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NEWCASTLE, 


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EARLY   PEMAQUID,    DAMARISCOTTA,    AND    OTHER 

CONTIGUOUS   PLACES.    FROM  THE  EARLIEST 

DISCOVERY  TO   THE  PRESENT  TIME; 

TOGETHER  WITH  THE  GENEALOGY  OF  MORE  THAN 
FOUR  HUNDRED  FAMILIES; 

By  key.  DAVID  QUIMBY  buSHMAN, 

Member  of  the  M.vixe  Historical  Society,  and  Member  of  the 
New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  and  Mem- 
ber OF  the  Sagadahock  Historical  Society. 


JUfJ  ^1  1883 

BATH:  ^^v^.^fi'-ASHiN 


E.  UPTON  &  SON,  PRINTERS. 

1882.     , 


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Entered  accortling  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1882,  by  Rev.  David 
QuiMUY  CusHMAN,  iu  the  oflice  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Wasliington. 


PREFACE. 


This  work  is  the  result  of  many  years'  thought  and  care- 
ful research.  It  has  been  prosecuted  amidst  many  other 
cares  and  duties.  I  have  consulted  all  the  works  within 
my  reach,  that  relate  to  the  Antiquity  of  the  State  ;  but  the 
most  valuable  part  of  that  which  is  now  given  to  the  public, 
came  down  through  the  Woodbridge  and  Cargill  famiUes, 
and  has  been  gathered  from  the  lips  of  the  inhabitants 
themselves.  This  has  never  yet  passed  into  books,  and 
would  soon  have  been  lost,  if  this  pen  of  mine  had  not 
traced  the  lines  as  fast  as  the  ear  caught  the  words  from 
the  living  witness.  These  facts  and  anecdotes  which  I 
claim  to  be  new,  and  this  Genealogy  which  I  am  sure  no 
other  living  man  would  have  undertaken,  have  been 
gathered  up  and  saved  in  this  manner. 

I  have  aimed  at  accuracy  rather  than  beauty,  and 
endeavored  to  shut  everything  out  that  has  not  seemed  to 
be  well  authenticated.  A  history  has  no  value  except  it  be 
a  correct  report  of  facts.  Fancy,  guess  work  and  suppo- 
sition are  not  the  materials  with  which  to  work  out  srave 
and  impartial  history.  Other  eyes  than  the  Author's  are 
to  look  at  these  things,  and  those  interested  are  to  be  the 
judges  of  the  correctness  and  value  of  these  matters. 


To  the  members  of  the  Historical  Society  ;  to  all  lovers  of  Anti- 
quarian research  ;  to  tlie  descendants  of  those  whose  lives  were 
passed  amidst  perils  while  they  planted  Institutions  for  us  to  enjoy, 
and  esjDecially  to  all  those  who  have  readily  and  obligingly  assisted 
me  in  my  labors  in  this  work. 

Most  respectfully  and  affectionately  inscribed  by 

The  Author. 

Bath,  January  1,  1882. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 

Chap.  I.  John  Beown. — Pearce's  Testimony. — Brown  Fam- 
ily.—Sander  Gould.— William  Hilton.  — The  "Pine 
Tree." — John  Brown  of  Framingham. — James  Noble. — 
■William  Vaughan l--! 

Chap.  II.  The  Plymouth  Councii;. — .\lsworth  and  Elbridge. 
—  Extent  of  Grant.  —  Right  of  Sale. —  Property 
Changes  Hands. — Davison's  Will. — Shem  Drowue. — 
Power  of  Attorney. — Drowne's  Offer. — Confirmation  of 
Drowne's  Right. — Col.  Dunbar. — James  Yates. — 
Drowne's  Divisions. — Meeting  at  Orange  Tavern 7-li 

Chap.  III.  Captube  of  Fobt  Charles. — John  Gyles'  Narra- 
tive.— The  Massacre.-  The  Treaty. — The  Departure. — 
Gyles'  Return 14-20 

Chap.  IV.  Ancient  Ruins  at  Pemaquid.  —  The  Singular 
Building.— The  Tan  Pits.— The  Barbican.— The  An- 
cient Canal.— Fort  William  Henry 20-25 

Chap.  V.  Ancient  Sheepscot.— Situation  and  Description. 
Cavessix  River. — Dyer's  River. — "The  Dementions  of 
the  Towne  Necke". — Residences  Located. — Madam 
Gent.— Alleyn's  Falls.— Grist  Mill.— Thomas  Gent.— 
Madam  Gent's  Deed 25-30 

Chap.  VI.  Antiquity  op  the  Settlement.  —  The  Popham 
Colony. — Testimony  of  the  Trees.  —  Nationality  and 
Numerousness  of  tlie  Colony. — The  Dutch. — Prosperity 
of  ('olony. — Interesting  Remains. — Underground  Ma- 
sonry.— The  Blacksmith's  Sliop. — Things  Found. — The 
Anvil. — The  Ship-j^ard. — The  Plank  and  Sawdust. — 
The  Hidden  Treasure.— The  Mills .  . . : 30-39 

Chap.  VII.  Purchases  of  Indians. — John  Mason's  Deed. 
— Extent  of  Purchase. — Bounds  of  Manning's  Land. — 
Plan.— Gent's  Purchase 39-42 


VI  CONTENTS. 

Chap  VIII.     Walter   Phtllips.— His  Kesidences. — Debris. 
— Cart  Path.- -Phillips'  Neighbours. — Taylor. — Smith.    . 
—  Brown. — Scott.  —  Kimball.  —  Phillips'  Purchases. — 
Carrving     Place.  —  Subsequent     Transactions.  —  John 
Taylor's  "Four  Mile  Tract." — Davis'  Purchase 42-49 

Chap.  IX.  The  King's  Gr.\nt  to  James. — Dutch  Colonists 
at  New  York. — Appointment  of  Commissioners.-  -Their 
Doings. — Session  at  Sheepscot. — County  of  Cornwall 
Erected. — Dartmouth  or  New  Dartmouth.— First  Civil 
Government. — The  Oath. — Commissioners  did  not  un- 
derstand the  Genius  and  Wants  of  the  People  — Nego- 
tiate a  Treaty. —  Sheepscot  Records.  —  Departure  of 
Commissioners 49-56 

Chap.  X.  Kixg  Phillip's  War. — Destruction  of  the  Settle- 
ment.— Abraham  Shute. — Unfortunate  Occurrence  at 
Saco. — Squando.— Wm.  Dyer's  Death. — Affair  at  Now 
Meadows  lliver. — Murders  at  Falmoutli.--The  Combat 
Thickens. — Fight  at  New  Meadows. — Destruction  of 
Hammond's  Establishment  at  Stinson's  Point. — Flight 
of  the  Girl. — Escape  of  Inhabitants. — Extent  of  Kav- 
ages. — Desolation. — Number  Killed. — Cost  of  War. .  . .    56-63 

Chap.  XI.  Eetubn  of  Emigration. — Proposed  Township  of 
New  Dartmouth. — Petition  of  Inhabitants. — John  Al- 
leyn's  Petition.— Association  at  Boston. — Articles  of 
Agreement 63-68 

Chap. — XII.  Palmer  and  West. — Col.  Thomas  Dungau. — 
Be-grant  and  Confirmation  of  Lands.  —  Survej-s.  — 
Boundaries  Traced.  —  Amount  of  Fees.  —  Dutch  at 
Sheepscot 69-75 

Ch.ap  XEII.  Sir  Kdmu.vd  Andros.  —  His  Advisers.  —  Visits 
Penobscot. — Indian  Troubles. — Close  of  Administra- 
tion. —  Confinement. — Popular  Commutation.  —General 
Convention. — New   Dartmouth   Ceases. 75-79 

Chap.  XIV.  Second  De.struction  of  Sheepscot.— Second 
Indian  War.— Afi'air  at  North  Yarmouth.— Cfipt.  Wal- 
ter Gendell — Inhabitants  in  Garrison. — Packet  Con- 
sumed.— The  Young  Man  Afoot  to  Boston. — Relief 
Comes. — Explosion  of  the  Stuffed  Cannon. — Character 
of  the  People.- -No  Connection  with  the  Popham  Col- 
ony     79-88 


CONTENTS.  VH 

Chap.  XV.  Treaty  op  Ryswick.  Murder  at  Kitteiy. — 
Maine  Remembered. — A  Committee  of  Claims. — The 
War  Cloud.s  Arising. — Death  of  James  2d. — The  Pre- 
tender.— Crown  Limited  to  the  Royal  Protestant  Line. 
— Death  of  Mary. — Haverill. — Committee  of  Claims 
and  Settlements.— Fort  at  Cushnoc. — Rale. — Dummer's 
Treaty.— Ware  of  Aboriginal  Power. — Prosperity  and 
Thrift 89-95 

Chap.  XVI.  Claims  and  Claimants.  —  Elias  Mnlford.  — 
Stephen  Calef. — Benjamin  Tower. — A.  Lovering. — Ann 
Harden. — Thomas  Gent. — Robert  Scott. — Isaac  Taylor. 
— Capt.  Sylvamis  Davis.    95-98 

Chap.  XVII.  Rev.  Cheistophek  Tappan. — His  Purchase. — 
Possessions  at  Mt.  Sweague. — Agreement  with  Gatchell 
and  Thomas. — Beuj.  Cheney. — John  Manning,  Jun.'s 
Letter. — Tappan's  Proposition. — Tappau  and  Obadiah 
Gove. — Gove's  Descendants 98-102 

Chap.  XVIII.  David  Dunbar. — His  arrival. — His  proceed- 
ings.— His  residence. — His  unpopularity. — The  Memo- 
rial.—Report.— Removal.— Deatli 102-108 

Chap.  XIX.     William    Vaughan.  —  James    Noble.      Elliot 

Vaughan 108-109 

Chap.  XX.     Christopher  Tappan.     His  surveys. — The  gifts. 

The  Tappan  lots. 109-113 

Chal.  XXI.  Tappan's  Agreement  with  Pearman  and  Win- 
ter. —  Dr.  Winslow.  —  The  Lawsuit.  —  Tappan  vs. 
Vaughan. — Tappan  loses  the  case. — Thomas  Follans- 
bee. — Commissioners  of  1811 1 1-4-117 

Chap.  XXII.     Governor  Belcher. — Punishment  of  duellists. 

The  Throat  Distemper '. 117-120 

Chap.  XXIII.     Gov.  Shirley  Appointed. — Old  tenor. — New 

tenor. — Garrisons  strengthened. — Minute  Men 120-122 

Chap,  XXIV.  Fifth  Indian  or  Spanish  war. — Duquesnel. — 
Annapolis.  Col.  William  Pepperell. — Seige  of  Louis- 
burg. — Samuel  Waldo. — Colonel  William  Vaughan — 
William  Burns. — Vaughan  with  a  command. — The 
place  captured. — The  frigate  Vigilant 122-127 

Chap,  XXV.  Scenes  of  Blood. — Outrages  at  Newcastle. 
Attack  on  Fort  Frederick.  Depredations  at  North  Yar- 
mouth.— Declaration   of  War   against   all   the  Eastern 


i. 


Vlll  CONTENTS. 

tribes, — Tlie  Hiirvestinp;  part^'  attacked  at  Sljee^jscott — 
(ii'rrnaii  sfttleuiLMit  at  Broad  Bay  reduced  to  uslies. — 
Five  iiuMi  at  Sheepsrot  tired  upon. — Captaiu  Jonathan 
Williamson  of  Wiscasset  taken. — Garrison  at  Damaris- 
cotta  taken. — William  Jones. — John  Huston. — An  In- 
dian raid  at  Sheep.scot. — Expedition  to  Nova  Scotia. — 
Col.  Arthur  Noble. — Treaty  o^  peace  at  Falmouth. — 
i  roul)les  renewed. — Bloody  afl'ray  at  Wiscasset. — Fort 
Frederick  attacked— New  Style 128-136 

C'hap.  XXVI.  C.VPT.  David  ('ARcuLiii.  —  His  harshness  towards 
the  Indians. — The  Indians  seeking  lodgings.— The 
blind  Indian. — Cargill  at  the  Sawmill. — Inventory. — 
His  E.istern  E.Kpedition. — .Aliirgaret  Mo.Ka. — Trial  and 
acquittal. — The  "wicked  little  tiddle.'' — Expedition  to 
the  Penobscot. — The  embarkation.— The  survey  party. 
.\rrival  at  Belfast.— Death  of  Waldo. — Cargill  taken  by 
the  Indiins. — Benj.  Wnodbridge,  Sr.,  Benj.  Wood- 
ridge,  Jr. —  The  (.irindstone. — John  McNear. — 'I'he 
neighbor  in  a  fright. — McNear  threshing. — Mrs  Mc- 
.  Near  and  the  dogs. — The  half  ton  of  thatch. — Baga- 
duce  prison. — Capt.  Alexander  Nickels.-  Capt.  James 
Nickels. — Out  of  patience. — Death  of  Ihomas  Nick- 
els, Esq. —  Purchases  of  lands. — William  McLelland. 
The  terrified  mother. —  The  bear  on  a  trot.  —  Bruin 
lost  his  supper. — Samuel  Waters. — Robert  Hodge, 
Sr. — llobert  Hodge,  Jr. — The  Slaves. — David  Murray, 
Esq. — Major  John  Farley.— Other  settlers 137-lG-t 

Ch.vp.  XXVII.  NEWCA.STLE.— Boundaries. — Town  Meeting — 
D:uigei-ous  times. — French  and  Indian  war. — The 
Pound. — Five  men  made  prisoners  at  Sheepscot. — 
Alarms  given. — French  Neutrals: — ^^Declaration  of  war 
against  France.  Betsey  Forrester. — Indian  attack.  — 
The  Pounds. — Sorrows  in  Bristol. — Death  of  Hopkins. 
The  colt  on  a  spit. — The  Lermond  family. — Betsey  shot. 
Lermond  in  pugnacity. — ^^A  man  shot.— Paul,  the  un- 
erring marksman. — Mrs.  Hodge  a  milking. — Kobert 
Adams  taking  his  Inst  supper.  —  Wymau's  powder  — The 
wounded  Frenchman. —  The  massacre  of  the  Hilton's. 
— Saunders  taken.— Garrisons. — The  Spartan  women. 
The  day  Mail  Carriers.— The  Garrison  in  ruins. —Car- 
gill vs.  Bradbury.—  Quebec  captured 164-181 


CONTENTS. 


IX 


Chap  XXVIII.  Pownalboroitgh.  —  <nm^'erlana  and  Lin- 
■  coin  -Jurors. -Woodbridge's  bargain— Ovine  legisla- 
tion.-Crime  and  penalty  — Avery. -Ferry.-Censns.- 
Regimental  mu.ster.-A  W,g-"Flanker's.  -  Captain 
Nickels's  claim.— Bristol  incorporated.— A  Church.— 
Commodore  Tucker.  -Petition.  -  Roads.  -  tariff. - 
Pound. -Convention  in  B.^ston.  -  William  Nickels 
Delecrate.-A  toot  pedlar  in  troul)le.-  A  town  charge.— 
Medil^al  prescription.-lloads.-Temperance  petition. 
Bridge  at  Puddle  Dock.-^Fish  keepers."-  Edgcomb. 
A  Provincial  Congress.-Benjamin  Woodbndge  R^P^'e- 

sentative.-  Silvester  Murphy  in  debt-Marks l^S-iUJ 

Chap  XXIX  Dangebs  of  the  Coxtntby.— Doing  of  the 
Provisional  Congress.- Committee  of  Correspondence. 
The  sloop  "Three  Brothers.-A  Tiansgression.- Con- 
fession.-Hodsre's  promise.-Oathof  Allegiance.- Mas- 
sachusetts Independent.-Response  of  Newcastle.- 
Town  Boundary  disputed. -Timothy  Parson's  ietter.- 
The  murder  of  Soule.-Men  and  supplies  for  the  army. 
Plan  of  Government  not  acccptable.-Massachusetts 
Districted.— The  fortunate  vessi^ls.- Wiscasset  laid  un- 
der contribution.- County  Conventions.-Votes  for 
Cxovernor.-Army  supplies.- Newcastle  in  excess  ot 
supplies  of  men  and  means  for  the  army.— A  bit  of  re- 
bellion.—Peace  proclaimed.— Newcastle  herself  again. 

Convention  at  Broad  Cove 

Chap  XXX.  Town  Census  and  Valuation. -Convention  at 
Falmouth.-Portlaud  incorporated.- -Petition  for  Jail 
at  Wiscasset.- Roads. -Vessel  lost. -Vote  on  the 
United  States  Constitutio... -Election  of  President  and 
Vice  President  of  United  Stat.s.-Fedn-al  Representa- 
tion —  Road  disc.nthiued.— Sheepscot  Bridge.— Va- 
rious Matters.-Wiscasset  incorporated.-Dresden  do. 
Mew  \Iilforddo.-The  Northwest  Controversy.-Bridge  , 
built  over  Dy^^r's  riv3r.-3.ude  Posts  erected.-Votes 
for  President  and  Vice  President  of  United  States.— 
Damariscotta  Bridge.-The  Fish  Stream.-Apatient.- 
T  he  Catholic  Church. -Bath,  Wiscasset  and  Waldoboro 
Collection  District.-Town  Valuation  and  Tariff.-Job 
Averill— i-he  Agent  Truman.  -Road.-Bridge  on  to 
Dyer's  Neck. -The  uncure.i  patient—The  sate  opera- 
tion.-Cost  of  a  Lawsuit.  -Rise  of  Property.- I  he  Im- 


X  CONTENTS. 

partial  assessment 217-24:1 

Chap.  XXXI.  A  Sluiceway  at  Damariscotta  Mills.  — 
Bounty  for  crows. — I'rotestaut  ^Methodist  Society. — 
Vote  ou  Separation  of  Maine  from  Massachusetts. — 
Line  run  bet.veen  Newcastle  and  Edgcomb. — Action 
respecting  spirituous  liquors. — Guide  post  erected. — 
Contract  closed  between  Rev.  Mr.  Bayley  and  the 
town. — Action  of  town  respecting  obstruction  of  fish 
in  Damariscotta  river. — Wiscasset  Road  and  Marsh 
Stream  Bridge. — Damariscotta  Bridge. — Supervisor 
chosen. — Liquor  Agency. — Bounty  voted.— Paying  vol- 
unteers.— "Drinking  houses  and  tippling  shops." — R. 
R.  Bonds  issued. — Fire  engine. — Taxation  for  payment 
of  R.  R.  Bonds. — Position  and  integrity  of  Newcastle. 
The  Lincoln  Democr.at. — Dam  at  Damariscotta. — Cen- 
tennial Celebration. — Newcastle  State  Bank. — Physi- 
cians in  Newcastle 242-250 

Chap.  XXXII.  Rev.  Alexander  Boyd. —  Ordination. — 
Church.  —  Dissatisfaction.  —  Dismission. —  Ministerial 
lot.— Rev.  Nathan  Ward. — Call.-  Declines  settlement. 
Efforts  to  obtain  a  minister  and  repair  Meeting  House. 
Rev.  Job  Lain. — Call  to  settle. — Declines. — Rev.  Sam- 
uel Perley. — Meeting  House  on  East  side  of  the  town. 
Rev.  Wm.  Southmayd. — Rev.  Job  Benedict. — An  in-  • 
teresting  account. — Proposals  to  gather  a  church. — 
Meeting  Houses. — Rev.  Jesse  Reed. — Rev.  Samuel 
Wheeler. — Rev.  John  Urquhart.— Rev.  Thurston  Whit- 
ing.— His  call,  settlement,  dismission. — Congregational 
Platform.  —  Unsuccessful  efforts  to  build  Meeting 
Houses  at  different  places. —  Town  prosecuted  for  not 
having  the  gospel  preached. — Whiting  prosecution. — 
Meeting  House  sold. — A  new  Meeting  House  in  the 
"Middle  of  the  town."— Rev.  Mr.  Pickle.— Rev.  Kiah 
Bayley,  Rev.  Jotham  Sewall  and  others. — Church  at 
Sheepscot. — At  Damariscotta. — Methodist  Church. — 
Baptist.— Catholic   Church.— Episcopalians 250-295 

Chap.  XXXIII.  Li>jcoln  Academy.  —  Petition. — Charter.  — 
Rev.  Kiah  Bayley.— Grant  of  Land. — Records  De- 
stroyed.— Academy  Finished. — School  Commenced. — 
Preceptors.— Death  of  ('argill.— List  of  Teachers 295  304 

Chap.  XXXIV.     Schools. — Town  Prosecuted. — EleazerHud- 


CONTENTS.  XI 

son. —  The  Town  Districted.  —  Hugh  Holmes. — Mr. 
Faithful  Singer. — Mr.  Leison. — Mr.  Moses  Holman. — 
Ages  of  scholars  Defined. — Orchard  Cooke. — Schools 
Revived 304-310 

Chap.  XXXV.  Clam  Shell  Deposits. — Oyster  Bed. — Indian 
Burying  Place. —  The  Mysterious  Coral. — Stone  Relics. 
—  The  Bark  Sunbeam. — A.  Barn  Burnt. — Singular 
State  of  the  Weather  —The  Apple  Story 310-324 

('sap.  XXXVI.     SHtP-BUiLDixG  IN   NEWCASTLE. — Brickmak- 

ing 325-331 

Chap.  XXXVII,     PaBLio  Opficebs.— Soldiers.— Genealogy. 332-437 

Appendix.  Where  was  Pentecost  Harbor  ?  —  Petition  for 
the  Incorporation  of  Sheepscot. — Petition  for  the  In- 
corporation of  Whitehaven 438-458 


GENERAL   HISTORY. 


THE  VOYAGE  OF  THE  CABOTS. 

In  the  year  1-497,  Henry  YIII  gave  leave  to  John  Cabot 
to  proceed  on  a  voyage  of  discovery  to  America.  And 
with  two  small  vessels  Cabot  and  his  son  started,  and 
on  the  2-4:th  of  June  they  discovered  land  which  they 
named  Prima  Yista.  This  is  supposed  to  be  the  island 
of  Newfoundland.  Soon  after  they  discovered  another 
island  which  they  named  the  St.  John.  Continuing  their 
course  westwardly  they  soon  reached  the  continent,  then 
sailed  northwardly  to  the  latitude  of  67  degrees,  and  find- 
ing that  the  coast  stretched  towards  the  East,  with  a  desire 
to  find  a  passage  to  India,  they  turned  and  sailed  south- 
erly till  they  reached  the  coast  of  Florida.  They  then 
sailed  for  England. 

From  that  time  the  interest  in  these  northern  shores 
began  to  heighten.  Ships  multiplied  whose  prows  were 
turned  in  a  westerly  direction.  Trade  also  with  the  natives 
excited  the  cupidity  of  many.  The  desire  of  finding  a 
passage  to  the  East  Indies  was  uppermost  in  the  minds  of 
Government,  merchants  and  adventurers.  The  unequalled 
bays,  splendid  harbors  and  magnificent  rivers,  were  the 
theme  of  remark  ;  and  while  some  came  here  for  the  pur- 
pose of  gain,  many  also   navigated   these  waters  for  the 

Note. — This  history  as  far  down  as  the  year  1808,  was  written 
prior  to  the  year  1883  ;  and  the  residences  and  their  occupants  in 
Newcastle  are  i^iven  as  they  had  been  up  to  that  time.  Since  then 
there  have  been  some  changes  in  this  respect. 


GENERAL  HISTORY.  XIU 

sake  of  discovery  and  adding  to  the  Crown  a  province  or  a 
state.  The  voyages  patronized  by  kings  and  distinguished 
men  were  put  upon  record  ;  but  tliose  of  fishermen,  trades- 
men and  others  never  came  under  the  notice  of  those  who 
wielded  the  pen  and  of  course  do  not  appear  upon  the 
pages  of  history. 

In  1583  Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert,  under  Queen  Elizabeth, 
sailed  from  England  with  two  ships  and  three  barks,  carry- 
ing 260  men.'"'  He  came  in  sight  of  land  in  51  deg.  North 
latitude,  but  steering  in  a  southerly  direction,  he  arrived 
soon  after  at  St.  Johns,  Newf(nmdland.  Here  he  found  no 
less  than  tliirty-six  vessels  of  various  nations ;  but  compel- 
ling submission  he  took  possession  of  the  harbor  and  200 
leagues  in  every  direction  in  the  name  of  the  British 
Crown.  Eleven  years  after,  1594,  Capt.  Silvester  Wyatt,t 
in  a  bark  of  thirty  tons,  went  up  the  St.  Lawrence  river  as 
far  as  the  Isle  of  Assumption  where  he  found  European 
fishermen  to  the  number  of  sixty  sail,  of  which  only  eight 
were  Spaniards.  At  Farrillon  he  found  twenty  sail  of 
Englishmen,  and  having  loaded  his  ship,  he  returned  to 
England. 

Bartholomew  Gosnald,  1602,  eight  years  after  this,  in 
seven  weeks  passage,  discovered  the  American  coast,  and 
soon  after  a  Spanish  shallop,  having  sails  and  oars  and 
manned  by  eight  Indians,  came  on  board  with  whom  they 
had  friendly  intercourse.  These  natives  first  hailed  them 
in  English,  and  after  a  long  speech  made  by  one  of  the 
Indians,  they  went  on  board.  One  of  them  who  seemed 
to  be  the  chief,  w^ore  a  waistcoat,  "breeches,"  cloth  stock- 
ings, shoes  and  a  hat.  Two  others  of  them  had  a  few 
things  of  European  fabric.  With  a  piece  of  chalk  they 
described  the  coast  thereabouts,  and  coukl  name  Placentia 
of  NeAvfouudland.     They  also  spoke  many  English  words. 


*  Holmes'  Annals,  Vol.  I,  p.  113. 
fldem,  p.  134. 


XIV  GENERAL  HlSTOBY. 

Tliej  evidently  had  been  acquainted  with  Europeans  for  a 
time,  and  their  boat  and  other  foreign  articles  probably 
belonged  to  some  shipwrecked  vessel, 

Martin  Pring  was  among  the  islands  of  the  Penobscot 
Bay  in  1G03  ;  and  ranging  the  coast  from  the  43d  deg.  of 
latitude  passed  Saco,  Keunebunk,  York  and  Piscataqua 
river,  and  came  to  the  bay  of  Massachusetts.  Going  into 
a  large  Sound,  they  coasted  on  the  North  side  of  it,  where 
the}'  found  a  good  harbor  and  came  to  anchor.  Here  they 
loaded  with  sassafras  and  on  the  9th  of  August  sailed  for 
England. 

At  this  period  of  time,  two  hundred  ships  were  annually 
engaged  in  the  Newfoundland  fishery  and  employed  at 
least  10,000  men.* 

Sieur  De  Monts  in  1604,  arrived  at  St.  Croix  river 
where  the  party  with  him  spent  the  winter  ;  and  the  next 
summer  they  ranged  along  the  coast,  visited  the  Kennebec, 
erected  a  cross,  and  took  possession  of  it  in  the  name  of 
their  king.t  After  visiting  Casco  Bay  and  Saco  river, 
they  proceeded  as  far  South  as  Cape  Cod  and  then  returned 
home. 

Capt.  George  Weymouth  in  1605,  about  the  time  Pring 
was  at  the  Kennebeck,  came  to  anchor  on  the  North  side 
of  the  Island  of  Monhegan.  This  was  the  17th  of  May. 
And  the  next  day  he  found  a  harbor  to  the  North,  "among 
the  islands"  and  in  range  "with  the  mountains"  which  he 
named  Pentecost  Harbor,  and  there  he  came  to  anchor. 
He  also  discovered  St.  George's  river,  visited  Pemaquid, 
perhaps  Avent  farther  West  in  the  shallop  which  he  made, 
and  then,  with  five  Indians,  surreptitiously  taken,  returned 
to  England. 

The  Popham  Colony  landed  at  the  mouth  of  the  Kenne- 
beck in  1607  ;  but  this  proved  a  failure,  for  the  next  year. 


*  Holmes'  Annals,  Vol.  I,  p.  147. 
t  Williamson,  Vol.  I,  p.  191. 


GENEKAL   HISTORY.  XV 

they  iill  returned  to  England.  At  this  time,  however, 
according  to  Hubbard,  the  Enghsh  were  possessed  of  St. 
Croix,  Mount  Mansel,  probably  the  island  now  called  Mount 
Desert,  Penobscot  and  Port  Ptoyall.  Previous  to  1609, 
says  Purchas,  one  Savelet,  an  old  mariner,  made  no  less 
than  forty-two  voyages  to  these  parts. 

Captain  John  Smith  in  the  year  1614  explored  the  coast 
from  East  to  West,  from  Penobscot  Bay  to  Cape  Cod,  trad- 
ing with  the  Indians  for  beavers  and  other  furs,  and  making 
observations  on  the  rivers,  shores,  promontories  and  islands. 
These  he  committed  to  paper.  He  afterwards  formed  a 
map  of  the  coast  and  compiled  a  short  history  of  the  country, 
to  which  Prince  Charles  prefixed  the  name  of  New  England. 
It  had  previously  borne  the  name  of  "Virginia,"  "Northerne 
Virginia."  This  name  it  has  retained  ever  since,  and  the 
Plymouth  Colony  in  1620,  adopted  it.  To  Pemaquid  he 
gave  the  name  of  "John's  Town"  and  to  Monhegan  "Battles 
Isles."  At  the  mainland  opposite  Monhegan,  Captain 
Smith  found  a  ship  of  Sir  Francis  Popham  which  had  for 
many  years  past  visited  that  place  for  fisheries  and  for 
trade. 

Captain  Smith  had  instructions  to  found  a  Colonial  set- 
tlement, or  at  least  to  keep  possession.  He  arrived  at 
Monhegan  the  last  of  April,  and  immediately  entered  upon 
his  business  at  the  mouth  of  the  Sagadahock  and  upon  the 
neighboring  lands  and  waters. 

Other  voyagers  came  to  these  parts  and  Pemaquid  now 
began  to  assume  all  the  importance  of  a  place  of  trade,  of 
settlement,  and  a  way  station  where  the  mariner  might  unlade 
his  cargo,  refit  his  vessel,  and  with  a  return  freight,  go  home 
to  his  owners  and  patrons,  to  gladden  their  hearts  with  the 
profits  they  had  made,  and  with  the  accounts  that  he  related 
of  the  people  that  were  strange  and  the  world  that  was  new. 

The  real  settlement  of  this  coast  undoubtedly  dates  an- 
terior to  that  of  Plymouth,  though  it  was  by  a  difi'erent 
class  of    people.     That  Colony  Avas  composed  of  men  of 


Xvi  GENE1{.VL   HISTOIIV. 

letters,  culture  and  piety  ;  driven  from  their  homes  in  the 
old  world  for  their  principles  and  for  conscience  sake  ;  bat 
this  was  peopled  l)j  tradesmen,  fishermen,  seamen,  agricul- 
turists and  persons  in  quest  of  gain.  Undoubtedly  there 
were  those  among  them  who  left  their  country  for  their 
country's  good. 

In  the  Plymouth  Colony  there  were  persons  of  education 
who  had  been  accustoujcd  to  the  pen  ;  and  coming  in  a 
body,  they  were  careful  to  note  down  the  day  of  their 
arrival,  and  the  events  as  they  passed.  To  this  Coast  they 
came  more  at  random  and  as  convenience  and  interest  might 
require.  And  being  in  many  respects  a  different  class  of 
persons,  with  the  objects  of  gain  and  profit  before  them,  they 
were  less  careful  t(^  note  events  than  they  otherwise  would 
have  been.  Discovery  and  gain  were  the  first  objects  with 
these  people  ;  and  having  obtained  these,  many  of  them 
returned  to  Europe  to  enjoy  the  good  of  their  labor.  Set- 
tlement became  a  subsequent  motive  and  object  to  be 
pursued.  Settlement,  however,  with  the  Plymouth  colon- 
ists, was  the  first  object  before  them  ;  gain  came  afterwards. 
They  found  here  what  was  denied  them  there: 
"Freedom  to  worship   God." 

Hence  the  sparseness  of  information  respecting  the  events 
that  occurred  during  the  earlier  years  of  the  existence  of 
the  Province  which  afterwards  became  the  State  of  Maine, 
Obscurity  hangs  over  those  3'ears.  Enough,  however,  has 
come  to  light,  to  show  us  that  no  part  of  the  coast,  from 
Newfoundland  to  Florida,  ])ossessed  more  interest  in  the 
eyes  of  European  nations,  through  a  long  sciies  of  years, 
than  this  which  is  watered  on  the  East  by  t1-e  Penobscot, 
and  on  the  West  by  the  Piscataqua  rivers. 

A  part  of  Eiocroft's  crew,  another  voyager  to  these  parts, 
pnssedthe  winter  of  1(518-19  at  "Monhegan;  and  in  May,  1(110. 
Derner  who  was  master  of  a  ship  of  200  tons  which  was 
fitted  out  at  the  expense  of  Sir  F.  Gorges,  learned  from 
the  resident    inhabitjuits  at  Monhegan,  that  Eocroft  had 


GENERAL   HISTORY.  XVli 

sailed  for  Virginia.  Tliis  island  was  a  place  of  general 
resort,  and  Pemaquid  near  at  hand  Avas  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  SlieeiDscot  grew  up  at  its  side.  There  were 
three  places  at  this  time  on  this  part  of  the  coast  of  Maine 
that  had  become  settled,  or  rather  were  fast  settling,  and 
were  rapidly  gaining  notoriet}-,  prosperity,  inhabitants  and 
success.  They  were  Pemaquid,  Sheepscot  and  Arrowsick  ; 
and  to  show  the  importance  of  the  two  former,  in  the  year 
1622,  the  Plymouth  Colon}-,  being  in  want  of  provisions, 
sent  to  Monhegan  and  Pemaquid  for  a  supply  which  was 
readily  granted.  And  it  has  been  said  without  any  contra- 
diction, that  the  farm  products  that  were  sent  to  Plymouth 
at  this  time,  came  mostly  from  Sheepscot. 

June  2,  1621,  Mr.  John  Pierce,*  a  citizen  of  London, 
obtained  a  Patent  from  the  Council  of  Plymouth  to  come 
and  settle  in  New  England.  He  came  and  settled  at  Broad 
Bay  and  there  his  posterity  continued  more  than  a  hundred 
years.  This  was  the  most  ancient  grant  thereabouts  ;  and 
it  is  said  Mr.  Pierce's  house  was  not  burnt  in  the  time  of 
the  general  massacre,  because  he  was  friendly  to  the 
Indians. 


*  Samuel  Well's  certificate  made  in  1780. 


CHAPTER    I. 


EAELY  PEMAQUID. 

About  four  miles  to  the  Northeast  of  Pemaquid  Light 
House,  there  is  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water  which  makes  in 
from  the  ocean,  and  is  perfectly  safe  for  vessels  of  small 
size  from  all  winds,  except  those  which  come  from  a  south- 
easterly direction.  This  body  of  water  was  called  by  the 
early  inhabitants,  New  Harbor.  It  now  retains  that  name. 
Sometime  previous  to  the  year  1625,  an  Englishman  by 
the  name  of  John  Brown,  came  and  settled  there.  He, 
with  his  family,  continued  to  reside  there  till  the  breaking 
out  of  the  first  Indian  war  in  1675,  when  they  were  driven 
off;  and  Avith  the  rest  of  the  inhabitants,  sustained  the 
loss  of  dwellings,  cattle,  sheep,  hogs,  and  whatever  other 
personal  property  they  had  been  able  to  accumulate. 
John  Brown  Hved  the  rest  of  his  years  with  his  son  John, 
in  Boston,  and  died  there  ;*  but  his  wife,  marrying  again, 
returned  to  New  Harbor,  where  she  built  a  house,  and 
hved  several  years,  after   Indian  hostihties  had  ceased. t 

In  the  year  1625,  Brown  bought  of  Captain  John  Som- 
erset and  Unongoit,  Indian  Sagamores,  the  following  ex- 
tensive and  fertile  tract  of  country,  as  by  deed  described : 
"Beginning  at  Pemaquid  Falls,  and  running  a  direct  course 
to  New  Harbor ;  from  thence  to  the  South  end  of  Muscon- 
gus  Island,  taking  in  the  island,  and  so  running  twenty-five 

*  Benjamin  Prescott,  Deposition. 
t  Ruth  Barnaby,  Deposition. 


2  EARLY    TEMAQUID. 

miles  into  the  country  North  and  by  East ;  and  thence 
eiji;ht  miles  North  and  by  West ;  and  thence  turning  and 
running  South  and  by  West  to  Pemaquid,  where  first 
begun." 

This  deed  was  dated  July  15,  1(525,  onl}-  five  years  after 
the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth  ;  and  it  was  ac- 
knowledged, as  appears  on  the  back  of  it,  by  Somerset 
and  Unongoit,  July  24,  162(),  before  Abraham  Shurt, 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  at  Penia(|uid.  It  likewise  has  this 
further  indorsement,  made  nearly  one  hundred  jears  after. 
"Charleston,  Dec.  26,  1720.  Peceived,  and  at  the  request 
and  instance  of  James  Stilson  and  his  sister,  Margaret 
Hilton ;  they  being  the  claimcrs  and  heirs  of  said  lands, 
accordingly  entered  by  Samuel  Phipps,  one  of  the  Clerks 
of  the  Committee  of  Eastern  lands."  And  an  attested 
copy  of  it  was  recorded  in  York  County  Registry,  Aug.  3, 
1789  ;  and  in  authenticity'  of  this  deed,  is  the  deposition 
of  Simon  Frost  of  Kitterj-,  in  this  District,  formerly  Dep- 
uty Secretary  of  the  Province  under  Josiah  Willard,  Esq., 
in  which  he  testified  that  when  he  was  in  the  ofiice,  he 
drew  from  one  of  the  books  in  the  office,  called  the  Book 
of  Records,  the  aforementioned  deed,  which  was  then 
fairW  recorded,  and  of  which  the  deed  aforesaid  was  a 
true  copy  ;  and  that  when  the  Court  Plouse  in  Boston  was 
burnt,  about  1748,  he  had  reason  to  believe  that  the  Book 
of  Records  was  consumed  by  fire  ;  for  he  had  searched  for 
it,  but  could  never  find  it  afterwards. 

And  in  accordance  with  this,  is  the  testimony  of  John 
Pearce  of  Marl)]ehead,  taken  at  Essex,  Nov.  20,  1764, 
Mheu  he  was  past  70  years  of  age,  in  which  he  says,  that 
about  fifty  years  before,  he  was  well  acquainted  in  the 
Eastern  parts  of  the  Province,  his  father,  Richard  Pearce, 
having  lived  at  a  place  called  Muscongus.  He  says  he 
knew  the  Gould  family,  was  well  acquainted  with  John 
Brown,  son  of  old  John  Brown  of  New  Harbor  who  owned 
a  large  tract  of   land  there,  as    he  understood,  by  deed 


EARLY    PEMAQUID.  3 

from  the  Indians,  wliicli  deed  Pearce  himself  had  seen. 
And  he  goes  on  to  state  :  "I  never  heard  any  person  what- 
ever claim  any  of  said  land  but  Brown  whose  title,  in  that 
day,  was  always  esteemed  good  ;  and  when  the  wars  with 
the  Indians  broke  out,  I  took  a  vessel  and  thirty  men,  and 
brought  my  father's  family  away  from  thence.  I  always 
understood  that  the  Indian  deed  aforementioned,  con- 
veyed all  the  lands  at  New  Harbor  and  Broad  Bay,  that 
Gould  and  Brown  claimed ;  and  about  forty  j^ears  ago,  I 
assisted  at  the  survey  of  those  lands,  the  lines  being  run 
according  to  the  deed  given  by  the  Sagamores  to  Brown, 
and  I  remember  that  the  tract  was  twenty-five  miles  long, 
but  its  breadth  I  have  forgotten." 

In  opposition  to  these  statements,  is  the  testimonj-  of 
John  Brown,  son  of  the  grantee,  who  says  that  his  father 
had  a  lease  of  his  plantation  from  Elbridge  and  Aldsworth  ; 
and  also  of  Benjamin  Prescott,  taken  at  Salem,  Jan.  28, 
1765,  in  which  he  declares  that  he  had  never,  till  very 
lately,  heard  of  the  claim  of  Margaret  Hilton  and  knew  of 
no  f<nindation  for  it.  Here  was  the  origin  of  years  of 
perplexit}',  months  of  toil,  lawsuits,  strifes  and  quarrels 
which  lasted  nearly  two  centuries  afterwards. 

John  Brown  had  one  son  and  two  daughters.  His  son, 
named  John,  lived,  according  to  his  own  testimony,  with 
his  father  till  he  was  about  thirty  years  of  age  ;  and  then 
it  appears,  that  he  went  and  built  on  the  point  of  land 
next  S<jutherly  from  Damariscotta  Bridge,  and  not  far  from 
Metcalf  &  Norris'  shipyard.  According  to  the  Deposition 
of  John  Pearce  of  Manchester,  he  lived  on  the  Eastern 
side  of  the  Damariscotta  river,  near  the  Salt  Water  Falls, 
and  there  possessed  a  large  tract  of  land  tending  down- 
ward from  thence  toward  Peraaquid,  to  the  smelt  brook,  it 
being  about  two  miles ;  and  so  back  to  Pemaquid  Fresh 
River.  He  also  says  he  mowed  two  meadows  adjoining, 
for  him.  These  boundaries  are  easily  traced  ;  but  how  far 
North  his  dominions  extended,  we  are  not  informed ;  but 


•i  EARLY    PEMAQUID. 

it  is  probable  that  they  reached  to  Eobert  Scott's  line,  who 
lived  directly  across  the  river  from  the  Oyster  Banks,  and 
about  a  mile  to  the  North  of  Brown. 

One  of  Brown's  daughters,  Margaret,  married  Sander  or 
Alexander  Gould  who  Hved  at  Broad  Cove,  in  Bremen  ; 
probably  at  the  upper  end  of  it,  where  is  a  very  good  mill 
privilege,  and  where  mills  were  afterwards  built. 

On  the  eighth  of  August,  1660,  John  Brown  executed 
the  following  deed  in  favor  of  Sander  and  Margaret  Gould. 
"To  all  people  to  whom  this  deed  may  come.  Know  ye 
that  I,  John  Brown  of  New  Harbor,  have  given  to  Sander 
Gould  and  Margaret,  his  now  lawful  Avife,  and  to  the  heirs 
of  her  body,  a  certain  tract  or  parcell  of  land,  lying  in  the 
Broad  Bay,  beginning  at  a  pine  tree  marked  in  the  west- 
ernmost part  of  the  Bay  ;  from  thence  North,  Northeast 
by  Muscongus  Kiver  eight  miles  ;  from  thence  eight  miles 
Northwest  and  by  West ;  from  thence  South,  Southwest 
eight  miles ;  from  thence  South  and  by  East  eight  miles, 
to  the  tree  w^here  first  began."  This  tract  "lyeth  four- 
square," and  was  a  fine  little  farm  truly  !  What  would  the 
original  claimants  say  if  they  could  come  back  and  see 
their  little  farm  cut  up  into  small  patches,  the  immense 
forests  cleared  away,  dotted  thickly  with  dwellings  and 
filled  with  families !  They  might  learn,  at  least,  that  "a 
man's  life  consisteth  not  in  the  abundance  which  he  pos- 
sesseth." 

Richard  Pierce  or  Pearce  married  the  other  daugliter  of 
Brown,  and  hved  at  Muscongus.  Thus,  this  fine  tract  of 
country  which  Brown  bought  of  the  Sagamores,  whose 
boundaries  were  somewhat  elastic  and  tended  to  enlarge- 
ment, was  divided  amongst  his  family,  in  the  following 
manner.  Brown  himself  kept  and  improved  the  Southern 
portion  ;  Kicliard  Pierce  took  a  parcel  more  central,  and 
directly  North  of  his,  making  Muscongus  his  home  ;  his 
son,  John,  took  a  portion  directly  West  of  Pierce  and 
lying  between  Biscay  Bay  and  Damariscotta  river  ;  while 


EARLY  PEMAQUID.  5 

Margaret  had  the  "eight  mile  square"  tract,  directly  North 
of  the  whole.  This  was  probably  intended  to  comprise 
the  whole  of  the  original  grant.  It  embraced  what  is  now 
Bristol,  Bremen,  Damariscotta,  Nobleboro,  and  parts  of 
Newcastle,  Jefferson  and  AValdoboro.  All  this  fine  tract 
of  country  was  houghtfor  "fift}^  skins" — beaver  skins. 

Sander  Gould  had  three  daughters,  Margaret,  Mary  and 
Elizabeth.  William  Stilson  married  Margaret  and  resided 
on  the  premises  till  killed  by  the  Indians.'^'"  Their  children, 
James  and  Margaret,  survived  ;  and  in  the  next  centur}- 
laid  claim  to  these  lands.  Margaret  married  William  Hil- 
ton who  was  shot  by  the  Indians  and  afterwards  died  of 
his  wounds.  John  Brown,  senior,  was  the  great-grand- 
father of  Margaret,  his  wife  ;  and  he  was  the  ancestor  of 
all  the  Hiltons  that  have  resided  in  Bremen  and  vicinity 
since. 

The  "pine  tree"  mentioned  in  the  deed  given  by  Brown 
to  Gould,  as  marked  on  four  sides,  was  standing  in  1763, 
when  James  Noble  of  Boston,  and  William  Vaughn, 
claimants  under  the  Brown  right,  through  the  Gould  fam- 
ily, caused  the  "eight  mile  tract"  to  "be  run  out."  Jonas 
Jones'^  of  Georgetown,  surveyor,  in  his  deposition  before 
William  Lithgow  and  John  Stinson,  Commissioners,  taken 
June  5,  1765,  testifies  that  he  was  acquainted  at  Broad  Bay 
and  knew  William  Hilton,  who  lived  there,  and  heard  him 
say,  that  he  Avas  one  of  the  heirs  of  the  "eight  mile  tract" 
and  improved  a  portion  of  it,  and  in  1760,  he  was  em- 
ployed by  James  Noble  to  "run  out"  this  tract,  a  part  of 
which  included  Hilton's  improvements ;  and  the  survey 
was  by  the  order  of  the  other  heirs  with  Noble.  The 
courses  were  run,  as  by  deed  given  from  Brown  to  Sander 
Gould  in  1660.  The  survey  included  the  sawmill  built  by 
Capt.  Cooke  on  the  Eastern  side  of  Damariscotta  Fresh 
Pond.     William  Hilton  had  lived  there  many  years,  and 

*  John  Pearce's  testimony. 


6  EAELY  PEMAQUID. 

luid  made  good  improvement ;  and  his  widow  said  lie  was 
wounded  by  the  Indians  and  afterwards  died  ;  and  the  son 
stated  that  a  brother  of  his  was  killed,  at  the  same  time, 
on  the  premises, 

David  Terry"'  who  M'as  one  of  the  chainmen  in  this  sur- 
vey, testified  that  they  set  out  from  a  point  near  Arthur 
Noble's,  Esq.,  not  far  from  the  falls  and  where  the  saw- 
mills then  stood,  and  run  towards  Broad  Cove,  and  com- 
pleted the  survey  of  the  eight  mile  tract.  The  pine  tree 
was  made  one  of  the  corners. 

As  stated  above,  John  Brown,  the  Englishman  who  took 
the  deed  from  the  Indians  of  the  twenty-five  mile  tract, 
died  about  the  time  of  the  first  Indian  war  ;  but  his  wife,  ■ 
marrying  again,  after  these  troubles  were  ended,  j'eturned 
and  dwelt  at  New  Harbor.  Her  son  John  appe.irs  to  have 
come  back  also  ;  but  on  the  breaking  out  of  King  Wil- 
liam's war  in  1688,  savage  violence  was  raised  to  such  a 
pitch  that  it  could  not  be  resisted.  It  rushed  upon  the 
English  settlements  like  a  tornado.  Houses  were  burned  ; 
fields  laid  waste  ;  inhabitants  murdered  ;  and  the  remnant 
that  survived,  were  obliged  to  flee  at  the  peril  of  their 
lives,  to  other  parts  for  protection  and  food.  Many  of 
them  never  returned.  The  land  lay  desolate  for  thirty 
years. 

John  Brown,  the  son,  who  had  formerly  lived  near  Dam- 
ariscotta  Lower  Falls,  fled  with  the  rest,  and  went  to 
Eramingham,  where,  it  would  seem,  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  days.  And  in  his  old  age,  Dec.  10,  1720,  he  caused 
to  be  executed  "to  my  dutiful,  well-beloved  and  only  son 
John  Brown  of  Saco"  and  his  heirs  a  deed  conveying  "all 
my  rights,  title,  interest,  property,  claim  and  demand  what- 
soever, in  and  unto  all  these  my  lands,  lying  and  being  sit- 
uated in  New  Harbor,  Damariscotta  and  Sheepscot,  either 
in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  New  England 

*  Commissioners'  Report,  1811. 


THE   PLYMOUTH   COUNCIL.  7 

or  Annapolis  Royall, To  have  and  to  hold  the  said  par- 
cels of  land,  howsoever  bounded  or  reputed  to  be  bounded, 
in  a  good,  sure  and  perfect  estate  of  inheritance  forever." 
The  deed  was  properly  witnessed  and  executed,  his  wife 
Elizabeth  "consenting  thereunto,  in  the  year  1720  and  in 
the  seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord 
George  of  Great  Britain  and  King." 

These  transactions  were  of  vital  importance,  and  had  a 
bearing  upon  the  destinies  of  families  and  communities  for 
a  long  series  of  years  afterwards.  We  design  to  trace  this 
matter  only  incidentally,  and  as  it  unfolds  and  elucidates 
the  subject  before  us  ;  and  indeed  the  histor}^  of  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country  cannot  be  written  without  an  under- 
standing of  these  Land  Titles,  Deeds,  Claims,  Claimants 
and  their  proceedings. 


CHAPTEE    IL 


THE  PLYMOUTH    COUNCIL;  ALDSWOETH   AND 
ELBEIDGE. 

On  the  20th  of  Februar}^  1031,  six  years  after  the  date 
of  Brown's  deed  from  Unongoit  and  Somerset,  the  follow- 
ing transaction  took  place  in  England.  A  Patent  or  rather 
Indenture,  between  the  President  and  Council  of  New 
England  on  the  one  hand,  and  Eobert  Aldsworth  and  Giles 
Elbridge  of  Bristol,  England,  on  the  other,  was  solemnly 
executed,  by  Avhich  it  was  arranged,  that  these  two  gentle- 
men should  undertake  and  transport  "divers  persons"  into 
New  England,  and  there  to  erect  and  build  a  town  and 
settle  inhabitants.     The  said  President  and  Council  granted 


8  THE   PLYMOUTH   COUNCIL, 

and  assigned  unto  the  said  Aldsworth  and  Elbiidge,  tlieir 
lieirs  and  assigns  forever,  one  hundred  acres  of  land  for 
every  person  by  them  transported,  within  the  space  of 
seven  years  next  ensuing,  "that  shall  abide  and  continue 
there  three  3'ears"  after  they  are  transported.  And  the 
said  Aldsworth  and  Elbridge  were  to  have  12,000  acres  of 
land  "over  and  above  such  settlers'  lots,"  to  be  taken  and 
laid  out  near  the  Pemaquid  river,  and  next  adjoining  the 
place  where  the  people  and  servants  of  these  two  Agents 
are  now  settled,  or  have  inhabited  for  the  three  years  that 
are  last  past,  "to  be  taken  together  along  the  sea  coast,  as 
the  coast  lieth,  and  so  up  the  river  as  far  as  may  contain 
the  12,000  acres,  with  all  the  islands  and  islets  within  the 
limits  next  adjoining  the  said  land,  three  leagues  into  the 
ocean."  And  it  was  furthei-  agreed  "that  upon  lawful  in- 
formation given  of  the  bounds,  metes  and  quantity  of  land 
so  chosen  and  possessed,  the  President  and  Council  upon 
surrender  of  this  present  gTant  and  upon  reasonable 
request  by  Aldsworth  and  Elhridge,  their  heirs  and  assigns, 
within  seven  years  now  next  ensuing,  shall  and  will  by 
deeds  indented,  grant,  enfeoff  and  confirm,  all  and  every 
of  the  said  lands  set  out  and  bounded  as  aforesaid  to  the 
said  Robert  Aldsworth  and  Giles  Elbridge."  And  it  was 
further  covenanted  that  these  two  men,  their  heirs  and 
assigns,  "shall  not  at  any  time  hereafter,  alien  these  prem- 
ises or  any  part  thereof,  to  any  foreign  nation,  or  to  any 
person  or  persons  whatsoever,  witliout,the  license,  consent 
and  agreement  of  the  President  and  Council,  and  their 
successors  and  assigns,  except  it  be  to  their  own  tenants 
or  undertakers,  belonging  to  the  town  by  them  erected, 
upon  pain  of  forfeiture  of  said  lands  so  aliened,  to  the 
use  of  the  said  President  and  Council  again." 

The  same  Indenture  also  constituted  Capt.  Walter 
Neale  and  Hichard  Vines  the  attorneys  of  this  President 
and  his  Council,  to  enter  the  premises  and  deliver  posses- 
sion thereof ;  and   there  appears  the  following  memoran- 


THE    PLYMOUTH    COUNCIL.  V 

clum  endorsed  thereon.  "The  possession  of  all  the  lands 
contained  in  this  patent,  was  delivered  by  me,  Walter 
Neale,  to  Abraham  Sliurt,  to  the  use  of  Kobert  Aldsworth 
and  Giles  Elbridge,  merchants  of  the  City  of  Bristol  this 
27th  of  May,  1633.     Walter  Neale." 

The  Patent  appears  to  have  been  duly  recorded  in  the 
York  Registry,  April  2,  1737.  It  also  appeared  by  the 
deposition  of  Abraham  Shurt,  not  signed,  but  taken  and 
sworn  to  before  Richard  Russell,  Magistrate,  Dec.  25, 
1662,  that  in  1629,  two  years  before  the  Patent  was  dated, 
Walter  Neale  gave  him  possession  of  the  lands  under  that 
Patent ;  and  that  he  bounded  the  12,000  acres  therein, 
"from  the  head  of  Damariscotta  to  the  head  of  the  river 
Muscongus,  and  between  it,  to  the  sea."  And  that  some 
years  afterwards,  Elbridge  to  whom  the  Patent  belonged, 
"coming  to  Pemaquid,  held  a  court  there,  to  which  the 
inhabitants  repaired,  and  continued  their  fishing,  by  pay- 
ing a  certain  acknowledgement." 

Now,  it  is  to  be  particularly  noticed,  that  this  patent 
covered  precisely  the  same  ground — the  islands  of  the  sea 
only  excepted — that  John  Brown  had  purchased  of  the 
Indians,  six  years  before ;  and,  by  some  means  or  other, 
was  made  to  swell  its  boundaries  to  the  West,  so  as  to 
include  Neivcastle  as  far  as  Cavessix,  Mill  river.  In  other 
directions,  it  spread  itself,  so  that  it  contained  not  only 
twelve,  but  some  seventy  or  eighty  thousand  acres.  It 
covered  other  deeds  and  other  grants ;  so,  that  deed 
embraced  deed,  grant  lapped  over  on  to  grant,  and  lines, 
metes  and  boundaries  cut  and  crossed  each  other  in  many 
directions. 

Hence  the  origin  and  nature  of  the  contests  which  were 
waged  among  the  descendants,  respecting  claims,  and 
which  were  not  settled  till  near  two  hundred  years  after- 
wards. 

And  we,  at  this  late  day,  looking  back  on  the  transac- 
tions, may  with  propriety  ask,  Whose  was  the  right  of  sale '? 


10  THE   TLYMOUTH   COUNCIL. 

the  lucliau  who  was  born  and  bred  on  the  soil  and  whose 
fathers  had  inherited  it  from  time  immemorial,  no  man 
forbidding  him,  and  no  one  questioning-  his  right,  or  a  com- 
pany of  gentlemen  belonging  to  a  foreign  nation,  three 
thousand  miles  off,  and  speaking  a  different  language, 
neither  whose  ancestors  nor  themselves  had  ever  taken  a 
title  deed  or  tendered  a  single  dohar  for  it,  perhaps  never 
had  seen  it?  Who,  I  ask  again,  had  the  best  right  of 
sale,  the  Indian  or  the  Englishman  ?  And  wdiose  title,  in 
the  nature  of  things,  is  the  clearest?  Brown,  who  bought 
of  the  Sagamores,  or  Aldsworth  and  Elbridge  who  came 
with  a  patent  from  Old  Plymouth,  England  ?  Let  not  the 
law  of  nations  and  of  convenience,  nor  the  love  of  gain, 
answer  ;  but  let  truth  and  right  decide  the  question. 

It  does  not  appear  that  these  gentlemen,  Aldsworth  and 
Elbridge,  ever  introduced  any  settlers  as  occupants  of  this 
soil,  or  built  a  town.  And  Aldsworth,  dying  not  long  after 
the  patent  was  issued,  and  leaving  no  children,  the  patent 
fell  into  the  hands  and  was  held  by  Elbridge.  In  process 
of  time  he  died.  His  eldest  son,  John,  according  to  the 
law  of  primogeniture,  became  the  sole  heir  of  this 
immense  estate.  He,  dying  without  issue,  devised  it  by 
wall  to  his  brother  Thomas. 

In  Feb.  1st,  1651,  Thomas  conveyed  one-half  of  the 
whole  patent  to  Paul  White;  and  in  April,  1653,  Paul 
White  conveyed  this  moiety  to  Richard  Russel  and  Nicholas 
Davidson,  and  in  July,  1657,  Russel  sold  his  quarter  to 
Davidson;  and  on  the  3rd  of  September,  1657,  Thomas 
Elbridge  conveyed  his  other  half  of  the  patent  to  Nicholas 
Davidson,  so  that  Davidson  became  the  owner  of  the 
entire  estate.* 

Davidson's  home  was  in  Charlesto-\vn,  Mass,  w^here  he 
had  a  wife  and  two  children,  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
He  himself  followed  the  sea  for  a  living  ;  and  being  bound 

*  Comioissioners'  Report,  1811. 


THE    PLYMOUTH   COUNCIL.  11 

on  a  vo3'age  to  the  island  of  Barbacloes,  and  "from  thence 
to  England,  Ireland,  or  to  any  other  port  or  place,  or 
hither  to  New  England  again,"  and  knowing  not  what  dis- 
posal a  wise  Providence  might  make  of  him  in  "those  voy- 
ages and  undertakings,"  on  the  26th  of  March,  1655,  he 
devised  and  executed  the  following  will.  "After  my  debts 
are  paid  out  of  2ny  estate,  the  remainder  I  bequeath  as 
followeth : — One-third  part  to  my  loving  wife  Joan  David- 
son ;  one-third  part  to  my  son,  Daniel  Davidson  ;  and  one- 
third  part  to  my  daughter,  Sarah  Davidson."  The  ship 
he  sailed  in  was  called  the  "Trader's  Increase,"  Chris- 
topher Clark,  Master.  In  his  will,  he  styles  himself,  Mar- 
iner. Whether  he  ever  returned  from  this  voyage,  does 
not  appear ;  but  he  had  a  daughter,  Catharine,  born  after 
this  voyage  was  commenced,  who,  at  a  proper  age,  married 
Shem  Drowne,  a  tin  plate  worker  in  Boston.  This  man, 
in  behalf  of  the  other  heirs  of  Davidson,  in  1735,  more 
than  a  hundred  years  after  the  Pemaquid  Patent  was 
issued,  laid  claim  to  all  the  lands  embraced  in  that  Patent. 
He  came  into  the  country ;  caused  surveys  to  be  made ; 
and  performed  other  necessary  business ;  but  it  was 
proved  that  instead  of  confining  himself  to  12,000  acres,  as 
stated*  in  the  Patent,  he  actually  surveyed,  and  attempted 
to  hold  70,000  or  80,000  acres.  He  included  all  that 
Aids  worth  and  Elbridge  had  appropriated  to  themselves, 
under  it. 

The  power  of  Attorney  was  given  to  Drowne,  by  the 
rest  of  the  claimants,  Sept.  3,  1735  ;  being  the  ninth  3-ear 
of  the  reign  of  the  Second  George.  In  1736  or  1737,  he 
came  to  Pemaquid,  with  Alexander  Erskine,  and  was 
introduced  to  the  settlers  and  began  to  make  surveys.  He 
brought  a  quantity  of  stores  with  him  which  Erskine  had 
the  care  of.  Drowne^''  took  lodgings  at  the  fort ;  and  being 
accompanied  by  Erskine,  visited,  by  boat,  the  inhabitants 

*  Alexander  Erskine's  testimony. 


1*2  THE    PLYMOUTH   COUNCIL. 

there.  He  also  einployod  John  Noitl],  Lieutenant  Patrick 
Rogers,  George  Caldwell,  Robert  Paul,  Nathaniel  Bull, 
Jun.,  John  Forbush,  to  whom  he  allowed,  as  wages,  thirty 
shillings  a  day,  old  tenor.  They  went  from  Medomak 
Falls  round  Pemaquid  Point,  and  up  the  Damariscotta 
river,  near  the  Falls,  and  settled  eight  or  nine  families, 
some  of  which  were  new  comers  there.  He  allowed  the 
families  farms  of  one  hundred  acres  each ;  and  accom- 
modated the  old  inhabitants  with  improved  lands,  as  far 
as  they  held  out.  He  also  gave  other  lands  to  all  the 
inhabitants  that  he  found  there  settled,  under  Col.  Dunbar, 
that  chose  to  tarry.  These  farms  soon  became  of  consid- 
erable value. 

Drowne,  at  that  time,  was  offered  one  thousand  pounds, 
old  tenor,*  for  a  piece  of  land  adjoining  Pemaquid  Falls, 
but  he  refused,  telling  the  person  who  offered'  it,  that  the 
fishery  there,  should  be  free  for  all  the  inhabitants  ;  thus 
effectually  checking  this  man's  grasping  desire  to  appro- 
priate this  source  of  wealth  wholly-  to  himself. 

The  people  generally  were  satisfied  with  Drowne's  right 
and  proceedings.  At  the  same  time,  Drowne  Avho  desired 
a  home  there,  employed  George  Caldwell,  John  Forbush, 
Nathaniel  Bull  and  John  North,  to  build  him  a  lioiise  on 
Muscongus  Island.  Drowne  himself  superintended  the 
erection  of  it. 

Patrick  Rogers  who  had  been  a  resident  at  Pemaquid 
about  66  years,  and  who,  for  a  long  time,  was  Lieutenant 
at  the  fort  there,  in  1773,  testified  to  particulars  of  impor- 
tance there,  locating  families  and  giving  information  that 
would  otherwise  be  lost.  He  says  he  knew  a  man  by 
the  name  of  James  Bailey  who  lived  at  the  Southwest 
part  of  Round  Pond,  whose  house  was  near  the  sea,  in 
the  field  which  he  enclosed,  and  that  he  continued  there 
eight  or  nine  years.     Capt.  Thomas  Henderson  lived  on 


*  Alexander  Erskine's  deposition. 


THE    PLYMOUTH   COUNCIL.  13 

ti  point  of  land  to  the  South  of  Bailej-'s  house,  and  ou 
the  Northerly  side  of  small  brook,  then,  1773,  improved  by 
John  Randall ;  and,  about  the  beginning  of  the  Spanish 
war,  1715,  Bailey  moved  his  family  from  Round  Pond  to 
the  Westward,  but  returned  again  about  the  year  1766, 
and  built  his  house  in  his  former  field — the  first  having 
been  destroyed — near  where  he  formerly  dwelt.  Simeon 
Elliot  came  to  Round  Pond  and  settled  about  the  year 
1755,  and  James  Yates  in  1742.  Yates  continued  to  live 
there,  except  three  or  four  years  that  he  was  absent,  at  the 
seige  of  Louisburg,  and  was  never  disturbed  in  his  posses- 
sion, except  in  the  year  1768,  when  one  Thomas  Bodkin 
brought  an  action  of  ejectment  against  him  for  his  land. 

In  1773  there  Avere  many  inhabitants  settled  near  Pema- 
■quid  and  al)out  the  year  1735,  these  settlers  took  deeds 
under  the  "Pemaquid  Company,"  to  the  number  of  forty 
families,  and  they  "hold  their  lands  to  tliis  day  by  their 
Patent  right." 

James  Yates  purchased  his  land  of  Capt.  Arthur  Sav- 
age, consisting  of  about  300  acres ;  and  Erskine  and  Alex- 
ander Nickels  were  selected  to  set  a  price  upon  it.  John. 
North  was  surveyor  under  Drowne,  and  made  the  survey 
of  the  entire  Claim  of  the  Pemaquid  Proprietors  about 
the  year  1736.  Some  years  before  this  survey,  many  of 
the  inhabitants  met  Drowne  at  Pemaquid,  when  the 
Patent  was  read,  which  satisfied  the  people  that  their  title 
was  good.  Dunbar,  who  had  come  into  the  country  about 
17'29,  signified,  on  his  removal,  that  the  lands  there  were 
private  property,  and  that  the  king  had  set  him  aside  for 
that  reason.  The  inhabitants,  therefore,  to  the  number  of 
forty  or  fifty  families,  took  their  lots  of  land  under  Drowne, 
as  Agent  for  the  Proprietors. 

Rogers  purchased  two  lots  of  land  of  settlers  who  held 
under  Drowne  ;  and  many  of  the  settlers,  together  with 
himself,  took  leases  of  him  for  the  Fresh  Meado\A's.  And 
none  of  the  inhabitants  who  extended  from  Pemaquid  to 


14  WARS  AOT)   TKOUBXEK, 

Muscongus,  that  claimed  under  him,  were  ever  disturbed 
in  their  possessions,  till  the  year  1768,  when  one  Thomas 
Bodkin  sued  many  of  the  settlers  upon  their  titles. 
James  Morton,  William  Burns  and  many  others-  to  the 
North  of  Muscongus,  took  deeds  and  held  their  lands, 
under  the  Pemaquid  Proprietors. 

Dro^'ne  made  three  gi'and  di\'isions  of  the  immense 
estate  which  he  marked  on  his  plan  A,  B  and  C.  These 
severally  were  subdivided  into  "house  lots"  and  "out  lots." 

In  1743,  a  warrant  was  issued  for  calling  a  meeting  of 
the  proprietors.  On  the  31st  of  August  following,  they 
met  at  Orange  Tree  Tavern,  Boston.  And  at  an  adjourned 
meeting  held  Monday,  the  fifth  day  of  December  of  the 
same  year,  "they  began  to  draw  by  lot,  according  to  their 
several  interests  in  the  first  division  of  ninety  lots,  con- 
taining one  hundred  acres  more  or  less,  and  marked  letter 
A,  in  tlie  plan.  On  the  3rd  of  January,  1744,  they  pro- 
ceeded to  draw  the  second  division,  by  lot,  marked  B,  on 
the  plan,  "in  two  parts,  a  house  lot  near  the  fork,  and  a 
small  out  lot  of  the  same  number,"  And  at  the  next 
adjournment,  March  6th,  1744,  they  proceeded  to  a  third 
division  of  the  lands  marked  C,  "containing  more  or  less 
named  and  numbered,  extending  to  the  head  line  of  the 
plan,  which  is  from  the  head  of  Muscongus  to  the  head  of 
the  Damariscotta  river." 


CHAPTEE    III. 

WARS   AND   TROUBLES. 

Prosperity  attended  this  settlement  till  1675  when  it  was 
destined  to  fall  before  the  flames  which  savage  fury  had 
kindled.  Woolwich  had  fallen — Sheepscot  had  been  burnt 
— the  inhabitants  were  fugitives   at  Cape  Newaggon  and 


^?AllS  AND  TROUBLES.  15 

elsewhere— Georgetown  had  been  hiid  waste — blood  flowed 
like  water  and  Peraaquid  must  sink  before  the  mighty 
earthquake  and  terrible  blast. 

Fifteen  leagues  of  seacoast,  Eastward  of  Casco  Neck, 
were^oven'un— 'two  hundred  and  sixty  were  known  to  have 
been  killed  or  carried  into  captivity— many  were  missing 
whose  deaths  were  unnoticed— otliRrs  were  wounded  who 
survived— possessions  were  laid  waste-^domestic  animals 
killed,  chimneys,  cellars  and  burnt  vestiges  showed  where 
dwellings  had  stood  and  happiness  had  been  enjoyed ;  but 
now  all  was  deserted  and  in  full  possession  of  the  savage 
foe! 

Storms  do  not  continue  always — fires  will  finally  burn 
■out ;  and  so  human  wrath  and  violence  will  at  last  have 
spent  its  force.  The  war  comes  to  an  end  and  peace^ 
welcome  peace— is  proclaimed.  Many  of  the  inhabitants 
return  to  their  homes,  and  joy,  prosperity  and  happiness 
•are  substituted  for  mourning,  desolation  and  woe.  But 
their  quiet  is  of  short  duration.  Ten  years  of  peace,  and 
the  sword  is  again  unsheathed  and  the  tomahawk  once 
more  uplifted.  King  William's  war  is  declared  and  fear 
and  trembling,  like  successive  waves,  roll  in  on  everj^  side. 
The  work  of  butcherj'  commences  and  Maine  becomes  a 
field  of  blood.  Sheepscot  is  destroyed  and  Pemaquid  is 
the  next  object  of  vengeance. 

Fort  Charles  was  on  the  spot  where  Fort  Frederick  had 
stood.  The  County  was  called  Cornwall  and  the  sur- 
rounding town  Jamestown.  Thomas  Gyles,  a  man  of  emi- 
nence, worth  and  piet}*,  and  a  large  landholder  at  Merry- 
meeting  Bay,  had  settled  there.  His  residence  was  about 
one-fourth  of  a  mile  from  the  Fort ;  and,  being  commis- 
sioned by  Gov.  Dongan,  Chief  Justice  of  the  place,  he  did 
much  to  enforce  law  and  correct  the  bad  morals  of  the 
people.  His  family  consisted  of  himself,  wife  and  seven 
or  eight  children.  Besides  the  homestead,  he  owned  a 
farm  about  three  miles  from  the  fort  and  near  Pemaquid 
PaUs, 


16  WARS  AND   TEOUBLES. 

Aug.  2,  1689.  The  Garrison  Avas  under  the  command  of 
Capt.  Weems  who  had  with  him  only  fifteen  men  and  was 
poorl}^  able  to  repel  an  assault.  The  Indians  numbered 
about  one  hundred  ;  and,  meeting  with  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Starkie,  who  was  passing  from  it  to  New  Harbor,:.they 
seized  him,  threatened  him,  but  promised  him  his  life  if  he 
would  tell  them  what  he  knew  about  the  fort.  To  save  his 
own  life  he  told  them,  with  too  much  truth,  that  Mr.  Gyles 
and  fourteen  men  had  gone  to  his  fanu  at  the  Falls,  and 
that  the  people  were  scattered  about  the  Fort,  and  but  few 
in  it  who  could  fight. 

The  Indians  then  divided  into  two  parties.  One  made 
an  assault  upon  the  Fort  and  soon  compelled  a  surrender. 
The  terms  of  capitulation  Avere,  life,  liberty  and  safety  ; 
but  these  were  violated.*  Some  the  savages  butchered 
and  others  were  made  prisonei's.  About  the  same  time, 
Capt.  Skinner  and  Capt.  Farnliam,  in  attempting  to  come 
on  shore  from  a  neighboring  island,  were  shot  dead  as 
they  were  stepping  from  the  boat  to  the  shore.  Capt.  Pat- 
tishall,  wliose  vessel  Avas  lying  at  the  Barbican,  was  cap- 
tured and  killed. 

The  other  party  Avent  in  pursuit  of  Gyles  and  his  men. 
The  sound  of  guns  at  the  Fort  Avas  to  be  the  signal  for  the 
firing  of  the  Indians  upon  Gyles  and  his  men. 

One  of  the  sons  of  Thomas  Gyles  was  named  John  ; 
and  from  him  we  draw,  as  he  was  an  eye  witness  of  the 
scene.  His  account,  written  after  a  seven  years'  captivity, 
is  truthful,  gi-aphic,  concise  and  clear.  He  says  that  his 
father  Avent  Avitli  some  of  his  laborers,  his  tAvo  oldest  sons 
and  himself  to  one  of  his  farms  Avhich  lay  upon  the  river, 
about  three  miles  from  the  Fort,  in  order  to  gather  his 
English  harvest.  They  labored  diligently  and  without 
molestation  till  noon.  After  they  had  dined,  the  men 
went  to  their  labor  ;  some  in    one  field  to  their  English 

*  This  account  of  Williamson  Jififers  from  Gyles. 


WARS  AND   TROUBLES.  17 

bav,  aud  others  to  another  field  of  EugHsh  corn.  Mr. 
Gyles,  the  younger  of  the  two  older  brothers,  and  John 
Gyles,  remained  near  the  farm  house  in  which  they  had 
dined.  At  about  1  P.  M.  they  heard  the  report  of  several 
guns  at  the  Fort  which  caused  Mr.  Gyles  to  say  he  hoped 
it  was  the  signal  of  good  news  and  that  the  Great  Council 
had  sent  back  the  soldiers  to  defend  the  inhabitants  ;  for 
when  they  had  heard  of  the  Revolution  in  England  they 
deserted.  But  to  their  surprise  from  30  to  40  Indians,  at 
that  moment,  discharged  a  volley  of  musketry  upon  them 
from  a  rising  ground  near  the  barn. 

"The  yelling  of  the  Indians,"  continues  Gyles,  "the 
whistling  of  their  shot  and  the  voice  of  ni}'  father  whom  I 
heard  cry,  'What  now !  What  now !'  so  terrified  me 
(though  he  seemed  to  be  handling  a  gun)  that  I  endeav- 
ored to  make  my  escape.  My  father  ran  one  way  and  I 
another ;  and  looking  over  my  shoulders,  I  saw  a  stout  fel- 
low pursuing  me,  with  a  gun  and  cutlass  glittering  in  his 
hand,  which  I  expected  every  momemt  in  my  brains.  I 
soon  fell  down  and  the  Indian  seized  me  by  the  left  hand. 
He  offered  me  no  abuse,  but  tied  my  hands,  then  lifted  me 
up  and  pointed  to  the  place  where  the  people  were  at  work 
about  the  hay,  and  led  me  that  way.  As  we  went,  we 
crossed  where  my  father  was  who  looked  very  pale  and 
bloody,  and  walked  very  slowly.  When  we  came  to  the 
place,  I  saw  two  men  shot  down  on  the  flats,  crying  out,  'O 
Lord !'  There  the  Indians  brought  two  captives,  one  a 
man  and  my  brother  James,  who,  with  me,  had  endeavored 
to  escape  by  running  from  the  house  when  we  were  first 
attacked."  This  brother  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age. 
The  oldest  brother,  whose  name  was  Thomas,  wonderfully 
escaped  b}'  land  to  the  Barbican,  a  point  on  the  West  side 
of  the  river,  opposite  the  fort,  where  several  fishing  vessels 
lay.  He  got  on  board  one  of  them  and  that  night  sailed 
from  the  harbor. 

The  Indians,  after  doing  what  mischief  they  could,  sat 


18  WARS   AND   TROUBLES. 

down,  aud  made  their  captives  sit  witli  them.  After  some 
time  they  arose,  and  pointed  to  them  to  go  forward. 
They  marched  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile,  and  then  made  a 
halt.  Here  they  brought  Mr.  Gyles.  They  made  pro- 
posals to  him  by  old  Moxies,  who  told  him  that  they  were 
strange  Indians  who  shot  him,  and  that  he  was  sorry  for  it. 
Moxies  or  Moxy  was  the  chieftain  of  a  tribe  Avliose  head- 
quarters were  at  Broad  Cove.  His  "Sea-down"  sit-down, 
as  he  used  to  call  his  wigwam  and  surroundings,  was  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  clam-shell  deposit,  on  the  point  of  land 
now  owned  b}-  Mr.  Benjamin  Palmer  of  Bremen.  But  it 
was  Eastern  Indians  that  were  engaged  in  this  bloody 
work. 

To  their  proposals  Mr.  Gyles  replied  that  he  was  a 
dying  man,  and  wanted  no  favors  of  them  ;  but  being  a 
pious  person,  he  on!}-  craved  the  privilege  of  praying  with 
his  children.  This  being  granted  him,  he  recommended 
them  to  the  blessing  and  protection  of  God  Almighty ; 
then  gave  them  the  best  advice  he  was  capable  of,  and 
took  his  leave  of  them  for  this  life,  hoping  to  meet  them 
in  that  better  world  where  the  tomahawk  would  not  be 
uplifted  nor  parents  shot  down  before  the  eyes  of  their 
weeping  children. 

He  parted  with  a  cheerful  voice,  but  looked  very  pale, 
by  reason  of  his  great  loss  of  blood  which  now  gushed  out 
of  his  shoes.  The  Indians  lead  him  aside  !  tlie  blows  of  a 
hatchet  were  heard!  but  there  was  neither  shriek  nor 
groan!  Gyles  says  he  afterwards  heard  that  he  had 
five  or  seven  shot  holes  through  his  waistcoat  or  jacket, 
and  that  he  was  covered  wdth  some  boughs.  He  was  a 
good  man  and  the  malice  of  the  Indians  soon  wafted  his 
spirit  to  those  regions  of  bliss  of  which  Eevelation  alone 
gives  us  the  assurance. 

The  Indians  led  their  captives  on  the  East  side  of  the 
river,  towards  the  fort ;  and  Mjien  they  had  approached 
within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  it,  they  could  hear  firing  and 


WARS   AND  TROUBLES.  19 

see  smoke  ou  all  sides.  There  they  made  a  short  stop  and 
then  moved  within  the  distance  of  three-fourths  of  a  mile 
of  the  fort,  into  a  thick  swamp.  There  Gyles  saw  his 
mother  and  two  little  sisters,  and  mamy  other  captives  mIio 
were  taken  from  the  town.  "She  asked  me  about  my 
father,"  continues  Gyles,  "I  told  her  he  was  killed,  but 
could  say  no  more  for  grief.  She  burst  into  tears,  and  the 
Indians  moved  me  a  little  further  off,  and  seized  me  with 
cords  to  a  tree." 

The  Indians  had  come  to  New  Harbor  and  sent  spies  for 
several  days  to  see  hoAv  and  where  the  people  were  em- 
ployed. They  found  that  the  men  were  generally  at  work 
at  noon,  and  left  about  their  houses  only  women  and 
children.  Therefore  they  divided  themselves  into  several 
parties,  some  ambushing  the  way  between  the  fort  and  the 
houses,  as  likewise  between  them  and  the  distant  fields, 
and  then,  alarming  the  farthest  point  first,  they  killed  and 
took  the  people  at  their  pleasure  and  very  few  escaped. 

On  the  first  stir  about  the  fort,  the  j'oungest  son  of  Mr. 
Gyles  was  at  play  near  it,  and  running  in,  was,  by  God's 
goodness,  thus  preserved.  Capt.  Weems,  the  commander 
of  the  fort,  with  great  bravery  and  courage,  for  two  days 
defended  it.  It  was  not  a  place  of  much  strength,  and 
w^hen  the  commander  was  wounded  and  the  best  of  his 
men  killed,  he  beat  for  a  parley  which  resulted  in  these 
conditions  : — 

1.  That  the  Indians  should  give  him  Mr.  Pattishall's 
sloop  which  had  been  captured.  2.  That  they  should  not 
molest  him  in  carrying  off  the  few  people  that  had  got  into 
the  fort,  and  three  captives  that  they  had  taken.  3.  That 
the  English  should  carry  off  in  their  hands  w^hat  they 
could  from  the  fort. 

Thus  fell  the  fortress.  Savage  ferocity  triumphed  ;  wild 
brutality  enacted  a  scene  of  sadness  which  long  years  could 
scarcely  efface  ;  demons,  in  human  form,  spread  desolation 
and  barrenness  all  around,  and  woe,  like  the  pall  of  death, 
spread  its  thick  mantle  over  the  entire  region. 


20  ANCIENT   EUINS   AT   PEMAQUID. 

The  fort  surrendered,  and  the  Indians  entering  it,  Capt. 
Weems  and  his  Httle  band  sailed  away.  Soon  after  the 
rising  flames  and  tall  pillars  of  smoke  convinced  the  suf- 
ferers that  their  cattle  and  effects  were  destroyed  and  their 
many  habitations,  late  the  scene  of  thrift  and  joy,  like  a 
forgotten  dream,  had  passed  forever  away. 

After  the  Indians  had  laid  waste  Pemaquid  they  moved 
to  New  Harbor.  Before  the  war  there  were  here  12 
houses.  These  the  inhabitants  deserted  as  soon  as  it 
became  unsafe  to  live  in  them. 

Tlie  little  band  of  sorrowing  captives  are  taken  to  the 
Penobscot.  Mrs.  Gyles  and  her  two  little  daughters,  after 
a  long  captivity,  are  redeemed.  John  is  also  redeemed  at 
the  end  of  seven  years,  but  the  brother,  who  was  captured 
w4th  him,  was  cruelly  put  to  death  by  these  wild  men  of 
the  forest. 


I 


CHAPTEE    IV. 


ANCIENT  EUINS  AT  PEMAQUID. 

On  the  Western  bank  of  Pemaquid  river,  and  North- 
easterly from  the  fort,  is  a  wide  point  of  land  that  juts  out 
to  the  Eastward  and  forms  a  beautiful  bend  in  the  river. 
It  is  a  part  of  the  farm  owned  by  Mr.  Nathan  Lewis,  who 
moved  on  to  it  from  Boothbay  in  the  year  1872.  Previous 
to  this,  the  farm  was  owned  by  Mr.  Joseph  Young,  who 
resided  there  many  years,  and  he  sold  it  to  Mr.  Lewis. 
This  point  of  land  lies  beavitifully  down  to  the  water, 
where  is  a  landing  place  capable  of  being  approached  at 
all  seasons  of  the  year.     About  eight  or  ten  rods  fi'om  the 


ANCIENT   EUINS   AT   PEMAQUID.  21 

shore,  at  the  falhng  ofl'  of  the  table-land  above,  is  an  eleva- 
tion raised  several  feet  by  human  hands,  which  is  crowned 
by  a  mound  of  six  or  eight  feet  in  hight  and  thirty  feet  in 
diameter.  This  mound  is  divided  into  three  apartments  ; 
the  walls  which  separate  them  and  the  circular  enclosing 
the  whole  being  composed  of  stone,  with  an  outer  layer 
of  earth  and  turf.  The  Western  part  of  this  mound  was 
found  by  Mr.  Young,  many  years  ago,  to  contain  a  pit 
about  the  size  of  a  well.  On  removing  the  stone  that 
covered  the  mouth,  the  pit  was  discovered  several  feet 
deep,  and  all  walled  ujd  and  lined  with  stones  in  solid 
masonry. 

Around  this  mound  was  a  walk,  as  if  for  a  sentry,  of 
eight  or  ten  feet  in  width,  the  exterior  or  outer  edge  being 
of  stone.  This  mound  commands  a  complete  view,  both 
of  the' river  and  falls  above,  and  the  fort,  harbor  and  ocean 
below.  The  entire  ground  from  that  to  the  bank  below, 
has  been  raised  several  feet  by  human  hands,  with  gravel, 
sand  and  dirt,  brought  from  a  distance  ;  and  the  mound 
itself,  though  not  designed  for  a  garrison,  was  probably 
covered  by  a  building  which  served  the  purpose  of  a  look- 
out, a  place  of  deposit,  and,  perhaps,  means  of  defence. 
The  internal  structure  and  mode  of  formation  looks  more 
like  a  place  for  depositing  merchandise,  treasure,  etc.,  than 
a  place  for  armed  men  and  munitions  of  Avar.  Besides, 
all  ancient  testimony  unites  in  saying  that  the  fort  was  on 
the  other  side  of  the  river,  and  on  the  point  below. 
Though,  when  valuables  were  deposited  there,  means  were 
taken  to  defend  them.  To  the  Southwest  of  this  mound, 
about  a  dozen  rods,  was  the  blacksmith  shop,  as  is 
evidenced  by  the  coal,  cinders,  slag  and  bits  of  iron 
always  connected  with  such  an  establishment.  And  from 
the  interior  of  this  mound  to  the  shore,  under  the  elevated 
ridge  already  spoken  of,  there  was,  in  all  probability,  a 
subterranean  passage  which  led  from  these  apartments  to 
tlie  water.     The  ground  around,  and  particularly  toward 


22  ANCIENT  RUINS   AT  PEMAQUID. 

the  water,  on  cither  side  of  this  ridge,  bears  the  marks  of 
a  kind  of  cultivation  different  from  tliat  now  known  or 
practised  by  any  of  the  present  generation  or  their  imme- 
diate ancestry. 

Easterly  from  this  mound,  and  hard  by  the  bank  of  the 
river,  are  seen  the  sites  of  three  buildings  which  stood 
side  by  side,  each  of  which  was  about  twent}'  or  twenty- 
five  feet  by  thirt}^  in  size.  The  cellar  walls  were  well  laid 
up  in  stone,  and  that  one  which  was  nearest  the  river  had 
a  stone  Hoor  ;  and  proper  excavations  might  show  that 
they  all  had  stone  floors.  All  these  cellars  were  probably 
once  connected  with  an  under  avenue,  leading  to  the  shore. 
The  stones  of  the  floor  were  flat,  of  a  bluish  slate,  nicely 
fitted  together,  and  worn  smooth,  as  if  done  by  the  feet  of 
men.  A  part  of  these  stones  have  been  removed  to 
answer  the  necessities  of  the  present  generation.  The 
walls  are  now  mostly  standing ;  and  through  the  eastern- 
most one  is  a  niche  or  aperture  of  about  three  feet  square, 
that  may  have  led  to  the  shore  below.  Two  of  these 
cellars  are  entirel}-  filled  up,  and  the  third  one  nearly  so, 
with  stones  and  dirt.  Mr.  Young  used  to  empty  into  it 
the  cartloads  of  small  stones  which  he  picked  up  upon  his 
farm.  Was  not  that  utility  and  a  wise  econom}',  when,  by 
driving  a  feAv  rods  fai-ther,  he  might  have  emptied  them 
into  the  river?  But  then  he  made  a  few  feet  of  land,  and 
cut  a  half  hundred  more  of  hay.  And  what  was  respect 
for  the  dead,  and  reverence  for  works  of  the  past,  in  com- 
parison to  the  gain  of  a  dollar  and  fifty  cents  ? 

To  the  Northeast  of  this  mound,  and  up  from  the  bank 
of  the  river  where  these  foundations  exist,  is  a  low 
swamp}'  place  where  were  tan-pits,  the  sites  of  Avhich  are 
easily  ascertained,  and  the  bottom  planks  of  wdiich  are 
plainly  felt,  by  running  a  sharp  stick  down  three  or  four 
feet.  Many  of  the  side  plank  of  these  pits  have  been 
taken  up,  b}'  curiosity  seekers,  and  carried  away.  But 
enough  remain  to  show  what  kind  of  a  people  that  was 


ANCIENT   RUINS   AT   PEMAQUID.  23 

xvlio  placed  them  there.  Tan  was  found  there,  and  also 
the  ruins  of  a  bark  mill  when  the  last  settlers  first  moved 
on  there. 

From  this  mound,  in  a  Northerly  direction.,  was  a  road 
which  led  on  to  the  farm  next  North  of  this,  and  which  is 
now  owned  by  a  brother  of  Mr.  Lewis.  This  man  and  a 
neiglibor  of  his,  some  years  ago,  were  ploughing  on  an 
elevated  spot,  when  they  struck  upon  the  foundation  of  an 
ancient  building  whose  superstructure  had  long  since 
passed  away.  On  examination  they  found  it  to  be  a  solid 
stone  work,  forty  feet  square  by  measurement.  The  build- 
ing resting  upon  this  foundation,  was,  in  all  probability, 
the  meeting  house,  and  the  three  buildings,  before  spoken 
of,  Avere,  imdoubtedly,  store  houses.  The  drain  of  these 
cellars  is  yet  discernible. 

In  parts  of  this  entire  territory,  iire  found  broken  pot- 
tery, pipes,  sea  coal,  charcoal,  bones,  arrow  heads,  pieces 
of  freestone.  Dutch  bricks,  human  bones,  human  teeth, 
pick-axes,  keys,  and  all  the  marks  of  civilized  and  savage 
life. 

Cellars  and  other  marks  of  civilized  life,  exist  in  almost 
any  quantity,  all  this  side  of  the  river,  as  well  as  the  other, 
from  two  or  three  miles  below,  to  the  falls  above.  There 
was  a  niimerous  population  here  in  former  times.  The 
ruins  at  the  fort  have  often  been  remarked  upon ;  these 
have  received  less  notice ;  therefore  they  are  the  subject  of 
record  at  the  present  time. 

These  works  belong  to  the  people  of  whom  we  have 
been  writing.  The  place  was  first  settled  about  1609  ; 
and  the  colony  increased  and  flourished  till  King  Phillip's 
war,  1675,  when  it  was  destroyed.  At  the  close  of  that 
w^ar,  the  plaice  was  re-settled,  and  continued  to  flourish  till 
King  WilHam's  war,  when  it  suffered  a  second  demolition 
and  burning.  The  fort  was  taken,  1688,  the  buildings 
were  burnt,  the  inhabitants  slain,  or  driven  away,  or  taken 
captive,  and  the  place  lay  desolate  for  thirty  years. 


24  ANCIEKT   RUINS   AT   PEMAQUID. 

When  the  present  inhabitants  settled  here,  they  found  a 
dense  forest  where  had  been  cultivated  fields,  cleared 
pastures  and  fruitful  gardens.  On  leveling  the  forest,  these 
works  of  the  fathers  appeared  ;  and  though  the  marks  of 
many  of  them  have  been  erased,  enough  remain  to  show 
the  glory,  commercial  importance  and  prosperity  of 
Ancient  Pemaquid. 

These  works  and  this  place  were  what,  in  all  probabil- 
ity, was  called  the  Barbican.  This  name  was  once  applied 
to  a  locality  in  London.  Gyles  said  it  was  on  a  point  -on 
the  Western  side  of  the  river. 

The  ruins  on  the  Eastern  side  of  the  river  have  been  so 
often  described  by  tourists  and  others  that  no  notice  is 
taken  of  them  here.  These  include  the  fort,  paved  streets, 
etc. 

Sometime  during  those  years  when  Ancient  Pemaquid 
was  in  its  glory,  the  people  wished  for  more  water  power 
than  was  afforded  them  by  the  falls.  In  order  to  obtain 
this,  they  threw  a  substantial  dam  across  the  Pemaquid 
stream  at  the  falls.  This  created  a  pond  above.  They  then 
cut  a  canal  from  the  pond,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the 
stream,  and  parallel  with  it,  to  the  cove  below.  The  dis- 
tance was  about  600  yards.  Below  the  dam,  they  then  dug 
side  canals  or  conduits  from  the  main  canal,  to  the  stream 
below.  There  were  about  six  of  them.  This  created  a 
water  power  of  sufficient  force  to  answer  theu*  purpose. 
Over  these  side  canals  Avere  placed  -their  saw  mills,  their 
grist  mill,  fulling  mill  and  other  necessary  machinery. 
The  remains  of  this  canal,  though  mostly  filled  up,  are,  to 
this  day,  visible.  They  planned  and  practised,  precisely 
as  do  the  men  of  this  generation,  in  similar  circumstances. 
The  nearest  water  power,  besides  this,  was  .through  the 
woods,  four  or  five  miles  to  the  North. 

The  fort  at  Pemaquid  which  had  been  demolished  in 
August  1688,  was  rebuilt  in  1792,  by  Governor  Phipps,  at 
great  expense,  on  the  site  of  the  old  one,  and  was  named 


TInfiMap,  Ifdr/i  bi/A'T(ltoUs  Mannintjlsitr^euor. 
for  l/te  sake  of  I'/s  aniiquitu. 


ANCIENT   SHEEPSCOT.  25 

Fort  William  Heniy.  Capt.  Chvibb,  of  Andover,  Mass., 
with  a  company  of  men,  was  put  in  command  of  it ;  but  it 
was  disgracefully  surrendered  to  a  combined  force  of 
French  and  Indians  in  1696.  The  enemy  continued  ener- 
getic, wily  and  bold;  and  expeditions  under  Captains 
Church,  Converse  and  March,  were  made  into  this  Eastern 
country.  Capt.  March,  in  Sept.  9,  1696,  made  an  excur- 
sion up  the  Damariscotta  river ;  and,  in  attempting  to 
land,  was  surprised  and  fired  upon  by  the  Indians,  and 
though  he  gallantly  charged  and  repulsed  them,  had  12  or 
13  of  his  men  killed,  and  as  raau}'  more  wounded.  This 
bloody  affair  finished  these  predatory  proceedings  in 
Maine  for  this  vear. 


CHAPTER    V 


ANCIENT    SHEEPSCOT.- 

If  you  start  from  Wiscasset  Bay  and  follow  the  course 
of  the  river  upwards,  about  four  miles'  distance,  you  will 
come  to  a  point  of  land  which  divides  the  river,  and  makes 
it  to  form  two  branches.  The  Eastern  branch  runs  in  a 
N.  N.  E.  direction,  nearly  a  mile,  and  then  it  forms  a 
graceful  bend  or  sweep,  and  having  reversed  its  course,  it 
runs  in  a  Southwesterly  direction  about  two  miles,  forming 
what  is  called  "The  Reach,"  or  Crumbie's  Reach ;  and 
then  it  sweeps  again  in  an  easy  turn  and  runs  E.  S.  East- 
erly nearly  a  mile,  w^hen  it  again  divides — the  southern 
branch  running  under  the  Newcastle  and  Wiscasset  Bridge, 
thus  forming  and  watering  the  extensive  Marshes  which 
lie  in  the  Southwestern  part  of  the  town — while  the  other, 


26  ANCIENT   SHEEPSCOT. 

which  is  tlie  main  branch,  again  reverses  its  course,  run- 
ning parallel  with  Crumbie's  Reach  and  the  main  Sheep- 
scot,  and  continues  on  nearly  a  mile  when  another  branch 
strikes  off  to  the  Eastward  and  Southward,  where  it 
receives  the  waters  from  Bryant's  Meadow  and  makes 
another  large  area  of  marsh,  while  the  main  river  con- 
tinues on  in  a  N.  N.  E.  course  up  to  the  fal]s,t  thence  into 
the  woods  where  the  road  crosses  it  which  goes  from 
Sheepscot  Bridge  to  Damariscotta,  and  thence  up  to  the 
upper  part  of  Newcastle  and  into  the  town  of  Jefferson. 
This  river  is  now  called  "Mill  River,"  or  "Mill  Creek ;" 
and  the  point  of  land  which  runs  down  between  it  and 
Crumbie's  Reach  was  formerly  called  "The  Great  Necke." 
And  this  river  which  has  been  thus  hastily  sketched  out, 
was  called  "Cavissex  River,"  "Canasixet  River"  and  Can- 
issex  River."* 

The  western  branch  of  this  river  which  is  formed  by  the 
point  of  land  already  alluded  to,  continues  on  in  a  N.  N. 
East  direction  about  a  mile  when  it  comes  to  "The  Falls." 
After  passing  these  it  pursues  its  same  general  course  about 
one-third  of  a  mile  when  a  branch  strikes  off  and  after 
a  graceful  bend  runs  N.  Easterly  up  through  marshes,  a 
distance  of  four  miles  to  "The  Falls,"  formerly  called  "Win- 
nisittico  Falls"  and  "Fresh  Falls."  This  river  is  called 
"Dyer's  River"  from  Mr.  Wm.  Dyer  who  anciently  erected 
his  house  near  the  foot  of  it  not  far  from  where  the  store 
of  Franklin  L.  Carney  now  stands.  The  main  or  Western 
branch  of  the  river  continues  on  in  its  primal  course 
about  four  miles  when  it  bends  and  ruus  Northwesterly, 
through   "Puddle    Dock"  village,  "Head  of  tide"  village, 

*  In  the  History  of  Saco  and  Biddeford,  p.  13tli,  the  author  says, 
Sheepscot  was  called  Apouey.  Hon.  Wm.  Willis,  M.  H.  C,  p.  232, 
says,  "The  ludiau  name  was  Sheepscot."  The  name  probably  was 
imported  from  England. 

t  Formerly  called  Allen's  falls. 


ANCIENT   SHEEPSCOT.  27 

■when  it  SAveeps  again  and  enters  the  town  of  Whitefielcl. 
It  is,  taken  all  and  in  all,  a  magnificent  and  profitable 
stream.  It  sweeps  through -many  miles  of  country,  forms 
almost  a  countless  number  of  aitres  of  marsh,  its  waters 
are  Avell  stored  with  fish,  and  its  banks  are  lined  with  for- 
ests, pastures,  cultivated  fields  and  other  signs  of  civiliza- 
tion. The  marshes  which  these  waters  .form,  are  of 
immense  value  to  the  inhabitants.  No  town,  in  this  vicin- 
ity, equals  Newcastle  in  this  respect. 

That  tract  of  land  which  is  formed  b}'  the  dividing  of 
the  Sheepscot  River  at  the  South,  and  the  branching  of 
the  Dyer's  Eiver  at  the  North,  with  the  Sheepscot  on  the 
West,  was  anciently  called  "The  Little  Necke,"'^'  in  oj^posi- 
tion  to  "The  Great  Necke"  already  sjooken  of,  as  being 
formed  by,  and  lying  between,  "Mill  River"  and  "Crum- 
bie's  Eeacli."  After  the  purchase  of  Mason  in  1652,  it 
w^as  called  "Mason's  Necke,"  and  afterwards  the  "town 
necke".  It  is  a  beautiful  place.  It  is  more  than  a  mile 
long,  and  its  mean  width  is  one-third  of  a  mile.  Its 
surface  is  nearly  level,  quite  free  from  ledges  and  stones^ 
and  with  its  loamy  soil  forms  excellent  land  for  cultivation. 
Towards  the  North,  between  "Garrison  Hill"  and  "The 
Falls,"  is  a  rising  ground,  where,  during  the  early  days  of 
this  settlement,  was  a  fort,  and  where  is  now  the  "Burying 
ground"  in  which  the  inhabitants,  since  the  year  1630, 
have  been  accustomed  to  inter  their  dead. 

Nicholas  Manning  who  was  the  surveyor  under  John 
Palmer,  the  Duke  of  York's  Agent,  and  appointed  bj'  Gov- 
ernor Dungan,  has  left  us 

"the  dementions  off  the  town  necke." 

"fii'om  the  Southwesterly  pount  ofl^the  town  necke  is  149 
pole  to  the  South  Side  ofi"  Mr,  Goddard  home  lott  from 


*  Sullivan  remarks,  "Where  that  river  was,  may  be  uncertain; 
but  perhaps  it  was  the  Sheepscot,"  It  is  not  "uncertain"  to  the 
older  inhabitants  of  the  town  Newcastle, 


28  ANCIENT   SHEEPSCOT. 

theus  is  84  pole  to  a  Cross  Street  to  the  north  sid  off 
Christopher  Dj-ers  home  lott  is  50  pol  then  a  lott  Reserved 
for  the  Cattell  and  pepell  to  "have  water  ffrom  the  S|>ring 
in  Said  h)t  from  the  north  Sid  off  Said  lott  to  the  hay  way 
that  goeth  into  the  wods  is  30  ])ole  the  Said  hay  Avay  is  4 
pole  Avide  ffrom  thens  to  the  Cov  nor  off  John  Manning 
lot  is  3  pole  the  Ramender  off  his  ffront  on  a  gett  is  7  pole 
from  thens  to  Wihiam  Dyers  home  lott  at  the  North 
ponnt  off  Said  neck  is  70  pole  the  bred  off  Said  neck  a 
lonng  by  Said  Goddards  lott  ffrom  the  East  Sid  to  the 
west  off  the  neck  is  92  pole 

Nich.  Maning  home  lott  is  in  ffront  15  pole  and  depe 
the  oft"  pliips  lott  bred  in  ffront" 

These  figures  are   149-84-50-30-4-3-7-70.     Total  397. 

Their  custom  was  to  have  two  acre  lots  for  "home  lots," 
where  they  erected  their  dwellings  for  neighborhood  pur- 
poses and  for  security ;  and  then,  to  have  "out  lots"  at  a 
distance  where  were  their  tillage  and  wood  lands.  The 
road  that  connected  those  located  East  with  the  town,  was 
dignified  as  the  "King's  Highway." 

The  plan  of  the  "Necke"  here  given,  its  length  and 
breadth,  is  inserted  for  its  antiquity,  and  as  a  rare  relic  of 
other  men  and  other  times. 

A  street  extended  from  the  Southern  to  the  Northern 
point  of  the  Neck.  Two  hundred  and  thirty-three  rods 
from  the  Southern  point  was  a  street  that  crossed  the  long 
street  at  right  angles,  and  ran  from  the  Eastern  to  the 
Western  branch  of  the  Sheepscot.  On  the  banks  of  the 
Western  branch  of  the  Sheepscot,  and  parallel  with  the 
long  street,  was  another  street,  to  accommodate  the  fam- 
ilies that  lived  on  that  part  of  the  Neck.  Near  where  the 
old  Henry  Cargill  house  nowf  stands,  there  commenced 
another   street   of   four   rods   wide,  which,   following   the 

*It  was  also  called  "The  town,"  "The  town  Necke,"  and 
"Mason's  Necke."        tl863. 


AJSfClENT   SHEErSCOT,  29 

present  road  led  off  hj  Lewis  Kennedy's,  to  their  farms, 
^voods  and  Grist  Mill  on  Cavessix  river.  This'  was 
"'Alleyn's  Falls,"  He  probably  resided  here  and  was  their 
miller.  Tliis  street  was  tl.e  "King's  Highway."  To  the 
North  of  the  commencement  of  this  street,  on  the  crown 
of  the  hill,  was  their  fort,"  a  small  stockade  ;  and  to  the 
South,  around  the  spring,  was  a  "Common"  where  the 
people  and  their  cattle  obtained  driuk. 

Between  the  "Common"  and  the  "King's  Highwa}',"  was 
the  residence  of  John  Mason,  the  chief  man  and  the 
]  irgest  landhold»-r  of  the  village.  The  Blacksmith  Shop 
was  nearly  opposite  the  Common.  The  place  is  now  easily 
identified.  It  is  on  the  Western  side  of  the  street,  Chris- 
topher Dj^er  lived  in  the  neighborhood  ;  and  William  D3'er 
on  the  Northern  extremity — "North  pount" — of  the  Neck, 
probably  near  where  Franklin  Carney's  store  now  stands. 
He  gave  the  came  to  Dyer's  river  and  to  the  Neck  oppo- 
site, probably,  because  he  owned  it.  Madam  Elizabeth 
Gent  lived  on  Garrison  Hill.  She  was  a  large  landholder, 
having  purchased  the  tract  of  the  Indian  Sagamores  that 
lies  between  Dyer's  and  Cavessix  rivers,  and  from  the 
North  line  of  John  Mason's  purchase,  to  Winnesitico 
Falls, — above  Hartley  Erskine's.  Her  son  Thomas  Gent 
lived  "on  the  Eastward  side  of  Sheepscot  Great  Neck,  near 
the  poiut,"t  Avhere  Francis  Dodge  now,  1863,  lives.  John 
Manning  resided  near  the  Common.  He  married  John 
Mason's  daughter,  and  John  Mason  married  the  daughter 
of  Elizabeth  Gent.  One  witness  says,  John  Mason's 
house  was  on  the  low  ground,  near  the  head  of  the  cove 
and  a  large  spring.  The  house  of  Thomas  Messer  was  on 
the  Alna  Side  not  far  from  the  spring,  that  is  on  the  old 

*  Sullivan,  p.  230,  says,    Sir  Eclmuud  Audros  erected  a  fort    at 

Sheepscot. 

tJohn    Ball's    deposition.     John    Curtis'    deposition.     Thomas 
Gent's  residence   at  Damariscotta  was  only  brief. 


30  ANTIQUITY  OF  SHEEPSCOT, 

Wiscasset  road.  tSamuel  Corbisson's  was  to  the  Soutli  of 
this. 

The  deeds,  under  which  Madam  Gent  and  lier  sou 
Thomas  Gent  held  their  lands,  are  not  now  in  existence. 

The  location  was  beautifully  chosen.  The  ground  was 
level  and  well  adapted  to  agriculture.  The  rivers  were 
bountifully  stored  with  fish.  The  marshes  and  meadows 
alibrded  large  quantities  of  hay  for  their  cattle  ;  the  out- 
lauds  were  heavily  covered  with  forests ;  and  there  was. 
easy  access  to  the  sea.  All  things  considered,  their  sit- 
uation could  not  be  excelled  on  any  part  of  the  river. 
They  could  hunt  in  winter,  and  finci  an  easy  market  for 
their  lumber  or  whatever  they  might  h;ive  to  sell.  Dam- 
ariscotta,  Pemaquid  and  Georgetown  were  their  nearest 
neighbors. 


CHAPTEE    VI 


ANTIQUITY  OF  SHEEPSCOT. 

Who  commenced  this  settlement,  and  at  wdiat  time  it 
was  done,  is  quite  uncertain  ;  3'et,  there  is  evidence  that  it 
dates  back  to  a  very  early  period  of  Colonial  history. 
The  opinion,  that  it  may  have  been  a  continuation  of  the 
Popham  colony,  is  entirely  unsupported  b}'  the  facts  in  the 
case  and  by  the  writers  of  that  period.  The  Popham  set- 
tlement was  a  short-lived  affair.  The  men  composing  it, 
were  not  of  the  right  kind  to  battle  with  the  rigors  of  our 
Northern  winters — to  fight  with  the  Indian  and  the  beasts 
of  prey — to  hew  down  the  forests — till  the  lands — bear  up 
under  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life  and  lay  the  founda- 


ANTIQUITY   OF   SHEEPSCOT.  31 

tioiis  of  iiiaiiy  generations.  A  single  winter's  privations 
broke  up  the  enterprise  ;  and  the  opening  spring  witnessed 
n  speedy  return  to  the  hind  of  their  fathers,  whose  fire- 
sides were  blazing  with  bounties  and  homes  were  amply 
prepared  for  their  relief. 

Instead  of  any  remaining  behind  and  engaging  in 
another  similar  enterprise,  as  some  have  supposed, 
Strachey,  their  own  favorite  author,  has  told  us,  that  they 
all  left  and  Avent  back  to  England  in  the  ship  that  came 
the  next  year  for  their  relief.  His  language  is,  "Where- 
fore they  all  ymbarqued  in  the  new  arrived  shipp,  and  in 
the  new  pinnace,  the  Yirginia,  and  set  sail  for  England. 
And  this  was  the  end  of  that  Northerne  colony  upon  the 
river  Sagadahoc." 

Hubbard,*  speaking  of  their  hardships  and  the  deaths 
among  them,  says,  "And  indeed  the  seasoning  of  a  hard 
winter  in  that  barren,  rocky  and  mountainous  desert  so 
discouraged  all  the  rest,  that  they  took  the  first  advantage 
of  shipping  that  next  came,  to  return  home  for  England 
the  following  year,  viz.  :  Anno  Domini  1608." 

But  in  what  year  the  settlement  at  Sheepscot  began, 
is  not  precisely  known.  Undoubtedly  it  grew  up,  like 
Pemaquid,  from  small  and  obscure  beginnings.  While 
Pemaquid  was  the  grand  Entrepot  for  mariners,  tradesmen 
and  fishermen,  Sheepscot,  in  her  marshes,  both  salt  and 
fresh,  her  unrivalled  soil,  magnificent  forests,  and  spring 
"run"  of  salmon,  shad  and  alewives,  and  also  in  her  mill 
sites  and  easy  access  to  the  sea,  was  a  gem  of  untold 
worth  to  the  agriculturist  and  planter,  and  presented  facil- 
ities and  prospects  of  a  brightened  character  to  many,  who 
were  less  charmed  by  the  allurements  of  a  dwelling  at  the 
ocean's  side. 

Pemaquid,  Georgetown  and  Sheepscot,  like  a  family  of 
sisters,  grew  up  side  by  side,  having  neither  Government 

*  See  General  History,  p.  37. 


/" 


d2  AXTIQCITV   OF   SHEEPSCOT, 

patronage,  nor  the  assistance  of  lords  and  powerful  orjipm- 
izations  like  tlie  Pophani  colony ;  but  from  the  outset, 
they  became  self-reliant  ;  and  like  the  forests  which  they 
came  to  subdue,  they  strvick  their  roots  deep — spreaid  their 
branches  wide,  and  lived  to  profit  themselves  and  bless 
those  that  came  after  them.  These  three  grew  up  side  by 
side — had  a  common  origin — a  similar  experience — a 
resemblance  of  life  and  a  hke  destiny.  For  nearly  sixty 
years,  they  lived,  flourished  and  gave  each  other  nuitual 
aid  and  comfort  ;  and  it  was  neither  the  rigor  of  winter 
nor  our  Northern  blasts  that  discouraged  them.  They 
staid  and  bore  their  hardships,  without  murmur  or  c(jm- 
plaint,  till  Indian  wrath,  like  a  furious  tornado,  and  witli 
Sirocco  fierceness,  swept  over  the  land,  bur^-ing  beneath  it 
men  and  their  habitations,  cattle  and  flocks  and  all  who 
tended  and  guarded  them. 

Some,  choosing  an  inland  habitation,  while  others  would 
prefer  a  dwelling  by  the  sea,  Sheepscot,  no  doubt,  received 
"planters"  soon  after,  or  at  the  same  time,  that  Pemaquid 
and  the  settlement  on  Monhegan  became  a  fixit3\  Each 
seemed  to  be  necessary  to  the  life  of  the  other.  The 
Duke  D'Rochefaucault  says,  in  the  2d  vol.  of  his  travels, 
"Some  attempts  were  made  by  the  Dutch  to  settle  a  Col- 
ony at  Newcastle  as  early  as  1607,"  though,  at  that  time, 
unsuccessful.  Afterwards,  as  vestiges  show,  they  became 
residents  here  at  least  for  a  time.  This  was  on  the  Sheep- 
scot river  above  Wiscasset  Bay.  Tradition  also  declares 
in  favor  of  the  testimony  of  the  vestiges  and  of  this 
writer.  The  older  inhabitants  are  well  persuaded  that  the 
Dutch  once  fixed  their  habitations  in  this  locality,  and  at 
a  date  far  back  in  the  annals  of  the  country. 

Sullivan  says,*  "There  was  a  settlement  there,"  at  New- 
castle, "as  early  as  in  an}'  part  of  the  Pemaquid  country." 
And  "There  were  in  the  year  1630,t  eighty-four  families, 

*Page  165.     tPage  167. 


ANTIQUITY    OF    SHEEPSClTr. 


33 


besides    fishenneii,    ;il)out    Peuuuiui.l,    St.     George     an«l 
Sheepscott." 

That  this  settlement  was  of  an  early  date,  is  proved  by 
the  following-  fact.  There  is  now  in  one  of  the  cellars  of 
those  early  inhabitants  which  is  partially  filled  up,  the 
stump  of  a  pine  tree  of  two  feet  in  thickness,  that  was  cut 
about  the  year  1817  by  the  late  Capt.  Thomas  Chase  of 
this  place.  Now,  carrying  back  the  time,  from  the  cutting 
of  that  tree  to  the  hour  when  the  little  seedling  showed 
itself  in  that  partially  filled  cellar,  and  you  will  find 
yourself  standing  upon  a  point  of  time  as  early  as  that 
which  the  Eecords  have  assigned  for  the  destruction  of 
that  once  flourishing  Colony. 

Capt.  Joseph  Cargill  has  told  me,  that,  as  long  ago  as 
1830,  he  counted  stumps  with  a  hundred  and  fifty -five 
circles  on  them.  A  circle  is  supposed  to  be  gained,  to  a 
healthy  tree,  every  year.  In  the  woods  which  have  never 
been  cleared  since  the  settlement  of  these  parts,  any  quan- 
tity of  cornhills  are  seen,  which  show  what  the  inhabi- 
tants were  doing  when  the  last  act  of  Indian  barbarity 
was  performed,  and  the  tillers  of  the  soil  were  driven  from 
their  homes. 

It  is  well  known,  that,  after  the  village  w^as  burnt,  and 
the  inhabitants  were  driven  off,  the  country  was  left  to 
grow  up  to  woods ;— that  a  heavy  forest  rested  upon  the 
cornfields  ;  and  that  timber,  of  immense  size,  pressed  upon 
what  was  once  their  tillage  lands  and  their  gardens.  Some 
portions  of  this  forest,  of  late,  were  standing ;  and  even 
now,*  there  is  a  small  growth  that  protects  the  earth  in  its 
ancient  form. 

From  the  names  of  those  settlers  which  have  survived, 
the  probabihty  of  the  nationahty,  is  English,  though  there, 
undoubtedly,  was  a  sprinkling  of  Dutch  among  them,  or 
before   them.     Among   the  names   I  find  those  of  Dale, 


*  1850. 


34  ANTIQUITY    OF    SHEEPSCOT. 

Dyer,  Stalger,  Draper,  Gent,  Mason,  Messer  and  White. 
And  it  is  certain  that  they  were  under  the  British  Crown, 
and  that  the  Duke  of  York  estabhslied  a  gvn-ernnient 
there. 

Tradition,  beUeved  by  the  inhabitants,  says  that  the 
Dutch  once  settled  there. 

And,  that  this  settlement  was  populous,  is  equally  evi- 
dent. Their  principal  street  was  a  mile  and  a  quarter 
long.  The  laud  on  both  sides  was  laid  out  in  two  acre 
lots,  in  the  form  of  a  parallelogram,  narrow  on  the  street 
and  extending  a  certain  distance  in  the  rear.  Each  of 
these  was  the  home  lot  of  a  proprietor.  And,  from  the 
numerous  cellars  found  there,  b}'  the  settlers  in  the  next 
century,  it  is  evident  that  the  greater  i)art  of  those  "home 
lots"  were  taken  up  and  settled  on.  Besides,  cellars  were 
found  in  other  localities  which  would  swell  the  population 
to  some  hundreds  of  souls. 

There  were  settlers  over  West,  on  the  river's  bank. 
Several  families  resided  on  the  Alna  side  ;  and  some  to  the 
west  of  the  mountain,  as  the  cellars  indicate,  and  more 
or  less  were  scattered,  from  Garrison  Hill  to  the  lower  end 
of  the  "Great"  (Sherman's)  "Necke."  The  place  had  at 
least  fifty  years'  growth.  I  have  in  my  possession,  the 
names  of  about  fifty  of  these  ancient  inhabitants  ;  nine- 
tenths  of  whom  Avere  males.  And  eacli"  of  these,  if  the 
head  of  a  family^as  probably  they  were — stands  as  the 
representative  of  several  others.  But  I  have  only  a  small 
jiortion  of  the  names  of  those  adults  who  once  flourished 
there. 

The}'  prospered — they  multiplied — "farmed  it" — fished 
— traded — lumbered.  Their  religion  was  transported  from 
across  the  sea; — their  children  tlie}^  taught; — the  govern- 
ment was  Democratic  ; — they  had  no  king — no  bishop — no 
Hierarchy — no  Parliament.  And  yet,  it  was  a  community 
where  every  one  saw,  that  it  was  for  his  own  good  to 
promote    the  benefit  of   the  whole;     Their  very  isolation 


ANTIQUITY    OF    SHEEPSCOT.  35 

compelled    tliem  to  deeds  of   benevolence  and  to  acts  of 
common  mercy  and  charity. 

Some  foi-ty  rods  to  the  South  of  then-  fort,  on  the  oppo- 
site side  of  the  street,  and  near  the  Northern  corner  of  the 
field  where  the  road  uow  strikes  off  in  a  Southeasterly 
direction,  stands  a  barn  formerly  belonging  to  the  late 
Henry  Cargill,  Esq.  His  son,  Mr.  Charles  Cargill,  just 
now  deceased,  told  me  but  a  short  time  before  his  death, 
that  a  numljer  of  years  ago,  as  this  barn  was  undergoing 
repairs,  in  digging  a  few  inches  under  ground,  the  work- 
man accidentally  came  to  a  floor  of  flat  stones.  These 
stones  had  evidently  been  brought  some  distance,  as  there 
was  no  locality  near,  where  they  could  have  been  obtained. 
They  were  about  four  inches  thick ;  and  the  floor  which 
was  eighteen  or  twenty  feet  square,  was  compactly  -laid, 
joint  nicel}-  fitting  to  joint,  and  part  perfectly  meeting 
part.*  What  particular  use  it  was  intended  for  is  quite  in 
vain  for  us  to  inquire  ;  yet  it  was  no  doubt  considered  a 
place  of  considerable  importance.  Near  this,  as  Mr. 
Joseph  Cargill,  the  brother  of  Charles,  told  me,  his  father 
found,  when  he  first  came  on  to  the  place,  some  seventy- 
five  years  since,t  the  foundation  of  a  building  of  consid- 
erable size,  laid  in  solid  masour}^.!:  stone  and  lime.  He 
used  the  stone  for  other  purposes  ;  but  it  was  not  till  many 
years  after,  that  the  pavement  of  flat  stones  was  discov- 
ered. What  connection,  if  any,  the  two  had  with  each,  is 
not  known.  It  may  have  been  a  church  ;  or  it  may  have 
been  a  storehouse,  which  is  more  probable ;  or  it  may 
have  been  the  residence  of  John  Mason  which,  we  know, 
was  in  this  vicinity.  He  appears  to  have  been  the  chief 
man  of  the  village  ;  and  it  was  at  his  house  that  the  Com- 

*  These  remains  are  similar  to  those  found  at  Pemaquid. 

1 1855,  the  date  of  writing. 

\  A  similar  foundation  was  discovered  at  Pemaquid. 


156  ANTIQUITY    OF    SHEEPSCOT. 

inissioners  of  tlie  Duke  of  York  met  to  settle  and  arrange 
the  affairs  of  the  provmce. 

To  the  Southwest  of  this,  and  not  far  from  the  point  of  the 
Necke,  is  another  cellar  of  considerable  size  with  tiat  stones 
in  the  bottom,  showing  that  here  was  a  liuilding  of  impor- 
tance ;  and  the  bricks  found  there,  some  of  -which  are  in 
]ierfect  condition  and  some  with  all  the  iguitible  portions 
burnt  out  of  them,  gave  evidence  that  these  as  well  as 
wood  were  used  in  its  construction  and  that  fire  in  its 
intensest  fur}"  was  the  cause  of  its  destruction.  Manj-  of 
the  cellars  once  found  have  been  filled  of  later  years. 

Still  further  South  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street, 
stands  that  ver}-  important  appendage  of  every  settlement, 
whether  it  be  great  or  small,  new  or  old,  the  blacksmith 
shop.  Several  years  ago,  four  individuals  of  us  visited  the 
spot,  for  the  purpose  of  making  discoveries.  We  had  our 
implements  with  us,  and  dug  down  through  the  debris  and 
new  made  land,  to  the  depth  of  eight  inches  when  we  came 
to  a  hard  pan  which  formed  the  floor  of  the  important 
character  who  once  reigned  there.  Here  were  made  all 
the  ox  shoes,  the  cranes,  the  hooks  and  trammels  ;  the^ 
everj'thing  ornamented,  curious  and  useful  for  the  needy 
inhabitants  of  the  whole  village.  It  was  the  Birmingham 
of  the  place.  And  here,  too,  the  honest  yeomanry  would 
meet  of  a  stormy  day  to  talk  over  the  politics,  discuss  the 
municipal  affairs,  and  project  enterprises  relating  to  their 
little  kingdom,  with  quite  as  much  patriotism  and  wisdom 
as  men  do  nowadays. 

On  this  floor  w-e  found  cinders  and  slag,  which  fell  from 
the  furnace,  bits  of  iron,  the  bolt  of  a  lock,  and  a  piece 
of  work  partlj'  finished,  something  in  the  shape  and  about 
the  size  of  a  large  latch.  It  might  have  been  his  last 
work  that  the  manufacturer  was  attempting  to  finish,  as 
the  Indian  war  wdioop  w^as  heard  from  the  neighboring- 
hills,  and  the  unprotected  inhabitants  were  compelled  to 
flee  for  their  lives.     The  relics  taken  on  that  occasion,  are 


A"MTQU1TY    OP    KHEErsCOT.  37 

.xtill  ill  iii\-  possessicw.  TIk'  setting"  sun  then  compelled  us 
ii)  retire  from  ;i  work  wliich  we  never  since  found  time  to 
resume.  The  anvil  of  this  son  of  Yulcan,  was  found  in 
the  next  century,  and  put  to  a  similar  purpose  by  a  dilier- 
ent  hand.  I  wish  I  knew  its  history  !  AVhat  revelations 
might  then  be  made  ! 

Other  articles,  belonging  to  tltese  wilderness  settlers, 
have  been  found,  b}^  the  present  inhabitants,  as  they  have 
been  ploughing  their  fields  or  searching  among  the  stones 
and  bricks  of  the  cellars.  Particularly  have  chunks  of 
melted  pewter,  of  various  sizas,  been  found  among  the 
ruins  of  these  cellars,  showing  that  when  these  houses 
were  consumed  by  fire,  their  pewter  platters,  basins  etc., 
were  lost,  being  melted  at  the  tinie.'^  Charred  corn  and 
peas  have  also  been  found  in  abundance,  having  passed 
through  the  action  of  fire  at  the  time  the  houses  were 
burned.  In  fact,  the  inhabitants,  when  the  news  of  danger 
arrived,  had  only  time  to  flee  for  their  lives,  leaving  their 
2:oods  behind  them,  which,  toQ-ether  with  the  buildings 
that  contained  them,  became  an  easy  pre}'  to  the  flames. 

Capt.  Joseph  Cargill  has  informed  me,  that  many  years 
ago,  wdieu  his  father  was  digging  a  trench  for  ai;  aqueduct 
to  lead  the  water  from  the  spring  in  the  middle  of  his  field 
to  his  brickyard  which  was  situated  at  the  bank  near  the 
head  of  the  cove,  he  struck  upon  two  large,  white  oak 
plank,  near  the  water,  one  lying  directly  on  the  top  of  the 
other,  w'ith  the  sawdust  as  bright  as  the  day  when  it  was 
cut,  Ij'ing  betw' een  them.  These  plank  were  about  two  feet 
under  ground,  and  were  sawed  in  a  sawpit,  wdth  one  of 
those  large  whip-saw^s  that  are  used  for  sawing  plank  for 
ship  building.  It  was  Mr.  Cargill's  opinion  that  these  two 
plank  lay  at  the  bottom  of  the  pit ;  hence  the  ease  with 

*Tlie  ring  found  by  Capt.  Chase  a  few  years  ago,  (see  Maine  Hist. 
Coll.,  vol.  4,  p.  216,  Note,)  belonged  to  the  Woodbridge  family  of 
later  date. 


,^8  ANTIQUITY    OF    SHEEPSCOT. 

whieli  they  were  covered,  aud  escaped  decay,  when  all  was 
perishing  above  them.  There  are  evidences,  that,  near 
this  phice,  was  the  s}>ot  where  ship  building  was  carried 
on.  Those  hardy  pioneers  had  ever\-  facility  for  this 
object ;— timber  enough — good  rivers — help  sufficient  and 
a  ready  market. 

They  built  a  vessel  where  the  late  Hartley  Nickel's 
brickyard  is,  in  which,  it  is  said,  the  inhabitants  left.'"''  It 
is 'not  long  since  there  were  visible  marks  of  a  shipyard 
there.t  There  is  a  tradition,  that,  when  the  inhabitants 
saw  that  they  must  leave,  some  of  them  met  together  and 
agreed  to  dig  a  pit  and  deposit  their  pewter  dishes  and 
other  valuables  in  it,  .  After  they  had  deposited  the 
choicest  things  there,  they  covered  the  pit  over,  but  when 
the  inhabitants  returned,  the  place  could  not  be  identified. 
They  dug  much  and  often,  but  the  carefully  covered  arti- 
cles could  never  be  found.  :j: 

There  was  a  wharf  near  the  Southern  end  of  the  "Little 
Necke"  on  the  Eastern  side  and  South  of  the  old  sliip- 
yard.§ 

The  mills  of  this  neighborhood  were  situated  on  what 
then  began  to  be  called  "Mill  Creek,"  now  "Mill  Brook"  or 
"Mill  River,"  This  was  at  the  Falls,  called  by  them 
"Allen's  Falls,"  about  a  i^ile  to  the  East  of  "The  Town," 
and  accommodated  both  Sheepscot  and  Damariscotta.  It 
is  an  excellent  mill  privilege  and  mills  have  stood  there 
almost  ever  since  the  recollection  of  the  oldest  inhabitants. 
When  the  present  settlers  first  moved  in  there,  they  found 
an  old  mill  stone,  broken  in  pieces — undoubtedly  belong- 
ing to  a  former  mill  that  had  been  erected  there.  This, 
Capt.  Joseph  Cargill  worked  into  his  stone  mill  dam  whitli 

*Col.  James  Cargill. 
t  Capt.  Alex  Cunningham. 
I  Mr.  Alex  Cunningham. 
§Mrs.  Decker, 


INDIAN    PURCHASES.  39 

lie  built  on  the  snino  spot,  many  jears  ago.  When  tlie 
lands  were  heavily  (hovered  with  forests  and  the  snows  were 
deep  and  held  on  later  than  they  do  now  with  a  cleared 
countr}-,  the  flow  of  water  on  this  stream  was  much  larger 
than  it  is  at  present ;  and  even  now  it  is  considerable. 
The  remains  of  an  old  grist  mill  stand  upon  the  site  at  the 
Falls  at  present.     Shattuck's  saw  mill  is  below  this. 

Other  industries,  such  as  brick-making,  were  no  doubt 
pursued,  as  there  were  excellent  facilities  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  this  article  right  at  their  doors,  and  there  were  men 
and  time  enough  to  make  them. 


CHAPTER    YIL 


INDIAN  PURCHASES. 

The  settlers,  as  jet,  had  reeeive<;l  no  tithes  to  their  lands, 
and  the  only  regulations  they  had,  appear  to  have  been 
those  of  their  own  making.  The  English  claimed  the  .sov- 
ereignty of  the  land,  and  the  Patents  of  different  com- 
panies began  to  conflict  with  each  other.  But  the  Indians 
who  were  the  ancient  lords  and  the  real  owners  of  the 
soil,  had  not  as  \ei  parted  with  their  title  to  them.  The 
English  who  had  come  in,  seemed  to  have  lived  there  only 
by  sufferance ;  for  as  soon  as  the  flames  of  war  were 
kindled,  the  inhabitants  were  obliged  to  flee.  While  peace 
continued,  they  prospered :  but  when  war  arose,  the 
Indian  pow'er  was  seen  and  felt,  and  the  patents  and 
orders  of  white  ujen  had  no  more  force  than  the  paper  on 
which  they  were  written.  Accordingly,  the  settlers  began 
to  make  purchases  of  the  Indians.     John  Mason,  Nicholas 


40  INIJIAX     !  ■  (  1 ;(  H ASF.S. 

Majiiiiiig-  and  Madaiij  (rriit  at  Sliei'iiseot,  l)()aglit  all  the 
lands  l)etween  Sheepscot  and  Mill  Eiveis,  and  from  AVin- 
nisittieo  Falls,  the  present  Match  factory,  down,  so  as  to 
inclnde  the  upper  end  of  Cape  Xewagoan  Island.  Here  is 
Mason's  deed. 

"January  20th  1652.  Be  it  known  unto  all  men,  by 
these  presents,  that  we,  liobinhood  and  Dick  Swash  and 
Jack  Pudding,  do  hereljy  severally  and  jointly  gi'ant  and 
make  free  sale  unto  John  Mason,  one  neck  of  land  lying 
in  Sheepscot  river,  which  bounds  of  the  said  neck  is  from 
Sheepscot  Falls,  over  a  cove,  to  a  parcel  of  pines,  and 
from  thence  right  over  the  said  neck  unto  the  head  of 
another  cove,  on  the  Eastward  side  of  the  neck  ;  and  a 
parcel  of  marsh  ground  lying  on  the  other  side  of  the 
river  southerly,  which  boirnds  is  from  the  burnt  islands 
which  is  the  noi'therly  end  of  it,  and  from  thence  to  a 
fi-eshet  called  by  the  English  "The  Oven's  Mouth/'  and  all 
the  said  marsh  is  on  the  southward  side  of  the  river,  with 
the  upland  joining  to  it ;  and  we  the  said  Sagamores,  Rob- 
inhood  and  Dick  Swash  and  Jack  Pudding,  our  heirs, 
executors,  administrators  ov  assigns,  do  hereby  grant  and 
give  quiet  possession  unto  the  said  John  Mason,,  his  heirs, 
executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  with  a  parcel  of  fresli 
marsh  lying  at  the  head  of  Allen's  Falls. 

Witness :  Nathaniel   Draper 
Edward    Roi)erts. 

Nathaniel  Draper  of  Shee})Scot,  doth  acknowledge  that 
this  deed  is  the  act  of  the  Indians,  here  subscribed  before 
me,  this  15th  day  of  March,  1666—67 

Per  me,  Walter  Phillips,  Recorder. 

Nicholas  Re3'nolds,  Justice  Peace." 

The  bounds  of  this  deed  are  traceable.  He  started 
from  Sheepscot  Falls,  and  struck  directly  across.  South- 
easterly, over  the  cove,  to  a  "parcel  of  pines,"  which  stood 
upon    the  bank  on    the  opposite  side — thence    he  struck 


INDIAJ^    PURCHASES.  41 

across  to  the  cove  South  of  Garrison  Hill — thence  he 
followed  the  river  up  the  Reach,  and  on  through  its  wind- 
ings, to  Campbell's,  now  White's  Mill ;  thence  he  struck 
right  down  Southwesterly  to  the  "freshet  called  by  the 
English  'oven's  mouth,'  "  in  the  lowep  part  of  Edgecomb, 
with  all  the  marshes  and  upland  lying  to  the  West  of  this 
line.  The  "burnt  Islands"  at  the  upper  part  of  this  large 
tract,  were  so  called  because  they  had  been  overrun  by 
fire. 

Nicholas  Manning's  estate  lay  to  the  South  of  this,  or 
rather  he  appears  to  have  been  a  partner  with  Mason,  (as 
he  married  his  daughter.)  and  it  ran  down  and  included 
Bartej-'s  Island,  Sawyer's  Island,  and  the  upper  end  of 
Cape  Newaggan  Island. 

I  have  in  my  possession  an  old  writing  of  Manning's, 
and  what  purports  to  be  the  308th  page  of  the  l)ook  of  his 
surveys.  As  it  is  good  history  and  throws  light  upon  these 
ancient  and  obscure  transactions,  I  shall  here  copy  it  for 
the  benefit  of  the  curious. 

"The  Bounds  off  the  Land  of  Capt.  Nich.  Manning  in 
Sheepscott  River  which  Rmis  at  the  westerly  side  off  Cape 
nawagon  up  to  Aallings  ffalls ;  as  also  the  Land  oft'  John 
Mason  my  wiffe  father  bofi't  of  three  Sagemores  the  prin- 
cipal that  ever  had  ben  in  the  Esttern  Contry  in  the  yeare 
Conveyed  Janery  the  twent}'  1652,  and  was  Recorded  in 
the  Rein  off  King  ChareU  the  Second,  one  thousen  Six 
hundred  sixty  fiive,  allso  in  the  year  1666  Nathanell 
draper,  and  Edward  Roberts  wear  sworn  beffor  me,  by  the 
Nathanell  draper,  the  other  being  ded,  Edward  beftbr 
then,*  and  beftbr  any  convaymant  w^as  by  the  CroAvn  oft' 
England  Esten  Contrey,t  presently  John  Mason  Avent  unto 
Nicholas  Reynolls  the  fiirst  Justis  made  in  them  parts 
which  is  March  1666 — 67 ;  presently  ther  .was  on  Samell 

*  It  is  difficult  to  decipher  this. 

t  It  is  very  difficult  to  decipher  this. 


42  WALTER    PHILLIPS. 

phipps  appountecl  to  Recorder  off  the  Couvayants  off 
Lands  on  any  writting  that  ought  to  be  Recorded,  which 
book  is  now  by  tlie  Govenor  off  boston  committed  in  the 
Custody  off  Samell  Phipps  Clerk  off  the  Estern  Couiittee." 

Then  follows  a  plan  of  the  river  from  near  its  mouth, 
together  with  the  islands  and  bodies  of  water,  up  to  the 
Cross  river,  which  he  calls  "boren  hed,"  Boren  Head. 
Squam   Island  or  Westport,  he  calls  "the  boren  Island." 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  leaf  is  another  rongh  sketch 
of  the  Sheepscot  river  from  "the  boren  hed,"  Fowle's 
Point,  to  Allen's  Falls,  and  the  distance  is  placed  quite 
correctly  at  three  leagues.  The  lands,  thus  claimed  by 
Mason  and  Manning,  amounted  to  twelve  thousand  acres. 

Madam  Gent  bought  a  tract  next  above  Mason's.  Her 
bounds  commenced  at  the  Sheepscot  Falls  and  appear  to 
have  followed  Mason's  boundary,  across  the  cove  to  a 
"pai'cel  of  pines"  then  to  another  cove  up  Crumbie's 
Reach  thence  round  the  Great  Neck — up  Mill  River  to 
about  where  the  line  now  divides  the  towns  of  Jefferson 
and  Newcastle — thence  Westerly  near  "Winnisitico  Falls" 
to  the  Sheepscot  River — thence  down  the  river  to  the  first 
mentioned  bound.  So  that  Madam  Gent  had  in  her  pos- 
session a  fine  tract  of  country. 


CHAPTER    YIII. 


WALTER   PHILLIPS. 

Sometime  previous  to  the  middle  of  the  17th  century 
there  came  a  man  with  his  family  and  settled  on  the  West- 
ern bank  of  the  Damariscotta  river,  about  two  miles  below 


WALTER    THILLirS.  43 

the  loAver  falls,  now  Damariscotta  Bridge,  at  a  little  run  of 
water,  in  the  rear  of  the  residence  of  the  late  Capt.  Wm. 
Robinson.  His  name  was  Walter  Phillips ;  and  he  was 
destined  to  be  an  historic  character.  Here,  he  built  him  a 
house ;  and  not  far  off,  hved  James  Smith,  who  married 
Phillip's  daughter.  The  cellars  and  debris  of  ancient 
houses  are  seen  there  to  this  day.  How  long  Phillips 
lived  here  is  not  known  ;  but  existing  records  show  that  he 
afterward  moved  farther  up  the  river,  the  distance  of 
nearly  a  mile,  and  built  him  a  house,  where  he  contiiiued 
to  reside,  till  driven  off  by  the  Indians  in  1675.  He  built 
his  house  on  a  high  bluff*  of  land,  near  the  Eastern  corner 
of  the  field  now  owned  by  Ebenezer  Farley,  Esq.,  a  short 
distance  beloAV  Fly  and  Hiscock's  shipyard,  and  a  little  to 
the  West  of  the  tomb  that  is  erected  on  the  falling  off  of 
the  hill,  by  the  margin  of  the  river.  It  was  a  beautiful 
location,  and  the  spot  was  capitally  chosen.  For,  besides, 
that  the  ground  was  high  and  dry,  it  fell  off  in  every  direc- 
tion from  his  house,  and  he  had  a  commanding  idew  of 
the  beautiful  Damariscotta  for  many  miles  above  and 
below  his  residence.  I  have  visited  the  spot,  and  found  it 
to  be  the  very  place  of  all  others  where  I  should  choose 
to  live,  provided  the  whole  territory  was  before  me,  and  I 
had  my  choice  as  to  locality.  Mr.  Farley,  who  was  born 
in  the  old  family  mansion,  a  little  to  the  West  of  this, 
recollects,  1856,  the  cellar  well.  It  was  there  in  the  days 
of  his  boyhood,  but  has  since  been  filled  up.  He  is  now* 
79  years  of  age.  He  also  recollects  the  orchard  which 
Phillips  set  out,  when  he  improved  the  soil.  He  says, 
that  being  planted  on  virgin  soil,  the  trees  attained  an 
unusually  large  size  ;  much  larger  than  any  now  in  exist- 
ence. The  same  phenomena  I  have  myself  witnessed. 
The  trees  which  were  first  planted  on  the  farm  where  I 
was  born,  in  Wiscasset,  were  in  existence  in  the  days  of 

*  When  this  was  written. 


44  WAJLTER    PHILLIPS. 

my- boyhood;  but  they  have  since  given  place  toothers 
which  are  greatly  inferior  in  size  to  those  that  were  first 
])]anted  there. 

John  Dall,  in  his  deposition  before  the  Commissioners, 
taken  March  12,  1734,  and  when  he  was  80  years  of  age, 
testified  that  "Walter  Phillips'  house  stood  on  th.e  Westerly 
side  of  the  river,  on  a  great  high  hill,  a  httle  below  the 
lowest  falls,  and  there  was  near  to  his  house  an  orchard." 
Lydia  Stan  wood,  June  19,  1742,  when  she  was  82  years  old, 
testified  that  "he  lived  and  improved  on  a  hill  below  John 
Taylor,  down  the  riverward."  Mrs.  Stan  wood  was  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  Messer  of  Sheepscot,  where  she  was 
born  and  brought  up,  but  lived  pre^dous  to  her  marriage, 
a  whole  year  at  John  Taylor's,  and  was  well  acquainted 
in  those  parts.  Samuel  Small,  Nov.  11,  1737,  being  then 
73  years  of  age,  declared  that,  "when  a  youth,  a  servant 
to  Henry  Joslin,  Esq.,  then  a  magistrate  in  those  Eastern 
parts,  he  lived  with  him  several  j-ears  at  Pemaquid,  while 
Sir  Edmund  Andross  was-  Governor  of  New  England." 
He  was  well  acquainted  with  this  Eastern  country,  often 
visited  Damari'scotta,  and  gathered  apples  from  the 
orchard  planted  b}"  Phillips.  He  says  that  it  was  a  little 
distance  below  the  lower  salt  water  falls,  and  there  was 
then,  at  that  place,  the  remains  of  a  house,  said  to  be 
Phillips'  dwelling  house  ;  and  there  had  been,  before  that 
time,  very  great  improvements  of  the  land,  by  Phillips. 
He  was  the  reputed  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  countrj^  at 
Damariscotta ;  but  was  finally  driven  off  by  the  Indians, 
and  escaped  with  his  life  only,  having  lost  all  his  goods. 

Phillips,  in  his  deed  to  Tappan,  speaks  of  the ....  below 
"mj-  former  dwelling  house ;"  showing  that  the  place  of 
his  latter  residence,  was  different  from  the  former.  Ben- 
jamin Cheney,  one  of  Tappau's  xA.gents,  says,  he  "fenced 
for  a  pasture  from  the  brook  that  runs  into  the  cove  just 
below  the  lower  falls  ;  " — that  is  the  brook  directlv  North 
of  the  Brick  Church  ;  and  "Southerly  alongside  of  a  great, 


"WALTER    PHILLIPS.  45 

long   hill    to  another    brook    below   the and  where 

Walter  Phillips  was  said  first  to  dwell,  when  he  came  to 
Damariscotta." 

The  locality  of  Phillips'  second  residence,  is  easil}- 
ascertained  by  the  debris  and  black  mould  which  are 
found  there.  When  I  visited  the  locality,  two  men  were 
ploughing  on  the  spot.  They  easily  detected  the  place  by 
the  peculiarity  of  the  soil ;  and  when  I  told  them  that  a 
house  once  stood  there,  they  readily  remarked  upon  the 
different  appearance  between  that  and  the  .surrounding 
parts ;  and  they,  showing  me  the  spot,  said,  they  had 
ploughed  across  a  beautiful,  well  pulverized  spot,  which 
once  may  have  been  improved  as  a  garden. 

At  that  time,  Phillips  had  a  cart  path  which  "went 
directly  back  from  his  dwelling  house*  toward  Sheepscot, 
lielow  the  Fresh  Meadows,  leaving  the  meadows  on  the 
right  hand."  This  path  must  have  passed  out  through  the 
notch  of  the  hills,  where  now  is  the  residence  of  Mr. 
Farley,  and  ran  along  South  of  what  since  has  been  called 
Bryant's  Meadow. 

Phillips  had  made  a  settlement  down  the  river,  near  the 
sea,  at  a  place  called  Winnegance.  This  was  probably  for 
the  purpose  of  fishing  ;— perhaps  also  for  trade. 

His  next  neighbor  North,  was  John  Taylor,  who  lived 
"near  the  lower  salt  water  falls,  on  the  first  point  below." 
This  is  the  point  where  stands  the  Brick  Block,  erected 
by  John  Glidden,  Esq.,  and  which  terminated  by  a  wharf. 
Formerly  the  cove  extended  up  much  farther  than  it  does 
at  present,  and  the  point  was  longer,  of  course,  than  it  is 
now. 
,  The  line  fence  between  Taylor  and  Phillips,  commenced 

*Johii  Pearce  dep.,  of  Manchester.  Mr.  Sewall,  An.  Dom.  of 
Me.,  p.  137,  places  this  road  too  far  Sonth.  If  he  had  followed  '"the 
route  of  the  present  highway,"  as  he  says  he  did,  he  would  have 
crossed  a  broad  swamp  and  avoided  the  elevated  and  dry  land 
farther  North. 


46  WALTEK    PHILLIPS. 

;it  the  "deep  gully"  directly  in  the  rear  of  the  cottage- 
house  that  stands  bnlow  the  road,  near  the  oak  grove,  and 
hard  by  Hiscock  and  Fly's  shipyard.  It  continued  u]> 
over  the  hill.  This  fence  was  about  midway  from  Phillips" 
to  Ta^'lor's  residence.  Directly  across  the  river  from  John 
Taylor's,  was  John  Brown,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Brown  of  New 
Harbor,  Up  the  river  farther,  on  the  same  side  with  Brown, 
and  directly  across  from  the  Oyster  Banks,  stood  the  resi- 
dence of  Robert  Scott.  And  still  farther  up,  at  another 
clearing,  was  the  home  of  Thomas  Kimball.  These  six, 
Phillips,  Smith,  Taylor,  Brown,  Scott  and  Kimball,  are  all 
the  families  that  are  mentioned  in  the  Commissioner's 
Report,  as  living  at  that  time  at  Damariseotta.  John 
Pearce,  in  his  deposition  taken  Jan.  6,  1734,  says,  he  was 
well  acquainted  in  those  parts,  and  he  "does  not  remem- 
ber that  there  were  any  other  inhabitants  but  the  within 
named  that  lived"  tliere  at  that  time.  Dall  and  Curtis 
testify  that  Thomas  Gent  resided  on  "Sheepscot  Great 
Necke,  near  the  point,  on  the  Eastern  side  ;"  but  Gent 
claims*  that  he  had  land  at  Damariseotta,  married  Ta}- 
lor's  daughter  and  lived  there  several  years. 

In  Feb.  15,  1661,  Phillips  obtained  an  obligation  or 
deed  for  a  tract  of  land,  bounded  as  follows  :  "Beginning 
at  the  Lower  end  of  the  Salt  Pond  at  Damariseotta,  so 
tending  right  over  to  Cavesisex  river,  due  West,  North- 
west, so  tending  right  up  in  the  country  three  leagues  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Fresh  Falls ;  all  the  upland  and  marsh 
or  marshes  belonging  thereunto,  within  the  three  leagues 
above  mentioned." 

The  "Salt  Pond"  is  what  we  now  call  "The  Bay"  or 
"Salt  Bay"  in  opposition  to  the  "Fresh  Pond" — Damar- 
iseotta Pond,  above.  "Cavesisex  river"  is  "Mill  river." 
From  the  Lower  end  of  the  Bay,  a  course  West,  North 
West,  would  strike  the  falls  at  Capt.  Robert  Kennedy's. 


*  Maine  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  2,  p.  235. 


WALTER    PHILLIPS.  47 

This  is  the  Southern  Hue  ;  Mill  river  is  the  Western  ;  the 
Bay  and  so  much  of  Damariscotta  Pond  as  would  make 
out  three  leagues  is  the  Eastern  side. 

Josle,  Sagamore,  conveyed  this  tract  of  land  to  Phillips, 
that  he  might  "well  and  truly,  peaceably,  have,  hold,  enjoy 
and  possess,  from  the  date  of  these  presents,  to  him  ;ind 
his  heirs  and  assigns  forever." 

His  next  purchase  was  directly  South  of  this.  The 
deed  is  dated  Anno  Domini  January  ye  19,  1662.  The 
purchase  was  made  of  Wittenose  and  Erles  Dugles,  Sag- 
amores. It  is  thus  described  :  "Beginning  at  Peuscotgo- 
wake,  the  one-half  upwards  to  the  lower  end  of  the  Salt 
Pond,  to  the  end  of  the  land  throughout  to  the  indraft 
that  comes  out  of  the  Salt  Pond,  so  likewise  from  Pedcoc- 
gowake  down  to  the  Cove,*  below  the  house  of  the  said 
Walter  Phillips,  which  the  natives  use  to  carry  their 
canoes  over  to  Canesix  river  •  so  likewise  on  the  other  side 
of  the  said  meadow  that  lies  west,  nor- west  from  Ped- 
cocgowake  200  poles  in  length  nor- west,  all  marshes,  fresh 
or  salt,  within  the  limits  above  menticjned,  which  latelv 
Avas  the  lands  of  the  within  named  Wittenose,  Sagamore 
and  Erles  Dugles,  his  brother  Sagamore." 

The  bounds  of  this  deed  commenced  at  a  place  called 
Pedcocgowake,t  and  then  run  up  to  the  lower  end  of  the 
Salt  Bay,  at  the  first  bound  of  the  other  deed  ;  then  to  the 
"indraft,"  round  Glidden's  point,  past  the  Oyster  Banks, 
to  the  place  from  whence  it  started  ;  then  it  went  down  to 
the  "Carrying  Place"  below  Walter  Phillips'  house,  and  as 
far  South  of  Pedcocgowake  as  the  lower  end  of  the  Bar 


*Tlie  Com.  Report,  p.  84,  calls  this  word  voice.     What  does  voke''^ 
mean? 

t  The  Ancient  Dominions,  p.  15,  assigns  this  place  to  the  Oyster 
Banks.  Bnt  this  is  too  high  up  the  river  as  the  deed  itself  shows. 
Pedcoegowacke  was  half  way  from  the  lower  end  of  the  Salt  Bay 
where  the  Oyster  Banks  are,  to  the  "Carrying  Place"  below  Walter 
Phillips'  house. 


•48  WALTER    PHILLIPS'. 

is  above  it ;  together  with  the  meadow  that  lies  200  rods- 
from  Pedcocgowake,  and  all  marshes,  fresh  and  salt,  u-ithiit 
the  entire  bounds.  The  design  was,  that  it  should  include 
all  between  Damariscotta  and  Mill  rivers,  and  from  the 
Bay  down  to  the  Carrying  Place. 

The  "Carrying  place"  was  the  old  road  from  Sheepscot 
to  the  old  Academy ;  and  the  "Cove"  ran  up  into  Elias 
Bailey's  field  ; — an  old,  direct,  easy  tract,,  from  one  river  to 
the  other.  When  the  last  settlers  came  in,  they  followed  the- 
"Indian  trail,"  and  estal)lished  their  "County  road"  whicli 
reinained  such,  till  the  Wiscasset  and  Damariscotta  road 
was  opened. 

Twelve  years  after  this  transaction,  Dec.  28,  1674,  Erie 
Dugles  sold  to  Walter  Phillips  a  tract  of  land  on  the  East 
side  of  Damaiiscotta  Pond  next  North  of  Thomas  Kim- 
ball's, six  miles  wide,  and  running  from  the  lower  part  of 
the  Salt  Bay  to  the  Head  of  the  Pond,  together  with  all 
trees,  timber  trees,  marshes,  mines,  minerals  and  whatever 
else  it  should  contain  ;  so  that  Phillips,  John  Brown  and 
John  Mason,  as  we  shall  see  anon,  stand  out  before  us,  as 
great  Eastern  land  Proprietors.  And  it  will  be  perceived 
that  this  large  tract,  and  nearly  all  of  the  first  that  he  pur- 
chased, lay  within  the  John  Brown  gi-ant,  and  also  within 
the  Patent  that  the  Plymouth  Council  had  issued  to  Aids- 
worth  and  Elbridge." 

Phillips,  soon  after  this,  was  driven  olf  by  the  Indians 
and  went  to  Salem,  where  he  died.  '  But  previous  to  his 
death,  which  took  place  Nov.  10,  1702,  he  sold  to  Rev. 
Christopher  Tappan  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  all  the  right,  title 
and  interest  which  he  held  in  this  Eastern  country.  His 
tdeed  covers  all  the  lands  which  he  purchased  of  the 
Indians,  forty  years  before. 

John  Taylor  who  lived  at  Glidden's  Point,  laid  claim  to 


*  This  name  was  sometimes  written  Eldridge.     Names  in  olden 
time  were  not  always  spelled  con-ectly. 


THE    king's    grant    TO    HIS   BROTHER   JAMES.  49 

a  tract  of  land,  "four  miles  square"  wholly  within  the 
bounds  of  that  territory  covered  by  Phillips'  deeds.  It  is 
thus  described  by  his  son  Isaac.  "Beginning  at  the 
three  Coves  and  running  upon  a  straight  •  line  into  the 
Fresh  Meadow  to  a  parcel  of  land  lying  on  the  North  side 
of  Walter  Phillips'  cart  path,  so  down  to  Meadow  brook, 
to  the  parting  of  the  brook  to  the  West  side  of  the 
meadow  and  so  to  the  upland  ;  thence  Northerly  up  along 
the  upland  to  the  head  of  the  swamp  to  the  tail  of  the 
Fresh  pond,  so  running  down  to  the  Fresh  Falls,  down  to 
the  Salt  Pond  and  so  running  down  to  the  three  coves 
aforesaid — all  the  Meadows  and  upland  within  said 
bounds." 

These  bounds  are  easily  traced.  He  started  from  the 
vicinity  of  the  Brick  Churcli^ — then  pursued  a  Westerly 
course  till  he  crossed  the  "Big  Meadow"  and  reached  the 
upland  on  the  West  side  ; — then  he  ran  a  Northeasterly 
course  till  he  struck  the  foot  of  Damariscotta  Pond  ; — 
then,  following  the  Pond,  he  passed  around  to  the  Falls 
and  so  down  to  the  first  mentioned  bound. 

On  the  14th  of  June,  1659,  Capt.  Sylvanus  Davis  bought 
of  John  Cotter  and  Wittanois,  Sagamores,  500  acres  of 
land  on  the  East  side  of  the  Damariscotta,  bordering  on 
Oyster  river.  Whether  Davis  ever  resided  there  or  not,  is 
uncertain.     The  probability  is,  he  did  not. 


CHAPTEK    IX. 


THE   KING'S  GEANT   TO  HIS  BKOTHEK   JAMES. 

In  March  12, 1664,  Charles  granted  to  his  brother  James, 
Duke  of  York  and  Albany,  all  the  Dutch  territory  upon  the 


50  THE    king's   grant    TO    HIS    BROTHER    JAMES. 

river  Hudson,  inchiding  Long  Island,  to  which  he  gave  the 
name  of  New  York.  In  negotiating  with  his  Lordship, 
the  Duke  became  acquainted  with  the  supposed  Western 
limits  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Province  ;  and  finding  no  royal 
grant  extant  which  covered  the  territory  between  St. 
Croix  and  Pemaquid,  except  those  which  were  made  when 
the  New  England  grand  patent  was  dissolved,  and  the 
twelve  Royal  Provinces  were  projected  and  assigned,  1635, 
he  caused  this  region  to  be  inserted  in  the  charter  to 
James.  It  had  been  called  the  County  of  Canada,  and 
was  intended  for  Sir  Wm.  Alexander,  instead  of  Nova 
Scotia,  which  had  been  taken  from  him  by  the  Govern- 
ment and  ceded  to  France. 

In  this  charter,  the  domain  is  described  as  being,  "All 
that  part  of  the  main  land  in  New  England,  beginning  at 
a  place  known  by  the  name  of  St.  Croix,  next  adjoining  to 
New  England ;  thence  extending  along  the  seacoast  to  a 
place  called  Pemaquid,  and  up  the  river  thereof  to  its 
farthest  head,  as  it  tendeth  Northward ;  thence  at  the 
nearest  to  the  river  Kennebeck  ;  and  so  upwards,  by  the 
shortest  course,  to  the  river  Canada,  northward."* 

This,  besides  being  named  "The  Duke  of  York's  prop- 
erty," has  been  called,  "The  Territory  of  Sagadahock ;" 
but  the  Duke's  Agents  called  it  "Newcastle,"  which  was 
the  same  name  as  that  given  to  the  Southwestern  ])ortion 
of  his  patent  on  the  Delaware.  It  Avas  also  called  "The 
Count}'  of  Cornwall."  By  his  thus  becoming  the  Territo- 
rial Proprietor  of  these  two  immense  regions,  New  York 
and  Sagadahock,  the  way  was  prepared  for  his  appoint- 
ment to  the  office  of  Viceroy  of  the  whole  intermediate 
country. 

The  Duke  continued  his  claim  to  the  territory  of  Saga- 
dahock about  twenty-five  years,  until  his  abdication. 
Then  it  reverted  to  the  crown  of  England. 


♦Williamson,  vol.  1,  p.  467. 


THE    king's   GEANT    TO    HIS    BKOTHER   JAMES.  51 

This  was  a  gTeat  encroachment  upon  the  jurisdiction  of 
Sir  Thomas  Temple,  the  Governor  of  Nova  Scotia. 
Besides,  if  a  line  were  drawn  from  the  head  of  Pemaquid 
river  westward  to  the  Kennebeck,  it  would  cross  the  Dam- 
ariscotta  near  the  "Fresh  Falls,"  and  the  Sheepscot  not 
far  from  the  "bend,"  and  would  terminate  opposite  to  the 
lower  end  of  Sw.m  Island;  Sheepscot  however  was 
included,  and  thus,  the  Eastern  portion  of  the  Plymouth 
claim  above  that  place,  would  fall  within  the  Duke's 
Patent.  It  also  embraced  the  greater  part  of  the  Pem- 
aquid Patent,  or  Drowne  claim  ;  nearly  all  the  Brown 
claim,  and  some  of  the  Tappan  Right ;  and  the  whole  of 
the  Muscongus  patent  to  Beauchamp  and  Leverett.  It 
was  a  strange  mixing  up  of  titles,  and  was  meant  to  over- 
ride the  claims  of  others  to  these  immense  estates.'^ 

The  Dutch  Colonists  at  New  York  were  an  object  of 
dislike  to  the  Duke,  principally  on  account  of  religious 
sentiments  ;  and  the  king  dispatched  thither  four  frigates 
and  BOO  men  to  subdue  them.  Not  being  prepared  to 
resist  so  formidable  a  force,  or  to  repel  so  sudden  and 
unexpected  an  attack,  the  Garrison  surrendered  the  27th 
of  August.  And  Col.  Nichols,  the  head  of  the  expedition 
assumed  the  government  of  the  Province  under  his  Eoyal 
Highness.  He  ;ilso  claimed  the  command  of  the  territo- 
ries at  the  East. 

In  order  to  settle  controversies  that  were  supposed  to 
prevail  throughout  his  wide  domain — to  bring  offenders  to 
justice,  and  to  ascertain  more  perfectly  the  condition  and 
feelings  of  his  colonial  subjects,  the  king  on  the  15th  of 
April,  appointed  a  commission  and  empoAvered  them  to 
hear  and  determine  all  complaints,  appeals  and  other 
matters  coming  before  them,  whether  civil  or  military. 
They  must  act  according  to  their  best  ability  and  judg- 
ment and  thus  secure  the  peace  and  welfare  of  the  country. 


*  Williamson  vol.l.p.  409. 


52  THE  king's   grant   to   his   brother  JAMES. 

The   commissioners   were    Colonel    Richard    Nicliols,    Sir 
Robert  Carr,  George  Cartwiight  and  Samuel  Mavei'ick. 

Their  attention  was  first  turned  to  matters  in  New 
York ;  and  having  arranged  them  there,  they  turned  their 
attention,  and  proceeded  to  Boston,  where  they  weie 
received  with  open  jealousy  and  strong  opposition.  Tliey 
all,  except  Nichols,  came  into  Maine,  but  he  turned  ba/-k 
to  New  York.  The}-  united  the  towns  ar.d  plantations 
between  Boston  and  Pisquataqua,  made  a  short  tarry  in 
New  Hampshire,  and  crossed  the  river  into  Kitterj-,  about 
the  middle  of  June,  1665. 

These  Commissioners  were  strict  Episcopalians  and 
liigh-toned  royalists.  The  people  represented  the  various 
religions  of  the  mother  countries,  and  the  principles  of 
Democracy  began  to  prevail  among  them.  Hence  the 
people  became  the  objects  of  their  aversion  and  fault  find- 
ing ;  and  their  mission,  instead  of  being  one  of  harmony 
and  success  was  rather  characterized  by  dissatisfaction  and 
crimination,  one  of  the  other. 

At  York,  the  commissioners  tarried  several  days,  and 
iindertook  to  form  and  establish  the  superstnu^turt^  of 
civil  authority,  throughout  the  Province.  But  thev  showed 
little  wisdom  and  manifested  more  regard  to  their  <jwn 
bigotry  and  feelings  than  they  did  to  the  claims  of  Mass- 
achusetts or  the  people  at  large.  Here  the^^  apjxnnted  as 
Justices  of  the  Peace,  Francis  Champernoon  and  Robert 
Cutts  of  Kittery,  Edward  Riskworthand  Edward  Johnson 
of  York,  Samuel  Wheelwright  of  Wells,  Francis  Hooke 
and  William  PhilHps  of  Saco,  George  Mountjoy  of  Casco, 
Henry  Joscelyn  of  Blaekpoint,  Robert  Jordan  of  Rich- 
mond's Island,  and  John  Wincoln  of  Newichawannock. 
These  were  to  constitute  a  Court  to  hear  and  determine 
all  causes  civil  and  criminal,  and  to  order  all  the  affairs  of 
the  said  Province  for  the  peace  and  defence  thereof. 
They  must  proceed  as  near  as  may  be  to  the  laws  of 
England,  and  all  the  people  must  yield  obedience  to  them. 


THE   KING^S    GEAT^T   TO   HIS    BROTHEll   JAMES.  53 

After  spending  about  two  months  in  creating  govern- 
ment, and  arranging  affairs,  principally  at  York,  Scarbor- 
ough and  Falmoutli,  they  proceeded  to  Sheepseot.  A 
Court  was  first  opened  by  them,  Sept.  the  otli,  at  the 
dwelling  house  of  John  Mason  who  lived  at  ^'tlie  town," 
not  far  Southerly  from  the  Fort.  They  were  now  within 
the  Duke's  own  Patent  and  Province,  and  the  whole  was 
under  the  administration  of  Governor  Nichols,  and  there 
were  no  conflicting  authorities  or  opposing  jurisdictions, 
as  they  had  everj'where  found,  since  they  had  set  their  feet 
on  Massachusetts  soil.  Walter  Phillips  of  Damariscotta 
they  appointed  Clerk  and  Recorder.  His  Book  was 
entitled  :  — 

"The  Rolls  of  such  Acts  and  Orders  as  passed  the  first 
'Sessions  liolden  in  the  Territories  of  his  Highness,  the 
Duke  of  York,  on  the  Eastern  and  Southern  side  of  Sag- 
adahock,  and  extending  to  Nova  Scotia.  Begun  at  the 
house  of  John  Mason,  on  the  river  Sheepseot,  Sept.  5tli, 
hi  the  seventeenth  year  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King, 
Anno  Domini  1665." 

The  entire  territory  they  erected  into  a  County  and  gave 
it  the  name  of  Cornwall.  The  Sheepseot  Plantation  they 
called  Dartmouth  or  New  Dartmouth,  and  they  settled  the 
line  which  sepjirated  it  from  Pemaquid. 

They  next  summoned  the  inhabitants  of  the  several  set- 
tlements to  appear  and  take  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  liis 
Majesty's  government,  within  the  Duke's  Patent.  Only 
twenty  however  answered  to  the  call.  These  were,  in  Sag- 
adahock,  William  Friswell,  Richard  Hammond,  Nicliolas 
Raynal,  JoJin  Miller,  Robert  Morgan,  Thorn  is  Parker, 
Marcus  Parsons,  Thomas  Watkins  and  John  White.  In 
Sheepseot,  Wm.  Dole,  Wm.  Dyer,  Est].,  Christopher  l)yer, 
Nathaniel  Draper,  Thomas  Gent,  Wm.  James,  William 
Markes,  John  Mason,  Thomas  Mercer,  Moses  Pike, 
Andrew  Stalger.  In  Damariscotta,  Walter  Phillips,  Clerk, 
Robert  Scott,  John   Taylor,  John  White.     In    Peinaqniel, 


•)4  THE   king's   grant  TO   IJIS  BROTHEE  JAMES, 

Thomas  Aldridge,  Edmund  Arrowsmith,  George  Buckland„ 
Henry  Champness,  Thomas  Gardiner, 

These  Avere  but  a  small  portion  of  the  inhabitaids  of 
those  places,  but  they  were  a  sufficient  number  to  answer 
the  purposes  of  the  Commissioners  at  the  present  time. 
More  would  be  added  to  the  number  afterwards.  They 
commenced  the  construction  of  the  First  Civil  Govern- 
ment that  had  ever  been  attempted  in  these  parts.  It  was 
a  memorable  era  in  their  existence.  Though  each  settle- 
ment had  its  own  distinctive  inhabitants  and  institutions, 
yet  they  were  all  associated  together.  Sheepscot  was  the 
County  Seat.  As  officers,  these  Commissioners  appointed 
a  Chief  Constable,  three  Magistrates  or  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  and  a  Recorder.  The  Justices  were,  Nicholas 
Raynal,  or  Raynolds  of  Sagadahock,  Thomas  Gardiner  of 
Pemaquid,  and  William  Dyer  of  Dartmouth.  The  Gov- 
ernment was  of  course  defective,  and  no  intimations  were 
given  of  popular  sovereignty.  The  people  were  cot  allowed 
to  select  aiid  vote  for  officers,  but  they  were  all  appointees 
of  the  Ch'own.  The  Commissioners  Avere  Eoyalists,  and 
they  Avere  as  opposed  to  the  principles  of  Democracy  as 
their  Master  Avho  had  sent  them.  The  oath  they  required 
v)f  the  Justices  is  as  follows  : 

"You  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  do  swear,  that  you  Avill  do 
(■(jual  right  to  the  poor  and  rich,  after  the  hiAvs  and 
customs  of  England,  according  to  your  cunning  and  poAver. 
You  shall  not  be  of  counsel  to  any  party.  You  shall  not 
let  or  hinder  for  gift  or  other  cause,  but  Avell  and  tndy  you 
shall  do  your  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace." 

Three  Justices,  Henry  Joscelyn  of  Blackpoint,  Robert 
Jordan  of  Richmond's  Island  and  George  Mountjoy  of 
Falmouth  who  were  assisted  by  the  preceding  three,  were 
constituted  a  Court  and  directed  to  hold  sessions  for  the 
trial  of  all  causes,  till  further  order.  In  trying  any  cause, 
civil,  ecclesiastical  or  criminal,  if  the  Justices  Avere  divided 
hi  opinion,  the  Chief  Justice,  Henry  Joscelyn,  was  entitled 


THE    KING  S   GRANT   TO    HIS    BROTHEIJ    .lAMER.  5.) 

to  a  double  vote.  This  would  settle  the  question  ;  and 
from  it,  there  appears  to  have  been  no  appeal.  The  Chief 
Justice    had   the    power   of    ap])ointing   deputies. 

These  commissioners,  born  and  bred  under  aristocratic 
institutions,  and  not  being  acquainted  with  the  necessities 
and  circumstances  of  the  people,  were  poorly  qualified  to 
legislate  for  them.  "No  provision  was  made  for  legisla- 
tion, trials  by  jury,  military  defence,  taxation  or  the  educa- 
tion of'youth."  And  yet  they  established  a  Government, 
such  as  it  was,  and  in  this  the  people  rejoiced  ;  for  before 
this,  each  one  did  pretty  much  as  it  seemed  good  to  him. 

As  respects  religion,  "it  is  said  the  Commissioners  estab- 
lished the  form  of  an  ecclesiastical  constitution.,  which 
though  cast  in  an  Episcopal  mould,  was  remarkable  for  its 
simplicity  and  liberal  principles."  The  inhabitants  were 
fissured  that  they  should  not  be  disturbed  in  their  posses- 
sions and  rights.  But  suitable  provision  was  not  made  for 
the  redress  of  wrongs  ;  and  in  all  conveyances,  the  policy 
Avas  established  of  encumbering  the  people  and  their  hinds 
Avith  quit-rents. 

Difficulties  being  feared  by  the  inhabitants  with  the 
Indians,  on  account  of  the  disparity  of  numbers,  the  Com- 
missioners were  induced  to  negotiate  a  treaty  with  the 
Sagamore,  by  Avhich  it  was  stipulated,  that  if  any  mischief 
should  be  done,  either  by  the  English  or  Indians,  redress 
should  be  sought  at  the  Courts,  if  an  Indian  were  the  suf- 
ferer and  of  the  Sagamores,  if  the  English  were  damaged. 
And  they  should  never,  on  either  side,  seek  reveug!>  bv 
acts  of  hostility.  This  was  a  judicious  pi-ocedure,  and,  if 
properly  observed,  would  have  been  a  complete  preventive 
of  bloodshed. 

The  Sheepscot  Records  were  sometimes  called  "Records 
of  Eastern  claims  of  lands."  The}''  were  commenced  by 
Walter  Phillips  Sept.  5th,  1665,  and  were  continued  till  the 
breaking  up  of  the  settlement  by  the  Indians,  a  period  of 
about  fifteen  years.     They  contained  a  registry  of  Grants 


5i)  KING  Phillip's  war. 

under  the  Duke,  and  of  Indian  deeds  and  other  convey- 
ances. When  PhilHps  left  the  country,  he  took  the  book 
with  him^  and  deposited  it  in  the  Secretary's  office  in. 
Boston.  There  it  remained  until  it  was  lost.  This  was- 
supposed  to  be  in  1748,  when  the  Boston  Court  house  was 
burnt.  The  Book  was  considered  as  of  gi'eat  authority. 
Its  loss  has  been  severely  felt. 

Early  in  October,  the  Commissionei's  left  the  place  and 
returned  to  York.  But  the  Government  they  estal)lished- 
was  short  in  its  duration,  for  in  1689,  James  abdicated  the 
Crown,  and  his  American  possessions  reverted  to  the  orig- 
inal Claimant. 


CHAPTEE    X, 


KING   PHILLIP'S  WAR, 

We  now  come  to  a  new  chapter.  A  ditferent  order  of 
things  is  to  intervene.  Instead  of  inlustry,  order,  peace, 
prosperity,  home  enjoyments  and  domestic  bliss,  there 
arises  the  dark  storm  of  war,  bloodshed,  separation,  losses, 
captivities,  fire,  savage  wrath  and  death  !  The  settlement 
had  enjoyed  more  than  fifty  years  of  trancjuility  and  suc- 
cess ;  and  it  had  gTown  from  a  small  beginning  to  be  a 
population  of  some  hundreds  of  souls  ;  and  it  had  all  the 
elements  of  stability  and  gi-eatness.  Forests  had  been 
leveled,  lands  cleared,  harvests  were  abundant,  fisheries 
were  prosecuted,  streets  laid  out,  roads  cut  and  made 
passable  in  the  wilderness,  houses  were  built,  mills  erected, 
and  a  profitaljle  trade  had  sprung  up  between  this  and 
surrounding  parts.     It  was  designed  to  become  the  crown 


KING  Phillip's  war.  57 

of  the  Duke  of  York's  possessions ;  for  here  he  had  his 
County  Seat ;  and  in  this,  it  claimed  precedence  of  his 
other  Eastern  Colonies,  including  that  of  Pemaquid. 

Ill-feeHng  had  sprung  up  between  the  colonists  in  Mass- 
achusetts and  some  parts  of  Maine,  and  the  Indians. 
Samoset  was  dead,  but  Phillip  was  upon  the  stage  of 
action.  He  was  a  powerful  and  warlike  chief.  His  name 
was  a  tower  of  strength,  and  his  presence  which  gave 
encouragement  to  his  friends,  was  an  occasion  of  fear  to 
all  his  foes.  Hostilities  first  broke  out  in  the  Colony  at 
Plymouth,  June  24,  1675,— just  one  hundred  years  before 
our  Revolution  commenced.  The  fire  was  kindled— the 
flames  began  to  spread ;  and  in  twenty  days  it  reached 
these  "Eastern  parts,  though  distant  250  miles."  The 
Indians  complained  of  injustice  done  them — that  the 
English  had  made  encroachments  upon  their  lands,  and  in 
many  instances  had  not  paid  for  them — that  they  had 
defrauded  them  in  trade,  and  that  they  had  taken  some 
of  their  people  captives  who  had  never  been  returned. 
Jealousy,  too,  of  the  increasing  power  of  the  EngHsh,  and 
a  fear  of  their  own  utter  extinction,  operated  on  their 
minds,  and  savage  vengeance  became  aroused  to  an  .  Imost 
uncontrollable  pitch. 

There  were  those  however  who  undertook  to  allay  the 
storm  of  war,  and  calm  the  tumultuous  passions  of  the 
heathen :  and  in  this,  they  were  partially  successful. 
Abraham  Shurte  of  Pemaquid,  and  Major  Waldron  of 
Cocheco  (Dover,  N.  H.)  performed  a  good  work,  in  this 
respect;  but  others,  equally  injudicious,  urged  on  the 
strife  that  had  begun  ;  and  soon,  war  had  taken  the  place 
of  peace,  and  the  sword,  not  wise  counsels,  was  uplifted  to 
settle  the  differences  at  issue. 

Efforts  were  made  to  take  from  the  Indians,  their  guns 
and  ammunition  ;  and  in  this  they  were  partially  success- 
ful. A  Mr.  AValker,  a  trader  at  Sheepscot,  induced  a  part 
of  the  Indians  about  him  to  deliver  up  their  arms  and 


58  KING  Phillip's  war. 

knives  ;  and  othois,  iu  otlifir  places,  did  the  same.  Still 
the  war  spirit  oidj  slumbered  and  was  ready  to  be  aroused 
on  the  slightest  occasion.  An  unfortunate  occurrence  to.ok 
place,  at  this  time,  in  the  river  Saco.  Some  English 
sailors,  one  day,  overtook  a  canoe  with  a  mother  and  child 
in  it.  The  sailors  had  believed,  or  professed  to,  along 
with  others,  that  an  Indian  child  could  not  be  drowned  ; 
but  if  thrown  overboard,  would  swim  as  readily  as  a  duck. 
Sportively  they  upset  the  canoe.  The  mother  could  swim, 
but  tlie  child  sank  to  the  bottom.  Diving,  she  brought  it 
up  alive,  but  it  soon  sickened  and  died — from  exposure  at 
that  time.  The  husband  and  father  was  the  far  famed 
Indian  chief,  Squando.  His  resentment  was  aroused ;  the 
dame  of  his  passion  kindled ;  and  from  that  hour,  he 
became  the  implacable  foe  of  the  intruders.  All  his  arts 
and  influence  were  used  to  stir  up  the  Indians  to  fresh 
acts  of  hostility. 

There  was  one  Thomas  Purchas  who  lived  at  the  head 
of  Steven's  (New  Meadows)  river,  about  six  miles  from 
BrunsAvick,  and  had  traded  with  the  Indians  thirty  or 
forty  years.  He  had  acquired  a  large  estate,  but  they  en- 
tertained a  strong  aversion  to  him.  He  had  sought  to 
secure  their  friendship  ;  and  in  1639,  had  put  himself  and 
possessions  under  the  protection  of  Massachusetts;  but  he 
was  destined  to  be  the  earliest  sufferer  in  the  war. 

The  savages  became  troublesouie.  They  began  to  skulk 
around,  waylay  the  English  and  fire  upon  them  Avhen 
alone  and  in  small  companies.  AVilliam  Dyer  was  mowing 
upon  his  marsh — now  owned  by  Amos  Flye  and  op])osite 
to  the  Marsh  Bridge — and  as  he  turned  to  mow  a  return- 
ing swath,  an  Indian  who  had  contrived  to  creep  near 
enough,  fired,  and  the-  mower  fell.  He  was  a  large,  stout 
man,  and  his  death  threw  his  family  and  the  colony  at 
Slieepscot  into  gloom. 

On  the  4tli  or  5tli  of  September,  1(175,  when  Purchas 
and  his  sons  were  absent  from  home,  a  party  of  twenty 


KING  Phillip's  war.  59 

Indians,  among  wliom  were  several  hostages  that  had  a 
short  time  before  escaped  from  the  hands  of  the  Enghsh, 
came  to  his  residence  and  began  conversation  with  his 
wife,  as  though  they  wished  to  trade.  But  as  soon  as  they 
ascertained  that  the  husband  and  sons  were  absent,  they 
threw  off  their  disguise  and  hastened  to  •  rob  the  house. 
They  took  such  weapons,  ammunition,  etc.,  as  were  at 
hand,  drank  Hquor,  killed  a  calf  and  several  sheep  at  the 
door  and  made  themselves  merry  with  ti^e  booty.  At  this 
time,  one  son  of  Purchas  returned  home  on  horseback 
who  became  an  eye  witness  of  the  scene.  It  was  not  safe 
for  him  to  interpose  ;  he  turned  and  fled,  being  closely 
pursued  a  hundred  rods  by  a  swift-footed  Indian,  with  a 
gun  concealed  under  his  blanket.  The  Indians  offered  no 
personal  violence  to  the  people  who  were  in  the  house,  but 
left  by  saving,  "Others  would  come  and  treat  them  worse." 

On  the  12th  of  September,  the  house  of  Thomas 
Wakely,  an  old  man,  who  lived  in  Falmouth,  on  the  Pre- 
sumpscot  river,  was  attacked.  The  most  of  this  family  and 
others  were  murdered,  and  the  house  committed  to  the 
flames. 

The  Indians,  having  shed  the  first  blood  in  the  war,  and 
thus  virtually  begun  it,  dispersed  themselves  in  small 
bodies  over  the  country,  from  Piscataqua  to  Pemaquid. 
They  began  the  work  of  robbery  and  murder,  and  fell  witli 
a  relentless  hand,  upon  the  foe,  wherever  chance  offered 
them  the  least  hope  of  success.  The  Enghsh,  on  the 
other  hand,  were  not  asleep.  They  turned  their  attention 
to  the  places  first  attacked.  A  party  of  twenty-five,  in  a 
sloop  and  two  boats,  was  despatched  to  the  head  of 
Steven's  or  New  Meadows  river,  near  where  Purchas  lived. 
There  they  found  an  equal  or  greater  number  of  Indians 
rifling  the  houses  of  the  settlers.  In  their  attempt  to 
occupy  the  ground  between  the  savages  and  the  woods, 
they  aroused  three  spies ;  one  running  towards  the  river, 
was  shot  to  the  ground ;  another,  wounded,  fled  across  a 


(50  KING  Phillip's  wai;. 

branch  of  water  in  a  canoe  ;  and  the  third,  unhurt,  escaped 
to  the  woods,  raising  an  alarm.  Yet  the  Indians,  instead 
of  flying  or  advancing,  skulked  in  ambush  and  watched 
the  movements  of  the  English  who  commenced  gathering 
their  corn  and  loading  their  boats.  Suddenly  the  war 
whoop  rings  through  the  forest !  the  savages  rush  forward, 
drove  the  English,  wounding  several  of  them,  and  carried 
off  the  boats  laden  with  corn,  with  their  infernal  and  tri- 
umphant shouts.  It  was  an  unfortunate  affair  for  the 
English,  and  emboldened  the  savages  to  new  acts  of  dar- 
ing and  revenge. 

The  next  season  the  war  was  renewed,  and  the  Indians 
moved  Eastward  in  their  diabolical  attacks.  Richard 
Hammond  who  had  sworn  fealty  to  the  Duke,  had  built  him 
a  house  and  fortification  at  Stinson's  point  in  Arrowsick. 

On  the  IStli  of  August,  1676,  an  attack  was  made  here. 
Hammond  had  been  a  trader  with  the  Indians  and  they 
had  complained  of  his  cheating  them.  Once,  they  said,  he 
had  filled  them  with  strong  drink  and  taken  away  their 
furs.  Hammond  was  slain  by  them  and  his  house  set  on 
lire,  which  was  soon  a  heap  of  ashes.  Two  olhers,  Samuel 
Smith  and  Joshua  Grant,  were  killed,  and  sixteen  persons 
taken  captives.  A  ^oung  girl  present,  on  the  first  of  the 
fracas,  attempted  to  run  a^a}" ;  but  an  Indian  following 
her,  soon  brought  her  back,  telling  her  she  had  nothing  to 
fear.  Still  more  frightened  than  at  first,  she  started  again, 
eluded  their  watch  and  travelled  fifteen  miles  through  the 
woods  to  Sheepscot,  and  related  to  them  the  story  of  what 
had  happened.  They  saw  their  danger  and  made  haste 
their  departure. 

After  the  destruction  of  Hammond's  establishment  at 
Stinson's  point,  the  Indians  divided  into  two  parties.  One 
party  ascended  the  river  and  took  into  custody  Francis 
Card  and  his  family  ;  the  other  proceeded  to  the  Southern 
part  of  Arrowsick,  and  soon,  by  stratagem,  and  blows, 
accomplished  the  ruin  of  that  fortress  and  flourishing 
settlement. 


KING    PHILLIP  S    WAR.  61 

The  inhabitants  to  the  Eastward  of  Arrowsick,  now 
became  so  much  dismayecl,  that  the^'  dared  no  longer  remain 
in  their  own  houses.  The  people  at  Sheepscot,  listening 
to  the  story  of  the  girl  that  had  escaped,  left  their  hab- 
itations, and  fled  to  the  fort  at  Cape  Newaggan.  Their 
houses  were  soon  consumed,  and  their  property  became 
the  booty  of  the  savage  foe.  The  people  of  Pemaquid 
fled  on  board  their  vessels;  but  being  unal)le  to  reach 
Monhegan  on  account  of  adverse  winds,  they  landed  upon 
Dajnariscove.  Here  thej^  met  Messrs.  Callicot  and  Wis- 
wall  from  Casco  and  Arrowsick,  and  for  two  days  they 
labored  to  construct  a  fortification.  This  was  onh'  tem- 
porary ;  for  as  soon  as  the  wind  favored  them,  the  two 
western  gentlemen  sailed  for  Boston,  while  the  rest  pro- 
ceeded to  Monhegan.  They  remained  here  long  enough 
to  see  their  village  on  shore  destroyed  ;  and  expecting  no 
help  from  Boston,  they  sailed  in  difterent  directions ;  some 
to  that  town,  others  to  Salem  ;  and  a  company  of  them 
landed  at  Piscataqua. 

Those  who  had  sought  refuge  ;it  Cape  Newaggan,  were 
obliged  to  flee.  And  in  one  month,  1676,  "fifteen  leagues 
to  the  Eastward  of  Casco  Neck,  were  laid  waste.  The 
inhabitants  Avere  either  massacred,  carried  into  captivity, 
or  driven  to  the  Islands  and  remoter  places,  and  the  set- 
tlements abandoned  or  in  ruins."  The  w^ork  of  years  was 
wasted ;  money  had  been  expended,  labor  performed  and 
hardships  endured.  The  seed  had  been  planted,  but 
before  the  crop  had  matured,  the  inhabitants  were  driven 
away,  and  the  work  performed  seemed  utterly  in  vain. 
About  260  persons,  Eastward  of  Piscataqua  were  known 
to  have  been  killed,  or  carried  into  a  captivity,  from  which 
they  never  returned.  Numbers  were  severely  wounded 
who  survived  ;  and  an  hundred  and  fifty  or  more,  at  diff'er- 
ent  times  were  made  captives,  that  were  afterwards 
released.  The  dwelling  houses  and  other  buihlings  gener- 
all}'   to  the  Eastward  of  (^apc  Neddock,  wove  reduced  to 


62  KING   PHILLIPS   WAR. 

iislies.  Possessions  were  laid  waste,  cattle  and  fowls  were 
destroyed,  hogs  and  sheep  went  with  the  rest ;  and  a  vast 
amount  of  propeity  was  either  plundei'ed  or  destroyed. 
The  cost  of  the  war  in  Maine  to^  the  Colonial  Government 
was  £8,000  besides  incidental  losses. 

This  was  the  first  Indian  war,,  sometimes  called  Phillip's 
war  and  continued  from  June  24th,  1675,  to  April  l'2th, 
1678,  when  peace  was  ratified  at  Casco,  thus  continuini^; 
two  years,,  eight  mouths  and  eighteen  days.  It  was  a 
terrible  ordeal.  The  country  was  in  its  infancy ,'  blood 
was  its  baptism,  its  cradling  sufterings,  and  woe  the  experi- 
ence of  its  childhood. 

One  informant  states  that  when  King  Phillip's  war 
broke  out,  one  of  the  settlers  had  "indented  w-ith  several 
persons  in  Boston  to  build  them  a  ship  at  Sheepscot 
River  two  or  three  leagues  Eiist  of  the  Kennebeck  ;  where, 
having  launched  the  ship,  he  also  pro\dded  a  lading  of 
lumber  to  bring  with  him  which  would  have  been  to  the 
advantage  of  all  concerned.  But  just  as  the  ship  was 
hardly  finished,  the  barbarous  Indians,  on  that  river,  broke 
into  an  open  and  cruel  war  upon  the  English,  and  the  mis- 
erable people  surprised  by  so  sudden  a  storm  of  blood, 
had  no  refuge  from  the  infidels,  but  the  ship  now  finishing 
in  the  harbor.  Whereupon  he  left  his  intended  lading 
behind  him^  and  instead  thereof,  carried  with  him  his  old 
neighbors  and  their  families,  free  of  all  charges  to  Boston  ; 
so  the  first  action  that  he  did  after  he  was  his  own  man, 
was  to  save  his  father's  house  with  the  rest  of  the  neigh- 
bourhood from  ruin ";  but  the  disappointment  which  befel 
him  from  his  other  lading,  [)lungod  his  afiairs  into  gi'eater 
embarrassment  with  such  as  had  employed  him." 

Sheepscot  was  destroyed  September,  1676,  and  peace 
was  ratified  in  1678.  Audros  was  deposed  in  1689.  Of 
the  effect  of  the  war,  he  says,  "Upon  the  insurrection  of 
Pemaquid,  the  forces  being  withdrawn  and  only  18  of  the 
standing  company  left  in  the  garrison,  the  fort  is  since 


BETITEN    OF    EMKtHATlON.  00 

Itaken  by  the  French  and  Indians  and  the  country 
destroyed."  Of  the  fort  of  Newcastle,  he  says,  "Most  of 
the  men  drawn  off  and  others  debarked,  they  saved  their 
officer  and  carried  hiin  prisoner  to  Boston  and  thereu]X)iit 
the  fort  was  deserted." 


CHAPTER     XI 


RETURN   OF   EMIGRATION. 

As  soon  as  the  wars  were  ended,  difficnlties  composed 
and  arrangements  coukl  be  made,  emigration  began  to 
res^ert  to  its  former  condition  and  phice.  Many  who  had 
fled  during  the  fiery  heat  of  battle,  became  settled  in  other 
parts,  and  never  returned.  Others  came  back  again,  and 
brought  friends  and  settlers  with  them.  There  was  liow- 
•ever  much  dispute  about  titles.  Some  sold  out  their 
rights  ;  estates  that  were  abandoned,  found  new  claimants ; 
and  mortgages,  and  Indian  titles,  and  other  sales,  passed 
under  a  severe  scrutiny. 

Those  who  returned,  desired  Grants  from  the  highest 
authority,  that  they  might  remain  peaceably  and  undis- 
turbed, in  their  possession.  'And  in  April,  1682,  they 
obtained  a  Grant"^'  from  Hemy  Joscelyu,  Esq.,  one  of  the 
Duke's  Agents,  for  a  tract  of  land  for  the  township  of 
New  Dartmouth.  In  the  former  settlement  the  bounds  of 
this  town  were  restricted  on  the  West,  b}'  the  Shecpscot 
river ;  but  their  settlement  extended  OA^er  on  the  other 
side  of  the  river,  u])on  what  is  now  Alna.     Resides,  Mason 


Pemii<{iud  Papers  p.  95.     Sullivan  pp.   144  A  148. 


64  IlETUKN    OF   EMIGKATION, 

Hud  Manning's  purchase,  12,000  acres  extended  on  tlit' 
South  to  the  sea.  John  Richards^  1649,  had  settled  on 
the  upper  end  of  Jeremysquam  and  purchased  it  of  Robin- 
hood  ;  and  George  Davie,  1663,  had  purchased  Wiscasset 
of  Vicliodehant,  Dick  Swash  and  the  other  Sheepscot  Sag- 
amores, and  had  commenced  a  phintation  there.  It  was 
therefore  convenient  t\>r  the  planters  at  Sheepscot,  as  well 
as  for  those  who  lived  more  remote,  not  only  to  bring  all 
these  residents  into  one  township,  but  to  control  the  entire 
Sheepscot  waters,  both  the  "Fore"  and  the  "Back"  rivers. 
Therefore  they  sought  and  obtained  from  Joscelyn  a  Grant, 
of  the  following  liberal  and  enlarged  dominions  of  New- 
Dartmouth. 

"On  y*  South  to  y'  Sea  ;  On  y'  North  to  y"  Country  ;  On 
y"  East  with  y*  River  known  by  y*  name  of  Damaras 
Cotte,  as  also  with  y"  ffresh  Pond,  at  y''  head  of  Said  River, 
and  so  into  y^  Country  ;  and  on  y*  West  bounding  upon 
y*  Great  Island  of  Saccadahoc,  and  so  through  Batesman's 
Gutt  into  y*"  Sea  South  and  by  West;  and  also  Upward 
from  Batesman's  Gutt  Into  y*  Country  to  y*  Great  falles, 
and  from  thence  to  Great  Monsiocage  ifales ;  and  from 
thence  a  north  and  by  West  lyne  into  y*  Country  as  pr 
Piatt  will  appear." 

Edward  Bateman  and  John  Brown,  1654,  bought  of 
Robinhood  the  present  town  of  Woolwich.*  The  island 
that  is  now  called  Georgetown  was  called  Sagadahock.t 
Bateman's  Gutt  was  the  narrow  passage  that  extended 
from  the  Kennebec  to  the  Sheepscot  river  including  the 
"Hurl"  gate.  Monsiocage,  I  understand  to  be  Mont- 
sweag.  The  boundaries  of  this  tract  then  become  plain. 
The  Atlantic  ocean  on  the  South  ;  Damariscotta  river  and 
Damariscotta  pond  on  the  East ;  the  North  indefinite  : 
with  the  "Great  Island  of  Saccadahoc"  and  Woolwich  on 


*  Sullivan  p.  145. 

tArrowsick  Island  was  granted  to  John  West.     Pern.  Papers}). 
125. 


RETURN   OF   EMIGRATION.  65 

the  West ;  the  Western  line  running  from  the  mouth  of 
the  Sheepscot  river  up  through  the  "Great  Hurl  gate"  ; 
thence  to  Montsweag  river,  u])  that  stream  and  falls,  and 
thence  into  the  country  indefinite.  So  that  New  Dart- 
mouth was  designed  to  include  Newcastle,  Edgecomb, 
Eoothba}-,  Southport,  Westport,  Wiscasset,  Alna  and  the 
wilderness  North.  Sheepscot  was  the  Capital  and  the)' 
wished  to  make  it  the  port  of  Entry. 

On  the  21st  of  April,  1684,  they  petition  the  authorities 
at  New  York  to  have  these  boundaries  and  Grant  of 
Joscelyn  confirmed  to  them  ;  and  also  that  they  might  be 
exempted  from  the  interference  of  troublesome  persons 
who  have  come  in  to  disturb  them  in  their  possessions. 
They  say,  "We  do  also  further  presume  and  make  bold  to 
acquaint  your  Honor,  that  w^e  are  disturbed  by  people  that 
come  here  to  claim  lands  by  form,  and  pretended  rights. 
Capt.  Elisha  Hutchinson  of  Boston  hath  been  in  these 
parts,  and  gives  out  severe  threatening  that  he  will  come 
and  take  away  our  land  whereon  our  Town  stands ;  and 
several  others  do  threaten  likewise  and  say,  that  they  have 
inore  right  to  show,  than  we  have,  to  our  lands  ; — There- 
fore we  desire  that  your  Honor  will  consider  us,  that  we 
nuiy  have  assurance  of  our  lands,  and  that  no  such  pre- 
tenders, or  old  Mortgages  that  were  made  before  the  wars 
with  the  heathens,  may  be  preceded  against  us  ;  if  they 
should,  it  would  danmify  and  utterly  break  up  our  Town. 
Oapt.  Hutchinson  says,  that  he  must  have  us  become  his 
tenants  ;  or  otherwise  we  shall  not  live  here." 

The  petition  also  complains  of  the  troublesome  inter- 
ference of  Capt.  Nicholas  Manning ;  and  it  says,  that 
unless  these  troubles  are  composed,  immigration  will  be 
hindered,  if  not  utterly  cease.  The  petition  was  signed 
by  Robert  R.  Foot,  Thomas  Gent,  William  Lover ing, 
Caleb  Ray,  Thomas  Gyles,  Esq.,  Ehhu  Gunnison,  Esq., 
Richard  Pain,  Mast  Maker  and  Purfar  for  his  Majesty's 
use  in  England,  and  James  Cooke,  Marini-r. 


()6  RETURN   OF    EMICIIATIOX. 

The  petition  was  received  and  referred,  "until  the  Gov- 
ernor go  to  Pemaquid." 

At  the  same  time  A[)ril  21,  1684,  John  Alleyn  and 
seventeen  others  sent  in  a  petition  to  Governor  Dungan, 
t>raying  that  Slieepscot  might  be  made  a  port  of  entry. 
Pemaquid  was  the  only  place,  at  that  time,  appointed  for 
the  entering  and  clearance  of  vessels ;  and  it  was  incon- 
venient for  vessels  bound  to  other  places  to  be  always 
obliged  to  enter  and  clear  it  this  port.  They  say  "at  New 
Dartmouth  in  Ships  Gutt  river  ar  considderable  iuliab- 
bitance  and  many  more  Coming  and  promising  a  Consider- 
able trad  of  shiping  ffor  maste  and  Lumber."  And  they 
farther  state  that  this  town,  as  well  as  "Sacadyhoeke  in 
Kenybeck  river,"  have  been  at  "Considerable  charge"  in 
"Erickting  oi  a  fforte  at  Each  place  for  Security." 

This  petition  was  also  referred  "untill  the  Governor  go 
to  Pemaquid  and  both  given  back  to  Mr.  Gyles  Goddard'" 
who  pre.^euted  them. 

On  the  'M)t\i  of  August,  1682,  the  following  individuals. 
John  Alleyn,  Thomas  Gent,  Christopher  Dyer,  Thomas 
Messer,  liobert.  Scott,  William  Lowering,  John  White. 
Daniel  Gent,  William  Willcutt,  John  Browne,  John  Dyer; 
Caleb  Ra}',  Elizabeth  Phips,  and  David  Ransford,  met  at 
the  house  of  Mr.  Robert  Gibbers,  at  Fort  Hill,  in  Boston, 
for  the  |)ur])ose  of  forming  an  Association,  for  the  re-set- 
tlement at  New  Dartmouth,  Slieepscot.  They  say,  "That 
whereas  tliere  was  a  neck  of  Land  Survaide  and  a  Towne 
Laid  out  iq>ou  the  saidnecke,  GeueralW  knowne  and  calleil 
by  y*  nMiiie  of  Ma.son  &  Jewett's  neck,  lieing  and  beeing  in 
Shipscutte  l^iver  and  a  towneship  bounded  to  y^  said 
towne  ;  tlie  ftburth  Day  of  July  Extant  by  Sq*  Joslinge. 
Justis  in  ( 'Oiiieni  with  severall  other  of  y*"  iformer  Inhal)- 
itance  of  snid  River,  in  company  with  the  said  justis  as 
Afforesaid  ;  tlierefore  it  was  thought  nessicary  and  con- 
venient tt'or  the  propi)igating  and  Beneffit  of  said  towne 
and  tow  iK'sliij),  iuid    ffor  y*"  privileges  theirof  to  call    this 


RETURN    OF    EMIGRATION.  67 

Meeting  where  was  Mett  severall  of  y  forinev  proprietors 
and  Inhabitance  with  their  Associatts  whose  names  are 
underneath  subscribed  who  did  jointly  bind  themselves  to 
stand  to  severall  Articles  of  Agreement  ffor  the  setteling 
and  Sittuating  of  said  towne  and  towneshipe  ffor  j"  good 
and  Bennifishall  Advancement  theirof ;  theirfor,  to  that 
purpose,  this  Covenant  and  Agreement  is  Drawne  and  is 
Affearmed  with  y*'  hand  and  seale  of  Every  person  heare 
present."     Then  follows  the  Articles. 

The  first  requires  that  every  former  inhabitant,  propri- 
<^tor  and  owner  of  any  lands,  and  Meadows,  salt  and  fresh, 
with  all  their  former  privileges,  rights  or  titles,  in  anywise 
whatsoever  of  their  former  rights  into  the  foresaid  town- 
ship for  the  future  good  and  benefit  thereof,  must  and 
shall  be  thrown  into  said  township,  the  fruit  trees,  barns, 
housing  and  fencing  stuff  onl}'  excepted  ;  but  all  other 
privileges  of  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever,  must  and 
shall  belong  to  said  township,  as  above  specified. 

The  second  requires,  that  every  person  intending  to 
become  an  inhabitant  of  the  place,  must  repair  thither 
and  commence  operations  on  or  before  the  29th  day  of 
September,  1683.  This  gave  them  one  year  to  move  in  ; 
and  unless  they  were  there  at  that  date,  they  would  lose 
all  their  rights  and  titles  to  an}^  part  of  said  town  or  town- 
ship, excepting  in  the  case  of  the  children  of  proprietors 
who  were  apprentices  and  those  that  were  not  of  age. 

The  third  is  worthy  of  the  men,  the  age  and  the  place. 
It  contains  the  true  Democratic  principle,  and  shows  that 
the}'  well  understood  that  Religion  and  the  Ministr}-  must 
give  permanency  and  success  to  States  and  Civil  Institu- 
tions. It  shall  be  given  entire  and  in  their  own  Rhetoric 
and  Chirography.  "Itts  ffurther  Agreed  tluit  their  shall 
bee  a  speshal  &  speedy  order  taken  that  their  may  be  a 
Conveniante  [)lace  as  a  tract  of  Land  Laid  out  for  a  Min- 
istree,  with  a  Conveniant  place  to  sett  a  meeting  house  to 
y*  best  advantage  for  y*"  towne  A'  also  that  wee  may  have  a 


68  RETUEN    OF    F.MIGEATION. 

minister  of  our  owne  ffree  choyce  &  such  a  man  as 
y"  Magcr  part  of  y"  towne  shall  Like  and  Approve  of  ffor 
that  End." 

The  fourth  declares,  that  the  settlers  shall  have  leave  to 
lay  out  and  bound  their  home  lots,  but  no  person  shall  cut 
and  carry  away  any  timber,  spars,  fencing  stuff,  thatch  or 
any  other  merchandize,  out  of  the  town,  without  the 
license  and  approval  of  the  inhabitants. 

The  fifth  relates  to  their  "out  divisions,"  where  everv 
man's  lot  shall  be  equally  divided,  and  every  man  shall 
have  equal  proportions  in  the  uplands  and  meadows  l)()th 
fresh  and  salt. 

Sixth.  It  is  further  agreed  that  every  man  both  house- 
keepers and  single  persons,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years, 
must  and  shall  provide  three  pounds  of  good  powder,  with 
twelve  pounds  of  lead,  bullet  and  swan  shot,  for  a  town 
store  ;  and  also  to  keep  a  good  firelock,  musket  or  fowling 
gun  all  to  be  ready  for  a  sto(tk,  to  prevent  the  heathen,  or 
a  foreign  invasion,  and  to  have  tAvo  sufiicient  men  chosen 
for  that  (Mid,  to  see  every  man  provided,  according  to 
order. 

The  seventh  requires  them  to  ert'ct  their  houses  and 
buildings  in  the  town  and  not  in  the  township.  This  was 
according  to  the  ancient  plan  and  for  social  enjoyment, 
but  more  especially  for  mutual  defence. 

The  eighth  allowed  the  shipment  of  produce  without  the 
payment  of  duties  or  customs. 

The  ninth  allowed  the  children  of  former  proprietors  to 
come  into  the  place  and  settle  without  the  payment  of 
"sumi)tion  money  or  any  gratuity  whatsoever." 


PALMER   AND  WEST.  09 


(HAP  TEE    XI  I. 


PALMER  AND  WEST. 

Sir  Edmund  Andros  was  ducal  Governor  of  New  York 
and  Sagadahock  from  1674  to  1682,  a  period  of  eight 
years.  Charles  II  was  then  on  the  throne.  He  was  a 
man  stubborn  in  his  temper,  imperious  in  mamier  and  in 
his  polities.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  he  was  removed, 
and  in  .August  1688,  Col.  Thomas  Dungan  was  appointed 
in  his  stead.  Feb.  16th,  1685,  Charles  died,  and  James, 
his  brother,  the  Duke  of  York,  ascended  to  the  throne. 
Dungan,  having  received  his  appointment  from.  James 
Avhile  Duke,  held  over  after  he  was  crowned  king. 

The  atiairs  in  this  Eastern  province  Avere  exceedingly 
disarranged.  Aibitrary  measures  were  pursued  ;  evil  dis- 
posed persons  were  not  brought  to  justice  ;  and  those  who 
had  returned  and  re-possessed  their  lands,  were  threatened 
with  ejectment,  and  were  obliged  to  submit  to  exactions, 
that  made  their  situation  one  of  embarrassment  and  con- 
stant perplexity.  It  was  this  that  called  forth  the  petition 
of  John  Alleyn  and  others  to  Geo.  Dungan  in  1684,  and 
of  Robert  Foot  and  others,  and  which  were  returned,  and 
promised  to  be  considered,  when  the  Governor  should  go 
to  Pemaquid. 

But  it  appears,  that  instead  of  going  there  himself,  he, 
in  1686,  sent  two  commissioners  there  for  that  purpose. 
These  were  John  Palmer,  one  of  the  council  of  his  Maj- 
esty's plantation  and  colony  of  New  York,  and  John  AVest. 
one  of  his  partisans  and  favorites,  ])otli  of  whom  were  eager 
for  wealtli  and  distinction.  They  were  invested  with  plen- 
ary power  ami  were  stmt  into  the  province.     Tliey  reaclunl 


70  PALMEII    AN])    WKsr. 

Pemaquid  early  in  the  suiumer  of  1(18(5.  The  t'oinier 
inhabitants  had  mostly  returned  to  their  late  places  of 
abode  which  had  been  forsaken  dnrin<jj  Phillip's  war  ;  and 
Abraham  Shiirte,  Esq.,  a  man  of  integrity,  was  exereisinj;" 
the  office  of  Clerk  of  the  Plantation.  They  visited  New 
Dartmouth,  Bheepscot  and  other  settlements  and  islands. 
The  former  county  lines  were  acknowledged;  and  the 
name  of  Cornwall  given  to  it  \)\  the  Dukes  comnjissioners 
in  KiGo,  was  continued. 

They  next  proceeded  tt)  regrant  or  confirn)  the  lands  to 
former  settlers,  and  to  other  claimants  and  possessors.  In 
those  transactions  the}-  were  guilty  of  the  most  mean  and 
cruel  avarice.  They  were,  as  Cotton  Mather,  says :  "as 
aibitrary  as  the  Grand  Turk."  The  poor  were  oppressed, 
and  the  peojjle  generally,  felt  the  weight  of  their  unrelenting 
hands.  In  the  single  town  of  New  Dartmouth,  it  is  said, 
they  executed  about  14(i  leaseholds,  reserving,  for  every- 
one hundred  acre  lot,  an  annual  quit-rent  of  five  shillings, 
or  a  bushel  of  merchantal)le  wheat.  The  several  tracts  so 
leased  to  individuals,  were  generally  intended  to  contaiji 
only  100  acres;  jet  some  were  alloAved  only  hoiise  lots  of 
three  or  four  acres.  And  for  executing  any  leasehold  of 
one  hundred  acres  of  upland  and  twenty  of  marsh,  they 
demanded  the  enormous  fees  of  £2,100  ;  and  probably  foi- 
less  or  larger  quantities,  a  ])roportionate  sum." 

Tliey  made  ample  provisions  for  themselves,  surveAing 
for  each  other  10,000  acres  ;  and  for  the  Attorney  General 
of  Massachusetts,  Mr.  Graham  and  some  others,  they  set 
apart,  and  gave  six,  and  in  some  instances,  even  eight 
thousand  acres.  From  the  main,  they  went  to  the  islands ; 
and  even  John  Dalling,  an  old  inhabitant  of  Monhegan. 
only  retained  his  homestead,  by  taking  a  leasehold  from 
these  men. 

Their  "surveys  "  will  be  introduced  by  a  petition  for  a 


*  Williamson,  v.  i,  p.  582. 


paIjMer  and  west.  71 

survey  and  also  the  power  under  which  they  were  made. 

"To  the  honored  Capt.  John  Pahner,  Esq.,  one  of  the 
Judges  of  his  Majesty's  Colony  of  New  York  &  Albany 
A'c,  And  Chief  commissioner  ffrom  the  Kight  honored  Col- 
onell  Thomas  Dungan,  for  the  ordiing  and  Settling  these 
Eastern  parts  of  his  majesty's  Colony  at  Pemaquid  & 
The  petition  of  Caleb  Ray 
humbly  Sheweth, 

Whereas  ;  your  honour,  Peticoner  being  an  Inhabitant 
in  the  Towne  of  Sheepscot  humbly  Requests  Your  honor 
to  grant  that  he  may  have  one  hundred  Acres  of  land 
lying  and  being  on  the  neck  of  land  Commonly  Called 
Long  Neck,  butting  on  the  Eastward  side  of  the  Creek  to 
y^  East  Side  of  the  towne  and  soe  Ranging  East ;  to  ;  the 
Avest  side  of  a  Creek  Commonly  Called  Mill  Creek ;  or 
Allen's  fifalls'  Creek  Together  with  ;  accomodation  ;  of ; 
meadow  adjoyning  to  it. 

Your  honor  Peticoner  therefoi-e  hu-nbly  Dssires  the  Grant 
of  the  abovesaid  Land  and  meadow,  and  order  that  it  may 
be  Speedily  laid  out  by  the  Surveyor  in  order ;  Your 
Peticoner  may  have  a  Patent  for  the  Same  and  he  as  in 
Duty  bound  Shall  Ever  pray  Arc." 

On  the  back  of  this  petition,  was  written,  "Peticon  of 
Caleb  Raye  for  100  acres  of  Land  on  the  Great  Necke.'" 

Underneath  this  was  written,  "Granted." 

The  petition  shows  a  sufficiently  humble  spirit  on  the 
one  hand,  and  a  haughty  one,  on  the  other.  In  trutli. 
"The  Honored  Capt  John  Palmer,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Judges 
of  his  Majestie's  Colony  of  New  Yorke  &  Albany,  and 
Commissioner  from  the  Right  Honorable  Thomas  Duncan, 
etc.,"  could. only  be  approached  by  such  humble  men  as 
Caleb  Raye  and  his  co-partners,  the  tillers  of  the  soil, 
with  hat  in  hand,  and  "with  your  leave,  Sir." 

There  were  then  three  papers  to  be  signed  and  to  be 
paid  for:— 1,  The  Petition;  2,  The  Survey;  8,  The 
Patent  or  Deed.     A  very  convenient,  but  most  arbitrary 


72  PALMER   AND    WEST. 

way,  to  tilcli  money,  or  its  equivalent  in  produce,  from  tlu- 
pockets  of  those,  who,  when  they  returned  home  from  the 
office  of  these  Dignitaries,  were  obhged  to  hear  their  own 
children  cry  for  bread  which  they  might  not  be  able  to 
]Hovide  for  them. 

The  second  paper  which  I  shall  here  introduce,  and 
which  I  have  termed  No.  II,  is  a  "survey,"  answering  to 
the  Petition  above  inserted.  This  was  pul)lisked  in  the  1\ 
vol.  of  the  Maine  Historical  Collections,  page  225.  The 
Petition  itself  was  not  dated.  This  "Survey"  bears  date, 
Aug.  If),  1G86,  and  reads  as  follows  : 

"By  vertue  of  an  Order  fiVom  \''  lionored  John  Palmer, 
Esq.;  one  of  y"  (younsell ;  in  the  Colony  of  New  York  and 
Commissioner  fibr  the  Granting  of  Lands  in  y"  County  of 
Cornwall  &  in  y"  sd  County  I  have  Survayed  &  Laid  out 
tfor  Caleb  Ptaye  a  Sertayne  Tracte  or  parcell  (  f  Land 
within  the  bounds  of  New  Dartmouth  on  the  Great  necke 
Contayning  one  hundred  &  one  Acres  tt:  one  hundred 
;ind  ffort}^  poles.  Beginning  at  a  Sertayne  poynt  or  Islet 
tformerly  Called  Cole's  Islet ;  and  ft'roni  thence  Ilanngiug 
Easterly  a  Lounge  y  Water  Side  to  a  lied  ;  oake  tree 
Marked  one  ifoare  sides  &  from  thence  East  South  East  ; 
Cross  y*"  sd  ;  necke  to  a  white  oake  Standing  by  the  Mill 
Creeke  Marked  one  ffore  Sides  cV  tiVom  thence  Northerly  a 
Lounge  y*  sd  Mill  Creeke  ffifty  ffive  poles,  to  another  whit 
oake  Marked  one  ffoare  sides;  t't  ifroni  thence  west  nortli 
west  Cross  y"  sd  ;  neck  a  gayne  three  hundred  poles  ;  to  .i 
Stake  Sett  by  y*"  side  of  a  Cove ;  &  tfrom  thence  a  Lounge 
y'=  sd  Cove  to  y'  poynt  of  y^  Islett  Aiibresd  ;  fifty-three 
])oles ;  &  allso ;  twenty  Accres  of  Meadowe  Lying  on 
y"  west  Side  of  y'  Eiver  yt  goeth  to  y'  Mille  beegining  att 
the  y'  whit  oake  Aifbresd  standing  by  y*"  Mille  Creeke 
l)eeing  y''  Southerly  or  Southwesternmost  bounds  of  his 
upland  there  and  ft'rom  thence  Southerly  a  Tjonge  y'"  sd 
shoare  to  a  Stake  by  the  Pviver  sid  ;  &  fltVom  tlu.mce  uor- 
uorth  west  to  a  whit  oake  standing  one  y'"  E.idge  i>f  the 


PALMER   AND   WEST.  73 

upland  Marked  one  ffoare  sids  ;  &  ffrora  thence  to  y^  sd 
white  oak  tiee  where  itt  bee^anne.  performed  ye  ;  16  ;  Day 
of  Angst  1686.  allso  a  dul^le  house  Lott  in  the  town  Aioyning 
&  Lying  to  y*"  northward  of  Samuel  Boles  his  house  Lott 
contayning  y**  quantity  of  Seventeen  poles  &  eight  ffoutt 
ffronting  to  the  king's  highway  ffrom  thence  Easterly 
thirty  fore  poles  to  the  Cove  S:  alounge  by  y*  sid  of  sd 
Cove  seventeen  poles  &  Eight  ffootte  Reare  northerly  up 
y'"  Said  Cove  which  Contaynes  two  Accres  and  Seventy 
ffive  poles  ;  ye  whole  beeing  performed  Angst  y* ;  16  ;  Day  ; 
1686." 

signed  "Nich.  Manning. 

Surveyor." 

These  boundaries  are  easily  traced.  He  commenced  at 
what  is  now  called  "Weare  Islands,"  owned  I  believe  by 
James  Preble,  and  followed  the  shore  round,  past  the  late 
Hartley  Nickel's  brickyard,  and  then  took  as  a  starting 
point,  a  red  oak  tree  marked  on  four  sides.  Then  he 
struck  across  the  neck,  through  land  probably  now  owned 
by  AVm.  Gray  and  Robert  Kennedy,  and  reached  a  point 
on  Mill  creek  near  Shattuck's  Mill  dam.  The  bound  was 
a  white  oak  marked  on  four  sides.  Then  be  ranged  up 
the  creek  fifty-live  rods  to  another  white  oak  and  made 
that  his  Eastern  bound.  Then  he  vstruck  back  again,  west 
north  west,  three  hundred  rods,  to  a  stake  which  he  set  by 
the  side  of  the  cove  that  lies  to  the  South  of  Sheepscot 
Meeting  house.  From  thence  he  travelled  south  till  he 
reached  the  first  mentioned  bound.  The  trees  and  the 
stake  standing  in  his  day,  have  all  passed  awa}- ;  but  the 
natural  boundaries  continue,  and  will  remain  the  same,  till 
the  end  of  time.  His  marsh  or  "meadow"  butted  his  land 
on  the  st)uthern  corner,  and  is  the  same  that  is  now  owned 
by  Robert  Kennedy  and  others.  It  lies  next  below 
Shattuck's  Mill  dam  on  the  western  side  of  the  stream. 

The  dou})le  house  lot  lay  on  the  western  side  of  the 
cove  which  was  the  Western  Boundary   of  his  hundred 


74  PALMER   AND   WEST. 

acre  lot.  It  extended  from  the  Cove  to  the  King's  high- 
way and  was  in  a  part  of  the  field  afterwards  owned  by 
the  late  Henry  Cargill's  heirs.  It  nia}^  have  included  the 
brickyard. 

On  the  back  of  the  above  survey,  in  a  different  hand 
writing,  was  the  following,  "Survey  of  land  for  Caleb  Kaye 
to  be  patented."  Underneath  was  written  the  word  "ffact"; 
performed. 

They  then  surveyed  a  lot  next  North  of  this  for  William 
Willcot  of  100  acres.  The  third  lot  was  for  George  Spear. 
The  fourth  lot  was  for  Thomas  Gh"ent.  This  included  the 
homestead  of  his  mother,  Madam  Gent.  The  fifth  lot  was 
for  James  Marston. 

From  their  fees,  taken  from  a  distressed  and  enterprising 
people,  they  realized  at  least  five  or  six  hundred  pounds 
sterling ;  and  those  who  were  in  the  interest  of  the  com- 
missioners, excited  among  the  timid  settlers,  the  fear  of 
being  ejected  from  their  homes,  if  the}^  delayed  to  take 
their  deeds  and  pay  the  fees.  But  although  lands  were 
surveyed,  and  patents  allowed,  and  fees  also  paid,  no  title 
was  in  fact  derived  by  the  leaseholders  from  these  proceed- 
ings. For  Indian  deeds,  or  the  Grant  under  Elbridge  and 
Aldsworth  prevailed  against  them. 

In  the  prosecution  of  their  trust,  Palmer  and  West  weie 
directed  to  lay  claim  to  the  country  as  far  East  as  the  St. 
Croix  river.  This  was  the  limit  of  the  Duke's  patent ;  and 
they  commenced  to  exercise  over  this  immense  tract,  the 
prerogatives  of  government.  Not  acquainted  with  these 
facts,  a  shipmaster  from  France,  belonging  to  Piscataqua, 
in  the  pursuit  of  trade,  went  to  the  Penobscot  with  a  cargo 
of  wines,  where  they  landed,  with  the  impression  that  the 
place  was  within  the  French  dominions.  But  because  they 
had  not  been  entered  in  the  Custom  house  at  Pemaquid, 
Palmer  and  West  sent  and  seized  them.  The  afltair  gave 
great  ofteuse  both  to  the  French  and  the  people  of  New 
England.     However,  through  the  influence  of  the  French 


SIR   EDMUND    ANDROS.  75 

ambassador,  at  the  English  Court,  the  wines  were  restored, 
and  the  difficulty  healed. 

During  Dungan's  administration  many  Dutch  families 
were  removed  from  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  to  those  of 
the  Sheepscot/--'  There  they  remained  till  the  next  Indian 
war,  when  they  departed,  and  never  returned.  The 
English  settled  the  country.  There  are  evidences  of  the 
Dutch  settlement  at  Sheepscot,  and  it  is  also  said  that 
many  families  of  that  people  resided  on  the  banks  of  the 
Damariscotta. 


CHAPTEK     XIII. 


SIE  EDMUND  ANDROS. 

Sir  Edmund  Andros  was  appointed  Governor  of  Mass- 
achusetts, Connecticut,  New  Hampshire,  Maine,  Plymouth 
and  Rhode  Island.  This  appointment  seemed  to  suspend* 
if  not  to  nullify  the  authority  of  Dungan  at  Sagadahock 
and  the  Eastern  country.  A  disagreement  and  conflict 
arose  between  them.  However  the  matter  was  soon  settled 
by  a  Commission  from  the  Crown  appointing  him  Ca.pt. 
General  and  Vice  Admiral  over  the  whole  of  New  England, 
New  York  and  the  Jerse^^s.  His  council  consisted  of 
thirty-nine  members  any  five  of  whom  constituted  a 
quorum,  and  Edward  Randolph  was  appointed  Secretary. 

The  powers  of  this  council  were  almost  absolute.  Their 
own  will   and  judgment,   were  their  rules  and   formulas. 


*Sullivau  p.  291. 


76  SIR   EDMUND   ANDROS. 

"All  statute  laws  were  at  their  feet ;  all  taxes  subject  to 
their  command ;  aud  land  titles  niighfc  be  made  their  play- 
things." Andros,  like  his  Master  James,  at  the  first,  made 
plausible  professions  ;  but  b.e  soon  proved  himself  a  cruel 
instrument  of  despotism  and  he  became  a  just  and  j^en- 
eral  object  of  execration.  His  chief  advisers  of  the  coun- 
cil were  Palmer,  Mason,  Brockholt,  Usher  aud  Randolph  ; 
while  West,  Graham  and  BuUivant  were  "his  parasites  and 
confidants."  The  people  were  onlj  permitted  to  meet 
once  in  a  year,  in  their  primary  assemblies,  for  the  choice 
of  ofiicers ;  those  worshiping  in  a  Congregational  way, 
were  threatened  with  the  loss  of  their  houses  of  worship 
unless  they  reformed  ;  no  niarriages  were  allowed  to  be 
performed,  unless  the  parties  or  their  friends  were  first 
bound  in  a  bond  with  a  penalty  to  be  forfeited  unto  the 
Government,  should  any  unlawful  impediment  come  to 
light ;  the  press  was  restrained  ;  land  titles  were  insecure  ; 
and  the  liberties  of  the  people  generally  vastly  circum- 
scribed. The  inhabitants  were  taught  that  they  must  have 
new  patents  to  their  real  estate  ;  Imlian  deeds  were  pro- 
nounced no  better  than  "the  scratch  of  a  bear's  [)h\v  ;"  old 
deeds  of  lands  and  ancient  titles  were  not  held  valid  where 
the  charters  were  vacated  ;  new  assurances  for  land  must 
be  preceded  by  a  petition  for  the  same,  with  a  description 
of  the  lot  or  claim  ;  and  large  fees  were  demanded  in  every 
step  and  stage  of  the  process.  Sometimes  it  cost  =£80  to 
obtain  a  single  deed  and  X2  10s  weTe  demanded  for  the 
probate  of  a  single  will.  These  emoluments  were  divided 
between  Andros,  the  chief  judge,  and  Dudley,  his  deputy. 
In  1688,  Andros  resolved  on  a  visit  to  the  Penobscot. 
At  Pemaquid  he  met  some  of  the  inhabitants  who  made 
sad  complaints  against  Palmer  and  West,  and  prayed  him 
to  confirm  their  original  rights  and  possessions  to  them, 
which  had  been  greatly  disturbed  by  these  two  notorious 
and  troublesome  gentlemen.  But  he  pronounced  that  all 
that  had  been  done  by  Dungan's  commissioners,  had  been 


SIR  EDMUND   ANDllOS.  / 

of  no  eilVict.  Aud  jet  immense  sums  liacl  been  paid  for 
conlirmatiun  of  titles  under  tliat  Commission. 

Troubles  being  experienced  with  the  Indians,  he  forti- 
fied and  supplied  eleven  garrisons  in  different  parts  of 
M-iine.  At  Pemaquid  ne  stationed  two  new  companies  of 
60  men  each,  besides  36  veteran  ii'oops  ;  In  New  Dart- 
mouth he  placed  24  of  the  regular  soldiery  umler  Lieu- 
tenant John  Jordau,  besides  Capt,  Withington's  company 
of  60  men  ;  and  the  little  fort  on  the  Damariscotta,  was  to  be 
relieved  every  week  from  the  garrison  at  New  Dartnu)uth. 
At  Sagadahock  and  other  places  he  also  established  gar- 
risons and  threw  in  troops  for  their  defence. 

After  an  administration  of  sixteen  months,  Andros 
closed  his  Gubernatorial  career.  He  was  among  the 
wrong  people  for  a  man  of  his  views  and  measures.  "He 
found  himself  in  the  midst  of  a  generation  of  the  first 
emigrants  and  their  patriotic  sons,  who  were  schooled  to 
the  doctrine  of  principles  and  consistent  measures,  and 
who  were  alive  to  every  sentiment  of  liberty,  civil,  religious 
and  rational.  Equality  of  rights  was  a  maxim  deeply 
inscribed  upon  the  tablet  of  their  hearts.  But,  by  tame 
submission  to  rulers,  in  whose  appointment  their  wishes 
were  not  consulted  ;  to  laws,  in  making  of  which  the}*  had 
]io  voice ,  to  taxes  imposed  aud  appropriated  without  their 
consent ;  to  attacks  upon  the  sacred  rights  of  conscience 
and  the  title  deeds  of  their  homes  wdthout  their  assistance, 
were  to  put  on  at  once  and  tamely  w^ear  the  chains  of 
slavery.  The  popular  and  mighty  struggle  in  the  mother 
country  against  Popish  hierarchy  and  despotic  domination, 
under  James  and  his  adherents,  was  well  understood 
through  the  colonies,  and  the  triumphs  of  liberty  and 
privilege,  were  news  most  ardently  desired  and  daily 
expected.  Such  a  prospect  must  have  inspired  our  Pro- 
vincial patriots  ami  statesmen  here,  with  a  l)older  spirit 
of  reform.  In  the  spring  a  general  murnnn*  of  discontoit 
spread  through  the  community,  which  was  followed  by  the 


78  SIR   EDJIUND   ANDKOS. 

flashes  of  a  ruuiov  that  the  Governor's  guards  were  to  be 
let  h)()se  upon  Boston.  Half-suiothered  indignation  could, 
no  longer  l>e  suppressed.  The  smitten  spark  set  the  public 
in  flames  ;  and  early  on  the  morning  of  April  18,  1()89. 
the  populace  threw  the  Governor  and  thirty  of  his  most 
obnoxious  parti.^ans  into  continement.  Several  of  them, 
such  as  Andros,  Dudley,  Randolph,  West,  Palmer,  Graham, 
Sherlock  and  Farwell,  were  not  allowed  to  be  enlarged  on 
anv  bail  that  could  be  offered." 

The  flame  is  kindled;  the  news  spreads ;  the  country  is 
awakened ;  people  flock  into  the  town ;  patriotic  songs 
were  sung ;  patriotic  speeches  made  ;  and  patriotic  meas- 
ures pursued.  Simon  Bradstreet,  the  late  Governor, 
Thomas  Danforth,  late  De])uty  Governor  and  President  of 
^^aine,  and  thirteen  others,  men  of  firmness  and  distinc- 
tion, were  induced  to  take  the  direction  of  aflairs,  and 
oppose,  liy  all  the  weight  of  their  authority,  every  attempt 
at  rashness  and  extravagance.  Andros,  an  unwilling  s]iec- 
tator  of  the  storm,  Avhich  more  than  any  other  man,  he 
himself  had  raised,  was  compelled  to  surrender  the  keys  of 
governuient  and  the  command  of  the  fortifications.  After 
three  days  of  popular  commotion,  (he  waves  of  feeling 
began  to  subside,  though  the  shock  throughout  the  admin- 
istration, was  felt  for  a  much  hniger  time. 

April  20, 1689,  a  general  convention  of  the  people  was  held. 
Simon  Bradstreet,  Thomas  Danforth  and  thirty-five  others 
were  appointed  "A  committee  of  safety."  Isaac  Additon 
was  chosen  clerk,  and  Wait  Wintliroj)  appointed  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  the  Militia.  The  news  reaches  the 
colonies  that  James  has  abdicated  the  crown,  and  William 
and  Mary,  his  daughter  and  son-in-law,  were  the  king  and 
queen  of  England.  Joy  unbounded  and  quite  unre- 
strained, prevailed  throughout  New  England.  The  king's 
agents  weje  politically  dead,  many  of  his  ofticers  thrown 
into  prison,  the  grants  and  deeds  which  they  had  issued, 
were  null  and  void  ;  soldiers  rose  up  and  in  some  instances, 


SECOND   DESTRUCTION   OF   SHEEPSCOT.  79 

threw  their  liauglity  and  k)rdly  oliti,*er.s  iu.o  close  conline- 
ineiit,  and  the  people  from  the  Penobscot  to  the  Hudson 
felt  light  and  breathed  easy  again.  A  judicious  and 
wise  king  was  upon  the  throne  ;  Ducal  authority  Avas  swept 
^iway  ;  tyrannical  enactments  and  barbarous  decrees  were 
no  more,  the  name  of  New  Dartmouth  is  soon  to  cease, 
and  the  County  of  Cornwall  will  never  be  needed  again. 
Another  chapter  is  to  be  read  ;  other  events  are  to  trans- 
pire ;  new  laws  are  to  be  enacted  and  put  in  force  ;  new 
institutions  to  arise,  and  a  brighter,  better  day  in  its  own 
time  to  be  ushered  in. 


CHAPTER    XIV 


THE  SECOND  DESTRUCTION  OF  SHEEPSCOT. 

An  interval  of  ten  years  of  peace  had  now  transpired. 
M.iny  of  the  inhabitants  had  returned  and  resumed  their 
formei-  positions  and  occupations,  and  others  had  immi- 
grated with  them.  The  Dutch  had  founded  settlements, 
and  were  manifesting  their  usual  industry  and  prosperity. 
Forests  were  hewn  down  ;  lands  cleared  ;  the  meadows, 
both  salt  and  fresh,  were  cut,  houses  built,  l)arns  were 
laden  in  autumn,  and  cattle  reposed  securely,  while  the 
sheep  fattened  in  the  pastures.  A  considerable  "town'" 
had  sprung  up  on  Shef^pscot  "lower  Necke,"  schools  were 
established,  men  worshipped  God  according  to  the  dictates 
of  their  own  consciences  ;  vessels  were  built ;  and  shivis 
lay  in  the  stream,  receiving  their  cargoes,  when  lo  !  the 
dark  clouds  appear  in  the  East.  James  had  been  driven 
from    his   throne ! — Andros,    in    this    country,   is    seized, 


80  SECOND   DESTRUCTION   OF  SHEEPSCOT. 

together  with  his  obnoxious  officials,  and  thrown  int(» 
prison  !  the  contest  between  papacy  and  protestantism  is 
renewed,  and  rages  in  its  utmost  fuiy !  France  receives 
Janies  into  her  bosom,  and  espouses  his  quarrel !  the 
Indians,  in  this  countiy,  who  had  long  looked  upon  the 
coming  in  of  the  English  and  their  encroachments  upon 
Al)original  dominions  and  influence  with  a  jealous  eye 
and  added  to  this,  the  various  acts  of  injustice  committed 
by  the  English  against  the  Indians  at  various  times,  were 
stirred  up  by  the  French  to  deeds  of  cruelty,  savage  feroc- 
ity and  revenge.  They  began  to  butcher  their  cattle,  slay 
their  inhabitants,  burn  their  dwellings,  and  commit  depre- 
dations. Even  in  Andros'  day,  the  evil  spirit  began  to 
show  itself.  He  himself  was  averse  to  war,  and  did,  for  a 
time,  all  he  could  to  avert  its  realities  and  horrors  ;  but 
after  he  found  that  his  efforts  were  unavailing,  and  that 
the  terrible  scourge  must  be  hurried  on,  he  went  into  it 
with  a  will.  He  collected,  according  to  one  author,  70(1 
men  ;  Holmes*  says  800  ;  and  Elliot  puts  the  number  at 
1,000;  and  with  these,  he  enters  upon  an  Eastern  expedi- 
tion, breathing  vengeance  and  slaughter  and  dire  destruc- 
tion. He  had  visited  Piscataqua,  Pemaquid  and  the  Pen- 
obscot, on  a  '"ormer  excursion,  but  now,  at  the  head  of  an 
army  and  late  in  Nov.  1688,  he  takes  up  his  line  of  march 
for  the  seat  of  war.  His  project  was  opposed  by  all  the 
more  wise  and  considerate,  and  in  the  end  it  proved 
abortive.  His  soldiers  suffered  incredibly  with  cold  and 
fatigue,  and  many  of  them  perished.  It  was  at  the  wrong 
season  of  the  year  ;  and  the  expedition  ended  in  chagrin 
and  disgrace  ;  for  he  neither  took  a  captive  7)or  killed  a 
foe.  To  varnish  his  inglorious  adventure,  and  cover  a 
mortifying  retreat,  he  ordered  the  repair  and  erecting  of 
eleven  forts  at  different  points  from  Piscataqua  to  Penob- 
scot. 


*  Auiials,  p.  494. 


SECOND   DESTRUCTION   OF   SHEEPSCOT.  81 


THE  SECOND   INDIAN   WAR. 


The  causes  of  this  war  had,  for  a  loDg  time,  been  in  oper- 
ation. In  fact,  the  treaty  made  at  the  close  of  the  List 
war,  Sept.  8,  1685,  was  never  very  satisfactory  to  the 
EngKsh  :  for  it  required  of  tliem  to  pay  for  an  annual  quit- 
rent,  a  peck  of  corn  for  every  English  family,  and  for 
Major  Phillips  of  Saco,  who  was  a  large  landholder,  a 
bushel  of  corn.  This,  to  the  Indians,  was  a  profitable 
arrangement ;  but  to  the  English  it  was  mortifying  and 
burdensome. 

The  first  acts  of  hostility  were  committed  at  North  Yar- 
mouth, Aug.  13,  1688.  The  plantation,  at  that  place,  was 
thought  to  be  a  direct  encroachment  upon  the  rights  and 
territories  of  the  Indians.  The  inhabitants  began  to  build 
a  garrison  upon  the  Eastern  bank  of  E-oyall's  river.  The 
Indians  perceiving  this,  thought  to  deter  them  ;  and  in 
revenge,  proceeded  to  kill  several  cattle  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  river.  Other  acts  of  hostility  were  committed 
by  them.  The  work  on  the  garrison  progressed  with 
renewed  efforts  ;  and  about  tlie  middle  of  August,  a  small 
])arty  waylaid  two  workmen  who  were  in  search  of  oxen  to 
labor  on  the  garrison,  and  made  tliem  both  prisoners. 
This  was  in  the  morning  when  the  men  were  going  to  their 
daily  emploj'ments.  The  rest  of  the  savage  party  who 
were  well  armed,  rushed  from  the  woods  as  they  advanced 
towards  the  half-finished  garrison,  and  accosting  them 
with  insolent  language,  began  to  provoke  a  quarrel. 
Words  were  followed  by  a  scuffle,  in  which  at  first  an 
Indian  gave  a  man  by  the  name  of  Larabee  a  push,  who 
instantly  raising  his  gun,  shot  his  assailant  dead.  While 
in  the  act  of  firing,  he  was  seized -by  another  stout  Indian 
whom    a   third   man  by   the   name  of  Benedict   Pulsifer, 


82  SECOND   DESTRUCTION   OF   SHEEPSCOT. 

struck  with  the  edge  of  his  broad  axe,  and  the  skirmish 
became  generah     Some  fell  ou  both  sides. 

The  English,  perceiving  that  they  were  fewer  in  numbers 
than  the  savages,  withdrew  to  a  place  of  less  exposure 
under  the  bank  of  the  river,  and  miking  a  stand,  defended 
themselves  with  great  bravery,  till  their  ammunition  was 
nearly  gone.  The  commander  of  the  garrison,  Capt. 
Walter  Gendell,  was  an  eye  witness  of  a  part  of  the  con- 
test. He  had  long  been  a  trader  with  the  Indians,  and 
trom  the  very  friendly  intercourse  he  had  always  main- 
tained with  them,  he  took  a  bag  of  ammunition  and  ha-;- 
tened,  in  a  float,  with  a  servant,  to  the  assistance  of  his 
brave  comrades.  He  stood  upright,  as  the  servant  pad- 
dled, that  the  Indians  might  know  him,  thinking  that  his 
presence  might  dissuade  them  from  further  acts  of  hos- 
tility. But  these  both  were  shot  by  particular  aim  ;  and 
Gendell  throwing  the  ammunition  ashore,  had  onlj^  time  to 
exclaim,  before  he  breathed  his  last,  "I  have  lost  my  life  in 
your  service."  Supplied  with  ammunitic>n,  the  men  were 
enabled  to  maintain  their  ground  till  dusk  when  the  euainy 
retired.  Our  loss  was  two  killed,  besides  C.iptain  G-aa  led, 
whose  loss  was  deeply  lamented.  He  was  a  man  of  enter- 
prise and  worth  ;  and  as  one  of  the  trustees,  the  township 
had  been  confirmed  to  him.  Several  of  the  Indians  were 
killed,  and  the  survivors  passed  the  night  upon  Lane's 
Island.  Here  thej^  had  a  horrid  carousal ;  in  the  course 
of  which  they  brutally  murdered  the  two  men  who  h;id 
been  taken  by  them,  while  in  pursuit  of-  the  oxen. 

The  attack  stopped  the  work  on  the  garrison,  and 
delayed  the  settlement  of  North  Yarmouth  for  many  years. 
The  inhabitants  soon  removed  to  Jewell's  Island  ;  l):it 
being  pursued  by  the  savages,  were  barely  able  to  defend 
themselves  from  a  violent  and  murderous  attack.  A 
friendly  vessel  afterwards  took  them  oif,  and  conveyed 
them  to  Boston. 

This   bloody   affair   alarmed   the    people   on  the  whole 


SECOND  DESTRUCTION  OF  SHEEPSCOT,         83 

coast.  Suspiciojs  were  excited  agaiust  the  Sokokis 
Indians  ;  and  it  was  supposed,  tliat  they,  contrary  to  the 
late  treaty,  knew  of  the  intended  outbreak,  but  failed  to 
give  information  of  it.  That  they  might  be  brouglit  to 
terms,  and  that  the  secret  springs  of  these  late  hostile  acts 
might  be  more  perfectly  known,  orders  were  given  by  Ben- 
jamin Blackman,  Esq.,  to  Capt.  John  Sargent  to  make 
arrests  of  some  of  them.  About  twenty,  some  of  whom  were 
ringleaders  in  the  late  war,  were  seized,  and  sent  to  Fort 
Loyall.  They  were  afterwards  taken  to  Boston  where 
they  were  unwisely  released  by  Governor  Andros. 

As  a  counteraction  of  this  policy,  reprisals  were  made 
by  the  Indians.  Nine  persons  were  made  prisoners  at 
Sagadahock.  The  houses  at  Merrymeeting  Bay  were 
plundered ;  and  all  who  made  resistance,  were  cruelly 
slain.  The  Indians,  in  a  drunken  frolic,  soon  after  killed 
several  of  their  ca])tives,  but  sent  the  rest  to  Ticonic. 

New  Dartmouth  was  the  next  object  of  their  vengeance 
and  attack.  Under  the  patronage  of  Gov.  Dungan,  the 
place  had  become  remarkably  flourishing.  One  author 
styles  it,  "The  Garden  of  the  East,"  and  it  was  popularly 
known  as  the  "Sheepscot  farms."  There  was  upon  the 
apex  of  the  hill,  where  is  now  the  burying  ground,  a  for- 
tification, which  Andros  had  strengthened  and  mounted. 
Sept.  5th,  168S,  the  Indians  make  their  approach  and  seize 
Henry  Smith  and  his  family.  Here  they  stop  their  efforts, 
and  defer  their  attack  till  the  next  day.  It  was  a  note  of 
warning  to  the  inhabitants ;  a  reprieve,  or  a  kind  of  provi- 
dential interference,  during  which  the  frightened  inhabitants 
leave  their  dwellings  and  rush  to  the  garrison  ;  one  other 
family,  that  of  Edward  Taylor,  being  made  prisoners. 
The  Indians,  chagrined  at  their  loss  of  the  inhabitants,  set 
fire  to  their  dwelKngs,  when  a  general  conflagration  ensued. 
In  an  hour  all  was  consumed,  save  two  or  three  exceptions. 
The  labor  of  years  and  the  fruits  of  their  industry  were 
forever  lost.     The  hope  of  continuance  was  gone,  and  the 


84  SECOND    DESTKUCTION    OF    SHEEPSCOT. 

inhabitants  must  seek  safety  by  retreating  before  tlie  gath- 
ering storm.  Savage  vengeance  was  aroused,  and  no 
mercy  was  shown  to  any  of  those  against  whom  the  battle- 
axe  and  the  tomahawk  had  been  upUfted.  Cattle,  horses, 
hogs  and  sheep,  farming  utensils  and  the  ripening  harvest 
found  a  common  grave  and  came  to  a  common  end.  As 
an  instance  of  the  perfidy  and  barbarity  of  the  savages, 
they  abused  the  man  sent  from  the  fort  to  treat  with  thorn, 
and  then  murdered  him.  Pity  was  gone  and  compassion 
was  a  stranger  to  their  bosoms.  It  was  the  second  ti)ne 
that  the  torch  had  been  applied  to  the  village,  and  the 
second  time  within  the  period  of  twelve  years,  that  it  had 
been  reduced  to  ashes.  The  storm  rages  all  around. 
From  every  quarter  there  came  up  a  wail  of  mourning  and 
desolation  and  woe.  Sons  fell  in  the  battle  field  ;  hus- 
bands and  fathers  had  their  brains  and  bowels  opened  by 
the  savage  cimeter  in  the  presence  of  their  own  house- 
holds ;  Avives  and  mothers  were  dragged  into  a  captivit)' 
worse  than  death  ;  and  every  hour  added  some  new  iior- 
ror  to  the  already  fearfully  tragic  scene. 

A  cold,  long  winter  without  homes,  or  food,  or  neces- 
saries of  life,  was  the  bitter  prospect  which  these  poor 
pioneers  and  hardy  adventurers  had  before  them.  Shut 
u])  in  the  garrison,  with  its  walls  and  the  soldiers  as 
their  defenders  and  only  the  provisions  which  their  hands, 
in  their  flight,  had  carried  there,  their  stay  could  be  onh' 
temporary.  If  the  soldiery  could  hold  out,  starvation 
would  soon  compel  terms  of  surrender.  The  entire  pop- 
ulation left,  and  the  place  lay  a  wilderness  for  the  term  of 
thirty  years.  Tradition,  which  descended  from  an  aged 
Indian  to  Col.  James  Cargill,  and  the  older  inhabitants, 
reports  that  the  Indians,  not  being  able  to  subdue  at  once 
those  in  the  garrison,  gave  them  a  certain  time  to  leave 
which  they  readily  eml)raced  and  went  to  sea  in  a  vessel. 

While  one  of  these  terrible  wars  was  in  progress,  the 
inhabitants  became  short  of  food.     Bread  there  was  none  ; 


SECOND   DESTRUCTIOISi    OF   SHEEPSCOT.  85 

vorn  could  not  be  i-aised  ;  the  lands  were  left  untilled,  and 
everything  useful  to  tlieni,  that  savage  ferocity  could  reach, 
was  destroyed.  No  one  could  reach  them — they  could 
get  nowhere  to  tell  the  story  of  their  sufferings  to  friendly 
ears  who  could  afford  them  the  means  of  relief. 

At  last  they  deterinined  on  building  a  vessel.*  With 
stealth  and  the  utmost  guard,  they  cut  the  timber,  drew  it 
to  the  shore  and  then  commenced  their  operations.  They 
toil  on  day  by  day  and  week  by  week,  till  months  had 
elapsed — the  women  at  the  same  time  busying  their  fingers 
in  carding,  spinning  and  weaving  cloth  for  sails  for  her — 
and  the  time  of  her  launching  was  soon  expected — when 
she  would  sail  for  the  westward  and  return  laden  with  corn 
—when  lo  !  on  a  d  irk  night  flames  wei'e  senn  issuuig  from 
her  hold,  and  their  choice  and  costly  packet  is  reduced  to 
ashes!  It  was  the  work  of  the  savage!  Paleness  then 
sat  on  every  countenance  and  trembling  seized  everj' 
heart.  What  shall  be  done  ?  was  the  next  question. 
Nothing  was  the  reply.  The  enemy  are  all  around — the 
wilderness  separates  us  from  our  neighbors — and  all  must 
stand  in  their  own,  and  not  their  neighbors'  defence.  Then 
a  bright  thouglit  enters  the  mind  of  one  brave  fellow — the 
resolution  is  taken.  With  a  small  compass  in  his  pocket, 
and  bidding  his  friends  adieu,  he  starts  to  go  afoot  through 
the  wilderness,  to  Boston.  Many  days  elapse — much 
fatigue  and  weariness  are  experienced;  but  iie  arrives, 
there- "safe  and  sound,",  and  tells  the  story  of  their  sulfer- 
ings  to  ears  that  listened  and  to  hearts  that  felt.  The 
Governor  immediately  despatched  a  vessel,  laden  with  suj)- 
plies  and  filled  with  armed  men  and  munitions  of  war. 
The  ship  is  soon  dc-spatched — spreads  her  broad  wings  to 
the  breeze  and  arrives  safely  and  casts  her  anchor  in 
Sheepscot  waters.  The  report  of  the  signal  cannon  had 
been  heard  as  the  flood  tide  and  favorable  wind  caii'ied 


*  Mrs.  Ji)hu  Paskell.     James  Mallett. 


8()  SECOND   DESTRUCTION   OF   SHEEPSCOT. 

licr  up  to  the  point  of  (lestiiiation  — but  bow  did  tlic  beartife' 
of  those  fuiiii.sbed  inhabitants  swell  with  emotion,  as  tliev 
saw  the  liero  return,  laden  with  supplies,  and  supported  by 
a  body  of  veteran  troops,  who,  some  time  before,  had  been 
sent  away  by  tliem  with  weeping  eyes  and  saddened  feel- 
inirs,  upon  his  strange  errand. 

Their  wants  are  relieved.  The  Indi.vns  wished  to  come 
on  board  their  vessel.'-^  This  they  would  not  ^dlow.  They 
then  desired  one  of  their  cannon,  "big  gnus,"  which  they 
had  never  seen  before  ;  this  could  not  be  allowed  except  at 
a  very  large  price  which  the  Indians  cheerfully  paid.  They 
then  wished  to  know  how  to  use  it.  The  English  told  them, 
to  first  put  the  powder  in — tlien  a  few  dry  leaves — then 
small  stones  and  sand  and  pounded  brick  and  almost  any- 
tliing  that  they  could  get  into  the  muzzle,  and  tlicii  th(\v 
.  must  ram  it  down  hard,  and  keep  doing  so,  till  it  was  full  to 
the  muzzle  ;  and  then  they  must  all  get  round  it  and  touch  it 
off.  All  this  the  simple  minded  savages  most  religiously  t)b- 
served — the  match  was  put  to  the  j)owder — the  design  of  the 
English  was  accomplished — the  explosion  took  place — the 
cannon  was  burstt — pieces  of  it,  together  with  sand,  stones 
and  other  missiles  ilew  in  every  direction—  many  of  the 
Indians  were  killed — more  were  wounded — and  horror  and 
vengeance  seized  the  minds  of  all.  They  saw  the  trick — 
it  could  not  be  forgiven — they  resolve  on  the  extermination 
of  the  New  Dartmouth  settlement — the  inhabitants  are 
warned  away- — they  embark  on  board  this  friendly  vessel, 
saw  the  rising  flames  of  the  garrison  they  had  left  behind, 
and  quit  the  scenes  of  their  former  joys  arid  later  calam- 
ities forever. 

It  was  a  noble  people.  There  was  there  some  of  the 
best  of  the  Pilgrim  blood :  and  their  faith  and  powers  of 
endurance  were  well  nigh  marvellous.     Not  like  the  Pop- 


*  Mrs.  John  Paskell.     James  Mallett. 

t  Pieces  of  this  cannon  were  tound  in  the  next  century. 


SECOND   DESTEUCTION   OE  SHEEPSCOT.  8? 

liam  Colony  which  died  before  it  was  a  year  old — which 
fled  at  the  opening  spring  when  ample  succor  had  arrived 
from  England  and  there  w;is  no  war  with  the  natives — this 
colony  without  the  patronage  of  lords  or  receiving  the  fos- 
tering hand  of  the  king  and  wealthy  men,  came  in  unob* 
served,  cut  down  the  forests,  tilled  their  fields,  planted 
Democratic  Institutions,  maintained  schools,  supported 
the  ministry,  and  manifested  all  the  elements  of  growth 
and  greatness  and  continuance.  The}^  maintained  a  civil 
existence  for  more  than  fifty  years,  and  then  fled  because 
a  storm  of  hail  fell  upon  them  which  no  human  force  could 
withstand  ;  but  as  soon  as  the  elements  subsided,  thej- 
return  again,  strong  in  hope  and  buoj^ant  in  expectation, 
lay  anew  the  foundations,  and  see  the  pillars  of  state  ris- 
ing rapidly  around  them.  Ft)r  a  time  they  stood  the 
second  shock  of  war  ;  and  they  onh*  yielded  when  this 
became  too  poAverful  for  them  to  withstand. 

Setting  aside  the  lime  they  were  absent,  during  King 
Phillip's  war,  they  had  maintained  an  existence  of  some 
sixty-tive  years,  and  then  they  only  left  when  all  their 
sister  colonies  were  swept  away  around  them.  They 
yielded  as  the  brave  always  do,  fighting  nt)bly  to  the  end. 

During  the  year  1G97,  Major  March,  a  popular  and  gal- 
lant officer,  with  a  command  of  500  men,  was  directed  to 
range  the  coast  Eastward,  by  sending  parties  in  different 
directions.  On  the  9th  of  September,  he  landed  his  men 
at  Damariscotta  ;  but  ere  they  were  all  fully  ashore,  a  body 
of  Indians,  watching  their  movements,  with  the  well-known 
war  whoop,  unexpectedly  poured  in  upon  them  a  full 
volley,  which  killed  12  or  13  and  wounded  as  many  more 
of  the  troops.  Rallying  his  men,  he  returned  the  charge, 
and  drove  the  enemy  either  to  the  woods  or  their  canoes, 
leaving  their  dead  behind  them.  It  was  a  desperate 
encounter — a  bloody  skirmivsh — but  it  left  the  day  in  t\w 
hands  of  the  English. 

This  closed  the  war  in  Maine  ;  for  the  peace  of   Ryswick 


S8 


SF.COND   DESTRUCTION    OF   SHEErSCOT. 


lltli  of  September,  broii<j;lit  j^LkT- 
ut  once  more  to  the  wearied  ami 


wbieli  took  place  on  tin 
ness,  rest  and  eiijoyme 
war-worn  inhabitants. 

Names  of  those  who  appear  in  the  early  Sheepscot  set 
tlement,  1623—1686  : 


John  Browne. 
Jnincs  Cooke. 
CliristoplKM*  Dyer, 
Williiiui  Dyer,  Esq,- 
Jolin  Dyer, 
Thomas  Gent, 
Daniel  Gent, 
Elizabeth  Gent, 
Elihu  Gunnison,  Esq., 
Tiionias  Gyles,  Ilsq., 
Robert  Foote, 
William  Lowcrinjr. 
Thomas  Messer. 
Lydia  Messer. 
Robert  Scott, 
Riehard  Pain, 
Elizabeth  Phipx. 
John  Taylor, 
David  Ransl'ord, 
Walter  Pliillips.  Chrk.. 
John  White, 
Caleb  Ray,  P^nsisjn. 
William  Wflcott. 
Gf  orj?e  Speare, 
John  Mason. 
Nicholas  Manninji,  Surv. 
William  Dale, 
Nathaniel  Draper, 


William  James. 
William  Marks, 
Moses  Pike, 
Andrew  Staljier, 
Deborali  Burnett, 
James  Mason, 
Mary  IVIason. 
Gyles  Godward,  I/out.v 
John  Tower, 
Ann  Harden, 
Edward  Roberts, 
Moses  Pike, 
Widow  Willeolt, 
James  Smith, 
Samuel  Corhisson. 
John  Manning, 

Jewett, 

Henry  Smith, 
Edward  Taylor, 
Thomas  Kimball. 
Elizabeth  Gent, 

Goddard, 

S Phips, 

Walker, 

Samuel  Boles, 
J.inies  Marston, 
John  Alleyn,  Esq.... 
—  Walker. 


SHEEPSCOT   AND    DAMAEISCOTTA.  89 


CHAPTER    XV 


SHEEPSCOT  AND  DAMARISCOTTA. 

Soon  after  William  and  Mary  ascended  the  throne,  war 
was  proclaimed  against  France.  This  continued  ten  years 
and  ended  with  the  treaty  of  Ryswick.  This  joyful  event 
took  place  Sept,  11,  1697,  and  was  hailed  with  the  utmost 
delight  by  all  the  Ncav  England  colonies.  The  Canadian 
French  could  do  us  no  more  injury,  though  the  Indians  con- 
tinued to  molest  us  for  a  time.  Several  acts  of  savage 
ferocity  and  murder  were  committed  during  the  year  1698. 
At  Spruce  Creek,  Kittery,  an  old  man  was  literally  mur- 
dered, May  8,  after  he  had  surrendered.  His  life  was 
taken  by  a  gigantic  savage  who  was  reputed  to  have  been 
seven  feet  high  ;  and  his  two  sons  Avere  hurried  away  into, 
captivity.  But  the  giant  was,  in  a  few  hours  afterwards,  shot 
dead  by  his  own  gun,  as  he  grasped  the  barrel  reversed 
and  was  endeavoring  to  pull  his  canoe  towards  him,  at  the 
shore.- 

The  minds  of  the  people  of  Massachusetts  were  once 
more  turned  toAvards  Maine,  and  emigration  thither  was 
encouraged.  But  the  undertaking  was  vast  and  difficult. 
A  ten  years'  war,  just  brought  to  a  close,  was  attended 
with  every  discouragement.  There  were  no  mills,  no 
enclosures,  no  roads ;  on  the  contrary,  there  were  dilap- 
idated buildings,  wide,  wasted  fields  and  melancholy  ruins. 
Deeds,  and  monuments  of  land,  titles  and  evidences  were 
either  mutilated  or  destroyed.  Claims  in  abundance  were 
presented,  and  claimants,  in  numbers,  were  at  hand.  Dif- 
ficulties arose ;  perplexities  abounded ;  the  weak  were  in 


V)0  SHEEPSCOT   AND   DAMARISCOTTA. 

danger  of  being  overwhelmed  and  defrauded  out  of  their 
rights  by  the  avarice  and  cupidity  of  the  strong ;  and 
youthful  heirs,  and  new  made  widows  as  well  as  infirmity 
and  advanced  age,  were  exposed  to  the  intrigues  ajid 
unfairness  of  many  who  looked  with  covetous  eyes  upon 
these  extensive  forests  and  desolated  homes. 

To  remedy  these  evils,  and  to  prevent  controversies,  the 
General  Court  established  a  Committee  on  Claims,  con- 
sisting of  seven  members,  some  of  whom  were  lawyers, 
but  all  were  men  of  intelligence  and  established  reputa- 
tion. This  was  in  1700.  The  names  of  the  Committee 
were,  Samuel  Sewall,  John  Walley,  Eliakim  Hutchinson, 
Nathaniel  Byfield,  Timothy  Clark,  Samuel  Phipps  and 
Israel  Tay.  They  appointed  times  and  places  for  their 
sessions ;  received  titles  and  claims ;  and  after  examining 
all  that  wei'e  rendered  in,  made  a  return  to  the  Legisla- 
ture. 

But  in  the  next  year,  1701,  things  began  to  assume  a 
gloomy  aspect  in  Europe.  The  storm  of  war,  which,  for  a 
little  while  had  lulled,  was  evidently  agiin  arising.  Lieu- 
tenant Governor  Stoughton,  in  his  address  to  the  General 
Court,  May  1701,  told  them  that  from  intelligence  receive  I 
from  abroad,  war  was  most  imminent.  In  such  an  event, 
this  country,  as  usual,  must  be  an  unmitigated  sufferer. 
And  what  added  to  the  gloominess  of  the  scene,  was,  sev- 
eral distinguished  persons  died  about  this  time.  Among 
them  was  Earl  Bellamont,  the  Governor  of  New  York, 
Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Maine.  Tins  took 
place  at  New  York  March  5,  1701.  On  the  7th  of  July 
following,  Gov.  Stoughton  die  1,  leivuig  behui  1  him  a  s.i  >"- 
less  reputation  and  an  honorable  name.  Sapt.  16fch  fol- 
lowing, died  James  the  Second,  at  St.  Germains,  France, 
having  abdicated  the  British  Crown  more  than  twelve 
years  before. 

His  son  surnamed  in  England,  the  "Pretender,"  immedi- 
ately  aspired   to  the  throne  from  which    his  father  lung 


SHEEPSCOT   AND   DAMARISCOTTA.  91 

years  before  had  fled  in  disgrace.  The  French  monarch, 
Louis  the  Fourteenth,  by  dechiring  in  his  favor,  enkindled 
anew  the  flames  of  war.  But,  as  the  Pretender  was  a 
CathoHc,  the  English  nation,  before  this,  had  res  ^Ived  to 
limit  the  possession  of  the  crown  to  the  Protestants  of  the 
Royal  line,  and  finally  concluded  to  settle  it  upon  Anne, 
princess  of  Denmark,  another  daughter  of  James,  and 
sister  to  Mary,  as  she  and  William  died  without  issue, 
whenever  a  successor  should  be  needed. 

The  event  expected  was  at  hand.  Mary  died  in  1694 ; 
and  in  March  8th,  1702,  her  husband  also  died,  living  eight 
years  after  her  decease.  Anne  ascended  the  throne  ;  and 
on  the  fourth  of  May  following,  declared  war  against  the 
King  of  France.  William  was  greatly  lamented  both  by 
his  American  and  English  subjects  ;  but  their  minds  were 
soon  occupied  b}^  their  new  Queen  and  the  state  of  things 
before  them.  The  French  stirred  up  the  Indians  against 
the  Americans,  so  that  troubles  were  experienced  all  along 
this  Eastern  fi'ontier,  notwithstanding  the  General  Court 
had  taken  every  precaution  to  enlist  the  Indians  in  their 
favor.  They  united  with  the  French  and  made  common 
cause  with  them  during  the  war.  The  work  of  death  soon 
commenced  ;  the  woods  rang  with  the  souqd  of  the  Indian 
war  whoop  ;  settlements  were  broken  up  ;  villages  burned  ; 
inhabitants  were  taken  and  made  the  subjects  of  savage 
cruelty  ;  farms  were  forsaken ;  and  mill  sites  lay  unim- 
proved. Haverhill  and  many  other  places  met  with  a  fate 
which  chills  the  blood,  even  at  this  late  day ;  and  the 
Province  of  Maine,  it  is  said,  lost  more  than  a  fourth,  per- 
haps a  third  part  of  her  inhabitants,  during  that  fearful 
war.  Those  killed,  and  taken  captive,  even  though  the 
settlements  were  sparse,  amounted  to  no  less  than  two 
hundred  and  eighty-two.  From  1675  to  1713,  when  the 
famous  treaty  of  Utrectht  was  signed,  which  terminated 
Anne's  war  with  the  French,  and  with  it  Indian  hostilities 
which  lasted  eleven  years,  no  less  than  five  or  six  thousand 


\)2  SHEEPSCOT   AND   DAMARISCOTTA. 

of  the  yontli  of  this  country  perished,  eitlier  by  the  hand 
of  the  enemy  or  diseases  contracted  in  the  service. 

A  melancholy  aspect  was  witnessed  throughout  the 
Eastern  country.  More  than  100  miles  of  sea  coast,  once 
dotted  with  residences  and  adorned  with  flourishing  set- 
tlements, and  improved  estates,  lay  unpeopled  and  des- 
olate. Title  Deeds,  Records  and  other  papers  of  value, 
were  either  mutilated  or  lost ;  and  so  many  years  had 
intervened  since  the  inhabitants  had  .  fled,  that  happy 
homes  and  productive  fields  began  to  assume  the  appear- 
ance of  wilderness  solitude. 

Yet  the  Government,  the  land  owners  and  such  of  the 
inhabitants  as  were  left,  together  with  their  descendants, 
were  ready  to  engage  with  alacrity  and  gladness  in  the 
work  of  re-settling  the  country.  For  this  a  second  "Com- 
mittee of  Eastern  Claims  and  Settlements,"  was  appointed 
by  the  General  Court.  This  Committee  consisted  of  nine 
persons  ;  four  were  taken  from  the  Council  and  five  from 
the  House  of  Representatives.  Their  names  were — of  the 
Council — Elislia  Hutchinson,  Isaac  Additon,  John  Phillips 
and  Paul  Dudley,  Attorney  General ;  of  the  House,  Jolm 
Clark,  Edward  Quimby,  Thomas  Oliver,  William  Dermison 
and  the  Clerk  of  the  House.  After  appointing  clerks,  and 
notifying  the  times  and  places  of  their  meetings  they 
were  directed  to  receive  and  examine  all  claims  that  were 
exhibited  to  lands  in  Maine  or  Sagadaliock,  to  sanction 
the  title  of  such  as  appeared  sound  and  clear,  and  report 
the  residue.  In  reviving  towns,  as  a  matter  of  safety,  it 
was  thought  best  to  plant  the  families  together  in  clusters, 
say  from  20  to  30  each,  in  certain  localities,  near  the  sea 
shore.  There  they  could  be  united  in  a  close  and  defensi- 
ble manner,  have  three  or  four  acres  to  a  family  as  a  home- 
stead, and  then,  in  addition  to  this,  possess  outlands  n 
quantities  equal  to  their  wishes  or  necessities.  Accord- 
ingly, the  General  Court  ordered  the  re-settlement  of  five 
towns ;    Saco,  Scarboro,  Falmouth,  North  Yarmouth  and 


SHEEPSCOT   AND   DAMARISCOTTA.  03 

Arrowswick.  In  no  other  places  were  the  people  a.lll)^v','l 
to  settle,  till  proper  plans  and  ]il;it'es  could  he  desipjuatcd 
hy  the  Government,  througli  the  medium  of  the  Committee. 

After  this  measure  the  people  were  again  encouraged  to 
renew  their  settlements  in  Maine.  For  the  protection  of 
the  people  and  the  promotion  of  trade,  a  fort  of  stone  was 
erected  at  Cushnoc,  now  Augusta,  by  Dr.  Noyes  of  Boston 
one  of  the  Plymouth  propriet(n-s.  This  was  in  1716  ;  and 
a  garrison  was  there  maintained  at  the  public  expense. 
Flourishing  settlements  were  made  at  this  place  at  this 
time,  also  at  Brunswick,  Topsham  and  other  places. 
Oood  buildings  were  seen  going  up,  saw  mills  were  erected, 
husbandry  began  to  thrive  and  large  stocks  of  cattle  were 
raised.  Noyes,  who  erected  this  fort  and  was  a  patron  of 
this  colony,  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates,  and 
died  March  16,  1721.  In  the  war  which  followed,  this  set- 
tlement was  broken  up  and  the  fort  was  burnt  by  the 
Indians. 

The  Committee,  for  the  settling  of  claims  to  lands  in 
M  line,  was  appointed  in  1713  ;  an  I  their  service  was  to 
expire  in  1720  ; — ^twenty  years  from  the  appointment  of  the 
first  Commission.  Not  a  great  while  after  this,  indications 
of  trouble  began  to  appear  among  the  Indians  through  the 
influence  o.f  the  Jesuit  Rale,  whose  headq  larters  were  at 
Norridgewock,  and  other  French  instigators.  Rale's  influ- 
ence over  the  Indians  was  immense  ;  and  it  was  artfullj' 
employed  in  stirring  them  up  to  deeds  of  violence  and 
blood  among  the  English  settlers.  But  about^  the  year 
1719,  numbers  of  citizens  of  Massachusetts,  once  inhab- 
itants of  Maine,  or  their  descendants,  through  fear  of  los- 
ing their  claims  to  ancient  estates,  by  the  statute  of  lim- 
itation began  to  enter  on  them,  and  fix  their  habitations 
once  more  in  these  Eastern  parts.  The  tide  continued  to 
set  in  this  direction  till  1722,  when  Lovewell's  war  com- 
menced which  lasted  three  years. 

This  put  an  efifectual  stop  to  Eastern  emigration  for  the 


0-1  SHEEPSCOT   AND    DAMARISCOTTA, 

time  being',  !Uk1  ;igain  deluged  these  Eastern  shores  with 
blood.  This  was  purely  an  Indian  war,  as  there  was,  at 
tliat  time,  peaee  between  the  French  and  English.  Rale, 
however,  was  killed  in  1724 ;  many  of  his  people  were 
slain ;  all  his  forces  routed ;  and  with  his  fall,  ended  tlir 
supremacy  of  the  Indians  in  these  Eastern  parts.  There 
were  wars  afterwards,  it  is  true,  and  many  of  the  English 
were  slain  ;  but  the  Indians  never  afterwards  recovere»l 
what  they  lost  in  that  battle.  Their  stronghold  was  taken  : 
their  chief  warriors  were  slain  ;  and  the  great  presiding 
spirit,  Kale  himself,  was  made  to  pay  the  penalty  due  to 
his  instigations,  his  intrigues,  his  crimes.  At  his  death, 
there  was  great  rejoicing  among  the  Colonists  and  thanks 
were  rendered  to  God  that  the  most  dreaded  of  thei? 
enemies  was  ingloriously  slain. 

After  his  death,  the  Indians  easily  came  to  terms  ;  arti- 
cles of  agreement  were  made,  and  peace  was  ratified.  Jt 
was  during  this  war,  that  Lovewell's  fight  occurred  whicli 
is  memorable  in  the  annals  of  Indian  warfare.  Ratifica- 
tions took  place  at  Falmouth,  Dec.  15,  1725,  signed  by  four 
Sagamores  on  the  one  part,  and  the  Commissioners  on  tln' 
other.  This  has  since  been  denominated  "Dummer's 
Treaty,"  than  which  none  ever  made  l)y  the  parties  has 
been  more  celebrated  or  lasting.  Both  sides  were  pre- 
pared and  both  rejoiced  in  it.  They  had  become  tired  of 
warfare,  and  now  desired  the  blessings  of  peace. 

A,t  the  diminishing  of  the  Aboriginal  power,  that  of  the 
Colonies  began  to  increase.  Settlers  flocked  into  Maine  : 
old  wastes  were  recovered ;  new  fields  opened ;  towns 
sprang  up  as  by  magic  ;  settleis  became  established  in 
their  estates  ;  and  the  wilderness  was  made  to  rejoice  and 
blossom  as  the  rose.  There  were  sufferings  in  reserve  fc^r 
them,  it  is  true  ;  but  they  never  afterwards  were  driven 
from  their  homes.  They  held  on  to  what  they  had  gained  ; 
yea,  made  fresh  conquests  and  continued  to  grow  and 
thrive,  till  their  arms  encircled  the  land,  and  the  red' man 


CLAIMS  AND   CLAIMANTS,.  95 

with  liis  tomahawk  and  war  songs,  was  driven    away,  to 
he  seen  and  feared  no  more. 


CHAPTER    XVI 


CLAIMS   AND   CLAIMANTS. 

We  have  now  entered  upon  a  new  century — a  new  era  is 
opening  before  us— other  actors  appear  on  the  stage  and 
other  scenes  pass  before  our  eyes.  Occupancy  of  hinds 
and  re-settlement  are  the  themes.  The  claimants  had  pre- 
sented a  list  of  titles  to  the  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Legislature  and  they  were  expected  to  decide  upon  their 
merits  and  legality.     A  list  of  some  of  them  follows. 

John  Mason  died,  leaving  a  wife  and  several  children. 
His  widow  afterwards  married  a  man  by  the  name  of 
Allen  ;  and  in  the  next  century  she,  in  behalf  of  herself 
und  children,  laid  claim  to  the  large  tract  of  land  that  her 
husband  had  bought  of  the  Sagamores  in  1652.  John  Mason 
had  one  son  only,  whose  name  was  James.  He  had  a 
daughter  called  Mary  who  married  Elias  Malford  and  lived 
in  East  Hampton,  N.  Y.  She  appears  to  have  fallen  heir 
to  the  homestead  at  Sheepscot ;  for  in  173B,  she  sold  it  to 
David  Cargill,  a  native  of  the  North  of  Ireland,  who  came 
to  this  country  and  settled.  The  property  remained  in  the 
line  of  Cargill's  descendants,  till  a  few  years  since  when  it 
was  sold.  Addison  Carney  now  occupies  Cargill's  home- 
stead. 

There  was  another  person,  who,  through  the  Allen  fam- 


0(^  CLAIMS   AND   CLAIMANTS. 

ily  laid  claiiii  to  John  Mason's  immense  estate.     The  claim 
is  as  follows  : 

"To  the  Hon.  Commissioners  on  Eastern  Lands : — 
Stephen  Calef  claims  a  tract  of  land  Ijing  within  the  towns 
of  Edgecomb  and  Newcastle,  bounded  as  follows  : — Begin- 
ning at  bheepscot  Falls  over  the  cove  to  a  parcel  of  pines 
^thence  to  the  marsh  lying  on  the  other  side  of  the  river 
which  bounds  it  from  ilie  burnt  islands,  which  is  the 
Northerly  end  thereof,  and  from  thence  to  a  freshet  called 
"Oven's  Mouth  ;" — Cross  river — seven  or  eig^lit  miles 
below.  "Also,  one  full  sixth  part  of  two  three  hundred 
acre  lots  laid  out  in  Sheep8cot  to  David  Allen  formerly  of 
Boston^  deceased,  which  land  was  conveyed  by  Thomas 
and  Frances  Allen  to  Stimuel  Calef,  uncle  to  said  Stephen,, 
and  says  in  the  conveyance,  it  is  the  same  tract  which 
David  Cargill  bought  of  Elias  Mulford  and  Mary  his  wife, 
as  descended  to  her  from  her  father  James  Mason,  late  of 
East  Hampton,  N.  Y.  who  was  the  only  son  of  John 
Mason  of  New  Dartmouth,  in  said  Sheepscot  river." 

There  were  other  gi-ants  as  appears  by  the  following 
claims,  some  of  which  were  made  under  Indian  titles,  and 
others  by  vii'tue  of  patents  issued  by  Col.  Dungan,  the 
Ducal  Governor  of  these  lands. 

"Benjamin  Tower,  heir  to  his  father  John  Tower,  claims  a 
house  lot,  about  tAvo  acres,  next  the  fort,  at  said  Dart- 
mouth, being  about  104  acres  upland  and  Eastward  of 
Dyer's  river  and  adjoining  the  land  of  John  Brow^n,  as  by 
deed  from  T.  Palmer,  Esq.  Commissioner  from  Col. 
Dungan." 

A.  Lovering  claims  for  himself  and  brother  and  sister 
KiO  acres  of  upland  and  20  acres  of  marsh,  on  the  East- 
ward side  of  Dyer's  river,  in  New  Dartmouth,  to  pay  quit- 
lent  1^  bushels  of  wheat  every  year,  by  patent  to  his 
father  Wm.  Lovering,  under  Col.  Dungan,  Aug.  20,  1686. 

Ann  Harden  claims  for  herself  and  children  140  acres  at 
New  Dartmouth,  on  the  north  side  of   the  highway  that 


CLAIMS  ANIJ   CLAIMANTS.  97 

leads  to  the  mill  and  20  acres  of  meadow,  by  patent  from 
Governor  Dungan,  Aug.  17th,  1686. 

Thomas  Gent  claimed  the  same  laud,  Iw  Indian  deeds, 
and  his  claim  was  allowed  as  being  anterior  to  the  grant  of 
Dungan. 

Thomas  Gent,  who  married  the  daughter  of  John  Taylor 
of  Damariscotta,  claims  also  a  tract  of  land  lying  within 
side  of  the  falls  on  the  east  side  of  Sheepscot  river,  bought 
of  Wm.  James,  bounded  west  by  a  little  spring,  and  thence 
running  across  the  neck  by  the  end  of  Mason's  house,  con- 
taining about  200  acres  of  upland  and  10  acres  of  meadow. 
Also  land  at  Damariscotta,  upon  which  he  built  a  house 
anil  lived  several  years,  given  him  by  his  father-in-law, 
John  Taylor. 

Robert  Scott,  for  the  heirs  of  Nathaniel  Draper,  claims 
"several  parcels  bought  of  Jack  Pudding,  alias  Daniel,  Sag- 
amore of  Sheepscot,  between  the  Butt  falls  and  the  great 
bay,  over  against  the  Parting  gntts,  which  He  between 
Nathaniel  Draper,  Thomas  Mercer  and  the  house  to  the 
river;"  deed  dated  March  6th,  1661. 

Isaac  Taylor,  son  of  John  Taylor,  claims  a  tract  on  the 
west  side  of  Damariscotta  river,  in  Sheepscot  Township, 
the  late  possession  of  John  Taylor ;  of  which  John  Taylor 
was  possessed  upwards  of  fift}^  years. 

Widow  Wilcott  claims  a  tract  of  land  on  the  West  side 
of  Sheepscot  river — in  Alna — below  the  falls,  beginning  at 
the  great  spring  against  the  falls  and  along  the  river  to  the 
little  spring,  to  the  northward  of  Samuel  Corbisson's 
house ;  which  land  was  in  the  possession  of  Thomas 
Mercer,  and  by  him  given  to  William  Wilcott,  deceased, 
and  in  his  lifetime  improved  several  years  till  the  Indian 
wars.  Mrs.  Wilcott  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Mercer. 
The  southern  bound  of  this  claim  was  at  the  well-known 
spring  a  little  to  the  North  of  Mr.  Charles  Leighton's. 

Capt.  Sylvanus  Davis  claims  a  tract  of  land  on  the  East 
side  of  Damariscotta  river,  at  a  place  called  Oyster  river, 


98  REV.    CHRISTOPHER   TAPPAN. 

500  acres,  being  a  neck  of  land  bought  of  Wittenose,  John 
Cotter  and  Jeffrey,  as  by  deed  June,  14,  1659. 


CHAPTER    XVII 


EEV.  CHRISTOPHER  TAPPAN. 

This  gentleman  was  minister  of  a  church  in  Newbury, 
Mass.  He  was  the  father  of  four  children,  three  daughters 
and  one  son.  His  son's  name  was  Bezaleel  and  was  set- 
tled as  a  physician  in  Salem,  Mass.  One  of  the  daughters, 
Susannah,  married  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Esq.,  a  mer- 
chant of  Newbury,  who  afterwards  moved  into  Newcastle 
and  settled  on  the  Southern  end  of  Mason's  Neck.  This 
name  was  afterwards  dropped,  and  the  place  was  called 
AYoodbridge  Neck.  Sarah,  another  daughter,  married 
Ezekiel  Mighill,  and  Eunice  married  Eleazer  Pierce,  all  of 
Newbury.  Sept.  16,  1746,  Tappan  before  his  death,  con- 
veyed to  his  three  daughters  three-fourths  of  all  his  unsold 
lands  at  Sheepscot,  Damariscotta  and  Mt.  Sweague,  and 
other  places  in  Maine,  together  with  all  mills,  buildings, 
etc.,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them.  The  otlier  fourth 
he  conveyed  to  his  son  Bezaleel,  as  by  deed,  Sept.  11,  1746. 

In  1702,  Tappan  bought  of  Walter  Phillips  all  the  right, 
title,  claim  and  interest  which  he  held  in  these  Eastern 
lands.  He  also  bought  out  the  rights  of  John  Mason's 
heirs,  the  Gents  and  others,  so  that  he  became  the  owner 
of  nearly  all  the  present  town  of  Newcastle,  and  some 
contiguous  places.  He  purchased  the  large  tract  which 
Phillips  owned  .  to  the  East  of  Damariscotta    Pond,  and 


EEV.    CHRISTOPHER  TAPPAN.  91< 

also  lands  in  the  neighborhood  of  Mt.  Sweague.  Moses 
Hilton,  William  Hilton,  Israel  Honeywell,  Abraham 
Nason,  Thomas  Sloman,  John  Honeywell  and  others  held 
their  lands  under  this  title.  Mr.  Pomeroy  who  lived  on 
Jewaukee  Neck,  just  below  the  present  residence  of  Mr. 
Gardiner  White,  bought  of  Woodbridge,  the  heir  of 
Tappan.  Some  of  his  apple  trees  were  standing  within 
the  period  of  my  recollection.  There  was  one  large,  long, 
sweet  apple,  most  delicious  to  our  boyish  appetites  which 
we  used  to  call  the  "Pomeroy  apple."  But  the  tree  and 
the  hand  that  planted  it,  as  well  as  its  fello'.vs,  together  with 
those  who  first  partook  of  its  fruit,  have  long  since  passed 
away. 

About  the  year  1718  or  1719,  Mr.  Tappan  agreed  with 
two  men,  Michael  Thomas  and  Samuel  Getchell  to  come 
down  and  settle  at  Damariscotta.  Getchell  appears  to 
have  been  unmarried  ;  but  Thomas  had  a  wife  and  family. 
They  came  and  settled  on  the  precise  spot  that  John 
Taylor  had  occupied  the  century  before,  and  from  which 
he  fled  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  first  Indian  war  in  1675. 
According  to  Getchell's  testimony,  taken  in  1737,  they 
came  and  built  a  house  on  the  West  side  of  the  river,  near 
the  lower  salt  water  falls,  and  fenced  in  about  four  acres  of 
land,  which  inclosed  the  place  where  a  house  formerly 
stood.  Part  of  an  old  chimney  was  then  standing  there. 
Getchell  came  away,  after  living  there  about  ten  months, 
leaving  Thomas  with  his  wife  and  family.  At  that  time  no 
person  lived  there  except  Thomas  and  his  famih',  and  the 
wild  Indians  of  the  woods.  Getchell  and  Thomas  mowed 
grass  on  the  hill  by  the  apple  trees,  where  Walter  Phillips 
formerly  lived,  and  also  the  salt  marsh  near  the  Bay. 

Benjamin  Cheney  who  took  Getchell's  place,  came  to 
Damariscotta  and  lived  with  Thomas.  They  broke  up 
land  and  sowed  peas  near  the  house,  and  also  planted  corn 
on  Glidden's  Neck.  They  commenced  a  fence  at  the 
brook  where  Algernon    Austin's  brick    store    stands,  and 


100  EEV.    CHRISTOPHER  TAPPAN. 

running  up  a  few  rods,  swung  round  Southwesterly  upon 
the  side  of  a  "great,  long  hill,"  past  Daniel  Hopkin's,  Col. 
George  Barstow's  and  Ebenezer  Farley's,  and  terminated 
at  the  shore,  below  where  Walter  Phillips  first  lived. 
They  cut  the  fresh  meadows  that  lay  between  Daraaris- 
cotta  and  Sheepscot,  and  made  vise  of  the  hay.  The  tract 
fenced  was  for  a  pasture.  Cheney  said  that  while  he  lived 
there,  the  Indians,  among  whom  were  Capt.  Nathaniel  and 
Capt.  John  Ne  Wonnet,  used  often  to  visit  them  ;  and  also 
one  old  squaw  who  told  him  that  her  husband  was  one  of 
them  who  sold  the  land  to  Walter  Phillips  ;  and  the}^  all  said 
that  Phillips  purchased  all  the  land  thereabout,  and  he 
never  heard  of  any  other  person  laying  any  claim  to  it,  till 
it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Tappan. 

In  1721,  John  Manning  of  Boston  writes  to  his  father 
Xicholas  Manning  of  Long  Island,  that  the  Indians  who 
were  hostages  in  the  Castle  had  broken  out,  but  were 
retaken,  though  not  till  one  of  them  was  shot  dead.  They 
were  then  treated  as  prisoners  of  Avar.  Tliis  put  a  new 
aspect  upon  the  Indian  difficulties  at  the  time.  He  also 
says,  that  after  their  recapture,  they  were  exceedingly  dis- 
])leased  and  sullen.  The  English  had  also  taken  Monsieur 
Oastiue's  son  which  he  had  by  Dockawandah's  sister,  and 
made  him  a  prisoner  of  war  with  them.  The  forces  are 
continiied  at  the  Eastward,  and  more  men  are  to  be  sent 
there.  The  English  were  ordered  not  to  fire,  nor  shed  th(^ 
lirst  blood  ;  but  to  stand  on  their  defence. 

The  General  Court  passed  an  Act  which  forbade  any  one 
trading  with  the  Indians,  not  even  to  obtain  provisions,  on 
pain  of  paying  a  penalty  of  five  hundred  pounds.  The 
repetition  of  the  offense  was  death. 

A  Mr.  Walter  was  concerned,  in  some  way,  with  Man- 
ning in  the  lands.  John  Manning  had  been  sued  and 
arrested,  though  he  had  done  all  he  could  to  free  the 
estate  from  embarrassment.  It  was  difficult  to  meet 
engagements.     The  General  Court  offered  to  loan  50,000 


REV.    CHRISTOPHER  TAPPAN.  101 

pounds,  but  they  were  coupled  with  such  terms  that  he 
could  not  comply.  Capt.  White  had  bought  out  the 
Drapers,  six  hundred  acres.  After  enumerating  the  diffi- 
culties which  surrounded  him,  in  connection  with  the  other 
claiinants,  he  says,  there  was  one  way  left.  Mr.  Tappan, 
the  minister  of  Newbury,  had  bought  all  of  AV alter  Pliil- 
lip's  land  at  Damariscotta,  and  got  some  families  on  the 
same  ;  and  also  had  purchased  a  mill  to  be  erected  at 
Damariscotta  Falls.  Tappan  had  been  to  see  Manning  to 
consult  on  affairs. 

Mr.  Tappan  proposed  to  have  all  the  land  between  the 
Damariscotta  and  Sheepscot  rivers,  Northwest  passage, 
erected  into  one  township  ;  and  to  buihl  a  fort  at  Sheepscot, 
on  Mason's  Neck,  where  there  was  one  formerly  ;  and  also, 
to  have  a  certain  number  of  families,  each  to  occupy  a 
small  lot  of  land  on  Mason's  Neck,  to  build  their  houses 
on,  with  their  farms  at  a  distance  as  it  was  formerly  ;  so 
that,  in  case  of  trouble  with  the  Indians,  there  might  b3  a 
place  of  general  safety  and  resort.  He  would  find  a  min- 
ister and  a  doctor  for  the  place  and  do  his  best  to  make  a 
flourishing  settlement  there. 

"He  does  seem  to  me,"  says  Manning,  "to  be  a  prity 
Injenus  jentell  man  and  seems  to  be  very  raell  in  the 
matter.  I  am  apt  for  to  think,  that  if  you  comply  in  the 
case,  y*  rest  of  y"  proprietors  of  Shipscott  will  dn  the 
same  ;  your  advice  in  y^  matter." 

Manning  adds  as  news,  that  his  wife  had  been  sick  a 
"twelve  month"  and  helpless  as  an  infant,  that  the  small 
pox  was  raging  in  Boston  and  had  carried  off  a  thousand 
souls.  They  were  very  much  "distressed"  for  help. 
Nurses'  wages  had  been  tliirt}^  shillings  a  week  ;  wood 
thirty  shillings  a  cord.  "Our  straits  are  great ;  never  the 
like  in  Boston." 

In  1725  and  1728,  Christopher  Tappan  and  Obadiah 
Gove  purchased  of  the  heirs  of  Elizabeth  Gent  and 
Thomas  Gent,  all  their  right  and  title  to  lauds  at  Sheepscot. 


102  DAVID    DUKBAR. 

The  two  owned  together  from  the  South  end  of  Sheepscot 
Great  Neck  where  Thomas  Gent  many  years  resided,  ii> 
Winnesitieo  Falls,  near  the  North  line  of  the  town. 
Tappan  and  his  heirs  afterward  laid,  claim  to  the  whole 
tract ;  and  it  a})peai's  to  have  been  arranged,  that  Govt 
took  that  portion  of  the  purchase  which  Mason  made  of 
the  Sagamores  that  lay  South  of  the  Eastern  branch  of 
the  Sheepscot,  while  Tappan  held  what  was  North  of  it. 
Gove's  descendants  settled  in  Edgecomb— from  the  East- 
ern branch  of  the  Pbeepscot  to  the  Cross  river — b}'  virtue 
of  this  old  deed  of  Mason's.  The  case  was  carried  into 
Court  and  argued  ;  biit  Mason's  deed  was  so  indefinite— 
that  no  reliance  Avas  placed  upon  it,  and  the  Claimants 
lost  their  case. 


CHAPTEE    XVIIl 


DAVID  DUNBAE. 

We  now  come  to  the  year  1729  and  introduce  to  our 
readers,  a  man  who  figures  largel}'  in  th'e  afi'airs  of  tln^ 
settlers  at  that  time  ;  and  who  thereby,  has  acquired  a  rep- 
utation which  otherwise  would  never  have  belonged  to 
him.  For  thus  it  sometimes  happens  in  the  affairs  of  this 
world,  that  individuals  of  very  little  real  worth,  are  thrown 
into  situations  where  they  acquire  a  notoriety  which  other 
wise  they  never  would  possess.  Circumstances  and  not 
merit  give  them  a  name.  Of  this  class  is  David  Dunbar, 
an  Irishman,  who  had  been  a  Colonel  in  the  British  servic( 
but  had  been  deposed.  He  came  over  to  this  countrx 
under  the  patronage  of  the  British  Ministry,  and  landed  at 


DAVID   DUNBAR.  l')3 

Pemaquid.  He  was  poor,  but  a  inau  of  pleasing  address  ; 
and  through  the  influence  of  his  friend,  Col.  Bladen,  a 
niemher  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  he  at  length  obtained  a 
Koyal  Instruction  and  Proclamation,  by  which  the  whole 
Province  of  Sagadahock  was  given  into  his  hands.  '  He 
was  directed  to  superintend  and  govern  it ;  little  more 
being  required  of  him  on  the  part  of  the  Crown,  than  to 
reserve  300,000  acres  of  the  best  timber  lands  of  pine  and 
oak,  for  the  use  of  the  Roj'^al  Navy. 

His  arrival  was  in  the  spring  of  1729  ;  and  his  first 
object  was  to  secure  the  good  will  and  co-operation  of 
Phillips,  Governor  of  Nova  Scotia.  He  next  put  in  repair 
the  fort  at  Pemaquid,  changing  the  name  of  it  from  Fort 
William  Henry  to  Fort  Frederick,  a  compliment  to  the 
Prince  of  Wales.  He  divided  the  land  between  Damaris- 
cotta  and  Museongus  rivers  into  two  townships.  .  The 
Southern  portion  of  which  included  all  that  lay  South  of  a 

Hue  running  Southeasterly  from  what  is  now  called 

Cove,  he  called  Harrington.  That  which  lay  North  of  it, 
which  includes  what  is  now  the  upper  part  of  Bristol, 
Daraariscotta  and  Nobleboro,  he  named  Walpole.  He  also 
erected  the  township  of  Townshend,  now  Boothbay,  and 
Southport.  These  places  were  named  from  three  British 
noblemen.     Broad  Cove  was  the  third  parish  in  Bristol. 

At  Pemaquid  Harbor,  he  laid  out  the  plan  of  a  city. 
To  each  settler  he  surveyed  a  City  lot  of  two  acres ;  also 
forty  acres-  more,  including  his  improvements  ;  and  after- 
wards a  one  hundred  acre  lot,  more  remotely  situated. 
The  title  that  he  gave  to  the  settlers  of  their  lands  was 
Leasehold  Indentures,  with  the  antiquated  reservation  of 
a  "peper  corn  rent,"  if  demanded.  Being  inflated  with 
his  success,  he  determined  the  next  spring,  1730,  to  be 
thorough  in  his  measures.  To  encourage  emigrants  to 
settle  within  the  bounds  of  his  jurisdiction,  he  ofl"ered  to 
every  one  who  would  abide  in  the  Province,  a  hundred 
acres  of  land  where  he  might  choose  to  select  it,  besides  a 


104  DAVID   DUNBAR. 

8upplj  of  one  year's  provisions.  To  invalidate  and 
obscure  the  jurisdictional  rights  of  Massachusetts,  he 
procured,  besides  the  King's  Proclamation  and  Instruc- 
tion, a  Royal  Order  to  the  Governor  ol'  Nova  Scotia,  for 
taking  formal  possession  of  the  country — and  to  effectuate 
his  plans  and  enforce  obedience  to  his  demands,  he 
obtained  from  Annapolis  and  Canseau,  thirty  men,  besides 
an  officer,  to  man  the  fortress  at  Pemaquid,  pretending, 
probably,  that  this,  having  long  been  considered  the  key  to 
that  Province,  ought  to  be  a  Public  Garrison.  Lands 
were  conveyed  by  him  to  William  Vaughan  of  Damaris- 
cotta,  and  also  the  benefit  of  the  excellent  water  privilege 
at  the  Fresh  falls.  The  Commissioners  for  1811,  say  that 
Vaughan  held  his  lands  at  Damariscotta  Mills  under  the 
Brown  title  ;  and  they  also  say,  that  he  had  lands  at  Har- 
rington, for  which  he  afterwards  compromised  with  Shem 
•Drowne,  by  paying  him  two  shillings,  lawful  money,  foi' 
every  hundred  acres. 

Dunbar  was  active  and  energetic ;  and  introduced  a 
large  number  of  persons  into  this  section  of  the  country. 
The  McCobbs,  the  Eeeds,  the  Aulds,  McClintocks,  McFar- 
lands.  Briers,  Knights,  Fossets,  Montgomerys,  Kennedys. 
Cami)bells  and  others  whose  names  have  been  familiar 
in  this  region,  for  the  last  130  j^ears,  were  introduced  here, 
about  this  time.  They  originally  came  from  Scotland,  and 
setth'd  i]i  the  North  part  of  Ireland.  Persecution  drove 
them  from  their  native  lands ;  and  freedom  of  conscience 
to  woiship  God,  as  well  as  permanency  of  home,  brought 
theui  to  these  extensive  shores.  And  one  reason  wliy 
Dunbar  received  the  appointment  was,  he  told  the  king 
:uid  the  ministry,  that  these  people  were  anxious  to  emi- 
grate to  America.  The}^  came  here — a  noble  race — hewed 
down  the  forests,  cleared  the  fields,  built  them  dwellings, 
erected  the  Sanctuary,  and  by  its  side  the  School  House, 
where  their  children  both  heard  the  Word  of  the  Lord  and 
were  taught  the  elements  of  education.     It  was  America 


BAYII)   DUNBAR.  105 

ill  her  incipient  greatness.  These  were  among  the  choicest 
of  European  emigrants,  and  their  blood  was  as  precious  as 
any  that  coursed  in  the  veins  of  the  people  of  these 
United  States.  If  no  more,  Dunbar  performed  one  good 
work  in  introducing  to  these  shores,  this  fearless  and  indom- 
itable people. 

Opposite  Damariscotta  Mills  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Bay,  is  a  point  of  land  called  "Belvidera."  It  is  beautiful 
for  situation.  At  the  extreme  Western  part  of  this  point 
of  land,  Gov.  Dunbar,  in  the  year  1730  or  1731,  built  him 
a  house  which  he  occupied  two  years  or  more.  The 
remains  of  his  cellar  are  now  seen  ;  also  of  his  rock  chim- 
ney, now  fallen  ;  and  a  circular  hole  about  four  feet  in 
diameter  and  as  many  feet  deep  which  was  probably  used 
as  a  magazine  for  powder  and  other  choice  articles. 

Directly  in  the  rear,  and  to  the  East  of  this  locality,  is  a 
beautiful  rising  ground  that  has  a  commanding  view  of  the 
entire  Bay  and  shores  around.  Here  Dunbar  had  a  cellar 
dug  about  forty  feet  by  fifty,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a 
superb  mansion  that  would  correspond  with  the  important 
Dignitary  that  would  inhabit  there.  But,  alas!  for  human 
calculations  and  earthly  hopes !  Soon  after,  petitions  were 
in  circulation  for  his  removal. 

The  cellar  of  this  projected  house,  is  still  there,  exhib- 
iting all  the  marks  of  hasty,  if  not  unwilling  abandonment. 
The  dirt  which  is  a  clayey  loam,  w^as  thrown  out  upon  the 
four  sides  of  it,  and  it  remains  just  as  it  was  left  by  the 
shovel.  Water  is  at  the  bottom  of  it,  and  the  cattle  have 
a  beaten  path  down  the  four  corners,  of  it,  where  they 
descend  to  drink.  It  is  overshadowed  by  tall  pines,  nearly 
two  feet  in  diameter,  which  have  arisen,  as  if  to  assert 
their  sovereignty,  since  the  former  transient  proprietor  left. 

Dunbar  was  imperious  in  his  will  and  avaricious  in  his 
disposition.  He  soon  became  unpopular  with  the  peo])le. 
Those  who  resided  between  the  Sheepscot  and  Damaris- 
cotta rivers — to  the    North  of    Townshend,  were    slow  in 


106  DAVID   DUNBAR. 

submitting  to  his  claim  and  dictation.  For  this,  he 
threatened  to  punish  them,  by  expelling  them  from  their 
possessions.  He  was  regardless  of  either  ancient  Grants, 
Deeds  or  actual  Possessions,  and  resolved  to  bear  down  all 
opposition,  and  make  in  his  own  name,  any  conveyance  by 
which  he  could  make  money.  All  descriptions  of  claim- 
ants who  were  thus  disturbed,  spread  their  complaints 
before  the  General  Court.  The  Pemaquid  Proprietors — 
the  Drowne  Right  claimants,  complained  that  Dunbar  had 
encroached  upon  their  domains,  and  Avith  force  and  arms, 
was  holding  possession  of  them.  They  asked  for  relief 
and  protection. 

Christopher  Tappau  professed  to  hold  several  tracts  at 
Damariscotta,  which  had  been  improved  for  a  series  of 
years,  till  the  inhabitants  were  driven  away  by  the  Indians. 
Settlers  had  returned  to  them,  and  were  happy  at  their 
homes,  till  they  were  thrown  into  perplexity  and  embar- 
rassment by  the  unscrupulous  demands  of  Dunbar.  Many 
others  presented  their  Memorials  to  the  Legislature  which 
were  filled  with  similar  representations.  Joseph  Roberts, 
Samuel  Whittemore  and  Jonathan  Loring  who  lived  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  Sheepscot  river,  stated  that  Dunbar  came 
with  an  armed  force,  drove  them  from  their  lands,  seized 
their  timber,  burnt  and  destroyed  their  houses  and  even 
threatened  to  throw  them  into  confinement. 

While  making  these  charges,  the  petitioners  asked  that 
the  "tyrant"  might  be  removed,  and  that  Massachusetts 
would  resume  her  former  jurisdiction  over  this  oppressed 
and  distracted  District. 

The  Memorials  of  the  Petitioners  were  in  the  winter  of 
1731,  laid  before  the  Legislature.  They  appointed  an  able 
Committee  of  both  Houses,  to  consider  them  ;  and,  accord- 
ing to  Sullivan,  in  the  year  1732,  the  Report  was  made 
that  settled  the  controversy'. 

In  this  Report,  the  following  facts  and  principles  were 
stated  : — That  the  lands  mentioned  in  the  petitions,  and 


\ 


DAVID    DUNBAR.  107 

likewise  the  whole  territory  between  the  Kennebec  and 
Nova  Scotia  were  within  the  Royal  Charter,  granted  to 
Massachusetts,  about  forty  years  before,  by  William  and 
Mary,  and  have  ever  been  from  that  time  to  the  present, 
under  her  care  and  jurisdiction : — That  the  Legislature 
have,  from  time  to  time,  been  at  great  expense  to  defend 
this  territory  from  the  incursions  and  cruelties  of  the 
Indians,  and  particularly  during  the  last  war  : — That  laws 
have  been  made  by  Massachusetts  for  the  good  of  this 
entire  Province,  and  that  they  have  been  enforced  against 
the  trespassers  of  the'  king's  lands  : — That  the  Memorial- 
ists have  made  great  sacrifices  and  corresponding  exer- 
tions to  settle  the  country ;  and  that  they  have  always 
been  good  and  loyal  citizens ;  and  that  their  predeces- 
sors, in  former  years,  had  expended  vast  sums  of  money 
and  much  labor  in  making  improvements  in  these  lands : — 
That,  though  Col.  Dunbar  had  appeared  as  the  pro- 
fessed agent  of  the  Crown,  yet  he  had  uniformly  refused 
to  exhibit  his  Commission  or  an  exemplification  of  it,  and 
had  appeared  among  the  inhabitants  with  a  number  of 
armed  men,  and  required,  nay,  even  compelled,  them  to 
take  deeds  of  him  or  quit  their  possessions: — And  they 
conclude  an  able  Report  by  saying: — "That  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  Province  were  in  duty  bound  to  interpose 
in  favor  of  Petitioners  and  other  sufferers,  to  lay  their 
complaints,  the  facts  and  documents,  before  the  Lords  of 
Trade,  and  obtain,  if  possible,  the  opinions  of  the  SoHc- 
itor  and  Attorney  Generals  of  England  upon  the  subject." 
These  facts  and  documents  were  sent  to  England  and 
laid  before  the  Board  of  Trade.  Samuel  Waldo,  who  had 
a  large  interest  in  the  Muscougus  Patent,  was  chosen  by 
the  Proprietors  to  go  to  London  upon  this  important 
errand.  Shem  Drowne,  in  behalf  of  the  Pemaquid  Pro- 
prietors, also  presented  a  petition  to  the  Crown  for  the 
removal  of  Dunbar.  Accordingly  he  was  displaced  ;  but 
he   remained    in   the    Province   about   two   years,    when, 


108  WILLIAM   YAUGHAN. 

tlirougli  the  influence  of  his  friend  Col.  Bracleu,  lie 
received  the  appointment  of  Lieutenant  Governor  of  New 
Hampshire.  Portsmouth  became  his  residence.  His 
property  at  Belvidera  Point  passed  into  the  hands  of  Kev. 
Mr.  Rutherford,  between  whom  and  Dunbar  there  existed 
terms  of  friendship. 

His  office  in  New  Hampshire  was  no  sinecure  ;  and  after 
about  three  years  he  left  it,  went  home  to  England — was 
prevailed  upon  for  $2,000  to  relinquish  his  situation  as  Sur- 
veyor of  the  King's  woods,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Gov- 
ernorship of  St.  Helena,  by  the  East  India  Company, 
where  he  died.  His  widow  afterwards  married  a  man  by 
the  name  of  Henderson  and  spent  the  remainder  of  her 
days  at  St.  George. 


CHAPTER    XIX 


WILLIAM    YAUGHAN. 

As  early  as  1730,  William  Vaughan  of  Boston,  and  son 
of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  of  New  Hampshire,  came  to 
Damariscotta  Fresh  Falls  and  commenced  a  settlement. 
He  claimed  under  the  Brown  title  as  far  East  as  Pem- 
aquid  Pond ;  and  West,  to  Mill  River ;  Samuel  Kennedy 
says,"  to  "Sheepscot  upper  great  falls."  James  Noble, 
Esq.,  and  Elliot  Yaughan,  Esq.,  his  brother  came  with 
him.  In  1730,  he  built  two  double  saw  mills  and  a  grist 
]uill  ;i-  and  began  to  farm  out  the  lands  and  introduce 
settlers.     His  men  used  to  cut  the  meadows  on  Mill  Brook 

*  See  (lepositiou  1765. 
I  Col.  Win.  Joues. 


tappan's  arrival  and  proceedings.  ■   109 

stream,  Deer  Meadow  and  Burnt  Camp  Meadow ;  and 
from  Can  aim  Winslow's  fence  to  the  head  of  Damariscotta 
Pond,  on  both  sides.  He  died  1755,  the  year  after  Cape 
Briton  was  captured.  Previous  to  his  death,  he  bequeathed 
to  Mary  Mercy  and  Jenny  Campbell  each  100  acres  of 
land.  He  also  devised  by  will  lands  to  others.  Damaris- 
cotta Pond  in  his  day  was  called  "Yaughan's  Pond  ;"  and 
deeds  of  land  lying  on  both  sides  of  that  body  of  water, 
were  said  to  be  bounded  on  one  side  by  "Vaughan's  Pond." 
He  was  a  man  of  energy  and  good  business  capacity, 
and  helped  to  introduce  many  settlers  around  Damaris- 
cotta Pond.  In  1710,  he  built  a  house  which  was  after- 
wards consumed  b}'  fire  ;  and  it  is  supposed  that  the 
grants  and  title  deeds  whicji  Dunbar  gave  to  settlers  were 
burnt  up  in  it. 

After  his  death,  his  right  passed  over  to  Elliot  Vaughan 
and  James  Noble,  Esqs.  Noble  afterwards  married  his 
widow  ;  and  it  was  from  this  gentleman,  that  the  town 
Nobleboro  derived  its  name.  At  first,  there  was  strong 
opposition  to  it ;  but  at  last  the  inhabitants  acquiesced 
in  the  appellation. 

After  the  war,  Vaughan,  not  feeling  secure  in  his  title, 
went  to  England  to  get  it  confirmed  by  the  king,  but  never 
returned.  His  heirs,  however,  and  grantees,  remained 
undisturbed  in  their  possessions. 


CHAPTER    XX 


TAPPAN'S  ARRIVAL  AND  PROCEEDINGS. 

In  1733  Tappan  arrived  in  Shee])scot  and  commenced  to 
survey  his  lands.     According  to  the  testimony   of  James 


110  tappan's  arrival  and  proceedings. 

Cargill,  lie  commenced  at  Nickel's  Mills,  ran  down  tlif 
Cauasixet  river,  southerl}',  to  the  end  of  the  Neck,  where 
Francis  Dodge  resides  ;  thence  Northerly,  following  the 
shore  to  the  Town  Cove,  in  front  of  the  Gairison  ;  thence 
they  continued  on  a  distance  of  five  miles  from  the  end  of 
the  Great  Neck,  to  where  Daniel  Anderson  afterwards  re- 
sided, a  little  to  the  North  of  the  School  house  in  the 
Woodbridge  neighborhood.  Cargill's  father,  David  Cargill 
was  surveyor ;  James  Canjpbell  Avas  agent  ;  William  Ken- 
nedy and  Solomon  Hopkins  were  chairmen;  and  James 
Forester  carried  the  pack.  There  they  drove  down  a 
stake. 

The}'  then  commenced  to  survey  the  lots.  They  began 
at  the  Southern  extremity  and  cpntiniied  on  Northerly,  be- 
tween Canasixet  river  and  Grumble's  reach,  and  then  be- 
tween Canasixet  river  and  the  road  that  runs  Northeasterly 
from  James  Preble's  to  the  Woodbridge  neighborhood,  till 
they  had  numbered  forty-five  lots.  This  is  as  far  as  Tap- 
pan  sold  in  his  life  time.  His  heirs,  how-ever,  claimed  to 
the  North  line  of  the  town.  Between  the  road  running 
Northeasterly  from  James  Preble's,  and  that  which  runs 
over  Garrison  Hill  to  the  North  and  then  the  river  as  a 
western  boundary;  he  surveyed  fourteen  ten  acre  lots. 
These  lay  side  by  side,  and  commenced  at  the  road  that 
runs  by  David  Kennedy's,  and  continued  on  as  far  as  Henry 
Freeman's.  The  estate  of  the  late  Capt.  Thomas  Lennox 
now  embraces  two  of  those  lots.  These  were  designed  as 
"  Home  lots,"  and  the  "  Out  lots"  were  those  already 
named. 

Tappan's  lots  professedly  had  one  hundred  acres  in  each 
of  them  ;  but  it  is  said  they  fell  sliort,  some  of  them  hav- 
ing no  more  than  8G  acres.  When  the  settlers  discovered 
it,  there  was  great  disturbance  among  them  ;  and  to  ap- 
pease the  rising  wrath  and  settle  the  difficulty,  for  they 
had  taken  deeds  and  paid,  some  in  part,  and  some  all  for 
their  lands,  before  the  error  was  discovered,  Tappau  gave 


tappan's  akrival  and  proceedings.  Ill 

two  lots,  one  to  him  wlio  should  be  the  first  settled  minis- 
ter ;  and  the  other  to  the  inhabitants  of  Sheepscot,  as  a 
parsonage  or  glebe  forever.  This  composed  the  trouble 
and  allayed  the  storm.  Mr.  Tap})an  also  gave  two  town 
landings  ;  one  to  the  south  of  Garrison  Hill  including  the 
Cove,  and  the  other  to  the  North,  extending  from  Jotham 
Clifford's  store  to  the  late  Thomas  Lennox's  line,  including 
the  Heter  piece  known  as  the  "  Diamond."  He  also  gave 
a  "  Common  "  extending  from  the  South  landing  to  the 
Xorth  landing.  The  meeting  house,  the  school  house,  Al- 
fred AVilson's  former  shop  and  garden  all  stand  on  the  com- 
mon which  Tappan  donated  to  the  town.  The  lots  of 
Thomas  Wiseman,  Charles  Cargill  and  William  Williams 
extend  npon  this  common.  The  town  gave  Mr.  Kennedy 
the  liberty  to  fence  in  and  improve  the  South  landing,  on 
condition  that  it  should  be  returned  to  the  town  whenever 
demanded.* 

Tappan  also  gave  the  burying  ground,  and  the  land  next 
Xorth  of  it,  lying  between  the  street  and  the  river  ;  and  a 
strip  that  extended  up  to  Patrick  Lennox's  line.  The  late 
Samuel  Averill  fenced  in  the  Diamond  and  also  the  field 
in  which  his  house  stands,  and  improved  it.  When  the 
question  of  titles  was  raised,  and  the  settlers  began  to  feel 
insecure  as  respects  the  validity  of  their  deeds  which  Tap- 
pan  had  given  them,  the  general  court  passed  a  law,  giving 
them  a  Quitclaim  Deed  from  the  State,  with  the  guaranty 
that  they  should  be  undisturbed  in  their  possessions,  on 
condition  that  they  should  pay  into  the  state  treasury  ten 
cents  an  acre  for  their  lands.  This  was  a  mere  nominal 
sum,  and  was  demanded  onl)'  to  meet  the  expenses  in- 
curred in  the  case.  Mr.  Avery  took  a  Quitclaim  Deed  from 
the  state  for  Avhat  he  had  enclosed,  by  i)aying  ten  cents 
an  acre  ;  and  he  and  his  heirs  have  remained  in  undis- 
turbed possesion  of  it  ever  since.  It  is  valuable  land  and 
is  held  at  a  high  price.f  Avery  purchased  his  house  and 
lot  of  James  Carney,  Esq. 

*Towu  Records.     tCant.  .Tolm  Holmes  and  others. 


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LAWSUITS  AND   LAND   TROUBLES. 


CHAPTEE    XXI. 


LAWSUITS  AND  LAND   TEOUBLES. 

In  1733,  June  the  9th,  being  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of 
George  the  Second,  Mr.  Tappan  made  an  agreement  with 
two  men,  John  Pearman  and  Joseph  Winter,  to  have  and 
improve  all  the  land  "lying  and  being  on  Damariscotta 
river,  beginning  at  the  Run  of  water,  next  to  the  place 
where  Dr.  AVinslow  now  dwells  ;  and  so  to  run  upwards  by 
the  salt  river  side,  round  the  rock,  to  the  upper  end  of  the 
salt  meadows,  and  thence  up  the  fresh  meadows,  and 
from  thence  up  a  straight  line  southwesterly,  till  a  line 
fi-om  the  northerly  side  of  the  upper  end  of  the  aforesaid 
run  of  water  shall  meet  it." 

Dr.  Wins  low  lived  where  the  late  Mrs.  Barstow  resided. 
The  ran  of  water  was  larger  in  his  day  than  now.  The 
rock  was  in  the  Salt  Bay,  the  fresh  meadows,  those  lying 
over  to  the  west.  Dr.  Winslow  received  his  title  from  his 
skill  in  curing  horses  and  cattle.  He  sometimes  tried  his 
hand  upon  sick  people  with  good  success. 

These  two  men  who  had  resided  at  Damariscotta,  were 
allowed  to  cut  what  hay,  fresh  and  salt,  they  might  need 
for  the  use  of  the  stock  ;  and  they  were  required  to  clear 
and  break  up  at  least  six  acres  of  land,  in  addition  to  what 
was  already  under  improvement.  The  time  of  their  lease 
would  expire  in  six  years  ;  and  they  were  to  have  the  sole 
use  of  this  land,  imless  Tappan  should  see  fit  to  introduce 
other  settlers  there.  Tappan  was  to  have  one  half  the 
butter  and  cheese  made  on  the  place  ;  one  half  of  the  wool, 
and  one  half  of  the  increase  of  cattle,  sheep  and  swine. 
The  house  where  Pearman  resided  was  to  be  repaired  by 


LAWSUITS  AND   LAND   TROUBLES.  115 

him  and  "Winter,  Tappan  finding  "  timber,  boards  and 
nayles." 

It  will  be  perceived  that  this  lease  of  land  embraced  the 
southern  portion  of  the  tract  claimed  by  Wm.  Vaughan. 
Depositions  afterwards  taken,  show  that  Vaughan  claimed 
the  meadows  upon  Mill  river  and  that  he  fenced  "  from 
where  old  Mr.  Cornelius  Jones  now  lives,  along  side  the 
hill  till  it  comes  to  Mr.  Winslow,  southward  of  Christopher 
Hopkins'  house."* 

Hence  the  collision.  Tappan  met  Vaughan  in  a  plea  of 
ejectment,  and  lays  his  damages  at  ten  thousand  pounds. 
The  persons  prosecuted  were  William  Vaughan,  Ichabod 
Lin  scot,  Josiah  Clark,  William  Blackstone,  Bray  Deering 
and  John  Deering. 

The  case  was  tried  at  the  York  Session  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  July,  1741.  It  was  a  question  of  title — 
Indian  title — Phillips  against  Brown.  Tappan  lost  the 
case ;  but  he  carried  it  up  to  the  Superior  Court,  which 
was  held  at  the  same  place,  June,  1742.  William  Vaughan. 
then,  in  behalf  of  the  rest,  prosecuted,  became  the  sole  de- 
fendant, as  his  case  would  settle  all  the  rest,  they  having 
purchased  of  him.  But  Tappan  was  unfortunate  enough 
to  lose  his  case  the  second  time  ;  and  with  it  his  title  to 
Damariscotta  Falls,  and  the  lands  upon  both  sides  of  the 
Pond  and  the  western  and  southern  side  of  the  Salt  Bay. 

The  property  involved  in  this  lawsuit  was  a  "  Mesuage, 
seven  cottages,  two  double  sawmills,  and  one  grist  mill, 
with  fifty  acres  of  land,"  whereon  these  buildings  stand. 
But  Vaughan  held  all  he  claimed  ;  and  many  settlers  held 
their  lands  by  deeds  received  from  him. 

It  was  a  heavy  burden  for  Tappan.  He  lost  his  mill 
site,  his  property,  his  case ;  and  the  cost  of  Courts  were 
thrown  upon  him. 

Vaughan,  however,  did  not  remain  secure  in  his  posses- 


*Robert  Hodge's  testimony. 


116  LAWSUITS   AND   LAND   TROUBLES. 

sion.  Although  cleared  of  Tappan,  there  were  other 
troublers  beside  him.  Five  years  before  his  death,  and 
only  eight  years  after  this  decision,  the  country  there- 
abouts was  thrown  into  great  commotion,  because  they 
heard  that  a  "  settlement  "  was  making  up  in  the  Kenne- 
bec, under  the  authority  of  the  Kennebec  Patent,  to  come 
and  settle  in  this  territory.  This  company  claimed  as  far 
east  as  Vaughan's  Pond. 

And  in  June,  1763,  Jonathan  Cook,  Jonathan  Jones, 
John  Jones,  and«"a  great  number  of  other  men"  entered  on 
premises  claimed  by  Noble,  built  a  sawmill,  fenced  in  a 
large  tract  of  land,  and  gave  out  that  "  they  would  hold  it 
with  a  strong  hand."  This  mill  site  and  land  was  on  the 
East  side  of  Damariscotta  Pond,  about  six  miles  above  the 
falls.  The  pond  was  fed  by  a  swamp,  and  by  the  snows  of 
spring  ;  but  was  sometimes  dry  in  summer. 

Besides  these,  there  was  a  Thomas  Fallausbee,  in  subse- 
quent years,  who  claimed  under  Tappan,  that  troubled 
these  settlers  exceedingly.  It  was  hard  for  them,  having 
once  paid  for  their  lands,  to  be  called  upon  to  pay  again  to 
some  other  person  than  the  one  from  whom  they  had  re- 
ceived their  title  Deeds.  Some  of  these  settlers  were 
called  upon  by  two  or  three  claimants  ;  and  they  j)aid  for 
their  laud  more  than  once,  and  still  they  were  threatened 
with  new  lawsuits.  The  whole  thing  was  wrong  in  princi- 
ple. The  Indians  were  the  true  owners  and  lords  of  the 
soil ;  and  they  only  had  the  right  of  disposal  of  it.  This 
should  ever  have  been  acknowledged  by  Courts,  Legislatures 
and  Crowned  heads.  Then,  those  who  took  Indian  deeds, 
should  have  been  more  definite  as  to  boundaries.  They 
bought  land  by  "  junks,"  and  not  by  definite  metes  and 
bounds.  And  then,  the  grants  made  in  England,  if  they 
must  assume  a  power  of  that  kind,  should  have  been  more 
specific  and  made  with  gi'eater  care.  As  it  was,  it  seemed 
as  though  crafty  men  on  one  side,  filched  out  of  "  muddled  " 
brains  on  the  other,  just  what  they  desired.     The  grants  of 


GOV.    BELCHER.  117 

those  days  looked  more  like  children's  play,  or  of  men  who 
saw  "  double,"  than  of  M'ise,  intelligent,  sober  and  upright 
men.  Deed  lapped  on  deed  ;  grant  overreached  grant ; 
patent  swallowed  up  patent ;  claimant  opposed  claimant ; 
and  authority  constantly  clashed  witli  authority. 

The  settlers  were  honest  when  they  took  their  deeds, 
and  paid  for  their  lands  ;  and  those  who  gave  the  titles, 
were  supposed  to  be  as  honest  as  they  ;  but  there  was  no 
power  on  earth  that  was  able  to  solve  this  difficulty  ;  and 
never  was  peace  restored  and  the  trouble  allayed  till  1811, 
when  the  Commissioners  proposed  a  compromise  :  —  the 
claimants  should  remit  their  claims  to  these  lands,  and 
take  their  value  in  Eastern  wild  lands,  at  a  fixed  price. 
The  claimants  under  the  Brown  and  Tappan  rights — those 
two  who  claimed  under  Shem  Drowne  and  the  Kennebec 
Patent,  as  well  as  all  other  claimants,  assented  to  this 
arrangement  ;  — peace  was  restored — harmony  established 
— and  every  settler  now  sits  under  his  own  vine  and  fig 
tree,  having  no  one  to  molest  or  make  him  afraid. 


CHAPTER    XXII 


GOV.  BELCHER. 

In  the  year  1730,  Mr.  Jonathan  Belcher,  a  native  of 
Boston,  then  in  Ijondon,  procured  the  appointment  of 
Governor  for  himself.  He  was  of  a  good  mind,  a  graceful 
person,  easy  manners,  and  had  been  a  great  traveller.  Six 
years  he  had  been  in  Europe  ;  twice  at  the  Court  of  Han- 
over, and  he  had  received  a  valuable  gold  medal  from  the 
Princess  Sophia.     He  had  a  high  sense  of  honor  ;  and  on 


118  GOV.   BELCHEK. 

the  8tli  of  August,  he  arrived  in  Boston,  the  Governor  of 
Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Maine. 

One  of  the  first  Acts  passed  during  liis  adujinistration. 
was,  against  duels.  Several  had  been  fought,  and  the  law 
enacted  that  the  body  of  the  party  so  falling,  and  also  the 
body  oS  his  antagonist,  after  his  execution,  should  be 
buried  without  a  coffin,  by  the  wayside^  and  have  a  stake 
driven  through  it,  as  a  memento  of  the  crime  and  a  warn- 
ing against  it. 

In  the  summer  of  1734,  he  made  an  excursion  into  these 
Eastern  provinces  and  visited  Sheepscot,  Damariscotta, 
Pemaquid,  Machias  and  Passamaquoddy.  At  Pemaquid 
he  had  a  conference  with  several  Indians,  and  wishing  for 
peace,  treated  them  with  uniform  courtesy  and  kindness. 
Though  some  of  the  traders  on  the  frontier  had  given  them 
occasion  for  offence,  yet  the  Governor  received  fresh  assur- 
ances of  their  wish  for  a  continued  peace.  He  met  many 
of  the  inhabitants  of  these  parts,  and  was  able  to  confer 
with  them,  with  mutual  satisfaction,  upon  the  matter  of 
Dunbar's  recall  ;  for  they  had  all  viewed  his  agency  as  a 
grievance  and  public  annoyance. 

There  were,  at  this  time,  within  the  limits  of  the  present 
State  of  Maine,  about  9000  persons  ;  of  whom  more  than 
1,500  were  at  Georgetown,  Sheepscot,  J^amariscotta,. 
Townshend,  Walpole,  Harrington,  Broadcove  and  St. 
George's. 

The  year  1735  was  distinguished  for  the  ravages  of  that 
terrible  disease,  popularly  known  as  the  Throat  Distemper. 
It  was  in  the  month  of  May  that  it  made  its  appearance  at 
Kingston.  New  Hampshire,  but  it  soon  spread  itself 
throughout  New  England.  It  was  very  fatal,  especially 
among  children.  Throughout  the  [)rovinces  of  Maine  and 
Sagadahock  it  spread  aud  raged  at  intervals,  for  more  thaji 
three  years.  Its  general  appearance  is  described  to  have 
been — a  swollen  throat  with  specks  of  a  color  between 
brown  and  gray,  a  redness  of  skin,  with  eru])tions,  as  of 


GOV.    BELCHEK.  119 

tlie  rasli  ;  distress  in  the  head  aud  back  part  of  tlie  neck  ; 
great  debility  of  the  body  ;  and  a  rapid  tendency  to  putre- 
faction. Parents,  faraihes  and  neighbors  shuddered  at  its 
approach  ;  for  the  children  particularly  when  seized,  were 
sick  only  a  brief  time,  and  then  died.  Tlie  mortality  was 
fearful  for  so  small  a  ])opulati()n.  Six  and  sometimes  more 
were  taken  from  a  single  family  ;  three  and  four  would 
be  buried  in  a  day  ;  and  many  parents  lost  all  the  children 
tljey  ever  had.  In  Kittery  one  hundred  and  twenty-two 
died  of  this  plague  ;  and  in  Arundel  vast  numbers,  both  of 
young  people  and  children,  were  carried  off.  The  alarm 
was  so  great  that  a  solemn  fast  was  kept  on  Oct.  31st, 
Avhen  they  sought  relief  from  Almighty  God  whose  servants 
diseases  are,  and  whose  arm  can  interpose  and  save  even 
from  the  borders  of  the  grave.  The  next  year  it  was 
neither  so  generrd  nor  so  fatal ;  but  in  January,  1737,  it 
broke  out  afi^esh  in  York  and  Wells,  and  numbers  were  laid 
'in  their  graves.  In  North  Yarmouth  about  75  died;  in 
Purpooduck  26  ;  and  in  Falmouth  49.  In  Scarborough  so 
deadly  was  its  march,  that  not  a  single  one  survived  who 
was  attacked.  At  Saco  and  Presumpscot  Falls,  it  seemed 
the  next  year  to  riot  on  human  life,  baffling  all  skill  and 
setting  at  defiance  all  medicine  and  human  exeiiions.  At 
all  seasons  of  the  year  its  ravages  were  committed  ;  but 
the  greatest  mortality  took  place  where  blood  letting  and 
cathartics  were  practised. 

In  almost  all  other  respects  the  people  of  Maine  were 
contented,  prosperous  and  haj)py.  'yi''"^^  was  revived, 
business  successful  and  industry  rewarded.  Applications 
were  made  for  new  towns,  and  tlie  inhabitants  were  on  the 
slow,  but  constant  increase.  Short  crops  abroad,  however, 
put  the  people  of  Maine,  in  the  year  1737,  on  a  small 
allowance.  As  they  depended  upon  other  places  partially 
for  supplies,  some  had  neither  corn  nor  grain  for  several 
weeks.  In  April,  the  hay  was  generally  expended  ;  eat- 
ables  were   scarce  ;  and  it  was  said  that  not    a    peck    of 


120  GOV.    SHIRLEY   APPOINTED. 

potatoes  could  he  bought  in  all  the  Eastern  country. 
Some  may  have  perished  with  hunger  ;  and  what  added  to 
the  poignancy  of  the  distress,  was,  the  deadly  throat  dis- 
temper which  raged  in  many  towns.  Many  also  died  of 
the  pleurisy  fever  ;  and  a  relief  from  starvation  did  not 
fully  come  till  the  following  harvest. 


CHAPTEE     XXIII 


GOV.  SHIRLEY  APPOINTED. 

Aftee  an  Administration  of  ten  years  Gov.  Belcher  was 
removed,  and  William  Shirley  was  appointed  Govenor  of 
Massachusetts  and  Maine.  Benning  Wentworth  received 
the  appointment  of  Governor  of  New  Hampshire.  This 
was  in  1741.  Gov.  Shirley  was  an  English  gentleman,  but 
had  resided  in  Boston  several  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
ability  and  address,  had  been  bred  to  the  law,  and  by 
living  in  the  province  several  years,  had  become  well 
acquainted  with  the  habits,  the  manners  and  the  wants  of 
the  people. 

One  of  the  first  acts  of  his  administration  provided  that 
"  Bills  of  a  new  Form  "  should  be  issued.  Every  sum  of 
twenty  shillings  expressed  on  the  face  of  them,  was  to  be 
equivalent  to  three  ounces  of  silver.  All  contracts  should 
be  understood  payable  in  silver  at  six  shillings,  eight  pence 
the  ounce,  or  gold  in  proportion  ;  and  these  bills  should  be 
made  a  legal  tentler  in  all  public  and  private  payments. 
If,  however,  they  should  depreciate  in  value,  an  additional 
sum  should  be  paid  according  to  the  scale  of  depreciation, 
as  agreed   upon   once   a  year,   in   a  meeting  of  the  eldest 


GOV.    SHIRLEY  APPOINTED.  121 

Councillor  of  each  county.  This  new  "  Form  "  was  called 
the  New  Tenor  to  distinguish  it  from  all  former  emissions. 
These  new  bills  however  gradually  depreciated,  till  they  set- 
tled down  to  a  level  with  the  other  older  bills. 

The  administration  of  Gov.  Shirley  was  destined  to  be 
an  eventful  one.  There  were  in  1743  in  the  provinces  of 
Maine  and  Sagadahock  about  2,800  taxable  polls  ;  and  in 
all  places,  both  incorporated  and  unincoporated,  about 
12,000  souls.  The  tax  assessed  on  them  the  year  ])revious 
was  £332,  Is.  2d.  Every  male,  sixteen  years  old,  paid  12d. 
Twenty  shillings  property  paid  one  penny  of  the  province 
tax  ;  and  other  taxes  in  proportion. 

As  these  provinces  were  greatly  exposed  in  case  of  a 
rupture  with  the  Indians,  the  people  of  Massachusetts 
determined  to  put  the  whole  frontier  in  a  state  of  defence. 
The  Legislature  appropriated,  at  this  time,  1713,  Xl,280 
for  the  defence  of  the  Eastern  settlements.  The  money 
was  apportioned  to  fourteen  ]ilaces  and  applied  to  the  con- 
structing of  Stockade  forts,  block  houses,  breastworks  and 
walls  of  hewn  timber  and  such  private  residences  as  were 
much  exposed. 

Of  this  apportionment  of  money  Arrowswick  received 
£100,  Sheepscot  100,  Damariscotta  67,  Pemaquid  134, 
Broad  Bay  75,  and  St.  George's  River  100  pounds.  Encour- 
aged by  these  appropriations,  the  inhabitants  bestowed 
upon  their  public  works  a  great  amount  of  labor  and  made 
them  places  of  considerable  security.  Fearing  trouble, 
Fort  George  at  Brunswick  was  made  a  pubhc  Garrison, 
other  forts  were  strengthened,  and  as  a  precautionary  meas- 
uie,  four  hundred  men  were  ordered  to  be  organized  in 
the  county  of  York,  into  as  many  companies,  and  to  be  iu 
constant  readiness,  as  "minute  men,"  with  every  equip- 
ment, to  march  at  the  shortest  notice.  Besides  a  good 
gun  and  sufficient  ammunition,  every  one  of  them  was  to 
provide  himself  with  a  hatchet,  an  extra  pair  of  shoes,  or  a 
pair  of  moccasins,  and  even  a  pair  of  suowshoes.     A  small 


122  THE   FIFTH   INDIAN   OR   SPANISH   WAR. 

allowance  was  made  them  for  these  preparations,  and  reg- 
ular wages  from  the  time  they  left  their  homes,  should  they 
be  called  into  service. 


CHAPTER    XXIV 


THE  FIFTH  INDIAN  OR  SPANISH  WAR. 

The  war  between  the  English  and  Spanish  nations  was 
proclaimed  in  1740.  Its  influence  was  immediately  com- 
municated to  their  American  dominions,  and  gradually 
extended  throughout  the  greater  part  of  Europe.  The 
French  Nation  resolved  to  enter  into  what  has  been  called, 
"  The  Continental  System,"  and  determined  to  take  sides 
against  England.  In  March,  1744,  the  former  power 
declared  war  against  the  latter ;  and  as  soon  as  the  event 
was  known  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  the  French  Colo- 
nists, and  the  Indians  in  their  interest,  began  their  intrigues 
against  their  English  neighbors.  The  scene  was  opened  in 
Nova  Scotia.  The  English  had  been  in  possession  of  this 
Province  since  the  Treaty  of  Utreteht,  1713,  a  period  of 
thirty-one  years. 

Duguernel,  the  French  Governor  of  the  Island  of  Cape 
Breton,  being  made  acquainted  with  tho  declaration  of 
war,  two  months  before  it  was  known  in  Boston,  resolv.nl 
to  gain  time  by  an  immediate  attack  upon  Canseau,  a 
small  island  situated  on  an  excellent  harbor,  at  the  South- 
eastern extremity  of  the  Peninsula.  For  this  purpose,  he 
despatched  Gen.  Duvivier,  with  a  regiment  of  800  or  900 
men,  in  a  few,  small  armed  vessels,  who,  landing  upon  the 
Island  May  18th,  1844,  laid  claim  to  it,  burned  the  houses, 


THE   FIFTH   INDIAN   OR   SPANISH  WAR.  123 

made  prisoners  of  the  Garrison  and  inhabitants,  and  took 
possession  of  a  small  armed  vessel,  lying  at  anchor  in  the 
harbor,  as  a  prize. 

Annapolis,  in  Nova  Scotia,  was  the  next  object  of  attack. 
Mascarine,  the  successor  of  Phillips,  was  then  Governor  of 
the  place.  He  was  first  apprized  of  hostilities  by  a  sudden 
attack  of  300  Indians  upon  the  garrison,  that  were  led  on 
by  Monsieur  Luttre,  a  French  Missionary,  who  boldly 
demanded  a  surrender.  This  was  on  May  the  3bth.  But 
the  Governor  refused  to  capitulate  ;  and  forthwith  sent  an 
express  to  Shirley,  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  desiring 
assistance.  Meanwhile  Duvivier,  arriving  with  his  troops, 
joined  Luttre,  and  they  both  invested  the  place  till  the 
third  of  July,  when  a  reinforcement  of  four  companies 
from  Massachusetts  couipellei  them  to  retire.  During  the 
seige,  they  had  surprised  and  killed  as  many  of  the  Eng- 
lish as  could  be  caught  without  the  fort.  They  also 
destroyed  their  cattle  and  burnt  their  dwellings. 

Maine  and  Massachusetts  were  immediately  aroused. 
The  Governor,  with  the  advice  of  the  Council,  Oct.  20th, 
of  the  same  year,  declared  war  against  all  the  Indian  tribes 
who  were  situated  to  the  Eastward  of  the  one  upon  the 
Passamiquod  ly  Bay  ;  forbid  ling  those  to  the  Westward 
of  a  line  three  miles  to  the  Eastward  of  that  river  to  have 
any  correspondence  with  those  Indian  rebels. 

There  were,  at  this  time,  within  the  limits  of  Maine, 
2,855  able  bodied  and  fencible  men.  These  were  organ- 
ized into  two  regiments  ;  one  consisting  of  1,565  troops, 
commanded  by  Col.  Wm.  Pepperell,  of  Kittery,  and  the 
other  of  1,293  troops,  to  be  commanded  by  Col.  Samuel 
Waldo,  of  Falmouth.  Two  hundred  and  seventy  of  these 
troops  were  at  George's  and  Broad  Bay  ;  fifty  at  Pema- 
quid,  and  fifty  at  Sheepscot.  As  it  was  designed  to  move 
on  the  expedition  to  the  Eastward  immediately,  where  all 
their  troops  would  be  needed,  it  was  determined  to  dis- 
charge such  men  as  had  been  drafted,  and  draw  out  100 


124  THE   FIFTH   INDIAN   Oil   SPANISH   WAR. 

effective  troops  from  Pepperell's  regiment,  and  form  them 
into  eight  guards.  These  they  would  station  at  as  man  y- 
different  points,  in  the  provinces,  where  they  might  be 
most  needed.  At  AViscasset  14  were  stationed  to  scout  as 
far  as  Capt.  Vaughan's  Block  house  on  Damariscotta. 
This  Block  house,  or  Garrison.,  was  at  Damariscotta  Mills, 
on  the  West  side  of  the  river,  and  a  little  South  of  the  road 
that  leads  from  the  l)ridge  which  crosses  the  stream,  up  by 
the  Catholic  Church.  Another  company  of  14,  at  his 
Block  house,  were  to  scout  East  as  far  as  Broad  Bay  ; 
and  a  third  company  of  14  were  stationed  at  Broad  Bay, 
whose  duty  was  to  scout  to  the  Block  house  at  George's 
river. 

It  was  then  resolved  that  Louisburg  must  be  taken  ;  and 
the  French  driven  out  of  Nova  Scotia  and  the  island  of 
Breton.  This  city  was  strongly  fortified.  The  French  had 
held  possession  of  it  25  years  ;  and  it  had  cost  the  Crown 
thirty  millions  of  livres,  nearly  6,000,000  of  dollars.  It 
was  called  the  Gibralter  of  America,  on  account  of  its 
great  strength.  Yet  the  fiat  had  gone  forth  that  Louis- 
burg  must  fall  ;  for  there  could  be  no  security  to  the  East- 
ern Provinces,  as  long  as  this  important  place  was  in  the 
hands  of  the  French.  Massachusetts  was  thoroughly 
awake  and  ready  to  do  her  part  in  this  important  matter. 
Her  troops,  united  to  those  of  Maine,  proceeded  at  once  to 
the  scene  of  action.  On  the  26tli  of  Jan.,  1745,  the  Resolve 
passed  the  General  Court,  to  proceed  on  the  expedition 
against  Louisburg  ;  The  measure,  however,  was  carried  by 
a  majority  of  only  one  vote  ;  so  doubtful  was  the  Legisla- 
lature,  as  to  the  expediency  and  wisdom  of  the  measure. 
It,  however,  grew  into  favor  with  the  peo])le  ;  and  soon  a 
fleet  consisting  of  13  vessels,  besides  trans})orts  and  store- 
ships,  carrying  4,000  men  and  200  guns,  was  ready  to  sail. 
Pepperell,  raised  to  a  Lieutenant  General,  was  put  in  com- 
mand of  the  expedition.  When  it  was  first  proposed  to 
him,  he  hesitated,  as  to  accepting  the  office  ;  but  being 


THE  FIFTH   INDIAN   OR   SPANISH   WAR.  125 

encouraged  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whitefield,  wlio  was  then  in 
this  country,  he  accepted.  Whitefield  selected,  for  liiin, 
this  motto:  "Nil  (lespercmfhini,  C/m'sfo  duce:'  "Never 
despair,  where  Christ  is  leader."  This  being  accepted, 
gave  the  expedition  the  air  and  popularity  of  a  modern 
ci'usade. 

The  second  ih  comn)and  was  Samuel  Waldo,  who  was 
commissioned  Avith  the  rank  of  Brigadier  General,  This 
man  was  a  native  of  Boston,  and  extensively  interested  in 
the  Muscongus  Patent.  His  father  was  Jonathan  W^aldo, 
a  merchant  of  that  place.  The  son  had  charge  of  the  York 
County  Regiment. 

Among  the  colonels  from  the  Province  of  Maine,  was 
William  Vaughan  of  Damariscotta. 

This  man  had  been  about  15  years  in  the  country;  and 
besides  being  largely  interested  in  the  business  matters  of 
that  place,  he  had  been  extensively  engaged  in  fishery. 
He  was  a  man  of  clear  and  correct  perception,  good  judg- 
ment, and  of  a  bold  enterprising  inind.  He  shrank  from 
no  obstacle,  and  with  erect  step  would  move  onward, 
when  others  might  falter  and  fall  around  him. 

Being  largely  concerned  in  the  Eastern  fisheries,  he  had 
learned  something  of  Louisburg,  though  he  had  never  seen 
it.  And  he  it  was,  that  first  represented  to  the  Governor 
of  Massachusetts,  the  practicability  of  a  surprise  of  the 
city  in  the  winter  time,  wlien  the  deep  snow  drifts  would 
admit  an  easy  passage  over  the  walls.  But  his  influence 
was  felt  in  planning  and  moving  that  expedition.  He  had 
no  particular  command  assigned  him,  preferring  the  trust 
of  such  special  duties  as  the  Chief  Commander  might  con- 
sider best  suited  to  his  bold  and  adventurous  spirit. 

Many  of  the  settlers  about  George's  river  went  with 
their  families,  on  this  expedition  to  Louisburg.  Some  of 
them  remained  there  for  several  years  ;  and  some  never 
returned.  William  Burns,  of  Broadbay,  took  a  commis- 
sion from  the  government  and  raised  a  company  to  de'end 


12()  THE   FIFTH   INDIAN   OR   SPANISH   WAR. 

the  County ;  and  Lis  brother  had  command  of  one  of  the 
transports  in  the  siege  of  Louisburg. 

In  March  19,  1745,  Pepperell  received  his  instructions 
from  Governor  Shirley,  and  put  to  sea  ;;  and  on  the  fourth 
of  April  he  arrived  at  Canseau.  On  the  23d  he  was  joined 
by  four  ships  of  war  from  the  AVest  Indies,  which  had 
been  ordered  there  by  the  home  Government,  when  the 
siege  of  the  place  was  formidably  co'.umenced. 

The  primary  objects  of  the  assailants,  was  to  invest  the 
town  ;  and  Colonel  Vaughan  conducted  the  first  column  of 
•400  men  through  the  woods,  May  2,  within  sight  of  it,  and 
gave  three  cheers.  He  thence  led  them  in  the  course  of 
the  night  to  the  N(n-theast  part  of  the  Harbor  ;  where  they 
burned  the  warehouses  containing  naval  stores,  and  stored 
a  large  quantity  of  w-ine  and  brandy.  The  smoke  driven  by 
the  wdnd  three-quarters  of  a  mile,  into  the  grand  battery, 
so  alarmed  the  French,  that  they  abandoned  it,  spiking 
their  guns  and  retiring.  The  next  morning  Vaughan 
took  possession  of  it  ;  and  having  drilled  the  cannon  left 
by  the  enemy,  which  consisted  chiefly  of  42  pounders, 
turned  them  with  good  effect  upon  the  city,  within  which, 
almost  every  s-hot  lodged,  and  several  fell  into  the  roof  of 
the  citadel.  While  forming  a  batter}-  on  Green  Hill — a 
position  200  yards  nearer  the  town  tluin  the  grand  Battery 
•—within  1,550  yaxds  of  the  Northwest  bastion  enclosing 
the  Castle,  and  another  600  yards  nearer,  the  troops  were 
engaged  fourteen  nights  successively,  in  drawing  cannon 
from  the  landing,  through  a  morass,  to  the  proposed 
enr3ampment.  Unable  to  use  wheels,  owing  to  the  soft- 
ness of  the  ground,  the  soldiers  constructed  sledges,  and 
with  straps  over  their  shoulders,  wading  in  the  mud  to 
their  knees,  resolutely  performed  labor  beyond  the  power 
of  oxen.  It  was  work  which  could  be  executed  only  in  the 
night  time,  or  during  foggy  days — the  place  being 
within  view  of  the  town  and  reach  of  its  guns.  Ducharu- 
bon,  in  the  mean  time,  was  summoned  to  surrender  ;  but 


THE   FIFTH   INDIAN    OR    SPANISH    WAR.  127 

refusing,  the  siege  was  pressed  witli  gre;it  vigor.  At 
length,  a  third  battery,  phmted  within  440,  and  a  fourth 
witliin  250  yards,  of  the  Western  gate,  were  so  far 
advanced,  May  17th,  as  to  do  great  execution.  The  next 
day,  the  Vigihmt,  a  French  64,  being  artfully  decoyed  into 
the  midst  of  d^mger,  fell  in  with  the  frigate  Massachusetts, 
Capt.  Tyng,  to  whom,  Mfter  exchanging  a  few  shots,  she 
struck  her  colors.  This  was  an  important  victory.  It 
gave  a  thrill  to  the  whole  fleet  and  army  ;  for  she  had  on 
board  560  men  and  was  richly  laden  with  military  styres 
intended  for  the  Garrison. 

The  siege  was  pressed ;  and  assistance  having  arrived 
by  the  coming  of  several  war  ships,  it  was  determined,  on 
the  18th  of  June,  to  make  a  grand  attack  upon  the  Gar- 
rison, by  both  the  land  and  naval  forces.  This  being  per- 
ceived by  the  French  Governor,  on  the  15th,  three  days 
before  the  intended  attack,  he  wrote  to  the  British  Com- 
manders, Peppereli  and  Warren,  proposing  tei'ins  of  peace. 
The  next  day  he  surrendered  the  Garrison  ;  possession 
was  taken  of  it  on  the  19tli,  and  the  soldiers  were  allowed 
to  move  out,  with  their  arms,  music  and  standards. 

The  news  of  the  capitulation  filled  Europe  with  aston- 
ishment and  America  with  joy.  It  was  celebrated  in  the 
principal  towns  by  the  ringing  of  bells,  bonfires  and  other 
festivities. 

The  labor  and  faligue  of  the  troops  was  excessive  ;  but 
in  the  capitulation,  they  received  650  veteran  troops,  1,310 
Militia  men,  the  crew  of  the  Vigilant,  and  about  2,000 
inhabitants.  These  w-ere  not  to  bear  arms  against  Eng- 
land for  12  months.  76  cann(m  and  mortars  fell  into  the 
hands  of  the  victors,  besides  property  and  provisions,  t(» 
an  immense  amount. 

In  this  resplendent  victory,  troops  from  Maine  bore  an 
important  part;  and  one  of  the  most  efticient  (/olonels 
there  was  in  that  expedition,  went  from  the  b.-mks  of  tlu' 
Damariscotta, 


128  FIFTH  INDIAN  WAK, 


CHAPTER    XXV. 


FIFTH  INDIAN  WAR. 

Scenes  of  blood  were  about  to  be  re-enacted  in  America, 
The  _year  1745  is  one  of  the  different  shades  and  colors. 
The  Spanish  war  which  had  been  commenced  in  1839,  was 
participated  in  by  the  French,  and  is  now  succeeded  by. 
and  terminates  in,  a  distressing^  and  bloody  Indian  war. 
The  clouds  for  sometime  had  been  lowering,  and  the  storm 
was  about  to  burst  upon  them.  Savage  animosity  had 
once  more  been  incurred,  and  savage  hate  and  cruelty 
were  now  to  be  experienced.  There  had  been  witnessed 
the  wildest  joy  at  the  announcement  of  the  fall  of  Louis- 
burg  ;  but  the  natives  of  the  forest  soon  laid  aside  their 
pipe  of  peace,  and  the  woods  rang  with  the  war  shout  ;  the 
tomahawk  was  sharpened  ;  and  savage  warriors  lie  in  am- 
bush by  day  and  prowl  around  by  night.  The  drama 
opens  at  Damariscotta  in  Newcastle,  and  at  St.  George's 
July  19th,  1745.  At  Newcastle,  outrages  were  com- 
mitted, and  at  St.  George  they  attacked  the  fort,  but 
could  make  no  impression  upon  it.  .  They  then  set  on  fire 
a  house  that  was  garrisoned,  and  a  sawmill ;  burnt  a  few 
dwelling  houses  ;  killed  a  great  number  of  cattle,  and  took 
captive  one  of  the  inhabitants.  A  party  of  fighters  soon 
after  attacked  Fort  Frederick,  but  were  unsuccessful.  In 
approaching  it,  they  met  a  woman,  about  800  yards  frou) 
the  walls,  upon  whom  they  fired  and  wounded  in  the 
shoulder,  and  then  one  of  them  seized  her.  The  report  of 
the  gun  and  her  shrieks  alarnied  the  Garrison  ;  and 
amidst   the    consternation    and   rising   smoke,  she   broke 


FIFTH   INDIAN  WAR.  129 

away  from  them  uml  escaped  to  the  gate.  She  was  res- 
cued and  the  fort  saved.  The  same  month  they  killed  and 
scalped  a  boy  at  Topsham  ;  at  New  Meadows  they  shot  a 
horse  and  the  man  who  was  on  him.  At  Nortli  Yar)nouth 
they  also  committed  depredations  of  a  most  revolting  kind  ; 
and  on  the  23d  of  August  the  Provincial  Government 
declared  war  against  all  the  Eastern  tribes  without  excep- 
tion. They  offered  for  every  Indian  captive  or  scalp, 
taken  West  of  the  Passamaquoddy,  by  a  soldier  in  the 
public  service,  XlOO  ;  by  a  person  having  provision  and 
not  wages,  X250  ;  and  by  a  volunteer  without  pay,  ammuni- 
tion or  rations,  X400  as  bounties. 

In  less  than  two  months  after  the  proclamation  of  war, 
every  town  on  the  Eastern  frontier  was  visited  by  the  sav- 
ages, thirsting  for  blood.  The  present  generation  know 
but  little  about  the  sufferings  and  privation  of  the  fathers. 
Shut  up  in  their  g  irrison  it  was  at  their  peril  that  they 
ventured  out  to  cut  firewood,  to  milk  their  cows  and  attend 
to  other  necessary  duties.  Their  fields  were  unfilled,  and 
the  hay  crop  not  being  always  gathered,  their  cattle  and 
sheep  died  when  the  long  winter  had  shut  down  upon 
them.  Sheepscot  and  Damariscotta  drank  of  the  cup  of 
bitterness  equally  with  the  rest.  Seventeen  hundred  and 
forty-five  was  a  gloomy  year  for  those  wan  and  harrassed 
settlers. 

It  w^as  a  peculiar  characteristic  of  the  Indian  to  waylay 
and  murder  individuals  and  small  companies.  Thus  the 
son  of  Col.  Gushing,  of  St.  George,  was  shot  down  by  par- 
ticular aim.  In  the  month  of  Septeml  er,  of  this  year,  as 
three  men  were  gathering  corn  at  Sheepscot,  two  of  them 
were  killed,  and  the  other  wounded  by  a  party  of  13 
Indians  firing  from  an  ambush.* 

The  spring  of  1746  opened  with  terrible  cruelty  on  the 
part  of  the  savages.     A  large  body  of  them,  in  the  month 

*  Smith's  Journal,  page  121. 


130  FIFTH    INDIAN   WAR. 

of  May,  attacked  the  Gilman  settlement  at  Broadbay  and 
reduced  it  to  ashes.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  were  killed 
and  others  taken  into  captivity.  The  enemy  fell  upon  the 
cattle  at  Pemaquid  and  made  great  havoc  among  them. 
May  27th,  as  five  persons  were  returning  from  meeting  at 
Sheepscot,*  they  were  waylaid  by  fifteen  Indains  and  fired 
upon;  but  through  a  remarkable  Providence,  only  one  was 
killed.  Another,  though  mortal!}'  wounded,  by  a  well 
directed  fire,  laid  the  Indian  dead  at  his  feet,  who  was 
advancing  with  his  hatchet,  to  despatch  him.  The  others 
efiected  their  escape. 

At  Wiscasset,  a  number  of  cattle  were  killed  by  the  foe ; 
and  Capt.  Jonathan  Williamson,  as  he  was  returning  from 
the  pasture  with  his  cattle  at  evening,  was  taken  prisoner 
by  them  and  carried  to  Canada,  where  he  was  detained  six 
months.  The  Indians  let  two  men  pass  and  they  said  the 
reas(m  why  they  had  not  killed  him,  was,  the  Governor  of 
Quebec  wished  for  an  intelligent  man  to  give  him  a  correct 
account  of  the  situation  of  things  in  the  English  Provinces. 
They  had  long  been  watching  for  Williamson,  and  they 
took  this  way  to  secure  him.  Capt.  Williamson  came 
from  the  South  of  Etighind,  a  few  years  previous,  and 
resided  on  the  old  Williamson  homestead — the  farm  that 
includes  the  new  Cemetery,  in  the  south  part  of  Wis(;as- 
set.     He  now  lies  interred  there.f 

On  the  7th  of  May,  1747,  the  Indians  took  a  man  at 
Damariscotta  and  killed  his  wife  and  daughter-in-law. | 

It  was  probably  about  this  time  that  the  GaiTison  near 
Mr.  Daniel  Hopkins',  in  Newcastle,  was  surprised  and 
taken  by  the  Indians.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  in  it  were 
murdered  and  scalped.  They  were  going  to  bury  the  dead 
without  coffins  in  one  grave.     But  a  young  man,  by  the 


*  Smith's  Journal,  page  123. 
t  Mrs.  Hannah  Cushman. 
I  Smith's  Journal,  page  179. 


FIFTH   INDIAN   WAR.  131 

name  ot*  William  Jones,  grandfather  to  Mr.  Daniel  Jones, 
took  the  first  nioney  he  ever  earned  for  himself,  purchased 
boards  and  nails,  and  had  coffins  made  for  them,  when 
they  were  decently  interred.* 

In  1730,  John  Huston  came  from  Boston,  with  his  fam- 
ily, and  settlerl  in  Wnlpole  on  the  banks  of  the  Damaris- 
cotta  river.  He  had  a  grandson  who  was  born  in  Boston 
in  1748,  and  wiis  afterwards  settled  on  the  farm  which  his 
gr.-mdfather  and  father  owned  and  improved.  John  Hus- 
ton, the  elder,  held  his  title  under  Dunbar,  and  though  his 
son  was  afterwards  threatened  with  a  lawsuit  by  James 
Noble  who  claimed  under  the  Brown  right,  Huston  feeling 
secure  in  his  claim,  replied,  "  h«  did  not  care  if  he  was 
sued."t  The  estate  has  remained  in  the  Huston  name 
ever  since. 

Huston  the  elder  was  taken  cnptive  by  the  Indians  ;  and 
at  the  same  time  his  wife  and  sister  were  brutally  mur- 
dered by  them.  John  Huston,  the  grandson,  was  about 
ten  years  of  age  and  remembered  living  in  the  Garrison, 
which  was  the  general  resort  for  all  the  people. 

At  one  time,  when  the  people  were  in  Garrison  at  Sheep- 
scot,  the  men  were  out  to  their  work,  and  there  were  none 
left  behind,  but  the  old  men,  women  and  children.  Sud- 
denly as  many  as  twenty  Indians  appeared  between  the 
besieged  and  Joseph  Curtis',  driving  the  cattle  before 
them.  They  were  after  booty  and  killed  one  of  the  cattle. 
The  old  men  shouldered  their  muskets  and  resolutely 
stood  in  their  defence  ;  which  the  Indians  seeing,  took 
flight  and  departed,  taking  the  slain  creature  with  them. 
Had  they  known  how  weak  the  defenders  were,  they  might 
have  ])resscd  on  and  easily  taken  the  G:^rrison. 

It  was  felt  to  be  a  necessity  at  this  time  to  drive  the 
French  from  Nova  Scotia.     For  this  purpose  Massachu- 

*  Daniel  Jones. 

t  John  Huston's  testimony. 


132  FIFTH   INDIAN   WAR. 

setts  raised  500  nieii,  Rhode  Island  800,  and  New  Hamp- 
shire 200.  It  was  in  the  winter  when  the  expedition  was 
commenced.  The  troops  from  Massachusetts  and  Maine, 
to  t1-e  number  of  490,  besitles  officers,  proceeded  to  the  Bay 
of  Fundy.  They  were  unable  to  reach  Minas,  as  they 
desired,  by  water,  whicdi  was  situated  on  the  South  shoi'e, 
on  account  of  the  atlvanced  state  of  winter.  Therefore 
they  all  landed  on  an  uninhabited  shore,  eight  or  ten 
leagues  to  the  West  of  it,  on  the  fourth  day  of  December, 
with  14  days'  provision,  which  each  man  carried  on  his 
back.  After  an  eight  days'  march  of  almost  incredible 
fatigue,  they  arrived  at  Grand  Pre,  or  Lower  Horton, 
twelve  leagues  Northwest  of  Chebucto,  where  Ramsey,  the 
French  General,  was  encamped. 

Having  no  fears  of  an  attack  during  the  rigors  of  winter, 
they  encamped  in  a  very  unguarded  manner.  Ramsey, 
a])])rized  of  their  situation,  soon  prepared  for  a  march  ; 
an  I  alter  performing  a  journey  of  22  days  across  the 
country,  at  the  head  of  600  men,  including  Indians,  he 
arrived  in  sight  of  the  town.  On  the  31st  day  of  January, 
taking  advantage  of  a  violent  snow  storm,  he  called  forth 
his  men,  divided  them  into  three  ])arties,  and  attacked 
the  English  about  tlu'ee  o'clock  in  the  morning.  Aroused 
from  their  slumbers,  they  seized  their  arms  and  desper- 
ately encountered  the  foe.  It  was  a  terrible  hour.  French 
fierceness  and  savage  barbarity  on  the  one  side,  and  Amer- 
ican valor  and  determined  bravery  on  the  other. 

Colonel  Arthur  Noble,  brother  of  James  Noble,  Esq.,  of 
Damariscotta,  led  the  English  forces.  They  fought  long 
and  well,  but  the  odds  were  against  them.  Surprised  as 
they  were — with  a  blinding  snow  storm  bef(n-e  them  and 
overwhelmed  by  superior  numbers,  they  at  last  gave  way  ; 
but  not  till  their  brave  commander,  four  of  his  commis- 
sioned officers  and  seventy  of  his  soldiers  were  killed,  and 
sixty  wounded.  A  part  of  these  were  butchered  in  a  most 
barbarous  manner. 


FIFTH   INDIAN   WAR.  133 

As  a  necessity,  capitulation  took  place.  The  English 
were  allowed  to  inarch  off  with  only  six  days'  provision,  their 
arms,  colors,  music,  a  pound  ot"  powder  ami  a  i'w  m  i 
balls  to  each  man,  but  agreed  not  to  l)ear  arms  in  Minas 
nor  Chignecto  for  the  next  six  months.  It  was  a  dear 
bought  victory  to  the  French,  as  the  very  terms  of  capitu- 
lation show.  They  then  proceeded  to  Annapolis,  encoun- 
tering incredible  hardships.  Such,  s;iys  one  writer  o:  tii.s 
account,  was  the  sequel  of  this  battle,  though  fought  with 
a  valor  and  obstin  icy,  that  would  have  covere  1  the  i  with 
glory,  had  it  been  successful.  It  was  a  wild  enterprise 
and  owed  its  orig'.n  principally  to  ShirW  and  Mascarene. 

The  forces  of  the  English  were  this  year  greatly  strength- 
ened. Thirty  men  wei'e  assigned  to  the  Garrison  at  St. 
George  ;  375  were  ordered  to  scout  between  Berwick  and 
Damariscotta  ;  Gener;d  W;ddo  was  ordered  to  detanh  from 
his  Regiment  pnlisted  for  the  Canada  expedition,  168  men, 
to  relieve  182  Avho  had  been  on  service  at  the  Eastward  ; 
and  150  were  detailed  as  "minute  men"  to  take  the  field 
at  the  shortest  notice. 

On  the  28th  of  October,  1749,  Commissioners  from  the 
Council  and  House  of  Representatives,  met  at  Falmouth  for 
the  purpose  of  negotiating  a  treaty  of  Peace  with  the 
several  Indian  tribes  with  whom  they  had,  for  the  last  four 
3'ears,  been  at  war.  Their  names  were,  William  Pep- 
perell  and  Thomas  Hutchinson  of  the  Council ;  and  John 
Choate,  Israel  AVilliains  ;i.nd  James  Otis  of  the  House. 
They  tarried  here  till  the  14th  of  Ojtobev,  liefore  the  Sag- 
amores appeared,  when  a  treaty  of  Peace,  having  the 
Duiumer  treaty  ratified  23  years  before,  as  its  basis,  was 
agreed  upon  ;  and  o  i  the  2()th,  was  signed  by  both  parties, 
when  they  all  returned  joyful  to  their  several  homes. 

The  war,  however,  only  had  a  reprieve  ;  its  spirit  was 
not  as  yet  thor(mghly  subdued.  The  fires  w(!re  slumber- 
ing and  soon  thsy  wera  to  bre  ik  out  with  unexam;)le.l 
ferocity  to  lay  waste,  spread  and  consume. 


134  FIFTH   INDIAN    WAR. 

There  was  a  blooily  affray  which  took  place  at  Wiscas- 
set,  iu  December,  only  six  weeks  after  signing  the  treaty 
in  1749  at  Fahnouth.  A  company  of  Indians  of  tiie  Cani- 
has  tribe,  got  into  a  quarrel  witli  a  party  of  whites,  wheo 
one  Indian  was  killed  and  two  others  badly  wounded. 
Three  of  the  white  m  iii,  Ooadiah  Albee,  iiichard  Hol- 
brook  and  Benjamin  Holbiook,  were  appreheniled  and  car- 
ried to  Fahnouth,  where  they  were  confined.  Here  they 
broke  jail  ;  but  after  a  while  they  surremlered  themselves, 
when  they  were  tried,  but  no  jury  could  be  found  to  c(^n- 
demn  th(im.  And  it  is  well  known  that  wiieuevm'  a  white 
person  was  tried  for  killing  an  Indian,  even  in  times  of 
peace,  he  would  invariably  be  acquitted  ;  for  a  jury  could 
not  be  impannelled  among  whom  there  were  not  some  who 
had  sufiered  by  the  Indians,  either  in  person,  family  or 
property. 

This  served  to  irritate  the  Indians,  and  in  the  next  year 
fierce  acts  of  hostility  were  committed  by  them  in  various 
places.  Sept.  11th,  great  damage  was  done  at  fort  Rich- 
mond. A  day  or  two  afterwards,  trouble  was  experienced 
by  them  at  Swan  Island  and  Frankfort,  now  Dresden. 
Sept.  13,  a  party  of  them  appeared  at  Wiscasset  and 
Sheepscot,  set  several  houses  on  fire,  took  two  prisoners,  a 
man  and  a  boy,  and  would  have  laid  waste  the  neighbor- 
ing country,  had  they  succeeded  in  capturing  the  Block- 
house.    The  alarm  was  spread  to  Portland  and  Pemaquid. 

Their  disposition  and  determinatic^n  manifested  itself  at 
other  times  and  places,  which  filled  the  country  with  fear- 
ful foiebodings  and  the  Government  with  anxiety.  To 
meet  the  emergency,  the  Lieutenant  Governor  Phipps 
ordered  150  men  to  be  detaclied  or  drafted  and  sent  to 
scour  tlie  woods  from  Saco  to  St.  George.  Supplies  of 
amnmnition  and  guns  were  put  into  the  hands  of  Capt. 
Williamson,  of  Wiscasset,  and  Capt.  Nickels,  of  Sheepscot. 
These  were  designed  for  the  common  good. 

Early  in  September,  1747,  a  company  of  Indians  silently 


FIFTH    INDIAN    WAll.  135 

approjiched  Fort  Frederick  at  Pemaqnid.  There  were 
sixty  of  them,  and  about  the  break  of  day,  their  usual  lionr 
of  attack,  they  made  their  onset  upon  the  stone  w.dls  i.f 
that  fortress.  The  sokliers  within  the  fort  did  not  nunii)cr 
more  than  thirty;  and  the  Indians  supposing  thein  to  be 
asleep,  thouf^ht  to  take  the  place  by  surpiise.  But  unfor- 
tunately for  themselves,  they  fell  in  with  a  party  of  five,  a 
short  distance  from  the  pickets.  Firing  upon  these,  they 
killed  three  and  wounded  the  other  two.  This  aroused  the 
Garrison,  which  the  Indians  furiously  assailed  for  more 
than  two  hours ;  but  being  unable  to  make  the  least 
impression  upon  its  massive  walls,  they  withdrew  in  morti- 
fication and  chagrin. 

There  were  two  female  children*  born  in  this  Garrison, 
one  of  whom  was  Abigail  Hall  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Lydia  Blackstone  Hall,  who  afte)-wards  settled  on  the  place 
now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Frank  Smith  wick.  Sen. 
Mr.  Elisha  Clarke  lived  in  a  log  house  just  in  the  rear  of 
Leishman  Clark's  barn,  which  place  he  owned  together 
with  the  farms  of  the  late  Henry  and  Benjamin  Clarke, 
tnaking  a  large  tract  of  land.  He  and  his  wife,  Patience 
Blackstone,  sister  of  Mrs.  Hall,  went  over  to  the  Garrison 
to  see  the  babies,  taking  with  them  their  youngest  son,^ 
Ebenezer,  and  on  their  return,  they  asked  their  son  which 
of  the  two  babies  was  the  prettiest ;  and  he  replied,  Abbie 
Hall  of  course.  After  they  grew  up  he  married  Abbie 
Hall,  with  whom  he  lived  happily  to  a  good  old  age.  They 
were  never  divorced,  for  they  loved  each  other  too  well  to 
be  separated,  and  a  divorce  was  a  thing  almost  unknown 
in  those  days.  In  this  age  of  light  and  boasted  know- 
ledge, when  we  are  confidently  told  that  the  world  is 
growing  better,  divorces  are  so  common  that  but  little 
notice  is  taken  of  them  and  little  is  said  about  them.  As 
we  are  drifting  along,  where  will  the  end  be?  Time  will 
tell. 

*  Ephraim  Clark. 


136  FIFTH    INDIAN   WAR. 

Ebenezer  occupied  the  homestead  during  Hfe,  and  left  it 
to  his  three  sons,  Benjamin,  Ephraim  and  Henry  Clark. 
There  was  also  a  death  in  the  Garrison  of  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Linscot. 

There  was  a  Garrison  "^  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the 
North  of  Damariscotta  village,  the  remains  of  which  can 
be  seen  to  this  day.  During  the  Indian  war,  one  morn- 
ing, a  woman  wanted  to  go  outside  of  the  Garrison  to  milk 
her  cow.  She  looked  carefully  around,  but  seeing  no  signs 
of  an  Indian,  she  went  forward,  but  had  hardly  com- 
menced milking  when  she  was  shot  dead  by  an  Indian 
lying  in  ambush. 

An  old  Indian  woman  was  going  to  inform  some  of  the 
whites  of  a  plot  the  Indians  had  formed  against  them,  but 
was  shot  by  a  man  who  did  not  know  who  the  woman  was 
or  for  what  purpose  she  had  come. 

At  one  time  there  was  a  man  in  the  woods  splitting  a  log 
when  four  Indians  came  up  to  him  as  he  was  driving  in 
the  wedge  ;  and  suspecting  their  plot  of  infamy,  invited 
them  to  put  in  their  hngers  and  help  him  pull  the  log 
apart.  They  did  so  ;  but  the  man  knocking  out  the  wedge, 
the  two  sides  of  the  log  came  together,  caught  their  fingers 
fast,  and  they  could  not  escape.  Then  he  went  and  got 
his  gun,  which  he  took  with  him  to  the  woods,  and  shot 
them  all. 

*  Mrs.  M.  Hitchcock. 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  137 


CHAPTER    XXVI 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

Capt.  David  Cargill  came  to  Newcastle  about  1730 
or  31.  He  was  of  Scotch  descent  and  emigrated  from  Ire- 
land. He  was  employed  by  Tappau  to  survey  his  lands. 
On  the  twenty-third  of  Dec.  1741,  he  purchased  of  Mary 
Mulford,  the  wife  of  Elias  MuJford,  who  was  the  grand- 
daughter of  John  Mason,  all  her  right,  title  and  interest, 
which  she  had  in  the  tract  of  land  that  Mason  purchased 
o^"  the  Indians  in  1652.  The  price  paid  was  ninety-nine 
pounds.  His  residence  was  near  Weare  Island,  where 
Col.  James  Cargill,  his  sou,  afterwards  lived.  He  was  a 
man  of  ability'  and  influence  among  the  settlers,  and  was 
the  father  of  a  numerous  family  and  posterity.  In  the 
Spanish  war,  he  was  Captain  of  a  company  of  Militia, 
called  out  in  defence  of  his  country,  and  against  the  incur- 
sions of  the  savages.  In  Dec.  2,  1745,  he  was  at  Sheep- 
scot  in  command  of  the  Garrison,  and  in  addressing  Gov. 
Phipps  on  military  matters,  among  other  things,  he  very 
sensibly  suggests  that  '"if  any  of  my  company  are  dis- 
njissed,  I  pray  I  maj^  have  the  liberty  to  dismiss  some  that 
are  not  tit  for  duty." 

Col.  James  Cargill  was  the  second  sou  of  David  Cargill, 
Esq.,  and  was  fitted  by  nature  to  perform  an  important 
part  in  the  history  of  the  colony.  He  was  small  of  stature, 
quick  and  energetic  in  his  movements  ;  at  times  hasty,  but 
decided  in  his  disposition,  and  prompt  in  the  execution  of 
every  duty  assigned  him.  In  his  disposition  he  manifested 
his  Scotch  origin,  and  often  carried  his  partialities  and 
prejudices   much   farther   than   prudence   and    discretion 


138  INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

would  warrant.  Yet  he  was  a  reliable  citizen,  and  did 
much  to  give  tone  and  character  to  the  town  and  to  pro- 
mote its  interests,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  Whether  as 
tjthing  man — one  of  a  committee  to  select  a  minister — a 
military  officer — or  a  Representative  to  the  Legislature,  he 
showed  the  same  decided,  prompt,  business-like  qualities, 
as  when  at  home  teaching  his  children  the  Catechism  and 
performing  other  necessary  duties.  In  his  religion  he  was 
a  Presbyterian,  but  in  his  politics  he  was  an  American,  and 
no  one  ever  had  occasion  to  question  his  loyalty  "and  love 
of  country. 

Unfortunately,  but  growing  out  of  the  state  of  things, 
and  we  may  say  necessarily,  there  was  a  strong  aversion 
on  the  part  of  the  whites  toward  the  savages.  Every  one 
partook  of  it,  particularly  in  war,  and  Cargill,  in  common 
with  others,  had  his  full  share  of  it.  And  this  state  Qf 
feeling  will  account  for  much  of  what  has  been  deemed 
cruelty  and  harshness,  on  his  part  toward  the  enemy. 
Others  have  felt  as  bitter  and  been  as  severe  towards  them 
as  Cargill  was  ;  but  his  position  made  his  acts  more  open 
and  glaring  than  theirs  ;  and  then  we  are  to  remember  that 
the  savages  were  cruel  towards  the  whites,  to  the  last 
degree.  Major  Moxy,  an  Indian  chief,  said  he  had  killed 
nineteen  white  people  and  he  wanted  to  live  to  kill  the 
twentieth.  And  he  showed  Major  John  Farley  the  stone, 
in  his  field,  where  he  had  dashed  out  the  brains  of  Mrs. 
Gray  and  her  nine  children. 

Now  these  facts  and  these  feelings  are  to  be  borne  in 
mind  as  we  estimate  the  feelings  and  acts  of  Cargill  towards 
the  Indians.  And  the  Indians  used  to  complain,  that  if 
one  of  them  murdered  a  white  man,  he  was  sure  to  be  hung 
for.  it,  but  if  a  white  man  murdered  an  Indian,  a  jury  could 
seldom  if  ever  be  found  to  convict  him. 

The  feeling  between  Cargill  and  the  Indians,  was  not  all 
one  side,  but  mutual.  In  the  Plymouth  Colony,  it  was 
solemnlv  enacted  as  one  of    their  Statutes,  that  no   one 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  139 

should  discharge  a  gun  on  the  Sabbath,  except  it  was  to 
shoot  a  wolf  or  an  Indian. 

We  apologize  for  no  man's  faults  ;  but  as  a  historiogra- 
pher and  in  justice  we  must  take  the  circumstances  in 
which  men  move,  to  make  up  a  full  judgment  respectirg 
the  guilt  or  innocence  of  their  acts. 

Cargill  had  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen,  as  is  seen 
by  the  trusts  they  reposed  in  him.  He  was  almost  always 
in  office,  and  as  many  as  twenty  years  he  represented  the 
town  in  the  Legislature. 

The  Indians  hated  the  name  of  Cargill,  and  would  have 
nothing  to  do  with  them — not  even  to  sell  them  a  basket.* 
One  evening  some  Indians,  many  years  after,  came  to  the 
house  of  Hon.  Henry  Cargill,  Esq.,  the  son  of  James,  and 
asked  permission  to  spend  the  night.  Leave  was  granted. 
They  asked  the  name  of  the  family.  On  being  told  it  was 
Cargill,  they  started  and  left  the  house,  exclaiming  :  "Me 
no  stay  here  !"     "Col.  Cargill !  he  kill  Indian  !  '  " 

During  one  winter,  a  company  of  Indians  encamped  in 
the  woods,  below  Mr.  Isaac  Dodge's  on  the  Damariscotta 
river. t  One  of  them  was  an  exceedingly  old  man  and  was 
"stone  blind."  The  other  Indians  used  to  draw  him  about 
on  a  handsled.  Two  of  them  took  him  one  day  in  this 
manner,  up  to  Benjamin  Jones,  a  distance  of  three  or  four 
miles,  when  they  all  entered  the  house  together.  To  see 
what  the  old  man  would  do,  they  introduced  Mr.  Jones  to 
him  as  Col.  Cargill.  Instantly,  all  the  Indian  fire  in  his 
bosom,  burnt  to  a  flame.  He  arose,  and  exclaimed,  "Ah ! 
Col.  Cargill ;  bring  him  to  me  and  let  me  feel  of  him." 
He  wished  to  lay  that  powerful  hand  of  his  upon  him  ; 
and  it  was  a  long  time  before  they  could  pacify  him,  by 
telling  him  it  was  not  Col.  Cargill  but  Mr.  Jones  that  was 
before  him.     Cargill  had  killed  his  squaw. | 


*  Mrs.  Joseph  Decker, 
t  iNfr.  Josiah  Dodge, 
I  Josiah  Dodge. 


140  INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

Cargill  owned  a  saw  mill  on  Mill  Brook  to  the  North  of 
the  Bridge  on  the  Sheepscot  and  Damariscotta  road.  One 
day  in  soring,  while  sawing  there,  as  he  was  adjusting  the 
log  with  his  iron  bar,  rising  and  turning,  he  saw  a  brawny 
Indian  with  his  raised  tomahawk  to  smite  him  dead. 
Quick  as  thought,  Cargill  with  his  bar  struck  him  across 
the  chin  and  tliroat  and  ended  his  life  in  a  moment.  One 
or  the  other  must  die ;  which  should  it  be '? 

Col,  Cargill  was  a  man  to  make  his  mark,  if  not  higher, 
yet  deeper  than  many  m round  him.  His  residence  was 
down  near  the  water  at  tlie  bend  of  the  Slieepscot  river. 
He  afterwards  built  another  house  about  half  way  from 
this  to  the  County  road,  which  he  occupied  till  his  death. 
The  remains  of  this  house  were  standing  in  1850. 

On  the  20th  of  April  1761,  he  renders  in  the  following 
inventory  to  the  town : — five  acres  of  tillage  land  which 
produced  fifteen  bushels  of  corn,  sixteen  bushels  of  wheat, 
six  of  barley,  two  of  y^eas ; — 150  acres  of  pasture  which 
will  keep  15  cows; — ten  acres  of  Enghsh  mowing  ground 
that  cuts  ten  tons  of  hay ; — 300  acres  of  swainp  and 
meadow  that  cuts .  .  .  tons  oi  hay  ;  one  acre  of  orchard  ; 
six  oxen,  ten  coavs,  39  sheep  and  two  swine. 

In  another  year,  date  not  given,  I  find  this  inventory 
more  than  doubled  in  value.  The  totiil  is  =£456,  19s,  9d. 
Cargill  figured  largely  in  the  troubles  that  the  settlers  had 
with  the  Indians  ;  and,  like  his  father,  was  at  the  head  of 
a  company  for  suppressing  the  foe.  During  the  French 
and  Indian  war,  he  received  a  commission  from  Cov. 
Pliipps  to  raise  a  company  of  scouts  and  proceed  to  meet 
the  enemy.  The  proposition  was  accepted  with  readiness 
a,nd  delight. 

The  Government,  at  that  time,  1755,  had  proclaiuied 
war  against  all  the  Indians,  East  and  AVest,  except  the 
Tarratines  or  Penobscot  tribe.  These  were  friendly,  and 
the  State  Authorities  desired  to  maintain  peace  with  them. 
They  would  probably  have  succeeded,  had  it  not  been  for 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  141 

the  ill-advised  and  hasty  conrse  of  Cargill.  It  was  on 
July  1,  1755,  that  he  started  on  his  Eastern  expedition. 
Illegal  trade  h;id  been  carried  on  between  the  settlers 
about  Si;.  Geargi ;  and  Governmaut,  at  that  time,  was 
offering  a  bounty  of  =£200  for  the  scalp  of  a  hostile  Indian, 
and  X250  for  a  captive  re-taken  from  the  savages. 

Cargill*  tarried  the  first  night  at  Broad  Bay — Waldo- 
boro.  He  tlien  proceeded  to  the  St.  George,  marcliing 
around  and  back  of  the  settlement.  He  met  there  three 
men  of  the  Garrison  ;  and  receiving  from  them  the  infor- 
mation he  desired,  he  persuaded  them  together  with  soim3 
of  Caj)t.  Nichols'  rangers,  to  accompan)'  him.  He  ihen 
marched  his  whole  force  to  Burton's  Block  House.  His 
company  now  consistcil  of  thirty-one,  and  after  a  rapid 
march  of  four  or  five  miles,  he  fell  in  with  an  unarmed 
Indian,  his  wife  and  a  child  two  )nonths  old.  Without 
hesitation  they  fired  upon  them,  killed  the  Indian  and 
mortally  wounded  his  wife.  She  proved  to  be  Margarett 
Moxa,  a  friendly  Indian,  belonging  to  a  friendly  family, 
and  to  a  tribe  that  had  not  taken  up  arms  against  the 
English,  and  whom  the  Government  was  endeavoring  to 
conciliate.  When  Moxa  fell,  she  was  returning  from  the 
fort  where  she  had  been  on  one  of  her  accusto  ue  1  expedi- 
tions of  kindness,  to  give  them  notice  of  some  hostile 
design.  On  their  coming  up,  she  held  out  her  infant  whom 
she  called  "Nit,"  and  with  her  dying  breath,  requested 
them  to  carry  it  to  Capt.  Bradbury,  the  commander  of  t!i0 
fort.  One  of  the  party  replying,  "Every  nit  will  make  a 
louse,"  knocked  the  child  on  the  head,  before  the  ej'es  of 
its  dying  mother  ! 

Cargill  then  seized  their  canoe,  and  leaving  nine  men 
to  guard  it,  proceeded  with  the  rest  of  his  party  (except 
one  who  refused  to  go  any  farther,)  about  four  miles.  It 
was  now  about  sunset,  and  they  were  in  the  neighborhood 

♦Williamson,  vol.  II,  p.  314.     Eaton's  Annals,  p.  93. 


142  DJFLUENTIAL   MEN, 

of  Owl's  Head.  Here  they  discovered  a  body  of  Indians, 
fired  upon  tluuu,  and  returned  to  the  men  they  had  left. 
'  The  next  morning  they  exliibited  the  scalps  at  the  fort. 

But  the  (leeil  was  regretted  by  the  Government  for  its 
impolicy,  and  by  the  people  for  its  rashness.  Cargill  and 
his  band  of  men  had  stirred  up  a  difficult}-  which  thfv  could 
not  allay.  Being  principal  officer,  and  destroying  innocent 
people  who  were  at  peace  with  the  Government,  and  some 
of  them  known  as  decided  friends  of  the  English,  he  was 
seized  and  committed  for  trial,  on  a  charge  of  murder. 
Governor  Shirley  immediately  despatched  a  letter  of  con- 
dolence to  the  Indians,  who  had  sufi'ered.  Those  of  them 
wdio  had  lately  visited  Boston,  were  sent  by  Government, 
laden  wath  presents,  and  the  entire  tiibe  of  the  Penobscots 
were  invited  to  put  themselves  under  the  protection  of  the 
English  and  prosecute  the  offenders.  Full  assurance  was 
given  them,  that  the  amplest  justice  would  be  dealt  out  to 
the  parties  concerned.  Public  opinion  set,  strong  against 
Cargill  ;  yet  public  feeling  was  strong  against  the  savages ; 
and  feeling  is  not  apt  to  discriminate. 

On  the  trial,  Cargill  attempted  to  prove  that  some  of  the 
St.  John's  and  other  hostile  Indians  were  with  the  party 
he  attacked  ;  and  that  their  resemblance  to  the  Penobscots 
was  so  great  that  he  could  not  tell  the  difference.  The 
Jury  considered  the  case  — prejudice  lan  high  against  the 
natives ;  and — Cargill  was  acquitted.  He  had  l.een  in 
confinement  two  years. 

The  fate  of  Margarett  was  deeply  lamented  by  Capt. 
Bradbury  and  the  people  at  the  fort,  "Never  shall  I  for- 
get," said  one  of  Cargill's  party,  "the  deep  and  unappeas- 
able grief  of  the  women  at  the  fort,  especially  Margarett 
Lermond  and  Margarett  Patterson,  two  young  ladies  in  the 
flower  of  youth  and  beauty,  when  they  saw  the  scalp  of 
their  friendly  namesake,  whom  they  had  long  regarded  as 
a  delivering  angel." 

It  was  an  unfortunate  occurrence.     The  Tarratines  were 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  143 

offended  and  Government  finally  declared  war  against 
them.     This  was  Nov.  5,  1755. 

And  yet  the  Colonel  was  devout  in  his  own  way.  He 
used  to  attend  meeting,  pay  his  Ministerial  tax,  have  his 
children  catechised  by  the  Minister  every  Saturday,  and 
everything  must  l)e  done  decently  and  in  order.  And  wlien 
he  attended  church, someone  was  naughty  enougli  to  bring 
in  a  violin  to  assist  the  music.  As  soon  as  the  sounds  of  the 
instrument  were  heard,  C  irgill  wonld  seize  his  hat,  hurry 
out  of  the  house  and  there  remain  till  the  singing  was 
over,  when  he  would  return  and  worship  G.)d  according  to 
his  conscience.  He  had  a  perfect  horror  of  "the  wicked 
little  thing,"  and  he  would  not  stay  where  they  had  "fid- 
dling."* He  objected  to  dancing,  and  when  assemblies  for 
this  purpose,  were  first  introduced  in  town,  the  venerable 
old  man  made  his  appearance  in  the  ball-room  to  protest 
against  it.  But  his  influence  was  less  forcible  here  than  it 
was  fighting  with  the  Indians. 

When  Governor  Povvnal,  in  1759,t  undertook  his  expe- 
dition to  the  Penobscot  river,  for  the  purpose  of  erect- 
ing a  fort  there,  he  came  fitst  to  Falmouth,  where  he  had 
ordered  the  troops  to  rendezvous,  wiio  were  to  accom- 
pany him.  He  arrived  there  the  fourth  of  M  ly,  and  oa 
the  seventh  he  reviewed  Captains  Herriclc's  and  Bean's 
companies,  and  saw  them  equipped  and  marched  off  to 
embark.  He  also  reviewed  Capt.  James  Cargill's  com- 
pany, and  gave  orders  for  them  to  embark.  Oa  the  8':h, 
they  set  sail,  in  all  233  men,  together  with  the  Governor — 
the  rest  of  the  forces  were  to  follow  after — and  on  the  9Mi, 
at  three  in  the  morning,  they  arrived  at  the  mouth  of  the 
George's  river.  The  Governor  and  his  suite  lande.d  at  the 
fort.     Capt.  Herrick's  company  came  up  in  a  large  sloop  ; 

*  Mrs.  Joseph  Decker. 

t  Gov.  Pownal's  voyage  from  Boston  to  the  Penobscot.  See 
Maine  Historical  Collections,  Vol.  V. 


144  INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

but  Ciipt.  Cargill,  with  100  men,  tarried  on  board  the  Kin" 
George,  waiting  for  further  orders.  It  was  intended  that 
they  should  land  on  the  East  side  of  George's  river  at 
night.  There  were  five  Indians  at  the  fort ;  one  of  whom, 
Laurent,  was  hostage.  On  the  10th,  others  of  the  party 
arrived,  among  whom  was  Lieutenant  Howard  from  fort 
Halifax. 

Capt.  Cargill,  wlio  had  not  yet  landed,  came  up  from  his 
ship  to  the  fort  to  receive  orders.  He  was  directed  to  land 
at  night,  on  the  East  side  of  George's  river,  together  with 
three  subalterns  and  100  men.  Tliera  were  three  Carry- 
ing places  from  the  St.  George  to  the  Penobscot — the 
Upper,  Middle  and  Lower.  Capt.  Cargill  was  directed  to 
proceed  to  the  lower  Carrjdng  place  undiscovered,  and 
leave  an  Officer's  guard  there,  with  orders  to  let  all  Indians 
coining  to  the  fort  pass  unmolested.  But  he  must  stop  all 
going  from  the  fort  by  fair  means,  if  he  could;  l)ut  if  not, 
then  he  must  use  the  force  of  arms.  Then,  he  must  pro- 
ceed to  the  Middle  carrying  place,  and  leave  an  Officer's 
guard  with  the  same  orders  ;  and  so  on,  to  the  third.  The 
remainder  of  the  troops,  he  must  bring  back  to  the  fort. 
The  orders  were  executed. 

On  the  morning  of  the  11th,  he  fell  in  with  some  fresh 
Indian  tracks.  He  thought  the  party  consisted  of  seven  ; 
but  it  afterwards  proved  that  there  were  ten.  He  left  his 
men  and  went  to  trace  these  by  himself  till  he  came  to  a 
camp  of  Indians  ;  he  then  turne.l'  back  and  took  with 
him  Lieutenant  Preble,  son  of  Brigadier  Preble  and  ten 
men,  ordering  four  on  the  riglit  flank,  and  four  on  the  left, 
leaving  himself,  the  Lieutenant  and  two  others  in  the 
center.  Orders  were  given  not  t!>  lire.  When  he  came 
near  the  camp,  he  discovered  himself,  and  called  the 
Indians  to  come  in,  as  he  ex})ressed  it,  to  good  quarters. 
The  Indians  stai'ted  up,  cried  out,  "  No  quarters,  no  quar- 
ters," and  fired.  Cargill  then  ordei'ed  his  men  to  fire. 
The  Indians  ran — two  fell; — one  rose  again  and  fled  to 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  145 

the  swamp  ; — the  other  rose  no  more,  and  proved  to  be  an 
old  squaw. 

This  morning,  the  Governor  was  engaged  in  fitting  out 
his  up-river  expedition.  The  land  force,  of  which  Cargill 
and  his  men  constituted  a  part,  was  directed  to  take  with 
them  seven  days  rations,  and  a  surveyor,  to  measure  the 
distance. 

At  the  same  tinae  they  had  a  council  of  war,  at  which 
Capt.  Cargill  and  Capt.  Alexander  Nickels,  of  Pemaquid, 
were  present. 

On  the  12th,  Capt.  Cargill  was  sent  out  with  20  of  his 
men,  and  young  Laurent,  the  hostage,  to  bring  in  his 
canoe.  They  found  an  ample  supply  of  provision,  hid  by 
the  canoe,  in  order  to  steal  a  march,  which  confirmed  the 
suspicion,  that  all  was  not  right  on  the  part  of  the  Indians 
who  were  at  the  fort. 

The  companies  were  reviewed,  equipped  for  the  march, 
and  sent  to  get  their  provisions. 

Capt.  Cargill,  who  had  been  out  all  the  night  previous, 
and  had  been  twice  th;it  day  to  the  farthest  Carrying 
place,  was  ordered  to  get  his  company  ready  to  march. 

In  the  afternoon.  Brigadier  Preble  assumed  the  com- 
mand and  headed  his  men  for  the  mouth  of  the  Passa- 
gassawakeag — the  river  that  empties  into  Belfast  Bay. 
He  had  with  him  Capt.  Herrick's  company,  71  men  ;  Capt. 
Cargill's  company,  74  men  ;  (Japt.  Bean's  company,  70 
men  ;  Capt.  Nickel's  company,  69  men  ;  making  a  total  of 
284  effective  men.  A  m<in  by  the  name  of  Kobiuson,  a 
hunter,  was  appointed  guide  The  signal  given  to  Preble 
by  Governor  Pownal,  was,  when  he  arrived  there,  he 
should  build  three  smokes  ;  which  being  answered  by  a 
cannon  on  board  the  fleet,  he  should  build  a  fourth  smoke, 
to  show  the  fleet  that   the  report  of  the  cannon  was  heard. 

On  the  13th,  the  Governor  set  sail  to  go  up  the  Penob- 
scot, taking  with  him  materials  for  a  fort,  where  he  arrived 
on  the  16th.     The  trip  up  the  river  was  exceedingly  chilly 


14G  INFLNENTIAL   MEN. 

and  uncouit'oi table.  The  next  day,  at  4  p.  m.,  Preble 
arrived  at  the  month  of  the  Passagassawakeag  and 
exchanged  signals  with  the  fleet.  The  distance  they  had 
marched,  according  to  the  survey,  was  30  miles  and  64 
rods. 

The  next  morning  Preble  and  his  men  embarked  on 
board  the  fleet,  when  they  set  sail  for  the  Penobscot.  On 
the  17th,  after  "  several  puzzles,"  they  reached  the  Harbor 
within  Wasaumkeag  Point.  Oapt.  Bean,  with  his  men,  was 
posted  on  the  North  Point  of  the  Harbor.  Capt.  Cargill 
was  sent  with  his  company  to  take  him  round.  He  was 
also  ordered  to  look  for  the  Carrying  place,  make  a  signal 
when  they  had  found  it,  ;ind  to  take  post  there.  Here 
they  all  made  a  landing,  began  a  clearing,  dug  three  wells 
for  water,  and  made  a  survey  of  the  whole  neck  ;  —  Capt. 
Nickels  with  his  men  guarding  the  survey  party.  The 
carrying  place  was  cleared  of  trees  so  that  they  could  see 
from  water  to  water,  and  the  site  of  the  fort  selected. 

On  the  22d,  they  embarked  to  go  up  the  river.  The 
next  day  they  arrived  within  6  miles  of  the  falls.  Here 
the  sloop  Massachusetts  got  caught  upon  a  rock  ;  but  was 
relieved  after  much  difficulty. 

In  the  afternoon  Brigadier  Waldo  lauded  on  the  East 
side  of  the  river,  with  136  men,  and  yn'oceeded  to  the 
head  of  the  first  falls,  about  four  and  a  quarter  miles  from 
the  first  ledge.  Here  Gen.  Waldo  fell,  in  a  fit  of  apoplexy, 
at  the  age  of  63,  never  to  rise  again.  He  had  arrived  at 
the  limits  of  their  expjdition,  and  falling,  he  exclaimed, 
"■  Here  is  my  bound  "  :  — undoubtedly  meaning  the  bound  of 
life.  He  was  conscious  and  knew  that  he  was  going  ;  and 
this  most  natural  expression  was  the  last  that  proceeded 
from  his  lips. 

Here  they  erected  a  flagstaff;  hoisted  a  flag  and  saluted 
it ;  and  then  returned  to  the  site  chosen  for  the  erection  of 
fort  Pownal  ;  24th  the  troops  were  treated  to  a  barrel  of 
rum  ;  on  the  25th,  at  evening,  Gen.  Waldo  is  buried  ;  26th 


INFLUENTIAL   MEN.  147" 

the  Governor,  svith  Cargill  ;ind  20  men,  in  the  sloop  Mas- 
sachusetts, left  Wassauuikeag  and  sailed  to  Pentaget, 
Biguyduce,  to  visit  the  old  French  fort  and  other  settle- 
ments. Here  they  raised  the  king's  colors,  drank  his 
health,  and  the  next  day.  with  a  fair  wind,  proceeded  to 
Boston,  where  they  arrived  about  sunset  on  the  28th. 

Cargill,  at  one  time,*  with  two  of  his  sons,  took  a  canoe 
and  went  down  to  the  mouth  of  the  Sheepscot  river  a  fish- 
ing. As  they  lay  on  the  fishing  ground,  early  one  morn- 
ing, three  Indians  in  a  canoe,  "pulled  up"  along  side  of 
them  and  ordered  them  to  haul  up  their  anchor,  and  follow 
them.  Seeing  the  Indians  were  armed  and  they  were  not, 
they  did  as  they  were  ordered  and  rowed  to  a  small  Island 
that  was  partly  covered  with  trees.  They  then  hauled 
their  canoe  up  ashore  as  far  as  they  could,  and  the  Indians 
carried  theirs  up  into  the  bushes  out  of  sight.  After  get- 
ting everything  arranged,  the  Indians  said  they  thought 
they  should  let  the  boys  go  home  again,  but  the  old  man 
must  go  with  them  and  that  they  would  never  see  him 
again.  The  Indians  were  armed  each  with  a  masket,  and 
a  plenty  of  ammunition.  In  the  afternoon,  one  of  the 
Indians  started  off  and  said  he  was  going  over  to  the  other 
side  of  the  Island  to  look  around,  and  went  away  with  his 
gun.  The  two  remaining  Indians  laid  down  upon  the  grass 
and  soon  fell  asleep.  Their  guns  were  loaded  and  the 
boys  wanted  their  father  to  let  them  shoot  them,  and  then 
they  could  easily  dispatch  the  other  when  he  came  back. 
"No,"  said  the  father,  "that  would  be  murder  to  shoot 
men  while  they  are  asleep."  But  the  boys  plead  to  kill 
the  Indians,  for  they  would  carry  them  all  off  and  perhaps 
kill  them.  But  the  father  said,  "  No  boys,  it  would  be 
murder  and  you  nmst  not  do  it."  Soon  after  the  other 
Indian  returned,  and  just  before  night  they  saw  a  small 
vessel  standing    in    towards   the    Island    and    "  heading " 

*  Capt.  Joseph  Caj-gill,  his  grandson. 


.148  INFLUENTIAL   MEN. 

directly  for  tliein.  The  Indians  concluded  it  was  an 
American  cruiser  coniin<];  to  pmiisli  them  and  release  the 
prisoners.  Gathering  up  their  implements  and  taking 
their  birch  canoe,  they  started  o.T  wit'i  all  possible  haste 
to  the  other  side  of  the  Ishmd,  telling  their  prisoners  to 
go  where  they  ]ileased. 

After  the  Indians  had  gone,  they  picked  u])  some  arti- 
cles that  lay  around  in  the  grass,  which  they  had  left 
behind  in  their  hurry  to  get  away.  They  then  launched 
their  own  canoe,  and  steered  up  the  Sheepscot,  "  feeling 
much  better  than  if  they  had  shot  the  poor  Indians  while 
they  lay  there  asleep." 

Henry  Cargill,  Esq.  was  one  of  the  boys  and  he  used  to 
tell  the  story  to  his  (diildren  in  subsequent  years. 

Col.  Cargill  died  at  the  age  of  84,  and  his  remains  lie 
interred  in  the  Ancient  Burying  ground  at  Sheepscot.  A 
plain,  white  marble  slab  marks  his  resting  place. 

Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Sen.  was  a  native  of  Newburv, 
Mass,  He  received  a  college  education,  and  at  one  time, 
thought  of  entering  the  ministry.  He  married  Sasannali 
Tappan,  daughter  of  Rev.  C.  Ta])pan,  and  came  to  Shee]!- 
scot  about  1750.  He  settled  upon  the  Southern  point  of 
"Mason's  Necke,"  and  was  the  first  Representative  to  the 
G^nieral  Court  from  Newcastle  in  1774.  Though  a  man  of 
education  and  culture  and  of  probity  and  usefulness, 
Woodbridge  does  not  ap])ear  to  have  been  so  successful  in 
his  worldly  affairs  as  some.  He  used  frequently  to  sol- 
emnize marriages,  was  entrusted  with  important  (^flSces  in 
town,  and  died,  leaving  a  numerous  and  highly  respecta- 
ble posterity  behind  him. 

Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Jan.  came  dcnvn  here,  when  a 
youth,  three  j^ears  before  his  father  and  family,  and  landed 
first  at  Wiscasset  P(iint,  where  he  rem  line  1  six  months 
and  kept  the  books  of  one  Grover,  a  trader  there.  Grover 
could  neither  read  nor  write.  He  had  a  tenacious  mem- 
ory where  he  kept  his  accounts,  and  used  to  make  marks 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  149 

to  denote  particular  articles  an  1  tlunr  prices.  One  of  Ins 
niMrks  Woo(ll)ri(l<ife  was  not  al)le  to  undertnnd.  As  it  was 
round  he  th()up;lit  it  must  he  a  cheese.  "Has  it  not  a  hole 
in  it?  "  nsked  Grover.  "Yes,"  said  Wooul)rid<^e.  "Then 
it  must  1)6  a  Grindstone,"  said  Grover.  Grover  had  the 
first  framed  house  that  was  ever  erected  in  Wiscasset. 

Benjamin  Woodhrid^jje,  Sen.  sent  down  stock  and  farm- 
iniT  utensils  in  a  vessel  Avhich  were  landed  on  Mason's 
Neck,  and  then  Benjatnin  his  son,  went  up  there  to  take 
care  of  them  and  to  carry  on  the  farm.  He  boarded  at 
Aberuethy  Cargill's,  who  resided  a  little  to  the  S  )uth  oi 
Addison  Carney's. 

Capt.  John  McNear  was  a  noteil  man.  He  came  to 
Newcastle  early  in  the  hi.story  of  the  Colony,  and  settled 
near  the  apple  trees  where  his  cellar  may  now  be  seen, 
directly  in  front  of  the  late  Capt.  R  )bt;,  Lennox's.  The 
Indians  had  long  been  desirous  of  getting  him,  and  at  last, 
they  succeeded.  Twice  they  captured  him  and  twice  he 
was  exchanged. 

The  first  time  he  was  taken,  was  just  at  night,  at  the 
Marsh  Bridge,  as  he  was  driving  his  cows  home  from  pas- 
ture. At  the  same  time  Sunuel  Anderson  and  AVilliam 
Hopkins  were  taken,  ami  carried  and  lodged  in  a  Canada 
j  lil.  Hopkins  came  from  Jefferson.  The  Indians  killed  a 
three-year-old  colt,  the  meat  of  which  they  took  along 
"witli  theni,  as  food  for  the  way.  Anderson  and  H(j;)!cins 
(lied  in  jail  ;  but  McNear  lived  t(^  return  home.  AVhen  he 
had  reached  Dark  Swamp  Hill,  whore  was  only  a  cow  path, 
he  saw  one  of  his  old  neighl)ors,  and  for  a  little  amuse- 
ment, raised  the  Indian  war  whoop.  The  neighbor,  see- 
ing as  he  supposeil  a  veritable  Indian,  for  McNoar  had  on 
sui  Indian  dress,  thought  sure  that  it  was  all  ov  n-  with  him, 
and  exclaimed  :  "Well,  if  I  must  go  to  Canada,  I  must." 
Great  was  his  relief  and  joy,  when  he  found  that  beneath 
that  Indian  dress  was  the  verital)le  body  and  sjnrit  of 
Capt.  John  McNear.  They  went  home  with  quickened 
step,  to  receive  a  joyous  welcome. 


150  INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

At  another  time  he  was  thrashing  in  his  bam,  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Anderson.  AVlien  they  were  taking  their 
dinner,  the  Indians  crept  up  around  the  barn  ;  and  the 
dog  scenting  tiiem,  began  to  bark.  The  Indians  showing 
themselves,  a  tight  commenceil.  Anderson  broke  one  of 
the  savages'  arujs,  and  it  is  said  knocked  down  others  with 
the  flail.  The  Indians  fired  and  killed  Anderson.  McNear 
then  surrendered.  He  was  taken  by  them  and  carried  on 
to  a  hill  above  Hartley  Erskine's  and  near  the  "old 
Springer  Mill,"  where  a  halt  was  made.  The  Fiench  paid 
$15  for  a  scalp.      He  was  carried  to  Canada. 

McNear  had  ten  children,  the  youngest  of  whom,  Mar- 
garett,  was  born  in  Garrison,  after  he  was  taken  by  the 
Indians,  and  whom  he  had  never  seen.  And  when  asked 
by  them,  "How  many  papooses  he  had?"  he  answered 
"ten  ;  and  one  of  them  he  had  never  seen."  The  Indians 
thought  it  very  strange. 

This  child,  Margarett,  Mrs.  McNear  took  in  her  arms 
and  went,  one  evening,  from  the  Garrison  to  her  house,  to 
milk  the  cows.  The  Indians  came  around  her,  and  she 
i  ed  to  her  house.  Her  two  dogs  protected  the  mother 
and  the  child  during  the  night  by  keeping  the  dogs  at  bay. 

A  third  time,  McNear  came  near  being  taken  upon  the 
marshes.  There  were  a  number  of  men  at  work  on  the 
marshes,  round  the  point,  AVesterly  from  the  Marsh  Bridge. 
McNear  was  left  to  the  North  and  East  oi'  them,  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  creek,  to  "cock  up"  the  thatch.  The 
Indians,  seeing  him  alone,  crept  up  and  said,  "Now,  John, 
we  got  you  again."  John  saw  who  were  behind  hijn, 
dropped  his  fork,  and  with  a  leap  crossed  the  brook, 
exclaiming,  "I'll  bet  half  a  ton  of  thatch  of  that,"  and 
escaped.  The  men  dropped  their  scythes,  seized  their 
guns,  and  fired  upon  the  Indians  who  hastily  fled  without 
their  prize. 

-   McNear  was  afterwards  taken,  carried  to  Bagaduce,  and 
there  confined  in  prison.     He  was  reduced  by  the  dysen- 


INFLUENTIAL   MEN.  l5t 

terv  and  slow  fever,  aud  never  expected  to  leave  the  prison 
again  alive  ;  but,  one  morning,  looking  out  through  the 
crevice  of  the  building,  he  saw  some  catmint  gro\vin<^  and 
asked  a  man  to  make  him  some  tea  of  it.  He  did  so  ;  and 
McNear  took  a  strong  decoction  of  it  which  immediately 
cured  him,  and  he  was  enabled  to  return  home.  He  was 
Town  Clerk  a  number  of  years — was  a  very  pious  man 
and  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  97  years. 

Capt.  Alexander  Nickels,  sometimes  spelt  Nichols,  came 
frojn  Boston  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  town,  and 
took  up  his  residence  upon  a  knoll  a  little  to  t!ie  South  of 
where  Capt.  Charles  Nickels,  his  great  grandson,  resided. 
He  built  it  mill  at  Allen's  Falls,  on  Mill  river,  where  one  had 
been  built,  the  previous  century.  He  had  five  sons,  Capt. 
Alexander,  Jr.,  Capt.  James,  Samuel,  Esq.,  John  Hill  and 

Thomas."^'     He  married  Hannah who  died  April  '3, 

1767,  aged  67.  He  was  a  mna  of  respectability,  industry, 
intelligence  and  influence.  He  died  Feb.  1,  1758,  aged  67. 
He  was  Captnin  of  the  Militia  and  was  in  more  or  less 
active  service  during  the  Indian  wars.  On  the  1st  of 
November,  1756,  he  was  ordered  to  discharge  one-half  of 
his  company,  and  on  the  20th,  to  discharge  the  remainder, 
because  the  Indians  then  left  for  their  hunting  grounds  in 
the  interior. 

Capt.  Alexander,  Jr.,  was  in  town  during  the  French  and 
Indian  war  actively  engaged  in  raising  troops  and  other- 
wise, and  is  believed  about  the  close  of  that  period,  to 
have  moved  to  Peinaquid.  After  the  close  of  the  Avar,  he 
presented  a  bill  against  the  town  for  enlisting  soldiei's, 
which  the  town  allowed  and  paid. 

Capt.  James  Nickels  was  taken  by  the  Indians  to  Can- 
ada* when  Capt.  John  McNear  was  carried  there,  the 
second  time.  McNear,  who  understood  the  ways  of  the 
Indians,  told   Nickels  to  appear  weak,  when  the  Indiana 

*E.  D.  Robiuson,  Esq. 


A 


y*        4       152  INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

t  -^ 

NV       S      would  want  to  wrestle  with  him,  because  they  would  com- 
t      tA      P*^^  ^^i'^^  ^^  carry  burdens  according  to  the  strength  which 
they  supposed  he  had.     Taking  up  with  McNear's  advice, 
'\  V     V    he  let  them  throw  him  three  or  four  times,  when  he  "got 
^  ^    ^K       mad,"  jind  threw  them,  one  after  another,  as  fast  as  they 
*    ^  would  close  in  with   him.     They  then  concluded  that  he 

was  a  "powerful  man"  and  let  him  alone.  Nickels  returned 
from  Canada,  purchased  lauds  and  built  his  house  to  the 
Kovth  ot  Royal  Wright's  and  a  little  to  the  East  of  Tib- 
bett's  blacksmith  shop.  He  was  concerned  in  the  "Tea 
'  *  plot"  in  Boston  Harbor  in  1773.  Alexander  Nickels,  3rd, 
James  Nickels'  youngest  son,  settled  on  the  farm  next 
North  of  Robert  Robinson's. 

Ihomas  Nickels,  a  young  man,  was  killed  by  the  Indians* 
and  scalped,  at  the  edge  of  an  evening,  as  he  was  filling 
1  is  pail  with  water  at  the  spring,  not  far  from  the  home- 
stead.    The    Garrison    was    near.     Bushes   were    in    the 
I        neighborhood  of  the  spring  and  the  Indians  waylaid  him. 
Samuel  Nickels,  Esq.,  was  in  many  respects  a  remark- 
-/       L        able  man.     He  w'as  tall  in  stature,  athletic  in  form,  coni- 
mindiug  in  person,  kindly  in  manner,  even  in  disposition, 
a  prompt  and  effective  officer,  of  good  business  habits,  a 
beautiful  penman,  a  worthy  citizen  and  loyal  to  the  State. 
He  held  several  public  offices — was  Clerk  of  the  town  for 
more  than  twenty  years,  and,  to  the  last,  appears  to  have 
ret.iine;!  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  fellow  men. 

He  purchased  the  tract  of  land  between  the  Sheepscot 
lots  which  bordered  East  on  Cavessix  river,  and  the  Daiu- 
ariscotta  lots  whicli  lay  up  and  down  that  river — and  from 
"Freshwater  Cove" — Isaac  Dodge's,  brickyard — to  Alex- 
ander Nichols  3rd  for  a  mere  trifle — it  is  said  about  25 
cents  per  acre.  This  included  the  Middle  lots.  He 
afterwards  purchased  as    high  up  as  Ebeuezer  Clarke's,  t 


*  Mrs.  Margery  Robinson, 
t  E.  D.  Robiuson,  Esq. 


INFLUENTIAL   MEN.  158 

This  tract  lie  divided  i)ito  ten  lots.  The  upper  live  were 
laid  out  East  and  West.  The  Southern  five  lots  were  laid 
out  North  and  South.  John  Hill  had  one  of  these  lots. 
Alexander  3rd  had  another.  The  Southern  line  of  the  Cross 
lots  was  about  half  way  from  the  Town  House  to  E.  D. 
Robinson's."  Robt.  Robinson  bought  his  farm  of  John 
Hill. 

Enoch  Perkins,  who  followed  coasting,  bought  fiftj'  acres 

of  "Squire  Nickels"  for  100  dollars,  and  paid  for  it  entirely 

in  N.  E.  Rum  which  he  brought  from  Boston,  t     A  per- 

fectl}'  honorable  transaction  in   those  days.     Times  luivc 

changed. 

Samuel  Nickels  built  the  large  two  story  house  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Orlando  Delano,  Esq.  The  frame 
is  of  Avhite  oak,  sound  and  "as  hard  as  a  rock."  The 
house  is  now  (1867)  103  years  old  and  in  good  repair. 
75,000  bricks  were  used  in  the  chimney  which  stands  in  the 
middle  of  the  house.  The  wainscoting,  made  of  the  best 
lumber,  is  now  as  perfect  as  in  the  day  when  the  joiner 
pronounced  it  finished.  The  heaviest  gales  don't  shake 
the  house  in  the  least.  Two  years  ago  Mr.  Delano  took 
down  one  of  the  outbuildings,  and  he  found  the  roof  in 
sufficient  order  to  shed  the  rain  "without  leaking  a  drop." 
The  shingles  (shaved)  were  the  same  that  Samuel  Nickels, 
Esq.,  had  laid  on  in  the  da}^  of  its  erection,  101  years  be- 
fore. Here  Nickels  kept  tavern  for  many  years.  The  house 
is  a  princelj'  establishment  and  is  beautifully  situated. 

William  McLelland:|:  was  of  Scotch  Irish  descent,  and 
came  from  Medford  Mass.,  to  Sheepscot  about  the  year 
1731  or  5.  He  married  Mary  Ballantiiie,  and  after  the 
Presbyterian  Church  was  formed,  he  was  chosen  Deacon 
of  it.     He  was  a  beautiful  penman,  and  was  Town  Clerk 


*  Mrs.  Robinson. 
t  Daniel  Perkins . 
I  Miss  Mary  Murray. 


15 J:  INFLUENTLU:,  MEN. 

from  the  fourth  year  of  its  organization  till  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1763.  His  records  are  as  fair,  save  a 
slight  coloring  of  the  paper,  as  they  were  the  hour  the  ink 
dried  on  the  paper. 

He  had  several  children.  Elizabeth,  the  oldest,  mar- 
ried David  Murray,  Esq.  Margaret  married  Samuel 
Waters.  There  were  three  sons  all  of  whom  died  young. 
Mary  married  an  Averill  of  Alna ;  Sarah,  a  Taggart  of 
Pittston.     One  other  daughter  completed  the  famih-. 

WiUiam  McLelland  went  into  Garrison  when  his  daughter 
Elizabeth  was  seven  years  old,  and  was  in  Garrison  seven 
3'ears.  This  was  during  the  Spanish  and  Indian  war. 
One  summer  the  Indians  were  so  numerous  that  the  people 
were  obhged  to  go  out  in  companies,  guarded  by  armed 
men,  to  do  their  farm  work.  Bread  was  so  scarce,  as  well 
as  other  supplies,  that  they  were  obliged  to  pick  peas  and 
eat  them  in  milk  as  a  substitute. 

One  day,  the  women  went  out  to  pull  flax ;  and  one  of 
the  number  took  her  babe  with  her  ;  and  after  nursing  it, 
she  laid  it  down  to  sleep,  wrap]3ed  in  a  blanket,  and  went 
to  work.  All  of  a  sudden  the  Indians  made  their  appear- 
ance vrith  the  usual  war  whoop — when  the  Avomen  leaving 
all,  and  that  mother  forgetting  all,  fled,  in  a  bod}',  to  the 
Garrison.  There  was  a  fight,  and  the  Indians  were  beaten  ; 
and  after  the  assailants  were  driven  back  the  mother 
thought  of  her  child.  A  party  went  in  search  of  it,  not 
doubting  but  Indian  wrath  had  crushed  it ;  but  contrary  to 
all  expectation  the  child  had  escaped  their  notice.  The 
mother  joyfully  seizing  it,  bore  it  in  ecstasy  to  the  Gar- 
rison.    It  had  not  waked  ! 

McLelland  was  Moderator  of  the  Town  Meeting  in  1754, 
and  when  he  died  it  was  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness, 
and  great  lamentation  was  made  over  him. 

One  day*  wdien  Mrs.  David  Murray — Elizabeth  McLel- 

*Mr8.  John  Murray, 


i 


I 


INFLUENTIAL   MEN,  155 

land  that  was — went  out  into  the  field  to  pull  flax,  she 
took  her  three  joung  children  with  her—  two  little  boys 
and  a  daughter,  8  years  of  age.  The  boys  she  wrapped  in 
a  blanket  and  laid  them  down  by  the  side  of  a  log  to  sleep 
and  told  the  little  girl  to  watch  them.  While  puDing,  her 
attention  was  attracted  by  a  noise,  and  looking  up,  she 
saw  a  large,  Avhite-faced  bear  running  down  the  hill, 
directly  towards  the  children.  Imagine  her  feelings! 
The}',  however,  were  but  momentary  ;  for  the  bear  kept 
straight  on  his  way — took  no  notice  of  the  children — or 
tlie  mother,  leaped  over  the  other  end  of  the  log  from 
where  the  children  were  lying — and  made,  like  a  shot,  for 
the  woods  between  them  and  the  river.  She  supposed  the 
V)ear  was  chased. 

One  evening,*  between  sunset  and  dark,  when  Mrs. 
David  Murray  was  out  with  her  pails  to  the  spring,  just 
across  the  road,  a  few  rods  to  the  East  of  the  house,  and 
had  filled  them  both  with  water,  a  huge  bear  appeared 
from  the  thick  neighboring  wood,  intent  upon  the  prey 
before  him.  Seeing  her  danger,  she  ran  for  the  house,  as 
she  never  ran  before,  with  the  bear  following  after.  But 
she  had  just  time  to  reach  the  house  with  her  pails,  and 
shut  the  door  after  her,  before  the  unwelcome  visitor  came 
up  with  her.  She  cooked  and  ate  her  supper,  but  Bruin 
was  disappointed  of  his.  On  subsequent  days,  Mrs. 
Murray  was  careful  to  get  her  water  for  the  night,  at  an 
earlier  hour. 

Samuel  Waters  t  came  from  England  ;  was  a  cooper  by 
trade  ;  purchased  the  head  of  Dyer's  Neck,  from  river  to 
river,  and  resided  on  it.  The  country  was  wild ;  but  his 
strong  arm  and  determined  will  soon  made  "a  clearing" 
and  created  him  a  home.     He  was  a  very  pious  man,  and 

*  Miss  Mary  Murray. 
t  Mrs  Fitzpatrick. 


156  INFLUENTIAL   MEN. 

did  inucli  towards  sustaining  religions  ordinances  among 
the  people,  and  used  frequently  to  have  meetings  at  his 
OAvn  house  ;  but  like  man}'  good  men  he  had  some  peculiar 
notions  and  Avays,  which,  at  this  time,  seem  a  little  singular. 
When  his  second  wife  died,  a  friend  in  sympathy  remarked 
to  him,  "You  have  lost  your  wife,  Mr.  Waters."  "Yes," 
he  replied,  "the  loss  of  women  and  the  increase  of  sheep 
will  make  a  man  rich."  The  last  years  of  his  life  he  spent 
in  Jefi'erson,  and  when  the  bass  viol,  just  purchased,  would 
be  brought  into  the  house  where  he  worsliipped,  he  would 
leave  it,  saying,  "It  is  both  base  and  vile."  When  asked 
"  Why '?  "  he  said,  "they  could  play  botli  Psalm  tunes  and 
dancing  tunes  upon  it." 

When  asked  a  question  which  he  did  not  care  about 
answering,  he  would  feign  deafness — appear  as  though  he 
did  not  hear,  and  would  make  no  reply.  He  was  a  firm 
Presbyterian,  and  used  to  go  to  Waldoboro  to  partake  of 
the  communion.  He  Avas  very  benevolent ;  and  when,  in 
the  spring  of  the  jenr,  people  used  to  come  from  Balltown. 
to  catch  fish,  he  would  entertain  them,  free  of  charge. 

Robert  Hodge,  Sen.,  came  from  Ireland  and  lived  where 
the  late  Capt.  Thomas  Chase  resided.  He  died  at  the 
advanced  age  of  101  years.  He  used  to  go  to  ]3aniaris- 
cotta  Mills  on  horseback  ;  and  when  there,  one  day,  speak- 
ing about  eels,  they  asked  him  how  large  a  one  he  had 
seen  in  Ireland.  "Oh,"  said  he,  "about  as  large  as  my  old 
horse."  He  was  a  large  landholder.  He  lost  his  facul- 
ties before  he  died.  His  nephew,  Capt.  Eobt.  Hodge, 
built  the  house  where  the  late  Capt.  Thomas  Lennox 
resided,  and  kept  tavern  there.  He  acquired  nearly  all 
the  ])roperty  of  his  uncle.  Hodge,  Sen.'s  house  was  after- 
wards taken  down,  and  the  present  one  erected  in  its 
stead. 

There  were  two  "flankers,"  one  to  the  North  and  the 
other  to  t4ie  South  of  Hodge's  house.  They  Avere  once 
attacked  by   the  Indians,  and  the  rock  that  the  Indians 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  1-57 

iired  from,  lay  just  across  the  road  in  Caijt.  Lcimox's  field. 
He  took  it  aAvay  and  planted  apple  trees  in  its  place. 

Capt.  Robert  Hodge  owned  two  of  Tappau's  ten  {ic]i' 
lots.  In  his  Inventory  were  two  negroes,  C;esar  and  Pliillis. 
a  boy  and  girl. 

Capt.  James  Camjibel)  alsf»  owned  a  slave  "  bov," 
though  an  old  man. 

David  Murray  was  a  man  of  superior  talents  and  had  a 

■wide  and  commanding  iuHuence.     He  Mas  an  able  Justice 

of  the  Peace  —  was  Avell  read  in  the  huv — was  tor  many 

jears  entrusted  Avith  the  highest  civil  offices  which  it  was 

in  the  power  of  his  townsmen  to  bestow; — was  a  MiHti;i 

officer  and  distinguished  himself  in  military  ati'airs  ;   and 

when  he   died,  a  loss   was   felt  that   could   not  easilv  be 

repaired. 

(^         Major  John  Farley,  a  man  of  good  capacity",  tine  social 

(     qualities  and  sterling  worth,  came  in  town  in  1773  and  was 

one  of  those  avIio  was  destined  to  shape,  in  a  large  meas- 

/      nre,    the  destinies  of   Newcastle.     He    purchased  land  of 

an  Englishman  by  the  name  of  Powers;  also  of  Nathaniel 

and  John  Winslow  ;    and    finally   the    entire    right  whicli 

Woodbridge  claimed  to  lands  in  that  section  of  the  town." 

His  first  residence  was  just  inside  of  the  "  line  of  the 
highway  and  opposite  McMicliaeFs  residence,"  but  he 
afterwards,  1780,  built  and  resided  in  the  house  now  occu- 
pied by  Mr.  William  Trumbull.  He  Avas  a  tanner  by  trade, 
and  carried  on  business  there.  He  held  several  town  offi- 
ces —  went  to  Bagaduce  as  Major  of  the  Militia,  in  the 
expedition  under  the  command  of  Generals  Lovell  and 
AVadsAvorth  during  the  Revolution  —  Avas  frequently  chosen 
a  Representative  to  the  General  Court  —  Avas  a  State  Sen- 
ator for  Lincoln  County  —  a  District  Elector  for  President 
and  Vice  President  of  the  United  States  in  LSOl,  and  cast 
his  A'ote  for  Thomas  Jefferson  —  Avas  Treasurer  of  Lincoln 

*  Jolm  Farlev\s  testimouA-. 


158  INFLUENTIAL  MEN, 

County  —  first  Postmaster  in  NeAvcastle  on  the  Damaris- 
cotta  side,  and  Agent  tVn-  the  erection  of  the  Batter}'  on 
Daniariscotta  Eiver  in  1808. 

His  son,  Ebenezer  Farley,  Ksq.,  was  a  member  of  the 
Convention  that  framed  the  Constitution  of  Maine  in 
1 820 ;  —  A  District  Eh^ctor  of  President  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  in  1828,  and  voted  for  Jolm 
Quincy  Adams  ;  —  Chosen  a  member  of  Governor's  Coim- 
cil  in  1829,  but  dedined  ;  —  A  Representative  in  the  Legis- 
lature of  Maine  in  183'G,  and  Treasurer  of  town  for  many 
years. 

Capt.  Alexander  Nickels  (Nichols)  distinguished  himstdf 
<luring  tlie  French  and  Indian  war  and  was  especially  use- 
ful when  Governor  Pownal  visited  the  Penobscot  and  at 
other  times.  It  is  supposed  that  he  afterwards  moved  to 
Pemaquid.  Alexander  Campbell  lived  where  Elias  Bailey 
now  does.  James  Speed's  successor  was  Rev.  Kiah  Bai- 
ley. Present  occupant,  1850,  Gardiner  Perkins.  Speed 
and  his  wife  were  buried  in  their  front  field.  Alden 
White's  house  is  on  a  part  of  Speed's  lot.  Job  Day  lived 
at  the  foot  of  the  "Big  Hill"  that  was  detached  from  New- 
castle and  joined  to  Edgcomb.  John  Nickels  owned  100 
Mcres  at  Freshwater  Cove  ;  then  came  Thomas  Campbell's 
200  acres  ;  then  David  Soames. 

John  Taylor  is  the  only  one  of  the  ancient  families  of  the 
seventeenth  century  whose  descendents  now  reside  in 
Newcastle,  Joseph  Glidden,  Sen.,  purchased  and  resided 
on  the  front  part  of  the  large  estate  which  he  once  held 
■  here. 

Charles  Glidden  came  to  this  country'  as  early  as  1656,  and 
settled  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  He  afterwards  moved  to 
Exeter,  where  in  1672  he  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and 
(lied  there  leaving  a  large  family.  He  is  the  first  of  whom 
V.  e  have  any  record  in  New  Hampshire,  coming  thither 
probably  under  Mason,  who  was  Governor  of  Portsmouth 
in  Hampshire,  England.  In  this  County  lies  the  town  of 
(iliddcn. 


INFLUENTIAL   MEN.  15V) 

From  him  descended  Joseph,  Tobias  and  Zebulon,  all  of 
whom  were  born  in  Lee,  N.  H.  Joseph,  the  eldest  brother 
•came  to  Newcastle  from  Durham,  N.  H.,  about  the  year 
1750.  His  first  purchase  of  land  of  which  we  find  any 
record  was  the  192  acres  of  the  Wm.  Vaughan  estate,  as 
per  deed  executed  at  Portsmouth,  N,  H.,  1758.  See  map. 
To  the  above  he  added  other  purchases  of  land,  two  from 
Benjamin  Jones,  one  from  John  Hussey  and  one  from 
Joseph  Taylor,  all  of  wdiich  bounded  w^esterly  on  the 
oount}'  road,  thus  obtaining  for  himself  an  outlet  which  for 
years  he  could  not  have  had.  In  his  purchase  of  Yaughan's 
Executor,  he  was  restricted  as  follows:  "That  the  sail 
Joseph  Glidden  is  to  build  a  house  and  to  live  in  the  same 
within  six  months  from  this  date,  and  improve  b}^  ploughing 
four  acres  of  said  land,  in  order  that  the  country  be  settled 
and  im]3roved." 

His  purchase  of  the  Taylor  homestead  was  made  in 
1774.  How  soon  after  this  he  occupied  this  place  is  uncer- 
tain ;  but  it  was  probalily  in  1781,  as  Joseph  2nd  was 
married  in  that  3-ear  and  all  of  his  children  were  born  in 
the  old  homestead  wdiicli  his  father  vacated  for  his  use. 
In  this  place  he  resided  until  his  death  which  occurred  in 
1817. 

The  southern  wall  of  that  purchase,  extending  from 
Damariscotta  river  to  Glidden  Street,  is  still  standing,  and 
the  line  went  directl}-  up  over  the  hill,  near  the  Academy, 
where  the  flag  staff  now  stands. 

The  house  known  as  the  "Glidden  house"  on  "Glidden's 
Neck,"  was  built  by  him  and  is  probably  130  years  old. 
Capt.  Samuel  Glidden,  grandson  of  Joseph,  Sen.,  when  he 
w^as  a  young  man  occupied  this  house  and  lived  in  it  for  a 
number  of  years.  Mr.  Charles  E.  Metcalf  has  owned  and 
resided  in  it  since  May,  1862.  In  1854  Capt.  Samuel 
Glidden  informed  me  that  many  years  before,  the  whole 
covering  became  rotten,  when  it  was  entirely  stripped,  and 
sUingled   and  clapboarded  anew.     Since  that  time  it  has 


I<l<)  fNFLCENTlAL   MEN. 

))een  in  good  repair.  It  is  a  square  two  story  house,  uitli 
tlie  front  facing  and  overlooking  the  river  to  the  South — 
the  Oyster  Banks  to  the  East— and  having  an  Ell  that 
extends  out  towards  the  beautitul  bay  at  the  North.  It  is 
tinely  situated  upon  a  broad,  fertile  plat  of  gi'ound,  and  for 
])eauty  is  not  exceeded  by  any  residence  in  the  vicinity. 

The  frame  of  the  house  is  of  white  oak,  "all  squared  to 
a  line,"  and  is  now,  185J:,  in  as  good  a  state  of  preserva- 
tion as  it  Avas  when  it  Avas  framed.  Not  a  sleeper  nor  a 
sill  has  become  rotten ;  but  the  wood  has  acquired  a  peculiar 
degree  of  hardness,  common  to  the  white  oak  wl\en  kept 
dry.  The  house  was  boarded  with  thick,  heavy  boards, 
put  on  perpendicularly  and  then  clapboarded.  At  the  first, 
there  was  a  cellar  under  only  half  the  house,  but  it  has 
since  been  made  as  large  as  the  entire  house.  It  bids  fair  to 
last,  at  least,  till  after  this  entire  generation  has  passed 
away. 

Twelve  children,  nine  daughters  and  three  sons,  were 
born  to  Mr.  Joseph  Glidden,  Jun.,  when  he  occupied  the 
house,  the  last  of  whom,  Mrs.  Bryant,  died  not  long  since 
at  the  advanced  age  of  86  years. 

When  the  elder  Joseph  Glidden  pui'chased  the  place,  he 
found  a  colony  qf  Indians  inhabiting  the  Neck  of  land 
upon  which  the  Oj'ster  Banks  are,  where  they  remained 
and  were  tolerated  for  many  years  greatly  to  the  discomfort 
of  the  old  gentleman  and  his  family.  They  would  engage 
in  criminal  and  destiu(;tive  acts,  and  even  steal  tlie  dinnei" 
from  the  table  while  the  mother  was  waiting  for  the  family 
to  come  and  gather  around.  But  they  Avere  tolerated  and 
befriended  for  many  years,  notAvithstanding  the  many 
annoyances  from  their  close  proximity. 

When  at  the  age  of  82  years  Jose})h,  Sen.  married  his 
second  Avife  and  lived  to  be  more  than  05.  He  Avas  a  man 
of  gi'eat  probity,  devoutly  religious,  and  one  of  the  most 
esteemed    citizens  in  toAvn. 

The  families  of  Gliddens  have  been  numerons    i  ,,1    i. 


The  Joseph   Glidtlen  House,  Erected  in   1760. 


f 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  161 

ilueiitial.  The  descendants  of  Joseph  have  been  chiefly 
engaged  in  commercial  and  seafaring  pursuits,  while  the 
other  families  have  been  engaged  in  that  which  has  been 
both  honorable  and  profitable. 

William  Yaughan  was  one  of  the  first  Counsellors  of 
New  Hampshire  and  continued  in  office  from  1680  to  his 
death  1719  ;  was  made  freeriian  1669,  Judge  0.  C.  P.  from 
1680  to  1706,  and  Chief  Justice  from  1708  to  1715.  Dec. 
8,  1668,  he  married  Margaret  daughter  of  Richard  Cutt 
who  died  Jan.  22,  1690,  aged  40  ^-ears.  Their  son  George 
Vaughan  was  born  April  13,  1676.  He  married  first,  Mary 
daughter  of  Andrew  Belcher ;  second,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Robert  Elliot  and  became  the  parent  of  nine  children. 
George  Avas  Counsellor  1715,  and  appointed  Lieutenant 
Governor  which  commission  he  held  until  the  appoiutment 
of  Lieut.  Gov.  John  AVentworth  in  1717.  He  died  Nov. 
20,  1725.  His  son  William  Vaughan  was  born  Sept.  12, 
1703.  In  1722  lie  was  Lieut.  Colonel  and  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal planners  of  the  expedition  to  Louisburg  in  1745.  He 
commanded  a  division  under  Sir  Wm.  Pepperell  and  was 
one  of  the  foremost,  and  brave  in  battle.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  merchant  in  Portsmouth  and  finally  removed  to 
Damariscotta  and  settled  14  miles  above  Pemaquid.  He 
made  his  will  March  23,  1744,  which  shows  who  of  his 
family  were  then  alive  as  well  as  those  who  were  married. 
He  gives  property  to  his  mother  Elizabeth,  to  his  sisters, 
and  to  John  Tarah  Ross,  Wilham  and  EHzabeth  Bennett, 
Hunking  and  Margaret  Wentworth,  Cutt  Mary  Shannon, 
to  sister  Jane  Vaughan  and  to  Bro.  Elliott  Vaughan. 

He  was  a  prominent  and  influential  man  in  these  parts 
and  after  the  capture  of  Louisburg,  was  induced  to  go  to 
England  by  friends  Avho  were  anxious  for  his  promotion  in 
view  of  his  distinguished  services,  and  he  died  there  of 
small  pox  about  the  middle  of  Dec.  1746,  aged  43  years. 

In  1722,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College,  and  then  he  became  a  merchant  in  Ports- 


162  INFLUENTIAL  MEN. 

mouth  where  he  remained  several  years  after  the  death  of 
his  father.  But  this  not  being  a  field  suited  to  his  tastes 
and  wishes,  about  the  year  1728,  he  established  a  fishing 
and  trading  establishment  at  the  island  of  Matinicus,  at 
the  entrance  of  Penobscot  Bay,  where  he  employed  a 
number  of  small  vessels  in  the  fishing  business.  Here  he 
set  up  stages  to  dry  his  fish,  and  built  houses  for  himself 
and  his  men,  the  foundations  of  which,  it  is  said,  are  yet 
remaining,  and  are  pointed  out  as  the  remains  of  "Scpiire 
Yaughan's  village."  From  here  he  went  to  Damariscotta 
and  made  a  large  land  purchase  including  Damariscotta 
Pond  which  then  took  the  name  of  "Vaughan's  Pond," 
and  at  the  Falls  he  built  two  double  saw  mills  and  a  grist 
mill,  greatly  to  the  benefit  of  himself  and  the  inhabitants. 
At  the  commencement  of  the  troubles  with  France, 
about  1743,  Vaughan  having  erected  a  Garrison  there, 
he  thus  writes  to  a  friend  at  Portsmouth  :  "We  are  all 
well,  though  in  other  respects,  exceedingly  unfortunate. 
The  times  are  likely  to  be  dangerous  in  such  a  remote 
place  as  this.  The  people  are  hourl}^  expecting  to  hear 
tliat  France  has  joined  Spain  in  a  war  against  England, 
and  as  the  Indians  are  so  much  under  the  influence  of  the 
French,  that  if  there  are  not  some  cautionary  preparations 
taken  by  the  Government  to  secure  these  parts,  it  will  be 
dangerous  for  them  to  tarry  here.  The  Irish  people  are 
not  so  much  moved,  as  many  of  them  have  not  been 
acquainted  with  the  barbarities  of  the  Indians,  but  the 
))eople  in  my  concerns  are  mostly  English,  from  Dover, 
Somersworth,  Oyster  River,  Exeter,  Kitter}-  and  Scarbor- 
ough, and  are  actually-  about  seventy  souls,  men,  Avomen 
and  children  that  live  in  my  houses  around  me,  and  the 
men  usually  employed  in  my  service.  Some  of  them  have 
had  their  fathers  and  mothers  killed  ;  some  their  other 
relations  ;  others  have  been  wounded  in  their  own  persons 
by  the  Indians  in  the  former  wars.  They  are  in  a  great 
uproar,  and  sa}-  they  will  leave  the  place  if  some  security 
is  not  procured  for  it." 


INFLUENTIAL  MEN.  163 

In  1812,  in  the  controversy  about  the  title  of  lancLs  in 
Lincoln  County,  Nathaniel  Rollins  of  Jefferson  made  the 
following  important  deposition.  "My  father  told  me,  at  six 
years  of  age,  that  he  removed  to  Damariscotta,  now  New- 
castle, at  the  request  of  Capt.  William  Vaughan  who  also 
lived  there.  Vaughan  had  large  ox  teams  which  he  used 
to  let  out  to  get  logs.  My  father  worked  with  one  till  1745. 
He  also  assisted  Vaughan  in  building  a  garrison  to  protect 
the  settlers  against  the  Indians.  This  fort  Avas  100  feet 
square,  built  of  hewed  and  sawed  timber,  about  seven 
inches  thick.  Vaughan  owned  all  the  land  on  both  sides 
of  the. pond  and  on  both  sides  of  the  river  do\Mi  to  'the 
ledges'  which  are  about  five  miles  below  the  toll  bridge. 
I  have  worked  for  Vaughan,  getting  logs  two  miles  above 
said  pond.  I  am  well  acquainted  with  a  meadow  about 
one  mile  above  the  head  of  said  pond,  called  Vaughan's 
meadow,  which  I  knew  persons  to  occupy  under  said 
Vaughan  for  many  years.  There  are  sundry  meadows  on 
the  westerly  side  of  said  pond,  about  one  mile  distant 
therefrom,  being  within  said  claim,  all  of  which  I  have 
often  mowed,  under  said  Vaughan.  He  put  a  considerable 
number  of  settlers  on  liis  claim  on  the  East  side  of  said 
pond  and  river,  and  himself  built  a  large  house  and  lived 
in  it,  on  the  East  side  of  said  pond,  and  made  large 
improvements  there,  set  out  an  orchard,  and  built  a  large 
barn,  and  he  used  to  have  twenty  yoke  of  oxen  at  a  tim^, 
and  a  large  number  of  cows,  horses  and  other  creatures. 
I  remember  once  hearing  said  Vaughan  and  sundry  old 
people  (all  now,  1812,  dead)  speaking  about  the  land  said 
Vaughan  owned  at  Damariscotta,  and  Vaughan  said  his 
claim  extended  from  the  head  of  said  pond  to  'the  ledges.' 
I  also  remember  hearing  him  say  that  he  purchased  a  con- 
siderable part  of  said  lands  of  the  Indians.  And  I  know 
of  and  saw  the  said  Indians  come  to  Vaughan  and  get  pay 
for  land  they  had  sold  him.  And  he  deliveretl  them  eight 
quarters  of  beef  at  one  time,  towards  said  purchase.    After 


164  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

the  death  of  said  Vaughan,  I  recollect  one  Temple  who 
l)reteaded  title  under  the  Plymouth  Company,  came  down 
and  built  on  part  of  Vaughan's  claim,  and  an  action  was 
commenced  by  Elliot  Vaughan  and  James  Noble,  executors 
of  Vaughan's  will,  against  Benj.  Hutchins,  tenant  of  said 
Temple,  and  a  special  court  was  liolden  in  the  garrison 
house,  in  which  I  then  lived,  and  the  Vaughan  claim 
prevailed." 

Vaughan  took  an  early  and  honorable  part  in  the  seige 
of  Louisburg.  He  was  present  and  took  part  in  the  fight, 
and  when  victory  was  obtained,  a  certain  writer  says  of 
him,  "lie  was  not  only  the  priinum  mohile,  but  the  very 
thing  in  this  grand  affair.  I  have  great  value  for  his  virtue 
in  general,  and  for  his  solid,  firm,  intrepid,  persevering 
temper."  He  was  unquestionabl}^  a  man  of  uncommon 
ability,  talents,  courage  and  influence. 


.  CHAPTER     XXVIl 


NEWCASTLE  FROxM  1753  TO  1882. 

On  the  19th  of  June,  1753,  An  Act  Avas  passed  by  the 
General  Court  for  "erecting  a  place  called  Sheepscot,  in 
the  County  of  York,  into  a  district  by  the  name  of  New- 
castle." The  inhaliitants  found  that  they  labored  under 
difficulties,  as  a  plantation,  and  that  the  state  of  the  times 
required  a  more  efficient  civil  organization  than  they  then 
possessed. 

The  bounds  of  the  district  were,  "beginning  at  the  Nar- 
rows, called  Sheepscot  Narrows"  in  Sheepscot  River  "at 


■NEWCASTIJE  FROM   1753  TO   1882.  165 

the  upper  end  of  Wiscasset  Bay,  and  so  extending  front 
said  Narrows  up  the  said  river  eight  miles  ;  from  thence 
Southeast  to  Damariscotta  River  ;  and  to  extend  down 
said  liver  eight  miles  ;  and  from  thence  to  the  Sheepscot 
Hiver,  at  the  place  first  mentioned,"  The  District  was 
invested  with  all  the  powers,  privileges  and  immunities 
that  towns  in  tlie  province  "do  or  may  enjoy,"  that  of 
sending  a  Eepresentative  to  the  General  Assembly,  only 
excepted.  This  was  the  first  municipality  established  bj^ 
the  Provincial  Government,  within  the  territory  of  Sagada- 
hock,  reckoning  Georgetown  within  the  Province  of  Maine, 
and  was  the  twelfth  town  established  in  the  present  State. 
According  to  usage,  it  received  a  Copy  of  the  laws,  at  the 
public  expense. 

The  town  is  situated  about  fifteen  miles  from  the  ocean, 
and  twenty-six  Southeasterlj'  from  Augusta,  It  is  well 
situated  for  Agriculture,  Commerce,  Fishing  and  Trade. 
The  surface  of  the  laud  is  broken  ;  but  the  soil  is  excellent 
and  has  sustained  an  active  and  thriving  population.  In 
respect  to  the  number,  representation  and  enterprise  of  its 
iuliabitants,  it  has  always  held  an  elevated  rank  among  the 
sister  towns. 

There  are  no  records  in  existence  of  the  organization  of 
the  town,  nor  of  any  of  its  doings  up  to  March,  1754. 
Then  there  is  part  of  a  Warrant  calling  a  meeting  of  the 
town,  to  be  held  in  April,  proximo.  The  date  of  the  War- 
rant is  March  20 ;  but  the  date  of  the  meeting  is  effaced. 
The  annual  Meeting  had  passed,  and  the  names -of  all  the 
toAvn  officers  for  that  year  Avere  lost,  except  John  Ballau- 
tine,  Constable,  and  John  McXear,  Clerk. 

Among  the  doings  of  this  April  meeting  was  raising  a 
committee  of  three  to  lav  out  a  road  froni  Capt.  Xickels' 
mill  to  Damariscotta  Mills.  The  committee  were  Alexan- 
der Nickels,  Wm.  Blackstone  and  Samuel  Perkins.  It 
was  an  important  measure,  and  was  designed  to  ct)nnect 
.  these  two  distant  parts  of  the  town  by  an  indissoluble  link. 


166  NEWCASTLE   FROM   1753   TO   1882. 

At  what  time  Nickels  mill  was  built,  is  not  now  known,  but 
it  was  some  time  before  this.  There  was  a  Grist  mill  at 
an  early  date  near  the  bridge,  and  a  saw  mill  below.  They 
also  voted  to  lay  in  a  proper  town  stock  of  powder  for 
these  "dangerous  times."  Wm.  McLelland  was  the  Mod- 
erator of  this  meeting 

The  times  w^ere  indeed  "dangerous."  Fort  Halifax,  sit- 
uated three-fourths  of  a  mile  below  Ticonic  falls,  had  been 
threatened  ;  and  some  men  murdered  by  the  savages,  who 
were  at  work  upon  its  walls.  The  political  horizon  looked 
dark  ;  clouds  were  arising  and  the  storm  was  evidently 
coming  on.  Forces  were  collecting  in  Canada,  composed 
of  French  and  Indians  with  hostile  intent  upon  these  col- 
onies ;  and  while  the  power  of  the  one  was  to  be  annihil- 
ated forever,  that  of  the  other  was  to  increase  in  her  diffi- 
culties, and  she  would  emerge  from  the  sea  of  her  troubles 
with  a  radiance  undimmed  and  a  glory  that  has  never  been 
surpassed. 

Skirmishes  with  the  Intlians  who  Avere  guilty  of  acts  of 
mischief,  and  contests  upon  our  frontier,  during  tliis  year 
1754,  were  considered  the  commencem.ent  of  what  is  usu- 
ally termed  the  French  and  Indian  war. 

This  was  the  sixth  which  the  colonists  had  with  the* 
natives  within  a  period  of  eighty  years,  and  it  proved  to 
be  the  last. 

1755.  The  minor  town  offices  and  officers  for  this  j-ear 
Avere,  David  Given,  Constable  for  the  Damariscotta  side ; 
Wm.  Hopkins,  Constable  for  Sheepscot ;  James  Cargill, 
Treasurer ;  llobcrt  Hodge,  Highway  Surve^'or ;  James 
Clark,  Tithing  man  ;  John  Cunningham,  Jr.  and  David 
Hopkins,  Fence  viewers  ;  Wm.  Cunningham,  Field  Driver  ; 
Wm.  Hodge,  Hog  Constable  ;  Ilobert  Hodge,  Pound 
Keeper. 

The  Pound  was  at  Sheepscot ;  but  another  was  neces- 
sary. Therefore,  they  agi-eed  at  the  meeting  held  in  April, 
to  build  another  at  Capt.  Alexander  Nickels  who  lived  in 


NEWCASTLE   FROM    1753   TO    1832.  1()7 

the  center  of  the  town."-  The  Pound  was  to  be  built  on 
the  28th  day  of  May,  and  the  entire  male  force  of  the  town 
was  to  turn  out,  as  one  man,  and  do  it.  It  was  to  be  built 
of  timber  ;  and  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  was  the  time 
for  the  men  to  meet  there  and  do  it.  And  it  was  ordained 
at  that  memorable  time,  by  the  authority  of  the  new  king- 
dom, in  Town  uieeting  assembled,  that  every  man  who 
failed  to  meet,  or  send  his  substitute,  at  the  time  and  place 
appointed,  should  forfeit  and  pay  two  shillings  to  them 
and  for  their  benefit,  who  did  the  work.  Wise  and  forci- 
ble legislation  1  but  the  Pound  was  not  built,  for  the  sim- 
}>le  reason  that  the  people  did  not  do  it.  And  there  was 
no  power  behind  the  throne  to  compel  them. 

An  effort  was  made,  at  that  meeting,  to  change  the  posi- 
tion of  a  piece  of  road  that  extended  from  Nickels'  mill  to 
Widow  Anderson's  ;  but  it  failed.  The}'-  however  required 
that  every  man  in  town  should  work  four  days  on  the  high- 
ways, wherever  the  Surveyor  should  direct. 

Indian  difficulties  began  to  thicken.  Murders  were  rife, 
and  the  sacking  of  houses  and  burning  buildings  were  mul- 
tiplied. The  plantation  at  Gray  was  reported  to  be 
destroyed.  At  Frankfort,  now  Dresden,  Ma}- 13,  two  men 
were  killed  and  a  dwelling  house  laid  in  ruins.  As  five 
men  were  engaged  in  their  spring  ploughing  at  Slieepseot, 
at  an  unsuspected  moment,  a  party  of  Indians  rose  upon 
them  and  made  them  all  prisoners.  Two  of  them,  how- 
ever, afterwards  adroitly  made  their  escape.  A  man  by 
the  name  of  Snow  was  killed  at  North  Yarmouth,  May 
29  ;  and  another  by  the  name  of  Barrett  was  shot  at 
Teconnet.  Mr.  Wheeler  was  taken  as  he  was  passing 
from  fort  Western,  Augusta,  to  fort  Halifax.  John  Tufts 
and  Abner  Marston  were  made  prisoners  near  fort  Shii-ley. 
Dresden. 


*  On  a  knoll  a  little  to  the  Southwest  of  the  late  Capt.  Charles 
Nickels'  residence. 


168  NirwCASTLE  FROM   1758   TO   1882. 

Measures  had  been  taken  in  the  early  part  of  this  year, 
1755,  to  meet  these  difiienlties.  Garrisons,  Blockhous(  s 
and  other  fortifications  constructed  of  hewn  tiniber,  and 
enclosed  by  palisades,  were  built  and  established  in  every 
frontier  township,  both  in  Maine  and  Sagadahock.  Th<^ 
men  were  at  all  times  armed ;  and  whether  they  travelled 
or  went  to  their  daily  labor,  upon  their  farms  or  elsewhere, 
it  was  in  companies,  and  never  singly  and  alone,  if  it  could 
possibly  be  avoided.  The  moment  an  Indian  was  discov- 
ered lurking  around,  the  alarm  would  be  given,  and  all  the 
people  would  fiee  within  the  gates  of  the  Garrison  and 
close  them  after  them.  The  sign  of  danger  was  the  firing 
of  three  muskets  at  short  and  measured  intervals.  There 
was  also  another  expedient  to  which  they  sometimes 
resorted  :— and  that  was,  the  use  of  hounds  and  well- 
taught  dogs,  which,  by  the  scent  of  footsteps,  could  detect 
skulking  parties,  when  they  could  l>e  easily  routed  and  put 
to  flight. 

1756,  The  burdens  thrown  upon  the  people  this  year 
were  increased  by  the  introduction  of  wdiat  were  called  the 
"French  Neutrals"  among  them.  This  people  numbered 
about' 18,000,  They  dwelt  at  Annapolis  and  other  places  ii> 
that  vicinity.  Government  saw  fit  to  remove  them  from  that 
locahty,  and  introduced  them  into  these  British  Provinces. 
They  were  displeased,  and  being  Catholics,  and  of  a  for- 
eign tongue,  they  did  not  readil}'  assimilate  with  our  pe<j- 
ple.  Many  of  them  were  br<3ught  .into  Maine,  and  refus- 
ing to  labor,  the}'  became  a  i)ublic  c?harge,  which  the  })e.o- 
])le  were  pooil}'  al)le  to  sustain. 

This  year  was  signalized  by  the  Declaration  of  war,  bv 
(4reat  Britain,  against  France,  General  Abercombie 
arrives  in  Boston  ;  Governor  Shirley  is  superseded  ;  and 
the  war  is  to  be  prosecuted  with  vigor  and  an  enlarge<l 
Mutlay  of  means.  Three  hundred  men  besides  officers, 
were  operating  along  the  frontiers  of  Maine,  being  as  in 
former    years,   divided   into    scouting^  ptu'ties,   and   weiv 


NEWCASTLE  FROM   1753  TO  1882.  169 

ordered  to  range  when  and  Avliere  their  services  might  be 
lequired.  Indian  atrocities  continue  ;  many  a  hearthstone 
is  made  vacant  ;  and  wherever  the  shot  of  the  Indian  rifle 
conld  penetrate,  or  tlie  tomahawk  be  viphfted,  the  stone 
would  be  stained  and  the  soil  moistened  by  the  outflow  of 
blood  of  falling  husbands,  departing  fathers,  and  dying 
sons. 

1757.  This  3'ear  the  town  had  two  highway  surveyors ; 
and,  at  the  April  meeting,  the  inquiry  was  raised,  why  the 
Pound  was  not  built  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  ; 
when  they  agreed  to  build  two  pounds,  one  near  Mr. 
Hutchiug's  Garrison  on  the  Eastern  side,  and  the  other  at 
81ieepscot,  at  the  brook  near  Mr.  John  Cunningham's. 
Both  Avere  to  be  built  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  May. 
But  alas !  laws  do  not  execute  themselves.  The  pounds 
were  either  not  built  or  else  they  must  have  been  very 
poorly  built ;  for  not  long  afterwards  we  find  them  taking 
measures  to  build  two  pounds  ;  one  on  the  Eastern,  and 
the  other  on  the  Western  side  of  the  town. 

This  year  the  Indians  killed  one  man  and  took  another 
in  Bristol ;  and  the  next  day  they  went  into  another  part 
of  the  town,  and  killed  two  more  and  wounded  several.'^ 

A  man  by  the  name  of  Hopkins  was  threshing  with  a 
Mr.  McFarland,  in  the  bain  of  the  latter.  The  Indians 
crept  up,  fired  and  killed  Hopkins,  but  took  McFarland  to 
Canada. 

It  was  probably  not  far  from  this  time,  that  a  part}'  of 
men  started  from  the  fort  at  Pemaquid,!"  travelled  up  the 
neck  and  crossed  the  Pemaquid  stream  at  the  Falls. 
Going  Northward,  and  aa  hile  in  the  vicinity  of  Boyd's  pond, 
they  Avere  attracted  to  a  particular  spot,  by  a  rising  smoke. 
Travelling  there,  the}'  found  a  large,  brisk  fire,  with  a  dead 
colt  roasting  before  it.     Horses  then  ran  wild  in  the  woods. 


*  John  Huston's  testimony, 
t  Andrew  Huston. 


170  NEWCASTLE  FKOM  1758  TO  1882. 

Fearing  danger,  tliej  turned  to  go  back  to  the  fort ;  but, 
lest  their  story  should  not  be  believed,  the}^  returned  again 
to  the  colt,  cut  off  its  foreshoulder,  and  then  started  on 
their  return  route  to  the  fort  where  they  arrived  in  safety, 
with  their  singular  booty.  The  kindling  of  the  fire  and 
roasting  the  colt,  was  the  work  of  Indians ;  and  the 
reason  why  the  English  part}^  was  )iot  attacked,  was,  the 
Indians  were  off  on  a  work  of  butchery  and  death.  They 
had,  after  kindling  the  fire  and  putting  the  colt  on  the  spit, 
gone  up  to  Walpole,  attacked  the  Stone  house  which  stood 
in  the  Huston  neighborhood,  and  murdered  the  family  that 
resided  in  it. 

The  Lermond  family*  consisted  of  the  father,  the 
mother  and  the  son's  wife  whose  Christian  name  was 
Betsey.  Her  husband,  Capt.  Lermond,  was  at  sea.  These 
three  left  their  Stone  house  in  the  morning,  went  across 
the  road  and  entered  the  barnyard  for  the  purpose  of 
milking.  They  had  scarcely  shut  the  bars  after  them, 
when  they  entered  the  yard,  before  a  party  of  Indians  rose 
up  from  among  the  cattle,  where  they  had  been  lying 
down  and  concealed,  and  made  the  old  man  and  his  wife 
prisoners.  Betsey,  the  son's  wife,  "jumped  oyer  the  bars 
like  a  cat,"  and  ran  up  the  road— an  Indian  with  his  gun 
pursuing  her.  She  outran  the  Indian,  when  he,  seeing 
that  he  was  like  to  lose  his  game,  fired  and  brought  her  to 
the  ground.  She  fell  and  expired  on  the  rising  ground 
between  Capt.  John  Woodward's  and  David  Huston's  2d. 
To  Col.  Jones  who  came  to  her  assistance,  from  the  Garri- 
son to  which  she  was  hastening,  she  said,  "Get  back  the 
best  way  you  can  ;  I  am  gone,"  and  expired.  Col.  Jones 
turned  to  go,  when  another  Indian  fired  at  him,  but  the 
ball  passing  between  his  arm  and  body,  he  escaped  and 
tied  to  the  Garrison.  Old  Mrs.  Lermond  had  her  brains 
beaten  out  by  these  sayages,  and  scalped  ;  but  Mr.  Ler- 
mond was  taken  to  Canada. 


*  Andrew  Huston,  Capt.  John  Woodward. 


NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882.  171 

The  squaws  treated  Mr.  Lermond  with  great  severity ; — 
throwing  dust  in  his  eyes — pricking  him  with  sharp  sticks, 
and  otherwise  insulting  and  cruelly  beating  him.  But  the 
men  treated  him  better.  Especially,  when  the  men  would 
be  off  on  a  hunt,  the  squaws  would  seize  their  opportunity 
to  abuse  him.  At  one  time,  when  they  were  dealing 
roughly  with  him — having  borne  their  insults  as  long  as 
he  could,  "he  doubled  up  his  fist  and  knocked  one  of  them 
down."  The  act  was  as  quick  as  thought ;  and  when  it  was 
over,  he  supposed  that  his  last  earthly  day  had  come  ;  but 
a  sturdy  Indian,  instead  of  condemning  him,  ran  to  him 
and  patted  him  on  the  shoulders,  exclaiming,  "much  cour- 
age, much  courage."  Mr.  Lermond  lived  to  return  from 
his  captivity  to  Bristol. 

A  company  of  men  were  hewing  timber,  at  one  time, 
near  Gilmore  Huston's,  Esq.,  when  a  party  of  Indians, 
suddenly  appearing,  fired  upon  them,  killing  some  and 
scattering  the  rest.  One  hid  in  the  bushes  whom  they  did 
not  find.  Another  walked  side  by  side  with  an  Indian  to 
the  Garrison,  and  when  they  had  got  within  a  few  feet  of 
it,  the  man  made  a  plunge  for  the  door,  but  the  Indian 
levelling  his  piece  shot  him  dead.  The  Avonien  in  the  Gar- 
rison saw  the  two  approaching  in  this  singular  manner 
and  tried  to  shoot  the  Indian,  but  their  guns,  for  some 
reason,  "would  not  go  off."  Some  of  the  men  were  taken 
captive. 

A  man  by  the  name  of  Paul,  a  strong  man  and  great 
hunter,  lived  down  near  the  water,  to  the  West  of  Carpen- 
ter Bearce's.  He  pastured  his  cows  on  the  Island,  whicli 
is  connected  with  the  shore  b}'"  a  bar.  The  Indians  wished 
to  get  him.  So  two  of  them  planted  themselves  in  a  sit- 
ting posture,  back  to  back,  that  they  might  see  in  different 
directions,  at  the  hole  of  the  rock  which  is  there,  watching 
with  their  guns  in  order  to  seize  Paul,  when  he  should  go 
after  his  cows.  But  he,  suspecting  their  design,  did  not 
go  after  his  cows  in  the  usual  path,  but  crept  along  the 


172  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1758  TO  1882. 

North  side,  and  Avlieu  lie  came  in  sight  of  the  Indians, 
unseen  by  them,  he  fired,  and  the  ball  went  directly  through 
the  bodies  of  them  both.  Tliey  never  rose  again.  He 
constructed  a  raft,  tied  some  stones  to  their  worthless 
bodies,  carried  them,  off  into  the  stream  and  sunk  them, 
guns  and  m11.  It  was  at  a  time  of  cessation  of  hos- 
tilities, and  Paul  felt  obliged  to  keep  rather  still  about 
the  matter.  He  afterwards  built  his  house  near  Carpenter 
Bearce's  present  residence.  This  was  taken  down  when 
the  present  one  was  erected.  His  barn,  a  little  to  the 
North,  was  afterwards  struck  by  lightning  and  consumed. 

Mrs.  Hodge  owned  a  farm  in  Edgcomb,  and  another  in 
Sheepscot — now  Jacob  Nelson's  farm.  They  lived  about 
half  way  from  the  present  road  to  the  water.  Some  of 
their  time  was  spent  on  this  farm.  During  the  Indian 
wars,  the  inhabitants  left  their  dwellings  and  lodged  in  the 
Garrison,  on  Garrison  Hill.  In  the  day  time  they  would 
go  out  to  their  work,  in  parties  ;  laboring  first  on  one  farm, 
and  then  on  another  ;  but  night  would  be  sure  to  find  them 
within  the  walls  of  the  Garrison. 

The  cows  of  Mrs.  Ilodge  were  pastured  on  Dyer's  Neck. 
After  dark,  they  used  to  paddle  across  Dyer's  river,  near 
the  residence  of  the  late  Capt.  Thomas  Lennox,  in  a  fioat ; 
fearing  to  go  in  the  day  time,  lest  they  should  be  discov- 
ered by  the  Indians.  They  used  to  go  in  turn,  one  at  a  time, 
because  they  said,  if  the  Indians  found  them,  but  one 
would  be  killed,  while  the  rest  woiild  escape.  Mrs.  Hodge 
used  to  take  her  turn  with  the  others;  paddle  the  float 
across  ;  milk  the  cows,  and  return  to  the  Garrison  late  at 
night,  with  the  milk.  The  cows,  of  course,  were  milked 
but  once  in  twenty-four  hours.  « 

Think  of  that,  ye  delicate  daughters  of  the  present  time! 
Your  mothers  passed  their  days  in  anxiet}',  and  their 
nights  in  fear  and  alarm.  Tliev  knew  what  hardships 
were, ;  perils  surrounded  them  ;  and  slaughters  by  the 
Indian  rifle,  multiplied  every  day. 


NEWCASTLE   F1U)M    1753    TO    1882.  173 

In  one  of  the  Indian  wars,  of  the  last  century,  a  man  V)y 
the  name  of  Robert  Adams  lived  alone,  on  the  neck  of  land 
near  Carp;iirs  Brickyard  on  Mill  river.  He  would  not  go 
into  the  Garrison,  as  all  the  rest  of  the  people  had  done. 
He  was  taken  by  the  Indians  at  different  times,  and  carried 
to  Canada.  One  time,  just  at  night,  he  was  cooking  his 
supper  wh^ni  the  Indians  burst  in  upon  him,  and  seizing 
him,  said  :  "Now,  Robert,  quick  you  go  to  Canada."  He 
answered  :  "Well,  if  I  must,  I  must."  He  begged  that  he 
might  cook  and  eat  his  supper,  when  he  took  up  his  line  of 
march  for  that  then  distant  country.  He  however  returned 
and  lived  on. his  old  homestead,  and  died  in  these  parts. 

At  one  time  when  all  tht;  men  except  two  had  left  the 
Garrison,  on  Garrison  Hill,  the  Indians  surrounded  it,  and 
threatened  its  destruction.  The  women  dressed  them- 
selves in  male  attire,  and  heroically  shouldered  their  mus- 
kets. They  had  but  little  powder  and  that  was  damaged. 
One  of  the  men's  names  was  Wynian.  The  other  Avould 
give  orders  to  Wyman  to  "fire."  This  was  done  without 
doing  the  Indians  the  least  harm.  The  Indians  seeing  this 
would  amusingly  reply,  "Your  powder  no  good,  Wyman  ; 
you  no  kill  Indian."  Wyman  however  was  not  there  ;  for 
he  had  started  under  cover  of  the  night,  after  the  Indians 
had  assailed  the  Garrison,  seized  a  skiff,  went  down  over 
Sheepscot  falls  and  proceeded  to  one  of  the  Western  settle- 
ments for  powder.  He  was  absent  four  days,  duruig  which 
time  the  Garrison  held  out,  and  then  he  returned,  ])ringing 
a  body  of  men  with  him,  a  small  cannon,  and  plenty  of 
powder.  One  or  two  smart  rounds,  the  next  morning  with 
good  powder,  scattered  the  Indi;lns  and  relieved  the  Gar- 
rison. This  Garrison  was  never  taken.  It  was  situated 
directly  South  of  the  School  house,  and  included  part  of 
what  was  afterwards  Mr.  Wilson's  garden. 

At  another  time,  the  Garrison  became  short  of  powder, 
when  a  body  of  armed  Indians  came  up  the  Sheepscot  in 
their  canoes,  headed  by  a  Frenchman.     The  Ganison  was 


174  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

beleagured,  and  a  surreuder  demanded.  Those  within 
asked  a  week  to  consider  the  proposition.  This  was 
granted  ;  but  in  the  darkness  of  the  night,  a  company  of 
men  sHpped  out  of  the  Garrison,  took  a  canoe,  went  West 
as  far  as  Saco,  and  returned  safely,  bringing  with  them 
about  30  men,  a  six  pounder,  sufficient  ammunition  and 
other  supphes.  At  the  week's  end,  the  cannon  was 
mounted,  the  Garrison  prepared  for  action,  and  pouring  in 
two  or  three  volleys  among  them,  they  killed  many  of  the 
Indians  and  wounded  others.  Seeing  that  the  day  was 
turned  against  them,  the  enemy  fled,  leaving  the  French- 
man wounded  behind  them,  to  be  taken  captive.  He  gave 
himself  up  exclaiming,  "c'cst  fors  de  hi  guerre' :.  this  is  the 
fortune  of  war.  The  Garrison  was  relieved. 

Some  time  not  long  after  the  year  1730,  there  came  a 
man  from  Plymouth  Colony  whose  name  was  William 
Hilton,  and  commenced  a  settlement  at  Broad  Cove,  Bremen. 
He  left  his  family  behind,  and  as  an  heir  of  Wm.  Stetson, 
of  the  preceding  century,  he  bviilt  his  house  on  Avhat  was 
known  as  the  "Eight  mile  tract,"  and  commenced  a  "clear- 
ing." His  house  stood  upon  the  bank  about  100  rods 
Northeast  of  the  South  line  of  the  tract,  and  of  the  "great 
pine  tree  marked  on  four  sides"— a  short  distance  from  the 
smelt  brook — and  immediately  West  of  the  creek  that 
forms  the  outlet  of  the  brook  which  runs  down  from  th<' 
highway  near  McLean's  residence. 

The  cellar  is  discoverable  there'  to  this  day.  A  little 
apple  tree  is  seen  growing  out  of  it.  On  the  opposite  side 
of  the  path,  is  the  grave  of  his  son  William  who  was  after- 
wards killed  by  the  Indians,  but  which  is  now  filled  with 
stones. 

This  man  was  the  father  of  eleven  children  ;  and  he 
took  up  farms  for  himself  and  for  each  of  his  children,  of 
100  acres  each,  making  1,200  acres  in  all.  It  included  the 
tract  from  the  Southern  line  of  Mrs.  lihoades — taking  in 
her  farm,  Thomas  Johnston's,  the  Messrs.  Turner,  Miller 


NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882.  175 

Joshua  Hilton,  McLe.'vn,  Charles  Hilton,  Palmer,  Nathan 
Chapman,  Capt.  Bradford,  W.  B.  Hilton,  the  Trouants. 
Augustus  Heyev,  and  Mr.  Halm's.  In  fact,  it  took  all,  from 
Broad  Cove  to  Peniaquid  Pond,  and  from  the  South  line 
to  the  North  point  named.  No  finer  tract  of  land  than 
this  was  found  in  Lincoln  County.  And  of  the  whole,  he 
chose  the  best  for  himself ;  for  his  was  composed  of  very 
pi'oductive  soil,  and  was  about  the  only  farm  in  all  Bremen 
and  Bristol,  from  some  point  of  which,  the  ledge  did  not 
crop  out.  He  assigned  to  his  son  William  the  southern- 
most farm  ;  his  own  came  next,  including  the  landing  place 
and  his  house.  Then  came  James  ;  then  John  and  Betsey's, 
at  the  foot  of  which  is  the  Mill  privilege  ;  then  Richard's, 
now  Capt.  Bradford's  ;  and  so  on,  till  they  all  were  supplied. 
After  he  had  made  a  clearing,  and  provided  suitable 
accommodations,  he  went  back  to  Plymouth  to  bring  on 
his  family.  They  arrived  here  in  autumn  ;  and  besides 
his  family,  he  had  on  board  the  vessel  which  he  had  char- 
tered for  this  purpose,  his  stock  consisting  of  two  yoke  of 
oxen,  cows,  young  cattle,  sheep,  hogs  and  poultry ;  also 
.sleds,  cart  yokes,  chains  and  the  produce  of  his  farm  at  the 
Westward,  all  laid  in  ft>r  his  winter's  supply.  After  the 
family  had  landed  and  taken  up  their  residence  in  their 
new  home,  a  party  of  Indians,  in  several  canoes,  made 
their  appearance  at  the  mouth  of  Broad  Cove,  when  the 
captain  of  the  vessel  taking  fright  as  they  approached, 
threw  overboard  all  of  Wm.  Hilton's  eltects,  made  sail  and 
went  to  sea.  At  one  time,  might  be  seen  oxen,  cows, 
sheep,  hogs,  ox  yokes,  sleds,  carts,  pumpkins  and  api)les 
floating  in  the  water,  or  struggling  for  the  shore,  with  the 
vessel  and  cowardly  captain  fast  escaping,  while  Wm. 
Hilton  and  his  family  were  left  to  the  tender  mercies  of  the 
Indians  and  wolves,  and  what  was  more  appalling,  the  hor- 
rors of  a  starvation  winter.  Part  of  his  goods  sunk  in  the 
sea ;  part  drifted  away  in  the  current,  and  some  the 
Indians    obtained.     The    sheep  were  drowned,  the  cattle 


170  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

swam  on  shore,  but  were  lost  in  tlie  woods  (jv  shot  by  the 
savages  ;  and  of  all  the  live  stock  that  he  had,  he  only 
saved  one  3'oke  of  oxen,  and  a  heifer,  which  the  settlers 
in  the  vicinity  of  Daraariscotta  Pond,  picked  up  and 
returned  to  him. 

Here  he  attempted  to  live,  but  at  last  Avas  driven  off  by 
savages.  He  however  returned,  and  resided  here  and 
improved  his  estate,  together  with  his  children,  till  the 
French  and  Indian  War,  when  he  and  his  family  were 
obliged  to  flee  to  the  Garrison  at  Muscongus.  He  still 
carried  on  his  farm  at  Broad  Cove,  and  used  to  go  from 
one  place  to  the  other,  every  night  and  morning,  the  dis- 
tance being  about  eight  miles.  He  owned  two  dogs  which 
he  was  accustomed  to  take  with  him,  whenever  he  went  up 
to  his  farm,  and  just  before  he  reached  the  shore,  he  would 
throw  them  overboard,  when  they  would  swim  ashore  and 
notify  him,  if  there  were  any  Indians  in  the  vicinity,  by 
scenting  them  out. 

One  morning,  in  the  month  of  May,  he  started  in  his 
canoe,  with  three  of  his  sons,  William,  John  and  Eichard, 
to  go  up  to  his  farm  to  plant  potatoes  and  perform  other 
work.  They  had  a  quantity  of  pickled  alewives  in  the 
canoe  which  they  were  going  to  take  up  with  them,  to 
smoke.  The  dogs  attempted  to  go,  but  were  driven  back, 
because  they  were  deep-loaded.  They  had  made  their 
passage  in  safety,  and  just  as  the  boat  struck  the  shore, 
William,  who  was  in  the  bow,  arose  to  jump  out  with  the 
painter,  when  a  shower  of  balls  from  the  neighboring 
creek,  fell  on  them  which  shot  AVilliam  dead,  wounded 
Richard  in  the  thigh,  and  also  wounded  the  father  who 
used  the  paddle,  being  seated  in  the  stern.  John  who  was 
unhurt,  immediately  jumped  out,  and  tried  to  lift  William 
into  canoe,  but  was  unable  because  he  was  a  stout,  heavy 
man,  and  he  was  obliged  to  leave  him  dead  upon  the 
shore.  The  tide  was  ebbing;  but  just  then,  an  Indian 
sh(jwed  his  head  over  a  stump  at  the  mouth  of  the  creek. 


NEWCASTLE   FROM   1753  TO  1882.  177 

when  John  seized  one  of  the  guns  which  thi;y  had  with 
them  in  the  canoe,  and  shot  the  Indian  dead  as  he  sup- 
posed ;  for  instantly  there  was  a  cessation  of  firing.  John 
theu  improved  his  opportunit}-  of  shoving  the  "boat  oil"  with 
an  oar,  and  made  his  escape  together  with  his  wounded 
father  and  brother,  and  came  to  Muscongus  to  rehite  the 
sorrowful  tidings  which  threw  the  whole  Garrison  into 
tears. 

The  part}'  of  Indians  that  fired  into  the  boat  consisted 
of  seven.  The  day  before  they  had  made  an  assault  on  the 
settlement  at  Walpole,  and  were  journeying  East,  having 
a  man  with  them  by  the  name  of  Saunders  whom  they  had 
taken  captive.  As  they  arrived  upon  the  brow  of  the  hill 
which  overlooks  the  Cove,  they  saw  the  Hilton  party 
approaching  in  their  canoe.  Overjoyed  at  the  sight,  they 
tied  Saunders  to  a  beach  tree  and  ran  for  the  shore  where 
they  enacted  their  execrable  deed.  The  place  where 
Saunders  was  tied,  was  by  the  side  of  the  brook,  just  above 
the  road,  where  now  is  a  large  pile  of  small  stones  and  a 
small  birch  tree  standing.*  Saunders,  watching  his  oppor- 
tunity, untied  his  blanket,  and  ran  for  the  settlement  at 
Waldoboro.     He  lived  to  be  an  old  man. 

The  people  of  Waldoboro,  Dutch  Neck,  heard  the  firing, 
and  started  a  company  of  twenty-five  for  the  scene  of  dis- 
aster ;  but  long  before  they  arrived  there,  the  difficulty  was 
all  over.  They  found  "poor  William"  dead  on  the  flats  ; 
and  taking  him  up  they  buried  him  on  the  bank,  imme- 
diately above  the  place  of  the  sad  occurrence,  and  not 
more  than  two  rods  from  the  house.  They  took  his  bed, 
emptied  the  straw  out  of  it,  and  buried  him  with  this  as  a 
winding  sheet,  with  his  face  downward,  and  without  a 
coffin.  They  put  him  in  this  position,  because,  they  said, 
they  could  not  bear  to  throw  the  dirt  upon  his  face. 

William  was  a  large,  active  man,  an  agreeable  companion 

*  Nathaniel  Palmer,  Senior. 


178  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

and  a  confiding  friend.  His  death  was  deeply  lamented 
by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  22  years  of  age  when  he 
died,  and  left  a  widow  and  little  daughter  to  mourn  his 
loss.  The  child,  not  long  after,  was  drowned  in  a  well. 
The  widow  afterwards  married  a  man  l)y  the  name  of 
Rboades,  and  when  the  wars  were  quieted,  jnoved  on  to 
the  farm,  a  portion  of  which  has  been  held  b}^  the  name 
ever  since. 

The  bank  Avashing  away  where  William  was  buried,  left 
his  bones  partially  uncovered  ;  and  when  Richard  had 
recovered  from  his  wounds,  he  dug  another  grave  just 
above  the  former,  and  re-interred  his  fallen  brother.  Marks 
of  the  grave  are  now  seen.  Richard  lived  to  bo  an  old 
man,  and  died  about  the  year  1823.  When  alluding  to  the 
sad  occurrence,  even  in  his  old  age,  his  choking  voice  and 
falling  tears  would  bespeak  a  language  too  big  for  utterance. 
During  the  last  years  of  his  life,  he  lived  in  the  family  of 
his  grand  nephew,  Dea.  James  Hilton,  from  whom  these 
facts  have  been  gathored.  Previous  to  his  death,  he 
frequently  expressed  the  wish,  that  when  he  died,  the 
bones  of  his  brother  William  might  be  taken  up,  placed 
in  the  foot  of  his  coffin,  and  be  buried  with  him.  The 
■wish  was  sacredly  complied  with. 

The  father,  William  Hilton,  lingered  a  short  time  in  the 
garrison,  and  then  died  of  his  wounds.  They  tried  to  take 
him  to  Casco,  where  was  a  physician,  but  Westerly  winds 
prevailing  for  a  number  of  days,  they  were  obliged  to 
desist  from  their  purpose.  He  finally  sunk  under  his 
wounds,  and  died  a  martyr  to  Indian  barbarity  and  cun- 
ning. This  was  in  May  1757.^  The  wound  closed  over 
the  ball  in  the  thigh  of  Richard,  and  he  accordingly 
carried  it  with  iiim  to  his  grave.  John  was  the  only  one 
that  escaped  unhurt ;  but  how,  it  is  hard  to  tell.  Though 
the    Indians  ceased  firing  when  their   comrade  fell,    thcv 


*  Mr  Eaton,  in  his  Annals  of  Warren,  incorrectly  places  it  in  1722. 


NEWCASTLE  FROM   1753  TO  1882.  179 

soon  comiueuced  again  and  continued  it  till  the  canoe  was 
beyond  shooting  distance.  The  canoe  was  completely 
riddled  with  balls. 

James,  the  oldest  brother,  was  at  this  time  in  Bygaduce, 
and  did  not  return  till  the  ensuing  spring,  when  he  occu- 
pied the  farm  that  belonged  to  him.  He  was  Grandfather 
of  Dea.  James  Hilton,  Mr.  Charles  Hilton,  and  Mrs. 
Merritt.  The  descendants  of  William  Hilton,  the  elder, 
are  many,  and  are  scattered  through  the  State  of  Maine  and 
other  parts  of  the  country.  They  have  proved  a  very 
respectable,  enterprising,  moral  and  useful  class  of  citizens. 
There  has  never  been  a  Tory  among  them  ;  they  are  firm 
patriots  and  many  of  them,  have  been,  and  are,  truly 
pious. 

The  fall  of  that  year,  John  and  Richard  gathered  the 
harvest.  For  three  Aveeks,  they  lodged  in  the  woods  ;  and 
that  they  might  not  be  detected  by  the  Indians,  they  never 
slept  two  nights  in  the  same  place.  They  always  had  their 
dogs  with  them,  and  finally  secured  the  harvest  which  they 
safely  conveyed  to  the  Garrison. 

James  lived  in  front  of  Edward  Miller's,  where  are  now 
some  apple  trees.  He  swore  eternal  enmity  against  the 
Indians,  and  never  would  make  peace  with  them.  One 
day,  when  Mox}-,  a  noted  Indian,  was  approaching  liis 
house,  he  was  shaving  himself ;  and  learning  that  the 
Indian  was  at  the  door,  he  threw  down  his  razor  when 
about  half  shaved,  caught  up  his  cane,  and  drove  him 
away,  after  giving  him  a  sound  cudgeling.  When  asked 
afterward,  how  he  could  almost  kill  an  Indian  in  cold 
blood,  he  replied,  by  asking,  "How  can  I  have  a  drop  of 
cold  blood  in  my  veins,  when  his  people  have  killed  thir- 
teen of  my  nearest  blood  relations  ?" 

At  the  time  of  the  massacre,  there  was  a  maiden  in  the 
Garrison  who  afterwards  marrie  1  a  man  by  the  name  of 
Poor.  They  took  up  a  farm  about  half  a  mile  South  of 
the   eight   mile  tract.     They  had    no   children,  but   they 


180  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882, 

udopted  for  their  own,  James  Hilton's  son  James  who  in- 
herited the  estate  at  their  death.  This  is  the  farm  now 
owned  and  improved  by  Dea.  James  Hilton. 

During  that  Indian  war,  it  was  the  custom  of  members 
of  the  famil}'  to  take  leave  of  each  other,  before  retiring 
to  rest ;  for  they  Hved  in  the  constant  fear  of  death,  and 
knew  not  as  they  should  see  each  other  ahve  in  the  morn- 
ing. There  were  planks  that  reached  from  the  house  to 
the  barn  of  Mr.  Poor,  and  Indian  footsteps  could  frequent!}' 
be  heard  in  the  dead  hours  of  night,  as  they  passed  from 
one  to  the  other.  Those  midnight  proAvlings  aroused  the 
sleeping  father  to  see  that  his  trusty  rifle  was  standing 
loaded  where  he  left  it  when  he  went  to  sleep,  a  d 
prompted  the  mother  to  feel  for  her  child  and  draw  it 
nearer  to  her  bosom  than  it  was  before. 

There  were  several  Garrisons  in  tow^n  ;  two  at  Sheepscot  ; 
one  in  the  center  of  the  town  ;  another  at  Damariscotta 
Mills  ;  a  fifth  in  front  of  Farley's  mansion  where  Walter 
Philhps  used  to  reside;  a  sixth  below  where  Capt.  Samuel 
Little  lived  and  still  another  near  where  Joseph  Perkins 
now  resides,  near  the  brick  yard  at  the  shore. 

The  Garrison-  at  Capt.  Little's,  was  beleagured  several 
times,  by  the  Indians,  and  at  one  time  the  men  were  gone 
and  onlv  two  or  three  women  remained  in  it.  The  Indians 
meditated  an  assault,  A  friendly  squaw  gave  the  signal  of 
a  flag,  and  they  were  prepared  for  them.  One  woman  with 
Spartan  heroism,  would  cry  out,  as  if  giving  men's  orders, 
"Courage,  Kenelm" — "Fire  away,  Piackley,"  accompanied 
with  the  bang  of  the  guns,  when  the  assailants,  losing 
heart,  became  discouraged  and  fled,  leaving  the  Garrison 
unharmed. 

The  Garrison  at  the  shorej  was  occupied  three  years 
during  the   French  and   Indian  war  by   the   families   of 


*Mrs.  M.  Robinson. 
t  Joseph  Perkins. 


NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1832.  181 

Abner  and  Lemuel  Perkins,  and  another  family  by  the 
name  of  Crocker.  This  Garrison  was  never  tak<»n.  It 
was  taken  down  after  the  ^^  ar.  The  Indians  used  to  follow 
the  cows  home  at  night  and  the  owners  Avould  not  dare  to 
go  out  and  milk  them. 

The  Garrison  in  Major  Farlpj's  field  was  vacated  at  one 
time  b}'  the  men  who  had  gone  across  the  river  to  do  some 
work  ;  and  the  women  had  also  left  it,  to  perform  some 
labor  in  the  field.  Three  boys  were  stationed  as  sentinels 
to  give  the  alarm,  in  case  of  danger.  The  Indians  stole 
upon  them  and  killed  Mrs.  Gray  and  six,  some  say  nine 
children.  The  youngest  they  took  by  the  heels  and  dashed 
its  brains  out  upon  a  stone.  The  alarm  was  given — the 
men  returned — a  fight  ensued  but  several  lives  were  lost  on 
the  side  of  the  English.  The  Indians  escaped  unhurt. 
When  the  men  returned,  they  found  one  child  attempting 
to  draw  milk  from  its  dead  mother's  breast.  It  w;is  a  har- 
rowing spectacle.  The  stone  bespattered  with  blood  was 
seen  for  a  long  time  afterwards.  It  was  finally  removed 
by  Mr.  Farley  about  the  year  1800.  It  was  ragged,  and 
stood  about  three  feet  out  of  the  ground. 

Dr.  Winslow,*  about  this  time,  was  taken  by  the  Indians, 
carried  to  L<:>ud's  Island  and  brutally  murdered. 

Opposite  this  Garrison,  was  another  in  Walpole.  They 
used  to  have  a  dog  that  would  carry  intelligence  from  one 
Garrison  to  the  other,  by  swimming  across  the  river.  They 
would  put  a  string  around  his  neck  with  a  stoue  tied 
beneath  and  a  letter  upon  the  top.  The  stone  kept  the 
letter  alcove  the  water. 

George  Forrester  came  from  Ireland,  and  took  up  a 
large  tract  of  land  at  Wiscasset,  when  it  was  all  wilderness 
there.  He  lived  near  where  the  Court  House  now  stands, 
and  died  at  the  age  of  110  A^ears.  He  had  two  wives,  and 
three  daughters  by  his  first  wife.     One  of   his  daugliters 

*  John  Farley's  testimony. 


182  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

iiuiiri(Ml  ii  man  by  the  iiauie  of  Quinnam,  and  resided  in 
Wiscasset ;  another  married  a  Mr.  Langdon,  the  first  mer- 
chant there  ever  was  in  that  town  ;  and  the  third,  Betsey, 
married  John  Paskell  and  resided  in  "Warren.  Betsey 
was  born  in  1752,  and  died  Feb.  21,  1823,  aged  71.*  She 
had  a  rehitive,  James  Forrester,  who  resided  at  Sheepscot 
on  a  part  of  the  farm  now  owned  by  Jacob  Nelson. 

In  1755,  Betsey  Forrester,  at  the  age  of  three  years, 
went  into  Garriscm  at  Sheepscot,  with  her  friends,  and  con- 
tinued there  till  the  close  of  the  war  in  1759.  With  a 
bright  recollection  of  those  eventful  days,  she  used  to 
enchain  the  attention  of  her  childi-eu  and  descendants,  by 
a  familiar  recital  of  them.  There  were  but  few  books  in 
those  days,  besides  the  Bible  and  Psalm  Book,  and  she 
used  to  entertain  the  children  and  youth  of  her  time,  by 
the  recital  of  wilderness  horrors  and  savage  deeds.  She 
said,  one  bright  Sabbath  morning  in  summer,  after  the 
cows  were  milked,  one  of  the  men  undertook  to  drive  them 
to  pasture.  He  suspected  nothing  till  he  got  near  the 
woods,  when  the  cattle  began  U)  be  frightened,  snuff  the  air 
and  run  in  different  directions.  Knowing  the  Indians  to 
be  near,  he  turned  and  ran,  and  had  ha)-dly  entered  the 
gates  of  the  Garrison,  before  the  Indians  discovered  them- 
selves to  the  sentinel  in  the  watch-tower.  He  levelled  his 
piece  and  shot  one  Indian  dead.  The  rest,  seeing  that 
they  were  discovered,  took  up  the  dead  man  and  fled. 
They  intended  to  surprise  and  butcher  the  Garrison  ;  and 
if  it  had  not  been  the  Sabbath,  they  would  have  accom- 
plished their  object.  It  was  near  the  close  of  the  war  and 
was  the  last  time  that  this  Garrison  was  attacked. 

The  Malletts  of  Warren  are  descendants  of  Betsey  Foi- 
rester.*     James  and   John  Mallett  are  her  grandsons. 

It  was  about  this  time,  that  Capt.  Bradbury  and  Lieu- 
tenant   Fletcher    resigned    their    commands    on    the    St. 


*  James  Mallett. 


NEWCASTLE  FROM  1753  TO  1882.  188 

George's  liver.  These  ineii  had  been  severe  in  their 
charges  against  Cargill,  for  his  bloody  affair  with  the 
Indians ;  but  the  resolute  captain,  after  his  release,  deter- 
mined, if  it  were  possible,  upon  their  punishment.  He 
liad  received  £600  for  his  services  upon  that  expedition  ; 
but  no  sooner  did  an  opportunity  present  itself,  than  he 
charged  Bradbury  and  Fletcher  with  illegal  traffic  among 
the  Indians  in  time  of  war,  giving  the  enemy  improj)er 
intelligence,  and  other  treasonable  practices.  The  two 
houses  of  the  Legislature  investigated  the  matter  and 
examined  at  least  20  witnesses.  Among  them  were  Capt. 
Lithgo\v  ()f  Fort  Halifax,  Capt.  Howard  from  Cushnoc, 
and  others  from  York,  Brunswick,  Newcastle,  PenuKpiid 
and  St.  George.  The  examination  was  protracted,  biit  the 
decision  fully  exculpated  the  respondents ;  and  hence, 
public  confidence  was  both  confirmed  and  increased  in  the 
management  of  the  public  Garrisons. 

1758.  This  year  the  Garrisons  in  Maine  received  a  fresh 
addition  of  men.  To  Fort  Frederic  were  assigned  15  ;  to 
Broadljay,  17  ;  to  Fort  Halifax,  50  ;  and  other  places  in 
due  proportion.  Louisburg  was  taken  July  the  2d,  and  a 
vast  outlay  of  strength  was  made  against  the  entire  French 
upon  this  continent.  Indian  cruelties  began  to  cease,  and 
the  war  with  Eastern  savages,  to  close  forever. 

To  show  that  the  town  was  as  good  in  those  troublous 
times  in  paying  its  debts  as  the  debtors  were  in  bringing  in 
their  charges,  the  following  is  inserted  : 

"New  Castel,  may  the  12,   1758." 

"the  town  is  in  det  to  me  for  goin  to  falmouth  With  two 
men  that  was  Pressed  to  gow  in  the  County  sarves  and  I 
found  them  whilst  gon  and  till  tha  cam  horn  and  I  never 
received  any  thing  for  it" 

Signed     "William  Cunningham." 

Then  follows  "allowed  for  the  above  Service  two  pound 
one  Shilling  lawful  money  A'  the  Committee  for  Settling 
Town  acctts  drew  an  order  on  the  Treasui'er  for  it." 
No  repudiation. 


184  NEWCASTLE  FROM  1758  TO  1882. 

17o9.  In  this  town,  there  was  an  increase  of  niunicipal 
authority,  "which  showed  an  increase  of  wealth  and  popu- 
hition.  There  were  two  tithing  men  chosen,  William  Ken- 
nedy and  Kenelm  AVinslow  ;  and  two  hog  constables, 
Samuel  Kennedy  and  John  Hussey.  Before  this,  there 
had  been  but  one  each. 

But  the  great  event  of  the  3'ear,  was  the  capture  of 
Quebec  by  the  forces  under  the  intrepid  General  Wolfe. 
The  siege  was  a  fearful  one  ;  the  battle  was  sharply  con- 
tested and  the  defence  of  the  city  was  maintained  Avitli 
vigor.  But  French  alacrity  could  not  stand  before  British 
valor.  That  memorable  day,  the  13th  of  September,  wit- 
nessed the  destruction  of  the  power  of  France  upon  this 
continent ;  gave  continued  ascendancy  to  the  authority  of 
the  English  ;  liberated  the  hundreds  of  captives  that  the 
Indians  had  carried  away  from  these  settlements,  and 
returned  the  exiles  to  their  homes  :  freed  the  Provinces 
from  a  most  distressing  and  harrassing  warfare  and  estab- 
lished the  Protestant  Religion,  with  all  its  benign  and 
ennobling  influences,  upon  this  Hemisphere  forever. 

That  day  was  an  Era  in  the  race ;  the  destinies  of 
nations  were  fought  upon  the  Plains  of  Abraham  ;  and  tlie 
glory  of  America  dates  from  that  triumphant  hour.  Fort 
Frederic  had  fallen  ;  but  the  only  walled  city  in  North 
America,  saw  the  banner  of  Imperialism  trailing  in  the 
dust ;  and  the  Lion  of  Liberty  rising  with  a  glor}'  that 
should  be  undimraed  forever  ! 


VARIOUS    MATTERS.  18." 


CHAPTER    XXVIII. 


VARIOUS  MATTERS. 

1760.  Peace  being  established  and  the  prosperity  of 
the  people  beginning  to  return,  they  turned  their  thoughts 
to  questions  of  State,  to  political  affairs,  and  the  duties  of 
home.  And  on  the  13th  of  February  Governor  Pownal 
signed  the  last  legislative  charter  of  his  adjuinistration,  of 
the  township  of  Pownalborough. 

It  embraced  the  four  present  towns  of  Dresden,  Perkins, 
Wiscasset  and  Alna.  Its  name  of  sonorous  sound  was 
evidentlj'  designed  as  a  compliment  to  the  worth}'  Gover- 
nor. Pownalboro' — omitting  for  brevitj-'s  sake  the  three 
last  letters — was  the  fifteenth  town  incorporated  in  the 
State.  Its  Plantation  name  was  Frankfort.  The  Plymouth 
Company  built  a  Court  House  opposite  tlie  head  of  Swan 
Island  forty-five  feet  in  length,  and  fort3^-four  feet  wide, 
with  a  height  of  three  stories.  The  court  chaml)er  was 
forty-five  by  nineteen  and  one-half  feet,  and  had  two  fire- 
places in  it.  The  courts  were  held  here  from  1760  to  1794. 
Thomas  Rice  first  represented  Pownalboro'  in  the  general 
Court  in  1794. 

As  yet,  one  County,  York,  embraced  the  present  State  of 
Maine  ;  but  this  year,  June  19,  the  General  Court  created 
tAvo  new  Counties,  Cumberland  and  Lincoln. 

Falmouth  was  established  as  the  shire  town  of  Cumber- 
land County,  where  the  Superior  courts  of  botli  Counties, 
were  held  ;  and  Pownalboro'  was  the  shire  town  of  Lincoln 
County,  Avhere  the  Courts  of  Common  Pleas  and  other 
inferior  Courts,  were  held.  All  important  cases  were  tried 
before   the   Superior   Court  at  Falmouth.     The  terms  of 


186  VARIOUS   MATTERS. 

these  Courts,  were  appointed  to  commence  on  the  second 
Tuesdays  of  May  and  September.  The  Act  took  etf'oct  on 
the  first  day  of  November. 

The  county  officers  for  Lincohi  County,  were  Samuel 
Denny,  Wilham  Lithgow,  Aaron  Hinckley,  John  North, 
Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas  ;  Wm.  Cushing,  Judge  of 
Probate  ;  Wm.  Bryant,  Register  ;  Charles  Cushing,  Sheritf ; 
Jonathan  Bowman,  Register  of  Deeds. 

Another  Act  of  importance  was  passed  this  year  ;  that 
was  the  manner  in  which  jurors  should  be  drawn.  Before 
this,  they  had  been  voted  for  in  town  meeting,  like  other 
town  officers  ;  but  this  year,  the  Legislature  enacted,  that 
every  town  should  keep  two  Jury  Boxes,  from  one  of  which, 
all  Jurors  were  to  be  drawn,  except  the  Petit  Jurors  to  the 
Common  Pleas  and  Sessions,  who  were  to  be  taken  from 
the  other  Box.  Both  Boxes  were  to  be  replenished  with 
tickets  bearing  the  names  of  the  men  of  the  town  that  were 
best  adapted  to  the  imjjortant  service. 

A  very  amusing  arrangement,  made  this  year,  was  the 
following  :  The  town  complained  of  its  Province  Tax. 
They  thought  it  too  heav}-,  therefore,  at  their  March  meet- 
ing, they  agreed  with  Mr.  Woodbridge  to  go  to  Boston, 
and  get  the  matter  more  satisfactorily  arranged,  on  these 
conditions.  He  was  to  attend  the  General  Court  at  its 
May  Session  ;  and  if  he  Avas  successful  in  obtaining  an 
abatement,  the  town  would  pay  all  his  expenses.  Other- 
wise, he  would  receive  nothing.-  We  are  not  informed 
whether  he  made  anything  out  of  the  operation  or  not. 

1761.  Martin  Haley  is  fined  four  shillings  and  costs  of 
Court  £1, 12s.  3d,  for  speaking  disrespectfully  of  his  mother. 

James  Stewart  was  licensed  to  keep  a  ferry  over  Sheep- 
scot  river  "  on  the  great  County  Road"  and  to  demand 
for  his  services,  for  every  person,  four  coppers  and  for 
every  horse  six  coppers.     Bonds  £20.* 


♦Record  of  Court  of  Sessions. 


VARIOUS   MATTERS.  187 

William  Jones  of  AValpole  was  licensed  to  keep  a  ferry 
over  Damariscotta  river  between  King's  Point  and  Jones' 
Point.     Two  sureties  £10  each." 

The  town  this  year  solemn]}-  voted  that  the  .swine  have 
liberty  to  go  at  large,  they  being  "  properlj-  yoaked 
and  ringed,  "  according  to  the  law.  James  Cargill  and 
Joseph  Glidden  were  chosen  Wardens.  They  also  had  two 
Surveyors  of  lumber,  two  hog  constables  and  two  tithing 
men. 

A  valuation  of  the  State  was  made  this  year,  by  which 
it  appeared,  that,  of  a  Provincial  tax  of  £1,000,  £74,  16s. 
4j  d.  were  assessed  on  the  three  Eastern  counties,  York, 
Cumberland  and  Lincoln.  The  tax  on  Lincoln  County  Avas 
£8,  13s.  od.  It  was  apportioned  among  the  four  towns 
and  Topsham  Precinct,  as  follows  :  Pownalborougli,  £1, 
17s.  9|d ;  Georgetown,  £3,  7s  ;  Newcastle,  £1,  7s :  Wool- 
wich, £1,  4s,  7|d ;  Topsham  Precinct,  17s.  From  these 
data,  it  has  been  computed  that  the  whole  population  of 
these  three  counties,  was  17,500  souls. 

1762.  This  year,  the  town  in  its  sovereign  capacity, 
ordained  among  other  useful  things,  that  "all  the  rams 
owned  or  kept  in  the  town,  shall  be  kept  from  the  sheep, 
from  the  first  of  August  till  the  5th  day  of  Nov.  under  a 
penalty  of  forty  shilhngs. "  The  time,  in  subsequent  years, 
was  extended  to  the  '20th  of  Nov.  Poor  creatures!  con- 
demned unheard  w  ithout  counsel,  and  made  prisoners  for  the 
commission  of  no  crime  !  Did  they  not  know  that  the  young 
stock  would  have  been  worth  one  quarter  more,  by  the 
first  of  August  of  the  following  year,  if  the  rams  had  been 
allowed  to  have  their  liberty,  than  they  were,  under  the 
operation  of  this  unnatural  and  unphilosophical  edict? 
But  "great  men  are  not  always  wise." 

Job  Averill  was  licensed  to  keep  a  ferry  over  Sheep- 
scot  river  from  the  Newcastle  road  to  the  North  of  the 


*Record  of  Court  of  Sessions. 


1H8  YAHIOUS   MATTERS. 

Imrying  place  and  was  bound  in  the  sum  of  £20  for  the 
faithful  discharge  of  his  trust.  Allowance  four  coppers  for 
a  person  and  three  coppers  for  a  horse. "^' 

Eoad  ordered  to  be  laid  out  from  Stewart's  ferry  to  Dani- 
ariscotta  Mills.  Arthur  Noble  headed  the  petition  and  was 
appointed  chairman  of  the  survey.  Road  laid  out  from 
Frankfort  to  Sheepscot  river  and  from  Damariscotta  to  St. 
George.  By  order  of  Court  of  Sessions,  Robert  Hodge, 
Samuel  Kenned}-,  David  Hopkins  and  James  Cargill,  Com- 
mittee. 

1763.  They  also  thought  it  necessary  to  ordain  tliat 
"no  stallion  above  a  year  old,  shall  run  at  large,  under  a 
penalty  of  four  pounds." 

This  year,  Dr.  Kenelm  Winslow,  bought  of  Benjamin 
Woodbridge  100  acres  of  land  for  £20,  lawful  money.  Its 
boundaries  were,  the  mouth  of  the  second  cove  below  the 
"Great  Salt  Water  Falls  ;"  thence  W.  N.  W.  to  the  Fresh 
Meadow  ;  thence  S.  S.  W.  48  poles  to  a  stake  ;  thence  E. 
S.  E.  285  poles  to  Damariscotta  river ;  thence  N.  E.  by 
said  river  to  the  first  mentioned  bound.  In  1776,  Major 
John  Farley  purchased  this  tract  of  land,  and  the  most 
of  it  has  been  in  the  Farley  name  ever  since. 
H.  James  Brown  was  licensed  to  keep  a  ferry  over  Damar- 
iscotta river  from  Ring's  point  to  Jones'  point.  David 
Given  and  Benj.  Woodbridge  Avere  his  sureties  in  bonds  of 
.£10  each.  The  next  year,  1761,  Alexander  Campbell  was 
licensed  to  keep  a  ferry  at  the  same  place. 

Lemuel  Perkins  and  Samuel  Kennedy  were  chosen 
wardens.  The  flankers  are  let  this  year  for  the  town's 
benefit.  The  town  authorizes  the  inhabitants  on  the 
North  side  of  the  town  to  fence  the  graveyard  at  Sheep- 
scot. Two  surveyors  of  luml)er,  four  highway  surveyors, 
three  field  drivers,  four  fence  viewers,  are  chosen.  xA.t  the 
March    meeting    Samuel    Hall,    Wm.    McLelland,    David 


*  Record  of  Court  of  Sessions. 


VARIOUS    MATTERS.  "  189 

Given,  Henry  Little,  were  chosen  Grand  Jury  men.  James 
Given,  John  Cunningham,  Jonathan  Laiten,  were  chosen  to 
serve  on  the  Jurj-  of  Trials.  There  appears  to  Imve  been 
some  informality  or  illegality  about  this  matter  ;  for  on  the 
)')lst  of  May,  Joseph  GlidJen  constable,  ])y  virtue  of 
authority  from  the  Clerk  of  the  Superior  Court,  at  Fal- 
mouth, issued  his  warrant  calling  a  town  meeting,  for  the 
choice  of  three  Jurors  for  the  next  Session  of  Court,  to  be 
holden  at  Falmouth  the  26tli  of  June  following.  James 
Cargill  was  chosen  Grand  Juror  ;  and  Samuel  Nicdcels  and 
Kenelm  Winslow  to  serve  on  the  Jury  of  Trials. 

On  the  30th  of  June  the  town  was  called  together  to 
elect  a  constable  instead  of  Wm.  McLelland,  deceased. 
He  was  the  first  town  officer  that  had  died  while  in  office, 
and  was  much  missed.  He  was  an  influential  man  in  town, 
having  been  every  year  in  office,  and  was  at  times,  Moder- 
erator,  Selectman,  etc. 

"Death  rides  ou  every  passing  breeze. 
And  lurks  in  every  flower." 

This  year,  1763,  Henry  Little,  Thorn  is  Humphries  and 
Lemuel  Perkins,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  lay  out  a 
road  from  Alexander  Campbell's  house  to  the  Ledge  of 
Rocks,  so  called.  This  was  the  first  attempt  at  building 
roads,  by  the  town,  after  the  Indian  troubles  M^ere  com- 
posed.    The  Committee  made  their  return  June  1,  1764. 

1764.  This  year,  according  to  the  census  tnken,  there 
were  24,020  inhabitants  in  the  present  State  of  Maine.  In 
Lincoln  County,  there  were  4,347.  Georgetown  takes  the 
lead,  having  1,329  souls.  Pownalboro  stands  next,  having 
889  ;  Newcastle  follows  this,  having  415  ;  Topsham  340  ; 
Bowdoinham  220 ;  Gardiner  town,  including  Gardiner, 
Hallo  well  and  Pittston,  200  ;  Townshend,  and  what  is  now 
Bristol  and  Bremen,  300 ;  places  to  the  Eastward,  201). 

The  towns  incorporated  this  year,  are  Boothbay,  Xdv. 
3  ;  Gorhara,  Oct.  30  ;  Topsham,  Jan.  31. 


15M)  VARIOUS   MATTERS. 

A  regimental  muster  took  place  tliis  year  at  St.  George. 
It  was  held  in  Avhat  is  now  Tliomaston,  on  Limestone  Hill, 
near  the  •Prison.  Col.  James  Cargill  commanded ;  and 
it  may  be  interesting  to  those  of  the  present  day  who  pride 
themselves  in  plnmes  and  epaulettes,  to  know  that  the  chic: 
commander  on  that  important  occasion,  wore  a  drab  pea 
jacket  and  a  Comarney  cap." 

If  any  one  wishes  to  know  the  value  of  a  wig  in  those 
days  this  volume  Avill  furnish  him  with  the  information. 
"Newcastle  Oct.  31,  1764.  Received  of  Benjamin  Wood- 
bridge  Eleven  pounds,  Old  tenor,  in  full  for  a  Wig.'' 
Signed  John  AVard.  Money  was  cheap  ;  and  wigs,  though 
scarce,  Avere  indispensable. 

Samuel  Howard  was  fined  15s.  and  costs  for  moving  his 
sloop  al)out  one  mile  on  the  Kennebeck  river  on  the 
Sabbath.t 

17G5.  John  Cunningham,  Joseph  Glidden  and  Samuel 
Anderson  were  chosen  to  serve  on  the  Jury  of  Trials,  the 
second  Tuesday  of  September.  Samuel  Waters  and  John 
Hussey  were  chosen  to  be  packers  of  fish,  and  to  see  that 
the  Fish  ways,  in  Sheepscot  river  are  unobstructed.  The 
town  also  agi'eed  to  pay,  as  a  bounty  one  pound  for  every 
grown  wolf  that  shall  be  killed  within  its  bounds.  This  was 
a  standing  custom  for  many  3'ears  afterward.  They  also 
sold  the  Westerly  flanker  at  "Vendue"  to  Capt.  James 
C^ampbell,  for  the  benefit  of  the  town,  for  one  pound  twelve 
shillings.  Twelve  days'  credit  given  ;■  and  the  flanker  was  to 
be  removed  in  thirty  days.  The  flankers  were  built  of  tim- 
})er,  three  cornered,  and  so  situated  as  to  protect  two  sides  of 
the  Garrison.  Two  flankers,  the  East  and  the  West,  would 
ccmimand  the  four  sides  of  the  Garrison.  And  it  spoke 
volumes,  as  respects  the  ending  of  scenes  of  strife  and 
blood,  that  the  time  had  come,  when  this  Westerly  flanker 
could  with  safety  be  sold. 


*  Eaton's  Annals,  p.  130. 

t  Record  of  Conrt  of  Sessions. 


.      VARIOUS    MATTERS.  l'.)l 

C'.ipt.  AlexaiKlcr  Nida^s  of  Pemaquid,  liavin^i^  liireil 
s{)l(liers  for  the  town,  in  former  years,  appeared  in  Town 
meeting  and  presented  liis  claim.  It  was  allowed.  The 
amount  was   £4,  Ifis. 

This  year  they  had  three  tithing  men,  four  hog  con- 
stables, five  highway  survej-ors,  four  field  drivers,  and  one 
})Ound  keeper. 

At  their  March  meeting  they  voted  a  committee  to  lay 
out  a  road  from  Nelson's  Mill  down  Dyer's  Neck  provided 
the  owners  of  the  land  give  the  land  for  the  said  road, 
without  any  charge  to  the  town  for  the  same.  They 
also  voted  that  a  road  be  laid  out  from  Samuel  Anderson's 
to  the  North  line  of  the  town.  These  roads  were  accepted 
May  14.  At  the  same  March  meeting,  David  Given,  Sam- 
uel Nickels  and  John  Cunningham,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  contract  for  the  building  of  a  bridge  over  Mill 
Brook,  near  Mr.  David  Given 's  or  to  superintend  it  them- 
selves.    This  bridge  was  accepted  Feb.  26,  17(56. 

On  the  18th  of  June,  Bristol  was  incorporated.  It  was 
a  large  town  and  embraced  all  the  territo)T  included  in 
Harrington,  Walpole  and  Broad  Cove.  Soon  after  the 
incorporation,  the  people  who  wei'e  of  Presbyterian  tenden- 
cies, voted  to  build  tliree  meeting-houses  ;  one  at  Walpole  ; 
(me  in  Harrington,  which  was  soon  erected  ;  and  one  at 
Broadcove.  Rev.  Eobert  Rutherford  who  came  over  with 
Dunbar,  preached  to  this  people,  four  or  five  years.  Ruth- 
erford's Island  received  its  name  from  him,  because  he 
resided  there.  He  died  in  Thomaston  in  1756.  During 
the  two  or  three  succeeding  years,  there  was  a  great  revival 
of  religion  in  Bristol  and  the  neighboring  towns,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  labors  of  Rev.  Mr,  Murray  of  Boothbay.  A 
church  was  then  gathered  there.  Rev.  Alexander  McLean, 
a  native  of  Scotland,  was  settled  there  in  177'5.  He  was  a 
good  preacher  and  an  estimable  man.  Ill  health  comj^elled 
his  dismission  in  1795.  Rev.  AVilliam  Riddell  succeeded 
him  in  1796,  and  Rev,  Jonathan  Belden  in  1807.     Bri.stol 


lit'J  VARIOUS    MATTERS. 

wiis  first  re])reserited  in  Goneral  Court  by  AVilliam  Jones, 
in  1775.  It  was  the  residence  of  Commodore  Samuel 
Tucker  who  in  1778,  distinguished  himself,  while  on  a 
voyage  to  Europe,  having  on  board  the  Hon.  John  Adams, 
our  first  Minister  to  France, 

1766.  At  the  March  meeting  Jacob  Greely  and  James 
Sheppard  who  lived  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide,  were  author- 
ized to  see  that  the  fish  have  a  free  passage  up  the  river. 
There  was  a  place  in  the  river  called  the  "  Salmon  Hole,  " 
because  they  used  to  gather  there  in  large  numbers,  and 
the  town  ordained,  that  ever}-  person,  not  an  inhabitant  of 
Newcastle,  who  came  to  catch  fish  for  sale,  should  on  duo 
conviction,  pay  a  fine  of  five  shillings  for  each  barrel. 

A  committee  was  raised  to  lay  out  a  road  from  David 
Given's  to  the  bridge,  at  Mill  Brook. 

It  was  voted,  that  a  Petition  be  sent  to  the  General  Court 
signed  hj  the  Town  Clerk,  in  behalf  of  the  town,  praying 
that  if  the  town  of  Pownalboro  is  divided,  the  Eastern  side 
may  be  made  a  Shire  toAvn.  Major  Noble  was  requested 
to  prepare  the  Petition.  They  also  voted  to  request  the 
Legislature,  to  make  an  abatement  in  the  Province  Tax, 
as  the  "adjacent  places"  Avhich  had  been  assessed  with 
them,  in  former  years,  were  incorporated  into  towns. 

James  Cargill  was  ordered  to  pay  Edward  Nore,  "  the 
ten  shillings,"  that  he  received  of  Thomas  Eice,  Esq.,  foi- 
a  breach  of  the  Sabbath. 

At  the  meeting  held  May  18,  a  committee  of  thiee  was 
raised  to  lay  out  a  road  from  Henry  Little's  to  Job  Day's. 
Henry  Little  lived  where  William  Dodge  now  does,  and 
Job  Day's  residence  .was  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  near  Edg- 
comb  line — now  Edgcomb. 

Another  committee  was  raised  to  lay  out  a  road,  from 
the  county  ro.ul  upward  on  the  West  side  of  Damariscotta 
Pond  to  the  Northeast  corner  of  the  town. 

The  committee  who  were  ap})ointed  in  A})ril  to  lay  out  a 
road  from  Henry  Little's  to  Job  Day's,  for  some  reason, 


VARIOUS    MATTERS.  19/^ 

failed  to  accomplish  their  object  ;  therefore,  in  October  27, 
another  committee  was  empowered  to  lay  out  a  road  from 
Henr}-  Little,  to  the  Southern  bounds  of  the  town. 

1767.  A  tariff  of  prices  Avas  established  for  liighway 
Avork  :  Three  shillings  allowed,  for  a  man  a  day  ;  one  shil- 
hngsix  pence  a  yoke  of  oxen  ;  and  nine  pence  for  a  cart. 
Each  man  must  tind  himself  and  his  oxen  and  his  day's 
work  must  commence  at  seven  in  the  morning  and  end  at  six 
at  night.  If  one  hour  Avas  alloAved  for  dinner,  then  they 
established  the  "ten  hour"  system. 

Other  prices  are  as  follows  :  six  and  one-half  pounds  of 
butter,  XI,  17s.  ;  one  pair  of  shoes,  £3  ;  one  day's  Avork, 
£1  ;  one  quire  paper,  10s ;  three  bushels  corn  at  2os.  per 
bushel,  £3,  15s. ;  one  pair  of  leather  breeches,  £2,  5s  ;  one 
thousand  feet  boards,  XI. 

Alexander  Campbell,  David  GiA'en  and  Elisha  Clarke, 
appointed  a  committee  to  lay  out  a  road  from  said  Camp- 
bell's to  Damariscotta  Pond.  This  road  Avas  accepted 
March  15,  1768. 

A  pound  AA-as  ordered  to  be  built,  as  highway  Avork,  at 
Sheepscot,  on  the  spot  where  the  old  one  stands.  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  Kenelm  Winslow  and  Joseph  Jones  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  select  a  place  for  a  pound,  on  the 
Eastern  side  of  the  toAvn,  and  it  Avas  ordered  that  it  should 
be  built  as  "  higliAvay  Avork."  But  it  Avas  not  done  this 
year,  for  at  the  next  March  meeting,  they  directed  to  build 
a  j)ound  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  toAvn,  at  the  most  con- 
venient place  to  accommodate  the  people  and  "  handy  to 
Avater." 

Smile  not,  oh  reader,  neither  complain,  that  Ave  have 
taken  so  much  notice  of  the  pounds  erected  by  our  fathers. 
They  were  indispensable  to  them,  as  they  are  to  every 
farming  community.  A  town,  properly  governed,  Avould 
just  as  soon  think  of  doing  Avithout  a  pound,  as  they 
would  without  a  ToAvn  Meeting.  A  pound  is  an  important 
edifice,  plain,  homely  and  cheaply  built  ;  but  strong,  higli 


194  VARIOUS   MATTERS. 

and  well  secured  by  gates,  locks  and  bars.  It  is  the  prison 
liouse  for  the  recreant  ox  or  sheep,  or  ass,  not,  that  they  are 
so  much  to  blame,  Avlien  they  stray  beyond  their  own 
enclosure,  and  find  themselves  in  the  hands  of  the  town 
sheriff,  alias  field  driver,  and  are  forced  to  lie  down  within 
straightened  walls,  and  feed  only  upon  what  forage  the 
keeper  is  disposed  to  give  them  ;  but  the  fault  is  charge- 
able to  the  owner  who  either  has  neglected  his  fences,  or 
else  has  kept  a  breachy  horse  or  steer.  And  when  he  is 
notified  of  the  imprisonment  of  the  wandering  one,  he  may 
feel  for  his  purse  and  step  up  to  the  "  Captain's  office  and 
settle."  The  keeper  will  receive  the  fine,  and  let  him  and 
his  company  go  on  their  way. 

Henceforth,  whatever  Newcastle  or  her  sister  towns  may 
have  done  in  subsequent  years  with  regard  to  pounds,  we  shall 
notice  them  no  farther  ;  but  shall  take  our  leave  of  them, 
as  we  already  have  with  regard  to  Indians,  rams,  stallions 
and  wolves. 

1768.  This  year  was  distinguished  for  the  convention  of 
towns  held  in  Boston  the  22d  of  September.  It  was  called 
in  view  of  th^  g^op^'iag  difficut-lvies  between  the  Provinces 
and  the  mother  country.  British  troops  were  quartered 
upon  the  Colonies,  a\K>l';-the^. people  were  called  upon  to 
support  them.  They  W;ere  taxed,  but  had  no  representa- 
tion in  the  British  ^E^aa'liament.  It  Avas  the  height  of 
oppression  ;  the  people,  just  emerged  from  the  domination 
of  one  power,  after  having  suffered  incredible  hardships, 
cruelties  and  losses,  were  not  Avilling  to  submit  tamely  to 
another.  Therefore  the  Selectmen  of  Boston  called  a  con- 
vention of  the  towns  of  the  Province,  one  hundred  of  which 
answered  to  the  call  ;  and  they  came  together,  as  dignified, 
sensible,  patriotic  and  high-minded  a  body  of  men  as  ever 
assembled  on  the  shores  of  New  England.  Their  delibera- 
tions it  is  said,  were  Avorthy  of  the  brightest  days  of  Greece 
and  Rome.  William  Nickels  had  the  honor  to  be  chosen 
delegate  from  NeAvcastle,  and  he  was  the  first  delegate  the 


VARIOUS    MATTERS.  19') 

towu  ever  sent  to  any  foreign  body.  His  expenses  were  paid 
by  the  power  that  sent  him.  It  was  the  first  in  the  series  of 
the  Conventions  and  Congresses  that  guided  tliese  Ameri- 
can Provinces  from  the  vassalage  of  a  foreign  yoke,  to 
independence,  wealth  and  renown.     , 

1768.  Bryan  Eyan,  a  foot  pedlar  of  Bristol,  having  witli 
him  one  silk  handkerchief  valued  at  6s.  ;  one  ring  6s.  ;  two 
books  8d  ;  one  piece  of  ribbon  4s.  ;  one  cap,  Is.,  4d  ;  one 
knife,  Is.  2d  ;  one  pair  spectacles  Is.  ;  one  pair  buttons, 
4d ;  one  pair  stockings  4s  ;  one  breeches  pattern  12s.  ; 
total  value  £1,  16s.  6d  ;  went  to  Hugh  Homes  from  the 
house  of  John  Cunningham,  and  there  exposed  for  sale  and 
did  sell  to  Hugh  Homes,  one  knife  valued  at  Is.  2d  ;  one 
cap.  Is.  4d ;  against  the  law  of  the  Province.  Eyan 
pleaded  not  guilt3\     The  jury  acquitted  him. 

On  the  11th  of  March,  John  Cunningham  made  out  the 
following  account  against  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  and  for 
whicli  he  received  pay  in  full  by  an  order  on  the  towu 
treasurer  ;  Sundries  £2,  15s  ;  cord  wood,  XI,  10s  ;  two 
dinners,  12s  ;  "  Liker,"  5s ;  whole  amount,  £5.  2s.  Ed- 
mund Lieson  sold  a  pair  of  leather  breeches  to  Benjamin 
Woodbridge  for  36s.  lawful  money.  Dr.  Kenelm  Winslow 
charges  the  town  with  two  visits  to  Phebe  Chick  in  her 
illness,  4s  ;  one  bottle  of  drops,  3s.  4d  ;  one  portion  physic 
8d  =  8s.  Mr.  Bowers  charges  the  town  for  the  board  of 
Mr.  Dunbar,  eighteen  days,  while  at  work  on  the  meeting 
house,  at  55s.  old  tenor,  per  week,  £7,  Is.  5^  d  ;  drawing 
up  petition  praying  that  the  Court  might  be  removed,  3s  ; 
do.  that  the  town  might  be  "  eased "  of  paying  Province 
rates,  2s  ;  do.  that  the  Plymouth  Company  petition  might 
not  be  granted,  3s  ;  do.  four  papers  of  indentures  for  bind- 
ing children,  6s. 

Here  is  a  prescription  for  a  sick  person  ;  and  if  any  one 
can  at  this  day  be  benefited  by  it,  they  shall  be  welcome 
to  this  insertion.  "  An  ounce  of  the  syrup  of  Marsh  Mal- 
lows, and  half  an  ounce  of  the  oil  of  Sweet  Almonds,  (fresli 


196  VAKIOUS   MATTERS. 

drawn)  mix  tliem,  and  take  half  an  ounce  at  anytime  when 
had.  Let  them  he  well  mixt  hy  shaking  y™  well  together, 
just  hefore  you  take.     Let  it  he  taken  warm." 

1769.  Joseph  Jones,  Ehslia  Cl;u'k  and  Richard  Bowers 
were  chosen  a  committee  March  14,  to  lay  out  a  road 
round  Vaughan's  pond,  to  Josiah  Clarke's ;  and  from 
thence  to  the  North  bounds  of  the  town.  The  previous 
effort  for  this  object  had  failed.  Benj.  Woodbridge,  Alex. 
Campbell  and  David  Hopkins  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  lay  out  a  road  from  Sheepscot  river,  near  Henry  Hodge's 
or  Mr.  Hoghern's,  Easterly  to  Crombie's  Reach,  against 
where  the  town  road  is  already  laid  out.  Nathaniel  Bry- 
ant, Samuel  Nickels  and  James  Little  authorized  to  lay  out 
a  road,  from  the  town  road  where  they  shall  think  proper, 
to  join  a  road  proposed  by  the  Quarter  Sessions,  through 
a  place  called  Freetown,  towards  Boothbay.  April  3. 
Chose  Jacob  Greely,  Samuel  Waters  and  Benj.  Wood- 
l)ridge  a  committee,  to  lay  out  a  road  from  the  town  road 
on  Dyer's  Neck,  to  join  the  town  road  on  the  Eastern  side 
of  Dyer's  river  —  Woodbridge  neighborhood. 

1770,  March  14.  Previous  efforts  having  failed,  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  at  this  meeting  to  lay  out  a  road, 
from  the  county  road  near  Damariscotta  Mills  round 
Vaughan's  Pond  and  up  the  Western  side  of  it  to  the 
North  town  line. 

The  Selectmen  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  la}'  out  a 
road  from  Robert  Cochran's  house  to  the  South  side  of 
Peter  Patterson's  field,  in  the  Southwest  part  of  the  town. 
This  road  was  accepted,  March  14,  1776.  Samuel  Ken- 
nedy was  allowed  the  privilege  of  putting  up  a  gate  or  bars 
at  that  part  of  the  town  road  that  leads  by  his  barn  to 
James  Cargill's. 

May  22.  Voted  to  petition  the  Court  of  Sessions,  to 
allow  no  license  to  be  granted  to  either  Innholder  or 
Retailer,  without  the  approbation  of  the  Selectmen.  The 
request  was  granted. 


VARIOUS   MATTERS.  197 

1771,  Sept.  20.  Eaised  u  counuittee  of  three  to  luy  out 
;i  road  from  tlie  county  road  up  the  West  side  of  Vaughan's 
Pond  to  the  North  town  Hne.  A  siniihir  vote  was  passed 
at  the  next,  March  meeting  in  1772.  This  proved  success- 
ful. Several  years  had  ehipsed  since  the  first  effort  was 
made  ;  and  it  was  not  accepted  till  March  14,  1776.  It 
was  a  great  public  convenience. 

1773,  March  11.  John  Plummer,  Mark  Parsons,  and 
Samuel  Waters  chosen  a  committee  to  lay  out  a  public 
landing  place,  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide  ;  and  a  road  lead- 
ing from  it  to  the  town  road,  -where  most  convenipnt. 
Accepted  Sept.  9,  1773. 

Oct.  10.  Samuel  Hilton,  Samuel  Waters  and  John 
Plummer  appointed  a  committee  to  alter  the  road  on 
Dyer's  Neck  ;  and  also  to  extend  this  road  to  the  North 
line  of  the  town.  These  dtjings  were  accepted  Sept. 
15,  1774. 

1774,  March  14.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  alter 
the  road  around  the  Ledge  of  Rocks.  Their  report  was 
accepted  March  14,  1776.  September  22,  a  committee 
was  raised  to  lay  out  a  road,  from  the  town  road  near 
Benjamin  Glidden's,  to  the  North  town  line,  to  accommo- 
date the  people  of  Ballstown.     Accepted  March  14,  1776. 

Jacob  Greely,  David  Murray  and  James  Cargill  were 
chosen  a  committee  to  assess  damages  for  the  pubhc 
landing  place  and  road  that  were  laid  out  the  last  year  at 
the  Head  of  the  Tide.  And  liberty  was  also  granted  the 
inhabitants  residing  there,  to  build  a  bridge  at  said' laud- 
ing place,  across  the  Sheepscot  river,  at  their  own  expense. 
The  amount  of  land  for  the  landing  place  was  one  acre. 

This  was    the    occjision  for   drawing    u])    the    following 

instrument : 

"  Newcasel  July  y"-"  8,  1774." 

"Wee  whose  names  are  hereto  subscribed  Do  promise 

and  Ingage  our  Selves  to  work  on  building  a  Bridge  over 

Sheepsc'ot  River  at  The  grate  Rock  by  y*"  turn  of  y'"  River, 

by  Benjamin  Stickney's  Lot,  whear  Sheepscot  Committey 


198  VAinOUvS   MATTERS. 

hath  Laid  ought  a  Town  Koad  To  said  River  and  do  hcai 
by  })roinise  to  work  on  sd  Bridge  tlie  number  of  Days  as 
shall  be  annext  to  our  names  or  Pay  to  the  Doer  of  the 
work  three  shillings  and  fourpence  Lawful  money  for  Each 
Day  that  we  annext  to  our  names  omit  working  on  said 
8d  Bridge  when  Sd  Biidge  is  finished  as  witness  our  hands. 
N  B.  That  each  person  sining  shall  be  duly  notified."' 
"John  Phimer  fore  days  ;  Jeremiah  Ijean  two  days  ;  Sam- 
uel Waters  three  days  ;  Benj.  Glidd  2  days,  Jacob 
(irreely,  2  Days  four  oxen  ;  Amos  Tennson  3  Days  ;  Eben'r 
Philbridge  1  Da}^  ;  James  Sheppard  2  Days  ;  Jonathan 
Noyes  1  Day  ;  Samuel  Hilton  3  days  ;  Benj.  Woodbridge, 
Jr  2  Days  ;  archibald  mealister  1  Day  ;  Samuel  Anderson 
1  Day." 

This  effort  appears  to  have  been  unsuccessful,  or  if  a 
bridge  was  built  there  at  that  time,  it  could  not  have  been 
a  very  substantial  structure  ;  for  in  1791,  14th  of  April,  an 
article  was  inserted  in  the  town  warrant,  to  see  what  sum 
of  money  the  town  will  raise  to  purchase  materials  for  build- 
ing the  bridge  at  the  Head  of  Tide.  And  in  the  subsequent 
meeting  in  May,  the  town  voted  that  the  selectmen  be  a 
committee  to  procure  such  materials  as  are  necessary  for 
building  one-half  of  the  bridge  over  Sheepscot  river,  at  the 
Head  of  the  Tide.  The  inference  is,  that  the  effort  was  a 
combined  one,  between  individuals,  and  the  town. 

This  year  the  office  of  Warden  is  revived,  and  Ebenezer 
Clark,  John  Catland,  James  Cargill  and  Samuel  Hilton, 
were  appointed. 

James  Greely  and  David  Murray  were  appointed  "  fish 
keepers,"  to  see  that  the  fish  have  free  and  easy  passage  u]) 
Sheepscot  and  Dyer's  river,  from  the  first  day  of  May  to 
the  first  day  of  June,  and  they  were  impowered  to  prose- 
cute, in  every  case  where  there  should  be  a  violation  of 
tlie  law  in  these  respects. 

Tliis  year  Edgcomb  was  incorporated  as  a  town.  The 
place  was  originally  settled  by  Samuel  Trask  and  others^ 
in  1744.  Under  a  possessory  claim,  they  and  subsequent 
settlers,  lived  undisturbed  upon  their  lands  ten  years,  when 


VARIOUS    .AFATTEIIS.  199 

three  men  avnviiig  from  Boston,  clialleugiul  tluur  titles,  in 
virtue  of  an  Indian  deed,  and  surveyed  lots  upon  the 
Sheepscot  river  which  thej  uunil^ered  and  marked.  But, 
the  deed  of  the  Sagamores  contained  no  definite  bounds  ; 
no  actual  possession  had  ever  been  taken  under  it,  and 
the  settlers  were  not  disposed  to  surrender.  Made 
acquainted  with  these  facts,  and  actuated  by  a  generous 
spirit,  a  lawyer  in  Boston  undertook  their  cause  without 
fee  or  reward.  He  gained  his  case,  and  the  three  claimants 
were  obliged  to  abandon  their  pursuit.  In  recognition  of 
the  lawyer's  generosity,  the  planters  gave  the  name  of 
Freetown  to  their  plantation.  It  retained  this  name  till 
its  incorporation,  1774.  The  name  Edgcomb  was  given  to 
it,  in  honor  of  Lord  Edgcomb,  a  distinguished  friend  of 
the  Colonies.  It  formerly  embraced  all  of  Jeremisquam 
Island,  except  a  small  portion  of  the  upper  end  of  it  which 
has  belonged  to  the  town  of  Wiscasset.  The  next  year, 
after  its  incorporation,  it  was  represented  in  the  Provincial 
Congress  by  Moses  Davis,  Esq. 

The  people  now  became  restless  under  British  rule.  The 
appointees  of  the  Crown  are  domineering  and  overbearing; 
and  it  is  evident  there  is  a  spirit  rising,  that  anon  will 
show  itself  in  actions  wdiich  wall  astonish  the  world  and 
slmke  the  British  throne.  The])eople  meet  in  their  prima- 
rv  assemblies,  discuss  the  matters  of  state  and  look 
thoughtfully  upon  the  signs  of  the  times.  In  th(!  multitude 
of  councillors,  there  is  safetv-  A  Provincial  Congress  is 
resolved  on.  The  people  send  up  delegates  to  it.  They 
meet  at  Salem,  Oct.  7th,  1774,  to  the  number  of  208,  and  they 
resolve  themselves  into  a  Provincial  Congress,  by  electing 
John  Hancock,  President,  and  Benjamin  Lincoln,  Secretary. 
They  then  adjourn  to  Concord.  There,  the)^  appoint  a 
committee  of  safety  and  a  committee  of  supplies.  With 
one  is  vested  the  power  to  put  in  military  an-ay,  any  portion 
of  the  militia,  if  necessary,  for  the  common  defence,  and  the 
other  to  secure  all  the  public  stores  wdiich  General  Gage  had 


200  VAPJOUS    MAT'i'EliS. 

not  seized.  At  the  Noveuiber  session,  ;i  fourth  part  of  tlie 
niihtia  was  put  in  requisition,  and  were  to  draw  pay  from 
the  time  they  left  their  homes.  This  Congress  had  three 
sessions  and  was  dissolved  December  10th,  after  having 
elected  five  delegates  to  a  new  Continental  Congress. 

1775.  A  second  Provincial  Congress  was  convened  Feb- 
ruary 1,  between  which  time  and  its  dissolatiou.  Ma}'  29th, 
it  had  four  sessions.  The  people  are  awake,  the  tide  of 
patriotism  arises  and  mighty  events  hurry  along.  This 
Congress,  distinguished  for  its  zeal,  intelligence  and  lofty 
principles,  consisted  of  two  hundred  and  fifteen  members. 
There  were  seventeen  from  Maine,  among  whom  were 
James  Sullivan,  Ichabod  Goodwin,  Sanuiel  Freeman 
Thomas  Eice  and  Dummer  Sewall.^ 

The  third  Provincial  Congress  was  convened  at  Water- 
town  May  31,  and  consisted  of  215  members.  Dr.  Josepli 
Warren  was  chosen  President  and  thirteen  of  the  ablest 
men  were  appointed  a  committee  of  safety.  Twenty-six 
regiments  were  filled  up,  the  proper  officers  appointed  and 
commissioned,  and  every  preparation  made  for  resisting  an 
attack.  The  period  of  three  Provincial  Congresses,  was 
from  October  7,  1771  to  July  19,  1775 — nine  months  and 
thirteen  days.  And  the  members  in  them  from  Lincoln 
County  were,  Samuel  McCobb,  Georgetown  ;  John  Merrill, 
Samuel  Fulton,  Topsham;  Samuel  Harnden,  Bowdoinham  ; 
Joseph  North,  Gardinerstown  ;  Remington  Hobby,  Vas- 
salboro  ;  Ichabod  Howe,  Winthrop  ;  Timothy  Langdon, 
Pownalboro'  ;  Moses  Davis,  Edgcomb.  The  necessity  for 
tliem  had  ended,  and  all  eyes  are  now  turned  to  the  Con- 
tinental Congi-ess  whic-h  was  then  sitting  at  Philadelphia. 

During  this  year  there  was  great  distress  and  scarcity 
anjong  the  people.  Corn  and  grain  in  sufiicient  quan ti- 
tle's for  home  consumption,  could  not  be  raised.  There 
were  but  few  calls  from  abroad  for  wood  and  lumber  and 
a  messenger  arriving  at  Falmouth  from  the  Penobscot, 
declared  that  many  families  were  without  bread,  and  that 


VARIOUS    MATTERS.  201 

numbers  of  children  had  actually  died  from  starvation  and 
cold.  On  the  27th  of  April,  the  town  raised  a  committee 
of  five  to  send  to  the  Westward  for  corn.  They  appropri- 
ated £150  for  this  purpose,  and  for  the  purchase  of  one 
hundred  pounds  of  powder.  The  town  paid  for  the  trans- 
portation of  the  articles,  and  instructed  the  committee  to 
obtain  them  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  Province  tax  for  this  year,  was  paid  to  Henry  Gar- 
diner of  Stow  and  his  receipt  taken.  Voted  that  all 
notifications  of  Town  Meetings  be  put  up  at  the  meeting 
house  on  the  eastern  side,  and  also  at  Capt.  Robt.  Hodge's, 
Innholder.  He  lived  where  is  the  homestead  of  the  late 
Capt.  Thomas  Lennox.  They  also  direct  that  the  landing 
place  shall  be  prized,  and  a  "  good  deed  "  taken  for  it,  and 
put  upon  record. 

July  11,  voted  to  send  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Repre- 
sentative to  the  Provincial  Congress  at  Watertown,  whose 
session  commenced  the  19th  inst.,  the  town  bearing  his 
expenses. 

May  30.  A  road  is  laid  out  from  Crombie's  Reach  to 
Robert  Cochran's.     Accepted  March  14,  1776. 

Silvester  Murphy  is  indebted  to  James  Campbell,  "  to  2 
mug's  of  toddy,  9s  ;  to  rum  at  the  Sculhous,  -Is ;  to  five 
weeks'  board  £17,  10s  ;  to  1  pair  of  stockins,  £1, 15s  ;  £19, 
18s,  old  tenor  ;  Credit  By  cash,  £3  ;  one  day's  work  £1, 
2s,  6d  ;  £4,  2,  6d.     Errors  Excepted." 

When  Captain  John  Holmes,  a  few  years  since,  built  a 
shi]o,  he  named  her  the  Ontario,  and  about  the  same  time.  Col. 
Glidden  named  a  ship  he  built,  Henry  Clay.  Shipbuilders 
never  neglect  this  mark.  Farmers  do  the  same  thing. 
And  it  is  just  as  necessary  that  they  should  mark  their 
sheep  and  cattle,  as  it  is,  that  ships  should  have  their 
names.  "  Therefore,  be  it  known,  that  Samuel  Hilton's  ear 
mark  is  the  top  of  the  ear  cropped.  Benjamin  Ghdden's 
ear  mark  is  a  crop  ofi"  the  right  ear,  a  half  penny  under  the 
same   and  the  left  ear  split.      Mark    Parson's  ear  mark 


N 


202  DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

is  a  half  penny  under  the  left  ear,  and  a  uich  between  that 
and  the  creature's  head.  James  Carr's  ear  maik  is  a  crop 
otf  the  left  ear.  "  So  says  the  Kecord,  by  Sam  Nickels, 
March  U,  1775. 

On  the  27th  of  August  1789,  it  is  written,  that  Nath. 
Brj^ant's  mark  is  a  cro])  off  the  left  ear,  and  the  letters  N. 
B.  on  the  left  horn.  Robert  Cochran's  ear  mark  is  the 
right  ear  split.  Daniel  Campbell's  ear  mark  is  a  hole 
through  the  right  ear,  and  his  mark  for  cattle,  is  D.  C.  on 
the  horn.     Thus  ^am  Nickels  recorded, 

April  1,  1800. 

May  17, 1800.  There  was  "taken  up  by  William  Waters 
a  stray  mare  of  a  dark  bay  color  with  a  Black  main 
and  Tail,  has  a  white  strip  in  her  face,  and  one  white  foot, 
a  Natural  trotter."  The  owner  has  only  to  call  and  prove 
property.  A  queer  place  this  to  advertise  a  stra}^  Mare. 
But  there  were  no  newspapers,  though  there  were  Inns  and 
Meeting  houses. 


CHAPTEE    XXIX 


DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

Our  fathers  were  surrounded  with  perils.  Their  history 
is  laid  in  blood.  They  here  met  and  conquered  the  foe. 
For  about  one  century,  they  fought  and  bled  and  died. 
At  this  late  day  when  we  are  surrounded  with  so  many  of 
the  comforts  of  life  and  can  lie  down  and  sleep  in  our  own 
dwellings  and  beds  securely,  and  can  enjo}^  the  food  which 
our  own  hands  have  acquired,  without  fear  of  the  Indian 
torch  and  tomahawk,  we  can  scarcely  realize  the  sufferings 


DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY.  208 

of  our  fathers,  or  properly  estimate  the  perils  by  which 
they  Avere  surrounded  Aud  when  the  Indian  tomahawk 
was  laid  aside,  and  the  war  whoop  had  died  away,  and  tlie 
Council  fires  had  forever  gone  out,  then  came  the  war  of 
the.  Revolution,  by  which,  through  seven  long  and  tedious 
years,  they  were  obliged  to  suffer  intensely,  and  many  of 
their  children  were  found  among  the  slain.  They  not  only 
had  foes  without  but  within.  Some  of  their  own  namber 
favored  the  cause  of  King  George,  and  gave  him  "aid  and 
comfort"  by  furnishing  his  subjects  with  the  means  of  car- 
rying on  the  war.  The  inhabitants  of  Newcastle,  of  Pow- 
nalboro  and  other  towns  around,  favored  the  Republican 
cause,  and  entered  with  spirit  into  the  American  cause — 
thus  to  avenge  their  country's  blood  and  obtain  their  own 
freedom.  The  men  of  Newcastle  joined  the  army,  voted 
supplies,  and  shed  their  own  blood  in  this  patriotic  cause  ; 
still  there  were  those  among  them,  who  could  not  resist 
the  temptation  of  helping  the  enemy,  if  they  thereby 
could  help  themselves. 

The  doings  of  the  Provincial  Congress  at  Concord, 
April  12,  1775,  were 

"Whereas  the  Preservation  of  our  Country  from  Slavery 
depends  under  God,  on  an  effectual  Execution  of  the  Con- 
tinental and  Provincial  Measures  for  that  Purpose  ; — 

"Resolved — That  there  be  now  appointed  for  eacli 
County  in  this  Colony,  a  Committee  consisting  of  five  Per- 
sons, any  three  of  whom,  to  be  a  Quorum,  whose  Business 
it  shall  be,  to  receive  from  the  Committees  of  Correspond- 
ence, in  their  respective  Counties,  a  State  of  the  Conduct 
of  the  Towns  and  Districts,  with  respect  to  their  having 
executed  the  Continental  and  Provincial  Plans  as  afore- 
said ;  aud  it  shall  be  the  duties  of  said  Committees  to  meet 
on  the  first  Wednesdays  of  May,  July,  September,  Novem- 
ber, Januar}'  and  March,  and  prepare  a  Report  of  the  same, 
to  be  laid  before  Congress  at  its  then  next  Session,  that 


201  DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

an}'  Neglect  of  such  Towns  and  Districts  in  executing  such 
Plans,  may  be  speedily  and  effectually  remedied." 

The  second  Piesolution  relates  to  recommending  to  the 
"Committees  of  correspondence"  to  report,  with  diligence 
and  care,  to  the  County  Committees. 

The  third  Resolution  recommends  to  all  "Towns  and 
Districts  to  choose  such  Committees  and  to  aid  them  in 
every  way  possible  that  the  enemies  of  the  Country  might 
be  subdued. 

Signed,     John  Hancock,  President.  . 

Benjamin  Lincoln,  Secretary." 

The  Committee   for  this  County  were,  James  Howard, 

Esq.,    Messrs AYade,    Samuel    McCobb,    Duunner 

Sewall  and  Timoth}'  Langdon.  The  latter  gentlem;m 
resided  in  Pownalboro'.  On  the  15th  of  May,  1775,  he 
wrote  to  the  Selectmen  of  Newcastle  urging  them  to  take 
immediate  action  in  the  matter.  And  on  the  30th  of  May, 
the  town  had  a  meeting,  when  they  voted  to  choose  a 
committee  of  nine  persons  to  inspect  into  all  matters 
agreeable  to  the  direction  of  the  Congress.  The  com- 
mittee were,  John  Farley,  James  Cargill,  James  Little, 
David  Hopkins,  Benj.  Woodbridge,  Jun.,  Joseph  Jones, 
Samuel  Calley,*  Jacob  Greely  and  Prince  Barker. 

They  also  voted  that  said  Committee  shall  act  as  a 
Committee  of  Correspondence,  and  that  a  half  barrel  of 
powder  shall  be  sent  for. 

June  13,  1775.  Committee  met  -at  the  house  of  Capt. 
Prince  Barker,  on  the  East  side  of  the  town.  John  Farley 
was  chosen  Moderator,  and  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Jun., 
Clerk.  Business  of  importance  came  before  them.  For 
it  appears  that  Capt.  John  Hodge,  in  the  sloop,  "Three 
Brothers,  Avith  his  two  hands,  Samuel  Simpson  and  John 
Cunningham,  had  been  taken  into  Boston  and  released 
again  by  the  British.     This  was  while  they  held  posses- 

*  Name  spelt  as  in  the  Records. 


BANGERB  OF  THE  COUNTRY.  205 

.■^ioii  of  that  important  town.  The  thing  had  a  bad 
appearance.  Had  Hodge,  in  his  sloop,  been  carrying  su]> 
phes  to  the  eneni}-  ?  The  Committee  must  know.  Hodge 
and  his  two  men  are  examined  ;  but  they  found  after 
examination  that  he  had  been  "taken  into  Boston  by" — 
here  the  Record  abruptly  closes.  They  however  agreed  to 
refer  the  matter  to  the  next  meeting  which  was  appointed 
to  be  held  on  Tuesday,  the  20th  inst.,  at  Capt.  Eobt. 
Hodge's.  The  proceedings  of  the  meeting,  were  signed  by 
the  Chairman,  Clerk,  and  other  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee. 

June  20,  the  Committee  met  according  to  adjournment, 
every  man  of  tliem  ;  for  these  were  times  for  patriots  to  be 
awake.  John  Hodge  appeared  before  them  ;  but  things 
appeared  no  more  favorable  for  him.  Seven  days  had 
passed  away  since  their  first  meeting ;  due  inquiries  had 
been  made  ;  and  a  strict  examination  had  been  entered 
into  ;  and  the  judgment  was,  that  John  Hodge  had  been 
Avillingiy  taken,  carried  into  the  port  of  Boston,  and  paid 
for  his  cargo  in  British  gold.  The  sloop  had  not  yet 
arrived,  though  the  men  had.  The  fear  of  seizure  had 
kept  her  awa}'.     Wherupon  it  was 

"Voted,  That  Capt.  John  Hodge  have  Orders  to  brin'g 
his  sloop  the  "Three  Brothers,"  into  the  Bounds  of  this 
Town  again,  and  haul  her  up  and  strip  her  Immediately 
and  make  return  to  this  Committee  of  his  Doings.  Said 
Sloop  is  to  be  haiiled  up  at  Mr.  Benjn.  Woodbridge's 
point,  at  a  place  Called  the  "Spring  well  Cove  ;"  and  if 
said  Hodge  dont  Comply  with  these  Orders,  that  the  Com- 
mittee Order  the  Commanding  ofiicers  of  the  Militia  to 
send  a  Company  Immediately  to  haul  up  said  Sloo])  and 
Strip  her  upon  Said  Hodge's  Cost  and  Charge." 

The  Captain  was  contumacious.  He  did  not  obey 
orders.  He  had  been  rather  accustomed  to  give,  than  to 
receive  them.  Whereupon,  the  Committee  assembled 
three   days   afterward,  June   23,   at   the   house   of    Capt. 


206  DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

Prince  Barker  and  "Ordered  Col.  James  Cargill  to  take  the 
care  and  cli.irge  of  Capt.  John  Hodge's  Sloop,  Rigging 
and  Sails,  and  to  haul  her  up  at  a  place  Called  McKack- 
nej's  Rock.  2dlj.,  Ordered  That  the  Commanding  Officer 
of  the  Eigiment  See  that  the  Powder  that  was  brought 
into  this  town,  by  Capt.  John  Farley,  be  distributed  as  was 
agreed  at  y*"  time  it  was  sent  for." 

Col.  Cargill,  the  fearless,  the  active  and  tlie  efficient,  had 
taken  the  Sloop  in  hand,  and  she- must  obey.  She  was 
hauled  up  and  stripped  ;  and  Capt.  John  Hodge  had  leave 
to  tarry  on  shore  awhile. 

Four  days  after  this,,  the  committee,  are  together,  prompt 
as  the  returning  sun,  at  the  house  of  Capt.  Prince  Barker. 
What  had  called  them  together?  Some  diseases  are  con- 
tagious. So  is  sin.  So  is  rebellion.  There  was  a  near 
kinsman  of  Capt.  John  Hodge  who  had  indulged  in  intem- 
perate and  abusive  language  against  Congress  and  the 
Committee,  because  of  their  position  and  their  doings. 
There  were  traitors  in  those  days.  His  case  must  bo 
attended  to.  He  is  cited  before  the  Committee  ;.  the  facts 
are  proved,  and  he  is  obliged  to  make  the  following 
confession. 

"Whereas,  I  the  Subscriber,  in  time  past,  have  spoken 
some  unadvised  words,  not  agreeable  to  the  directions  of 
the  Congresses  or  our  Committee  of  Correspondence,  I 
hereby  acknowledge  myself  sorry  for  the  same,  and  do 
promise  to  agree,  in  all  matters,  according  to  the  orders  of 
the  Congresses,  Continental  and  Provincial ;  and  to  assist 
my  countrj'inen,  in  all  respects  whatsoever,  in  defence  of 
my  country,  with  life  and  interest." 

Signed,  Robt.  Hodge,  Junior, 

Attest,  BiiN.T.  WooDBRiDGE,  Clerk. 

July  18,  1775.  The  Committee  are  together  again  at  the 
liouse  of  Capt.  Prince  Barker.  A  proposition  had  been 
made   bv   David    Silvester   for  the  release  of  the  Sloop, 


D^VNCxEKS   OF   THE   COUNTRY.  207 

Three  Brothers.  As  the  Sloop  had  incurred  no  guilt  in 
the  case,  and  she  would  do  no  one  any  good  tied  up '  at 
McKackney's  Rock,  they  conclude  to  let  her  go.  Col. 
Oargill,  David  Hopkins  and  Samuel  Calley  were  appointed 
a  Committee  to  agree  upon  what  terms  Capt.  John  Hodge's 
Sloop  should  be  released  to  Capt.  David  Silvester. 

At  the  same  time,  thej-  required  that  Capt..  John  Hodge 
make  an  "acknowledgement  for  his  past  conduct  in 
Avriting."  The  Committee  were  resolute  (for  Cargill  was 
there)  and  the  subdued  Captain  found  himself  minus,  for 
the  gold  he  had  received  at  British  hands.  Hodge  lived 
where  the.  late  Capt.  Thomas  Lennox  did,  but  he  owned 
land  on  Dyer's  Neck.  He  said  "he  was  not  allowed  to 
think  at  home  ;  but  he  could  go  over  to  Dye)-'s  Neck,  and 
there  he  could  think  as  he  pleased." 

But  Capt  John  Hodge,  on  the  loth  of  June,  1775,  sub- 
scribed, with  his  own  hand,  the  following  writing,  "I,  the 
subscriber,  being  Master  of  the  sloop  Three  Brothers,  do 
promise  to  the  Committee  of  Inspection  of  the  town  of 
Newcastle,  that  I  will  not  take  any  cargo  on  board  said 
sloop,  nor  suffer  any  to  be  taken  on  board,  before  I 
acquaint  the  said  Committee  thereof,  and  where  I  intend 
to  carry  said  load  ;  and  also  to  conform  to  their  directions, 
agreeable  to  the  orders  of  Congress." 

The  captain  was  subdued  ;  no  more  trouble  from  him. 

You  sware  that  you  will  have  no  connection  witli  George 
the  third.  King  of  Great  Britain,  nor  aid  and  assist  him  or  his 
forces  or  ileets  which  are  sent  from  England  against  North 
America,  or  any  of  the  Thirteen  States  in  North  America  ; 
and  that  you  will  discover  any  Plots  or  Conspiracies  they 
are  forming  against  the  said  States  that  shall  come  to  your 
knowledge ;  farther,  you  will  aid  and  assist  the  States 
whatever  lies  in  3^our  power  against  tlie  forces  that  are 
come  out  against  them. 

Signed,  Alexr.  Nickels. 

Dated,  Newcastle,  Oct.  28,  1778." 


208  DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

1776.  In  May,  the  General  Court  tleclared  Massacliii- 
setts  a  Free,  Independent  and  Sovereign  State,  by  enact- 
ing that  all  Civil  and  Military  Commissions,  and  all  Writs, 
Precepts  and  Recognizances,  shall,  after  the  First  day  of 
Jane  next,  be  issaed  in  the  Name  of  the  Government  and 
People  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  and  bear 
date  in  the  Christian  Era,  Avithout  any  mention  or  recogni- 
tion of  the  British  Sovereign.  It  was  the  bold,  decisive, 
ultimate  step.  Things  had  been  ripening  to  this  result, 
and  at  last  it  came.  Massachusetts  led  the  van.  She  took 
the  lii-st  Step.  She  was  now  a  Power  in  the  earth.  Her 
course  was  onward — right  onward  to  Wealth,  Happiness 
and  Benown. 

Newcastle  when  called  upon,  takes  her  stand  for  the 
Country — for  Freedom — for  Bight — for  God.  And  on  the 
24:th  day  of  June  in  Town  meeting  assembled,  she  sol- 
emnly declares— 

"That  if  the  Honorable  Congress  shall  judge  it  neces- 
sary for  the  safety  of  the  Colonies,  to  declare  themselves 
independent  of  Great  Britain,  they  will  support  them  in 
the  measure,  with  their  lives  and  fortunes." 

Noble  words !  which  but  indicated  the  spirit  that  con- 
ceived and  uttered  them.  Newcastle  was  true  to  her 
pledge.  On  the  Fourth  of  July,  only  ten  days  after  this 
Besolve,  the  Thirteen  Colonies  declared  themselves  Inde- 
pendent ;  and  on  the  24th  of  December  following,  the 
Town  are  together  and  agree  to  pay  a  Bounty  of  twenty 
dollars  to  each  man  who  shall  "enlist,  march  and  continue 
in  the  service  three  months  ;  and  that  the  sums  shall  be 
assessed  in  five  days  ;  and  in  five  days  more,  paid  into  the 
Treasury  of  the  town. 

The  town  boundary  is  now  disputed.  Edgcomb  claimed 
a  strip  of  territory  running  from  river  to  river,  over  which 
Newcastle  had  held  jurisdiction  ;  but  Newcastle,  though 
re(|uested,  refused  to  do  anything  about  the  settlement  of 
it,  at  present. 


DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY.  209 

Peter  Huntoon  and  family  are  ordered  to  leave  the  town 
forthwith,  lest  they  become  a  public  charge. 

But  the  rogues  were  not  all  confined  to  Newcastle.  Other 
places  were  infested  with  them.  On  the  20th  of  January, 
1776,  Timothy  Parsons  of  Pownalboro'  wrote  to  the  Com- 
mittee of  Inspection  of  Newcastle,  exposing  the  position  and 
design  of  this  man.  I  give  his  letter  as  I  find  it,  as  it  will 
afford  us  the  best  historj^  there  is  of  the  affair.  "  I  am 
informed,"  writes  Mr.  Parsons,  "that  Abiel  Wood  has  pur- 
chast  or  agreed  for  A  large  Quantity  of  Suger  of  Somebody 
ueare  Damiscotta  River.  You  are  Knowing  I  suppose, 
who  has  Sugers  to  Sell  there  by  the  H.  H.,  which  is  soon 
to  be  hauled  Over  by  Land.  As  said  Wood  has  violated  the 
American  Association  and  been  published  in  the  Gazateer 
as  Such  and  in  Many  other  instances  an  Enemy  to  American 
Liberty  by  the  Committee  of  Inspection  which  has  been 
confirmed  by  the  General  Courts,  and  as  the  Eleventh 
Article  in  the  Association  Strictly  forbids  All  persons  from 
having  any  further  Dealing  with  any  person  that  is  so  pub- 
lished, the  following  instance  May  serye  for  an  example. 
Said  Wood  sent  to  Portsmouth  for  three  bbls  of  pitch  by  one 
Goldwaith  of  Woolwich  this  fawl  past  which  he  purchased 
for  Said  Wood  theiis  and  had  got  it  on  board  his  Boat. 
General  Sullivan  being  informed  of  it  Sent  a  file  of  Men 
and  took  Said  Goldwaith  into  Custody  and  his  Boat  and 
pitch.  The  General  Ordered  Said  (xoldwaith  Sent  to  the 
Committee  for  Tryal,  and  the  pitch  to  be  taken  out  of  the 
Boat  and  put  into  the  Province  Store  w""  was  done.  The 
Committee  Sent  and  had  Said  Goldwaith  before  them  and 
he  received  for  his  Kiness  to  Said  Wood  forty-eight  ower's 
imprisonment,  twenty-four  of  which  was  without  being 
Alowed  anything  to  Eat  or  Drink.  The  pitch  was  con- 
demned for  the  County's  use  and  considerable  of  his  Estate 
taken  from  him  to  pay  Charges.  General  Sullivan  was  one 
of  the  Members  of  the  Continental  Congress  when  the 
Association  was  paid,  and  Undoubtedly  he  took  a  ]iroper 


210  DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTKY. 

Method  with  Goldwaith,  for  his  traidiiig  for  Wood.  I  hope 
the  Committee  of  Iiispcction  for  Newcastle,  if  they  should 
find  any  Goldwaiths  in  Xo\\  castle,  Endeavoring  to  Suppl}' 
Wood  with  Sugers  or  traid  with  him,  in  Any  Other  Respect, 
that  they  will  inflict  as  just  a  ])unishment  on  the  Man,  and 
Take  as  Good  Care  of  the  Goods,  as  ower  Friends  at  Ports- 
mouth did." 

"  When  the  Resolve  of  the  General  Court  Came  Down  that 
Confirmed  the  Committee  of  Inspector's  doings,  in  pub- 
lishing Said  Wood  A  Violator  of  the  Association  and  an 
Enemy  to  American  Liberty,  the  people  here,  in  General, 
in  Stead  of  Breaking  of  Traid  with  him,  Seame  more  Dis- 
posed than  Ever  to  support  him  in  his  Traid,  The  priest 
Spends  Considerable  part  of  his  time  in  advising  people  to 
traid  with  him.  But  at  present,  he  has  Nothing  to  traid 
on,  I  trust  there  is  Virtue  Anoff  in  Newcastle,  to  prevent 
his  having  any  further  Supply  from  or  throw  Newcastle, 
which  is  the  Duty  of  Every  town  and  place  that  regards 
the  American  Association,  which  is  the  Grand  Criterion  of 
Every  Friend  to  American  Liberty." 

The  Tories  were  the  enemies  of  the  country.  Then,  there 
were  foes  Avithout  and  foes  within,  and  the  foes  within  were 
worse  than  the  foes  without.  Congress  was  awake  to  them 
and  so  were  the  people.  They  could  not  be  trusted,  for 
their  acts  of  cruelty  were  frequent  and  enormous,  and  at 
every  opportunity,  they  would  betray  American  interests 
into  British  hands.  Numbers  of  them  fled  the  country, 
and  either  settled  abroad,  or  else  returned  in  disgrace, 
when  the  war  was  over.  There  was  a  hn'al  man  by  the 
name  of  Soule  who  lived  at  Broad  Cove,  that  had  incurred 
the  hatred  of  the  Tories,  and  they  w-ere  determined  on 
I'evenge.  He  was  an  early  riser,  and  one  morning  going 
out  before  it  was  fairly  light  to  feed  his  cattle,  he  was 
seized  by  those  desperate  men  who  pinioned  his  arms 
l)ehind  hira,  to  take  him  away.  He  begged  permission  to 
go  into  his  house    and    bid   his  family  adieu,  which  was 


DANGERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY.  211 

granted.  On  going  into  the  room  where  was  his  wife 
with  her  babe  in  bed,  he  went  backwards  to  a  table,  took 
up  a  knife  and  carried  it  to  her  that  she  might  cut  the 
cords  that  bound  his  hands.  He  wished  to  seize  one  of 
the  four  guns  which  he  always  kept  standing  loaded  by  his 
bedside,  in  order  to  defend  himself ;  but,  just  as  she  was 
in  the  act  of  cutting  the  cord,  the  rebels  seeing  what  was 
going  on,  aimed  their  guns  at  him,  shot  him  dead,  and  split 
in  two  the  thumb  of  the  right  hand  of  his  wife.  They  then 
made  off,  and  left  the  house  tilled  with  sadness,  mourning 
and  woe. 

1777.  At  the  Annual  meeting,  five  individuals,  James 
Carr,  Jacob  Greely,  James  Cargill,  John  Farley  and  William 
Nickels,  were  elected  a  Committee  of  "  Safety,  Correspond- 
ence and  Inspection.  " 

On  the  17tli  of  January,  the  Selectmen,  Samuel  Waters 
and  David  Hopkins,  ordered  Benjamin  Day  and  family  to 
"  depart "  out  of  town  before  the  20th,  lest  they  become  a 
town  charge.  If  this  was  not  gospel,  it  was  both  law  and 
the  custom  of  the  times. 

December  22.  Agreeable  to  the  recommendation  of 
General  Court  the  town  voted  £30  for  the  benefit  of  the 
soldiers'  families,  and  the  Selectmen  were  appointed  a 
committee  for  that  purpose. 

1778,  March  16.  Selectmen  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
provide  for  the  soldier's  families.  James  Cargill,  Jacob  Greely 
and  Henry  Little  were  chosen  a  committee  of  Inspection, 
Correspondence  and  Safety. 

One  seventh  part  of  the  male  population,  were  in  the 
Continental  army.  Town  on  May  28th,  voted  to  supply 
their  clothing.  The  assessment  was  made  by  a  rate.  The 
people  manufactured  and  made  the  articles.  £50  were  also 
raised  for  the  support  of  the  soldiers'  wives  who  belonged 
in  town.  The  plan  of  government  for  Massachusetts  Bay 
which  the  General  Court  had  framed,  not  being  acceptable 
to  the  people,  was  not  adopted. 


212  DANGERS   OF   THE   COUNTliY. 

The  stand  taken  by  the  town  in  favor  of  the  war,  Hberty 
and  the  country,  was  patriotic,  noble  and  prompt.  New- 
castle made  out  for  the  army,  more  than  her  quota  of 
soldiers,  and  was  ever  ready  to  furnish  supplies.  If  she 
ever  failed,  it  was  not  because  of  her  unwillingness  but  of 
her  inability. 

July  the  2d  of  this  year,  the  town  agreed  to  hire  X127, 
16s,  to  pay  three  soldiers  that  went  into  the  Continental 
army,  their  bounty  and  mileage,  and  they  ordered  that  the 
sum  be  immediately  assessed  and  collected. 

Congress  this  year,  divided  the  State  of  Massachusetts  into 
three  districts,  the  Southern,  Middle  and  Northern.  This 
last  embraced  the  three  Counties  of  York,  Cumberland  and 
Lincoln  which  acquired  the  distinctive  appellation  District 
of  Maine. 

This  appellation  was  retained,  till  the  District  was 
erected  into  an  independent  State. 

The  number  of  persons  in  town,  Avho,  this  year,  were 
assessed  to  pay  a  State  tax,  was  seventy.  Benjamin 
Woodbridge  was  Constable  and  Collector.  He  was  also 
appointed  to  collect  the  State  tax  of  forty-two  persons 
living  in  "  Adjacent  "  places. 

1778,  April  29.     A  committee  was  raised  "  to  lay  out " 
la  Bridle  road  from  Ezekiel  Laiten's  to  Samuel  Waters,'  on 
Dyer's  Neck.     Accepted  March  14,1780. 

During  the  Revolutionar}'  war,  a  ship  and  a  brig  were 
loading,  one  with  masts  and  the  other  with  lumber,  at 
Wiscasset,  destined  for  France.  Sir  George  Collyer,  in 
the  British  Sloop  of  war  Rainbow,  came  up  the  river, 
seized  them,  and  laid  the  inhabitants  under  contribution 
for  supplies.  The  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  demanded 
their  release  and  the  departure  of  the  vessel.  This  was 
refused.  SeA^eral  notes  passed  between  them.  Finally,  the 
Colonel  told  the  British  Commander,  if  he  did  not  release 
the  vessels  and  leave  the  harbor  within  a  specified  time,  he 
would  station  his  Regiment  at  Daggett's  Castle,  a  high  bluff 


DANGEHS   OF   THE   COUNTIJY.  213 

about  four  miles  below  Wiscasset,  and  with  his  eaiinou 
blow  him  to  atoms  as  he  descended  the  river.  The 
doughty  Captain,  deeming  iliscretion  the  better  |)art  of 
valor,  took  the  hint  and  left. 

After  his  departure,  the  two  vessels  sailed  for  France 
where  their  cargoes  sold  at  enormous  prices,  and  they  took 
their. pay  in  guns  and  other  material  of  Avar.  They  arrived 
home  in  safety,  where  both  they  and  their  cargoes  were 
cordiall}'  welcomed.     They  were  profitable  voyages. 

At  one  time,  Colonel  Jones*  went  to  Boston  on  horse- 
back, and  returned  with  his  saddle  bags  full  of  powder. 

1779,  January  6.  Town  voted  to  raise  £50  for  the  soldiers" 
families.  April  27,  a  letter  was  received  from  the  town  of 
Bristol  in  which  they  propose  to  Join  with  Newcastle, 
Edgcomb  and  Boothbay,  in  sending  a  Bepresentative  to 
the  General  Court.  The  plan  proposed  Avas,  that  eacli 
town  should  choose  a  committee  of  three,  making  twelve 
in  all,  and  that  they  should  meet  at  Pemaquid,  and  choose 
one  man  for  the  four  towns,  to  represent  them  in  General 
Court.  But  Newcastle  refused  to  concur.  And  on  the  18th 
of  August  the  town  refused  to  give  its  consent  to  have  the 
Constitution  of  State  Government  altered,  and  to  send  a 
Representative. 

A  County  convention  Avas  called  to  meet  at  Wiscasset 
November  3,  to  consult  on  matters  relating  to  the  County. 
Major  -John  Farley  Avas  chosen  Delegate,  and  the  town 
agreed  to  pay  their  proportion  of  the  expense  incurred 
thereby.  £200  was  voted  for  the  benetit  of  the  soldiers' 
families.  A  committee  w^as  authorized  to  alter  the  road 
on  James  GiA-en's  land.  Committee  of  Correspondence^ 
Inspection  and  Safety,  were  James  Cargill,  Benjamin 
Woodbridge,  Amos  Parsons,  David  Haynes  and  James 
Little.  A  road  Avas  ordered  to  be  laid  out  from  Ilobert  ^ 
Cochran's  to  Edgcomb  line.     Accepted  March  13,  1781. 


*  William  .Tones,  his  cfraudsou. 


■214  DANGERS   OF   THE   COUNTRY. 

Soon  after,  Majorbiguycluce  was  occupied  by  the  British^ 
1775).  Colonel  Cargill  was  ordered  there  with  a  body  of 
men.  He  went,  and  burnt  the  Blockhouse  and  Cartilage, 
and  afterwards,  by  order  of  Government,  he  again  ap])eared 
at  the  head  of  a  party,  and  labored  indefatigalVly,  till 
almost  exhausted  with  toil  and  hunger,  in  tilling  the 
ditches  and  leveling  the  breastworks.  Yet  some  of  the 
eavities  are  now  to  be  seen. 

1780.  At  the  March  meeting,  James  Cargill,  Henry 
Little,  John  Chase,  John  Farley,  and  James  Woodbridge 
were  chosen  a  committee  of  Inspection,  Correspondence 
and  Safety.  September  1,  1779,  the  Convention  chosen  by 
towns  to  form  "  A  Plan  of  Government  for  the  State,"  met 
at  Cambridge  and  after  a  protracted  and  laborious  season, 
finished  their  labors,  the  Constitution  was  submitted  to  the 
people  for  their  adoption  or  rejection.  On  the  9th  day  of 
May,  the  people  of  Newcastle  w-ere  brought  to  a  vote 
upon  it ;  and  of  twenty-seven  voters  in  the  House,  twenty- 
five  voted  in  favor  of  it.  The  Constitution  was  adopted 
b}'  the  State. 

A  second  County  Convention  was  held  at  the  house  of 
Mr.  "Witcher  in  Wiscasset  on  the  20th  of  June,  to  consult 
on  matters  relating  to  the  County.  David  Murray  was 
Delegate. 

This  year,  for  the  first  time,  the  people  of  the  State  were 
called  upon  to  choose  State  officers,  under  the  new  consti- 
tution. In  Newcastle,  John  Hancock  had  twenty-one  votes 
for  Governor,  James  Bowdoin  two  votes  for  Governor  ; 
James  Bowdoin  had  thirteen  votes  for  Lieutenant  Gover- 
nor;  William  Lithgow  of  Georgetown  had  twenty-one 
votes  for  Senator,  which  was  ail  that  the  County  of  Lincoln 
was  entitled  to.  It  was  the  work  of  fieemen,  and  a  new 
chapter  in  the  history  of  the  State. 

On  the  6th  of  November,  the  town  agreed  to  give  David 
Murray  thirty-two  shillings  and  sixpence  per  pound  for 
three  thousand,  four  hundred  and  eighty  "weight"  of  beef 


DANGERS   OP   THE   COUNTllY.  215 

■which  he  agrees  to  dehvcr  to  the  x\geut  of  tlie  Couiitv 
appointed  bj  the  General  Court,  to  receive  the  same. 
The  money  was  to  be  asse>!sed  on  Newcastle  ami  its 
^'adjacents,"  in  the  speediest  time  possible. 

1781,  Feb.  1.  Another  demand  being  made  for  beef, 
accordii)g  to  a  resolve  passed  by  the  General  Court  in 
November  last,  the  town  voted  not  to  compl}-,  at  present ; 
but  chose  two  delegates  to  meet  in  County  Convention  at 
the  house  of  Ebeuezer  Witcher  in  Wiscasset,  on  the  14th 
of  February  inst.,  to  take  such  measures  as  shall  api^ear 
to  them  most  for  the  benefit  of  the  County,  in  these  "dis- 
tressing circumstances."  Jonathan  Jones,  Wm.  Nickels, 
Hugh  Holmes,  Robert  Simpson  appointed  Committee  of 
of  Inspection,  Correspondence  and  Safety.  May  18.  The 
town  voted  not  to  raise  any  men  for  the  Continental  army, 
but  agreed  to  petition  tlie  General  Court,  to  be  relieved  of 
that  burden.  The  Selectmen  were  to  petition  in  behalf  of 
the  town.  Oct.  3.  The  town,  considering  their  circum- 
stances, in  having  their  communication  cut  off,  in  a  great 
measure,  bj'  sea,  and  consequently  their  trade,  voted  not  to 
assess  au}'  State  tax  at  present,  "in  hope  that  the  General 
Court,  when  they  dul}'  consider  the  matter,  will  not  exact 
it  of  us."  The  "adjacents"  were  invited  to  send,  each  a 
man,  to  assist  the  Assessors  of  Newcastle,  in  making  out 
the  State  and  County  taxes  for  this  year. 

In  every  tax  of  =£1,000  upon  the  whole  State,  the  Dis- 
trict of  Maine  paid  X92,  2s.,  Id.  Beef  tax  on  Maine,  was 
286,120  lbs.  Shoe  and  hose  tax  on  Maine,  in  1780,  was 
l.OK)  pairs;  York  furnished  60;  Falmouth  72;  Powiial- 
boro  86  pairs  ;  and  other  towns  in  proportion.  Thomas 
Gushing  had  8  votes  for  Lieut.  Gov.  Wm.  Lithgow  had  5 
and  Thomas  Rice  8  votes  for  Senator.  These  were  all  the 
voters  present  at  that  meeting. 

1782,  A  new  demand  is  made,  both  for  men  and  means. 
The  town  ordered  the  Selectmen  to  send  up  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court  a  list  of  the  soldiers  who    have  already  gone 


21()  DANGEKS   OF   Til]!:   COUNTllY. 

from  Newcastle  and  were  in  the  Continental  army,  and 
which  would  amouDt  to  more  than  the  present  quota. 
And  considering  their  distressing  circiimstances,  "they 
thought  it  out  of  their  power  to  pay  Continental  taxes.'" 

1783.  Tin;  committee  of  Correspondence  and  Safety  is 
dis})ensed  with.  May  8.  The  town  voted  not  to  assess 
any  State  or  Continental  tax  which  came  to  this  town 
before  peace  Avas  proclaimed,  and  to  iudenniify  the  Select- 
men for  any  loss  or  inconvenience  occasioned  to  them 
thereby.  The  town  had  got  up  a  little  bit  of  a  rebellion. 
Whereupon  in  November  they  were  surprised  by  an  Exe- 
cution taken  out  against  them,  l)y  Edmund  Bridge,  Esq., 
for  a  deficiency  to  the  State,  of  their  required  portion  of 
beef.     The  amount  of  the  Execution,  was  £251,  17s.,  4d. 

The  Execution  was  taken  out  the  15th  of  November  and 
would  expire  in  fifty  days.  This  forcible  appeal  brought 
the  town  to  terms.  A  town  Meeting  is  hurried  along ; 
and  the  case  is  just  as  plain  as  the  Warrant  calling  the 
meeting,  that  that  debt  must  be  paid.  A  vote  of  town 
meeting  would  not  delay  the  last  hour  of  grace,  no,  not 
a  single  moment.  Peace  had  come  and  so  had  their  deter- 
mination to  pay  that  debt.  The  nation  had  whipped  the 
English,  and  there  was  power  enough  left  to  bring  a  little 
town  in  Maine  to  terms.  Newcastle  had  done  well  in  the 
Revolution  ;  but  her  debts  to  her  country,  must  be  paid. 
They  were  paid — the  rebellion  was  quelled.  For,  on  the 
16th  of  December,  they  empower  -Jonathan  Jones  to  go 
and  see  Mr.  Bridge  on  account  of  said  Execution,  and  also 
consult  Jonathan  Bowman,  Judge  of  Probate,  to  know  if 
another  State  tax  must  be  assessed  immediately,  and  make 
return  of  his  doings  to  the  Selectmen.  Newcastle  is  her- 
self again.  Legal  suasion  has  its  uses,  in  this  unwilling 
world. 

The  State  and  Continental  taxes  had,  for  some  time, 
been  felt  to  be  a  burden,  by  this  and  the  neighboring 
towns  ;   and  on  the  28th  of  November,  John  Farley  was 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  217 

appointed  by  the  town  to  attend  a  Convention  of  Dele- 
gates from  neighboring  towns,  at  the  house  of  Ohver  Nash, 
Esq.,  at  Broad  Cove,  to  consult  and  take  such  measures, 
as  thej  may  judge  proper,  to  get  an  abatement  of  their 
taxes.  One  of  the  objects  of  this  meeting  appears  to 
have  been,  to  make  a  representation  of  the  whole  matter 
to  the  General  Court,  and  have  them  take  some  action 
upon  the  matter. 


CHAPTER    XXX. 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

In  1783,  the  year  after  the  Revolution,  there  were  in 
town,  as  per  valuation,  28  families,  consisting  of  114  per- 
sons. They  were  distributed  in  families,  as  follows : 
Widow  Sarah  Cunningham,  5  ;  Thomas  McNearo;  Hugh 
Holmes,  4 ;  Widow  Mary  Kennedy,  2  ;  Col.  James  Cargill, 
7  ;  Samuel  McLelland,  1  ;  Widow  Mary  Hodge,  2  ;  William 
Kennedy,  9  ;  Henry  Kennedy  —  ;  Robert  Cochran,  5  ; 
Nancy  Hopkins,  1 ;  Peter  Patterson,  5  ;  David  Cargill,  5  ; 
David  Somes,  9;  John  Cochran,  2;  Adam  Coclii'an,  3; 
James  Brewer,  3  ;  Allan  Malcolm,  5  ;  Samuel  Kennedy,  1  ; 
Elias  Perkins,  2  ;  William  Kennedy,  1  ;  Samuel  Kennedy, 
4 ;  John  Cunningham,  6  ;  Benjamin  Cheney,  5  ;  Capt. 
Samuel  Nickels,  12  ;  David  Linscott,  3  ;  Alexander  Dun- 
can, 3  ;  Benjamin  Woodl)ri(lge,  4.  The  number  of  rate- 
able polls  that  year  was  32  ;  polls  not  rateable,  3.  Dwell- 
ing houses,  15  ;  Barns,  15  ;  Mills,  none  ;  Buildings  worth 
£5  and  upwards,  none  ;  Acres  of  tillage  land  53 .\  ;  Acres  of 
English  mowing    land,  141  ;  Acres  of   fish    meadows,  16 ; 


218  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

Acres  of  salt  marsh,  169 ;  Acres  of  pasturage,  121  ;  Acres 
of  woodland,  704 ;  Acres  of  unimproved  land,  2,113 ; 
Acres  of  land  unimprovable,  580  ;  vessels  two,  9.y  tons 
each  ;  Stock  in  trade,  none  ;  Horses  and  mares  13  ;  Colts 
two  years  old,  1  ;  Colts  one  year  old,  4  ;  Oxen,  40  ;  three 
years  old,  21  ;  two  years  old,  32  ;  one  year  old,  47 ;  Cows, 
75  ;  Sheep  six  months  old,  153  ;  Swine,  six  months  old 
and  upwards,  49  ;  Ounces  of  plate,  none  ;  Debts  due 
X149  ;  Money  on  hand,  £9,  10s.  There  .were  also  on  the 
Eastern  side  of  the  town  six  colored  people  and  some  on 
the  Western. 

It  is  to  be  remembered  that  when  this  valuation  was 
taken,  the  country  was  just  emerging  from  a  long  and  per- 
ilous wir  with  the  most  mighty  nation  on  earth,  and  that, 
of  consequence,  the  inhabitants,  especially  in  these  East- 
ern parts,  were  few  and  comparatively  poor.  War  is  the 
great  destroyer ! 

Jonathan  Jones  is  chosen  the  first  Representative  to  the 
General  Court,  under  the  new  Constitution. 

1784.  The  General  Court  took  action  on  the  prayer  of 
the  petitioners.  And  on  the  1st  of  September,  the  to\vn 
were  together,  and  appointed  a  committee  to  meet  a  com- 
mittee of  the  General  Court,  and  to  provide  entertainment 
for  them  while  they  were  in  town.  It  is  believed  that  they 
were  not  successful ;  or  if  so,  only  in  part ;  for  in  1786, 
the}^  vote  to  make  their  arrearage  tax  by  last  year's 
valuation. 

This  year  an  unsuccessful  attempt  was  made  to  sell  a  lot 
of  land  which  the  town  obtained  of  Jonathan  Fish,  that 
lay  at  the  Head  of  Damariscotta  Pond, 

1785.  Benj.  Eackley  agrees  witli  the  town  to  keep  Mrs. 
Cooper  one  year  from  the  2d  of  Ma}^  at  the  rate  of  4s.,  9d. 
per  week. 

The  State  tax  for  this  year,  was  £166,  17s,  2.\d.,  and 
was  assessed  on  69  individuals. 

The  General  Court  emplo3'ed  a  Public  Religious  Teacher, 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  219 

for  one  half  of  the  year,  to  labor  in  the  destitute  Towns 
and  Plantations. 

Tliis  year,  Jan.  1,  was  distinguished  by  the  issuing  of 
the  first  number  of  the  "Falmouth  Gazette,"  Thomas  B. 
Wait,  Editor.  It  was  the  first  newspaper  printed  in  the 
State. 

At  the  "Call"  issued  in  this  paper,  the  Convention  of  'd'6 
Delegates  met  October  5,  at  Falmouth  in  Tlev.  Messrs. 
Smith  and  Deane's  Meeting  house,  for  the  purpose  of  tak- 
ing into  consideration,  the  condition  of  the  three  Counties 
of  Maine, — York,  Cumberland  and  Lincoln,  and  whether 
it  would  be  for  their  benefit  to  have  a  separate  State  Gov- 
ernment. They  send  out  circulars  to  the  towns  in  the 
District,  calling  a  meeting  for  the  same  purpose,  to  be 
held  the  first  Wednesday  in  January,  1786,  at  the  same 
place  as  the  first,  at  10  A.  M.  The  town  voted  a  compli- 
ance ;  and  Samuel  Nickels  was  appointed  a  Delegate. 
His  instructions  were  :  1,  To  vote  for  a  separate  State 
Government ;  2,  If  the  Convention  should  conclude  vot  to 
separate,  then  he  must  leave  and  return  home ;  3,  If  the 
Convention  should  deem  a  separation  expedient,  and 
inaugurate  measures  to  that  end,  then  he  must  use  "his 
own  discretion  with  his  brethren,"  as  to  the  manner  in 
which  the  thing  should  be  effected. 

1786.  The  Convention  deliberate  upon  the  matters 
before  them,  and  without  coming  to  any  definite  conclu- 
sion, adjourn  to  the  following  Sept.  5.  Samuel  Nickels 
was  Delegate, 

At  the  Siime  meeting.  May  9,  the  town  voted  to  petition 
the  General  Court,  to  establish  the  Superior  Court  at  AYis- 
casset.  Falmouth  is,  at  this  time,  divided,  and  Portland 
incorporated.  This  was  July  4,  just  ten  years  after  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  They  also  ask  that  the 
Court  of  Common  pleas  shall  hold  its  Sessions  at  Wiscas- 
set ;  and  they  petition  the  Court  of  Sessions  to  have  the 
Jail  built,  at  the  same  place.  Their  prayers  and  those  of 
the  other  petitioners,  were  answered. 


'•^20  TOWN   CENSUS   AND   VALUATION. 

March  16.  Jonathan  Jones,  John  Given  and  Benj. 
"Woodbriilge  were  appointed  a  Coniuiittee,  to  laj  out  a 
road  from  Jonathan  Jones'  residence  to  John  Given's ; — 
Damariscotta  Pond  to  Woodbridge  neighborhood.  This 
road  was  the  subject  of  contention  for  a  long  time  ;  and  at 
hist  it  was  settled  by  the  gift  of  the  land  to  the  town,  over 
which  it  ran,  by  Jones  and  Given.  It  was  accepted  by  the 
town  April  7,  1788. 

The  town  also  voted  a  road  from  Damariscotta  P<md  to 
Salt  water,  and  a  landing  place.  Laid  out  and  accepted 
April  6,  1789. 

A  committee  was  also  raised  to  lay  out  a  road  from 
Ebenezer  Clarke's  across  "Wading  Place"  to  the  County 
road.     Accepted  April  6,  1789. 

1787,  Feb.  11.  Vessel  cast  away  at  Bangs'  Island. 
Capt.  Chase  and  his  apprentice  drowned.*  She  was  a 
sloop  of  ninety  tons,  bound  from  Sheepscot  to  Newbury. 
The  two  drowned  were  Capt.  Moses  Chase  and  John  Deane. 
Three  of  the  crew  were  saved.  The  loss  was  attributed  to 
the  want  of  a  lighthouse  at  the  mouth  of  the  harbor,  none 
having  been  ei'ected  there.  Immediate  measures  were 
taken  to  secure  that  object. 

1787.  In  the  latter  part  of  this  ^ear,  a  Circular  was 
sent  into  the  town,  requesting  the  minds  of  the  inhabitants,' 
respecting  a  separate  State  Government,  and  a  AVarrant 
was  issued  calling  a  town  meeting ;  but  the  voters  failed  to 
meet,  and  no  action  was  taken.  The  feeling  in  favor  of  the 
measure,  was  evidently  declining,  and  the  work  of  creating 
another  State,  was  reserved  for  the  succeeding  Century. 

On  the  5th  of  November,  the  town  was  asked  to  express 
their  minds  on  the  United  States  Constitution  whicli  was 
done  in  Convention  September,  1787.  They  voted  "  not  to 
accept  the  Constitution  as  it  now  stands."  They  chose 
David  Murray   a  delegate    to    the   State   Convention,    at 


*  Deaue's  Journal,  p.  359. 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  221 

Boston,  which  was  to  be  held  the  second  Wednesday  in  Janu- 
ary 1787,  to  represent  the  minds  of  the  people  there,  i.pon 
the  question.  The  instructions,  given  him,  as  drawn  up 
by  James  Cargill,  Benjamin  Woodbridge  and  Samuel 
Kennedy,  the  town's  committee  for  that  purpose,  were, 
^'  That  he  join  said  Convention  and  give  his  vote  against 
Said  Constitution,  as  it  now  stands,  and  if  his  brethren 
in  Convention  assembled,  should  think  it  proper  to  write 
to  Congress  the  objections  they  have  against  said  Constitu- 
tion, to  act  his  own  judgment  for  this  town's  ol)jections." 
A  majority  of  19  of  the  towns  in  the  State,  were  in  favor 
of  the  new  Constitution.  The  vote  stood  187  for,  and  lfi8 
against  it, 

1788.  There  were  54  votes  thrown  April  7,  for  Captain 
Henry  Hodge,  for  County  Treasurer,  and  none  for  any 
other  person.  An  unsuccessful  attempt  was  made  this 
year,  to  add  two  and  one-half  miles  to  the  North  side  of 
this  town.  December  18,  the  town  was  called  to  the 
responsible  duty,  for  the  tirst  time,  of  electing  a  President 
and  Vice  President  of  these  United  States,  and  Represen- 
tative to  Congress,  under  the  New  Constitution.  For 
Electors  the  Hon.  Samuel  Thompson  had  43  votes  ;  and 
William  Widgery  had  42  votes.  Hon.  George  Thatcher 
received  61  votes  for  Representative  and  was  elected. 

1789.  The  petition  is  again  renewed  to  have  Wiscasset 
made  a  shire  town  for  the  County.  In  1799  the  Legisla- 
ture passed  the  act  for  this  purpose.  1790,  assistance  being 
asked  for  the  support  of  old  Mr.  Robert  Hodge,  the  town 
agrees  with  Mr.  Jacol)  Rowell  to  "  keep  him  comfortable, 
with  meat,  drink,  washing  and  lodging,"  for  one  year,  from 
date.  May  4,  for  5s  per  week  ;  and  that  he  will  take  his  cow 
at  £3,  in  part  pay  for  his  keeping.  Voted  to  appraise  all 
his  articles  of  furniture  except  bed  and  bedding,  and  deliver 
them  to  said  Rowell,  taking  proper  security  to  have  them 
delivered  at  the  end  of  the'  year  in  as  good  order,  as  when 
he  received  them.     1790,  the  votes  for  a  Federal  Repre- 


'222  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

sentative  were,  for  William  Litbgow,  57 ;  for  George 
Thatcher,  14.  The  town  was  indicted  by  the  Grand  Jury 
and  summoned  to  answer  to  the  Court  of  Sessions,  to  be 
held  at  Waldoboro'  September  13,  for  not  being  provided 
with  a  town  school.  Samuel  Nickels  was  the  Agent  for 
the  town.  The  prosecution  appears  to  have  had  a  salutary 
influence  ;  for  at  the  meeting  in  September,  when  they  chose 
an  Agent  to  defend  and  settle  the  action,  thirty  pounds 
were  raised  for  the  support  of  a  school.  And  this  was 
followed  by  appropriations  in  every  subsequent  year,  for 
that  object. 

The  following  note  will  be  considered  strictly  private 
according  to  the  Author's  wishes,  and  is  not  to  be  spoken 
of  to  any  one.  1  know  not  to  whom  it  was  addressed, 
whether  Clergyman  or  Justice  ;  that  part  of  the  paper 
being  gone  to  whom  it  was  written  ;  but  it  is  presumed,  as 
in  all  similar  cases,  he  was  prompt  to  the  time  and  place, 
and  that  he  was  faithful  to  keep  the  secret. 

"  PowNALBORo',  Oct.  23,  1790. 

"  Sir  : — I  should  be  happy  to  wait  upon  you  to-mon'ow 
morning  at  your  house,  to  solemnize  a  marriage  &c.  I 
wish  you  the  marriage  to  be  kept  a  secret  at  present  ;  please 
to  let  no  one  know  your  business,  and  you  will  greatly 
oblige  your  Humble  Servant, 

(Signed)  Thomas  Fairseevice.  " 

N.  B.  It  is  very  important  that  marriages  should  be 
kept  secret,  sometimes. 

May  4,  the  town  accepted  of  a  road  previously  laid  out, 
from  the  Sheepscot  and  Damariscotta  road  by  Alexander 
Nickels  and  John  Nickels  to  David  Soames'  or  Freshwater 
Cove.  This  is  the  road  that  runs  down  from  Wright's  tan- 
yard  to  the  Soames  neighborhood. 

1792,  April  2.  Road  shut  up  that  leads  from  County 
road,  near  William  Kennedy's  through  Cargill's  land  to 
salt  Avater  ;  the  town  reserving  the  right  of  opening  it  again, 
l)y  giving  two  month's  previous  notice. 

November  2,  voted  to  open  a  road  from  David  Soames' 
to  Job  Day's.     Accepted  April  1,  1793. 


TOWN    CENSUS    AND    VALUATION.  '22M 

1793,  September  12.  The  town  ruised  a  coininitteo  of 
three,  James  Little,  John  Catland  and  Christopher  Hopkins, 
to  superintend  the  building  of  one  half  of  the  bridge  over 
"  Damariscotta  Mills  Stream."  The}'  may  let  out  the  work 
by  the  job  ;  but  it  must  be  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner, 
and  be  finished  with  rails  on  each  side.  The  work,  how- 
ever, appears  not  to  have  been  done,  at  that  time  ;  for  the 
town  was  complained  of  the  next  year  for  the  bad  condi- 
tion of  the  bridge  and  were  cited  to  appear,  to  answer  to 
the  complaint  before  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  to  be 
holden  at  Hallo  well,  in  and  for  the  County  of  Lincoln,  at 
the  July  term.  At  the  same  time  the  bridge,  over  Nickels' 
Mill  Stream,  was  complained  of  because  it  had  no  railing. 
Moses  Carleton  was  chosen  Agent  for  the  town.  The 
result  was,  the  town  paid  the  cost  of  Court,  and  put  the 
bridges  in  passable  repair. 

On  the  22d  of  June  of  this  year,  1793,  the  following  "  Act 
for  incorporating  certain  persons,  for  the  purpose  of  build- 
ing a  bridge  over  Sheepscot  River,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln, 
and  for  supporting  the  same,"  was  passed  by  the  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts. 

"  Whereas,  the  erecting  a  bridge  over  Sheepscot  River, 
above  the  Falls,  at  Averill's  Ferry,  between  the  towns  of 
Pownalboro'  and  Newcastle  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  will 
be  of  great  public  convenience  ;  and  whereas  David  Silves- 
ter, Esq.,  and  others  have  presented  a  petition  to  this 
Court,  praying  that  they,  and  such  as  may  associate  with 
them,  may  be  incorporated,  for  the  purpose  of  building  the 
same,  with  power  to  collect  reasonable  tolls  for  their  com- 
pensation : 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  therefore  enacted  by  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives,  in  General  Court  Asseml)led, 
and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  that  the  said  David 
Silvester,  John  Page  and  Timothy  Parsons,  with  such  other 
person,  as  may  hereafter  associate  with  them,  for  that  pur- 
pose, be  and  they  hereby  are  made  a  Corporation  and  Body 


224  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

Politic,  for  the  jiurpose  aforesaid,  by  the  name  of  The  Pro- 
prietors of  Sheepscot  Eiver  Bridge,  and  by  that  name  may 
sue  and  be  sued  to  tinal  judgment  and  execution,  and  do  and 
suiifer  all  matters,  acts  and  things  which  bodys  politic  may  or 
ought  to  do  or  suiFer  ;  and  the  said  Corporation,  shall,  and 
may  have  and  use,  a  common  seal,  and  the  same  may  break 
and  alter  at  pleasure. 

Sec.  2,  Provides  for  the  calling  of  a  meeting  of  the 
Proprietors  for  the  purpose  of  organization,  choosing  a 
clerk,  &c.,  «tc. 

Sec.  3.  Provides  for  the  building  of  a  draw  and  wharf, 
and  that  the  Avharf  shall  be  used  b}',  and  the  draw  opened 
for  the  use  of  vessels,  whenever  they  shall  wish  to  pass  it, 
"  during  daylight  of  each  day,"  without  expense  to  the 
owners  of  such  vessels. 

Sec.  4.  Provides  for  the  rate  of  toll,  and  the  said  toll 
shall  commence  on  the  day  of  the  first  opening  of  the  said 
bridge  for  passengers,  and  shall  continue  for  the  term  of 
sevent}-  years  from  said  day. 

Sec.  5.  Provides  "That  the  said  bridge  shall  be  well  built 
with  suitable  materials  at  least  twenty-fofir  feet  wide,  and 
well  covered  with  planks,  with  sufficient  rails  on  each  side, 
and  boarded  up  eighteen  inches  high  from  the  floor  of  said 
bridge,  for  the  safetj^  of  passengers  traveling  thereon  ;  and 
the  same  shall  be  kept  in  good,  safe  and  passable  repair  at 
all  times  ;  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  granted 
to  the  Proprietors  of  in  such  bridge^  the  same  bridge  shall 
be  delivered  up  to  the  Commonwealth,  in  good  and  passa- 
ble repair," 

1794.  The  following  taiift'  for  highway  work,  was 
established  by  the  town,  at  their  March  meeting,  viz  :  4s. 
per  day  for  a  man  ;  2s.  for  a  yoke  of  oxen.  Is.  6d,  for  a 
rart ;  8s.  for  a  plough. 

The  town  Avas  petitioned,  and  granted  leave,  to  build  a 
bridge  over  Damariscotta  Piver  at  the  Lower  Falls,  as  the 
General  Court  "  shall  think  tit  to  direct,  "     The  town  voted 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  225 

that  the  pall  cloth  be  kept  at  David  Murray's,  and  that  it 
may  be  lent  to  any  person  "  freely  without  cost. "  John 
Farley  was  appointed  Agent  for  the  town  to  provide  a 
standard  for  weights  and  measures.  He  is  also  appointed 
Agent,  to  sell  the  land  at  the  head  of  Damariscotta  Pond, 
and  to  give  a  quit  claim  deed  for  the  same.  The  town  is 
prosecuted  for  not  having  the  gospel  statedly  preached 
among  them,  A  nd  Nathaniel  Bryant  is  chosen  to  defend 
the  action.  Rev.  Mr.  Williams  was  shortly  after  invited  to 
preach  among  them,  on  probation,  for  settlement.  James 
Brown  brings  an  action  against  the  towm,  for  not  supporting 
his  mother,  a  pauper.  The  damage  is  laid  at  £136  "  odd.  " 
Jonathan  Jones  was  appointed  Agent  to  attend  to  the  case. 
In  the  mean  time,  the  town  agreed  to  give  James  Brown 
£7,  10s.  for  keeping  his  mother,  Jane  Brown,  one  jeixr 
from  date,  October  6.  The  stipulation  was,  that  he  should 
keep  her  "comfortable  with  meat,  drink,  washing  and  lodg- 
ing." On  the  next  3"ear,  April  4,  the  town  agrees  to  give 
James  Brown  $25.00,  together  with  the  use  of  his  mother's 
third  of  the  farm,  for  keeping  Jane  Brown  one  year  from 
that  time.  An  effort  was  made  to  send  a  Delegate  to  the 
Convention  at  Portland  to  take  into  consideration  the  mat- 
ter of  separation  from  Massachusetts  ;  but  the  town  refused 
to  do  anything  about  it.  Jonathan  Jones  was  authorized 
as  Agent,  to  sell  the  town  Landing  where  Abel  Cressy  lives, 
and  the  road  leading  to  it,  at  private  sale.  A  vote  was 
passed  October  6,  that  the  Selectmen  be  empowered  to  get 
the  town  surveyed  and  planned  according  to  a  resolve  of 
the  General  Court.  In  choosing  a  Federal  Eepresentative, 
Hon.  Henry  Dearborn  had  53,  and  Jonathan  Bowman  had 
18  votes. 

June  25,  Pownalboro'  is  made  to  disappear  from  the 
Records,  and  from  the  map  of  the  District.  Formerly  it 
embraced  three  Parishes,  the  North,  the  South  and  the  "West. 
In  1802  the  South  Parish,  or  Precinct,  was  incorporated  as 
the  town  of  Wiscasset,  and  in  1794,  June  25,  the  West  is 


226  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

incorporated  as  the  town  of  Dresden,  and  the  North  as  the 
town  of  New  Milford.  In  the  West  Parish  was  a  Court 
House  and  a  Meeting  house.  Prior  to  the  Ilevohi- 
tion,  Rev.  Jacob  Bailey  an  Episcopalian  and  a  rank 
Tory,  who  hated  the  Piepublicans  as  bad  as  he  did  the 
Pilgrims,  was  settled  here  and  received  a  part  of  his 
pay  from  the  Plymouth  Proprietors.  His  politics  pre- 
vented his  sta;f  there,  during  the  war.  The  Episcopa- 
lians, at  that  period,  favored  the  cause  of  the  King.  A 
prejudice  was  raised  against  them,  on  this  account,  and 
this  is  the  reason  why  their  growth  was  so  slow  in  the 
District  and  State  of  Maine,  for  two-thirds  of  a  century' 
afterwards.*  The  Parish  afterwards  became  Congrega- 
tional under  the  labors  of  Rev.  Freeman  Parker,  who  was 
settled  here  in  1797.  " 

New  Milford  the  third  Parish  of  Pownalboro'  was  incor- 
porated the  same  time  as  Dresden.  This  town  embraced  a 
small  portion  of  the  old  Sheepscot  settlement.  Several 
families  were  scattered  up  and  down  where  Charles 
Leighton,  Charles  Fairservice,  Eben  Averill  and  Francis 
Fairservice  now  reside  ;  and  when  in  the  next  century 
Newcastle  began  to  be  settled,  population  extended  itself 
over  into  x4!lna,  and  came  up  from  Wiscasset,  so  that,  previ- 
ous to  the  Revolution,  an  active,  thriving  community  was 
found  about  the  bend  of  the  river,  and  at  the  Head  of  the 
Tide.  Roads  began  to  be  cut  in  diifereiit  directions  ;  clear- 
ings were  made  ;  Nelson's  Mills  were  built ;  a  fertile  country 
was  found  there  ;  and,  at  the  proper  season,  immense 
numbers  of  shad,  salmon  and  alewives  were  taken,  and  tin- 
river  below  afforded  a  good  supply  of  oysters. 

This  was  the  ninety-second  town  that  was  organized  in 
the  District  of  Maine.  In  1796,  a  clnirch  was  organized 
and  Rev.  Jonathan  AVard  settled  by  the  town.  He  was  of 
the  Calvinistic  faith  and  his  ministry  was  fruitfid  of  corres- 
ponding results,     Mr.  Ward  was  settled  as  a  Congrega- 


Hon.  Judge  Groten. 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  227 

tionalist  over  a  Congregational  Church.  His  ministry  con- 
tiniaed  until  1817,  when  he  was  dismissed  at  his  own 
Hiquest,  and  removed  to  Plymouth,  N.  H.  His  successor 
was  Rev.  Samuel  Johnson,  who  was  settled  in  November 
25,  1818. 

During  the  time  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  subject 
was  agitated  of  forming  a  new  town  out  of  the  North 
Parish  in  Pow^nalboro',  and  that  portion  of  the  town  of 
Newcastle  which  lay  to  the  North  of  the  Sheepscot  river, 
and  to  the  Westward  of  a  line  drawn  from  the  "  Bend  "  in 
Sheepscot  river,  to  the  North  limits  of  the  town.  And  the 
principal  reason  assigned,  was,  that  that  portion  of  the  inhab- 
itants might  enjoy  better  religious  privileges.  According^ 
an  article  was  inserted  in  the  Warrant  calling  a  meeting  of 
the  town  for  April  29,  1778.  "To  see  if  the  town  will 
receive  and  grant  a  request  from  a  number  of  freeholders 
living  at  the  Northwesternmost  part  of  this  town,  they 
having  a  prospect  of  joining  the  North  Parish  in  Pownalboro' 
which  will  be  much  more  convenient  for  them  to  attend 
public  worship."      This  request  the  town  denied. 

On  the  second  of  July  following,  a  similar  request  was 
presented  by  the  inhabitants  at  the  "  Head  of  the  Tide," 
so  called,  with  similar  results. 

These  people  then  re(juested  the  town  to  relieve  them 
from  "  paying,  a  Minister  rate"  in  Newcastle,  that  they 
might  join  the  North  Parish  in  Powaialboro'  and  be 
assessed  there.  But  in  Town  Meeting,  January  20,  1779, 
they  voted  "  not  to  take  any  notice  of  the  request  given  in 
by  the  inhabitants  in  the  Northwest  part  of  this  town." 

The  subject  appears  to  have  slumbered  for  the  next  ten 
years ;  and  in  the  Warrant  calling  a  meeting  of  the  town 
to  be  held  on  the  18th  of  December,  1788,  an  Article  was 
inserted,  to  see  if  the  town  will  exempt  all  the  inhabitants 
that  live  to  the  North  and  West  of  Mr.  Samuel  Simpson's 
South  or  Southeast  line,  from  "paying  any  rates"  for  build- 
ing a  Meeting  house  or  Meeting  houses,  and  from  paying 


228  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

any  Ministerial  tax  in  said  town  forever ;  or  whether  the 
town  will  excuse  any  of  the  inhabitants  from  paying  such 
taxes.  This  request  the  town  granted  ;  and  it  excused  all 
the  inhabitants  that  lived  to  the  West  of  the  high  lands 
that  range  up  Northeasterly  on  the  center  of  Dyer's  Neck. 
The  people  then  were  at  liberty  to  join  the  first  Parish  in 
Pownalboro'. 

This  was  only  the  entering  wedge  to  something  further  ; 
for  in  April  5,  1790,  the  town  was  again  asked  to  vote,  to 
see  if  they  would  set  off  the  inhabitants  to  the  North  of 
the  great  Bend  in  Sheepscot  river  that  they  might  be  incor- 
porated into  a  town  with  the  North  Parish  in  Pownalboro. 
This  they  denied. 

On  the  8th  of  September,  of  the  next  year,  1791,  the.se 
inhabitants  again  petitioned  the  town  to  be  set  off  to  a 
new  town,  if  the  General  Court  should  so  direct,  only  to  be 
denied. 

But  to  quiet  these  people,  and  to  retain  them,  if  possible, 
in  town,  the  town,  in  meeting  assembled,  on  the  7th  of 
May,  1792,  resolved  to  have  preaching  for  that  year  in  two 
places ; — at  the  new  Meeting  house  in  the  center  of  the 
town,  and  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide,  at  such  place  as  the 
inhabitants  there  residing,  shall  appoint.  And  the  inhab- 
itants at  the  Head  of  the  Tide  should  have  preaching  in 
proportion  to  the  amount  of  taxes  that  they  would  raise. 
They  also  promised  that  the  families  of  Mr.  Jesse  Cooper 
who  lived  on  the  center  of  Dyer's  Neck,  and  of  Capt. 
David  Murray  who  lived  where  the  late  Col.  Robt.  Murray 
resided,  and  all  to  the  North  and  West  of  them,  should  be 
reckoned  with  them.  It  was  with  the  same  end  in  view 
that  the  town  on  the  6th  of  October,  1794,  voted  to  build  a 
Meeting  house  on  the  "first  high  hill'  to  the  Westward 
of  the  dwelling  of  William  Waters,  on  the  North  side  of 
the  town  road.  This  was  "to  accommodate  the  inhab- 
itants living  at  the  Northwest  quarter  of  this  town."  The 
spot  chosen  was  near  where  Mr.  Cyrus  Rundlett  now  lives  ; 


TOWN   CENSUS  AND   V.\iUATlON.  2"2l> 

and  the  town  went  so  far  as  to  appoint  a  committee  of  iivo 
individuals  to  cany  on  the  building  of  the  house.  They 
had  power  given  them  to  agree  on  the  diuiensions  of  the 
house,  draw  a  plan  of  it,  sell  the  pews  and  pay  the 
expense  of  building.  But  the  house  never  was  built. 
These  people,  wearied  with  a  fifteen  years'  suit  at  Head 
Quarters  for  justice  and  accommodation,  applied  to  the 
General  Court  for  relief ;  and  not  in  vain.  They  granted 
their  request ;  and  sent  a  Citation  to  the  town  of  New- 
castle to  send  an  Agent  to  General  Court  to  show  cause 
why  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  should  not  be  granted. 
And  on  the  3d  of  November  1794,  the  town  held  a  meet- 
ing, and  chose  Jonathan  Jones  as  Agent.  But  the  Ag.^ii. 
had  no  infiueuce  in  opposing.  The  thing  was  so  manifestly 
just  and  proper  in  itself,  that  it  was  accomplished  at  once, 
when  properly  referred  to  the  chief  Tribunal  of  the  State. 
The  Act  for  incorporating  the  Town  of  New  Milford,  was 
passed  June  25, 1794.  And  the  Act  setting  off  a  part  of 
Newcastle  to  New  Milford,  was  passed  Feb.  18,  1795. 

And  on  the  7th  of  Januarj-,  179G,  the  committees  of  the 
two  towns  who  had  been  previousl}-  appointed  for  that  pur- 
pose, met  to  settle  accounts.  They  agreed  that  the  town 
of  New  Milford  should  pay  to  Newcastle  the  sum  of  $100, 
in  four  annual  installments,  in  consideration  of  "the  said 
Newcastle  maintaining  their  own  poor  in  future."  New  Mil- 
ford should  also  pay  their  County  tax  for  the  last  year.  Thus 
ended  the  long  and  tedious  controversy,  and  Northwest  N(!w- 
castle  was  reluctantly  diminished,  though  there  was  enough 
left  of  her  to  make  a  prosperous,  an  influential  and  *  wealthy 
town.  A  later  day,  however,  showed  another  instance  of 
Secession,  as  we  shall  show  anon.  In  both  instances,  how- 
ever, the  thing  was  done  in  a  perfectly  "constitutional" 
way  ;  and  wdien  the  controversies  were  ended,  all  the  towns 
interested  in  them,  moved  on  with  a  new  life  and  to  a  des- 
tiny more  glorious  than  before. 

179G.     In  March,  the  town  instructs  the   Treasurer    tt) 


'2'AO  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION, 

provide  wliat  ])owclcr  tlie  law  requires.-  May  5.  The 
Seleetiiieu  are  authorized  to  petition  General  Court,  for 
liberty  to  build  a  bridge  over  Dyer's  river,  where  Erskine's 
Mill  now  is.  The  prayer  of  the  petitioners  was  gi*anted  ; 
and  on  the  15th  of  September,  the  town  voted  to  build 
a  bridge  over  Dyer's  river,  on  the  upper  side  of  the  old 
one.  It  was  to  be  20  feet  wide,  and  covered  with  square 
timber  or  three  inch  plank ;— to  be  of  proper  height,  not 
less  than  two  feet  higher  than  the  old  biidge  ;  and  to  have 
proper  pieces  of  timber  laid  on  each  side  of  the  bridge,  in 
the  room  of  rails ;  and  the  whole  to  be  linished  in  a  work- 
manlike manner. 

William  Waters  who  lived  near,  agi-eed  to  build  the 
bridge  iii  the  manner  described,  for  one  hundred  dollars ; 
and  to  the  acceptance  of  the  Selectmen  in  three  months 
from  that  date. 

The  town  voted  to  accept  $14  for  trespass  committed  on 
the  Ministerial  lot  by  Samuel  Follansbee.  The  Selectmen 
were  directed  to  put  up  guide  posts,  wherever  needed, 
according  to  law.  This  is  the  first  attempt  of  the  kind  in 
town,  and  was  designed  to  be  a  perpetual  custom. 

Oct.  10.  Nineteen  votes  were  cast  for  Brigadier 
Haruden  for  Elector  for  President  and  Vice  President  of 
these  United  States.  For  Representative  to  Congress, 
Hon.  Henry  Dearbon  had  16  votes,  and  Hon.  Jonathan 
J3owman  2  votes. 

In  the  year  1795,  Feb.  11th,  there  was  an  Act  passed  th<> 
Legislature  of  Massachusetts ;  Entitled  "An  act  incor- 
porating certain  persons  for  erecting  a  Bridge  over  Damar- 
iscotta  River,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln."  The  next  year, 
1796,  Feb.  13th,  another  act  was  passed,  in  addition  to 
the  above  recited  Act,  and  relating  to  the  same  thing.  On 
the  10th  of  March,  1797,  an  Act  was  passed  incorporating 
the  Damariscotta  Bridge  Company  and  repealing  all  former 
Acts,  relating  to  this  matter. 

The  2d  Section  of  this  Act  provides  "That  John  Farley, 


TOW>!  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  "iol 

Waterman  Thomas,  William  McCobb,  James  Cavanuausfh 
unci  Matthew  Cottrill,  together  with  those  who  maj  hei-e- 
^'ifter  associate  with  them,  aud  their  or  any  of  their  heirs 
<ind  assigns,  be  aud  they  hereby  are  constituted  a  Corpo- 
ration and  Body  Politic,  for  the  pui'pose  of  erecting  a 
bridge  over  Damariscotta  River,  near  the  falls  at  the  head 
<vf  navigation  of  said  river." 

Section  3d  enacts,  "That  for  reimbursing  the  said  John 
Farley  and  others  before  named,  their  heirs  and  assigns, 
the  money  which  may  be  expended  in  building  and  sup- 
])orting  said  bridge,  a  toll  be  and  hereby  is  granted  and 
estabhshed  for  the  sole  benefit  of  the  said  John  Farley, 
and  others  before  named,  their  associates,  heirs  and 
assigns,  for  the  space  of  seventy  j'ears,  to  commence  from 
the  day  of  opening  said  bridge  for  passengers,  according 
to  the  rates  following;  (rates  omitted.)  Provided  howev€n- 
That  the  General  Court  shall  have  the  right  to  regulate  the 
toll  after  tb.e  term  of  twenty  j^ears  from  its  commencement." 

In  1843,  forty-six  years  after  the  building  of  the  Bridge, 
the  toll  was  reduced. 

Damariscotta  Pond  was  formerly  the  receptacle  of 
immense  numbers  of  fish,  sucJi  as  alewives,  salmon  and 
shad  which  used  to  go  up  the  stream  aud  sluice  ways 
which  nature  formed  there  aud  spawn  in  the  deej)  and 
commodious  water  above.  But  after  the  mills  and  dam 
were  erected  at  the  falls,  their  passage  up  Avas  entirely 
closed  ;  and  the  vast  schools  were  broken  up.  But  the 
elder  Mr.  Kavanagh,  after  he  had  come  into  possession  of 
that  property,  one  day  in  May,  observing  alewives  in  the 
stream  below,  had  them  taken  in  nets  and  transported  to 
the  pond  above.  He  then  directed  his  men  to  build  a 
passage  for  them,  so  that  they  might  ascend  and  descend 
at  their  pleasure.  They  did  so  ;  and  the  consequence  has 
been,  a  su]>ply  of  fish  in  the  stream  ever  since.  The 
inhabitants  then  petitioned  the  Legislature  to  pass  an  Act, 
jn'otecting  the  fish. 


'232  TOWN   CENSUS   AND   VALUATION, 

April  4.  The  town  voted  to  lay  out  a  road  from  Alex- 
ander Nickels'  to  the  old  town  road,  near  Ebenezer  Clarke's. 
Also  from  town  road  near  Dr.  Myrick's  to  Turnbull's 
Ferry  ;  Daraariscotta  Bridge.  The  first  of  these  roads 
was  accepted  May  5,  1796. 

1797.  The  Selectmen  were  empowered  to  employ  Dr. 
]3ush  "to  try  to  cure  Polley  Laiten,  and  to  go  as  far  as 
twenty-five  dollars."  But  the  Doctor  Avas  unsuccessful. 
Polley  Laiten  was  not  cured.  The  town  is  indicted  before 
tiie  Grand  Jury  for  not  being  provided  Avith  a  "town  stock 
of  powder,  balls,  flints  and  kettles."  The  Court  met  at 
Waldoboro  and  John  Farle}*  was  Agent.  The  matter  was 
settled. 

John  Farley  had  fifty-one  votes  and  Nathaniel  Thwing 
tour  votes  for  County  Treasurer. 

1797,  May  lO.     Mary  L ,  "considered  as  one  of  the 

l)oor  of  the  town,"  is  set  up  at  "vendue  to  them  or  him 
that  will  take  her  at  the  lowest  sum  per  week,"  during  the 
ensuing  year.  Ebenezer  Clarke  bids  her  off,  at  5s.  3d.  per 
week,  but  he  engages  to  make  "her  life  comfortable." 

Oct.  4.  Daniel  Waters  is  chosen  a  Delegate  to  repre- 
sent Newcastle  in  a  Convention,  to  be  held  at  Hallo  well, 
on  the  fourth  Tuesday  of  October,  to  take  into  consideration 
the  expediency  of  dividing  the  County  of  Lincoln  into  two 
Counties  and  where  the  dividing  line  shall  be.  The  Act 
became  a  law,  Feb.  20,  1799. 

April  2.  The  subject  of  the  road  from  near  the  Meeting 
house  to  David  Somes'  barn,  being  again  introduced  into 
town  meeting,  a  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  pro- 
ceed and  lay  it  out,  as  other  surveys  had  proved  unsatis- 
factory. Nov.  5.  The  road  from  Damariscotta  Toll  Bridge 
to  the  town  road,  is  again  up  in  town  meeting  ;  and  a  com- 
mittee is  appointed.  The  road  was  finally  accepted  Sept. 
24,  1799. 

1799.  John  Taylor  agi-ees  to  support  Mary  Laiten,  this 
year  for  two  shillings,  eleven  pence  per  week.     Collection 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  238 

Districts  were  established  at  Bath,  Wiscasset,  Wakloboro, 
and  seven  other  places  in  Maine.  April  1.  Town  voted 
to  lay  out  a  road  from  Damariscotta  Pond  to  the  Salt 
water  below.  James  Kavanagh  gave  the  land.  This  effort 
proved  successful ;  previous  ones  had  failed.  A  landing 
place  was  also  secured.     Accepted  Sept.  24. 

1800,  April  7.  The  town  is  asked,  but  refuses,  to  peti- 
tion the  General  Court  for  liberty  to  build  a  bridge  across 
Dyer's  river,  at  or  near  the  point  on  Dj^er's  Neck.  May 
10.  The  town  is  again  desired  to  take  action  for  building 
a  bridge  at  the  same  place,  but  they  decline  for  the 
present.  June  3.  Philip  Marce,  wife  and  children, 
laboier  of  Dresden  ;  Moses  Craig,  laborer,  wife  and  chil- 
dren, of  Pownalboro  ;  and  Charles  Eundlett,  shipwright  of 
Powmalboro,  with  his  Avife  and  children,  are  ordered  to 
leave  the  town  in  fifteen  days  ;  thej'  not  having  obtained 
the  town's  consent  to  live  in  it. 

The  Selectmen  were  directed  to  "go  round  to  the  people's 
houses"  to  take  the  valuation.  Prices  allowed  by  the  town 
on  the  highway — $1.00  per  day  for  a  man  ;  fifty  cents  for  a 
yoke  of  oxen ;  fifty  cents  for  a  plough  ;  twelve  cents  for  a 
cart. 

Job  Averill,  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Alna,  lived  where 
Eben  Averill  now'  resides.  The  mountain  above  his  house 
was  called  "  Job's  mountain  "  from  him.  He  owmed  from 
the  Falls  to  Alna  Meeting  house,  and  settled  his  children 
at  several  points,  up  and  down,  on  this  tract.  A  Garrison 
was  erected  there  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants. 

Great  disputes,  in  subsequent  years,  arose  about  titles, 
and  proprietors  frequently  disturbed  and  distressed  the 
settlers.  Sometimes  the  settlers  yielded  to  their  demands 
by  paying  them  ;  and,  at  other  times,  the  claimants  were 
resisted  and  roughly  handled,  by  the  occupants. 

In  1800  one  Truman*  an  agent  for  the  proprietors,  who 


*Mr8.  Wood  bridge  and  others. 


'234  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

had  made  himself  obnoxious  to  the  settlers,  was  riding 
along,  when  live  men  disguised  by  a  black  liquid  on  the 
face,  caught  him,  stripped  him,  whipped  him  with  a  thorn- 
bush  and  then,  it  is  said,  cut  off  his  ears  and  let  him  go. 
In  his  nearly  naked  condition,  he  ran  down  to  Mr.  Moses 
Weymouth's  who  resided  where  Gen.  Weymouth  now  does, 
and  entered  the  house  for  safety.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weymouth 
were  gone  from  home,  and  there  was  no  one  in  the  house 
but  Hannah  Averill,  a  daughter  of  Job,  a  maiden  lad}-,  and 
sister  of  Mrs.  Weymouth.  Taking  fright  at  the  strange 
and  bloody  sight  she  instantly  tied,  without  paying  any 
attention  to  the  wants  and  woes  of  the  wounded  and  the 
lame.  Trueman  helped  himself  to  some  clothes,  and  then 
started  for  Wiscasset.  The  perpetrators  were  afterwarxls 
prosecuted  with  indifferent  success.  One  of  tbem  went  to 
sea  but  never  returned. 

Job  Averill  was  once  taken  and  carried  to  Canada  by 
the  Indians. 

1801.  April  6.  An  unsuccessful  attempt  was  made  to 
induce  the  town  to  build  a  porch  to  the  Meeting  house. 
Ephriam  Taylor  bids  off  Polly  Laiten  for  twenty-five  cents 
a  week.  For  Representative  to  Congress,  Orchard  Cook 
had  thirteen  votes  and  Dummer  Sewall  five. 

There  is  no  subject  perhaps  that  occasions  more  interest, 
awakens  deeper  feeling,  or  elicits  warmer  debate  in  a  town, 
than  that  of  roads.  It  would  be  a  matter  of  interest  to 
write  the  history  of  one  road,  taken  from  its  inception,  and 
carried  through  all  the  various  stages  of  individual  and 
town  action,  till  the  last  furrow  of  the  plough  upon  it  is 
turned,  the  last  shovel  full  of  dirt  is  thrown,  and  the  sur- 
veyor pronounces  it  "  done. "  Men  go  about  as  if  the 
weight  of  a  kingdom  was  resting  upon  their  shoulders,  they 
debate  as  for  their  lives  —  and  they  contend  as  though  all 
the  powers  of  Eebeldom,  were  arrayed  against  them. 
For  a  few  feet  of  land,  men  could  scarcely  struggle  harder 
if  they  were  in  the  seas  and  were  lustily  calling  for  help. 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  235 

They  speak  and  they  reply  ;  get  excited  and  get  calm  ; 
speak  and  get  excited  again  ;  and  again  reply  and  become 
calm  ;  till  honrs  are  consumed,  months  have  come  and 
gone,  and  years  have  glided  away. 

Instead  of  coming  together  and  calmly  consulting  and 
considering  what  the  public  good  requires,  the  moment  the 
subject  of  a  new  road  is  named  or  the  alteration  of  an 
old  one,  opposition  is  sure  to  be  raised  somewhere. 
Either  one  man  will  lose  a  few  feet  of  land,  or  some  of  his 
wood  must  be  cut  down,  or  the  travel  will  be  taken  from 
his  front  door,  or  his  neighbor,  whom  he  does  not  like  very 
well,  is  going  to  be  benefitted  by  it,  or,  he  is  not  going  to 
have  damages  enough,  or  somebody  else  is  likely  to 
have  more  damages  than  he  thinks  the  town  able  to  pay, 
or,  it  is  going  "right  straight"  through  his  mowing  land 
or  wood  lot  ;  or,  but  reasons  multiply  and  I  stop  them— he 
is  opposed,  mightily  opposed,  opposed  all  through  and  con- 
tinually opposed  to  the  measure.  He  wakens  up  opposi- 
tion and  oftentimes  succeeds  in  defeating  important  enter- 
prises, or  delaying  good  ones. 

Thus  it  was  with  that  road  Avhich  extended  from  Damar- 
iscotta  Pond  to  the  Woodbridge  neiglil)orhood.  At  one 
time  we  thought  it  settled  ;  but  it  appears  it  was  not.  For 
some  reasons,  all  previous  proceedings  witli  regard  to  this 
matter,  are  thrown  up  and  the  town  this  year,  saw  fit  to 
appoint  a  committee  to  run  out  a  road  between  these  two 
points.  It  was  done,  and  on  September  21,  it  Mas  accepted  ; 
but  on  the  28th  of  Noveiiil)er  1804,  it  Avas  discontinued 
because  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  one  of  the  land  owners, 
through  whose  land  the  road  ran,  thought  he  did  not  get  a 
sufiicient  amount  of  damage  for  his  loss.  The  road,  from 
near  Dr.  ]Myrick"s  to  Trumbull's  ferry,  was  a  long  time 
agitated  before  it  was  finally  settled.  The  history  of  the 
road,  from  the  county  road  up  the  West  side  of  A'aughan's 
Pond,  would  be  a  curious  one,  could  it  be  written  out,  and 
all  the  facts  of  the  case  made  known,  and  .so  would    that 


286  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

running  down,  from  near  the  Town  house  to  Edgcomb  line. 
Towns  and  individuals  oftentimes  act  very  much  against 
their  own  interests,  in  opposing  the  construction  of  new 
roads  or  altering  old  ones,  when  the  public  good  demands 
that  it  be  done.  In  August  1806,  the  Court  of  Sessions 
ordered  the  laying  out  of  a  new  road  from  Dr.  Myriek's  to 
the  Meeting  house.  The  town  remonstrated,  called  a 
meeting,  and  chose  an  Agent,  Kobert  Robinson,  with  power 
of  Attorney,  to  appear  before  the  Court  of  Sessions,  to 
oppose  the  road  Avhicli  has  been  laid  out.  At  the  same 
time  they  ordered  that  a  surveyor  and  chainmen,  inhabi- 
tants of  the  town,  be  procured  and  authorized  to  lay  out  a 
road  from  the  Meeting  house  to  Damariscotta  Toll  Bridge, 
and  from  there  to  the  guidepost  in  Nobleboro'  near  William 
Teague's  ;  and  from  this  point  back  to  the  County  Road  by 
Damariscotta  Mills  to  the  Meeting  house,  and  also  to 
measure  the  road  from  the  Meeting  house  to  Dr.  Myriek's. 
The  consequence  was,  no  road  was  built  there,  and  the 
travelling  public  went  up  and  down  the  hard  hill  at  Royall 
Wrights  and  to  and  from  Damariscotta,  by  the  way  of  the 
old  Academy,  near  Mr.  Elias  Bailey's  for  many  years  after- 
wards. 

1802.  The  town  was  asked,  but  refused,  April  5,  to  give 
any  money  for  building  an  Academy.  November  1.  They 
were  asked,  but  refused  to  give  the  acre  of  land  where  the 
old  Meeting  house  stood  for  a  lot  for  the  Academy.  Previ- 
ous to  this.  May  6,  1795,  Major  John  Farley  and  Colonel 
Geo.  Barstow  offered  for  this  acre  of  land,  another  acre,  else- 
where for  a  burial  ground  ;  but  the  town  did  not  see  fit  to 
accept  the  offer.  May  10,  the  town  voted  Ezekiel  Laiten, 
Samuel  Kennedy  and  Andrew  Peters  a  Committee,  to  lay 
out  a  road  from  James  Cooper's  line  to  the  South  point  on 
Dyer's  Neck  ;  and  from  the  river  on  the  South  side,  to  the 
town  road.  James  Carney  gave  the  l;ind  on  the  South 
side,  on  condition  that  the  bridge  which  was  to  be  built, 
should  be  free.     And  Thomas  Fairservice  gave  the  land  on 


TO"\VN   CENSUS   AND   VALUATION.  227 

the  North  side,  by  accepting  the  old  road  whicli  in  former 
vears  had  been  laid  out  between  these  two  points.  This 
road  w^as  laid  out  two  rods  wide.  Town  gave  consent  to 
Jt)hn  linndlet  and  othei-s,  to  build  a  bridge  across  Dyer's 
river,  at  this  place,  provided  they  obtain  a  grant  for  the 
same,  from  the  General  Court.  Orchard  Cook  had  50  ; 
Mark  L.  Hill,  21  ;  Martin  Hiidiley,  7  ;  and  Phineas  Bruce, 
(i  votes  for  Representative  to  Congress. 

liespecting  the  iincured  patient  some  may  think  it  trilling 
in  a  grave  history  like  this,  to  notice  a  matter  of  this  kind. 
But  to  one  unacquainted,  it  would  hardly  seem  possible 
for  so  much  interest  to  arise  in  a  town  as  there  often  is, 
about  a  single  pauper  case.  Oftentimes  it  will  elicit  an 
eloquent  debate  for  an  hour  or  moi^,  be  carried  through 
successive  town  Meetings,  and  engage  the  attention  of  the 
neighborhood,  perhaps  of  the  entire  town.  To  the  pauper 
himself  it  is  a  moment  of  indescribable  anxiety  and  doubt 
as  to  what  is  to  become  of  him.  Oftentimes  such  cases 
are  cairied  into  Court.  The  learned  Judge  sits  on  the 
Bench  with  the  Ermine  of  authority  upon  his  shoulders 
the  Agent  of  the  town  is  present  —  able  counsel  appear 
both  for  and  against  the  prosecutor  twelve  men  sit  upon 
one  side  of  the  Court  Room  and  watch  every  statement  — 
consider  every  fact  —  listen  with  all  the  patience  they  can 
to  all  the  turnings  and  twistings  and  ingenious  arguments 
of  skilled  lawyers,  who  hate  more  than  they  do  the  presence 
of  the  Angel  of  Death,  to  lose  a  case  ;  interested  spectators 
stand  gazing  around,  offering  opinions  without  any  charge, 
and  giving  decisions  Avithout  any  salar}-;  the  Judge  rehearses 
the  case,  reads  off  the  law  ;  the  man  with  a  staff  about 
six  feet  long  painted  red  on  one  end,  conducts  the  jury 
out,  they  deliberate,  they  discuss,  they  vote,  seal  up  their 
verdict,  report,  and  the  case  is  decided;  that  is,  if  eveiy- 
i)ody  is  satisfied  and  no  one  appears  to  file  objections. 

Rough    as  it  raaj'    appear,  severe  as  it  may  seem,  the 
action  of  towns  with  regard  to  paupers  is  humane.     No 


238  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

such  things  appear  in  Savagedom,  and  it  is  a  rehef  from  a 
vast  amount  of  misery  and  pain.  Oftentimes  the  condition 
of  paupers  is  superior  to  others  in  town  ;  and  every  man, 
woman  and  child  knows,  if  misfortune  befall  him  and  he 
is  deprived  of  his  property,  if  friends  forsake  him,  and 
lameness,  or  broken  limbs,  or  sickness  visits  him,  there 
is  the  great  heart  of  the  Christian  community  to  feel  for 
him,  the  strong  hand  of  the  town  is  his  protector,  the  Town 
Treasury  his  bank,  and  he  is  sure  to  live  having  his 
expenses  paid,  and  without  incuning  debts  to  himself, 

I  have  been  profoundly  impressed  with  these  thoughts,  as 
I  have  turned  over  the  pages  of  the  Ancient  Town  Eecords, 
and  read  their  legislation  with  regard  to  such  as  were  so 
unfortunate  as  to  become  the  subjects  of  town  charity. 
And  yet,  it  is  not  charity.  If  an  individual  has  owned 
property  in  town,  paid  taxes,  or  if  he  has  not,  but  has 
demeaned  himself  as  a  good  citizen  and  has  become  so 
unfortunate  as  to  be  without  the  means  of  support,  then  the 
town  ought  to  take  him,  take  care  of  him,  pay  his  bills 
those  of  the  physician  among  the  rest,  and  if  he  dies,  give 
him  a  civilized  burial  in  a  Christian  Cemetery.  It  may  be, 
that  he  is  one  of  the  Lord's  elect ;  and  that  on  that  Glori- 
ous Morning  when  the  Grave  shall  be  bidden  to  release  its 
tenant,  he  will  arise  first  among  the  Just,  and  shall  be  a 
Prince  around  the  Throne  of  the  Highest !  God  watches 
his  dust ;  he  will  bid  it  rise  ;  it  will  be  humanity  re-clothed, 
raised  again,  prepared  for  a  life  that  shall  have  no  ending, 
and  a  duration  that  shall  experience  no  pain. 

Amusing  as  some  of  their  acts  were,  and  quaint  as  is  their 
style  of  Record,  yet  beneath  it  all,  theirs  is  Christianit}-, 
Justice,  Benevolence,  Humanity,  Bight.  You  dread  the 
idea  of  becoming  a  pauper,  there  are  ideas  and  conditions 
far  more  terrible  than  this.  Sooner,  far  sooner  would  I 
become  a  town  charge  than  to  be  taken  by  savage  hands, 
and  carried  captive  into  the  wilderness,  as  thousands  of 
my  countrymen  have  been,  during  those  fierce  wars' whicli 


TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION.  239 

my  Book  has  faintly  delineated,  where  life  is  a  Inirdcn,  and 
existence  is  only  a  synonym  of  degradation,  misery,  want, 
torture,  ultimately  death. 

Of  tlie  two  lots,  if  one  or  the  other  must  be  m}-  condi- 
tion, sooner,  far  sooner  would  I  throw  myself  into  the  arms 
of  my  fellow  eitizons  to  be  cared  for  by  them,  than  to  be 
subject  to  the  cruelty  and  meanness  and  starvation  and 
lingering  deaths  which  thousands  of  my  fellow  countrymen, 
l)rave  men  fighting  under  and  for,  the  flag  of  my  Country, 
who  have  been  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  taken  prisoners  of 
war,  by  those  lordly  men,  who  have  been  educated  to  whip 
negroes,  sell  children,  and  to  pay  the  heaviest  prices  for 
humanity  when  it  appears  in  the  female  form,  and  is 
graced  with  the  charms  and  attractions  of  youth,  accom- 
plishments and  beauty.  I  would  not  be  a  pauper,  n^iither 
would  I  be  a  slave  ;  and  yet,  I  would  be  a  pauper,  far 
sooner  than  1  would  be  a  slave.  Reason  as  we  may,  think 
as  we  please,  subjection  to  irresponsible  authority  is  a  con- 
dition in  life  that  strikes  the  mind  with  horror  and  in 
thousand  of  instances,  has  ended  in  desperation,  mad- 
ness, suicide,  death !  God  be  praised  for  the  prospect 
of  freedom  in  this,  my  native  land.  Come  Thou  immortal 
King,  break  the  rod  of  the  oppressor  ;  reign  thyself  in  the 
hearts  of  the  nations ;  hasten  the  time  when  every  man 
shall  hail  every  other  man,  not  as  an  enemy,  but  as  a  fel- 
low creature,  a  friend,  a  brother !  It  has  been  done  since 
the  above  was  written. 

July  29.  An  attempt  was  made  to  get  the  town  to 
employ  Dr.  Marius  Howe  of  Walpole,  to  cure  Polly  Laiten. 
and  the  town,  voted  "  to  try  to  employ  a  doctor  to  cure 
Polly  Laiten,  by  the  great  :  viz.,  if  he  did  not  make  a  cure 
of  her  disorder,  to  have  nothing."  It  was  a  safe  operation 
for  the  town  and  the  Selectmen  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  attend  to  the  matter. 

1803.  The  bridge  had  been  built  across  Dyer's  river, 
and  the  Proprietors  asked  for  some  compensation  from  the 


240  TOWN  CENSUS  AND  VALUATION. 

town,  for  what  they  had  doue.  The  town  however  refused 
to  make  them  any  consideration  ;  beheving,  and  justly  so, 
that  the  personal  benefit  to  each  one  of  them,  would  more 
than  meet  any  outlay  of  expense  to  which  they  might  have 
been  subjected  in  erecting  it. 

1804,  Hugh  Holmes  came  to  this  place  early  in  the  set- 
tlement of  the  country  and  married  the  widow  of  Solomon 
Hopkins  who  purchased  Lot  No.  12  of  Christopher  Tap- 
pan,  and  resided  there  till  his  death.  Holmes  was  a  busy, 
bustling  kind  of  a  man,  with  more  energy  than  prudence, 
and  more  zeal  than  discretion.  He  was  constable  at  times 
and  a  prominent  actor  in  the  town  affairs.  At  one  time, 
he  took  up  a  breachy  horse  that  belonged  to  James  Clarke 
who  lived  on  Lot  No.  5,  Great  Neck.  He  put  a  wythe 
around  his  neck,  and  the  horse  died  on  his  hands.  Clarke 
sued  him.  Holmes  stood  him  trial  and  beat  him.  It  was 
carried  through  several  Courts,  and  Clarke  finally  got  the 
case  on  this  gr-ound.  He  proved,  that  the  horse  had  been 
driven  beyond  his  strength,  the  day  before  he  died,  and 
the  Jury  brought  in  their  verdict,  that  this  was  the  cause 
of  his  death,  and  gave  the  case  to  Clarke.  Holmes  lived 
Easterly  a  short  distance  from  the  late  Robert  Lennox's, 
The  lawsuit  cost  Clarke  more  than  his  horse  was  worth  ; 
and  it  cost  Holmes  his  farm,  worth,  at  that  time,  $1,500, 
Samuel  Kenned}^  who  lived  on  the  Neck,  Lot  No.  3,  became 
surety  for  him,  and  let  him  have  money  to  carr}^  on  his 
lawsuit ;  and  as  Holmes  could  not  raise  the  money  to  pay 
the  cost  of  Courts,  Kennedy  took  his  farm.*  Alfred 
Wilson  and  others  lived  on  the  Westerlj^  end  of  it,  and  Capt. 
Robert  Kennedy,  when  a  young  man,  bought  the  woodland, 
40  acres,  for  $625.  He  paid  for  it  in  silver  dollars.  Other 
kinds  of  currency  were  not  satisfactory.  After  taking  off 
$5,000  worth  of  lumber  at  different  times,  Capt.  Kennedy, 
in  1863,  sold  this  lot  of.  land  for  $5,000  ;  and  the  purchaser 


*  Capt.  John  Holmes. 


TOWN   CENSUS   AND   V.\LUATION.  2'il 

lias  made  a  handsome  thing  out  of  it.  This  shows  us  the 
great  advance  ill  the  price  of  real  estate,  particular!}'  wood- 
land, within  a  few  past  years. 

May  7.  The  town  voted  a  bounty  of  8  cents  per  head 
for  crows  that  should  be  killed.  So  far  as  appears,  this  is 
the  first  movement  of  the  kind,  the  toAVU  ever  made. 

1805.  The  town  this  year,  I  believe,  for  the  first  time  in 
50  years,  dismissed  the  Article  in  the  Warrant,  relating  to 
rams.  June  2d.  Road  was  accepted  from  near  the  Meet- 
ing house  to  Edgcomb  line.  Dec.  31.  Ebeuezer  Clark  is 
chosen  Grand  Juror  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
Samuel  Cargill  and  Washington  Dodge  are  chosen  Petit 
Jurors. 

1806.  April  7.  Road  ordered  to  he  laid  out  from  Wm. 
Leman's  to  town  line.  Accepted  Maj-  8,  180G.  The  town 
remonstrates  against  a  petition  of  the  town  of  Nobleboro, 
securing  to  them  the  whole  benefit  of  the  ale  wive  fisher3\ 

1807.  Chose  a  committee  to  look  out  a  road  from  Sheep- 
scot  Toll  Bridge  to  Damariscotta  Toll  Bridge  ;  also  from 
Sheepscot  Toll  Bridge  to  Damariscotta  Mills  Bridge. 
The  town  added  sixty-six  dollars,  sixtj'-seven  cents  to  the 
salary  of  Rev.  Kiah  Bailey. 

Some  curious  things  sometimes  happen  in  the  man.ige- 
ment  of  our  pubhc  affairs.  Major  Moses  Carleton,  in  con- 
versation with    Ebenezor  D.  Robinson,  Esq.,  stated,  that 

the  year  when  Mr Hopkins  was  Selectman,  none  of 

the  Board  knew  how  to  assess  taxes,  according  to  the  val- 
uation. So  they  divided  the  whole  tax  into  as  many 
parcels,  as  there  Avere  tax  payers  in  town.  Then,  one  of 
the  number  turned  his  back,  and  another  touching  a  i^ar- 
cel,  asked  ;  "Who  shall  pay  this?"  The  first,  with  his  back 
turned,  mentioned  an  individual,  and  the  tax  Avas  .set 
against  his  name.  And  so  the  w.ork  proceeded,  till  the 
whole  tax  had  been  disposed  of,  in  this  perfectly  original 
wa}'.  And  the  Major  ventured  the  opinion,  that  the  taxes 
since  have  ncAcr  Ijeen  more  equally  assessed  or  given 
better  satisfaction. 


242  TOWN   AFFAIRS. 


CHAPTEK    XXXI. 


TOWN  AFFAIKS— VAEIOUS  MATTERS. 

In  1809  a  sluiceway  for  the  fish  was  built  at  Damaris- 
cotta  Mills,  the  town  of  Nobleboro  paying  one-half  the 
expense,  the  whole  costing  $438.  No  fish  was  taken  that 
year.  During  that  time,  a  road  w^as  laid  out  from  John 
Dodge's  Eastward  to  the  town  road.  And  during  that  year 
it  was  voted  to  lay  out  a  road  from  Sheepscot  Bridge  to 
Damariscotta  Bridge.  In  1811  the  town  agreed  to  pay  25 
cents  cash  for  every  crow  that  was  killed.  In  1812  it  was 
voted  that  the  Selectmen  be  a  committee  to  open  a  road 
from  Robert  Kobinson's  to  Benjamin  Jones ;  and  in  1813 
an  Agent  was  chosen  to  superintend  the  new  County  road. 
$1,200  was  raised  for  that  purpose. 

May  7, 1814.  A  vote  was  taken  to  choose  a  committee 
for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  Protestant  Methodist 
Society  of  Newcastle  and  Alna  in  respect  to  their  estab- 
lishment, and  do  anything  they  may  think  proper  in 
regard  of  said  Society  being  incorporated.  Stephen  Coffin, 
Charles  Nickels  and  Henry  Hazelton  were  that  committee. 
And  in  1815  a  road  was  laid  out  from  Robert  Robinson's 
to  James  Kavanagh's,  and  the  work  was  completed  and 
accepted  the  following  year.  In  1816  the  Selectmen  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  lay  out  a  road  on  Dyer's  Neck. 

During  this  year  a  meeting  was  called  to  see  if  the  town 
will  vote  to  request  the  Legislature  to  give  its  consent  to 
the  separation  of  the  District  of  Maine  from  Massachu- 
setts proper,  and  to  the  erection  of  the  District  into  a  sep- 
arate State.     Mav  20th  the  vote  was  taken  and  resulted  as 


TOWN   AFFAIRS.  243 

follows : — 21  in  favor  and  52  against  separation.  And  on 
the  2d  of  September  following  another  vote  was  taken 
when  22  votes  were  counted  in  favor  and  (57  against  the 
measure.     The  opposition  had  increased  in  numbers. 

Jan.  9,  1816.  "This  day,"  says  the  surveyor,  "I  run  the 
line  between  Edgcomb  and  Newcastle  b}^  order  of  the 
Selectmen  of  Newcastle.  Beginning  at  a  stump  on  Sheep- 
scot  river  at  the  Head  of  Wiscasset  Bay,  so  called,  thence 
running  South  thirty-nine  degrees  and  forty  minutes  East 
to  Damariscotta  river  to  a  small  white  birch  tree." 

May  1,  1817.  Voted  that  there  be  no  spirituous  liquors 
sold  at  or  near  the  Meeting  house  on  days  of  public 
busniess. 

It  is  well  known  to  the  older  inhabitants,  that  there  was, 
for  a  long  time,  a  dispute  between  the  towns  Edgcomb  and 
Newcastle  respecting  their  boundary  line  ;  and  some  years 
elapsed  before  it  was  settled.  This  accounts  for  the  fol- 
lowing, as  well  as  the  foregoing,  Becord,  June  1817. 
"Committee  report  a  line  laid  out  between  Newcastle  'and 
Edgcomb,  at  an  iron  bolt  placed  in  the  ledge  or  rock  on 
the  Southerly  side  of  which  bolt  the  letter  E  is  cut  out  in 
said  rock,  and  on  the  Northerly  side  of  said  bolt  the  letter 
N  is  cut  out  in  said  rock,  and  thence  running  from  the 
water  of  said  Narrows  on  a  course  South  45  degrees  East 
in  a  line  with  said  iron  bolt  eleven  hundred  and  eighty-five 
rods  to  Damariscotta  river  to  an  iron  bolt  placed  in  a 
ledge  or  rock  near  high  water  mark  on  said  river." 

"Done  in  pursuance  of  a  Besolve  passed  in  General 
Court  June  9,  1817." 

Nov.  15,  1817.  A  guide  post  was  erected  near  John 
Jones  to  Alna,  a  distance  of  3i  miles.  One  w^as  also 
erected  near  Bobert  Bobinson's  with  directions  to  Damar- 
iscotta Toll  Bridge  1  mile,  to  Sheepscot  Toll  Bridge  2| 
miles — to  Edgcomb  3  miles  and  to  Nobleboro  1\.  Done 
by  order  of  the  Selectmen. 

In  1822  Josiah   Jones  again  run  out   the  line  between 


244  TO^TSf  AFFAIRS. 

Edgcomb  and  Newcastle  the  same  as  he  run  it  out  before. 
And  in  Oct.  14,  1822,  the  towji  line  was  run  between  New- 
castle and  Jefferson  :  "Beginning  at  a  stake  by  the  bank  of 
Damariscotta  Pond,  between  Newcastle  and  Jefferson, 
thence  running  Northwest  to  Alua  line,  to  a  bunch  of  small 
maples,  thence  running  Southwest  to  Sheepscot  river  to  a 
pine  tree  Marsh."     Settled. 

1823,  May  10.  Contract  closed  with  Rev.  Mr.  Bayley 
by  paying  him  $400  in  installments  of  $100  per  annum. 
Interest  to  commence  June,  1824.  This  closed  his  labors 
as  the  minister  of  the  town. 

Sept.  12,  1831.  Voted  to  remove  all  the  gates  and  bars 
from  Aaron  Sherman's  to  the  County  road.  1839.  Voted 
to  accept  the  report  of  the  Selectmen  on  a  road  as  laid  out 
from  near  Robert  Campbell's  to  near  the  guide  board  near 
Hodge  Woodbridge's.  Voted  to  "accept  the  report  of  the 
Selectmen  in  laj'ing  out  or  altering  the  road  near  Thomas 
Woodbridge's.  Voted  to  build  the  road  or  so  much  of  it 
as  inlaid  out  by  the  Commissioners,  as  leads  from  Thomas 
Chase's  to  the  Woodbridge  Hill-  and  that  the  Selectmen 
lot  out  said  road  and  sell  it  at  auction  on  the  building 
thereof." 

1845.  Voted  unanimously  that  the  Selectmen  be  a  com- 
mittee to  petition  the  Legislature  to  pass  a  law  prohibiting 
the  building  of  weirs  or  pounds,  the  setting  of  nets  or 
seines  or  using  of  drag  nets,  or  in  any  other  Avay  obstruct- 
ing the  fish  called  salmon,  shad  or  -alewives  in  the  Damaris- 
cotta river  within  the  bounds  of  Newcastle  and  Nobleboro, 
and  also  to  alter  or  amend  the  present  laws  so  as  to  allow 
the  fish  committee  of  said  towns  Nobleboro  and  Newcastle 
to  take  fish  in  the  Western  and  middle  streams  so  called  at 
Damariscotta  Mills  on  every  day  in  the  week  except 
Sunday  and  but  one  da}'  in  each  week  in  the  Eastern  or 
ock  stream,  and  that  rafting  and  gondolaing  or  an}'  other 
obstruction  shall  not  be  allowed  in  said  streams  during  the 
fish  season  but  two  days  in  each  week . 


TOWN   AFFAIRS.  245 

The  Wiscasset  road  had  now  been  built  and  finished  ; 
hence  the  following  vote  passed  Sept. '11,  1848  : — that  the 
Selectmen  be  authorized  to  borrow  $800,  on  the  credit  of 
the  town  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  balance  which  may 
be  due  from  the  town  on  account  of  the  building  the  Wis- 
casset road.  And  on  March  23,  1849,  it  was  voted  to 
build  a  dam  over  Marsh  Stream  Bridge.  And  on  Sept.  3, 
1849,  it  was  voted  to  accept  the  road  laid  out  by  the 
Selectmen  from  James  Fitz  Patrick's  to  Hartley  Erskine's. 

March  30,  1850.  Voted  to  choose  an  agent  to  confer 
with  the  Damariscotta  agent,  to  ascertain  Avhen  the  Dam- 
ariscotta  bridge  should  be  taken  charge  of  by  the  town, 
and  what  it  would  cost  to  build  a  new  bridge,  and  voted 
and  chose  Isaac  C.  Washburn  for  said  agent.  And  on 
April  7,  1851,  a  meeting  was  called  to  see  if  the  town  will 
vote  to  build  the  Damariscotta  bridge  with  the  town  of  Dam- 
ariscotta the  present  year.  April  7,  1851.  Voted  that  the 
town  of  Newcastle  do  not  repair  the  Damariscotta  bridge, 
unless  the  town  of  Damariscotta  unite  with  them  in  such 
repairs.  May  16,  1851.  Voted  that  an  agent  to  build  the 
Damariscotta  bridge  be  chosen  by  ballot.  William  Hall 
was  chosen  agent.  Damariscotta  concurred,  the  bridge 
was  built  and  travel  over  it  was  free. 

April  5,  1852.  Voted  that  the  town  choose  a  supervisor 
of  schools  instead  of  a  superintending  school  committee. 
David  Q.  Cushman  was  elected  to  the  office.  Sept.  4,  1852. 
E.  Wilder  Farley  had  170  votes  for  Representative  to  Con- 
gress, and  was  elected. 

March  14,  1859.  Voted  to  instruct  the  Selectmen  to 
establish  a  licfuor  agent  at  Damariscotta  village,  if  a  suit- 
able person  can  be  procured  as  such  agent. 

March  5,  1862.  It  was  voted  to  see  if  the  town  will 
accept  the  report  of  the  Selectmen  in  the  laying  out  of  a 
road,  beginning  near  the  Brick  Yard  of  George  Cunning- 
ham, and  ending  at  a  point  on  the  County  road  leading 
from  Damariscotta  to  Wiscasset.     The  same  was  accepted 


246  TOWN   AFFAIRS. 

March  24,  1862.  In  1864,  it  was  voted  to  have  a  Liquor 
Agency. 

May  28th,  1864,  it  was  voted  that  the  sum  of  $25  be 
raised  or  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury, 
not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  each  member  recruited  to 
fill  the  quota  of  Newcastle,  under  the  calls  referred  to  in 
the  act  of  the  State  of  Maine,  February  20,  1864  for  volun- 
teers or  soldiers  to  serve  in  the  U.  S.  army,  and  that  said 
sum  thus  raised  and  appropriated  be  used  in  conformity  to 
the  requirements  of  said  act  or  paying  recruiting  agents 
and  other  expenses  of  enlistment  in  filling  the  town  quota 
under  said  call  and  any  future  calls. 

November  17,  1864,  it  was  voted  that  the  Selectmen  be 
authorized  to  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  town,  not 
to  exceed  $6000,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  volunteers  for 
the  U.  S.  army  in  anticipation  of  a  call  from  the  town  for 
more  men.  And  in  March  10,  1865,  it  was  voted  that  the 
town  raise  $1200  to  fill  the  town  quota  under  the  call  of 
December  19,  1864. 

May  2,  1867,  on  a  motion  for  the  suppression  of  "  drink- 
ing houses  and  tippling  shops,  "  the  number  of  ballots  cast 
with  the  word  "Yes"  was  86;  those  with  "No  "  was  6. 
A  handsome  majority  which  shoAvs  how  the  town  stood  on 
the  important  subject  of  temperance. 

September  17,  1867,  voted  that  the  town  issue  its  bonds 
to  the  amount  of  $60,000  in  aid  of  the  construction  of  the 
Knox  &  Lincoln  Railroad.  June  12,  1869,  on  motion  of 
E.  W.  Farle}^,  it  was  voted  that  the  sum  of  $2500  be  raised 
the  current  year  towards  defraying  Newcastle's  one-half  of 
the  expense  of  rebuilding  the  bridge  across  the  Damaris- 
cotta  river. 

September  27,  1870,  the  credit  of  the  town,  by  vote,  was 
pledged  for  the  sum  of  $22,400  to  aid  in  the  construction 
of  the  Knox  &  Lincoln  Railroad.  The  bonds  given  paya- 
ble in  20  years  with  interest,  semi-annually.  June  20,  1871, 
voted  that  the  credit  of  the  town  be  pledged  to  aid  in  the 


T0^^^  AFFAIRS.  247 

construction  of  the  K.  &  L.  E.  R.  in  the  sum  of  $30,600 
payable  in  30  3"ears.  A  two-thirds  vote  was  required, 
June  17,  1871,  $13,000  were  voted  in  aid  of  the  K.  c^:  L.  R. 
R.  137  voting  in  favor  and  37  against  it. 

March  20,  1876,  it  was  voted  that  the  town  raise  $1000, 
towards  the  purchase  of  a  tire  engine  to  be  located  in  the 
Bridge  village  near  the  Brick  Church,  provided  the  further 
sum  of  $500  be  raised  by  private  subscription  and  paid 
into  the  treasury  of  the  town  on  or  before  the  20th  da}'  of 
Ma}'  next. 

July  4,  1876.  There  was  a  "  centennial  celebration  at 
Damariscotta  and  Newcastle."  It  was  not  a  celebration  of 
the  organization  of  Newcastle,  for  that  was  in  1753,  a  hun- 
dred and  twenty-three  years  before  this ;  nor  of  Damaris- 
cotta, for  that  was  incorporated  as  a  town,  not  a  great 
while  ago  ;  but  of  the  country.  The  meeting  was  called  to 
order  by  William  H.  Hilton,  Esq.,  who  invited  Hon.  E. 
Wilder  Farley  to  occupy  the  Presidential  chair.  After  a 
few  well  chosen  and  pertinent  remarks,  the  exercises  con- 
tinued as  follows  : 

1.  Music  by  the  Damariscotta  Brass  Band.  2.  Prayer 
by  Rev.  H.  Crocker.  3.  Reading  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  by  Mr.  E.  E.  Dunbar.  4.  Historical  sketch 
of  NeAvcastle  and  Damariscotta  b}'-  Gen.  James  A.  Hall. 
5.  Hymn,  America,  by  the  band  and  audience. 

The  Antiques  and  H(n-ribles  appeared  early  in  the  morn- 
ing ;  a  regatta  took  place  upon  the  river ;  there  was  a 
salute  of  thirty-seven  guns  at  noon ;  the  bells  were  ruug 
from  twelve  to  one  at  noon  ;  there  was  a  trial  of  tire 
engines,  and  other  things  were  said  and  done  which  made 
the  day  one  of  pleasure  and  enjoyment  and  long  to  be 
remembered. 

March  18,  1879,  Resolved  that  this  meeting  recommends 
that  the  town  at  its  annual  meeting  in  1880  raise  by  taxa- 
tion one-twentieth  part  of  its  tirst  loan,  namely  three 
thousand  dollars  and  one  year's  interest  thereon,  which  will 


248  TOA\'N  AFFAIRS. 

become  clue  July  1,  1880,  and  that  such  a  course  shall  be 
continued,  year  by  year,  until  said  loan  is  paid,  unless 
future  events  should  call  for  a  different  policy.  And  on 
March  22,  1880,  it  was  voted  that  the  town  raise  such  an 
amount  as  is  called  for,  to  pay  the  interest  on  the  bonds 
issuedf  or  the  benefit  of  the  K.  &  L.  R.  R.  March  21,  1881, 
it  was  again  voted  to  raise  by  taxation  $3000  to  pay  the 
l)onds  issued  to  aid  the  construction  of  the  K.  &  L.  R.  R. 
which  became  due  July  1,  1881.  It  was  voted  to  raise  the 
snni  required  to  pay  interest  accruing  on  bonds  issued  in 
aid  of  the  Knox  &  Lincoln  Railroad,  also  the  interest  on 
coupons  and  orders. 

The  stand  which  Newcastle  took  in  the  last  Avar  was 
noble,  patriotic  and  prompt.  Her  quota  of  soldiers  was 
readily  furnished,  bounties  were  offered  them  by  the  town, 
and  at  the  sound  of  the  bugle  and  the  drum,  thej'  marched 
to  the  field  of  battle  where  lives  were  lost,  limbs  were 
shattered  and  pain  and  suffering  endured.  Still  the  love  of 
country  prevailed,  battles  w^ere  fought,  hardships  were 
borne,  fatigue,  hunger,  heat  and  cold  were  experienced 
until  the  contest  had  ended,  victory  was  proclaimed,  and 
peace  and  prosperity  had  returned  once  more  to  the  laud 
of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave.  Newcastle  did  her 
part  cheerfully,  readil}-  and  without  complaint  in  that  fear- 
ful struggle  which  cost  the  lives  of  thousands  and  sent 
sorrow,  affliction  and  loss  into  large  numbers  of  the  families 
which  are  scattered  throughout  this  widely  extended  land. 

And  her  action  with  regard  to  the  K.  &  L.  R.  R.  has 
been  noble,  honorable  and  just.  For  the  good  of  the  com- 
munity and  her  own  supposed  prosperity,  she  voted  away 
her  mone}^  as  the  calls  for  aid  were  made,  but  not  realizing 
the  profit  or  the  advantage  that  had  been  anticipated  an  d 
finding  herself  heavily  burdened  with  debt,  an  increased 
•  taxation  and  little  hope  of  relief,  instead  of  raising  the  cry 
of  poverty,  of  repudiating  her  bonds,  refusing  to  pay 
interest,  and  thus  breaking  faith  with  her  creditors,  she  has 


TOWN   AFFAIRS.  249 

manfully  met  the  difficulty,  made  arrangements  to  meet  her 
indebtedness  and  thus  save  her  credit  ami  deal  on  the 
principles  of  integrity  with  those  who  complied  with  her 
wishes  in  the  day  when  she  made  her  offer  and  called  upon 
the  public  for  aid.  The  votes  I  have  quoted  show  this. 
And  while  the  credit  of  other  corporations  have  through 
mismaungement  and  fraud,  sunk  so  low  as  to  forever  lose 
the  confidence  of  the  community,  that  of  Newcastle  stands 
firm  ;  she  is  endeavoring  to  meet  her  engagements,  and  to 
deal  with  her  creditors  on  the  principles  of  fairness,  honor 
and  integrity. 

The  Lincoln  Democrat  was  first  published  in  Newcastle, 
July  24,  1850.  J.  J.  Ramsey  was  editor  and  he  continued 
it  nine  years.     Wednesday  was  the  day  of  its  publication. 

About  the  year  18G9,  an  effort  w;is  made  for  the  purpose 
of  erecting  a  dam  across  Damariscottarivera  short  distance 
above  the  bridge  at  the  head  of  the  falls,  and  to  encourage 
the  enterprise,  the  town  on  May  21,  1870,  passed  the  fol- 
lowing vote  :  "  That  the  stock  of  the  Damariscotta  Water 
Power  Company  and  all  the  structure  and  machinery  and 
capital  used  for  operating  the  same,  be  exempted  from 
taxation  in  the  town  of  Newcastle  for  the  period  of  t(>n 
years  after  the  same  is  put  in  operation." 

Newcastle  State  Bank  was  incorporated  in  1854  with  a 
capital  of  $50,000.  Algernon  S.  Austin  was  President  and 
Thaddeus  Weeks,  Cashier. 

The  Directors  were  Algernon  S.  Austin,  Joseph  Haines, 
Thomas  J.  Merrill,  John  H.  Converse,  Austin  Hall,  Joseph 
Stetson,  Joel  Huston,  Addison  Austin,  and  Albert  Glidden. 
The  bank  was  situated  in  Austin's  Block,  corner  of  Main 
and  Water  streets.  During  the  Rebellion,  in  1865  its 
charter  was  given  up  and  it  became  a  National  Bank  with 
Joseph  Haines  for  President  and  David  W.  Chapman, 
Cashier. 

The  first  physician  in  Newcastle  we  have  any  knowledge 
of,  is  Dr.  Kenelm  Winslow  who  practised  here  in  1763.     He 


250  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES. 

lived  where  the  late  Mrs.  Barstow  resided.  Dr.  Bush  in  1797. 
Dr.  Josiah  M3'rick  practised  forty  years. "'^  Dr.  Lot  Myrick, 
his  son,  who  lived  at  Damariscotta  Mills,  practised  20  years. 
He  then  married  the  daughter  of  Hon.  John  Dole  of  Alna, 
quit  practice  and  moved  to  Augusta.  Dr.  Samuel  Ford 
continued  in  the  practice  20  years  and  then  died.  Dr. 
Moses  Call  was  physician  here  40  years.  Dr.  John  T. 
Acorn  has  been  here  45  years  and  is  still  active  in  his  pro- 
fession. Dr.  John  S.  Wright  moved  here  from  Edgcomb, 
practised  5  years  and  then  died.  Dr.  Fred  Hutchings  2 
years,  and  Dr.  W.  S.  Hall,  3  years. 


CHAPTER    XXXII. 


MINISTERS,  MEETING  HOUSESt  AND  CHURCHES. 

At  the  time  of  organizing  the  town  there  was  a  Meet- 
ing house  on  its  Western  side,  and  the  Rev.  Alexander 
Boyd,  a  Presbyterian  Minister  from  Scotland,  was  preach- 
ing there.  Mr.  Boyd  came  to  this  country  a  young  man 
and  was  recommended  as  having  received  a  liberal  educa- 
tion and  studied  Theology  at  the  University  of  Glasgow. 
He  was  approved  by  the  Boston  Presbytery,  and  licensed 


*  Dr.  John  T..  Acorn. 

fl  use  the  word  Meeting  house  because  it  is  descriptive,  appro- 
priate and  was  properly  used  by  our  fathers.  The  word  Churcli  is 
equivocal ;  it  may  mean  the  building,  or  the  body  of  believers 
assembled  within  it.  The  Episcopal  use  of  the  word  is  not  of 
American  growth. 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  251 

by  them  to  7)reach  at  their  session  at  Pelham,  N.  H.,  June 
14,  1748.  He  was  appointed  by  them  to  supply  George- 
tov.n  in  the  District  of  INFaine,  with  discretionary  power  to 
visit  "  Whiclieasset  and  Shoepscoat.  "  At  Georgetown,  the 
people  were  pleased  with  Mr.  Boyd,  and  gave  him  a  call  to 
settle.  This  was  in  August,  1749.  But  the  Presbytery  had 
heard  from  Scotland  some  reports  to  the  disadvantage  of 
Mr.  B.,  and  therefore  returned  the  call  to  the  Church  at 
Georgetown,  and  at  the  same  time  cited  their  candidate  to 
appear  before  them.  In  the  ensuing  October  he  presented 
himself  before  that  bod}'  and  confessed,  that  previous  to  his 
leaving  Scotland,  he  had,  in  an  irregular  manner,  married  a 
lady  by  the  name  of  Mary  Buchan,  and  had  left  her.  This 
fact  he  had  studiously  concealed  at  the  time  of  receiving  his 
license  to  preach  ;  but  he  now  declared  his  intention  to  send 
for  her  and  treat  her  as  his  wife.  The  Presbytery  sharply 
rebuked  him  for  his  duplicity,  and  as  he  appeared  penitent, 
they  continued  his  license.  He  again  returned  to  George- 
town, and  in  June,  1750,  the  people  renewed  their  invita- 
tion for  his  settlement  among  them ;  but  he  also  visited- 
Newcastle,  and  was  invited  by  the  people  there,  to  tarry 
with  them.  This  latter  invitation  he  accepted  ;  and  he 
had  become  a  resident  there,  when  the  town  was  organized. 
How  much  preaching  the  town  had  been  favored  with, 
previous  to  that  time,  is  uncertain  ;  but  it  is  understood, 
that,  as  early  as  convenient,  they  took  measures  to  have 
the  gospel  among  them.  Christopher  Tappan  had  donated 
two  100  acre  lots  ;  one  to  be  given  to  the  first  settled  min- 
ister, and  the  other  to  the  inhabitants  of  Sheepscot,  as  a 
glebe  or  parsonage  forever.  And  as  soon  as  the  town  was 
organized,  measures  were  taken  to  have  the  gospel  settled 
among  them,  and  the  design  of  the  benevolent  donor  carried 
into  execution.  Accordingly,  in  April,  1754,  only  nine 
months  after  the  organization  of  the  town,  I  find  the  record 
of  the  town  meeting  to  contain  the  following  vote  :  "  That 
there  be  forty  pounds  raised  for  supporting  the  gospel,  and 


252  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

to  pay  the  charge  of  attendinpj  the  Rev.  Presbytery,  in 
order  to  have  the  gospel  preached  among  us,  and  to  Liy  in  a 
proper  stock  of  ammunition.  " 

The  Presbytery  was  to  meet  at  Newbury  ;  and  as  it  was 
not  convenient  for  them  to  come  to  Newcastle  to  perform 
the  services  of  Ordination,  it  was  arranged  that  this  service 
should  be  at  Newbury  ;  and  that  a  committee  from  the 
town  should  be  there,  and  in  behalf  of  the  town,  should 
receive  Mr.  B.,  as  their  minister,  after  the  ordination. 

Previous  to  this  meeting  there  had  been  another,  when  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  the 
"  affair.  "  And  on  the  31st  of  July  of  that  year,  a  meeting 
of  the  town  was  held,  when  it  was  stated  by  James  Clark 
and  Robert  Hodge,  a  previously  appointed  committee,  that 
they  had  given  Mr.  B.  a  call  for  settlement ;  that  he  had 
replied  affirmatively ;  and  that  the  ordination  was  to  take 
place  on  the  20th  of  August  next,  at  Newbury.  They  also 
stated  that  they  had  "  promised  him  ninety-three  pounds, 
or  the  Minister's  lot  and  =£26  ami  the  use  of  the  Parsonage 
lot,  upon  condition  that  he  is  to  remain  with  us  until  the 
Rev.  Presbytery  see  fit  to  remove  him  for  non-performance 
in  us  ;  and  we  have  promised  him  forty-six  pounds  a  year, 
salary,  and  likewise  charges  of  attending  the  Presbytery  at 
Boston,  in  having  the  call  presented.  " 

It  was  also  voted,  that  James  Clark,  Alexander  Nickels 
and  John  McNear  be  a  committee  to  attend  the  Ordination 
of  Mr.  Boyd  at  Newbury,  and  that  they  receive  him  as 
their  minister,  in  behalf  of  the  District  and  congregation. 
But  the  vessel  in  which  Mr.  Boyd  and  the  Committee  Avere 
embarked,  being  detained  by  stress  of  weather,  he  did  not 
reach  Newbury  at  the  time  appointed  for  the  ordination. 
It  was  therefore  postponed  until  Septemlier  19th,  when  it 
was  duly  performed.  On  this  occasion  Rev.  Mr.  McGregore 
of  Londonderry,  preached  from  II  Timothy,  2,  3.  Rev. 
Mr.  Moreliead  of  Boston  gave  the  Charg'e,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Parsons  of*  Newbury  presented  the  Right  Hand. 


MINISTERS,  MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  253 

Mr.  B.  returns  with  the  committee  and  comincuices  his 
labors  at  Newcastle,  and  on  the  next  year,  April  19,  1755, 
they  vote  to  raise  X23  towards  the  Minister's  salary  before 
the  Province  Precepts  reached  them  ;  thus  generously  pre- 
paying this  amount  as  a  subsidy  in  tiine  of  need.  T\\o  tax 
for  the  whole  would  be  made  out  when  the  precept  arrived. 
One  year  afterwards,  at  the  meeting  in  March  25, 175G,  the 
town  found  themselves  in  arrears  to  Mr.  B.  and  they  chose 
William  McLslland,  A.  Nickels  and  S.  Kennedy  a  committee 
to  settle  with  him. 

The  inhabitants  of  Newcastle  were  never  unanimous  for 
the  settlement  of  Mr.  Boj'd  And  at  the  time  of  his  ordi- 
nation, a  remonstrance  was  presented  to  the  Presbytery 
from  Nathaniel  Winslow  and  others  who  called  themselves 
Congregationalists,  against  having  Mr.  B.  settled  over  them. 
But  their  objections  had  no  weight  with  the  Presbytery. 
And  after  the  ordination,  the  difficulties  rather  increased 
than  diminished,  which  divided  the  town  into  powerful 
parties.  On  the  same  year,  June  24,  1756,  there  wms  a 
town  meeting  Avhen  it  was  voted  by  the  "major  part"  of 
the  inhabitants,  that  Mr.  B.  was  not  received  according  to 
law  or  the  Presbyterian  standards.  A  number  however 
protested  againet  this  vote. 

A  second  vote  by  the  majority  declared  that  "they  will 
not  receive  the  Rev.  Mr.  Boyd  to  be  their  minister  ;  but  a 
number  of  the  inhabitants  protested  that  they  had  no 
right  to  vote  in  such  a  case  ;  alleging  that  he  was  already 
received.  They  were  willing  however  to  leave  it  wdth  the 
Bev.  Presbytery  to  decide  the  matter.  But  the  "major 
part  of  the  inhabitants"  voted  that  they  would  not  have 
Mr.  Boj^d  preach  on  the  Damariscotta  side  of  the  town 
at  all ;  and  so  the  meeting,  which  proved  to  be  a  stormy 
one,  was  adjourned. 

1757.  The  second  Article  in  the  Warrant  for  a  town 
Meeting  to  be  held  on  March  19,  was  to  see  if  the  town 
will  appoint  a  time  when  a  settlement  can  be  had  with  Mr. 


254  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

Boyd,  that  the  Treasurer  and  others  who  have  paid,  may 
bring  iu  their  accounts,  so  that  "botli  minister  and  people"" 
may  know  what  is  due  for  the  support  of  the  gospel  ;  and 
also  "to  see  if  the  town  will  send  a  man  to  the  Rev.  Pres- 
bytery next  April,  in  order  to  have  the  grievances  removed 
that  have  arisen  between  the  Rev.  A.  Boyd  and  the  town." 
The  committee  was  appointed,  and  consisted  of  John 
McNear,  John  Ward  and  Wm.  McLelland. 

Nothing  farther  was  done  at  this  meeting  ;  but  dissatis- 
faction still  continuing,  a  warrant  was  issued  on  the  23d 
day  of  March,  calling  a  meeting  on  the  7th  of  April  prox- 
imo. The  first  article  was  to  "inquire  into  the  reasons 
why  we  have  rot  had  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  supper 
admhiistered  amongst  us  since  the  Rev.  A.  Boyd's  ordina- 
tion ;  and  whether  this,  with  Mr.  Boyd's  conduct  amongst 
us  be  a  grievance  or  not,  to  the  most  part  of  the  town  ;  and 
if  Judged  a  grievance  as  aforesaid,  to  put  it  to  vote  whether 
we  will  send  a  man  at  the  town's  charge  to  the  Rev.  Pres- 
bytery, in  order  to  have  this  grievance  removed,  as  soon 
as  said  Presbytery,  in  their  wisdom,  shall  determine." 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  19th  of  March,  do  not 
appear  to  have  done  their  duty,  or  had  been  excused  ;  and 
on  the  7th  of  April,  the  town  by  vote  declared,  that  the 
conduct  of  Mr.  Boyd  is  "a  grievance,"  and  that  a  man  be 
sent  to  the  Presbytery  to  have  him  removed. 

1758.  Dissatisfaction  with  Mr.  Boyd  continues  ;  and  it 
is  certain  that  there  are  hindrances  to  his  usefulness  which 
he  cannot  remove.  Prejudices  had  risen  against  him  ;  and 
rumors  of  wrong  were  rife.  And  on  July  12,  the  town  had 
a  meeting,  principally  with  regard  to  this  matter,  when  it 
was  voted,  1st,  To  send  for  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  at  the 
town's  expense,  in  order  to  have  proof  elicited  of  the 
charges  made  against  Mr.  Boyd,  and  stated  in  the  fore- 
going "U^'arrant.  I  have  looked  over  that  "Warrant,  but  can 
find  no  specification  of  charges  ;  they  were  only  general ; 
but    whatever   they  were,  they  rested  with    great    weight 


MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES,  255 

upon  the  minds  of  a  majority  of  the  inhabitants,  and  they 
were  determined  to  rid  themselves  of  the  present  undesir- 
able incumbent.  The  sacrament,  we  know  had  not  been 
administered  ;  Mr.  Boyd's  antecedents  were  bad  ;  and  dif- 
ficulties of  a  formidable  character,  had  arisen,  since  he 
had  been  settled  at  Newcastle.  2d,  They  aiithorized  the 
town  Clerk  to  write  to  the  E.ev.  Presbytery  in  behalf  of 
the  town  ;  and  3d,  They  voted  to  "Desire  the  Rev.  Presby- 
tery to  remove  Mr.  Boyd  from  us  ;  and  if  the  said  removal 
cannot  now  be  obtained,  to  desire  them  to  appoint  Mr. 
Boyd  to  supply  elsewhere." 

In  Sept.  28th,  another  town  Meeting  was  called  with 
regard  to  this  matter,  when  a  committee,  consisting  of 
James  Forbes,  James  Cargill  and  Wm.  McLelland,  was 
raised  to  settle  with  Rev.  Mr.  Boyd.  And  at  an  adjoui'ned 
meeting  held  Oct.  9,  the  committee  report  that  there  is 
due  Mr.  Boyd,  salary  and  settlement  money,  the  sum  of 
£66,  13s.,  4d.  His  receipts  amounted  to  il3,  6s.,  7d,  2f. 
Balance  due  £53,  6s.,  7d,  2f.  The  Committee  were  taken 
by  Mr.  Boyd  as  sureties  for  the  amount  and  the  town 
ordered  the  constables  to  collect  it. 

The  town  also  appointed  James  Cargill  and  Robert 
Hodge  a  committee  to  "  lot "  ndtli  Mr.  Boyd,  as  to  which  of 
the  lots  appropriated  by  Mr.  Tappan  for  religions  services, 
should  be  his;  and  which  should  belong  to  the  town. 
They  did  so ;  and  lot*  15  fell  to  Mr.  Boyd,  while  lot  16 
remained  to  the  town,  as  a  glebe  or  parsonage  forever. 

Mr.  Boyd  paid,  and  the  account  settled,  his  labors  closed 
in    that  place.     He    had  preached   in    town  about    seven 


*  There  is  a  differaace  between  tlie  numbering  of  these  lots  as 
made  by  the  town,  and  that  afterwards  made  by  David  Murray, 
Esq,,  Surveyor.  And  the  only  way  that  I  can  reconcile  the  diffi- 
culty, is,  this  town  must  have  reckoned  lots  1  and  2  as  lot  No.  1  ; 
while  M  irray  reckoned  thetn  regularly  1  and  2  ;  thus,  on  the  town's 
numbering,  the  parsonage  was  No.  1()  ;  on  Murray's,  No.  17. 


256  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

years,  and  was  settled  minister  for  more  than  four.  His 
ministry  does  not  appear  to  have  been  attended  with  any 
important,  satisfactory  results. 

As  far  as  the  Record  goes,  it  does  not  appear  that  the 
town  was  favored  with  preaching,  the  ensuing  winter ;  but 
at  tlieir  next  March  meeting,  1759,  a  committee  of  three, 
Benj.  Woodbridge,  Robt,  Hodge  and  Samuel  Perkins,  was 
raised,  "to  employ  a  minister,  to  preach  the  gospel  to  us, 
for  this  year."  They  do  not  appear  to  have  been  very  suc- 
cessful ;  for  at  the  next  annual  meeting  held  March  13, 
1760,  a  committee  of  three,  James  Cargill,  James  Clark 
and  Sainuel  Perkins  were  appointed  to  em]:)loy  a  minister. 

Ko  minister  hoAvever  was  obtained,  and  in  October  3d  of 
that  year,  a  town  Meeting  was  called,  to  see  if  the  town 
would  unite  Avith  the  people  of  Walpole,  provided  the  peo- 
ple of  Walpole  would  unite  with  them,  in  extending  a  call  to 
the  Kev.  Nathan  Ward  formerly  of  Watertown,  Mass.  who  was 
then  preaching  at  that  place,  to  become  a  minister  of  both 
places.  It  was  to  be  at  the  option  of  Mr.  Ward,  to  reside 
either  at  Newcastle  or  Walpole,  as  he  might  elect.  The 
business  at  that  meeting,  was  left  incomplete.  And  at  an 
adjourned  meeting,  held  January  1,  1761,  when  the  same 
proposition  was  repeated,  it  was  agreed  that  the  time,  pay 
and  labor  of  the  minister  should  be  equally  divided 
between  the  two  places.  The  part  of  the  salar}'-  the  town 
agreed  to  pay  was,  £26,  13s.  4d.  They  also  voted  to  pay 
for  settlement  £33,  6s.  8d. 

William  McLelland,  David  Given,  Joseph  Glidden,  Henry 
Little  and  John  Hussey  were  appointed  a  committee  with 
full  power  to  carry  the  whole  proceeding,  both  as  to  union 
with  AValpole  and  terms  with  Mr.  Ward,  into  execution. 
But  if  they  should  fail  in  their  object,  then  they  should 
report  to  the  town. 

Questions,  prejudicial  to  Mr.  Ward  having  arisen  respect- 
ing his  dismissal  from  Watertown,  a  committee  of  seven 
were  appointed  to  learn  the  truth  of  the  matter.     Their 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  257 

names  were  David  Given,  Josepli  GlidJen,  Henry  Little, 
John  Hussej,  David  Hopkins,  Elisha  Clark  and  John 
Cunningham.  But  after  diligent  inquiry,  all  suspicions  of 
wrong  were  removed,  and  Mr.  Ward  stood  before  them  as 
a  man  of  candor  and  uprightness,  and  a  minister  of  blame- 
less conversation,  rectitude  of  character  and  success  in  his 
work. 

1761.  The  project  of  re-nnion  however,  for  some  cause, 
failed,  and  Mr.  Ward  appears  to  have  left  oif  preaching  at 
Walpole.  And  in  May  18,  the  town  in  meeting  assembled, 
gave  him  a  call  for  settlement  with  them.  They  voted  him 
£53,  6s.  8d  for  settlement,  one-half  to  be  paid  within  ten 
days  after  his  Installation,  and  the  other  half  at  the  end  of 
the  year.  For  salary  he  was  to  have  £66,  los.  4d.  A  com- 
mittee of  three,  John  Ballantine,  David  Given  and  Joseph 
Glidden,  were  raised  to  carry  the  designs  of  the  town  into 
execuution. 

Mr.  Ward  accepted  the  call,  and  on  the  4th  of  August, 
the  town  had  a  meeting  and  according  to  Congregational 
usage,  voted  to  invite  seven  Churches  to  assist  at  the 
Installation.  These  were.  Concord,  Rev.  Mr.  Bliss ;  Hol- 
lis,  Eev.  Mr.  Emerson  ;  Boston,  Eev.  Mr.  Pemberton  ; 
Bridgewater,  Rev,  Mr.  Porter ;  Sutton,  Eev.  Mr.  Hall ; 
Eev.  Mr.  Cleveland,  Jebacca  ;  and  Eev.  Dr.  Sewall,  Boston. 
It  was  agreed  that  the  time  and  place  of  Installation,  be 
left  wholly  with  the  candidate. 

And  as  there  was  no  settled  minister  in  the  County,  they 
agreed  to  apply  to  the  Lieutenant  Governor  and  Secretary 
of  State  for  their  advice,  to  know  whether  those  ministers 
whom  they  have  selected,  will  answer  the  Province  law 
which  required  the  approbati(^n  of  a  majority  of  the  min- 
isters in  a  County,  to  accomplish  such  an  object. 

But  doubts  were  still  entertained  by  some,  whether  Mr. 
Ward  had  been  properly  dismissed  from  Watiutown  ; 
accordingly,  at  that  meeting,  a  protest,  signed  by  four  indi- 
viduals, Benjamin   Woodbridge,  Kenelm  Wiuslow,  James 


258  MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES. 

Brown  and  James  Hall,  was  entered  against  the  proceed- 
ings. They  charge  the  meeting  with  acting  imprudently 
in  not  knowing  whether  Mr.  Ward  has  a  proper  dismission 
from  those  over  whom  he  was  lately  settled. 

This  was  throwing  cold  water  upon  the  flame  ;  and 
nothing  further  appears  to  have  been  done  till  the  annual 
meeting  in  March  24,  1762,  when  a  new  committee  was 
raised,  to  procure  the  services  of  a  minister.  This  com- 
mittee were  William  McLellan,  Jonathan  Laiten  and  Henry 
Little. 

August  31st  of  the  same  year,  the  town  desirous  of 
coming  to  a  decision  with  regard  to  the  settlement  of  Mr. 
Ward,  Voted,  1.  Not  to  apply  any  farther  to  the  General 
Court  in  this  matter  ;  2.  To  choose  seven  ministers  living  in 
and  around  Boston  to  look  into  and  detei-mine  upon  the  mat- 
ter of  the  legality  and  correctness  of  Mr.  Ward's  dismission  ; 
and  3,  That  if  they  approved  of  his  course,  then  he  was  to 
be  supported  by  subscription  raised  by  his  friends,  and  not 
by  a  salary  from  the  town  ;  and  that  the  time  in  which  he 
could  not  be  employed  in  Newcastle,  he  might  labor  else- 
wdiere  to  preach,  as  the  Providence  of  God  should  open  the 
door. 

Here  the  whole  matter  appears  to  have  rested  for  a  sea- 
son. 1763,  March  22,  the  town  voted  to  raise  a  committee 
of  three  to  procure  a  minister  ;  and  also  instructed  that 
committee  to  write  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Parsons  of  Newburyport, 
inviting  him  "  to  pay  them  a  visit,  "  sometime  during  the 
summer. 

At  the  same  meeting,  it  was  voted  to  raise  a  committee 
to  take  care  of  the  Meeting  House,  and  Flankers  and  Gar- 
rison, and  to  let  the  Flankers  for  the  benefit  of  the  town. 
Kobert  Hodge,  William  McLelland,  Samuel  Nickels  and 
John  Cunningham,  were  appointed  on  that  Committee, 

In  the  Warrant  for  a  Town  Meeting  to  be  holden  June 
14,  an  Article  was  inserted,  to  see  if  the  town  will  vote 
to  repair  the  Meeting  house  ;  but  the  town  decided  "  not 
to  repair  the  Meeting  house  yet.  " 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  25U 

Kev.  Mr.  Ward  who  was  absent,  wrote  to  the  town  at 
this  time,  wishing  them  to  retract  their  call,  and  accordingly 
on  the  26th  of  September,  another  Meeting  was  called,  when 
it  was  voted,  "  that  the  call  that  was  given  to  Mr.  Ward,  b(! 
dismissed." 

Here  the  matter  ended.  Mr.  AVard  was  afterwards  set- 
tled at  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  and  the  town  was  without  a 
minister. 

IIGL  In  the  Warrant  for  the  March  27th  Meeting,  an' 
Article  was  inserted,  to  see  what  the  town  would  do  about 
getting  a  minister,  which  resulted  in  appointing  a  committee 
for  that  purpose.  But  the  Article  relating  to  repairing  the 
Meeting  house,  passed  on  this  wise  :  that  all  the  inhabi- 
tants who  lived  to  the  west  of  Simuel  Nickels,  should  do 
it.  Samuel  Nickels  lived  where  Joseph  Cargill  so  long 
resided.  He  built  that  house  and  for  many  years  resided 
in  it.  X26,  18s.  4d,  were  raised  for  this  purpose.  The 
committee  to  see  the  work  done,  were  Samuel  Nickles, 
James  Campbell,  John  Cunningham. 

This  committee  were  also  to  appraise  the  Meeting  house  ; 
and  at  the  June  19th  meeting,  it  was  voted  to  accept  of 
their  appraisal.  The  town  also  voted  to  raise  <£100  for 
repairing  the  Meeting  house,  and  for  providing  a  place 
convenient,  on  the  other  side  of  the  town,  for  public  wor- 
ship ;  and  they  agreed  to  divide  the  amount  raised  equally 
between  the  two  places.  This  is  the  first  time  the  town 
took  any  action  with  regard  to  supporting  public  wor- 
ship on  the  Eastern  side  of  the  town.  A  committee  of  five 
was  raised  for  carrying  the  design  of  the  U)wii  into 
execution. 

Dissatisfaction  with  these  votes  was  expressed,  and  at 
another  meeting  called  for  the  purpose,  on  the  17th  of  July 
following,  an  attempt  was  made  to  have  these  votes  recon- 
sidered ;  but  without  avail.  The  town  chose  to  abide  l\v 
its  former  decision.     The  real  objection  consisted,  in  having 


'260  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  i 

a  Meeting  house  built  ou  the  Eastern  side  of  tlie  town. 
But  one  is  resolved  on,  and  it  were  useless  to  oppose  it. 
They  disagree  however  as  to  place. 

1765.  At  the  next  annual  Meeting  held  March  6,  a  com- 
mittee of  five  for  supplying  the  pulpit,  was  appointed  ;  and 
this  committee  should  have  power  to  appoint  a  sub-com- 
mittee, one  of  their  own  number,  who  should  go  at  the 
town's  expense,  and  "look  out  for  a  minister."  The  toAvn 
also  voted  not  to  accept  the  report  of  the  committee 
appointed  for  repairing  the  Meeting  house ;  neither  to 
accept  of  what  the  other  committee  had  done,  relating  to 
the  choice  of  a  place,  to  set  the  Meeting  house,  on  the 
Eastern  side  of  the  town. 

There  was  dissatisfaction  and  disagreement.  And  a 
Warrant  was  granted  for  a  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  4th  of  . 
April  next  to  see  if  the  town  1,  Will  grant  the  inhabitants 
on  the  Eastern  side  of  the  town  the  liberty  of  raising  a  cora- 
mitttee  who  should  make  choice  of  a  place  for  setting  the 
Meeting  house,  provided  they  shall  be  at  the  expense  of 
purchasing  the  lot  for  the  same  ;  and  also  land  for  a  bury- 
ing ground,  without  any  charge  to  the  town  ;  2,  To  see  if 
the  town  will  allow  the  inhabitants  on  the  Eastern  side,  the 
liberty  to  receive  the  report  of  the  committee,  provided  « 
they  agree  upon  the  spot  where  to  set  the  house ;  3,  To  ', 

see  if  the  town  will  empower  said  committee  to  carry  on 
the  building  by  contract :  4,  To  see  if  the  town  Avill  allow 
the  said  committee  to  draw  on  the, Treasurer  for  money  to  ' 

defray  the  expense  of  building,  provided  they  dt)  not  \ 
exceed  the  amount  voted  for  that  purpose ;  5,  To  see  f 
whether  the  town  would  limit  the  time  for  fixing  on  the  . 
spot ;  6,  To  see  if  the  town  would  limit  the  time  for  complet- 
ing the  undertaking  &c.  But  the  town  refused  to  grant  ^^ 
any  of  these  requests.  The  majority  was  on  the  Western  ^ 
side,  and  none  of  these  things  met  their  views  or  'V 
expectations. 

The  town  and  the  inhabitants  on  the  Eastern  side,  are         ' 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES.  261 

at  variance  on  this  question  ;  but  in  May,  a  Warrant  was 
issued  calling  a  meeting  the  14th  of  that  month,  to  see  if 
the  town  will  choose  a  committee  of  three  iiersons  living 
out  of  town,  who  shall  have  power  to  fix  upon  a  place,  for 
setting  the  Meeting  house  ;  and  that  the  town  pay  the 
expenses  of  the  Commission.  This  was  granted.  The 
persons  chosen  were  James  Boyd  of  Pemaquid,  Thomas 
Rice,  Esq.,  of  Wiscasset  and  John  Stinson,  Esq.  And  it  was 
agreed  that  if  any  of  this  committee  should  fail  in  attendance, 
the  other  two  should  have  power  to  fill  the  vacancy.  The 
town  also  fixed  on  the  dimensions  of  the  Meeting  house ; 
forty  feet  in  length,  thirty  feet  in  width,  and  eleven  feet 
"  stud."  The  building  committee  were  John  Cunningham, 
Joseph  Jones  and  Samuel  Perkins. 

This  committee  were  also  invested  with  power,  as  soon 
as  the  location  is  decided  on,  to  agree  with  one  man  or  two 
to  do  it  "  by  the  great ;"  or  any  other  way  they  may  think 
for  the  benefit  of  the  toAvn. 

The  town  also  voted  to  petition  the  General  Court,  to 
remit  their  "  Province  rates,  "  for  that  year,  as  a  subsidy  for 
building  the  Meeting  house  ;  they  being  hardly  able  to  meet 
the  expense  of  both.  This  action  satisfied  the  inhabitants 
on  the  Eastern  side,  and  they  and  the  town  were  ag.iin 
reconciled. 

At  a  meeting  of  September  11,  an  effort  was  made  to 
have  the  gospel  preached  among  them,  and  also  to  fence 
the  Burying  ground  ;  but  without  eftect, 

1766.  At  a  meeting  held  February  26,  the  town  raised  a 
committee  to  "  treat "  with  Rev.  Job  Lain  respecting  his 
settlement  among  them.  And  they  also  refused  to  allow 
John  McNear  anything  farther  for  his  trouble  in  going  to 
Boston  about  settling  with  Mr.  Ward. 

At  the  Meeting  in  the  following  March  26th,  it  was 
agreed  to  make  an  alteration  in  the  Meeting  house  frame, 
of  six  feet  in  width,  and  seven  feet  in  height.  This  was 
for  the  purpose  of    building  a  tier  of    six    pews    on  the 


262  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES  ANB   CHURCHES. 

South  side  of  the  house,  six  feet  square.  Nathaniel  Bryant 
and  Joseph  Gliddeu  undertook  the  alteration  ;  and  they 
came  ubder  an  obligation  to  give  the  inhabitants  on  the 
Western  side  of  the  town  an  equal  chance  with  those  on 
the  Eastern  side,  in  the  purchase  of  these  pews.  And  if 
there  were  no  purchasers  for  them,  then  they  should  be 
upon  the  hands  of  the  committee  who  should  bear  the 
expense  incurred  by  them,  and  they  could  sell  to  whom 
they  please. 

They  ;dso  ch.ose  a  committee  of  fi\'e  to  supply  the  pulpit 
and  to  "treat  further  with  Rev.  Mr.  Lain  about  settling 
with  us.  " 

At  a  Meeting  held  April  18th,  John  Cunningham,  James 
Brown  and  Samuel  Nickels  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
carry  on  the  building  of  the  Meeting  house  on  the  Eastern 
side  of  the  town,  and  power  was  given,  them  to  draw  on 
the  Treasury  to  meet  the  expense.  Tlie  place  that  the 
Referees  had  chosen  to  set  the  house,  was  opposite  Eben- 
ezer  Farley's  present  residence,  where  Mrs.  Barstow's 
barn  now  stands.  And,  at  the  same  meeting,  Benjamin 
Woodbridge,  Robert  Hodge  and  Samuel  Nickels  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  repair  the  Meeting  house  on  the 
Western  side  of  the  town,  and  "  seat  it  properly  and 
decently,  and  build  a  pulpit  in  said  house.  "  The  expense 
was  to  be  met  from  the  Treasury. 

July  14,  the  town  voted  to  give  Mr.  Job  Lain  a  call  to 
settle  with  them  in  the  ministry,  with  a  salary  of  £66,  13s. 
4d,  lawful  money,  and  also  the  benefit  of  the  Ministerial 
lot.  His  settlement  money  was  to  be  £66,  13s.  4d,  lawful 
money.  And  in  case  of  his  accepting  the  call,  he  should 
be  entitled  to  all  the  contribution  that  has  been,  or  shall 
be,  raised  before  he  goes  home,  together  with  all  that  shall 
be  taken  three  months  after  his  return.  He  appears  to 
have  been  exceeding  popular  with  the  town  ;  and  they 
made  him  liberal  offers  to  retain  him  ;  but  all  to  no  pur- 
pose.    He  did  not  see  fit  to  settle  with  them.^ 


MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  2G3 

17G7.  At  the  Murch  meeting,  a  coramitteeof  three  were 
appointed  to  obtain  a  supply  for  the  pulpit ;  and  if  there 
was  no  immediate  prospect  of  obtaining  a  minister,  then 
one  of  them,  Spencer  Bonnet,*  should  go  "in  quest"  of  one, 
and  his  expenses  be  paid  by  the  town.  It  was  a  little 
anterior  to,  and  during,  this  time  that  this  region  was  vis- 
ited with  a  powerful  work  of  divine  grace.  It  commenced 
in  Boothbay,  under  the  labors  of  Rev.'  Mr.  Murray  and 
spread  in  the  towns  around.  Its  influence  was  felt  in 
Newcastle  ;  and  many  there  were  hopefully  converted  to 
God.  This  made  the  people  there  more  anxious  than 
usual,  for  the  settlement  of  a  minister  among  them. 

On  the  5th  of  May,  it  was  voted  that  =£5,  6s.  8d,  be  paid 
to  Kenelm  Winslow  for  one  acre  of  land  on  the  East  side 
of  the  town  where  the  meeting  house  frame  now  stands, 
"bounded  as  Samuel  Nickels  shall  think  to  be  most  com- 
modious for  the  town."  A  "sufficient"  deed  was  required, 
to  run  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  town,  and  be  given  before 
the  money  for  the  land,  was  paid. 

July  8,  the  town  "impowered"  three  men,  David  Hopkins, 
Spencer  Bennet  and  Sam'l  Perkins,  to  extend  a  call  to  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Perley,  who  had  been  settled  at  Seabrook,  N.' 
H.,  to  become  their  pastor.  They  pledged  him  a  salary  of 
£80  lawful  money,  and  XlOO  lawful  money  as  a  settlement. 
But  Mr.  P.  declined  their  invitation. 

At  a  meeting  held  on  the  loth  of  Mai'ch,  the  town  raised 
a  committee  of  three,  taken  from  both  sides  and  middle  of 
the  town,  "  to  carry  on  the  finishing  of  the  meetinghouse." 
Benjamin  Woodbridge  represented  the  West,  N.  Bryant 
the  East,  and  Samuel  Nickels  the  middle  of  the  town. 

The  Meeting  house  on  the  East  side  of  the  town,  though 
never  completed,  was  so  far  done,  as  to  accommodate  the 

*  Ho  was  gone  ten  days  to  the  Westward  on  this  business  and 
received  for  his  services  ten  doUars.  James  Brown  also  brings  in 
a  bill  of  £4,  ITs  for  boarding  M.  Lane  whieh  was  allowed. 


264  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

Town  Meetinpjs  and  the  schools  kept  in  that  district.  And 
ft'om  this  time,  the  town  began  to  divide.  The  meetings 
alternated  between  the  West  and  East  side  of  the  town. 
And,  on  the  14th  of  March  1769,  the  meeting  was  held,  for 
the  first  time  at  the  new  Meeting  House,  on  the  East  side 
of  the  town.  And  a  committee  of  three  was  raised  to 
procure  the  services  of  a  "good  preacher,  a  minister  that  is 
likely  to  settle  in  this  place  as  soon  as  may  be." 

At  a  meeting  held  April  3,  1769,  the  town  extended  a  call 
to  Mr.  William  Southmayd  to  settle  with  them  in  the  min- 
istry, with  the  promise  of  a  salary  of  X80  lawful  money, 
and  £100  as  a  settlement,  together  with  the  use  of  the 
ministerial  lot.  But  he  declined  their  call.  The  people, 
though  disappointed,  were  neither  discouraged  nor  without 
hope.  Another  minister  soon  appears  among  them.  He 
meets  their  wishes  and  answers  their  expectations. 

1770.  At  the  Annual  Meeting  held  on  the  AVest  side  of 
the  town,  March  14,  an  invitation  was  extended  to  Rev. 
Joel  Benedict,  to  settle  with  them  in  the  ministry,  with  the 
promise  of  the  same  salary  and  settlement  that  had  been 
made  to  Mr.  Southmayd  ;  but  he  declined  their  call.  Before 
Mr.  Boyd  came,  it  is  not  certain  that  any  church  had  been 
gathered  in  this  town,  though  there  was  one  during  his  min- 
istry there  and  William  McLelland  was  chosen  Deacon  of 
it.*  At  the  time  of  Mr.  Boyd's  settlement,  the  whole  thing 
appears  to  have  been  managed  b}^  the  town,  without  any 
recognition  of  a  church,  and  at  the  meeting  of  the  Boston 
Presbytery  held  May  1754,  William  Hodge  was  accused 
before  that  body  for  some  offence,  when  he  was  remanded 
back  to  the  church  at  Newcastle  where  be  belongs,  to  give 
satisfaction  to  them  "as  soon  as  that  church  shiall  be  duly 
organized." 

From  this,  it  would  seem,  that,  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Boyd's 
ordination,   the   initials   had    been   taken   to   organize   a 

*Mi8s  Mary  Murray. 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES.  265 

church,  though  it  had  not  been  done  ;  and  one  of  the  com- 
pLiints  brought  against  Mr.  Boyd,  as  appears  in  Town 
Record  March  23,  1757,  was,  that  the  Sacrament  had  not 
been  administered.  But  the  church  which  he  gathered 
was  neither  hirge  nor  very  efficient,  and  was  destined  to  a 
speedy  death.  Mr.  Boyd  was  a  Presbyterian  ;  and  he  was 
settled  and  removed  by  the  action  of  the  town,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Presbytery,  and  the  church  was  not  named 
in  tlie  proceedings. 

At  the  time  of  Mr.  Ward's  proposed  settlement  in  1760,* 
two  years  after  Mr.  Boyd's  dismissal,  the  Council  was 
chosen  and  all  the  other  arrangements  were  made  by  the 
town  and  people,  without  any  reference  to  a  church  ;  and 
if  one  minister  had  been  settled  in  this  way,  it  is  not 
strange  that  the  people  shoidd  think  of  settling  another  in 
the  same  manner. 

At  the  date  of  Feb.  1769,  I  find  the  following  bill  made 
out  by  Samuel  Nickels,  Innholder,  against  "Gentlemen 
Committee  of  Newcastle."  To  19  mugs  of  flip,  £4,  15s ; 
To  8  dinners,  £2,  8s  ;  4  suppers,  12s ;  2  lodgings,  4s  ;  2 
breakfasts,  10s ;  1  horse  keeping,  15s ;  use  of  barn  for 
preaching  several  times,  12s  ;  one  week's  board  of  Mr. 
Leison,  6s,  8d  ;  2  mugs,  10s ;  which  it  is  presumed  the 
town  duly  considered  and  paid. 

1770.  It  is  certain  that  no  church  existed  here  when 
this  year  was  ushered  in  ;  for,  from  the  Town  Records,  it 
would  seem,  that  one  of  the  reasons  w^iich  induced  Mr. 
Ben6dict  to  decline  the  call  to  settle  here,  was,  there  was 
no  church  in  town  ;  and  this  explains  the  reason  for  the 
following  movement. 

At  a  meeting  May  22,  called  for  the  pui-pose,  Thomas 
Humphries  was  chosen  a  committee  to  wait  on  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Emerson  of  Georgetown  and  Rev.  Mr.  Eaton  of 
Harpswell  and  request  them  to  choose  a  third  minister, 
and  come  to  this  town  for  the  purpose  of  gathering  a 
church  ;  with  the  hope  that  the  church  when  gathered,  will 


266  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES. 

give  Mr.  Benedict  a  call  to  settle  with  them  in  the  min- 
istry. Samuel  Nickels,  Esq.,  was  the  person  selected  to 
extend  the  call  in  case  the  church  should  be  organized. 
Mr.  Benedict  was  out  of  town  ;  but  Mr.  Nickels  was  to  use 
his  influence  with  him  to  persuade  him  to  come,  as  soon 
as  he  was  able,  when  the  call  would  be  properl}^  presented. 
If,  however,  he  should  be  unsuccessful,  then  he  should  take 
advice  of  ministers  and  other  good  men  abroad,  and  "get 
^a  good,  sound  minister  of  the  gospel,  well  recominauded," 
to  come  and  preach  on  probation  for  settlement  here. 

The  town  was  earnest  in  its  desires  and  efforts,  but 
without  avail.  Those  ministers  did  not  see  fit  to  comply 
with  the  request  of  the  town — it  being  an  unusual  mode  of 
procedure,  and  probably  the  suitable  materials  for  a 
church  were  wanting — neither  did  Mr.  Benedict  accept  the 
invitation.  Their  hopes  are  disappointed,  and  the  pulpit 
is  once  more  left  unsupplied. 

On  the  4:th  of  September  the  town  had  a  meeting  and 
raised  a  committee  to  provide  a  minister. 

1771,  March  12,  Town  Meeting.  A  committee  of  three, 
one  from  the  Eastern,  one  from  the  Western,  and  one 
from  the  center  of  the  town,  was  raised  for  supplying  the 
pulpit.  One  year  afterwards,  the  town  was  destitute  ;  and 
on  the  4th  of  March,  1772,  a  committee  was  chosen  to 
provide  "a  good,  sound  minister,"  to  come  and  settle  with 
them. 

At  this  meeting  an  Article  was  inserted  in  the  Warrant, 
to  see  what  the  town  would  do  about  Meeting  houses  ; 
whether  the  town  will  finish  the  one  on  the  Eastern  side 
and  build  a  new  one  on  the  West  side  ;  or  whether  they 
will  build  one  Meeting  house  near  the  center  of  the  town, 
where  it  will  accommodate  all  the  inhabitants.  And  the 
result  was,  a  vote  to  build  one  Meeting  house  near  the 
center  of  the  town.  This  would  do  very  well  for  those 
who  lived  at  Damariscotta  and  Sheepscot ;  but  it  was  com- 
pelling those  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide  to  travel  a  long  dis- 
tance to  meeting. 


MINISTERS,  MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  267 

The  same  difficulty  uow  occurred  that  happened  when 
the  new  Meeting  house  was  in  progress  of  erection  on  the 
Eastern  side  of  the  town  ;  they  could  not  agree  where  to 
set  it.  So  they  employed  the  same  committee  which  they 
had  before,  with  one  exception,  to  come  and  locate  the 
Meeting  house. 

This  committee,  consisting  of  Thomas  Rice,  Esq.,  Wis- 
casset,  John  Stinsou,  Esq.,  and  James  McCobb,  Esq., 
of  Georgetown,*  met  and  selected  a  spot  in  due  order;, 
but  they  had  less  success  than  before.  Their  choice  did 
not  give  satisfaction  ;  and  the  town  at  a  meeting  held 
September  21,  1772  voted  "not  to  accept  the  spot  laid  out 
for  a  Meeting  house."  The  spot  was  on  the  hill.  West  of 
David  Given  and  near  the  Head  of  the  Reach  Road. 
And  if  the  town  was  never  to  have  but  one  Meeting  house, 
and  the  people  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide  were  never  to  go 
off,  it  might  have  been  a  judicious  location.  But  other 
men  were  to  live,  other  times  to  occur,  and  other  interests 
prevailed. 

1773,  March  11,  the  usual  vote  was  passed;  to  raise  a 
committee  for  supplying  the  pulpit ;  and  James  Cargill 
was  deputed  special  messenger  to  go  and  seek  a  minister, 
till  he  could  find  one. 

At  this  meeting,  an  effort  was  made  to  revive  the  mat- 
ter of  Meeting  houses,  but  without  success ;  the  town 
refused  to  do  anythiug  about  it  then.  But,  at  a  meeting 
held  on  the  East  side,  Sept.  13,  1773,  they  got  a  vote  to 
finish  the  Meeting  house  on  the  East  side  of  the  town, 
and  to  do  it  at  the  town's  charge.  The  Eastern  men  were 
in  the  majority.  This  house,  at  that  time,  was  only 
boarded,  not  clapboarded,  with  the  roof  shingled.  No 
pews  had  been  put  up,  and  they  voted,  not  to  do  anything 
about  finishing  the  Meeting  house  on  the  Western  side  of 
the  town.     The  Eastern  star  was  in  the  ascendancy. 

*  Samuel  Nickels  was  employed  by  the  towu  to  eutertaiu  them. 


268  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

This,  of  course,  gave  great  dissatisfaction  to  those  liv- 
ing on  the  West  side  ;  and  they  hurried  along  another 
meeting  which  was  held  Oct.  5,  when,  not  being  able  to 
elect  a  Moderator,  the  meeting  broke  up  in  confusion. 
This  meeting  was  held  on  the  West  side  of  the  town. 

On  the  11th,  another  warrant  was  issued,  calling  a  meet- 
ing to  be  held  on  the  28th  inst.,  on  the  West  side  of  the 
town.  James  Cargill  had  reported  favorably  ;  the  services 
of  Mr.  Jesse  Reed  had  been  secured  as  minister  ;  and  the 
second  vote  passed,  w^as  to  give  him  a  call  for  settlement. 
The  terms  were,  £100  settlement  money ;  and  £80  yearly 
salary.  A  committee  was  raised  to  present  this  call  and 
to  receive  the  candidate's  answer.     It  was  in  the  negative. 

The  Westsiders  had  now  the  best  chance.  Their  star 
was  in  the  ascendancy.  David  Hopkins  was  in  the  chair, 
and  they  easily  carried  the  vote,  to  reconsider  the  vote 
passed  March  4,  1772,  not  to  have  but  one  Meeting  house 
in  town  ;  and  they  also  decided  not  to  add  any  more  to 
the  committee  for  carrying  on  the  building  of  the  house, 
on  the  East  side  of  the  town  ;  and  they  still  farther  agreed, 
to  build  a  Meeting  house,  on  the  West  side  of  the  town, 
on  the  Ministerial  lot,  near  the  town  road. 

1774  At  the  next  annual  meeting,  March  14,  the  whole 
subject  came  up  again.  This  meeting  was  on  the  East 
side.  Nothing  had  been  done,  not  so  much  as  a  stick  cut 
or  a  board  sawed,  towards  building  the  Meeting  house  on 
the  West  side  ;  though  a  committee  of  five  had  been  chosen 
for  that  object ;  and  the  house  on  the  East  side,  remained 
"m  statu  quo."  The  Western  men  were  at  this  meeting  in 
force,  when  they  agreed  that  the  expense  of  the  Eastern 
house  should  be  borne  by  the  town ;  and  that  -the  town 
should  build  a  Meeting  house  on  the  West  side,  fifty  feet 
in  length  and  forty  feet  in  width.  At  this  meeting,  they 
invited  the  Rev.  Samuel  Wheeler  "to  preach  the  gospel  on 
probation  for  settlement." 

But  the  condition  of  things  was  not  satisfactory.     Oppo- 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  269 

sition  was  found  to  these  votes  of  the  town,  and  an  appli- 
cation was  made  to  the  Selectmen  for  another  meeting 
which  they  refused.  The  dissentients  then  applied  to 
Justice  Rice  of  Wiscasset  for  authority  to  call  another 
meeting,  and  he  acceded  to  their  request.  The  meeting 
was  held  July  21,  1774,  when  an  attempt  was  made  to 
reconsider  the  vote  for  building  a  Meeting  house  on  the 
West  side  of  the  town,  but  it  failed.  The  town  chose  to 
abide  by  its  former  decision.  An  attempt  was  then  made 
to  remove  the  Meeting  house  frame  which  had  been  pre- 
pared and  was  ready  for  raising,  to  the  spot  where  the  old 
Meeting  house  stood,  taking  that  away,  or  "to  som6  other 
place  as  shall  be  agreed  upon  ; "  but  this  also  failed.  The 
town  was  inflexible. 

1774.  In  the  Warrant  for  a  meeting,  to  be  held  Septem- 
ber 22,  on  the  East  side  of  the  town,  the  second  Article 
was  to  see  what  sum  of  money  the  town  will  raise,  to  carry 
on  the  building  of  the  two  Meeting  houses  ;  but  the  Article 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  acted  upon.  The  whole 
matter  slumbered  for  a  time.  Jacob  Greely,  hoMever,  was 
appointed  in  room  of  Alexander  Robinson  who  had  moved 
out  of  town,  a  committee,  to  secure  the  services  of  a  min- 
ister. 

1775.  At  the  next  Annual  meeting,  March  22,  the  town 
voted  to  raise  a  committee  of  three,  who  should  endeavor 
to  employ  Rev.  John  Urquhart  as  minister.  And  if  he 
should  decline  to  preach  on  "  probation  for  settlement, " 
then  the  committee  are  to  take  "  all  prudent  care  to  pro- 
vide a  good  minister  of  the  gospel,  to  come  and  preach  on 
probation."  But  for  some  reason,  Mr.  Urquhart,  like  Mr. 
Reed,  did  not  tarry  with  them.  During  the  summer,  Mr. 
Thurston  W^hiting,  a  student  of  Cambridge,  came  into 
these  parts,  and  was  engaged  to  preach  in  Newcastle.  And 
on  the  14th  of  December,  the  town  voted  unanimously  to 
continue  him  in  preaching,  the  ensuing  winter,  with  a  view 
of  settlement. 


270  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES. 

1776.  March  14,  a  unanimous  vote  was  passed  by  the 
town,  inviting  him  to  settle  with  them.  They  promised 
him  a  settlement  of  £100  and  a  yearly  salary  of  £80, 
together  with  the  u«e  of  the  Ministerial  lot,  for  his  services. 

Arrangements  were  soon  m^ade  for  his  ordination.  And 
on  May  9,  Mr.  Whitiugappearedin  town  meeting,  when  the 
choice  was  given  him  to  settle  on  the  Presbyterian  or  Con- 
gregational platform,  as  he  might  elect.  He  said,  he  did 
not  wish  to  decide  for  the  town  ;  but  his  preference  would 
be  Congregational.  Therefore  the  town  voted  to  ordain  him 
on  the  Congregational  Platform.  And  from  that  hour, 
Presbyterianism  disappears  from  Newcastle  and  never 
recovered  ascendanc}^  or  influence  again. 

Major  John  Farle}',  David  Hopkins  and  Samuel  Nickels 
\j  were  appointed  a  committee  in  behalf  of  the  town,  to  invite 
the  ministers  from  abroad  to  the  work  of  ordination.  The 
Council  were,  Rev.  Ezekiel  Emerson,  Georgetown  ;  Rev. 
Samuel  Eaton,.  Harpswell ;  Rev.  Crestian  Gillman,  North 
Yarmouth  ;  Rev.  Alexander  McLean,  Bristol ;  Rev.  Thomas 
Moor,  Pownalboro' ;  and  Rev.  Francis  Winter  of  the 
North  Parish  in  Georgetown. 

The  second  Wednesday  of  July  was  fixed  as  the  day  of 
ordination.  David  Hopkins,  Samuel  Nickels  and  John 
Farley  were  the  committee  of  arrangements.  June  24, 
town  voted  to  ordain  Mr.  Whiting  in  Samuel  Nickel's  barn. 
This  place  was  chosen  probably  because  it  was  central. 
There  were  two  Meeting  houses  in  town,  though  in  an  un- 
finished state,  and  a  Meeting  house  frame  on  the  Ministerial 
lot  at  this  time.  But  there  were  powerful  parties  on  the  East 
and  West  sides  of  the  town,  growiug  out  of  the  location  of 
the  Meeting  houses  ;  and  this  choice  of  Esquire  Nickel's 
barn,  was  probably  the  commencement  of  a  compromise 
which  resulted  in  abandoning  the  Houses,  on  both  the  West 
and  East  sides,  aud  uniting  in  one  minister  and  one  House 
in  the  center  of  the  town. 

Tlie   matter  of  entertaining   the  ministers  was  left  with 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES.  271 

the  committee  of  arrangements.  It  was  a  new  thing  in 
the  history  of  that  town,  and  the  people  came  from  near 
and  far,  to  witness  it. 

1778.  These  times  were  Bevokitionary,  the  people  poor, 
and  corn  was  scarce.  The  subject  of  Meeting  houses  slum- 
bers; on  the  21st  of  July  it  was  again  agitated  in  town  meeting; 
but  without  success.  The  town  had  been  dilatory  in  meet- 
ing their  engagements  with  Mr.  Whiting  ;  therefore  an  Arti- 
cle was  inserted  in  the  Warrant  for  a  Meeting  to  be  held 
the  10th  of  November,  to  see  if  the  town  would  give  Mr, 
Whiting  the  Ministerial  lot,  in  lieu  of  his  settlement  money  ; 
but  the  attempt  failed  ;  the  town  could  not  legally  dispose 
of  it,  in  any  such  way. 

The  times  were  hard,  prices  high,  and  Continental  money 
was  depreciating  rapidly  in  value.  Therefore,  at  a  Jileet- 
ing  held  December  22,  the  town  voted  to  add  £50  to  Mr. 
Whiting's  salary.  It  was  also  voted  to  sell  the  old  Meeting 
liouse  on  the  West  side  of  the  town,  and  the  Moderator, 
James  Cargill  was  "  Vendue  Master.  "  It  was  sold  at  that 
meeting.  David  Somes  was  the  purchaser.  Price  835,  five 
of  which  were  paid  that  day  into  the  treasi^ry  of  the  town. 

1778.  At  the  March  meeting,  on  account  of  the  scarcity 
of  money,  it  was  agreed  to  pay  Mr.  Whiting  £50  of  his 
salary,  this  year,  in  "  such  things  as  the  town  produces, 
and  he  stands  .in  need  of,  at  the  same  price  such  articles 
went  at  when  he  was  ordained  ; "  the  year  to  begin  "  this 
day,  "  March  16th.  They  also  decided  to  do  nothing  about 
a  Meeting  house  "  at  present.  " 

At  a  Meeting  held  May  28th,  the  town,  in  view  of  tlie 
deiJreciation  of  the  currency,  and  the  rise  in  price  of 
articles,  voted  to  give  Mr.  Whiting  £220  in  addition  to  his 
yearl}'  salary  which  ended  July  10,  1778.  The  vote  gave 
dissatisfaction,  and  at  a  Meeting  held  the  2d  of  July  of 
that  year,  an  attempt  was  made  at  reconsideration  ;  but 
without  effect.  The  town  adhered  to  its  vote.  1779,  the 
town  voted  him  the  same  amount.     An  attempt  however 


272  HTNISTERS,   MEETING  HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES. 

was  made  at  a  subsequent  meeting  to  reduce  this  sum,  but 
it  failed.     The  town  adhered  to  its  former  vote. 

July  7.  Town  voted  to  give  Mr.  Whiting  X600  "in  con- 
sideration of  his-  hibors,  from  July  1778  to  July  1779," 
deducting  from  this  sum,  according  to  the  time  he  had 
been  absent  from  town.  And  in  Oct.  26th,  they  voted  ta 
give  Mr.  Whiting  £150  for  his  labors,  from  July  to  the  10th 
of  October,  Mr.  Whiting  had  as  yet  been  paid  in  Amer- 
ican currency  which  had  become  almost  worthless.  And 
in  May  24,  1780,  the  town  voted  to  give  him  what  was 
equivalent  to  =£80,  lawful  money.  They  however  agreed  to 
pay  him  his  salary  in  articles  of  produce,  at  his  own 
house,  at  the  following  prices  :  Corn  per  bushel,  4s,  8d  ; 
rye,  5s,  4d  ;  barley,  4s ;  peas,  8s ;  English  hay,  4.0s  per 
ton  ;'  beef,  2d,  3f,  per  pound  ;  pork,  5.U1,  per  pound  ;  veal 
and  mutton,  3d,  per  pound  ;  butter,  9^d  ;  sheep's  wool.  Is, 
9|d,  and  flax  at  9|d,  per  pound.  His  wood  came  from  the 
Parish  lot ;  and  his  friends  and  parishioners  used  to  make 
a  "bee"  in  winter  and  draw  it  to  him,  free  of  expense  to 
himself.  This  was  a  most  generous  and  necessary  cus- 
tom ;  and  the  people  continued  in  this  good  way,  even 
while  I  resided  in  Newcastle,  a  period  of  twelve  years. 
Every  winter,  the  men  would  willingly  "turn  out,"  and 
with  their  teams  and  axes,  would,  in  a  portion  of  a  day, 
cut  and  draw  me  wood  enough  to  keep^  my  fires  going 
the  entire  year.  My  heart  is  warmed  even  to  this  hour, 
for  their  acts  of  generosity  and  kindness. 

1780.  On  the  4th  of  September,  the  town  voted  to 
raise  for  Mr,  Whiting,  the  sum  of  £4,800,  old  tenor,  which 
was  only  equal  to  £80,  lawful  money  ;  and  in  March  1781, 
the  town  decided  that  Mr.  Whiting's  salary  be  the  same  as 
the  year  before. 

When  Mr.  Whiting  came  into  Newcastle,  it  was  with 
unbounded  popularity  and  success.  He  was  young,  ardent 
and  fired  with  a  zeal  for  his  country's  deliverance  and 
independence.     He  was   received    by  a  unanimous   vote ; 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  27o 

the  town  beoaine  Cougrcgational  at  his  decision  ;  and 
whatever  differences  there  may  have  been  among  the 
inhabitants  respecting  the  location  of  Meeting  houses  and 
other  causes,  they  were  all  united  in  him.  The  people 
thought  they  had  got  the  right  man  at  the  last ;  and  a  long 
and  prosperous  settlement  was  before  him.  But  they  were 
doomed  to  disappointment.  Scaicely  had  five  and  a  half 
years  passed  away,  before  he  asked  his  dismission.  This 
was  at  a  meeting  of  the  town  held  Oct.  3,  1781.  But  the 
town  did  not  see  fit  to  comply  with  his  request. 

From  the  scanty  records  of  those  times,  there  evidently 
had  been  a  growing  dissatisfaction  between  Mr.  W.  and 
the  people  for  some  time.  There  had  been  difficulties 
about  the  salary  ;  and  it  is  to  be  feared  that  Mr.  W.  hardly 
met  the  expectations  and  wants  of  the  people,  either  as  a 
minister  or  a  man. 

The  author  of  the  "Frontier  Missionary"  Bev.  Jacob 
Bailey,  who  preached  for  a  time  in  Pownalboro,  Me.,  thus 
delineates  his  character,  "About  the  beginning  of  this 
summer,"  1777,  he  writes,  "one  Whiting  was  engaged  to 
officiate  at  the  Court  House,"  now  Dresden.  "This  fellow, 
now  19  or  20  years  of  age,  had  been  extremely  notorious 
for  his  vicious  and  idle  conduct,  having  first  been  expelled 
from  the  College,  at  Cambridge,  and  afterwards,  it  is 
reported,  obliged  to  flee  from  the  Seminai-y  at  Providence, 
for  stealing  the  President's  horse.  He  had  been  employed 
for  some  time  as  a  schoolmaster  in  Kennebeck,  but  was 
represented  as  a  person  disposed  to  ridicule  both  religion 
and  virtue  ;  yet  pretending  to  a  sudden  and  miraculous 
conversion,  and  assuming  uncommon  zeal  in  the  cause  of 
liberty,  he  is  conceived  to  be  the  happy  instrument  of 
carrying  on  the  blessed  work  of  ruining  the  Church  ;  and 
though  it  is  affirmed  he  boldly  preached  the  sermons  of 
President  Davies  and  other  writers  of  a  sprightly  and  fanat- 
ical turn,  yet  he  was  highly  caressed  by  our  leaders,  and 
extolled  as  an  angel  from  Heaven,  to  preach  the  everlasting 
gospel." 


274  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES. 

There  is  much  more  of  the  same  sort ;  and  he  closes 
Avhat  he  has  to  say  about  this  man,  in  the  following  man- 
ner :  "But  Wliitiug  was  not  the  only  Apostle  of  the  Ken- 
nebeck.  There  Avas  also  one  Aklen  an  Ana-Baptist 
preacher  from  Great  Britain." 

Now  whatever  may  have  been  the  errors  of  Mr.  Whiting's 
youth,  or  indiscretions  after  he  entered  the  ministry,  yet 
great  allowance  must  undoubtedly  be  made  for  the  Avarmth 
with  which  Mr.  Baile}^  wrote,  and  the  intemperate  lan- 
guage that  he  used.  Mr.  B.  Avas  an  Episcopalian  ;  and  it 
is  notorious  that  his  sect,  at  that  time,  had  no  sympathy 
with  the  Eevolutionar}-  Patriots ;  he  indulged  in  the 
bigotry  of  the  party  that  persecuted  the  Pilgrims  ;  was  no 
admirer  of  the  Evangelical  party ;  and  was  evidentl}' 
chagrined  that  a  younger  and  truer  man  than  himself, 
should  stand  better  with  the  Patriot  leaders  than  the 
"Frontier  Missionary"  did.  And  still,  Mr.  Whiting  was 
not  the  man  of  our  choice;  and  as  a  minister  there  is 
reason  to  believe  he  had  but  indiflferent  success.  Reports 
unfavorable  to  his  reputation  undoubtedly  reached  the 
place  ;  and  he  was  never  settled  in  the  ministry,  alter 
leaving  Newcastle. 

The  Meeting  house  on  the  Ministerial  lot  had  been 
framed  and  raised,  but  not  boarded  ;  and  in  one  of  the 
autumnal  gales  which  occurred  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
year  1781,  Avas  bloAAai  down.  Tlien  the  people  upon  the 
West  side  of  the  toAvn  Avere  left  without  a  house  of  worship. 
The  old  one,  first  built  in  town,  and  built  Avhen  there  Avere 
but  few  inhabitants,  had  been  sold  under  the  hammer 
of  the  auctioneer,  for  a  trifle ;  and  this  one,  designed  to 
arise  from  its  ashes  as  a  glory  and  a  joy,  Avas  prostrated 
to  the  ground  by  the  winds  of  Heaven.  Though  a  short 
time  afterAvards,  an  attempt  was  made,  as  a  peace  offering 
to  the  inhabitants  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide,  to  build  one  in 
the  Woodbridge  neighborhood,  yet  not  till  the  year  1824, 
did  the  inhabitants  on  the  Western  side  of  the  town  see 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES    AND    CHUHCHES.  27-> 

the  spire  of    a  Meeting    house  point    to  Heaven  in  their 
midst. 

David  Miirra}'  at  the  Town  meeting  Jan.  1782,  was 
a'ppointed  to  take  care  of  the  prostrated  Meeting  house 
frame.  The  only  Meeting  house  that  Newcastle  then  could 
call  her  own,  was  on  the  Eastern  side  of  the  town. 

Grcenleaf,  in  his  Ecclesiastical  Sketches  of  Maine,  saj-s, 
that  at  the  time  of  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Whiting,  a  small 
Congregational  Church  Avas  gathered  there,  though,  it 
became  extinct  afterwards.  This  appears  more  than  prob- 
able ;  for  after  the  town's  lirst  refusal,  Oct.  3,  1781,  to 
grant  Mr.  Whiting's  request  for  a  dismission,  the  matter 
did  not  slumber.  The  request  was  again  renewed  Jan.  7, 
1782  ;  but  the  town  voted  to  adjourn  the  matter  to  a  meet- 
ing, to  be  held  on  the  31st  iust.  At  that  time,  the  ques- 
tion came  up,  as  stated  in  the  Warrant,  "agreeable  to  the 
result  of  a  council." 

Now  there  had  been  a  council,  but  it  -svas  not  the  action 
of  the  town  ;  and  it  must  have  been  at  the  request  of  the 
church  ;  and  there  could  have  been  no  such  request  or 
action,  if  a  church  had  not  been  in  existence  there. 

The  record  of  Jan.  31st,  states  that  Mr.  Whiting  was 
dismissed.  This  must  have  been  an  error ;  he  was  not 
dismissed  ;  for  in  the  Warrant  for  a  town  jNIeeting  to  be 
held  the  19th  of  February  there  was  an  Article,  to  see  if 
the  town  will  "dismiss  Mr.  Whiting  agreeable  to  result  of 
Council,  shewing  two  things ;  that  the  Council  had  been 
held  and  advised  a  dismission  ;  and  2d,  That  the  town  had 
not  yet  complied  with  it.  They  however  refused,  at  that 
meeting  to  vote  Mr.  Whiting's  dismission.  Immediately 
there  was  a  protest  signed  liy  Job  Day  and  27  others, 
against  this  action  of  the  town.  The}-  state,  in  their  com- 
plaint, that  there  were  persons  that  voted  in  that  meeting 
who  were  not  qualified  according  to  law  ;  and  therefore 
the  vote  for  dismissing  Mr.  AVhiting,  was  not  legal ;  more 
e.specially  as  it  is  against  the  result  of  Council  and  all 
Ecclesiastical  authoritv. 


276  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

This  protest  was  entered  upon  the  town  records.  The 
opposition  was  too  powerful.  The  friends  of  Mr.  Whiting 
had  acted  injudiciously.  Another  meeting  was  called  on 
March  7th.  1782,  when  the  former  vote  was  reconsidered 
and  the  second  vote  passed  to  dismiss  Mr.  Whiting, 
"  agreeable  to  the  result  of  Council  ; "  and  he  was 
dismissed. 

Thus  the  unhappy  controversej^  is  ended,  though  its 
influence  is  felt  for  a  time  afterwards  ;  and  Newcastle  is 
again  without  a  minister.  It  had  one  Meeting  house,  but 
none  to  stand  in  it  and  pour  out  unto  the  people  the  waters 
of  salvation. 

Mr.  Whiting's  legal  connection  with  the  people  of  New- 
castle, terminated  March  7,  1782.  And  on  the  same  day 
he  addressed  a  very  kind  and  fraternal  note  to  them,  in 
Avhich  he  professes  the  utmost  friendship  for  them,  and 
hopes  "  that  with  the  dissolution  of  this  relation  all  ani- 
mosities and  parties  which  it  has  unhappily  occasioned, 
may  subside,  and  that  from  this  date,  the  distinction  of  my 
friends  and  enemies  may  never  be  heard." 

Mr.  Whiting  had  ceased  laboring  as  minister  among  the 
people  on  the  13th  of  December  previous,  and  the  town 
settled  with  him  for  services  up  to  that  date. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  June  of  that  year,  a  vote  was 
obtained  to  sell  the  Meeting  house  frame  which  had  been 
raised  on  the  ministerial  lot,  but  had  blown  down,  to  the 
highest  bidder,  and  it  was  accordingh^  done. 

1783.  The  town  refused  to  do  anythizig  about  getting  a 
minister  ;  but  in  1784,  they  raised  a  committee  of  three  for 
this  purpose.  The  two  following  years,  they  raisetl  com- 
mittees for  this  purpose,  but  it  is  believed  without  mu(^h,  if 
any  success,  in  the  object  sought.  In  1787,  an  unsuccessful 
attempt  was  made  to  induce  the  town  to  build  a  Meeting 
house  ;  but  on  the  7th  of  April,  1788,  the  town  agreed  in 
building  one  meeting  house  "  on  Mrs.  Cunningham's  land, 
on  the  North  side  of  the  County  Road,  at  the  West  end  of 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHBS.  277 

Mr.  Given's  fence.  "  This  was  near  the  head  of  the  Reach 
Road,  and  was  the  spot  selected  for  that  purpose  l)y  the 
committee  that  was  chosen  in  1772.  Tliej  however  refused 
to  raise  any  money,  or  do  anytliing  farther  about  the  mat- 
ter, at  present.  But  the  foHowing  August,  this  vote  was 
reconsidered,  and  an  attempt  to  build  a  meeting  house  near 
Mr.  James  Simpson's*  failed,  and  so  did  the  effort  to  roj)air 
the  meeting  house  on  the  East  side  of  the  town. 

1788.  This  meeting  house  was  destined  to  be  abandoned ; 
and  the  feeling  was  increasing  to  unite  in  one  meeting 
and  one  House.  For,  April  18,  the  minds  of  the  town 
were  so  far  harmonized  as  to  pass  the  important  vote  :  "  To 
have  a  Meeting  house  built  on  the  county  road  from  Sheep- 
scot  to  Damariscotta,  as  near  where  the  road  parts,  as 
there  can  be  found  a  convenient  spot  for  said  Meeting 
liouse  to  stand  on  ;  said  Meeting  house  to  be  carried  on  by 
subscription,  till  the  outside  is  finished  ;  and  then  the  sub- 
scribers to  sell  the  pews  to  pay  for  building  and  finishing 
said  House,  and  if  the  pews  do  not  amount  to  a  sum  suffi- 
cient to  repay  the  subscribers  for  the  same,  "  then  each 
subscriber  shall  lose  in  proportion  to  the  sum  he  has 
advanced. 

1792.  The  building  of  the  House  comme  iced  and  went 
on  slowly  but  surely  and  on  the  7t]i  of  May,  the  work  was 
so  far  advanced  as  to  bring  the  town  to  the  following 
decision :  "  Voted  to  have  the  preaching  this  present 
year  in  the  new  Meeting  house,  and  at  the  Head  of  the 
Tide,  where  the  inhabitants  shall  appoint ;"  allowing  thein  to 
have  preaching  in  proportion  to  the  taxes  they  pay,  and  all 
who  lived  to  the  North  and  West  of  Jesse  Cooper's  and 
David  Murray's  should  be  reckoned  with  the  Northwest 
Parish. 

In  a  former  year,  an  attempt  was  made  to  divide  the 
town  into  two  Parishes,  East  and  West ;  the  line  to  run  as 


*  Where  the  Committee  of  1772  had  located  it. 


278  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

near  the  middle  as  may  be.  It  would  have  been  the  better 
course,  if  the  town  could  have  so  agreed  ;  for  the  town  has 
two  sides  to  it,  and  two  villages,  and  it  came  to  that,  at  the 
last.  But,  at  that  time,  all  attempts  of  that  kind  failed. 
At  another  time,  when  they  could  not  agTee  about  the  loca- 
tion of  the  Meeting  house,  some  one  proposed  in  Town 
meeting  to  draw  a  line  from  Damariscotta  lower  falls  to 
Sheepscot  falls,  and  that  the  house  be  placed  as  near  the 
middle  of  this  line  as  may  be  ;  but  this  project  failed. 

At  a  meeting  held  May  7,  1792,  an  attempt  was  made  to 
sell  the  old  Meeting  house  at  "  Vendue, "  but  it  failed. 
Then,  the  town  was  desired  to  lend  the  glass  and  sashes  in 
the  old  Meeting  house  to  be  put  into  the  new  one  ;  but  this 
the  town  refused.  But,  however,  they  came  at  the  thing  in 
another  way  ;  reminding  one  of  the  old  proverb  :  "  There 
is  more  than  one  way  to  kill  a  cat."  The  town  did  em- 
power Major  John  Farley  to  lend  the  glass  and  sashes 
which  were  in  his  possession  to  Samuel  Nickels,  Esq.,  that 
belonged  to  the  town,  and  take  his  obligation  to  have 
them  returned  to  the  town  whenever  demanded,  in  as  good 
order  as  when  delivered. 

On  the  5th  of  October  folloAving,  an  unsuccessful  attempt 
was  made  to  sell  the  old  Meeting  house,  together  with  the 
acre  of  land  on  which  it  stands,  and  also  the  sashes  and 
glass  belonging  to  the  town,  to  the  highest  bidder. 

1794.  The  town  during  the  years  that  had  intervened 
between  the  dismission  of  Mr.  >  Whiting  and  this,  had 
chosen  committees  for  the  purpose  of  securing  preacliing  ; 
but  it  is  supposed  generally  with  little  success.  They  had 
sought  for  a  shepherd  but  had  not  always  been  able  to  obtain 
one.  Their  desire  and  constancy  are  commendable  ;  but 
from  1753  to  1797,  a  period  of  44  years,  they  had  had  but 
two  settled  ministers,  and  both  of  their  pastorates  were 
short.  Who  wonders  then  that  at  times  they  should  get  a 
little  remiss  in  this  respect?  And  are  we  astonished  that 
their  own   Clerk  has  left  the  record,  that  in  May  of  that 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  279 

year,  the  towu  was  togetlicr  to  consult  as  to  the  action  to 
be  taken,  in  the  case  of  a  prosecution  brought  against 
them,  for  not  having  the  gospel  statedh'  preached.  Nath- 
aniel Bryant  was  chosen  agent  for  the  town's  defence. 
That  year  however  tlie  services  of  Rev.  Mr.  AVilliams  were 
secured  for  a  time  ;  but  how  long  he  remained  is  uncertain. 
At  the  same  time  the  town  voted  to  build  a  meeting  house, 
on  the  first  high  hill,  to  the  Westward  of  William  Waters. 
But  this  house  was  never  built.  The  timber  got  out  for 
the  frame,  was  afterwards  sold  to  Samuel  Nickels  at  9s.  per 
ton. 

1795.  April  6,  the  town  got  a  vote  to  sell  the  old  Meet- 
ing house  to  the  highest  bidder.  Nathaniel  Brj^ant  was  the 
purchaser.  Price  $37.  Six  month's  credit  given.  The 
Meeting  house  was  afterwards  taken  down  and  Mr.  Stetson 
built  a  barn  from  the  materials.  The  barn  stood  in  the 
field  to  the  East  of  the  "  old  Myrick  house.  " 

1796.  October  10,  the  glass  and  sashes  were  sold  to 
different  individuals  all  interested  in  the  new  house,  who 
had  one  month's  credit.  James  Caugill  was  "  Vendue  mas- 
ter," and  Moderator  of  the  meeting.  Samuel  Nickels  was 
a  considerable  purchaser  of  the  articles. 

At  the  time  the  town  voted  to  sell  the  old  Meeting  house, 
they  also  appointed  a  committee,  not  inhabitants  of  the 
town,  to  examine  the  accounts  for  building  the  new  one, 
and  Thomas  McClure  of  Bristol,  Captain  William  Patter- 
son of  Edgcomb  and  Mr.  Lemuel  Doe  were  the  persons 
selected.  They  examined  the  accounts,  made  a  fair  state- 
ment of  what  each  one  of  the  builders  had  done  and 
furnished,  and  rendered  an  impartial  statement  to  the  town. 
It  was  taken  at  the  aj^praisal,  and  the  house  afterwards 
became  the  property  of  the  town. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Pickle  was  preaching  here  at  this  time  and 
when  the  town  was  asked  to  express  their  wish,  as  to 
whether  he  should  be  employed  after  his  present  engage- 
ment had  expired  or  not,   they  voted  to  leave  it  to  the 


280  MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

Selectmen  to  Lire  liiin  or  not,  as  they  might  thiuk  proper. 
Mr.  Pickle's  stay  was  brief. 

1797.  A  memorable  year.  The  committee  for  supplying 
the  pulpit  are  chosen,  and  consist  of  Samuel  Nickels, 
Samuel  Kennedy  and  James  Little.  Fifteen  years  had 
passed  away  with  comparatively  little  preaching ;  the  old 
Church  had  become  extinct ;  religion  was  low  ;  but  a  new 
Era  had  dawned  ;  the  people  were  to  be  supplied  with  the 
gospel  ministry,  and  the  pulpit  was  not  again  to  remain 
vacant,  for  the  next  quarter  of  a  century.  The  llev.  Kiah 
Bailey  arrives  in  town  ;  his  services  are  secured  ;  a  church 
is  organized  and  he  has  a  call  to  settle.  David  Murray, 
Samuel  Nickels  and  Thomas  Kennedy  are  the  committee  to 
present  the  "  Call  "  and  receive  the  answer.  It  is  in  the 
affirmative.  October  4th,  Mr.  Bailey  is  ordained  and 
remains  their  minister  twenty-six  years.  And  when  he  was 
gone,  others  came  and  proclaimed  the  same  Gospel  in 
which  he  believed. 

The  vote  requesting  him  to  settle,  was  pay  May  10,  on  a 
salary  of  XlOO,  and  a  settlement  of  £100.  There  were  51 
votes  in  his  favor  and  8  against  him,  Mr.  Bailey's  answer  to 
the  "  Call,  "  was  returned  September  4,  in  which  he  asks  for 
an  annual  vacation  of  four  weeks,  that  he  might  visit  his 
friends  who  lived  at  a  distance  from  him.  Mr.  Bailey's 
father  resided  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  Mrs.  Bailey  was  a 
native  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts.  The  request  was 
granted.  The  Church  that  was  giithered  consisted  of  three 
male  members.  The  next  year  Mrs.  Bailey  and  two  other 
females  united  with  it. 

Wednesday,  October  4th,  was  the  day  fixed  for  Ordina- 
tion. Samuel  Nickels,  David  Murray  and  Thomas  Ken- 
nedy, were  the  committee  of  arrangements.  The  Churches 
represented  wore  near  at  hand. 

Kev.  Ezekiel  Emerson,  V.  D.  M.  of  Georgetown,  preached 
the  sermon.  His  text  was,  II  Corinthians,  IV  :  2.  It  was 
clear,    scriptural,  pungent   and   convincing.     The   sermon 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  281 

was  printed  in  Pownalboro',  by  Laugliton  iV  llhoades,  in 
171KS. 

In  the  Cliurcli  records  I  liud  the  following  entry,  which 
commences  thus  : 

"  Newcastle,  October  4,  1797.  In  consequence  of  letters 
missive  from  the  Town  of  Newcastle  in  conjunction  with 
the  pastor  elect  of  the  Church  thus  convened  in  an 
Ecclesiastical  Council  for  the  ordination  of  the  Rev'd 
Kiah*  Bayley,  the  following  churches  by  their  Pastors  and 
delegates,  the  first  and  second  church  in  North  Yarmouth, 
the  churches  of  Harpswell,  Georgetown,  Bath,  Hallowell, 
New  Milford  and  Bristol.  Some  members  of  the  Council 
having  previously  met  at  Newcastle  in  order  to  regulate 
matters  in  the  church  there  and  examine  candidates  for 
admission,  gave  an  account  of  their  proceedings  to  the 
Council  which  were  approved  of,  in  consequence  of  this  a 
church  embody'*  —  consisting  of  some  members  of  the  old 
church  there  and  some  new  ones.  The  Pastor  elect  having 
given  ample  satisfaction  to  the  Council  respecting  his  con- 
version, call  into  the  Ministry  and  his  knowledge  of  the 
doctrines  of  the  gospel,  the  Council  voted  unanimously  to 
ordain  him  and  set  him  apart  to  the  ministerial  office  in 
Newcastle,  or  wherevei'  Providence  ma}^  order  his  lot,  and 
he  was  accordingly  ordained  and  set  apart  by  praj^er  and 
the  laying  on  of  hands  of  the  Presb3^tery. 

This  is  attested  by  Alex.  McLean,  Scribe  to  the  Council." 

Mr.  McLean  was,  at  the  time  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Bristol.  The  Records  after  this  are  in  the  handwriting  of 
the  new  pastor  and  clerk  of  the  church,  Rev.  Mr.  Bayley. 

The  next  entry  is,  their  Confession  of  Faith  and  Cov- 
enant, sound,  doctrinal  and  ample,  which  was  adopted  June 
4,  1799,  and  to  which  the  following  names  were  attached, 
which,  I  suppose  constituted  the  church  at  that  time. 


*I  uow  spell  this  uaine  as  I  tiiul  it  ou  the  records — Bayley, 


282  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES. 

Kiah  Baylej,  Pastor,  Rosanna  Little, 

William  Keiinedj,  Phebe  Tufts, 

Johu  Catland,  Abigail  Bayley. 

Thomas  Kennedy, 
In  the  Church  Records  of  November  7,  1852,  I  find  the 
fcillowing  entry  which  I  transcribe  as  it  is  directly  to  the 
point  and  shows  how  interested  this  people  were  in  the 
Maine  Charity  School.  "Wednesday,  Conference. — Had  a 
good  meeting.  Dea.  George  A.  Thatcher,  Treasurer  of  the 
Maine  Charity  School,  was  present  and  contributed  to  the 
interest  of  the  meeting.  He  thanked  the  brethren  and 
friends  of  the  Seminary  who  have  subscribed  recently  about 
$500.00  towai'd  the  endowment  of  two  professorships." 
"It  is  a  fact  worthy  of  remembrance  that  the  Bangor 
Seminary  had  its  origin  with  this  church.  The  first  sug- 
gestion, it  is  believed,  came  from  Mrs.  Bailey,  the  wife  of 
Rev.  Kiah  Bailey,  the  first  pastor  of  this  church.  The 
suggestion  was  taken  up  by  Mr.  Bailey  and  Father  Sawyer 
(then  minister  at  Boothbay)  and  by  them  followed  up 
until  b}'  God's  blessing,  it  resulted  in  this  'School  of  the 
Prophets,'  from  which  many  efficient  and  faithful  ministers 
have  already  gone  out  to  preach  the  gospel  to  famishing 
souls." 

"The  first  money  paid  into  the  Treasury'  of  the  Bangor 
Theological  Seminary,  it  seems  was  collected  by  Mrs. 
Bailey  from  the  members  of  the  Church  in  Newcastle. 
Let  this  be  told  as  a  memorial  of  her  prayers  and  benev- 
olent labors  as  an  encouragement  to  us  to  sow  the  incor- 
ruptible seed  of  God's  truth,  even  upon  a  hard  soil,  being 
assured  that  in  God's  own  time  it  shall  yield  a  bountiful 
harvest." 

Mr.  Bailey  was  a  faithful  preacher  and  pastor,  strict  in 
Church  discipline,  and  during  his  ministry  82  members 
were  added  to  his  Church. 

When  Mr.  Bajdey  was  settled  here,  the  town  constituted 
the  parish  ;  but  in  process  of  time,  individuals,  to  save  the 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  288 

payment  of  a  iniiiistorial  tax,  began  to  poll  off"  from  the 
parish,  till  at  last,  the  number  became  so  small  that  the 
minister's  salary  conld  not  be  raised  ;  and  in  June  182o, 
the  contract  between  him  and  the  town  was  dissolved, 
inasmuch  as  they  had  failed  to  comply  with  the  terms  of 
settlement.  In  consequence  of  this,  a  council  was  called 
by  the  pastor  arid  church  which  met  at  the  Academy, 
Sept.  24,  1823,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  into  consideration 
the  dissolution  of  the  connection  between  Mr.  Bayle}'  and 
his  people,  liev.  J.  W.  Ellingwood  of  Bath  was  chosen 
Moderator  and  Rev.  D.  M.  Mitchell  scribe.  A  committee 
of  three,  consisting  of  "Brothers  W.  Dodge,  Sherman  and 
Du.  E.  Haggett,"  were  present  to  represent  the  church  ; — 
the  town  had  no  delegate,  but  "as  one  of  the  parish 
assessors  was  present" — name  not  given — "he  was  desired 
with  consent  of  parties,  to  make  anj  communication 
which  he  should  think  proper,  relating  to  the  subject  under 
consideration." 

The  Council  after  mature  deliberation,  came  to  the  fol- 
lowing conclusion  : — "Painful,  therefore,  as  the  consider- 
ation is  of  leaving  this  church  without  a  Pastor  we  feel 
constrained  unanimously  to  advise  that  the  pastoral  rela- 
tion between  the  Eev.  Mr.  Bayley  and  his  church  be  dis- 
solved ;  and  we  further  advise  that  if  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bayley 
request  of  the  church  a  dismission  and  recommendation, 
as  a  private  member,  to  any  sister  church,  the  church  com- 
ply with  his  request." 

Thus  ended  this  ministry  the  last,  I  believe  of  town  set- 
tlements in  Maine.  Mr.  Bailey  had  been  here  twenty-six 
years  and  he  had  success  in  his  work.  The  church  was 
small  when  he  commenced  operations,  but  it  grev\'  under 
his  ministry,  and  when  he  left  it,  the  place  it  occupied  was 
important  among  the  Churches  of  Maine.  Mr.  N.  S.  S. 
Bern  an,  the  preceptor  of  the  Academy  at  that  time,  after- 
wards Bev.  Dr.  Beman  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  was  received  into  it 
May  14,  1808. 


284  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

Mr,  Bayle}'  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  "Maine  Charity 
School,"  what  afterwards  became  Bangor  Theological  Semi- 
nary, and  did  what  he  could  for  its  prosperity  and  support; 
and  on  May  1, 1823, 1  find  the  church  "Voted  unanimously, 
that  we  consider  it  a  privilege  and  a  duty  to  unite,  as  a 
Body,  in  the  great  exertions  which  are  making  to  build  up 
the  Redeemer's  kingdom  in  our  world ;  and  that  as  the 
Maine  Charit}^  School  is  designed  to  prepare  pious  youths 
for  the  gospel  ministry,  we  will  raise  for  that  Institution  a 
sum  equal  to  fifty  cents  a  year  for  each  member  of  this 
church  which  shall  be  paid  to  the  collectors  in  May  and 
September." 

It  is  still  farther  added,  "And  if  any  member  is  not  able 
to  pay  this  sum,  it  shall  be  paid  b}-  the  other  members." 

"If  any  choose  to  pay  in  any  article  of  clothing,  they 
may  do  it  at  cash  price,  and  at  one  time  yearly." 

"An}-  who  are  willing  may  pay  in  an}'  specific  article  to 
any  larger  amount,  as  they  may  think  proper,  and  they 
shall  give  seasonable  information  to  the  collectors,  that 
they  may  receive  the  same." 

"The  church  shall  yearly  appoint  one  or  more  collectors, 
to  collect  moneys  and  articles,  to  dispose  of  any  that  need 
to  be  sold,  and  to  pay  over  the  money  and  articles  to  the 
Deacon  wdio  shall  forward  the  same  to  the  Institution,  as 
convenient,  and  take  his  receipt  for  the  same." 

"Brothers  George  W.  Nichols  and  Washington  Dodge 
were  chosen  Collectors. 

Attest,  KiAH  Bayley,  Pastor." 

Thus  it  appears  that  the  Church  in  Newcastle  was  the 
origin  of  the  world-renowned  Institution,  the  Bangor  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  A  noble  mother  of  a  Avorthy  son ! 
Other  churches  have  assisted,  and  other  hearts  and  hands 
have  liberally  contributed  in  aid  of  this  worthy  object. 
But  in  Newcastle  and  in  the  mind  of  that  highly  gifted 
woman,  Mrs.  Bailey,  originated  the  thought  which  has 
swaj'^ed  the  minds  of  thousands  and  will  influence  for  good 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES.  285 

geueratioiis  that  are  yet  to  arise.  God  be  i)raise(l  for  tlie 
uoble  enterprise  ! 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held  July  12,  1824,  it  was 
voted  to  extend  a  call  to  Mr.  Sewall  to  become  their 
pastor,  which  vote  was  afterwards  concurred  in  by  the 
parish.  And  on  the  2d  day  of  November  following,  the 
council,  composed  of  ministers  and  delegates  from  neigh- 
boring churches,  met  at  the  house  of  Dea.  Luther  Webb 
for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  candidate  and  ordaining 
him  to  the  gospel  ministry  which  was  done  at  the  Meeting 
House  the  da}^  following.  The  services  were  performed 
by  the  following  ministers,  viz :  Kev.  Mr.  Mitchell  of  Wal- 
doboro  oHered  the  introductorj'  prayer ;  Rev.  Samuel 
Johnson  of  Alna  preached  the  sermon  ;  Rev.  Jotham 
Sewall,  Moderator,  and  father  of  the  candidate,  made  the 
consecrating  prayer ;  Rev.  Mr.  Ellingwood  of  Bath  gave 
the  charge  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Chapman  of  Bristol  presented  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Adams  of  Woolwich 
gave  the  charge  to  the  church  and  people,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Kendrick  of  Edgcomb  offered  the  concluding  prayer. 

Mr.  Sewall  entered  on  his  work  with  spirit  and  success. 
The  blessing  of  the  Lord  was  upon  his  labors,  and  fruit 
was  gathered  where  the  seed  had  been  sown.  And  not  only 
was  he  interested  in  the  cause  of  religion,  but  also  in  that 
of  temperance.  For  at  a  ( -hurch  meeting  held  on  the  2()th 
day  of  September,  1832,  the  following  pledge  was  adopted, 
viz  :  "We  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  do  volun- 
tarily pledge  ourselves  to  abstain  entirely  from  the  inter- 
nal use  of  ardent  spirits,  from  trading  in  the  article,  and 
from  furnishing  it  for  the  use  of  our  friends  and  workmen ; 
except  as  a  remedy  for  disease,  and  then  only  in  such  cases 
as  a  judicious  and  conscientious  phj'sician  would   direct." 

This  pledge  was  signed  by  the  pffstor  and  thirty-one 
others,  and  before  a  great  while  the  number  had  increased 
to  more  than  sixty.  A  rule  was  also  adopted  about  the 
same  time  with    regard    to  the  better  observance  of   the 


286  MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES. 

Sabbath,  to  which  an  equal  number  of  names  were 
attached. 

On  Saturday  Jan.  25, 18.34,  Mrs.  Rosanna  Little  departed 
this  life,  aged  80  years  and  some  months.  She  united 
with  the  Church  June  4,  1799,  and  continued  her  relation 
to  it,  in  faith  and  hope,  till  called  to  join  the  Church  tri- 
umphant on  high.  Hers  was  the  first  female  name  upon 
the  Church  Records.     A  mother  in  Israel. 

Mr.  Sewall  continued  with  success  in  his  labors  till  July 
29,  1839,  when,  at  a  Church  meeting  held  at  the  house  of 
Bro.  Daniel  Perkins  he  asked  his  dismission  because  his  sal- 
ary was  "inadequate  to  his  support."  The  council  called  to 
consider  the  matter,  met  at  the  house  of  Mr.  James  Dodge, 
of  which  Rev.  Enos  Merrill  was  chosen  Moderator,  and 
Rev.  D.  Q.  Cushman  of  Boothbay,  Scribe.  After  prayer 
by  the  Moderator,  the  council  proceeded  to  the  business 
before  them  and  here  is  the  result  of  their  deliberations. 
''The  Council  having  patiently  listened  to  the  statements  of 
the  pastor  and  to  those  of  the  committees  of  the  Church 
and  parish,  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  religion 
will  be  promoted  by  the  dismission  of  Rev.  Mr.  Sewall, 
and  we  do  unanimously  advise  to  his  dismission."  But 
nothing  having  appeared  against  his  ministerial  and  chris- 
tian character,  the  "Council  do  most  cordiall}-  recommend 
him  to  the  Churches  as  a  faithful  and  beloved  minister  of 
Christ." 

Mr.  Sewall  was  pastor  of  the  Church  about  15  years  ; 
and  during  his  ministry  there,  65  persons  were  added  to 
the  Chui-ch.  i^fter  the  parsonage  was  purchased  of  Capt. 
John  Holmes  he  resided  there  ;  and  on  the  Sabbath  he 
divided  his  labors  between  the  two  Meeting  houses,  one  at 
Sheepscot  and  the  other  at  Damariscotta. 

Mr.  Edwin  Seabiuy  preached  here  for  the  first  time 
Dec.  8,  1839.  He  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Church  June, 
1840,  Rev.  Ray  Palmer  of  Bath  preaching  the  sermon. 
Rev.  B.  B.  Beckwith  of  Castine  giving  him  the  charge,  and 


MINISTERS,   MEETING   HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  287 

Rev.  S.  C.  Fessenden  extending  to  him  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship.  He  was  dismissed  Jan.  10,  1844,  "  by  a  Council 
called  for  the  purpose  of  advising  relative  to  the  expedi- 
ency of  organizing  a  new  church  and  the  result  of  the  Coun- 
<-il  was  as  follows  : — 

1.  That  it  is  expedient  to  form  a  new-  Congregational 
Church  in  Newcastle. 

2.  That  the  organization  should  be  on  the  Danuiris- 
cotta  side  of  the  town. 

3.  That  the  present  pastoral  relation  existing  between 
this  church  and  Rev.  E.  Seabury  be  dissolved." 

Mr.  Seaburj-'s  connection  with  the  Church  had  been  suc- 
cessfal ;  for  it  is  stated  that  during  the  last  pastorate  96 
members  had  been  added  to  it. 

After  the  Church  was  divided,  and  during  the  parochial 
years  of  1843  and  1844,  no  records  were  kept  by  this 
Church.  They  how'ever  had  preaching ;  the  desk  being 
supplied  by  Rev.  Mr.  Morton  of  Temple.  During  the  time 
of  his  continuance  here,  there  was  no  special  interest  in 
religion,  though  there  w^as  general  prosperity,  and  great 
harmony  prevailed  among  the  members  of  the  Church  and 
parish.  In  October,  1844,  Mr.  Morton  left,  and  the  Rev. 
David  Q.  Cushman,  who,  the  yeixr  previous,  had  preached 
in  Richmond,  by  invitation,  came  to  supply  his  place. 
He  arrived  on  Saturday,  Oct.  26.  1844,  and  the  next  day 
being  the  Sabbath,  he  commenced  his  public  labors  by 
preaching.  Soon  after  that,  he  engaged  with  the  com- 
mittee of  the  parish,  to  supply  the  desk  for  one  year  ; — the 
year  commencing  with  the  time  wdieu  he  began  his  labors 
here. 

As  the  Cougregationalists  owned  but  one-half  of  the 
house,  and  had  preaching  but  one-half  of  the  time,  the 
intervening  Sabbaths  were  spent  in  Bremen  where  Mr. 
Cushman  preached  about  8  j-ears  ;  and  when  he  had  com- 
pleted ids  Avork  here,  he  supplied  the  desk  in  Walpole  two 
or  three  years.     He  remained  in  Newcastle  12  years  and 


288  MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES. 

on  Oct.  27,  185()  preached  liis  last  sermon,  and  afterwards 
moved  to  Warren. 

The  pulpit  after  this  was  supplied  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent  by  Eev.  John  Boynton  of  Wiscasset,  Kev.  Samuel 
Talbot  of  Alna,  and  Rev.  W.  B.  Tliom])son,  until  Auojust 
19,  1866,  who  remained  here  about  5  years,  when  the  Rev. 
G.  B.  Richardson  was  engaged  and  continued  here  till 
August  3,  1877.  He  then  left,  when  he  and  his  Avife  were 
dismissed  and  recommended  to  the  church  at  Cumberland 
center. 

The  first  parsonage  together  with  land  connected  with  it, 
was  purchased  of  Captain  John  Holmes  for  $800,  in  1832, 
and  continued  the  residence  of  the  ministers  till  May  5, 
1859,  when  it  was  burned,  no  one  living  in  the  house  at  the 
time.  Captain  Curtis'  house  which  stood  on  the  next  lot 
south  of  this,  took  fire  and  burned  up ;  and  the  strong 
southwest  wind  prevailing  at  that  time,  carried  the  sparks 
to  the  parsonage,  set  it  on  fire  and  it  was  soon  consumed. 

The  present  parsonage  was  formerly  the  old  David  Given 
place  and  was  purchased  and  repaired  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Richardson  in  the  year  1868  ;  and  two  years  afterwards,  he 
sold  it  to  Deacons  Flye  and  Kennedy,  for  the  sum  of  $1000  ; 
the  two  deacons  gave  their  i)art  to  the  Congregational 
parish,  and  so  it  now  (1881),  stands. 

May  26,  1872,  the  Rev.  J.  Haskell  entered  on  his  labors 
here  and  continued  them  till  1871:.  On  the  19tli  of  Sep- 
tember, 1872,  he  lost  his  wife,  Mrs.  Lucy  J.  Haskell,  by 
death.  He  lived  in  the  parsonage  till  November,  1873, 
Avhen  having  married,  the  daughter  of  Captain  Moses 
Chase,  he  took  up  his  residence  there. 

Since  Mr.  Haskell  left  the  place,  there  has  been  no  stated 
preaching  in  the  Church  on  Garrison  Hill,  and  the  dooi-s 
of  the  house  have  been  kept  closed. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  subscribers  to  the  New  Meeting 
House,  held  September  8,  1824,  the  society  was  organized 
by  the  choice  of  Ebenezer  Farley,  Moderator,  and  William 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND    CHURCHES.  289 

Carney,  Clerk.  A  eoinmittee  was  then  raised  consisting  of 
Solomon  Hutchings,  Hodge  Woodbridge,  Oakes  Iluudlett, 
James  Stevens,  Lott  Myrick,  Thomas  Kennedy  and  John 
Holmes,  who  were  "  invested  with  full  power  to  direct  as  to 
the  size  and  manner  in  which  said  house  shall  be  built,  to 
select  a  spot  on  which  it  shall  be  erected,  and  to  contract 
and  fix  the  price  of  all  materials  for  the  same.  "  It  was 
also  voted  that  "  William  Howard  be  agent  with  power  to 
employ  all  the  mechanics,  and  to  superintend  the  building 
of  said  Meeting  House."  It  was  still  farther  voted  :  "  That 
the  committee  commence  the  building  as  soon  as  they  may 
deem  it  expedient.  At  a  meeting  held  September  13, 1824, 
it  was  voted  to  "  to  build  a  house  44  b}'  54  feet,  with  a 
steeple,  and  in  all  other  respects,  like  the  Meeting  House  at 
Daraariscotta.  "  Nothing  farther  was  done  until  the  30th 
of  April,  1825,  when  another  meeting  was  called  and  meas- 
ures taken  to  push  forward  the  enterprise,  and  the  house 
was  built  in  the  course  of  that  season.  And  at  a  meeting 
of  the  proprietors  held  December  12,  1825,  it  was  voted 
that  "  it  be  dedicated  one  week  from  next  Wednesday." 
Aud  at  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted,  "  That  this  House 
shall  be  dedicated  a  free  House  to  all  religious  denomina- 
tion. "  And  at  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  and  pew- 
holders  held  October  12,  1833,  it  was  voted  "  to  apportion 
three-sixths  of  the  time  to  the  Congregatioualists,  two-sixths 
of  the  time  to  the  Methodists  and  one-sixth  to  the  Baptists." 
This  continued  to  be  the  arrangement  till  June,  1868, 
when  the  Congregatioualists  became  the  owners  of  the 
entire  house.  Afterwards  I  tind  this  record  :  "  On  the  24th 
day  of  November  1868  was  dedicated  the  Sheepscot  Con- 
gregational Meeting  house,  the  Congregational  Parish  and 
Society  having  last  June  purchased  of  the  Methodist 
Society  and  others,  their  interest  in  said  Meeting  house  for 
the  piirpose  of  repairing  and  remodeling  and  of  having  it 
dedicated  solely  to  the  use  of  the  Congregational  Church. 
Attest  Joseph  Curtis,  Clerk  of  said  Corporation." 


290  MINISTERS,    MEETING   HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES. 

At  the  dedication,  the  Invocation  and  Beading  of  the 
S.  S.,  was  by  Rev.  G.  B.  Richardson,  the  minister  ;  Prayer 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Loring  of  Edgcomb  ;  Sermon  by  Rev,  George 
E.  Street,  Wiscasset ;  Dedicatory  prayer  by  Rev.  John 
Bulfinch,  of  the  Second  Congregationahst  Church,  Newcas- 
tle ;  and  Anthem  b}^  the  choir  :  "The  earth  is  the  Lord's 
and  the  fulhiess  thereof." 

Pursuant  to  letters  missive,  a  Council,  consisting  of  the 
following  ministers  with  their  delegates,  viz  :  Rev.  J.  Dodge, 
Rev.  S.  Talbot,  Rev.  S.  L.  Gould,  Rev.  E.  Wells,  Rev.  J.  W. 
Ellingwood  and  Rev.  Mr.  Morton,  assembled  in  Congrega- 
tional Meeting  House  in  Newcastle,  May  22, 1844,  at  10  A. 
M.,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a  new  church  to  be  called  the 
"Damariscotta  Congregational  Church."  The  minutes  of  an 
Ecclesiastical  Council  assembled  in  the  Town  House  Jan- 
uary 9th  and  10th,  were  then  read,  which  council,  it  appeared 
unanimously  voted,  "  1st  That  it  is  expedient  to  form  a  new 
Congregational  Church  in  Newcastle.  2.  That  the  organi- 
zation be  formed  on  the  Damariscotta  side  of  the  town.  " 
The  minutes  of  the  doings  of  the  church  in  Newcastle, 
April  18,  1844,  were  also  read  containing  a  vote  of  the 
church  to  grant  a  request  of  ninety-four  of  its  members  to 
be  dismissed  from  their  body  and  recommended  to  this 
Council,  to  be  organized  into  a  new  Congregational  Church. 
The  Council  after  due  deliberation  and  careful  examination 
of  the  circumstances,  proceeded,  on  that  day,  to  the  organi- 
zation of  the  church.  The  parts  assigned  for  the  services, 
were  :  Invocation  and  Reading  of  the  Scripture  by  the 
Scribe,  Rev.  S.  L.  Gould  ;  Prayer,  Rev.  J.  Dodge  ;  Sermon, 
Rev.  J.  W.  Ellingwood,  Moderator ;  Consecrating  prayer. 
Rev.  S.  Tall)ot ;  Fellowship  of  the  Church,  Rev.  E.  Wells. 
After  the  administration  of  the  Lord's  sujiper,  singing  and 
benediction,  the  Council  voted  to  adjourn,  having  performed 
their  duty,  viz  :  the  organization  of  a  Second  Church  in 
Newcastle. 

Pursuant  to  letters  missive,   another  Council,  assembled 


MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  291 

at  the  Meeting  House  in  Damariscotta,  August  21,  1844, 
for  the  purpose  of  instalHng  Rev,  E.  Seabury  as  pastor  of 
the  church  which  had  lately  been  formed  in  this  place.  After 
prayer  and  due  deliberation  of  the  matter,  the\'  voted  to 
proceed  with  the  services  of  Installation.  The  parts  assigned 
were  :  Invocation  and  Reading  of  the  Scripture,  Rev,  J. 
Dodge  ;  Prayer,  Rev.  D.  Q.  Cashman  ;  Sermon,  Rev.  Eli 
Thurston  ;  Installing  Praj^er,  Rev.  Ray  Palmer  ;  Charge  to 
the  Pastor,  Rev.  E.  Shepley ;  Right  Hand  of  Fellowship, 
Rev.  E.  F.  Cutler  ;  Concluding  Prayer,  Rev.  S.  Talbot ; 
Benediction  by  the  Pastor. 

Thus,  this  church  had  become  duly  organized,  with  its 
former  pastor  settled  over  them,  and  were  now  prepared  to 
engage  anew  and  heartily  in  the  work  to  which  the  Master 
had  assigned  them.  Mr.  Seabury  continued  his  lal^ors 
here  till  June  15,  1848,  when  a  Council  being  called  to  con- 
sider the  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  relation,  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  it  should  be  dissolved.  There  had  been 
difficulties  between  Mr.  Seabury  and  some  of  the  members 
of  his  church,  and  the  reason  assigned  for  asking  his  dis- 
mission was,  want  of  support.  The  Council  however 
unanimously  voted  :  "  That  this  Council  commend  Rev.  Mr. 
Seabur}^  to  the  christian  confidence- of  the  churches  as  a 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ  in  good  and  regular  standing." 

Their  next  minister  was  Rev.  Wheelock  Craig.  He  was 
ordained  here  August  9,  1849.  His  prospects  were  good, 
and  he  promised  to  bt^  a  faithful  and  successful  minister  ; 
but  receiving  a  call  for  settlement  in  Massachusetts,  and 
asking  his  dismission,  a  Council  convened  here  November 
4,  1850,  who  granted,  and  commended  him  "  to  the  fellow- 
ship of  the  churches  as  a  beloved  brother  in  the  ministry, 
who  retains  their  full  confidence  as  a  worthy  and  successful 
minister  of  Christ." 

The  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Rev.  Mr.  Cole  and  Rev.  D. 
F.  Potter  till  May  1,  1851,  when  Rev.  E.  G.  Cai-penter 
arriving,  and  having  preached  two  Sabbaths,  he  received  a 


292  MINISTERS,    MEETING    HOUSES    AND    CHURCHES. 

unanimous  call  for  settlement  to  which  he  gave  an  affirma- 
tive answer.  Mr.  Carpenter  being  obliged  to  be  absent  till 
the  third  Sabbath  in  June  and  his  place  during  that  time, 
was  filled  by  Bev.  Dr.  Ellingwood  of  Bath.  October  8, 
1851  was  the  day  fixed  for  his  installation.  Invocation, 
Kev.  Mr.  Smith  ;  Prayer,  Kev.  Mr.  Mortgridge  ;  Sermon, 
Rev.  Mr.  Craig  ;  Consecrating  prater.  Rev.  Dr.  Elling- 
wood ;  Charge  to  the  pastor.  Rev.  Mr.  Balkam ;  Right 
hand  of  fellowship.  Rev.  Mr.  Cushman  ;  Charge  to  the 
people,  Rev.  Mr.  WoodhuU ;  Concluding  prayer,  Rev.  Mr. 
Chapman, 

Mr.  Carpenter  continued  his  labors  here  with  acceptance 
and  success  till  September  20,  1859,  when,  having  received 
a  call  from  Aroostook  County,  and  feeling  it  to  be  his  duty 
to  go  there,  he  asked  his  dismission  which  was  accordingly 
though  reluctantly  granted.  The  Council  that  dismissed 
him  say,  ''We  cordially  commend  him  to  the  Churches  as 
an  able,  faithful  and  acceptable  minister  of  the  gospel." 

The  Council  that  dismissed  Mr.  Carpenter,  also  ordained 
Mr.'  Edwin  B.  Palmer  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  tliis 
place.  He  continued  his  labors  here  till  February  10,  1802, 
when  on  account  of  ill  health,  having  previously  asked  his 
dismission,  a  Council  convened  who  were  composed  of  five 
ministers  and  their  delegates,  and  "having  listened  to  the 
statements  of  the  Pastor  and  Committee  of  the  Church, 
were  unanimous  in  the  conclusion,  while  they  deeply 
regretted  his  loss  to  the  Church  ,and  themselves,  that  the 
state  of  Brother  Palmer's  health  renders  it  expedient  that 
he  should  be  released  from  his  duties  here." 

For  brevity's  sake  I  can  only  say  that,  July  30,  1862, 
Rev.  J.  J.  Bulfinch  accepts  a  call  to  become  pastor  of  this 
Church,  at  a  salary  of  $650  per  annum,  and  continues 
here  till  December  19,  1869  when  his  labors  closed.  After 
him  came  Mr.  William  A.  Spaulding  who  was  ordained  as 
pastor  at  a  salary  of  $1,000  a  year,  August  4,  1870,  and 
continued  till  October  10,  1871,  when  he  was  dismissed  by 


MINISTERS,   MEETING    HOUSES   AND   CHURCHES.  293 

a  Council  called  for  that  purpose,  as  be  wisliecl  to  become 
a  Missionary  under  tlie  patronage  of  the  American  Board. 
Rev.  Wm.  F.  Obear  succeeded  him  at  "a  salary  of  one 
thousand  dollars  and  a  house  to  live  in."  He  commenced 
his  labors  January  7,  1873,  and  continued  them  till  Octo- 
ber 24,  1880,  when  having  received  a  call  from  the  Church 
in  AViuthrop,  he  terminated  his  labors  here. 

At  a  Church  meeting  held  January  9,  1831,  it  was  voted 
unanimously  to  extend  a  call  to  Mr.  Charles  E.  Andrews 
to  become  a  pastor  here  ;  and  at  a  Parish  meeting  held 
January  12th,  it  was  unanimously  voted  "to  concur  with 
the  Church  in  extending  a  call  to  Mr.  Charles  E.  Andrews 
to  become  their  pastor,  with  a  salary  of  eight  hundred 
dollars,  and  the  use  of  the  parsonage,  and  to  have  a  vaca- 
tion of  three  weeks  annually."  Accordingly  on  the  11th 
of  October  following  the  Ordination  took  place.  The  ser- 
vices were  as  follows :  Invocation,  Eev.  H.  C.  Robinson  ; 
Reading  scripture.  Rev.  L.  D.  Evans  ;  Sermon,  Rev.  J.  O. 
Fiske,  D.  D.  ;  Ordaining  prayer.  Rev.  J.  E.  Pond  ;  Charge 
to  Pastor,  Rev.  W.  F.  Obear ;  Right  hand  of  fellowship, 
Rev.  W.  R.  Richards ;  Address  to  Church  and  Congrega- 
tion, Rev.  C.  H.  Pope  ;  Benediction,  Pastor. 

Damariscotta  Meeting  House  was  a  wooden  structure 
built  in  1824  and  continued  in  the  place  where  the  Cougre- 
gationalists  worshipped  till  1848,  when  the  Brick  Church 
was  erected  on  the  Eastern  side  of  the  river  road  and 
near  Damariscotta  Bridge.  The  former  Church  stood  upon 
the  hill  to  the  West,  on  the  road  that  extends  from  the 
Academy  to  the  Farley  mansion  and  not  far  from  the 
bridge  that  crosses  the  railroad ;  and  after  the  Brick 
Church  was  dedicated,  this  was  sold  to  S.  D.  Wyman  in 
1853  for  $280,  who  took  it  down  and  rebuilt  it  near  Dam- 
ariscotta Bridge,  where  it  now  stands,  and  has  employed 
it  in  useful  purposes  ever  since. 

The  parsonage  stands  on  the  other  side  of  the  street 
from  the  Church,  and  was  purchased  in  1880  at  a  cost  of 
$1,200. 


294 


MINISTEHS,   MEETING   HOUSES  AND   CHURCHES, 


METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH. 


The  first  preaching  in  Sheepscot  by  the  Methodists*  that 
is  recorded,  was  in  1800.  The  first  Class  meeting  that 
was  formed,  was  in  1818  by  Rev.  John  Briggs.  The  Par- 
sonage was  built  in  1858,  at  the  cost  of  $1,500.  The 
Clmrch  being  built,  was  dedicated  in  January,  1869.  Ser- 
mon by  Rev.  Mark  Trafton  D,  D.  assisted  by.  Rev.  C.  L- 
Haskell,  the  pastor.  The  cost  of  the  Church  was  $5,500. 
They  have  a  morning  service  in  this  House,  but  in  the 
afternoon  the  minister  preaches  at  the  Chapel  in  South 
Newcastle. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  ministers  who  have  sup- 
plied the  pulpit  in  Sheepscot. 
Rev.  Donuell, 


Rev.  Young, 

Rev.  Daniel  Cox, 
Rev.  Josiali  Higgins, 
Rev.  E.  Scammon, 
Rev.  Mark  Trafton, 
Rev.  Moses  P.  "Webster, 
Rev.  Charles  C.  Crane, 
Rev.  Daniel  Clark, 
Rev.  Nathan  Webb, 
Rev.  Sullivan  Bray, 
Rev.  Edward  Brackett, 
Rev.  Seth  H.  Beal, 
Rev,  John  G.  Pingree, 
Rev.  Ezra  Sanborn, 
Rev.  J.  I.  Brown, 
Rev.  Elisha  Chenery, 
Rev.  Daniel  P.  Thompson, 
Rev.  Edward  Davies, 
Rev.  Horace  L.  Bray, 
Rev.  C.  L.  Haskell, 
Rev.  W.  L.  Brown, 
Rev.  G.  G.  Winslow, 


from  1832  to  1833. 
from  1833  to  1835. 
from  1835  to  1836. 
from  1836  to  1838. 
from  1838  to  1839. 
from  1839  to  1840. 
from  1840  to  1841. 
from  1841  to  1843. 
from  1843  to  1844. 
from  1844  to  1846. 
from  1846  to  1848. 
from  1848  to  1850. 
from  1850  to  1852. 
from  1852  to  1854. 
from  1854  to  1857. 
from  1857  to  1859. 
from  1859  to  1861. 
from  1861  to  1863. 
from  1863  to  1865. 
from  1865  to  1867. 
from  1867  to  1869. 
from  1869  to  1871. 
from  1871  to  1873. 


*  Franklin  L.  Carney. 


LINCOLN   ACADEMY.  295 

Rev.  B.  S.  Arey,  from  1873  to  1875. 

Rev.  D.  M.  True,  from  1875  to  1876. 

Rev.  M.  G.  Prescott,  from  1876  to  1878, 

Rev.  S.  L.  Hanscom,  from  1878  to  1881. 

The  Baptists  former!}'  occupied  the  Meeting  House  one- 
sixth  of  the  time,  but  they  have  no  pubHc  service  there 
now. 

THE    CATHOLIC     CHUkCH. 

This  year,  1799,  the  Catholic  Church,  erected  on  the  side 
of  the  liill  East  of  the  road  leading  to  the  grist  mill,  was 
dedicated  by  Rt.  Eev.  John  Chevereux,  Bishop  of  Boston. 

In  1808,  the  present  Catholic  Church,  the  oldest  church 
of  that  Denomination  in  Maine,  was  erected  through  the 
liberality  of  James  Kavanagh  and  Matthew  Cottiill,  Esqs. 
They  also  donated  the  land  on  which  the  house  stands,  for 
that  object.  It  is  a  plain,  but  substantial  building  of  brick, 
and  occupies  a  commanding  and  beautiful  position  on  the 
road  leading  from  the  Mills  to  the  centre  of  the  town.  The 
Catholic  Cemetery  lies  on  the  North  side  of  the  Church. 

The  Episcopalians  commenced  service  here  some  seven 
years  ago,  and  they  now  have  their  meetings  in  a  hall  fitted 
up  for  the  purpose  in  a  building,  near  Damariscotta  Bridge. 


CHAPTER    XXXIII 


LINCOLN  ACADEMY. 

The  earliest  paper  that  I  have  been  able  to  find,  relating 
to  this  enterprise,  is  the  following.     It  is  a  paper  drawn  up 


296  LINCOLN  ACADEMY. 

and  circulated  for  the  purpose  of  buying  a  "  piece  of  land  '" 
on  which  to  erect  an  Academy,  "  and  for  erecting  the  same  " 
provided  the  General  Court  would  grant  a  charter,  and 
endow  such  an  institution.  It  is  without  date,  but  was 
probably  written  about  the  year  1800. 

"  Whereas,  the  good  of  the  rising  generation  cannot  be 
sought  with  too  much  care,  as  their  usefulness  in  life,  the 
happiness  of  their  parents,  the  prosperity  of  society,  the 
the  stability  of  government  and  the  interests  of  religion 
all  depend  in  a  gi-eat  measure  on  their  good  conduct  ; — 
Whereas,  it  is  the  indispensable  duty  of  parents  to  make 
every  exertion  to  give  their  children  a  good  education,  this 
being  by  far  the  best  portion  which  they  can  give  them. 
And  whereas,  Academies  under  the  direction  of  good  Pre- 
ceptors, are  highly  beneficial  for  the  instruction  of  youth, 
useful  to  society  in  general  and  more  especially  as  to  adja- 
cent places ; 

"  We  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  do  engage 
and  bind  ourselves  to  pay  the  respective  sums  placed 
against  our  names,  for  the  purpose  of  buying  a  piece  of 
land,  near  Damariscotta  Bridge  to  erect  an  Academy  upon, 
and  for  erecting  the  same,  provided  the  General  Court  will 
grant  a  charter  for  an  Academy  at  said  place  and  endow  it. 

"  The  money  subscribed  to  be  paid  to  those  who  may  be 
appointed  Trustees  of  the  Academy,  one-half  in  six  months 
from  the  time  that  the  charter  is  given,  and  the  other  half 
within  one  year  from  the  first  payment." 

The  first  signature  upon  this  paper,  was  Samuel  Nickels 
of  Newcastle,  whose  subscription  was  $100.  With  him 
were  associated  twenty-nine  others,  whose  .subscriptions 
varied  from  six  to  sevent}-  dollars ;  the  whole  amount  on 
this  papeT  was  $889. 

A  petition  was  sent  to  the  General  Court  in  accordance 
with  tliis  petition  ;  and  on  February  23d,  1801,  the  follow- 
ing charter  was  obtained. 

The  1st  section  of  the  charter  enacts  :  "  That  there  be, 


LINCOLN   ACADEMY.  297 

aud  hereby  is  established,  in  the  town  of  Newcastle,  iu  the 
county  of  Lincoln,  an  Academy  by  the  name  of  the  Lincoln 
Academy,  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  piety,  religion  and 
morality,  and  instructing  youth  in  such  of  the  liberal  arts 
and  sciences  as  the  Trustees  shall  direct. " 

Section  2d  enacts,  "  That  the  Reverend  Kiah  Bailey  and 
Samuel  Nickels,  Esq.,  both  of  Newcastle,  the  Keverend 
Jonathan  Ward  of  New  Milford,  (Alna)  the  Reverend  Alden 
Bradford  and  the  Honorable  Thomas  Eice  of  Pownal- 
borough,  (Wiscasset)  the  Reverend  William  Riddle  aud 
Thomas  McClure,  Esq.,  of  Bristol,  the  Reverend  John 
Sawyer  and  Wilham  MCobb,  Esq.,  of  Boothbay,  David 
Dennis,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Mathew  Cottrill  of  Nobleboro',  the 
Honorable  Henry  Knox,  Esq.,  of  Thomaston,  and  Mr. 
Moses  Carlton  of  New  Milford  be,  and  they  hereby  are, 
appointed  Trustees  of  the  aforesaid  Academy,  and  they  are 
hereby  incorporated  into  a  Body  Politic,  by  the  name  of 
The  Trustees  of  the  Lincoln  Academy,  and  they  and  their 
successors  shall  be  and  continue  a  Body  Politic  and  Cor- 
porate by  the  same  name  forever." 

The  section  3d  enacts  that  they  shall  have  a*  common 
seal,  have  power  to  sue  and  be  sued,  to  prosecute  and 
defend  iu  civil  actions,  to  appoint  agents,  &c.,  &c. 

The  4th  section  grants  power  to  the  "Trustees  to  elect  and 
constitute  such  officers  of  the  Academy  as  they  shall  deem 
necessary  and  convenient,  and  the  making  of  orders,  laws 
and  rules  for  the  good  government  of  the  Academy,  and 
not  repugnant  to  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth.  " 

The  5th  section  limits  the  number  of  Trustees  to  not 
more  than  thirteen  and  no't  less  than  seven  ;  which  last 
number  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum  for 
transacting  business. 

The  6th  section  provides  for  the  filling  of  vacancies. 

The  7th  enacts,  "  That  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  and  their 
successors,  be,  and  they  hereby  are,  rendered  capable  in 
law  to  take  and  hold  by  gift,  grant,  devise,  bequest  or  other- 


'298  LINCOLN   ACADEMY. 

wise,  any  lands,  tenements  or  other  estate  real  or  personal  ; 
provided,  that  the  annual  income  of  said  real  estate  shall 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars,  and  the 
annual  income  of  their  personal  estate  shall  not  exceed  the 
sum  of  seven  thousand  dollars ;  and  all  deeds  and  instru- 
ments which  the  said  Trustee  may  lawfully  make,  shall  be 
sealed  with  their  seal,  and  shall  bind  the  said  Body  Politic 
and  their  estates,  real  and  personal,  under  the  name  of  The 
Trustees  of  the  Lincoln  Academy." 

Section  8th  further  enacts,  "  That  if  the  said  Trustees  of 
the  said  Academy  shall,  within  three  years  from  the  passing 
of  this  act,  furnish  evidence  to  this  Court,  that  funds  are 
secured  to  the  use  of  this  Academy  by  private  donation  or 
otherwise,  to  the  amount  of  three  thousand  dollars,  the 
said  Trustees  shall  be  then  entitled  to  a  grant  of  half  a 
township  of  land  from  this  Commonwealth,  for  the  use  and 
support  of  said  Academy." 

The  9th  section  empowers  Samuel  Nickels,  Esq.,  "  to 
appoint  the  time  and  place  for  holding  the  first  meeting  of 
the  Trustees,  and  to  notify  them  thereof.  " 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  charter,  a  sub- 
scription paper,  dated  Newcastle,  December  20th,  1801, 
was  drawn  up  by  Rev.  Kiah  Bayley,  and  put  in  immediate 
circulation.  The  paper  was  signed  by  Samuel  Nickels  and 
fifty-seven  others,  whose  individual  subscriptions  varied 
from  five  to  one  hundred  dollars  ;  Init  whose  united  sub- 
scriptions amounted  to  $1,226.  This  was  in  Newcastle. 
In  Bristol  thirty-eight  subscribers  were  obtained,  and  while 
their  individual  subscriptions  varied  from  five  to  fifty  dol- 
lars, their  united  ones  amounted  to  $741.  This  list  was 
headed  by  Thomas  McClure,  Esq.,  signed  $50.  In  Wiscas- 
set  the  subscription  was  headed  by  Captain  William  Nickels 
."$50,  and  with  him  thirty-three  others,  whose  subscriptions 
varying  from  five  to  fifty  dollars,  amounted  in  all  to  $400. 
In  Boothbay  the  subscription  is  headed  by  Rev.  John 
Sawyer  and  with  him  are  associated  twenty-four  others. 


LINCOLN   ACADEMY.  299 

Tbeii'  subscriptions  vary  from  four  to  fifty  dolhirs  ;  the 
highest  is  fifty  dollars,  and  amount  in  all  to  $225.  In 
Nobleborough  from  six  individuals  $170  was  obtained. 
The  highest  subscription  here,  Captain  John  Borlands, 
was  $40  ;  the  lowest  was  $20.  In  New  Milford  $141  was 
obtained  from  eleven  individuals.  The  highest  subscription 
here  was  Mr.  Moses  Carlton,  $50.  The  lowest  two  dollars. 
All  these  subscriptions  amounted  to  the  handsome  sum  of 
$2,973.  Besides  this,  land  was  given  to  erect  the  building 
on,  to  the  amount  of  $50.  The  whole  $3,023.  In  addition 
to  those  already  named,  I  find  the  names  of  sundry  other 
subscribers,  among  whom  are,  Henry  Knox,  Thomaston, 
$100  ;  Mark  L.  Hill,  Georgetown,  $30  ;  Alexander  McLean, 
Bristol,  $20 ;  Aaron  Eing,  Edgcomb,  10  ;  Peleg  Talman, 
Bath,  $10. 

Considering  the  value  of  money,  the  state  of  trade  and 
the  wealth  of  the  times,  our  fathers  entered  into  this  enter- 
prise with  wonderful  spirit,  commendable  zeal  and  praise- 
worthy liberality.  The  towns  around  Newcastle,  showed 
their  interest  in  this  matter  by  the  promptness  with  which 
they  responded  to  the  call,  and  the  generous  contributions 
they  made  for  this  object. 

The  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  required  by  the  Leg- 
islature to  be  raised  by  private  subscription,  before  receiv- 
ing State  aid,  was  soon  made  up,  and  when  this  was  done,  the 
Legislature  assigned  them  half  a  township  of  land  from 
the  Commonwealth  for  the  use  of  the  Academy.  The 
grant  was  assigned  from  any  of  the  unappropriated  lands 
in  the  District  of  Maine,  with  the  usual  reservations.  This 
resolve  passed  June  2,  1802.  In  November  1,  of  this  year, 
the  town  was  asked,  but  refused  to  give  the  acre  of  land  on 
which  the  old  Meeting  house  stood,  near  Col.  Barstovvs,  to 
Lincoln  Academy,  as  a  lot  on  which  to  place  it. 

This  appropriation  by  the  Legislature,  not  being  satis- 
factory to  the  Trustees,  probably  on  the  ground  that  it 
might  be  some  time  before  the  half  township  of  laud  would 


300  LINCOLN   ACADEMY. 

be  settled  and  become  productive  capital  to  the  Academy, 
the  Trustees  petitioned  the  Legislature,  by  their  committee 
raised  for  the  purpose,  of  whom  David  Dennis  of  Noble- 
boro'  was  chairman,  that  instead  of  unappropriated  wild 
land,  they  might  have  the  "  Gore  "  which  lay  between  the 
Plymouth  and  Waldo  patents.  This  Gore  lay  principally 
within  the  present  town  of  Jefferson,  though  portions  of  it 
extended  into  other  towns.  The  prayer  of  the  petitioners 
was  answered.  The  Resolve  in  aid  of  the  Academy  passed 
February  12,  1803,  and  the  Trustees  proceeded  to  sell  out 
those  acres  ;  and  many  of  the  settlers  in  that  vicinit}^  now 
hold  their  titles  to  their  farms  from  Lincoln  Academy. 
There  was  however  difficulty  with  regard  to  the  Plymouth, 
Waldo  and  Drowne  claimants,  who  pretended  that  their 
patents  severally  overlapped  portions  of  this  Gore,  which 
was  not  settled  till  the  year  1811. 

At  the  time  of  the  "  Great  fire  "  in  Damariscotta  in  1815, 
the  records  of  the  Academy  were  entirely  consumed,  so 
that  whatever  is  now  known  of  its  former  doings,  are  the 
mere  gleanings  of  these  fleeting  years.  But  it  is  well 
understood  that  the  Trustees  immediately  went  to  work, 
and  soon  the  Academy  was  in  active  operation.  A  lot  of 
land  was  procured  at  the  corner  of  the  river  road  and  the 
old  road  to  Sheepscot,  a  few  rods  North  of  Mr.  Elias 
Bailey's.  In  1803,  Enoch  Perkins  furnished  timber  to  the 
amount  of  $27.90.  At  the  same  time,  in  July,  Robert  Rob- 
inson furnished  timber  to  the  amount  of  $27.42.  By  these 
charges  I  should  judge  these  two  men  furnished  the  frame 
in  the  early  part  of  1803  ;  for  their  bills  Avere  settled  in 
July.  In  March  1804,  Joseph  Jackson  received  payment 
for  2,000  feet  of  clear  boards,  $32.00.  These  were  foi-  fin- 
ishing. The  lot  was  donated  by  Alexander  Little.  In  Feb- 
ruary 1805,  $35.55  were  paid  Charles  Clark  for  2,000  feet  of 
clear  boards  and  for  drawing  them.  The  lock  and  handle 
for  the  door,  cost  $3.75.  October  5,  $1.20  was  paid  for  six 
bushels  of  hair  ;  so  that  I  conclude  they  were  between  two 


LINCOLN  ACADEMY.  301 

and  three  years  in  building  it.  The  stove  was  purchased 
November  13,  1805,  and  cost  808.60.  Tlie  first  Treasurer 
was  John  Farley  ;  the  second  llev.  Kiah  Bailej'.  The 
i)uilding  was  two  stories,  comuiodious  and  of  good  propor- 
tion. The  reason  Avhy  it  was  situated  in  that  neighborhood 
was  that  Mr.  Bailej-  resided  near  by  ;  the  Preceptor  and 
many  of  the  scholars  boarded  with  him,  the  lot  there  was 
donated  by  a  resident  there,  and  Mr.  B.  could  have  a  con- 
stant oversight  of  the  school. 

Daniel  Haskell  was  the  first  Preceptor.     He  commenced 
school  October  1,  1805,  with  forty  scholars.     The   tuition 
amounted  to  $62.     The  second  term  commenced  January, 
1806,  and    continued    to    May  ;  Number  of    scholars    32. 
Third  term  commenced  May  22,  and  continued  to  Septem- 
ber 4  ;  Number  of  scholars  46.     Whole  number  of  scholars 
118.     AVhole    amount   of    tuition   for    the  year,   $257.60. 
Daniel  Haskell  continued  Preceptor  two  years,  to  Septem- 
ber 1,  1807.     Among  his  scholars  I  find  the  names  of  Wil- 
mot   Wood,  Wiscasset,  and   Mobec  Mitchell,  North  Yar- 
mouth, afterwards  Congregational  minister  at  Waldoboro. 
The  second  year  began  October  1, 1806,    Number  scholars, 
first  term,  41  ;  second  terra,  45  ;  third  term,  35.     Second 
3'ear  ended    September  1,  1807.     Third  year  commenced 
October  6,  1807.     N.  S.  S.  Beman,  Preceptor.     Afterwards 
Rev.  Dr.  Beman,  of  Troy,  New  York.     Whole  number  of 
scholars  99.     The  fourth  and  fifth  years  were  taught  by 
Mr.  Beman.     Among   the  names  of   his   scholars,  I  find 
those  of  Jonathan  Adams,  James  Cargill,  Daniel  C.  Mor- 
ton, Joseph  Sherman  ;  all  of  Avhom  arrived  to  distinction 
among  their  fellows.     Mr.  Beman  left  at  the  close  of  his 
third  3-ear  in  1810.     Mr.  Bailey  delivered  the   Dedicatory 
Discourse  of    the  Academy ;  and    the  building  continued 
standing    there  nearly  thirty  years,  when    it  accidentally 
caught  fire  in  1828  and  burnt  to  the  ground. 

Mr,  Wood  was  a.  lawyer  and  resided  in  Wiscasset.     Jon- 
athan Adams  was  a  clergyman  and  preached  in  Woolwii-h, 


302  LINCOLN  ACADEMY, 

Deer  Isle  and  Boothbay.  Daniel  Morton  was  a  minister 
and  the  Author  of  the  lives  of  Mrs.  Kiah  Bailey  and  Rev. 
Levi  Parsons  ;  and  Mr,  Sherman  was  a  successful  teacher, 
both  in  this  State  and  in  Kentucky.  James  Cargill,  though 
short  in  life,  made  that  life  exceedingly  laborious  and  use- 
ful. He  was  converted  to  God  when  a  young  man  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev,  Kiah  Bailey,  When  fitted  for  college 
he  entered  at  Middlebury,  where  he  remained  until  his 
second  year  ;  then  1810,  he  came  to  Bowdoin,  where  he 
graduated  in  1814.  He  was  a  very  pious  man,  and  exerted 
a  salutary  influence  among  his  fellow  students.  He  estab- 
lished the  weekly  evening  prayer  meeting  which  has  been 
kept  up  ever  since,  and  planted  the  oak  tree  in  the  College 
yard,  in  commemoration  of  the  event.*  He  was  looking 
forward  to  the  Ministry  as  his  chosen  profession,  but  con- 
sumption, soon  after  his  graduation,  laid  her  cold,  ema- 
ciated hand  upon  him,  and  the  angels  conveyed  him  to  the 
land  that  was  sorrowless  and  the  home  of  the  blest. 

At  one  time  he  was  in  company  with  Mr,  Jewell,  a  Free 
Will  Baptist  minister,  when  conversation  turned  upon  doc- 
trinal and  denominational  differences;  but  Cargill  who 
valued  the  meat  of  the  nut  more  than  he  did  the  shell, 
replied  by  saying  in  conclusion  :  "Bro,  Jewell,  names  are 
nothing  ;  if  you  love  my  Jesus,  you  will  do  well  enough." 

His  dying  words  were  singing  the  122  Hymn  of  Watts, 
Book  II:  ^     , 

"My  God,  permit  me  riot  to  be 
A  stranger  to  myself  and  Thee  ;" 

This  was  uttered  in  a  distinct  and  clear  voice  ;  and 
when  he  came  to  the  third  stanza : 

"Call  me  away  from  flesh  and  sense 

One  sovereign  word  can  draw  me  thence  ;" 

the  spirit  departed,  and  he  stood  the  companion  of  Jesus, 
before  the  radiant  face  of  God. 


*  Hon.  George  Evans. 


LINCOLN   ACADEMY,  308 

In  1829  the  present  Academy  buildinf];  wiis  erected 
where  it  now  stands,  to  better  accommodate  the  growing 
population  in  that  vicinity  and  at  Damariscotta  Mills ;  as 
it  did  not  prove  to  be  large  enough  for  its  intended  pur- 
poses, it  was  enlarged  on  its  western  end  a  few  years  ago. 

It  was  a  wise  measure  of  the  fathers  to  erect  it,  and  it 
has  proved  of  incomparable  worth  to  the  past  and  present 
generation.     It  also  promises  well  for  the  future. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  preceptors  or  principals  of 
the  Academy,  in  the  order  of  their  service,  with  other  infor- 
mation concerning  them. 

1.  Daniel  Haskell. 

2.  Nathan  Sidney  Smith  Beman. 

3.  Harvey  Talcot. 

4.  Edward  Hallister. 

5. Fiske,  afterwards  a  college  professor. 

6.  Daniel  Morton. 

7.  Elijah  Jones. 

8.  Samuel  G.  Clapp. 
9. Bradeen, 

10.  Freeman  Bradford,  deceased. 

11.  Augustus  F.  Lash,  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin,  deceased, 

12.  James  Drummond,  a  clergyman. 

13.  Joseph  T.  Huston,  Preceptor  of  Bath  Academy,  and  Professor 
of  Mathematics  in  the  ship  North  Carolina  U.  S.  Navy. 

14.  Stephen  H.  Hayes,  a  clergyman  in  Maine  and  Massachusetts. 

15.  Benjamin  F.   Mitchell,  President  of  a  college  in  Tennessee. 

16.  A.  B.  Wiggin,  Principal   of   the  High   School    in   Bath    two 
years  or  more,  and  teacher  in  Saugerties,  N.  Y. 

17.  G.  Snow  Newcomb,  a  resident  of  Kingston,  Mass. 

18.  Henry   M.    Pierce,    L.    L.    D. ,    once   President   of    Rutgers 
Female  Institute,  New  York  City. 

19.  Larkin  Dunton,  Master  of  girls  Normal  School,  Boston. 

20.  Charles  L.  Nichols. 

21.  A.  P.  Whittemore. 

22.  J.  Manchester  Haynes. 

23.  Granville  M.  Thurlow. 

24.  W.  H.  Kelley.     September  6,  1880. 
Preceptress  of  female  department  : 

Miss  Anna  G.  Reed  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  from  1846  to  1852. 


304  SCHOOLS  FKOM  1753  TO  1882. 

Assistant  lady  teachers : 

1.  Miss  C.  A.  Stockbridge,  resides  iu  Michigan, 

2.  Miss  Lucy  Wells. 

3.  Miss  Anna  O.  Glidden,  deceased. 
4-  Miss  Mary  Page. 

5.  Miss  Nellie  L.  Goodeuow,  resides  iu  Boston, 

6.  Miss  Emily  D.  Thurlow,  deceased. 

7.  Miss  Amanda  Weeks,  resides  in  Damariscotta,. 

8.  Miss  Ada  Webb. 

y.  Miss  Mary  E.  Hilton, 

10.  Miss  Emma  Cook. 

11.  Miss  E.  O.  Pratt. 

12.  Miss  Mary  P.  Chapman. 


CHAPTEE   XXXIV. 


SCHOOLS,  FKOM  1753  TO  1882. 

Just  liow  luucli  the  towns,  or  individuals  did  for  the 
support  of  schools  during  the  earlier  days  of  the  town's 
existence,  it  is  impossible  for  us  now  to  say.  The  most 
we  can  gather  at  this  late  day,  is  from  the  Town  Records. 
And  these  are  exceedingly  brief.  There  is  only  here  and 
there  a  notice  of  the  schools  in  them.  During  the  provin- 
cial existence  of  the  town,  while  education  was  not  wholl}" 
neglected,  there  is  reason  to  believe,  as  in  most  nesv  coun- 
tries, it  was  lamentably  low.  And,  after  the  incorporation 
of  the  town,  the  first  notice  I  find  of  schools  in  the  Town 
Records,  was  March  22,  1763.  There  is  this  entry : 
"  Voted  that  we  have  no  town  schoolmaster  this  year. " 
By  which,  I  conclude,  that  the  town  was  one  district,  that 
they  emplo3'ed  one  schoolmaster,  and  that  they  had  both  a 


SCHOOLS  FROM  1753  TO  18S2.  305 

school  aiul  a  school  teacher  previous  to  this  year.  The 
people  were  poor,  much  of  the  time  ihero  was  border  war- 
fare, aiitl  political  ditHculties  began  to  thickeu. 

But  after  passing  this  vote,  the  town^-'  "  having  fifty 
householders "  was  prosecuted  for  not  having  a  public 
school.  This  brought  the  town  to  action  ;  and,  instead  of 
contending,  tht^y  threw  themselves  on  the  mercy  of  the 
Court  and  were  discharged  by  paying  costs,  £1,  4s,  8d. 

Two  years  afterwards,  in  the  Town  Warrant  for  a  meet- 
ing to  be  held  March  6,  17()5,  an  article  was  inserted  to 
see  what  the  town  Avould  do  about  "  employing  a  school- 
master to  keep  a  town  school  this  present  year  ;"  and  how 
much  money  they  would  vote  to  I'aise  for  that  purpose. 
But  the  town  decided  to  do  nothing  about  it,  at  that  meeting. 

However,  at  a  meeting  held  September  lltli  of  this  year, 
the  town  agreed  that  Mr.  Eleazer  Hudson  should  teach  "in 
this  town  or  district,  for  one  year  from  this  ;  and  that  his 
compensation  should  be  £26,  13s,  4d, "  together  Mith 
"Board,  lodging  and  washing."  One  half  of  the  said  sum 
should  be  paid  at  the  end  of  six  months,  and  the  other  half 
at  the  end  of  the  year.  They  also  agreed  to  pay  Gs,  8d 
pe:'  week  for  Mr.  Hudson's  "  board,  washing  and  lodging." 

Thev  also  arranged  that  the  school  should  be  kept  on 
both  the  East  and  West  sides  of  the  town,  in  proportion 
to  the  "  rates "  paid  that  year.  More  definitely,  they 
agreed  that  the  school  should  be  kept  four  mouths  at  the 
"Flankers,"'!'  two  months  at  William  Cunninghams,  or 
thereabouts,  where  a  place  convenient  might  be  })rovided ; 
one  month  at  the  upper  end  of  the  towu|  on  Sheepscot 
river  ;  two  months  at  Damariscotta  Mills  ;  two  at  Abuer 
Perkins,§  and  one  month  at  Damariscotta  river. 

*  Record  of  Court  of  Sessions. 

t  Sheepscot. 

I  Woodbridge's  neighborhood. 

§  Where  Daniel  Perkins  now  resides. 


306  SCHOOLS  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

October  4,  1706.  Hngli  Homes  brings  in  a  bill  against 
the  town,  for  the  following  items  :  "  by  "  (to)  "  half  a  Cortl 
of  wod  when  Master  Shinger  Cept  school,  £0,  2s,  Od. 
July  20,  1767  ;  "  by  "  (to)  "Maken  sats  and  l)enches  in  the 
Meeting  house  for  the  school,  4s."  So,  I  conclude  that 
Mr.  Faithful  Singer,  (for  that  was  his  name,)  had  succeeded 
Mr.  Hudson  as  teacher  of  the  town  schools,  and  that  the 
schools  had  been  continued  from  year  to  year. 

The  next  notice  of  the  schools,  bears  date  October  27, 
1766,  when  the  town  "  voted  not  to  hire  Mr.  Faithful  Singer 
as  town  schoolmaster  for  this  town  or  district." 

March  10,  1768,  Christopher  Hopkins  charges  the  town 
with  boarding  Mr.  Leison,  the  schoolmaster,  one  month  at 
5s  per  week,  old  Tenor  XIO,  £1,  6s,  8d.  Hauling  firewood 
£1.  Hugh  Homes  also  brings  in  a  bill  this  year  for  wood 
for  the  school  to  the  value  of  £2,  8d,  which  was  allowed. 

August  22,  1768,  the  town  voted  to  raise  £40  lawful 
money  for  the  su])port  of  schools,  for  the  year  ensuing  this 
date.  They  constituted  Richard  Bowers,  Lemuel  Perkins 
and  Nathaniel  Rouling  a  committee  for  the  Eastern  side  of 
the  town,  Avith  power  to  employ  a  schoolmaster  or  school- 
mistress, as  they  may  think  proper,  and  to  draw  upon  the 
town  treasury  for  the  support  of  the  school.  They  also 
voted  th;it  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  David  Hopkins  and  John 
Cunningham  be  a  committee  to  provide  a  schoolmaster  for 
the  Western  side  of  the  tow-n,  having  power  to  draw  upon 
the  treasury  for  their  proportion  of  the  school  money  ;  and 
that  the  peo])le  at  the  Head  of  the  Tide  shall  have  power 
to  draAV  out  their  proportion  of  the  school  money  to  hire  a 
school  mistress  amongst  them.  The  town  was  practically 
districted  by  this  arrangement. 

We  now  Dass  on  to  March  14,  1769,  when  the  town  voted 
that  Henry  Hodge,  Robert  Koghern  and  Peter  Patterson 
should  have  a  school  amongst  thems(>lves,  with  power  to 
draw  uptui  the  town  treasury  for  its  support,  in  proportion 
to  the  taxes  that  they  paid.  These  families  lived  over  to  the 
West  of  Crond)ie's  Reach. 


SCHOOLS  FROM  1753  TO  1882.  307 

They  also  chose  John  Phiininer,  Saimiel  Waters  and 
John  McChire  a  committee  to  [)rovicle  a  school  at  the  "upper 
end"  of  the  town.  Tliis  was  makin^j;  substantially  five 
districts,  all  of  which,  it  is  to  be  sup})osed,  were  provided 
with  teachers  that  year. 

September  4,  1770,  the  town  voted  to  "  continue  "  Mr. 
Moses  Halman,  "  schoolmaster  to  keep  school  at  X150,  old 
tenor,  per  year  ;"  by  which  I  conclude,  that  he  had  been 
en)plo3'ed  there,  previous  to  that  time. 

The  next  year,  March  12,  1771,  the  town  voted  to  raise 
X30  for  the  support  of  a  "  town  school  or  schools."  But 
on  March  11,  1773,  they  voted  not  to  do  anything  about  a 
town  school  that  year. 

Nothing  farther  appears  to  have  been  done  by  the  town 
in  its  ofhcial  capacity  for  schools,  until  April  6,  1789,  a 
period  of  16  years,  when  the  town  again  voted  not  to  do 
anything  about  a  school  at  present.  A  period  of  twenty- 
one  years,  from  the  time  of  the  last  school,  passes  away, 
when  we  arrive  at  May  7, 1702  ;  then  in  defining  the  limits 
of  school  distiicts,  the  town  voted  that  the  inhabitants 
have  liberty  to  class  themselves  for  a  town  school  and  make 
a  return  of  their  doings  to  one  of  the  selectmen,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  June  next ;  and  if  the  town,  or  any 
part  of  it,  shall  neglect  to  class  themselves  by  that  time, 
then  the  selectmen  shall  have  power  to  divide  the  town  into 
classes,  as  they  shall  judge  most  convenient.  And  that 
each  class  or  district  shall  have  power  to  employ  their  own 
schoolmaster,  with  the  approbation  of  the  selectmen.  On 
the  2d  of  *Nevember,  1702,  the  selectmen  reported  to  the 
town,  that  the  inhabitants  had  failed  to  do  anything  about 
districting  themselves,  and  that  they  had  proceeded  to  do 
it.     But  the  town  failed  to  entertain  the  matter. 

The  action  of  the  selectmen  seems  not  to  have  given 
satisfaction,  and  the  people  proceed  to  classify  themselves. 
And  on  January  3,  1703,  the  town  voted  that  tliis  classifi- 
cation should  become  a  law  till  the  next  annual  meeting. 


308  SCHOOLS  FROM  1753  TO  1882. 

April  3,  1793,  tlie  town 'voted  tli.it  the  people  should  divide 
themselves  into  districts  or  classes,  and  make  return  of 
their  doings  betwixt  this  time  and  our  next  May  meeting. 
The  matter  appears  to  have  dropped  here  ;  for  I  find  noth- 
ing farther  respecting  this  matter,  in  the  records  of  that  or 
subsequent  years. 

In  1795,  the  town  raised  £30  for  the  support  of  schools ; 
in  179(5  $100,  and  1797  $209,  After  this,  the  thing  became 
established.  Money  was  voted  for  schools  every  year  from 
1792  ;  and  there  \vas  a  generalincrease  till  1801,  when  they 
raised  $500  ;  but  in  1806  they  dropped  down  to  $300. 
But  in  the  April  meeting,  an  attempt  was  made  to  raise 
$200  more,  Avhich  failed.  Then,, some  friend  of  education 
had  the  town  indicted  for  "neglect  of  schools  ;  "  and  they 
were  required  to  answer  that  indictment  before  the 
Supreme  Judicial  Court,  to  be  holden  at  Wiscasset  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  June,  1807.  David  Murray  was  chosen 
agent  to  defend  the  town  in  the  action.  That  year  $000 
Avere  raised  for  the  support  of  schools. 

May  10,  1799,  the  town  voted  that  all  persons  between 
the  ages  of  4  and  21  shall  be  considered  scholars  by  the 
selectmen.  And  in  April  4,  1803,  leave  was  asked,  and 
granted  by  the  town,  to  James  Cargill  and  others,  to  build 
a  schoolhouse  on  the  town's  land,  on  Garrison  Hill.  This 
is  the  first  schoolhouse,  that,  I  can  find,  was  built  in  New- 
castle. The  schools  had  been  kept  in  different  places,  as 
convenience  and  interest  might  suit ;  and  at  one  time,  it 
Avas  kept  in  the  partly  finished  Meeting  House  on  the 
Eastern  side  of  .  the  town,  and  Orchard  Cooke  Esq.  was 
teacher. 

For  the  long  time  from  1753  to  1792  I  find  but  a  few 
years  where  there  is  any  record  of  the  town  voting  any 
money  for  the  support  of  schools.  And  the  records  were 
then  kept  with  great  particularity  and  care. 

John  McNear  was  the  first  Town  Clerk.  He  continued 
in  office  from  1753  to  1757.     He  was  a  poor  speller,  a  poor 


SCHOOLS  FROM  1753  TO  1882.  309 

penman  and  a  bad  grammarian  ;  and  his  records  an;  brief 
and  without  beauty  or  finish.  William  MeLelland  follows 
him  in  1758,  and  continues  in  office  till  1702.  He  was  a 
beautiful  penman,  but  his  records  are  brief.  Then  comes 
John  McNear  again  till  1706,  when  Samuel  Nickels  was 
chosen  Clerk  and  continued  in  office  till  1803.  He  was  a 
good  penman,  correct  in  biisiness,  and  he  lias  left  us  a 
record  worthy  of  the  man  and  the  position  he  held. 

And  during  all  the  years  from  about  1760  to  1792,  and 
even  sometime  after  this  date,  articles  would  almost  invari- 
ably be  inserted  in  the  town  warrant,  to  see  what  time  the 
rams  should  be  kept  from  the  sheep ;  whether  the  town 
would  allow  stallions  over  a  j'ear  old  to  run  at  large ; 
whether  the  hogs  might  run  in  the  highway,  they  being 
properh-  "yoaked  and  ringed  ;"  and  what  bounty  the  town 
would  pay  for  killing  a  "grown  wolf,"  but  nothing  was  said 
about  the  children,  or  what  provision  these  civil  fathers 
would  make  for  their  hungry  minds,  a  few  years  only 
excepted.  Youth  of  this  generation,  we  live  in  a  more 
hopeful  day.  Improve  your  present  privileges,  or  your  loss 
and  shame  will  be  far  greater  than  those  who  hewed 
down  these  forests,  killed  those  wolves,  and  destroyed  the 
Indians  forever.  It  is  to  be  presumed  the}-  did  the  best 
they  could  in  the  circumstances ;  but  they  opened  a  path 
for  you,  which,  though  run  with  patience,  will  be  crowned 
with  glory. 

From  1808  to  182^  the  amount  of  money  raised,  each 
3'ear,  for  the  support  of  schools,  was  $500,  excejit  1811, 
when  $800  was  raised  for  that  object.  In  1823,  1824  and 
1825,  $000  was  each  j-ear  appropriated  for  this  purpose  ; — 
in  1827  and  1829,  $500;-f.om  1833—1837,  $020 --in 
1840,  $050  ;  from  1842  to  1847,  $700  ;  in  1852,  $820 ;  and 
from  1854  to  1858,  $1,500,  This  shows  the  estimation  the 
town  has  had  for  its  schools  and  what  they  have  been 
willing  to  do  for  their  support.  And  it  has  been  money 
well  invested.     The  schools  have  been  prosperous,  weU  con- 


310  CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS. 

ducted,  and  greatly  to  the  advantage  of  the  phace.  Here 
the  children  and  the  youth  have  laid  the  foundation  of  that 
education  which  has  made  them  useful  in  life,  mfluential 
among  their  fellovi^  men,  and  a  blessing  to  those  that  shall 
come  after  them.  Wide  is  the  difference  between  them 
and  those  lauds  where  education  is  neglected,  schools  are 
not  known,  and  the  children  are  allowed  to  gi-ow  up  in 
ignorance,  neglect,  and  barbarous  customs  and  manners. 
May  5,  1821,  the  record  stales,  that  "at  a  meeting  held 
this  day  the  action  of  the  Selectmen  was  accepted  by 
which  the  town  was  divided  into  eleven  school  districts." 
And  on  April  6,  181:1:,  the  town  voted  that  the  several 
school  districts  clicoje  their  own  Agents.  The  town  had 
done  it  before. 


CHAPTER    XXXV. 


CLAM  SHELL  DEPOSITS. 

There  is  one  item  of  antiquarian  interest  which  I  have 
scarcely  ever  seen  noticed  by  any  writer  of  our  country, 
whether  he  be  early  or  late ;  and  that  is  the  clam  sheD 
deposits  which  are  found  all  along  the  coast  of  Maine.  I 
know  of  several  of  them.  There  is  one  of  them  on  what  is 
called  the  Hawthorne  farm  in  the  town  of  Cushiug,  once 
owned  by  Mr.  Isaac  Burton.  It  is  a  peninsula  extending 
Southward  into  the  St.  George's  river  about  ten  miles 
below  that  part  which  "trends  westward  into  the  magne." 
The  deposit  is  on  the  extreme  southern  end,  on  a  beautiful 
plat  that  looks  toward  the  sun,  and  was  defended  from  the 
cold   winds  of    the   North  and   Northeast  by   the   rising 


CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS.  311 

grounds  in  the  ronr  and  the  hc^av}'  forests  that  overshad- 
owed tliem.  Here  the  Indians  had  their  encampment, 
raised  their  corn,  and  continned  to  Hve  through  untold  gen- 
erations. The  chim  sh(41  deposit  was  near  the:  bank, 
helped  to  foriu  the  liaidc,  and  was  from  one  to  eight  or  ten 
feet  deep.  The  whole  deposit  was  about  three  rods  wide 
and  fourteen  rods  long.  It  is  the  accumulation  of  ages. 
Many  of  the  shells,  under  the  action  of  the  plough  and 
the  harrow,  and  being  exposed  to  the  action  of  the  weather, 
have  changed  entirely  to  a  black  mould  ;  and  a  vast  num- 
ber of  bushels  are  in  the  various  stages  of  decomposition, 
from  the  perfect  shell  to  that  which  is  ground-to  the  finest 
dust.  It  makes  capital  soil ;  and  the  seed  which  is  cast 
there,  whether  it  be  corn,  oats,  potatoes  or  turnips,  is  sure  to 
produce  a  plentiful  crop.  I  have  never  seen  better.  It  is 
the  richest,  surest,  best  part  of  the  farm,  by  far.  The 
river  fogs  moisten  the  crops  in  summer,  and  the  influence 
of  the  salt  water  keeps  back  the  frosts  in  autumn.  The 
crop  is  as  certain  as  anything  can  be. 

The  bed  of  clams  from  which  the  Indians  drew  their 
supply  was  in  a  large  cove  to  the  North  and  West,  at  a 
convenient  distance  from  the  encampment  and  which 
helped  to  form  the  peninsula  of   which  we  are  speaking. 

At  the  deposit  of  clam  shells,  various  Indian  imple- 
ments, such  as  stone  axes,  pestles,  gouges,  arrowheads 
have  been  found — also  calcined  stones,  ashes  and  all  the 
marks  of  tire.  Their  wooden  and  skin  furniture  and 
apparel,  have  all  vanished.  Substantial  articles  or  parts 
of  them  onh'  remain.  Here  they  spent  their  winters,  and 
when  the  cod  and  whale  fishery  could  not  be  pursued,  they 
resorted  to  the  clam  banks  for  food.  These  never  failed 
them.  In  the  spring  they  went  up  river  and  caught  salmon 
and  shad,  and  at  other  seasons  of  the  year  they  pursued 
the  game  ;  but  the  immense  number  of  clam  shells  proves 
incontestibly  the  grand  gathering  point,  and  where  for 
untold  years  they  lived  and  died.     All  thoughts  and  talk 


312  CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSTTFT. 

about  their  cities,  are  dreams  and  idle  words.  They  had 
lio  cities.  Their  birch  or  loo;  canoe  was  their  fishing  boat 
and  ship  of  commerce  ;  the  bow  and  arrow  their  weapon 
of  defence,  and  honses  made  of  poles,  birch  l)ark  and 
skins,  were  their  castles  and  places  of  abode.  At  certain 
seasons  of  the  year  they  migrated,  and  at  others  they 
hibernated  in  these  rude  structures,  and  spent  their  time 
to  but  little  more  ]uir]30se  than  the  bear  who  passes  his 
winters  by  sucking  his  paws.  Few  only  of  their  works 
remain. 

In  the  town  of  Bremen,  on  a  farm  owned  by  Mr.  Jacob 
Keene  is  another  of  these  clam  shell  deposits.  It  is  not 
so  extensive  as  that  in  Gushing,  yet  it  is  near  the  water,  in 
a  fine,  sunny,  warm  place,  at  the  edge  of  the  river  looking 
Southward,  near  a  spring  of  water,  aud  defended  in  the 
rear  by  rising  grounds  and  dense  forests.  Mr.  Keene  tells 
me  that  in  some  places  it  is  ten  feet  deep — that  the  bank 
is  actually  raised  by  it — that  Indian  implements  have  been 
frequently  found  there,  and  that  the  soil  is  excellent  for  the 
production  of  almost  any  crop.  Excellent  corn  grew 
there  in  the  summer  of  18G3.  I  have  examined  the  local- 
ity and  can  attest  the  truth  of  these  statements.  It  was 
fine  camping  ground  and  the  clam  banks  were  not  far 
distant. 

Two  miles  above  this,  at  Broad  Cove,  on  land  once 
owned  by  Mr.  Benjamin  Palmer,  is  another  of  these  col- 
lections. It  is  to  the  East  of  the  creek  where  the  Indians, 
in  the  last  century,  fired  upcm  the  canoe,  in  which  were 
William  Hilton  and  sons  and  killed  some  of  them. 

On  the  upper  end  of  Loud's  Island,  formerly  Muscon- 
gus  Island,  is  found  another  of  these  beds  of  clam  shells. 
It  was  once  undoubtedly  quite  extensive  ;  but  the  most  of 
the  bank  containing  it,  has  been  washed  ivxay  by  the 
heavy  seas  that  roll  in,  during  Southeasterly  storms,  from 
the  broad  Atlantic.  Here  are  found  calcined  stones,  and 
other  marks  of   fire,  and  the  summer  of  1863,  an  Indian 


OiM 


CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS.  31;'. 

skeleton  was  seen  protruding  from  the  bunk.  The  dirt 
had  been  washed  away  around  it— a  woman  with  a  spade 
pushed  it  to  the  bottom  of  the  bank,  when;  it  lay  till  the 
action  of  the  weather  and  the  high  tide  scattered  it 
beyond  recovery.     "Lo  !  the  poor  Indian  !" 

He  may  have  been  a  warrior  or  he  may  have  been  a 
king,  a  prophet  or  a  priest ;  it  matters  not  now  ;  there  is 
none  so  poor  as  to  do  him  reverence.  Men  smile  as  they 
look  upon  his  bones,  and  feel  satisfied  that  the  race  has 
passed  away. 

On  the  Eastern  side  of  the  Sheepscot  river,  at  that  nar- 
row passage  called  the  "Gutt,"  is  another  of  these  clam 
shell  deposits.  The  spot  chosen  for  encampment  was  sim- 
ilar to  the  others  described  ; — on  the  bank,  and  near  the 
mouth,  of  a  river ;  never  in  the  interior ;  with  fresh  water 
at  hand,  and  an  easy  water  communication  in  different 
directions.  The  spot  was  level  and  sunny,  looking  South- 
ward, and  defended  from  the  cold  raw  winds  which  swept 
down  from  the  interior.     The  clam  banks  were  near. 

At  other  localities  there  are  similar  deposits ;  and 
wherever  they  are  found  they  prove  the  headquarters  of 
numbers  of  Indian  families,  probably  of  a  tribe,  through 
many  generations. 

O  Y  S  T  J:  R    S  H  i:  L  L    D  E  P  O  SIT    1  N    N  E  W  CAS  T  L  E . 

And  these  facts  serve  to  dissipate  the  theories  of  the 
formation  of  the  Oyster  Shell  Deposit,  at  the  "indraft"  in 
Newcastle,  on  the  Damariscotta  river.  On  that  rich  and 
beautiful  peninsula,  was  their  encampment.  Here  they 
lived,  and  died,  and  were  buried.  All  the  marks  of  savage 
life  found  at  clam  shell  deposits  are  found  here.  In  this 
place  they  cooked  and  eat  their  oysters ;  and  the  shells 
were  carried  out' and  deposited  in  a  precisely  similar  man- 
ner that  the  Indians  did  the  clam  shells  at  the  mouths  of 
the  various  rivers. 

But  where  did  they  get  their  oysters  ?     In  the  stream 


314  CLAM   SHELL   DEPOSITS. 

tliat  ran  by  their  place  of  settlement  in  the  large  bay  above 
and  in  Oyster  Creek  wliich  enters  into  this  bay  on  the 
eastern  side.  Here  they  used  to  be  found  in  abundance, 
but  when  the  mills  were  put  upon  the  river,  which  was 
done  at  an  early  period  of  the  settlement,  they  were  killed 
out.  An  occasional  one  is  now  found  ;  and  Captain  Samuel 
Glidden  who  was  born  upon  this  point,  and  till  within  a 
short  time  (1852,  when  this  was  written)  owned  and  resided 
here,  has  told  me  that  within  the  period  of  his  remem- 
brance a  bushel  of  oysters  have  been  taken  out  of  this 
creek  in  a  single  tide. 

The  quantity  of  oyster  shells,  though  large  and  for 
amount  unequalled  in  any  of  these  Eastern  parts,  and 
found  in  different  places,  have  been  over-rated  by  Dr.  Jack- 
son, State  Geologist  and  others,  and  their  origin  has  some- 
times been  strangel}^  accounted  for.  The  soil  under  them  is 
precisely  like  that  above  and  around  them,  showing  that 
thev  were  first  thrown  upon  the  ground  and  at  the  edge  of 
the  bank,  and  that  the  dirt,  in  some  places,  in  the  lapse  of 
time,  has  been  able  to  cover  them.  The  chief  deposit  is  at 
the  Eastern  point  on  the  bank  of  the  river  and  opening 
into  the  bay  above,  and  on  the  Northern  point  upon  the 
bny,  and  opposite  to  the  island  where  was  their  place 
of  interment.  There  is  a  small  per  centage  of  clamshells 
among  them.  The  bones  of  liuman  beings,  of  birds  and 
animals,  wood  ashes,  cinders  and  stones,  Indian  implements 
and  other  things  of  interest  and, useful  to  man,  have  been 
found  among  them.  Fresh  water  in  abundance  is  found 
in  the  vicinity;  and  in  this  beautiful  locality,  almost 
une(]UMlled  in  Maine,  was  no  doubt  tlie  headquarters  of  a 
large  number  of  Indians  and  others,  througliout  untold  gen- 
erations. And  as  the  time  was  long  wlien  these  inhabitants 
resided  here,  and  there  were  many  of  them,  with  these 
oyster  deposits  close  at  hand,  it  is  (\isy  to  see  how  these 
banks  were  heightened  and  enlarged  when  the  meat  was 
taken  out  and  the  shells  no  longer  in  use,  were  thrown  upon 


I 


CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS.  315 

them.  There  they  lay  and  the  piles  increased  through 
untold  generations,  precisely  as  the  clam-shell  deposits 
increased  at  different  places  upon  the  sea  shore.  The  clam- 
shells being  smaller,  of  course  would  not  so  increase  in 
heaps  as  would  the  oyster  shells  when  thrown  away. 

It  is  supposed  by  many  that  in  this  vicinity  was  the  lost 
"  city  of  New  England  "  called  Norumbega,  or  the  ancient 
city  of  Arumpeag  which  is  thought  to  mean  the  place  of 
men.  And  on  an  island  in  the  beautiful  bay  above,  tradi- 
tion says,  was  the  place  where  they  used  to  bury  their 
dead.  The  oysters,  the  spring  fisheries  above  of  shad  and 
alewives,  the  pleasant  location,  and  the  excellent  soil  as 
well  as  a  good  territory  for  hunting,  made  it  a  place  of  attrac- 
tion and  a  cheerful  abode  for  all  who  were  disposed  to 
locate  themselves  there.  And  beyond  question  large  num- 
bers made  it  the  desired  place  of  their  habitation  through- 
out successive  centuries. 

AVhen  the  settlers  first  came  to  these  parts,  vessels  used 
to  come  from  the  Westward  to  dig  for  oysters  and  carry 
them  away  and  they  found  it  a  profitable  business.  But 
as  soon  as  the  thick  deposit  of  saw  dust  which  constantly 
came  down  from  the  mills  situated  above  that  the  English 
erected  there,  began  to  accumulate  on  the  bottom,  and 
sunken  slabs  and  other  lumber  increased,  the  breathing 
holes  of  the  oysters  were  stopped,  their  sustenance  was  cut 
off  and  they  perished. 

In  Sheepscot  river,  above  the  Falls,  I  have  myself  seen 
oysters  that  were  taken  from  the  bed  of  the  channel ;  and 
in  Oyster  river,  in  Warren,  oysters  were  formerly  found  ;  so 
that  the  necessity  which  some  have  felt  of  supposing  that 
the  oyster  banks  on  the  Dainariscotta,  was  the  result  of  some 
mighty  action  of  the  earth,  either  in  throwing  them  up  from 
beneath,  or  bringing  them  from  afar,  is  unsatisfactory  and 
absurd.  And  equally  ridiculous  is  the  idea  that  the 
Aborignes  at  their  annual  festivals,  brought  them  from  afar. 
They  were  not  accustomed  to  do  things  in  this  way. 


316  CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS. 

If  the  oyster  deposit  was  laip;e,  it  is  to  be  remembered 
that  the  oyster  shell  is  laro;er  tlian  the  clamshell ;  and  that 
the  same  number  of  oysters  would  create  a  heap  much 
faster  than  the  clams  would.  Many  of  these  shells  are  in 
a  remarkable  state  of  preservation.  Though  their  cubical 
contents  have  been  over-estimated,  yet  they  are  numerous  ; 
and  a  visit  there,  from  a  reasonable  distance,  will  amply 
repay  the  trouble. 

Off  the  coast  of  Bristol  and  Bremen,  are  two  islands 
lying  in  range  of  each  other,  of  about  6  miles  in  length. 
Those  best  informed,  suppose  them  once  to  have  been  one 
island  ;  for  they  are  now  connected  by  a  bar  on  which  foot 
people  can  cross,  from  one  to  the  other,  at  low  tide.  The 
northernmost  island  is  now  known  as  "  Hogg  Island,  "  and 
the  Southern  one  is  called  Loud's  Island,  formerly  Mus- 
congus  Island.  Within  the  memory  of  man,  there  was  on 
the  North  end  of  Loud's  island  a  pond  of  fresh  water  con- 
taining eight  or  ten  acres,  where  reeds,  rushes  and  flags 
used  to  grow,  and  where  the  black  duck  and  snipe  used  to 
make  their  nests  and  rear  their  young.  This  pond  is  now 
level,  much  diminished  in  size,  mostly  filled  up  and  desti- 
tute of  water,  and  covered  with  sand  blown  in  from  the 
beach,  about  one  foot  in  thickness.  Under  that  is  muck 
and  mai'l  of  unknown  depth,  which  the  inhabitants  dig  up 
and  use  for  enriching  their  lands.  This  place  is  now 
protected  from  the  ocean  by  a  wall  of  sand  and  small 
stones  raised  by  the  wind  and  forced  up  by  the  waves. 
Outside  of  this,  and  to  the  North  of  it  in  the  direction  of 
Hogg  island,  once  extended  a  point  of  land  covered  wit4i 
trees.  When  these  trees  were  cut  aAvay,  and  the  roots 
which  protected  the  bank,  had  decaj-ed,  the  land  began  to 
give  way  under  the  action  of  the  waves.  This  point  of 
land  was  on(!e  an  Indian  Burying  Place  ;  and  something 
more  than  sixty  years  ago,  there?  came  a  violent  storm 
which  washed  the  greater  part  of  this  point  away,  uncover- 
ing Indian  skeletons,  human   bones,  brass  beads,  earrings, 


CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS.  817 

metallic  and  stone  axes,  tlint  stones,  ari'ow  heads,  in  almost 
numberless  quantities.  The  specimens  carried  away  have 
been  almost  endless,  and  some  are  found  there  at  the 
present  time.  The  sea  has  also  done  its  part  in  carrying 
away  these  relics  of  the  dead.  About  twenty  acres  have 
been  washed  away  within  the  memory  of  man,  and  witli  it 
the  entire  cemetery  of  these  sons  of  the  forest.  At  the 
present  rate  of  decrease,  the  entire  upper  end  of  this  island 
will  be  gone,  before  a  hundred  years  shall  roll  away.  In 
one  instance,  the  skeleton  was  found  by  a  man  digging  for 
sand,  in  an  upright  position,  with  a  brass  kettle  over  its 
head.  The  hair  had  grown  out  long,  and  had  changed  from 
black  to  the  color  of  copper.  Other  brass  kettles  have 
been  taken  from  the  same  locality.  One  was  kept  for  some 
years  by  an  individual,  who,  having  no  use  for  it,  sold  it 
to  a  blacksmith.  He  Avorked  it  up  into  skimmers.  Was 
not  that  a  bright  thought?  He  certainly  had  the  idea  of 
utility,  and  showed  that  he  had  quite  as  much  respect  for 
the  wants  of  this  generation  as  he  did  for  the  burial  places 
of  the  dead. 

The  inhabitants  from  the  main  land  oftentimes  go  to  this 
old  hallowed  spot,  for  the  purpose  of  getting  sand  ;  and 
occasionally  they  dig  up  human  bones,  beads,  etc.,  though 
they  are  growing  quite  scarce.  Directly  over,  on  the  other 
side  of  the  point,  was  the  Indian  settlement,  as  is  indicated 
by  debris,  calcined  stones,  rich  soil  and  a  clam  shell 
deposit.  This  was  about  two  feet  in  thickness,  mostly 
covered  with  a  hard  turf  and  underneath  is  a  sandy  loam 
of  reddish  color.  The  shells  have  been  undisturbed,  and 
unbroken.  The  strip  however  is  narrow,  as  at  least  three 
rods  in  width  have  been  carried  away  by  the  violent  storms 
and  heavy  seas  that  come  rolling  in  from  the  broad  Atlan- 
tic. Unless  stopped  by  a  heavy  sea  wall,  raised  by  the 
hand  of  man,  the  entire  Northern  end  of  this  island  will 
soon  be  among  the  things  that  once  were  ;  and  then,  all 
Indian  greatness  and  life,  and  manners  and  relics  too,  to- 


318  CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS. 

getherwith  the  ancient  pond,  will  be  searched  for  here  in 
vain.  Not  a  great  while  since  an  Indian  skeleton  was  found 
here  which  a  woman  dug  out  with  a  shovel,  when  it  rolled 
to  the  bottom  of  the  bank,  and  she  left  it 

"Alone  in  its  glory." 
Nearly  a  mile  to  the  South  of  this,  is  another  place,  where 
Indian  bones  and  relics  have  been  frequently  found.* 

THE    MYSTERIOUS    CORAL, 

On  the  6th  of  September,  1864,  I  was  at  the  house  of 
Thomas  Nelson,  Esq.,  in  Alna,  who  lives  just  below  the 
"  Bend  "  in  the  Sheepscot  liver.  He-  showed  me  some 
specimens  of  pure  coral  which  had  been  taken  from  a  locality 
just  across  the  river,  from  where  he  lived.  Stepping  into  a 
small  boat,  we  paddled  across  the  narrow  stream,  and  visited 
the  spot  from  whence  it  was  taken.  The  bank  is  quite 
steep  and  rises  to  an  elevation  of  a  hundred  and  fifty  feet,, 
and  is  no  place  for  a  settlement  neither  for  farming  nor  til- 
lage land.  Mr.  Nelson's  attention  was  attracted  to  the  place, 
by  observing  his  cattle  to  go  there,  and  stop,  and  look,  as 
though  they  saw  something  unusual.  He  went  himself  and 
found  a  stone  of  old  coral,  or  rather  of  limestone,  about 
two  and  a  half  or  three  feet  square,  and  five  inches  thick, 
a  slab,  with  small  pieces  of  broken  coral  imbedded  therein, 
and  forming  part  of  the  stone.  He  broke  the  stone  into 
small  pieces  and  carried  some  of  them,  as  curious  speci- 
mens, to  his  house.  I  collected^  all  I  wished  for  myself, 
and  we  left  many  portions  on  the  ground.  Examination 
showed  the  origin  of  the  stone.  It  was  the  work  of  the 
coral  insect,  made  in  torrid  climes,  under  the  sea,  and  the 
predominant  ingredient,  was  carbonate  of  lime.  Now  the 
question  is,  who  carried  that  stone  there  ?  What  part  of  the 
world  did  it  come  from  and  when  ?  How  came  it  to  be  left 
in  this  obscure  place  ?     That  it  is  was  the  work  of  human 

*Capt.  Loud. 


CLA.M   SHELL  DEPOSITS,  319 

hands,  there  can  belittle  ilonbt ;  for  there  is  no  other  stone 
of  like  kind,  nor  ever  has  been,  to  be  found  in  this  vicinity. 
The  place  was  a  granite  formation,  covered  with  sundy 
loam,  and  common  stones  lyinj^  promiscuously  all  around. 
The  corals  of  commerce  are  generally  small  specimens, 
easily  handled  and  easily  carried  ;  but  here  is  one  that 
would  require  two  men  to  carry  it,  and  then  they  must 
move  with  care.  That  it  was  brought  here  by  water,  in  a 
boat,  there  can  be  little  doubt ;  but  why  be  transported 
here  at  all?  and  why  be  left,  after  it  was  brought  here? 
Who  will  solve  the  mystery  ? 

Mr.  Nelson  has  several  s])ecimens,  and  kindly  gave  me 
one,  which  are  all  open  for  the  inspection  of  the  curious. 

STONE    RELICS. 

Stone  relics  have  been  found  at  Sheepscot.  On  the  farm 
of  Augustus  Averill  who  lives  about  one-half  mile  North  of 
Sheepscot  Bridge,  there  was  found  by  him,  as  he  was 
ploughing,  not  long  since  in  his  field,  some  antiquities  of 
this  kind.  One  was  a  stone^  about  14  inches  in  length  and 
4  or  5  in  diameter,  with  both  ends  terminating  in  an  oval 
form.  Its  proportions  were  exact  and  made  in  the  most 
mathematical  manner.  It  was  a  mind  well  educated  in  this 
business  that  formed  it.  There  were  also  found  cutting 
instruments  in  the  hatchet  or  rather  chisel  form  Avitli  a 
perpendicular  handle,  all  of  one  piece,  so  constructed  as 
to  perform  the  service  of  the  chisel  or  the  axe  when 
employed  in  the  service  for  which  it  was  designed.  When 
they  were  made,  or  by  whom,  and  how  long  they  have  been 
buried  there,  who  can  tell?  They  were  unquestionably 
designed  for  some  useful  purpose,  and  by  a  people  not 
acquainted  with  mining  or  the  use  of  iron  tools. 

Captain  William  Chase  who  lives  at  the  Southern  point 
of  the  "town  necke,"  has  in  his  possession  a  considerable 
number  of  metalic  relics  left  there  by  the  earliest  settlers 
when  they  abandoned  their  homes  and  fled  to  save  their 


320  CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS. 

lives.  A  stone  with  particular  marks  upon  it,  was  found 
bj  liim  and  used  with  others  for  the  foundation  of  his 
house. 

THE    BARK    SUNBEAM. 

The  bark  Sunbeam  was  built  in  the  summer  of  185-,  at 
Damariscotta  Mills,  and  her  builders  and  owners  were  Cap- 
tain Edward  Lincoln  and  Jose])h  Haines,  merchant.  Late 
in  the  fall  she  sailed  for  Havanna,  Captain  Lincoln  having 
on  board  his  wife  and  only  daughter,  a  little  girl  about  — 
years  of  age.  On  the  return  voyage,  bound  for  Philadel- 
phia, the  vessel  struck  on  the  sand,  a  little  to  the  South  of 
the  Capes  of  the  Delaware,  and  near  the  boundary  line 
which  separates  the  States  of  Maryland  and  Virginia.  The 
evening  before  the  vessel  was  cast  away,  the  Captain  and 
his  little  family  sat  up  late,  making  preparations  for  land- 
ing, and  all  were  jubilant  at  the  thought  of  reaching  Phila- 
delphia, the  next  day.  But  about  four  o'clock  in  the 
morning  they  were  awakened  from  their  slumbers,  by  the 
thumping  of  the  vessel  upon  the  shore.  They  just  had 
time  to  escape  from_  their  bertlis  and  the  cabin  before  the 
the  vessel  filled,  leaving  everything  behind  them.  Mrs. 
Lincoln  escaped  in  her  night  clothes,  and  with  her  husband 
and  child  ascended  the  mizzen  rigging,  the  sea  making  a 
clean  breach  over  the  hull  of  the  bark.  It  was  ou  the 
morning  of  the  17tli  of  March,  and  the  waves  beat  and  the 
winds  blew  pitilessly  upon  that  helpless  crew  and  the 
beautiful  vessel  that  was  to  bear  them  up  for  a  time.  By 
some  means  they  contrived  to  cut  the  mainmast  away  which 
fell  into  the  fore  rigging.  Hither  the  crew  ascended  and 
were  safe.  But  the  child  of  Captain  L.  survived  the  terrors 
of  the  storm  till  towards  noon,  when,  chilled  with  wet  and 
cold,  it  died,  and  was  swept  from  its  father's  arms  into  the 
sea  and  found  a  watery  grave.  Its  body  was  never  recov- 
ered.    The  mother,  overcome  with  fatigue,  and  cold,  soon 


CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS.  321 

after  fell  off  aud  was  drowned.  The  father,  then  appear- 
ing to  lose  all  fortitude,  and  overcome  with  the  heavy 
calamity  that  had  befallen  him,  as  well  as  snttering  the  loss 
of  strength,  perished  and  fell  into  the  sea.  The  Avaves 
were  so  violent,  that  the  crew  Avere  unable  to  reach  him  or 
render  him  the  least  assistance.  The  bodies  of  Captain 
L.  and  wife  were  afterwards  recovered.  They  were  estima- 
ble people  and  both  were  members  of  the  2d  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  Newcastle.  When  the  tide  went  down  and 
the  storm  had  abated,  the  crew  and  the  mates  were  enabled 
to  make  their  escape  to  the  shore. 

A    BARX    BURNT. 

At  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  October  7,  1856,  a 
large  barn  belonging  to  Nathaniel  Bryant,  situated  between 
Dr.  Call's  and  Captain  F.  Hopkins,  and  containing  about 
twenty  tons  of  hay  and  farming  utensils,  was  consumed  by 
fire.  How  the  fire  originated,  is  a  mystery.  Probalilj'  a 
pipe.     Loss  $700.     Insurance  $400. 

SINGULAR    STATE    OF    THE    WEATHER. 

During  four  or  five  days  about  the  20th  of  July  1856, 
the  heat  was  intense,  the  thermometer  rising  to  the  neigh- 
borhood of  one  hundred  degrees,  and  in  some  instances, 
even  above  that  figure.  Then  it  changed,  and  a  wet  season 
ensued.  The  sun  was  scarcely  seen  for  fifteen  days,  there 
being  immense  quantities  of  rain  and  fog.  A  large  amount 
of  hay  which  had  been  cut,  some  in  bunches  and  some  in 
swath  or  spread  out,  was  nearly  spoiled.  The  crop  was 
uncommonly  large,  but  was  on  this  account  greatly 
diminished  in  value.  At  the  end  of  that  time  the  sun 
broke  out,  when  the  people  were  enabled  to  get  their  hay, 
such  as  it  was.  Since  that  time,  the  weather  has  been 
exceedingly  wet  and  cold.  And  at  the  present  time  of 
writing,  August  26th,  a  brisk  fire  is  burning  in  the  stove 


^)22  CLAM    SHELL   DKPOSITS. 

und  for  two  nights  there  has  been  quite  a  frost.  The  liay 
has  not  been  all  gathered  yet,  especially  that  on  low  lands, 
and  some  on  high  lands.  But  the  feed  in  the  pastures  has 
been  excellent.  There  has  been  also  an  uncommon  amount 
of  thunder  and  lightning. 

P.  S,  Many  meadows  and  swamps  that  fall  were  not 
cut,  because  they  were  so  overflowed  that  the  men  could 
not  get  on  them.  And  the  haying  was  not  completed  till 
late  in  September.  The  potato  crop  was  greatly  damaged 
by  the  rot. 

THE    "APPLE    S  1'  O  II Y.  " 

Boston,  May  31,  1881. 

To   ,  Esq.     My  Dear  Sir :     In  compliance  with 

your  request  I  send  you  herewith  a  sketch  of  the  "  apple 
story,  "  referred  to  in  your  note  of  the  12th  inst. 

It  so  happened  that  when  I  was  about  nine  3^ears  of  age, 
I  spent  a  summer  at  Lincoln  Academy,  Newcastle,  Maine. 
The  Preceptor  at  that  time,  whose  name  I  do  not  now 
recollect,  was  the  immediate  successor  of  Preceptor 
Beaman,  afterwards  widely  known  as  Rev.  Dr.  Beaman, 
Pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in  Troy,  N.  Y.  Two 
years  previous  to  the  time  of  which  I  am  now  speaking,  I 
spent  one  summer  under  the  tuition  of  Dr.  Beaman.  Dur- 
ing a  certain  forenoon,  the  Preceptor  first  named,  espied 
one  of  the  boys  taking  a  bite  of  an  apple,  his  face  being 
half  concealed  by  the  lid  of  the  desk.  This  led  the  Pre- 
ceptor to  inquire  about  the  apples,  for  there  were  several 
in  the  boy's  desk,  how  he  came  by  them,  and  if  any  other 
boys  in  the  school  had  the  like,  when  it  appeared  that  the 
apples  had  been  taken  from  Major  Farlej-'s  orchard  with- 
out his  knowledge  or  consent,  and  that  about  one-half  a 
dozen  boys  including  myself  were  involved  in  the  then  not 
uncommon  trespass.  On  learning  the  facts  of  the  case 
the  Preceptor  gave  directions  to  all  of  us  to  keep  what 
remained  and  come  to  him  with  them  at  the  close  of  the 


CLAM   f^HELL  DEPOSITS.  '.^'lo 

moniiijg  session.  At  noon  all  of  us  were  on  liuiul  with  our 
apples,  in  front  of  the  Preceptor's  desk.  He  was  very 
kiud  and  gentle  with  us,  but  did  not  fail  to  give  us  to 
understand  that  we  had  done  wrong,  in  that  we  had 
appropriated  to  our  own  use  the  property  of  another  witli- 
out  so  much  as  asking  his  consent.  To  all  of  which  we 
could  make  no  reply.  The  Preceptor  then  directed  that 
all  the  apples  that  remained  be  put  into  the  most  capacious 
satchel  among  us,  which  he  himself  selected  and  that  we 
all  proceed  with  theiu  to  Major  Farley's  residence,  state  the 
case  to  him,  and  ask  his  pardon.  The  largest  boy,  prob- 
ably twelve  or  thirteen  years  of  age,  was  charged  b^'  the 
Preceptor  with  the  duty  of  making  confession  and  asking 
pardon  in  behalf  of  all  of  us.  The  day  was  warm,  and  as 
we  trudged  along  the  highway  the  satchel  of  apples  was 
changed  from  one  to  another,  so  that  the  load  was  not 
especially  burdensome  to  any  one.  As  we  drew  near  the 
house,  there  was  a  httle  uneasiness  all  around,  as  to  what 
kind  of  a  reception  we  should  meet.  Would  Major  Farley 
frown  upon  us?  Would  lie  call  us  hard  names?  Would  he 
threaten  us  and  forbid  our  ever  again  coming  near  his 
orchard  ?  But  almost  before  we  were  aware  of  it  we  had 
turned  into  the  lane,  covered  with  tan  bark,  leading  down 
to  his  house.  There  sat  Major  Farley,  calm"  as  a  summer 
evening,  at  an  open  window  facing  us,  wondering  no  doubt 
what  could  be  the  errand  of  these  young  lads.  When 
arrived  at  the  house,  and  standing  outside  the  window, 
mutual  salutations  were  exchanged,  when  the  boy  who  was 
to  be  spokesman,  with  much  self-possession,  and  in  fitting 
terms,  informed  him  of  our  offence,  and  stated  that  we  had 
come  by  direction  of  the  Preceptor  of  the  Academy  to 
return  what  apples  remained  and  to  ask  his  pardon.  The 
expected  and  much  feared  crisis  had  now  arrived,  and  the 
question  was  to  be  solved,  whether  we  should  return  to  the 
Academy  filled  with  shame  and  self-reproach  ;  or  with 
buoyant  tread  and  lightened  hearts. 


324  CLAM   SHELL  DEPOSITS. 

Never  shall  I  forget  that  important  moment,  when,  with 
all  the  dignity  of  a  Judge,  and  in  tones  of  greatest  kind- 
ness Major  Farley  replied:  "Young  gentlemen,  it  gives 
me  very  great  pleasure  to  see  you,  and  to  assure  you  of 
my  heartfelt  interest  in  your  welfare.  I  am  very  sorry  that 
the  apples  were  not  ripe.  Before  many  days  a  plenty  of 
them  will  be  ripe  and  fit  to  eat,  then  you  will  be  entirely 
welcome  to  as  many  as  you  like." 

The  question  was  then  asked :  "  "What  shall  be  done 
with  the  apples  we  have  brought  with  us  ?" 

The  Major  hesitated  a  moment,  as  if  desirous  of  second- 
ing the  wise  instructions  of  our  Preceptor,  and  pointing  to 
the  ground  beneath  the  window,  Avliere  was  a  hollow  worn 
by  the  droppings  from  the  eaves,  said  :  "  You  can  put  them 
there."  '" 

Thanking  him  for  his  great  kindness,  and  bowing  our- 
selves away  from  that  benevolent  presence,  we  returned 
to  our  school  as  happy  a  company  as  can  be  imagined. 

It  is  needless  to  say,  ever  after  this,  Major  Farley  was 
our  ideal  of  a  noble  hearted,  christian  gentleman. 

In  the  afternoon  the  Preceptor  called  for  our  report,  and 
expressed  himself  as  highly  gratified  with  the  result  of  our 
noonday  visit. 

To  the  boys  this  was  by  no  means  an  unimportant  event. 
They  had  been  taught  by  the  Preceptor,  in  a  practical  way, 
a  most  useful  and  important  lesson  in  regard  to  the  right 
of  property ;  and  in  the  presence  of  Major  Farley,  they 
had  an  impressive  illustration  of  the  wisest  and  most 
effective  way  of  dealing  with  a  company  of  thoughtless  and 
erring  youth.  I  am  sure  the  experiences  and  lessons  of 
that  day  have  had  a  life-long  influence  for  good  upon,  at 
least,  0)16  of  the  party,  and  probably  upon  all. 

Jacob  Sleepek. 

Moral.  There  is  a  right  way  and  a  wrong  one  in  dealing 
with  offenders,  and  a  smile  has  its  influence  as  well  as  a 
frown. 


SHIPBUILDING  IN  NEWCASTLE,  325 


CHAPTEK    XXXVI. 


SHIPBUILDING    IN    NEWCASTLE. 

The  evidence  is  clear  that  the  inhabitants  of  Ancient 
Sheepscot  were  engaged  to  some  extent,  at  least,  in  commer- 
cial enterprises  and  in  sliipbnildiug.  It  is  known  that 
there  was  a  shipyard  at  the  late  Hartley  Nickel's  brick 
3'ard,  and  also  on  the  eastern  side  of  Sheepscot  "  Little 
Necke.  "  How  man}-  were  built  and  what  their  tonnage 
was,  we  know  not.  Probably  they  were  coasting  aud 
fishing  vessels  ;  but  it  is  a  matter  of  record  as  well  as 
tradition,  that  when  the  inhabitants  left,  it  was  in  a  vessel. 

In  the  next  century  the  business  was  again  entered  on, 
and  probabl}'^  Newcastle  has  done  more  in  this  line  than 
any  other  town  between  the  Kennebeck  and  St.  George 
rivers. 

William  Waters  at  the  head  of  tide  waters  on  Dyer's 
river,  built  vessels.  One  was  a  ship  of  400  tons — a  giant 
for  those  days.  Jotham  Douuell  of  Alna  was  "  Master 
workman.  "  Thomas  McCrate  purchased  her.  She  was 
launched  sidewise  into  the  narrow  stream,  and  it  cost  $500 
to  get  her  down  to  the  Bridge. 

The  late  Thomas  Erskine,  during  his  life,  built  more  than 
"  forty  sail  near  the  same  place.*  The}-  were  mostly  coast- 
ing and  fishing  vessels.  James  Follansbee  and  William 
Follansbee  also  built  and  launched  at  the  same  place.  The 
Woodbridges  and  others  have  built  near  the  same  spot. 
Further  down  the  river  the  Murra^s  have  built  several 
vessels — one  of  them  an  East  Indiaman.     David  Murray, 

*  Mrs.  Erskine. 


326  SHIPBUILDING  IN  NEWCASTLE. 

Esq.,  built  from  1790  to  1809  the  brig  Fox,  schooner  Betsej 
133  tons,  schooner  Minerva  1.34  tons,  and  a  ship.  For  the 
"  stick "  for  the  mast  for  the  Betsey  he  paid  X3,  Os,  Od. 
The  Betsey  was  hiunched  October  6,  1796.  The  cost  of 
hull  was  X800,  Os,  Od ;  cost  of  cordage,  sails  and  anchors 
£49J,  IBs,  3d  ;  bill  for  rigging  and  sundries,  £59,  lis,  2d  ; 
boat  and  sundries,  £58,  17s,  5d  ;  blocks,  iron,  &c.,  £3,  19s, 
3d  ;  maintopsail,  <fec.,  £30,  Os,  Od  ;  "total,  £1380,  6s,  Id.* 

This  vessel  "svas  sold  to  Samuel  Follansbee  and  son, 
Murray's  son-in-law  and  grandson.  The  father  married 
Betsey  Murray.  The  Minerva  was  launched  in  1799.  One- 
half  of  her,  67  tons,  was  sold  to  Samuel  Follansbee  for 
£301,  10s,  Od.  This  was  at  the  rate  of  $15.00  per  ton — 
about  the  price  of  red  oak  timber  in  1850,  Twenty  day's 
wharfage  of  the  Minerva  amounted  to  £1,  10s,  Od.  He 
began  to  build  the  ship  in  1807.  Samuel  Weston  was 
''  Master  workman, " 

Colonel  Robert  Murray  subsequent  to  1836,  built  the 
brig  Fitz  Owen,  the  Rebecca,  Nancy  Jane,  ship  Ava- 
lanche, Damascus,  schooner  Tiberias,  Beronda  and  Isa- 
bella Bernaum.  When  the  Fitz  Owen  was  built,  the 
Temperance  Reformation  had  commenced,  and  Colonel 
Murray  had  espoused  the  cause  ;  and  it  was  said  t  that 
"  the  Fitz  Owen  was  the  first  vessel  ever  built  in  Newcastle 
that  had  her  beams  put  in  without  the  use  of  rum.  "  It 
had  been  a  custom  whenever  the  beams  were  laid  to 
always  have  "  a  drink,  " 

Yessels  have  been  built  at  the  landing  near  Captain 
Thomas  Lennox.  Samuel  Averill  began  to  build  in  1806, 
a  little  to  the  south  of  his  barn,  on  land  once  owned  by 
the  Murrays,  The  last  one  he  built  was  the  Orleans,  in 
1837,  and  which  was  commanded  by  Captain  Seth  Curtis. 
She  went  to  sea  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  in  1833,  and  never 


*Murray'8  book, 
tBeujainin  W.  Pluminer, 


SmrBUILDING   IN   NEWCASTLE.  327 

was  heard  from.  The  first  vessel  that  Mr.  Averill  built, 
was  the  Comfort,  which  was  sold  in  a  foreign  port  by  the 
captain,  who  pocketed  the  money  and  ran  off  with  it. 
Averill  also  built  the  Thomas  Nelson  and  several  other 
vessels.  The  Orleans  was  built  at  the  Landing  on  Dyer's 
river, 

Thomas  Fairservice  built  two  vessels  at  the  Bridge. 
Carney  and  Howard  in  1825  built  schooner  Chariot ;  and 
in  1827  they  built  the  brig  Sabbatis.  Peters  also  built 
there, 

Jotliam  DonnelL  commenced  to  build  in  1816;  and  in 
company  with  Oakes  Rundlett  he  constructed  14  vessels, 
ranging  from  105  to  140  tons.  The  first  he  built  was  the 
Dart  of  120  tons  in  181(> ;  the  next  was  the  Columbus, 
140  tons ;  then  there  were  four  others,  among  which  was 
the  Corinthian  which  was  in  active  service  in  1867  ;  then 
the  Orient,  Morning  Star,  a  beautiful  vessel,  and  the 
Caspian,  115  tons.     This  was  the  last  of  his  building. 

He  used  to  pay  30  cents  a  piece  for  buttocks ;  floor 
timbers  67  cents  a  piece ;  naval  timbers  40  cents,  and  top 
timbers,  white  oak,  25  cents  a  piece.  He  built  his  vessels 
in  the  winter  and  used  to  launch  them  about  May.  His 
men  he  hired  for  50  cents  per  da}',  boarding  them  ;  and 
7s,  6d  per  day  would  be  considered  high  wages. 

James  Averill  Iniilt  several  vessels  about  the  year  1830  ; 
and  John  Averill,  prior  to  this,  built  the  ship  Africa,  pur- 
chased by  Joseph  Wood  of  Wiscasset,  one  of  the  four, 
Europe,  Asia,  Africa  and  America,  which  he  owned,  but 
sold  afterwards  to  the  Johnsons,  and  was  in  December, 
1824,  sunk  at  sea,  one  day  out  from  Wiscasset,  by  coming 
in  contact  with  a  brig  belonging  to  Bath.  The  other  three 
ships,  Europe,  Asia  and  America,  had  been  destroyed 
some  time  before  this.  James  Averill  built  the  brig 
Union,  commanded  by  (^aptain  Lincoln  of  Wiscasset. 

Henry  Cargill  in  1821  built  the  schooner  Illuminator,  of 
112  tons,  which  in  1867  was  coasting  between  Waldoboro 


328  SHIPBiriLDlNG  IN  NEWCASTLE. 

and  Boston,  being  then  46  years  old.  Also  tlie  Brig 
Betsey,  "  about  1823, "  of  200  tons  burden,  owned  by  the 
late  Hon.  Abiel  Wood  of  Wiscasset,  and  commanded  for  a- 
long  time  by  Captain  Thomas  Cunningham  of  Edgeoomb. 
On  her  last  voyage  to  Havana,  she  was  commanded 
by  Captain  Ellis  Hilton  of  Wiscasset,  but  going  out,  was 
wrecked  upon  one  of  the  Bahama  Islands.  The  captain 
and  crew  escaped  to  the  shore ;  but  being  caught  by 
pirates  who  had  taken  up  their  quarters  there,  and  who 
were  abundant  in  those  days,  they  took  them  and  mur- 
dered them  all  except  one  man,  who  adroitly  managed  to 
make  his  escape  and  relate  the  circumstances  to  the 
interested  and  startled  public.  This  aroused  the  govern- 
ment and  they  fitted  out  a  fleet  of  small  vessels  well 
armed,  which  went  to  the  West  Indies  with  a  determined 
purpose  to  put  an  end  to  piracy,  and  it  was  accordingly 
done. 

Mr.  Cargill  also  built  the  brig  Hector  of  200  tons 
burden,  commanded  by  Captain  Joseph  Gove  of  Edge- 
comb,  which  was  cast  away  in  a  hurricane  in  the  West 
Indies.  The  crew  escaped,  but  Captain  Gove  was  taken 
sick  and  died  on  the  Island  and  never  returned  home. 

Schooner  Prospect  was  also  built  by  him  in  1825  or  6 
and  was  commanded  by  Captain  David  Pinkam  of  New- 
castle. For  a  long  period  she  followed  the  coasting  trade* 
from  the  Sheepscot  river  to  Boston. 

Joseph  Leighton  of  Alna  in  1834  built  sloop  Edward, 
37|  tons ;  in  1839  brig  Dirigo,  170  tons ;  in  1848  schooner 
Lamartine,  60  tons.  In  1845  Charles  Leighton  built 
schooner  Napoleon,  74  tons ;  1846,  bark  Emma,  206  tons, 
commanded  by  Captain  James  Cook  andelost ;  also  ship 
Ascutna,  440  tons,  purchased  by  Dr.  Moses  Call,  In  1854 
J.  D.  CHfford  built  the  Eainbow,  210  tons ;  and  in  1863, 
he,  Moses  Chase  and  others,  built  the  bark  Emma. 
Others  have  also  been  engaged  in  this  business  here. 

There  was  built  at  the  Dock  by  General  Weymouth  and 


SHIPBUILDING   IN   NEWCASTLE.  329 

Others,  two  scbooners  of  i:JO  und  UO  tons.  Enoc-h  Dole 
built  the  Bri^^  Sophronia  Dole.  Enos  Avc-vill  uiul  Miles 
Averill  have  been  engaged  in  this  business.  A  considerable 
number  of  vessels  have  been  l)uilt  at  this  place. 

The  first  steamboat  called  "  Morgan's  Rattler, "  that 
floated  upon  the  Sheepscot  waters,  was  built  in  1820  above 
the  Bridge  on  Sheepscot  river.  She  was  small  and  moved 
at  a  slow  rate  of  speed.     I  remember  her  well. 

On  the  eastern  branch  of  the  Sheepscot  river  at  the 
point  South  of  the  old  ISick^Vs  house,  vessels  have  been 
built ;  and  up  the  stream  near  the  tan  yard,  difti>reiit  indi- 
viduals have  created  and  put  several  valuable  vessels  into 
the  water. 

COMMUNICATED   BY    HON.   E.   W.    F  A  11  L  E  Y. 

"  George  Barstow  came  to  Newcastle  from  Hanover,  Mas- 

sachusett^'s  in  17^0,  and  resided  on  the  farm,  where  Alden 

White  now  lives.     He  built  vessels  at  the  landing,  on  the 

old  Bryant  farm,  now  owned  in  part  by  William  Henry 

Robinson. 

"  Colonel  George  Barstow,  son  of  the  preceding,  was  born 
in  1755  He  commenced  shipbuilding  soon  after  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  and  followed  it  down  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
March  17,  1808. 

"  Colonel  Barstow  resided  on  the  farm  next  ^(>vtll  ol  the 
Farlev  place  and  established  a  shipyard  at  his  shore  on  the 
Damariscotta,  where  Wihiam  Hitchcock  &  Company  now 
have  one.  Colonel  Barstow  employed  a  large  numbei;of 
workmen  and  carried  on  vessel  building  extensively.  He 
built    quite  a  number  for  Salem  merchants  which  had  a 

good  reputation.  . 

'•  Colonel  Barstow's  sons  George  and  Benjamin  were  also 
shipbuilders.  They  removed  into  the  town  of  Nobleboro 
in  1798,  where  thev  prosecuted  the  business. 

"  Nathaniel  Bryant  came  to  Newcastle,  from  the  South 
shore,    i)rior  to  tiie    Revolution,  and   resided    on  what  is 


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1792 
1793 
1794 
1795 
1796 
1797 
1798 
1799 
1800 
1801 
1802 
1803 
1804 
1805 
1808 
1807 
1808 
1809 
1810 
1811 
1812 
1813 
1814 
1815 
1816 
1817 


Beuj.  Woodbridge. 
James  Cargill. 
Beuj.  Woodbridge. 
James  ("argill. 
Beuj.  Woodbridge. 
James  Cargill. 
Beuj.  Woodbridge. 
James  Cargill. 


Samuel  Nickels.  Samuel  Nickels. 
Beuj.  Woodbridge,  Jr.  Joliu  Farley. 
Samuel  Nickels.  " 


Orchard  Cook. 
James  Cargill. 
David  Murray. 
Beuj.  Woodbridge,  Jr. 

James  Cargill. 

David  Murray. 


Nathaniel  Bryant. 

Daniel  Waters. 
David  Murray. 


Robert  Robinson. 

it 

Dauiel  Waters. 

Robert  Robinson. 

Daniel  Waters, 
ii 

Robert  Robinson, 
it 

Daniel  Water?. 


Thos.  Cunningham. 


Chas.  Nickels. 
Benj.  Woodbridge 
Chas.  Nickels. 


TOWN  OFFICERS,   ETC. 


335 


181S 

1819 

1820 

1821 

1822 

1823 

1824 

1825 

1.S26 

1827 

1828 

1829 

1830 

1831 

1832 

1833 

1S34 

1835 

1836 

1837 

1838 

1839 

1840 

1841 

1842 

1843 

1841 

1845 

1846 

1847 

18  tS 

1849 

1850 

1851 

1852 

1853 

1854 

1855 

1856 

1857 

1858 

1859 


Ebenezer  Farley. 
Daniel  Watei'S. 


Thus.  Cunningham.         CLas.  Nickels. 


John  Glidden. 


Solomon  Hutchings. 


Eben'r  D.  Robinson, 


Eben'r  D.  Robinson. 


Robert  Murray. 
Edward  Kavauagh. 
John  Holmes. 
Edward  Kavanagh. 
Robert  Murray. 
Edward  Kavauagh. 

Robert  Murray. 

<< 

John  Hanley. 
Robert  Murray. 


"  Lewis  Webb. 

Edward  Kavanagh.  " 

Eben'r  D.  Robinson.  " 

E.  W.  Farley. 

Robert  Murray.  " 

Eben'r  D.  Robinson.  Joseph  Cm'tis. 

Robert  Murray.  *' 

Eben'r  D.  Robinson.  " 


Chas.  H.  Merrill, 


Eben'r  D.  Robinson.  " 

William  Ames.  Rob't  R.  Perkins. 


Hiram  Chapman. 


Ebenezer  Farley. 


Joseph  Cargill. 


Lewis  Kennedy. 
Joseph  Cargill. 


John  Holmes. 
E.  1).  Robinson. 

Joseph  Cargill. 


332  TOWN  OFFICERS,   ETC. 


CHAPTEE    XXXVII 


TOWN  OFFICEPvS,  ETC. 

POSTMASTERS       EAST      SIDE      OF       TOWN, 

In  1836  the  General  Post  otlfice  Buildinii;  at-Wnshington 
was  destroyed  by  fire  ;  and  the  Eecords  prior  to  1808,  were 
consumed  ;  so  that  no  date  could  be  found  of  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Post  Route  Eastward  from  Wiscasset. 

The  following  however  is  reliable  : 

1.  Major  John  Farlej^  Office  kept  at  his  house  ;  same 
now  occupied  by  AVilliam  Turnbull. 

2.  John  Glidden,  father  of  Captain  WilHam  T.  Glidden 
of  Boston.  Appointed  April  1,  1808,  by  Mr.  Jefferson. 
Held  office  at  his  death,  December  8,  1820,  in  his  residence 
a  little  to  the  South  of  the  present  Lincoln  Academ\-.  The 
house  was  lately  occupied  b}'  Charles  Gove,  and  was 
destroyed  by  fii  e  about  18(30. 

3.  Colonel  John  Glidden,  appointed  in  1830,  during  the 
first  Administration  of  General  Jackson.* 

4.  Daniel  Flye,  appointed  July  22,  1841. 

5.—  Thomas  Howe,  appointed  December  3,  1845. 

6.  William  R.  Webb,  appointed  April  4,  1849. 

7.  Joseph  Brown,  appointed  November  23,  1853. 

8.  Charles  F.  Willard,  appointed  October  1,  1877. 

9.  Joseph  Emerson,  appointed  June  1,  1880. 

rOSTM  ASTERS    AT    SIIEEPSCOT   B  K  1  D  Cx  E. 

1.  Benjamin  Carney  appointed  December  29,  1820. 

2.  William  Carney  appointed  December  17,  1823. 


*  Since  the  appointment  of  Colonel  Glidden,    the   Post  Office  has 
always  been  kei^t  at  Damariscotta  Bridge. 


TOWN   OFFICERS,   ETC. 


333 


3.  (!yrus  Ruudlctt  appointed  March  20,  182G. 
Office  discontiuued  September  14,  182G. 

4.  Reestablislied    and   Edward    8.     Hovey    apiiointed 
November  27,  1826. 

5.  Joseph  Curtis  aiipointed  January  14,  1828. 

6.  Daniel  Carney  appointed  April  14,  1830. 

7.  Franklin  L.  Carney  appointed  April  9,  1849. 

8.  Jothani  D.  Clifibrd  appointed  January  9,  1850. 

9.  Franklin  L.  Cai-ney  appointed  June  IG,  1853. 

POSTMASTERS    AT    N  O  II  T  11    NEWCASTLE. 

Office  estabHshed  in  1857. 

1.  Wihnot  ^V.  W()()dbridi,re  appointed  August  10,  1857. 

2.  Elbridge  G.  Baker  appointed  August,  1867. 

PRINCIPAL    TOW  X    O  F  F  I  C  E  R  S. 


Y'rs.         Moderator. 

1753 

lloi    Wm.  McLolland. 

17.5.5 

1756 

1757 

1758 

1759  Benj.  Woodbridge. 

1760 

1761 

1762 

1763 

1764 

1765 

1766        " 

1767 

1 

17G9 

1770  Alex.  Campbell. 

1771  Spenc-.T  Bennet. 

1772  Riohiird  Bowers. 

1773  Bejij.  Woodbridge. 
1771    Diivid  Hopkins. 
1775 


Clerk. 

John  McNear. 
(< 

Wm.  McLelland. 

(t 
<i 

John  McNear. 

n 

Samuel  Nickels. 


Treasurer. 


James  Cargill. 

Alexander  Nickels. 
David  Given. 
Samuel  Kennedy. 
Samuel  Nickels. 


330  SHIPBUILDING    IN   NEWCASTLE. 

known  as  the  oltl  Bryant  farm,  of  about  100  acres,  next 
South  of  that  of  Major  John  Farley's.  He  died  July  9, 
1772,  at  the  age  of  33. 

"  He  was  a  ship  carpenter,  and  is  understood  to  have 
occasionally  built  vessels.  He  probably  built  the  whole  or 
a  part  of  the  wharf,  the  remains  of  which  are  yet  to  be 
seen,  on  the  farm  he  occupied. 

"  On  the  same  place  there  was  formerly  a  large  dwelling 
house,  wdiich  stood  near  W.  H.  Robinson's  barn.  Also  a 
store  house,  some  eight  rods  distant,  and  a  barn  near  the 
location  of  the  dwelling  house  of  E.  Chaney.  Those 
buildings  which  have  long  since  disappeared,  were  probably 
erected  by  Mr.  Bryant. 

"  His  son  Nathaniel  Bryant,  who  became  a  noted  business 
man  in  Newcastle  and  in  Nobleboro',  where  he  removed  in 
1803,  built  vessels  at  the  yard  on  his  father's  place  and 
afterwards  at  Damariscotta  Mills. 

"  Kavanagh  &  Cattril  probably  built  on  the  Newcastle 
side  of  the  Damariscotta  river,  twenty-five  vessels,  while 
they  were  doing  business. 

"  Abner  Stetson,  father  of  Abner  Stetson  of  Damaris- 
cotta, came  from  the  South  Shore.  He  carried  on  ship- 
building in  Newcastle  quite  extensively  ;  building  generally 
at  a  yard  in  the  Cove,  near  the  house  of  Asa  Hutchins. 
Mr.  Stetson  afterwards  removed  to  the  town  of  Nobleboro', 
now  a  part  of  the  town  of  Damariscotta,  where  he  followed 
the  same  business. 

"  About  the  year  1795,  one  Brown,  a  merchant  of  Wis- 
casset,  had  a  ship  called  the  '  Grand  Turk,  '  built  on  the 
Glidden  farm,  near  the  upper  falls.  She  went  on  her  first 
voyage  to  the  East  Indies,  and  on  her  return,  was  lost  in 
the  ice  near  Portland,  where  she  was  bound. 

"  Joseph  Glidden,  father  of  Captain  Samuel  Glidden  and 
of  the  late  Colonel  John  Glidden,  built  a  ship  of  300  tons 
for  Treadwell  of  Salem  in  1806,  at  the  yard  on  his  place. 
He  built  several  other  vessels,  among  them  a  brig  and  two 
schooners. " 


SHIPBUILDING   IN   NEWCASTLE.  331 

Oliver  Gridlej  traded  near  Damariseotta  Brid-e  .ind 
resided  in  the  house  where  Mr.  Albert  Gli.hlen  now  lives 
He  biult  a  ship  in  the  yard  where  Colonel  Joh.i  Glidd(.n 
atterwards  carried  on  shipbuilding.  It  is  believed  that 
GrKllev  built  other  vessels  at  the  same  yard. 

Others  have  been  engaged  in  this  business,  and  on  the 
Eastern  side  of  the  river  for  a  number  of  years,  quite  a 
number  of  ships  and  vessels  of  a  large  size,  have  been  put 
mto  the  water.  With  a  chauge  of  times  this  business  has 
declined  in  this  vicinity,  and  there  is  now  but  a  small 
prospect  of  its  ever  being  revived  again.  In  Nobleboro', 
at  the  Mills,  vessels  have  formerly  been  built,  but  there  is 
nothing  doing  there  in  this  line  at  the  present  time. 

BRICK-M  AIvIX(i. 

This  has  been  an  important  branch  of  business  in  this 
town  from  its  earliest  settlement  to  the  present  time      The 
earliest  settlers  needed  bricks,  and  they  had  every'facility 
for  making  them  ;    and  relics  which  we  find  at  this  day 
show  that  they  had  them  in  abundance.     The  business  has 
been  pursued  both  on  the  banks  of  the  Damariseotta,  and 
the  Sheepscot  in  all  its   branches.     Manv  of    the    bricks 
manufactured  have  been  used  in  the  town  and  vicinitv  ;  and 
large  quantities  have  been  conveved  to  Boston  and  else- 
where, and  a  ready  sale  has  always  been  obtained  foV  then, 
Ihe  materials  for  making  them  are   unsuri)assed  by  any 
town  in  the  vicinity,  and  many  have  ever  been  enrra<red  in 
this  enterprise.     The  growing  scarcity  of  wood,  however, 
has  of  late  caused  a  decline  in  this  business,  as  lumber  has 
m  shipbuilding,  and  also  of  milling. 


336 


TOWN  OFFICERS,   ETC. 


Hiram  Chapman. 
William  Ames. 
Hiram  Chapman . 
Chas.  Pinkham. 

John  H.  Couvers. 
Chas.  Piukham. 


E.  W.  Farley. 
J.  H.  Convpsrs. 
Chas.  Pinkham. 
Frank  L.  Carney. 
J.  H.  Convers. 


Chas.  Pinkham. 
John  H.  Convers. 
David  S.  Glidilen. 


1860 

1861 

1862 

1863 

1864 

1865 

1866 

1867 

1868 

1869 

1870 

1871 

1872 

1873 

1874 

1875 

1876 

1877 

1878 

1879 

1880 

1881 


1753 

1754 
.1755  KenelmWiuslow, 

1750  Sam"l  Perkins. 

1757  Wm.  Bhickston. 

1758 

1759  B.  Woodbridge. 

1760 

1761 

1762  " 

17C3  Jno.  Laiten. 

1764 

17G5  B.  Woodbridge. 

17G6 

17C7  " 

1768  " 

17G9 


M.  L.  M.  Hussey.        Joseph  Cargill. 


J.  S.  Perkins. 


David  S.  Glidden. 
Albert  Glidden 


Charles  F.  Willard. 
Albert  Glidden. 

SELECTMEN. 


Samuel  Kennedy. 
James  Clark. 


John  Hussey. 
David  Given. 


Sam'l  Kennedy. 

John  Cunningham. 
David  Hopkins. 


Joseph  Cargill. 

E.  M.  Shaw. 
E.  W.  Farley. 

if 

Eoyal  Wright. 


Wm.  McLelland. 


Elisha  Clark. 


Joseph  Jones. 
Henry  Little. 
Joseph  Jones. 
Alex.  Campbell 


TO\\'N   OFFICEKS,   ETC. 


337 


1770 

Jx  Woodbvidge. 

David  llojjkins. 

John  Ward. 

1771 

Saml  Nickels. 

11 

(( 

1772 

(( 

(• 

« 

1773 

B.  Woodbridge. 

Sam'l  Waters. 

<( 

1774 

u 

Sam'l  Nickels. 

Sam'l  Colley. 

1775 

Robert  Hodge. 

Sam'l  Waters. 

Jonathan  Jones 

177G 

David  Hopkins. 

(. 

James  Little. 

1777 

(I 

u 

iC 

1778 

B.  Woodbridge 

Archb'ld  IJobinson. 

James  C'arr. 

1779 

Saui'l  Nickels. 

Moses  Laiteu. 

Henry  Little. 

1780 

'• 

Benj.  Woodbridge,  Jr. 

James  Little. 

1781 

" 

a 

John  Robinson 

1782 

S.  Kennedy,  Jr. 

4( 

James  Little. 

1783 

t( 

(( 

(( 

1784 

a 

« 

(I 

1785 

Sani'l  Waters. 

ii 

a 

1786 

Saml  Kennedy. 

Tiios.  Cunningham. 

John  Catland. 

1787 

Sam'l  Waters. 

u 

James  Little. 

1788 

(k 

Ezekiel  l^aiten.  <^ 

Ebenezer  Clark. 

1789 

Sam'l  Kennedy. 

a 

James  Little. 

1790 

t( 

(( 

(( 

1791 

(i 

Orchard  Cook. 

(( 

1792 

a 

B.  Woodbridge,  Jr. 

(( 

1793 

(( 

a 

a 

1794 

David  Murray. 

ii 

Nath'iel   Bryant 

1795 

James  Little. 

Sam'l  Kennedy. 

T.  Cunningham 

1796 

li 

it 

(( 

1797 

Daniel  Waters 

Benj.  Woodbridge. 

(i 

1798 

(. 

(. 

(( 

1799 

James  liittle. 

Sam'l  Kennedy. 

« 

1800 

it 

ti 

(( 

1801 

>( 

t( 

(( 

1802 

Joseph  Farley. 

Daniel  Waters. 

(( 

1803 

David  Dodge. 

n 

H 

1804 

i< 

David  Murray. 

lienj.  Lincoln. 

1805 

(I 

' 

n 

1806 

(( 

t( 

u 

1807 

n 

(( 

(( 

338 

TOWN   OFFICEES,    ETC. 

1808 

David  Dodge. 

Rob't  Robinson. 

T.  Cunningham. 

1809 

J.  Glidden,  Jr. 

David  Murray. 

Sam'l  Kennedy. 

1810 

Jos.  Glidden,  Ji 

a 

it 

1811 

Daniel  Waters. 

Sam'l  Laiten. 

Luther  Webb. 

1812 

u 

(( 

(( 

1813 

ii 

(( 

(( 

1 

1814 

T.  Cunningliam. 

Stephen  Coffin. 

Chas.  Nickels. 

1 

1815 

u 

a 

n 

1 

1816 

ii 

Eben'r  Farley. 

u 

1817 

u 

Eben'r  D.  Robinson. 

David  Dodge. 

1818 

1( 

(( 

(( 

1819 

Rob't  Murray. 

(( 

a 

1820 

;( 

(( 

a 

1821 

u 

C( 

John  Glidden,  Jr. 

1822 

a 

li 

u 

1823 

u 

(( 

(( 

1824 

Oakes  Rundlett 

(( 

Ed.   Kavanagh. 

1825 

u 

;( 

a 

1826 

(( 

(( 

u 

1827 

.( 

(k 

u 

1828 

u 

<( 

John   Hussey. 

1829 

ii 

(( 

u 

1830 

Rob't  Murray. 

u 

l( 

1831 

(( 

C( 

Eben'r  Webb. 

1832 

a 

John  Hussey. 

11 

1833 

u 

It 

u 

1834 

II.  VVoodbridge 

ii 

u 

1835 

u 

Jos.  Cargill. 

Joseph  Glidden. 

183G 

a 

(I 

(C 

1837 

U 

C( 

<( 

1838 

11 

(( 

(I 

1839 

Rob't  Murray. 

John  Hussey. 

Jas.  Robinson. 

1840 

a 

(.i 

u 

1841 

u 

Algernon  S.  Austin. 

(( 

1842 

Hodge  Woodbridge,             " 

(< 

1843 

(C 

(( 

u 

1844 

Thos.  Lennox. 

Elias  Bailey. 

E.  D.  Robinson. 

1845 

B.  W.  Plumniei 

(( 

Eben'r  Webb. 

TOWN   OFFICERS,   ETC.  339 

1840  \V.  Folhuisbee.  Asa  ITutchins.  E.  D.  Robinson. 

1847  llob't  Murray.  Elias  Bailey.  Chas.  Nickols. 

1848  "  "  " 

1849  A.  S.  Austin.  Elbritlu,e  Chase.  Joshua  Lincoln. 

1850  "  Lewis  Kennedy.  Chas.  Pinkhani. 

1851  Thomas  I Joyd. 

1852  "  Jotham  D.  Clifibrd.  " 

1853  1).  S.  Glidden.  "  Chas.  Pinkham. 

1854  "  Kobcrt  .^luiray. 

1855  "  JosephCurtis.  " 
185G  Thos.  Boyd.  "  E.  D.  P.obinson. 

1857  Edwin  Flye.  "  Chas.  Pinkham. 

1858  "  Frank  L.  Carney.  David  Boyd. 

1859  John  T.  Acorn.  "  '• 

18G0  Jose])!!  Stetson.  "  Joseph   P2merson. 

1861  "  Amos  Flye.  Chas.  Pinkham. 

1862  "  "  " 

1863  ''  Lewis  Kennedy.  " 

1864  "  "  " 

1865  Richard  Bailey.  "  " 

1866  "  "  " 

1867  "  "  " 

1868  "  "  " 

1869  "  "  " 

1870  "  "  " 

1871  "  Charles  Pinkham.  Jacob  Nelson. 

1872  "  David  Boyd.  " 

1873  "  "  " 
1874 

1875  Isaac  Genther.  "  " 

1876  "  "  E.  G.  Baker. 

1877 

1878  Ephraini  Taylor.  Isaac  Dod,<;e.  John  Fuller. 

1879 

1880  "  "  David  S.  Preble. 

1881  Eben  Ilaggett. 


340 


TOWN   OFFICERS,   ETC. 


RE PRE SENT ATI YES    TO     CONGRESS 

22d  Congress,  1831,  Edward  Kavanagh. 
23d  Congress,  1833,  Edward  Kavanagh. 
33d  Congress,  1853,  E.  W.  Farley.    -- 
44tli  Congress,  1872,  Edwin  Flye. 


TOWN    REPRESENTATIVES. 

1768 

William  Nickels.* 

1 807  David  Murray. 

1775 

Benjamin  Woodbridge.| 

1808    None. 

1784 

Jolm  Farley. 

1809  John  Farley. 

1785 

u 

1810            " 

1786 

u 

1811 

1787 

(( 

1812  Daniel  Waters. 

1787 

David  Mnvray4 

1813  Charles  Nickels. 

1788 

James  Cargill. 

1814  None.' 

1789 

(; 

1815 

1790 

None. 

1816  Charles  Nickels. 

1791 

t(. 

1817 

1792 

Jolui  Farley. 

1818  Kiah  Bailey. 

1793 

ii 

1819  None. 

1794 

None. 

1820  Ebenezer  D.  Robinson. 

1795 

a 

1821 

1790 

ii 

1822  Robert  Murray. 

1797 

ii 

1824  John  Glidden,  Jr. 

1798 

a 

1826  Edward  Kavanah. 

1799 

cc 

1828 -Ebenezer  D.  Robinson. 

1801) 

John  Farley. 

1830  Lot  My  rick. 

1801 

ii 

1832  Ebenezer  I).  Robinson. 

1802 

(( 

1834 

1  803 

u 

1836  Ebenezer  I'arley. 

1804 

ii 

1838  William  Ames. 

1805 

David  Murray. 

1840  Benjamin  W.  Plummer. 

1S06 

(( 

1842  Algernon  S.  Austin.                          1 

*  General  Convention  at  Boston 

t  Provincial  Congress  at  Water  town. 

J  State  Convention  at  Boston. 


TOWN   OFFICERS,   ETC. 


341 


1843  Algernon  S.  Austin.  1SG3 

1845  E.  Wilder  Farley.  1865 

1847  William  FolI;uisbee.  180S 

1849  Joseph  Curtis.  1870 

1851  PI  Wilder  Farley.  1871 

1852  "  1872 

1853  Th(Mn;is  Lennox.  1874 
1855  Algernou  S.  Austin.  1S7G 
185U  Joseph  Cargill.  1879 
1858  Edwio  Flye.  1881 
1860  Charles  innkhaiu. 


lieujaniiu  W,  I)<Minell. 
Joseph  Stetson. 
Edward  ir.  Glidden. 
David  l)Oyd. 
Dennis  Mahoney. 
Albert  B.  Erskijie. 
ilichanl  Bailey. 
Elbridge  (i.  Baker. 
Austin  Hall. 
Moses  Cha.se. 


S  U  r  E  R  I  N  T  E  X  D 

1821   Kiah  Bailey. 

1822 

1823 

1824  No  Record. 

1825  John  Ilussey. 
1826 

1827 

1828 

1829 

1830  Jothani  Scwall,  Jr. 

1831 

1832  Willard  (Clover. 

1833  Jotiiani  Sewall,  Jr. 

1834  " 

1835  " 

1836  Ezra  B.  French. 

1837  Jothani  Sewajl,  Jr. 
1838 

1839  Elkanah  Scammon. 

1840  Robert  Murray. 

1841  " 

1842  Augustus  F.  Lash. 

1843  WilUiani  Day. 

1844  Alpha  Morton. 
1846  Ralph  Ilarley. 


ING    SO  11  COL    COMMITTEE. 

Adonirani  Judson.      Ralph  ll;uley. 
John  Ilussey.  '• 

Edward  Kavanagh.  " 

Edward  Kavanagh.     lialph  Ilarley. 


Augustus  F.  Lash. 

Chas.  Blanchard. 
William  (ilover. 
Charles  Blanchard. 

Edwin  Warren. 
Augustus  F.  Lash. 
Josiah  Iliggir.s. 
Jothani  Sewall,  Jr. 
James  IJobinson. 

Edwin  Seabury. 


Joseph  Curtis. 
Lot  Myrick. 
RalpliIIarlcy. 
John  Young. 
Ral])h  Ilarley. 


John  Ilussey, 


A.  8.  Austiji. 
Charles  C.  Cone. 

Warren    Ludwig. 
Jdiin  Ilussey. 


342 


TOWN  OFFICERS,  ETC. 


184G 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
18ol 

18o2 
1853 
1854 
1855 
1856 
1857 

1863 
1864 
1865 
1866 

1 867 


J).  ().  Cuslmiaii. 


P^dwiii  Scabury. 
Sullivan  liiay. 
John  T.  Acorn. 
Edward  Brackett. 
Wlieelock  Craig. 
Seth  H.  Beal. 


Natlian  Webb, 
Edwin  Seabury, 
John  Husscy. 
Joseph  Curtis. 
8.  A.  Kingsbury, 
Joseph  Curtis. 


S  U  P  E  R  Vise  R. 

David  (.}.  Cushn  an.  1858  Joseph  Curtis. 


Joseph  J,  Taylor. 


1859  Samuel  W.  Clark, 

1860  E.  B.  Palmer. 

1861  Samuel  Kennedy. 

1862  David  S.  Glidden. 


Elbridge  C.  Carpenter. 

C  O  31  31  I  T  T  E  E. 


Alonzo  Foster. 
E.  II.  Glidden. 

H.  C.  Robinson. 
Frank  Fiukham. 


E.  H.  Glidden. 
Edwin  8.  Lennox, 
H.  C.  Robinson. 
Fi'ank  Piukham. 
E.  II.  Glidden. 


E.  S.  Lennox. 
H.  C.  Robinson. 
Frank   Pinkham. 
E.  H.  Glidden. 
H.  C.  Robinson. 


SUPERVISOR. 

1868  Henry  C.  Robinson.  1875  Wan-en  Ames- 


1869  J.  C.  Bullinch. 

1870  D.  S.  Glidden'. 

1871  A.  W.  Glidden. 

1872  A.  W.  Glidden. 
873 

1874  Henrv  C.  Kobinson. 


876  " 

1 S77  W.  L.  Hall. 

1878  " 

1879  Henry  C.  Robinson. 

1880  J.  W.  Acorn. 

1881  H.  L.  Hall. 


T  O  T  E  S     FOR      G  O  A  E  R  ^'  O  R    IN     NEWCASTLE 
17S0    TO    18  08. 


FROM 


Governor. 


GOVKKNOR. 


1780  John  Hancock, 
"     James  Bowdoin, 

1781  John  Hancock, 


21 
2 

8 


el.  1782  John  Hancock. 

1 783 

1 784  " 


30 
20 
12 


TOWN   OFFICERS,   ETC, 


343 


1785  No  reconl. 

178G  Joiin  Hancock,       6 
'•     James  Bowdoin,      3 

17H7  John  Hancock,        7 

"■     Nathl  Uorliaiii,  13 
"     James  Bowdoiu,      2 

17.SS  John  Hancock,  21 

"     Elbridge  Gerry,  50  H 
"     James  Warren,        1 

178!)  John  Hancock,  43 

1790  ''  44 

1791  "  55        " 

1792  "  44 

1793  "  51 
"     Samuel  Adams,        1 

1794  "  34  R.  el. 
"     James  Sullivan,        4  R. 

1795  Samuel  Adams,  34  U.  el. 
179G              •'  53  K.  el. 

1797  James  Sullivan,  39  U. 
Increase  Sumner,     4  F.  el. 

1798  "  21  F.  el. 
"     James  Sullivan,  23  R. 


1799   Increase  Sumner, 

"      William  Heath, 
IW)  Caleb  Stronir, 
18  JO  Elbrid.i,'e  Gerry, 
"     Moses  Gill, 

1801  Caleb  Strong, 
■1.      "     Klbrid,re  Gerry, 

"     Edward  liobbins, 

1802  Caleb  Strong, 
i\.       "■     Elbridge  Cicri-y, 
"   1803  Caleb  Strong, 
"       "     Elbridge  Gerry, 
••   IS);  Caleb  Strong, 
'•      '■     James  Sullivan, 

1805  Caleb  Strong, 
"     James  Sullivan, 

1806  Caleb  Strong, 
"     James  Sullivan, 
'•     Elbridge  Gerry, 

18  )7  Caleb  Strong, 
"     James  Sullivan, 
••     Levi  Lincoln, 


15  F. 

el. 

40  It. 

11  F. 

el. 

2'.)  11. 

0 

10  F. 

el. 

33  11. 

1 

58  F. 

el. 

23  li. 

52  F. 

el. 

8U. 

47  F. 

el. 

33  li. 

53  F. 

el. 

59  11. 

57  F. 

el. 

50  11. 

1  li 

57  F 

82  li 

ei. 

1  li 

Explanations,    ei.  elecieU,  B.  Republicau,  F.  Federal. 

LICENSED     INXIIOLDEIIS     AND     LICENSED     li  E- 

TA ILEUS    TO    SELL    TEA    AND    COFFEE 

From  1T<J1  to  1784,  Bonds  £20  witli  two  sureties,  and  County  Tax. 


IXNHOLDEUS. 

1761  John  Cunningham. 
"     Joseph  Jones. 

1762  Joseph  Jones. 

"     John  Cunningham. 
"     James  Brown. 


Kktailkks. 
John  C'Unningham. 
James  Brown. 

Jose})h  Jones. 

Henry  Hodge.     — 
Arthur  Noble. 
John  Cunningham. 
Benj.  Woodl)ridge. 
Alex.  Campbell. 
James  Brown. 


County  Tax. 
£)i),  12s. 

£14.  —- 


344 


TO\TO   OFFICERS,   ETC. 


1703 

Artliur  Noble, 

Arthur  Noble. 

£14 

. 

u 

James  Campbell. 

Benj.  Woodbridge. 

176;^ 

Jolui  Cunningham. 
Henry  Hodge. 

James  Cam[)bell. 
David  Given. 

(t 

Henry  Little. 

Nathaniel  Bryant. 

a 

Alex.  Campbell. 

George  Barslow. 

1766 

George  Barstow. 

Thomas  Birch. 

;( 

Richard  lowers. 

1767 

Nath'l  Bryant. 

Benjamin  Jones. 

1769 

Thomas  Flynn. 

£30, 

1.5s 

1770 

]->enj.  Jones. 

Samuel  Kelley. 

1771 

David  Ilaynes. 

Robert  Hodge. 

£31, 

12s 

1773 

Prince  Barker. 
Kob't  Hodge. 

Henry  Hodge. 
Samuel  Nickels. 
Samuel  Kelley. 

£25, 

5s 

1774 

Robert  Hodge. 
William  Kennedy. 

William  Kennedy. 

1776 

Thomas  Flint. 

1777 

Jane  Brown. 

1778 

Martha  Brown. 
Joseph  Glidden. 

£12 

1779 

Samuel  Nickels. 

1782 

Hannah  Barker. 
John  Bradstreet. 

£29, 

128 

1783 

Alex.  Rogers. 

1784 

Job  Day. 

Ephraim  Taylor. 
John  Turnbull. 
John  Rice. 
Eben'r  Clarke. 

SUBSEQUENT 

I N  N  1 1  0  L  I)  E  R  S  —  1 784  - 

-1S08. 

i-.) 


Jonathan  Ames,  True  &  Crowell,  George  French,  Wll- 
ham  Sawyer,  Orchard  Cook,  Enos  Chipp,  Patrick  Linuen, 
Enoch  Dale,  Daniel  Jones,  Seth  Curtis,  William  Waters 
Daniel  Waters,  Josiali  Myrick,  Samuel  Cunningham,  John 
Rundlett,  James  Erskine,  James  Carney,  Jane  Nickels, 
Benjamin  Lincoln. 


M 


I 


TOWN   OFFICERS,    ETC.  H4r» 

n  i:  T  A  I  L  K  11  S    1784  — 1808. 

True  &  Crowell,  John  Cimningham,  Saimicl  GatclioU, 
Williiii  Sawyer,  Edward  Creamer,  Thomas  Wickham,  Briggs 
Turner,  Hannah  Barken-,  William  Nutt,  Ezeki(^l  Averill, 
William  Bond,  David  Kennedy,  Jonathan  Jones,  Jr.,  David 
Dodge,  Benjan)in  Carr,  William  Waters,  Jacob  Hilton. 
William  McAllister.  John  Erskine,  Eben'r  Hall,  Daniel 
Waters,  llobert  Murray,  Kavauagh  <fe  Cottrill,  John  Turn- 
bull,  Job  Day,  James  Sinclair,  Alex.  Little,  David  Turner, 
Robert  Ilobinson,  James  Follansbee,  Thomas  Bearce,  Moses 
Carlton,  David  Murraj-,  John  Jones,  Andrew  Peters,  Ben- 
jamin Lincoln,  Eben'r  Perkins,  Cornelius  Turner,  Jonathan 
Jones,  Jr.,  Samuel  Laiten. 

COUNTY    TAX. 

1789  £27,  6s.  lOd.  1700,  £32,  3s.  9d.  1793  £39,  158. 
4d.  1795  £39, 17s.  3d.  1797  £72,  3s.  9d  1798  £125,  6s. 
1799  £112,  13s.  1800  £140,  4s.  6d.  1801  £348  5s.  6d. 
1802  £161,  2s.  Id.  1803  £138,  3s.  4d.  1804,  £242,  13s. 
1805  £115,  Os.  3d.     1806  £166,  2s.  4d. 


These   names  and  figures  are  liighly  suggestive  of  the 
icrease 
country. 


increase  of  the  inhabitants  and  the  growing  wealth  of  the 


346 


TOWN   OFFICERS,   EIC. 


A.MOUNT      OF      TAXES,      PROCEEDS      OF      FISIIEllY, 
PAUPER    EXPENSES    ETC.    IN    NEWCASTLE. 


1 7;')  4 

17o7 
17oS 
170  J 
17(31 
I7fi2 
1703 
1704 
17(5.-) 
1708 
17(i7 
17GS 
17(39 
177>) 
1771 
177-2 
1773 
1774 
177.> 
1776 
1777 
177S 
1779 
I7S,) 
1781 


£2V>-\-U 


4  J 


I  O  hid  ten  , 

3  ) 


£30 


100 
70 
oi) 
6) 
7.') 

GO 

50 

200 

40J 

laO) 

3;)(>0 


£40 
2S 
40 
4.) 


30 


80 


180 
130 
3)) 
0)0 
48)0 
4800 


£4 

30 

4;) 
5) 
3  J 


70 

70 

lo  ) 

loO 

loO 

G» 

80 

100 

4:) 

IJO 

lo  ) 

90 

9.'>0 

1000 

*20) 


2 
h 

1782 
1 783 
1784 
1 78o 
I  780 
1787 
1  7SS 
1789 
17!)0 
1791 
1792 
1793 
1794 
179.5 
179() 
1797 
1  798 
1799 
18)0 
1801 
1802 
1 803 
18J4 
18;).-) 
1 800 
18)7 


o  s 


£30 

30 

30 

30 

.15100 

20  J 

100 

333.33 
333.33 
oOJ 
500 
.-)00 
500 
50  ) 
300 
0  )0 


£s0 

100 

100 

100 

10) 

75 

10) 

100 

10) 

100 

10) 

10  J 

IJO 

10) 

^540) 

333 . 

4)0 

^0) 

(.00 

600 

(iOO 

(iOJ 

10;  )0 

1  0) 

1000 

.100) 


5  o 


33 


£150 
40 
40 
30 
30 


£200 
lOJ 
100 
100 
100 
100 
IDO 
100 
100 


40 

30 

3) 

40 

130 

so 

150 

$500 

4)0 

400 

400 

4  )0 

300 

5)0 

700 

2;)0 

0)0 

1000 

500 


SOLDIERS    IN    THE    LA  T  E    W A  R . 

.  Great  care  and  pains  have  been  taken  to  i^et  a  correct 
list  of  sokliers  in  the  late  war  for  publication  in  the  Town 
History.  For  this  purpose  application  was  made  to  the 
Adjutant  General's  office  at  Augusta,  but  without  av.iil. 
I  then  applied  to  the  Town  Clerk  of  Newcastle,  but  was 
told  that  no  record  of  them  was  kept  in  that  office.  My  only 
resource  then  was,  to  consult  the  Records  which  tlie  Adju- 


TO\YN   OFFICEHS,   ETC. 


347 


tant  General  had  caused  to  be  published  ;  but  this  required 
time,  labor,  particular  atteutiou  aud  care.  I  have  copied 
froiij  these  works  all  the  naiues  1  have  found  to  be  credited 
to  the  town  of  Newcastle  ;  and  if  there  be  any  mistakes  it 
must  be  in  the  Adjutant  General's  Keports,  and  not  in  the 
list  which  I  have  gathered  from  them.  Here  is  the  list 
which  I  have  made  : 

C  A  P  T  A  INS. 
Samuel  W.  Clark.  Stephen  C.  AVliitehouse. 

LIEU  r  E  N  A  >'T  S  . 

James  C.  Dow.  William  F.  Eundlett. 

Fred.  E.  Hussey.  "Wilmot  Whitehouse. 

S  E  R  G  E  A  N  T  8  . 

Theodore  Clai-k.  Samuel  "W.  Place. 

Freeman  W.  Hall,  Daniel  D.  Perkins. 

Hiram  Hatch.  Marcus  M.  L.  Hussey. 

C  O  K  P  O  11  A  L  8 . 

Charles  C.  Brown.  Simon  C.  Moody. 

Ephraim  Clark.  Chsirles  G.  Nickols. 

Cliarlos  H.  Haggett.  AYilliam  B.  Perkins. 

Geo.  W.  Houdlette.  Nathaniel  B.  Waters. 
John  S.  Marsh. 

:M  IT  S  I  C  I  A  N  8  . 

Frederick  Holman.  George  Hutchings. 

WAGONERS. 

Albert  S.  Webb, 
p  R I V  A  'r  ]■:  8 . 

Charles  Burke. 
Solomon  H.  Cargill. 
Edwin  W.  CampbeU. 
Charles  K.  Chapman. 
Alon/o  Cliapman. 
John  W.  Chapman. 


Nathaniel  Webb. 

Joseph  Averill. 
James  Atkins. 
Stinson  Averill. 
Simeon  Bonney. 
Henry  Brown. 
William  Brown. 


ti'l 


348 


TOWN   OFFICERS,    ETC. 


Galen  A.  Cliapnian. 
James  Clark. 
Theodore  Clark. 
Henrj  Clements. 
Benj.  A.  Colby. 
George  W.  Connell. 
John  P.  Conner, 
Benjamin  A.  Curtis. 
Elijah  Cunningham. 
"William  Churchill. 
Elbridge  Cothran. 
Ephraim  Clark. 
Frank  A.  Dodge. 
Frank  Dodge. 
Jeremiah  Duly. 
John  Duly. 
Larkin  H.  Decker. 
John  McDermot. 
Eben  Dodge. 
Charles  H.  Dow. 
David  Emerson. 
Patrick  Fawley. 
Patrick  Frowley. 
Alphonso  Frost. 
John  A.  Glidden. 
Nelson  C.  Glidden. 
Richard  Glidden.  - 
George  Goodwin. 
Charles  P.  Gove. 
Oscar  C.  Gove. 
'  Willard  W.  Gove. 
~~  Almond  Hall. 
^David  L.  Hall. 
'James  W.  Hall. 
Moses  W.  Hatch. 
Ira  E.  Hopkins. 


Willard  C.  Hopkins. 
Orhindo  Hatch. 
Edward  R.  Hutchings. 
Charles  W.  Johnston. 
William  Jones. 
John  Jones,  2d. 
Charles  E.  Jones. 
Ephraim  L.  Jones. 
Julius  A.  Jones. 
Enoch  B.  Jones. 
Benjamin  F.  Jones. 
John  H.  Jones. 
Nathaniel  C.  Jordan. 
Warren  Keene. 
John  Kent. 
Jesse  S.  Kinney. 
Joseph  G.  Lash. 
Samuel  Leighton. 
John  Lewis. 
Hoffman  Lewis. 
Joseph  Lib  by. 
Joseph  Linscot. 
Thomas  Linscot. 
James  Lynch. 
A.  R.  Leighton. 
■John  F.  Malcomb. 
William  A.  Malcomb. 
Simon  L.  Malcomb. 
William  R.  Marsh. 
Peter  H.  Matliews. 
Frederick  J.  Marston. 
Peter  H.  Mathews. 
Edwin  A.  Merrill. 
David  Moody,  Jr. 
Charles  E.  Moore. 
Chas.  H.  McNear. 


I 


TOWN   OFFICERS,   ETC. 


349 


Geoi^e  McNear. 
Alonzo  McNear. 
Alfred  McNear. 
John  McDermot. 
G  eorge  D.  Osgood. 
Jolni  A.  Otis. 
Samuel  W.  Palmer, 
Charles  E.  Perkins. 
Gardiner  AV.  Perkins. 
Thomas  R.  Perkins. 
George  Perkins. 
Samuel  W.  Place. 
Edward  B.  Pool. 
AYillard  Reeves. 
AVilliam  Eankin. 
Joseph  Samuels. 
Amasa  P.  Sherman. 


Alden  E.  Shorman. 
Samuel  Sherman. 
James  Short  well. 
William  Smith. 
William  H.  Stetson. 
Eugene  Sweeny. 
AVilliam  B.  Taylor. 
Edwin  C.  Teague. 
AVilham  B.  Tibhetts. 
Elden  Townseud. 
Joshua  Trask. 
Nathaniel  B.  Watjrs. 
Isaac  W.  Waters. 
Wiimot  Whitehouse. 
Albion  Winslow. 
AVilliam  H.  AViseman. 


DECEASED    SOLDIERS    OF    NEWCASTLE. 

Stiuson  Averill. 

William  E.  Averill.     Died  since  the  war. 

H.  L.  Bray,  Chaolain.     Died  and  buried  in  Sheep.saot. 

Edwin  Cam[)bell.     Died  after  leaving  service. 

B.    F.   Clarke.     Died  and  buried  near  Fletcher's  Chapel, 

Virginia,  February  18()3. 
Theodore  Clark.     Died  and  buriiul  in  Newcastle. 
Larkin  Decker.     Died  in  Hospit;d. 
Charles  Dow.     Died  in  Regimental  Hospital,  Virginia. 
George  S.  Fowles. 

Willnrd  Gove.     Killed  at  Chantillv,  September  1,  1862. 
John  A.  Glidden.     Died  at  Baton  Rouge,  May  18(13. 
George  A.  Hall.     Died  in  New  Orleans,  June  4,  1864. 
Edward  H.  Gazelle.     Shot  three  times  and  died  at  Fortress 

Monroe,  May  15,  1862. 
Freeman  W.  Hall.     Captured  at  Bull  Run.     Died. 
Joseph  Henry.     Killed  at  Ciiantilly,  Virginia. 


350  TOWN   OFFICETS,  ETC. 

Ira  E.  Hopkins.     Died  March  18G5. 

"VVilliard  C.  Hopkins.     Diod   at  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana, 

June  1863. 
Fred  Hussey,  Lieutenant.     Mustered  out  in  18G2  for  illness 

and  died. 
George  Hutcliiugs.     Died  from  wounds  at  Fair  Oaks,  Ya, 
Samuel  Jones.     Killed  at  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

McKinney.     Blown  up  on  steamer. 

William  A.  Malcomb.     Died  at  Andersonvi!le. 

Simon  L.  Malcomb.     Shot  and  died  at  Petersburg. 

John  L.  Malcomb.     Died  since  the  war. 

William  S,  Marsh.     Died  March  29,  1867. 

Charles  Nickels.     Died  November  17,  1864. 

George  D.  Osgood.     Killed  at  Bull  Run,  1861. 

John  Otis. 

William  Perkins.     Killed  in  battle. 

Thomas  Place.     Died  May  31,  1875. 

Calvin  Perkins.     Died  at  City  Point,  Virginia. 

Bartlett  Poole.     Died  since  the  war. 

William  B.  Tibbetts.     Died  of  wounds  received  in  battle. 

Albert  S.  Webb.     Died  September  1876. 

Stephen  C  AVhitehouse.     Captain.     Killed  at  Gettysburg, 

July  1,1863. 
Ira  Waltz.     Killed. 
Charles  K.  Chapman,  died  at  Alexandria  after  battle  of 

Bull  Run. 


I 


GENEALOGY. 


PREFACE    TO    GENEALOGY. 

Any  one  who  has  never  been  engaged  in  making  up  a 
Town  Genealogy,  cannot  have  a  just  idea  of  the  vast  amount 
of  hihor  there  is  in  doing  it.  Matei'ials  have  to  be  collected 
from  the  families  themselves  ;  and  the  indefiniteness  and 
want  of  thought  that  there  is,  on  the  part  of  many  jjeoplo,  in 
a  matter  of  this  kind,  makes  the  business  embaritissing,  per- 
plexing and  oftentimes  unsatisfactory.  Informants  often- 
times hesitate — don't  know  -must  ask  some  one  else,  avIio 
perhaps  are  no  better  informed  than  themselves — nor  do  they 
always  agree  among  themselves.  And  the  inquirer  is  obliged 
to  feel  his  way  carefully,  and  proceed  with  his  work  as  best  he 
ean.  And  after  that,  the  work  must  be  njade  upwith  all  the 
care,  correctness  and  diligent  patience  that  there  is  in  pre- 
paring an  Algebra,  or  an  Arithmetic  for  the  public  eye. 
Every  date,  every  name  and  ever}^  child  must  be  re])orted 
correctly  ;  else  the  thousand  eves  who  are  to  look  upon  it, 
will  see  the  error,  if  there  be  any,  and  be  quick  to  pro-liim 
it.  And  perhaps  the  mistake  will  be  just  Avhere  the  inform- 
ant, and  not  the  transcriber,  has  been  at  fault. 

That  this  work  is  perfect,  is  not  pretende.l  —  that  the 
utmost  ])ains  have  been  taken  to  make  it  so,  ne(\l  noL"  be 
asserted.  It  is  quite  impossible  to  make  such  a  work 
absolutely  ])erfect.  The  most  that  can  be  ho|)ed  for,  is 
ap[)roxi!nation.     And  yet,  what  is  hei'o  obtaine.l,  we  think, 


352  GENEALOGY. 

iiiiiy  be  regarded  as  reliable,  and  will  prove  of  immense 
advantage  to  those  families  who  are  here  reported,  as  well 
as  others. 

I  have  here,  in  this  Genealogy,  over  four  hundred  fami- 
lies ;  Some  to  whom  I  have  applied,  liave  failed  to  furnish 
me  with  the  information  desired,  and  a  ?;er?//ezy  individuals 
have  requested  that  the  facts  of  their  Geneaology  should 
not  appear  in  my  Book.  The  wishes  of  such  people  have 
been  most  scrupulously  complied  with.  Some  families  I 
have  failed  to  call  upon,  because  time  and  strength  have 
both  failed  me.  I  present  my  work  to  the  public,  asking 
for  it  a  favorable  consideration  and  a  candid  judgment ; 
being  well  persuaded  that  no  other  man  of  this  generation, 
will  go  over  this  ground  after  me  and  publish  a  Genealogy 
of  the  town  in  opposition  to  mine. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 

N.  Newcastle  ;  S.  Sheepscot  ;  Pown.  Pownalborougli  ;  Dam.  Dam 
ariscotta ;  Nob,  Nobleboroiigli ;  Wal.  Walpole  ;  Br.  Bristol ;  Brem 
Bremen  ;  Wakl,  Waldoboro'  ;  Jeff,  Jefferson  ;  Whit.  Whitefield 
AI.  Alua  ;  Dres.  Dresden  ;  Wis.  Wiscasset ;  Booth.  Bootlibay ;  Edg 
Edgcomb  ;  West.  Westport ;  Wool.  Woolwich;  Bruns.  Brunswick 
Ban.  Bangor  ;  Thom.  Thomaston  ;  Gard.  Gardiner  ;  Port.  Portland 
Bos.  Boston ;  S.  Boston,  South  Boston ;  Cam.  Cambridge  ;  pt. 
port;  West.  Westport. 

N.  H.  New  Hampshire  ;  Min.  Minnesota  ;  111.  Illinois;  Cal.  Cal- 
ifornia ;  Or.  Oregon  ;  I.  Ireland. 

b.  born  ;  m.  married  ;  d.  died  ;  c.  came  ;  ag.  aged  ;  yr.  year  ; 
cbil.  child,  children  ;  ab.  about  ;  dan.  daughter;  grad.  graduated  ; 
vols,  volunteers  ;  el.  elected  ;  r.  resides  ;  inf.  infancy  ;  w.  wife ;  &c. 


GENEALOGY.  353 


ADAMS, 


Joliii,  sei  captixin  ;  b.  in  Bootli.  Fob.  10,  1804  ;  in.  Olive 
PiiikliMin,  Nov.  23,  1S2G  ;  c.  to  N.  in  1838. 

John's  cliil.  1,  Warren  b.  Oct.  1,  1827;  ni.  Ellen  R 
Sliattnck,  June  1803.  2  .Tonatb;in,  b.  April  20,  1820.  3, 
E.bvin,  b.  Sept.  1,  1831,  fl.  Feb.  19,  1833.  4,  Sariih  An- 
pelin-,  b.  Sept.  8,  1833  ;  m.  Horatio  Dodoe,  Oct.  9,1851. 
5,  Edwin  2<1,  b.  Dec.  10,  LS3-)  :  d.  Feb.  13,  1830.  0,  Akod, 
b.  Jnlv  17,  1837,  d.  Julv  20.  1837.  7,  John  Sowall,  b.  Ang. 
19, 1838  ;  member  of  127th  Eeg'ment  N.  Y.  vols.  8,  David  S. 
b.  Oct.  15,  1841.  9,  Olivia,  b.  Sept.  15,  1844.  10,  Cynthia, 
b.  Jan.  12,  1847. 

AUSTIN. 

Algernon  S.  b.  in  Nob.  Feb.  11, 1811.  Came  to  N.  when  16 
years  of  ago  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade.  Afterwards 
bonglitthe  shop  and  carried  on  the  business.  Built  the  house 
he  occupied  in  1840.  In  184G  commenced  the  ship  building 
business.  Built  the  bark  Victory  where  the  Congregational 
church  now  stands.  From  1840  to  1854,  built  and  sold 
ships  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  ninety  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars.  1840  was  el.  a  selectman  and  assessor, 
which  olHce  he  held  five  years.  In  1841  was  el.  to  repre- 
sent the  town  in  the  Legislature.  Was  re-el.  the  next  year 
and  attended  the  extra  session  in  1843.  In  1854  was  again 
sent  to  the  Legislature.  1852  was  el.  a  director  in  the 
Maine  Bank  of  Dam.  AVas  the  first  President  of  the  New- 
castle Bank  established  in  1854.  Left  N.  and  moved  to 
Westport,  Conn,  in  1859.  Nov.  21,  1833  m.  Salome  Glid- 
den  of  Nob.  who  died  at  Westjiort,  Conn.,  March  14,  1803. 

Algernon's  chil.  1,  Algernon  Sidnev,  Jr.  b.  Feb.  25, 
1835,  m.  Kate  Watson  of  Loda,  111.  1805.  2,  P.udine, 
b.  March  17, 1837  ;  m.  CMjit.  Horace  N.  O.sgood  of  N.  June  2, 
1850.  3,  Salome  Glulden,  b.  July  20,  1839.  4,  Sadie,  b. 
Aug.  27,  1841  ;  m.  B.  H.  Chenev,  M.  D.  of  New  Hnven, 
Conn.  Mai-ch  10,  1803.  5,  Alden'Nelscm,  b.  Aug.  12,  1844; 
m.  Emily  Dunhipof  Chicago,  111.  1809.  0,  San  ford  Kings- 
bury, b.  Aug.  22, 1847.  Entered  the  University  of  Chicago 
at  an  early  age  and  died  in  St.  Joseph.  Miss.  Nov.  8,  1871. 

Samuel,  sea  Capt.  m.  1st  Olive  Jones,  2d  Lavinia  Clark 
of  Nob. 

Samuel's  chil.  Artell,  Sci  Capt.  ;  m.  Hannah  C.  Leigh- 
ton,  June  3,  1847.     George  B.  se.i.  Capt.  m.  Alison  Bentley 


354  GENEALOGY, 

of  Glasf^ow,  Scotland  ;  r.  in  Nob.  Mary,  cl.  ng.  8  yrs. 
Howard,  b.  Ap.  1823  ;  lost  by  shipwreck  on  the  Maryland 
shore,  Mar.  4  1844.  Martli  A.  b.  July  13,  1824  ;  ra.  Col. 
Joshua  Lincoln.  Joseph  1st.  Clara,  b.  March  27.  Joseph 
2d  d.  ag.  about  25. 

Thini  G('nei-ation.—G\\\)i.  Artell'schil.  Mary  AVild,  b.  in 
Bermuda,  June  17,  1851  ;  d.  off  Capo  Horn,  June  22,  1852, 
sent  home  and  buried  in  N.  Mary  Wild,  2d,  b.  Aug.  22, 
1853 ;  d.  Aug.  28,  1855.  Georgia  Homans,  b.  May  26, 
1855  ;  d.  Sent.  26,  1861.  Gecnge  Herbert,  b.  Julv  12,  1861. 
Florence  Leighton,  b.  Feb.  10,  1864. 

Addison,  Sea  C.-ipt.  b.  in  Nob.  in  Oct.  21,  1825  :  m.  1st, 
Mary  Sproul  Fosset  of  Br.  July  24,  1848.  Mary  S.  d.  Oct. 
11,  1849,  rn.  2d,  Mary  Louisa  Teauge,  Sept.  9,  1851  ;  c.  to 
N.  in  1851. 

Capt.  Addison's  chil.  1,  Edward  Walter,  b.  July  3,  1852. 
2,  Mary  Francis,  b.  May  25,  1854.  3,  Ellen  Augusta,  b. 
Dec.  26,  1856.  4,  Clara  Etla,  b.  June  2,  1859  ;  d.  at  Cal- 
cutta. Ap.  8,  1862.  5,  Addison  Glidden,  b.  at  sea,  Lat. 
51  (leg.  S.  Long.  35  deg.  30  min.  East,  off  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  July  4,  1862.  '6,  Albert  Teague,  b.  Oct.  23,  1866. 
7,  Martha  "Louise,  b.  July  19,  1870,  at  sea,  Lat.  42  deg. 
57  rain.  North  Long.  60  deg.  40  min.  West.  8,  Alden  John, 
b.  June  19,  1872.  9,  Clara  Edith,  b.  Mar.  8,  1877,  d.  Feb. 
25,  1880.     10,  Pauline,  b.  Mar.  2,  1880. 

A  V  E  R  I  L  L  . 

Samuel,  b.  in  Al.  Dec.  29,  1775  ;  m.  Nancy  Hodge  of  Al. 
Ap.  14,  1805  ;  c.  to  N.  Noy.  1805. 

Samuel's  chil.  1 .  Eliza  Jane,  b.  June  24, 1805  ;  in.  Joseph 
Curtis  Ap.  15,  1834.  2,  Hartley,  b.  Aug.  18,  1807  ;  lost  at 
sea  Julv  10,  1833.  3,  Austin,  b.  Oct.  28,  1809  ;  ra.  Martha 
Kennedy,  Ap.  1,  1852. 

TJiird  Gerierntion. — Austin's  chil.  1,  Samuel  Austin,  b. 
May  25,  1853;  d.  Sept.  3,  1855.  2,  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  26, 
1856.     3,  Isabella  Curtis,  b.  Ap.  16,  1858. 

Samuel,  b.  in  Al.  c.  to  N.  when  a  young  man  ;  m.  Laura 
M.  Chapman,  June  28,  1855. 

Samuel's  chil.  1,  Walter  S.  b.  Nov.  28,  1856.  2..  San- 
ford  Kingsbury,  b.  Sept.  10,  1859;  d.  Feb.  25,  1865.  3, 
Lizzie  Frances,  b.  Nov.  1861. 


GENEALOGY.  355 

AVillaixl,  1).  ill  Jeff.  Aug.  2^  J  818;  m.  Widow  Rebecca 
Chapman,  Feb.  25,  1848. 

AVillanl's  chil.  1,  John  Spinney,  b.  Sept.  13,  1819.  2, 
Sarah  Ehzabeth,  b.  Ap,  11),  18o').  3,  Mary  Isabell,  b. 
Aug.  17,  1851.     Miranda  Carter,  b.  May  7,  1858. 

B  A  I  L  E  Y  . 

EHas,  b.  in  Wool  Mar.  27, 179(5  ;  m.  Beza  BHim  of  Wool. 
Feb.  1819.  Beza,  b.  Mar.  1,  1798,  r.  at  AVis  ;  c.  to  N. 
Feb.  m\i). 

Elias'  ehil.  Eichard,  b.  Ap.  13,1821  at  Wis.;  m.  Piebecca 
G.  Bailey  of  Belmont,  Nov.  G,  184G.  El.  Deacon  of  Cong. 
Ch.  Feb".  28,  1861.  Gould,  b.  Jan.  29,  1823  ;  m.  Ellen 
Hilton,  Feb.  16,  1854.  Beza,  b.  Feb.  4, 1825  ;  d.  Oct.  20, 
1853.  Elias  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  13, 1827  ;  d.  Jan.  14, 1853.  Joseph 
b.  Sept.  23,  1828,  Sea  Ca])t.  James,  Sea  Capt.  George, 
b.  Mar.  26,  1833.  Abba,  b.  Mar. -4,  1835  ;  in.  Daniel  Jones 
of  Dam.     Everett,  b.  Jan.  14,  1838  ;  d.  Ap.  28,  1860. 

T III  1(1  (Icnmitloi). —  Gould's  chil.  Ella,  b.  June,  6,  1855. 
Elias  2d,  b.  July  16,  1858. 

15  A  K  IC  R  . 

Elbridge  G.  c.  from  Al.  to  N.  in  1833  ;  m.  Susan  Erslvine 
Feb.—  1834 ;  d.  Ap.  28, 1844. 

Elbridge  G's  chil.  1,  Elbridge  G.,  b.  Ap.  22,  1834 ;  in. 
Mary  Jane  Choate  of  Whit.  Jan.  4,  1860.  2,  Susan,  d.  in 
inf.  ' 

B  A  L  L  A  N  T  I  N  K  . 

John,  of  Scotch  descent;  c.  from  Medford,  Mass.  to  J^. 

about  1733. 

John's  chil.  Mary,  m.  William  McLelland.  Sarah,  m. 
John    Cunningham.     Ballantine's  widow  m.  Hodge. 

BARKER. 

Capt.  Barnabas,  b.  in  Marshfield,  Mass  ;  c.  to  N.  when 
young,  and  was  brought  up  in  the  family  of  the  late  Joseph 
SlHU-man  ;  m.  Martha  Jane  Nickels,  dau.  of  Robert  Nickels, 
Dec.  24,  1822 ;  d.  Dec.  15,  1860.  Martha  Jano  d.  Sept.  8, 
1855. 


356 


GENEALOGY. 


Barnabas'  chil.  Robert  N.,  b.  Ap.  4,  1828 ;  d.  Ap.  — 
1851  in  C;il.  Leonisa,  b.  Ap.  22,  1830 ;  m.  Georgt;  Fowles 
of  Edg.  Augustus,  b.  Dec.  28,  1831  ;  ra.  Maiv  A. 
House  of  Dam.  Feb.  15,  1801.  Huldah  F.,  b.  Mar.  29, 
183-1  ;  fl.  bv  accident  Dee.  15.  1837.  Martha  J.,  b.  A]).  12, 
183().  Henrietta,  b.  Mar.  28,  1839  ;  r.  in  Bos.  Marv  Nick- 
els, b.  Oct.  23,  1841  ;  d.  Oct.  0,  1855.  Elon  Galuslia,  b. 
Aug.  IG,  1844.     Was  three  jeais  in  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

Third  Generation. — Augustus'  chil.  Walter  Addison,  b. 
Ap.  21,  1862. 

Ezc'k'el  Wliitinan,  h.  in  r\)rt.  M:ir.  27,  1812;  in.  Saiah  Jane 
Small  of  Port.  Nov.  183;'):  c.  to  N.  in  1 S46. 

Ezc'kiel  \V."s  chil.  George  Wliitnian  Small,  h.  Auir.  IS,  ISi^fi; 
d,  Aii.ir.  21,  1842.  Horace  Orniand,  b.  Sej)!.  24,  is;},s  ;  d.  Au'^. 
8,  1842.  FredrM-ick  Ezekie.  h.  Jane,  2!),  1840;  d.  Sept.  ;'),  18^2. 
F'rederick  Eugene,  b.  Aug.  27,  1842;  Member  of  2d  Heavy 
Artillery  Mass.  Vols. 


B  A  R  S  T  0  W  . 

Of  English  origin  ;  c.  from  West  IJidino-  of  Yorkshire,  where 
the  name  still  occurs.  Koui-  brothers,  Geoi-ire,  Michael,  .lolm  and 
William  c.  eaily  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Cam.  Water- 
town  and  Dedliam.  It  is  not  known  how  or  when  ivichael  and 
John  c.  to  America  ;  hnt  on  the  2Jth  of  Sept.  1()3.),  William, 
ag.  23,  and  George,  u<jf.  21,  end)arked  for  N.  E.  in  the  "True- 
love,"  C'apt.  John  Gihbs.  William  was  in  Dedham  in  Hoi  and 
signed  the  j)etition  for  the  incorporation  of  that  town  under  the 
name  of  "Contentment."  lie  was  a  Freeman  in  Scituate,  in 
164!»,  and  the  first  settler  of  whom  we  have  record,  on  the  pres- 
ent territory  of  Hanover.  He  was  m.  to  his  wife  Annie,  after 
he  c.  to  N.  E.  ;  maiden  u.i'ne  unknown.  Mr.  H.  was  a  noted  man 
in  his  (lay — an  extensive  landtiolder — of  high  respectability,  ai.d 
a  worthy  and  enterprising  citizen;  d.  in  II.  l(iG8  having  8 
children. 

William's  chil.  Eldest  William  Jr.,  shipbuilder;  d.  1711,  ag. 
59,  leaving  7  ;.-hildren. 

Third  Generation. — William  Jr's  chil.  Eldest,  Benjandn, 
an  extensive  shipbuilder  in  Hanover;  w:is  m.  3  times :  had  21 
«hil. 

Fourth  Generation. — Benjamin's  chil.  Eldest  son  (leorge, 
by  2d  wife  was  b.  Jan.  11,  1731  ;  m.  Aseiiath  Taylor,  Jan.  10, 
17o0;  r.  for  a,  time  in  Hanover  as  shipbuilder;  c.  to  N.  in  17(15; 
purchased   the  old  "Alex.  Little  farm  ;''  built  ships  on  the  place 


GENEALOGY.  357 

afU'iwnrds  <)cou|ii((l    by    Mr.    IJi'iij.  ll()l)iiisoii ;  «1.  ;il»<)ii(  llio  yr. 
1770,  ]fHU'iim'  4  Sdiis  MUil  4  il;iu. 

h'l^Vi  Geiwratio)!. — (Tcor^e's  cliil.  Kl(l»'sf,  ''Col.  (icoil'c,''  b. 
17.K^;  111.  AbinMii  Wliitt'lioiise,  1773;  was  Col.  ot  \\c\i.  in  N. 
IiiiUK'tli.ilely  alter  Ivt'V.  War,  fnmini'iu-cd  slii)il»uil<rniLr  .imi  c*  n- 
tiimed  in  tlie  hiisiiicss  till  his  lU-atli  ;  ])iir(.:lias('«l  tann  ounni  ity 
Ur.  Wiiislnw  and  still  owned  liy  lifics  of  his  sou  Ale.x.  luai'  llim. 
E.  Wilder  Farley;  d.  IHUS  a<i-.  oo,  leaving  !(♦  ehil.  o  sniis  ami  5 
dan.  AhiiTiii  his  wife  d.  kS.')3,  ag.  !)  ■!.  Cm)1.  1).  was  a  iii  la  of 
great  res|teclal)ility,  iiillueiiee  and  worth. 

iS/'xth  (reiwratiou. — Col.  George's  ehil.  1,  Abigail,!).  1774; 
in.  William  Meleher  ill  1793;  r."  in  N  ;  d.  in  IMdo,  .-ig.  '.M  yrs. 
Mad  12  ehil.  all  of  whom  d.  yoniig.  2,  Geoige,  b.  Sept.  7,  177.); 
1)1.  Sarah  Flint;  r.  in  Nob.  ;  d.  18(iU  ag.  Ho.  3,  lUnjainin,  b. 
Dee.  :i(i,  1777:  m.  Mar.  (ilidden  iu  l^O.S;  shi|»l»uilder  for  .t 
period  of  50  yis.  ;  d.  ISoO.  a^:.  7.3,  leaving  7  eiiil.  His  wife 
JMaiy  d.  h"^-i(),  ag.  ^7.  4,  Martha,  b.  Mar.  2,  17S1  ;  m.  Kben 
Flint;  r.  in  Nob.;  d.  liS^O  leaving  o  ehil.  "all  inovtd  to  .N.  V." 
.5.  Catharine,  b.  June  22.  1  7c*>3 ;  m.  liei  j.  French;  i.  ;  iid  d.  in 
Hrnnswiek.  G,  Kebeeea,  b.  l7Ho;  d.  1^0:%  ag.  17  yi>.  7, 
Samuel,  b.  Mar.  (i,  I7.S7;  Killed  by  falling  of  a  tree  in  1^0). 
8,  Nathaniel,  b.  May  6,  17S!l;  d.  \KM.  '  !),  Flijali,  b,  I7'.»;3. 
"Lost  at  sea;  never  heard  i'roni."'  10,  Ale.xander,  b.  Mayo, 
179.")  :  in.  Isr.  Elizabeth  Daniels  of  N.  Y.  ;  m.  2d  Mary  .Madii^.m  ; 
d,  ill  Cal.  KS.52;  Widow  Mary  d.  18(k);  11,  Asenath,  b.  June 
21,  I7i)7;  m.  Jos.  Weeks  of  Jeff.  ;  d.  184^,  leaving  4  ehil.  12, 
Betsey,  b.  Sept.  18,  USJJ;  m.  I).  'J\  Weeks,  1S2(>;  r.  in  Dam; 
h.id  4*chil.  3  .sous  and  I  d.iu.  1,  Capt.  Alex.  B.  h.  1.S2  7  ;  ii). 
]\lvia  W.  Aeoni  of  N.  Y.  June  21,  1860.  2,  D.miel  A.  P.  b. 
l.S2!>;  d.  18.').').  8,  lldeii  E.  b.  Mar.  21,  1837;  m.  Capt.  John 
G.  Bar-stow  ot  N.  18G1.  4,  George  II.  b.  Ap.  l.>,  18 iO;  r.  in 
D:im. 

iSeueiith  Generation.  —  Benjamin's  ehil.  1,  (ieorge,  Sliipm.is- 
ter ;  b.  D.  e.  180:S;  m.  1st.  Sally  Clap])  ;  2d,  Abigail  Ilile!ieori<  ;  MX 
Sally  liorland.  2,  Eneliiie.'b.  181  >;  r.  in  111.  3,  Sarali  .Ann, 
b.  1*814;  in.  Samuel  Lil)by;  had  2  sons;  r.  in  Cal.  llissons 
John  and  Joseph  r.  iu  Or.  4,  John  G.  Shipmaster,  now  enuM.rfd 
in  shipbuilding  b.  18H);  in.  1st  Arietta  M.  Holmes,  1842;  m. 
2d  Helen  E.  Weeks  of  Dam.  July  2,  18G1.  .'),  Ilenjamiii  R 
ShipniMster,  b.  1822;  m.  Clara  Little.  Drowned  in  Cal.  by 
ui)settiiig  of  a  bo.it  in  IS.'ri;  left  no  ehil.;  Clara  d.  iu  Cal.  in 
18.')D;  lirought  to  N.  and  buried.  G,  Jose|)li  G.  Shipmaster ;  b. 
1824;  111.  Mari.i  L'.  Day  of  Dam.;  r.  in  Dam;  has  3  eliil  :  I, 
Jennie  D.     2,  Joseph  D.     3,  Marcia  Alice.     7,  Mary  E.  b.  1827  ; 


358 


GENEALOGY. 


ni.  GtorjLjt'  IT.  Kiii^'slmn  ;  lias  2  cliil.  Clam  I>.  and  Sarah  Alice  j 
r.  ill  (lalcshuii;,  Jil,     8,  Samuel,  d.  as.  4  yrs. 

AJL-xaiidir's  cliil.      1,  Bt'tscy.  m.   KohLTt   Ilaiidly  ;  v.  in  Pitts 
toii.     2,  Join.  C.  r.  in  Cal.     8.  Alexaiidfi ,  d.  in  iiis   Kith  yi-. 

E'ujhili  Generation. — C'apt.  Gt-oruv's  v.\\\\.  by  iM  wife.  1, 
Geoi^ie  A.  in.  Charles  Tukey  ;  r.  in  Dam.  2,  William.  3, 
George,  hofli  of  whom  '"follow  the  piofi'ssioii  of  their  fatluv  and 
go  to  sea."  \\y  ;5d  wife;  1,  Anna  G.  2,  SaiuUord  K.  3, 
iMary. 

Capt.  John  G.'s  chil.  \\y  1st  wife  1,  I^lla  A.  h.  Ap.  18, 
1H44  ;  m.  Gt'orye  H.  Weeks,  Dee.  2o,  ISGo  ;  r.  in  Dam.  ;  has  a 
dan.  Melfn,  h  Oct.  19,  l.S6().  2,  John  A.  b.  Jnly  31,  l«f6.  3, 
Adela  H.  I).  Jan.  10,  IMIH  ;  d.  Si^pt.  15,  •184').  4,  Ida  I.  b.  May 
13,  1M.:0.  o,  Frederick  S.  b.  Jan.  2,  1852.  0,  Edward  H.  b. 
May  19,  1858;  d.  Oct.  24,  185'».  By  '2^\  wife.  7,  iiessie,  b. 
Jmic  24,  18G2;  d.  Oct.  18,  lh()(;.  8*,  Daniel  W.  b.  June  23, 
18G4;  d.  iMar.  29,  18G5.      9,  Frank,  b.  June  12,  l8(iG. 


Ti  O  R  L  A  N  D  . 

Capt  John,  b.  in  I.  Ap.  1,  1752;  in.  Sally  Cami)bell,  of  N. ; 
r.  in  Nob.;  shi})bnilder  ;  d.  Oct.  II,  1814.  Sally  Caini)bcll  b. 
Oct.  7,  1757  ;  d.  Jan.  7,  1827. 

Ca])t.    John's    chil.     Sally,   b.   Dec.   5.   1779;  in.   Ca])t.  

Grant  ;  d.  A]).  15,  1805;  J(-lm,  Jun.,  sea  Capt.  and  .'ihij)l)nilder ; 
b.  .\i>.  15,  1781  ;  in.  Nmcy  Giidden  ;  c.  to  N.  about  lsO;»;  d. 
A{).  7,  18(J3.  Samuel,  b.  Ap.  19,  1787;  in.  lictsey  Whitlicr  of 
Iklfast.  James,  b.  Auu'.  28,  1788;  d.  at  sea.  Mar.  17,  1806. 
I'olly,  b.  Aul;.  27,  1790;  in.  George  IJeed,  Ksq.,  lawyer;  r.  in 
Nob";  d.  May  10,  1832.  B.tsey  C"^,  b.  Mar.  9,  179b;  in.  Harry 
llazeltine:  r.  in  Nob.  and  Searsinont ;  d.  Juno  'I'l,  1^53. 

Third  Geueratloti. — Capt.  John,  Juifs  ciiil.  1,  James,  b. 
May  1,  18U8;  sea  Capt.;  in.  Elizabeth  N,  Jennings  of  Nob.; 
Elizabeth  N.,  b.  June  13,  181U;  r.  in  N.  and  New  York.  2, 
George  \\.  b.  Ap.  9,  1810;  d.  in  N!  Orleans  1824.  3,  Ann 
Maria,  b.  June  1,  1813;  in.  Albert  Giidden.  4,  John  Jr.  2d,  b. 
May  2S,  1810  ;  Sea  Capt.  ;  m.  Mary  Haines  of  Engl.-ind,  Aug. 
10,  1857.  5,  Joseph  Ci.  b.  May  18,  1818,  in.  Abigail  liana  of 
Wis.  ;  Scji  Capt.  0,  Sally,  b.  Aug.  24,  1819;  m.  Capt.  (Jeorge 
Barstow  ot  Nob.  7,  Mary,  1>.  Ap.  19,  1822;  in.  Edmund  Dana 
of  Wis. :  r.  in  Port.  8,  Samuel  G.  b.  Sept.  9,  1824  ;  Sea  Capt.  ; 
ni.  Adelaide  Metcalf  of  Dam. 

I'\>nrth  Generation. — Capt.  Janus' chil.  1,  James  A.  b.  May 
8,  1833.  2,  George  It.  b.  Julv  22,  1835.  3,  Mary  C.  b.  Feb. 
25,  1841.     4,  Annie  G.  b.  May  2,  1844. 

Capt.  Joseph  G.'s  chil.     1,  Joseph. 


GENEALOGY.  359 

C.-ipt.  S.-miuel  G.'s  cliil.  1,  Ik'uj.  M.  b.  Sept.  2S,  l.S.jS.  2, 
Snnmtl,  1).  Mar.  ol,  18GJ. 

BOYD. 

TliomMS,  h.  in  Kdjr.  May  20,  1S14  ;  c.  to  N.  in  1828  ;  in.  Eliza 
T.  Goih.-un  of  Nol>.  JiiUL'  (),  184-1.     Eli/.aT.  1>.  in  An---.  i(),  ISU. 

Thomas  cliil.  Edward  L.  h.  Ap.  2,  184.').  Frederick  (i.  b. 
Jan.  I.j.  18-17.  William  M.  h.  Juiv  3,  18.k).  Tlionia.s  I'arknmn, 
b.  .fan.  28,  18r),'>. 

DoyiK'n  Josluia,  1».  in  Mass.  in  1827;  in.  St.:itira  Eit/p.itrirk, 
Feb.  1850.      MemluT  of  Heavy  Arlilk-i y,  Coast  defence. 

Joshua's  chil.      Warren,  b.  iSe})!.  2.'),  18.'j3. 

B  11  O  \V  N  . 

Josp])h,  b.  in  Ed','.  Oct.  7,  1805;  in.  Ruth  Tukev  of  X.  F.  b. 
9,  182(5  ;  c.  to  N,  Feb.  2,  1847- 

.Joseph's  chil.  Sirah  .I.ine,  b.  Nov.  1.  18:'(>  ;  m.  Ciias.  Clark, 
July  I^.  184!);  r.  in  Charlestown,  M;iss.  Arietta  'i\  b.  Nov.  4, 
182S;  d.  Sept.  II.  1847.  II;iiTiet,  b.  Dec.  27,  1830;  m.  .lames 
Witham  of  .JetK  Fel».  14,  18"),).  Betsey  S.  b.  July  10,  \s:]A  ;  m. 
Edwin  Campbell,  Nov.  I  G.  18r)(5.  Lama  C.  b.  Dec.  4,  1 '^'3.',  ;  in. 
David  Ames  of  Kichmoiid.  Nov.  2!),  18.')7;  d.  Mar.  1.),  IXJI. 
Mary  Frances  b.  June  10,  1838;  m.  Charles  Campbell  of  H.nh, 
Nov.  29,  18.')0.  James  M.  b.  Sept.  1 1 ,  1842  ;  2(i  mate  of  sliip 
CiiarlerOak  of  New  York. 

Elijah,  b.  in  Edj^.  Mar.  4,  1777  ;  m.  Marv  Ilutcliinirs  of  E.  ;  c. 
to  N.'alx.iit  1821  ;  d.  Oct.  2'),  1827.     .Alary  d.  Jime  (1.  ]^M\. 

Elijah's  chil.  Charlotte,  b.  A]).  IG,  180);  m.  Kiifns  Camp- 
bell. Elij  di,  b.  June,  1^03;  m.  Mariiaret  Woodbrid;:i' ;  r.  in 
Washiiiiiton.  Enoch,  b.  Ap.  27,  180');  m.  Sally  Keed,  Oct. 
1828  ;  r.  in  Vassalboro  ;  d.  Nov.  13,  1854.  Martlia,  b.  Mar.  4, 
18J'J  ;  ill.  Cai)t.  Josiah  II.  .Arey  of  Orleans,  Cape  Cod.  Su-.in, 
b.  Feb.  24,  1811  ;  m.  Ca]it.  E<lwiii  Finkham.  Kosalind,  b.  Nov. 
5,  1813;  III.  Charles  I'iiikham.  liobert,  b.  Sejit.  2.').  IsiGj 
in.  .Marindi  A.  Wilson  of  Covington,  Ky.,  in  1842;  r.  in  C.  ;  d. 
July  19,  184:). 

B  II Y  A  N  T . 

Nathaniel  Sen.  c.  from  the  South  Shore  prior  to  the  IJevoln- 

tioii  ;   m.    IIann:ih ■,    probably  from    So.    Shore;  <1.  July  0, 

1772,  a-jr.  33.  llis  widow  who  was  tale  iled  ;iiid  influential,  in. 
Capt.  Prince  Barker,  wno  was  also  iVoni  the  So.  Shore.  Barker 
was  lo.st  on  atrip  from  Dam.  to  Bos.     His  widow  continued  to 


360  GENEALOGY. 

reside  upon  the  "old  Bi*y:iiit  plriee,"  and  for  many  years  Ticpt,  a 
Pubic  House  wliicli  was  niut-li  resorted  to  by  Ir.ivcllers  ;ind 
others.  Mouse  stood  near  t.ie  residence  ot  William  Henry 
Roliinsoii, 

Nathaniel  Sen.'s  ehil.  Niithaniel  Jnn.  b.  May  2,  17(1");  in, 
Betsey  Wall,  ITUo.  Hannah  Harker,  b.  Mar.  2o,  17»)K;  m, 
Knos'Clap]),  Sept.  21,  1 7.S!S.  Patience,  b.  Se])t.  30,  1771  ;  m. 
William  Waters,  May  8,  17!)2.  Asenath  N.  m.  Eliphalet  Con- 
nor ot  '1  liom.  July  2o,  I71)!>. 

Nathaniel  Jr.'s  ehil.  Hosalinda  m.  1st,  Capt.  Joseph  Merrill  ; 
2d,  ^\  ni.  Creenleaf.  Harritt  m.  ("apt.  Josejth  Smitli,  U.  S.  N. 
Cusliiiiii,  m.  Arietta  Myriek.  Xathaiiiel  3d,  b.  Mar.  27,  17iJ0} 
ni.  8ally  (ilidden  Feb.  if),  lSiO;d.  Feb.  IG,  1805.  Jidia,  m. 
Lewis  Haines,  Pamelia. 

Nathaniel  3d,  ehil.  1,  Sarah  E.  b.  July  23,  1S22  ;  m.  Dr. 
Moses  Call.  Dee.  1841  ;  d.  Aug.  li),  18G4.  '  2.  Nathaiuel  G.  b. 
Aj).  17,  1824;  d.  Oct.  1824.  3,  Harriet  8.  b.  Nov.  20,  1827; 
ni.  Capt.  Hendrick  Wade   of  iJiiu.    .June,    18,33.     4,  Me<lor;v  M. 

b.  June  lit,  182'J.      5,  Joseph  S.  b.  Feb.  18,  1831  ;   m.  of 

San  Pedro,  Cal.  May,  I8(iJ;  d.  Ap.  1862.  6,  Helen  J.  b.  Mar. 
30,  1833;  m.  Cii])t.  John  Madiuan,  aitervvards  Pieut.  com- 
mandiiio-  U.  S.  N.  Mar.  18.-'.).  '7,  Nathaniel  4th,  b.  Feb.  27, 
1835.     8,  Winnie,  b.  Sept.  2  J,  1840  ;   d.  Feb.  20,  1801. 

B  U  11  N  H  A  M  . 

Capt.  Jose]Ji,  b.  in  E(]g.  Ap.  8,  1816;  r.  in  Bos.  .nnd  South 
Hadlev;  m.  Hannah  M."^  W  ebb  ot  N.  Sept.  17,  1848;  d.  Nov. 
25,  1852. 

Capt.  Joseph's  ehil.  Lizzie  G.  b.  at  South  Hadley,  Nov.  26, 
1849.     Josepiiine,  b.  in  N.  SejA.  10,  1851  ;   d.  Jan.  ll,  1850. 

C  ALL. 

Moses,  b.  in  N.  H. ;  e.  to  N.  in  1830,  pliysician  ;  m.  1st; 
ear:.h  ^:iizabeth  Bryant,  Dee.  1,  1841  ;  Sar.iii  d.'Aug.  18,  1804, 
n;    2d,  Emma  G.  Chase  ot  Edg.,  Jan.  —  18()G. 

Moses'  ehil.  1,  Norman,  b.  Oct.  23,  1844.  2,  Manfred,  b. 
Mai.  0,  1849.     b.  by  2d  wife,  Ellen  Chase,  July  13,  1870. 

C  A  M  r  n  ELL. 

Capt.  James,  b.  JMay  22,  1725;  m.  Sarah  Maleond),  Sept.  30, 
1753.     Sarah  b.  A])riri(),  1733. 

Capt.    James'  ehil.     Jauies,  Jun.,  b.  Jiin,  20,   1750;   m.   1st, 


GENEALOGY.  361 

Ilaniiali  CoopiT ;  2<1,  Piu<k'iice'  Fairlield  ;  r.  in  .kiV.  ;  d.  Mar. 
lH'.m.  Sartili,  b.  Oi^t.  7,  17")7;  iii.  Cai)t.  Juhii  liorlaiid  ;  r.  in 
Nob.  Thomas,  b.  jMay  IG,  175!);  in.  l.st,  liacliel  Cliasi-,  Sept. 
IG,  1790;  2(1,  Widow  llebecca  Cunninnliani  of  K<\<x.  .Innc  IH, 
1B29.  Iin]»ressc'd  on  board  ot"  a  i^ritish  Man-cl-\Var  .S^  years ; 
d  Aug.  11,  1840.  John,  b.  Nov.  22,  17(iO ;  d  Mar.  11,  1772. 
Joseph,  b  A{i>r  30,  17G2  ;  ni  Jane  Ifeed  of  liooth.  ;  r.  in  Hooth. 
Micliael,  b  May  12;  17Go  ;  m  1st,  Jane  IJoyd  of  Booth  ;  2d, 
Widow  Simpson,  Betsey  Emerson ;  r  in  Jiootli.  Daniel,  b 
Nov.  26,  17G6;  m  Naney  Simpson,  Ifobert,  b  vVl>-  4,  17(59. 
William,  b  A]».  26,  1771  ;  d  Jan.  30,  1773.  Betsey,  b  Jnlv  10, 
1774;  in  David  Cook,  Mar.  4,  1S13;  d  Feb.  5,  18G3. 

Third  Generation. — Tiiomas's  cliil.  Daniel,  b  Oct.  IG,  1701  ; 
d  Oct.  2G,  1832.  Thomas,  Jun.,  b  Dec.  29,  1792;  m  Ellen 
Pnnn  of  Dres ;  d  May  4,  1833.  John,  b  Oct.  8,  17i)4  ;  m  .Mary 
Chapman  of  Nob;  r  in  Dam.  Betsey,  b  Dec.  11,  1797  ;  il  Oct. 
1,  1804.  Sarah,  b  Nov.  28,  1799;  in  Capt.  Itoberl  Kennedy. 
Kufus,  b  July  17,  1802;  m  Charlotte  Brown;  r  in  Michigan. 
James,  2d,  b  May  23,  1803;  \\\  Caroline  Trask  of  Edi;.,  Nov. 
l-i,  1825;  r  in  Bath.  ^Mary  Elizabeth,  b  Oct.  25,  i834 ;  m 
John  F  Chapman  of  Dam.,  June  —  1853. 

Daniel's  eliil.  jNIargaret,  m  Samuel  Given ;  r  in  Bruns. 
James,  b  June  2,  1802;  m  Eunice  Ciiapman.  Daniel,  b  \y\\s,. 
3,  1803;  m  Mary  C  Given  of  Bruns;  d  Jan.  'I'l^  1835.  Bobert, 
b  Ap.  4,  180G;  m  Clarissa  Woodbrid^e,  Oct.  7,  1833.  Albert, 
b  Ap.  4,  1807;  m  Agnes  Given,-  Oct.  28,  1835.  Thomas,  b 
a  July  —  1834. 

Vourth  Generation. — James'  2d,  chil.  Edwin,  b  Sejtt.  18, 
1827  ;  m  I^etsev  S  Brown,  Nov.  IG,  185G.  Their  daughter, 
Ella  F,  b  Auir.  2,  1859  ;  d  June  7,  18(13.  Charles  K,  b  Jan.  2, 
1829;  111  Nov.  19,  1859.  James  A,  b  Sei)t.  1,  1831  ;  d  July  2, 
1833.  Thomas  G,b  March  19,  1833.  Caroline  F,  b  May  2, 
1835;  in  Daniel  P  Ilaggett  of  Edg.,  Ap,  G.  185G.  s'arah 
Helen,  b  i\[ar,  31,  1837;  in  (I-qtt.  Beniainin  Delano  of  Wool. 
Ap.  2G,  186G.  Ali)heus  S,  b  IMay  23,  1839;  m  Lydia  A  Chase 
ot  Edg.,  July  IG,  1870.  Marv  E,  b  June  4,  1844  ;  d  Feb.  24, 
1871.     LucUa  A,  b  May  27,  184G;  d  Aug.  29,  1879. 

Fourth  Generation. — James*  chil.  Mary  b.  Dec.  18,  1831  ; 
m.  P^merson  Winslow,  Nov.  1851;  d.  Jan.  11,  1858.  NVillard, 
b.  Sept.  2(),  1833;  d  July  8,  1848.  Edwin  Warren,  b.  Dee.  17, 
1834';  d.  Sept.  5,  18G2  ;  a  soldier  at  Uallimore.  Adeline,  b.  Oct. 
27,  1836.  Isabel,  b.  Oct.  22,  1838.  Boscoe,  b  Sept.  22,  1840. 
Esther,  b  June  22,1842.  Daniel,  b  Dec  1,  1844;  d  July  23, 
1848.  Evereth,  1)  Nov.  23,  184G.  Georgia,  b  July  18,  1848. 
Wilford  b  Feb.  15,  1850. 


3G2  GENEALOGY. 

Albert's  chil  Frances  E.  b  May  1'),  1838;  m  Wibnot  W. 
W«K):lbri,l;i-e.  Sa'niiel  Given,  b  Mai'  2.5,  1841.  Thomas,  twin 
brother,   d  Sept.  1S42.      Charles  b  Mar.  15,  1848. 

Itobert's  chil.  .Marjzai-et,  b  Jan.  18,  1835  ;  m.  Joseph  Ford  of 
Jetr.  Feb.  2 J,  1850.  Bonjaaiin  W.  b.  Dec.  9,  1837.  Jane  8.  b 
Mar.  21,  1842.  Clara  A'.  b.  May  1,  1845.  Martin,  b  Sept.  15, 
1848. 

Daniel's  chil.  Nancy  Jane,  b  ]\Iav  21,  1831  ;  m  James  L. 
Ro-^crs  of  R.ith  ;  d  Jan.  14,  185i).  Alfred  D.  b  June  15,  1S34; 
m  ilarriet  I-.ennox,  Nov.  21,  185S.  Mary  E  b  Nov.  30,  1830;  m 
James  L.  Rollers  of  ijatli.     Oscar  D.  b  Mar  4,  1839  ;  r  in  Cal. 

Fifth  Generation. — Alfred  D.'s  chil.     Helen  Lennox,  b  Ap. 

17.  1861      Henrianna,  I)  Ano-.  11,   1S64. 

Thomas  Jr.  chil.  Emeline,  b  June  24,  1820;  ni  .^crome 
Kennedy.  Antonia,  b  .Mar.  3,  1830;  m  Sarah  Biker  of  Edir-;  r 
in  E.  'Thomas  3d,  b  Feb.  12,  1832;  m  Abby  Baker  of 
Ed^.:   r  in  E. 

C  A  K  G  I  L  T. . 

David  was  of  Scotch  descent;  b.  in  I ;  c.  to  N.  ab.  1732 
or  1733;  m  jNIary  Abernetliy  .June  22,  1722;  Capt.  of  .Militia. 
Also  Tappun's  sni'veyor  of  lands. 

O.  S.  David's  chil.*  1,  John,  b  Mar.  22,  1723.  2,  Coi.  James, 
b  Oct.  24,  1725;  m  1st,  Auiies  Kennedy,  Nov.  10,  1752;  m.  2d 
Willow  Marii-aret  Hatch  of  Fown.  Nov".  1785,  d  June  1S12.  3, 
William,  b  Oct.  8,  1727.  4,  Jane,  b  July  19,  1731.  5,  a  son  b 
June  13,  1734;  d  in  inf.  G,  David  b  Julv  5,  1735.  7, 
Abernethy,  b  A  p.  22,  1739. 

Third  Generation. — N.  S.  Col.  James'  chil.      1,  David,  b  Oct. 

18,  1753;  r  in  Montville.  2,  Mary,  b  Jan.  12.  1755;  m  Capt. 
John  Cunniuii-ham,  Jr.  3,  John,  b  Mar.  26,  1757;  d  you.iu^, 
4,  William,  b  Jidy  20,  175S  ;  d  younj^.  5,  .Jane,  b  Sept.  21, 
]7(iO;  d.  July  !840.  6,  James,  jV.,  b  Sept.  2,  1762;  d  yoniii,'. 
7,  Abernethy,  b  Nov.  3,  1763  ;  m  licbccca  Middiwu  of  i'own.  ; 
d  (Jet.  1812.  8.  Aunes,  b  Aiil!:.  6.  17()0  ;  m  Tnomas  Cunniiig- 
liam;  d  Mar.  20,  1830.  i),  Henry,  b  Feb  12,  1767;  m  Mary 
Kennedy,  Aj).  15,  1794;  d  Oct.  4,  1837.  10,  Samuel,  b  17(18; 
ni  Mary  Simpson.  II,  a  daughter  b  1770.  12,  Thoaias  Mel- 
ville, m  Susan  Oiiver  ;  r  in  Wis.;  d  in  W.  I.  in  1815.  13,  a 
eon.      14,  a  son.      15,  a  son.     Last  three  d  vouulj. 

Chil.  by  2d  wife.  1,  Jolin,  d  youn^- of  canker  rash.  2,  Donald 
d  ag.  ab.  30.  3,  James,  Grad.  at  Bi>w.  Coll.  1814;  d  of  con- 
Bum])tion  a'b.  10  days  after  returnin<>;  hon»e.  4,  Williain.  m 
Betsey  Holmes,  1812.  5,  a  son.  6,  a  sou.  7,  a  daughter.  Last 
three  d  youue:. 


\ 


GENEALOGY. 


303 


Fourth  Generation.. — Ilciivy's  chi).  1.  Mary,  b  ]M:ir.  25, 
1796;  in  Joliii  FuUertoii  of  Hoolli.  Jan.  20,  182J.  2,  .lane,  b 
Ap.  9,  17i)7;  in  Dea.  .losci.li  Dtcker  of  Al.  .June  29,  1S82.  3, 
Josoi»li,  b  .July  27,  1798;  \\\  Clarisjiii  11.  Delano  of  Wool.  Oct. 
20,  1824;  r  in  Koxbiuy,  Mass.  4,  Henry,  b  Nov.  9,  1799;  m 
Sarali  Durham  of  IJelfasl  ;  d  in  Ban.  o,  Uetsey,  I)  Feb.  18, 
1801  ;  ni  Benj.  IMuninier,  Esq  ;  i-  in  St.  Aniiioiiy,  Minn.  G, 
Cliarles,  b  Ap.  17,  1802;  ni  Catherine  Kelley  of  Bootli.  Sept. 
1842;  (1  Nov.  18.')fi.  Catherine,  d  Ap.  4,  18'")4.  7,  AiiUis,  b 
May  10,  180.')  ;  d  Feb.  13,  1882.  8,  Sanniel,  b  Sei)t.  12,"  1807; 
d  .lune  4,  1831. 

7'V/M  6V?/<?T/^/c??.—J»>(  ill's  (hil.  1st,  Edwin  D,  b  Oct.  26, 
1810;  in  Lis-zie  (iivc  n  of  (  it.eiiiii.'.li,  (yhio,  Ftb.  6,  ]8i'2.  2, 
Osear  D,  b  June  0,  1827  ;  d  Sejt.  1  1,  1828.  3,  Osear  D,  b  ]Mav 
3.  1829.  4,  Amanda  M,  b  Feb.  3,  1S31  ;  m  .Joseph  P  Paine,  phy- 
sieiaii,  June  13,  1855,  of  Dediiam,  Mass.  5,  Fannie  j\I.  b  Dee.  3, 
1>'33.  6,  Clara  A,  b  Sept  18,  1835;  m  Capt  John  A  Holmes 
Feb.  2G,  1857;  d  Dee.  2U,  1859.  7,  Jose]))!  A,  b  Ano-.  (),  1837. 
8,  Charles  M.  b  Aug.  9,  1838.  9,  Mary  E.  b  Oct.  19,  1840;  d 
July  7,  1842.     10,   Hcn:y  L,  b  Ap.  11,  1846. 


(' A  RNi:  Y. 

Daniel,  Sen.  b  17G5,  in  Pown  ;  r  in  Pos.  and  a  uierehant  there 
n^.ore  than  50  vrs.  :  c.  to  S.  .-diotit  1830;  in  1st,  Sarah  Pell  of 
Pos.  Mar.  Il,'l792;  Saiali  d  Nov.  11,  1812;  ni  2d,  Mary 
AVlueler  of  lios.  July  24,  1814  ;  d  Mar.  10,  1877.  Daniel  Sen. 
d  Mar.  11,  18n2. 

Daniel  Sen.'s  ehil.  1,  Marv  T.  b.  Dee.  24,  1792;  d  Sej.t.  17, 
1838.  2,  Henj.  P.  b  Sept.  22,'  17i)4  ;  r  in  ^^  ool.  3,  Susannah;  b 
Dee.  5,  1796.  4,  Daniel  Jnn.  b  Jan.  17,  171:9;  Coiisui  at  St. 
Doininuo;dScitt.  14,  1838,  5,  \N  iiliam,  bMay  24,  1801;  r  in  Al. 
and  Port.     6,  James,  b  Feb.  14,  1804  ;  1  anker  ;  r  in  Lowell,  .Mass. 

7,  Nathaniel  15.  b  July  6,  1805;  Commission  ^Jerehant  in  N.  Y. 

8,  Sarah  P.  b  June  21,  1807  ;  r  in  Lowell.  9,  Osj^ocd,  b  Dec. 
28,  1809;  enoaged  in  Pussian  'i'lade;  d  in  Pos.  Au«r.  1834. 
Chil.  b  2d  wife,"  I,  Josiah,  b  July  l3,  181.1,  m  1st  PJizabeth 
Vose  ;  2d  S;irah  Hall  both  of  I'os.  ;  r  in  Charlestown,  ]Mnss.  2, 
Emeline,  b  Jan.  25,  1817  ;  m  Moses  Eastman  :  r  in  Pos.  3  Ann 
b  May  17,  1818;  m  EU.iid<:e  Cli::.«e,  Jj.n.  21,  1843.  yJcs-cjh,  b 
Oct.  IT),  1819  ;  ni  Chailotte  J:tnt.  of  Pos.  ;  r  in  E.  Pos.  5,  Sani'l 
P.  b  Nov.  18,  1821;  d  Oet.  29,  1859;  in  ^lary  Kussel :  r  in 
Charlestown,  Mass.  6,  Henry,  h  .I:in.  13,  1823;  Enyineerat  Point 
Siiiiley,  Mass.  :  iii  Almira  Pent  of  Pos.  7,  Franklin  L.  b  Aug. 
19,  1824;  meiehant  and  shipbuilder  and  postmaster:  m  Celia  A. 
Mahouey,  Oet.  16,  1856.     8,  Eliza  W.  b  Dee.  27,  1826  ;  in   Par- 


J64 


GENEALOGY. 


ker  ITarloy  ;  d  Jan.  28,  1861.  0,  ITenrietta,  b  .Tuue  7,  1828  ;  m 
Stephen  Cole  of  Bos.  10,  Adeline,  b  Jan  24,  1830;  d  in  in- 
fancy. 11,  Addison,  b  Dee.  24,  18:30;  in  Helen  A.  Brown  of 
Al.  "  12,  Edwin,  b  Mar.  12,  1833  ;  ni  Jane  Yeaton  of  Al.  Ap. 
1803;  r  in  Heiininu,ton,  Vl.  13,  John  V.  b,  Nov.  6,  1835;  in 
Susan  Abbot  of  Worcester^  JMass.  ;  r  in  Bennington,  Vt. 

Tlurd  Generation. — Franklin  L.'s  chil.  1,  Franklin  Irvinir, 
b  Sept.  30,  18.)8.  2,  Ira  Ardell,  b  July  31,  18G1.  3,  Clarence 
Edgar,  b  Aug.  16,  1868. 

Addison's  chil.     1,  Norman. 

CATLAND. 

John,  b  in  1745,  was  one  of  the  three  male  members  that 
was  organized  into  the  Ist  Cong.  Ch.  in  1797  :  in  Lydia  Wins- 
low,  Feb.  12,  1767.  l^ydia,  b  in  1749;  John  was  a  blacksmith  ; 
d  Dec.  18,  1S18.     Lydi'a  d  May  9,  1796. 

John's  chil.  Olive,  b  Feb.  4,  1768;  in Clark.  Abi- 
gail, b  Aug.  29,  1770  ;  ni  Edmund  Perkins.  John,  Jun.,  b  .Inly 
27,  1773;  r  in  Jeff.  Patience,  b  Jan.  10,  1776;  in  Andrew 
Keed  of  Booth.  Joseph,  b  Ap.  23,  1778;  r  in  Booth.  Ca])t. 
Kobert,  b  Oct.  5,  1780  ;  in  Esther  Catland  of  Br.  Mary,  b  Ap. 
20,  1783;  m  Asa  Averill ;  r  in  Pittston.  Eunice  and  Martiia, 
twins,  b  July  1,  1785.  Eunice,  m  John  Lewis  of  Booth.  Mar- 
tha in  George  Washington  Merrill  of  l^ooth.  F^lizabeth,  b  Aug. 
16,  1788  ;  in  Capt.  John  Southard  and  r  in  Richmond. 

C  H  A  P  M  A  N  . 

Hiram,  b  in  Nob.,  Oct  16,  1808  ;  m  Maria  Chapman  of  Nob., 
Aug. —  1833.  Maria,  b  Jan.  22,  1812;  c  to  N.  in  1854. 
Hiiain  was  the  son  ot  a  farmer  ;  became  a  skilful  mechanic  ;  was 
el  Col.  of  a  regi  nent ;  was  a  Selectman  a  number  of  years;  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace ;  a  Ke|)resentative  to  the  Legislature  nine 
years  ;  once  el  President  of  the  Senate  ;  a  Judge  of  Probate 
three  years  ;  served  one  year  as  Land  Agent ;  was  a  member  of 
the  2d  liaptist  Church  in  Dam.;  a  consistent  christian  ;  an  hon- 
est man,  and  an  honored  citizen  ;  d  at  Augusta  i\Iar.  15,  1S64  ; 
buried  in  Dam.  ;  but  I'ests  in  Heaven. 

Col.  Hiram's  chil.  1,  Walter  S,  b  Mar.  2,  1834;  1st  mate  of 
ship  Criterion  of  N  York  ;  m  Julia  Keene  of  Brem.,  Feb.  — 
1862.  2,  Laura  M,  b  Feb.  3,  1836;  m  Samuel  Averill  ot  Al., 
June  28,  1855. 

Third  Generation. — Walter  S.'s  cliil.  Nellie  Scott,  b  Dec. 
25,  1862. 

liufus  C,  b  in  Nob.  May  21,  1822,  dentist,  c  to  N.  about 
1855;  m  Mary  J\[  Luiit  of  Bowdoinham,  Aug.  11,  1850. 


GENEALOGY.  365 

Viul'us  C.'s  cliil.  .1  Willie,  1.  Jiilv  11,  ISo.'l.  Slcplu'ii  L,  h 
MiH-.  5,  IHoo.     Miiry  P,  U  Dec.  27,  i«,-,S. 

i:)uncan  D,  b  in  \h:  Oct.  2l»,  1S2.');  iii  .M.ny  .Tane  Dickinson 
M.iv  29,  1853,  of  Wis.  M.iiy  Jane,  1)  May.  H,  ISl'!)  ;  c.  to  N. 
185!). 

Duncan  D.'s  chil.  Paulina  A,  1.  Dec  11,  1><54.  Conilu'll,  b 
Feb.  3,  1856.  Albert  D  b.lan  14,  l.s5i).  Mary  Luella,  b  Mar. 
15,  1851.     Hattie,  b  June  17,  1853  ;  d  July  7,  1853. 

Cyrus,  b  in  Nob.  Oct.  1,  18Ui),  r.  to  X.  and  ni  Rebecca  C 
Sinii.son,  May  11,  1835;  d  Oct.  10,  1844. 

Cyrus'  cl.il.  1,  Warren  N,  b  Aui,^  !),  1838.  2,  Rcberl  S,  b 
Ap.  2,  1842. 

Samuel  L's  chil.     Anna  L,  b  June  20,  1850. 

C  II  A  S  E  . 

John,  c  from  Hampton  Falls  and  settled  in  E<lg.  at  the  Eddy  ; 
ni  IJachel  Gove  of  Hampton.  During  the  Kevolntion,  lie  moved 
to  N.  and  jmrchased  'J  aj)])an  lot  No.  20,  which  has  been  in  the 
laujily    name  ever  since.      John   d  Oct.  5,  1787.      IJaciiel  d.  July 

13,  1808.  at;.  75. 

John's  ciiil.  Enoc-h,  Abiiiail,  Sarah,  Kacliel,  Charles.  Capt. 
of  Militia  and  occupied  the  homestead;  m  Hannah  Stewart  of 
Al.      Charles,  d  1822.      llanna'i,  d  Feb.  21 ,  180S. 

7yilrd  Generation. — Charles'  chil.  James,  b  in  Edj?.  Ault.  4, 
1776;  d  Dec.  22,  1778.  Thomas,  b  in  N.  Nov.  13,  1778; 
Capt.  of  Militia;  m  Ami  Woodl)rid!i;e,  June  25,  1801.  Mar;  ,  b 
Nov.  28,  17>^0;  in  Cornelius  'I'muer  ;  r  in  Wis.;  d  Mar  12, 
1861.  Sarah,  b  Mar  24,  1783;  m  Jose|)h  Laiten  ;  r  in  .\1. 
AVilliam,  b  Feb.   19,  1785;  in  Alice  II.  Keene  of  Wal.  ;  d  M.ar 

14.  1864.  Charles,  b  Ap.  30,  1787;  d  Ap.  26,  1849.  John  b 
July  25,  1789  ;  Sea  Capt.  ;  in  Sophia  Jenny  of  lialtimore;  lost 
at  sea  on  a  voyage  to  Tampico.  Samuel,  b  Jan.  5,  1792  ;  d  Feb. 
14.  1794.  Hannah,  b  Feb.  14,  17!)4.  Ebenezer,  b  Ap.  2,  1796  ; 
d  Jan  11,  1797.  George,  b  Dec.  11,  1797:  d  .May  14,  1.S14. 
Franklin,  b  June  3,  I8[)0;  in  Ann  Mtd.ellan,  an  Englisli  l.idy  ; 
American  Consul  General  r  in  Tam})ico,  .Mexico.  Edward,  b 
INlar  15,  1803;   d  Oct.  9,  1803. 

Fourth  Generatio)i. — Thomas'  chil.  Nancy,  b  Jan.  8,  1S04  ; 
m  Kingsbury  Donnell,Sei)t.  24.  1822;  d  June  17,  187!t.  William, 
Sea  Cai)t.  b  Oct.  18,  1806;  iii  1st,  Celia  Dorry  ot  I>altimt)re, 
Jan.  7,  1830,  d  Feb.  10,  1847;  2d,  Sarah  Curtis,  July  5,  1853. 
Ellnidire,  b  A]).  3,  1811;  m  Ann  Carney,  Jan.  21.  1843. 
John,  b  May  16,  1820;  d  Aug.  26,  1823. 

William's  chil.  Kutli  Keene,  b  July  10,  1815;  d  Ap.  8, 
1855.     Ilaunah  Stewart,  b  Oct.  19,  1817  ;  in  Capt.  Cyrus  Tack. 


366  GENEALOGY. 

aid.  jM.-hv  Ann,  b  Doc.  10,  IHH)  ;  m  GcoI•^e  W.  Flitner,  Mny 
20,  1844  ; 'William,  b  Fc-b.  14,  1822;  m  Nancy  Jnne  Miiiray, 
Jan.  24,  1856.  Harriet  Tnrncr,  b  Feb.  H,  l"s24  ;  ni  Sainut'l 
K.  Given,  Ap.  14,  1852.  Sar:ih  Ford,  b  Sept.  10,  1827;  in 
Dexter  B.  Clifford  ;  r  in  K<lo.  Flizahelii  Knndlctt,  b  Jan.  7,  1S80  ; 
m  Jiise])h  Y.  Wilson,  Jnly  1,  18(J0  ;  r  in  AuL-nsta  ;  Lncy  Maria, 
b  Ap.  8,  1832.  Silas,  twin  l)iotlier,  d  Sept.  2(i,  18o;T.  Jnlia 
Howard,  b  Mar  1,  1830. 

Fifth  Giiicratlon. — C'ajit.  William's  chil.  Celia  Ann,  b.  Oct. 
IG.  1844.  AVilliarn  Franklin,  b  May  23,  18o5.  Anunstus  C.  b 
Mar!),  18.57.     Faimie    D.    b    iNIar    7,    18G0;   d    Nov.  2o,   18GI. 

Williams  eliil.  Maria  W- Iton,  b  Ap.  2.  18G2.  Moses,  Sea 
Capt.  b  in  Fd«r.  Mar.  10,  181,-)  ;  ni  Snsaii  E.  Clifford  of  Fdg. 
Sej)!.  25,  b^45  ;    r  in  Dam.   lour  ytars;   c  to  K.  in  18(i3. 

Moses'  chil.  Annie  P.  b  Mav'l8,  1848.  Sunie  K.  b  June  12, 
1850  ;   Koseoe  M.  b  Mar.  15,  1852. 

Isaiah  L.  b  in  Ilarwicli,  Mass.  ;  c  to  N.  in  18G3;  m  Maiy  L. 
Webb,  Fib,  22,  18G4  ;  member  of  58th  lieg.  Mass.  Vols.  ;  d  at 
Alexandria,  Va.,  June  14,  18(;4. 

Isaiah  L.'s  chil.     Freddie,  b  Oct.  8,  18G4. 

CLARKE. 

D-liabod.  Sen.,  c  from  Kittery,  and  settled  near  Dam.  Alills; 
nil'.'itienee  l^lackstone ;  had  einht  sons  and  two  dani^Mtei's,  bnt 
born,  it  is  su))])oscd,  beibre  lluy  c  to  N.  Their  sons,  Stevens 
and  Fenjamin,  went  on  a  bunting  excursion  Fastwaid  and  set- 
tUd  in  Trenton,  Frenclnnan's  Ji-iy.  Ichabod  (bllowed  the  sea; 
r  in  Fortland.  On  a  return  voyane,  vessel  was  wreeketl  at  Port. 
Ilaibor  and  lu;  was  diowned  '"in  si^ht  of  home." 

James — "Uncle  Jimn)y" — taken  fioni  ;i  vessel  and  kept  a 
prisoner  3  yrs.  when  his  dau<;luer  l*atience  was  a  babe.  Klisha, 
r  in  Jeff,  on  West  side  of  Dam.  Pond.  William,  r  at  "Head  of 
Ibe  Pond. '  John,  r  on  '"Fast  side  of  the  Pond,"  supposed  in 
Nob.;  left  3  <Iau..  but  i.o  sons.  Ebeuczer — yonuiicst  child — 
in  Abigail  Hall  when  lie  was  24  yis.  of  age  and  she  was  19, 
She  was  cousin  to  him;  and  her  mother's  name  was  Lydia 
i>lackstont\ 

The  homestead  was  at  the  corner  of  the  roads  near  where 
E])hraim,  Jun.,  now  lesides.  Alter  he  leit  the  Garrison,  he  huilt 
a  log  house  and  lived  in  it  i'or  a  time.  '1  he  first  fiamed  house 
that  he  bnilt,  was  afterwards  moved  away  and  is  now  the  main 
j)ortion  of  the  house  in  which  Ejihraim,  Jvit  .,  now  resides.  His 
house  was  burnt  a  few  years  since,  when  the  family  records  were 
entirely  consumed.  He  d  Ap.  7,  1830,  ag  8G.  His  wile  d  Ap. 
30,  1841,  ag  92. 


GENEALOGY.  367 

One  of  the  (l:m  m  UuUiiis  ;  settled  whore  the  l;)te  Jo-ihiiM 

Liiicohi  r.     '1  he  otlier  m Jones;  i   in  .leff.     .Iose[)h  Jones 

of  .Jeff,  anil  James  Jones  of  Thoni.  iiro  her  grandsons. 

Third  (xe)ierath)u. — Khene/er's  cliil.  1,  Sanuiel,  h)st  in  a 
missing  vessel.  2,  Benjnrnin,  \\\  Hannah  Kandall  ;  d  Aug.  IS, 
is.i^,  ag  77.  3,  Kljjnezer,  Jan.,  d  Jan.  .>,  17'.>2,  ag  3  yrs!  4, 
E|)hrain),  \\\  Mary  Ford  of  Jetf.  ;  (howiied  in  Dam.  I^ond,  Deo. 
8,  1837,  ag  .53.  "  Henry,  b  17.S7:  d  .May  27,  18H,  ag  07. 
Lydia,  m  Jo!in  Leishman  of  Bontli.  Naney,  \\\  Dr.  Jolin  JJirds- 
ley  of  Providenee,  K.  I.;  d  July  7,  1-^47,  ag  72.  Sarah,  m 
iM-njinniM  Lim-ohi  ;  d  .Ap.  17,  1847,  ag  74.  Jane,  m  Charles 
Clarke;  d  June  24,  18,5S,  ag  7'.). 

Fourth  Generation. — Samuel's  chll.  Abigail,  ni  Ivory  Lord» 
of  Fi'eedoni. 

BenjiMiin's  cliil.  Hobert,  d  Mir.  o,  1S32,  ag  22.  Isaac  11, 
Liinl  Agent  ;  r  in  Han.  Ephraini  L,  r  in  lioekport.  Me.  l>t.'nj. 
P^ranklin,  ni  Mary  Elizabeth  S|).inl(ling,  of  Palmyra  ;  .Member  of 
Co.  K.  1(5  Keg.  Me.  Vols.;  d  at  Belle  Plain,  Va.  Iluldah  r  in 
Boston.  Abby,  m  Silvester  Sweet  of  Bar.  ;  r  in  Ban.  .\nna 
ICliz.ibeth,  m  .lolin  Hopkins,  Jan.  27,  18.53.  Sarah,  \\\  Mars'.i;dl 
liyer  of  B.in. 

Ephraim's  ehil.  .Mary,  b  iNIay  1,  1S21,  m  Warren  S.  Jones; 
d  .Mar.  25,  1880.  Julia'  A.  b  July  2".),  1822,  m  George  T.  Car- 
ter, Hardware  Merchant,  Bos.  Caroline  L.  b  Dee.  23,  1824;  iq 
Peleg  Ilussey  of  Jrlf.  ;  d  in  (ireenburo",  M.I.  iX'e.  2G,  1S(J3. 
John  L'.'islnnan,  b  Dee.  21,  1826;  m  Arlind.i  Emeline  P.dmer  of 
Nol).  Ap.  2,5,  18.5!).  Arlind.i,  b  Jan.  13,  183t).  C.itharine  Au- 
gusta, b  June  7,  182'J  ;  m  George  L.  Murphy  of  Jeff;  r  in  l^ort 
Huron,  Michigan.  Lovesta  VV.  b  Aug.  22,  1831  ;  m  Bjnj.amia 
F.  Jones  of  Nob.  ;  r  in  X.  ;  member  ol  Co.  I,  31st  l\ej:t.  .Maine 
Vols.  Frank,  b  Oct.  7,  183.5  ;  m  1st,  Ruth  Ann  Lins(Mlt  of 
Jell",  who  d  h'eb.  19,  1872.  2tl,  Lucy  Chesley  Howard,  who  was 
b  in  Sidney  Dec.  28,  18.53  and  m  J.ui.  17,  1873.  Ephraim,  b  Feb. 
27,  iM.iS;  m  Sophronia  M.iria  Laler  of  Brein.  Nov.  2,  18.J3. 
Corporal  of  C'o.  I,  32d  liegt.  Me.,  \\>ls.  llonor.ibly  discharged 
at  tlie  consolidation  of  3  1st  and  32(1  .M.dne  liegt. 

b^ifth  Generation. — John  Leishm.-in's  chil.  Julia  C.  b  Xov, 
29,  18 j().  Love.sta  \V.  b  Nov.  9,  1S,5S.  Orlando  P.  b  Aug.  12. 
1 -iJJ  ;  d  Aug.  20,  H31.  Bert!iea:i  .\.  b  Nov.  l(i,  IS.')!.  S.u'ah 
P,  b  A]).  1,  1803.  Sophronia,  b  Aul'.  24,  1807.  Orl.mdo  A,  b 
July  30,  1872.      Homer  C,  b  Xov.  2.5,  1870. 

Frank's  cliil.  1st,  Caroline  August.i,  b  July.  2d,  Augusta  M, 
1)  May  II,  18.59;  m  Everett  E  Ueed,  Aug.  1881  ;  r  in  Lewiston. 
3d.  ;i  son  ;  d  in  inf.  4th,  Lizzie  Thorne,  b  .Fan.  13,  1807.  .5lh, 
a  d.iu  ;  d  in  inf     Chil.  by  2d  w.     1st,  Frank  Leonas,  b  May  19, 


3G8 


GENEALOGY. 


1874.     2d,  Ida  Howard,  b  Oct.  20,  1876.     .3d,  Mary  Ann,  b  m 
Ani^usta,  Dec.  27,  1880. 

E])lir:iin),  Juii.'s  cliil.  1st,  i\rtliur  Tomliiison,  b  Oct.  27,  1804. 
2(1.  Susie  C,  b  June  1,  18(;8. 

Jauies  ;  in  Hannah  Youul!:;  e  ironi  Dover,  N.  H.  ;  built  the 
liouse  and  settled  where  Lydia  Clark,  his  granddaughter  now  r. 

James'  chil.  1,  Patience;  m  Thonias  Calderwood ;  d  Dec. 
2o,  182.1.  2,  James,  Juu. ;  m  1st,  Hamiah  Given  ;  2d,  Patience 
Jones  of  Jeff".  ;  r  in  .1.  ,'5,  Jose]»h  m  Betsey  Kennedy  of  Jeff. ; 
r  iii  J.  4,  John,  b  Jan.  1,  1775;  ni  JNlary  Calderwood  of  Br. 
Sept.  19,  1811.  5,  Betsey,  m  John  Jones  of  J  eft".  6,  Susan. 
7,  JVIary,  d  young.  8,  George,  in  Jane  Ames  of  Jetf.  ;  r  io 
Washington.  9,  Major  Charles;  m  Jane  Clark;  d  Feb.  20, 
1845. 

Third  Generation. — John's  chil.  1,  Joseph,  b  July  8,  1812  ; 
m  Poxanna  Gove  of  Erg.  ;  r  in  E.  2,  John,  b  Nov.  13,  1814; 
d  Nov.  13,  1855.  3,  William,  b  Dec.  20,  1816;  m  Abigail 
Coombs  of  Nob. ;  r  in  Virginia.  Mary,  b  June  9,  1819;  d 
young.  5.  James,  b  Oct. 9,  1821.  6,  Albert,  b  June  13,  1824  ;  d 
in  N.  York. 

jMajor  Charles'  chil.  1,  Frank  drowned  ag.  24.  2,  Eben, 
m  Martha  Jane  Tomlinson  of  Nob.  ;  Oct.  28,  1840.  3,  Samuel, 
d  in  N.  Orleans,  ag  about  '25.  4,  Soplua,  b  Mar.  4,  1811  ;  m 
Frank  Sniithwick.  5,  Charles,  d  ag  3  yrs.  6,  L}dia.  7,  Wil- 
liam and  Abigail,  twins  ;  d  young.  9,  Ephraim,  d  ag  2  yrs. 
10,  Catharine,  m  Hoger  Haiiley  ;  r  in  Mass.  11,  James,  b  — 
m  Arietta  Simpson;  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  limb,  in  Virginia; 
Mar.  1849.  12  Sarah,  m  Arad  Hatch,  of  Bristol.  13,  Jane,  m 
William  Pierce  of  Mass.  14,  Charles,  b  May  1824;  m  Sarah 
Jane  Brown  ;  r  in  Charlestown,  Mass. 

Fourth  Generation. — Eben's  chil.  Willis,  b  June  17,  1849. 
Charles  Angustiis,  b  June  21,  1851. 

Leander  Clark,  son  of  James  Clark,  b  Jan.  31,  1842  ;  in 
Sarah  Emily  Perkins  Ap.  11,  1803. 

Leander's  chil.  1,  Samuel  W,  b  Dec.  4,1864.  2,  Theodore 
L,  b  May  6,  1869. 


CLIFFORD. 

Jotham  D.  b  in  ]']dg.  ;  c  to  N.  in  1841  ;  merchant ;  ni  1st  w, 
Lucinda  C  Holmes  July  13,  1840:  Lucinda  d  Dec.  9,  1855;  m 
2il  w,  Isabelle  Curtis  June  20,  1859  ;  Isabclle  d  June  0,  1865; 
m  3d  vv,  Sarah  W.  Flye  May  7,  1800  ;   Sarah   d   Feb,  25,  1867. 

Jotham  D's  chil  by  1st  w.  1,  Emma  R,  b  Feb.  26,  1852. 
2,  Lucy  n,  b  Jan.  19,  1854.  Chil  by  2d  w.  3,  Clara  Belle,  b 
July  18,  1860.     4,  Mary  H,  b  June  29,  1862.     5,  Lizzie  Jane,  b 


GENEALOGY.  369 

Mar.  14,  1805:  d  July  1,  1865.     Cliil  by  ;5(1  w.      1,   Everett,  b 
Feb.  25,  18G7. 

C  O  N  V  E  R  S  . 

Hon.  Joliii  II;  b  in  Durliam  Dee.  27,  ISOS;  jnepared  fur 
college  at  Keadtield  Seiiiinary  ;  <>ra(l.  at  Bowdoin  1^80;  studied 
law  with  K  lielelier,  Esq.,  W'insjj  &  iS'oljle,  Mieliijiaii,  and  Josiah 
JMiteliell,  Freei)ort.  Beyan  practice  in  Nob. ;  n\  Mary  A  Counce 
of  Belfast,  June  6,  ]83<);  c  to  N.  in  18,58;  was  De])Uty  Col- 
lector from  lSo3  to  1857  ;  a])i)ointed  Judue  of  Pr(jbate  Ap.  18G4, 
and  was  el  in  tbe  tollowin<r  Sept.  to  the  same  otlice. 

Hon.  John  IL's  chil.  'l,  William  H,  b  ]\lar.  7,  18;57.  2, 
Frank  II,  b  Feb.  19,  1843. 

COOK. 

David,  b  in  Easthain,  INIass.,  1772;  c  to  X.  ;  m  Betsev  (\uni» 
bell.  Mar.  4,  1813  :  sea  ra])tain";  d  Feb.  24,  1848. 

Capt.  David's  chil.  James,  b  Aj).  9,  1814;  sea  captain;  m 
1st,  Elizabeth  Kennedy,  Dec.  19,  1843:  2d,  Pamelia  D.  Melius 
of  Dam.  Mar.  o,  1857;  r  in  Buffalo,  N  Y.  ;  d  Jan.  23,  1802. 
Sarah  Jane,  b  Jan.   13,   1818;   m  Nathan    Pa.irc  Ap.   22,   1850. 

Tldrd  Generation. — Ca[)t.  James'  chil.  1,  Emma,  b  May  11, 
1845.  2,  Charles  J,  b  Sej)!.  17,  1854;  m  Carrie"  L.  Beed  of 
Wnichendon,  Mass.  3,  Henry  .M,  b  Dec.  1.  1857;  m  ^Nlary  L 
Huev,  Dec.  25,  1880;  r  in  Cambridueport,  Mass.  4,  PJlie  S,  b 
Oct.*  11,  1859.     5,   Famelia  A,  b  Oct.   1801  ;  d  July   11,  1877. 

c  ( )  ( )  p  ]•:  K . 

Leonard,  c  from  Rowley,  ^lass.  ;  settled  on  the  faiin  and 
built  the  house  afterwards  owned  by  Thomas  Kennedy. 

Leonard's  chil.  Peter,  Jedediah,  Ezekiel,  Moses,  Jesse, 
Susan,  Hannah.  Peter  m  2d  w  Widow  Woodman;  Moses  m 
Widow  Tarr  ;  Jesse  m  Hannah  Nickels. 

Third  Generation. — Jesse's  diil.  Sally,  b  A\\^^.  27,  1778; 
m  Samuel  Gray  of  Al. ;  Fanny,  b  Mar.  2,  1780;  d  youn<;. 
James  N,  b  Mar.  29,  1782;  m  Sally  Little;  r  in  Pi'ltst(.n. 
Fanny,  b  Feb.  19,  1784;  d  young.  Jesse,  b  t'eb.  8,  1785;  d 
MLied  15.  Alexander,  b  Feb.  10,  1787  ;  m  IJetsey  G  Nickels  of 
Br.  r  in  Pittston  ;  d  Mar.  11,  1838.  Leonard,  b  Sept.  10,  1789  ; 
d  youny;.  Ruth,  b  Sept.  9,  1791  ;  d  young.  Hannah  L,  b  Sejit. 
1,  1794;  m  William  Ames.  Leonard,  b  July  4,  1790;  m' Abi- 
gail Weeks  of  Jeff.  ;  d  in  M'.ntville,  Oct.  0,  1803.  Willi.im,  b 
duly  7.  1798;  m  Francis  Wilder;  r  in  Pittston.  Ciilmore,  b 
June  17,  1800;  m,  Lucia  Lewis  of  Wiiit.  ;  r  in  Searsmont  ;  d  iu 
Cal.  July  21,  1861. 


374  GENEALOGY. 

ert  Bickford  of  Dres.,  Oct.  6,  1831.  3,  Eliza,  b  Mar.  o,  1808  : 
ni  Capt.  Samuel  Wilson,  Oct.  6,  1S31  ;  r  in  Ed<^.  4,  Emily,  1> 
Nov.  17,  1810;  m  Willam  Kentiiston  ot  Booth.;  d  Jan.'28. 
1835.  .%  Richard,  b  Ap.  12,  1814;  m  Maria  l)od^re  of  Edo-.. 
Nov.  29,  1849.  6,  Nancy,  b  Aui;  23,  1815;  d  Feb.  21,  183S. 
7,  Newell  A,  b  June  16,  1*820;  m  Thirza  Goud  of  Dies.,  Jan.  6, 
1846;  r  in  Dres.  H,  Candine  Bailey,  b  Jan.  27,  1824  ;  m  Capt. 
Joshua  Blenn  of  Dres.  Dee.  27,  1842;  d  Aii<r.  16,  1858.  9, 
Cordelia  G,  b  May  22,  1825;  ni  William  Heath' of  Jett'.,  Ap.  16, 
1816. 

Fourth  Generation. — Josiah's  chil.  Ann,  b  Sept.  19,  1817. 
George  Freeman,  b  Se]>t.  25,  1819,  d  in  inf.  Charles  Atvvood,  b 
Dec.  7,  1820  ;  drowned  at  the  age  of  14;  George  Washington,  b 
Nov.  24,  1822;  m  Sarab  Linscot,  Dec.  27,  18.50,  of  JefT"  Mar- 
garet, b  P'eb.  10,  1825,  d  ag.  22.  Hebzibeth,  b  Mar.  7,  1827,  m 
James  Kidder  ;  r  in  Charlestovvn,  Mass.  Augustus  Ring,  b  May 
31,  1829  ;  m  Fraucena  B.  W.  Ch:ipin  ;  r  in  Chelsea,  Mass.  Mary 
Jane,  b  Oct.  1,  1831.  Soplironia  Abigail,  b  Feb.  25,  1834. 
Charles  Oliver,  b  Mar.  13,  1836;  m  Martha  Davidson  of  Edg. 
Ap.  16,  1863. 

Fifth  Generation. — George  W^asbington's  chil.  1,  Margaret 
A.  U  May  11,  1851.  2,  Addie  F.  b  Ap.  24,  1853.  3,  Clara  B. 
b  Oct.  20.  1855.  4,  Hiram  F,  b  May  15,  1858.  5,  Ad.lie  E;  b 
Ap.  27,  1861.     6,  George  F,  b  Jan  21,  1864. 

Hezekiah  c  from  Ipswich  ;  m  Mary  McKaffery,  1787,  who 
resi<led  in  the  family  of  James  Little  of  N. 

Hezekiah's  chil,  1,  James,  b  Jan  9,  1789;  m  Mary  Little  ;  r 
in  N.  and  Bruns.  ;  d  about  1860.  2,  Sally,  b  Nov.  16,  1791. 
3,  Alexander,  b  Ap.  18,  1792;  m  Susan  "Cargill  of  Wis.  4, 
Fanny,  b  Nov.  26,  1793;  m  Charles  Seavy.  5,  Abiaham,  b 
July  30,  1795  ;  d  ag  14.  6,  Margaret,  b  Ap  27,  1797  ;  m  Zeri 
Bailey  of  Wis.;  r  in  Bruns.  7,  Hanniih,  b  Dec.  'I'l^  1798;  m 
Charles  Seavy;  r  in  Bruns.  8,  William,  b  Ap.  1,  1801;  m 
Jane  Ridlon,  Mar.  2,  1825.  9,  Arthur,  b  Mar  28,  isu3;  m 
Sarah  Kingsbury  of  Wis.  10,  Robert;  b  Sept.  23,  1806;  ,„ 
Louisa  Fales  of  Thomaston.  11,  Mary,  b  Jan.  5,  1809;  p^ 
Rose  well  Wilson  of  Edg. 

William's  chil.  1,  trancis,  b  Jan.  3,  1827;  m  Rosanna  Cray- 
ness  of  Philadelphia;  r  in  Cal.  2,  J.ames  A,  b  June  7,  1829; 
d  in  inf.  3,  Sarah  K,  b  June  16,  1832  ;  m  Thomas  Marsden  of 
Edg.  4,  Albert  C,  b  July  16,  1834;  r  in  Cal.  5,  James,  b 
Nov.  3,  1839  ;  d  in  Sumatra,  May  2,  1857. 

Enoch  b  in  Fdg.,  Jan.  6,  1791  ;  m  Eliza  Clifford  who  was  b 
in  E.  Jan.  17,  1797,  the  21st  of  July  1813;  c  to  N.  in  1814; 
Enoch  d  Oct  9,  1853. 


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GENEALOGY.  375 

Eiiocirs  chil.  1,  Jnli;i  vVnii,  b  J.in.  2,  1815  ;  rn  Ilartlcv  G  Wil- 
liams ;  (1  July  H),  1S:)4.  2,  ClKiiles,  b  May  U,  ISIU  ;  In  Sanih 
W  Do(li,re,  ot'  Edg.,  June  10,  18;^^.     3,  Thom:is,  b  Feb.  4,  1818  ; 

d  St-pt.  6,  1818.      4,  Sulliv.in,  b  Sept.    11,  1819;   ni 

r  in  Bos.    5,  llachol,  b  Feb.  3,  1821  ;  m  Joseph  Reed  of  Bos. 

6,  Isaac,  b,  Sept.  25.  1822;  in  Arabelle  Kennedy,  Dec.  31,  1850. 

7,  Eliza  Ana,  b  Oct  14,  1824:  m  Benj.  F.  lliissell ;  r  in  Bo3. 
and  Portsnioutii.  8,  Enoch,  Jun.,  b  Dec.  6,  1826;  m  Alniiri 
Colby  ot  Liberty,  May  8.  1856.  i),  AHVeda,  b  Oct.  18,  1828:  in 
Edmund  Cheney  ;  r  in  E.  Bos.  10,  Susan,  b  Dec.  30,  1829  ;  m 
Charles  McKeuuey  of  Bos.  11,  Jane,  b  Jan.  18,  1830;  m 
Hiram  VVinthrop  of  l>os.  12,  VVinthrop  1st,  b  Oct.  16,  1831  ; 
d  Ap.  29,  1832.  13,  VVinthrop  2d,  b  Feb.  3,  1833;  in  Mary 
Liirht  of  Ed^^,  J:in  15,  1860.  14,  Spencer,  b  Sept.  7,  1834  ;  m 
Lizzie  Park  of  Dorchester,  Mass.  ;  r  in  Bos.  15,  .Joseph  1st,  b 
Oct.  28,  1836;  d  Feb.  13,  1837.  16,  Joseph  2d,  b  Nov.  20, 
1839;  d  Ap.  30,  1842. 

Third  (xenerallon. — Charles'  chil.     1,  Nellie,  b  Aii<^.  11,  1839  ; 

2,  Everd  Lacy,  b  Aug.  2,  1841  ;  in  Annie  Hildreth  of  Booth., 
Dec.  1863  ;  r  in  Bos.  3,  Fanny  A,  b  June  22,  1843  ;  r  in  Bos. 
4,  Bradford,  b  Jan.  16,  1846.  5,  Emma,  b  M:u-.  29,  1848.  G, 
Walter,  b  Jan.  30,  1851.  7,  Clara  Lillian,  b  .June  22,  1853.  8, 
Nathaniel,  b  Mar.  11,  1856.     9,  Ada,  b  Mar.  14,  1859. 

Enoch's  chil.  1,  M:infred  C,  b  Oct.  11,  1856.  2,  Norman 
O,  b  Mar.  31,  1858.     3,  Harland  11,  b  Oct.  15,  1801. 

Third  Geueration. — Winthrop's  chil.      1,  Sullivan  P,  b  Sept. 

3,  1862.  2,  Arasted  D,  b  June  23,  1864.  3,  Fre.ldv  C,  b  Aug. 
9,  1865.  4,  Herbert  F,  b  Sept.  30,  1866.  5,  Wuithrop  E,  b 
Nov.  5,  1867.  6,  Alonzo  H,  b  Ap.  29,  1869.  7,  Minnie  M,  b 
Sept.  7,  1870.  8,  Hattie  H,  b  June  14,  1872.  9,  Aliza  R,  b 
March  7,  1S74.  10,  Lottie  R,  b  Ap.  17,  1876.  11  and  12, 
Clarence  C,  and  Clarry  C,  b  Aug.  23,  1877.  13,  Emmer,  b  Sept. 
27  188J. 

Daniel,  brother  of  F^noch,  b  in  EIlc.  Nov.  25,  1793  ;  m  Eliza- 
beth Somes,  Dec.  24,  1812;  d  Mar.  24,  1862;  c  to  N  in  1817. 
Elizabeth,  b  Mar.  17,  1791. 

Daniel's  chil.  I,  Mary  b,  June  3,  1813;  m  .Tason  Light  of 
Edg.  Dec.  7,  1833.  2,  Francis,  b  June  13,1815;  m  Adeline 
Stearns,  Nov.  26,  1835.  3.  M:ilinda,  b  .Ian.  16,  1818;  m  Henry 
Page  of  Bos.  Mar.  21.  1814.  4,  Koyal,  b  Jan.  26,  1820;  in 
Lucy  Haggett,  Nov.  19,  1843.  Lucy,  d  .Mar.  22,  1852.  5, 
Daniel,  b  Mar.  16,  1822  ;  m  .M;iria  Sherman,  Nov.  23,  1845.  6, 
Elizabeth,  b  June  26,  1824;  m  Joseph  Emerson  of  Edg.  Nov. 
27,  1846,  7,  Monitio,  b  .Fan,  16,  1S26;  m  Sarah  Angeline 
Adams,  Oct.  9,   1851.     8,  Martha  S,  b  Jan.  4,  1829  ;  m  Amos 


372  GENEALOGY. 

D.  Clifford,  June  20,  1859  ;  d  June  6,  1865.  2,  Winfield  Scolt, 
SeaCipt.  I)  Feb.  4,  1S39;  in   Knunn  C,   Holmes,  June  6,  1804. 

Fourth  Generation — Capt.  Winfield  Scott's  chil.  1,  Estellc, 
b  June  9,  1865. 

Weston  A.  b  in  Jeff.  iNIay  14,  1835;  ni  Annie  E.  Enierv  ot 
Fairfield,  Dec.  26,  1861  ;  c'to  N.  in  1863. 

Weston  A.'s  chil.      Walter,  b  Feb.  1S63  :   d  in  inf. 

Stodiiard,  b  in  Br.  in  18J3  ;  ni  Priscilhi  Chapman  of  Nob.  ;  c 
to  N.  about   1826;  d  Nov.  1862. 

Stoddard's  chil.  Jerusha,  m  Jeremiah  Erskine  of  Al. ;  r  in 
A.  Sally  C,  d  Nov.  23,  1842.  Adoniram  J.  b  May  4,  1830  ;  m 
Susan  P.  Fowles  of  West.  Dec.  21,  1855.  Augustus,  m  Almira 
Donnell  of  Al.  ;  d  1863.  Amariah  K.  m  1,  Mary  Erskine  of  Al. 
Dec.  19,  1863.  She  d  Dec.  7,  1878;  m  2,  Jennie  H.  Austin, 
Jan.  12,  1881.  George  B,  d  Oct.  1863.  Sally  E,  d  Dec.  22, 
1848. 

Amariah  K.'s  chil.  1,  John  E.  b  Dec.  26;  1864.  2,  Mary 
Bell,  b  Ap.  25,  1868.     3,  Alton  K.  Nov.  7,  1878. 

Third  Generation. — Adoniram  J.'s  cliil.  Ella  Augusta,  b 
July  17,  1857.  George  Gilbert,  b  Dec.  28,  1859.  Clara  T.  b. 
Aug.  17,  1852. 

Dea.  'James  Curtis,  father  of  Stoddard,  c  from  Bris.  to  N.  in 
1847  ;  d  Oct.  1862  ag.  84. 

C  U  S  H  M  A  N  . 

Peter  L.  b  in  Brem.  Nov.  5,  1827.;  m  July  4,  1858,  Vilen- 
dia  Morton  of  Br.     Vilendia,  b  Oct.  28,  1841. 

Peter  L.'s  chil.  Jumes  P.  b.  July  22,  1859.  Mary  Jane,  b 
Aug.  2,  1863. 

DAVIS. 

Capt.  Francis,  b  in  St.  George  Aug.  29,  1796;  m  1st,  Mary 
Jane  Kelleran,  Oct.  4,  1807  ;  m  2d,  Asenath  II  Taylor,  Nov.  20, 
1841  ;  c  to  N.  in  1841  ;  d  July  9,  1848. 

Capt.  Francis'  chil.  1,  Mary  Frances,  b  Aug.  27,  1828;  m 
Capt.  Timothy  Weston  of  Brem.,  Dec.  13,  1853  ;  r  in  Brem.  2, 
Benjamin  Franklin,  b  Aug.  2,  1830;  lost  in  a  missing  ship  in 
1851,  on  a  voyage  from  Bos.  to  Cal.  3,  Maria  Louisa,  b  Sept. 
19,  1832  ;  d  young. 

DECKER. 

Larkin  II,  b  in  Wis.  Ap,  4,  1819  ;  r  in  Edg.  ;  c  to  N.  1847  ;  m 
Mary  Jane  Genthner  of  Nob.  May  10,  1847.  Member  of  21st 
Reg.  Me.  vols;  ;  d  at  New  Orleans,  June  19,  1863. 


GENE.\LOGY.  373 

Lnvkin  H's  cliil.  1,  Nancy  H,  b  Aiiir.  5,  1S4S.  2,  Williiiin 
Hnrtley,  h  A\).  10,  l8ol.  3. 'Mary  C,  hMny  80,  1854.  4,  Ara- 
belle,  b  Ap.  1859.     5,  Gertnule,  h  Dec.  12,"l8(il. 

DELANO, 

Orlando  L,  b  at  Wool.,  I)e(;.  22,  1800;  \n  Rachel  Grovcr, 
Oct.  18,  1S31.  Kachel  Grover,  b  Oct.  18,  18U9;  c  to  N.  in 
1835. 

Orlando's  cliil.     I,  Clara,  b  Nov.  4,  1839. 

DODGE. 

Col.  Paul;  c  from  T])s\vich,  Mass.  1777;  when  his  ohlcst  son 
Davul  was  1 1  years  of  age :  m  Sarah  Dodge  of  Ipswich  ;  d 
Dec.   20,   1S20. 

Col.  Paul's  chil.  1,  David,  m  1st  Phebe  Tufts;  2d,  Jane 
Huston  of  Wal. ;  3,  Abiirail  Johnston;  d  Feb.  1845.  2.  Lois, 
ni  John  Perkins;  r  in  NoI».  3,  Isaac,  m  Rachel  Pinj;.  4,  .\sa 
m  Hhoda  I^odge  ;  lost  at  sea  ab  1796.  5,  Dea.  Washingtoii,  b 
Mar.  S  1778  ;  m  Nancy  Perkins,  Dec.  13,  1802  ;  d  Sept.  2!'»,  1  S55. 

Third  (reneration. — David's  chil.  by  1st  w. — 1,  David,  Jun., 
Ill  Jernsiia  Perkins;  r  in  X.  and  Jeff.  2,  Ezekiel.  3,  Josiah,  b 
Mar.  17,  1792;  ni  Margaret  Downey.  Oct.  13,  1810;  Margaret, 
d  Fel).  II,  1^02.  4,  Hepz.bath,  in  Charles  Gray;  r  in  Jeif.  5, 
Frank,  d  young  of  consumption.  6,  George,  d  young  ot  con- 
8uini)tioii.  7,  Abigail,  d  young  of  consumption.  8,  Lucy,  d 
young  of  consumption.  9,  Lois,  d  young.  10,  Mary  Jane,  d 
young. 

David's  chil  by  2d  w.  1,  David,  d  in  inf.  2,  Lucy  m  Jason 
Dodge.     3,  Elizabeth,  m  Calvin  Dodge. 

DaviiVs  chil  by  3d  \v.  1,  David,  in  Helen  Preble.  2,  Emily 
AbiLTMil,  "1  P^'ed  Whiieliouse  ;'  r  in  E.  1)0S. 

I'/ilrd  Generation. — Isaac's  chil.  1,  Michael,  b  1704.  2, 
Hannah,  b  ab  1796.  3,  Cyrus,  b — ;  m  Rachel  Fossett  of  Br. 
4,  Sarah,  m  Col.  James  V'arnev  of  l^r.  Mills.  5,  Asa,  b  Nov.  0, 
18)2;  grad.  at  Bow.  Coll.  1827  ;  Missionary  of  A.  B.  C.  F.  M., 
at  Beyroot,  Asia  Minor;  ni  Mary  Merrill  of  Port.;  d  Jan.  28, 
1835.  6,  Racliel.  7,  William,  m  Elizabeth  Tilton  of  Br.  ;  r  in 
Bos.  8,  Hon.  Jolin  Calvin,  b  Nov.  1«10;  grad.  at  Bow.  Coll. 
1834;  lawyer;  m  Lucy  Sherman  of  Edg.  ;  r  in  Cam.,  Mass.; 
office  in  Bos. 

Asa's  chil.      1,  Almira,  m  Joshua  Webb. 

Third  Generation. — Dea.  Washington's  clul.  1,  Oliver,  b 
Feb.  7,  1804;  in  Martha  D  Wade,  of  Wool,  May  8,  lS2r.  ; 
d  Oct.   6,   1833.     2,  Mary,  b   Mar    12,   1806;  m   Capt.    Rob- 


370  GENEALOGY. 

OOTHRAN. 

James,  b  in  Edi;.  Sept.  2,  1817;  m  Caroline  Kennedy,  June 
6,  1841  ;  c  to  N.  ill  1856  ;   d  Feb.  i;^,  1861. 

James'  cliil.     Louisa,  b  .lune  6,  1842  ;   m  Charles  Donobne  of 
N.  Y.     Elbridge,  b  Oct.   3,   1843.     Woodard,  b  Dec.   19,   1844. 
Orinda,  b  Sept.  9,  1H46;  d  Feb.  11,  1848. 
CUNNINGHAM. 

John,  sen  ;  of  English  descent ;  c  to  N.  from  York  about  1733  ; 
m  Sarah  Ballantine ;  purchased  lot  No.  8,  of  James  Bowles, 
Tappan's  survey  ;  kept  a  public  house.  This  property  has  since 
been  in  family  name. 

John  Sen.'s  chil.  1,  Capt.  John  Jr.  m  Mary  Cargill  ;  d  about 
1823.  2,  Isaac,  Sea  Capt.  ;  d  at  sea  ;  r  at  Wis.  3,  Thomas,  m 
Nancy  Cargill,  May  6,  1790.  4,  Elizabeth,  d  a.  16.  5,  Capt. 
Alexander.^b  ah.  1757;  m  1st,  Mary  Payson  of  Wis.;  2d,  Mar- 
garet Murray,  Nov.  11,  1802  ;  r  at  Wis.  and  N.  ;  d  Aug.  1840, 
a.  84.  6,  Mai'garet,  m  William  Kenuedy  of  Jeff,  r  in  J.  7, 
William,  d  young.  8,  James,  d  young.  *  9,  Sarah,  m  Christo- 
pher   Woodbridge,    r   at  South  end  of  '-Woodbridge's  Neck." 

10,  Cspt.  Samuef,  b  Jan.  8,  1763  ;  m  Jane  Simpson,  Aug.  1795; 
I-  on  homestead  ;  d  Jan.  8,  1822.     Jane  d  Jan.  18,  1849. 

Third  Ge)ieration.— John  Jr.'s  chil.  John,  b  Oct.  27,  1779  ; 
d  1793.  Polly,  b  Mar.  1.  1781.  Nancy,  b  Oct.  22,  1782. 
Sarah,  b  Mar.  6,  1784.  Betsey,  b  Ap.  22,  1786.  Jane,  b  Ap. 
4;  17^9. 

Thomas'  chil.  Thomas,  Jr.  b  July  1,  1790.  Henry,  b  Oct. 
28,1793.  Sophia,  b  Ap.  4,  1789;  m  Capt.  Robt.  Lennox. 
Mary  Jane,  b  Jan.  16,  1808;  m  Thomas  Wiseman. 

Capt.  Samuel's  chil.  1,  Samuel,  Jun.  b  Aug.  7,  1796;  d  June 
6,  1821.  2,  Elizabeth,  b  Aug.  10,  1798  ;  m  Capt.  Wm.  Hopkins, 
Aug.  20,  1835.  3,  Sarah,  b  May  14,  1800  ;  m  Thomas  Emmons, 
Esq.,  of  Georgetown,  Sept.  7,  1852.  4,  William,  b.  Jan.  30,  1802  ; 
m,  Emeline  U.  Curtis,  Dec.  15,  1836  ;  Killed  descending  "J)ark 
Swamp  Hill"'  with  his  team,  Jan.  26,  1854.  5,  Seth,  b  Jan.  27, 
1804  ;  d  Oct.  28,  1807.     6,  Mary  Ann,  b  Ap.  28,  1805  ;  d  Nov. 

11,  1807.  7,  Jane,  b  Ap.  30,  1807  ;  d  ag.  22.  8,  Julia  Ann,  b 
Mar.  1,  1809  ;  m  Charles  Judkins  of  Keadtield,  Jan.  29,  1835. 
9,  John,  b.  Feb.  5,  1811  ;  m  Dec.  29,  1848,  Harriet  Heald  of 
Georgetown.  10,  Harriet,  b  July  27,  1814;  m  Nathaniel 
Austin,  Esq.  of  Dam.  Ap.  11,  1853.  11,  Willard,  b  June  10, 
1817;  ra  Elizabeth   Kelley  of  Boothbay,   Oct.   1850;  r  m   Cal. 

12,  George,  b  Ap.  29,  1820;  d  Oct.  10,  1854. 

Cupt.  Alexander's  chil.  1,  Clarrissa  P.  b  Oct.  29,  1803;  m 
John  Murray,  Feb.  28,   1824.     2,  Mary,  b   Feb.   4,   1805-  ~ 


m 


GENEALOGY.  37] 

Dnvid  M.  Cunnin.<rhani  of  Jeff. ;  r  in  White.  3.  Eineline,  h  Sept 
11,  1S06;  1-  in  Hos.  4,  Alexander.  Jr.  b  Au-r.  19,  LSO.S  •  m 
M.-M-ia  Webl.er  of  Gar.l.  ° 

Fourth  6rV??.em<^«.— Alexander's  eliil.  1,  Adeline,  1)  Aut. 
^%  IH41  ;  ni  Cluir.es  A.  Wadswortli,  r  in  Au<,uista.  2,  Diuctta 
b  July  30,  1842  ;  m  A.  P.  Gould,  r  in  Augusta.     3,   Abl.y  Ann', 

Charles,  b  Ap.  2l^  1792  ;  ni  Mary  Ilutehings  of  Edg.  Feb.  7, 
181');   r  on  the  island  ;  d  Feb.  14,  1804. 

Charles  eliil.  l,Capt.  Alexander,  b  Mar.  18,  1819;  m  Ann 
Seavy  of  Wis.  ;  r  ij)  VV.  ;  d  Sept.  29,  18()0.  2.  Robert,  b  May 
13,  1820;  lost  from  ship  Canton  when  goiuir  into  Hos.,  Feb.  12, 
1842.  3,  William,  b  Dec  9,  1823  ;  d  May  1^3,  1826.  4,  Martha', 
b  Mar.  18,  182o;  m  James  D  Abbott  of  Jkverly,  Mass.;  r  in 
B.  5,  Enoeh,  sea  eapt.,  b  Jan  7,  ]82'»;  d  June  22,  1862.  6, 
Joseph,  b  Ap.  2,  1831  ;  m  Euniee  Ellen  Sherman  Dec.  25. 
1860.  7,  Hntehings,  b  Sept.  29.  1833;  seaman  on  board  U.  S. 
Steamer  Niagara.  8,  Elijah,  b  Sept.  20,  183o;  member  of  4th 
Maine  Keg.  for  2  years  ;  honorably  discharged.  9,  iMaruaret,  b 
leb.  14,  1837  :  m  1st,  Alexander  Cainjibell  ;  2d,  William  Lynch- 
d  Mar.  18,  1862.      10,  C  harles.  b  Oct.  13,  1842  ;  d  May  8,  1.S48. 

2'hird  Gene.  atio7t.—.]vsiph'»  chil.  1,  Alexander,  b  May  13 
1862.     2,  Margaret,  b  Oct.  lo,  1863.     3,  Ann  Melia,  b  Dec.  12, 

William,  b  in  Edg.  Aug.  19,  1815;  c  to  N.  about  1842;  m 
Charlotte  Foster  of  Br.,  Mar.  hO,  1846. 

Williams  chil.  1,  Leander,  b  Aug.  20,  1847.  2,  i\;arv  Eliz- 
abeth, b  Ap.  27,  1850. 

CURTIS. 

Seth  Curtis,  Esq.  b  in  Hanover,  Mass.  Jan.  6,  1756  ;  c  to  Br 
in  Lydia  Hatch,  Feb.  16,  1795;  c  to  N.  Feb.  1795;  d  Dec' 
29,    1834.     Lydia,  d  June  23,  1866. 

Seth's  chil.  1,  Lucinda,  b  Mav  1,  1796;  m  Capt.  John 
Holmes.  2,  Seth  Jr.,  Sea  Capt;  b  Dec.  19,  1797;  m  Mary 
Dole  of  Hallowell.  Lost  at  sea  in  a  missing  vessel  which  left 
Aj^alachicola  for  N.  Y.  July  29,  1838.  3,  Joseph  Esq.  b  July 
10,  I80J;  m  Eliza  Jane  Averill,  Ap.  15,  1834.  4,  Abigail  S.  b 
Aug.  4.  1803;  m  Dr.  Ichabod  Irish  of  Wasliin<rton,''julv  30, 
1844  ;  d  Ap.  n,  1861.  5,  Reuben,  b  June  22,  180(i ;  d  (K-'t.  22, 
1806.  6,  Emeline.  b  Dec.  16,  1812;  m  William  Cuimin.diam, 
Dec.  17,  1836. 

7%ird  Ge?i€ration.— Seth,  Jun.'s  chil.  Two  chil,  twins^,  d  in 
inf 

Joseph  Esq's  chil.      1,  Isabelle,   b  Dec.   25,   1834;   m  Jothain 


376  GENEALOGY. 

Flye  of  Edg.,  Dec.  25,  1849.  9,  Eiiuice,  1)  July  20,  1S8I  ;  rri 
Epliraiin  Cushiuan  of  Taunlon,  Mar.  20,  1H52.  10,  Malvina,  b 
Mov.  7,  1834;   in  Addison  Trask  of  Kdg.,  Oct.  12,  1854. 

27urd  Generation. — Francis'  cliil.  I,  llosira  P,  b  Aui>-.  2;)  ; 
1836;  in  Albert  Trask  of  Edl,^,  June  8,  1858.  2,  Koval  I.,  b 
Feb.  14,  1837.  3,  Julilta  B,  b  Nov.  14,  1839.  4,  Mary  K,  b 
Oct.  29,  1841  ;  m  Ednmiid  Brii>hani  of  ]>os.,  formerly  of  Tein 
pleton,  Jan.  10,  1863.  .Alartlia  A,  b  J>ept.  5,  1864.  5,  Lucinda 
W,  b  Nov.  17,  1843  ;  m  Dunbar  IX  Averill  of  Cal..  forinerlv  of 
N.  Sept.  1,  1861.  Their  son  Charles  F,  b  June  20,  1862^  d 
Mar.  3,  1865.  6,  Nancy  G,b  Oct.  6,  1845.  7,  Bertha  A,  b  Mar. 
8,  1848;  d  Jan.  26,  1850.  8,  Frank  F,  b  Mar.  22,  1851.  9, 
Sanborn  W,  b  May  16,  1853. 

Third  Generation. — Horatio's  cliil.  1,  Jonathan,  b  Feb.  12, 
1853.  2,  Ftnina  C,  b  Feb.  17,  1855.  3,  Daniel  O,  b  Feb.  17, 
1857  ;  d  Oct.  16,  1858.  4,  Orrin,  b  Sept.  39,  1859  ;  d  Sept.  29, 
1861.     5,  Dora  M.  b  Jan.  9,  1852.     6,  Irvin,  b  May  3,   1865. 

Jason,  b  in  Edo-.  Sept.  16,  1810;  c  to  N.  184 J;  m  Lucy 
Dodge,  Oct.  6,  1840. 

Ja^son's  chil.  1,  P:verett  N.  b  Jan.  6,  1847.  2,  Arvilla  W.  b 
Ap.  13,  1854.     3,  Mary  E.  b  Nov.  7,  1856. 

Calvin,  b  in  Edo-.  Mar.  16,  1825;  c  to  N.  ab.  1841  ;  ni  Eliza- 
beth Dodge,  Nov."  1849. 

Calvin's  chil.  1,  Ellen  Frances,  b  June  16,  1851.  2,  Howard 
A.  b  Aug.  9,  1853.  3,  Herbert  Huston,  b  Feb.  27,  1856.  4, 
Frank  VVilder,  b  Aug.  19,  1859. 

Ebenezer,  brother  to  Jason  and  Calvin,  bin  Edg.  Dec.  23,  1829  ; 
c  to  N.  in  1848  ;  m  Eineline  T.  Averill  of  Al.^Mav  13,  1852  ; 
Emeline  T,  b  Oct.  29,  1836. 

Ebenezer's  chil.  Alphratta,  b  June  2,  1854.  Willard,  b 
Sept.  2,  1856.  Ferdinand  b  Aug.  24,  1858.  Henry  P.  b  Feb. 
24,  1860.     OiTin,  b  Mar.  24.  186L      Woodbury,  b  Mar.  23,  1863. 

Luther  Webb,  b  Mar.  3,  1818,  in  Edg.  in  EHzabeth  Haggett  of 
Edg.  Feb.  17,  1845  ;  c  to  N.  1857. 

Luther  W.'s  chil.  1,  Lincoln  IL  b  iNIay  14,  1846.  2,  George 
Everard,  b  Mar.  10,  1849.     3,  Edwin  Luther,  b  Ap.  3,  1852. 

D  O  N  N  J<:  ].  L  . 

Kingsbury,  b  in  liath  Feb.  18,  1795  ;  c  to  N.  1819  ;  in  Nancy 
Chase,"Scpt.  24;   1822. 

Kingsbury's  chil.  1,  William  C.  b  Feb.  26,  1S25;  Teacher; 
r  in  Cal.  2,  Mary  Ann,  b  Nov.  3,  1829  ;  ni  Dwight  Hailey, 
July  3,  1856;  r  in  Port.     3,  Emeline  G.  b  May  3,  1833. 


GENEALOGY.  377 

DUNBAR. 

Solomon  m  Priscilla  Gliddeii. 

Solomon's  chil.  1,  Susannah,  b  Feb.  28,  1774.  2,  Polly,  b 
Sept.  20,  1778.  3,  Anne,  b  Jan.  25,  1781.  4,  Nancy  m  Daniel 
Seiders. 

Edward  W,  b  in  Nob.,  Ap.  IG,  1820  ;  in  Luciiula  P.  liurnham, 
of  Edir.,  Nov.  4,  18o2;  0  to  N.  in  18G;5. 

Edward  W.'s  chil.  1,  Edward  Everell,  b  Jan.  13,  18.j4.  2, 
Lizzie  L,  b  Nov.  24,  18.5o.  3,  Kendall  M,  b  Sept.  18,  18o7.  4, 
Willie  B,  b  Feb.  25,  1860.  5,  Herbert  A,  b  Mar.  22,  1862.  6, 
Hiittie,  b  Sept.  7,  1864. 

K  L  r.  I  O  T  . 

Andrew,  b  in  New  Sharon,  N.  II.  .Tune  29,  1776;  in  Sarah 
Melvin  ot  Westford,  Mass.   Jan.  3,  1801  ;  c  to  N.  Ap.  1,  1805. 

Andrew's  chil.  1,  John,  Con<j^.  minister,  b  at  Westford,  Oct. 
5,  1801  ;  fitted  for  Coll.  at  N.  Academy;  studied  Tiieolotry  with 
Rev.  Dr.  Heman  of  Troy,  N.  York;  m  1st,  Mary  Ward  of  N. 
York  ;  2d,  Wi<low  Arabella  Newell  of  Auburn,  Me.  Preaclied 
at  different  places  in  N.  Y.  and  Maine.  2,  Sail  v.  b  Julv  5, 
1804,  at  Wis.  ;  m  Calvin  Perkins  July  18,  1830  ;  V  in  Edjr'.  3, 
George  W,  b  Dec.  7,  1807  ;  r  in  Indiana.  4,  Andrew,  seacapt; 
1)  Ap.  12,  1810;  m  Jerusha  Ilussey,  Mar.  23,  1835.  5,  Asa,  b 
Ap.  19,  1813  ;  d  Mar.  29,  1819.  6,  Charles,  b  Sept.  11,  1815  ; 
grad.  at  Bow.  Coll.  1842;  d  Nov.  28,  1S43.  7,  Harriet  N,  b 
Nov.  22,  1818.  8,  William,  b  Ap.  15,  1820;  m  Mary  Bourni- 
man  of  Wal.  ;  d  in  Cal.  9,  Mary  M,  b  Dec.  14,  1823  ;  m  Charles 
Andrews,  1849;  r  in  Michigan.  10,  Alfred  \V^,  b  Mar.  12, 
1828  ;  m  Adeline  Taylor  Sept.  14,  1853. 

EMERSON. 

David,  b  May  14,1777;  c  from  New  Hampshire;  m  Jane 
Jackson  of  Wis.  ;  c  to  N.  in  1834.     Jane  b  May  9,  1793. 

David  chil.  1,  Mary,  d  in  inf.  2,  Mary  2d,  b  1830  ;d  1859. 
3,  David,  Jun.,  b  Dec' 11,  1833;  m  Juli'a  Matthews  of  Booth. 
May  7,  1857;  member  of  21  Keg.  Me.  Vols. 

Third  Generation. — David  .'r.'s  chil.  1,  W  illiam  Henry,  b 
Aug,  1,  1860.  2,  Mary  Emma,  b  July  1,  1862.  3,  Laura  B'elle, 
b  Feb.  6,  1864. 

K  R  S  K  I  N  JC  . 

James,  b  in  Al.  1773  ;  c  to  N.  when  an  infant  an<l  was 
brought  up  in  the  family  of  Ezekiel  Laiten  ;  m  Susan  Wood- 


378  GENEALOGY. 

bridge  ab  ISOO  ;  Trader  and  the  builder  of  80  or  40  sail  of  ves- 
sels ;  d  Sept.  10,  1845. 

James  cliil.  1,  James  Jun.,  b  Aug  31,  1803;  in  1st,  Mary 
Tomliiison,  1834;  2d,  Mary  Jane  Waters.  2,  Hartley,  b  Sept. 
20,  180(5;  m  Susan  P  Baker  June  17,  1834;  Capt.  of  Militia. 
3,  Susan,  b  Sept.  9,  1808;  m  1st,  Elbridge  G.  Baker,  Feb.  1834; 
2d  William  Tukey,  Aug.  17,  1845. 

IViird  Generation. — James  Jun.'s  cbil.  1,  Elbridge  B,  b 
Mar.  20,  1835  ;  d  ab  1858.     2,  Mary  E,  b  ab   1838;  r'in  Mass. 

3,  Hannali  Augusta,  b  ab  1843  ;  r  in  Mass. 

Hartley's  clnl.  1, '  Albert,  b  Oet.  5,  1835  ;  d  June  25,  1839. 
2,  Daniel  B.  b  July  19,  1837;  m  Emma  Jane  McLane  of  Al. 
Nov.  15,  1864.  3,  Albert,  b  Oct.  3,  1841  ;  killed  with  a  horse 
rake,  July  11,  1850.  4;  Abby  Frances,  b  Feb.  3,  1843.  6,  Mary 
Atwood,  b  Dec.  1,  1845.     7,"  Charles    Wesley,  b  July   11,  1S52. 

FARLEY.   -^    .^     - 

Major  John,  son  of  Gen.  Michael,  b  in  Ipswich,  IMass.,  Oct. 
I,  174G  ;  m  Sarah  Dennis  of  Ijjswich  ab  1769  ;  Sarah  b  Sept.  24, 
1849;  c  to  N.  probably  in  1773;  d  Oct.  20,  1812.  Sarah,  d 
Oct.  1,  1828. 

Major  John's  chil.  1,  John  Jr.,  b  at  Ipswich  Oct.  7,  1770  ;  d 
Oct.  31,  1828.  2,  Joseph,  b  at  Ipswich,  July  3,  1772;  m  1st, 
Sally  Jewett,  dau.  of  Jedidiah  Jewett  of  Pittston,  1798.  Sally 
d  June  25,  1804  ;  m  2d,  Betsey  Thomas  of  Wald.  in  1806  ;  re- 
moved to  Wald.  in  1803,  having  been  appointed  Collector  of  the 
Customs  for  that  District,  by  Pres.  Jefferson  ;  d  July  25,  1816. 
He  was  a  man  of  decided  ability.  3,  Elizabeth,  b  at  N.  July  7, 
1774;  m  Barzillai  Gannett  of  Gard.  in  1797  ;  d  Sept.  18,  1845. 

4,  Ebenezer.  b  Jan.  14,  1777  ;  m  Mary  Wilder  of  New  Brain- 
tree,  Mass.  Sept.  17,  1816;  d  Ap.  27,  1865.  Mary  Wilder,  b 
at  Brookfield,  Mass.,  Oct.  5.  1787  ;  d  Oct.  26,  1864.  5,  Sally,  b 
Feb.  1,  1779;  m  William  Hale  of  Exeter.  N.  H.,  1800;  d  Oct. 
8. 1813.  6,  Susan,  b  Feb.  13,  1781  ;  d  July  13,  1810.  7,  Martha, 
bAp.  19,  1783;  m  Robert  Brookhouse  of  Salem,  Mass.  1806; 
d  Aug.  1817.  8,  Lydia,  b  Mar.  26,  1785  ;  d  Oct.  11,  1807.  9, 
Eunice,  b  Feb.  15,  1787;  m  Rev.  David  Thurston  of  Winthrop 
in  1808  ;  d  Ap.  1809.  10,  Lucy  A.  b  Jan.  2,  1789  :  d  May  26, 
1866.  11,  Clarissa,  b  May  24,  1793;  d  Dec.  20,  1811.  12, 
Mary  D.,  b  Ap.  19,  1795;  m  Thomas  Little  ot  Nob.  1825;  d 
May  14,  1837. 

Third  Generation — Ebenezer's  children.  1.  Hon.  Ephraim 
Wilder,  b  Aug.  29,  1817.  Member  of  State  Senate  1856;  of 
33d  Congress;  Grad.  at  Bow.  Coll.  1836;  d  Ap.  1880.  2, 
Martha  Brookhouse,  b  Dec.  20,  1818  ;  d  Jan.  2,  1830.     3,  Sally, 


GENEALOGY.  379 

b  Sept.  27,  1H20;  ;  in  Charles  Coo])er  ot  l>ati.  An<;.  IS,  1S47  ;  v 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  4,  Frederick,  b  Ap.  4,  1824;  <l  Oct.  31, 
18n.  o,  Capt.  Charles,  b  Feb.  24th,  lH2i),  was  master  of  ship 
VV^ni.  Sin<j;er  of  Thoniaston.  He  sailed  from  Hull,  Eiiirlaiid,  for 
New  York,  Saturday,  Nov.  7th,  18G3,  and  the  last  intellii^ence  of 
him  was,  Nov.  IGth,  1863,  when  he  was  reported  as  spoken  with 
in  Lat.  49.10  Long.  ').  The  ship  was  loaded  witii  coal  and 
iin(h)ubtedly  foundered  in  one  of  the  terrific  westerly  g.iles,  which 
prevailed  in  Nov.  and  Dec.  1S(J3  and  Jan.  18(14.  (J,  Mary,  b  Oct. 
11,  1830;  ni  Ileiny  Ingalls,  Esq.,  lawyer  ot  Wis.  Dec.  17,  lSo5. 

FA  UN  H  A.M  . 

Capt.  Alexander,  b  in  Cooth.  .May  7,  1805  ;  ni  Eunice  Taylor 
Sept  18,  182ft.     Eunice,  b  Aug.  30,  180G  ;  c  to  N.  in  1828. 

Ca])t.  Alexander's  chil.  Marv  T,  b  .June  21,  182!).  Alexan- 
der, .Tun.,  b  Ap.  17,  1831  ;  m  liattie  M  Webb,  Dec.  20,  1860. 
Elizabeth  T,  b  Ap.  3,  1834;  d  Ap.  21,  1834.  Sarah  E,  b  May 
25,  1836;  d  .Tan.  22,  1851.  Eunice,  b  Mar.  24,  1838.  Laura, 
b  .Ian,  21,  1841.  Ephraim  T,  b  .June  14,  1843  ;  d  Sept.  5,  1861. 
Frederick,  b  July  lo,  1846;  d  Mar.  10,  1847. 

Third  Generation. — Alexander,  Jun.'s  chil.  Jennie,  b  Mar. 
20,  1864. 

F  T  T  Z  P  A  T  R  I  C  K . 

James,  b  in  the  county  of  Cavven,  L,  Mar.  16.  1800  ;  c  to  N. 
in  1819;  natin-alized  Sept.  22,  1840;  m  Statira  Waters,  July 
13,  1821. 

James'  chil.  1,  Catharine,  b  Feb.  22,  1822;  m  William 
Somes  of  Ed;r.  2,  Statira,  b  Ap.  10,  1823;  m  Joshua  N. 
lioyden  of  Mass.  3,  Nathaniel,  b  Feb.  24,  lS2o  ;  d  Aug.  10, 
1854.  4,  Julia  Ami  b  June  12,  1827  ;  d  Mar.  24,  1849.  .^ 
Aaron,  b  July  6,  1830;  d  July  19,  1858.  6,  John,  b  Ap.  4, 
1833;  in  Helen  Turner,  Jan.  1,  1861,  r  in  liath.  7,  Mary,  b 
Jan.  7,  1835,  r  in  Feltonville,  Mass.  8,  Hannah,  b  Aug. '27, 
1838:  r  in  Feltonville,  Mass.  9,  William,  b  Feb.  27,  1841  .-  r 
in  Stoneham,  Mass. 

F  L  A  G  G  . 

William,  b  in  Grand  Menan,  N.  liruns,  Feb.  29,  1812; 
m  1,  Matilda  C  lAjster  of  Grand  Menan,  1^'eb.  12,  1837;  2,  Lois 
K  Collier  of  Washington,  Me.,  Dec  5,  1847  ;  c  to  N.  in  1851  : 
d  Oct.  16,  1853.     Lois  E,  b  Fel).  18,  1824. 

William's  chil.  by  1st  w.  Capt.  Smith  E,  b  May  19,  1838; 
in  the  China  Trade.     Capt.  Asa  P>,  b  Ap.  6,  1840;    in  the  China 


380  GENEALOGY. 

trade.  Elliot  S.  b  Oct.  16,  1841  ;  d  A\\^.  27,  1846  ;  by  2d  w, 
Westmaii,  b  Aug.  22,  1848.  Artaxerxes,  b  July  27,1849;  d 
Sept.  18,  1850.  ^William,  Jr.,  b  Jau.  29,  1852.  Lizzie,  b  Dec. 
4,  1853. 

F  L  Y  E . 

Daniel,  b  in  Edg.  Ap.  27,  1790;  m  Iluldab  I^arker,  Nov.  16, 
1813  ;  d  Dec.  2,  1862.     Huldab,  b  June  16,  1793. 

Daniel's  chil.  William,  b  Oct.  25,  1814  ;  m  M;uy  E.  Perkins 
of  Topsham,  Grad.  at  Bow.  Col.  Professor  of  Mathematics  for 
many  years  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  ;  was  Slupmaster  in  the  Mer- 
chant service  and  at  the  opening  of  the  Rebellion  was  commis- 
sioned as  Lieut,  in  the  Navy  with  a  command,  Ap,  1865,  in 
Admiral  Lee's  Mississippi  squadron. 

P2dwin,  b  Mar.  4,  1817  ;  m  IJoxanna  Hitchcock  ot  Dam. 
Dec.  3,  1844.  Hoxanna,  b  Nov.  8,  1S23.  Was  in  the  Legis- 
lature in  1858.  Of  the  firm  of  Wm.  Hitchcock  and  Co ;  was 
commissioned  Paymaster  in  the  U.  S.  Army  with  the  rank  of 
Major.  Henrietta,  b  July  8,  1819  ;  m  Martin  F  Hilton  of  Dam. 
V  in  Ashland,  Ky. 

Edwin's  chil.  Alfred  Edwin,  b  May  20, 1 846  ;  d  Feb.  1 2,  1850. 
Alice  Emma,  b  Jan.  6,  1851  ;  d  Oct.  30,  1852.  Nellie  May,  b 
Ap.   16,  1856.     Addie  Nickerson,  b  Jan.  13,  1860. 

FOLLANSBEE. 

James,  b  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  July  10,  1773  ;  c  to  N  in  1794  ; 
mechanic;  m  Sally  Hooper  Woodbridge  180,1  ;  d  Ap.  1,  1850. 

James'  chil;  1,  Elizabeth,  b  Jan.  6,  1805  ;  m  Cyrus  Rundlett 
of  Al.  2,  William,  b  Aug.  21,  1810;  m  Harriett  E  Harlev, 
P'eb.  5,  1839. 

Third  Generation — William's  chil.  1,  Harriett  Ann,  b  Sept. 
24,  1841.  2,  Roscoe,  b  Mar.  21,  1843.  3,  Kosie  H,  b  Jan.  1, 
1845.  4,  Matthew  H,  b  Jan  'l^S,  1849.  5,  William  Marshall,  b 
June  26,  1850. 

FREEMAN. 

Antony  G,  b  in  Bowdoinham,  Mar.  25,  1788;  m  Rachel  Lee 
of  Bruns.  Dec.   16,  1813.     Rachel,  b  Ap.  4,  1788  ;  c  to  N  1834 

Antony's  chil.  1,  Julia  Ann,  b  June  7,  1816;  m  Charles 
Miller;  r  in  Bris.  2,  Emma  Jane,  b  Ap.  4,  1818;  m  Sanniel 
Ruby  of  Durham.  3,  Sanford  W.  b  Aug.  5,  1820;  m  Mary 
Elizabeth  Carjtenter,  July  29,  1856.  4,  Jeflfei'son,  b  Aug.  5, 
1822;  d  at  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.  Nov.  1845.  5,  Edward  M.  b 
Sept.  10,  1826;  d  Jan.  20,  1835. 


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GENEALOGY.  381 

Third  Generation. — Saiilnvd's  cliil.  1,  Kmina  ,T:iiio,  b  Oct. 
o,  IHoG;  (1  ^\ug.  o,  ]8')8.  2,  Eiiieliiu'  Augusta,  1)  Ap.  5,  I8G0. 
a,  rhileiia  Auu,  b  Oct.  2o,  1SG4. 

Ik'iiiy,    b   in    Jiowdoinliam,    Feb.    1797;  in   IMiillis    Stewart. 

GENTlIXEJi. 

Isnae,  b  in  Nob.  Auo^.  15,  1823  ;  c  to  N.  in  18.50 ;  in  Harriet  D. 
Flye  of  Dam.  Aug.  30,  1854.     Harriet  D.  b  July  11,  18;53. 

Isaac's  chil.  Kufus  Flye,  b  Jau.  27,  1850.  Ella,  b  Ap.  1, 
1858.     Frank  Isaac,  b  Ap.  26,  1804. 

GIVEN. 

Formerly  Gibbou  ;  of  Scotch  descent ;  David  c  from  tbe  north 
of  I.  with  his  wife  to  N.  about  1734;  purchased  lot  No.  6  of 
Christopher  Tajiytan  ;  wife's  christian  name  was  Elizabeth  ;  house 
stood  where  Ivobert  Keimedy's  garden  now  is.  Family  Records 
burnt  with  house.     Genealogy  imperfect. 

David's  descendants,  David  Jr.  1,  John,  m  Elizabeth  Simp- 
sou,  1778.  2,  Campbell.  3,  Hannah,  m  James  Clark  of  I>r. 
1785.  4,  Jane,  m  Joseph  Donald,  Dec.  13,  1790.  5,  Samuel, 
ni  Betsey  Simpson,  1794.  G,  John,  m  Agnes  Perkins,  1795.  7, 
Elizabeth,  m  David  Kennedv.  8,  David  3d,  b  Sept.  4,  1779  ;  ra 
Mary  .Marsoii  of  Whit.  Dec.'l,  1803  ;  d  18G3.  Mary  d  1848.  9, 
John,  d  ag.  18.  10,  Sarah,  m  Capt.  C-harles  Packard.  11, 
Caleb  Bryant,  b  in  Plymouth,  Mass.  in  17G8;  d  1807  ;  m  Eliza- 
beth Barnes  in  1795.  E.  b  1775.  Daughter  P^lizabeth  m  — 
Given. 

Fourth  Generation. — David  3d's  chil.  1,  John  S.  b  Aug.  19, 
1804  ;  m  Elizabeth  Bryant  of  Paris,  Me.,  June  10,  180G  ;  r^in  S. 
I^os.  and  Gard  ;  d  Ap.  6,  1864.  2,  Abigail,  b  Dec.  29,  1800  :  m 
Joel  Tapley ;  r  in  Gard.  3,  Mary  Jane,  b  Ap.  17,  1811;  m 
Capt.  Edwin  A.  Boynton  of  Al.  Mar.  29,  1843;  r  in  Al.  and 
Rath,  4,  Joseph  Marson,  b  Dec.  3,  1814;  m  Lucinda  Kimball 
of  Hanover,  N.  II.  5,  Samuel  K.  b  June  25,  1818;  in  Harriet 
Turner  Chase,  Ap.  14,  1852. 

Fifth  Generation. — John  S.'s  chil.  1,  Mary  Yj.  b  in  Port. 
June  20,  1829;  m  Charles  VV.  P'reeman  of  Port.  2,  3Iarlha  A. 
b  in  Port.  Feb.  11,  1831  ;  m  Henry  S  WakeHold  of  (Tard.  h.ad 
two  chil.  1,  Anna,  2,  Horace.  3,  George  T.  b  in  Bos.  July  9, 
1833;  d  Dec.  21,  1845  in  (iard.  4,  Sarah  B.  b  in  Bos.  Sept.  G, 
1835;  d  in  (Tard.  May  21.  1.S50.  5,  Laura  F.  b  in  Bos.  May  18, 
1837;  m  William  Little  of  Bos.  who  d  in  1858.  6,  Harriet  A. 
b  in  Gard.  Dec.  19,  1840;  d  Oct.  22,  1857.  7,  Delia,  b  in  Gard. 
Nov.  29,  1842.  8,  Ella  L.  b  in  Gard.  Aj).  14,  1845 ;  d  Nov.  8, 
1849.     9,  Sehvin,  b  in  Gard.  May  5,  1847  ;  d  Aug.  8,  1848. 


38*2  GENEALOGY, 

Cliil.  of  Edwin  A.  :ind  Mary  Boyntoii.      1,  Addie   H.   b  in  AL 
May  12,  1844.     2,  iNlary  G.  b  in  Al.   Nov.   29,    184o.     3,    Isa 
dore  II.  b  in  Al.  Sept.  29,  1847.     4,  Oscar  E.  b  in  Al.    June  13.. 
I80O.     5,  Willis  O,  b  in  Bath,  May  19,  18,54. 

Samuel  K.'s  chil.  1,  Alice  Mary,  b  Ap.  20,  I8r)4.  2,  Harriet 
Ruth,  b  Nov.  26,  1855;  d  in  Tlumuiston,.  Jmie  25,  1871.  3. 
Grace  Greenwood,  b  May  14,  1857, 

James,  cousin  of  David  Sen.;,  c  from  C"ou;.ty  of  Coleraiue,  1.  i 
took  up  a  tract  of  land  of  IGJ  acres  on  Dam.  river,  wlu-re  C'apt. 
Henry  l>ittle  atterwavds  r. 

James'  descendants.     Jessie,   thivd    child;    m.  Ilanuah   Clark.. 
Mary  m  Jacob  Seiders  of    Br.     Jane   m  John   Donnell   of    lU: 
Eben  ni  Hannah  Spronl  of  I>r.      Samuel.     James  Jr. 
,    Jesse's  chiL      Isenjamin   b  Oct.   25;   m   Mnrv    Ann  Hnsscv  of 
Jeff.  Jan.  28,  1835.  ' 

Benjamlirs  chil.  ilaunali  E,  b  Sept.  1,  1836;  m  John 
McDuffee  of  Cumbridgcporty  Mass.,  Sv[>t.  1,  18!i0,  Mary  A,  U 
Sept.  11,  1838.  Clara\l,  b  July  25,  1840;  m  Capt.  Jaines  II. 
Rice  of  Brighton,  JMivss.  Margaret  Ella,  b  Nov.  3,  1811;  m 
Charles  Fuller  of  Kingston^  Mass.  Roxy  C,  b  Ap.  7,  1844.  A 
son  b  Oct,  28,  1847;  d  in  inf.  Benjamin  VV,  b  Aug.  5,  1850. 
Ida,  b  Feb.  25,  1852  ;  d  Nov.  1852. 

( J  I>  I  D  I>  E  N  , 

Joseph,  brcHher  of  Tobias  and  Zebirloii  was  h  Dec,  13,  1722  : 
&(  English  descent;  c  from  N.  II,  to  N.  in  1750;  in  Anna 
Woodman  May  17,  1747.  Anna  b  Feb,  9,  1724  ;.  d  May  1,  1801, 
Joseph  was  n)  to  his  second  wife  wiien  82  yi's.  of  a:^e  and  d  when 
u]) wards  of  95.  He  was  a  very  pious  man  and  a  worthy  and 
useful  citizen. 

Joseph's  chil.  1,  Mary^  b  June  '22,  1748;  d  Sei)t,  26,  1748, 
2,  Priscilla,  b  Aug.  19,  1749;  m  Solomon  Dunbar,  3d,  Susan- 
nahy  b  Nov,  29,  1751;  m  David  Dei>nis,  Esq.;  r  in  Nob.;  d 
Aug.  19,  1777.  4,  John,  b  Jan.  10,  Ho'l;  lost  at  sea  D>m.  6, 
1778.  5,  Nathaniel,  b  Feb.  2Sj  1756;  d  in  inf.  G,  Joseph 
Jun.  b  Dec.  29,  1757;  occupied  the  lioniestead  on  Glidden's 
Neck;  m  Mary  Waters;  d  May  1816.  Mary,  relict  of  Joseph, 
d  Sept.  26,  1829.  A  most  worthy  and  valiud>le  woman.  7, 
Faul,  b  May  24,  1760;  d  in  ii>f.  8,  VV\)odmau,  b  July  13, 
17(i2:  d  Ap.  5,  1765.  9,  Anna,  b  Nov.  16,  1764;  d  Oct.  12, 
1792.      10,  Bhoda,  b  Sept.  29,  1767;  d  Nov.  19,  1767. 

Third  Generation. — Joseph  Jr.'s  chil.  1,  Susan,  b  oMar.  16y 
1782  ;  m  Timothy  Cotter ;  r  in  Nob.  ;  d  ag  59.  Timothy  d  ag  58. 
2,  Nancy,  b  Oct.  9,  1783  ;  m  Capt.  John  Borland  ;  d  Mar.  22,  1864. 
Capt.  John,  d  ag  82,     3,   Col.  John,  b  Mar.  24,  1785;  m  Mary  I- 


•GENEALOGY.  383 

Lovett  of  St.  George,  Jnn.  27,  1H1;5  :  d  Feb.  10,  l.Sni.  M.ny. 
d  July  IH.SO  nix  "3  yis.  lie  \v:iy  ;i  vnluahlc  citizen,  <ui  oiniiK'nt  ship- 
biiilder  and  :ni  tMiftM|)iisinij  in;in.  The  pliicc  is  iridehtcd  lor  iniifh 
oi"  its  ])V()S))fiity  aiul  iiiowth  to  Iiis  activity  and  hiisincss  talent. 
4,  ("apt.  SaniiU'l,  1)  ()<'t.  17,  17>!r);  ni  Catharine  Cottrill  Sept.  4, 
1817.  He  was  Xhf  last  of  the  name  who  ownod  and  inhabi- 
ted the  old  homestead  which  he  sold  a  i'ew  years  before  his 
death  to  Mr.  Metcalf.  He  d  ay  82.  Catliarine,  d  Dec.  1,  1S72. 
.5,  Mary,  b  .Ian.  9,  1789;  m  Benj.  Barstow ;  r  in  Nob.;  d  ag 
59.  Benjamin  d  ag-  72  yrs  and  8  mos.  6,  Jane,  b  May  17, 
17!)0;  m  (^ajil.  Simon  llandly;  d  Mar.  28,  1874.  Sim(  n,  d 
JNIar.  6,  1873,  aj?  87  yrs  8  mos.  7,  Jostph,  b  .luiic  3,  17U1  ;  rn 
1st  Emily  Harrin<rton  of  Kob.  ;  2d,  JVIaiv  O.  Taylor,  Nov.  28, 
1830;  d'Nov.  27,  1800.  8,  Priscilla.  b  Oct.  31,  1793;  m  Capt,. 
.lames  TJobinson  ;  d  ag  50.  Capt.  Jaincp,  d  ag  91  yrs,  4  mos. 
9,  b  Sally,  July  28,  1795  ;  m  Natli  1  Bryant  ;  d  A],.  17,  1881.  Mr. 
Bryant  died  in  1865.  10,  Hannah,  b  Feb.  15,  1797;  in  Josi;ih 
Myrick:  d  18fi9.  Josiah,  d  ag  52.  11,  Abig;iil,  b  Oct.  15. 
1798;  m  1st  Capt.  Wni.  Melchcr,  2d  Anunstiis  F.  Lash,  Pre- 
ceptor of  Lincoln  Academy  ;  d  July  23,  1880.  \Vm.  iMelcher, 
d  ag  34.  12,  Caroline,  b  June  l(i,  18l)0  ;  m  Benjamin  Wade; 
r  in  Ban.  and  Cal.  ;  d  in  1860.     Benj.  d  ag  75. 

Fourth  Gentration. — Col.  Johns  chil.  1,  Albert,  b  Jan.  5. 
1814;  m  Anna  M.Borland.  2,  Samuel  G,  b  Jan.  5,  1816;  mer- 
chant in  N.  Y.  ;  m  INIartha  Fisher  in  1849.  3,  Catharine  C,  b 
Feb.  27,  1818;  m  Capt.  William  T.  Glidden  of  the  firm  of 
Glidden  <fe  Williams,  in  1840;  r  in  Bos.  4,  Jane  H,  b  Ap.  17, 
1820;  m  Alphens  T.  Palmer  of  Brewer.  5,  John  A,  b  Mar.  17, 
1823;  m  Emma  M  Cn.ark  of  N.  ().  in  1847;  r  in  Bos.,  of  the 
tirm  of  Glidden  &  Williams.  6,  .Mary  A,  b  Sept.  IS,  1825;  m 
Lieut.  John  Moonev  of  U.  S.  Nayy  :  r  in  Bos.  7,  ^Matthew  C. 
b  May  «,  1828;  d  Mar  25,  1X30.  8,  Clara  F,  b  Mar.  25,  1831  ; 
m  T  II  Belcher;  r  in  Philadelphia.  9,  Caroline  A,  b  Dec.  27, 
1833;  ni  Cajjt.  Edward  K  JMooney;  r  in  Bos.  I.,ost  at  sea.  10, 
Charles  LI,  b  Oct,  8,  1837  ;  m  Mary  Turner  of  Dedham,  Mass.  : 
r  in  Bos.  and  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Capt.  Samuel's  chil.  Samuel,  b  Aug.  20,  1832.  Lost  at  sea 
on  a  voyage  to  Cal.  near  Cape  Horn,  ag  21. 

Joseph  3d's  chil.  by  1st  w.  Adeline,  b  Jan.  5,  1818;  d  Ap.  24, 
1818.  1,  Emily  H.  b  Ap.  19,  1819  ;  m  1st  Israel  Kerney  of  .left', 
in  1836;  2d,  (George  B.  Leighton  of  Alfred,  Me.;  resides  in  Nor- 
folk, V'a.  2,  Joseph  S.  b  Aug.  16,  1820;  m  Caroline  McCobb 
of  Bath  ;  d  at  sea,  5  days  out  from  N.  Orleans.  3,  Edward  A. 
b  Mar.  13,  1822;  m  Elfzabeth  Borland  of  Nob:  r  in  Portland. 
4,  Priscilla  (\.  b  Mar.  31,  1824;  m  Capt.  Artluir  Child  of 
Franktort,  Me.;  d  in  N.  Orleans,   Ap.   1842.     5,  Elizabeth  II.  b 


384  GENEALOGY. 

Nov.  27,  1825;  m  Capt.  David  Hyan  of  Wool.;  d  In  N. 
Orleans,  Nov.  1,  l.S-i4.  G,  IMary  M.  b  A]).  12,  1S28  ;  m  William 
F.  Joy  of  IJos.  :  r  in  15.  7,  William  P.  II.,  b  Aus;.  7.  18;5U;  r 
in  Ck'veland,  O.  ;  ni  Jennie  !Iu<xlies  of  Ib'ooklyn,  N.  Y.  8, 
Francis  II.  b  May  24,  1882;  ni  Winnie  K.  Waters;  r  in  Cleve 
land,  O.     9,  Nettie,  b  Sept.   18,  1834  ;  m    William  D.   Webb. 

Joseph  chil.  by  2d  w.  1,  Catliarine  A.  b  Ap.  11,  1841  ;  ni 
William  P.  Porter  of  Georgetown,  S.  (\,  Sept.  26,  18G0  ;  r  in  G 
2,  PrisciUa  C.  b  Sept.  17,"l843.  3,  James  P.  b  May  16,  1846  ; 
r  in  Bos. 

Fifth  Generation — Cliil.  of  Jane  11.,  and  Alpheus  T.  Palmer. 

1,  Kate  G.  m  Douglass  Campbell,   Esq,   of  Nova  Scotia  and  r 
there.     2,  Caleb.     3,  John  G. 

Chil.  of  John  A  and  Emma  his  wife.  1,  .Tosephine  G.  b 
Jan.  26.  1848;  m  Ap  28,  1874,  Morse.  2.  Frederick  A  b  Mav 
31,  1850;  d  Oct.  4,  1850.  3,  Kate  A,  b  Mar  27,  1853.  4\ 
Jennie  M.,  h  Nov.  23,  1855.  5,  Williatn  T,  b  Julv  10,  1858. 
6,  Georije  B,  b  Sept  2,  1860.  7,  Annie  M,  b  iMay  18,  1862;  d 
Dec.  27,  1863.     8,  Emma  M,  b  May  17,  1864. 

Chil.  of  Mary  A  and  Lient  Mooney.     One  son  named  Frank. 

Chil.  of  Clara  F  and  Thomas  K  Belcher.     One  dan  Panline. 

Chil.  of  C^harles  K  1,  May  S.  2,  Philip  T  3,  Albert. 
4,  Carlton  and  Isaac. 

Fifth  Generation. — .Albert's  children.  1.  Adeline  P,  b  June 
23,  i830;  m  Horace  W  Metsalf  of  Dam.  Jan  25,  I860.  2, 
Albert,  Jr,  b  May  28,  1851. 

Samuel's  chil.  1,  Alice,  m  Horace  D  Ilnfcut,  Lawyer,  Dover 
Plains,  N.  Y.  2,  Robert  Grinnell,  r  in  Brooklyn.  3,'  Helen  W 
4,  Henry. 

Children  of  Jane  H  and  Alpheus  S  Palmer.  1,  Kate  G  ;  m 
Douijlass  Campbell  of  Nova  Scotia.     2,  Caleb.     3,  John  G. 

Children  of  John  A.  1,  Josephine  G  b  Jan  26,  1848;  m 
Daniel  D  Morse,  Ap.  28,  1848.  2,  Fred  A,  b  Mar.  31,  185i) ;  d 
Oct.  4,  1"850.  3,  Kate  A  b  IMar  27,  1853.  4,  Jennie  M,  b  Nov. 
23,  1855.     5,  William  T  b  July  10,  1858.      6,  Georjre  B  b  Sept 

2,  1860.     7,  Annie  M,  b  May  18,  1862  ;  d  Dec  27,  1863.     Emma 
M,  May  17,  1864. 

Chil.  of  Mary  A  and  John  Moony.      1,  Frank. 

Chil.  of  Claia  F  and  Thomas  II  Belcher.      1,  Pauline. 

Chil.  of  Charles  II.  1,  Mary  S.  2,  Philip  T.  3,  Albert. 
4,  Carlton.     5,  Ivan. 

Benjamin's  chil.  Uxluiiice,  I)  July  20,  1775.  Charles,  b  Mar 
21,1778.  Ruth,  b  Oct  24,  1780.  Israel,  b  Feb  9,  1783.  David 
b  Mar  17,  1785.  Abisrail,  b  Jan  16,  1787.  Enoch  Averill,  b  Feb 
1789.     Ezekiel  Averill,  b  Oct  9,  1791. 


GENEALOGY.  .  385 

Tobias,  brolhcr  of  Josiph,  c  from  N.  II.  about  17.".'),  and 
settled  on  tbo  Dam.  river,  on  tbe  b)t  next  nortb  of  tbat  oceu])ied 
by  Abner  and  Lemuel  Peikins.  His  e.eseendants  ikiw  bave  pos- 
session of  bis  estate;  m  Miriam  Cliajiman  of  Kob  ;  d  Jane  1818 
iu  bis  9,")tli  year.     A  man  of  devoted  piety  ;i)id  sterling  wortb. 

Tobias"  e'bil.  1,  Lvdia,  b  17iV.);  m  Daniel  Webster  of  Edg. 
18i0;  d  1849.  2,  Mary,  m  Zaecbeus  Hateb  of  Jetl':  d  a.s  23. 
3,  Iluldah,  bJan  .5,  17()4;  m  John  Tnrnbull.  4,  Natbaniel,  b 
1766:  m  Martlia  Wlieeler  of  EIlt;  t  i"  Nob:  d  Eeb  4,  18o7. 
5,  Hannah,  m  Wdliam  Nutt  of  Whit.  0,  Robert,  d  young.  7, 
John,  m  —  Iliissey:  r  and  d  in  Oiiio.  .S,  William,  b  Nov  24, 
1774;  m  1st,  Lvdia'llateh  of  Br;  2d  Jane  Ilussey  of  Nob;  d 
Mar  23,  185;'). '  Lvdia,  d  Sept  23,  182'J.  9,  Betsey,  m  Jaeob 
H..d-<ion  of  Nob;  d  18.-)3. 

Third  Generation. — William's  eliil.  1,  Fanny,  b  Se])t  1, 
1805;  m  Daniel  Montjromerv  of  Booth  ;  r  in  N.  2,  William,  b 
Get  5,  18:)6  ;  m  Susan  Sproiil  of  Br  Jan  19,  1832:  el  Dea  of  2d 
Cons  Cbtnch  in  18.)0.  3,  Susan,  b  Aug  7,  1810.  4,  Mary,  b 
Oetl,  1807  :  d  JNIav  9,  1829.  T),  Theodore,  b  Aug  9,  1809  ;  d 
Nov  30,  1831.  6, 'Sarah  Jane,  b  Dec  12,  1810;  m  Cbarles 
Mar«h  of  Bos  Nov  26,  18.-8;  r  in  ]\!cdlord.  7,  ]\Iiri:;n),  b  May 
1,  1812;  m  William  I^nrronghs  of  l|)s\vich,  Mass;  r  in  I.  8, 
James,  b  Mar  iO,  1814;  d^Ap  3,  1814.  9,  John,  b  July  27, 
1815  ;  m  I  lule  live  of  Edg  Get  r,  1839.  10,  1  bibe,  b  Aug 
14,  1814.  11,  Er.oVb,  b  Dec  3,  1817;  d  Dec  8,  1817.  12.  Bev 
Kiab  B,  b  Ay  29,  1819;  m  ("aioline  lIittl'.co(  k.  May  19,  1842; 
Grad  :it  Ban  Tlieo  Sem  ;  Settled  Minister  in  Westmoreland,  N 
II  and  Entield,  Conn.  13.  Lvdia  Ann,  b  Dec  18,  1820;  m  1st, 
William  Hatch,  Mav  28,  1839;  2d,  Pbineas  Harlow  of  Illinois 
Ay.  3,  18G0.  14,  "Mari::iret  W,  b  Mar  20,  1822;  m  Josiah  M 
Eodukins  of  Jeft",  Mav  9,  1844.  lo,  Edward.  K  b  May  10, 
1823;  m  L:ivinia  M  Five,  May  10,  1846.  16,  Lavinia  .^L  b 
Mar  9,  1823.      17,  Elizabeth  S,  b  Aug  2,  1S2.')  ;  d  duly  9,  1826. 

Fourth  Generation. — Dea  William's  cbil.  1,  Willard  S,  b 
Dec  26,  1832;  d  Aug  3,  1839.  2,  Albert,  b  Feb  2,  183.').  3, 
I^Iary  Jane,  b  Mar  lo,'  1837  ;  d  July  21,  1862.  4,  Charles  W,  b 
Au<>-  13,  1839;  m  Virginia  Catc  of  B'os  1864.  5,  Susan  F,  b 
Get  30,  1841.  6,  Alonzo  W,  b  Aug  20,  1844.  7,  Laura  Ellen, 
b  Ap  18.  1847.     8,  Clara  Auffusta,  b  Ap  12,  1849. 

Edward  IBs  cbil.  1,  Walter  S,  b  Ap  7,  1847.  2,  Edward 
Gscar  b  Aug  6,  1S49.  3,  Arthur,  b  Aug  4  1S.')3:  d  Sept  18, 
18.53.  4,  a  son  b  Jan  27,  IS,),') ;  d  in  inf  .5,  Santbrd  b  Aug  6, 
18.)6.     6,  Alice  Maria,  b  .Ian  2,  18.')9. 

John's  cbil.  1,  .'^ohii  Augiistin,  b  Sept  11,  1812;  mernbiM-  of 
Co.  II,  21   Keg.  Me.  Vols. ;  d  at  Baton   Rouge,  July  10,  18G3. 


386  .  GENEALOGY. 

2,  Frederick  Eugene,  b  Jan  13,  1846.     n,  VVheelock  Craig,  b  Ap 
18,  1850.     4,  Josopliiiie,  b  Jan  1!),  1856. 

Zebulon  was  niirried  in  Durhain,  N.  II.  by  Rev.  Jobn  Adatns 
Nov  17,  1757,  lo  Temperance  WhicMen  of  New  IMarket.  Mis 
sons  John,  Joseph  and  Mark  were  born  in  New  Durham,  (now 
Alton)  where  he  appears  to  have  lived  after  his  marriage.  John 
who  was  born  in  1760,  followed  his  uncles  Joseph  and  Tobias  to 
N  in  1784.  He  afterwards  resided  in  Wiscasset  where  he  mar- 
ried 1st,  Sarah  Shovey  Mar  31,  1799.  Sarah,  din  1814.  In 
1804  he  removed  to  N  where  he  lived  until  his  death  which  oc- 
curred Dec  8.  1829.  He  was  Postmaster  and  Town  Clerk  till 
his  death.  He  m  2d,  Susan  Stinson  in  1817;  shed  in  1851, 
ao-  72. 
^John's  chil.  1,  George,  b  Feb  24,  1800:  d  Oct  14,  1800.  2, 
William,  b  Jan  25,  1H02;  d  Aug  11,  1804.  3,  John  Bridge,  b 
Jan  7,  1804.  4,  William  Taylor,  b  Sept  22,  1805.  5,  b  Ap  16, 
1<S07  ;  d  Feb  24,  1864.  6,  Temperance,  b  Aug  13,  1809  ;  d  Mar 
13,  1879.  7,  Georoe,  b  Julv  7,  1811.  8,  Esther,  b  Mar  8, 
1813;  d  Mar  20,  18'29. 

William  T,  m  1st,  Susan  Cotter;  2d,  Catharine  Glidden. 
Chil  by  1st  wife.  1,  William  Henry,  b  June  1,  1832;  d  Ap  21, 
1856.  2,  Frances  Cooper,  b  in  Nob.  Ap  2G,  1834;  ni  William 
Weymouth,  Jan  17,  1854  ;  r  in  Beaufort,  S.  C.  3,  Susan  Cotter, 
b  Feb  13,  1837;  in  Geoi-ge  W.  W.  Dove  of  Andover,  Mass. 
Oct  17,  1865;  r  there.  Chil.  by  2d  wife.  4,  Emma  Field,  m 
Charles  Perkins  Gardiner  of  Bos. ;  r  there.  5,  John  M,  b  in 
Liverpool,  Eng.  July  4,  1843;  m  Anna,  dau  of  Hon.  Joseph  M 
Warren  of  Troy,  N,  Y.  6,  Simon  Haudlev,  b  1850;  d  Aug  7, 
1852.     7.  Mary  S,  b  in  Bos. 

George  Glidden,  merchant  in  New  Or:eans ;  m  1st,  Maiy 
Eliza  Clark  of  N.  O.  ;  m  2d,  Ann  JCliza  (Auld)  widow  of  Sam'l 
Whitney;  had  by  1st  wife;  1,  Mary  Eliza  who  m  Doctor 
Temple  of  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  and  r  in  Danville,  Va.  2, 
Fannie,  who  m  Capt.  Thomas  Woodward ;  r  in  N.  O. 

Fifth  Generation. — Chil  of  Frances  C  and  Wm.  Weymouth. 
1,  Susan  G,  b  Jan  29,  1855;  d  July  31,  1856.  2,  Helen  S,  b 
Sept  13,  1857,  in  Alna;  in  in  Augusta,  Georgia,  JMay  3,  1880, 
Geo.  T  Homer  of  De  Witt,  Iowa.  3,  William  T  G,  b  in  De 
Witt,  Oct  2,  1862.  4,  George  Dove,  b  Feb  7,  1869;  d  Sept  1, 
1869.     5,  Frank  C  and  Frederiek  C,  b  Dec  16,  1871. 

Chil  of  Susan  C  and  (tco  W  W  Dove.  1,  Marion  G,  b  May 
6,  1867.  2,  Edith,  b  Feb  28,  1870.  3,  John,  b  Sept  6,  1871. 
4,  Percival,  b  Oct.  6,  1875. 

Chil  of  Emma  F  and  Charles  P  Gardiner.  One  dau,  Mary 
Caroline. 


/ 


GENEALOGY.  387 

John  M's  chil.  1,  Mary  Warner,  b  in  Bos.  Mny  10,  1871.  2, 
Joseph  Warren  b  at  Nnhiint  June  IH,  1H72.  3,  Amy  Gardiner, 
b  in  Jk)s.  Nov  20,  1873.  4,  William  ii,  h  Dec.  27,  1875.  5, 
John,  b  Mny  22,  1S77.     6,  Susan  Adelaide. 

I'hird  (reneration. — Thomas  Jun's  ehil.  1,  Albert  W,  b 
Dec  15,  1820;  \\\  Rosanna  Hemmenway  of  Jeff.  Nov.  15,  1846. 
2,  Margarett  M,  b  Ap  18,  1823:  m  George  llobinson  of  Ver- 
mont, Sept.  1846  ;  r  in  Sprincjlield,  Mass. 

William's  chil.  1,  Sarah  F,  b  Jan  15,  1825;  m  Aaron  M 
Potter  Jan  15,  1846.  2,  Susan  T,  b  Feb  28,  1826 ;  m  Peter  Potter 
of  Whitefieltl,  brother  of  Aaron  M ;  r  in  VV.  Adopted  chiM, 
Abbie  Josephine,  b  Ap  4,  1853. 

Fourth  Generation. — Albert  W's  chil.  1,  Amanda  J,  b  July 
31,  1847.     2,  Warren  A,  b  Nov  5,  1849. 

Benj  F  Groton,  b  in  Nob ;  ni  Sarah  Page. 

GRAY. 

Thomas,  ship  carpenter,  b  in  Wis.  Ap  19,  1769;  m  Nancy 
Kennedy  1794  ;  c  to  N  about  1796;  d  Ap  22,  1828.  Nancy, 
d  Mar  11,  1850. 

Thomas'  chil.  1,  Thomas  Jun.,  b  Nov.  30,  1794;  m  Mar- 
garett  Moody  of  Nob.;  d  Sept  5,  1823.  2,  Jane,  b  Feb  12, 
1795;  m  Charles  Harding.  3,  Nancy,  b  Sept.  10,  1797;  ra 
Thomas  Ilarriden ;  r  in  Al.  and  Bos.  4,  Sarah,  b  Sept  10, 
1799;  m  Lemuel  Lewis  of  Booth. ;  r  in  B.  5,  William,  b  Feb 
6,  1802;  m  Kosanna  Tarr  of  Whit.  Nov.  10,  1823.  6,  Henry, 
sea  capt,  b  Oct  29,  1804;  m  Abbie  Chase;  r  in  Hallowell.  7, 
Eb^nezer,  b  Aug  6,  1806  ;  d  May  29,  1828.  8,  Hannah,  b  July 
22,  1808 ;  m  John  ILill  ;  r  in  Nob.  9,  Elizabeth,  b  Sept  7, 
1810  :  m  Henry  Barter  of  Booth.  10,  Ann  M,  b  June  12,  1812  ; 
m  Ira  Weeks  of  Jeff. 

H  A  G  G  E  T  T  . 

Ebenezer,  b  in  Edg.  Dec  23,  1825  ;  m  Eleanor  Clark  of  Booth. 
Ap  22,  1853  ;  c  to  N.  in  Ap  1853. 

Ebenezer's  chil.  George,  b  Feb.  15,  1854;  d  in  inf.  James 
P,  b  July  10,  1855.  :Marcia,  b  July  13,  1858;  cl  May  29,  1863. 
Helena,  b  Mar  27,  1862. 

Granville,  b  in  Edg.  Nov.  20,  1834;  c  to  N.  in  1862;  m  Ap 
17,  1862,  Jane  F  Harley. 

HALL. 

Samuel  came  to  N.  and  settled  on  the  fixrm  where  Mr.  Frank 
Sraithwick  now  r;  m  Lydia  Blackstone.    They  were  the  parents 


388 


GENEALOGY. 


of  ten  children.  Tlie  first  four  d  in  infancy.  The  next  two  d 
after  grown  to  manhood.  The  four  youngest  lived  to  okl  age. 
Ebenezer  inherited  the  honiestciid.  lie  sold  it  to  Mi'.  Frank 
Sniithwick,  and  moved  to  \'assalboi'o  where  he  d.  The  second, 
Isaac,  lived  for  a  while  on  what  is  known  as  the  West  Clarke 
farm.  Afterwards  moved  to  the  Mills  and  d  there.  3,  a  daughter  ; 
m  Mr.  Given  of  Bristol.  4,  Abigail,  m  Ebenezer  Clarke;  r  in 
N. 

Jesse,  b  in  Nob.  Ap  1,  J83'3;  m  Jane  IIum[)hries  of  Dam. 
Nov  29,  1855;  member  of  2d  Me.  Battery;  c  to  N.  in  lSti5. 
Jane  Humplnies  b  in  I.  ]Mar  22,  1836. 

Jesse's  chil.  Ida  Florence,  b  Mar  19,  1856.  Joseph  Alfred, 
b  July  7,  1858.     Everett  Stetson,  b  Jan.  1,  1863. 

William,  shipbuilder;  m  Lucy  D  Nichols  Feb  6,  1840;  moved 
to  Connecticut  ;  d  May   1  1,  1860. 

William's  chil.  1,  'William  N,  b  Mar  8,  1841.  2,  George  A, 
b  Dec  10,  1842..  3,  Ella,  b  June  11,  1850;  d  July  29,  ^851. 
4,  Georgianna  N,  b  8ept  24,  1852  ;  d  Sept  22,  1855.  5,  Walter 
Scott,  b  Ap  29,  1857  ;  d  Sept  29,  1857. 

Almond  G,  b  in  Nob.  Oct  6,  18J7  ;  m  Christie  Ann  Young 
of  Now  Bruns.  June  9.  1831.     Christie  Ann  b  Ap  16,  181-jr. 

Almond's  chil.  John  K,  b  June  29,  1833  ;  r  in  South  China. 
Elijah,  b  Ap  8,  1836 ;  d  Oct  25,  1841.  Dorothy  A,  b  Ap  1, 
1838  ;  r  in  liiddeford.  Sarah  E,  b  Ap  15,  1840  ;  r  in  New  Jer- 
sey. Margarett,  b  Sept  9,  1840;  d  Sept  16,  1843.  Almond, 
b  Oct  7,  1844.  Leonard,  b  Feb  25,  1847;  d  in  inf  Adrian 
D,  b  Ap  11,  1850.     Josepli  T,  b  Oct  5,  1853. 

Elbridge,  b  in  Jeff.  Oct  21,  1822;  c  to  N.  in  1846;  m  Mary 
Elizabeth  Whitehouse  May  9,  1847. 

Elbridge's  chil.  1,  George  Albert,  b  July  5,  1848.  Member 
of  2d  Maine  Cavalry;  aline  soldier;  d  at  N.  Orleans  June  4, 
1864.  2,  Stephen,  b  Sept  27,  1849.  3,  Orlando,  b  July  3,  1851. 
4,  Ida  May,  b  Aug  7,  1857. 

H  A  N  D  L  E  Y . 

Capt.  Simon,  b  in  Bos.  Dec  7,  1785  ;  moved  when  quite  young 
with  his  father  to  St.  George;  c  to  N.  in  18 J6;  sailed  from  this 
place  for  a  number  of  years  ;  also  engaged  in  shipbuilding;  m 
Jane  Glidden  Nov  30,  1812.  Adopted  daughter,  Nettie  G;  m 
William  Webb. 


HARLEY, 


John,  Sen,  b  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  1722;  m  Widow  Mary 
Decoster  of  Bos. ;  c  to  N.  in  1763  ;  and  r  in  the  Garrison  a  year 


GENEALOGY.  389 

or  two,  where  liis  fifth  son,  lJ;il]ili,  was  b.  He  then  moved  to 
where  Ralph  llarlcy  at'terwards  r  and  took  up  3UJ  acres  of  wihl 
hind. 

Jolm's  chil.  Ann,  in  Ca])t  James  Sawyer  of  Cape  Ann 
where  she  r.  John,  Juu,  b  Dee  23,  IT.Vi;  m  Uaehel  Williamson 
of  Wis.;  d  Dec  7,  1843.  IJaeliel  d  Ap  27,  1«41.  William  d 
at  sea.  Dudley,  d  at  sea.  James,  d  at  sea.  Kaiph  1,  b  in  (Tar- 
rison ;  m  Miriam  l>rooks  of  J^iiict)liiville ;  d  Dec  1(),  1.S22. 
Robert,  b  about  17G7  ;  m  ilanr.ali  Campbell ;  d  Mar  182  3;  Han- 
nah r  in  Bos.  John  divided  his  farm  between  his  two  young- 
est sons,  lialpli  and  llobeit. 

Third  (xe)ie)'Litlon. — John  Jim's  chil.  Jolin,  3d,  b  Nov  1782  ; 
lost  at  sea.  Matthew,  b  Aug  22,  1784;  in  Widow  liosanna 
Granville,  Mar  1814  ;  r  in  N  and  Gardiner.  Polly  d  ag  7  years, 
llachel,  ni  Arthur  Averill,  Nov  181,);  d  Feb  1831.  Jane,  m 
Capt  Charles  Gardiner  of  Nantucket;  d  Sept  18i'0.  jMarcey,  b 
Ap  21,  l';n2;  r  in  Southi)ort.  ]{obert  2d,  b  Mar.  17,  17'J3';  m 
Sarah  Webster  of  Soutli])ort;  d  .Mar  22,  1809.  Thomas,  b  Jan 
7,  1795;  m  lluldah  l^od-e  of  E(l<;.  Dec  19,  1831.  William,  b 
Oct  7,  1797;  m  Widow  Mary  Kelley;  r  in  IJos.  ;  d  O.tt  1.S39. 
Marv,  b  Dec  29,  1799;  m  l,"joMaliian  Preble;  2<1,  Cant  David 
Preble;  d  Mar  l(i,  18,)3.  Pamelia,  b  Dec  18,  ISOl  ;  m  Joshua 
Cushman  of  Wool  ;  r  in  Sonthport. 

Ualj)h  2d,'s  chil.  Kal|ili,  Jun,  b  .Ap  1789;  m  Ilaimali  C  Case, 
dau  of  a  Baptist  clergyman  ot  Ueadtield.  Mary,  b  Oct  1794. 
Caleb,  b  Mar  179,5;  ni  Mary  Hunt  ot  -Montville  ;  r  in  M.  and 
State  of  Ohio.  Clarissa,  b  Oct  1797;  d  Nov  11,  1843.  llachel, 
b  Nov  18U3  ;  in  William  Tomlinson.  John  B,  b  1899  ;  d  Ap 
1852. 

Robert's  clul.  Robert,  Jun.,  b  1832 ;  m  Huldah  Kim- 
ball of  Nova  Scotia;  r  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.     Hannah    !>,  b 

Oct  18J4 ;  r  in  Bos.     Alice,  b  189G  ;  in  Robbins ;  r  in 

M.alden,  Mass,       James,  b   1808;    ibllowed  the  sea.      Sarah,  b 

about  1810;  m  Field  ot  Bos.     .Alary  Ann.  b  about  1812  ; 

r  in  Bos.  PliilcMia,  b  1818;  m  John  Thayer;  r  in  Bos.  C.imp 
bell,  b  about  1820  ;  d  on  a  ])assage  from  New  Orleans  t  j  Bos. 
J-^\>arth  Generation. — Matthew's  chil.  Harriet,  b  Alay  1815; 
m  William  Follansbee.  Abby,  b  Aug  1817;  d  182-?:.  Hannah, 
b  1819;  111  James  Nutt;  r  in  Cam.,  Mass.  Alary  Ann,  in  John 
Ayer  of  Al;  r  in  Gard.  Dwight  F,  m  M.ny  Ann  Doimell,  July 
3,  1856;  r  in  Minnesota.  Lot\M.  Parker  C,  b  Sept  15,  1832; 
ni  1st  Eliza  C.aruey.     2d,  Cordelia  Reed;  r  in  Cam.,  Mass. 

Thomas"  chil.  Eineline  G,  b  Oct  17,  1832;  d  Dec.  2G.  1842. 
Jane  F,  b  Nov  7,  1834;  m  Granville  IIa'.rgett  of  Edg. 

Ralph's  chil.  Otis  B,  b  Dec.  25,  1818 ;  d  Jan  1829.  Eliza- 
beth, b  Dec  7,  1819;  m  John  Fuller  of  N.  U. ;  d  Feb.  20,  1859. 


390  GENEALOGY. 

Amanda,  b  Nov  9,  1821 ;  m  Alvin  Stevens  of  Kennebunk  ;  r  in 
K. ;  d  Oct  24,  ISoO.  Ralph  3<1,  b  Ap  13,  1824;  ni  Julia  II 
Bartlett  of  Ilurtfonl,  Conn.  Ap  16,  1863.  Isaac,  b  Sept  4,  1826  ; 
d  Dec  1837.  Miriam,  b  Mar  1829;  d  Mar  27,  1830.  Samuel 
Cargill,  b  July  7,  1831;  ni  Hannah  Buker  of  Litclaield  ;  r  in 
Augusta. 

HATCH. 

Lot,  m  Nancy  M  Hall  of  Nob.  Dec  31,  1844.  Nancy  M  b. 
Ap  5,  1825. 

Lot's  chil.  Orlando,  b  Oct  26,  1843;  seaman  in  U.  S.  Navy. 
Willard  A,  b  Nov  20,  1852. 

HEATH. 

William,  b  in  Jeff.  Jnn  18,  1816;  c  to  N.  in  1^43;  m  Cor- 
delia G  Dodge  Ap  16,  1846. 

William's  chil.  Emma  Frances,  b  May  14,  1847.  Edward 
Cutter,  b  Nov  26,  1848.  Richard  Dodi^e,  b  Feb  20,  1850 
Angle  Ilarvena  Bacheldor,  b  Aug  22,  1858.  Haivey  Angelo,  b 
Jan  5,  1863. 

HENRY. 

John,  b  in  Jeff.  Mar  9,  1789  ;  m  Elsey  Rice  of  J.  Aug  22, 
1822  ;  c  to  N.  in  1849. 

John's  chil.  Adeline,  b  Oct  27,  1823.  Nancy  B,  b  Sept  8, 
1825;  m  Dummer  Trask  of  Jeff.  Jane,  b  Oct  11,  1826;  m 
Isaac  Young  of  Dam.  Jan  1849.  Harriet,  b  Sept  4,  1830. 
Abiel  R,  b  Nov.  22,  1834  ;  Serg.  ot  Co.  I.,  12th  Keg.  Mass. 
Vols.  Wounded  in  the  foot.  May  11,  1864,  near  Richmond. 
Joseph,  b  Jan  7,  1836  member  4  Reg.  Me.  Vols;  d  at  Fairfax 
Sem.  Hospital,  Nov  9,  1862. 

HILTON. 

David  S,  b  in  Appleton,  Mar  17,  1798;  m  Sallv  Weeks  of 
Jeff.  Nov  26,  1818  ;  c  to  N  in  1849.     Sally,  b  Sept  27,  1802. 

David  S's  chil.  Mary,  b  Ap  17,  1819;  m  Elijah  Sykes  ;  d 
Ap  9,  1854.  Sarah,  b  May  26,  1820;  m  Thomas  Jennings  of 
Bos.  Julia,  b  Sept  11,  1823;  m  Dexter  Dickinson  of  Mass. 
Ann,  b  Mar  8,  1825  ;'m  C»]>t.  Stephen  C  Whitehouse,  Oct  24, 
1841.  Statira,  b  Feb  12,  1829;  in  Stephen  Whitehouse,  Jr,  of 
Jeff.  Ellen,  b  July  6,  1834;  m  Gould  Bailey.  Clara,  b  Dec  5, 
1837  ;  m  George  Galusha  pf  Mass. 


GENEALOGY. 


391 


II  O  D  G  K  INS. 

Josiah  M,  I)  in  .left".  May  4,  1817;  c  to  N  in  1841  ;  m  Mar- 
garet W.  (ilidden,  iMav  0,  1844. 

Josiah  JM's  cliil.  Inez  E.  b  Jan  13,1847.  Emma  J,  b  Mar. 
27,  1849,  William  G,  b  Sej.t  1,  18o4.  Eilliaii  M,  b  June  7, 
18o9.     Elmer  A,  b  Aug  14,  18G2. 

II  O  1.  JM  E  S  . 

Iluirh  c  to  N  about  1775  and  settled  on  Lot  No.  13  Tappan's 
survey ;  lield  several  town  offices. 

Iluirh's  cl)il.  John,  b  1763  ;  m  Sarah  Dole  of  Pown.  1789,  d 
Aug  1,  1818.  Sarah,  b  1766;  d  Ap  13,  1825.  Sarah  m  Sam- 
uel Cunningham.  I)ec  16,  1790. 

27ii)'d  Generallon. — John's  chil.  Capt.  John  Jr.  b  Anji.  17, 
1789;  a  successful  shijjtnaster ;  in  Lucinda  Curtis;  d  Mar  31, 
1859.  lilizabeth,  b  Ap  12,  1791.  Mary,  b  Mar  17,  1793. 
Sarah,  b  May  17,  1795.  Nathaniel,  b  Nov  5,  1797  ;  d  July  25, 
1817.     Daniel,  b  Oct.  5,  1802;  d  Dec  1,  1806. 

IA)urth  Generation. — Cai)t.  John  Jr's  chil.  1,  Seth  Curtis, 
b  May  8,  1820  ;  d  May  22,  1822.  2,  Arlitta  ^[,  b  Dec  7,  1821  ; 
m  Capt  John  G  Barstow  ;  d  Jan  6,  1860.  3,  Capt.  Augustus 
D,  b  Mar  22,  1824;  m  Maria  Perry  of  New  Orleans.  4,  Lu- 
cinda C,  b  May  13,  1827  ;  m  Jotham  ])  Cliftbrd  ;  d  Dec  9, 
1855.  5.  Capt  John  A,  b  Sept  30,  1830;  m  Clara  A  Cargill, 
Feb  26,  1857.  6,  Emma  C,  b  June  12,  1838  ;  m  Capt  W  Scott 
Curtis. 

Fifth  Generation.  —Capt.  Augustus  D's  chil.  Frederic  P,  b 
June  25,  1854.  Ellen  A,  b,  JNIay  25,  1858.  Edith  C,  b  Dec  9, 
1861  ;  d  Oct  13,  1863.     Isabella  C,  b  Mar  31,  1864. 


HOPKINS. 

William  c  from  I.  and  settled  previous  to  1735  on  the  farm 
afterwards  owned  by  Washington  Houdlette.  William  Hop- 
kins was  taken  by  the  Lulians  and  carried  to  Canada,  where 
he  died.  His  daughter  Jenny  marrieil  David  Soames.  Patty,  ra 
Samuel  Kennedy.     Solomon  lived  and  d  in  N. 

Chiisto])her  c  from  Devonshire,  England,  purchased  lands  in 
N,  and  settled  where  Daniel  Hopkins  afterwards  r ;  m  1st,  Mary 
;  2(1,  Abigail  Newbit  in  1  778. 

Christophers  chil  by  2  w.  William,  m  Asenath  Taylor,  1778  i 
r  at  the  homestead;  the  house  that  he  erected  in  1795  is  still 
standing  over  the  cellar  that  had  been  under  the  previous  house. 


392 


GENEALOGY. 


He  was  the  first  Deacon  ot  llie  2(1  Bautist  Ch  in  Nob,  and  held 
that  otHce  '60  years,  till  his  dcatli. 

Third  Geheratlo}i. — Dea  William's  chil.  James,  b  Dec  13, 
17S7  ;  cl  in  Savannah  of  yellow  lever,  ag  22.  Capt  William,  b 
Nov  2o,  1781)  ;  m  1st,  Charlotte  Little,  June  8,  1820;  2d,  Bet- 
sey Cunningham,  Aiiu;  20,  1835.  Martha,  b  May  10,  1792  ;  r  in 
Bos;  d  1870.  Asenath,  b  May  2,  1704;  m  Joseijh  Weeks  4th 
of  Jeff;  d  in  Al.  Margery,  b  JNJar  28,  1706  ;  m  Capt  James  N 
liobiiison  of  Bris.  John,  b  May  8,  1708;  \\\  Asenath 
Weeks  of  Jeff;  d  in  Cal,  JMay  1801.  A  son,  b  Ap  14,  1800; 
d  in  inf.  Daniel,  b  Mar  23;  1801  ;  in  Abigail  V\  Weeks  of  Jeff', 
Nov  1830,  d  Ap  10,  187o.  A  son,  b  Oct  30,  1802;  din  inf. 
Farley,  Sea  Captain,  b  Sept  20,  1804  ;  ni  Frances  Georgiana  T 
Lennox,  Oct  12,  1843.  Sewall,  b  Jan  2,  1807;  d  in  inf. 
Jernsha,  b  Feb  1,  1810;  m  Isaac  Feasly  of  Whit;  r  in  Bos. 
James  2d,  b  Aug  22,  1813  ;  d  in  inf. 

Ii^oa.th  Generation. — Capt  •William's  chil.  Caroline  L,  b 
Aug  8,  1821  ;  ni  William  Weeks  of  xMaldeu,  Oct  l84'J.  John 
2d,  b  July  11,  182')  ;  m  1st,  Anna  Elizabetii  Clark,  Jan  27,  1853, 
2d,  Sarah  Hatch  of  Jeff.  May  5,  1850.  Sarah  Jane,  b  Aug.  8, 
1836;  m  Henry  Newhall  of  iMalden,  Mass.  Ann  Elizabeth,  b 
Ap  17,  1838  ;  d  Ap  0,  1830.  William  Farley,  b  May  1,  1841  ; 
r  in  Bos.  Willaid  C,  b  Sept  28,  1842  ;  nieml)er  of  Co  11,  2 1st 
Reg.  Me.,  Vols  ;  d  at  Isaton  Kouge,  June  23,  I8ti3.  Mary  F,  b 
Oct  8,  1844;  r  in  Maiden. 

I'^ftfi  Geiieratlon. — John  2d's  chil.  Carrie  W,  b  Jan  27, 
1855;  d  Nov  4,  1855.  A  son  b  Oct  11,  1856;  d  in  inf  A 
son  b  May  11,  1858;  d  May  12,  1858.  Albert  D,  b  Ap  28, 
1860;  d  May  7,  1860.  Ella' Jeunette,  b  Ap  1,  1862;  d  Sept  4, 
1863.     John  Edward,  b  Mar  2-1,  1864  ;  d  Aug  20,  1861. 

L-a  P:,  b  Jan  22,  1838.  Member  3Ist  Beg.  Me.  'V^ols. ;  m 
Sarah  J  Marsh,  Jan.  26,  1860. 

Ira  E's  chil.     Vesta  A,  b  Ap  9,  1862. 

fourth  Generation. — Daniel's  chil.  Martha  Ann,  b  Aug. 
26,  1831;  r  in  Bos.  James  S,  b  Jan.  13,  1834;  in  Jane 
Ilntchings  ot  Br.  1854;  r  in  Melrose,  Mass.  Ophelia,  b  Ap  16, 
1835;  m  Daniel  S  McLean  of  Plympton,  Mass.,  Sept.,  1859. 
Franklin  W,  b  Nov  2,  1836  ;  m  Arvilla  Noyes  of  Jeff.  George 
A,  b  Nov  4,  1838.  Hannah  E,  b  July  9,  1840  ;  d  Oct  I  7,  1841. 
Mary  II,  b  June  22,  1843.     Daniel  W,  b  Dec  22,  1844. 

Cajtt.  Farley's  chil.  Georgiana  Frances,  b  1847.  Henry 
Clay,  b  1849.  Thomas  Lennox,  b  1854.  Mary  Eliza,  b  Nov  8, 
1855. 

Tufth  Generation. — 0])hclia's  chil.  1,  John  Sumner,  b  July 
28,  1860.     2,  Daniel  Southvvorth,  b  June  30,  1864. 


/ 


GENEALOGY.  393 


II  0  U  I)  L  i:  T  T  E 


"Wash'mojton,  b  in  Dres,  Ap  2.5,  1804;  in  Ilanuali  Decker  of 
Whit,  Feb  19,  183.):  c  to  N  about  1858.  Hannah,  d  Mar  24, 
18()4. 

Washington's  chil.  1,  George  W,  b  Nov  3,  1837  ;  r  in  New 
Jersey.  2^,  Anian(hi,  b  Oct  10,1839;  ni  Elbridge  Alley  of 
Dres.  3,  INIary,  b  Sept  1841  ;  d  young.  4,  John,  b  Autr,  1843. 
d  1847.  5,  Caroline  A,  b  July  23,  1845.  6,  Lafayette",  b  July 
18,  1849  ;  d  jNIar  27,  18.54.  7,  Amelia  T,  b  May  13,  18.56.  8, 
Fanny,  b  May  23,  1858. 

II  U  S  S  E  Y  . 

John,  Sr,  b  in  Scitnate,  Mass  ;  in  Jane  IJoUins  ;  c  to  N  early 
in  its  settlement;  d  1795.     Jane,  died  ISM. 

Joini's  chil.  Sarah,  m  Thomas  Chapman  of  Nob  ;  she  and  her 
husband  both  d  in  one  day  and  were  buried  in  the  same  grave. 
Margery,  m  .loseph  Weeks  of  Jeil'.  Susan,  in  Benjamin  Barstow. 
Betsey,  m  Nathaniel  Ivollins.  John,  m  Patience  Koliins  ;  r  ni 
Jeff  and  Ohio.  JMartha  and  T.ydia,  twins  ;  Martha,  m  .Joseph 
Chapman  of  Nob  ;  Lydia,  m  John  Glidden.  Job,  b  Mar  8, 
1770  ;  m  Sally  liarstow.  Sally  Barstow,  b  May  4,  1770.  Jarte, 
in  Isaac  Teague  of  Nob.  Mary,  m  John  Teague.  lienjamiu  m 
Sarah  liigby,  Deborah  ;  m  Joiui  Fowler.  Isaac,  d  ag  2  yrs. 
Eleanor  b  June  13,  1787  ;  m  Jose[)h  Teague. 

Third  Generation. — Job's  chil.  Asenath,  b  Oct  o,  1  792  ;  d 
in  inf.  Col.  John,  lawyer,  b  Sept  10,  1793:  in  M;irtlia  Weeks 
of  Jeff.  Capt.  Job,  b  Aug  9,  1795;  in  1st,  .Marcia  Church; 
2d,  Huth  Huston;  r  in  Dam.  N;mcy,  b  July  lo,  1797;  m 
Daniel  Cliai)in:in,  Dam.  Jane,  b  Oci  7,  1799;  in  Enocli  Per- 
kins. Sar.-di,  b  Sept  8,  1802;  m  Capt.  John  Ijiylor.  George, 
b  Jan  29,  1804  ;  m  1,  Julia  Woodward  of  Bristol.  2d,  Sarah 
Bryer.  Jerusha,  b  June  15,  180(3  ;  m  Capt.  Andrew  Elliott, 
Jun.,  Mar  22,  1836.  Margery,  b  Sept  5,  1808;  in  Wilhud 
Clapp;  r  in  Port.  Elijah  B,  b  Ap  18,  1811;  m  Emily  Ken- 
nedy of  Jeff.  Mar  20,  1837.  Emily,  b  Feb  9,  1813.  Mary,  b 
Dec  5,  1814  ;  m  George  Kennedy  of  Jeff. 

Fourth  Generation. — Col.  John's  chil.  ICmily  G,  b  Oct  6, 
1820;  d  Sept  10,  1826.  John  Augustus,  b  Dec  5,  1827;  m 
Mary  E.  Burnliam.  Killed  by  collision  on  board  of  Steamer 
Ocean  in  Boston  llinbor.  Joseph  W,  b  ]Mar  13,  1829  :  r  in  N 
Y.  Marcus  L  i\I,  b  Ap  30,  1833  ;  m  3Iari.i  H  Winslow  of  Bath, 
May  26,  1856;  member  ot  16th  Ivcg  ^le  A'ols,  9  mos ;  dis- 
ch:n\ged  on  account  of  disjibility.  Afterwards  Capt.  of  Co  I, 
32il    J\eg  Me   Vols;   mustered  out  Dec.  26,  1864  when  the  31st 


394 


GENEALOGY. 


Fred   E,   h   xMar  2S,   1S35; 
;  discluirged    for    disability, 


and    32    Kegs   were   consolidated. 
Lieut  of  Co  C,  4ti)   lleg  Me   V^ol,>- 
then  enlisted  in  lltli  U  S  Intkntry. 

Capt.   Job's  chil.     Alvan,  b    Nov  6,  IShS;   m  Martha  Louise 
ilmrlowof   Woburn,    Mass,   July    1,    1847.     Edward    B,  b  Jau 
29    1820;   tn  Mary   Blake  of  Dam.     Caroline,  b  Feb  23,   1823; 
ni  U  lUard  Hall  of  Dam.  Feb  28,  18o0.     Elizabeth  T,  b  Mar  14, 
182.J  ;  m   Capt   Joseph   A  Yates  of  Br.     Uldi-ic  Job  b  Feb  7 
I82U  ;  d  June   22,    1840.     Marcia  C,  b  Dec  8,  1830;    >u  Robert 
VV  Jluston  ot  Eastport,  Dec  31,    1849.     Ruth  Adelaide,  b  Mar 
14,  1833  ;   ni  Stanitord  Hilton  of  Brem,  July  2,  1854  ;  r  in  Cal 
James   E,   b  Nov  22,    1834  ;  r  in  Nevada.     Mai'v  K,  b  Decl9 
1836  ;   m  xAIelvin  Hall  of  Dam,   Aug  31,  18,54.      Uldric  Job,  2d 
b  Ap  21,  1840  ;  r  in  Nevada.     Harriet  Ann,  b  Ap  5,  1842  •  in 
\\illiamB    Johnston    of    Brem,   Dec    11,    1864.        Antoinette 
htinson,  b  May  27,  1845.     Norris  Huston,  b  Ap  12,  1851. 

George's  chil.  Arietta ;  m  Josiah  Foy  of  Kittery  of  U  S 
army.      Delia  ;  r  in  Bos. 

Elijah  B's  chil.  Clara  M,  b  June  15,  1839  ;  m  Charles  Edward 
J  ernald  of  Port.  Ap  2,  1861.  Mary  E,  b  Sept  8,  1840.  Horace 
K,  b  Mar  24,  1842  ;  d  Mar  22,  1848.  Ella  A,  b  Julv  25,  1847. 
Mrs  Clara  M  Fernald's  chil.     Margie  Loise,  b  July  3,' 1864. 

J^lft/i  Generation. — John  Augustus'  chil.     Eva. 

Marcus  L's  chil.  Willie  M,  b  Jan  4,  1857;  d  July  30  18G4 
Charlie  E,  b  Jan  25,  1858  ;  d  July  14,  1864.  Joseph  Auo'nstiae, 
b  Oct  8,  1864.  '  fa' 


HUTCHIXGS 


Daniel  H,  b  m  Edg,  Nov.  17,  1804;  m,  1st,  Mary  Ann  Teao-ue 
of  Nob,   June   12,   1825;  2d,  Widow  Caroline  Cothran,  Apll 
1863  ;  c  to  N  Ap  13,  1863  ;  Caroline,  b  Nov  18,  1814 

Daniel  H's  chil.  Daniel  F,  Sea  Captain,  b  in  Br,  June  16, 
182/  ;  m  Lois  Stetson  of  Nob.  Caroline  C,  b  Mar  5,  1830-  m 
Edward  Wdkinson,  Dec  7,  1848.  Henry  F,  b  Auo- l  18  33- 
m  Elizabeth  Wells  of  Mass.  Capt  Hartley  D,  b  July  5,  1835  ;  in 
the  East  India  Trade.  Ann  Eliza,  b  in  Wis.  Aug  6,  1839  •  m 
Waterman  Stetson  of  Damariscove  Island.  Mary  Etta,  b  A  d 
1,  1841  ;  r  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 


JONES. 

Cornelius,  c  to  N.  from  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  settled  at  Dam. 
Mills  early  m  the  history  of  the  township.  His  wife  c  from 
Lynn,  Mass.  They  were  interred  in  the  old  cemetery  on  the 
hill  nearly  opposite  the  Catholic  church. 


GENEALOGY.  395 

Cornelius'  cbil.  1,  Joseph,  capt.  in  Revolutionary  war ;  r  in 
Jeff.  ;  d  of  apoi>k'xy.  at  Dam.  ^lills.  2,  Jonatlian  ;  m  Jenny 
Nutter  of  N.   H.  ;  r  in  Jeff.     3,  Benjamin,  r  where  ]\Ir.  Howe 

lived;  m Hall.     4,    John,  b    Dec    12,   1740;  m  Charily 

Smith  of  N.  II.,  Dec  1,  1760;  d  Dec  25,  1H22.  Charity  d  Aug 
1.-),  1825. 

Third  Generation. — .lohn's  chil.  1,  John,  h  Au<j^  13,  1761  ; 
d  Feb  14,  1765.     2,  Nancy,  b,  Ap   12,  1763  ;  d  Sept  12,  1765  ; 

3,  Nancy  ajid  4  Charity,  twins,  b  June  1,  1766;  d  in  inf  5, 
(.-harlotte,  b  Nov  26,  1767;  m  Elder  Samuel  Fla<i<,' of  l)<ts :  a 
lifer  in  the  Revolution;  d  July,  1817.  6,  John  2d,  b  July  6, 
1769  ;  d  Oct  21,  1771.  7,  Josiah,  b  Oct  17,  1772.  s,  John  3d, 
b  July  6,  1775;  m  Widow  Mathews  of  Nob  ;  r  in  N.  9,  Dan- 
iel, b  ]May  4,  177<S  ;  m  Nancy  Dinsmore  of  Dies  INIar  25,  1809. 
10,  Eliphalet  and  11  Jerusha,  twins,  b  May  2,  1783.  Jerusha  d 
in'inf.     Eliphalet  r  in  Nob.      12,  Timothy,  b  Oct  21,  1787. 

Fourth  Generation.  Daniel's  chil.  1,  Charlotte,  b  Ausj  25, 
1810  ;  d  Nov  IS,  1829.  2,  Samuel  A,  b  Dec  4,  1812  ;  d  Dec  16, 
1813.     3,  Maria  Louisa,  b  Nov  8,  1815  ;  m   James  Clark  of  Jeff. 

4,  Samuel  Allen,  b  Jan  25,  1817.  5,  Warren  Shaw,  b  Feb  27, 
1820  ;  m  Marv  Clark.  6,  Margaret,  b  Sei)t  7,  1823  ;  d  Au<r  29, 
1S48.  7,  Eunice,  b  Ausr  26,  1826;  d  Nov  12,  1850.  8,  Charles 
Edward,  b  Sept  15,  1829;  Member  of  Co  I  14th  Maine  Kei;  ;  d 
Oct  1863  at  N  Orleans.  9,  Harriet  W,  b  Ap  24,  1833.  ^  10, 
Sarah  Elizaiieth,  b  July  14,  1835  ;  d  Dec  9,  1851. 

K  A  Y  A  X  A  G  II . 

James,  Sen.,  b  in  the  town  of  New  Koss,  Wexford  Co.,  I.  ;  c 
to  Bos.  in  1781  and  soon  alter  landed  at  N.  ;  m  Sarah  Jackson 
of  Bos.  ;  owned  lands  and  mills  at  Dam.  Falls;  and  under  the 
firm  of  Kavanaoh  and  Cottrill,  carried  on  an  extensive  business 
there;  d  June  3,  1828,  a^-  72.     Sarah  liis  w.  d  Jan  16,  1813. 

James,  Sen.'s  chil.  Hon.  Edward,  b  Ap  27,  1795.  Educated 
at  Montreal  and  (Teor<;etown  Colleges.  Grad.  at  St.  Clary's, 
Baltimore,  in  1813.  He  adopted  the  i)rofession  of  law  arid  was 
honored  with  offices  both  in  town  and  county.  In  1828  he  was 
el.  Secretary  of  the  Senate  of  Maine,  then  sittinsj  in  Port.  lu 
1829,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Senate  from  Lincoln  Co. 
In  1830  be  was  el.  a  Representative  to  Congress,  and  in  1832 
he  was  returned  there  by  a  large  majority.  In  1835  he  was 
appointed  by  Pres.  Jackson,  Charge  de  Affaires  to  Portugal, 
where  he  continued  till  1841.  After  his  return  in  1842,  he  was 
el.  to  the  State  Senate,  and  re-el.  in  1843,  of  which  body  he  was 
chosen  Pres.  During  the  session  of  1843  Gov.  Fairfield  was  el. 
to  the  LT.  S.  Senate,  and  Mr.  Kavauagii,  by  virtue  of  his  ollice 


390  GENEALOGY. 

as  Pres.  of  the  State  Senate,  became  acting;  Governor  for  the 
remainder  of  the  year.  He  vvas  one  of  the  Commissioners  from 
JMauie  on  the  settlement  of  the  N.  Eastern  boundary  in  1(S42  ; 
d  June  21,  1S44.  Sally  d  May  7,  1824,  a<r  27.  John  d  at 
l^atavia,  E.  T.  Aug  1824,  ag  24.  Margarett,  m  James  Waters, 
P^sq..  of  Jeif.  Francis  INI,  d  Oct  17,  1833  ag  30.  James,  Jr.,  in 
Mary  Field  of  Whit.     Wuniifred. 

James,  Jun.'s  chil.  Edward,  b  Jan  20,  1836.  Mary  Ann,  b 
Dec  1,  1839.  James,  b  May  4,  1842  ;  d  Dec  29.  1848.  Fran- 
cis, b  Nov  15,  1844  ;  d  Dec.  18,  1848.  John,  b  Dec  6,  1846  ;  d 
Jan  9,  1849.  James  Augustus,  b  Oct  8,  1848.  Winnifred,  b 
Dec  19,  1850.  John,  2d,  b  Ap  25,  1853.  Sarah,  b  June  24, 
1855,  Francis  2d,  b  June  13,  1857.  Elizabeth,  b  Aug.  27, 
1859. 

KENNEDY. 

Samuel  Kennedy  was  of  Scotch  descent,  c  from  I  and  settled 
at  S  about  1731. 

Samnel's  chil.     Jane,  b  Feb  23,  1751  ;  m Henry.     James, 

b  Sept  17,  1753.     William,  b  July  10,  1755  ;  Sea  Capt ;  drowned 

in  Wis  Harbor;  Agnes,  b  Jan  28,  1758;  m  1st, Perkins; 

2d  David  Boynton  ;  r  in  Alna,  Hannah,  b  Feb  17,  1760;  m 
Dea  Joseph  Jackson;  r  in  Jeff.  Samuel,  b  Dec  1,  1761;  Sea 
Capt ;  r  in  Turk's  Island  a  number  of  years,  acquired  pro]>erty 
and  returned  home  sick,  where  he  died,  liobert,  b  Oct  6,  1763. 
David,  b  Dec  12,  1765  ;  m  Elizabeth  Simpson  ;  d  Jidy  17,  1851. 

Third  Generation — David's  chil.  W  Sim])son,  b  Ap,  1793  ; 
d  of  vellovv  fever  ag  19,  on  a  voyaire  from  \N  I  ;  buried  in  West. 
Pobert,  b  Nov  23,  1794  ;  m  SaralT  Campbell,  Dec  24,  1822;  d 
Oct  11,  1874.  Elizabeth,  b  Ap  15,  ]  797  ;  m  Henry  Woodbridge  ; 
d  Ap  3,  1846.  Samuel,  b  July  5,  1799  ;  d  Dec  23,  1857.  David, 
b  June  21,  1801  ;  James,  b  1803  ;  d  young.  Joseph  Jackson,  b 
July  30,  1806;  m  Susan  Chisam  of  Al  Jan  31,  1833;  r  in  Al 
Wis.     Lewis,  b  Sept  8,   1808  ;  ra  Hannah  Nickels,  Jan  17, 


Fourth  Generation. — liobert's  chil.  Thomas  C,  b  Dec  5, 
1825  ;  m  1st  JVIary  Jane  Woodbridge,  Dec  25,  1857  ;  m  2d  Laura 
A  Weeks,  Jan  10,  1870.  Elizabeth,  b  Sept  26,  1826;  m  Cajjt 
James  Cook,  Dec  19,  1843  ;  d  Mar  21.  1855.  Willard  G,  b  Oct 
11,  1828;  m  Henrietta  Delano,  Mar  22;  1853;  r  in  Mapleton, 
Iowa.  Arabella,  b  Mar  20,  1831  ;  m  Isaac  Dodge,  Dec  3],  1851. 
Sarah,  bJanG,  1833:  d   Sept   19,  1836.     Caroline  C,  b  Mar  26, 


jC/^^^'^^^^y^^^^ 


GENEALOGY.  397 

1835;  d   Feb   10,    IS.ia.      IJoIhtI,   1)   Mar  :?1,    1.S37  ;  d   Aulc  :^5, 
1«40.     Sarali    Jane,    b    June    5.    is  10. 

JosopbV  cliil.  Setli,  b  June  17,  IH.'^.")  ;  ni  Harriet  Smith  ;  r  in 
Mass.  Fi-ances  M,  b  Nov  14,  1S37.  ^\nn  Klizal)etli,  I)  .Inne  21, 
1843. 

Lewis  eliil.  Charles  Xiekels,  b  Nov  5,  1S38.  Alono/o  Lewis, 
b  Oet  L>2,  1.S44.      Fhysieian  in  Bos. 

Fifth  Qeneratioii.  — 'I'honuis'  eliil.  Eddie,  b  ISfJO  :  d  in  inf. 
Frank,  b  1.SB2;  d  in  inf. 

Willard's  elul.  Ella  A,  b  Sept  21,  1854.  >Lmv  W,  b  Dec  17, 
18(i0.      VVillard  H,  b  Feb  1862. 

James  c  from  L  and  settled  on  tlie  "Great  Neck"  previous  to 
1835;  m  Jane  liocige. 

James'  chil.  Samuel,  b  Aut;  s,  1740  :  m  ^NFartlia  Hoj)kins  in 
1780;  Justice  of  the  Peace  21  years,  and  Deputy  Sheritl'  14 
years;  d  Oct  4,  1831.  James,  sea  capt.  ;  r  at  Wis.  A  dau^liter 
drowned  near  home  when  about  1<S  years  of  age.  A  second 
daughter;   m  Aaron  Kelley  of  Montville. 

2'hlrd  Generation. — Samuel's  chil.  James,  b  July  13,  17<S1  ; 
fell  from  a  plank,  when  wheelins^  wood  on  board  a  vessel  and 
drowned  near  Shattuck's  Mills,  a<ij  20.  Jane,  b  Ap  4,  17.S3;  m 
1st,  Joel  Somes  ;  2d,  William  Sherman  ot  Edg.  1812.  Martha, 
b  Feb  13,  1785;  m  Robert  Cothrau  of  Edcj.  I  d  1863.  Sarah, 
b  Mar  1!),  1787  ;  d  Sept  31,  185S.  Rachel,"  b  Oct  10,  178.S  ;  m 
Jonathan  Wilson  of  Edg.  Samuel,  b  Sept  23,  1790  ;  m  Harriet 
Dodge  July,  1814;  r  in  Patricktown  Plantation.  Eunice,  b 
July  17,  1702;  m  David  Cothrau;  d  1865.  William,  b  Ap  25, 
170"'4;  m  1st,  Abigail  Clifford  of  Edg. ;  2d,  Hannah  Hatch  of 
Bristol  Jan  23,  1823;  d  Nov  10,  1835.  Henry,  b  Aug  25, 
1706  ;  Justice  of  the  Peace  ;  m  ^NLirtha  Calderwood  of  Jeff".  Mar 
17,  1835.  Martha  d  Mar  23,  1850.  Nancy,  b  June  7,  1708;  m 
Sanuiel  Cothrau  of  Patricktown  Plantation,  in  1817  ;  d  Sei)t 
1810. 

J^ourth  Generation. — William's  chil.  William,  Jr,  b  Aug 
24,  1821  ;  m  Olive  (^ray  of  Rooth  ;  r  in  Ros.  Jerome,  b  Dec  1, 
1823  ;  m  Eineline  Campbell,  Dec  31,  1.S45.  Angeline  F,  b  ->Iur 
5,  1825  ;  m  Simon  C  Moody  of  I'nity.  Emery  R,  b  Sept  2, 
1826  ;  m  Eliza  Chai)man  of  Dam  ;  r  in  Ros.  N'ashti  A,  b  Feb 
13,  1828;  m  Oliver  Palmer  of  Al  ;  r  in  A.  .>[artha  A,  b  Oct 
24,  1829  ;  m  Austin  Averil.  Rriggs  H,  b  June  30,  1831  ;  d  Mar 
2,  1855.  Tliom;is  Hem-v,  b  Ap  6,  1833.  Hannah  H,  b  June  11, 
1835  ;  m  William  R.  Perkins  of  Dam  ;  d  Feb  20,  18()1. 

Esq  Henry's  chil.  Samuel,  b  June  26,  1836  ;  m  Lucinda  Mer- 
rill of  Nob;  r  in  New  York.  Edward,  b  Feb  17,  1S30  ;  mem- 
ber 137th  Reg  New  York  Vol  ;  stationed  at  Charleston,  S.  C. 


398  GENEALOGY. 

Fifth  Generation. — Jerome's  cliil.  Eugene  William,  b  Nov 
12,  hS47. 

ThoniMs'   chil.     Esther  W,  b  Dec   1,    1873.     Laura  L,  b  Ap 

23,  l^SO. 

Dea  Thomas,  Sr.,   b  about  17-13  in  North  of  I  in ;  c  to 

this  country  wlien  eight  years  of  age ;  m  Sarah  Hodge  of  Etlg 
1775 ;  r  at  Pleasant  Cove,  Booth  ;  afterward  c  to  N. 

Dea  Thomas'  chil.  Anna,  b  July  24,  1776;  m  Andrew  Nil- 
son  of  Al.  Joseph  d  at  s«^a.  Sarah,  d  Sept  1861.  William,  m 
Asenath  Bruce;  d  in  1853.  Betsey,  m  Edward  Ikobinson  of 
Al  ;  Kosannn,  m  Christopher  Ei'skine  of  Jeff.  Mary,  m  Thomas 
Trask  of  Jeff.  liUth,  m  Dnnnner  Trask  of  Jeff.  Martiia,  m 
John  King  of  Whit.  Susan,  m  John  King  of  Whit  as  second 
wife.  Thomas,  Jr,  b  Ap  19,  1782;  m  lietsey  Hodge  of  Al, 
Dec.  28,  1815  ;  d  Feb  15,  1854.  Betsey,  d  Feb'l8,  1854.  John, 
killed  under  an  ox-sled  near  David  Simpson's  at  Gravelly  Brook. 

l^hird    Generation. — Thomas  Jr's  ch.il.     1,  Thomas  3d,  b  Nov 

I,  1817;  m  Volutia  Glidden  of  Fayette,  July  6,  1845.  2,  Wil- 
mot,  b  Ap  6,  1820;  d  1841. 

Fourth  Generation. — Abbie  E,  b  Nov  1,  1846;  d  P'eb  18, 
1848.  Freddie  O,  b  Ap  8,  1848;  Edwin  S,  b  :Mar  20,  1851. 
Everett  N,    b  Jan  3,  1853;  d  Ap  21,  1854.     Annie   B,  b  Mar 

24,  1856.     Georgie  W,  b  July  29,  1858. 

L  E  I  G  II  T  O  N  . 

John,  Sr. 

John's  chil.  Lois,  b  May  5,  1767  ;  m  John  Day,  1801.  iNLary, 
b  Aug  30,  176<S.  Jonathan,  b  Dec  8,  1770;  m  Anne  McNear, 
Mar  31,  1.S07.  John,  b  Sept  28,  1772.  Lemuel,  b  Aug  11, 
1774.     William,  b  Mar  2,  1777. 

Ezekiel,  m  Anna . 

Ezekiel's  chil.  Samuel,  b  jMay  7,  1775.  Jose})!!,  b  Ap  11, 
1781  ;  in  Sarah  Chase. 

Richard,  b  on  Dyer's  Neck,  where  Capt  Chase  now  r;  after- 
wards took  up  a  farm  on  the  upper  part  of  the  Neck  ;  m  Rebecca 
Dodge ;  had  four  chil  ;  all  d  in  inf  except  George,  who  was  b 
Feb  11,  1786.     George,  m  Mary  Baker  ot  Edg.     Mary,  b  July 

II,  1786. 

George's  chil.  1,  George,  Jr,  b.  Nov  9,  1806  ;  m  Sarah  McAl- 
lister of  Jeff  Nov  6,  1834^  Sarah  McA,  was  b  Oct  22,  1809;  r 
in  Al.  2,  Mary,  b  Sept  9,  180.S  ;  m  James  INIcDonakl;  r  in 
Somerville.  3,  Luke,  b  Jan  27,  1810  ;  d  Stpt  19,  1834.  4,  Re- 
becca, b  Dec  20,  1812;  m  John  IMcDonahl ;  r  in  Somerville, 
Mass.  5,  Jon;ithan,  b  Nov  29,  1(S14  ;  m  Lovina  Baker  ot  Sid- 
ney;  r  in  Jeff.     6,  William,  b  Nov  29,  1816  ;  m  Lucinda  Glid- 


GENEALOGY.  399 

den  of  Somerville,  Mass.  7,  Xalhnniel,  b  Sept  2,  1S1«;  tn 
Widow  Sarah  Hilton.  8,  Samuel,  b  Nov  15.  1820;  m  Adeline 
Hatch.  9,  Jane,  b  Nov  9,  1824  ;  d  Oct  2.5,  18;^."i.  1(J,  Hannah, 
b  Feb  15,  1822;  d  Mar  22,  1840.  11,  Daniel,  b  Ap  9,  1827;  r 
in  Cal.  12,  Elizabeth,  b  Feb  22,  1829;  m  Asa  Melcher ;  r  in 
Bath. 

(leoige  Juii.'s  ehil.  1,  Geor<^e  A,  b  in  X.  Jan  13,  1836;  m 
Abby  Cheney  May  9,  18(52.  Eiili.sted  in  the  army  Dec  1863;  d 
in  Louisiana.  1S64.  2,  Kuth  F,  b  in  N.  Sept  27,  1837;  ra 
Richard  W  Weymouth  ;  r  in  Michigan  ;  have  one  son  Freder- 
ick. 3,  Alexander,  b  in  N.  .May  26,  1840.  4,  Rose,  b  in  N. 
Ap  1,  1844.  5,  Bradford  W,  b  in  Al.  Mar  26,  1846  where 
George,  Jun.,  now  r.  6,  Richard  R,  b  Aug.  17,  1851  ;  d  Ap  5, 
1857.     7,  James  C,  b  Oct.  18,  1853. 

Samuel's  chil.     1,  Eddie,  d  Dec  25,  1866. 

LEWIS. 

DetVanshaw,  sea  capt.  ;  b  in  Booth.  Jan.  13,  1836  ;  c  to  X  in 
1844  ;  m  Mrs.  Fmily  Davis  in  London,  iMarch  28,  1858.  Lived 
13  yrs  in  Australia  ;  returned  to  N.  in  1871.  Mrs.  Emily  was  b 
in  Salem,  Mass.,  May  12,  1834. 

Chil.  1,  Moses  Spencer,  b  May  12,  1859;  d  June  13,  1860. 
2,  a  sou.     3,  a  son  ;  both  d  in  infancy. 

L  A  M  P  S  O  X  . 

William,  b  in  Edg.  Sept  20,  1823;  m  Rebecca  Cunningham 
Jan  9,  1846  ;  c  to  X^in  1846.     Rebecca,  b  Mar  16,  1819. 

William'  s  chil.  1,  William  W,  b  Mar  19,  1847.  2,  Mary  F, 
twin  sister,  b  Mar  19,  1847.  3,  Everett  Stetson,  b  Jan  14,  1850. 
4,  Susan  V,  b  July  18,  1852. 

L  E  X  N  O  X  . 

Patrick,  sea  caj)!.,  of  an  ancient  and  honorable  family  was  b 
in  Port  Patrick,  Scotland,  Ap  1750;  c  to  X. ;  m  Margarett, 
McXear,  1785  ;  d  Ap  19,  1831.     Margarett  d  :\Lay  17,  1844. 

Patrick's  chil.  1,  Robert,  sea  capt.,  b  Mar  13,  1786  ;  m  Sophia 
Cunningham,  Mar  15,  1821  ;  d  Mar  14,  1857.  2,  Thomas,  sea 
capt.,  b  Nov  1,  1788  ;  m  Mary  Erskine,  Ap  18,  1820  ;  d  Mar  10, 
1864.  3,  Patrick,  sea  capt.,  b  May  15,  1794;  r  at  Wis.;  m 
three  times;  two  sons  and  two  daughters  survive  him;  d  July 
28,  1861. 

Capt.  Robert's  chil.  I,  Helen  :M,  b  May  25,  1823  ;  m  Wm  M 
Boyd,  Aug  19,  18,)2  ;  r  in  San  Francisco.  2,  Xaney  Jane,  b 
Nov  21,  1824  ;  m  Thomas  J  Fogg,  Nov  10,  1851  ;  r  m  Bos.     3, 


400 


GENEALOGY. 


Henry  b  Oct  12,  182G  ;  m  Anna   Cutts  of  Mnrysville,   Ccal.,   A]> 
30,  1863;  r  in  8:ii.  Francisco;  d   on   the   Pacific,   Sept.  4,  18G4. 

4,  Harriet,  b  Alio-  9,  1,S29;   m  Alfred  1)  Campbell,  Nov  21,  18o8, 

5,  Robert  1),  b  Sept  19,  1837  ;    r  in  Marysville,  Cal.     6,  Charles 
A,  b  Dec  28,  1841;  r  in  Cal. 

Capt  Thomas'  chil.  1,  Thomas  I'arkman,  Sea  Capt ;  b  Dec 
10,  1821;  m  Harriet  M  Gorliain  of  Nob,  Oct  17,  1848;  r  in 
Bath  ;  d  June  3,  1862.  2,  Alexander  Erskine,  b  July  11, 
1824;  d  in  Cal,  j\Iay  31,  1857.  3,  Frances  Geor^nana  T,  b 
Ap  29.  1826  ;  m  Capt  Farley  Hopkins,  Oct  12,  1843.  4,  George 
Erastus,  b  ]\Iay  14,  1.S28  ;\l  in  Australia,  .Alar  14,  18.56.  5, 
Edwin  Sewall,  b  Feb  19,  1.S30.  Grad  at  Bow  Col  l.S.')4.  lie 
ceived  the  Degree  of  jMDl859;  m  Sarah  Elizabeth  Staufield 
of  Brnns  Mar  7,  1855  ;  r  in  Worcester,  Mass.  6,  M;iry  E,  b 
Nov  28,  1832;  m  Rev  Horace  L  Biay  of  East  Maine  Contereuce 
and  Chaplain  in  the  armv,  Ap  3,  1860.  7,  Lucinda  Holmes,  b 
June  23,  1835  ;  d  May  18",  1859. 

Chil  of  Mary  E  and  H  L  Bray.  One  son.  Edwiu  Lennox,  b 
in  N  Jan  7,  1863. 

L  I X  C  O  L  N  . 

Benjamin,  b  in  Scituate,  Mass,  about  1765.  c  to  Br  about 
1773;  m  Sarah  Clark  of  N,  in  1  7<S9  where  he  r;  Mechanic  and 
Ti-ader  aiul  held  several  civil  offices;   d  July  30,  1848. 

Ijcnjamin's  chil.  Benjamin,  b  Dec  10,  1789;  d  Jan  7,  1792. 
Sarah,  b  Nov  6,  1 791  ;  d  in  inf.  Benjamin,  b  Feb  10, 1793  ;  d  Aug 
22,  1798.  Sophia,  b  Feb  21,  1795;  m  1st  Capt  Samuel  Little; 
2d,  Hon  Amos  H  Hodgnian  of  Warren,  Dec  3,  1826;  d  Oct  24, 
1859.  Huldah,  b  Dec.  5,  1796;  m  1st  Col  Robert  Murray;  2d 
Hon  Amos  H  Hodgnian,  May  11,  1862.  Nathaniel,  b  Dec  10, 
1798;  d  Jan  9,  1803.  Ephraim,  b  Mar  25,  1801;  m  Eineiine 
Brown  of  Vassalboro' ;  -a  ^lerchant ;  r  in  Bangor;  d  1843. 
Sarah,  b  Nov  18,  1802;  m  Barnard  Dillingham;  r  in  Warren. 
Nancy,  b  June  15,  1804  ;  m  Carlton  Jones;  r  in  Nob.  P^dward, 
Sea  Capt,  b  Mar  26,  1806;  m  Roxy  Gorham  of  Nob;  d  togeth- 
er with  wife  and  child  when  shipwi"ecked  on  the  coast  of  Mary- 
land, Mar  17,  1852.  Isaac,  b  Nov  26,  1807;  d  Feb  13,  1810. 
Lydia  L,  b  Oct  13,  1809  ;  d  Aug  7,  1835.  Joshua,  Col  of  Regi- 
ment, b  May  2,  1811  ;  m  Martlui  A  Austin,  Oct  3,  1846;  d  Ap 
29,  1860.  B  Franklin,  b  Oct  22,  1813  ;  d  Jan  13,  1S16.  Caro- 
line, b  Dec  29,  1817  ;  d  Aug  9,  1845. 

Col  Joshua's  chil.  Benjamin,  b  June  30,  1847  ;  member  of 
31st  Reg  Me  Vols.  Sophia'  H,  b  Mar  24,  1849.  Clara  Anna,  b 
May  17,  1851;  d  Ap  11,  1852.  Howard  A,  b  May  20,  1853. 
Sarah,  b  July  2,  1S55.  Edward,  b  Ap  29,  185S.  Mary  A,  b 
Nov.  17,  1.S60. 


This    paper  was    iuadvertently   delayed,  but    as  a  matter   of 
necessity  and  accommodation  is  here  insertetl. 

K  E  L  L  E  Y  .* 

Capt.  Robert  was  born  in  Liverpool,  Eng.,  and  was  brought  to 
Wiseasset  by  Capt.  David  Otis  between  the  years  1798  and 
1795,  and  remained  witli  lum  until  he  became  of  a;^^e.  Then  he 
commanded  a  vessel  for  Messrs.  Wood  &  Co.  of  Wiseasset  and 
sailed  from  that  port  until  he  was  lost  witli  all  hands  on  his  pas- 
sage irom  Wilmington,  N.  C,  to  Martinique,  in  1818,  the  year 
that  Daniel  D.  was  born.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Holmes, 
daughter  of  John  Holmes  of  N.  about  1809,  at  which  place  he 
resided  after  his  marriage.  They  had  four  sons,  Robert,  named 
for  his  lather,  James,  William,  and  Daniel  D.  who  is  a  man  ot 
business  and  influence  and  resides  in  East  Boston.  His  grand- 
father, John  Holmes,  is  said  to  have  fought  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill  and  lost  one  eye  in  the  engagement.  Daniel  D. 
was  a  member  of  the  first  Sunday  School  that  was  organized  in 
the  new  chiu-ch  at  that  place. 


♦Communicated  by  D.  D.  Kellcy. 


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LITTLE 


AchibaUl,  c  from  North  of  I.,  Scotch  descent,   and  settled  at 

S.   as  early  as    1731    or  2;    ni  Nickels.     Had  five  sons, 

C'upt.  James,  John,  Ca])t  Henry,  Ca|)t  Alexander  and  C.apt. 
Samuel,  and  two  daughters  ;  one  of  whom  m  a  IJoyd. 

Capt.  James  lived  two  yrs  in  the  middle  of  the  town;  after- 
wards took  up  oOO  acres  of  land  on  the  Dam  river,  where  Wil- 
liam Dod<i;e  and  the  Widow  FlagLi:  afterward  r;  m  Betsey  Mc 
Glathery  ;  lived  on  a  part  of  this  tract;  d  in  1812.  Capt. 
Henry  m  Kosannali  IMcMnllen ;  r  on  the  other  part  where 
Wm.  Dodge  now  does  ;  d  soon  after  Cai)t  James,  his  brother. 
John  was  a  soldier  and  d  in  the  Revolutionary  army.  Capt. 
Alexander  m  P\'inny  Nickels  and  r  whei'e  Eiias  Bailey  now  does. 
Capt.  Samuel  m  1st,  Widow  Catharine  Dodge,  Nov  4;  ISO.');  m 
2d,  Widow  Thankful  Otis  ;  r  on  the  farm  that  AldenWhite  now 
owns ;  his  house  was  taken  down  a  few  years  since,  d  Jan  8  or 
9,  1828,  ag  G4.     Thaiddul  d  Sept  28,  1863,  ag  96  yrs  and  5  mos. 

Third  Generation. — Ca])t.  James'  chil.  1,  Ca])t  Henry,  b 
Jan  12,  1774;  m  Mary  Kinsman  of  Nob.;  r  a  little  to  the 
north  and  east  of  Dea.  R  Bailey's.  2,  James,  Jr.,  b  Ap  15, 
1775;  m  and  r  in  Frankfort.  3,  Mary,  b  Dec  27,  1776;  r  in 
Warren;  dressmaker.  4,  John,  b  Aug  19,  1779;  d  by  falling 
from  main  yard  and  being  drowned  otf  a  vessel  of  which  he  was 
mate  and  his  brother  Henry  master.  5,  Hannah,  b  Jan  26, 
17S1.  G,  Betsey,  b  Nov  26,  1782.  7,  Caj)!.  Samuel,  b  Mar  11, 
1786;  m  Sophia  Lincoln;  d  at  sea.  8,  Capt.  William,  b  Nov 
15,  1787;  m  in  Baltimore  where  he  died.  9,  Nancy,  b  Aug  26, 
1789  ;  m  McGlathery  of  Frankfort.  10,  Fanny,  b  Sept  27,  1791. 
11,  Alexander,  b  Mar  29,  1793  ;  kiiocked  overboard  by  the  fore- 
boom,    same   day    out   from   Wiscasset,  bound  to  the  W.   I.  in 

schooner  ,  with  lumber,  Ri("hard   II   Wade,  master,  and 

drowned.  A  handsome  and  promising  young  man.  His  friends 
mourned  his  exit. 

Capt  Henry's  chil.  1,  Robert,  b  May  30,  1779.  2,  Jane,  b 
Mar  24,  1781;  m   as  1st  w,  Capt  James  Drummond  of  ]>r.     3, 

Rosannah,    b    Jan    23,    1783;  m    1st Eaton;  m   2d,  

Kendall.  4,  Sally,  b  Nov  22,  1784;  m  James  Nickels  Cooper, 
ship-builder;  r  in  Pittston.  5,  Polly,  b  Nov  29,  1786  ;  m  James 
Dodge;  r  in  Brnns  and  Pittston.  6,  Harry,  b  Ap  13,  1788;  d 
at  sea.  7,  Archibald,  b  Nov  23,  1790  ;  d  at  sea.  8,  Thomas,  b 
Jan  10,  1793;  m  Mary  D  Farley;  r  in  Nob.  9,  Alexander,  d 
in  St.  Vincent. 

Capt  Alexander's  chil.  1,  son  killed  by  the  kick  of  a  horse. 
2,  Charlotte,  b  May  24,  1796;  m  Willia'ms  Hopkins,  June  8, 
1820;    d  Aug  29,   1834.     3,  Harriet,  b    1798;  m  Capt  James 


402 


GENEALOGY. 


Druinmond  of  Hr  as  his  2d  wife.     4,  Caroline,   m    Col   James 
Erskine  of  Br. 

Capt  Samuel's  cliil.  1,  George,  d  of  Typhus  fever 
in  1827,  ag  20.  2,  Samuel,  Jr ;  m  Elizabeth  Clark  of 
Dam;  d  in  a  vessel  coming  into  Bath,  ag  31.  3,  Charles, 
was  sick  of  Typhus  fever  in  1827,  and  always  remained 
lame;  d  in  1837.  4,  Catherine,  d  of  Typhus  fever  in  1827,  ag 
ab  13.  5,  James,  b  1816  ;  sick  of  Typhus  fever  in  1827  and  has 
always  continued  lame,  aifecting  his  walk.  6,  John,  sick  of 
Typhus  fever  in  1827;  m  lloxy  Hall  of  Nob;  r  in  Dam  and  Cal. 
7,  Frank,  sick  of  Typhoid  fever  in  1827,  recovered;  m  Martha 
Trask  of  Windsor;  moved  to  Minnesota  in  1857;  d  about  four 
years  afterwards. 

LYNCH. 

Daniel,  b  in  Wis,  ]\[ar  1786;  c  to  N  about  182.5  ;  m  Sarah 
Leman  ;  d  Oct  13,  1861.     Sarah,  d  Sept  21,  1856. 

Daniel's  chil.  1,  Abigail;  m  Daniel  H  Brown  of  Bos ;  r  in 
Port.  2,  Daniel,  d  at  tlie  Sandwich  Islands.  3,  Sarah.  4,  Henry. 
5,  Mary.  6,  John,  b  Nov  7,  1825  ;  m  Mary  Trask  of  Bos,  former- 
ly of  Edg,  May  19,  1851.     7,  William. 

Third  Generation. — John's  chil.  Anna  S,  b  Mar  29,  1852. 
John  D  b  June  29,  1853:  d  Feb  28,  1854.  Mary  Frances,  b 
May  7,  1853.  Sarah  p:ila.  b  Feb  7,  1857.  Edward  C,  b  Aug 
10.  1860  ;  d  Sept  5,  1861,  Ida,  b  Feb  16,  1863. 

31  A  D  I  G  A  N  . 

Walter,  b  in  I.  Dec.  21,  1766;  m  Catharine  Cottrill  Aug  4, 
1793;  c  to  N.  in  1805;  d  Jan  2,  1849.  Catharine  b  Mar' 20, 
1776  ;  d  Aug  1,  1857. 

'Walter's  chil.  John,  sea  capt.,  b  June  24,  1795;  m  Elizabeth 
Cottrill  May  7,  1820  ;  d  July  10,  1862.  James,  b  Oct  16,  1796  ; 
lost  in  a  missing  ship  from  Dam.  Wijliam,  b  Nov.  2,  1798; 
mate  of  ship  ;  d  at  sea,  June  20,  1816.  Mary,  b  Dec  21,  1802  ; 
m  Capt.  Alexander  Barstow ;  d  Jan  29,  1861.  Anastasia,  b 
June  12,  1804  ;  m  William  Joyce;  r  at  the  West;  d  Jan,  1865. 

Matthew,  sea  capt.,  b  Jan  2o,  1806  ;  in  Mary of  England  ; 

d  at  Callao,  May  29,  1854.  Edmund,  b  Sept  23,  1808  ;  sea  capt.; 
lost  at  sea  Dec,  1833.  Lydia,  b  June  12,  1810;  d  July  4,  1832. 
Third  Generation. — Capt.  John's  chil.  James  Cottrill,  b  July 
22,  1821.  Lawyer;  m  Marianna  Wiiittier  of  Belfast,  Oct  8, 
1846  ;  r  in  Iloulton.  Grad.  at  Georgetown  College.  John,  sea 
capt.  ;  Lieutenant  commanding  in  U.  S.  Navy;  b  Aug  5,  1823  ; 
m  Helen  J  Bryant,  Mar  1,  1859;   was  in  the  Japanese  expedition 


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GENEALOGY.  403 

in  U.  S.  sloop  of  war,  Saratoija,  and  in  one  of  the  boats  that 
entered  the  harbor.  Matthew  Cottrill,  b  June  22,  1827  ;  d  Dee. 
4,  1.S27.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b  Ap  1,  183i).  Matthew  Cottrill,  2d, 
b  July  12,  l.s:32;  d  May  9,  1852.  Ednuind,  b  Sept  4,  ls;}o  ; 
member  of  Cam.  Law  School ;  lawyer ;  r  in  Presque  Isle.  Cath- 
arine Glidden,  b  May  9,  1838. 

MARSH. 

William,  b  in  Nottingham,  Eng.  Feb  1,  1790;  c  to  N  in  Sept 
1824;  m  Lucy  Y  Ri'nes  of  Al  Nov  1,  1832;  Luey,  b  Dec  1, 
1802;  d  May  1,  1858. 

William's  chil.  William  K,  b  Aug  23,  1832,  of  loth  Me 
Reg.  James  H,  b  May  9,  1834,  U  S  Navy.  Martha  A,  b  Mar 
13,  1836;  m  Alfred  McNear,  Aug  9,  1862.  Sarah  J,  b  Jan  7, 
1838;  m  Ira  E  Hopkins,  Jan  26,  1860.  John  S,  b  May,  25 
1840;  15th  Me  Keg  Vol.  Laura  A,  b  Dec  15,  1842;  d  Nov 
12,  1843.  Carrie  M,  h  Oct  25,  1845  ;  m  Thomas  Blake  of  Wis, 
Jan  24,  1864. 

All  these  sons  and  sons-in-law,  six  in  number,  have  been  in 
U  S  Service.  The  father,  too,  was  in  the  British  service  17  years. 
One  has  been  wounded,  but  all,  Feb   1864,  were  living. 

M  A  H  O  N  E  Y  . 

George  G,  b  in  Northport,  Jan  8,  1834  ;  c  to  N  in  1863  ;  m 
Mary  Ellen  Wilson,  Feb  6,  1865. 

Dennis,  b  in  West,  Ap  8,  1809  ;  ra  Sarah  R  Shattuek,  May, 
1838;  c  to  N,  May  1838. 

Adopted  chil.     Celia  AduUa ;  m  Franklin  L  Carney,  Esq. 

M  O  O  D  Y  . 

Simon  C,  b  June  21,  1827,  in  Unity;  c  to  N  in  1850;  m 
Frances  Angeline  Kennedy,  Nov  18,  1852.  Frances  b  Mar  5, 
1825.     Simon  d  Ap  26,  1879. 

Simon  C's  chil.  Mary  1-Clleii,  b  Nov  3,  1853,  Anson  P.  Mor- 
rill, b  Dec  28,  1855  ;  d  Jan  12,  1871. 

M  A  R  S  O  N  . 

George,  b  in  Bos  ab  1755  ;  m  1st  Mary  McGoun  of  Dresden 
Me,  who  d  in  Whit  ag  33  ;  m  2d,  Davis  of  Whit. 

George  chil  by  1st  w.  1,  Mary  ;  m  David  Given.  2,  Geoi-ge, 
d.  3,  Joseph,  d.  4,  Rebecca ;  m  Jacob  Jewell.  5,  Elizabeth  ; 
m  Robert  Simpson. 


404 


GENEALOGY. 


McLean. 

Daniel  S,  b  in  Plympton,  Mass.,  Nov  28,  1824;  m  Oi.helia 
Hopkins  bepl  1,  185i)  ;  r  in  Dam. ;   d  Ap  21,  1863. 

Daniel's  cliil  J  Sumner,  b  in  N.  July  29,  1860.  Daniel 
SoiUli worth,  b  in  N.  June  8,  1863. 

MERRILL. 

18lJ  '  '"  ^^^^'  ^  ^^^^''  ^^'  ^^^^-     -^^"^^^  b  Mar  25, 

Franklin's  chil.  Edwin  B,  b  Feb  21,  1839;  d  July  8,  1843. 
Ann  Elizabeth,  b  Peb  12,   1841.     Eiwia  A,  b  S.pt  17,    1813 

h  r  r^o   tifJ'^'  ^^^'^-     J°''l^^^  ^^'  b  ^^^  ^'  1^55.     Helen  B,' 
b  feept  29,  1860.  ' 

Mc  MICHAEL. 

R'^f  "',j';"  ^''xf^"  ^^'  ^^^^^'  '"   ^^i^o^^  ^I'-^'in^^li  J^^itch  of 
Br  Ap  182/  ;  c  to  N  1854. 

John's  chil.  Jane  P,  b  Aug  29,  1827  ;  m  Orson  A  Morse  of 
W  ashington  ;  r  m  W.  Ephraim  K,  b  Aug  8,  1829  ;  m  Clemen  - 
tine  Haggett  of  Edg. 

•  'I''''"  "^l"'.  K?''^  ^^^'  ^^^^  '  "'  l^t'  Ebzana  D  Storer  of  Wash- 
ington;  2d  Matilda  Townseud  of  Washington;  r  in  Bath 
Hiram  A,  b  Feb  7,  1834;  m  Anna  McLaughlin  of  Rockland  •  r" 
in  Portsmouth,  N  H.  William  H,  b  July  12,  1836;  m  Chris- 
tinia  Daniels  of  Effingham,  N  H  ;  r  in  S  Bos.  Hannah  Au-usta 
bjAug26,  1839;  m  James  O  Dow,  July,  1857;  r  in  Batli  d 
Dec  4,  1864.     Mary  P,  b  Mar  17,  1842  ,  m  mtn  ,    a 

M  c  ISr  E  A  R  . 

Capt  John,  Sen.,  b  in  1701  ;  m  Mary  Shirley  of  Chester,  N. 

?■  '  ?  X     ?o^^\,r^^^  '  ."^  ^^'''  ^'^^-     ^^°"ght  «f  Wm.  Hop- 
kins lot  No   12      Was  taken  by  the  Indians  twice  to  Canada. 
Capt.  John,  Sen.  s  chil.     Capt.  John,  Jun.  m  in  N.  H.  •  lost  at 
sea  soon  after,  on  a  passage  from  Wis.  to  Bos.     James,  lost  at 

T  '''I  ^'I'^of  "^n,^"'"''-  '^'''''^''-  *°'^  "^  ^^'^:  '"  H'*i"»'^'i  Laiten 
iviar  z,  1/87.  ihomas,  knocked  overboard  and  lost;  seen  but 
not    recovered.     Anne,    m    Jonathan    Laiten.      Sarah,    m    Saul 

Seavey  of  Wis.     Nelly,  m  Erskine;  r  in  Al.     Betsey, 

wr~^   i^i-«kine;  r  in  Wis.     Jane,  m  Stevens;  r  in 

Wis.     Margaret,  in  Capt.  Patrick  Lennox,  Sen 
,„^J!^'^.^^  (^e^^emtlon.—James   cliil.     Cupt  John  3d,  b  Mar  6, 
1//7;  in  Dartmoor  Prison  two  vears  durim,-  war  1812  •  m  Bet- 
sey Erskine  of  Br  Nov  15,  1801  ;  lost  at  sea  Oct  1,  1829 


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GENEALOGY.  405 

James  Jr,  h  1770;  m  Lydia  Erskine,  sister  of  Betsey;  sliip- 
liuilder ;  r  in  I}r. 

Jt)se[)l>'s  cliil.     Aline,  b  Nov  2S,  I7sr,. 

Samuel,  b  Nov  12,  1793  ;  m  Widow  Avevill  ot  Al ;  r  in  Wis; 
d  at  sea.  Mary,  b  Ap  '22,  ll'Jo.  Joseph,  b  Aul;  1,  1797  ;  lost 
at  sea. 

Fourth  Generation. — Capt  John  od's  ehil.  Sarah,  b  Jan  1.5, 
1SI)3;  r  in  Wis.  James  3d,  b  Sept  26,  1804;  Mechanic:  d 
Aui?  9,  18')7;  r  in  Wis.  Capt  John  4th,  b  Aug  22,  I.SUG;  m 
1st  Sarah  L  Bailey  of  Woolwich,  Jan  21,  1832;  who  d 
July  12,  1839;  m  2d,  Susan  B  Greenleaf  of  West,  who  died 
Julv  9,  18 10;  m  3d,  Eineline  A  Trevett  of  Wis,  July  12, 
1852.  Baker,  b  Dec  30,  18i)8  ;  m  Maiy  Cook  of  lios,  Mar 
28,  1833  ;  r  in  Brooklyn,  N  Y.  Capt  William,  b  Feb  23,  1811  ; 
m  Sarah  Ann  YounLj  of  Wis;  d  of  cholera  Jan  7,  18.')D,  at  New 
Orleans  while  Master  of  ship  Element.  Geori^e,  b  Feb  18, 
1813  ;  d  in  Bos  Mar  26,  1842.  Christopher  E,  b  June  2o,  181.')  ; 
r  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  Capt  ihonias  II,  b  j\[ar  22,  181.S  ;  lost  at 
sea  while  commanding  Brig  Amer.mt  on  a  passage  from  ILillowell 
to  Philadelphia  ab  Oct  3,  1841.    Robert,  b  Nov  26,  182U  ;  d  June 

11,  1836.  Elizabetti,  b  Nov  12,  1822  ;  m  Michael  F  Collins  ;  d 
in  Cleaveland,  Oiiio,  Sept  19,  1854;  buried  in  Wis.  Wilson,  b 
July  10,  1824;  r  in  Wis;  d    Ap  14,   1862.     Hiram  H,  b  Dec 

12,  1826;  r  at  Puget's  Sound;  employed  by  Government  to 
quell  Indian  disturbances. 

Alfred,  b  May  19,  1841  in  Brem  ;  1st  Me  Cavalry;  ra  Martha 
A  Marsh,  Aug  9,  1862. 

Alfred's  chil.     William  A,  b  Oct  18,  186-<-. 

Fifth  Generation. — James  3d's  chil.  Thomas.  William  d 
in  Br.  ag  15.  Robert  d  in  Bos.  ag  24.  James  4th,  in  Dam. 
David  d  in  Bristol.  Alexander  in  the  army.  Jane.  Ruth. 
Elmira.     Mary  Ann. 

M  c  Q  U I G  G  . 

Daniel  m  Phebe  Chick. 

Daniel's  chil.  Polly  ni  David  Cressey.  Phebe  m  Eilward 
Parsons  ;  r  in  Alua.     Robert  m  Sarah  Boyntou. 

Third  Generation. — Robert's  chil.  John,  b  Ap  2,  18D9, 
Betsey,  b  181 1 ;  ni  Benjamiii  Frye.  Nancy.  Caroline  ni  Wil- 
liam Robinson  ;  r  in  Weymouth,  Mass.  Catharine  m  Samuel 
Perkins  ;  r  iu  Al.     Almira. 

M  O  X  T  G  O  31  E  R  Y  . 
Daniel,  b  ia  Booth.  Jan  8  1801  ;  m  1st,  Luciuda  Totman,  Dec 


406 


GENEALOGY. 


1830;  2d,   Fanny  Gliclden,   Feb  5,   1846;  c    to  N.  in    1842;  d 
June  2,  1881. 

Danit'.'sclnl.  1,  Mary  Eliza,  b  July  1834  ;  d  Sept  2,  1842.  2, 
Fannie,  b  July  12,  1837  ;  in  Charles  K  Huberts  of  Taniwortli, 
N.  II.     3,  LucindaT,  b  Ap  18,  1841. 

MORTON. 

Capt  John,  bin  Brein,  Mav  27,  1814;  m  Mary  Jane  Side- 
linger,  Nov  25,  1S39.     xMary,  b  Mar  16,  1818. 

Capt  John's  chil.  1,  Daniel  II,  b  Sept  18,  1840 :  mate  of 
Brig  Ocean  Belle.  2,  Vilendia,  b  Oct  2S,  1841  ;  m  Peter  Cnsh- 
nian,  July  4,  18-58.  3,  Almira,  b  Sept  8,  1844.  4,  Matilda,  b 
Mar  o,  1847.  5,  Peter  Alonzn,  b  May  18,  1851.  6,  Mary  Jane, 
b  Jan  10,  1853  ;  d  Nov  20,  18G2.  7,  Ida,  b  Sept  18,  1855.  8, 
John  Henry,  b  Feb  28,  1859;  d  Dec  5,  1859. 


MURRAY. 

David,  Scotch  descent  ;  c  from  Londonderry,  N  II,  about 
1764  ;    ni  Elizabeth  McLelland  abont  1766. 

Davids  chil.  Mary,  b  May  1767  ;  m  John  Cunningham, 
1786  ;  d  in  1860;  r  at  Dam  Mills  and  Jefl'.  Marjiaret,  b  Oct, 
176S;  m  Capt  Alexander  Cuiuungham  of  NVis  ;  d  1813.  Wil 
liam,  b  1770;  d  in  int.  William  2d,  b  1771.  Killed  by  the 
wheel  of  a  cart  passing  over  his  neck  when  5  years  of  age,  his 
father  driving  the  team.  The  boy  was  asleep  in  the  road. 
Robert  and  John,  twins ;  Robert,  in  Rebecca  Coburn  of  Pitts- 
ton  ;  was  lost  in  a  hurricane  at  sea,  Dec  29,  1800.  John,  Sea 
Capt,  d  at  sea  from  the  efi'ects  of  a  fall.  Elizabeth,  m  Samuel 
Follansbee  of  Salisbury,  Mass,  where  she  r  and  d.  James,  Sea 
Capt,  lost  at  sea  in  a  hurricane  Dec  29,  1890.  David,  Sea  Capt ; 
d  at  sea  of  consumption.  Sarah,  b  May  1782  ;  ni  Dea  John  Ken- 
nedy of  Jeff;  r  there.     Samuel,  1784  ;  d   1859. 

After  David  Murray  had  lost  six  sons,  he  adopted  his  oldest 
grandson,  Robert  Cunningham  of  Jefl"  as  his  son,  who  took  the 
name  of  Robert  Murray.  He  was  Col  of  a  Regiment,  and  m 
1st,  Widow  Rebecca  Murray,  Dec  2o,  1807;  2d,  Iluldah  Lin- 
coln, Nov  1S48.  Robert,  d  May  6,  1859,  aged  72.  Rebecca,  d 
Oct  27,  1846. 

Third  Generation. — Robert  I's  chil.  Oliver,  sea  capt.,  b  Ap 
1,  1794;  m  Lucretia  Shermondine  of  Alexandria,  Va.  ;  d  in 
Igaogary,  S.  A.  Jan  13,  1826.  Eliza,  b  Feb  11,  1796;  m  Isaac 
W  Page,  Capt.  of  ^Militia,  of  Wilmington,  N.  H.  John,  b 
June  30,  1798  ;  m  Clarissa  P  Cunningham  Feb  22,  1824  ;  d  Aug 


GENEALOGY.  407 

17,  1870.     Cbirissa  d  Oct   17,  1878.     Mary  C,  b  Ap  30.  1801. 

Robert  2d's  chil.  Rebecca,  b  Aug  2o,  1808  ;  in  1st,  William 
Vanner  ;  2d,  John  Perkins;  d  Oct  17,  1862.  Robert,  Jan.,  sea 
ca|)t,  b  Nov  4,  1810  ;  ni  1st  w,  Nancy  Jane  Rin;dlett  of  Al.  ; 
2d  \v.  Widow  Maria  Reynolds,  N.  Y.  ;  r  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
David,  b  Sept  18  [3  ;  d  in  inf.      Helen,  b  1829. 

Fourth  Generation. — John's  chil.  Margarett,  b  Jan  13, 
1825;  d  May  1,  1860.  Ann  Maria,  b  Jan  25,  1827;  ni  Abra- 
ham Hall  Oct,  1850;  r  in  California.  Oliver,  b  Oct  1,  1829;  r 
in  Cuba;  d  Sept  lo,  1878.  Clara,  b  Sept  i,  1832;  d  Aug  15, 
1854.  Laviaia,  b  Mar  29,  1835.  Alexander,  b  Sept  25,  1837  ; 
m  Maria  Rafter;  r  in  Mass.  Robert,  b  Mar  17,  1840;  m  Har- 
riett Jackson  ;  r  in  Cal.  John  H,  b  Nov  14,  1843  ;  d  June  11, 
1860. 

M  Y  K  I  C  K  . 

Dr  Josiali,  b  in  Easthani,  Mass,  Sept  20,  1768  ;  m  Mary  Clark 
of  Brewster,  Sept  24,  1789  ;  c  to  N  and  settled  one  (piarter  of  a 
mile  to  the  west  of  Dam  -Bridge  about  1794;  d  Ap  9,  1828. 
Mary,  d  Sept  18,  1849. 

Dr  Josiah's  chil.  Mary  P ;  d  young.  Lot,  Physician  ;  ra 
Elizabeth  C  Dole  of  Al,  Mar  1832  ;  r  in  Augusta.  Josiah,  b 
Aug  11,  1795;  m  Hannah  Glidden,  Feb  4,  1822;  engaged  in 
shipbuilding,  and  was  a  man  of  extensive  and  ])ros[»erous  busi- 
ness ;  d  Sept  16,  1847.  Arietta;  m  Cushing  Bryant,  Sept  25, 
1821;  d  Dec  18,  1861.  Julia  Ann  ;  m  Augustus  F  Lash,  Mar 
1830. 

Third  Generation. — Josiah's  chil.  Mary  P,  b  Mar  17,  1823  ; 
d  Ap  19,  1828.  James  H,  b  Dec  27,  1824;  m  xALiry  Merrill  ot 
New  Bedford,  Mass,  May  23,  1854  ;  r  in  Boston.  Arietta  B,  b 
June  2,  1829;  Mary  H,  b  .June  14,  1831;  d  Aug  15,1833. 
Josiah,  b  Feb  17,  1833;  m  M  Louise  Rae  of  Oregon,  Alay  1, 
1858  ;  r  in  Port,  Oregon.  H  Lizzie,  b  Nov  28,  1838  ;  ni  Edward 
Webb,  Jan  20,  1859. 

NELSON. 

Jacob,  b  in  West.  Oct  25,  1814  ;  m  Antoinette  Clough  Nelson 
of  Al.  Nov  29,  1837  ;  c  to  N.  in  1859  ;  d  Dec  6,  1877. 

Jacob's  chil.  1,  Laura  Allen,  b  Julv  9,  1838.  2,  Jane  Clark, 
b  Ap  29,  1840.  3,  Enos  :\lenill,  b  Ap  3,  1842.  4,  Willie,  b 
Feb  6,  1845;  d  in  inf.  5,  Edward  Harris,  b  Jan  18,  1848;  d 
Mar  31,  1851.  6,  Paul  Parson,  b  May  23,  1852.  7,  Charlie 
and  8,  Hattie,  twins,  b  Mar  5,  1855.  Charlie  d  in  inf.  Hatlie  d 
Mar  1,  1858.     9,  Freddie,  b  Aug  m,  1858. 


408 


GENEALOGY. 


NICKELS. 

Capt.  Alexander  c  from  Bos.  and  settled  in    middle    of  the 

town;  m  Hannah  who  d  Ap  3,  1767,  aoj  07  ;  built  the 

house  and  kept  tavern   where  Joseph  Cargill,  Esq.,  afterwards 
resided  ;  d  Feb  1,  1758,  ag  67. 

Capt.  Alexander's  ehil.  Capt.  Alexander,  Capt.  James,  Sam- 
uel, Esq.,  John  Hill,  Thomas  and  one  daughter,  Jane. 

Samuel,  Esq.,  d  Nov.  16.  1802,  ag  64.  Jane,  his  w,  d  Sept  17, 
1813,  ag71. 

Capt  .Tames,  c  from  Bos  ;  m  Ruth  Thompson  of  Bos.  IJuth, 
b  Sept  13,  1728. 

Capt  James'  chil.  James,  Jr,  b  Julv  1,  1749;  m  Polly 
Nickels  ;  r  in  Bos  ;  d  May  19,  au"  57.  William  Nickels,  b  July  1 4, 
1751;  m  Polly  Nickels  of  13os.  John,  b  Oct  1,  1752;  d  Aug 
31,  17 — .  Ruth,  b  May  6,  1754;  m  Henry  P'ossett  of  Bris. 
Hannah,  b  Aug  22,  1755  ;  m  Jesse  Cooper,  Nov  8,  1777  ;  d  Ap 
30,  1818.  .Jane,  b  Feb  19,  1757  ;  m  Alexander  G  Robinson  ;  r 
in  Bris.  .John  2d,  b  July  30,  1758  ;  settled  where  Charles  Pink- 
ham  afterwards  r.  Frances,  b  Ap  4,  1760  ;  m  Capt  Alexander 
Lhtle.  Thomas  T,  b  Dec  28,  1762.  Killed  by  the  Indians. 
Margaret,  b  June  21,  1765;  m  Winslow  Ames;  r  in  Lewiston. 
Alexander,  b  Jan  4,  1767  ;  m  Mary  Hunt. 

Third  Generation. — Samuel,  Esq. "s  chil.  1,  Hannah,  b  Ap  2 
1762.  2,  Alexander,  b  Oct  17,  1763;  m  Mary  Hunt  of  Pown. 
July  9,  1790;  killed  blasting  stone  Oct  14,  1790.  3,  William,  b 
Jail  12,  1766;  m  Jane  McCobb  of  Bath,  1796;  r  in  Wis.  4, 
Saiuuel,  Jun.,  b  iMar  12,  1769.  5,  Robert,  b  Jan  31,  1775;  m 
Laonisa  Cushman  of  Wool.  ;  d  Se])t  29,  1807,  ag  31.  Charles, 
Esq.,  b  July  12,  1778  ;  m  Lucy  Delano  of  WooK  Dec  10,  1805  ; 
built  and  r  in  two-story  house  opposite  Town  House  ;  ship- 
builder and  farmer;  d  Dec  22,  1822.  Lucy  d  P'eb  15,  1841,  ag 
58.  7,  Tiiomas,  b  Sept  12,  1780;  m  Jane  Hodge  of  W^is.;  r  in 
Wis.  and  N.  Y. 

Fourth  Generation. — Robert's  chil.  Lucy  Ann  d  1807. 
Jane,  m  Capt.  Barnabas  Barker.  Samuel  m  Betsey  Williams  of 
Edg. 

Charles  Esq's  chil.  1,  Charles  Jr,  b  Feb  13,  1808  ;  d  Jidy  8, 
1809.  2,  Wilmot,  b  Aug  3,  1809;  d  Mar  21,  1833.  3,  Cai)t 
Charles,  b  J;m  8,  1811  ;  m  1st,  Philena  W  Rundlett  of  Al  Feb 
8,  1S38;  Philena  d  June  16,  1851  ;  m  2d  Almira  Rundlett  of 
Al  Feb  26,  1852  ;  came  near  losing  his  lil<;  l)y  secession  fury 
ab  1845  ;  was  obliged  to  leave  his  vessel  at  N  O,  and  though 
innocent,  to  flee  liome  by  the  way  of  the  Mississippi.  A  man  of 
integrity  and  sterling  worth  ;  d  Dec  2,  1852.  4,  Hannah,  b  July 
1,  1812;  m  Lewis  Kennedy,  Jan  17,  1838.     5,  Edwin,  b  June 


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GENEALOGY.  409 

18,  1814;  m  Angcliiu!  Koniu'dy  ;  drowned  at  Slit'ei)Scot  Falls,  a 
beautiful,  ])leasant  iiioniiugab  11  A  M,  ye]it28,  1848,  buried  the 
next  Sabbath.  Sons  of  Temperance  of  which  ]:e  was  a  member, 
])rcseut.  G,  Hartley,  b  Ap  7,  1817  ;  ni  Susan  Brooks  of  West. 
May  15,  1853  ;  d  ,Ian  29.  18G4.  7,  Lucy  D,  b  June  21,  1818  ; 
m  William  Hall,  Feb-6,  1840.  8,  Marietta  A,  b  Jan  8,  1821  ; 
d  Sept  20,  1822.  9,  Caroline,  b  Jan  12,  1823  ;  teacher  ;  d  Mar 
20,  1852. 

Capt  Charles'  chil,  1,  Amanda  Phileua,  b  Oct  27,  1839  ;  d 
Sept  18,  1852.  2,  Charles  Granville,  b  Oct  1,  1840  ;  member  of 
Co  G,  Fifth  Maine  Regiment ;  was  in  the  tirst  Bull  Ilun  battle; 
d  at  W^ashington,  1)  C,  of  diptheria,  Nov  17,  1861.  3,  Edward 
Payson,  b  Oct  6,  1845  ;  d  Feb  20,  1803,  which  is  the  tina 
account  of  this  family. 

NORWOOD. 

Joseph,  b  in  Gloucester,  Mass,  Ap  25,  1790  ;  m  Clara  Norwood, 
June  1,   1812,  moved  to  Bris  ab  1820  ;  c  to  N  in  1857. 

Joseph's  chil.  1,  Joseph  Jr,  b  July  30,  1813;  d  Ap  1,  1848. 
2,  Clara,  b  Jan  28,  1815  ;  d  Oct  18,  1840.  3,  Zaccheus,  b  Sept 
15,  1817  ;  m  Helen  E  Hanlv  of  Br  Sept  16,  1864.  4,  Helen,  b 
Nov  12,  1834. 

OSGOOD. 

Horace,  b  June  7,  1797,  in  Lancaster,  Mass.  ;  c  to  N.  in  1823 
m  Elizabeth  Erskine,  July  8,  1823  ;  d  Mar  28,  1864. 

Horace's  chil.  1,  Horace  N,  b  Mar  13,  1825;  sea  capt.  in 
India  Trade;  m  Pauline  Austin  June  2,  1856.  2,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, b  Oct  18,  1827.  3,  James  Erskine,  b  May  2,  1833;  m 
Lucy  M  Chase  Sept  13,  1870.  4,  Arietta  Homes,  b  Jan  8,  1835  ; 
m  Edward  Hodman  June  9,  1857;  r  in  N.  York.  5,  Thomas 
•L,  b  July  3,  1836 ;  d  Oct  16,  1849.     7,  Anna  F,  b  Mar  13,  1841  ; 

Third  Generation. — Horace  N's  chil.  1,  Horace  A,  b  July 
3,  1859  ;  d  in  East  Lidies  Mar  25,  1861.  2,  Pauline,  b  Sept  10, 
1862.     3,  Horace  E,  b  Oct  1,  1867. 

OTIS. 

Amos,  b  in  Scituate,  Mass.  June  25,  1765;  c  to  N.  and  m 
Thankful  Taylor;  d  Ap  10,  1809.  Thankful,  b  Ap  17,  1771  ;  d 
Sept  28,  1863. 

Amos'  chil.  1,  Isaac,  b  May  8,  1791 ;  d  young.  2,  Mary,  b 
Mar  31,  1793;  m  Thomas  Weeks  of  Jeff.  3,  'VVilliam,  b  Dec 
12,  1794  ;  ni  Sarah  Perkins  Dec  26,  1822.  4,  Amos  Jr.,  b  Sept. 
14,  1798;  belonged  to  the  navy;  d  in  Chelsea  Hospital,  Mass, 


410  GENEALOGY. 

5,  Ruth,  b  Dec  2,  1796 ;  d  Sept  6,  1827.  6,  Hannah,  b  Auj^  18, 
180J;  d  Dec  10,  1825.  7,  Fauny,  b  Ap  25,  1803;  m  Philip  C 
Beckler  Dec,  1822.  8,  Susan,  b  Mar  8,  1805  ;  m  Percy  Hitch- 
cock of  Dam.  Oct  1842.  9,  Job,  b  Ap  20,  1807;  d  Oct  20, 
1825.  10.  Cynthia,  b  Feb  10,  1809  ;  m  Edmund  Perkins  Jnn., 
Feb  13,  1836. 

Third  Generation. — William's  chil.  1,  Charlotte  P,  b  Ap  1, 
1824  ;  m  Robert  B  Perkins,  Ap  23,  1846.  2,  Sewall  Jr.,  b  Aug 
13,  1827;  d  Oct  2,  1854.  Samuel  A,  b  June  7,  1829  ;  r  in  Bos. 
Mary  W,  b  Mar  27,  1831  ;  m  Aurelius  Dnnlap  of  Bos.  Sept  20, 
1858;  d  Jan  16,  1862.  William  E,  b  Ap  19,  1833.  Charles  P, 
b  Ap  5,  1836;  d  July  8,  1842.  John  A,  b  Ap  19,  1832; 
member  of  Co.  H,  21  Reg.  Me.  Vols ;  d  at  Baton  Rouge  May  24, 
1863.  Joseph  P>ankUn,^b  Aug  19,  1841.  Sarah  F,"b  Nov  5, 
1844. 

Etta  Florence,  dan  of    Aurelius  and  Mary  W  Dunlap,  b  July 
3,  1861. 

William  E,  m  Nellie  Sherman  of  Edg.     Their  sou,  William 
E,  d  July  9,  1863,  ag  6  yrs  and  3  months, 

PACKARD. 


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I 


Reuben,  b  in  Bridgewater,  Mass,  Feb  22,  1776;  m  .Jerusha 
Holbrook,  Mar  1796  ;  c  to  N  ab  1832  ;  d  Oct  23,  1847.  Jerusha, 
d  Dec  5,  1832. 

Reuben's  chil.  Betsey,  b  Oct  15,  1796;  d  Dec  15,  1855. 
David,     Lieut    in   the    militia,    b    May  10,   1798;  d  Jan  1844.  I 

Sarah,  b  Nov  5,    1799.     Jerusha,  b  Ap  10,  1801 ;  m  Henry  M  " 

Pease;  r  in  Appleton  ;  d  1854.  Nancy,  b  Jan  13,  18U3  ;  m 
Alexander  Jamison  ;  r  in  Appleton.  Abner,  Sea  Capt,  b  Mav 
26,  1804;  m  Elizabeth  Flint  of  Nob ;  r  in  Dam;  d  at  N 
Orleans,  June  31,  1854.  Joanna,  b  Mar  14,  1807;  m  Walter 
Butler  of  Thomaston  ;  d  June,  1852.  Cyrus,  b  Mar  18,  1809  ;  m 
1st  Nancy  Winslow,  Aug  14,  1838.  2d,  Hannah  S  Chase,  Oct 
'7,  1852  ;  Sea  Capt ;  d  July  1,  1854,  in  New  Orleans.  Lvdia  M, 
b  July  17,  1811  ;  m  Josiah  Page;  d  P'eb  21,  1865.  John,  b 
Dec  11,  1814  ;  Grad  at  Bow  Col ;  d  Sept  1,  1847.  Nehemiah, 
b  July  4,  1818  ;  r  in  Cal. 

Third  Generation. — Capt  Cyrus'  chil.  Mary  H,  b  Aug  16, 
1842.  John  H,  b  May  13,  1845  ;  d  Aug  23,  1845.  Jeunette  A 
b  June  30,  1847.  Thomas  Hay  ward,  b  Dec  2,  1848.  N  Lin- 
coln, b  Aug  7,  1850.     Julia  Chase,  b  May  30,  1854. 

PAGE. 

Robert,  b  in  Edg,  1776  ;  m  Nancv  Dodge  of  Edg  ;  c  to  N  in 
1804  ;  d  Jan  29,  1857. 


GENEALOGY.  411 

Robert's  cliil.  Jobn,  b  July  9,  1808;  ni  Abby  L  Sheldon; 
Sept  14,  183G.  Josiah.  ]M:ib:ila  ;  m  John  ILiLCgett  of  Edi^  r, 
in  E.  Nathan,  b  May  2G,  1S17  ;  m  Sarah  Jane'Cuok,  Ap  22, 
18o0. 

Third  Generation. — John's  chil.  Sarah  Anna;  m  Benj  F 
Groton  of  Nob,  Sept  20,  1858. 

Josiah's  cliil.     Nancy. 

N.-Uhan's  chil.  James  C,  b  Aug  18,  1851.  Charles  Dennis,  b 
'ct  8,  1858. 


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PERKINS, 


Lemuel,  brother  to  Abner,  c  from  Somersworth,  N  II,  and 
settled  on  the  spot  where  Joseph  Perkins,  his  giandson,  after- 
wards r.  There  had  been  an  opening  and  he  succeeded  one 
Winslow. 

Lemuel's  chil.  Lemuel  Jr,  William,  Nathan,  Nathaniel,  Sea 
Captains.  Captains  of  Privateers  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
Daniel.  Edmund,  b  1768  ;  m  Abigail  Catlaud  ab  1798  ;  d  Jan  20, 
1843.     Seven  sons  and  four  daughters. 

Third  Generation. — Edmund's  clul.  Clarissa,  b  May  27, 
1800  ;  m  James  Cox.  Sarah,  b  Oct  2,  1801  ;  m  William' Otis, 
Dec  26,  1822.  Charlotte,  b  Sept  12,  1803;  d  July  7,  1821. 
Harriet,  b  Ap  11,  1805.  Lucindn,  b  Oct  19,  1806  ;  in  Thomas 
Perkins.  Edmund  Jr,  b  Dec  16,  1808;  m  Cynthia  Otis,  Feb 
18,  1836.  Joseph,  b  Mar  28,  1811;  m  1st,  Lydia  Wallace  of 
Montville  ;  2d,  Kebecca  P  Weeks  of  Jeff,  Jau  27,  1853.  Chas, 
b  June  26,  1813  ;  d  Feb  28,  1840. 

Fourth  Ge)ieration. — Edmund  Jr's  chil.  Clara  Augusta,  b 
Aug  10,  1837;  d  May  25,  1842.  Charles  Edmund,  b  Nov  8, 
1842  ;  member  of  Co  H,  21st  Reg  Me  Vols.  Frederick  Wil- 
liam, b  Aug  24,  1844.     Augustus  Gordon,  b  June  20,  1846. 

Abner,  b  in  Somersworth,  N.  II.  Ap  7,  1736  ;  m  INIaiy  Chick; 
c  to  N.  and  settled  where  Daniel  D,  now  resides  ;  drowned  in 
1803.     Mary  d  Mar  1812. 

Abner's  chil.  Mary,  b  Feb  13,  1760  ;  m  Winthrop  Dodge  of 
Edg.  ;  r  in  E.  ;  d  Jan  1,  1825.  Abner  Jun.,  b  May  7,  1762; 
m  Abigail  Sloman  of  Wool.  Ebeuezer,  b  July  29,  1764;  ra 
Mercy  Crooker  of  Edg.  Enoch,  b  Sept  7,  1766  ;  m  IMollv  Bates 
of  Br.  1790  ;  d  Feb  12,  1815.  John,  b  June  1,  1769  ;  Capt.  of 
Militia;  m  Lois  Dodge;  r  in  Nob.;  d  Oct,  1818.  Daniel,  b 
July  13,  1771  ;  m  Ist^  Sarah  Whii)plc;  2d,  Fanny  Blunt;  d  Ap 
26,  1838.  Sarah,  d  July  8,  1821.  Fanny,  d  June  24,  1869. 
Eunice,  b  July  20,  1773;  m  Lemuel  Swett;  r  in  N.  and  Whit. 
Sarah,    b   Aug  15,^  1777  ;    in   Phillips    Hatch  of  Br.  ;  r    in    B_ 


412 


GENEALOGY. 


Nancy,  b  Mar   5,  1783  ;  lu  Dea.   Wasliiiigtou  Dodge  Dec   13 
1802. 

Third  Generation. — Abner  Jr's  chil.  Sally.  Henry.  David. 
Warren.  Lydia.  Polly.  Nancy.  William.  Lucy ;  m  Carpenter 
Bearce  of  Br.  Lott.  George,  b  Oct  1812  ;  \\\  .Julia  Witham  of 
Jeff",  June  1845.     Harriet. 

Ebenezer's  chil.  Polly,  b  Dec  11,  1789  ;  ni  Moses  Davis  of 
Edg.  Ebenezer,  b  Dec  2,  1791  ;  in  Burnhani  of  Edg.  Eunice,  b 
Feb  22,  1793;  m  Ca})t  .lohn  Tilton  of  Bris.  Jerusha,  b  Feb 
12,  1795.  Lucy,  b  Feb  9,  1797;  m  Daniel  Ha<,^gett  of  Edg. 
Abiel,  b  Mar  4,  1799.  Mercy,  b  Sept  '2ii  ;  180J ;  m  Amos 
Haggett. 

Enoch's  chil.  Daniel  2d,  b  Sept  21,  1791  ;  ra  1st,  Susan  Rob- 
inson, Dec  23,  1817;  Susan  d  Sept  3,  1853;  in  2d  \v,  Jane 
Robinson,  Mar  28,  1855.  Sally,  b  Jan  19,  1793;  d  in  Charles- 
lowu,  Mass.  John,  b  May,  1794;  ni  1st  Mary  Hatch  of  Nob. 
2d,  Mary  Clark  of  Jeff.  3d,  Rebecca  Murray;  d  Aug  1853; 
Nancy,  b  Sept  1795;  d  young.  Enoch,  b  Jan  1797;  m  Jane. 
Hussey,  Jan,  1811  ;  r  in  Nob  and  Aroostook  County.  William, 
b  May,  1798  ;  d  in  inf.  Charles,  b  Sept  1799  ;  accidentally 
killed  ag  14.  James,  b  in  1801  ;  m  Hannah  Hasey  of  Bris  ;  r 
at  Peniaquid.  Sullivan,  b  May,  1802;  m  Harriet  Pratt  of 
Windsor;  r  in  W.  Margaret,  b  Sept,  1803  ;  m  Francis  S  Tib- 
betts.  Mary  Ann,  b  1805  ;  m  William  R  Lovejoy  of  Bos;  r  in 
E  Bos.  Lucinda,  b  May  1806  ;  m  Washington  Bean  of  Wash- 
ington ;  r  in  W  and  Charlestown,  Mass.  Jeremiah,  b  1807;  d 
ag21. 

Daniel's  chil.  Fanny,  b  Aug  30,  1796  ;  m  John  Hodgkins  ;  r 
in  Jeff.  Dea.  Asa,  b  Mar  25,  1798;  m  Marv  Church  of  Br; 
r  in  Thorn. ;  d  Feb  12,  1875.  Mary  d  1864.  'Mary,  b  Feb  15, 
1800  ;  m  Joseph  Ross  of  .Jeff. ;  r  in  J  ;  d  Ap  24,  1872.  Eliza, 
b  May  17,  1802  ;  m  David  Hall  of  Nob.  ;  d  Nov  5,  1875.  Fran- 
cis, b  Nov  26,  1805  ;  lost  at  sea  in  a  hurricane,  Nov  7,  1826. 
Thomas,  b  Nov  26,  1805;  m  Lucinda  Perkins  Dec  12,  1833; 
Lucinda  d  1866.  Gardiner,  b  Oct  10,  1807  ;  ni  Caroline  L 
Thompson  of  Bris.  Oct  13,  1831  ;  d  Aug  4,  1877.  Caroline  d 
June  19,  1868.  Jane  B,  b  July  30,  1809;  m  Thomas  Hall  of 
Nob.  Julia  A,  b  Aug  10,  1811  ;  ra  Jonathan  Bryant  of  Nob. ; 
r  in  Bath.  Albert,  b  June  17,  1814;  d  Nov,  1833.  Phebe,  b 
Ap  21,  1816 ;  d  June  24,  1816.  By  2d  w.  Robert  B,  b  Aug  5, 
1823  ra  Charlotte  Otis.  Daniel  D,  b  July  7,  1825 ;  ni  An- 
toinette C  Haggett  of  Edg.  Oct  4,  1846. 

Fourth  Generation. — George's  chil.  Emily  Jane,  b  1848. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  b  Aug  1851.  Georgie,  b  Dec  1854.  James  F, 
b  June  1856. 


GENEALOGY.  413 

Thomas'  cliil.  Daniel  \V,  b  Aug  30,  183o.  Frank  E,  b  A]> 
30,  1H37;  r  in  Australia.  Thomas  II,  b  Jan  1,  1842;  member 
of  4th  Me  Hv<s;  three  ycai-s  ;  re-enlisted  in  the  19th  lieg  Me  Vols  ; 
m  Lucy  A  Hodji^es  ot  Gard.  Charles  S,  b  June  13,  1843  ;  d 
Feb   17,  1845.     Mary  II,  b  Feb  1,  1846. 

(jrardiner's  chil.  Catliarine  F,  b  Mar  20,  1830.  Gardiner  W, 
b  Mar  8,  1842  ;  r  in  Bos.  Harlan  R,  b  Aug  30,  1846.  Harlan's 
chil.     Roy,  b  Feb  2,  1877. 

Robert  B's  chil.     Ella  Charlotte,  b  Aug  3,  1847. 

Daniel  D's  chil.  Kaler,  b  Aug  19,  1847.  Brainard,  b  Feb 
28,  1849.  Amos  II,  b  Sept  9,  1850.  Effie  Annette,  b  Ap  13, 
1853.  Fannv  Caroline,  b  July  3,  1855.  Ward,  b  Dec  30, 
1858.     Mercy  H,  b  Feb  13,  1861.     Abe,  b  July  18,  1864. 

Daniel  2d"s  chd.  Caroline,  b  Nov  29,  1818;  d  Dec  6,  1819. 
Robert  R,  b  Oct  7,  1821  ;  m  Susan  P  Flagg  of  Bos  ;  r  in  X  and 
Port.     Jotham  Sewall,  b  Dec  26,  1824  ;  m  xMary  Wright. 

Fifth  Generation. — Robert  R's  chil.  P^lbert  G,  b  '^Nlay  9, 
184G.  Member  of  61st  lieg  Mass  Vols.  Caroline  R,  b  Jan, 
1851. 

Jotham  S's  chil.  Clarence,  b  July  26,  1853  ;  d  in  inf.  Mary 
Eudora,  b  Jan  2,  1856. 

William  B,  b  in  Dam.  ;  c  to  N.  1852  ;  m  Hannah  H  Kennedy 
Oct  6,  1252  ;  member  4th  Reg,  Co.  E,  Me.  Vols.;  killed  in  the 
battle  of  the  Wilderness  by  a  shell.  May  25,  1864. 

William's  chil.  Wintield  Scott,  b  July  16,  1854.  Rosabella, 
b  Sept  14,  1857. 

P  I X  K  II  A  M . 

David,  b  in  Booth.  Mar  29,  1779;  sea  capt ;  m  Sarah  Brier 
Nov  23,  1803  ;  c  to  N.  Mar  1833  ;  d  July  4,  1839.  Sarah  .1 
Dec  2,  1850. 

David's  chil.  Olive,  b  Ap  20,  1805;  m  Capt  John  Adams  of 
Booth  Nov  23,  1826.  Warren,  Sea  Capt,  b  May  22,  1807  ;  r  in 
Edg;  m  Hannah  Chase  of  Edg.  Lost  at  sea,  Oct  1851. 
George  W,  Sea  Capt,  b  Jan  3,  1809  ;  m  Lydia  Shepard  of  Jeff, 
Oct  1837  ;  r  in  Edg ;  d  May  1 1,  1848.  Charles,  b  June  19,  1811  ; 
m  Rosalind  Brown,  Nov  2,  1840;  d  May  27,  1876.  Edwin, 
Sea  Capt,  b  Sept  2'.t,  1S13;  m  Susan  F  Brown,  Sept  1,  1839. 
Rosalind  d  Feb  1880. 

Third  Generation. — Charles' chil.-  Frank,  b  June  20,  1842. 
Emily  Alice,  b  May  2A,  1847.  Cora  Addie,  b  Nov  29,  1849. 
Charles  Edward,  b  Sept  26,  1852;  d  Oct  13,  1854. 

i:dwin's  chil.  Augustus  E,  b  June  23,  1842.  Charles  V,  b 
Dec  22,  1846.  Elisha,  b  in  Wal  July  24,  1829  ;  c  to  N  in  1847  ; 
m  Emily  K  Dodge  of  Edg,  Ap  14,  1846. 


414 


GENEALOGY. 


Elisha's  chll.     Mary  Elizabeth,  b  Oct  24,  1857. 
b  Aug  12,  1860. 

POTTER. 


Sarah  Emily, 


Aaron  M,  b  in  Wliit  May  4.  1816  ;  m  Sarah  P  Gray,  Jan  1.5, 
184G  ;   c  to  N  in  18,50. 

Aaron  M's  cliil.  Georo-iana  E,  b  Sept  8.  1847  ;  d  Dec  3,  1850. 
A  daughter,  b  Aug  3,  1849  ;  d  in  inf.  William  II,  b  Oct  9, 
1851  ;  d  Sept  10,  1852.  Georgia  Ada.  b  July  16,  1854.  Clias 
Alvin,  b  Aug  3,  1856  ;  d  Aug"4,  1856.  Susan  Jane,  b  Jan  30, 
1858.  Eudora  II,  b  Mar  5,  1860.  Frank  Leland,  b  Feb  9, 
1862. 

PREBLE. 

James,  b  in  Litchfield,  Sept  3,  1807 ;  m  Phebe  V  Shaltuck  of 
West,  Oct  7,  1832  ;  r  in  Booth  ;  c  to  S  in  1840. 

Jarnes'  chil.  David  S,  b  Nov  12,  1833  ;  m  Lizzie  B  Thomas 
of  jManchester,  June  1,  1862  ;  Sarah  T,  b  May  25,  1837.  James 
M,  b  July  31,  1839  ;  d  Mar  21,  1841.  Julia  M,  adopted  daugh- 
ter, b  Aug  26,  1846. 

Third  Generation. — David  S's  chil,  Thomas  D  Worrall,  b 
Nov  6,  1863  ;  d  in  inf. 

ROBINSON. 

Archibald,  c  fi-oni  I,  settled  upon  the  banks  of  the  Dam  for  a 
few  years  and  then  went  westward. 

Robert,  b  in  Bridgewater,  Mass,  Dec  28,  1751,  new  style; 
c  to  N  in  1767  r.nd  settled  where  E  D  Robinson  afterwards  re- 
sided ;  m  Jane  Webb  of  Wool  in  1777  or  8  ;  d  Mar  2,  1845; 
Jane  his  w  d  Aug  3,  1843. 

Robert's  chil.  Kuth,  b  Feb  2.  1779:  m  Robert  Robinson  of 
JelF;  d  Aug  16,  1SG4.  Archibald,  b  Oct  2,  1780;  d  in  inf. 
James,  Capt  of  Alilitia,,  b  Dec  19,  1782  ;  m  1st  Martha  Stetson, 
Dec  26,  1816,  who  d  July  6,  1828  ;  m  2d  Priscilla  Glidden,  Feb 
24,  1830,  who  d  Aug  24,  1843  ;  m  3d,  Mrs  Abigail  Bovd  of  Edg, 
Mar  18,  1845.  Luther,  b  Nov  26,  1784 ;  d  Jan"  2,  1787. 
Ebenezer  Delano,  Esq,  b  June  8,  1787;  m  Martha  D  Webb, 
Dec  12,  1815  ;  d  Jan  1,  1867.  lie  was  a  man  of  integrity,  up- 
riglitness,  talents  and  sterling  worth.  Held  many  town  and 
other  public  otfices,  was  a  warm  friend  of  education,  re))resented 
the  town  in  the  Legislature,  exerted  a  wide  and  healthy  influence 
and  died  in  a  "good  old  age,"  after  having  served  God  and  his 
generation  with  ability  and  acceptance. 


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GENEALOGY.  415 

Jniie,  b  Nov  24,  1780  ;  ni  Daniel  Poikins,  IMav  28,  IS.'.-,  :  2<1 
w.  Susan,  b  Jan  19,  1792  ;  m  Daniel  Perkins,  Dec  2:3,  l'S17  ;  1st 
w  d  Sept  3,  1853. 

Ebenezer  D  Esq's  chil.  Ansel,  b  Sept  30,  181 G  ;  m  Emeline 
M  Lewis  of  Ky,  Dec  3,  1846.  Susan,  b  Ap  12,  1818;  d  Mar 
20,  1819.  Lucy  VV,  b  Mar  9,  1820;  in  Wm  Foster  of  Bath, 
Dec  3,  1850;  r  in  B.  Caroline,  b  Ap  21.  1822;  m  Capt  p:i- 
bridge  G  Webber,  Sept  11,  1862  ;  r  in  Washinoton.  Albert  S, 
b  Dec  16,  1823;  d  Mar  10,  1825.  Luther,  b  Dec  15,  1825;  m 
Sarah  B  Stetson  of  Booth,  Feb  14,  1856.  Theresa,  b  Sept  5, 
1828.  Frederick  A,  b  May  9,  1830  ;  d  Oct  8,  1851.  Henry  C, 
b  Dec  21,  1831  ;  Grad  at  Bow  Col  1860;  Teacher;  ni  Jeiniie 
A  Stewart  of  Br,  Oct  17,  1865;  Clernyman  ;  r  in  Pliii)sl)U'g. 
Martha  Jane,  b  Oct  2,  1833  ;  ni  Capt  Wni  Newhall  Jr,  of  Wash- 
inirton.  Oct  4,  1864  ;  d  at  Savannah,  Ga,  Mar  7,  1867  ;  interred 
at^N.     Sophia  II,  b  Jan  26,  1838  :  d  Dec  30,  1858. 

Fifth  Generation. — Abner'schil.     Martha  S,  b  May  27,  1857. 

James  Nickels,  Sea  Capt,  b  in  Br.  Ap  24,  1791  ;  in  xVlar2;ery 
Hopkins  of  N.  Feb  13,  1817;  c  to  N  in  1818;  d  June  3,  1863. 

James  N's  chil.  Mary  C,  b  Nov  29,  1818 ;  m  lloval  Wright, 
Nov  6,  1845.  William  H,  b  Feb  10,  1820  ;  d  in  Baltimore, 
Feb  1,  1841.  Jane  N,  b  July  8,  1823;  m  James  Burchsted  of 
Bos  ;  Feb  8,  1846  ;  r  in  Dorchester.  James  N,  b  Sept  21,  1825  ; 
m  Isabella  Jenkins  of  Australia  ;  r  in  A.  Daniel  II,  b  Feb  8, 
1828  ;  m  Angle  McNear  of  Dam,  jNIar  4,  1855  ;  d  July  15,  1859. 

Ihird  Generation. — Daniel  Us  chil.  Royal  Wright,  b  Dec 
17,  1855.     Daniel  Webster,  b  Nov  10,  1857. 


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R  O  W  E  . 

Thomas,  b  in  I,  Jan  1,  1796;  c  to  N  in  1818;  mechanic  and 
rmer  ;  m  Charlotte  Turnbull,  May  8,  1820  ;  d  Sept  8,  1S52. 
Thomas'  chil.  William  T,  b  Feb  17,  1822;  r  in  Cal.  Alex- 
ander, b  Oct  8,  1823.  Thomas,  Jr,  b  Oct  30,  1826  ;  d  :Mar  24, 
1827.  Robert  T,  b  Sept  14,  1828  :  m  Laura  Knight  of  IJich- 
mond,  1858;  r  in  R.  Thomas,  Jr,  2i\,  b  Dec  17,  1830;  d  Mar 
31,  1833.  Richard  W,  b  Ap  30,  1832;  d  Sept  24,1832. 
Elizabeth  W,  b  May  8,  1833  ;  m  John  Melrose  ot  Canada,  Sept 
1854;  r  in  Richmond,  John  T,  b  June  26,  1834  ;  ni  Flora  Cos- 
tellow  of  Richmond  Dec,  1864.  Charlotte  T,  b  Dec  31,  1838. 
James  E,  b  May  26,  1840. 

R  U  N  D  L  E  T  . 

William  F,  b  in  Pittston,  Oct  24,  1834;  m  Octavia  M  Nash 
of  East  Pittston,  Nov  6.  1850.  Octavia,  b  Jan  1,  1835  ;  c  to  N 
in  1851. 


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^•*-"  GENEALOGY. 

•      Russell,  Elizabeth,  b  in  Portsmouth,  N  IT,  Dec  15    170 5 

Beniain.n,  b  June  17,  1822  at  Portsmouth  ;  m  in  jlos.  Ap   17 
1845      Benjan.m  F,  b  in  Bos.  Jan   17,  1846      Charles  Ed  vn  tI 
b  .n  Bos,  May  25,  1848.     Walter  Sco'tt,  b  in   ct ta,  Au  "25' 
18./  ;  d  at  Portsn^outh,  Oct  17,  1860,  ag  3  yrs  1  mo,  22   day": 

S  E  I D  E  R  S  . 

Daniel,  b  in  Wald  ;  m  Nancy  Dunbar    An  S    i«n9    «  +     xr 

about  1800 ;  d  Oct  ab  1834.  '      ^      '     ^-'  '  ^°  ^' 

Daniels  chil       1,  Charles  A,  b  Oct  29,  1803  ;  m  Clarissa  Coy  • 

2  1 8^6  '  3  '"i^rrfT-  o''  ^^"'-S-^'  ^  ^-'  ^^'  ^804  d  Jan 
ia  ^t■J'  R  "^''  ^  -^.""^  ^'^'  ^^^"^^  '  "^^^^t  Elizabeth  Tea^ue, 
2d     Matilda   Henrietta   Cotton   of  Wolfboro' N  H;  Sea  Catt 

Semt  IHm  lV\r-  ^'l^.h^^'^^i  f"«^  «f  ^^«b.  5,  Emeline,  b 
N  H  Ju  V  2   18     ^^Tl^       71    ^'"'^  ^  ^^^"^"  of  Wolfboro; 

u,  u  June  2/,  181/  ;  ni  Benj  F  Campbell .;  r  in  Bos. 
SHATTUCK, 

A,?30''1'835''  m''''  ^f^'  'f  ^  '  '"  ^^^'-^'^  Greenleaf  of  West, 
Ap  30,  1835.     Mercy  b  Dec  22,  1811 ;  c  to  N  May  7,  1835. 

^ept  8,  1837;  m  Capt  Warren  Adams,  June  29,  1863  3  Da- 
vid A  b  Sept  24,  1842.  4,  Charles  E,  b  Feb  28,  IS^  5  Mai y 
I ,  b  Aug  20,  1846  ;  m  Capt  Amos  Jewett.  '         ^ 

Ihomas,    David's   brother,    b   in    West,    May    18,    1813-  m 

1 7^^]847'''  f 's  \'  ^t"'k' .'r  ^''  '^'  ^ ^'^-  2'  ^^t^^y  K,  b  July 
84r  V  n  '  rf  \r^'  ^  ^^^'  ''  ^^*3-  4,  Henry  R,  b  July  9, 
i^T  10'  ''''''''  ^  ^^^^y  ^^'  1«^8-  6,  James  P,  b  A^  6  1851  • 
d  Mar  12,  1854.  7,  Ella  b  Sent  0  i«v^  q  5  ^ ^P  ",  looi , 
T-in  10  ^>i^Q  a  ',  f'  "^  ^fV^  '^'  '^5^-  ^  Jennie  Judson,  b 
Jan  10,  18o9  ;  9,  a  daughter,  b  Ap  5,  1861  ;  d  in  inf. 

1    MW.'a';^  Ann  Eliza  Hatch,  Nov  27,  1805.     Wilmot's  chil. 

8?i    T  M     '      iT  ul  '"^^-     ^'  ^'""'S^  ^^'i'"^°t'  b  Nov  7. 

18/ /.      5,  Clara  Bell,  b  Oct  9,  1878 

Ma^^chi/^'^'I;""1l^TV''T^'  ^^^  ^^'^^^^'  ^'  ^^  Maynard, 
Feb  23,  I880!'  '  ""  ^'^'  ^^'^-     -'  ^^'''y  ^""^'^SK  b 


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GENEALOGY.  417 

Charles,  m  Julia  C  Packard,  Dec  18,  1S7G.  Julia,  d  Ap  11, 
1880.     Chil.      Ward  Liucolu,  h  Dec  3,  1870. 

Capt  Jewett's  sous.  1,  Harry  Lain,  b  Julv  11,  18G9.  2, 
Frank,  b  Aus^  10,  1871. 

Warreu  Adam's  cliil.  1,  Charles  F,  b  xMay  7,  18G6.  2,  Ber- 
tie, b  Sept  18,  1872,  d  Oct  20,  1874.  3,  Bell  Dod^^e  Adams,  b 
Sept  18,  1873. 

S  H  E  R  M  A  N  . 

Aai'on,  Sr,  b  in  Booth,  July  10,  1772;  m  Polly  Tarbell,  of 
Dedhani,  Mass,  May  10,  179G.  Pollv,  b  June  29,  1777  ;  c  to  N 
in  1799  ;  d  Sept  4,  1845. 

Aaron  Sr's  chil.  Eleazer,  b  May  28,  1797  ;  ni  Azubah  Modije 
of  Edg ;  r  in  Patricktown  Plantation.  Aaron,  Jr,  b  Mar  27, 
1799  ;   m  Maria  Patterson,  Nov,  1820  ;  r  on  tlie  homestead. 

Third  Geiieration. — Aaron  Jr's  chil.  Albion  A,  b  No\^ 
5,  1821  ;  m  Phebe  P"'rench  of  Sullivan  ;  r  in  S.  Josiah  P, 
b  July  2.5,  1823;  Teat^her  at  Pottsville,  Penn  ;  m  ^lelvina  Fos- 
ter of  Litclifield.  xMaria  P,  b  Nov  11,  182G  ;  m  Daniel  l)c)d<;e  ; 
r  in  Booth.  Mary  A,  b  July  12,  1826  ;  d  Ap  27,  1.S42.  Adeline 
S,  b  Sept  11,  1833;  m  William  Ilutcliinson  ot  Bos,  Dec  17, 
1851.  Sophrouia  P,  b  Mar  5,  1831  ;  in  David  MorjraPi  of  Bos, 
Nov  23,  1851;  r  in  Middle  Granville,  N  Y.  Charlotte  b.  Sept 
11,1833;  r  in  Bos.  Lorenda  E,  b  Dec  11,  1834;  r  in  Bos. 
Edward  F,  b  Oct  10,  1836.  Alden  E,  b  May  2,  1839  ;  niem- 
biir  of  21st  Reg  Maine  Vols. 

Samuel  K,  b  in  Edg  Sept  8,  1808  ;  c  to  N  when  about  one 
year  old,  and  lived  with  his  Grandtather,  Samuel  Kennedy,  Esq  ; 
\\\  Elizabeth  Poole  of  Edgcomb,  June  3,  1839.  Member  of  16th 
Reg,  Co  K,  A[e  Vols  ;  now  of  the  Ambulance  Corps.  Elizabeth 
Poole,  b  Sept  19,  1817. 

Samuel  K's  chil.  Sarah  E,  b  Oct  16,  1840  ;  ni  George  Poole 
of -Gloucester,  Mass,  Oct,  1858;  r  in  G.  Martha  . I,  b  Oct  24, 
1841  ;  m  Joseph  C  Paine  of  Charlestown,  Mass,  May  16,  1863. 
Eunice  H,  twin  sister  ot  Martha  .J,  ni  Joseph  Cunningham,  Dec 
25,  1869.  Nancy  O,  b  Ap  1,  1844.  Amasa  P,  b  Oct  19,  1847  ; 
Member  of  20th  ll^i-^y,,  Maine  Vols.  David  L,  b  Nov  30,  1849. 
John  Augustus,  b  Jan  14,  1850.  Atwood  E,  b  June  4,  1852. 
Samuel  O,  b  Jan  5,  1864.  Virginia  Isadoi'c,  b  Dec  12,  1856 
Lovinia  W,  b  Feb  28,  1859. 

Sherman,  Silas  D,  b  Nov  21,  1832;  m  Julia  E  Somes,  Nov 
18,  1853.     Julia  E,  b  June  30,  1835.     Baptized  Nov  5,   1865. 

Silas  D's  chil.  1,  Artis  T,  b  Dec  4,  1854.  2,  Willie  O,  b 
Jan  21,  1857.  3,  Elizabeth  M,  b  Ap  26,  1860  ;  d  May  '18,  1860. 
4,  Emily  S,  b  Sept  13,  1861  ;  d  Ap  9,  1865. 


418 


GENEALOGY. 


SHELDON. 

C'apt  E[)hraim  c  from  New  Jersey  to  Gloucester,  Mass  ;  m 
Abiijail  Pool  of  G,  dan  of  Dea  Isaac  Pool. 

Their  chil ;  2  sons,  5  dans.  William  the  eldest,  m  Sarah 
Webb  of  N  Yarmouth,  dan  of  Dea  Nathaniel  Webb.  William's 
chil.  Luther,  d  in  inf  .lane,  d  in  18:^0  a;^  30.  Bartlett,  b 
1800;  m  Lucy  Wade  of  Wis  ah  1821  ;  d  July  1853  ;  Nancy,  m 
Benj  Dodge  and  r  in  Edg ;  Nathan  W,  m  1st,  Susan  Thomas  of 
Augusta  ;  2d,  Ann  Douglass  of  Port ;  settled  as  minister  in 
Brownville ;  since  preached  in  various  places  ;  now  r  in  Gray. 
Abbie  L,  m  John  Page  in  1836. 

Fourth  Generation. — Bartlett's  chil.  One  d  inf  Caroline,  d 
1852,  ag  19.  William,  C'apt  of  Gunboat.  Chares,  r  in  Aus- 
tralia. Edward,  r  in  England.  Joseph,  in  U  S  army.  Brad- 
ford, in  IT.  S.  army.  Oscar,  Capt  of  ship  in  E  India  trade. 
Henry,  mate  of  an  English  ship.  Lucy,  m  Daniel  Crane,  r  in 
Bos.     Parker,  mate  of  ship. 

Abbie  L,  had  one  child,  Sarah  Anna.  She  m  Ben]  V  Grotoii, 
Sept  20,  1858.  Nathan  W's  chil.  One  d  in  inf  Mary  Good- 
ale,  m  Royal  Trask  in  1830  ;  r  in  Gray.  Sarah  Jane  Abbie  m 
John  Arnold,  in  1830  ;  r  in  Bath.  Walter,  d  in  N  York  in  1864, 
an  30. 


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SHOKTWELL. 

Capt  James,  c  from  Wis  ;  m  Widow  Thomas  Campbell,  Jan 
1,  1832. 

Capt  James'  chil.  Richard  E,  b  May  18,  1835  ;  m  Sarah  E 
Shedd  of  Bos,  Jan  27,  1864.  Downey  A,  b  Feb  18,  1837;  d 
Sept,  1860.  Ellen  A,  b  Nov  25,  1839  ;  m  Thomas  A  Allen  of 
Wis;  r  in  W.  Helen  F,  b  Nov  5,  1841;  m  Capt  Bradford 
Merry.  James  A,  b  June  4,  1844;  member  of  19th  Reg  Co 
G,  Me  Vols.  Wounded  in  a  charge  near  Spotsylvania  C  H,  Va, 
May  13,  1864.  Stephen  Weeks',  b  Mar  31,  1845.  Algernon 
Austin,  b  Dec  9,  1847.     Amanda  B,  b  June  8,   1849. 


SIMPSON. 

Robert  2d's  chil.  David  and  .Allies  C,  twins,  b  Nov  7,  1813. 
David  m  Mary  Ann  Myers  of  Dresden,  Oct  28,  1S41.  Miles  C, 
d  inf  Rutus,  b  Nov  20,  1815  ;  d  in  inf.  Josiah  M,  b  Nov  20, 
1816.  Rebecca  C,  b  Dec  7,  1818;  m  1st.  Cyrus  Chapman  of 
Nob.  2d,  Willard  Averill.  Franklin,  b  Sept  27,  1820;  d  in 
inf.  Mary  Ann,  b  Oct  6,  1821  ;  m  Emory  Boynton  of  Jeff. 
Eliza  Jane,  b  Sept  26,  1823  ;  m  George  Whitney  of  Royalston, 


GENEALOGY. 


419 


Mass  An  20,  1842.  Miranda  M,  b  Jan  7,  1826;  m  Arnold  C 
Whitcor.Ib  ;  r  in  Jeff  and  Bos.  Arlitta  B,  b  Sept  18,  1S28  ;  m 
l«t  James  Cbirk  ;  2d,  James  J  Golden  of  Lewiston  ;  r  in  L. 
Robert  Sewall,  b  8ept  24,  1H30;  m  Joanna  Iloudlette  ot  Vves- 
den,  Sept  17,  1857  ;  r  in  Kichniond.  Ar,n,.t 

Davids  chil.     Miles  C,  b  Nov  2.5,  1842.     Caroline  M,  b  Oct 
14,  1844.     Charles,  b  Nov  19,  1847. 


SOMES. 


David,  c  from  Cape  Ann.  His  father  was  killed  when  he  was 
a  small  bov  in  an  action  at  Cape  Breton  ;  c  to  N  when  a  young 
man  ;  r  at  Sheepscot  7  or  8  years  ;  m  Jenny  Hopkins  ;  tour  c  U 
were  born  at  Sheepscot,  and  four  after  he  moved  t<.  the  South- 
west part  of  the  town.  He  bought  200  acres^ol  Peter  1  attei^ 
SOB,  and  took  up  one  hundred  acres  of  wild  and.  He  never  was 
disturbed  in  his  possession.  He  built  a  Gnst  Mdl  on  the  small 
stream  to  the  North  of  his  house  over  which  the  road  passes. 

David's  chil.  William,  b  May  5,  1770;  m  Martha  Cothran, 
Nov  179^.  David,  b  Feb  1772;  m  Nabby  Tnisk.  Nancy,  m 
1st,  William  Dodge;  2d,  ^zekiel  Stearns.  Polly,  m  John 
Co  hran.  Jenny,  m  Moses  Wilson.  Sally,  m  Robert  Andei.on. 
Betsey,  m  Daniel  Dodge.  Patty.  Joel,  m  Jenny  K^""edy  ; 
drowned  shortly  after  marriage.  Solomon,  m  Hannah  David- 
son.    Peapv,  m  James  Davidson.  o    i -oo  • 

ThlrcrGeneratlon.-\Y-Mv~in^^  chil.  Mary,  b  June  9.  1 .99 
d  AucT  1801.  Sarah,  b  June  1,  1800  ;  m  John  Babcock  in  1818. 
William,  b  May  21,  1802;  d  Dec  1861.  Hartley,  b  Aug  4, 
1808;  inAlvira  Powers  of  Jeff;  d  Aug  28,  1835.  Emel.ne,  b 
Jan  11,  1811;  m  John  Blake ;  r  in  West  P.oxbury,  Mass ; 
James,  b  Ap  26,  1813  ;  m  Caroline  Soule;  r  in  E  Bos  Seth  b 
July  4,  1819;  d  Mar  22,  1849.  Daniel,  b  Dec  10,  1820.  Han- 
nah, b  Mar  29,  1812  :  d  Oct  10,  1817 

Fourth  Generatio7i.-lUviWs  chil  Charles,  b  >i«y  14, 
1832;  m  Elizabeth  Curtis  of  Farmingdale  ;  r  in  Card,  tien- 
rietta,  b  1834  ;  d  young. 


SPEED 


James,  was  an  early  settler  on  the  Dam  nver;  house  stood  a 
little  to  ihe  North  of  Alden  Whites  house;  had  two  wues  and 
soveral  children  by  first  w  ;  last  w  survived  him  several  yrs  ; 
several  of  the  family  lie  interred  in  the  field  on  the  opposi  e  side 
of  the  road  which  Mr  Speed  owned,  and  down  towards  the 
At  the  present  time  there  are  none  of  the  name  in  town. 


river 


420 


GENEALOGY. 


STEWART. 

Clmrlcs,  b  in  riiiladelpliia  in  1782;  c  to  N  ab  1806  ;  in  Pliil- 
lis  (iibsou,  Ap  17,  1812;  d  May  7,  1840;  had  one  child  that  d 
young. 

STEARNS. 

Ezekiel,  b  May  2o,  1774;  m  Nancy  Somes  of  Edw,  June  23, 
1795;  d  Ap  22,  1848.  Nancy,  b  June  25,  1774  i"  d  July  28, 
1866. 

Ezekiel's  chil.  1,  William,  b  Mar  28,  1799;  d  Sept  3,  1818. 
2,  Ezekiel,  Jv,  b  Dec  29,   1800;  m  Jane  Ulmer  of  Thorn,  July 

4,  1826.  Jane  d  Mar  10,  1832.  3,  Jane,  b  P'eb  27,  1803  ;  m 
John  Downey,  June  26,  1823;  d  Sept  30,  1843.  4,  Moses,  b 
July  19,  180o;  m  Julita  Barny  of  Taunton.  Mass,  May  5,  1833. 

5,  Lucinda,  b  May  16,  1807  ;  m  1st  Stephen  AVinehester  of  Bos, 
Nov  25,  1835  ;  m  2d,  Rev  Dexter  Potter  of  Bos,  Nov  3,  1863. 
Stephen,  d  Oct  22,  1855.  6,  Adeline,  b  Mar  S,  1809  ;  m  Eran- 
cis  Dodge,  Nov  26,  1835.  7,  Stinson,  b  June  25,  1811.  8, 
Matilda,  b  Sept  27,  1813;  d  Oct  17,  1818.  9,  George  W,  b 
Nov  16,  1818  ;  m  Mahala  Bullock  of  Taunton,  Oct  6,  1839. 

STETSON. 

Capt  Joseph,  b  in  Br,  Feb  15,  1808  ;  c  to  N  in  1829  ;  m  Mar- 
garet Stevens  of  Brem,  Sept  6,  1831. 

Capt  Joseph's  chil.  John  G,  b  Feb  28,  1833.  Grad  at  Bow 
Col  1854;  Law^yer ;  residence  and  office  in  Bos;  m  Delia  H 
Libby  of  Port,  Jan  26,  1865. 


TAYLOR. 

John,  Sr,  c  Irom  Plymouth  Colony,  probably  Scituate,  as 
early  as  1635  ;  took  up  lands  at  Dam,  lower  falls,  next  North  of 
Walter  Phillips  ;  r   here  till   1678  when  he  was  driven  oif  by 

savage  feroaity  and  his  house    was   burned  ;  m    Sai'ah ; 

took  the  Freeman's  oath  in  Bos,  1830;  d  in  ]\Iass. 

John,  Sr's  chil.  One  son,  Isaac,  who,  after  he  was  driven 
from  Dam,  became,  one  informant  says,  a  merchant  in  Bos  and 
another  says  in  Pembroke,  and  several  daughters.  One  mar- 
ried a  Simmons  ;  another,  a  Woodbridge,  part  of  whose  descend- 
ants now  r  in  N  ;  and  a  third  lived  single  till  upwards  of  90  yrs 
of  age.     A  fourth  m  Thomas  Gent  of  Sheepscot. 

Third  Generation. — Isaac's  chil.  Had  several  sons,  Jacob, 
Joseph,  Beniamiu  and  Alizeus,  and  one  dau,  Asenath,  who  ra 
George  Barstow  of  Hanover,  Mass,  Jan  10,  1750  and  moved  to 


GENEALOGY, 


421 


N  in  17(55.  Joseph,  b  Nov  20,  1787;  m  Thankful  Clarke  of 
Providence,  III;  r  first  in  ISc-ituate  ;  d  Jau  5,  1818.  Tliankfiil, 
h  July  22,  1738  ;  d  Mar  1820.  Joseph  c  to  N  in  1767  and  .<()on 
•built  the  house,  on  what  is  now  "Academy  Ilill,"  known  after- 
wards as  the  "Glidden  house"  which  was  burnt  about  the  year 
i860.  Partino-  witli  this  to  Joseph  (^liddcn,  Sr,  he  moved  l)ack 
and  built  him  a  house  a  little  to  tlie  South  of  wliej-e  Capt  John 
Taylor,  his  urandson,  alterwards  lived. 

Joseph  and  Thaidvful  r  with  their  son  John  in  Jeff  during  the 
laat  years  of  their  life.  Their  remains  now  lie  interred  in  the 
cemetery  on  Trask's  Hill  near  the  IJaptist  Church  in  Jeft". 

lAnirth  (xeneratlon. — Jose[)h'schil.     1,  Capt.  Ephriim,  b  Aug 

22,  1758  ;  entered  Revolutionary  Army  at  the  aj^e  of  16  ;  served 
as  a  soldier  three  years  ;  was  privateering  and  in  public  service 
till  taken  prisoner  where  he  was  held  15  months  ;  was  in  Ibinker 
Hill  battle  ;  was  at  West  Point  at  the  execution  of  Major  Andre  ; 
was  in  a  Mass.  Keg.  commanded  by  Col.  Francis  of  Beverly  and 
near  that  officer  when  kdled  :  and  was  in  France  at  the  close  of 
the  war.  Also  served  with  the  troops  assigned  to  (iren.  Lafay- 
ette. He  was  a  man  of  indomitable  courage  and  perseverance, 
and  his  devotion  to  the  cause  of  his  country  was  unsurpassed, 
and  ceased  only  when  the  last  battle  of  life  had  been  fought;  lu 
Deborah  Otis  of  Scituate,  Mass.,  ab  1797  ;  d  Aug  24,  1847.  2, 
Ruth,  b  Feb  3,  1764;  m  Thomas  Weeks  of  Jefl".  ;  d  Feb  3, 
1857;  Thomas  d  Jat  11,  1816.  3,  Isa  ic,  d  ii  inf  4,  Asenath, 
b  July  12,  1766;  m  Dea.  William  Hopkins  Jan  4,  1787;  d  Oct 
1848.*  5,  John  2d,  b  Feb  10,  1  769  ;  m  Susannah  Peasly  of  Jefl'.  Jan 

23,  1800;  d  Sept  29,  1830;  r  in  Jeff.  ;  buried  by  side  of  parents. 
6,  Thankful,  b  Ap  17,  1771  ;  m  1st,  Amos  Otis  of  Scituate,  Feb 
3,  1791  ;  m  2d,  Capt.  Samuel  Little  1819;  d  Sept  28,  1863.  7, 
Hannah,  1)  June  1,  1773  ;  m  Dea.  John  Kennedy,  of  JeiF.  1797  ; 
d  Ap  4,  1823.  8,  Martha,  b  June  25,  1776;  m  Dea.  Daniel 
Weeks  of  Jeff.;  d  Nov  10,  1858.  Daniel  d  Oct  7,  1854.  9, 
Jerusha,  b  Nov  11,  1779;  m  George  Acorn  of  Wis.  Ap  10, 
1805  ;  d  Aug  21,  1862.  10,  George,^b  May  9,  1780  ;  d  in  Ko.\- 
bury  I860. 

Fifth  Generation. — Capt  Ephiaim's  chil.  1,  Ephraim,  Jr,  b 
Jan  8,  1  798,  d  at  sea  on  a  voyage  from  the  W  I  to  N  Y,  Jan  25, 
1825.  2,  Betsey,  b  Feb  14,  1799  ;  d  Mar  8,  1825.  3,  Capt  John, 
b  Oct  30,  1800;  m  Sally  Hiissey,  Ap  1827;  Sally,  d  May  7, 
1875.  4,  Ignatius  Otis,  b  July  5,  1802.  Sea  Capt;  lost  at" sea 
in  a  gale,  Dec  10,  1831.  5,  Sally,  b  Jan  30,  1804;  m  C'A\^\, 
John  Cox  of  Dam;  d  Dec  22,  1843.  6,  Eunice,  b  Auo-  30, 
1806;  m  Capt  Alexander  Farnliam  of  Booth;  r  iu  N.  7, 
Asenath  H,  b  Ap  14,  1808;  in  Ca]>t  Francis  Davis.  8,  Mary  O, 
b  Aug  7,  1811  ;  HI  Col  Joseph  Glidden. 


422 


GENEALOGY. 


Chil  of  Ruth  aud  Thomas  Weeks.  1,  Ephraim,  b  Nov  30, 
178G  ;  111  Abigail  Peaslee  of  Jeff;  d  Jan  1867.  2,  David,  b  Dec 
31,  1788  ;  d  Aujr  31,  1838.  3,  Thomas,  b  Ap  o,  171)1  ;  m  JMary 
Otis;  d  Mar  1881.  4,  lloii  Joseph,  Jr,  b  jNlar  7,  171)3;  ra 
Jane  Jackson  of  Jeff,  Dec  8,  1811);  Jane  d  Nov  22,  1860.  5, 
Benjamin,  b  Jan  27,  17U5  ;  ni  Jane  Weeks  of  Jeff.  6,  'Hiank- 
ful,'b!Sept  8,    171)7;   m  Joseph  Weeks  4th  of  Jeff;    d  Oct  20, 

1834.  7,  John  T,  b  May  29,  1791);  m  AureHa  Allen  of  Jeff, 
Feb  10,  1836.  8,  Abioail,  b  Ap  1^6,  1801  ;  ni  Le<.nard  Cooper 
of  VN'hit,  Nov  1823.  Leonard,  d  in  Montville.  9,  George,  b 
Oct  15,  1803;  m  Caroline  IJaskell  of  Jeff,  Feb  9,  1837.  10, 
A\'ashin<j;tou,  b  Nov  10,  1805  ;  m  Louisa  Allen  of  Jeff,  Oct  1, 
1833. 

Chil  of  Asenath  and  Dea.  Wm,  Hopkins.  1,  James,  b  Dec 
13,  1787;  d  1809.  2,  William,  b  Nov  2o,  1789;  m  1st,  Char- 
lotte Little  Julv  8,  1820  ;   in   ^d,  lietsej  E  Cunninoham  Ant;  lO, 

1835.  3,  Martlia.  b  May  10,  1792.  4,  Asenath,  b  May  2,  1^794  ; 
m  Joseph  Weeks  4th  of  Jeff.  5,  Margery,  b  Mar  28,  1796;  lu 
James  JS'  Robinson  of  N.  6,  John,  b  M:ir  8.  1798;  m  Asenath 
Weeks  of  Jeff.  Sept  1827;  d  in  Cal.  7,  Daniel,  b  Mar  23, 
1801  ;  ni  Abigail  F  Weeks  of  Jeff.  Nov  11,  1830.  8,  Farley,  b 
Sept  1804;  m  Georgiamia  'I  Lennox.  9,  Sewall,  b  1807;  d  in 
inf  10,  Jerusha,  b  Jan  1810;  m  Isaac  Feaslee  of  Whit.  11, 
James  2d,  b  Aug  22,  1813  ;  d  young. 

John  2d's  ehil.  1,  John.  Jun.  b  teb  9,  1807.  2,  Kebecca  P 
b  Nov  13,  1812  ;  m  Col.  Hiram  W  Partridge.  Oct  23,  1836.  3, 
George  B,  b  Nov  27,  1814  ;  d  Jan  l2,  1837.  4,  Ephraim  2d,  b 
June^21,  1817;  m  1st,  Zilpaii  Clark  Oct  22,  1844;  m  2d,  Cor- 
delia Clark,  May  29,  1860,  sisters;  m  3d,  Mrs.  jNlary  Elizabeth 
Herbert  of  Bristol,  Ibiinerly  of  N.  5,  Joseph  J,  b  Aug  3,  1819  ; 
111  Emeline  i  ond  of  Jeff.  Jan  7,  1842  ;  c  to»'N  1854.  Deputy  Col- 
lector of  Customs  for  port  of  Dam.  ironi  1861  to  1866;  d  Jan 
23,  1873.  6,  Abigail  P ,  b  Aug  16,  1821  ;  m  Capt.  Jatnes  Farn- 
ham  of  Booth.  Aug  7,  1845  ;  d  June  28,  1858  in  Cuba. 

Chil  of  Thankiul  and  Amos  Otis.  1,  Isaac,  d  in  inf.  2,  Mary, 
b  1792;  m  i  homas  Weeks  of  Jeff.  3,  William,  b  1794;  m 
Sarah  Perkins,  Dec  1822  ;  r  in  N.  4,  Ruth  W.  5,  Amos,  d  at 
sea.  6,  Hannah,  b  1800.  7,  Fanny,  b  1802  ;  in  Philip  Beckler. 
8,  Susan,  b  JVIar  1805  ;  m  Percy  Hiscoek  of  Dam  ;  d  1842.  Per- 
cy d  i.b  1865.  9,  Job,  b  Ap  1807;  d  at  sea.  10,  Cynthia,  b 
Feb  10,  1809  ;   m  Edmund  Perkins,  Feb  18,  1836. 

Hannah  and  Dea.  John  Kennedy's  chil.  1,  Dr.  Daniel  K,  b 
July  11,  1798;  ni  1827  Elizabeth  A  Peed  of  Booth.  2, 
Elizabeth,  b  May  15,  1802.  3,  William  J,  b  Oct  19,  1804;  m 
Eliza  Hall  of  N.*Nov  18,  1831.  4,  John  Jun,  b  Ap  8,  1807  d 
Mar  10,  1808.     5,  Serena,  b  Sept  3,  1809  ;  m  Leonard  McCobb 


I 


GENEALOGY.  423 

of  Booth.  Feb  19,  1837.  6,  Otis  A,  b  Dec  23,  1811  ;  m  Mav- 
garett  McCobb  of  Bootb.  183o.  7,  Sewall,  b  Dec  20,  1813  ;  d 
Jan  7,  1814. 

JMartb.'i  and  Daniel  Weeks'  cbil.  1,  lion  Thaddeus,  b  Feb  10, 
17!)9  ;  m  1st  Mary  Turner,  Feb  2.  1830;  m  2(1,  Esther  Huston 
of  Br,  Nov  21,  1833.  Thaddeus'  chil.  Kstber  Huston.  Mary 
Turner,  d  in  inf.  P^'ank.  Amanda.  Laura.  Charles.  Fred. 
2,  Daniel  T,  b  Dec  20,  ISOO;  m  Betsey  Barstow,  June  G,  ]82(). 
Daiiiel  Ts  chil.  Ale\  B,  ni  Myra  W' Acorn,  1866.  Daniel  A 
P,  d  l8o.i.  Helen  E,  m  Capt  John  G  Barstow.  (Teori^e  H,  ni 
Ella  A  Barstow.  3,  Freeman,  b  Jan  4,  1803  ;  m  Mary  J  Wal 
lace  of  :Montville,  Dec  4,  1845;  d  May,  1S47.  4,  Asenath,  b 
Feb  3,  1805  ;  m  Capt  John  Hopkins,  Se])t  1827 ;  d  Aajr  13,  1831. 
John  d  in  Cal.  5,  Horace,  b  June  20,  1807;  m  1st  Louisa 
Turner,  Nov  1835  ;  2d.  Caroline  Woodbury  of  New  York  1840  ; 
<1  Dec  13,  1852.  Horace's  chil,  Julia;  m  Edwin  Cooper  of 
Montville.  Khoda  A.  6,  Ruth,  b  Jan  1,  1811;  m  Dr  E  A 
Brainard,  May  1831  ;  d  Ap  10,  1842.  7,  Myrick  L,  b  Feb  7, 
1813;  in  Harriet  Wallace  of  Montville,  Feb  5,  1846.  Myrick 
L's  chil.  Luana,  d  in  inf.  Charles  Preeman.  Chester  ]\L 
Annabel,  d  in  int.  Cora.  Hattie.  C/arrie  M.  8,  Barzena  E, 
b  Oct  28,  1814  ;  m  Alden  Jackson  of  JetF,  Oct,  1836  ;  d  Au^-  3, 
1837.  9,  Martha  J,  b  Dec  25,  1821  ;  m  William  M  Rust  of 
Washington,    Oct   1845  ;   has   3    chil.     One  of  them  lost  at  sea* 

Jerusha  and  Georsje  Acorn's  chil.  1,  Dr.  John  T,  b  Oct  2, 
1806;  attended  Medical  Lectures  at  Bow.  Coll.;  m  (^lara  C 
l^uidlet  of  Al. ;  r  in  N.  2,  William  H,  b  Dec  23,  1808  ;  m 
Elizabeth  Erskine  of  Wis.  ;  d  in  Cal.  in  1852.  Had  3  chil ;  one  ni 
Alex  B  Weeks  ot  Dam.  3,  Arlitta  M,  b  Oct  7,  IslO  :  ni  James 
W  Davis  of  Bos.  ;  bad  six  chil.     4,  Mary   W  ;  r  in   Koxbury. 

5,  Elizabeth,  m  John  (Gilbert  of  Koxbury;  d  1858;  had  two 
chil.  6,  Nancy,  m  Alvin  Flanders  of  Washin<;ton  Teiritory ;  d. 
7,  Almira  W,  m  Ezra  M.   KiuLTsley  of  N.  Y.  City  ;  had  3  chil. 

2  living.     8,  Susan  B,  m  Jeremiah  A  Dennett  of  Boxburv  ;  have 

3  chil. 

Sixth  Generation. — Capt  John's  chil.  1,  E|)hriam  H,  b  Sejit 
7,  1828;  m  Hannah  Jane  Iliiijo^ins.  2,  A(ieline,  b  June  17, 
1831;  m  Alfred  Elliot,  Sept,  1852.  3,  Nancy  Jane,  b  May  8, 
1833  ;  m  Edwin  E  Drake  of  Tort.  4,  Sarah  Frances,  b  May  7, 
1835;  m  Charles  lli.uley  of   Bos.     5,  John  Otis,  b  Dec  5,  1837. 

Sally  G,  and  John  Cox's  chil.     1,  Otis.     2,  William  Wallace. 

Eunice  and  Alexander  Farnham's  chil.  1,  Mary.  2,  Alexan- 
der, Jr  ;  jn  Hattie  Webb.     3,  Elizabeth.     4,  James.     5,  Sarah. 

6,  Eunice.     7,  Laura.     8,  Ephraim.     9,  Frederick. 

Mary    and    Joseph    (41idden's  chil.      1,  Catharine,   m    William 


424 


GENEALOGY. 


Porter,    Georfyetown,    S    C.     2,    Priscilla,   in   Walter  Porter  of 
Geor<ijetown,  S  C     3,  James  P. 

Chil  of  Ephraiin  and  Abigail  Weeks.  l,Se\vall,  d  in  inf.  2^ 
Edward,  in  Jiutli  Cliisain  ot  Al.  3,  Snsaii  T,  in  Stinson  Weeks- 
of  Jeff.  4,  Jeruslia.  o,  Sewali,  in  Arietta  B  Hall  of  Jeff;  d 
May  14,  1867.  G,  Pebeeca,  in  Joseph  Perkins  of  N.  7, 
Abigail,  tn  Carlton  Hoyt  of  Auuusta.  H,  Ephraiin,  m  Clara  A 
Smith  of  Bos.     9,  Thonras,  m  Ellen  Clary  of  Jeff. 

Thomas  Jr's  and  Mary  Week's  chil.      1,  Sainnel  l\     2,  M.-lry 

O.     3,    liuth   T,    n\   ■   81uirtleff.     4,  Thomas.     5,  Otis  T,  ui 

Ellen  Weeks  ot  Jeff 

Joseph  Jr,  and  Jane  Weeks'  chil.  1,  M:ir<j;aret  J,  m  Dr  l^riggs 
T  Carter  of  Jeff.  2,  Leaiider,  m  Mary  Jane  lloss  of  Jeff.  3, 
Pachel  M,  m  Wm  J  Bond  of  Jeff.  4,  Angella.  5,  Ruth  A,  in 
Edward  G  Meserve  of  Jeff. 

Benjamin  and  Jane  \Veeks'  chil.  1,  Al)iel,  d  yoniig.  2,  Wil- 
liam, in  Lucy  Sliepard  of  Jeff.  3,  Elbridge  S,  m  Mary  J  Pills- 
bury  of  Jeff.  4,  Hannah  J,  m  Jose}))!  Chauey  of  Whit.  5, 
Wintlirop,  m  Abby  Sproul  of  Jeff.  (>,  Ruth  Ann,  ni  John  Dun- 
ton  of  Jeff.  7;  Thomas  T,  in  Eineline  NV^allace  of  .Montville. 
^,  Uenjamin  C.     9,  Abiel  N. 

Tliankfnl  and  Joseph  Weeks  4th's  chil.  1,  Ruth,  m  1st  John 
Boynton  of  Al  ;   m   2<],  Jo.seph   Hilton  of  Al.      2,  John   Farley, 

m ■  Williams  of  Australia.     3,  Rachel,  m  Robert  L  Kiiicaid 

of  Whit.  4,  Enoch,  m  Ruth  Ann  Flag;^  of  Nob.  5,  Adeline. 
6,  Georjre  W,  m  Cuyler  of  Al.     7,  Thankful. 

John  T,  and  Aurelia  Weeks'  chil.  1,  Sarah  E,  in  Benj  Ladtl 
of  Jeff.     2,  Emma  A.     3,  Isa  A. 

Abigail  and  Leonard  Cooper's  chil.  1,  Thomas,  m  Ursula 
Stevens  of  Montville.     2,    Hannah,   m  Daniel  Stevens  of  ^lont- 

ville.     3,  Leonard,  m  —  Keating  ot    Searsmont.     4.   Edward, 

m  Julia  Weeks  of  Whit,  o,  Marcellus,  m  Olive  Haford  of  Bel- 
fast. 6,  Freeman,  m  Sarah  Gunn.  7,  Lanra  in  William  Cooper 
of  Montville.     8,   Alexander. 

George  and  Caroline  Weeks'  chil.  1,  Roswell.  2,  (Jeorge 
E.  3,  Susan  F.  4,  Leslie,  o,  Theodore.  6,  Minerva.  7, 
Lida. 

Washington  and  Louisa  Weeks'  chil.  1,  Anna  L.  2.  Clara 
A.  3,  Elizabeth  C,  m  John  F  Hilton  of  Dam,  Jan  1,  1802. 
4,  Sarah  A.     o,  Dana  B. 

William  and  Charlotte  Hopkins'  chil.  1,  Caroline  L,  in  Wil- 
liam Weeks  of  Maiden,  Mass,  2,  John,  m  1st  Lizzie  Clark  of 
N  ;   in   2i\,  Sarah    Hatch    ot  Jeff.      William    and    Betsey's    chil. 

3,  Sarah  Jane,  in  Henry  A  Newhall  of  Maklcu,   Mass  ;  d   18()7. 

4,  Ann  Elizabeth  d  in  inf  5,  W^m  Farley.  G,  Willard  C  ;  d  in 
the  Army  ni  18G3.     7,  Mary  Frances. 


GENEALOGY.  425 

Mnrs^ery  and  James  N  Robinson's  cliil.  1,  ]Maiy  C,  m  Royal 
Wright,  1845.  2,  William  II,  b  Feb  10,  1821  ;  d  Feb  1,  1S41. 
3,  Jane  N,  ra  James  Burchstead  of  IJos,  Feb  8,  1846.  4,  James 
N,  Jr,  m  Isabella  Jenkins  of  Glat^gow,  Seolland.  5,  Daniel  II, 
b  Feb  8,  1827;   m  Angie  McNear'of  Dam  ;  d  July  15,  1859. 

Asenatli  and  Joseph  Weeks  4th,  chil.      1,  Ascnath. 

Daniel  and  Abigail  P  Hopkins'  chil.  1,  ^Martha  Ann.  2, 
James  II,  ra  Jane  llutchings  of  Dam.  3,  Ophelia,  m  Daniel  S 
McLean.  4,  Fraidvlm  ra  Arvilla  Noyes.  5,  George  A.  6, 
Plannah  E.       7,  Mary  R.     8,  Daniel. 

Farley  and  Georgianna  Hopkins'  chil.  1 ,  Georgie  F.  2, 
Henry  Clay.     3,  Thomas  L.     4,  Mary  E. 

Jerusha  and  Isaac  Peaslee's  chil.  I,  William.  2,  Asenath 
m  John  Caldwell  of  Bos. 

Rebecca  P  and  Col.  Hiram  Partridge's  chil.  1,  Franklin  m 
Almeda  Hall,  of  Jeff.     2,  Edward,  d  in  inf. 

Ephi-aim  2d's  chil.  1,  Henry  C,  b  June  20,  1847  ;  d  Sept  10, 
1850.     2,  Delia  M,  b  May  8,  1861. 

Joseph  J's  chil.  1,  William  Bond,  b  ]May  5,  1843  in  Jeff.  ; 
member  of  21st  Reg.  Me.  Vols.  1862;  Co.  G;  discharged  on 
account  of  disability  after  5  months'  service.  2,  Clara,  b  in  Jeff. 
Jan  6,  1845.  3,  Emma,  b  in  Jeff.  Mar  21,  1850.  4,  Charles 
Sumner,  b  Mar  3,  1855  in  N. 

William  and  Sarah  Otis' chil.  1,  Charlotte,  ra  R  R  Perkins. 
2,  Sewall,  Jr.  3,  Samuel  A.  4,  Mary  W,  m  Aurelius  Dun- 
lap  of  Bos.  5,  William  E,  ra  Nellie  Sherman  of  Edg.  6,  John 
A,  d  in  the  army.  7,  Joseph  Franklin.  8,  Sarah  F.  9,  Charles 
P,  a. 

Fanny  and  Phillip  Beckler's  chil.  1,  Amos  O,  m  Betsey  H 
Austin.     2,  Charles  M,  ra  Malvina  Loring.     3,  Cyulhia  O,  d. 

4,  Albion  P,  ra  1st,  Sarah  G  Norris  ;   2d,  Greenwood.     5, 

Daniel   W,    ni   Julia  .Judkins.     6,  George  W,  ra  Esther  Fuller. 
7,  O,  Otis.     8,  Frank  M. 

Cynthia  and  Edmund  Perkin's  chil.  1,  Clara  A,  d.  2, 
Charles  E.     3,  Frederick  W.     4,  Augustus  G. 

Dr  Daniel  K  and  Elizabeth  Kennedy's  chil.  1,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, b  July,  1828;  ra  Capt  Wilson  McNear  of  Wis  in  1856. 
Mary  E,  has  3  chil  2,  Alonzo  K,  b  July  1830;  d  1831.  3, 
Amanda,  b  Aug,  1832  ;  d  in  1832.  4,  Emily  Aim,  b  Jan  1835  ; 
m  Ca])t  E  B  Carr  of  Wis,  1854.  Caj)t  Carr  was  a  member  of 
4th  Reg  Me  Vols  3  years,  several  times  in  battle  and  wounded. 
Honorably  discharged.  5,  Hannah  M,  b  Jan  1837;  m  Joshua 
Young,  ,Jr,  1865  of  Wis.  6,  Sanmel  L,  b  Jan  1840;  d  lcS12- 
7,  Isabella,  b  1841  ;  d  in  1841.  8,  Caroline,  b  Aug,  1842.  9, 
O  L  F,  b  Dec  1844  ;  d   1845.     10,  John,   b   1846;  d   in    1846. 


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426  GENEALOGY. 

11,  ElleQ  F,  b  Mar  1,  1849  ;  d  iu  1857.  12,  Henry  A,  b  Sept 
18.52. 

William  J  Kennedy's  chil.  1,  Sarah  M,  b  May  27,  1833  ;  m 
C  Davis  of  Jeff.  Oct  6,  18o7.  Sarah  M  has  3  chil.  2,  Alonzo  D, 
b  Jan  31,  1835  ;  ni  Ann  Kennedy  Oct  17,  1862.     Has  one  child. 

Serena  and  Leonard  McCobbs  chil.  1,  Orra  E,  b  Jan  4, 
1838;  m  Capt.  Samuel  Dodge  of  Booth.  Nov  19,  1857.  Capt. 
Samuel  d  in  Cuba  July  29,  1858.  2,  William  O,  b  Mar  27, 
1840;  3,  Weston  K,  b  Aug  15,  1842;  d  in  inf.  4,  Cyrus  D, 
twin  brother,  d  in  inf.  5,  Joseph  L,  b  Dec  6,  1843.  6,  Charles 
H,  b  Feb  6,  1852. 

Otis  A  Kennedy's  chil.  1,  Clara  E,  b  Mar  2,  183G.  2,  John 
M,  b  June  24,  1838  ;  member  of  20th  Reg.  Me.  Vols.,  from  Aug 
6,  1862  to  Ap  18,  1865  ;  promoted  to  sergeant  1864;  wounded 
by  a  ball  in  the  hip  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  July  2,  1863, 
which  still  remains ;  wounded  again  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness May  1864  ;  lost  his  leg  at  the  battle  of  Petersburg  July  10, 
1864;  d"^ischarged  Ap  18,  1865.     3,  Arthur  C,  b  Mar  9,  1841. 

4,  Clarence  E,  b  July  9,  1844. 

T  I  B  B  E  T  S  . 

I 
Francis  S,  b  in  Br  Ap  4,  1804  ;  c  to  N  in   1819  ;  r  for  a  time  | 

in  Wis ;  m  Margaret  C  Perkins,  Dec  29,  1824. 

Francis    S's    chil.     Francis    P,    b    Jan    6,    1827  :  m   Amanda  ! 

Brown  of  Edg;  r  in  Batli.  Mary  Ann,  b  Aug  23,  1828;  in 
1st,  Amos  Chapman  of  Nob  ;  2d,  Samuel  L  Woodbury  of  Chel- 
sea, Mass  ;  r  in  C.  Margaret,  b  Feb  22,  1830  ;  d  May  8,  1S30. 
Charles  P,  b  Feb  8,  1831  ;  m  Sarah  IMcFarland  of  Br  ;  r  in  B. 
Susan  P,  b  Oct  6,  1832;  d  Sept.  8,  1833.  Sarah  D,  b  June  16. 
1834;  in  1st,  Ellis  Young  of  Wis.  2d,  Samuel  Foy  of  Wis;  r 
in  Bath.  William  Bates,  b  Aug  7,  1836;  1st  Sergt  of  1st 
Maine  Cavalry,  Co  K.  Samuel  B,  b  Aug  10,  1838  ;  three  years 
in  U  S  service  on  board  of  U.  S  ship  Constellation  ;  r  in  Bos, 
Robert  Murray,  b  Nov  10,  1840  ;  r  in  Mass.     Hannah  C,  b  Nov 

5,  1842  ;  m  Jonathan  B  Severance  of  New  Hampshire. 

TEAGUE. 

Joseph,  b  Nov  13,  1780;  m  Eleanor  Hussey,  Oct,  1807;  d 
Dec  1851. 

Joseph's  chil.  Mary  Jane,  b  Dec  23,  1806  ;  m  Alexander  Day 
of  Nob.  Alexander,  b  July  16,  1809  ;  m  Louisa  M  Thompson 
of  Nob,  Feb  12,  1834.  Joseph,  Jr,  b  July  23,  1812  ;  m  Jenisha 
Thurston  of  Nob.  Clarissa,  b  Nov,  1818  ;  m  Tileston  Clapp 
of  Nob.     Martha,  b  Ap  13,  1824  or  5  ;  d  ag  18  mos.     Sewall, 


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GENEALOGY.  -427 

b  Feb  18,   1828;    <l    July  13,   1862;  m  Ann  Taylor  of  Black 
Rock,  Coiin. 

Third  Generation. — Alexander's  cliil.  Mary  L,  b  Nov  1, 
1834;  m  Capt  Addison  Austin,  Sept  9,  1851.  Marijaret  S,  b 
Nov  19,  1837  ;  d  Ap  3,  1845.  Ellen  A,  b  Sept  4,  1840.  Clara, 
b  Mar  4,  1842.     Alexander,  Jr,  b  July  25,  1852. 

T  O  M  L I X  S  O  X  . 

Paul,  c  from  Br  in  1819  ;  m  Hannah  Waters  ;  d  Dec  1855  ; 
Hannah  d  Nov  27,  1861. 

Paul's  chil.  William  W,  b  May  1812  ;  m  Rachel  Harlcy  ;  d 
Aug  7,  1849.  Mary,  b  Sept,  1814  ;  m  James  Erskine  ;  d  1844. 
Hannah,  b  Mar  1817  ;  ra  Seth  Chisam  ;  r  in  Alna  ;  d  1848.  Paul, 
b  Sept  6,  1819;  m  1st,  Sophia  Woodbridge  1847;  2d,  Widow 
Eunice  R  Hall  of  Nob,  Mar  20,  1860.  Sewall  P,  b  Feb  10, 
1822  ;  m  Sarah  Stone  of  Dresden.  Nathaniel  Ti,  b  Nov,  1825. 
Edwin  A,  h  July  25,  1829,  of  Heavy  Artillery,  Coast  Defence, 
Mass. 

Third  Generation. — William  W's  chil.  Brooks  H,  b  Sept 
13,  1839. 

Paul's  chil.  Frederick  W,  b  May  20,  1849.  Sewall  H,  b 
Nov  3,  1850.  Nancy  Jane,  b  Jan  24,  1853.  Nathaniel, 
b  Nov  3,  1855.  Alden  P,  b  Feb  16,  1861  ;  d  Aug  25,  1864. 
Oscar  C,  b  Sept  20,   1862. 

Widow  Eunice  R  Hall's  chil.     Medora  B,  b  Jan  19,  1855. 

Sewall  P's  chil.  James  S,  b  Aug  4,  1854.  Percy  L,  b  Sept 
30,  1856.     Charles,  b  Aug  22,  1858.     George,  b  Feb  7,  1862. 

Calvin,  b  in  Al,  May  6,  1813  ;  c  to  N  ab  1821  ;  m  Mary  Ann 
Bryer  of  Booth,  Oct  25,  1 846. 

Calvin's  chil.  Mary  Frances,  b  Ap  17,  1848;  d  June  15, 
1849.  Clara  C,  b  Feb  17,  1853.  Charles  Ellsworth,  b  Nov  19, 
1854.     James  Henry,  b  Sept  29,  1857. 

TRASK. 

Albert  D,  b  in  Edg,  Mar  17,  1829  ;  M  Rosira  P  Dodge  Jan 
10,  1857  ;  r  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  ;  c  to  N  in  1860. 

Albert  D's  chil.  1  Winship  E,  b  Jan  10,  1859.  2,  Elmer 
Erving,  b  June  14,  1861.  3,  George  Otis,  b  Mar  30,  1863.  4, 
ElfieL,  b  Nov  10,  1865. 

TUKEY. 

William,  b  in  Port.  Jan  14,  1777  ;  c  to  N.  when  a  small  boy, 
and  served  an  apprenticeship  of  7  yrs,  as  mechanic,  with  the 
late  Benj.  Lincoln.  P^sq. ;  m  Jane  Simpson,  Jan  24,  1798.     Jane, 


428 


GENEALOGY. 


b  Auor  9,  1777  ;  d  Aug  16,  1843.     William  d  Sopt  29,  1850. 

William's  chil.  1,  Arietta,  b  June  9,  1799;  m  Samuel  Tib- 
betts  of  Br.  Dec  18,  1821  ;  d  iu  Windsor  June  6,  1860.  2,  Ruth, 
b  Sept  10,  1800  ;  m  Joseph,  Brown  of  Ed<>-.  Feb  9,  1825;  r  iu 
N.  3,  Benjamin,  b  July  5,  181)2  ;  m  Jane  W  Fossett  of  Br. 
Oct  G,  1829  ;  r  in  Fairfield.  4,  Nancy  Jane,  b  Dec  7,  1804  ;  m 
Jacob  Ayer  of  Jeff.  Nov  5,  1828  ;  d  May  27,  1832.  5,  William 
b  AujT  26,  1805  ;  m  1st,  Eleanor  Plummer  of  Alna  Oct  1836; 
2d,  Widow  Susan  Baker  Aug  1845.  Susan  d  Oct  13,  1864. 
6,  James  S,  b  Ap  12,  1807;  m  Betsey  Vanner,  of  Nob.  Ap 
1832  ;  r  in  Dam.  7,  George  W,  b  Nov  29,  1808  ;  m  Eliza  A 
Hitchcock  ot  Dam.  Nov  27,  1838.  8,  Robert  Kellnm,  b  Oct  13, 
1810  ;  m  Sally  Chisara  of  Al.  Feb  9,  1837  ;  r  in  N.  and  Dam. 
9,  Harriett,  b  Aug  31,  1812;  m  Cornelius  Purington  of  Bath 
June  9,  1841  ;  r  in"  Bath.  10,  Marv  Jane,  b  July  4  1814 ;  d  Oct 
27,  1814.  11,  Franklin,  b  July  24^  1818  ;  m  1,  Sarah  Ann  Hill 
of  Bath,  Dec  17,  1843;  2d,  Nancy  Baker  of  Booth.  Oct  1856. 

William  Jun's  chil.  1,  Vandelia  N,  b  Mar  20,  1840.  2,  IMary 
Lennox,  b  Mar  13,  1842. 

George  Ws  chil.  1,  G  Augustus,  b  Nov  26,  1841;  d  Mar 
11,  1852.  2.  F  Eugene,  b  Oct'lO,  1843.  3,  Freddie  R,  b  June 
18,  1851  ;  d  Mar  22,  1852.  4,  Lillie  H,  b  June  14,  1858  ;  d  Feb 
18,  1859.     6,  Hathorne  G,  b  Nov  5,  1859  ;  d  Oct  10,  1860. 

R.  Kellum's  chil.  1,  Charles  Edward,  b  Mar  11,  1838.  2, 
Paulina,  b  Jan  11,  1841  ;  d  June  20,  1856.  3,  Susan  Jane,  b 
Nov  23,  1844.     4,  Lizzie  F,  b  Dec  21,  1855. 


T  U  R  N  B  U  L  L  . 

John,  b  in  Scotland,  Jan  29,  1759;  c  to  N  and  m  Huldah 
Glidden  ;  house  stood  directly  between  the  Newcastle  house  and 
the  Brick  Block  ;  kept  the  ferry  across  the  Dam  river,  previous 
to  the  building  of  the  Bridge.     Huldah,  b  Jan  5,  1764. 

John's  chil.  1,  Mary,  b  Jan  31,  1785  ;  m  1st,  Simon  Dodge, 
2d,  John  Gibbs  of  Scotland ;  d  in  Cambi-idgeporl,  Mass.  2, 
Margaret,  b  July  17,  1786  ;  m  Richard  Wilkinson  ;  d  Dec  19, 
1848.     3,  John,  b  Sept  15,  1787  ;  d  at  sea.     4,  Eleanor,  b  Ap  7, 

1789  ;  m  John  Plummer ;  r  in  Nob.     5,  Elizabeth,  b  Sept  19, 

1790  ;  m  Daniel  Flint  of  Nob  ;  r  in  Nob.  6,  James,  b  Mar  26, 
1793;  r  in  New  Brunswick.  7,  William,  b  Mar  4,  1795;  m 
Mary  Chapman  of  Nob.  8,  Robei't,  b  Dec  4,  1797  ;  d  at  Port 
au  Prince,  W  I.  9,  Charlotte,  b  June  9,  1799;  m  Thomas 
Rowe.  10,  Lydia,  b  Oct  25,  1801  ;  m  Benjamin  Chapman  ;  r 
in  Windsor. 

Third  Generation. — William's  chil.  1,  John,  b  Dec  1,  1823  ; 
d  Sept  14,  1825.     2,  William  W,  b  Ap  15,  1826;  m  Cordelia 


GENEALOGY.  429 

Meny  of  Ed":,  1860  ;  r  in  E.  3,  Beiii  Willavd,  b  June  9,  1S28; 
d  May  24,  1832.  4,  Mary  C,  b  July  19,  1S33.  5,  IJenjainin 
Chapinan,  b  Ap  6,  1836  ;  d  Ap  10,  1842.  6,  Everlino,  b  Sf'pi  21, 
1838;  d  Ap  o,  1842.  7,  Elizabeth  A,  b  Nov  20,  1841.  8, 
Harriet  B,  b  July  14,  1844.  9,  Robert,  b  Aui^ie,  1846;  d  Nov 
18,  1847.     10,  Winfield  Scott,  b  May  19,  1848. 

WATEKS, 

Samuel,  c  from  Eng.  ;  m  1st,  INIary  Kennedy  of  Bridgewatei', 
Mass.  ;   2d,  MargarettT  McLellaiid  ;  3d,  Huth  Averill  of  Jeft". 

Samuels  chil.  1,  Mary,  m  Joseph  Glidden.  2,  Samuel,  r  in 
Palermo.  3,  Nabby,  m  Major  Moses  Carlton  of  Wis.  4,  Wil- 
liam, b  Mar  31,  1764;  in  Patience  Bryant  May  3,  1792;  a  man 
of  extensive  business  ;  a  claimant  of  French  spoliations  ;  d  Ang 
1837.  5,  Daniel,  Major,  b  Mar  8,  1768;  m  Mary  Weeks  of 
Jeif,  Feb  4,  1790;  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  surveyor  of  lum- 
ber; a  man  of  intelligence,  uprightness  and  influence;  d  Aug 
18,  1856.  6,  Mary,  b^Ap  4,  1768  ;  d  July  18,  1864.  7,  Jane,  ra 
1st,  James  Clark  of  Al.  ;  2d,  Benj.  Ayers  of  Al.  8,  Nancy,  d 
young. 

Third  Generation. — William's  cliil.  1,  Hannah,  b  Jan  1794; 
ni  Paul  Tomlinson  Mar  1812  ;  d  Dec  1862.  2,  Natlianiel,  d  at 
sea  ag  21 ;  was  buried  in  tbe  ocean,  3,  Statira,  b  Sept  2,  1798  ; 
m  James  Fitzpatrick  of  I.  July  13,  1821,  4,  Betse}',  b  Mar 
1800;  d  Sept  21,  1820.  5,  Daniel,  seaman;  an  inmate  of 
Sailors'  Home,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.  6,  Edwin,  m  Susan  Tarr, 
Dec  10.  1837  ;  d  May  27,  1860.  7,  Mary  Jane,  m  James  Ers- 
kine.     8,  Orrin,  b  Mar  12,  1814. 

Daniel's  chil.  1,  Jane,  b  Nov  19,  1790  ;  m  Milton  Goodenow, 
a  lawyer  of  Nob.;  d  Mar  12,  1812.  2,  George  G,  b  Ap  4, 
1792;  1st  mate  of  ship;  washed  overbmird,  Feb  21,  1812.  3, 
James  S,  b  Oct  4,  1793;  m  Margaret  Kavanagh  ;  r  in  Jeff.  ;  d 
Mar  11,  1841.  4,  Mary,  b  Dec  22,  1795  ;  m  James  Sawyer  of 
Saco  ;  r  in  Dorchester,  Mass.  5,  Samuel,  b  Ap  12,  1798;  m 
Hannah  Shibles  of  Knox  Feb  28,  1820  ;  merchant  ;  d  Ap  21, 
1845.  6,  Daniel  Jnn,  b  Jmie  10,  1800  ;  d  Feb  26,  18U1.  7,  Abi- 
gail, b  Sept  9,  1802;  d  Aug  15,  1804.  8,  Clarissa,  b  Sept  8, 
1805;  ni  Henry  Carlton  of  Wis.  ;  d  Mar  21,  1828.  9,  William 
2d,  b  Mar  27,  1807;  d  Sept  22,  1808.  10,  Daniel  Jun.,  2d,  b 
Mar  26,  1808;  d  in  Cincinnati  Sept  3,  1830. 

Fourth  Generation. — Sanniel's  chil.  1,  ]\[ary  Catharine,  b 
Aug  18,  1826  ;  m  William  T  Cotton  of  N.  H.  Nov  8,  1863;  r 
in  Woltboro,  N.  H.  2,  Martha  S,  b  Mar  29,  1830  ;  d  Feb  23, 
1831.     3,  Clara  C,  b  Mar  4,  1836. 

Edwin's  chil.     Joseph,  b  Sept  15,   1838;  m  Mary  Elizabeth 


430 


GENEALOGY. 


Pool  Sept  18,  1862.  Nathaniel  B,  b  Feb  16,  1840;  member  of 
4tli  Reg.  Me.  Vols.  :  Avounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness; 
107  days  a  prisoner  ;  served  three  years  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. Isaac  T,  b  Sept  27,  1842;  member  of  4th  Me.  Reg; 
served  three  yeais  and  honorably  disch'arged.  Clara  J,  b  Feb 
21,  1845  ;  m  William  Webber;  r  in  Kichmond.  Edwin,  b  May 
1.  1847.  Susannah,  b  Mar  20,  1849.  Statira,  b  Feb  22,  1851. 
William,  b  Oct  3,  1853.  Isadore,  b  July  19,  1856;  d  Aug  16, 
1855.  Alexander,  b  Ap  5,  1858  ;  d  Oct  29,  1858.  Frank,  b 
Feb  10,  1860. 


WEBB. 

Originally  from  Scotland,  c  from  Scituate  and  settled  in  Wool. 
Killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree  ab  1703. 

Webb's  chil.     Nathaniel  entered  Washington's  army  at 

the  ag  of  19  ;  continued  in  it  7  yrs ;  c  to  N  subsequent  to  Kev- 
olution  ;  m  Widow  Lydia  Tukey  of  Cape  Elizabeth  ;  d  Dec  25, 
1832.  Susan.  Ruth.  Jane,  m  Robert  Robinson;  d  Aug  3, 
1843.  Dea  Luther  ;  m  Martha  Cushman  of  Wool,  Oct  7,  1790  ; 
d  Dec  5,  1845.  An  excellent  citizen  and  a  pious  man.  Martha, 
b  in  Kingston,  Mass  ;  c  to  W  when  13  yrs  of  age. 

Third  Generation. — Dea  Luther's  chil.  1,  Joshua,  b  July 
31,  1791  ;  m  Almira  Dodge,  Mar  22,  1819;  Teacher  and  farmer  ; 
d  Mar  1821.  2,  Martha  Delano,  b  Aug  10,  1793  ;  m  Ebenezer 
D  Robinson,  Dec  12,  1815  ;  d  Mar  9,  1857.  3,  Sophia,  b  Ap 
22,  1796  ;  m  Capt  Solomon  Hutchins,  Nov  3,  1816.  4,  Luther, 
Jr,  b  Jan  10,  1798  ;  m  Eliza  Wadsworth  Montgomery,  of  Booth, 
Nov  18,  1823.  Eliza  W,  b  Ap  12,  1804.  5,  Dea  Robert  Cush- 
man, b  Ap  27,  1800;  m  Sally  Trouant  of  Brem,  Oct  21,  1823  ; 
el  Dea  of  Cong  Ch  in  Wal,  Dec  9,  1836  ;  member  ot  Me  Senate 
1857  ;  appointed  Justice  of  Peace  1857  ;  Trial  Justice  1865. 
Tanner  and  boot  Manufacturer.  6,  Lucy,  b  Aug  21,  1802  ;  d  in 
inf  7,  Dea  Lewis,  b  Jan  13,  1804  ;  m  Hannah  Rundlett  of  Al 
Nov  2,  1830;  d  Aug,  1851.  8,  James,  b  June  10,  1807  ;  d  in 
inf.  9,  Nathan,  b  May  15,  1810  ;  m  1st  Eliza  Rundlett  of  Al, 
Nov  13,  1834;  m  2d,  Martha  Evans  of  Norway ;  d  in  Port, 
1866.  10,  Elbridge,  b  Aug  13,  1812;  d  Dec  30;  1829.  11, 
Edward,  b  Nov  1.5,  1814  ;  Grad  at  Bow  Col  1838  ;  Preceptor  of 
Academy  in  Ky  7  yrs ;  Lawyer;  r  in  St  Paul,  Alin  ;  Pres  of  a 
large  Ins  Company  ;  m  Abigail  Jane  Baldwin  of  Washingtou 
county  Ky. 

Fourth  Generation. — Joshua's  chil.  Almira,  b  1821  ;  m  Rev 
Francis  Tenney  of  Mass. 

Luther  Jr's  chil.  1,  Alfred  Wadsworth,  b  Sept  5,  1824;  ra 
in  Cal  in  1860  ;  d  in  Cal  Oct  29,   1866.     2,  Joshua,  b  Nov  21, 


GENEALOGY,  431 

1826.  3,  Amanda  Malvina,  b  July  25,  1828  ;  m  Capt  Henry  J 
Benson  of  Ohio,  U  8  Coast  Service,  July  11,  1866.  4,  Ira 
Knight,  I)  July  20,  1830.  5,  Elbridge,  b  Auo-  27,  1833  ;  m  in 
Cal,  1865.  6,  Sophronia,  b  Juno  23,"  1836  ;  m  Frank  F  Preble 
of  Maine,  U  S  Vols,  now  Teacher  in  E  Bos,  Oct  10,  1859.  7, 
Fred  Lewis,  b  Mar  9,  1840;  r  in  Dam  and  Bos.  8,  Martha 
Elizabeth,  b  Mar  26,  1842.  9,  Sarah  Wads  worth,  b  Ap  24, 
1844. 

Dea  Robert's  chil.  1,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b  Aug.9, 1824  ;  d  Mar 
3,  1844.  2,  Melinda  Mitchell,  b  June  17,  1826^:  d  June  3,  1845. 
3,  Caroline  Augusta,  b  Ap  18,  1828  ;  d  Jan  12,  1865.  4,  Avery 
Trouant,  b  Feb  1  •4, 1830  ;  m  1st  llebecca  P" ranees  Plovey  of  Lowell, 
Mass,  who  d  June  22,  1861  ;  ni  2d  E^veline  Tolman  of  Camden, 
June  1865.  5,  Martha  Cushman,  b  June  12,  1832  ;  m  Rev  Henry 
Martin  Yaill  of  Stafford,  Conn,  June  4,  1S61  ;  d  Dec  21,  1868. 
6,  Susan  Farley,  b  June  2,  1834  ;  m  I  Palmer  Starrett,  Esq,  of 
Warren,  Nov' 11,  1858;  r  in  W.  7,  Mary  Ann,  b  July  25, 
1836  ;  d  Aug  30,  1850.     8,  a  child  d  in  inf  ' 

Third  Generation. — Lewis'  chil.  Charles  L,  b  Aug  29,  1831  ; 
m  Mary  H  Evans  of  Norway,  Nov  22,  1855.  Edward,  b  Feb 
28,  1833  ;  m  H  Lizzie  Myrick.  Almira  Rundlett,  b  Sept  3, 
1835;  d  Sept   1854.      Hannah  Carlton,  b  Aug  15,  1837. 

Fourth  Generation. — Charles  L's  chil.  Lizzie  H.  b  Feb  22, 
1857.     Arthur  Evans,  b  Feb  4,  1862  ;  d  Feb  9,  1864. 

Third  Generation. — Nathaniel's  chil.  1,  Sally,  b  June  8, 
1783.  2,  Jane,  b  1785  ;  m  Samuel  PKendall  ot  Hope ;  d  1829. 
3,  Joanna,  b  1787;  m  Robert  Richards  of  Hope;  d  1814.  4, 
Eber.ezer,  b  June  10,  1789;  in  Sophia  S  Lancaster  Mar  20,  1816. 
5,  Sophia  S,  b  Mar  23,  1795.  6,  Lydia.  7,  Ruth,  m  1st,  Eben 
Greenlaw;  2d,  William  Hastings;  r  in  Br.  8,  John,  d  in  inf. 
9  and  10,  Nathaniel  Jun  and  George  W,  twins,  b  July  5,  1799. 
Nathaniel  m  Margaret  Erskine  of  Br.  George  m  Charlotte 
W^bb  of  Bath. 

Fourth  Generation. — Ebenezer's  chil.  1,  Aaron,  b  Mar  21, 
1817  ;  d  in  inf  2,  Mary,  b  Jan  1,  1819  ;  d  in  inf  3,  Edwin  B, 
b  Jan  19,  1820  ;  graduated  at  Bow.  College  1846  and  at  Bangor 
Tlieal.  Sem  1850;  settled  as  pastor  of  Cong.  Church  in  Augusta 
and  Shawmut  St.  Church  in  Bos.  Mass.  ;  m  Elizabeth  T  Tappan 
of  Augusta  Oct  19,  1852.  4,  Benj.  Frankliu,  b  Sept  19,  1821  ; 
m  Mary  G.  Melcher  July  17,  1848  ;  r  in  Cal.  5,  Nathaniel  L,  b 
Oct  7,  1823.  6,  Albert  S,  b  Sept  7,  1825  :  d  May  17,  1829.  7, 
Roxy  S  Webb,  b  Feb  3,  1828.  8,  Albert  D,  b  July  24,  1830  ; 
d  Jan  13,  1834.  9,  Sophia  A,  b  Dec  16,  1831.  10,  Eben  Stan- 
ford, b  Nov  1,  1834  ;  m  Mary  M  Hunt  of  Milford,  Mass.  Jan 
14,  1864. 


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432  GENEALOGY. 

Xatliaiiiel  Jr's  chil.  Albert  S.  Geori,^e  W.  Matfiew  C. 
Jane  G,  d  1850.  Mary  L,  in  Isaiah  Chase  of  ITarwicli,  Mass. 
Joliii,  no;  24.     Natlianiol  3d.     Addie. 

William  K,  b  in  Bath  Nov  12,  1785;  m  Sarah  IVIcCobb  of 
Batli,  Sept  8,  1825  ;  d  Aug  22,  18G4  ;   Sarah,  d  July  8,  1861. 

William  R's  chil.  jNIai^^  Ann  Elizabeth,  b  Nov"  7,  1826;  m 
Gardiner  N  Feyler  of  ^Vt\\,  Dec  11,  1845.  Hannah  McCobb,  b 
Oct  8,  1828  ;  m  Capt  Joseph  Burnham  of  Bos,  Sept  17,  1848. 
William  D,  b  Ap  17,  1830;  m  Nettie  G  Hanley,  Jan  2,  1855. 
George  H,  b  Jan  8,  1832;  m  in  Liverpool,  Eng.  Thomas  M,  b 
Jan  1,  1834.  Delia  M,  b  Jan  27,  1835  ;  m  Orrin  S  Pond  of 
Foxboro'  Mass,  Aug  25,  1857;  Joseph  G,  b  Jan  21,  1837;  d 
'Sept  1852.  Harriet  M,  b  June  7,  1831  ;  m  Alexander  Farnham, 
Dec  20,  1860. 

Third  Generation. — W^illiam  D's  chil.  Simon  H,  b  June  8, 
1858.     Walter  G,  b  Feb  14,  1861. 

WILKINSON. 

Richard,  b  in  London,  Eng,  Sept  2,  1782  ;  Sea  Capt ;  c  to  N 
when  a  boy  ;  m  Margaret  Turnbull ;  d  Dec  25,  1831. 

Richard's  chil.  Elizabeth,  b  Mar  14,  1806;  m  l^vobert  Rowe 
of  Ireland;  d  June  30,  1832.  Margaret,  b  Mar  10,  1808;  m 
Ca]>t  David  Farnham,  Dec  10,  1838  ;  r  in  Dam.  Sophia  Ann, 
b  June  30,  1812;  d  Dec  7,  1812.  John,  b  Nov  26,  1813;  d 
Dec  22,  1813.  Sophia  Ann  2d,  b  July  29,  1815  ;  d  Jan  2,  1817. 
James,  b  Aug  "io,  1818;  d  Sept  5,  1818.  Richard,  b  Aug  22, 
1820;  d  Dec  7,  1840,  by  drowning.  William,  b  Ap  5,  1822; 
m  1st,  Clementine  Brown  ;  2d  Jessie  Robinson  ;  r  in  Bos.  Har- 
riet, b  July  5,  1825  ;  d  Aug  7,  1825.  Edward,  b  Nov  9,  1826  ; 
m  Caroline  Hutchings  of  Dam,  Dec  7,  1848.  John,  b  May  22, 
1830  ;  d  young. 

Third  Generation. — Edward's  chil.  Charles  E,  b  Sept  1849. 
Eugene,  b  Jan  27,  1851.     Annie. 

WHITE. 

Alden  Bradford,  b  in  Wis  Aug  4,  1812  ;  c  to  N  in  1840;  m 
Eliza  Gould  Carlton,  of  Wis,  Jan  21,  1840.  Eliza  G,  b  Nov  4, 
1820. 

Alden  B's  chil.  Mary  Eliza,  b  IVfay  14,  1842.  Bradford 
Alden,  b  Feb  3,  1844.  William  Carlton,  b  May  23,  1847;  d 
May  16,  1849.  Ellen  Augusta,  b  Sept  19,  1850';  d  Aug  17, 
1851.  Alfred  Call,  b  Ap  13,  1855  ;  m  Clara  B  Dodge,  Dec  25, 
1878.  Helen  Gould,  b  Oct  26,  1857;  in  Harlan  R  Ferkius 
Feb  2,  1880. 


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GENEALOGY.  433 

Third  Generation. — 1,  Mary  Eliza;  m  Albert  Gliddeu  of  N, 
Nov  6,  1867.  Her  chil.  Mary  W,  b  May  14,  1875  ;  r  in  Dam. 
2,  Bradford  Alden,  ra  Sarah  Gr  Haines,  Oct  20,  1860.  His  oliil. 
Ethel  Haines,  b  Nov  2,  1872.  8,  Alfred  Call's  chil.  Maggie  T, 
b  June  1,  1S72. 

Nathaniel,  b  in  Wis,  Mar  25,  1817;  m  Mary  White  of  Wis, 
May  23,  1849  ;   c  to  N  1849. 

Nathaniel's  chil.  Susan  Emma,  b  Mar  20,  1851.  John  (Jar- 
diner,  b  Jan   11,  1855. 

WILLIAMS. 

Hartley  G,  b  in  Edg,  Dec  15,  1815  ;  m  1st  Julia  Ann  Dodge. 
2d,  Widow  Mary  Hitchcock  of  Dam,  Oct  10,  1857.  Mary,  b 
in  Philadelphia,  Dec  22,  1825.      Hartley  G,  c  to  N. 

WHITEHOUSE. 

Capt  Stephen  C,  b  in  Jeff,  Aug  21,  1819  ;  m  Ann  Hilton  of 
Jeff,  Oct  24,  1841  ;  c  to  N  in  1836.  Capt  of  Co  K,  16th  Reg, 
Me  Vols.  Killed  instantly  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  He  got 
up  company  E  Fourth  Maine,  was  cliosen  Capt  and  was  in  the 
fii'st  Bull  Run  battle.  Ill  health  caused  hirn  to  resign,  but  he 
afterwards  re-enlisted  and  iell  bravely  fighting. 

Capt  Stephen's  chil.  Wilmot,  b  Ap  27,  1843.  Was  in  his 
fathers's  Co  E,  Fourth  Me,  six  months.  Discharged,  but  re- 
eulisted  in  the  11th  U  S  Infantry  and  continued  till  wounded, 
25  months.  Commissioned  Lieut  ot  32d  Me  Iteg,  six  mouths  ; 
was  in  thirteen  battles  and  ill  health  couipelled  him  to  resign. 
George  C,  b  Sept  30,  1845.     Ann,  b  Jan  24,  1851  ;  d  in  inf 

WOODBRIDGE. 

Benjamin,  Sr,  Esq,  c  from  Newbury  ab  1753;  settled  on 
Southern  point  of  ''town  Necke  ;"  m  Susannah  Tappan  of  New- 
bury.    Susannah,  d  Thursday  afternoon,  June  6,  1771. 

Benjamin  Sen,  Esq's  chil.  1,  Benjamin,  Jr,  b  1737;  m  Ann 
Hodge  of  Edg,  Thursday,  Sept  2,  17  73  by  Kev  Thomas  Moor 
of  Pown  ;  d  Sept  17,  18i7.  2,  Mary,  b  1738;  m  James  Ayers 
of  Al  where  she  r.  3,  Paul,  b  Dec  3,  1 740  ;  Sea  Capt ;  d  at 
sea.  4,  Sarah,  b  Feb  19,  1744.  5,  Dorothy,  b  Mar  27,  1746. 
6,  Thomas,  b  Jan  16,  1747;  was  in  the  llevolutionary  Army; 
returning  from  the  war  m  Lydia  Ayers  of  Newbury,  Mass  ;  his 
house  built  in  1776,  is  still  standing  and  occupied,  1867,  by  ids 
son  Thomas  Jr.  7,  Susan,  b  1749.  8,  Capt  Christopher,  b  Ap  13, 
1751;  in    Washington's  Army;  when  discharged,  he    received 


434 


GENEALOGY. 


^ 


2800  silver  dollars ;  m  Sarah  Cunningham.  0,  Elizabeth,  b 
Dec  28,  1753.  Enjoyed  ill-health,  and  when  reading  the  script- 
ures, her  reason  left  tier,  and  she  continued  so  1 1  years.  On  the 
return  ot  it  she  opened  to  the  place  where  she  left  off  and  the 
intervening  time  seemed  a  blank.  She  was  a  devoted  christian, 
and  her  faculties  continued  bright  ever  after. 

Third  Generation. — IJenjamin's  Jr's  chil.  1,  Susannah  Tap- 
pan,  b  ^May  28,  1774.  l)a[)tized  by  Kev  John  Muiray  of  Booth, 
Aug  16,  1774  ;  lu  James  Erskine  ;  d  Mar  18,  1863.  2,  Mary,  b 
Dec  16,  177o.  Baptized  May  20,  1776,  by  Kev  John  Murray  of 
Booth  ;  ni  Joseph  Fluuimer  ot  Al  ;  d  May  18,  1843.  3,  Sarah 
Hooper,  b  Sept  27,  1777.  Baptized  by  Kev  JNlr  VV luting,  June 
7,  1778  ;  m  James  Eollansbee,  1801  ;  d  June  8,  1847.  4^  Anna, 
b  Sept  18,  1779;  m  Capt  Thomas  Chase,  June  2.5,  1801  ;  d  Jan 
28,  1860.  5,  Elizabeth,  b  Ap  27,  1782.  Baptized  at  Topsham 
by  Kev  Mr  Urquhart,  May  7,  1784  ;  rj  Capt  Wm  Clifford  of 
Edg  ;  d  Mar  1864.  6,  Benjamin  3d,  b  Sept  7,  1784.  Baptized 
Oct  2ci,  1784  by  Kev  Mr  JNlcLean  of  J3r  ;  in  Nancy  Simpson  :  d 
Jan  26,  1854.  7,  Jane,  b  Oct  17,  1787  ;  m  Jothani  Donnell  ;  r 
in  Al.  8,  Hodge,  b  Jan  16,  1790  ;  m  Elizabeth  Simpson  of  Bruns, 
Feb  17,  18l8;"Elizabeth,  b  Ap  20,  1793.  9,  Kuth,  b  Ap  17, 
1792;  m  Capt  John  Clifford  of  Edg.  10,  Henry,  b  Mar  1  s, 
1795  ;   m  Elizabeth  Kennedy,  Sept  15,  1819  ;  d  Oct  1,  1842. 

T'kird  Generation. — Thomas'  chil.  1,  Sarah,  m  Eben- 
ezer  Carlton  of  Bradfoixl,  Mass.  2,  Elizabeth,  m  Benj.  Tobey 
of  Al.  3,  William,  m  Anna  Tobey  t»f  Whit.  4,  Lydia,  m 
William  Banks  of  Hartford.  5,  Thomas  Jun,  b  May  11,  1791  ; 
ni  Sophronia  Dammon  of  Al  xMar  5,  1817.  6  and  7,  James  A 
and  xUary,  twins,  b  July  10,  1795.  James  A,  m  1st,  Elizabeth 
Shaw  of  Hallowell  Jan  4,  1821  ;  m  2d,  Mrs.  Frances  L  Albee 
May  21  1844.  Elizabeth  b  Mar  27,  179H  ;  d  June  1842.  Fran- 
ces L  b  3Iar  8,  1807.  Mary,  m  Edward  Palmer  of  Whit.  ;  r  in 
VV. 

-Fourth  Generation.  Thomas  Jun's  chil.  Harrison  B,  b 
June  12,  1818;  m  Elvina  Hussey  of  NVald.  Hartley  E,  b  May 
22,  1820  ;  m  Margarett  Cumery  of  Bos.  Nov  1845.  Kebecca, 
b  Oct  24,  I824;"ni  Wm  B  Howe  of  Ko.xbury,  Mass.;  r  in 
Salem,  N.  Y.  Franklin,  b  May  14,  1826;  d  in  N.  Y.  May  23, 
1857.  Lydia  Ann,  b  Feb  28,  1829;  d  Nov  11,  1847  in  Kox- 
bury,  Mass.  Ellen,  b  Oct  20,  1831  ;  m  Emery  A  Glidden,  May 
7,  1854,  Luther  S,  b  Ap  24,  1834;  in  Adda  Hastings;  r  iu 
Salem,  N.  Y.  Kuth  E,  b  Jan  11,  1837;  m  John  E.  Hilton,  of 
Brem.  May  7,  1851.  Abiel  A,  b  July  20,  1840;  m  Georgia 
Peasly  of  Al.  Mar  1,  1864. 

James  A's  chil.     1,  Mary  Shaw,  b  in  N.  Dec  24,   1823.     2, 


GENEALOGY.  435 

Ann  Elizabeth,  b  in  Plallowell,  Mar  30,  1826  ;  m  EL  Xorcross 
Dec  3,  1846.  3,  Susan  E.  b  in  H.  Mar  7,  183.);  m  Ilaivey 
Tobey  1855.  4,  Martlia  Maria,  b  in  H.  Feb  20,  1832  ;  d  .June 
1846.  5,  James  Franklin,  b  Sept  13,  1838;  d  Feb  10,  l.S3'J. 
6,  George  S,  b  in  Augusta  Feb  18,  1844.  Adopted  by  James 
A  as  son  July  1844. 

Benj  3d's  cliil.  Clarissa,  b  Ap  19,  1813  ;  m  Robert  Camp- 
bell Oct.  7,  1833.  Sophia,  b  Dec  2,  1814  ;  m  Paul  Tomlinson  ; 
d  Sept  1856.  Eliza  Jane,  b  Aug  25,  1817  ;  m  John  Vanner 
Jan  21,  1844.  Benj  4,  b  May  17,  1822  ;  m  Emeline  Woodman 
of  Al.  July  30,  1855.  Larkin  II  and  Nancy,  twins,  b  June  29, 
1823.     Larkin,  m  Cordelia  Chisam  of  Al.     Nancy  d  in  inf. 

Hodge's  chil.  Martha  Ann,  b  July  22,  1820;  m  Joseph 
Plummer.  of  Al.  Dec  2,  1849  ;  r  in  A.  Sarah  Jane,  b  Nov  6, 
1821;  m  Samuel  L  Chapman  of  Nob.  Feb  12,  1846;  r  iu  N. 
and  Dam.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b  July  31,  1823  ;  m  Charles  S. 
Clapp  of  Nob.  Ap  9,  1844  ;  r  in  Dam.  John  S,  b  May  5,  1827  ; 
d  Nov  17,  1827.  Wilmot  W,  b  Jan  20,  1830;  m  Fannie  E 
Campbell  Dec  19,  1859.  Fanny  d  May  26,  1866.  James  P,  b 
July  17,  1832;  d  Oct  23,  1860. 

Henry's  chil.  Susan  Erskine,  b  Aug  3,  1820;  m  1st  Samuel 
Plummer  of  Al ;  2d  John  Baker  of  Wis.  David  Kennedy,  b 
Oct  15,  1821  ;  ru  Abby  Donnell  Morse  ot  Bath ;  r  in  Cal. 
Eliza  Ann,  b  Ap  19,  1823  ;  m  Franklin  Plaistridge  of  Cornish, 
N  H.  Emily,  b  Dec  13,  1824;  m  Harlow  Morse;  r  in  Minn. 
Freeman  Henry,  b  Aug  19,  1826  ;  m  Helen  M  Weymouth  of  Al, 
Oct  24,  1855.  Mary  Jane,  b  Jan  26,  1828  ;  in  Thomas  C  Ken- 
nedy of  Minn  ;  d  Oct  5,  1864.  Laura  Stebbins,  b  July  14, 
1829  ;  m  Dr  11  Fletcher  of  Minn.  Harriet  Newall,  b  Oct  28, 
1831.     Albert  Smith,  b  Ap  21,  1833;  r  in  Cal. 

Fifth  Generation. — Freeman's  chi!.  Walter  P^'eeman,  b  Nov 
30,  1858. 

Wilmot's  chil.  Albert  C,  b  Oct  1.  I860.  Willie  B,  b  July 
2,  1863  ;  d  in  inf.  Clarence  B,  b  Ap  3,  1865  ;  m  Harriet  M 
Erskine,  June  19,  1867.     Chil.     Mary  A,  b  Nov  13,  1872. 

Larkin's  chil.  William  Henry,  b  Dec  16,  1848.  John  H,  b 
July  10,  1853. 

Benjamin  4th's  chil.  Emma  L,  b  June  20,  1856.  Alva  B,  b 
Aug  21,  1859.     Mary  E,  b  May  3,  1865. 

AV  I L  S  O  X  . 

Thaddeus,  m  Dolly  Flint ;  r  in  Dracut,  Mass ;  c  to  N  ab  1807. 

Thaddeus'    chil.     Dolly    F.     Charles.      Joseph.     Oliver  and 

Svlvia  deceased.     These  were  bin  Dracut.    b  in  N,  Alfred,  July 


436 


GENEALOGY. 


20,  18U0  ;  111  1st  w,  Maiy  C.  Simpson,  Feb  6,  1838  ;  2d  w,  Eliza 
A  Given. 

AHred's  chil.  Marv  Ellen,  b  Oct  30,  1841  ;  m  George  G 
Malioney.  George  A,'  b  Ap  2,  1843.  Clara  C,  b  Feb  1,  1845. 
Araininta  G,  b  June  6,  1848. 

WISEMAN. 


Tiionias,  b  in  Charles  County,  Md,  July  17,  1806  ;  Seaman; 
N  in  1834;   ni  Mary  J  Cunningliain,  Sept  24,  1835. 
Tl,nmn«'  r.h\]      Tlioiuas  C,  b  July  27,   1836;  r  in  Cal      ^Tc 


to 

Thomas'  chil.  Tho'inas  C,  b  July  27,  1836;  r  in  Cal,  Mary 
J,  b  Aug  20,  1838;  r  in  Hallowell.  P>ances  Sabinia,  b  Jan  20, 
1841  ;  iMU  Mass.  William  Henry,  b  Feb  16,  1843;  r  in  Cal. 
Sophia  Lennox,  b  Mar  4,  1846.  Emily  Brooks,  b  May  12,  1848. 
Geneva,  b  July  7,  1850. 

WRIGHT. 

Dr.  John  Sullivan,  b  at  Pepperell,  Mass  ;  c  to  Edg  and  com- 
menced practice  in  1807;  moved  to  N,  ab  1842;  m  1st,  Lois 
Patterson  of  Edg,  Dec  28,  1807  ;  m  2d,  Margaret  Pinkhara  of 
Booth,  Ap  5,  1829  ;  d  Aug  7,  1853  and  buried  under  Masonic 
honors.     Lois,  d  Nov  30,  1827.     Margaret;  d  Feb  26,  1850. 

Dr  John  S,  chil  by  1st  w.  1,  Heiirv,  b  Dec  18,  1809;  r  in 
Bootli,  N  and  Dam  ;  m  Elvira  Sawyer  of  Ban,  Oct  2,  1835  ;  c 
to  N  in  1840.  2,  Mary  b,  1811  ;  d  in  inf  3,  Rovall,  b  Ap  13, 
1813  ;  m  Mary  Robinson,  Nov  6,  1845.  Mary,  d  Nov  27,  1879. 
4,  Sullivan,  b  Mar  1817  ;  r  in  Wis.  5,  Lucretia,  b  P'eb  1819  ;  d 
May  21,  1849.  6,  Mary,  b  Mar  15,  1825;  m  Jotham  Perkins. 
Chil  by  2d  w.  1,  Cleveland,  b  Sept  21,  1835.  2,  William,  b 
Julv  19,  1840.  Naval  officer;  Capt  of  Steamship  Mystic.  Ap- 
pointed Oct,  1862.  3,  Albert,  b  July  20,  1841.  Entered  Bow 
Col  Aug,  1862.     Teacher  at  Cherokee  Cal. 

Henry's  chil.  1,  Fannie  A,  b  Sept  2,  1836;  ra  Edwin  D 
Knight  of  Dam.  May  30,  1861  ;  r  in  Gard.  2,  Belle  R,  b 
June  30,  1838.  3,  Mary  L,  b  Dec  22,  1840.  4,  Henry  S,  b 
P>b  17,  1842;  d  Ap  19,  1842.  5,  Elvira,  b  Ap  i,  1843.  6, 
Henry  Jun.,  b  June  26,  1845.  7,  Ella  A,  b  Nov  20,  1847.  8, 
Maggie  H,  b  P'eb  17,  1850.  9,  Frank  M,  b  Dec  2,  1852;  d 
Oct  24,  1853.  10,  Estelle  W,  b  Aug  8,  1857  ;  d  May  14,  1876. 
11,  Willie  S,  b  Oct  27,  1860. 

Royall's  chil.  1,  Aunah,  b  May  22,  1855  ;  d  Sept  30,  1858. 
2,  Lizzie,  b  Oct  17,  1859. 

WYMAN. 

Samuel  D,  b  in  Monmouth,  Oct  15,  1828 ;  m  Frances  Genth- 
uer  of  Nob.  Jan  1,  1850;  c  to  N.  in  1851. 


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GENEALOGY.  437 

Samuel  D's  chil.  1,  Emma  F,  b  Jan  7,  1851.  2,  George 
Maaford,  b  Ap  6,  1856.     3,  a  son  b  July  27,  1864. 

VANNER. 

John,  b  in  Jefi^  Jan  31,  1808  ;  c  to  N  in  1850  ;  m  Eliza  Jane 
Woodbridge,  Jan  26,  1843. 

John's  chil.  1,  Larkin  W,  b  Oct  13,  1845.  2,  Benj  Frank- 
lin, b  June  30,  1800.  William,  b  in  Jeff;  m  Rebecca  Murray, 
Dec  14,  1848;  d  Jan  1849, 


APPENDIX. 


tEXTECOST  HARBOE.    WHERE  IS  IT? 

Some  years  ago  I  wrote  an  article  on  this  subject,  and 
tead  it  before  the  M.  H.  S. ;  but  ]Mr.  Willis  who  edited  the 
TT  Tokime  of  the  Society's  PubHcations,  caused  to  be 
printed  only  a  portion  of  my  article,  because  he  said  the 
hmits  of  the  volume  forbid  his  publishing  the  whole  of  it. 
Thus  it  stood  until  August  1879,  when  the  Society  appointed 
an  excursion  to  this  locality  as  their  field  day  ;  but  unfor- 
tunately the  day  proved  to  be  murky  and  cloudy  and  unfit 
for  observation,  and  nothing  new  was  developed  as  to  the 
situation  of  the  harbor  and  the  interest  connected  ^\-ith  it. 
Besides,  the}-  only  arrived  there  about  four  in  the  afternoon 
and  came  away  at  six  the  same  day,  and  a  portion  of  that 
time  was  spent  in  investigating  the  marks  upon  the  rocks 
of  the  island  near,  so  that  nothing  new  was  developed 
respecting  this  question,  and  it  is  still  open  to  discussion. 

My  own  mind  was  made  up  with  regard  to  it  many  years 
since,  nor  have  I  seen  any  reason  to  alter  it,  after  all  that 
has  been  said  upon  the  subject.,  Pentecost  Harbor  was  what 
Was  aften\'ards  called  George's  Island  Harbor — the  moun- 
tains were  those  which  are  distinctly  seen  from  this  Har- 
bor,— the  river  up  which  the  Archangel  was  taken,  was  the 
St.  George's  river,  and  the  islands  so  frequently  spoken  of, 
as  the  islands  about  the  mouth  of  this  river,  are  what  are 
now  called  George's  Islands,  among  which  was  the  Harbor 
named  Pentecost  Harbor,  where  the  Archangel  lay  the 
most  of  the  time  she  was  upon  the  coast. 


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440  APPENDIX. 

these  points.  The  White  Mountains  are  100  miles  to  West 
and  can  only  be  seen  from  certain  points  east  of  the  Ken- 
nebec, in  very  clear  weather  ;  but  these  mountains  were 
always  in  sight,  and  were  inland  from  the  main  shore  that 
stretched  from  the  West-South-west  to  the  East-North- 
east. 

"The  next  day  being  Whitsunday,  because  we  rode  too 
much  open  to  the  sea  and  winds,  we  weighed  anchor  about 
twelve  o'clock,  and  came  along  to  the  other  islands  more 
adjoining  to  the  main,  and  in  the  road  directly  with  the 
mountains,  about  three  leagues  from  the  first  island  where 
we  had  anchored. 

"When  we  came  near  to  the  other  islands,  our  captain 
manned  his  ship  boat  and  sent  her  before  with  Thomas 
Cam  one  of  the  mates,  to  sound  and  search  between  the 
islands  for  a  safe  place  for  our  ship  to  ride  in  ;  in  the 
meantime  we  kept  aloof  at  sea,  ha\"ing  given  them  in  the 
boat  a  token  to  weffe  in  the  ship,  if  he  found  a  convenient 
harbor ;  which  it  pleased  God  to  send  us  far  beyond  our 
expectation,  in  a  most  safe  berth,  defended  from  all  winds 
in  an  excellent  depth  of  water  for  ships  of  any  burden. 

"We  all  with  great  joy  praised  God  for  his  unspeakable 
goodness  who  had,  from  so  apparent  danger,  delivered  us 
and  directed  us  upon  this  da}'  into  so  secure  a  harbor  ;  in 
remembrance  whereof  we  named  it  Pentecost  Harbor." 

Now  you  will  notice,  here  and  elsewhere,  that  this  har- 
bor was  among  islands  and  not  connected  with  any  part  of 
the  main  land,  as  is  Boothbay  harbor  or  an  anchorage  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Kennebec.  In  one  place  he  tells  us, 
there  are  fom-  different  passages  to  this  harbor  ;  and  it  was 
"about  three  leagues  from  the  first  island  where  we  had 
anchored."  The  place  itself  answers  to  what  is  now 
called  George's  Island  Harbor,  it  being  among  islands,  and 
which  has  four  different  passages  leading  to  it — and  not  to 
Boothbay  harbor  which  is  formed  a  distance  of  several 
miles  upon    its    northern    side    by    the    main    land    and 


APPENDIX.  441 

about  four  islands  lying  off  seaward  at  considerable  dis- 
tance from  each  other  and  the  main  land  ;  viz  :  Damaris- 
cove,  Squirrel  Island,  Mouse  Island  and  Cape  Newaggau 
now  Southport,  and  up  which  harbor,  in  front  of  the  vil- 
lage that  is  the  chief  place  of  anchorage,  it  is  formed 
almost  entirely  by  the  main  land — Spruce  Point  wliich 
extends  southwesterly^  a  considerable  distance  towards  the 
sea. 

"About  four  o'clock,  after  we  were  anchored  and  well 
moored,  our  captain  with  half  a  dozen  of  our  company 
went  on  shore  to  seek  fresh  watering  and  a  convenient 
place  to  set  together  our  pinnace  which  we  brought  in 
pieces  from  England ;  both  which  we  found  very  fitting." 
You  will  please  to  take  notice  of  this  watering  place — 
where  it  is,  and  its  importance. 

"Friday,  the  24th  of  May,"  he  saj's,  "after  we  had  made 
an  end  of  cutting  wood  and  carrying  Avater  aboard  our 
ship,  we  marched  about  and  through  part  of  two  islands  ; 
the  bigger  of  which  we  judged  to  be  four  or  five  miles  in 
compass  and  a  mile  broad."  Where  in  the  locality  already 
referred  to,  do  you  find  islands  answeriiig  to  this  descrip- 
tion ?     You  do  find  them  among  the  St.  George's  islands. 

"Wednesday,  the  29th  of  May,  our  shallop  being  fin- 
ished, our  captain  and  men  being  furnished  to  depart  in 
her,  we  set  up  a  cross  on  the  shore  side  upon  the  rocks." 
Now  you  will  please  to  take  notice  of  this  fact ;  for  I 
regard  it  as  a  most  important  one.  It  was  set  up  as  a 
signal  at  Pentecost  Harbor,  that  others  might  know  where 
the  harbor  was,  in  which  the  Archangel  found  excellent 
anchorage,  and  which  Capt.  Weymouth  discovered,  and  it 
was  found  two  years  afterward  by  Sir  John  Popham  when 
he  was  on  his  way  to  the  Sagadahock.  This  was  the  place 
where  it  was  found — at  Pentecost  Harbor — among  the 
George's  Islands — and  not  at  Pemaquid,  Boothbay  Har- 
bor, at  the  mouth  of  the  Sheepscot  or  Kennebec,  or  at  any 
place  to  the  westward  of  this  point.     This  I  regard  as  a 


442  APPENDIX. 

strong  point  in  the  argument  and  one  which  the  opponents 
of  this  theory  have  never  been  able  to  meet. 

THE    RIVER    DISCOVERED. 

Thursday,  the  30th  of  May,  about  10  A.  M.  the  captain 
"departed  in  the  shallop,"  for  the  purpose  of  discovery, 
leaving  the  ship  in  a  good  harbor,  with  fourteen  men,  and  on 
the  next  day  they  were  seen,  about  the  same  ht)ur,  return- 
ing, and  "we  certainly  conjectured  our  captain  had  found 
some  unexpected  harbor  further  up  toward  the  main  to 
bring  the  ship  into,  or  some  river."  This  language 
certainly  implies  that  they  were  not  now  in  a  river, 
but  outside;  and  he  joyously  writes :  "Our  captain  had 
in  this  small  time  discovered  up  a  great  river  trending 
along  into  the  main  about  forty  miles."  This  is  nearly  the 
length  of  the  St.  George's  river,  starting  from  the  ocean 
and  running  up  through  Warren,  Union  and  the  other 
towns  above.  It  is  a  river  too,  bearing  the  excellent  des- 
cription which  Rosier  has  given  of  it — wide  below 
Thomaston,  of  good  depth  of  water,  with  gallant  coves,  a 
remarkable  bend  to  the  westward,  a  codde  on  the  eastern 
side  of  it,  eas}-  of  access  and  as  secure  from  all  winds  and 
storms  as  any  river  on  our  coast.  They  called  it  a  great 
river  ;  it  was  to  them  who  were  brought  up  in  a  country 
with  rivers  no  larger  than  the  Severn  and  the  Thames,  and 
the  Loire  and  the  Seine  in  France. 

And  now,  I  would  respectfully  ask  the  opponents  of  the 
St.  George's  theorj^  and  the  advocates  of  the  Sagadahock 
theory,  how  it  was  possible  for  that  captain  in  his  shallop 
in  a  space  of  only  ticeniy-four  hours,  including  the  night,  to 
go  from  George's  Island  harbor  to  Sagadahock  in  a  strange 
country  and  make  the  discovery  of  that  river — a  distance 
of  at  least  50  miles — and  say  nothing  about,  and  know 
nothing  about,  either  the  Sheepscot  or  the  Damariscotta 
rivers  ? 

Rosier  frequently  speaks  of  their  going  to  and  fro  among 


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APPENDIX.  443 

the  islands,  and  also  of  tlieiv  going  and  returning  from  the 
main,  in  such  a  way  as  to  show  us  that  the  harbor  where 
they  were  anchored,  was  a  considerable  distance  from  it ; 
and  on  the  eighth  of  June  he  coasted  five  or  six  leagues 
among  the  islands  adjoining  and  sounded  all  along  Avhere- 
soever  he  went,  for  the  purpose  of  interesting  himself  and 
"thereby  be  able  to  direct  others  that  shall  happen  to  come 
to  this  place." 

"Tuesday,  the  eleventh  of  June,"  he  sa3'S,  "we  passed 
up  into  the  river,  with  our  ship,  about  six  and  twenty 
miles."  This  would  bring  them  up  as  high  as  Thomaston 
from  their  island  which  was  named  St.  George's  Island. 
This  name  has  been  indelibly  attached  to  the  islands  in 
that  vicinity  ever  since,  and  to  no  others  on  the  coast  of 
Maine." 

"For  (besides  without"  i.  e.  outside  "the  river  in  the 
channels  and  sounds  about  the  islands  adjoining  the  mouth 
thereof,  no  better  riding  can  be  desired  for  an  indefinite 
number  of  ships)  the  river  itself  runneth  up  into  the  main 
very  nigh  forty  miles" — this  cannot  be  the  Sagadahock 
which  runs  up  more  than  100  miles — "toward  the  great 
mountains,  beareth  in  breadth  a  mile,  sometimes  three- 
quarters,  and  half  a  mile  is  the  narrowest  where  you  shall 
never  have  under  four  or  five  fathoms  of  water  and  on 
both  sides  every  half  mile  very  gallant  coves."  This  is 
the  description  of  the  river  as  far  up  as  the  bend — the 
anchoring  ground  of  the  Archangel. 

Now,  if  this  is  the  Sagadahock  river,  please  to  tell  me 
where  are  the  islands  about  its  mouth  with  its  excellent 
harbor  named  by  them  Pentecost  Harbor,  and  where  are 
the  mountains  so  conpsicuously  seen  before  them  and 
towards  which  the  river  run  from  the  day  they  cast  anchor 
inside  of  St.  George's  Island  to  the  hour  when  they 
weighed  their  anchor  and  set  sail  for  England. 

THE    MOUNTAIXS. 

They  surely  cannot  be  the  White  Mountains,  for  these 


444 

**  APPENDIX. 


are  only  seen  from  certain  elevated  points,  to  the  eastward 
of  the  Kennebec;    and   between    which    points   and    the 
mountains  themselves  the  land  is  low,  and  not  where  the 
mteryennig  land  is  high  so  as  to  interrupt  the  view.     They 
may  be  seen  from  a  certain  point  in  AVJolwich,  from  Cush- 
man  s  mountain  in  Wiscasset-from  the  top  of  Monhegan 
and  from  the  upper  deck  of  the  steamboat  as  jou  pass  bv 
Casco  Bay,  m  going  from  Kennebec  to  Boston.     But  thi 
day  must  be  very  clear  and  sky  cloudless  to  see  them  at  all 
Ordinarily  they  are  not  seen  to  the  East  of  the  Kennebec' 
i\        T.^T^'^"'''   fannliar   with   the    coast,   from  the 
paters  of  the  Kennebec  to  those  of  the  Penobscot ;  and  I 
have  never  yet  been  able  to  see  the  White  Mountains  in 
«ns   ocahty  from  any  vessel  on  whose  deck  I  have  stood 
Out  to  sea,  with  no  intervening  lands,  they  may  be  seen  • 
but  I  never  yet  have  beheld  them  from  George's  Island 
harbor  where   the  Archangel  lay.     But  the  mountains  of 
^^h  ch  Rosier  speaks,  were  conspicuous  objects  before  them 
and    he  river  which  they  discovered,  ran  up  towards  them', 
W      -nnot  be  said  of  the  Sagadahock  nor  of  the  Sheepl 

tains  '  ''''"'■'  '"^  ^^^^"'"^  *'^"  ^^^^^^^  ^^««^- 

A  DAY'S  JOURNEY. 
"Wednesday  the  twelfth  of  June,  our  captain  manned 
his  hght  horseman  with  seventeen  men  and  ran  „p  from 
his  nd.ng  ,n  tlie  river,  to  the  codde  tliereof  "  (this  he  tells 
««  .s  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  river  and  is  supposed  to  be 
what  .s  now  ca  led  Mill  river),  "where  we  land^l'leaving  six 
to  keep  the  hght  horseman  till  our  return.  Ten  of  ns  with 
our  shot  and  some  armed,  with  a  boy  to  carry  powder  and 
match,  marched  up  into  the  country  towards  the  mountains 
which  we  descned  at  our  first  falling  in  with  the  land." 
This  s  unmistakable.  "Unto  some  of  them  the  river 
brought  us  so  near,  as  we  judged  ourselves,  when  we  landed 
to  have  been  within  a  league   of   them."    These   surely 


APPENDIX,  445, 

could  not  have  been  the  White  Mountains  which  were  100 
miles  to  the  "West.  "But,"  he  says,  "we  niaiched  up  about 
four  miles  in  the  main  and  passed  over  three  hills  ;  and 
because  the  weather  was  parching  hot,  and  our  men  in 
their  armor  not  able  to  travel  far  and  return  that  night  to 
our  ship,  we  resolved  not  to  pass  any  IVrrther,  being  all  very 
wear}^  of  so  tedious  and  laborsome  a  travel." 

UP    RIYEK. 

"Thursdaj'  the  thirteenth  of  June,"  he  says  :  "By  two 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  to  take  advantage  of  the  tide,  our 
captain  and  men  went  from  our  ship  up  to  that  part  of  the 
river  which  trended  westward  into  the  main,  to  search  that  ; 
and  we  carried  with  us  a  cross,  to  erect  at  that  point,  which 
we  left  on  the  shore  until  our  return  back,  when  we  set  it 
up  in  manner  as  the  former.  For  this  we  diligently 
observed,  that  in  no  [)Iace,  either  about  the  islands,  or  up 
in  the  main,  or  alongst  the  river,  we  could  discern  an^^  token 
or  sign  that  ever  any  christian  had  been  there  before  ; 
of  which,  either  by  cutting  wood,  digghig  for  water,  or  set- 
ting up  crosses,  (a  thing  never  omitted  by  any  christian 
travelers),  w^e  should  have  perceived  some  mention  left." 

"Bat  to  return  to  our  river  further  up  into  which  we  then 
rowed  by  estimation  twenty  miles,  the  beauty  and  good- 
ness whereof  I  cannot  b3'  relation  sufficiently  demonstrate." 
The  distance  here  given,  is  evidently  an  over-estimate ;  for 
forty  miles,  besides  the  time  spent  in  setting  up  that  cross, 
would  be  a  feat  which  men  in  their  circumstances  would  be 
unable,  in  a  single  day  to  perform.  Twenty  miles  or  even 
fifteen,  would  be  a  long  distance  for  a  single  company  to 
row  a  boat  in  one  day,  besides  attending  to  other  duties. 
And  so  also  when  he  says  :  "For  from  the  place  of  our 
ship  riding  in  the  harbor  at  the  entrance  into  the  sound, — 
Pentecost  Harbor — to  the  furthest  part  we  were  in  the 
river,  by  our  estimation  was  not  much  less  than  three  score 
miles."  You  will  observe  it  was  not  a  matter  of  measure- 
ment but  guess-work  ;  estimation  is  his  word. 


"  APPENDIX, 


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THE    KETUR]Nf. 

"Friday  the  fourteenth  of  June,  with  the  tide,  our  two 
boats  and  a  httle  wind,  we  rowed  down  to  the  river's  mouth 
and    here  came  to  anchor  about  eleven  o'clock."     The  shio 
could  not  have  been  very  far  up  river,  to  have  reached  the 
mouth  of  It  at  that  early  time  of  day.     The  rest  of  the  day 
was  spent  m  making  observations   and   taking  souDdinc's 
about  the  mouth  of  the  river  and  among  the  islands.     "And 
the  next  day  being  Saturday  we  weighed  anchor,  and  with 
a  breeze  from  the  land,  we  sailed  up  to  our  Watering  place 
and  there  stopped,  went  on  shore  and  filled  our  casks  with 
wa  er.       And  the  day  following,  Sunday  the  16th,  they  set 
sail  for   England.     Friday,    the    17th    of  May,  they  "cast 
anchor  three  miles  North  of  Monhegan  ;  and\Sunday,  the 
16th  of  June,  they  set  sail  for  England.     Thus  they  were 
on  the  coast  just  thirty  days. 

And  now  I  would,  with  all  deference  and  respect,  like  to 
ask   hose  who  think  that  Boothbay  Haibor  was  Pentecost 
Harbor-that  the  S^igadahock  was    the  river    that    Wey- 
mouth discovered,  and  that  the  Chopps  at  Meri:>^meeting 
Bay  was  the  bend   "of  the  river,  that   trended  westwarl 
into  the  main,    and  that  this  was  the  place  of  anchorage 
o     he  Archangel,  how  it  was  possible  for  them  to  perform 
all  these  mighty  acts,  in  this  short  space  of  time  ^     Tues- 
daj^  the  nth  of  June,  they  went  up  from  their  anchorage 
to  that  pomt  oi  the  river  which  suited  best  their  purpose 
by  estimation  26  miles-Wednesday  they  went  up  to  the 
codde  creek,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the    river,  left   their 
boat,  travelled  in  the  heat  toward  the  mountains  till  they 
were  overcome  by  fatigue,  when  they  returned  to  the  ship 
-Ihursday  they  set  up  a  cross  at  the  bend  of  the  river 
and  spent  that  day  in  making  observations,  and  the  next 
day  at  four  m  the  morning,  they  left  their  anchorage,  and 
^■ith  a  light  wind  and  favorable  tide  arrived  at  the  mouth 
of  the  river-how  it  was  possible  for  a  vessel  of  the  size 
of  the  Archangel,  in  that  short  space  of  time,  only  three 


APPENDIX.  447 

days  and  a  half,  to  oo  fi-om  Boothbay  Harbor  to  the 
Chopps  on  the  Kennebec  and  accomplish  whut  they  did? 
How  could  the  Archangel,  in  a  single  tlay,  go  all  tliis  dis- 
tance, and  come  back  again  in  a  period  of  onh'  seven 
hours,  from  four  to  eleven  in  the  morning '?  How  was  it 
possible,  in  the  first  place,  to  find  their  way  up  there  in 
that  short  space  of  time?  Remember  that  the  country- 
was  new — the  way  unexplored,  and  how  happened  it  that 
they  found  the  way  to  this  spot  ?  In  the  first  place,  they 
would  have  to  go  up  through  the  narrow  passage,  between 
Cape  Newaggan  and  Boothbay,  called  the  Gut,  to  get  into 
the  Sheepscot  river,  and  then  instead  of  following  up  this 
broad  and  beautiful  sheet  of  water  to  its  head,  they  should 
cross  over  and  search  out  the  narrow  passage  between 
Squam  Island  and  Erascohegan,  up  tlirougli  Great  Hell 
Gate  into  Hockomoek  Ba}' — then  up  by  Hockomock  itself 
into  that  blind  passage,  the  Cross  river  and  Little  Hell 
Gate,  westerly,  till  you  open  into  the  Kennebec  opposite 
Bath — and  then,  instead  of  anchoring  here,  they  ascended 
the  river  till  it  branches  into  the  Androscoggin  where  they 
came  to  anchor — a  distance  nearer  50  miles  than  that  given 
by  Rosier?  And  if  this  was  the  river,  and  the  meeting 
of  the  waters  of  the  Androscoggin  with  the  Kennebec,  or 
near  there,  the  place  of  anchorage,  where  were  the  moun- 
tains ?  Merrj-meeting  Bay  is  there,  but  not  the  mountains 
which  Rosier  states  were  within  a  day's  travel  of  the 
place  where  this  ship  lay.  If  you  say  that  Capt,  Wey- 
mouth had  already  been  up  this  river,  in  the  boat  and  dis- 
covered it  on  the  30th  and  31st  of  May,  and  that  he 
already  knew  the  wa}',  I  would  ask  you  how  it  was  possible 
to  make  such  a  geographical  discovery  as  this  in  the  short 
space  of  twenty-four  hours,  during  which  he  was  absent, 
and  taking  out  of  them  the  sleeping  hours  of  the  night, 
which  would  leave  only  about  twelve  hours  for  observation, 
and  going  the  whole  distance  ? 

Now  all  this  is  natural  and  consistent,  assuming  that  the 


448  APPENDIX, 

St.  George  was  the  river,  and  the  Camden  Hills  with  the 
heavy  forests  standing  upon  them  making  them  much  higher 
than  they  are  now,  and  the  high  lands  trending  westward 
through  the  town  of  Union  and  others,  were  the  hills  that 
Eosier  had  in  view  and  among  which  his  newly  discovered 
river  had  its  source  ;  but  on  the  theory  that  Boothhay  was 
the  Pentecost  Harbor,  and  those  narrow,  winding,  blind 
passages  which  led  from  Boothbay  Harbor  to  the  opening 
through  the  Gut  into  the  Kennebec,  or  the  Kennebec  itself, 
was  the  river  that  Captain  Weymouth  ascended  when  he 
went  up  toward  the  mountains,  is  the  most  unnatural  and 
forced  application  of  anything  historical  or  geographical, 
that  has  ever  come  within  the  range  of  my  knowledge. 

J?  T  R  A  C  11  E  Y  . 

And  now  let  us  call  in  our  second  witness — Strachey. 
Having  given  an  account  of  his  voyage  and  of  their  falling 
in  with  the  islands  and  coast  of  Maine,  and  describing 
the  last  land  which  had  called  their  attention,  he  says  : 
"Nine  leagues  or  more  from  yt,  there  be  three  high  moun- 
tains that  lie  on  the  land,  the  land  called  Segohquet,  neere 
about  the  river  of  Penobscot.  They  stood  toward  this 
high  land  untill  twelve  of  the  clock,  noone  the  next  daye 
and  they  found  the  ship  to  be  by  observation  in  43. 

"From  twelve  of  the  clock,  noone,  they  kept  their  course 
due  west  and  come  neere  unto  three  islands.  These  lyeth 
so- west  from  the  easter-most  of  three  islands,  a  white 
rockye  island  ;  so  they  stood  their  course  west  fast  by 
them,  and  as  they  stood  to  the  westward,  the  high  land 
before  spoken  of  made  shewe  of  this  forme" — he  here 
gives  a  picture  of  it — -"bearing  of  them  nor-nor-west. 

"From  hence  they  kept  on  their  course  west  and  by  nore 
towards  three  other  islands  which  they  saw  lying  from 
those  islands  eight  leagues  ;  and  about  ten  of  the  clock  at 
night,  having  sent  in  their  boat  before,  to  make  it,  they 
bore  in  for  one  of  them  which  tliey  afterwards  named  St. 


APPENDIX.  449 

George's  Island.  In  the  morning  they  were  envyroned 
every  way  with  iskmds,  they  told  upwards  of  thirty  islands 
from  aboard  their  shipp,  very  good  sayling  out  between 
them. 

"They  weyed  anchor  thereby  to  ride  in  more  safety  how- 
ever the  wind  should  happen  to  blow  ;  how  be  yt  before 
they  put  from  the  island  they  found  a  crosse  set  up,  one  of 
the  same  which  Captain  George  Weyman,  in  his  discovery, 
for  all  after  occasions,  left  upon  the  island."  This  defines 
Pentecost  Harbor  beyond  mistake, — among  the  islands. 
And  as  they  sailed  westward,  since  first  discovering  the 
high  mountain,  it  brought  them  Northerly  from  where  they 
lay.     Stachey  gives  a  sketch  of  their  appearance. 

Having  given  a  pencil  view  of  the  land  and  of  the  moun- 
tains, Strachey  says  :  "About  midnight.  Captain  Gilbert 
caused  his  shipp's  boat  to  be  mannde  with  fourteen  persons 
and  the  Indian  Skidawares,  brought  into  England  by  Cap- 
tain Wayman,  and  rowed  to  the  westward  from  their  shipp, 
to  the  river  of  Pemaquid,  which  they  found  to  be  four 
leagues  distant  from  the  shipp,  where  she  road." 

Now,  if  they  rowed  West  from  Pentecost  Harbor  four 
leagues  to  reach  Pemaquid,  then  Pentecost  Harbor  must 
be  four  leagues  or  more  East  from  Pemaquid,  as  it  certain- 
ly must  be,  if  Pentecost  Harbor  lies  to  the  West  of  that 
point.  But  Rosier  and  Strachey  both  place  it  to  the  East  of 
Pemaquid,  among  the  islands,  and  the  cross  that  Weymouth 
set  up  there  forever  settles  the  question  where  the  Harbor 
was  to  which  Captain  Weymouth  gave  his,  to  him,  aj^pro- 
priate  name. 

"Sunday,  the  chief  of  both  the  ships,  with  the  greatest 
part  of  the  company,  landed  on  the  island  where  the  cross 
stood,  the  which  they  called  St.  George's  Island,  and  heard 
a  sermon  delivered  unto  them  by  Eev.  Mr.  Seymour  the 
chaplain,  and  returned  abourd  againe." 

They  returned  to  their  ships  towards  evening  where  they 
still   rode,   under    St.    George's   Island.     Afterwards  they 


450 


APPENDIX. 


weighed  anchor  and  set  sail  for  the  Sagadahock.  They 
went  West,  and  passed  the  iskmd  of  "Sutquin,"  to  reach 
it.  This  shows  conclusively,  that  the  river  of  Waymouth's 
discovery,  was  many  miles  to  the  East  of  that  which  has 
sometimes  been  called  the  Sagadahock. 

Objections  have  been  taken  to  this  view  of  the  subject. 
1.  Because  Strachey  calls  this  river  the  Sagadahock  which 
Capt.  Waymouth  entered.  But  Easle  who  was  settled 
among  the  Indians  at  Norridgewock,  as  their  spiritual 
teacher  in  1691,  and  who  understood  the  Indian  language 
better  than  any  other  European  of  his  day,  and  who  wrote 
a  Dictionary  of  that  language,  says,  that  the  term  Sagada- 
hock means  "the  mouth  of  a  river" — not  the  river  itself — 
but  "the  mouth  of  a  river,"  any  river.  If  this  was  so  (and 
he  undoubtedly  knew,  and  it  would  be  a  difficult  thing,  at 
this  late  day,  to  correct  him)  then  the  English  when  they 
came  here  and  settled,  chose  their  habitation  at  Sagada- 
hock, the  mouth  of  the  river  Kennebec.  And  when  I  was 
a  boy,  the  aged  people  used  to  tell  me,  that  this  term  was 
applied,  not  to  the  whole  river  by  the  English,  but  to  that 
part  of  it  which  extends  from  the  Chopps  to  the  mouth, 
and  that  was  all.  But  the  English  now,  and  the  Indians 
have  ever  called  this  river  the  Kennebec.  The  name  as 
spelt  by  Basle  and  the  earliest  writers,  was  Kennebeag — 
changed  by  the  English  to  Kennebec,  precisely  as  Arro- 
seag  was  changed  to  Arrowsic,  Whiskeag  to  Whisgig, 
Monseag  to  Mount  Sweague,  and  other  like  cases. 

Strachey  says  that  they  went  up  the  river  sixty  miles. 
This  was  undoubtedly  an  error  unless  he  was  describing  a 
trip  up  the  Penobscot  in  the  boat  which  they  built,  instead 
of  the  Kennebec  ;  for  sixty  miles  would  have  carried  them 
up  above  Waterville,  whereas  the  tide  only  flows  as  far 
as  Hallowell  forty  miles  from  the  sea,  and  the  Falls  at 
Augusta  entirely  stops  river  navigation  from  ascending 
upwards,  except  in  skiffs  and  the  smaller  boats  ;  but  sailing 
vessels  cannot  go  any  higher. 


APPENDIX.  451 

2.  Another  objection  made  to  this  theory  is,  that  Anas- 
son,  the  Indian  Chieftain,  told  Capt.  Champlain,  when  he 
was  at  the  mouth  of  the  Kennebec,  on  his  voyage  there, 
that  Capt  Waymouth  had  been  at  that  place.  Now,  I  do 
not  understand  the  narrator  in  any  such  manner.  He 
relates,  that  on  the  29th  of  July  he  arrived  there  ;  and  "he 
told  us  there  was  a  vessel  six  leagues  from  the  harbor 
which  had  been  engaged  in  fishing,  and  the  people  on 
board  had  killed  five  savages  of  this  river  under  the  pre- 
tense of  friendship,  and  according  to  his  description,"  says 
Champlain,  "we  judge  them  to  be  English,  and  named  the 
island  where  they  were,  "Le  iVo/'"  the  ship,  because  it  had 
that  appearance."  This  ship  if  it  was  Waymouth's,  as  it 
is  generally  supposed  to  be,  was  not  on  the  Kennebec,  but 
at  an  island  six  leagues  to  the  east  of  it. 

3.  It  has  also  been  said  that  the  historians  all  favor  the 
Kennebec  theory.  But  Rosier,  the  earliest  historian,  places 
it  three  leagues  inside  of  Monhegan,  among  islands,  and  in 
range  with  the  highlands  which  lay  in  a  northerly  direction. 
And  Strachey,  the  second  historian,  places  it  among  islands 
four  leagues  East  of  Pemaquid.  And  Champlain,  the  third 
historian,  on  the  testimony  of  Anasson  the  Indian  Chief- 
tain, places  it  on  an  island  six  leagues  to  the  East  of  the 
Kennebec.  Belknap  says  :  "The  harbor  where  he,"  Way- 
mouth,  "lay  with  his  ship  and  named  Pentecost  Harbor,  is 
what  is  now  called  George's  Island  Harbor  which  bears 
North  from  Monhegan  ;  about  two  leagues  ;  which  harbor 
and  islands  agree  with  his  description,  I  think,  tolerably 
well,  and  the  name  George's  Islands  serve  to  confirm  it." 

Holmes  in  his  American  Annals,  says  :  "Within  three 
leagues  of  this  island,"  which  he  first  discovered,  "he  came 
to  a  harbor  which  he  named  Pentecost  Harbor  ;  then  sailed 
up  a  great  river  forty  miles."  And  then  in  a  note  he  adds  : 
"Belknap  in  his  first  volume  of  American  Biography,  says, 
this  great  river  is  supposed  to  be  either  the  Penobscot  or 
the  Kennebec  ;  but  before  the  publication  of  his  second 


452  APPENDIX. 

volume,  he  had  satisfied  himseh'  after  careful  examination, 
that  it  was  the  Penobscot."  And  Purchas  says,  "Waj^- 
mouth  discovered  three  score  miles  up  a  most  excellent 
river."  This  sailing  distance  would  apply  to  the  Penobscot, 
but  not  to  the  Kennebec.  Hubbard  follows  these  other 
writers  in  placing  Pentecost  Harbor  among  the  George's 
Islands.  Williamson  says  "he  named^  the  place,"  he 
arrived  at  "Pentecost  Harbor,  now  George's  Island  Har- 
bor, a  well  known  haven  at  the  mouth  of  the  St.  George's 
river,"  And  still  farther  he  adds,  "The  discovery  of  a 
great  bay  and  river,  the  Penobscot,  diverted  their  atten- 
tion from  a  trade  with  the  Indians  for  five  or  six  days  ; 
which  were  passed  in  exploring  these  waters  and  the  con- 
tiguous lands." 

PETITION    FOR   THE    INCORPORATION    OF    WHITE- 
HAVEN. 

"To  the  Honorable  Spencer  Phipps,  Esq.,  Lieutenant 
Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Honorable  His 
Majesty's  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  of  ye 
Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  In  General  Court  Assem- 
bled at  Boston,  by  Prorogation  to  the  22d  day  of  March, 
1749. 

"The  Humble  Petition  of  us  the  Subscribers  &c.  A  Num- 
ber of  Inhabitants  to  the  Number  of  about  fifty  Familys, 
who  have  been  for  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  last  Past  bring- 
ing forward  a  Settlement  at  a  place  called  Whiscassitt,  to 
ye  Eastward  of  Georgetown  within  the  County  of  York 
and  whereas  we  find  by  sad  Experience  that  we  in  the  Sir- 
cumstances  that  we  are  in,  and  for  want  of  our  being  Erected 
Into  a  Township  and  being  Invested  with  the  Powers  and 
Privileges  that  other  of  his  Majesty's  Good  Subjects  do 
Injoy,  Cannot  orderly  Procede  to  the  Calling  and  Seteling 
and  Supporting  a  Gospel  Minister,  employing  and  Men- 
taining  a  School  Master  for  the  teaching  our  Children  and 
many  other  111  conveniences  not  necessary  to  be  mentioned 


l> 


APPENDIX.  453 

to  your  Honors,  you  well  knowing  what  People  meet  with 
when  order  and  Government  is  wanting.     This  therefore 
w^aits  on  your  Honors  to  pray  you  to  take  ye  Premises  into 
vour  wise  consideration,  and  if  it  may  be  agreeable  to  your 
pleasures  that  you  would  be  pleased  to  erect  us  into  a  Town 
or  otherwise  as  you  shall  think  fit,  and  Invest  us  with  the 
Powers  and  Privileges  as  other  of  his  Majesty's  good  sub- 
jects do  Injoy  In  the  like  case.     May  it  please  your  Honors 
— Whereas  we  settled  under  a  number  of  Proprietors  where- 
of  Sir  William  Pepperell  Baronite  is  one  Known  by  the 
name  of  ye  Whiskassit  Proprietors,  and  in  order  to  Institute 
their  claim  within  ye  said  Town  or  Presinct  which  we  Pray 
may  be  called  by  the  name  of  Whitehaven,. this  we  would 
humbly  propose  the  bounds   thereof  be  started  and  de- 
scribed after  ye  following  manner,  viz  :  Beginning  at  a  place 
known  by  ye  name  of  Sheepscot  Narrows,  thence  running 
North  West  five  miles  then  running  three  miles  and  a  half 
South    West,  then    running  by  Georgetown  Eastern  line 
until  it  comes  to  the  sea.     Then  beginning  at  Sheepscot 
Narrows  aforesaid  and  running  South  East  two  miles  then 
South  three  miles,  from  thence  South  West  until  it  comes 
to  the  Sea.     Taking  In  Jeremy  Squam  or  Long  Island  with 
all  other  small  Islands  that  may  fall  within  ye  said  bounds. 
So  may  it  please  your  Honours  we  have  taken  leve  to  Pro- 
pose and  wait  your  pleasures  as  In  duty  bound  shall  ever 
pray  &c." 

(Signed) 

Jon""  Williamson.  Francis  Gray. 

Joseph  Young,  jr.  David  Danford. 

Isaac  Young.  John  Baker. 

Elisha  Kenny.  Joshua  Silvester. 

Kobert  Huper.  Moses  Gray. 

Jacob  Metcalf.  George  Gray. 

Thomas  Young.  Joseph  Taylor.  — 

Eichard  Holbrook.  Wilham  Hilton. 

Obediah  Albee.  Jonathan  Howard. 


454  APPENDIX. 

Micliall  Seavy.  Joseph  Young, 

Kobert  Lambert.  Ebenezer  Gove, 

Sliarabiah  Lambert,  John  Gray, 

Abraham  Preble.  Wilham  BoyintoD, 

Andrew  Bowman,  Henry  Slooman. 

Caleb  Boyinton,  Aaron  Abbott. 

James  Nelson,  James  Parsons. 

Robert  Pay.  Ambrose  Colby. 

Samuel  Trask,  Buggies  Colby. 

John  Rowell.  Timothy  Dunton. 

Benjamin  Colby,  Jonathan  Blackledge. 

H.  Rundlett.  Joseph  Welch. 
James  Gray. 

This  petition  and  also  the  one  which  succeeds  relating 
to  the  incorporation  of  Sheepscot,  was  taken  from  the 
State  Rscords  in  Massachusetts  and  kindly  forwarded  to 
me  by  John  F.  Pratt,  M.  D.  of  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  is, 
together  with  the  other,  inserted  for  the  sake  of  its  antiq- 
uity and  to  show  who  were  the  inhabitants  at  that  time  at  the 
place  then  called  "Whiscassitt,"  and  also  at  Sheepscot. 
The  boundaries  of  the  proposed  town  are  easily  traced  ; — 
from  Sheepscot  Narrows  northwest  five  miles — thence  run- 
ning three  miles  and  a  half  southwest — thence  running  by 
the  eastern  line  of  Georgetown,  till  it  reaches  the  ocean. 
Then  beginning  at  Sheepscot  Narrows  aforesaid  and  run- 
ning southeast  two  miles—  thence  south  three  miles — thence 
southwest  until  it  comes  to  the  sea,  including  Jeremy 
Squam  or  Long  Island,  now  Westport,  and  such  other 
islands  as  were  included  within  this  proposed   boundary. 

On  the  back  of  this  petition,  the  following  was  recorded  : 
"In  the  House  of  Representatives,  April  9,  1750.  Read 
and  ordered  that  the  Prayer  of  the  Petitioners  be  granted 
and  Colonel  Storer  have  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill  accordingly. 

Attest :  Roland  Cotton,  Clerk." 


APPENDIX.  455 

PETITION    FOR    THE    INCORPORATION    OF    SHEEP- 

SCOT, 

"To  the  Honourable  Spencer  Pliipps,  Lieut.  Governor 
and  Commancler-in-Cliief  in  and  over  his  Majesty's  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  Enghmd,  and  to 
the  Honourable  Council  and  to  the  House  of  Eepresenta- 
tives  of  General  Court  assembled  Joyntly  and  Severally — 

The  Petition  of  us  the  Inhabitants  of  Sheepscot  lliver 
Humbly  Sheweth— The  great  Difficulty  that  we  labors 
under  for  want  of  being  Incorporated  Into  town  order 
Tvhich  is  in  a  great  measure  a  means  very  prejudicial  to 
•our  settlement  and  we  having  experienced  the  great  Dam- 
age of  not  being  Numberous  to  our  lot  ware  with  the 
Indian  enemy  is  the  Cans  to  stir  us  up  now  to  give  your 
Honor  this  trouble — neither  can  we  expect  to  be  settled 
before  we  are  put  in  to  a  Capacity  to  settle  a  Minister  and 
have  the  benefit  of  the  province  Jaws  to  raise  Money  to 
suport  him  neither  can  we  under  our  present  Sircomstances 
oblige  people  to  yoake  their  hoggs  or  fetter  their  horses 
that  run  at  large  upon  the  Common  Make  highways  or 
Bridges  or  regullar  their  fences  so  as  that  we  may  live 
peaceably  and  comfortabley  together— those  things  men- 
tioned and  severall  others  which  we  labour  under  for  want 
of  being  incorporated  and  put  Into  Town  order  is  so  dis- 
couraging that  we  canot  expect  to  grow  numberous  for  there 
is  hardly  such  a  thing  can  be  expected — that  any  thinking 
people  will  com  and  Settle  with  us  under  our  present  sir- 
cumstances  for  we  cannot  oblidge  any  man  to  doe  any- 
thing of  those  above  mentioned  but  what  is  right  in  his 
own  eye  so  your  Honour  is  soficient  Judge  of  the  difficulty 
we  labour  under  for  want  of  being  into  town  order.  We 
Pray  that  your  honours  would  be  to  take  our  case  into 
your  wise  consideration  and  in  your  great  Wisdom  in  Cor- 
porate us  in  to  a  town  order  by  Granting  to  us  to  be  in 
Corporated— beginning  at  the  Narrows  or  at  Mose  point 
that  is  on  Sheepscot  Kiver  betwixt  Witchcasset  Bay  and 


456 


APPENDIX. 


the  ri.e^  a„r""      '""■  ■""'  '"•"'  '""'^^  ™  ^^ol'  -''e  of 

evei  piay      Dated  at  Sheepscot  May  23th,  1750  " 
(oigued) 


I 


"William  Clark. 
James  Clark,  Jr, 
Wm.  Eoss. 

James  Kennedy, 

James  Blake. 

Robert  Grele. 

John  McNear. 

William  Hopkins. 

James  Anderson. 

David  Hopkins. 

Joseph  Henderson. 

Samuel  Anderson. 

Samuel  Nickels. 

Joseph  Bojd. 
David  Given. 
James  Given. 
I  James  Hodge. 
(  Henrv  Hodge. 
James  Nickels. 
Petter  Petterson. 
John  Petterson. 
William  Cothran. 


»/ 


John  Majors. 

Alexander  Mayors. 

Alexander  Nickels. 

James  Austin. 
William  Kennedy. 

Robert  Hodge. 

Samuel  Burns. 
"~James  Hodge. 
John  Cunningham. 
James  Cunningham. 
William  Kennedv. 
Henry  Little. 
Alexander  Nickels,  Jr. 
John  Ballantine. 
James  Clark. 
Robert  Cothran. 
Timothy  Wood. 
Samuel  Kennedy.—*^ 
William  McLelland. 
William  Cunningham. 
William  Hodge. 
John  Cunningham,  Jr." 


sta  ts  from  Sheepscot  Narrows  and  runs  north  np  the  river 
eight  nnles,  and  then  a  tract  fonr  miles  wide  on'eaoh  We 
o  tlnshne;  and  the  township  was  to  lie  the  next  north 
of  the  one  jns  asked  for  which  was  to  inch.de  "Wichcasset" 
and  so  on  to  the  sea,  and  which  the  inliabitants  wished  to 
have  named  Whitehaven.  u'S' wisnea  to 

jVW„''''/°T;"f  *°™''°"^"as  refered  tlie  Petition  of 
Alexander  Nickels  and  others.      Do   Report   as  follows : 


•457 

APPENDIX. 


That  the  Petition  be  so  for  granted  as  t\>at  the  lam  hu.- 
If  e  DeUBeated  and  Described  .ith  the  luL^V-*-  » 
?wUno  therein  be  Erected  Into  a  District  and  feepavate 
chveUmg  thuein  i,^  bronght   In  tor  that  ,rarpose 

"T:  :^:g    t' th    ^  ^  Co^er  ot-  ^«eheasset  then 

•To   Westerly  in  Wichcasset  line   Eight   nnles  then 

T".    k^t trNortt  six  Miles  then  Easterly  in  a  line  v,th 

^^hcfsft  headl'  Northerly  hne  E.ght  n>iles  and  tvon> 

tlience  to  tlie  tirst  mentioBed  Corner. 

All  is  Humbly  Submitted 

pr  Order  of  Thomas  Clapp  ,  ,     ,    . 

Accepted  and  the  Committee  are  directed  to  bring 

^'^Trm:::::^ -opposed  and  it  .ailed  as  is  se^^ 

^^-r ri^r:^  spencer  ^^pps  L^t^o_r 
-'  Con.iand.-I^i;et  I^^^^^ 

ince  of  Massachusetts  13a\,  tne  xxouui  ,.,1  Pnnrt 

Council  and  House  of  Bepresentat.ves  rn  Geue.al  Con.t 

assembled  at  Boston  this  5th  ^'^J  »'  O"' ^ '  f ;. ,   p^^,.;,,,^ 
"Samuel  Whitteniore  of   Cambrnlge   m  said  1 '»""«; 
Ge"lsrael  Averell  of  Sheepscot  for  -"^  -    ^^ 
themselves  and  others  the  Proprietors  and  Inhabitants    t 
t   Wesrstde  of  Sheepscot  Biver  in  the  County  of  ImK 

r^  t:t  TorSnimXcr :: 'sLf:: 

of  the  East  side  of  Sheepscot  R'™-  "^^f'  ^^^^i,  !„eo,. 
certain  reasons^therein  ™™'-'-l^  l^,*'^  ^iuch  Peti- 
porated  Into  Town  order.     The  ^    ^ "™°  p,,judi.ial 

before  an>  ,     xT,.,,,„i,.('d  Court  Avhy  the  prayer 

nritted  to  show  cause  m  H-kuh  d  ^  ^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^.^^^. 

should  not  be  granted    and    as  m    Hut. 

Pray.  Samuel  AVhittemore, 

(Sign^f^-)  Israel  Averell." 


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APPENDIX. 


This  petition  apppeavs  to  liave  been  unsuccessful ;  for  in 
1753  Newcastle  with  its  present  boundaries  was  incorpor- 
ated and  in  1760  Pownalborough  was  incorporated  whicli 
included  the  present  towns  of  Wiscasset,  Alna,  Dresden 
and  Swan  Island.  It  was  called  Pownalborough  and  was 
the  shire  town  of  the  County  till  1794  Avhen  it  was  divided 
into  the  present  townships,  though  for  a  time  Alna  had 
the  name  of  New  Milford.  Freetown  Avas  the  name  given 
to  the  localit}'  whicli  in  1774  was  incorporated  into  the 
town  of  Edgecomb. 


Through  the  kindness  of  Dr.  J.  F.  Pratt  of  Chelsea, 
Mass.,  I  have  also  on  hand  other  petitions  relating  to  the 
incorporation  of  Newcastle,  Wiscasset  and  Woolwich, 
together  with  remonstrances  ;  but  as  the}^  are  gotten  up  in 
the  same  style  as  those  alreadj'  inserted,  it  seems  hardly 
necessar}^  that  any  more  space  in  my  history  should  be 
occupied  by  matter  of  this  kind.  Dr.  Pratt  and  all  others 
who  have  helped  me  in  the  publishing  of  my  book,  will 
please  to  accept  my  thanks  for  the  assistance  which  they 
have  cheerfully  afforded  me  whether  it  be  by  subscriptions 
or  matter  furnished  for  ni}'  work. 

The  Author.