefull  if 
not  necessary  to  preserve  the  other ;  Your  Grace  will  there- 
fore please  to  Consider  their  Condition,  And  how  they  Came 
into  it.  in  order  to  Judge  whether  farther  assistance  can  rea- 
sonably be  expected  from  them ;  they  are  in  that  Distressed 
State  which  has  been  already  Described,  or  rather  in  a  much 
Worse,  for  they  are  not  only  so  harrassed  on  every  side  by 
the  Indians,  that  their  Settlements  both  Eastern  &  Western 
are  daily  breaking  up,  but  the  Country  is  draind  of  men,  is 
greatly  in  debt,  it's  Trade  daily  Decreasing,  it's  Currency 
constantly  ffalling,  and  that  so  Intollerably  fast  that  no  Man 
living  can  Tell  how  to  Carry  on  his  Business,  and  not  to 
dwell  upon  particulars,  the  Circumstances  are  so  wretched, 
that  unless  some  Alteration  be  speedily  made  in  them,  they 
must  be  quite  ruined  and  broke  up ;  and  what  makes  Miser)* 
itself  more  grievous  to  them  is  the  Consideration  that  theirs 
is  Owing  to  their  publick  spirit  and  their  publick  services,  I 
mean  in  taking  &  securing  Cape  Breton,  and  preserving  Nova 
Scotia,  and  to  their  want  of  that  support  which  they  Expected 
from  hence.     Had  they  not  taken  Cape  Breton  it  must,  I 
think,  have  remain'd  in  the  hands  of  the  ffrench.  And  the 
English  must  long  since  have  lost  Nova  Scotia,  with  a  great 
part  of  their  Cod-ffishery,  at  least,  and  the  Security  of  all 

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386  DOCinVIENTAKY   HISTORY 

their  possessions  on  the  Continent  must  have  been  Shaken, 
And  their  Trade  to  the  East  as  well  as  the  West  Indies  must 
have  suffered  —  There  is  one  particular  I  must  also  begg 
leave  to  observe,  the  Governour  of  Canada  some  time  ago 
sent  a  Message  to  the  Six  Nations  of  Indians  wherein  he  told 
them  that  "  he  took  pity  of  their  Brethren  at  Albany  and 
"would  from  that  time  Turn  his  Indians  from  that  place 
"  on  their  most  Inveterate  Enemy es  of  New  England."  Now 
when  the  Enemy  turn  the  Edge  of  the  sword  agamst  this 
Colony  in  particular,  in  Consequence  of  their  special  services, 
will  not  the  Colony  want,  my  Lord,  special  Support  &  pro- 
tection, instead  of  being  able  to  give  it ;  I  am  sensible  tliey 
Are  in  a  short  time  to  be  reimbursed  the  Expence  the}''  were 
at  m  taking  &  securing  Cape  Breton,  this  when  Discharg'd 
will  be  some  Considerable  relief  to  their  present  Distress,  but 
will  by  no  means  Redress  all  their  Grievances ;  And  the 
Delay  of  this  partial  remedy  has  already  Multiplied,  and  still 
Multiplies  greatly  their  Distress ;  they  are  now  Unable  to 
stand  their  own  Ground,  so  that  I  Think  it  cannot  be  sup- 
posed They  will  Attempt  to  support  others,  without  being 
first  strengthen'd  themselves,  wherefore,  for  the  good  of  his 
Majesty's  service,  as  well  as  other  reasons,  in  my  humble 
opinion,  Justice  should  be  done  that  province  as  soon  as  may 
be,  and  a  tender  regard  had  for  them,  so  that  by  recovering 
their  spirits  they  may  be  able  to  hold  up  their  heads  against 
those  Enemies,  which  their  publick  spirit  &  good  behaviour 
have  raisd  up  against  them ;  and  to  go  on  to  Assist  in  pre- 
serving Nova  Scotia.  As  to  the  other  Measures  proper  to  be 
taken  for  that  End,  I  submit  it  to  Your  Grace's  Considera- 
tion, whether  after  the  Manner  of  the  Romans  of  old,  it  may 
not  be  right  to  Commit  this  province  to  some  person,  equal 
to  the  Undertaking,  Granting  him  sufficient  authority.  Force 
&  Money  to  Drive  out  the  Enemy,  secure  the  Country 
effectually,  and  settle  it  upon  a  proper  Foot,  Making  it  ( as 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  387 

it  is  Capable )  to  become,  instead  of  a  Gangreen,  a  sound  & 
Usefull  part  of  the  Body  politick  leaving  particulars  to  his 
Discretion  to  be  Exercised  upon  the  Spot.  If  this  should 
not  be  thought  proper,  as  the  Country  must  soon  be  wholly 
lost  in  the  Judgement  of  every  Man  I  believe,  who  is 
Acquainted  with  its  Circumstances,  if  some  proper  Expedient 
be  not  soon  found  out  to  preserve  it  In  order  to  this  I  submit 
it  to  be  Consider'd,  whether  it  be  not  necessary  that  Mons'' 
Ramsay  and  the  party  under  his  Comand  be  imediately  driven 
out  of  the  Country,  he  having  now  been  there  a  Year  and 
half  or  upwards ;  and  that  the  various  proposals  that  have 
been  made  for  securing  the  province  may  be  review'd  partic- 
ularly those  made  by  M''  Warren,  M""  Clark  &  my  Self ;  and 
those  since  made  by  M''  Shirley  &  M''  Knowley,  who  propose 
among  other  things  a  ffort  at  Chibucto,  a  Block  house  at 
Minas,  and  a  ffort  at  the  Isthmus,  near  Bay  Vert ;  if  neither 
of  these  setts  of  proposals  shall  be  Approv'd,  then  I  would 
humbly  propose  that  a  ffort  be  built  at  the  Isthmus,  which 
will  be  of  service  to  Comand  the  Indians,  &  other  Inhabitants 
in  the  province,  and  to  prevent  the  Enemy's  Entrance  into 
it,  Cutting  off  their  Trade  &  Communication  with  the 
Inhabitants.  And  by  a  well  regulated  Trade,  and  other 
proper  Measures,  I  think  it  not  Improbable  that  the  Indians 
may  be  brought  into  an  Alhance  with  Us,  which,  if  obtained, 
I  apprehend  would  at  any  rate  be  better  &  Cheaper  than  to 
Continue  at  War  with  them  —  that  the  Garrison  of  Annap- 
olis be  fill'd  up  with  a  proper  Compliment  of  Men,  &  put  in 
the  best  order  possible  —  that  Capt  Gorham's  Company  of 
rangers  be  Completed  &  kept  on  Foot,  Because,  without  such 
a  Body  of  Men  it  will  be  in  the  power  of  a  few  Enemy- 
Indians  to  Block  up,  in  a  great  measure,  the  ffort  of  Annap- 
olis, even  when  full  of  regular  soldiers.  And,  because  they 
vnll  be  necessary  for  marching  thrd  the  Woods,  and  among 
the  Inhabitants,    to   whom  they  are  far  more  terrible  than 


388  DOCTJMENTAKY   HISTORY 

European  soldiers,  and  whose  services  Experience  has  prov'd 
so  great,  that  nothing  farther  need  be  said  of  them  —  that 
some  Measures  be  taken  to  Appease  the  Minds  of  the  Inhab- 
itants, &  Attach  them  as  far  as  may  be  to  the  English ;  let 
what  will  be  done  in  other  respects,  with  Submission,  I  think 
it  absolutely  necessary  that  Care  be  taken  in  this  particular, 
and  that  as  soon  as  may  be ;  ffor  as  there  are  at  least  fhve  or 
six  thousand  of  them,  All  to  a  Man  well  Acquainted  with 
Arms,  if  they  once  draw  the  Sword  for  the  Enemy,  the  whole 
Affair  will  soon  be  at  an  End.  And  as  this  is  a  point  of  the 
last  Consequence,  it  is  also  Attended  with  many  Difficulties, 
arising  from  a  Variety  of  Matters  too  many  to  be  here  related ; 
After  giving  all  possible  Attention  to  it,  and  frequentl}'^  talk- 
ing with  Capt.  Gorham  upon  it,  whom  I  have  found  perfectly 
well  Acquainted  with  the  Country  in  general,  and  with  the 
Temper  and  Dispositions  of  the  Inhabitants  in  particular,  in 
my  humble  opinion,  it  will  be  for  his  Majesty's  Service  to 
pardon  every  one  all  past  offences,  except  those  who  have 
taken  up  Arms ;  and  to  assure  them  of  the  Enjoyment  of 
their  Estates,  and,  as  far  as  can  well  be  done,  of  their 
Religion  likewise. 

I  have   the  honour  to  be  with  the  greatest  respect,  My 
Lord  Duke, 

Your  Grace's  most  Devoted  and  most  Obedient  servant 

W  BoUan 


Duke  of  Bedford  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

St.  Albans  Sept:  11*M747 
My  Dear  Lord 

I  have  read  over  the  letters  your  Grace  sent  me  by  M"^ 
Clevland,  and  do  think  the  proposal  made  by  Governour 
Shirley  in  his  letter  of  the  8"'  of  July  last,  a  very  good  one 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  389 

and  the  most  likely  to  preserve  Nova  Scotia  from  falling  into 
the  Enemies  hands.  But  it  is  still  lyable  to  two  very  great 
objections,  the  one  the  great  expence  of  raising  2000  Men 
out  of  the  Massachusetts  bay,  who  are  designed  to  be  left  at 
Shegnectoo,  in  the  room  of  the  French  inhabitants,  to  w*''^ 
must  be  added  the  great  expence  w*^*^  will  be  incurred  by  the 
reciprocal  moving  of  the  families  of  the  two  nations  to  their 
respective  Settlements,  and  w*^^  will  I  apprehend  deter  M"^ 
Pelham  from  coming  into  a  measure,  w°''  must  unavoidably 
bring  on  so  great  a  publick  expence,  all  w^'*  must  be  paid  ( if 
undertaken )  by  the  Government  here.  The  other  objection 
is  the  lateness  of  the  Season,  w*^'*  I  fear  is  too  far  advanced, 
to  admit  of  any  operation  to  be  begun,  in  those  Countries, 
especially  as  y®  orders  for  putting  it  in  execution  are  not  yet 
sent  from  hence.  As  this  last  equally  holds  against  M' 
Boland's  proposal  for  the  whole  to  be  effected  by  the  Garri- 
son of  Louisbourg  w*'^°'^*  having  recourse  to  the  Levies  from 
New  England,  I  shall  not  mention  any  others  concerning  it. 
I  hope  your  Grace  will  think  proper  to  give  all  due  encour- 
agement to  Capt°  Gorham,  whose  Service  now  with  his  Body 
of  Rangers,  is  more  than  ever  absolutely  necessary  for  the 
immediate  preservation  of  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia. 
I  am  with  the  truest  regard  My  dear  Lord 

Your  most  faithfull  humble  Servant 
Bedford. 


Extracts  of  a  Letter  from   G-overnour   Clinton  to  Q-overnour 
Shirley  ^  G-overnour  Knowles  dated  Novem^  10*^^^  1747. 

The  Assembly  having  refus'd  to  advance  any  Money  or 
give  Credit  for  the  Pay  due  to  the  Forces  levy'd  in  this 
Province,  I  have  try'd  the  other  Method  propos'd  by  Your 
Excellencies  of  getting  Money  of  the  Merchants  but  I  can 


390  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOEY 

procure  not  one  farthing  from  them  on  the  Terms  mention'd 
in  your  Excellencies  Letter,  so  that  nothing  now  remains  but 
to  give  Certificates  of  the  Pay  due,  unless  I  venture  to  draw 
upon  the  Crown  in  the  usual  Manner  I  have  done. 

Upon  this  Occasion  I  must  observe  to  your  Excellencies 
that  all  the  Forces  posted  at  Albany,  those  of  this  Province 
as  well  as  others,  have  ever  smce  they  march'd  to  Albany 
been  upon  actual  Duty,  &  frequently  Duty  of  as  great  Fatigue 
&  Danger,  as  any  of  the  Forces  in  Flanders,  &  perhaps 
greater,  as  they  had  to  deal  with  Indians  in  thick  Woods  & 
Swamps,  such  as  are  not  in  Europe,  besides  the  Hardships 
they  have  been  expos'd  to  for  want  of  regular  Quarters, 
whereby  they  were  oblig'd  to  encamp  in  the  coldest  Weather, 
which  prejudic'd  their  Healths.  Therefore  I  think  there  can 
be  no  Pretence  to  make  the  Abatement  in  their  Pay :  Indeed 
I  am  perswaded  that  such  a  Proposal  must  have  a  very  bad 
Effect  upon  the  Minds  of  both  Men  &  Officers. 

I  have  sent  your  Excellencies  the  Form  of  a  Bill  of 
Exchange,  whereupon  I  may  have  some  hopes  of  getting 
Money  to  discharge  this  Service,  &  w'^^  I  conceive  will  be  a 
sufficient  Reason  for  dra-wing,  if  your  Excellencies  concur 
with  me  therein,  otherwise  many  People  must  be  Sufferers 
for  what  they  have  advanc'd  &  disburs'd  by  my  Orders  in 
the  Course  of  this  Service,  &  which  in  Honour  I  cannot  see 
done. 

Examin'd         W.  Shirley. 


Brigadier  DwigJit  to  Qov^  Shirley. 

Sir, 

I  beg  leave  to  lay  before  your  Excellency  the  Representa- 
tion of  the  several  Captains  in  the  Regunent  raised  for  his 
Majesty's  Service  for  an  Expedition  against  Canada  which  I 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   IMAINE  391 

have  had  the  Honour  to  Command,  a  Copy  whereof  is 
Inclosed,  and  which  I  pray  your  Excellency  to  take  into 
Consideration  —  And  Suffer  me  to  observe  that  the  Non 
Commission  Officers  &  private  Men  of  this  Regiment  were 
stout  and  able  bodied  Men  well  Enured  to  Hardships,  &  used 
to  their  Arms,  and  thereby  render'd  equal  at  least  for  the 
Service  they  were  destin'd  to  any  Veteran  &  well  disciplin'd 
Troops,  many  of  them  having  distinguished  themselves  as 
well  at  Cape  Breton  as  at  N°  4  Fort :  And  in  Loyalty  to  the 
best  of  Sovereigns  Inspired  with  a  Spirit  of  Resolution  and 
fairness  of  Mind  freely  offered  themselves  to  this  Service  with 
a  principle  View  to  contribute  their  part  towards  putting 
doAvn  the  Power  &  Pride  of  France  the  King's  most  Invet- 
erate Enemy,  and  to  Enlarge  his  Dominions  in  North  Amer- 
ica thereby  to  Extend  his  power,  and  make  him  great  as  he 
is  Good ;  tho  they  knew  at  the  same  time  that  Q^  Sterling  g 
day  clear  of  Stoppage  was  not  a  third  part  of  what  is  paid  in 
this  Country  for  common  and  ordinaiy  Services,  no  way  pro- 
portionable to  the  Fatigues  of  a  Camp.  Now  I  pray  your 
Excellency  to  Consider  whether  the  Advantage  of  the  Crown 
in  punctually  paying  off  at  a  good  Rate,  Men  of  such  Loyal, 
Generous  &  Good  Dispositions  will  not  Outweigh  that  of 
saving  a  few  4*^*  with  the  Discouragement  &  Loss  of  such  a 
Temper  in  the  King's  Subjects,  Whereby  it  will  be  rendered 
impracticable  upon  any  the  best  Concerted  Measures  ( be  the 
Emergency  what  it  will )  to  raise  the  like  Number  of  brave 
Men  in  New  England. —  As  to  their  Arms  when  some  of  the 
Men  moved  the  Question  whether  they  were  given  them  as 
part  of  the  King's  Royal  Bounty  for  their  Encouragement  to 
Enlist  themselves  in  His  Service ;  I  had  so  much  Confidence 
in  His  Gracious  Intention  it  should  be  so,  I  told  the  Men  that 
if  they  were  ever  required  of  them  even  if  I  my  self  should 
do  it  they  were  not  to  obey  me,  but  as  the  Officers  were  to 
be  Accountable  for  them  in  Case  they  be  not  re-deliver 'd,  I 


392  DOCUIVIENTARY   HISTORY 

stand  ready  to  Account  at  what  time  I  am  called.  And  as 
to  the  probability  of  the  several  Captains  recovering  the  Arms 
from  their  respective  Companies  you  are  not  unapprized  that 
since  the  men  have  been  call'd  off  from  the  Frontiers  they 
having  no  Subsistence  Allow'd  them  were  under  Necessity  to 
repair  to  their  several  Homes ;  and  I  know  of  no  method  for 
an  officer  now  to  possess  himself  of  the  Arms  but  by  calling 
the  Men  together  from  all  parts  of  the  Province  at  his  own 
or  their  Expence  drawing  the  Men  up  into  a  Body,  ordering 
their  grounding  &  laying  down  their  Arms,  facing  to  the 
Right  about  and  March,  when  they  have  so  done,  the  officers 
may  possess  themselves  of  their  Arms,  &  read  their  dismis- 
sion, and  the  Consequence  of  that,  arising  from  the  Enraged 
Spirits  of  the  Men  is  not  difficult  to  foresee. 

Wherefore  I  pray  with  the  Officers  of  my  late  Regiment 
that  the  Non  Commission  Officers  &  private  Men  may  be 
Allowed  to  retain  their  Arms  and  have  their  Pay  augmented. 

I  am  Sir,  your  Excellency's  most  Obedient  and  most 
humble  Servant 

Joseph  Dwight 

Copy  Examin'd         W.  Shirley 


Letter  Simon  Frost  to  Josiah  Willard  Sec^v 

Kitteiy  April  2,  1748 


Hon"*  S' 


Since  my  Return  home,  have  been  inform'd  by  an 
Attorney  Concern'd  in  the  Action  pending  at  the  next 
Super'  Court  to  be  held  at  York  between  the  Proprietors  of 
North  Yarm**  &  others  unknown  to  me,  That  John  Hill  Esq'' 
and  his  Brother  who  are  my  Cousins  German,  are  also  Pro- 
prietors of  Said  Town,  which  will  render  it  inconvenient  to 
me  to  Sit  in  Said  Action :  Shall  be  glad  if  yo"^  Hon'  wou'd 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  393 

acquaint  His  Excellency  therewith,  that  so  another  person 
may  be  Seasonably  appointed  on  that  Affair,  if  His 
Excellency  pleases. 

I  Shall  not  be  against  Serving  the  Publick  in  any  Such 
Capacity  when  there  lyes  no  just  Objection  against  me.  ~ 
Shou'd  not  have  troubled  you  with  this  Letter,  but  York 
Court  will  prevent  my  attending  the  Gen"  Assembly  till  the 
Middle  of  this  Month.  - 

I  am  with  my  Duty  to  His  Excellency,  -  Yo''  Hon"  most 
Obedient  humble  Servant  Simon  Frost 

M''  Secretary 

Go'py  of  Record. 

At  a  Legal  Town  Meeting  held  at  Berwick  May  y*  2^ 
1748 

Voted  M*^  Peter  Grant  Moderator 

Voted  the  Reveren^  M'  Jeremiah  Wise  Shall  have  five 
hundred  Pounds  in  Publick  Bills  of  the  Old  Tenor  for 
his  Support  in  the  work  of  the  Ministry  among  us  the  ensu- 
ing year. 

Voted  that  there  Shall  be  a  Meeting  house  built  above  the 
River  according  to  the  former  vote  to  accommodate  the  whole 
Town  in  General.  /  Voted  one  Thousand  Pounds  in  Pub- 
lick Bills  of  New  Tenor  to  carry  on  the  building  the  said 
Meeting  house. 

Voted  M'^  Roger  Plaisted  Decon  Benjamin  Libby  M' 
William  Keey  Cap*  Moses  Butler  M"^  Benjamin  Hodsdon  and 
M""  Stephen  Harris  shall  be  a  committee  to  carry  on  the 
building  the  said  Meeting  house 

Voted  the  Committe  for  building  the  Said  Meeting  house 
Shall  provide  the  Land  to  Set  the  Said  Meeting  house  upon 
at  the  Towns  Charge. 

Entred  by  Hump.  Chadbourn  Town  Clerk 


394  DOCU]MENTAE,Y    HISTORY 

Berwick  May  2"*  1748.  We  the  Subscribers  do  enter  our 
Desents  against  -  building  a  Meeting  house  in  said  Town : 
Unless  Said  house  is  Set  where  it  will  accommodate  the  uper 
end  when  we  Shall  Devide  and  if  the  vote  can  be  obtained 
we  are  ready  and  willing  to  Joyn  our  proportion:  for  we 
apprehend  that  If  Said  house  is  Set  to  accommodate  the 
whole  Town  as  they  Say,  in  our  opinion  it  will  in  a  few 
years  be  the  means  to  make  three  Parrishes  when  two  is 
Sufficient  and  therefore  pray  that  a  minete  may  be  made  by 
the  Clerk  of  this  offer./  Berwick  May  2<^  1748  We  the 
Subscribers  do  enter  our  Desents  against  all  the  votes  that 
has  been  past  excepting  the  Ministers  Sallery.  John  Hill 
Elisha  Plaisted  Nathan  Lord  Abraham  Lord  William  More 
Richard  Nason  Benjamin  Nason  Samuel  Nason  James 
Plaisted  John  Lord  jun.  Joseph  Emery  John  Lord  John 
Cooper  John  Cooper  jun.  Samuel  Lord  Richard  Shackley 
Joseph  Hubberd  Samuel  Lord  jun  Thomas  Hodsden  Moses 
Goodwin  Elisha  Hill  Phillip  Hubberd  Humphry  Chadbourn 
jun.  Ichabod  Goodwin  John  Thomson  Thomas  Abbot  Thomas 
Goodwin  jun.  Aaron  Goodwin  John  Hodsden  Benjamin 
Chadbourn 

Entred  according  to  the  Origenal 

By  Hump.  Chadbourn  Town  Clerk 

A  true  Coppy  of  Record  Attest  Hump.  Chadbourn 

Town  Clerk 


Copy  of  Record. 

To  the  Select  men  of  the  Town  of  Berwick :  We 
the  Subscribers  being  Inhabitants  of  Said  Town  Request 
you  that  a  Meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  afore  Said 
Town  may  be  called  as  Soon  as  may  be  in  Some  publick 
place  in  said  Town,  Then  and  there  if  they  See  cause  to  vote 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MALNE  395 

an  addition  to  the  ministers  Sallery  for  the  year  Ensuing, 
And  to  Raise  money  to  defray  Town  charges.  Also  to  pass 
any  vote  or  votes  for  the  going  on  with  the  Building  of  a 
new  meeting  house  to  accommodate  the  whole  Town  as  for- 
merly Voted  :  and  to  Raise  money  to  Carry  on  the  Same  and 
to  chuse  a  Committe  to  carry  on  the  Building  of  the  Said 
Meeting  house  and  to  get  a  Conveniant  place  to  Set  the 
Same  upon,  Also  to  pass  any  vote  or  votes  to  remove  any 
Incumbrances  that  Lyes  on  tlie  Towns  Land  or  priveliges  or 
any  ways  discommoads  the  Same.  Berwick  March  29^^  1748 
Benjamin  Libby  John  Smith  Nathaniel  Gubtail  Thomas 
Butler  John  Keey  Miles  Thomson  Benjamin  Hodsden  Jona- 
than Stone  John  Pray  Peter  Keey  Tilly  Haggens  Elezer 
Clark  Nath^  Joy  Thomas  Goodwin  Daniel  Libby  Jun''.  / 

York  ss.  To  m''  William  Holmes  Constable  of  the  Town 
of  Berwick     Greeting 

Whereas  application  is  made  to  us  the  Subscribers  by  a 
Lawful  number  of  Inhabitants  of  the  Said  Town  of  Berwick 
for  calling  a  Town  Meeting  you  are  hereby  required  to  warn 
and  give  Notice  to  all  the  freeholders  and  other  Inhabitants 
of  Said  Town  that  are  quallified  to  vote  in  Town  Meeting. 
That  they  assemble  and  meet  at  the  Meeting  house  in  Said 
Town  on  monday  the  second  day  of  May  next  at  one  of  the 
clock  on  Said  day  :  Then  and  there  to  vote  Some  addition  to 
the  Ministers  Sallery  for  the  year  ensuing:  And  to  Raise 
money  to  defray  other  town  charges.  Also  to  pass  any  vote 
or  votes  to  go  on  with  the  Building  of  a  new  Meeting  house 
to  accommodate  the  whole  Town  in  General  as  was  formerly 
voted  in  said  Town  and  to  raise  money  for  the  carrying  on 
the  Building  the  Said  house  :  And  to  choose  a  committe  to 
carry  on  the  work  and  to  get  a  Suteable  place  to  Set  the  Said 
Meeting  house  upon:  Also  to  pass  any  vote  or  votes  to 
remove  all  Incumbrances  off  of  the  Towns  Land  or  Minestry 
Land  in  said  Town.     Dated  Berwick  April  IS*"^  1748  And 


396  DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 

in  tlie  Twenty  first  year  of  his  Majesties  Reign  g  Jos  Hart 
Moses  Butler  Moses  Hodsden  Samuel  Bracket  jun.  Select- 
men of  Berwick 

A  true  Copy  of  the  Origenal  writings 

Attest  Hump.  Chadbourne  Town  Clerk 

York   ss  Berwick  May  2*^  1748  Pursuant  to  the  within 

warrant  to  me  Directed  I  have  warned  all  the  freeholders 

and  other  Inhabitants  of  Berwick  to  appear  at  time  and  place 

within  mentioned. 

g  William  Holmes  Constable 

A  true  Coppy  of  the  return  of  the  aforegoing  Warrant. 

Attest  Hump.  Chadbourn  Town  Clerk 


Letter  James  McCohh  to  Gov.  Shirley. 

Georgetown,  May  7*^  1748 
May  it  Please  Your  Excellency 

I  take  this  opertunity  to  Inform  Your 
Excell''  that  on  the  26:  of  April  two  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
this  Town  had  the  misforton  to  be  Captivated  by  the  Indian 
Enemy,  ^dz  :  Job  Philbrook  and  Samuel  Malune  as  they  were 
Plowing  about  two  hrmdred  yards  from  M''  Philbrooks  Gari- 
son  I  Immediately  Sent  an  Express  to  Your  Exce^^  upon  it 
but  it  unfortunatly  fell  into  the  Enemy's  hands  When  Cap* 
Burns  was  Killed  Which  I  Supose  you  have  had  an  account 
of. 

I  would  Inform  Your  Excell^  Something  of  the  Defenceless 
Condition  that  town  is  in  we  have  Seventeen  Garisons  which 
we  have  Defended  hitherto  and  but  fifty  men  alowed  us  by 
the  Government  of  Which  fortey  two  is  to  be  Inhabitants 

I  have  not  been  able  to  this  Day  to  Inlist  above  one  half 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  397 

of  said  Inhabitants  they  are  so  Discouraged  and  had  a  Great 
Deal  Rather  have  more  Aded  to  their  number. 

I  Humbly  Conceive  that  nothing  but  Your  Excelpy* 
Speedy  Compationate  Regard  Will  Prevent  the  Breaking  up 
of  this  Place  the  Inhabitants  would  fain  hold  their  Ground 
and  nothing  but  bare  Necessity  will  Induce  them  to  Leave  it 
the  Enemy  seems  to  be  vastly  more  in  number  then  they 
have  been  Since  the  War  began  and  more  bold  and  our  num- 
ber is  so  Small  that  we  are  not  able  to  act  in  an  offenceve 
way  nor  Indeed  to  Defend  the  Inhabitants  about  theire 
Labour  nor  the  Coasters  in  Carrying  of  our  Lumber  I  leave 
our  Case  to  Your  Exce^^"  wise  and  gracious  Concideration  I 
am  Your  Excelpy*  Dutifull  Ser'*  James  M«  Cobb 


Letter  SamJ'   Denny  to  Gov.  Shirley. 

Georgetown  May.  9.  1748 
May  it  please  your  Exelency  this  waits  on  your  Exelency 
to  inform  you  that  by  a  letter  to  your  Exelency  with  other 
letters  in  cap*  Burnses  pocket  when  Killed  by  the  Enemy  on 
or  about  4  Instant  the  inemy  is  fully  informed  of  the  naked 
and  defensless  condition  that  this  pore  town  is  in  wich  indead 
is  very  malancolley  the  few  men  that  are  here  are  posted  at 
the  most  Exposed  garasons  in  the  town  to  incourage  them  to 
hold  those  garasons  a  little  longer  notwith  standing  which  I 
Expect  Euery  minut  to  hare  they  hey  have  desarted  s**  plases 
many  of  the  garasons  have  no  men  the  Inhabitants  thinking 
it  better  not  to  be  tyed  to  inlistin  but  that  they  may  be  clear 
that  they  may  not  be  hindered  from  runing  when  matters 
com  to  Extremity  wich  will  be  the  case  quickley  unless  by 
your   Exelencies   Kinde    interposision    we   can   be   further 


398  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

covered  can  it  be  thought  that  20  garasons  wich  is  not  the 
hole  number  now  kept  in  this  too  can  be  kept  by  the  number 
of  men  if  we  can  git  them  that  are  allowed  to  this  town  in 
the  presant  Establishment  we  beg  your  Exelencies  favour  for 
our  protection. 

plese  your  Exelency  what  the  letter  taken  as  above  was 
designed  to  in  form  you  of  v/as  that  on  y«  27  of  April  larst 
2  men  ware  taken  captive  by  the  Enemy  within  gun  shott  of 
one  of  our  garasons  and  might  have  taken  the  garason  and 
would  no  doubt  had  they  then  known  as  they  do  now  that 
there  was  only  a  number  of  woomen  and  children  in  it  and 
alsou  to  inform  you  that  on  the  28  of  said  april  an  Indian 
canno  was  found  within  sight  of  my  garason  laid  up  by  the 
side  of  the  river  in  the  woods  brought  there  the  night  before 
supposed  not  to  have  been  made  more  then  3  or  4  days  the 
seams  stoped  with  mud  made  of  spruse  bark  the  slimmoss 
wich  is  on  new  pealed  bark  not  washed  of  nor  Dryed  up  by 
whicli  I  think  it  may  resonably  be  conjectured  that  there  is 
more  of  the  Enemy  on  our  borders  then  they  have  cannoos  to 
transport  themselves  with  and  there  have  hardly  of  late  ben 
Either  a  day  or  night  whom  in  sum  Damage  have  not  ben 
done  or  Indians  discovered. 

the  said  taken  letter  inform  the  Enemy  thow  intended  to 
have  informed  your  Exelency  that  the  v/estern  and  Canada 
men  detained  here  are  so  uneasy  that  they  talk  of  running 
away  or  turning  to  y«  Indians  and  an  other  letter  they  took 
inform  them  how  porely  the  few  men  we  have  are  of  with 
respect  to  arms  which  was  intended  for  mr  whelewriglit  to 
desire  him  by  all  means  to  send  some  province  arms  to  this 
place  so  that  s'  you  se  from  the  premises  how  our  nakedness 
is  Exposd  and  we  are  in  grate  distress  this  being  the  nedful 
I  beg  leve  to  subscribe  myself  your  Exelencies  dutiful  sar*  to 
command  Samuell  Denny 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  399 

Answer  of  Dorothy  Cutter  May  10,  1748. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq'"  tlie  Honor- 
able his  Majesties  Council  &  House  of  Represent''**  of 
the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  Eng- 
land in  Generall  Court  Assembled  — 
The  Answer  of  Dorothy  Cutter  to  the  Petition  of  the 
Rev"'^  Nicholas  Loring  in  behalf  of  himself  and  Jeremiah 
Powell  Esq'  in  behalf  of  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth 
Humbly  Sheweth  —  That  whereas  the  Petitioners  Sets  forth 
in  their  Petition,  that  my  Des*^  Husband  was  often  requested 
to  fulfill  the  Proposialls  that  he  himself  had  made -the 
Reason  that  he  Did  not  was -as  I  was  Inform'd  by  hhn  in 
his  Life  Time  &  by  others  that  are  now  Living  — That  after 
he  had  Made  the  Proposiall  to  give  up  the  Lott  N"*  16  if  the 
Town  would  make  the  Lott  N°  14  Secure  to  him -he  found 
that  Severall  of  the  Town  had  a  mind  to  keep  him  out  of 
Both  Lott  —  and  he  having  Possession  of  Lott  N°  16 
Endeavoured  to  Keep  Till  they  would  give  him  a  proper 
Deed  of  the  Lott  N°  14  —  And  as  the  Matter  was  not  Set- 
tled in  my  Husbands  Life  Time,  and  I  being  Administx  of 
what  he  Died  Possest  off  —  I  Could  not  Do  any  thing  as  to 
Settling  of  it  but  keep  Possession  by  Improvement  of  the 
Same  —  the  People  have  Strove  very  hard  to  get  me  out  of 
Possession  by  force  Since  my  Husbands  Deth-and  have  gon 
on  the  same  &  Destroyed  a  Great  deal  of  the  Timber.  As 
I  am  not  able  to  Do  any  Tiling  about  setting,  I  must  Leave 
it  to  Your  Excellency  «&  Hon"  to  Do  what  You  Think 
Proper  Trusting  I  shall  have  Justice  Done  me  &  my  Father- 
less Children 

Your  Excellency  &  Hon"  Most  Obedient  Humb"  Ser' 
North  Yarmouth  May  lO^^^  1748  Dorothy  Cutter 


400  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

To  M'  John  Gooclale    for  Keeping  M"  Mary       X     s     d 
Smith  four  months  and  ten  days  17     0     0 

To  M'  John  Cusons  for  takeing  Care  of  M" 
Mary  Smith  1  12     0 

To  M'  Sam^  Emery  for  takeing  Care  of  M" 
Mary  Smith  10     0 

To  M''  Sam^  Littlefield  for  takeing  Care  of 
M"  Mary  Smith  10     0 

To  M"  Hannah  Littlefiekl  for  Keepmg  Mar- 
garet Smith  from  March  13*^  1744/5  to  March 
13"»  1745/6  30     0     0 

To  M'  Moses  Stevens  for  Keeping  M"  Mary 
Smith  from  the  29*^  of  March  1746  to  the  29 
of  June  following  15     0     0 

To  M"  Hannah  Littlefield  for  Keeping 
Margret  Smith  from  the  18**^  of  March  1745/6 
to  the  13  of  March  1746/7  30     0     0 

To  M'  Moses  Stevens  for  Keeping  M"  Mary 
Smith  from  the  29  of  June  1746  to  the  29  of 
December  1746  30     0     0 

To  M'  Moses  Stevens  for  Keeping  M"  Mary 
Smith  from  the  29'^  of  December  1746  to  the 
29*'^  of  December  1747  60     0     0 

To  M"  Hannah  Littlefield  for  Keeping  Mar- 
gret Smith  from  the  13^^  of  March  1746/7  to 
the  13^''  of  March  1747/8  30     0     0 

To  M'^  Moses  Stevens  for  Keeping  M"  Maiy 
Smith  from  the  29**^  of  December  1747  to  the 
29**^  of  March  1748  15     0     0 

Old  Tenor     230  12     0 

A  True  Accompt  Erors  Excepted 

g  Nath^  Wells  Town  Treasurer 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  401 

Record. 

Att  a  Leagal  Meeting  of  the  freeholders  and  other  Inhab- 
itants of  the  Town  of  Wells  the  16*^^  Day  of  May  1748  — 

Voted  That  John  Storer  Esq''  be  Chosen  to  Prefer  a  Peti- 
tion to  the  Grate  and  General  Court  of  this  Province  In 
behalf  of  the  Town  of  Wells  that  the  Intaile  on  the  Estate 
of  M"  Mary  Smith  May  be  taken  of  and  to  Exhibet  an 
accompt  with  the  s*^  Petition  of  the  Charge  s''  town  has  been 
at  in  maintaining  s'^  Mary  and  her  two  Daughters  Elisebeth 
and  Margret  and  to  Do  all  he  may  find  Necessery  to  be  Done 
to  git  the  Intaile  taken  of  that  s*^  Estate  may  be  Lyable  In 
Law  for  the  Charge  s*^  Town  has  bin  at  in  Maintaining  s^ 
Maiy  and  her  Children 

A  True  Copey  of  Wells  Town  Book 

Attest  Nath^  Wells  Town  Clerk 


Gov"-  Shirley's  Speech,  May  26,  1748. 

"  Gentlemen  of  the  Council  &  House  of  Represent""^* " 
"  I  have  lately  had  advices  from  the  Eastern  Frontiers  of 
Mischiefs  w*^'^  the  Indians  have  done  in  those  parts,  by  Kill- 
ing some  Persons,  &  captivating  others  &  of  the  great  Terror 
the  Inhabitants  are  in,  many  of  whom  are  already  removed  & 
others  commg  off :  The  Supposition  of  two  hundred  Volun- 
tiers  inlisting  upon  the  encouragem*  you  have  given  in  the 
last  Establishm*,  &  a  great  number  of  the  Inhabitants  entring 
into  Pay  ( both  w*''*  have  failed )  has  occasioned  the  weak 
state  of  that  Frontier :  As  to  the  inlisting  of  Voluntiers,  I 
cannot  find  that  there  are  any  in  the  Eastern  Parts  disposed 
to  do  it  for  three  Years ;  but  if  they  were  allowed  to  inlist 
for  one  year  only,  'tis  likely  that  most  of  them  would  be 
retained  for  the  whole  three  Years :   And  therefore  I  would 


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402  DOCTJJTENTARY   HISTORY 

recommend  it  to  you  to  make  that  Alteration  in  the  Terras 
for  Voluntiers  enlisting,  as  well  in  the  Western  Parts, 
(where  there  is  wanting  almost  one  half  of  the  destined 
Number )  as  in  the  Eastern,  And  it  will  be  absolutely 
necessary  for  you  to  make  some  new  Provision  for  compell- 
ing impress'd  Men  to  serve  for  the  Protection  of  the  Front- 
iers :  For  the  Fine  establish'd  by  Law  at  present  for  that 
purpose,  is  grown  so  small  thr6  the  Depreciation  of  the  Bills, 
that  the  several  Colonels  of  the  Militia  assure  me,  my  Impress 
Warrants  produce  more  Fines  than  men  out  of  the  Com- 
panies in  their  respective  Regiments ;  and  that  two  of  the 
fines  in  most  Places  will  scarcely  hire  one  man  to  enter  into 
the  Service,  especially  upon  the  Eastern  Frontier. " 

"  But  there  is  one  thing,  Gentlemen,  w"**  I  would  in  par- 
ticular observe  to  you,  and  recommend  to  your  Considera- 
tion in  the  strongest  Terms,  as  what  would  not  only  be  the 
most  effectual  Provision  for  the  Security  of  the  Eastern 
Frontier,  on  the  Support  of  w''*'  the  Welfare  of  Boston  &  the 
other  maritime  Towns  much  depends,  but  be  very  beneficial 
also  to  the  Province  in  other  respects ;  I  mean  the  erecting 
&  garrisoning  a  Blockhouse  on  the  River  Penobscot ;  This, 
if  the  Indians  in  that  Quarter  are  not  hereby  soon  brought  to 
Terms,  may  at  least  prevent  the  frequent  Incursions  & 
Hostilities,  not  only  of  the  Indians  of  that  Tribe,  but  of 
others  from  Canada  upon  the  Settlements  in  those  Parts,  and 
be  a  means  of  keeping  them  from  the  Sea  Shore,  to  w*^^  at 
certain  Seasons  they  repair  for  fishing  &  fowling,  on  w°^  their 
Subsistence  for  a  Considerable  Part  of  the  Year  depends ; 
It  would  moreover  be  a  Security  to  our  Fishery,  which  at 
the  Expence  of  the  Lives  &  fortunes  of  many  of  his 
Majesty's  Subjects,  has  in  the  former  War  been  greatly 
annoyed  by  Indian  Cruizers  from  that  River  —  And  in  time 
of  Peace  that  Block  House  might  be  made  of  great  Advan- 
tage to  the  Province,  by  using  it  for  a  Truck  house,  w''^  being 


OF   THE   STATE    OF   MAINE  403 

put  under  a  proper  Regulation  would  not  only  draw  all  the 
Furr  Trade  of  the  Penobscot  Indians  to  center  there,  but 
that  of  the  S*  John's  &  Cape  Sable  Indians ;  and  possibly  no 
small  share  of  the  other  Indian  Trade  which  is  now  negoti- 
ated at  Canada ;  It  might  in  time  have  a  tendency  to  secure 
all  those  Indians  in  our  Interest,  &  a  dependence  on  the 
Crown  of  Great  Britain,  by  w*^'*  this  Province  would  infallibly 
reap  happy  Consequences. " 

«W  Shirley 
Council  Chamber  May  26.  1748  " 


Depoiition. 

The  Deposition  of  Jonas  Mason  Testifieth  «&  Saith  that 
sometime  about  the  year  1735  he  y^  Deponant  with  some 
others  was  appointed  a  Committee  ( by  y^  proprietors  of  y^ 
Common  Lands  in  y®  Township  of  northyarmouth  )  to  recti- 
fye  some  Mistake  made  in  y®  Entries  in  said  proprietors 
Book  of  Records  :  and  among  other  we  found  a  Rong  Entry 
of  the  Ministerial  Lot  N°  16  in  the  120  Acre  Division  on  y® 
west  Side  of  Royalls  River ;  The  mistake  appear'd  Evident 
Thus  viz  it  was  order'd  by  the  Committee  of  the  General 
Court  for  s*^  Town  that  the  Surveyor  &  Lot  Layers  should  in 
the  first  place  set  apart  one  Lot  in  this  s*^  Division  for  the 
Ministry  after  which  the  Remaining  Lots  were  to  be  Coupled 
together  &  Drawn  for  by  Lot -And  in  the  s*^  Book  the  Lot 
N°  16  was  Entred  Single  by  it  self  &  wrote  Ministers,  and 
the  Lot  N°  14  in  s*^  Division  was  as  appear'd  to  us  by  the 
first  Entry  Recorded  to  the  Minister  in  partnership  with  the 
heirs  of  William  Scales  &  Samael  Baker,  it  plainly  appearing 
that  both  y*'  Lots  N°  16.  &  14  were  Entred  Ministers  by  the 
first  writing  but  the  word  Ministers  at  Lot  N°  14  was  altered 
&  made  Ministerial  by  the  [  s  ]  being  turn'd  into  an  [  i  ]  & 


40-1  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

y*  Letters  a :  1 :  being  added  witli  a  plain  differing  Ink  from 
y®  other,  which  s*^  Lot  N°  14  being  in  partnership  with  other 
proprietors  &  Sundry  persons  afifirming  that  to  their  own 
know^ledge  N°  16  was  y*  Lot  set  apart  for  y®  Ministry  y® 
Mistake  was  Evident  to  us.  M""  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter 
was  one  of  y®  aforesaid  Com"'^®  &  prop®  of  y®  Ministers  Lot 
then  offered  to  give  a  Quit  Claim  of  his  Right  in  Lot  N"  16 
by  virtue  of  s*^  Record  provided  that  the  Ministry  of  s*^  Town 
or  minister  for  y*  time  being  would  give  to  him  a  Quit  Claim 
of  their  Right  to  y*  3"^  part  of  the  Lot  N°  14.  Some  time 
after  this  Depon*  being  Requested  by  y*  Select  men  of  s** 
Town  drew  two  Quit  Claims  one  from  s^  Cutter  &  y®  other 
from  y®  Rev*  Nicholas  Loring  the  minister  of  s*^  Town 
agreeable  to  y^  promise  of  y^  s*^  M""  Cutter  upon  Record 
&  with  reference  thereto  &  deliver'd  them  to  y®  s**  Select 
men  &  they  inform'd  me  afterwards  that  y''  s*^  Cutter  refused 
to  sign  it  because  it  was  not  from  y^  Ministry  of  s^  Town  & 
this  Depon*  further  saith  that  y®  s^  Cutter  has  from  time  to 
time  Employ'd  people  (  as  he  y®  Depon*  was  well  Inform'd  ) 
to  Cut  &  Cany  of  y*  wood  till  he  had  got  of  y®  most  valuable 
part  thereof  to  y*  great  Damage  of  y"  Lot  &  further  saith 
not  — 

Jonas  Mason 

York  88:     Northyarmouth  May  30*'^  1748. 

Jonas  Mason  above  named  appearing  made  oath  to  the 
Truth  of  the  above  Deposition  by  him  subscribed  -  Before  me 

Samuel  Seabury  J*  Peace 

The  Deposition  of  Jacob  Mitchell  Testifieth  that  he  y^ 
Depon*  being  in  company  with  others  Select  men  of  North 
Yarmouth  Some  years  ago  Carryed  two  Quit  Claims  to  m"^ 
Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter  which  were  draw'd  in  order  to  Right 
a  mistake  made  in  y*  Records  of  y^  proprietors  about  the 
Ministerial  Lot  in  s*^  Town  &  he  upon  perusal  of  them  Ref us*^ 


OF    THE   STATE    OF   MAINE  405 

to  sign  it  &  some  time  after  heard  him  say  he  would  never 
do  any  thing  about  it.  Jacob  Mitchel 

The  Diposion  of  Sam^^  Fisher  Testefyeth  and  saith  that 
he  was  present  at  the  Drawing  of  the  120  acer  Lots  and  that 
N°  16  was  not  Drawed  by  any  bodey  but  was  picked  &  set 
apart  for  the  use  of  the  ministry  of  North  yarmouth  for  Fier 
wood  &  he  further  testefieth  that  he  was  Desiered  to  go  to 
m''  Cutter  with  some  others  to  ask  hira  what  he  would  Do 
about  sid  Lott  &  his  answer  was  that  he  would  Do  nothing 
about  it  Sam'  Fisher 

York  ss :  North  Yarmouth  May  SO**"  1748 

Jacob  Mitchell  &  Samuel  Fisher  above  named  appearing 
made  oath  to  y*  Truth  of  y^  above  Deposition  by  them  sev- 
erally subscribed  Before  me 

Samuel  Seabury  Justice  of  y®  Peace. 


Petition 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esquire  Captain 
General,  Governour  and  Commander  in  Chief  in  and 
over   His    Majestys   Province    of  the    Massachusetts 
Bay  in  New  England  ~ 
The  Complaint  of  Mark  Hunting  Wentworth   of   Ports- 
mouth in  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire  Esquire,  Agent  to 
John  Henniker  of  London   Contractor   with   His   Majestys 
Commissioners  for  Supplying  Masts  &c.  for  the  use  of  the 
Royal  Navy, 
Humbly  Sheweth, 

That  your  Complainant  as  Agent  to  the  said  John 
Henniker,  And  by  Virtue  of  a  License  from  His  Majesty  for 
that   purpose,  in    the   month    of  November  Last    Caused  a 


406  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Number  of  Trees  of  the  Dimensions  of  twenty  four  Inches, 
upwards  of  twelve  Inches  from  the  Ground,  and  Suitable  for 
the  use  of  the  Royal  Navy,  to  be  cutt  dowTi  and  felled,  which 
Standing  and  growing  within  the  bounds  of  the  Town  of 
Towwon  in  the  County  of  york,  in  a  Tract  of  Land  within 
the  said  Province,  and  which  has  not  been  granted  to  any 
private  person,  at  the  time  of  the  Royal  Charter  of  their 
late  Majestys  King  William  and  Queen  Mary's,  being  granted 
to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  aforesaid  Province, 

That  when  your  Complainant  by  his  Workmen  proceeded 
to  hawl  said  Trees  away,  and  float  them  down  the  Freshetts 
to  the  proper  places  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Towon,  and 
divers  other  persons  Combining  with  them,  assembled  them- 
selves together  in  a  body,  and  hindred  and  prevented  the 
Complainants  workmen  from  floating  Away  said  Trees,  or  in 
any  wise  meddling  wth  them  ~ 

That  when  your  Complainants  workmen  Endeavoured  all 
they  could  to  float  said  Trees  away,  they  were  greatly 
Insulted  by  these  persons  who  had  Assembled  themselves 
together  as  aforesaid,  and  threatned  the  said  Workmen,  if  any 
of  them  Should  meddle  with  said  Trees,  to  float  them  away, 
or  in  any  wise  proceed  in  that  affair,  that  they  would  take 
their  bodys  into  Custody  on  Mesne  processes,  they  had  got 
out,  and  would  bring  them  away  Prisoners  to  York  Goal 
without  Bail  or  Mainprize.  which  threatnings  So  terrifyed 
the  Comp^*^  workmen,  that  they  did  not  dare  venture  to  pro- 
ceed any  further. 

All  which  Actings  and  doings  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
Town  of  Towwon,  and  the  other  persons  Combining  with 
them,  Your  Complainant  apprehends  to  be  a  great  Indignity 
Offered  to  His  Majesty,  and  if  not  prevented  may  tend  to  render 
of  no  effect  the  Reservation  Contained  in  the  Province  Charter, 
of  all  trees  of  such  certain  Dimensions  to  the  Use  of  the 
Crown  ~ 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  407 

Whereupon  your  Complainant  humbly  prays  your  Excel- 
lency to  take  this  Complaint  into  Consideration,  and  to  afford 
him  such  Assistance  in  the  premisses,  as  will  Effectually 
Suppress  the  Actings  and  doings  of  the  persons  aforesaid, 
and  bring  them  to  Justice,  or  Otherwise  to  Order  therein,  as 
the  Nature  of  the  Case  requires.  And  as  to  your  Excellency 
Shall  Seem  meet  ~ 

And  Your  Complamant  will  ever  pray  &c* 

Mark  H  Wentworth 


In  the  House  of  Rep.  11  June  1748. 

Ordered  that  the  Commissary  General  do  forthwith  cause 
the  Sloop  Massachusetts  to  be  unladen  &  the  Stores  now  on 
board  her  to  be  reshiped  on  some  suitable  Vessel  or  Vessels, 
that  may  be  bound  Eastward  for  the  service  of  the  Forts  & 
Garrisons  &  other  Forces  on  the  Frontiers  and  that  he  cause 
said  Sloop  Massachusetts  to  be  fitted  as  soon  as  may  be  for  the 
accomodation  of  his  Excellency  in  his  passage  to  New  York 
&  Albany 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council  June  11  1748     Read  and  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 


Frederick  Fort  July  y«  S^  1748 
May  it  Please  your 
Excellency  — 

As  in  Duty  Bound  I  am  now  to 
Accquaint  You''  Excellency  that  Last  Saturday  y*  Second 
Instant  the  Indians  Carried  Away  one  of  My  Men  William 


408  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Kent  by  Name  who  Contrary  to  my  Possetive  Orders  went 
out  of  the  Garrison,  They  Took  Him  without  Fireing  a  Gun 
or  Makeing  the  Least  Noise  as  to  what  Number  of  the 
Enemy  there  was  is  Uncertain  there  was  but  Two  Appeared. 

I  must  Beg  Leave  to  Accquaint  you""  Excellency  that  Not- 
withstanding the  Courts  allowing  me  Thirty  Men  I  never  as 
yet  have  had  Twenty  I  must  Therefore  Humbly  Pray  that 
your  Excellency  would  be  Pleased  to  Take  our  Case  into 
your  wise  Consideration  for  we  are  very  Weak  Handed 

I  am  You"^  Excellency's  Most  Dutyfull  &  Humble  Servant 

Sam"  Moody 

Commission  to  Col.  Miller 

Prov'.  of  the  i 

M.  Bay  )  ^J  ^^^  ^xcy  the  Gov"^ 
To  CoP  Miller  Greeting 
You  are  hereby  impowered  &  directed  to  impress  or  cause  to 
be  impressd  out  of  the  Reg*  of  Mihtia  under  your  Comm*^ 
Seven  Able  bodied  Men  whom  you  are  to  cause  to  be  sent  to 
the  following  Forts  &  Garrisons,  viz*  three  to  be  sent  to  Fort 
George  under  Cpt  Bradbury  in  the  room  of  Sam^  Thomson, 
Dan^  Robbins  &  Jeremiah  Man,  one  to  be  sent  to  Brunswick 
Fort  under  Comm'^  of  Cpt  Burns  in  the  Room  of  Elisha 
]Morse  one  to  Fort  Frederick  under  Cpt  Moody  in  the  room 
of  Gamaliel  Lyon  one  to  Arrowsick  under  Cpt  Cobb  in  the 
room  of  Christ"  Monk,  one  to  under  Cpt  Oulton  in  the 

Room  of  Peter  Sears;  And  the  said  Cpt'  are  Ordered  to 
dismiss  the  above-named  Soldiers 

Aaron  Hinkley  to  U  Grov  Phipa 

Honour'*  S"^ 

inasmuch  as  I  have  had  the  Care  of  this  Garison 
(Since   the  Death  of  Captain  Benjamin  Larrabee)  and  no 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE  409 

Damage  has  Happend  through  my  Carelessness.  I  hope  your 
Honour  will  be  So  Good  as  to  use  your  Intrest,  with  His 
Excelency  for  me,  in  order  to  my  obtaining  His  Excelencies 
favior  which  may  conduce,  much  to  my  advantage  and  Safty, 
in  this  time  of  War.  for  I  understand  that  some  Designing 
Persons,  have  wrote  and  Sign/d  a  Petition  to  His  Excelency, 
for  one  to  Have  the  Command  of  this  fort,  v/lio  is  But  a  Lad 
of  a  bout  Eightteen  years  old  (  Nathaniel  Larrabee  by  name  ) 
which  may  not  only  Hurt  me,  But  him  also,  as  He  is  young. 
So  leaving  it  to  your  Honour's  wise  Consideration,  I  Beg 
Leave  to  Subscribe  my  self  your  Honours  most  obedient 
Humble  Serv*  Aaron  Hinkley 

fort  George 
in  Brunswick 
Aug*  24  1748 


Petition  Sept.  5,  1748 

To  Cap*  Richard  Lord  M''  Joseph  Hart  Cap'  Moses  Butler 
M'  Samuel  Bracket  jun.  And  M''  Moses  Hodsden  Select  men 
of  the  Town  of  Berwick  in  the  County  of  York.  /  We  - 
Subscribers  freeholders  and  Inhabitants  of  the  sa,id  Town  for 
and  in  behalf  of  our  Selves  and  others,  who  have  been  at  the 
Expence  of  Building  a  new  Meeting  house  in  Berwick  on  the 
Minestry  Land  where  two  Meeting  houses  have  been  before 
this  Built  and  the  only  place  where  the  Publick  worship  of 
God  has  been  Carried  on  ever  Since  any  Publick  worship  has 
been  performed  in  this  place,  Which  is  now  about  four  Score 
vears.  It  being  also  the  place  where  the  General  Court 
Lately  ordered  the  Same  Should  be  continued  Considering 
that  the  old  Meeting  house  is  now  So  rotten  and  Leakey  and 
broken  that  neither  Minester  nor  people  can  Sit  dry  and 
comfortable  in  any  part  of  the  Same  in  a  time  of  Rain  or 


410  DOOUMBNTABY   HISTORY 

Snow  or  Strong  wind  but  are  frequently  disquieted  thereby 
in  the  time  of  publick  Service  and  the  winter  Season  draw- 
ing on  in  wliich  Season  you  very  well  Know  the  old  House  is 
not  Sutiable  and  fitted  Comfortably  for  to  meet  in  and  the 
new  house  will  very  Soon  be  So  far  fineshed  as  to  be  much 
more  commodious  for  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town :  Three 
quarters  or  more  of  whom  live  within  three  or  four  miles  of 
Said  house  and  may  be  therein  very  well  accomodated :  It  is 
our  desire  that  they  may  be  So,  And  if  any  of  the  Inhabit- 
ants that  have  not  Subscribed  towards  the  building  this 
house  are  minded  to  give  any  thing  towards  the  building 
and  have  pues  in  the  Same  as  others  who  have  Subscribed 
they  are  welcome  So  to  do  &  those  who  are  not  dispossed  to 
give  any  thing  towards  it  are  nevertheless  welcome  to  the 
free  use  and  Enjoyment  of  it  as  if  they  had  paid  their  rate- 
able part  to  it,  the  house  is  So  large  and  convenient  as  that 
we  Suppose  it  will  accommodate  more  people  Excusive  of 
the  pue  privilidges  then  the  old  meeting  house  would  in  all  the 
Seats  of  every  Sort :  and  altho  there  has  been  a  vote  passed  to 
build  a  meeting  house  with  in  about  a  mile  and  a  half  of  this 
house  which  will  cause  great  differance  and  as  we  concieve,  be 
very  hurtful  to  the  Town  if  proceeded  in  not  only  in  respect  to 
place  proposed  to  build  it  but  also  with  respect  to  Circum- 
stances of  many  of  the  Inhabitants  who  will  find  it  hard  enough 
to  pay  their  parts  of  more  then  two  Thousand  pounds  to  the 
Parish  Rates  this  year  to  Town  County  Rates  which  will 
amount  to  aboute  one  Thousand  pounds  more  they  will  be 
unwilling  that  Sum  Should  be  doubled  upon  them  at  Such  a 
time  as  this,  when  all  other  Taxes  are  So  very  heavy. 

Our  request  to  you  is  that  you'l  Call  a  Town  meeting  to  be 
held  at  old  Meeting  house  as  Soon  as  may  be,  and  Incert  in 
your  warrant  for  that  Meeting  that  the  Town  may  vote  first 
to  accept  of  this  house  for  a  place  for  the  Pubhck  worship 
of  God,  and  that  as  Soon  as  the  Same  Shall  be  made  thyte 


OP   THE    STATE    OF    MAIKE  411 

and  comfortable  the  publick  worship  Shall  be  perforra"^  therein 
and  that  this  Application  and  these  proposals  may  be  read  to 
the  Town  in  Said  meetingr 

2<iiy  To  vote  to  reconsider  their  former  votes  about  build- 
ing a  meeting  house  past  in  may  last  and  if  the  Town  will 
vote  to  Raise  and  apply  any  Sum  towards  the  building  and 
finishing  this  house  the  Same  Sum  Shall  be  raised  on  the 
Town  in  General  and  applyed  to  the  building  a  meeting 
house  in  the  uper  part  of  Said  Town  where  it  may  be  placed 
more  then  three  miles  distant  from  this  house 

3diy  Xhat  when  it  Shall  be  agreed  upon  to  build  a  new 
meeting  house  at  Such  a  distance  as  before  mentioned  to 
accommodate  the  uper  part  of  the  Town  and  new  Settlements 
a  Minester  Shall  be  Supported  for  that  place  with  the 
Minester  in  the  Lower  part  of  the  Town  by  one  General 
Rate  or  Tax  through  the  Town.  / 
Berwick  Sep'  5:  1748 

Samuel  Nason  Nathan  Lord  Abraham  Lord 

Moses  Goodwin        Benj^  Nason  Samuel  Lord  jun. 

Sam^  Lord  John  Lord  Phillip  Hubbard 

John  Lord  jun.         John  Hill  Elisha  Hill 

Ichabod  Goodwin     Thomas  Goodwin  Timothy  Davis 

Joseph  Emery         John  Cooper  jun. 
A  true  Copy  of  the  Origenal : 

Attest  Hump.  Chadbourn  Town  Clerk 


Warrant. 

York  ss  /     To  M'  Tilley  Heggens  Constable  of  the  Town  of 
Berwick  within  the  County  of  York     Greeting 
Whereas  Application  is  made  to  us  the  Subscribers  by  a  Law- 
full  Number  of  Freeholders  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Town  of 
Berwick  for  the  Calling  a  Town  Meeting :  these  are  In  His 


412  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Maj*y«  Name  to  Require  you  to  Notifie  the  said  Freeholders 
other  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  Quallefied  by  Law  to  Vote  in 
Town  Meetings  that  they  Assemble  and  Meet  at  the  Meeting 
House  in  Said  Town  on  Munday  the  Twenty  Sixth  Day  of 
September  Instant  at  ten  of  the  Clock  in  the  fournoon  then 
and  there 

1^'  first  to  See  if  the  Town  will  pass  any  Vote  for  to 
Accept  of  the  New  Meeting  House  Lately  Set  up  in  Said 
Town  on  the  Ministrey  Land  by  a  Number  of  Freeholders 
and  Inhabitants  of  Said  Tov.n  to  be  a  place  for  the  Publick 
Worship  of  God  and  that  as  Soon  as  the  Same  Shall  be 
Made  tite  and  Comfortable  the  Publick  Worship  Shall  be 
Performed  therein  — 

2'y     to  Vote  to  Reconsider  their  former  Votes  about  Build- 
ing a  Meeting  House  passed  in  May  Last. 
3^y     To  Vote  to  raise  and  apply  any  Sum  towards  the  Build- 
ing and  finishing  this  House  — 

4^y  To  Vote  the  Same  Sum  Shall  be  raised  on  the  Town  in 
Generall  and  Applied  to  the  Building  a  Meeting  House  in 
the  upper  part  of  Said  Town  where  it  may  be  placed  more 
than  three  Miles  Distant  from  this  House  — 
5*y  To  Vote  that  when  it  Shall  be  agreed  upon  to  Build  a 
New  Meeting  House  at  Such  a  Distance  as  before  mentioned 
to  accomodate  the  upper  part  of  the  Town  And  New  Settle- 
ments a  Minister  Shall  be  Supported  for  that  place  with  the 
Minister  in  the  Lower  part  of  the  Town  by  one  Generall  rate 
or  Tax  through  the  Town  — 

g  Samuel  Bracket ~] 

Moses  Hodsdon  i 

Richard  Lord       }■ 

Joseph  Hart 

Moses  Butler     J 
York  ss  /     Berwick  September:  26*^  1748 

Persuant  to  this  Warrant  to  me  Directed  I  have  Notified 


OF   THE   STATE    OF   MAINE  413 

and  Warned  all  the  freeholders  and  Inhabitants  Qualified  to 
Vote  in  Town  Meetings  that  they  Meet  at  time  and  place 
within  Mentioned  by  Posting  up  a  Notification  at  the  Meet- 
ing House  Door  in  Said  Town  it  being  the  Usual  Meathod 
of  Warning  Meetings  in  Said  Town  — 

g  Tilly  Haggens  \-  Constable 
A  True  Coppy  taken  from  the  Origenal 

Attest         Hump.  Chadbourn     Town  Clerk 


At  a  Legal  Town  Meeting  held  at  Berwick  September  26"* 
1748 

Voted  m"^  Peter  Grant  Moderator. 

Put  to  vote  whether  the  New  Meeting  house  in  this  Town 
of  Berwick  Shall  be  for  the  whole  Town  to  meet  in  for  the 
Publick  worship  of  God  it  past  in  the  Negative. 

Put  to  vote  whether  the  vote  in  May  last  for  the  building 
a  new  meeting  house  Shall  be  reconsidered  it  past  in  the 
Negative 

put  to  vote  whether  money  Shall  be  raised  to  finish  this 
new  meeting  house  it  past  in  the  negative. 

put  to  vote  whether  a  Sum  Shall  be  raised  to  build  a  meet- 
ing house  more  then  three  miles  above  this  Meeting  house  it 
past  in  the  Negative. 

put  to  vote  whether  when  it  shall  be  agreed  upon  to  build 
a  new  meeting  house  at  Such  a  distance  as  before  mentioned 
to  accomodate  the  uper  part  of  the  Town  and  new  Settle- 
ments a  Minester  Shall  be  Supported  for  that  place  with  tlie 
Minester  in  the  Lower  part  of  the  Town  by  one  General  Rate 
or  Tax  through  the  Town  it  past  m  y^  Negative 
A  true  Coppy  of  Record 

Attest  Hump.  Chadbourn  Town  Clerk 


414  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Petition.     1748. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq"^  Cap*  General 
Governor  &  Commander  in  Chief  in  &  Over  His  Majesty's 
Province  of  the  Mass^  Bay  The  Hon^'®  His  Majesty's  Council 
&  House  of  Representatives  for  said  Province  in  General 
Court  Convened  the  26  Day  of  October  1748 

The  Humble  Petition  of  John  Storer  Esq'  as  Agent  for  the 
Town  of  Wells  in  the  County  of  York  in  said  Province  Shews 

That  the  said  Town  of  Wells  have  for  many  Years  past 
had  the  Care,  &  Sustain'd  the  Charge  &  Expence  (  at  least 
in  a  Great  Measure  )  of  Maintaining  one  Mary  Smith  of  said 
Town,  a  Person  Naturally  wanting  of  Understanding  so  as 
not  to  be  able  to  Provide  for  herself,  and  having  no  Relations 
who  would  Voluntarily,  or  who  could  be  Obliged  to  take  care 
of  her  —  That  she  is  the  Daughter  of  Samuel  Wheelwright 
late  of  Wells  afores*^  Deceased,  who  by  his  Last  Will,  gave 
to  the  said  Mary  One  Quarter  part  of  the  Farm  where  he 
Dwelt  (  Exceptmg  twenty  Acres  out  of  the  whole  )  in  Tail 
General,  and  in  Default  of  Heirs  of  her  Bod}^  then  to  the 
Heirs  of  the  Late  Hon^^**  John  Wheelwright  Esq'  Deceased. 

That  the  said  Mary  has  been  Married  ( tho'  now  a  Widow ) 
whereby  she  has  Several  Children  ( tho'  none  able  to  Support 
her, )  and  the  Income  &  profits  of  her  Estate,  fall  vastly  short 
of  a  Sufficiency  for  that  purpose,  as  your  Petitioner  is  Ready 
to  Evince  by  Regular  Acco*^  thereof  kept,  &  Especially  too 
as  the  said  Town  is  also  Obliged  to  Support  One  of  her  Chil- 
dren, whereby  the  said  Estate  is  now  Several  hundred  Pounds 
in  debt  to  the  said  Town  — 

That  your  Petitioner  humbly  Conceives  it  is  not  Consistent 
with  Natural  Justice,  that  the  Support  of  the  said  Mary  & 
family  should  be  tlie  Burthen  of  Strangers  while  she  has  an 
Estate  abundantly  Sufficient,  as  to  the  Charge  hitherto  Arisen, 
and  to  Suffer  that  to  Remain  Secure  from  the  payment  of  a 
Debt  Contracted  by  Necessity  and  to  be  as  it  were  a  Bounty 


OP   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  415 

to  her  Issue,  or  others  of  the  same  Family,  while  her  Honest 
Creditors  (  for  in  that  View  the  said  Town  is  to  be  Consid- 
ered )  are  Defrauded  — 

Wherefore  your  Petitioner  in  behalf  of  his  Principals 
Humbly  Prays  That  the  In  tail  afores*^  may  be  Dockt  &  the 
Estate  afores**  (  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary )  Sold 
under  the  Care  of  Some  proper  Person,  &  the  debt  due  to 
the  said  Town  discharged,  That  what  Remains  may  be  applied 
as  Occasion  shall  Require  to  the  future  Accrewing  Charges 
of  the  said  Family  —  And  that  Your  Petitioner  may  have 
Leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill  for  these  Purposes  and  Your  Peti- 
tioner as  in  duty  bound  shall  Ever  Pray  &c  — 

John  Storer 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*«  Nov"^  15  1748  Read  and  Ordered 
that  Cap*  Spurr  Cap*  Williams  and  Cap*  Thompson  with  such 
as  the  Hon*'^*  Board  shall  Joyn  be  a  Comm«®  to  take  this  Pet° 
under  consideration  and  report  what  they  Judge  proper  for 
this  Court  to  do  thereon 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council,  Novem'  15  1748. 

Read  &  Concur'd  and  James  Minot  &  John  Otis  Esq"  are 
joined  in  the  Affair 

J  Willard  Secry 

In  Council  Nov'  18  1748  Read  and  Ordered  That  the 
Consideration  of  this  Pet"  be  referr'd  to  the  next  sitting  of 
the  Court 

Sent  down  for  concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  Nov'  23  1748 

Read  and  Concurd  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

Petition.     Berwick. 

To  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq'  Captain  General 
&  Governour  in  Chief  in  and  Over  the  Province  of  the  Mas- 


416  DOCUlVtENTARY    HISTORY 

sacliiisetts  Bay  and  to  the  Honourable  y®  Council  and  House 
of  Representatives  in  Gen^  Court  Assembled  October  1748 

The  Petition  of  the  Subscribers  freeholders  &  Inhabitants 
of  the  Town  of  Berwick  in  y^  County  of  York  within  said 
Province  Humbly  Sheweth  — 

That  in  y®  year  1742  a  vote  was  passed  by  y®  Inhabitants 
of  said  Town  for  y®  building  a  Meeting  House  in  said  Town 
between  the  Houses  of  Humphry  Chadbourne  Esq"^  &  M"^ 
Roger  Plaisted  to  Accommodate  the  People  of  Said  Town  in 
General  —  which  place  being  but  a  Small  Distance  about  a 
Mile  or  two  from  y®  place  where  the  Meetmg  house  then  was 
&  now  is  for  y®  Public  worship  A  meeting  house  there  would 
not  be  Convenient  for  y^  Inhabitants  either  of  the  uper  part 
or  lower  part  of  the  Town  —  which  being  represented  to  the 
Gen"  Court  all  further  proceedings  thereon  was  forbidden 
and  a  Committee  Sent  to  View  y*  Situation  of  the  Inhabitants 
&  y®  several  parts  of  y*  Town  &  report  thereon  which  Coinit- 
tee  After  Viewing  y®  Town  reported  — 
"  that  the  Old  Meeting  house  being  y®  place  where  y"  Publick 
"  worship  of  God  had  to  that  time  been  performed  in  said 
"  Town  and  so  Conveniently  Situated  as  that  the  Antient 
"  Setlers  and  Inhabitants  who  built  &  kept  it  in  time  of  Warr 
"  &  Difficulty  Ought  still  to  keep  it  Since  if  they  should  go 
"  but  one  Mile  &  half  to  y®  North  of  said  meeting  house  were 
"  sufficient  of  themselves  for  a  Parish  —  the  s*  Comittee 
"therefore  did  judge  it  reasonable  that  y®  same  should  be 
"  demolished  but  that  it  ought  still  to  be  Maintain'd  in  the 
"  same  place  — 

They  also  reported  that  smce  the  Indian  war  such  Improve- 
ments and  Settlements  were  made  towards  the  uper  end  of 
the  Town  tliat  they  might  in  time  be  divided  into  two  Par- 
ishes but  for  the  Present  to  Continue  in  one  body  and  y* 
Lower  part  to  assist  y^  Uper  part  in  building  a  Meeting  house 
to  Accommodate  the  New  Settlements  or  Uper  End  of  the 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  417 

Town  ( as  was  then  proposed )  was  very  reasonable  -  that 
a  New  Meeting  house  might  be  built  to  Accommodate  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Uper  part  of  the  Town  — 

which  report  being  Accepted  by  the  Gen^^  Court  y®  Town 
in  Conformity  thereto  have  hitherto  kept  in  one  body  Per- 
formed y*  Public  worship  of  God  in  y®  old  Meeting  house 
which  stands  upon  y®  Ministry  Lands  in  the  place  where  a 
former  Meeting  house  stood  &  the  public  worship  carryed  on 
ever  since  the  Inhabitants  ever  had  a  place  for  pubhc  worship 
which  is  now  about  Eighty  or  Ninety  years  — 

The  Petitioners  pray  leave  further  to  Observe  that  the  old 
Meeting  house  not  being  so  good  &  Commodious  as  that  y* 
people  may  Attend  y*  Public  Worship  with  Comfort  &  Safety 
in  Stormy  weather  A  Number  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town 
have  Contributed  About  four  thousand  Pounds  Old  Tenor  & 
have  built  a  New  Meetmg  house  on  y®  same  lot  of  y*  minis- 
try Lands  where  y*  Old  Meeting  house  is  which  will  soon  be 
fit  for  y^  Public  worship  &  will  Accommodate  all  the  Inhab- 
itants of  the  Town  ( if  they  please  to  use  it  for  that  Purpose  ) 
which  building  by  way  of  Contribution  or  subscription  w^as 
supposed  to  be  most  for  y*  Ease  of  the  Poor  of  the  Town  who 
have  great  taxes  to  pay  and  being  on  the  Ministry  Land 
where  y®  Gen^^  Court  Ordered  y*  same  to  be  Maintaind  and 
by  y*  General  Consent  and  Subscription  of  the  Inhabitants 
living  within  the  lines  proposed  by  the  Gen^  Courts  Commit- 
tee for  y®  first  Parish  the  Contributors  proposed  nothing  but 
the  Public  good  of  y*  Town  —  And  at  a  Town  Meeting  held 
at  Berwick  on  y"  26'^^  day  of  Septem"^  1748  Called  at  their 
desire  &  request  they  Proposed  to  y*  Town  that  y^  Town 
would  Accept  of  this  New  Meeting  house  for  a  place  for  y* 
Public  Worship  &  if  any  Person  or  Persons  who  had  not 
subscribed  or  Contributed  anything  towards  the  building  this 
New  House  were  disposed  to  subscribe  they  might  yet  do  it 
&  those  who  would  not  were  Nevertheless  welcome  to  y®  use 

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418  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

of  it  —  it  being  much  more  tite  &  Commodious  than  y®  old 
meeting  house  now  is  &  in  y^  place  where  the  Inhabitants 
Must  attend  the  Publick  worship  there  being  no  other  place 
in  the  Town  for  that  purpose  —  It  was  also  proposed  that  if 
the  Town  would  Vote  Any  Sum  to  be  raised  on  the  Town  & 
applyed  towards  finishing  this  New  Meeting  house  a  Vote 
also  might  pass  for  y®  like  sum  to  be  raised  on  the  Town  y® 
lower  part  as  well  as  y^  Uper  part  —  to  be  Applyed  towards 
y^  building  a  Meeting  house  to  Accommodate  the  New  Set- 
tlements in  the  uper  part  of  the  town  in  any  place  more  than 
three  Miles  Distant  from  this  house  It  was  also  proposed  that 
when  a  Minister  should  be  Caled  for  y®  uper  part  of  the 
Town  y®  Support  of  both  Ministers  should  be  by  one  General 
vote  or  Tax  through  y^  Town  but  all  these  Proposals  made 
by  y®  Inhabitants  of  the  Lower  part  of  the  Town  were 
rejected  — 

Thus  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Lower  part  of  y®  Town  &  of 
the  Most  Antient  Settlements  in  it  have  in  all  respects 
Observed  y"  Order  of  the  General  Court  Agreeable  to  y® 
report  of  their  Committee  Offered  to  Assist  y®  Inhabitants  of 
the  New  Settlements  in  building  a  Meeting  house  and  are 
still  ready  &  willing  to  do  it  ( if  they  will  have  one  Conven- 
ient for  themselves)  &  in  the  Mean  time  to  Provide  a  Suita- 
ble house  for  y^  Public  worship  for  them  Either  with,  or 
without  their  assistance  that  is  —  the  New  Meeting  house 
now  built  — 

Yet  so  it  is  that  notwithstanding  the  Gen"  Court  in  y®  year 
1742  forbid  y®  proceeding  of  y®  said  Town  with  respect  to 
their  building  a  Meeting  house  so  Near  y®  Old  Meeting  house 
as  they  were  then  about  to  do  —  the  Town  have  at  their 
Meeting  on  y^  Second  day  of  May  last  past  Voted  to  build  a 
Meeting  house  According  to  that  Vote  which  was  then  Com- 
plain'd  of  and  Adjudged  to  be  Unreasonable  by  the  Gen" 
Court  —  the  place  where  they  now  propose  to  build  the  same 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  419 

being  within*  Dne  Mile  &  half  of  y"  Old  Meeting  house  And 
within  the  short  limits  oiitlie  line  proposed  for  y«  first  Parish 
in  said  Town  whenever  y«  sai\ne  should  be  Divided  &  at  a 
place  where  the  Inhabitants  of  the  ciDer  part  of  y«  Town  even 
those  who  are  not  broken  up  or  removeG^by  y"  present  war 
Must  Travil  some  five  six  or  seven  Miles  to  A^e.eting  &  it 
Cannot  be  Convenient  for  y^  New  Settlements  but  CdxRtriyed 
&  Intended  to  break  up  &  Demolish  the  old  meeting  house 
&  alter  y''  place  of  Public  Worship  from  the  place  where  it 
has  ever  been  in  y*  Middle  of  y®  Old  Settlements  where  y® 
Gen^  Court  ordered  it  to  be  Continued  &  from  y*'  Ministry 
Lands  to  a  place  where  the  Town  have  no  lands  for  a  Minis- 
ter nor  for  a  Meeting  house  &  will  be  utterly  Destructive  for 
both  Ends  of  the  Town  &  none  thereby  Accommodated  but 
y®  Middle  part  And  in  order  to  Effect  their  Purpose  the  Town 
at  said  Meeting  in  May  last  Voted  to  raise  one  thousand 
Pounds  New  Tenor  to  Carry  on  Said  Building  &  have  Chosen 
a  Committee  to  Manage  the  affair  who  are  Proceeding  therein ; 
which  your  Petitioners  humbly  Conceive  will  be  of  very  ill 
Consequence  even  for  Many  of  those  who  Joyn  in  the  affair 
as  also  very  Injurious  to  the  Petitioners  and  Lower  part  of 
the  Town  — 

Your  Petitioners  therefore  Most  Humbly  pray  that  this 
Honourable  Court  will  be  pleased  in  their  Great  Wisdom  and 
Justice  to  take  the  Premisses  &  Dangerous  State  &  Condition 
of  the  Town  into  their  Compassionate  Consideration  Espec- 
ially of  y®  Lower  part  of  y^  Town  —  &  prevent  their  ruin, 
Inasmuch  as  they  have  ever  for  y"  space  of  about  fourscore 
years  last  past  Maintained  Defended  &  Enjoyed  the  Public 
Worship  of  God  in  y^  place  where  it  is  now  Performed  &  in 
all  times  of  Difficulty  &  Danger  &  Provided  Lands  Conven- 
ient for  &  supported  y*  ministry  and  are  still  willing  to  be  at 
y®  Cost  to  Support  y^  same  forever  (  even  if  they  cannot  have 
more  than  one  Mile  &  half  distance  North  from  the  old  Meet- 


420  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

ing  house  (  as  y®  Gen^  Courts  Committee  repoii+^'^^l  \  that  they 
may  be  allowed  to  Enjoy  y^  same  Sf  AV  and  not  be  Broken  up 
Merely  because  A  Major  VoV^  of  y«  Town  is  or  may  be 
Obtain'd  to  do  it  y^  GrepJtest  Number  of  which  Voters  Never 
knew  y«  Dangers  a^liS  Difficulties  which  y«  Antient  Inhab- 
itants Labo;are11  under  in  Supporting  &  Defending  y®  same  & 
Conse/;^uently  have  not  a  Just  regard  thereto. 

Your  Petitioners  humbly  pray  that  they  may  be  Exempted 
from  paying  any  Part  of  y®  Money  Voted  to  be  raised  for  y° 
building  the  Meeting  house  proposed  to  be  built  by  y**  Town 
or  that  y®  Proceedings  of  the  Towns  Committee  may  be  Stayed 
&  y^  votes  of  y®  Town  about  y®  same  may  be  made  Void  or 
that  there  may  be  a  Division  of  y*  Tovvai  into  two  Parishes 
that  y^  Lower  Part  May  Enjoy  y^  Meeting  house  which  they 
have  built  by  y®  old  Meeting  house  on  y®  Ministry  Lands  and 
at  y^  uper  Part  of  y®  Town  ( who  Pretend  to  be  Superiour  to 
y^  lower  part )  take  Care  to  Suit  themselves  with  a  house 
where  they  please  to  have  it  —  and  if  any  one  Person  in  y® 
lower  Part  of  y®  Town  is  unwilling  to  Joyn  with  y®  lower  part 
of  y®  Town  he  may  be  PoU'd  off  to  y®  uper  part  if  he  So 
Desire  —  Or  Grant  to  your  Petitioners  such  other  relief  in 
the  Premisses  as  m  your  Great  Wisdom  &  Justice  shall  Seem 
Meet  — 

That  if  any  thing  in  this  Petition  shall  Seem  doubtful  as 
to  y®  reasonableness  thereof  your  Petitioners  pray  that  a 
Committee  INIay  be  Appointed  by  this  Court  to  make  further 
Inquirey  into  y^  Situation  of  y®  Town  &  report  if  they  can 
think  reasonable  that  this  which  is  y"  most  Antient  Settle- 
ment of  &  for  y®  Ministry  in  said  Town  should  be  broken  up 
to  y*^  Great  hurt  &  Grievance  of  y^  most  Antient  Settlers  for 
no  other  reason  than  this  a  Major  Vote  to  do  it  which  is  all 
y®  reason  they  have  for  y*  &  that  in  Contempt  of  a  former 
order  of  the  Gen^^  Court     And  your  Petit"  shall  pray  &c 

Sep"^  1748 
Richard  Lord  John  Coopper  Elisha  Plaisted 


OF  THE   STATE   OF   MAINE 


421 


Nathan  Lord 
Benj^  Nasoii 
Elisha  Hill 
Ichabod  Goodwin 
Joseph  Emery 
Samuel  Lord 

Samuell  Abbot 


John  Lord 
James  Plaisted 
Samuel  Lord  J' 
Abraham  Lord 
Benj"  Chadbourn 
John  Goodwin 

Timothy  Davis 


John  Hill 
Elisha  Goodwin 
W™  Tebbets 
Thomas  Lord 
Samuell  Gethe_ 
Samuel  Plaisted 

his 

Etherinton  X  Hearl 

his  mark 

Samuell  Gartsheal    Stephen  Wood         Thomas  S  Hearl 

mark 

John  Hodsdon  Nathan  Lord  Juner  John  Coopper 

Aaron  Goodwin        Jos :  Hodgdon  Thomas  Wallingford 

his 

Job  X  Eamery        James  Gray  John  Shackley 

mark 

Simon  Emery  Juner  Moses  Goodwin        Joseph  Hubbard 

his 

Paler  X  Goodwine    Richard  Hinkley  jr  Elias  Grant 

mark 

Thomas  Hodsdon     Wilham  Hight         Philip  Hubbard 
Samuel  Gatchel       Henry  Goodwin  Humphrey  Chadbourn  j' 
John  Thompson  Abraham  Lord  Tartus  James  Lord 
Nathaniel  Nason       James  Goodwin        Patrick  Manning 
Daniel  Libbey  John  Lord  Jun         John  Jones  Jun"^ 

his 

Theodore  Simpson    Thomas  x  Gillison  Nathan  Lord  tarrtias 

his  mark 

Noah  X  Nason  John  Andros  Nills  Goodin 

mark  his  his  his 

William  X  Goodwin  Nathaniel  X  Goodwin  W™  X  Goodwin  j"" 

mark  his    mark  marek  his 

John  Bennett  Elija  X  Goodwin      Richard  X  Nason 

marck  his  mark 

John  Thompson  juner  F       X  Spencer  William  Moore 

mark 

William  Nason         Daniel  Gray  Heard 

his 

Ephraim  Joy  Thomas  x  Hearl  jun''  Ebenezer  Abbot 

his    mark 

Walter  Abbot         Jos :  x  Nason 

mark 

Thomas  Goodin  jun''  Daniel  Wadlin 
John  Lord  third 


Moses  Gray 
Thomas  Pike 


Thomas  Abbott 

Joseph  Ricker 
Joshua  Emeiy 


Aaron  Lord 
About  88 
In  Council  Ocf^  28.  1748 


Read  &  Ordered  that  the  Pet" 


422  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOKY 

serve  the  Select  Men  of  the  Town  of  Berwick  with  a  Copy 
of  this  Petition,  that  they  may  shew  Cause  if  any  they  have 
A  on  Fry  day  the  18"'  of  Nov'  next  if  the  Court  be  then  sitting, 
if  not,  A  on  the  2^^  Wednesday  of  tlie  next  Sitting  of  the  Court 
why  the  Prayer  thereof  sh*^  not  be  granted ;  And  all  Proceed- 
ings relating  to  -  Building  of  a  Meeting  House  or  collecting 
any  Tax  for  that  Purpose  be  &  hereby  are  staid  -  &  tlie 
mean  time  — 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep'^*  Ocf^  29,  1748 

Read  and  Nonconcurrd  and  Ordered   that   this    Pet"    be 
dismiss'd 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council  Nov'  1.  1748  Read  &  Nonconcurr'd,  And  the 
Board  adhere  to  their  own  Vote 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  Nov'  1.  1748 

Read  and  Concurr'd  with  the  amendm*  Viz  Dele  at  A. 
Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council  Nov'  1.  1748     Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 
Consented  to  W  Shirley 

In  Council;  Decem'  29.  1748.  Read  again  together  with 
the  Answer  of  the  Committee  of  the  Town  of  Berwick  & 
Ordered  that  Sir  William  Pepperil  with  such  as  shall  be  joined 
by  the  Hon^^®  House  of  Represent"'^*  be  a  Committee  to  repair 
to  the  Town  of  Berwick;  view  the  same,  &  hear  the  Parties 
&  report  what  they  judge  proper  for  this  Court  to  do  in 
Answer  to  this  Petition.     Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

J  Willard  Secry 
In  the  House  of  Rep^^«  Dec'  31.  1748 

Read  and  Concur'd  and  Col°  Gerrish  and  Col**  Titcomb  are 
Joyned  in  the  Affair 

Att'  Roland  Cotton  Cler.  Dom.  Rep. 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  423 

Petition  of  the  Select  men  of  Falmouth.     Nov.  10.,  17^8. 

To  His  Excellency  Will"^  Shirley  Esq-^  Cap*  Gen"  &  Com- 
mander in  Chief  in  &  over  His  Majesties  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  &  to  the  Hon^^*   His 
Majesties  Council  in  Gen"  Court  Assembled 
Humbly  Sheweth 

The  Select  men  of  the  Town  of  Fahn*^  that  Will™  Forde 
an  Indigent  Person  ( as  he  Saith )  came  from  the  west  of 
England  on  the  seventeenth  day  of  Ap"  last,  to  New  found 
Land  &  from  thence  to  Piscataqua,  from  thence  to  Boston 
where  he  lived  about  two  months  from  thence  he  Travailed 
to  the  Eastward,  as  far  as  Biddeford  Intending  to  have  Kept 
School  there  but  meeting  with  no  Incouragement,  he  being 
informed  that  there  was  a  Mast  Ship  at  Falm*^  he  Travailed 
from  Biddeford  to  Falm*^  Intending  to  get  a  passage  home  in 
s*^  Ship,  s*^  Ford  having  no  money  to  pay  his  Passage  with, 
the  master  of  s'^  Ship  refused  to  Carry  him,  upon  which  s*^^ 
Forde  being  in  a  Strange  Land,  having  neither  Friends  nor 
money  he  was  tempted  by  the  Divel  to  Kill  himself  he  was 
so  far  prevailed  with  by  the  Tempter  to  Cutt  his  own  Throat 
with  a  Razor  he  had  in  his  Pockett,  which  he  Cutt  very 
Badly,  this  was  done  the  Second  Night  after  he  came  to 
Town,  which  was  the  Second  day  of  Sept"^  last,  S'^  Wound 
Occasioned  a  veiy  high  Fever,  which  made  his  Case  very 
Dangerous,  Application  having  been  made  to  us  to  take  care 
of  him  &  to  provide  a  place  for  him  we  prevailed  with  Cap'' 
Moses  Pearson  to  take  him  into  his  House  &  to  Look  after 
him,  where  he  was  well  taken  care  off,  untill  his  wound  was 
Healed  We  Employed  Doctor  Wise  both  as  a  Chirurgion  & 
Physician  to  look  after  him :  One  of  his  own  Country  men 
belonging  to  North  yarmouth  offered  to  give  him  his  Board 
the  winter  Ensuing  if  he  would  go  &  Live  with  him,  accord- 
ingly we  Sent  him  there  the  third  day  of  this  Instant  Nov'^ 
which  was  as  soon  as  he  was  fitt  to  be  removed. 


424  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Your  Petitioners  prays  your  Excellency  &  Honours,  that 
Cap*  Pearsons  acco"  for  Nursing  &  Tendance  &  M'  James 
Milks  acco"  for  trasporting  the  s*^  Will"  Forde  to  North  Yar- 
mouth &  the  Doct*^*  acco"  for  medicine  &  attendance  which 
are  herewith  Exhibited  to  the  amount  of  Sixty  one  pounds 
ten  sliillings  old  Tenor  may  be  p*^  out  of  the  Treasury  of  the 
Province  as  by  Law  in  Such  Cases  made  &  provided  and  your 
Petitioners  as  in  Duty  Bound  shall  ever  pray 
Falm**^  Nov  10  1748 

James  Milk  \  Select  men 

Joseph  Tompson  >  of  the  Town 
John  Snow  )  of  Falm*^^ 

61-10-0  old  Tenor 
abate  3 

~68     10      0 


N.  Tenor  X14      12     6 
To  be  p^  to  Cap*  Moses  Person 
&  by  him  to  be  p*^  to  y**  Several  persons 


Message. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

I  observe  that  in  the  Establishment  of  the  Pay  and  Sub- 
sistence of  the  Forces  this  Winter,  you  have  not  included 
Fort  Dummer :  I  cannot  suppose  that  this  Omission  is  from 
any  Intention  to  slight  it,  especially  at  this  Juncture,  while 
our  Application  to  his  Majesty  for  a  reimbursement  of  Our 
Charges  in  the  maintaining  of  it,  is  now  depending:  And 
therefore  I  desire  you  would  make  Provision  for  the  Support 
of  the  Garrison  there  as  soon  as  may  be. 

I  desire  also  that  you  would  consider,  whether  it  may  not 
be  for  the  Security  of  the  Frontiers,  to  provide  for  a  few 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  425 

men,  for  the  Defence  of  M'  Hinsdalls  Fort  below  Fort  Dum- 
mer  for  the  Whiter  Season. 

Council  Chamber  Nov'  10.  1748 


Letter  S""    W"^  Pepperrell  to  Gov.  SJdrley  Nov.  18.  17!^. 

Having  been  absent  the  beginning  of  this  Session  I  had  no 
Opportunity  to  know  what  was  determmed  by  the  General 
Court,  relating  to  the  building  a  Fort  at  Penobscott,  &  must 
own  I  was  very  sorry  when  I  heard  on  my  Coming  to  Town, 
that  the  Court  did  not  think  favourably  of  it  —  I  hope,  Sir, 
it  will  not  give  Offence  for  me  to  declare  that  I  have  far  other 
Sentiments  of  that  Affair,  especially  when  I  inform  You  of 
the  reasons  which  prevail  with  me,  which  my  Acquaintance 
with  that  part  of  the  Country  give  me  an  Advantage  of 
knowing,  which  many  others  are  not  favoured  with  —  Give 
me  leave  to  offer  to  your  Excell:^  that  as  I  think  it  will  be  of 
very  great  Importance  to  have  such  a  Fort,  so  the  present 
Season  is  the  only  Time  to  erect  it  in  —  When  we  shall  have 
a  Peace  with  the  Penobscott  Indians  ( whom  we  may  dayly 
expect  for  that  Purpose )  it  will  be  accounted  Injustice  to 
erect  a  Fort  on  their  Lands,  without  their  Leave,  which  they 
will  never  give,  not  only  because  the  French  will  instigate 
them  to  y*  Contrary,  but  as  they  will  readily  perceive  it 
design'd  as  a  Check  upon  them  —  The  only  Objection  that 
can  be  made  against  such  a  Fort,  that  occurs  to  me  is  the 
Charge  —  But  I  should  think  the  Advantage  which  might 
arrise  from  a  Truck  Trade  carry'd  on  there  added  to  the  sav- 
ings that  might  be  made  by  the  slighting  Saco  &  Richmond 
Brunswick  &  Georges  Forts,  &  (by  carrying  our  natural 
Enemies  so  far  off,  in  a  few  years  perhaps )  Pemmaquid  also 
would  so  far  exceed  the  Expence  as  would  turn  the  Ballance 
much  in  our  Favour  —  Many  other  Arguments   might   be 


426  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

us'd  which  besides  that  they  would  take  up  too  much  of  your 
Excelly*  Time  are  quite  uimecessaiy  —  I  only  wish  that  on 
so  important  an  Occasion  the  Rules  of  the  Court  might  be  so 
far  dispensed  with,  as  that  it  might  be  bro*  under  a  Consid- 
eration a  second  Time  in  the  same  Session,  when  such  as  are 
not  already  mformed  of  the  Consequences  of  the  Affair  may 
have  an  Opportunity  therefor. 

I  am  Sir  Your  Excellencys  Most  obedient  &  Most  Humble 
Servant 

Boston  Novem:  18*^  1748  W"  Pepperrell 

His  Excellency  W"  Shirley  Esq"^  Cap^  General 
and  Governour  in  Chief  &c  &c  &c 

Message. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Representatives 

I  am  Concerned  to  hear  that  you  have  determined  not  to 
provide  for  the  building  of  a  Fort  on  Penobscot  River,  agre- 
able  to  Recommendation  I  made  thereof  in  my  Speech  to  both 
Houses  at  the  Beginning  of  this  Session. 

But  having  just  now  received  a  Letter  upon  that  Subject, 
from  Sir  William  Pepperell  (  who  was  absent  from  the  Court, 
in  the  Beginning  of  the  Session,  &  is  well  acquainted  with 
this  affair  )  which,  I  think,  is  worthy  of  your  Consideration, 
therefore  I  desire  you  would  reconsider  this  Matter  before 

you  rise 

W  Shirley 
Council  Chamber  Nov'  18.  1748 

A  true  List  of  all  the  Famileys  in  Barwick  above  Chaborns 
River.     Barwick  Desem'  17*^  1748 

Joshua  Abbot      Humphrey  Chadborn  Cap*  Joseph  Chadborn 
Sam^^  Gartsheal        Noah  Thompson         Efrum  Joy 
Moses  Abbot  Israel  Hunewell         Benj  Lord 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE 


427 


Benj  Chadborn 
Joliii  Lord  Jun 
John  Carter 
Terah  Sprague 
The"  Butler 
m"^  Joseph  Hartt 
Joseph  peney 
Joshua  Nason 
John  foard 
John  pray 
Abiall  Hamblton 
John  Smith  Jun 
Peter  Keeys 
Samuell  Wintworth 
John  parce 
Banj  Horsmer 
Charles  Goodwin 
Banj  Aston 
John  Woster 
Jolni  fall 
Jos ;  Nock 
Joshua  Robords 
John  Sutevant 
Ezeeke^  Wintworth 
William  Clark 
lachabod  Tibbots 
James  foy 
Moses  Spencer 
Charles  Libbey 
Joseph  Woodsum 
Jeremiah  ffrost 
Joseph  Hendrson 
Banjaman  Gubtal 
Edward  Clarey 


Robert  furnish 
Nathan  Lord 
Thomas  Nobell 
Tilley  Higgon 
Cap*  Moses  Butler 
William  Garrish 


m'  Sam"  Lord 
m''  Thomas  Abbot 
John  Lord 
Moses  Lord 
Josiah  Guttridge 
John  Tucker 


Joseph  Woodsum  J"^  John  Quint 
Henrey  Sloman  m'' Thomas  Goodwin 

Joshua  Quint  Samuel  pray 

Abraham  Lord  James  Garrish 

Benjamun  Hamblton  EP  John  Smith 
Joshua  Smith  John  Keeys 

William  Keeys  James  Garrish  Jun 

Samuell  Wintworth  j""  Ebenezer  Parce 


Isreal  parce 
John  Hursom 
Elezor  Clark 
m"^  Moses  Hosdon 
William  H  upper 
Joshua  Nock 
Thomas  Dowins 
Ebenezor  Lord 
Trostum  fall 
Nathanel  Downs 


Moses  abbott 
Moses  Goodwin 
Nathanel  Joy 
Joshua  Hosdon 
Sam"  Woster 
Zackria  Nock 
John  Grindall 
John  Whitt 
Sam"  fall 
Joseph  Hamblton 


William  Clark  Jun""  Trustum  Ward 


John  Connor 
William  Downs 


James  Mackneall 
Sam"  Downs 


Doc"^  Benjamin  Libbey  Daniel  Libbey 

Jos  Libbey  Banjaman  Gutredge 

John  Woodsum  Charls  Garrish 

Joseph  Allen  Stephen  frost 

Lei*  Roger  Plaisted  Nathanell  Gubtal 

Richard  Chils  Richard  Hearl 

Paul  Ston  Joseph  Ston 


428 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTOKY 


Gidon  May 
m''  John  Holmes 
Samuell  Holms 
Goray  Bron 
Mily  Thompson 
Liu*  Pittor  Grant 
Daniel  Grant 
John  Knight 
Richard  Thirall 
William  Abbot 
Edwor 

Thomas  Hobbs 
John  ffrost 
Patrick  Gowin 
James  ffrost 
m'^  Sam"  Brackut 
John  Shorey 
John  Murrey 
Pettor  pray 
Henerey 
Joshua  Andros 
Aron  Goodwin 


Samual  Huppor 
John  Walker 
Antoney  C 
Simon  Ston 


Joseph  Welsh 
Thomas  Homes 
William  Holmes 
Jonathan  Ston 


Bartlomew  Thompson  Banj  Wordon 


Landon  Grant 
Andrew  Walker 
John  Hamblton 
Abial  Hamblton 
Thomas  Gubtal 
Ruben  Hays 

Backor 
m"^  Stephen  H 
Nathanell  Libbey 
William  Goodwin 
James  Brackot 
Sam"  Shorey 

Stillin 
Nathanel  ffrost 
James  Chadborn 
John  Brackett 


Alexander  Grant 
John  Knight 
Garbid  Hamblton 
William  Chadborn 
Joseph  Richards 
William  Goodwin 
William  Chils 
William  ffrost 
John  Andros 
William  Goodwin  jun 
John  Brackut 
Thomas  Shorey 
William  Davice 
Thomas  Tibbots 
Thomas  Lord 
Sam"  Gubtal 
Hugh  Ross 


Addon  Goodwin 
Joseph  Chadborn  Jun  John  Jones 

192  famileys :  above  Chadborns  River  at  this  Day  Berwick 
Desem^  17*^  1748 

further  Israel  parce  Moses  Abbot  Valentin  Seal  John  Sea 
which  makes  196 

Ace*  of  Young  men  Rated  for  them  Selves  &  under  their 
fathers  above  Chadborns  River 
Joshua  Goodshel      Theodath  Simpson 
Aron  Abbot  John  Butler 

Thomas  Goodwin     Sam"  Pray  Jun'' 
Philo  C  ffall  Ephrom  Grant 


Humphrey  Spencr 
Moses  Butler  Jr 
Caleb  Mackorty 
Jonathan  Clark 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE 


429 


Isreal  Hodsdon 
Banj  Nock 
Gorage  Bran 
Stephen  Hardsom 
Joshua  Brackott 
Abial  Hambton 
James  Thurnell 
Thomas  Hobs 
Stephen  Hodsdon 


Thomas  Sandors 
Micheal  Woodsum 
John  Parce 
James  Brackot 
Ehgor  Goodwm 
Joshua  Hamblton 
John  Gubtal 
Garbrel  Hamblton 
Wintworth  Stuart 


Park  S  Marmon 
Jonathan  Stimson 
John  Hard  son 
Sam^^  Brackot 
Nicklos  Thompson 
Jonathan  Thurnel 
Noah  Rickords 
Henrey  Hobbs 


38  Ratebell  Yong  men  above  Chadborn  River 


Broght  over  yong  men 
James  Perrey 
Simon  Clark 
Goarg  Clark 
which  m  the  H 

pols  above  y®  river 
below  --  — 


38 


41 
196 

237 
133 
370 
104 


A  list  of  Young  Men  reated  below  the  river 


Viz. 


Joshua  Lord               1 

Jeremiah  L 

Edward  Nason           1 

W"  plastd 

Row                1 

John  Emry 

Sami  C                       1 

James  Lord  Jr 

Jos  Lord                      1 

Jabes  Lord 

Jos  Brown                 1 

Stephen  Lord 

Moses  Abbot  Jr         1 

Timothy  Davis 

Thomas  Good  Jr        1 

Benja  Chadboum 

0:  11:0 

Humphry  Chadboum  j"" 

0:  10:     0 

m'  John  Lord  Ju'^ 

0:  10:     9 

Joshua^Emery 

0:     5:     6 

430 


DOCUMENTARY    HISTORY 


Joseph  Recker 

0: 

14: 

0 

Nathan  Lord  3-^ 

0: 

5: 

0 

Noah  Recker 

0: 

4: 

9 

Patrick  Maning 

0: 

5: 

0 

m'  Sam"  Lord 

0; 

17: 

0 

Thomas  Picke 

0: 

7: 

0 

Thomas  Solingford  Eq"" 

0: 

12: 

9 

William  Goodwin 

0: 

11: 

2 

William  Goodwin  j' 

0: 

5: 

9 

Theod""  Simson 

0: 

5: 

0 

Eligea  Goodwin 

0: 

4: 

6 

Thomas  Goodwin 

1: 

6: 

0 

In  Constable  Lords  List  below 

125-0-0 
68-8-7 


7:  15:  11 
50:  12:     9 

68:     8:     7 


66    11  :  6 


Joshua  Emery 
Noah  Nason 
Thomas  Jillison 
James  Hearl 
John  Hupper  J'' 
John  Bennet 
James  Goodwin 
Soloman  Goodwin 
Moses  Spencer 
Richard  Nason  Ju*" 
Timothy  Davis 
Sam"  Plaisted 
William  Might 
Ethernton  Hearl 


John  Thomson  jr 
Danil  Libbey 
Joseph  Jillison 
Thomas  Hearl  Ju' 
Daniel  Gray 
Benony  Bragdon 
Freethy  Spencer 
Miles  Goodwin 
Sam"  Gatchill 
James  Lord 
Elisha  Goodwin 
John  Hill  Esq' 
W"  Moore 
Benja  Nason 


James  Warrun  j' 
Joseph  Jillison  Ju' 
Solomon  Walker 
Gilbort  Hearl 
Viriah  Page 
Daniel  McCanny 
Nathn"  Goodwin 
Daniel  Wodlin 
Richard  Nason 
Jolui  Thomson 
Elisha  Plaisted  Esq'' 
John  Wise 
Ichabod  Goodwin 
William  Nason 


OF    THE    STATE    OF   MAINE 


431 


Stephen  Wood 
William  Tibbetts 
Joseph  Nason 
Joseph  Goodwin 
Peter  Grant  Jn"" 
Tayler  Goodwin 
Ebanz'  Abbot 
John  Goodwin 
Richard  Shackley 
Daniel  Goodwin 
Phillip  Hubbard 
Sam'^  Hodsdon 
Joseph  Hodsdon 
Nicholas  Lord 
John  Lord  Ju"^ 


Cap*  Richard  Lord 
Aron  Abbot 
John  Cooppur 
Joshua  Grant 
Sara^i  Abbot 
Thomas  Abbot  Ju"" 
Nathan  Lord  S-^ 
Moses  Goodwin 
John  Shackley 
m''  John  Huppar 
Joseph  Hubbard 
Richard  Hodsdon 
Abarara  Lord 
Nathan  Lord 


Aaron  Lord 
Sam^'  Nason 
John  Cooppur  J"" 
Ellias  Grant 
Daniel  Grant 
Walter  Abbot 
John  Goodwin  Ju' 
Aaron  Goodwin 
Thomas  Goodwin 
Soloman  Huppar 
Joseph  Hodsdon  J'' 
Joseph  Emery 
Abaram  Lord  Son 
John  Lord 
Sarnie  Lord  J^ 
Thomas  Hodsdon 


Simon  Emery  Ju 
Richard  Shackley  Ju'^  John  Hodsdon 
Thomas  Thomson     Jonathan  Hamilton    Henery  Goodwin 

these  below  Chadbourns  River  93  Famalys 
Thomas  Lord  Jobe  Emery  Joshua  Abbot 

Above  y*  River 
Elisha  Hill  Sam'^  Gatchill  Ju'      James  Plaisted 

Ephram  Joye    Humphry  Chadbourn  Ju""  Benj*  Chadbourn 


Sam"  Lord 

John  Lord  Ju"" 

Nathan  Lord  Ju' 

Patrick  Maning 

William  Goodwin 

Joseph  Recker 

Thomas  Picke 

14 

96 

110 


Humphry  Chadbourn  Esqr     Humphry  Chadbourn  Ju 
Cap*  Joseph  Chadbourn  Joseph  Cliadbourn  Ju' 

Patrick  Maning        Benja  Chadbourn       Benja  Lord 
Sam"  Lord  Ju''  Iseral  Hunuill  Robert  Furniss 

Sam"  Lord  John  Lord  Ju''  Nathan  Lord  d^ 


432 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Moses  Abbot 
Thomas  Noble 
Tilley  Hoggan 
Josiali  Goodrige 
John  Tucker 
Moses  Spencer 
John  Woodsum 
Jer:  Frost 
Stephen  Frost 
Benja  Libby 
Charles  Libby 
Edward  Clarey 


Thomas  Abbot 
John  Lewis 
Thomas  Butler 
Joseph  Hartt 


John  Cartar 
Terah  Spreage 
Moses  Lord 
William  Gerrish 
John  Quint 


Joseph  Peney 

Joseph  Woodsum  Jur  Joseph  Woodsum 
Charles  Gerrish  Joseph  Allen 

Joseph  Hendrson       Henery  Rimes 
Lef  Roger  Plaisted  Benja  Goodrige 
Joseph  Libby  Daniel  Libby 

Nathn"  Gubtail         Benja  Gubtail 
Richard  Hearl  Noah  Thomson 

these  above  Chadbourns  River  to  the  Porpos*^  Line 
about  76 


and  16 


makes  92 
Paul  Stone 
m"^  Sam^^  Hupper 
John  Walker 
Sam'^  Holmes 


S         Stone 
m''  John  Holmes 
Antony  Arely 
Thomas  Holmes 


m"^  Miles  Thomson  m""  Jonathan  Stone 
Thomas  Roberts       m"^  Benja  Hodsdon 


Landas  Grant 
Andrew  Walker 
John  Hamilton 
Moses  Butler 
Henery  Sloman 
Sam^^  Pray 
James  Gerrish 
John  Smith  Jur 
W'^  Keey 
Ebenz''  Peirce 
Charles  Goodwin 


Daniel  Grant  jr 
Grindel  Knight 
Gabriel  Hamilton 
VoUentine  Scatts 
John  Foard 
John  Pray 
Benja  Hamilton 
John  Keey 
Sam^^  Wentworth 
John  Peirce 
Nathn"  Joye 


m'  Moses  Hodsdon  Joshua  Hodsdon 


Gideon  May 
George  Brawn 
Joseph  Welch 
Joseph  Stone 
Bartlemo  Thomson 
m'  Peter  Grant 
Allexd""  Grant  jr 
John  Knight 
Richard  Thirrel 
John  Scatts 
Joshua  Quint 
Abaram  Lord  Ju'' 
El'^  John  Smith 
Peter  Keey 
Sam'i  Wentworth  J' 
m'  Moses  Goodwin 
Elezer  Clark 
Benja  Asting 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE 


433 


Jolm  Woster 

W"  Hupper 

Benja  Harsman 

Sam^^  Woster 

John  Faul 

Zackrey  Nock 

Joseph  Nock 

Benf  Nock 

Thomas  Downs 

John  Grindel 

Joshua  Roberts 

Ebenz*  Lord 

Trustum  Faul 

Ezeekel  Wentworth  Sam"  Faul 

Nath"  Downs 

John  SoUeuan 

Joseph  Hamilton 

W-  Clerk 

W"  Clerk  Ju' 

Nath"  Nock 

Thomas  Shorey 

John  Shorey 

Sam"  Shorey 

W"  Davis 

John  Murrey 

Ruke  Stilling 

m'^  Sam'^  Brackit 

Isaac  Brackit 

Adam  Goodwin 

Aron  Chick 

Sam"  Gubtail 

John  Brackit 

Joshua  Andros 

James  Chadbourn 

Peter  Pray 

Nath'i  Frost 

W"'  Goodwm 

James  Frost 

Patrick  Gowin 

Nath"  Libby 

W""  Frost 

James  Mackill 

These  above  y^ 

Porposd  Line  in  the 

upper  part 

about 

80 
10 

above  y*  line 

90 

between  y®  river 

&  y®  line 

82 
172 

Petioners  & 

within  y®  Lemets 

110 

282 

162 

120 

42 

Stephen  Hardison 

John  Frost 

W"  Childs 

Hugh  Ross 

Joseph  Recker 

Thomas  Picke 

John  Jones 

Hateuel  Conen 

John  Connor 

28 


434  DOCUMENTARY   HISTOUT 

Signers  of  Petition  7iot  qualified. 

This  may  Certifie  the  Honorable  Gener"  Court  that  the 
Signours  that  Signed  the  Petition  that  was  Sent  into  Court 
in  September  last  by  a  Number  of  Inhabitants  of  the  Town 
of  Berwick  in  behalf  of  themselves  Relating  to  the  Building 
a  New  Meeting  House  in  Said  Town  and  being  Sett  off  by 
them  Selves  a  Parrish  in  Said  Town  that  there  is  more  then 
forty  of  the  said  Signours  to  said  Petition  that  are  not  Qual- 
lified  by  Law  to  Vote  in  Town  and  parrish  Meetings 

Berwick  Decm^'  19''>  1748  attest 

•Q  Sam"  Bracket  jr  \  Sessors  of  the 
Moses  Hodsdon        >      Town  of 
Moses  Butler  J      Berwick 

At  a  Legal  Town  Meeting  held  at  Berwick  December  the 
S***  1748  Voted  that  a  Committee  Shall  be  Chosen  to  answer 
to  the  Petition  Relating  to  a  new  Parrish  to  be  Set  of  in  this 
Town./  Voted  Cap*  Moses  Butler  Cap*  Joseph  Chadbourn 
m"^  Peter  Grant  Humphry  Chadbourn  and  m''  Moses  Hodsden 
a  Commette  to  answer  to  Said  Petition. 

A  true  Coppy  of  Record 

Attest  Hump.  Chadbourn  Town  Cler 

To  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq''  Captain  General 
and  Governour  in  Chief  in  and  over  his  Majesty's  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  The  Hon^^®  the  Council 
and  Hon^^®  House  of  Represent®^  of  the  said  Province  in 
General  Court  Assembled  at  Boston  December  21^*1748 
The  Answer  of  the  Town  of  Berwick  in  the  County  of 
York  to  the  Petition  of  Sundry  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said 
Town. — 
Most  Humbly  Shew 

That  the  Pet"  have  Set  forth  in  their  Petition  to  your 
Excellency  and  Honours  that  the  New  Meeting  house  voted 


OF   THE    STATE   OF   MAINE  435 

to  be  built  in  said  Town  between  the  House  of  Humphrey 
Chadburn  Esq'  and  M"^  Roger  Plaistead  about  a  Mile  and 
half  Distant  from  the  Old  meeting  house  so  Called  will  not 
be  Convenient  for  the  Inhabitants  of  Either  the  Upper  or 
Lower  part  of  the  Town  to  which  your  Respondents  Reply 
That  the  place  where  the  Town  have  Voted  the  new  meeting 
house  should  be  built  is  very  near  the  Center  of  the  Inhab- 
itants of  the  Town  and  will  Accomodate  the  whole  Town  in 
General  in  such  a  Manner  as  that  the  principal  part  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  said  Town  and  by  far  the  Greater  part  of  the 
pet"  in  particular  will  not  have  above  two  Miles  and  an  half 
to  Travell  to  Meeting  Except  some  few  of  the  Inhabitants 
that  live  in  the  outscirts  of  the  Town.  — 

As  to  all  further  proceedings  in  Building  a  meeting  house 
being  forbid  by  this  Hon^'^  Court  Your  Respond*'  Say  that 
they  were  only  Suspended  and  that  for  no  longer  time  than 
the  Com*^®  Appointed  by  this  Great  and  General  Court  should 
Report  their  Opinion  what  they  Judged  proper  for  the  Court 
to  do  on  their  petition  in  June  1742  And  the  said  Com'*^ 
Accordingly  in  Septem^'  1742  Reported  it  as  their  opinion 
"  That  Another  Meeting  house  should  be  built  in  the  Upper 
"  part  of  said  Town  where  it  would  best  Accommodate  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  said  upper  part  of  the  Town  above  Cap* 
Chadburns  in  a  Convenient  place  as  the  Town  should  Agree 
and  that  it  would  be  for  the  future  peace  and  well  being  of 
the  Town  to  keep  the  Old  Meeting  house  in  Repair  and  build 
a  New  One  where  it  would  best  Accommodate  the  Inhabitants 
in  the  spot  above  Cap*  Humphrey  Chadburns,  which  Report 
was  Accepted  by  this  Great  and  Hon^'®  Court  And  the  said 
Town  in  Obedience  thereto  in  March  last  Voted  to  Repair 
the  Old  Meeting  house  at  the  Charge  of  the  Town  as  usual 
And  in  May  last  Voted  at  the  Charge  of  the  To'wti  to  Build 
a  New  Meeting  house  Agreeable  to  the  said  Report  above 
Cap*  Chadburns  house  about  Midway  to  M"^  Roger  Plaisteads 


436  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

house  where  they  have  Carried  their  Timber  Stones  and 
jMaterials  to  proceed  in  the  said  Building  which  place  takes 
m  and  Encludes  Most  of  the  large  Rhodes  and  best  Settle- 
ments in  the  Town  Runing  about  five  Miles  North  East  by 
East  to  the  Utmost  limits  of  the  Town  and  the  other  Rhodes 
are  from  North  East  and  North  and  from  North  West  by 
North  So  that  all  the  Rhodes  in  the  Town  like  the  Several 
Branches  of  a  Tree  all  Center  in  One  place  where  the  New 
Meeting  house  is  Voted  to  be  built  which  will  be  Exceeding 
Convenient  for  the  Town  but  a  Small  Distance  for  a  few 
Inhabitants  to  Travell  to  and  from  Meeting  to  what  the 
Greater  part  now  have  to  the  Old  Meeting  house  — 

The  Pet"  go  on  and  say  that  the  Old  Meeting  house  is  not 
Commodious  by  Reason  that  the  people  with  Comfort  and 
Safety  in  Stormy  Weather  can't  Attend  Upon  the  publick 
Worship  of  God  Your  Respondents  Reply  that  they  have  not 
only  made  the  same  Comfortable  hitherto  so  that  there  is  not 
any  Danger  in  Attending  Divine  Service  as  they  would  Insin- 
uate in  their  petition  but  have  also  Employed  a  Number  of 
persons  to  Repair  and  Strengthen  the  same  in  a  Suitable 
Manner  and  do  everything  Necessary  to  make  the  same  more 
safe  as  well  as  Comfortable  in  the  Worst  of  Weathers  so  that 
there  can  be  no  just  Grounds  for  such  Representations  And 
the  Town  being  Sensible  that  a  larger  Meeting  house  would 
better  Acomodate  all  their  Inhabitants  have  Ordered  the 
New  one  to  be  of  such  Dementions  and  so  Extensive  as  to 
Contain  a  Greater  Number  of  Inhabitants  that  at  present 
Dwell  in  the  Town  So  that  under  what  Colour  or  pretence 
the  pet"  could  Raise  of  their  own  heads  the  sum  of  Four 
Thousand  pounds  old  Tenor  and  proceed  to  Build  a  New 
Meeting  house  on  the  Ministry  Lands  near  the  old  JNIeeting 
house  in  Opposition  to  the  Vote  of  the  Town  and  Directly 
Contrary  to  the  said  Com*®®*  Report  after  they  were  forbid 
by  the  Select  men  of  the  Town  And  then  petition  your  Excel- 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  437 

lency  and  Honours  to  Oblige  the  Town  to  Accept  thereof 
is  what  your  Respondents  are  not  Able  to  Conceive  or  Imag- 
ine And  Can't  think  it  will  be  any  Inducement  to  this 
Hon^^®  Court  to  Oblige  them  to  Receive  the  Same  but  Rather 
Incline  Your  Excellency  and  Honours  to  Dismiss  their  peti- 
tion which  will  be  a  means  of  preserving  to  the  Town  their 
Invaluable  Rights  and  Priviledges  which  the  pef*  have 
unwarrantably  Endeavoured  to  Invade  — 

The  pet"  further  say  That  they  are  of  the  Most  Antient 
Settlements  and  have  in  all  Respects  Observed  the  Orders  of 
this  Court  Agreeable  to  the  said  Report  which  is  a  Gross 
Misrepresentation  to  your  Excellency  and  Honours  for  that 
the  Greatest  part  of  the  Antient  Settlers  and  maintainers  of 
the  Ministry  &c  live  to  the  Northard  of  the  Old  Meeting 
house  and  have  always  defended  and  kept  the  same  in  times 
of  Difficulty  and  Danger  And  the  said  pet"  have  not  in  the 
least  Complyed  with  the  Orders  of  this  Hon^'®  Court  but  in 
direct  Contradiction  thereto  have  Erected  a  meeting  house  on 
the  Ministry  Land  where  the  old  one  now  stands  So  that  it  is 
the  Town  and  not  the  pet"  that  have  duly  and  truly  Observed 
the  Orders  of  this  Hon^'®  Court  as  will  fully  appear  by  their 
Votes  Copys  whereof  are  herewith  presented  Notwithstanding 
the  Unjust  Charges  of  the  pet"  to  the  Contrary  and  the  said 
Town  are  Still  willing  and  Desirous  to  Comply  with  the  said 
Report  And  therefore  they  Flatter  themselves  that  your 
Excellency  and  Honours  will  not  permit  or  Suffer  A  few  of 
their  Inhabitants  to  Impose  a  Meeting  house  upon  them  Con- 
trary to  their  Votes  when  it  can't  be  of  any  Service  but 
Rather  a  burthen  to  the  Town  — 

The  Pet"  go  on  to  Inform  this  Hon^i«  Court  that  the 
upper  part  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Town  even  those  who 
are  not  broken  up  or  Removed  by  the  War  must  Travell  five 
Six  or  Seven  Miles  to  Meeting  at  the  place  Voted  by  the 
Town  should  the  said  House  be  built  to  which  Your  Respond'* 


438  DOCUMENTAKY   HISTORY 

say  that  this  is  of  a  peice  with  the  Rest  of  their  Groundless 
Insinuations  for  that  there  is  but  a  very  few  of  the  Inhab- 
itants that  live  five  Miles  Distant  from  the  proposed  place 
and  they  very  scattered  and  those  who  live  in  the  lower  part 
of  the  Town  even  at  the  Greatest  Distance  will  not  have  more 
than  three  Miles  to  Travell  to  the  place  of  publick  worship 
Except  about  Eight  or  ten  of  the  pet^®  who  will  have  but 
about  four  Miles  to  come  So  that  it  cannot  in  the  least  be 
Destructive  or  prejudicial  to  Either  Ends  of  the  Town  who 
are  not  large  Enough  for  two  Parishes  nor  able  to  Maintain 
two  Ministers  And  should  the  pet"  have  their  Request 
Granted  Your  Respond^*  Apprehend  it  will  Tend  Greatly  to 
the  Disadvantage  if  not  the  Ruin  of  the  Town 

The  pet"  much  Insist  upon  it  and  would  fain  perswade 
Your  Excellency  and  Honours  that  they  are  the  only  persons 
that  have  provided  Lands  Convenient  for  and  Supported  the 
Mmistry  when  it  is  well  known  that  they  have  done  but  little 
to  what  the  other  part  of  the  Town  have  done  and  that 
Upwards  of  forty  of  the  pet"  who  boast  so  much  of  their 
doings  are  not  even  qualified  to  Vote  in  Town  or  Parish 
Meetings  so  that  much  could  not  be  Expected  from  them  — 

Your  Respond**  beg  leave  to  Inform  Your  Excellency  and 
Honours  that  Upwards  of  Forty  of  the  Pet"  have  Joined 
with  a  Number  of  persons  belonging  to  the  Upper  part  of 
Kittery  and  Enter'd  into  Bonds  with  each  other  to  Oppose 
all  the  Votes  and  Orders  of  the  Town  and  at  all  Hazards  to 
Act  in  direct  Contradiction  thereto  by  which  it  plainly 
Appears  that  the  pet"  have  no  Real  Regard  to  the  Interest 
of  the  Town  as  they  would  Suggest  but  are  only  Seeking  their 
private  Senister  Advantages  and  Opposing  the  Town  in  their 
proceedings  for  little  else  than  Opposition  sake  and  Endeav- 
ouring to  foment  Divisions  and  Contentions  in  the  Town  as 
fully  appears  by  their  very  Extraordinary  and  Unheard  of 
Management  in  Erecting  a  Meeting  house  quite  near  the  old 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  439 

one  and  that  upon  the  Ministry  Lands  in  Contempt  of  the 
Town  as  aforesaid  which  Doubtless  your  Excellency  and 
Honours  will  think  Worthy  of  Notice.  And  should  these 
persons  be  Encouraged  in  their  proceedings  your  Respond" 
Apprehend  it  will  be  of  Dangerous  Consequence  to  the  Towns 
in  the  Province  — 

And  as  Your  Excellency  and  Honours  fomierly  Appointed 
a  Com*'^^  to  Inquire  into  the  Situation  and  Circumstances  of 
the  Town  who  Reported  their  Opinion  which  the  Town  are 
willing  to  Comply  with  Your  Respond'*  humbly  Conceive 
that  it  can't  be  of  any  Advantage  to  Appoint  a  new  one  for 
that  purpose  — 

And  for  as  much  all  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  Except- 
ing the  pef^*  are  very  Desirous  of  having  a  New  Meeting 
house  built  where  the  Town  have  Voted  the  same  and  are 
Inclined  to  Continue  together  and  promote  peace  and  Unity 
among  themselves 

Your  Respond'*  therefore  Most  humbly  pray  your  Excel- 
lency and  Honours  would  not  oblige  them  to  Accept  of  the 
Meeting  house  built  by  the  Pet"  but  that  the  petition  be 
Dismissal  as  Groundless  and  Unreasonable  that  the  said  Town 
may  proceed  as  soon  as  may  be  to  Compleat  the  said  Meeting 
house  Agreeable  to  their  Vote  and  Collect  the  Tax  assessed 
for  that  purpose. 

But  should  Your  Excellency  and  Honours  in  your  Great 
Wisdom  not  see  Cause  to  Grant  the  Towns  Request  they  beg 
leave  to  Observe  the  unreasonablenegs  of  the  pet"  Request 
to  be  a  Seperate  Parish  so  as  to  take  in  a  Mile  and  an  half 
North  from  the  Old  Meeting  house  for  should  this  Hon^^® 
Court  order  the  same  it  would  Include  more  that  two  third 
parts  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  and  leave  the  poor  Out^ 
skirts  thereof  who  are  almost  Continually  Annoyed  by  the 
Enemy  to  shift  for  themselves  which  in  a  short  time  would 
oblige  the  Inhabitants  to  leave  the  Town     Your  Respond'* 


440  DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 

beg  leave  further  to  say  that  if  the  pef^*  are  Desirous  to  be  a 
Distinct  Parish  by  themselves  they  shall  Readily  Consent 
thereto  provided  no  other  of  the  Inhabitants  be  sett  off  with 
them  — 

And  your  Respond**  will  ever  pray  &c 

Moses  Butler  ^  Com'^^  of  the 

Jos :  Chadbourn  I      Town  of 

Peter  Grant  J       Berwick 


Coppy  taken  from  the  Constable  Lists  of  the  Inhabitants 
below  Chadbourns  River  Decmbr  24  1748  viz 
Abraham  Lord  Alexander  Greay      Abraham  Lord  juner 

Aaron  Goodin  Andrew:  Walker       Aaron:  Abbot 

Aexander  Gilleson  Aaron  Lord  Benja :  Nason 

Benjamin  Lord         Benjamin  Goodin       Benjamin  Brgdon 
Charells  Lord  Daniell  Greant  Daniell  Mackeney 

Daniell  Libby  Widow  Charety  Emry  Daniell  hodsdon 

Daniell  Greay         widow  Deliverance  Goodin  Daniell  Wadlin 
Elisha  plasted  Elisha  Hill  Ebenr  abbot 

Elias  Greant  Widow  Elisebeth  abbot  Widow  Elisebeth  Greay 
Ephraun  Joy  Etherington  Hearl      frethey  Spencer 

Gilbert  Hearell         Humphry  Scamons    Henry  Goodin 
Hezeciah  Jillison      Jo  :  Hill  Esq"^  Jos  :  Jillison 

John  thomson  James  Goodin  Joshoua  abbot 

James  abbot  James  Greay  John  Cooper 

John  Cooper  juner  John  Hooper  Jo  :  hooper  juner 

Jos  Nason  Jonathan  hamelton    James  Lord 

John  hodsdon  John  thomson  juner  John  Lord 

Joseph  Emry  John  Bragdon  John  Bennet 

Widow  Judeth  hamelton  John  Goodin    James  Greant  juner 
Joseph  Habard         Joseph  hodsdon  Jabzes  Emry 

J  ohn  Goodin  juner  Ichobad  Goodin         James  plasted 


OF   THE   STATE   OP   MAINE 


441 


James  forgison 
Joshoua  Greant 
John  Hubard 
Mills  Goodin 
Noah  thomson 
Petter  Greant  Jr 
Richard  Lord 


John  Geatchell         John  Lord  3*^ 
Joseph  Jileson  jun"^  Joseph  Goodin 
Jose  Emry  Joseph  hodsdon  Jr 

Moses  Goodin  jun'  Moses  Green 
Nathan  Lord  Noah  Nason 

Nath  Nason  Nath  Lord  juner 

philip  Habbard  Petter  Greant 

Richard  Shakly         Richard  Shakly  juner  Richard  Nason 
Richard  Nason  jun""  Richard  hodsdon        Sam"  Plasted 
Sam"  Geatchell         Sam"  Geatchell  jun'  Simon  Emry 
Sam"  Lord  jun"^         Sam"  Shorey  Sam"  hodsdon 

Sam"  hodsdon  juner  Sam"  Abbot  Sam"  Nason 

Solomon  Walker       Stephen  Wood  Thomas  Thomson 

Thomas  Hearell        Thomas  abbot  juner  Thomas  Jilleson 
Tealor  Goodin  Timothey  Davis         Thomas  Goodin  jun' 

Thomas  Hearell  juner  Thomas  Hodsdon  Tobias  Lord 


Thomas  Lord 
William  Moore 
Will™  Nason 
In  all 


Taylor  Greay 
William  Moore 
Waltor  Abbot 
118 


Vriah  page 
William  Hight 


Ditto  young  men         15 
133 


Acti07i  of  Cou7icil. 

In  Council  Decemb"-  24"»  1748 
Read  again  together  with  the  Answer  of  Dorothy  Cutter 
Adm^  of  the  Estate  of  the  within  named  Ammiru"^  Cutter. 
And  Ordered  That  upon  the  Pef^*  procuring  and  Delivering 
to  the  said  Dorothy  a  good  Deed  of  Release  and  Quit  Claim 
to  Lott  N*'  14  referrd  to  in  the  Pet°  for  the  use  of  the  Heirs 
of  the  said  Amiruhamah,  the  said  Dorothy  be  and  hereby  is 
Authorized  And  Impowered  to  give  a  Deed  of  Release  of 


442  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Lott  N**  16  in  the  same  Division  to  the  Petit  Loring  for  the 
use  of  the  Ministry  in  the  Town  of  Nortli  Yarmouth 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Wilhird  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^«  Dec^  26.  1748     Read  and  Coucur'd 

T  Hutchinson  Spkr 
Consented  to         W  Shirley 


Report  of  Cormnittee  on  the  petition  of  inhabitants  of  Berwick. 

In  obedience  to  the  Order  of  the  General  Court  of  the  Sl^* 
day  of  Decem''  1748  we  the  Committee  to  whom  was  refer'd 
the  Petition  of  Several  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of 
Berwick  relating  to  their  meeting  House  having  repaired  to 
the  Said  Town  &  Viewed  the  Several  Parts  thereof  and  the 
Situation  of  the  Inhabitants  and  heard  all  the  Parties  therein 
concern'd  agree  humbly  to  Report  That,  the  said  Town  of 
Berwick  be  Divided  in  two  Distinct  and  Separate  Parishes 
and  that  the  Lower  Parish  bounds  run  North  from  the  old 
meeting  House  one  mile  and  a  half,  &  from  thence  South 
west  and  by  west  to  Sahnon  fall  river  and  from  said  river 
North  East  &  be  East  to  the  Extent  of  the  Township,  and  in 
as  much  as  the  Petitioners  have  by  Subscription  Erected  a 
commodious  House  near  where  the  old  one  Stands  w''^  is  the 
most  Suteable  place  to  accommodate  the  Lower  Parish  we 
are  Humbly  of  opinion  that  the  Said  House  be  there  Estab- 
lished for  the  Publick  worship  of  God,  and  that  the  Peti- 
tioners ought  not  to  pay  any  part  of  the  tax  w'"'*  the  s*^  Town 
has  made  for  the  building  another  Meeting  House  in  y® 
Upper  Part  of  the  Town  nither  will  the  place  where  the  s*^ 
Town  has  Voted  to  Erect  another  meeting  House  be  conven- 
ient for  the  Inhabitants  in  the  upper  part  of  the  s"^  Town, 
but  are  of  opinion  that  if  a  meeting  House  for  the  Upper 


OF  THE  STATE  OF   MAINE  443 

Parish  was  Erected  neare  y®  House  of  Thomas  Giihtale  it 
wouhi  be  y^  most  Suteable  place  to  Accommodate  the  upper 
Parish,  and  that  altho  the  afore  mentioned  Line  should  take 
in  Lieu*  Peter  Grant,  Benj*  Hodgdon,  George  Brawn,  Grindal 
Knight,  Noah  Tompson,  John  Knight,  Andrew  Walker,  Lan- 
ders Grant,  Alexander  Grant,  Daniel  Grant,  Joseph  Chad- 
bourn  jun'"  Gabrel  Hamblton,  John  Hamblton,  Richard  Tharla 
^ch  -^y^jj  ]jg  much  nearer  the  place  proposed  for  the  Meeting 
House  to  be  built  in  the  upper  Parish  -  we  are  of  Opinion 
that  they  and  their  Estates  where  they  now  dwell  Should 
have  Liberty  if  they  see  cause  to  joyn  with  the  upper  Parish 
and  there  pay  the  Parish  Taxes,  and  that  if  the  aforesaid 
proposed  Deviding  Line  should  Seperate  any  mans  Land  that 
he  pay  to  that  Parish  the  whole  of  his  Parish  Tax  in  w'"''  his 
House  Stands  and  that  the  Rever'^  M"^  Jeremiah  Wise  the 
present  Minester  of  said  Town  have  Liberty  to  be  the  mines- 
ter  of  w*"''  of  the  Parishes  in  s*^  Town  he  shall  chuse  and  that 
the  Passanage  Land  in  the  bounds  of  the  Lower  Parish  shall 
remain e  to  that  Parish  — 

and  that  the  Town  at  their  cost  shall  procuer  for  the  Upper 
Parish  one  hundred  Acres  of  the  cornon  and  Undivided  Land 
belonging  to  the  Propriet"  of  said  Town  where  it  can  best 
Accommodate  them  for  a  Parsonage  all  w'^^  is  Humbly  Sub- 
mitted by  order  of  y®  Committee 

Berwick  the  21»*  day  of  February  1748 

W"'  Pepperrell 


Message  Jan.  20,  1748. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Represenf^^' 

I  would  now  remind  you  of  your  having  refer'd  over  to 

this  Sitting  of  the  Court  the  Consideration  of  my  Messages 


444  DOCUMENTAHY   HISTORY 

recommending  to  you  to  provide  for  the  building  of  a  Fort 
near  the  mouth  of  Penobscot  River ;  And  as  I  am  still  of 
Opinion  that  such  a  Fort  would  be  of  great  Advantage  to  the 
Province  both  in  Peace  and  War ;  and  as  this  seems  to  be 
the  most  proper  Season  for  effecting  this  Matter,  I  desire  you 
would  proceed  upon  it  before  you  rise,  and  consider  my 
several  Messages  and  the  Papers  sent  you  with  them,  wliich 
I  suppose  are  lying  in  your  Files 

W  Shirley 
Council  Chamber  Jan^  20,  1748 

In  the  House  of  Rep^^"  Jan^  25.  1748 

Read  and  Ordered  that  Cap*  Little  Col°  Miller  and  Cap* 
Collins  \vith  such  as  the  Hon^^*^  Board  shall  Joyn  be  a  Comm®^ 
to  take  this  Mess*  and  the  papers  accompanying  it  under 
consideration  and  report  what  they  Judge  proper  for  this 
Court  to  do  thereon  as  soon  as  may  be.  Sent  up  for  concur- 
rence T.  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council  Jan.  26,  1748 

Read  &  Concur'd,  and  Samuel  Welles,  Joseph  Wilder  & 
Andrew  Oliver  Esq''^  are  joined  in  the  Affair 

J  Willard  Secry 

The  Comittee  appointed  as  above,  having  twice  met  &  con- 
sidered the  affair,  were  equally  divided  on  the  Question 
whether  it  was  proper  to  proceed  on  this  undertaking,  at  this 
session  of  the  General  Court  or  not  &  therefore  would  not 
proceed. 

By  order  of  the  Com*^®  Samuel  Welles. 

In  Council  Jan.  31.  1748;  Read  &  Voted  that  the  Affair 
above  mentioned  be  ref erd  to  the  next  Sitting  of  this  Court 
Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  Jan^  31.  1748 

Read  and  Concurd  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  445 

To  the  Selectmen  of  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth 

To  be  communicated  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  s**  Town  at 
their  first  Town  Meeting 

Gentlemen 

We  the  Subscribers  Inhabitants  of  the  neck  of  Land  Called 
Merriconeage  and  Islands  adjacent  within  the  Township  of 
North  Yarmouth,  Being  sensible  that  we  are  Required  by  the 
Laws  of  God  and  of  the  Province  to  attend  the  Publick  Wor- 
ship on  the  Lords  Day  and  Enjoy  the  Privilages  of  the  Gos- 
pel and  by  reason  of  our  Living  at  so  great  a  Distance  from 
the  Stated  place  of  Worship  in  the  To\^ti  or  any  Neighbour- 
ing Town  both  by  Land  and  Water  as  to  Deprive  us  of  the 
privilages  of  the  Gosple.  And  being  Desirous  to  Support 
the  Gosple  among  our  selves  where  we  may  with  Convenience 
and  Comfort  Enjoy  the  advantages  of  it :  And  not  being  able 
to  Effect  this  unless  we  are  set  off  as  a  Distinct  Precinct. 
Do  Request  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  s*^  Town  of  North  Yar- 
mouth That  you  would  at  Your  Next  Town  Meeting  Vote  to 
be  a  District  and  seperate  precinct  all  that  Tract  of  Land 
Called  Merriconeage  Neck  and  all  the  Islands  within  two 
Miles  Westward  of  s'^  Neck  and  all  the  Islands  and  main 
Land  Lying  Eastward  of  the  s'^  Neck  within  the  Township 
of  North  Yarmouth :  and  as  far  as  it  is  in  your  power  Invest 
us  the  Inhabitants  with  the  Privilages  of  Distict  &  Seperate 
Precinct,  and  your  Granting  this  Request  We  Shall  esteem 
as  a  great  favour 

Merriconeage  January  30*'"  1748/9 
John  Stover  Wait  Webber  Seth  Toothaker 

William  Macgray     Richard  Hase  Elisha  Ailing 

William  Alexander  Nathaniel  Barns  Benjamin  Barns 

William  Tarr  Patricks  Phalen         James  Doyle 

John  Matthews       Jonathan  Webber 

of  New  Capenewaging 
Timothy  Bailey        William  Black 

of  Little  Sebescodegen  William  Black  jun' 


446  DOCUISIENTAIIY   HISTORY 

Petition  Mch"   Loring  ^c.  Feb.  9.  17^8 

To  His  Excellency  Will""  Shirley  Esq^  &c  The  Hon- 
ourable His  jMajestys  Counsel  &  House  of  Represent- 
atives of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England  in  General  Court  Assembled  — 
The  Petition  of  Nich"  Loring  in  behalf  of  himself  and  Jer 
Powell  in  behalf  of  the  Town  of  North  Yannouth  — 

The  Petitioners  Humbly  Sheweth,  that  in  the  resettlement 
of  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  there  was  by  order  of  the 
Great  and  General  Court  Two  allotments  of  Lands  to  be  laid 
out  in  s*^  Town,  one  to  be  for  tlie  first  Minister  as  his  own 
property  for  ever  the  other  for  his  &  his  successors  improve- 
ment for  the  time  Being  and  that  in  recording  s**  allotments 
of  Land  Lots  Nu^  16  &  Nu""  14  where  both  recorded  Min- 
isters Lot.  in  the  west  division  of  one  Hundred  &  twenty 
Acre  Lots  by  a  mistake  in  the  Proprietors  Clerk  (as  is 
supposd  )  alters  Lot  Num'  14  to  ministerial  as  appears  by 
the  face  of  the  records  inadvertently  makeing  the  aditional 
amendment  to  the  rong  Number 

That  the  Lot  N"16  «fe  not  N""  14  is  the  ministerial  Lot  be 
made  to  appear  from  the  original  Tickets.  That  s*  Lot  was 
a  Pitclit  Lot  as  may  be  made  to  appear  by  the  Testimony  of 
those  who  were  appointed  to  pitch  the  same. 

The  Petitioner  further  Sheweth  That  in  Sep-^  4  1735  the 
Proprietors  of  s*^  Town  appointed  a  Committe^to  rectify  the 
mistakes  to  March  9*^  1735/6  The  Committe  repots  to  the 
propriety  and  there  accepted  &  put  upon  record 
and  among  many  other  things  the  Committe  repoi-ts.  that 
Lot  Nu'"  16  was  through  a  mistake  recorded  to  the  Rev*  M^ 
Ammi  Ruhami  Cutter,  all  which  may  be  made  to  appear  by 
attested  Copeys  from  the  Proprietors  Clerk. 

And  tho  the  said  Committe  reports  ( of  which  n/  Cutter 
was  one  and  sign'd  the  same  with  his  own  hand  )  that  he  the 
s*^  Cutter  offers  to  give  a  quit  Clame  of  Lot  Nu'  16  provided 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  447 

the  present  minister  for  the  time  Being  give  him  a  quit 
Clame  of  Lot  Nu""  14,  as  the  report  may  be  Seen,  and  yet  he 
refused  tho  often  requested  but  enter'd  upon  s''  Lot  and 
made  great  waste  of  the  timber  &  since  his  death  his  Heirs 
persist  in  the  same  which  has  ah'eady  been  hundreds  of 
pounds  damage  of  s**  Lot. 

The  Petitioners  therefore  Humbly  request  Your  Excellency 
and  the  Honourable  Court  to  interpose  in  the  affair : 

And  if  it  may  be  thought  fit  put  a  Sanction  upon  the 
proceedings  of  s''  Proprietee  anrl  their  Committe  respecting 
s*^  Lot  of  Land  or  give  some  further  Conformation  of  the 
Towns  Title  to  the  same  and  give  orders  to  M''^  Doratte 
Cutter  administratix  of  the  late  Cap*  Cutter  to  desist  from 
takeing  any  more  timber  off  s'^  Lot. 

In  so  Dewing  you  will  much  oblige  your  most  obed*  and 

very  Humble  Petitioners 

Nich*  Loring 

S  Agent 
for  the 
Town 
North  Yarmoth  Feb'  9'"  1748 

Deposition.  Feb.  27,  174-7. 

Barnabas  Seabury  of  Lawfull  age  testitieth  and  said  That 
when  the  Committy  Appointed  by  the  Great  and  General 
Court  for  the  Resetlement  of  the  Township  of  North  Yar- 
mouth came  to  North  Yarmouth  in  order  to  Draw  the  Lots 
in  the  Hundred  and  Twenty  acre  Division  in  s'^  ToAvnship 
this  Deponent  was  then  present  with  s^  Committy  when  s'* 
Lots  were  Drawn  for.  And  then  the  s'^  Committy  appointed 
or  Desired  Cp*^  Stephen  Larrabe  Mr  Fi'ances  Wyman  and  this 
Deponent  with  M""  Edward  King  the  Surveyor  to  pitch  or 
make  Choice  of  one  Lot  in  the  Division  for  the  ^Ministeral 
Lot  which  was  then  Done  and  Lot  No''  Sixteen  was  the  Lot 
as  agreed  on  for  s'^  Ministeral  Lot  and  for  that  Reason  was 


448  DOCUMENTAHY    HISTORY 

Excluded  from  being  Drawn  for  with  the  other  Lots  and  this 
Deponent  also  saith  That  He  well  Remembers  that  the  Lot 
which  fell  to  M'  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter  ui  the  Right  of  the 
Minister  as  being  the  first  Setled  Minister  in  s*^  Town  was  in 
partnership  with  the  Heirs  of  William  Scales  Dec*^  and 
Samuel  Baker  and  This  Deponant  further  saith  That  he  has 
No  Remembrance  of  any  other  one  lot  in  said  Division  that 
was  allowed  for  these  Rites  but  that  which  Cutter  Scales  & 
Baker  Drew  and  further  Saith  not. 

Barnabas  Seabury 
North  Yarmouth  Febuary  the  27.  1747 
York  ss  North  Yaraiouth  Febuary  the  29  1747 
Barnabas  Seabury  appearing  Made  oath  to  the  truth  of  the 
within  Declaration  by  him  subscribed  before  me 

Samuel  Seabury  J  Peace 


The  followmg  is  the  Petitions  or  Requests  of  a  Numbrer  of 
the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Wells  Liveing  between  Ken- 
nebunk  and  Mousom  Rivers  put  in  to  Sundary  warnt  for 
town  Meetings  and  what  was  Voted  there  upon  at  the  several 
Meetings  for  the  town  of  Wells 

Warrant  March         1743/4 
and  to  consider  what  to  alow  the  Inhabitants  of  Kenebunk 
out  of  the  Ministeral  and  School  Rates  the  year  past  and  also 
to  Do  what  shall  be  thought  proper  and  Convenant  towards 
seeting  them  of  as  a  parrish 

Voted  thirty  Pounds  old  tener  be  alowed  to  the  Inhabitants 
of  Kenebunk  toward  Defraying  the  Charge  of  their  Minister 
and  School  the  year  past  March         1743/4 

Warrant  March  1744/5 
And  also  to  Consider  what  to  alow  Kenebunk  People  toward 
their  having  the  Gosple  Preched  among  them  the  winter  past 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  449 

Voted  twenty  Pounds  old  tener  toward  Defraying  the 
Charge  of  Preaching  among  them  the  winter  past  March 
1744/5 

Warrant  March  1745/6 
And  also  by  a  petition  of  teen  or  more  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
Kenebunk  and  Mousom  their  Petition  is  to  see   what   the 
town  will  give  them  toward  their  winter  Preaching  among 
them  or  sect  them  of  as  a  Parrish  by  them  selves. 


Warant  Novem'"  1746 
Whereas  teen  of  the  freeholders  Living  between  Kenebunk 
River  and  Mousom  River  have  applyed  to  us  the  Subscribers 
to  Call  a  town  Meeting  to  see  if  the  Town  will  allow  them 
and  the  other  Inhabitants  Liveing  betwen  s*^  Rivers  aney 
thing  to  help  them  Toward  the  Suport  of  the  Gosple  amongst 
them  the  last  winter  2'y  to  pass  a  Vote  if  the  Town  think 
proper  to  set  them  of_to  Joyn  with  part  of  Arundel  as  a 
Parrish  in  order  to  Settle  the  Gosple  amongst  them  thay 
Liveing  at  a  grate  Distance  from  the  Publick  Worship 
3'y  the  Parrish  to  begin  at  the  Mouth  of  Mousom  River  and 
so  to  Run  back  on  a  North  West  Line  to  the  head  of  the 
Town 

Voted  that  twenty  Pounds  old  tener  be  allowed  to  the 
Inhabitants  Liveing  betwen  Kenebunk  and  Mousom  Rivers 
toward  the  Defraying  the  Charge  of  Preaching  among  them 
the  winter  season  Novem  1746. 


Warrant  March  1746/7 
And  also  to  Consider  what  to  alow  the  Inhabitants  Liveing 
betwen  the  Rivers  of  Mousom  and  Kenebunk  toward  their 
Charge  of  Supporting  the  Gosple  among  them   the  winter 

29 


450  DOOTTMKNTARY   HISTORY 

season  agreable  to  a  petition  of  teen  of  the  freeholders  of  the 
Town  of  Wells  Liveing  betwen  s''  Rivers 

Voted  that  Thirty  Pounds  old  tener  be  alowed  to  the 
Inhabitants  of  Kenebunk  toward  the  Defraying  of  the  Charge 
of  Preaching  among  them  the  winter  season  March  1746/7 

Warrant  March  1747/8 
8'y  To  Do  what  may  be  thought  proper  in  answer  to  a  Peti- 
tion of  a  Number  of  the  Inhabitants  Liveing  betwen  Mousom 
and  Kenebunk  Rivers  I'y  to  See  what  the  Tov/n  will  alow 
them  toward  the  Support  of  the  Gosple  among  them  the 
winter  past  2^^  to  see  whether  thay  will  give  them  aney 
thing  toward  Building  a  Meeting  House  and  If  not  whether 
thay  will  Grant  them  Liberty  to  build  one  among  them  selves 
3'y  to  see  whether  the  Town  will  sect  them  of  In  order  for 
the  Settlement  of  the  Gosple  amongst  them. 

Voted  that  fifty  Pounds  old  tener  be  alowed  to  tlie  Inhab- 
itants of  Kenebunk  toward  Defraying  the  Charge  of  Preach- 
ing among  them  the  winter  season  March  1747/8 

Warrant  March  1748/9 
5'y  To  see  what  the  Town  will  Do  in  answer  to  a  Petition  of 
a  Number  of  the  Inhabitants  Liveing  in  Wells  Betwen  Kene- 
bunk River  and  Mousom  River 

l^y  to  see  what  the  town  will  alow  them  towards  the  Support 
of  the  Gosple  among  them  the  last  winter  2'^  to  Se  whether 
the  town  will  sect  them  of  according  to  their  petition  Dated 
Kenebunk  in  Wells  feb^  25*^  1748/9 

Voted  that  Sixty  Pounds  old  tener  be  alowd  to  the  Inhab- 
itants of  Kenebunk  toward  the  Defraying  the  Charge  of 
preaching  among  them  the  winter  season.      March  1748/9 

Taken  out  of  Wells  Town  Book 

Examined  g  Nath'  Wells  Town  Clerk 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  451 

Letter  Sec'^y  Willard  to  Stroud  Esq. 

Boston  March  15,  1748/9 
Sir 

A  Discovery  having  been  lately  made  of  a  Gang  of  Villains 
in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut  who  have  made  a  great  Quan- 
tity of  Counterfeit  Bills  in  Imitation  of  the  Bills  of  Credit  of 
this  Province  and  the  said  Colony  of  Connecticut ;  Many  of 
which  liave  been  uttered  by  some  of  the  Accomplices  in  this 
Province ;  And  it  being  strongly  suspected  that  some  of  the 
said  Bills  are  carried  into  the  Province  of  Main_  &  particu- 
larlv  to  the  Town  of  Scarboro  to  be  put  off  among  the  Inhab- 
itants there ;  I  am  directed  by  the  Govern'  &  Council  to 
inform  you  hereof  &  to  signify  their  Pleasure  that  you  forth- 
with use  your  utmost  endeavours  for  finding  out  &  appre- 
hending all  Persons  that  may  be  concerned  in  making  pass- 
ing or  uttering  the  said  Bills  who  may  be  in  your  County 
that  so  they  may  be  proceeded  against  according  to  Law,  as 
also  to  give  the  People  warning  lest  they  be  cheated  and 
imposed  upon  by  the  said  Counterfeit  Bills  Which  are  in 
Imitation  of  the  X3.  &  £1  Bills  of  Connecticut  &  10/  of  this 
Province  all  new  Tenor;  One  of  each  I  herewith  inclose. 
And  for  the  better  discovering  these  Counterfeit  Bills  You 
may  observe  among  other  Distinctions  from  the  true  Bills, 
this  remarkable  one,  The  Printing  on  the  Back  is  not  by 
Types  (  as  in  the  true  Bill )  but  from  a  Plate  which  is  easily 
perceived  by  the  Smoothness  on  the  Face  as  well  as  the  Back 
of  the  Bill,  it  being  otherwise  on  the  true  Bill.  You  must 
get  all  the  Assistance  you  find  necessary  from  other  Justices 
in  your  neighbourhood  in  this  Affair 

I  am  Sir  Your  most  humble  Servant 

J  Willard 
P.  S.     There  is  one  Rob'  Henry  gone  to  Scarboro  who  it  is 
said,  shew'd  some  of  these  Counterfiet  Bills,  &  is  vehemently 
suspected,  being  Brother  in  Law  to  Briant  who  has  confessed 


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his  being  guilty ;  &  there  is  one  Smith  who  is  likewise  sus- 
pected ;  It  is  thought  best  you  sh*^  examine  them  as  soon  as 
may  be. 


The  Estate  of  Mary  Smith  to  the  Town  of  Wells  Dr 

for  her  Self  &  Children 

1732     To  Keeping  EHz*  Smith 

bv  Peter  Rich  .£13  10     7 


1733 
1734 


1735 


1736 

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March  5,  1736/7 

1737/8 


1738 


1739 


1739/40 


Nov.  13  1741 
To  Nov' 13  1742 


To  Ditto  for  Eliz* 

To  Peter  Rich  Towards  Eliz* 

To  Peter  Rich 

To  Peter  Rich 

To  Peter  Rich  for  Eliz^  Smith 

To  Peter  Rich  for  Eliz^  Smith 

To  Peter  Rich  for  Eliz*^  Smith 

To  Peter  Rich  for  Eliz^  Smith 

To  Sundries  beding  Clothing  &c  15 

To  George  Jacobs  for  Margret 

Smith 
To  Peter  Rich  for  Eliz^  Smith 
To  George  Jacobs  for  Margret 

Sm_  03 

To  Zachariah  Goodale  for  Mar- 
gret 12 
To  Peter  Rich  for  Ehz"  Smith    27 

To  beding  for  Eliz^  Smith  01 

To  Peter  Rich  for  EHz*  Smith  22 
To  M"  Dalzell  for  Eliz^  Smith  01 
To  Zachariah  Goodale  for  Mar- 
gret 31 
To  Sundries  burying  Eliz*  Smith  04 
To  M'  Fran«  Littlefield  for  Mar- 
gret 26 


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OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  453 

Dec'  16  1743     To  M'  Fra"  Littlefield  for  Mar- 

gret  30  00     0 
To  Joseph  Sayer  Esq' Clothing 

for  Margret  05  00     0 

1746     To  Moses  Stevens  for  Margret  15  00     0 
1744/5     To  Mrs  Hannah  Littlefield  for 

Margret  35  00     0 


The  Estate  of  Mary  Smith  by  the  Town  of  Wells 

1733     by  a  note  of  hand  of  Sam"  Stewart 

1737 
o  1  ^Qo     by  Cheney  Kimbal  &  others 

1739     by  John  Wheelwright  Esq' 

1739/40     by  a  note  of  hand  paid  by  Sam"  Emery 

1742     by  a  note  of  hand  paid  by  Sam"  Emery 

'66  10     0 
Errors  Excepted 

jp  John  Storer  Town  Treasurer 


Message. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Council  &  House  of  Represent^'^* 

Duiing  the  Recess  of  the  Court  I  received  an  Account  of 
the  Designs  of  the  French  to  make  Settlements  in  the  coun- 
trey  between  Crown  Point  &  our  Western  Frontiers ;  Which 
I  shall  lay  before  you.  If  the  French  should  be  permitted  to 
carry  this  Design  into  Execution,  In  all  Probability  it  will 
prove  of  fatal  Consequence  to  all  the  English  Plantations  in 
North  America ;  and  therefore  I  have  thought  it  proper  to 
inform  the  Neighbouring  Governors  as  far  as  Pensilvania  of 
this  Affair,  That  they  may  Consider  what  Measures  may  be 
taken  by  these  Colonies  for  their  Security  against  the 
Encroachments  of  so  dangerous  a  Neighbour.     I  also  thought 


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it  my  Duty  to  give  the  earliest  Intelligence  to  his  Majestys 
Ministers  of  this  Matter  &  have  shewn  them  how  much  his 
Majestys  Rights  &  Interests  as  well  as  the  Safety  of  these 
Colonies  will  be  affected  if  this  Design  should  [  be  carried 
out],  That  so  1  may  be  instructed  how  to  act  in  such  a  Case. 

By  my  last  Advices  from  Cpt  Bradbury  Commander  of  the 
Fort  at  S*  Georges  River  that  the  Indians  are  still  disposed 
to  Peace,  &  are  desirous  that  some  of  their  Chiefs  should 
treat  with  me  here  for  that  Purpose,  and  I  shall  therefore 
order  Cp*  Saunders  who  will  sail  from  hence  in  a  few  days 
to  bring  some  of  them  up  hither  at  his  Return. 

In  both  these  important  Affairs  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  the 
advice  of  the  two  Houses  as  Occurrences  may  Require. 
Council  Chamber  Aprill  6*^  1749  W  Shirley 

In  the  House  of  Rep^*»  April  7.  1749 

Read  and  Ordered  that  M'  Speaker  CoP  Choate  Col°  Heath 
CoP  Otis  and  CoP  Miller  with  such  as  the  Hon^^®  Board  shall 
Joyn  be  a  Comm^^  to  take  His  Excellencys  above  message 
under  consideration,  and  report  what  they  Judge  proper  for 
this  Court  to  Act  thereon. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council  April  7,  1749.     Read  &  Concurd  &  Samuel 

Welles,  Sam'  Danforth,  John  Quincy  &  John  Chandler  Esq" 

are  join'd  in  the  Affair 

J  Willard  Secry 

Report  accepted. 

In  Council  April  14.  1749  Read  &  Ordered  that  this 
Report  be  and  hereby  is  accepted,  And  the  Town  of  Berwick 
is  divided  into  two  distinct  &  seperate  Precincts  accordingly, 
to  do  duty  &  receive  Privilege  as  other  Precincts  within  this 
Province  do,  or  by  Law  ought  to  enjoy. 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  455 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  April  18.  1749 

Head  and  Concur'd  T.  Hutchinson  Spkr 

Consented  to,  W  Shirley 


Petition  of  inhabitants  of  Welh  ^  Arundel. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq""  Cap*  Gener^  and 

Govern""  in  chief  in  and  over  His  Majesty's  Province  of 

the  Massachusetts  Bay  The  Hon^^®  his  Majesty's  Council 

&  The  Hon^^*  House  of  Representatives  in  Gener^  Court 

Assemb<^  April  5"^  1749  ~ 

The  Inhabitants  of  that  part  of  the  Town  of  Wells  which 

Live  at  the  place  called  Kennebunk  consisting  of  about  Thirty 

Families  and  those  of  the  Town  of  Arrundel  who  Live  upon 

the  West  side  of  Goff's  Brook  or  Middle  River  so  called  in 

Arrundell  next  Wells  consisting  of  about  Twenty  Families  ~ 

Most  Humbly  Shew 

That  from  their  first  settlement  of  those  places  they  have 
Laboured  under  the  Greatest  Difficulties  in  attending  the 
Publick  Worship  of  God  in  the  Stated  places  of  the  said 
Towns  in  respect  to  the  great  Distance  they  severally  Live 
from  the  same  viz*  those  of  Arrundell  Four  and  Six  Miles 
And  those  of  Wells  some  Eight  or  Nine  Miles  and  the  nearest 
Six  Miles  and  the  Difficulty  also  of  Wading  Two  Rivers 
Mousam  &  the  Little  River  which  if  the  Tide  be  up  must 
Travel  round  Thirteen  Miles  by  reason  of  which  their  chil- 
dren especially  those  in  their  Youth  have  not  the  Advantage 
of  that  Teaching  &  Instruction  of  Gods  Word  Preach*^  which 
is  so  necessary  to  their  well  being  And  their  Wives  m  great 
measure  viz*  most  of  the  Year  depriv'd  also  of  that  Enestim- 
able  Priviledge  —  For  the  redress  of  which  they  have  Erected 
a  Meeting   House  by  a  Liberal  Contribution  among  them- 


456  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

selves  and  in  the  same  manner  Supported  Preaching  &c  in 
the  Winter  Seasons  for  this  six  Years  last  past  —  Notwith- 
standing which  they  pay  their  Proportionable  part  of  the 
Taxes  to  the  several  Ministers  of  the  said  Towns  which  now 
in  their  Infant  Setlement  much  discourages  Oppresses  & 
Burthens  them  &  which  if  they  were  relieved  of  and  set  off 
as  a  Distinct  Parish  they  Humbly  conceive  and  hope  by  the 
Blessing  of  God  on  their  Endeavours  to  be  Able  comfortable 
And  constantly  to  Support  a  Minister  among  them  selves  — 
Wherefore  Your  Petitioners  Most  Humbly  pray  This  Hon^^® 
Court's  Compassion  And  consideration  of  the  Premisses  and 
of  their  Wisdom  and  known  Paternal  Affection  &  Care  Grant 
and  Order  them  a  Distinct  Parish  by  these  Meets  and  Bounds 
viz*  the  Western  Bounds  to  begin  at  the  Mouth  of  Mousam 
River  by  the  Sea  and  to  run  up  North  West  to  the  Extent  of 
the  Bounds  of  Wells  Township  And  the  Eastermost  Bounds 
to  begin  at  the  Mouth  of  Kennebunk  River  which  is  the 
Bounds  between  the  Two  Townships  &  so  to  run  up  by  the 
8*^  River  till  it  comes  opposite  to  the  Mouth  of  Goffs  Brook 
or  Middle  River  so  called  in  Arrundell  aforesaid  where  it 
empts  it  self  into  the  Kennebunk  River  and  to  run  from  the 
Mouth  of  the  s*^  Brook  or  river  into  the  said  Town  of  Arrun- 
dell as  the  said  Brook  or  River  runs  or  by  such  other  Meets 
and  Bounds  as  this  Hon^^^  Court  in  their  Wisdom  shall  think 
fit 

And  Your  Petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray 
Phillip  Dorrel  Stephen  Webber         John  Webber 

Jacob  Curtis  Jonathan  Webber      John  Mitchell 

Joshua  Walker         John  Webber  Jur      Rich*^  Boothby 

his  his 

John  Sinkler  John  /\  Burkes  Jaems  M  Waakefeld 

his  mark  mark 

Banjman  S  Goodon  John  Wakfield  Juny  John  Wakfeld 

mark  bis 

Jhm^®  hil  Richard  thoson  lacebod  3  Cussens 

his  mark 

Charls  X  wchit         Thomas  Cusens  Nathaniel  Kimball 

mark 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  467 

John  X  Pilasen         Joseph  Cussens  Richard  Khnball 

Jonathan  Thomson  Jeridiah  Wakfield      Jesse  Town 
Joseph  Credifor        Thomas  Tonne  Samuel  Shackley 

Benj*  Downing       Ichabod  J  Cosens  Juner  John  Gillpatrick 

mark 

John  Durrele  Joseph  Town  James  Gillpatrick 

Benj*  Durrill  Benj*  Coussens       John  Gillpatrick  juner 

his 

Benjamin  Lord         Mathew  V  Lesuse       Thomas  Kimball 

mark 

Robert  Patten  John  Maddock  James  Ross 

James  Burnham       Joseph  Wormwood    John  Culland 

bis 

John  Merrill  Stephen  Larabe       Nathaniel  <  Wakfield 

mark 

Samuel  Littlefeild 
Gilbert  Wakfild 

The  Subscribers  in  the  two  right  Hand  Columns  belong  to 
the  Town  of  Wells  the  other  to  Arrundell 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  April  15. 1749  Read  and  Ordered 
that  the  Pet"  serve  the  Towns  of  Wells  and  Arundell  wdth 
copys  of  this  Pet"  that  they  shew  cause  if  any  they  have  on 
the  first  fryday  of  the  next  May  Session  why  the  Prayer 
thereof  should  not  be  granted. 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  T  Hutchinson  Spkr 

In  Council,  April  15.  1749 ;  Read  &  Concur'd 

J  Willard  Secry 

In  Council  June  3.  1749 

Read  again  with  the  answers  of  the  Towns  of  Wells  & 
Arundel ;  And  the  Matter  being  fully  considered 

Ordered  that  the  Petition  be  dismiss'd 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  J  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep^««  June  9.  1749 

Read  and  Concur'd  Joseph  D wight  Spkr 

Consented  to  W  Shirley 


458  DOCtJIVrENTARY   HISTORY 

"  Answer  of  the  two  Houses  to  his  Ex^y'^  Message  of  the  6^''- 
Inst.     April  19,  1749.  " 

May  it  please  Your  Excellency. 

The  two  Houses  have  carefully  considered  your  Message  of 
the  6'^  Ins^  &  observe  with  great  satisfaction,  your  Care  of 
his  Majestys  Interest  &  subjects  in  North  America  and  fully 
concur  with  your  Excellency  in  your  apprehensions  from  the 
french  encroachments  at  Crown  point,  we  think  it  a  very 
wise  &  Just  step,  that  the  Neighbouring  Governm'*  have 
been  inform'd  of  this  Couion  danger ;  and  we  very  much 
rejoyce  that  your  Excellency  has  apprized  his  Majestys  Min- 
isters of  this  french  Management  and  are  hitirely  of  your 
Excellency's  opmion,  that  his  Majestys  subjects  &  Interest 
m  North  America  are  greatly  indangered  by  this  insolent 
intrusion,  And  we  beg  leave  to  move  to  your  Excellency,  to 
represent  to  his  Majesty  how  absolutely  necessary  it  is  that 
some  strong  fortress  should  be  Erected  and  Maintained  by 
his  Majesty,  as  near  as  may  be  to  Crown  point  fort,  as  well 
to  prevent  the  farther  incroachment  of  the  french  in  time  of 
peace  and  to  cover  any  settlements  which  may  be  made  here- 
after on  the  lands  in  those  parts  belonging  to  the  Crown  as 
to  Curb  &  check  the  french  if  there  should  happen  to  be  a 
war,  and  his  Majestys  subjects  have  the  greatest  reason  to  be 
concerned  at  their  danger  here  westward,  because  of  our 
exposed  state  to  the  Eastward  upon  giving  up  Cape  Breton 
to  the  french,  It  is  notorious,  that  the  whole  Province  of 
Nova  Scotia  are  in  the  french  Interest,  except  a  Small  num- 
ber in  the  Garrison  of  Amiapolis,  we  cannot  therefore  but 
apprehend  that  his  Majesty's  subjects  &  Interest,  that  way, 
will  be  in  the  utmost  Danger  of  being  lost  &  destroyed,  if 
some  strong  fort  or  place  of  security  &  defence  be  not  also 
built  at  Chebucto,  or  some  where  near  Louisburgh,  And  y*  the 
Prov.  of  N.  Scotia  be  sufficiently  fortified  &  peopled  with  good 
Protest*  subjects  to  Curb  our  Enemys  on  that  side  encourage 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  469 

&  animate  those  who  adhere  heartily  to  his  Majesty's  Interest, 
&  intimidate  our  false  &  most  dangerous  friends. 

The  Two  Houses  have  also  considered  the  application  of 
the  Eastern  Indians  for  peace,  and  We  are  glad,  the  treaty  is 
propos'd  to  be  at  Boston.  We  apprehend  it  not  for  the 
Hon'  of  the  Province  that  the  treaty  sh'^  be  at  the  Eastward 
&  when  it  has  been  so  we  have  always  been  Expos'd  to  much 
expense  by  it,  However  as  it  is  probable,  the  Indians  will 
scarcely  be  arriv'd  here,  before  the  Session  of  the  Great  & 
General  Court  in  May  next,  we  apprehend  it  unnecessary  for 
the  two  houses  to  be  more  particular  at  this  time. 

In  Council  April  18;  Read  &  Ordered  that  this  Report' be 
accepted  as  an  answer  to  his  Excellencys  Message  of  the 
sixth  Instant,  &  that  Sir  William  Pepperil  with  such  as  shall 
be  joined  by  the  Hon^^*  House  of  Represent''*'*  be  a  Committee 
to  wait  on  his  Excellency  with  a  fair  draught  thereof.  Sent 
down  for  Concurrence.  J.  Willard  Secry 

In  the  House  of  Rep*^««  April  18,  1749. 

Read  and  Concur'd  and  Col°  Richards  and  CoP  Miller 
are  Joined  m  the  Affair.  T  Hutchinson 


Petition  of  inhabitants  of  Merriconeag  and  Islands  adjacent  in 
North  Yarmouth. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq'  Governour 

of   the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 

England. 

To    the    Honourable   His   Majesties   Council,   And    The 

Honourable   House   of   Representatives,    in    General   Court 

assembled. 

We  the  Subscribers  inhabitants  of  the  neck  of  Land 
Called  Merriconeag  and  the  Islands  adjacent  lying  in  the 
Township  of  North  Yarmouth,  Being  sensible  that  we  are 


460  DOCUMENT AEY   HISTORY 

required  by  the  Laws  of  God  and  this  Province  to  attend  on 
the  Pubhck  Worship  of  God  on  the  Lords  Day  and  Enjoy 
the  Priviledges  of  the  Gospell :  Not  being  able  with  any 
Convenience  to  give  our  attendance  at  the  stated  Place  of 
Worship  in  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  or  in  any  neigh- 
bouring Town  by  reason  of  our  great  distance  from  them 
both  by  Land  and  Water,  the  most  of  us  living  more  than 
ten  Miles  from  any  stated  place  of  Worship  And  on  this 
account  We  are  Deprived  in  a  great  measure  of  Enjoying  the 
Priviledges  of  the  Gospel;  and  being  Desirous  to  Support 
the  Gospell  among  our  selves  at  a  place  where  we  have 
unanimously  tho't  it  proper  to  attend  it,  and  not  being  able 
to  Effect  this  of  our  selves :  We  have  petition'd  to  the  town 
of  North  Yarmouth  to  Vote  us  to  be  a  Distinct  and  seperate 
Precinct,  with  all  that  tract  of  Land  called  Merriconeag 
Neck  and  the  Islands  adjacent  lying  within  two  Miles  West- 
ward of  the  afores**  neck  and  all  the  Islands  and  Main  land 
lying  Eastward  of  the  s**  neck  in  the  Township  of  North 
Yarmouth  afores*^  The  Prayer  of  the  petition  was  granted 
at  the  annual  Town  meeting.  The  Coppy  of  the  vote  will 
be  laid  before  the  Honourable  Court :  and  still  not  enjoying 
the  Priviledges  of  a  Distinct  Precinct. 

We  Humbly  request  of  your  Excellency  and  the  Hon"' 
Court  to  invest  us  with  all  the  Powers  and  Priviledges  of  a 
distinct  and  seperate  precinct  in  concurrance  with  the  vote 
of  the  Town  of  North  Yarmouth  af ores^ . 

Gentlemen 

We  the  subscribers  belonging  to  merriconeag  &  y®  Islands 
adjacent  by  reason  of  the  inhabitants  of  a  tract  of  land  Called 
the  Gore  lying  between  the  Towns  of  North  Yarmouth  and 
Brunswick  being  a  part  of  Merriconeag  Neck  afores**  and  part 
of  an  Island  on  the  Easterly  side  of  the  s^  Neck  called  great 
Chebeschodegan  being  able  to  attend  the  publick  Worship  at 
Merriconeag  with  much  more  Convenience  than  where  there 


OF  THE  STATE  OF   MAINE  461 

is  any  stated  place  of  Worship  and  we  standing  in  more  need 
of  their  help  than  any  Town  or  Precinct  adjoining,  do  further 
Humbly  request  of  your  Excellency  and  the  Honourable 
Court  to  grant  them  to  be  adjoined  to  us  and  in  a  Precinct 
with  us,  with  all  that  Tract  of  Land  called  the  Gore  Between 
the  Towns  of  North  Yarmouth  and  Brunswick  afores**  The 
inhabitants  of  the  s**  Gore  joining  with  us  in  our  request. 

Gentlemen  // 

Your  granting  the  above  Petitions  we  shall  esteem  a  most 
tender  regard  for  our  spiritual  good  and  shall  always  sub- 
scribe our  selves  your  Humble  and  most  obedient  servants. 
Merriconeag  May  3^*^  1749 

John  Stover  James  Alexander       Wait  Webber 

Timothy  Baily        Abiah  Cobb  Elisha  Allen 

William  tarr  William  Alexander    nathal  Bams 

Robarts  Wats         John  Mathews  Patrick  Phelan 

Joshua  Cromwell  William  Weeks  Caleb  Curtis 

Richard  Hays         Edward  Cunningham  William  Magrat 
William  Black        Thomas  Heagarty       William  Black  Junior 
Benjimen  Webber  Joanthen  Webb  Beniaman  barns 

Seth  Toothaker      Sam"  Winchell  Alexander  Willson 

John  Phelan  James  Doyle 

In  all  29 


Gov^   Shirley  to  3Iarqui8  la  Galissoniere 

Boston  May  9.  1749. 
Sir, 

Two  days  ago  I  received  from  M*  Mascarene  a  Copy  of 

your  Letter  to  him,  dated  at  Quebec  15*^  January,  wherein 

(  among  other  Demands  )  you  call  upon  him  to  acquaint  you 

whether  he  intends  to  comprehend  the  Abenaqui  Indians  in 

the  Peace,  without  requiring  any  kind  of  Submission  from 


462  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

e'm,  and  desire  that  in  such  case  he  would  engage  me  to  let 
e'm  resettle  in  their  Village,  and  their  Missionaries  remain 
there  with  e'm  unmolested,  as  they  did  before  the  War; 
observing  to  him  that  those  Indians  enter'd  into  the  War, 
only  as  your  Allies  and  therefore,  when  the  War  was  finished 
with  you,  it  ought  to  be  so  with  regard  to  them ;  and  You 
Proceed  to  say,  Sir,  that  if  they  thought  otherwise  in  New 
England,  You  shall  be  Obliged  to  Assist  those  Indians, 
intimating  that  it  is  of  importance  to  the  safety,  and  Tran- 
quillity of  the  Frontiers  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  that  you 
should  have  a  speedy  and  Positive  Answer,  and  that  you 
shall  not  be  surpriz'd,  if  the  Indians  should  proceed  to  Acts 
of  Violence 

To  this,  Sir,  which  is  the  fourth  Demand  in  your  letter, 
M''  Mascarene  having  referr'd  you  to  me  upon  it,  I  shall  com- 
ply with  your  request  in  giving  as  speedy  and  Positive  an 
Answer,  as  may  be. 

The  Village  of  the  Abenaqui  Indians  by  which  I  at 
present  understand  only  those,  who  are  seated  on  S*  John 
River  has  been  ever  deem'd  by  the  English  to  be  situated 
within  the  heart  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  consequently  that  Tribe 
of  Indians,  together  ^\'ith  the  French  Inhabitants  upon  the 
same  River  to  be  Resident  within  his  Majesty's  Territories  ; 
and  accordingly,  Sir,  the  latter  have  acknowledged  them- 
selves, ever  since  the  Treaty  of  Utrecht,  to  be  Subjects  of  the 
Crown  of  Great  Britain,  by  taking  the  Oaths  of  Fidelity  and 
Allegiance  to  it ;  and  have  had  the  protection  of  his  Majesty's 
Government  in  common  with  his  other  Subjects  in  that 
Province.  This  being  the  case;  these  Indians,  when  the 
advice  of  a  Rupture  between  his  Majesty,  and  the  King  your 
Master  was  hourly  expected,  under  the  pretext  of  sending  a 
Deputation  to  M"^  Mascarene  to  desire  that  they  might 
remam  in  Peace  &  Amity  with  the  English,  notwithstanding 
War  should  happen  between  the  two  Crowns,  gain'd  Admis- 


OF   THE    STATE    OF   MAINE  463 

sion  into  Annapolis  Royal  for  some  of  their  Tribe,  who  were 
in  reality  (  as  it  afterward  prov'd  )  spies ;  and  having  obtain'd 
M''  Masoarene's  Agreement  to  what  they  pretended  to  pro- 
pose in  behalf  of  their  Tribe,  and  being  honourably  treated 
and  dismiss'd  by  him,  retnrn'd  in  three  Weeks  after,  among 
others  of  their  Tribe  with  their  Missonary  DeLoutre  at  their 
head,  Surpriz'd  and  killed  as  many  of  the  English  at 
Annapolis  Royal,  as  they  caught  without  the  fort,  destroyed 
their  cattle,  burn'd  their  houses,  and  continued  their  Acts  of 
Hostility  against  the  Garrison  'till  the  arrival  of  two  of  the 
four  first  Companies,  I  sent  from  New  England,  for  the 
Reinforcement  of  it ;  such  was  the  entrance  of  these  Indians, 
Sir,  into  the  War  with  us,  and  their  Alliance  with  you. 

For  this  Perfidious  behaviour  I  caused  War  to  be  Declared 
in  his  Majesty's  name  against  these  Indians  at  Boston  in 
November  1744,  and,  so  far  as  it  depends  on  me,  they  shall 
not  be  admitted.  Sir,  to  Terms  of  Peace  till  they  have  made 
a  proper  Submission  [  To  His  Majesty's  Government  ]  for  their 
Treachery  ;  unless  they  should  be  already  comprehended  in  the 
Definitive  Treaty  of  Peace  and  Friendship,  lately  concluded  at 
Aix  la  Chapelle,  which  I  shall  on  my  part  strictly  observe  on 
every  Point. 

As  to  what  you  have  thought  fit.  Sir,  to  declare  in  Your 
letter  concerning  your  intentions  to  support  the  Indians  in 
Acts  of  Hostility  against  us,  unless  we  give  e'm  Peace  upon 
the  Terms  there  prescribed  by  you,  and  the  Danger,  the 
Frontiers  of  the  Massachusetts  bay  in  particular  may  be  in ; 
unless  you  have  a  speedy  and  positive  answer  upon  this 
head ;  What  I  have  to  say  in  Answer  is,  that  I  shall  be  sorry 
for  a  new  Rupture  between  us,  and  am  very  desirous  to  have 
perfect  tranquillity  restored  to  the  province  under  my  Gov- 
ernment ;  but  if  the  latter  is  not  to  be  the  case,  and  you 
think  fit  to  make  yourself  a  party  in  an  Indian  War  against 
us  ;  I  doubt  not,  but  his  Majestys  Subjects  upon  this  con- 


464  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

tinent  will  be  able  to  make  just  Reprizals  upon  Canada,  when 
it  shall  be  his  majesty's  Pleasure  to  have  e'm  do  it. 

I  can't  avoid  now,  Sir,  expressing  great  Surprize  at  the 
other  parts  of  your  letter,  whereby  you  take  upon  you  to  call 
M*'  Mascarene  to  account  for  expelling  the  Missionary  from 
Minas,  for  being  guilty  of  such  treasonable  Practices  within 
his  Majesty's  Government,  as  merited  a  much  severer  punish- 
ment, than  that  of  Expulsion  from  the  Province. 

The  Right  you  claim,  Sir,  of  sending  missionaries  from 
France  to  reside  among  his  majesty's  Subjects  of  Nova  Scotia 
as  their  Priests,  and,  in  consequence  of  that,  Your  forbidding 
his  majesty's  Governour  to  make  any  Alteration  in  the  State 
of  Religion  and  its  Ministers  there  is  still  more  extraordin- 
ary ;  and  I  must  not  omit  on  this  Occasion  to  remark  to  you, 
that  I  think  the  letter,  which  the  Bishop  of  Quebec  lately 
wrote  to  M''  Mascarene  concerning  his  intended  Visitation  of 
his  majestys  Subjects  in  that  Government,  in  such  Terms,  as 
shew'd,  he  looks  upon  e'm  as  part  of  his  cure  of  Souls,  and 
within  his  Jurisdiction,  was  likewise  an  extraordinary  Attempt 
and  can't  be  Admitted.  Your  interfering.  Sir,  in  his  maj- 
esty's punishment  of  his  Subjects  in  Nova  Scotia  inflicted 
for  Rebellious  and  Treasonable  Practices  against  his  crown, 
and  he  requiring  others  of  them  to  Renew  their  Oaths  of 
Fidelity ;  and,  in  one  word,  your  treating  the  Subjects  of  the 
crown  of  Great  Britain  in  that  Province,  as  if  you  look'd 
upon  e'm  as  Subjects  of  his  most  Christian  Majesty,  and  being 
imder  his  Allegiance,  is,  if  Possible,  still  more  surprizing; 
and  as  these  Attempts  are  manifest  Invasions  of  the 
undoubted  Right,  which  every  Prince  has  over  his  Subjects : 
I  can't  but  look  upon  e'm  as  Insults  upon  his  majesty's  Gov- 
ernment, which  require  no  further  Answer. 

After  these  Attempts,  Sir,  upon  his  Majesty's  Right  of 
Government  over  his  Subjects  in  Nova  Scotia,  I  am  less 
surprized   at  Your  Encroachments    upon    the   limits    of   his 


OF   THE   STATE   OF   MAINE  465 

Province,  which  you  are  pleas'd  to  call  in  your  letter 
Dependencies  of  the  Government  of  Canada. 

As  to  your  Demand  for  the  release  of  the  two  Indians 
carry'd  off  by  Cap*  Gorham,  I  can't  allow,  Sir,  that  you  have 
a  right  to  interpose  in  that  Affair;  and  M'  Gorham  has 
satisfy'd  me  that  he  committed  no  breach  of  Publick  faith  in 
doing  it. 

I  can't  conclude  without  making  use  of  this  opportunity  to 
acquaint  you,  Sir,  that  we  look  upon  Fort  S*  Frederic  at 
Crown  Point  as  an  Encroachment  upon  his  majestys  Terri- 
tories ;  and  in  case  you  proceed  to  settle  the  Country  round 
it,  shall  Esteem  those  settlements  so  too,  unless  that  Tract 
has  been  ceded  to  you  by  the  late  Definitive  Treaty  at  Aix 
la  Chappelle. 

I  am  sorry.  Sir,  that  the  first  fruits  of  y*  Peace  on  Your 
part  have  so  unpromising  an  Aspect ;  and  beg  you  will  be 
perswaded  that  nothing  shall  be  wanting  in  me  to  preserve 
that  right  understanding,  which  subsisted  between  us  during 
the  War,  having  the  honour  to  be  with  the  most  perfect 
regard,  Sir,  Your  most  humble,  and  most  Obedient  Servant 

W.  Shirlev 


Petition  of  the  Selectmen  of  Falmouth^  1749. 

Province  of  the  Massechusets  Bay 

To  his  Excelency  William  Shirly  Esq'  Commander  in 
Chief  of  his  Majestyes  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay, 
The  Honorable  his  Majestyes  Councel,  and  the  Honorable 
House  of  Representetives  In  General  Court  Assembled  May, 
1749 

The  Petition  of  the  Subscribers  Selectmen  of  The  town  of 
Falmouth  Humbly  Sheweth,  That  In  or  about  the  year  1734 
By  the  Interest  of  Thomas  Westbrok  Esq""  late  of  Falmouth 

30 


466  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Decs^  there  was  a  bridge  Erected  over  fore  River  In  said 
Town  In  length  640  feet  with  a  Casway  at  Each  End  of  said 
bridge,  In  length  70  feet,  on  or  about  y®  year  1788  by  the 
force  of  The  tide  and  Ice  a  great  part  of  s^  Bridge  was 
Broaken  up,  the  Repairs  of  Which  amounted  to  upwards  of 
300  Pounds  old  Tener,  and  In  the  Several  Years  Since  the 
Repairs  have  amounted  to  Upward  of  2000  Pounds  old  Tener. 
Said  Town  have  made  application  to  the  Court  of  General 
Session  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of  York  for  their  assist- 
ance, In  the  Repairs  and  maintainace  of  s*^  Bridge,  But  have 
had  no  Relief;  other  Charges  of  s^  Town  Beaing  at  least 
Equal  In  Proportion  to  any  other  Town  In  the  government 
their  being  a  great  Number  of  large  Expensive  Bridges  in  s*^ 
town  Exclusive  of  s^^  Bridg :  Said  Bridge  being  Equal  to  If 
not  the  most  Expencive  Bridge  In  the  Government,  tlie 
Inhabitants  of  s**  Town  are  Not  abel  any  longer  to  bare  up 
under  said  Burthen,  therefore  Your  Petitioners  Humbly  Pray 
your  Excelency  and  Honours,  to  take  the  Same  Into  your 
Wise  Consideration,  and  order  the  County  of  York  to  Repair 
and  Maintain  the  Same  or  order  a  vote  on  s'^  Bridge,  or 
otherwise  Relieve  your  Petioners  as  you  In  your  wisdom 
Shall  see  meet. 

And  your  Petitioners  as  In  duty^Shall  Ever  Pray 
Falmouth  June  y^  14  1749      Ezekiel  Gushing     ~] 

John  Snow  I     Select 

I 
Joseph  Tompson       ^     ™^^ 

William  Cotton        i       ^^^ 

Christo  Strout         J  Falmouth 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Aug*  14*''  1749  read  and 
Ordered  that  the  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Sessions  for  the 
County  of  York  be  served  with  a  Copy  of  this  Pett"  that  he 
may  Notife  the  Justices  of  s*^  County  at  least  fourteen  Days 
before  the  Court  of  Sessions  meet,  that  they  shew  Cause  if 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  467 

any  they  have    on  the  2**  Wensday  of  the  next  sitting  of  this 
Court  why  the  Prayer  thereof  should  not  be  granted 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence  J  Dwight  Sp'''' 

In  Council:  Aug.  15.  1749     Read  &  Concurred 

J  Willard  Secry 
In  Council  Dec'  13  1749     Read  again  with  the  Answer  of 
the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of 
York,  and  the  Matter  being  fully  considered  Ordered  that 
this  Petition  be  dismiss'd 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence  Sam^  Holbrook  Dep  Secry 
In  the  House  of  Rep^'^*  Dec'  29,  1749  Read  and  Noncon- 
cur'd  and  Ordered  that  Col°  Otis  CoP  Heath  and  M'  Hubbard 
with  such  as  the  Hon^'®  Board  shall  appoint  be  a  Committee 
to  Consider  this  Pet''  and  Answer,  Hear  the  Parties,  and 
report  what  they  Judge  proper  for  this  Court  to  do  thereon 

Sent  up  for  concurrence  J  Dwight  Sp^' 

In  Council  Dec'  29  1749     Read  and  Concurr'd  and  Joseph 
Wilder  and  Samuel  Watts  Esq"^^  are  join'd  in  the  affair 

J  Willard  Secry 

At  a  Town  Meeting  Held  at  y®  Town  house  in  Falm*'' 
May  y«  22*^  1749 

M'  James  Gooding  Chosen  Moderator  for  s*^  Meeting 
Voted  the  Select  men  of  The  Town  of  Falmo'^  for  y*  time 
Being  Prefer  a  Petition  to  y^  Great  &  General  Court  to  Take 
into  there  wise  Consideration  the  Extreordenary  Charge  s** 
Town  is  Anuely  in  Maintaining  the  Great  Bridge  over  the 
fore  river  &  order  a  toll  on  s*^  Bridge  or  order  the  County  of 
York  to  support  &  Maintain  y*  s^  Bridge  or  some  other  way 
Ease  s*^  Town  of  the  Extreordenary  Expence  of  said  Bridge 
as  Thay  in  there  Wisdom  Think  Fit  — 

Recorded  g  Moses  Pearson  To  Cler 

A  True  Coppy  from  y^  second  Book  of  y^  Records  for  Fal- 
mouth page  248 

attest     Moses  Pearson  town  Clerk 


468  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Kenebunk  in  Wells  May  24.  1749 
Acco*of  our  Charge  for  Preaching  in  the  year  1743  £89  18  2 

Ditto  in  the  year  1744    128  

Ditto  in  the  year  1745    166     1  4 

Ditto  in  the  year  1746    132  

Ditto  in  the  year  1747    207  12  6 

Ditto  in  the  year  1748    275  

old  Tenou^^         £998  12  0 


Rec''  g  a  Vote  of  the  Town  of  Wells 

in  the  year  1743  £15 

Ditto                                        in  the  year  1744  20 

Ditto                                       in  the  year  1745  20 

Ditto                                        in  the  year  1746  30 

Ditto                                       in  the  year  1747  50 

Ditto                                         in  the  year  1748  60 


old  Tenour         £195 


Answer  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Arundel  to  the  Peti- 
tion of  Inhabitants  of  Wells  and  Arundel. 

To  his  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq''  Captain  General 
and  Govemour  in  chief  in  and  over  his  Majestys  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  The  Hon''^*  the  Council 
and  Hon^^^  House  of  Representatives  of  the  said  Prov- 
ince in  General  Court  Assembled  at  Boston  May  31, 
1749  — 
The  Answer  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Arundell 
to  the  petition  of  about  Thirty  Familys  belonging    to    the 
Eastern  part  of  Wells  and  about  twenty  familys  of  Arundel 
in  the  County  of  York  — 
Most  humbly  Shew 

That  as  to  the  Difficultys  mentioned  by  the  said  Twenty 
Familys  in  Attending  the  Publick  Worship  at  the  Meeting 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  469 

house  in  said  Town,  they  are  not  greater  nor  so  great  by  far 
as  people  Generally  undergo  in  other  Country  Towns  in  this 
Province  and  tho  the  aforesaid  Familys  in  the  Eastern  part 
of  Wells  in  order  to  be  set  off  plead  their  distance  and  the 
Difficultys  of  Wading  two  Rivers  to  get  to  their  Meeting 
house  our  Familys  have  no  such  difficultys  no  River  between 
them  and  the  Meeting  house  erected  in  Arundel,  nor  are  they 
at  a  greater  distance  from  it  than  many  other  Familys  in  said 
Town,  they  being  one  with  another  about  four  Miles  or  a 
little  more  from  the  Meeting  house  as  Your  Respond**  find 
by  Measuring  with  a  Good  and  LawfuU  Chain,  while  people 
in  other  Towns  go  much  further  as  in  York  Wells  Biddeford 
and  every  Town  in  the  County  of  York  that  your  Respond*' 
know  of  So  that  they  have  not  as  your  Respond*'  humbly 
Conceive  any  Reason  to  be  Dismiss'd  on  Account  of  their 
Distance  or  Difficultys  they  having  no  River  to  Wade  but  a 
good  fair  and  Open  Road  no  ways  Incumbred  Neither  with 
Gates  nor  barrs  Moreover  as  the  said  Town  of  Arundell  is 
but  very  Small  as  to  their  Inhabitants  and  of  but  Slender 
Abilitys  as  by  the  valuation  Given  to  this  Great  and  Hon^^® 
Court  will  fully  Appear,  instead  of  parting  with  the  said 
Twenty  Familys  which  would  Reduce  the  Old  Parish  to  but 
forty  Familys  and  among  them  many  in  very  poor  and  low 
Circumstances  Scare  able  Comfortably  to  Support  themselves 
much  less  to  bear  any  considerable  part  in  the  necessary 
Charges  of  a  Parish  Your  Respond*'  apprehend  they  need 
Rather  to  have  the  said  Thirty  familys  annexed  to  them  than 
twenty  familys  taken  of  to  make  a  Parish  for  them  Further- 
more your  Respond*'  beg  leave  to  Inform  your  Excellency 
and  Honours  that  the  Parish  hne  petitioned  for  if  Granted 
will  take  off  full  half  the  Township  of  Arundell  and  almost 
all  their  Tillage  lands  and  Includes  Several  Familys  which 
th6  one  or  more  of  them  are  at  the  very  greatest  distance 
from  Meetmg  are  Utterly  Averse  to  the    Intended  parish; 


470  DOCUMENTAKY    HISTORY 

nor  do  they  desire  a  Parish  because  of  their  distance  which 
is  all  the  plea  mentioned  by  the  pet"  they  as  well  as  the 
Town  Consenting  to  and  approving  of  the  place  Stated  Among 
us  for  the  Publick  Worship  of  God  nor  do  they  in  their  peti- 
tion intimate  the  least  desires  of  moving  the  Meeting  house 
the  better  to  Accomodate  them  - 

And  as  the  Setting  up  a  Parish  by  taking  off  a  full  third 
part  of  the  Familys  of  said  Town  would  almost  Ruin  and 
Destroy  it  which  as  it  now  is,  is  one  of  the  poorest  &  Smallest 
of  any  in  the  Province  of  its  Age,  and  would  Render  them 
incapable  to  Undergo  the  Support  of  the  Ministry  and  other 
necessary  Parish  Charges  which  they  Engaged  in,  ever 
Expecting  and  Depending  on  the  help  and  Assistance  of  the 
said  Twenty  Familys  which  have  always  had  their  voice  with 
them  in  all  Expensive  Obligations  laid  upon  the  Parish  And 
as  the  taking  Twenty  familj^s  from  them  to  set  up  a  new 
Parish  and  thereby  Ruin  the  Old  is  what  has  never  yet  been 
done  by  this  Great  and  General  Court  Your  Respondents 
therefore  take  Encouragement  to  aske  your  further  Care  of 
them  in  this  time  of  Diificulty  wherein  many  are  Declaring 
the  Methods  they  will  have  Recourse  to,  to  ease  themselves 
from  any  further  Charge  to  the  Ministry  in  Case  the  said 
Familys  are  set  off  and  as  your  Respondents  have  no  Depend- 
ance  on  a  sufficient  Number  to  Abide  with  them  therein  as 
there  will  be  but  a  few  familys  left  and  that  on  a  Cape  of 
Rocky  broken  land  but  a  Small  Gore  for  a  Parish  in  form  of 
a  Wedge  extending  but  about  thi'ee  miles  back  from  the  Sea 
and  affords  scarce  any  Arable  lands  in  it  And  the  Minister 
that  came  to  them  in  Comfortable  Circumstances  and  hath  a 
large  family  would  be  Constrained  to  leave  them  or  suffer 
Greatly,  The  Taxes  of  Several  among  the  Inhabitants  being 
now  almost  as  much  as  their  places  would  Rent  for  And  as 
the  taking  away  a  third  part  of  their  familys  and  by  far  the 
better  half  of  the  Lands  and  almost  all  their  Saw  Mills  to 


OF   THE   STATE   OF    MAINE  471 

make  a  Parish  for  the  petitioners  would  be  the  utter  destruc- 
tion of  those  that  dwell  bj  the  Sea  — 

Your  Respondents  Therefore  most  humbly  pray  Your 
Excellency  and  Honours  to  take  these  their  Distressed  Cir- 
cumstances into  Consideration  and  be  pleased  in  your  Great 
Wisdom  and  Justice  to  Continue  the  said  Twenty  familys 
with  them  and  Dismiss  their  petition  as  Groundless  — 

And  as  in  Duty  bound  Your  Respond'*  will  ever  pray  &c 
Jonathan  Stone,  Agent  for  Arundel. 


Ansiver  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Wells  to  the  Petition  of  hiliali- 
itants  of  WelU  ^  Arundel. 

To  His  Excellency  William  Shirley  Esq''  Captain  General 
and  Governor  in  chief  m  and  over  the  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  And  To  the  Hon'^^^ 
his  Majestys  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  said  Province  m  General  Court  assembled  at  Boston 
May  31«'  1749  — 
We  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Wells  being  notified 
by  thirty  of  Our  families  in  the  Eastern  part  of  said  Town 
laying  on  Kenebunk  River  to  appear  before  this  Hon"^®  Court 
and  give  in  our  reasons  why  the  Prayer  of  their  Petition  to 
be  Sett  off  a  distinct  Parish  should  not  be  granted,  by  our 
Agent  Cap*  Samuel  Wheelwright,  fully  Impowered  to  appear 
for  us,  beg  leave  to  Answer  as  follows  Viz*  —  That  by  rea- 
son of  some  difficulties  the  pef*  Labour  Under  because  of  the 
distance  of  way  and  also  the  Wading  of  two  Rivers  in  Order 
to  attend  the  publick  worship  of  God,  the  respondents  have 
at  the  pet"  request  in  the  Annual  March  Meetings  yearly 
Considered  the  Case  of  said  thirty  families  -  and    as    the 
respond**  do  not  Stand  in  real  need  of  the  pet"^*  help  and 
assistance  to  Support   the   Ministry    with   us   have   always 


472  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

approved  of  advised  and  allowed  the  pet"  preaching  every 
year  during  the  Winter  Season  and  Money  to  defray  the 
Expence  thereof  till  the  days  lengthen  — 

That  the  pet"  having  a  very  good  road  to  the  Meeting 
house  can  well  enough  the  other  part  of  the  year  attend  with 
the  respond*^  at  their  Meeting  house,  and  as  to  the  Rivers 
which  the  pet"  represent  as  if  they  all  in  general  were  obliged 
to  wade  the  respond*^^  answer  that  but  5  families  only  are  put 
to  any  dificulty  thereby,  and  that  but  only  every  other  Sab- 
bath by  reason  the  Tide  Suits  every  other  Lord's  day  to  ride 
through  them  &  the  road  is  then  pleasant  &  good  being  on 
plain  beaches  along  by  the  Sea,  and  when  the  Tide  is  in,  by 
crossing  Kennebunk  ferry  where  there  is  a  good  boat  kept, 
they  may  Easily  get  to  Arrundel  Meeting  House  which  is  not 
at  a  greater  distance  from  them  than  people  usually  go  in 
Country  Towns  it  being  much  nearer  than  it  is  to  the  Meet- 
ing house  in  Wells  but  about  four  or  five  miles ;    Notwith- 
standing all  which  the  Respond'^  are  ready  as  Soon  as  we 
think  we  are  a  People  able  and  Sufficient  of  themselves  to 
Support  the  Ministry  among  them,  without  perswading  and 
drawing  off,  the  twenty  families  of  Arrundell,  that  they  have 
got  in  with  them  to  be  Sett  off,  w<=^  as  the  respond**  are  well 
acquainted  with  the  Low  Circumstances  and  State  of  that 
Small  Township  we  apprehend  cannot  be  parted  with  by  said 
Arrundel,  without  merely  disabling   them    to    Support   the 
Ministry  of  the  Gospel  in  the  Old  Town  there  — 

That  your  Respond**  humbly  Conceive  the  Welfare  of  the 
Towns  of  this  Province  depends  on  the  Care  and  Wisdom  of 
this  Hon*'^®  Court,  which  never  yet  as  we  know  off  destroyed 
an  Old  Parish  to  Sett  up  a  New  one,  nor  gratifyd  the  request 
of  a  Party  when  it  aknd  to  ruin  the  whole,  and  your  Respond** 
therefore  doubt  not  your  Excellency  and  honours  will  reject 
the  Petition  and  Continue  the  petitioners  with  us  till  they 
are  able  to  go  off,  of  themselves,  without  tearing  off  the  bet- 


OF  THE  STATE  OF  MAINE  473 

ter  half  of  the  Lands  and  Valuable  Interests  of  s*^  Arrundell, 
And  the  respond**  shall  Continue  to  assist  said  familes  ( the 
petitioners )  with  Winter  preaching,  We  being  well  assured 
by  Valuation  of  the  pet"  Estates,  that  they  are  not  able  at 
present  to  Encounter  with  the  Expence  of  Settling  the  Min- 
istry among  themselves,  and  are  Sorry  we  have  Occasion  to 
remark  to  this  Hon''^'  Court,  the  reflection  Cast  on  the  Town 
of  Wells,  when  the  pef^*  by  their  petition  would  represent  to 
y"^  Ex*^y  and  honors,  that  they  have  all  along  paid  their  respect- 
ive Quotas  to  Our  Rev''  Pastor  of  Wells,  which  is  entirely 
wrong,  as  appears  by  the  yearly  allowance  granted  them,  an 
Authentick  Copy  whereof  is  herewith  Exhibited  And  the 
Pet"  as  if  fully  Satisfied  of  their  Insufficiency  to  go  through 
what  they  are  about,  are  Unreasonable  in  the  Limits  pre- 
scribed in  the  Petition  on  the  respond**  Side  as  well  as  on 
the  side  of  Arrundell,  they  Petitioning  for  a  North  West 
Line  from  the  Mouth  of  Mousam  River  -  which  Includes  a 
Tract  of  Land,  by  Admeasurment  ( Occasioned  by  means  of 
their  petition )  two  miles  taken  from  the  respond**  on  the  Sea 
board,  and  four  miles  up  at  the  head  in  the  Country,  So  that 
near  a  third  part  of  the  respond*"  Lands  and  Interests,  which 
the  pet"  dont  own,  We  find  not  a  tenth  part  off,  but  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  Old  Parish  that  are  Owners  of  the  Lands 
and  Saws  included  in  the  bounds  proposed,  there  being  no 
less  than  ten  Saws  in  Number,  of  which  the  Pet"  altogether 
are  not  interested  in  more  than  One  and  without  any  right 
in  the  Grist  Mill,  w*'*'  Mills  pay  great  taxes,  So  that  the  pet" 
dependance  in  going  to  the  Change  of  a  Meeting  House  and 
other  Accomodations  for  a  Minister,  Y""  Ex^^  and  Hon"  may 
plainly  perceive  is  out  of  the  Taxation  of  the  respond*' 
Estates  and  not  their  own.  One  of  said  mills  being  better 
than  all  the  mills  in  the  Western  part  of  the  Town  of  Wells. 
So  that  in  fact  if  the  Petition  be  Granted,  the  respond*"  will 
be  Obliged  to  Support  the  Gospel  Ministry  in  our  Own  and 
also  in  their  Parish  too,  which  the  Respond*"  look  upon  Such 


474  DOCUIMENTAEY   HISTORY 

an  hardship,  as  that  your  Exc^  &  Hon"  will  not  they  trust 
Lay  upon  them.  Upon  the  whole  therefore  as  we  think,  th6 
the  Pet"^  plead  the  Promoting  Religion  in  their  petition,  It 
rather  will  Starve  the  Cause  and  hurt  the  Welfare  of  it  both 
in  Arrundell  and  among  themselves,  And  as  to  the  pet"  alle- 
gation that  they  Supported  the  Ministry  with  themselves  and 
without  Us,  it  is  wrong  and  false  So  We  beg  leave  to  Inform 
y'  Ex<^y  &  Hon"  that  of  the  thirty  six  families  of  Wells  which 
are  put  down,  they  have  to  Swell  the  Petition,  we  Conceive 
much  Imposed  on  this  Hon^^®  Court  as  they  have  put  down 
the  Names  of  twelve  Young  persons  in  their  petition  w*^*' 
names  in  the  Copy  Served  on  the  respond'*  are  Crossed  that 
they  may  be  known,  who  are  all  in  a  Single  Capacity,  have  no 
families,  the  Chief  of  them  if  not  all  no  manner  of  Estate,  the 
bigger  part  we  apprehend  are  under  Age  living  w***  and  under 
the  Care  and  Comand  of  their  fathers,  and  never  may  attain 
to  be  Masters  of  familys,  or  not  disposed  to  Settle  with  them  as 
well  as  the  other,  being  notoriously  wrong  and  false,  and  the 
Estates  of  Persons  in  Wells  not  among  themselves,  must  sup- 
port two  thirds  of  their  Charges,  Arrundell  be  ruined  — 

The  respond'*  therefore  humbly  Pray  their  Petition  may 
be  dismissed,  three  men  puting  in  then-  three  Sons  yet  under 
their  Care,  and  other  persons  among  them  transient,  that  may 
go  when  they  will,  down  as  So  many  families,  when  if  they 
would  join  the  Town  of  Arrmidell,  all  would  only  add  to 
them  Sixty,  but  about  twenty  four  more 

Wherefore  the  Respond'*  leaving  and  Submitting  the 
Premisses  to  your  Excellency  and  Honours  Judgment  and 
Consideration  doubt  not,  but  under  So  many  Wrong  repre- 
sentations of  the  Petitioners  you  will  see  Cause  to  dismiss 
the  Petition  aforesaid  as  groundless  — 

And  y''  Respond'*  (  as  in  duty  bound  )  Shall  Ever  pray  &c 

Signed  in  behalf  of  the  Town  of  Wells  by 

Sam^  Wheelwright  Agent 
June  1**  1749.  — 


INDEX. 


Abbot,  Aaron,  opposed  building 
meeting  house,  241;  signed 
petition  of  Berwick,  249;  re- 
sided at  Berwick,  428,  431,  440. 
Ebenezer,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431,  440. 
Elizabeth,   widow,   of  Berwick, 

440. 
James,  of  Berwick,  440. 
Jonathan,   opposed   building    a 

meeting  house,  241. 
Joshua,   of    Berwick,   426,   431, 

440. 
Moses,  of  Berwick,  426,  427,  428, 

432. 
Moses,  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  429. 
Samuel,  opposed  building  meet- 
inghouse, 241;  signed  petition 
of  Berwick,  230,  421;  resided 
in  Berwick,  431,  441. 
Thomas,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  in  Berwick, 
427,  432. 
Thomas  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  431,  441. 
Walter,  signed  petitions  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421;  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 432,  441. 
William,  of  Berwick,  428. 
Abenaqul  Indians,  the,  461,  462. 
Acadia,  104  113,  315,  320,  322,  336, 
348,  349,  354,  361,  362,  363,  365, 
373,  376. 
Granery  of,  the,  374. 
Acadians,   the,   320,  369;   see  also 

under  French. 
Act    for   erecting  a  township   in 

York  County,  197. 
Adams,  Jacob,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 
Kobert,  of  Londonderry,  24. 
Admiralty,   Lords   of,   see  Trade, 

Lord  Commissioners  of. 
Affidavits,  of  Alford,  James,  105, 
106. 
Atkinson,  Theodore,  97. 
Blower,  Capt.  John,  106,  107. 
Clark,  William,  109. 
Coram,  Thomas,  101. 


Affidavits,  continued. 

Dunbar,  Jeremiah,  128,  129. 
Erskine,  Lieut.  James,  108,  107. 
Penhallow,  Samuel,  108. 
Wentworth,  Benning,  97. 
Wentworth,  Ebenezer,  110, 112. 
Wentworth,  William,  110,  112. 
Agreement,  between  Henry  Hope 

and  John  Perkins,  60. 
Aix-la-Chapelle,  463,  465. 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  32,  .329,  .330,   331, 

334,  386,  390,  407. 
Alexander,  James,  signed  petition 
of  Merriconeag,  4dl. 
William,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag, 445,  461. 
Alford,  James,  merchant,  born  in 
Boston,     105;    never  heard  f)f 
French  settlers  on  the  Kenne- 
bec, 105;  said  that  Sagadahoc 
yearly  chose  a  councillor,  105; 
reported    constant    wars    be- 
tween   English    and   Indians, 
106;   affidavit  of,  105,  106,  107. 
Allen  \  David,  signed  petition  of 
Allin    I  St.  Georges,  130. 

Ebenezer,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14. 
Elisha,  signed  petition  of  Merri- 
•     coneag,  207,  289,  445,  461. 
Jeremiah,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 

blehead,  141. 
Joseph,      signed      petition      of 
Gloucester,    268;     resided    at 
Berwick,   427,  432. 
Robert,  signed  petition  of  Geor- 
gia, 130. 
Amascoggin      ") 
Ammerscoggin  I 
Ammiscogin       Y  Falls,  198,  228. 
Amoscoggin       | 
Androscoggin   J 
Indians,  143. 
River,  73,  173,  198,  228. 
Ammunition,  needed  by  Col.  Dun- 
bar, 11;   at  Richmond,  72;   at 
Fort  George,   73,  74;   at  Fort 
Mary,    80;     at    Saco   Trading 
house,  81;    at  Fort  Anne,  82; 
at  Marblehead,  82;   at  Castle 
William,  83;   at   Charlestown, 


476 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Ammunition,  continued. 

84,  85 ;  needed  at  Isle  of  Shoals, 
142;  the  French  furnish  the 
Indians  with.  151,  187;  people 
should  be  well  provided  with, 
189,  190;  at  Falmouth,  190, 
191;  needed  at  Sheepscot,  366; 
needed  at  Georgetown,  398. 

Amsterdam,  37. 

Anderson,  Joseph,  signed  memo- 
rial for  Small  Point,  217. 

Andros,   John,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428. 
Joshua,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 
433. 

Androscoggin,  see  Amascoggin. 

Annapolis,  N.  S.,  16,  30,  32,  39,  52, 
78,  106,  304,  313,  322,  339,  341, 
344,    346,    358,    363,   369,   374, 
375,    376,    382,   463. 
Basin.  333,  379. 

Garrison,  315,  317,  320,  321,  333, 
337,  338,  347,  356,  363,  364, 
371,  379,  381,  382,  387,  458, 
463. 

Anne,  Queen,  103,  154 

Anson,  Admiral,  381. 

Answer,  Cutter,  Dorothy,  399,  441. 
to  Penobscot  Indians,  151. 
to  petition  of  Given,  David,  277. 
to  petition  of  Higginson,  John, 

203. 
to  Wells  and  Arundel,  468,  471. 

Antegoa\3^g_ 

Antigua  J 

Anville,  N.  de  la  Rochefoucauld, 
Due  d'.  363,  374,  378,  383. 

Appleton,  Isaac,  266. 

Joseph,  associated  with  John 
Leveret,  120;  his  rights  trans- 
ferred, 120. 

Archbald,  John,  of  Londonderry, 
20,  21. 

Arely,  Antony,  of  Berwick,  432. 

Armenianism,  307. 

Armourer,  at  Falmouth,  an,  138. 

Armstrong,  John,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  13. 
Lawrence,  Lieut.  Gov.,  351. 
Simon,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14. 

Arrowsic,  27,  91,  92,  108,  109,  110, 
408. 

Arundel,  289,  457,    468,   471,   472, 
473,  474;   petition  of  the  peo- 
ple of,  270,  455. 
Meeting  House,  270,  469,  472. 

Asher,  E.,  18. 

Asting,  Benja.,  of  Berwick,  432. 


Aston,  Benj.,  of  Berwick,  427. 

Atkins,  Capt.  ,  of  the  Bland- 
ford,  47. 

Atkinson,  Mr. ,  merchant,  48. 

Theodore,  collector,  went  with 
Col.  Dunbar  to  Fort  William 
Henry,  98;  refused  admission, 
99;  his  oath  to  affidavit,  99; 
his  oath  to  his  deposition,  99; 
his  affidavit,  99;  his  deposi- 
tion, 99. 

Au ,  Robert,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  One,  245. 

Auchmuty,  Robert,  king's  advo- 
cate, 51. 

Augusta,  Penhallow  in  command 
at,  108. 

Auston,  Ichabod,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  243. 


B 


Babb,   John,   signed    petition   of 
Biddeford,  245. 

Babson,  Richard,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  13. 

Backor, ,  resided  in  Berwick, 

428. 

Bailey  \  John,  entitled  to  land  in 

Bayley  /  Falmouth,  13;   a  grantee 
of  New  Marblehead,  141. 
Joseph,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Timothy,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag,  446,  461. 

Baker,  Samuel,  403,  448. 

Ballantine,  John,  63. 

Bane,  Lewis,  signed  Falmouth  re- 
port, 145. 

Bangs,  Capt. ,  289. 

Bank  of  Newfoundland,  322. 

Bant,  Gildert,  associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120. 

Baptism  of  Indians,  136. 

Barbor,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 

Barns,    Benjamin,    signed   Merri- 
coneag  petition,  445,  461. 
James,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  7,  237. 
Nathaniel,    signed  Merriconeag 
petitions,  288,  445,  461. 

Baronet,  a  New  England   native, 
311. 

Bartlett,    Nathaniel,  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 
Thomas,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 
blehead, 141. 

Bastide,  Jean  Francois,   engineer 
at  Cape  Breton,  366. 


INDEX 


477 


Baiidowin,  James,  54. 

Bay  Fran(;ois,  359. 

Bay  of  Fundy,  28,  30,  32,  51,  315. 

Bay  Verte,  315,  320,  334,  343,  347, 
365. 
fort  at,  387, 

Beacher,  74. 

Beaiibassin,  373. 

Beauchanip,  John,  118. 

Beaucharnois,  Marquis  de,  359,  372. 

Beckmore,  George,  signed  Merri- 
coneag  petition,  288. 

Bedford,  Duke  of,  388. 

Belcher,  Governor  Jonathan,  his 
salary  not  settled,  6,  35,  40,  41, 
50,  60,  94,  131,  182;  dissolved 
the  old  and  ordered  a  new 
assembly,  6;  received  orders 
to  preserve  the  woods,  0;  Col. 
Dunbar  sent  a  false  report 
concerning,  6,  8,  17;  ordered 
the  forts  to  be  examined  and 
the  rioters  to  be  punished,  7, 
8,  67,  68,  76;  desired  instruc- 
tions concerning  Col.  Dunbar's 
settlement,  9,  10,  stopped  in 
England  because  of  his  relig- 
ion, 29;  arrived,  29,  77;  greet- 
ings of  the  people  to,  35; 
visited  by  Col.  Dunbar,  35; 
went  to  New  Hampshire,  35, 
37,  40,  48,  132;  his  speech  in 
New  Hampshire,  40,  48;  his 
treatment  of  Col.  Dunbar,  47, 
48,  66;  brought  over  a  note 
against  Col.  Dunbar,  48;  insti- 
gated Atkinson  against  Col. 
Dunbar,  48;  accused  of  send- 
ing a  force  to  destroy  Freder- 
icksburg, 60,  63,  64,  65,  87,  96, 
100;  claimed  jurisdiction  to 
the  St.  Croix,  64,  78;  Col.  Dun- 
bar sought  advice  agftinst,  64; 
persecuted  Dunbar,66;  ordered 
to  abstain  from  military  expe- 
dition to  Fredericksburg,  66, 
67;  his  instructions  to  Lieut. 
Gov.  Tailer  to  examine  forts 
and  harbors,  67,  68,  76;  de- 
clined to  examine  Col.  Dun- 
bar's instructions,  77;  should 
have  asked  questions  of  the 
governor  of  Nova  Scotia,  79; 
Col.  Dunbar  will  report  treach- 
ery to,  79;  took  leave  of  New- 
castle, 86;  Dunbar  had  suffi- 
cient grounds  to  doubt,  95, 
133;  his  friends  deny  facts,  96; 
gave  commission  to  Capt.  Wal- 
ton, 98;    Col.  Dunbar  not  to 


-,  296. 


Belcher,  continued. 

be  admitted  in  fort,  98,  09; 
ordered  expedition  to  proceed 
to  Pemaquid,  100;  insinuated 
hard  things  against  Col.  Dun- 
bar, 133;  settlers  doubtful  of 
his  protection,  252;  asked  to 
prevent  the  Land  Bank,  256; 
turned  out  of  office  meu  con- 
cerned in  the  bank,  257;  in- 
structions to  Lieut.  Gov.  and 
others,  67;  letters  of,  5,  85; 
mentioned,  .37,  44,  52,  54,  70, 
71,  72,  76,  77,  79,  94,  131,  135, 
137,  140,  146,  149,  150,  1G2, 
164,  170,  179,  180,  181,  182, 
189,  191,  195,  199,  201,  203, 
205,  207,  208,  210,  212,  215, 
217,  219,  221,  223,  224,  220, 
232,    233,   234.   235,    236,    252. 

Bellomont,  Earl  of,  103,  105. 

Bennett,  J.,  106,  110. 
John,    signed    petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430,  440. 
Tho.,  105,  129. 

Bernet,  Peter,  237. 

Berey   ~] 

Berre       r^  i 

BerreyjC^'- 

Berry   J 

Elisha.  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
George,    appointed    lieutenant, 

291. 
James,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Richard,      signed     petition     of 

Township  No.  One,  245. 
Thomas,  to  examine  fortifica- 
tions, 68;  to  inquire  into  the 
complaints  of  Indian  dele- 
gates, 156. 
William,  signed  petition  of 
Township   No.    One,    245. 

Berwick,  the  people  of  desired  to 
build  a  new  meeting  house, 
240;  a  portion  of  the  town  dis- 
sented, 240,  241,  247,  248,  249, 
418,  419;  the  building  of  meet- 
ing house  is  suspended,  250, 
255;  copy  of  petition  served  on 
selectmen,  250,  422;  report  of 
committee  of  legislature,  252, 
254;  town  improved  after  the 
last  Indian  war,  254;  another 
meeting  house  needed,  254, 434, 
435,  436,  437,  439;  appropria- 
tion for  minister,  393;  town 
voted  to  build  above  the  river, 


4T8 


DOCtJlMENTAIlY   HISTORY 


Berwick,  continued. 

393,395;  the  building  commit- 
tee appointed,  393,  395,  434; 
old  meeting  house  dilapidated, 

409,  410,  417,  436;  a  new  meet- 
ing house  would  help  the  town, 

410,  420;  warrant  to  call  town 
meeting,  410,  411,  412;  shall 
the  money  be  raised  for  a 
meeting  house,  411,  412,  417; 
a  general  tax  to  be  levied,  411, 
412,  418,  438,  443;  a  second 
house  should  be  built,  412,  417, 
420;  lower  part  of  the  town 
desired  exemption  from  tax, 
419,420;  answer  of  committee, 
422;  list  of  families  above 
Chadbourn's  Eiver,  426,  428, 
432;  list  below  the  river,  429, 
431,  440;  some  of  the  signers 
of  the  petition  not  qualified 
voters,  434;  a  second  parish 
would  ruin  the  town,  438; 
divided  into  two  parishes,  442, 
454;  the  dividing  line  of  par- 
ishes, 443;  answer  to  petition, 
434;  petitions  of,  247,  409,  415, 
434;  report  of  committee,  442; 
record  of  town  meeting,  393, 
394. 

Bible,  the,    polluted  by   Book  of 

Common  Prayer,  29. 
Biddeford,  Petition  of,  244;  naen- 

tioned,  173,  241,  423,  469. 

BiSot  }  ■^^°^^-  Francois,  383. 

fiev.  George,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  140. 
Billers,  Wm.,  23. 
Bills,  Counterfeit,  451. 

of  Credit,  95,  328. 

of  Exchange,  378,  380. 

see  also  Currency. 

Birchet,  Mr. ,  33. 

Black,  Samuel,  269. 

William,     signed     Merriconeag 
petition,  445,  461. 

William  Jr.,  signed  Merriconeag 
petition,  289/445,  461. 
Blackstone,  Benjamin,  entitled  to 

land  in  Falmouth,  14. 
Bladen,  M.,  18,  06,  133,  185. 
Blanc,  Jos.  la,  371,  372. 

Rene  le,  360. 

Blanchair  "I   x>^  ^    o-i    o^7o 
Blancher  }  Rene,  3.1,  o72. 

Blay,  Jedediah,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 
Joseph,  petitioned  as   a   repre- 
sentative of  Marblehead,  139; 


Blay,  continved. 

a  grantee  of  New  Marblehead, 
141. 
Blockhouses,    to    be    built,    122; 
protected    the    country,    124; 
built  by  proprietors  of  Merri- 
coneag, 155;  needed  at  Schieg- 
necto,  314. 
at  Canso,  314,  347. 
at  Minas,  314,  315,  339,  387. 
at  Schignecto,  315,  339. 
.see  also  Garrisons. 
Blower,  Capt.    John,  affidavit  of, 
106,  107;  in  Col.  Walton's  regi- 
ment, 107. 
Bollan,    W.,   letter  of,  381;   men- 
tioned, 389. 
Bolton,  Thomas,  to  settle  school- 
master at  Falmouth,  193. 
Boothby,  Richard,  456. 
Boston,  1,  9,  11,  15,  20,  25,  29,  30, 
37,  46,  47,  59,  60,  62,  63,  65,  69, 
70,  72,  75,  77,  79,  82,  83,  89,  90, 
91,  97,  105,  106,  107,  108,  109, 
138,     143,    144,    151,    156,    162, 
164,    170,    172,    175,    183,    186, 
189,    191,   201,   213,    214,    220, 
231,    2.37,    238,   251,   255,   260, 
275,    282,   287,   290,    298,    299, 
300,    311,   312,    316,   327,   335, 
337,    341,    343,   354,    358,    359, 
360,    363,    365,    367,    368,   373, 
379,    402,   426,   434,   451,   459, 
461,    463,   468,   471. 
Castle  Island,  70. 
Gazette,  79,  293. 
Harbor,  262,  334. 
Hospital,  321,  322. 
State  House,  307. 
Bowden,    Francis,    a    grantee    of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 
Michael,    a     grantee     of     New 
Marblehead,  140. 
Bowdoin,  James,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  54. 
Bowen,  Nathan,  a  grantee  of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Boyd,   Hugh,    signed  petition   of 
Township  No.  7,  237. 

Brackett|  j  resided  at  Ber- 

Brackot    >  •  i     ^oo 

Brackut  j  ^'^■^'  ^^^- 

James,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 

429. 
John,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 

433. 
Joshua,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth,   14 ;    resided  at    Ber- 
wick, 429. 


INDEX 


479 


Brackett,  continued. 
Samuel,  selectman  of  Berwick, 
409,  412;  resided  at  Berwick, 
428,  429,  433. 
Samuel  Jr.,  selectman  of  Ber- 
wick, 396;  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  434. 

Bradbury,  Capt.  Jabez,  petitioned 
to  be  continued  in  command 
at  St.  Georges,  30G,  408,  454; 
concerning  his  successor,  307. 
Wymond,  of  Brunswick,  273, 
275,  277,  279,  280,  281,  282, 
283,    294,    295. 

Bradford,    John,  associated   with 
Leveret,  120;  signed  the  peti- 
tion of  Damariscotta,  293. 
Perez,  entitled  to  land  at  Fal- 
mouth, 54. 

Bradley,  Richard,  attorney  gen- 
eral of  New  York,  10. 

Bradstreet,  Col.  John,  projected 
Louisbourg  expedition,  30j ; 
to  command  in  place  of  Pej)- 
perrell,  301;  letter  of,  300. 

Bragdou,  Benj.,   of  Berwick,  440. 
Benony,  of  Berwick,  430. 
John,  of  Berwick,  440. 
Thomas,     signed     petition     for 
Berwick,  249. 

Bragg,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Bran     ")  George,    Gorage,    Goray, 

Brawn  l         of  Berwick,  428,  429, 

Bron     J  432,  443. 

Brenton,  lahaleel,  associated  with 
Leveret,  120. 

Brewer,  James,  signed  Merri- 
coneag  petition,  207. 

Briant, ,  counterfeiter,  451. 

Brickett,  James,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  13. 

Bridgeman,  O.,  18. 

Bridges,  80,  195,  202,  465,  466. 

Brimblecome,  Samuel,  a  grantee 
of  New  Marblehead,  141. 

Broadstreet,  see  Bradstreet. 

Brooks,  John,  signed   petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  243. 
Robert,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  243. 

Brousden,  Benjamin,  associated 
with  Leveret,  120. 

Brown,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 
John,  of  New  Harbor,  pur- 
chased land  at  Pemaquid,  43; 
sold  laud  to  Grover,  44. 
John,  a  kinsman,  insulted,  44, 
45,  46. 


Brown,  continued. 

Jas.,  resided  at  Berwick,  429. 
Samuel,    associated    with    Lev- 
eret, 190. 

BrudenelL  Ja.,  96,  133,  185. 

Brunswick,  Fort  George  at,  69,  73; 
jjeople  of  Mare  Point  desired 
to  be  annexed  to,  200;  people 
of  Merriconeag  desired  to  be 
annexed  to,  206,  220,  222; 
Merriconeag  annexed  to,  208, 
216;  erected  into  a  town  (1737- 
8),  228,  229,  231;  boundary 
line,  229;  a  young  town,  2.30; 
petitioned  that  the  Sebasco- 
degin  Islands  be  attached  to, 
234,  235;  situation  of  the 
islands,  235;  islands  annexed, 
2.30;  irregular  proceedings  at 
the  town  meeting  of,  273,  274, 
275,  276,  277,  278,  280,  283, 
284;  selectmen  of,  summoned, 
274,  275;  desired  to  have  an- 
other town  meeting,  280,  281; 
regularly  assessed,  281;  peti- 
tioned that  the  town  meeting 
be  confirmed,  282;  new  town 
meeting  to  be  held,  283,  284; 
distance  of  the  church  from 
Merriconeag,  288;  selectmen 
summoned,  289;  order  for 
town  meeting,  294;  list  of 
town  officers,  295;  protest 
against  town  meeting,  290; 
soldiers  sent  to,  408;  a  propo- 
sal to  supi)lant  the  com- 
mander at,  409;  act  of  incor- 
poration, 197;  petition  of 
town  officers,  281;  return  of 
the  constable  of,  211;  men- 
tioned, 190,  191,  199,  216,  226, 
227,    229,    2.30,    271,    275,   270, 

277,  282,  460,  461. 

Fort  and  Garrison  at,  69,  73,  246, 

408,  409,  425. 
Meeting    House,   235,    273,    276, 

278,  281,    288. 
Broad  Bay,  269. 

Bay  Garrison  at,  296. 
Bay  Point,  296. 
Bukston,  Jams,  entitled  to  land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Bull,    Robert,  a  grantee  of   New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Bungamunganock  Brook,  197. 
Burbank,  John,  signed  petition  of 

Arundel,  271. 

Burgess,  Col. ,  29. 

Burkes,  John,  456. 

Burnet,  Gov.  William,  27,  123,  165. 


480 


DO0XJMENTAP.Y   HISTORY 


Burnham,  James,  457. 

Burnon,  Thomas,  signed  petition 

of  Township  No.  One,  245. 
Burns,  James,  messenger  for  Col. 
Dunbar,  75,  77. 
William,      signed     petition     of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Capt.  William,  his  soldiers  un- 
easy, .316;  killed,  .396,  397;  in 
command  at  Brunswick,  408. 
Burnum,   Daniel,    signed   petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 
Job,  signed  petition  of  Township 
No.  One,  245. 
Burridge,  William,  of  Watertown, 
keeper    of    Scarborough    rec- 
ords, 12. 
Burton,  13enjamin,  signed  the  peti- 
tion of  Township  No.  Seven, 
237;  appointed  an  ensign,  291. 
John,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237. 

Butler,  Mr. ,  286. 

Capt.  Moses,  to  attend  to  build- 
ing the  new  meeting  house, 
393;  as  selectman,  396,  409, 
412;  resided  in  Berwick,  427, 
432;  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 434,  440;  to  set  off  the 
new  parish,  434. 
Moses  Jr.,  resided   at   Berwick, 

428. 
Thomas,  signed  the  call  for  town 
meeting,  395;   resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 427,  432. 
Butter,  259,  269,  290, 
Byfield,  Judge  Nathaniel,  28,  97. 
Sarah,  associated  with  Leveret, 
120; 


C 


Cadiz  Bay,  191. 

Caesar  Moxus,  Penobscot  chief, 
met  delegation  from  Massa- 
chusetts, 74. 

Calef,  Jno.,  signed  petition  of 
North  Yarmouth,  219,  221. 

Calgik,  David,  of  Londonderry,  24. 

Cambridge,  47. 

Campbell,  Robert,  signed  petition 
of  Londonderry,  24. 
William,     signed    memorial    of 
Small  Point,  217. 

Canada,  5,  11,  102,  137,  187,  212, 
215,  258,  299,  300,  315,  320, 
321,  320,  327,  .328,  329,  332, 
333,  335,  336,  337,  338,  341, 
342,  343,  347,  349,  350,  353, 
354,    371,   372,   373,   379,   380, 


Canada,  continued. 

386,    390,   402,    403,    464,    465. 

Canadians,  the,  312,  335,  .340,  342. 
844,  345,  346,  347,  350,  356, 
.363,  374,  375,  376,  383,  398; 
see  also  under  French,  the. 

Caneti  River,  213. 

Canso,  32,  .39,  304,  315,  328,  336. 
blockhouse  at,  314,  347. 

Capboard  Island,  14.5. 

Cape  Ann,  81. 

Cape  Breton,  38,  311,  317,  ,322,  328, 
336,  337,  338,  340,  354,  355, 
366,  379,  383,  384,  385,  386, 
.391,    458. 

Cape  Gaspe,  104. 

Cape  Sable,  191,  315,  317,  336,  342, 
345. 
Indians,  345,  403. 

Car,  Samuel,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Cargill,  Capt.  David,  his  soldiers 
uneasy,  316;  letters  of,  360,  .366. 

Carll,  Samuel,  signed  petition   of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Timothy,     signed     petition     of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Carman,  Francis,  signed  Merri- 
coneag  petition,  289. 

Carnot,  John,  of  Londonderry,  20, 
24. 

Carrying  Place,  a,  198,  227. 

Carter  )   John,  resided  at  Berwick, 

Cartor  |   427,  432. 
Nehemiah,    signed  petition   for 

Georgia,  130. 
William,     signed     petition     of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Casco,  roads  at,  laid  out,  2;  Gov. 
Phillips  at,  30;  masts  can  be 
sent  from,  .33;  Grover  escaped 
to,  46;  French  sloop  and  In- 
dians at,  97. 
Bay,  21,  22,  23,  25,  33,  144,  166, 

199,  206,  220,  228,  262,  267. 
garrison  at,  30. 

Caswell,  John,  agent  for  Belcher, 
85. 

Caudry,  Francois,  371. 

Certificates  used  to  pay  soldiers, 
390. 

Chadbourn,  Benj.,  signed  petitions 
of  Berwick,  249,  421,  431;  ob- 
jected to  building  meeting 
house,  ,394;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  429. 
Humphrey,  new  meeting  house 
to  be  built  near  his  home,  240, 
248,  254,  255,  416,  4.35 ;  as  town 
clerk,  241,  393,  394,  396,  413, 


INDEX 


481 


Chadbourn,  continued. 

434;  a  resident  of  Berwick, 
431;  to  set  off  the  new  parish, 
434. 

Humphrey,  Jr.,  objected  to 
building  a  new  meeting  house, 
394;  signed  the  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 429,  431. 

James,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 
438. 

Capt.  Joseph,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428,  431;  signed  petition 
of  Berwick,  440;  to  set  off  the 
new  parish,  434. 

Joseph  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 

431,  443. 

William,  resided  at  Berwick,  428. 
Chadbourn's  River,  426,  428,  431, 

432,  440. 
Chandler,  John,  156,  454. 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  149. 

fort  at,  84,  85. 

Charter,  of  Massachusetts,  113, 
114,  115,  118,  125,  126,  127;  of 
Plymouth,  127;  of  Duke  of 
York,  25. 

Chase,  Samuel,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  243;  to  en- 
gage men  to  clear  land,  266. 

Chebucto,  .374,  378,  379,  458. 
fort  at,  314,  387. 
Harbor,  347. 

Cherryson,  John,  signed  Berwick 
petition,  249. 

Chicanecto  S 

Chicknecto  [  315,  334, 335, 378, 381. 

Chiegnecto  J 

see  also  Schiegnecto. 

Chick,  Aaron,  resided  at  Berwick, 
433. 

Childs  ■)  Richard,   resided  at  Ber- 

Chils    /wick,  427. 
William,    resided    at    Berwick, 
428,  433. 

Choate,  Capt. ,  222. 

Col. ,  454. 

Chubb,  Lieut.  John  (Pasco),  in 
command  at  Pemaquid,  102; 
surrendered,  102. 

Church  Island,  142. 

Chute,  Thomas,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

Cider,  290. 

Clapboard  Islands,  to  be  included 
in  Falmouth,  144. 

Clarey,  Edward,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  432. 

Clark, ,  Ensign,  137. 

Mr. ,'.250,  387. 


Clark,  continued. 

Arch.,  of  Londonderry,  24. 

Eleazer,  signed  call  for  town 
meeting,  395;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  432. 

George,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 429. 

James,  of  Londonderry,  24. 

John,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14;  associated  with 
Leveret,    120. 

Capt.  John,  in  command  at  Fort 
Ann,  81;  gave  report  of  ammu- 
nition at  fort,  82. 

Jonathan,  resided  at  Berwick, 
428. 

Josies,  signed  petition  of  Dam- 
ariscotta,  293. 

Matt.,  of  Londonderry,  24. 

Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237;  gave 
power  of  attorney,  271,  272; 
petitioned  for  Brunswick,  273; 
protest  of,  296. 

Simon,  resided  at  Berwick,  429. 

Maj.  Thomas,  ancestor  of  E. 
Hutchinson  and  J.  Walcot,  90, 
91;  driven  from  his  land,  91; 
attempted  to  resettle,  91;  set- 
tlement again  destroyed,  91. 

William,  associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120;  a  resident  of  Ber- 
wick, 427,  433;  affidavit  of, 
109,  110. 

William  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
427  433. 

Clevlan'd,  Mr. ,  388. 

Clinton,  George,  governor  of  New 
York,  letter  of,  389;  men- 
tioned, 329,  330,  831,  332,  334, 
377. 
Coal  from  Newcastle,  51 ;  from  Bay 
ofFundy,  51. 

Cobb,  Capt. ,  in  command  at 

Arrowsic,  408. 

Abiah,  of  Wells,  461. 

Jonathan,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 

Joseph,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 

Samuel,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Cobequit,  359,  370. 
Cobham,  Lord,  32. 
Cochran,  William,  of  Londonderry, 

20. 
Cod-fishery,     the,    322,    385;     see 
under 'Fisheries. 


31 


482 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Coffin,  Lieut.  Joseph,  clerk  of  Nar- 
ragansett  Township,  260,  266; 
to  make  an  agreement  con- 
cerning saw  mill,  265. 

Cogswell,  Nathaniel,  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  140. 

Coks,   John,    entitled  to   land   in 
Falmouth,  13. 
John  Jr.,  deposition  of,  186;  oath 
of,  187. 

Cole,  Mr. ,  269. 

Coleman,  Capt.  Peter,  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 

Coller,  Richard,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 

CoUey,  Moses,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

Collins,  Capt. ,  317,  444. 

Colors,  French,  Indians  attempt 
to  treat  under,  252. 

Commerce,  383;  see  under  Trade. 

Commission  of  Miller,  Col.,  408. 

Common  Prayer  Book,  the,  pol- 
luted the  Bible,  29. 

Condon,  David,  signed  petition  of 
Damariscotta,  293. 

Conen,  Hateuel,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 438. 

Connant,  Joseph,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  13. 

Connecticut,  319,  451. 
River,  32. 

Conner,  John,  resided  at  Berwick, 
427,  433. 

Cook    )  Elisha,    in    opposition   to 

Cooke  ]  Col.  Dunbar,  2,  12,  26;  his 
claim  at  Georgia,  12,  20;  inter- 
rupted by  Col.  Dunbar,  20,  21, 
26,  27;  sought  confirmation  of 
his  title,  28;  defended  himself 
in  log  causes,  38;  persecuted 
Col.  Dunbar,  66;  sent  to  exam- 
ine forts,  68;  signed  report  of 
examiners,  85;  petitioned  that 
Col.  Dunbar  his  land,  90,  113; 
an  associate  of  Leveret,  120. 
Middlecott,  signed  petition  of 
North  Yarmouth,  221. 

Cooper    \  John,  signed  petition  of 

Cooppur  J  Berwick,  245,  420,  421; 
objected  to  building  new  meet- 
ing house,  394;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431,  440. 
John  Jr.,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  411;  objected  to 
building  new  meeting  house, 
394;  resided  at  Berwick,  431, 
440. 

Copley,  Richard,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 


Coram,  Thomas,  a  petitioner,  25; 
carried  artificers  and  merchan- 
dise to  New  England,  101;  affi- 
davit of,  101,  107. 

Cosens,  Ichabod  Jr.,  457. 

Cotton,    Roland,    clerk,   274,    294, 
295    422. 
William,  1*2,  466. 

Coulbroth,  John,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 

Councillor,  a,  yearly  chosen  at 
Scarborough,  105,  106. 

Counterfeit  Bible,  in  circulation, 
451. 

Courts,  people  of  Maine  preferred 
them  held  at  Portsmouth,  97. 

Coussens,  Benj.,  457. 

Cox,  William,  witness  to  signa- 
tures, 44. 

Coy,  John,  to  take  list  of  claim- 
ants to  land  at  Falmouth,  13; 
entitled  to  land,  13;  signed 
report,  14. 

Craddock,  Mr. ,  merchant,  48. 

Creditor,  Joseph,  457. 

Crocker,  James,  entitled  to  land 
at  Falmouth,  14. 

Cromeck,  Joshua,  signed  Merri- 
coneag  petition,  208. 

Cromwell,  Joshua,  of  Wells,  461; 
see  Crumwell. 

Crown,  the,  can  be  addressed 
directly  by  the  people,  95. 

Crown  Point,  N.  Y.,  346,  453,  458, 
4C5. 

Crumwell,  Joshua,  signed  Merri- 
coneag  petition,  288;  see  Crom- 
well. 

Culland,  John,  457. 

Cunningham,  Edward,  461. 

Currency,  28,  88,  39,  95,  182,  255, 
256,  257,  328,  380,  385,  401,  451. 

Curtis,  Caleb,  461. 
Jacob,  270,  456. 

Gushing,  Ezl.,  263,  466. 
John,  156,  222. 

Thomas,  speaker,  243,  246,  250, 
255,  263,  264,  268,  283,  285, 
286,    289,    293,    312. 

Cusons      "I  ^      .      ,_w 

Coussens}  ^^"3- '4^'- 
Ichabod,  456. 
Ichabod  Jr.,  457. 
John,  400. 
Joseph,  457. 
Thomas,  456. 

Cutter,  Ammi  Ruhamah,  agent  for 
North  Yarmouth,  208,  212,  216, 
218,  221,  230,  231,  233,  236, 
404,    405,    441,    446,   447,   448. 


INDEX 


483 


Cutter,  continued. 
Dorothy,  399,  441,  447. 

C ,  Anthony,  of  Berwick,  428. 

C ,  Samuel,  of  Berwick,  429. 

C— ffall,  Philo,  of  Berwick,  428. 


D 


Dabney,  Job,  signed  petition  of 
North  Yarmouth,  219,  221. 

Daigre,  M.  O.  de  Batiste,  371. 

Dalzell.  Mrs. ,  bill  for  care  of 

Eliza  Smith,  452. 

Damariscotta,  destitute  of  a 
preacher,  292;  people  of  de- 
sired to  be  Incorporated  as  a 
town,  293;  proposed  bounda- 
ries, 293;  soldiers  posted  at, 
361;  petition  of,  292. 
River,  24,  293. 

Dana,  Richard,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

Danford,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 

Danforth,  Samuel,  454. 
Gov.  Thomas,  Falmouth  settled 
when  he  was  governor,  14;  his 
deed  of  Falmouth  destroyed, 
53;  conveyed  lands  to  Capt. 
Tyng  and  others,  55,  56,  59. 

Darling,  William,  signed  Arundel 
petition,  271. 

Davis,    Hannah,    associated  with 
Leveret,  120. 
Jacob,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
John     Jr.,     signed    petition    of 

Township  No.  One,  243. 
Capt.  Sylvanus,  as  a  witness,  150. 
Timothy,     opposed    building  a 
meeting  house,    241;     signed 
petition  of  Berwick,  411,  431; 
resided  at  Berwick,  429,  430, 
441. 
William,  entitled  to  land  at  Fal- 
mouth, 13;  resided  at  Berwick, 
428,  433. 

Day,  C,  signed  Small  Point  memo- 
rial, 217. 
Thomas,  signed  Small  Point  me- 
morial. 217. 

Dearing,    Bray,    signed  Damaris- 
cotta petition,  293. 

Declarations,  of  Minas,  370. 
of  Ramsay,  372. 

Deed,    Indian,    relating  to   lands 
near  Pemaquid,  43. 

De  Loutre, ,  463. 


Dennis,    John,     chaplain    at    St. 

Georges,    209;    petitioned  for 

pay,    209;     petition    granted, 

207;    petition   of,    208. 

Denny,  Samuel,  letter  of,  397. 

Denslow,    Benj.,  signed    Merrico- 

neag  petition,  207. 
D'Enville,  Due,  see  Anville,  Due  d'. 
Depositions: — 
Atkinson,  Theodore,  99. 
Coks,  John  Jr.,  186. 
Duning,  David,  277,  282. 
Finney,  Robert,  276. 
Fisher,  Samuel,  405. 
Jones,  Nathaniel,  182. 
Mason,  Jonas,  403. 
Mitchell,  Jacob,  404. 
Packer,  Thomas,  99. 
Phillips,  John,  149. 
Pickenden,  Thos.,  21. 
Seabury,  Barnabas,  447. 
Southack,  Cyprian,  150,  151. 
Spear,  Robert,  275,  276,  282. 
Derry,  Ireland,  19. 
Deshon,  James,  289,  290. 
Deverux,  Humphrey,  a  grantee  of 

New  Marblehead,  141. 
Devon,  County  of,  91. 
Dodd,  Benjamin,  a  grantee  of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Doeminique,  P.,  18. 
Doleuer,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Dongon,  Col.  Thomas,  land  to  be 
given  to,  104;    to   settle   tract 
with  Roman  Catholics,  104. 
Dorman,  Jabez,  signed  petition  of 

Arundel,  270. 
Dorrell,  Philip,  signed  petition  of 

Arundel,  270,  456. 
Douglass,  .James,  272. 
Dowins,  Thomas,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427. 
Downing,  Benj.,  457. 

Dennis,  293. 
Downs,  Nathaniel,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  433. 
Saml.,  resided  at  Berwick,  427. 
Thomas,  resided  at  Berwick,  433. 
William,  resided  at  Berwick,  427. 
Dowty,  James,  entitled  to  land  at 

Falmouth,  13. 
Doyle,  James;  signed  Merriconeag 

petition,  445,  461. 
Dresser,  Richard,  signed  petition 

of  Township  No.  One,  245. 
Drumond,  Capt.  Patrick,  291. 
Duch  Church,  296. 
Dudley,  Gov.  Joseph,  103,  115, 165. 
William,  140. 


484 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Dummer,  Lieut.  Nathaniel,  205. 
Lieut.  Gov.  William,  16, 109,  137, 
138,  165,  166,  252. 

Dunbar,  Col.  David,  had  trouble 
about  cutting  masts,  1,  2,  3; 
disliked  Waldo,  2,  3,  4,  12,  40; 
desired  directions,  3,  4,  5,  52; 
at  Waldo's  request  he  advised 
Slade,  3;  could  cheapen  con- 
tracts, 4;  received  letter  from 
Indian  chiefs,  5,  11;  desired  to 
form  a  niajestracy  and  militia, 
5,  11;  sent  false  reports  con- 
cerning Belcher,  6,  8,  17;  his 
settlers  rioted,  7,  8,  9;  his  set- 
tlement under  the  government 
of  Massachusetts,  7,  8,  9,  10, 
64,  07,  78;  preceded  by  many 
claimants,  9;  asked  to  wait  till 
home  government  can  settle 
disputes,  10;  would  not  extend 
settlement  till  better  acquaint- 
ed with  Indians,  11;  reported 
dead,  15;  his  brother  saved 
timber,  1.5 ;  Newcastle  f  orv»^ard- 
ed  his  letter,  15,  16;  inter- 
rupted settlers,  20,  21;  his 
people  prevented  the  taking  of 
staves  from  Pemaquid,  21,  22; 
his  lieutenant  arrested,  23; 
no  order  given  to  drive  away 
his  settlers,  23;  encumbered 
and  embarrassed,  25,  26,  27, 
28,  31,  34,  36;  received  instruc- 
tions, 29,  30,36;  gave  presents 
to  Indians,  30;  entertained  In- 
dians, 31;  informed  in  regard 
to  trees,  32;  proposed  to  build 
a  vessel,  34;  hoped  to  leave 
New  England,  35;  proposed 
bribery,  35;  called  on  Belcher, 
35;  many  intended  settlers 
applied  to,  36,  52;  despicable, 
30;  desired  a  successor,  36; 
unable  to  defend  palatines,  37; 
in  debt,  37,  48;  cause  against 
Cooke,  38;  might  have  had  a 
flourishing  settlement,  40;  re- 
called declaration,  40;  West- 
brook's  opinion  of,  42;  going 
to  new  settlement,  47,  51,  64, 
66;  Belcher's  treatment  of,  47, 
48;  suit  brought  against,  48; 
tells  how  Massachusetts 
should  be  governed,  50,  51,  97; 
may  be  a  prisoner,  51;  ac- 
quainted Col.  Phillips  of 
threats  against  Fredericks- 
burg, 51,  52;  uneasy  about 
force  sent  to  Fredericksburg, 


Dunbar,  continued. 

60,  63,  64;  persecuted  by 
Belcher  and  Cooke,  60;  to 
winter  at  Fredericksburg,  66; 
not  to  be  molested,  07;  sent 
letters  to  Capt.  Gyles,  respect- 
ing settling  and  trade,  75; 
asked  Tailer  why  he  came  to 
Fredericksburg,  75;  objected 
to  the  delegation  coming  to 
the  fort,  76;  plain  talk  to 
Tailer,  70;  accused  the  dele- 
gation of  setting  the  Indians 
against  him,  77,  79;  Belcher 
refused  to  see  his  instructions, 
77;  named  his  settlement,  78; 
to  defend  his  fort,  78;  vt^illnot 
converse  with  the  delegation, 
79;  will  report  treachery  at 
Boston,  79;  founded  his  com- 
plaints on  errors,  87;  managed 
unwisely,  88;  settled  on  land 
belonging  to  others,  90,  152; 
hindered  the  rightful  owners, 

92,  93,  124,  100;  claimed  right 
to  set  up  separate  government, 
92;  his  claims  discouraged  set- 
tlers, 93;  owners  of  the  land 
asked  that  he  be  kept  away, 

93,  94,  124,  125;  had  sufficient 
grounds  to  doubt  Belcher,  95; 
lieutenant  governor  of  New 
Hampshire,  95,  97;  Belcher's 
friends  deny  facts,  96;  report- 
ed his  meeting  with  Tailer, 
96;  his  opinion  of  New  Eng- 
land, 97;  went  to  examine 
Fort  William  and  Mary,  97, 
98;  refused  admission,  98,  99; 
threatened,  99;  could  enter 
only  as  a  private  man,  99; 
would  not  enter,  99;  claimed 
to  have  been  the  only  success- 
ful settler;  128;  unless  lands 
are  soon  allotted  his  settle- 
ment will  fall,  129;  his  people 
desired  a  township  laid  out, 
129,  130;  his  conflict  with  Bel- 
cher to  be  settled  by  the  king, 
133;  Belcher  insinuated,  133; 
will  leave  Fredericksburg  as 
soon  as  possible,  135,  167,  168; 
quitted  W^aldo's  land,  153; 
claimed  land  by  right  of  con- 
quest, 160;  ordered  to  quit 
possession,  163,  160,  184,  185; 
his  petition  being  considered, 
183;  desired  recompense,  184; 
date  of  instrument,  184;  took 
possession  of  Pemaquid,  184, 


INDEX 


485 


Dunbar,  continued. 

set  out  six  townships,  184; 
not  a  direct  claimant  but  de- 
serving of  favors,  185;  letters 
of,  1,  11,  25,  29,  47,  59,  t>8,  65, 
75,  76,  77,  96,  134;  mentioned, 
16,  23,  41,  45. 
Jeremiah,  deputy,  offered  for 
office,  36;  unfit  for  the  posi- 
tion, 42;  sent  home,  59,  60,  65, 
66;  letter  from  his  brother,  63; 
surveyor,  128;  resided  in  Lon- 
don, 128;  visited  no  houses  ex- 
cei)t  those  of  his  brother's 
friends,  128,  129;  affidavit  of, 
128. 

Dungon,  see  Dongon. 

Dunieng  \  David,    signed   petition 

Duning  /of  Georgia,  130;  gave 
power  of  attorney,  271,  272, 
277;  deposition,  277,  282;  ap- 
pointed to  examine  accounts, 
279;  protest  of,  296;  memo- 
randum of,  283. 
James,  signed  petition  of  Geor- 
gia, 130;  gave  power  of  attor- 
ney, 271,  272;  petitioned  for 
Brunswick,  273,  277;  deposi- 
tion of,  277;   protest  of,  296. 

DurriU  }^«"J-'^^^^"=^'^^'^- 

John,  of  Wells,  457. 

Moses,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  145. 

Nathaniel,    signed     petition    of 
Township  No.  One,  243. 
Dutch,  the,  330,  331. 
Duties  proposed,  50,  51. 

Duvierer,  Mons. ,  382. 

Dwight,  Col. ,  219. 

Brigadier  Joseph,  letter  of,  390. 

Joseph,  speaker,  283,  457,  467. 


E 


Eamery,  see  Emery. 

East  Greenwich,  Eng.,  114. 

East  India,  309. 

East,  John,  to  take  a  list  of  Fal- 
moutli  land  claimants,  13;  to 
make  answer  to  petition 
against  the  town,  13;  entitled 
to  land  in  Falmouth,  14;  agent 
for  Falmouth,  55,  59. 

Edewakeuk,  212. 

Edgcome,  Nicholas,  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 

Edger,  Henry,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  131. 


Edger,  continued. 

William,  signed  i^etition  of  Geor- 
gia, 131. 
Edwards,  Benj.,  signed  petition  of 

North  Yarmouth,  221. 
Elder,  John,  impressment  of,  218. 
Eldon,    John,    signed    petition   of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Elenwood, ,  285. 

Elwell,  Vv'illiam,  entitled  to   land 

in  Falmouth,  14. 
Emery,  Mr. ,  258. 

Caleb,  deputy  sheriff,  250. 

Charity,  widow,  of  Berwick,  440. 

Jabez,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249;  resided  at  Berwick, 
440. 

Job,  signed  petition  of  Berwick, 
249,  421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431. 

Joseph,  objected  to  building 
new  meeting  house,  394; 
signed  petition  of  Berwick, 
411,  421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  440,  441. 

Joshua,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
429,  430. 

Noah,  to  prefer  the  petition  of 
Berwick,  249;  letter  of,  173, 
175,  176 ;  mentioned,  289. 

Samuel,  had  the  care  of  Mary 
Smith,  400,  453. 

Simon,  resided  at  Ber^-ick,  441. 

Simon  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431. 
England,  2,  11,  12,  37.  41,  47,  48, 
51,  104,  128,  153,  321,  322,  336, 
338,  340,  364,  365,  366,  384, 
423. 
English,  the,  Indians  advised  to 
live  well  with,  5;  Indians  con- 
tinually at  war  with,  91,  106, 
111,  386;  Nova  Scotia  surren- 
dered to,  107;  Indians  pre- 
pared to  fall  upon,  107;  In- 
dians not  uneasy  on  account 
of,  213;  Indians  not  to  go  to 
war  with,  213,  215;  the  French 
set  the  Indians  against  in  time 
of  peace,  251,  386;  not  per- 
mitted to  walk  in  the  streets 
of  Quebec,  258;  people  of 
Nova  Scotia  dislike  the  gov- 
ernment of,  340;  attacked  at 
Grand  Pre,  303;  French  jealous 
of,  363;  Acadians  told  to  take 
arms  against,  373;  Acadians 
absolved      from      oath,     373; 


486 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORl 


English,  continued. 

French  stir  up  revolt  against, 
372,  373;  prisoners  from  Que- 
bec, 381;  the  only  stronghold 
of,  in  Acadia,  382,  384,  385, 
386;  their  first  knowledge  of 
the  French  at  Annapolis,  382; 
the  French  annoy  all  who  fa- 
vor, 382;  soldiers  obliged  to 
live  on  the  inhabitants,  383; 
harrassed  by  French  and  In- 
dians, 384,  386;  their  colonies 
languished,  384;  value  of  Cape 
Breton  to,  385;  trade  in  West 
Indies,  380;  governor  of  Can- 
ada to  turn  Indians  against, 
386;  people  to  be  attached  to, 
388;  Indians  desired  peace 
with,  462 ;  killed  at  Annapolis, 
463;  mentioned,  110,  136,  155, 
159,  187,  321,  348,  351,  352, 
360,    371.    373,    402. 

Eps,  Daniel,  139. 

Ercegontogoges,  the,  212,  213. 

Erskine,  Lieut.  James,  ensign 
withCol.  Tavlor,  107;  affidavit 
of,  100,  107. " 

Espequead\a    vice-king    of    the 

Espiquet  J  Penobscots,  11;  met 
a  delegation  from  Massachu- 
setts, 74. 

Essex  County,  Eng.,  105,  111. 

Evans,  Nathaniel,  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 

Everson,  William,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Eyre,  Mr.  Kingsmill,  48. 


F 


Fabyan,  .John,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Joseph,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 

Fairweather,  Thomas,  associated 
with  Leveret,  120. 

Fall,  John,  resided  at  Berwick,  427. 
Samuel,  resided  at  Berwick,  427. 
Trostum,    resided  at   Berwick, 
427, 

Falley,  Richard,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Falmouth,  a  list  of  land  claimants 
to  be  made  out,  13;  the  suc- 
cessful claimants,  13,  14; 
claimants  to  prove  their 
rights,  14;  Jeremiah  Dunbar 
came  from,  15;  Pickenden  at, 
21,  23;   petition  of  heirs  and 


Falmouth,  continued. 

assigns,  52;  answer  to  petition 
long  deferred,  53;  destroyed, 
53,  55 ;  deed  given  by  Danforth 
lost,  but  counterpart  saved, 
53,  54;  answer  to  petition  of 
Westbrook  and  others,  54,  55; 
land  in,  to  be  placed  in  hands 
of  trustees,  55;  laid  out  and 
settled,  55;  people  driven 
from,  55;  lands  in  given  to 
more  families,  50;  many  came 
without  consent,  56;  the  peo- 
ple acted  justly,  57;  pretended 
proi^rietors  presented  claims 
after  real  owners  had  saved 
the  settlement,  58;  a  former 
town  clerk  witholds  town 
book,  .'SO;  treaty  of,  72;  Nut- 
ting the  armourer  at,  188;  re- 
port on  regulating  the  settle- 
ment, 144;  bounds  of,  145,  146; 
number  of  families  at,  145, 146 ; 
an  agreeable  place  for  a  settle- 
ment, 145;  should  be  a  town- 
ship, 145;  had  two  parishes, 
147;  settlers  obliged  to  leave 
land  which  they  thought  they 
owned,  147,  148;  unimproved 
land  to  be  taxed  to  support 
ministry  and  school,  148,  194, 
201,  202,  203;  Indians  threat- 
ened the  people  of,  172;  jiro- 
prietors  of  brought  action 
against  Joseph  Plumei",  173, 
174,  175,  177,  179, 183,  196,  203; 
Higginson's  petition  against, 
179;  proprietors  of,  summoned 
to  court,  180,  182,  201;  militia 
at  to  be  divided,  188,  189,  190; 
in  poor  condition  for  defence, 
190;  resolutions  in  regard  to 
schools,  192,  193,  194,  195; 
Phineas  Jones  to  represent  the 
town  in  Boston,  201;  cost  of 
building  bridges  and  meeting 
house,  202;  non-resident  pro- 
prietors summoned,  202;  an- 
swer to  Higginson's  petition, 
203;  Presbyterians  petitioned 
to  be  released  from  church 
tax,  210,  211;  proprietors  of 
Township  No.  Seven  met  at, 
240;  second  parish  desired  to 
be  a  township,  262,  263;  pro- 
prietors summoned  to  General 
Court,  263;  forces  at  to  be  dis- 
posed of,  368;  desired  to  be 
reimbursed  for  care  of  William 
Ford,  423,  424;   mast  ship  at, 


INDEX 


487 


Falmouth,  continued. 

423;     desired     assistance     in 
maintaining  a  bridge,  465,  46C; 
town  meeting,  467;  petition  of 
second  parish,  262;  petition  in 
regard  to  Forde,  423;   petition 
of  selectmen,  465;  mentioned, 
139,     160,    166,    177,    179,    182, 
183,    188,    189,    190,    191,    196, 
201,    223,   239,    240,    291,    424, 
466. 
Book  of  Eecords,  14,  467. 
Bridge,  195,  465,  406,  467. 
Harrow  House,  41,  172. 
Neck,  191,  194. 
Town  House,  467. 

Faul,  John,  lived  at  Berwick,  422. 
Samuel,  lived  at  Berwick,  433. 
Trustum,  lived  at  Berwick,  433. 

Feild,  Daniel,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Felton,  John,  a  giant«e  of  New 
Marblehead,  i41. 

Finlayson,  Nathaniel,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Township  No.  One,  245. 

Finney,  Robert,  gave  power  of  at- 
torney, 271,  272;  petitioned 
for  Brunswick,  273,  277;  dei> 
osition  of,  276;  protest  of,  206. 

Fisher,  Samuel,  deposition  of,  405; 
oath  of,  405. 

Fisheries,  38,  80,  112,  123, 142,  145, 
173,  262,  287,  304,  315,  322, 
336,  338,  3G1,  379,  383,  384, 
402. 

Fitch,  Thos.,  associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120. 

Five  Nations,  the,  329,  330,  331, 
332. 

Flag,  see  Colors. 

Flanders,  390. 

Floating  masts  on,  33. 

Forces,  see  Soldiers. 

Ford,  John,  of  Berwick,  427,  432. 
William,  of  Falmouth,  423. 

Fore  Kiver,  468,  467. 

Forgison,  James,  of  Berwick,  441. 

Forts,  to  be  examined,  63,  68,  69, 
76,  86;  the  erection  of  holds 
the  territory,  126,  425;  the 
Assembly  answerable  for 
maintaining,  132;  at  Pema- 
quid  being  improved,  167,  260; 
Massachusetts  recommended 
to  repair  Pemaquid,  184;  at 
Brunswick  not  to  be  strength- 
ened, 246;  visited  by  Gov. 
Shirley,  252;  grants  to  finish, 
258;  much  money  needed  for, 
261;  concerning  repairing,  298; 


Forts,  continued. 

delay  in  finishing,  299;  reduc- 
tion of  Louisbourg,  301,  302; 
rebuilt  at  Canso,  304;  improved 
by  Gov.  Knowles,  366;  list  of 
the  commanders  to  be  ob- 
tained, 360;  proposed,  377; 
stores  to  be  sent  to,  407; 
needed  at  Penobscot,  425,  426, 
444;  needed  near  Crown  Point, 
458;  needed  at  Chebucto,  458; 
see  also  Garrisons  and  Block- 
houses. 
Fort,  at  Annapolis,  374,  381,  382. 

at  Arrowsic,  408. 

at  Augusta,  108. 

at  Boston  Harbor,  66. 

at  Bay  Vert.  387. 

at  Brunswick,  408,  425. 

at  Canso,  304. 

at  Charlestown,  84,  85. 

at  Chebucto,  314,  387. 

at  Falmouth,  22,  145. 

at  Fredericksburg,  31,  79. 

at  Louisbourg,  305,  309,  311. 

at  Marblehead,  70,  82,  85. 

at  Minas,  247. 

at  Pemaquid,  7,  8,  22,  45,  46,  67, 
75,  88,  101,  102,  103,  115,  116, 
117,  150,  167,  168,  260,  261. 

at  Penobscot.  425,  426. 

at  Richmond,  69,  70,  72,  110,  425. 

at  Saco  River,  63,  425. 

at  St.  Georges,  68,  69,  163,  209, 
215,  253,  268,  306,  425,  454. 

at  St.  Peters,  304. 

at  Salem,  70,  81,  85. 

Anne,  81,  82. 

Castle  William,  82,  83,  84,  260, 
261,  321. 

Dummer,  137,  424,  425. 

Frederick,  7,  8,  51,  65,  134,  135, 
214,  225,  226,  231,  253,  258,  407, 
403. 

George,  69,  73,  143,  198,  224,  408, 
409. 

Hinsdall,  425. 

Mary,  69,  80. 

No.  Four,  391. 

Richmond,  131,  141,  253,  299. 

St.  Frederick,  465. 

William  and  Mary,  97,  98,  99. 
Foss,  Benjamin,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Joseph,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 

Walter,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245, 

Fox,  Mr. ,  379. 

Foxcroft,  Fras.,  238. 


488 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Foy,  James,  427. 
Timothy,  285. 

Frarapton,  Maj.  Gen. ,  his  reg- 
iment, 327,  835. 

France,  118,  151,  213,  215,  262,  200, 
304,  320,  321,  333,  335,  340, 
342,    352,    359,    363,    391,   464. 

Franklyn,  Henry,  an  associate  with 
Leveret,  120. 

Fransoi,  Saveur,  Penobscot  chief, 
74. 

Fredericksburg,  (  New  Settle- 
ment), Indians  not  at,  5;  In- 
dians desired  to  know  the 
oi)inion  of  the  French  concern- 
ing, 5,  11;  Dunbar  desired  to 
form  a  government  at,  5,  11, 
31;  formerly  Pemaquid,  6,  7, 
8,  68,  69,  78,  86,  87,  100;  Bel- 
cher did  not  send  expedition 
to  capture,  6,  8,  87,  96;  riot  of 
the  people  at,  7,  8;  9,  65,  86, 
87;  claimed  as  a  part  of  the 
Province  of  Massachusetts 
Bay,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  64,  67,  86, 
88,  92,  93,  118,  127,  134;  many 
claimants  before  Dunbar,  9; 
boundaries,  of,  9;  distance 
from  St.  Georges  River,  11; 
Massachusetts  did  not  improve 
it  or  allow  others  to  improve 
it,  11,  12,  78;  its  future  value 
to  England,  11;  prosperous 
outlook,  12,  15 ;  people  of  Lon- 
donderry desire  to  move  to, 
24;  a  wilderness,  26,  27;  im- 
provements at,  27 ;  fort  at  de- 
scribed, 31,  79:  named,  31,  78; 
a  defense  against  Indians,  31; 
provisions  sent  to  bi;t  not  paid 
for,  37,  48;  Dunbar  going  to, 
47,  51,  64,  66;  men  from  annoy 
Grover,  45,  40,  51,  64,  65;  peo- 
ple of  stigmatized,  51;  fear  it 
will  be  taken,  51;  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  Philips  of  Nova 
Scotia,  52,  64,  88,  103,  118; 
Dunbar  uncertain  about  de- 
fending it,  52,  04;  armed  force 
to  be  sent  against,  60,  78,  79, 
100;  the  disputes  at  related 
only  to  private  property,  64; 
the  stay  of  the  schof)ner  only 
a  pi'etence  for  quarrelling,  64, 
65 ;  four  of  the  rioters  arrested, 
65,  87;  Dunbar  to  winter  at, 
65;  Belcher  ordered  to  ab- 
stain from  sending  expedition 
against,  66,  67;  the  govern- 
ment of  under  consideration, 


Fredericksburg,  continued. 

67;  Belcher  sent  delegation  to, 
78,  86;  Dunbar  to  defend  it, 
78;  Belcher's  friends  say  no 
military  force  was  sent  against, 
96;  Tailer  asked  improper 
questions,  96;  Dunbar  to  leave 
as  soon  as  possible,  135;  men- 
tioned, 70,  76,  77;  see  also 
under  Georgia  and  Pemaquid. 

Fredericksport,  37;  see  Fredericks- 
burg. 

French,  the  ( including  Acadian 
and  Canadian  ) ;  advised  the 
Indians  to  live  well  with  the 
English,  5;  purchased  vessels 
in  New  England,  37,  66;  gave 
grant  to  Winnit,  39;  sent  coal 
to  Massachusetts,  51;  a  sloop 
at  Casco,  belonging  to,  97; 
Indians  in  the  interest  of,  101, 
309,  315,  329,  337;  tract  of 
country  left  to,  102;  Pema- 
quid surrendered  to,  106,  115; 
built  a  church  near  the  Ken- 
nebec River  (1698),  103,  115; 
Massachusetts  ordered  to  re- 
gain the  land  from,  103;  held 
the  tract  fourteen  years,  104, 
107,  116;  surrendered  to  JSTich- 
olson,  104,  105,  116,  118,  126; 
did  not  attempt  to  settle  on  the 
Kennebec,  105;  destroyed  Pem- 
aquid a  second  time  (1698  ), 
115,  118;  hindered  Leveret's 
associates,  122;  attacked 
blockhouse,  122;  gave  Indians 
ammunition  and  presents,  151, 
187,  335,  357,  462,  403;  Indians 
told  to  trade  with,  185;  re- 
ported that  the  Indians  were 
prepared  for  war,  187;  inter- 
married with  the  Indians, 
251;  their  missionaries  among 
the  Indians,  251;  influence 
over  Indians,  252,  384,  425;  the 
eastern  settlements  a  curb  to, 
252;  would  not  permit  the 
English  to  walk  the  streets  of 
Quebec,  258;  retaliation  at 
Boston,  258;  demolislied  fort 
at  Pemaquid,  261;  in  the  rear 
of  Pepperrell's  troops,  302, 
303;  Louisboui'g  their  pride, 
304;  a  prelude  to  the  reduc- 
tion of  their  settlements,  304; 
to  besiege  Annapolis;  304; 
plan  to  frustrate  their  hopes, 
314,  315;  a  port  to  hold  the 
mastery    over,    323;    will    be 


ESTDEX 


489 


French,  continued. 

discouraged  if  the  Indians  as- 
sist the  English,  329,  332; 
generally  at  war  with  the 
Five  Nations,  330;  will  not 
venture  to  Annapolis  Basin, 
333;  may  send  war-like  stores 
Chicknecto,  335;  on  their  being 
removed  from  Nova  Scotia, 337, 
340,  341,  345,  348,  349,  350, 
352,  353,  363,  364,  371,  376, 
377,  383,  389;  will  attempt 
to  recover  Louisbourg,  337; 
and  be  masters  of  Nova 
Scotia,  338;  deserters  among, 
338;  on  the  subjection  of, 
339;  if  exiled  will  go  to  Can- 
ada or  join  the  Indians,  349; 
removed  by  Nicholson,  351; 
allowance  for  their  discon- 
tent, 352;  would  have  a  bad 
influence  over  English  rebels, 
353;  one  settlement  a  key  in 
the  hands  of,  355,  356;  those 
in  Nova  Scotia  were  traitors, 
357,  358;  are  advised  to  hold  to 
their  religious  faith,  359,  360; 
prisoners  exchanged,  363; 
fear  of  the  mastery  of,  363; 
their  influence  over  settlers  in 
Nova  Scotia,  363,  372,  373; 
vessel  sent  to  find  ships  of, 
365;  will  not  retract  oath  and 
will  submit  to  orders,  370; 
declaration  of  Minas,  370; 
summoned  to  renew  oath,  371; 
fidelity  of,  371,  372;  need 
paper,  372;  masters  of  Beau- 
basin  and  Minas,  373;  advise 
the  Acadians  to  take  up  arms 
against  the  English,  373;  dis- 
charged from  oath,  373;  arma- 
ment arrived,  374,  378,  379; 
tried  to  stir  up  the  people  of 
Minas,  374,  376,  377,  382;  cap- 
tured Minas,  375,  381;  with- 
drew from  Minas,  375,  376; 
lost  the  pretence  of  title  to 
Minas,  376;  returned  to  Can- 
ada, 376;  a  raid  expected, 
376;  the  capture  of  Nova 
Scotia,  no  help  to  recover 
Cape  Breton,  379;  Nova  Scotia 
a  barrier  to,  379;  troops  at 
Quebec,  381;  how  they  paid 
soldiers,  382,  383;  Acadians 
inclined  to  declare  for,  383; 
often  ventured  to  regain  lost 
territory,  384;  kept  up  the 
spirits    of    the    Indians,   384; 


French,  continued. 

annoy  the  English,  384;  ever 
had  an  eye  on  Nova  Scotia, 
384;  their  colonies  become 
bold,  384;  value  of  Cape 
Breton  to,  385;  designed  to 
settle  on  western  frontier, 
453,  458,  465;  Cape  Breton  de- 
livered to,  458;  as  subjects  of 
Great  Britain,  462;  mentioned, 
155,  177,  213,  261,  265,  267, 
299,  321,  323,  336,  345,  350, 
353,  354,  356,  360,  371,  383; 
see  Acadians  and   Canadians. 

Indians,  329,  330,  331,  334,  375. 

Protestants,  16. 
Friar,   a,    for    Indians,    213;     see 

Priests. 
Frontenac,  Louis  de  Baude,  Comte 

de,  321,  322. 
Frost,  Mr. ,  289. 

Charles,  letter  of,  190. 

James,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 
433. 

Jeremiah,   resided  at  Berwick, 

427,  432. 

John,  opposed  building  meeting 
house,  241;  signed  petition  for 
Berwick,  249;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 433. 

Jno.,  clerk  of  the  Court,  178, 179. 

Nathaniel,  resided  at  Berwick, 

428,  433. 

Robt.,  signed  petition  for  Lon- 
donderry, 24. 

Simon,  letter  of,  392;  mentioned, 
162,  170,  172,  181,  182,  203,  207, 
208,  210,  213. 

Stephen,    resided    at    Berwick, 

427,  432. 

Thomas,  resided  at  Berwick,  428. 
William,    resided    at    Berwick, 

428,  433. 
Fotlieringham,     Capt. ,    344, 

345. 

Frothingham,  Thomas,  a  grantee 
of  New  Marblehead,  141. 

Fuel  for  Boston,  367,  368. 

Fulerton,  Wm.,  signed  petition  of 
settlers  of  Georgia,  130. 

Fulham,  Francis,  156. 

Furniss,    Nathan,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431. 
Robert,  rtesided  at  Berwick,  427. 


G- 


G 

-,  John,   signed  memorial 


of  Small  Point,  217. 


32 


490 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Gacell,  Moses,  signed  petition  of 

Merriconeag,  207. 
Gains,  John,  letter  of,  290. 
Galissoniere,    M,  R.  Barrin,  Mar- 
quis de  la,  461. 
Gallison,  Joseph,  a  grantee  of  New 

I^Iarblehead,  141. 
Garrish,  see  Gerrish. 
Garrisons  to  be  examined,  69,  76; 
few,  191;  to  be  repaired,  253; 
needed  at  Louisbourg,  300;  at 
times,  of  no  protection,  353; 
dispute  among  officers,  in  the, 
355;  soldiers  disposed  to  de- 
sert, 355;  surrounded  by 
French  traitors,  257;  can  not 
assist  each  other,  366,  367;  list 
of  commanders  wanted,  369; 
those  at  Richmond  mutinous, 
36'J;  at  Annapolis,  382;  the 
Massachusetts  soldiers  the 
chief  strength  of,  385;  at  An- 
napolis to  be  supplied,  387; 
men  needed  at  Georgetown, 
396,  397,  398;  needed  at  Penob- 
scot River,  402;  stores  to  be 
sent  to,  407;  see  also  Forts  and 
Blockhouses. 
Garrison,  at  Annapolis,  282,  287, 
304,  314,  315,  317,  320,  321, 
333,  337,  338,  347,  356,  364, 
379,    387,   453,   463. 

at  Arrowsic,  108,  109,  110. 

at  Broad  Bay,  296. 

at  Brunswick,  246. 

at  Canso,  191. 

at  Casco,  30. 

at  Frederick,  214. 

at  Georgetown,    296,    396,   397, 
398. 

at  Louisbourg,  303,  317,  319, 324, 
325,  326,  336,  389. 

at  Madomock,  296. 

at  Ma  quoit,  296. 

at  Martins,  296. 

at  Minas,  344. 

at  New  Blockhouse,  296. 

at  Nova  Scotia,  103. 

at  Point  of  Broad  Bay,  296. 

at  Richmond,  369. 

at  St.  Georges,  297. 

at  Sheepscot,  296. 

at  Topsham,  296. 

at  Walpole,  296. 

at  Witchasset,  296. 

Lane's,  296. 

Larmous,  296. 

Leverett's,  155,  169. 

Philbrook's,  396. 

Vaughan's,  296. 


Garrisons,  continued. 

Woodsides,  296. 

Zuberbuhlers,  296. 
Gartcheal  \  j^^      resided  at  Ber- 

Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 426,  430,  441. 
Samuel  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  441. 

Gayton,  Capt. ,  362. 

George  I,  39. 
II,  79,  165,  177. 

Georges,  see  St.  Georges. 

Georgetown,  108,  110,  216,  217,  232, 
234,  291,  398,  397. 
garrison  at,  296,  .396,  397,  398. 

Georgia,  Province  of,  proprietors 
send  agent  to  England,  2,  12; 
distance  from  St.  Georges,  11; 
name  changed,  31;  government 
of,  33;  petition  of  the  settlers 
of,  129;  desired  to  be  a  town- 
ship, 130;  families  from  Swiss 
cantons  come  to,  252;  see 
Fredericksburg  and  Pema- 
quid. 

Germany,  354. 

^e"!^t  I  Col. ,222. 

Garrish  j 
Charles,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
James,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
James  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 

427. 
Joseph,     a     representative     of 

Township  No.  One,  259. 
William,    resided    at    Berwick, 
427,  432. 
Gethe,  Samuel,  signed  petition  for 
Berwick,  421. 

Gibbs,  Mr. ,  259. 

Henry,  signed  petition  of  Merri- 
coneag, 206,  221;   signed  peti- 
tion of  Small  Point,  233; signed 
petition  for  Brunswick,  235. 
Gibralter  Regiments,  the,  317,  318, 

320,  324. 
Gibson,  William,   signed  petition 

of  Merriconeag,  207. 
Gill,  Thomas,    signed   petition  of 

North  Yarmouth,  221. 
Gillison,  see  Jillson. 
Gillmore,  James,    signed  petition 
for  Londonderry,    24;    signed 
petition    for    Township    No. 
Seven,  237. 


INDEX 


491 


Gillos,    Will,    entitled   to   land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Gillpatriok,  James,  457. 
John,  457. 
John  Jr.,  457. 
Gimerson,  Will,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 

Gin,  38. 

Given,  David,  to  represent  people 
of  Brunsvyick,  271;  misrepre- 
sented facts,  280;  deprived  of 
voting,  282;  petition  of,  272; 
answer,  277;  memorandum, 
283;  protest,  296,  mentioned, 
284. 
Gloss,    Will.,    signed    petition    of 

Damariscotta,  293. 
Gloucester,  267,  268. 
Goff's  Brook,  455,  456. 
Gooch,  Gov.  Sir  William,  817,  318. 
Good,    Thomas     Jr.,    resided    at 

Bervyrick,  429. 
Goodale,  John,  had  care  of  Mary 
Smith,  400. 
Zachariah,  had  care  of  Margaret 
Smith,  452. 
Goodin     "j  Aaron,  objected    to 
Gooding  J- building         meeting 
GoodvyinJ  house,  394;  signed  pe- 
tition  of    Berv5^ick,   249,    421; 
resided  in  Berwick,  428,  431, 
440. 
Adam,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 

433. 
Benjamin,  resided  at  Berwick, 

440. 
Charles,     resided    at    Berwick, 

427,  432. 
Daniel,  resided  at  Berwick,  431. 
Deliverence,  a  widow,  resided  at 

Berwick,  440. 
Elijah,  signed  petition   of   Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
429,  430. 
Elisha,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430. 
Henry,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  440. 
Ichabod,  opposed  building  meet- 
ing house,  241,  394;  signed  pe- 
tition of  Berwick,  249,  411,  421; 
resided  at  Berwick,  440. 
James,  to  settle  the  school  mas- 
ter,  193;     signed    petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 4.30,  440. 
John,   signed  petition    of    Ber- 


Goodwin,  continued, 

wick,  421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  440. 

John  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  440. 

Joseph,  resided  at  Berwick,  431, 
441. 

Miles,  resided  at  Berwick,  430, 
441. 

Moses,  objected  to  building  new 
meeting  house,  394;  signed 
petition  of  Berwick,  411,  421. 

Moses  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  249,  441. 

Nathan,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 250. 

Nathaniel,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 430. 

Nills,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421. 

Paler,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421. 

Solomon,  resided  at  Berwick, 
430. 

Taylor,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431. 

Tealor,  resided  at  Berwick,  441. 

Thomas,  opposed  building  new 
meeting  house,  241;  signed  pe- 
tition of  Berwick,  249,  395, 
411;  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 
428,  430,  431. 

Thomas  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  249;  objected  to 
building  new  meeting  house, 
394;  resided  at  Berwick,  441. 

William,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428,  430,  431,  433. 

William,  clerk  of  New  Marble- 
head,  140;  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

William  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
428,  430. 
Goodon,  Benjamin,  456. 
Goodridge,  Benj.,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 432. 

Josiah,  resided  at  Berwick,  432. 
Goodshei,  Joshua,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428. 
Goodwin,  see  under  Goodin. 
Goold,  Moses,  entitled  to  land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 

William,     signed     petition     of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Gordon,  .James,  signed  petition  of 

Georgia,  1.30. 
Gore,  the,  460,  461. 


492 


DOCUMENTAEY   HISTORY 


Gorges,  Sir  Ferdinando,  5G. 

Gorham,  Capt. ,  387,  388,  389, 

4G5. 
Lieut.  Col.  John,  letter  of,  341; 

mentioned,  315,  344. 
Shubal,  petition  of,  223,  239. 
Gorman,  John,  signed  petition  of 

Township  Xo.  Seven,  237. 
Goudot,  Pierre  de,  370. 
Gould,  King,  334. 
Gowin,  Patrick,    resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428,  433. 
Graffam,  Jacob,  signed  petition  of 

Merriconeag,  289. 
Granary  of  Acadia,  the,  374. 
Grand  Pre,  359,  363, 
Granger,  Francois,  371,  372. 
Grant   1  Alexander,     resided     at 
Greant  J  Berwick,  428,  443. 
Alexander  Jr.,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 432. 
Daniel,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 

431,  440,  443. 

Daniel  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
432. 

Elias,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 250,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431,  440. 

Ephrom,  resided  at  Berwick  428. 

James  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
440. 

Joshua,  resided  at  Berwick,  431, 
441. 

Landers,  resided  in  Berwick, 
443. 

Landon,  resided  in  Berwick, 
428,  432. 

Lieut.  Peter,  selectman  of  Ber- 
wick, 250;  as  moderator,  393, 
413;  resided  in  Berwick,  428, 

432,  441,  443;  to  set  off  the 
new  parish,  434;  signed  peti- 
tion of  Berwick,  440. 

Peter  Jr.,  resided    at   Berwick, 
431,  441. 
Graves,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Gray,  Daniel,    signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 430. 
James,  signed   petition  of   Ber- 
wick, 421. 
John,  signed  petition  of  Damar- 

iscotta,  293. 
Moses,  signed   petition  of   Ber- 
wick, 249,  421. 
Greant,  see  Grant. 
Great  Island,  81. 

Great  Sebascodegin,   "I  216,      226, 
Great  Sebashadegen,  j  227,      234, 


Great  Sebascodegin,  continued. 

235,  460. 
Great  Whale  Boat  Island,  229. 
Greary,     Alexander,     resided    a^ 
Berwick,  440. 
Daniel,  resided  at  Berwick,  440. 
Elizabeth,    widow,     resided    at 

Berwick,  440. 
James,  resided  at  Berwick,  440. 
Taylor,   resided   at    Berwick, 
441. 
Green,  Daniel,  signed  memorial  of 
Small  Point,  217. 
Moses,  resided  at  Berwick,  441. 
Greenleaf,     John,     representative 

for  Township  No.  One,  259. 
Greg    \  James,    signed      London- 
Gregg  j  derry  petition,  24. 
John,  signed  Londonderry  peti- 
tion, 20,  24. 
Samuel,     signed      Londonderry 

petition,  24. 
Thomas,    signed     Londonderry 

petition,  24. 
William,     signed     Londonderry 
petition,  24. 
Griffen,  Joseph,  a  grantee  of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Grindall,    John,   resided    at    Ber- 
wick, 427,  433. 
Grist  Mill,  473. 

Grover,  Josiah,  of  New  Harbor, 
purchased  land  of  John 
Brown,  44;  insulted,  impris- 
oned and  vessel  captured,  45, 
46,  51,  64,  87,  88;  carried  to 
Pemaquid,  45,  46;  escaped,  46; 
complaint  of,  44;  his  oath,'  47. 
Gubtail  \  Benjamin,  resided  at 
Gubtal  i  Berwick,  427,  432. 

Nathaniel,  signed  call   for  Ber- 
wick town   meeting,  395;  re- 
sided at  Berwick,  427,  432. 
Samuel,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 

433. 
Thomas,    resided    at    Berwick, 
428,  443. 
Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  9,  10,  115. 
Gulston,  Ralph,  contractor,  4,  41, 

42. 
Gurirason,  Elihu,  shipwright.  111. 
Gustin,  David,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 
Ebenezer,  entitled    to    land    in 
Falmouth,  14. 
Gutredge  \  Benjamin,   resided   at 
Guttridge  j  Berwick,  427. 

Josiah,  resided  at  Berwick,  427. 
Gwin,    John,    signed    petition    of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 


INDEX 


493 


Gyles,  Capt.  John,  once  a  captain, 
now  an   interpreter,    11,    1G3, 

170,  171;  in  command  at  St. 
Georges,  11,  68,  74,  163,  170; 
received  letter  from  Col.  Dun- 
bar, 76;  in  Boston,  138;  knew 
Madocowando,  170;  on  Prov- 
ince galley,  170,  171;  sailed 
eastward,  170,  171;  had  con- 
ference with  the  Penobscots, 
171;     to  make  a  declaration, 

171,  172;  formally  refused  to 
answer  questions,  171;  his 
office  no  restraint  to  giving 
affidavit,  172;  letters  of,  212, 
214,  215;  mentioned,  186. 


H 


Ha ,  Charles,  signed  petition 

of  Township  No.  One,  245 

Ilabard,  see  Ilubbard. 

Haggens  \  Forgus,  signed  petition 

Higgons  J  of  Township  No.  One, 
245. 
Tilly,  signed  call  for  Berwick 
town  meeting,  395;  constable 
of  Berwick,  411,  413;  resided 
at  Berwick,  427,  432. 

Haines,  Capt.  Samuel,  signed  peti- 
tion for  Biddeford,  245;   clerk 
of  the  proprietors,  245. 
Timothy,     signed     petition     of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Hale,  Daniel,  moderator,  259. 

Hales,  Capt.  Joseph,  innholder, 
259;  town  meeting  at  his 
house,  259,  264,  265. 

Halifax,  see  Chebucto. 

Hall,  Ebenezer,    entitled  land   in 
Falmouth,  13;  resided  at  Small 
Point,  215. 
Isaac,  signed  petition  of  Merri- 
coneag,  207. 

Hamble,  Samuel,  leader  of  vio- 
lence, 47. 

Hamilton    ~| 

Hambleton  l ,  a  soldier,  45. 

Hambton    J 
Abial,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

428,  429. 

Benj.,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
Gabrial,  resided  at  Berwick,  428, 

429,  432,  443. 

John,  resided  at  Berwick,   428, 

432. 
Jonathan,  resided  at  Berwick, 

431,  440. 


Hamilton,  continued. 

Joseph,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

433. 
Judith,  widow,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 440. 

Hammond,  Maj. ,  23. 

John,  signed  petition  of  Merri- 
coneag,  289. 
Handy,  Henry,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Hardison ")  John,    resided  at   Ber- 
Hardsom  j  wick,  429. 
Stephen,     resided    at   Berwick, 

429,  433. 

Harmon,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Capt.  John,  of  York,  291. 
Nathaniel,    signed    petition    of 

Township  No.  One,  245. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 

Harnden,  Samuel,  signed  petition 
for  Georgia,  130. 

Harrington,  Lord,  298. 

Harris,  Stephen,  to  attend  to  build- 
ing a  new  meeting  house,  393. 

Harsman,  Benj.,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 433. 

Hart,  Jos.,  selectman  of  Berwick, 
250,  396,  409,  412;  resided  at 
Berwick,  427,  432. 

Haskell,  Thomas,  to  take  a  list  of 
the  Falmouth  claimants,  13; 
report  of,  14. 

Haverhill,  18,  19. 

Hawkes,  Ebenezer,   a  grantee   of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 
Ebenezer  Jr.,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  140. 

Hays,  Richard,  signed  petition  of 
Merricoueag,  288,  446,  461. 
Ruben,  resided  in  Berwick,  428. 

Heagarty,  Thomas,  461. 

Heard, ,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421. 

Hearl,  Atherton,  signed  petition 
for  Berwick,  250. 

Etherington,  signed  petition  for 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 430,  440. 

Gilbert,  signed  petition  for  Ber- 
wick, 250;  resided  at  Berwick, 

430,  440. 

James,  resided  at  Berwick,  430. 

Richard,  resided  at  Berwick, 
427,  432. 

Thomas,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 441. 


494 


DOCUMENTAHY   HISTOIiY 


Hearl,  continued. 

Thomas  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
430,  441. 

Heath.  Col. ,  454,  467. 

Capt.  Joseph,  iu  command  at 
Eichmond,  G9,  70,  110;  as  a 
messenger  for  Tailer,  70;  re- 
ported Dunbar's  answer,  70, 
77;  letter  of,  137. 

Henderson,  Mr. ,  285. 

Joseph,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 
432. 

Hendly,  Benj.,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  140. 

Henniker,  John,  mast  contractor, 
405. 

Henry,  Robert,  451. 

Hickey,  William,  signed   petition 
of  Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Hides,  209. 

Higginson,  John,  petition  of,  179; 
answer,  195,  203;    mentioned, 
173,  174,  175,  176,  182,  200. 
Higgon,  see  Haggens. 
Highland  families  to  be  brought 

''  over,  349,  353,  354. 
Hight,  William,  opposed  building 
new  meeting  house,  241; 
signed  Berwick  petitions,  249, 
421;  resided  at  Berwick,  430, 
441. 

Hill, ,  brother  of  John,  392. 

Elisha,  opposed  building  new 
meeting  house,  241,  394; 
signed  petition  of  Berwick, 
249;  resided  at  Berwick,  431, 
440. 
John,  disqualified,  176;  signed 
North  Yarmouth  petition,  219, 
221;  opposed  building  new 
meeting  house,241,  394;  signed 
petition  of  Berwick,  249,  411, 
421;  proprietor  in  North  Yar- 
mouth, 392;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 430,  440. 
Jhme,  450. 

Joseph,  signed   report   concern- 
ing Falmouth,  146. 
Thomas,    signed     North     Y"ar- 
rnouth  petition,  219,  221. 
Hinckley  I  Capt.  Aaron,  surveyor, 
Hinkley    (295;    in    command    at 
B'ort  George,  408;  letter  of,  408. 
Richard  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 

Berwick,  421. 
Samuel,     selectman    of    Bruns- 
wick, 273,  275,    277,   280,    281, 
282,  295. 
Samuel  Jr.,  constable,  295. 


Hinckley,  continued, 

Shubel,  tything  man   of  Bruns- 
wick, 295. 
Hinsdell,  Ebenezer,  missionary  to 
Indians,  130,  137. 
Fort,  425. 
Hiscock,    John,   signed   Damaris- 

cotta  petition,  293. 
Hobbs,  Henry,  resided  in  Berwick, 
429. 
Thomas,     resided    in    Berwick, 
428,  429. 
Hobby,  Sir  Charles,  197. 
Ilobson,  John,  speaker  and  justice 
of  the  peace,  208,  219,  221,  222, 
223,  233,  234,  236,  238,  260. 
Capt.  John,  to  lay  out  land  for  a 
new  town,  139. 
Hodgdon,  see  under  Hodsdon. 
Hodge,  Nicholas,  194. 
Hodsdon  )  Benjamin,  to  attend  to 
Ilosdon    5  building  a  new  meeting 
house,    393;    signed    call    for 
town  meeting,  395;   resided  at 
Berwick,  432,  443. 
Daniel,  resided  at  Berwick,  440. 
Isreal,  resided  at  Berwick,  429. 
John,  objected  to  building  new 
meeting   house,    394;     signed 
Berwick  petition,  421;  resided 
at  Berwick,  431,  440. 
John  Jr.,  signed  Berwick  peti- 
tion, 249. 
Joseph,  opposed  building  new 
meeting    house,    241;     signed 
Berwick  petition,  249,  421;  re- 
sided at  Berwick,  431,  440. 
Joseph  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 

431,  441. 
Joshua,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
Moses,  selectman,  390,  409,  412; 
resided  at  Berwick,   427,  432; 
signed  petition,  434. 
Richard,    signed    petition,   249; 
resided  at  Berwick,  431,  441. 
Samuel,  signed  petition,  249;  re- 
sided at  Berwick,  431,  441. 
Samuel  Jr.,  signed  petition,  249; 

resided  at  Berwick,  441. 
Stephen,  resided  at  Berwick,  429. 
Thomas,    signed   Berwick  peti- 
tions,   249,   421;     objected  to 
building  new  meeting  house, 
394;  resided  at  Berwick,   431, 
441. 
Hodskins,  Philip,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  13. 
Hog  Island,  142. 
Holbrook,  Saml.,  467. 


INDEX 


495 


Holies,  pee  I^ev/castle,  Duke  of. 
Holmes  \  Abraham,     of     London- 
Homes  J  derry,  20. 

John,  of  Berwick,  428,  432. 
Samuel,  oi  Berwick,  428,  432. 
Thomas,  of  Berwick,  428,  432. 
William,  constable  of  Berwick, 
395,  .396,  428. 

Holt,  Mr. ,  269. 

Holyoke,  Eev.  Edward,  a  grantee 

of  New  Marblehead,  141. 
Homan,  John,  a  grantee  of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Hooper,    John,  opposed  building 
new  meeting  house,  241;    re- 
sided at  Berwick,  440. 
John  Jr.,  opposed  building  new 
meeting  house,   241;    resided 
at  Berwick,  440. 
Robert  Jr.,    a  grantee   of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Thomas,  entitled  to  land  at  Fal- 
mouth, 14. 
Hope,     Henry,     agreement     with 
John  and  Thomas  Perkins,  GO, 
61,  63. 
Hopkins,  John,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Horsmer,    Benj.,   resided  at   Ber- 

Avick,  427. 
Hosdon,  see  Hodsdon. 
Houghton,  RowM.,  signed   North 
Yarmouth   petition,   219,  221. 
Howard,  Abraham,  petitioned  for 
Marblehead,  139;  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 
Joseph,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 
blehead, 141. 
William,     signed     petition      of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Hubbard,  Mr. ,  467. 

John,  of  Berwick,  441. 
Joseph,  signed  Berwick  petition, 
249,  421;  objected  to  building 
new  meeting  house,   394;   re- 
sided at  Berwick,  431,  440. 
Nathaniel,  claimed  land  in  Geor- 
gia, 20;   associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120. 
Philip,   opposed   building    new 
meeting  house,   241;     signed 
Berwick   petitions,    249,    411, 
421;   resided  at  Berwick,  431, 
441. 
Huchings,  see  Hutchings. 
Hudson's  River,  32. 
Hull,  Ebenezer,  signed  memorial 

of  Small  Point,  217. 
Humphry,  Ebr.,   signed  Merrico- 
neag  petition,  288. 


Hunewell,  Isreal,  of  Berwick,  426. 
Hunt,  Daniel,  signed  Berwick  pe- 
tition, 249. 
Hupper,    John,    signed     Berwick 
petition,  250;  resided   at   Ber- 
wick, 431. 

John  Jr.,  signed  Berwick  peti- 
tion, 249;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430. 

Samuel,  of  Berwick,  428,  432. 

Soloman,  of  Berwick,  431. 

William,  of  Berwick,  427,  433. 
Hursom,  John,  of  Berwick,  427. 
Hutchings,  David,  of  Arundel,  270. 

Simeon,  of  Arundel,  271. 
Hutchinson,  Mr.  ,  45,  333. 

Col.  Edward,  claimed  land,  89; 
heir  of  Maj.  Thomas  Clark,  90; 
Dunbar  on  laud  belonging  to, 
00;  sent  Watts  as  agent  to  set- 
tle his  land,  91,  108;  advanced 
money  to  Watts,  92;  Dunbar 
prevented  settlement  of,  92, 
93;  his  land  purchase  con- 
firmed by  charters,  93;  asked 
that  Dunbar  be  instructed  not 
to  meddle,  93,  94;  settlers  held 
land  by  a  grant  from,  108,  110; 
as  justice  of  the  peace,  183. 

T.,  speaker,  358,  407,  415,  422, 
442,    444,    454,   455,   457,    459. 


Iberkat,  Petkr,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130. 

Ilsley,  Isaac,  to  settle  school  mas- 
ter, 193;  signed  answer  to 
Higginson's  petition,  205. 

Impressment  of  seamen,  217,  218. 

India,  51. 

Indians,  the,  sent  letter  to  Dun- 
bar, 5,  11;  sent  to  Canada  for 
opinion  about  new  settlers,  5, 
11;  advised  to  live  well  with 
the  English,  5;  Gyles  learned 
their  language,  11;  Dunbar 
desired  to  be  better  acquainted 
with,  11;  trade  with,  27,  71, 
75;  better  to  give  presents  to, 
than  to  reduce  them,  30;  Dun- 
bar gave  presents  to,  31;  Fred- 
ericksburg a  barrier  to,  31; 
had  a  right  to  sell  land,  39, 
40;  objected  to  settlements 
near  Penobscot,  41;  destroyed 
Falmouth,  .53,  55;  Belcher  sent 
presents  to,  69,  72;  at  Georges 
River,  70;  met  the  delegation 
from  Massachusetts,  70, 71,  74, 


496 


DOCTJMENTARY   HISTORY 


Indians,  continued. 

75,  77;  desired  blankets,  71; 
house  for  the  reception  of,  72; 
Dunhar  sent  letter  concerning 
trade  with,  75;  reported  the 
Richmond  meeting  to  Dunbar, 
77;  attempts  to  set  them 
against  Dunbar,  77,  79;  invad- 
ed county  of  Devon,  (167G), 
01;  Killed  Thomas  Lake,  91; 
destroyed  the  settlement  a 
a  second  time,  91 ;  continually 
at  war  with  the  English,  91, 
106,  111,  381,  384,  385,  386; 
drove  the  settlers  from  Ar- 
rowsic  (1722)  but  left  houses 
standing,  92,  110;  land  titles 
from  confirmed  by  charters, 
93,  120,  127;  with  the  French 
at  Casco,  97;  drove  people 
from  Pemaquid  and  destroyed 
the  fort,  101,  115;  in  the 
interest  of  the  French,  101, 
309,  315,  329,  337,  462;  the 
country  left  to,  102;  Dummer's 
treaty  with,  109;  destroyed 
house  at  Georgetown,  110; 
destroyed  Sheepscot,  112;  set- 
tlements repeatedly  destroyed 
by,  112;  Pemaquid  no  bridle 
to,  116;  land  titles  from  invo- 
coble,  120,  127;  hindered  Lev- 
eret's settlers,  122,  127;  at- 
tacked (1721)  a  block  house 
and  burnt  a  sloop,  122;  Steph- 
en Parker  a  missionary  to, 
131;  few  atFortDummer,  135; 
religious  meeting  with  Hins- 
dale, 136;  a  child  of  one  to  be 
baptised,  186;  go  to  Canada 
for  religious  instruction,  137; 
house  being  built  for  the 
Mohawks,  137;  desired  sup- 
plies, 138;  for  commissioners, 
141,  142,  143;  witnessed  sale 
of  land  to  Phipp,  (1694),  149, 
154,  157,  158,  159,  160,  166; 
well  known  to  Southack,  150; 
received  ammunition,  assist- 
ance, and  presents  from  the 
French,  151,  187,  335,  357,  462, 
463;  claimed  that  Madoka- 
wando  had  no  right  to  sell 
land,  154;  Nicholson's  con- 
quest a  good  title  against,  154; 
to  be  assured  of  governmental 
protection  of  the  settlers,  155; 
land  shall  be  rightfully  pur- 
chased from,  156,  157;  glad 
to  have  seen  Madocowando's 


Indians,  continued. 

deed,  166;  confirmed  the  deed, 
166;  to  be  notified  to  attend 
the  General  Court,  169;  con- 
ference with  Gyles,  (1735), 
171;  satisfied  with  proposed 
settlements,  171;  threatened 
Falmouth,  172, 173;  complain- 
ed of  obstructions  in  the  river, 
173;  complained  of  Noyes, 
185,  186;  allowance  to  run  to, 
186;  dissatisfied  with  the  gov- 
ernor and  Waldo,  187;  pre- 
pared for  war,  187,  190;  to  be 
watched,  190;  will  be  discour- 
aged, 191;  why  they  went  to 
Canada,  212,  213;  not  uneasy 
because  of  English  settle- 
ments, 213;  not  to  have  war 
with  the  English,  213,  215;  to 
have  a  friar  from  France,  213; 
advised  to  send  representa- 
tives to  visit  Belcher,  213; 
met  by  Shirley,  251;  inter- 
married with  the  French,  251; 
French  influence  over,  251, 
252,  384,  386,  425;  a  trading 
house  to  hold  their  good  will, 
251,  339,  348,  387,  402,  403; 
delayed  treaty  making,  252; 
attempted  to  treat  under 
French  colors,  252;  carried 
letter  to  Canada,  299;  small 
pox  among,  300;  in  the  rear  of 
Fepperrell's  forces,  302,  303; 
at  Annapolis,  304;  at  Minas, 
312,  375,  381;  to  assist  the 
English,  329,  332;  the  Iro- 
quois, on  the  point  of  joining 
the  French,  329,  330;  attacked 
the  frontier,  329,  330;  proposal 
to  pay,  330;  attempt  to  em- 
broil them  in  a  quarrel,  330, 
331;  depended  on  Nova  Scotia, 
338;  the  subjection  of,  339, 
340;  mortality  at  Cape  Sable, 
345;  priests  to  be  kept  for, 
348;  French  exiles  would  join, 
349;  attacked  Minas,  375,  381; 
open  enemies  of  the  English, 
381,386;  will  destroy  growing 
masts,  384;  harrass  the  Eng- 
lish, 384,  385;  the  Six  Nations 
receive  message  from  Canada, 
386;  turned  against  the  Eng- 
lish, 386;  could  be  controlled 
by  a  fort  near  Bay  Vert,  387 ; 
a  few  could  block  a  fort,  387; 
more  terrible  than  soldiers, 
387 ;  difficulty  in  dealing  with, 


INDEX 


497 


Indians,  continued. 

390;  captured  men  at  George- 
town, 396;  hung  about  the 
garrisons,  397,  398;  Canada 
men  talked  of  joining,  398; 
depredations  on  the  frontiers, 
401;  hostilities  of  Penobscots 
and  those  from  Canada,  402; 
captured  William  Kent,  407, 
408;  a  fort  should  be  built 
while  at  war  with,  425;  dis- 
posed for  peace,  454,  459,  461, 
462;  to  be  bought  to  Boston, 
454,  459;  allied  with  the 
French,  462;  may  proceed  to 
violence,  462;  subjects  of 
Great  Britain,  462;  treacher- 
ous, 463;  captured  by  Gor- 
ham,  465;  mentioned  09,  119, 
120,  122,  150,  153  155,  158,  161, 
163,  165,  212,  215,  261,  267,  290, 
299,  320,  336,  340,  349,  350, 
352,353;  see  also  under  Tribes. 
Cape  Sable,  345,  403. 
Eastern,  69,  123,  165,  459. 
French,  329,  330,  331,  334,  375. 
Southern,  213. 

Indies,  the,  322. 

Ingalls,  Samuel,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  243. 
William,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 
blehead,  141. 

Ingersoll,  Benjamin,  entitled  to 
land  in  Falmouth,  13. 

Ipswich,  264,  290. 

Ireland,  19,  24,  51,  104,  117,  177, 
354. 

Irish,  the,  disturb  New  Ilarbor 
proprietors,  45,  46;  name  given 
to  people  of  new  settlement, 
51;  not  to  be  removed  from 
Fredericksburg,  67;  expected 
as  settlers,  169;  in  the  army, 
339;  could  be  trusted  in  Nova 
Scotia,  354. 
James,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 

Iron,  35,  41,  51,  381. 

Iroquois,  the,  329,  331. 

Isles  of  Shoals,  people  of  very  poor, 
142;  ammunition  needed  at, 
142;  can't  pay  tax,  143. 

Iveamy,  Giles,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 


Jacobs,   George,    had    care    of 
Margaret  Smith,  452. 


Jacobs,  continued. 
William,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14. 
Jacques,  Kichard,  signed  petition 
of  Merriconeag,  207,  289;  men- 
tioned, 216,  220,  221,  227. 
Jaffrey,  Geo.,  justice,  97,  99,  100. 
Jamaica,  38. 
James  I,  127. 
II,  101;  see  also  York,  Duke  of. 
Benj.  Jr.,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 
blehead, 140. 
Jameson,  Samuel,  signed  petition 

of  Arundel,  270. 
Jeffries,  John,  an  associate  of  Lev- 
eret, 121. 
Jekyl,  John,  collector,  52. 
Jellison,  see  Jillison. 
Jenner,  Thos.,  justice  of  the  peace, 

150. 
Jernot,  Francjois,  370. 
Jerseys,  the,  319,  354,  377. 
Jesuit,   215;    see  also   Friars  and 

Priests. 
Jillison,   Alexander,   of  Berwick, 
440. 
Joseph,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 250;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430,  440,  441. 
Joseph  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  430. 
Thomas,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430,  441. 

Jones,  Capt. ,  an  Indian,  70. 

Cornelius,  signed  Damariscotta 

petition,  293. 
John,  of  Berwick,  428,  433. 
John  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  421. 
Nathaniel,  land  demised  to,  179; 
letter  of,  174;   deposition  of, 
182;  oath  of,  183. 
Phineas,   to  go   to    Boston,    as 
representative    c>f    Falmouth, 
201,    205;    presented    petition 
for  Falmouth,  201,  202;  letter 
of,  201. 
Jordan,     Dominicus,    entitled    to 
land  in  Falmouth,  18;  signed 
petition    of    Falmouth,    263; 
captain    of    Falmouth     Com- 
pany, 291. 
Natheniel,   entitled    to   land   in 
Falmouth,  13. 
Josap,  an  Indian,  143. 
Jose,  Martyn,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  One,  245. 
Joy,  Benjamin,  signed   petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Ephraim,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 


33 


498 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Joy,  continued. 

wick,  421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
426,  431,  440. 
Nathaniel,  signed  call  for  Ber- 
wick town  meeting,  395;   re- 
sided in  Berwick,  427,  432. 

K 

Kees  )  John,  signed  call  for  Ber- 
Keey  ( wick  town  meeting,   895; 
resided  in  Berwick,  427,  432. 
Peter,  signed  call  for  Berwick 
town  meeting,  395;  resided  in 
Berwick,  427,  432. 
William,  to  select  site  for  meet- 
ing house,  200;  to  attend  to 
building  meeting  house,  393; 
resided  in  Berwick,  427,  432. 
Kelly,  Roger,  petition  of,  142;   en- 
tertained soldiers,  142;  desired 
ammunition,  142. 
Kennebec,  33,  64. 

River,  11,  27,  37,   79,    101,    103, 

104,     105,    108,    109,    113,    115, 

117,    118,    125,    128,    129,   130, 

131,    168,    228. 

Kennebunk,  60,  448,  449,  455,  468. 

Ferry,  472. 

River,  448,  449,  450,  456,  471. 
Kenny,  Dinith,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Kent,  County,  Eng.,  21. 

William,  captured,  407,  408. 
Kid,  Matthew,  of  Londonderry,  24. 

Kilby,  Mr. ,  260;  letter  of,  298. 

Kimball,  Cheney,  453. 
Nathaniel,  456. 
Richard,  457. 
Thomas,  457. 
King,  Edward,  surveyor,  447. 
Kittery,    176,    188,    189,   285,   287, 

392,  438. 
Knight,  Grindel,  of  Berwick,  432, 
443. 
John,  of  Berwick,  428,  432,  443. 
Nathan,      signed     petition      of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Knowles,  Gov.  Sir  Charles,  letter 
of,   361;  mentioned,  335,  347, 
348,    349,   362,   365,   366,   368, 
373,  377,  379,  387,  889. 


L ,    Jeremiah,    of     Berwick, 

429. 

Laborde,  Capt. ,  25,  27. 

Lake,  Sir  Bibye,  claimed  land,  89; 

Dunbar  on  his  land,  90;  peti- 


Lake,  continued. 

tion  of,  90;  sent  Watts  to  re- 
settle his  land,  91,  108,  109; 
advanced  money  to  Watts,  92; 
Dunbar  interfered  with,  92, 
93;  his  purchases  confirmed 
by  charters,  93;  desired  that 
Dunbar  be  restrained,  93,  94; 
settlers  held  land  by  his  sale, 
108,  110;  expense  of,  127;  men- 
tioned, 113. 
Mary  (Goodyear),  widow  of 
Capt.  Thomas,  assisted  Maj. 
Clark  in  resettling,  91. 
Capt.  Thomas,  ancestor  of  Sir 
Bibye,  89,  90;  killed  by  In- 
dians, 91;  his  widow  assisted 
Maj.  Clark,  91. 

Lamb,  Edward,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Richard,     signed     petition     of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237. 
William,      signed     petition    of 
Township  No,  Seven,  237. 

Land  Bank,  the,  256,  256,  257. 

Lane,  Capt.   John,    291;    garrison 
of,  296. 

Larmous,  Capt. ,  296. 

LaiTabee  \  Capt.    Benjamin,    enti- 

Larreby  /tied  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13;  in  command  at 
Brunswick,  69;  gave  report  of 
ammunition  at  Fort  George, 
73;  town  clerk  of  Brunswick, 
271,  272,  273,  294,  295,  296; 
moderator,  273;  summoned  to 
court,  275;  petitioned  for 
Brunswick,  281;  to  warn  the 
people  of  town  meeting,  281, 
282;  death  of,  408;  letters  of, 
143,  224;  mentioned,  277,  280, 
283. 
Nathaniel,  proposed  for  com- 
mander at  Brunswick,  409. 
Capt,  Stephen,  of  Wells,  447, 
457. 

Lean,   Henry,    signed  petition   of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
John,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237. 

Learreby,  see  Larrabee. 

Leaward  Islands,  the,  365. 

Lee,   Samuel,   a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  140. 

Leighton,  John,  145. 

Leonard,  Capt. ,  238. 

George,  283,  284. 

Leslie,  James,  20. 


INDEX 


499 


Lesuse,  Mathew,  457. 
Letters  of, 

Bedford,  Duke  of,  388. 
Belcher,  Jonathan,  5,  85. 
Bollan,  W.,  381. 
Bradstreet,  John,  300. 
Cargill,  Capt.  David,  360,  368. 
Clinton,  Gov.  George,  389, 
Denny,  Samuel,  397. 
Dunbar,  Col.  David,  1,  11,  25,  29, 

59,  68,  65,  75,  76,  77,  96,  134. 
Dwight,  Joseph,  390. 
Emery,  Noah,  173,  175,  176. 
Frost,  Charles,  190. 
Frost,  Simon,  392. 
Gaines,  John,  290. 
General  Court,  the,  311. 
Govham,  John,  341. 
Gyles,  John,  212,  214,  215. 
Heath,  Joseph,  137. 
Hinkley,  Aaron,  408. 
Hinsdell,  Ebenezer,  135. 
Jones,  Nathaniel,  174. 
Jones,  Phineas,  201. 

Kilby,  Mr. ,  298. 

Knowles,  Charles,  361. 

Larrabee,  Benjamin,  143,  224. 

Littell,  James,  269. 

Look,  Nathan,  174. 

McCobb,  James,  396. 

Minas,  358. 

Minot,  John,  141. 

Moody,  Samuel,  407. 

Motley,  Patt,  268. 

Moulton,  Jer.,  291. 

Murphy,  John,  289. 

Noyes,  John,  186. 

Oulton,  Jo.,  298. 

Pelham,  T.  and  others,  94,  134. 

Pepperrell,    William,    189,    191, 

192,  287,  291,  300,  301,  305,  308, 

324,  425. 
Plaisted,  Joseph,  258,  269. 
Ramsay,  359. 
Rutherford,  Robert,  306. 
Saunders,  Thomas,  217. 
Savage,  Arthur,  214,  231. 
Shirley,  William,  251,  255,   260, 

290,  296,  297,  312,  316,  327,  343, 

362,  368,  373,  461. 
Shirreff,  334. 
Sparhawk,  N.,  286. 
Tailer,  William,  76. 
Waldo,  Samuel,  291. 
Westbrook,  Thomas,  15,  172. 
Westmoreland,    Lord,    17,    131, 

132. 
Wheeler,  Henry,  188. 
Willard,  Josiah,   185,    189,    316, 

451. 


Leveret,  John,  heir  of  Thomas, 
118,  119;  his  heir,  119;  his 
land  sold  by  Madakowando  to 
Phipps,  119;  purchased  of 
Phipps,  119,  120;  formed  an 
association,  129;  offered  his 
garrison  to  the  government, 
155,  159. 
Thomas,  entitled  to  grant,  118; 
his  heir,  119. 

Levies,  see  Soldiers. 

Lewis,  Job,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag,  206;  signed  petition 
of  North  Yarmouth,  219; 
signed  petition  of  Small  Point, 
233;  signed  petition  to  include 
islands  to  Brunswick,  234,  235; 
mentioned,  221. 
John,  of  Berwick,  432. 

Lewisburg,  see  Louisbourg. 

Libby,  Benjamin,  (Deacon),  to  at- 
tend to  building  new  meeting 
house,  240,   250,   393;    signed 
call  for  town  meeting,  395;  re- 
sided at  Berwick,  432. 
Benjamin,  (Dr.),  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427. 
Charles,  of  Berwick,  427,  432. 
Daniel,  signed   petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 

427,  430,  432,  440. 

Daniel  Jr.,  signed  call  for  Ber- 
wick town  meeting,  395. 

Jonathan,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 

Joseph,  of  Berwick,  427,  432. 

Josiah,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 

Nathaniel,  resided  at  Berwick, 

428,  433. 
Lighthouse,  J.,  109. 
Limehouse,  Eng.,  105,  111. 
Limerick,  Lord,  same  as  Dongon, 

Col.  Thomas,  104. 

Limestone,  74. 

Lincoln,  Jonathan,  school  kept  in 
his  house,  193. 
Joshua,  signed  Merriconeag  pe- 
tition, 288. 

Lindall,  James,  54. 

Lindsey  "I  John,  signed  petition  of 

Linsay  J  settlers  of  Georgia,  130; 
signed  petition  of  Merri- 
coneag, 207. 

Linscot,  Ichabod,  signed  petition 
of  Damariscotta,  293. 

Lithgo,  William,  impressment  of, 
217. 

Little,  Capt. ,  444. 


500 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Little,  continued. 

Archibald,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

James,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237. 

Eiver,  455. 

Sebascodegin  Island,    216,    226, 
234,  235,  236,  445. 
Littlefield,  Francis,  had  the  care 
of  Margaret  Smith,  452,  453. 

Hannah,  had  the  care  of  Marga- 
ret Smith,  400,  453. 

Samuel,  400,  457. 

Livermore,  Mr. ,  176. 

Logs,  38,  175. 

London,  28,  29,  38,   47,    101,    105, 
106,    108,    109,    110,    128,    405. 

Court  of  St.  James,  66. 

Kensington,  163. 

New  Castle,  86. 

Whitehall,  15,  17,  20,  89,  94,  131, 
134,  185. 
Londonderry,  narrative  concerning 
the  boundaries  of,  18;  inroads 
of  the  people  of  Haverhill,  19; 
petition  of  the  inhabitants  of, 
23;  people  from  Ireland  at,  24; 
people   of    desired    to   go    to 
Fredericksburg,  2-1;  Massachu- 
setts encroached  upon,  24. 
Longfellow,  Stephen,  town  clerk 
of    Falmouth,    146,    192,    193, 
195. 
Longly,  James,  signed  petition  of 

Damariscotta,  293. 
Longope,  de — ,  370. 
Look,  Nathan,  letter  of,  174. 
Lord, ,  constable,  430. 

Mr. ,  38. 

Aaron,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431,  440. 

Abraham,  opposed  building  a 
new  meeting  house,  241,  394; 
signed  petition  of  Berwick, 
249,  411,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  431,  440. 

Abraham  Jr.,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431,  4.32,  440. 

Abraham  third,  signed  petition 
of  Berwick,  421. 

Adam,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249. 

Benjamin,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  249,  250;  resided  at 
Berwick,  426,  431,  440. 

Benjamin,  of  Wells,  457. 
Charles,  of  Berwick,  440. 

Ebeuezer,  of  Berwick,  427,  433. 

Jabez,  of  Berwick,  429. 


Lord,  continued. 

James,  of  Berwick,  250,  421,  430, 
440. 

James  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  429. 

John,  opposed  building  meeting 
house,  241,  394;  signed  peti- 
tion of  Berwick,  249,  411,  421; 
resided  at  Berwick,  427,  431, 
440. 

John  Jr.,  objected  to  building 
new  meetinghouse,  394;  sign- 
ed petition  of  Berwick,  411, 
421;  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 
429,  431. 

John,  third,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 441. 

Joseph,  of  Berwick,  429. 

Joshua,  of  Berwick,  429. 

Moses,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 
432. 

Nathan,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  411,  421;  objected 
to  building  a  new  meeting 
house,  394;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  431,  441. 

Nathan  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 431,  441. 

Nathan,  third,  signed  petition 
of  Berwick,  421;  resided  at 
Berwick,  430,  431. 

Nicholas,  of  Berwick,  431. 

Capt.  Richard,  opposed  building 
new  meeting  house,  241; 
signed  petition  of  Berwick, 
409,  412,  431,  441. 

Samuel,  opposed  building  new 
meeting  house,  241,  394;  sign- 
ed petition  of  Berwick,  249. 
411,421;  mentioned  427,  430, 
431. 

Samuel  Jr.,  opposed  building  a 
new  meeting  house,  241,  394; 
signed  petition  of  Berwick 
431,  441. 

Simon,  of  Berwick,  249. 

Stephen,  of  Berwick,  429. 

Thomas,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick 249,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428,  431,441. 

Tobias,  of  Berwick,  441. 
Loring,    Rev.  Nicholas,   399,   404, 

446. 
Loron,  an  Indian,  5,  11,  74. 
Louisbourg,  300,  301,  304,  305,  .309, 
310,  314,  317,  318,  319,  320, 
821,  322,  325,  327,  328,  329, 
332,  334,  335,  337,  347,  361, 
362,    305,   366,   371,   374,   380, 


INDEX 


601 


Louisbourg,  continued. 

383,  468;  expedition,  301,  305. 
Circular  Battery,  303. 
Garrison  at,  817,  319,   324,   325, 

326,  336,  389. 
Intendent,  321. 
Lovit,  Simon,  entitled  to  land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Lowell,  Gideon,  entitled   to  land 

in  Falmouth,  13. 
Loyd,   Roberta,    an    associate    of 

Leveret's,  120. 
Lumber,  38,  175. 
Lydius,  John  Henry,  employed  by 

Shirley,  330,  331,  334. 
Lyon,  Gamaliel,  soldier,  408. 
L— ,  Jeremiah,  of  Berwick,  429. 

M 

M. ,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  243. 

Maberry,  William,  a  grantee  of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 

Mace,  Thomas,  of  Londonderry, 
24. 

McCanny,  Daniel,  of  Berwick,  430, 
440. 

McClenachan,  William,  petitioned 
on  behalf  of  the  Presbyterians, 
210. 

McCobb,  James,  letter  of,  396. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Geor- 
gia, 130. 

McFarland,  James,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130. 
John,  constable  of  Brunswick, 
212. 

McGomery,  Col. ,  dead,  29, 

Macgray,  William,  of  Merriconeag, 
445. 

McGregor,  Alex,,  of  Londonderry, 
24. 
David,  of  Londonderry,  24. 
Thomas,  of  Merriconeag,  288. 

McKeen,  James,  of  Londonderry, 
20. 

Mackeney,  Daniel,  of  Berwick, 
430,  440. 

Mackerbedudus,  186. 

McKewn,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Robert,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237. 

Mackill,  James,  of  Berwick,  433. 

McKinney,  Matthew,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Georgia,  130. 

Mackneall,  James,  of  Berwick,  427. 

Macknees,  William,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Merriconeag,  207,  289. 


Mackorty,  Caleb,  of  Berwick,  428. 

Macmurphy,  John,  of  London- 
derry, 20. 

McNeill,  John,  of  Londonderry,  24. 

Mcphetres,  John,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130. 

Mc ,  Thomas,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Merriconeag,  207. 

Maddock,  John,  457. 

Madocawando  )    sold       Leveret's 

Madakowando  /  land  to  Phipps, 
119,  120,  149,  151,  157,  162,  165; 
chief  of  the  Penobscots,  149, 
150;  paid  in  silver,  150,  158, 
159,160;  well  known  to  South- 
ack,  150;  date  of  his  death, 
150;  his  successor,  150;  re- 
ceived arms  and  other  pres- 
ents from  the  French,  151;  his 
daughter  married  St.  Castine, 
151;  not  chief  of  the  Penob- 
scots, 154;  had  no  right  to  sell 
land  to  Phipps,  154;  no  other 
sagamore  pretended  to  be 
chief,  154,  159;  had  right  to 
sell  land,  157,  158;  well  known 
to  Gyles,  170;  sold  captives  to 
Gyles,  171;  Gyles  to  make  a 
declaration  concerning,  171, 
172. 

Madomock,  garrison  at,  290. 

Maghill,  Stei)hen,  265. 

Magrat,  William,  401. 

Magray.  William,  207,  288. 

Maine,  Province  of,  under  the  gov- 
ernment of  Massachusetts,  1, 
113,  114;  a  boundary  of  Fred- 
ericksburg, 7;  order  relating 
to  land  grants  in,  10;  mast 
trees  of,  33;  the  proprietors  of 
to  forward  settlements  in,  55; 
the  people  of  preferred  that 
courts  be  held  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, 97;  a  place  of  pine  trees, 
97;  counterfeit  bills  in,  451; 
mentioned,  22,  65,  101,  103, 
230,  286. 

Mains,  Robert,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 

Majestracy,  Dunbar,  desired  to 
form,  5,  11. 

Major,  Brorja,  of  Arundel,  270. 

Majory,  Joseph,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

Makan,  David,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 

Makiam,  Michal,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130. 

Malcome,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 


602 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Malune,     Samuel,      captured    by 

Indians,  396. 
Man,  Jeremiah,  a  soldier,  408. 
Manning,  Patrick,  signed  petition 
of    Berwick,   421;    resided  at 
Berwick,  430,  431. 
Mansfield,  Isaac,  a  grantee  of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Manufactory  Company,  the,  255. 
Manufacturers,  35,  41,  51,  322,  323. 
Maples,  74. 
Maquawomba,  142. 
Marblehead,    the    inhabitants    of 
straitened,  139;  people  of  form 
a  new  township,  139. 

Fort  at,  70,  82,  85. 
March,  Capt.    John,  in  command 
at  Pemaquid,  102;  desired  to 
be  discharged,  102. 
Mare  Point,  198,  199. 
Mariner   \  Adam,  entitled  to  land 
Marriner  /  in  Falmouth,  14. 

James,  entitled  to   land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 54. 

John,  entitled  to    land   in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Marks  of, 

Abbot,  Ebenezer,  249. 

Barns,  Nathaniel,  288. 

Black,  William,  289. 

Black,  William  Jr.,  289. 

Blanc,  Jas.  C,  371,  372. 

Bragdon,  Thos.,  249. 

Burkes,  John,  456. 

Carman,  Francis,  289. 

Cosens,  Ichabod  Jr.,  457. 

Crumwell,  Joshua,  288. 

Oussens,  Ichabod,  458. 

Emery,  Job,  421. 

Gillison,  Thomas,  421. 

Goodin,  Nathan,  250. 

Goodin,  Taylor,  249. 

Goodon,  Benjamin,  456. 

Goodwin,  Elijah,  421. 

Goodwin,  Nathaniel,  421. 

Goodwin,  Paler,  421. 

Goodwin,  William,  421. 

Goudot,  Pierre,  370. 

Granger,  Francois,  371,  372. 

Hamond,  John,  289, 

Hays.  Richard,  288. 

Hearl,  Atherton,  250. 

Hearl,  Etherington,  421. 

Hearl,  Thos.,  249,  421. 

Hunt,  Daniel,  249. 

Lesuse,  Mathew,  457. 

Longope, ,  370. 

Lord,  Nathan,  249. 

Lord,  Samuel,  249. 

McNees,  William,  289. 


Marks  of,  continued. 
Magrat,  William,  288. 
Mason,  John,  249. 
Mason,  Jos.,  421. 
Mason,  Noah,  421. 
Mason,  Richard,  250,  421. 
Orr,  John,  207. 
Pilasen,  John,  467. 
Spencer,  F,,  421. 
Thomas,  David,  217. 
Thomas,  William,  217. 
Wakefield,  James,  456. 
Wakefield,  Nathaniel,  457. 
Wchit,  Charles,  456. 
Whaline,  Patrick,  289. 
Marmon,  Park  S.,  of  Berwick,  429. 
Maquoit,  228. 
Bay,  197,  198. 
Garrison,  296. 
Marshall,  Grace,  entitled   to  land 

in  Falmouth,  54. 
Martha's     Vineyard,      transports 

driven  ashore  on,  345. 
Marthous,  Capt.  Robert,  191,  1S2. 
Martin,  Thomas,   signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Marwood,  Capt. ,  2,  4. 

Mary,  Queen,  101, 102,125, 127,  400. 

Mascarene,    Gov.    Paul,    313,   322, 

340,  342,  344,  345,  347,  355,  358, 

360,  364,  369,  374,  376,  379,  461, 

462,  463,  464. 

Mascongus.  see  Muscongus. 

Mason,    Capt,     David,     witnessed 

Phipps  purchase,  (1694),  149. 

Jonas,  deposition  of,  403;  oath 

of,  404. 
Thad.,  (deputy  surveyor),   140, 
149. 
Massachusetts  Bay,    Province   of, 
9,  17,  19,  20,  22,  24,  27,  44,  50, 
53,  54,  60,  66,  67,  68,  71,  76,  78, 
88,  92,  93,  97,  99,  101,  102,  103, 
104,    106,    107,    108,    110,    111, 
112,    113,    114,    115,    116,    118, 
119,    123,    124,    125,    131,    134, 
138,    139,    142,    144,    146,    149, 
152,    162,    164,    170,    179,    184, 
195,    199,    201,    203,   205,   208, 
210,    211,    216,    218,    219,   225, 
226,    232,   234,   239,   241,    243, 
259,    262,   267,   271,   272,   277, 
281,    287,   292,   311,   329,    331, 
340,    385,   389,   399,   408,   414, 
415,    423,   434,   446,   455,   459, 
462,    463,   465,   468. 
Masts,  21,  28,  41,  42,   61,   62,    101, 
323,  405,  406;  see  also  Timber. 
Mast  Country,  326,  379,  384. 
Roads,  42. 


INDEX 


503 


Mast  Country,  continued. 
Ships,  3,  25,  362,  365,  423. 
Swamp,  49. 
Trees,  1,  2,  3,  33,  38. 

Mathews,  John,   of  Merriconeag, 
207,  289,  445,  461. 
William,  of  Damariscotta,  293. 

May,  Gideon,  of  Berwick,  428,  432, 

Maylem,  Jos.,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  54. 

Moaslin,  James,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  18. 

Memorandum  of  Given,  David,  283. 

Memorial  of,  Belcher,  Gov.  Jona- 
than, 9. 
Falmouth  Schools,  147. 
Parker,  Stephen,  131. 
Proprietors  of  North  Yarmouth, 

218,  220. 
Small  Point,  216, 

Memramcook  )  o-„ 

Memeram  Conque  j 

Menis,  see  Minas. 

Merriconeag,  people  of  desire  to 
be  a  part  of  Brunswick,  206, 
220,  222,  227,  445,  459,  460,  461; 
set  off  from  North  Yarmouth, 
207;  annexed  to  Brunswick, 
222;  reported  distance  from 
meeting  house,  227;  true  dis- 
tance, 228;  people  poor,  287; 
meeting  house  wanted  at,  288; 
desired  exemption  from  taxes, 
288;  petitions  of,  206,  207,  446, 
459;  mentioned,  198,  211,  212, 
216,  222,  227,  228,  229. 

Merrill,  Abel,  of  Arundel,  271. 
John,  of  Arundel,  271,  457. 

Merrimac  River,  19,  33. 

Merry  Meeting  Bay,  73,  193. 

Messages  of  Shirley,  Gov.,  356, 
424,  426,  443,  453. 

Michael,  Francois,  370. 

Middle  River,  455. 

Middlesex  County,  149,  1.50. 

Mighill,  Nathaniel,  2G0,  266. 

Militia,  Dunbar  desired  to  form,  5, 
11;  Dunbar  would  not  raise, 
99;  well  supplied,  191;  see  also 
under  Soldiers. 

Milk,  James,  selectman  of  Fal- 
mouth, 424. 

Miller,    Col. ,   283,    444,    454, 

459;  commission  of,  408. 
Jeremiah,  of  Arundel,  271. 
Joseph,  of  Arundel,  270. 

Milliken,  Edward,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 

Millit,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 


Millit,  continued. 

Thomas,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Mills  built,  92;  see  grist  mills,  saw 

mills  and  slitting  mills. 
Minas,  43,  312,  313,  314,  315,  316, 
358,  359,  360,  363,  364,  371, 
372,  373,  874,  375,  376,  377, 
379,  380,  381,  383,  387,  464; 
declarations  of,  370,  372. 

Blockhouse  at,  314,  315,  339, 
387. 

Fort  at,  844,  347. 

Truckhouse  at,  815. 
Ministers,  lots  set  apart  for,  121, 
403,  404,  405;  engaged  by  Lev- 
eret's associates,  123;  settled 
in  new  townships,  139,  140; 
maintenance  of  in  Brunswick, 
197;  to  be  sent  to  Nova  Scotia, 
340,  347;  salary  of  at  Berwick, 
393,  394,  395. 
Ministry,  the,  Falmouth  found  it 
difficult  to  support,  147;  un- 
improved land  and  the  people 
taxed  for  the  support  of,  148, 
194,  201,  202,  203,  448,  449,  450; 
an  offer  to  release  part  of  a 
parish  from  the  support  of, 
229;  at  Brunswick  cannot  be 
provided  for,  274,  279;  appro- 
priation of  Berwick  to  sup- 
port, 393;  part  of  Berwick  dis- 
sented, 394;  meeting  house  in 
Berwick  on  land  belonging  to, 
409,  417,  419,  420,  430,  437,  439; 
the  land  of  in  North  Yar- 
mouth, 446,  447,  448;  cost  of 
preaching,  468,  470,  471,  472, 
473,  474. 
Minot,  George,  of  Mare  Point,  200. 

James,  415. 

John,  owned  land  in  Mare  Point, 
200;  as  justice  of  the  peace, 
275,  276,  277,  279. 

Capt.  John,  forgot  Larrabee's 
message,  143;  letter  of,  141. 

Stephen,  associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120. 
Missionaries,  French,  among  In- 
dians, 251;  expelled  from  Min- 
as, 464;  to  be  sent  from  France, 
484. 
Mitchell,  George,  deputy  survey- 
or, 184. 

Jacob,  deposition  of,  404;  oath 
of,  405. 

John,  456. 
Mohawks,  the  house   being  built 
for,  137;  desired  supplies,  138; 


504 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Mohawks,  continued, 

to  march  with  soldiers,  138. 
Moill,    Donnel,    of    Damariscotta, 

293. 
Molasses,  37,  50. 
Monk,  Christopher,  408. 

Monson, ,  185. 

Montreal,  215,  327. 
Moody,  Enoch,  190. 

Joshua,  178,  179,    180,   195,    196, 

197,  201. 
Samuel,  13,   176,    178,    179,   180, 
192,    193,    196,    197,   201,    205, 
264,    205. 
Capt.  Samuel,    in   command   at 
Fort  Frederick,  188,  407,  408; 
letter  of,  407. 
Moore  \  James,    of   Londonderry, 
More    ( 20,  24. 

William,  opposed  building  a  new 
meetinghouse,  241,394;  signed 
Berwick  petitions,  249,  421; 
resided  at  Berwick,  430,  441. 
Morison,  David,  of  Londonderry, 
20. 

Morrill, ,  259. 

Morse,  Elisha,  a  soldier,  408. 
Marton,  James,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Moseley,  Thomas,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  13. 
Motherwell,  Thomas,  signed  Geor- 
gia petition,  130. 
Motley,  Patt,  letter  of,  268. 
Moulton,    Col.    Jeremiah,   sheriff, 
led  expedition  to   Pemaquid, 
99,  100;    letter   of,    291;    men- 
tioned, 23,  176,  182,    189,   222, 
223,  255,  369. 
Job,  of  Merriconeag,  207,  288. 
Mounswack  "t  ^        joq 
Mounsweig  )       ^' 
Mountfort,   Edmund,    entitled  to 

land  in  Falmouth,  54. 
Mouren,  John,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Mousom,  449. 

River,  448,  449,  450,  455,  456,  473, 
Moxus,  Caesar,   Penobscot  chief, 

74. 
Munson,  Joseph,   signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 
Robert,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Murphy,  John,  letter  of,  289. 
Murrey,    John,    of    Berwick,   428 

433. 
Muscongus,  43,  152. 
River,  43. 


Muster,  William,   signed  Georgia 
petition,  130. 

N 

Nailerys,  built,  51. 
Narragansett  grantees,   the,    139, 
244. 

Township  No.  One,  proprietors 
of  met  at  Newbury,  259,  264, 
265,  266;  saw  mills  erected  in, 
260;  to  build  a  meeting  house, 
265,  266;  petition  of,  241,  245; 
mentioned,  200. 

Township  No.  Seven,  Shubal 
Gorham  to  call  a  town  meet- 
ing of  the  proprietors,  223, 
224;  petition  of,  236,  239. 
Narrative  of  the  people  of  Lon- 
donderry, concerning  bound- 
aries, 18. 
Nason,  Benjamin,  opposed  build- 
ing a  new  meeting  house,  241; 
signed  Berwick  petition,  411, 
421;  resided  at  Berwick,  430, 
440. 

Edward,  of  Berwick,  429. 

John,  of  Berwick,  249. 

Joseph,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  440. 

Joshua,  of  Berwick,  427. 

Nathaniel,  of  Berwick,  421,  441. 

Noah,  of  Berwick,  421,  430,  441. 

Richard,  signed  petitions  of  Ber- 
wick, 250,  421;  objected  to 
building  meeting  house,  394; 
resided  at   Berwick,  430,  441. 

Richard  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  430, 
441. 

Samuel,  opposed  building  new 
meeting  house,  241,  394; 
signed  petitions  of  Berwick, 
249,  411;  resided  at  Berwick, 
431,  441. 

William,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430,  441. 
Navigation  Acts,  how  evaded,  66. 
Navy,  Royal,  nursery  for  the,  32, 

338. 
Nelson,  Mr. ,  32. 

Benjamin,  of  Berwick,  249. 
Nesmith,  James,  of  Londonderry, 

20,  24. 
Nettmaker,  Jno.,  witnessed  signa- 
ture, 63. 
New  Capeborowaggin,  229,  445. 

New  Damaris  Cove,  229. 


INDEX 


605 


New  England,  15,  16,  18,  20,  35, 
44,  53,  60,  97,  100,  101,  102, 
103,  105,  106,  107,  108,  109, 
110,  111,  112,  113,  119,  125, 
139,  144,  149,  164,  168,  179, 
199,  203,  205,  210,  214,  218, 
219,  226,  232,  234,  239,  241, 
243,  251,  255,  260,  262,  271, 
272,  277,  287,  300,  301,  302, 
303,  304,  307,  308,  310,  311, 
312,  313,  817,  318,  319,  320, 
322,  325,  327,  328,  342,  846, 
349,  354,  373,  374,  381,  382, 
886,  389,  391,  399,  405,  423, 
446,    459,   463,   471. 

New  France,  372. 

New  Hampshire,  Province  of  1,  2, 
6,  17,  18,  19,  22,  23,  24,  33,  35, 
37,  40,  48,  81,  88,  95,  96,  97,  99, 
100,  105,  106,  108,  110,  111,  132, 
133,  183,  313,  336,  338,  344,  405. 

New  Harbor,  43,  44,  45. 
Proprietors,  the,  45. 

New  Jersey,  377;  see  Jerseys,  the. 

New  Marblehead,  original  grant 
and  grantee,  139. 

New  Meadows,  198. 

New  Plymouth,  113;  see  Plymouth. 

New  Settlement,  see  Fredericks- 
burg. 

New  York,  city,  29,  192,  324,  326, 
407. 
colony,  319,  328,   330,    331,    346, 
349,  350,  354,  377. 

Newburn,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Newbury,  259,  264,  265. 

Newcastle,  coals  from,  51. 

Thomas  Holles-Pelham,  Duke 
of,  letter  of,  15;  mentioned,  6, 
6,  7,  8,  11,  16,  17,  34,  85,  251, 
255,  300,  301,  30.5,  808,  312, 
324,  327,  335,  337,  343,  373, 
381,    388. 

Newfoundland,  102,  314,  318,  336, 
423. 
Bank  of,  322. 

Newman,  Mr. ,  133. 

Matthew,  witnessed  signature, 
44. 

Nicholson,  Gen.  Sir  Francis,  cap- 
tured Pemaquid  and  Nova  Sco- 
tia, 104,  160;  forces  in  expedi- 
tion under,  106,  107;  the 
French  surrendered  to,  107, 
116,  118,  126,  127,  154,  351. 

Noble,  Col.  Arthur,  290,  297,  312, 
313. 
Thomas,  427,  432. 


Nock,  Benjamin,  resided  at   Ber- 
wick, 429,  433. 
Jos.,  resided  at  Berwick,   427, 

433. 
Joshua,  of  Berwick,  427,  433. 
Zachariah,  of  Berwick,  427,  433. 
Noise,  Oliver,  associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120. 
Norman,  John,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  One,  245. 
Norridgewock,  228,  300. 

Indians,  70. 

North  Yarmouth,  66,  143,  144,  197, 

198,    199,    200,   206,    207,    208, 

211,    212,    215,    216,    217,    218, 

220,    221,    222,   226,   227,   228, 

229,    230,   231,   232,    233,    234, 

235,    267,    287,   288,   289,    294, 

399,    403,    404,   405,   423,   445, 

446,    447,   448,   459,   460,   461. 

Book  of  records,  215,  403. 

Meeting  house,   206,    227,    228, 

235. 
Memorial  of  the  proprietors,  218, 

220. 
Proprietors  of,  892. 
Norton,  James,  237. 
Nova  Scotia,  7,  15,  24,  32,  38,  49, 
78,  79,  101,  103,  104,  105,  107, 
113,    114,    115,    116,    117,    118, 
128,    184,    312,   313,   314,    315, 
320,    321,    323,    329,   333,   334, 
336,    337,   338,    339,   340,    341, 
343,    345,   346,   347,   350,    352, 
354,    378,   379,    380,   381,   384, 
385,    386,    .389,   458,   462,   464. 
Nova  Scotians,  the,  337,  344,  363. 

Nowelli, ,  259,  269. 

Noyes,  Belcher,  signed  petition  of 
Merriconeag,  206,  221;  signed 
petition  of   Small  Point,  233; 
signed     petition    to     include 
islands  in  Brunswick,  234,  235. 
John,   of    St.    Georges,  Indians 
complained  of,  185 ;  answer  to 
the  complaint,  186. 
Nurseries  for  seamen,  32,  338. 
Nutting,    Ebenezer,    armourer  at 
Falmouth,  138. 

O 

Oak,  3. 

Oakes,  Urian,  speaker,  104. 
Oliver,  Andrew,  444. 
Orders,  committee  of  Council  re- 
ferring to  Waldo's  petition,  20. 
Relating  to  towns  not  settled, 

286. 
Restraining    Belcher's     expedi- 
tion, 66. 


83 


506 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Ore,  Daniel,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 

Orr,  John,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag,  207;  to  answer  a 
netition,  212. 

Otis^  Col. ,  454,  467. 

John,  signed  petition  of  Merri- 
coneag,  288;  on  a  committee, 
415. 

Oulton,  John,  associated  with  Lev- 
eret, 120;    a   grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,    141;    letter    of, 
298;  mentioned,  408. 
John  Jr.,  299. 


Packer,  Thomas,  deposition  of, 
99;  oath  of,  100. 

Page,  Uriah,  opposed  building 
new  meeting  house, 241 ;  signed 
petition  of  Berwick,  250;  re- 
sided in  Berwick,,  430,  441. 

Palatinate,  the,  117. 

Palatines,  the,  arrived,  37;  sold, 
37;  to  be  sent  eastward,  37; 
not  to  be  landed  in  Boston,  38; 
destitute  and  many  perish,  66, 
66;  to  be  sent  to  resettle,  117. 

Palmer,  Col.  John,    a  grantee   of 
New  Marblehead,  141. 
The,  proprietor  at  Mare  Point, 
200. 

Panobcut,  212,  215. 

Paper  Money,  see  Currency. 
Needed  by  the  French,  372. 

Papists  in  the  army,  339. 

Parce,  Ebenezer,  of  Berwick,  437. 
Israel,  of  Berwick,  427,  428. 
John,  of  Berwick,  427,  429. 

Parcher,  George,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 

Paris,  321. 

Parker,    Stephen,  acted  as   chap- 
lain, 131;  desired  pay,  131. 
Wm.,  attorney,  178. 

Parramore,  Capt.  Robert,  a  gran- 
tee of  New  Marblehead,  140. 

Patent  to  Duke  of  York,  25. 

Patten,  Robert,  457. 

Paxton,  Mr. ,  solicitor,  125. 

Pearce,  John,  signed  memorial  of 
Small  Point,  217. 

Pearson  \  James,  a  grantee  of  New 

Peirson  j  Marblehead,  141. 
Moses,  as  town  clerk,  13, 14,  467; 
to  make  out  a  list  of  Falmouth 
land  claimants,  13;  entitled  to 
land  in  Falmouth,  14;  report 
of,   14;    as    representative  of 


Pearson,  continued. 

Falmouth,  147;  cared  for  a 
stranger,  423;  to  be  paid,  424; 
mentioned  142,  182,  195,  197, 
239,  240. 
William,  signed  petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Peirce,  Ebenezer,  of  Berwick,  432. 
John,  of  Berwick,  432. 
William,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 54. 

Pejepscot  Falls,  73. 

Pelham,  T.,  94,  134,  389. 

Pemaquid,  also  called  Fredericks- 
burg, 6,  7,  8,  67,  68,  78,  86,  87; 
examined  by  Tailer,  7, 8;  Pick- 
enden  at,  21;  Dunbar's  people 
prevented  the  taking  of  staves 
from,  21;  sloop  seized  at,  22; 
sheriff  to  go  to,  23;  threats  of 
the  people  of,  23;  Dunbar 
eager  to  begin  settlement  at, 
31;  the  lieutenant  governor  to 
call  at,  63;  Belcher  sent  a  del- 
egation to,  68,  75,  78,  86;  a  part 
of  Massachusetts,  86;  a  well 
equipped  force  sent  against, 
100;  few  soldiers  at,  101;  Mas- 
sachusetts repaired  the  fort 
at,  102;  Chubb  in  command 
at,  102;  surrendered  to  the 
French,  102,  115;  depopulated, 
103;  Massachusetts  ordered  to 
repossess,  103;  Massachusetts 
refused,  103, 104, 116;  designed 
for  Dongon,  104;  held  by  the 
French,  104;  recaptured  by 
Nicholson,  104;  situation  of, 
115;  fort  at  built  by  Duke  of 
York,  115;  Indians  destroyed, 
115;  fort  rebuilt,  115;  again 
destroyed,  115;  not  a  bridle  to 
the  Indians,  116;  lost  by 
treachery,  116;  under  French 
government  till  1710,  116; 
Shute  recommended  rebuild- 
ing the  fort  at,  110;  people 
still  refused,  117;  laid  waste, 
117;  claimed  to  be  under  the 
government  of  Massachusetts, 
118;  Phipps'  purchase  (1694), 
149;  money  paid,  150;  the  pur- 
chase of  known  to  Southack, 
151;  Dunbar  removing  from, 
167,  168;  Dunbar  took  posses- 
sion of,  184;  has  a  safe  and 
convenient  harbor,  225;  fort 
being  repaired,  253;  a  chaplain 
to  be  maintained  at,  258,  261; 
concerning   the  repairing   of, 


INDEX 


507 


Pemaquid,  continued. 

200,  261;   a  boundary  of  Dam- 
ariscotta,  293;  mentioned,  33, 
43,  69,  111,  225,  425;    see  also 
Fredericksburg  and  Georgia. 
Deed  relating  to,  43. 
Falls,  43. 
Harbor,  68,  225. 

Peney,  Joseph,  of  Berwick,  427, 
432. 

Penhallow,  John,  a  justice,  63, 
100. 
Capt.  John,  married  the  widow 
of  John  Watts,  92,  108,  109;  in 
command  at  Arrowsic  and 
Augusta,  108,  110;  visited  va- 
rious places  with  his  brother, 
108. 
Samuel,  resided  in  London,  108; 
visited  Augusta  and  other 
places,  108;  to  settle  the  ac- 
counts of  his  brother,  109;  af- 
fidavit of,  108;  petition  of,  12. 

Pennsylvania,  37,  65,  319,  354,  453. 

Penobscot,  Dunbar  to  begin  a  set- 
tlement at,  30,  31,  36;  land  at 
to  be  reserved,  32;  Dunbar 
could  not  give  titles,  36;  gov- 
ernment of,  36;  Phillips  should 
spend  time  there,  and  confer 
titles,  36;  new  claims  to  land 
at  the  east  of,  39;  Indians  ob- 
ject to  settlements  in,  41;  un- 
der jurisdiction  of  Phillips, 
64;  Edewakeuk  arrived  at, 
212,  215. 
Fort  at,  425,  426. 
Indians,  5,  11,  74,  123,  149,  150, 
151,  156,  157,  158,  159,  163, 
164,  165,  166,  169,  170,  171, 
185,  213,  251,  402,  425. 
River,  32,  184,  402,  425,  426,  444. 

Pepperrell,  Sir  William,  inquired 
into  the  state  of  the  militia, 
191;  boat  left  at  his  dock,  285, 
287;  to  put  the  towns  in  a 
state  of  defense,  290;  proposed 
officers  for  the  army,  291;  why 
he  took  command,  300;  pro- 
posed that  Bradstreet  should 
succeed  him,  301;  described 
the  siege  of  Louisbovirg,  301, 
303,  308;  desired  to  be  govern- 
or of  Louisbourg,  305;  created 
a  baronet,  308,  311;  Shirley 
proposed  his  taking  command, 
310,  311;  considered  the  rais- 
ing of  men  impracticable,  318, 
319;  Shirley  hopes  regiment 
will  be  ready,  320;  desired  the 


Pepperrell,  continued. 

appointment  of  a  chaplain, 
325;  desired  to  go  home,  .325; 
sailed  from  Louisbourg,  325; 
to  visit  Berwick,  422;  advised 
building  a  fort  at  Penobscot, 
425,  426,  442,  443;  letters  of, 
189,  191,  192,  287,  291,  300, 
301,  305,  308,  324,  425;  report 
of,  443;  mentioned,  176,  188, 
189,  190,  191,  297,  322,  332,  459. 

Perkins,  Mr. ,  250. 

John,  to  bring  masts  to  Ports- 
mouth, 01,  62;  pay  for  masts, 
61,  02;  agreement  with  Henry 
Hope,  60,  63. 
Thomas,  town  clerk  of  Arundel, 
271. 

Perry^  f  James,  of  Berwick,  429. 

John,  entitled   to   land   in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Perriman,    James,    a    grantee    of 

New  Marblehead,  141. 
Petitions  of, 

Arundel,  270,  455. 

Berwick,  247,  409,  415,  434. 

Biddeford,  244. 

Brunswick,  234,  281. 

Damariscotta,  292. 

Dennis,  John,  208. 

Falmouth,  52,  201,  262,  423,  465. 

Georgia,  129. 

Given,  David  and  others,  272. 

Gloucester,  267. 

Gorham,  Shubal,  239. 

Higginson,  John,  179. 

Isles  of  Shoales,  142. 

Londonderry,  23. 

Loring,  Nicholas,  446. 

Mare  Point,  199. 

Merreconeag,  206,  287,  445,  459. 

Narraganset  Township  No.  One, 
241,  245. 

Narraganset       Township      No. 
Seven,  223,  236. 

North  Yarmouth,  446. 

Powell,  Jer.,  446,  447. 

Presbyterians,  210. 

Savage,  Arthur,  225. 

Scarborough,  244. 

Small  Point,  232. 

Waldo,    Samuel,    156,    162,    164, 
170. 

Wellington,  J.  and  others,  12. 

Wells,  414,  448,  465. 

Wentworth,  Mark  H.,  405. 
Phelan,    John,  signed   petition  of 

Merreconeag,  288,  445,  401. 
Philadelphia,  37,  39. 


608 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Philbrook,  Job,  captured,  396. 
Grarrisou  of,  396. 

Phillips,  John,  disposition  of,  149; 
witnessed  the  sale  of  land  to 
Phipps,  149,  150,  158,  161;  at 
the  building  of  the  fort,  150; 
acquainted  with  Madocowan- 
do,  158. 
Col.  Richard,  governor  of  Nova 
Scotia,  16,  27,  32,  36,  49,  51, 
64,  106,  184,  314,  334,  335,  336, 
339,  380. 

Phippen,  David,  173,  175,  179,  182, 
196,  201,  203. 

Phipps,  Spencer,  to  examine  forti- 
fications, 68;  signed  report  of 
the  examiners,  85;  heir  of  Sir 
William  and  sold  his  interest 
to  John  Leveret,  119,  120;  an 
associate  with  Leveret,  120;  as 
a  Lieutenant  Governor,  408; 
mentioned,  296. 
Sir  William,  erected  a  fort  at 
Pemaquid,  75,  150;  appointed 
governor  of  Massachusetts, 
il5;  unknowingly  purchased 
land  belonging  to  Leveret,  119, 
120;  purchased  land  in  the 
eastern  parts,  149,  150,  151; 
paid  money  for  the  land,  150, 
158,  159,  160;  his  right  to 
purchase  not  disputed,  151; 
claims  made  that  Madoka- 
wando  had  no  right  to  sell 
land  to,  154;  land  was  fairly 
purchased,  157,  158,  165;  well 
acquainted  with  the  state,  159; 
mentioned,  142,  165. 

Pickard,  Francis,  of  Rowley,  264. 

Pike^  }  Samuel,  of  Berwick,  430. 
Thomas,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
430,  431,  433. 

Pickenden,  Thomas,  his  sloop 
seized,  21,  22,  23;  deposition 
of,  21. 

Pierpont,  Thomas,  chaplain  at  St. 
Georges,  75. 

Pierson,  Capt. ,  222, 238. 

Pilasen,  John,  457. 

Pines,  32,  169. 

Pine  swamps,  37. 

Pinfold,  Dr. ,  25. 

Piracy,  51,  65. 

Piscataqua,  masts  to  be  brought 
to,  61;  men  from  receive  no 
justice  in  Boston,  37;  Capt. 
Martlious  arrived  at,  191; 
Marthous  left,  192;     home  of 


Piscataqua,  continued. 

John  Wentworth,  200;    Forde 
at,  423. 
River,  33,  177,  178. 

Pisiquit,  329. 

Pitman,   Hannah,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 

Pitson,  James,  signed  petition  of 
North  Yarmouth,  218,  221. 

Plaisted  \  Elisha,    opposed    build- 

Plasted  J  ing  a  new  meeting  house, 
241,  394;  signed  petitions  of 
Berwick,  249,  420;  resided  at 
Berwick,  430,  440. 
James,  signed  petitions  of  Ber- 
wick, 250,421;  opposed  build- 
ing new  meeting  house,  394; 
resided  at  Berwick,  431,  440. 
Col.  Joseph,  letters  of,  258,  209; 

mentioned,  258,  287,  296. 
Joshua,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 250. 
Roger,  meeting  house  to  be  built 
near  his  home,  240,  248,  416, 
435;    to  attend  to  building  the 
meeting  house,  393;     resided 
in  Berwick,  427,  432. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421;  resided  at  Berwick, 
441. 
William,  of  Berwick,  429. 

Plank,  3. 

Pleasant  Point,  297. 

Plission,  142. 

Plumer,  Joseph,  action  brought 
against,  173,  174,  175,  176,  177, 
179,  180;  put  out  of  his  estate, 
183,  203,  204;  the  only  one 
who  improved  the  property, 
183. 
R.,  185. 

Stephen,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14. 

Plymouth,  Mass.,  10,  106,  113,  114. 
Council,  The,  127. 

Pomroy,  Ebenezer,  156,  182. 

Ponchartrain,    Monsieur  de,    321, 
322. 

Popple,  William,  secretary,  1,  25, 
29,  47,  59,  66,  95,  112,  113. 

Pork,  290. 

Pormon,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Damariscotta,  293. 

Porter,  38. 

Port  Royal,  106,  107,  142,  358. 

Portsmouth,  61,  62,  63,  81,  99,  105, 
110,  175,  405. 

Potter,  Aaron,  264. 

Powell,  Jeremiah,  399,  446,  447. 
John,  211,  219. 


INDEX 


509 


Pratt,  Mr. ,  286. 

Pray,  John,  signed   call   for   Ber- 
wick town  meeting,   395;  re- 
sided at  Berwick,  427,  432. 
Peter,  of  Berwick,  428,  433. 
Samuel,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
Samuel  Jr.,  resided  at  Berwick, 
428. 

Prayer  Book,  the  Common  pol- 
luted the  Bible,  29. 

Preble,  Abraham,  145. 

Presbyterians,  the,  desired  to  be 
exempted  from  paying  church 
tax,  210. 

Presumpscot  River,  the,  173,  177, 
178,  223. 

Pretender,  the,  354. 

Prichard,  John,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  14. 

Pride,  Joseph,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 

Priests,  forbidden  in  Nova  Scotia, 
339,  348,  464;  influence  of  the, 
353,  363;  deception  of  the,  357; 
see  Friars  and  Jesuits. 

Probb,  Jonathan,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130. 

Prockter  )  Charles,  signed  petition 

Proctor    J  of  Township  No.  Seven, 
237. 
Jonathan,    a    grantee    of    New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Samuel,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Thomas,     signed     petition     of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Prosoway,  143. 

Protestants,  to  be  sent  as  settlers, 
16,  117,  169. 

Prothers,  Capt. ,  64. 

Prout,  Mr. ,  238,  283. 

Pumery,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 


Q 

Quebec,  258,   342,   349,   381,   461, 

464. 
Quenois,  142. 
Quincy,  Edmund,  156. 
John,  68,  454. 

Josiah,  146,  149,    162,    180,    181, 
182,  198,  199,  200,  202,  207,  208, 
209,  210,  233,  235. 
Quingham,  Edward,  207,  288. 
Quinn,  John,  85. 
Quint,  John,  427,  432. 
Joshua,  427,  432. 


R 


R ,   John,    signed   petition  of 

Township  No.  One,  245. 
Racklif,  William,   signed  petition 

of  Damariscotta,  293. 
Ramry,    Edward,    signed   petition 

of  Township  No.  One,  245. 
Ramsay,  Jean  Baptiste  Nicholas 
Roch  de,  declaration  of,  372; 
letter  of,  359;  mentioned,  313, 
364,  372,  374,  377,  379,  381,  389. 
Rangers,  Capt.  Gorham's,  387,  389; 

see  Soldiers. 
Read,  John,  238. 

Joseph,  219. 
Rebels  as  settlers,  349,  353. 
Reckor,  see  Rickor. 
Record,  of  Berwick  town  meeting, 
393,  394. 
of  Wells  town  meeting,  401. 
Redlen,  Magnes,  signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  One,  243. 
Reed  )  Alexander,  of  Londonderry, 
Reid  5  24. 
James,  of  Londonderry,  20,  24. 
John,  a  grantee  of  New  Marble- 
head,  141. 
Matthew,  of  Londonderry,  20. 
Richard,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 
blehead, 141. 
Regiments  needed,  50;  from  Gib- 
raltar, 317,  318,  320,  324. 
Religion,  cause  of  the  decline  of, 

307. 
Rendal.  Stephen,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  13. 
Rene  le  Blanc,  360. 
Reports  of, 
Leonard,  George,  284. 
Pepnerrell,  Sir  William,  442. 
Talbot,  C,  112,  128. 
York,  P.,  112,  128. 
Return  of  the  constable  of  Bruns- 
wick, 211. 
Revolution  of  1688,  101,  102. 
Rhode  Island,  313,  345,  374. 
Rich,  Peter,  had  the  care  of  Eliza 
Smith,  452. 

Richards,  Col. ,  469. 

Ban,  signed   petition  of   Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
John,  signed  petition  of  Damar- 
iscotta, 293. 
Joseph,  of  Berwick,  428. 
Richay,  John,  of  Londonderry,  20. 
Richmond,   70,   71,  72,  75,  77,  79, 
137,  190,  191. 
Fort  at,  69,  70,  72,  369,  425. 


510 


DOCUMENTARY    inSTOEiT 


Kicker,  Joseph,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 430,  431,  433. 
Kicker,   Noah,    of    Berwick,    429, 

430. 
Riggs,  .lerenilah,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  13. 
Kiraes,  Henry,  of  Berwick,  432. 
Ring,   David,    signed    petition    of 

Damariscotta,  293. 
River  of  Canada,  104,  115,  342;  see 

also  St.  Lawrence  River. 
Riviere  an  Canard,  359. 
Rivis,  James,  petition  of  Damaris- 
cotta, 293. 
Roads,  Mast,  42. 

Slay,  2. 
Robbins,  Danl.,  408. 
Roberts,  Ebenezer,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  14. 
Job,  signed   petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Joshua,  of  Berwick,  433. 
Thomas,  of  Berwick,  432. 
Robin  Hood,  228,  231. 
Robords,  Joshua,  of  Berwick,  427. 
Robsen,  Charles,    signed   petition 

of  Georgia,  130. 
Rodgers  "(George,  signed  petition 
Rogers    J  of  Georgia,  130. 
James,  of  Londonderry,  24. 
Mary,  heir  of  Leveret,  119. 
Patrick,     signed      petition     of 

Georgia,  130. 
Tho.,  signed  petition  of  Georgia, 

1.^0. 
Wm.,  signed  petition  of  Georgia, 
130. 
Romansgate,  21. 
Rood,    David,   signed    petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
Ross,  Hugh,  of  Berwick,  428,  433. 
James,  of  Wells,  457. 
John  Jr.,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag,  207. 

Row, ,  resided  at  Berwick,  429. 

Rowley,  260,  264. 

Rounds,  Mark,  entitled  to  land  in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Roxbury,  77. 

Royal,  Mr. ,  283. 

Isaac,   signed  petition  of  Small 
Point,  233;    signed  petition  to 
add  islands  to  Brunswick,  235. 
RoyaPs  River,  403. 
Rum,  37,  50,  06,  186,  251. 
Rutherford,    Capt.    Robert,    letter 
of,  306. 


Saco,  190,  191. 
Falls,  15,  172. 
Fort,  425. 
Harbor,  69. 
River,  42,  63,  80,  104,  241,  244, 

2G0,  264. 
Truck  House,  09. 
Sagadahoc,  yearly  chose  a  council- 
lor, 105,  100. 
River,   9,  10,  113,  114,  115,  117, 
118,  232. 
St.  Albans,  388. 

St.  Castiue,  .Jean  Vincent,  Baron 
de,  married  a  daughter  of 
Madocawando,  151;  received 
letter  from  the  governor  of 
Canada,  215. 
St.  Clair,    Lieut.  Gen.  James,  328, 

334. 
St.  Croix,  30,  64. 

River,  17,  32,  78,  101,  103,  113, 
115,  117,  118,  125,  128,  129, 
184. 
St.  Georges,  03,  135,  163,  180,  190, 
191,  209,  214,  285,  291,  300.  367, 
425. 
Falls,  156,  157. 

River,  trading  house  at,  11,  74, 
186;  distance  of,  from  Georgia 
and  Kennebec  River,  11;  dele- 
gation sent  to,  68,  70,  73;   fort 
at  to  be  examined,  69,  297;   a 
township  to  be  laid  out  near, 
121,  152;    land  near,  sold,  149, 
151,  165;    two  towns  on,  156, 
161,  104;    a  fine   harbor,  168; 
Capt.     Gyles    went    to,     171; 
Capt.  Bradbury  in   command 
at,    454;     mentioned,    27,    32, 
237,  252,  268. 
St.  Johns,  318. 
Indians,  403. 
River,  32,  462. 
St.  Lawrence  River,  104,  304,  327, 
334;   also  called  River  of  Can- 
ada. 
St.  Peters,  304. 

Salem,  87,  176;   fort  at,  70,  81,  85. 
Salary   of   the    governor,   trouble 
concerning,  6,  35,   40,  41,    i/O, 
60,  94,  131,  132. 
Salmon  Fall  River,  442. 
Salt,  269,  291,  381. 
Saltonstall,  Richd.,  290. 
Sandors,  Thomas,  of  Berwick,  429. 
Sanford,   Josiah,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  14. 
Thomas,  of  London,  109. 


INDEX 


511 


Sarahtoga,  331,  350. 

Saunders,  Capt.  Thomas,  master 
of  the  Endeavor,  68;  delivered 
letter  to  Dunbar,  134;  to  bring 
Indians  t«  Boston,  254;  letter 
of,  217;  mentioned,  214,  231, 
306,  307. 

Savage,   Arthur,    in   command  at 
Fort  Frederick,  214,  225;  let- 
ter of,  231;  petition  of,  225. 
llabijah,  justice  of  the   peace, 
275,  282. 

Saveur,  FranQois,  a  Penobscot 
chief,  74. 

Saw  Mills,  2,  3,  4,  40,  77,  92,  121, 
122,  152,  173,  174,  175,  177, 
178,  179,  180,  182,  183,  204, 
260,    265,   267,   470,    473. 

Sawyer,  Isaac,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 
Jacob,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
John  Jr.,    entitled    to   land   in 
Falmouth,  14. 

Sayer,  Joseph,  (Judge),  176,  453. 

Scales,  Mathew,  entitled   to   land 
in  Falmouth,  14. 
William,  403,  4'i8. 

Scalps,  a  bounty  for,  331,  334. 

Scamman,  Dominicus,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Township  No.  One, 
2^45. 

Scamons,  Humphry,  of  Berwick, 
440. 

Scarborough,  to  be  resettled,  12; 
sent  for  the  records,  12;  deed 
lost  but  counterpart  saved,  54; 
petition  of  the  people  of,  244; 
mentioned,  15,  145,  241,  292, 
451. 

Scatts,  John,  of  Berwick,  432. 
Vollentine,  of  Berwick,  432. 

Schiegnecto,  313,  314,  315,  334,  335, 
363,  364,  374,  375,  376,  389;  see 
also  Chicanecto. 
Blockhouse,  315,  339. 
Trading  house,  315. 

Schools,  land  to  be  set  apart  for, 
121,  139,  140;  unimproved  land 
taxed  to  support  the,  148,  194, 
201,  202,  203;  resolutions  con- 
cerning those  at  Falmouth, 
192,  193,  194;  second  parish  at 
Falmouth  to  have  one  month's 
schooling,  2G2,  263;  to  be 
opened  in  Nova  Scotia,  339, 
340,  347,  348;  rates  at  Kenne- 
bunk,  448. 

School  Masters,  pay  of,  192,  193; 
to  be  settled,  193. 


Scotland,  the  kirk  of,  210. 

Scott,  Capt. ,  impressed  sea- 
men, 218. 
William,      signed     petition     of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Seaburv,  Barnabas,  town  clerk  and 
sheriff,  176,  179,  212,  216;  re- 
port of,  143,  144;  deposition 
of,  447. 
Samuel,  justice  of  the  peace, 
404,  405,  448. 

Sea  coal,  51. 

Seal,  John,  of  Berwick,  428. 
Valentine,  of  Berwick,  428. 

Seamen,  a  nursery  of,  32,  338. 

Sears,  Peter,  408.' 

Sebago  Ponds,  173. 

Sebascodegin  \  Islands,    222,   226, 

Sebashadegen  j  228,  229,  234. 

Sewall,  Saml.,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  54. 

Shackley,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 431. 
Richard,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 250;  objected  to   build- 
ing new   meeting  house,  394; 
resided  at  Berwick,  431,  441. 
Richard    Jr.,   opposed   building 
new     meeting     house,      241; 
signed   petition    of    Berwick, 
249;  resided  at  Berwick,  431, 
441. 
Samuel,  of  Wells,  457. 

Sharrar,  James,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

Sheepscot,  home  of  Elihu  Gurim- 
son.  111;  burned  by  Indians, 
112;  soldiers  at,  3G"1;  Cargill 
at,  361,  368;  garrison  at,  290; 
proprietors  of,  49. 

Sheepscot  River,  37,  293. 

Shegnectoo,  389;  see  Schiegnecto. 

Sherburn,  Henry,  proposed  as  gov- 
ernor of  New  Hampshire,  G; 
went  with  Dunbar  to  examine 
Fort  William  Henry,  98;  not 
permitted  to  enter  the  fort,  99. 

Shillings,  see  Currency. 

Shipbuilding,  323. 

Ships,  see  Vessels. 

Shirley,  Gov.  William,  letters  of, 
25],  265,  260,  290,  296,  297, 
312,  327,  335,  337,  340,  343, 
362,  368,  373,  461;  messages 
of,  424,  426,  443,  453;  speeches 
of,  .356,  401;  mentioned,  223, 
225,  231,  236,  238,  241,  243, 
246,  250,  255,  262,  267,  272, 
274,    277,   281,   285,   287,   289, 


612 


DOCUMENTABY   HISTORY 


Shirley,  continued. 

292,    294,  295,  298,  300,  309, 

316,  324,  325,  326,  334, 

358,  360,  361,  370,  372, 

383,  387,  388,  389,  390, 

396,  397,  399,  405,  414, 

422,  423,  425,  426,  434, 

455,  457,  459,  465,  468, 


310, 
341, 
373, 
392, 
415, 
446, 
471. 


Shirreff.  W.,  letter  of,  334;  men- 
tioned, 359,  360,  370,  372,  373. 

Shorey,  John,  resided  at  Berwick, 
428,  433. 
Samuel,     resided    at    Berwick, 

428,  433,  441. 
Thomas,   resided    at     Berwick, 
428,  433. 

Shove,  Edward,  to  examine  forti- 
fications, 68;  signed  report  oi 
examiners,  85. 

Shute,  Gov.  Samuel,  recommend- 
ed rebuilding  Fort  at  Pema- 
quid,  116;  gave  the  associates 
a  letter  to  Indian  chief,  123; 
mentioned,  12,  19,  146,  165, 
252. 

Silks,  66. 

Simonton,  Andrew,  entitled  to 
land  in  Falmouth,  14. 

Simpson  1  Henry,      for     coroner, 

Simson     /269. 
Theodore,    signed    petition    of 
Berwick,  421;   resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 4.30. 

Sinkler,  John,  456. 

Six  Nations,  the,  386. 

Skiling,  Benjamin,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  14. 

Skinner,  .Tames,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marhlehead,  141. 

Skofield,  Thomas,  275,  295. 

Slade,  Mr. ,  deputy,  3. 

Slitting  Mills,  51. 

Sloman,  Henry,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427,  432. 

Small  Point,  108,  216,  216,  228, 
232,  233,  234. 

Small,  Samuel  Jr..  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 

Smart,    John,    signed   petition   of 
Merriconeag,  207;     constable, 
295. 
Robert,  surveyor,  295. 

Smith, ,  suspected  of  counter- 
feiting, 452. 

Mr. ,  367. 

Colam,     signed        petition      of 

Georgia,  130. 
Elizabeth,  401,  452. 
James,  attorney,  54. 


Smith,  continued. 

John,  an  associate  of  Leveret, 
120. 

John,  signed  call  for  Berwick 
town  meeting,  395. 

Elder,  John,  lived  in  Berwick, 
427,  432. 

John  Jr.,  resided  in  Berwick, 
427,  432. 

Joshua,  resided  at  Berwick,  427. 

Margaret,  400,  452,  453. 

Mrs.  Mary,  400,  414,  452,  463. 

Robert  of  Arundel,  270. 

Thomas,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 13;  an  associate  with 
Leveret,  120. 

Capt.   Thomas,    in  command  at 
Saco,  69,  80,  173;     gave  report 
of  ammunition  on  hand,  81. 
Smitherst,    Joseph,   a  grantee  of 

New  Marhlehead,  141. 
Smutty  Nose  Island,  142. 
Snow,  Isaac,  selectman  of  Bruns- 
wick, 273,  275,  295. 

John,  selectman  of  Falmouth, 
424,  466. 
Soldiers,  two  under  arms  at  Fort 
William  Henry,  98,  99;  Dun- 
bar will  not  raise  the  militia, 
99;  a  few  at  Pemaquid,  101, 
102;  forces  engaged  under 
Nicholson,  107;  the  same  paid 
and  supplied  by  New  England, 
107;  at  Arrowsic,  108,  109;  at 
Richmond, 110;  hired  andsus- 
tained  by  the  Leveret  asso- 
ciates, 122;  died  of  fever,  138; 
entertained  and  the  Isles  of 
Shoals,  142;  to  be  divided,  188, 
189,  190;  to  be  well  provided 
with  arms,  189,  190;  number 
at  Fort  George,  224;  number 
at  Fort  Frederick,  225;  more 
needed,  226,  231;  desired  that 
their  wages  be  higher,  231;  at 
Brunswick,  246;  nvimber  in 
each  garrison,  296;  subsist- 
ance  voted  for,  297;  dismissed, 
297;  commanded  by  Pepper- 
rell,  300;  raised  in  New  Eng- 
land for  Louisbourg  expedi- 
tion, 300,  301;  left  to  rebuild  a 
fort,  304;  clothing  needed,  305; 
ill  principles  of  the  officers, 
307;  the  king's  approbation  of 
those  at  Louisbourg,  308; 
capitulation  at  Minas,  312, 
313;  uneasy  under  Captains 
Burns  and  Cargill,  316;  num- 
ber of  at  Louisbourg,  317,  332; 


INDEX 


513 


Soldiers,  continued. 

illness  at  Louisbourg,  817,  318, 
324;  the  Gibraltar  regiments, 
317,  318,  319,  324;  desire  to  be 
discharged,  318;  to  be  relieved 
at  Louisbourg,  319;  enlisted 
from  several  provinces,  319, 
325;  those  from  New  England 
dismissed,  322,  325;  more  to  be 
raised,  328;  bounties  and  sup- 
plies for,  328;  desertions,  338; 
vrhy  recruits  were  poor,  338, 
339;  delay,  341,  342;  sent  to 
Annapolis,  344,  374;  officers 
dispute,  355;  little  discipline 
among,  355 ;  needed  by  Cargill, 
361;  sent  to  Aeadia,  364;  divi- 
sion of  Cargill's  men,  367;  at 
Falmouth  to  be  disposed  of, 
368;  the  number  wanted,  369; 
mutinous  at  Richmond,  369; 
surprised  at  Minas,  374,  375; 
sent  to  Mascarene,  374,  376; 
marched  to  Minas.  374;  capit- 
ulation at  Minas,  375,  376,  381; 
finally  drove  the  French  from 
the  territory,  376;  those  of 
New  Jersey  and  New  York 
were  mutinous,  377,  380;  pay 
advanced  for  those  of  Massa- 
chusetts, 377;  not  to  have  the 
second  year's  clothing,  377; 
how  paid,  transported  and  fed, 
378,  380,  389,  390;  difficult  to 
engage  recruits  for  Nova  Sco- 
tia, 378;  French  and  Swiss  at 
Quebec,  381;  those  at  Annap- 
olis not  always  well  behaved, 
382;  tardy,  382;  Roman  Cath- 
olics, 382;  how  the  French 
paid,  382,  383;  obliged  to  live 
on  the  people  of  Minas,  383; 
those  from  Massachusetts 
saved  Nova  Scotia,  385;  at 
Annapolis,  463,  487;  designed 
for  Shegnecto,  389;  necessary 
in  Nova  Scotia,  389;  the  As- 
sembly of  New  York  refused 
to  raise  money  for,  889;  con- 
stant duty  of  those  at  Albany, 
390;  compared  to  those  in 
Europe,  390;  if  their  pay 
should  not  be  abated,  390,  391; 
their  endurance  and  patriot- 
ism, 391;  should  retain  their 
arms  when  discharged,  391, 
392;  volunteers  don't  enlist, 
401,  402;  regulations  for  en- 
listments should  be  changed, 
402;  impressment  not  success- 


Soldiers,  continued. 

ful,  402;  needed  at  Frederick 
Fort,  408 ;  to  be  sent  to  various 
forts,  408;  needed  at  Hins- 
dall's,  425;  see  also  Militia. 

Sole,  Mr. ,  286. 

Solingford,  Thomas,  of  Berwick, 
430. 

Solleuen,  John,  of  Berwick,  433. 

Somerset,  Capt.  John,  sold  land  to 
John  Brown,  43,  44. 

Southack,  Capt.  Cyprian,  master 
of  provincial  galley,  150;  well 
acquainted  with  eastern  In- 
dians, 150,  158,  163;  witnessed 
Phipps's  purchase  at  Pema- 
quid,  151,  158,  161;  sailed  with 
Capt.  Gyles,  170;  went  east- 
ward, 170, 171;  his  deposition, 
150. 

Spaniards,  the,  purchase  vessels 
in  New  England,  37. 

Sparhawk,  N.,  letter  of,  285. 

Speeches  of  Shirley,  Gov.  William, 
356,  401. 

Spear  \  Robert,  gave  power  of  at- 

Speer  /  torney,  271,  272;  petitioned 
for  Brunswick,  273,  277;  as 
constable,  280;  an  assessor, 
282;  depositions  of,  275,  276, 
282;  protest  of,  296. 

Spencer,  Freathy,  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421,  430,  440. 
Humphrey,  of  Berwick,  428. 
Moses,  signed  petition   of  Ber- 
wick, 250;  resided  at  Berwick, 
427,  430,  432. 
William,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick's 250. 

Sprague,  Abiel,  signed  petition  of 
Merriconeag,  207.  288. 
Terah,  of  Berwick,  427,  432. 

Spurr,  Capt. ,  415. 

Spurwink  River,  145. 

Stacey,  Ebenezer,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 
John,  a  grantee  of  New  Marble- 
head,  141. 
Samuel,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 
blehead, 140. 

Standwood  V  David,    signed    peti- 

Stanwood    j  tion  of  Merriconeag, 
207. 
Ebenezer,  fence  viewer,  295. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag, 207. 

Stanyan,  Temple,  90. 

Stapels, ,  259. 

Starbird,  Jethro,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 


34 


514 


DOCUMENTAKY   HISTORY 


Starbird,  continued. 
Job,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Stepell,  Samuel,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  14. 
Stephen's  Carrying  Place,  198,  227. 
Stevens,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Merriconeag,  207. 
Moses,  had  care  of  Margaret  and 

Mary  Smith,  400,  453. 
Samuel,      signed     petition      of 
Gloucester,  268. 
Stewart,  Samuel,  453. 
Stickney,    David,    to    settle    the 

school  master,  193. 
Still,  Anthony,  signed  the  petition 
of  Damariscotta,  293. 

Stillin, ,  resided  at   Berwick, 

428. 
Stilling,  Ruke,  resided  at  Berwick, 

483. 
Stimson,     Jonathan,     resided     at 

Berwick,  429. 
Stinson,  James,   signed  the   peti- 
tion of  Georgia,  130. 
John,    signed    the    petition    of 

Georgia,  130. 
Thomas,  signed  the  petition  of 

Georgia,  130. 
William,  signed  the  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 
Stockbridge,  John,  signed  the  pe- 
tition of  Berwick,  249. 
Stoddard,  Anthony,   an  associate 
with  Leveret,  120. 
John,  156. 
Col.  Jno.,  290. 
Ston    ")  Jonathan,  signed   call  for 
Stone  J  Berwick     town    meeting, 
395;  resided  in  Berwick,  428, 
432;   agent  for  Arundel,  471. 
Joseph,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
Paul,  resided  at  Berwick,  427, 

432. 
S.,  resided  at  Berwick,  432. 
Samuel,  entitled  to  land  at  Fal- 
mouth, 13. 
Simon,  resided  at  Berwick,  428. 

Storer,  Capt. ,  214. 

John,  of  Merriconeag,  288. 
John,  of  Wells,  presented  peti- 
tion for  Wells,  401,  414;  town 
treasurer,  453. 
Stoughton,  William,  165. 
Stover,    John,  signed  petition   of 

Merriconeag,  207,  445,  461. 
Strout,  Charles,  selectman  of  Fal- 
mouth, 466. 


Stuart,  Charles,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 
Winthrop,   resided   in  Berwick, 
429. 

Stutevant,  John,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 427. 

Subercase,  Daniel  Auger  de,  gov- 
ernor, surrendered  to  Gen. 
Nicholson,  104,  107. 

Submission  of  the  Acadians,  the, 
369. 

Suffolk  County,  275,  283. 

Sugar,  50. 
Islands,  the,  38. 

Swanpond  Creek,  80. 

Swett,  Joseph,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 

Swiss,  Cantons,  to  furnish  settlers, 
252,  854. 
Swiss  soldiers,  381. 

T 

Tailek,  a.,  signed  petition  of 
North  Yarmouth,  221. 
William,  Lieut.  Gov.,  to  ex- 
amine fortifications,  etc.,  68, 
86;  had  a  conference  with 
Indians,  71;  received  a  letter 
from  Dunbar,  76;  answered 
the  same,  76;  in  command  at 
Castle  William,  82;  signed 
report  of  delegation,  85;  asked 
improper  questions,  96;  com- 
manded a  regiment  under 
Nicholson,  107;  letters  of,  78, 
112,  128. 

Tallow,  269. 

Tarp,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Georgia,  130. 

Tarr,  William,  signed  petition  of 
Merriconeag,  289,  445,  461. 

Tarrant,  Mr. ,  45. 

Taxes  in  North  Yarmouth,  143, 
144;  for  the  support  of  the 
ministry  and  schools,  148, 194, 
201,  202,  203,  448,  449,  450. 

Tebbets,  see  Tibbets. 

Tharla,  Richard,  of  Berwick,  443. 

Thaxter,  Samuel,  to  examine  for- 
tifications, 68;  signed  report 
of  examiner,  83;  an  associate 
with  Leveret.  120. 

Theruel,  Jonathan,  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 429. 

Thirall,  Richard,  resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428,  432. 

Thomas,  David,   signed  memorial 
of  Small  Point,  217. 
William,     signed    memorial    of 


INDEX 


515 


Thomas,  continued. 
Small  Point,  217. 

Thompson  I  (. 4^5 

Thomson    J       ^  ' 

Bartholomew  of  Berwick,   428, 

432. 
John,    opposed    building    new 
meeting  house,  241,  394;  sign- 
ed petition  of  Township  No. 
One,  245;    signed  petition  of 
Berwick,  421;    resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 430,  440. 
John  Jr.,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 249,  421,  430;  resided  at 
Berwick,  440. 
Jonathan,  of  Wells,  457. 
Joseph,  selectman  of  Falmouth, 

424,  466. 
Miles,  signed  call  for   Berwick 
town  meeting,  395;   resided  at 
Berwick,  428,  432. 
Nicholas,  resided    at    Berwick, 

429. 
Noah,  resided  at  Berwick,  426, 

432,  441,  443. 
Paul,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Samuel,  a  soldier,  408. 
Thomas,   resided    at    Berwick, 
431,  441. 
Thorns,  Thomas,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  13. 
Thorndick,     Robert,     entitled    to 

land  in  Falmouth,  13. 
Thoson,  Richard,  456. 
Tibbets  \  Ichabod,  resided  at  Ber- 
Tibbotsi  wick,  427. 
Thomas,    resided    at    Berwick, 

428,  431. 
William,  signed  petition  of  Ber- 
wick, 421. 
Timber,  3,   15,   42,    180,   204,   268, 

323,  399;   see  Masts. 
Titles,  manner  of  deducing,  128. 
Toleration  for  all  but  Papists,  211. 
Tonne,  Thomas,  457. 
Tools  made  in  New  England,  35, 

41,  61. 
Toothaker,  Ebenezer,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Merriconeag,  207. 
Seth,  signed  petition  of  Merri- 
coneag, 207,  445,  461. 
Topsham  Garrison,  296. 
Town,  Jesse,  457. 

Joseph,  457. 
Towns  of  eighty  families  each,  121 ; 
order  relating    to    resettling, 
286. 
Townsend,    Admiral    Isaac,     318, 
820,  324,  337,  347,  365. 


Township  No.  One,  see  Narragan- 

sett  Township  No.  One. 
Township  No.  Seven,   see  Narra- 

gansett  Township  No.  Seven. 
Towwon,  406. 
Toxus,  142. 

Trade,   with  Indians,   27,   71,  75, 
185,  186,  251;  would  suffer  by 
Bills  of  Credit,  95;  illicit,  258; 
importance  of  Louisbourg,304; 
vessels  fitted  out  to  annoy,  361; 
vessels  needed  to  protect,  365; 
in  the    enemy's    hands,    381, 
383;     decreasing,   384;     Nova 
Scotia,  a  help  to,  386;    a  fort 
to  cut  off  the  enemy's  387;  if, 
well  regulated  would  influence 
the  Indians,  387,  402,  403,  425. 
The  Lords  Commissioners  of,  5, 
11,  15,  16,  20,  30,  31,  .35,  37, 39, 
40,  41,  49,  51,  52,  60,  64,  66,  90, 
97,  103,  112,  183. 
Trading    Houses,    will    hold   the 
good  will  of  Indians,  251,  315, 
348;      needed    at    Penobscot 
River,    402. 
at  Minas,  315,  347. 
at  Richmond,  70,  71,  75,  77,  79. 
at  Saco,  69,  80,  81,  172. 
at  St.  Georges,  11,  27,  68,  74,  75, 

166,  170. 
at  Schiegnecto,  315. 
Treaties  of,  Aix-la-Chapelle,   463, 
465. 
Casco  Bay,  72,  154. 
Dummer's,  109. 
Eastern  Indians,  119,  251,  252. 
Falmouth,  166. 
Pemaquid,  150,  151. 
Ryswick,  103,  115. 
Utrecht,  91,  105,    116,    118,    119, 
322,  851,  358,  462. 
Trees,  see  Masts  and  Timber. 
Tripsack,  Henry,  184. 
Troops,  see  Soldiers. 
Truck  Houses,  see  Trading  Houses. 
Truth,  the,  not  regarded  in  New 

England,  97. 
Tucker,  Andrew,  a  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  141. 
John,  of  Berwick,  427,  432. 
William,  fisherman,  112. 
Turnell,  James,  of  Berwick,  429. 
Turner,  Isaac,  a  grantee  of  New 

Marblehead,  141. 
Tyler,  Abraham,    signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  245. 
James,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  246. 


516 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Tyler,  continued. 

Royal,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Tyng,  Capt.   Edward,  trustee  for 
I'almouth,  55, 

Eleazer,  290. 

John,  to  take  list  of  land  claim- 
ants, 13;  to  make  answer  to 
General  Court  for  Falmouth, 
13;  his  report,  14;  an  agent  for 
Falmouth,  56,  59. 

u 

Unnongoit,   sold    land   to    John 

Brown,  43,  44. 
Utrecht,  91,  105,  116,  118,  119,  322, 

351,  358,  462. 


Vass,  Jeremiah,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.    Seven,  237. 
John,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  Seven,  237. 
John     Jr.,     signed    petition  of 
Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

Vaughan,  Capt. ,  garrison  of, 

296. 
Elliot,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245,  260. 
Geo.,   signed  petition    of    Scar- 
borough, 12. 
Wm.,  letter  sent  by,    175,  176; 
signed    petition    of    Damaris- 
cotta,  292,  293. 

Vernon,  .Tas.,  67. 

Versailles,  Court  of,  320,  321, 

Vessels,  needed  by  the  govern- 
ment, 16,  30,  34,  49;  of  war 
expected,  29;  Dunbar  pro- 
posed to  build  one,  34;  from 
Amsterdam  with  palatines, 
37;  how  built  and  sold  in  New 
England,  37,  60;  a  true  registry 
of,  should  be  sent  home,  38; 
how  manned,  38;  Grover's 
seized,  45,  46,  51,  64;  at  Casco 
with  French  and  Indians,  97; 
built  in  New  England  by  Co- 
ram, 101;  supplied  by  New 
England  to  transport  troops, 
107;  bought  by  Leveret's  asso- 
ciates, 122;  needed  at  Bay  of 
Fundy,  315 ;  fitted  out  to  annoy 
the  fisheries  and  trade,  361; 
should  be  sent  out  to  protect 
trade,  361,  362;  the  Mermaid 
sent  out  to  destroy  those  of 
the  enemy,  362,  365;  a  tender 


Vessels,  continued. 

needed,  362;  the  province  suf- 
fered because  of  the  lack  of, 
364,  365;  to  bring  wood  to 
Boston,  868;  people  summoned 
to  renew  oaths  on,  371;  French 
transports  at  Quebec,  381;  to 
be  sent  eastward  with  stores, 
407. 

Blanford,  29,  47. 

Canterbury,  361,  364,  365. 

Chester,  346,  379. 

Comet  Bomb,  361. 

Endeavor,  68,  69,  70. 

Hichingbrook,  327. 

Hind,  361. 

Kingsale,  318,  324. 

Massachusetts,  218,  362. 

Mermaid,  362,  365. 

New  Hampshire,  21. 

Norwich,  361,  364,  365. 

Princess,  318. 

Scarborough,  373. 

Shirley,  308,  379. 
Villebone,     Chevalier     de,     gave 

presents  to  Indians,  151. 
Vincent,  Anthony,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130. 

William,     signed      petition     of 
Georgia,    130;    as   a  witness, 
272. 
Virginia,  317,  318,  324,  327. 
Volunteers,  see  Soldiers. 


W 

W. ,  signed  Merriconeag  peti- 
tion, 288. 
Wadlin,  Daniel,  opposed  building 
new  meeting  house,  241;  sign- 
ed petition  of  Berwick,  249, 
421;     resided  at  Berwick,  440. 
Wadsworth,    Joseph,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Merriconeag,  221,  226, 
200;    signed  petition  of  Small 
Point,  233;    signed  petition  of 
Brunswick,  234,  235. 
Wainwright,  John,  139. 
Waite,    John,    to  settle   a    school 

master,  193. 
Wakfield,  Gilbert,  457. 
James,  456. 
Jeridiah,  457. 
John,  456. 
John  Jr.,  456. 
Nathaniel,  467. 
Walcot,  John,    claimed   land,   89; 
heir  of  Clark,  90;     Dunbar  on 
land  belonging  to,  90;  petition 


INDEX 


517 


Walcot,  continued. 

of,  91 ;  prevented  from  settling 
by  Dunbar,  92,  93;  his  pur- 
chase confirmed  by  charter, 
93;  desired  that  Dunbar  be 
instructed  to  quit,  93,  94;  set- 
tlers held  land  by  grant  from, 
110. 

Josiah,  ancestor  of  John,  89,  91; 
sent  John  Watts  as  agent,  91; 
advanced  money  to  Watts,  92. 
Waldo,  Cornelius,  entitled  to  land 
at  Falmouth,  54;  an  associate 
with  Leveret,  121. 

Jonathan,  an  associate  vpith 
Leveret,  121. 

Samuel,  contractor  for  masts,  1; 
not  of  the  best  character,  2; 
went  to  England  as  an  agent, 
2,  12,  90,  166;  a  violent,  2, 
12;  difficulty  attending  his 
agency,  3;  called  on  Dunbar, 
3;  his  usage  of  Dunbar,  4,  48; 
order  of  committee  refering  to 
his  petition,  20;  stopped  the 
settling  of  new  colony,  26; 
hindered  by  Dunbar,  27,  152, 
166;  sought  confirmation  of 
title,  28,  90;  sent  no  account 
of  his  success,  31;  would  mis- 
represent, 32, 40;  his  company 
purchased  palatines,  37;  his 
agent  improved  the  grant,  40; 
ill  oflBce  toward  Dunbar,  48; 
entitled  to  land  in  Falmouth, 
54;  asked  that  Dunbar  cease 
disturbing  his  tenants,  90; 
held  deed  of  the  land  which 
Phipps  had  purchased,  149; 
answered  the  complaints  of 
the  Penobscots,  151,  155; 
began  to  settle  two  towns,  152, 
156,  IGl,  164;  his  titles  con- 
firmed, 152,  153;  Dunbar 
quitted  the  land  of,  153;  to 
resettle  towns,  153,  154;  treat- 
ed the  Indians  with  amity,  154; 
he  can  prove  he  has  not  ex- 
ceeded his  limits,  154;  desired 
protection  for  self  and  set- 
tlers, 155;  hindered  by  wars, 
166;  Indians  dissatisfied  with, 
187;  grants  from,  237;  attor- 
ney for  Township  No.  Seven, 
238;  contracted  for  Swiss  set- 
tlers, 252;  petition  of,  168, 
162,  164,  170;  letter  of,  291; 
mentioned,  40,  42,  113,  258, 
269,  285,  287,  289,  290,  297, 
299,  367. 


Walker,  Andrew,  of  Berwick,  428, 
432,  440,  443. 
Eenj.,  entitled  to  land   in  Fal- 
mouth, 54. 
John,  of  Berwick,  428,  432. 
John,  of  Falmouth,  54. 
Joshua,  of  Arundel,  271,  456. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Town- 
ship No.  One,  245. 
Solomon,  of  Berwick,  430,  441. 
Thomas,  signed  petition  of  Geor- 
gia, 130. 
Wallace,  J.,  Londonderry,  24. 
Wallingford,  Thomas,  signed  peti- 
tion of  Berwick,  421. 
Walpole  Garrison,  296. 
Walton,  Peter,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 
Shadrach,    commander  at  Fort 
William  Henry,  98;  would  not 
permit  Dunbar  to  enter  the 
fort,  98,  99;  threatened,  99;  his 
orders  read,  99;   his  regiment 
went  to  Nova  Scotia,  107. 
Ward,  Capt.  Edmund,  to  cut  tim- 
ber,   42;     signed    petition    of 
Township  No.  One,  245. 
Edward  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 

Merriconeag,  288. 
Joshua,  173. 

Trustum,  of  Berwick,  427. 
Warner,  Phile,  signed  petition  o^ 

Gloucester,  268. 
Warren,  Gilbert,  selectman  of  Ber- 
wick, 250. 
Sir  Peter,  301,  302,  303,  308,  309, 
312,    316,    318,    321,    322,   324, 
325,    828,    334,    .335,   346,    347, 
348,    379,   381,   387. 
Warrun,  James  Jr.,   of  Berwick, 

430. 
Wass,  John,   entitled  to  land   in 

Falmouth,  14. 
Waterhouse,  William,  of  Arundel, 

271. 
Watertown,  Mass.,  12. 
Watts,  Eliza,  widow  of  John,  mar- 
ried Penhallow,  92,  108. 
John,  as  agent  to  settle  Arrow- 
sic,  91,  108;   money  advanced 
to,  92;  his  widow  married,  92, 
108;    employed  by  Lake,   108; 
built  a  house  at  Arrowsic,  108; 
signed  petition  of  Small  Point, 
233;  signed  petition  of  Bruns- 
wick, 235. 
Lydia,  signed  petition  of  Small 
Point,  233;  signed  petition  of 
Brunswick,  235. 


518 


DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 


Watts,  continued. 

Robert,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag,  289,  461. 

Samuel,  467. 
Wchit,  Charles,  456. 
Webber,  Benjamin,  461. 

John,  456. 

John  Jr.,  456. 

Jonathan,  of  Merriconeag,  445, 
461. 

Jonathan,  of  Wells,  456. 

Stephen,  456. 

Wait,  of  Merriconeag,  207,  445, 
461. 
Weebster,  James,  entitled  to  land 

in  Falmouth,  14. 
Weeks,  William,  461. 
Welch,    Joseph,  of   Berwick,  428, 

432. 
Wellington,  J.,  petition  of,  12. 
Wells,  home  of  John  Wheelwright, 
22;  expenses  of  the  town  in 
caring  for  Mary  Smith  and 
daughter,  400,  401,  414,  415; 
stores  to  present  a  i)etition 
for,  401;  desired  permission  to 
sell  part  of  Mary  Smith's  es- 
tate, 414,  415;  the  estate  of 
the  Smiths,  452,  453;  charges 
for  preaching  in,  468;  men- 
tioned, 457,  468,  469,  471,  473, 
474;  petitions  of,  414,  455. 

Nathaniel,  town  clerk,  400,  401, 
450. 

Samuel,   justice   of    the    peace, 
183,  444,  454;  signed  memorial 
of  Small  Point,  217. 
Wendell,  Jacob,  238. 
Wenoggonott,  150. 
Wentworth  \  Benning,    Governor, 
Wintworth  j  went  with  Dunbar  to 
Fort  William  Henry,  98;   re- 
fused admission,  99;  sent  sol- 
diers to  Annapolis,  344;  affida- 
vit, 97;  oath,  99. 

Daniel,  111. 

Ebenezer,  said  a  councillor  was 
yearly  chosen  from  Sagada- 
hoc, 105,  106;  well  acquainted 
with  Massachusetts,  110,  111; 
affidavit  of,  110,  112. 

Ezekiel,  of  Berwick,  427,  433. 

John,  12,  200. 

Mark  H.,  petition  of,  405. 

Samuel,  of  Berwick,  427,  438. 

Samuel  Jr.,  of  Berwick,  427,  438. 

William,  shipwright,  said  that  a 
councillor  was  yearly  chosen 
in  Sagadahoc,  105,  106;  well 
acquainted!    with    Massachu- 


Wentworth,  continued. 

setts,  110,  111;  reported  what 
he  heard,  112;  affidavit,  110. 

Werumkee,  231. 

Wesson,  Joseph,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  14. 

West  Indies,  34,  38,  128,  262,  346, 
861,  365,  386. 

Westbrook,  Col.  Thomas,  con- 
tractor for  masts,  1,  28;  or- 
dered to  secure  trees,  unlaw- 
fully cut,  1;  would  not  con- 
tract with  Waldo,  3;  to  take  a 
list  of  Falmouth  land  claim- 
ants, 13;  wanted  masts,  41; 
doubted  Dunbar,  41;  entitled 
to  land  in  Falmouth,  54;  friv- 
olous pretensions  of,  55;  in- 
troduced settlors  in  Falmouth, 
57;  an  associate  of  Leveret, 
120;  ordered  Capt.  Heath  to 
dismiss  part  of  his  men,  138; 
wanted  as  a  commander,  191; 
built  a  bridge,  465;  letters  of, 
15,  41,  172. 

Westminster,  381. 

Westmoreland,  Earl  of,  letters,  17, 
131,  132. 

Whalin,  Patrick,  signed  petition 
of  Merriconeag,  289. 

Wharton,  W.,  107. 

Wheeler,  Henry,  entitled  to  land 
in  Falmouth,  13;  to  take  a  list 
of  Falmouth  land  claimants, 
13;  report  of,  14;  as  justice  of 
the  peace,  187;  to  take  com- 
mand of  a  company,  189;  let- 
ter of,  188. 

Wheelwright,      Capt.     John,      of 
Wells,  22,  144,  145,  414,  453. 
Samuel,  of  Wells,  414,  471,  474. 

White,  Charles,  of  Arundel,  270. 
Elias,  signed  petition  of  Mare 

Point,  200. 
John,    entitled  to  land   in  Fal- 
mouth, 13;  witnessed  Phipps' 
purchase,  149. 
Thomas,     signed     petition     of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 
William,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal- 
mouth, 14. 

Whiting,  Col. ,  107. 

Whitney,  John,  295. 
Nathan,     signed      petition      of 

Township^No.  One,  243. 
Samuel,  295. 

Whitt,  John,  of  Berwick,  427. 

Whitten,  John,  of  Arundel,  271. 

Wibird,  R.,  99. 

Wilder,  Joseph,  444. 


INDEX 


519 


Willard,  Josiali,  secretary,  letters 
of,  185,  189,  316,  451;  men- 
tioned, 47,  134,  135,  141,  143, 
146,  149,  180,  181,  182,  186, 
199,  208,  210,  214,  221,  222, 
223,  233,  234,  235,  236,  238, 
243,  246,  250,  255,  258,  263, 
268,  274,  283,  286,  289,  294, 
295,  300,  307,  312,  356,  358, 
392,  407,  415,  422,  442,  444, 
454,  455,  457,  459,  467. 
Saml.,  290. 

William  III,  19,  101,  102,  125,  127, 
157,  406. 

Williams,  Capt. ,  415. 

Mr. ,  219. 

Willson,  Alexander,  461. 
James,  signed  petition  of  Geor- 
gia, 130. 

Winchell,  John,  signed  petition  of 
Merriconeag,  288. 
Samuel,  signed  petition  of  Mer- 
riconeag, 207,  288,  461. 

Windsor,  Eng.,  6. 

Wines,  GO. 

Wlnnit,  Mr.  ,  39. 

Winslow,  Kenelm,  signed  petition 
of  Damariscotta.  293. 
Nathaniel,    signed     petition    of 

Damariscotta,  293. 
Nathaniel  Jr.,  signed  petition  of 
Damariscotta,  293. 

Winter  Harbor,  fort  at,  69,  80; 
deputation  arrived  at,  79,  81; 
good  harbor  for  fishery,  80, 

Winter  Island,  82. 

Winthrop,  Adam,  an  associate  of 
Leveret,  120;  signed  petitions 
of  Merriconeag,  206,  211,  212, 
216,  220,  221, 222,  227,  230, 233; 
resided  at  Small  Point,  215; 
signed  Brunswick  petition, 
234,  235;  mentioned,  216,  223, 
230,  235. 

Wise,  Dr. ,  of  Falmouth,  423. 

Rev.  Jeremiah,  393,  443. 
John,  of  Berwick,  430. 

Witchasick    "t  ^na    oei 

Witchcassetr^^'2^^- 

Vi^odlin,  Daniel,  of  Berwick,  430. 

Wood,  Stephen,  signed  petition  of 

Berwick,  249,  421;    resided  at 

Berwick,  431,  441. 
Thomas,  a  grantee  of  New  Mar- 

blehead,  141. 
Wood,  see  Fuel. 

Woodbery  )  Joshua,     entitled    to 

Woodbury  )  land  in  Falmouth,  13. 

Thomas,  entitled  to  land  in  Fal 

mouth,  13. 


Woodman,  Joseph,  signed  petition 
of  Township  No.  One,  243. 

Woods  to  be  preserved,  6,  35,  40, 
42,  48,  65. 

Woodside,  Capt,  James,  in  com- 
mand at  Saco,  63;  information 
given  him,  64;  had  command 
at  Winter  Harbor,  69,  80;  gave 
report  of  ammunition,  80; 
signed  petition  of  Georgia, 
130. 
Capt.  William,  signed  petition 
of  Georgia,  130;  gave  power 
of  attorney,  271,  272;  signed 
petition  of  Brunswick,  273, 
277;  protest  of,  296. 

Woodsum,   John,  resided  in  Ber- 
wick, 427,  432. 
Joseph,  resided  in  Berwick,  427. 
Joseph  Jr.,  resided  in  Berwick, 

427,  432. 
Michael,    resided    in    Berwick, 
429. 

Woolens,  323. 

Wordon,    Benj.,    resided  at  Ber- 
wick, 428. 

Wormwood,  Joseph,  of  Wells,  467. 

Woster,    John,   of  Berwick,   427, 
433. 
Samuel,  of  Berwick,  427,  433. 
Timothy,     entitled    to    land   in 
Falmouth,  13. 

Wright,    Cawley,  grantee  of  New 
Marblehead,  140. 

Wyman,  Francis,  447. 


Yarmouth,  178. 

Yets,    James,   signed  petition  of 

Township  No.  Seven,  237. 

York,  22,  23,  65,  173,  175,  180,  255, 

269,  291,  392,  393,  395,  469. 

Goal,  406. 

County,  17,  22,  23,  55,  61,  99, 
100,  139,  147,  148,  157,  177, 
179,  182,  187,  197,  199,  204, 
206,  210,  211,  220,  232,  234, 
237,  247,  250,  266,  271,  272, 
275,  276,  277,  282,  291,  292, 
296,  395,  396,  406,  411,  412, 
414,  416,  434,  448,  466,  467, 
468. 

Benjamin,  entitled  to  land  in 
Falmouth,  13. 

James,  Duke  of,  25,  101,  115; 
see  also  James  II. 

P.,  letters  of,  112,  128. 


520  DOCUMENTARY   HISTORY 

Young,  Robert,  signed  petition  of  ,  Edwor,  of  Berwick,  428. 

Township  No.  Seven,  237.  ^  Henerey,  of   Berwick,  428. 

n  ,  James  Jr.,  signed  petition 

"^  of  Township  No.  One,  243. 

ZuBEBBUHLER,    Mr. ,   garri-  ,    Thomas,   signed    petition 

son  of,  296.  of  Township  No.  One,  245. 


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