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HISTORY
ISL.KSBOROUGH,
MAINE.
Copyright, 1893.
BY
JOHN PENDLETON FARROW,
MASTER MARINER.
BANGOR:
Thomas W. Burr, Printer.
1893.
From thk Press of Thomas W. Burr, Bangor, Me.
THE
NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Astor, Lenox and Tllden^
Foundations.
t896
PREFACE.
In the performance of this work I have availed myself
of the records of the Massachusetts archives, and by the
kindness of the town clerk I have had the records of the
town, man}' books, magazines, and papers of early settlers,
and the traditionary information from aged persons that have
passed away, and from many still living. It affords me
great pleasure to acknowledge the generous aid received
from kind friends, and to them I tender my sincere thanks.
I have tried to avoid the error of conflicting statements.
If mistakes are detected, they are such as would naturally
occur in a cento of so many authors. The genealogies of
the families are not complete, as they do not extend in the
records in full up to this date. The family records that are
complete have been obtained, for the last ten years, by per-
sonal knowledge, and prior to this by the town records, and
in other ways to which I have made reference. I hope the
perusal of its pages may be of interest to the native born,
and also to the stranger who may spend his summers on this
beautiful island.
In writing this Histor}- I have received great assistance
from Hon. Joseph Williamson, of Belfast, and Hon. Joseph
W. Porter, of Bangor, members of the Maine Historical
Society, and of the New England Historic-Genealogical
Society. These gentlemen are acknowledged authorities in
all matters relating to the early settlers of this town and
their descendants. Without their assistance I should not
have been able to put this in print. I feel old age coming
on, and if in after years any historical value is gathered
iv HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
from the annals of Islesborough, I shall be amply rewarded
for my labor.
I am also under great obligations to Mr. L,. H. Murch, of
Belfast, for valuable assistance, and to Messrs. Winsor and
Dixon, of the Islesborough L,and and Improvement Com-
pany, for favors. It has required a great deal more time
and labor to perform this work than was first anticipated.
The information could not be obtained without expense and
trouble. It was not done for a mercenary motive, and I do
not expect to realize any pecuniary benefit. After the mate-
rials were accumulated I was undecided whether to put this
in print, but by the advice of friends I have concluded to do
so, for the benefit of the inhabitants and their descendants.
The manuscript has been read by competent authority, and
the work must .stand or fall on its own merits.
I now submit the History of Islesborough to my fellow
townsmen, with its errors, hoping it may be accepted, in
lieu of a better one that may be written in after )'ears.
JOHN P. FARROW.
Islesborough, April, 1893.
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS.
Chapter I,
Description of Islesborough — The Waldo Patent — Statement
from the Knox Papers — Agreement between Knox and the
Settlers — I<ong Island and Seven-Hundred- Acre Island
Described — The First vSettlers. i-i5-
Chapter II.
General Knox and the vSettlers, with Descriptions of their
Lots. 15-35-
Chapter III.
The Incorporation of the Town — First Town Meeting — Town
Officers — Other Records — Town Clerks — ^The Finances of
the Town. 36-58.
Chapter IV.
Schools and School- Houses — New Town House— Represent-
atives— ^Justices of the Peace— Phj^sicians — Churches and
Meeting-Houses — Ministers— Fragmentary History and In-
cidents— Descriptive — Temperature — Old Houses — Names
and Description of Localities — The Eclipse of 1780.
59-92.
Chapter V.
Documentary — Letter from Winslow to Pendleton, 177 1 —
Law Relating to Gates — Letter of Job Pendleton, 1789 —
Copies of Old Deeds — Grindle Point Light-House — Island
Lodge F. and A. M. and its Officers — The Town in the
War of the Rebellion, with the Names of those Engaged
therein — List of Vessels Built in Islesborough, 1792-1837 —
VI HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Islesborough Captains and their Vessels 'Piity Years Ago —
Disasters — Fires in Islesborough — The Murder of Ann
Brown, 1856. 93-119.
Chapter VI.
Notable Persons — Josiah Farrow — Gamaliel Pendleton---vSte-
phen Pendleton---Shubael Pendleton---\Villiam Pendleton —
Elder Thomas Ames-— Samuel Warren--- Mrs. Catherine
Sherman---Benjamin Thomas---Isaac W. Sherman---Walter
F. Dodge-— Capt. Joseph \V. Collins. 120-130.
Chapter VII.
Packets and Boats--Steaniboats---Bangor and Bar Harbor
Steamship Compan}-. 131-133.
Chapter VIII.
Population of Islesborough— -Directory---Islesborough Inn.
134-136.
Chapter IX.
Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Cemeteries and Bury-
ing Grounds. 137-163.
Chapter X.
Some Account of all the Families in the Town. 164-303.
Chapter XI.
Islesborough as a Summer Resort. 304-311.
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
John P. Farrow,
Josiali Farrow,
Otis F. Cootiibsf
Thomas H. Parker,
David H. Rose,
Benjauiin Ryder,
Mrs. Nancy Ryder,
New Town-House,
Meeting-Houses,
"Islesborough Inn'
Plans,
Portraits.
Page.
Page.
I
Silas Bunker,
• 174
I20
Nelson Gilkey,
213
. 184
Mark Pendleton, .
. 258
237
Mrs. Eliza J. Pendleton, .
259
• 273
Mrs. Catherine Sherman,
• 279
274
Rathburn D. Sprague,
282
• 274
Buildings.
• 67
Thomas Ames House, .
. 81
67-68
"The Islesborough,"
308
and
136-300
Plans.
Islesborough Plan (large Frontispiece).
Islesborough Plan (small),
Plans of Lots, .....
Plans of Meeting-Houses,
Views.
Gilkey's Harbor and Camden Mountains,
Shore Sketches, .....
South-East Islesborough Sketch.
Lily Pond, Sprague's Cove, .
Head Seal Harbor, ....
Seal Harbor Point,
Islesborough Sketch,
Shore Ravine, North Islesborough,
South-West Islesborough Sketch,
Inlet, Sprague's Cove, .
Log House, .....
Shore Sketch, ....
Western Bay, .....
Gilkey's Harbor and Mountains, from the Islesborough Inn,
Gull Point, from the Islesborough Inn, ....
Guide-Boards, 163
Shore and Farm-House,
View Southward from the Islesborough Inn,
View from Coombs' Bluff, Sabbath-Day Harbor,
Shore at Coombs's Bluff, Sabbath-Day Harbor,
• 93
19 to 35
64 to 69
5 and 18
. 16
36
• 87
87
• 77
77
• 98
124
• 123
133
■ 136
140
• 165
and 172
. 229
305
• 308
308
INDEX OF NAMES.
Abbott 1 1 8, 177
Ackley 24 1
Adams 68, 166, 242, 244
Aldeu 216, 240
Alien 231, 298
Ames, 10, 39, 65, 81, 124, 138, 166
B
Babbidge 68, 100, 145, 168
Bagley 116, 177
Baker 246
Ball 207, 254
Balch 167
Barker 189
Barbour 132
Basford 183
Bates 168, i8r
Batchelder 156, 169
Bean 294
Benton 217
Berry 272
Bird 199, 234
Blake 206
Blanchard 212
Boardman 6, 40, 138, 1 70
Boyd 278
0
Carlton 227
Carr 239
Carter 215
Carver 183, 211
Case 64
Cates 24 1
Chadwick 1 24
Andrews 303
Annis 246, 257
Atchley 70
Atwood 196, 205, 292
Avery 70
Ayers 174, 246
Boynton 134
Bracey 254
Brackett 82, 123
Bradshaw 230
Bragg 58, 102, 217, 135
Brazier 25 1
Brooks 302
Brown.. 116, 145, 171, 173, 193, 199
Buchanan 243
Buckmore 184
Bullock 294
Bunker 52, 174, 264
Burr 295
Burgess 153, 154, 174, 181
Burke 180
Burns 13, 18, 174, 299
Buzzell 64, 175
Chapin 244
Chaples 230
Chase 276
Chassa 1 58
Cheesborough 239
Cheesbrook 6
Clark ••■70, 183, 188, 200, 261, 277
HISTORY OF ISLESKOROUGH.
IX
Clary i88, 239
Clough 195
Cobb 186, 188
Coburn 158, 189, 223, 277, 303
Collaniore 215, 278
Collins 127, 171, 180, 189, 214, 235,
254- 256, 277, 261
Cookson 140, 189, 207
D
Dakin 6^
Davis 6, 12, 22, 39, 97, 126, 137, 192
Dean 1 83
Decker 132, 157, 179, 190
Decrow 170, 190
DeLaski 64
Dennis 1 79
Dexter i
Dickey 225
E
Eames 47, 124, 140, 147, 201
Eastes 298
Eaton 4, 243
Elwell 6, 15, 40, 203, 212, 250
Emery -.. .60, 65, 70, 202, 269, 299
F
Fairfield 64, 146, 244
F^arnsworth 143, 204, 244
Farrow 6, 14, 167, 205
Farren 176, 209
Fearing 211
Felker 293
Fields 144, 210
Fish 262
G
Garland 258
Garner 210
George 250
Getchell 44
Gilman 1 79
Gilkey 6, 11, 14, 33, 37, 39, 141, 210
Gilchrist 300
Gilpatrick 299
Condon 226
Coombs, 6, II, 17, iQ 31, 3Q 139^
175
Cottrel 7, 190, 193, 224
Cox 268
Crandall 240
Crockett 184
Cyphers 178, 192, 195
Dix 56, 142, 158, 190, 215
Dodge 6, 12, 22, 39, 97, 126, 137, 192
Dow 200
Dunton 70
Durgin 65, 140, 200, 259, 279
Drinkwater 183, 200, 236, 247, 251,
265, 301, 290
Dyer 170, 200
Emerson 159, 197, 203
Engstram 204
Estabrook 63
Everett 70
Flanders 148, 209, 247, 294
Fletcher- .. .104, 174, 203, 209, 221
Forbes 228
Fowler 255
Freeman 186
Frye 225
Fuller 293
Gleason 216
Gould 214, 242, 262, 290
Grant 187, 264, 266
Grinnell 14, 192, 215
Griiifin 7, 262
Grindle.. -62, 82, 142, 215, 246, 264
Grover 69, 163, 256, 274, 277
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
H
Haggett 187
Hall 206, 241 , 243
Hamnioiis 64
Haminoud ....... .^. 168, 257
Harlow 119, 202,214,2*15,246
Hardy 46, 212, 275, 290
Haruie 166
Harriniau 237
Harkness 5
Harvey 275
Hastiugs 276
Haskell 301
Hatch 15, 34, 140, 173, 217
Hawes 238
Hayiies..56, 180, 189, 205, 223, 257
Heal 57, 224, 234
Hemmeuwa)' 224
Henderson 242, 276
Herrick, 174, 207, 224, 247, 255,
294
Hewes 7, 43, 153, 173, 190, 224, 302
Higgins 227
Hill 157
Hinds • 200
Hinckley 265
Hitchborn 206
Hobbs 204
Holbrook 14, 2^, 225, 237, 290
Hooker 81
Hopkins 226, 243
Horn 238
Howe 13
Howard 241 , 298
Hoxie 248
Hunt 195, 226
Hutchins 166, 226, 266
Jackson 265
Johnson 187, 237, 243
Johonnot 38, 210
Jones 15, 145, 226, 236
Jordan 126, 167
K
Keller 53, 161, 227 Knowles 228, 249, 267
Kidder 278 Knowlton 69, 155, 247, 273
Kimball 205, 2,257 Knox 2, 17, 124,201
Knights 158, 228
Ladd 156, 227, 228
Lane 1 87, 292
Lancaster 195
Laselle 6, 13, 25, 155, 229, 268
Lawry 229, 236, 295
Lawrence 258
Leadbetter 266
Lear 245
Lewis 273
Libby 1 78, 229
Lindsey '• 253
Lord 200
Longfellow 306
M
Macomber 60, 70, 177
Maddocks 290
Magee 195
Maker 148
Malconi 5
Mann 202
Martin 180
Marshall 12, 97, 230
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
XI
Matthews 96, 205
Maxey 180
McFarlaud ...69, 107, 197, 232, 274
McKenney 265
McCobb 279
McGlathery 244
Mclntire .'... 241
McMaster 70
Merrithew, 152, 176, 223, 226, 232,
274
N
Nash 15, 51, 140, 235, 253
Nelson 296
Newell 13
Merrill 221
Merritt 233
Michaels ir8, 209, 232, 247, 255
Miller 123
Miuer 97
Moody 14, 83, 186, 234
Moor 204, 234
Morse 6
Morton 211
Murch 176, Preface
Nichols 235, 2.55
Norton 293
Noyes 202
o
Ogier 291 Otis.
Orne 277
291
Packard 202
Page 178, 184, 226
Palmer 118, 242
Patten. 199
Park 261
Parker 6, 9, 14, 21, 28, 162, 236
Payne 62, 64, 236
Pendleton, 6, 10, 39, 127, 137, 141,
238
Rackliff 266
Randall 254
Ranlett 114, 152, 153, 269
Ray 209, 277
Rea 176
Redman 105, 179, 182, 213, 232, 301,
269
Reynolds 231
Rhodes 70, 230
Richards l.|.fe...205, 270, 276
Peters 5
Perr}' 264, 268
Porter 12, 177, 218, 261, Preface 293
Philbrook 40, 139, 208, 229, 263
Preble 116, 293
Prescott 233, 234, 269
Pruden 65, 269, 299
Powers 229
R
Richardson 74, 270
Rich 60, 211, 270
Roberts 147, 271, 293, 296
Robinson 182, 198, 235, 271
Rogers 195, 216. 242, 300
Rooks 271, 292
Ross . . . . 70, 212
Rose . . . 43. 153- 264
Rollerson . . 148, 190, 271
Ryder . . . n. 53- 79
s
Sargent . . 177, 192, 222, 276 Scott
Saunders . . . 276, 300 Sears
Sawyer 157, 158, 189, 260, 261, 277 Sewell
179. 279
255
• 135
Xll
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Seward
243
Smith
186, 196
228, 266
Seely .
i6i,
259.
277
Snare
• 231
Sewall
90
Spear
206
Seavej' .
256
Spinney
. 163,
182, 295
Shailer
270
Spiague .
15. 137
Sherman, 6,
II, 34. 125,
126,
278
Stedman
70
Shibles
123
Stevens
63
Simmons
243
Still
46, 70
Skinner
51, 160,
236.
280
Stone
36, 139.
169, 296
Small .
70, 149,
179.
196
T
Tarbell
167
Townsend .
220
Thatcher .
39
Tracey
256
Thayer
178,
265
Trim
6, 14, 26,
149. 275
Thomas
• ^, 14, 65
126
210
Tripp
258
Thompson
294
Trufant
. 265
Tibbetts .
206
Tucker
196, 289
Tobey
244
Turner 7, 14, 70,
123, 148,
278, 298,
Tolman
242
266
290, 289
Toothaker
23
Tyler.
. 267
Town ley .
122
Ulmer
u
251
V
Valleau
221
Varney
.
280
Vallais .
255
Veazie
. 6,13
Van Amburg
180,
223
w
Wade
211
White .
. 298
Waldo
2
Withee
213, 291
Wales
218
Witherly
. 241
Watson
245
247
Williams 6
9, 20, 2.
. 37
. 41, 89,
Warren
I3> 40
125
152, 122, 298
Webster
44
Williamson
Preface
88
89, 122
Weed
253
Winslow
4.93
Welch
297
Winthrop
. 90
West
• 70,
250
Winsor, Pre
face,
201
Whalen
257
Wood .
193, 204,
243.
271, 296
Wheeler .
122
Woodbury
269
Whitman
187
Woodward,
II, 124,
125.
298, 301
Whitcomb
. lOI,
261
Wright
230
Whitmore .
298
Wyman, 69,
Y
159. 182,
225,
297. 301
Yates .
303
Young
212, 242
Y'eaton
303
Histor^j of Islesboroligli.
CHAPTER I.
Description of Islesborough.
VrTHE town of Islesborough is beautifully situated on
Penobscot Bay. Its extreme length is nearly thirteen
miles, and it varies in width from three rods to two miles,
without any very high hills or deep valleys. Its area is
six thousand acres. It was formerly named Longue
Island, being so designated on the map of Eman Bowen,
geographer to King William III of England, 1747.
Capt. Benjamin Church* made his third expedition to
Maine in 1692, and arrived in Penobscot Bay in August.
He landed on Seven -Hundred -Acre Island, where he
found a few French and Indians. They fled over to Long
Island in fair sight of Church, and got away from him, as
he had no boats suitable for the chase. He followed over
to Long Island, where he found more French and Indians,
who also fled. His boats were no match for their canoes.
He seized considerable plunder here, mostly beaver and
moose skins. He soon after sailed away for the westward.
The Waldo Patent.
As this patent is the foundation for all the land titles in
Islesborough, a brief description of it is here given.
* Church's Narratives, by Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D., I.L.D., edi-
tion of 1867, and Bangor Historical Magazine, vol. VI, page 252.
2 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Ill 1620 King- James I of England* granted abont all of
the continent of North America to forty noblemen,
knights and gentlemen, who were styled "The Conncil of
Plymouth, in Devon, England." This Council surren-
dered its charter in 1635, (having been outgeneraled by
the Massachusetts settlers). Before surrendering it they
made several grants of land within the State of Maine,
which held good. One of these grants was known as
the Muscongus Patent, now known as the Waldo Patent,
which had in it, by estimation, nearly one thousand square
miles. It included the whole of Knox County except Fox
Islands, and of Waldo County except some towns in the
western part. Long Island, now Islesborough, which,
being within three miles of the main land, was claimed
and held as in the grant, and a part of Penobscot County.
In the course of time the grant came into the hands of
General Samuel W^aldo, who died near Bangor, on the
east side of Penobscot river. May 23, 1759, aged 63
years. From General Waldo the grant descended to his
heirs.
In the year 1789, George Washington, President of the
United States, appointed Henry Knox, Esq., Secretary
for the Department of War, which office he filled for over
five years. He then obtained the reluctant consent of
Washington to retire. In consequence of his marriage
with Lucy Mucker, she having her inheritance of a por-
tion of the W^aldo Patent, Brigadier Waldo's estate was
divided in five portions ; and, his son Ralph ha\-ing pre-
viously deceased without issue, it was shared as follows :
vi/.., Col. vSanuiel Waldo (2), by right of primogeniture,
two shares; I^'ancis Waldo, Mrs. Haniinh l'"lnck(.r, aud
Mrs. Lucy Winslow, one sliare each. Thomas b'lucker,
the hus])and of Hannah AX'aldo, luuing in 1765 ])urchased
of her hrother vSaniuel his two shares of said estate, and
* Josfph Williaiiison's History of I'tlfast, page 36,
ItlSTORY OF ISLESBOROUGir. 3
having since, in consequence of his having joined the
British, been declared an outlaw, and his estate confis-
cated, ]\Irs. Knox, the only loyal member of his family, be-
came seized in right of her mother of one-fifth part of the
Waldo Patent ; and the two other fifths belonofine to her
father remained to be disposed of by an agent or admin-
istrator appointed by the Judge of Probate for the County
of Suffolk, the late residence of said Flucker. Joseph
Pierce, the agent first appointed, seems to have confined
his doings to the property in Boston, or other parts of
Massachusetts proper, and, having resigned his office,
was succeeded by Gen. Knox, in accordance with a re-
solve of the General Court of June 28, 1784. His bond
was given to Oliver Wendell, Judge of Probate for Suffolk
county, for 20,000 pounds, with Benjamin Hitchborn and
Henry Jackson, Esqs., as sureties ; at which time Plucker
was styled an absentee, lately deceased. In October, 1790,
Knox obtained license of the Supreme Judicial Court to
sell all the real estate of Thomas Flucker, and. May 27,
1 79 1, gave bonds faithfully to account for the same to
the State treasurer. Having been duly sworn before
Judge Iredell, of Philadelphia, and having caused adver-
tisements, dated March 21, 1791, to be posted up in
Boston, Charlestown, and Roxbury, as also at Pownal-
borough, Newcastle, Nobleborough, Waldoborough, War-
ren, Cushing, Megunticook, Thomaston, Camden, Medun-
cook, Ducktrap, Frankfort, Belfast, Penobscot, Union,
and Hope, he made sale, at the Bunch of Grapes tavern,
in State street, Boston, July 2, 1791, to Oliver Smith, of
Boston, of the two-fifths of the Waldo Patent belonging
to said Flucker' s estate, estimated at sixty-five thousand
or seventy thousand acres, with the exception of what had
been sold prior to April 19, 1775, and subject to the con-
ditions of the resolves of 1785 and 1788. This purchase
Smith conveyed to Henry Jackson, of Boston, who, Octo-
4 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ber I, 1792, transferred it to Gen. Knox, still of Philadel-
phia, for the snni of $5,200. In the following year, 1793,
Knox pnrchased of Samuel Waldo (3d) and others, the
two remaining fifths; and thus, in his own right and that
inherited b}' his wife, became sole proprietor of the Waldo
estate, with the exception of what had been previously
alienated.
Knox having now become the owner of the extensive
domain, lost no time in taking possession, occupying,
and improving the same. As the quitclaim deed from
the heirs of Francis Waldo and Lucy Winslow could
legally transfer only such estate as they were in actual
possession of, and as large portions of it had been taken up
and were in the actual possession of those who had set-
tled upon it dviring and since the war of the Revolution,
it was necessary to put the grantee in possession by actual
entry on these lots, and by "livery and seizin made by
sod and twig." This legal ceremony was gone through
with by Ebenezer Vesey, attorney to the said heirs, and
John S. Tyler, attorney to Gen. Knox, in the autumn of
1793, upon the lots of eighty-seven settlers iuTliomaston,
eighteen of Thomaston Marsh, sixty-one in Warren,
seventy-five in Gushing, twelve in Camden, five in Canaan,
seventy-two in Ducktrap, ten in Meduncook, one hun-
dred and one in Waldoborough, one on Brigadier Island,
eighteen in Islesborough, eight on the pond back of
Ducktrap, and forty-seven in Frankfort. — [baton's Ills.
tort/ of ThomaMon and RocM and, page 207.
Statement from the Knox Papers.
An estimate of land within the Waldo Patent belonging to
the Winslow family, which they derive title to from a deed
of division made by Brigadier Waldo's heirs, March 19th,
1768, and from a deed of Belcher Noyes, vi/..:
First ])r. divisional deed is assigned to I. Winslow, Kscj.,
HiaTORV OF ISLKSBOROroir. 5
and Lucy his wife in her right, four islands. Contents :
Long Island, No. 92, 5,883 acres; No. 80, 655 acres; No.
81, 77 acres ; No. 42, 6,657 acres.
Agreement Between Henry Knox and Long IvSeand
Settlers, 3D Aug., 1799.
Memorandum of an agreement made at the house of Major
Philip Ulmer, in Ducktrap, this 3d day of August, 1799,
between Henry Knox on the one part, and the following
settlers on Long Island on the other.
1. That the following surveyors are hereby appointed to
make a survey, so far as to ascertain the distance from the
nearest part of the main to the centre of Long Island, and
that the said surveyors shall ascertain the centre of said
island : To wit, John Peters, of Bluehill Bay, to be notified
by the inhabitants of Lang Island ; John Harkness, of
Cambden, to be notified by Henry Knox ; James Malcom,
Esq., of Gushing ; and if by any circumstances that one of
the said persons shall not accept the appointment, the other
two of said surveyors shall appoint a third.
The said" surveyors shall be notified of this appointment as
soon as possible, and be desired to meet together for this
business on or before the tenth of September next ensuing,
and they shall as soon after proceed to the execution of the
trust reposed as they shall find it practicable.
2. The said sur\'eyors and chainmen are to be sworn
to the faithful discharge of their duties ; and it is further
agreed that if the centre of said island shall be determined
to be less than three miles off the main, that Henr}- Knox
shall pay the entire expenses of said survey ; but if the
centre of said island shall be further than three miles, the
inhabitants of said island shall pa}" the expenses of the
survey.
3. And it is further agreed that if the centre of said
island shall be found within three miles of the main, that
John Harkness shall immediately proceed to the running out
6 HISI'ORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
of the lots referred to the commissioners, appointed by the
lyegislature of the Commonweahh.
]]'ifncss to all the signers :
Philip Ulmer, H. KNOX, first part,
Charles Ulmer. MIGHILL PARKER,
PRINCE HOEBROOK,
HOSEA COOMBS,
EEEISON EASSELEE,
NOAH DODGE,
NEHEMIAH (?) COOMBS,
THOMAS GIEKEY,
JOHN GIEKEY,
JOSEPH WIEEIAMS,
GODFREY TRIM,
SAMUEE WIEEIAMS,
SAMUEE VEAZIE,
FIEEDS COOMBS,
JOSIAH FARROW,
JEREMIAH HATCH,
ROBERT SHERMAN,
JONATHAN PARKER.
1. Capt. William Pendleton, loo acres.
2. Jonathan Pendleton, loo acres.
3. John Pendleton, 300 acres.
4. Oliver Pendleton, 100 acres.
5. Henry Pendleton, 100 acres.
6. Capt. Shiibael Williams, about 200 or 300 acres.
7. Capt. John Gilkey, 100 acres.
8. Thomas Gilkey derived his title from the heirs of
Joshua Chee.sbrook, who died about 1794. Admitted by
Capt. William Pendleton in the year 1774, in May. 100
acres.
9. William Elwell derived his title from Benj. Thomas
originally, who conveyed to Nathaniel Pendleton, who con-
veyed it to Samuel Morse, who conveyed it to said Elwell.
About 100 acres.
10. Jo.seph Boardman, 1775. Taken up by himself.
About 100 acres.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 7
11. Joseph Pendleton derived his title from Thomas Pen-
dleton, who took it up in the year 1769 — an acknowledg-
ment. About 100 acres. (Thomas Pendleton, Junior, was
probably a minor before the war. Moved to an island in
Passamaquoddy . )
12. Josiah Farrow derived from Nathaniel Pendleton,
who conveyed to John Gilkey, who conveyed it to the pres-
ent possessor. This lot was taken up in 1774. 100 acres.
13. Paoli Hewes, William Griffin, originally, who convey
it to Silvester Cottrell in 1772, who conveyed it to Paoli
Hewes, present possessor.
I. On Seven -Hundred- Acre Island. William Griffin.
Taken up by Poll in 1774, and conveyed to said Grif^n 118
acres.
2\, David Thomas. Taken up bj' Samuel Turner and
conveyed to said Thomas. Said lot was taken up in 1772.
10 acres.
3. Joseph Phillbrook, who derived his title from Elihu
Cheesbrook, who took up said lot in 1774. 100 acres.
Long Isi^and Described, also an Island Near, of
Seven Hundred Acres.
Long Island, in Penobscot Bay, is a superb island of
about six thousand acres of excellent land. Said island is
about twelve miles in length, possessing excellent harbours,
and about two miles from the western shore of the bay.
Excellent fisheries of cod, halibut and salmon are in its wa-
ters. It is all high land, that is favors (?) are on the main
from, has upwards of sixt}' families thereon, all without
title excepting agreements for about two thousand acres.
This island is an incorporated township b}- the name of
Islcsborough.
The title perfect ; Isaac Winslow, Esq., in the right of his
wife, having had this as a divided portion in the year 1768,
and was then and afterwards in the undisputed possession
thereof. At the latter end of the war the settlers or usurp-
ers went on the island. Before the war there were several
tenants on lease, all of whom have expired. The heirs of
8 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Isaac Wiiislow and wife conveyed to the subscriber in the
year 1793. References to a committee of the General Court
for the price which should be given. . A bond given by the
settlers and the subscriber ; but when the surveyors went
upon the business of the surve3-ors, some of the settlers de-
clined having their lands surveyed. This can only occasion
an enhancement of price. The agreements which have been
made were at two hundred and twenty-five cents per acre in
the year 1797, with interest from the date. If the references
shall not be carried into effect, it is probable that the release
form of compromise sale of three dollars would leave the
island without inhabitants, under state of nature. The sub-
scriber has solid reasons to believe that he could obtain at
the rate from ten to twelve dollars per acre. At present it
abounds with excellent farms and many good houses, and
some with no buildings thereon, may be averaged at an
higher rate than twelve dollars. There are many vessels
belonging to the inhabitants, used on the coast, and ever}^
flat of wood is so circumstanced that it may command ready
market at one dollar per cord.
There is an island in the neighborhood called Seven Hun-
dred Acres, which also probably belongs to the subscriber,
although some doubts have been entertained by the inhabit-
ants. Mr. Winslow possessed it completely before the war,
and the centre of it is, I have no doubt, within three miles
of the mam, which is the criterion of its l^elonging to the
subscriber.
After having given this description the estimation is made
that it will net the subscriber from fifteen hundred to eigh-
teen huntlred dollars, the ])ayment of wh.ich will be secured
by the pos.sessions, buildings and farms of the inhabitants,
and better security cannot well l)e imagined, as tlie property
will amount to four times that sum.
This island may be conveyed for security of the following
notes :
One note of #3,752.98-100
One ditto of 5,000
One ditto of 6,000
$14,752.98-100
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GILKEY'S MARBOR AND CAMDEN MOUNTAINS.
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HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH. 9
If this security should be accepted by the note-holders in
the above farms, payable in five or six years with interest
annually, the joint bond of Knox and Jackson* will be given
for the first sum, and the name of B. I^incolnt thereto added
for the two others.
In this case it would be desired that the sum for three
thousand eight hundred dollars should be suspended, and
two notes taken, payable with interest in eighteen months,
given by Knox and endorsed by H. Jackson, and with secu-
rity if desired ; but the money shall be punctually paid at
the time stipulated.
The First Settlers.
Mighill Parkei, E.sq., of Islesborongh, wrote Governor
William.son in 182 1 that Benjamin Thomas, from Cape
Elizabeth, was the first settler, in 1768, bringing liis
family here in 1769. But from the most thorough inves-
tigation, I am satisfied that Shiibael Williams was the
first settler. He came in 1764, and cleared land on the
east side, at \vhat is now known as Bounty Cove, near
the center of the island. Here he built a log house.
With him were his sons Samuel, Amos, Joseph and Ben-
jamin, His lot extended from the east to the west bay,
and contained about three hundred acres. In 1786 he
conveyed his home to his son Benjamin (unmarried), from
whom it descended to the other members of the family.
These facts are \vell authenticated by the descendants of
Shiibael no\v living on the island, being handed down
from father to son, and are fully substantiated by an old
gentleman, now li\'ing, and over seventy years of age.
Without doubt Samuel Pendleton came witlf Shubael and
settled on the east side, on what is known as Little
Island, in the month of September, 1764, and his de-
scendants live there yet. When Shubael Williams came
* Gen. Henry Jackson,
t Gen. Benjamin Lincoln.
o
lO HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
to Long Island, his son Amos was ten years old. Amos
was the grandfather of Thomas and Emery Williams.
William Pendleton, from Stonington, Conn., came in
September, 1769, with his sons, John, Job, Harry, Jona-
than and Oliver. All settled at the extreme sonthern part
of Islesborongh, except Job, who settled on an island ad-
jacent, which now bears his name. All this property is
now owned by Mr. Jeffrey R. Brackett. It inclndes the
extreme end of Islesborongh, formerly the Thomas Board-
man lot, and contains a total of five hnndred acres. On
the main island Mr. Brackett has built a summer resi-
dence, the outlook from which is not surpassed on the
coast of New England. The property of John and Oliver
is now owned by the Islesborongh Land and Improvement
Company, of Philadelphia. On Oliver's lot is situated
the splendid hotel known as the "Islesborongh Inn."
This company has improved the land, and what was for-
merly Oliver's lot has been sold at great prices to wealthy
people, who are now (1892) erecting costly cottages.
Thomas Pendleton, from Stonington, Conn., came in
1775, with his sons Thomas, Samuel, Gideon, Joshua,
Nathaniel and Stephen. He settled on the east side, be-
low what is now known as Hewes' Point. INIost of this
land is now owned by his great-great-grandchildren,
who are wealthy and enterprising. Thomas Pendleton,
senior, was a cousin to William Pendleton, senior. It is
said that Hon. George H. Pendleton, late United vStates
Minister to Berlin, was a grandson of Thomas Pendleton,
senior.*
Elder Thomas Ames came from Marshfield in 1770, with
his son Jabez. They settled on a beautiful point of land
on the east side of what is now known as (jilkey's Har-
l^or, to the west of Ames' Cove. Elder Ames was the
first settled minister. When he moved off the island Mr.
* TliL- cililur throws in ;i (jucry here.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 11
Ames conveyed liis land to Joseph Woodaid. Joseph
Woodard conveyed to James Sherman, who lived here
and raised a large family. At his death Sherman's heirs
conveyed to John Pendleton Farrow, who sold to J. D.
Winsor, of Philadelphia, President of the Islesborongh
Land and Improvement Company, who now holds the
estate of one hundred and t\vent}'-six acres.
Captain John Gilkey came in 1772, probably from Cape
Cod. He settled on the west side of Gilkey's Harbor,
and it is from him that this harbor derived its name.
\'alentine Sherman and his son Robert came abont
1 791, probably from Connecticnt. Both settled at Gil-
key's Harbor, near Elder Thomas Ames, Valentine sold
his land to his son on Ang. i, 1792.
Capt. Anthony Coombs senior came abont 1782, from
New Meadows, with his sons Anthony, Jesse, Robert
and Ephraim. He settled on the lot next north of Shn-
bael Williams, where the meeting honse now stands.
His descendants still own and live on part of the estate.
His sons settled on the north-east side of the island,
above Sabbath-Day Harbor, where they built a saw and
grist mill.
Capt. Peter Coombs, senior, came in 1784 or 1785 from
Brunswick. He settled at Sabbath-Day Harbor, on the
lot now occupied by "The Islesborongh" hotel and other
buildings, summer cottages, steamboat wharves, stores, etc.
He sold his land to Mighill Parker in 1791, Aug. i, and
returned to Brunswick. Mr. Parker sold to Joseph Ryder,
whose grandson, Jason Roscoe Ryder, still lives on and
owns part of the estate. Mr. Ryder, senior, had a grist
mill on his land and a tide mill, where the early settlers
carried their grist to be ground.
Hosea and Fields Coombs,' brothers, came about 1782.
Hosea settled northerly of Capt. Anthony Coombs, on the
12 HISTORY OK ISLKSBOROUGII.
lot known as that of the kite Capt. Solomon P. Coombs, a
grandson of Hosea. On this lot are the cottages of Hon.
Joseph W. Porter, Sanborn, Bragg, Garland, Bnrr, Spratt
and Milliken, Fields Coombs settled at the head of Sab-
bath-Day Harbor. Philip Coombs, a grandson of An-
thony Coombs, and now 84 years old, sa)-s that there is no
relation between his family and the descendants of Hosea
and Fields.*
Joseph and Peter Woodard came in 1784 from Hing-
ham, Mass., and first settled on the north-easterly side of
the island. Joseph afterwards bought Elder i\mes' lot at
Gilkey's Harbor, and also the lot now owned by John P.
Farrow, which had been sold to Derby Academy, of Hing-
ham, Mass., by Joseph Woodard. Joseph was drowned
in Belfast Bay. Peter probably moved away.
Sylvester Cottrell came about 1786, and settled, on or
near Hewes' Point. He sold his lot July i, 1790, to Sam-
uel Jackson, of Boston. This deed was the first recorded
in Hancock County Records. Mr. Cottrel is said to
have died in Miramichi.
Elihu Hewes came about the same time, and settled on
the Cottrell lot on Hewes' Point, which was named for
him.
Joseph Boardman came in 1774, from Boston. He
married here the same year, and settled on the extreme
southerly point of the island. His descendants say he
was one of the innumerable number who threw the tea
overboard in Boston Harbor.
Benjamin Marshall was here early. The town records
.say, "Old Mr. Ben. Marshall came to town meeting July
v5' ^793- ^^ "^'^^ probably the father of Thomas INIar-
shall, who settled on the northerly end of the island."
Simon Dodge, senior, came about 1784, from Block
Island, R. I., with sons vSimon, Noah, Rathl)urn, Mark,
* Q'lt'ry by the editor.
SAMUEL ^ArARRE^r, SEN.
A First Settler.
HISTORY OF IvSLK.SBOROUCxH. 1 3
Israel, Solomon, and Josluia. He settled on the east side,
below ]\Ir. Thomas Pendleton, on what is now known as
the Bonnet. His sons settled on varions parts of the
island, some at the north-west side. Joshua lived and
died on the home estate. Walter F. Dodge, son of Joshua,
was a man of note in Islesborough, and was buried on the
home lot.
William Burns came before 1794, from Bristol, Me.
There are none of his name on the island at the present
time.
Joseph Pendleton, son of Peleg, came about 1790 from
Stonington. He settled on the southern part of the
island, above Dark Harbor. The estate extended from
the east bay to Gilkey Harbor on the west. It remained
in the family more than ninety years. Then it was sold
to the Islesborough Land and Improvement Company, of
Philadelphia. They have improved the land by building
roads. It is at present occupied by J. Murray Howe and
family, of Boston, Mass.
Samuel Warren came before 1790, probably from
Bristol. His oldest son John was a Quaker preacher, and
at one time visited England.
Charles Newell was here in 1789.
Samuel Veazie came from Harpswell or Brunswick,
about 1790. He was son of Rev. Samuel Veazie of Harp-
swell, and also of Hull and Duxbury, Massachusetts, and
who graduated from Harvard College 1757. Samuel, Jr.,
settled on the northerly part of the island, east side, where
his descendants now live.
Ellison Lasselle first settled on Easselle Island, and after-
wards on the extreme northern end of the island. His
lot included Turtle Head. In all over one hundred acres.
This property went into the hands of a relation, the
founder of Lasell Female Seminary, who at his death
willed it to three nephews, William, Edward and Zenas
14 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
Laury, who sold the property to J. P. Farrow, who sold
it to James Dodge. Dodge in turn sold it to Dr. A. S.
Davis, of Chelsea, Mass., who built him a cottage on the
head, and was the pioneer to Ijuild summer cottages in
Islesborough.
Rev. Charles Turner Thomas was here in 1788, and
married Mary Gil key. He may have been a son of Ben-
jamin Thomas, senior.
William Grinnell came before 1791, from Block Island,
R. I. He was selectman that year. He settled on the
west side, below Sprague's Cove. He sold out to Joshua
Moody, and moved to Belfast, where he died Dec. 5, 1842-
Moody's grandson, John Moody, who is eighty-seven
years old, now lives on the same lot.
Josiah Farrow came about 1790 from Bristol. He was
a Revolutionary soldier.
John Farrow came in 1785 from Bristol. He was a
nephew of Josiah Farrow, and he purchased the land of
Benjamin Thomas. He built the schooners Rebecca,
Mayflower, Specia, Rialto, and Mary Jane. His great-
great-grandson, John O. Farrow, still lives on the estate.
Jonathan Parker came before 1795, from Groton, Mass.
He settled on the northerly end, east side, next north of
Samuel Veazie.
Godfrey Trim came about 1792, or before, with his sons
Godfrey, James and Robert. He settled on the north end
and east side.
Simon Parker was here 1791. He bought the lots of
Benjamin Coombs and John Sprague.
Mighill Parker came about 1790. He bought out Capt.
Peter Cooml)s at Sabbath-Day Harbor. The lot was
afterwards owned 1)\- Joseph Ryder.
Prince HoUirook, froui Brunswick, came here about
1790.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 1 5
Joseph Jones here in 1791. He married Betsey Ames,
danghter of Elder Thomas Ames. They had no children.
William Elweli came in 1789, from Bnrton's Island,
St. George. He removed to Northport.
David Thomas came before 1786. He settled on the
north end of Acre Island. The names of the children
have an "Old Colony flavor."
Adam Tnrner was one of the early settlers.
John Spragne came before 1794. His lot was near
Spragne's Cove, west side. Lydia Spragne, widow of
Jonathan, brother of John, came abont 1800, with her
sons, Simon, Solomon and Rathburn, and settled on the
west side near Sprague's Cove.
Elisha Nash, from Weymouth, Mass., came in 1791,
and bought a lot August ist. .
Jeremiah Hatch, Jr., came here about 1780, from Marsh-
field, Massachusetts, settled on the south-west side. His
descendants live on this lot.
Benjamin Thomas, Jr., came in 1790, from Marshfield,
Massachusetts. He settled on the north end of Seven-
Hundred- Acre Island. This property remained in the
family one hundred years. Then sold to Islesborough
Land and Improvement Company.
CHAPTER II.
General Knox and the Settlers.
TN 1788 the inhabitants sent a petition to the General
Court asking- for examination of the claim of General
Knox to the ownership of the island, and for incorpor-
ation as a town. For some reason action on the petition
relatinof to the claim was deferred for several years. In
the meantime many of the settlers took deeds from Gen-
eral Knox, while others, the most of whom lived above
the Narrows, declined to do so. After further petitions
the General Court, March 9, 1797, appointed a com-
mission to "settle and declare their rights." I give a
copy of reference and agreement:
Whereas the Legislature of this Commonwealth, b}- a re-
solve passed on the ninth day of March last, appointed Na-
than Dane, John Sprague, and Enoch Titcomb, Esquires,
commissioners, they, or the major part of them, to settle and
declare the terms on which an}- settler on the lands held un-
der the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo (and not here-
tofore alienated) shall be quieted in tlie possession of one
hundred acres of laud, that may best include his improve-
ments, and who hath not made any agreement in writing
concerning the lauds with Heur\' Knox, lvs(iuire, rejiresenta-
tive of the heirs of the said Waldo, as !)>• the same resolve
may appear ;
And whereas, since the war with Great liritaiu, to wit, in
the year of our Eord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-seven, W'ilHam I>urus was a settler on a lot of one
hundred acres of land situated in Islesborougli, the bounds
ISLESBOROUOH SKETCH.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 1 7
whereof shall be ascertained and settled by the said commis-
sioners in their report hereon — the same lot being part of the
land held under the said Waldo and said William Burns, a
claimant now in possession thereof ;
Now, in pursiiance of the said resolve and appointment,
we the said Henr}' Knox, representative as aforesaid, and
the said William Burns, do refer and submit it to the said
commissioners, they or the major part of them, to settle and
declare the terms aforesaid on which the said William
Burns, his heirs and assigns, shall be quieted in the posses-
sion of the said lot, holding ourselves, our heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns respectively, bound by their re-
port in the premises, when made into the Secretary's office
of said Commonwealth, as directed by the said resolve.
In witness whereof we hereto set our hands this twenty-
fourth day of August, in the 3'ear of our I^ord one thousand
seven hundred and ninet3'-seven.
HENRY KNOX,
By David Fales, his Attorney.
Signed in presence of WILLIAM BURNS.
Fields Coombs,
John Harkness.
com3ionwealth of massachusetts.
This twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand and eight hundred.
On the foregoing reference between Henry Knox, Esquire,
and William Burns, for quieting the said William Burns
agreeably to the before-mentioned resolve, in the possession
of said lot of land, bounded as follows : Beginning at a
stake and stones standing on Penobscot west ha.\, thence
running south thirteen degrees east adjoining on Samuel
Warren's land two hundred and thirty-two rods to a spruce
tree for a corner; thence south fifty-four degrees west forty-six
rods to a stake and stones ; thence north fifteen degrees west
adjoining on Amos Williams' land two hundred and thirty-
two rods to a stake and stones at shore; thence easterly as
said Penobscot runs forty-nine and a half rods at right
1 8 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
angles to the first mentioned bounds, containing sixty-seven
and a half acres of land, as by the plan and description
signed by John Harkness, surveyor, hereto annexed, will
appear, reference thereto being had.
We the commissioners before named, having met and
heard the parties, do settle, declare and report that the said
William Burns be quieted in the possession of the above
bounded premises, to have and to hold the same to him the
said William Burns, his heirs and assigns forever, to his and
their use forever, on the terms following, namely : the said
William Burns, his heirs, executors or administrators, shall,
on or before the first daj^ of October, which will be in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, pay
to the said Knox, his heirs, executors or administrators, the
sum of eighty-one dollars with interest from the first day of
June, one thousand eight hundred. And on the payment of
the same, the said Knox or his heirs shall make, or cause to
be made to the said William Burns, his heirs or assigns, a
deed of the above described premises, whereby he and they
may hold the same in fee simple forever.
Given under our hands and seals.
NATHAN DANE. [vSeal.]
JOHN SPRAGUK. [Seal.]
ENOCH TITCOMB. [Seal.]
t4A. *A**—
HISTORY OF ISLEvSBOROUGir. 1 9
William Burns' Lot in 'Islesborougii, Nov. 4, 1799.
Surveyed for William Rnrns a lot in soiitli-west divis-
ion on Long Island, Islesborougii, in the county of Han-
cock, bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at a stake and
stones standing on the bank of Penobscot west bay, thence
running south thirteen degrees east adjoining on Sanuicl
Warren's land, two hundred and thirty-two rods to a
spruce tree for a corner ; thence south fifty-four degrees
west forty-six rods to a stake and stones ; thence north
fifteen degrees west adjoining on Amos Williams' land
two hundred and thirty-two rods to a stake and stones at
shore ; thence easterly as said Penobscot runs forty-nine
and a half rods at right angles to the first-mentioned
bound, containing sixty-seven and a half acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Twenty acres middling; thirty acres swamp,
poor cold land ; ten acres barren ledges ; seventeen broken
with ledges ; upland broken with ledges so that there
is not more than one and a half acres of plowing in a
piece. No water in a dry time except one spring.
5 1^°£: ^32
S 15 £ ^3^
20 history op islesborough.
Benjamin Williams' Claim as a Settler, in 1787,
under the same reference.
Bc)ija])ii}i W'illiaDis'' Lot in IslcsborougJi^ Xov. ^, lygg.
Surveyed for Benjaniin Williams a lot of land in north-
east division on Long Island, in Islesborough, in the
county of Hancock, bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning
at a spruce tree on the west bank of said island, thence
running south twenty-seven degrees east adjoining on
William Grinneirs land, ninety-four rods to a spruce tree
standing on the bank at the head of Seal Harbor; thence
south-westerly as said harbor runs, bounded thereon to
Seal Harbor Point ; thence northerly and easterly as
Penobscot west bay runs, bounded thereby to the first-
mentioned corner, containing one hundred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Twenty acres good land ; twenty swamp, cold
poor land ; thirty acres barren ledges ; thirty broken
land. Said lot very much broken with ledges. Not
more than one acre in a piece fit for plowing.
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* Perhaps 94 should be 27.
history of isi,ksborouglt. 21
Joseph Williams' Claim as a Settler, 1786.
Joseph JJ^i Ilia ins' Lot^ IslcsborougJi^ October ?c;, /7919.
Surveyed for Joseph Williams a lot of land in north-
east division on Long Island, in Islesboronoh, in the
county of Hancock, bounded as follows, viz. : Beginning
at a cedar standing on the bank at the head of Seal Har-
bor ; thence running south seventy-three degrees east one
hundred and thirty rods to a stake and stones ; thence
south nineteen degrees east adjoining on Captain Anthony
Coombs' land, eighty-four rods to a stake and stones;
thence south forty-five degrees east adjoining on said
Coombs' land to a stake and stones standing on the east
bank of said island ; thence south-westerly as Penobscot
east bay runs, bounded thereby ninety rods on a straight
line to a stake and stones standing on the bank at shore ;
thence north seventy-four degrees west adjoining on Shu-
bael Williams' land, forty-seven rods across said island to
a stake and stones on the west bank at Seal Harbor;
thence northerly as said Seal Harbor runs, bounded there-
by to the first-mentioned bounds, containing one hundred
acres of land. JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About thirty acres good land — hard wood ;
thirty acres swamp, cold, poor — spruce wood ; forty acres
ledgy, broken.
SealHarhop
^00 Acres
Sast \
22
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Noah Dodge's Claim as a Settler, 1784.
Noah Dodg-e\^ Lot in Islcsboroiigh^ October 2j^ ^799-
Surveyed for Noali Dodge a lot of land in north-east
division on Lono- Island, in Islesborough, in the county of
Hancock, bounded as follows, viz. : Beginninf^ at a stake
standing on the bank of Penobscot west bay, thence run-
ning south eighty degrees east adjoining on Nathaniel
Toothaker's lot, one hundred and four rods to a stake and
stones ; thence south thirJ:y-one degrees west adjoining on
Joseph Woodard's lot, seventy-one rods to a stake and
stones ; thence south forty-two degrees west adjoining on
Mighill Parker's land, forty-four rods to a stake and
stones ; thence south twenty-eight degrees west adjoining
on said Parker's lot, eighty rods to a stake and stones;
thence south seventy degrees west adjoining on Hosea
Coombs' lot, thirty rods to a stake and stones ; thence
north twenty-six degrees west one hundred and twelve
rods to a stake and stones on the bank of said Penobscot
west bay ; thence north-easterly as said bay runs to the
first-mentioned corner ; containing one hundred acres of
land. JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About fifty acres good land ; twenty-acre swamp,
mossy, poor spruce ; thirty acres shoal soil. No water in
a dry time. Six miles to mill by water.
'-'''.^.^cof Bay
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
23
Nathaniel Toothaker's Claim as a vSettler, 1793.
Nathaniel TooiJiakcr'' s Lot in Is/csboroifg/i^
October j'y, //(^y.
Surveyed for Nathaniel Toothaker a lot of land in
north-east division on Long Island, in Islesboronoh, in
the connty of Hancock, bounded as follows, vi/.. : Begin-
ning at a stake and stones standing on the west ])ank
of said island, thence running north fortv-two desfrees
east one hundred and ten rods to a stake and stones;
thence south forty-seven degrees east two hundred and
fort}--seven rods to a stake and stones; thence south forty-
seven "degrees west to a stake and stones standing at shore
at Sabbath-Day Harbour ; thence westerly as the shore
runs, sixteen rods to a stake and stones ; thence north
forty-seven degrees w^est adjoining on Joseph Woodard's
lot, one hundred and sixty rods to a stake and stones ;
thence north eighty degrees west adjoining on Noah
Dodge's lot, one hundred and four rods to a stake on the
bank of the west bay ; thence across the cove to the
first-mentioned corner ; containing one hundred acres of
land. JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About fifty acres good land ; fifty acres swamp,
poor spruce wood. Five miles to mill by water.
Understood to be Thomas Toothaker.
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100 Acres
S 4'fE 24^7^
24 history of islesborough.
Samuel Williams' Claim.
That during the war with Great Britain, in 1776, he left
his lot when the Britons came to Biguaduce, and did not
return until after the war. Said Williams stated that the
reason of his leavino- his lot was because he would not
take the oath of allegiance to the king of Great Britain.
Sajinic/ Jl'/I/ian/s' Lot in IslcshorongJi^ October 26^ ^799-
Surveyed for Samuel Williams a lot of land in north-
east division on Long Island, in the county of Hancock,
bounded as follows : Beginning at a white birch tree
on the west l)ank of said island, thence running south
forty-nine degrees east adjoining on Rathburn Dodge's
land, one hundred and two rods to a stake and stones;
thence north forty-two degrees east one hundred and
forty-seven rods to a stake and stones standing on the
bank at Lassell Cove ; thence westerly and southerly as
said cove and Penobscot west bay runs to the first-men-
tioned bounds ; containing one hundred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About twenty acres, swampy, spruce and hem-
lock, poor; eighty acres beech, birch, maple, middling;
good land, but rocky, hard land. No water in a dry
time except one spring.
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Ellison Lasseixe Jr.'s Clai.ai as a Settler,. 1786.
Ellison Lasscllc's Lot in Islcshorough^ Oct. /i>, lYgg.
Surveyed for Ellison Lasselle a lot of land in north-
east division of Long Island, in Islesborougli, in the
county of Hancock, bounded as follows : Beginning at a
white birch tree standing on the west bank of said island,
thence running south forty-seven degrees east sixty-five
rods adjoining on Samuel Williams' lot, to a stake and
stones ; thence north twenty-nine degrees east, two hun-
dred rods to a stake and stones standing at shore of east
bay ; thence northerly as Penobscot east bay runs, bound-
ed thereby to Turtle Head ; thence westerly and southerly
as the Penobscot west ba}- runs, bounded thereby to the
first-mentioned bounds ; containing one hundred acres
of land. JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Thirty acres good land ; twenty about half
middling ; thirty sw^ampy, spruce wood, cold, poor ; three
acres salt marsh ; the rest dry, poor. Five miles to mill
bv water.
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Jonathan Holbrook:'s Claim as a Settler, 1783.
(Assigned to Prince Holbrook.)
Prince Holbrook^ s Lot in IslcsborougJi^ Oct. j'y, jyc^cj.
Surveyed for Prince Holbrook a lot of land in north-
east division on Long Island, in the county of Hancock,
bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at a stake and
stones standing on the east bank of said island, thence
running north forty-seven degrees west adjoining on James
Trim's land, two hundred and fifty-nine rods to a stake
and stones ; thence north forty-two degrees east seventy-
eight rods to a stake and stones ; thence south fortv-seven
degrees east adjoining Samuel Warren, Jr.'s, land, one
hundred and forty-eight rods to a stake and stones stand-
ing on the bank at shore ; thence southerly as Penobscot
east bay runs, bounded thereby to the first-mentioned
corner; containing one hundred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About twenty-five acres middling good land ;
the rest swampy, cold, mossy, poor wood ; about ten acres
hard wood, the rest spruce ; no good timber. Six miles
to mill by water. No good harbor for a boat.
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history of islesborougii. 27
James Trim's Claim as a Settler, 1784.
Jaii/cs Tri)irs Lot in IslcsboroiioJi^ October 2^^ 1799-
Surveyed for James Trim a lot in north-east division on
Long- Island, in Islesborough, in the county of Hancock,
bounded as follows, viz.: Beoinning at a stake and
stones standing on the east bank of said island, thence
running north forty-seven degrees west adjoining on Jona-
than Parker's land, two hundred and fifty-three rods to a
stake and stones ; thence north forty-two degrees east
sixty-one rods to a stake and stones ; thence south forty-
seven degrees east adjoining on Prince Holbrook's land,
two hundred and seventy rods to a stake and stones stand-
ing on the bank at shore ; thence southerly as Penobscot
east bay runs, bounded thereby sixty-one rods at right
angles to the first-mentioned bounds; containing one hun-
dred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About twenty-five acres middling, the rest
swampy, cold, poor land ; about fifteen acres hard wood,
the rest spruce ; no good timber. No landing for a boat.
Six miles to mill bv water. No water in a dry time.
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROrOH.
Jonathan Parker's Claim as a Settler, 1784.
JouatJiau Parker'' s Lot in TsIcshorougJt^ Cinoiiy of Ha )i cock.
Surveyed for Jonathan Parker a lot of land in north-
east division on Long Island, in Islesborough, bounded as
follows, viz.: Beginning at a stake and stones standing
on the east bank of said island, thence running north
forty-seven degrees west adjoining on Samuel Veazie's
land, one hundred and sixty-three rods to a stake and
stones ; thence north forty-tw^o degrees east seventy-eight
rods to a stake and stones ; thence south forty-seven de-
grees east adjoining on James Trim's land, two hundred
and fifty-eight rods to a stake and stones standing on the
bank at the shore ; thence south-westerly as Penobscot
east bay runs, bounded thereby to the first-mentioned
bounds ; containing one hundred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Thirty acres middling good land ; fifty acres
swamp, mossy, cold, spruce wood, poor land; twenty
acres about one half middling, very little hard wood,
chiefly spruce, greatest part dead ; no good timber.
Seven miles to mill by water.
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history of islesborough. 29
Jonathan Coombs' Claim as a Settler, 1784.
Jonathan Coonibs^ Lot in /s/cs/'oroz/o/i^ Coniity of J lancock^
October 2j, 1799-
Surveyed for Jonathan Coombs a lot of land in north-
east division, on land bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning
at a stake and stones standing on the east bank of said
island, thence running north forty-seven degrees west
adjoining on Samuel Warren, Jr.'s, land, one hundred
and twenty rods to a stake and stones ; thence north seven
degrees east one hundred and fifty rods to a 3-ellow birch
tree ; thence south fifty-seven degrees east, ninety rods to
a stake and stones standing on the bank at shore ; thence
southerly as Penobscot east bay runs, bounded thereon to
the first-mentioned corner ; containing one hundred acres
of land. JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Thirty acres middling good land; twenty about
half middling ; fifty swamp, cold, poor land ; spruce
wood ; no good timber. Six miles to mill by water.
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30 HISTORY OP ISLESBOROUOH.
MiGHILL PaRKKR'S ClAIM AS A SKTTLER, 1 784.
Mio/i/I/ Pirr/c('r\^ Lot in IslcsboroiioJi, in tJic Coiuily of
Ifaiirock, October ig^ ^799-
Surveyed for Alij^liill Parker a lot of land in north-east
division on Long- Island, in Islesborough, bonnded as fol-
lows, viz.: Beginning at a stake and stones standing on
the east bank of said island, thence running north forty-
seven degrees west adjoining on Hosea Coombs' land, one
hundred and sixty rods to a stake and stones ; thence
north twenty-two degrees east one hundred and thirty
rods to a stake and stones ; thence south forty-seven
degrees east adjoining on Joseph Woodard's land, one
hundred rods to a stake and stones standing on the bank
at Sabbath-Day Harbor ; thence easterly and southerly as
the said harbor and Penobscot east bay runs, to the first-
mentioned corner; containing one hundred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About twenty-five acres middling good land,
hard wood ; the rest swampy, cold, mossy, poor, broken
with gullies; spruce wood, chiefly dead. Seven miles to
mill by w'ater.
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HosEA Coombs' Claim as a Setti.kr, 1784.
Hosca Coouibs" Lo( on Lonq- Is/and, in Islcsboroiio;Ii^ in
the County of Hancoc/c^ Oct. yp, //(^p.
Beginning at a cedar tree marked for a corner, thence
running north forty-seven degrees east adjoining on Noah
Dodge's land, nineteen rods to a stake and stones; thence
north seventy degrees east adjoining on said Noah's land,
thirty rods to a stake and stones ; thence south forty-seven
degrees east adjoining on Mighill Parker's land, one hun-
dred and eighty-six rods to a stake and stones standing on
the bank of Penobscot east ba)- ; thence south-westerly as
said bay runs, bound thereon seventy-two rods at right
angles to a white birch tree ; thence north forty-seven
degrees west adjoining on Capt. Anthony Coombs' lot,
one hundred and ninety-six rods to a stake and stones ;
thence adjoining on William Grinnell's land to the first-
mentioned corner ; containing eighty-seven acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About one half good land ; one half swampy,
cold, poor land; one fourth hard wood, birch and maple;
three fourths of wood spruce. No water in a dry time.
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32 HISTORY OF ISLlvSBOROUGH.
Anthony Coombs' Claim as a Settler, 1784.
Capt. .liifhoiiy Coombs^ and I^lphrniiu Coombs' Lots^ in
Islcsboroitgh^ Oct. jo^ '799-
SurYcyed for Capt. Anthony Coombs and Ephraini
Coombs a lot of land in common and undivided in north-
east division on Long Island, in Islesborongh, in the
county of Hancock, bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning
at a white rock on the east shore of said island, thence
running north forty-three degrees west adjoining on
Joseph Williams' lot, twenty-nine rods to a spring ; thence
north nineteen degrees west adjoining on said Williams'
lot, eighty-four rods to a stake and stones ; thence north
forty- seven degrees west adjoining on said Williams' lot,
one hundred and sixteen rods to a stake and stones ;
thence north thirty-one degrees east twenty-six rods to a
stake ; thence north forty-four degrees east seventeen rods
to a stake ; thence north thirty-six degrees east adjoining
on William Grinnell's lot, thirty-four rods to a stake;
thence south forty-seven degrees east adjoining on Hosea
Coombs' lot, one hundred and ninety-six rods to a white
birch tree standing on the bank at shore ; thence south-
erly and westerly as Penobscot east bay runs, bounded
thereby to the first-mentioned corner ; containing one
hundred and sixteen acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Thirty acres good land; thirty acres swamp,
cold, poor land, spruce wood; the rest broken, ledgy
land. No water in a dry time except one spring. Eight
miles to mill by water. About an acre fit for plowing in
a piece.
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history of islesborough. 33
Thomas Gilkey's Claim as a Settler, Prior to 1783.
TJioDias Gilkcy^s Lot on Lono- /s/aiid^ in Isk'shoroug/i^
Novonhcr 6, ^799-
Surveyed for Thomas Gilkey a lot of land in Isles-
borough, in the county of Hancock, bounded as follows,
viz.: Beginning at a stake and stones standing on the
northerh- bank of Long Island harbor, thence north sixty-
five degrees east adjoining on Charles Thomas' land, two
hundred and twenty-one rods to a stake and stones ;
thence south seventeen degrees east sixty-one and one half
rods to a stake and stones ; thence south sixty-five degrees
west adjoining on John Gilkey's land, one hundred and
thirty-seven rods to a spruce tree standing on the west
bank of Alill Cove ; thence south-Avesterly and northerly
as the said cove and Long Island harbor runs, bounded
thereon to the first-mentioned bounds ; containing one
hundred acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. About thirt\'-three acres good land, wood birch
and maple ; thirty-three acres swamp, wood spruce ;
thirty-four acres cold, flat land, wood spruce.
34 history of islesborough.
Robert Sherman's Claim as a Settler, 1784.
Robert Slicruiaii's Lot in JsIcslwrougJi, Xoz'cnibcr j, ij(.}(.).
Surveyed for Robert Shennan a lot of land in south-
west division on Long Island, in Islesborongh, in the
county of Hancock, bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning
at a stake and stones on the bank, thence running south
seventeen degrees east adjoining on Robert Coombs' land,
twenty-eight rods to a stake and stones ; thence south
sixty-seven degrees east adjoining on said Coombs' land,
thirty-nine rods to white birch stumps ; thence south
seventeen degrees east adjoining on said Coombs' land,
ten rods to a maple tree ; thence south sixty degrees west
adjoining on Jeremiah Hatch's land, two hundred and
twelve rods to a stake and stones ; thence north forty-
eight degrees west adjoining on said Hatch's land, three
rods to a stake at the shore of Penobscot west bay ; theiice
north-easterly as said bay runs, bounded thereon to the
first - mentioned corner ; containing seventy - two acres
of land. JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. One third good land ; one third swamp, cold,
poor land ; one third half-middling, broken with ledges.
No water in a dry time. No good harbor for a boat.
The wood now on the land chiefly spruce, and no good
timber.
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history of islesrorougii. 35
Jeremiah Hatch\s Claim as a Settler, 1784.
Is/csboroiio/i^ A'(n'('))ibc'r ^, ijc^g.
Surveyed for Jeremiah Hatch a lot of land 011 Long
Island, in south-west division, bounded as follows, viz.:
Beginning at a stake and stones standing on the bank of
Penobscot west bay, thence running south forty-eight
degrees east adjoining on Robert Sherman's land, three
rods to a stake and stones ; thence north sixty degrees east
adjoining on said Sherman's land, two hundred and twelve
rods to a maple tree marked for a corner ; thence south
seventeen degrees east adjoining on Robert Coombs' land,
sixty-six rods to a hemlock tree, south sixty degrees west
adjoining on Joseph Farrow's land, two hundred and
seventy rods to a birch stump for a corner, standing on
the bank of said bay ; thence north-easterly as said
Penobscot west bay runs, to the first-mentioned corner ;
containing ninety-six acres of land.
JOHN HARKNESS, Surveyor.
N. B. Thirty acres middling good land ; forty acres
swamp, cold, spruce, poor land ; twenty-six about half-
middling ; the upland broken with ledges. No water in
a drv time. No good harbor for a boat.
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CHAPTER III.
The Incorporation of the Town.
TN 1788 the subjoined petition was sent to the General
Court, asking for incorporation as a town, by the
name of Winchester :
To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable the House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, in General Court assembled :
Humbly shews the committee appointed by the inhabit-
ants of Long Island Plantation, in the county of Lincoln,
that there has been several survej's of the said island, from
the report of which we have always understood that no part
of the centre of said island lay within three miles of the
main, except from the report of Capt. Stone, who made the
last sur\'ey, who says that the said island was within three
miles of the main ; but your petitioners hund)ly beg leave to
observe that they conceive Capt. Stone may be mistaken, as
they have understood that in his calculations he governed
himself by Grant's survey and plan, which survey by said
Grant is deemed very erroneous. It appears by the resolve
of the Honorable General Court, confirming the grant of
thirty miles to the heirs of Brigadier General Waldo, that all
islands whose centre is within three miles of the main shall
be considered and included within this grant. Your peti-
tioners conceive that the true meaning of the word centre is
by a line running through the centre of said island, and
not confined to any point or neck of land jutting out of the
body of said island.
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1_ILY POND, HEAD OF SPRAGUE'S COVE.
l^ A
HISTORY OF ISLESROROUGII. 37
Since the survey and report made by Capt. vStone, >-our
petitioners have had an accurate survey of the distance
of said island from the main, by an able surveyor, who
assures 5'our petitioners that no part of said island is within
three miles of the main, and chainmen were duly sworn
to faithfully and truly execute the duty of their several sta-
tions. Your petitioners therefore humbly entreat the Honor-
able General Court that some disinterested principal inhab-
itant in the vicinity may be empowered as well in behalf of
the inhabitants as of the Commonwealth, to employ and
inspect such persons as he may think capable of taking
an accurate surve}- of the true distance of said island from
the main, and make report thereof to the Honorable the
General Court for their determination, and 3'our petitioners
will defray the expense attending such surve\'.
Your petitioners also entreat the Honorable General Court
that all tax bills forwarded to be assessed on said plantation
and its inhabitants may be sta3'ed, and the assessing and col-
lecting the same may be suspended until the lands are meted
out and confirmed to the settlers, and a legal valuation can
be presented. And as the different plantations in this part
of the county of Lincoln are to be incorporated, 3-our peti-
tioners pray that Long Island Plantation, with the islands
contiguous, ma}' be incorporated into a town by the name of
Winchester, that the inhabitants may be in the enjo^-ment
of those privileges which are annexed to towns corporate,
there being more than sixty families settled and residing
therein, and as in dut_v bound will ever pray.
SHUBAEL WILLL\MS. I ,,
JOHN GILKEY, ) Committee.
Long Island, Oct. 22, 1788.
January 28, 1789, the act was passed, but the name
was changed.
An act for incorporating Long Island Plantation, with
islands adjacent, in the county of Lincoln, into a town bj^
the name of Islesborough.
Section i. Be it enacted, etc., that the tracts of land
38 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
described as follows, viz.: Long Island, Seven-Hundred-
Acre Island, Job's Island and I^ime Island, situated in
Penobscot bay, in the county of lyincoln, with the inhabit-
ants thereon, be and the}' are incorporated into a town by the
name of Islesborough.
First Town Meeting in Iseesborough, 1789.
Co})iiiwnzvcixlth of Massachuscfts.
To Shubael Williams, one of the principal inhabitants of
Long Island Plantation, in said county, yeoman:
Whereas b}' an act of greeting the General Court passed
the twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand seven hundred and eight3'-nine, it is provided that the
land dCvScribed as follows, viz., Long Island, Seven-Hundred-
Acre Island, Job's Island, and the Lime Islands, situated in
Penobscot bay, in the county of Lincoln, with the inhabit-
ants, be and the}' are hereby incorporated into a town by the
name of Islesborough ; and whereas by the same act the
subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said
county, is directed to issue his warrant to one of the principal
inhabitants of the said plantation, to call a meeting of the
inhabitants thereof in the name of the Commonwealth,
directed to notify the meeting of the inhabitants next at
nine of the clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling house of
you, the said Shubael Williams, for the following purpose,
viz.: To choose all such officers as towns are by law
requested to choose at their annual meeting, in the month of
March or April annually, and to act on all such other busi-
ness as may be necessary to be done.
Given under my hand and seal at Penol)Scot, this seven-
teenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nine.
GABRIKL JOHONNOT, Esq.
Islesborough, A])ril 6, 1789.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUCxH. 39
April 6, 1789. A record of the first meeting after the
incorporation of the town.
Agreeable to the above warrant, we met at the time and
place appointed.
1. Voted Thomas Ames moderator.
2. Voted Fields Coombs town clerk.
3. Voted Capt. William Pendleton, Valentine vSherman
and Fields Coombs, selectmen.
4. \'oted Capt. John Pendleton for town treasnrer.
5. Voted Hosea Coombs and John Gilkey, constables.
6. \'oted Harry Pendleton and Capt. Peter Coombs,
tythingmen.
7. A'oted Capt. Anthon}- Coombs snrveyor of wood and
other lumber.
8. Voted Capt. Thomas Pendleton and Noah Dodge,
surveyors of highwaj'S.
9. Voted Noah Dodge and Joshua Pendleton, for hog-
reeves and fence- viewers.
10.. Voted Gabriel Johonnot seven votes for register
of deeds. Voted Richard Hunnewell seven votes for reg-
ister of deeds.
April 15, 1789, same year, they called a town meeting.
A^oted to raise taxes.
Town meeting June 9, 1789. ^'oted John Gilkey and
Samuel Pendleton to lay out town roads.
Town meeting April 19, 1790. William Pendleton,
Shubael Williams and John Gilkey, selectmen.
Voted hogs run at large, but yoked, according to law,
from lotli May to last of October.
Town meeting Nov. 25, 1790. Voted for a repre-
sentative to send to Congress. George Thatcher, Esq.,
had sixteen votes.
40 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Town meeting- April 24, 1791. William Ehvell,
Sanniel Warren and William Grindle, selectmen.
Town meeting Sept. 4, 1794. Voted that the town be
di\-ided into districts for schooling, and every district have
his part of the money now assessed for that purpose and
put to that use.
Town meeting April 6, 1795. Samuel Warren, Wil-
liam Philbrook and Godfrc}- Trim, selectmen.
Voted that the whole sum of money as assessed for
building the meeting-house, the bills shall be returned to
the selectmen again, and they that have paid shall receive
their money again from the constable.
Town meeting x\pril 4, 1796. Samuel Warren, Shu-
bael Williams and William Philbrook, selectmen.
Town meeting April 3, 1797. vSamuel Warren, Alighill
Parker and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
Town meeting April 4, 179S. Samuel Warren, John
Gilkey and ]\Iighill Parker, selectmen.
Town meeting Nov. 5, 1798. Agreed to build a meet-
ing-house, and voted John Gilkey, Joseph Boardman and
]\Iighill Parker for committeemen to purchase a spot of
land and cultivate the same at the best and cheapest rates.
Voted to leave it with the said committee to build said
meeting-house at the best advantage for the town.
Voted four hundred dollars to be laid out upon building
the said meeting-house, &c., &c.
Town meeting April i, 1799. Samuel Warren, John
Gilkey and Jeremiah Hatch, selectmen.
Voted to do nothing about the meeting-house.
Town meeting October 7, 1800. Voted to select a
minister. Voted Charles Thomas for the minister.
HISTORY OF iSI.EvSBOROUGH. 4I
At the town meeting April 23, 1792, Samnel Warren,
William Grindle and William Elwell, selectmen.
Town meeting, l\Iay i, 1792.
Voted for a separation, fifteen votes ; voted against it,
nine votes.
Voted every man nnist work one day on the highwav.
\''oted to choose a connnittee to fix a place where to set
up a meeting-house. William Elwell, Anthony Coombs
and Samuel Pendleton for the committee.
Voted hogs run at large if properly yoked.
That the constables shall have one shilling on the
pound for collecting of rates.
Town meeting, Januar}' 14, 1793.
Voted to build a meeting-house.
Voted to choose two men to appoint a plan to build a
meeting-house.
Voted Capt. Job Pendleton and Capt. Godfrey Trim for
said men, and appoint the place.
\'oted Capt. Shubael Williams and Mighill Parker for
committeemen to agree with carpenters to build the meet-
ing-house, the work part thirty by forty, one story high.
Voted fifty pounds be raised to build said house and
other charges.
At the regular town meeting, April i, 1793, Samuel
Warren, Shubael Williams and William Elwell, selectmen.
Town meeting May 30.
Town meeting, Sept. 5, 1793. Voted liberty to keep
bars across the highway, if so minded.
At the town meeting, April, 1794, Shubael W^illiams
and John Pendleton were selectmen.
Voted that fifty pounds, that is now assessed for build-
ing a meeting-house, shall be collected for building two
6
42 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
meeting-houses, and each end of the town ha\-e their part,
what they paid for building said house.
\'oted to settle Mr. Thomas Ames a minister, under
salary of twenty pounds a year.
Towm meeting, April 7, 1800. Sanmel Warren, John
Gilkey and Jeremiah Hatch, selectmen.
\''oted gates, and across the road.
Town meeting, Aug. 25, 1800. \'oted to have a town
school-master.
Voted one hundred and twent}- dollars to support a
town school.
Town meeting, April 6. 1801. Sanuiel Warren, Jere-
miah Hatch and Fields Coombs, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 5, 1803. Mighill Parker, Jere-
miah Hatch and Benjamin Williams, selectmen.
Voted Ephraim Coombs rates-gatherer, three cents per
dollar.
Town meeting, April 7, 1803. Samuel Warren, John
Gilkey and ]\Iighill Parker, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 2, 1804. Samuel Warren, John
Gilkey and Mighill Parker, selectmen.
Town mseting, Nov. 5, 1804. \'oted fifty dollars for
weights and measures.
Voted no money for the meeting-house.
Town meeting, April i, 1805. Noah Dodge, John Gil-
key and vSanuiel W^arrcn, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 7, 1806. Noah Dodge, John (xil-
key and vSamuel Warren, selectmen.
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGII. 43
Voted to build one pound to Mr. Jones' field, dn\'en
this year, and one to Air. Noah Dodge this year.
\"oted Joseph Jones and Joseph Pendleton to build one,
and Noah Dodge and ]\Iighill Parker to build the other.
They are to be built — feet square.
Town meeting, April 6, 1807. Sanuiel Warren, John
Warren and John Gilkey, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 16, 1807. Voted chose ]\Iighill
Parker and John Warren with the meeting-house com-
mittee, the time that Sat. is on or before the first da)' of
July next.
Town meeting, April 4, 1808. John Gilkey., Thomas
Boardman and Mighill Parker, selectmen.
Voted twelve cents a head for crows.
Voted tw^o dollars on him that kills the most crows.
. Voted that Philip Sylvester shall take William Getchell
six months for nothing, and return him clothed as well as
he takes him.
Voted that the surveyors of roads have power to dis-
tress, if people will not work on the roads.
Voted ^Mighill Parker and John Warren connnitteemen
to finish the business and settle the accounts against the
meeting-house.
They held these meetings the first time in the meeting-
house, 1804.
We, the subscribers, do hereby request the inhabitants of
the upper end of this island to meet Saturday, at the house
of Hancock Rose, for the purpose of consulting with each
other respecting a school, and, if they shall see fit to ap-
point a committee, establish the same. We do furthermore
44 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUCiH.
request the inhabitants, of both classes, to meet or consult
whether it would not be beneficial for them to form them-
selves into one body or class.
Signers: RATH BURN DODGE,
STEPHEN VEAZIE,
JONATHAN PAKKER,
FIELDS COOMBS,
JOHN VEAZIE.
Town meeting, Oct. 29, 1808. Town met at time and
place appointed, for the purpose of settling that execution
brought against the town by Doctor Webster, of Castine.
Voted to choose an agent to settle with Webster.
Voted Mighill Parker for agent.
Voted to board William Getchell from house to house —
every house according to what they are worth — till next
April meeting.
Town meeting, April 3, 1809. John Gilkey, Jr.,
Thomas Boardman and Mighill Parker, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 2, 1810. Mighill Parker, Thomas
Boardman and John F'arrow, selectmen.
Voted that the road that goes across the northern cor-
ner of Mighill Parker's land may be moved close to the
line between himself and Joseph Woodard, only Mr.
Parker is to make it as good as it now is, on his own
expense.
Town meeting, Dec. 5, 1810. Met at the time and
place appointed, agreeable to law, for the purpose of rais-
ing money to support of William Getchell.
Voted one hundred and seventy dollars for that purpose.
Town meeting, April i, 181 1. Thomas Boardman,
William Philbrook and Jabez Ames, selectmen.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUCtH. 45
Town meeting-. Voted that they should build gates
across the roads ten feet wide in the clear. Should
have but two gates to one farm.
Voted that the bounty upon crows' heads be t\vel\-e
cents per head.
Town meeting, April 6, 181 2. Thomas Boardman,
Jabez Ames and William Philbrook, selectmen.
Voted Benjamin Williams, Noah Dodge and Paoli
Hewes are the committee to judge between Jabez Ames
and Elisha Nash where the road should be, so that Jabez
Ames should clear the road and make it good passing.
Voted twelve cents for old crows' heads, and six cents
for young crows' heads.
Voted good gates to be on the roads.
Town meeting, March 20, 1813. Thomas Boardman,
Jabez Ames and Mighill Parker, selectmen.
Voted Mighill Parker and Thomas Boardman should be
a committee to settle all bills on the meeting-house with
John Gilkey, Esq. '
Voted that Paoli Hewes be allowed three dollars per
year for keeping the town treasury.
Copy of Warrant, 1814.
To Joseph Pendleton, one of the constables of the town of
Islesborough, greeting.
You are hereby required, in the name of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, to warn the male inhabitants of
said town of Islesborough of twenty-one years of age and
upwards, having a freehold estate within the Common-
wealth, or the annual income of three pounds, or any estate
to the value of sixty pounds, to meet at the meeting-house
46 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
on Monday, the fourth daj- of April next, at ten of the clock
in the forenoon, to give in their votes for Governor, (Sic, «S:c.
A true copy. By me,
WILLIAM BOARDMAN,
Town Clerk.
Pursuant to the within warrant I have warned the inhabit-
ants of said town qualified as by therein expressed, to meet
at the time and place, and for the purpose therein mentioned.
JOSEPH PENDLETON, Constable.
Town meeting, April 4, 1814. Mighill Parker, Henry
Rose and John Farrow, selectmen.
Voted that the town pound should be brought down to
the meeting-house, if fit to move.
\^oted Jesse Coombs should bring down the above to
the meeting-house, and set it up in as good order as it
was before, and that Jesse Coombs should have the
privilege of repairing the same, if he would do it as cheap
as anybody. Jesse Coombs to have fourteen dollars for
bringing down the above and setting it up again.
Voted that I^enjamiji Williams and Thomas Boardman
should trade with Mr. Still for his house, providing they
can get it for fifty dollars.
Town meeting, April 3, 1815. Thomas Boardman,
Jabez Ames and Benjamin Williams, selectmen.
Voted widow Calton bid to John Gilkey, Esq., for four
shillings per week.
Voted Mr. Hard>- and his wife to Joshua Dodge for four
dollars and seventy-five cents per mouth, at pul)lic vendue.
Town meeting, March 16, 18 16. Ik-njamin Williams,
Jabez Ames and Paoli Hewes, selectmen.
Voted no school money this year.
Voted Mrs. Hardy should remain as she was last year.
HISTORY OF IvSLESROROUGH. 47
Town meeting, May 20, 18 16. Holden for the purpose
of giving in their votes for or against dividing the State
of ]\Iassachusetts from the District of Maine.
For division, none ; against the division, seA-enteen.
Town meeting, Sept. 2, 1816. Voted against the
separation, thirty-four votes ; for the separation, none.
Town meeting, April 7, 181 7. Benjamin Williams,
Jabez Ames and Paoli Hewes, selectmen.
Town meeting, March 18, 1818. Elisha Eames, Henry
Rose and John Farrow, selectmen.
Town meeting, March 18, 1819. Josiah Farrow, Thos.
Gilkey and Josiah Eames, selectmen.
Town meeting, July 17, 1819. Voted in favor of sep-
aration, two ; voted against it, twenty-five.
Town meeting, Sept. 11, 1819. For the purpose of
electing one delegate on the second Monday of October,
for the purpose of forming a Constitution for the District
of Maine. Elected Josiah Farrow.
Town meeting, Nov. 17, 1819. To give in your votes
in writing, expressing \'our approbation or disapprobation
of the Constitution agreed on by the convention at Port-
land, October 29, 1819.
Voted in favor of Constitution, ten ; against it, one.
Town meeting, March 18, 1820. N. B. The Consti-
tution of the State of Maine, under wliich we now assem-
ble, provides that every male citizen of the United States
of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, excepting
paupers, persons under guardianship, and Indians not
taxed, having his residence established in this State for
. the term of three months next preceding any election,
shall be an elector of Governor, Senator and representa-
48 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
tive, ill the town or plantation where his residence is
so located.
Town meeting, Oct. 18, 1820. Josiah P'arrow, Henry
Rose and Jonathan Parker, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 2, 1821. Josiah Farrow, Jona-
than Parker and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
\'oted to raise no school money.
\'oted Samuel Pendleton take Joseph Hardy for a }'ear,
and gi\'e twenty-five cents per week.
Town meeting, iNIarch 25, 1822. Josiah Farrow, Jona-
than Parker and Henry Rose, selectmen.
Mighill Parker, Esq., had votes for a representative,
twenty-nine.
Town meeting, Sept. 9, 1822. Voted foiirpence half-
penny as a premium on crows' heads.
Town meeting, INIarch, 1823. John Gilkey, Samuel
Warren and Simon Sprague, selectmen.
IVIighill Parker was the first representative.
Town meeting, April 15, 1824. Josiah F'arrow, Simon
Sprague and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
Voted gates on the road to have posts near them con-
venient to fasten horses to when passing the road, and
also something to set the gate back with, when horses arc
passing through.
License.
Sept. 13. 1824. Mr. Pliili]) Gilkey lun-ing applied for
license to sell liquors, the selectmen and town clerk, after
said Philip Gilkey having complied with the requirements of
the law made and provided in such case, do license liim,
Philip Gilkey, to sell wine, beer, ale, cider, brandy, rum,
and other strong liquor by retail, in said town of Islesbor-
ough, for one }ear next ensuing, at his dwelling house
ill said town.
HISTORY OF ISLESROROUGH. 49
Town meeting, April 4, 1825. Josiah Farrow, Thomas
Boardman and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
\'oted no money to defray town charges.
Josiah Farrow had eleven votes for representative.
Town meeting, ]\Iarch 25, 1826. Josiah Farrow, Henry
Rose and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 2, 1827. Josiah Farrow, Thomas
Boardman and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
Voted to accept a road laid out from Capt. Philip Gil-
key's wharf or landing to the road named in the petition,
where laid out by the selectmen, provided the cost to the
town do not overrun or exceed five dollars.
Town meeting, March 31, 1828. Josiah Farrow, Henry
Rose and Thomas Gilkey, selectmen.
Town meeting, April 13, 1829. Simon Sprague, Thos.
Boardman and Benjamin Williams, selectmen.
1830. Simon Sprague, Samuel Warren and Henry
Boardman, selectmen.
Voted to sell the pews in the gallery, and have the
house underpinned.
1831. Simon Sprague, Samuel Warren and Samuel
Pendleton, selectmen.
1832. Henry Rose, Jonathan Parker and Thomas (iil-
key, selectmen.
1833. W^illiam Farrow, Thomas Gilkey and Jonathan
Parker, selectmen.
A charge was brought against Josiah F'arrow, by the
town treasurer, in 1829. A committee was appointed by
the town. The following is a report of the committee :
50 HISTORY OF ISLEvSBOROUGH.
That we have carefulh* and impartially examined and
compared the clerk's, treasurer's, and said Farrow's accounts
with the town, commencing with the year 1819, the year
that said Farrow was first chosen one of the selectmen, and
proceeding through said books to March 20, 1829, and to the
satisfaction of your committee, have found the accounts
of said Farrow substantially correct ; and in every instance
where an order had been drawn in favor of said Farrow, he
has proved to the satisfaction of your committee that he has
observed a scrupulous exactness, not varying one cent in ten
vears, which we should have thought almost impossible for
him to have shown, considering the imperfect manner in
which the clerk and treasurer's books have been kept.
Accounts that had been credited and settled once a year and
vouchers mislaid, thrown by, or destroyed as useless. It
further appeared to your committee that in all contracts and
expenditures of the public money, that he has proceeded
openly, the strictest principles of economy and honesty, and
in the most satisfactory manner exonerated himself from the
false impression cast upon him b}' the town treasurer.
JOSEPH PENDLETON, -V
EEISHA FAMES, -Committee.
THOMAS BOARDMAN, )
1834. Henry Rose, Rathburn D. Sprague and Joshua
Farrow, selectmen.
1835. Thomas Boardman, William Farrow and An-
drew P. Gilkey, selectmen.
1836. Rathburn D. Sprague, Jonathan Parker and
Peleg Pendleton, selectmen.
1H37. Rathburn D. Sprague, Tliomas P>oardman and
vSamuel jNlarshall, selectmen.
Voted to have the selectmen number the lots in the
town.
Voted the gates should stand as formerly.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
51
Also voted to loan the public money, with security
on real estate, not less than one hundred dollars, nor more
than five hundred dollars ; for not less than six months,
nor more than one \ear. Left with the selectuien and
treasurer.
1838. Joshua Farrow, James B. Williams and Dexter
Farrow, selectmen.
1839. Joshua Farrow, James B. Williams and Henry
Boardman, selectmen.
The selectmen bound out William G. Thomas, son of
Wealthy Thomas, to James Skinner, until he shall come
to the age of twenty-one.
1840. James B. Williams, Dexter Farrow and Thomas
H. Parker, selectmen.
1841. James B. Williams, Andrew P. Gilkey and
Thomas H. Parker, selectmen.
1842. James B. W^illiams, Thomas H. Parker and
William Farrow, selectmen.
1843. James B. Williams, Nelson Gilkey and Joseph
Boardman, selectmen.
1844. Nelson Gilkey, Andrew P. Gilkey and William
Farrow, selectmen.
1845. Thomas H. Parker, Henry Boardman and Chas.
Nash, selectmen.
1846. James B. Williams, Charles Nash and Philip F.
Coombs, selectmen.
1847. James B. Williams, Charles Nash and Othniel
Coombs, selectmen.
52 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
184S. James B. Williams, Charles Nash and Othniel
Coombs, selectmen.
1849. James B. Williams, Charles Nash and Simon D.
Sprague, selectmen.
1850. Charles Nash, Nelson Gilkey and Andrew P.
Gilkey, selectmen.
1 85 1. Charles Nash, Nelson Gilkey and Simon D.
Spragne, selectmen.
1852. Charles Nash, Simon D. Sprague and Walter
F. Dodge, selectmen.
1853. Nelson Gilkey, Thomas H. Parker and Silas
Bunker, selectmen.
1854. Nelson Gilkey, Thomas H. Parker and Silas
Bunker, selectmen.
1855. Nelson Gilkey, Thomas H. Parker and Silas
Bunker, selectmen.
1856. Nelson Gilkey, Thomas H. Parker and Silas
Bunker, selectmen.
Voted to have the old meeting-house converted into a
town-house.
1857. Nelson Gilkey, Silas Bunker and P)enjamin
Ryder, selectmen.
In 1855 and 1856 there was a political societ\- known
as Know-Nothings, or Native Americans. They held
private meetings in the school-houses. They created con-
siderable excitement, and had a strong opposition, with a
kind of hostile resistance. When the decisive xote was
declared, the Know-Nothings haxing the most xotes,
elected their town officers.
HISTORY OK ISLRSBOROUGH. 53
»
1858. Silas Bunker, Benjamin Ryder and Rlisha K.
Pendleton, selectmen.
1859. Silas Bunker, Calvin Eames and Lorenzo Pen-
dleton, selectmen.
i860. Silas Bunker, Benjamin Ryder and Lorenzo
Pendleton, selectmen.
1861. Nelson Gilkey, Lorenzo Pendleton and William
P. Boardman, selectmen.
1862. Silas Bunker, Benjamin Ryder and Daniel
Hatch, selectmen.
At a meeting of the inhabitants in 1863, voted to raise
three hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be paid to each
man that would volunteer to fill the town quota of twenty
men, for the call of the President of the LTnited States,
October 17, 1863.
Voted Finley B. Keller a recruiting officer of the town,
and the recruiting officer shall not pay over three hundred
and twenty-five dollars out of the town, and to get them
as cheap as possible.
Voted that the town treasurer be authorized to hire
money to pay volunteers as fast as needed.
Voted that if the town fail to get their quota of volun-
teers, and should a draft be made, that the town pay three
hundred and twenty-fi\e dollars to each man that is draft-
ed and accepted and nuistered into the service of the
United States.
1863. James B. Williams, Benjamin Ryder and Wil-
liam Farrow, selectmen.
1864. James B. Williams, Benjamin Ryder and Wil-
liam Farrow, selectmen.
54 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH,
1865. James B. Williams, Henry B. Coombs and Wil-
liam Farrow, selectmen.
1866. James B. Williams, Henry B. Coombs and Wil-
liam Farrow, selectmen.
1867. James B. Williams, Thomas H. Parker and
William Farrow, selectmen.
1868. James B. Williams, Thomas H. Parker and
William F'arrow, selectmen.
1869. James B. Williams, Charles Nash and Henry B.
Coombs, selectmen.
1870. James B. Williams, Charles Nash and Finley B.
Keller, selectmen.
1 87 1. Nelson Gilkey, Calvin W. Sherman and Silas
Bunker, selectmen.
1872. Nelson Gilkey, Calvin W. Sherman and Silas
Bunker, selectmen.
1873. Charles Nash, Finley B. Keller and Dodge Pen-
dleton, selectmen.
Voted that the tax bills committed to William P.
Sprague, Ephraim Coombs, James B. Williams and K. K.
Pendleton, be put in the hands of the selectmen, and for
them to appoint some person to collect the amount due on
them.
Voted to recall and take out of the vSuprenie Judicial
Court in this county, in favor of the inhalutants of Isles-
borough, and against William P. Sprague, the suit now
pending.
1874. Charles Nash, Finley B. Keller and Dodge Pen-
dleton, selectmen.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 55
Voted to accept the proposals of William P. Sprague in
relation to tax bills committed to him for collection, for
the years 1865 and 1866, as follows :
If the town will relinqnish their claims against Wil-
liam P. Spragne and his bondsmen for nncollected taxes
for the yeais 1865 and 1866, he will agree to deliver the
bills for said years to the selectmen, without an^• claims
for his commissions, for money he has collected, which
commissions wonld amount to two hundred and one dol-
lars. \^oted to accept the above offer.
\'oted to choose a committee of three. Chose Mark
Pendleton, Benjamin Ryder and Henry B. Coombs to take
William P. Sprague's tax bills, and examine them and
report to the town.
1875. Charles Nash, P'^inley B. Keller and James H.
Ryder, selectmen.
Voted this year to raise seven hundred dollars to pay
L. A. Knowlton for interest.
\"oted that the selectmen appoint a man to collect the
balance due on the tax bills of Ephraim Coombs, E. K.
Pendleton, James B. Williams and William P. vSprague.
1876. Charles Nash, Calvin W. Sherman and James
H. Ryder, selectmen.
Ninth article in the warrant : To see if the town will
vote to exempt from tax money furnished by parties in
town, to pay in part or the whole of what the town owes
L. A. Knowlton, providing the)- will let money to the
town for six per cent, annual interest.
\'oted to adopt article ninth in the warrant, as it reads,
providing it can be done legally.
1877. Charles Nash, Calvin W. Sherman and James
H. Ryder, selectmen.
56 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Voted to pay the taxes in to the treasurer, and after six
months expire, the bills to be put into the hands of the
high sheriff of the county for collection.
At a town meeting December 17, 1877, voted to pass
the article to rescind the vote in relation to putting
the tax bills into the high sheriff's hands for collection.
1878. Charles Nash, Daniel A. Hatch and James H.
Ryder, selectmen.
1879. Charles Nash, Daniel A. Hatch and George M.
Dix, selectmen,
1880. Nelson Gilkey, Daniel A. Hatch and Watson
H. Coombs, selectmen.
1 88 1. Nelson Gilkey, Daniel A. Hatch and Watson
H. Coombs, selectmen.
1882. Nelson Gilkey, George M. Dix and James H.
Ryder, selectmen.
1883. Nelson Gilkey, Daniel A. Hatch and vSanniel T.
Keller, selectmen.
1884. George M. Dix, James B. Williams and Samuel
T. Keller, selectmen.
1885. George M. Dix, James B. Williams and K. A.
Eames, selectmen.
1886. Amariah Trim, Sanuiel T. Keller and Walter
E. Haynes, selectmen.
Voted a discount of ten per cent, on those who pay
their taxes on or before the first day of November.
1887. Amariah Trim, Samuel T. Keller and Walter
E. Haynes, selectmen.
HISTORY OF ISLHSBO ROUGH. 57
1888. Amariah Trim, Samuel T. Keller and Austin
Trim, selectmen.
1889. Amariah Trim, Samuel T. Keller and Austin
Trim, selectmen.
1890. Austin Trim, vSanuiel T. Keller and Winfield
S. Pendleton, selectmen.
1891. Austin Trim, vSanmel T. Keller and Winfield
S. Pendleton, selectmen.
1892. Austin Trim, Winfield S. Pendleton and Benja-
min F. Heal, selectmen.
Voted to raise three thousand dollars to build town hall
and high school.
Town Clerks.
Fields Coombs, 1789 to 1801, 1807 to 1810
Joseph Pendleton, 1 801-1807
Jeremiah Hatch, 1810-1812
William Boardman, 1812-1817
Elisha Fames, 1817-1824 and 1827
Josiah Farrow, 1825-182 7
Luther Coombs, 1828
Elisha Parker, i829-''32
Andrew P. Gilkey, 1832
Anderson Parker, '^^33
Rathburn D. Sprague, 1834-1^7
James B. Williams, ... 1837 to 1854 and i866-'68
Silas Bunker, 1854 and 1862
Otis F. Coombs, i855-'57, '58-'62, '63-'65 & '79
Peleg Pendleton, .. 1857
Charles Nash, 1868-1879
Benjamin Ryder, 1865
Nelson Gilkey, 1880-1885
Jason R. Ryder, 1S85 and 1892
Lincoln L. Gilkey, 1886-1892
8
58 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
TiiR Finances of the Town of Islesborough.
The town, as shown by the reports of the selectmen,
has never been in an embarrassing condition, the reports
showing that their assets were more than their liabilities.
The town frequently voted to pay the taxes in to the
treasnrer, and in many cases where the tax payers
failed to do so, the treasnrer or the constable became the
collector. There was a residne remaining nncollected
year after year ; moneyed men ont of town holding the
orders and receiving great nsnry. In the year 1875 the
town paid to one man seven hnndred dollars for interest.
One of the principal causes was unsettled taxes, and the
town having a lawsuit about that time, was a sufferer to
quite an amount.
In early Islesborough days the taxes were promptly col-
lected, the town loaning money to the inhabitants, ha^'ing
a surplus in the treasury, the collector often paying into
the treasurer the whole amount, on or before the annual
March meeting. History repeats itself, and the halcyon
days of our fathers have come back. In the years of 1888
and 1889 the taxes were all paid in to the treasurer, also
in 1890 and 1891, to Amariah Trim and John P. Bragg,
collectors. In 1891 the town was out of debt, with a
small surplus in the treasury.
CHAPTER IV.
Schools and School-Houses.
TV BOUT the year 1823 the Legislature made a law re-
quiring the taxing of real estate for the building of
school-houses, and repairing the same, in the districts
where they are situated, and the town then defined the
districts by limits, not by families or houses. Among the
first transactions of the town after the organization was to
divide the town into school districts.
At the commencement of the present century the first
settlers were limited in books, and it is surprising that so
few grew up without learning to read or write. All the
books that they had were the Bible, Watts' hymn book
and the Almanac, which were resorted to on all occasions.
Many who never had but a few months' schooling became
good readers and writers, and spelled correctly in after life.
The first schools were kept in rooms in some house in the
district, the teacher boarding around from house to house
in the district where he taught school. This practice was
kept up for more than fifty years. Each family would
contribute and haul their proportion of the fuel, which
was used in an open fire-place that burned half a cord a
day. The ferule and birch were often made use of, and at
times with great severity, whenever the teacher thouglit
necessary, and were remembered by the scholars as long
as they lived. The first school books were the American
Preceptor, English Reader, Webster's Spelling Book,
6o HISTORY OF islp:sborough.
Walsh's Aritliiiietic, Greenleaf's Grammar and Webster's
Dictionary.
A transient visit was occasionally made by some travel-
ing preacher, who would be hired to teach the winter
school, among- whom were Lemuel Rich, Elder IVIacomber,
and Elder Ephraim Emery. The summer school was often
kept by some of the inhabitants' daughters. x\mong the
first teachers were Masters Powers, Abbott, Hall, Witham,
Williams, Luce, Trueworthy, Andrew and George Pendle-
ton and Josiah Eames ; Mrs. Christina Thompson, Lydia
Phillips, Eliza Farrow, Betsey and Sally Eames and
Henry Rose ; and at that time there was a plan made of
the town, dividing it into seven school districts. I have
made diligent search, but have not been able to find the
plan. After a number of years they added a new district
known as the Bluff", or No. 8. These school-houses
remain on or near the same places where they were first
located more than sixty years ago. That of district No.
I, situated on Seven-Hundred- Acre Island, remains the
same as originally built. It has been kept in repair, and
while not ornamental it is comfortable.
In district No. 2, a new school-house was built a few
years ago, and is called by the inhabitants Dark Harbor
school-house.
In district No. 3 the original school-house is to be taken
down this year and a new one built. The school is known
as the Creek school.
In district No. 4 a new school-house was built a few
years ago. It is of good size with modern seats, is painted
white, and has green blinds. It is built on or near the
same place where the old school-house stood. This dis-
trict is the largest in Islesl)orougli, and has the most
scholars. The school-liouse is known as the liast Side
school-house.
HISTORY OF IvSLE.SBOROUGII. 6l
In district No. 5 tlie school-house was built iu 1864,
twenty eight years ago, and this year, 1892, has had ex-
tensive repairs. It is second in size in regard to scholars.
The school-house is known as the Ryder school-house.
District No. 6, called the Sprague or West district, is a
small one, having but a few scholars. The original
school-house is still standing, but is kept in good repair.
District No. 7, known as the Parker district, has one of
the best school-houses in town, having been recently
repaired. A high school is being taught in it the present
year. At present all the children in town have good
schools and competent teachers, and many are sent to
seminaries, high schools and commercial colleges, with
but little thought on their part of the hardships those
who preceded them sustained in order to acquire an educa-
tion. It remains to be seen whether with their education
they can fulfil their duties of life and make the record of
their fathers.
I wish each school could be supplied with a copy of the
town history, not as a special study, but for reference.
How many good compositions could be written from it ;
and the rising generation would better know what it cost
the first settlers to establish the town.
New Town -House.
In 1892 the town made a handsome appropriation for
building a new town-house, with accommodations for the
high school. It is built on the commanding eminence be-
tween Crow Cove and Bounty Cove, being the site of the
first meeting-house and town-house. A plan of the build-
ins: is herein griven.
62 history of isle.sborough.
Reprksrntatives To the Legislature from
islesborough.
Josiali FaiTow was a member of the convention for
framing- a Constitution, 1819-20.
1823, 1826 and 1829, Josiah Farrow.
1832 and 1836, Thomas Boardman.
1842, Varnum Rose.
1839 and 1845, Dexter Farrow. Senator, 1847
1848, 1851 and i852,...-. Joseph Boardman.
1855, Calvin Fames.
1858, Nelson Gilkey. •
1862, Andrew P. Gilkey.
1864, Otis F. Coombs.
1867 and 1869, Thomas H. Parker.
1870 and '74, Calvin W. Sherman. Senator, 1881
1877, Lorenzo Pendleton.
1880, : Winfield S. Pendleton.
1889, Mark P. Pendleton.
1820. Thomas Waterman was the Representative from
North Haven and Vinal Haven, originally Fox Islands ;
not of Islesborough, as given by the Maine Register,
Islesborongh being in the same class.
Justices of the Peace,
and the years their names appear on the records.
John Gilkey, T805 to 1809
Mighill Parker, .1818-1824
Josiah P^arrow, 1825-1836
John Payne, i 834-1 840
Henry Rose, i'^35
F'rancis Grindle, 1838
R. J). vSpragne, 1842-1866
vSimon I). Sprague, 1844-1875
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH. 63
Joshua Farrow, 1846-1866
Charles Nash, 1853-1879
Nelson Gilkey, 1861-1879
Rodolphns Pendleton, 1865
Thomas H. Parker, 1867-1875
William P. Sprague, 1874, last commission dated March
15, 1888.
Joseph A. Sprague, 1878, last connnission dated May
15, 1890.
Alonzo Coombs, last commission dated April 27, 1886.
• John P. Farrow, commission dated Feb. 6, 1889.
* Phvsiciaxs.
One of the worst troubles the first settlers had to con-
tend with was the want of a physician. There was no
regular doctor here until 1830. When sickness was in
any of the families they would man a boat and cross
the bay, the people of the lower end going to Lincoln-
ville, there get a team, and one of the party go to Camden
after Dr. Estabrook, he being very popular with the
first settlers, and was employed by them as long as he
would come. He probably was their principal physician
for more than thirty )'ears. The people of the upper end
of the town generally sent to Castine after Dr. Oliver
Mann. He has crossed the bay a good many times for
the Islesborough families, never refusing to come, no mat-
ter how bad the weather. The town was indebted to the
late Dr. Joseph L. Stevens, of Castine, who was called
there often for a large number of years. The old people
speak of him with great respect, Mrs. Lydia Pendleton
was called when there was no doctor (while the boat was
gone to Camden). She had acquired some practical
knowledge, and became very useful ; was known by the
inhabitants as Aunt Lydia Jonathan.
64 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
The earliest physician of whom we have knowledge,
that practiced in Islesborough, was Dr. John Payne. He
was here from 1830 to 1840.
The next physician was Dr. Fairfield, who married
Thankfnl Phillips. She was a daughter of Elder Thomas
Ames. He came about 1840, practicing for several years.
He was a surgeon in the war of 181 2 ; ser\ed on board
the private armed brigantine called the "Scourge."
Dr. S. D. Buzzell came here about 1852, practicing
here a number of years. He was well advanced in years.
He moved away. The date of his death and his age
are unknown.
Dr. John DeLaski came here from Fox Island about
1857. He was a man of good education, and a skillful
physician. He stayed only two or three years, then
moved back to Fox Island.
Dr. Moses Dakin came here, about i860, from Hope.
He was well advanced in years when he commenced prac-
ticing here. He was here a number of years, and was
respected, but somewhat eccentric.
Dr. Nathaniel Davis was here for a short time, and
though a regular practitioner, was not popular.
Dr. L. W. Hammons moved here in 1885, meeting with
fair success. Having a large family, he thought he could
do better, and moved to Belfast in 1891.
ClirRCIIlvS AND Mkictino-HocsivS.
Prior to 1790 the religious pri\ik-ges of the town were
few. Occasionall)- a minister came on to the island and
preached a few Sabbaths. That year Rev. Isaac Case,
P>aptist pastor at Thomaston, came here and preached,
and iu 1791 he organized the first P)a])tisl church. The
inhal)itants were for many years I)a]->lisls of the old
school.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 65
In 1794 the town voted ^20 a year to Thomas Ames as
■ minister. In 1800 the town emplo^^ed the Rev. Charles
Thomas to preach. ]\Ir. Thomas married Rachel Gilkey,
Jan. 30, 1788, and lived on the island many years. Rev.
Charles G. Porter in his memorial address at Winthrop,
1874, says that ]\Ir. Case came here and settled, bnt I
donbt if he brought his family here. In 1804 Mr. Case
baptised forty-three persons, who were admitted to the
church. The same year Thomas Ames was ordained
pastor of the church, continuing until 1809, when he
removed to Hope.
In 1809 Rev. Lemuel Rich was ordained pastor of the
church. He was born at East Machias, Jan. 10, 1780.
He married, while here, Grace, daughter of John Gilkey.
Published Feb. 16, 1810. He was dismissed in 1819, and
removed to Union or Hope, where he died in 1864.
About 1832 Rev. Ephraim W. Emery came. He mar-
ried here Temperance, widow of Stephen Pruden. Pub-
lished March 10, 1832. She was daughter of Benjamin
Williams. He continued here until after 1834.
Rev. William J. Durgin was ordained pastor of the
church in March, 1843. He died here Dec. 19, 1868.
In 1845 the church membership was one hundred and
twenty-eight. Since this time many other Baptist minis-
ters have preached here.
Many of the inhabitants came to meeting in their boats.
They brought their dinners with them, and would remain
till the afternoon service. Some came on horseback,
their wives riding on behind, the children walking with
their shoes in their hands, and when they got to church
putting them on. The men were dressed with long- tailed
coats made of blue broadcloth, wnth bright brass buttons,
with a ruffled shirt and a buff" vest, a red handkerchief,
part of which would hang out of their coat pocket. The
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66 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ladies were dressed with short waists and short skirts ;
their feet covered with shoes, with a black silk bow or a
buckle on top; a ruffle round the neck, and a head dress
called a calash.
The first nieeting-hmise was built wholly or in part by
the town. It was occupied by the Baptists, and by the
town for town meetings. It was begun soon after 1794,
and completed in 1804. The building was thirty-seven by
fortv, two stories high, and but a single door. It was
neatly finished inside and out. There were sixteen large
windows. The porch was about sixteen feet square on
the ground and sixteen feet high, divided into two rooms,
and a stairway to go up into the galleries. The house
was twent)^ feet posts, with a hip roof. It was placed
nearly north and south, and the pulpit was in the north
end, with winding stairs leading up to it. In front of the
pulpit on the ground floor, was what was called the
deacon's seat. The galleries ran around three sides of the
house. Across the south side were the singing seats oppo-
site the altar. The galleries were nine feet wide, with
four rows of seats rising one above the other. The under
part was plastered. It was finislied with heavy mould-
ings. The galleries were supported with heavy columns
and finished with capitals. The work was done in a
thorough and workmanlike manner. In 1794 the town
raised fifty pounds to build the house, but it was not com-
pleted till 1804, when they had their first meeting. Mr.
Mark Dodge did the stone work, and laid the underpin-
ning. Simon, his brother, worked with him. Capt.
Stephen Pendleton and Noah Dodge loaned mone\' to the
town for the house. There was no steeple or chimney,
and no means of warming the house were provided.
Tithing- men were chosen by the town, whose special
duty was to enforce regulations for o1)Scrving the vSabbath.
■^r:i^:f^=^.^^'^^':^A^ ^jjy,; T,^ .,^5^,
OLD TOWN HOUSE AND MEETING HOUSE.
.- >.k-£i^j^j-v~--«U%S',^;^^;^^^
NEW TOWN HOUSE— 1892.
history of islesborough. 67
First Baptist Meeting-House, 1794- 1804.
[T/n- folIo7cii!,e: is a copy of tlir oriiiinal giotitid flax, with the iiamrs of pi'7i'-ou'i!rrs.]
Jonathan
Parker
Mighill
Parker
Robert
Pendleton
James
Sherman
Klisha
Nash
Mark
Pendleton
Elisha
Karnes
Pulpit
Deacon Seat
Joshua
Dodge
Simon ] Simon
Pendleton Sprague
David
Thomas
Rnthburn
D. Sprague
Jeremiah
Hatch
Rathbnrn
Dodge
William
Pendleton
Paoli
Hewes
Robert
Coombs
Ellison
Lassell
Robert
Sherman
Josiah
Farrow
Benjamin
Williams
Amos
Williams
Noah
Dodge
Joseph
Pendleton
John
Farrow
John
Pendleton
1
Joseph
Williams
Thomas
Gilkey
Thomas
Willianis
Isaac
Coombs
Mark
Dodge
Joseph
Pendleton
Anthony
Fields
Coombs
Robert
Farnsworth
Joseph
Boardman
Stairs to Oallerv
This meeting-liouse was occupied until 1S45, when the
Baptists built a new church.
68
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
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FREE BAPTIST CHURCH.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
69
The Free Baptists built a meetincr-house at the northerly
end of the town in 1843. Elder Kphraini Coombs was the
first preacher there the same year.
[Ground phni of the Free Baptist Meeting-House, built in /S./j. -with the names
of peiv-holders.]
Benj. R.
Redman
Pillsbury
Coombs
Philena
Warren
9
Isaac
Burgess
John
Veazie
7
Martin
Coombs
Gamaliel
Pendleton
Henry
Coombs
William
Ryder
Stephen
Knowlton
William
Coombs
Pulpit
15
Alonzo
Wyman
36
George A.
Warren
16
Austin
Trim
35
George
Warren
17
Wilson
Coombs
34
Elizabeth
Sprague
iS
Rathburn D.
Spragvie
33
Mary J.
Warren
19
Andrew P.
Gil key
32
William
Veazie
20
Emery N.
Bunker
31
David H.
Rose
21
Pillsbury
Coombs
22
John
Veazie
30
Otis
Coombs
29
Solomon
Coombs
23
Joseph
G rover
28
Solomon
Havnes
24
27
McFarland
25
26
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Judith
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Benjamin
Rvder
41
Thomas H.
Parker
42
Edgar
Bunker
Millard
Parker
44
Noah D.
Rose
45
Samuel
Marshall
46
George
Dix
Edwin
Coombs
48
Andrew
Marshall
49
Shubael
Pendleton
Simon
Dodge
70 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
The following is a list of ministers or preachers in
Islesborongh, with the }'ear in which their names appear
on the records :
Rev. Thomas Ames, 1789- 1807,
Rev. Charles Thomas, 1800.
Rev. Lemnel Rich, 1810.
Rev. John Still, about 1810.
Rev. Enoch Stedman, 18 17.
Rev. Samuel Macomber, 1825.
Rev. Ephraim H. Emery, i83i-''42, here agaiu i873-'76.
Rev. \^arnuni S. Rose, i844-'65, born in Islesborough.
Rev. William J. Durgin, i844-'67, died Dec. 19, 1868.
Rev. John Clark, 1849- '56.
Rev. A. Ross, 1850.
Rev. D. Small, i855-'56.
Rev. William Small, 1856.
Rev. Aaron Clark, 1857.
Rev. Edward Turner, i858-'6o.
Rev. James Small, 1861.
Rev. J. R. Bowler, 1861-^62.
Rev. C. M. Roades, i866-'69, again i872-'75.
Rev. N. E. Everett, 1870.
Rev. Jabez Fletcher, 1875.
Rev. N. A. Avery, 1879.
Rev. Ephraim Coombs, born in Islesborough, died 1872.
Rev. Joshua Pendleton, of Islesborough, died at Isles-
borough .
Rev. Hugh R. Hatch, born in Islesborough Ma}- 20, 1865.
Rev. J. K. W\\st, 1886, Free Baptist.
Rev. William A. Atchley.
Rev. David Haggett, 1877.
Rev. MacMaster, 1865.
HISTORY OF t.slksiu:)rou(;h. 71
Fragmentary History and In-cidkxts.
In the war of 1S12, when the Hiii^Hsh ships were in
Castine, there was a nentrality established between the
settlers on the island, on acconnt of its sitnation. The
inhabitants fonnd a ready market for their prodnce.
EYery thing- that they had to sell bronght i^ood prices, and
to a certain extent they reaped a harYCSt. They had bnt
little land nnder cnltiYation, and their snpply was limited.
Their mone\- being scarce, the}' wonld get together all
that was possible to obtain, and carry it to Castine, and
sell to the English ships. The neighboring towns hearing
of this, would bring their produce OYcr to the island, the
island people carrying it to Castine as their own produc-
tion ; the English thinking Islesborough the garden of
Eden. Their action on this occasion was not patriotic,
but considering the hard times they had to get along, they
were excusable in a manner; and in those days, as well as
the present, they sacrificed principle for money. The
neutrality was not carried out to the letter, in the case
of Mr. Henry Boardman. He had a yoke of oxen, which
the English wished to purchase for beef. On his refusing
to sell the oxen they told him they would take them with-
out paying for them. Discretion being better than valor
the oxen were sold.
Upwards of seventy families were herein 181 2 and 18 13.
Great hardships were endured in consequence of the high
cost of the necessaries of life. Some, without doubt,
would haye entered the military or naval service, but on
account of their insular situation they were not permitted
to join either side. The inhabitants weie not hostile to
the United States government. The harsh and frigid re-
alities of war were sensibly felt. Commerce was at an
end, and hardly a coaster dared venture out of the harbor.
The price of provisions was fabulous : flour twenty dol-
lars per barrel ; molasses one dollar and a half per gallon ;
72 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
tea from two to three dollars per poiiiid ; coffee forty cents
per pound.*
Scarcely half a centnr)- has passed since the inhabitants
wonld carefnlly rake np the ashes over the coals in their
fire places, when retirino^ for the night, as they had no
means of lighting their fires excepting by a flint and steel,
which was kept in a tinder box. This process of getting
fire was obtained with considerable tronble, so if their fire
went ont they would often go to their nearest neighbor
and get a fire-brand or some live coals (in a box with a
handle, which was made for that purpose). The first
matches were of lucifer or sulphur, ignited by drawing
through sand paper. They were introduced here about
1839. Afterwards a match called locofoco became univer-
sal, and at the present time when a person goes very earh'
to a neighbor's house, he will often be greeted with ''Did
you come after fire ?"
The first inhabitants, after clearing a part of their land
and building their log cabin, next provided themselves
with a boat, which was indispensable to them. It was
used for fishing, going to mill, to cross to the main land,
to sell their produce and get their stores, and was used on
Sunday to go to meeting ; not to attend divine worship or
go to church, but simply to go to meeting. Some of the
more wealthy, about the year 1815, purchased horses, and
the first six that were in Islesborough were owned by
Rathburn Dodge, Jonathan Parker, Mighill Parker, Wil-
liam Pendleton, John Pendleton and Joseph Boardman.
They would ride on horseback, their wives sitting behind
them on a pillion, when going to meeting or visiting some
of the neighbors. The first carriage was owned by Rath-
burn Dodge, and was called a "chaise."
*Williainsoii"s History of Belfast, page 435.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 73
When the first settlers came here the island was mostly
covered with sprnce, with a scattering of beech, birch and
maple. All that had ever been here to stop were the Tar-
ratine Indians, who wonld visit the island in the summer.
The waters abounded in fish and the shores in clams.
The wild ducks were plenty in the coves, and on the shore
hatched their young. The wild fox dug his hole unscared.
The mink was plenty on the rocky shores, with none to
molest but the Indian, who paddled his birch canoe along
the shores a few weeks in summer. Tradition informs us
that the salmon were so plenty that the first town poor
protested against being served with salmon more than
twice a week.
The island was taken up mostly in lots of one hundred
acres. After felling the trees not more than one-third
of the land was fit to cultivate, the residue being ledgy and
swampy. The land that they could cultivate produced
bountifully. One of their principal crops was potatoes,
which they would ship to Boston, where they would get
nine pence (izVi cents) per bushel. The average price
paid for their land to the proprietors was about one hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars for each farm. They built
their houses one story, with three rooms, bedroom and
buttery on the ground floor. They had one chimney in
the centre of the house, which would take ten thousand
bricks to build. The fire-place in the kitchen would
burn cord wood six feet long. The kitchen was orna-
mented with a pole hung from the ceiling used for drying
pumpkins, herbs, clothes, etc., with a gun hung up on the
partition. They used sand on the floors and cedar boughs
for a broom.
The people were united, and would often club together
and build a coaster, which their sons would often take
charge of at the age of twent}' years. Their money was
principally Spanish milled dollars. Their hospitality. was
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74 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
unlimited, and the stranger found a welcome at their
table. Honesty and plain dealing were characteristic of
them. The children were brought up to respect the aged,
always using the title "sir" to the men, and would take
off their hats or make a courtesy. Their carriages were
supported by thorough-braces for springs, and were so
well made that they would last for half a century. The
first sleigh had but one thill, with tugs hitched to a
whiffle -tree. Now the supposed millionaire summer
guest, with his span of horses and his barouche, rides the
streets, while those who are native here, and "to the
manor born," look on with an anuised surprise which he
hardly appreciates.
Mr. Mark Dodge owned an island in east Penobscot bay
by the name of Beach Island, which he deeded to his son
Joseph. He got Esquire Nash to make out the convey-
ance. When he signed the deed he wrote his name in
capital letters. "Why did you sign your name all in
capitals, Mr. Dodge?" asked the justice. "Did you not
know that Mark Dodge was a capital man, sir?"
Jack Farrow was a dog that was a friend to every-
body, and every one was friendly to Jack. He would go
to church early Sunday morning with the man who had
charge of the house, and lay by the stove through the
service, and after meeting come home. One Sunday
another dog came into church, and Jack pitched in for a
fight. The deacon got up to put the dogs out, when an
old lady rose and said, "Don't you put Jack Farrow out.
He is all the one of the family that goes to meeting."
Jack Richardson was a Frenchman. He li\ed on an
island known as Frenchman's Island. He was a very
short and thick-set man. He would get a little too nuich
of strong drink, though in this respect he was only follow-
ing the example of many of the settlers. There was a
minister by the name of Pullen, who went to \isit Jack,
HISTORY OF ISLRSBOROUGH. 75
and after showing him the evil of his ways he (Jack)
promised to do better. So the minister left him on proba-
tion, and wonld retnrn and baptize him. When he came
back to the island, and was ready to perform the sersdces,
Jack said, "Brother Pullen, let ns take a drop of grog
before we go into the water." "Oh, no, brother Richard-
son.'" "Yon refnse to drink with Jack? Cro to hell,
then." There lived on the same island a man and his
wife named Nichols. There was born to them a boy and
a girl. This being Jack's paradise, he insisted and had
them named Adam and Eve.
Joshna Dodge was a salmon fisherman. He came from
his nets one day and had twelve salmon in his boat. John
Bowden, who was a town pauper, was on the shore when
Mr. Dodge landed. "Them are nice fish, Mr. Dodge."
"Johnny, I will give yon one," said Mr. Dodge. "Oh,
no ! I shall dirty my clothes if I take one home."
The hardships of some of the first settlers, in the Revo-
lutionary war, were severe. The case of Esq. John Gilkey
was peculiarly hard. He settled on the point where the
light-house now stands, and from him the harbor derives
its name. He had five small children, and but one cow.
He was at work in the field, when a privateer boat came
on shore and by force made him go with them in the boat,
leaving everything just as it was. He was gone nearly
three years from home, all of this time never hearing from
his family, his wife having a hard time with her small
children. One day a boat came, full of men, and took her
cow and butchered it, she begging them with tears run-
ning down her cheeks ; sa}-ing that it was all she had, and
if they took her cow her children would starve. He was
at last released, and landed on White Head, an island on
the coast of Maine in the Mussel Ridge channel, where he
started on foot and walked home, hiding in the daytime
and walking nights. At Lincolnville he found an Indian
76 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
canoe, in which he crossed the bay, and at last got home.
He received a pension from the United States govern-
ment towards the last of his life.
One of onr yonng men in charge of a coasting vessel,
coming home from a trip, anchored in vSabbath-Day har-
bor on a foggy night, paid ont forty fathoms of chain,
fnrled the sails, manned the boat and permitted the crew
to go home. The captain went to see his sweetheart.
There was very little wind in the night, bnt in the morn-
ing the schooner was ashore on the beach at the head of
the harbor. With some surprise the captain went to the
schooner. Sure enough there were forty fathoms of chain
in the hawse, but the anchor was on the bobstay.
There is a story of one of the old persons, who did not
agree with his nearest neighbor ; but when there was any
stone work to do — laying cellar wall or building stone
wall — they always worked together. One of them died
suddenly, and the other began to lay up wall alone. He
was laying up a cellar wall, when a passer-by said to him,
"Don't you wish that uncle (mentioning his name) was
here to help you complete the wall?" "Well, yes, if he
would go straight back to Tophet as quick as the wall
was laid up."
The use of ardent spirits was a source of more or less
dissatisfaction among the people in earh' days. On one
occasion a member of the church, who was in the habit
of making too free with intoxicating liquor, was dealt
with by the church. The charge was proved against him,
and he was to be suspended. The presiding minister
said, "Brother, what have you got to say why you should
not be expelled?" "Well, I confess that I have done
wrong, but the last time that I drank an\- H(|uor, you and
I drank it together when we were in Providence."
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ISLESBOROUGH SKETCH.
_„,,^®»~«S^
SHORE RAVINE, NORTH ISLES BORO UG H .
history of islesborough. 77
Dkscriptixk.
The points of interest on the ishmd of Islesborough are
numerous and varied. A great diversity of scenery greets
the stranger when driving from Turtle Head to the south-
ern end of the island. The scenery along the east and
west bays is especially striking. Jutting promontories and
headlands, stern ledges and boulders, beautiful beaches
covered with sand and pebbles, and numerous coves, are
observable on either side and along the entire length of
the island. The east and west bays are dotted with sails
of every description; schooners, yachts and steamboats
lend enchantment to the view. The roads are fringed on
either side with evergreens, and the houses are neat and
modest. The landscape is one of fields and pastures.
Away in the west are seen the mountains of Camden and
Northport, and in the east Cape Rosier, Blue Hill, and
Isle an Haut. No scenery, to my mind, is superior to
that of the grand Penobscot bay from some of the points
overlooking its eastern and western branches.
Being surrounded by water, the thermometer does not
rise so high nor fall so low by several degrees as on the
main shore. There is a difference, in very cold weather,
between the east and the w^est side, of two and three de-
grees ; the north-west winds sweeping the westerly shore,
and driving the snow in heaps, while the east side remains
comparatively level. The southerly and easterly winds
are mild in comparison with the northerly and westerly
winds in the winter. Violent north-west winds were fre-
quent in the winter months, lasting two or three days,
with a change of temperature. The thermometer would
often go below zero. For the last ten or twelve years the
north-west winds have not blown with the same severit}'
that they did formerly, and there has been a noticeable
change in the climate in this respect.
78 HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH.
In 1780 the winter was particularly severe. Travelers
went on foot across the ice. The celebrated dark day
occurred May 19.
i786-'87. Intense cold. Ice was formed in the bay so
thick that when the water rose, rocks of large size were
lifted from their beds.
1793. October 31, snow fell six or eight inches.
1798. Snow fell Nov. 16 and remained until April.
The spring was earh'.
1810. January 19, cold Friday; violent storm; change
of temperature, forty-six degrees in fifteen hours.
1 8 16. For the first time diiring a period of thirty-five
vears the bay was frozen over. The coldest sunnner on
record in Europe and America. June 11, ice froze one-
fourth of an inch thick. July 5, ice froze the thickness
of window glass. Corn was frozen in August so that it
was cut for fodder. There was frost and ice every month
in the year, and the farmer was discouraged. Some built
brush fires around their corn-fields, and succeeded in rais-
ing corn for seed. The inhabitants generally feared a
famine, so great was the scarcity of food. They lived
principalh' on fish, as there were no vegetables grown
excepting potatoes, in sheltered localities.
1818. The bay frozen, and the people going to Castine
and Belfast on the ice until March 23.
1821. Snow-storm October 19, snowing the whole day.
1823. June 9, heavN- frost. Ice formed the thickness
of window glass. Nothing in the histor\' ec{ual to the
drought of that year, before or since. Rivers dried up,,
vegetation withered; cattle were driven for miles to water,
and September 29 there was a considerable fall of snow.
1826. The thcrmouieter in this locality twcuts'-four
degrees below zero.
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1828. The winter was the mildest ever known.
1829. Roads obstrncted by heavy drifts. May 25, the
thermometer in this vicinit}- indicated ninety-five in the
shade.
1830. Jnne 7, heavy frost. July 16, the thermometer
ninety-two in the shade in the vicinity. July 18 and 19
it was ninety-six.
1832. April 28, a snow-storm which continued tliirtv-
six hours.
1833. ]\Iarcli 14, snow very deep. Nearly all the har-
bors east of Cape Cod closed b\- ice.
1835. February 8, the bay frozen to the outer islands.
Horses and sleighs crossed the bay until March. The
longest continuation of severe cold perhaps ever known in
the State b}- the white inhabitants. A great scarcity of
hay. Mr. Benjamin Ryder went on the ice to Isle an
Haut, from Fox islands.
1837. Januar}' i a snow-storm commenced, snowing
five days that week. The drifts were very deep, and there
was no traveling by teams for four or five days.
1839. April 18 (Fast Day) there was a heavy fall of
snow.
1840. April 27, rain and snow, and frost the first day
of June.
1843. January 4, the coldest day for three years.
1844. January 27, coldest day for the winter. Ther-
mometer twentv-five degrees below zero in Belfast. The
bay frozen to the outer islands.
1845. April 26, a snow-storm. A total failure of the
potato crop, on account of the potato rot.
1848. An open winter.
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1849. Extremely cold on February 16. Bay frozen,
and so remained for ten days. Persons crossing the bay
on ice-boats.
1850. April 13, a snow-storm. Heavy fall of snow
for tlie season of the year.
1853. February 13, the most severe storm of the sea-
son. It is said that no storm had occurred on that date
before for one hundred and two years.
1854. January i, severe snow-storm, and no mail for a
week. May 7, ice made one-half inch thick.
1855. February 8, thermometer twenty degrees or more
below.
1856. The snow the deepest for years. Roads impass-
able for two or three days.
1857. January 18 to 25 the week intensely cold, and
almost unceasing storm ; known as the cold term of 1857,
and undoubtedh' the most remarkable of this centur}-.
The mercury in the thermometers at Bangor and other
places congealed. In Belfast it was thirty-four degrees
below ; this being the coldest da\' since the cold Friday of
1 8 10. The inhabitants went to Belfast from Castine on
the ice, and all the harbors closed as far south as the
Potomac.
1859. Fe1)ruary 14 was a very cold day.
1861. PVl^ruar)- 8, one of the coldest days ever known.
Between P'cbruary 7 and 8 the thermometer showed a
change of more than fift}' degrees in tweh'c hours.
1870. Ice was formed one-half inch thick on I\Iay 2.
The hottest day ever known in the latitude was July 24.
1874. The Colorado beetle (potato bug) made its first
appearance.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 8 1
1S75, In January the bay froze over, and remained
frozen until April, teams crossing to Belfast all that time.
April 2, Mr. Hooper, of Castine, crossed with his team to
Belfast. There was a reoular C()n\-eyance ninnin^- dail\-,
carrying passengers to and from Belfast, besides the pri-
vate teams, which crossed for more than two months.
The only accident which happened to the island people
was in the case of Capt. George Keller, who lost his horse
through a hole in the ice, between Spruce Island and Seal
Harbor Point.
Old Houses of Islf;sborough.
The old house of the Rev. Thomas Ames is still stand-
ing. It has been a feature of the town for more than a
century, with its huge frame of hewn ash timbers. The
house was covered with pine shingles split out b)' hand,
which were perfectly sound on the walls, nailed on with
wrought nails. The roof was covered with these shin-
gles, and was re-shingled in 1890. The architecture
was cosmopolitan, at the time it was built, and all the old
houses were run in very nuich the same mold. It was
one story, and only eight feet posts. According to the
most reliable information that can be obtained, it is the
oldest dwelling house remaining in Islesborough. It was
Notes. — In 1865 the drought was very severe in September. The
wells and springs failed entirel}-. The inhabitants of the upper end
of the town hauled their water from the meadow pond, and carried
their clothes there to be washed.
It is said of an old man in the town that he refused water to one of
his neighbors whom he did not like, and he was taken dr}-, and re-
mained dry until his death ; that water would not satisfy his thirst.
It was probably his complaint or disease.
The authorities consulted in obtaining these records of the weather
were Hon. Joseph Williamson, Dr. George A. Wheeler, of Castine,
Mr. Lucius H. Murch, Robert B. Thomas' Almanac, and by oral trans-
mitting of the old inhabitants.
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82 HISTORY OK ISLKSBOROUGH.
modified soinewliat in 1890, in its exterior, by the addi-
tion of an ell on the south end, and dormer windows set
in the roof, by the Islesborongh Land and Improvement
Company, who own the property and make use of the
land for raising vegetables to supply their hotel at Dark
Harbor.
The accompanying view shows the house as it was
originally built. The chimney still remains in the centre
of the house, with the three fire-places somewhat modi-
fied. It is covered with plank treenailed to the sill and
plate. It stands as firm as when built, and if left to re-
main, with proper care would last another century.
The first framed house was built on the lower end, and
known as the Boardman house. Not being kept in repair
it became dilapidated. It was taken down a few years
ago, and the old material used for other purposes. The
situation of the hoiise was on the land now owned by
Jeffrey R. Brackett.
The old house of Deacon John Pendleton is one hun-
dred and fourteen years old. It is owned by the Islesbor-
ough Land and Improvement Company, and is to be taken
down. The walls are covered with plank treenailed to
the sill and plate. It was shingled a few years ago, but
with this exception there have been but very few repairs
on its exterior since it was built, and it is in a remarkable
state of preservation, considering its age.
Captain J. Francis Orindle's house has passed its cen-
tennial year. Always being kept in repair, it hardly
shows its age, excepting in its architecture. It was built
by John (Tilkey, Hscj., a man prominent among the first
settlers. It is held with a kind of veneration by Captain
Grindle and his relatives. It is situated near tlie entrance
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 83
of Gil key's harbor, and has been a landmark for the mari-
ner for more than one hnndred years.
]\Ir. Abner ]\Iarshairs honse is situated on the south
side of Crow Cove. A part of this house is amono- the
first built in Islesborough. The house was repaired, with
additions, painted, and to a certain extent modernized, in
1891.
The old house of the late Henry Boardman, situated on
the east side, being among the first built, was repaired a
few years since, it being very conspicuous when sailing up
or down the east Penobscot bay.
A few of the old settlers' houses are still standing,
among which are Mrs. Catherine Sherman's, Mr. Edson
Sherman's, Capt. D. A. Warren's, Amasa Hatch's, Luther
Farnsworth's, Nelson Gilkey's, and the old Farrow house.
These houses are situated on the lower end, or below the
Narrows.
At the upper end of the town, the old Coombs house is
standing, and in good condition. It is now occupied by
the third generation.
The old Warren house has been repaired, and is now
used by the Lime Kiln Compan}-.
The Jacob Moody house, situated on the west side, near
Seal Harbor, at present occupied by Mr. J. B. Adams, is
one of the old houses still remaining. It will probably be
replaced b}- a new and more modern house.
There are some of the original frames of these old
houses that remain, but the}- have a modern appearance,
with no similarit}" of the original.
The writer of these sketches was born in one of those
old houses, and has seen them disappear one by one until
the present time, when but few remain. In their stead
the moneyed men now build their costly cottages, while
the natives are obliged to seek other homes. There is
84 HISTORY OF ISLRSBOROrCxH.
a decrease of our inhabitants (as shown by the census),
who are gradually leavino- the old homes of their fathers,
and their children's children will not know the place,
excepting by history.
After the log house was built at Henry Boardman's, the
timber was hewed from the trees that were felled near the
place where the barn was erected, and the old people say
that this was the first framed building in Islesborough.
The tradition is somewhat contradictory in regard to the
first framed building, and I quote authorit)-. Mrs. Char-
lotte Boardman, a lady of seventy-one years, now living,
says that she has often heard her father and the old
people make mention of this fact. There is on this estate
a double damask rose bush, that was transplanted when
they built the log house. At the present time it is flour-
ishing, and this year (1892) it bore more than three hun-
dred roses.
In this barn they held their first meeting, and there was
where the first church was organized. Elder Thomas
Ames was the minister. They used this barn for a meet-
ing-house until 1804, when the new meeting-house was
completed.
Names and Description of Localities.
1. The town landing, at the southern end of the
island, on the land of Jeffrey R. Brackett, in Gilkey's Har-
bor. Near this landing was the first cemeter)-, and here
is the oldest gravestone in Islesborough.
2. Dark Harbor, on the east side, near the Islesborough
Inn. The proprietors, when the land was first taken,
v/ere Oliver and John Pendleton ; at present, Islesborough
Land Company.
3. Boardman's Bluff, on the cast side, abo\-e Dark
Harbor. The cove that makes in from the bluff, at pres-
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH. 85
ent, tradition says, was a straight shore when the Board-
mans first settled there. This shore has heen nscd for
baptisms for more than a centnry.
4. Capt. Joe's Rock, on the east side, on the shore of
the late Capt. Joseph Pendleton estate. There was a
salmon berth there, which was used for mam- N-ears.
5. The Bonnet, on the east side, on the land of the
late Joshna Dodge ; owned at present b}- his son, William
S. Dodge.
6. Little Island, on the east side, off the land of Mark
Pendleton, below Hewes' Point, in Pendleton Cove.
7. Abram's Alonntain, near Hewes' Point, on the east
side. Elevation one hundred and thirty feet.
8. Hewes' Point, below the Narrows, on the east side,
a summer resort, with steamboat wharf, hotel, and sum-
mer cottages.
9. Ice- House Hill, near the Narrows. The town road
went over this hill. Mrs. Lucy Pendleton was thrown out
of a carriage on this hill, breaking her arm. She claimed
damages of the town, and entered into litigation, and the
case was finally settled in her favor. After a time the
road was shifted around the hill.
10. The Narrows, or Carrying Place. At extreme
high tide, and heavy wind, the water flows across from
west to east Penobscot bay.
11. Bounty Cove, on the east side, near and above the
Narrows. Here the first settler built his log cabin, and
the place was known as Williams' Cove, Bounty Cove
being a modern name.
12. Sabbath-Day Harbor (or Ryder's Cove), on the
east side, about a third of the way from the Narrows to
Turtle Head. Sabbath- Day Harbor derives its name from
the fishermen. In early days the fishermen in east Penob-
scot bav would come in here and remain over the Sabbath
86 HISTORY OK ISLKSROROrOH.
dav- A road is in contemplation, ninnino- aronnd the
head of the harbor to the BhifF.
13. The P)hifif, on the north-eastern side of vSabl)ath-
Dav Harbor. The elevation is one hundred and fort\' feet.
14. Coondjs' Cove and Parker's Cove, on the east side,
abo\-e the Bluff.
15. Hutchins' Island, a small island of about fifteen
acres, with a sand bar to the main land. Off this island,
in east Penobscot bay, is a ledge called by the inhabitants
Old Frank Ledge. Its name is derived from Capt. W.
Franklin Dodge, who got his vessel ashore on this ledge
more than once.
16. Philip Coombs' Point and Beach. The first steam-
boat wharf was built off this beach for the T. F. Secor,
which commenced running in 1846. The wharf was
about half-way from Turtle Head to vSabbath-Day Harbor.
17. Lime Kiln. There was a lime kiln here that was
used by the first settlers, but it went to decay. The
quarry is now owned by a New York company, wdio are
manufacturing lime at the present time. They built a
wharf, and the steamboat regularly makes her landing at
this wharf, to and from Belfast.
18. Turtle Head, the northern extremity of Isles-
borough.
19. Lasell Beach, on the west shore, in Turtle Head
Cove; the sea wall making the town road.
20. Kidder's Hill. The high land rising from Turtle
Head Co\e on the west side, so called, probabh-, from a
family that lived there when the island was first settled.
None of their descendants are in town at the present time.
21. Dailey's Cove, on the west shore, to the north-
ward of vS])rague's Cove. It is thus designated l)y a man
of that name wlio once lived there.
HEAD OF SEAL HARBOR.
SEAL HAFiBOR POINT.
HISTORY OK ISLKSBOROUGH. 87
22. The jMeadow Pond contains about ten acres when
there is no fieshet, or heavy fall of rain, * Its outlet is in
Spragne's Cove. The pond furnishes the supply of ice
for the town.
23. Sprague's Cove, on the west side. At the head of
the cove there was a shingle mill. The power was ob-
tained from the Meadow Pond. A part of the old dam
remains. ^^Ir. Noah Dodge had a tannery here, and the
old holes or vats can still be seen. The ledges that lay
off the cove are called Sprague's Ledges. One of these
ledges is designated the Barlc}- Ledge. A vessel loaded
with barley ran on to the ledge and filled with water.
The inhabitants got more or less of the damaged barlex'
for their hogs.
24. Seal Harbor, on the west side, is used for a winter
harbor to haul up coasting vessels. At the head of the
harbor there is a lime quarry, where lime was burnt for a
number of vears, l)ut it has now gone out of use.
25. The Burying Point, on the south side of Seal Har-
bor, and the north side of Crow Cove. The elevation is
sixty feet. It was used as a burying ground by the first
settlers.
26. Crow Cove, on the west side. The head of the
cove makes the Narrows.
27. Stone's Hill, south of Crow Cove, and on the west
side. Elevation one hundred and twenty feet. It took
the name from Stone, who lived there seventy years ago.
28. Gooseberry Nubble. The point which makes out
into the bay, on the west shore, above Grindle's Point.
29. Grindle's Point. The entrance to Gilkey's Har-
bor, west Penobscot ba\'.
30. Sherman's Point, in Gilkey's Harbor, on the east
side.
88 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
31. Warren Mountain, on the east side of Gilkey's
Harbor, Ele\ation one hundred and forty feet.
32. Richmond's wharf, in Gilkey's Harbor, near War-
ren Mountain.
T^T,. Shipyard in trilkey's Harbor, to the southward of
Warren Mountain.
34. Eanies' Cove, in CjilkeN's Harbor, opposite Dark
Harbor.
Turtle Head derives its name from Governor Pownal.
At the same time Owl's Head, at the entrance of the
Mussel Ridge channel, was named b\- him. He sa}-s :
"About opposite the ridge called Megunticoog begins the
south point of an island, which lies lengthwise in the
middle of Penobscot bay. It is about twelve miles long,
and is called Long Island. The north point, from the
shape which it makes from sea, exacth' resembling a tur-
tle, we called Turtle Head."*
During the war of 181 2 the Penobscot bay was infested
with vessels of the enemy, and particularly privateers,
cutting off the principal support of the inhabitants of
Islcsborough, who followed the sea in their coasting ves-
sels. They were often under the necessity of risking
their lives for the necessaries of life. In the year 1813
Capt. Hosea Bates was taken by a British privateer, and
he and his crew were set on shore near Camden. The
vessel was put in charge of a prize master. A few of the
island people manned their boats, went off and rccaj^tured
her ; and in about four hours from the time slie was first
captured the\- carried her to Camden. In a short time
after this t the schooner Fly, a P)ritish privateer, was in
the roadstead of OwPs Head flying the American ensign,
* Williamson's Hislor}- of lielfast.
+ I-ockf's History of Caiiulen.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 89
and by this means sncceeded in capturing one of onr
island vessels, and at the same time captured a vessel be-
lonfrino- to Thomaston.
The Eclipse of 1780.
The total eclipse of 1780 was visible on Long Island.
Upon petition of many distinguished and learned men the
General Court, by a resolve, Sept. 12, 1780, approved of
an expedition to Long Island, and gave assistance.
Joseph Williamson, Esq., of Belfast, read a paper giving
an account of it, before the ]\Iaine Historical Society,
which is here given :
Resolve directing the Board of War to fit out the State
galle}- for the conveyance of Rev. Samuel Williams, Hol-
lisian professor of Mathematics, &c., to Penobscot, to
make obsen'ations on the eclipse of the sun, to be on the
27th of October next. Passed September 12th, 1780.
Whereas representation has been made to this court by the
Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq., and others, lovers of learning
and mankind, that on the 27th da}' of October next there
will happen in the neighborhood of Penobscot a central and
total eclipse of the sun, a phenomenon never apparent in
these States since their settlement; and as observations
thereof ma}' be of much consequence in science, particularly
in geography and navigation ; and that the Rev. Samuel
Williams, Hollisian professor of Mathematics in this State,
will be ready to give his aid, with such assistance as may be
proper, to make the necessary observations at the most con-
venient place near Penobscot ; therefore
Resolved, That the Board be and they hereby are ordered
and directed to fit out the State galley, with proper stores
and accommodation, for the conveyance of the Rev. Samuel
Williams, Hollisian professor of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and such attend-
ants as he may think proper to take with him, to make the
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90 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
aforesaid observation on the central and total eclipse of the
sun, which will happen on the said 27th day of October, at
or near Penobscot, and that the Council be and they are
hereb}^ requested to write proper letters to the British com-
mander of the garrison at Penobscot, that the important
designs of the said observations may not be frustrated.
{/''ro>ii Mi')iioirs of the Ameiican Acadcuiy of Aiis a/nf Sn'onrs.]
Observations of a solar eclipse, October 27, 1780, made on
the east side of L,ong Island, in Penobscot ba}-. By Rev.
Samuel Williams, H oil is professor of Mathematics at
Harvard College.
A total eclipse of the sun is a curious phenomenon. From
the principles of astronomy it is certain that a central eclipse
will occur in some part of the earth in the course of every
year ; but it is but seldom that a total eclipse of the sun is
seen in any particular place. A favorable opportunity pre-
senting itself for viewing one of these eclipses on October
27, 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and
the University at Cambridge were desirous to have it prop-
erly observed in the eastern parts of the vState, where, by
calculation, it was expected it would be total. With this
view they solicited the government of the Commonwealth
that a vessel might be prepared to convey proper observers
to Penobscot bay, and that application might be made to the
ofhcer who commanded the British garrison there, for leave
to take a situation convenient for this ])urpose. Though in-
volved in all the calamities and distresses of a severe war,
the government discovered all the attention and readiness to
promote the cause of science which could have been expect-
ed in the most peaceable and prosperous times, and passed a
resolve directing the Board of War to fit out the Lincoln
galley to convey me to Penobscot, or any other part at the
eastward, with such assistants as I should judge necessary.
Accordingly I embarked, October 9, with Mr. Stephen
Sevvall, Professor of the Oriental lyanguages, James Win-
throp, Esq., librarian, Fortesque \'crnon, A. B., and Messrs.
IIISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGir.
91
Atkins, Davis, Hall, Dawson, Rensselaer, and King, students
in the University. We took with us an excellent clock, an
astronomical quadrant of two and one-half feet radius, made
by Sissons, several telescopes, and such other apparatus as
was necessary. On the 17th we arrived in Penobscot bay.
The vessel was directed to come to anchor in a cove on the
east side of Long Island. After several attempts to find a
better situation for observation, we fixed on this place as the
mo.st convenient we had reason to expect, and on the 19th
we put our instruments on shore, set up the clock and quad-
rant in a building facing towards the south, near the hou.se
of Mr. Shubael Williams, where the following observations
were made : [Here follows a minute account of observa-
tions from October 20 to October 27, inclusive, from p. 87
to p. 103, inclusive.]
The greatest obscuration was at twelve hours, thirty de-
grees twelve minutes, at which time the sun's limb was re-
duced to .so fine a thread, and so much broken, as to be inca-
pable of mensuration. There was little wind while we wxre
making the obser\'ations, and no clouds to be seen ; but the
air was not perfectly clear, being a little thick or hazy.
From the beginning of the eclipse unto the time of the
greatest obscuration, the color and appearance of the skj-
was gradually changing from an azure blue to a more dark
or dusky color, until it bore the appearance and gloom of
night. As the darkness increased, a chill and dampness was
very .sensibly felt. In one hour and nineteen minutes, when
the light and heat of the sun were rapidly decreasing, there
fell two-thirds as much dew as fell the night before or the
night after the eclip.se. To this we ma}' add, .so unusual
a darkness, dampness and chill, in the midst of day, seemed
to .spread a general amazement among all sorts of animals.
Nor could we ourselves observe such unusual phenomena
without some disagreeable feelings.
As the officer who commanded at Penobscot, hi his answer
to the application of the government, had limited us to a
time wholly inadequate to our purpose — from the 25th to the
92 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
30th of October, — we were obliged to make a second appli-
cation to enter Penobscot bay. Leave was granted, but with
a positive order to have no communication with any of the
inhabitants, and to depart on the 28th, on the day after the
eclipse. Being thus retarded and embarrassed by military
orders, and allowed no time after the eclipse to make any
observations, it became necessary to set up our apparatus
and begin our observations without any further loss of time ;
in the course of which we received ever}' kind of assistance
from Capt. Henry Mowatt, of the Albany, which it was in
his power to give.
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CHAPTER V.
D O C U :\I E X T A R Y .
Lease from Isaac JJ'///s/o7t' to Willia))i Pendleton, ijjr.
\ J /HIS Indenture of Lease, made the twenty-second day of
-*^ Ma\', one thousand seven hundred and seventj'-one, and
in the eleventh year of his Majest3''s reign, between Isaac
Winslow, of Roxbury, in the county of Suffolk, Esq., on the
one part, and William Pendleton, of an island in Penobscot
bay, in the count}' of Lincoln and province aforesaid, known
by the name of Winslow's Island, or Long Island :
That the said Isaac Winslow, for the consideration here-
after mentioned, hath demised, leased, and farm let, and by
these presents doth lease unto said Pendleton a certain tract
of land on Winslow's Island aforesaid, where the said Pen-
dleton now resides, containing six hundred and twent}' acres
more or less, for and during the term of twenty-five A'ears
from the date hereof. And the said William Pendleton, for
himself, his heirs and assigns, doth hereby covenant and
agree with the said Isaac Winslow that he will cut, clear up
and keep down 3'earh-, and ever}- year during said term, ten
acres of said land, and subdue the same, so that the whole
shall be cleared during said term, and shall be brought
to good mowing or tillage. That he will make no strip or
waste, or cut any wood off any other part of the land than
what he subdues iii the manner aforesaid. That he will pay
all taxes the premises may be subject to during said lease.
That he will in every respect manage and improve the said
land in an husbandlike manner, and at the expiration of said
lease will deliver up the herein-leased premises to the said
94 HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUCxIi.
Winslow, his heirs or assigns, with what buiklings there may
be thereon, and with all the improvements which shall be
made, and under proper fencing. And the said Pendleton
also engages that he will reserve such lots of wood in proper
places, as may be needful for the use of such farm or farms,
as shall be on the premises, and that he (be) careful not to
plow the same piece of land too often, and such as he doth
plow he will dung, and after proper plowing he will sow the
same with grass seed.
And the said Winslow on his part, and for his heirs, ex-
ecutors and assigns, doth hereby covenant and agree with
the said Pendleton that he or his heirs or assigns shall
quietly possess and enjoy the premises hereby leased during
the term of twenty-five years, and that at the expiration
thereof, and on his compliance on his part with the covenant
hereby entered into, he the said Pendleton, his heirs, etc.,
shall be entitled to a deed of fifty acres of the land hereby
leased, such as shall be equal in quality to the rest, taking
into consideration the value of the leased premises as they
lay, and which shall- be accordingly granted to him and his
heirs forever.
In witness whereof we have hereunto interchangeably set
our hands and seals, this twentieth day of Novemlier, 1771.
S/o)/fd, sealed a)id delivered hi presence of
ISAAC WINSLOW. [vSeal.]
The three lines in the margin on the other side being first
written.
WIIJJAM PENDLETON. [Seal.]
LOTT WHITE.
HANNAH WINSLOW.
(On the back.) Lease to Cai)t. Pendleton, Dated Novem-
ber, 1771 ; but it ought to have commenced in July, 1769,
the time when he went on. Lime rocks to be excepted.
May 22, 1771 .
history of islp:sr!orough. 95
Law Relating to Gatp:s.
Chapter CCCXLVII. An act granting certain privileges
to the town of Islesborongh.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in Legislature assembled, that the inhabitants of the town of
Islesborongh, upon Long Lsland, in Penobscot bay, in the
County of Hancock be, and they herebj' are authorized to
erect permanent gates across the principal road leading
lengthwise of said island, through said town, at such places
and under such directions as shall be considered by the said
inhabitants, at their annual meeting in March or April, most
expedient for the safe keeping of their cattle and the further
improvement of their respective farms.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that the said inhabit-
ants shall keep said gates in good repair, and shall provide
convenient and secure fastenings for the same during all
parts of the year, in which they shall require the same to be
kept shut ; and it shall be the duty of each and every penson
passing through" any of said gates, at any such time or times,
to shut after him or them, and to leave shut and secure, with
such fastenings provided therefor, such gate or gates ; and
if any person or persons shall open, and carelessly or with
evil intent leave open or injure, or destroy, any or all of said
gates, he or they shall be liable to pay all damages of every
kind which may thereby accrue to said gate, and to any of
said inhabitants, from the breaking loose of cattle through
the same ; to be recovered by said inhabitant or b}^ au}^ indi-
vidual suffering such damages, in an action of the case,
before any court of competent jurisdiction to try the same.
This act passed February 25, 1835.
This ma}' certify that black woman by the name of Janey
has come to John Gilkey. She belongs to Sandwich, and he
has and notify the town of the same. She
came there in August, tenth day, one thousand eight
hundred.
96 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ISLE.SBOROiXiH, September 27, 1800.
This is to notify the inhabitants of the town to meet at
house of Capt. Anthony Coombs, on Tuesday, the seventh
day of October next. It is the request of the church for to
give in their votes and minds concerning the Gospel being
settled in the town, either for or against it, both old and
young, male and female. And all that cannot attend on the
said day send in their votes on the said day.
JOHN GII.KKY.
DAVID THOMAS.
IvSLESBOROUGH, AugUSt 1 8, 180O.
Have warned the said Polly out of this town, and likewise
her children according to law.
ELISHA NASH, Constable.
And recorded by me.
FIEI.DS COOMBS, Town Clerk.
Letter from Job Pendleton, of IslesboroucxH.
Loiio- Island^ 2t)//i Ma nil ^ ^7^9-
To the General Court of Massacliiisetts.
Geiitleuieu : /, the siihserHwr^ aiu possessed of an
island la vino- in Penobseot bay^ kno:en by the name 0/
Little Long Island^ eontaining tivo hundred and Jour
aeres {like'H'ise an island Joining by a bar at hne neater ^
containing thirteen aeres) ^ 7i'hieh island I settled in the
year ijfn), together 7eith Mr. James Mattheres and Mr.
Shubael Williams. On the (jth day of No7'ember, ij(n)^ J
purchased fames Mattlua's' third part, lihe7eise on the
2^d dav of .September, /jyj, I purchased Mr. Shubael
Williams' third part, 7cliich I haz'c their deeds to sJioiv.
The alnree xeritten are facts that I can clearly proc'c ;
and 'ohereas, gentlemen , you hai'ing the po^eer to settle
and do justice to the individuals in this remote part oj
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 97
iJie Statc\ I JuDiihly pray thai you xcill iiiforni ))ic Jiow I
may s//// he in quiet posscssiou 0/ my laud^ aud Jiumhly
submit myself to your direct iou aud tJie laws 0/ this Com-
momvealt/t.
I am^ oeutlemeu^
your most obedient aud luost liumble servant^
JOB PENDLETON.
Copy oj Deed dated July 79;, ij^^o^ a)ui signed by George Miner
and Anna Miner.
* George Miner, of Islesborough, in the county of
Hancock, yeoman, to Simon Dodge, of the same town and
county, carpenter, "one certain tract or parcel of land
lying and being in Islesborough aforesaid, containing one
hundred and eighteen acres, butted and bounded as follows :
Beginning at a spruce tree standing on the shore fifteen rods
from the spring landing, marked with letters M. P. for a
corner, running from thence north seventy-one degrees, west
two hundred and two rods to a yellow birch tree marked
with letters M. P. P. corner, thence running south fifty-two
degrees, west one hundred and three rods to a 3'ellow birch
tree standing in the line of William Grifeth for a corner,
thence running south thirt3'-eight degrees east along said
line to a rock maple tree on the shore marked W. G., being
William Grifeth's corner bound, thence easterly along the
shore bounding thereon to the place first mentioned."
Copy of Deed dated i^tli September, ijgo.
Zachariah Marshall, of Islesborough, in the county of
Hancock, 3'eoman, to Rathburn Dodge of said Islesborough,
* It is very hard to locate this deed, but it was probably on Seven-
Hundred-Acre Island. The deed was of little value, as the land after-
wards had to be bought of the proprietor to make the title good. The
oldest people living have no knowledge of George Miner, nor of Wil-
liam Grifeth.
There is a ledge in Gilkey Harbor called Miner ledge.
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98 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
a certain lot or piece of land situated in said Islesborough,
bounded as follows, viz : Upon the north beginning at a
birch tree at the shore, it being a boundary between Samuel
Williams and Zachariah Marshall, thence running south-
westerly by the shore forty rods, thence running back,
keeping the same width to the head of the said Zachariah
Marshall lot. Consideration fourteen pounds.
Grindle Point Light-House.
The light-house is situated at the entrance of Gilkey
Harbor. It was built in 1850. The first keeper was Mr.
H. Dunning, second Mansfield Clark, of Islesborough,
third Capt. F. Grindle, of Islesborough. Those three
men served about three years. The fourth keeper was
Charles Nash, fifth Nelson Gilkey, sixth Avery Gilkey,
seventh S. H. Higgins, and the present keeper Isaac
Hatch.
Gilkey 's Harbor is one of the best on the coast of Maine.
Easy of access, it is large, with plenty of water for the
largest class of vessels. Entering from the west Penob-
scot bay, leave the light on the port hand, and Warren
Island on the starboard hand. Then steer so as to leave a
point of Spruce Island on the starboard hand, giving it a
berth, as it makes shoal off the island, or keep in mid bay
until )-ou have passed Spruce Island Point, when you may
anchor and be secure from all winds. When the wind is
to the westward and the tide is making ebb, it is hard to
get out of this passage. You can go through the harbor
leaving Spruce Island on the starboard hand, giving it a
berth, but keeping it best aboard, to avoid a sunken rock
which lies in the middle of the harbor. Also Long Ledge
which you leave on the port hand. Then steer for Phil-
brook's point, on Seven-Hundrcd-Acre Island, leaving it
on the starboard hand. After passing Philbrook's Point,
south-west one-fourth west for the Ensign Islands, leav-
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 99
ing tliem on the starboard hand, keeping- then best aboard
to avoid sunken ledges that lie off from Job's Island.
There is a passage through Gilkey Harbor to the cast Pe-
nobscot bay, but it would not do for a stranger. If bound
through }-ou can always get a pilot, who will take you
through to the east Penobscot bay. This harbor ouirht
to be buoyed.
Island Lodge, F. and A. M.
The first lodge of Free Masons assembled in the year
1857, in the chamber over Thomas Boardman's store. A
dispensation was granted to the following brethren, by
the Grand Lodge: * Stephen Warren, * Simon D.
Sprague, * EUsha K. Pendleton, *Rodolphus Pendleton,
Thomas Boardman, L. P. Gilkey, * Martin S. Coombs,
* Joseph S. Dodge, Charles A. Coombs, Thomas R. Wil-
liams, * Otis F. Coombs, Lorenzo Pendleton, John P.
Farrow, * James r3odge, * Joseph Boardman, and Edward
Turner.
On April 15, 1857, the following officers were ap-
pointed :
Otis F. Coombs, W. M.
John P. Farrow, S. W.
Thomas R. W^illiams, Treas.
Lorenzo Pendleton, S. D.
Joseph S. Dodge, vS. vS.
Thomas Boardman, J. W.
vSimon D. Sprague, Sec.
Elisha K. Pendleton, J. D.
Stephen Warren, J. S.
Joseph Boardman, Tyler.
November 5, 1857, they obtained their charter, and
were called Island Lodge No. 89. The next year, 1858,
* Deceased.
lOO HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
they built a Masonic Hall, which they occupy at the pres-
ent time.
The followino- have been the principal officers since
1857 :
1858. Otis F. Coombs, W. M.; John P. Farrow, vS. W.;
Thomas Boardman, J. W.; Simon D. Sprague, Sec.
1859. Otis F. Coombs, W. M.; John P. Farrow, S.
W.; Lorenzo Pendleton, J. W.; Simon D. Spraoue, Sec.
i860. John P. Farrow, W. M.; Lorenzo Pendleton,
S. W.; Thomas R. Williams, J. W.; Thomas Boardman,
Sec.
1 86 1. Lorenzo Pendleton, W. M.; E. K. Pendleton,
S. W.; Thomas R. Williams, J. W.; Thomas H. Parker,
Sec.
1862. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; E. K. Pendle-
ton, S. W.; Rodolphus Pendleton, J. W.; Otis P".
Coombs, Sec.
1863. E. K. Pendleton, W. M. ; J. B. Coombs, S. W.;
S. B. Coombs, J. W.; Wm. F. Veazie, Sec.
1864. John P. Farrow, W. M.; E. K. Pendleton, S.
W.; E. G. Babbidoe, J. W.; Wm. F. Veazie, Sec.
1865. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; E. K. Pendleton,
S. W.; Calvin W. Sherman, J. W.; Wm. F. Veazie, Sec.
1866. Rodolphus Pendleton, W. M.; Calvin W. vSher-
man, S. W.; David H. Rose, J. W.; S. B. Coombs, vSec.
1867. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; Calvin W. Sher-
man, S. W.; David H. Rose, J. W.; P.. R. Redman, Sec.
1868. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; Calvin W. Sher-
man, vS. W.; Lorenzo Pendleton, J. W.; Wm. V. \'eazie,
Sec.
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HISTORY OK ISLESBOROUCxII. lOI
1869. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; K. K. Pendleton,
S. W.; E. F. Williams, J. W.; William F. \'eazie, Sec.
1870. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; E. K. Pendleton,
S. W.; E. F. Williams, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1871. Calvin W. Sherman, W. M.; E. F. Williams,
S. W\; Charles H. Dodge, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1872. Calvin W. Sherman, W. jM.; Lorenzo Pendle-
ton, S. W.; C. H. Dodge, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1873. Lorenzo Pendleton, W. M.; Alonzo Coombs, S.
W.; Willard M. Whitcoinb, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1874. Lorenzo Pendleton, W. M.; Daniel A. Warren,
S. W.; Willard M. Whitcomb, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch,
Sec.
1875. Otis F. Coombs, W. M.; Daniel A. Warren, S.
W.; James F. Grindle, J. W\; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1876. Otis F. Coombs, W. ^L; James F. Grindle, S.
W.; Edwin Coombs, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1877. James P\ Grindle, W. M.; Edwin Coombs, S.
W.; W. S. Pendleton, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1878. James F. Grindle, W. ]\L; Edwin Coombs, S.
W.; G. D. Pendleton, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1879. Edwin Coombs, W. M.; J. O. Hayes, S. W.;
Charles H. Dodge, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1880. Edwin Coombs, W. M.; Calvin W. Sherman,
S. W.; Olney T. Scott, J. W.; Daniel A. Hatch, Sec.
1881. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; Olney T. Scott,
S. W.; Nelson Kimball, J. W.; D. A. Warren, Sec.
loa HISTORY OI^ ISLKSBOROFGH.
1882. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; Olney T. Scott,
S-. W.; Nathan Pendleton, J, W.; D. A. Warren, Sec.
1883. Thomas R. Williams, W. M.; Olney T. Scott,
S. \\\; Willard M. Whitcomb, J. W.; Nelson Kimball,
Sec.
1884. Olney T. Scott, W. M.; Willard M. Whitcomb,
S. W.; J. O. Hayes, J. W.; Nelson Kimball, Sec.
1885. Olney T. Scott, W. M.; Willard M. Whitcomb,
S. W.; J. O. Hayes, J. W.; Nelson Kimball, Sec.
1886. W. M. Whitcomb, W. M.; J. O. Hayes, S. W.;
Charles H. Dodge, J. W.; Nelson Kimball, Sec.
1887. J. O. Hayes, W. M.; E. A. Bunker, S. W.; E.
G. Coombs, J. W.; Thomas R. Williams, Sec.
1888. Edgar A. Bunker, W. M.; Emery N. Bunker,
S. W.; E. G. Coombs, J. W.; Thomas R. Williams,
Sec.
1889. Emery N. Bunker, W. M.; E. G. Coombs, S.
W.; J. E. S. Coombs, J. W.; Thomas R. Williams, Sec.
1890. Winfield S. Pendleton, W. M.; John P. Bragg,
S. W.; George A. Warren, J. W.; Thomas R. Williams,
Sec.
There have been many changes by death since the
Lodge was constituted. Among those who have passed
away are : *
Rodolphus Pendleton, drowned October 28, 1867, in
Penobscot bay.
Martin S. Coombs, died September 8, 1868.
James W. Herrick, drowned January 23, 1872.
James Dodge, died March 17, 1872.
Elbridge B. Sawyer, died August 26, 1873.
EHsha K. Pendleton, P. M., died January 10, 1875.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 103
Simon D. Sprague, died November 19, 1S77.
Otis F. Coombs, P. M., died December 19, 1877.
Onslow Thomas, drowned October 13, 1878.
Matthew Ranlett, drowned December 11, 1878.
Charles A. Coombs, supposed drowned, iMarch 31, 1879.
James Skinner, died July 27, 1879.
George A. Coombs, died in the Insane Asylum at Au-
gusta, February 3, 1882.
Joseph h. Ryder, died September 9, 1882.
Calvin \V. Sherman, P. M., died October 8, 18—.
James L,. Hatch, died September 18, 1883,
Delmar Gilkey, died January 28, 1884.
John Veazie, died January 4, 1888.
Pillsbury Coombs, died January 28, 1889.
Amasa Hatch, drowned March 30, 1889.
Stephen Warren, died June 7, 1889.
David Henderson Rose, died February 21, 1890,
Andrew P. Gilkey, died February 22, 1890.
Lincoln Coombs, died 1892.
ISLESBOROUCxH IN THE War OF THE RebELLIOX,
The town of Islesborough was patriotic in the late
rebellion, furnishing her quota of men as fast as called b}-
the United States government. The following is a list of
volunteers and drafted men :
Leonidas O. Boardman, in Co. B, Coast Guards. En-
listed INIarch 30, 1864; died February 3, 1865, at Hospital,
Washington, D. C. A resident of Islesborough, age 23 ;
Corporal .
James S. Coombs, Maine Second Regiment of Infantry.
Enlisted May 27, 1861 ; discharged October 20, 1862, by
reason of disability. Promoted Corporal June 20, 1862 ;
age 20.
I04 HISTORY OF IvSLESBOROUGH.
Alfred Pendleton, enlisted Augnst 14, 1862. Died at
the Point of Rocks, Va., at iStli Army Corps Hospital,
from wonnds received at Drnry's Rlnfif, Va.; age 31.
David Pliilbrook, Co. F, nth Regiment of Infantry.
Enlisted October 14, 1861 ; died June 13, 1862, in
Hospital, New Haven, Conn., by wounds received at the
battle of Fair Oaks, Va.; age 27. Buried at Isles-
borough .
George Farrow, Co. F, nth Regiment of Infantry.
Enlisted October 14, 1861 ; died May 31, 1862, near
Savage's Station, Va., wounded at Battle of F'air Oaks,
Va.; age 23. Buried under a peach tree.
James Bell Adams, receives a pension. In Co. H, 8th
Regiment of Infantry; discharged June 11, 1865, at Rich-
mond, Va.; age 20.
Elbridge Henderson Durgin, arm)-, in Co. H, 4th Regi-
ment of Infantry. Enlisted May 10, 1861.
William Wallace Thomas, death unknown ; army ; no
records to be found.
Sylvestus Fletcher, drafted. Furnished substitute.
Thomas Moody, army. Receives a pension. Co. H,
8th Regiment of Infantry. Enlisted August 21, 1862;
discharged June 11, 1865; age 35.
Eliphalet Clark, army. Receives a pension. Co. J,
8th Regiment of Infantry. Drafted September 23, 1864,
discharged June nth at Richmond, Va.; age 32.
Henry F'reeman, navy. No records to be found.
Justin Herbert Pendleton, arnn-, in Co. H, Regiment of
Infantry. F^nlisted September 23, 1862 ; discharged May
II, 1865, by reason of disability. Wounded at Cold Har-
bor, Va., June 4, 1864.
Joseph V. Coombs, navy.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 105
James Watson Pendleton, army, in Co. H, 8tli Regi-
ment of Infantry. Enlisted Angust 20, 1862 ; discharged
June II, 1865, at Richmond, Va.; age 23.
Nathan Pendleton, army, in Co. H, 8tli Regiment of
Infantry. Enlisted September 23, 1862 ; discharged June
II, 1865, at Richmond, Va.; age 18.
John P. F^arrow, furnished a substitute; not drafted.
Substitute, John F. Bryant, United States navy ; born in
Liverpool.
Maximilian Pendleton, drafted. Furnished a substitute,
but no record to be found of his substitute at the Adju-
tant General's office.
Otis F. Coombs, furnished a substitute ; drafted. Sub-
stitute, Edward Rogers, United States navy; born m
Belgium.
William Veazie, furnished substitute ; drafted. Substi-
tute, James IMcMan, United States navy ; born in Ireland.
Benjamin R. Redman, drafted ; paid commutation.
William P. Sprague, drafted ; paid commutation.
Joseph Grover, drafted.
Avery Gil key, furnished a substitute — George Graham,
United States navy ; born in Nova Scotia.
William R. Coombs, furnished a substitute — Patrick
Martin, United States navy ; born in Ireland.
Frank D. Uibby, paid connnutation.
Phillip O. Coombs, paid commutation.
George F. Keller, paid commutation.
Roscoe Pendleton, army, Co. H, 8th Regiment of In-
fantry. Enlisted August 20, 1862; discharged June 11,
1865, at Richmond, Va.
Eben Grover.
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I06 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Paul Sawyer, drafted.
Alouzo Coburn.
Oliver Fletcher, army, Co. C, ijth Regiment of In-
fantry. Drafted September 23, 1864; never joined the
regiment ; age 22.
William C. Dodge, substitute — Thomas Williams, Uni-
ted States navy ; born in Nova Scotia.
Benjamin Grover, substitute — Charles Smith, United
States navy ; Smith born in the Provinces.
Percy Knowles, pensioner.
Stephen H. Warren, army. Enlisted March 24, 1865,
at the age of 19. Served on the quota of Belfast, but was
a resident of Islesborough ; received three hundred dollars
bounty, and was a recruit for the i6th Maine Infantry,
but never got to the front ; was mustered out May 10,
1865, at Gallupe's Island, Boston Harbor.
Isaac Pendleton, navy. No record.
Calvin W. Sherman, substitute — William H. Hanson,
United States navy. Hanson born in vSt. Stephen, New
Brunswick.
Edson Sherman, substitute — Thomas Lowrey, United
States navy.
Wesley A. Brown, Corporal in Company B, 2d Regi-
ment of Infantry. Enlisted April 25, 1861 ; died vSeptem-
bcr 23, 1862, at Baptist Church Hospital, Alexandria,
Va., by reason of his wounds. Promoted Corporal, No-
vember I, 1861 ; wounded at tlie battle of Manassas, \'a.,
August 30, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Cxaincs' Hill, \'a.,
June 27, 1862 ; exchanged August 9, 1862.
Joseph L. vS. Coomljs, substitute — Ivlward Murra\-, I'ni-
ted States navy ; born in Halifax, No\a Scotia.
HISTORY OI^ ISLESBOROUGH. IO7
Kniery N. Bunker, substitute — ^Johu R. Ouinuell, Uni-
ted States navy.
Lincoln Coombs, substitute — Elbridge E. Rand, United
States na\\-.
James F. Grindle, substitute — ^John Anderson, United
States nav}- ; born in Sweden.
Joseph H. iMcFarland, substitute — ^James Doyle, United
States navy ; born in England.
William P. Marshall, substitute — ^John Hayes, United
States navy ; born in England.
Francis G. Dix, substitute — Cornelius Johnson, United
States navy ; Norway.
C. C. Merithew, paid commutation.
E. B. Sawyer, paid commutation.
George W. Hatch, paid commutation,
Dudley Pendleton, paid commutation.
C. ]\I. Thomas, paid commutation.
Thomas R. Williams, drafted for one year.
Edgar A. Bunker, furnished substitute — Henry Bell,
born in Jamaica ; mulatto.
Hosea C. W^yman, furnished a substitute — Thomas
Sweeney, born in the Provinces.
The town of Islesborough paid out for bounty twenty-
three thousand and ninety-seven dollars. The lowest
bounty paid was fifty dollars ; the highest, eight hundred
and twenty-five dollars. Sixty-six three-years men; eight
one-year men ; one nine-months man.
io8
HISTORY OI^ ISLESBOROUGH.
The following are the names of snbstitntes that filled
the qnota of Islesborongh, with the place of birth and the
State :
Foster A. Parker,
Thomas J. Card,
Seth B. Goodwin,
Daniel F. Sargent,
John Tasher,
James Iv. Wayland,
Abraham Grover,
William Johnson,
James W. Bray,
John T. Cross,
Joseph S. Bray,
Sanford G. Parker,
Edward W. Colson,
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Judson G. Prescott,
Hanson W. Young,
Richard F.Pendleton,
Fred'k M. Veazie,
Samuel T. Morgridge,
John Chambers,
Benson Meservey,
Scott Salley,
James Sullivan,
John Sampson,
Ralph Mason,
William A. Harmon,
Edward P. Prescott,
Hanson Hutchins,
Wm. Iv. White,
James Metcalf,
Richard Glenn,
William Murray,
Patrick Kelley,
PI.ACE OF BIRTH.
Brewer,
Ireland,
Augusta,
Harrington,
St. Mary's,
Biddeford,
Riverwell,
England,
Brooks,
Sebec,
Deer Isle,
Camden,
Frankfort,
Bangor,
Eiberty,
Glenburn,
Camden,
Camden,
Castine,
Calais,
Libert}',
Bowdoinham,
Phillips,
Islesborongh,
Liberty,
Williamsburg,
Bangor,
Chelsea,
Amherst,
Ivngland,
Youghal,
Ireland,
Maine.
Great Britain.
Maine.
Maine.
Canada.
Maine.
Canada.
Maine..
Massachusetts.
Nova Scotia.
Great Britain.
Ireland.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
109
Hiram E. Stillnian,
John Williams,
James Wood,
Wm. E. Rudolph,
Thomas Horton,
Daniel Lament,
Peter Euckie,
Dennis Eeary,
Charles Mcintosh,
Richard Phillips,
Angus McNabb,
Robert Wallace,
Robert Howell,
Nova Scotia,
Philadelphia,
New York,
North Troy,
Nova Scotia,
Ireland,
Nova Scotia,
England,
Pr. Edward's Island,
Eouerhanes,
New Brunswick.
Pennsylvania.
New York.
Vermont.
Nova Scotia.
List of Vessels Built at Lslesborough, Maine. *
[Taken from Records of Custom House, Casthie.']
Schooner William, built in 1792, Samuel Bullock, mas-
ter ; tonnage, 98 4-95 ; owners, William Pendleton, Jo-
seph Pendleton, John Pendleton, heirs of Job Pendleton,
Islesborough.
Sloop Beaver, built in 1794, Michael Small, master;
tonnage, 71 75-95 ; owners, Michael Small, Tristam Has-
kell, Jonathan Haskell, Deer Isle.
Sloop Abigail, built in 1794, Job Philbrook, master;
tonnage, 94 25-95 ; owners, Amos Williams, Joseph Wil-
liams, Samuel Williams, Benjamin Williams, Islesborough.
Schooner Thomas, built in 1795, Andrew Phillips, mas-
ter ; tonnage, 105 38-95 ; owners, Jas. Crawford, Castine ;
Thomas Pendleton, Prospect ; Benjamin Carver, North-
port ; Joshua Adams, Thomaston.
Schooner Rosanna, built in 1796, Stephen Pendleton,
master ; tonnage, 96 77-95 ; owners, Simeon Dodge, Is-
rael Dodge, Mark Dodge, Joshua Pendleton, Islesborough.
* From John F. Rea, Deputy Collector, Castine.
no HISTORY OF IST.KSROROUGH.
Schooner President, bnilt in 1796, Jona. Holbrook,
master; tonnage, 10460-95; owners, Richard Hnnne-
well, Isaac Parker, and J. Hnnnewell, Penobscot.
Schooner Experiment, bnilt in 1797, Jona, Holbrook,
master; tonnage, 9840-95; owner, Sanniel Rogers,
Castine.
Schooner Godfrey & Mary, bnilt in 1801, David Dun-
bar, master; tonnage, 131 60-95; owners, Godfrey Trim,
Robert Trim, James Trim, Israel Dodge, and Thomas
Marshall, Islesborongh.
Schooner Harmon}-, l)uilt in 1803, William Boardman,
master; tonnage, 105 22-95; owners, Paoli Hewes, John
Warren, Ellison Lassell, Joshua Cottrell, William Board-
man, Islesborongh.
Schooner Five Brothers, bnilt in 1805, Joseph Clewley,
master; tonnage, 12345-95; owners, Jonathan Coombs,
Anthony Coombs, Benjamin Coombs, and others.
Schooner Good Intent, bnilt in 1801, Josiah Berry, mas-
ter ; tonnage, 80 ; owners, Ebenezer Whitney, Prospect ;
John Farrow, Hosea Coombs, Thomas Eames, Elisha
Nash and others, Islesborongh.
Schooner Retaliation, bnilt in 1805, Jesse Holbrook,
master; tonnage, 10961-95; owners. Fields Coombs,
Hosea Coombs, Simeon Coombs, Jesse Holbrook, Sanniel
Veazie, Islesborongh.
Schooner Rebekah, built in 1806, Andrew Phillips, mas-
ter ; tonnage, 117 13-95; owners, John Farrow, Thomas
Ames, Andrew Phillips, John Warren and others, Isles-
borongh.
Schooner Rising vSun, bnilt in 1807, William Board-
man, master; tonnage, 115 38-95; owners, Josiah Farrow
and others, Islesborough.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. Ill
Schooner Ranger, built in 1803, Josiah Farrow, Jr.,
master; tonnage, 85 18-95; owners, Josiali Farrow, John
Farrow, Thomas Fames, Nathaniel Palmer and others,
Islesborough.
Schooner Rosannah, built in 1806, William Grinnell,
master; tonnage, 10686-95; owners, William (jrinnell,
Belfast ; Noah Dodge, Rathburn Dodge, Islesborough.
Schooner Specie, built in 181 1, John Farrow, master;
tonnage, 93 68-95 ; owners, John Farrow, Samuel Farrow,
Mighill Parker, John Gilkey, Philip Gilkey, Islesborough,
vSchooner Patty & Hitty, built in 1809, Fields Coombs,
Jr., master; tonnage, 1265-95; owners, Hosea Coombs,
Fields Coombs, Islesborough ; Samuel Keyes, Orland.
Schooner Rosannah, built in 1815, Noah Dodge, mas-
ter ; tonnage, 106 80-95 ; owners, Oliver Parker, Joshua
Treat and others, Frankfort.
Schooner Edna, built in 1821, William Hewes, master;
tonnage, 22 18-95 ; owners, Paoli Hewes, William Hewes,
Islesborough.
Schooner Gold Hunter, built in 1816, Joshua Howes,
master; tonnage, 138 24-95 1 owners, Joshua Howes and
others.
Schooner Pamelia, built in 1829, James Trim, master;
tonnage, 22 28-95; owners, James Trim and Godfrey
Trim, Islesborough.
Schooner Orion, built In 1829, William Farrow, mas-
ter; tonnage, 2267-95; owner, Josiah Farrow, Isles-
borough.
Schooner Mary Jane, built in 1831, John Farrow, Jr.,
master; tonnage, 10084-95; owners, John Farrow, Jr.,
John Farrow, Ambrose Farrow, James Farrow, John Pen-
dleton.
Brig Melissa, built in 1837, Ambrose Farrow, master;
tonnage, 1757-95; owners, Ambrose Farrow, William
Farrow, Francis Grindell, J. Sherman, Elisha Fames.
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HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
islesborough captains and their vessels fifty
Years Ago.
Samuel Marshall,
Isaac Warren,
John Pendleton, called Capt. Jack,
James Sherman,
Robert Farnsworth,
Albert Pendleton,
Benjamin Thomas,
Andrew Pendleton,
John Gilkey,
Ambrose Farrow,
First three-masted schooner. He died
James Farrow,
John Farrow, Jr.,
Built in Islesborough.
Josiah Farrow,
Taken by English in War of 1812.
Amasa Hatch,
James Hatch,
Thomas Williams, vSr.,
John Pendleton, Jr.,
Nehson Pendleton,
Joseph Pendleton,
Ephraim Pendleton,
Thomasb Cookson,
William Williams,
Jes.se Coombs,
J aims Coombs,
Elbridge Philbrook,
Daniel Philbrook,
Joseph Trim,
Job Philbrook,
Otis F. Coombs, •
Henry B. Coombs,
Benj. Ryder,
Henry Rose, vSr.,
James Dodge,
Alms.
Traveler.
Sloop Trial.
Laurel.
Rosilla and Jane.
Vistula.
Hannah.
Nantucket.
Pierce and Citizen.
Savage,
in Havana of yellow fever.
Morning Star.
Mary Jane.
vSpecie.
Champion.
Augusta.
George Washington, Jr.
Mary Jane.
Cordelia.
Nantucket.
Nantucket.
Eugene and Jane.
Oneco.
Fame & Five Brothers.
Boston Packet.
Charles & Saniuel.
Gazelle.
Megunticook.
Sloop Abigail.
Alert.
Susan and Phoebe.
Franklin.
Abbiona.
Caledonia.
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113
Joseph Woodard, Jr.,
Andrew Marshall,
Joseph Boardman,
David Warren, 40 ^-ears,
Pillsbury Coombs,
Mark B. Dodge,
Otis \'eazie,
Joseph Grover,
Isaac Burgess, Fisherman,
Thomas Ryder,
Reuben Matthews,
Elisha Trim,
Godfrey Trim,
Henry Rose,
Fields Coombs,
Wm. Avery Parker,
Isaac Coombs,
Rathburn Dodge,
Simon Dodge,
James Warren,
Lewis Hatch,
Solomon Dodge,
Walter F. Dodge,
William Boardman,
Jeremiah Warren,
Stephen Warren,
Mark Pendleton,
Peleg Pendleton,
Stephen Pendleton,
Paoli Hewes,
Luther Ames,
John Eames,
Benj. Warren,
vSylvester Brown,
Simon Dodge,
Elisha Pendleton,
Augusta.
Elizabeth.
Lucy I^ydia.
Hudson.
Caledonia.
Thomas.
Economy.
Alfred.
Java. ^
Ranger.
Leo.
St. Lucas.
Globe.
Albany.
Sloop Packet.
Moro.
Nantucket.
Merrit.
Sophrona.
Maine.
Only vSon.
Joseph and Willie.
Rialto.
Rising vSun.
Wave.
Elizabeth.
Sophrona.
Nantucket.
Rosanna Rose.
Ethel.
Good Intent.
Caledonia.
Paul.
Lebanon.
Sophrona.
Return.
Schooner Rialto and brig Daniel Web.ster were built in
Islesborough.
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114 history of islesborough.
Disasters.
Captain ]Mathew Ranlett, of the schooner Georgia, went
down loaded with coal ofF Wood Island, on the coast of
Maine, December lo, 1878. Captain and crew were all
drowned, viz.: Mathew Ranlett, Austin Warren, a son
of W. S. Cookson, and a man l)elonoino- to the town of
Penobscot.
Brig Gazelle,. Captain Daniel Philbrook, from Boston
for the Island of Cuba, i844-'5, was wiecked at sea. The
crew were twenty-four days on the wreck. They suffered
great hardships from exposure and famine, and this was
one of the worst shipwrecks that ever happened to Isles-
borough mariners. That part of the crew who belonged
in Islesborough w^ere as follows : Captain Daniel Phil-
brook, Mr. Haskell, Paul Sawyer, and Samuel W^arren.
Samuel Warren was killed at the time the brig capsized.
Schooner Remington, Captain Hosea Wyman. The
schooner was lost at sea. Captain Wyman and his son
Clifford were washed overboard and drowned. The
remainder of the crew were taken off by a passing vessel.
Captain Wyman had many warm friends and very few
enemies, and his loss was severely felt by his friends and
neighbors.
Schooner Anne Leland, Captain Onslow Thomas. The
vessel was loaded with lumber, from Bangor for New
York. She sailed from Gilkey's Harbor, and was never
heard from. Mr. iVmasa Williams was with the vessel as
mate, and a young man from Seven-Hundrcd-Acrc Island.
The rest of his crew unknown. •
vSchooner Lucy and Nanc}', Captain Milton Whilcomb.
The schooner was loaded with lumber, and she filled with
water near Cape Ann. Joel ]\Iixer and Richard Wilson
were drowned. Captain Whitcomb was the only one who
was saved, and he had a narrow escape. The loss of the
Lucy and Nancy was October 9, 1873.
History of islesborough. 115
111 the year 1862 Captain Jacob Wyman, in the brig
Winyaw, loaded with hmiber and bricks, sailed from
the port of Portland bound for Tortngas, and was never
heard from. Captain Wyman and his two brothers,
Jairus and Rnfns, who were with him, and Josiah Maxcev,
one of the crew, all from Islesborough.
Brig Zavilla Williams, Capt. \N. Veazie, foundered No-
vember 17, 1875. The brig had a load of coal from New
York for Bangor. There were three that belonged in
Islesborough drowned, viz. : Captain William Veazie,
Andrew Spinney, and William G. Coombs, all young men,
who were much respected. A monument was erected in
the cemetery to the memory of Captain William Veazie.
Brig Almira, Captain Tolman Pendleton, from Bangor
for Boston, in October, 1876, with lumber, experienced a
heavy gale of wind, and washed to pieces at sea. The
crew made a raft of the lumber. They were on the raft
seven days, when Captain Pendleton died from exposure,
with two of his crew. Mr. Hobart Dodge and the
captain's brother were rescued by a fisherman.
Schooner Henry Seavey, Captain Charles Coombs,
foundered March 31, 1879. The schooner had a cargo of
coal from Rondout, bound to Boston. Captain Charles
Coombs, Elbridge Coombs, and Calvin Pendleton were
drowned. They were all from Islesborough.
Fires in Islesborough.
A list of houses that have been burnt in Islesborough,
with names of owners as far as ascertained.
Hancock Rose, dwelling house.
William Lassell, dwelling house.
1 84 1. Samuel Marshall, dwelling house.
1857. George Dodge, dwelling house.
James R. Dodge, dwelling house.
il6 HISTORY OF IStESBOROUGH.
1872. David Warren, dwelling house.
1874. Joseph A. Sprague, dwelling house.
1844. Avery Parker, dwelling house.
1859. Joseph Dodge, dwelling house.
Mrs. Ann Hatch Warren, dwelling house.
1876. Alonzo Coombs, dwelling house.
Mrs. Catherine Bagley, dwelling house.
Perez Rich, dwelling house.
1878. Martin V. Pendleton, dwelling house.
18S6. Sewell B. Fletcher, dwelling house.
1875-' 77. P. P. Boardman had two houses burnt.
1885. E. S. Preble, dwelling house.
1838. Andrew Marshall, dwelling house.
1878. Isaac Warren, dwelling house.
Stores. Mansfield Clark, Hobart Dodge; Lincoln N.
Gilkey, in October, 1885.
Vessels. Brig Adams, Stephen Warren, master, burnt
in Gilkey 's Harbor; schooner Return, Elisha Pendleton,
master, burnt in Gilkey's Harbor ; schooner Regulator,
partially burnt in Sabbath- Day Harbor.
The Murder of Ann Brown by her Husband, Capt.
Joseph J. Brown.
As has been said elsewhere in this history, but one
native of Islesborough has ever been committed to the
State prison, that man being Ca])tain Joseph J. Brown,
who was tried and convicted of unirder in the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged.
Brown killed his wife, Ann Brown, at their house in
Islesborough, April 16, 1856. The nuirder was a cold-
blooded and unprovoked one. Brown was a sailor, and
had been master of a small coaster, and was al)out thirty-
five years of age at tlie time of the murder. His wife was
a native of Islesborough, and al)out thirty years of age
HISTORY OK ISI.RvSBOROUGH. iiy
when killed. She was an entirely inoffensive woman.
Brown, when intoxicated, is said to have treated his wife
brntally, beating her on such occasions without ever
alleging any provocation. The day before the nnirder
Brown had been to Belfast, and, as usual when there, he
had indulged freely in intoxicating liquor. He did not
return home until the morning of the nuirder, arriving
there just after breakfast. His family consisted of his
wife, one daughter twelve years of age, and an infant of
four months. Four other children had been born to them,
but had all died young. Before the murder, Mrs. Brown
and the two children were the only persons in the house
when Brown came home ; Mrs. Thomas Fletcher,
Browni's sister, who had stayed there over night, having
left a short time before. When Brown went into the
house he gave his pocket-book to his daughter, and in a
few minutes picked up a butcher knife that was lying on
the floor and deliberately cut his wife's throat from ear to
ear; she begging of him to spare her life, but her dying-
entreaties were of no avail. The young daughter tried
to save her mother, but was powerless to do so. In her
efforts to get the knife away from her father her fingers
were badly cut.
Immediately after the murder Brown went to Thomas
Fletcher's house and said to Fletcher, "Thomas, I want
you to go into my house and see to them folks; there is
trouble there." Mr. Fletcher at once went to Brown's
house, and found Mrs. Brown h'ing on the floor dead.
Brown also went back to the house, went in and looked at
his wife's body and said, "She is dead fast enough." He
then left the house again and went to an abrupt precipice
overlooking the water, not far from his house, with a
feigned intention of throwing himself off. He then
jumped into a small boat and started in the direction of the
outer islands. By this time the alarm had been spread,
Il8 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
and Beiijaiiiin A. Wancn, Jolm Scars, James L,. Michaels
and Philip Pendleton followed in another boat. Seeino-
himself pnrsned, Brown rowed back into a cove, where he
procured a large rock and again put to sea. He fastened
a rope around the rock and to his neck, carefully securing-
his knife to the stone, however, so that he could easily cut
the rope. He then jumped overboard. He went down,
but soon came up, and was secured by the four men who
were pursuing him, and was taken ashore and put into the
hands of Simon D. Sprague, the constable of the town.
The next day after the murder an inquest was held by
John D. Rust, of Belfast, as coroner, with the following
jurv : Calvin Eames, foreman; F. A. Lewis, Charles
Nash, Henry Boardman, Nathaniel Hatch, James Hatch,
Orris Clark, William P. Boardman, Leander Allen, Thos.
Williams. The jury found the facts to be as already
stated in the foregoing account, and rendered a verdict in
accordance therewith. Brown was then taken to Belfast,
where he was arraigned before F. A. Lewis, Esq., and
after hearing the testimony of Pamclia C. Brown (Brown's
daughter), who witnessed the murder, Thomas Fletcher,
Benjamin A. Warren, and others, Brown was committed
to jail to await trial at the May term of the Supreme
Court. During the examination he manifested no feeling
at all, showing no signs that he regretted the awful deed
he had committed.
Brown's trial commenced at lielfast. May 19, 1856, a
little over a month after the nuirdcr was committed, Judge
vScth May presiding. The prosecution was conducted b)'
Iloiiorable Cjcorge P^vans, Attorney General, and James B.
Murch, Esq., then of IJn'ity, Count\- Attorney. Honor-
able Nehemiah Abbott and A. T. Palmer, P>q., were
counsel for the prisoner. The trial lasted about a week,
and each day the court-house was crowded with an inter-
ested audience. The testimon\- for the »State was about
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. I 19
the same as at tlie preliminary examination. The de-
fence was insanity, and several witnesses were introduced
to prove that there had l)een insanity in the Brown fam-
ilv, and an effort was made to prove tliat Ih'own himself
had shown signs of insanity.
Doctor Henry M. Harlow, for many years superintend-
ent of the Insane Hospital at Augusta, was a witness.
The closing arguments were very able on both sides, as
was the judge's charge. The jury were out only about an
hour, bringing in a verdict of nnirder in the first degree.
The verdict was recei\'ed 1jy the people present with gen-
eral satisfaction. The prisoner betrayed no perceptible
emotion, and seemed as unmoved as he had all through
the trial. On his way to the jail he expressed his satis-
faction at the verdict, and regretted that he attempted a
defence. The following Monday Brown was taken into
court to receive his sentence, and upon being asked if he
had anything to say wlu' the sentence of the law should
not be pronounced against him, he arose and spoke as
follows: "What can I say? If I did the deed proved
against me, I did not know it. I am glad it was no worse.
I am glad I did not injure m\- children or neighbors. I
always provided for my children according to my ability.
You can do with me as you see fit. My life is in your
hands. I don't know as I have anything more to say."
Judge ]\Iav then, in an affecting and deeply impressive
manner, pronounced the sentence of death by hanging,
the prisoner to be taken to State prison to await the exe-
cution of the sentence, until which time to be put to hard
labor in solitarv confinement. Brown was at once taken
to Thomaston and committed to the State prison ; but he
was not hanofed, as within a few months he killed himself
by cutting his throat with a piece of glass. The prevail-
ing opinion at the present time is that he was insane at
the time the murder was committed, and the writer joins
in that opinion.
CHAPTER VI.
Notable Pkksoxs.
TOSIAH Farrow was born in Bristol, Me., in 1785, and
U when bnt a few years of age moved with his parents to
Islesborongh, where from that time they made it their
home. When bnt a yonng lad he commenced going to
sea, and continned to follow it for a living for more than
twenty years. His principal experiences in that line were
in being once shipwrecked, and in being taken prisoner in
the war of 181 2. His shipwreck was in the early part of
his sea-going. He was on a vessel bound to Boston, in
the month of December, wdien they encountered a very
severe gale, and were blown off the coast and dismasted.
They suffered nnich from exposure and want of food and
water, being on the w^'eck a number of days. They were
at last rescued by a vessel on her passage to Berbice, S. A.,
to which port they were taken. He came back home on a
vessel bound to Boston, after an absence of several
months. His friends not having heard from him during
all this time, had morirned him as dead. Of course his
unexpected return was a jo\-ful surprise.
His prison experience occurred when he was about
twenty-eight years old. At that time he commanded a
vessel, and was part owner. His business was between
Bo.ston and Alexandria, Va. At the time he was taken
he was on his passage to Boston, loaded with flour (which
was of more than ordinary value, owing to the embargo),
having succeeded, under cover of a dense fog, in getting
past the blockading squadron at the mouth of the Potomac
river. All went well until they reached Cape Cod, when
JOSIAH FARROW.
January 2, 1786— August 11, 1861.
HISTORY OK ISLKSBOROUGH. 121
they found they were pursued, their escape beiu^ dis-
covered when the fog lifted. It needed but a few hours
to have reached their destination. This the}- were not
able to do. They were captured, their vessel burned, and
the cargo seized. They were taken to Halifax and kept
in prison about six weeks, when they were sent home on
parole. Thus all he had acquired in his earh- life M'as
taken from him and he had to connnence life anew.
Soon after this he was married to Mary Boardman, the
daughter of one of the earh' settlers of the island. He
purchased a farm, the one on which he always lived while
in Lslesborough. He did not however remain at home.
Leaving his wife with competent help to carry on ^ the
•farm, he again took a vessel and commenced running be-
tween the same ports he previously had, Boston and
Alexandria. In this he continued for about three years
with pretty good success, when he left going to sea and
returned to his farm. Agricultural pursuits were very
congenial to him, which he made both profitable and
pleasant ; improving on the old methods and introducing
new ones. His farm became the best in the place. He
took an active part. in the affairs of the town, was one of
the selectmen for a number of years, and one of the fore-
most and most zealous advocates in whatever he thought
would promote the public good. Earnest in looking after
the welfare of the schools, that they had comfortable
school buildings and competent teachers. Always inter-
ested in the success of the young, he aided many in
standing in life.
He was one of the earliest promoters of the temperance
cause, starting a temperance society and holding meetings.
Being a justice of the peace, many came to him to be
married. He moved to Belfast in 1833, but always kept
up a kindlv interest in his early friends and home. There
he became interested in shipping, being an owner in many
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122 HISTORY OK ISLKSBOROUGH.
vessels, and inakiiio the business a remunerative one. He
was a member of Phcenix Lod^e of Free INIasons, and very
earnest in the work. His opportunities for schooling- were
very limited, Ijut his fondness for reading- enabled him to
overcome very much of his early disadvantages. He was
a zealous abolitionist, but did not live to see the success
of the cause. His death occurred in Belfast, in August,
1861, in the se\enty-sixth )-ear of his age.
Shubaei. Wiijjams.
Shubael Williams came from Stonington, Connecticut.
His father was Isaiah Williams; his mother was a
Townley. Thev were originally from Wales. Mr. Wil-
liams had suffered greatly from the English in times past.
He was taken from his vessel and put on board a man-of-
war, and had to serve three years, leaving a wife and three
small children that were expecting him home in a few
days. At the time of the Revolutionary war a sailor was
missing from one of the men-of-war at Castine, by the
name of Jackson. He became enamoured with a young
ladv at Islesborough, so he thought he would run the risk
of pa}-ing her a visit. He started on the ice, and was
drowned before he reached the shore. His body was
found and buried on Hewes' Point. They accused Mr.
Williams of helping him awa)-. He was arrested and
sentenced to receive sixty lashes with a cat-of-nine-tails.
They gave him fort)', and found he would die, and revoked
the rest of the sentence.*
He was a man of consideral)le means when he came, and
took up land a year before he brought his family. When
he Ijrought his family he brought a year's provision,
leather and cloth enough to last them two or three years.
•vSee.Williamsoirs History of INIaiia-, vol. II, pai^c .;.So ; Hanjfor His-
torical Magazine, vol. IV, page 174.
This was in the year 1780. The enemy took possession of Castine
June 12, 1779. Williamson's History of IVIaine. Dr.Cieo. A. Wheeler's
History of Castine says June 17th.
OLD SETTLER'S LOG CABIN.
ISLAND INLET, SPRAGUE'S COVE.
HISTORY OF TSLESBOROUGH. 1 23
So they did not suffer, like most of the first settlers. At
one time they saw a \-essel standino; towards the shore.
He thono'ht it was a privateer, and hurried the women
and children into a boat, and went to l^elfast and staved
six weeks at James Miller's, there beino- but three houses
in Belfast at that time, on the west side of the river.
When they came back they found everything just as they
had left it. He built a loo- house at first, and afterwards
a framed house. In this house was the first window glass
ever seen in the town. He took the lumber from the
forest, and dug the rocks and rolled them into a crevice in
the bank, and burned the lime for the chimneys and plas-
tering. The mortar made from this lime lasted good and
solid for seventy-five years. His last work was hewing
the frame for the nieeting-house. He was a man of
integrity, honest and upright in all his dealings. His
wife was Abigail Turner,
Captain William Pendleton,
From Stonington, Conn., came here prior to 1769, when
his famih^ came. He settled on the lower end of the
island. Mr. Jeffrey Richardson Brackett now owns the
estate. He was the most prominent man on the island
for many vears. In the Revolutionary war he traded with
the British. The Committee of Correspondence,* chosen
at Saint George, June 6, 1775, wrote to him July 17:
''To Capt. William Pendleton.
Sir : We can not think proper for you to contrack
any traid which we supose is for the king's troops, which
vou no by the Congress orders is contrary to our obliga-
tions, which we are determined to adhear to.
Per orders of the committee.
J. SHIBLES, Clerk."
* History of Warren, page 170.
124 HISTORY OF IST.ESBOROUGH.
He was the first selectman of the town at its org-aniza-
tion, April 6, 1789, and continned to hold offtce for many
years, retaining the respect of his fellow townsmen. He
moved to Northport abont 1795, and died there Angnst
28, 1820, at the age of ninet}'-eight years.
Klder Thomas Ames.
One of the best known settlers of Islesborongh was
Thomas Ames, from Marshfield, Mass., where he was
born. In a petition to the General Conrt, in 1787, he and
his son Jabez both signed their names Eames. About
1784 he settled on the south-west side of the island, at
what is now known as Gilkey's Harbor. Samuel Turner
was a prior settler, and July 13, 1784, he quitclaimed to
Thomas Ames, for four hundred and twenty dollars (Han-
cock Reg., vol. 2, page 119), one certain tract or parcel
of land, being on Long Island, containing three hundred
and fifty acres more or less, being lots Nos. 12, 13 and 14,
on a plan taken by Joseph Chadwick from the south end
of said island. Subseqnenth^ he sold a part of the pur-
chase to Joseph Jones, his son-in-law, March 26, 1793,
and to his son, Jabez Ames, another part the same day.
It is presumed that Mr. Ames quitted the claim of General
Knox under the Waldo heirs. August 23, 1815, he sold
his homestead, containing eighty-five acres, more or less,
for eight hnndred and fifty dollars, to Joseph Woodard
(Hancock Reg., \ol. 236, folio T14). Woodard was from
Hingham, Mass. He moved up the island. He sold the
lot to Capt. James Sherman. Woodard was drowned in
West Penolxscot bay. Years afterward the estate came
into the hands of J. P. Farrow. The house built thereon
is said to be the oldest now standing on the island.
For situation it is unsurpassed on the coast of Maine, and
by those qualified to know, it has been said that the view
of the bay from this ])()int is not surpassed by an\- \iew of
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROTTGH. I25
the bay of Naples. J. P. Farrow has recently sold this
property to the Islesborough I^and and Improvement Com-
pany, of Philadelphia.
Thomas Ames was moderator of the first town mecting
in Islesborongh, in 1789. Previous to 1800 he be^an to
preach as an itinerant Baptist preacher. He was ordained
minister of the church in Islesborough in 1804, and con-
tinued as such until 1809. He was a most worthy and
acceptable preacher. He sold his homestead to Joseph
Woodard in 181 5, and soon after moved on to the main
land. He died in Appleton, February 10, 1826. His
posterity are numerous and highly respected, manv first-
class master mariners being among them.
Samuel Warren, (Jr.)
Samuel Warren (Jr.) died at the age of eighty-seven, in
Islesborough. He was a man of ability and integritv,
quiet and peaceful, like most men of his religious opinion,
being a Quaker. He was a surveyor, and was employed
by the town, laying out their roads, and by the inhabitants
to survey their land. He held offices of trust in town, and
was looked up to for advice by the old and young, and
never betrayed his trust on an}- occasion. The good
qualities of this old-school gentleman descended to his
children, who were among the most respected of its towns-
men. This family, of five boys, have all made a record
and passed away, and his grand-children, now living, can
look back to their forefathers with pride. The record of
his famil)' will be found among tlie family records of Isles-
borough families.
Mrs. Catherine Sherman,
Daughter of Jabez Ames and widow of Robert Sherman,
now" living, at ninet}'-one years of age. She is known as
126 HISTORY OF ISLKvSBOROUGII.
aunt Katy by tlie whole town, and reg-arded with homage
and respect in the estimation of the old and }-onng. All
her intimate acquaintances, companions and partner have
passed o\er to the banks of the dark river. ^Nlau)- is the
kind act she has done for her neighbors when in sickness
or distress, and she will long be remembered after she has
passed awav. In the house where she now lives she has
lived ninet}- )-ears, being l)ut one year old when her father
built the house. This has always been her home, and
where she raised her family. Mrs. Thomas, her daughter,
has the care of this remarkable old lady in her declining
years. Her retentive memory is bright and clear, and her
faculties are unimpaired. The writer of this is indebted to
her for valuable information. Her family record may be
found elsewdiere.
Benjamin Thomas,
Married in Falmouth, December 24, 1767, Mary, daughter
of Robert Jordan, of Brunswick.
Capt. Isaac W. Sherman.
Capt. Isaac W. Sherman, of the ship Frederick Billings,
the largest sailing ship belonging in the Ignited States,
when launched. He was born in Islesborough, educated
in one of the common schools, married in Islesborough,
and lived there for a time, then removed to Camden,
where he still resides.
Capt. Walter V. Dodoi':.
Captain Walter F'. Dodge took charge of one of the
coasting vessels in early life, when he amassed consider-
able pro])ert\-, owning in a large number of the coasting"
vessels. He left off going to sea and went into trade, and
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGII. 127
at the age of thirty-five was thought b}- many to l)e
wealthy. He removed to Boston, and there meeting with
adverse fortune, he commenced to go to sea once more.
He was taken by the Confederate cruisers, his vessel
burnt, and he carried to Richmond, everything taken from
him, even his watch, and left to get home the best way
he could. Reference to his family record in the genealogv
of families.
Capt. Mark Pendleton's four sons are among the most
enterprising of the Islesborough families, owning largely
in navigation. They have become wealthy, and take,
a great interest in town affairs.
Capt. Joseph W. Collins.
Capt. Joseph W. Collins was born in Islesborough,
August 8, 1839. His boyhood days were spent as a fisher
lad, going boat-fishing with his grandfather before he was
nine years old. His tenth birthday was spent at sea on
board a fishing schooner. In 1S62, when only twentv-
three years old, young Collins was appointed to the
command of a fishing vessel, and has since commanded
some of the finest schooners engaged in the fishing business
from Gloucester, Mass., most of the time being at sea the
whole of each year.
In 1879 he became connected with the United States
Fish Commission, and entered upon the work of making
a statistical inquiry into the fisheries of New England, for
the tenth census, under the direction of Prof. G. Brown
Goode. In the spring of 1880 he was appointed on the
staff of the United States Commissioner to the Interna-
tional Fischerei Austellung, at Berlin, and accompanied
the commissioner to that city. After returning from Eii-
rope Capt. Collins resumed the inquiry he had previously
128 HISTORY OK ISLKvSBOROUGH.
t
been eno^aged upon, but in December, 1880, lie was or-
dered to Washington, where he took up the work of pre-
paring" reports relating to the fisheries of the countr}-,
which were published in the Fisheries and Fishery Indus-
tries of the United States, issued by the United States
Commission of Fish and Fisheries. He rapidly attained
distinction as a writer in this line, and also exhibited great
facility in preparing illustrations of fishing crafts and fish-
ing scenes, with the details of which he was thoroughly
familiar.
In 1883 he was one of the staff sent by the United
States to represent this countr\' and make a display of its
fisheries and fishery resources at the great International
F^isheries Exposition held at London in that year ; and it
is largely due to his superior knowledge and familiarity
with the fisheries of this country that the United States
succeeded in obtaining such a large number of the prizes
awarded at the exposition. Capt. Collins' intimate knowl-
edge of the fisheries and their needs has given him many
opportunities for offering suggestions for their improve-
ment. He conceived the idea while abroad of a new de-
sign for vessels, and agitated the matter thoroughly in the
press of New England, where it was given wide circula-
tion in 1886. He was given the opportunity by Professor
Spencer F\ Baird, then United States Commissioner of
Fisheries, to put his ideas to practical use, which resulted
in the schooner C^rampus, of the Commission, which was
the pioneer of the new type. He has made many cruises
of investigation in the vessels of the Fish Connnission.
}'ov two years — from 1886 to 1888 — he was in command
of the schooner (irampus.
In 1888 he was appointed in charge of the division of
fisheries of the United States Fish Commission, and has
since had charge of the work. In the same year he was
appointed as representative of the Fish Commission to
HI.STORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH. 1 29
prepare its exhibits at the Centennial Exposition of the
Ohio Valley and Central States, held at Cincinnati. In
1884 Capt. Collins organized the section of Naval Archi-
tecture in the United States National Museum, under the
direction of Prof. (x. Brown Goode, and since that date
has been Honorary Curator of this interesting collection.
In 1890 he was nominated b\- the United States Com-
missioner of Fish and Fisheries, Hon. IMarshall McDon-
ald, to represent that bureau on the Government Board of
^Management and Control at the W o rl d ' s Columbian
Exposition, and was duly appointed to the position by
President Harrison. Undoubtedly Captain Collins is the
best informed man regarding fishery expositions and their
conduct to be found in the country.
Gamaliel Pendleton.
Gamaliel Pendleton died at his home, July 12, 1892,
aged sixty-nine years and eleven months, on the same farm
where he was born. In his younger days he followed the
sea. The latter part of his life he was engaged in agri-
culture. The upright character given him by his neigh-
bors was never contradicted, as he had no enemies. He
had not only the esteem but the kindness of all who knew
him. His familv were present in his last sickness, and
doing ever\" thing for him that could be done, which was
a consolation to him. In his business affairs his word was
as good as his bond, and his promise to pay would not be
outlawed as long as he lived.
"Time, place and action may with pains be wrought,
But Genius must be born, and never can be taught."
Dryden .
Stephen Pendleton.
Stephen Pendleton, in 17S1, when hardly nineteen
years old, was taken by a number of British partisans and
130 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH,
made to go as pilot to tlie dwelling of Mr. Soiile, a wealthy
man and a stanncli friend of liberty, in Waldoborough.
The}' entered the honse, seized and bound him, and told
Pendleton he might have his choice, either to help plunder
the house or guard Soule. Not liking the idea of plunder
he chose the latter. They proceeded to ransack the house
and were about to break open the desk, when vSoule, un-
willing to lose his treasure, made such exertions to free
himself in defiance of Pendleton's threats to shoot him,
that he was on the point of succeeding. Pendleton,
trembling for the safety of himself, fired and shot him,
severely wounding his wife at the same time. This raised
an alarm, and the marauders were glad to escape to the
woods, conceal themsel\-es as they could by day and tra\-el
by night, subsisting on the bark of trees, till by a cir-
cuitous route back of the mountains they reached
Penobscot and returned to Biguyduce. Pendleton after the
war lived in New Brunswick.* He came back to Isles-
borough, and in after life became respected. f
Others equally deserving might be made mention of did
our limits permit — sea captains, farmers and traders who
have contributed so nuich to the .business of the place.
The reader is referred to the genealogical table of the fiimi-
lies. I have tried to make the work thorough and ex-
haustive, until new facts are brought to light should be
regarded as corroborating the conclusion to which I have
arrived.
*Eaton's Aunals of Warrcii.
tDescendants now in Islesborou^li.
CH AFTER ^ VII.
Packets and Boats.
^ j /HE insular situation of Islesborough, the communica-
tion l:)etween the island and the main land, has quite
a history. The first settlers had small boats. The inhab-
itants in pleasant weather would cross the bay when it be-
came necessary, generally three or four going together, to
get their stores, or after a doctor. The ni'ain supplies
were brought in their coasting vessels, and their produce
was shipped by these vessels to Boston. After the mail
route was established between Lincolnville and Islesbor-
ough, there was a regular communication every Thursday
from Gilkey's Harbor, by the mail boat. Capt. Thomas
Gil key built an open boat, which was called the Dove.
He found employment for her, carrying cattle to and from
the island, and she was used for that purpose for a good
many years. In the' fall of the year she would carry the
grist to Camden to be ground. At the upper end of the
town they owned several small vessels, which, after they
had done fishing in the fall, they would use for packets to
go to Castine, say twice a month in the winter, with occa-
sionally a trip to Belfast. They finally altered the mail
route to Northport, and had a mail twice a week, discon-
tinuing the lower post office and establishing the upper,
near Seal Harbor. Aljout. this time Mr. Keller bought
the old Castine packet Superior, and would go to Belfast
for freight and passengers ; but had no regular days, and
only went when there was enough to go to make it an ob-
ject. Not until 1.S59 was a regular packet line established
132 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
from Islesborougli to Belfast. The jaclit Water Sprite
made regular trips, leaving Islesborougli for Belfast Mon-
day, returning same night, over Tuesday, back Wednes-
day, over and back Thursday, over Friday,, back Satur-
day. Using her for two years, she was found to be too
small for the route, and the Planet was bought, the busi-
ness increasing, and the route being a paying one.
The first packet master of the Planet was J. P. Farrow.
Next was Thomas Merrithew, next W. P. Sprague, who
finally sold to Capt. Wilson Coombs, who altered her over
into a steamboat. The schooner Nora was built in Isles-
borough. She ran to Camden, with occasionally a trip to
Belfast. The Spy and Nautilus were also Camden packets.
Steamboats.
About the year 1847 a steamboat wharf was built at
the head of the island. The steamer T. F. Secor, Capt.
Thomas B. Sanford, on her route from Belfast to Ells-
worth, made a landing for several seasons. She com-
menced running in 1846.
In 1850 the steamer L^awrence made her landings, tak-
ing the place of the T. F. Secor. She called here for sev-
eral seasons.
In 1 87 1 the Argo, a side- wheel boat, stopped here on
her way to Ellsworth and Belfast each way.
In 1874 the steamer Pioneer ran to Castine and Isles-
borough, making a landing at Sabbath-Day Harbor.
The next boat was the steamer May Field, Capt. Sam-
uel H. Barbour, who ran her one winter, until the ]\Iay
Queen was put on. The May Queen was built in ])elfast for
Capt. Gilmore, expressly for the Belfast and Castine route.
The steamer Planet was an opposition boat against the
May Queen one season. Both boats were sold and taken
off the route. Captain Barbour built a boat at Bangor
named the Plorence, and put her on the Belfast and Cas-
tine route, in charge of Capt. Decker. She ran for more
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. I33
than four years. Then she was sold, and was followed by
the Electa. She continues on the route, and runs daily,
carrying the mail, and has given universal satisfaction.
Steamers Hurricane and ]\Iabel Bird ran a short time,
while the regular boats were repairing.
In iSqo-'qi steamer Emmeline ran a season from Castine
to Rockland, stopping at Islesborough each way.
Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamship Co.
In 1875 Capt. Samuel H. Barbour built the May Field,
and ran from Bangor to Bar Harbor. vStopped at Ryder's
Cove each way. The boats that belonged to this line
were the Bangor, Queen City, Cimbria, Henry ]\Iorrison
and Sedgwick. They make a landing at Ryder's Cove and
Hewes' Point daily. The Bangor and Queen City have
been sold.
Steamer Castine, from Belfast to Oceanville, leaves Bel--
fast at 10 A. M., for Islesborough, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday.
In 1891 a wharf was built at Dark Harbor. Steamer
City of Richmond, from Portland for ^lachias, stops each
way.
An excursion boat leaves Bangor Saturday, at 3 P. M.,
for Ryder's Cove and Hewes' Point, returning back INIon-
dav, through the summer season.
T
CHAPTER VIII.
Population of Islp:sborough.
HE population of the town of Islesborough, from the
year 1850 to the year 1890, was as follows :
INHABITANTS.
POIJ,S.
VAU-ATION
In 1850,
984
" i860,
1276
266
$148,271
" 1870,
1230
273
153,703
" 1880,
1208
290
158,033
" 1890,
1006
256
266,721
DiRFXTORY, 1892.
Postmasters: Islesborough, Roderick Pendleton ; North
Islesborough, William P. Sprague.
Selectmen : Austin Trim, Winfield S. Pendleton, Ben-
jamin F. Heal.
Town Clerk : Jason R. Ryder.
Collector : John P. Bragg.
Constable : William P. Sprague.
vSchool Supervisor : John P. P>ragg.
P)oard of Health : Joseph A. Sl>rague, Alonzo Coombs,
Dr. E. A. Williams.
Clergymen: First Baptist, vacant; Second Ba]Hist,
George Boynton ; Free Baptist, William II. ImiUz.
Phvsician : E. Williams.
HISTORY OK ISLESBOROUGH. 1 35
Justices : Aloiizo Coombs, April 27, 1886 ; William P.
Sprague, March 15, 1888 ; John P. Farrow, Febniarv 6,
1889; Joseph A. Sprague, INIay 15, 1890.
]\Ierchants : P\ S. Pendleton & Co., Jason R. Ryder,
Lincoln N. Ciilkey, William Keller, meats; William P.
Sprague, provisions; John P. Bragg and Miss U. J.
Coombs, millinery ; Amariah Trim, groceries ; Thomas
H. Parker, general stores.
]\Ieclianics : L. F. Rankin, smith; Fields Coombs,
smith; W. M. Wliitcomb, wheelwright; E. L. Sprague,
house painter; J. A. Sprague, A. A. Pendleton, George
Williams, Watson H. Coombs, Edson Sherman, David
Ladd, and Robert P. Coombs, carpenters.
Engineers: F'red W. Coombs, Augustus P. Coombs,
Walter Decker, A. Garland.
Livery Stable : John P. Bragg.
Hotels : Islesborough Inn, N. P. Sewell ; Islesborough,
William Grover ; Seal Harbor House, Joseph A. Sprague.
Associations : Masons, Island Lodge ; meetings Thurs-
day, on or before full moon ; P. of H., No. 200, Saturdav,
Islesborough has a future before it as a great summer
resort, offering many attractions to the pleasure tourist.
The opportunities for bathing, sailing, rowing, fishing
and driving are not excelled on the seashore in Maine.
Beautiful walks, level roads, variety of scene, and a place
for rest and vacation for the old and young. The aged
who seek rest and the young who seek exercise can spend a
vacation here with pleasure, and can find accommodations
suited to their tastes and means. There can be obtained
an abundant supply of pure water, and the danger from
contagious disease and destructive fevers is obviated. A
I ^6
HISTORY OF ISLKSHOROUGH.
board of health looks carefully to the sanitar}- conditions,
and cleanliness is not only enjoined l)nt enforced.
As there is no back countr)-, no poison arising from
animal or decayed matter can exist. Competent phy-
sicians are in attendance at the hotels through the season.
Invalids visiting Islesborough can have the best attendance
the country affords. Good livery stables are connected
with the hotels. The drives are only to be seen to be
appreciated. In the township are tracts of woodland, and
groves of large spruce, beech, maple, birch, ash and cedar.
There is direct comnuinication by steamboat from the
island to and from Rockland, Mt. Desert, Castine, Belfast,
and other points.
The Islesborough Inn is open from the last of June until
September, in charge of a thoroughly competent manager.
In addition to its large number of rooms, there are music
rooms, containing a stage for private theatricals, billiard
rooms, etc. It is one of the best appointed hotels on the
coast of Maine.
NJ-^
• CHAPTER IX.
Inscriptions From Gravestones,
In the burying grounds and cemeteries on the island.
The old Burying Groinid at flic extreme lozver end of the
I stand.
1 781. Judith, daughter of Jonathan and Jane Pendle-
ton, died April 23, 1781. The oldest gravestone on the
island.
1784. Mrs. Peggy, first wife of John Pendleton, died
F'eb. 21, 1784, aged 3-. The last figure obliterated on the
gravestone.
1786. Sally, wife of Job Pendleton, died August 16,
1786, aged 34.
1794. Job Pendleton, died Jan. 25, 1794, aged 47.
The epitaph on this old stone is not common :
"Beneath this stone I rest my head
In slumbers sweet ; Christ blest the bed."
1802. Jane, first wife of Jonathan Pendleton, died Feb.
25, 1802, aged 47.
1803. Jonathan Sprague, died in NewShoreham, R. I.,
Aug. 2, 1803. His wife, Lydia Dodge, died in Isles-
borough, June 4, 1848. Both natives of New Shoreham.
1806. Betsey, wife of Hosea Coombs, died July 16,
1806, aged 38.
18
138 HISTORY OF ISLKvSBOROUGH.
1807. Rebecca, first wife of Thomas Ames, first min-
ister, died June 28, 1807, aged 66. Thomas Ames, died
in xA.ppleton, Me., February 10, 1826.
1807.- Israel Dodge, drowned Feb. 17, 1807, age 35.
Deacon Joseph Boardman was ])orn in Boston, Mass.,
Aug. 12, 1753; died in Islesborough, Nov. 28, i83i,aged
81 years. Mary, his wife, was born in Stonington, Conn.;
died in IslesboroUgh, July, 1847. Gravestones.
Joseph and Mary (Pendleton) had six sons and three
daughters, who lived to womanhood and manhood's
estate, and all of whom married excepting the second son.
All the daughters had master mariners for husbands, and
all the sons were also master mariners excepting the
youngest, who in early life quit the sea to care for the
folks at home. Their names were:
i. Thomas, born Jan. 25, 1775; died in Islesborough,
Oct. 25, 1849. Lydia, wife of Thomas, died
Oct. 4, 1843, aged 67 3-ears.
ii. Joseph, born March 14, 1777 ; lost at sea, date un-
known, probablv from the foundering of his ves-
sel. He had become a resident of Swanboro, N.
C, and owned and sailed the brig Polly and Bet-
sey, in the West India trade. The last heard of
him was a marine report that he spoke another
vessel just at nightfall, in hea\y weather, report-
ing his brig as leaking badh-, and asked the cap-
tain of the other vessel to lie by him until morn-
ing. When the morning came he had disap-
peared fore\^er.
iii. William, born July 28, 1779; died in Islesborough,
August 9, 1855.
iv. Stephen, born May 24, 1782; died in Hojk-, June
V. Isaac, born August 27, 1792 ; died in Belfast, Sept.
22, 1862.
HISTORY OF ISI.KSROROUGH. T39
vi. Henry, born May 14, 1794; died April 17, 1872,
on the old homestead in Islesboronoh.
vii. Mary, married Josiah Farnnv ; died in Ik^lfast, Oct.
31, 1862, ao-ed 77.
viii. Lydia, married first, Stone; second, Warren; died
in Belfast.
ix. Margaret, married William Stone; died in Belfast.*
Thomas P>oardman, Jr., died November 8, 1823, aged
21 years.
Captain Isaac Coombs, died Jan. 27, 1840, aged 49 yrs.
1 1 months.
Elizabeth Boardman, wife of Isaac Coombs, died May
4, 1835, aged 35.
Elisha Eames, died December 3, 1843, aged 81 years 11
months.
Anna, wife of Elisha Eames, died June 22, 1835.
TJic Record of (rravcstoncs 011 SJieriiian Point .
Richmond Pendleton, born in Belfast 181 1, died 1891,
in Islesborough.
Lucy W., wife of Richmond Pendleton, born in Thom-
aston, 1 81 7, died 1886.
Capt. Alfred Warren, died July 29, 1855, aged 24 years
5 months.
David Philbrook, died Jan. 13, 1862, aged 31 years 5
months. Soldier in the rebellion.
Sarah P., wife of David Philbrook, died Feb. 24, 1859,
aged 24 years 10 months.
Eliza A., wife of Abner Marshall, died Sept. 14, 1851,
aged 28 years 5 months.
•'■The information relating to this family was obtained from Hon.
Isaac M. Boardman, of Belfast,
140 HISTORY OF ISLESROROUaM.
Susan, dauohter of Rev. W. J. Dur^in, died Apr. 3,
1845, aged 20 years 4 months.
Roxana, wife of Thomas Cookson, died Feb. 24, 185 1.
He died in California.
Calvin Eames, died Oct. 3, 18S6, aged 80 years 25 days.
Mary, wife of Calvin Eames, died 1891, born 181 1.
Klisha, son of Calvin Eames, drowned June 27, 1859,
aged 19 years.
George Oscar, son of Calvin Eames, died Sept. 4, 1865,
aged 22 years 9 months.
Capt. William Hatch, drowned in Long Island Sound,
Oct. 10, 1866, aged 30 years.
Emily, wife of Wm. Hatch, daughter of William
Farrow, died Apr. 3, 1863, aged 19 years 11 months.
William Farrow, died Oct. 9, 1879, aged 65 years 8
months.
Capt. John Farrow, died June 26, 1841, aged 65.
Rebecca, wife of John F^'arrow, died Sept. 26, 1842,
aged 61.
Capt. Albert Pendleton, died June 29, 1845, aged 33.
Miss Sylvina, daughter of Robert Farnsworth, died
Apr. 10, 1855, aged 12 years.
Robert Emery, son of Robert P'arns worth, died Oct. 9,
1846, aged 20 years 10 months.
Elisha Nash, died Feb. 26, 1852, aged 87 years.
Sally, wife of Elisha Nash, died Dec. 3, 1842, aged 56
years.
Mercy Ann, wife of Isaac C. Pendleton, daughter of
Elisha Nash, died June 19, 1849, aged 26 years.
James vSheruian, died A])r. 14, 1866, aged 75 years.
Sibyl, wife of James Sherman, daughter of Thomas
Gilkey, died Nov. 10, 1873, aged 80 years.
HISTORY OF ISI,ESROROUGH. I4I
Betsey, wife of John f. Ciilkey, dauohter of James vSher-
inan, died Oct. 2, i^J^-
Elizabeth, wife of Wiiislow vSlicriiiaii, died Sept. 22,
185 1, aged 27 years.
Winslow Shernian, son of James and Sil)\l vSherman,
died May 25, 1849, aged 23 years 10 months.
Thomas Sherman, son of James and vSib}] Sherman,
died , aged 21 years.
Peleg Pendleton, died Ang. 31, 1838, aged 28 vears.
Wealthy Pendleton, died Nov. 12, 1869, aged 71 years
10 months.
Joseph Pendleton, died Ang. 21, 1858, aged 89 vears
17 days.
Wealthy Pendleton, wife of Joseph, died Ang. 21, 1843,
aged 67 years 17 days.
Georgia, wife of Leninel Hatch, daughter of Nelson
Gilkey, died July 3, 1868, aged 22 years 6 months.
Thomas Gilkey, died Oct. 10, 1847, aged 78 years 4
months. (Gravestones 87.)
Mercv Ames, wdfe of Thomas Gilkey, born Angnst 12,
1772, died .
Robert Sherman, died Jnly 6, 1852, aged 59 years 4
months.
Robert Sherman, Jr., died Apr. 13, 1849, aged 22 years
10 months.
Lydia Farrow, died ]\Iar. 24, 1850, aged 66 years.
Betsey Jane, wife of Isaac Thomas and daughter of
Lydia Farrow, died Jan. 21, 1857, aged 39 years 6 months.
Andrew^, son of Nathaniel Hatch, drowned September
10, 1847, aged 14 years 9 months.
Thomas Pendleton, died Jan. 3, 1878, aged 26.
14.2 HTSTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
EH/a, wife of Joseph Harlow, died Au"-. 19, rSjS, aged
22 years.
Capt. Charles Pendleton, died Sept. 21 1879, a^^ed 55
years 8 months.
Capt. Delniar (iilkev, died Jan. 26, 1885, a^ed 37 years.
Jndson Philbrook, lost at sea Jan. 30, i86cS.
Jndson Philbrook, Jr., lost at sea x\pr. 23, 1875.
Dea. John Pendleton, died Jnly 18, 1863, a^ed 84 years
10 months.
Betsey, wife of John Pendleton, died Jnly 18, 1S81, ao^ed
88 years.
Deborah Dnrgin, died Jan. 15, 1890, aged 90 years.
William Adams, died Oct. 15, 1890, aged 72 years.
Rosina, wife of Wm. Adams, died Dec. 4, 1862, aged
38 years.
Jane, wife of Jndson Philbrook, danghter of Deacon John
Pendleton, died Jan. 18, 1888.
The (iravcstoues on Crindir Point , near f/ic LioJitJunisc.
Esqnire John Gilkey, died Sept. 4, 1818, aged 74.
Sylvina, wife of John (xilkey, P>q., died Apr. 20, 1832.
Jane, wife of Philip (xilkey, died Jannary 7, 1821,
aged 32.
■ Capt. Frederick (r. Dix, died November 19, 1863, aged
38 years 8 months.
Kate P>., wife of Frederick Dix, died October 7, 1875,
aged 47 years, 4 months and 25 days.
Robert Pendleton, died Ang. 30, 1839, aged 43. Here
rests a man of peace.
P^li/a O. (rrindle, died Ma>- 10, 1891, aged 87 years.
h'rancis (irindle, died Jannary 14, 1857, aged 72 years,
8 months and 5 daws.
HISTORY OF ISLESHOROUGH. I43
Judith (Trindle, first wife of Francis (irindle, died vSe])t.
14' ^^39, aged 38.
James F. Grindle; children, Hortense, Walter, \'arnnni.
Ennice Dix, died .
(rraz'cs/oi/cs on tJic Kstalc of Edsoii S/icrii/a/i, U'rs/ Side.
Capt. C. \V. vShernian, died Xo\-. 11, i8cS2, aged 54
years, 2 niontlis and 8 days.
Mary, wife of C. W. Sherman, died r^lay 17, 1886, aged
56 years, 6 months and 29 davs.
Luc)-, wife of Robert Coombs, died Jnne 21, 1835, aged
65 \'ears.
Capt. Arthur F'arnsworth, died March 15, 1865, aged 58
years, 2 months and 17 days.
Josephine J., daughter of Arthur and Louisa F'arns-
worth, died Juh- 23, 1865, aged 28 )-ears, 6 months and
18 days.
Capt. Benjamin A. Warren, died April 22, i860, aged
32 \ears.
Relief, wife of Benjamin A. Warren, died March 12,
1865, aged 32 \ears.
Stephen \'. B. Sherman, died Sept. 6, i860, aged 22
years.
Isaac Sherman, died April 22, 1844, aged 42.
Record of dravcs on tJic Jistatc of the late Ai)iasa Hatcli^
J J \'st Side.
Jeremiah Hatch, died May 20, 1839, aged 85 \ears.
Lydia Porter, wife of Jeremiah Hatch, died Dec. 28,
1834, aged 76 years.
Isaac Hatch, died July 9, 1836, aged 47 years.
Capt. Amasa Hatch, born Nov. 7, 1808; died July 29,
1889.
144 HI.STORY OK rST.KSBOROUGH.
Eiiieliiie Hatch, wife of Anuisa Hatch, died Jan. 20,
1 86 1, aged 39 years 7 months.
Sophronia, wife of Aiiiasa Hatch, died Oct. i, 1849,
aged 41 years.
Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Hatch, died Dec. 7, 1831, aged
40 }-ears.
Record of the (rrai'cstoncs iii the Ihirviiio- (Jroiiiid on (he
cast side ioi)iino- the land of the late Iilisha K. Pendleton.
Lillian, wife of L. A. Farnsworth, danghter of Benjamin
and Mary Hatch, died in Medfield, Mass., June 16, 1888,
aged 29 years, 2 months, 1 1 days.
Minnie, wife of Ambrose F. Hatch, died Apr. 19, 1881,
aged 25 years 7 months.
Charles E. Fields, born in Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 25,
1848; died in Islesborough , June 18, 1884.
Laura F., wife of E. D. Hatch, died May 22, 1885,
aged 21 years 4 months.
Fred O. Farnsworth, drowned Jul}- 27, 1883, aged 17
years.
Edward E. Farnsworth, lost at sea, Jan. 27, 1881, aged
25 years 6 months.
Eben Otis, son of Re\'. Wm. Dnrgin, died May 22,
1871, aged 34 years and 4 months.
Capt. James Luther Hatch, died vSept. 17, 1883, aged
63 years. Epitaph on his stone: ''Storms all weathered
and life's ocean crossed."
Dea. James Hatch, ])orn in Hanoxer, Mass., Maich 3,
1796; died in Islesborough, March 13, 1878, aged 82
years.
Mary Townsend, wife of Dea. James Hatch, born in
Abington, Mass., June 9, 1801 ; died Aug. i, 1876,
aged 75 years, i month 22 days.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 1 45
Elbrido-e H. Diiro-in, died Feb. 15, 1886, aged 46 years
7 months. Was in the United States sen'ice.
Rev. Wni. J. Dnri;in, died Dec. 19, 1S68.
Hannah, wife of Wni. J. Unrgin, died Ang-. 2, 1857,
aged 58 years 2 months.
Hannah, danghter of Wni. J. Durgin, died Jan. 7, 1858,
aged 21 )'ears.
George W. Pendleton, died Ang. 29, 1883, aged 34.
Joseph Jones, died Apr. 11, 1840, aged 74.
Betsey, wife of Joseph Jones, died Jnne 6, 1837, aged
70 years.
Mary Ames, died (Jet. 27, 1838, aged 29 \-ears.
Capt. Joseph K. Pendleton, died Jan. 22, 1890, aged 71
years, 7 months 16 days.
Lucy S., wife of Joseph K. Pendleton, daughter of
Simon and Lucy S. Watson, died Apr. 24, 1875, aged
54 years.
Joseph, son of Capt. Joseph K. Pendleton, lost at sea
Mar. 31, 1879, aged 21 years 11 months.
Joseph H. Ryder, died vSept. 9, 1882, aged 36 years, i
months 16 days.
Capt. Eben G. Babbidge, died April 5, 1870, aged 49
years, 7 months 25 days.
Helen, daughter of E. G. Babbidge, died Aug. 27, 1882,
aged 17 years, 9 months 5 days.
Hannah Brown, wife of Wm. Brown, died 1892.
Walter S., son of Andrew and Jane Pendleton, died
Oct. 25, 1877, aged 21 years 15 days.
Florence A., daughter of Andrew and Jane Pendleton,
died Apr. 23, 1880, aged 34 years 8 months.
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146- HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Benjamin Thomas, born in Islesborough, Feb. 22, 1801 ;
died Jan. 24, 1870, aged 69 years, 11 months 18 days.
Jane, wife of Benj. Thomas, died in Camden, 1892.
Myra Warren, died May 5, 1883, aged 18 years, 11
months 18 days.
William H. Brown, died Dec. 4, 1888.
Hannah B. Fields Brown, died Ang. 11, 1892.
Esther, wife of Lewis Hatch, and danghter of Joshna
and Betsey Dodge, died Mar. 2, 1873, aged 62.
Elisha K. Pendleton, died Jan. 10, 1875.
Catherine S., wife of Elisha K. Pendleton, died Apr. 9,
1892.
Fnller P., son of Elisha K. and Catherine Pendleton,
snpposed to have been lost at sea between the loth and
23d of Feb., 1870.
Jnstin F., son of Elisha K. and Catherine Pendleton, lost
at sea Feb. 21, 1870.
Clara A. Ryder, wife of Joseph Ryder, danghter of
Elisha K. and Catherine Pendleton, died Sept. 23, 1886.
Peleg P. Boardman, died Jan. 2, 1892.
Bridget, wife of Stephen Fairfield, daughter of Dea.
John Pendleton, died Jan. 9, 1884.
Sarah Blake, wife of Channcey Davis, died .
Joanna Fairfield, wife of Andrew Fairfield, daughter of
John and Maria Veazie, died .
HISTORY OF IvSLESBOROUGH. I47
Easf side of Gilkry's Ilarbor^ on the laud formerly opened
by Joseph Pendleton .
There are a number of graves, and but a single grave-
stone, that of Mr. Josiah Eanies, drowned in Camden
Harbor, January 11, 1822.
Pollv Pendleton, daughter of Joseph and Wealthy Pen-
dleton, was buried here.
These graves are overgrowm with woods and neglected.
Old Burying Ground on tlie Bonnet on the east side^ on
the /and of II ^illiani S. Dodge.
Joshua Dodge, died Mar. 24, 1858, aged 76 years
2 months.
Elizabeth or Betsey vS., wife of Joshua Dodge, aged ^t^
years; died Nov. 4, 1865, aged 72.
Noah Dodge, Senior, died July 23, 1816, aged 54.
Mrs. Rosanna Dodge, died May 18, 1835, or July 23,
1814, aged 54.
Noah Dodge, Jr., died Mar. 17, 1823, aged 22 years.
Phebe Dodge, died Mar. 26, 1823, aged 15 years.
Christiana (Dodge), wufe of John Roberts.
Harriet B., wife of William S. Dodge, aged 32, died
Jan. 8, i860.
Flora R., second wife of William L. Dodge, aged 32,
died 1875.
Walter F. Dodge.
Rose, wife of Walter F. Dodge.
Record of Graz'es in the Burying Ground on the late Mark
Pendteton ' .t Tm nd.
Nettie, daughter of Chauncey Davis, wife of Leslie
Rollerson, died 1890.
Mark Pendleton, Jr., born Feb. 2, 181 1; died Apr. 23,
1888.
148 HISTORY OF IvSLESBOROUCxH.
M. Louette, daughter of F. C. Pendleton, died July 5,
1886, aged 16 years 2 months.
Mark Pendleton, Sr., died Dec. 25, 1867, aged 83 years.
lyydia, wife of Mark Pendleton, vSr., died June, r86g, aged
83 years.
Lyman Pendleton, died 1891 ; vSall>-, first wife, died — ;
lyucretia second wife, died .
Joshua Pendleton, the preacher, died . His wife
Sally, died .
Samuel Pendleton, the first settler, father of Mark Pendle-
ton the first, died 1826.
Bathsheba, wife of Samuel Pendleton, about 1S28.
John Richardson, died .
Bathsheba, his wife, daughter of Samuel and Bathsheba
Pendleton, died .
Howard, son of J. B. and Melissa Pendleton, died Oct. 14,
1889, aged 13 years.
Ethel, son of D. A. and Annie Warren, Nov. i, 1875,
March 4, 1890.
Samuel, son of Daniel Warren, died May 14, 1872. Fell
from aloft on board his vessel, and was killed.
Bathsheba, wife of Daniel Warren, daughter of Mark Pen-
leton first, died Jan. 15, 1858.
Phineas D. Rollerson, died Mar. 24, 1S59, aged 34.
Clara J., daughter of Phineas and Celia Rollerson, aged 14
years.
George W., son of Phineas and Celia Rollerson, died in
F^ernandina, Fla., Dec. 16. 1877, age 19 years 7 months.
James Michaels, died .
Nanc}' J. Maker, daughter of Daniel and Bathsheba War-
ren, died in Concord, Mass., Dec. 1880.
Mrs. Turner, Rev. Joshua Pendleton's wife's m(~)ther, died
Mary Fallen, wife of I'ranklin iHanders, died .
lyyonaise Pendleton, .son of Dodge Pendleton, died
HISTORY OF ISLRSBOROUGH. 1 49
Ellen, wife of Richard P. Pendleton, daughter of Pil]sl)ur}-
Coombs, died Nov. 27, 1883, aged 42 years, 6 months 12
days.
\'incent Pendleton, died .
His wife, Eliza Kimball, died .
Fannie, wife of Joel vSmall, died Oct. 3, 1876, aged 34
years.
Trim Hoiiics/rnd.
Elisha R. Trim, died Feb. 6, 1871, aged 64 years 6 months
24 days.
Phebe W., wife of Elisha R. Trim, died May 28, 1876,
aged 74 years 4 months.
Joseph S. Trim, son of Elisha and Phebe Trim, died July
9, 1864, aged 24 years, 10 months 5 days.
Emily, wife of Robert Trim, died Sept. 13, 1S66, aged 19
)^ears, 9 months 24 days.
JJ 'illianis Homestead.
Capt. Thomas Williams, died May 13, 1866, aged 73 years
7 months.
Eydia S., wife of Thomas Williams, died March 10, 1863,
aged 70 years 5 months.
Caroline, daughter of Thomas and Eydia S. Williams, died
Apr. 15, 1876, aged 50 years, 5 months 20 days.
West Side, Upper End.
Godfrey Trim, died Apr. 17, 1808.
His wife, Mary Rose, died Aug. 30, 1825.
Zachariah Marshall, died .
Prudence Marshall, died .
Sally Dodge, died .
Record of the Graves on t/ie late Henry Boardman's land.
Henr}' Boardman, aged 78.
His wife Catherine, daughter of Jonathan and Eydia
Sprague, aged 87 years.
t50 HISTORY OF ISLRSROROUGH.
Joseph Boardman, born Apr. lo, 1801; died Feb. 19, 1879.
His wife Niobe, born Sept. 9, 1801 ; died Jan. 13, 1879.
George, son of Joseph and Niobe Boardman, died Aug. 12,
1852, aged 22.
Sabra, wife of Edmund D. Boardman, died .
Theodore S. Hatch, died in Havana, July 6, 1854, aged 30
years 9 months.
Ann C. Hatch Warren, died Oct. 15. 1876, aged 56 years
10 days.
Henry Boardman, Jr., died Oct. i, 1857, aged 33 years 4
months.
William Boardman, died Aug. 9, 1865.
His wife Jane, died Dec. 30, 1869, aged 80 years 8 months.
Leonidas O. Boardman, died at Washington, D. C, Feb.
3. 1S65.
Graiwyard on the East Sidc\ on the land formerly ozvned
by S. B. Fleteher.
Sylvester H. Brown, died Feb. 11, 1847, aged 32 years.
Thomas Fletcher, died in Michigan, June 2, 1869; born in
1811.
Penelope M. Fletcher, born June i, 1813 ; died June 2, 1878.
Stephen Oscar Fletcher, died Apr. 30, 1869, aged 29 years,
2 months 20 days.
Sarah L. Fletcher, died 1870.
Iva Ella Dodge, died in Franklin, Mass., 1890.
Grace Tracy, daughter of Sewell B. Fletcher, died .
George Washington, son of W. J. and G. W. Fletcher,
died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov., 1890 ; born October 20, 1818;
aged 72.
Mehitable Fletcher, wife of S. H. Metclier, died .
Barbara, wife of Sewell C. Fletcher, died .
Nora, daughter of vS. H. Fletcher, died , aged al)OUt
15 years.
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH. 1 51
Sewell C. Fletcher, died Oct., 1891.
M. G. Fletcher, daughter of Sewell B. Fletcher, aged 16
years.
John Brown, died : his wife Pegg}- died .
Amelia Huse Brown, died .
Gnic'c on Helves'" Poiiil, in the late Mr. Randletrs Orchard.
Daniel Randlett, died about 1889.
His wife Jane about 1874.
Ann Randlett, died, aged about 90; Daniel Randlett's
mother.
Margaret Ann, daughter of Daniel Randlett, aged about
30 5'ears.
Frank Leighton, married Phebe Randlett ; he died ,
aged 2 1 .
Joseph Randlett, died , age 13 years.
Graves on the land of late Rathtnirn Dodoe.
Queen Ann, wife of Joseph J. Brown.
Rathburn Dodge ; his wife Eliza (Grover) Dodge.
Mary Dodge, aged about 18 years; Eben M. Dodge, died
in New York.
Solomon Dodge, died 1891.
Nancy King Dodge, aged about 80 years.
Elizabeth Jackins, died ■.
Mary Ann. daughter of Simon and Betsey Dodge, wife of
Al^raham Dodge, died 1891.
On a headland on the north side of Crow Cove there is a
burying ground. The land was formerly owned by Benja-
min Williams, and was used more than a century for a burn-
ing place. The graves are overgrown with bushes and
weeds, and many of the gravestones are broken. I am in-
debted to Mr. Benjamin Ashley Warren for the information
obtained.
152 HISTORY OK ISLESBOROUGH.
vShubael Williams, died July 17, 1804. aged 70 years.
Abigail, wife of Shubael Williams, died Apr. 5, 1799.
Samuel Williams, died .Sept. 10, 1820, aged 65 years.
Capt. Beujamin W^illiams, died March 4, 1848, aged 81
years.
Jane, wife of Benjamin WMlliams, died Aug. 4, 1837, aged
70 years.
Ibre Williams, son of Benjamin and Jane, died March 30,
1834, aged 26 >ears.
Julia Ann, daughter of Benjamin and Jane, died Oct. 19,
1 84 1, aged 60 years.
James B. Williams, son of Benjamin and Jane, died .
Benjamin Williams, son of Benjamin and Jane, died -.
Capt. Amos Williams, born 1758; died 1840.
Elizabeth, wife of Amos Williams, died Nov. 16, 1864,
aged 80 years.
William, son of Amos and Kli/abeth Williams, died 1861.
Capt. Joseph Williams, died Apr. 22, 1842, aged 75 years;
his wife Sarah died .
Joseph Williams, died April 2, 1842,. aged 75 years.
Robert Trim Williams, died .
Darius Williams, died; wife Lucy died
Temperance Merithew, died .
Joseph W. Robinson, drowned in IJangor, Oct. 25, 1853,
aged 26 years. 6 months 27 days.
Hosea Coombs, died ; Betsey, wife of Hosea Coombs,
died July 15, 1804, aged 38 years.
George Coomb.s, son of vSolomon and Abigail Coombs,
died .
Josiah Farrow, died Aug. 14, 1817; a soldier in the revo-
lution.
Ruth, wife of Josiah Farrow, died May 7, 1838, aged 70
years.
Samuel Farrow, died Jan. 4, 1826, aged 37 years.
Harriet (Farrow) Hervey, died .
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 1 53
Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Boardnian, daughter of Josiah
and Ruth Farrow, died Jan. 1, 1817, aged 28 years.
Elihu Hewes, died 1808, aged 87 years. (Probably
father of Paoli Hewes. )
Samuel and Mary Warren, first settlers, died .
Benjamin Warren, died Oct., 1862.
His wife Abigail, died 1847.
Isaac, son of Benj. and Abigail, died 1839.
Stephen Warren, died June 7, 1889.
His wife Lydia, died Sept. 10, 1867, aged 52 years, 9
months 10 days.
Hattie Eouise Hayes, died June 20, 1872, aged 19 years 3
days, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Warren.
Ephraim Randlett, died Apr. 30, 1885, aged 36 years, 7
months 1 1 days.
Samuel Herrick, son of Reuben and Mary Herrick, aged
18 years.
The Record of Gravestones in Greeirwood Cemetery.
Flora A. Burgess, wife of I. M. Burgess, Mar. 10, 1857,
June 1 1, 1882.
Lucy L., wife of Isaac Burgess, died May 21, 1890, aged
74 years 2 days.
Emeline, wife of Thomas H. Parker, died Jan. 4, 1892,
aged 77 years, 7 months 19 days.
Adeliza, wife of J. H. Veazie, died May 23, 1886, aged 50
years, r month 2 days.
vSamuel Haynes, died Aug. 21, 1876, aged 71 years, 11
months 7 days.
Capt. William F. Veazie, Jr., lost at sea, Nov. 17, 1875;
aged 25 years, 5 months i day.
Nahum H., .son of Lincoln and Louisa Coombs, drowned
at Gibraltar, Sept. 6, 1875, aged 19 years.
Capt. Lincoln Coombs, died 1892.
Capt. David H. Rose, Oct. 8, 1830, Feb. 21, 1890.
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154 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
Rita E. Rose, born Nov. 6, 1872 ; died May 21, 1879.
Capt. Henry Rose, Jr., died in East Boston, May 22, 1879,
aged 58 years 1 1 months.
Hattie L., wife of Otis F. Coombs, Jr., daughter of Isaac
and Eucy Burgess, died June 10, 1S78, aged 31 years, 5
months 22 days.
Capt. Otis F. Coombs, died at sea, Dec. 19, 1877, aged 57
\ears, 9 months 23 days.
Angelia, wife of Otis F. Coombs, died Juh" 22, 1891, aged
63 years, 4 months 25 days.
Cora E., wife of Frank H. Mayo, daughter of Otis F. and
Angelia Coombs, died July 30, 1884, aged 21 years 7 months.
Silas Bunker, born Dec. i, 1806; died Feb. 14, 1877, aged
70 years, 2 months 14 daj'S.
W. E. Eowell, born Oct. 7, 1828; died Aug. 14, 1888.
Capt. Henry B. Coombs, died Jan. 3, 1884, aged 74 years
10 months and 25 daj'S.
Morilla Marks, wife of William P. Sprague, died Nov. 7,
18S0, aged 36 years 4 months.
Morilla B., daughter of William P. vSprague, born Jan. 6.
1871 ; died Feb. 7, 1881.
Capt. Hosea C. Wyman, lost at sea, Apr. i, 1879, aged 45
years, 6 months 18 days.
B. Eewis Ryder, died Sept. 14, 1891, aged 38 years, 9
months 25 days.
Benjamin R}'der, died Oct. 8, 1881, aged 67 years 9 montlis
25 days.
Nancy, wife of Benjamin R}'der, died Aug. 23, 1882, aged
69 years 3 days.
Eben Grover, died Mar. 9, 1876, aged 42 \ears, 11 months
12 days.
John Veazie, died Jan. 4, 1888, aged 70 years.
Deborah, 2d wife of John \^eazie, died Apr. 26, 1888, aged
63 years.
Ethie A. Veazie, died 1871, aged 9 years.
HISTORY OV ISLEvSBOROUGH. T55
Stevia D., son of Stephen Knowlton, died Nov. 28, 1884,
aged 15 years 6 months.
Ethel L,., daughter of Stephen Knowlton, died Aug. 8.
1892. aged 27 years, i month 12 davs.
Effie Jean, wife of H. E. Coombs, 1858 1890.
Eliza Jane, wife of Marion W. Rose, died in the West
Indies, March 16, 1857, aged 27 years, i month 3 days.
William G. Coombs, lost at sea, Nov. 17, 1875, aged 38
years, i month 9 days.
Record 0/ Gravestones on the East Side of Sabbath-Day
Harbor^ on the Bluff.
Abizer Coombs, died Oct. 3, 1861, aged 62 years, 2 months
15 da^'s.
Polly, his wife, died .
Joseph Knowlton, died March 27, 1882, aged 83 3'ears, 11
months 21 days.
Rhoda, wife of Joseph Knowlton, died June 7, 1864, aged
63 years, 2 months 19 days.
The cemetery on the west side, at the upper end of the
island, is enclosed with a stone wall, and has been used
for a burying place more than a century. The date on
the oldest stone is ^lay 26, 1790.
A Record of the Gravestones.
William Lassell, husband of Ruhamah Lassell, died
June 10, 1852, aged 58 years, 5 months 17 days.
Lydia Lassell, died :\Iay 31, 1826, aged 48 years.
George Las.sell, died March 7, 1823, aged 36 years.
Ellison Lassell, born Sept. 5, 1754 ; died Dec. 16, 1850.
vSarah Lassell, wife of Ellison Lassell, died May 26, 1790.
Gamaliel Pendleton, died July 12, 1892, aged 69 years
II months.
156 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Lavina J., wife of Joseph Clark, daughter of G; R.
and M. T. Pendleton, died Jan. 30, 1S72, aged 21 years.
Niobe, wife of John Batchelder, daughter of Samuel and
IvUcy C. Pendleton, died Oct. 31, 1850, aged 36 years.
Orrington M., son of John and Niobe Batchelder, died
Jan. 13, 1 85 1, aged 15 years 9 days.
Cordelia E., wife of Nathaniel Nickels, daughter of
Samuel and Lucy Pendleton, died Jan. 2, 1837, aged 25
years, 10 months 13 days.
Lydia, daughter of Rathburn and Lydia Dodge, died
Aug. 6, 1842, aged 42 years, 6 months 26 days.
Betsey, wife of George W. Dodge, born in New Shore-
ham, R. I., Sept. 3, 1808; died Apr. 24, 1851, aged 42
years, 7 months 21 days.
George Dodge, died at sea, July 27, 1855, aged 14
years, 5 months 11 days.
Benjamin J., son of Shubael and Dorothy Pendleton,
died Feb. 25, 1870, aged 15 years.
Frederick, son of Shubael and Dorothy Pendleton,
died .
William F. Gates, died Nov. 30, 1879, aged 34 years,
I month 25 days.
James Dodge, born Apr. 27, 1818, died March 16, 1872,
aged 53 years, 10 months 19 days.
David Ladd, died Nov. 2, t888, aged 61 years.
Solomon Page Coombs, died Nov. 2, 1888, aged 61
years.
Irene, daughter of Mark B. and A])igail Dodge, died
Dec. 25, 1844, aged 19 years, i i months 20 days.
Cora A,, daughter of E. J. and Julia Dodge, died Aug.
16, 1863, aged II years, 4 months 22 days.
Hattie E., daughter of E. J. aud Julia Dodge, died
Aug. 26, 1876, aged 19 years, 10 months 25 days.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROrOH. T57
Irene M., wife of H. "Si. Welch, born .Mar. 31, 1S44 ;
died Dec. 26, 18S7.
Aaron- AL Hill, died; March 8, 1.S86, aged 69.
Nancy, his wife, died 1876.
Ratlil)nrn Dodo^e, 2d, died Oct. 9, 1864, a^^ed 55
years, 2 months 12 days.
Charity, wife of Rathburn Dodge, died ^larch 5, 1878,
aged 64 \ears, 7 months 8 days.
Rathbnrn Dodge, Sr., died Sept. 18, 1846, aged 79
years.
Andrew Jackson, son of Abraham and Charity Dodge,
died Sept. 2, 1848, aged 18 years, 5 months 25 days.
Klbridge B. Sawyer, died Aug. 27, 1873, aged 39 years
12 days.
Thomas Decker, died abont 1866.
Ada B. Decker, died 1887 ; danghter of Thomas and
Lydia Decker.
Capt. Samnel Pendleton, died Sept. 21, 1884, aged 53
years, 8 months 7 days.
hncy C, wife of Samnel Pendleton, died Aiig. 4, 1877,
aged 87 years, 10 months 5 days.
Jonathan Spragne, died Aug. 2, 1803, aged 48 years,
10 months 22 days.
Lydia, wife of Jonathan Spragne, died June 4, 1848,
aged 86 years.
Rathburn D. Spragne, born March 15, 1797, died Nov.
7, 1880, aged. 83 years, 7 months 23 days.
Sarah, wife of Rathburn D. Spragne, died 1879,
Lydia, wife of Simon Sprague, died Sept. i, 1848,
aged 63 years, i month 27 days.
Joseph Sprague, lost at sea. Mar. 30, 1844, aged 25
years, 5 months 11 days.
158 HISTORY OF ISLESROROUCxH.
Capt. Rodolphus Pendleton, drowned in Penobscot
Bav, Oct. 2<S, 1866, aoed 48 years, 7 months 14 days.
William Dix, died Aug. 25, 1876, aged 72 years 5
days.
Ann Iv., wife of William Dix, died March 26, 1887,
aged 76 years, 3 months i day.
Sophronia A., daughter of William and Ann Dix, died
Dec. 15, 1858, aged 16 years 3 months.
Simon D. Sprague, died Nov. 20, 1877, aged 6- years
2 months.
Emma, wife of Alonzo Coombs, died .
Alice, daughter of Alonzo and Emma Coombs, died .
Nathaniel Sawyer, born Nov. 18, 1792 ; died Nov. 16,
1870.
Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Sawyer, born Sept. 16, 1794,
died Sept. 14, 1871.
Druzetta, wife of George W. Sawyer, died xApr. 22,
1853, aged 24 years, 7 months 7 days.
Lucy A., wife of William A. Coombs, died Dec. 30,
1879, aged 30 years.
Henry McFarland, died .
Mary McFarland, died .
Susan McFarland, died ,
Simon Sprague, Sen., died June 26, 1863.
George W. Knights, died .
Sophronia, his wife, died .
Mrs. Prudence Chassa, died 1870.
Solomon Sprague, died .
Lucretia, his wife, died .
Edgar E. Co])urn, died Jul\- 22, 1875, aged 14 \-ears.
Capt. John Co()in])S, died .
Jennie .Small, his second wife, died about 1872.
HISTORY OF IvSI.ESBOKOUGH. 1 59
John Coombs, Jr., died Fel). 5, 1892.
Adeline, wife of Isaac Pendleton, died .
Berton Spragne, son of Solomon Spragne, died .
Robert Marshall, died .
Nancy, his wife, died .
Izetta, wife of James Henry Dodge, died Apr. 11, 1892.
Joseph Emerson, Izetta Dodge's father, was Ijuried
here.
Mark B. Dodge, born P'eb. 20, 1803 ; died May 23,
1867.
Abigail Dodge, his wife, born 1801 ; died Dec. 20,
1884.
Record of Gravestones in flie Cenietery on the East Side,
rpper End.
Ciodfrey Trim, died Feb. 14, 1886, aged 60 years, 3
months and 7 days.
Owen, son of Godfrey Trim, drowned at Delaware City,
Ang. 5, 1862, aged 17 years 6 months.
Capt. Pillsbnry Coombs, died Jan. 27, 1890, aged 81
years.
Lois \V., his wife, died Oct. 29, 1889, aged 78 years 2
months.
Diana, danghter of Pillsbnry and Lois W. Coombs, died
May 7, 1874, aged 27 years; wife of C. F. Coombs, Jr.
Almeda Coombs, danghter of Pillsbur\- and Lois W.
Coombs, died Dec. 23, 1881, aged 41 years 5 months;
wife of Alonzo W>nian.
Jordan \'eazie, died Jan. 14, 1839, aged 32 years.
Philena, wife of Andrew P. Gilkey, died April 22, 1879,
aged 73 years 21 days.
Andrew P. Gilkey, died Feb. 23, 1890, aged 80 years
10 months.
l6o HISTORY OF LSLESBOROVGH.
Azu])ah, first wife of Andrew P. Gilke\-, died No\-ein-
l)er II, iiS39, a_oed 28 \ears.
Capt. Andrew J. (iilke\-, died March 28, 1873, a^^-ed 24
years i month.
Andrew J. (xilkey, son of Andrew P. and Aznbah (lil-
key, drowned Jnl\- 12, 1849, aged 16 n ears 9 months.
Philip H., son of xAndrew P. and Philena Gilkev, died
Dec. 6, 1854, aged 11 \-ears, 3 months 3 days.
Capt. Martin S. Cooml)s, died Sept. 8, 1886, ag"ed 39
)ears, 6 months 9 da\-s.
Kliza P". Coombs, daughter of ( )thniel and Sarali
Coomlis, died Nov. 25, 1857, aged 20 vears 2 da^s.
Capt. Noali D. Rose, died in 1883, in Boston.
James Skinner, died July 27, 1879, aged 78 )cars, 5,
months 21 days.
Lucy, wife of James Skinner, died Nov. 30, 1859, agjidi
58 years 3 months.
Mighill Parker, died P'el). 17, 1827, aged 63 years.
Lydia J. P>urgess, wife of George A. Coombs, died Feb.
20, 1864, aged 22 years 8 months.
Ethelinda Chestina, wife of Benjamin R. Redman, died
P'eb. 25, 1878, aged 32 )'ears, 9 months 10 days.
James Trim, died Dec. 9, 1820, aged 49 \-ears.
Mary R., wife of William Ryder, died Dec. 26, 1850,
aged 30 )'ears, 5 months 18 da\-s.
Prudence Trim, wife of Israel Dodge, died Dec. 5,
1854, aged 76 years 8 months. He was drowned in 1807.
Prudence, daughter of vSimon and Betsev Dodge, died
Jan. 7, 1856, aged 22 >-ears.
Betsey, wife of P^ields Cooml^s, died August 15, 1865,,
aged 70 years 5 months.
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH. l6l
Capt. Fields Coombs, died ]\Iay 20, 1848, aged 62 years
4 months.
Jane, wife of Samuel Marshall, died Jan. 23, 1851, aged
54 years, 5 months 9 days.
Deacon Jonathan Parker, died April 6, 1841, aged 68
years.
Wealthy, wife of Simon Parker, died Jan. 17, 1847,
aged 74 )'ears, 7 months 29 days.
Deacon Joshua Farrow, died March 13, 1879, aged 84
\-ears 5 months.
Eunice, wife of Joshua Farrow, died October 19, 1873,
aged 76 )'ears 7 months.
Lucy H. S., wife of Capt. J. L. S. Coombs, died April
I, 1876, aged 29 years 6 months.
John Veazie, died vSeptember 15, 1841, aged 55 years 15
days.
Naomi, wife of John \'eazie, died March 29, 1872, aged
82 }-ears, i month 6 days.
Lauranie, wife of Noah Roberts, died May 29, i860,
aged 28 years, i month 9 days.
Betsey, wafe of Thomas Ryder, died Nov. 27, 1850,
aged 35 years.
Joseph Ryder, died May 16, 1858, aged 83 years.
Sarah, wife of Joseph Ryder, died Jan. 13, 1857, aged
77 years.
TJic Record of Gravestones in the Cemetery on the East
Side^ Upper End.
Martha A., wife of Freeman S. Keller, died Jan. 5,
1856, aged 20 years, 4 months 7 days.
Phoebe, wife of John vSeely, died June 9, 1849, aged 34
years, 6 months 20 days.
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l62 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROTTGH.
Luciiida J., wife of F. C. Pendleton, died June 26, 1866,
ajj^ed 22 years.
Maria R., wife of John \'ea/,ie, died June 19, 1858, a^ed
36 years 10 inontlis.
Naomi A., wife of Capt. Edwin Coombs, died Aug. 4,
1866, aged 23 \-ears 8 months.
Samuel Warren, died Aug. 5, 1878, aged 74 years 6
months.
William A.Parker, died in Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 12,
1857, aged 41 years, 8 months 12 days.
Caroline, wife of Wm. A.. Parker, died Nov. 30, 1875,
aged 57 years, 7 months 16 days.
Henry Rcse, died July 10, 1864, aged 79 years 11
months.
Hannah, his wife, died June 9, 1863, aged 80 years 12
days.
Nancy, wife of Capt. A. H. Parker, died July 29, 1875,
aged 32 years.
Jordan V., son of Thomas H.and P^meline Parker, died
Dec. 4, 1862, aged 23 years.
Jane Parker, died Jan. 23, 1868, aged 62 years.
Bridget, wife of Sanmel Veazie, died Apr. 28, 1858,
aged 69 years, II months 18 days.
Sanmel Veazie, died Dec. 2, 1841, aged 62 years.
Elizabeth, wife of William Coombs, died Aug. 11,
1850, aged 35 )-ears 5 months.
Sarah S., the second wife of William Coombs, died Feb.
8, 1884, aged 34 years 3 months.
Capt. J. B. Coombs, died in Ilaxana, Jul) 14, 1873,
aged 40 years, i month 14 days.
Edward L. Coombs, died Nov. 3, 1875, aged 18 years
5 months.
HISTORY OK ISLKSHOROUGH. 163
Cora Cooni])s, died Jan. 13, 1880, a^ed 16 years 5
months.
Olive Trim, wife of Capt. Da\id Warren, died Oct. 6,
1842, aged 23 years, 7 months 9 days.
Otis C.Veazie, died Jnly 26, 1848, aged 28 years.
William Wyman, died Nov. 13, 1842, aged 58 years.
James F. Wargent, born Apr. 12, 1851 ; drowned in
Belfast bay, July 7, 1888.
George Warren, born Jan. 12, 1812; died Dec. 2, 1890.
Sally, his wife, born May 31, 1812 ; died Sept. 6, 1891.
Andrew J. Spinney was lost at sea Nov. 17, 1875, aged
32 years 2 months.
Lydia E., wife of A. J. Spinney, died July 22, 1876,
aged 36 years, 8 months 7 days.
Rev. Varnum G. Rose, born Nov. 23, 18 10, died Dec.
14, 1865, aged 60 years 21 days.
Capt. Benjamin Grover, born July 21, 1822, died July
19, 1872.
Eliza Farrow Coombs, wife of Philip Coombs, died
Feb. 5, 1890.
i^
CHAPTER X.
Family Genealogies.
T HAVE been aided in the preparation of these genealo-
gies* by town records, family bibles, and by traditions
of the older people. The town records were, a part of
the time, kept very poorly, and many of the families had
no records ; so that errors are nnavoidable. Some of the
descendants of the early settlers have changed the spelling
of their names, and that has increased the difficulty. Of
the sixty families who settled here prior to the incorpora-
tion of the town, only one descendant has been an inmate
of the State prison, and that was without doubt a case of
insanity. The descendants of these families in Islesbor-
ough were educated in the common schools, and were
almost invariably taken from school at the age of ten or
twelve years, to go on board of the coasting vessels, which
would haul up for the three winter months, when they
could go to school from five to eight weeks. \'ery few, if
anv, went to the winter school after the)- were seventeen
vears old. These men have made sea captains, and sailed
and done business all over the world, and I have never
known a case where their education was at fault in doing-
business.
* It is assumed that all persons named belonged in Islesborough.
1 66 history of islesbororoh.
Adams Family.
William Adams married Rosiiia Pendleton. Children:
i James B., b. February 8, 1844, in. Mary E. Pendleton. He was a
soldier in the rebellion,
ii Francis W., b. September 8, 1845, i"- first, Susie Keller; second,
Rose Sprague.
iii Harlan P., b. August 25, 1848.
iv Nathan G., b. December 4, 1851, m. Angeline R. Keller.
V Ida J., b. May 15, 1858, m. William Coombs.
William C. Adams married Elizabeth A. Hutchins.
Children :
Betsey, b. November 30, 1850.
John H., b. August 25, 1854.
Hiram T., b. August 7, 1855, d. 1855.
iv Addie A., b. December 7, 1856.
V Lovinia J., b. February 28, i860.
Harlan P. Adams married . Moved to New Haven,
Conn. Children, born in Islesborough :
i George Alfred, b. February 27, 1870.
ii Rosina Frances, b. May 22, 1872.
iii Lucretia, b. April 7, 1875.
Nathan G. Adams married Angeline E. Keller. He
died 1890. Children:
i Josiah L., b. May 14, 1873.
ii Lottie M., b. October 14, 1875.
iii Emma C, b. NovemVjer 9, 1877.
iv Walter N., b. June 21, i88r.
Melvin, William, Rosina, Cleveland, T<aura Iv.
A.MKS Family.
Thoihas Ames was from Marshfield. He married first
Rebecca Harnie, in Marshfield, Jan. 9, 1764. She was
the mother of all his children, and died June 28, 1807,
aged 66. He married second, Mrs. Lncy Comstock.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROrOir. 167
Published Aug. 13, 1808. He uiarried third, Mrs. Lucy
Jordau, of Thoniaston, Au_o. 28, 1812. He died 1826.
Childreu :
i Mercy, h. August 28, 1772, in. Thomas Gilkey, December 6, 1792.
ii Jabez, m. Jane, daughter of John (xilkey, vSen.
iii Thankful, m. Andrew Phillips. He was from Kittery.
iv .Sally, m. Joshua Pendleton. Removed to Xorthport, where he
died.
V Lydia, m. .Seth Farrow, Juh' 5, 1822.
vi Rebecca, m. John I'arrow. He d. June 26, 1841, aged 62. .She d.
September 26, 1842.
vii Uetsey, m. Joseph Jones ; no children,
viii Luther, died in Boston, unmarried, aged 21 years.
Jabez Auies, .son of Elder Thouias Ames. He uiarried
Jaue, dauo'hter of John Gilkey, Sen. She died March
II, 1851. He died Jan. 21, 1829. Children, all born in
Islesborough :
i Jane, b. April 15, 1789, m. December 25, 1805, Captain William
Boardman. He died .August, 1865, aged 86. She died Decem-
ber 30, 1869.
ii Grace, b. September 29, 1790, m. .\biezer Veazie. He d. in Cam-
den, about 1840, aged 51 years. Descendants in Rockland,
iii Jabez, b. May 19, 1793, m. Lydia S. Mason, of Hope,
iv Betsey, b. April 18, 1795, m. Fields Coombs, Jr., December 26,
1814. He d. May 20, 1848, aged 62 years. .She died .August
15, 1865, aged 70 years.
V Lenity, b. March 7, 1797, m. Ralph Wade, of Lincolnville, De-
cember 17, 1820.
vi John, b. January 23, 1799. He d. in Vineland, X. J., 1886.
vii Catherine, b. July 12, i8or, m. Robert Sherman, October 9. 1825.
viii Susan, b. October 22, 1803, m. Isaac Sherman, May 29, 1825.
ix Isaac, b. November 18, r8o6, m. Rebecca Tarbell.
X Louisiana, b. May 20, 1809, m. , of Northport.
John Ames, born Jan. 23, 1799. He was a mariner.
Married Delilah, daughter of Noah Dodge, Jan. 28, 182 1.
She died in Baltimore, 1879. He died in \^ineland, New
Jersey, 1886. Children :
i John J., b. May i8, 1821, m. Balch, of LuTjec, d. in Cali-
fornia.
1 68 HISTORY UK ISLES HO ROUGH.
ii Ehnerson, b. November 19, 1822, in Waynesboro, Penn.
iii Susan, b. April 13, 1824, m. Charles W. Hammond, of Corinth,
d. in Baltimore,
iv Preston A., b. August 31, 1826 ; of Hingham, Mass.
V Hudson H., b. February 20, 1828. Lived in Brighton, Calais and
Baltimore. Married and had a familv.
Babbiik^k Family.
Eben Babbidge married Martha Dodge. He died April
5, 1870. Children:
i vStephen, b. November 15, 1844, m. Laura Veazie. His daughter
Laura Bell, b. September 22, 1866, m. Keller.
ii Ebenezer, b. August 27, 1846, m. Caro Hatch,
iii Esther, 1). August 23, 1849, m. A. G. Nelson,
iv Winfield S., b. February 4, 1853.
V Thaddeus, b. June 30, 1855, m. Adriana Pendleton,
vi Lewis H., b. December 8, 1856.
vii Martha and Margaret, b. January 21, 1859, d. 1859.
viii Cora A., b. June 8, 1861.
ix Helen, b. December 28, 1864.
X Margaret F., b. April 12, 1866.
Eben G. Babbidge married Caro Hatch. Children
i Margaret F., b. October 12, 1866, m. P>nest Thomas.
ii Clarence E)., b. April 4, 1869, m. Lena Rackett.
iii Harry A., b. December 19, 1871.
iv Caro Ella, b. March 31, 1881.
V Mary,
Thaddens Babbidge married Adriana Pendleton. Chil
dren :
i Mariel Beulah, b. 1877.
ii Abbie h., h. June 28, 1878.
Charles D. Bates married liW/.a Cooml)s. Children:
i Beulah C, b. January 7, 1878.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 1 69
B AC H 1 : 1 . 1 ) I-; K P" A IM I LV .
John Hachelder married first Niobe, daughter of Saiimel
Pendleton. She was born Jan. 18, 18 15; died Oct. 31,
1850. Married second, L>'dia Jane, widow of Solomon
Sprague, Oct. 18, 1852. Children :
i Orrington M., b. December 25, 1835, d. 1850.
ii Alonzo, b. April 10, 1838.
iii Cordelia M., b. April 18, 1839.
iv Aluruni A., b. October 26, 1842.
V Vandalure A., b. February 7, 1844.
vi Lucy M., b. December 21, 1S45.
vii Samuel E., b. February 18, 1847, '^- ^^49-
viii Francena R., b. December 25, 1848, d. 1849.
ix John A., b. August 2, 1850.
X Isaac G., b. June 6, [853.
BoARDMAN Family.
Joseph Board man married, October 2, 1774, Mary,
danghter of Thomas Pendleton. She was born 1758.
This was the first wedding in Islesborough, and Mr.
George Pendleton says he has conversed with Mrs. Board-
man. She said all the people on the island came to her
wedding. There were but three families then settled on
the island, viz : Thomas Pendleton, Shubael Williams
and William Pendleton. Capt. Thomas gave Mary and
Joseph a farm, and they built their house near Boardman's
Cove. He died Oct. 29, 183 1. Wife died July 26, 1827.
Children :
i Thomas, b. June 24, 1775.
ii Joseph, Jr., b. March 10, 1777-
iii William, b. July 28, 1779.
iv .Stephen, b. May 24, 1782, m. Elizabeth Farrow, i8rr. She d.
January 21, 181 7.
V Mary, b. F'ebruary 8, 1785, m. Josiah Farrow.
vi John, b. December 20, 1787, d. September 27, 1792.
vii Betsey, b. July 16, 1789, d. October 2, 1792.
viii Isaac Case, b. August 28, 1792.
ix Henry, b. May 14, 1794.
X Lydia, b. August 28, 1797, m. Martin Stone.
xi Margaret, b. February 12, 1800, m. William Stone.
•22
lyo HISTORY OF ISI.ESBO ROUGH.
Thomas Boardman was born Jan. 25, 1775. Married
Lydia Pendleton. His wife died Oct. 5, 1843. He died
Oct. 5, 1845. Children:
i Elizabeth, b. April i, 1800.
ii Thomas, Jr., b. January 27, 1802, d. 1823.
iii Joseph, b. November 8, 1804, m. Niobe Sprague.
William Boardman married Jane Ames. He was born
July 28, 1779. She was born April 15, 1789 ; died Dec.
30, 1869. Capt. Boardman commanded the schooner Ris-
ing Sun, about one hundred tons burden, which was the
first vessel sailing from here that went to Europe. She
had for a cargo a load of timber, bound for Liverpool.
Children that were born in Islesborough :
i William, Jr., b. June 12, 1809, d. 1815.
ii Mary Jane, b. September 13, 181 1.
iii Durock, b. August 9, 1813.
iv Dolly M., b. April 3, 1815, m. Peleg Decrow.
V Betsey, b. October 21, 1816, m. G. W. Dunton.
Children that were born in Hope and married in Isles-
borough :
vi Esther, ni. Royal Brown,
vii Josiah, m. Diana Boardman.
viii Isaiah, m. Mary H. Boardman.
ix Ivoisky, m. Thomas Boardman.
X William 3d, unmarried.
Isaac C. Boardman was born Augu.st, 1792. Married
Esther Farrow. Published Jan. 11, 1817. Children:
i Esther F., b. March 9, 1819, d. in 1S27.
ii Isaac M., b. May 24, 1821. He is now a ])rominent citizen of
Belfast,
iii Ruth, b. August 27, 1823, m. George Dyer,
iv Mary P., b. January 18, 1826, d. 1827.
V Joseph, b. November 15, 1827, d. young,
vi Panielia, m. Henry P. Came,
vii Georgiaua, b. in Belfast.
HIvSTORY OF ISTvRSBOROUGH. 17I
Henry Boardnian married Catherine Sprague, danohter
of Jonathan, Dec. 4, 1818. He lived on the east side,
adjoining the Joshua Dodge estate. The estate still be-
longs to his heirs. Children :
i Ann C, 111. Theodore Hatch,
ii Charlotte, b. June 16, 1S21.
iii Susan A., b. August 29, 1823, ni. Nathaniel Hatch, Jr., January
4, 1849.
iv Henry O., b. May 30, 1825, d. October i, 1857.
V William P., b. February 16, 1830, ni. Hattie Baker,
vi Mary H., b. November 15, 1832, m. Isaiah Boardnian.
vii Regiua J., b. December 15, 1835, m. Peleg Boardnian.
Joseph Boardman, son of Thomas Boardman, married
Niobe Sprague, June 26, 1824. He died Feb. 18, 1879.
She died Jan. 14, 1879. He lived at the lower end of the
island. He represented the town in the Legislature, was
a Democrat, and always had an influence in his political
party, which continued as long as he lived. He belonged
to the Masonic fraternity, and was buried with Masonic
honors. Children :
i Lydia P., b. October 14, 1824, m. Oliver Brown.
ii Diana, b. December i, 1825, m. Josiah Boardman.
iii Thomas 2d, b. July 8, 1828, m. Loisky Boardman.
iv George W., b. May 15, 1830, d. August 12, 1851.
V Edmund D., b. March 12. 1831, m. Sabra C. Collins.
vi Peleg P., b. November 23, 1833, m. Regina Boardman, d. Febru-
ary, 1892.
vii Elizabeth, b. December 24, 1836, m. Lorenzo Pendleton,
viii Leonidas Oscar, b. July 22, 1841, m. Lydia E. Patterson, of
Northport. He d. February 3, 1865. One son. Elder C, b.
February 3. 1865.
ix Lavinia A., b. June 10, 1839, m. Thomas F. Brown.
Isaiah Boardman, son of William, married ]\Iary Board-
man. Children :
i Linda E., b. June 2, 1855.
ii Ada D., b. October 11, 1858, d. December 8, 1863.
iii Willard, b. April 8, t86i, d. December 25, 1863.
172
HISTORY OF ISLKSROROrOH.
iv Millard E., b. June i, 1865.
V Edna A., b. Ma)' 13, 1867.
vi Evelvn Adell, h. May 13, 1870, d. October r8, TS72.
Edmund D. Boardinan, sou of Josepli, married Sabra C.
Collins. She died 1858. Second wife, Mary Heal, ol
Lincolnville. Tliird wife, Anoelia Dodoe. Children :
i Flora I., b. April 6, 1853, m. Cxeorge W. Sargent,
ii Margie M., b. February 27, 1857, d. 1861.
iii Loren V., b. October 2, 1869.
iv Florence L., b. , d. 187 1.
V Freeman Eugene, b. February 21, 1871 ; son of Flora.
Peleg P. Boardmau, son of Joseph Boardman, died 1892.
He married Regina Boardman. Children :
i Corydon H., b. February 7, i860.
ii Wendell H., b. June 18, 1864.
iii Leonora B., b. April 16, 1874.
iv Frank Curtis, b. july 23, 1875.
George W. Boardman married Marintha A. Dodge.
Children :
i Effie J., b. January 12, 1878.
history of tslksp.orough. 1 73
Brown Family.
John Brown married IMaroaret Hewes, Noy. 22, itSi2.
Wife died Oct. 10, 1840. Children :
i Pamelia W., b. December 22, 18 — .
• ii Penelope H., b. January 13, 1813, m. Thomas Fletcher,
iii Sylvester, b. July 27, 1815, m. Elsie Pendleton,
iv Joseph J., b. August 12, 1818, m. Queen Ann Dodge.
V William H., b. December 17, 1821, m. Mercy J. Farnsworth.
vi Oliver M., b. February 9, 1823, m. Lydia P. Boardman, December
15. 1844.
vii Betsey J., b. June 2, 1826.
viii Royal P., b. June 2, 1826, m. Esther Boardman, Sept. 28, 1847.
ix Thomas F., b. September 2, 1830, m. Lavinia Boardman, Septem-
ber 2, 1830.
Joseph J. Brown, died Sept., 1856. He married Queen
Ann Dodge, who died Apr. 16, 1856. Children:
i Pamelia, b. December 7, 1843, m. Andrew Allen.
ii Alvah A., b. September 28, 1850.
iii Martha J., b. December 16, 1855.
iv Joseph, d. young.
v Clarisada and William.
William H. Brown married Mercy Jane Pendleton, Ang.
26, 1846. She died June 24, 1856. Second wife, Han-
nah Fields. Children :
i Orburn M., b. March, 1847, d. 1849.
ii Orianua, b. April 11, 1849, d. 1851.
iii Washington, b. June 8, [851, d. July, 1869.
iv Melrose, b. July, 1852, d. 1854.
Royal P. Brown married Esther Boardman, Sept. 28,
1847. Children:
i Elvira E., b. November 14, 1848.
174 HISTORY OF ISLRSBOROUGH.
ii John, b. September 4, 1851, d. 1851.
iii Cecilia L., b. November 11, 1852, d. 1854.
iv Dorothy Jane, b. August 31, 1856, d. 1857.
V Royal E., b. August 30, 1855.
vi Lucinda R., b. July 25, 1858.
Oliver M. Brown married Lydia Boardman, Dec. 15,
1844. Children :
i Adelia E., b. April 4, 1850, m. Oliver S. Fletcher,
ii Francis I., b. August 22, 1852.
iii Rose G., b. May 5, 1856.
iv Fred L., b. July 10, 1857.
V Ada M., b. September 5, 1859, m. Perkins,
vi Aldervilla, b. December 17, 1862.
vii Hattie I., b. July 4, 1865.
Thomas F. Brown married Lavinia A. Boardman.
Children :
i Leartus F., b. February, 1858, m. Alice Herrick.
ii Ernestine J., b. April, i860, m. Charles Ayers.
iii Abby, m. Pendleton.
Bunker Family.
Silas Bunker came from Charleston or Bangor, Me.,
1839. He married Eleanor J. Rose, Jan. 10, 1839. He
was chairman of the board of selectmen for five years.
Went to California in 1849. He also built three churches
in Islesborough. Children:
i Edgar A., b. December ri, 1840, m. Betsey A. Coombs,
ii Fernery N., b. January 3, 1843, m. Adrianna A. Coombs,
iii Velocia Iv., b. June 27, 1846, m. James E. Coombs.
Emery N. Bunker married Adrianna A. Cooni1)s.
Children.
i Newton, b. April, 1875.
ii Henry A., 1). March 28, 1881.
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SIL-AS BUNKER.
1806— 1877.
history of islesborough. 1 75
Burns Family.
William Burns, from Bristol. Town officer, 1794.
William H. Burns married r^lary J. Knowlton. Chil-
dren :
i Emily Z., 1). June 22, 1852.
Dr. S. D. Buzzell. Children, born in Islesborongh :
i Oscar D., h. .September 6, 1855.
Burgess Family.
Isaac Burgess was highly esteemed for honest}-, up-
rightness, veracity and virtue. He was born in Vinal-
haven, March 16, 1810. He married Lucy, daughter of
Joseph R}-der, of X'inalhaven. She was born ]\Iar. 19,
181 6. He removed to Islesborough. Wife died in Isles-
borough. He was a master mariner for many years ; an
active and zealous Christian from youth to old age. He
was regarded with respect by all his acquaintances.
Children, all born in Islesborough :
i Mary A., 1). October 8, 1836.
ii Reuben H., b. March 11, 1838, died in Darien, 1877, o'" October 9,
1876.
iii Lydia J., b. May 20, 1841, d. February, 1862.
iv Harriet L , b. December 11, 1846, d. June, 1872.
V Isaac M., b. January 3, 1851.
vi Hannah M., b. May 10, 1853.
vii Nellie E., b. March 2, i860.
CooMBS Family.
Peter Coombs* came here from Brunswick. He was
one of the first town officers. He settled at vSabbath-Day
Harbor. He sold out to Mighill Parker, Aug. 6, 1791,
* He may have been father of Hosea and Fields Coombs.
176 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
and returned to Brunswick. Parker sold out to Joseph
Ryder.
Anthony Coombs, Sen., came from New Meadows.
He was a town officer in 17H9. He died in 181 5, at the
age of 100 years. Ruth, his wife, died 1S26. They had
seven sons and two daughters.
i Authony.
ii Jesse,
iii Robert,
iv Ephraim.
V Benjainin.
vi Jonathan.
Anthony Coombs, Jr. He was a town officer in Isles-
borough in 1792-6. He lived on the second lot below
vSabath-Day Harl)or. He married probably Hannah
Holbrook. He died Jan. 8, 1835. Children, prol)ably :
i Abiezer.
ii Henry B.
iii Ephraim.
iv Nancy, m. John Rea, of Castine, June 3, 1815.
V Lois, ni. Lewis Murch, of Belfast; published March 5, 1825.
vi Hannah, m. Roger Meriithew; published June 5, 1820.
vii Daughter, m. John Warren.
Jesse Coombs, son of .Vnthony, vSen. He married
Hannah, daughter of William Richards, of Bristol, April
16, 1794. He died Sept. 5, 1823. She died Nov. 16,
1859. Children, all born in Islesborough :
i Jesse, b. November 19, 1795, m. Wealthy Trim, November 22,
i8i;v Moved to Bucksport, where he died.
ii Sally, b. vSeptember 29, 1797, m. James Farren ; published Sep-
tember 15, 1812. Moved to New Hampshire, where she died.
iii Olhniel, b. June 25, 1799, m. Sally Marshall ; published April 27,
1816. He died in Islesborough.
iv Wealthy, b. March 8, 1801, m. Isaac AJlard ; published Septem-
ber 29, 1819. Moved to Beliast, where she died.
HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH, 1 77
V Temperance, b. February 8, 1803, 111. Thomas Marshall, Jr., July
20, 1820. Moved to Philadelphia, where she died,
vi Rebecca P., b. April 6, 1805, m. F^der Samuel Macomber, Sep-
tember 12, 1824. Lived and died in Bluehill.
vii Philip F., b. March 7, 1807, m. Eliza M. Farrow, June 3, 1838;
Eliza died February 5, 1890.
viii Pillsbury, b. January 25, 1809, m. Lois Trim, July 22, 1832.
ix Lucinda (or Louisiana) m. William Gulliver. Lived in vSears-
port, where she died.
X Hannah, b. April 15, 1815, m. Ira Porter. Lived and died in
Searsport.
xi Cyrena, b. May 20, 1817, m. Jacob Sargent, of Brewer; published
December 19, 1837. She lives in Bangor.
Robert Coombs, son of Anthony, Sen., lived near Jere-
miah Hatch, West Bay. He married Lncy Thomas, Jnly
10, 1790. (?) She died June 20, 1835. Children:
i Robert, Jr., 1j. June 25, 1783, m. Jane Gilkey, 1823.
ii Jacob, b. March 31, 1785, probably m. Prudence Turner; pub-
lished April 15, 1821.
iii Lucy, b. February 28, 1787, m. Otho Abbot, of IV^ntville, October
7, 1816.
iv Jesse, b. April 4, 1789, m. Desire Turner (or Trim), Mar. 2, 1816.
V Isaac, b. F'ebruary 9, 1790, m. Betsey Boardnian.
vi Luther, b. June 3, 1805, m. Diana Basford, of Belfast, May 9,
1828.
vii Catherine, b. May 13, 1809, m. Bagley, of Belfast,
viii Louisa, b. July 18, 1811, m. Arthur Farnsworth, June 21, 1832.
ix Isaiah, b. August 16, 1838, by second wife.
Ephraim Coombs, son of x^nthony, died Jan. 9, 1812,
aged 36 years. He married , of Bristol. Children :
i William R., b. May 14, 1800, m. Mary H. Sargent, b. 1801 ;
d. 1890.
ii Anthony, went to Utah,
iii John, d. in New York,
iv Isaiah.
V Moses, d. in Baltimore,
vi Ephraim, Jr., m. twice.
•S6
178 HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH.
Elder Epliraim Coombs, son of Epliraim, was a minis-
ter of the Baptist church for thirty or forty years. He
held town offices for a number of years. He died May
10, 1872, aged 75 years. He married first, Hannah
Cyphers, of Sidney, Me., published Dec. 15, 1818.
Second, Jane Thayer, published June 19, 1830. She died
1 87 1. Children:
i Watson, b. January 26, 1820, ni. Mary vSarj^ent ; d. in Brewer,
ii Sarah A., b. June 3, 1827, in. Jonas Page, of Bangor,
iii Wilson, b. October 30, 1830, m. Lucy A. Marshall,
iv Aniariah, b. July 3, 1832, m. Mary J. Marshall.
V Williani Richards, b. February 28, 1834, m. Ida I. Adams,
vi Mary J., b. October 11, 1836, ni. Benjamin Heal,
vii James vS., b. July 3, 1841, ni. Sally Hawes. James was a soldier
in the 2d Maine regiment.
Child, Zeruiah, b. April 2, i860,
viii Laura A., b. Janviary 24, 1843, m. Gershom F. Libby.
ix Franklin, d. unmarried.
Wilson Coombs, son of Ephraim, born Oct. 30, 1830.
Married Lticy Ann Marshall. Published Jan. 6, 1855.
Children :
i Luc}' E., 1). November, 1856, d. December 22, 1875.
ii Rose E., b. December 17, 1857, d. 1858.
iii Frederick W., b. July 18, i860.
iv Wellington P., b. November 3. 1861 , drowned 1880.
V William L., b. July 14, 1863, m. Calista A. Decker. -^
vi Augustus Perry, b. August 29, 1865.
vii Elmira M., b. March i, 1867, m. Charles E. Coombs,
viii Bertha B., b. March 30, 1870.
Aniariah Coombs, son of Ephraim, Jr., born July 3,
1832. Married Mary J. Marshall, daughter of Sanniel,
July 25, 1852. Children:
i Dora E., b. December 7, 1852, m. Matthew Randlett.
ELDER EPHRAIM COOMBS.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. T79
ii Ellen J., b. INIarch 7, 1855.
iii Lovina, b. July 5, 1856.
iv Otis Watson, b. January 5, 1858, d. October 30, 1S75.
V Estelle, b. September 27, 1859.
vi Walter, b. October 16, 1861.
vii Daut^hter, b. December i6, 1864.
Benjamin Coombs, son of Anthony, Sen., married
Abigail Williams, Jnne 16, 1791. She died July 13, 1842.
Children :
i John, m. Nancy Garner, July 14, 1822. Children:
1 Lucy, b. July 25, 1829, m. Harvey Decker.
2 Ruth, b. August 16, 1834, m. Joseph Decker.
ii William, m. Betsey Williams, September 19, 1833. Children :
1 Benjamin 2d, b. February 4, 1834, d. 1836.
2 Samuel W., b. March 10, 1836, d. 1836.
3 Rosilla, b. September 17, 1837, m. John Clark.
4 Joseph V. B., b. July 27, 1840, m. Lizzie Small-.
5 William A., b. June 17, 1842, m. Lucy A. Decker,
iii Rebecca, d. unmarried.
iv Christian, d. unmarried.
Jonathan Coombs, son of Anthony, Sen., married
Martha, daughter of Samuel Warren, Nov. 16 or June,
1790. Moved to Albion, where he died. Children:
i Jonathan B., m. Abby Redman. Children, b. in Islesborough :
1 Robert E., b. September 9, 1854, d. 1862.
2 Abraham L., b. August 29, 1861.
3 Clara E., b. January i, 1858, d. 1859.
4 Abby E., b. March 22, 1873.
5 Ernest R.
ii Samuel Warren, b. Islesborough, August 25, 1810. Lived in
Mattawamkeag.
iii George.
iv Ruth, m. Nicholas Oilman, of Passadumkeag.
V Thankful, m. Amos Dennis, of Passadumkeag.
vi Betsey, m. David Scott, of Greenbush.
vii Walter B. (?)
t8o history OI^ IvSLICSBOROUait.
Abiezer Coombs, son of Anthony, Sen., married
Mary Bnrke, of Ellsworth, Nov. 23, 1823. He died Oct.
3, 1861. She died May 5, 1881. Children:
i Henry, b. July i8, 1825, d. January 26, 1826. .
ii Abiezer, b. June 20, 1827, d. January 12, 1846.
iii Mary Ann, b. May 29, 1829, m. Micajali Maxey, November
29, 1850.
iv Hannah B., b. May 29, 1831, m. Stephen Knowlton, Oct. 10, 1852.
V Nancy E., b. January 6, 1833, ni. Robert Marshall, Sept. 16, 1850.
vi Lois, b. September 20, 1835, m. Alverdo Dodge, Sept. 21, 1856.
vii Joseph Anthony, b. Septeml)er 16, 1837, ">■ KHa Haynes. He d.
in 1890.
viii Elzina, b. November 27, 1839, m. Stephen Knowlton. August 21,
i860.
Henry B. Coombs, son of Anthony, Jnnior, lived on
the east side of Sabbath- Day Harbor, known as the
Bluff. He sold his land on the Bluff, and then bought
the estate formerly owned b)- Jeremiah Dodge, near
Sprague's Cove. This was his home for many years,
and where he lived and died. He was known as Uncle
Henry by the inhabitants, and liked and respected by the
whole town. This estate is now owned by the Isles-
borough Land and Improvement Company. He married
Rhoda Cxrover. He died Jan. 3, 1884, age 74 years, 10
months and 25 days. Children (probably not in order) :
i Eliza J., m. Wellington Rose, February 2, 1850.
ii Henry, m. I.ydia Jane .Sjirague.
iii Izetta M., m. l-Vank Dix, .Septembers, 1858.
iv Paulina, b. October 11, 1843, m. William Collins, March, 1861.
V William G., m. Ella Haynes, Ma\- 11, 1865. He was drowned,
November 19, 1S75.
vi Stephen H., m. Lydia A. Sawyer, January 14, 1856.
vii Alonzo, m. first, Emma Van Aml)urg ; second, Ei/./.ie Hatch,
viii Joseph G., m. Mrs. Hannah Martin.
ix Flora C, b. October 25, 1849, m. .Samuel ]\. Haynes, March
J I, 1865.
HISTORY OF IvSLESROROUGH. l8l
Alonzo Coombs, son of Henry B., niarned first, Knnna
Van Ambnrg-, second, Lizzie Hatch. Children :
i Ada A., b. October 15, 1854, 111. Elvin J. Ryder,
ii Alice S., b. October 23, 1857.
iii Alonzo M., b. January 11, 1862, d. 1862.
Othniel Coombs, son of Jesse, married Sally Marshall.
Pnblished April 27, 1816. He was hiohly esteemed, and
a man of remarkable energy and indnstry ; honest and
npright in all his dealings. He was born and died in
Islesborongh. His youngest son Joseph had the estate,
and took care of them in their old age. He had many
children, all of wdiom were highh' respected. Children :
i Sally, b. November 20, 1818, m. William Farrow,
ii Ivois, b. February 6, 1821, m. Henry Rose,
iii Lydia J., b. April 6, 1823, m. Samuel Coombs, of Bangor,
iv Arphaxad, b. February 12, 1826, m. Harriet Coombs. Children:
1 Arphaxad, Jr., b. November 30, 1851.
2 Angelia E., b. October 4, 1853.
3 Hattie, b. July 8, 1857.
V Martin S., b. March 30, 1829, m. Catherine P. Thomas, widow.
He d. September 8, 1868. Children :
1 Wellington M. Coombs, b. September 16, 1854, m.
Georgiaua Gilkey.
2 Eliza C, b. October 26, 1857, m. Charles Bates.
3 Robert P., b. May 3, i860.
vi Eucena D., b. June 10, 1831, d. about 16 years old.
vii Mary Ann, b. February i, 1835, d. April, 1838.
viii Eliza F., b. November 22, 1837, d. November 26, 1857.
ix George A., b. August 30, 1840, m. Lydia J. Burgess, 1862.
X Joseph E- S., b. September 24, 1842, m. Lucy Parker. vShe d.
April I, 1876. Son Martin S. b. June 26, 1875.
xi Adrianna, b. December 15, 1845, ^"- Emery N. Bunker, 1866.
Philip F. Coombs, son of Jesse Coombs, born March 27,
1807. He married Eliza M., daughter of John Farrow,
June 3 (10), 1838. She was born August 24, 1809; died
February 5, 1890. He was a farmer. The estate de-
scended to him from his father. While in active life,
labor unremitting was his lot, though not a murmur
1 82 HISTORY OF ISLHSBOROUGH.
escaped his lips. Honesty and plain dealing were his dis-
tinonishino- traits. His lot is now divided between his
son Watson and danghter Roxana. He now lives with
his son Watson. Children :
i Dexter F. Coombs, b. April 20, 1839, 111. Margaret .
ii Philip C, b. October 31, 1841, m. Caroline V. Warren, Jnly
25, 1867.
iii Watson H., b. December 26, 1S43, ni. Sarah E. Knowlton, Janu-
ary 2, 1868.
iv Othniel B., b. May 20, 1847, m. Philena H. Orover. Children :
Anna M., b. November 7, 1875.
Biveuce (?) and Gertrude.
V Roxana F., Ij. February 24, 1854, m. Edward Parker,
vi Eliza R., b. May 16, 1853, m. William P. Marshall, June 8. 1867.
Pillsbnry Coombs, son of Jesse, was a master mariner,
a zealous Christian, and an honest man. He v/on general
respect and popularity by his social disposition and kind
manners. He was born in Islesborough, Jan. 25, 1809,
and died Jan. 27, 1890. He married Lois Trim, July 22,
1832. She was born May 12, 181 1, and died October 29,
1889. Children :
i Mary Jane, b. F'ebruary 26, 1833. ill. Jacob W'ymaii, June 13, r853.
ii Pillsbnry P., b. Jnly i, 1S34, m. Mai-y A. Redman, March, 1859.
Son Herljert E., b. May 17, i860,
iii Lois Iv., b. vSeptenil)er 30, 1835, d. Octol)er -29, 1S86; m. R. P.
Pendleton,
iv James E., b. May i, 1839, m. Angeline Sj)inney.
V .Vlmeda, b. July 14, 1840, d. December 23, 1881 ; m. .\h)n/.o
Wyman, 1858.
vi Eucena D.,b. August 15, 1845, m. Joseph A. Sjjrague.
vii Diana, b. .\pril 21, 1848, d. May 7, 1873; ni. (). I'. Coombs,
2(1. 1869.
viii Rosanna, b. Noveml)er 17, 1847, m. .\ustin Wyman, July 7, i8b8.
i.\ I'rederick W., b. SejHemljer 17, 1854, d. .
X ICniily Iv., 1). July 29, 1831, m. Millard P. Parker.
HISTORY OF TSLKSBOROUGH. 183
James E. Coombs married first, Anoeline F. vSpinney,
1857, and second, Bnnker. Children :
i Iniogene, b. November 12, 1857.
ii Jacob L., b. September 21, 1859.
iii Charles E., b. December i, 1861, m. Nellie Cooml)s.
iv Artha A., b. November 12, 1872.
V Ervina E., b. November 26, 1877, d. ■ -.
■ Luther Coombs, son of Robert, Sen., l)orn June 3,
1805. He married Diana Basford, of Belfast, May 9,
1828. He died, and the widow married second, Reuben
Carver, of Vinal Haven, 1858. Children :
i Luther, b. May 7, 1829.
\ ii Jacob W., b. August 18, 1831.
iii Catherine E., b. August 6, 1834.
Robert Coombs, Jr., born June 25, 1783. Married first,
Jane P. Gilkey, of Phillips, Dec. 25, 1823 ; married sec-
ond, Louisa Dean, of Lincolnville, 1837. Children :
i Lucy J., b. September 5, 1824, d. 1827.
ii Statira, b. April 13, 1826.
iii Robert A., b. July 3, 1828.
Isaac Coombs, son of Robert, born February 9, 1790;
married first, Betsey Boardman, Jan. 23, 1823. She died
May 4, 1835, aged 35. He married second, Althea
Palmer. Published June 16, 1836. He died Januarv 27,
1840. Children : ■
i Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1823, m. Mansfield Clark.
ii Isaac, b. April 29, 1826, m. Almira Driukwater. He is a ship-
master and shipbuilder of Camden,
iii Thomas B., b. Novembers, 1829, d. September 15, 1830.
iv Orzilla, b. October 20, 1831, m. Orris Clark.
V Edwin, by second wife, b. April 28, 1837.
vi Emily A., by second wife, b. April 28, 1837.
Hosea Coombs, brother of Fields, Sen., from Bruns-
wick, settled the next lot below Sabbath-Dav Harbor.
184 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Married first, Elizabeth Pa^e (both of Bath), Sept. 25^
1782 (or Marv Page), dauo'hter or sister of Rev. Solomon
Page, minister at Bath abont 1762. Married second,
Jndith Buckmore, of Northport (nee Maddocks), Sept.
II, 1813. Children, probal:)h- :
i Simon, in. Mary McDonald, of Belfast, March 2, 1814.
ii Fields, ni. Betsey Ames.
iii Hosea, d. at sea, or at Norfolk ; unmarried,
iv Otis, d. unmarried.
V Solomon Page, m. Abigail Pendleton, 1824.
vi Jeremiah, d. in Chelsea hospital, nnmarried.
vii Betsey, m. Robinson Crockett, of Brooksville.
viii Isaac (?) married .
ix John. (?)
Capt. Fields Coombs, son of Hosea Coombs. He mar-
ried Bet.sey Ames, Dec. 26, 1814. He died May 2, 1848,
aged 62 years and 4 months. vShe died Angnst 15, 1865,
aged 79 years 5 months. Children :
i Emeline, b. May 14, 1815, d. January, 1892; m. Thomas H. Par-
ker, Februar}' 6, 1839.
ii ElizaJ., b. March 23, 1817, m. Mark Pendleton, Jr., 1837.
iii Otis, b. 1819, d. March, 1820.
iv Otis F., 1). February 22, 1821, m. Angelia Vea/.ie ; d. December
19, 1877.
V Catherine, b. February 23, 1823, d. August 9, 1826.
vi Deborah, b. April 27, 1825 ; m. first, Otis C. Veazie, January 21,
1844; m. second, John Veazie. Died 1888.
vii Hannah L,., b. November 17, 1827, m. Arphaxad Coombs,
viii Lincoln, b. August 3, 1830, m. Louisa Farnsworth.
ix Charles A., b. February 22, 1832 ; m. first, Veazie ; sec-
ond, Kllen Smith.
X Theresa Rose, b. March 11, 1835, d. January 9, 1838.
xi Edwin, b. October 29, 1837 ; m. first, Augusta M. Veazie, Sep-
tember 25, 1864; second, Lovina Marshall, January 29, i860.
Otis F. Coombs, son of Fields, married Angelia Veazie,
Feb. 4, 1844. She died in 1891. He represented the
town in the Legislatnre, and was the first master of Island
Lodge of P'ree Masons. He was postmaster, town clerk,
OTIS F. COOMBS.
1821—1879.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 1 85
and a man of honor and esteem. He died on board his
vessel, the brig Caroline Eddy, in the Mediterranean sea,
December 19, 1877, and was buried in Islesborongh with
Masonic rites. Children :
i Betsey A., b. August 8, 1844, m. Edgar Bunker,
ii Otis P., b. Ma)' 22, 1847, ™- Diana Coombs, January 21, 1869.
She (I. in 1874. His second wife, Hattie, d. June ro, 1878.
iii Charles O., b. October 28, 1851, m. Adelma A. Wyman.
iv Emerson G., b. July 25, 1855, m. Martha Ryder. Children :
1 Edith E., b. August 6, 1876.
2 Isabella and Caro L.
V Helen E., b. February 25, 1859, m. B. Lewis Ryder,
vi Caro, m. Frank H. Mayo.
Lincoln Coombs, son of Fields, married Louisa Farns-
worth, daughter of Arthur. She was born Oct. 3, 1833.
He died April 3, 1892, from apoplexy. He had been for
nearly forty years one of the best known sea captains of
the town. Toward the last of his life he retired from the
sea, owing to ill health. He commanded a vessel at the
time he was twenty, and through his long seafaring career
had charge of man\' vessels, in nearly all of which he
went on foreign voyages. He was a man much respected
and liked. Capt. Coombs was 61 years of age. Children:
i Lincoln" O-, b. April 16, 1855, d. February 14, 1859.
ii Nahum H., b. September 2, 1856, d. September 6, 1875.
iii Urania J., b. April 21, i860.
iv Sabriua, m. Charles A. Rose.
Solomon Page Coombs, son of Hosea, married Abigail
Pendleton, Nov. 4, 1824. He lived on the lot next below
the Ryder lot, at Sabbath-Day Harbor. His son, Solo-
mon P. Coombs, Jr., had the old homestead, which has
now upon it several summer cottages. Mr. Coombs died
February 22, 1873. His widow died September 2, 1879.
Children :
i John :MonrMe. b. July 28, 1825, m. first, Lucy Wyman; second,
Jane Small.
24
1 86 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ii Solomon P., b. October 8, 1827, m. Lydia P. Warren. February
26, 1879. He d. 1891.
iii George H., b. May 3, 1830; unmarried,
iv Jarandum, b. December 11, 1833, m. John B. Moody.
V Ruth P., b. December 28, 1835, m. Fred Smith.
vi Orinda A., b. October 4, 1839, m. Chipman Cobb.
John Monroe Coombs, son of Solomon P. Coombs, born
Jnly 28, 1825 ; died Jnne 17, 1S75. Married first, Lncy
Wyman, March 22, 1851 ; married second, Jane Small,
Jnne 24, 1866. She died Jnne 15, 1873. Children:
i John A., b. January 14, 1854, d. July 6, 1861.
ii Emma, b. April i, 1856, d. March 27, 1870.
iii Sewall Swazey, b. April 23, 1861.
iv John M., b. August 22, 1867, d. 1892.
V Charles C, b. October 8, 1868.
vi Ralph A., b. February 5, 1872.
Fields Coombs, brother of Hosea, from Brnnswick. He
was the first town clerk, in 1789. He married first, Phebe
Holbrook. She died Jan. 9, 1801. He married second,
Martha Veazie. I suppose this to be the same man.
Children, probably :
i Isaac, 1). November i, 1785.
ii Bridget, b. May 10, 1788, ni. Samuel Veazie.
iii Naomi, b. February 23, 1790, m. John Veazie.
iv Ruth, b. December 15, 1791, m. David Svvett, of Orland, August
T2, 1812.
V Mighill, b. April 5, 1794, drowned in Penobscot river; unmarried,
vi Charles, b. November 18, 1796; married,
vii Charity, b. September 26, 1798, m. William I'"arrovv.
viii Fields, b. December 24, 1801.
ix Lucy v., b. April 12, 1803 ; m. first, William Hewes, 1821 ; sec-
ond, William Wyman, 1829.
X Louisiana, b. June 21, 1805, m. Robert Trim,
xi vSampson, b. September 27, 1806.
xii Thatcher, b. March 25, r8o8, m. Elnora Philbrook.
xiii Hosea, b. June 26, 1810; married.
xiv Jairus, b. February 17, 1815 ; married.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 187
Sampson Coombs, sou of Fields, born Sept. 27, 1806 ;
married Experience Whitman, May 16, 1832. He died
Jan. II, 1851. Children:
i Jairus, b. July 3, 1833.
ii Martha J., b. May 6, 1835.
iii Lydia A., b. March 9, 1837.
Thatcher Coombs, son of Fields, born March 25, 1808.
Married Elnora Philbrook. Widow died September 16,
1864. Children:
i Almira F., b. November 6, 1837.
ii Margaret F., b. September 27, 1839.
iii Fostiua A., b. December 28, 1840, d. 1841.
iv Fostiua A., b. December 4, 1841.
V Sylviua P., b. July 10, 1843.
Jairus Coombs, son of Fields, born Feb. 17, 1815.
Married Statira Lane. He died April 25, 1882. His wife
died in 1892. Children:
i Martha A., b. May 25, 1845, m. Henry Freeman.
ii Charles E. H., b. April 20, 1847, d. 1849.
iii Charles, b. November 11, 1849.
iv F'ields, b. April 15, 1851, d. 1856.
V Jairus C, b. June 10, 1854, m. Abby Smith.
vi Eben L., b. August 20, 1855, m. Effie Wyman.
vii Fields S., b. October 6, , m. — - Grant.
Isaac Coombs married Mary Johnson. He died Mar. 4,
1858. Children:
i Helen A., b. March 23, 1856. m. Ambrose F. Hatch,
ii Isaac E., b. October 2, 1858, d. i860.
Charles O. Coombs, married Adelma A. Wyman. Born
Oct. 28, 185 1. He was drowned Mar. 31, 1879. Child:
Edgar B., b. January 28, 1878.
l88 TITSTORY OF ISLKfiBOROrrxH.
Clark Family.
Mansfield Clark, married Elizabeth Coombs, July 15,
1840. He died Feb. 7, 1S79, aoed 58 years. Children :
i Clarissa, h. Auf^ust 2, 1843, m. EHsha Trim,
ii CryeHa. b. July 23, 1853, d. 1856.
iii Isabella F., b. October, 1855, 111. Dow.
iv Ernest M., b. March 27, 1857.
V Clifford L., b. April 19, i860, d. 1S61.
vi Jessie M., b. July 7, 1866.
vii Jjflvinia, ni. George Coombs.
Orris Clark married Auzilla Coombs. Published June
7, 1856. Children:
i Henrietta L., b. December 2, 1857.
ii Frank C, b. March 17, 1862.
iii Avery E.. b. April 9, 1868.
iv Amasa P.. b. April 9, 1868, d. 1868.
Eliphalet Clark married Rosilla Coombs. Children:
i Joseph W., b. July 23, 1864.
ii Elsie W., b. August 18, 1874, d. .
iii Huldah, b. 1872.
Clary Family.
Alfred Clary. Child :
Eliza A. C, b. December 7, 1850.
Cobb Fa:mily.
Chipman Cobb married Orinda Ann Cooml)s, vScpt. 4,
1S59. Children:
i Ida M., b. November 16, 1859, d. i860,
ii Evabell, b. October 31, i860, d. 1876.
iii Solomon H., b. July 16, 1864.
iv Helen M., b. , m. George Williams.
V Annie,
vi Eva.
History of islksborough. i8q
CoBURN FA:\riLV.
Charles A. Cobiirn inanied jNIary A. Sawyer, Jan. 14,
1856. He died Aug., 1867. Children:
i Frank A., b. Decembers, 1856.
ii Grace E., b. December 6, 1858.
iii F>lgar E., b. April 15, 1861, fl. 1875.
Alpheus A. Cob urn married Rebecca Havnes. He
id Aug., 1868. Children:
i Edith A., b. July 21, 186-.
Collins Family.
David Collins married Eliza Y. Sawyer. He died
1884. Children :
i Joseph W., b. August 8, 1839, m. Paulina Coombs,
ii Elizabeth M., b. July i, 1843, m. Maximilian Pendleton,
iii Edward, d. in 1891 ; m. Irene L. Pendleton,
iv Hattie.
V George,
vi Paul,
vii Emma.
George N. Collins married Serene F. Gilkey. Chil-
dren were :
i Clara A., b. March 3, 1864.
ii Edith Rose, b. July 5, 1866, m. Leon W. Wyman.
iii Effie Blanche, b. February 27, 1870.
iv John G., b. December 9, 1872.
Davis Collins married Betsey Barker. Children:
i Edith R., b. Jul}- 5, 1865, ni. Edgar Boardnian.
ii Lydia A., b. , in. Loomis Decrow.
CooKSON Family.
Thomas Cookson married Roxanna Farrow, Dec. 26,
1833. He died in California, 1886. Children:
i Tucker F., b. April 5, 1835.
ii Vandelia Y., b. November 9, 1836.
IQO HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUOH.
iii Walter S , b. March 26, 1839, m. Philbrook.
iv James P., b. July 27, 1841, d. young.
V Eugene P., b. May 11, 1844, d. young,
vi Caroline, lives in California.
CoTTRELL Family.
Sylvester Cottrell, from Rhode Island, via Portsmouth,
N. H. He married Mary, oldest dau^jhter of Thomas
Pendleton. His hou.se was built near the Point, .south-
west from the steamboat wharf, near the brook, at Hewes'
Point. He made a deed of land to Samuel Jackson, of
Plymouth, July i, 1790, which was the fir.st deed recorded
in Hancock Records. Mr. Cottrell and wife moved to New
Brun.swick in their old age, where they died. Children,
probably :
i Pamelia, m. Paoli Hewes, Dec. 11, 17B7.
ii Polly, m. Simon Dodge, about 1790.
iii Joseph, m. Prudence Grinnell, May 3, 1803.
iv vSylvester Jr.
V Joshua, m. Olive, daughter of Benjamin Coombs.
Davis Family.
Chauncey C. Davis married first, Sarah M. Blake. She
died July 20, 1864. Second, Lydia J. Pendleton. Chil-
dren were :
i Jane L., b. December 11, 1855, d. 1856.
ii Annette M., b. September 26, 1857, m. Phineas L. Rolerson.
iii Charles M., b. June 13, i860,
iv Samuel W., b. October 23, 1870.
V vSarah M., b. October 21, 1873.
vi Nancy Kllen, b. October 14, 1875.
vii Rvelyn, b. August 29, 1877.
viii Rose, m. Otis Dodge.
Decker F'amily.
Thomas Decker died June 28, 1866. Married Lydia
Grover. She died June 28, 1866. Children:
i Andrew J., b. February 24. 1842, d. 1863.
HISTORY OK ISI.KSROROUGH. I9I
ii Adoniraui, b. September 8, 1844, m. Harriet Coose.
iii Eliza A., b. August 25, 1847.
iv Thomas J., b. March 25, 1851, m. Rosauua Warren.
V Adabell, b. June 28, 1861, d. 1886.
Adoniram Decker married Harriet Coose. Children :
i Walter, m. Ruth Moody.
ii Morris, m. Hatch.
iii Calista, m. W. Leighton Coombs.
Thomas J. Decker married Rosanna Warren. Chil-
dren were:
i Lizzie Porter, b. May 31, 1878.
ii Arthur Alvin, b. September 16, 1875.
iii James Garfield, b. June 26, 1880.
Decrow Family.
Loomis B. Decrow married Lydia Collins. Children:
i Aubern Llewellyn, b. November 16, 1869.
Dix Family.
William Dix was born at Tremont, Maine, Angnst 20,
1804. He died at Islesborongh, Angnst 25, 1876. His
wife was x\nn L. Grindle. She was born at Mt. Desert,
Maine, December 25, 1809, and died at Islesborongh,
March 26, 1887. Children:
i Frederick C, b. February 13, 1827, m. Catherine B. Sherman,
ii Nehemiah, b. March 10, 1829, d. young.
iii Eunice, b. January 20, 1831, d. in Lincolnville, aged about 18.
iv Francis G., b. February ri, 1834, m. Izetta Coombs.
V Judith G., b. February 11, 1834, m. Hosea Wyman.
vi Adaliza or Adaline T., m. James Harrison Veazie.
vii Harriet S., m. Wilber Lowell,
viii Sophronia A.
ix George M., m. Caroline Redman.
Francis G. Dix married Izetta Coombs, Sept. 6, 1858.
Children :
i James R.. b. October i, i860,
ii William H., b. October 17, 1872, d. 1874.
iii Bertha J., b. June 23, 1875.
192 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
George M. Dix married Carrie J. Redman. Children
i Almah L., b. August i, 1874.
ii Jessie Adell, b. September 4, 1877.
iii Luella M., b. March 7, 1879.
DoDGK Family. ,
Simon Dodge, Sen., was here early. His honse was near
*'The Gully," east side, below Hewes' Point. He must
have died after 1823, as his grandson, Simon Dodge, was
then called "third." His estate was divided between his
sons Joshua and Noah ; now owned b}- Alvin Warren. He
married first Prudence Rose. He mairied second Sarah
Nash, widow of Dodge Pendleton. Children, probably:
i Noah, of Islesborough, d. July 23, 1816, aged 54.
ii Israel, of Islesborough.
iii Solomon, d. unmarried,
iv Simon, Jr., of Islesborough, d. February 6, 1826.
V Mark, of Islesborough.
vi Joshua.
vii Lydia, m. Simon Sprague.
viii Mary, m. Sargent.
ix Wealthy, m. Ezekiel Parker.
X Experience, m. William Grinnell.
xi Rathburn, d. September 18, 1846, aged 79.
xii Perhaps a daughter, -who ni. Billington.
Noah Dodge, .son of Simon, married Ro.sanna Rose.
She died :\Iay 18, 1835. He died July 23, 1816, aged 54.
Children :
i Hannah, b. May 27, 1786.
ii vSimon, b. May 15, 1788, d. 1798.
iii James, b. June 13, 1790, d. December 24, 1831.
iv Rosanna, b. January 24, 1793, m. Henry Rose.
V Hiram, b. June 24, 1795, m. Betsey Ciphers.
vi Delilah, b. November 16, 1798, m. John Ames,
vii Noah, b. March 15, 1801, d. March 17, 1823.
viii Jeremy, b. July 20, 1805, m. Betsey Gilkey.
ix Phebc, b. November 5, 1807, d. March 26, 1823.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 193
Israel Dodoe, son of Simon, married Prndence, danghter
of Godfrey Trim, . He was drowned Febrnary 17,
1807, aged 35. She married second, Thomas Marshall,
January 9, 1823. Children:
i Al)raham, m. Charity Dodge ; published March 22, 1829. He
was drowned between Islesborough and Boston. She ni.
second Rathburn Dodge,
ii vSally, m. Simon Dodge, Jr., 1823.
iii Betsey, ni. Simon Dodge, Jr., 1826.
Simon, son of Simon Dodge, was born on Block Island,
R. I., November i, 1768. He married in 1789 Mary,
daughter of Sylvester Cottrell. She was born July 5,
1770. He died in his field, Feb. 6, 1826. Children:
i Prudence, b. April 17, 1790, in Islesborough.
ii Experience, b. October 30, 1796, in Islesborough.
iii Simon, Jr., b. July 5, 1799, in Islesborough.
iv Solomon, b. September 17, 1800, in Islesborough, ni. Lvdia
Gould; pviblished July 14, 1826. Daughter: Artimisa, born
Sept. 26, 1830.
V Rathburn, b. August lo, 1806, in New Brunswick,
vi Charity, b. July 27, 181 1, m. Rathburn Dodge, Jr.
vii Queen Ann, b. April 8, 1825, m. Joseph J. Brown.
Mark Dodge, of Block Island, son of Simon, vSen.,
married in 1798 Wealthy, danghter of Nathaniel Pen-
dleton, and grand-daughter of Thomas Pendleton, Jr.
They settled on a farm south of Samuel Pendleton, near
the Bonnet Point, where they built their house. It is
now owned by Capt. Warren. He died June 21, 1823.
Children :
i Noah, b. March 10, 1799, m. Elizabeth J. Brown; published De-
cember 14, 1829.
ii Christiana, b. May 13, i8or, m. Roberts.
iii Dydia, b. January 24, 1806, m. Wood, of Belfast.
iv Mark Zebulon, b. September 181T, m. vSarah Knowltou, 1832.
He died in Rockland, June 21, 1833.
V Wealthy, b. July 16, 1813.
vi Charles, b. September 11, 1815, m; Rebecca Yeaton.
2d
194 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH,
vii William S., b. November 27, 1817, m. Sarah J. Pciullcton, moved
to Gouldsboro, d. there, Jan. 17, 1889.
viii Joseph, b. September, 18T9, m. Rebecca Clousfh of Ulue Hill ;
published December 30, 1844.
ix Elbridge, b. November 4, 1822, 111. I.ucy M. Si)auldiiij^, of Rock-
land, July 4, 1848.
Joshua Dodge, son of Simon, Sen. He married Betsey,
daughter of Wm. Steward. She died Nov. 4, 1H65, aged
72. He died March 24, 1858. Children :
i Esther, b. Aui^ust 8, 181 1, ui. Lewis Hatch, January, 1831.
ii Eliza, b. December 12, 1812, m. Johnson Sargent, Dec. 18, 1835.
iii Mary, b. August 14, 1814, m. Varnum Rose,
iv Walter Franklin, b. April ri, i8r6, m. Rosanna Rose, 1840.
V James, h. April 27, 1818, m. Hannah Rose,
vi Prudence, b. February 6, 1821, m. James Burns Williams,
vii Martha W., b. July 6, 1823, m. Eben S. Babbidge, Dec. 19. 184;,.
viii Solomon, b. March i, 1825, m. Lydia P. Nash, February 5, 1848.
ix William >S., b. July [4, 1827, m. Harriet Bunker.
X Dorothy H., b. PVbruary 25, 1830, m. Joshua Farrow, Jr.
Rathburn Dodge, son of vSimon, Sen., married Lydia
Pendleton, daughter of vSamuel. Rathburn Dodge was a
prominent man ; taking an acti^•e part in town affairs,
and the wealthiest man in the town. The frequent allu-
sions to him in the town records show the estimation with
which he was held in the town. He died vSeptember 18,
1846, aged 79. She died Aug. 6, 1842. Children:
i Lucretia, h. October 4, 1792, m. Solomon S])ragUL-.
ii Israel, b. April 7, 1794, d. at sea.
* iii Lydia, b. January 10, 1800, d. August 6, -1842.
iv Mark B., b. p-ebruary 20, J 803, m. Abigail Dodge.
V Rathburn, Jr., b. July 6, 1806, m. Charity Dodge,
vi Cieorge W., b. March 18, 1809, m. Betsey Dodge,
vii Horatio N., b. September 2, 1S17, went away.
James R. Dodge, son of Noah, bc)ru June- 13, 1790,
died Dec. 24, 183 1. Married first Deborah or Rosanna
Rose ; married second, Hannah vSawyer. Children :
i Ann M., b. January 10, 1820.
HISTORY OF TSLKSBOROUGH. T95
ii Sarah W., b. January 29, 1821.
iii James H.. b. April 2, 1822, ni. Nancy Dodge, June 21, 1855.
iv Noah, b. April 15, 1824.
V Oakes C, b. July r8, 1825. I^ived in Rockland, d. in I'Morida.
vi Sabra W., b. March 12, 1827.
vii Melinda A., b. September 3, 1829.
Hiram Dodge, son of Noah, married Betsev Cyphers,
June 10, 182 1. He lived and died on vSeven-Hnndred-
Acre Island. Children :
i Hiram, Jr., b. February 5, 1822, d. unmarried, December 27, 1841.
ii Phebe, b. November 20. 1823, m. Prince Rogers, of New York,
April I. 1844.
iii Stephen, b. September 16, 1825. Went away and returned in
1884, after forty-five years absence,
iv Noah, b. March 28, 1827, d. 1827.
V Crosby, b. April 28, 1828, d. 1828.
vi Caroline H., b. September 6, 1829, m. Hunt.
vii Elizabeth A., b. December 14, 1831, m. C. Magee, of Brooksville.
viii James E., b. January 14, 1834, d. unmarried,
ix Paulina, unmarried.
X Melissa A., b. May 31, 1837.
xi Lorenzo, b. April 9, 1840, d. December 27, 1841.
Jeremy Dodge, son of Noah, married Betsey Gilkey,
Nov. 21, 1830. She died in Belfast, in 1892. He died
there about 1888. Children:
i Ferdinand, b. October 26, 1832, m. Lancaster.
ii Isabella, b. May 10, 1834, m. W. P. Sprague.
iii Francis, b. in Belfast,
iv Alphonso, b. in Belfast.
Mark B. Dodge, .son of Rathbnrn, born Feb. 20, 1803,
died Ang. 6, 1855. Married Abigail Dodge, Feb. 27,
1824. Children :
i Irene, b. Jan. 10, 1825, d. December 25, 1844.
ii Penelope, b. February 11, 1826, d. February 20, 1826.
iii Mark Judson, b. March 6, 1829, m. Julia A. M. Thomas. He m.
second, Aug. 13, 1871.
iv Lorenzo Rathburn, b. March 2, 1833, m. Sarah Small, l-'ebruary
13, 1861. He died .
196 TTTSTORY OF TSI.KSBOROT'aH.
George W. Dodge, son of Ratlibuni, born Mar. 18,
1813. Married Betsey Dodge (sister of Mark B. Dodge's
wife), July 24, 1834. She was born at New Shorehani,
R. I., Sept. 3, 1808; died April 24, 1H51. Children:
i Alverdo, b. June i, 1837. ni. Lois Coombs,
ii George E., b. February r6, 1841, d. young.
Capt. Alverdo Dodge, married Lois Coombs, daughter
of x\nthony Coombs, Sept. 21, 1856. Children :
i Betsey E., b. June 18, 1859, d. 1890, ni. Clifford Dodge, and
second Herbert Coombs,
ii Lois, b. March 18, 1865.
Simon Dodge, Jr., born July 5, 1799. Married first
Sally, of Israel Dodge (cousin), Jan. 23, 1823; married
second, Betsey, of Israel Dodge (cousin). Published July
14, 1826. He died April 4, 1854. Children:
i Sally, b. January 26, 1827, d. .
ii Betsey L,., b. May 3, 1830, m. Amos Smith, September 30, 1855.
iii Mary A., b. May 4, 1832, m. Abraham Dodge,
iv Prudence J., b. November 4, 1833, d. young.
V Simon M., b. February 9, 1835, m. Corilla Atwood.
vi Charity, b. 1837, m. Edward Tucker.
vii Robert H., b. 18 — , d. in Islesborough.
viii Samuel C, b. 18 — , d. in Islesborough.
ix Experience, b. May 26, 1849, m. Tewksbury Dodge.
X William, b. 18 — , m. .\melia Trim.
Rathburn Dodge, son of Simon, Jr., born Aug. 10,
1806, died July 14, 1879. INIarried Kliza Grover, of Deer
Isle. Published July 28, 1833. She was born April 4,
181 1 ; died Aug. 14, 1868. Chihlren :
i Mary A., b. July 21, 1834.
ii .Vbraham, h. November 15, 1836, m. Mary \. Dodge, May 30, 1869.
iii Mary C, b. July i, 1840, d. April 23, i860,
iv Tewksbury P., b. May 28, 1845.
V Solomon, b. March 11, 1848.
vi William M., b. May 15, 1851, d. November, 1872.
vii Eben M., b. February 23, 1852.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 197
Rathbuni Dodge, Jr., l)orii July 6, 1809, died Oct. 9,
1864. Married Charity Dodge, daughter of Simon, and
widow of Abraham Dodge, 1837. She died 1878. He
died October, 1864. Children, perhaps not in order:
i Nelson. (?)
ii Abraham. (?)
iii Edmund, b. April 30, 1842, d. .September, 1843.
iv Irena A., b. March 31, 1844, m. Irvin T. Small. Feb. 17, 1861.
V Lydia A., b. January 14, 1848, m. Aaron Hill.
vi Amanda H., b. September 27, 1853. d. Septeml)er 15, 1855.
Walter Franklin Dodge, .son of Joshua Dodge, born
April II, 1816. He was a merchant, and largely inter-
ested in commerce. At the age of 35 he was one of' the
wealthiest men in Islesborough. Towards the last of his
life he moved to Boston, bnt returned to Islesborough,
where he died, Aug. 16, 1869. He married Rosanna Rose,
Jan. 10, 1840. She was born March 23, 181 2, died Feb.
4, 1875, Children:
i Franklin A., b. November 25, 1841.
ii Laura A., b. August 10, 1844.
iii Freeman E., b. December 9, 1852.
James Dodge, son of Joshua Dodge, born April 27, 1818,
died Feb. 16, 1872. He married Hannah Rose, Julv 9,
1844. Children :
i James H., b. , d. .
ii James H., b. Aug., 1846, m. Izetta Emerson,
iii Arabell, b. Sept. 7, 1847, "i- Joseph McFarland.
iv I^ois E., b. May 14, 1853, m. Llewellyn Gilkey.
V Walter C, b. July 5, 1856, drowned Nov. 5, 1878.
vi Betsey A., b. March 27, 1864.
William S. Dodge, son of Joshua, born July 14, 1827.
Married first, Harriet Bunker, Jan. i, 1850. She died
Dec. 12, 1859. Married second, Mrs. Relief M. Warren,
Mar. 18, 1861. She died Mar. 14, 1865. Married third,
TQ-*^ IITSTORY OF TSLKSBOROI^OH.
Flora M. Hunker, of Charleston, vSept. 13, 1S65. She
died Jan. 5, iiS75. Children:
i Silas M., 1). June i, iS^p,, m. Betsey Pendleton.
ii Hobart A., b. May 9, 1858, ni. Warren.
iii Mabel, b. November 9, 1866.
iv Dauj^hter. b. .
Charles Dod,ii^e, son of Mark, born September 10, 1815,
Married Rebecca Yeaton, of Deer Isle. Published April
I, 1H37. Children :
i Charles H., b. January 27, 1838, ni. Mrs. Rebecca Do<l,y;e, March
9, 1861.
Son, Otis H., h. April 14, 1862, ni. Rose Davis,
ii Yeaton, b. January 11, 1840, m. Elizabeth Robinson,
iii George, b. Fel)ruary 2, 1843, drowned,
iv Mark, b. August 29, 1844.
V Witherly, b. April 11, 1846.
vi Martha M., b. June 20, 1848, m. Laban Pendleton,
vii James, b. June 23, 1851, d. December 19, 1851.
viii Mary, b. June 12, 1855, ni. Eben Dodge.
ix Joseph vS., b. August 29, 1860, m. Meda M. Pendleton.
William Dodge, son of Mark Dodge, born November 22,
181 7. Married Sarah, daughter of John Pendleton, April
14, 1838. Died in (Touldsboroiigh, January 17, 1889.
He followed the sea, and was for several years a master
mariner, but meeting with misfortune he retired from the
sea, and in i<S62 moved to (iouldsborough, where 1)\' judi-
cious management he accunmlated a handsome compe-
tencw Possessed of a strong ])hysical development, rare
vocal ])owers, and a frank, ojhmi manner, he won the confi-
dence and the friendship of all who knew him. l>y the
even tenor of his life and his great ze;d in religious works
he won the esteem of all. Children, l)()rn in Islesl)or()Ugh :
i William .\., b. December |8, 1839.
ii I/oren/.o I)., b. September 26, 1843.
iii Mary \'., 1). I<'ebruary 8, 1849, d. .
iv Sarah ]•',.. b. b'ebruary 14, 1852.
HISTORY OK ISLESHOROUGH. HJ()
Xoali Dodge, son of probal)l\- ^Nlark, came from Block
Island, He was born March lo, 1799. He died March
I, 1871 or 1872. Married Elizabeth J. Brown, of Belfast;
pu1)lished Dec. 14, 1829. Children:
i Noah K., in. Alice Pendktoii.
ii William K., m. May Rnniia Bird, of Belfast.
Son: John B., i). May 28, 1S65.
iii John H., h. December 22, iH_^i, drowneil April 16, 1846.
iv Jacob, m. Josephine Brown.
V Joseph, m. Lncinda Parrot,
vi Oakley, b. May 12, 1845, drowned,
vii ^Nlary Jane, d. when 4 years old.
viii Sarah, b. April 12, 1847, m. Georgia A. Moor.
ix John A., m. Hattie Keller.
Noah B. Dodge, .son of Noah, married Alice Pendleton-.
vShc died 1867. Children :
i Henry M., b. July 11, 1854.
ii Frederick H., b. July 19, 1856, d. 1856.
Enier}- J. Dodge married Julia A. Thomas, ^lay 11,
1 85 1. Children :
i Cora A., b. ^Nlarch 22, 1852, d. .
ii Fred F., b. INIarch 25, 1854, m. vSadie C. Patten,
iii Hattie F., b. October 6, 1857, d. .
Jacob D. Dodge married Arabella (). Pendleton, Dec. 28,
1861. vShe died 1866. Child:
Jessie A., b. September 2;^, 1864.
William C. Dodge married Amelia Trim. Published
Ma\- 16, 1863. Lost on the brig P^^nropa. Sailed for the
island of Martinicpie. Never heard from.
Capt. Jonathan B. Dodge, born in Islesborough about
1795. Master mariner, lived in Rockland.
200 HIvSTORY OK ISLESBOROUGH.
James R. Dodge, son of James K., married Nancy
Dodge, Jnne 21, 1855. He died 1878. Children:
i Mirantha A., b. April 10, 1858, ni. George Boardman.
ii Mary, b. June 15, i860,
iii Menoda, Byron and Ira.
Mark B. Dodge, 2d, son of Ratlil)nrn, married Abigail
Dodge, Feb. 27, 1824. Children:
i Irene, b. January 10, 1825, d. December, 1844.
ii Penelope, b. February ii, 1826, d. February, 1826.
iii Mark J., b. March 6, 1829, m. Julia A. Thomas,
iv Lorenzo R., b. March 2, 1833, m. Sarah Small.
Dow F.\MILV.
Cliarles H. Dow married Isabella F. Clark. Child :
Charles L., b. September 21, 1876.
Drinkwatkr Family.
William I^rinkwater. Child :
Mary E., b. September 20, 1840.
DuRGix Family.
Rev. William J. Dnrgin, a Baptist clergyman, came
here in 1843. He married first, Hannah N. , who
died here Angnst 2, 1857, aged 5<S. He married second,
Mrs. Deborah Lord. Pnblished Aug. 28, 1867. He died
Dec. 19, 1868. She died Januarv 15, 1890, aged 90.
Children :
i Susan W., b. , d. April 3, 1845, aged 20 years 4 months.
ii Albion, d. August, 1851.
iii Eliza A., d. vSeptember, 1851, m. Abner Marshall,
iv Hannah, d. January 7, 1858, aged 21 years.
V James C, d. August 2, 1864.
vi Otis, d. May 21, 1871, m. Orisee J. Sherman.
vii Henderson, m. Maria Pendleton; was in the U. S. service in the
Rebellion.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 20I
Klbridoe Henderson Dnrgin married Maria Pendleton.
He died Pel). 15, 1886, aged 46 years. Children :
i Mary Ella, b. March 30, 1871.
ii William H., b. October [5, 1873.
iii Geneve E., b. October 3, 1875.
iv Kate R., b. November 19, i88i.
V Charles P., b. , d. 1881.
vi Richmond, b. March 23, 1885.
vii Etta M., b. September 22. 1883.
DvKK Family.
Elijah Dyer. Children :
i Roscoe S.
ii Charles, b. Februar\- 12, [866.
iii Mar}- Ann B., b. , d. November 4, 1867.
iv Joshua, b. , d. November 10, 1867.
V George D., b. February 14, 1870.
Eamks Family.
Elisha Eanies was son of Deacon Josiah Eanies, of
Marshfield and North Bridgewater, Mass.* Elisha came
to Islesborough about 1800. He purchased the OliYcr
Pendleton farm, near Dark Harbor, and settled on it.
Pendleton was the original settler, and had a quitclaim
deed from General Knox and the Waldo heirs, Nov. 13,
1799, of 100 acres of land near Dark Harbor. Pendleton
moved to Camden and died there. This beautiful estate
has remained in the family until recently, when it was
sold by Edwdn Eames to Mr. J. D. Winsor, of Philadel-
phia, and his associates, who have built a wharf, and also
an elegant hotel thereon. ]\Ir. Eames was town clerk
* Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, Mass., says that Deacon Josiah
Eames and his wife, also an Eames, went from Marshfield to North
Bridgewater in 1770, and that his family went to Long Island. Elisha
Eames, their son, was in Islesborough shortly after 1800.
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202 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
many vears, and also a deacon of the chnvch. He mar-
ried first, Sarah, daughter of Timothy Packard, of North
Bridgewater, Mass. She was born 1767, died 1790. He
married second, Anna, daughter of Seth Mann, of Brain-
tree, Randolph part, in 1791. She was born May 18,
1764, died in Islesborough, June 20 (22), 1835 (Grave-
stone). He died, Dec. 3, 1843, aged 81 years 11 months
(Gravestone). Children:
i Josiah, b. 1787, 111. Rebecca, dauj^hter of Ephraim Noyes, of No.
Bridgewater, 1808. Childreu :
Sarali, 1812.*
Luther, 1813.
Rebecca Noj'es, b. in Islesborough, November 28, 1809.
Ephraim Noyes, b. July 14, 1818.
Spencer, b. April 20, 1820.
Dianthe, b. October 7, 182 1. The father was drowned on
his way to Camden, about 1822, and the family returned
to Massachusetts,
ii Isaac, b. 1789; m. Abby Raymond, 181 1. I do not see that this
family came here.
iii Calvin, l)y second wife.
Calvin Hanies, son of Elisha. He lived on the old
homestead of his father, just below Dark Harbor. He
told the writer in 1880 that his father or grandfather was.
cousin to Elder Thomas Eames, of Islesljorough. He
married Mary Ann, daughter of Capt. John Harlow, of
Bangor. Published in Bangor, No\-. 3, 1833. She was
born April 28, 1811 ; died 1891. He died a few years
since. Children, perhaps not all :
i Francis W., b. F'ebruary 27, i8,\=;. d. March 16, 1835.
ii Edwin A., b. Octo])er 27, 1846, m. Amelia A. Pendleton, May
10, 1868.
iii Elisha C, d. June 23, 1859, or 1857.
iv Oeorge O., d. vSeptember 4, 1865.
V Ivucy A., married W. P. Farnsworth, 1856.
* A Sarah Eames married in Islesl)()rough, March 8, 1840, Thomas
Witham, of Danville.
history of islesborough. 203
Elwell Family.
William Ehvell, from St. George, via Burton's Island,
arrived with his family at Ivong Island, July 10, 1789.
He married \'iaue Wadsworth. He had nine children
when he came here — Vinson, Alban, Prudence, Salome,
Dorcas, George W., Lewis, William and Thomas; after
he came here, Silvia, born Aug. 18, 1790, and William,
born January 5, 1792. The family moved to Northport.
His son Lewis, prior to 181 2, commanded a sloop of
eighty tons, called "The Harvard," which was owned by
Harvard College.
Charles Elwell probably married a daughter of Samuel
Pendleton, in 1789. He died in 1795. Children:
i Joseph, b. February 14, 1790.
ii Betsey, b. August 31, 1792.
iii Deborah, b. November 20, 1794.
James O. Elwell married Maria Fletcher. Children :
i Milton F., b. March 8, 1873.
ii Nellie, b. July 9, 1878.
Emerson Family.
Seth Emerson. Children :
i Cora I., b. November 15, 1857, (?) d. i860,
ii Alva, b. October 31, 1861.
Emery Family.
Rev. Ephraim W. Emery was a Baptist minister for
many years in Islesborough. He was eminently a good
Christian. He was earnest in presentation of the truth
according to the old theology, and never neglected to
204 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
inculcate its tenets on all occasions. He was regarded
with honor and esteem. He moved away. Children :
i Sarah J., b. January 17, 1S33.
ii Frances M., b. March 27, 1834.
ExCrSTRAM F"AMILY.
John Hngstram married Anoelia C. Wood. Children :
i John, b. 1876.
ii George, b. March 16, 1878.
iii Alma, Louis. Augustus, Carroanna.
Fairfikld Family.
Stephen Fairfield married Bridget Pendleton, April 10,
1838. He married for a second wife Helen Pendleton.
Children :
i Andrew P., b. March 27, 1840, ni. Joan Veazie. Chihlren :
1 Augusta, ni. Siniuions INIoody.
2 Llewellyn, and another child, b. July 21, 1879.
ii Melissa C, b. October 15, 1843, m. Calvin Hatch.
iii Harlan O., b. October 15, 1842, d. 1842.
iv John P., b. August 31, 1849^ m. Etta Thomas.
V Victoria H., ni. Gilbert L. Moore.
Farn.sworth Family.
Robert Farnsworth, Jr., from VValdoboroiigh, married
Jane, daughter of John Gilkey. Published Septendjer 14,
181H. Children :
i Mercy J., b. July 6, i8iq, ni. first, All)ert Pendleton; ni. second,
William Brown,
ii Sylvina, b. January 7, 1823, d. April 10, 1835.
iii Robert Rmery, b. September 2, 1826, d. al)Out 1846.
iv Abigail A., b. October 12, 1828, ni. Hobbs.
V William P., b. March 17, 1831, m. Lncy A. Ivimes.
vi Rozella liartlett, b. November 13, 1833, m. Lemuel Palmer Hatch,
vii Victory, b. March 19, 1839, m. Josiah Hol)bs, of Camden or Hope,
viii Hollis M., h. May 7, 1843.
ix Oliver T., (?) of Camden.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 205
Victory, another account says, b. March 20, 1840, ni. Isaiah Har-
bour, of Camden, February 13. 1861.
William P. Fanisworth married IyUC\- A. Kames. Pub-
lished April II, 1855-56. (?) Children:
i Kdward K., b. August 4, 1856, drovvncd.
ii Laura M., b. August 23, 1857, "'■ Nelson Kiinl)all.
iii IviiH-oln A., b. August 23, 1859, m. LiHa ^I. Hatch and 15ertha
At wood,
iv Fred O. and Paulina, b. August 21, 1866.
V Zavilla M., b. January 19, 1871.
Arthur Farnsworth, brother of Robert, married Louisa
Coombs, daughter of Robert, June 21, 1832. Children:
i Louisa, b. October 31, 1833, ni. Lincoln Cooni1)S.
ii Mary Ann, b. 1840, ni. John B. Matthews.
iii' James, b. August 26, 1844, m. , died .
iv Luther A., b. August 26, 1844, m. Florence Philbrook.
V Josephine J., b. , d. July 27, 1865.
vi Arthur Farnsworth, d. July 27, 1865.
Luther C. Farnsworth married Florence Philbrook,
June 21, 1869. Children:
i Arthur Myron, b. May 11, 1870, m. Lelia Haynes.
ii Melvin J., b. July 29, 1872.
iii Nahum C, b. October 26. 1874.
iv Anna L.
Farrow Family.
Josiah Farrow, son of John Farrow, was born in Wind-
ham, February 10, 1754. He was a soldier of the Revo-
lution, and at the taking of Burgoyne. He removed to
Bristol with his father, and from thence to Islesborough.
He married Ruth Richards, of Bristol, February 21, 1785.
She died May 7,- 1834, aged 70. He died August 14,
1819, aged 66. Children:
i Josiah, b. January 26, 1786, d. August 11, 1861.
ii Betsey, b. February 29, 1787, d. January 2, 1817.
2o6 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
iii Samuel, b. May 26, 1789, d. January 3, 1826.
iv William, b. February 21, 1791, d. August 19, 1870.
V John, b. February 9, 1793, drowned at sea March 3, rSi8.
vi Joshua, b. October 4, 1794, d. March 13, 1879.
vii Esther, b. September 21, 1797, m. Isaac C. Boardman.
viii Philip,!). December 14, 1798, d. young.
i.K Elsie, 1). August 14, 1800, m. Mighill Parker. Published Novem-
ber 20, 1823.
X Harriet, b. June 23, 1802, m. Harvey. (?;
xi Thomas, b. March 28, 1806, d. in Boston.
xii Elmira, (?) b. September 23, 181 1, married Robert Hichborn, of
Stockton.
Josiah Farrow, Jr., born Jan. 2, 1786; died in Belfast,
Aug. II, 1 86 1. He married Mary, daughter of Joseph
Boardman. Published April 19, 1815. She was born
February 5, 1784, died Oct. 3, 1862. One child :
Mary, b. March 18, 1822, m. Hon. Joseph F. Hall, of Lincolu-
ville. Their son, Bordman Hall, settled in Boston.
William Farrow, son of Josiah, Sen. Born Feb. 21,
1791 ; died August 19, 1870. Married first. Charity,
daughter of Fields Coombs. Published May 9, 1818.
Married second, Mrs. Jerusha Blake, of Penobscot. She
died in Newport, R. I., Nov. 28, 1892. He moved to
Belfast after 1834, where he died. Children were:
i William, b. February lo, 1819, d. June 10, 1824.
ii .Sophronia D., b. December 25, 1820, m. Tibbetts.
iii Fidelia, b. .\ugust 16, 1822, m. .
iv Charitx', b. July 26, 1824, unmarried.
V Prince William, b. October 15, 1S26, m. Marcia O. Spear,
Rockland.
vi Esther B., b. .September 12, 1829.
vii Heleii Mar, b. February 10, 1832, m. J. M. Pendleton, Rockland,
viii William, Jr., b. July 22, 1834.
ix Thomas J., b. in Belfast.
x Willard Milton, now of Mason, Tenn.
xi Alpheus, d. .
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 207
Samuel Farrow, son of Joseph Farrow, was born May 26,
1789, He married Phebe Parker, December 5, 1818. He
died January 3, 1826. Children :
i Betsey, b. I'ebruary 16, 1S22, 111. Charles Ilerrick, of Corinth,
ii Phebe, b. October 7, 1823, m. Krastus Ball, of Corinth,
iii Elsie, d. in infancy.
Deacon Joshua Farrow married Eunice Trim, vSept. 27,
182 1. He died ^larch 13, 1879, aged 84. She died
October 17, 1873, aged 76. Child, one son:
Joshua, Jr., b. March 21, 1826, ni. Dorothy H. Dodge. He had
six children in Islesborough. Removed to Winchester, Mass.
Children in Islesborough :
1 Fillmore, b. December 3, 1849.
2 F'rederick, b. June 11, 1854.
3 Isabelle, b. April 28. 1856.
4 Minnie, b. May 21, i860.
5 George, b. July 14, 1861.
6 Son, b. November 4, 1864.
John Farrow was born in Bristol. He settled in Isles-
borough, and died there June 26, 1841, aged 62 years.
He m.arried Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Ames. She
died September 26, 1842. Children:
i Rebecca, b. October 3, 1800, m. Aaron Pendleton, vSepteniber
14, 1825.
ii John, b. August 19, 1802. First of Islesborough, then of Boston.
He m. first, Harriet, daughter of John Pendleton, January 31,
1828. She d. in May, 1839, in Boston. He next m. Harriet A.
Haywood, of Boston. Died there June, 1843. Children:
John P., author of this History.
Joseph O., who d. in Boston in 1837.
iii James, b. October 23, 1804, m. Judith Grindle, November [2, 1837;
d. on board his vessel in Bangor,
iv Ambrose, b. February 9, 1807, d. in Havana.
V Eliza M., b. July rg, 1809, m. Philip Coombs.
vi Roxana, b. July 19, 181 1, m. Thomas Cookson, DecemV)er 26, 1837.
He d. in California, in 1886. Children: Tucker, Vandelia,
Walter S., James, 4:aroline. Roxana d. in 185 1.
208 HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH.
vii William, h. January 29, 1814, m. vSally, daughter of Othniel
Coombs. Published February 17, 1840; d. October 9, 1878.
One child, Emily, b. April 23, 1845.
viii Dexter, b. October 23, 1816. Removed to Northport. Married
Lucy Knowlton. Representative in 1S45, .Senator in 1847.
One child, Rebecca, who d. young.
ix Sarah, b. I'ebruary 23, 1819, m. Watson Hinds, of Belfast. vShe
d. vSepteniber, 1886. Children : John W. and Ellen.
John Pendleton Farrow, master mariner, author of thi.s
history. ^larried Elona, dan^^hter of David Philbrook.
Children :
i John Oscar, b. October 8, 1852, ni. FvUinia Hatch,
ii Herman M., 1). March 31, 1865, ni. Laura Grindle.
iii Hattie E., b. May 20, 1872.
James Farrow married Judith (rrindle. Pnblished Nov.
12, 1H37. Children :
i Harriet, b. November 25, 1838, m. Pendleton.
ii James, b. March 30, 1841, drowned at sea.
iii vSarah.
Ambro.se Farrow, born Feb. 9, 1807. Married Dolly
Wood Pendleton, Nov. 15, 1834. He died Jnly, 1839,
or 1840. She died Oct. 12, 1892. Children :
i Maria, b. October 4, 1835, ni. Daniel Hatch,
ii Oeorge, b. January 2, 1838, m. Delilah vShcrman.
(leoroe Farrow, son of Ambrose, was killed at the
battle of Fair Oaks. He married Delilah vSherman.
Children :
i I'ostina A., b. May 20, 1859.
ii (icorge M., b. September 29, 1861.
John Oscar Farrow married Kninia Hatch. He is a
master mariner. Children :
i Cochituate E., b. April 5, 1878.
ii William IvUis, b. July 28, 1879.
iii J. Malcolm.
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Ferren Family.
Joseph Ferren, from Eaton, N. H., married Lois ]\Iar-
shall, December 24, 1812. Children:
i Lois, b. May 18, 1814.
ii Joseph, Jr., b. May 21, 1816.
iii Thomas, b. November 24, 1818.
iv Moses, b. April 16, 1820.
V Sally R., b. October 28, 1822.
Flanders Family.
Franklin Flanders married Maria E. Pendleton. Chil-
dren were :
i Lydia E., b. August 23, i860,
ii Frank C, b. October 22, 1871.
iii Melvin, b. October 31, 1875.
Fletcher Family.
Da\id Fletcher married Nancy Ray. Children, born
in Islesboroiigh, moved away ; no descendants here.
i David, Jr., b. May 5, 1832.
ii Joseph, b. January 19, 1834.
iii Maria, b. April 3, 1836.
iv Melissa, b. April 10, 1838.
V William, b. April 5, 1840.
vi Modelia, b. May 2, 1842.
vii Elam, b. Axigust 24, 1844.
Thomas Fletcher married Penelope M. Brown, daughter
of John, Dec. 30, 1830. She died 1878. He died 1869.
Children :
i Sewall B., b. June 19, 1832, m. first Sarah L. Clough, second
Sarah Small Dodge.
ii Joseph W., b. October 7, 1847.
iii Melville E., It. April 16, 1850, d. 1851.
iv vStephen C, b. , d. 1869.
V Sylvester, b. -, m. Philena Michaels.
vi Amelia M., b. , m. James Elwell.
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2IO HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
William J. Fletcher married Georgiana W. Fields, Jan.
7, 1869. Children:
i Stephen O., b. April 26, 1870, m. Myra Hatch,
ii Eva B., b. vSepteiuber 7, 1873.
iii Laforest L., b. December 19, 1876, drowned July 16, 1878.
iv Washington B., b. , d. in New York.
Oliver F. Fletcher married Addie E. Brown. Chil-
dren were :
i Lo Edna, b. May 30, 1868.
ii Nathan Clifford, b. December 13, 1869.
iii Sophronia L., b. February 6, 1876.
Garner Family.
Edmund Garner. Children :
i Solomon P., b. April 20, 1844.
CtILkky Family.
John Gilkey settled at Islesborouiih prior to 1775, at
Long Island Harbor, now Gilkey's Har])or. He married
Sylvina Thomas, probably of Marshfield, Mass., a1)out
1766. She died April 23, 1832. He died Sept. 4, 1814,
aged 74. Children :*
i Matilda, m. Gideon Pendleton.
* In Col. GTubriel Johonnot's list of marriages at Castine is January
30, 1788, Charles Turner Thomas and Mary Gilkey, both of Isles-
borough. I do not see who she was, unless daughter or sister of
John, Sen.
HISTORY OF IvSLRSBOROUGH. 1^1 1
ii Benianiin Thomas, of Islesborough. On arrivintf at manhood he
left the Benjamin off from his name.
iii Jane , m. Jabez Ames.
iv Sylvina, m. Thomas Morton.
V John, of Islesborough, Lincolnville and Hope.
vi Philip, b. , 1788, of Islesborough and Searsport.
vii Grace, m. Rev. Lemuel Rich, both of Islesborough. Published
February 16, 1810. He was from Ivast Machias.
viii Rachel,
ix Isaac, probably of Hingham, Mass.
X Jacob, of Hingham, Mass.
xi lyucinda, (?) m. Benjamin Carver, of Northport.
John Gilkey, Jr., married Olive or Sally Fearing, of
Hingham, Mass. ; moved away from Islesborough abont
1823. He and his wife both died in Hope. Children, all
born in Islesborough :
i Sally, b. September 7, 1803, m. Alfred Wade, of Lincolnville,
December 27, 1824.
ii Caleb, b. September 24, 1805, moved to Camden and Hope, d. in
Camden, September 25, 1886. Married and had a large
family,
iii Olive, b. August 28, 1807, m. Alfred Wade, of Lincolnville.
iv Martha, b. October 28, 1809, m. .
V Caroline, b. December 19, 1811, m. .
vi Mar}-, b. January 25, 1814, m. .
vii John Fearing, b. April 16, t8i6, of Camden; married three times,
viii Jacob, b, November 8, 1818.
ix Lydia Cushing, b. June 29, 1821, m. Nathan Pendleton, of
Prospect.
X Abigail Bates, b. July 31, 1823, m. .
Thomas Gilkey, son of John, Sen., married Mercy,
daughter of Thomas Ames, Dec. 8, 1792. He died Oct.
10, 1847, aged 78. His wife died March i, 1862. At
her death she had eleven children, seventy grandchildren,
seventy-eight great-grandchildren, two great-great-grand-
children. His youngest son, Nelson Gilkey, lives on the
old homestead. Children :
i Sibyl, b. August 25, 1793, m. James Sherman. Published De-
cember 6, 1815.
2 12 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ii Jane, b. September 17, 1795, ni. Robert Farnsworth. Published
September 14, 1818.
iii Thomas, Jr., b. September 27, 1797, m. Dorothy Farnsworth.
June 15, 1820.
iv Elisha, b. November 27, 1799, m. Martha Pendleton, daujjjhter of
Capt. Jack or John, December 6, 1827.
V Betsey, b. April 12, 1802, m. Jeremiah Dodge, November 21, 1830.
vi John, b. June 8, 1804, m. Lucinda Pendleton, December 23, 1831.
vii Otis, b. November 24, 1806, m. Lois Elwell, February 23, 1831.
Moved to Northport; two children born in Islesborough.
viii Andrew P., b. March 25, 1809, m. Azubah Veazie, March 20, 1831.
IX Avery, b. September 4, 181 1, m. F^liza Pendleton, Dec. 4, 1834.
X Nelson, b. December 13, 1814, m. Angelia Pendleton, March
25- 1837-
Philip Gilkey, son of John, Sen., born 1788. Married
first, Jane, daughter of Job Pendleton ; married second,
widow Deborah Gushing, of Hingham, Mass. ; married
third, Mrs. Judith Wade, of Ivincolnville. He removed
to Searsport in 1825, where he died, in 1871. Children,
all born in Islesborough except the last :
i Jane P., b. April 9, 1807, m. Robert P. Coombs, Deceml)er 15,
1823. She d. August 7, 1884.
ii Philip, Jr., b. October 14, 1808, m. Artemisa Pendleton, daughter
of John, November 21, 1830.
iii Isaac, b. October 3, tSii, of Searsport, m. Martha Blanchard.
iv Grace, b. November 6, 1813, d. 1825.
v Lydia, b. April 15, 1815, m. Nathan Pendleton, of Searsport.
vi Judith P., b. April 29, 1817, m. William Hardy, of Bucksport.
vii Welcome, b. June 6, 1819, d. November 21, 1821.
viii Royal, by second wife, b. May 24, 1821, m. Hannah Young.
ix Welcome, b. October 20, 1823, of Searsport, married.
X Anna, b. October 20, 1823, m. Hugh Ross, Jr., now of Hangor.
xi Lincoln, b. July 3, 1825, of vSearsport, married.
Andrew P. Oilkey, son of Thomas, Ijorn March 25,
1809. Married fir.st Azul)ali, daughter of Samuel Veazie,
March 20, 1831. vShe died Nov. 14, 1839, aged 28.
Married second Philena, widow of Jordan Vea/.ie. She
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was born April i, 1806, died April 22, 1879. He was
representative, in 1862. He died 1889. Children :
i Ariana, b. June 9, 1830, m. David P. Withee, October 28, 1848.
ii Andrew P., b. October 27, 1832, d. March 25, 1873.
iii L3'curgus P., b. November 14, 1834, m. Josephine Spra.t(ue.
iv Philip C, b. September 3, 1843, d. December 6, 1854.
V Ethelinda E., b. May '15, 1845, m. Benj. R. Redman. Published
June 23, 1862. She d. Pebruary 25, 1878.
Avery Gilkey, son of Thomas, born Sept. 4, 181 1,
married Eliza Pendleton, danghter of John, Dec. 4, 1834.
Children :
i Georgiana, b. October 7, 1835, d. 1841.
ii Oscar, b. September 15, 1841, d. 1841.
ili Albion, b. October 9, 1840, d. May 31, 1841.
iv Eliza, b. April 25, 1842, m. George \V. Hatch.
V Avery G., b. October 7, 1843, d. 1865.
vi Llewellyn, b. December 14, 1845, ™- Lois Dodge,
vii Delmar, V). October 8, 1847, m. Martha Philbrook.
viii Georgiana, b. October 12, 1849, m. Wellington Coombs.
ix Sarah A., b. June 8, 1852, m. Winsor Williams.
Nelson Gilkey, son of Thomas C7ilkey, born Dec. 13,
1814. Married Angeline, daughter of John Pendleton,
March 25, 1837. He was chairman of the board of
selectmen for many years, town clerk, lighthouse keeper,
a member of the Legislature and postmaster, all of which
offices he has filled with ability. ' Children :
i Florine, b. January 22, 1838, m. William Kimball, 1862.
ii Roscoe P., b. August 26, 1839, m. Sally Ames, 1859.
iii Paris, b. June 11, 1841, m. Malvina J. Sherman, 1862;
iv Lebbeus, b. July 11, 1843, d. February 5, 1854.
V Georgiana, b. December 14, 1844, m. Lemuel Hatch,
vi Artemisa, b. February 7, 1848, d. February 15, 1854.
vii Artemisa L., b. February 15, 1854, m. Ephraim E. Pendleton,
November 7, 1871.
Thomas Gilkey, Jr., married Dorothy Farnsworth, June
15,1820. He died in 1882. Children:
i Dorothy, b. December 14, 1820, m. Jefferson Pendleton.
214 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ii Pvlizabeth, b. January 15, 1821, m. Isaac W. Sherman,
iii Ann, b. June 10, 1824, ni. Ephraim Pendleton,
iv Martha, b. October 15, 1828, ni. Charles C. Hatch.
V Thomas W,, b. November 12, 1835.
Thomas W. Gilkey, son of Thomas, born Nov. 12,
1835. He married first, Martha Harlow, of Bangor, 1857.
She died Oct. 14, 1868. He married second, widow
Wealthy Pendleton. Children :
i Rosamond P., 1). October 15, 1859.
ii Elmer, b. January 17, 1862.
iii Benson G., b. vSeptember 21, 1864.
iv Martha W., b. July 20, 1871.
V Gracie R., b. April 27, 1878.
Otis Gilkey, son of Thomas, born Nov. 24, 1806, mar-
ried Lois Elwell, Feb. 23, 1831. Children:
i Byron, b. November 15, 1833.
ii Lois E., b. June 19, 1834.
John Gilkey, 2d, son of Thomas, born June 8, 1804.
Married Lucinda Pendleton, daughter of Jonathan, Dec.
23, 1831. Children :
i Delia Ann, b. May 17, 1834.
ii Sibyl S., b. Avigust 4, 1835, d. 1845.
iii Nathan P., b. November i, 1837.
iv Serene, b. , ni. Georsre Collins.
t
Llewellyn W. Gilkey, son of Avery, married Lois
Dodge, July 13, 1869. Children:
i Altamera, b. October 8, 1870, d. 1871.
ii Ralph Winslow, b. May 6, 1872.
iii Beulah E., b. October 13, 1877.
iv Lincoln Cleveland, b. June 10, 1881.
Roscoe P. Gilkey, .son of Nelson, ])()rn Aug. 26, 1839.
Married vSallie M. Ames, 1859. Children:
i Jennie M., b. July 7, i860, m. vSanborn Gould,
ii Georjfie Iv, b. March 5, 1862.
iii Jolni Judson, b. May 28, r86S. d. 1884.
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Paris Gilkey, son of Nelson, married Malvina J. Sher-
man. Published Dec. 29, 1862. Children:
i Frank W., b. June 21, 1864, ni. Belle Tyler,
ii Fanny Judson, 1). July 21, 1867, ni. Edward Dodsre.
iii Oscar, b. August 12, 1878.
Grindle Family.
Francis (kindle, Esq., came here from Mount Desert
(or Bluehill), when he was quite young, and became an
active man in the town. He was a deacon of the first
Baptist church, was first mail contractor, lighthouse
keeper, and w^as one of the prominent men to l)uild the
middle church. In his younger days he followed the sea
as a master mariner. In the latter part of his life he was
engaged in agriculture. He died Jan. 14, 1857, aged 72
years. He married first, Judith Carter, of Bluehill, Sept.
2, 1801. She was born July 21, 1780; died Sept. 14,
1839, aged 59. He married second, Eliza, widow of Rob-
ert Pendleton, and daughter of John Harlow, of Bangor.
Published April 20, 1840. She died in 1890. Children,
by first wife :
i Judith, m. first, James Farrow; second, Eben Collaniore, of
Ivincolnville.
ii Ann L., b. December 25, 1809, m. William Dix.
B}' second wife : *
iii James F., b. Oct. 20, or 4th, 1842. Lives on the old homestead at
Grindle's Point. Shipmaster. He married Theresa P. Rose.
Published January 23, 1866. She was of Belfast. Children :
1 Laura E., b. November 3, 1866, m. Herman M. Farrow.
2 Hortense, b. September 14, 1868, d. .
3 Mary E., b. May 14, 1875.
4 Varnum Francis, b. March 27, 1877, d. Feb. 5, i88r.
5 Walter A., b. December 28, 1878, d. January 27, 1881.
6 Edith, b. .
7 Frank S., b. ■.
Grinnell Family.
William Grinnell came here from Block Island, prior to
1787. He was selectman in 1791. ]\Iarried Experience,
3l6 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
daughter of Simon Dodge, Sen. He moved to Belfast
about 1806. He died December 5, 1842, aged 79. His
v/idow died March 23, 1851, aged 87. Children, born in
Islesborough :
i Sally, ni. Rogers.
ii Priscilla, m. Apollos Alden, of Belfast, November 2, 1807.
She d. October lo, 1868, aged 80.
iii Phebe, d. February 7, 1807, aged 20.
iv vSinieon, d. February 14, 1807, aged 14.
V Prudence, in. Joshua Cottrell, May 3, 1803.
vi Rosanua, ni. Moses H. Young, of Belfast. vShe d. August 20,
1891, aged about 86. One daughter survives her, Mrs. Theo-
dore Cary, of Houlton.
Grover Family.
William Grover, born Sept. 20, 1779, in Gloucester,
Mass. Married Nov. 29, 1805, at Deer Isle, to Rlioda
Stockbridge ; died Dec. 29, 1861. She was born Sept. 22,
1788, in Gloucester, Mass.; died Feb. 3, 1867. He served
twelve months on board the frigate Constitution, and thir-
teen months on the .sloop-of-war Merrimac. He came to
Islesborough in 1839, from Deer Isle. Children, all born
in Deer Isle :
i Eliza, b. June 7, 1807, d. October 10, 1807, at Deer Isle,
ii Rhoda, b. August 9, 1808, m. Henry B. Coombs,
iii Eliza, b. April 24, 181 1, m. R. Dodge. She d. August 6, 1868.
iv Nancy, b. August 20, 1813, m. Benjamin Ryder.
V Lydia, b. March 18, 181 7, m. Thomas Decker.
vi Dorothy R., b. October 17, 1820, m. James Gleason, of Prospect.
Pul)lished h'eljruary 28, 1843. She m. second, vSliul)ael II.
Pendleton,
vii William S., b. July i, 1823, d. July 15, 1823.
viii Joseph Rowe, 1). August 29, 1824, m. Olive R. Warren,
ix Benjamin, b. July 21, 1822, m. Mary A. Burgess. He died July
19, 1872.
X William, b. July 23, 1831, m. Harriet Mcl'^arland, 1852; .second,
Sarah M. Keller.
Son, Lerotts, (?) 1). Deceml)er 22, 1S53.
xi Eben, b. March 27, 1833, m. Nancy Jane Ladd. He d. 1876.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 217
Nathan Grover. Children :
i Ebeuezer B.. b. Jiily 19, 1820.
ii Emily, b. April i, 1824.
Joseph Rowe Grover, son of William, born Anonst 29,
1824. Came to Islesborongh with his father. Married
Olive R. Warren, December 19, 1847. Children:
i Viola, b. October 21, 1849.
ii Lubrenda, b. June 8, 1852. d. December 31, 1853.
iii Mary A., b. July 19, 1854, m. Johu P. Bragg, of Liticoluvillc,
December 4, 1873 ; now of Islesborongh. He has been super-
intendent of schools, collector of taxes. &c.
iv Eliza J., b. , m. Nelson P. Hamilton, of Rockland, January
14, 1882.
V Lena H., b. June 14, 1859, m. Otho R. Coombs, December 24, 1874.
vi David W., b. May i, 1862, m. Ellen Wyman, October 15, 1890.
vii Joseph W., b. September 2, 1864, m. vSadie Benton, April 15, 1890.
viii Chester M., b. May 9, 1867.
ix Olive L., b. November 20, 1873.
X Media M., b. {September 6, 1877.
Benjamin Grover, son of William, married Mary Ann
Burgess, 1855. Children :
i Frederick M., b. October 15, 1855, m. Etheliuda Parker,
ii Wesley E., b. August 27, 1857.
iii Minnie E., b. July 11, 1859, ^- ^875-
iv Lucy E., b. March 3, 1861.
V Lizzie L., d. October 21, 1875.
Eben Grover, son of William Grover, married Nancy J.
Ladd, 1855. He died 1876. Children :
i Ella J., b. August 29, 1855, m. James H. Ryder,
ii Davilla E., b. August 3, 1858.
iii Edda B., b. May 19, 1861.
iv Frank, b. .
Hatch Family.
Jeremiah Hatch, Jr., from Manshfield, Mass., came
about 1784. He married Lydia, daughter of Nicholas
28
2l8 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
Porter, of Marshfield, Nov. 22, 1778 ; by Rev. Mr. Wales.
She died Dec. 28, 1834, aged 76. He died May 22, 1839.
Children :
i Jeremiah J., 1). March 18, 1780, d. young.
ii Lydia, b. July 22, 1782, m. George Warren,
iii Isaac, b. October 26, 1784, m. Betsey Warren.
iv Sarah, b. August 5, 1787, m. Elisha Nash.
V Jeremiah 3d, b. December 18, 1789.
vi Al)igail, b. August 22, 1791, m. Benjamin Warren.
Isaac Hatch, son of Jeremiah, born October 26, 1784;
died Jnly 11, 1825. Married Betsey Warren, Jnly 16,
1808. She died January 7, 1832. Children:
i Amasa, b. November 7, 1808, m. three times,
ii Sarah A., b. October 11, 181 1, m. Johnson Veazie.
iii Deborah, b. October 5, 1815, m. Samuel Veazie.
iv Philena, b. October 6, 181 7, m. Samuel Warren.
V Isaac, Jr., b. November 7, 1820, m. Sarah Porter,
vi Elizabeth, b. July 24, 1823, m. .
vii Benjamin Ichabod, b. February 15, 1826, m. Mary Durgin, 1852,
d. March, 1892. A man of great respect.
x\masa Hatch, .son of Isaac, born Nov. 7, 1808. Mar-
ried first, Sophronia, daughter of Jcseph Pendleton, Dec.
22, 1832. She died Oct. i, 1849. He married second,
Emeline Pendleton. Published Mar. 1, 1851. She died
Jan. 20, t86i. He married third, Mrs. Mary Coombs.
Published March 6, 1862. Captain Hatch was noted for
his benevolence. His humanity extended to all : his
kindness to friends and neighbors, and his tenderness to
the weak and suffering. He was an honest and Christian
man. Children :
i Sophronia, b. May 21, 1833.
ii William E., b. October 21, 1835. m. Hmily A. Farrow,
iii Wealthy, b. November 22, 1838, in. William Hatch,
iv Amasa, Jr., b. .August 17, 1844, m. Sophronia Pendleton.
Children by second wife :
V Sarah .\., b. July 12, 1854, m. Henry P. Hatch,
vi F<nuna, b. March 29, 1859, d. 1859.
HISTORY OF TSLHSROROUGH. 219
Children by third wife :
vii Hugh R., b. May 20, 1865. Graduated at Colby rniversity.
Baptist clergymau.
viii William E., b. December 13, 1866, m. Lena Farnsworth.
ix Belle M., ui. Ambrose Hatch.
Amasa P. Hatch, son of Aniasa, i)oni Au^. 17, 1844;
married Sophronia Pendleton. He was lost at sea, ]\Iarch
30, 1889. Children :
i Philen^, b. February 10, 1872.
ii Fred Avery, b. March 30, 1874.
iii Alton Calvin, b. December 27, 1875.
iv Edwin E., b. July 28, 1879.
V Harry E., b. .
William E. Hatch married Emily A. Farrow, in 1858.
He died October 10, 1868. She died April 3, 186-.
Child :
Emma, m. John O. Farrow.
Benjamin R. Hatch, son of Isaac, born Feb. 15, 1826.
Married Mary Dnrgin, in 1852. He died of heart failnre,
suddenly, March, 1892. He was a master mariner, prin-
cipally engaged in coastwise and West India voyages.
His hofiesty and uprightness distinguished him. Few
men in our community have died more respected and
esteemed, and ill will was a stranger to him. He enter-
tained no unfriendliness towards others, and had no ene-
mies in return. Children :
i Francis h-, b. October 23, 1851.
ii Laura R., b. February 21, 1857, d. 1857.
iii Lilla M., b. April 5. 1859, m. Lincoln Farnsworth.
Frank L. Hatch married Sarah S. Pendleton. Children :
i Lulu A., b. May 8, 1874, d. 1877.
ii Edith M., b. November i, 1875.
220 HISTORY OP^ ISLKSROROUGH.
♦
Deacon James Hatch was born in Hanover, Mass.,
March 3, 1796. He was a resident of Islesborough many
years. He was a deacon of the first Baptist chnrch, a sol-
dier in the war of 181 2, and a pensioner dnrino- the last
part of his life. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and
many of the old settlers made use of his handiwork in
their last resting place. Very few, if any, commanded
more respect than Deacon Hatch. He married Mary
Townsend, October 26, 181 7. He died March 13, 1878.
His youngest son, Pyam, resides on the old homestead.
Children :
i James Luther, b. May, 1820 ; twice married,
ii Charles Chauncey, b. March 4, 1822, m. Martha P. Gilkey.
iii David Lewis, b. November 12, 1824, m. Sarah E. Wilson,
iv Sarah Kingman, b. April 13, 1826, ni. Thomas R. Williams.
V Daniel A., b. October 19, 1828, m. Maria Farrow,
vi Lemuel Palmer, b. October 19, 1830, m. Rosilla Farnsworth.
vii Wealthy P., b. March 28, 1832, m. Alfred P. Pendleton,
viii Calvin, b. May 25, 1835, m. Melissa Fairfield, 1859.
ix William Curtis, b. May 4, 1837, m. Wealthy P. Hatch, January
29, 1862.
X George W., b. September 2, 1839, m. Eliza Gilkey, October 31,
1861.
xi Mary H., b. May 15, 1841, m. Roscoe Pendleton. Published
September 11, 1866.
xii Pyam D., b. March 27, 1846, ni. Myra E. Pendleton.
•
James L. Hatch married first, Lydia P. Williams, Dec.
29, 1841; second, Lizzie Durgin, He died in 1883.
Children :
i Lydia M., b. March 25, 1843, d. iS^.
ii James K., b. September 29, 1847.
iii Marion H., b. September 20, 1848, d. 1848.
iv Thomas W., b. July 12, 1852.
Charles C. Hatch, son of James, married Martha CA\-
key, June 4, 1846. Children :
i Caro E., b. March 15, 1851), ni. Ivbcn Biil)l)idge.
ii Alfred Porter, b. Noveml)er 15, 1851, m. Roxana Pendleton.
DEACON JAMES HATCH.
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGII. 221
iii Charles D., b. October 20, 1853.
iv David I.., b. Septembers, 1855, d. 1856.
V Frank W., b. May 30, 1858.
Calvin Hatch, son of James, married Melissa Fairfield,
Dec. 7, 1859. Children :
i Ella L., b. July 18, 1861.
ii Laura F., b. 1864, m. Edward D. Hatch.
George \V. Hatch, son of James, married Eliza Gilkey,
Oct. 31, 1861. Children :
i George O., b. March 11, 1863, m. Addie Merrill,
ii Myra Addemar, b. February 4, 1871, m. Oscar Fletcher,
iii Westboro B., b. November 23, 1873.
iv Lula E., b. September 21, 1876.
Pyam D. Hatch, son of James, married M}-ra E. Pen-
dleton, Jan. 21, 1870. Children:
i Christine N., b. September 24, 1871, m. Morris Decker,
ii Dorothy R., b. August 7, 1873.
iii Edwin, b. May 6, 1879.
iv Abbie B., b. August 28, 1880.
Alfred Porter Hatch, son of Charles C, born Nov. 15,
1851. He married Roxana Pendleton. She died Jnly 25,
1882. He married .second, widow Sarah E. Hatch.*
Children :
Edna H., b. April i, 1878; Letitia A., b. January ro, 1881 ; Calvin C,
b. May 10, 1882.
Nathaniel Hatch was born in Hanover, Mass., Jnly 4,
1800. He was brother of Deacon James Hatch. Came
here in 1837. Died Jnly 2, 1864, at Belfast. He married
Dec. 22, 1822, Jane Elizabeth Valleati. He lived on the
* She had children : Leslie, 15, Preston, ro, Robert, 9, James, 5, and
Forest, 3 years of age.
222 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
west side of Crow Cove. He married second, Mary E. Sar-
gent, of Belfast. Children :
i Theodore S., b. October 2, 1823, d. July 6, 1854. Married Ann
Board man, October 20, 1846.
ii Nathaniel, b. vSepteniber 10, 1825. Married .Susan Boardman,
Januar}- 4, 1849.
iii Lemuel, b. May 2, 1831, d. in infancy,
iv Andrew, b. September 10, 1832, d. September 10, 1847.
Theodore vS. Hatch married Ann C. Boardman, October
20, 1846. He died Jnly 6, 1854. Children:
i Elizabeth L., b. December 24, 1847, m. Wood.
ii Zilpha J., b. March 26, 1850, m. .Samuel Veazie.
iii Theodore, Jr., b. and d. 1852.
Nathaniel Hatch, Jr., married Susan A. Boardman,
January 4, 1849. Children :
i Henry P., b. August 20, 1849, '"• Sarah Hatch.
ii Coralv., b. January 24, 1852, d. 1859.
iii Estelle F. b. September 18, 1858, m. Fields.
iv Edith C, b. May 24, i860, d. 1869.
V Rowena L., b. May 23, 1864.
Henry Porter Hatch married Sarah A. Hatch. Chil-
dren were :
i Rose, b. November 19, 1877.
ii Cora A., b. October 31, [878.
Lewis Hatch was born in Han.son, Mass., August 31,
1806. He married Esther, daughter of Joshua and Betsey
Dodge, Jan. 26, 1830. Children :
i Esther A., b. May, 1832, m. .
ii Lemuel L., b. November, 1834, m. Georgietta Gilkey.
Daniel A. Hatch married Maria Farrow, 1856. Chil-
dren were :
i Ambrose F., b. December 5, 1836.
ii Ivlward, b. November 13, 1859, m. Laura P. Fairfield.
HISTORY OF ISLF:SB0R0UGH. 223
William Halcli inarried Sophronia Hatch. Child :
Ambrose L., h. August 28, 1873. Adopted.
Lemuel L. Hatch, married Georgie Gilkey, February
21, 1865. She died July 3, 1868. Childrcu :
i Flora G., b. , d. .
Ambrose Farrow Hatch, son of Daniel A., married first,
Helen A. Coombs. She died April 20, 1881 ; second wife,
Bell Merritt Hatch. Child:
Lutuer, b. May 7, 1879.
Hawe.s Family.
Daniel A. Hawes married Sarah S. Merrithew, January
13, 1850. Child:
Lertna, b. June 19, 1853.
Edmund Hawes married Caroline Roberts, December 25,
1821.
Hayxes Family.
vSamuel Ha\iies came from Newbury port, September,
1856, with his wife and five young children. Married
Rosanna Marshall. He died August 21, 1876. Children :
i Solomon W., came after his father. He married Abby Van Ani-
Ijurg. Children :
1 Walter E., b. April 25, 1859, m. Delia Coombs.
2 Alice, m. E. Pendleton.
3 Leita, b. October 8, 1872, m. Myron Farnsworth.
ii Daniel E., m. Isabel King.
iii John R., m. Annie Knowlton, July 21, 1861.
iv Mary R., m. Alpheus A. Coburn, of Patten, Aug. 13, 1859. He d.'
on passage from Granada to Navassa in i860.
224 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
V Samuel E., m. Flora Coombs. Children :
1 Stella M., b. November 15, 1872.
2 Fred, b. - — ■.
3 Velocia, b. .
vi Joseph F., m. Attala (?) Ryder.
vii Ella, m. William Coombs ; he was lost at sea. Married second,
Anthony Coombs.
Heal Family.
Benjamin F. Heal married Jennie M. Coomb.s. Chil-
dren were :
i Frank C, b. July 31, 1873.
ii Caro, b. June 8, 1875.
iii Nettie May, b. June 7, 1877.
Hemmenway Family.
Luther Hemmenway. Children :
i Leslie B., b. September 2, 1852.
ii George L., b. October 5, 1857.
Herrick Family.
Reuben Herrick married Mary J. Warren, May 7, 1838.
Children :
i John W., b. June 3, 1839.
ii Sarah M., ]>. , d. 1841.
iii Isaac H., b. October i, 1843, m. Flavilla Warren,
iv Samuel P., 1). Septemloer 25, 1845, d. i86r.
V James, b. March 2, 1848.
Isaac H. Herrick married Mrs. Flavilla Warren, of
Belfast, Nov. 21, 1867. Children:
i Bertha Ann, b. vSepteniber 16, 1869, d. April 30, 1875.
ii Mary Ii., b. June 17, 1877.
Hewes Family.
. Paoli Hewes came to Islesborouj^h ])rior to 1787. He
married Pamelia, daughter of Sylvester Cottrell, at Cas-
HISTORY OK ISI.KSBOROUGH. 225
tine, December ii, 1787, by Col. Jolioniiot. He was
constable in 1791. He established salt works at Hewes'
Point about 1812. Hewes' Point was named for liini. He
moved to Belfast, where he died June 19, 1848, aged 80.
Elihu Hewes died in Islesborouoh, Jan. 14, 1808, a.L^cd
81. Gravestone. I suppose father of Paoli. His children
supposed to be :
i Paoli, Jr., m. Mercy Barter, of Deer Isle. l'ul)lislied June
23, 1823.
ii William, ni. Lucy, daughter of Fields Coombs. Published Oct.
27, 1821. Married November 29, 1821. She was born April 12,
1803. William Hewes was drowned in Belfast Harbor, Octo-
ber I, 1828. Mrs. Hesves married second, William Wyman, of
Belfast, afterwards of Islesborough, Nov. 20, 1829. Children :
1 William Hewes, Jr., b. December 7, 1823, died in
Baltimore.
2 Elbridge, b. , m. S3'lviua Thomas. He was drowned
at sea.
iii Thomas, .
iv Joseph, .
V Peggy, m. John Brown, November 12, 1812.
Elbridge Hewes married Sylvina Thomas, June, 1850.
Children :
i George W., b. August 25, 1851.
ii Ednor E., b. April 17, 1854.
HoLBRooK Family.
- Jo-nathaa- Holbrook, 3sn. Children :
i Jesse, perhaps lived at Goose Falls, Brooksville, early,
ii Prince, went to Ohio after 1816, died there. Son :
Jesse, lived in Bangor, d. in Rockland,
iii Jonathan, ^., m. Hester Carter, of Northport. Born in North-
port. Son :
John F., d. in Rockland,
iv Thomas, m. Nancy Dickey, in Northport. He d. in Knox.
V Phebe, m. Fields Coombs, of Islesborough.
vi Ruth, m. Mighill Parker, Sen. She d. in East Corinth,
vii Hannah, m. Jonathan Parker. She d. in Islesborough.
viii Lucy, m. Robie Frye, of Montville and Belfast. He d. January
16, 1867, aged 81 years and 10 months.
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226 history of islesborough.
Hopkins Family.
Ebenezer Hopkins married Elizabeth Warren. Children :
i Sylvinia E., b. March 12, 1856.
ii Jacob Quincy, b. July 4, i860,
iii Warren J., b. October 8, 1863.
iv Maggie Bell, b. November 20, 1865.
V Julia G., b. October 24, 1874.
vi Rufus M., b. March 23, 1874.
Hunt Family.
John W. Hnnt married Caroline Dodge. Child :
Carrie E., b. Jauuar}- 9, 1867.
HuTCHiNS Family.
John Hutchins came to Islesboronoh abont 179H. He
had four children. Mr. Hutchins and wife died in Isles-
borongh. Children:
i Mercy, b. May 8, 1798.
ii John, Jr., b. September 7, 1800, in Islesborough.
iii Betsey, b. March 30, 1803, in Islesborough.
iv Job, b. May 4, 1806, in Islesborough.
John Hutchins, Jr., married Annis ]\I. Merrithew, of
Vinalhaven. They had four daughters. She died in Isles-
borough, January, 1881. Mr. Hutchins died Jan., 1883,
in Belfast. Their home was an island in East Penobscot
Bay, adjoining the main island, where they lived many
years, and from whence the island deri\-es its name.
Children, all born in Islesborough :
i Mercy Jane, b. February 25, 1831, m. Trundy.
ii Elizabeth A., h June 6, 1835, m. Adams.
iii Addie S., b. November 20, 1839, "^- Condon.
iv Rhoda A., b. December 12, 1845, m. Jacob Page.
J ONES Family.
Joseph Jones, fence viewer in Islesborough in 1790.
Joseph Jones married first, Betsey Ames, daughter of
Thomas Ames ; second, Mrs. Hannah Fames, of North
Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. 25, 1838.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGrt. 227
Keller Family.
James Keller married Dorcas Williams, Jan. i, 1807, or
Mar. 10, 1810.
Isaac Keller married Cynthia Ladd. Children :
i vSarah M., b. August 17, 1849, in. William Cxrover.
ii David J., b. March i, 1851.
iii Pillsbury E., b. March i, 1853.
iv Alma M., b. June 19, 1856.
V Leuphenia E., b. May 22, 1861.
George F. Keller married Emeline Sprague. Published
June 15, 1859. Children :
i Rose E., b. February 6, 1861, m. Joseph Heald.
ii George B., b. December 16, 1864.
iii Charles B., b. December 17, 1867, d. 1875.
Freeman S. Keller married Martha A. Merrithew, Mar.
18, 1854.
Samuel Keller. Children :
i George W., b. September 23, 1856.
ii Susie E., b. August 16, 1859, m. Frank Adams.
iii Hiram, b. .
iv Lizzie, b. .
Finley B. Keller married Harriet Libby. Children, not
in order :
i Mar)' E., b. November 30, 1849, m. James B. Adams,
ii Eunice A., b. April 26, 1852.
iii Angelia C, b. June 16, 1854, m. Nathan Adams,
iv William F., b. April 20, 1856, m. Edith Carlton.
V Charles G., b. August 9, 1859, m. Lucy Higgius.
vi Hattie, m. John A. Dodge,
vii Cheney F., m. Laura B. Babbidge.
Hiram B. Keller married Elnora Grover. Child :
Ludella M., b. August 5, 1876.
228 history of islesilorough.
KnktHT Family.
George W. Kniglit married Sophroiiia Williams. Cliil-
dren were :
i Louisa A., b. August 27, 1852, m. George Forbes, of Belfast,
ii Charles H., b. August 19, 1854.
iii Euphralia Isabel, b. October 12, 1856, ui. Martin Y. Pendleton,
iv George W. M., b. October 7, 1859.
Knowles Family.
Joseph Knowles married Leonora I. Philbrook, Oct. 16,
184 — . Children :
i Gertrude, b. .
ii Percy, b. .
iii Bertha, b. .
iv Edgar, b. .
V Josephine, b. February 2, 1865.
vi Cora D., b. , d. 1879.
Joseph P. Knowles married Mehana Rider, Sept. 25,
1867.
Knowlton Family.
Joseph Knowlton married Buckmaster. He died
March i8, 1882. Children:
i Sarah E., b. December 20, 1843, m. Watson 1^. Coombs. •
ii Elizabeth, d. November 12, 1861.
The rest of the family not born in Islesborough.
Stephen Knowlton married first, Hannah Coombs, Oct.
10, 1852 ; second, Elzina Coombs. Children :
i Emma G., b. April 16, 1853, m. William Black,
ii AbV)v L., 1>. September 9, 1854.
iii Walter, b. July 28, 1856, d. 1856.
iv Herbert, b. same date.
V Minette J. R., b. October 24, 1857.
vi Mary H., b. January ]8, 1859.
vii Ida F. D., b. October 31, i860, d. 1862.
viii Ethel, b. .
ix Agnes L., b. .
X vStephen, b. .
xi Rose E., b. .
IvADD FaMH.Y.
David Ladd married Cynthia vSmith. He was frozen to
death Jan. 20, 1853, aged 66. Children, probably :
i Cynthia, .
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ii William, b. June 24, 1839.
iii Israel, .
iv Oliver, , d. Au<^ust 7, 1859.
V James Lewis .
vi Jeremiah, . Married. Children:
1 Gershom Iv., b. June 28, 1858.
2 Jeremiah H., b. September 16. i860,
vii David, .
Laselle FA:\riLY.
Ellison Laselle was born Sept. 7, 1754. Lived first on
Laselle Island, then at Turtle Head. Estate settled 1802.
Owned the eastern part of Mark Island. ]\Iarried first,
Sarah . She died May 26, 1790, aged 33 ; married
second, (?) Mary . Children :
i Lydia, b. August 11, 1778.
ii Ellison, b. August 29, 1780. He or his father or both moved to
north part of the island, where his lot was laid out, October
12, 1799, including Turtle Head. He d. December 16, 1850,
or December 11, 1851, unmarried,
iii John, b. December 15, 1782.
iv William, b. December 23, 1784, m. Rhuhama Philbrook, March
23, 1850 (?); she w^as born March 17, 1786. He died June 10,
1852, aged 68.
v George, b. December 30, 1786, d. March, 1823, unmarried,
vi Joshua, b. on Laselle Island, probably m. Molly Philbrook.
Lived in Searsmont. He was over 92 in 1891, and his wife over
90. Soldier in the war of 1812.
Lawry Family.
Zenas Lawry was from Friendship. Married Wealthy,
probably daughter of Simon Dodge, Sen. She married
second, Jonathan Parker. Child :
David p., (?) m. Thirza B. Powers, of Eddington. Published July
26, 1880.
LiBBY Family.
Addison Libby. He died Oct. 23, 1864. IVIarried Eliza
Pendleton, Sept. 25, 1859. Children:
i Walter S., b. June 14, 1861, d. .
ii Walter A., b. January 25, 1865.
230 HISTORY OF rSLKSROROUGH.
Josiah A. Libb\- married Eunice Bradshaw. She died
Sept. 5, 1858. Son :
Leslie, b. , d. June, 1852.
Marshall Family.
Benjamin Marshall. "July 5, 1783. Old Mr. Ben
Marshall was at town meeting." He sold land near
Godfrey Trim's, Apr. 24, 1793. Children, probably:
i Thomas, .
ii Zachariah, ■.
iii Toshua, .
Joshua Marshall, probably son of Benjamin, married
Rachel Chaples, both of Islesborough, Jan. 22, 1799, in
Belfast ; by James Nesmith, Esq.
Thomas Marshall, probably son of Benjamin, from
Block Island about 1793. He married first, Lois, daugh-
ter of Godfrey Trim, Sept. 10, 1791. He married second,
Mrs. Prudence Trim Dodge, widow of Israel Dodge, Jan.
9, 1823. Children :
i Betsey, ni. Benjamin Boardmau.
ii Lois, m. Joseph Farren, 1812.
iii Thomas, m. Temperance Coombs, Jul)' 20, 1820.
iv Roljert, m. Prudence Dodge, January 21, 1824.
V Sarah, m. Othniel Coombs.
vi Mary, probably, who m. William Wright, of Middletown. Conn.,
A])ril ri, 1819.
Thomas Marshall, Jr., married Temperance Coombs,
July 20, 1820. Children:
i Olhniel, b. .
ii Thcsia J., b. .
iii Isaac M., b. .
iv James M., 1). March 8, 1833.
V Betsey B., b. June 9, 1835.
vi Hannah J., b. Decembers, 1837.
Robert Marshall, .son of Thomas. He married first,
Prudence Dodge, Jan. 21, 1824. She died, and he mar-
HISTORY OF ISI.RSBOROUGH.
231
ried second, Nancy Allen, of Bang-or. Pnblished Au<^.
5, 1843. He moved to Orrinoton, after 1844. Children,
all born in Islesborongli :
i Elizaljeth, 1). October 17, 1824, d. Jan. 31, 1842.
ii Robert, Jr., b. August i, 1826, m. Nancy E. Coombs, September 16,
1850. Moved to Hampden, where he died. Children, all 1). in
Islesborongli ;
1 Robert H., b. June 29, 1852.
2 Florence A., 1). August 3, 1853, d. j86o.
3 Elzina R., b. March 9, 1855.
4 Flora A., b. March jo, 1857.
iii Prudence, b. F'ebruary 28, [828, d. Januarv 31, 1842.
iv George W., b. December 30, 1830.
V Lois Trim, b. April 28, 1833, probably m. Elisha Snare, of Or-
rington.
V! Clarinda A., b. April 14, 1835, d. about 1840.
vii Thomas A., b. February 20, 1837.
viii Joshua S., b. January 26, 1844.
Sanuiel Marshall, .son of Zachariah, married Jane,
danghter of Benj. Williams, Jan. 9, 1830. He died in
1874. She died in 1851. Children, all born in Isles-
borough :
i Mary J., b. March 2, 1832, m. Amaziah Coom1)s.
ii Lucy A., b. October 16, 1833, m. Wilson Coombs,
iii Samuel, b. April 3, 1835, ni. Cliniena McF''arland.
iv F'ostina, b. July 4, 1836, m. Nason F. Reynolds.
V James O., b. September 15, r837, unmarried, perhaps the "Oscar"
who died in 1884.
vi Lavinia, b. June 30, 1840, m. F^d ward Coombs,
vii William, b. , m. Eliza Coombs. Children :
1 Lavinia P., b. November 17, 1869, m. George Francis.
2 Alfred A., b. November 6, 1871.
3 William \V., b. April 9, 1875.
Abner Marshall married Eliza A. Duigin. vShe died
Sept. II, 1851. One child :
Eudora, b. August 7, 1845, m. Nathan Pendleton.
232 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUCxH.
Zachariah Marshall, son of Benjamin. Said to have
had a first wife, whom I do not find. He married Re-
becca Williams. Children, probably :
i Prudence, ni. John Welch, 1817.
ii Kniily.
iii Hannah,
iv Abigail. '
V Thomas.
vi Andrew, ni. Fannie Williams,
vii Samuel, m. Jane Williaitis.
viii John, probably m. Phebe, daughter of Benjamin Coombs. Chil-
dren were :
1 Phebe A., b. August 9, 1826, m. Isaac Warren, Jr.
2 Drusilla, b. July 28, 1828, d. in Islesborough.
Andrew Marshall married Fannie Williams. Children :
i Frances J., b. January 25, 1837, m. F'rank Hook,
ii Andrew F., b. April 20, 1838. Lost at sea.
iii Julia M., b. Feb. 6, 1845, <:^- 1888.
Merrithew Family.
Roger Merrithew, from Vinalhaven, married first, Polly
Coombs; married second, Hannah Coombs, Jan. 5, 1820.
Children :
i Abram, b. September, 1816.
ii Mary, b. May 3, 1818, m. Daniel Dow.
iii Rhoda, b. December 10, 1823, m. Joseph Adams,
iv Margaret, b. December 4, 1825, m. Levi Merrithew.
V Elzara, b. February 23, 1830.
vi Moses, b. July i, 1833.
vii Lucena, b. July 23, 1836.
Renben Merrithew married Betsey Ryder. Children :
i Martha A., b. August 29, 1835, m. FVeeman Keller,
ii Thomas R., b. June 22, 1837, m. Angeline Redman,
iii James T., b. August 21', 1839, d. 1841.
iv Christopher C, b. October 14, 1841.
V Lucy A., b. .\ugust 26, 1844, m. iM-ank Rhodes.
vi Hphraim L., b. May 5, 1846, m. Lillian Pendleton,
vii Reuljen T., b. December 13, 1847, ilcad.
HISTORY OF ISLEvSBOROUGH. 233
Benaiali Merrithew married Temperance Williams, Apr.
6, 1826. Children :
i Amanda M. F., b. September 29, 1829, d. 1834.
ii Rozilla, b. October 23, 1835, d. 1837.
iii Sarah S., b. May 23, 1838, m. Daniel Ilawes.
McFarlaxi) Family.
George McFarland married Susan N. . vSlie died
Oct. 20, 1850, aged 48. Children :
i Benjamin, b. April 9, 1823, d. July 18, 1847, aged 24.
ii Thomas, b. September 30, 1825.
iii Margaret, b. September 22, 1827, m. Benjamin Prescott.
iv David, b. September 16, 1829.
V William, b. May 6, 1831, d. May 22, 1853.
vi George, b. October 4, 1832, d. 1852.
vii Harriet, b. November 16, 1834, m. William Grover.
viii Olive, b, January 2, 1837, m. Isaac J. Merritt, 1854.
One child, Ludivellin, b. May 26, 1856.
Henry McFarland died July 6, 1865. Married Mary,
daughter of Joseph Ryder. Children :
i John, b. June 2, 1840, m. Prudence A. Dodge.
ii Susan, b. June 2, 1840, m. Anthony Coombs,
iii Joseph H., b. February 18, 1843, m. Belle Dodge,
iv Mary, b. July 2, 1865', d. 1878.
V Martha, b. July 2, 1865.
Merritt Family.
Isaac J. Merritt married Olive McFarland, 1855. One
child.
Michaels Family.
James F. ^Michaels married Philena Pendleton. Pub-
lished Feb. 11, 1847. He died Nov. 30, 1867. Children:
i Philena M., b. February 21, 1849, J"- John Pendleton.
ii Abba A., b. January 23, 1852, d. 1854.
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234 HISTORY QF ISLESBOROUGH.
Moody Family.
Jacob Moody, from Haverhill or Searsinont, bouo-lit a
lot of William Griiinell, west side, below vSpragne's Cove.
Married Betsey Prescott. He died vSept. 13, 1S60, aged
91, or April 16, 1855. Wife died October 12, 1881, aged
87, or September 12, 1859. Children, not born in Isles-
borongh :
i Stephen,
ii • John B.
iii Thomas T., ni. Margaret Kiiowlton, Deceiiiher 15, 1850. Chil-
dren were :
1 Joseph J., b. April 30, 1851, ni. vSilvia Heal.
2 L. P. Moody, b. July 27, 1852.
3 Luella E., b. September 19, 1853, d. 1857.
4 Mary J., b. April i, 1855, m. John Bird.
5 Polly L., d. 1855.
6 Ann A., b. October 23, 1856.
7 Luella, b. March 24, 1859.
8 Louisa E., b. March 24, 1859.
9 Ellen, d. 1877.
iv Isaac.
V Jacob, Jr., m. Polly — -. He d. September 12, 1859. She d.
April 16, 1855.
John Bricket Moody married Jarandnm Coond:)S. vShe
was born December 11, i833.FaWtfpwas drowned in Sear.s-
mont pond.
MooRK FA:Mir,v.
Gilbert L. Moore married Victorine H. b'airfield, Nov.
16, i860. Children :
i Charles W., b. September 22, 1861.
ii Martha J. ,b. September 4, 1865.
George A. Moore married vSarah J. Dodge, Oct. i, 1869.
Children :
i George B,, b. November 29, 1870, d. 1871.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
235
Nash Family.
Elisha Nash, from Weymouth or Scitiiate, Mass. He
bought a lot of land of Simon Dodge, Jr., Aug. 18, 1791,
bounded by Paoli Hewes and Sanuiel Pendleton. He
married Sally Hatch, Oct. 6, 1814. She was born 1787,
died Nov. 3, 1842. He died February, 1852, aged 87.
Children :
i Charles, b. May 28, 1816, married.
ii Sarah, b. January 14, 1819, m. Godfrey Trim, 1841.
iii Mercy A., b. July 31, 182 1, m. Isaac C. Pendleton, 1845.
iv Lydia Porter, b. July 31, 1821, m. Solomon Dodge, 1848.
V Abigail W., b. September 14, 1823, m. Isaac C. Pendleton, 1851.
Charles Nash, son of Elisha, born May 28, 1816. He
was a justice of the peace and selectman for many years.
He was social, friendly and respected, and a good citizen.
He lived on the old homestead of his father, and had the
care of his aged parents. He married Hannah Robinson.
Published May 27, 1853. He died February 23, 1880.
Children :
i Elisha, b. September 12, 1857, d. July 4, 1859.
ii Sarah J., b. June 20, 1859, m. Frank Collins,
iii Ida May, b. December 20, i860,
iv Elisha L., b. March 4, 1863, m. Celia Warren.
Nichols Family.
Bela Nichols, from Prospect, married Dorcas, daughter
of Dodge Pendleton, in 1800. He was a quarter-master
in the American army. His house stood where the Ma-
sonic hall now stands. He moved to Eastport in 18 14,
and died there. Children, born in Islesborough :
i Dodge, b. April 8, 1803.
ii Nathaniel, b. April 12, 1805.
iii Jarum, b. July 17, 1808. Lived in Prospect,
iv Lucretia, b. April 17, 1812.
236 history of islesborough.
Payne Family.
Doctor John Payne was born in Gorliam, October 16,
1801 ; was a gradnate of the Medical School of Maine in
1841, and practiced in Islesborough. His practice was
laree, and he had a full amount of success. He moved to
Northport, and afterwards to Belfast. He had a social
disposition, and a good share of energy and activity. He
died in Belfast, October 8, 1857. Children :
i Lycurgus, b. August 28, 1824, d. 1863. He was a graduate of
Maiue Medical School in 1857.
ii Nelson Miller, b. September 8, 1826. He died at Dover, N. H.,
in 1871. Graduated at the Philadelphia Honiceopathic College
at the head of his class in surgery. He was a surgeon in the
army, at one time attached to headquarters of Fifth Army
Corps.
Parker Family.
Deacon Jonathan Parker, from Groton, Mass., married
first, Hannah, daughter of Jcma'thaH- Holbrook ; married
second, Wealthy Dodge. The latter married first, Ezekiel
Parker, brother of Jonathan; second, Jonathan Parker;
and third, Zenas Lawry. Jonathan Parker, Sen., died
April 5, 1841, aged 68, Children :
i Jonathan, b. May 25, 1796. Lived in Lincolnville, m. Margaret
Jones, May 31, 1818. He died Jvuie 10, 1823. Their daughter
Deborah J. C, b. March 14, 1823, m. Williaui F. Veazie, De-
cember 16, 1848.
ii Silas, b. May 30, 1799, ni. ,Sil)yl Drink water, 1821, went to
Boston,
iii Lucy, b. August 11, 1801, m. James vSkinner.
iv Jane, b. Decembers, 1803, born blind, d. January 23, 1868.
V Philena, b. April i, 1806, m. Jordan Veazie, and A. P. Oilkey.
vi Lovisa C, b. September 22, 1808, d. young. I have it that she
married Ferdinand Skinner, of Searsmont, Decembers, 1841.
vii Jvllison, b. November 30, 1810, m. in Lincolnville.
viii Tliomas H., b. April 26, 1813, m. I'^meline Coombs.
ix William Avery, b. July i, 1815, m. Caroline Veazie.
X Sabrina, b. May 22, 1818, m. James Warren.
THOMAS H. PARKER.
1813.
HISTORY OK isi.i:sr.ORorr,iT. 237
William A. Parker, bom July i, 181 5, married Caroline
Veazie. He died in Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 10, 1H57.
She died Nov. 30, 1H75. Children :
i Bridget E., b. vScptembcr 19, 1843, 111. vSaimi(jl Johnson,
ii William A., b. May 25, 1845, ni. Georgiana vSpiuney.
iii Millard P., b. June 6, 1850, m. Emily Coombs. He died in Ha-
\'ana in 1892.
iv Lizzie, b. :\Iay 9, 1857, m. Godfrey Peltingill.
Thomas H. Parker, son of Jonathan, was born April
26, 1 813. He had the old homestead of his father. Was
representative in 1868 ; selectman, and justice of the
peace ; for fifty years a merchant ; member of the Free-
Will Baptist church for sixty years. He married Eme-
line, daughter ot Fields Coombs, Feb. 6, 1838. She was
born May 15, 1815 ; died Jan. 4, 1892. Children:
i Jordan V., b. October 6, 1839, d. December 4, 1862.
ii Marilla, b. July 6, 1842, m. William P. Sprague, i860, d. 1880.
iii Augustine Harrison, b. March 9, 1844, m. 1861.
iv Ivuinda, b. March 11, 1851, m. George A. Warren.
V Artha A., b. October 16, 1853, m. John Warren.
Augustine Harrison Parker, born ]\Iarch 9, 1844, mar-
ried Nancy W. Harriman. Published May 11, 1861.
She died July 29, 1875, aged 32. Children, not in order:
i Elma A.
ii Jessie.
iii Rosalind C, b. July 5, 1864, m. Chester Thomas,
iv Flora C, b. July 5, 1864, d. .
V Ernestine, m. Alanson Yeatou.
vi May Belle J., 1). May 2, 1869.
vii Cora, m.John Yeaton.
Mighill Parker, Esq., bought land of Peter Coombs,
Aug. 6, 1791, where the hotel now stands at Sabbath-
Day Harbor. He married, probably, Ruth Holbrook
(or Harriet). He died in Islesborough, Feb. 17, 1826.
He was the first justice of the peace, and the first repre-
sentative for the town, in 1822 ; also one of the selectmen
238 HISTORY OK ISI.ESBOROUGH.
in 1797, and held town offices until 1S26, the year of his
death. Chihlren :
i Sally, b. May 23, i79v ni. John Williams,
ii Phebe, b. June 7, 1796, m. vSanmel Farrow.
iii Mij^hill, Jr., b. November 3, 1798, m. Elsie F^arrow. He died in
Ha;i_i(or, December 18, 1874. .She d. in Kan.t(or, December 17,
1839, aged 39. Children :
1 Ddvid S., d. in Mattawamkeag, 1889.
2 Joseph Mighill, d. in California.
3 Josiah Farrow, twin, d. in California,
iv Davi 1 S.. b. September 12, 1801, d. May 20, .1821.
V Hlisha, b. May 19, 1836, m. Christiana Thomas, of Northport.
Move I to Islesborough, then to Corinth, where he died. Chil-
dren were :
1 Ruth A., b. in Islesborough, September 7, 1832.
2 Phebe E., b. in Islesborough, June 30, 1834.
3 Judson, b. in Corinth.
vi Alden, b. July 27, 1808. Moved to Winterport, then to Bangor.
Returned to Winterport after 1842, and d. there,
vii Anderson, b. September 4, i8ii,m. .Sophronia Horn, of Ripley,
settled in Bangor, and d. there,
viii Diana, b. April 22, 1814, m. Joshua Hawes, of East Corinth,
March 22, 1836.
Eben Parker married Alva A. Boardman.
Ezekiel Parker, brother of Jonathan, married Wealthy,
daughter of Simon Dodge, Sen. He died, and she mar-
ried second, Zenas Lawry.
Simon Parker, of Islesborough, bought laud of Rath-
burn Dodge, June 6, 1791, for one hundred and twenty-
five cords of wood, near P)enjamin Coombs and Job
Sprague.
PRNDIJCTON h'AMII.V.
The name of Pendleton is the most connnon one in
town, as is shown by the census of i<S8o and 1890. Capt.
HISTORY OK ISI.RSBOROUGH. 239
William Pendleton, Jr.,* born in Westerly, K. I., Veh.
II, 1727, came here in 1767-8, and broiiolit his femily in
1769. He settled on the lower end of the island, and his
sons settled near him. He married first, Judith Carr or
Judith Burdick, and also a second wife, Priscilla Cheesl)ro.
May 18, 1794, he sold to his son Jonathan the Ensign
Islands, and one-half of Seven- Hundred- Acre Island.
The deed was signed by his wife Priscilla, and witnessed
by Peggy and Sally Pendleton. May 15, 1794, he sold
his homestead to his son Harry for two hundred pounds.
They were both then of Islesborough. His wife did not
sign this deed. He moved to Northport in 1795 or 1796,
and lived with his son Harry, where he died, August 28,
1820, aged 93 years. Children :
i Job, of Islesborough.
ii Henry, b. about 1760.
iii Oliver, of Islesborough.
iv John, b. 1751, of Islesborough.
V Peggy, (?) witnessed deed. May 18, 1794.
vi Sally, (?) witnessed deed. May 18, 1794.
vii Nancy, (?) m. William Pendleton, son of Peleg Pendleton, of
Searsport. Published January 9, 1795. They lived in Isles-
borough and vSearsport.
Job Pendleton, son of William Pendleton, born about
1747, came with his father and settled on the island now
known as Billy Job's Island, about 1769, near to Long-
Island, and included in the town of Islesborough. . He
was a mariner and farmer, and bought one hundred acres
of laud near Cape Jellison, in 1790, of Joseph Clary, of
P'rankfort, for sixty pounis. He died on his own island,
Jan. 25, 1794, aged 47. His grave is in the old burying
ground at the lower end of Long Island. His will, dated
Dec. 27, 1793, proved April 17, 1794, Hancock County
* C. H. Pendleton, Esq., of Westerly, R. I.. United States Inspector,
Post Office Department, has given much attention to the Pendleton
family history.
240 HISTORY OF ISLE.SBOROUGH.
Records, appoints his brother John executor. It gives
"Miss Lyclia one hundred acres of land near Cape Jelli-
son, and one-eighth of schooner William ; to son William
one hundred and thirty-seven acres, north part of my
island ; to Priscilla eighty acres, west part of my island ;
to ilmos eighty acres of same ; to daughter Lydia fifteen
shillings ; to Lucy, Joanna, Job, Peleg, and the one my
wife is now pregnant with," other bequests. His estate
was appraised at one thousand and fifty-three pounds, one
shilling, and two pence. He married first, Sally Crandall.
She died in Islesborough, Aug. 16, 1786, aged 34. He
married second, Lydia , Sept. 20, 1791. She died in
Ivincolnville, 1855-1860. Children :
i Lucy, named in her father's will.
ii Joanna, named in her father's will.
iii Peleg, lived in Lincolnville, and d. there, February ii, 1874,
aged 84. His son Job was living there in 1885.
iv Sarah.
V William, b. F-ebruary 26, 1774, of Islesborough.
vi Lydia, b. 1776, m. Thomas Boardman.
vii Priscilla, named in father's will,
viii Amos,
ix Job, Jr.
X Posthumous child, named in father's will.
Henry Pendleton, or Harry, son of William, born about
1760. Settled on the lot above his father, which was
occupied by William Brown in 1885. He was one of the
first town officers, and often afterward. He bought one
hundred acres of land of his brother Jonathan in 1795.
IMarried Rebecca, daughter of David Alden, of Northport,
in 1 78 1. He moved to Northport prior to 18 18, and
died about 1844, aged about 84. His wife was born Sep-
HISTORY OF isi.icsiJORoron. 241
tember 17, 1762. When nearly one luindred years old
she walked nearly two miles to attend the funeral of a
daughter, aged about 80. She died in Northport, INIarch
5, 1864, aged loi years. They had thirteen children, five
of whom died in infanc\-.
i Judith, b. ill Islesborough, 1782, in. Thomas Wilhurly, of Xorlh-
port. She died at the aj^e of 80. Large family.
ii David, of Northport. He m. Rebecca Gates, of Harrington. He
died aged over 90. Large family, among whom were Erastus
O. and Benjamin, of Bangor,
iii Betsey, m. Henry Sherman; she died aged over 80. Large family,
iv Henr\% d. unmarried, aged 30.
v William, m. Mary Ackley. He died at the age of 50. Large
family,
vi Rebecca, m. William Howard. Four children.
vii James A., m. Clara Ackley. He died at the age of 77. Large
family,
viii Amos, 1). in Northport, February 22, 1818. He wrote July 24,
1885, that he was the youngest of thirteen children. He m.
Martha Ann Hall. Seven children, some of whom live in
Bangor,
ix F^ive children, d. in infancy.
Jonathan Pendleton, son of William, was appointed
Ensign to do military duty in Islesborongh, and took pos-
session by squatter's claim of the islands at the south-
western entrance of Gilkey's Harbor, and from him the>'
derive the name of Ensign Islands. INIarried first, Jane,
daughter of John Mclntire, of Warren. She died Feb-
ruary 25, 1802, aged 47. Married second, Lucinda Hatch.
She died January 17, 1850. He died Sept. 25, 1841.
Children, all born in Islesborongh :
i John M., b. July 4, 1774, d. October 25, 1780.
ii Judith, b. August 30, 1776, d. April 25, 1781.
iii William, b. January 4, 1778.
iv Job, b. September 26, 1779, d. March 4, 1780.
V Isaac, b. March 31, 1781.
vi Jonathan, Jr., b. Januar}- 9, 1783.
vii Jane, 1). Februar}' 26, 1785, d. July 17, 1792.
viii Polly, b. October 18, T787, m. Simeon M. , September 3, 1806,
ix John, b. September 27, 1789.
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242 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
X Catherine, b. October 4, 1791, d. July 23, 1792.
xi Prudence, b. November 13, 1793.
xii Robert, b. January 18, 1796.
xiii Agnes, b. November 18, 1797, m. James Tolman, of Hope. Pub-
lished June 10, 1821.
xiv Nathan, b. Januar}- 12, 1800, of Madison.
XV Esther, b. March 31, 1803, m. Daniel Gould, of Camden. Pub-
lished May 23, 1823.
xvi Jane, second, b. August 14, 1804, m. Benjamin Thomas, July 13.
1823, d. in Camden, January, 1885.
xvii I^ucinda, b. June 29, 1806, m. John Gilkey.
Oliver Pendleton, son of William, lived on the lot
where the hotel Islesborough Inn now stands, below Dark
Harbor. He sold ont to Elisha Eames, and moved to
Camden, and from there to Hope, where he died a very
aged man. Children, probably :
i William, of Camden, m. Nancy Pendleton, of Islesborough,
January 9, 1795.
ii Alexander, lived in Northport. He went away from home and
was gone sixty years, when he returned, and died November
19, 1886, aged 100 years,
iii Ambrose.
iv James.
V Sally, m. Nathaniel Palmer, of Belfast. Published April 16,
1805. (?)
vi Sukey, m. Joseph Palmer, of Belfast, in Islesborough, October
29, 1806.
John Pendleton was the fifth son of William, and prob-
ably came here about the same time as his father. Mar-
ried fir.st, Peggy Young. She died February 21, 1784.
He married second, Betsey Rogers, of ]\Iarshfield, Mass.;
married third, Mrs. Jane Henderson, sister of his first
wife; married fourth, Mrs. vSarah I). Clougli, of Warren.
Her daughter, H. Antoinette Clougb, married Rev. Jona-
than Adams, of Woolwich and Deer Isle, July 16, icS2i.
They were parents of Rev. Jonathan R. Adams, D. D.,
of Bangor. John Pendleton was the first town treasurer
of the town, 1789. He moved to Camden; was captain
HISTORY OF ISLKSROROUGH. 243
of militia in 1813. Died December, 1830; buried Dec.
26, a very old man. Children :
i Margaret, m. William, son of Job Peiullelon.
ii Mary,
iii Arthur.
iv Jack, of Islesl)orough, on old homestead.
By second wife.
V Adam, d. unmarried.
vi Eliza, m. Frye Hall, of Belfast,
vii Henry, settled in Virginia,
viii Elisha, settled in Virginia.
ix Jane, m. Archibald Buchanan, of Camden.
X George, lived in Camden, m. Johnson, of Belfast.
xi Dyer. (?)
xii Dolly, (?) m. Wood, of Camden.
William Pendleton, son of Job, born Feb. 26, 1774,
died Aug. 26, 1837, aged 63. Married Peggy, daughter
of John Pendleton (cousins). She was born May 19,
1782, died August 6, 1841, aged 59. Children (births and
deaths copied from family Bible):
i Margaret, b. April 24, 1798, (?) m. Elbridge Hopkins, of Orland,
November 18, 1833.
ii William, b. June i, 1800, d. December 28, 1820.
iii Charles, b. August 5, 1802, m. Elizabeth Eaton,
iv Aaron, b. March 30, 1805, m. Rebecca Farrow. He d. in Brewer,
July 21, 1887.
V Sarah E., b. September 21,, 1807, m. Rathburu D. Sprague, d. De-
cember, 1879.
vi Emeline, b. April 12, i8ro, d. March 20, 181 1.
vii Albert, b. April 17, 1812, m. Merc\' J. Farnsworth.
viii Reuben, b. March 12, 1815, m. Simons. Lived in Camden.
ix Mary A., b. September 12, 1817, m. James Seward, of Camden,
December 11, 1836.
X Jefferson, b. March 6, i8jo, m. Dorothy Gilkey, February 7, 1843.
Lived in Camden.
xi William E., b. January 27, 1823, married. Is a pilot in New
Orleans,
xii Joseph A., b. November 28, 1824, went to New York.
John Pendleton, son of John, born Sept. 17, 1778, who
was always known as Jack Pendleton. He inherited the
244 HISTORY OF iSLF:snoRoroit.
old homestead and house, which was built b}- his father
when he was three years old. He married first, Martha
McGlathery, of Pemaquid or Camden. She died in 1809.
He married second, Betsey Farnsworth, a native of Wal-
doborough, in 18 10. He was a deacon of the church
for many years, and died July 18, 1863, respected and
regretted by all who knew him. His widow died July 18,
1 88 1, aged 88 years. His estate was divided somewhat
during his lifetime. The lots of Benjamin Thomas, Ste-
phen Fairfield, John Gilkey, Thomas (xilkey, and William
Adams, all came from his lot. Stephen Fairfield, his son-
in-law, had the balance, and after his death it was sold to
the Islesborough Land and Improvement Company. The
house was taken down in 1892. Children :
i Martha, b. January 5, 1804, in. Elisha Gilke}'', of Camden, De-
cember 6, 1827.
ii Harriet, b. May 22, 1805, m. John Farrow, Jr., January 31, 1828.
iii John, Jr., 3d, b. October i, 1807, m. Jane Chapin, of Boston.
iv Artimisa, b. April 31, 1809, m. Philip Gilkey, Jr., of Belfast,
November 21, 1830.
By second wife :
V Eliza, b. September 2, 1811, m. Avery Gilkey, December 4, 1834.
vi Andrew, b. June 3, 1813, m. Jane Thomas,
vii Dolly Wood, b. December 25, 1814, m. Ambrose F'arrow, Nov.
15. 1834-
viii Angeliue, b. December 14, 1816, m. Nelson (iilkey, March
25, 1838.
ix Bridget F\, b. Januarv 27, 1818, m. vStephen B. P'airficld, April 10,
1838.
X Julia Ann, 1). F'ebruary 5, 1820, ni. Jose])li W. Trim, September
I, 1842.
xi Sarah C, b. October 31, 1821, m. .\agustine Tobey.
xii Oliver, b. June 18, 1823, d. April 16, 1825.
xiii Rosina, b. May 31, 1824, m. William Adams. F'irst child l)orn
1843. He d. Octol)er 15, 1890, aged 72. She d. December 4,
1862, aged 38.
xiv Jane, 1). January 10, 1826, m. Judson Philbrook, January 13, 1847.
XV Alfred P., b. June 5, 1830, m. Wealthy Hatch, December 26,
1854. He was a soldier in the civil war, and d. in the liallle
at Fair Oaks. His widow m. second,
xvi Judson, (?) V). December 11, 1831, died January 12, 1832.
CAPT. JOHN PENDLETON.
HISTORY OF ISI.RSROROT^GH.
245
Andrew Pendleton, son of Capt. Jack, boni Jnnc 3,
1813 ; married Jane, danghtcr of P)enjaniin Tliomas, Dec.
19, 1842. Children :
i Adelia F., b. May 22, 1845.
ii Francis F., b. October 30, 1846.
iii Orando A., b. November 21, 1847, d. 1847.
iv Lillian R., b. April 4, 1849. ni. F. h. Merrithevv.
V AdriannaJ., b. October 4, 1853, "i- Thaddeus Babbidge.
vi Walter vS.. b. October 10, 1856, d. October 26, 1877.
vii Niran vS.. b. May 5, 1859.
viii Morris A., b. September 9, 1861.
ix Hugh R., b. December 31, 1865.
Jonathan Pendleton, Jr., married Lydia J. Knowles.
Sons died in I^lesborongh. Children :
i Richmond H., b. November 29, 181 1, m. Nanc}- Watson,
ii Elisha K., b. May 16, 1813, m. Catherine Knowles.
iii Lydia J., b. May 14, 1816, m. Daniel Philbrook.
iv Joseph K., b. June 6, 1818, m. Lucy G. Watson.
Richmond Hatch Pendleton, son of Jonathan, married
Nancy Watson. He died 1891. Wife Lucy was born in
Thomaston, 1817; died 1886. Children:
i Christiana, b. September 15, 1840.
ii Nathan, b. August 29, 1845, m. Eudora A. Marshall,
iii Dorothy F., b. August 29, 1845, d. i860,
iv Myra E., b. March 12, 1847, m. Pyani D. Hatch.
V George F., b. January 21, 1849, m. Mercy A. Pendleton,
vi Lydia Jane, b. April 3, 1852, m. Chauncy Davis,
vii Sarah, b. August 21, 1854.
viii Eveline, 1). August 21, 1854.
ix Maria, b. December 15, 1858, m. Henderson Durgin.
X Watson, not on Islesborough records. Married Maria Lear.
George F. Pendleton married Mercy A. Pendleton.
Children :
i Ada G., b. June i, 1877.
ii Mabell, b. September 14, 1878.
246 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Nathan Pendleton married Eudora A. Marshall. Chil-
dren were :
i Clifford E., 1). July 17, 1867, m. Jennie Annis.
ii Lila Iniogene, b. Octol)er 18, 1872.
Robert Pendleton, son of Jonathan, born Jan. 18, 1796;
died in Islesborough, Angnst 30, 1839, aged 43 years.
Married Eliza C. Harlow, of Bangor. She married sec-
ond, Francis Grindle. Pnblished April 20, 1840. She
died May 16, 1891. Children :
i Charles A., b. January 10, 1824, m. Susan Sherman, d. September
20, 1879.
ii Catherine M., b. October 27, 1825. Married first, Joel Thomas,
second, Martin S. Coombs,
iii Ivorenzo, b. September 8, 1827, ni. Elizabeth Boardmau. He was
in the legislature in 1877.
iv Mary A., b. October 18, 1829, d. May 17, 1886. Married Calvin
W. Sherman.
V Charlotte A., b. August 10, 1831, m. Emery Williams.
vi Horatio B., b. June 11, 1830, m. two sisters, Baker.
vii Eliza J., b. August 8, 1834, m. Humphrey Ayers.
Charles A. Pendleton, born Jan. lo, 1824. Married
Susan E. Sherman, Dec. 4, 1847. He died September
21, 1879. Children :
i Fostina A., b. October 15, 1848, d. March 17, 1852.
ii Charles R., b. April 6, 1852, m. Cora S. Higgins.
iii Eliza S., b. April 6, 1856, d. August 9, 1878.
iv Thomas H., b. June 17, 1S58, d. June 3, 1878.
Charles R. Pendleton married Cora vS. Higgins. Chil-
dren were :
i Florence, b. September 19, 1876.
ii Thomas Chester, b. August 26, 1878.
Lorenzo Pendleton, son of Robert, born Sept. 8, 1827.
Married Elizabeth Boardman, i860. She was born Dec.
HISTORY OF ISLESROROUGII. 247
24, 1838. He was a representative from Islesborough in
1877. Ten children, of whom fo.nr died yonno- :
i Elroy G., 1). April 12, 1861.
ii Frederick D., b. November 29, 1862.
iii Lorenzo R., b. June 24, 1867.
iv Evelyn A., b. July 13, 1873.
V Grace A., b. July i, 1877.
vi Ermina F., b. November 17. 1882.
Aaron Pendleton married Rebecca Farrow, November
14, 1825. He moved to Northport, then to Brewer, where
he died. Children :
i Caroline, b. in Islesborouirh, July 13, 1826, m. Lewis A. Knowi-
ton. She d. in Belfast,
ii Henderson, b. in Islesborough, October 10, 1828, m. Aurilla
Drink water,
iii Jerrard, b. in Northport.
iv Ambrose, b. in Northport.
Joseph K. Pendleton, son of Jonathan, Jr., married
Lncy S. Watson, Jan. 8, 1842. She died April 24, 1867.
He died January 22, 1890, aged 71 years and 7 months.
Children :
i Joseph A., b. October 26, 1842, d. August, 1857.
ii Roscoe C, b. July 2, 1844, married,
iii Joseph K., b. October 11, 1847.
iv Lucy J., b. November 11, 1849.
v Roxana, b. August 4, 1852, m. Alfred Hatch,
vi Elisha W., b. October 7, 1854.
vii Calvin W., b. April 12, 1857.
viii Loranius T., b. June 31, 1863.
Lvman B. Pendleton married Sally Herrick, who died
in 1868. He died in 1890. Children :
i vSarah, b. October 12, 1829.
ii Lyman G., b. January 20, 1834, m. Lydia J. Flanders,
iii John, b. January 23, 1843, m. Melissa Michaels.
248 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
Lvman (t. Pendleton niarried Lydia J. Flanders. Pub-
lished Jan. 3, 1H52. Children:
i Sarah L., b. Xovemljer, 1855.
ii Betsey E., b. May 8, 1859, in. Silas Dodge,
iii Georgietta, b. January 22, 1872.
Benjamin Pendleton died in 1S92. Children:
i Clarinda, d. December 24, 1854.
ii Nason E., V). November 27, 1855, m. Abbie Rolerson.
iii Jacob G., b. April 22, i86i, m. .
iv Atlanta, or Abbie E., b. March 20, 1861, m. Philip Pendleton.
V Isaac J., b. , d. June 14, 1875.
John Pendleton niarried Melissa Michaels, IMay 28,
1864. Children:
i John B., b. August 8, 1865.
ii James L., b. November 22, 1867.
iii Lyman L., b. May 10, 1869.
Albert Pendleton, son of William, married Mercy J.
Farnsworth, 1837. He died Jnne 29, 1845. Children:
i Aral)ella O., 1). October 8, 1838, m. Jacob Dodge.
ii Maria L., b. October 8, 1838, m. Hoxie.
iii William W., b. June 13, 1841.
iv Ellen J., b. October 27, 1843, m. Jerrard Pendleton.
Roscoe C. Pendleton, son of Jo.seph K., married Mary H.
Hatch. Published Sept. 11, 1866. Children:
i William P., 1). April 2, 186S.
ii Sarah H., b. August 10, 1870, m. Morrill I^aw.
iii Frank Lewis, b. I''el)ruary 5, 1874.
Richard P. Pendleton married first, Lois P". Coombs,
1864, and second, Carrie Losec. Children :
i Meda May, b. December 3, 1865, m. Joseph Dodge,
ii Emma Jane, b. January 12, 1871, m. Fred Losee.
HISTORY OK ISI.KSBOROUGH. 249
Elisha K. Pendleton married Catherine S. Knowles, of
Belfast. Pnblislied Jan. 11, 1841. He died Jannarv 10,
1875. Children :
i Fuller H., b. February 4, 1842.
ii Justin H., b. August i, 1845, drowned I'ebruary 21, 1870.
iii Clara A., b. November 16, 1847, ni. Joseph Ryder.
George W. Pendleton married Lnc\- J. Pendleton. He
was drowned in 1882. Children :
i Joseph A., b. March 28, 1871.
ii Ivucy F., b. October 10, 1874.
iii Marion ¥.
Thomas Pendleton,* son of James, and grandson of
Caleb Pendleton, was born in Westerly, R. I., Jannarv 3,
1 719. ]\Iarried Dorcas, danghter of Tristram Dodge, of
Block Island, in 1741. He was a master mariner, en-
gaged in the whale fishery to Crreenland, and on one of
his voyages pnt in to Castine, where, excited by the
beauty of Penobscot bay, he determined to settle. In
1753 he sold his estate in Westerly for eleven hundred and
thirty pounds, and in 1766 moved to Long Island, where
he took up nine hundred acres. His whole family soon
followed, and he settled them on his land on the island.
His house was a few rods to the north-east of Dark Har-
bor. He took an active part in town affairs, and his
name often occurs in the first town records. In person
he was tall, with red hair and blue eyes. He died in
1809. His wife died in 1796. Children, all of Isles-
borough :
i Mark, d. aged 19 years,
ii Stephen, d. young.
*This sketch of Thomas Pendleton, vSen., and family, was compiled
and contributed by George Pendleton.
o2
250 HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
iii Samuel, b. 1745.
iv Margaret, b. 1747.
V Thomas, Jr., b. 1749. Town officer in 1790. Bought land of Ben-
jamin Thomas, March 28, 1793, for twelve pounds, one hun-
dred acres at Saunders Harbor. Deed witnessed by Nathaniel
and C3'nthia Pendleton.
vi Gideon, b. 1751.
vii Joshua, b. 1755.
viii Nathaniel, b. 1757, m. Cynthia West.
ix Mary, b. 1758, m. Joseph Boardman, Octolier 2, 1774.
X Stephen, 2d, b. Februarj- 9, 1763.
Samuel, third son of Thomas Pendleton, was born in
Westerly, R. I., in 1745. Married on Block Island, in
1766, to Bathsheba, daughter of John Dodge, sister of
Simon. He settled on land of his father's on the island.
His house was built at Pendleton Cove, in 1772. Samuel
bought all the islands which lie west of a south course
from Cape Rosier, including seven small islands. He was
Deacon of the first church, and was highly respected.
His will dated March 2, 1822. His wife died March,
1828. Children, all born in Islesborough :
i Dorcas, b. December 2, 1767. Said to have been the first child
born on the island. Probably married second, Ewell,
about 1789.
ii Niobe, b. 1771, m. Vincent Elwell, of Northport, December 14,
1792. She d. June 2, 1812. No children,
iii Lydia, b. January 7, 1773, m. Rathburn Dodge. (?)
iv Dodge, b. 1776.
V Bathsheba, b. 1778, d. young,
vi Joshua, b. October 17, 1781.
vii Mark, b. 1784.
viii Bathsheba, 2d, b. 1786.
ix Prudence, b. March 10, 1788, m. Jacob George, of Prospect. vShe
d. February 18, 1876.
x Samuel, Jr., b. January 14, 1791.
xi Simon D., b. December 22, 1792.
Nathaniel Pendleton, son of Thomas, was in Isles-
borough in 1793, and July iQtli bought a lot of land at
HISTORY OF ISI.KSBOROrGH. 25I
Little Harbor, of George Uliiier, for sixty pounds, Ijoiinded
on land of Jonathan Pendleton and Thoni?is Brazier. He
and his wife Cynthia, of Duck Trap, sold land in Isles-
borough to William Pendleton, January i, 1795, for one
hundred and eighty pounds. This lot was in the south-
west corner of the island, near Saunders Harbor, against
Seven-Hundred-Acre Island. He was drowned crossing
the bay. Married Cynthia West. (?) Children probably :
i Cj^nthia, m. Drinkwater, of Duck Trap, November 13, 1789.
ii Nabby, m. David Thomas, of Islesborough. She d. January 17,
1867, aged 99.
iii Wealthy, m. Mark Dodge.
Gideon, son of Thomas Pendleton, Sen., married Ma-
tilda, daughter of Captain John Gilkey, and settled on
Acre Island. His house was on the same spot where
Hiram Dodge lived. He was the first man from Isles-
borough to command a vessel sailing to the West Indies,
and on his return had his vessel seized by the Collector,
Joseph Hook, of Castine, for smuggling two pounds of tea.
He sold land in Islesborough, May 4, 1794. In 1814 he
moved to New Brunswick, where he bought a large island
near St. Andrews, now called Pendleton Island. He died
there at the age of nearly 90. Children, born in Isles-
borough :
i James G., b. 1784, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Jabez Philbrook,
1806. Removed to Ohio, iu 1818. He d. August 8, 1867,
aged 84. She d. January 4, 1865, aged 81. They had twelve
children,
ii John,
iii Isaac,
iv Charles.
V Matilda,
vi Lenity,
vii Gideon, Jr. (?) '
viii Stephen. (?)
252 HISTORY OF rSLKSBOROUGH.
Joshua, son of Thomas Pendleton, married and settled
where the late Jonathan Pendleton lived. Planted an
orchard and clieared a large farm. Town officer 1789.
Moved to Northport abont 1814. Married first, Sally
Nutter; second, Sally, daughter of Jabez Ames. Children:
i Sally,
ii Lois,
iii Nancy,
iv Abigail.
V Joshua, by second wife,
vi Mercy,
vii Luther.
Viii Joseph,
ix Andrew.
X Thomas,
xi Benjamin,
xii Lydia.
xiii Thankful. (?)
Stephen Pendleton was the youngest son of Thomas.
He was born in Westerly, R. I., February 9, 1763. He
married in Islesborough , September 25, 1786, to Prudence,
daughter of Simon Dodge. She was born on Block Island
May 23, 1763. They settled in Islesborough on land
bought of Joshua Pendleton. His house was where the
house of the late Captain EiiSTra K. Pendleton now stands.
When the war of the revolution commenced, Stephen was
serving in the British navy, under Capt. Hendy, and was
retained three years. He got his discharge by taking oath
of parole, and then returned to Islesborough, where he
found employment shipping wood to Cape Cod from Pen-
dleton's Cove. He was six feet one inch high, and
weighed two hundred pounds ; was noted for his great
nniscular ability. After the war he was employed by the
British to assist Capt. Hendy in surveying the line be-
tween Maine and New Ih'unsvvick. He purchased eight
hundred acres near St. Andrews. He was living in New
Brunswick when the war of 181 2 commenced. He then
returned to his home in Islesborough, joined an American
HISTORY OF TSI.KSBOROrail. 253
privateer, and was in several engagements ; taken prisoner,
paroled, and returned to Islesborongh, where he lived until
1827. He took an active part in all that helped to build
up the town, more especially in building the roads. He
was a member of the Baptist church. His pew iu the
meeting-house was No. 22. He died in Lubec, September
6, 1845. His wdfe Prudence died in Northport in 1827.
Children, born in Islesborongh :
i Hiram, b. May 20, 1787, went west.
ii Dorcas, b. January 13, 1789. »
iii Prudence, b. February 6, 1791.
iv Stephen, Jr., b. August 23, 1792.
V Mary, b. November 6, 1794, m. John Trim, 1815.
vi Simon. (?)
vii John Brooks. (?)
Dodge Pendleton, oldest son of Samuel Pendleton, Jr.,
was born in 1776. Married Sally Nash, of Hingham,
Mass. Settled below Bounty Cove, to the westward of
Pendleton Mountain, on land given him by his father in
1796. He held several town offices. He was drowned in
the bay, October, 1806 (or December 11, 181 1). The
widow married second, Simon Dodge, Sen. Children :
i Sally, b. April 7, 1798, m. Isaac Warren.
ii Abigail, b. February 10, 1796, m. Solomon P. Coombs, 1824.
iii Elisha, b. January 19, 1801, m. Mary Lindsey.
Elisha Pendleton, son of Dodge, was born January 19,
1801 ; married Mary Lindsey, Jan. 11, 1831. He died
Dec. 17, 1877. Children :
i Isaac, b. September 12, 1838.
ii Elizabeth, b. vSeptember 12, 1838.
iii Charles W., b. January i, 1841. ^
iv Sibyl L., b. December 6, 1843, m. Vv'eed.
V Napoleon B., b. January 8, 1846.
vi Asenath, b. May 8, 1848.
vii Eliza M., b. July 5, 1850.
viii Lydia, b. September 8, 1858.
ix Abigail, b. September 8, 1858.
254 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Joshua Pendleton, second son of Samuel Pendleton, Jr.,
was born in Islesborougli, Oct. 17, 178 1. In his early
life lie was a mariner. He was a volunteer in the war of
1812 ; a member of the Baptist church in 1820; entered
the ministry in 1824, and was a minister for thirty-six
years. His mission was on the islands along the coast of
Maine. Joshua married July 4, 1800, Sally Randall, of
Lincolnville. He first settled on Mark Island, which he
purchased of his father. Children :
i Nathaniel, b. April 7, 1803, in. Eunice Grover.
ii Joseph Jones, b. January 29, 1806, m. Mary Collins,
iii Samuel, b. May 29, 1808, m. Mary Grover, of Deer Isle, July
3, 1828. He removed to "Winter Harbor, Gouldsboro, and died
there June, 1890.
iv Adam T., b. June 2, 1813, m. Eliza J. Bracy, of Mount Desert.
Published April 29, 1837.
V Shubael H., b. July 5, 1817.
vi Sarah Jane, b. March 6, 1822, m. William Dodge, April 14, 1838.
Removed to Gouldsboro in 1862. He settled south-west from
the mountain, on land willed him by his father, Rev. Joshua
Pendleton. He died in Islesborough, December 12, 1859. His
widow died April 3, 1863.
Samuel Pendleton, 2d, married Polly Grover. Children :
i Eunice, b. January 8, 1828.
ii Samuel Caleb, b. March 27, 1831.
Mark Pendleton, Sen., son of Sanuiel, was born in
1784. He died Dec. 25, 1867, aged 83. Married Lydia,
daughter of John Ball, of Block Island, in 1806. Chil-
dren were :
i Vincent, b. January 25, 1807.
ii Simon, b. September 4, 1809.
iii Mark, Jr., b. February 2, 181 1.
iv Dodge, b. March 12, 1813, d. 1893.
V lyydia, b. June 15, 1815.
vi Bathsheba, 1). May 16, 181 7, m. Daniel Warren, Dec. 21, 1837.
vii Isaac Case, b. January 19, 1822, ni. Mercy Nash,
viii vSamuel R., b. September 27, 1820, m. Elsie Brown, Oct. 21, 1848.
vSon, vSamuel A., b. October 9, 1853.
IirSTORV OF TST.KSROROT'C.TT. 255
ix Charlotte, b. July 8, 1824, in. John vSears.
X Philena, b. April 24, 1826, ni. James Michaels, and then Sylvester
Fletcher,
xi Lyman, m. vSally Herrick.
xii Jane.
Saiimel Pendleton, Jr., born January 14, 1791, married
Lucy B. Spragne, Jannary 15, 18 10, daughter of Jonathan
Sprague. She was born September 29, 1789, and died
August 4, 1877. He died Sept. 21, 1844. He bought
the estate of Godfrey Trim, Sen., near the upper end of
the island. Children :
i Cordelia O., b. February i8, 1812, d. January 2, 1837, m. Nathaniel
Nichols, October 11, 1835. They had one child,
ii Pliebe, b. July 21, 18 [3, d. January 6, 1867, unmarried.
iii Niobe, b. January 15, 1815, d. October 31, 1850. She ni. John
Bachelder. They had eight children,
iv Albert, b. May 6, 1816, d. May 29, 1877 or 1879.
V Rodolphus, b. March 14, 1818, d. October 8, 1866. He was
drowned in Penobscot Bay.
vi Gamaliel R., b. August 12, 1822, ni. Matilda T. Saw-yer. They
had three children,
vii Maximilian, b. December 19, 1833, "i- Elizabeth Collins. One
child went to Lawrence, Mass.
viii Deborah, b. October i, 1820, d. , m. Valais, of Bucksport.
Simon D. Pendleton, .son of Samuel, born December 22,
1792. He married Dec. 22, 1816, Mary S. Fowler, of
Prospect. They lived on the homestead of Samuel, and
had the care of his parents in their old age. In 1836 he
sold his land in Islesborough and moved to Prospect. He
died Dec. 28, 1870. His wife, Mary S., died January 31,
1885, aged 90 years. Children, born in Islesborough :
i Elsie, b. December 9, 1819.
ii Prudence, b. March 25, 182 1.
iii Mary Ann, b. September 26, 1823.
iv Rosetta, b. January 17, 1827.
256 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
V Simon A., b. vSepteniber 29, 1829.
vi Nanc}' Jane, V). October, 1830.
vii I<evi A., b. April 29, 1833.
Nathaniel Pendleton, the oldest son of Joshua, married
April 7, 1823, Eunice, daughter of Capt. George Grover,
of Deer Isle. He settled first on Mark Island, where he
built a house; then niov-ed to Acre Island, where he
lived until 1828. He then removed to Hancock county,
where he became a man of distinction. He was a physi-
cian of note. He died in Gouldsboro, where a monu-
ment is erected to his memory. He was wealthy at the
time of his death. Children, all born in Islesborough :
i Solomon, b. November 8, 1826.
ii Francina A., b. September 3, 1828.
iii George W., b. September 24, 1831.
iv Martha A., b. Septeml)er 26, 1833.
V Martin V., b. November 6, 1824.
Joseph Jones Pendleton, son of Joshua (the preacher),
.was born January 29, 1806. He married March 7, 1822,
Mary Collins, daughter of John Collins, of Frankfort.
He followed the sea, and at the age of twenty-two was
master, and owned an estate in Islesborough, where he
built the first brick house. He was a member of the first
Baptist church in 1826, and took an active part in church
and school affairs. In 1862 he sold his homestead in
Islesborougli and moved to Belfast. Children, all l)orn in
Islesborough except the first : '
i Joseph T., 1). on Mark Island, Penobscot Bay, in 1824. He m.
Sarah F. Tracy, of GouUlsl)oro. They live at Belfast.
ii Marv Jane, b. September 8, 1827, m. Capt. Ivlias Seavey, of
Saco, Maine. He d. in St. Thomas, December 20, 1858.
iii Ephraim Emery, b. September 4, 1831, m. Ann Maria Thomas.
Second, married Artemisa L. Gilkey. He served in the
navy in the rebellion. He was the first man in Islesborough
to have command of a naval vessel.
HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROron. 257
iv Joshua A., b. October 17, 1S36. He in. Kunice Haiuinoiid, of
Gouldsboro. He was master of a Danish steamship of vSt.
Thomas. He d. in St. Thomas, January 12, 1859.
V George W., b. February 25, 1838, m. May 3, 1870, to Martha
Durgin. He was a master mariner, Professor of Nautical
Science, an extensive traveler, and quite a historian.
vi Nathaniel S., b. February 4, 1846, m. Emily Wood, of North-
port. He lives in Belfast,
vii Kleanora C, b. April 5, 1840, d. July 31, 1846.
Shubael Pendleton, son of Jo.sluia, married first, Knnice
Bickford, and second, Dorothy Closson, March 9, 1844.
Children :
i Edward F., b. April 3, 1845, m. Amy Keller,
ii Frederick P., b. August 17, 1848, d. 1875, m. Mary E. Keller,
iii Rhoda M., b. February 16, 1849, "^' Jason R. Ryder,
iv Martin V., b. January 21, 1852, m. Isabel Knight.
V Benjamin F., b. November 19, 1854, d. 1870.
vi Solomon, b. OctoVier 25, 1857, d. 1857.
vii Lenora, b. April 25, 1859, d. 1859.
Dodge Pendleton, son of Mark Pendleton, was born
March 12, 1813. He married Mary J. Wlialen, of Vinal-
haven, Jan. 16, 1843. Children :
i Sibyl F., b. August 6, 1845, m. Franklin Flanders,
ii Lydia J., b. March 8, 1848, m. Arnold Anuis.
iii Lyonuais, b. November 28, 1850, m. Sarah Rolerson.
iv Dodge T., b. April 29, 1854, d. 1876.
V Dennis M., b. November 23, 1855, m. Mary E. Haynes.
vi Hannah E., b. May 13, 1858, d. 1858.
vii Rose, b. May 13, 1858, d. 1858.
viii Roderick N., b. , m. Mabel Haynes.
Vincent Pendleton, son of Mark, Sen., born January
25, 1807. ^Married Eliza Kimball, of Swanville. She
died in 1872. Children:
i Elizabeth, b. October 5, 1830, m. Simon Sprague, Jr.
ii Alice B., b. September 15, 1832, m. Noah B. Dodge.
iii Mary A., b. March 10, 1834.
iv Celia Ann, b. January 27, 1836.
V Philip G., b. December 5, 1837, m. Abbie Pendleton.
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258 HISTORY OF ISLESHOK-OUGH.
vi Caleb F., b. October 3, 1839.
vii Fanny D., b. October 23, 1842, ni. Joel vSmall.
viii James O., b. October 22, 1843, m. Junietta Pemlleton.
ix William B., b. July 27, 1845, m. Lawrence.
X Victoria, b. March i, 1850, m. Tripp.
Philip G. Pendleton, son of Vincent, niarried vSarali A.
Pendleton, in 1869. Children:
i Abbie Eugenie, b. February 15, 1870.
ii Frank Rufus, b. August 14, 1872.
iii Eliza H., b. January 12, 1877.
iv Caro, Edwin P., Rita, Ralph, Harold.
Caleb F. Pendleton, son of Vincent, married ]\Iary Kim-
ball. Children :
i Hannah E., b. March 25, 1865, m. Andrew Garland,
ii Alma Alice, b. December 25, 1873, d. 1874.
iii Nahum E., m. Ethel Coombs.
iv Hattie.
James O. Pendleton, .son of Vincent, niarried Jnnietta
Pendleton. Children :
i Leila A., b. July 28, 1874, d. 1876.
ii Edna Mildred,' b. 1876.
Capt. Mark Pendleton, Jr., born Febrnary 2, i<Sir. He
was a master mariner and gentleman of the old school.
He was enterprising and ambitions, and his laljors were
crowned with success. He took an active interest in town
affairs, and was an active participator in everythino- that
related to the town. His sons are also enterprisino- and
successful shipmasters and shipowners, and are well and
favorable known as such all over the United States. He
married Eliza J., daughter of Fields Coombs, Marcli 10,
1837. He lived and died on the estate of his father, below
CAPT. MARK PENDLETON.
1811—1888.
MRS. ELIZA J. PENDLETON.
1817— Living.
HISTORY OF rSLESBOROUGH. 259
Bounty Cove, and to the westward of Pendleton Mountain.
He died April 23, 1888. Mrs. Pendleton resides on the
old homestead. Children:
i Richard P., 1). July 28, 1839, married,
ii Fields C, b. March 6, 1842, married,
iii Guilford D., b. March 4, 1845, married,
iv Wiufield vS., b. September 2, 1847, married.
V Eliza L., b. November 18, 1850, m. Lester A. Lewis,
vi Mark, b. September 16, 1852, d. 1854.
vii Emma J., b. July 8. 1855, d. 1863.
viii Mark Pierce, b. Jan. ii, i860. He represented Islesborough in
the Legislature in 1889. He is editor and proprietor of the
Belfast Age. He married in Bangor, September 10, 1889, Inez
L. Matthews, of Bangor.
Fields C. Pendleton, son of Mark, born March 6, 1842.
Shipmaster and owner. Married first, Lucinda J. Seely,
March 27, 1863, She died June 25, 1865. He married
second, Mrs. Sabrina P. Brown. Published October 3,
1866. Children :
i Nellie L., b. April 29, 1868, d. July 6, 1886.
ii Fields S., b. March 21, 1870.
iii Alice L., b. April 3, 1872.
iv Sabrina C, b. August 30, 1874.
V Grace N., b. January 20, 1876.
vi Edwin S., b. December 4, 1877.
vii Effie, b. April 13, 1880.
viii Phebe E., b. January 26, 1884.
Guilford D. Pendleton, son of Mark, born :\Iarcli 4,
1845. Shipmaster and owner. Married Mrs. Orissa P.
Durgin, December 30, 1869. Children:
i Eva, b. August 6, 1874, d. Decembers, 1874.
ii R. Dudley, b. April 2, 1876.
iii Kate L., b. April 3, 1878.
iv Annie L., b. July 19, 1885.
26o HISTORY OF ISLESBOROrCrll.
Winfield S. Pendleton, son of Mark, born September 2,
1847. Shipmaster and owner. Married Ivncy A.,
danghter of Judson Philbrook, Jannary 15, 1871. Repre-
sentative in 1880. Children:
i Winfield S., b. April 15, 1872.
ii Judson P., b. September 25, 1873.
iii , Ivcwis N., b. February 15, 1875.
iv Ethel Iv., b. May ii, 1878.
V Mark, b. February 12, 1883, d. November 27, 1887.
vi Bowdoin Nealh', b. June 27, 1885.
Isaac Case Pendleton, son of Mark, Sen., married first
Mercy A. Nash, December 17, 1845. She died June 17,
1849. Married second, Abigail Nash. Published April
2, 1 85 1. Children :
i Laban K., b. vSeptember 30, 1847, m. Martha M. Dodge,
ii Isaac E., b. April 20, 1849, "i- Nettie Yeaton.
iii Charles N., b. August 2, 1852.
iv Mercy A., b. June 26, 1854, m. George Pendleton.
V Junietta, b. November 25, 1855, m. James O. Pendleton..
vi Emily, b. October 19, 1858, d. 1858.
vii Solomon D., b. December 2, 1859.
viii Lydia A., b. May 14, 1865, m. Frederick D. Pendleton.
Laban K. Pendleton, son of Isaac C, married Martha
M. Dodge, August 8, 1870. Children :
i Caro M., b. June 27, 1872.
ii Freeman K., b. October 30, 1874.
iii George Lewis, b. November 27, 1877.
Isaac C. Pendleton, son of Isaac C, married Antoinette
Yeaton, Child :
i Nellie R., b. May 25, 1875, m. John II. Bentson.
Rodolphus Pendleton, son of Samuel, Jr., born March
14, 1818. Married Margaret Sawyer, January 16, 1851.
He was drowned between Turtle Head and P'ort I\)int,
October 26, 1866. Children :
i vSamuel, b. April 18, 1852.
ii Charles E., b. July 2, 1854.
HISTORY OK ISI.KSROROroir. 26 1
iii Herbert L., b. July 6, 1856.
iv Camilla L., b. December 5, 1857.
V Flora B., b. April 17, i860.
Gamaliel R. Pendleton, son of Samuel, Jr., married Ma-
tilda Sawyer, February 3, 1847. He died in 1892. Chil-
dren were :
i Irene L.. b. July 24, 1848, m. FMwanl Collins. Publisbed June
6, 1867.
ii Lovina J., b. August 31, 1851, ni. Joseph Clark. She d. in 1872.
iii Alpheus A., b. January 8, 1855, m. Maggie Whitconib.
Peleg Pendleton, .son of William Pendleton, was born in
Westerly, R. I., February 12, 1732. He was a mariner,
and was at the eastward often prior to the Revolutionary
war. He came to Maine about 1782, and tradition savs
lived for a while on this island, and in 1783 removed to
that part of Prospect now Searsport. He has now many
descendants here. It is safe to say that his sons who came
here, and his grandsons, have all been master mariners,
and the sails of their. ships have whitened every sea known
to commerce. Capt. Peleg Pendleton died July 12, 18 10.
He married in Stonington, Ann Park, September 7, 1758.
She was a woman fit to be the wife of an emigrant to a
new country. She died March 20, 181 7. Children, all
born in Stonington :*
i Peleg, Jr., b. June 22, 1760; lost at sea about 1781.
ii Ann, b. June 4, 1762. Did not come to Maine.
iii Abigail, b. December 2, 1764, d. December 7, 1764.
iv Thomas, b. June 4, 1767. No record of marriage. Died June 8,
i8or.
V William, b. Jul)', 1769. Lived in Islesborough and vSearsport.
Mar. Nancy Pendleton, of Islesborough. Published January
9, 1795. He died in Searsport, March, 1824. His children
born in Islesborough were Nancy, b. April 27, 1797, probably
married Timothy Porter, of Prospect. Lois, b. April 12, 1799;
*C. H. Pendleton, of Westerly, R. I., June 2, 1890, says that Peleg
and all his children were born in Westerly.
262 HISTORY OF ISLEvSROROUGlt.
Peleg, b. Ma^- 8, 1801,111. Betsey Brown, of Lincolnville ;
Joseph, b. April ti, 1803, and other children, born in vSears-
port.
vi Joseph, twin of William. Lived and died in Islesborough.
vii Abigail, b. August 11, 1771, tn. Eben Griffin, of Searsport. .She
died 1815. Had a large family.
viii Ivydia, twin sister of Abigail, m. Wilcox, of Stonington.
Did not come to Maine.
ix Greene, b. June 21, 1774. Lived in Prospect (Searsport).
Married Nancy Park. He died April 24, 1863. They had nine
children, all deceased except one son, Capt. James G. Pen-
dleton.
X Prudence, b. October 5, 1777, m. Ah^xander Nichols, of vSears-
port. He died March 6, 1824; she died November 24, 1854.
They had many children, all now deceased ; but many grand-
children living.
xi Phineas, b. September 26, 1780, of Searsport. Twelve chil-
dren there.
Joseph Pendleton, son of Peleg, born Jul}^, 1769. He
settled on the east side of the island, above Dark Harbor.
He was a prominent man in the town for many years ; a
man of remarkable energy and indnstry, and a gentleman
of the old school. He married Wealthy, daughter of
Benjamin Thomas, Nov. 16, 1794. She died August 21,
1843, aged 67. He died August 21, 1858, aged 89.
Children :
i Nancy, b. August 8, 1796, m. Ephraim Gould. She d. August,
1844.
ii Wealthy, b. January 19, 1798, d. unmarried, 1868.
iii Mary, b. November 22, 1801, d. 182-.
iv Susanna, b. January 29, 1803, m. Willis Fish, of Hope,
vi Joseph, b. November 20, 1805, married,
vii Sophronia, b. September 12, 1808, m. Ainasa Hatch,
viii Peleg, b. February 12, iSii, m. vSiljvl Slierniau, 1837. He died
September 30, 1838.
Son, Peleg, Jr., b. July 29, 1838, died.
ix Lydia Jane, b. January 29, 1814; m. first, vSolomon vSprague, and
second, John Bachelder.
x Nelson, b. November 28, 1816, m. Ann I'ish. He died 1862.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 263
xi Ephraiiu, 1). March 28, 1818, in. Ann Gilkey, I'ebruary 10, 1846.
He moved to Stockton, being there in 1885.
xii Emeline, h. June 21, 1821, ni. Amasa Hatch. She d. 1861.
Joseph Pendleton, Jr., born Nov. 20, 1805. Married
Emily Richard.s. Pnbli.shed April 11, 1836. He died
Jnly 30, 1852, or 1853. Children :
i Amasa, b. May 15, 1837, d. December 23, 1838.
ii Emily, b. September 17, 1840, d. March 22, 1842.
iii Amelia, b. August 4, 1843, "i- E>lwin Eames.
iv Ellen, b. October 9, 184-, m. Stephen Fairfield.
V Ann, b. July 21, 1846.
vi George, b. August 23, 1849.
vii Sophronia E., b. December 7, 1853, m. Amasa Hatch.
Phh^brook Family.
Jonathan Philbrook, with his ^vife and nine children,
came from Greenland, N. H., to the second parish in
Georgetown, now Bath, in 1742. He bnilt a house on
the Point, near where the mansion of Governor King
stood. He was the principal inhabitant of the town, and
in May, 1753, Jonathan Philbrook and forty-six others
petitioned that they might be set off into a separate or
second parish. The petition was granted, and the second
parish was organized April 2, 1754, at the house of Phil-
brook. He and his son, Lieutenant Jonathan, were two
of the committee to procure a minister. In 1755 he and
his sons built two coasting vessels, and I think they may
be called the pioneers of shipbuilding in Bath. Jona-
than Philbrook, Jonathan Philbrook, Jr., and Job Phil-
brook, were petitioners for the new county (of Lincoln),
in 1752.
William Philbrook, Joshua Philbrook, and Job Phil-
brook, were soldiers in the first company of the second
parish in Georgetown (now Bath), in 1757. In May,
1766, Job Philbrook was taken prisoner by the Indians,
264 HISTORY OK rSI.KSP.OROUCiH.
and carried to Canada, but was exchanged, and retnrned
in October followino-.
Of the sons of Jonathan, William and Job came here.
Tradition has it that Joseph also came, Init I do not
find him.
William Philbrook was born in 1718. One account
says he married Charity Grant, but I find that he was
published to Mary Grant, in Georgetown, Sept. 18, 1844.
He settled on Seven -Hundred- Acre Island. Jonathan
Stone, who surveyed Seven-Hundred- Acre Island in 1785,
says he found "William Philbrook there," and that he
came before the war. He was a petitioner from the island
to the General Court in 1787. He was drowned about
1789, or just prior to that time. Children, as far as I see:
i James, was in Hampden 1777; bad lot 78 there,
ii David, settled in Gardiner.
iii Jonathan, came here and lived in several places. Was in Hamp-
den, in 1786. He was drowned prior to 1800. He had wife
Mary, and son John, of Hampden, and Mercy, who m. John
Bullock, of Camden,
iv William, Jr., settled in Islesborough.
V Joseph, settled in Islesborough.
vi Abigail, m. Mark Perry or John Perry, of Camden,
vii Molly, m. Joshua Lassell, of Lassell Island. Nine children.
William Philbrook, Jr., of Thomaston, and Diodama
Lassell, of Warren, were published in Thomaston, May
6, 1780. He probably moved on to Seven-Hundred- Acre
Island soon after. He was selectman in 1795. He was
a large, powerful man, and his brother Joseph, though
not equal to him in size, was a man of great nuiscular
strength. During the war of 18 12 their vessel was cap-
tured and thev were taken ])risoncrs by the British and
sent to Castine. While on their way the prize crew went
below to rest. The Philbrooks had a fight with the crew,
took them prisoners, recaptured their vessel, and delivered
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGII. 265
the British as prisoners to the proper authorities. Chil-
dren, probably :
i Elisha, in. Polly or Dolly Williams,
ii William, m. Iaicv Driukwater, of Nortliport. rublished July
3, 1S24.
iii Joseph,
iv Daniel.
V Oliver, m. Anna Stover, October 22, 1825.
vi Jabez.
vii Ambrose.
Jabez Philbrook, son of William Philbrook, Jr., mar-
ried Judith Thayer, of Vinalhaven, Dec. 23, 1820. He
died in 1884. Children, born in Islesborough :
i Jane, b. March 8, 1822.
ii Barbara A., b. November 18, 1824.
iii Ivusetta, b. September i, 1827.
iv Jabez A., b. October 6, 1831, m. Eliza J. McKenney, 1854.
V Joseph H., b. April 24, 1833, m. Elizabeth Flanders, March
I, 1853-
vi William, b. November 5, 1837.
Ambrose Philbrook, son of William, Jr., married Lydia
Warren, Jan. 22, 1833. Children:
i Lydia D., b. October 16, 1833, m. James Jackson,
ii Ambrose B., b. July i, 1835, m. Maria L,. Philbrook, 1857.
iii George W., b. December 8, 1836.
Jonathan Philbrook married Phebe Holbrook, October
26, 1806.
r
Job Philbrook, .son of Jonathan, born in Greenland,
N. H. ; baptized 1729. Settled in Georgetown. In 1744,
when he w^as about fifteen years of age, he was taken
prisoner by the Indians and carried to Canada, where he
remained several years. He married first Mary, probably
daughter of David Trufant, of Georgetown. Published
there Nov. 12, 1750. She died about 1774. He married
second, Dolly Hinckley, at Castine ; married third, widow
34
266 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Hannah Coombs. He v/ent to Vinalhaven, then to Cas-
tine, then to Seven-Hnndred-Acre Island, Islesborongh,
then to Vinalhaven again, where he died about 1802.
Children :
i Jeremiah, b. in Georgetown, December 8, 1753, m. Sarah Lead-
better, of Fox Island. He died September 16, 1819. She died
Februarj' 2, 1847, aged 88.
ii Mary, b. , m. William Rackliff, Sen., of Rackliff Island,
South Thomaston.
iii Ivydia, m. John Smith, of Vinalhaven. Six children,
iv Joel, b. August 14, 1759, m. in South Fox Island, and moved
to Ohio.
V Jane, b. , m. Isaiah Tohnan, Matinicus, about 1780; his
third wife. He was ancestor to all the Tolmans in Knox
County,
vi Job, by second wife, b. in Castine, November 8, 1775, of Isles-
borough,
vii Jonathan, lived in Prospect, when his son John was born, De-
cember 10, 1796, probably moved to Sedgwick. The late
Hon. Luther G. Philbrook, of Ca.stine, was grandson of
Jonathan,
viii Hannah, by third wife.
Job Philbrook, Jr., born in Castine, November 8, 1775.
Settled at Islesborongh. Married Sylvina, daughter of
Gideon Pendleton, Dec. 2, 1802. She died 1877, aged 89.
He died Oct. 12, 1845. Children :
i Job, Jr., b. vSeptember 26, 1803, of Islesborongh and Frankfort,
ii Sylvina, b. September 17, 1805, m. Elisha Grant, of Otis, Maine,
1821.
iii Harriet, b. September, 1807, m. William Drinkwater, Octo-
ber, 1827.
iv Henrietta, b. January 7, 1810, m. Capt. James Drinkwater, Octo-
ber, 1827, of Rockland,
v Matilda, b. February 21, 1813, m. .■\ll)ert Hulchins, of Pe-
nobscot,
vi Daniel, b. A])ril 30, 1815, m. Lydia Pendleton,
vii Almira, b. May 24, 1817, m. Thatcher CoomliS, October, 1836.
viii Ivlbridge G., b. May 11, 1819, m. Angelia Philbrook, August
30, 1844.
ix Isaac, b. April 2, 1821. Lost at sea on a voyage to Savannah.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 267
X Cordelia, b. September 13,1823,111. William Rvder, January i,
1851.
xi Lenora J., b. June 10, 1825, m. Joseph Knowles, of Belfast,
Octol)er, 1842.
xii Grace A., b. September 18, 1828, m. Robert Knowles, of Isles-
borough, July 5, 1852.
xiii James J., b. October 10, 1831, m. Lydia D. Philbrook. Chil-
dren were :
1 George F., b. September 2, 1853.
2 Laura P., b. January 28, 1856.
3 Ellen F., b. October 11, 1859.
4 Frank A., b. May 28, 1866.
5 Chester J., b. August 30, 1870.
Job Philbrook, Jr., born Sept. 26, 1803. Married Alice
Tyler, of Frankfort. He moved there, and was living in
1892. "Capt. Job Philbrook was born in Islesborongh,
Sept. 26, 1803. He quit going to sea about sixteen years
ago, after following the business for forty years, and has
resided in Winterport for the past eleven years. He has
six children living, and three grandchildren. Mr. Phil-
brook is smart and stirring, and bids fair to live as long as
his grandfather, for whom he is named, j\Ir. Job Phil-
brook, who settled in Vinalhaven, and was 104 years old
when he died. Mr. Philbrook's grandfather on his moth-
er's side, Mr. Gideon Pendleton, of Deer Island, New
Brunswick, was 90 when he died." Children, all born in
Islesborongh :
i John Tyler, b. September 21, 1831, d. .
ii Betsey M., b. May 5, 1833, d. 1842.
iii Martin V., b. Ju ^e 21, 1836.
iv Isaac, b. April 16, 1838.
V Rinaldo, b. November 14, 1841.
Daniel Philbrook, son of Job, was born April 30, 1815.
Married Lydia Pendleton, daughter of Jonathan, Jr., June,
1 83 1. Children:
i Lavinia M., b. November 22, 1837.
ii Almira E., T?) b. March 31, 1840.
268 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
t
iii Flora E., b. , d. March 14, 1865.
iv Daniel E., b. , d. Feb. i, i836.
V Charles H., b. , d. October 9, 1870.
Joseph Philbrook was probably son of Jonathan, and
brother of William, Sen., and Job, Sen., or the son of
William, Sen. He lived on Seven-Hundred-Acre Island,
and was highway surveyor in 1794 ; petitioner to General
Court in 1787. He married Polly Lassell ; died June 13,
1841. Children:
i Submit, b. February 14, 1784, d. unmarried, February 26, 1859.
ii Ruhama, b. May 17, 1786, m. William Lassell.
iii Diodama, b. April 13, 1788, d. unmarried, August, 1819.
iv David, b. November 30, 1789, married.
V Lois, b. April 26, 1792, m. Ruel Philbrook, of Vinalhaven, July
12, x8i2. She died in Northport, 1844.
vi Rachel, b. March 15, 1800, m. Rev. Simon Cox, of Searsmout and
Rockland. He died January 28, 1851. She d. January 8, 1872.
vii Ambrose, b. December 20, 1804, m. Mary Woodbury. He was
drowned at Northport, September, 1824. His son, Benjamin,
b. March 4, 1821. (?)
David Philbrook, son of Joseph, born Nov. 30, 1789.
Published Sept. 14, 1814. Married Margaret Perry, of
Vinalhaven. He died Dec. 3, 1857. Children :
i Judson, b. April 8, 182 1, m. Jane Pendleton,
ii Angelia, b. March 16, 1824, m. Elbridge Philbrook.
iii Orinda, b. March i, 1826, married first. Captain Samuel or
David Haskell, May 26, 1846, and second, David Williams,
published January 28, 1851.
iv Pelcg, b. August 28, 1828, d. young.
V Klona, b. 1830, m. John P. Farrow,
vi David, Jr., b. 1832, m. Sarah Warren. He was a soldier in the
rebellion, and was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, January
13, 1862. She died February 24, 1859. One child, Alfred, b.
June 10, 1856, d. 1859.
Judson Phill)n)()k, son of Dax'id, l)()rn April 18, 1821 ;
married Jane, youngest daughter of Jolin Pendleton, Jan.
HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH. 269
13, 1847. He was drowned at sea, Jan. 30, 1868. She
died Jan. 18, 1888. Children:
i Martha J., b. January 13, 1849, "i- Delinar Gilkey.
ii Lvicy A., b. March i, 1852, m. Winfield S. Pendleton,
iii Judson A., b. September 10, 1855. Lost at sea April 23, 1875.
Prescott Family.
Benjamin Prescott married Margaret McFarland. Chil-
dren were :
i vSusan M., b. February 25, 1852, d. 1853.
ii Julietta J., b. May 25, 1859.
Prl'den Family.
Stephen Pruden married Temperance Williams, Sept.
II, 1823. He died. She married second. Rev. Ephraim
W. Emery, Mar. 10, 1832. Children:
i Stephen H., b. January 16, 1825.
ii Temperance W., b. May 18, 1826.
Ranlett Family.
Matthew Ranlett married Dora E. Coombs. He was
drowned Dec. 10, 1878. Children:
i Charles O., b. June 23, 1872, d. 1875.
ii William E., b. October 30, 1873.
iii Lottie Blanche, b. June 6, 1876.
Ephraim Ranlett married Mary E. Warren. Children :
i Jerry Herman, b. March 10, 1874.
ii Hattie E., b. May 17, 1875, d. 1878.
iii Lauraine E., b. October 20, 1878.
Redman Family.
Benjamin R. Redman married Ethelinda C. Gilkey.
She died Feb. 25, 1878. Children:
i Walter H., b. September 22, 1864.
ii Chestina B., b. 1876, d. 1879.
iii Elnora, m. Charles Williams, of Emery.
iyo HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Varniim R. Redman niarried Dora Trim. Mr. Redman
was drowned at sea. Child :
i Etliel L., b. September 19, 1877.
Rich Family.
Rev. lyemuel Rich was son of Samuel Rich, of East
Machias ; born there Jan. 10, 1780. Baptist minister;
came here in 1809. Married Grace, daughter of John
Gilkey. Published Feb. 16, 18 10. He moved to Union
in 18 19, and preached there and in Hope for several years.
He was afterward a missionary, and is said to have
preached in every coast town from Kittery to Hastport,
and in the British provinces. He was imprisoned at St.
Andrews, N. B., for preaching there without the permis-
sion of the parish priest of the church of England.* He
died at Hope Corner, in 1864. Children, some of whom
were born in Islesborough :
i Mary Ann, m. Sherman.
ii Lemuel F.
iii Statira, m. Pendleton.
iv Elizabeth, m. Albert Dunbar.
V Leonora, m. Elder.
vi John,
vii Joseph.
Richards Family.
James Richards married Sarah J. Warren. Children :
i Addie A., b. July 26, 1859, m. Benjamin Barry,
ii Nora E., b. May 16, 1867.
iii Grace C, b. March 12, i88r.
Richardson Family.
John Richardson married Bathsheba, daughter of Sam-
uel Pendleton, July 12, 1804. It is said he was a French
naval officer under Napoleon. They settled on In-ench-
*Rev. W. II. Shailer's Historical Discourse, 1874, page 56.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 271
man's Island. The wife died Oct. 10, 1843. He died
December, 1848. One child, who died young.
Robp:rts Family,
John Roberts was born on the island of Guernsey, in
the English Channel, in 1788. He was a cooper by
trade, and came to Islesborough in 1833, where he died,
Dec. 23, 1862. He married Christiana Dodge, daughter
of Mark Dodge. She was born April 13, 1803, and died
July 12, 1874. Children:
i Noah, b. June 22, 1826. He died in Honduras, vSeptember 21,
1852.
ii George W., b. November 23, 1829, m. Lydia E. Wood. There are
no children living,
iii Phebe C, b. May 15, 1834, ni. Daniel Warren.
iv Zebulou M., b. June i, 1836, d. February 3, 1863, ni. Arvilla
Warren.
Robinson Family.
Joseph Robinson, from Lincolnville, married Sarah E.
Coombs, June i, 1851. He died Oct. 24, 1853. Child:
i George H., b. December 5, 1852.
RoLERSON Family.
Phineas Rolerson married Celia A. Pendleton. Ho died
March 26, i860. Children :
i Clara J., b. March 30, 1854., d. M y 14, 1857.
ii Sarah I., b. August 25, 1855, m. Lyonais Pendleton,
iii Phineas L., b. September 5, 1856.
iv George W., b. June 14, 1858, d. December 16, 1877.
.V Abbie F., b. Ja .uary 30, i860, m. Nason Pendleton.
Rooks Fa.mily.
Henry Rooks married , daughter of Francis
272 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Grindle. Removed to Nortliport or Lincolnville. Chil-
dren, born in Islesborough :
i Louisa, b. May 15, 1831.
ii Emily A., b. December i, 1832.
iii Sarah A., b. April 7, 1835.
Rose Family.
Henry Hancock Rose came from Block Island abont
1785. Ponndkeeper in 1808. Said to have changed his
name to Henry. Wife Deborah. Children :
i Deborah, m. James Dodge,
ii Mercy,
iii Daniel,
iv Huldah.
V Henry.
Henry Rose, son of Henry Hancock Rose, was born in
New Shoreham, R. I., Aug. 9, 1784. Came here with
his father. Married Hannah, daughter of Noah Dodge,
Dec. 25, 1808. She was born May 27, 1786; died June
9, 1866. He died July 10, 1864. Children:
i Varuum G. Rose, b. November 23, 1810. He m. Mary, daughter
of Joshua Dodge, January i, 1834. Children :
1 James F., b. October 18, 1839, d. 1891.
2 Theresa, b. Ma)' 26, 1841, m. James F. Grindle.
3 Julia A., b. June 26, 1842.
ii Rosannah, b. March 23, 1812, m. Franklin Dodge,
iii Eleanor, b. June 10, 1814, m. Silas Bunker,
iv Theresa, b. June 12, 1816, d. aged 17.
V Henry H., b. January 23, 1822, m. Lois M. Coombs, February 7,
1844. He d. East Boston, May 22, 1879.
vi Hannah, b. , m. James Dodge.
vii Noah D., b. March 23, 1824, m. Nancy Thoir.as. Pul)lished
August 2, 1851. He d. at sea. Children :
1 Edward E., b. April 26, 1S52.
2 Edith E., b. July 3, 1854.
3 Phineas P., b. August 28, 1857.
4 Hugh M., b. April 27, 1861, died at sea.
viii David H., b. , m. Julia Knowlton.
DAVID H. ROSE.
1830— 1890
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 273
ix Marion W., h. December 31, 1827, m. Kliza J., daughter of
Henry Coombs. She d. March 15, 1857. He d. December
19, 1857. One child.
I Hannah M., b. June 25, 1852.
David Henderson Rose, born in Islesl)orono-li, Oct. 8,
1830 ; married Jnlia A. Knowlton, of Nortliport. Few
men had a more active life, and few men in Islesborough
have met with more success commanding a vessel at a very
young age. His voyages were foreign and coastwise,
always giving satisfaction to his owners. Pleasant, agree-
able and sociable, he had many friends and no enemies.
For forty years he followed the sea, and during that time
he never met with a serious accident, never losing a
vessel, and always making money for his owners. Dur-
ing his last sickness he was patient, suffering without
complaint. All that kind hands could do was done for
him, to smooth the way from whence no traveler returns.
He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was
buried with Masonic rites> He died at his home, Feb. 21,
1890. Children :
i Charles Albert, b. May 7, 1863, m. Sabrina E. Coombs,
ii Eugene Henderson, b. November 18, 1864, m. Leola h. Fuller,
iii Lena Mabel, b. i\.pril 10, 1867.
iv Rita Evelyn, b. November 6, 1872, d. May 21, 1879.
Ryder Family.
Joseph Ryder was son of Lot Ryder, of Provincetown
and Vinalhaven, born 1775. He married Mary Lewis, sis-
ter of Benjamin Lewis, of Vinalhaven. She was born
, 1780. He came to Islesborough about 1836, with
his family, and settled at Sabbath-Day Harbor. He
bought one hundred acres of land of Elisha Parker, on
the western side of Saturday Harbor, where his grand.son
now lives. There was a grist mill on his land, at the head
of the harbor, where the old gentleman found employ-
35
2 74 " HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
iiient. His sons were employed in fishing, and brought
their fish to him, and he dried them for market. Mrs.
Rydei died Jan. 13, 1857. He died May 16, 1858, aged
83. His estate was divided between his sons, Thomas,
Benjamin and William. The children all came here and
settled.
i Benjamin,
ii William,
iii Thomas.
iv Susan, m. Thomas Trim.
V Lucy, m. Isaac Burgess,
vi Betsey, m. Reuben Merrithew.
vii Mary, m. Henry McFarland, of Montville, February 14, 1841.
Benjamin Ryder, son of Joseph Ryder, born in Vinal-
haven. Came here with his father, and settled at Sab-
bath-Day Harbor, on a part of his father's estate. In
early life he was a fisherman. After his father's death he
went into trade, and remained a trader until his death.
He also kept a public house for many years — the "Seaside
House" — upon the site of which now stands "The Isles-
borough" hotel. He was chosen by the town to hold
offices of trust, which he faithfully and honestly performed.
He was noted for his sociability, and was a man of piety,
and honest in his convictions. He was prudent and in-
dustrious, a man with a kind heart and obliging disposition,
a good neighbor, and a valuable townsman. He married
Nancy Grover, of Deer Isle, Dec. 8, 1836. She was born
Aug. 9, 1808, died August — , 1882. Mrs. Ryder was a
good housewife and an excellent mother, and his famih-
of three boys were well brought up and fitted for the re-
sponsibilities of life. He died Oct. 8, 1881, aged 67 years
9 months. They were buried in the Greenwood cemetery,
where a monument is erected to their memory. Children :
i Joseph H., b. 1837, d. 1838.
ii vSarah H., b. December 28, 1838. d. 1838.
iii Dorothy A., b. May 19, 1841, d. 1848.
BENJAMIN RVDER.
1813—1881.
MRS. NANCY RYDER.
1808— 1882.
HISTORY OF ISLRSBOROUGH. 275
iv James, b. September 9, 1843, f^- 1848-
V Isaac F., b. September 18, 1845, d. 1848.
vi Jason ^.oscoe, b. July 18, 1847, "i- Rhoda M. Pendleton, Decem-
ber 24, 1870. Children :
1 Bertha A., b. 1871.
2 Blanche F., b. Decembers, 1873.
3 Lettie C, b. July 25, 1876.
4 Fred C, b. 1879.
5 Josie L., b. 1881, d. i88r.
6 MartL., b. 1884.
7 Gertrude L., b. 1886.
vii Benjamin Lewis, b. August 8, 1848, m. Helen C. Coombs. He
d. September 14, 1891.
viii James Henry, b. June 3, 1851, m. Ella Jane Grover.
William Ryder, son of Josepji Ryder, married first, ^lary
R. Trim, daughter of James, February 6, 1842. She died
December 26, 1850, aged 30 years, 3 months, 18 days.
He married second, Mrs. Cordelia Philbrook, Jantiary 19,
1854. Children:
i Melvina, b. October 24, 1843, d. -.
ii Joseph L,., b. October 24, 1845, m. Clara A. Pendleton.
Hi Mary C, b. November 5, 1846, d. i860,
iy Elvin J., b. June 5, 1849, ^u- ^'^^^ ^^- Coombs.
V Martha F., b. October 11, 1855, m. Emerson Coombs,
vi Mary, b. , m. Marion Coombs.
Joseph Iy. Ryder died 1882. Married Clara A. Pendleton,
December 25, 1869. She died 1884. Children:
i Kate Winifred, b. November 25, 1870, d. .
ii Herbert Elvin, b. October 7, 1872.
iii Luella M., b. October 3, 1875.
iv Clara J., b. May 17, 1877.
Elvin J. Ryder married Ada A. Coombs. He died July
22, 1877. Child :
i Ralph M., b. November 14, 1872.
Thomas Ryder, son of Joseph Ryder, married first, Bet-
sey Hardy, of Camden, Feb. 22, 1838. She died Nov. 5,
276 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
1850. He married second," Vienna Richards, of Lin-
colnville, February 19, 1852. She died May 31, 1859,
Married third, Sarah "Wilson. Married fourth, Mrs. Maria
Frye. Published August i, 1862. Married fifth, Mrs.
Lizzie Brigg'S, of Lincolnville, February 15, 1864. After
his last marriage he moved to Lincolnville. Children :
i William H., b. December 25, 1838.
ii Georgiaua, b. May i6, 1842, d. -.
iii Morris M., b. November 9, 1840, d. May 2, 1841.
iv Silvia A., b. August 10, 1850, d. 1850.
V Georgiana, b. May 16, 1843.
vi Harriet C, b. September 5, 1847, m. Elick Z. Henderson,
vii Betsey J., b. October 11, 1852, m. Robert Harvey.
viii Joseph H., b. June 18, 1845, married -, d. .
ix Sylvanus M., b. June 18, 1845, d. .
X Franklin F., b. October i, 1856.
Sargent Family.
Jacob Sargent married Syrena Coombs, 1837. Chil-
dren were :
i Mary H., b. {September 26, 1838.
ii Hannah R., b. November 17, 1840.
iii Charles H., b. October 8, 1842.
iv Jacob O., b. August 27, 1844.
Saunders Family.
Cornelius Saunders, from Gloucester. He and his wife
both died in Islesborough. Children:
i vSally, m. Joseph Williams, Novemljer, 1804.
ii Edward, m. Betsey Marshall.
iii Hannah, m. Samuel Hastings, of vSedgwick, August i, 1804.
iv Eliza, m. Fessington Chase. Published October 27, 1821.
Edward Saunders and scui Ivlward, vSarah and Hannah,
warned out of town, Nov. 2, 1802.
HISTORY OF ISI.ESBOROUGH. 277
Jonathan Saunders married EH/abeth Orne, of Friend-
ship, March 8, 1853. Child :
i Nathau Hobbs, b. May 11, 1834.
Sawykr Family.
Nathaniel Sawyer married Sarah Grover. He moved
here from Isle an Haut. He was a ship carpenter. Born
Nov. 18, 1792, died Nov. 26, 1870. She was born Sept.
16, 1794, and died February 14, 1871, Children:
i William, b. March 24, 1817, d. April 22, 1817.
ii Eliza B., b. August 28, 1818, d. January 19, 1888, 111. David
Collins. They had eight children,
iii Paul, b. August 24, 1820, d. January 30, 1888, m. Lovina E. Ray.
They had four children,
iv Amelia, b. January 14, 1823, m. William Collins. They had ten
children.
V Nathan, b. September i, 1826, d. Jul}- 22, 1826.
vi Matilda T., b. September i, 1826, m. Gamaliel R. Pendleton.
They had three children,
vii George W., b. October 30, 1828, d. January 10, 1880, m. first
Druzetta Sprague, second Arvilla Davis. They had three
children,
viii Elbridge B., b. July 10, 1832, d. August 27, 1878. He married
Hope Clark. They had four children,
ix Lydia A., b. March 3, 1837, m. Stephen B. Coombs. One child.
X Mary A., twin to Lydia A., m. Charles A. Coburn. They had
four children.
Paul Sawyer married Lovina E. Ray. Children :
i Druzetta C, b. November 24, 1849, d. 1859.
ii Nathaniel W., b. March 28, 1852.
iii Arvilla E., b. May 16, 1857.
iv Florence S., b. February 3, 1861.
Seely Family.
John Seely married Phebe, daughter of John \'eazie,
October 26, 1834. She died June 9, 1849, aged 39.
i Robert N., b. May 17, 183.5.
ii Charles N., b. Mav.24, 1838.
iii vSabriua P., b. May 24, 1840, m. first, Wesley Brown; second.
Fields C. Pendleton.
278 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
iv Mighill Em b. August 10, 1842.
V Luciuda J., b. July 16, 1844, m. Fields C. Pendleton, d. June
26, 1866.
Sherman Family.
Valentine Sherman was one of the first Selectmen in
1789. He sold land to Robert Sherman, Angnst i, 1791,
for sixty ponnds. Deed witnessed by Samuel Boyd and
William Pendleton. His children* I suppose were :
i Robert, of Islesborough.
ii James, of Islesborough.
iii Susan.
iv Sally.
V Jane.
vi Henry, m. Betsey, daughter of Harry Pendleton. She d. at the
age of over 80. Probably removed to Camden. Large family,
vii Ruth.
viii Stephen, bought land of Thomas Pendleton, Jr., here, — 100
acres, — May 17, 1793, for 160 cords wood. Deed witnessed
by William Elwell and Jonathan Parker.
Robert Sherman, son of Valentine Sherman, married
first ; married second, Eunice Turner, April 8,
1792. He died April 29, 1835. Children:
i James, b. February 8, 1788.
ii Susannah, b. February 13, 1793, m. Abner Farrow, of Bristol,
F^ebruary 12, 1812.
iii vSarah, b. November 20, 1795, m. William Kidder, of Lincoln-
ville, January 29, 1825.
iv Robert, Jr., b. March 6, 1798, of Islesborough.
v Lydia, b. May 4, 1800, m. .
vi Isaac, b. July 4, 1802, of Islesborough.
vii Jane, b. October 31, 1804, m. Ebeuezer Collamore, "both of
Northport," June 21, 1829.
James Sherman, son of Robert, married Sibyl Gil key,
daughter of Thomas Gilkey, sen., 1815. Children:
i James Sherman, Jr., b. December 8, 1816, ni. Lucy H. Parker,
January i, 1838. Lost at sea.
* It is possible that these were his brothers and sisters.
MRS. CATHERINE SHERMAN.
1801— Living.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 279
ii Sibyl, b. September 25, 1818, in. first, Peleg Pendleton ; second,
James Perr}-.
iii Thomas G., b. November 26, 1819, d. December i, 1841.
iv Betsey, b. August 12, 1821, m. John P. Gilkey.
V Isaac W., b. September 17, 1823, m. Elizabeth Gilkey, December
7, 1843. He moved 10 Camden, and became a noted ship-
master,
vi Winslovi% b. July 22, 1825 ; unmarried,
vii F'ranklin, b. November 8, 1827 ; unmarried,
viii Rufus Benson, b. July 17, 1830. Lived in Lincolnville.
ix Maria P\, b. January 26, 1833, d. June 9, 1834.
X Fostina J., b. October 27, 1835, d. September 25, 1836.
xi Caroline, b. January- 12, 1837, d. unmarried.
Robert Sherman, Jr., born ]\Iarch 6, 1798, died April
29? 1^835. He married Catherine Ames, Oct. 9, 1825,
who was born Jnly 12, 1801, and is the oldest person liv-
ing in Islesborongh. Nine children :
i Robert P., b. January 25, 1827, d. April 13, 1849.
ii Catherine B., b. 1828, m. Frederick G. Dix. Published May 9,
1853-
iii Royal Gilkey, b. September 27, 1830, m. Louise McCobl), of
Lincolnville, and moved there,
iv Sabrina, b. November 30, 1832, d. January 11, 1839.
V Clementine, b. December 4, 1834, (?) m. Daniel Thomas,
vi Hudson, b. 1837, m. Jennie Berry.
vii- Orisee A., b. April 4, 1843, m. first Otis Durgin, second Guilford
D. Pendleton,
viii Justina J., b. February 4, 1846, m. Onslow Thomas,
ix Statira R., d. May 2, 1841.
Isaac Sherman, son of Robert, born July 4, 1802.
Married Susan Ames, daughter of Thomas Ames, May
29, 1825. He died April 22, 1844. Children:
i vSusan, b. December 12, 1825, m. Charles A. Pendleton,
ii Calvin W., b. July 30, 1828, m. Mary A. Pendleton,
iii Edson, b. October 30, 1830, m. Helen, daughter of Thomas
Gilkey.
iv Relief Moody, b. March 3, 1833. m. Benjamin Warren.
V Lydia Phillips, 1>. Juue 17, 1835, m. Olney Scott.
vi Stephen V., b. January 2, 1838, d. September, i860,
vii Delila A., b. December 22, 1840, m. George Farrow. .
viii Melvina J., b. December 19, 1843, d. in Islesborongh.
28o HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Capt. Calvin W. Sheniian, son of Isaac, born Jnly 30,
1828. ^Married Mary A., danghter of Robert Pendleton.
Published Sept. 16, 1852. He \yas a Senator in 1882;
Representative twice. Children :
i Llewellyn,
ii Frank W., unmarried.
iii Nora, m. Lorauu.s Pendleton, sou of Joseph,
iv Fred Bliss, unmarried.
Edson Sherman, son of Isaac, born October 30, 1830.
Married Helen Gilkey. Children :
i Thomas E., b. September 27, 1856, d. 1891.
ii Edward L., b. April 14, i860, d. 1861.
iii Willard R., b. January 31, 1868.
iv Flora M., b. Ma}^ 3, 1862, m. Jerry Hayes.
V Charles E., b. May 20, 1877.
Hudson Sherman, son of Robert, Jr., born 1837. Mar-
ried Jennie Berry. Capt. Hudson Sherman moved to
Portland. He was a successful shipmaster for many years.
He was noted for his successful treatment of yellow fever,
and many captains are indel^ted to him. The dread dis-
ease lost half its terror when it was known Capt. Sherman
was in port. He was always willing, by day or night, to
render his services, as many captains and sailors can
testify. Children :
i Armenia N., b. July 27, 1863, m. Varney.
ii Ulysses G., b. May 5, 1868.
Skinnkr Family.
James Skinner married Lucy Parker, daughter of Jon-
athan. vShe died November 30, 1859. He died July 27,
1879. They had no children.
history of islesborough. 28 1
Small Family.
Joel Small married Frances D. Pendleton. Pnblished
January 18, 1862. She died September 29, 1876. Chil-
dren were :
i Walter J., b. February 22, 1863, 111. Rose Pendleton.
ii James I., b. September 27, 1865, m. Carrie R. Lawrence.
iii Flora E., b. March 6, 1873, m. Leslie Rolerson.
iv Sarah B., b. January 11, 1875, d. August 23, 1876.
Smith Family.
Aino.s Smith married Elizabeth L. Dodge, September 30,
1855. Children:
i Erastus C, b. February 14, 1857.
ii Eliza A., b. August 26, 1859, m. Joseph Silver,
iii Ida M., b. January 25, 1862.
Frederick W. Smith. Children :
i Abby D., b. December 20, 1859.
SPRAorE Family.
Widow Lydia Dodge Sprague came here with her chil-
dren. In the north-west burying ground is a gravestone
with the following inscription : "Jonathan Sprague died
in New Shoreham, Aug. 2, 1803, aged 43. Wife Lydia
died in Islesborough, June 4, 1848, aged 86. Both na-
tives of New Shoreham, R. I. Erected by son, Simon
Sprague." Children, all born in New Shoreham :
i Simon, b. May 27, 1784, of Islesborough.
ii Solomon, b. , of Islesborough.
iii Sally, m. Daniel McCurdy, January 21, 1804.
iv Lucy, m. Samuel Pendleton, Jr., 1810.
V Catherine, m. Henrj'^ Boardman, December 4, 1818.
vi Niobe, m. Joseph Boardman, July 20, 1824.
vii Lydia S., m. Thomas Williams. Published August 23, 1817.
viii Rathburn Dodge, m. Sarah C. Pendleton.
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282 HISTORY OF ISLEvSBOROUGH.
Simon Sprague, Sen., married Lydia Dodge. He died
June 26, 1868. Children :
i Simon, Jr., b. September 2, 1811, m. Elizabeth Pendleton,
ii Elzada, b. April 13, 1815, m. Noah Sargent,
iii Joshua, b. September 19, 1819, d. March 29, 1844.
iv Druzetta, b. March 15, 1818, ra. George M. Sawyer.
Solomon Sprague, Sen., married first, Lucretia, daugh-
ter of Rathburn Dodge, February 12, 1812. Married
second, Lydia J., daughter of Joseph Pendleton, October
5, 1834. She was born January 29, 1814. She married
second, John Batchelder. He lived and died on his estate
at Sprague' s Cove, which derived its name from him.
Children, all born in Islesborough. Perhaps not in order:
i Lucretia, b. 1812.
ii Barbour B., b. June 9, 1815.
iii Maria, b. August 29, 1821, m. John Veazie, Jr.
iv Angeline, b. April 24, 1825, d. November 27, 1832.
V Elvira, b. August 22, 1827, d. August 11, 1843, or July 10, 1845.
vi Angeline, b. October i, 1832, d. June, 1847.
vii Emeline P., b. May 4, 1839, m. George E. Keller, 1859.
viii Solomon, b. December 25, 1842, d. January 9, 1845.
ix Lydia Jane, m. Henry Coombs, 2d.
X Rose E., b. October 3, 1849, d. September 22, 1862.
xi Herbert J., m. Mary Pendleton,
xii Joshua D., b. April 25, 1845.
Rathburn D. Sprague was born on Block Island, the son
of Jonathan and Lydia Sprague. He was a mariner until
he was 35 years of age, always sailing in ships on foreign
voyages. He held offices of trust in the town for a num-
ber of years. Was a justice of the peace, notary public,
deacon of the Fir.st Baptist church, and an insurance agent
for over forty years. He married Sarah C, daughter ot
William and Peggy Pendleton, Feb. 7, 1833. She was
born Sept. 23, 1807. He died Nov. 9, 1880, aged 84.
Children :
i Leonidas Bra\-, b. Deceml)er 26, 1833, d. October 12, 1836.
RATHBURN D. SPRAGUE.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUCxH. 2S3
ii William Pendleton, b. October i, 1835, m. Marilla Parker,
iii Sarah J., b. October 6, 1837, m. L. P. Gilkey.
iv Lauriuda A., b. October 25, 1840, m. George T. Wynian, who
died on board the steamship Saxon, February 4, 1886, on a
reef in the Bahama Islands, where the ship went to pieces.
Capt. Wyman's son, Frank E., who was with him, was
drowned at the same time.
V Joseph A., b. August 9, 1845, m. I^ucena Coombs,
vi Ophelia A., b October 11, 1851.
William P. Sprague, boni Oct. i, 1835. Merchant and
postmaster, North Islesborough. Married first, Marilla
Parker, June 16, i860. She died Nov. 7, 1880, aged 38
years 4 months. He married second, Isabella Dodge.
Children :
i Willie W., b. December 4, 1861, m. Mildred Veazie.
ii Eugene Hale, b. May 23, 1864, m. .
iii Marilla B., b. June 6, 1871, d. 1881.
iv Thomas R., b. April 7, 1878.
V Ivelia.
vi Nettie.
Simon D. Sprague, Esq., born September 2, 181 1,
married Elizabeth Pendleton, June 14, 1853. He died
November 20, 1877. Children :
i Lydia E., b. August 13, 1854, m. Frank Adams.
ii Joshua S., b. January 30, 1856, d. 1879.
iii Druzetta F., b. July 4, 1858.
iv Elzada R., b. July 13, i860.
V Frederick A. L., b. November 5, 1863, m. Flora L,add.
vi Etta A., b. March 15, 1866.
vii Clara J., b. July 13, 1868.
viii Cora A., b. June 22, 1870, d. 1879.
ix L^ottie M., m. Jason Ladd.
Jolin Sprague (probably Jr. ) , was a juryman in 1791.
Rathburn D. Sprague used to call him "Uncle."
Tradition says that he used to swim to the main
land and back quite frequently. He was one of the
commissioners appointed by the General Court, March 9,
284 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
1797, to settle and quiet settlers on the island. I find no
family.
Stone Family.
Martin Stone married Lydia Boardman. Published
1823. Removed to Belfast. His widow married second,
Timothy Warren. Child, born in Islesborough :
i Nancy, b. November 7, 1823, died June 8, 1835.
William Stone married Margaret Boardman. Published
June 14, 1823. He died in Belfast. Children, born in
Islesborough :
i Margaret, b. November 30, 1824.
ii Mary P., b. July 21, 1828.
Thomas Family.
Benjamin Thomas, from Cape Elizabeth ; one of the first
settlers. The Jordan Genealogy says : ' ' Benjamin Thomas,
of Long Island, Penobscot Bay, married Mary, daughter of
Robert Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth. She was born in 1747.
He died about 182 1. She died about 1828." Children,
probably :
i Benjamin, Jr.
ii Mary, b. June 3, 1774, m. James Trim, December, 1792.
iii Wealthy, m. Joseph Pendleton,
iv Lucy, m. Robert Coombs.
David Thomas, Jr., from Marsli field, about 1784. Lived
on Seven-Hundred-Acre Island. Seemed to have been of
a different family from Benjamin. Deacon of Baptist
church; married Nabby, daughter of Nathaniel Pendleton.
"Mrs. Abigail, mother of Jacob Thomas, died January 17,
1867, aged 99 years." Children:
i Tilden, b. February 22, 1786, d. January 15, 1S27.
ii John, b. May 16, 1788, d. young,
iii Elisha, b. November 14, 1790.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 285
iv John, 2d, b. June 2, 1793.
V Dauiel, b. April 30, 1796.
vi Mercy, b. November 22, 1798.
vii Abigail, b. June 17, 1802.
viii David, Jr., b. April 20, 1804.
ix Lydia, b. August 18, 1805.
X Isaac, b. December 15, 1807.
xi Rhoda, b. Feljruary 27, 1810.
xii Jacob, b. June 6, 1812, m. Julia A. Hopkins. Published Decem-
ber 9, 1836. Isaac and Jacob lived and died on the estate of
their father.
Daniel Thomas, probably son of David, married Re-
becca Perry. Published 182 1. Children:
i Rebecca, b. October 14, 1821.
ii AVjigail, b. June 20, 1823.
iii Daniel W., b. February 14, 1828.
iv Iddo, b. October 23, 1833, d. unmarried.
Daniel W. Thomas married Clementine Sherman.
Children :
i Charles Chester, b. May 25, 1858, m. Rosalind Parker,
ii Caro Anna, b. September 9, i860, m. Preston Merrill,
iii Ernest, b. January 27, 1864, m. Maggie Babbidge.
Isaac Thomas, son of David, born December 15, 1807.
Married first Angelica Warren, October 26, 1839. She
was born December 10, 1808; died July 9, 1841. Mar-
ried second, Betsey J. Farrow, ^larch 7, 1843. ^Married
third, Mrs. Mary, widow of Daniel Thomas. Published
December 6, 1859. He died May 27, 1881, aged 75 years
6 months. Children:
i Ann M., b. May 11, 1841.
ii Roseltha, b. December 20, 1843.
iii Isaac A., b. October 7, 1845, d. October 10, 1845.
iv Sarah J., b. Februarys, 1850.
Benjamin Thomas, brother of Charles, married Jane
Pendleton September 4, 1823. She died in Camden, 1891.
He died January 26, 1870. Children :
i Benjamin, Jr., b. February 16, 1823, d. 1823.
286 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ii Jane, b. August 8, 1824, m. Andrew Pendleton,
iii Isaac, b. February 16, 1826, m. Augusta Porter, of Camden,
iv Avery G., b. Feb. 16, 1826, d. May 13, 1828.
V Julia M., b. June 30, 1829, m. Judson Dodge,
vi Sylvina, b. September 28, 1831, m. Elbridge Hewes.
vii Nancy G., b. April 20, 1835, m. Noah Rose.
viii Hannah L., b. March 18, 1840, m. W. E. Currier, of Camden,
ix William H., b. February 23, 1842 ; was a soldier in the Rebellion.
X Amanda, b. May 26, 1843, m. Adelbert Hooper.
xi Edward E., b. October 11, 1844, was drowned off the coast of
North Carolina. Captain Hewes, his brother-in-law, was
drowned at the same time,
xii Onslow, b. November 10, 1846, m. Justina J. Sherman. He was
lost at sea.
Eno A. Thomas married Emma A. Heal, October 7,
1865. Children:
i Eunice F., b. September 2, 1868.
ii Walter H., b. May 27, 1870.
Castanus M. Thomas married Adelia F. Pendleton,
October 3, 1862. Children, not in order:
i William M., b. August 30, 1865.
ii Jennie D., b. August 30, 1865.
iii Benjamin.
Jason H., Eunice, Cassie, Bert or Herbert.
John Fred Thomas died February 2, 1873. Married
Sarah Thomas. Child :
i Isaac Fred, b. October 3, 1872, d. of small pox.
Joel Thomas married Catherine M., daughter of Robert
Pendleton. She was born September 8, 1827. No chil-
dren by Thomas. He died on Seven-Hundred- Acre Island.
She married second, Martin S. Coombs. Published De-
cember 26, 1852.
Rev. Charles Turner Thomas married Rachel or Mary
Gilkey, of Islesborough, in Castinc, January 30, 1788,
HISTORY OF rSLESBOROUGH. 287
by Colonel Jolionnot. They seem to ha\e had four
sons :
i Benjamin,
ii Isaac,
iii Caleb,
iv Charles.
TiLDEx Family.
Elihn Tilden or Elisha Tilden. Children from Isles-
borough Records :
i Rufus, b. September 23, 1808, d. January 9, 1809.
ii Mary A., b. January 8, 1810.
• iii Polly, b. September i, 1812.
iv Josiah, b. January 31, 1815.
V Elisha, b. July 28, 1817.
vi Isaac, b. April 18, 1819.
vii Caroline, b. June 3, 1821.
viii Emih% b. August 11, 1823.
ix Priscilla, b. September 24, 1826.
X Roxanna, b. May 19, 1829.
xi Thomas Orciitt, b. May 11, 1832, d. November 3, 1832.
TOOTHAKER FAMILY.
Nathaniel Toothaker lived in West Bay Cove. He and
children moved out of town, Nov. 2, 1802. Two of his
daughters :
i Mary or Mercy, m. William Howard of Northport, Mar. 23, 1807.
ii Thyer or Bethiah, m. Luther Simmons, same date.
Tri:m Family.
Godfrey Trim was here in 1793; selectman in 1798.
Children :
i James, b. September 5, lyyr.
ii Godfrey, b. , moved to Corinth ; his descendants there and in
the vicinity,
ii Robert, m. Lucy Marshall,
iii Lois, m. Thomas Marshall, September 10, 1791.
288 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
iv Prudence, m. Israel Dodge. He was drowned in 1807 (?) She
d. December 5, 1854, aged 76 years, 8 months.
V Desire, (?) m. Isaac Turner,
vi John (?)
James Trim, son of Godfrey, born Sept. 5, 1771. He
married Mary, danghter of Benjamin Thomas, December
13, 1792. She was born June 3, 1774, died August 3,
i860. He died December 9, 1820, aged 49. Children :
i Wealthy, b. January 10, 1794, m. Jesse Coombs, 1813.
ii Eunice, b. February 26, 1797, m. Joshua Farrow, 1821.
iii James, Jr., b. December 23, 1800, went to New York,
iv Robert, 2d, b. June 22, 1803, m. Lucena P. Coombs.
V Godfre}', b. November 7, 1805, m. Sarah Nash, October 21, 1841.
vi Olive, b. February 26, 1808, m. David Warren,
vii Lois, b. August 12, 181 1, m. Pillsbury Coombs, 1832.
viii Thomas, b. March 7, 1815, m. Susan L. Ryder, June 22, 1839 ;
moved to Bucksport.
ix Mary, b. July, 1818, m. William Ryder.
X Desire, m. Jesse Coombs.
Robert Trim, son of Godfrey, married Lucy Marshall.
She died March 6, 1863. He died May 22, 1854. He
and his sons were master mariners, noted for their abil-
ity. Children:
i Elisha R., b. July 13, 1806, m. Phebe, daughter of Amos Wil-
liams, Januar)' 23, 1834. She died May 28, 1876, aged 74 years
4 months. He died February 6, 1871. Children:
1 Elisha Moore, b. September 22, 1837. He as "of
Stockton," m. Clarissa Clark, January 31, 1865. He
moved to Stockton, then to Bangor, where he now
resides. He is a master mariner.
2 RoV)ert, b. July 20, 1843, m. Emily ; she died
September 13, 1866, aged 19 years, 9 months 24 days;
m. second, Mary Titus.
3 Joseph vS., b. September 4, 1839, unmarried, d. July 9,
1864.
ii Lucy, b. January 20, 1808, d. March 5, 1808.
iii Cornelia, b. December 12, 1809, m. Samuel Duncan, of Lincoln-
ville. Had children.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 2S9
iv Robert J., b. December 12, 1816, d. in New Orleans, October r,
1843.
V Joseph W., b. December 28, 1818, m. Jnlia A. Pendleton, Sep-
tember I, 1842. Children:
1 Joseph O., b. August 15, 1843.
2 Robert O., b. October 11, 1844.
3 Daughter, b. .
4 Son, b. .
Godfrey Trim, son of James, born November 7, 1805,
married Sarah Nash, October 24, 1841. He died Feb. 14,
1866. Children :
i Amelia, b. January 5, 1843, m. William Dodge,
ii Owen, b. January 16, 1845, drowned at Delaware City, August 15,
1876.
iii Amariah, b. June 17, 1853, m. Anna Warren,
iv Medora, b. November i, 1856, m. Varnum R. Redman. He was
lost at sea in bark Europa.
V Austin, b. , m. Adeline Bunker. Children : Amariah, aged
17, Arthur 15, Melvin 13, Austin 11 and William 9, in 1892.
John Trim, son of Godfrey, Sen., married Mary,danghter
of Stephen Pendleton. Published June 13, 1815. Prob-
ably moved to Eastport or St. Andrews, N. B.
Tucker Family.
Thomas E. Tucker married Charit)' Dodge. Chil-
dren were :
i Mary E., b. February 2, 1859.
ii Hattie J., b. November 6, 1861.
Turner Family.
Adam Turner was in Islesborough early. Mary Tur-
ner, daughter of "Long Island," was married from
Thomaston, February 11, 1788.
Samuel Turner, of Islesborough, sold David Thomas,
Jr., of Marshfield, Mass., one hundred acres of land on the
north end of Seven-Hundred- Acre Island, bounded west
37
290 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
by Penobscot Bay, east by Nathaniel Pendleton, Pen-
dleton Island, and adjoining William Philbrook's farm,
for 500 pounds, Sept. 7, 1783. Samuel Turner sold lots
12, 13, 14, Chadwick's plan, to Thomas Ames, July 13,
17S4, for 400 pounds. I think he moved to Lincolnville,
where 1 find a Samuel Turner, in 1797. Children:
i Isaac, m. Desire Trim. '
ii Eunice, m. Robert Sherman, April 8, 1792.
Isaac Turner, probably son of Samuel Turner, by some
said to have been first child born on the island. He lived
on the northerly end of the island. He married Desire,
daughter of Godfrey Trim, prior to 1800. He and his
brother-in-law were drowned between Islesborough and
Castine, February 17, 1807. Children:
i L,evi, m. lyouisiana, daughter of Jabez Ames. He died at the
house of his son-in-law, in Bangor, April 27, 1877, aged 78
years, 2 months 23 days. Children :
1 Arvilla J., m. Charles W. Gould, in Bangor, July 13,
1851.
2 Daughter, m. Workman.
ii Desire, ni. Jesse Coombs, " both of Isles])orough." Published
March 2, 1816. He was born April 4, 1789.
iii Prudence, m. Jacob Coombs. Published April 15, 1821.
iv Eunice, m. when past middle age, Maddocks, of Lincolnville.
Veazie Family.
Samuel Veazie, Jr., son of Rev. Samuel Veazie, of Hull
and Harpswell, came here about 1785. He was born in
Hull, 1750. Settled on the north-east side of the island,
near Coombs' Cove. He was a mariner and a town officer.
He married Phebe Holbrook, of Harpswell, about 1775.
He died in 1828. She died in 1832. Children, prol)ably
not in order:
i Samuel, Jr., of Islesborough.
ii John, of Islesborough.
iii Rachel, m. Lemuel Drinkwater, of North port ; both lived and
died tljere.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGII. 29 1
iv Lucy, m. Timothy Harding.
V Martha, m. Fiehis Coombs, about 1801— his second wife.
vi vStephen, school committee lu 1808, m. Martha Hardy; moved to
Corinth,
vii Abiezer, of Islesborough and Camden, where he died about
1840, aged 51 years, 9 months, 21 days. His descendants are in
Camden and Rockland. He married Grace, daughter of Jabez
Ames, of Islesborough. She died in Camden. Abraham Ogier,
of Camden, was appointed administrator on his estate, May 4,
1841.
Samuel Veazie, Jr., born about 1779. Came here with
his father. He married Bridget Coombs. She died April
12, 1854, aged 69 years, 11 months 18 days. He died
Dec. 2, 1 841, aged 62 years, according to his gravestone.
Children :
i Johnson, b. August 6, 1804, m. Sarah A. Hatch.
ii Jordan, b. October 15, t8o6, m. Philena Parker, February 11, 1836.
He died January 14, 1839, and the widow married second,
Andrew P. Gilkey, in 1841.
iii vSamuel, b. April 7, 1808, m. Deborah M. Hatch. Moved to Dix-
mont, then Brewer, and died there. One son, Samuel Merritt.
iv Wales, b.Januar}- 10, 1810 ; unmarried; died in Hingham, Mass.,
October 7, 1864.
V Azubah, b. November 12, 1812, m. Andrew P. Gilkey, March 20,
1835.
vi Charles, b. July 3, 1815, d. ir 1835.
vii Sally, b. May 13, 1817, m. George Warren, December 20, 1835.
viii Caroline, b. April 15, 1819, m. William Avery Parker, December
30, 1841. She d. November 30, 1875.
ix Otis C, b. July 11, 1820, married Deborah Coombs.
X Albion K. P., b. March 12, 1824, m. Mary Withee, of Hermon.
Published September 28, 1848. She died and he married again.
Commission merchant ; resides in Bangor,
xi Angelia, b. February 17, 1828, m. Otis F. Coombs,
xii William F., b. April i, 1829, m. Deborah Parker.
Johnson Veazie, son of Samuel, born Aug. 6^ 1804,
married first Sarah A., daughter of Isaac Hatch, Feb. 11,
1834. He married second, Ann C. Otis. Published in
Bangor, Feb. 23, 1851. He moved to Dixmont, then to
292 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Monroe, then to Bangor. He died on tlie way to Bncks-
port, in the stage. i\Irs. Veazie died Oct. 7, 1864, aged
54. Children :
i Wales, d. November 26, 1865, aged 30 years, 10 months,
ii Charles.
iii Azubah, m. Dunbar.
iv Flavilla, m. first, Lane ; second, Atwood, and resides in
Brewer.
Otis C. Veazie, son of Samuel, born July 11, 1820,
married Deborah Coombs, January .21, 1844. He died
July 4, 1848. She married second, John Veazie. Chil-
dren were :
i Samuel, b. October 30, 1844, ™- Zilpha Hatch. Children :
1 Waldema, b. September 2, 1872.
2 Azubah, b. March 30, 1877.
ii Otis C, b. October 29, 1846, m. Lizzie Wood.
iii Marcellus, b. September 8, 1848, m. Sabriua Warren, daughter
of James, of Brewer.
William F. Veazie, born April i, 1829, married Deborah
Parker. Published November 25, 1848. Children:
i William F., Jr., b. June 16, 1850. Lost at sea on the brig Zavilla
Williams, November 17, 1875, aged 25 years, 5 months i day.
ii Ada E., b. September 30, 1854, d. Janiiary 12, 1857.
iii Zoa J., b. November 28, 1858, m. William Sawyer,
iv Mildred, m. William W. Sprague.
John Veazie, son of Samuel, born 1786, married Naomi,
daughter of Fields Coombs, 1814. He died September
15, 1841, aged 55 years 15 days. She died March 9,
1872, aged 82 years, i month 9 da}'s. Children :
i Phebe, b. November 20, 1814, m. John Seely. vShe d. June 9,
1849.
ii Rachel, b. April 21, 1815, m. Isaac Rooks, of Appleton, 1839.
iii John, b. February 3, 1818, m. Maria R. Sprague.
iv Rufus, b. June 24, 1821, m. Lucinda H. Trim. Tuljlished June
18, 1858. He d. in Rockland.
V Jane, b. May 27, 1824, ni. Michael Felker, of vSearsport, 1846.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 293
vi Clarinda, b. April 15, 1825, m. Nathan ¥. Fuller, of Searsiwrt,
October 18, 1856.
vii James Harrison, b. May 18, 1829, ni. Adeliza Dix, Nov. 20, 1854.
viii Lorana, b. April 19, 1832, m. Noah Roberts, July 2, 1848.
John Veazie, Jr., b. Feb. 3, 1818, iiiamed first, Maria
R. Sprague, Jan. 11, 1841. She died June 20, 1854.
He married second, Mrs. Deborah Veazie, Dec. 28, 1859.
She died April 26, 1888, aged 63 years. Children :
i Joanna P., b. July 5, 1841, m. Andrew Fairfield.
ii Naomi A., b. November 26, 1842, m. Edwin Coombs,
iii Laura A., b. April 10, 1846, m. Stephen Babbidge.
iv Lucretia S., b. June 6, 1850, m. Edwin Coombs.
V Eva E., b. April 7, 1852 ; unmarried ; died.
James Harrison Veazie, son of John, b. May 18, 1829,
married Adeliza, daughter of William Dix, Nov. 20, 1854.
She died July 23, 1886, aged 50 years, i month 2 days.'
Children :
i Sardell, (?) b. 1855, m. William P. Norton,
ii Ann A., b. June i, 1864. Teacher in Bangor ; married,
iii Urania, m. Edward Preble.
Warren Family.
Samuel Warren seems tS have come from Bristol. Lived
near Jonathan Holbrook. Selectman in 179 1. Tradition
says his wife's name was Porter. Children, not in order.
i John, a Quaker minister, visited England at one time,
ii George, m. Lydia Hatch, 1803.
iii Benjamin, m. Abigail Hatch, 1810.
iv Samuel, m. Ruth Sherman, 1800.
V Betsey, m. Isaac Hatch, July 16, 1808.
vi Pattjs m. Jonathan Coombs, 1790.
Sanmel Warren, Jr., married Ruth Sherman. He died
May 3, 1859, aged 82. Wife died Aug. 30, 1835. Chil-
dren were :
i David, b. October 6, 1799, m. Olive Trim.
294 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ii Lyrlia, b. December 7, 1801 ; unmarried,
iii Samuel, 1j. February 18, 1804, m. Philena Platch, July i, 1840.
He d. August 5, 1870. No children,
iv Michael, b. February 16, 1806, m. Beloua Woodward, January 4,
1829.
V James, b. July 4, 1808.
vi George. 2d, b. June 12, 1812, m. Sally Veazie, December 20,
1835. She was b. May 3, 1812, d. vSeptember 6, 1891. He
d. December 2, 1890.
George Warren, son of Samuel, Sen. George Warren,
"of Warren's Island," married Lydia, daughter of Jere-
miah Hatch, 1803. She was born July 22, 1782. Chil-
dren were :
i Isaac, b. April 17, 1804, m. Sally Pendleton, 1826.
ii Jeremiah, b. August 4, 1806, m. Abigail Thomas, 1827.
iii Lydia Porter, b. October 16, 1808, m. Ambrose Philbrick.
iv Timothy, b. September 7, 1810, m. Lydia Stone, 1835.
V Elmira, b. March 2, 1813.
vi Thomas, b. May 12, 1815, m. Hannah Bullock, 1838.
vii Augelia, b. December 10, 1818, m. Isaac Thomas, October 26,
1839.
viii George Winslow, b. December 16, 1824, m. Martha Flanders,
1849. He was drowned, October 17, 1875.
Benj'amin Warren, son of Samuel, married Abigail,
daughter of Jeremiah Hatch, Jr., 18 ri. She died March
25, 1847. He died Oct., 1862. Children:
i vStephen, b. December 12, 181 1, d. June 7, 1889.
ii Nicholas Porter, b. August 25, 1813, m. Harriet Thompson. He
was master of ship Northern Chief, and d. on the passage from
New York to Liverpool, April 26, 1857. His widow m. second,
A. D. Bean, of Belfast.
iii Daniel, b. November 4, 1815, m. Bathsheba Pendleton.
iv Mary J., b. vSeptember 12, 1818, m. Reu1)en Merrick, of North-
port, May 7, 1838.
v Elizabeth, b. NovemVjer 26, 1820, d. June, 1822.
vi Samuel, b. April 28, 1823; unmarried. He was drowned from
brig Gazelle.
vii Isaac \V., b. September 16, 1825. vShot in Bangor, while gunning,
in 1839.
HISTORY OF ISI.KSBOROrOII.
295
viii Benjamin A., b. September 7, 1828, m. Relief Sherman, Novem-
ber, 1850. He died. She m. second William S. I)od},'e,
February 13, 1861.
ix Abigail, b. vSeptember 7, 1828, d. January 27, 1847.
David Warren, son of vSanuiel, Jr., l)orn October 6,
1799. David Warren was an honest man, and an honor
to the town. He died June i, 1879. INIarried first, Olive,
daughter of James Trim, January 31, 1830. She was
born February 26, 1808, died October 6, 1842. Married
second, Mrs. Wealthy Lawry, February 3, 1844. Married
third, Mrs. Lucretia Spinney, of Georgetown, December
29,1854. She died December 3, 1867. Children:
i David, b. December 17, 1832. Moved away,
ii Olive Relief, b. August 3, 1838, m. Joseph R Grover.
George Warren, son of Sanniel, Jr., born June 12, 181 2.
Married Sarah Veazie, December 20, 1835. He died Dec.
2, 1890. vShe died Sept. 6, 1891. Children:
i vSarah J., b. September 11, 1837, m. James Richards,
ii George Alden, b. January 27, 1840, m. Lucinda Parker.
iii Caroline, b. September 15, 1841, m. Philip O. Coombs,
iv Lydia Ellen, b. October 12, 1843, "i- Andrevi- W. vSpinney.
He was drowned November 19, 1875.
V Ann, b. July 16, 1853, m. Amariah Trim,
vi Ruth E., b. October 14, 1856.
vii Addie E., b. February 14, 1859.
viii Edna, m. James Wargent. He was drowned in Belfast bay.
ix Cyril.
X John, m. Parker.
James Warren, was son of Sanniel, Jr., b. July 4, 1808.
He married first, Sabrina Parker, Oct. 10, 1840. He
moved to Brewer, and married second, there, Mrs. Laura
A. Burr. He was master of brig Annandale, which was
wrecked on the coast of New Jersey, in December, 1869,
and the master was drowned. Children by first wife :
i vSabrina, m. Marcellus Veazie.
ii David, m. Nettie Wyman, and now resides in Foxborough, Mass.
296 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Daniel Warren, son of Benjamin, born November 4,
1815, married first, Bathsheba, danghter of Mark Pendle-
ton, December 21, 1837. She was born May 16, 181 7.
He married second, Mrs. Caroline Wood, Jannary 5, 1863.
Children, perhaps not in order :
i Ivvdia Porter, m. vSolomon P. Coombs.
ii Nancy J., b. August 30, 1839, m. Moses J. Nelson, June 10, 1858.
iii Adeline V., b. February 16, 1841.
iv Daniel A., b. August 12, 1843.
V Arvilla, ni. Zebulon M. Roberts, 1857.
vi Samuel, b. January 2, 1845.
vii Abigail, b. September 18, 1848.
viii Rosanna D., b. September 28, 1850.
ix Mary A., h. December 12, 1852.
X Relief M., b. September 23, 1854.
xi Zebulon R., b. October 30, 1864.
xii Benjamin A., b. September 14, 1866.
xiii Celia F., b. September 14, 1870.
xiv Bertha J., b. vSeptember 7, 1875.
Stephen Warren, son of Benjamin, born December 11,
181 1, died June 7, 1889. Married Lydia Pendleton,
daughter of Joseph, February 23, 1832. She died Sept.
10, 1861, aged 62 years, 9 months, 10 days. Children:
i William S., b. December 3, 1836, m. Clementina Pendleton,
September 15, 1857. One son:
I Albert W., b. July 23, 1858.
ii vSarah J., b. vSeptember 19, 1838.
iii Ophelia P., b. May 14, 1842.
iv vStephen H., b. February 25, 1844.
V Benjamin A., b. October 17, 1845.
vi Mary E;., b. June 26, 1849.
vii Harriet L., b. June 28, 1854, d. June 20, 1872.
viii Noycs, (?) d. June 20, 1873.
Timothy Warren, son of Geo. Warren, Sen., born Sept.
7, 1810. Married first, Sarah, daughter of Dodge Pen-
dleton ; married second, Mrs. Lydia (Boardman) Stone,
Jan. 19, 1835. Children:
i Maria, 1). May 17, 1837.
ii Napoleon B., b. September 17, 1838.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROrOII. 297
Isaac Warren, son of George Warren, born April 7, 1804.
Died :\rarch 15, 1858. Married Sally, danghter of Dodge
Pendleton. Published April 12,1826. Children:
i Isaac, b. August 4, 1828, m. Phebe A. Marshall, June, 1850 ; ni.
second, Mrs. Mary J., widow of Capt. Jacob W. Wynian.
ii Alfred Porter, b. February 14, 1830, m. Marinda French,
iii Sarah Pendleton, b. April 23, 1834, m. David Philbrook.
Jeremiah Warren, son of George, born August 4, 1806.
Married Abigail Thomas, in 1827. vShe died October
14, 1875, aged 73. Children :
i Jeremiah, b. November 15, 1827, m. first. Caroline II. Dodge.
Published December 26, 1851. M. second, Mrs. Marinda C.
Warren. Published November 25, 1857.
ii Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1828, m. Eben ti. Hopkins, July 6, 1855.
iii Franklin, b. October 3, 1836, died unmarried.
iv Martin V. B., b. November 14, 1838, m. Staples, of Rock-
land. Children :
I Eva B. and Agnes B., b. January 27, 1868. E;va B.
d. 1878.
3 Byron S. P., b. March 2, 1871.
4 Nellie W., b. vSeptember 22, 1874.
5 , March 24, 1878.
Daniel A. Warren, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1843, married Anna
Nickerson. Children:
i Kate, b. March 18, 1872.
ii Ethan Alvin, b. November i, 1875, d. 1889.
iii Lizzie A., b. December i, 1881.
John S. Warren married Artha M. Parker. Children:
@ i Arthur Erdine, b. January 4, 1875.
ii Estelle, b. November 27, 1876.
iii Gertrude L., b. October 4, 1878.
iv John Sanborn, b. August 17, 1883.
V Genevieve Leah, b. June 2, 1885.
vi Emeline Parker, b. March 19, 1892.
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298 history of islesborough.
Welch Family.
Bartholomew Welch married Polly Woodward. Pub-
lished March 23, 1819. He probably died in Searsport.
Children, born in Islesborough :
i Mary B., b. May 11, 1820.
ii Benjamin, b. July 15, 1821.
iii Betse}', b. October 2, 1823.
iv Adeline, b. March 12, 1827.
V Abbie, b. November 16, 1830.
White Family.
Samuel White married Betsey Howard. Child :
i Mary Augusta, b. April 22, 1877.
Whitmore Family.
George Whitmore. Child :
i George, Jr., b. August 14, 1855.
Williams Family.
Shubael Williams, from New London, Conn., born about
1730. He came to Islesborough and settled between Crow
Cove and Bounty Cove. He married first, Abigail Turner.
She died April 5, 1798, aged 71 or 79. He married second,
Mrs. Temperance Easton, of Northport. He died July 17,
1804, aged 74, according to his gravestone. Children,
not in order :
i vSamuel, d. September 10, 1820, aged 65 years,
ii Amos, b. March 3, 1758.
iii Joseph,
iv Benjamin.
V Abigail, m. Benjamin Coombs, June 16, 1791.
vi Lucy, (?) m. Marshall.
vii Rebecca. (?)
viii & ix Two oldest sons are said never to have come here — Charles
and another.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 299
Amos Williams, son of Shuljael Williams, born March
3, 1758. Married Betsey Bnrns, of Bristol. He lived
on the west side, below Crow Cove. He died March 15,
1840. She died Nov. 16, 1844, aged 80. Children,
not in order :
i John, h. December 24, 1785, m. Sally Parker.
ii William, b. February 14, 1789, unmarried, d. February 14,1861.
iii Thomas Ames, b. October 13, 1792; married.
iv Betsey, b. May 7, 1798, m. Nathaniel Pruden, of Castine. Pub-
lished May 8, 1815.
V Judith P., b. February 17, 1800, m. Michael Heal, of Lincolnville,
August 26, 1S24.
vi Phebe, b. January 25, 1802, m. Elisha R. Trim, January 23, 1834.
vii Rebecca, (?) m. Zachariah Marshall,
viii Dorcas, (?) m. James Keller, March 10, 1810.
ix Polly or Dolly, (?) m. Elisha Philbrook, December 25, 1805.
John Williams, son of Amos, born December 24, 1785.
Married Sally, daughter of Mighill Parker, Sept. i, 1814.
He died in Belfast, March i, 1831. His son. Mighill
Parker Williams, has been for many years publisher of a
newspaper in Hudson, N. Y. Son John, Jr., drowned in
Orland.
Benjamin W^illiams, son of Shubael, married Jenny
Burns, from Bristol, December 26, 1791. She died Aug.
4, 1837, aged 70. He died March 4, 1848, aged 81.
Children :
i Elizabeth, b. December 19, 1792, m. James Gilpatrick.
ii Abigail, b. December 2, 1794, m. Charles Allen, of Northport.
Published July 30, 1820.
iii Jane, b. August 14, 1796, m. Samuel Marshall, 1830.
iv Shubael, b. June 29, 1798, d. 1798.
V Benjamin J., b. October 7, 1799; unmarried, d. 186-.
vi Temperance, b. April 21, 1801, m. Stephen Pruden, September
II, 1823 first, and second, Rev. Ephraim Emery. Published
March 10, 1832.
vii Fanny Young, b. December 17, 1802, m. Andrew Marshall.
viii James Burns, b. June 18, 1804, m. Prudence Dodge, Jan. 4, 1849.
300 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
ix William, b. March i6, 1806, unmarried ; d. about 1838.
X Ibri, b. November 5, 1808, d. March 30, 1834.
xi Julia Aun, b. April 2, 1812, d. October 19, 1841.
James B. Williams, son of Benjamin, born Jnne 18,
1804, married Prudence Dodge, January 4, 1849. He
died August 22, 1872. Children:
i Zilpha J., b. January 29, 1850.
ii James B., b. October 29, 1852, m. Lavinia Williams.
Joseph Williams, son of Shubael, married Sally, daugh-
ter of Cornelius Saunders, March 14, 1804. He lived just
below the middle meeting-house. He died April 2, 1842,
aged 72. His estate went to his sons, Joseph and Darius,
and is now owned by Stephen Babbidge. Children :
i Judith G., b. December 3, 1805, m. vSamuel Gilchrist. He was
in the ship Ben Rust, and was lost at sea in 1837, in the
South Pacific ocean.
ii Samuel, b. July 22, 1808, d. young.
iii Betsey, b. March 7, 1810, m. William Coombs, September 19, 1833.
iv Sally, b. December 2, 181 1, m. Roljert Penney, of Knox, December
II, 1833-
V Robert Trim, b. November 8, 1813 ; unmarried; d. 1890.
vi Joseph, b. November 5, 1815 ; unmarried ; d. March, 1864. (?)
vii Lucy, b. April 14, 1817, m. Penney.
viii Darius, b. April 2, 1819, m. Lucy A. Richards, of Camden. She
died. He d. in 1880.
George W. Williams married Martha G. Brown, of
Dracut. Published October 26, 1841.
Thomas Ames Williams, son of Amos, born Oct. 13,
1792. He married Lydia, daughter of Jonathan Sprague.
Publi.shed Aug. 13, 18 17. He died May 13, 1866. Wife
died March 10, 1863, aged 70 years 5 months. Children:
i George W., b. April 2, 1818, m. Martha G. Brown; removed
to Saco.
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH. 30 1
ii Thomas R., b. December 7, 1819, m. Sarah K. Hatch, January 9,
1845. His son Wiusor, d. November 24, 1892.
iii Lydia S., b. March 23, 1821, m. James L. Hatch, December 29,
1841.
iv Caroline, b. October 25, 1825, unmarried.
V Emery F., b. July 8, 1828 ; married,
vi Charlotte, b. October 26, 1830, d. April 15, 1831.
vii Pvllison Newton, b. February 18, 1832, d. October 4, 1833.
viii David, b. July 21, 1835, d. same day.
ix Shubael, drowned in Kenduskeag Stream, 1830-2-3, al)out 12 or
14 years of age.
Emery F. Williams, sou of Thomas A,, married Char-
lotte A. Pendleton, December 25, 1850. Children:
i Lavinia, b. April 21, 1852, m. James B. Williams,
ii Charles E., b. January 14, 1854, m. Nora Redman,
iii George, m. Nellie Cobb.
David Williams, from Kennebec, of another family than
Shubael Williams. Came here when a young man, and
built a camp on Lime Island. He lived there, employed
in fishing and gunning, until he was passecJ middle age,
when he married Mrs. Orinda P. Haskell, March 27, 1851.
She was the widow of Samuel j\I. Haskell, and daughter
of David Philbrook. Soon after marriage he quitclaimed
his interest to Lime Island. He then built a house on
W'arren's Island, where his children were born. He died
in Lincolnville, where he had a brother in 1891 . Children :
i Morris.
ii Willis,
iii Edward,
iv Lucy, m. Drinkwater, of Northport.
V Margaret,
vi Inez.
Woodward Family.
Peter Woodward, town officer in 1790. Probably from
Brunswick.
302 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
Joseph Woodward, probably brother of Peter. Hog-
reeve in 1790. Drowned in Western Bay.
Woodward Marriages in Islesborough.
Polly, married B. Welch. Pnblished March 23, 1819.
Eunice, married Enos Burr, of Castine. Published June
24, 1822.
Belona, married Michael Warren. Published Nov. 9,
1828.
Wyman Family.
William Wyman, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, came to
Belfast about 1829, then to Islesborough, 1829-30. He
married first in Nova Scotia. He had five children by first
wife, who died there. He married second, as "of Belfast,"
November 20, 1829, Mrs. Lucy Coombs Hewes. He died
November 13, 1842, aged 58. She died March 10, 1878.
Children by first wife :
i Joseph, b. in Halifax,
ii John C, b. in Halifax,
iii William, b. in Halifax,
iv Ellen, b. in Halifax.
V Albert B., b. in Halifax. Was in Orrington, and married there
Susan B. Brooks, January 6, 1848. vShe was b. December r,
1823. Moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died, August,
1877, and his wife January, 1882. Children, born in Orrington :
1 Ross, b. July 26, 1850, m. and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
2 Brooks, b. April 6, 1853, m. and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children, not in order, by second wife, born in Isles-
borough :
vi Jacob W., b. about 1830-31. He married Mary J. Coombs, in
1853. He and his brothers, Rufus and Jairus, were lost
at sea, bound from Portland to Tortugas, in the brig Winyaw,
in 1862. Widow Mary was ])ublished to Thomas Williams,
May 8, 1866. Mr. Williams died on what was to be his
HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
3^>3
wedding-day, and she subsequently married Isaac Warren.
Mrs. Wynian's children were :
1 William A., b. October, 1853, m. I'Mith CoI)urn.
2 Adelma, (?) b. June 29, 1856, m. first, Charles Coombs,
and second, W. Haynes.
3 Freddie, b. June 5, 1858.
Hosea C, m. Judith Dix. He died. Widow resides in Fox-
borough, Mass. Children :
1 Sophronia, b. September 22, 1858, m. David Warren,
now of Foxborotigh, Mass.
2 Caro, b. October 26, i860, d. 1877.
3 Clifford, drowned at sea.
Alonzo Everett, b. •, married first, Alnieda Cooml)s, July 29,
1858. Shed. December 25, i88r. Hem. second, Lizzie Veazie.
Children :
1 Effie M., b. January 16, i860, m. Eben L. Coombs.
2 Mary C, b. May 27, 1861, m. David Grover.
3 Hugh M., b. October 19, 1873, d. 1875.
4 Rose M., b. August 21, 187-.
5 Bessie.
6 Almeda, b. , d. December 23, 1881.
7 Alberta, b. June 8, 1876, d. 1879.
Jairus, b. April 29, 1841. Lost at sea with his brother Jacob, 1862.
Luc}-, b. , m. John M. Coombs.
George T., b. , m. Laurinda A. Sprague, February 7, 1859.
He died. She ni. second.
Edward Austin, h. March 23, 1847, "i- Rosanna, daughter of
Pillsbury Coombs, July 7, 1868.
Rufus, b. November 23, 1843, lost at sea, 1862.
Yates Family.
William S. Yates. Children^ born in Islesborongh :
i Ruby A., b. February 22, 1857.
ii Lucy B., b. July 24, 1858.
iii Sarah W., b. July 18, 186 1.
iv Warren, Thomas, and Alexina, not born in Islesborongh.
Thomas W. Yates married Addie Andrews. He died
in 1879.. Child :
i Reuben E., b. October 29, 1875, d. in 1879.
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I^LE^BOijOip US { ?upER \m\]:
nrrHE gem of Penobscot Bay, like all of greatest value,
best shows its worth in a plain setting ; though the
ever-changing heavens and their faithful mirror beneath
can scarcely be termed a plain, but a perfect setting for
the scintillations and the shadows of this treasure. From
the bold cliffs on the upper point to the sloping, shelving
beach at the southern extremity, each shore is cut and
grooved into entrancing irregularity of inlet, bay, beach,
bluff, until there are no duplicates of picture the length
and breadth of this charming isle. More beautiful in its
ever-changing moods than can be reproduced by art.
When it first became known to the outside world, as a
pleasure ground, health resort, or blessed retreat from the
busy, bustling crowd, there are no exact dates, but a gen-
eration ago many names of note are found as habitues of
this spot, and doubtless, could we read the soul's record,
much of the inspiration which photographs the wild flower
or landscat ^, the summer sea or rolling wave of more than
one poet's pictured verse, is due to his love of this spot.
* This chapter was contributed to this history by a lady who has
spent twelve su.nmers on the island, and who is abundantly qualified
to write.
39
3o6 HISTORY OF ISLESBOROUGH.
On which of the headlands of this island lay our Maine
poet * when he sang :
"I lay iipon the headland height and listened
To the incessant sobbing of the sea
In caverns under me,
And watched the waves that tossed and
Fled and glistened,
Until the rolling meadows of amethyst
Melted away in mist."
Those who have feasted their eyes on the beauties of
Turtle Head and its surroundings, need only the name to
recall the spot, beautiful for situation ; its rounded outline
jutting into the upper bay, and so densely covered with
the fragrant pine that avenues have been cut through the
groves to allow frequent views of the ever-changing waters
below and beyond. Across the bay eastward stands the
bold promontory of Castine Head, with its "street lamp of
the ocean" prominent on the rugged cliff, a grateful point
to the eyes of artist as well as mariner. Beyond the water
at the north the view is made picturesque by the bold shore
of Fort Point, its rounded top crowned with the summer
home "Woodcliff, " and its horse-shoe beach lined with
cottages, owned by devotees at the shrine of beauty spread
before them here. Westward, over the gleaming bay, lie
the irregular shores of the pretty city of Belfast, and the
curves and beaches of the old towns of Northport and
Lincolnville ; while the horizon line discovers ranges of
undulating hills and mountains, sloping to the sea in green
field or groves of evergreen, or pasture? fringed with the
cone-shaped cedar.
The rides to Turtle Head, both on the eastern and
western shores, are justly designated two of the most
* His brother, A. W. Longfellow, of the U. S. Coast Survejs spent
one summer at Sabbath-Day Harbor, and Rev. Samuel Longfellow,
another brother, was a visitor often to Penobscot Bay ; and I be-
lieve the poet himself was occasionally here, many years ago.
HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
307
beautiful on the island. The place is of interest to all.
Its natural attractiveness is increased b)- the artistic taste
and hospitality of the dwellers l^y the sea.
On the east coast of Long Island, "Sabbath-Day Har-
bor" has long been a place of resort, and to those who
have loitered here the long summer days through, year
after year, every spot has its associations and interest,
from the beach, dotted with the first summer cottages
built on the island, to the Bluff which protects the har-
bor, with its bold sides and front. Coombs' Bluff stands
boldly out into the bay, raising itself one hundred and
forty feet above tide water ; the highest land excepting
Warren's Mountain, at the south end, on the fourteen
miles of undulating surface of the island. This bluff
forms a natural breakwater for the harbor, which curves
in on the western side of the bluff and up into the land
till it forms a firmly-sheltered harbor, for a fleet of small
vessels. Here the ancient fishermen came to lie at anchor
and keep the quiet rest of the Lord's day, naming
it in their quaint style "Sabbath-Da}^ Harbor." Here
came the first summer visitors, for a day or a week, to
watch the sunrise over the bluff. Wearied with the bus-
tle of towns, their first sweet sleep is broken by the very
stillness, then a bird's sleepy note recalls a sense of life,
next a consciousness of listening for other sounds ; a gleam
of twilight through the open window ; the dip of an oar
at a long distance, but coming nearer with such rhythm
that it is just the even pulse of nature, which with each
beat brings more of the day ; rosy light breaks the eastern
sky and spreads low and high over Cape Rosier' s long
outline till the heavens are glowing and the water spreads
out from the shores of Castine and the cape to the corre-
sponding ones of bluff and beach, a mass of moulten
color. The stillness ; the shadows in the harbor ; the
gorgeous sunrising above the headland, into the glowing
3o8 HISTORY OK TSLESBOROUGH.
day, filled with the life-tonic of salt sea air, no words can
picture.
The day is done, the sun has gone down behind the
western mountains of Camden, leaving billows of gorgeous
crimson and silver and blue above, and a repetition of all
this color in the sea. As the "curtain from unseen hands"
falls down, all turn to send their eyes across the bay for
the beacon light of Eagle Island. The stars come out,
one and another, and another, until never were the heavens
so luminous ; never the stars so numerous. The moon
comes up out of the sea beyond the Cape and sends her
beams, a widening way of shimmering light, to shore.
To those who have dwelt here, while the June blossoms
faded, and the fragrant wild rose budded, bloomed and
brightened every wayside, covered every heap of rocks, or
appropriated all neglected field corners and decaying
stumps, born to bloom and blush unseen by the thousands
and then fall to give place to the golden harvest of Sep-
tember; there are no sights more beautiful, no associa-
tions more heartful. Here they have truly lived, the
fathers and mothers older and happier, with the wax and
wane of these summer moons, the children grown to-
youths, then lovers, and still returning to spend their
honeymoons, renewed each year in this dear spot.
Here is the comfortable house named "The Islesbor-
ough," built in 1885, as an extension to the original
house, which was built in 1868 for a dwelling house, and
to accommodate a few lovers of this harbor, who each
year returned to refresh themselves with its beautiful
views, sailing and healthful breezes. These friends re-
turned bringing others so numerous that the proprietor
was oljliged to build this addition, which grew to be nnich
larger than the original. At the present time it will ac-
commodate about one hundred guests, and is a house
much frequented by visitors at this charming resort.
VIEW FROM COOMBS' BLUFF, SABBATH-DAY HARBOR.
SHORE AT COOMBS' BLUFF, SABBATH-DAY HARBOR.
HISTORY OF TSLKSnOROrOTt. 309
Two miles below Sabbath-Day Harljor lies "liounty
Cove." Perhaps the grreat gift of beauty sii<,^crcstecl its
name. This harbor, protected by a ruo^oed wooded cliff,
which extends far into the l)ay, forms one of the most
placid seas. The sloping- fields beyond with their crescent-
shaped beach, suggest a paradise for the salt sea bathers.
Hewes' Point, which forms the barrier to the Atlantic
waves, was the second spot appropriated b}- sunnner cot-
tagers. About the shore of this point have clustered a
number of picturesque cottages, with a background of
groves and hills which charm all eyes. Nowhere on the
island are there more lovely bits of landscape than at and
from this point with its beautiful groves and bold shore.
This land rises one hundred and thirty feet above the
water, and on the highest part there is an observatory,
than from which no more charming view of Penobscot
Bay can be obtained. The wonderfully-diversified outline
of the island first attracts, then the sea and land lie before
one. Island and bay, mountain and sea, make up such
completeness of beauty that one must take them as a
whole before a single "bit" can be designated. A clear
morning or evening light enjoyed from this spot will mark
that day with a white stone. Every season, with the
springing grass, conies the householder to his own, to
which he adds artistic contributions of shrubs and flowers,
to glow and brighten after the wild sweet briars have
faded.
The western coast, with its broad bay dotted with
islands varying in contour and extent, has its summer
dwellers and lovers. On one of its points stands a white
lighthouse, which adds interest to the scene from every
view. So great a proportion of the inhabitants are those
who go down to the sea in ships, all that pertains to
their safety must be of special interest. The western bay
is seldom without its fleet of sailing craft, than which
3IO HISTORY OF ISLKSBOROUGH.
nothing fashioned by man's hand is more beantiful.
Through this western bay come the larger steamers to
their ports on the opposite shores of Camden and Belfast.
These all add much to the panorama of sea and shore.
A morning drive down the west coast of the island, when
the sun is behind and eyes can stretch over islands and
sea to the opposite shores and the long slopes and sharp
peaks of Camden mountains, is an event to be remem-
bered ; a picture from which no line of beauty can be
missed.
If there is one spot more perfect than all others, it is
Gilkey's Harbor, from the old farm-house known as the
"Ames place." The house stands alone, and elevated
about a hundred feet above the water, and a thousand feet
from it, with the rolling greensward stretching down to
the quiet sea below. The upper part of the harbor is
protected by the long arm of Grindle's Point, on which
stands the lighthouse, and the lower part by an archi-
pelago of islands, thus securing a safe harbor for ships of
any size. Across the western bay the Camden mountains,
flooded by sunlight, define the horizon line, and hem in
this pacific sea and set the perfect picture.
This farm, with much adjoining territory, has been pur-
chased by the Islesborough Land and Improvement Com-
pany, which has opened new roads for driving to different
points of interest and beauty through the southern half of
the island. The larger part of the land of this section is
high and sightly, with groves of evergreen trees, both
along the indented shores and covering a large part of the
interior.
From the "Narrows," about midway of the island,
where it is nearly bisected at high water, the land is
narrower and cut deeply by bays and inlets on cither side.
The most picturesque of these is Dark Harbor, on the
east side. Here the Land aud Improvement Company
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have erected "The Islesboroiigh Inn," on a channin^
height, which ovcrk)oks on the west Gilkey's Harbor,
the shimbering iskmds, and the western l)ay with its pass-
ing fleet of sailing craft and steamers. The views from
the east are over the nnmerons islands of the lower
Penobscot Bay, inclnding the jnstly-famed Isle an Hant, —
whose shores are washed b}- the unln'oken waxes of the
Atlantic — the larger and smaller Deer Isles, and many
smaller and more neighborly islands. !More easterh", only
fonr miles across the bay, stretches Cape Rosier, and over
it the monntains of Sonth-West and Bar Harbors are
prominent landmarks.
This fine honse, in its sitnation and appointments, is
not snrpassed in New England, and its gnests only depart
with the breath of autnmn to retnrn with the snmmer
snn. Already there are fine residences erected in many
directions, on most desirable locations, bnt where all is
so complete, it is only the individnal taste which de-
termines the location. Not only is the scenery beantifnl,
bnt by healthfnl sanitary arrangements made by the Land
Company the sewerage and water snpply are perfected.
It is quite as impossible to represent perfectly this desir-
able house, the improvements made on the lands, while
nature still is kept in charming simplicity, as it is to
faithfully present the whole beauty of Long Island.
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
Page 114. — Schooner Sea (or May) Flower sailed on a voyage to the
West Indies. She foundered at sea, having on board William Wil-
liams, Josiah Farrow, George Warren and James Sherman, who were
picked up and carried to the East Indies, and returned home after an
absence of twenty-two months.
Page 257 — Dodge Pendleton died Feb. 22, 1893.
Page 298 — Shubael Williams married second, Mrs. Temperance
Eastes.
Page 239 — Capt. William Pendleton Jr.'s family corrected. Chil-
dren, probably not in order :
i Job, b. 1747, d. in Islesborough, January 25, 1794, aged 47.
ii Lydia, m. Jacob Craudall, January 24, 1768; did not come here,
iii John, b. 1751, of Islesborough. He died in Camden, December,
1830.
iv Oliver, of Islesborough, died in Hope, a very old man.
V Jonathan, of Islesborough, d. September 25, 1841, an aged man.
vi Henry, of Islesborough, d. in Northport about. 1844, aged 84.
vii Mary, b. November 14, 1766, m. Isaiah Wilcox and settled in New
York State,
viii Bridget, b. 1769, twin with Dorothy or Judith, m. Robert Farns-
w-orth, of Bristol and Islesborough.
ix Dorothy.
X Judith.
The Belfast, Islesborough and Northport Telegraph and Telephone
Company was incorporated in 1891, and organized the same year.
Capt. W. vS. Pendleton, of Islesborough, was elected President. The
Company propose to build their line this year.
HISTORY OF ISI.KSMORorCH.
3^3
Page 6— Chapter 6— Al)stract of Contents should hi- Shnh:u-1 Wil-
liams instead of Shuhael Pen<llet( n.
Page 8i— Engraving shouhl he Thomas Ames' house insuad of
Benjamin.
Page 84— For Mrs. Boardmau read Miss Hoardmau.
Page 156— For William F. Gates read William V . Yates.
Page 178 — F;ider Ephraim Coomhs' portrait.
Page 220 — Deacon James Hatch's portrait.
Page 234— John B. Moody's father, Caleh, drowned in SearsnuMit
Pond. John B. Moody's children :
i Ina — died at age of 12 years,
ii Lizzie Jane and Betsey Ana died,
iii Caleb Simmons, married Nora Fairfield,
iv Adin Stanley married Bertha I. Warren.
V Ruth Edna married Walter Decker.
Page 237— For F'lora C. read Elma.
Page 244 — Second line for three years read three months.
Page 252 — For Elisha K. Pendleton read Joseph K. Pendleton.
Page 254 — Last two lines for Samuel read Lemuel and for Samuel
A. read Lemuel A. Pendleton.
Page 259 — Mark Pierce Pendleton appointed Consul to Pictou,
N. S., 1893.
Page 216 — Priscilla Grinnell m. Appollos Alden of Belfast, November
2, 1807. Mrs. Priscilla Alden m. Captain Joshua Cottrell, July 3, 1836,
both of Belfast. Mrs. Priscilla Alden, widow of Appollos Alden, died
October 10, 1868, aged 80. I cannot reconcile these. The Alden
children were :
i Darius Alden, b. March 5, 1809, d. in Augusta, November 21, 1889.
Man of wealth.
ii William O. Alden, b. April 3, 1810, of Belfast, d. May 1890. Left
his mother Priscilla Cottrell I300 a year. She died before him.
iii Sarah Jane Alden.
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